VOL. CXXXVI. No. 25. i
Whol- Number 3553.

FARM NOTES.
Forage Crops for the Corn Field.

I would like to ask through your
good paper if there is anything to sow
in corn when I get through cultivating
the last time, for a forage crop. I have
two pieces of corn and only had enough
stable manure to cover one piece. I
have been told that sand vetch makes a
good forage crop, so please give me your
opinion about it and how much to sow

per acre.
Lapeer Co. \V'. P.

The topic announced for special dis-
cussion during July in the Michigan
Farmer is “Pastures, Catch Crops and
Cover Crops," and while this question
will doubtless be answered more fully in
the articles which will appear on that
topic, it will not be out of place to antic-
ipate that discussion by touching on that
phase of it which is mentioned in this
inquiry. W. P. does not state what use
he wishes to make of the forage crop,
but the only logical use to make of such
a crop is as a late fall and early spring
pasture for the farm stock. It makes a
difference what kind of stock it is de—
sired to pasture as to what crops should
be sown in the standing corn at the last
cultivation. If sheep, young cattle and
hogs are to be provided for, there is
probably nothing better than a combina-

 

, tion of rye and rape, or perhaps rye and

turnips. If dairy cows are to be pas-
tured, the rape or turnips will: have a

tendency to taint the milk With an un-

pleasant fiavor, and these had better be
omitted. Rye sewn in the corn at the
last cultivation, if the weather conditions
are favorable for its germination, will
make excellent fall pasture for all kinds
of stock, and even for dairy cows, since
while the flavor of the milk will not be
equal to that produced when the cows
are on June pasture, it will not be notice—
ably objectionable. ‘

Or, in case the corn is cut in reason—
ably good season, the rye may be sown
after the cutting is done and still make
excellent fall and spring pasture. The
rye can be pastured as long as the weath-
er is open, and in late falls will prove a
great help in saving the winter feed. In
an exceptional season, the writer pas—
tured rye sown in the corn, with little
supplementary feeding until Christmas.
Of course, this was an exception, but it
illustrates the possibilities of this catch
crop.

“’hile sand vetch is at once an excel-
lent forage crop and a good soil reno-
vator, and from the latter standpoint
would perhaps be superior to the crops
mentioned since it is a legume and would
add some actual plant food to the soil in
addition to conserving the available fer-
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knows nothing about the practicability
of sowing it in corn. However, it would
be well worth the trial on an experi-
mental scale at least. It should be sown
with rye at the rate of about three peeks

of vetch seed to a half bushel of rye per

acre. The vetch is a trailing plant'or
vine, and» the rye holds it up fromthe

South, and we believe that in time varie—
ties will be developed and acclimated
which will give good results in Michigan
for this purpose. Indeed, it might be
profitable to experiment with them on a
small scale whenever favorable condi—
tions are present at the last cultivation
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ground. About August 20 is recommend—
ed as the best time to sow by those who
have made .an extended study and obser-
vation of the crop, although if sown in
corn the time of seeding must, of course,
depend somewhat upon weather condi-
tions. It is better sown with a drill and
covered rather deeply, especially on light
soils, but where sown in the standing
corn the cultivation for covering the
seed should be comparatively shallow to
avoid possible injury to the corn crop
which would be likely to result from
deeper cultivation so late in the season.
The vetch grows rapidly and makes con-
siderable fall feed under favorable con-
ditions, and if the winter is not too se-
vere it will live over winter and make
a rapid growth in the spring before it
is plowed down for a summer crop. The
greatest objection to its use for this pur-
pose would appear to be the compara-
tively high cost of the seed, although as
above stated, it would be profitable to
try it in an experimental way at least
and compare it with the other crops
above advised for forage and cover crops
to be plowed down in the spring for
green manure.

Soy beans are used as a forage and
cover crop in the corn fields further

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part of wisdom to use the crops of‘ known
value and experiment with the new ideas
until we have demonstrated the result,
hence the above advice.

But there can be no doubt about the
benefit to be derived from the sowing of
a catch crop in the standing corn at the
last cultivation, or even after the corn
is cut, both from the standpoint of af-
fording additional forage for the live
stock and from that of conserving and
improving the fertility of the soil. Such
a catch crop will appropriate the avail-
able plant food in the soil and hold it for
succeeding crops, thus preventing much
of the unavoidable waste by erosion and
leaching and blowing of the particles of
surface soil, which occurs on an exposed
fallow field during the fall and winter
and spring. In addition to this, such a
catch crop will help to hold the snow on
the field and will itself act as a mulch
for the soil, which will prove helpful in
stimulating the action of beneiicial soil
bacteria and, last but not least, when
plowed down in the spring will add to
the humus content, of the soil and better
its mechanical condition through the de-
cay of the vegetable matter plowed un-
der.

However, a word of caution with re-

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gard to the preparation for such a catch
crop will not be amiss, not so much as
regards the effect upon the catch crop
as upon the corn in which it is sowed.
\\'here the sowing of a catch crop in the
corn has been planned, the cultivation of
the corn should be kept up at frequent
intervals until the latter crop is sown.
This will conserve the soil moisture for
the benetit of the corn to the greatest
practicable degree, and will lessen the
danger of serious root pruning at the
time the catch crop is sowed. This late
cultivation should, of course, be strictly
surface cultivation and should not be too
close to the corn plants at that. Then
when the catch crop is put in there will
he a better seed bed for it and more
moisture to insure its germination and
growth than would be the case if the,
corn were “laid by” for a few weeks
previous to sowing the catch crop. .ln
this case there would be undesirable
root pruning even with reasonable cute
to avoid it, and in case dry wcaihcr
should follow this would be sure to be
detrimental to the corn crop.
When to Cut Alfalfa.

I wish a little information in regard to
alfalfa. Last year I sowed alfalfa and
red clover mixed, on a strip of ground,
and had a small yicltl, but this year I
have a good yield. Now how often should
this be cut for cow fced‘.’ '\\'ill the al—
falt'a and clover produce a good yield
each year and when should the last cut-
ting be done? This is on heavy clay soil
and is high and dry. ‘

lndiana. 0. C. 11.

Just as there is a best time, to do ev—
erything else, there is a best time to cut
alfalfa, and it is quite important that the
cutting be done at just about the right
time. “'hen the alaflfa plants have
about reached their maximum growth,
which is about the time the plants nicely
begin to bloom, new buds appear at the
crowns of the plants in preparation for
the next crop. When these buds are de-
veloped and ready to send up a new
growth at once it is time to cut the crop.
It should not be cut before these buds
are well developed, and such cutting
sometimes injures the future value of the
stand very materially, especially when
the plants are young and before they at-
tain their maximum vigor. Nor should
the cutting be delayed until these buds
have sent up a sufficient growth to cause
the new shoots to be clipped off by the
mower in cutting the crop. The bloom
of the plant is ordinarily a safe guide to
follow in cutting alfalfa, but it is a good
plan to examine the crowns to determine
the condition of the new buds in order
to time the cutting about right to stimu—
late, rather than retard the growth of the
plants, since it is a well known fact that
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two evils, however, should it In necessary

to choose between them. t plants will
be injured less by too late" than by too
early cutting. ‘-

Cutting too late in the fall is also dam-
aging to the stand and future usefulness
of the alfalfa. There ought always to be
left a growth of at least a. foot for win-
ter protection. To insure this the alfalfa
should not be cut later than the first
week in September in a normal season,
and the lateness of cutting should be
gauged with an eye to climatic condi-
tions. It will take some nerve to leave
a crop of nearly or quite a ton to the
acre on the ground in the late fall, but
all authorities agree that it is profitable
from the standpoint of the future yield
to leave an ample growth for winter
protection.

IMPROVING A RUN-DOWN FIELD.

 

I bought ten acres of land a few miles
from W'aukegan which has been cropped
continuously for a number of years and
nothing has been put back to enrich the
soil. I put in a crop of rye last fall
which I want to turn in this spring. I
also want to put in any further crops and
plow them in, that will help in increas-
ing the fertility of the soil. I should then
sow it to grass and let it remain in that
state for several years. It has a heavy
clay subsoil and the rye crop is quite
light. Can you give me any suggestions
about the proper procedure to follow in
order to bring it back to a fair state of
productiveness? It originally was cov-
ered with heavy white oak timber and
was a good piece of land. At what stage

in the growth of rye is it best to turn,

it under?

Illinois. C. E. S.

I realize that it is somewhat dangerous
to one’s reputation to diagnose a case of
soil exhaustion at a distance without
having the information that one gets
from actually seeing the soil. Perhaps it
is not quite as dangerous in the case of
diagnosing a soil condition as it would
be for a. veterinarian to diagnose a case
from description, bot it is somewhat sim—
ilar in nature. However, I have had
some experience in building up a run-
down farm, and I have given the subject
some little thought and from this ex-
perience and study Of the subject, I
would advise about as follows: Most land
with a heavy clay subsoil needs tile
drainage. If this land needs tile draining
then that should be done at once, because
the after treatment necessary to build it
up and make it productive again is well
nigh useless if the soil does need drain-
ing. Of course, this is a. phase of the
question that one cannot tell anything
about in a letter or inquiry. A rule giv-
en at college on this subject was, that
if one would dig a post hole in the
ground and at nearly any time of the
year if water would stand for any con-
siderable length of time in this hole, then
that soil needed draining. It would pay
to tile drain it. As I said. most soils with
tenacious clay subsoil do need tile drain-
age. If this is a fact, then I would ad-
vise C. E. S. to thoroughly tile this field
at once. It would be a splendid invest-
ment.

Much of the land that has been farmed
for a number of years lacks lime. Much
of it has an acid reaction. It is almost
impossible to improve this land and get
it in good condition again without grow-
a leguminous crop and it is almost im—
possible to grow a leguminous crop if the
soil is acid. Consequently, the condition
of the Soil with regard to acidity should
be determined. This can easily be done
by burying small pieces of blue litmus
paper in the soil and after leaving there
for a short time notice whether the blue
litmus paper has turned pink. If it has
the soil is acid and if the soil is acid,
the next thing to do to improve this
field is to give it a good application of
lime. You can use hydrated lime, caustic
lime, ground limestone, or calcarious
marl, which ever you can get the cheap-
cst. The probability is that caustic lime
would be the most effective and the least
expensive, taking its value into consider-
ation. It probably would take as much
as one ton per acre and possibly a ton
and a half per acre of caustic lime if
this soil is sour; to get it in proper con—
dition for permanent improvement.

Most soils that are run down or ex-
hausted have lost their crop producing
power: in other words, no longer grow
profitable crops, largely because, by poor
system of farming we have exhausted
these soils of the vegetable matter. The
soil particles settle down close together
and exclude the air. they puddle and
bake after excessive rain; in other words,
they are in a pretty poor mechanical
condition, and the only way to improve
its mechanical condition is to incorporate
vegetable matter. The incorporation of
vegetable matter can be done more

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cheaply by growing legumes, and com-
mon red clover is probably the most prof-
itable legume to grow for this purpose,
than in any other way. Of course, where
one lives near a good—sized town and
can get stable manure at a reasonable
price, if you wanted to improve the field
quickly it could be best done by heavy
applications of stable manure plowed un-
der. But if the stable manure cannot be
procured then the best way is to grow
common red clover in this latitude.

To grow leguminous crops or any
crop which, when plowed under, will add
vegetable matter to the soil, the soil
itself must conain a certain amount of
available plant food and the more avail-
able plant food it contains the larger will
be these crops and the larger the amount
of volume of vegetable matter which can
be grown to incorporate with the soil
and permanently improve it. When one
supplies vegetable matter by the means
of stable manure, he at the same time
supplies plant food, but where one resorts
to the growing of green manure for in—
corporation of vegetable matter in the
soil, it is necessary to supply the plant
food to grow these crops, and this can
be easily and readily done by the use of
commercial fertilizer. Now, here is the
whole solution of the problem of making
this run-down, worn—out, exhausted soil
into a productive field again. First, drain
the land it it needs draining. Second,
treat the soil and apply lime if it needs
it. Third, it is absolutely necessary to
incorporate vegetable matter. Fourth, It
is absolutely necessary to supply avail-
able plant food to grow the crop with
which to improve the land.

Of course, it was the right thing to sow
the field to rye last fall. But the rye
ought to have been fertilized. Plant food
ought to have been supplied to grow a
good crop of rye and not have a light
crop.

C. E. S. says that what he wants to do
is to continue to grow crops to plow un-
der to permanently improve the soil. He
is not figuring on getting any profitable
crop. Now I think this is the wrong
idea. Certainly it is right to figure on
improving the soil, but it is entirely
practical to not only improve the soil but
to grow profitable crops at the same
time. One can build up a poor soil and
make it pay its own way just as well as
to put a lot of time and lot of money to
improving the soil in a slow sort of way.
Therefore, I would plow under this rye
just as soon as possible and not let it get
too large, and then put in some crop.
By supplying plant food liberally you will
get a profitable crop, one that will make
you some money, that will save time in
laying the foundation for the permanent
improvement of the land. You can get
the crops off in time to sow to rye, if
you don’t get it off early enough to sow
to wheat. Thoroughly prepare the land
and use 400 or 500 lbs. of commercial fer-
tilizer to the acre. Put in your wheat
or rye and in the spring seed heavily to
common red clover and, my word for it,
if there is anything like favorable con-
ditions, you will get a profitable crop of
grain and you will get a stand of clover
which will improve your land. You are
in condition to grow a heavy clover sod
and from then on you won’t have to use
fertilizer so liberaIIY-

If you can get a stand of clover that
will the next year out say, two tons of
clover hay per acre, and I believe You
can with this treatment, you have filled
this soil full of clover roots and incor-
porated a vast amount of vegetable mat-
ter which could not be done so well in

any other way. The clover roots will

have a wonderful effect upon the tena—
cious sub—soil. They will pry it apart,
bore H full of holes, and when they de-

cay will allow the moisture to sink down
into this, and when the ground freezes
in the winter time it will be pulverized
and will be so much improved that one
would hardly know from its action that
it was the same soil. Now when you
have secured this heavy clover sod your
soil is in condition to grow almost any-
thing.

Of course, it will cost a little money
in the first investment to improve this
field quickly. You can improve it with
a less outlay of cash by doing it a little
slower, but taking the time into consider-
ation, it is, in my opinion, much cheaper
to improve it in this way than it would
be to grow a crop and plow it under and
tuen grow another crop and plow it un-
der, and lose the use of the land for tw0
or three seasons and then not accomplish
any more than you have in a year and
a half by going at it thoroughly and sup-
plying a liberal amount of plant food to

grow the crops with.
COLON C. LILLIE.

     

 

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ESSENTIAL POINTS

 

IN THE FOAL’S
CARE.

 

A recent report of experiment station
work, published by the U. S. Office of
Experiment Stations, contains some val-
uable advice on the care of the foal.
Some of the essential points noted are
the following:

When working the mare the foal should
be left in the stall. He will fret at first,
but gradually gets accustomed to being
alone. For the first few days the mare
should be worked only half a day. She
will be soft and worry greatly, probably
heating herself up quite badly, in which
case it is a good plan to milk her almost
dry on coming in at noon and then put
her in a stall to eat a little hay until
she cools off. After this she may be
watered, turned in the stall with the
foal, and fed her grain. Beginning with
a half day in this fashion she may be
gradually toughened back into doing her
full share of the regular team work. The
foal should never be allowed to suck
milk from a warm mare, as it sets up in-
digestion and starts scours. A bucket of
water should be kept in the stall so the
whenever he

foal may take a drink
wants it.

A foal will begin to nibble at grain
when he is about a month old, some—
times earlier. His first food should, be
oatmeal, allowing him such small quan-
tities of this as he will eat. At six
weeks of age a little bran may be ad-

ded, to be followed later with grain.
Grass should be supplied as soon as the
foal wants it. \Vhen feeding bran or
grain the supply should be renewed often
so as to keep it fresh and sweet and any
sudden changes in feeds must be avoid—
ed. If foals are thus cared for during
the summer the weaning process is an
easy one. XVhen weaning the foal he
should be kept away from his dam for
good. \Veanlings should have warm
quarters during the first winter, and
may be fed good oats and bran—~one-fifth
bran by weight—and choice hay free
from dust and mold, the feed to be giv—
en often and a. little at a time.

BARN VENTILATION.

 

I am planning to build a barn this
summer and wish to ask some advice in
regard to the King air system of ventila»
tion. I read Mr. Lillie’s article partially
describing the system. but wish to ask
how many air vents, and what size should
they be in the barn I wish to build?
Also, how many and how large should
the outlet fines or chimneys be? I send
you a proposed ground plan of my base-
ment. I expect to keep all stock in the
basement, with feed above. \Vill build
in a bank but not sink down so low but
that I can have some windows in north
wall on bank side. All outside doors to
basement will be from the south side.
Would like to have a door opposite eacn
walk or feed alley but am afraid of
weakening the wall too much. Wall will
be of concrete, 18 inches thick, two feet
below the ground, 10 inches wide at the
top, with 8 to 8% feet between floor and
301st above. Size of building 40x80 feet,
with 20-foot posts.

Montmorency Co. T. C. M'.

To be exact in the dimensions of the
pure air intakes of the King System of
ventilation you should have a sufficient
numberof them to have full capacity of
your ventilating shaft or the big shaft
which takes out the impure air. This
can be figured out accurately if one de—
sires to do so, but it is not necessary.
From a practical standpoint you ought to
have more than enough of these pure air
intakes so that when the wind blows
strongly from one direction the intakes
on that side can be closed and still have
a sufficient number of them on the other
side of the barn to furnish a full amount
of fresh air for the stock. If the wind
blows very strong from a given quarter
it is apt to force too much cold air into
the stables. Of course, the sic of the
ventilating shaft depends upon the size
of the barn and the number of cattle or
other stock kept. For your size of barn
40x80 feet, I would say that you need a
ventilating shaft 2% feet square. This
will be amply sufficient. Another point
with regard to the pure air intakes, they
should be small. You don’t want large
openings. If you do you will have a
draught. An opening two inches wide
and eight inches long is as large as they
ought to be, and then have them dis-
tributeg'I around the entire barn on 'all
sides of it, and put in more of them
than you think you will really need.

I do not believe you will have any trou-
ble in putting in doors in front of every

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one of your alleys with a. cement wall of
the dimensions which you speak of there

Jill be no question but waat there will
be sufficient strength to hold up your
building above.

As I have said mariy times in The
Farmer, I am of the opinion that T. C.
M. is making a serious mistake planning
this stable, in cutting it up into small
stables running crosswise. It would be
much better, in my opinion, to have the
stable run the entire length the narrow
way of the barn 40 feet and have the
cow stalls and the horse stalls on oppo-
site sides of the driveway facing the out-
side of the barn. Have two feed alleys
one on either side, then you can drive
through the barn with the manure
spreader or wagon and load the manure
directly into it. This is the most eco-
nomical way to handle the manure.

COLON C. LILLIE.

BLOATINe IN CATTLE.

 

 

The most common symptoms noticed
are, first, the greatly distended abdomen,
especially on the left side, then the la-
bored breathing, with the mouth open,
head down, and the appearance of being
about ready to drop from suffocation. In
most cases not accompanied by impac-
tion the patient passes liquid faeces.

The animal shows depression by the
dropping of the ears, semi-closed eyes
and very little inclination to move.

Along the lines of treatment which
may be mentioned are, the putting of a
bit into the mouth and causing the ani-
mal to move about and thus cause belch—
ing of the gas. Another home remedy
consists of spraying the abdomen with
cold water, the effect being the contrac-
tion of the abdominal muscles, and they
in turn cause contraction of the rumen
and the passage of the fermented food
on into the intestines and the belching
of the gas.

Failing to remove the gas by any of
the above methods, the only resort is by
tapping with the trocar and canula.
use a. penknife, but if it is resorted to
there is always danger of feed getting
into the abdominal cavity.

After removing the gas some antifer-
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Col. Ag. College. C. L. BARNES.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

J. H. Runner, a big all-around farmer
and general stockman of Iowa, showed
up at the Chicago stock yards recently
with 20 head of choice Hereford yearling
steers that averaged only 728 lbs. and
brought $6.25 per 100 lbs. On October 20
they were taken from their mothers, av-
eraging 350 lbs., placed in a dry lot and
furnisned a light ration of cats, oil meal
and as much clover hay as they would
eat. The feeds suited them perfectly, and
not a pound of the calf fat was lost. The
feeds were gradually increased and fur-
nished them for about two and a half
months, after which they were started on
chopped corn, oil meal and clover hay,
furnished three times a day. This ration
was furnished for a period of about half
a year. “’hen they got on full feed they
were eating four and a half bushels per
head of chopped corn per day and 25 lbs.
of oil meal per head per day. On the 29th
day of May they averaged on the farm
750 lbs., showing a gain of 400 lbs. over
their weight when taken away from their
mothers. The owner says he has always
found it profitable to make baby beeves,
taking care that the calf fat is not lost
and to have them fat when marketed.

There is more animation in western
wool markets, and prices are now fairly
established after several weeks of wait-
ing, during which time it was impossible
for buyers and sellers to settle on terms.
Several leading Montana cities report
large transactions in the spring clip, sales
ranging from 161/2@181/éc per 1b., the bot—
tom figure being paid for an inferior
grade of wool. The largest sales were
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nest in the older settled parts of the
country, and in Ohio sheep sections farm—
ers are holding their wool as high as 210
per pound, while bids range at 18c for
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Stifle Lameness—Atrophy of Muscles.
——I have a horse that shows stiile lame-
ness and has considerable atrophy of hip
muscre. A. F., Freeland, Mich.—-—Apply
equal parts tincture cantharldes, turpen-
tine, aqua ammonia and raw linseed oil
to stifle and hip twice a week.

Barren Mare—Deep Milker.—I have a
mare that was served last July and has
a colt one year old; every chance the colt
gets, he sucks her and she seems to have
considerable milk. She does not appear
heavy as though in foal. Do you think
she could have milk and not be with foal?
\\'. H., Hartford, Mich.—Y0ur mare might
have milk in udder and not be with foal.
Why don’t you tease her with stallion
and ascertain if she is not in heat.

Fractured Leg—~Enlarged Fetlock Joint.
”My three-year—old colt had his hind leg
broken two years ago, but he recovered
and although the leg is somewhat en-
larged he travels sound. Can. the thick-
ening be reduced? He also has an en-
larged fetlock with bunch on fore part
of joint. I applied a blister, but it failed
to reduce bunch. H. W., Sunfleld, Mich.
—Apply iodine ointment to enlarged fet-
lock three times a week and leave the
fractured leg alone.

Bruised Leg—Stocking—My four-year-
old mare bruised her hind leg kicking in
stable; it broke open and discharged pus
for a. day or two, then healed; now the
leg is stocked and I would like to know
What to apply. 0. G. \V., Bloomingdale.
Mich.-——Apply one part tincture iodine and
four parts spirits of camphor to swelling
once a day.

\Veak Heart—I have a_ 15—year-old
mare that does not stand the heat very
well, pants considerable on hot days and
always blows when worked. She is not
heavy coated and is not fleshy. J. 8.,
Holland, Mich.——She should not be fed
much bulky food, but kept on grain and
grass. Mix together equal parts iluid
extract nux vomica and fluid extract of
digitalis and give her a teaspoonful at a
dose in feed or water three times a day.
Give a teaspoonful of tincture arnica
at a dose in feed three times a day and
wash body with warm water night and
morning; this is done to induce more
profuse perspiration. If it fails, increase
the dose of arnica.

Loss of Appetite—Sore Heels—I have
four dairy cows that have always been
big milk producers until this spring; now
they do not appear to be sick but have
little or no appetite for grass. A. J. F.,

Harbor Springs, Mich—Give each cow
1 oz. fluid extract gentian, 1/2 oz. fluid
extract cinchona and 1 ‘dr. fluid extract
nux vomica at a dose as a. drench in a

pint or two of water two or three times
a day.
Cow Holds Up Milk—W'e have a five-

year-old cow that calved some three
months ago; calf sucked her for four
weeks; since then she has been milked

by hand, but for the past two or three
weeks is inclined to hold up milk. C. H.,
Holly, Mich—Feed the cow and let her
eat while you are milking her, and it
will perhaps overcome the dllficulty; also
avoid excitement.

\i'ounded Teat—Cow-Pox.——We have a
cow that tore teat on a woven wire fence
and wound refuses to heal. I also have
another cow that is troubled with white
blisters on tests and udder. C. A. H.,
Imlay City, Mich—Apply equal parts
boric acid, powdered alum and oxide of
zinc to wound twice a day, and apply one
part oxide of zinc and three parts vase-
line to blisters twice a day.

Imperfect Udder.—I bought a cow last
winter; soon as I milked her, discovered
that one-half of her udder was imperfect
secreting only about one-half as much
milk as the other one-half. Upon inves-
tigation I find that she has had some
udder trouble for the past three years;
she appears to be healthy every other
way. H. S. T., Filion, Mich—Your cow
suffers from the results of an infected
udder and will never be much better. By
rubbing iodine ointment on udder twice
a week, it will perhaps clear this block-
ing. Gentle hand rubbing has a good
cffcct, but it should be done after milk-
ing.

Chickens Over—fed and Under Exer—
cised—I have 100 Brown Leghorn hens
and for the past month have been getting
only from nine to 20 eggs per day. These
chickens appear healthy, have red combs,
but the feathers are dropping off their
heads and neck. I have the-m in a lot
one—eighth of an acre. which I thought
was run enough for 100 chickens. I feed
them corn and oats and supply them
with plenty of fresh water, adding some
carbolic acid to it. I have kept this
breed of fowls for the past five years and
this is the first time they have not done
well for me. R. D. S., Clayville, Va.~—If
you can give chickens more of a run and
increase their exercise they will reduce
in flesh and produce more eggs. They
are over—fed and under exercised, which
is right when fattening fowls. but wrong
in egg production. Disinfect roost. clean
roosting poles with kerosene. Instead of

mixing carbolic acid in drinking water
of powdered sulphate of

dissolve 1 oz.

,food supply consists

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

iron in six quarts of drinking water and
it will tone them up, at the same time
assist in destroying bowel parasites. ,

Big Leg.——-I have a horse that has a big
leg, the result of being kicked by other
horses; .most of the stocking has left,
except below hook. I have been tempted
to clip off hair and apply blister. A. C.,
Gaylord, Mich—Blisters applied to chron-
ic thick legs produce a harmful effect
and they should never be applied to a
badly inflamed one. Give him 1 dr. iodide
of potassium at a dose in feed or water
three times a day and his leg will slowly
but gradually grow smaller. External
applications applied during very hot
weather generally do harm; however,
showering leg with cold water will help

Sweeny.—I have a three-year-old colt
that we have been working which shows
weakness and wasting of one shoulder.
She shows slight lameness. N. V. 0..
Mt. Pleasant, Mich.—-Work her lightly or
give her rest and apply equal parts aqua
ammonia, turpentine, tincture canthar—
ides and olive oil to shoulder twice a
week.

Puller—Hard Hoots—Can you give me
any information in regard to the kind of
a bit or appliance that can be used on a
horse so that he can be controlled and
still not make mouth sore. He is a puller

and when the mouth becomes sore is
nearly unmanageable. What had I bet-
ter apply to soften hard hoofs? G. W.

L., Jasper. Mich—I have driven hun-
dreds of pullers and controlled most of
them with large bar bit, that did not
hurt the mouth. The teeth should be
looked at and the sharp points flied off.
Kindness soothes all pullers. You might
try a four-ring Rockwell or Berry bit.

Dropsy.—I have a cow that does not
thrive; has a swelling between fore legs,
but has poor appetite and seems to be
weak. H. M. G., Springport, Mich—Give
her 1 oz. ground gentian, 1,4 oz. cinchona
and 1 dr. ground nux vomica at a dose
in one quart of water as a drench three
times a day.

Barren Cow.——I have a five-year-old
cow that we have failed to get with calf.
She has been mated several times dur-
ing the past year. W. E. H., Bridgeport,
Mich—Dissolve 1,4 lb. bicarbonate of soda
in a gallon of clean water and wash out
vagina carefully and thoroughly daily for
ten days or more and be sure and do it
two or three hours before mating her.
Have you had her served by different
bulls?

Irregular Strangles (Distemper)——Drop-
sical Swelling—My eight—year-old mare
had distemper a short time ago and
seemingly recovered, but a bunch ap-
peared on shoulder which is gradually
growing larger and she has a soft, flabby
swelling between fore legs. 0. P., Stan-
dish, Mich—Your mare suffers from an
irregular form of strangles and the best
treatment for her would be bacterial
vaccine. Ask your Vet. to give her
streptococcus bacterin, it is administered
hypodermically and, of course, you could
not treat her alone. If not convenient
open abscess on shoulder and inject with
one part carbolic acid and 20 parts water
twice daily. Also give her 20 grs. quinine
at a dose three times a day. The swel-
ling between fore legs will disappear as
soon as she gains strength.

Sweeny.—I have a three-year-old colt
that I sweenied in one shoulder some six
weeks ago; would like to know how it
should be treated. R. E. F., Pontiac,
Mich—Blister shoulder with cerate of
cantharldes every ten days. If the colt
is lame he should be rested.

Wind Galls—Lymphangitis.——My horse
has Wind puffs on both hind fetlocks and
I applied biniodide of mercury and lard,
which blistered him. Two days later I
greased legs, since then the inside of
hind leg is swollen and tender and I
might add, the whole leg is stocked.
There is no mark on leg to indicate an
injury. J. J., Sandusky, Mich.——You
should have applied vaseline to blistered
parts, instead of rancid fat. The lym-
phatic glands of thigh are doubtless in-
flamed. Give 1 dr. iodide potassium and
2 drs. nitrate of potash at a dose in soft
feed twice daily. Foment swelling with
hot water three times a day. Apply equal
parts spirits of camphor and tincture
iodine to puffs once a day.

Dry Joints—I have a five-year—old
coach horse whose hock joints snap and
crack when first moved, but it causes no
lameness. T. G. P., Olivet, Mich—Give
him 1 dr. ground nux vomica and a des-
sertspoonful powdered rosin at a. dose in
feed twice a day for ten or 15 days. Ap-
ply camphorated oil to hock joints once
a day.

Bruised Shoulder—While running in
barn yard my four-year-old horse fell and
must have bruised his shoulder for the
muscles swelled some and since then
have grown smaller than normal. I am
anxious to work him, therefore I would
like him cured as quickly as possible.

E. 8., Charlotte, Mich.-——Apply equal
parts aqua ammonia, turpentine and raw
linseed oil to shoulder every day or two.
If he is not lame moderate exercise and
light work will do him no harm.

Muscular Weakness—I recently pur-
chased a four-year-old mare and when
worked her shoulder muscles tremble al-
together too much. She also breathes
hard and perspires very freely. R. M.,
Frankfort. Mich—Give 1 dr. ground nux
vomica. 1 dr. iodide potassium and 1 dr.
powdered lobelia at a dose in damp feed
two or three times a day. She should
not be overworked and not fed a. great
deal of bulky food.

Indigestion—I have 125 chickens that
are five or six weeks old which act stupid
for a day or two and then die. Their
of screenings of
wheat and scraps. Mrs. 3. Rodney,
Mich—Give each of your chickens half a
teaspoonful of castor oil and a. teaspoon-
ful of olive oil at one dose, one dose
only; also give the chickens some cook-
ing soda and ginger in their feed. A
change of food will help them.

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ABERDEEN-ANGUS.

Bord. consisting of Trojan Ericas Blackbirds and
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by Black Woodlawn. sire of t 9 Grand Cham ion steer
and .bull at the International in ioago, 00.. 1910.
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WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.

TOP NOTCI'I I'IOLSTEINS

.Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-
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milk and butter fat at fair rices..‘

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30 AS [illllicll HOISielll flows

as you will find anywhere in Ohio or Michi an. I
hope to sell 15 before Alfalfa haying time. on can
have your choice of one or 15. A few good bulls and
bull calves. L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.

For sale—Handsome thorou hbred 10 months Hol-
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An excellent individual at. a bargain for an
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Holstein Friesian Calfle‘gfli‘imfii‘h‘é‘ii

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

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HOLSIEIN-FHIESIIN Bin 2.33... r3§22$°32¥§n9
0. Cows. E. R. CORNELL. Howell. Michigan.

OLSTEIN BULLS—1 with 3 mil). Dam' "A grand

one at. a low flfill‘e. Several fine ones at lower cost.
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Sire has 75* of the blood of the sire of Grace Fayne
2nd's Homestead. E.‘-.COLLIEB., Fowlerville. Mich.

—Having been put out of business by fire
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mv milk. E. L. MOSHER Armada Mlchi an.

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WILLIAM B. HATCH. Ypsilanti. Michigan.

FOR SALE—83.“... iidLfifili’E’f.o‘Ll”iei’gt

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Fair Champions by HERMAN HARMS. Reese.

‘JUNE 24, 1911.

EGISTERED JERSEYS For Sale—Some combin-

the blood of St Louis and Chicago World's
Mich.
Choice Shorthorn Cow due J nllygl). 6160

F0“ SALE choice double standard Pol 6 ur-

ham Bull. L, W. SUTHEBLAND. Oxford, Mich.

F0 R S A L E’Efil‘ii§°’§§ms£l?§'m

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

DAIRY Billll) SHORT um .13.... an

sold, but
still in the business. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Mich.

SHEEP.
Oxford-Down Sheep Durham
cattle for sale. J. A. DE GARMO. Muir. Mich.

—Good Ye rlin Field
OXfOY'd Down Shee Rams and gwes fit all ages
for sale. I. R. WATERB RY. Highland. Michigan.

' —I have 100 ewes. among them
Reg. Rambouillets all of my youngest and best.
also 85 ewe and ram lambs. Live 2% miles east of
Morrioe on G. '1". Road. Address J. Q. A. COOK.

HOGS.

' ' —-Growthy 8 ti Boars d. Gilts
numcs & YIIIIorIaS of choicest. gregdin from Prize
Winners. M. T. STORY. B. 248. Lowelf. Michigan.

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combining the blood of the
Masterpiece and Premier
Longfellow families—the world's best breeding
Price 812). C. D. WOODBUBY. Lansing, Michigan.

BERKS“ I RES—3923;?“ bogmfready for
prices. H. W. WIGMAN. Lansfiigf‘MichIgggf-s
Bgrkshires—Ten slits bred to the wonderful Duke

Pontiac Chief to furrow in April or May
No better breeding. O. S. Bartlett. Pontiac. Mich.

BEllKSlllllES‘lii‘i‘“°“d ”assassins?

viduals
passed. Price $15. 0. c. COREY, New Haven. Mich.

 

 

 

 

TWO Berkshire Gilts. sired by Handsome Prince 3.
Bbred for Aug..farrowing. will sell at. $40 & 845 also
3 few spring pigs left. A. A. PATTLLUO. Deckerville. Mich.

 

DAMS 81108.. Litchflold. Mich. breeders of Imp. Chester
White and Tamworth swine, service boars. sows bred or
open. of either breed. Shorihorn Cattle, Bnfl’ Bock, Bufi‘ Wynn-
dotte. W. Orpington, Ckls. all breeding stock loading winners
from

—-Bred gilts males weighin
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right. Geo. P. Andrews. Dansville. lngham Co., Mic .

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igs with quality and best podi-
rder now and get first choice.
PSON. Rockford. Michigan.

9 —— l' ,
0.1. C s For Sale 5.33, “.‘liiiéi 33:.”
akin. some fine bredrfil choice lot of in l pigs all
OTTO B. 80 UL E. Nashville. Michigan.

CHESTER WHITE

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—Sold out but
still in the
Cheaters and Holstein cattle.

. 0. WILSON. Okemos. Mich.

FOR SALE—Three. Chester White Boers

right. in every way. farrowed
Jan. 15th. Dam. a Grand Champion and iii by
The Victor. winner of nine first. prizes. Address,
BONNIE BRAE FARM. Algonnc, Michigan. ’

0 I 0’: Bred sows all sold. 93 choice Mar. it A ril
- I - fin-rowed pig? eithersex pairs not akin e .
n buyers name. Fred ickel. B. No. 1. Monroe. Mic .
to f a r r c w

0‘. I. c. March Pigs and sows Aug. & Sept.
H. W. CLARK, R. F. D. 4. Brighton, Michigan.

 

 

 

I —All ages 25 young and 2 yearlin
0- l- c 8- sows, safe in pig Price for a shot:
H. H. JUMP. unith, Michigan.

 

time $22 to $30.
—0hoice registered 'pl 8 to 16 [weeks
0- II c- old from World's Igair Winners.

Glenwood Stock Farm. Zeeland, Mich. (Phone 94.)

0. I. c. Choices ring Pl 3. 8k... 0...”... m...

at. first choice. Al gigs sh ed on a roval and Re .
ree. HARRY T. RAND L. CA

‘ —My herd is chiefly

0- ln GI SWINE descent of the Royal]
strain both males and females. Get my price before.
you buy. ill re inter free of charge in purchaser's
name. A. J. GO EN. R. No. 2. Dorr. Michigan. l
—Bred Bows and 8 ri ‘

D‘U R 0 C Pi 9. Write for place-25'

A. H. GUISBERT. Gil 0rd. Michigan.
F f
”woe Jersexs or Sale—A ew sows bred for

summer farrowlng and Spring'
pigs both sex. A. can, Okemos, Michigan. l

DUROG-JERSEYS’F..B..'.°1‘.11 Gi'ihi‘éi

sale. CAREY U. EDMONDB. Hastings, MIcgigan.

DURocs—ZS Bred Sows, of high uality. 10
' Excellent Bears ready or service.
75 Fall Pigs both sex. rite or come and see.
J. C. BARNEY. COLDWA'I‘ER. MICHIGAN.

PEDIGREED Duroc Pigs For Sale—About 5 months
old, weight about 100 lbs. Ex )ress charges prepaid.
HAWKS dc AWKS. Goshen. Ind.

ARGE TYPE P. C. Largest in Mich. 80 t. d 0 t.
L pigs weigh 250 to 300 lbs. Sired by tag) larggst
boars and from largest sows in State. Come and see
and be convmced. W. E. Livingston, Parma, Mich.

 

either sex. Pairs not

 

 

 

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Bar alns P. C. Boars ready for servxce. fall

boar i s. Prize wi i At i~
& Embden Geese. Z. KIIgNE, Three 383;? Milchfm

 

0R BALE—Holstein Bull 2 years old 31%. Bull

. Calves 6 months to 1 year $50 to $100. Bred heifers
$150 to $200. Oldest herd in Ind. Send for Photos and
Pedigrees. W. C. Jackson. 715 Rex St. South Bend. Ind.

HEREFORD "-Both sexesznd all

8809
' for sale. 180 Poland-
Ohins hogs. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Mich.

c ULLS
BUTTER BRED JEEGE‘EELE

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.
Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.

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.IIERSEY BULLS mai‘iradflefiéil’.“ifg‘i $333233?
es right. W. E. SHELDON, Litch eld, Mich.
JERSEYS FOR SALElid’il’gfé’l‘Sil’Seffiic'fii?

bred. A. NEWMAN, R. No. l. Mariette, Michigan.

 

 

 

LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS.
HERD BULLS; Vidas Signal St. L. No. 58197.

Jubilee's Foxhall. No. 82299.

Bull .calves sired by these great bulls. and out of
splendid'dairy cows. many of them in test for register
of merit. Also a few heifers and heifer calves for
sale. Write for description and prices. Satisfaction
;. aranteed, or money refun ed.

COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Michigan.
Register oi Merit Jerseys. gas. ml:
lot of yonn bulls from dams with omoial records
of 483 [Fun in and u wards of butter.

. F. MARS 0N. Bay City. Michigan.
”Amy snnnmoms of the Best Milkin
Families. All mi
weighed and records kept. A young bull 6 monthsfold
for sale. Dam of Sire has aver Brit/5: pounds per
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F’OLAND-aCHINAS"§’..‘i.‘l..k 183%

spring pigs. WOOD 8c SONS. Saline. Michigan.
Fall 5 o w s.

Lsgring Pigs September farrow. Write

. Barnes & Son. Byron. Shiawassee 00.. Mich.

I PAY TIIE EXPRESS 0“ ”U300 JERSEY

Bred Sows, B
Pigs. JOHN H. BANGHART. Lansing. Mizhaallfld

Three Exlra Good Fall P. 6. Bears

By Next In Line. 32 spring male pigs readv to shi .
I ship 0 O: D. and furnish pedigree promptly. If
you want good as the best, write me for prices.

WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater, Michigan.

utler's Famous Wonders—The big Poland-China.
'Without a peer, combining. size, bone, unlity.
We re head uartels for everything in Poland- hinas.
Herd boars, rood sows, anling pi , always for sale.
Registered Jersey Bulls of all ages f?!- sale, our rices
are ow.

either sex.

BIoagli‘rILErFOLaND (EIIPNARBOkARS, {igloo fall and
. 12 n8 pigs. . . oc e .00 15.
ROBERT NEVE. PiersonzfgaMicmggrn. ‘

FOR SALE SEES
Both sexes. Price reasonable.
MUHBIY—WAIEHMIN 00.. Mill iHBDll, Mlflll.
Lillie Fannslead YorkshireS‘H“ “W“

Manor and ,

Oak_Lodge blood predominates. Large Herd.
serVIce boars.
for service.

Three
Pairs and tries. not akin. Boars read!
A fine lot of spring pigs. Gilts bred for
August fan-ow. The best hog on earth. Satisfaction
guaranteed. COLON O. LIL IE. Ooopersville, Mich.

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'as much more.

. some,

CO-OPERATING FOR BETTER
PRICES.

Six years ago I bought my first lot of

eggs for hatching. The neighbors were

 

. very solicitous regarding my foolish ven~

ture, as I paid four times as much for
the eggs as what I could sell for at
home, and the express cost one-fourth
But I hatched out 74
little beauties, and raised 65 of them,
losing none save from accidents.

Of these 65, 37 were big, lusty cock-
erels, so I thought I would furnish the
entire community with good breeding
stock, and offered them for sale at fifty
cents each, though they had cost me ten
cents each when hatched. The neighbors
came and admired them, but only a few
had the “nerve” to invest in puresbred
fowls at that price, though any number
Of them were very anxious to “swap”
scrubs for choice Plymouth Rocks.

As I was buying feed all the time, I
was forced to sell, and on August 5 I
took them to town, where. I received Sc
per lb. for 31 of them, their total weight
being 83 lbs. The poultry buyer paid me
just the same price per pound for my
pure—bred, scientifically-fed, yellow-skin—
ned chickens as he was paying Dick, Tom
and Harry for their multi-colored,
scrawny, half-starved scrubs, and this
set me to thinking. The question arose
in my mind as to whether he sold them
in the same manner that he bought them,
i. e., at one price for all. I learned that
he was careful to sort and grade them
when cooping for shipment, but ] failed
to learn how much more he received per
pound for “quality” chickens like mine
than he received for the other sort.

There must be other poultry breeders
who have had similar experience, for an
organization has been launched under the
name of the International Iftility Poultry
Association whose object is to effect a
change along this line. It aims to pro-
duce better poultry, secure a better dis-
tribution of the utility poultry products,
and stimulate the demand for the pro-
ducts of. its members. It will establish
laying contests under proper manage—
ment, award prizes to members for the
best and most economical methods of
packing and marketing poultry, and will
furnish a standard package, or carrier,
for the use of members. _

Had we had such an organization, with
a. large and active membership, when I
first started in the poultry business, I
should have been able to sell my pure-
bred cockerels for a fair price direct to
the consumer. As soon as I learned 01'
this association I became a member. \Ve
hope to begin an active campaign in the
near future to secure a utility standard,
and everyone who has pure-bred poultry,
but not of the fancy or show kind, should
work for the adoption of such a standard.
My flock of Barred Rocks were all hand-
large and of reasonably uniform
shape and color, but I fear that only a
small per cent of them would have'meas-
ured up to the requirements of the pres—
ent Standard of Perfection. A friend of
mine who now raises fowls that win first
prizes against hot competition, tells me
that his first pure-bred fowls looked so
good to him that he decided to enter
them at a. near-by poultry show, although
he had never seen a copy of the Stan-
dard of Perfection. Imagine his state of
mind when he found that every one was
disqualified. So let us work for a utility
standard.

Missouri. ANNIE IIOFFARTH.

IN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES.

 

Preserving Eggs.

Mrs. G. R. S., Cheboygan Co.: The
waterglass method of preserving eggs
was described in our issue of May 20.
As stated at that time, waterglass, other-
wise known as sodium silicate, has prov-
en the most satisfactory material in
which to pack eggs. It is a liquid which
may be obtained at almost any drug store
and is comparatively inexpensive. Pre-
pare a jar of the preservative according
to directions given in the article above
referred to and place the eggs in it as
fast as they are gathered, remembering
that it is useless to put down eggs that
are not absolutely fresh, also that they
lose their freshness quickly at this sea-
son of the year. The cold storage people
do not consider it safe to place July and
August eggs in storage for the reason
that they are subjected to too much heat
while in transit from the farm to the

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

storage house, but there is no reason why
the producer should not be able to place
his eggs in the home-made preservative
within 24 hours after they are laid, and

such eggs will prove as satisfactory for ' .

next 'winter’s 'use as those stored in
April and May.
Ants ln Bee Hives.

Mrs. L. B., Genesee Co.: The small
ants which you say infest your hives
will probably not do any harm in the long
run. It was formerly supposed that ants
robbed the hive of honey but close stu-
dents of bee culture now contend that it
is the warmth of the cluster that attracts
them to the hives rather than the honey.
It is also claimed that they seldom gain
much of a foothold in the home of a
strong colony. It is believed that weak
colonies, if allowed to remain weak,
sometimes desert their hives because of
ants. On the other hand, it has been
demonstrated that such colonies can. be
built up to the point where they will
drive the ants out, and most apiarists
now concede that a strong colony has
nothing to fear from ants.

But the owner can, and should, lessen
the chances of getting ants into his hives
by holding them in check in the bee
yard. If the apiai‘y is free from nests
of the insects there will be no trouble.
To help the bees rid themselves of these
pests, war should therefore be made on
every nest that now exists in the vicinity
of the hives. To destroy a nest without
killing the grass which covers it, make
three or four holes in the nest with a
sharp stick, pour into each a little bisul-
phidc of carbon and plug the holes with
earth. If the nest is not a large one itI
can be destroyed by using kerosene in!
the same manner. The kerosene is less
likely to injure the grass than is the
bisulphide and is safer, the latter being
highly inflammable and therefore requir-
ing considerable care in handling.

 

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THE NEWLY HIVED SWARM.

 

 

It is important that the newly hived
swarm be kept comfortable. Let there
be plenty of room for ventilation below,
and let the hive be partly uncovered for
two or three days. Do not set the hive
right out in the broiling sun with noth-
ing to shade it. Many practice giving a
frame of brood, the idea being that the
bees will not be willing to desert this.
The entrance must be made sufficiently
large that the workers may go in and
out at ease. The hot rays of the sun
must be wai‘ded off. Too many drones
are also a cause of swarming. Perhaps,
in instances, they helped to make the
bees uncomfortable. In most cases, how-
ever, with the large hives, the swarming
is due to delay in putting on the supers.
Men in business, for whom bee—keeping
is only a pastime, may often overlook
the fact that their hives are getting well
filled, and that a nectar crop is about to
open. “'hen it has begun, and they dis-
cover it, it is often too late, for the bees
have already made preparation for the
exodus of their surplus army, and no.
amount of manipulation will then change
their decision. It is true that, sometimes,
with all these preparations carefully tak—
en, a colony will cost one or more
swarms. We do not know how this may
be helped, but after years of experience
on this subject I feel safe in asserting
that a large per cent of the swarming
may be prevented if supei‘s with empty
combs are furnished.

In a state of nature the bees of a
swarm go into an empty cavity and build,
first, all worker comb, and, towards the
last, drone—combs. I believe that the
queen pretends to lay eggs in worker
combs, and that the bees build the work—
er comb to please her. But when they
are so far ahead of her as to see that
she has all she can fill, they go back to
the Cheapest way of building, which is
building with large cells. For this rea—
son I do not believe in giving the bees
part of their combs already built, as
some dovhalf sheets or one-third sheets
of foundation. Give them full sheets or
only starters. If you give them full
sheets they cannot build drone comb.
If you give them only starters, they feel
the need of worker comb and will build
mostly that kind.

New Jersey.

F. G. HERMAN.

 

Moliere. Les Femmes Savantes. Edit—

ed by Charles A. Eggert, Ph. D., formerly
Professor of French, Illinois Wesleyan
University. In this edition of Moliere’s
entertaining comedy, the notes give spec—
ial attention to peculiarities in language
and style, and to the explanation of al-
lusions in the text. Cloth, 16mo, 187
pages, with notes and vocabulary. Price,
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THE telephone gives the
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The measure of the progress
of mankind is the difference
between the signal fire of the
Indian and the telephone
service of to-day.

Each telephone user has a
personal interest in the
growth of the whole tele—
phone system.

He is directly benefited by
every extension of his own
possibilities.

He is indirectly benefited by
the extension of the same pos—
sibilities to others, just as he
is benefited by the extension
of the use of his own language.

Any increase in the number
of telephones increases the
usefulness of each telephone
connected with this system.

The Bell System is designed
to provide Universal service.

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S BLACK MINORCA EGGS~Lay large white
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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.

 

ARE THESE GOOD COWS?

There is a great deal being said about
good cows, but what is a good cow?
How much milk ought she to give, and
how much butter ought she to make?
\Ve are milking three cows, but we are
greenhorns at farming, so we tested our
cows three days. The following is the
record for three days: \Ye kept the milk
of each cow separate, and churned the
cream separate. One cow, eight years
old, fresh the first day of January, gave
77 lbs. of milk, 8 lbs. 12 ozs. of cream,
3 lbs. 7 ozs. of butter; took 25 minutes
to churn. One cow eight years old, fresh
February 10, gave 94 lbs. 12. ozs. of
milk, 9 lbs. 12 ozs. of cream, 4 lbs. 1 oz.
butter; took 12 minutes to churn. One
cow‘three years old, fresh April 23, gave
91 lbs. 12 ozs. milk, 0 lbs. 3 ozs. cream,
3 lbs. 3 ozs. of butter; took 40 minutes
to churn. The time chosen to make the
test proved a poor one, for those big rains
came, raised the creek, and overliowed
the pasture badly, and we do not feed.
by the

I do not know what you mean

term “grade" cows, but guessing at the

meaning, these are grade cows for they

are just cows. Are they good ones?
Mccosia Co. A. H. \V.
These are only fairly good, average

cows. A cow that will produce a pound
of butter-fat a day on pasture alone, and
especially when she came in last fall or
in the middle of the winter, is a fairly
good cow, and a profitable cow. One can
afford to keep her, but, of course, she is
not of the best. it is well known that
many cows give more than twice as much
as this and some much more than this:
but, of course, these high producing cows
good cows and are given
A great many splendid
records are being now by good
cows in all the different breeds. .-\ great
strife is on and people are trying to see
with their cows and
many of them are makingr phenomenal
records. Of course, there are plenty
more cows in the country that could make
splendid records if they only had the.
proper care. There is about as much in
the care and attention given the cow, to
make her produce 500 to 1,000 lbs. of but—
ter-fat, as there is in developing a trot—
ting horse so that he trots a mile in less
than 2:40. Any horse, no matter how he
is bred, must be trained and educated in
order to do this. And so a cow that pro—
duces 500 to 1,000 lbs. of butter in a year
have exceptional advantages. She
it with ordinary herd care.
the hands of a good,
properly fed
these

are naturally
exceptional care.
made

what they can do

must
will not do
She must be in
competent herdsman and
and properly cared for. Many of
cows that are making these phenomenal
records are milked three and four times
a day. \Vith the average farmer and the
average cow this would not be considered
practical or profitable. So a man who
has cows that will produce for him, on
pasture alone, with ordinary care, from
1 lb. to 11/2 lbs. of butter-fat in a day
may consider that he has good, practical,
profitable cows. And while he should
strive to get better ones, either by breed-
ing up his herd with pure-bred sires or
by going out and purchasing better cows,
still he should stick to these cows and
make the best of them. By giving them
better care and more attention they can
undoubtedly be made much more profit-
able than they are at the present time.
But where you have cows that will do
what yours have done do not discard
them until you know by actual test, ex-
tending over a period of time, that you
have something better.

IMPROVING DAIRY HERDS.

 

 

The dairy division of the department of
agriculture is engaged in a valuable and
important work for the dairy industry of
the country, effecting a financial saving
of many thousands of dollars annually.

The. average production of dairy cows
in this country is far below what it
should be, and there is no doubt that by
work in keeping records of
individual cows, eliminating unprofitable
ones, improving the quality of dairy
stock, and the introduction of better and
incidentally cleaner methods, the average
yield of the dairy cows in the country can
be enormously increased. One important
agency in the dairy division has been ac-
tive in promoting the formation of tliese
associations. The keeping of records of
dairy cows is advocated not only for the
purpose of determining the value of each
cow as a milk producer, but in order that
the calves of the best cows may be kept
and reared, as otherwise many animals
that would be of great value in the dairy

would be lost.

systematic

. industry.

x.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

For more than four years the dairy
division has carried on in co-operation
with state authorities work for the de-
velopment and improvement of the dairy
In 1909, dairy farmers were
advised to keep records of their herds so
as to show the cost of feed, the yield of
each cow, etc. Records were kept of 73
herds, containing 1,642 cows. The value
of keeping these records was demonstrat-
ed by the fact that 138 cows were re-
moved from the herds because their rec-
ords showed them to be unprofitable.

Here is an object lesson that means
much. More than eight per cent of the
cows recorded were unprofitable. There
are in the United States nearly 23,000,000
cows and if the same ratio of “boarders"
obtains elsewhere it may readily .be seen
that approximately 1,840,000 cows are
being kept by their owners at a loss.The
unprofitable cows cost just as much, if
not more, to feed as the profitable ones.
“'hile it will be readily agreed that the
cow that “eats her head off” should at
once go to the block, how is the deter—
mination to be reached that she is a
loser without a. cost keeping system?
There has been no more striking evidence
of the need of farm book-keeping than
the result of this work of the dairy di-
vision.

 

HOLSTEIN BREEDERS’
MEETING.

ANNUAL

With members present representing 20
different states and with the largest per-
sonal attendance in the history of the
organization, the 26th annual meeting of
the I’iolstein-li‘i'iesian Association of Am-
erica. was called to order at Syracuse,
N. Y., on \Vedncsday, June 7, by Charles
\V. “'ood, of Massachusetts, president.
llis address was an able one, broad and
inspiring in its conceptions of the pur-
poses, duties and privileges of the asso—
ciation. lie reviewed the work of the
past year, paid tribute to the character
of the membership, issued a warning or
two and offered good counsel.

\ccessions to the membership to the
number of 31 were made at this meeting,
and others which have been made since
the close of the fiscal year make a total
addition during the year of 955, and a
total membership of 4,280.

Article IV, Section 5, of the By-Laws,
was amended on motion of E. A. Powell,
giving the board of officers authority to
increase the fee for registry for cattle
over two years old.

The report of the treasurer, Wing R.
Smith, of New York, was received with
great enthusiasm. It showed a cash bal-
ance on hand of $134,491.38, after pay-
ment of expenditures of $30,013.04. This
is a gain over last year of $30,000.

The report of the superintendent of
Advanced Registry, Malcolm H. Gardner,
of Wisconsin, showed the acceptance of
tests of 4,476 animals during the year,
whose average yield of butter-fat was
14.001 lbs. per week—equivalent to 271/1
quarts of milk per day, and 16.4 lbs. of
the best commercial butter per week.
Yearly tests of 192 cows were reported.
The increase in the number of tested
cows over last year is 46% per cent.
Thirty states and three Canadian prov-
inces have now taken up advanced regis-
tration work.

The leading records for over half the
classes of the four prize divisions have
been broken during the year, in many of
the classes several times. Thirty-five
Cows and heifers have exceeded the old
records.

Three hundred and forty-two animals
appear in the prize-lists for the seven-
day division, 1.14 in those of the 30-day
division. 80 in the “eight months" di-
vision, and 152 in the semi—official divi-
sion; the total number of animals re—
ported as either winning prizes or de—
barred under the rules being 688. The
lowest of the winners in the full—aged
class of the seven-day division produced
almost 22 lbs. of butter-fat, the lowest
of the 86 junior two-year-olds 14.8 lbs.
fat. During the year 43 cows have pro—
duced above 24 lbs. fat in seven days.
The breed can now claim 86 animals of
the 24-”). rank. The best yearly rec-
ord was made by Lunde Korndyke 26,—
1927 lbs. milk, 872.73 lbs. fat.

The total entries in the Advanced
Registry for the year is 5,094, an increase
of nearly 44 per cent over last year.

Secretary F. L. Houghton, of Vermont,
reported business far exceeding that of
any previous year, totaling $103,444.20, of
which a balance of $56,397.04 was remit-
ted to the treasurer. A total of 70,590
certificates was issued during the year,
and 37,701 transfer certificates.

 

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JUNE . 24, 1911.

BEST GRAIN RATION FOR cows.

 

“’e are shipping milk to a condensing
plant. Cows are grade Jerseys and
Shorthorns. Give best. grain ration and
quantity to be fed in connection with
corn ensilage, mixed clover and timothy
hay and corn fodder. Also state if same
grain ration can be used profitably when
cows are on pasture.

St. Joseph Co. B. A. \V.

There is no food that is suggested for
the grain ration and I suppose that I am
to use my own good judgment and state
exactly what I would consider an ideal
ration to be given with corn silage, mixed
clover and timothy hay, and corn fodder.
My choice for a grain ration is ground
peas and oats and cottonseed, or linseed
meal, or gluten feed can be substituted
for either the cottonseed or the linseed
meal if it can be purchased more con-
veniently. I would mix this grain ration
in proportion of two parts of ground peas
and oats to one part of the other grain,
and then I would feed as many pounds
per day to each cow as the cow produced
pounds of butter-fat in a week, feeding
it in two rations, night and morning, on
the corn silage. If It. A. \V. has no
ground peas and oats, then, as a substi-
tute I would use corn meal and wheat
bran mixed in proportion of equal parts
by weight and then mix this, two parts
of the corn meal and bran, with the

.gluten feed, oil meal, or cottonseed meal,

and feed the same
ration. Of course, it is supposed that
the cows will have all the corn silage,
clover hay, and other roughage that they
will eat up clean each day.

The same ration can be fed on pasture,
but with good fresh pasture the cows
will not need as heavy a grain ration as
they will on dry feed because they will
consume more of the pasture grass than
they will of the other roughage, and con-

as the case may be,

sequently will not need so much grain.
I should say you could cut down the
grain ration about one—half while the

pasture is good.

I am feeding my own cows on pasture
now, one small feed of silage in the
morning and a feed of ground peas and
oats; and then at night we feed dried
beet pulp, a small feed for each cow, fed
in proportion to the number of pounds of
butter-fat which she produced in a week
the same as the peas and oats in the
morning. But we have cut the grain
ration down materially from the winter
feeding for the reason above mentioned.
But as the pasture depreciates we will
gradually increase the grain ration and
the amount of silage fed and perhaps the
last of July or the first of August it will
be necessary to feed corn silage twice a
day; at the present time we only feed a
small feed once a day.

BUTTER MAKING ON THE FARM.

 

Butter has been made on my farm for
a good many years and, while 1 will not
say that our method is the best, I do
claim that we produce a product of first
quality for which we always receive the
highest market price.

Before the milking begins
and udders of the cows are carefully
brushed, thus preventing dirt and dust
from falling into the milk. The milking
is done with clean. dry hands; to milk
with wet fingers is an extremely filthy
habit. Just as soon as the milk is drawn
from the cow it is strained through a
wire gauze and three thicknesses of
cheese cloth. All the milk utensils are
thoroughly cleaned after being used, by
first washing them in luke warm water,
next in hot water, and then scalding in
boiling water. Every dish or cloth that
is used in connection with the milk is
put in a clean place, where there is a
circulation of pure air, after being used.

The cream is separated from the milk

the sides

with a hand separator and held until
there is a sufficient quantity to churn.

The churning is done three times each
week with a barrel churn. In preparing
the churn and butter worker for use,
they 'are thoroughly scalded with boiling
water before the cream is put into the
churn or the butter on the butterworker.
A thorough scalding and cooling of the
butter worker prevents the butter from
sticking to it.

The cream is strained into the churn
through a hair sieve and the churn is
never filled more than half full of cream.
The churn is not turned very rapidly, and
is stopped several times at the beginning
to remove the cork, so as to allow the
escape of the compressed air. When
the cream begins to break, care is exer-
cised not to gather the butter granules
into one large lump. The churning
ceases when the butter particles are

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about the size of wheat kernels. Then
the churn is fastened and the buttermilk
drawn ot‘f.

\Vhen the butter is well drained from
the buttermilk, it is rinsed with a little
water, and after this has drained away
the cork is put in the churn and the
churn reVolved slowly six or eight times;
the water is now drawn off and the but-
ter left to drain for about fifteen minutes.

\Vhen the butter is well drained it is
ready to salt, and this is done in the
churn when the butter is in granular
form. About one and one-half ounces of
salt are used for every pound of butter.
This insures the right amount of salt
when the butter is finished.

It is a very easy matter to work butter
too much and have it greasy. \Ve never
work the butter with the hands, because
the warmth of the hands will make it
greasy and give it a salvy appearance.
\Ve use the lever worker and press the
lever on the surface, and occasionally fold
the butter over with a ladle. The lever
of the butter worker, or butter paddle, is
never allowed to slide over the surface
of the butter, but it is pressed straight
down when working.

The butter is pressed into square one-
pound prints and carefully wrapped with
parchment paper which has been soaked
in salt water a few minutes before being
used. The butter is sold in our local
market, except what is used at home, and
practically all the milk is fed to the
chickens, hogs and calves.

By following the above method in mak-
ing butter we never fail to produce a
product first-class in every respect,
which sells for from two to five cents per

pound more than most of that offered
by others. And I think that if any who
have difficulty in making good butter,

will follow our method they will find the
production of a good article a compara-
tively simple and easy matter. One of
the mistakes made by many is in not
churning the cream when it has reached
the proper stage of ripeness and at the
right temperature.

A proper handling of the milk is a mat—
ter of considerable importance. Too often
it is drawn from the cow in stables in
which the air is filled with dust and put
in unclean vessels. Cleanliness in all
things and at all times is a feature upon
which too much stress cannot be laid in
making butter.

Illinois. W. H, UNDERWOOD.

KEEP THE FLIES OFF THE COWS.
Ilave you commenced spraying your
cows with dip? If you haven’t it is time
to get busy. \Vhen flies first make their
appearance, you should get out your
sprayer and as often as necessary give
your cattle a good sprinkling of dope.
Don’t let the cows fight off the flies
themselves for it takes from their
strength, and this energy, if converted
into milk, or butter-fat, would make a
handsome little profit for the sum ex-
pended for the fly killer. You will find
the cows easier to milk, will keep their
flesh in better condition, and will hold
out their period of lactation better if
this little attention is given them night
and morning. It onlyctakes a few min-
utes to spray a herd of ten or a dozen
cows, and probably not as long as it does
to milk one cow. If you had a dozen
cows, rather than to allow your herd to
go about the fields all day threshing flies,
running through thickets to brush off the
pests, and looking up some shady place
to get out of the way of the insects, you
had better sell one of the herd, invest a
few cents in spraying mixture, buy your
wife some needed furniture with the bal-
ance, and then spend the time which you
devoted to milking the one cow, to spray-
ing the remainder of the herd, you will
have more milk at less cost of produc—
tion, and you will be money ahead, by
the little effort and expenditure. You
will find materials advertised in The
Farmer for spraying cattle, horses and
other stock. \YALTER JACK.
m“

Tests showed that the cost of milk was
greatest in two—year—old heifers, that it
gradually decreased up to four years,
after which it remained constant. The
gain in milk yield increased five per cent
between the ages of two and three years,
18 per cent between the ages of three

,and four years and 15 per cent between

the production at four years and the
greatest production.

Breeding cows are in great demand in
the leadlng markets of the country and
farmers have been buying thousands of
good breeders, paying as high as $50 per
head. Good teeth and good health are
the great requisites, the bull being ex-
pected to meet further requirements.

   

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CURRENT COMMENT.

 

When the bill to pro-
The Reciprocity mote reciprocal (‘7)
Debate. trade relations with

Canada was reported to
the senate by the Finance Committee of
that body, it was expected that the dis-
cussion of the measure pro and con
would commence at once and be contin-
ucd indefinitely. It developed, however,
when the measure came up in the senate,
sitting as a committee of the whole,
through a statement made by Chairman
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few if any of the senators expected to
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out the statcment from Senator Penrose
that the friends of the measure were pre-
pared to vote on it at once, without any
dcbate, Senator Smith, of Michigan, de-
livered a scathing arraignment of the
measure and of the senators who will
vote for it but will not come out in the
open and champion it on the floor of the
senate. He recounted the fact that the
measure is analagous to that which was
in force with Canada from 1854 and
which was rcjcctcd as undesirable some
ten years later, and called attention to
the fact that similar propositions were
presented to Grant and Harrison and

Blaine, and rcjccted by those great
statesmen as ininiical to the welfare of
the country, and summarizcd many

against it which he
present to the

strong arguments
declared his intention to
senate in detail at a later date. Senator
Townsend, of Michigan, announced his
intentions at the. some session to present
amendments to the bill providing that the
President shall enter into negotiations
with Canada for the purpose of enlarg-
ing reciprocal trade with Canada.

One of the early speeches against the
measure was made by Senator Nelson,
of Minnesota, who questioned the Presi-
dent’s constitutional and moral right to
promulgate an international agreement
by pledging himself in advance to make
certain specific recommendations to con-
gress to procure special legislation from
congress. Senator Nelson aroused the
senate by declaring that it appeared that

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the newspapers of the country would not
get what (they thought they would get
under this proposed legislation, 1. e., free
print paper. He declared that the tariff
law of 1909 would still apply and govern
as to most of these products of the Can-
adian forests, and said “That for this
scant mess of pottage the great news—
papers are willing to sacrifice the Ameri-
can farmer.” This precipitated a some-
what general discussion among the sena—
tors both for and against the pact as to
the meaning of the Root amendment ap-
plying to the paper schedule, which dis-
cussion brought out the fact that they
did not at all agree as to just what ef-
fect this amendment would have upon
the working of the measure should it be
enacted into law.

Vi'hen the doctors disagree it is con-
ceded to look bad for the patient, though
beyond the province of the layman to
prophesy the result. But it is a. safe as-
sertion that the farmers of the country,
who would be so adversely affected by
this pact should it be ratified, would not
lose any sleep should the great newspa-
pers find themselves balked in attaining
the selfish ends which have prompted
their strenuous campaign for this pact,
and some prominent publishers have been
heard to express the fear that such a
result might be brought about through a
combination of Canadian and American
manufacturers of paper should this pact,
which is primarily considered to be to
their sole interest by many well in-
formed people, be finally ratified.

In a preliminary state-
ment of thirteenth cen-
sus results, just issued
by the Bureau of the
Census of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, the following comparative
statistics relating to general crop produc-
tion in Michigan during the last decade

were presented:

The leading crops in 1909, ranked in the
order of valuation, were: Hay and for—
age. $36,037,000; corn, $29,581,000; oats,
$18,506,000; wheat. $16,587,000; potatoes,
$9,914,000; dry edible beans, $9,540,000;
rye, $3,938,000; and dry peas, $1,337,000.

Hay and forage showed an increase of
386,803 acres, or 16.6 per cent, between
1899 and 1909. From 1,245,441 acres in
1879, hay and forage increased to 2,024,736
in 1889; to 2,328,498 in 1899; and again
to 2,715,301 in 1909. The total yield in
1909 was 3,632,919 tons, valued at $36,-
037,000, over 50 per cent of which was
“Timothy and clover mixed." The aver-
age yield per acre for all hay and forage
was 1.3 tons; the average value per acre,
$13.30.

During the 10 years ending with 1909
corn increased 88,407 acres. or 5.9 per
cent. From 1879, when 919,656 acres
were harvested, corn rose to 994,597 in
1889; to 1,501,189 in 1899; and again to
1,589,596 in 1909. The total yield in 1909
was 52,906,842 bushels; the average yield
per acre, 33 bushels; and the average
value per acre, $18.60.

Oats, during the 1899-1909 decade, in-
creased 409,638 acres, or 40.2 per cent.
From 536,187 acres in 1879, oats increased
to 1,085,759 in 1889, but dropped to 1,019,-
438 in 1899, increasing again to 1,429,076
in 1909. The total yield in 1909 was 43,-
869,502 bushels; the average yield per
acre, 31 bushels; the average value per
acre, $12.95.

“heat in the decade, from 1899 to
1909 decreased 1,123,632 acres, or 58.3
per cent. From 1,822,749 acres in 1879,
wheat decreased to 1,501,225 in 1889, but
rose to 1,925,769 in 1899, the maximum
acreage for the period, only to fall to
802,137 acres in 1909. The aggregate yield
in 1909 was 16,025,791 bushels, of which
15,899,301 bushels was winter wheat.
The average yield per acre was 20 bush—
els; the average value per acre, $20.70.

During the decade prior to 1909 pota-
tocs increased 53,520 acres, or 17.2 per
cent. From 1879, when 128,848 acres
wcrc harvested, potatoes rose to 198,476
in 1889; to 311,963 in 1899; and again to
365,483 in 1909. The aggregate yield in
1909 was 38,243,828 bushels, as compared
to 23,476,444 bushels in 1899. The aver-
age yield per acre was 105 bushels; the
average value per acre, $27.10.

Dry edible beans increased from 167,-
025 acres in 1899 to 398,133 acres in 1909,

Michigan’s Crop
Statistics.

a gain of 231,108 acres, or 138.4 per
cent. The. total yield in 1909 was 5,195,-
055 bushels, as compared to 1,806,413
bushels in 1899. 'l‘hc average yield per
acre was 13 bushels; the average value
per zicrc, $24.

The increase in rye for the 10 years

1909 was 244,245 acres, or
From 22,815 acres in 1879,
rye rose to 140,754 in 1889, to 174,096 in
1899, and again to 418,341 in 1909. Hence
during the period from 1879 to 1909 Trive
1e

ending with
140.3 per cent.

increased more than eighteenfold.

total yield was 5,805,420 bushels, the
average yield per acre 14 bushels; the
average. value per acre, $9.40.

’ Barley in the decade from 1899 to 1909
increased 48.100 acres, or 107 per cent.
Starting with 54,506 acres in 1879, barley
rose to 99,305 in 1889, dropped to 44,965
in 1899, and again rose in 1909 to 93,065.

The total yield in 1909 was 2,132,101
bushels: the average yield per acre, 23
bushels; the average value per acre,
$13.10..

The cereals had an aggregate acreage
of 4,415,006 acres in 1909, as compared to
4,721,126 acres in 1899, a decrease of 306,-
120 acres, or 6.5 per cent. This decrease

was due to the decline of 1,123,632 acres
in wheat; other cereals showing gains.
The average value of cereals per acre in
1909 was $16, a little above that of hay
and forage. Wheat showed the highest
average value per acre; buckwheat, the
lowest. Of the hay and forage crops,
"Timothy and clover mixed" ranked first
not only in acreage but also in value.
“Timothy alone” ranked second in acre—
age and value. There were some mis-
cellaneous crops. Most of them were
well above the more usual crops in value.

 

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

National.

The condition of the old battleship
Maine now being exposed in the Havana
harbor by the pumping of the water
from around the hulk, is much worse than
anticipated. The bulkheads were crump-
led into almost unrecognizablee masses.
Seven feet of water have been removed
from the inside of the cofferdam. The
contractors hope to have the water low-
ered from 18 to 20 feet this week.

The supreme court of Kansas handed
down a decision prohibiting three sub—
sidiary companies of the standard oil
concern from doing business in that state
upon the ground of stilling competition.
The court also maintained that one com-
pany could not own stock in another,
and further. that the product must be
sold at the same price all over the state.

Joseph B. Reichmann, formerly presi-
dent of the Carnegie Trust Company, the
bankrupting of which institution precipi-
tated the panic of 1907, is now being tried
upon the charge of falsifying the reports
of the institutiOn to the state banking
department.

The celebration of the 25th anniversary
of the wedding of President and Mrs.
Taft at the “'hite House at Washington
proved a brilliant affair, the crowd was
large, the weather fine and the gifts
were many. The reception was held on
the grounds about the White House.

The total value of the live stock in
Michigan according to the last federal
census. was $131,746,000, as compared
with $75,997,000 in 1900, or a gain of 73.4
per cent. The value of poultry in 1910
was $5,611,000 as compared with $2,686,000
in 1900, or a gain of 108.9 per cent. 0!?
bees there was in 1910, $446,500 as com—
pared with $352,500 in 1900, making a gain
of 26.7 per cent.

The vote taken by the citizens of Lan-
sing upon the question of changing the
form of the city charter to provide for a
commission plan of government, was lost
by a large majority on Monday.

Twelve persons were injured in a panic
on the electric line between Buffalo and
Naigara Falls, Monday.

The school gardens of Saginaw have
been pronounced the best of any in the
state by inspectors.

The United States has officially recog-
nized the republic of Portugal, that coun-
try having officially adopted the repub-
lican form of government and abolished
the monarchial form.

Henry \V. Furniss, a negro, and United
States minister to Hayti, has submitted
his resignation, but owing to the im-
portant questions pending as to boun—
dary lines and other matters, the gov—
ernment desires further services and re-
fused to accept his resignation. Mr.
Furniss wishes to continue his law prac-
tice.

The city of Kalamazoo has perfected
plans for the construction of a $100,000
Y. M. C. .\. building.

J. Proctor Knott, the famous Kentucky
statesman, died at Lebanon of that state,
Sunday. He was 82 years old.

Three girls perished by the capsizing
of a. canoe on Spring Brook, a branch of
the Grand River, Sunday.

The expenditure of $845,184 by the gov-
ernment for the prosecution of trust cases
is a matter demanding investigation, ac-
cording to certain southern congressmen.

Five students of the University of
Michigan will go to Arabia to establish
a medical mission at Busrah.

The iron and steel trade for the pres-
ent fiscal year promises to be the largest
in the history of the country, as the last
available report shows the dealings of
the first ten months of the year to be
$190,000,000, against the record of 184,000,-
000 for the whole year of 1908.

A jury in the supreme court of Georgia
awarded to the owner of the famous hog
“Premier Longfcllow‘s Rival,” damages
to the amount of $10,000 against a rail-
road upon whose line the animal was
killed in an accident.

Foreign.

The Cuban house of representatives
338mg a measgre, last week excluding in-
.‘ uc ion in c En’lish l ' r r
the schools of the isgiand. anguagc fr)m

The imperial conference in session at

London agreed upon a resolution pro—
v1ding 'for a government-owned cable
connecting England With Canada, thus
completing connections with all the col-

onies.

The new government of Mexico appears
to be having its trouble in gaining con-
trol of political affairs. Lawlessness in
many parts of the. country makes the
work of organizing political machinery
under thc new rcgimc, difficult. Dissati—
isficd rebels, or followers of lGx-l‘residcnt
Diaz, are constantly inciting riots. The
government is planning to oust certain
foreign concerns that were givcn special
privileges and hand over the business to
companies sympathizing with the present
ruling party. English and American capi-
talists will suffer considerably by the
carrying out of this policy,

A new treaty of commerce has been
signed by Norway and Japan.

The monarchists of Portugal are revolt-
ing against the present government. At
the recent elections the republicans were
unanimously victorious, and since the

abundant.

JU‘ NE 24, 1911.

revolters have been preparing to make
a stand against the party in power. The
garrison at Chevis has mutinied, the
commandant was killed and refugees are
fleeing to Spain; /

\Vhat seems to be a systematic policy
of expansion is evidently being carried
out now by Japan. The Tokio officials
are directing that a certain number of
Japanese be sent _to the Philippines each
day and a colony is soon to be sent to
Brazil, South America, which is but the
first of many to follow.

.Ceremonies connected with the corona-
tion of England's king are going forward,
regardless of the inclement weather pre-
vailing. The program is the most ela-
borate ever presentd at such a function.
_ Three aviators were killed and five in-
Jured in accidents occurring in connec-
tion with the race from Paris to London
With various stops enroute. Bursting
gasoline tanks spread fire while aviators
were in air and resulted in death of two,
while the third was killed by crashing
into a. tree.

CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

Genesee 00., June 17.—It is now two
weeks Since the big storm which did so
much damage and crops not totally de-

stroyed are coming on nicely. Outside
the affected district all save old mea—
dows are reported looking well. Corn not

quite so far advanced as usual, owing to
abnormally low temperature for June.
Although we have had some extremely
hot days, low temperature has been fre-
quent and rains frequent. Old potatoes,
where not previously disposed of, are now
making good, quotations being 750 to $1

per bu. Planting for the late crop now
under way. Local quotations follow:
\\ heat, 820; corn, 580; oats, 37c; beans,

$1.75; baled hay, $16@18 per ton; eggs,
16c; creamery butter, 24c; live chickens,
121/2c. Farmers too busy to do much
marketing.

Gratuot 00., June 14.—Cultivating is the
order of business. Corn, beans and beets
are at all stages. Much corn is barely
large enough to work, while some fields
are nearly or quite knee high. Some
beans are being cultivated, some are
Just up, some just drilled and some yet
to drill. Beets are behind the season
from a lack of help and an excess of
rain which delayed the work of thinning.
W'heat is exceptionally good through cen-
tral and southern Gratiot, but lighter
north, as are both oats and grass. Clover
haying will begin by the 25th of June in
some sections. Strawberries have been
. Cherries not a. heavy pick—
ing. Apples promise fair. Butter and
eggs Very low.

Washtenaw 00., June 17..—Conditions
as regards moisture have entirely chang-
ed. Indeed, some storms have been most
severe and disastrous, uprooting fruit
and forest trees and blowing down silos
and somc small buildings, but all crops
are_ looking remarkably well, wheat es-
pcmally so. Hay prospects good. Old
hay now $20 in local market. Dairy
industry much depressed. Small demand
for cows; butter—fat 220; eggs, 12C.

.Ogemaw 60., June 17.——The almost con-

tinuous rains we had during the last half
of May and the first two weeks of June
retarded planting greatly in this county.
What cats were planted, however, are
looking good, with few exceptions. Peas
are growing nicely and promise an av—
erage crop. A great deal of corn was
planted late but is coming nicely, most
of it having received one cultivation by
this time. Butter and egg prices have
been low, causing much grumbling. But~
ter brings 14c, while eggs are only 120.
Old potatoes are plentiful at 306il40c. The
hay crop will be above the average this
year, and pasture now is the best. Prob-
ably more than a thousand acres of new
land has been broken up in Ogemaw
county this year, the most of it being fiuti
into peas. Late potatoes are not all in,
yet and the acreage this year will be
above the average.

Mecosta 00., June 15.—The month has
been generally rainy, with much thunder
and wind. Crops look well; most of the
corn has been cultivated twice and is
being gone over the third time. Potatoes
are all planted and some are being culti-
vated already. The bugs are quite plenti-
ful. About the same acreage planted as
in other years. There will be but few
apples; the cherries are a short crop.
Plums and peaches point to a good crop.
The old potatoes are nearly all out of the
country. I’rice 55c. Butter, 160; butter—
fat, 20c; eggs, 12c.

Indiana.

Steuben C0., June iii—The month of
May was so very dry and hot that plow-
ing was greatly delayed and a few fields
were not plowed that would have been
planted to corn if weather conditions had
been more favorable. The cutworms were
very destructive to the early planting
and a good many fields were planted ov-
cr. Clover hay making has just com—
menced and we will have less than half
a normal crop, but timothy will do some-
what better. A good many farmers are
sowing millet or drilling corn to help out
the. hay crop. \that is very poor and
is just alive with the fly. Oats bid fair
for a good crop but are heading with
very short straw. The prospects for fruit
of all kinds are unusually good. Nearly
everyone wants to sell sheep, but buyers
are very scarce. for anything not in shape
to Ship. There are also more horses of—
fered for sale now than earlier but the
prices asked are not much lower. We
had a very good crop of spring pigs and
they are doing well but farmers have not
bred for more than half the average
number of fall pigs. Prices are: Corn,
6061/65c; wheat, 810; oats, 35c; butter, 150;
eggs, 12c; wool, 20c; hogs, live, 53/4c:
horses, $250 down and cows from $60

down. But very few farms are changing
hands. The price is near $75 or $100
per acre. -

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UN E 24,- 1911.

E FARMERS’ owns;i

 

I

 

Address all communications relative to
the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C.
P. Johnson, Me'tamora, Mich. ’

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

 

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

 

MIDSUMMER PICNICS.

 

Many of the local Clubs will hold mid-
summer picnics this year as usual. This
very good custom has been growing of
recent years, and nothing stimulates it
more than the announcement in advance
of the dates of such picnics. This also
gives interested Club members from other
sections the opportunity of attending
them if they desire. For these reasons
we hope that the corresponding secre-
tary of every Club which is to have a
summer picnic will report it for an-
nouncement in this department at the
earliest possible date.

WHAT THE LOCAL CLUBS ARE
DOING.

 

The representative of the Riley Club, of
Clinton county, at the last meeting of
the State Association of Farmers’ Clubs,
reported in the conference of club work-
ers that this Club takes a vacation of
three months in the summer season. The
program committee servos for the entire
year. A feature of the business enter-
prise of the Club was the appointment of
a committee for the purchase of binder
twine for the members. The question
box is made an attractive feature of the
meetings. This Club is active in the
County Association of Farmers’ Clubs,
which met four times last year, twice at
Merle Beach and twice at St. Johns. The
Club made an exhibit at the county fair.

The delegate from the Central Farmers’
Club, of Ionia county, stated that the
membership is drawn from four coun-
ties. The Club holds six meetings a year
and has a membership of 50. Serving
tables and lapboards are used.

Mrs. Black, representing the Riverside
Club, Shiawassee county, stated that the
menu served at the Club dinners was
limited, this feature of the meetings be-
ing described in an interesting manner.

The delegate from the W'est Haven
Club, of Shiawassee county, reported the
membership of that Club to be composed
of 17 or 18 families. This Club holds ll
meetings during the year.

The representative of the Burton Club,
of Shiawassee county, stated that the
questions for discussion in that organi-
zation were handed out by a committee
the week previous to the meetings. This
Club holds 11 meetings each year, with
an average attendance of 35 for the last
fiscal year.

The Lebanon Club, of Clinton county,
holds nine meetings each year with a
good attendance. The delegate reported
the Club in good condition.

Sand Beach Club, of Huron county,
holds 12 meetings each year, seven in
the country and five in the town. A
special feature of the programs occurs in
July, which meeting is made a children's
day affair.

Mr. Smith, representing the Salem
Club, of \Vashtenaw county, said that in-
teresting the young people in the work of
the Club had been a problem which was
in a fair way for successful solution as
the young ladies show considerable in-
terest in the meetings.

The delegate from the Spring Arbor
Club, Jackson county, reported the Club
Fair, which had been made a feature for
three years, to have been a great suc—
cess. The fair is held in the town hall
and the proceeds were given to the Old
Ladies Home in Jackson. The young
people are interested in the work of the
Club by putting them on the program.

The Hamburg and Putnam Club, of
Livingston county, reported through its
delegate that 10 meetings are held each
year, with an annual picnic in July. ‘The
question box is an interesting feature of
the monthly meetings. Committees are
appointed for three months.

The Indianfields' Club, of Tuscola
county, makes a feature of an exhibit at
the county fair, which the delegate men-
tioned as a profitable move for any local
Club.

The Groveland Club, of Oakland coun-

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

ty, was represented by Miss Alice Thay-
er, who stated that a vigorous campaign
had been carried on for a. renewal of in-
terest in the Club work during the past
year. The meetings are held monthly at
the homes of the members, with an av-
erage attendance of from 35 to 75. The
members entertain in alphabetical order.

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

Passes Third Resolution Against Recl-
procity.—~The Hadley and Elba Farmers'
Club was delightfully entertained at the
Baptist parsonage by Mr. and Mrs. Mc-
Leod. May 18. In the absence of the
president, F. A. Smith presided over the
meeting. The roll call was responded to
by ”Names of Native Birds," and fol—
lowed by a reading by Mrs. Nellie Phelps.
Minnie Burlingham and Mrs. J. W. Tower
led in the discussion of “What do we
gain by worrying?" For the third time
the Club put itself on record as opposed
to the pending reciprocity treaty. A
committee was appointed to take charge
of the Children’s Day program at our
next meeting, June 15, at The Maples,
with Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Kelley.—Mrs. C.
P. Johnson, Cor. Sec.

Discuss Reciprocity Pact.—The Wixom
Farmers‘ Club was entertained June 14,
by Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Moore, at their
pleasant farm home. It was a perfect
June day and a large company of Club
members, with visitors from Milford,
Highland and Pontiac, were in attendance
and partook of a bountiful dinner. The
program was the next in order. The
Reciprocity Pact was the subject dis-
cussed by different members. H. E.
Moore, of Orchard Lake, gave a very in-
teresting and practical talk on the ques-
tion. The Club voted to send the follow-
ing resolution to Hon. S. W. Smith: Tile
Wixom Farmers’ Club, of Oakland county,
Mich., hereby tenders its heartiest thanks
to Hon. S. W. Smith, congressman from
this (sixth) district, for his vote and
efforts against the reciprocity pact, and
respectfully ask him to convey this senti—
ment to President Taft, with the further
suggestion that the farmers of Michigan
are intelligent enough to know what they
consider for their best interests, and re-
sent the reflection cast by the President
in saying this sentiment against the pact
had been “created by the interests."—
Mrs. R. D. Stephens, Cor. Sec.

~ GRANGE

ul’J'LAAAAAMAAAAAAAL‘A'A

 

Our Motto—”The Farmer is of more
consequence than the farm, and should be
first improved."

 

THE JULY PROGRAMS.
Suggestions for First Meeting.

“Education is to know for the sake of
living not to live for the sake of know-
mg."

Instrumental music.

What shall we do with and for small
rural schools?

General discussion.

Recitation.

Is there adequate provision made for
farm children's play—1. At home? 2. At
school?

Appointment of committee to visit
schools (to report in October).

Some reliable disinfectants.

Sunny Hits, by three men and three
women.

Reading, “A Prayer for a Country
Community,” by Chaplain.

Closing song.

 

HOME IMPROVEMENT GIVEN AT-
TENTION BY WESTERN POMONA.

Western Pomona Grange No. 19, met
with Ottawa Grange, at Herrington, Fri-
day, June 16. In spite of pressing farm
work which prevented many from com-
ing, there was a fair attendance and a
good meeting. The thoughts of all pres-
ent were with Sister Thomas Wilde, who
has been ill for months yet had hoped to

be able to attend this meeting. Before
the meeting convened, the news came
that our dear sister had passed away.
How strange, yet how appropriate, that
this meeting of her beloved brothers and
sisters, with her own home Grange,
should, as it were, commemorate her re-
ception into the great Grange above.
Those of us who knew Sister Wilde, know
how devoted she has ever been to the
Grange and its teachings, and felt we
could pay her no better tribute than to
take hold of the work before us and do
our part with a will.

The program was opened with the
song, “The River of Time,” by the
Grange. The roll call in answer to the
question, “What ‘One Improvement’ will
you try to make in the farm or the home
during the present season?” proved that
we are on the road to progress. Among
the things mentioned were: Securing a.
good crop of alfalfa; finding ways of get-
ting rid of hard work; using a vacuum
cleaner; improving the appearance of the
back yard; clearing the front lawn of
shrubbery; raising good late potatoes:
providing a satisfactory drain near the
kitchen door for waste water.

The topic, “How to do away with rub-
bish along the roadside," brought out
some practical ideas. Each farmer
should care for his own rubbish, burning
all that will burn and burying the rest:
do not establish a public dumping ground
anywhere along your farm by starting it
yourself. It sets a bad example ani
others are apt to add to it. Interest

gohool children in gathering seeds, such
5 milkweed pods, destroying weeds
along roadsides, helping to dispose of tin
cans, etc. The township board may pass
a law forbidding the dumping of rubbish
along the roadside, and the board of
health can then take the matter in hand,
as has been done in Walker township.

“Why is it as essential that girls be
taught to be wage-spenders as that boys
be taught to become wage-earners?" de-
Veloped a spirited discussion and brought
out many good points. A paper on “Boy-
hood Days" concluded the afternoon pro-
gram.

Owing to the busy season it was de-
cided to hold a short business session just
before the public evening session and
make this a one—day instead of a two-
day meeting, as planned. The evening
program proved very enjoyable. Songs
and recitations were furnished by mem-
bers of Ottawa Grange with credit to
themselves and pleasure to all present.

A splendid talk on “The Home
Grounds," with suggestions on landscape
gar‘dening, was given by a sister, former-
ly a. student of M. A. C. She described
the “ideal grounds," beginning with the
bare site, first placing the house well
back from the road, with unbroken green
in front and a background of trees with
shrubbery at sides to giveasemi-circular
effect. Recommended avoiding useless
curves in walks and drives and reserv-
ing back yard for favorite plants and
shrubs which detract from appearance
of front yard, placing low—growing
shrubs and perennials in front of high-
er shrubs, thus using the Iatter as a
background. The home grounds should
be thought of as a picture and must sug-
gest hospitality.

Mrs. Dora Stockman, of Lansing, gave
an excellent address in which she spoke
of the immigration problem, but empha-
sized the more vital problem of the emi-
gration of our boys and girls from the
farm hor'nes to the cities and villages for
employment. She gave incidents which
showed all too plainly the need of more
thorough home training of our girls. Sis-
ter Stockman's address was well received
and she made many friends on this her
first visit to our county.

The program closed with a little play
delightfully presented by the young peo-
ple of Ottawa Grange, proving that they,
with their lecturer, are workers, that
they “do things” as well as
things.”—Myrtle B. Brown, Lect.
Charlevoix Pomona to Erect a Grange

Building for County Fair.

A very successful meeting of Charle-
voix County Pomona Grange was held
with Marion Centre Grange, Friday and
Saturday, June 9 and 10. Although the
state speakers advertised were not pres-
ent, the program was carried out With-
out a hitch. Bro. Bramble, of Lenawee
Co., who spoke in State Master Hull‘s
stead, gave some very practical and
forceful talks, the three principal topics

 

being, “Education," “Canadian Reciproc-
ity,” and “Co-operation." The discussion
on “Canadian Reciprocity" indicated

strong opposition to the treaty among the
Patrons present. On the second day,
Judge Frederick H. Mayne, ‘H. H. Mil-
ford, VV. E. Hampton, and others, deliv-
ered very forceful addresses on the topics
assigned them. Several new ideas were
presented on questions of vital import-
ance to every citizen, and it is to be re—
gretted that more citizens did not avail
themselves of the opportunity to attend.

“The County Fair and its Contemplat-
ed Improvements” was discussed in an
interesting manner by Bro. E. 13. Ward,
It was decided to build a Grange hall on
the fair grounds, upon a site donated by
the fair association. II. L. Olney, E. B.
\Vard and Peter Knudsen were appoint-
ed to supervise the work. This important
step will provide a building, equipped for
the comfort and convenience of Patrons
visiting the fair, and the several Granges,
as well as individual members, will be
invited to contribute to a fund for its
erection.

Marion Centre Grange possesses one of
the finest Grange halls in Charlevoix
county and the visiting Granges thor-
oughly enjoyed its comfort and conven-
ience. Fifteen applicants were initiated
in the mysteries of the fifth degree by
Marion Centre degree team. Ironton
Grange was declared the banner Grange
of the county for the first quarter of 191].
The next meeting of Pomona will be held
with Boyne River Grange, Thursday, Aug.
10.——R. W. Brintnall, Sec.

Cass County Pomona met with Horse-
shoe Grange, one of the recently organ-
ized Granges of that county, Saturday,
June 3. This Grange should be named
Patriotic Grange since it is the first one
to float the Stars and Stripes from a flag
pole in front of the Grange hall, i. e., so
far as I have observed. Cass County
Pomona is one of the best in Michigan.

 

Its officers and members are alive to the,
interests of the rural folk. it was royally‘

entertained by the members of l-lorseshoe
Grange. Milo Cook, Fred Brady, J. \V.
Springsteen, Mrs. Jesse Green, Samuel
Thompson, D. E. McClure, and F. B.
W’ells taking part in the program. A. A.
Martin also proved himself a live wire
in Cass County Grange matters—D. E.
McClure.

COMING EVENTS.

 

Pomona Meetings.

Lenawee Co., with German Grange
Thursday, Aug. 3. Annual Grange rally.

Gratiot Co., with Arcadia Grange, Sat-
urday, Aug. 5. Miss Jennie Buell, state
speaker.

Charlevoix Co., with Boyne
Grange, Thursday, Aug. 10.

Kent C0. farmers' annual picnic, at
John Ball park, Wednesday, Aug. 16.
Former State Master Horton, state

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ate, and even with all my care I experi-
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definite. I no longer suffer from indi—
gestion, and I began to improve from the
time Grape-Nuts appeared on our table.

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food after my Sabbath work is done,
(and I always do so now) my nerves are
quieted and rest and refreshing sleep are
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know its value. It is invariably on our
table——we feel that we need it to make
the meal complete—and our children will
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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

June 21, 1911.
Grains and Seeds.
Wheat—W'eat‘ner conditions have been
the influencing factor of the wheat mar-
ket this past week. Rains the latter part
of last week gave the bears confidence

 

 

 

 

 

that the prospects of an abnormal crop.

would be realized, but a hot Wave be-
ginning Sunday damaged the South Da-
kota fields and others in adjacent states
to an extent that enabled the bulls to
advance prices fully three cents. The
spring wheat crop is suffering consider-
ably from the heat, and should the con-
dition continue the crop will rapidly de-
preciate. Foreign news was a little bear-
ish. Liverpool has advanced quotations.
VVorld’s'visible supply decreased over
five million bushels. The flour market
is slow and dull. One year ago the price
paid for No. 2 1ed wheat was $1.07 per
bu. Quotations ioi the past week are:

No. 2 No. 1

Red White. July. Sept.
Thursday ...... 87 .86 .87 .881/4,
Friday ......... 87 .86 .87 .8812,
Saturday ...... 861,, .8514 .8614 .8734,
Monday ........ 88 .87 .88 .891/2
Tuesday ....... 8:”: .881}; 89% .91
Wednesday ....t~912 .8832 .891}; 91%,

Corn—Corn prices were advanced by
the dry “eithe which is threatening
the crop in 1.“... South Dakota, north-
.ern Illinois and other smaller sections.
The hax and ta: t. tr have already suf-
fered muth damage and dealers are now
taking c-or11.1i-e:a _ Ikr fear that the
new eiop will be .1. ie1;11ate to meet the
demands of the coining season. This at-
titude hindered corn from taking so large
a slump as was accorded wheat last
week. At Chicago on Tuesday the buying
was so active that offerings were gobbled
up as quickly as made, giving no chance
for liesitating bidders to get in. one
year ago the price for No. 3 corn was
631,-1’3c per bu. Quotations for the past

 

 

week are:

No. 3 No. 3

Corn. Yellow.
Thursday . ................ 56 oh
Friday ................... 56 :18
Saturday ................. 5'1 3; 57 34
Monday .................. .16 58
Tuesday .................. 37 59
Wednesday .............. 571/2 591/2

Oats. ——There has been an uninterrupt-
ed advante in oat values the past couple
of weeks with the market giowing
stronger each day owing to the condition
of the new crop. it is a general belief
that the most favorable weather from
now till harvest time could not redeem
the crop of its present discouraging out—
look. One year ago the price for stan-
dard oats was 421/2c per bu. Quotations
for the past week are:

Standard No. 3

White.
Thursday ................ 401/2; 40
Friday ................... 401/2 40
Saturday ................. 401/2 40
Monday .................. 401/2 40
Tuesday .................. 41 1/2 11
Wednesday ............... 431/2 43

Beans.—The activity in bean circles has
lifted prices to a higher level, btit the
advance has not stopped buying which
encourages those who still have their
crop, to believe that the present basis of
dealing will be maintained. Following
are the quotations for the week:

Cash. Oct.
Thursday .................. $1.95 $1.97
Friday ..................... 2.00 2.00
Saturday .................. 2.05 2.00
Monday .................... 2.10 2.00
Tuesday ................... 2.10 2.10
Wednesday ................. 2. 20 2.10

Clover Seed.—There is no interest tak—
en in this market and the quotations be-
low are merely nominal:

Prime. Oct. Aisike.
Thursday ....... . .$9. 25 $8.35 $9.00
Friday ........... 9.25 8.35 9.00
Saturday ......... 9.25 8.35 9.00
Monday .......... 9.25 8.35 9.00
‘i‘uesday .......... 9.25 8.35 9.00
Wednesday ....... 9.25 8.35 9. 00

Timothy Seed. ~The nominal price of a
week ago is still published by the hoaid.
I\o business is being done. Quotation
for prime spot is $5.60 per bu.

Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.

Flour.~Market is slow with prices
steady. Quotations are:
Clear ............................... . .$4.76
Straight .......................... . . . 4.65
Patent Michigan .................... 4.90
Ordinan Patent ..................... 4.90

Hay and Straw. ——Maiket steam at last
w eck‘s advanced prices. Quotations on
baled hay in car lots f. o. b. Detroit are:
No. 1 timothy, 823502350: No. 2 timothy,
$226122.50: clover, mixed, 5520612250; rye
straw, $7.50; wheat and oats straw, $6.50
per ton.

Feed.——Prices are steady with a week
ago. Carlot prices on track are: Bran,
$27 per ton, coarse middlings, $28; fine
middlings, $28; cracked corn, $22; coarse
corn meal, $22; corn and oat chop, $20
per ton.

Potatoes—The revival of interest and
the advancement of prices last week are
still supported as legitimate upon the
'ground of failure of the early potato
crop which suddenlv called upon the old
tubers to satisfy the trade In car lots
Michigan potatoes are selling at 70@800
per bushel.

Provisions. ——Family pork, $17@18; mess

pork, $16. 75; medium clear, ,$16@17;
smoked hams, 1560160; briskets, 10%@
111, shoulders 100: picnic hams, 91/2c;

"bacon, 161/ @17c; pure lard in tierces,
91/2c; kettle rendered lard, 1014c per lb
Dairy and Poultry Products.
Butter. —The shortage of grass and the

{THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

Output for the

activity of cold storage men who are
now taking butter quite liberally for
holding, have raised prices a cent. The
main markets of the country participate
in the advance. Quotations are: Extra
creamery, 23c; firsts, do., 21c; dairy, 16c;
packing, 150 per lb.

Eggs.~Complaints continue to come of
the inferior quality of the eggs offered
the trade. There is a good demand for
first-class stock. Price rules same as a
week ago. Fresh receipts, case count,
cases included, are quoted at 130 per
dozen.

Poultry.——There is very little doing in
this deal and values rule on last week’s
basis. Quotations are: Live—Spring
chickens, 12@121/2c; hens, 12@121/1_c; old
roosters, 10c; turkeys, 14@15c; geese, 8@
90; ducks, young, 12@13c; broilers, 23@
240 per lb.

Cheese.—Michigan, old, 17c; Michigan,
late, 13@14c. York state, new, 13%@14c;
Swiss domestic block, 16@18c; cream
brick, 13@14c.

Veai.——Market steady.
choice, 8@9c per lb.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Cabbage.>—Steady Selling at
3 per crate for new.

Strawberries.——Higher. The Michigan
grown are $1@1.25 per 16-qt. crate.

Pineapples.-—$3.50@3.75 per case.

Cherries.——Sour, $2.50@2.75 per bu;
sweet, $2.50 per bu.

Raspberries.—-Red, $3@3.25 per 24-pint
case.

Huckleberries.——$5 per 24-qt. case.

Gooseberries.—-$3.50@3.75 per bu.

Apples.—Becoming scarce; only a few
varieties on the market and very firm.
Steel reds, $6.50@7; Western apples, $2.75
@3 per box.

OTHER MARKETS.

Fancy, 9%c;

$.527@

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Grand Rapids.

The strawberry season is practically
over now and cherries are ripe. Early
sweets are bringing $1.50@1.75 per case:
sours, 55110617140. The cherry crop is the
largest in years. The potato market is
making a strong finish, on account of
dry weather in potato growing sections of
the south and west and buyers are paying
up to 75c and better at loading stations
for the old stock that still remains tin-
sold. Poultry is weak. Eggs are un-
changed. Creamery butter is one cent
higher.

 

Chicago.

“heat—No. 2 red, 89@91c; July, 90c;
Sept. 897;.c per bu.

CornseNo. 2, 55341166140; July, 5634c;
Sept. 583w per bu.

()atssveNo. 2 white,
401.51“. Sept, 41%0.

Parley—Melting grades, 90c@$l.05 per
but feeding, 7571850.

Hutton—Creamery values followed El—
gine in a ic advance at this week’s open-
ing, while dairies moved up 2c. The vol-
ume of business appears sufficient to sus-
tain the advance. Quotations: Cream-
ei-ies. liifii23c: dairies, extra, 21c per lb.

Eggs—Little change in conditions gov-
crning this market. Demand is only mod-
erately good and prices show no change.
The quotations are: Prime firsts, 14c;
firsts, 13c per doz; at mark, cases in-
cluded, 1170111430.

Potatoes—Receipts of both old and new
continue very light, carrying prices to
the highest point of the year. Choice to
fancy old are quoted at $1fi1.10 per bu;
good to choice new, $21561 2.25 per bu.

Beans—Market steady: prices show no
change. Choice hand-picked pea beans
quoted at $195632 per bu; prime, $1.85@
1.95: red kidneys, $3.25Gi3.65 per bu.

Hay and Straw.—All grades of hay 50c
(«$1 lower, the poorer grades suffering
most. Rye straw also 500 lower. Market
reported firm at the following range:
Choice timothy, $236124: No. 1 timothy,
31205061122; No. 2 do. and No. 1 mixed,
$186120; No. 3 do. and No. 2 mixed, $15617
17; rye straw, $8@8.50; oat straw, $7@
7.50; wheat straw, $6606.50 per ton.

401/263411/20; July,

 

New York,

Butter—General trade comparatively
light and prices remain unchanged. The
better grades of creamery are firm but
the medium qualities are accumulating
and are barely steady. Creamery specials
are quoted at 24c: extras, 23c per lb.

Eggs.~Market irregular and uncertain.
Prime stock is quoted higher while medi-
um and under grade stock is hard to sell
at prices somewhat below those quoted a
week ago. Fresh gathered extras, 1960
21c: firsts. 141/261150; seconds. 13$é®14c;
western gathered whites, 17@19c.

Poultry.—Dressed—Fresh killed tur-
keys. 1260160; fowls, 12@15c; western
broilers, 18@25c.

 

Boston.

V.ool.——The activity noted heretofore
of brokers in the fields and the support
that competition among different houses
is giving the trade, still maintain. Prices
continue to look upward and much buy-
ing is being done, it being stated that
fully one-half of this year’s crop is now
in the hands of the agents. Heavy ship-
ments are being made to eastern points.
Following are the quotations for the
leading domestic grades: Ohio and Penn-
sylvania fieeces—Delaine washed, 30c;
XX. 2761280; fine unmerchantable, 22c;
l/g-bIOOd combing, 25c: %- blood combing,
241/2Qi‘25c: 12,- -blood combing, 23(12)4c, de—
laine unwashed 24c: fine unwashed, 19@
191/2c. Michigan, TVisconsin and New
York fleeces—Fine unwashed, 1715c; de-
laine unwashed, 23c; l/g'bIOOd unwashed,
24c: %-blood unwashed. 24c. Kentucky,
Indiana and Missouri—84-blood, 230; 14-

blood, 22141617230. Scoured basis: Texas
——Fine 12 months, 46((8480; fine 6 to 8
months, 43@44c; fine fall, “@420.
Eigln.
Butter. —Market firm at 23c per 1b.,

which is an advance of 1c over the quo-

» ing firm.

tation of last week.
week amounted to 1,132,400 lbs., as com-
pared with 1,123,200 lbs. for the previous
week.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.
June 19, 1911.
(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, N. Y.)

Receipts of stock here today as follows:
Cattle, 190 cars; hogs, 14,400; sheep and
lambs, 7,000; calves, 2,200.

With 190 cars of cattle on sale here
today, and 25,000 reported in Chicago, our
market is from 10@15c per cwt. lower
on all the dry-fed cattle, and from 15@
300 per cwt. lower on everything that has
been to grass. “'ould advise shippers
to be very careful on these slippery,
grassy cattle of all grades, as they are
from 15@30c per, cwt. lower than last
week, and will continue to go still lower
in the -near future.

W'e quote: Best 1,300 to 1,600-lb. steers
$6.40@6.60; good prime 1,200 to 1,350—lb.
steers, $6.15@6.30; best 1,100 to 1,200-lb.

shipping steers, $550636; medium butcher,

steers, 1,000 to 1,100, $5.10@5.50; light
butcher steers, $4.65(c_i5.15; best fat cows,
$4.50@5; fair to good do., $3.50@4.25;
common to medium do.,$3@3.60; trim—
mers, $2.25@2.75; best fat heifers, $5.25@
5.75; good do., $4.75@5.15; fair to good
do., $4104.65; best stock heifers, $4.256!)
4.50; common (10., $3.75g14 best feeding
steers, dehorned, $4.50@4.75; common
feeding steers, $3.75@4; best bulls, $5@
5.25; bologna bulls, $3.75@4.25; stock bulls
$3.5oo3.75; best milkers and springers,
$5061.60; ,common to good do., $206130.

The hog market ruled fairly active af-
ter the opening, with the yorkers, mixed
and medium selling from $6.50@6.55;
largely at the latter price. Pigs and
lighter weights from $6.25@6.35, accord-
ing to weight and quality; the bulk of the
pigs going at $6.35. Good quality rough
sows sold mostly at $5.50, with coni-
moner grades going around $5.25@5.40.
Stags sold mostly at $4.25@4.75; few
fancy at 5c per lb. Few late arrivals,
choice quality hogs sold at $6.60. Hogs
are well cleaned up today; market clos—
“'e think the prospects fair
for the balance of the week.

The lamb and yearling market opened
slow today, and sheep very dull. The
most of the choice spring lambs selling
from $7.256127.50 few at $7.75. Yearling
lambs, $5.75@6. The demand was very
light for heavy ewes today, and also
heavy wethers; few choice handy wcthers
selling at $4614.10. Prospects don‘t look
any better for sheep the balance of this
week.

\i’e quote: Best spring lambs, $72101
7.75; wethers, $3.90@4.10; cull sheep,
$1.50@2.50; bucks, 2.50@3\ea1ling
lambs, $5.75@6; handy ewes, $3 "1(1) 3.10;
heavy ewes, $3623.25; veals, choice to
extra, $8.50@8.75;- fair to good do., $771)
8.25; heavy calves, $3.5064.50.

 

Chicago.
June 19, 1511.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep
Received today ...... 25,000 40,000 18,000
Same day last year..20,388 25,159 8,567
Received last week..48,659 147,303 91,174
Same week last year.58,289 120,475 100,923

The new week opens with a slow de—
mand for cattle aside from fat lots, which
are stcady at the advance of 10c. shown
last week on lots above $6. Other kinds
are slow and largely a dime lower, with
some transactions 1561.25c lower than a
fortnight or so ago. Hogs are active and
largely 5( higher, with numerous sales at
$6.35, the top figure, and sales are made
all the way down to $5.90 for the poorest
grade. The average weight of hogs re-
ceived last Week was 238 lbs., compared
with 242 lbs. a year ago and 219 lbs. two
years ago. Stags are salable at $6.15@
6.50, subject to 80 lbs. dockage per head,
while boars sell at $2.25@2.75 and pigs
at 85.6%: 6.20. Sheep and lambs are ac-
tive and largely considerably higher,
spring lambs being in demand at $5@7.25
per 100 lbs. Clipped lambs sold at $3.50@
4.50 for culls and common stock up to
$6616.60 for better lots, and prime lambs
would bring $6.75, if any were here. Clip-
ped stock sold at $2713.85 for ewes; $37.75
(«14.50 for wethers; $2613 for bucks and
$425715. 50 foi \carlings.()iegon1anges
sent in a train of 885 head of yeailings,
and the best went to killers at $4.” 75,
while the other end sold foi feeders at
$3.90. A good many range flocks of year—
lings started for hcre have been unload-
ed at pastures near by, and they will
show as soon as prices are satisfactory.
These hail from Texas, Arizona and
Washington. Sheep and lambs are much
lower than in recent years, and so are
cattle, as well as hogs, but hogs are sell-
ing about the same as a week ago, not-
withstanding the recent good supplies.
The outlook seems encouraging for both
cattle and matured hogs.

(‘attle have bet-n coming to market
rather freely for another week, but there
was a continued good general demand,
buying being more animated than a few
weeks ago, and prices for desirable of-
ferings had further fair advances. The
opening day saw a sale of 32 head of
fancy 1,564-lb. steers at $6.65, the highest
figure paid since the middle of April, and
the bulk of the steers sold during the
week brought $5.606v6.30, with choice
beeves going at $6.30 and upward, good
steers at $6 and over and common to fair
steers at 84.7560575. Fat yearlings sold
at 35575617650, while export cattle were
salable at $5.65@6.20. A good many cat-
tle on the commoner order were shipped
in prematurely on account of the short-
age of grass and water resulting from
the drouth in western Illinois, Missouri
adn southern Iowa. Buyers were par-
ticular as to quality and refused to pay
any advance on the ordinary cattle.
Cows and heifers were in good butcher
demand at $8. 30@6. 25. with cutters selling

JUNE 24,1911.

at $2. 80@3. 25, ,canners at $2@2. 75 and
bulls at $3@5. 65. Calves of the best
grade were still higher, being in strong
demand at $7. 25@8_. 75 per 100 lbs. while
the commoner lots sold at $3. 50@6. Milk-
ers and springers were in restricted de-
mand at $30@60 per head, the call being
principally for good milkers and good
backward springers. The stocker and
feeder trade was checked materially by
the inferior average quality of the offer-
ings, prices reaching still lower levels,
although the few prime cattle offered
sold extremely high. Stockers were
quotable at $3 .10Co5 40, feeders at $4. 75@
5. 60 and stock and feeder heifers at $3. 25
((04. 50. Missouri and the southwest have
been marketing a good many thin cattle
on the stocker order at Missouri river
points on account of dry pastures, and
there, as .well as here, farmers wanting a
cheap class of cattle for grazing can get
them at gr'eatly reduced terms, but not
many care for the kind, even at the low
figures at which they are offered.

Hogs have been marketed much more
liberally recently, both here and at Mis-'
souri river markets, as well as in the
east, the country taking advantage of
the cool weather to make shipments.
With no corresponding development of
the eastern shipping demand, it was im~
possible to prevent declines in prices,
and several breaks took place, the great
bulk of the hogs going above $6, although
by Thursday the sales were on a lower
basis. The provision trade continued ac-
tive on domestic and foreign account,
and stocks at last accounts were liberal,
the combined holdings June 1 at the five
principal western markets amounting to
299,473,000 lbs., compared with 286,100,000
lbswa month earlier and 171,170, 000 lbs.
a year ago. Butcher hogs wei hing from
200 to 230 lbs. were among t e highest
sellers, selling along with light bacon
hogs, while heavy packing hogs went at
the lowest figures, as usual, rough, heavy
sows arriving in increasing numbers.
Stags sold highest of all, and pigs con-
tinued good sellers, with strong-weight
pigs about as high as prime bacon hogs.
Hogs averaged well in quality, showing
good feeding.

Sheep and lambs have undergone some
severe declines in prices recently on ac-
count of the liberal offerings, and this
has led to checking the shipments to a.
considerable extent. Not only have sup—
plies here been heavy. but other markets
east and west have been glutted a good
deal of the time, causing declines all
through the list, but especially on the
poorly fattened offerings, which have
made up a large percentage of the re-
ceipts. The Chicago packers have been
receiving extremely large supplies of
southern spring lambs consigned direct
from Louisville, and fed stock, as well
as spring lambs, were shipped in freely
from the region around here, while
“’ashington and Arizona yearlings,
mainly on the feeder order, have shown
up at times in good numbers. Spring
lambs now comprise the bulk of the
lamb receipts, and nearly all of last
year‘s lambs are now yearlings. There
is still a good demand for feeders, and
available offerings sell readily.

Horses sold well or otherwise last week
according to whether they were desirable
in quality or inferior. The receipts un-
derwent an increase, and buyers for the
commoner kinds were few, so that prices
for such were weak. Some desirable
chunks that weighed around 1,000 lbs.
sold around $230, while good chunks that
weighed around 1,500 lbs. were in demand
at 55240017250. A fine team of farm
chunks went at $490. and choice draft
teams brought $575616001’lenty of horses
weie sold at $805150 per head.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

 

Dairy interests come strongly to the
front in June, the month of choice early
grass butter. There has been an ex-
tremely large demand for the best lots
of creamery butter to place in cold stor-
age, this industry having grown to enor-
mous proportions in recent years, and
recent purchases have resulted in an ad-
vance in prices. These upward turns
tend to check such speculative buying
temporarily, but on reactions the buying
is renewed on an active scale, and while
this demand is going on it is practically
impossible to buy any prime butter in the
retail groceries. Last year speculators
who had stocks of cold storage butter
and eggs suffered in many instances ser—
ious losses, the business having been ov-
erdone at a time when production was
unusually liberal. The recent hot weath-
er was unfavorable for placing eggs in
storage, as receipts arrived in many in—
stances in a heated condition.

There is all the time a strong demand
in the Chicago market for sheep and
lambs adapted for grazing and feeding.
The other day a sale was made of a
bunch of 675 good Texas feeder wethers
that averaged 92 lbs. at $3.50 per 100 lbs.
Feeder sheep and lambs look cheap when
prices are compared with those paid a.
year ago, recent sales having been made
about $1 per 1.00 lbs. lower than at that
time. .A great many stockmen lost money
in feeding sheep and lambs the past win-
tei and spring, and many of them are

'going to try their luck again, hoping for

better iesults Not long ago Washington
yearling feeders brought $4.50 in the Chi—
cago market, while feeding ewes have
sold as low as $3. The first range flocks
of the season to Show up in the Chicago
market hailed from “ashington, consist-
ing of yearlings that lacked flesh, and
most of them were just adapted for feed-
ers. the best going to killers at $5.

At a recent convention of cattlemen in
the northwest it was decided to reduce
the size of the herds in the future and
to improve the quality of the beef cattle.
it being the universal opinion that bet-
ter breeding, better feeding and better
general attention would pay well.

 

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JUNE 21, 1911.

THIS IS 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
paper early than they do for Thursdays
Detroit Live Stock market report. You
may have any edition desired. Subscrib-
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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday’s Market.
June 15, 1911.
Cattle.

Receipts, 912. Bulls and common cow
stuff 256v40c lower; other grades 10@2OC
lower.

We quote: Best steers and heifers, $5.50
((05.60; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200,
$5605.50; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000.
$475605; grass steers and heifers that
are fat, 800 to 1,000, $4.50@4.75; steers
and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $3.50

604.50; choice fat cows, $4.50; good fat

cows, $4614.25; common cows, $3.50@3.75;
canners, $2.50@2.75; choice heavy bulls,
$4604.25; fair to good bolognas, bulls, $3.75
604; stock bulls, 5535060375; choice feed—
ing steers, 800 to 1,000, $4.50@5; fair feed-
ing steers, 800 to 1,000, $461425; choice
stockers, 500 to 700, $4@4.50; fair stock-
ers, 500 to 700, $3.50@4; stock heifers,
$3.50604.25; milkers, large, young, medi-
um age, $40@50; common milkers, $25
6035.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Newton B. Co. 1
cow weighing 1,260 at $4, 2 do av 1,375 at
$4.75; to Johnston 3 do av 720 at $3.50,
1 do weighing 700 at $3.50; to Breitenbeck
1 bull weighing 1,170 at $4.25; to Parker,
\V. & Co. 2 do av 1.015 at $4.50, 1 do
weighing 820 at $4, 2 do av 1,370 at $4.50;
to (loose 1 cow weighing 890 at $3.25, 2
do av 1,110 at $4, 1 do weighing 1,130 at
$3.75, 2 do av 875 at $3; to Kamman 3
butchers av 1,013 at $5.10; to Austin 2
steers av 1,075 at $4.75; to Bresnahan
8 steers and heifers av 562 at $4.25, 15
butchers av 623 at $4.15; to Kamman B.
Co. 2 cows av 865 at $4.25, 3 steers av
857 at $5; to Mich. E. Co. 26 butchers
av 848 at $5.20; to Jackson 3 cows av
880 at $3.60.

Roe Com. Co. sold Rattkowsky 4 cows
av 1,132 at $4.15; to Fry 3 butchers av
783 at $4.65, 4 do av 732 at $4.65, 6 do
av 723 at $4.65; to Hammond, S. & Co. 2
do av 1,015 at $2.75, 10 do av 892 at
$4.25; to Newton B. Co. 3 do av 716 at
$4.25, 10 do av 920 at $5.25, 1 steer weigh-
ing 1,400 at $6, 15 do av 1,140 at $5.85, 2
do av 1,135 at $5, 1 bull weighing 1,100
at $4; to Sullivan P. Co. 5 butchers av
790 at $5, 1 steer weighing 1,180 at $5.50;
to Mich. B. Co. 3 butchers av 1,107 at
$4.50; to Newton B. Co. 13 do av 520 at
$3.75, 9 steers av 974 at $5.75.

Haley & M. sold Newton B Co. 6 cows
av 1,663 at $3.90, 3 do av 1,150 at $4.40;
to Regan 1 steer weighing 600 at $4.50;
to Bresnahan 2 heifers av 485 at $4.25;
to Breitenbeck 1 steer weighing 880 at
$5.25, 15 do av 925 at $5.40, 2 bulls av
1,350 at $4.50; to Johnson 4 stockers av
565 at $4.10, 1 cow weighing 800 at $3.60;
to Regan 1 bull weighing 450 at $3.50; to
Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows av 785 at $3, 2
hulls av 615 at $3.50, 7 cows av 1,006 at
$4.10, 1 bull weighing 870 at $3.25, 2 do
av 1,420 at $4.10, 3 steers av 1,070 at
$5.50, 1 bull weighing 1,200 at $4.30; to
ltattkowsky 1 cow weighing 700 at $3, 2
do av 940 at $4; to Regan 2 heifers av
510 at $4; to Parker, W. & Co. 1 bull
weighing 1,200 at $4.25; to Thompson
Bros. 1 do weighing 1,320 at $4.30, 1 do
weighing 620 at $3.50.

Spicer & R. sold Regan 5 butchers av
626 at $4.50; to Bresnahan 1 cow weighing
1,020 at $3.60, 4 butchers av 585 at $3.75,
2 do av 610 at $4; to Mich. B. Co. 27 do
av 880 at $4.85, 9 do av 872 at $5, 4 do
av 620 at $4.50, 2 cows av 970 at $3.75,
4 do av 788 at $2.50, 2 do av 915 at $3.50,
2 do av 850 at $4, 1 do weighing 980 at
$4.50, 5 bulls av 920 at $4, 3 do av 816 at
$4, 4 steers av 885 at $5.25, 4 do av 695
at $4.65, 4 do av 767 at $4.65; to Laboe
1 bull weighing 1,430 at $4.25, 1 do
weighing 1,100 at $4.15, 1 do weighing
1,160 at $4.15, 1 do weighing 900 at $4.15,
2 do av 1,000 at $4.15, 3 do av 1,200 at
$4.25, 2 do av 915 at $4; to Fry 2 steers
av 800 at $4.75, 3 do av 960 at $5.50, 4
do av 780 at $4.75, 4 do av 720 at $4.75;
to Lachalt 2 cows av 1,000 at $4.50; to
Bresnahan 3 heifers av 726 at $4.85, 2
do av 575 at $4.85, 4 butchers av 655 at
$3.50; to B. S. & Co. 4 stockers av 390
at $3.25, 3 do av 733 at $4.50, 4 cows av
837 at $4.25.

Sandall sold Parker, W. & Co. 5 bulls
av 956 at $4.

Sharp sold Kamman B. Co. 2 cows av
965 at $3.25, 3 butchers av 826 at $4.90.

Sandall & T. sold Mich. B. Co. 19 steers
av 900 at $5.

Veal Calves.

Receipts, 1,153. Market strong at Wed-
nesday's prices; 25c higher than last
week. Best, $750608; others, $4@7; milch
cows and springers steady.

Roe Corn. Co. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 12 av 153 at $8, 7 av 113 at $6; to
Sullivan P. Co. 17 av 150'at $7.50, 5 av
111 at $6; to Hammond, S. & Co. 3 av
125 at $6, 21 av 140 at $7.50.

Haley & M. sold Thompson Bros. 14 av
150 at $7.75, 9 av 145 at $7.50; to Ratt-
kowsky 7 av 150 at $7.75; to Mich. B. CO.
2 av 225 at $6, 9 av 145 at $7.50; to Burn-
stine 3 av 120 at $6, 12 av 160 at $8, 7 av
155 at $8, 11 av 170 at $8; to Parker, W.
& Co. 25 av 150 at $7.75, 11 av 170 at $8.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Goose 8 av 125
at $7, 1 weighing 280 at $4: to Mich. B.
Co. 31 av 150 at $7.50: to Newton B. Co.
21 av 150 at $7.75; to Parker, W. & Co.
7 av 160 at $8, 8 av 150 at $7.75; to Bray
2 av 170 at $8; to Newton B. Co. 4 av
155 at $7.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 12

.THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

av 150 at $8, 2 av 160 at $6, 4 av 120 at
$75, 16 av 155 at $8, 19 av 145 at $7.50, 3
av 150 at $8; to Nagle P. Co. 10 av 144
at $6, .8 .av 125 at $7.50, 12 av 145 at
$7.75, 8 av 150 at $8, 27 av 170 at $8, 8 av
150 at $7.50; to Mich. B. Co. 5 av 160 at
$8, 6 av 150 at $8, 8 av 130 at $8; to
Hammond, S. & Co. 5 av 120 at $6, 13 av
155 at $8, 12 av 150 at $7.75; to Nagle P.
Co. 33 av 130 at $6.50,- to Sullivan P. Co.
3 av 160 at $7.75; to Parker, W. & Co.
15 av 150 at $7.50.

Spicer & R. sold Goose 2 av 185 at $5,
10 av 159 at $7.50; to Sullivan 1’. Co. 8
av 150 at $7, 11 av 155 at $7.50, 11 av 157
at $7.75, 3 av 160 at $8, 2 av 135 at $8,
6 av 150 at $8, 5 av 160 at $7.50, 5 av 125
at $6.50, 3 av 145 at $6; to Patrowsky 12
av 150 at $8; to Goose 10 av 159 at $7.50;
to Bray 3 av 180 at $7.75, 68 av 150 at
$7.50, 5 av 125 at $6.50.

Sharp sold Mich. B. Co. 23 at $7.75.

Sandall S; T. sold Hammond, S. & Co.
3 av 120 at $6.50, 12 av 150 at $7.75.

Johnson sold Goose 14 av 140 at $7.25.

Weeks sold same 14 av 150 at $7.75, 3
av 170 at $7.75.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts, 1,875. Market 50@75c lower
than last' week on all kinds. Quotations
are for spring lambs. Best lambs, $7;
fair to good lambs, $5.50@6.50; light to
common lambs, $450605; yearlings, $6;
fair to good sheep, $3603.50; culls and
common, $2603; grass yearlings, $4.50@
5.50; heavy fat sheep, $3603.25.

Spicer & R. sold Barlage 11 lambs av
88 at $6, 12 do av 48 at $6, 6 sheep av 88
at $3; to Sullivan P. Co. 21 lambs av 63
at $7.25.

Johnson sold Mich. B. Co. 9 sheep av
115 at $3.50, 11 lambs av 87 at $5.

Same sold Thompson 18 lambs av 55
at $6.10.

Haley & M. sold Barlage 43 lambs av
63 at $6.50, 15 sheep av 80 at $3, 24
lambs av 75 at $4.50: to Mich. B. Co. 55
lambs av 105 at $6.

Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. R. Co. 5 sheep
av 125 at $3.25, 1 buck weighing 170 at
$3; to Thompson Bros. 11 sheep av 100
at $3.25; to Mich. B. Co. 11 lambs av
79 at $5.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 9
lambs av 78 at $5.50, 11 do av 76 at $6.25,
4 sheep av 110 at $3.50, 58 lambs av 63
at $7.50, 21 do av 70 at $6.25, 22 do av
80 at $6.50, 11 sheep av 120 at $3.50, 5 do
av 111 at $3.50, 51 lambs av 78 at $6; to
Thompson Bros. 6 sheep av 155 at $2.50,
3 do av 100 at $2, 12 do av 150 at $2.50,
15 lambs av 45 at $4.50; to Parker, “7. &
C0. 12 sheep av 105 at $3.50, 29 do av 95
at $3.50; to Mich. B. CO. 31 lambs av 95
at $5.75, 26 do av 78 at $5, 33 sheep av
125 at $3.25, 10 do av 122 at $3, 23 lambs
av 85 at $4, 22 sheep av 95 at $3.75, 16 do
av 100 at $4; to Newton B. Co. 21, lambs
av 65 at $7; to F‘itpatrick Bros. 32 sheep
av 80 at $3, 41 do av 70 at $3.50, 7 do av
78 at $2.50.

Hogs.

Receipts, 5,106. None sold at noon.
Will be about the same as on YVednes-
day.

Range of prices: Light to good butcli-
ers, 5561060615; pigs, $6606.05; light york-
ers, 5561060615; heavy, $6.10.

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 131
av 180 at $6.10, 475 av 200 at $6.15.

Haley & M. sold same 460 av 180 at

Spicer & R. sold Hammond, S. & Co.
1,045 av 190 at $6.15.

Bishop. B. & H. sold Parker, W. &
Co. 2,350 av 175 at $6.15, 315 av 150 at
$6.10.

Friday’s Market.
June 16, 1911.

Cattle.
Receipts this week, 1,974; last week,
1,130. Market steady at Thursday’s
prices.

We quote: Best steers and heifers,
$5.85; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200,
$5.25@5.50; steers and heifers, 800 to
1,000, $4.50604.75; grass steers and heif—
ers that are fat, 800 to 1,000, $4.50@4.75;
do. that are fat, 500 to 700, $4@4.50;
choice fat cows, $4.50: good fat cows,
$3.756L‘4 25; common cows, $3603.50; can-
ners, $2.50@2.75; choice heavy bulls, $461)
4.25; fair to good bolognas, bulls, 33.5060
4; stock bulls, $3603.75; choice feeding
steers, 800 to 1.000, $4.50@5; fair feeding
steers, 800 to 1,000, $4604.25; choice stock-
ers,'500 to 700, $4604.50; fair stockers,

500 to 700, $350604; stock heifers, $3.25@1

3.50; milkers, large, young, medium age,
$106045; common milkers, $206035.
Veal Calves.

Receipts this week, 1,283; last week,
1,482. Market active and 50c60$1 higher
than on Thursday. Best, $850609; others
$11608; inilch cows and springers dull.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts this week, 2,004; last week,
2,191. Market steady at Thursday's
prices. Best lambs, $7607.25; fair to good
lambs, $5.50606.50; light to common lambs
$450605; yearlings, $5.50@6; fair to good
sheep, $3603.50; culls and common, $1.50
602.75.

, Hogs.

Receipts this week, 6,099; last week,
6,088. Market 50 higher than on Thurs-
day. Range of prices: Light to good
butchers, $6.20; pigs, $6.10; light yorkers,
$6.20; heavy, $6.10@6.15.

 

The large marketing of matured hogs
at Chicago and other western points in
recent weeks has been a good deal of a
surprise to the trade, and the decline in
prices has exceeded most expectations.
Th last crop of hogs was evidently a
larger one than was supposed, and by
making the swine much heavier than in
recent years, owners have further in-
creased the pork supply materially.
Farmers are naturally a good deal disap-
pointed over the fall in prices, but there
is no reason for becoming frightened into
marketing young hogs prematurely.
Healthy, growing hogs should be made to
weigh at least 225 lbs. before selling on

the market, and it is well to avoid the 1

Monday market when shipping consign-
ments to Chicago, that being on an av-
erage a day of excessive receipts and
lower prices. Country shippers have ac-
quired the habit of furnishing unduly
large supplies of both cattle and hogs for
the Chicago market Mondays.

GENERAL REVIEW OF CROP CONDI-
TIONS.

 

The month of May was not, on the
whole, very favorable for crop growth,
drouthy conditions having prevailed over
a great portion of the United States. In
consequence the average condition of
crop growth in the United States on June
1 was 2.8 per cent below the average con-
dition on that date. Some relief from the
unfavorable conditions came at the close
of May and first part of June.

A comparison of the conditions of var-
ious crops on June 1, with their average
growing condition on June 1 of recent
years (past ten years for most crops) is
shown as follows (100 representing av—
erage conditions and not normal):

Cotton, 108.5; sugar beets, 103.2; apples,
102.5; raspberries, 101.8; spring wheat,
101.1; watei'iiiclons, 100.6.

Pears, 99.7; cantaloupes, 99.6: black
berries, 99.5; sugar cane, 99.5; barley, 99.2;
winter wheat, 98.5; rye, 98.2; oats, 96.9:
alfalfa, 96.1; onions, 95.5; lima beans,
92.5; cabbage, 91.0; pastures, 90.2; hemp.
89.0; clover hay, 84.6; all hay, 85.1;
peaches, 83.5.

The above figures relate only to rela—
tive growing conditions. not taking into
account changes in acreages.

Taking into account both acreage and
condition, indications are for about 9.9
per cent larger wheat crop than was pro-
duced last year, and 10.2 per cent larger
than the average of the past five years;
oats crop 13.3 per cent less than last
year but 4.8 per cent more than the av-

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8 per cent more than last year, and.
5.3 per cent more than the five—year av-
erage. Total areas have not been esti-I
mated for the other crops, except that the‘
rye area planted is about 1.2 per cent
less than last year. Clover (for hay)
acreage 6.3 per cent less and sugar cane
acreage 0.4 per cent more than last year.
The average condition of all crops, by
states, on June 1, was approximately as
follows, 100 indicating the average (not
normal) for recent years on June 1.
Maine, 93.7; New Hampshire, 84.2; Ver-
mont, 89.0; Massachusetts, 82.3; Rhode
Island, 86.2; Connecticut, 79.0; New York,
83.9; New Jersey, 81.6; Pennsylvania, 88.1.
Average for above division 86.2; condition
compared with .lune 1, 1910, 87.0 per cent.
Delaware, 81.1; Maryland, 84.7; Vir-
ginia, 85.3; \\'est Virginia, 80.2; North
Carolina, 97.2; South Carolina, 98.0; Geor-
gia, 109.]; Florida, 108.8. Average for
above division 98.7 per cent; condition
compared with June 1, 1910, 98.0 per cent.
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for division, 93.6 per cent; compared with
June 1, 1910, 96.7 per cent.

Minnesota, 102.6; Iowa, 101.2; Missouri,
86.6; North Dakota, 100.6; South Dakota,
96.5; Nebraska, 98.7; Kansas, 85.3. Av-
erage for division 95.9 per cent; compared
with June 1, 1910, 102.0 per cent.

Kentucky, 93.4; Tennessee, 95.1; Ala-
bama, 111.3; Mississippi, 106.2; Louisiana,
110.8; Texas, 107.7; Oklahoma, 85.4; Ar—
kansas, 104.6. Average for division 102.2
per cent; compared with June 1, 1910,
100.2 per cent.

Montana, 1003; \Vyoming, 97.7; Colo-
rado, 88.4; New Mexico, 111.4; Arizona,
107.1; Utah, 95.8; Nevada, 93.3; Idaho,
102.3: XVashington, 103.1; Oregon, 103.2;;
California, 96.3. Average for division 99.1;
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THINNING FR’UIT.

 

 

 

 

 

.Now that the season has favored us
so bountifully with a full set of most
kinds of fruit it will be necessary for us
to do our part and prevent all of it being
small and the trees so weakened that we
can expect only a light crop next season,
by thinning out the fruit.

Probably the first crop that will be
ready for thinning is the peach crop,
closely followed by plums and early ap-
ples, after which will come the fall and
winter varieties. Peaches are ready to
begin thinning soon after the husk, or
bloom surrounding the young peach, falls,
or as soon as it attains the size of a
common chestnut. The operation must
be left to the judgment of the operator,
but if there is a full crop it is not likely
that it will be done too severely. The
tendency. especially among the amateurs,
is the other way. The peaches look to be
plenty thin tittuzgh because they are so
small. iv” If we could see the tree ‘With

 

this lot: d and compare it with
one wh‘ ~.. -.. en well thinned and ma-
tured ‘-

 

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as with apples, the
first thing :5 2.; . of?" all small, imper-
fect fruit. and the next is to thin that
which remains st: 171121 the tree can ma-
ture the load ea“ and it will be well
distributed titrmtp‘uou: the tree, and so
no fruits will touch each other. The dis-
tance apart to leave the fruits on a
branch will vary with the distribution of
the crop on the tree. the age of the
tree, its vigor, and other things. ln gen—
eral, the younger the tree the more thin-
ning it should have if it sets a full crop.
as a real young tree should not be al-
lowed to overhear. .-\s a rule, peaches
may be thinned to from four to six
inches on a branch, and left so there will
be no clusters. Each fruit will then be
from forr to six inches from its neigh-
bor. If the tree was set full when thin-
ning begins it may be possible to remove
three-fourths of the fruit and still leave
all the tree can grow to a profitable
market size, and there will probably be as
many bushels harvested as there would
have been had the fruit not been thinned.
Each bushel will certainly command a
much better price.

Plums are not' thinned by the ordinary
farmer or 'small grower as much as
peaches, but they need it, none the less.
If the plums are properly thinned the rot
is much more easily controlled, and the
plums will be larger and more even in
size. It will also be less impoverishing
to the tree. as there will be many less
pits to grow, and the growing of pits is
much more drawing on the nourishment
of the tree and soil than the growing of
surplus flesh on fewer pits. it is size
and quality of flesh we want and not
pits, and we can secure, this end by
proper thinning. The flesh being mostly
water does not draw seriously on the
tree's nourishment.

Apples have not been extensively thin—
ned up to a few years ago, but the prac-
tice is now becoming quite the rttle
among the best growers. They find from
actual experience that it pays and pays
well. This season some varieties will be
in especial need of thinning, as the sea—
son during blooming was so favorable
for pollination that many varieties set
more fruit than they can grow well. This
is especially true of most of the early
varieties, and these are generally in need
of thinning more than the winter ones.
Transparent, Duchess, Astrakhan, \I'eal—
thy, etc., are quite likely to give a full
set of frttit every second year, and ex-
periments have shown that as many
bushels of much larger and better fruit
will be secured if they are thinned.

The operation is performed much the
same as with peaches, the small imper-
fect, and diseased fruit being removed
from the branch first, then if necessary,
enough of the other fruits removed so
they will be at least six inches apart on
an average on the branch. In general, it
is best to remove all but one of a pair or
cluster, though there may be exceptions
to this. For instance, if all the fruit, or
most of it, is in clusters and the clusters
are some distance apart, it may be best
to leave two or even three in a cluster.
Usually, however, there are many more
imperfect apples among those that clus-
ter or touch, and worms are much more
likely to enter at this place. We have
found that an ordinary apple tree can be
thinned at a cost of from 25 to 50 cents

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

apiece. which makes the expense more
moderate than many presume.
Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.

SAVE THE FRUIT TREES.

 

The San Jose scale is working on many
of the trees, especially apple, peach and
plum in Southern Michigan and have in-
jured them to such an extent that all of
the smaller branches have been killed.
The trunks and larger branches are still
vigorous and are sending up strong, heal—
thy shoots. If the dead portions are cut
away and the remainder of the tree
sprayed with lime-sulphur solution about
the first of July, it will be possible to
save the trees.

At that time the young scales have
appeared and can be readily killed by the
use of commercial lime-sulphur solution
if used at the rate of one part to 30 of
water. \l’henever possible to spray the
trtmks and larger branches with a strong
solution, 1-12, without getting it upon the
leaves or new growth, this should be
done.

In the case of peach trees the applica-
tion to the new shoots should not be
stronger than 1-80, but stronger mix-
tures can be used upon the branches.

If the trees are handled in this way
the injury from the scale may prove a
blessing as the scale can be easily con-
trolled and if the trees are cut' back a.
new head will be formed which will
practically renew them.

Persons who have trees apparently dy—
ing from some unknown cause are urged
to send specimens of the bark from the

two—year-old branches to the under-
signed.
Agril, College. L. R. TAFT.

 

MULCH MATERIAL.

 

This seems to be a rather strange time
to be talking about getting a mulch
ready for strawberries. “‘6 have tried
several different things for this mulching
and have something yet to learn, as is
the case with any other crop or prac-
tice.

That a covering of straw or something
is needed to prevent the strawberries
from becoming dirty or sandy from ev-
ery rain when the picking season is on,
is acknowledged by every person who
produces berries for sale. This year we
have used a crop of oats sown between
the rows during the fall. It will depend
somewhat upon the fertility of the soil
and on the season as to the amount of
success you might have with this method
of making a. mulch. Last year we put
this strawberry patch by about August
10, and no further working was done by
the horses after that. \i’hcn the last
cultivation was made there we sowed
clean oat seed between the rows of ber-
ries. The rate would be hard to give
because we only sowed between the rows.
But where we sowed the oats they
seemed to be about as thick as when
sowed for the regular crop.

After this there was little to be done
to the patch other than go through oc-
casionally and get out whatever stray

.weeds might be found loose. This in

itself makes a considerable saving of
labor and time in care, especially if the
field is large.

The oats were sown by hand, of course,
and cultivated into the soil by a one-
horse rig. Naturally the most oats would
fall between the rows. This was what
was wanted since it is between the rows
that the straw is needed. As an experi»-
ment we sowed a parcel of the patch
twice as thick but found that the growth
was too heavy. It seemed to be a
hindrance to the growth of the plants
and where the stalks fell over it killed
out some of the strawberries.

In some cases this method might not
be as successful as the straw put on in
the winter. That would depend upon the
fertility of the patch and how much
growth had been made before sowing the
oats. With us there was no trouble of
this sort since there was plenty of plant
growth at the time of sowing.

It will pay to experiment a little with
this for the coming year, using different
amounts of seed and then you can see

for yourself.
Ohio. R. E. ROGERS.

 

TOMATO CULTURE SUGGESTIONS.

 

By staking tomatoes we mean nothing
more than growing the plants to one,
two or three stems or branches, instead
of permitting them to become low bushes
and drop all over the ground, with con-
sequent danger of rotting. of fruit and
probability of late ripening. Where to-
mato plants are staked—that is, fastened

.where tomatoes are grown for

to upright sticks, clean cultivation is‘

possible between the rows and the sun-
light coming in ripens the fruit much
earlier, not to mention the fact that
there its an absence of dirt on the bright
red vegetable when shipped to market,
meaning better prices. To make the
plant grow to one,‘ two or three stems,
it is necessary to pinch off at regular
intervals all the little shoots that ap-
pear as the plant matures, so that the
strength is forced not into half a hun-
dred branches, but into the main arteries
and thence into the fruit, which will be
larger and jucier.

\Yhere tomatoes are grown in a shel-
tered locality or in a. garden close to the
house, where the wind can not jar the
plants or insects, in their search for
food, can not pollinate the flowers, it
may be necessary to resort to artificial
or hand pollination. .-\ satisfactory way
to do this, as recommended by the de-
partment of agriculture, is to use a
watch glass, embedded in putty, at the
end of a handle composed of a light ma-
terial, preferably white pine, which shall
be 12 or 18 inches long. With this in the
left hand, and with a light pine stick of
equal length in the right hand, pass
along the plants tapping each open flow—
er lightly with the wand, at the same
time holding the watch glass under the
flowers to catch the pollen. Before re-
moving the watch glass from this posi-
tion lift it sufficiently to cause the stigma
of the flower to dip into the pollen con-
tained in the glass.

Of course, staking is not to be recom-
mended for those that grow tomatoes
for the cannery, but instead is only prof-
itable where one caters to the fancy
trade or desires to grow a few choice
specimens. Anyway, there is plenty of
amusement, if not instruction, in making
a test on a small scale. In the south
early mar-
ket, staking is quite common over large
fields many acres in extent.

HANDLING THE SURPLUS PRODUCT.

In harmony with that progressive Am-
erican spirit which keeps a constant eye
upon the future, the bumper fruit crop
that is being promised for the season
now on, is already attracting the atten—
tion of those who are concerned in the
care of the surplus production. I'nless
the crop is damaged in some manner by
the elements an unusual crop will result.
This means that there will be a large
amount of cull apples, especially from the
orchards where spraying is not done sys-
tematically and thoroughly. Those who
have cider presses and do their own and
custom grinding are preparing to meet
the demand upon them by getting their
machinery in order. Many are purchas-
ing new machines and still others are
enlarging their plants so that they can
manufacture not only cider but make,
in connection therewith, many other pro-
ducts, such as apple-butter, jellies, boiled
cider, cider beverages and cider vinegar.
That such an instiution is a great saving
to a community is'a matter beyond
question, since it conserves to the wealth
thereof nearly its full outpttt, for the
fruit taken to the. mill is, if not so dis-
posed of, allowed to remain on the
ground and rot. It is further to be com—
mended upon the ground that the deli-
cacies provided for the table dttring the
winter months aids greatly in giving to
the meals variety as well as quality.

“'ayne Co. C. T. B.

That "eternal vigilance is the price of
success" is certainly an undisputed fact
and it is as clearly proven in fruit cul—
ture as in any other industry. The
watchful, careful worker will reap the
reward of his labors, while the sluggard
will declare there is no money in fruit
growing.

BOOK NOTICE.

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Ohio street, Bellevue, Ohio, send an in-
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The numerous advantages of Ohio hay
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JUNE 24; 1911.

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

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Woman and Her Needs.

At Home and Elsewhere.

 

 

Why Some Mothers Can Not Exact Obedience.

whined the mother of a. sturdy four-

year old, who had just ran pell mell
into the street in spite of having been
told to stay in the house, “He doesn't
pay the least attention to anything I
say." And then She turned to her work,
leaving Robert to stay in the street
where he had been forbidden to go.

The scene at the dinner table later was
a. painful one. Robert decided that a
spoon was a superfluous article, and
“shoveled” most of his food into his
mouth with his fingers. His mother,
flushed and embarrassed, “Deared” and
“Darlinged” and told him gentlemen
didn’t eat that way, and she didn‘t know
what his father would say. As a climax
to the orgy, Robert picked up a generous
slice of bread and demanded that it be
dipped in the gravy on the meat platter.
The mother refused to obey little Bob-
by’s demand. He howled and she plead-
ed, but still stuck to her colors. It looked
as though she really was going to win
out on one point, when grandma inter-
fered.

“Oh, give it to him if he wants it, his
father isn’t here,” she exclaimed. “Any-
thing is better than his crying." So
Bobby got his bread, with which he at
once left the table, dripping bits of suet
as he went. And once more he had
demonstrated that a. good lively boy with
strong lungs and the disposition to exer-
cise them in lusty screeches can bulldoze
two grownup women.

The mother again sighed as he left the
table. “I don’t know what's going to be
done,” she said. “I simply can't make
him mind. His father has only to speak
to him, but I can talk and talk and it
doesn‘t do a. bit of good."

“Because he knows his father means
what he says," I couldn't help but re-
mark. “And he knows that you will give
up if he makes fuss enough."

I can‘t do anything with my Robert,"

But as usual, I had said too much, and
a. dignified turning of the conversation
by my hostess was my only thanks for a
bit of free advice.

All the same, the secret of good disci-
pline lies in that one thing, to mean ex-
actly what you say, and stick to it. Obe-
dience or disobedience are habits, and
good habits are easily formed if one only
takes the pains. The only thing neces-
sary is infinite patience. A child will not
learn to obey of himself, he must be taught.
If you tell him to do a. thing, be it never
so unimportant, see that he does it, if
you have to take a. half day to secure
obedience. And make this your hard and
fast rule. Don't be strict and particular
today, and tomorrow let the children do
as they please. It may mean hard work
for the first two or three years, but if
you determine to win out, the child will
learn in time that it is really better to
do as he is told than to disobey, and
your troubles will be over.

That is why so many mothers can not
control their children. They give up,
because at the moment it is easier to
give up than it is to stick it out and
exact obedience. The child learns at
once that his mother isn't as strong as
he is when it comes to a contest of wills
and the mischief is done. Let them
know from their earliest moments that
screaming isn‘t going to get them the
thing they want if you think it isn’t good
for them. and in time they will cease to
fight and scream. As one wise little
mother puts it,

”To secure a well behaved child means
keeping constantly at them for the first
five years, but after that, you can begin
to take comfort."

Do not make the mistake of thinking
“Keeping at them” means nagging. It
means constant watchfulness, wise super-
vision, patience and firmness, but above
all, love. DEBORAH.

 

THE SUNDAY DINNER.

Green Pea Soup
Roast Veal with Dressing
Delmonico Potatoes Stewed Cucumbers
Vi'atercress Salad
Cherry and Apple Dessert

Green Pea Soup—One quart of shelled
peas, two cupfuls of milk, two table-
spoonfuls of butter and one of flour, one-
half teaspoonful each of salt and white
sugar, and half as much white pepper,
one quart of boiling water. Vi'ash the
pods well when you have shelled the
peas and put the pods over the fire in
the boiling water, cook fifteen minutes,
strain and press the softened pods into
the water and return to the fire with the
raw peas. Cook until soft, when run
through your vegetable press back into
the saucepan with the water. Have
ready a. sauce made by heating the but—
ter and stirring into it in the frying pan
the flour. Have the milk hot in another
vessel, add the sauce, cook two minutes.
Season the pea broth and pour into the
tureen. Stir in the thickened milk and
serve, pouring upon croutons of fried
bread.

Roast Veal—Remove bones from the
meat and fill the cavity with dressing
made of two cups of bread crumbs, one-
half cup of chopped pork, seasoned with
lemon juice, sage and pepper. Follow the
directions for roasting beef. allowing
more time, as veal needs to be well
cooked.

Delmonico Potatoes—Mix diced pota-
toes with white saiuce. pour into a but-
tered baking dish, sprinkle with grated
cheese and bake 15 minutes in a hot
oven.

Stewed Cucumbers—Pare cucumbers
and cut in thick slices. Stew 15 minutes
with a. small onion, minced, drain, finish
with a. white sauce and serve.

Watercress Salad—Wash crass and
drain well, chop a green onion, two rad—
ishes, one spoonful grated horseradish,
and a few leaves of lettuce: season with
salt and pepper and plenty of oil and
vinegar. This makes a crisp salad.

Cherry and Apple Dessert—Pare, core
and cook the apples until clear, in a. sy—
rup made of two cups of water, two cup-

fuls sugar, one slice of lemon, half a
finger of stick cinnamon and 10 cloves.
\l'hen cold fill the centers with cherries,
put a large spoonful of whipped cream
on top, surmounted by a cherry.

LETTER BOX.

 

The Rug Question Again.

During the spring of 1910 I paraphrased
Hamlet—debating, whetherifl
“To have a rug or not to have a. rug
That is the question;

Whether it is nobler to endure the dust
and

Dirt in crevices and corners

Or take arms against a sea of troubles

And through polished floors to end them."

I finally decided in favor of the rug
and had one made that came within nine
inches of the base all around the room.

Not wishing to go to the expense of
hardwood floors, we purchased linoleum
that is a good representation of wood,
and as it is fitted nicely with corners
mitered. it answers every purpose. After
a year’s trial I am in favor of rugs in all
rooms.

Now I sweep the rug with the carpet—
sweeper, and with dry, soft cloth on a
long handle purposely made for the work,
can soon wipe the margin and the room
is clean. The bookcases and heavy fur-
niture that stand near the wall, can be
dusted beneath with no trouble and the
heavy work of moving them is elim-
inated.

I can not understand why it is neces-
sary to take a rug out of doors to be
cleaned every two or three weeks, if it
is possible to allow a carpet to remain
on the floor six months, or possibly a
year. If a. few moments care every day
is put upon a room that has a rug cov-
ering and the rug be taken out every
four months and thoroughly cleaned the
room will be in a better state of clean-
liness, with less trouble than the same
room carpeted. The advent of the vacu-
um cleaner will exclude even the neces-
sity of removing a rug oftener than twice
a year, and one has the consciousness of
a room always clean, even to the re-
motest corner. .

I am not an advocate of wide margins

In. Summer—

When the body needs
but little food, that little
should be appetizing and
nourishing.

Then about the best
and most convenient thing
one can have handy is a

package of

Post
Toasties

This food is fully cook-
ed—crisp, delicious and
ready to serve direct from
the package.

Post Toasties with fresh
strawberries and cream are
hard to beat.

“The Memory Lingers”
Sold by Grocers.

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if your dealer does not carry Serpentine Crépe
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Watch for Bargain No. 2 Next Week.

 


662 (M)
of bare floor, that makes a room look
cheerless in winter, but a narrow show-
ing of clean floor outlining a neat rug
makes a room attractive at all times,
and the trouble of keeping it so is
greatly reduced from the old way.

And at house cleaning time the lame
backs, bruised knees, and battered fin-
gers are a forgotten quantity and 'life is
made a continual well-spring of delight.
—A Subscriber.

Make Life Easy.

Dear Editorz—lt was interesting to me
to hear the real opinions of hardwood
floors by those who have cared for them.
Now, if we could remember that what. is
hard for the mistress is also hard for the
maid and in our building and planning
our work keep the golden rule in mind,
it would go far toward solving the “help
question.

If we tell of our mistakes it may help
someone else. For myself, I have a new
house, built by a contractor. an honest
man who took a pride in good work, and
did mdre than I expected and more than
I wish he had, when I clean the dust
from the base boards of yellow pine in
the kitchen. It is beautifully glossy, but
the grooves or creases are much more
work than a plain base. and do not look
any better even when they are clean, and
they seldom are.

I was in a hospital not long ago and
noticed the woodwork there. The base
was plain, with a slant on the upper edge,
and it looked all neat and easily
cleaned that it impressed me it was just
the way it ought to be in our most used

50

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘

reach the corner squares they are car-
ried diagonally across the space, as in the
illustration, and additional threads are
thrown across from corner to corner,
thus making 32 threads around the four
sides, eight from each.

After the filling threads have been
properly placed the weaving may be plan—
ned as one likes, the pattern shown being
a good one where substantial work is
desired. Between the clusters where the
threads cross in the open square small
figures are placed like the one which ad—
joins the open corner square. The side
arms are woven over three threads, the
central one and one from either side.
The outward branching arms are over
the four remaining threads at each side,
the weaving covering about the same dis-
tance as that on the other arms, and
then continuing over the two central
threads only for a short space farther.
These devices alternate with the more
complicated ones placed on the clusters
and their crossing threads. For this de-
vice weave on the three central threads
which project toward the open corner
square as far as the adjoining cluster
will permit. Run the thread back through
the weaving to center, and weave on the
same threads in the oposite direction,
but only half as far. Now weave small
blocks at either side, using the outer one
of the trio and the one adjoining which
has not previously been employed. An-
other short distance is then covered on
the three central threads alone.

This leaves the outbranching groups
and threads, each section from the cen—

 

 

 

new i ‘ “

’w)‘

 

 

 

 

Drawn Work Design.

rooms, at‘least. The window and door
casings were to correspond with no pro-
jections to gather or hold dust.

And Mr. Lillie’s advice to make the
old house comfortable instead of building
a. new one with a burden of debt is good
indeed. Of course, it cannot be done in
all cases, but if the truth were told there
is many a family that would‘ have had
more real happiness in the old home, with
freedom from the grind of debt and with
a. chance for an occasional trip for pleas-
ure or sight-seeing.——O. M.

PATTERN FOR DRAWN WORK BOR-
DER.

 

BY MAE Y. MAHAF‘FY.

in the drawn work border illustrated
it is necessary to draw threads for an
inch and three-quarters for the width,
the same pattern being available for
straight border work or for a. border with
corners. if corners are made, suitable
devices may be filled in the open squares,
one rather pretty one being shown.

One portion of this border is left 11n-
woven, so that the method of laying the
filling threads will be clear. One of these
threads is used through the center, after
the edges are hcmstitched into groups
parallel with each other, gathering every
six of these groups into a cluster. Three
other threads are used on either side,
criss-crossing back and forth, first be-
tween two of the clusters, and then ov-
er the third cluster, this process being
repeated throughout the space. \i'ith the
threads adjoining the center thread the
clusters are knotted into halves; with
the next pair of threads they are again
subdivided, making three sections; and
the next pair knots each group of the
clusters singly. “Vhen the filling threads

ter outward being woven over all Of
these until the small blocks previously
lilaced are reached. At this point the
outer thread which was included in the
block on the one side is dropped, but all
the threads on the opposite side are re-
tained, and the weaving continued a
short distance, when another thread on
the same side is dropped; the weaving
proceeds as before, gradually dropping
one thread or group on the same side
until only four of the groups and two
threads on the far side remain, when the
thread is run toward center to fasten off.
This produces a sort of butterfly effect
which is used frequently by the Chinese
drawn thread workers.

For the corner device, shown above by
itself, but on the same number of threads
or spokes as are laid in the border, the
working thread is tied around the spokes
at center. Lay the end of the thread
along one of the spokes so that it will
be woven under and over with it for a
short distance until it is .sure to hold,
when the unnecessary length may be cut
away. The weaving proceeds for a few
rounds over all spokes, then branches off
on seven spokes which run toward one
of the corners. Over these weave for a
third of an inch, then drop the two outer
threads and continue for a quarter of an
inch over those remaining. Now drop
the two outer threads of this group and
continue the weaving over the three cen-
tral threads only for three or four rows,
running the thread back to center to be
in position to weave a similar device on
the seven threads exactly opposite. Af-
ter these corners have been filled again
start from center, weaving out on nine
threads a half inch. Now, instead of
dropping threads or spokes take one up
at either side prevously dropped from the

other devices, and weave six rows on all
of these. Now drop the extra spokes and

continue four rows over the balance-:'

drop the two outer ones of these and
weave four rows more; then again drop
two outer spokes and continue four rows.
This leaves only three spokes over which
four rows are woven, and the thread
run to center. The remaining corner of
the Square is treated in the same man-
ner.

KEEP THE FLIES OUT.

 

The fly is the great spreader of dis-
ease, one of the greatest enemies of
humanity) and one of the most danger-
ous. Many people putin their fly screens
early in the spring, or, if they neglect it
then, they let the neglect continue, wait-
ing for the next spring.

As a matter of fact, the fly screens
that keep out the dangerous insects, and
the disease germs that these insects Wipe
from their feet on your food, are most

 

‘ JUNE 24, 1911.

important now, in the early eyar. .

Fortunately, the disease germs them-
selves do not fly. They could pass
through the screen as easily as through
an open doorway. They reach your chil-
dren only when larger insects bring them
and spread them.

Keep out the bigger insects, the flies,
the mosquitoes, and you keep out the
invisible, deadly enemies.’

Good fly-switchers can be made .by
cutting flour sacks into strips to within
six inches of the bottom of the sack and
winding a string around the rest for a
handle. These are not so apt to break
things as long wooden handles—B. M. W.

The time is coming when ants will be
a pest. Get two cents’ worth of meat
scraps from your butcher, lay a piece
of raw meat on a plate where the ants
congregate most and you will soon find it
covered with the pests, as they like raw
meat. When covered'throw in fire and
renew.——Mrs. J. J. O’C.

 

 

 

 

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FOR VOL. CXXXVI.

From January I, l9ll, to July I, 19".

 

 

]! INDE

 

 

Farm.
Absorbents for liquid
manure ..... 380
Alfalfa club ............ 410
culture ........... . . 314

hay, feeding value 0f.614
in northern \Visconsin.594
inoculating 40
ten years of success
with
vs. clover in the east..534
Alsike clover, handling
for seed ............ 594
Auto, the, on the farm.436
question, other side of.175

Barn, rafters for round
roof ................
Deans, fertilizers for, 172,

16, 435.

how to fertilize ...... 435
something about ..... 140
Bones for fertilizer ...... 575

Breeding -and selecting
for improvement....411

Chicory growing in
Michigan ........... 245

Coal for the evaporator.242
Concrete silo a success. .175
Corn, best for silage. . . .511

crop, caring for ...... 574
crop, the ............. 535
culture, up-to-date. . ..284
failure a .............. 511
spring vs. fall plowing
for 21

Cornstalks "rb'r"i.1;r;{t£§.'.'232
Cost of buildings, how to
1 7

estimate ............
Country home, the ...... 509

Crop notes and pros—
pects .......... .....613
observations ......... 106
Cutworms .............. 347

Deterioration of grains
and seed selection. . .433
Do fertilizers ruin land?

Farm accounts
buildings, arrangement
f .................. 61

0
building and

equip-
ment .......... 137, 242
exports falling off .436
finances .............. 243
management ........ l, 81

management, economy
in .................. 50

management, science
applied to .......... 25

Farm Notes—The crop
rotation, 2; June clover
and alfalfa, sawdust
as fertilizer, the prin-
ciple and practice of
subsoiling, “blight" of
the bean crop, 49; the
value of straw on the
farm, 50; marl as a
soil corrective, select—
ing and preparing soil
for alfalfa, inoculating

and discing for alfal—
fa, 105; is sawdust
beneficial to clay

knolls? 106; mixing al—
falfa with clover seed,
using fertilizer on clo-

ver, 138; farm build-
ings and equipment,
169; preparing for al-

falfa, amount of al—
sike to sow, sowing
alsike on dry soils,
170: discing alfalfa,
sweet clover, inoculat-
ing alfalfa, the bean
crop, 209; fertilizers

and the crop rotation,
210; the distribution of
stable manure, sand
vetch and spurry, 348;
testing the seed crop,
treat the seed oats for
smut, subsoiling, 378;
plant breeding for the
farmer, sand burrs,
clearing and draining
swamp land, 409; fer—
tilizer for oats, amount

of seed to use, plant-
ing sugar beets with—
out plowing, 410; plow-
ing or discing for oats,
commercial fertilizer
for corn, Canada this-
tles, 466; treating seed
potatoes for scab,
preparing the soil for
alfalfa, when to sow
alfalfa, applying land
plaster, 489; summer
fallowing to kill Can—
ada thistles, the prop-
er depth to tile, 490;
the spring -wurk, 509;
seeding wet land, seed-
ing muck land, mak-
a water-tight cistern,
510; corn smut, wire-
worms, 534; cover
crops for alfalfa, sub-
duing quack grass,
alfalfa questions, 553;
the spring work, fer-
tilizer in the hill for
corn and beans, con-
serving and maintain-

ing soil fertility, 573;
care of the cultivated
crops, 593; salient
facts about soil mois—
ture, the potato crop,
613.

Farm power and tran-
sportation, ...... 533, 593
power applied by a

farm boy ......... 535
woodlot, care of ...... 210
yard, the ............. 534

Fence posts, treating

with creosote ........ 511

Fertilizer attachment for

corn planter . . . . . . . .534

for beans and corn. . . .282

for muck land ........ 315

questions ............. 380
Fires avoidable by sim-

ple protection ...... 614
Gasoline, engine as a

source of farm power 554

Ground limestone vs.
plaster ............. 242
Handling clover and c10-
ver hay ............ 50
Hay caps .............. 47
llired help, best kind 349
Labor, saving, on the
farm ............... 4

Lillie farmstead notes,
.......... 434, 466, 510, 575

Lime for beets and al-
falfa ............... 283
for potatoes ....... ...411

Manures, their applica-

tion and relation to
soil fertility ........ 94

winter hauling did not
prove best .......... 27

Management of small
farm ............... 51

Maple sugar, problems
in making ..... l07, 210

Michigan farmers, among
....................... 211

Moisture in soil ........ 467
My way vs. the way....l71
National corn exposition
....................... 3
Oats and peas for hay..466
Pasture, permancnt, on
Cherry Hill farm. . .. 2
Peas and oats .......... 211

Plow, proper depth to..467
Plows, draft of
Potatoes after potatoes,
not a good plan ..
fitting the fall-plowed
ground for
for market ...........
how a good crop was
grown ........ . ..... 83
how grown in St. Jos-
eph county
large grower
small seed
quantity and kind of
seed 139
small for seed, 26, 27, 50,
244

................

small. vs. large ...... . 83

uses large seed ....... 139
will they run out ...349
Quack grass, killing
with sand .......... 47
Retired farmer, the, 490,
510, 554.

Riding device for drill..284
Roofs, why have leaky'?.212

Season’s notes ......... 433
Seed corn, testing in in-
cubator ............ 212

Seed selection and seed
breeding on farm..465
Seeding clover success-
fully ................ 379
oats in a clover field..380
to clover ............. 490
Selected~ seed the best
remedy ....... . . .245
Septic tank, the ....... 378
Silo, building a concrete.241
economy in filling ...170
method of erecting a
stave ............... 170
Soft. coal for sugar mak—

‘ mg ................. 172
S011 fertility, mainte~
nance of ....... . . . . . 3
management ......... 28.1
essential factors in . 313
Some mistakes ........ 410
Soy beans .......... . . . .345
Spring seeding ........ 284
Sugar house and its
equipment 170

making, wood and coal

. mixed, best fuel for.210
Tile drainage problem,

some phases of ....345

where to begin to lay.467

Toxic qualities of plants.314

Tree, a plea for the....490

Unnoticed, neglected
things on the farm. .106
another view of ...... 170

Value of green manure.614
Weeds in Michigan ....210
\Vhat the settler is do-

ing in Northeastern
Michigan ........... 574
Wheat, fertilizers as
top-dressing for . . . .210
Winter wheat, rolling..410
Wireworms on clay
knolls .............. 434
Wood pile, getting up.. 4
Live Stock.

Absorbent problem, the‘.286
question, the ........ .
Animals slaughtered in
1909 ‘

............ ....248
Baby beef, making ..... 214
Barn, a built-over ...... 176
Beans, frosted as sheep
feed ................ 536
Breeders’ meetings
state ...... 84, 109, 142
national ..... . . . .142, 494
Breeding crate ......... 248
Brood sows, a plea for
the ....... . ......... 1
the ................... 631
Calf crop, importance of
the ................. 352
developing the pure-
bred ................ 215
Calves, breeding and fat-
tening .............. 142
grain to feed with
skim-milk .......... -29

Care of mares and cows
at foaling and calv-

ing time ............ ‘
of pregnant animals. 5
Cattle feeding, experi-
ence in ............ 512
Colt’s feet, care of the..213
Concrete supply tank... 28
Disease, prevention of
among farm ani-
mals ............... 59h
Ewe flock, exercise for
the ................. 213
Ewes, early vs. late-
shearing of ......... 176
feeding after lambing.350
Feeders' Problems.~—De-
veloping the ewe
lambs as breeders, 5;
feeding the pigs and

shoats, whey as a food

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Feeding cattle,

Feeds, and their rela-

 

Ladder,
Lamb,

Pigs,

Sheep,

Silo, octagon
Sore shoulders,
and backs .......... 351
Sows, grain 1ati0n for.

the, at farr'ouing time. 317
Stock farm, managing.

 

“ ire cuts

Alsike fever
Aneinic

 

 

Blocked teat
Blood poison
Bloody urine .
Bowel infection ........ 471
Bone abscess

mm”. .2—--

JUNE 24, 1911.

for horses, 28; a. ration

for fattening

176; pushing the young
lambs, rape as a. hog
pasture, 285; wheat as
a pig feed, 351; forage
for hog pasture, seed-
ing to alfalfa, roots as
feed, 382;
soiling crop for

rape and peas

a sheep

hogs,

for hog pasture,
crop for fall

412;

feeds for the
supplementary

for the pigs, 438; buy—
ing feed for pigs, '
ration for growmg
colts, turning the cat-

tle to pasture,

iration for the work
a ration
the growing pigs, sum-
mer pasture for the

horse-s,

sheep, 494.

tion to health

Growing and feeding a
balanced ration
Herd, building up then”
Hog house, the tight... ‘

ventilation of

ing of market
on pasture

look for draft
production,

phases of .......... 3 1

trouble-saving

ers on care of
Horses, buying ......... 141
clipping the farm
fitting for market
forage crops for
how to cure corns in.383
management of farm. .437
needed attention for..
Hygiene of the horse’s
foot .............. ...289
Keep the colt growing..615
a handy wagon.286
the native as a
feeding factor
Lambing time
Lambs, a ration for fat-
tening .............. 110
......... 247
Live stock meeting, the,
............... 52,
Live Stock Notes, 7, 31, 144,

raising early

216, 250, 289,
383,439,471,
577, 597, 615,

Manure crop, value of. .108
Medicine chest, the sta-
ble ................. 352
Michigan’s stallion law.536
Peas as a sheep feed.
Pig cr,0p management of
the spring .......... 177
feeding, economical
feeding, profitable
forage for giowing..
raising for profit
warming a chilled
losses among the.

unthrifty fall
weaning the

the far mei

....................... 1
silage for ............ 111
the outlook for ....... 512

treating ailing

st013 of the breeds ..... 317
S1)1"1ng litters, prepare
for the ............. 144

The farmer as a breeder.468
The hogs and their feeds
The mare and foal
the farm ....... . .. .
.............. 633
\Vith the eues and the

lambs ...........

Veterinary.

Abdominal pains
Abortion

616.

Acid condition of urine..86
Acidity of stomach,

181, 218, 321,

Aitilicial opening
teats ............... 321
Asafoodita and its
tion .......... .
Atrophy of foot
of muscles ........... 514

of shoulder

Azoturia ...... 145,
Bacterial infection of ud—
der ................. 2o
Barren heifer .......... 14.
sow ....... . .......... 218
twin heifer .......... 145

Barrcnness. 87, 112, 145, 2

289, 322, 439,
596, 597, 616.

Bitter milk
Bleeding polypus

tumors ....... . ....... 616
Bilnd staggers ...... 25,

spavin. 35, 145,
616.

 

Breeding mare to jack. 322

Brittle hoofs
Brood mare

............. (’23:.514

pasture.
supplementary
Bursal swelling on cow's

............... 478
Caked udder ........... 538
Calculi in bladder
Cat has worms
Capped hock
Ch'apped udder
Chronic cough, 6, 87, 180,

........... 496

with. .. foot s01 eness

.............. 322
Clinging afterbirth

9. ,
...... 31, 112, 217, 586

........

Hogs, breeding and feed-81 mane and tail

has peculiar eyes ......

........... 576
we bre din , th t-
HO 5 e g e ou 38 Condition powders ......

of patroid glands
Congested udder
Conjunctivitis

..................

. ................. 218
Cow gives bloody milk.
has bloody discharge. 5.47

.........

Cracked heels, 86, 322,

...............

pend calf ............... 471
Decreasing in milk sup-

Dehoining cattle

scalp ............. 496, 527
................. 514

Distemper, 87,
Dog sucks eggs ........ 471

Dropsical swelling ...... .538

........... 181,

Enlarged gland, '
I"

.................. 146
................... 578
lymphatic gland ...... 252
.............. 578

thyroid gland ......... 321
Exercising brood sows..£’

wintering the fall

Pork production, neglect-
ed phases of ........ 577
Pure- bred drafters for
...........Jv
Rape and peas as a hog
pasture ............. 512
Salting the stock
Sliamiock II makes an-
other world’s 1‘.ecord 633
foot rot in ...... 633
mutton for farm flocks

Eye, speck on ........... 54
Fails to come in
Feeding too much corn..

Fibrous tumor .......... 578

‘ .................... 471
Flat warts on teats ..... 383
Foot soieness,
...... 180, 217,
Fractured hip
Galls fiom collar ....... 616
........... 595

................ 354

..................

Grub in head

Hard, contracted hoofs..181
fails to come
' ........... 146,
................. 440
Horse perspires freely
Horses cough
How to feed

mare that works
.............. 430
lmpaction of bowels... .146
........... .384
............... 322
incipient: hcaves. . . ,.
lnco-ordinance

Impure blood

4:,
Abscess, 111, 289, 440,

in log ...... 440
................. 322
Ai senical poisoning. 3,1 483

infected udder

................. 146
Injured at time of ser—

Irritation ' '01 13.1.1.3. ' ' '

..............

Kernels in teats

Kidney trouble

........... 146
...... 414, 471
6 57

Knuckiing,146 321, 439,

Lack of appetite

Leaking navel: ..........
'k

............................

1 r 0
........ 30, 87, 112,

THE MICHIG.AN FARMER.

Light attack of a’zo- in pigs ................483 Silage, weight and value _
turia . .......... 383 Wounds ..... 5670f 385
Light milker .......87, 439 on hip .......... .. .87 Silo.
Liver disease ...... 414, 587 Wounded hind legs ..... .322 criticism
Looseness of bowels, 181, Yearling colt scours ..... 470 for dairymen -
251, 383, 414. Yeast treatment for bar- lath and plastered...-
Loss sof appetite, 87, 439, renness ....... ......547 plan commended
496.

Dair .
Lump jaw, 145, 289, 384, y
471.

Alfalfa meal ............ 417

Lymphangitis, 54 111 146 American Guernsey Club618 Epigrairgairy problems..
289 ..................... . N
A new one ............. 473 ' .............. 5.17
Malignant sore neck...3;3§ Are they consistent ....386 Study of
Mammi 1330' ' '1'1'2' ‘ 181” 414 Arranging a basement ‘ ............... o
Mange, ’ ’ Stable .............. 385 Sugar beets or mangels
‘4.)6. . 180 Babcock tester ......... 385 for dairy cows ...... 31>
Maie had. twms """" , Balanced ration with al- Summer dairy problems.“r
deep milk” '.' """" Z18 falfa ................ 89 feeding ............... 558
M81330“? tumms """ 24% beet Dull). etc. ........ 116 Talk on feeds .
Milk is'infected ........ clover hay and bean to beginners in dairy-
Miscarriage -------- 414 471 stover .............. 21 ‘ .................
Muscular spasm """" l3) Breeding dairy Oatt16~~581 Test for cream patrons.540
trembling ------------ 03" Butter and butter sub— Testing, milk and cream 77
Nisalhcatarrh” -6 143: 28'; stitutes ............ 559 value of ............. 528
iSC arge ------------ N oleo ................... 580 The man behind the cow
gleet ------ :------217’ 323 Cabbage for silage ..... 417 ....................... 199
Navel infection. 471. 496. Care does pay ......... 221 ten cent tax
547, 556. of milk and cream on Timothy
Navicular disease, 289, 471. the farm ........... 386 Value of cow— testing as-
538, 578, 616. Channel island cattle...221 sociations
Nervousness....73. 87. 181 Cheese. as article of Ventilation of the dairy
Nodular disease, 6, 217, 439, dict ................. 492 ................
496. how to make soft ....196 Weather does not affect
Nux vomica ............ 218 neufcliatel and cream.325
Obesity ................ 354 Chuining difliculties ov- What
Obstructed salivary duct ercome ............. 89
....................... 217 how to do a...........387 Whey buttei
teat, 180, 217, 252, 321, 322. Cleanliness in_tlie dai1y.635 “liitewash for inside of
Old age ................ 146 (Joiner llldy With rye for220 “1 cold storage 61
Opacity of cornea, 112, 439 ee< ----------- 1y .
O‘)en 'oint ........ 145, 1441 Condensed inilk ........ 147 . a . ...... . '. ......
Imus“ duct ......... 217 Corn, will it lose value \Vintering heifers With-
Ophthalinia ...... 6, 145, 3.54 in 3110'? ............ 20 outl
Paralysis ............... 321 COW, ‘1 valuable -------- 31
Parasitic bowel troublc.587 (1095 “”t produce well. :89
Partial dislocation of stall, ”‘9 beStI", ------ 136 Alfalfa as poultry food. 570
stifle .. 30 testing associations. .1180 Apiary
loss of '1513{x"e'i5,"iié,' 181, COWS 011.]4‘HC’W farm 553 spring .............. 35 9
218, 321 527. ‘ Cream, ripened """"" ,3: Bee- keepeis s, warning to. 339
paralb'sis ’ ......... ....187 32361173724116 """""" 2%) Bee- keeping foi
mgfiNOdlc ophthalmia ' ' ' '1?) practical value of. . . .387 Beggar mei
Pl] esris """""""""" r133 Daii'ymen should know [keeping on
P e11 y ............... 218 _Value.of feeds """ 115 bringing out of cellais. 295
’01s0n .................. “0 Dairy building. new, at lon’ t be bother d with‘
10” CV11. """""""" . state fair .......... 608 ‘ 8
Poor grain eater ........ 4% by-products .......... 441 swarming
Puffy hock _. . . . . . . . . . . . .322 cow as a benefactor. . 21 estimates
Pup has gmtre - - ' ~ ' 1“” the ................... 197 Of """""""""
Questions about arsenic herd,_ securing and giggltiisitoitlfants of dur—
I‘l '''' '1 1141.4"2'1’118'1536 lilltlll’ltkllnlllg a high_ r~ ing bgackward Spring
'\ 1euln‘ 3 v ‘ ~' 1 “‘4- cass ............... l _
354. 538. >78. 6113. notes ............. 149, 473 ------- I ------------
Rickets, 54. 180. 217. 3‘54 paragraphs ........... 580 mistakes
RingbOhe--145. €17. 514. 311$ Ensilagc for dairy feed- 18 gprgxelgt v32“
Ringworm. .31. 7. 145. ‘ ing, balancing of ..6 ~ _ l (
ROEll‘ei' ................. 616 lijquilnncnt 1‘01 a, creamy 9 Belgian 29—
Roup ..... 217, 411, 496, 578 ry r’9 ing ................. .11
Ru itured cro> .......... 354 Feeding dair3 calves. .472 Breeders,
I 1 ‘ r87 (1 443 care of
Sand cracr .............. 1 airy co“ in summei. . ' '
Scours ........ 111,414,616 problem, some phases Breeding' stock,
Scratches .......... 146, 470 of .................. 7 tutiona Vigor
Septic poison .......... 470 questions ............. 114 Brood coops,
poison and fever ...... 439 Few standard crops best 79 Brooder, making and us-
Sheep has split hoof. . . .596 Flaxseed fOI‘. calves .416 ' the tireless ...... 33
Short winded .......... 616 Floor for dairy barns...272 Brooders
Shoulder lameness ....587 Frequent feeding ..._--35b early chi<k raising.
Sidebone ............... 547 Frozen Silage ------ 116, 491 CapODJZing, profit in.
Sitfast ............ 538, 578 Getting cows on pastureflo Chicks, cooked feed 101.294
7 ' ' ........... 14F ---------------------- .. culling the ........... 642
illii‘gzighg kidneys, 31, 130: .into dairy l)llSl{lt‘SiE‘. . . .132 dying
414' (gilt-edged farm nit.~ er .4 3 growing
Solidified bui‘sal bunches “W’s“itx‘wtfdfifiicgt 1‘” “18356 selcrcts1i g ’0]
. 322 5?, . - . ' --------- )root nI ............ )
' ' . """""" . ' . Grading of cream, 618, 634 Colonies, uiiitln , weak.
8013.0!“ """"" 28‘)’ 3113 Grain to feed with corn Colony houses fir \
e315 """"""""" .1'. 11nd cornstalks 32 - ‘ .. .
t‘ 1)) ingr stoek
{Exit}; """""""" 4;; cornstalks and mixed practical 481
"""""""" hav.................77 . V ‘
neck ............. 217, 578 ' .. F. Dione. influence of the...
on top of neck ...... 30 73.110111113911146and'c'dn'. “J Inuclélt'll‘lzlliii‘ng a neglected
Spasm of larynx, 30, 87, 146 stovcr _ ‘ ____________ «117 ‘ 4‘ .V
181' Ilandling cows before 11.111‘15' . . I
Spinal disease .......... 30 and after calving..219 l“gglllt;‘(z):ttlnvg:‘()rnlb
Splint """""" 180’ 4‘0 Ilolstcin breeders moct.148 " ped '
Spréllnfal pastern Wzgolég How to have g0,“ cows r Fgg flow .indiio'tHyV-eat'h;
S (111 ( er """" ‘1 0‘ ..................... .1 o ‘ . . ‘ .
tendons .............. 496 raise (film. ..........2:)1 .. 61. keeping up the.
Stifle lameness --------- 43?; Improving cit3 milk sup- hggi‘ound'ttion
weakness ............. . DLV ................. 2'" c
t .1" . ‘ 146, r . I _ creased . .
thgglfg’ 31, 87, 111, Impgolvitiig tin. 11.11.11): .Ijl.‘?.220 maintaining during the
Stomach and bowel trou- herd __________________ 53; ‘ r rcold
ble ................. 470 Increasing amount of n 195552 b I. y
worms ............... ’34 butter—fat .......... 111 .061. {WIPE} _ .1 1
Stone in bladder ........ 1]] In what form shall we Infill ‘9 1115,11101113 1 t “31""
String‘lialt .......... 30,180 sell dairy products. .147 (46347101? ------- ‘ .- ’1‘
Strangles ........ 2, 17, 616 Keep lamps filled with lH‘CbClVllle 011 the “Hui—«0
Stringy milk ........... 73 oil .......... £0 rltilwl)‘
Suppurating head ...... 587 Keeping up milk Ilow. ..:_1..!i 1110611311124 id} .141 11¢. .-
Suppurative lymphatic Kinds ol‘lmilk I.lelmcdl..:1»10 beilrtl'étion of 101
trouble ............. 384 Latli 11111 p as or s1 1),. ‘ ‘ .................
udder ..... . ........... 496 how to sti'ciimllt‘H-fios “08‘1””:
Surfeit buds ........ 31, 406 Machinery on "Clic1'1‘5'))0 l“ 1
, — ...... 0 I‘Vitl'lllS" ............ 2'. ion .
Sweeny ' l”— """"" 4§c Making dairying pay. . . .198 li‘owls, crookcd- breast—
Swollen neck .......... 4 1 ”\i "i ‘ngt m ed 60".
'1 a 1 rs ............. 439 1 1111111111 s, g: "c . -' , .................. . I
1119115333219 37 217 351 flamination oi 111111012608 tapc- \\'l)llll
’ ’ ' 6111111110 l‘ioni dairy cow. 33 (1111111411, q
' r ‘r ‘ 111037
Thoroughpin 14:1, 322. 5..) Mlthlhim \ ‘I‘lmllfl‘ln‘:)_ ‘ .. _ r _
Throat inflamed ........ 181 ([31)! glié'ihlle’. 1“ 71. “(t-11117315151111“ foi
Thrush . .. .31. 145, 4.39. .578 Nillf“,"1;,,l'\.‘0" 619 “mm“:
7 ' rr . x . ............. . \
6831637112ng .......... 567 means of pl‘tH‘lll'ing 90 provide ('lcuii nests for .
7‘ ' '.-‘ """"" 1 clean ............... .. lllV‘t'—l)illldilig
17131721} kidneys """"" 5233 pull, ”‘0' and M‘H“"_80 tions for l)(‘f.§lnll(’51'S.151
I """""""""""" ... 'lli ................§r lllVCH
Turkeys have bowel trou— 1.1“ . - . .- ’ —
- .. tests made 111 (.it.i- ... .1_.
Ty ble tnth' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ‘ ‘1"?1 many .._ ------------- ":‘E (hi-(0131f 0.5 ............... l3.
Iigfi‘éi?theej f """"" 217 National dairy show. ‘ ' '0')" when to put supers (111.617
( y 100 """" NCW frozen dim?" 1’1“" Honey, mistakes in ship-
Urine discharge through duct, 11 ............... 148 ping comb —
U the navel ""- - ' ' ' - '; 82 milch cows and their outlook -
se impregnator """" 218 care """" f """ .“ 1‘1 13 county ..............
\ aginal lleanl‘l'.h£th .616 Of interest 1,, (1mm -. “0t
Vaginal polypus ......... 147 fai meIS --~----'-»"3"" tions for ........... 541
§§Tfiilt3sleson443éq§ll 1:316, 23)?)7 Oleomaigaiine (onsuinp-HO in Answer .
c ...... tion ................ .- - “Slips" among canons,
616. . pastime for (t)\VS ...... {$2 rye .
Warts, 31,73,146 322, 496, on the dairy farm....« a - r‘- . . I -.
616. Payment for milk on ers, ' ihtumatism or

' . r . . . t_£'§'8 leg weakness,
“eak back ............ 196 basis of fat conten I) try journals,

preventing dis-

eyes .................. 440 Powdered milk ......... 323 t

fetlock joints....5]4, 578 Profitable dairy cows...220 ure,

swollen tendons ..... 354 Ration, a good ....20, 220 eases
Weakness .......... 145, 321 rich in protein ..... 88 hens overfat,
Wind galls, 2.52, 527, 538 Selecting and feeding 0f eggs,
Winter cholera ......... 383 dairy cows ......... 115 for geese, -
Wire cut ............... 578 feeds for cows ....... 580 ably tuberculos1s,
‘Vorms, 31,111, 145, 146, Shall we breed our own breeding

384,471,567. dairy cows? ........491 hares,

built inside barn. H.473

portion of below the

A creamery proposition.35: value of 1
Age to breed heifers....35o soiling crops to supp e-
Luxation of stifle, 111,146, merit dry pastures..

foundation
Swarming, another meth—

od of preventing.
suggestions on
.............. 570
in fowls....'
hen and the

U1

trees

the
methods of
........ 364, 56.), 626

.............. 530
.228, 277
...... 611
roots
.276
Traverse

growing rape

(15)

663

liver, 403; chicks die in

leg weak-

in chicks,
ket for duck eggs, 501;
handling young geese,
combating lice, 515.
selecting and
using the
Layers, the hot-weather.642.
"Loss-off" buying, more
............... 358
Marketing eggs through
the creamery 617
Mongrels vs. pure-breds.459
supervision a
big fact01 ....... o
-7 Poultry business, sinking
in the
fresh air
how I venti-
....... 25 3
value of

succeeding with,
adverse conditions.. 5
results
............... 222
R0111), a winter without. 501
experience with 2 4
suggestions. 222

good

mar—

111....

under

full-sheet

Trap nest, value of the. .
breeds or va-

hens and cows

....... 541

.............. 642
the candle will
............... 541
account with
..... 222
Horticulture.

Apple orchard schedule
for spraying 406
trees, cutting back .
Ashes. amount to use”
Asparagus culture

...... 169

gardener's

in

culture

from
f'oi fiuit grouing”
l<astcrn apples me best

3113

plants

inspection
large
‘ trunk of tree.
, in Gd.

remarks on the

hand power

Grapes on slope

the

Society.
ceedings of

culture
stock,

equipment. .23
farm management . . . .
growers organize

intensive

............. 156
Brussels sprouts

. larvae of. . .
Buds in good condition?“
' in plants ........
wcst. . . " ‘
1 “I' culture .......
COlllllltlt vial lime- sulphur
_ (ullui c
Cultivating close to the
....... 1.1)
....... 362
‘ ....... 131
Cutworms in garden. . .. '
railroad

Eggplants eaten by 110—.
garden

equipment
I‘ainicr‘ s homo c11nning,34,

....... 277

14 0dei 1i insecticide regu-

1. entcs about 1‘111111 build—

after a

569
in orchard,
vention of

making a good

............568
, mildew ..646
Grafting fruit trees ..... 299
growing in west-
crn New York ..... 204
...... 405
slips oi soft—
cuttings ..... e419
lledgc, oi namenlal valu
.................. e460
as WK .1-
tion for young men. 298
............. 341
i‘uc ts ‘RtlJOUt the ......1’62
squaslies foi

Irrigation in 1Michigan.
1';.,e garding

measuies
ripairing

wage;

.... . . .362
....... 584
,controlling the

.22, 34,

 


664 (16)

Orchard cultivation. . . . .530
laying out the ..404, 460
the young ........... .154

Organized community . 94

Plums, the schedule for

spraying 418

Pop corn J84

Pruning hook ........... 155

Raspberry canes, brokenfiz6

the
Sap suckers,
the
Scale, treatment for
Seed, securing good
Selling the crop,
gestions on
Spray pumps, care of...
need close attention...
to use the
Sprayer, kind of .
Spraying, does it pay?..460
problems ....... . ..... 544
up-to-date ............ 155
Stock, not harmed b1’_
Sprays ............;_.44
Strawberries ........... 584
every farm should
have 419
sawdust as mulch for
................... 363. 474
Success in fruit culture.300
Summer spray, lime-sul-
phur vs. bordeaux _-
as a _ _-
Thinning fruit ... . . . . . . .598,
Transplanting .......... 612
Tree pruning, observa—
tions on
take care __
Trees, setting the ...... 41;)
Vegetable seeds. pl‘otllll”-
tion of
Young orchard,
ment of

Editorial.
A business man‘s
of the farmer
Accounting and cost _
systems ..........2.
A constitutional amend-
ment “
A forecast of reciproc- ‘
ity "
A last blow at reciproc-
ity
Algonac
ganize
Agricultural exhibits
attraction ........... ...
Better horses for Mich-
igan 716
Canadian reciprocity
dairy markets and
and farm statistics ..360
and public opinion .628
Cold storage legislation
360, 388
Conservative marketing. 36
Co-operation by con-
sumers
Corn growers’
C

down with
406

, '1‘)
.............. I0...

Il'E'tll-

View -1

............... 0-x

................. ob
fruit men or—
......... 297
an
or)

.420

Do it now

Echoes from the
procity pact

Farm assessments and _
taxation

Farm management prob- ‘
lems 9’

Federal control ' - ‘
porations ........... 636

Federal insecticide reg-
ulations ‘

Historical phases of ag—
riculture

Honor the memory 2
the soldier dead. . . .582

Hope for the defeat of
reciprocity strength—
ens ................. 59

Horse breeders seek leg-
islation 3

Michigan crop report,
195, 326, 542, 636.

More about Comstock-
centralized school .583

National corn exposition,

37, 152, 195

report, 326,

36

National
0» 3.
Organized work
better market
Lansing letter,
388, 444.
Postal savings banks .. 8
l'romoting agriculture in'
the east ............->1
Railroad
Railway

CI'OI)

for
58

Lur 182,

taxation .....
rate regulation
256
Reciprocity and
industry
and the farmer
and thin cattle '
arguments summarized 144

before the senate
bill up to senate ...... 498
petitions .............. 368
prospects
lecrcations ._{
summer ............. MS
Scientific management
on the farm
Scope of the food F
drugs act 116
Senator Smith against_
reciprocity ........ . .54
Side lights on reciproc—
ity 924
Some reciprocity admis—
sions ............... 516
Some reciprocity repre-
sentations ..... t. . . .582
S ring managemcn
' p highways ........... 224
Sugar production and
consumption ........ 296
automobile on the
farm .
The Canadian rec1proc—'
ity agreement. ._ ..... 636
The farmer and I‘eClpl‘OC; 0
11V ............... .....i
The farmer’s delegation.“
at “’ashington 560
The growth of
banks
The highways and
rural carriers
The increased cost of

for

a ml

The

v
-

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

living ...............360
The outlook for wool
brightens . . . ..
The progress of tariff
tinkering 4
Tfiepotato market ..... 58
The potato situation...542
The reciprocity agree-
ment 476
The round-up institute.296
The season‘s plans. . . . . .326
The special session of
congress ‘
The state fair investiga—
tion 49
The state should run the
state fair 92
taxation
gages
The voter and the high—
way law 296
The wool situation
The work of the
lature
The 1910 yearbook
Tilly's nightmare
\\'ool prices and
pects
\Vrite them
procity

The of mort-
10

legis-
49

pros-
498

about reci—
or)
............. 04..

Magazine Section and Home
and Youth.

A boomerang bullet
. farmer boys' band....
A fool for luck .......... ..
A freaky steamship dis-
aster 1""
friend to orphans. . ..
fury in feathers
joke that proved
boomerang .........391
A Lincoln-\Vashington
day at school ...... 162
A modern Betsy l'toss...597
A picture of home ....... 371
_\ race and a rescue. . .. 96
Amusements for winter
evenings ........... .
Aunt Jane‘s atonement.600
Bird boxes at Sunny
Brae 319
Children as parental
partners ............ 507
Common cents ......... 430
Decoration day suggest-
ed by a woman....561
,l-Iarly days of the po-
liito
.l‘lastci‘ customs in
own and other
tries
Expecting
olhcrs
Factors in
tion
Famous pci'soiis of Feb-
ruary ............... 162
Fort Stephenson and its
defense a.
Glenna and the, con—
science fairies ......563
Grandmother’s lanterns.590
How grindstoncs
made ............... 119
How to make skees ..... 121
Just a few trees ........ 484
Little chameleon's coats 61
Little essays of fact and
fancy 63, 189
Making a canvas canoe.448
Making hot-air balloons.639
Marian's wherewith ..... 329
Mrs. \Vagner‘s revenge. .370
Moccasin Mose ......... 428
Music in our homes. . . . .551
New Zealand—(lod's own
country ......... . . .517
Old Mother Hubbard. . .. '
Once a. Mormon, 445, 484,
506, 518, 550, 562, 590.
Our bird policemen....602
Smile provokers, 166, 186,
393. 371, 391, 450, 628.
Solving the problem....234
Source of rubber for flu—
to tires
“That in

....638
61

A
A
A

rural educa—

‘count Dan
Colby" ............. 185
The comforts of a hotel
on wheels .......... .
The early birds ........ 394
The Franklin gull ...... 372
The fruit industry
Syria ............... 327
Gates of Bakap-
plein, 10, 44, 60, 96, 120,
162, 1,84, 234, 258, 308,
328.
The “Grouch" tree... .. .519
The kitten ............372
The making of a picture.637
The making of a tree...447
The rival of the fire,
horse wins .
The silent soldier ...... 257
The stump fence ........ 262
The writing of letters. . .627
Two birds with
stone
l’nder the wagon seat...
\Vas Noah the
April fool'.’
\Vashington and Lincoln
74111111913
“'hat Alice (lid
\\'hat flag day coin—
memorates ......... 600
\\'hen l’asadena cele—-
bratcs the New Year
POETRY.
life lesson ............ 430
patriot 763
remembered call ...... 371,
tree ................. 484
A view in the country
Wide 6
A winter
An Easter lily
Apple blossoms
April ................... 428
At Gettysburg . . . . . . . . . .561
Best of all .............. 185
Good-bye, old winter. .262
Heroes of Blue and
Gray ...............561
His valentine ........... 162
Home-coming
birds ............... 394
In inemoriam ........... 561
In sap—time ............ 329
Jealousy ............... 372
Joan of Are ...........550
Letters ................. 238

T h e

A
A
A

.Laundry helps

Mr. Hop-toad .......... 519
My album ...... .....234
My cornstalk fiddle .. 61
Origin of Maniteau Is-
lands and Sleeping
Bear Point ......... 627
Return, oh golden days..189
The glad morn 447
The silent
blue
The sugar camp ........ 263
The years .............. 310
Things we meant to do. 11
\Velcome the New Year 44
“'hat Grandma said ...121
\\'hen mamma pieced a

Household.

homely talk a
homely theme ...... 100
A rift in the lute ...... 478
A square deal for girls. .365
A who's who party ..... 193
A winter vacation in the
south 23
A January party
Adenoids in children. . ..
Alcohol~its characteris-
tics
Aluminum, action
acids and soda on ..193
Appetizers or canapes..302
Apple blossoms in April.478
Apron chat
Artistic room
plain rug
Baby, fussing over ..... 625
“Blue Monday" may lose
its terrors
Bright girl becomes dull
woman ‘
Buttonhole stitch with
variations ..........5
Cap], a. smart and popu—
ar
Chapped hands
“Charity covereth a mul—
titude of sins” ...... 301
Cheese of various sorts. 1')
Child training, letter oii.1.'i9
Children, curing destruc—
tiveness in ..........
firmness in dealing
with ................ 396
Children‘s gardens ....603
Christmas giving, some
thoughts on
Cold feet, relicf for
College girl as a farm—
er’s wife
Country girl’s chances
in town....125, 303, 396
Country women as mon-
ey earners~—mush—
room growing
Crack tiller, a. . . . . .549,
Crochet workers,
helps for ........... 453
Crocheted pendants
Curtain bands, open-
work
Curtains muslin,
dainty .............. 365
Dangerous economy . . . .191
Dessert, 3. nourishing,—
delicious and cheap 39
Dinner, the serving of..454
Doily in Russian spoke
stitch ............... 588
Domestic service, letter
on ,
Drawn work, good de-
signs for ............ 640
Dress form, a home-
made ............
Easter, candy boxes and
bags for
novelties
party, an
Embroidering, elemen-
tary principles of..504
Entertaining in Febru-
ary "
Fabrics, factors
termining ..
testing ............... 451
Fashion’s fancies, 565, 589
Feather beds, out with.549
Flies, get rid of ........ 589
Flowers for busy wom—
en 4
Foulards reign in silks..2"
Hands in winter, care
of .................. 124
Happiness is often like
pain 42

on

demands

15

in de—

gument against . .
Health notes ...... 40, 229
Help usually comes

when we do

need it
Home helps for the young

people 229
Home queries, 367, 480, 625,

641

House dress, a conven—
ient
Housemother's garden,
practical flowers for.267
Housework, necessary
tools for 1"
How the men may help.588
Imagination and com—
plexion powder ....124
Ink spots, to remove....524
Is your food over—done‘.’.]91
Japan, a. lesson from...641
Knitting, terms used in.365
.......... 229
Lunch box, the
Iliarch party,
tions for the
Married women
not become
earners .
Mattresses, points worth
knowing about ’
May-day festivities
frolic, a .............. 524
Meals, helps in plan—
ning
Medicine chest, requi—
sites for the ........
Men, women and
homes ..............549
New styles in collars....453
Old folks, on the youth-
fulness of 588
Paper pattern, blessings
on the 191
Parlor curtains

Party frocks for country
girls
Peanut sandwich, the..266

Pineapples contain pep-
sin - 1
Pin money methods ..... 365
Pocketbook starting rth

with the ........... 265
Pork, care in cooking ..478
Poster place cards ..... 396
Pot-plants, for bedding
and next winter’s
bloom ............... 231
Public documents, how
to remit for 1 1
Quilt Without quilting,
making a ........... 366
Raisins in many ways.. 68
Recipes.~— Apples with
rice, toasted cheese,
puree of turnips,
cream of oyster soup,
15; cake, roast veal,
roast beef pie, banana.
Shortcake, chocolate
cookies, steamed eggs,
sweetbreads, 126; fill-
ing for custard pie,
cocoa cake, orange
marmalade, fruit sal-
ad, carrot salad, mo-
lasses drop cookies,
267, black fruit cake,
Aunt Rose fruit cake,
fruit cake that
will keep, drop cakes,
l’rince of \Vales cake,
a. good pie crust,
cream pie, banana pie,
423; mock angel food,
potato salad, cucum-
ber pickles, chocolate
frosting, squash bread,
cream pie, roll jelly
cake, fried cakes, 524;
Squash pie, chocolate
frosting, buttermilk
cake, 604; fruit bars,
pieplant dumplings,
cold creamed strawber-
ries, grapefruit and
strawberry s a l a d,
strawberry jam, corn-
starch cup cakes, 625.
Relaxation as a cure for
temper
Renters, a hint to ......505
Roaster, a new style....102
Rompers for the little
daughter 192
Rugs, a lesson in hand-
made ...........~....190
Sauces, plain but
atable
Seasoning,

pa]-
1?
the fine art
of ..................
Shall women do their
own work?
Sheer effects reign
cottons ............. 230
Short cuts to housekeep-
ing, 16, 40, 68, 102, 158,
231, 303, 333, 367, 423,
479, 505, 549, 565, 641.
Spectacle holder, a ..... 126
Stitches, the long and
short ............... 603
Summer boarders,
to get
cottage as a. practi-
cal investment 6
Sunday dinner, the, 522, 548
565, 589, 625, 640.
Suppose you change
places 3
Sweet peas
Swinging shelves
Teaching kindness to an-
imals ............... o
Temper love with jus-
ticc
The Letter Box—\Vork-
ing girl problem, child
management, college
girls on farms, 192;
dish’washing, 230;
training children, 267;
the college girl ques-
tion, 301, 333; part—
nership between moth-
er and daughter, true
education, helpfulness,
367; the up-to-date
woman, the primary
school fund, teaching
girls neatness, 398;
homes in northern
Michigan, women as
readers, 480; make the
work easy by songs,
too little love and too
much scold, 589.
The one lack that means
discontent .......... 451
Iliiselfish mothers often
overdo
\Veaving
\\'liat do you
“devotion
family?”
“\Yliat is there in it for
me?" 192

mean
to

\Vinter clothing, care of
the 788
“'omen‘s congress ...... 453
Yarn for caps or toques.479
Farmers’ Clubs.
Agriculture in Japan... .621
Agricultural education..167
Club Discussions, 23, 47,
103, 117, 167, 239, 279,
311, 343, 375, 407, 431,
462, 487, 500, 531, 545,
571, 585, 610. 621.
County association meet-
ing ................. 279
Farmers’ clubs, benefits
of in other states
in \‘Visconsin
show prosperity
Household economics... .647
State association, need of
and benefits from .. 71
Summer recreations . . . .610
The conservation of our
birds, 487, 500, 531, 545.
The farmer of the future,
239, 311, 343, 375.
The share of the farm:
er’s wife 0

unuoa-a-uou

What the local clubs are
doing, 117, 167, 462. 487.

Yearly programs, 462, 571,
621.

Grange.

A good Grange deputy.‘.647
A. model social center
Grange
A program suggestion..585
Among the live Granges
117, 207, 279, 311, 375,
407, 500, 545, 571, 585.
Anniversary meeting of
Morenci Grange ..462
Educating boys through
observation ........ 407
Effective uniting
rural forces
Grange and reciprocity. .279
Grange in other states..239
Home-coming of Sylvan
Grange
How it works
Iron Co., the Grange in.462
Juvenile work, promising
field for 3
Making over the local _
fairs ........... 610, 621
May every Grange re-
spond ............... 343
Menominee Co.,
Grange is doing for.ZO7
Muskegon Pomona holds
rousing meeting .167
New Granges for first
quarter of 1911 ..... 487
New Granges, nearly 100
1

New members,
for 50,000
Oregon State Grange...64
Ottawa Co. Patrons and
teachers meet ...... 375
Pomona Meetings—Grat—
iot Co., 239, 621; Char-
levoix Co., 279; Kal—
kaska Co., 311; Cal-
houn Co., Arenac Co.,
407; Gd. Traverse Co.,
Cmmet Co., 431; ing—
ham Co., 462; Hills-
dale Co., 487, 571; Ea-
ton Co., 500.
Power of promptncss...‘
Printed programs and
year books
Rural school
center
State Grange of 1910...,
lecturer’s program at..

Tariff taxes, striking
comparison of ...... 5
The new Grange revival
and its meaning .462
“One improvement
Club” 48
progressive move—
ment in the Grange.167
Varied diversions for the
young people, 500, 545,
571.

The
The

Young men to the front.117

illustrations.

A built—over barn ...... 176
A G. A. R. Post’s mas-
cot 563
Alfalfa field ............ 553
A midsummer night’s
dream '
Apple display at state
fair 70
Apple orchard .......... 593
Automobile fire engine...63
Award for best managed
farm 517
Ayrshire cow,
champion
Barn and
Ypsiland Farm ..
Bees, handling without
gloves
swarm on wagon
Block house ........... -
Bluebird, the ........... 394
Bluegate farm, scenes

Breeding crate ........ 249
Breeding ewes,
healthy flock
Brooder, cold air
Brood mare, 29 yrs.
20 years old, dam of
16 colts ............. 631
Brood sows, bunch of
good ................ 247
Brushes procurable at
10c counter 1”
Buttonhole stitches
Cabin in which Lincoln
was born
Calendar cake for cen-
terpiece 1
Canoe, plans for canvas
................... 448, 449
Cap, a smart and popu-
lar
Cartoon
Castcrline, Roland and
riding mare ........ 601
Cat, aristocratic ....... 185
Colony houses for the
chicks 2
Cook, A. B., farm house
of r>09 522
Cooking utensils for 50c

crop
Cottage, summer
Crocheted pendants
Curtains, patterns in
264, 26
Dairy building at state
fair grounds 6
Dining and parlor cars
.................. 389,
Disking for oat crop.. 39
Drawn work 40
Easter candy boxes and
bags 42
............. 451.

novelties
decorations . . . .452

table
Farmer boys’ band . 61
Byron
3 l’

391

Farmstead
Brayton

Farmsteads show good
management

Fence, stump

2 2
7 Fire horse, a. typical... 63

' JUNE 24. 1911..

Fisher, Geo. B.,‘ home of

.............. .1
Floath recalling days of.

champion

.Swiss cow ......... 147
Folks, Miss Florine ..... 329
Fort Stephenson, monu-

ment and park ...... 59
Garden, \\'ashington’s.'..183
Germinating boxes

seed corn
Gilroy, Mr.

. Zealand ............ 517
Girls, a_group of farm..329
Grand Champion cow. . .241
Grand Traverse fruit

farm ...............
Grange exhibit at Me—

nominee ............ 610
Grant’s business card...257
Grouch tree ............ 519
Guardians of the gran-

00-.

Brown

460

, B.

. home of
HIVeS, cheap

decoy

Holstein COW
HQI‘SGS. farm
Bingaman
farm of Geo.

.....f...I577
H. Mogg,

Horticulturists, f
Hot air balloons
Hot-bed, cosy
for .................
Hour glass boxes of pa-
per
House, remodeled
Junior rural éx'résé'” ’
Kniebes, Jacog, fats“
buildings of ....... 629
Lathe in which grind-
stones are turned. . .119
Lawson, XVesley, farm-
stead of ............ 633
Leach Bros.’ farm barn 49
Leavfés, structure of, 447,

Leghorn cock, bi'own...459
Making flags ........... 599
Maple trees in winter
foliage ............. 81
Mares, good type of....555
May-day arbor of cakes
...................... 564
Maypole cake .......... 564
Michigan Farmer silver
cup ..
Milk, drawing ......... 270
Oak farm, products of..]32
Occana county peach
orchard ............
()ld Betsy gun that help-
ed defeat British.... 59
Open-work curtain bands
15
stallion,
ported .............. 317
of useful type ........ 437
Pictures, making of ....637
l‘lank frame barn ..104, 348
Plowing down corn-
stalks .............. 281
Picture place cards ..396
Potatoes, hill weighing
181/9 lbs. ............
31 to the bushel ...... 139
Poultry, profit yielding..253
Power on the farm ..... 535
Pruning hook, home
made ....... . .......
too much 154
Quilts, 15 designs for...1-
Rambouillet ewe with
triplets ............. 469
Robertson, Donald ...500
Road, grader for grav-
eling ...............
Rugs, designs and looms
for weaving ........ .
patterns in VViltons, 302,
366.
Runabouts, one of many
in parade
Russian spoke - stitch
doily ............... 5
Seed corn, hand-picked.409
Septic tank, plans for..378
Shaner, E. S., the farm
home of ............ 553
Sheep, a good type of.. 53
Silo, concrete, of C. E.
Wells .......... 241, 242
concrete block ....... 209
economical method of
erecting stave
filling in Macomb Co. .169
Silks, summer designs in
2

Sire, pure-bred of good
type
Skees ................... 121
Smith, \Villiam,
buildings of
Soy beans, on farm of
G. A. Baldwin
space, Nelson, barn and
power plant ....... 573
Spectacle case, pattern
for 126
Steamship on rocks
Stitches, long and short.603
St. Valentine's day, fav—
ors for
Sugar camp, .
.lewett’s ............ 209
house, arrangement of.170
Syria, scenes in ....... 327
Table decorations for St.
Patrick's Day
The chariot race
The earth on wheels
There’s no place like
home ............... 5
Tools for trimming the
trees 2
Trees, low headed ..... 74
Upper peninsula delega-
tion at the State
Grange ............. 462
Wagon ladder, a handy. .286
V’Vashington's birthday,
salad for 158
Wash tubs, sanitary. . . .
\Villiams, Chester ...... 535
\V. H. Phelps,
home of ...... . 49
Young men of Golden
Rod Grange ........117

........ 613