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on the roots and there is no danger. Thus

treated, they- will bear considerably ear-

her than ~those planted directly in. the.

open ground, which plan is best, of

course, for the main crop. '



As to supports, single poles, seven to

eight feet in length, may be used, but

in all cases they will require some help

and attention in climbing, and very likely

they will require tying to the poles with

yarn or wrapping twine. A plan which

I prefer is to prepare the hills four or

five feet apart, set three poles in trian-

gular shape, say 18 inches apart, pull the

tops together and tie with twine. At

each stake plant two or three beans or

set plants and they will run more readily

than on single poles. Plant farther apart

or nearer, according to horse or hand

cultivator. .



Avoid working among the vines when

wet but give frequent shallow culture.

An Occasional spraying of nitrate of soda

solution, an ounce to the gallon of water,

is very beneficial. An application every

week or ten 'days during most of the sea—

son will work wonders. These sugges-

tions, if followed, will bring results and

as to a paying crop for home or market

there is no question. Later we desire to

mention other important points which





‘ space will hardly admit of now.





Wayne Co. .1. E. MORSE.





 





THE PRODUCTION OF VEGETABLE

SEEDS.



There is profit in raising high-grade

Seed. Seed crops of sweet corn, garden

peas, and beans of good quality are in

ever—increasing demand, and the quantity

needed yearly has become so large that

the seedman is obliged to have the major

portion of his stock grown for him by

others. \Vithin the past few years there

has been an enormous increase in the

quantity of seeds produced for commercial

purposes. This has been due in large

measure to the development of seed grow-

ing and handling as a business. There

are now nearly one thousand seed firms

doing business in the United States. One

of the largest of these uses buildings with

an aggregate floor space of more than 16

acres. This space is much larger than

was occupied by the entire seed trade of

the country only fifty years ago. The

quality also has vastly improved. One of

the most encouraging developments in the

growing of garden vegetables is the in-

creasing recognition of the practical im-

portance of using pure and uniform stocks

of seed whose varietal characteristics

adapt them to distinct local conditions

and market requirements. Another con-

sideration is the fact that the growing

of seed crops of these vegetables can be

undertaken without any radical change in

farm practice or material increase in

farm equipment. These conditions make

this industry well worth the attention of

farmers who are located where soil and

climatic conditions are favorable for the

best development of such seeds.



However, the raising of these vegetables

for seed crops is not recommended for all

circumstances, even when soil and climate

are suitable. The farmer who contem-

plates undertaking seed crop farming,

will do well to consider thoroughly the

many elements which enter into profits.

Seedsmen are often able to place con-

tracts for growing seed at very low prices

“even lower than that at which grain of

the species can be sold on the market.

Such a condition might be due to any of

several causes, but usually rests on an

over—supply or a demand for an inferior

product. The general tendency now, how-

ever, is decidedly in the other direction,

and both seed dealers and seed growers

do much by co-operation to further this

tendency. Dealers should not buy by

sample. no matter how good the samples

may be, but should endeavor to limit his

supply to seed which he knows was grown

from pure and true stock seed and, as far

as possible, to that which was subject

while growing, to his own inspection.

Knowledge, experience, and care, on the

part of the grower will also contribute

much to a higher standard, and conse-

quently to higher prices and better mar-

ket conditions generally.



In response to a demand for greater

knowledge of the cultural methods which

are best adapted to seed crop growing for

the vegetables mentioned, the If. S. De-

partment of Agriculture has just issued

a new publication, bulletin 184 of the

Bureau of Plant Industry, under the title,

“The Production of Vegetable Seeds;

Sweet Corn, Garden Peas, and Beans."

This publication discusses this whole sub-

ject very thoroughly and gives instruc-

tions for securing crops of seeds for these

different species.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





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vest season, when everything should

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harvesting machines. If they are not

in perfect working order to handle the grain,

you lose part or most of your crop—part or

most of your profit. Grain goes to waste instead

of being turned into golden dollars.



Almost at your elbow is your choice of six de-

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After you have worked hard all spring and

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that may not work perfectly. If your machines

gaveltrouble last season, or if you have the slightest

doubt of their capacity to go through the harvest

without delays, now is the time to figure on new

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The Bureau is a clearing house of agricultural data.

It aims to learn the best ways of doing things on the

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With years of service back of them, their effi-

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Certainly the price should not deter you from

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from him. Note that he carries a complete line of

interchangeable parts—so that if by accident any

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out delay.





Ask about the haying machines and tools in

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Get one of these seven perfectly dependable brands,

Champion, Osborne, McCormick, Deering, Mil-

waukee, Plano, or International—in Sisal, Stan-

dard, Manila, or Pure Manila.



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catalogues and any special information you desire.





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FARM POWER AND TRANSPORTATION.





V UR subject for special discussion

0 in May is one of great and grow-

ing importance to every farmer.

During the last half century the develop-

ment of both power and transportation

on the farm has been marvelous. From

the slow ox team we have developed into

the use of high-class draft and general

purpose horses. From the old sweep

horse powers we have come to use the

steam traction engine, and the tread

powers have been Superseded by that

modern source of economical power, the

gasoline engine. Farm transpor-





tractors of this type were developed for

the extensive operations of the west and

northwest. Recently the manufacturers

of automobiles, and others, have taken up

this problem with due consideration for

economy of weight without the impair-

ment of efficiency in the development of

lighter power tractors suited to use upon

smaller farms. This development work

is still in its infancy, but gives sufficient

promise of future success to make it a

reasonable prediction that the average

farmer of the next generation may have





some sort of a power tractor to help out

with the heavy work and find it economi—

cal to thus supplement the horse power

maintained on the farm.



But let us pass by this glimpse into the

future to consider present needs on the

farm. During this period of the economic

development of farm power the land has

become thickly dotted with windmills for

the pumping of the farm water supply.

Yet there are still quite a good many

farmers who pump the water for the

stock as well as for the house, by hand.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





This is a waste of time and energy which

cannot be considered in the light of

economy from any angle. ’ It takes a good

deal of time to pump the water needed

for even a small farm in this manner,

an amount of time which is far in excess

of a. sum which would represent the in-

terest on the cost of a windmill or gaso-

line engine to do the pumping and cover

the depreciation on such a plant. In

former years the windmill was the only

available power for this purpose and it is

still an economical source of power, but

the gasoline engine can also be





 





tation has been subjected to a.

like wonderful change. The

special purpose wagons and

implements which are used on

our farms today were unknown

to our forefathers, and the car-

riages and ‘surries now in com-

mon use were a rare luxury a

generation ago, while the auto—

mobile which is coming into

more general use as a means of

farm transportation every year

seems destined to still further

reVOlutionize the local trans-

portation problem within a short

period of years. Geneial trans-

130er which also vitally af-

feats the farmers of any porn



munity, has been extended and

bettered and cheapened to a

great degree within the memory

of a fair share of the people

who are now able to utilize and

benefit by. these modern means

of transportation, including in

many and rapidly increasing

numbers of communities the

convenient trolley line. Indeed,

the changes in these conditions

have been so rapid that we have



been unable as a class to keep



up with them, and it is not an



easy problem for many farmers



to decide just what they will



find to be of economic profit in



the way of improved power and



transportation facilities on the



farm.





Of course, the main source of :-

power on the farm will for many

years to come, and probably for

all time, continue to be the

faithful horse. But there are

horses and horses, and it is a

matter for congratulation that

the class of horses used upon

our farms today is greatly supe-

rior to the class found in com-

mon use only a few years ago,

But there is still great room fé“

improvement in this regard. The

high price of horses is stimu-

lating the breeding of a better

and heavier class of horses for

farm use to the economical ben-

efit of their owners. Good, effi-

cient teams are an essential re-

quirement for the economic con-

duct of any farm.





But in this development of

farm power, much has already

accomplished‘ along the

line of developing power trac-

tors for the heavy work of plow-

ing and fitting the land and

hauling the crops to market.

These developments have been

along two distinct and opposite

lines. The first to enter this

field were the manufacturers of

who adapted

these machines to field and road

work With the advent of the

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used for so many other purposes

on the farm as an economic

source of power that it is rap-

idly gaining in favor for pump—

ing as well. Then, aside from

the many common uses for such

a power upon the average farm,

which it is unnecessary to cnu- _

merate here, there are many

less common but just as essen-

tial economic uses to which it





may be put which too many

farmers do not stop to think

about or consider. Among





these are the uses enumerated

in the article on “The Country

Home," which appeared in the

last issue, including the running

of the washing machine and

wringer, the cream separator

and churn, and in cuscs‘ where

it can be afforded, the clcctric

lighting plant. These uses of

mechanical power in ”)0 home

should be just as seriously con-

sidered as other possible uses

about the farm or at tho barn.

“hat the future may develop

in the form of'more economical

or efficient power is, of course,

impossible to predict, but it is

certain that the gasoline engine

has been simplified and develop-

ed to a point where it is both

efficient and economical for av-

erage farm use for very many

purposes, and the day will sures

ly come, and that within a com-

paratively short period, when

the farm which is not equipped

with this source of power will

be rare indeed.





In the matter of farm trans-

portation, it is equally impos-

sible to predict what the future

may bring forth. The power

truck may be adapted to com-

mon use, as the automobile is

being adapted today upon manv

farms but this will be likely to

occur only when we have bet-

tered our roads to a marked de—

gree. Then there is the great

development. of electricity, the

end of which none can presume

to predict; but, with the devel-

opment of the available water

powers and the general distribu-

tion of the electricity thus

cheaply produced over the coun-

try there is no doubt that this

agent will be quite generally

available as a source of power

and light, and perhaps of heat.





But this is speculation. The

consideration of this problem in

each individual case should be

confined to facts, rather than

theories. It will be found to be

a fact in many cases that the

more general use of mechanical

power can be made profitable

on the farm. The kind or ex-

tent or location of such power
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should be made the subject of special

study wherever it is determined that its

installation would be. profitable, for upon

the forethought with which the plans are

laidgwill the efficiency of the plant de—





pend in no small degree. But there is

no denying the fact that where cheap

mechanical power can be substituted for

expensive human labor it is good econ-

omy to make the substitution in all cases

where the amount of labor to be per-

formed is sufficient to warrant the in-

vestment. It is equally true that where

the application of such power can be

made. to add materially to the comfort of

the home at small expense it is in line

with good economy to install it. Last,

but not least, it is just as undeniable

that wherever mechanical power can be

substituted for horse power with economy

it is good business policy to use it. There

is room for a good deal of thought upon

this subject by the average farmer, and

it is a good time to-think about it when

this subject is under discussion in the

Michigan Farmer.





FARM NOTES.





 





 





Corn Smut.





Will you please tell me if smut on corn

can be prevented by treating with for-

maldehyde, and if so how is the best way

to treat seed. Also. how much to use.



“'ayne Co. E. M. S.



The smuts peculiar to the different

grains have their' individual peculiarities

and habits of growth. The smuts of

wheat and oats. for instance, are devel-

oped from spores which are attached-t0

the seed and grow up through the plant

from the point of germination. These

smuts are therefore comparatively easily

conrtolled by the treatment of the seed

with a suitable agent, such as formalde-

hyde. The life history of corn smut is,

however, materially different. In the re-

production. of this fungus the smut

spores are blown about by the wind and

when they come into contact with a

young corn .plant or the young growth of

an older plant, they immediately germi-

nate and enter the plant where they con-

tinue to grow, sending out a network of

threads which, at maturity break up and

round out in the development of new

spores. llut this smut, while it often oc—

curs on the ear, does not penetrate the

grain itself and is not perpetuated from

year to year by this means, which fact

makes it unnecessary and ineffectual to

treat the seed.



This perpetuation of the smut from

year to year may occur in several ways.

The smut masses may be left lllmll the

ground to be blown about by the wind,

or may be Scattered by the manure pile

route to the corn field the following year.

The primary spores of the corn smut are

said to develop secondary spores under

favorable conditions which prcvail in the

manure pile or on the moist surface of

the soil, where they gcrn'iinate and send

out small, colorless tubes. which in turn

form the, secondary spores which will

develop the smut on the corn plant when

they come into contact with it. Of

course, the great majority of these spores

never reach the fresh surface of the new

growth of a corn plant. else the fungus

would be a much more serious pest. But

enough of them will live through the life

cycle and find a host upon which to grow

the following year to perpetuate the

fungous growth which we call corn smut

from year to year.



Generally speaking the loss from corn

smut is not sufficiently large to make

preventative measures essential, espec—

ially where a rotation of crops is prac-

ticed as is the usual custom in Michigan.

The only precautionary treatment of any

avail would be the cutting of the affect-

ed stalks from the corn field before the

smut masses have opened up and rcmov—

ing them. so as to prevent the spores

from being scattered on the ground or

finding their way back to same through

the medium of the manure, pile.



VVireworms.





I would like to know what to do with a

piece of clay land which I want to put

to corn to prevcnt dcl'ircdation of wire-

worm.



Ottawa Co. ll. R. II.





There is no ccttain remedy to prevent

the dcprcdations of wireworms, Where the

land bccomos infested with them. The

best. remedy is fall plowing. which will

expose the larvae to thc action of the

elements and help to eradicate them. The

larvae of the wirwcrm lives in the soil

for two or three years before completing

its life cycle, so that the best method of

getting rid of the pest is to keep a field

in cultivation until the wireworms are

eradicated, and then practicing a short

rotation of crops on the land. This post

will never become very troublesome

where a short rotation of crops is used.





Some farmers claim to have had good

success in preventing loss from wire-

worms by sowing salt on the land being

fitted for corn or’other spring crops. ‘But

about all that can be done is to fit the

land well and plant to corn, and if the

~corn is destroyed then plant some crop

which is more distasteful to these'insects,

such as buckwheat, or rape, as a forage

crop for sheep.





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FERTILIZER ATTACHMENTS FOR

CORN PLANTERS.





Have you had any experience in using

a fertilizer attachment on a horse corn

planter? If so, do you think that is a

good way to apply fertilizer? What grade

of fertilizer would you recommend for

corn on a heavy clay loam, also what

amount per acre? .



Allegan C0. J. MCG.





I used to use a fertilizer attachment to

the corn planter‘when I first purchased

a corn planter, but I have taken it off

and laid it aside now, because I do not

believe this is the right principle in ap-

plying fortilizer with corn. I have found

out from actual experience it does not

pay to distribute fertilizer in handfuls.

When you drop a small handful of fer-

tilizer directly on the hill of corn you are

not going to get anywhere near the whole

benefit of that fertilizer. That is my ex-

perience and yet I am frank to say that

the majority in the United States today

use the fertilizer attachment for corn. It

does help give the com a quick start

but you want not only a good start but

some fertilizer so that you will have

something to feed the crop after it starts.

And so I say I have done away with the

fertilizer attachment for corn and now

put on the fertilizer broadcast with a

grain drill before we plant the corn and

barrow the ground and thoroughly mix

it in with the soil and then plant the

corn. I am beginning to use fertilizer in

the same way I do stable manure. Spread

it onto the land evenly and before you

plant your crops. I am not afraid that I

am going to lose my,fertilizer. I am

convinced, with more than 20 years of.

experience. that it is money well invest—

ed. I don’t expect fertilizer will double

the crop. I do expect to make from 50

to 100 per cent on all the money I invest

in fertilizer.



You want a good grade of fertilizer for

corn. Corn is a gross consumer and

feeder of nitrogen and consequently you

want what is known as a nitrogenous

fertilizer. I would not think of using a

fertilizer containing less than two per

cent ammonia for corn and if it would

contain four or five per cent it would be

all the better. 0n ordinary soil I think

a fertilizer containing two per cent of

ammonia, eight or nine per cent of phos-

phoric acid and four or five per cent of

potash would be a good corn fertilizer.

if your soil is real sandy I would not ob-

ject to using fertilizer that contains as

high as ten per cent of actual potash.



Now, how much fertilizer to use for

corn. I used to put on 100 lbs. to the

acre, but I don’t believe it pays to fer—

tilize corn and use as little fertilizer as

this to the acre. It is a good deal like

feeding a great big horse that weighs

1,500 lbs. a quart of cats to a feed and

expect that you are going to get results.

It is a good deal like feeding a fattening

steer that you vsant to gain a couple of

pounds a day, an ear or two of corn at

a feed. You won’t get any results worth

mentioning. And so in fertilizing the

corn crop, it is a gross feeder, it is a

wonderful crop, the land must be rich,

if you want to get big crops. If your

land isn’t rich then the question is, will it

pay to make it so? I am coming to believe

that on any crop where I would use

stable manure did I have it to spare, that

I could afford to use a good application

of fertilizer, and so, if your land needs

manuring. and I have no doubt that it

does, I believe you can afford to use 500

lbs. of a good fertilizer per acre. Put it

on broadcast with a grain fertilizer drill,

harrow it into the ground, go on and

plant your corn just as if you had put on

stable manure. If you haven’t got faith

enough in fertilizer to put this amount of

fertilizer on the Whole field put it on one—

half the field and measure results and

see whether the fertilizer pays you or not.



COLON C. LILLIE.





THE FARM YARD.





I know a man who does not have a

watermelon patch and who buys his veg-

etables in town. That may seem a little

out of the way but the dooryard of. that

man looks as though it had not seen a

human hand for ages. Needless to say.

it detracts from'th'e value ‘of his farm‘;'

In our farm work, _We..-are too much in.-





TH5,MICHIGAN FARMER.





clined to put all of our‘time on the work

which is sure‘t'o' bring in some money.

For that reason, it usually happens that

many of us plow the garden after the

corn crop goes in. I will not say whether

we actually lose dollars by so doing or

not but we do lose a great deal of enjoy-

ment and satisfaction. The same may

be said of the dooryard. I will not try

to argue that one can credit the door-

yard with so many dollars at the end of

the year. I do know of many farmers

who would laugh at an offer of $500, pro-

vided they were to plow up their lawn

and to sow weeds in it.



Money makes the mare go and all that.

IVe would have a mighty tough proposi-

tion without it, but if a man lives on a

farm with the sole aim of extracting ev-

ery single dollar out of it that is possible

to be squeezed from the soil, he will have

a mighty hard time to explain why he is

living and there is but little use of talk-

ing to a man of that type. However,

there are those of us who have moved

on new farms, or are living on places

where the dooryard has never been grad-

ed up to any extent who have despaired

of ever having what might be termed a

lawn. To tell this man why it will pay

him to spend some good time on thisis

a hard task when you have no figures to

base your reasoning upon. But it does.



Making a lawn is not the task that

many of us imagine it to be. The pur~

chase of a lawn mower is an eyeopener.

Somehow or other it has a tendency to

discourage the weeds and to stimulate

the grass. Many good lawns have been

made, simply by using the mower. If

you want quick results, grading and

either seeding or Sodding are necessary.

This means work, and work at a time

when it is scarce on the farm. But mak-

ing a lawn by using the mower does not

mean a great deal of work at one time,

though it does mean that one has to

keep it up. ‘The average lawn can be

mowed in less than two hours. 0ftimes,

a lawn that is not graded looks even bet—

ter than one that is. Encourage what

grass you have. If there are big ruts,

levcl them down during your spare mo-

ments. If there are big bare spots, a

little seed will go a long way. In thou-

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Ohio. CLYDE A. WAUGH.





SEED CORN.





 





 





 





Test your seed corn and be sure it will

grow. It is unprofitable to plant seed

corn that will not germinate ninety per

cent or better. Remember that for every

kernel of corn that does not grow, your

crop is cut down 25 to 33 per cent per

hill. Don’t wait too long, secure good

northern grown corn while you can get

it. we have a good supply now, but it is

going out fast and it is doubtful if we can

secure more as good. Ask for prices and

free samples. Alfred J. Brown Seed 00.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.





 





SAND VETCH.





 





There is a very active demand for sand

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A year ago in July and August seed was

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stocks in hand and increased demand, it

is only natural that we will see very high

prices later when the real demand be-

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favorite time for sowing, although many

are sowing early for the purpose of rais-

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information. ‘We import the article in

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Experimental and demonstrational work

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the inability of farmers longer to grow

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employed as a substitute,_ and alfalfa to

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farmers of Manistee county. The son

has a dracided genius for mechanics, and

when only sixteen year old, himself rigged

up the attachments which enabled them

to utilize the power of a gasoline engine

to do the work of churning, grinding feed,

separating cream, pumping water, shell-

ing COKEEnd running a rip saw and an

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he made the wire connections and light-

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.~ (3)





THE CORN CROP.



There is much said in regard to corn

growing which, like the prayers of the

heathen, is vain repetition, but a year is

a long time and lest we forget, corn is to

be again grown this year.



A week’s time within reason is not im-

portant in the time of planting. The

point is that natural agencies, together

with cultivation and preparation of the

soil, increases the heat units. Oats and

barley germinate at lower temperatures

than does corn, and beans require still

more heat to make a successful start.

There was some sense in the old rule

about the size of the oak leaves indicat-

ing the proper time to plant. The em-

phasis has been laid on good seed corn,

somewhat overlooking soil temperature.

The importance of soil warmth is greater

in the twilight zone of corn production

than in the corn belt proper, where the

heat is naturally greater. Most of Mich—

igan is outside of the corn belt and

warmth can be added to by additional

preparation of the soil before planting.

Sandy soils are warmer than clay loams

and what may be true of one class of

soils is not essentially true of others.





The effect of temperature on corn is

most marked in the arid countries where

the difference of altitude on the mesa

land precludes corn growing and these

lands shade off into valleys several thou-

sand. feet lower where warmer soil and

warmer irrigation water makes the corn

plant thrive, yet rather too warm for

oats, which grow well on the higher land.

Corn is among the few tropical plants

that have been pushed into the colder

regions successfully. It is with seed and

soil warmth that some of the continued

adaptation to environment problems are

involved. The small ears of flint corn

preserved in the cliff dwellers’ houses,

undoubtedly progenitors of our present

high scoring ears, shows the distance we

have traveled. It also makes us more

modest as being the only original brand

of real corn improvement folk, or should

do so, at least. I always rather admired

the egoism that is manifested when some

corn enthusiast reaches out and puts on

his corn improvement halo. He enjoys it

and no harm is done in any way or to

any one.



The question of deep or deeper plowing

for corn is always an open one, and the

evidence is'very conflicting.



There seems to be this modification of

actual inches of depth, viz., that soils

penetrated by legumes, as clover or al—

falfa, may be plowed deeper than the

same soils not growing legumes. Prof.

Hopkins, of Illinois, says that humus in





 





 

 

 

 





How a Farm Boy Has Applied





course in agriculture at the M. A. C. He

has lately bought a blacksmithing outfit

and intends to do much of the blacksmith

work of the farm himself. Last summer

the father purchased a. fine automobile.

Of course, the son acts as chauffeur.



It has been found on this farm that it

is the best economy to hire field work





.done instead of mechanical work, and





let the son do the work that requires a

knack with tools and machinery, which,

when hired, has to be paid for as skilled

labor at high prices. On this same place

they have a steam engine with which

they saw wood, grind feed, cut ensilage,

and shred corn.



When a farm boy has a liking for ma-

chinery and tools, it should be encour-

aged. He need not go to a machine—shop

or a factory to find profitable employ-

ment, there is a field for his efforts and

skill right at home. Particularly is this

true on a large farm where a great many

different kinds of work are carried on.



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and of itself is not so valuable as was

the process going on from which humus

resulted. In other Words, we attribute

as a result an unavoidable incident in

nitrification and fermentation and con-

clude that the remaining husk or humus

was the real thing. If the problem of

restoring worn out soils was simply deep

plowing it would be easy. On these soils

in the southern states, northern men

proposed to show the natives how to

grow corn by plowing deep. The native

farmer raised the better crop by all odds.

yet his plowing was scandalously shallow.

I have noticed that men who take cold

baths in the morning always seemed to

enjoy telling about it, in fact, more than

in the plunge itself. In a similar manner

when we assume added virtues because

of Franklin's injunction to plow deep

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MICHIGAN'S STALLION LAW.





 





During the past few months we have

had a great many inquiries from sub-

scribers asking for the Publication of the

Michigan stallion law. As has been here—

tofore noted in these columns, the horse

breeders of the state have been working

for an efficient stallion law, with the re-

sult that such a law was passed by the

last legislature as noted in our last issue.

This bill was signed by the governor on

May 1, and will go into effect ninety days

after the final adjournment of the legis-

lature. The text of .the law follows:





House Enrolled Act No. 177.





An act to encourage the breeding of

horses; to regulate the public service of

stallions; to require the registration of

stallions, and to provide for the enforce-

ment thereof.



The People of the State of Michigan

enact:



Section 1. Every person, firm, associa-

tion or company, using or offering for

use for public service any stallion in this

state shall cause the name, description

and pedigree of such stallion to be en-

rolled by the state veterinary board and





shall procure a certificate of such on-

rollment from said board: Provided,

however, That this shall not apply to





stallions not claimed to be by standard

or pure bred sires or dams.



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owner of each stallion shall forward the

studbook, certificate of registration, and

any other documents that may be nec-

essary to define and describe said stal-

lion, his breeding and ownership, to the

state \‘ctcrinary board. The officers of

said board, whose duties it shall be to

examinc and pass upon the merits of

each pedigree submitted, shall use as

their standard of action the studbooks

and signaturcs of the duly authorized

officers of the various pedigree i‘cgistra-

tion associating societies or companies

recognized by the United States depart-

ment of agriculture. Upon verification of

pedigree or certificate of breeding, a li-

cense certificate shall be issued to the

owner by the state veterinary' board,

copies of which certificate said owner

shall post and keep affixed during the

entire breeding season in a conspicuous

place both within and upon the outside

of every building where such stallion is

kept for public service.



Section 3. Every bill or poster issued

by the owner of any stallion licensed un-

der the provisions of this act, or used by

him or his agent for the purpose of ad—

vertising such stallion, shall contain a

copy of the certificate of enrollment of

such stallion, and said bills or posters

shall not contain illustrations, reference

to pedigree or other statements that are

untruthful or misleading. Reference to

such stallions in newspapers, stock pa—

pers and other advertising medium shall

contain the name of such stallion, num-

ber of certificate of enrollment, and shall

designate in letters not smaller than pica

whether said certificate reads “Pure

bred,” “Grade," or “Non-standard bred."



Section 4. fi‘he license certificate issued

for a stallion whose sire and dam are of

pure breeding, and the pedigree of which

is registercd in a studbook recognized by

the United States department of agricul-

ture shall be substantially in the follow-

ing form:



Michigan State Veterinary Board.

Certificate of Pure Brod Stallion No ......

The Pedigree 0f the Stallion (name) .....





Owned by ......... . . .Address ............

Described as follows: Color ..............

Markings ....... \Veight ....... Ago ........





has been examined, and it is hereby cer-

tified that said stallion is of pure breed-

ing and is registered in the ..............

studbook, recognized by the United States

Department of Agriculture.





e ...................................





Secretary State Veterinary Board.

The license certificate issued for a stal-

lion whose sire is of pure breeding and

registered in a studbook recognized by

the United States department of agri-

culture, shall be substantially in the fol-

lowing form:

Michigan State Veterinary Board.





Certificate of Grade Stallion No ...........

The Pedigree of the Stallion (name).....

Owned by ............. Address .......... .

Described as follows: Color ....... . . . . . .

Markings .'. ..... Weight ....... Age.





has been examined and it is. found that





 





 





said stallion is not of pure breeding, and





is therefore not eligible for registration

in any studbcok recognized by the United

States Department of Agriculture.

Secretary State Veterinary Board.

The license certificate for a “Non-Stan-

dard” bred stallion shall be substantially

in the following form:

Michigan State Veterinary Board.

Certificate of Non—Standard Bred Stal-

lion No.

The Pedigree of the Stallion (name).





.................... opuleeee-OOI





Owned by ................ Address. . . . . . . .

Described as follows: Color ............. .

Markings ....... Weight ........ Age... . . . .





hase been examined, and it is found that

said stallion is not eligible for registra-

tion as a Standard Bred, and for the pur-

pose of this license is not pure bred, al-

though registered in the Non-Standard

bred department of the American Trot-

ting Register.





Secretary State Veterinary Board.

Section 5. A fee of one dollar shall be

paid to the state veterinary board for the

examination and enrollment of each. pedi-

gree or certificate of breeding; and an

additional fee of one dollar for the issu-

ance of the license certificate in accord-

ance with the breeding of the animal as

above provided. Upon the transfer of

ownership of any stallion enrolled under

the provisions of this act, the certificate

of enrollment may be transferred to the

transferee by the state veterinary board

upon submittal of satisfactory proof of

such transfer, and upon payment of the

fee of fifty cents. In case of death of

any stallion enrolled under this act, own-

er of same shall immediately inform the

secretary of the state veterinary board.

All fees received by the state veterinary

board under the provisions of this act

shall be paid into the state treasury to

be credited to the general fund.



Section 6. In addition to the powers of

the state veterinary board as prescribed

by act number two hundred forty-four of

the Public Acts of nineteen hundred sev-

en, as amended by act number one hun—

dred forty—three of the Public Acts of

nineteen hundred one, said board is here-

by authorized to provide for official ex-

amination of pedigrees and certificates of

breeding and ownership, to issue license

certificates for stallions enrolled under

this act, to compile and publish statistics

relative to horse breeding in Michigan

and other information of value to the

horse breeders of this state, and to incur

such other reasonable expenses as may

be necessary to carry out and enforce the

provisions of this act. All bills incurred

and authorized by said board shall, when

approved by a majority of its members,

be allowed by tho board of state auditors

and paid out of the general fund of the

State treasury.



Section 7. livery stallion brought into

this state from another state or from a

foreign country to be offcred for sale or

for public service Shall, before any such

sale or use is made, he examined by the

state veterinary board or its regularly

appointed representative, and certified

by said board or its representative that

said stallion is free from hereditary, con-

tagious or transmissible unsoundness or

disease and-is of good conformation and

breed type and suitable to improve the

horse stock of the state.



Section 8. Any person, firm, company

or association violating any of the pro-

visions of this act shall be deemed guilty

of a misdemeanor, and shall upon convic-

tion thereof be punishcd by a fine of not

less than twenty-five dollars nor more

than three hundred dollars, or by im—

prisonment in the county jail not more

than thirty (MKS. or by both such fine

and imprisonment in the discretion of the

court.





FROSTED BEANS AS A SHEEP FEED.





. I would be glad if you would tell me

if beans that were frosted so as to be too

soft to grind are good sheep feed. If so,

what 'would they be worth when shelled?

Corn is worth $1.00 per cwt. and oats 300

per bu. I am new in the sheep business.

Emmet C0. 1“. W. W.

The soft beans of which you write are

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quantities with corn and oats, using not

over one—quarter of a pound per day.

For present use you would perhaps find

them profitable at the price for which

corn sells, as they will help to balance

up the ration. However, I think you

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PROFITABLE PIVG FEEDING.





 





Successful;- feeders recognize the neces-

sity of having ‘the right type of a hog to

convert their'fa'rm feeds. into pork. Large,

coarse hogs should be avoided, while they

may give" greater, weight for their age,

they do not always give as good returns

for the 'food consumed. They do not

show the same perfection of form at an

early age as the smaller, more compact

type of hogs, and consequently they can-

not be marketed to as good advantage.



The short, chunky pig, while an easy

keeper and fit to market at any age, I

have not found a profitable pig to feed.

He cannot digest and assimilate the same

quantity of food, over and above the

food of support, that the longer, even-

bodied,"well—proportioned pig can, the

latter often making nearly one-half more

daily gain with a slight increase in feed,

even where both belonged to the same

breed. The short, fine-boned pig is usu-

ally the product of immature, undevel-

oped parents, the result of improper feed-

ing or wantcf age, or too frequently

both, yet this condition applies to more

than two—thirds of our breeding swine.



Were we to use other farm animals for

breeding purposes when they had at-

tained one-third the age and weight of

mature animals, and only at that age,

how long would we be in lowering the

health, vigor and fecundity of our breed—

ing stock?



The food required to maintain condi-

tion is not, and can not be, any fixed

quantity, because such matters as the

health, condition and temperament of the

animal all exert an influence on the

amount of food required to maitain con-

dition. Hence, the necessity of produc-

ing an animal that is capable of utilizing

large quantities of food and putting its

flesh on its body in places that command

the highest price when the carcass is cut

up. We should not run after fancy points

to the exclusion of others that add to the

commercial value of our animals.





Thefsdence of feeding suggests to us

the necessity of keeping up a continuous

growth, and the greatest conductive to

that object for which the animal is kept.

It would be a mistake to expect to secure

the be if. breeding condition and the great-

'»in weight by the same line of

rele’flingf'It ’is‘ 51130 ‘especially foolish to

expect the best results from a breeding

animal that is in a run-down flesh con-

dition. The brood sow needs surplus

flesh (reserve energy) to carry her

through the nursing period. And if this

is produced by the right kind of food and

acquired during the latter half of preg-

nancy, it will not be detrimental, pro-

viding the sow gets plenty of exercise.





The first few days after farrowing

care should be taken not to feed the sow

too much or too concentrated foods, as

it upsets her digestive system and pro-

motes too great a flow of milk, which is

detrimental to the pigs. After that her

feed may be gradually increased and as

fast as the pigs show an inclination to

take more nourishment they should get

it. Soaked corn, wheat, sweet skim-milk

and such foods may be given, just what

they will clean up with apparent relish,

put where the older hogs will not have

access to it. \Vhen the sow has a good

coat of flesh to begin with, and sow and

pigs are fed in this way, the sow will

wean the pigs without checking their

growth. As a general proposition I pre-

fer early litters and since I have suitable

farrowing houses I have no more trouble

in raising early spring litters than at any

other time, but, of course, they must

have good warm quarters and plenty of

room for exercise. ‘



In feeding. young pigs, care must be

taken not to feed them too much. A pig

with a poor appetite is a poor piece of

property. Letting them run on pasture,

providing shade from the sun and shelter

from rain makes idealconditions for the

pigs in the summer. Never feed heavy,

indigestible feeds to young pigs. Skim-

milk contains 90 per cent water and 10

per cent solids, yet owing to its digesti-

bility it is one of the best foods to carry

young pigs over the weaning period, the

most critical period with any kind of ani-

mals, when, if the animal is stunted, it

never fully recovers its normal condition,

and the foundation is laid for unprofitable

feeding. I have had very good success

in {aising a few fall pigs 'and putting

them on the market in midsummer.

This requires careful feeding, for afll

pigs are sure to become diseased and

stunted unless they are given the best of

care and suitable foods. ' .

.Providing we could winter pigs on cut

clover. alfalfa, roots and a small grain

ration. as manyfeedersvclaim they can,





' THE MICHIGAN FARMER. <5)





it might be possible to winter spring pigs

and market them during the next sum-

mer at a profit, but during. these days of

high priced grain feeds the feeder who

keeps his hogs during two summers and

one winter to feed for the summer or

early fall market deserves no sympathy

if he loses money on his feeding opera-

tions.



The cheapest, easiest and best way to

produce pork is to feed grain while the

pigs have the run of good pasture. It

does not require a large amount of grain

and corn is not objectionable when the

pigs have the run of a clover, alfalfa or

blue grass pasture. We not only secure

a wonderful growth for the amount of

food consumed, but also lose little soil

fertility in this way. It is indeed a diffi-

cult matter to estimate the loss of feed

and fertility that is incurred by feeding

hogs in small yards and pens, where in—

adequate means are provided for saving

manure, either liquid or solid. Not only

is there a great loss of fertility but such

yards and pens are wholly unfit for feed-

ing purposes and are especially injurious

to young pigs during the summer. Corn

is without question the cheapest and best

hog feed we have except grass and for-

age, yet I would not recommend a ration

of more than one-third corn for growing

pigs and not more than two-thirds for

fattening hogs, except during the last

few weeks of the finishing period.



Scant pastures may be supplemented

by waste fruits and vegetables and green

soiling crops. Such foods are largely

composed of water, but 40 to 60 per cent

of the live weight of the hog consists of

water. The nutriment contained in such

food is so easily digested that they coun-

teract the injurious effects of heavy grain

feeding and regulate the whole system,

thus increasing the capacity of the ani-

mals to digest and assimilate larger

quantities of food and improving the

quality of the products. No one can feed

pigs intelligently unless he studies and

understands the nature of foods and the

needs of the animals during the different

periods of their growth and development.

He needs to understand that breeding

stock should be fed differently than fat—

tening stock, that temperature is inti-

mately connected with gains in flesh,

that slow growth or no growth is disas-

trous to profits, that cheap foods may be

profitably utilized to make growth and

that a variety of food promotes the health

of the pigs and gives the most rapid and

economical gains.



At what age and weight to sell pigs is

a debatable question, it being governed

largely by conditions. The young pig is

somewhat of an expense owing to the

cost of keeping the breeding herd. The

least expensive pork is put on light

weight hogs, but the vital question is

that of the pig giving up a reasonable

profit on the quantity of food consumed.

Commercial lard is largely adulterated

and replaced in the'market with various

substitutes, hence the diminished demand

for heavy hogs, the lighter hogs 'usually

topping the market during the greater

portion of the year.

the most profitable weights are between

250 and 300 lbs. Of course, this is gov-

erned largely by the ability of the feeder

and the condition of the markets at the

time the hogs are sold. My best returns

have been secured by marketing the pig

crop at the above mentioned weights.



New York. W, MILTON-KELLY.





It was demonstrated at the recent con—

vention of the Indiana Cattle Feeders’

Association at Lafayette, Ind., that silage

is a first-class supplemental feed in fat-

tening cattle, 300 progressive cattle feed-

ers being present. “Indiana station has

fed cattle six consecutive years,” said

Dean Skinner, in addressing the meeting,

“and each year we have shown a profit

from our feeding operations, which were

conducted along scientific lines in an ef-

fort to produce beef and pork at a mini-

mum cost. In all our tests we have used

silage as a supplemental feed, and the

practical feeder who follows this principle

will find that he can produce beef at

cheaper cost than without this feed.” A

lecture on the fertility value of barnyard

manure was an interesting topic deliv-

ered by Professor Conner, of Purdue,

who has charge of soil testing at that in-

stitution. “The United States govern-

ment has figured that the manure from

the average 1,000-lb. steer is worth each

year $20 in fertility value,” stated Prof.

Conner. “Indiana has nearly 900,000 cat—

tle, and the manure from these cattle is

thus worth $18,000,000. Much of it now

goes to waste through carelessness of the

farmers in failing to keep it in the best

condition. Thus they are losing millions

yearly in the fertility of Indiana soil.”



It Pays to Advertise.



R. J. Lane, Clare, Mich.. the well-

known breeder of Poland China swine,

when be remitted for his advertisement,

“It certainly pays to advertise in





says:

the Michigan Farmer. The first issue in

which my advertisement appeared





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These same men tell us how much quicker and better they

can get to town. How they can take a small gang of men—pack

them off to work and be back in a jiffy. - How the women folks

use it for marketing and making their little social calls. How

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farm can be mended. How trains are caught—friends are met—

business appointments .are kept. How much nearer it brings all

the surrounding territory and neighbors.





And these same warm Overland friends write us of the

reliability of the car. How it goes through thick and thin in

all kinds of weather and never turns a hair. There is probably

some Overland owner near you. Look him up and ask him

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The Overland is the strongest made and most liberally

built car on the market today. We want to prove to you that

when you buy an Overland, you get your money’s'worth.

Make some comparisons with a few other cars. Takeithe specifi-

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the motor and body. Go through the entire list. See how

much more you get in an Overland.





You can use an Overland to advantage. It will help you

to save time and money. Overlands cost from $57 75 to $1675.

Made in all the prevailing styles. They don’t cost much to

operate. The first cost is practically the only cost.





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Overland car. Let him take you for a drive. See What a

handsome machine it is and how easily it rides. Send us your

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VVindgalls.—~ I have a two-year-old colt

that is troubled with puffs on hind legs

and would like to know what to do for

him. IV. A. R, Ithaca, Mich—Apply

equal parts Spirits of camphor and tinc-

ture iodine every day or two.



Caked Bag—I have a cow that is both-

ered with a caked udder, only one quarter

affected. F. 1?... East Pordan, Mich.—

Apply one part tincture iodine and five

parts soap liniment to udder once a day.

Also give 1 dr. iodide potassium at a

dose in feed or water two or three times

'a day.



Sitt‘ast.——One of my mares has a num-

ber of small hard bunches on top of neck





where collar rests and I would like to

know what to apply. I have another

more whose neck is not sore. but hard

scales form on upper part. E. XV. B.~—

.Apply iodine ointment three times a





week and remove the hard bunches with

a knife: also apply to wound equal parts

boric acid and powdered alum.

Contraction—I have a mare that is

troubled with contracted fore feet. She

travels as if sore in all four quarters. E.

Linermore, Otis. MichsContraction is

not a disease, but a result of other foot

ailments, which cause atrophy of soft

tissues of the foot. Blister coronets with

cerate of cantharides every week or ten

-—days and it will stimulate a healthy ac—

~tion and the feet will gradually expand.





z“Tilt is also important to keep the hoof





moist.



Solidified Bursal Bunchesv‘My 22—year-

old mare is lame in left forc leg. Three

years ago she first showed slight lame—

ness which soon passed off. The follow-

ing spring lameness returned with slight

swelling above fetlock joints, but she

gradually improved until lameness leit

her. This spring the lameness has re-

turned and appears to assume a more

aggravated form. Her general health is;

good, wind is poor and she pcrspircs



.., freely. G. W. G.. Rapid City, Mich.—

f; Blister fetlock joint with one part red

1‘ iodide of mercury and eight parts cerate

ef’c‘antharides once a week.

.. l‘leurisy.—My ten—year-old horse had

pleurisy in March; our local Vet. treated

’ him, but the horse is not much better.

lie breathes hard and his lungs squeak

some. “'hen drinking water he often

strangles and coughs considerable, but

has no discharge from nose. llc has a

fairly good appetite and eats plenty,

but does not gain strength very rapidly.

J. R. G., Bentley, Mich—Apply to chest

and sides equal parts turpentine, aqua

ammonia and sweet oil every day or two.

Also give 1 dr. iodide potassium and a

,teaspoonful fluid extract lobclia and a

dteaspoonful tincture opium at a dose

3 three or four times a day.

,1, Navicular

'1”. eight—year—old horse appears to he stiff

"in back and tore feet, but has no hunches

—-I have thought that his joints were

sore. Our Yet. thought he might have

lumbago. A. ii. 133., Elmira, Micli.~—I am

inclined to belivc that your horse suffers

from articular rheumatism and several

of the joints are affected; besides having,

perhaps, lumbago. Give a dessertspoon-

ful of powdered nitrate potash and a

teaspoonful colchicum at a dose in feed

three times a day for one week, then give





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2 drs. salicylate soda at a dose in feed

twlce a day for a week or ten days. Ap-

ply to joints that are affected, one part





turpentine, one part aqua ammonia and

three parts olive oil once a day.



_ Distemper—Abscess _ Dropsical Swell-

mg.~~()ne of my horses had an attack of





distemper some time ago, his throat

swelled and an abscess formed which

broke and discharged pus. His legs





stocked, there is quite a lot of swelling

under belly and he is quite weak. H. P.

ll., Eagle, Mich.~—InjeCi abscess with one

part carbolic acid and 30 parts water

twice daily. Give a table-spoonful of the

following compound powder at a dose in

feed three times a day: Powdered nitrate

of potash, powdered rosin, ground gen-

tiun, and frnugreek. lie should be well

tell and exercised moderately every day.

but not worked until he regains lost

strength.



Malignant Sore Neck—«infected Udder.

wI have a horse that had a sore neck

last summer: during the cold weather it

partially healed. but soon after going to

work this spring the neck became sore

and I would like to know how to treat it.

I also have a cow that gives bloody and

stringy milk, but so far as I know her

udder has not been injured. \’\'. H. “7.,

lowell, Mich.—~'l‘herc is perhaps a hard,

fibrous core or bunch in neck that should

he cut out, then apply equal parts boric

arid. oxide of zinc and powdered alum

twice a day. It is nccdlcss for me to say

that the sore part of shoulder should be





relieved of pressure from collar or else

it will remain sore. Apply equal parts

extract witch hazel, tincture arnica and

water to infected quarter twice a day.





Give 1 oz. hyposulphiie soda at a. dose

in feed two or three times a day.

Sprained Shoulder—‘Wcak Stifle.-For

several years I have been benefited by

Wreading the veterinary department of the

”Michigan Farmer. but this is the first

.time I have written for advice. I have

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I keep about 2400 cholera proof brood

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1\ LIVE STOCK and REAL ESTATEAUCllOI'leer

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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN=ANGUS.





Herd. consisting of Trojan Erieas. Blackbirds and

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

by Black “'oodlawn, ire of i. 8 Grand Cham ion steer

and bull at the Int national in Chicago, 90.. 1910.

He is assisted by Undulata Blackbird Ito.



“'OOIX‘OTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





Guernsey Bull Cali For Sale‘é‘fif’fiift‘é‘éé

of breeding. WILL W. FISHER. Watervliet, Mich.





TOP N OTCH HOLSTEIN S





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-

bining in themselves the blood of cows which now

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

milk and butter fat at fair rices.;



MCPHERSON FAR S C0.. Howell. l'lich.





Holstein Friesian Caflle—ggfiggofiflg‘éifiz

ary Mercedes, W. B. JONES. Oak Grove. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





OLSTEIN BULLS—l two 'ycnrs old. sire Admiral Prilly



Walker No. 42562:dum Kekko Hengerveld Do Re] No. 48390;

1 nine. months old, sire Sir Korndyke Piertje chgcrveld

No. 55929; (lam Nora lnkn Korndyke No. 109765. 1 8 months

old, sire Johanna Concordia Champion No. 60575; dnm Corn

Burk De Kol No. 112542. The above are 3 oi‘ the belt hulls ever

offered for sale in the Mich. Farmer. L. E. Council. Fayette. 0.





DE KOL BULL CAL imi‘iffifi Aiiiili’lafh‘iii‘





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COLE BROTHERS. Ypsiland Farms. Ypsilanti. Mich.





 





 





 





HULSTEm-FBIESMH gttt‘za‘a‘izatlrnrrsz

O. Cows. E. R. CORNELL. Howell. Mchizan.





you SALE-32:5... inLanJ





producing stock. C. A. BKISTOL,Fenton, Michigan.





H ER E F0 R D S‘Ri‘hsa‘l‘éfe" iii?) 135.1233?





China. hogs. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Mich.





LiLLlE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS.

“E“ BULLSg'Vidas Signal St. L. N0.'58197.

_ Jubilee‘s Foximll. No. 82299.

Bull calves aired by these great bulls, and out of

splendld‘dairy cows. many of them in test. for register

of merit._ Also a few heifers and heifer calves for

sale. Vt nice for description and prices. Satisfaction

.2 aranteed. 'or money refunded.

COLOR C. LILLIE. Cooperfiville. lilichigan.





J . .

BUTTER BRED Elidfi‘iql’fél’s





CRYSTAL SPRING. STOCK FARE“





Silver Crock, Allugun County, Michigan.





I EGIBTERED JERSEYS For Sale—Some combin'

. lug the. blood of St Louis and Chicago World's

Fair Champions by HERMAN HA HMS, Reese, Mich.

Register oi Merit Jerseys. 32:33. 1"?”





inc

lot, of young bulls from dams with official records

of 483 Rounds and upwards of butter.

. F. MARSTON. Bay City, Michigan.





FOR SA LE—l‘igfiifltemd Shorthorn





both sexes not

akin. JOHN SCHMIDT, It. No. 4, Reed City. Mich.





Dairy Bred ShorthornS‘ii“ii.f.’£“2.i.i‘f”1351i;





$75 cash or good note. J. H. liummel. Mason. Mich.

SHEEP.





' Ewes bred for March & A ril:

Hal‘I’IDSher registered stock; ChOicep in-

dividuals. C. D. WOODHUltY. Lansing. Michigan.



and Polled





Oxford-Down Shoo

cattle fort-Jule. J. A. DE GAiiM(),pMuiI;,ulirlli‘clli.





Oxford Down Sheep:Good Yearling Field





lame and owes of all: e

forsnle. I. H. “'A'l‘EliBl‘liY. Highland. Michigiz‘il:





' —I have 100 ewes, union them

Reg- Rambo‘ullets all of my youngest an beat,

also 85 ewe and ram lambs. Live 2% miles east of





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

HOCS.





' ' —Growthy S rin Bo ratio Gilt

llurocs & Vialorlas of choicest lime inf i‘rom l‘rizg

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





 





 





 





 





 





' -Ten gllta bred to the wonderful Duke

Berksmms Pontiac Chief. to far-row in April or May

No better bleeding. 0. 8. Bartlett. Pontiac, Mich.





ERKSHIBE Yearling sow bred for July far-row,

also two full Glitz and choice lot of Marc {arrow-





 





 





ed. (Pigs eith. sex.) A. A. Pattullo. Deckerville. Mich.





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FOR SALE—High quality fall Berk-

shire Gilts. to furrow in



June. Bred to the excellent young boar. Premier



Bacon 4th. Rougemont Farms. Detroit. Michigan.





 





DAMS BROS. Litchfield, Mich, breeders of Imp. Chester

White and Tamworth swine, service boars. sows bred or

open, of either breed. Shorthom Cattle, Buff Rock, Buff Wynn-

dotte. W. Orpington. Ckls. all breeding stock leading winners





DU ROC-JERSEYSfifi‘hgil‘i.‘ i3:





sale. CAREY U. EDMONDS, Hastings. Michigan.





For Sale—A few sows bred for

Illlroc Jerseys summer farrowing and Spring

pigs both sex. ii. A. EBAY, Okemos. Michigan.





D U R0 0 Sficgififif‘ifiré’ £333.51? '





 





 





 





 

 

 





 





 





'75 Fall Pi . both sex. Write’ 01° co (1 Bee.

J. C. BA NEY. COLDVVATER. GAN

MPROVED OHEBTERS—Young boara‘v dy for





servu-e. orders taken for sows bred for swing fab

Also Holstein Bull Calves of the bofi‘bf breed-

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





all asu.’ Bows bred.

0. I. C. H0 SMaleswei inngGibs.

and more. H. H. JUli , Munith. Mic igan.





’ —Best quality, 131' rowth

0. lo C S For sale type, either sex,8e first uni

akin. some fine bred llts. choice lot of, fall pigs all

ages. OTTO B. 80 ULZE. Nashville, Michigan.





—Bred gilts. males wei hin from

0- 10 Co SWine 1.50 to 2'30 lbs. Price“ and ty

right. Goo. P. Andrews. Dansville. Ingham 00., Mic .





0 l C —-Maroh (pigs with quality and best. pedi-

o o e recs. )rder now and get; first choice.



0. J. BOMPSON. Rockford. Michigan.

0 l 0’





Brad sows all sold. 93 choice Mar. & April



- farrowed pi eithersox pairs not, nkin Reg.



in buyers name. Fred iokel. R. No. L Monroe. Mich.

' ' ' either sex. Pairs not



0. I. 0. Choice 8 ring Pigs, 3km Memo... and

et ill-st. choice. Al gigs Shifiied on a roval and Re .

ree. HARRY T. RAND L. CAg CITY. MIC .





—My herd is. chiefly

0-. II c- SWIN descent of the Royal

strain both males and females. Get my price before

you buy. Will register free of charge in purchaser's

name. A. J. GOitDEN, R. No. 2, Dorr, Michigan.





GREAT POLAND-CHINA HOG SALE.





JAN UARY 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.

Butler’s Famous Wonders—biggie page]?





Chinas. Bestliy every test. 20 fall boars ready for

service, weighing up to 230 lbs. at $20 & $25 each, they

have got. to no. Also Jersey bull calves richly bred.

J. C. BUTLER. Portland. Mich. Bell Phone.





' -—P. C. Bears ready for 501‘ 'i e. f ll

Ba rgalns boar gigs. Prize winning; Aciriczzlin

& Embden Geese. Z. K NE. Three ‘0aks, Mich.





Poland-Chinas—Fall 6: Spring pigs of

B





quality at. low . ..

. M. WING do SON. Sheridan, Michighlif‘l

Young





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J

L. W. Barnes & Bon. Byron, Slhiawaeseo 00., Mich.





POLAND‘CHINAS‘B o ok i ng





_ ’ orders 1

spring pigs. WOOD & SUNS. Saline. Michigan?!





POLAND-CHINASIEdELEeE. 11“”





f

choice fall boars. R. J. LANE, No. 7. Clare. Midst:

IG TYPE POLAND CHINA BOARS, also fall and



early spring pigs. B. I’. Rock eggs $1.“) per 15.

ROBERT NEVIS. Pierson. lilichigan.





ARGE TYPE P. C. Lat-rest in Mich. Se t. a O t.

pigs weigh 250 to 300 be. Six-ed by tug) lnrggst

hours and from largest sows in State. Come and see

and be convinced. W. E. Livingston. Purina. Mich.





FOR Séfiéiiig lprKSHIiiIE PIGS.

MURRAY-wartnmn‘ co. ANN limit, men.

Lillie Farmstead Y0PkSllil‘28_H °’ ~V W ° “





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Oak Lodge blood predominates. L . hree



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KEEPING UP THE MILK FLOW.



The cow that yields a heavy average

daily flow of milk throughout a long lac-

tation period is the one that returns the

most profit. A cow that gives milk for

only six mont is usually very low in

total production and in nearly every case

Where careful records are kept she does

not return a profit. Likewise the cow

Whose milk flow is light is a losing prop—

osition. It takes a fairly good producer

to pay for her feed and care. It is only

after she has yielded enough milk to pay

for feed and care the profit to the owner

comes in.



Care and management are big factors

in producing a. high average daily flow

and in securing a long lactation period.

Of course, there are cows that may be

rated as ZOO-lb. producers and others that

may be rated as GOO—lb. producers. Yet

is is an apparent fact that each can be

made to do far better if well cared for

than otherwise.



In order to test the value of good care

the New York station at Cornell conduct-

ed a test by gathering in a herd from

nearby farms. The production of these

cows under the college feed and care

was compared with what it had been and

what it was later on the farms from

which they came. It was determined

that the yield was 42 per cent greater

while the cows were at the collcge. At

the present time the Iowa station has at

the dairy farm a bunch of poor grade

southern cows. Most of those cows are

yielding a. profit. In their native state

and under the treatment they were re-

ceiving there, they had not yielded as

much milk as a good Swiss goat. On

most farms there are slight changes that

can be made whereby the profit may be

increased either by increasing the daily

yield or encouraging persistence.





Production depends primarily on feed.

Feeding the cow is much like firing a

steam engine. With the engine the more

coal, up to a certain limit, and the better

the quality of that coal, the greater will

be the amount of steam generated. Just

so with the cow, the best records are

made only when a generous amount of

feed of the best quality has been fed.





Grass is nature’s best feed. There is

nothing that a. cow likes better. It cools

out and rests her system. Except in rare

cases it does not pay to feed grain to

dairy cows while they are on a good

grass pasture. On most farms grass is

not of the best all summer. It dries up

about the middle of the season. At that

time he who has planned ahead to keep

up the steady milk flow will have some

good soiling crop ready. By the use of

good green feed at this time the milk

sheets will show but very little lower

yield at this time.



Silage kept over for this season has

some very distinct advantages. It can be

fed far more conveniently in the barn

and it happens that it is often advisable

to keep the cows in the barn at this sea-

son to protect them from the flies and

shelter them from the hot sun. The sil-

age is as appetizing as anything can be,

aside from fresh grass.



Milking has much to do with securing

a heavy and persistent flow of milk. The

dairy cow is an extremely sensitive piece

of animal machinery. Any changes or

irregularities are Quickly registered on

the milk flow regulator and the yield is

cut down. In order not to jar the cow's

sensibilities she must be milked in the

same place, at regular times and by the

same milker.



Quietness for the same reason is im-

portant. It is as essential in the pasture

as in the yard or barn. A dog can, in a.

few minutes, reduce the‘ output of milk

enough so that if turned into cash the

money would buy sufficient gunpowder to

put a whole pack of his kind out of mis-

There is no place for a dog on a

dairy farm. All loud talking or unneces-

sary noises about the farm must be

avoided if best results are to be secured.





Regularity in all things as well as in

milking, is necessary. We can not em-

phasize too much that the cow is an

extremely complex and delicate machine.

Her 'sensitive nature learns to expect

feed at certain hours. If it does not come

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scarcely need mention kindness. Yet the

dairy cow responds to kindness as does

no other animal. The quiet, kind,

thoughtful dairyman receives dollars in

return for his consideration just as surely

as a politician gets votes for his smiles

and glad handshakes. On the other hand,

a rough, abusive cow man kills his profits

just 'as surely as a. grouchy person loses

friends.



Dairy cows, or all milch cows, for that

matter, require large quantities of water.

They will sometimes drink several times

as much water per day by weight as

their milk flow amounts to. Pure, mod-

erately cool water is most acceptable to

them and they will drink much of it.



The milch cow craves salt. It has a

beneficial effect upon her system. It, of

course, can best; be supplied in an open

box in the lot where each cow may se—

cure just the amount she wishes and no

more.



One way of securing a heavier total

yield and a longer lactation period is to

have the cows calvc in the fall. Under

proper treatment being fed plentifully of

silage and other suitable feeds the cow

will yield heavily all winter. At spring

time she will have begun to slacken

slightly on her milk flow as a result of

six months of hard service. Then, when

turned out upon a good pasture, the

grass will have the beneficial effect of

stimulating the milk flow and producing

effects similar to a second fi'eshening. In

tests conducted to determine the relative

merits of spring and fall calving it has

been found that cows freshening in the

fall will produce on the average about 20

per cent more milk during the year than

those freshening in the spring.



The biggest factor in producing a heavy

yield and long lactation period has pur-

posely been left to the last. That factor

is the selection of the cow. The best care

in the world could not make some of the

low yielders return a profit. It could not

make the cow that is naturally of the

2004b. class produce 400 lbs. By deter-

mining with the spring balance and the

Babcock test which are the right kind of

producers and eliminating those which

are not, a man can build up a herd which

will be profitable to keep.



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There are several hundreds of thou-i

sands of farmers in this country whol

turn their crops into butter or cheese by!

means of the dairy herd. To them the

question of profitable dairy cows is a

very important one. It is an established

fact that some cows will turn twenty dol-

lars worth of feed into double the amount

of butter that other cows will. If one

stops to consider this fact he will readily

see what an increase in his income will

result if he displaces the low producing

cows with top—notchcrs. XVhile a herd of

thoroughbred Holsteins. Ayrshires on Jer-

seys is :1 very good thing for its owner

such a thing is beyond the possession of

many dairy farms. Even if they could

afford the thoroughbreds the supply is

not large enough to furnish one cow for

each herd. .



Since it is impossible for every dairy

farmer to secure a first-class herd by

purchase he must turn in another direc-

tion if he desires to increase the profit-

making:r valuc of his herd and every true,

daii‘yman certainly has that dcsire. There‘

is only one other way in which that can

be accomplished and that is by breeding.

A thoroughbred bull will transmit one-

half of his qualities on the first cross; in

three years thi'ec-fourth blood calves can

be obtained from this cross and so on

until thc seventh year when fifteen-six-

teenth blood calves will be born. For

practical dairy purposes these will be aS‘

good as thoroughbreds, provided care has

been exercised in breeding only to thor-

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and butter records. Just as soon as the

heifers become milkers a. test should be

made and those that do not come up to

the standard in amount and quality of

milk should be discarded. The mere fact

that a cow has good blood in her should

not guarantee her a place in the herd.

She must show results in the milk pail.

By carefully caring for the heifer calves

they may be brought up into gentle

cows, used to the place and that will

make them worth more than ones that

have been purchased from some other

farm.





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' holesome product for consumption.

Pasteurized Milk is where the product

has been heated sufficiently to kill most

of the bacteria, but not to the boiling

point, and immediately cooled to about 50

degrees or below. The usual tempera-





THE MICHIGAN ‘ FARMER.‘





tures to- which the milkis subjected in

this process range between 140 degrees

and 185 degrees.



Peptonlzed Milk is milk to which pep-

sin has been added that the resulting

product may be more easily digested.



Powdered Milk is the result'of evap-

orating milk until it is reduced to a pow-

der. The process is also applied to part-

ly skimmed milk, and to ordinary skim-

milk.



Sterilized Milk is such as has been sub-

mitted to heat‘at a boiling temperature,

or higher, for such a period of time as

to completely destroy all the bacteria

present in the product.



There are other preparations of milk’ but

these cover the terms most commonly re-

ferred to, and while the definitions are

brief they will furnish sufficient fact to

set the reader right as to the differences

existing between them.





 





PASTU RE FOR COWS.





 





Nothing can be sown this spring for

cow pasture next summer that will be as

satisfactory as an established grass pas-

ture. There can be no question about

that, and yet a fair substitute can be

secured by a mixture of grains and grass.

Prepare the land well. Sow a mixture

of cats, peas, and barley with clover and

timothy seed and keep the cattle off until

the oats, peas and barley are five or six

inches high, or until the roots are es—

tablished. Clip with the mowing ma—

chine what the cows do not keep down

properly. In this manner a fairly satis-

factory pasture can be secured during a

favorable season. If, however, the grains

are allowed to grow and head out in

places. that is the end of their growth.

If they are clipped off with a mowing

machine they will continue to grow for

a considerable length of time and furnish

quite a valuable pasture. If handled in

this way the growth of the grains may

be depended upon until well along in the

summer and by that time the clover and





grass should come forward and be of '





considerable value. .



Grain and grass sown for this purpose

should be Sown very thickly and the

ground should be well rolled and pressed

down after they are sown to make it as

firm as possible to withstand the tramp-

ling of the cattle. The richer the land

and the better it is fertilized, the more

pasture will be secured.





A TEST FOR CREAM PATRONS.





 





I have seen the statement in the Mich-

igan Farmer that cream patrons of a

creamery are entitled to a fraction of a.

percentage over and above their test,

but I forgot how much. Please answer

through Michigan Farmer. Is it fair to

take samples of cream delivered and test

only once in every two weeks? Or should

cream be tested every time it is taken in?



Ottawa Co. L.





With the most approved separator it

is absolutely impossible to get every par-

ticle of butter-fat out of milk. To get it

within .02 per cent is considered good

work. Sometimes we get it down as low

as .01 per cent, and .03 per cent is not

out of the way. This being the case.

when a man brings whole milk to a

creamery and it is sampled and tested.

the test shows all of the butter-fat in the

milk, all of which the creamery can’t get

out; consequently the whole milk patron

gets pay for a little bit more butter-fat

than the creamery gets. But on the oth-

er hand, when the cream patron brings

his cream to the factory, he has skimmed

his milk at home and has left .03 per cent

on the farm. When the cream is tested,

the test shows all of the butter-fat in the

cream. You receive all that your test

shows, consequently to be accurate the

milk patron should receive from .01 to .03

per cent less test than the cream patron

to have the proposition absolutely cor-

rect to give each man an absolutely

square deal. If the tests are made cor-

rectly there perhaps would be no large

deserepencies by testing once every two

weeks, providing the separators were not

changed in the meantime so as to give 8.





MAY 13. 1911.





greater or less percentage of butter-fat;

but testing every time the cream is taken

is the only real accurate way of keeping

a true account between the creamery and

the patron.





MORE CAREFUL STUDY OF COST AND

RETURNS NEEDED.





 





The wide interest which has attended

the campaign, conducted for the purpose

of directing attention to the importance

of knowing the cost of maintenance and

the profit of each dairy animal, has led

producers another step in determining

what a good dairy cow is. Confidence

was formerly had in the breeding, confor-

mation and health of the animal. While

these factors have not been outdistanced

they have been crowded to the “pole" a

little to make room for that other con-

sideration awhich puts in plain language

a definite return from the animal or ani-

mals in question. That a certain cow

produces 400 pounds of butter-fat, is a.

point of more vital interest to the man

looking for a. “worker" than the fact

that the animal classed well at a. fair, al-

though the latter point. is of no mean

consideration. Great manufacturers fig-

ure so closely that they know just the

service a certain belt on the machinery

performs, what trouble it has caused

them, the cost per day and just how long

it has been used. These facts an ordinary

man would think, all nonsense, yet when

connected with a thousand other similar

facts they make the manufacturer suc-

cessful. So must the dairyman who is

seeking to reach a higher standard with

his herd figure closely, get down to actual

pounds and fractions thereof, dollars and

cents and let them persuade his mind

rather than be led this or that way by

fancy, or prejudice. Hundreds have testi-

fied to the undreamed of results shown by

careful use of the scales and the Bab-

cock tester. Condemned cows have been

emulated and favorites have gone to the

shambles with the result t t more cop-

pers are coming to the till of the owner.

\Ve only wonder why the campaign has

not taken- hold with a firmer grip, why it

has not spread to every dairy farm and

started on a new foundation the up-bliiid-

ing of thousands of dairy herds, every

animal of which must be a profit maker.





 





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IS THERE ANY DOUBT IN YOUR MIND as to

which cream separator will give you the most satis—

factory service and be the most economical for you to buy?





Here is a proposition that should interest you





Ask our nearest agent to bring a DE LAVAL out to

your house and set it up for you.

DE LAVAL agent drop us a line and we will give you

his name and address.) Try out any other separator you





(If you don’t know the





them both a fair, honest trial.





 





 





 





Skims the cleanest,

is easiest to wash,

Turns the easiest,



ls best constructed





If there is any doubt in

your mind when you make

this test as to the compara-

tive skimming of the two

machines, take a sample of

skim-milk from each separa-

tor and send it to y0ur State

Experiment Station. They

will tell you which sample

contains the most butter-fat.



We sell thousands and

thousands of cream separa-

tors every year upon just

such tests.





 





 





 





We don’t hesitate to ask you to make such a test be-

cause we know the DE LAVAL will skim cleaner and give

you better service than any other machine on the market.

That’s why we are perfectly willing to let you try it out

alongside of any “would—be” competitive machine ever built.

Our willingness to have you make such a test should mean

more to you than volumes of printed claims.





Give your cows 3 square





If there is any one farm machine that should be of the very

best possible construction it is the cream separator.

used oftener than any piece of farm machinery—730 times

a year—and the very best machine that you can buy will

be far the cheapest in the end. You have always heard

the DE LAVAL spoken of as a high-

DE LAVAL users are DE LAVAL “boosters” because





it always “makes good.”





We have agents in almost every locality who will be glad to

set the machine up for you and give you a free trial, and we have

an arrangement with our agents whereby a purchaser, if he desires,

may make a partial payment at time of purchase, and pay the

balance on easy terms covering a period of twelve months.





If you are interested in the purchase of a cream separator, be

sure to write for our new catalog which illustrates and describes

in detail the features which have made the DE LAVAL the

universal favorite among dairymen all over the world.





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PREPARATIONS FOR HOT WEATHER.





 





 





 





We must begin now to make prepara—

tions for hot weather if the fowls' com-

fort and profitableness is any considera-

tion. It is not too early to take out the

windows. \Take them out entirely and

replace with wire netting. Ilse inch-

mesh wire to prevent the sparrows from

getting in, as a considerable amount of

feed is lost in this way.



The walls and inside of house should

be thoroughly whitewashed. Add crude

carbolic acid to the whitewash before ap—

plying and put the mixture on hot. Be

sure to get it into every crack and

crevice. Remove the nest boxes and

dump the nesting material outside where

it can be burned. Burn out the inside

of nest boxes and whitewash thoroughly,

both inside and outside. Take out the

roosts and dropping boards and give

them the same treatment. An excellent

method of completely ridding the house

of all kinds of vermin is to fumigate by

burning sulphur. Place an old iron kettle

in center of coop and fill partly with

shavings. On top of this place a quan-

tity of sulphur. Be sure to exclude all

fowls from the building and have all

windows and other openings tightly

closed. Should there be any cracks or

knot holes, stuff them shut, also. Now

light the shavings and leave the building

quickly, closing the door tightly. It is

a good plan to keep watch of the fire

through a window so if anything should

accidentally catch fire it can be quickly

extinguished. Let the house remain

closed for a few hours; then open every-

thing for a few hours before the fowls

are admitted. After treating in this man-

ner there will be no sign of a living in-

sect. The fowls should be thoroughly

dusted with insect powder before being

returned to the house.



If the floor of the coop consists of earth

remove a few inches of the surface and

replace with fresh dirt, filling it up so it

will be. several inches higher than the

ground outside. If you have a cement

floor remove the litter covering it and

1eplQe with a few inches of fresh litter

on tearfh '



e the runs plowed or spaded up

and sown to crops that will furnish green

feed. If the runs are small and usually

bare it is a good plan to spread air-

slaked lime over the surface and plow or

spade under. This will sweeten the

ground and prevent contamination. Rape

is an excellent green feed to g1 ow in the

runs. It will stand considerable drought

Without damage. The fowls also relish it.

Oats can also be sown in the runs and

it will grow more quickly, but the fowls

will have to be excluded until it has se-

cured a good growth. If this form of

green feed is to be grown it is advisable

to have double runs, Where possible. One

run can be made on the south side of

house and the other on the north. Let

the fowls have the run of one yard while

the other is growing green stuff. If the

yards must all be on one side of the

house it is a good plan to have two runs

for each pen, each run half as wide as

the pen in the. house, with a gate pro-

vided for each so the fowls can be ad-

mitted or excluded from either, as de-

sired.





Indiana. 0. E. HACHMAN.





WHAT THE CANDLE WILL SHOW.





The time of year is at hand when

it is a little difficult to always know the

condition of the eggs that are gathered,

even upon well managed farms. Candling

at home puts the producer in position to

demand and to secure what his eggs are

worth, and in this connection the follow-

ing description of the contents of eggs,

ranging from fresh to absolutely rotten,

as they appear under the candle is of in-

terest. It is from a newspaper bulletin

put out by the Indiana station:



Fresh—Opaque, appearing almost en-

tirely free of any contents, sometimes dim

outline of yolk visible, air cell very small.



Stale—Outline of Yolk plainly visible,

sometimes muddy in appearance, air cell

verbr large.



Developed Germ.—Dark spot visible,

from which radiate light colored blood

vessels.



Dead Germ.—Dark spot attached to

shell, or red ring of blood, visible.



Rotten—Muddy or very dark in appear-

ance, yolk and white mixed, air cell large

and sometimes movable.



Cracked—White lines showing irregu-

larly in shell.





 





THE MICHIGAN





FULL- SHEET FOUNDATION VS.

STARTERS.



It is seldom now that I use anything

less than full sheets of foundation in the

frames, either extracting frames or the

ones used in' the brood chambers. Of

course, there is a reason for this, and it

is that I believe it pays. A good many

will shake their heads after having fig-

ured at it and finding that it costs about

fifty cents per hive for full sheets of

foundation.



I simply allowed the bees to decide the

matter by trying both full sheets and

starters only. When I got enough more

honey to more than pay for the extra cost

of full sheets over starters I naturally

decided in favor of the former. And

then, I get better—much better—combs

in the bargain all nice and straight

and free from drone cells. It takes extra

time—and time is money you know—to

get straight combs from the use of start-

ers only. Then, too, it makes some more

work to remove the superfluous drone

comb. Anyway, I find it pays to use full

sheets in frames, so I preach as I prac-

tice. The next thing is to consider

practical methods of using them.





 





In the first place, don’t try to use full

sheets without staying them with wires.

Order the end bars of frames pierced;

it only costs ten cents per hundred extra

and the wire is included. If you already

have some unpierced frames on hand you

can pierce four holes into each end bar

equal distances apart. I have done this

with a straight and sharp three-cornered

awl.



The next thing is to pull wire into the

frames. If for any reason you (lid not

get wire with the frames, purchase No 30

tinned wire on spools. There are ways

Of threading the wire through the frames

direct from the spools, but I don’t like

them as there is trouble from the wire

coiling. I wind the wire around a board

half as long as the length of wire needed

for one frame. Determine this first by

measuring. When ready to wind, fasten

the spool somewhere with a spike or nail,

then go off fifty feet or so with one end

of the wire and commence to wind it

around the board. When done tie five

or six strings around the wire on the

board. This is to keep. it from jumping

off and tangling when the wire is cut at

one end of the board.





Vi'hen nailing up the frames press a





small nail or tack (I use a quarter-inch





cut tack), part way in near the top hole

and another near the bottom hole of one

end bar. Have the frames and board of

wire convenient. Pull out one wire and

thread one end through the second hole

from the top, commencing on the end

where the tacks are. Pull the wire

through the frame to the opposite hole in

the other end bar. Thread it through the

top hole and back to the top hole of the

first bar and wind the end loosely around

the tack. Next thread the other end of

the wire in the same way. Both ends

should now be pulled tight and wound

several times around the tacks. As the

\11re can not well be pulled with the bare

fingers I use a pair of round- nosed plieis.

\Vith these I also pless down the tacks

after the wire has been wound around

them. The ends of Wire left are snipped

off.



This finishes a frame. Don’t pull the

wires very tight—just so the slack is

taken out and they “sing” a little.





Now comes the putting in of the foun-

dation. You will need a board of a size

that a frame will fit over and seven-

eighths inch thick. Also a wire imbedder,

which can be purchased of a supply

dealer for twenty cents or so. Take up

a sheet and push it into the groove of the

top bar. Then lay it with the frame

(wires up) upon the board. Before using

the wire imbedder it should be heated.

This I do by putting it into a small can

of water kept hot on a kerosene lamp

Take the imbedder and run it along each

wiie once. Press hard enough to imbed

the wires nicely into the foundation, but

don’t bear on so hard as to cut the

foundation.





While taking up this frame and fixing

the next, keep the imbedder in the hot

water. After the wires have been im-

bedded insert the wedge into the groove

of the top bar and the frame is finished.

Have the foundation warm and pliable

when putting it in. Keep the frames in

a warm place, too, afterwards. If foun-

dation is subjected to cold it will warp

and twist out of shape and result in bad

combs. I rather prefer to prepare frames

shortly before giving them to the bees,

say a week or so. This gives nicer

combs. F. A. STROHSCHEIN.





 





 





FARMER.





 

 

 





Asbestos (stone) Roofing—are made

of so—called felt composed of animal

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fibres were growing, they lived upon

the ground or animal from whence

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therefrom.

nature is hollow, like a straw.





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when the sun reaches them.

the Sun quickly begins its deadly work of tak—

ing these oils off the surface of such roofings;

and then continues to draw them out of the inside through the strawlike

fibres of which the felt is composed, until the roofing becomes dry and

porous and 15 no longer water- proof.



J-M Asbestos Roofing is unlike other roofings, because its felts are

made of stone fibres which are solid. These solid stone fibres defy the

action of the sun’ 5 rays and positively prevent capillary attraction, thus





Therefore,





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indefinitely.





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ROOFING





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oils or asphalt impossible.





This asphalt is also hermetically sealed, making any escape of





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of ordinary roofings.





or magnifying glass and note results.





Focus the rays of the sun through an ordinary sun





This, in ten minutes, will show





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This simple sun- g—lass test is as severe in its way as our famous blow-





torch fire test.

pay out your money.





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applied if desired, where we have no dealer.





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Mil-Egg Incubator





. Double cases all over; best copper

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Best 140-cl1ick hot- water brooder,

$4.85. Both ordered to rother

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' Black Langshnns—Book

Indian Runner DUCkS, egg Orders now. Stock

the very best. J. Gordon Drake, Port; Huron, Mich.





 





BABY REDs—Stnndnfd Bred at $15 per 100; $8 per 50:

$5 p(r 2.3. Show qualit) rose or single

comb, eggs 100 emh. ()ther pens 11.0. at $1. 75 per26.

Show qualitn Red turkexs eggs >051- eat-h My ltedsare

guaranteed lm \ers. Soft arrival guaranteed. ()1de1

now of W. 'I‘. FRENCH. Ludington. Michigan,





EGGS FOR HATCHING fiv’I'flXm’t’AiE—g

VVhit-e and Columbizm. White Holland "lurkms and

White Guineas. Z. KINNE, Three Oaks, Mich.





 





GGS from the famous Blue Belle Struln of Barred



Rocks 1128 winners at Chicago & Boston. $1. MO

settin 8 from special {18 n of 8 liens. $2 from special

pen 0 10 pullets. . Lake idgeFarm. Levering, Iich





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While leghornsR erels. Rose Cgmb e22]. $103352

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LIGWIIS 1.0 PENLANDER It. NO 4, Lansing,Mith.





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eggs $1 0015; S3. 00 50. S. LE‘SEImeISs’illgeOIii‘ioéc‘

B. B. B. Leghorn Cockerelsilfiflg iifrsf‘l‘i‘g .31.. £532

in season 0. IV. VVAITE, Gobleville, Michigan. -<'

ILVEIt GOLDEN and WHITE WYANDOTTES.’

Eggs $1. 50 per 15; $2 50 per 30. A few White Roosters;

left, circular free. 0. W. Browning, Portland, Mith.

s c. B. MINUHCAS— Cockerels, Pullets and yeah.

lin hens for sale. E $210 .$3

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largest breeders of the Brown Beauty’ 8 winnin



at. the leading shows Send for catalog with prices .1113

photos of my birds. Box 324 D Charles Rufi St. Clair, Mich.



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FOR SAL —Red Eg§3.1for$l 50 for





$2" 45; 100 for $5. BUELL BRO Ann Arbor, Mich.





WHITE wuunorits-rsui adder“! 1..





pays A. FRANKLIN SMITH, Ann Arbcifi’iinac'iil.



White Wyandoue.“ and Sfl._ C. White Leghorns.

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B P. Rocks. R. I. Reds ..W W andotftes and S. C. W.

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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





As noted in the last is-

sue the Canadian reci-

procity bill has passed

the lower house of con-

gress and is now being considered by the

senate finance committee. As every read—

er knows, the Michigan Farmcr has

strenuously opposed this treaty. as es-

sentially unfair to the farmers of the

country, since the announcement of its

terms were made public. Our readers

have been urged to act for themselves in

the matter by writing to and petitioning

their members of congress and the l‘ni‘lcd

States senators from Michigan to oppose

the measure. Many of them have done

so. and we have received many letters

from others who hesitated to write to

these gentlemcn because they did not feel

certain as to how they should be ad-

dressed upon the subject. But it is cer—

tain that the congressmen from Michigan

were well advised as to the feeling of

their constituents in the matter, as evi-

denced by the opposition of a large ma-

jority of the Michigan delegation to the

measure, as noted in a recent issue.





But the fight is not yet over, and the

publishers of the Michigan Farmer will

not abandon it while there is a fighting

chance. As a last effective blow aimed

at this measure. the Michigan Farmer has

tnltcn the initiative in getting a strong

delegation of Michigan men to go to

Yashington to oppose the measure. Mr.

M. J. Lawrence, who is still in VVashing—

ton working on the proposition, arranged

for a hearing before the senate finance

committee for May 11, and a strong del-

egation of influential Michigan farmers,

including representatives of the various

farmers organizations of the state, prom-

inent educators. well known institute

workers and agricultural authorities were

interested in the movement and induced

to join the delegation. Before this issue

reaches the reader they will have pre-

sented the cause of the farmers of Mich-

igan to the senate committee in the

strongest possible manner. Conferences

will also have been held with the Michi—

gan senators,_in which the importance of

the defeat of this agreement to the farm-

ers of Michigan will be strongly urged

and everything possible will be done to

compass the defeat of the measure in its

present form.



What the outcome will be we cannot,

of course, predict. But no effort will be





A Last Blow at

Reciprocity.





spared to impress upon those in authority





THE MlcnchN FARMER;





at ‘Washington, that the farmers of Mich-

igan are unanimous in their opposition to

this treaty, and that their unanimity of





‘opinion is the result of their own best





judgment. and not due to the efforts of

any persons or persons who may have

sought to arouse their fears and opposi-

tion, as has been suggested by President

Taft. In the next issue we will publish

information regarding the personnel of this

delegation and the manner in which it

presented the cause of the farmers of‘the

state to the Senate Committee and other

officials at Washington.





Not a little anx-



Senator Smith Against iety has been felt

Reciprocity. by the farmers



of Michigan re-

garding the attitude which the United

States senators from our state would take

on the rcciprocity measure when this im—

portant matter comes up for consideration

in the senate. That anxiety has been in

a measure relieved by the recent on-

nouncement of Senator Smith that he

would not support the agreement in its

present form. Senator Smith’s announce-

ment was made in a letter to Master N.

P. Hull, of the ,State Grange, in response

to an appeal from that gentleman made

in behalf of the farmers of the state and

country. Senator Smith’s letter to Mr.

Hull follows:



April 24, 1911.

Mr. N. P. Hull.



Master, Michigan State Grange,

Dimondale, Michigan.



My Dear Mr. Hull:—



1 am in receipt of your kind letter of

the seventeenth and have read it care-

fully. I appreciate the anxiety you (3X—

press for the welfare of the farmers of

our state and want you to know that I

sympathize deeply with your desire to

protect their interests as far as you are

able to do so. The Reciprocity Agree-

ment with Canada, as originally drawn,

and passed by the House of Representa-

tives on Friday last, is, in my opinion,

most inequitable and unfair toward the

American farmers. Under its provisions,

aliens have the same right to our mar—

kets as the farmers of our own country

with none of the responsibilities imposed

upon our own people. By its provisions.

3 premium is placed upon residence in an

English possession audits beneficiaries

exempted from taxation under our laws

and military service in time of stress. I

cannot see that it is fair or just to our

own people and a careful examination of

its provisions convinces me that it is very

unequal in the limited blessings which it

is intended to bestow.



I am not unmindful of the fact that it

has received the approval of many of our

countrymen and that its failure of enact-

ment will be disappointing to a large

majority of the people. My attitude to-

ward the measure is not prompted by any

personal ambition of my own, but I have

been moved solely in my course by a.

desire to do justice to the producers of

our soil, whose devotion to our country

has been exemplified upon every battle-

field and in every crisis in our history.



It is not the function of a public ser-

vant to invite such competition in this

field of enterprise as is calculated to im-

pair our domestic market for the products

of our own people. I believe in the prin-

ciple of a protective tariff and fail to see

the justice of exposing the productsof

agriculture to unrestricted competition

with a foreign state, while at the same

time tenaciously insisting upon full and

complete protection for the laborer in

other fields of American enterprise and

unless this measure can be changed so

that it will not burden American agricul-

ture unfairly, I cannot give it my sup-

port.



XVith best wishes, I am,



Yours very truly.

WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH.



Senator Smith is to be congratulated

upon the clear reasoning which he uses

in expressing his determination to oppose

the agreement. He is also to be con-

gratulated upon expressing himself in

such an unreserved manner at a time

when'his attitude will be a helpful influ-

ence in the strenuous work which is be-

ing done in behalf of the farmers of the

country against this most unfair propa-

ganda... Representing the interests of an

entire state rather than a, sectional dis-

trict, as they do, the position of our sen-

ators is most trying, and it is but natural

that they should reserve their decision in

such an important matter until they have

had sufficient time to weigh the merits

of all arguments presented by interested

parties on both sides and to inform them-

selves as to the sentiment of the rank

and file of their constituents. Senator

Smith has evidently satisfied himself that

the farmers of Michigan are not only

strongly against the reciprocity agree-

ment, but that they are right in their

contention that it is unfair to them and

the great industry in which they are

engaged.



While Senator Townsend has not Yet

expressed himself finally in the matter,

we believe that he is not a little im-

pressed by the unanimous opposltion of

the farmers of the state to this agree-

ment and that he is still studying the

problem with an open mind. and we hope

and believe that he will arrive at con-

clusions similar to those above expressed

by his colleague before the question comes





to a vote in the body of which he is

a member. .



Seldom has the

market for old

potatoes exhibited

a more "nervous temperament” at this

season of the year than it has done for

the past three or four weeks, during

which time there have been repeated

fluctuations of ten to fifteen cents during

each week or ten days of the period men-

tioned. Prices at loading stations have

repeatedly reached 50 cents per bushel,

and the more liberal shipments brought

out by the advance have forced a. decline

at points of consumption, with the result

that the market has sagged to former

levels. Growers who are in possession of

all or a. portion of their crop have, how-

ever, apparently been rather» strong hold-

ers, with‘ the result that there has re-

peatedly been a, quick reaction with like

results. With this condition of affairs

prevailing growers have naturally been

watching the market closely, while deal-

ers have been vascillating between two





The Potato situation.





opinions regarding the prospects for the





remainder of the old potato season.



Any analysis of the potato situation at

this season of the year must of necessity

take into account the prospects of the

new crop, if it is to be of any value as a

criterion of probable market values for

old stock. During recent years the sea-

son in which old potatoes are in demand

has been constantly shortened, and an

increasing preference for the new stock

even at considerably higher values than

obtain for old stock by the consumers of

the north. During the past generation

the limit for marketing of old potatoes in

normal seasons has been shortened nearly

or quite a month from this cause, but

any shortage in the new crop is immedi-

ately felt in the old potato trade, hence

the wisdom of studying the situation

carefully before speculating with old stock

for higher prices when fairly good prices

are obtainable. Of course, it is impossible

to get accurate statistics regarding the

early potato crop and the best that can

be done is to study available sectional

reports and make a comparative estimate

as to the general situation.



Reports from the Hastings section of

Florida are to the effect that prices are

booming for the new crop, which is es—

timated to have been more than half

shipped out at the present time. Prices

have advanced to $3.75 per bbl. at loading

stations, and it is predicted that growers

who have not sold their crop will get $4.

it being considered that the unexpected

northern demand will carry prices higher.

From the Sanford district of Florida

comes the report that the yield is much

smaller than was anticipated. At Elkton,

the crop is said to be tied up by a New

York firm, and that digging is being done

very slowly in anticipation of higher

prices in the near future. No reports are

available regarding the prospects at more

westerly southern points than Alabama,

where it is reported that the crop in at

least one large potato growing section

will be but about one-third as large as it

was last year. On the other hand, the

prospects in Tennessee and other points

further north are said to be excellent,

but this crop will not be available for

some little time.



So far as stocks of old potatoes are

concerned, they are generally conceded to

be lighter in Michigan than is usual at

this season of the year, owing probably

to the steady trend of the market

throughout the winter months. Stocks are

also reported to be extremely light in

Minnesota for this season of the year, and

\Visconsin’s crop was below normal on

account of the extremely dry weather of

last summer. These conditions doubtless

account for the repeated advances in the

Chicago market, which has as repeatedly

shown weakness under more liberal re-

ceipts brought out by such advances in

price. Eastern markets particularly at

smaller centers have maintained a better

level on account of greater distance from

available shipping points.



Under these conditions what the out-

come will be at the close of the season is

difficult to predict. It is improbable that

the very high prices of two years ago

will be reached, yet the fact that such

advances as have occurred did not pro-

mote shipments which demoralized the

market permanently would seem to indi-

cate that fairly good prices will prevail

t0 the end of the Shipping season_ It

may be that the close of the season will

see a shortage, but this is an indefinite

prospect, and there has always been dan-

ger in recent years in holding old pota-

toes after the first ‘of June. With this

information, which is so indefinite as to

keep, the wisest traders guessing, we

must leave our readers to draw their own

conclusions.





, MA! is; mi. *

HAPPENINGS’OF THE weak.

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The third natiOnal peace conference





was opened in Baltimore last week. Pr‘es—

ident Text. Cardinal Gibbons and Andrew

Carnegie were among the speakers at the

lust session.



The fiftieth anniversary of the fall .of

Camp Jackson at St. Louis, Mo, was cel-

ebrated Monday. .



hires are raging in the copper country

of Northern Michigan. There is a con-

tinuous fire front of 90 miles from Lake

Superior to Charming.



The federal courts have overruled the

railroad rate statutes of Kansas as well

as those of Minnesota and other states,

providing for a. two-cent rate, upon“, the

grounds that the rate is too low and con-

sequently confiscatory.

clared that the state bad right to impose

such restriction on tariffs so long as it

allowed earnings to. the companies of at

least six per cent, even when it concerned

carriers doing interstate transports. ‘on.

upon the ground that the police ‘pow r of

the state allows such control over that

portion of interstate roads as lies within

the confines of the state so legislating. .



Members and officers of the Ohio legis-

lature have been called before the grand

jury and indictedupon the charge of re-

ceiving bribes. One of the representa—

tives is charged with soliciting money as

pay for supporting the bills of certain

interests.



IVhile giving a hearing to the shoe man-

ufacturers of the west and southwest the

United States senate finance committee

accidentally secured testimony to the ef-

fect that the shoe machinery manufactur-

ers dictated prices for machinery which

shoe men were compelled to pay and

these prices are so high that shoes must

be quoted higher to cover the added in-

vestment. The Committee will turn the

testimony over to the attorney general

for investigation.



it is estimated that 5,000 workmen have

gone from their homes into the .humb

district of Michigan to aid in the growing

of sugar beets. Most of the workmen are

Russians.



It is reported that 500 square miles of

ground have been swept over by flames

in Maine. The mayor of Biddeford has

called upon the state militia to aid the

residents in saving the town.



The past has been the most prosperous

fish season in Saginaw Bay for the past

fifteen years. The season is about over.



Foreign.



Fire destroyed 1,000 buildings in Yama-

gata, an important center of trade and

capital of one of the prefectures of Japan.

Included in the buildings are many of the

important business places of the city.



The political condition in Mexico is very

confusing, but a general understanding of

affairs indicates that the insurrectos have

been favored bythe week’s incidentnghe

federal government. according. to 7. iffer-

ent reports, is beginning to lose its grip

upon the situation and the rebels are tak-

ing rheart, redoubling their efforts and

adding numbers to their forces by ,xolun-

teers who formerly did not hav'e";faith

in the movement. Mexico-City i‘s~"béing

threatened by the forces of Madero. Am-

ericans therein are fearing an attack.

Points to the south are said to have fallen

into the hands of the insurrectos. 0n

the west coast the points gained by the

rebels are still in their hands? and‘ the

positions have been strengthened. In the

north an attack was made on Juarez on

Monday but the federal troops repulsed

the advance. It is generally conceded

that another attack will soon be made

and with reinforcements that are claimed

to be on the way, the rebels hope to cap-

ture the place. It was reported that

President Diaz has agreed to resign his

office, but no confirmation of the report

has been published.



The breaking of an ice jam in the

Tanana river above Fort Banks, Alaska,

released a great bank of ice and water

which rushed down upon the city of

Fairbanks and destroyed 250 homes.



It is expected that the veto bill will not

be amended in the British house of com—

mons since it has passed the committee

stage without being changed.



The Ottawa government has provided

for the construction of a drydock at

Esquimault, on the Pacific coast. The

dock will be 900 feet long. A Scotch

company will build the structure.





MICHIGAN CROF—R—EFORT.





Wheat—The condition of wheat, in the

state, southern and central counties,

shows a. decided increase over the figures

given in the April report, the average be-

ing 93 in the state, 95 in the-southern

counties, 92 in the central counties, 87 in

the northern counties and 95 in the upper

peninsula. .



The condition on April 1, in the state

was 87, in the southern counties 88; in the

central counties 84, in the northern coun—

ties 88 and in the upper peninsula. 96.



The per cent of wheat sown that will

be plowed up because winter killed or

otherwise destroyed is 2 in the state,

central counties and upper peninsula, 1

in the southern counties and 3 in the

northern counties. The damage by Hes-

sian fly in per cent is skin the state. 5 in

the southern counties, 2 in the central





counties and 1 in the northern counties.-





The total number of bushels 91 wheat

marketed by farmers in April at 99 flour-

ing mills is 92,482 and at 78 elevators and

to grain dealers 56,457, or a total of 148,-

939 bushels. Of this amount, 111.492

bushels were marketed in the southern

four tiers of counties, 34,580 in the cen-

tral counties and 2,867 in the northern

counties and upper peninsula.



The estimated total number of bushels

of wheat marketed and used by growers

in the nine months. August-April is 10.-

950.000. The amount of wheat yet re-





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marketed in





Bye—The average condition of rye in

the state and central counties is 92, in

the southern counties 94, in the northern





V counties 89 and in the upper peninsula 97.





Meadows and Clover.—’1‘he condition of

meadows and pasture in the state is 86,

in the southern counties 84, in the north-

ern counties 87 and in the central coun—

ties and upper peninsula 89. The acreage

of clover sown compared with average 101'

past five years in the state is 96, in the

southern counties 97, in the central and

northern counties 95 and in the upper

peninsula 105. The acreage of clover that

will be plowed up because winter killed

or otherwise destroyed is 12 in the state

and northern counties, 14 in the southern

counties, 8 in the central counties and 15

in the upper peninsula.



Oats—The acreage sown, or that will

be sown compared with an average for

the past five years is 96 in the state,

southern and northern counties, 94 in the

central counties and 103 in the upper

peninsula.



Spring Pigs and Lambs—The per cent

of spring pigs saved as compared with

1910, is 89 in the state and central coun—

ties, 90 in the southern counties, 86 in the

northern counties and 91 in the upper

peninsula. The per cent of lambs saw-(l

as compared with 1910, is 93 in the stale

and central counties, 94 in the souihcrn

counties and upper peninsula and 92 in

the northern counties.



Farm “ages—The average monthly

wages With board, in the state is $25.31;,

in the southern counties $25.76, in the

central counties $24.96, in the northern





$28.27.



The average wages by the day without

board, in the state is $1.54, in the south-

ern counties $1.57, in the central counties

$1.50,. in the northern counties $1.47 (Hill

in the upper peninsula $1.75. The arm'-

age wages in the state last year, by illO

month with board, was $25.14 and tho

average wages by the day without board

was $1.54, which is exactly the some {is

reported for this year.



Fruit correspondents in all parts of tho

state give encouraging reports relativc to

present conditions and prospects for an

excellent fruit crop. The spraying of

fruit trees has increased.



The following table will Show the pros-

pect at the present time for :1 crop of the

various kinds of fruit in the state and the

different sections:





T’pper



Sou. Cen. Nor. Penin-

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Apples . . . .. 88 87 86 91 94

Pears ...... 88 89 85 86 82

Peaches . 86 86 88 85

Plums . L . . . 86 86 84 88 84

Cherries . .. 93 93 88 97 95





Small fruit. 9'2 93 85 95 95





NATIONAL CROP REPORT.





 





The average condition of winter wheat

May 1 was 81.6, compared with 83.3 on

April 1, 82.1 on May 1, 1910, and 86 the

May 1 ten-year average, according to the

May crop report of the department of

agriculture.



The average condition of rye was 90,

compared With 89.3 on April 1, 91.3 on

May 1, 1910, and 89.7, the May 1 ten-year

average.



The area of winter wheat to be har-

vested was about 31,367,000 acres, or

1,940,000 acres (6.6 per cent) more than

the area harvested in 1910, and 3,118,000

acres (.9 per cent) less than the area

sown last fall (34,485,000 acres).



The acreage of winter wheat remaining

to be harvested and condition of winter

Wheat and rye on May 1 for Michigan is:

Winter wheat acreage, 947,000; condition,

91; rye condition, 92.



The condition of the wheat crop on

May 1 of the past five years averaged

85.7 per cent; the final yield per acre av-

eraged 15.5 bushels. If the above ratio

should prevail this year the condition of

86.1 per cent would indicate a. yield of

15:6 bushels per acre, which compares

with 15.8 bushels, the final estimate of

yield per acre in 1910. On the estimated

area. to be harvested 15.6 bushels per acre

would produce 5.4 per cent more than the

final estimate of production last year, 9.6

T309 cent more than the production of



The average condition of meadow (hay)

lands was 84.7, compared with 89.8 in

1910, and a. 10-year average of 89.4.



Stocks of hay on farms is estimated

at i54t6'97037u0103 (12-4 per cent of crop),

age. ns , 5, tons 11.2 er in

May 1, 1910. ( p cent) 0



The average condition of pastures was

81.3, compared with 89.3 in 1910, and a

10-year average of 87.4.



Of spring plowing. 71.0 per cent was

completed up to May 1, compared with

80.3 per cent in 1910, and a 10-year av-

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Although it is rather late for a con-

sideration of spraying for the San Jose

scale, the spraying for scab and codling

moth will soon be upon us and any dis-

cussion of this important topic is timely

at any season.



If all sections are waking up to the

advantages of spraying, or perhaps to the

fact that we must spray in sections

where the San Jose scale has appeared

to save our trees, as rapidly as is this

one there will certainly be a large in-

crease in the number of orchards sprayed

in the state. Previous to live years ago

there were practically no orchards in this

vicinity sprayed at all; last year possibly

ten per cent were sprayed; this year at

least 50 per cent of the orchards are be-

ing sprayed. This is certainly a rapid

advancement for a section that has paid

almost no attention to fruit.



A general criticism of the care of old

orchards given by the general farmer is

that to begin with many of them are not

pruned. properly. The idea of too many

is to cut off the, large lower branches

and let the trees run up in the center

something like an upright pear tree. This,

of course, will facilitate getting around

under the trees with a load of buy, but

this is not what orchards are intended

for. \‘.'c want them to grow fruit that

will be'large and well colored and easy to

care for and harvest. so we should en-

deavor to Iech some of the lower

branches and thin out above and around





them so the sun can get to them, and

so we can throw he spray into and

through them readily. These can be

sprayed much more easily and better





than the high parts of the tree, the fruit

will not blow off as iw-::u.l,’ and thinning

and harvesting can he pori'ormcd more





   





economically. The drums will also be less

injured. If the tops are t. o hiui. to spray





from a tower eight to ten ll‘t-l from the





ground, using a ten-foot pole, I would

(Ill them out, taking care to cut just

above a side limb so as not to leave a





If the highest tops are

removed and the smaller branches are

thinned out clear to the outside of the

tree the fruit near the bottom will be as

good as that near the top.



A proper pruning, then, is the first step





stub to die back.





in getting these orchards into condition

to spray thoroughly and economically,

however, if the pruning can no: he done

before time for spraying, I would not

hesitate to spray anyway. for it will do

considerable good and will keep the trees

alive and thrifty until one can get time





to prune them. but. cf course, it is more

wasteful of spray material. and the fruit

will not be as well colored or as evenly

distributed throughout the tree. “’0

have rented several orchards this spring,

and could not get to all of them to prune

Item before spraying time was upon us,





so we. have sprayed them all and will

prune then as we get time.



Many furthers make a mistake in not

being thorough enough in spraying, es—





pecially in the early spraying given for

the scale. \Vc do not consider an or—

chard sprayed until it has been sprayed

from at least two sides and with the

wind in nearly opopslto directions. There

is little use in trying to throw a spray

against the wind unless it is very quiet,

and then there will be Ilreczo enough to

carry the, mist back upon one and make

it very disagreeable. It is also wasteful

of unitcrial, for much of it Will fall to

the ground instead of blowing through

the tree, and lodging upon the branches.

I like to have. a little breeze blowing

steadily in one direction, then one can

drive accordingly, so as to keep the spray

from the tlam and men, and let it strain

through the trees from the windward

direction. This will allow the spray to

strike the trunk and branches from this

side. clear through the tree. if it is pruned

out as it should be. Let the spray strain

through the tree until one can see that

all parts of it are wet but not dripping

badly, taking care to kecp the rod mov-

ing so as to distribute the spray well.

Then, when the wind is in a direction

nearly opposite, go over them again in

the same way and you will insure a good

job. Those who do not believe a second

application is advantageous on large trees

should look across an orchard from the

direction toward which the wind blew

when it was sprayed; then go around to

the opposite side and you will see a per-

ceptible whitening if lime-sulphur was

used, especially after a rain has brought

out the color of the lime. This shows





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How he and his wife make a liviné

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that the spray has covered one side of

the limb or twig but not the other. The

rain will wash some of it down over the

bark but one side of the limb will not be

as well covered as it should be for scale

unless sprayed from this side and with

the wind.



In spraying for codling moth and scab

after blossoming I do not think it as im-

portant to spray from both sides with 0p-

posite winds, but it is the best and eas-

iest way to insure a good job. \Vhat we

are after new is the little fruits and

leaves. It the spraying is done while the

fruit stems are still upright, and before

the leaves are grown much the spray

will sift through the tree fairly well if

it is pruned out well and probably some

will lodge on most of the leaves and

fruit, as can be seen by examining them

later, but it will be found that the work

is much more thorough on the windward

side, and that a better job can be done

by putting on less from one side and tak-

ing advantage of the wind, as in the

first spraying. It is usually advised to go

over the trees again a week or ten days

after the first spray is applied which is

soon after blossoming, so why not choose

a day for this second application when

the wind is nearly opposite from the di—

rection it was when the first application

is given, and much better results will be

obtained. If one has but little spraying

to do this can be easily arranged, but

with much to do one can not always wait

for a change 01' wind. However, we do

the best we can, always taking notes on

the direction of the wind when giving the

first application and there will usually be

some orchard or some part of an orchard

where the wind is suitable for spraying

at all times. .



The spray should be applied through a

nozzle that will break it into a fine mist.

’i‘hcre are two types of such nozzles most

used, the Vermorel type and the type

variously known as Vapo, Friend, which

is made considerably like the Vermorel,

only largcr and without the disgorger-.

These last named nozzles seldom become

clogged as the opening is as large as the

mesh in the screen of an ordinary pump.

’l‘hey also are light, convenient, and pro-

duce a fine mist if the material is driven

out under a heavy pressure. This is

where many fail in getting a good job

of spraying. The man at the pump simply

gets the spray out of the barrel and

nozzle but does not work hard enough to

put it on the trees in good shape. To

insure a good job the spray should be

driven from the nozzle at a pressure of

about 150 pounds. This can be done with

a hand pump but the tendency is to let

the pressure get down to from 50 to 100.





This is why the power sprayers usually

do better work—the engine is a more

faithful worker than the average man,





notwithstanding that it is sometimes

slow in starting and may refuse to work

altogether at times when not properly fed

or cared for, but some men will never

make good pumpers, no matter how they

are led and pampered.

Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.

HOW SOON STOCK MAY BE TURNED

INTO ORCHARDS AFTER

SPRAYING.





 





I would like. to know how soon I could

pasture my orchard after spraying my

trees with sulphur and arsenate of lead

solution. I have hogs turned in one and

cows to turn in the other. This is my

first experience of spraying.



Kalamazoo Co. <. W. B.



This was one of the questions raised

when spraying orchards with poisons was

first practiced, and so experiments were

called upon to furnish information. Tests

showed conclusively that the amount of

arsenic secured by eating the pasture

beneath the trees was too small to pro-

duce any physical effect upon the ani-

mals. In 1880 Dr. It. C. Kedzie and Prof.

Cook, of the Michigan Experiment Sta-

tion, satisfactorily determined that no

danger existed from stock eating

beneath the trees immediately

spraying. A paper was placed under a

thoroughly sprayed tree and left till all

drip had ceased; it being a windy

the drip was excessive. Dr. Kedzie

analyzed the paper and found 0.4 of a

grain of arsenic. .Another large tree.

with a thick carpet of June grass, clover

and timothy underneath it was

(:ughly sprayed,





grass ‘

after ‘





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after which the grass





was gently removed close to the ground‘





and analyzed, and 22 grains of arsenic

were found. It requires about 10 grains

of arsenic to poison a cow and 20 grains

to kill an ordinary horse, hence, it would

seem that the danger of pasturing during

and after spraying is very remote. Other

tests substantiate the results of Dr. Ked-

zie and Prof. Cook.





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THE CONSERVATION OF OUR BIRDS.





Paper read by Miss Emily Bennett at

the annual meeting of Clinton County

Association of Farmers’ Clubs held at

St. Johns.



(Continued from last week).



One more class, the birds of prey. An

authority says it would be as just to

Judge all men by the deeds of highway-

men and pirates as to judge all hawks

by the deeds of a few.



The food of hawks and owls consists

emainly of mice, reptiles, ground squirrels

and insects, grasshoppers and large

beetles. Some varieties are never known

to attack birds or poultry, Others do so

when other food is scarce, while the

cooper and sharp-skinned hawk are bird

enemies. When an individual has de-

veloped an appetite for poultry it should

be killed, of course. A large hawk be-

came interested in a brood of 25 R. I.

Ited chickens last season, appropriating

all but seven. A price was offered for

his remains but his sagacity has thus

far kept him in the enjoyment of life,

liberty and the pursuit of poultry pros-

pectively.



The different species of owl police Our

premises by night as do the hawks by

day. Vi'here the hawks and owls have

been killed, rodents make serious inroads

upon the crops, digging and eating the

seed wrung-planted and again at harvest

time.



The red squirrel is a bird enemy,

searching out the nests in orchard and

thicket, yet I understand that in some

states he is protected by law, though he

has. scarcely a redeeming trait. There

are; manymway‘seof protecting fruit and

grain frdm' such birds as claim a portion

for their hire. Seed corn may be soaked

in a solution of coal tar and neither

blackbird nor crow will trouble it. For

the fruit eaters plant a few mulberry

trees. ‘The more birds visit them the

more complete will be your protection.

Some birds prefer a thicket or shrub to

a tree for a nesting place. Must the

highway be entirely denuded of every





shrub and plant? Briers, brambles and

poisonous vines should have been re-

moved long ago, but the wild rose, the





splrea, and several varieties of thorn are

highly ornamental. both in flower and

foliage, 'and provide not only shelter for

the birds but for many varieties of our

flora which have been allowed no. other

retreat but the roadside.



The native viburnums, 'the sheepberry,

and others, the cornus, or dogwood, and

the whistlewood, have nestling about

their feet many ferns, violets, dicentra,

cucullaria and canadensis—wake robins.

closed and fringed gentians and the only

specimens of our showy lady’s slipper,

cypripedium spectabile that I even saw

growing, displayed its exquisite beauty

by the roadside. The picture of its rare

grace and purity will enrich my memory,

always I think. Many of these shrubs

and plants which we are slaying with

such a ruthless hand would cost from 15

cents to $2 to replace with small speci-

mens from the nursery.



A friend from near Ann Arbor said to

me last summer. “I wish you to visit

us. I want you to drive over the river

road. 'VVVith your love for the wild things

growing after nature’s plan you will find

much to admire and enjoy." But before

I am privileged to drive over the river

road the highwayman will have been

there and only blackened stubs and with-

ered branches will remain to offer silent

protest against the spoilation. The rocks

and rugged surface all laid bare, it wi!l

be a place to avoid for its dreariness

rather than seek for its attractions. But

I have faith to believe that our failures

and mistakes will finally prove to have

been stepping stones to something more

perfect and true. That the things we

esteem so lightly because given in such

abundance will one day be assigned their





‘ proper value.





May an enlarged vision reveal to us

the best methods of conservation of our

birds. Our forests and our flora.





   





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





Discuss Club Organization.——The Indi-

anflelds Farmers’ Club met at the

pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul,

April 20. About 40 partook of the fine

dinner served by Mrs. M. Anger as com-

mittee. The program was opened by a

few selections of instrumental music by

Miss Mable Paul. Among them was that

most beautiful selection, “The Angels of

Night.” “History of Our Club," by

Mrs. A. Arnold, was ably given. It was

the tenth anniversary of the Club and

she did full justice to the occasion. A

paper, “Position of a Mother in the

Home,” by Mrs. J. Dclling, was listened

to with much interest. The reading on

“Local Option," by Mrs. A. Andrews, was

fine. The paper on “Highways," by Mrs.

B. H. Smith, gave some very good ideas.

"How Can we Improve Our Club?” a dis-

cussion, was opened by I. N. Taggett,

who thought our Club was a very pros-

perous Club and was proud of it, and

that it would be better for more Clubs to

be organized. C. Pierce gave some good

ideas and suggestions. C. Smith thought

it would be better if the young people

would attend more regularly. The meet-

ing closed by all pronouncing it a splen-

did gathering. The next meeting will be

held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.

Patterson, and will be the first afternoon

meeting—Mrs. J. M. Miller, Cor. Sec.



Discuss Corn Cuiture.——The Salem

Farmers’ Club held its April meeting at

the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. W.

Naylor. In spite of the bad roads and

weather, a goodly number gathered and

enjoyed the day. As before mentioned,

several farmers brought seed corn to

exhibit and all joined in a discussion as

to “ How to plant corn,” “When to plant

corn,” “What kinds to plant," and “the

great value of corn on the farm.” A re-

citation by Mrs. May Atchinson entitled,

“They tell me corn is king," was listened

to with interest. Excellent music was

furnished by the Worden choir of young

ladies. Select readings, “Shall the mid—

dle-aged farmer move to the city?” also

the “Old fashioned Sunday,” were much

enjoyed. A letter was read from Rep.

W. W. VVedermcyer assuring the farmers

of his attention to the best interests of

all in regard to reciprocity. The next

meeting will discuss the potato problem.

Very interesting and sympathetic resolu-

tions were read in memory of Mr. and

Mrs. E. T. \Vaiker, who passed away,

both in the same week. Mr. \Yaiker was

for several years president of this Club,

and always deeply interested in its wel-

fare. Executive committee, Mr. and Mrs.

George Roberts and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin

Smitn. Adjourned to meet in May with

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Smith—H. C. Thomp—

son, Cor. See.





Our Motto—”The Farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be

first improved."





 





 





 





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Suggestions for Second Meeting.





"But when people get together,



There‘s improvement in the weather,

There's improvement in the climate of

the soul.”



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Home management.



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VARIED DIVERSIONS FOR YOUNG

PEOPLE.—ll.





 





It has been my privilege to spend sev—

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summers at a county camp where the

recreations of the 50 to 70 people on the

grounds are necessarily of a very im—

promptu nature. It has always interest-

ed me to observe with how much ease

the young people adapted themselves to

circumstances when a frolic was on. Boys

and girls——but especially boys—who had

never “posed,” or “acted a part," would

come out of the raw state rapidly and

really, with little practice, do very well

indeed. Every sort of invention had to

be resorted to in order to provide con-

tumes and stage settings, but the very

necessities and somewhat crude results

only seemed to add zest to the game.

Thus charades, tableaux, illustrated read-

ings and short plays were put on from

time to time before an audience that was

willingly blind and deaf to minor defects

of these beginners in theatricals. .



The costuming for such amusements is

half the fun. The injunction to a bride,

for the selection of her outfit, applies to

the one who would help her by hunt-

ing up

“Something old, and something new,

Something borrowed and something blue.”



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ership in these directions! How glad they

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their use for the play has a part in its

success. That is part of the usefulness

of employing this mimicry as a feature of





 





”Costuming for such amusements is

half the fun.” '





community social life; it gives oppor-

tunity for so many different people, all

with varying gifts, to lend a hand.

Under good leadership, let me repeat,

how much may be done to make happy

and lift the tone of a neighborhood’s so-

cial life by these means.

acting, of staging and scenic effects sand—

wich in





JENNIE BUELL.





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





insurance Rates occupied the attention

of Liberty Grange at its last meeting,

the liuestion being whether persons hav-

ing their buildings protected by lightning

rods should pay the same rate of insur-

ance as those leaving their buildings

without such protection. The general

opinion u'us that a lower rate should be

made on rodded buildings. It was also

pointed out that the Grange lire insur-

ance company has had fewer claims for

damage or loss from lightning than from

other causm's. This Grange will entertain





 





 





Gratiot County Pomona on Saturday,

May 13.

Grange Year Books—The 1911 Year





Book issued by Lenawee County Pomona

Grange is a great credit to that organiza—

tion. It is a handy little book of 84

pages, carrying a liberal amount of ad—

vertising and containing a lot of useful

Grange ini‘orn‘iation aside from the com—

plete programs for all the county meet-

ings to be held during the year. It is

the second book of the kind put out by

Lenawee Patrons and contains a renewal

of last year's offer of prizes to subor-

dinate Granges showing the largest, the

second largest and the third largest in-

crease in membership during the year.

Other interesting features of the book

are photo—eugravures of the State Mas-

ter, State Lecturer and Hon. H. 14‘. Bak-

er, membcr of State Grange executive

committee; complete list of Lenawee Po—

mona officers; brief history of Lenawee

county; list of Grange field lecturers and

speakers; statement of State Grange ii-

nances; announcement of inauguration

of life insurance feature by State Grange;

Miss Buell‘s excellent Michigan Farmer

article on “Power of Promptness;" finan-

cial statement of Lenawee County Pa-

tron’s Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and

names of officers of the county's 34 sub—

ordinate Granges.———An equally meritori-





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and in every way is fully up to the high

mark set by this Pomona in the three

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sued.





COMING EVENTS.





Pomona Meetings.



Gratint Co., with Liberty Grange, Sat-

urday, May 13.



Arenac Co., with Moffett Grange, at

Greenwood, Wednesday, May 17_ State

Master Hull, speaker.



Lenawee Co., with South Dover Grange,

Thursday, June 1. Lecturers’ conference

conducted by State Lecturer.





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the Grange, is answered. vUnder good

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Grange, Wednesday. June 7. State speak-

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- May 10, 1911.

Grains and Seeds.



Wheat—The trade reached a new high

point last Thursday; during the three

following sessions the market held about

steady, and on Tuesday of this week a

further decline followed the publishing

of the government report, which, though

it appeared to be somewhat more bullish

than was expected, showed that with fair

weather from now till harvest the coun—

try will produce within a few million

bushels of her highest yield. Rain in the

northwest where drouth had threatened

for several days, was a particular factor

in aiding the bears at the session on

Tuesday. It is probable that the market

would have shown a greater decline but

for the large decrease in the world’s vis-

ible supply, which brought foreign sup-

port to the trade. There is a general be-

lief that the present basis will be held to

more or less closely until a new crop ar-





 





 





rives. One year ago the price for No. 2

red wheat was $1.12% per bu. Quotations

for the past week are:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. July. Sept.

Thursday ......92 .9015 -90 .90

Friday ......... 911/2 .90 89% 89%

Saturday . ..... 91% .90 .8914 .8914

Monday ........ 911/2 .90 .8914 .8914,

Tuesday ....... 90% 891,5 .8814 .8814

Wednesday ....91 .8994, .8864 .8864,



Corn.—This grain has suffered declines



corresponding to those made in wheat

circles. Rapid progress is being made in





the corn belt with the new planting, and

ideal weather for germinating seed is

giving hope to growers that the new

crop will be well started. \Vith good crop

prospects it is expected that farmers will

sell their surplus more closely, and large

receipts are anticipated as a result. The

market is therefore easy and quiet. One

year ago No. 3 corn was selling at 640





per bu. Quotations for the week are as

follows:

No. 3 No. 3

Corn Yellow.

Thursday ................. 55 56%

Friday .................... 55 56%

Saturday ................. 541/2 56

Monday .................. :35 56

Tuesday .................. 5472’, 55%

Wednesday ............... 55 57

Data—Following its recent habit of





taking the opposite direction from that of

wheat and corn, oats this week made a.

substantial advance in price for both

standard and No. 3. Although the crop

has been delayed by weather conditions

and may suffer as a result, yet the past

few days have amended for much that

has been lost. However, cash oats are

scarce and have a good demand. One

year ago the price for standard oats was





450 per bu. Quotations for the week are:



Standard No. 3



White.



Thursday ...... . . . . ..... . 3593.3, 3534’,



Friday .................. . . 36 351/2



Saturday ................ . 361,; 35%

Monday ......... . ........ 361-; 3

Tuesday .................. 361,2 36



Wednesday ............... 36%, 361A,





Beans—The only change in this deal

was an advance of 2c in the nominal quo-

tations on Monday. No transactions are

being closed and the market is inactive

and quotations given below are only nom-





inal:



Cash. Oct

Thursday ............... . $1.95 $1.85

Friday ................. . 1.95 1.85

Saturday .................. . 1.95 1.85

Monday . . . ................ . 1.97 1.87

Tuesday .................... 1.97 1.87

Wednesday . ..... . ..... . . . . 1.97 1.87





Clover Seed—The demand for seeding

purposes having died out for this season

this market has become inactive. Oc-

casionally a few bags are sold, but the

volume of business is very meagre. The

quotations are as follows:





Prime. Alsike.

Thursday .................. $9.00 $8.75

Friday ..................... 9.00 8.75

Saturday ......... 9.00 8.7

Monday .................... 9.00 8 75

Tuesday ................... 9.00 8 75

\Vednesday ................ 9.00 8 75





Rye—During the past week No. 1 rye

advanced 7c. per bu. and is now quoted

at $1. The cereal is very scarce and

there exists an active demand for it.



Timothy Seed—Quotations have made

an advance, the price now being $5.60 per

bu., which is 20c above last week‘s fig-

ures. The market is firm.





Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.





Flour.»Market is fair with prices

steady. Quotations are: *

Clear ...................... ...........$4.75

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

Patent Michigan ......... . . . . 4.90

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



Hay and Straw.——Values for hay have

made another advance which restricts

consumption. Straw is steady. Quo-





tations on baled hay in car lots 1’. o. b.

Detroit are: No. 1 timothy, $20@21; N0.

2 timothy, $18fi‘19: clover, mixed, $186019;

rye straw, $7; wheat and oat straw, $6.50

per ton.



Feed—Prices are steady with a. week

ago. Carlot prices on track are: Bran,

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

middlings, $28: cracked corn, $22; coarse

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

per ton.



Potatoes.fil\‘ot so many tubers are in

farmers’ hands as were expected as re-

ceipts have not rushed in with the ad-

vance in prices, so that now a firm tone

prevails and a little better price is being

paid, Inncarflététs Miclgigafinlpotatoes are

.11 at48g.cper use.

gelg‘rrt‘flleilons.——Family pork. $186319: mess

pork, $16.50; medium clear, $15.50@16.50,





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THE MICHIGAN ‘ FARMER. it





smoked hams, 13@14c; briskets, 91,é@10c;

shoulders, 101750; picnic hams, 9c; bacon,

14@15c; pure lard in tierces, 8%c; kettle

rendered lard, 9%c.



Hides.—-No. 1 cured, 10c; No. 1 green,

8c; No. 1 cured bulls, 8%0; No. 1 gr en

bulls, 70; No. 1 cure‘d veal kip, 110; o.

1 green veal kip, 10c; No. 1 cured mur-

rain, 90; No. 1 green murrain, 8c; No. 1

cured calf, 15c; No. 1 green calf, 13960;

No. 2 kip and calf, 1%c off; No. 2 hides

1c off; No. 1 horsehides, $3.75; No. 2

horsehides, $2.75; sheepskins, depending

on wool, 500@$1.5O.



Dalryand Poultry Products.



Button—\Vhile a healthy demand pre-

vails, the increased production and the

disposition of cold storage products made

necessary because of the weather, have

depressed prices for creamery goods.

Dairy butter is steady. Output is in-

creasing. Quotations are: Extra cream-

ery, 210; do. firsts, 19c; dairy, 16c; pack-

ing stock, 140 per lb.



Eggs.—Demand is excellent. Supply is

decreasing. I’rices advanced a half cent

the past Week. Fresh receipts, case

count, cases included, are quoted at 161,50

per dozen.



Poultry.—The market is dull and easy

with very little interest. Prices rule

steady in all lines. Quotations: Dressed—

Turkeys, 18@20c; chickens, 15@160; hens,

1560160: ducks, 17@180; geese, 13@14c lb.

Live—Spring chickens, 15@160; hens, 15

@16c; old roosters, 10@11c; turkeys, 15@

180; geese, 11@12c; ducks, 15@16c; broil-

ers, 28(1‘30c per lb. ,



Cheese.—Michigan, old, 15@160; Mich-

igan, late, 13@14c. York state, old, 16c;

do. late made, 140; limburger, early, 14@

15c; Swiss domestic block, 16@180; cream

brick, 15@16c.



Veal.——Market lower. 7@7%C:

choice, 61,50 per lb.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Cabbage.—Higher. Selling at $1.75@2

per crate. -



Onions.~Steady. Quoted at $1.50@1.7o

per bushel.



Pineappies.——$1.75@2.5O per dozen.



Apples. The market is active and firm

at steady prices. Baldwins, $6.50@7; Steel

reds, $6.50@7; ordinary grades, $4.50@5

per bbl. Western apples, $2.75@3 per box.





O—THER MARKETS.





Fancy,





 





 





 





Grand Rapids.



Eggs are léc lower than last week, local

dealers paying 15%0. Creamery butter is

off half a cent, being quoted at 21c,

while dairy is worth 17c. Poultry ship-

pers are paying 121/20 for fowls and 28c

for broilers. The market on dressed hogs

is easy at 71,142 Potatoes have their ups

and downs and the range of prices is

wide, running from 3560500, the higher

figure being paid at Trufant and Mont-

calm couniy stations. Wheat is worth

870 per bushel.





 





Chicago. .

theat.—No. 2 red, 941,4,@951,4c; May,

931/2er July, 867gc per bu.



Corn—No. 2, 53@531/,c; 521/2c;

July, 511§c per bu.



Oats—No. 2 white, 331/2@34c; May,

3129c; July, 317/30.



Barley—Malting grades, 900@$1.10 per

bu: feeding, 65@85c.



Button—Supplies appear to be accumu-

lating and the market is rather unsettled.

l’rices, however, show no change from

last week. Quotations are: Creameries,

16((i210; dairies, extra, 18c.



Eggs—The margin between general re-

ceipts and graded stock is widening, the

better grades moving up 1/2c this week

while general receipts are quoted 1/2c low-

er. Market steady with a firm undertone.

Quotations are: Prime firsts, 161/20; firsts

16c per doz; at mark, cases included, 131,5

@14c per dozen.



Potatoes.-—-This market is again show-

ing signs of weakening. although thus far-

last week's prices have been fairly well

maintained. Receipts continue liberal

and the demand is not urgent. Choice to

fancy are quoted at 56@58c per bu; fair

to good, 53@55c.



Beans—Generally quiet and steady; red

kidneys quoted a little higher. Choice

hand-picked beans qt‘ioted at $2@2.05 per

bu; prime, $1.90@1.95; red kidneys, $2.95

@325 per bu.



Hay and Straw.—Both hay and straw

have advanced an average of $1 per ton

on all grades. Market firm. Quotations:

Choice timothy. $21.50@22.50; N0. 1 tim—

othy, $206121; No. 2 do. and No. 1 mixed,

$18.50((1l19.50; No. 3 do. and No. 2 mixed,

$1561.17; rye straw, $9@10; oat straw,

$7.50@8.50; wheat straw, $6.50@7.50 per

ton.





May,





 





New York.



Butter.———T’Vhile general advices are to

the effect that butter is coming more

freely, the market here is quoted higher

and steady. Creamery specials are quot-

ed at 23c; extras, 220.



Eggs—«Prices for all grades advanced.

Fresh gathered extras, 1911./(172%; firsts,

18(ia19c: seconds, 16@17c; storage packed,

firsts, 181/2fm19c.



Poultry—Live. Spring broilers, 300;

Fowls, 14c; turkeys, 13c. Dressed—Fresh

killed turkeys, 17((918c; broilers, 30@40c;

fowls, 131/2@15c per lb.





 





Boston.



VVool.-—The attention of brokers is now

directed toward the west, and activity in

bidding for the new clip is on the in-

crease, with a tendency toward advancing

values for the product. a turn which

farmers will greatly appreciate, since the

initial bids seemed excessively and un-

reasonably low after the satisfactory

prices realized for the past several years.

In London wool prices are higher and

there is active bidding for supplies. Fol-

lowing are the leading domestic quota-

tions for the old clip: Ohio and Pennsyl-

vania fieeces—Delaine washed, 30c; XX.

28@29c: fine unmerchantable, 220; %-

blood. combing. 26@27c: %-blood combing

24%@25c; 1,4-blood combing, 23®24c; de-

laine unwashed, 240; fine unwashed, 186.9

20c. Michigan, Wisconsin and New York





fleeces—Fine unwashed, 171/20; delaine

unwashed, 23c; 36,-Nood unwashed, 25c.

Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri—%-blood

25c; l;é,-blood, 23c.





 





Elgln.



Button—Market firm at 21%0 per 1b.,

which is a half cent below the quotation

of last week. Output for the week, 603,-

700 lbs., as compared with 571,300 lbs. for

the previous week.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.





 





 





May 8, 1911.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 140 cars; hogs, 12,800; sheep and

lambs, 21,000; calves, 2,200.



With 140 cars of cattle on our market

here today, and 21,000 reported in Chicago

our market opened active and strong 10@

200 per cwt, higher than last week.



We quote: Best 1,350 to 1,500-lb. steers

$661,625; good prime 1,200 to 1,300-lb do.,

35.75106; best 1,100 to 1,200-lb. shipping

steers, $5.40@5.75; medium butcher steers

1,000 to 1,100 lbs., $5.15@5.40; light butch-

er steers, $4.75Qp5; best fat cows, $4.40@

5.25; fair to good do., $3.50@4; common

to medium do., $3.25@3.50; trimmers, $2.60

@310; best fat heifers, $5.40@5.75; good

do., $4.75@5.25; fair to good do., $4@4.50;

stock heifers, $4.25,@4.50, stockers, $469

4.25; best feeding steers, dehorned, $5@

5.25; common feeding steers, $4.25@4.50;

best bulls, $5@5.25; bologna bulls, $4@

4.75; stock bulls, common to good, $3.50@

4; best milkers and springers, $50@60;

good to best milkers and springers, $40@

50; common to good do., $25@35.



Vt'ith light receipts today, hog market

opened 15@200 higher than the close of

last week. The bulk of the good quality

pigs selling at $6.60; yorkers, $6.55@6.60;

mixed packer grades, $6.45@6.55; heavy,

$6.30@6.40; roughs mostly $5.25@5.40;

stags, $4@4.75. Hogs are well cleaned up

today; market closing steady at opening

prices. Receipts of hogs at western points

were lighter today, with prices showing

a slight advance, but we do not think it

advisable to become bullish right at this

time. Future prices depend entirely on

the receipts.



Lamb market opened active today;

most of the choice handy lambs selling at

$5.80Kd5.90. Look for shade higher prices

the. balance of the week unless receipts

should be heavy. Sheep market was a

little more active today; most of the

choice ewes selling at $3.75@4; wethers,

$4.25@4.40. Look for about steady prices

on sheep the balance of. the week.



We quote: Best handy lambs, $5.80@

5.90: heavy lambs, $4.85@5; bucks, $3@

3.50; yearlings. $4.50@4.75; wethers, $4.25

((94.50: ewes, $375604; cull sheep, $1.50@

3; veals, choice to extra, 36.75607; fair to

good do., $5.25@6.50; heavy calves, $3.50

@450.





Chicago.

May 8, 1911.



Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.



Received today ...... 21,000 36,000 25,000

Same day last year..l4,383 27,244 11,124

Received last Week..48,674 154,070 83,520

Same week last year.45,418 88,350 54,961

Sellers were encouraged today when





they found they were able to sell their

fat steers largely a dime higher and

their butcher stock 10@15c higher, fol-

lowing last week's rise of 10c in steers

of good grading and the advance of 10@

25c in fat cows and heifers. There was

a good demand, with the common to

medium cattle going at steady prices.

Hogs rallied and sold about a dime high-

er, under a good shipping demand, fol-

lowing last week’s decline of 15@20c. The

receipts were much smaller than on re-

cent Mondays, and sales were made at

$5.65@6.20, not many selling at either

extreme of the market. There was no

marked change in the sheep and lamb

market, sheep showing more firmness

than lambs,.as of late the receipts have

embraced very few sheep, owners having

sold off most of their holdings. At the

close of last week matured sheep were

largely 50c higher than a week earlier,

While lambs showed advances largely of

25c for the same time. YVooled lambs

have advanced more than shorn flocks,

as the former have met with competition

from shippers to eastern markets. TVooled

lambs are salable at $5686.50. the top fig-

ure being the highest paid in about a.





month. Shorn stock sold on the following

ba5ls: Lambs, “60625.70; ewes, $3.25@





4.40; wethers, 841560445; yearlings, $4.50

@5. A few spring lambs are arriving and

find buyers at $8.50fl9 per 100 lbs.



Cattle were in better demand on the

whole last week so far as the better kinds

were concerned, and they sold more sat-

isfactorlly, the improvement being‘main-

ly in lots selling about $6. The bulk of

the beef steers went at $5.35@6.15, with

the better class bringing $6606.50 and the

commoner light weights fetching $4.85le

5.25. Good to choice yearlings had a

steady outlet at $5.75ml6.35, while export

cattle were salable at $550016, a good

class of killers selling as low as $5.80.

The best showing of choice beeves was

made Monday, which is always the big

day of the week, and numerous good to

choice steers were brought in from Iowa

and Illinois feeding districts, while a goon

number of choice heavy Nebraska. cattle

were shown that day. It is known that

most sections are carrying plenty of good

cattle. and in many places there is a

general wish to market cattle. but this

should be done conservatively in order to

avoid so far as possible bad breaks in

prices. Butchering lots of cows and heif-

ers have been better sellers at $330626,

a few selling at 361565635. while can—

ners sold at $2.25fi172.70. cutters at $2.75@

3.25 and bulls at $3.50@5.35. Calves were





marketed in much smaller numbers, and





prices had a regular boom. buyers paving

$3654 for the. coarser lots of heavy weights

up to ”@685 for the better, class of light





MAY 13, 1911. ,





vealers. There was only moderate ani-

mation in the stacker and feeder branch

of the market, and buyers turned their

attention largely to the medium—priced

cattle on the stacker order. Heavy feed-

ers that were good enough to be put on

full feed at once were taken at $5.40@

5.50, such cattle averaging 1,000 to 1,060

lbs., and a desirable class of feeders

brought $5.25@5.35, while light stockers

sold at $5@5.15, better ones fetching $5.30

up to $5.50. Common stockers sold as low

as $4 and common feeders as low as $4.75.

Milkers and springers had a fair sale at

330(065 per head, the best call being for

prime Holsteins around top prices for

shipment east.



Hogs have been working downward in

prices of late, with steadily increasing

supplies, the lowest prices being recorded

since 1908. Country shippers persist in

glutting the market the first of the week,

causing sharp reductions every Monday,

and on that day last week hogs sold

down 15@20c, the receipts aggregating

57.415 head. Heavy hogs predominated

greatly, and an Illinois stock feeder mar-

keted a car loan of 30 hogs. about evenly

divided between sows and barrows, at

$5.40 per 100 lbs.. their average weight

being 589 lbs. They were sold to a city

butcher. The hogs received have been

averaging 246 lbs. the heaviest of a long

period, and a gain of five pounds in a

single week. The average was 227 lbs. 8.

year ago and 215 lbs. two years ago. The

average quality has been first-class, and

the only complaint heard from killers is

that bacon hogs and pigs are 'so scarce.

These still sell at top prices, with ex-

tremely heavy hogs lowest of all. The

Chicago stocks of provisions are liberal,

aggregating on May 1, 127,175,063 lbs.,

compared with 122,211,635 lbs. a month

earlier and only 67,874,776 lbs. a year ago.

Retail prices do not decline in accordance

with the reductions in wholesale lots of

pork, bacon, hams, etc.



Sheep and lambs of the better class de—

veloped more firmness than usual last

week under-the influence of a larger gen-

eral demand for well fattened consign-

ments of handy weights, the heavier live

muttons going at the usual reductions

from prices paid for the lighter weights.

The great bulk of the offerings were

shorn, and even Colorado

largely clipped. There has been the usual

inquiry for feeding lambs, but few were

offered, and good light feeders were firm

at $5.25((F5.90. There has been a lack of

prime flocks of the mutton class, and the

percentage of sheep was extremely small.



Horses that were not included in the

strictly choice class averaged $10 per

head lower last week as a result or the

greatly increased receipts. Country ship-

pers are too lavish in furnishing horses

for the market, and unless they act more

conservatively, there will be further de-

clines. Sales have been made of good

1.400 to 1,500-lb. chunks at 320045240, with

choice to fancy extra heavy drafters

scarce and miotable at 3250611330, Wagon

horses and fair light drivers went at $150

@195, better drivers selling at $200@225.



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LIVE STOCK NOTES.





A few shipments of choice Arizona

spring lambs have reached the Kansas

City market, but no considerable move-

ment is expected for some time yet.



"Regarding the last season, it was a.

year of disappointment," says a leading

Chicago commission firm dealing in wool,

in a recent review of the wool market for

the last year. “It was a disappointment

to the grower because of low prices at

shearing time, a disappointment to the

dealer because the market remained life-

less most of the time and prices eventu-

ally declined to still lower levels. Manu-

facturers, too, were equally unfortunate,

if we may judge from the vast amount of

idle factory machinery. The 1911 season

has opened with practically the same dull

market conditions as prevailed in 1910,

and there are two obstacles which seem

certain to keep prices down where they

are now. The first obstacle is lack of

demand. “‘ool will not go up until mill

owners get busy, and they will not get

busy until manufacturers of wearing ap-

parel show a much keener desire for

woolen goods than at present. Nor will

these manufacturers show a desire until

wholesalers, retailers and the general

public begin a much more active buying

of woolen wearing apparel. The probable

rev1s10n of the tariff is a second obstacle

in the way of higher prices. Frankly,

manufacturers prefer foreign wools and

woolens, and if the tariff were reduced,

it would probably cause a further slump

in an.already weak market. The bare

posSibility of such a change in the tariff

seems sufficient to prevent any advance

over the present price of wool, and may

cause a decline.”



There is a movement in some parts of

the_country on the part of farmers to

begin .breeding beef cattle, it being plain-

ly ev1dent that the time for securing

stockers and feeders at anything like

reasonable prices has passed away." never

to return. Such farmers are ‘keeping‘

their well—bred calves with a view to ma-

turing them. either as “baby beef.” or

holding them until thev become. prime,

heavy beeves. They are. at the same

time looking around for high-grade bulls

and well-bred cows. and sales of such

breeders are gradually increasing, especi—

allv where the prices asked are not too

high. Farmers livinc.r in sections where

land has not reached evtremolv high

prices stand a particularly favorable show

for success alnno Hanan Tings, -



“a fime hag arw'vrnfl “Hon-n farmerg

(“mung bpqvv' t’af (1914-10 oknv‘ld 1029 no

TimI-‘I in Haiti“? them marbni’ofl‘ f‘nv- Warm

weather is (~1an at band, and +hp sum—

mer months are unfavorable ones for sell-

ing heavy beeves. the popular demand

centering on light pith:

dearness of beef also tends to make sales

of heavy cuts of beef much smaller than

in former years, and then eggs are so

cheap that they are largely substituted

for beef.





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MAY 13. 1911.

THlS'lS THE FIRST EDITION.





In the first edition the Detroit Live

Stock markets are reports of last week;

all other markets are right up to date.

Thursday’s Detroit Live Stock markets

are, given in the last edition. The first

edition is mailed Thursday, the last edi-

tion Friday morning. The first edition is

mailed to those who care more to get the





fiaper early than they do for Thursday’s.





etroit Live Stock market report. You

may have any edition desired. Subscrib-

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"DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday's Market.

May 4, 1911.

Cattle.





Receipts, 1,375. Heavy grades steady;

light butchers and common grades strong.



We quote: Best steers and heifers,

$5.75@5.80; steers and heifers, 1,000 to

1,200, $5.25@5.50; steers and heifers, 800

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

that are fat, 500 to 700, 4.50@4.85; choice

fat COWS, $4.50@4.85; good fat cows, $4@

4.25; common cows, $3@3.50; canners,

$2.50@3; choice heavy bulls, $4.75@5; fair

to good bolognas, bulls, $4.25@4.50; stock

bulls, $3@3.50; choice feeding steers, 800

to 1,000, $4.50@5; fair feeding steers, 800

to 1,000, $3.75@4.25; choice stockers, 500

to 700, $4@4.50; fair stockers, 500 to 700,

$3.50@3.75; stock heifers, $3@3.25; milk-

ers, large, young, medium age, $40@55;

common milkers, $25@35.



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

Co. 1 bull weighing 1,170 at $4.50, 1 do

weighing 1,660 at $5, 35 steers av 1,116 at

$5.80, 1 bull weighing 1,470 at $4.85, 1 cow

weighing 840 at $3.75; to Parker, 1V. &

Co. 5 steers av 940 at $5.50, 2 do av 1,040

at $5.50, 8 do av 1,040 at $5.40, 19 do av

1,350 at $5.55, 1 bull weighing 1,230 at

$4.50, 1 cow weighing 870 at $4; to Mich.

B. Co. 7 cows av 1,120 at $4.25, 11 butch-

ers av 923 at $5.10, 29 steers av 1,081 at

$5.40; to Bresnalzan, Jr., 5 heifers av 644



at. $4, 12 steers av 690 at $4.85; to Ratt-



kowsky 1 cow weighing 970 at $3.75, 2



cow and bull av 840 at $4; to Kamman B.



Co. 10 steers av 1,164 at $5.65; to Newton



B. Co. 30 butchers av 820 at $5.15, 6 do



av 1,038 at $5.25, 1 bull weighing 940 at



$4.35, 21 steers av 1,066 at $5.65, 1 do



weighing 820 at $5.25; to F. & P. Co. 4



cows av 1,012 at $3.50, 7 do av 95-4 at



$3.50; to Thompson Bros. 2 bulls av 1,635



at $4.65, 9 steers av 1,071 at $5.30, 2 cows



av 960 at $3.30, 4 do av 1,020 at $4.50, 5



steersav 902 at $5.35, 1 cow weighing



1,140 at $4.25, 4 do av 1,067 at $4.30, 7 do



av 1,064 at $4.25, 4 heifers av 702 at $4.90,



1 bull weighing 1,200 at $4.50, 4 steers av



1,052 at $5.50, 4 do av 805 at $5; to Mich.



B. Co. 29 butchers av 920 at $5.25, 35



steers av 926 at $5.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold Kamman B. Co. 2

cows av 910 at $5, 18 steers av 925 at

‘$5.40; to Mich. B. Co. 6 bulls av 986 at

$41.40, 10 steers: av 850 at $5.50. 14 do av

626 ‘at’WS’E {0“‘Parker, \V. & Co. 3 cows

av"1,026 at $3.50, 2 do av 825 at $2.50, 2

butchers av 690 at $4.



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

2 bulls-“av'l,015 at $4.65; to Goodwin 3

‘ cows av 1,033 at $4.35.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1 bull

,weighing. 1,280 at $4.50, 1 do weighing

1,570 at $4.75, 3 cows av 1,117 at $4.25, 2

do av, 1,075. at $3.25, 1 do weighing 960 at





 





$3, 1 do weighing 670 at $2.50, 15 steers





av 886 at $5.30, 30 do av 1,077 at $5.80, 10

do av 1,188 at $5.80, 8 do av 894 at $5.25;

to Kull 1 cow weighing 1,000 at $4; to

Parker, W. & Co. 2 bulls av 575 at $4,

1 do weighing 870 at $4, 2 cows av 1,000

at $4; to Bresnahan 1 do weighing 920 at

$3.50, 1 bull weighing 680 at $4, 4 heifers

av 567 at $4, 4 do av 417 at $3.50; to

Sullivan P. Co. 22 steers av 945 at $5.50,

2 do av 935 at $5, 2 do av 870 at $5.10, 9

do av 900 at $5.10, 3 cows av 1,177 at $4;

to Newton B. Co. 3 butchers av 923 at

$5, 5 cows av 1,012 at $5.50, 1 cow weigh-

ing 1,350 at $4.50, 2 do av 1,065 at $4.25.



Lowenstein sold Mich. B. Co. 24 cows

av 1,100 at $4.25. ,



1%er sold Goose 8 cows av 1,200 at

$4. 5.



Weeks sold Hammond, S. & Co. 26

butcners av 936 at $5.25, 1 bull weighing

1,430 at $4.80.

. Veal Calves.



Receipts, 1,350. Market steady Wed-

nesday’s prices; 25c higher than last

Thursday. Best, $5.75@6; others, $4@

5.50; milch cows and springers steady.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Rattkowsky 22 av

133 at $5.40; to Brant 12 av .100 at $4.25;

to Newton B. Co. 2 av 130 at $5, 2 av 180

at $6.25; to Goose 38 av 140 at $5.65; to

»Parker, W. & Co. 25 av 135 at $5.50, 17

av 155 at $6.25; to Thompson Bros. 24

av 135 at $5.50, 1 weighing 140 at $4; to

Sullivan P. Co. 2 av 140 at $5.75, 2 av

115 at $5.75; to Friedman 12 av 130 at

$5.50, 3 av 130 at $5.50; to Nagle 1’. Co.

6 av 115 at $5, 84 av 130 at $6, 5 av 118

at $4.50, 20 av 140 at $6; to Mich. B. Co.

18 av 130 at $5.70; to Sullivan P. Co. 16

av 135 at $6, 10 av 143 at $6; to Nagle P.

Go. 11 av 150 at $5.35; to McGuire 21 av

135 at $6; to Burnstine 16 av 135 at $5.50;

to Thompson Bros. 9 av 105 at $4.50.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. CO. 2 av

170 at $6, 7 av 140 at $4.50. 9 av 135 at

$5.50, 7 av 135 at $5. 3 av 110 at $3.50, 8

av 115 at $4.75; to Mich. B. Co. 4 av 130

at $5.75; to Parker, W. & Co. 37 av 12

at $5.25; to Goose 4 av 130 at $4.50. '14

av 135 at $4.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 av

145 at $5.75; to Newton B. C0. 20 av

143 at $6. '



Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

3 av 110 at $4.50, '6 av 145 at $6. 49 av

138 at $5.65; to Goose 26 av 135 at $5.25,

17 av 110 at $4.35; to Sullivan P. Co. 1

weighing 150 at $6. 3 av 120 at $4.50.



Haley & M. sold Parker, \V. &. C. 27

aV'l35 at $5.25; to Newton B. Co. 3 av

140 at $5.50, 7 av 135 at $5, 24 av 145 at $6.



‘Buck & W. sold Street 11 av 135 at





5.50. .

Jedele sold'Burnstlne 2 av 140 at $6.

Dancer & K. sold same 4 av 150 at $6.





 





 





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Long sold same 2 av 115 at $5, 3 av

145 at $6.



Dancer &. K. sold Sullivan P. 00. 6 av

120 at $3.50, 13 av 120 at $5.50.



Belheimer sold Barlage 22 av 140 at

5.75.



Grofl! sold Schuman 22 av 130 at $5.50.



Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts, 2,745. Market 10c higher than

on Wednesday; 15@20c higher than last

week. Best lambs, $5.40; fair to good

lambs, $4.75@5.25; light to common lambs

$3.75@4.25; fair to good sheep, $3.75@4;

culls and common, $2.50@3; spring lambs,

38.506119.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan J". Co. 4

sheep av 105 at $3, 35 lambs av 73 at $5;

to Parker, \V. & Co. 219 lambs av 90 at

$5.25; to Breitenbeck 50 do av 78 at $4.50;

to Mich. B. ()0. 48 do av 74 at $5.30; to

Breitenbeck 21 do av 55 at $4; to Sullivan

P. Co. 6 sheep av 85 at $3.25; to Newton

B. Co. 166 lambs av 77 at $5.40; to Sulli-

van P. Co. 23 spring lambs av 45 at $9,

166 lambs av 80 at $5.35; to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 17 sheep av 85 at $4.25.



Hoe Com. Co. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

24 lambs av 115 at $4.75, 6 do av 60 at $4.



Spicer & R. sold Street 30 lambs av 65

at $4.35, 71 do av 77 at $5.40; to Mich. B.

Co. 40 do av 63 at $4.65; to Sullivan 1“.

Co. 17 do av 70 at $5.25, 4 sheep av 77 at

$3.50, 20 lambs av 85 at $5.35.



Davies sold Marx 30 lambs av 75 at $5



Jedele sold Hammnd, S. & Co. 4 sheep

av 72 at $3.50, 11 wool lambs av 65 at

$6.25.



Hogs.



Receipts, 7,850. Bidding 10@15c lower

than \Vednesday; at noon none sold.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $6; pigs, $6; light yorkers, $6; heavy,

$5.70@5.75.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker. \V. & Co.

1,425 av 160 at $6, 2,050 av 180 at $5.95,

515 av 215 at $5.90.



Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

325 ‘av 190 at $6, 320 av 200 at $5.95.



Haley & M. sold same 140 av 180 at

$6, 380 av 190 at $5.95.



Spicer 8: it. sold same 315 av 170 at

$6, 150 av 190 at $5.95.



Sundry shippers sold same 410

at $5.95.





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Friday’s Market.

May 5, 1911.

Cattle.

Receipts .this week, 1,367;

1,187. Market steady at Thursday’s

prices. Best steers and heifers, $5.75@

5.85; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200,

$5.25@5.60; do. 800 to 1,000, $3515.25; do.

that are, fat, 500 to' 700, $4.50@5; choice

fat cows, $4.50; good fat cows, $4@4.25;

common cows, $3.25@3.75; canners, $2.50

(1113; choice heavy bulls, $4.75; fair to good

bologna bulls, $4.50@4.65; stock bulls,

$3.75@4.25; choice feeding steers, 800 to

1,000, $450555; fair feeding steers, 800 to

1,000, $4.25@4.75; choice stockers, 500 to

700, $4.50@4.75; fair stockers, 500 to 700,

$404.50; stock heifers, $3.50@4; milkers,

large, young, medium age, $40@55; com-

mon milkers, $25@30.





last week,





Veal Calves.

Receipts this week, 1,563; last week,

1,764. Market steady at Thursday's

prices. Best, $5.75@6; others, $4@5.50.





Milch cows and springers steady.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week, 3,237; last week,

3,251. Market dull at Thursday’s prices.

Few sold up to noon; quality not so good.

Best lambs, $5@5.25; fair to good lambs,

$505.10; light to common lambs, $4624.50;

spring lambs, $8659; fair to good sheep,

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





Hogs.

Receipts this week, 9,909; last week,

6,626. Market steady at Thursday’s

prices. Light to good butchers, $5.90@





6; pigs, $6; light yorkers, $5.90@6; heavy,

$5.75@5.80.





The Chicago market for butchering

cattle, after a period of unusually high

prices, has changed for the worse. and





cows and heifers have had big breaks in

prices. Owners in many instances ex-

press much disappointment, but grass is

getting into good condition, and farmers

will send a good many female cattle to

pasture for the summer season. Good

corn-fed cows and heifers have to be

marketed without unnecessary delay,

however, and many lots could have been

sold at much higher prices several weeks





(Continued from page 536).



an eight-year-old mare that suffers from

shoulder lameness but- is not much

sweenied. I also have a two-year—old

colt that is troubled with weak stitles. I

forgot to say that when the mare stands

she points her foot. J. C., Sunfield, Mich.

—Pointing the foot indicates foot lame-

ness and the shoulder trouble may be the,

result of lameness low down. Blister,

coronet and shoulder with one part red,

iodide mercury and ten parts ceratc of:

cantharides every ten days. The samel

application may be used to advantage on:

stifle joints of colt.



(iarget.~l\7y cow came fresh five weeks.

ago and since then one-quarter of bagl

has been caked, making it very difficult!

to get any milk from it. There is a lump;

in upper part of teat, but I imagine it is

growing smaller. \V. A. B., Benzonia,‘

Mich—Apply one part iodine and ten!

parts lard or vaseline to diseased quarter’

three times a week and give 2 drs. iodide

potassium at a dose in feed twice a (1213'.



Navel Infection—Have had several

calves taken sick when they were one

day old; they appear to be weak, scour

some and after a few days’ treatment,

appear to pick up. but in a few days have:

a relapse. I have thought it might be.

the result of their mothers eating tooi

much cottonseed meal or ensilage. G. H.,

D., Zeeland, Mich—Apply one part car-;

bolic acid and 30 parts water to navel!





ago.

VETERINARY.





of every young calf soon after birth

and treat them once a day until the parts

are healed. Give each sick calf 1 oz.

castor oil at a dose once a week; to

check their bowels give a half teaspoon-

ful of tincture opium at a dose three or

four times a day until the bowel move-

ments check. Also give 5 grs. salol at a

dose three times a day.



Cow Has Bloody Discharge—My cow

calved April 22, and seemingly cleaned

all right, but since then she has had a

bloody discharge and I would like toknow

how to treat her. J. \V. D., Levering,

Mich—Dissolve 1 dr. permanganate pot-

ash or a tablespoonful of carbolic acid in

a gallon of tepid water, and wash out

vagina daily until discharge ceases. Also

give her a teaspoonful powdered sulphate





iron and two tablespoonfuls of bicar-

bonate soda at a dose in feed twice a

day.



Enlarged Gland—~1Yarblcs.——I have a





cow that has two peculiar ailments, one

is a bunch in throat as large as a goose

egg. with two black spots in it about

the size of a small marble. I also got

two worms out of her back; they are the

kind of worms that live in rotten wood

and are very much like a horse bot. F.

l3., Irons, Mich—The bunch on jaw is

an enlarged gland and will gradually re-

duce if you will apply tincture iodine

daily. The grubs in back should be

squeezed out and killed; where the open-

ing is not large enough make it larger by

making the wound in skin larger, using

a sharp pen knife. Apply to wounds one

part coal tar disinfectant. 15 parts water.



Pup Has Come—I have a pup four

months old that is troubled with goitre

and I would like to know if you can give

me a remedy for an ailment of this kind.

G. 13., Fai'well, Mich—Give your pup

three or four drops of syrup iodide of

iron at a dose in feed once or twice a

day and if the bunch in neck does not

reduce in ten days, increase the dose.

and continue increasing it every ten days

until it has the desired effect.



Yeast Treatment for Barrenness.——I

would like to have you tell me how the

yeast treatment is prepared and applied

to prevent barrenness. \V. 0., Union

City, Mich—The yeast treatment is ef-

fective in curing barrenness in cattle and

horses when the disorder is due to an

acid condition of the genital tract. In

cases where the animal does not come in

heat it has no value. The solution is

made as follows: Put two heaping tea—

spoonfuls of yeast in a. pint of boiled

water. Set the solution near the stove

and maintain at a warm room tempera-

ture for about five hours; then add three

pints of boiled water and keep it warm

for another five hours. By this time the

solution will have a milky appearance

and is ready for use. Flush the parts

with warm water and inject the yeast.

The animal should be mated from two to

eight hours later.



Acidity of Stomach—Kidney Trouble~

Sidebone.—I have been greatly benefited

by reading the veterinary column of the

Michigan Farmer, but fail to find a rem-

edy for my case. Our five—year-old horse





is thin, is inclined to chew wood and

rubbish; besides, his urine is thick and

muddy. When first starting he appears

to travel stiff in hind quarters; he also





has a small bunch on side of fore heel.

(i. 19. 8., Charlotte. Mich—Give your

horse 1 oz. bicarbonate soda, 1,!2 oz. pow-

dered rosin and 1/2 oz. ground gentian at

a dose in feed two or three times a day.

\Vhen this remedy seems to produce the





desired result, lessen dose and taper off

treatment. Apply one part red iodide

mercury and eight parts lard to side-





bone twice a week. .



Vaginal Polypus.—My 18-year—old mare

seems to leak blood from vagina, not so

much when working as when lying down

at night, for I find quite a quantity of

blood behind her in the morning. J. TC.

S., Lansing, Mich.—~She should be ex-

amined as the blood may come from a

small vaginal polypus which, when re-

moved and blood vessels tied, she willi

get well.





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acres good land, 40 under cultivation. Fine l0('£l.‘

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A Southern Minnesota Farm





is your best investment. We have a few well improved

farms that are the best bargains in this country. Re-





   

   

   

   

 





   

   





 





 





wagon. implements, tools. Price $35.00 per acre.

1). L. “'ltIGH’l‘. JEFFERSON. TEXAS.

Illichlgnn at from





WHY PAY RENT ,. ..





near Saginaw and Bay City. “'rito for um i and pair-

ticulars. _Clenr title and ensytcrms. Sm cld Bros,

(owners) 1;) Merrill Bldg , Saginaw, W'. S. Michigan.





M I N N E s o 'r A-Fm m... Book.



. _ . Compiled by State.

Accurate information about price of lands in. and

products of each county. . 00.000 Acres Home-

stead Lands. Form Laborers “Hunted. Forms

for Rent. Address STATE BOARD OF IMMI-

GRATION. Room 269. State Capitol. St. Paul, Minn,





ALABAMA‘NEEDS

50,000 FARMERS





Dairymon and stock raisers to so

markets with butter poultry, ve tarb'lle‘; hlficligslgciild

cattle. The best lands in the wor d can be had at $5

to $50 per acre. on easy terms. Let us help you to get, a

farm in Alabama” where the climate is delightful

where you can rmse several crops each year on thé

some land, and find a ready market for the same We

are supported by the State and sell no lands Writ

for in emotion and literature. I 0

STATE BOARD of IDIMIGRATION.

Montgomery. Alabama.





 





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the Best. Land in





 





 





 





member, they are in a well settled community, with

schools, churches, fine transportation. plenty of rain-

fall, good. soil. and best markets. State which you

prefer. dairying. live stock raisingor general farming.





SOUTH W ESTERN LAND C0.,





126 Jackson St... Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.

Marshall, Lyon 00., Minn. "Live Agents \Vanted."





Fine Fruit Farm

Receipts $3,000 in 1910





One of theibest in Ocenna County Mich tlir w



the 'market to close immediately at. a remgrkrz‘ililg

sacrifice; t1) acres, 1600 .peach trees. all in line condi-

tion“ plums, cherries, apples, pears and grapes‘

acre in berries; receipts from fruit alone last year

$3,000 bemdes big more of corn, potatoes. wheat and

buy; some good muc ' soil for celery, onions. beets,

etc, splendid 12-11mm residence, convenient outbuild-

ings: near school, Village, railroad, cannery; if tuln-n

immediately pair horses, cows, flock sheep and lambs.

20 swarms boos. chickens. boat and implements thrown

in at the low price of $6,500 for all, part cash. For

traveling directions to see this and several other

tremendous. bargains in money-making Michigan

farms, all im iroved, from $800 up. see “Chicago

Ldltlon" of trout's Farm Catalogue 34, 'ust 011?».

copy free. Station 101, E. A. S’l‘ltUUT. 7 South

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I The Buttonhole Stitch With Variations.





. There is scarcely a stitch in the needle-

work realm which is so useful, and at the

same time so ornamental, as the familiar

buttonhole stitch. Everyone who does

plain sewing understands the making of

the tailor’s buttonhole stitch, but pos-

sibly not everyone realizes all that can

be done with the simpler form used in





 





Fig. 1.





embroidery, several varieties of beautiful

stitchwork having this stitch as a back-

ground entirely, or making use of it in

connection with one or two other simple

stitches.



In the tailor buttonhole the thread is

thrown around the point of the needle,

so that a sort of knot is formed. In the

embroidery buttonhole stitch the thread

is simply carried under the point of the

needle. To be more definite, the n edie

is brought up at the left edge of thzline

to be followed, and while the thread is

held down with the thumb of the left

hand the needle is inserted above this

line, brought out on it beside the starting

point, but over the thread. As it is

drawn through a loop is made. This ap—

pears at Figure 1. The stitches are pur-

posely placed apart in this drawing,

though in ordinary work they must be

crowded up, as in Figure 2. Blanket

stitch, Figure 3, is a form of buttonhole

stitch used for finishing the edge of

fiannels, seams, etc., and is placed at

regular intervals. It may be varied by

grouping two or three stitches close to-

gether, and then spacing. It is also fre-

quently used to couch or hold down one

or more threads of different color.



Figure 2 shows the method to be fol-

lowed when the buttonhole stitch is to be

used as an edge for scalloped center-

pieces, doilies, etc. The outline of the

scallops is first run with a strand of

padding cotton. This may be the same

floss as is used for the outer work, or of

ordinary darning cotton, if the regular

padding cotton is not at hand. After the

running stitch is placedthe space be-

tween the two rows is filled with stitches

of the padding. These should be placed





 





From Top to Bottom Figures are Num-

bered 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively.





close together, somewhat heaped up to-

ward the center, so that the scallops will

stand up clear and distinct. The button-

holing proper is then made across these

stitches. Any padding must be placed at

right angles to the outer stitches. If it





. .is not the outer stitches will; sink down





By Mae G. Mahaffy.





between those of the padding, utterly

spoiling the finished work.



Figures No. 4 and No. 5 show other

variations of this magic stitch. In Fig-

ure 3 is is arranged in graduated trios,

battlement form, with one group in grad-

uated lengths, but at varying angles. Any

of these stitches prove, decorative fea-

tures for underclothing. babys’ clothes,

or for inner lines in fancy Work generally.

The edge is hardly firm enough for se—

vere wear if out out. since the stitches

are not plaCed sufficiently close, but for

flannel or other closely woven material

they will answer nicely. If additional

strength is needed an outer row of close

buttonholing may be placed. One can

also work the trios and battlements close

together, making the usual safe edge.

Spacing, however, is necessary for the

other design.



In Figure 5 the work may be placed

apart or together. A row is worked on

one edge, and the material turned and a

similar row placed exactly opposite, the

stitches being midway between each pair

of the former row. When set some dis-

tance apart this is called ladder b'utton-





holing. It is a good plan for use in em-

broidering large lines, scrolls, and for

slender leaf forms where a fancy stitch

is required;



Figure No. 6 shows the buttonhole

stitch placed first one edge and then the

other of a. simulated band. This, too, is

good for filling rows or other long, nar-

row spaces. Figures 7, 8 and 9 are varia-

tions of the brier or feather stitch, only

another name for buttonholing, since it

is the buttonhole stitch which is utilized.

The stitches and the spacing are both

slanted. In Figure 9 only very short

spacing is needed.



Figure 10 is known to lace workers, as

well as embroiderers, usually as the

Brussels or Point de Bruelles stitch, ow-

ing to the similarity to Brussels net. A

row of spaced buttonholing or blanket

stitch is first worked. the loops of the

floss being left loose in each stitch, and

as regular as possible. Each succeeding

row is worked through the loops of the

one preceding, thus drawing it down

honey-comb fashion. Only the rows along

the outline are taken through the mate-

rial. This is a splendid stitch for cover-

ing large figures, which are outlined in

some pleasing stitch afterwards, like

stem, overcast, chain, etc.



Figure 11 shows a leaf worked in but-

tonholing, the purled edge being placed

along the midrib in working both sides.

This obviates the necessity of outlining

a midrib in some other way, and gives a

pleasing variety, especially in large de-

signs. This and the three following

samplers place the stitches somewhat

apart, the process showing up better in

the cuts in this. way. In genuine em-

broidery they must be close-set and even.





 





Figure 12 shows solid buttonholing for

each leaf, the same edge being purled

throughout the group. Such work is good

for conventional figures, large Chrysan-

themums, groups of rather straight

leaves, etc. The various petals may be

shaded, each petal being a trifle darker

than its predecessor.



Figures 13 and 14 show buttonholed ef-

fects seen in the popular Wailachian em-

broidery. Leaves or petals of flowers are

worked with the purled edge outward,

first up one side and down the other, as

in the dolly, the meeting of the stitches

forming the veins or divisions. The

stitches may be slanted to conform to

the contour of the figure. The ring

shown is met with in many of the Wal-

lachian designs, and simply requires

crowding the buttonhole stitches close in

the center, spreading them evenly on the

edge. Eyelets may be worked in this

way by piercing the center. Ivory or

brass rings are covered in much the same

manner.



The Wailachian embroidery hails from

the province of Wallachla, and is made

up entirely of buttonhole stitches. The

work may be done in white or colors, and

is exceedingly durable. It is used for any

household mebroidery, and is‘ occasionally

met with on dress accessories. Done in

the washable blues or reds it is quite





 





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practical, though, of course, for real ser-

vice nothing is so satisfactory as white.

Beautiful effects are obtainable in var—

ied color schemes, however, and are

charming on dark background fabrics for

scarfs, sofa pillows, and the like.



THE SUNDAY DINNER.





Cream of Corn Soup, Croutons

Salmon Box





Mashed Potatoes Asparagus on Toast





Fruit Salad with Sweet Salad Dressing

Coffee Jelly





Cream of Corn Soup—Soak one cupful

of dried corn over night, or use one tin

of canned corn. Cook until tender enough

to put through a fine seive. Then add

one pint of white sauce, made with one

pint of rich milk, scalded. and a table-

spoonfui each of butter and flour. Put

through the sieve again and reheat. Whip

a cup of cream and add just beforeisend-

ing to the table.



Salmon Box.——For a large family, two

cans of salmon will be needed. Line a

baking dish with cold boiled rice, fill with

boned and flaked salmon, pour over it one

cup of rich milk, cover with rice and

bake for 30 minutes, taking care not to

get too brown.



Asparagus on Toast—Scrape the

branches, after breaking of! all woody

portions, wash thoroughly, then tie to-

gether and boil in salted water until ten-

der. Arrange on slices of toast and pour

over all a white sauce, to which has been

added a beaten 888-





For the sweet salad dressing, .boii lone .





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Eighty-five Cents Value for a Quarter.

This introductory offer is for a limited

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and on secure a serv-

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for. Spring and Sun:-

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gr“ yourpedcaler does not Pactfic Percale;

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pondenco. A great opartnnity

{wait- you in Manitoba, ketch-

ownn or Alberto. where you can "-

euro I Free Born h

a reasonable prim. ‘





How’s the Time





-not a year from now. when lend

willbe higher. The profits neared

from the abundant cropo‘ot

Wheat. Onto and Barley. u

won" cattle railing. are comings-teeth ed-

unoo in price. Government returns show

that the number 0 .eettlero in Woot-

ern Canada from the U. S. was 60

, per centlarcer In 1910 than the

. previous year. , 4

Many farmers have Paid tor-their

land onto: the p o of one crop

‘ Free Homestead. of 160 acres an

pre-emptlons of 160 acres at $3.00

an acre. Splendid climate.

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low fre ht to m . water and

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MAY 13,- 1911.





cup‘ ofsugarand one clipper water until

it begins to thicken. Cool, and add.the

juice of one lemon and two tablespoonfuls

of pineapple juice. Use any fruit you





have, bananas, oranges, pineapple, cher-

ries or diced apple. '



Coffee Jelly.——-Soak half a; box‘ of gela-

tine .in a fourth of a cup of cold water

for 15 minutes.





Then pour over it three





Top, Figure, No. 6. From Left to Right

"at Bottom are Nos. 7, 8 ,and 9.





cups of boiling coffee, add three-fourths

of a cup of sugar, and when all is dis-

solved strain through two thicknesses of

cheesecloth.





OUT WITH THE FEATHER BED.





 





 





The day of spring housecleaning is up-

on us and the sound of the carpet beater

and the tack hammer is abroad in the

land. Closets are being turned inside out,

parlorm.air_ed, bedrooms overhauled and

bedding and bed furnishings cleaned in

countless homes As a fitting finish to

the annual upheaval, why not relegate

that pet‘feather bed to the attic, where

its old;c0mpanion, the cornhusk tick, has

long resided. and accustom yourself to

thegliam'fl flééblng on your mattress?



‘roumaye long had mattresses, but still

you kept to your feathers, notwithstand-

ing hygienists told you that sleeping on

an animal, product was unhealthful. But

the‘warmth and softness of the feathers

allifléfi you and you clung to your idol.



Perhapsyouwhave the idea that a mat-

tress couldn't possibly be as soft as a

feather bed, and you may have just

grounds for that belief. Possibly your

mattress isn't so soft, because there are

mattresses and mattresses. But if you

look into the matter thoroughly you will





Fig. 11 at top; beneath it Fig. 12; to the

right, Fig. 13; at bottom, Fig. 14.





find ,there are mattresses made which

are every bit as "comfy” as your old

friend, and much more sanitary, if we

are to believe the domestic science ex-

perts. Take the cotton felt mattresses,

fordn‘stance; When of the best quality,

you will find them every bit as satisfac-

tory and restful after a hard day's work

as’ any feather bed could possibly be.

CottOn picked fresh from the fields and

run; throughiua felting machine, is the

only thing used lntheir construction and





 





 





certainly our conception of cotton is of





something light, springy and soft.



The first cost of the best quality mat-

tress may seem high, but in the end it is

always cheapest to buy the best. A cheap

mattress can not be made over, while a

good one may be renovated. Besides, it

may be used and used without this ex-

pense of making over, by placing it oc-

casionally in the sun, as the action of the

sun will bring it up and make it light

again after it has become packed down

by use.





MEN, WOMEN AND HOMES.





BY ELLA E. ROCKWOOD.





Mrs. and Mrs. Smith built a new home

last summer; It is a beautiful one and

provided with every modern improve-

ment, but in planning it the dominating

spirit was the masculine. Tho arrange—

ment of the rooms, the character of the

decorations, the placing of the windows

and doors were according to the ideas of

the head of the house, and the woman

who was to have the care of the home

was scarcely consulted, or if she was

given an opportunity to express an opin-

ion her wishes were unheeded in almost

every instance. The result is a number

of rooms which, while beautiful to look

at, are inconveniently arranged for work,

and very hard to take care of.



Mrs. and Mrs. Jones also built a new

home last year. Mr. Jones pa. the bills,

but the plans were submitted to his wife

for approval and she was given the right

to make any alterations she saw fit. l

say she was given the right to make al-

terations, but would it not be acknowl-

edged by all fair minded persons that

such was hers without any concession?

\Vhen it came to finishing the walls, the

decorator suggested to Mr. Jones that cer-





 





Fig. 10.





tain changes in the coxor scheme submit-

ed to him might be advisable.



“Consult with my wife,” was the re-

ply. “I would not think of dictating on

such a subject. She is to have it exactly

as. she wants it.”



A third new home built last autumn is

owned by Mr. and Mrs. Brown. They

talked over the matter together and de-

cided upon a certain sum which the house

was to cost. Mrs. Brown went over the

plan, which she had formulated as being

about what she wanted as to the number

'of rooms and their general arrangement,

with the architect and found that it

could be brought within the sum named.

The final plans she submitted to her hus-

band, but he told her to arrange things





_ to suit herself as he considered that she





was more competent than he to decide

a matter in which she was the more

vitally interested.



The first woman is living in a beautiful

home but it is not arranged for conven-

ience in doing the work because planned

by a man who did not take that part into

consideration. The two others planned

their homes themselves and every win-

dow, door and cupboard is placed exactly

where best calculated to facilitate the

housework and make it as easy as pos-

sible. W'hich way is best?





A CRACK FILLER.





 





Dear Editor:——A good crack filler is

made by shredding old newspapers into

tiny bits and stirring into glue all the

paper it will take up. Fill the cracks

with this and leave to harden—M. A. L.





 





 





SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.





From now on through the spring if p0-

tatoes are put on to boil in cold water

instead of hot, they will be much whiter.

It also improves them to sprinkle with

salt after draining, and give them a few

shakes—F. D. . .



For housecleaning time try wood ashes

and a scrubbing brush to clean the

smooth finished plastered walls. I used

them on my kitchen walls and worked

Wonders—Mrs. W. B. S.





Sensitive, feverish, aching feet get lasting relief from

Martha Washington Comfort Shoes.

glove and are as easy as a stocking.

just complete and lasting comfort.





They fit like a

N 0 buttons or laces—





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Be sure you get the genuine. There are many inferior im-

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name and e

best merchant: handle the genuine.





The real Martha Washington has the





rode Mark stamped on the sole.





name and the ‘Mayer Trade Mark





stamped on the sole.





If you can ‘t find





a dealer, write to us.

If you will send us the name of a dealer who doe.





m—

not handle





Martha Washington Comfort Shoes we will





- wt] Ilyou free. pggtpzl‘ld. a beautiful picture of

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" We also make Honorbllt Shoes for Men. Leading

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Haven’t the money to buy!



You don’t need money.



Here is a wonderful opportunity.



The Panhandle of Texas nccds set-

tlers. ‘



It is the country along the Santa lie,

in the northwestern part of Texas.



The land is level prairie. It is the

original residual soil—deep, rich and

fertile. For years it_furnishcd the fin-

est pasture. Now it 15 too valuable for

range purposes. The owners are selling

it for general farming.



I want to tell you about the oppor-

tunities for settlers on these Panhandle

lands. (The Santa Fe has no land to

sell.)



I know one owner who will sell you

a farm for only $20 an acre. You

don’t have to pay a cent for two years.

After that you pay one-seventh each

year, with interest at 6 per cent from

date of purchase.



But you must live on and cultivate

the soil.



Have you ever heard of a proposition

like that?



Another proposition, at the same

rice, requires $2 an acre down, the

Balance in ten equal payments, With 1n-

tcrest at only 6 per cent.





 





 





Wfiy rent?





These. are but two of the many op-

portunities open to real homeseekcrs in

the Panhandle.





Owners of these lands will not sell to





speculators. The land must go to ac-

tual settlers. The want to see the

country built up. ' hey want the crops

coming into their towns and the trade

of prosperous farmers who are owners

of the land they farm.





The Santa Fe, too, is anxious to see

the country developed. It wants to

haul the people and their goods and

products.



The country is in splendid condition

this spring. Nearly 3 inches of rain in

February. Everything ready for you.



Let me send you our folder, “The

Panhandle and South Plains.” It tells

all about this country—its soil, cli-

mate, rainfall, water supply and crops.

Let me put you in touch with the men

who own the land. Let me tell you

about the opportunity the Santa Fe

affords twice a month to go and see this

land at reduced rates.



Don’t wait. Make the break.



Write ‘me tonight, if only a postal.



You will be glad.





C. L. SEAGRRVE’E‘, geéi. Colonization Agt.,





2213 Railway Exchangc,q(2hicago.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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BY Z. I. DAVIS.





Once ’neath a humble peasant roof

There dwelt a maiden, kind and good,

Who daily toiled, and sewed, and spun,

And cheerfully did what she could.

Within the shadow of the church

Some pilgrim's heart was often stirred

By listening unto her prayer

Cou_ched in a voice like some sweet

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W'ith holy zeal and true heart brave

Obeyed as trustful as a child

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ONCE A MORMON.





BY IRMA B. MATTHEWS.





Synopsis of Preceding Chapters—Pro-

moters of a new colony, claiming to be

ministers, enter a prosperous New York

state community and persuade a number

of farmers to sell their homes and jom

them. Among the colonists thus secured

are Amos Brandon, his wife, his young

daughter, Elinor, his married dau hter,

Myra, and her husband, James Ba dwin.

Another married daughter, Rosetta, and

herihusband refuse to join. The site

selected is on one of the Beaver islands,

in Lake Michigan, and the colonists are

transported there by boat. Just before

reaching their destination the chief pro-

moter reveals himself to be one James

Strang, leader and ruler of the. Mormon

kingdom which he had established on

the island. Under the title of king he

claimed to rule in accordance with reve—

lations received direct from the Supreme

Being. Strang absented himself from the

Island the first winter, during which the

colonists suffered severely, and on his

return sought to relieve them and at the

same time makes war on the Gentiles by

making public a so-called revelation that

it was lawful for his people to seize the

property of the Gentiles. He also pre-

scribed a certain mode of dress for the

women, at which Elinor rebelled, although

her father, who seemed completely under

the control of Strang. tried hard to en-

force obedience. During the first sum-

mer Strang decided to have himself

crowned king, and Elinor, in the com-

pany of her young admirer, Robert Stuart,

attended the coronation. The rule of

Strang now became oppressive; the seiz-

ure of property by the Mormons was still

sanctioned and many Gentiles fled from

the island. His law regarding women's

dress was disregarded by Elinor, al-

though the king seized and burned her

wardrobe in his futile effort to compel her





 





to adopt the prescribed dress. A little

later Strang proclaimed a revelation

sanctioning plural marriages, at which





his own wife deserted him and fled from

the island. Some of the colonists indig-

nantly counseled rebellion, but the ma-

jority, among them Amos Brandon and

his son—in—law, continued blindly to trust

and follow Strang. As matters grew

worse the women of the colony held an

indignation meeting and implored Strang

to change his views regarding polygamy

but without avail. He retaliated by com-

manding his elders, among them James

Baldwin, to take addi ‘onal wives. Myra

Baldwin fled to her fat er’s home and on

his refusal to shelter her Amos Brandon’s

wife demanded her share of their prop-

erty that she might independently sup-

port and protect her daughters.





 





Amos Brandon turned pale. He had

not just counted on this. That his wife

would take the part of her child he knew,

but that she would ever think of leaving

him was another matter. He knew, too,

that were his wife to persist in _her de-

mands he would be sadly crippled for

both land and funds.



“But, Martha, cannot you see that if

1 harbor Myra I shall get into no end of

trouble. Elinor has made me trouble

enough as it is, and you have upheld her

in it, and now—" .



"It makes no difference to me. You

have your choice. If she goes I go, and

I do not intend my children shall want.”



"Very well, have it your own way, but

if harm comes to us all you will have no

one to thank but yourself.”





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





"God is still in his heaven, Amos, and

He is amply able to care for me and

mine. That wicked man will not always

prevail, remember that!” Myra, however,

turned to her mother with a sob.





“Let me go, mother dear; it does not

matter what becomes of me now. I do

not want. to stay here and make trouble

for you also,” but her mother would not

listen. “If you go I shall,” she answered

firmly as she tried to soothe the poor

girl. She had asserted her rights, but

from that day no one ever saw Martha

Brandon smile again. The sunny nature

that had been hers so many long years

seemed turned to stone and left her hard

and cold, showing tenderness to no one

but her children. Tormented by thoughts

of the past, perhaps, and finding no

pleasure in his sorrowing household,

Amos Brandon spent more and more of

his time away from home.



James had come to the house and tried

to induce Myra to return to her home but

she shrank from him with fear and

loathing, and Mrs. Brandon forbade his

ever coming again. "You have spoiled

the life of the woman you swore to love

and cherish,” she declared, “and we nev-

er wish to see you again.” He went

away, but what his thoughts were no one

knew.



It was not long after this that Elinor,

walking in the forest not far from her

home, came face to face with Strang. She

was startled and turned to flee but he

stepped before her. '



"Have you learned yet to obey, my

pretty rebel?” he asked, but she made

no answer. "I warn you that you will

soon be in a position where you will have

to regard my word," he smiled meaning-

ly. Elinor did not understand his mean-

ing in the least but she grew sick with

fear at the look in his eyes .



"I have answered you

Strang,” she said haughtily, ”and that

should be enough. I shall never change.

\Vill you allow me to pass now?”



“Beware, girl," he scowled as he step-

ped aside. “My time will soon come.”





once, King





 





Chapter XIII.





For some days after her meeting with

Strang, Elinor did not trust herself to go

far from the house, and then only if

Myra or her mother was with her, al-

though she thought to herself that her

home was no protection for her so long

as her father was one of the king’s men.

She said nothing of it at home, however,

for she felt there was trouble enough

there. Myra was languid and half ill and

her mother was much concerned about

her. Then another blow fell. Mr. Bran-

don returned to his home one evening,

bringing with him a young girl, not much

older than Elinor, whom he introduced

as his wife and gave orders she should

be well cared for.



He turned away and went to see about

things outside without waiting to see

what kind of a reception his new wife

received.



Mrs. Brandon turned to her daughters.

“Take what things you can carry,” she

said, “and carry them to the old house."

The most of the things inside had been

her own, brought from a former home.

She added, “What is mine I will have,

but do not take one thing your father

has bought.”



The girls obeyed. The old house stood

some distance from the new and was the

first shelter built when they came to the

island; as the years had passed and had

proved prosperous, Mr. Brandon had built

a‘ more pretentious home. It was to this

former one, still standing, and with a

little work made habitable, that Mrs.

Brandon had directed her daughters to

carry the things. She herself worked

with feverish energy, hoping to get away

without again encountering her husband.



The young wife watched the prepara-

tions in silence at first. She was shy

and quiet, but at last she cried out, “I

did not mean to come here and turn you

all out; oh, indeed, I did not. I was

told you were willing I should come.

Won't you please forgive me and stay,"

she entreated, while tears stood in her

eyes. Mrs. Brandon paused in her task

to look at her companion compassionately.





“Poor child, for you are indeed nothing'





more, I do not blame you, I pity you. I

dare say you are innocent of wrong, as

my own daughters here are. It is not on

your account I must leave but his.”



“I wish I had not come," cried the

other with a burst of tears. “But, in-

deed, the king made me.”



“I do not doubt that," answered the

elder woman, and Elinor, as she heard.

felt sick ‘at heart.



When Mr. Brandon returned to the





house he found a strangely dismantled

home and a tearful wife.



“They have all gone,” she sobbed; "I

have driven them all from their own

home and it is cruel. and a shame."



"So much the better,” answered her

husband, grimly; “there has not been

much peace with them lately anyhows

but I think some of them will come to

time before long. Come, we will get some

supper, and tomorrow we will see about

buying some new things. The ones they

have taken were only old ones anyhow.”



Mr. Brandon no longer feared the

threat of his wife to have her share in

the property, for had not the king as-

sured him that it should all be his if he

obeyed him and that there was no other

law here but his? How was his wife to

get help from outside to fight him, and,

if she did, of what avail when every

officer was a Mormon and bound to do

the will of the king?



Meanwhile, in the other house the wom-

en were working feverishly. They did

not say much—their burden was too great

for words. Besides, what was there that

they could say. Under their hands the

house soon took on an air of neatness

and Elinor built a fire in the old fireplace

and tried to prepare a little supper from

the things she had hastily collected on

leaving the other house. \Vhere more

provisions were to come from when those

were gone they had not asked themselves

as yet. They knew a good share of the

property was rightfully their mother’s

and they gave it no other thought than

that. ’



Mrs. Brandon, however, refused the

food her daughter offered her. “I cannot

eat tonight,” she said, turning piteous

eyes toward her. The look broke Elinor

down. “Oh, mother dear, to think that

you must suffer so,” she sobbed. “I

could bear anything better than this. Oh.

how I hate the man that has brought all

this upon us.”



“Hush, daughter, you should hate no

one. The man will be well punished for

his sins, do not *fear, and his punishment

is in higher hands than yours.”



But it was late before any of them

sought their rest. Then it was not to

sleep; it was well toward morning be-

fore Elinor dropped into a troubled sleep.

She was awakened by Myra, who stood

by her, in the early morning. “Mother

is sick, Elinor; come and see."



She sprang from the bed and followed

her sister. Her, mother was indeed sick;

she breathed heavily and turned from

side to side, moaning every now and

then.



Elinor was frightened and Myra was

aroused from her own grief by the con-

dition of her mother. “What shall we

do?” she asked again and again, “what

shall we do?”



Elinor did not answer. She dressed

hurriedly, and, going to the door, saw her

father about his morning work. She

crossed the yard and confronted him.

“Mother is very sick," she said abruptly.

“\Vill you get medical help for her?”



“Sick is she? Well, it is no more than

I expected and I hope you girls are sat-

isfied, dragging her over in that old damp

house to stay. If you are, and will move

her back where she belongs, I will see

she is well taken care of, but I cannot

do it while she stays there.”



Elinor’s eyes flashed. “She would rath-

er die than be taken into that house to

witness her own disgrace and yours, and

you know it. Do you think if she dies

you will get possession of what is hers?”



“There is nothing hers," he answered

calmly.



“You know better than that; you know

how grandfather's will read as well as I.”



“It may be as Well for you to under-

stand that Strang is ruler of this island

and the maker of the laws. Who can

come here and say him nay?"



The full force of the whole thing rush-

ed over Elinor in the twinkling of an eye.

The king had set aside her mother’s

claim to the property and, as her father

said, who was to say him nay. She

grew sick at heart but she answered

bravely, “That we must leave the future

to settle, but will you send us aid? That

is the question now?"



“I have answered you.”



“Very well,” and she turned away. She

went back and told Myra what she had

learned. “There is no use applying to

the Mormons. They would not dare help

us if they wanted to do so, but I know

a woman in the Gentile settlement who

knows much about the sick. I believe

she will help us and I will go and see."



”Do not be gone long," pleaded her

sister.



“I will hurry as fast as possible, Myra."



She did hurry, almost running some of

the way, her mind filled with bitter





 





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





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thoughts as she reviewed her life since

coming to this island. She had come a.

care-free girl, and now she was .8. women

embittered with injustices. She found

the woman she sought, who listened to

her story gravely.



“I will go home With you and do what

I can and tell you' what to do, but I can

not stay with mm as I would gladly do if

I could, for we are soon to leave the

island.‘ It is no longer safe for my bus-

band here.”



She went with Elinor in a short time,

but when she saw the invalid she shook

her head and looked pityingly at the two

girls.



“The truth, we want the truth," cried

Elinor as she saw the look; “you do not

think we are going to lose our mother!”



“I think it is doubtful if your mother

ever recovers,” answered the other, gent-

ly, “although she may linger some time.

I should judge she has been falling for

some weeks and some shock has caused

the present symptoms.”



“You are right,” said Elinor, slowly, as

she reviewed rapidly the past few weeks.

“We might have noticed, had our minds

not been so occupied with other things.”

Then Elinor related to this sympathetic

listener something of what they had

passeo through. ‘



“I wish I could do more for you," she

said when leaving them, “but may God

have you in His keeping is my prayer."





 





Chapter XIV.





The days that followed were like a

nightmare to the two lonely girls as they

watched over their mother, gradually get-

ting weaker and weaker. W'hen Amos

Brandon found that his wife was really

seriously ill some of the tenderness he

had always had for his gentle wife must

have returned, for he went to see her

and offered everything for her comfort.

But the visit was not repeated. Mrs.

Brandon was so much worse after seeing

him that her daughters would not allow

him in her presence again, as they feared

she couldnot stand the agitation. Every

day, however, he inquired about her and

seemed really sorry that she did not im-

prove. Myra and Elinor took turns in

resting and caring for their mother, but

the strain was telling on them both.



One evening, about a week after she

was taken ill, Elinor had walked a short

distal; from »- the house to enjoy a bit

of fres "air when suddenly a figure stood

beside her.



“Robert,” she exclaimed.



“Yes, Elinor. I have been to the other

side of the island and I did not know of

yourtro‘uble until today. I have been

watchingior you for some time, hoping

you might dome outside, for I wanted to

see you alone.”



Elinor did not answer for a moment.

She had not seen Robert so often of late

and she sometimes wondered if he, too,

had deserted her, and yetwwell, perhaps

it would be as well if he did.



“Have you no word of welcome for

me?” he asked.



She raised her face to his. It was



“white in the waning light. “I have not

so many friends that I can afford not to

welcome one,” she answered sadly, “but

my heart is full,” and in spite of herself,

as she saw the sympathy in his face, the

tears came and she sobbed aloud.



“Poor girl,” he answered, “you are in-

deed passing through deep waters. I

wish, Elinor, you would give me the right

to help you bear your burdens. You

need me now. You must have long

known that I love you. \\'ill you, dear?”





She could not answer at once but he

passed his hand caressingly over her

bowed head, waiting patiently until she

could speak. At last she looked up. “I

wish you had not spoken, Robert,” she

said sadly, “for it can never be.”



“\Vhy not? Is it that you do not care

enough for me?”



“No, it is that I care too much.

never marry a Mormon.”



“But why?” he asked, still puzzled.



“0, Robert, need you ask why when

you see the havoc it has wrought in my

family? Look at Myra and ‘my mother.”



“But, dear, you need never fear such

a fate as theirs,” he answered quietly

as light began to break upon him. "I

should never take another wife. I do not

believe in the practice.”



“So James said,” she declared wearily,

“even the morning of his second mar-

riage?"



“Eut do you compare me to a weak

man like James Baldwin?” indignantly.



She looked at his determined square-

cut’flaw and smiled faintly. “No, and it

is not that I distrust you, Robert, but

others. The king hates me; he would, I

believe, do anything to make me miser-





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THE, MICHIGAN. FARMER.‘





able. He is not “satisfied with what he

has already done and were I married he

would know there was no surer way than

to send another woman into my home,

and he would lose no time in doing so.





“I would never obey.”

(To be continued).





MUSIC IN OUR HOMES.





 





BY MRS. FRED NISEWANGER.





No house is really a “home” if it is en-

tirely without music, and no music is so

lastingly satisfactory as that made by

competent members of the home and

their friends, but it is in something of a

repentant-sinner Spirit that I come ad-

vocating machine-made music, too.



Something like a year ago, a favorite

farm paper so persistently urged that a

phonograph be placed in each farm home

and talked so slightingly of expensive

piano lessons with their hours of tire-

some, family-annoying practice that, in

a “straight talk” letter the journal in-

vited its readers to send, I diagnosed their

case as “sickness of musical soul” and

all but accused them of running in ad-

vertising matter among their editorials.

Since then, we have both improved;

neither is so radical today.



Last December a real musical treat

came to our little town. Quite a renowned

college glee club of twenty voiced stopped

off for one evening on its western tour,

presumably because its president’s home

is in this town.



Although seven miles from town, we

felt that we could not miss this oppor-

tunity. Our children range in age from

three to ten, and we usually stay at home

rather than have them out at night, but

the older ones were anxious to hear the

music and there was no one to leave

them with, so we broke the general rule.



The program did not close till nearly

eleven and by the time we drovo home,

had a little hot lunch and got to bed, the

clock warned us that we could not often

repeat the performance on our own ac—

count, and less often on the children’s,

although all had enjoyed the evening. The

next week there was one of the latest

and best phonographs in this farm home

and we were urging all our neighbors

who had not done so before, to “go and

do likewise."



The “’aldorf can scarcely furnish bet—

ter orchestral accompaniment with a ten-

course dinner than is now possible with

our more modest meals and an evening

in a cozy room, in easy chairs, with four-

minute records of the works of musical

artists is preferable to fourteen miles of

frosty drive—as a regular thing, at least.



Enjoying good music, feeling respon-

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we.are all becoming familiar with some

of the best operas and with the work of

a number of the best vocal and instru-

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other condition. “'0 began our collection

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ONE-PLY - - - - Weighs 35 lbs., 108 Square Feet, 81.10 per roll.

T“’0.PLY . . . Weighs 43 lbs” 108 Square Feet, 31.30 per roll.

THREE-FLY - Weighs 55 lbs., 108 Square Feet, 81.50 per roll.

TERMS CASH: We save you the wholesalers’ and retailers’ profit. These

specml prices only hold good for immediate shipment.





Indestructible bv Heat, Gold Sun on Rain.





Write for FREE SAMPLES or order direct. from this advertisement. Satisfaction

guaranteed or money refunded. We refer you to Southern Illinois National Bank.





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FREIGHT PAID To Any Stalin Enid Rocky Moun-

talus. except Texas, Colo-

rado. New Mexico, N. Dakota, S. Dakota. Wyoming.

Montana. Special prices to these states on request.





     





 





 





always will, but the phonograph is a close

second and, while we are becoming more

efficient in piano work, stands as an en-

couragemcnt and an example. One can-

not hear it reproduce Benzler, Lange, or

any of the rest, without renewed desire

and determination. -



But ,as for ”long, tiresome, family-

annoying hours of practice”—there are

none. These are made enjoyable for the

children by the application of modern

methods in music, and are taken as a

matter of course by them, the same as





harmonious practicing, it is only discord

that is noise and an annoyance.



There are comparatively few Paderew-

skis and Melbas, but with ordinary train-

ing, there are manywho are a comfort to

themselves and a pleasure to their friends.

Music should no more be considered a

luxury than are those articles of food

and clothing not absolutely essential to

physical health, and those parents that

can at all afford to supply the necessary

lessons but consider them “too expen-

sive” are almost criminally negligent for

all normal children like music in some

form, and to deny them this is to stunt

perfect development and narrow their





 





 





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Our Big Free Stove and Range Book gives you our

factory wholesale prices and explains ail—saving you

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including gas stoves. Sold only direct to homes.

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Have, at the Price You

Ought to Pay— ‘_ ..

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HILE we bind our Selling Agents to carry ‘ I. ll/‘llHll; '

out the broad provisions of the Mitchell Make-Good av 1‘ ‘ '1 f' -- ifflfiqluulllllt‘llllfl‘l

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Lewis Company—not by the agent.



We arm our agents with the sinews of war in the shape



of free repair parts for all parts that rove defective, and when



they pass them out to you they are cing it for us, so you understand that

the Make-Good Promise comes from the Factory.



If the Mitchell car were not a good car we couldn’t afford this

Make-Good Policy. Making good on a poor car knocks profits sky-high

and that’svwhy you find so few Make-Good Policies rigidly carried out.

While we have made good in every case where the request was made, the

cost to us has been trifling and this proves the high character of the Mitchell

more than anything else.



And this Mitchell Service Policy has been responsible for the

great success of the Mitchell car. It has induced many people to buy the car

without knowing its merits. But once they became owner, they remained

Mitchell owners and there are twenty thousand of them scattered throughout

the United States and Europe who couldn’t be persuaded for love or money

to change to any other make of car.



Here’s the proposition and it’s too clear to be mistaken by, any

man with a business head: The Mitchell will do anything and everything

that any high cost car will do. It has the same speed, the same power, the

same fine materials. The only difference between high-cost cars and the

Mitchell is the price. Everything else is equalized. The Mitchell is a grace-

ful, handsome, comfortable, absolutely silent running car—a credit to any

man in any walk of life. Now add to this the fact that the factory will make

good (free of charge) any part that proves defective and watch your car

through the eyes of its “Trouble Men”as acat watchesa mouse, and you have

the one automobile proposition in the world worthy your undivided attention.





The Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company is the same company that

has been manufacturing Mitchell-Lewis wagons since l_834 and the prestige

and fine reputation acquired by the old company is being maintained by the

present organization which with a few exceptions lS practically the same today

as it was thirty years ago.



So a purchase from the Mitchell-Lewis Company has all that fine old

standing behind it. We believe that it is the sincerest organization engaged in the making of

automobiles and we know our customers feel the same way. Certain it is that there isn’t any-

thing we won’t do to perpetuate the old character and prestige and you ought to consider this an

asset of the highest degree.



Mitchell cars are going like the proverbial hot cakes. The demand is big

and persistent. 'At the present rate of demand we won’t have-a car left by July 1. So that if

you believe all we have told you of the car and the organization behind it, you better enter an

order for a Mitchell now and be sure of your summer touring before summer actually gets here,

If you wait, you may not get 3 Mitchell at all. And that would be a big loss to you.





Send for advance circular No. 30. All Prices F. 0. B. Racine. :7





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