The Only Weekly Agricultural, Horticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State.





 





 





 





VOL. CXXXVlI. No. 6. z

Wholo Number 3559.





DETROIT. Mien. SATURDAY, AUG. 5, 1911.





31.00 A YEAR.

82.75 FIVE YEARS.





 





 





FARM NOTES.





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What Caused the Seeding to Fall?





I would like to know why, in your

opinion, I did not get a catch of seeding

in a ten~acre field of wheat. The soil is

good and in good condition as to fertility,

it being new ground. This is the third

crop there has ever been on it. I sowed

wheat, after potatoes, about October 1.

I think wheat will yield at least 25 bu.

per acre. About April 10 I sowed seven

quarts per acre of June clover. Did not

harrow seed in. It seemed to germinate

and start growing nicely, but in looking

the field over about May 10 I failed to

find a single clover plant, So I sowed it

again, and harrowed it twice. It seemed.

to start but I kept seeing less all along,

and for the last month have not been

able-to find a single clover plant. The

seed is of my own growing and the same

as 1 sowed in another field of wheat anl

also in cats, and in both fields have a

good stand. It would almost seem as if

something is lacking in the soil to grow

the clover and I would come to this con-

clusion if it were not for an adjoining

field which is new ground and worked

under same conditions only one year ear-

lier. I seeded this field last year and

got the best stand of clover I ever had.

I might state here that the clover seed

was sown in both wheat fields on the

same day. How shall I try next to get

this field seeded? I had thought of sow-

ing to Canadian field peas as soon as we

get rains enough to work ground, and

leave them'cn the ground as a mulch

during winter, also apply stable manure

during winter and plant to beans rand

' to wheat nd clover. Any in:

int-31!!" ' "will be appr.

afloii‘tc‘ahhfao. . a, 2 E! _.S

‘ ‘This is not an easy question to answer.

It is one of those prob-





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So far as the plan of sowing peas on

the wheat.stubble is concerned, it is the

writer’s ‘opinion that it would not pay.

Unless the season is comparatively wet

and cool, the peas would probably not

make a large growth if sown in August,

and the nodules would not be likely to

develop plentifully on these late sown

peas, so little nitrogen would be added

to the ground by their use. If a cover

crop is desired, and there is no doubt

that it would prove profitable, the stubble

could be disked over and sown to .rye or

rye and rape as soon as practicable. This

would conserve the available plant food

in the soil and provide a cover for the

field during winter, and would provide

some late forage for the stock as well.

Beans are themselves nitrogen gatherers,

like peas, so there would really be noth-

ing gained by using the late sown peas

as a cover crop to be plowed down for

beans next spring, since the rye or rye

and rape would afford an equally valu-

able covering for the ground and would

furnish nearly or quite as much humus

when plowed down, besides the rye plants

would hold the available fertility which

leached out of the stable manure as ap-

plied to the land, much the same as the

grass roots will on sod ground.



The plan of applying stable manure to

the beans is all (right, although there-.-

' .sults- would». probably bemore satisfactory

‘ so far as "the seeding is concerned if ma-

nure were applied to the field as a top





are .sometimes ruined by close clipping

before these buds have started, thus de—

priving the plants of leaves in which cer—

tain food elements necessary to their

growth are elaborated. if the weeds are

very troublesome and it seems necessary

to clip before the new buds start at the

crowns of the plants, the cutter bar of

the mower should be set high, so as to

avoid close clipping and leave some leaves

on the plants.





The Tomato Worm on Potatoes.





“'e have four acres of late potatoes

that the green tomato worms are eating

at quite badly and we thought that you

could give us a remedy that would be

beneficial. that will kill them, and will

there be danger of the same remedy kill-

ing the potato vines?



Kalamazoo Co. D. M. D.



There is. no sure way of destroying the

tomato worm except by hand picking or

its equivalent. The writer once had a

Iii-acre field of potatoes practically de—

stroyed by these worms, although an

effort was made to keep them off by

repeatedly going through the field and

killing the worms. Other farmers in the

community were also troubled with the

same pest, and it was only by diligent

work that the crop was saved at all.

Poisoning with Paris green seemed to be

ineffectual in our case, although good





authorities claim that arsenical sprays

will kill them. Turkeys, if herded in the





potato field will soon develop an appe-

tite for these worms and will prove valu—





others used sheep shears with which they

were clipped in two.

Terms of Land Rental.





Does it pay better to rent a farm out

on shares or rent it for money rent, and

how much per acre is a fair rental for a.

good farm? Doces it pay better to fur-

nish seed and get half, or let the man

furnish seed and the owner take a. third?

Could you give a rule regarding rental

for pastured fields where the tenant has

a lot of stock, also regarding straw and

othcr coarse forage grown on the farm?

Also, should the owner keep up fences

and pay road and other taxes, or pay

threshing bills and furnish hands where

he gets one-half the product?



Vl'aync Co. SUBSCRIBER.





It is a rather difficult proposition to

make the capital invested in farm land

which is rented out on any terms a prof-

itable investment. Perhaps the most sat—

isfactory plan, where the farm and build—

ings are adapted to dairy production, is

to rent it to some good dairy farmer who

lacks the necessary capital to own a

dairy farm of his own, for this purpose

at a cash rental. It is, however, only the

owncrs of good farms, in a good state of

fcrtility, and with modern and well equip-

pcd buildings, who will be fortunate

as to get a tenant farmer of this class to

rent his land. linder ordinary conditions,

the best farmers secure the best farms,

and after these farms commence to run

down in fertility from vigorous cropping,

they move on to other good farms or buy

a farm of their own, and the owner has

to content himself with a second rate



farmer as a tenant, and!





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lems which makes the

student of agriculture

feel that the things which

we don’t know about the ‘

business would make a

much larger book than

the things_which we do

know. Ordinarily clover

will catch without trouble

on new land. New land

is generally well stored

with available plant food,

as this land must have

been to produce a 2:3-

bushel crop of wheat.

New land is also usually

much higher in its con-

tent of humus than land

which has been farmed

for some time, and will

thus be more retentive of

moisture in a dry time.

In most cases new ground

is also well supplied with

lime, not alone because

the lime has not been

{washed out of the soil as

badly, but as well because

of the fact that the

ashes resulting from the

burning of brush in the

clearing of the land con—

tain a large percentage

of lime. The content of

mineral plant food in new

ground is also generally

higher than in farmed

land, unless the latter has

been exceptionally well cared for. Bar-

ring a possible poor germinating quality

in the seed, a factor which in this case

would seem to be. practically eliminated,

there would apear to be only one other

pOSSible reason for the failure, which

might be due to the absence of the bac—

teria peculiar to the clever plant and

without which it will not thrive. How-

ever, this ~r_’ar’ely.if ever occurs on new

land in Michigan, at least to an extent

which wOuld cause, a total failure of the.

seeding. The'fwrit'er, is free to confess

thatlhe can advance no plausible reason

for the failure from 'the data given in'

the, inqpirydwhicl'l ,‘ls published in the

hepe-that some. reader may be able to

supply'the "missing link" in the case.





 





 





so the process goes on

until the farm becomes

run down and reduced in

fertility and selling val-

ue. Too often the owner

of a rented farm, feeling

that his income from the

land does not warrant it,

is reluctant to invest

money in repairs to

fences and buildings, and

from this cause the farm

runs down in appearance

and selling value, as well

as from the actual deple—

tion of the fertility of the

soil. But there is no

question that if one rents

farm land at all, it pays

better to keep the farm

up in the best possible

condition and get the

best available class of

tenants. In this case it

will be necessary to

either rent at a cash

irental or for one-third

of the product of the

farm as the better class

of tenant farmers will

own their own stdck and

tools and will prefer this

to ‘ other methods of

renting.



fl'hile there is no set





 





 





Farm Home Of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Longnecker, Oceana County, Mich.





dressing for the wheat following the

beans. But, however it may be applied,

the application of stable manure will as-

sist in getting a stand of clover, espe-

cially if it is a lack of proper inoculation

which caused the failure of the seeding

last spring. ,_



When to Clip Alfalfa.





“’ill you kindly advise me through the

columns of your paper, when to clip my

alfalfa, which was sown June 10. I put

17 lbs. on one acre and have a good stand.

‘Jacksoano. L. C. L.





Where the stand of alfalfa is good and

the weeds are not too troublesome, it

should not be clipped until the new buds

start at the crowns of the plants. The





best authorities place special emphasis

on this 'point and, claim that'good stands





able as a means of destroying them.

Ducks are used for the same purpose in

tobacco fields, where these worms are

particularly destructive. But the great-

est natural enemy of these insects in our

case proved to be skunks, which ran

through the field at night and dug up

the cocoons, of which they seemed to be

particularly fond. Whether due to their

diligence or to some parasite which

checked the propagation of this pest in

succeeding years, they soon disappeared.

Although they bothered some for several

seasons, yet they were not so numerous

and in recent years have not damaged

the crop at all. _In killing the worms,

some used sticks with which they were





knocked oflthe vines and killed, while





g third.





rule for the share rental

of land, and all sorts of

bargains are made be—

tween owners and renters. yet as a gen-

eral principle it may be said that under

ordinary conditions the land is entitled

to a third of the product, the labor a

third, and the equipment and necessary

incidentals to be furnished the other

This last third is quite often di—

vided between owner and tenant under

various agreements as to furnishing, de-

pending upon the nature of the farming

to be done. The most profitable course

to pursue, for either owner or tenant.

however, is an individual problem in each

case,.but whatever the conditions, two

fair minded men who want to consum-

mate a business deal can arrive at an

equitable arrangement ,Thls “09“] be

stated in writing in detail. so as to avoid
94. (2)





future misunderstandings, and if a ten-

ant' of the better class is attracted by

the proposition offered and secured by

the owner, he will prove far more respon-

sible in the matter of carying out the

agreement which may be made.



In [every case it is wise for the owner

to make an arrangement‘ by which all

the coarse forage produced shall remain

on the farm, as'otherwise the process of

soil depletion will be accelerated. Taxes,

of every nature, constitute a lein on the

land and must be assumed by the owner

unless otherwise provided by a binding

agreement which protects the owner.

Fences and repairs to buildings are also

expenditures which relate to the value of

the land and which the tenant cannot

be expected to make except through

special agreement.





 





 





LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





The wheat threshing is done for this

year. This, I think, is about a month

earlier than I ever threshed wheat before.

We usually wait until the cats are ready

to thresh but the wheat harvest was so

much ahead of the oat harvest this year,

and it was in such fine condition, the

weather was so favorable, that I decided

to thresh the wheat first. \‘l’e had a.

pretty good—sized job and I thought it

would be better to divide the threshing,

under the circumstances, and not wait

until the oats were ready to thresh.

Threshing at Lillie Farmstead is rather

a. slow job, because we put the most of

the wheat in the barn; in fact, we usuo

ally put it all in the barn, for this year

we had a little extra acreage, and then

when we thresh We putt he straw all in

the straw barn. The barns are first filled

pretty ful with hay and then the wheat

is put on the scaffolds and on the hay

mows so that when we thresh it is not a

very good place to get the bundles down

to the machine; no rush work can be

done. Usually before we get through the

straw mow has to be tramped and we





have to stop the machine and all go into .~

the straw mow and assist in tramping in





order to get the straw in. Vi'e did this

this year. Consequently the machine

cannot make a record, even though we

have a splendid yield of wheat. ,



As] I have before stated, the wheat

prospects were good and the threshing

test proved that I was correct. We had

in all, 53 acres of wheat and threshed

out, machine measure, 1,613 bushels,

making a trifle over 30 bushels per acre

for the entire acreage. This, under the

circumstances, I consider a good yield

because none of this wheat was upon

what I call my best land. It was all on

land that I had recently purchased, some

of it only two years ago, and none of the

land has had stable manure applied for

the last quarter of a century. It was

really an exceptionally good year for

wheat this year, or probably I could not,

on this kind of land, have gotten this

yield of wheat. Of course, I owe this

good yield of wheat to several conditions.

In the first place we got the ground

plowed early in August; we prepared it

thoroughly, having plenty of horse power

to do it with, and got it fitted so that we

sowed it the first of September and then

1 gave a good heavy application of com-

mercial fertilizer because I had no stable

manure to use on this land. As long as

I own the land it never will receive any

stable manure because it is too far away

from the barn to manure it profitably. I

think very much credit for the good crop

of wheat rests with the fertilizer in fur-

nishing available plant food to give the

plant a good start. Besides this, I have

one of the finest catches of clover on the

entire 53 acres that I eyer had. It is

almost. a mat over the entire area and it

looks thrifty.



One thing I am proud of is my two

straw barns being so full of nice, clean

straw for bedding this winter. The

straw is packed in better than ever be-

fore, and is of good quality.



COLON C. LILLIE.





COVER CROPS.





For a number of years we have been

experimenting with some sort of a catch

crop which would give something back

to the soil while growing, and at the

same time protect the ground during the





winter months from blowing by the usual'





winds and excessive freezing. We have

tried crimson clover, a quick catch and

growing. crop, but have abandoned it be-

cause of its unreliability in making a

stand when the weather man happens to

order a dry Spell after sowing.



The most satisfactory crop all around

for us is rye, yet the serious drawback

here is that nothing is put back into the





 





soil while this is. growing. Its advan-

tages, however. are)“, marches: of a'

catch and hardiness in withstanding ex- ,

cessive weather, though it 'is extremely

tough, yet a place in a field where water

stands will at times kill it mostly out.





As to the amount of humus given to

a: soil when this is turned under, it will

depend upon the length of stalk and

thickness to which the ground was sown.

\Ve sow in between corn rows Just before

the final cultivator trip and it is thus

easily-sown and as easily covered.



There is a one-horse seeder made which

will fit in between the rows and do the

job in first-class shape but we have not

thought it worth while to invest when

the other way is so easy and the ground

ground has to be cultivated anyhow.





Other “tries" for a cover crop are

Canadian field peas. They die, of course,

yet cover the. ground well if they are to

be left for the winter. Another is red

clover. When it is possible to get a

catch in wheat or cats, then red clover

is a mighty good cover crop. But it can

not be sown after another crop and be

depended upon with any degree of cer-

tainty. . '



On some places and crops we have,

and are, trying cats the same way. If

sown heavily enough we believe that

they have their place and that as a

mulch for over winter they are mighty

good helpers.





0hio._ R. E. Roonns.





 





A WAGON BOX HANGER.



The accompanying illustration, and this

short description, will explain how the

writer made a wagon box hanger, or sup-

port. The particular advantage Iof this

hanger over others, is that it folds back

out of the way when not in use. Two-

inch by six—inch timbers were used to

make the hangers, two of them being

used as shown, placed eight feet apart,





 





 





they were fastened to the side wall of

the wagon shed, with, three large hinges





for each hanger. When not in use, they

may be held in position by means of two

large hooks, and when not in use, they

fold back against the wall and occupy

only about three inches of wall space.

The manner of making same is plainly

illustrated in the cut. J. E. B.





 





AGRICULTU RAL EDUCATION.





 





It is gratifying to note the rapid growth

of public sentiment in favor of agricul—

tural education. The sentiment is a

worthy one, and its full realization is

necessary to increased prosperity of the

country. We can draw a large amount

of sustenance from the soil, even with

very crude methods of farming: we can

be seemingly prosperous during a specu-

lative epidemic when the activities en-

gendered by the myriads of Peters’ to

pay Pauls’, which are called business,

and during the time indifferent agricul-

tural methods may serve our purpose.

But in the final analysis it will be found

that more and more dependence must be

placed upon agriculture; and to be able

to carry the burden, agriculture must in

all cases be intelligently conducted. The

rule must be that the administration of

the farm be as. economically correct and

exact as that of the best appointed fac-

tory.



Wastes must be prevented, fertility

conserved, the needs and abilities of

soils understood, the purity and sound-

ness of seed secured, the knowledge of

correct animal breeding become as com-

mon as that of the multiplication table:

in short, farmers 'must become as intel-

ligent a class in their line as the profes-

sional classes are in their respective

lines. Farming must be recognised as

one of the professions. A thorough





knowledge or, farming _ involves . a' maéi '





range" .of» studies than any other profes-

sion, therefore the e‘dixeatioh a the boy

who is to be a farmerghould begin when

he is young; he should begin to imbibe

some knowledge of the arts he is to

practice. and with them he should'get a

taste of the enticements of :gricultural

education that will create a desire for

more advanced work in a higher grade.

In other words, the primary schools

should be profitable feeders of schools of

agriculture, thereby increasing the num-

ber of farmers who will be equipped to

maintain themselves against any com-

petition that the world may subject

them to.





Canada. W. R. GILBnn'r.





 





ERADICATION OF CANADA

THISTLES.



In looking over an old issue of the

Michigan Farmer my glance rested upon

an article upon the eradication of Canada

thistles. The advice given by the writer

of the article was thorough cultivation.

WVhile this is an excellent way of eradi-

cating the pest, yet it frequently happens

upon the average farm that there are

small patches scattered here and there,

where it is not alone inconvenient to cul-

tivate but often impossible. The thistle

not only grows and develops in cultivated

fields but also flourishes in the fence

corners, along the road sides, in the wood

lots, and the permanent pastures. In

these places a different method will, of

necessity, have to be employed.



A number of years ago we had a patch

in a clearing. At that time cultivation

was impossible. Another method con-

sequently was followed. Today you can

not find a thistle. there. In fact, for sev-

eral years the patch has been completely

eradicated. Two years ago several large

patches became thoroughly seated in the

pasture field. This summer only a few

slender plants appeared, and these have

since disappeared.



Such was the result: now to the meth-

od of procedure. Just this simple prac-

tice: Salting the stock on these thistle

patches. Care being taken to press into

the ground with the heel a thistle before

applying a small handful of salt. Of

course, the whole patch~would not big

covered the first, nor the. second or thiiid‘

salting, but. finally the hardiest plants

would be treated: . With each application

the patch will grow smaller and the

hardy thistles fewer, until the last thistle

is driven back into the ground by the

continued licking and nipping of the

stock.



Following the practice of salting the

stock regularly upon the thistle patch will

cause them to hang around it, to lick

the ground and to nip off the tender

young thistles. As a Canada thistle can

not live under ground but dies if kept

down for a few weeks, there is only one

result—the eradication of the patch. Of

course, this method would not be applica-

ble where the entire field is infected, but

for scattering patches in uncultivated

places it has proven successful.



Oakland Co. E. S. C.





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Samples and prices, together with gov-

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also mail pamphlet giving information of

real value. Alfred J. Brown Seed 00..

Grand Rapids, Mich.





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EXPERIENCE WITH NIGHT FLOWER-

ING CATCHFLY





I was much interested in the inquiry of

W. J. R., of Washtenaw county, and the

answer thereto, in the Michigan Farmer

of July 15, in regard to “Night Flowering

Catchfiy" (Silene Noctiflora). I have

been battling with this weed for many

years and confess I have not eradicated

it, though I have tried different ways.

But I have gained much experience and

have become acquainted with its habits

so that now I think I can eradicate it if

I have a mind to carry out my idea. It

is spread all over this neighborhood and

my own farm is pretty thoroughly seed-

ed with it, so that it would perhaps be

harder to eradicate it on my farm than

it would be for W. J. B.



First, as to its habits: The editor says

it is an annual. So says “'ood‘s botany,

which I have at hand. But it is certainly

not an annual in this neighborhood. The

plants live over winter (whether more

than one winter or not, I do not know),

and start a vigorous growth early in the

spring and commence to blossom when

the apple blossoms are out, or about corn

planting time. Then they very quickly

mature seed if they are allowed to. A

plant will grow from seed and blossom

and mature seeds in a short time, too.



My plan to eradicate the weed is this:

Give all cultivated crops thorough culti-

vation, all-owing no weeds to go to seed,

using the hoe if necessary. This I do.

But I have not prevented it from going

to seed in the clover crop. This is where

I have failed in the past. After the cul-

tivated crop, seed to clover, using a

spring grain crop as a nurse crop. Not

many catchfly plants will blossom the

summer the grain crop is harvested.

VVh-at few do, will have to be looked after

and cut or pulled by hand. Many catch—

fly plants will have started however, will

live over winter and will grow “to beat

the band," the next spring. Then, in

order to prevent them from going to

seed, the clover crop will have to be cut

early—very early—too early, in fact, for

the. benefit of the hay crop. Then, after

the clover is cut the ground should either

be pastured or plowed to prevent an

after crop of catchfiy seed. Cattle are

not “averse to eating it if they have ac—

cess to. it.



It will not do to depend upon mowing

the field after harvest to prevent the

catchfiy from seeding. If you do. you

will miss your mark. The catchfiy has

a habit of sprawling around over the

ground so that the mower will not do

clean work with it and will leave many

seed pods to mature seed. and every seed

pod will have hundreds of seeds. Neither

can you successfully gather the. ripe

catchfiy plants and burn them, because

when a ripe seed pod is inverted the

seeds pour out like so many small shot

and are lost on the ground.



You will not have an easy snap to ex-

terminate the catchfiy, I assure you.



Ogemaw Co. A. L. DUNLAP.





A SILO LINED WIT—H BRICK.





Can you tell me what to do with my

silo? When I built it I was told that I





with brick. I went down to the depth

of my barn basement—about 10 feet—

and bricked up, using cement mortar.

However, the silage s oils about a foot

in from the wall. Cou d I remedy it by

putting on a coat of cement a couple of

inches thick, or will I have to fill in and

make a new bottom? H. H.

H. H. has the correct idea. All that

is necessary now is to plaster that brick

wall on the inside with good rich cement

mortar just as you would a cistern. It

will keep out the air and moisture and

prevent the silage from spoiling. A brick

wall is too porous and too uneven to

make a good silo. It must be plastered

on the inside with cement, and the same

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0F RAISING BROILERS.



That there is profit in the poultry busi-

ness goes without argument. Just how

much depends, of course, on circum-

stances. On a farm where there is plenty

of range and green forage the cost of

keeping is less than where space is less

ample and all food must be purchased.

Experiment station reports have shown

how, under favorable conditions, eggs can

be produced for seven cents a dozen. in

fact, on the aveiage farm in summer the

cost is undoubtedly below that figure,

since fowls at large secure practically

their entire living without any cash

expense whatever. Still the hens have

to be kept the year around.



Last autumn a certain woman of my

vauaintance decided to raise some broil~

ers. The weeks slipped away before she

got started and it was past the best

season for them when she finally got

them at an age to sell, but she got 20

cents a pound for them alive and they

averaged a little over two pounds. All

their food from the very first was .pur-





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chased in small lots at market prices,

except clover chaff which a neighbor

donated. They were fed five times each





day until they were eight weeks old, at

which age they were disposed of. Leav-

ing out the clover chaff, the total cost of

food for the eight weeks amounted to

exactly ten cents for each broiler. These

chicks Were hatched in an incubator,

hovered in brooders and fed according’to

a: certain system. They were pure-bred

Barred Rocks.



This spring in March the same thing

was repeated except that the chicks were

given their liberty through the day, the

weather being such that confinement was

unnecessary. in this way a portion of

their food was glcunml from the lawn

and garden so that the feed bill was con-

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for the eight. weeks. These broilers sold

the first of .Tuly at 18 cents a pound live

Weight at a local market, weighing two

pounds each. »



The figures quoted show that there is

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attractive one. Had the first lot been

ready for market a month earlier the

orice would have been considerabiydiigh—

3r than that received.





Genesee Co. 1"]. E. ROCKWOOD.





 





A MODERN CEMENT POULTRY

HOUSE.

The poultry house herewith illustrated

has several features that should appeal

to the poultryman, and while the interior





arrangement may not differ very matc-

riaily from your oun house, the con—

struction of the walls, i think. will. The

walls are solid cemcnt, about three and

one—half inches thick. built as follows:

Frames are built of wood for the open-

ings. using llgxfilg-in. stndding. Those

frames are sct up and held in place by

twnporury timbers and braces, and truss





 





 





 





fastening. the roof plates, also for any

other purpose where you desire to fasten

wood to the walls. The floor plan and

cross section of house explain the interior

arrangement, H being the entrance doors,

R the roosts, D B the drop boards, P a

wire partition, H a hall, N the nests,

and W T the water trough. The win-

dows should be arranged to open out at

the top. on hinges, and, if desired, the

entrance doors may be closed with a cord

and pull y arrangement by running the

cord up the wall and down the roof into





the hall. Fill in the floor six inches with

sand or arth of some kind; do not put

in cement, wood, brick or stone.



Texas. J. E. BRIDGMAN.





MARK TURKEY BREEDING STOCK

EARLY.



It may seem early to begin to select

breeding stock a year in advance of the

breeding season. The idea is this: every

successful turkey raiser wants to im-

prove his stock every year. If be pro-

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will be reduced to a minimum. A turkey

may appear to be, especially strong and

hardy after it has matured, when in fact

it may have a weak point in it some—

where which would have been discovered

if its growth had been watched from the

time it was hatched.



If the poultryman keeps a watchful eye

on the growing broods he will note that

certain members of each flock grow fast-

er than the others, alWays look healthier

than the others and never show any

signs of ill health. These are the ones

that he should mark to keep over for

stock purposes.





RELIEVING EGG-BOUND HENS.





 





Sometimes cases of egg-binding occur.

These are most frequently met with

among young pullets or very old hens.

When pullets become egg-bound it is ow—

ing to the egg passage not having be-

come suliiciently developed to allow the

egg to easily pass along. In the case of

old hens the fowls may be too weak to

deliver the eggs. Fowls Show signs of

egg—binding by squatting down, or fre-

quently going to and from the nest, or

by remaining on the nesta considerable

time.



When signs of egg-binding are seen,

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natal lath are fastened in the center of

the frames, also set up and wired against

false timbers for the entire outside walls.

The mctul lath is wired to the temporary

pieces on either the interior or the ex—

terior, and the, opposite sidc is then plas-

tered with a heavy coat of cement and

sand, using a mixture of about one part

cement to three or four parts sand; when

dry, remove the temporary timbers and

give the other side a coat of plaster, and

you will have a solid cement wall about

three or more inches thick. Paint the

exterior with a thin mixture of pure ce—

ment and water. Cover the roof with

any material that suits your fancy, but

the writer recommends some good brand

of composition roofing. Bolts may be

placed, in the _,cement, while wet, for





House, Showing Doors and Window Space.





fowl and ascertain whether the cause of

the mischief is intact or broken. If in—

tact, it will, as likely as not, be of ab-

normal size, and can readily be felt lying

close to the vent. The fowl should be

given a dose of warm castor oil, and a

feather, liberally soaked with sweet oil,

should be inserted \lnto the vent. The

patient should then be placed in a roomy

basket well littered with hay. If this

treatment fails to assist the hen in de-

livering the egg within 12 hours, the vent

should again be oiled and held over a

jug containing steaming hot water. This

operation will generally effect a. cure.

Should the egg, on being examined. be

found to be broken, the vent should be

well oiled internally and a careful search

should be made with the forefinger for a





piece of the egg shell.. When found, it

should assist the operator “by gentle .ef- ‘

fort to draw out the whole of the broken

egg. The fowl should then have. a. doSe

of warm castor oil, and be placed in a”

roomy pen by herself and kept quiet.

Cases of egg-binding are not difficult to

cure if the symptoms are quickly noted

and the sufferer treated before her

strength has become exhausted in her

vain endeavor to deliver the egg.

Canada. W. R. GILBERT.

HOW To FIND THE QUEEN BEE.

Very often, beginners in bee—keeping

and others who are not beginners, have

trouble in finding queens. During a hon-

ey-flow, with a colony not excessively

populous and gentle bees clinging to the

combs, the simplest way is to take the

combs out and examine them. Put them

in a comb basket and, if the queen has

not been found, look over them again,

putting them in another comb basket.

Look in the hive also. It is necessary to

use as little Smoke as possible so as to

avoid causing the queen to run and hide.

There is no short-cut toward finding a

queen. You have got to look until you

find her. Do not use much smoke or you

will set the bees‘to running, and then it

is very hard to find the queen. A fright-

ened queen will run from the light and

hide in the first crack or dark place she





 





can find. You will be very likely to find

her on one of the combs that con—

tain brood. If you do not find her





after looking the combs over several times,

the likelihood is that you will not find

her if you keep on for half an hour. But

if you close the hive and come back in

half an hour you may find her the (first

thing.



One of the plans is to put the combs in





pairs, having the pairs a little distance

apart, using an additional hive for the

needed room. After a time the bees





without the queen will show signs of un-

easiness, and the operator may look for

the queen in the brace of combs where

the bees are quiet. If a queen is removed

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not discover its loss for some hours,

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has not even interrupted her work and

can be seen laying eggs. Generally she

has retreated from the light and taken

refuge between the bottom of the comb

and the bottom bar, if there is space

there. as there generally is. Then when

the operator looks over the comb there

begins a game of hide and seek.



'\\'hen the operator looks for the queen

he always turns the comb and himself

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cares for the operator, but to get away

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Some bee—keepers, when in search of

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trance. Then thcy set it back and clap

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§ummer Care of the Calves.





Upon the summer care and feed of the

calves will depend much of the profit or

loss in raising them. If they are allowed

to run in a bare barn lot with only skim—

milk as feed, they will certainly not keep

in thrifty condition and make a satis-

factory growth. During the balance of

the season they had much better be kept

in the barn where the flies will not both-

er them in the daytime, and be given the

run of a. convenient pasture or barn lot

at night. Where bright clover hay is

available, it will prove a much better

roughage for them than the dry grass

which may be left in the dormant pas-

ture, and better yet, some succulent for-

age, such as corn, or alfalfa, where this

is available, will serve to keep them

thrifty and growing rapidly. If a suit-

able supplementary ration is fed in con-

nection with such forage and skim—milk,

the calves will prove a» profit to their

grower. If there is plenty of skim-milk

available, corn meal will balance it up

nicely and some ground oats and a little

oil meal added will serve to make up a

desirable ration.



If they are to make profitable beef

animals in the end, the calves must be

kept growing from the start. The neg-

lect of the calf crop during mid—summer

is the most potent cause of the cheap

and inferior grade of market cattle pro-

duced on the average farm, and there

is no department of farm operations

which will pay better for a little thought

and judicious investment of labor than

will the growing calves.



Maturlng the Pig Crop.



With the hog market hovering around

the $7 mark, there is every incentive for

those who have spring pigs on the farm

to keep them in a thrifty growing condi-

tion and taking on a liberal allowance

of flesh every day. There is quite a gen-

eral tendency among farmers who keep

but few hogs to run the spring pigs

through the summer as cheaply as pos-

sible? ,gvnn‘lsh them on the corn crop.

The trouble with this plan is that if the

pigs are not kept growing throughout the

seasonv so as to have well developed

frames when corn feeding begins, they

will not reach market weights until late

in the fall, and the cost of the finished

product will be much greater than if the

pigs had been fed better earlier in the

season, even upon more expensive feeds.

Pigs, and in fact, all young animals,





{make much greater gains upon a given





amount of feed during the. early period

of their lives. It takes a certain amount

of feed for a. maintenance ration, simply

to keep the animal alive and repair the

body tissues, without making any gain

at all. The longer the period during

which this maintenance must be fed, the

greater the cost of the gains secured.

Then the animal that is not well fed from

the start and continuously to ‘maturity,

does not get a. corresponding develop-

ment of his digestive organs as compared

with the well fed individual, and when

it is desired to finish such an animal it

will be found that he has not the capac-

ity to digest and assimilate a large

quantity of feed, and that for this rea-

son he will not make as rapid or as prof-

itable gains as the one that has been

well nurtured from the start.



Then this common plan of carrying the

bulk of the spring pigs through for a

late finish has a bad influence on the

market, since large numbers of this class

of hogs are dumped onto the. market at

a time when it is over supplied, with the

natural result that prices take a. slump.

As a practical proposition, it is usually

the “early bird that catches the worm”

in the maturing of the early spring pigs.



SILAGE PROFITABLE FOR BEEF



PRODUCTION.



The question, “Is silage an economic

feed for beef cattle?” is being investigat-

cd by many stock farmers.



In a test at the Kansas Station, “a

lot of ten steers were fed on corn silage,

chopped alfalfa hay and a grain mixture

of equal parts ground corn and Kafir

corn, in comparison with another lot of

twenty steers of the same average weight

and quality fed exactly the same feed

except silage.



“* * * For every hundred pounds of

gain 461 pounds of silage saved 18 pounds

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THE "MICHIGAN FARMER.





. equivalent to $4.51 per ton for corn silage

- which can be produced for $2.00 per ton."





This is not all, for the cattle were

shipped to Kansas City and sold at the

Stockyards and the silage-fed lot brought

25 cents a cwt. more than the others.

This is making a profit in two ways: the

cost of feed reduced and higher price

for animals. If the cattle that are sold

for beef‘ each year came up to this stan-

dard it would add thousands of dollars

to the wealth of our farmers. The fact

that so many feeders are putting in large

silos is evidence that they belieVe the

above results can be accomplished by

feeding silage. E. H. C.





 





COMFORT IN THE CALF PEN.



The writer was in a cattle barn last

fall where International show cattle were

being fitted. It was in the forenoon and

the herdsmen were cleaning out the

stalls. They were removing [every bit of

bedding that was at all soiled. Then

they were shaking up the remaining litter

and putting in new, clean straw until the

calves had a. nice, soft bed six or eight

inches in thickness.



Scarcely would the manure cart be

past a stall and the fresh bedding put in

before the calves were lying down again.

The clean soft bed coaxed them to lie

down and be quiet. And when they are

quiet and contented they will grow best.

Next to the animal’s breeding and his

feed, comfort means more than any other

thing in making profitable gains.



The calves in this barn were all fat

and sleek and every one of them was

growing splendidly. One of them not yet

one year old has been gaining over three

pounds per day for two or three months.

He did not get milk either.



In addition to the right kind of a bed

a few other things are essential for the





same .-order each day. Quietness is a

twin brother to regularity and no man

is a good feeder who is not very quiet

in the barn.



The feed itself has much to do‘ with

comfort. Palatable food will leave a

keener sense of satisfaction with the ani-

mal. He will be more contented and rest-

ful for having eaten feed that he likes.

A feeder of a prominent show herd re-

marked recently that the biggest thing in

feeding animals for show and in keeping

them in that bloom of flesh desired in

show animals, was to learn what the ani-

mal likes and to feed it that. Of course,

barns and yards, feed, and all conditions

cannot be ideal anywhere but there are

always many ways by which a little com-

fort can be added without ’much extra

effort, and it will always pay.



Iowa. H. E. MCCARTNEY.





 





WEANING THE COLT.



In my experience in weaning colts I

find that it is best to teach the colt to

eat before the task of weaning has be-

gun. I always teach them to eat as soon

as they are old enough.



I find that the loss in flesh may be re-

duced to a minimum if the colt is taught

to eat with its dam. It is not the best

practice to feed the colt large quantities

of grain while it is with its dam, but

rather to get him to eat small amounts.

Teach him to stand tied to his mother





before he. is weaned so he willpnot [fret '





when taken away from the mare. Colts

that have been taught to lead and stand

tied are not so troublesome during wean-

ing time as those that have not been

handled.



About six months of age is about the

proper time to wean a hearty and strong

colt. Many good horsemen prefer to

wean them at once while others wean





 





 





Well Grown Pigs 130 Days Old, on





best of comfort. One of them is sunlight

into the stall. During the summer it

may be permissible to darken the win-

dows to keep down the flies and to coax

the animals to rest more during the long





hot days. In the cooler autumn weather

and during the winter there is no need

of darkened windows. On the other





hand, sunlight, and as much of it as can

be gotten, is needed to add warmth and

cheer to the stall. Everyone has seen

examples which illustrate this in going

into a barn or shed where there was a.

bright streak of sunshine streaming

across it. The stock always prefer the

streaks of sunshine to the cool, damp

corners.



Cleanliness of body is another essential.

Of course, when the bedding is kept

bright and clean the animals will not be-

come badly soiled. A good, brisk brush-

ing once in a while will pay if the ani-

mals are pure-bred or are being fitted for

show or sale. It goes without saying that

no one will tolerate lice. These little

parasites not only annoy the animal but

suck blood from him, thus reducing his

vitality as well as causing discomfort.

There is danger of their getting started

once in a while and they should be

watched for and gotten rid of at once if

any appear. —



Regularity in care and feeding is a

prime necessity in the production of

comfort. The animals become accus-

tomed to eating and drinking at certain

hours and if they are not cared for at

those times ,they will worry and fret.

This uneasiness is more than is shown

externally, for the digestive system is

more or less deranged when the calf has"

to wait until some time past the regular

time. All the good feeders are extremely

regular in habit. They may be slow but

they are $881,113? and do treir work in the





Farm of J. Lahuis, of Ottawa County.





them gradually allowing them to suck

once or twice a day for a number of days

before they are taken away entirely. Af-

the the colt has becn taken away it is

essential the mare should have good care,

her udder should be washed at least

twice a day in cold water and spirits of

camphor. This dries up the milk glands

and prevents the udder from becoming

caked and feverish.



After the colt is taken away from the

mare he should be provided with a box

stall to stand in, this gives him more





room to exercise than does the single

stall. After he is provided with a box

stall do not think that this is all that





he needs butturn hiln out every day and

if it is possible turn him on the grass.

Bran and oats make a good grain ration.



The feeder is the only one who can

tell how much feed the colts require for

their best growth and development. They

should have all they will clean up at one

feeding. Nothing will cause a colt to

grow unthrifty any quicker than allowing

stale food to collect in the manger from

one feeding to the next. Their digestive

organs need rest at times. The colt

should never be allowed to lose its foal

fiesh but kept on the push from time of

birth to maturity.



The colt’s stall should be kept clean

and its hoofs must be watched and kept

trimmed. This will keep them from

wearing short and uneven.» From the

time the colt is weaned until fully grown

it should be fed on a flesh ‘and bone

forming ration and given the run of a

good pasture at all times when the

weather is thought favorable. While the

colt is first being handled great care

should be taken not to get it eXcited and

afraid but be as kind as possible and it

will soon learn to love you for a master,



'Illinois. Cor C. MCCUAN.





 

 

 





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Functional Paralysis—My mare, seven

years old, is wrong in hind quarters.

Vhen she travels her hind quarters wab-

ble and twist, her hind legs wind partly

around each other and she has poor con-

trol of them. Vl’hen I bought her three

months ago I failed to notice anything

wrong with her; this was on account of

my poor eyesight. She seems to be sound

in all parts except back and hind quart—

ers. J. O. E , Dover, N. H. ——This mare

has either met with an injury affecting

hcr spine, or else has functional spinal

disease causing her to have only partial

control of hind legs. A recovery in such

cases is always doubtful. Fairly good re—

sults may follow giving her 1 dr. ground

unx vomica at a dose in feed two or

three times a day. Allow the sun to shine

on her back part of time and it will have

a good effect: also apply one part turpen—

tine, one part aqua ammonia and four

parts olive oil three times a week.



infectious Ophthalmia.——Some time ago

one of my cows commenced to have trou-





ble in one eye. At first discharge was

watery, soon becoming thicker, and I

applied burnt alum, but the eye got no

better. The eyeball is festering and the

sight is gone. I also have five calves

111111 have had a similar trouble since,

11nd they have gone blind. Now my cows

are becoming infected, one after the

othrr. Our local veterinarians do not





seem to understand this ailment and as

l believe it is catching would like to

have your advice. P. W. L., North

liranch. Micthour cattle are suffering

from infectious or contagious ophthalmia

11nd this is a catarrhal condition which

111:1): be the result of local causes or it

may assume an epidemic form and affect





:1 great many in the same herd. It is

doubtless the result of some bacterial

lEllll't'illlg germ when 1t assumes an epi—





demic form. You made a mistake in ap-

pl_\i11g burnt alu111,for this has a caustic

ct‘twt 11nd it ztluays does harm when 11p-

plictl to the eye. Blow some boracic acid

into the sore eyes once a day, also blow

«"1‘111111el into them once a day If their

h11\'11s are costive give epsom salts to

them, and if feverish give a tablespoon—

ml of powdered nitrate potash at a dose

in feed or water twice a day. You should

disinfect your stables by burning sulphur

or using coal tar, and your cattle should

be kept in a darkened. well ventilated,

clean stable in day time and allowed to

run in pasture at night.



Atrophy of Hip—You 111‘cscribed for a

mare some time ago that was lame in

foot and your treatment. made her well;

now I find the muscles of the hip have

shrunken and I would like to know what

will make them grow. S. B. 12.. Yale,

Mich.——Ruh hip with equal parts turpen-

tine, aqua ammonia and olive oil three

times a wcck and fccd her oats twice a

day.



Chronic (Toughpwlrlavc a six—year-old

mare that has had 11 cough since having

distemper last winter. There is a rat—

tling sound in throat. at times and she

shows symptoms of heaves. She has

been in poor condition all summer and

although bred several times fails to get

with foal. Have been giving her equal

parts lohelia, skunk cabbage, blood—root

11nd yellow seal in feed for some time

without satisfactory results. I also put

tar on her tongue once a day. B. F. C.,

(‘lit‘ft'trt‘h MiclL—szlply iodine ointment to

throat three times a week. Give her 1

dr. powdercd opium. 1 dr. powdered lo-

belia, 1 dr. ground nux vomica at a. dose

in feed two or three times a day. Feed

11o clover or musty, badly cured fodder

of any kindugrain and grass is the best





summcr feed for hcr.

Navel lnfection.—wllave lost two young

calves lately and another is affected





much the same. A bunch has appeared

1111 each one and they have. also had bow—





1-l trouhlc. J. K. L., Ashley, Mich.—,—Give

mil 5 grs. quinine and 15 grs. subnitrate

bismuth at a dose four or five times a





iodine ointment to navel

a day.





tidy 11nd apply

and bunch once



llcbtlity—Swollen Joints.—.—Sow had a

litter of pigs ten weeks ago; two weeks

:11‘tcr she farrowcd she was taken sick,

partially recovered. but has been weak in

hits ever since. Three of her pigs have

swollen hot-ks which stiffen the joints

but they have good appetite. F. L .l.,

l’h‘ltevue, Mith ~ Feed your sow less corn

and more oats and oil meal; also give

lwr a teaspoout‘ul air—slatted lime at a

dose in feed three times a day for a few

days. then twice a day. Paint the joints

of young pigs with tincture iodine three





times :1 wcek.

.‘cidity of Stomach.~My cows seem to

have a craving for wood. H. ‘ , Dan—





ville. Pa.~—Give each cow two tablespoon-

fuls cooking soda, a tablespoonful of salt,

two tablespoonfuls of ground gentian and

two tablespoonfuls of powdered charcoal

at a dose in feed two or three times a

do .



Syore Tendons—Contracted Feet—I re.-

cently purchased a young horse that; has

been driven on delivery wagon for some

time and he travels quite sore in front

feet. The cords of both legs are sore

and his boots are contracted. J. G., Beu-

lah. Mich—Blister tendons with cerate





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THE. MICHIGAN FARMER.





of cantharides three times a month and

blister coronets once a. week. Also stand

Sign in wet clay two or three hours a

Y. ”

Sheep Question—Indigestion.—Do .you

consider it safe to turn sheep on rape all

day until they become accustomed to

eating this kind of food? I would also

like to know what to do for a shepherd

dog that is eleven years old but bloats

after eating and seems to be losing flesh.

F. B. N., Gaylord, Mic11.—I should regard

it as a mistake and attended with some

risk of producing bloat and death to allow

hungry sheep to run ,in rape pasture all

day. One hour at a time night and morn-

ing is long enough for the first ten Gal's

or two weeks. Give your dog 1 oz. of

castor oil and the same quantity of olive

oil to purge him, then give 5 grs. soda

mint (tablet) at a dose in feed three

times a day.





 





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





In consequence of the drought in many

sections of the country the demand for

stocker and feeder cattle in western mar—

kets is cut down a good deal, although

good rains in some regions have improved

conditions.



Sheepmen throughout the country have

disposed of a large share of their spring

wool clip, and now there is a quieter feel—

ing in the wool markets of the country,

with prices generally unchanged.



The recent restricted demand for stock-

er and feeder cattle in the markets of

the. country has resulted in sales of such

cattle to a great extent to killers, with

most offerings that have any merits g0v

ing for beef at a low scale of prices.



The refreshing rains in the far west

and southwest came when greatly need-

ed. for the country was fast drying up.

and farmers were rushing their hogs to

market in wretched condition. These

bad conditions have been reflected in the

extremely light weights of the hogs mar—

keted at Missouri river points. At. St.

Louis, for instance, recent arrivals have

been averaging in weight only 160 to 177

lbs. ln many sections considerable time

will be necessary to bring up the pastur-

age, and many farmers have sacrificed

their entire holdings of cattle, hogs and

sheep.



Western packers have been slaughter-

ing hogs at the rate of 560,000 head a

week recently, compared with 405.000

8. year ago and 355,000 two years ago,

the packing to last acounts from March

1 amounting to 11,030,000 hogs, a gain of

3,110.000 over a year ago. For the same

period two years ago the packing reached

9,585,000 hogs. In a recent week exports

of hog products from our shores amount-

ed to 12,754,000 lbs., compared with 11.-

074.000 lbs. a year ago.



Western markets are still much over-

stocked with inferior lambs, and not a

few of them are marketed by farmers

who have no excuse for doing so. Where

pasturage and corn are abundant sheep-

men should hold their lambs and sheep

until they are in fat condition, for send-

ing in thin flocks is sure to be a losing

venture. Fat mutton is in good demand,

but no one wants common grades. The

western ranges are now marketing spring

lambs, as well as yearlings, and sheep-

mcn in the corn states will have to make

good stock if they are to come out ahead

in this competition.



In the Chicago stock yards the specu-

altive holders 'of stocker and feeder cat-





 





 





tlc have been obtaining a substantial

premium for lots of shaped-up, well—bred

steers over lots sold just as they come

from farming districts,‘as the “shaping-

11p” process compels them to accept a

big discount for the cattle thrown out.

As a rule. it pays the stockman looking

for cattle to fatten to pay a fair premium

for selected lots, but sometimes the pre-

mium asked is exorbitant.



A recent telegram from Kansas City

says: “Not in years have the cattlemen

of the southwest met such a. crisis as

came to them during the first week of

July. Five days of that week saw 72,000

head consigned to this market. A large

share of these were thin stock taken

from pastures because the pastures had

dried up for want of rain, the heat hav—

ing been intense for a. long period. Some

of these cattle had to go back to the

country. while others went to Ohio, Ken-

tucky, Illinois, Iowa, Arkansas and parts

of the southwest, where there was suffi-

cient pasturage. While this crisis is cer-

tain to mean losses in many individual

instances, on the whole there is merely

a readjustment of holdings, and the stock

will be carried through with good profit

to the new buyers, who have purchased

at a bargain. Not since the “nineties”_

has it been possible to get stock cattle

so cheap!’



The Casper, Wyoming, Tribune says:

“The lambing season in central Wyoming

this year is just about over and the re-

port from the range is to the effect, that

the percentage is very satisfactory to

the sheepmen, it being estimated that

the lamb crop will average 90 per cent.

The weather conditions this year have

been very favorable in most instances,

there being very few storms during the

lambing season.

will soon be over in this part of the

state, and already many of the flock-

masters have started trailing their herds

to their summer range on the Big Horn

mountains, and it is said there is an

abundance of feed on the range. On the

whole, the past year has been favorable."





Producing heavy bullocks

done these times, the business having

ceased to be a. profitable one in most

cases. but quite a number of stockmen

are now engaged in fattening car loads

of prime cattle, partly for the Interna—

tional Live Stock Exposition the coming

fall and partly in the belief that fancy

heavy beeves will sell up to 38 late in

the year. However. most farmers no

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of merit Also a few heifers and heifer calves for



sale. Write for description and prices. Satisfaction

g. aranteed. or money refunded.



LON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Michigan.





DAIRY SHORTHORNS





of the Best Milking Families.

All milk weighed and record sek oft.

W. W. KNAPP.R. I). 4. Watervliet. chigan.





' SHEEP.

masons oxronsgsfiggsgsm





better lambs. Grads X 3151;



91pm alga Pi! Crdeiir now for shi ment lanai!-h wggn

. o 0 can s or or of g sh ee

' PARSONS—the Sheep 'Grand Ledge. M lohl.)





OXIord-Down anshcopn and Polled





cattle for sale. Hut am.





A.Dn GARMO, Muir. Mich.

OXford Down Shee —Good Yearlingf Field

forsale. I. B. WATERB RY. Highland, Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Rams and ewes of all ages





 





Live 2111 miles out o

J. Q. A. 000K.





also 85 ewe and ram lambs.

Morrioe on G. '1'. Road. Address





"005.





 





 





 





~Growthy Sprin Boats .1 Gilts



nun“ & “Gloria: of choicest bree infi from Prize

Winners. M. T STORYJI. .Lowel Michigan.

BERKSHIRE PIGS combin'ng the blood of the

Masterpiece and Premier



Longfellow families—the world s best breeding

Price 815. OD .W.OODBURY Lansing, Michigan.





 





 





 





E ' —Ten gills bred to the wonderful Duke

tBorkShlres Pontiac Chief, to farm“ in April or May.

No better breeding U 8. Bartlett. Pontiac. Mic-11.



pigs. excellent.





BEBKSHIBES‘"§%‘1‘3§3§§3. ”if 1111.111—





pztssed. Price 315. C. C. OBEY. New Haven. Mich.





 





 





VFW 0 Berkshire Gilts. sired by Handsome Prince 3

Bbred for A113,, tattooing. will sell at 340 ch 845 also

a few spring pigs left. A. A l‘AT'l‘LLUO, Deckervillo, Mich.





 





DAMS BROS, Litehlield. Mich, breeders of lmp. Chester

White and Tamworth swine, service boars. sowshred or

open, of either breed. Shortliorn Cattle. Buff Rock. Bufl‘ Wynn—

dotte, W. Orpington. Ckls all breeding stock leadingwinners.





~Bredt gilts. males wei hi f

0. I. C.SWlll€150ao1bs. Priceg an atom

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





 





 





b MlEchlgan A cultural Col-

For Sale1’ , East. Lans‘lgg. Michigan.

1 pure bred Black eroheron Stallion. 2

Octob ber 10,1911.Wei¢ht14m. Write 8.





BEG. PEBBHEBOIS for SALE'I- mini": 1 ’33.? 1331“





both grays. M. AJBRAY. Okemos, (Inglham do. .) M icli.





A.S. WILCOX. 333193331¥1£§1Hafii§

AUCTIONEER. Write for terms and dates.





BREED“? DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.

ABERDEEN-AN GUS.





Herd, c onsisting of Trojan Eriop'sé Blackbirds and

Prides, only. is head a Trojan Erica,

by Black W oodlawn. sin bof t 0 Grand Ohnm ion steer

and bull at the International in Chicago, 1910.

He is assisted by Undulata Blackbird Ito



\V OODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionln. Mich.





ears old,

.‘Hudson.





0 '0 C —March gigs with quality and bed pedi-

rees. Order now and get first choice.

C. J. HOMP SON. Rockford .Mlchlgan. 1





0.1. C’s Fol‘ sac-gs. 11.11111» M We;





akin. some fin?3 bred tins ’ohoioe “TNT-)2 xfalmin'? ll

ages or'ro UL LZE. Nashville, Mtciiig‘gf





cussran' mess-Erlt 1:1 :11:

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strata “i“ assessed 3.1121221 1181’s





0 L 0’8 Bred sows all sold. 93 choice Mar. & A ril

- farmwed pi eithersex pairs not..11kln l

in buyers name. Fred ickel.8 8..No 1. Monroe. Mic





0. 1.0. March Pigs and Saws hgygeg





W. CLARK. R F. D. 4, Brighton, Michigan.





 





 





 





0.1.1.1111111mstss- .11

iree. HARRY T. gXNiifiiedo. "n A“ rdiiili? “131%?





 





FOR SALE

Registered Holstein Bulls





Five to ten months old.





From lite best heavy milk producing lanllies.

Send for list.





BIGELOW’S HOLSTEIN FARM,

BREEDSVILLE. mcHIcAN.





TOP N CTCH HOLSTEIN S





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-

bining in themselves the blood of cows which now

hold and have in the past held W'orld 9 Records for

milk and butter fat at fair prices



McPHERSON FARMS C0., Howell. l'llch.





MlSTEINS-I_ have for sum :1 fen cows and year-

ling heifers brod to Johanna Con-

cordia Champion, the onh hull of an) breed “hose 2

grand dams averageiivl. 06 lbs butter 111 71111151. Also bull

calves and service bulls. L. E. Conuell, thxette, O.





Holstein Friesian Cattle—“ULL CALVEB~





G d .

ary Mercedes. W. B. JON ES. Oak (5.3311303513151233.





HOLSTE."_ FH'ESM" gatitlle and Duroc Jersey swine.

Cows. E. R. CORNEuLfiahilzsgtIa-dalfiigxiflggif'





OLS'I‘IEIN BUI. LS—l 89.111111121120111. Data A grand

one a a. 0“ Sewn

LONG BEACH “his. Augusta. Emma’s: eitiiiiii.





OB SALE—Holstein Bt ll 2 1

Calves 6 months to l yellir $50 335900 Olstrlofi 1113332

50to 9210.011!th herd in Ind. Send for Photos and

Pedigrees. W. C. Jackson. 711') Rex St. South Bend. Ind.





HEREFORDs_fB&th E‘afilexesglnd all ages





0111119. hogs. ALLEN BROS Paw P213110. {3153'





BUTTER BRED JERSEYS BULLS





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK0 FAS

Silver Creek. Allezan County, Méman.





JERSEY BULLS Hill SALE





redby Temisia.‘ s Into terested Prince 71648. wh oseda

made733 lbs. butter in one o t m

Choice individuals. i135 .3.“1i‘§““°;§°i., M‘





amounts r1111, 11111 11111111, ”9111ch“?” 11.1.

Register at Merit Jerseys. 0‘03 rag:





lot of you bulls fro 11111 i

1931;951:511 .1111 “3811;311:111“ 3n. " “accrual? mm"

N. Bay City. Michigan.

—Beg. Aces from six months to





aturit D

moo. right. w. a gnmbbn, “filed? 1511131?ll





 





 





o. 1. c. SWINE—.11; hr“. :1. 1’11““);

seen 0



strailn botlapfiles anél {Ingest l(fuel: my prior:a bagel-[e



you uy 1 teaser reeo c arein h



name. A. J. GOBDE HR No.2. Dgorr. filidliigflffif‘s





—-Choicebo:1rs readv for so r

0. '- CI and bred sown for Beptemrbégel‘agyv?

Glenwood Stock Farm. Zeeland, Mich. (PheneMJ





DUROC-JERSEYS“§,’3“.§“1‘3.“1%3





sale. CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastines. Mic igan.





FOR SALE—~DUBOC-JERSEY bred sows,

rugs and Shepherd Pups. Ex-

press prepaid. J. H. BANGHART, Lansing. Mich.





WALNUTO HILL DUROCS~17 fasncy sows b retod



Mich Col for August and t. farrow. 165



JpringB pigs. both sexes. riced ri v.8 rite or come.

. C. BARNEY. C0 DWA R. MICHIGAN.





ARGF TYPEP. C. 'r est in Mich. Be it. it 0 1;.

pigs weigh 250m fibs. Hired by tag) larggsl'.

boars and from largest sons in State

and be convinced. W.





 





 





 





Come and see

iv ingston, Pal-ma, Mio},_





POLAND-CHINAs-nooktng





apring pigs. woon a sum. Saline. melding?!-





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Poland-Chins ,‘gpgs gee Sept. .3?th bred





p139 E. D. BISHOP Route 38. Liflwoaem. {£318





ither sex F 1]

ring Pigs 9%. 1,. 1 11 9"“

118.? Barnes d1 Son, ByronPSeliliawxassggann Mireille





Three Extra 611ml FallP ti. Boars





By Next In Line. 32 sprin male pi read 1'.

Iship C. I). and furnisélipedigrg: pmnllpt‘lyfihiff

you wpant good as the best, write me for prices.





WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater, Michigan.





Butler’ 8 Famous Wonders—The big Poland- China.



without a peer combining. size, bone, ality.

We’ re head [16an for everythingi‘ 1n Pol and dglhinas.

Herd boars, )l‘OOd sows. weanling u always for sale.

Registered Jersex Bullsof all 11 ea ail“: sale our ricos

are low. J. 0. Butler, Portland. Mich. Dell P one.





BIG TYPE POLAND CHIINA BOABS. also fall and





earlv rin B.

”it NEVEP 1;ka 88mm“ whimper 15





FOR SALE £3313 YORKSHIRE PIGS

mam-menu‘s 00.. All M303, Ilfll.





 





 





 





 





 





Aunst furrow. A no “natdmnngt “a;





m 000115311139.“ Mich.





111112 Farmstead rusnires-Holvwm ‘





11m brad ”2:11:1- '





Reg. Rambouillets".it”3i‘333’y%‘f1§“&3.’i‘2‘i ”333; .
-ing, but that is not enough.





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AUG‘ 5, 1911. .

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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.





 





 





 





 





 





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INCREASING DAI-RY PROFITS.





 





The widespread interest in the new

move to make dairy farming more profit-

able through the weeding out of inferior

cows by means of cow-test associations

is convincing proof that many dairy

farmers are. alive to their needs. By the

test we may know what each cow is do-

Some way

needs to be devised by which we may

know what each cow is capable of doing.

dach cow should be fed according to

what she is capable of producing, rather

than by any fixed feeding standard. By

weighing each cow’s feed and figuring

the cost, many cows that are now regard-

ed as poor ones, would be able to show

a balance on the right side of the ac-

count. This is a phase of the subject

that must be recognized if the business

is developed to its most profitable ca-

nacity.



It is not always the cow’s fault that

she is unprofitable. Because a man buys

large. quantities of grain and feeds it

with a lavish hand, that is not evidence

that he is a good feeder. The average

dairy farmer feeds his cows alike for two

reasons. One is the matter of conven-

ience, and the other and more binding

one is the idea that what is good for one

cow must of necessity be good for all

other cows. The first reason is excus-

able. but the other is not, and must be

rooted out of our minds before we can





, build up our herds intelligently.





The quantity of food grown per acre

with a given expense'constitutes a very

material element in the cost of produc-

ing dairy products, and one that must be

given serious consideration by dairy

farmers. It is not only a question of

knowing how to feed and care for cows,

the mixing of suitable rations to produce

the most milk, but in order to make the

business successful, we must have the

grain and roughage at a price that will

permit of profit. The profitable feeding

of dairy cows begins with the growing

offthe. feed, and not, as many seem to

think’, when the cows are beifig fed. The

cost of feed, whether purchased or raised

on the farm, is an important factor, and

one that we cannot afford to overlook.





Increase Crop-Producing Power of Land

by Proper Feeding of Good Cows.



In evolving a 'system of crop growing

carrying the largest possibilities and in-

suring the best returns, we must adopt

a suitable rotation of crops that will pro-

vide feed for our cows and conserve the

fertility of our soils. We must feed our

soils as well as our cows. Our best re-

turns lie in this endeavor. Feed the soil

by feeding high-class cows. Let the

grains and roughage of the farm find

their way to market through good cows.

Carefully save and apply the manure.

It will supply organic matter and plant

food. Growclover and alfalfa in rota-

tion with grain and ensilage crops. These

will supply nitrogen. Stable and green

manures plowed under, in decaying will

liberate mineral plant food. Phosphorus

is lacking in many of our soils. It can

be supplied in small amounts through

stable manure, but that source is in—

adequate. On the generality of dairy

farms it will be found very profitable to

reinforce the stable manure with ground

rock phosphate or some more readily

available form of phosphorus. \Vith

phosphorus added, with manures turned

under to unlock dormant plant food, with

nitrogen supplied from the atmosphere

through legumlnous plants, and with

dairy cows to consume the grain and

roughage crops the dairy farmer is sure

of profitable returns. ,



If we secure the best cows we must

raise them on our own farms. If we are

content with cows that will produce 5,000

or 6,000 pounds of three per cent milk a

year we can buy them cheaper than we

can raise them; but if we wish larger

results, the 10,000 pound a year cows,

and that is what we ought to have, we

must know what their ancestry is, we

must breed them, feed them and develop

them. One critical time in the develop-

ment of the dairy cow is the feeding

after she is a yearand a half old until

she has passed through her first year’s

milking period. It is just» the time when

we are fixing the habit of the cow. We

want this milk machinery developed and

enlarged; we want it to be ideal. De-

velop her digestive ability, see that it is

strong, and then develop her milk-giving





function so that she will take her food

and deposit it in the milkpail instead of

the manure heap. This is not an easy

matter. \Ve cannot take a cow that has

been improperly developed and educated

during the first few years of her life and

make her what she would have been if

she had had the right line of treatment

at the outset. W'e all know this, but

few of us practice it. Every man’s cow

will sooner or later reach the level of

what his ideal cow is. The 400-pound of

butter-fat a year dairy farmer will have

400-pound of butter—fat a year cows.



\Ve are buying too much grain food.

When we began purchasing these grain

feeds they were cheap. Farm help was

scarce and we bought grain cheaper than

We could raise it on our farms. Now

we are facing changed conditions, grain

feeds are high and paying $30 to $35 a

ton for grain is an awful problem. Then,

by buying these foods we are keeping

down the crop-producing powers of our

land. \‘Vhat we need to understand is

that we can gradually build up the pro-

ductivity of our soils by growing the

kinds of food best suited to the needs of

our cows. Dairy feeds and farm fer-

tility bear the closest relation.

Cleanliness and Uniformity of Product



Are Big Factors.



Dairy profits may be greatly increased

by cleanliness. Dairy bacteriology is

giving a new force to the word cleanli-

ness. The cleaner the cow, the milkcr,

the stable and the milk room the less

bacteria laden dirt, or dust in the air;

and hence in the milk. The conditions

in many dairies are revolting to our aes-

thetic sensibilities, to say nothing of bac—

teria. No man can stand up and defend

the cow whose udder is plastered with

manure, or milk with a black sediment

in the cans or bottles. But many dairy-

men think that thorough straining re-

moves all the filth from milk. However,

modern dairy bacteriology shows us the

necessity of keeping out of milk these

things which seed milk with bacteria.

Soluble and microscopic filth cannot be

separated from milk by straining. White-

washed stables, washing the cow’s udder,

clean milkers and plenty of light and

pure air may seem like unnecessary pre-

cautions to'the average dairy farmer, but

there are substantial reasons for such

improvements. Any means of preventing

the entrance of bacterial dirt into milk

will tend to improve its sanitary quality.

Some bacteria get into milk through un-

cleanliness of utensils. Rusty tinware

should never be used in handling milk.

Milk with low bacteria is impossible if the

dairyman uses pails, strainers or cans

that are rusty or have open seams in

which dirt and bacteria may lurk and

multiply.



Dairy profits may be greatly increased

by putting ‘but a more uniform product.

This fact has been recognized ever since

the co-operative system of manufactur—

ing cheese and butter was introduced.

Whether we are producing market milk,

cream, butter or cheese we should strive

to have our products uniform in quality.

Market milk should be uniform in quality,

clean and free from all bacterial dirt.

Cream, whether shipped to the city trade

or made into butter on the farm, should

be properly cared for and uniform in

quality. If making butter at home we

should know what density of cream is

advisable. If we are selling it to a pri-

vate trade we should know the quality

the trade calls for and make every effort

to furnish that trade. Variation in test

causes a lack of confidence in 'buyers.

Cheese and butter should be of uniform

quality. People who have acquired a

taste for a certain brand of cheese or

butter are slow to make a change as

long as their favorite brand is uniform in

Quality. There are so many causes that

contribute to uniformity of quality in

dairy products that it would require a

special article to enumerate them all and

Suggest remedies for their improvement



The Doubtful Economy of Pasturlng.



Our present system of pasture man—

agement is one of the most neglected

phases of dainy farm management. On

100 many farms it means that we expect

‘0 get something, and do not get it.

Pastures are Door caretakers of cows.

1" early spring promises of abundant

feed are kept only as long as abundant

rains persist. A, few weeks of dry weath-

er can reduce a luxuriant pasture to a

barren waste. It is imperative that we

provide some means of carrying our cows

over periods of drouth instead of regret-

ting that it has occurred. At best, the

main advantage of pasture is the saving

of labor. No crop yields as much feed

when pastured as when harvested after

it has made its maximum growth. Pas—





 





THE . MICHIGAN FARZM’ER.





tures where four to six acres of land

are required to afford meager rations to

a cow during four or five months of the

year represent an uneconomic area and

should be brought into tillable fields. By

making our area. of tillable land larger

it will require more manure and fertilizer

to maintain the whole farm in‘ a produc-

tive condition, but it will pay. The time

has come when we‘must widen our meth-

ods and expand our farming if we get

the best returns from our dairy farm-

ing. Loafing acres, like robber cows, are

a hindrance to success in the dairy busi-

ncss.



New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





CREAM TEST DROPS.





 





“'e are. up against the same old propo-





sition after turning our cows out to

pasture. Test, (butter-fat). run dowu

from 5 to 10 lbs. on an 80-lb. can of





cream. so say the Ohio dairy people, and

I don’t question them in the least. Now,

why is this, if feed makes no difference

in oualitj.r of milk, all else being equal,

everything save feed alone going along

just the same? Kindly explain this for

inc. and others who are in a like posi-

ion.





Monroe Co. J. IV. K.





It certainly is an established fact that

you can’t materially increase the per

cent of butter—fat in milk by feed. If

you increase. the feed and thereby in-

crease the flow of milk you get a larger

number of pounds of butter-fat per cow

because you get more pounds of milk,

but the richness of the milk is practically

the same. Now this is a general prin-

ciple; however, there are so many things

that enter into the feeding and care of.

cows that at times it Would seem that

this general principle is not true. Now,

why J. K.’s cows produced milk with a

less per cent of butter-fat after they had

been turned to pasture than they did

before, I cannot explain. I do not know

all the facts in connection with it and

perhaps if I did then I could not solve

the problem very satisfactorily. The

probability is that a sudden change from

dry feed to pasture is the cause of an

abnormal change in the per cent of but—

ter—fat produced by the cow, for it is

well known that a sudden change in feed

will change. the per cent of butter-fat

simply because it throws the condition of

the cow out of normal and she produces

abnormal milk. This only lasts for a

short time and the cow resumes her nor-

mal quality of milk and consequently if

these cows were turned from dry feed

abruptly onto the pasture the effect of

this change in feed would throw them

out of normal condition and they might

give thinner milk for a time, but finally

they would come back to their old per

cent of butter—fat. This is the only ex-

planation that I can offer.



I am of the opinion that had J. K.

gradually turned his cows onto grass,

had, for instance. a small pasture that

he could turn them into at first so that

they could get just a little bit of grass,

and kept up their barn ration, then grad-

ually gave them a larger pasture and





kept up the barn ration and gradually

lessened that, cased them, as it were,

onto the pasture so that there would





have been no abrupt change, he would

not have been troubled with a falling off

of the test of his crcam, providing it was

accurately tested. Of course, I am tak-

ing for granted that the cream was ac-

curately tested. Some people cannot un-

derstand why it is that milk testing 31,42

and 4 per cent will not give as heavy

cream as milk testing 5 and 51; per cent.

The reason is simply that you set the

separator, for instance, to take out one-

tenth of the volume of the milk. Now,

if it takes out one-tenth of the volume

of 5 per cent milk the cream will be

heavier than if it only takes the same

percentage out of the volume of 3 per

cent milk.

COLON C. LILLIE.





GOATS IMMUNE.





 





The domestic goat is practically im-

mune to tuberculosis. There are large

areas in France and Germany, in fact,

throughout the whole of Europe, Where

the domestic goat, instead of the cow,

supplies human beings with food—milk

and meat. It is in precisely these dis-

tricts that tuberculosis is practically

unknown, not only among human be-

ings. but among swine and their dis-

tant relatives. It is equally significant

that where cows have been introduced

into such districts, at once tuberculosis

becomes prevalent, not only among hu-

man beings, but among all other crea-

tures not naturally immune,





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CURRENT COMMENT.



The success and

remarkable

opment of co-op-

eraiive enterprises

among the farmers of Denmark has been

made the subject of frequent comment

in these columns during recent years.

There are at the present time more than

3,000 agricultural co—operative societies

in existence in the little country of lien-

mark, which is a Vcry considerable num-

ber for a country having not more than

two and one-half million inhabilants. It

was through the cconomic operation of

these societies that the agriculture of

Denmark was rehabilitated, and the ex-

ports of meat, bacon, butter and eggs

were increased during a period of 30

years from 30.000.000 to more than 3,000,-

000,000 crowns in value. \‘Vith such a de-

velopment of co-operative enterprises

without any fostering legislation, it would

not appear that legislation would be

necessary at this late day and there has

been no legislation relating to co-opera-

tion with the exception of a few pro-

visions relating to cattle breeding socie-

ties and others intended for the develop-

mcnt of agricultural credit. Even the

Icgislation at present contemplated is not

due to any real need of the co-operative

societies, but rather to the desirability

of uniform regulations for the limited

liability societies, and such legislation

was necessarily framed to include all co-

operative societies.



The proposed bill, as summarized from

tho bulletin of the Bureau of Economic

and Social Intelligence of the Interna-

tional Institute of Agriculturc, is vcry

simple. It consists of 36 articles and

tends to give uniformity as far as pos-

sible to the practice of the societies. It

dcfines co-opcration as essentially eco-

nomic; co-operativc societies are such as

“without coming under the head of those

provided for in article i of the law on

limited liability societies are founded

with the intention of obtaining for their

members the implements or other articles

necessary for their business, selling the

produce of their members’ industry. and

otherwise favoring, but always by eco-

nomic means. their economic interests.”





Legislation to Aid

Danish Co-operation.





The law prescribes the registration of

the society in the registers of the co-

operative societies. It 'leaves it to the

societies to establish in their rules





devel-





 





THE'i‘;i‘Mi:cHIGK>-'» ‘





state, 'a footer, which mayiérishttnny be





whether they maY‘or may‘not do busi-

ness with nonfmemberes. The number

of members is unlimited.



Unless otherwise 'provided in their

rules, the members are jointly and sev-

erally liable to the. creditors of the so-

ciety for the engagements made by it.

Yet the creditors may take no measures

against the individual members until af-

ter having tried in vain to obtain satis-

faction from the society.



If the ‘rules provide for limited’liability,

the amount for which each member is

liable to third parties for the engage—

ments of the society can never be less

than 100 crowns. In any case the liabil-

ity of members who have left the society

continues for a year from date of their

retirement. Other provisions regard the

internal life of the society and therefore

are of less interest. In the last article it

is said that the law is to come into force

at the same time as that on the limited

liability societies.



But the object of bringing this matter

to the attention of Michigan Farmer

readers is more particularly to illustrate

what has already been done without leg-

islative encouragement in the develop-

ment of co-operaiive enterprises by the

farmers of the little country of Denmark.

It is an object lesson well worthy of our

serious consideration, as illustrating the

great undeveloped field of similar enter-

prise in the several communities in which

we live.





The penny postage

The People Have propaganda and the

Penny Postage. influences at work for



it were mentioned in

a recent issue. In that comment we at-

tempted to show that the establishment

of penny postage would be in the inter-

est of the big business interests of the

cities rather than to the residents of rural

communities, to whom it would probably

be an indirect detriment through the rais-

ing of rates on second-class matter. But

the agitation to create public sentiment

for the move continues, and probably

will continue indefinitely since the pro-

moters of the scheme are well organized.

But when the reader is being appealed

to for support for the penny postage idea,

he should remember that except for busi—

ness letters and the most personal of

private correspondence the great body of

our people now enjoy penny postage. The

marvelous development of the souvenir

postal card business and the great popu-

larity of this medium of communication

for friendly correspondence has caused a.

great increase in the use of one—cent

stamps for private correspondence in re-

cent years. The proportion of two-cent

stamps used in private correspondence

has correspondingly decreased: until it

can be truly said that except for business

purposes, we now enjoy the benefits of

one—cent postage.



\Vhen, by further economies in the pos-

tal service it is possible to give the big

business interests a like advantage, well

and good, but it should not be done at

the expense of increased rates on second-

class matter which will necessarily cur-

tail the average family's supply of good

reading matter or increase its cost to a

degree which will be burdensome to even

the least prosperous of our people.





As noted in a previous

issuc, the supervisors

of the state have deter~

mined to fight the contention which will

be made by the counties of \Vayne and

Kent before the State Board of Equaliza-

tion, that the farm properties of the state

are under assessed for taxation purposes.

At a meeting held in Lansing, prominent

supervisors were selected to make in-

vestigations regarding the assessment of

city properties as compared with that of

farm property, and the work will begin

at once. It is hoped by this means to

counteract the move on the part of the

cities in the two most populous counties

of the state, who have had a force of

men collecting data in other counties by

which they will seek to prove their con-

tention. '



As previously noted,‘ we believe that

the farmers of Michigan will not readily

submit to an injustice in the apportion-

ment of state taxes. nor do we believe

that the State Board of Equalization, as

at present constituted. will discrifhinate

unfairly against them in the coming

equalization of valuations for taxation

purposes. One phase of this proposition

which is worthy of special attention was

commented upon in last week’s issue by

Mr. McBride. of Shiawassee county.

There is no question but that the earn-'

ing power of farm property, when di-

vorced from the personal earnings of the

farmer and his family, is much less than

that of any other class of property in the





Farm Taxation.





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taken into consideratitvn ln’the' adjust-

ment of valuations for taxation purposes.

In fact, this factor is worthy of greater

consideration than the occasional sale of

exceptionally well located farms to city

people with money to invest in country

homes, which cases will doubtless" be in-

cluded in the data collected by the city

representatives to show a high average

value of farm lands. At least, the rural

districts of the state are to be congratu-

lated on the fact that the organized

supervisors of the state .are taking active

measures looking toward the proper pre-

sentation of their cause before the State

Board of Equalization this fall.

Acting under the

A Move to Prevent statute which made

Fire Losses. him ex-ofiicio fire

marshall of the

state, State Insurance Commissioner Pal-

mer issued a notice to the chiefs of fire

departments of the state, who are made

his deputies under the law, designating

July 25 as “clean-up” day, for remOVal

of rubbish from alleys and basements

within their jurisdiction in order to re-

duce the danger from fire losses. Under

his instructions inspections were to be

made after that date to see that the or-

der for a general “clean-up" had been

complied with. .

' This plan of fixing a date for a. gen-

eral clean-up to reduce the danger from

fires is a good one, and it is to be re-

grettcd that no adequate organization

exists by which it could be extended to

the country as.well as to cities having

fire protection. However, it is an ex-

ample which might well be followed by

every farmcr, since there is often an

accumulation of rubbish about farm

buildings which increases the danger of

fire to some extent and which is unsight-

ly as well. There is no better time for a

general clean-up of the farm and, cs-

pecially abOut the farm buildings than

just after the harvest season.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

National.



One man was killed and fifty injured

when two interurban cars collided east

of Dearborn, Mich., Sunday.



Following the direction of the courts

the Standard Oil Company announces its

intention of dissolving and forming 35

separate companies. db of these com-

panies will be indepen en; and compete

with each other as ‘We as with the in-

dependent companies now existing.



A large quantity of opium has been

discovered in Cincinnati by custom offi-

cials, and it is believed to be a. portion

of a large amount that was recently

smuggl d across the Detroit river. In-

vestigation is being made.



Detroit is entertaining large delega-

tions of the local lodges of the Knights

of. Columbus from all over the continent.



An injunction was issued by Judge

\i'iest of the Ingham county circuit court

against the majority of stockholders of

ten copper mining companies holding

property in the upper peninsula of Mich-

igan, who had agreed upon merging the

interests of the different concerns. The

order was the result of a suit brought by

minority stockholders. The combination

of property of the ten companies would

aggregate $82,000,000 and the limit al-

lowed by the Michigan statute is $10,000,—

00. "l‘o organize the companies in one

at a capitalization of $10,000,000 would

permit the concern to be relieved of pay-

ing fees on the excess over the limit

allowed by the statute.



Suit is being brought against the Mich-

igan United Lines to. reimburse stock-

holders of the Michigan traction com-

pany which was swallowed up when the

new company was formed, and Judge

Knappen, of the federal court, has or-

dered the defendant company to produce

all the books that every detail of the

transaction may be understood. This the

company had rcfuscd to dofl



The congressional investigation of the

rates charged by express companies is

bringing the railroads under “fire" and

they are now planning to protect: them-

solves against any out in tariffs that

might result from the inquiry.



Edward M. Shepard, well-known 130'

litical lcadcr and New York lawyer, died

at Lake George, N. Y.. last Friday.



Fire in the San Bernardino mountains

of California has gotten away from the

~_100 fire fighters and rangers and run

into timber lands where it cannot be

brought under control until the high

winds subside.



It is reportcd that 15 persons Were

killed and twice an many injured in a

head—on collision near Bangor, Maine, on

the Bangor & Aroostook railroad,



The attitude of the government re—

garding the control of the coal lands of

Alaska, and the conflicting claims of

private concerns has delayed the legitp

mate development of these mines, much

to the detriment of the inhabitants, who

are suffering considerable loss due to the

high prices paid for fuel brought from

distant places. Now IVashington and Ore-

gon have combined to ask the national

government to establish federal collieries

and to force the railroads over which the

coal would have to be drawn to handle

it at a reasonable rate. The matter is to





be taken no in congress and will attract

considerable interest from the northwest-

ern part of the country.



In a riot between miners of the Mans-





were





 





 





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new mm: of the ’iénisbmr Cosimo" at:

Glendale. an isolated position» or Ali’s-'-





 





gheny county; three cozwte‘bles, two



county detectives and a score of miners



injured, a number fatally. Four-



teen men and one woman have been ar-



rested. All were held in $1,000 bail on a.



charge of rioting. . ,.

Foreign.



The ratification of the reciprocity

agreement between the United States and

Canada is to be the issue in the coming

Canadian election the latter part of Sep-

tember when the government and the

opposition will reCord the results of what

promises to be a strenuous campaign.



The capture of French soldiers by Ger-





.man troops on the frontier of Morocco





this last week is not likely to assist in

the peaceful settlement of the claims of

the two governments regarding their

interest in the African country.



It is announced from London, England.

that the famous American artist, Edwin

A. Abbey, is dying in that city.



Turkey is preparing to send troops

against the Malissores who are terroriz-

ing the northern part of the country and

taking refuge in Montenegro whenever

pursued. The latter country has been

notified of the move and directed not to

harbor the rebels.



The action of the British parliament

on the veto bill continues tobe interest-

ing in that the Unionists who have been

more or less divided are now getting to-

gether with the idea of voting a unit

upon the measure. Consideration of the

bill has been postponed until August 7.





The recess is being used to advantage





by both sides.



Nine strikers were killed and 32 others

wounded when troops fired upon a mob of

miners from Le. Esperanza mine near

El Oro, Mexico. It is stated that fully

4,000 men have gone out from mines in

that section demanding more wages, and

3,000 more on the other side of the

mountain are likely to go out at any time

for the same reason.



Another war vessel has been sent to

Hayti, making five in all, to protect Am-

erican interests there during the rebellion

which is now in progress. President

Simon has ordered out the federal forces

and hopes, to put down the rebels who

are strongest in the northern part of the

island, but it is believed at Washington

that the present government will fail to

restore order and that a. new regime

will follow the disturbance.



Sir \Vilfred Laurier has made known

to the Canadian parliament the provis-

ions of the co-operative agreement be-

tween the colonics and the mother coun-

try as to the organization of colonial

navies and their relation to each other.

The mother country will aid the colonies

in their effort to build up competent

navies.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





 





Emmet 00., July

during June and the most of July.-- Too

dry for peas and cats, but plenty of rain

during the earlier part of the season

made for a good crop of hay and wheat.

The drouth was broken by rains during

the latter part of July and a severe Wind

and rain storm did considerable damage

to fruit trees and growing crops and to

hay yet in cocks. The raspberry crop

is a failure, there being but little of this

fruit on the market. The rains will help

out pastures and new seedings and in

making a good late potato crop. There

is a larger number of summer visitors

this season than in previous years.



Ottawa 00., July 27,—The heavy wind

storm of the 24th did great injury to the

fruit crop. Nearly two-thirds of all the

apples in this section were blown off and

will prove a dead loss. Many fields of

corn were also considerably injured by

the wind storm. Oat harvest is prac-

tically finished, which is something un-

usual so early in the season. Oats, as

a general thing, are a light crop, and

there was never known to be so many

weeds in cats as this season. This is on

account of heavy rains just after the

crop was sown, which caused the cats to

rot and weeds to grow. Potatoes are

scarce and correspondingly high in price.

There is a. good demand for hay and

good prices are being offered for the same.

In the local market, corn is higher in

price than wheat.



Gratiot 00., July 24.—Wheat about all

sccured and much of it threshed. From

20 to 40 bu. per acre, with 25 to 30 as

an average, is about the yield in this

section. The few oats left to out are in

bad condition and 25 to 50 per cent of

the crop will be lost. They were looking

well until late last week when they began

going down. Those out before the storms

will be a fair crop. Corn and beans are

looking well. Meadows were slow in

starting, as it has been too dry. Fruit is

not as good as was thought last month.

Today, July 24, the wind has blown a.

gale for 12 hours and pears and apples

have fallen heavily. Old oats were rush-

ed onto the market at a. rapid rate last

week, beginning at 46c and closing at 400.



Cass 60., July 24,—The wheat yield is

the lowest in years. The highest yield

reported is 33 bushels to the acre, but

much has been reported as low as five

bushels. Oats are yielding well. The

corn crop was beginning to look bad,

but recent rains, those of last week and

this, will help fruit, corn and potatoes.

It has been years since this county has

had a better crop of all kinds of fruit.

There has been a wonderful crop of

cherries, the last ones being picked dur.-

ing the past week. Never before have

cherries lasted so well or been larger in

Size or more producuve. The huckleber-

ries have been bountiful and are nearly

all picked. They have been selling from

$2.25 down to $1.60 per crate. Blackber-

ries, wild and tame. are now on the mar-

ket, selling from $1 to $1.60 per_cra’te.

They are of good size and bid fair to



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THE. RECLAMATION of the SOUTHWEST





BY LOUISE E. DEW.





HILE traveling in the Orient a.



\‘K’ few years ago, I was kept in a



, constant state of amazement at

the feats of legerdemain practiced .by the

native magicians. Sometimes it was the

seed of a palm dropped into an earthen

vessel, and when' a wand was waved

over the receptacle, there would slowly

arise from the earth, a tiny





the crops raised by the farmer of the

north, flourishing in such a state that

the cultivation and harvesting of from

two to three crops a year was made pos-

sible. I found alfalfa which was sown

upon ground cleared in the late winter,





farmers of the Lower Rio Grande Valley,

are utilizing their acreage for double

crops, and with plenty of water at a

time when it is needed, they are virtually

controlling crop production.



The experimental stage





has been





the massive headgate which has been

constructed of reinforced concrete and

corrugated steel. The headgate, whose

base rests twenty—six feet below the

deepest point of the bed of the Rio

Grande, contains eight portals or gates

which can be thrown open by rack and

pinion lifting screws, thus forming a,



natural suction which di-





 





sprig of green that pushed

itself upward until it was a

full grown tree, loaded with

bunches of luscious dates,

all in the space of a few

minutes. To prove to his,

incredulous spectators that

they were not the victims

of an optical illusion, and

that the dates were real, the

magician would pluck a

handful from the tree and





 





toss them into the crowd.

That they were genuine

none could deny. How it





was done I do not know;

wiser ones than I have been

unable to explain the mys-

terious proceeding.



In witnessing the trans-

formation of the southwest

from a barren and waste ter-

ritory into a farming dis-

trict which is rapidly taking

a. place in the lead of the

agricultural communities of

the world, I am no less sur-

prised. In the southern-

most portion of Texas there

is a district known as the

Lower Rio Grande Valley,

which exceeds the area of

the state of Massachusetts

by some two hundred square

miles, and which has been

transformed, as if by magic,

from its arid state into a

veritable garden spot, by ir-

rigation. For centuries it has lain in a

crude and undeveloped state, covered

with a dense undergrowth of native vege-

tation and its agricultural possibilities

unknown and unheralded, because of the

caprices of fickle Nature whose whims

withheld from this valley sufficient rain-

fall to make agriculture possible.



Where before, millions of 'acres re-

mained a stranger to the plowshare,

there are today thousands of acres under

cultivation by the aid of ir-





PAfiLock in the Gravity Canal





and which did not have the advantage

of irrigation until March, growing in such

abundance that it had yielded a ton to

the acre at each cutting. It will easily

stand a cutting once a month until late

fall. Upon this same farm are twenty-

five thousand banana trees showing a

healthy and substantial stand, while be-

tween their rows huge bunches of Golden

Hamburg and Muscat grapes are matur-

ing. In a great many instances the





 





that will Admit Boats and Barges.





progress and perfection

systems have been

watched with keen interest by agricul-

tural experts from every section of the

country. 'At one point in Texas there is

in Operation an irrigating system entirely

different from those established else-

where. It is a natural gravity proposi-

tion and constitutes one hundred and

fourteen and one—half miles of waterway.

Its base of supply is fourteen miles from





passed, and the

of the irrigating





verts the onward course of

the river through these

channels into an artificial

canal, one mile and a. half in

length, which in turn passes

it on to the eighty-seven

miles of laterals and drain-

age ditches.



The utilization of old re-

sacas, or dry river beds, in

their construction, saved an

additional expenditure of

32,000,000. These resacas

traverse a tract of thirty





thousand acres with pecu—

liar regularity, and the gen-

ius who discovered them

saw the possibility of again

causing the waters of the

Rio lrandc to flow over

their former delta. it was

simply a case (-t‘ letting

'ater run down a hill and

distributing it over a terri-

tory by means of irrigating

din-Les.





The true story of the de-

velopment of the southwest;

would read to the layman

like a tale from the. Arabian





Nights. The introduction

of irrigation and the ad-

vent of a railroad have not

only developed this former

wild territory into an agri—

cultural Edcn, but it has





given employment to thou-



sands of native inhabitants

——1\Iexicans—wh0 have welcomed the ad—

vent of civilization and become valuable

assets to the farmer.



The illustrations shown with this arti-

cle are from photographs taken in this

section and give some idea of what has

already been accomplished. Not only

has the growing of crops been made pos-

sible, but the cultivation of semi-tropic

and citrus fruits is receiving a great deal

of attention. It is safe to predict that



within the next decade





 





rigation, which has arrived

at a perfected state under

most adverse and peculiar

circumstances; and, in con-

sequence, the solution of the

water problem has brought

a steady influx of- northern

and eastern homeseekers to

this agricultural nugget. The

historic Rio Grande, which

skirts the border of this

“American Valley of the

Nile,” dividing it from the

republic of Mexico, has been

utilized for a. new purpose.

Upon its banks there have

been erected at convenient

places, tremendous plants

for drawing the silt-laden

waters from their onwlard

flow into a network of irri~

gating canals with their

tributary laterals and drain-

age ditches which wind their

way through a wonderfully

productive country.



The writer has made a

personal inspection of this

section of the southwest, and

has seen growing upon

ground which was covered

by 'such a dense growth that

the task of clearing it seem-

ed to the uninitiated almost

impossible, cotton, corn, al-

falfa, kafl‘ir corn, peanuts,

sorghum, and in fact all of





\





 





 





Kaffir Corn,





where Cacti, Mesqulte and Chaparral Formerly





 





Flourished.





searcely a vestige of native

vegetation will be in evi-

dence.



Another innovation which

irrigation has made possible

is the establishment of sev-

eral new industries. one be—

ing broom corn, and a fac-

tory has been erected to dis-

pose of this product. Can—

ning factories will also be a

new feature in the near fu-

ture to take care of perish-

able products that will not

stand shipment. Sugar mills

have been erected at various

points on the irrigating can—

als to take care of the cane

which grows very luxuriant-

ly here. At the Brulay Su-

gar Plantation, the oldest in

this section of the country,

the cane has had a continu-

ous growth for twenty-seven

years. A stone’s throw

away, on the site of the his-

toric battleground of Resaca

de la Palma, are nineteen

hundred acres of cane which

has‘ had a continuous growth

of seven years.



Northern farmers are cer-

tainly in the majority here,

and many professional men

have left their offices to live

In the open, and have a

share in the strenuous life
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102

of a country where every day of the year

is one of field activity While the farmer

of the north is swapping stories in the

corner grocery about next year’s crops,

or drinking hard cider and roasting ap-

ples before the fire of his cosy home,





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THE MICHIGAN FARMBR.





and while the icy hand of winter has tied

up his acreage until spring, his brother

of the southwest, with uprolled sleeves

and perspiring brow, is harvesting bump-

er crops and re-sowing his fields for an-

other harvest. ~





 





 





JUD' BALLARD’S HILL—By Mary E. Underwood.





 





“By jinks, I’ll see both you and Chip

Starke at the creek bottom first. Folks

back 0’ the ridge has always driv their

teams over that hill an’ they will so long

as I live. I ain’t minded to have my

paster cut up with no four-rod highway.

But that hill wouldn’t raise beans an’

the public is welcome to travel it the

same as they have ever since old man

Starke an’ I fit it out 'fore my Tiny was

born. That’s my say an’ it's final; mind

that."



Jud Ballard firmly planted his foot on

the log he had been converting to fire-

wood, cut a fresh slice from his plug of

tobacco, fixed his keen gray eyes on the

good~natured face of Bill Flack and wait-

ed the usual surrender to his wishes.



“Come, come, Jud," expostulated the

road commissioner, “that north line has

been hooped in the air long enough. Them

farmers behind that ridge very near have

to haul their stuff up to the pearly gates

'fore they can land it at the village store.

It’s wearing on their teams and tempers.

As for Chip Starke, near ’bout all the

logs brung to his mill has to make a

circle in the sky. Consequence is he

don’t get half a cut. And seeing he's

’lected pathmaster for this section, natur-

ally he aims to force that road down





on the flat. Best give in."



"Young Sialrke’s .right named," ex-

ploded Jud. “He’s a sliver from the old

block. But I .beat old Starke at this

game, an’ I’ll beat Chip. he's flooded

ten acres 0’ my land by damping the

river; now he wants a four-rod strip





round the foot 0’ that hill in my meadow.

Top 0' all that he has the gall to ask me

for my daughterwi‘or Tiny. llc’s mad,

stark mad. You tell him I don't give a

hoot for his notices and injunctions. Tell

him that road stays where it iswlikewise

Tiny."



Bill Flack, having legally given notifi-

cation, climbed heavily into his decrepit

buggy with its frayed belongings, took

up the lines with a click and briskly

drove his lean bay through the yard bars

and turned down the river road.



Jud, at the rear of his lily—constructed,

unpainted dwelling, watched his portly

neighbor drive to the base of the disput-

ed hill road and commence the ascent.

Foot by foot the sagging vehicle mounted

upward until it became a silhouette

against the evening sky. A moment lat-

er it dipped over the curve and disap-

peared. The owner of the hill then al-

lowed his gaze to include the emerald

fields, dotted with a grazing herd, that

swept back from part way up the slope

to the encroaching forest at the rear and

back to the small barn, flanked by the

dark green of an orchard.



“I'll keep 'em out—a that paster so long

as I can hold a gun," he muttered. "Chip

Starke can run his logs down a chute





or sail ’em over in a tiyin' machine,

'cording to his notion. But he ain’t

runnin‘ road matters—not yet.”





keepin’ you, Jud? Chuck's on

cold," called an im-





“What's

the table gittin’

patient Voice.



“l'm comin’,” Jud responded to his

wife‘s admonition. He obediently strode

to the open door and entered the low-

raftered room where the evening meal

steamed on the square table. But an

expression of combative spite overspread

his leathery, sun~tanned countenance as

he seated himself opposite his two stal-

wart sons, with wife and daughter on

either hand, and asked the low-toned

blessing. Grace before meals at the Bal-

lard table. was as recurrent as sunrise,

noon and sunset. No pressure of work

or perturbation of mind excused its omis-

sion. Consequently Jud, despite his quar-

rel, uttered the customary words of de-

Votion.



“What were you an' Bill Flack jawin’

'bout ’stead o’ comin' to supper?” Mrs.

Ballard queried with the tactless persist-

ence of the uninspired while she poured

tea into blue cups. She was a faded

replica of Tiny. her slender. dark-haired

daughter. Years of poverty had dimmed

the luster of her black eyes. while her

once delicate features attained sharp-

ness of outline. Her facial expression,

however, was that of placidity~the con-

tent of one who has little to hope for or





fear.

"He give notice that the old hill road





was to be located on the flat," Jud ex-

plained grimly as he helped himself to a.

wedge of corn bread and savagely but-

tered it.



“I'm sick 0’ this road janglln'," de-

clared Mrs. Ballard. "That hill’s been

a bone 0' contention nigh twenty years.

Might as well let 'em bring the highway

down; mebbe the hill ’ud raise peaches."



“The land on that hog's back wouldn’t

raise ghosts,” Jud declared. “They got-a.

keep off my level; it’s Chip Starke’s do-

ings an‘ I‘ll show him he ain’t runnin’

the town."



“Seems as if that hill is prolific all

right," commented Jake Ballard, pouring

cream over his dish of strawberries; “it

raises enough rows for one neighbor-

h00( ."



“Dad’s right," was the quiet comment of

Vl’alt, the elder son; “we need that mea-

dow, every foot of it, and we‘ll keep it."



The remainder of the meal was eaten

almost in silence. Tiny’s small, piquant

face was clouded with apprehension. All

her life she had witnessed intermittent

bursts of anger concerning the hill road,

but now the matter threatened her hap—

piness. Because Chip insisted on forcing

a level highway he had been turned from

the door with curses and she had been

commanded to sever their relations as

lovers. Now the quarrel had reached a

climax. If Chip could be induced to with-

draw his influence from the majority

favoring the meadow road all might be

well. She determined to see him despite

her father's command. Perhaps love

could find the highway of peace.



A full moon silvered the landscape,

frogs piped a full chorus from a swamp

and a whip-poor-will sang his weird cry

from the bending cedars on the river

bank before Tiny finished her dishwash-

ing and slipped out into the night. With

detours for safety from parental obser-

vation she flitted like a. shadow direct to

the spot whence issued the bird’s call.

In an open by the glistening stream a

fair-haired man, denim clad, advanced

to meet her.



“Chip," she whispered from his encirc-

ling arms, “give up the hill quarrel; fath-

er is desperately angry; I never saw him

so angry. He’d almost kill me if he

knew we met here by signal. My dear,

I‘m frightened, horribly frightened. Give

up or we‘ll be forever parted."



“I can't, sweetheart; the mill’s short

a half season’s out just for the lack of

a level haul. If I don't stock the pond

i won’t clear off the mortgage; and it's

all for your sake, sweetheart—success in

business. When the mill makes gooo I’ll

win your father’s consent, never fear.”



For minutes of stolen rapture the big

lumberman held Tiny in close embrace

and argued. Then with flushed cheeks

and eyes like stars, she slowly made her

way back through shrubs and among

blossoming apple trees to the humble

cottage.



“That you, Tiny? Where you been?"

softly called her mother from the spring

house, where she was still busled with

the churning.



“You know, mother," Tiny said quiet-

ly. She advanced into the circle of light

cast by a small lamp.



“Quit it," advised her mother; “suppose

your father knew or found out. He'd be

raging.”



“Oh. I wish that hill was at the bot-

tom of the sea!" cried Tiny. “It’s noth-

ing but a trouble breeder; it always will

be."



One July morning Bill Flack and his

road gang, armed with axes, shovels and

scrapers met at the disputed point ready

for work.‘ The road gangvcut through a

bit of woods leading from the rear base

of the hill to the field. Then they spied

what had before escaped observation be—

cause of their rear approach.



“By jing, there’s a capper for you: look

at that!” cried Bob White, a small man

of excitable temperament. .



"Well, I'll be darned," Bill Flack ex-

claimed. wide-eyed with amazement.



“It's a root-hog-or—die job, this is,” de-

clared Mike Sweeny with a laugh. “Now

you know why Jud has been so quiet."



The object that riveted their gaze was

nothing less than Jud Ballard's barn.

The small structure with its attendant

satellites of lean-toe and sheds had been





 

 

 





   





moved by Jud and his sons across the

meadow and planted directly on the cov-

eted right of .way. A coop surrounded

by energticelly scratching hens; added

bulk' and embarrassment to the highway

problem.



The road commissioner lifted his cap

and thoughtfully scratched his head..



“We got-a hist ’em back," declared

Bill. “Bob, you and Mike go for jack

screws and the rest 0' us’ll get rollers."



-“No,” objected Chip Starke, “you can't

move a timber. Jud Ballard’s ready .to

serve an injunction the minute he sees

a crowbar thrust under .a sill. Go on and

put the road through the barn; then get

him for obstructing the highway.”





The road gang listened to the -miil

owner's advice with expressions of ap-

proval. If a load of hay could be driven

through the big barn doors any other

load could follow. Instead of losing time

While processes of law slowly forced a

passage, they would accomplish what had

been planned for that day.



“You're right," admitted Flack. “Jud

could injunct us to quit. By the time we

got around him with the law we’d be

gray-headed. Put the teams and scrap-

ers to cutting off the toe of the hill be-

yond the barn. Might as well shave down

the slant and save mussing more meadow

'en we have to."



Immediately Chip Starke and Mike

Sweeny guided heavy teams to the spot

with the road scrapers. Men with shov-

els followed. Soon the velvet green of

slanting meadow was being ruthlessly

torn from the lower slope: The new road

was to be cut into the hillside in order

to save Jud’spasture land from excessive

onslaught. The scrapers were biting deep

into the side of the miniature mountain

before the owner appeared, stern faced,

ominously quiet. The failure of his coup

de etat as an impediment to road build-

ing both astonished and maddened him.

In his left hand he carried a rifle. For

some moments he stood waiting to com-

mand his. voice, then——



”The first man that drags another

scraper through the dirt digs his grave,”

he called, with shrill intensity.



“Now, Jud,” pacified Bill Flack, “you

don’t mean no such thing. Why, it

wouldn’t be good sense now, would it?

You're just trying to scare us an’ I don’t

know’s I blame you. But we ain’t going

to cut into the paster more'en two rod,

an' mebby not that." V



But as Bill talked Jud slid the gun to

his shoulder and sighted along the barrel

with his keen gray eyes fixed on Chip

Starke. All the rest of the road gang

had paused in their tracks as if turned

to stone, but the fair-haired lumberman

still urged his team forward with an

empty scraper set deep for fresh exca-

vation.



“Do you hear?" shrilled Jud in white

rage; “when that dirt moves you drop!”



For answer Chip shouted at his grays





until they leaned to the collars tugging.





at their task. Breathless, palsied, the

road gang watched tne horses strain at

the great iron scoop while Chip buried

its point deeper and deeper until it stuck

fast as if caught on a submerged boul-

der. They saw Tiny come flying from

the distant cottage, a slight, nimble form,

her dark red gown a moving spot of

vivid color on the green of the. field. As

she neared her father, Chip shouted at

his straining grays; the mass of earth on

the Scoop suddenly lurched forward; the

deafening report of a gun rent, the air,

but the father’s aim had been spoiled by

a stroke from Tiny's hand and the bullet

buried itself in the hill-slant high above

Chip’s head. There ensued an instant of

horrified silence, then a yell from Chip.



“iron ore," he shouted. "Here, Bill, see

this!" »



Vl'onderingly the it started toward

the spot. Tiny had taken the gun from

Jud's unresisting hands, while the would-

be murderer stood staring like one awak-

ened from a nightmare.



“He nigh killed you," cried Sweeney:

“ain’t you goin’ to do nothin' ’bout it?"



“Nonsense," declared Chip, “he didn’t

aim to hit. Anway, it’s all over and no

one needs to mention it if I don’t: re-

member that."



Bill Flack was lifting chunks of heavy





black rock. His eyes gleamed.

“Say, Jud," he shouted, “you’re rich.

Hear that? I’ve worked ’round mines





nuff to know the clear stuff an’ I say

that this here day’s work has made your

fortune.”



Still like a man in a trance, Jud Bal-

lard advanced to the wondering group;

his eyes swept from the outcropping ore

to the circle of familiar faces, then rest-

ed on Tiny



“My girl! my girl!" he cried, “you kept





niy hands" from bloodshed. thank GI!!!” , -



Then covering his fees he shook With

the sobbing grief OLIJI old man' s repent-

ance. His anger had gone out- like the

wind- blown flame of a lamp. His one act

of violence had in an instant obliterated

the pent-up madness of years.



That evening Chip Starke joined the

Ballard family at the supper of un-

usual excellence served in the low-raft-

ered room. The tinkling of bells from

the meadow, the chirp of crickets, the

occasional low call of a Whip-poor-wlll

came in cheerily at the open door. Mrs.

Ballard’s thin face was flushed from bis-

cuit baking and the joy of present peace

and prospect of future prosperity. Tiny’s

small dark face was dimpled with smiles,

and Jake and Walt, wearied from a day's

planting, hungriiy waited the usual grace

before the meal. Jud, calmly content,

like a mariner after a storm, bowed his

gray head and prayed: “Lord, we thank

thee for deliverance from-.evil; for the

son this day added to our household; and

for the riches stored under the hill road

for thy unw0rthy servant."



“Seems to me," commented Jake,

spooning a generous quantity of creamed

chicken on his plate, “that if every bone

0’ contention was as well worth picking

as our hill it ’ud pay uncommon well to

get out and hunt a few.”





MRS. KINGSLEY’S CALLERS.





 





 





BY HILDA RICHMOND.





"Let her have all the visitors she

wants,” advised the family doctor, when

Mrs. Kingsley came home from the hos-

pital in a city many miles from her

home. “She has seen and heard nothing

but sickness for five weeks, and a change

will do her good. After being laid away

on a shelf, so to speak, for a long time

a. whiff of outside air will do you a lot

of good, won’t it, Mrs. Kingsley?”



“Indeed it will, doctor," said the pa-

tient wuh energy. “I thank you very

much, Doctor Kingsley, for saying I may

have company. Fred wants to keep me

wrapped in cotton wool, it seems.”



“I suppose it’s all right if you say so,

Doctor," said Mr. Kingsley doubtfully,

“but I'm just a little bit afraid of com-

pany so soon; I'm afraid they’ll want to

know about the operation and her hospi-

tal experience, and make her nervous.

You know how women are ” ' "



“Nonsense! They'll tell her about the



new bonnets and the parties and church

socials, and never mention the hospital.

See if they don't!”

.As a result of the doctor's edict Mr.

Kingsley telephoned to several ladies,

and the news went round rapidly after

that that Mrs. Kingsley was able to see

callers. Mr. Kingsley looked worried as

he noted the flush on his wife’s thin

cheeks at the prospect of seeing company

after her long seclusion, but an important

case called him to his ofl‘ice, so his plans

to “head off” objectionable guests came

to nothing.



“Just tell them the surgeon said you

must forget about the operation as soon

as possible, Amy,” he directed, kissing

her goodbye. “Talk about anything else

under the sun, but don’t let them worry

you. Some women have the idea that

they are not properly sympathetic unless

they pry into every detail. Remember!

If yOu don’t sleep tonight I will keep out,

all visitors in spite of the doctor.”



The first caller was Mrs. Van Horne

who kissed Mrs. Kingsley on both cheeks:

and laid a bunch of violets in her lap.

“You poor child!" she said sympathet-

ically, “I've been just wild to see you.:

You are looking remarkably well. I think.

it is such a blessing not to show in your

face that you have been ill. Now I can’t

have a finger ache without looking all

dragged out. People always say that I

look so very bad, and that makes me feel

worse. I have been having such a time

with my nerves lately. It is dreadful to

be nervous. You were always so calm

and quiet that you can scarcely sympa-

thize with me, dear. Just yesterday I

thought I would haVe to go to that nerve

specialist Mrs. Vl'iikes says did her so

much good. Of course, my case is far

more complicated than hers, but he might

be able to relieve me a little. I’ve given

up all hope of ever seeing a well day

again. but it is worth something to find

temporary relief.

coming up the steps! I’ll be going, dear,

for that may give her a hint not to stay

too long.”



But Mrs. Clayton was already in the

sitting room, being a quick, wiry person,

and Mrs. Van Home was able to make

the hint still more plain. “How do You

do. Mrs. Clayton?" she said graciously-

“Isn’t it delightful to see dear Mrs.





There is Mrs. Clayton ‘





   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





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Add 15, 1911.





 





Kingsley looking so well? I have been





here a few minutes Cheering her up, for





I don't believe in making long calls in'a

Goodbye,





sick room. Goodbye, dear!

Mrs. Clayton. ' ”

“So you are really almost well " said





M1 s. Clayton. “Isn’ t that lovely?





You know I had a. very ser-

and for days and days

I had





years ago.‘

ious operation,

they didn’t think I would recover.





two nurses, and. Charles was there for

The surgeon said mine was a





weeks.

very rare case—I think only three others

on record like it——and neither of the

other patients got well. I often wonder

now how I ever picked up courage to

undergo it. If course, I had my children





to think of and everything, but it was.





hard. The surgeon said I had more cour-

age than any patient he ever had.”



.At this moment the maid ushered stout

Mrs. Lang into the room, and the thread

of Mrs. Clayton's narrative was broken.

It took some time for the ne comer to

kiss the hostess and subside into. a chair,

but the instant she was settled Mrs.

Clayton neatly repaired the broken thread

and went on. “I was just telling Mrs.

Kingsley as you came in, Mrs. Lang,

about my hospital experience,” she ex-

plained. “You know mine was a very

rare operation and they never dreamed

I’d get well at first. For days and days

I just hung between life and death. If

I hadn’t been afraid my poor children

would have been neglected, I never could

have consented to have the knife put on

me. I know Charles would have done his

best, but a man can’t do much alone

with children. I know he never would

have brought a stepmother into the house

to abuse them, but a home doesn’t

amount to much without a mother to see

after things. \Vhen i hear people groan-

ing over little aches and ails I wonder

what they would do if they were called

upon to endure real troubles."



“That’s what I often say to John,”

broke in Mrs. Lang who had been watch-

ing her chance. “1 am a perfect martyr

to rheumatism and asthma, but it isn’t

a. bit of use to say so. People think be-

cause I look well there is nothing the

matter with me. Time and again I’ve

been nearly crazy with pain, and folks

would say to me how well I looked. I’ve

known of many a woman in this town

going to a hospital for treatment for

troubles not to be compared with mine.

I’ve always been the kind not.to parade

my aches and ails before the world, and

I’m glad I can hide things so successfully.

I often say to John there's enough trou-

ble in the world now, without turning

any more loose. And I don’t beli‘e in

digging every calamity out of its grave

whenever calamities are mentioned," she

went on with a glance at her hostess.

“For my part I endure enough every day

in the way of trouble with my asthma

and rheumatism, without dwelling on

things that happened years ago.”



Mrs. Clayton had made several inef-

fectual attempts to break into the lengthy

account of Mrs. Lang's woes, so she now

rose to depart. “Did you ever see any-

body like Sally Clayton?" asked Mrs.

Lang with a little laugh, before the de-

parting caller was fairly down the steps.

“She is a good woman, but so tiresome.

She doesn’t mean to be untruthful, but

really you must take a grain of salt with

what she says about her experience in

the hospital. Sister Mary’s niece had the

same nurse that took care of Mrs. Clay-

ton, and she said the way she took on

was something dreadful. I've heard her

tell that story time and again, and she

never gets it alike twice. Today she said

it was a very rare operation, did you

notice? It was nothing in the world but

a common tumor, but she had worked

herself up to such a pitch that she was

hysterical for days. I feel sorry for peo-

ple like that, for they suffer more from

acute imagination than anything else. I

suppose if poor Sally Clayton ever gets

really sick she will die at once, without

thinking of Charles alone with the chil-

dren. I will have to be going, Mrs.

Kingsley. It looks a little like rain, and

dampness always affects my rheumatism.

I suppose tonight I will suffer dreadfully

for going out today, but I did .want to

hear all about how you are getting along

so much. Be thankful, child, that your

trouble could be gotten rid of. If you

had to deal with incurable things you

would know the meaning of the word

a'ifiiction. I can tell you it isn’t pleasant

to live, knowing you may have an attack

and maybe never recover. Well, good-

bye! I hope you will continue to im-

prove.”



There was a slight intermission after





 





Really

I think the happiest time in my life was

when I got home from the hospital five





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMBR.‘





Mrs. Lang wheezed out of the room, but

presently another guest was annOunced.

“I am so glad to see you ,up and dressed,

dear,” she 'said sympathetically.

don’t exert yourself in the least. I think

the great danger in convalescence is in

allowing the patient to talk too much.

After being shut in .for days an invalid

naturally takes an interest in outside

affairs, but it pays to be prudent. And

above all htings I hope you don’t allow

anyone to question you about your op-

eration.

curiosity about such things, but I'm glad

I haven’t. You know the time Mother

Brooks had that operation on her eye,

and would have me right in the room

with her. Well, that settled me on hos-

pitals. My dear, if you could have seen

the way that surgeon took out the eye

you would have fainted right on the

floor as I did. Wasn’t it odd that with

three daughters of her own Mother

wanted me with her and no one else?

Of course, I couldn't refuse the dear old

lady, especially when we didn’t know

how it would turn out.



“And after that experience I had to

take Ralph to have his adenoids removed.

The poor child is so nervous, and I

couldn't think of leaving him alone, but

it was very trying. The very sight of

a knife made me shudder for days. I

think those things are harder on the

friends than on the patients themselves.

The patients are unconscious while the

friends are suffering agonies. I know

exactly how Mr. Kingsley felt while you

were in the operating room. It’s curious

how rapidly the mind works on such oc—

casions. Before I fainted, holding Moth-

er's hand, I had arranged every detail of

the funeral, and was even worrying about

the state of the guest chamber. I knew

Aunt Sophia would have to sleep there

if she came on to the funeral, and she

is so desperately neat. I remember, just

as I became unconscious, of planning to

lock all the dresser drawers and pretend

to have lost the key. Those things sound

funny afterward, but at the time they

are very tragic "



That evening Mr. Kingsley bounded up

the stairs, three steps at a time, and

anxiously inquired how his wife felt.

“Anna told me there were only four call-

ers here, but I want to know exactly how

you feel. Four curious women can ask

a great many questions and



“Fred," interrupted Mrs. Kingsley sol-

emnly, “set your mind at rest at once.

I never had a chance to put a word in

edgewise all afternoon, and before the

last caller had gone I almost felt like

apologizing for being ill at all. I dis-

covered that my afflictions were as noth—

ing compared with the everyday aches

my friends smilingly endure and never

mention. Maybe some day I’ll have a

chance to tell my experience when I

make sick calls, but it’s certain I won’t

be bothered with- questions about it while

I’m getting well.”



“We’ll just tell Anna to keep all visit-

ors out," said Mr. Kingsley with de-

cision. “I felt all the time he was doing

wrong in saying you might see callers."



“Indeed we won’t, Fred. I thoroughly

enjoyed being headed off this afternoon

when I tried to relate my modest ad—

ventures, and I want to see if the same

thing will happen tomorrow. You needn't

worry a bit about my sleeping. I am so

thankful not to have anything serious

that I can afford to sleep soundly. Hon~

estly,

feel quite cheered up."





 





 





 





SMILE PROVOKERS.





To what extent the automobile has in-

vaded the preparatory school may be

judged from the following occurrence:



Teacher (to beginners’ class in Latin)



—“Can any of you boys give the rules

for accentuation of Latin words?”



Only one hand was Iaised.



“\Yell, Tenney, what are the rules?"



“Vt mds of two cylindeis accent the

first cylinder, and words of three cylin-

ders accent the antepenult "





 





Rook*'l‘aylor was always a fortunate

man. but doesn't it seem wonderful that

histluck should stay with him to the very

as .



Raleigh— How was that?



hoolv—VVhy. he was operated on for the

removal of a peail which he had acci-

dentally swallowed while eating oysteis,

and when the pearl was examined it was

found to be valuable enough to pay for

both the operation and the funeral.





 





“This large bump running across the

back of your head means that you are

inclined to be curious to the point of

recklessness.” ‘



“I know it. I got that by sticking my

head into an elevator shaft to see if the





“Now





Some people have a morbid





dear, it was very amusing and I\





     





 





 





 





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IN DAYS OF “AULD LANG SYNE."





 





BY G. A. RANDALL.





 





I-Iarking back to times when the latch—

string hung from the puncheon door of

the rude log house of our grandsires—a

welcome at all times to the belated or

storm-caught traveler to come in and eat

and rest for the night while the blaze in

the wide, deep recessed fireplace, fre-

quently replenished with huge sticks,

roared up the flue in merry defiance to

the storm without—the picture is sug-

gestive. It brings to those of us priv-

ileged with a knowledge of those times,

vistas of a departed epoch—a time when

brawny masculine arms, bared and

browned to the elbow, swung with the

precision of a pendulum the old—fash-

ioned “grape—vine twist" grain cradle in

and out among the stumps on new ground

where golden grain grew at its best; for

it was virgin soil those days and the

husbandman smiled at the ment‘pn of

clover to keep up fertility, and commer-

cial fertilizeres were not known. It

smacks of “hard bone” labor and none of

the modern machinery our young are

privileged to use in these times. The old

Morgan mowing machine, the revolving

wood-spindle hay rake, and finally the

grain self-rake and dropper, were hailed

with wonder at their advent. The fiail

was in common use. The first machine

for threshing grain I ever saw (but not

in use, for at that time horse—power

threshers were employed) was simply a

box frame mounted with a round spiked-

tooth cylinder driven by a. jack and horse

or sweep power, the threshed grain, chaff

and straw, all mixed, being afterward

winnowed out with forks by hand.





The telephone, and phonograph. and

rural delivery, and automobiles, and the

thousand and one modern improvements

and inventions along all lines are at our

present command and enjoyment. but

after all are we better off than they of

the olden “ox-team” times? 'No. we

would not “swap back,” but the best we

can do these times, any of us. is to be

satisfied and content; they did even as

much or more in those days. Environ-

ments and circumstances are great fac—

tors in establishing the individuality of

a people, and so far as healthful manhood

and womanhood is concerned they were

our peers. And there were great intel-

lects then, also, and colleges ’for learning,





but not nearly so numerous as now. I

imagine, from memory of childhood days,

that grandmother’s pies, too, and past-

ries, and puddings, were just as savory,

~and palatable, and healthful, eaten in the

old log house from a table covered with.

snowy white linen, amid quaint dishes

and spoons and other eating utensils of

blue pottery and polished steel, as any

that I have ever been privileged to en-

joy at the best modern cafes with all the





 





But somebody’s face’ll be full of joy When I





she greets her boy back there.





I’m goin’ back, for I've had my fill—I've

seen what there is to see;



The city may still be the place for you,

but it’s lost its charm for me;



And won't I be lonesome there, you say,

with the people so far apart?



Well, mebby they’re few and far between,

but each one of ’em’s got a heart;

There ain’t no hundreds of thousands

there to push you around, I know,

Not carin' a cent where you’re comin’





 





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patent and prepared foods and silver ser-

vice at command. No! we would not

swap it‘ We could, yet. for all that is dear

we would be loth to change in any par-

ticular, were it in our power, the dream

memories of the vanished days of “auld

lang syne" down home on the farm.





GOIN’ BACK.





 





BY E. RUSSELL.



I've packed my hops and I’m goin’ back

where the fields are green and broad,



And the colts, with their legs all doubled

up, are. rollin’ on the sod;



They‘ll smile. I ’spose, when they see me

come, and they’ll, some of ’em, likely

say



They thought I’d forsaken the farm for

good the day that I wont away.



But let ’em sinile~I’m goin‘ back—I’m

sick of the noise. and fuss,



\Vhere a couple of dollars count for more

than the life of a common cuss;

They’ll nobody notice I’ve went away—-

if you told ’em they wouldn’t care,





 





 





 





THE WATER=FALL DOWN IN THE GLEN.





BY LALIA





 





MITCHELL.





 





 





You may sing of the swell of old ocean,

Of the billows that riot and roll;



Of the sailor’s exalted emotion .

As the ship bears. him on toward his



goal; .



Of the billows, foam-crested and dancmg,

As far as his eyes can discern,



And his joy in tho vistas entrancing

\Vhere stars on the horizon burn;



But my heart holds a memory fairer

Than lover of ocean can pen,



’Tis of silver and gold intermingled“

The \\'atcr-t'all down in the glen.





You may tell of the lake’s silver border,

Of the shimmer of sand on its shore,

Of the waves in their rhythmic order

And the treasure of sea tlowcm they

bore:

Of the sheen of the, moon's golden glory

Of the sea birds that make it their

home:

’Tis a. theme for a song or a story

’Tis a subject for page or for tome,

But my heart knows a vista more pleas—

in ,

Greengbordered, by forest and fen,

Like a gem in an emerald setting—

’Tis the water-fall down in the glen.





 





You may chant of the rhythmical laugh—

ter

Of the river that rolls on its way,

And the beauty that hallows it after

The night giveth place to the day:.

Of the boats on its bosom, slow drift-





Of iltrslgwaters that sparkle and shine,



Of its fish, and the pleasure of lifting

Them out at the end of a line,



But my heart is true as the_magnet

And utters its tribute again



To the beauty that nothing can rival——

To the water-fall down in the glen.





It was there that in boyhood I wandered,

Its music delighting my cars,

It was there that I fashioned and pon-

dered .

Just what I should do with the years.

Its waters oft sprinkled me over,

As I dashed in and out through the

spray, .



But they christened me ever their lover,

\Yherever my foot-steps might stray.

So today, though you sing of old ocean,



Of river or lake, yet I ken

That I give my unaltered devotion

To the water—fall down in the glen.





from or where you’re tr in’ to o—

For the one that’s jostled defy after gday

with never a friend to greet

There ain’t a lonesomer place on earth

than the city’s crowded street.





I’m goin’ back where the dog's aslee

p on

r thestep by the kitchen door,

“1th his nose pushed down between his

paws—I’m Sick of the smoke and





roar,



There’s money to make where the crowds

are thick and they’re tryin’ to rip

things loose—



There’s money to get if you’ve got the

grit, but, dang it all! what’s the use?



They hustle for dollars all through the

day and dream of dollars in bed,



And iorgive the gougin’ a fellow may do

as long as he gets ahead,



They hustle and hustle and coop them-

selves in dark little holes and fret,

And honor a person accordin’ to the



money he’s managed to get.





I’m .goin’ back where the poplars stand

. in tall rows down the lane,

\\ here the bobsled’s settin’ behind the

. barn, defyin' the sun and rain;

\\ here the birds are singin’ away as

. though they were hired to fill the air

\Vith a sweetness that nobody ever can

know who was never a boy out

there;

I‘m gom’ back where they’ll not expect

, me to sit in the kitchen when

Iin courtin’ the girl I love because I’m

. workin’ for other men,



\\ here the richest among ’em’ll shake

my hand. instead of lettin’ me see

That they think the money they’ve got

must make them a blamed sight bet-



ter than me.





I’m goin’ back, and you’ll stay here and

'rush, in the same old way,



Gom’ to work and then goin’ home—the

same thing day after day—



And .you’ll think you‘re havin’ a high old

time, and I'll pity you, lookin’ back



(From where I whistle across the fields)



, at you in the same old track!



Im gom‘ back, but the crowds won’t

know, and they’ll still keep rushin'





ll,

They’ll never notice that someone’s face

' is missin’ when I’m gone;

I\o, they’ll never notice that someone’s

, gone—if they did they wouldn’t care—

But every tree’ll be noddin’ to me when

I turn up the lane back there.





 





 





THE WAY OF A LOAF.





BY FLOY SCJIOONMAKE'R ARMSTRONG-





fl‘he loaf was large and l - i



No fairer loaf in all the tgovtlilen bro“ n,

An oven graced that day;



Then, at the mother’s sharpened blade



It met the fate for which ’twas made ’

And started on its way. ’





Two slices went to school with Son



\\ ho, so intent on noon-hour fun ,

Had scarcely time to eat. '



He munched the slices as he ran



Then threw the crusts at Bess and Nan

\Vlio tossed them in the street.





No sooner rang the master’s bell



Than down two squirrels ran, pell-mell

From leafy‘boughs o’erhcad, ’



And bore away the crusts so brown‘



Then chatty sparrows fluttered dowri

And ate the crumbs of bread.





At noon when welcome dinner—horn

Called weary men from fields of corn

To mid-day meal and rest,

Sliced was the loaf of snowy bread,

And every hungry workman said,

Of good things ’twas the best.





The last two Slices went to bless





An aged ,beggar in distress.





Who, to the mother, said:

“Your loaf was made for many ways,





But they all lead to World-old praise;





Thank God for daily bread!”





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At Home» ami- Elsewhere.





GRANDMOTHER’S MEMORY IS POOR.





SN’T it the queerest thing in the world

that when a mother becomes a. grand-

mother she i'orgets all about what



sort of children her own offspring were

when they were tiny? No “matter how

much trouble she may have had with

them, how disobedient and saucy they

may have been, she forgets it absolutely

when they become parents and a daugh-

ter-in-law has a baby to bring up.



How many times has your husband's

mother shaken her head sadly, when

young Jack has tried his small will

against yours, and remarked:



“I can't see who that child takes after.

John always minded me. I never had to

do anything but speak to him.” Then

she looks at you suspiciously, and the

next time any of your old friends visit

you she begins to inquire into your child-

hood days, especially with regard to your

temper.



And your own mother is just the same.

She vows you were always an angel child.

and talks darkly about how much like his

father little Jacky is, when he shows

traces of any bad habit. .



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If grandparents only knew how many



heartaches they cause young parents by





such methods, I wonder if they would do

it? Or if they could remember things as

they really were, could they do it? The

whole thing is the result of the habit we

have of forgetting disagreeable things as

soon as they are over and done with.

Looking back on your past life, isn't it

true that the unpleasant experiences are

remembered but dimly, while the happy

times stand out vividly? It is a wise

thought of the Creator to constitute us

so that we dwell mostly on the good

times, and in the "majority of cases it

works out only for good. But in this

matter of grandmother’s remembrance it:

is a bad thing; Grandmother can re“

member only how cute and bright her

babies were and how she loved them.

The fact that they were naughty, too,

and had to be punished sometimes has

entirely faded away.



. As a matter of fact, there isn’t a man

or a woman living who is worth while

that wasn't a mischievous baby with

streaks of naughtiness interwoven with

streaks of goodness. Just remember

that, young mothers, next time the

grandmothers remark on your baby's

wilfulness, and don’t let their comments

hurt you. DEBORAH.





 





 





A. SUMMER AFTERNOON’S ENTER-V

TAINMENT.





 





BY ELLA E. Rocxwoon.



In some circles the social life of the

country woman is bewailed as wholly

lacking. Her hard work and long hours

are ‘set. down as inflexible and a fate

which. condemns her to all work and no

piayseems to be taken for granted. Now

in actual life‘we all know that under ore

dinary‘i"lc'i‘r'cumStances there is. far more

of work than; of play for others besides

those whose homes are in the country,

that for the vast majority that is the

rule which prevails. Yet there are so

many hundreds of communities where the

social life is ample and enjoyable that

the neighborhood where there is none is

sadly in the minority, taking it the coun-

try over.



Vi'inter time has been called the farmer's

holiday. Then it is that there is more

leisure for him and for his family. But

for all that summer is the busy season

there is almost always an opportunity

for such social gatherings as bring the

women folks together even though the

men are too busy to leave home.



It is an agreeable change from the can-

ning and preserving, the cooking and the

baking, or the shopping trip to town, to

leavethese duties for a while and meet

with other women of the community at

the home of some friend. The very get-

ting away will do one good. The dress-

ing up, the pleasant chatter which marks

a gathering of the sex, the greeting of

friends, the dainty refreshments, then the

home—going as the shadows lengthen, all

are beneficial and form a very acceptable

break in the week’s work. The neglected

duties, if such there are left behind, will

be taken up all the more cheerfully be-

cause of the afternoon off. There are

few men who are unwilling to eat 8. Sup-

per which is a little delayed or if neces-

sary lend a hand with its preparation in

order to secure a half holiday for the

wife occasionally, even if it is in the

busy season.



One of the pleasantest of afternoon teas

can be arranged with very little trouble.

The invitations may be informally de-

livered over the telephone. If the lawn

is reasonably smooth and shady it is a

fine idea to serve supper there. Small

tables ‘may be placed conveniently or a

long one in picnic fashion made of rough

boards provided by the handy man, if he

has a little time to spare. Still more in-

formally, tables may be dispensed with

entirely and napkins and plates held on

the lap. Napkins of generous size and

not of paper, should be provided.



Such a gathering does not demand an

elaborate menu. Sandwiches. coffee, pick-

les, olives, ice cream and cake would an-

swer nicely. With the addition of a hot

dish, such as scalloped potatoes, with

cold chicken or pressed veal it would be





ample. Not very much work to carry it

out, but a whole lot of pleasure for all

concerned. A party of women can spend

the hour or two before refreshments in

conversation, or games or music may be

arranged for.



Summer offers just the time in which

to pay off one’s social obligations to city

friends, since roads and weather are more

dependable than in winter. Likewise the

guests will better enjoy the ride and the

environment of the country home.





RECIPES.





 





We do not pay for recipes. If you Wish

a recipe ask for it, and in return con-

tribute your own favorites.



Canning Asparagus and Spinach.



Mrs. F. C. S.—Cut young asparagus in

inch pieces, fill cans, and pour on cold

water to overflowing. Fit on new rub—

bers, lay on covers and set in the boiler

on a layer of hay or straw, or boards in

which two or three holes have been bored.

Pour cold water in the boiler until half

way up the cans and boil for one hour

and a half. Then remove, see that the

cans are filled to overflowing, tighten the

covers and set away to cool. When cold,

tighten covers again and set in a dark

place. -



Spinach—Blanch young spinach six

minutes in boiling water, cool under cold

running water, chop, return to kettle and

heat to boiling, adding salt to taste, can

hot as fruit.



Asparagus and Endive.



Mrs. E. McVV.—I can find no recipe for

canning endive. For asparagus, see an-

swer to Mrs. F. C. S.



A Substitute for Graham Bread.



When making white bread add one cup-

ful of Wheat bran and a tablespoonful of

lard for each loaf. Mix into a hard loaf,

let rise the same as white bread, and

bake—Mrs. D. S., Breckenridge.



Drop Sugar Cookies.



Here is a recipe for drop sugar cookies.

They are fine and I make a good big

batch. Two cups granulated sugar, half

cup butter. Work butter and sugar to-

gether thoroughly. Two eggs, or three,

if plentiful, half cup sweet milk, half

teaspoon soda wet in three tablespoonfiils

of sour milk or buttermilk, two teaspoons

heaping, of baking powder, four cups of

flour. Drop in little patties and smooth

out a little with spoon. Try this, as it is

much easier than kneading and rolling

them out.—~An Interested Reader.



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Half cup of butter put in one cup of

boiling water and set on range to boil.

Stir into this one cup of flour, dry. and

cook until it is thick paste, after which

heat into this three eggs broken in sepa-

rately and drop from spoon into pan in

which they are to be baked. Bake until

they can be readily lifted from pan. Then

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dash of salt.

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PRETTY COUNTRY WEDDINGS.





 





 





BY HILDA RICHMOND.

Although there are many country wed-





autumn see the prettiest of them all, be-

cause then the distinctive country touch





lawn may be used to supplement the

house. When cold weather confines the

guests to the house many of them would

not know whether they were attending a.

city wedding or a country one, since fur-

niture, decorations and clothes are much

the same, but when the doors and win-

dows are open, and especially when it is

a daytime affair, there is a charm to a

country wedding that a city one can

never have, unless the parents of the

bride have a large lawn or garden.



Usually the decorations are in the

hands of the friends of the bride, and

a dozen or more young men and women

can not only accomplish much in the way

of artistic effects, but they can have good

times while doing the work. When there

is a carefully thought out plan, or a

sketch made by one of the friends, or the

bride, matters are much simplified. Also

if the young people know just where to

put their hands on the necessary flowers

at the proper time, everything will move

off smoothly. With the color scheme

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The secret of a good meringue lies in

placing it in a hot oven to brown lightly

A moment’s unnecessary

Allow

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of egg, folding the sugar well into the





dings in winter and spring, summer and





can be given to the decorations, and the





sketch made or every detail clearly in the

minds of the young people and articles

all gathered together that will be need-

ed, the real work of decorating the

rooms, or the church, or both, will not

take long.



For a very early wedding in summer

white lilacs, or purple and white lilacs

are beautiful, and are so common that

it is easy to get loads of them. Some

brides object to purple, but when the

lilacs shade off to a delicate lavender

they are exquisite. Masses of wild cow-

slip with their own green foliage make

another good decoration, though the old-

fashioned “hundred leaf” June roses or

clove pinks are perhaps the very beet

flowers for the early summer' weddings.

Masses of fragrant roses in concealed

bowls or jars are simple, and are the most

effective flowers the country can produce,

while their fragrance. will add a joy to

the occasion that the costliest hot house

blooms could not give. Then, as the

summer advances all the other flowers

pass along in fragrant procession, ending

with the gorgeous leaves and berries and

vines and blossoms of autumn. It goes

Without saying that the very prettiest





their simplicity, and the most common

roadside blossoms can be arranged to

the best advantage by even an amateur,

if only simplicity is the keynote of the

whole color scheme.



Whether it is a home or church wed-

ding, the home must be decorated and

much made of the porch and lawn. The

breakfast or luncheon served on the lawn

under the shade trees is a pretty idea,

and one that gives more room in case

the house is small or the number of

guests large. At a. very beautiful coun—

try wedding the bride and 'groom stood

on the porch with the entire company on

the sloping lawn, and then the feast was

set out on the lawn under the trees just

tinted with autumn colors. Autumn

leaves, trailing clematis, bright berries,

and golden rod were used to decorate the

house at this wedding, the. tints blending

well and’ being in accord with the sea-

son. The lawn was thickly strewn with

autumn leaves and the place cards were

made of large yellow leaves marked with

the names of the guests.



The final touch of beauty was added

to one country wedding when the bride

and groom departed, for instead of the

annoying rice and old shoes thrown at

and after them, they were showered with

flowers and leaves. This last idea was

a secret to all but a few of the young

people and the newly wedded pair litcr-

ally walked on a path of roses to the

waiting automobile. Some of the flowers

were raised by the bride herself, so thcre

was a poetic touch to the final shower

she received, while the others came from

the gardens of dear friends and were all

redolent of love and good wishes. The.

very best and prettiest things used in

country weddings cost nothing, for every-

body is willing to give flowers for the

bride, and the woods are full of treasures

to be had for the picking, so it always

pays to ignore the costly hot house





 





flowers that city people must use and

cling to the dear home-grown flowers.‘

Even the bride’s bouquet should be an;

old~fashioned nosegay picked by the;

groom, instead of the smart affair that!

looks as if constructed by a milliner, and ,

everything will be in keeping with the

surroundings, and the wedding a. golden

day, not only for the happy pair but for

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Verily the world moves! Yesterday the

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attempted only by the veteran housewife,

she who knew her oven as the Musselman

knows his prayers and could tell to the

fraction of a second just when to open

the door and when to alter the heat,

without looking at her cake. For if a

blast of cool air struck the dough at any

but the psychological moment the result

would be fatal. Now, thanks to the in-

genuity of man, or possibly woman, our

oven doors have been made transparent

and the novice can make even angel food

and be able to watch the result without

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At first pieces of mica were tried for

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BY JENNIE A. MACK.



There is an old saying that if mistakes

were haystacks there would be no poor

cattle. Mistakes are incident to human

fraility, and want of judgment. We all

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infrequently in after life regret them.



There is a class of mistakes wherein

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and doubtless have been, where such an

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factory to all concerned, but there is

always a risk, and such risks are ex-

penm've. ,



I have a case in mind, being that of a

mechanic who owned a beautiful home in

the: suburbs of a' village. After his death, ,

his son, a popular young man of twenty-

five, persuaded his mother to sell the

place and invest in a farm, as he had a

mind for agriculture. The farm was

deeded to the son, though a will had left

the old home to his mother. Within a

year following, the mother and daughter-

in-glaw failing to agree the mother went

to trork for strangers. A few years later

her' health failed, and after being cared

forgby friends for a time she finally was

takfpp to an infirmary where she died.

other case of a peculiar character

light a good and .well meaning man.

' verty tnd‘gri‘ef.

he was left with: several children

1with a splendid farm of 200 acres,

:out incumbrance. Having married

agah and having children by the second

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idea" that it would result'to her interest

as :____well as that of her children if they

could make a settlement on the children

of the first family, having them quit-

claim their interests in their father’s es-

tate, to eventually accrue to the children

of wife number two. This plan was car-

ried out in part. Not having a bank ac-

count it was determined to mortgage the

farm to the value of the assumed heir-

ship of the former children. For a while

the interest was paid annually, but the

man, now past middle life, began to fail

in lhealth. It was difficult to obtain re-

liable help, the repairs about the farm

were neglected and the interest was not

regularly paid. This. together with the

depreciative appearance of the farm

through neglect of repairs,

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sessed, and for years suffered for the

necessaries of life. Death finally came

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ciously used, should have afforded him

an ample living and blessed his declining

years. It is scarcely necessary to state

that the first children squandered the

money paid them by their father, the

saloon getting a large share. I have in

mind a number of cases where the prop-

erty was deeded to children. under prom-

ise ‘of supporting the old people, but the

case above is a' peculiar one on account

of the unusual circumstances attend-

ing it.



Another case of unusual character was

that of a. man owning a good farm, who

had the lives of his children, as well as

that of his own and wife, insured, each

carrying heavy policies. At the time, the

farm was paying well. but during the

hard times. 20 years ago, products began

to fail to meet the demands of the pol-

icies. Money was borrowed from the in-

surance company and a mortgage given

on the farm. In less than ten years, fore-

closure resulted, leaving above the in-

cumbrance only enough to buy a house

and lot“ in the country, into which the

old. peepie moved. I had known them

well in the. days of their prosperity, and

after their fall, visited the old couple.

now alone, and heard their tale of woe.



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and attributed their downfall to lack of

judgment. A. sad feature of the case was

that their children had moved away and

neglected the parents who were now

old and unable to work. All this resulted

from overconfidence of the parents, in

their efforts to benefit the children.



It is deplorable that children so often

fail to appreciate the love and care be—

stowed upon them by parents. Often

when property has been turned over to

them their selfishness loses sight of their

obligations, and too often results in de-

voted parents being reduced to want.

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Pearl—To obtain the best results,

fresh hyacinth bulbs should be bought

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bulbs, however, leave in the ground until

ripened after blooming, and then store

in a dark cellar until late autumn. To

blossoms at Easter they must be planted

before Christmas. Soak the blue letters

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SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.





Before working in the garden or doing

other rough work, rub your finger nails

over a piece of soap. This will prevent

the earth from getting in under the nails,

and when you wash your hands the soap

will come out easily. This is recom-

mended to people who find it hard to do

garden work with gloves on their hands.

——Mrs. J. J. O’C.



“'ash and boil the peelings of apples

and peaches. Strain the juice through a

jelly bag, boil down with sugar. It is

nice to spread on pancakes or bread.—

Z. I. D. .



When making a berry pie, try using

bread crumbs instead of flour for thick-

ening. It is fine—Mrs. L. L. G.



If you are cooking preserves, apple but-

ter, pumpkin, or anything which requires

long cooking, drop a marble, which has

been thoroughly disinfected, into the ket-

tle. The contents will not then burn

easily, as the marble moves constantly

about over the bottom.—I. M.



Save the mucilaged flaps that come on

open letters, to label fruit cans and mend

paper patterns and sheet music, etc.—

F. D. C.





 





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These patterns may be obtained from

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no. 4916—Children'e Dress.—Cut in

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yards material 36 inches wide, 1% yards

of wide insertion, 2% yards narrow in-

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Age 8 requires 2%, yards of 27-inch

goods. Price, 10 cents.



No. 3287—Men's Nebllgee Coat Shirt——

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yards 27 inches wide. Price, 10 cents.



No. 4976—Ladles' Box-planed Slx~gored

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measure. For size 24 it requires 5%

yards 50 inches wide. Price, 10 cents.



No. 5121—Ladlee' Waist Closed at Back.

-—Cut in sizes 32 to 42, bust measure.

Size 36 requires 2% yards of 27—inch

goods, with ‘56 yards of 36-inch net. Price.

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BOX F, care MICHIGAN FARMER. Detroit, Mich.
.AUG ,5, 1911. .





 





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We have just sown a cover crop of oats

and winter vetch in our two-year-old

orchard of apple and peach. Ten acres

of this had not: been cropped this year,

two acres are in strawberries, and five

acres adjoining set last spring is planted

to corn. Nothing was sown in the straw-

berries as this part will have a mulch of

marsh hay in December. \Ye intended to

sow the part in corn at this time, but a.

hard rain and wind has blown the corn

over so badly that it is impossible to get

through with a horse and cultivator, and

I fear it will not straighten up enough

to allow us to do so. In this case we

shall wait until the corn is cut, which I

think we can do by September 1. This

is later than it should be, but it seems

to be the best we can-do.



The ten acres which has been kept

cultivated has also had a mulch of coarse

manure about the' trees, and they have

made an excellent growth this season.

“'e are sowing 15 pounds of vetch per

acre and one bushel of oats. This is a.

somewhat lighter seeding of vetch than





is recommended. but the seed is rather





expensive, (ll cents per pound), and we

thought to help out the fall mulch with

oats. 1 think the Vctch will be quite

thick after its spring growth. \Ve also

sowed the vetch rather light near the

rows of trees so it would not interfere

so much with the plowing and harrowing

here where the backfurrow comcs in

plowing under in the spring. llcre the





oats were sown a little heavier. We in-

tend to spread what is left of the mulch

about the trees before plowing in the

spring and use clean cultivation next

season.



Another small orchard, which we term

our variety orchard, was sown to a

variety of cover crops last year as an

experiment by a college student. Most of

these contained a mixture of clover. We

did not plow this under last spring. but

put some coarse manure mulch about

the trees, and mowed the cover crop. The

second growth, together with weeds

which have come up in places, is about

ready to mow again. \l’e shall probably

plow this under in the spring.



Another four—acre orchard coming four

years of age is partly in strawberries

which we are renewing to keep for the

third season, and partly in sod with a

mulch about the trees. The sod has been

mowed for bay. The trees have done

very well, though I believe those in the

strawberry patch are a little larger than

the mulched trees. l have noticed that

they are more susceptible to the twig

blight, however. while the trees in sod

have more nests of the tent caterpillar

and are bothered more by grasshoppers.



Combating Blight and Insect Pests.



Another orchard of four acres set five

and six years ago last spring is partly in

raspberries and partly in strawberries

which were kept over last year without

care. The strawberries have now been

mowed, and the raspberries will be soon.

\Ve expect to leave the side hill, which

pretty wcll sodded and plow the bal-

anct- next spring. The strawberry mulch

was left on the ground, and considerable





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had been put around the trees. They

seem to be doing well, making a better

growth than tisual this season. The

\\'agcncrs have been troubled with the





blirht mol'e than I have ever known them





to be. bcforc, at least half of the trees

being affected. \Vc have been over them

.twicc cutting it out. \Ve try to cut six

to ten inches below the visible infection

when a large limb or the trunk does not:

prevent. and after each tree or after each

cut whcre it is necessary to cut near the

infection the shears are wiped with a.

cloth saturated with carbolic acid water.

\‘Vc haw noticed that the blight was

much more prevalent in the part where





the raspberries are which was kept cul-

tivated. \\'orms‘ nests are also trouble-

some. ‘.\'e strip these from the trees and

put the leaves in a basket carried for the

purpose. This gets the worms without

destroying the branch or the buds on it.

The tip will continue to grow, and strong

buds will form for next season, or if early

they sometimes start again this season.

I believe this is better than cutting the

branch, and nearly as rapid.



The red humped apple worm is just

starting to work, and we. must look out

for them or young trees will be defoliated

rapidly. They are small at first but grow

to be an inch and a half long, of a red-

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on their back near the front end. They

work in colonies, clustering around the

leaf with their heads toward the. margin

and work inwards and toward the stem

after which they start on the next leaf.

This habit makes it comparatively easy

to locate and get them by picking the

leaves on which the clusters are work—

ing. We have found some tussock moth

and yellow necked datana on the young

trees, but the tent caterpillar and the

red-humped worm are the only ones that

have thus far done enough damage to

make it worth while to fight them, and

they can} be controlled more cheaply on

young trees by stripping the leaves than

by spraying, also more successfully.





The orchard in question is composed

of King and Grimes’ Golden trees as

permanent apples, with W'agener and

\Vealthy fillers, and peach sub—fillers.

The peach trees have mostly gone out

with the yellows, and the remaining ones

during their short life, but it is hard to

sacrifice them just as they reach an age

when they should be at their prime. The

\Vagener and Wealthy are bearing their

first crop worthy of mention. We have

thinned them considerably so they have

from a peck to a half bushel on the

larger trees. The “'ealthys are hearing

more perfect apples than the \Vageners,

but none of them are as perfect as on

the larger trees, as they are troubled

much more by curculio and more of them

are ill-shaped, especially the \Vageners

In the. thinning all imperfect specimens

were taken off, but we have just had a.

severe hail storm which has cut the ex-

posed apples badly, and it is likely that

more of them will have to come off. There

are some scattering Grimes’ Golden on

the. six-year trees and occasionally a

King.



Another small orchard of two acres set

five years ago last spring and mulched

from the start is now making a good

growth, though the “’ageners did not do

well for the first five years, but they

were a poor lot of trees. The Stark have

made an excellent growth from the be-

ginning. and have some apples this year.

The \Vageners are hearing from a dozen

to a peck each, but they are badly hail

scarred. it is taking rather more mulch





than we can secure to mulch all of our‘





orchards which are now mulched, and

we shall cultivate and grow cover crops

on more of them as they become larger,

but I do not think we shall disturb the

soil on the side hills.

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BLIGHT OF FRUIT TREES.





S. B. HA‘BTMAN.





 





Prof. H. J. Eustace, of M. A. 0., calls

attention to the “blight” which is doing

great damage the present season, in the

Western Michigan apple, pear, and quince

orchards.



“The disease is an old and common

one. Its appearance is very striking. The

diseased parts of the tree, whether young

shoots, blossoms, fruits, or fruit spurs,

turn brown and the leaves do not fall off

but hang on the tree. Hence the pres-

ence of the disease is easy to detect.





“The trouble is usually more common





and serious on pears and quinces, of all '





ages, than on old apples, but it is often

Very destructive of young apple trees.



“Many methods of control have been

suggesttd and tried but the only one

that has been successful is the eradica-

tion of the diseased portions. That this

method may be successful, requires a

systematic inspection, at frequent inter-

vals, of every tree in the orchard and the

removal of all diseased portions.



"The inspection and eradication should

be done in pear and quince orchards of

all ages and in young apple orchards. The

trouble is seldom serious enough on old

apple trees to pay for the labor of cut-

ting out the diseased portion, however,

it may be advisable on some varieties

that are very susceptible to the disease,

like the Talman Sweet.



“Certain precautions must be carefully

followed in cutting out the diseased por-

tions. Unless these are taken the work

will not be effective and may be worse

than if no efforts were made to check it.



“The rules for cutting out the diseased

parts are as follows:



“1. Make the out well back into the

healthy wood. The cause of the trouble

may extend farther than it appears.



“2. After every operation, wipe off the

tool and also the cut surface with some

disinfectant solution. A good one is cor-

rosive sublimate, 1 to 1,000 strength. This

is easily prepared by placing in a pint of

water one corrosive sublimate tablet

which can be secured of any druggist.



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Address all communications relative to

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Associational Motto.—

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Address of Mr. D. Munro, before the

State Association of Farmers’ Clubs at

the =last annual meeting of that organi-

zation.



W'hen we Consider that 7,000,000 of the

10,000,000 apples trees of our state are

neglected, entailing an annual loss of

thousands of trees and a very much

diminished and inferior crop of fruit, we

are not stating other than a fact when

we say the question of the farmer’s or-

chard is most vital and pressing.



Our state law, as passed in 1905,1s

very rigid, but the machinery of the law

has not accomplished all that the farm-

ers should desire.



The fruit growers of our state are not

indifferent to their trees. _They care for

them regardless of the law. They know

,their business; they know where their

They also know that if the

farmer continues to neglect his. orchard

he will have no fruit for market, and will

be forced to buy for his own use high

priced fruit. Already this is the case in

many localities.



- ,Perhaps all the delegates here present

are posted, but the farmers you repre-

sent are not generally intelligent on this

subject The writer recently spoke to

the board of supervisors of St. Clair

county and asked for a showing of hands





". of all who knew whether there was any





ffian Jose scale in their townships Not

After showing some cut-

tings and fruit infested with scale a

number said there was‘lots of it in their

Section, and lots of trees dead and dying.

{The bulletin .from the Department of

iAgriculture at Washington, has this to

ay: “Perhaps no other insect. has been

so widely exploited as the ,San Jose

scate. The fears aroused by this insect

have ”led to more legislation by the sev-

eral states, and by various foreign coun-

Ttries than has been induced by all other

insect-.pests-tpgether. In fact, as a result

of'the San JOSe scale insects have as-

sumed international importance and oc-

cupy a prominent place in the regulation

of commerce. Some useful results have

followed. Keen interest in the several

subjects of insect control have been

aroused. Valuable and effective means

of controlling insect pests, notably scale

insects, h£-9 been discovered, and all

lines‘ of applied entomology have been

stimulated and benefited. In spite of all

efforts to prevent it the San Jose scale

has slowly extended its range until it now

occurs in practically every state in the





-., Union and in portions of Canada. It is

most abundant and wideSpread in the





Pacific Coast states and in the Atlantic

and Gulf States. It is less abundant in





' the middle west and the central states





of the northern tier. The early losses

from it were considerable, as it is per—

haps the only scale pest which, un-

checked, will in two or three years ac-

tually kill, or at least ruin, the plant

attacked.”



The great need is education. The fruit'

grower is posted, the farmer as a rule, is

not. Clay is the only township in St.

Clair county where an inspector has been

appointed, The chairman of the board

of. supervisors told the writer that for a

day after he addressed the board they

talked nothing but scale. Arousement

must come before law enforcement. But

law enforcement should and must follow.



In preparation for this paper letters

were sent to Ohio. New York, Washing-

ton, Oregon, California, Ontario, and

V’ashington, D. C. The following ques-

tions were asked. “Does your state law

require the appointment of inspectors?

Are they appointed by counties or by

wwnships? What is their compensa—

tion? Is the work of inspection carried

on vigorously in your state?”



. California.



' “Inspection is carried on very vigor-

ously. We do not admit nursery stock

into this state or into any county from

another county without a tree to tree in-

spection. Our state law is not as com-

plete as our countyclaw and will prob-

ably be changed at the coming legisla-





years. Compensati-on——County . commis-

sioner, six dollars per day and expenses.

Deputies get five dollars. Local inspect—

ors $3.60 per day. They are appointed

by the county board of supervisors. They

must pass a prescribed examination. They

have to do with fruit and Weed inspec-

tion. It costs the state $50,000 a year to

care for the fruit interests.”

New York.



“Inspection in this state is carried on

as thoroughly as can be on an annual

appropriation of about $50,000. There is

no so-called noxious weed law in this

state. All inspectors are appointed from

the civil service eligible list, and by the

commissioner of agriculture. There is

no county or township separation of the

work of the state. Every person, when

he becomes aware of the existence of

disease or insect pest, shall forthwith

report to the commissioner of agriculture

at Albany, and the commissioner shall

take such action as the law provides.

The inspector or his agent or agents are

empowered to take such steps and do

whatever may be deemed necessary to

so control or prevent the spread, or ex-

tirpate such pest or pests, disease or

diseases. Every nursery. must be ex—

amined once each year prior to Septem-

ber first."



Ohio.



“The Ohio department of agriculture

has a. division of Nursery and Orchard

Inspection, with a chief inspector and

assistants. This division has been work-

ing nine years. There is one chief and

seven assistants, and some who give part

time, some full time; and a secretary.

Beside inspection, talks are made before

horticultural societies, high-schools,

farmers' clubs and institutes. The chief

urges that provision be made for greatly

extending this line of work. The inspect—

ors interest themselves in farm crop in-

sects and diseases, and weeds, and sug-

gest that bee culture be included. It

appears at last to be dawning upon the

owners of small orchards that something

must be done in the way of treatment,

if any desirable fruit is to be available

for family use. The commercial orchard-

ist is on the alert and needs little as-

sistance from this division; but the man

whose time and thought are largely given

to other work has expected his orchard

to take care of itself. He begins to

realize that but little returns are being

received. By inspection, talks and dem-

onstrations in pruning and spraying, we

have endeavored to encourage better care

of the small orchard. It is impossible,

under present conditions, for us to cover

very much territory at that period of the

year when this work should be done. To

perform this work successfully, and for

the best interests of the farmer and fruit

grower, there should be available in each

county or group of counties of the state,

an inspector. Many thousands of‘nur-

sery stock have been destroyed because

of infestation by San Jose scale. Quite

often poor judgment is shown by the

nurseryman in planting stock in danger-

ous proximity to such places. Four hun-

dred requests came for inspection, 277

orchards were visited. Others neglected

for want of inspectors. The entire cost

is provided by the state." ‘



Ontario.



“The township councils are empowered

to appoint inspectors. These inspectors

are approved by the Minister of Agricul-

ture for the Province and their remu-

neration which runs from $2.00 to $3.00

per day, is borne equally by the town-

ship and the'province. In addition to the

local inspectors, the province employs two

inspectors who are paid $4.00 per. day,

and who supervise the work of the local

inspectors ‘to a certain extent, and also

visit districts where special attention is

necessary. In some sections devoted to

the raising of the more tender fruits the

inspection is looked after very carefully.

As to noxious weeds, the appointment of

inspectors is entirely in the hands of the

township council, who also must bear the

entire expense. I regret to say that the

law is not so vigorously enforced as could

be desired. The fruit branch of the De-





partment of Agriculture also has to do;





with the. inspection of apiaries. The ex-

penditure of the branch last year was

about $50,000. A great awakening seems

to be taking place along horticultural

lines in Ontario, and we may expect in-

creasing demands on this Department for

aid in all branches of orchard work. The

department continues to bonus co-op-

erative spraying, limiting it to those farm-

ers who have not as yet benefited by

spraying”

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State Lecturer’e Suggestions for First

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“Our object should be to help develop

in the country community the great

ideals of community life as well as of

personal character.”—Roosevelt.





Roll call, responded to by each telling



of the. greatest ride he or she ever took.

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Recitation.



My method of canning corn, fruit and

vegetables.



Song.



Some noted people of today—1. Men.

2. Women.





Suggestions for Second Meeting.





“Work without rest is like bread with-

out yeast——it is hard and heavy."





Roll call, responded to by each naming

an evidence that the world is growing

wiser, brighter or better.



Co-operative ownership of farm ma.-

chinerywis it feasible in this locality? If

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“What all there is in prejudice,

No one has yet said."



We come as naturally by our prejudices

as by any other possession. Now and

then, it must be admitted, they serve a

good purpose, but on the whole they

greatly hinder our progress. They hin-

der us most because they tend to keep

up apart and prevent, in a measure, that

harmony and spirit of co-operation that

are indispensable to a people who must

govern themselves and who have so many

problems that must be worked out in

common.



‘Our political and religious prejudices

-—how they stand in our way! Members

of opposing political parties cannot work

together with the same feeling, cannot

co-operate with the same degree of suc-

cess. Members of different churches of-

ten lack the mutual confidence and that

spirit of broad charity which we must

have if we get the most out of life. They

lack these things because they do not

know each other, and they do not know

each other because they have failed to

understand their limitations or to ap-

preciate the power of environment in the

moulding of human lives, and, failing to

know these things, they cannot see each

other’s viewpoint and so do not under-

stand how men, equally honest and com-

petent, can differ widely in opinion upon

some matters of great importance.



The Grange brings men of different po—

litical and religious beliefs together in

common, and they learn to know each

other, as a natural result. A short time

ago, I was called to attend a Pomona

meeting in a strong Grange county in the

northern part of the state. The enter-

taining Grange gave the evening pro-

gram. The program opened with roll

call and each one present was requested

to say what church he attended, if any,

and to recite a verse from the book of

James. Well! I wondered if that lec-

turer had gone crazy. What did She

mean? Were we really going to discuss

religious creeds in our order? But there

was no use in worrying for I thought the

lecturer appeared to be one who gets

what she goes after and I should soon

discover her purpose.



The hall was well filled and the roll

call experience was a very profitable one

to the writer. at least. Nearly every-

body responded, and in that company

were subscribers to almost every form of

religious creed common to this country.

Church-goers from the devout Episco-

palian to the fellow who modestly con-

fessed that he didn’t attend meeting

regularly but went to the Free-Methodist

camp meeting once a year. Before this

experience was half over the lesson

dawned upon me, for there we were, dif-

fering so widely in some reapects and

yet working together for the Grange, the

community, the school and the state, and

enabled thus to work harmoniously be-

cause, through the Grange, we had been

brought together and had acquired that





 

 





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degree of mutual confluence and respect~

which is indispensable to harmonious

action. ' W. F. TAYLOR.





 





THE GRANGE lN OTHER STATES.





 





The Patrons of Maine, at their last

state meeting adopted the following

clear-cut resolution touching the relation

of the Grange to the rural school. It is

well worth reading: Resolved, That

while the common school is not the prop-

er place for the teaching of scientific ag—

riculture, yet the Grange believes that

there. is a close and vital relationship be-

tween the rural school and the industry

of agriculture, that the country school





must be made so good a school that no

farmer will need to remove from his

farm to educate his children; that it is

essential to such a school that there be

trained and efficient teachers, reasonably

permanent in their tenure of position;

that it should be housed in decent and

well- equipped buildings, and should have

a course of study adapted to the practi-

cal needs of country children, that the

Grange endorses an increased amount of





rhandwork, for rural schools, the organi-





zation of boys’ agricultural clubs, the es-

tablishment of school» and home gardens,

and such other incentives as will lead to

the later study, in higher institutions, of

scientific agriculture and to the develop-

ment of a respect for the occupation that

is fundamental to the welfare of all the

people.





Union League Grange, of Oregon, is

considering the organization of a new

feature of Grange work, or work and

recreation combined. As a dinner club

has in its very title something attractive

and suggestive of sociability, it is pro-

posed that farmers' families who come

to town on Saturdays to buy groceries

or market farm products bring their

loaded lunch pails and at noon repair to

the Grange hall, where stoves, tables and

dishes may be provided and a. committee

be in readiness to help serve the lunch

in a. homelike manner. \Vhen all are

seated the master of the Grange or other

presiding officer will introduce the sub-

ject or subjects for the day’s discussion.





 





Thus eating and talking together, a

pleasant and profitable hour or two would

be passed. If any chose to pay 1.5 cents

for the lunch rather than bring one, they





could do so. in most places this noon-

day plan should certainly prove feasible.





 





The l’atrons‘ Co—operative bank of

Olathe, Kan, now ncarly 30 years old,

officered and run by members of the

lrange and with their own money, re-

ports dcpositzz of $450,000, With $1,000

more profits than the year before, pay-

ing a semi-annual dividend of 15 per ,cent

and adding a neat sum to the undivided

profits or surplus.





 





The executive committee of Maine

State Grange recently outlined a cam—

paign against the repeal of the- Maine

prohibitory law. At its annual meeting

the State Grange took strong action

against the repeal, and now the executive

committee is seeking to put those reso-

lutions into effort It is proposed to co-

operate \\ ith and assist the chuic,hcs civic

league, W. C. rl‘. l'. organizations and

other temperance societies in their ef-

forts to retain the present law, and with

all these agencies combating any move-

ment to repeal it there is good reason

to believe that their efforts will be suc-

cessful. At the meeting of the executive

committee it was voted to hold a series

of field meetings this summer throughout

the state. The next State Grange meet-

ing will probably be held at Lewiston.



A prominent New York institute work-

er found a Grange at Balmville, Orange

CO. , that state, that was doing work far

beyond the ordinary, and thus describes

it: .\ neat hall, costing about $2,500,

stands out in the opcn country a half

mile from the end of’the trolley line. It

is located here because it is a central

point between two hamlets and one strong

Grange could be maintained here rather

than two weak ones at the hamlets on

either side. This hall is open any night

in thc week for young or old who care

to gather there for social, intellectual or

agricultural intercourse. The people

avail themselves of it. Not far away is

a rural school. and near it is a half acre

devoted to a school garden. This garden

had its rise in lalmville Grange. A

committee was appointed to take the

matter 11p with the school trustees.

Francis B. Kelley. a gardener and florist

of many years‘ expcrience, a native of

Grccnnock, Scotland, where school gar-

dens are conducted on a large scale, has

had charge of the work. Some forty-six

children ranging in age from seven to 14



ears, are enrolled in the garden school.

Pven dining the vacation months the

attendance averages 20. The garden is

250 feet long by 60 feet wide. There are

16 plots, in which are grown a variety of

vegetables, the children doing all the

planting, weeding and whatever other

work is necessary. Last year the state

department of agriculture awarded 16

certificates to the children for proficiency

and one to Mr. Kelley as instructor.





 





 





COMING EVENTS.





 





Pomona Meetings.



Gratiot 00., with Arcadia Grange, Sat-

urday, Aug. 5. Miss Jennie Buell, state

speaker.



Charlevoix Co., with Boyne

Grange, Thursday, Aug. 10. .



Kent Co. farmers’ annual picnic, at

John Ball park, Wednesday. Aug. 1-

Former State Master Horton, state

speaker.





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.‘TW. _ .





MARKETS





WWW

DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKET.





August 2, 1911.

Grains and Seeds.



Wheat.—\\'ith an increase of nearly

7,000,000 bushels in the visible supply of

wheat due to the heavy selling by farm-

ers, still the market has been able to

advance values over three cents for cash

wheat. This situation is largely the out-

come of the work of black rust in the

northwestern fields, serious damage hav-

ing resulted to the spring wheat crop and

the output of the Dakotas, Minnesota,

and some of the Canadian provinces will

be restricted considerably should further

investigation prove these early reports

to be true. Buyers have put confidence

in the news and are bidding eagerly for

the offerings, believing that a diminish-

ing of the yield of the great wheat states

will bring about better figures later on.

Another factor in the deal is the short-

age of exports from Russia. Her export

surplus is put at one—half the quantity

delivered a year ago. Argentine ship-

ments are fairly liberal but those from

Australia are small. The general tend-

ency of the week’s news is therefore en-

couraging to farmers.

price paid on this market for No. 2 red

wheat was $101340 per bu. Quotations

for the past week are: .





Red. \Vhite. Sept. Dec.

No. 2 No. 1

Thursday ...... 86 ' .831/2 .881/2 .9213;

Friday ........ 87% .85 .90 .94

Saturday ...... 871/4 .8434 .8034, .9363,

Monday .... . .87 .841/2 89% .931/2

Tuesday ...... 881,4. .851/2 .901/2 .941/2

Wednesday . . . 1881/2 .851/2 .90 .9414

Corn.—~<.‘<.lpious rains in the corn belt





have been detrimental to prices, a de-

cline having am-mnpanied the rise in

wheat values. The improVement in the

crop is quite, gentral over the corn belt

although the lowa state rcport indicates

substantial losses during the past month

to her crop. There were also unfavcrallle

advices from Illinois and Nebraska where

special mention Is made of th. poor car-

ing of the stalks. (me year ago the

price for No. 3 corn was titilgc per bu.

Quotations for the week are:





No. 3 No. 3



Corn Yellow.

Thursday ................. 663.1 67-";

Frida y ................... 66 3; 67 1";

Saturday ................. 66 1‘; 67 "1,

Monday .................. 6614 671;,

Tuesday ................. 66 67

\Vednesday .............. 661,42 671/2





Oats.—~The condition of the new crop

in this and other states hardly justified

the sharp decline which occurred last

week and this week’s opening found

prices moving in the other direction.

There is;little in the situation at this

time that can be construed to favor

lower values. A year ago standard oats





sold in this market at 430 per bu. Quo-

tations for the week are:

Standard No. 3

White.

Thursday ..... . ...... 40 391’:

Friday ................... 101/2 40

Saturday ..... . ........... 401/2 40

Monday .................. 41 401/

Tuesday ............. 411/2 41

\Vednesday ............... 41 40%;.





Beans.—Interest in this market in—

creases with the approach of the crucial

period in the development of the new

crop. The success of many fields depends

upon the arrival of rains within the next

few weeks. There is some demand for

cash beans this week and an advance of

8c was offered on Tuesday for immediate

shipment stock. Quotations for the past

week are:





Cash. Oct.

Thursday 6220 $2.05

Friday ..................... 2.20 2.05

Saturday ................... 2.20 2.05

Monday ................... 2.20 2.05

Tuesday ................... 2.28 2.07

\\'ednesday ................ 2.28 2.07





Clover Seed—The crop outlook is not

considered especially fiafltering and as a

result quotations have been advanced

during the past week, October quotations

being placed on a. par with those for

prime spot. .-\lsike is also a little high-





er. Quotations are:

Prime. Oct. Alsilto



Thursday ....... $10.25 $10.25 $9.00

Friday ......... 10.50 10.50 900

Saturday ........ 10.5 10.50 9.25

Monday ........ 10.: 10.50 9.25

Tuesday ....... 10.50 10.50 9.2:}

\Vednesday 10.75 10.75 9 2;)





Rye." No. 1 is quoted at 79c per bu..,

which is a 20 advance over last weeks





quotation.

Visible Supply of Grain.



This week. Last week

\that ............. 41,316,000 34,394,000

(‘orn ....... . ....... 8.201,000 8.517,000

Oats ............... 11,203,000 10,901,000

Rye, ................ 14,000 13,000

Barlm ............. 714,000 902,000





Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.

Flour.—Market is slow with prices

unchanged. Quotations are:





Clear .................. . ..... $4.00

Straight ............... . . . ...... 4.25

Patent Michigan .................... 4.75

Ordinary Patent .................... 4.50





Feeder—Corn and oat meals are lower.

Carlot prices on track are: Bran, $25

per ton: coarse middlings, $26: fine mid-

dlings, 827: cracked corn. $23: coarse corn

meal. $23: corn and oat chop, $26 per ton.



Hay and Strawpvllrime new hay is

selling around $19620 per ton. Old hay

is a little easier, while straw rules high—

er. Quotations on baled hay in car lots

f. o. b. Detroit are: No. 1 timothy, $2160

22; No. 2 timothy, $20: clover, mixed, $18

(”319; rye straw. $8.50; wheat and oat

straw, $7.50 per ton. _



v Potatoes—Potatoes are still too few to

properly care for the demand although





One year ago the .





 





a noticeable increase in the offerings is

tending to satisfy potato eaters but at

last week’s range of prices. Quoted at

$1.60@1.75 per bu.



Provisions—Family pork, $17@18; mess

pork, $16.75; medium clear, $16.50@17.50;

smoked hams, 14@16c; briskets, 10%@

Hype; shoulders, 10%c; picnic hams,

10c: bacon, 14@16e; pure lard in tierces,

9140; kettle rendered lard,.10%c per lb.



Dairy and Poultry Products.



Butter.—Creameries moved up a cent

on Tuesday, thus keeping pace with El-

gin and other outside markets. Dairies

are steady. Quotations: Extra cream-

ery, 26c; firsts, do., 250; dairy, 18c; pack-

ing stock, 17c per 1b.



Eggs.-—This deal is active at unchang-

ed prices and conditions substantially the

same as a week ago. Fresh eggs, ease

count, cases included, are quoted at 14%0

per dozen.



Poultry.—The direction of values is

downward with the trade receiving a.

good supply. Quotations are: Live——

liens, 121/g6bl3c; old roosters, 9c; turkeys,

1-46115c: geese, 861/9c; ducks, 12@13c:

broilers, 1661317c per lb.



Cheese.—~Michigan, old, 17c; Michigan,

late, 131/3fi115c; York state, new, 14@15c;

Swiss, 'domestic block, 19@21c; cream

brick, 1463150.



Veal.~—Market steady at last week’s

figures. Fancy, 101/261111c; choice, 861790

per lb.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Cabbage.—Higher. Selling at $2.75 per

bbl. for home—grown.



Pineapples.-$3.75@4 per case.



Currants. Scarce and higher,

at 33.506114 per bu. for red.



BIackberries.-—$1.50@1.75 per

case.



Raspberries.—Offerings light and of

inferior quality, due to dry weather. Red

64.756175 per bu.



Huckleberries.—In light supply and

steady. Quoted at $3.50 per bu.



Apples—There is a good movement of

this fruit and the shipments are satis-

fying the trade at prices ruling below the

figures of last Week. ‘New Michigan

grown are quoted at 7506173151 per bu.





 





selling





16-qt.





OTHER MARKETS.

Grand Rapids.



Plums brought $2 on the city market

Tuesday morning. This fruit is ripening

last. Early apples are leaders in the

fruit line now, the Duchess and Astra-

chans going out in carloads. Potatoes

have weakened a little, though home-

grown stock is still bringing around $1.50

per bu. (‘xrecn corn is worth 10@1.’nc,

green peppers, 250 a dozen; string beans,

3:: peas, $2: cucumbers, 25 (1:40c. Strictly

fresh eggs are higher, bringing 210 in a

rctail way. t‘reamery butter is 1c high-

1'r. Tlairy butter is worth 2061,22c to the

country trade. Dressed hogs are bring-

ing 8156190 The mills are paying 800

for No. 2 red wheat; 68c for rye, and 38c

for new oats.



Chicago.



\l'lieat.—~No. 2 red, 86%@87%c;

9074c: Dec, 94%c per bu.





Sept





Corn—No. 2, 62%6L63c; Sept., 637430;

lit-(z, 613nm per bu.



Oatszo. 2 white, 39@39%c; Sept.,

41c: llec., 431/20.



Barlcy.—Malting grades, 80c@$1 per





bu: feeding, 6561175c.



Butters-Although trade remains quiet,

and there has been no change in the Sit-

uation that would encourage an advance,

prices were moved up a cent on Tuesday

to keep pace with other markets. Quo-

tations: Creameries, 21@26c; dairies, 19

6122c per lb.



liggs.~»lteceipts are hardly up to re-





quirements and all grades are higher.

Quotations: Prime firsts, 17c; firsts,

1511.0; at mark, cases included, some

per dozen.



l’otatoes.~—Receipts at this week‘s





opening were nearly double those of the

corresponding time last week. Prices

graduallydeclining. Good to choice new

now selling at $1.40@1.45 per bu. -



Beans—Holding firm at recently ad—

vanced figures. Condition of new crop

being closely watched. Choice hand-

picked pca beans are quoted at 32.3361)

2.38 per bu; prime, $2.10@2.20; red kid—

neys. 8350613385 per bu.



Hay and Straw—An advance at $1 and

upward has been scored by all grades of

hay, and the market is steady. Rye





straw also higher. Quotations: Choice

timothy, $26@27; N0. 1 timothy, $24.50





(1125.50; No. 2 do., $22@23; No. 3 do., $18

6120; No. 1 clover mixed, $196122; No. 2

do. and no grade, $56FI2; clover, $56110;

rye straw, $850619: oat straw, 86.50607;

wheat straw, $6616.50 per ton.



New York.



Titltter.—.-\ll grades of creamery show

a fractional advance. Market reported

firm. Creamery specials are quoted at

27c: extras, 26c; firsts, 231/260241/2c; sec—

onds, 211/26 23c; thirds, 20613201/20



Eggs—Little change since last week.

Market generally steady. Fresh gathered

extras, 226125c; firsts, 181/2612002 seconds,

1561‘17c: western gathered whites, 1961)

23c per dozen.



Poultry.——-Dressed—Steady, following a

decline on both old fowis and broilers.

Turkeys, 126mm; fowls, 10@15c; western





 





broilers, 131/2617160

Boston.

Tl‘ool.--The uncertainties that hover





over the wool markets are diminishing

trading and prices have shrunken, due

to the desire of traders to unload. No-

body wishes to stock up while congress

is revising the tariff schedule. Half—

bloods show the most activity. Follow-

ing are the leading domestic quotations

of the week: Ohio and Pennsylvania

fieeces-—Delaine washed, 29@30c: XX, 27

6628c: fine unmerchantable, 2161322c: 1/2-

blood combing, 25@26c; %—blood comb-

ing, 256325léc; 1[p-blood combing, 24c; de-

laine unwashed. 24%@25c; fine unwash-

ed, 19356132013. Michigan, Wisconsin and

New York fleeces—Fine unwashed 18@





THE MICHIGAN *‘FARMER.’,





y.-





19c; delaine unwashed, 23%@24c; fi-blood

unwashed, 25c.. Kentucky, Indiana. .and

Missouri—%-blood, 24c; M-biood, 23@24c.





Eigln.



Button—Market firm at 260 per 1b.,

which is an advance of 1c over last

week’s quotation. Output for theweek,

933,700 lbs., as compared With 986,800 lbs.

for the previous week.





 





 





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

July 31, 1911.



(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,



New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



teceipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 180 cars; hogs, 65 double decks;

sheep and lambs 47 double decks; calves,

1,400 head.



.VVith 180 cars of cattle on our market

here today, and 26,000 reported in Chl-

cago, our market is barely steady to

strong on the best grades of heavy cat-

tle, and the medium butchering cattle

and commoner grades are selling from

1065150 per cwt, lower than last week,

and in many instances from 206125c per





 





‘ cwt lower.





“'e quote: Best 1,400 to 1,600-lb. steers

$6.75@7.25; good prime 1,300 to 1,400—lb.

steers, 36.50613675; good prime 1,200 to

1,300-lb. steers, 3862561650; best 1,100 to

1,200-lb. shipping steers, $5.65@6.25; me-

dium butcher steers, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs,

$5.25@5.75; light butcher steers, $4.75@

5.25; best fat cows, 84.756.15.25; fair to

good do., $3.506124.25; common to medium

do., 3275617325; trimmers, $1.75@2.75;

best fat heifers, $5.75@6; good fat heif-

ers, $5615.40; fair to good do., $4.25@4.85;

stock heifers, $3.2561/3.50; best feeding

steers, dehorned, 846124.25; common do.,

$3613.25; best butcher and export bulls,

84.506135; bologna bulls, $350604; stock

bulls, $3613.25; best mllkers and springers

$506155; common to good do., $20@30.



The milker and springer trade was

from $3615 lower than last week. Almost

impossible to sell the common kind by

the dollar; have to be sold mostly by the

pound.



\\’ith 65 double. decks of hogs on the

market today, trade opened active, with

prices ruling full strong with the close

of last week. The bulk of the good qual-

ity yorkers, mixed and light weights,

sold at $7.75, with a few at $7.70, and a

limited number of choiCe quality, select-

ed yorkers late at $7.80. Odd bunches of

heavier grades selling mostly around.

8750611765. The bulk of the pigs of good

quality sold at $7.50, with a few running

to light yorkers in weights at around

676061765. Rough sows sold generally

around $7.50; stags from $5615.50. Every-

thing sold; market closing firm, and we

think the prospects fair for the balance

of the week.. .



The sheep and lamb market was slow

today, especially on the common kind,

and we look for low prices on this class

for the next 90 days. Most of the choice

lambs sold for $6.50: few fancy at $6.75;

wethers, 346174.25. Look for steady prices

the balance of the week.



“'e quote: Best spring lambs, $6.25

((06.50; wethers, $4 (1425; cull sheep, $1.50

61‘250', bucks, 825061275; yearling lambs,

$561525: handy ewes, $3.50fi‘3.75; heavy

ewes, $3.2561>3.50; veals, choice to extra,





 





6825617850: fair to good do., $7@7.25;

heavy calves, 332560450.

Chicago.

July 31, 1911.

Cattle Hogs Sheep

Reccived today ..... 27,000 37,000 26,000

Same day last year..23,069 30.074 19.374





Received last week..60,351 120,840 119,525

Same week last year.69,605 118,641 105,090



Cattle sold surprisingly well on the

whole last week despite the increasing

rcccipts, prevailing prices being the high—

est recorded since early last March for

desirable beef steers. Strange to say,

although 26,771 head arrived on Monday,

this liberal supply was well taken at firm

values, with a new high record‘of $7.15

for prime heavy Hereford steers. The

next best sale that day was at $7.05, but

by \Vcdnesday a lively demand resulted

in another up—turn, and lots of cattle sold

at $7.05617.15. while 15 head of fancy

Missouri 1,520-lb. steers found a buyer

at $7.35. Sales of steers for the week

were largely at $5.85@6.85, with plenty of

distillery—fed steers going at $6.5561‘7.15.

The poorer lots of steers went at $5636,

while. sales were made at 2563562675 for

a pretty good class and at $6.806?l7.15 for

choice lots. Exporters paid 362560675 for

steers, and fat yearlings sold freely at

$6.35617.05. The stiff advance that has

taken place in choice beeves is largely

explained by the meager supplies offered

on Missouri river markets, turning the

demand largely to this market. ,The

truth is that there is only a limited sup-

ply of prime beef cattle in the country,

and further advances are probable. Now,

if ever, is the time it will pay richly to

make cattle choice. Cows and heifers

have been sel g freely on the basis of

6340617650. with a scarcity of the best

grade of heifers, such as sell for $6 and

over. Canners sold at 3175617275, cutters

at 328061335 and bulls at $2.90@5.75.

Calves have found buyers at $2.75@8.25,

firmness being confined to the choicer

lots. There was a fairly animated traffic

in stockers and feeders, although ad-

vanced prices and limited offerings

checked the sales of the better class of

these cattle. Buyers took stockers usu-

ally at $36P4.80 and feeders at $4.25@5.25,

a few selling up to $5.50. Stock heifers

sold largely at $3.25@3.50 and milch cows

at 83061760 each.



Hogs advanced last week at a remark—

ably lively pace, the upward movement

cvidently taking country shippers by sur-

prise. ' It has been a case of seriously

curtailed receipts of hogs at the other

western markets, owing chiefly to the

breaking of the drought in the south—

west, and as there were thin, pickings at

Missouri river receiving points, killers





Attic. V ‘5," 1513. ‘





were more dependent on Chicago" for '





hogs than .._usual. _ The stoppage or, en-





forced. Shipments from the dry regions

on account of welcome general rains.





caused the average quality of the hogs





to show improvement, and there was a.‘





great’narrowing in the spread in prices

for pigs for ’this reason. Hogs are still

selling much lower than the unusually

high prices paid one and tw0 years ago,

but they are much higher than in most.

former years, light and medium weight

~butcher lots being still the market top-

pers.‘ Extremely heavy hogs are the low-

est. There is a good fresh meat trade,

and cured meats and lard are having a

large consumption, while there is a good

foreign demand still.



Sheep and lambs failed to develop any

strikingly new features last week, with

spring lambs still comprising a large

share of the receipts and attracting much

more. attention from killers than either

yearlmgs or sheep. Increasing supplies

of spring lambs are coming from the

ranges, far-away Oregon and Washing-

ton contributing some long trains of

lambs, yearlings and sheep, and as the

season advances the range offerings will

naturally increase materially. Fat lambs

have sold higher on good buying, al-

though liberal supplies resulted in sharp

reactions from the top quotations. The

demand for good breeding ewes has be—

come much larger, good buying orders

coming from Michigan and Kentucky,

but buyers did not take to common

kinds, even at the low prices asked.

There were plenty of feeders, and these

were in increasing demand at the.low

prices current.

range spring lambs averaging 75 to 7-6

lbs. sold at the beginning of the week

at $7.55.



CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

(Continued from page 100).

rival the huckleberries in productiveness.

Eggs and butter are advancing a trifle—

eggs 14c butter 24c. Hay is scarce and

will continue so, for there has been but

little hay made. Hot weather last spring

ruined both hay and wheat. There is

something wonderful about Michigan—if

one crop proves a failure there is always

some crop productive enough so that the

farmer is never'wholly "down and out.”



Lapeer Co.—\Vheat harvest was the

earliest in years, being hastened by the

dry weather. It was a nice crop and the

acreage in this section was the largest

ever known. The hay crop was lighter

than last year and short crops'of pota-

toes and beans are ’expectcd, although

recent rains have improved them mate-

rially. Corn is more advanced and

promises better than at this date last

year. Fruit is a very short crop—~even

where orchards have been sprayed. Po-

tato bugs giving lots of trouble. Wages

very high this season—$2 to $2.50 per

day and scarce at that. Something tun-

usual here this season is that many have

summer fallowed in preparation for wheat

this fall.



Branch 60., July 31.—Threshing is in

progress; wheat turning out 15 to 20 bu.

per acre and now selling for 78c per bu.

Threshers have advanced price 1/2c per

bu. Oats not very promising, owing to

drouth in May and hot, dry weather

when they were filling. New seeding

small and many pieces partially killed

by drouth. Hay not more than half a.

crop and there will be but little clover

seed. Pastures short and milk yield fall-

ing off. Early potato crop almost a fail-

ure; promise of late potatoes no better.





Corn very uneven and will be much less'





than a full crop.



Washtenaw 00., July 31.—The most

protracted and severe drouth to which

this .Vlcinity has ever been subjected still

continues. The last rain of any import-

ance came on the first Sunday in June.

The extraordinary hot weather since that

tune has used up every particle of mois-

ture. Clover seeding in most caSes has

been completely destroyed, insuring an-

other short hay crop next seasdn. Corn

badly burned—_half a crop or less. Pas-

tures poor and burned. Cows that are

not being fed from corn fields are losing

in flesh and milk yield. Potatoes a good

deal of a luxury; early ones almost a

total failure and late ones uneven. If

the coming month of August proves dry

the loss in this county will be many

thousands of dollars. Price of wheat,

7:10; oats, _40c; eggs, 14c; butter, 25c.



Wisconsin.



Ashiand 00., July 31.——Frequent show-

ers through July have been the order and

new seeding and pastures are looking

good on this account. It has also put all

root crops on a sure basis. Haying all

done and out and wheat harvest the

order now. Grains of all kinds good.

Oats lodging in places. Potato blight is

reported in many places and a great

many complain of few potatoes in the

hill among the early planted, but late

ones seem to be setting full; too early

to'prophesy as to crop yet. The hay and

feed problem is the one subject whi11

the farmer is most worried about and

nothing in the way of roughage is being

neglected that will in any way help out.

Almost impossible to get a farmer to

name a price on a ton of hay at pres-

ent. All seem to think prices will be

above those of a year ago. New pota-

toes, $2.25 per bu; eggs, 23c; butter,

creamery, 28c; dairy, 24c. '



Indiana.



Laporte 00., July 26.-—Heavy rain last

week ended a long term of extreme heat

and dry weather. Harvest came early

and was hot. Rains continuing this

week, to benefit of all vegetation. Early-

sown wheat has been a light crop. in-

jured by fly. Late-sown was a fair crop.

yielding 15 to.26 bu. . Corn,will-now ma-

ture a good crop. Timothy and clover

light. Marsh "grass is of fine quality—

more tame grass mixed with it than us-

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Thursday's Market.

August 3, 1911.

Cattle.





Receipts, 1:471. Good grades steady;

common 15@25o lower than last Week.

Trade active. _



We quote: Extra dry—fed steers and

heifers, $5.50@5.75; steers and heifers,

1,000 to 1,200, $5625.25; steers and heifers

800 to 1,000, $4@4.75; grass steers and

heifers that are fat, 800 to 1,000, $4@4.75;

do. 500 to 700, $3.75@4.75; choice fat cows

$3.75@4.25; good fat cows, $3.50@3.75;

common cows, $3@3.25; canners, $1.50@

2.75; choice heavy bulls, $4; fair to good

holognas, bulls, $3.50@3.75; stock bulls,

$303.50; choice feeding steers, 800 to

1,000, $4.25@4.75; fair do., 800 to 1,000,

$3.50@4; choice stockers, 500 to 700, $3.75

@425; fair stockers, 500 to 700, $3@3.50;

stock heifers, $3@3.25; inilkers, large,

young, medium age, $40@50; common

niilkers, $256,135. ’



Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 2

heifers av 735 at $4.50, 1 cow weighing

860 at $2.75, 9 butchers av 746 at $4.25,

1 bull weighing 750 at $3.50, 61 butchers

av 781 at $4.40, 10 do av 784 at $3.90, 1

cow weighing 740 at $2.50; to Rattkowsky

8 butchers av 746 at $4, 7 do av 490~at

$3.25; to Parker, W. & Co. 1 bull weigh-

ing 900 at $3.50, 5 do av 968 at $3.50, 3 do

av 543 at $3, 1 do weighing 1,000 at $3.50,

4 butchers av 812 at $4; to Sullivan P. Co.

2 steers av 925 at $5.75. 6 cows av 983 at

$3.80, 13 steers av 850 at $5.50, 3 cows av

1,213 at $4.50; to Goschen 6 stockers av

476 at $3.25; to Gerish 13 steers av 880





at $5.25, 2 do av 850 at $5; to Kamman‘





21 butchers av 470 at $3.40; to Breiten—

beck 22 steers av 933 at $5; to Goose 22

butchers av 695 at $3.30, 4 cows av 1,022

at $3.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 2 can-

ners av 960 at $2.50, 4 do av 900 at $2.50,

1 cow weighing 1,100 at $3.75, 3 do av

970 at $2.75, 2 do av 860 at $2.75, 2 do av

1,105 at $3.75, 3 steers av 1,050 at $5.50,

5 hutchersav 850 at $4, 4 bulls av 425 at

$2.75, 2 cow and bull av 1,005 at $4; to

Rattkowsky ‘4 cows av 902 at $3; to

Kerger 10 stockers av 702 at $3.75; to

Sullivan P. CO. 1 cow weighing 920 at

$1.50, -3_ do av 940 at $3.50, 1 steer weigh-

ing.1,000 at $4.50, 8 do av 1,116 at $5 75,

2 heifers av 785 at $3.75, 1 bull weighing

1,420. at $4, 2 heifers av 630 at $3.50, 8

sheep-av 687 at $4.75, 3 do av 480 at $3:

to .Regan 7 heifers av 567 at $3.65; to

Thompson Bros. 7 cows av 1.047 at $4.15,

2 heifers av 875 at $5.50, 10 steers av 935

at $5.35; to Hammond, S. & Co. 4 cows

av 980 at $3.50, 1 .bull weighing 670 at

$3, ,5 .canners av 916 at $2.75; to Lowen-

stein 10 butchers av 629 at $3.40: to

Erhan 12 butchers av 742 at $4.30: to

Parker, W. & Co. 4 do av 955 at $4.50,

10 steers av 1,058 at $5.50: to Kamman

B. CO. 9 do av 855 at $4.85; to McMannus

2 cows av 1,135 at $5.



Spicer & R. sold Breitenbeck 24 butch-

ers av 795 at $4.60; to Kamman B. Co.

30 do av 756 at $4.55: to Schlischer 13 do

av 640 at $3.75; to Hammond, S. & Co.

4 COWs av 1,070 at $3.85: to Regan 16

butchers av 576 at $3.40; to Mich. R. Co.

1 cow weighing 950 at $3.50; to Johnston

26 feeders av 827 at $4.40; to Goose 2

cows av 1,070 at $3; to Cooke 16 steers

av 822 at $4.75, 1 bull weighing 510 at

$3.50, 14 steers av 776 at $4.75.



iobb sold Kaniman 1 steer weighing

910 at $3.50.



Holsted sold same 2 cows av 910 at

$3.50, 12 butchers av 831 at $4.40.



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

2 heifers av 690 at $4.10, 2 cows av 1,055

at $4.10, 2 bulls av 1,175 at $3.75, 1 do

weighing 1,500 at $4. 2 COWS av 1,140

at $2.25, 1 do weighing 1,000 at $2.75, 1

do weighing 1,000 at $3.75, 4 heifers av

597 at $3.80, 5 cows av 1,046 at $3.80, 8

butchers av 725 at $4.35, 13 do av 881 at

$5; to Applebauni 5 do av 590 at $3.90, 2

do av 410 at $3.50, 1 cow weighing 1,020

at $3.40; to Breitenbeck 7 do av 1,060

at $3.50; to Herscliman 10 stockers av

690 at $4.40; to Lachalt 12 butchers av

875 at $4.65; to Mich. B. Co. 1 cow

weighing 900 at $2.50, 21 butchers av 857

at $4.60, 1 steer weighing 770 at $4.10,

5 butchers av 630 at $4.10, 1 bull weigh-

ing 1,330 at $71.10; to Fry 26 butchers av

734 at $4.15; to Marx 1 cow weighing 870

at $3.75, 2 steers av 710 at $4.15, 6.butch-

ers av 730 at $4.15, 1 bull weighing 870

at $4; to Hammond, S. & CO. 8 steers av

780 at $4.40, 2 cows av 1,115 at $3.90, 1

bull weighing 1,130 at $3.75, 5 do av 576

at $3.75, 1 do weighing 660 at $3.75; to

LaBoe 4 steers av 822 at $4.50; to

Graicher 3 stockers av 560 at $3.50.



Roe Com. CO. sold Kamman 3 butchers

av 900 at $4.10, 4 do av 925 at $5, 4 do

av 760 at $3.75; to Newton B. Co. 21 do

av 820 at $4.60, 4 do av 790 at $4.75, 1

heifer weighing 710 at $4, 2 cows av 1,040

at $2.50, 1 do weighing 1,080 at $4, 4

bulls av 985 at $3.75, 6 cows av 1,010 at

3.85. .

$ Allington sold Goose 2 cows av 940 at

3.25.

$ Groff & S. sold same 5 do av 744 at

3.25.



5 Johnson sold Gerish 5 steers av 1,000

at 85.25.



“’eeks sold Mich. B. CO. 10 butchers

av 913 -at $4.25, 1 bull weighing 1,440 at

$4, 1 do weighing 640 at $3.50.



Robb sold same 2 bulls av 916 at $3.75.



McLachen sold same 1 bull weighing

1,280 at $4.



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Johnson sold Grant 4 steers av 567 at

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Torrey sold .Erban Bros. 6 heifers av

766 at $4.50, 2 do‘av 780 at $4.



Long sold Newton B. Co. 3 bulls av

923 at $3.50, 6 heifers av 826 at $4.25.



Henderson sold McManus 8 steers av

986 at $4.90.



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 765. Market 25c higher than

on \Vednesday; 50@75c higher than last

week. Best, $7.50@8.25; others, $4@7.

milch cows and Springers steady.



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

Co. 4 av 135 at $7, 1 weighing 130 at

$7.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 1 weighing

160 at $7.75, 1 weighing 200 at $4.50, 4

av 1.50 at $7.50, 3 av 170 at $7.50, 1 weigh-

ing 250 at $5, 10 av 171 at $7.50; to Sulli-

van P. Co. 4 av 150 at $6, 12 av 165 at

$8, 14 av 150 at $8, 4 av 170 at $6, 4 av

150 at $6, 12 av 160 at $8; to Burnstine

2 av 175 at $8, 9 av 150 at $7.75, 5 av

160 at $8.25, 5 av 130 at $7.75, 19 av 175

at $8; to Hammond, S. & Co. 3 av 160

at $7.75, 22 av 155 at $7.75, 3 av 150 at

$6, 17 av 160 at $8; to Goose 16 av 170

at $7.25; to Rattkowsky 4 av 225 at $5,

8 av 150 at $7.50.



Sharp sold eMlch. B. Co. 8 av 155 at

$7.50.



Johnson sold‘ same 8 av 150 at $7.25, 1

weighing 160 at $7.25.



Halsted sold same 5 av 164 at $5, 8 av

15s at $7. _



Torrey sold Sullivan P. Co. 2 av 125

at $7.25. '



Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 28 av

155 at $7.50; to Parker, TV. & Co. 7 av

145 at $7.50, 4 av 145 at $7, 1 weighing

190 at $4.50, 21. av 150 at $7, 6 av 135 at

$7, 2 av 150 at $4. .



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

5 av 120 at $5, 10 av 132 at $7.25; to Sul-

livan P. (‘0. 7 av 145 at $7; to Burnstine

3 av 155 at $8.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 2.628. Market lower than

\Vednesday; fully $1 lower than last week.

Common grades very dull. Best lambs,

5.50@5.75; fair to good





yearlings, $35061 4.25; fair to good sheep,

$3.25fil350; culls and common, $2@2.50.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan 1". Co.

19 lambs av 65 at $3, 10 do av 73 at $4.50,

23 do av 75 at $5.50, 10 do av 82 at $4, «12

sheep av 63 at $3.50; to Newton R. Co.

80 do av 68 at $5.50; to Mich. B. Co. 18

lambs av 75 at $5.90, 1 buck weighing

120 at $3.50, 51 sheep av 1.15 at $3.50, 52

lambs av 68 at $5.75; to Fitzpatrick Bros.

70 do av 72 at $5.50, 26 do av 70 at $5.50,

8 yearlings av 78 at $4. 20 do av 87 at

$4. 27 do av 85 at $4, 37 sheep av 125 at

$3.40, 26 yearlings av 90 at $4.25, 22 sheep

av 105 at $3, 38 do av 75 at $3.50. 9 do

av 92 at $3.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 33

lambs av 60 at $5, 20 do av 60 at $3; to

Thompson Bros. 10 sheep av 114 at $3,

19 do av 70 at $2.75.



Haley & M. sold Newton B. ‘Co. 7

yearlings av 100 at $4, 1 buck weighing

170 at $3, 26 lambs av 68 at $5.50; to

Eschrich 29 do av 60 at $5, 23 sheep av

105 at $3.25; to Hayes 57 lambs av 60





at $4.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold Hayes 5 lambs av

55 at $5. >



Spicer & R. sold Newton B. Co. 17





sheep av 90 at $3.25; to Mich. B. Co. 13

lambs av 65 at_ $5.65, 18 sheep av 85 at

$3.25; to Young 65 mixed av 67 at $4.25.





Hogs. '

Receipts, 1,876. Market steady with

\Vednesday; 3001400 higher than last

Thursday.





Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $7.35@7.40; pigs, $7.15@7.25; light

yorkers, $7.35@.7.40; heavy, $7.35@7.40.



Hogs coming very badly mixed; 3. large

amount of green hogs in receipts that

are hard to sell.



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

Co. 1,340 av 170 at $7.40, 215 av 150 at

$7.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 83

av 190 at $7.40, 46 av 180 at $7.35, 35 av

180 at $7.25.



Spicer &. R. sold Parker, W. & Co. 215

av 210 at $7.40.

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Owing to the drought in Oklahoma,

cattle shipped there last spring from

Texas for maturing have been loaded on

cars and reshipped to southern Texas,

where there is fair pasturage.



Leading live stock commission firms

are advising their country patrons not to

hold back their fat hogs after they weigh

much over 225 lbs. It is pointed out that

the hot weather and large offerings of

fat brood sows uSually bring about a

buyers’ market in July and August.





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than can be done by hand. IVill

pay for itself in a short time in

the, labor and crop it saves.



Capacity 15 Bushels per hour.





"”"”""7>) 30-Day Free Trial llller!





Send for full particulars, and

/ our guarantee. Satisfaction

or money returned.





AMERICAN GRAIN SEPARATOR COMPANY,





1022 Essex St. S. E., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

Boyne City. Mich., April 2d, 1911.





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 





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Gentlemen z—ln regard to your .\'o. H Double Cylinder Bean and Pea Thresher, would say

that it has given the best of satisfaction. and it is all you claim it to be. I would not be

without it for any money. . W. G. CONGDON-





 





the elements, the knocks of planting, cultivating, harvesting, the rough usage given it by





“Pittsburgh Perfect” Fence owners at all times are reaping the results of

. (TQUEh. strong, durable Open Hearth wire—like old time iron wire—carefully galvanized with pure zinc, is used exclusively

in ‘Pittsburgh Perfect” Fence. There are no wraps, clamps, twists or ties to increase weight, hold moisture and cause decay;





which produces a joint that cannot be slipped pulled, broken nor rusted apart. There is a style and size of

For every FIELD, FARM, RANCH, LAWN or POULTRY purpose.





Write for catalogue showing 73 styles and sizes. or look up the best dealer in your town—he handles





PITTSBURGH STEEL COMPANY,





Manufacturers of "Pittsburgh Perfect" Brands of Barbed Wire. Bright. Annealed and Galvanized Wire.

F enee Staples. Standard Wire Nails and 'Pittsburgh Perfect" Foncins-





 





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gear in and year out.

ighest fence efficiency.





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illustrated catalog.





420 Fargo St.. Batevia, Ill.





 





Silag’e Saves Hay ,





A short hay crop means a' 'high price. You will

surely want to feed silage ”next 'wiiiter. It is a

cheap and yery valuable feed, relished greatly by

livestock. The demand for silage equipma

year will be tremendous, and you should by all-

place your order now for an -.





APPLETON $11.0 FILLER





I ~ 1 .—made in sizes to fit every need. Has a solid oak

.' QUALITY i. frame; positive feed; traveling self-feed apron; big throat 3

7 , 1-" '1 capacity:fourspiral ‘ . .. -

1 ' 3 tool steel knives; ' '





special springsto

prevent binding and

clogging: one lever starts and stops both feed

rollers and apron; flexible swivel top distri- 7.

butor. handy side table, detachable foot board,



safety device to prevent breaka e. It is guar- _ g

anteed (under equal conditions to do more "-~ 7'

and better work size for size than any other .

make. and to last longer. Write today for free '





APPLETON MANUFACTURING CO.





 





 





 





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Ten Dollar Glover Seed—Save ll

FROM $2.00 to $5.00 more an acre can be



realized from flour land If you take care





 





of the clover and al lie seed.

The Thornburgh Side Delivery

Buncher and Windrowor ’





attaches to any mowing machine and bunches

or Windrows the hay at the will of the drivenas

you cut it. No dragging over the ground, thresh-

ing out of seed, and knocking of! of leaves.

Often when clover is over-ripe 50% of the seed is

lost in raking and teddin .





The SIDE DELIVERY BUNEHEII anlI WINDIIDIIEII





is guaranteed to pay for itself every day it is used

in labor and seed saved. There are 63,000 satisfied

users in the U. S. In cutting clover or alfalfa for

seed or for hay or for harvesting peas. vetch, flax,

etc.. it is as important to the farmer as his

mowmg machine.

Write for our catalogue and read what farmers

all over the country say about it. Send your





iiie'iunii’iaunau Minurleiunme 00..

Dept. E, BOWLING GREEN.





 





 





THE {NRGEST AND BEST LINE OF





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M Ac H I N E R {12936335th

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see our new Illustrated Catalogue No. 14. Send

for i tnow. It is FREE





Austin Manufacturing 00., Chicago





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built. Can't clog or choke up. Force feed type—handles big-

gest bundles with ease. Strong and durable in every part.

Has extra strong frame, adjustable knives, large feed rolls,

safely fly wheel, safety stoplevcr and can be brought to a

standstill instantly. Steel enclosed carrier reduces running

expense, fills silo quicker, prevents feed blowing away.



We also build a complete line of blower-elevators.





describes all siz- ‘l; \x THE S. FREEMAN 8; SONS CO.





Runs easier and uses less power than any other cutter ever XI

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blowers which are ' -. . “\- .'.,.t 7| ‘7 7

acknowledged theworld’s 7 7. ‘ ’ €133) 7‘IIIIII‘IIII‘I‘I‘IIIIIIII‘I‘IIIIIIII'lj

bcst. Find out all about ’ ‘ ‘

the Freeman line before

you buy. “’0 guarantee to

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MATERIAL THAT ENDURES





The Imperishable Silo





is made from the above named material. Will not absorb

moisture. Better than cement. Its strong blocks and

interlocking clamps give the necessary strength. This Silo

is Storm Proof and Fire Proof. Requires no painting, needs

no attention. Every owner is its friend and Advocate. Simple

to construct—moderate in cost. Preserves the ensilage

perfectly. Send for FREE Booklet.





IMPERISHABLE SILO 00.,

HUNTINGTON. INDIANA.





 

 





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The BLIZZARD timid? ENSILAGE CUTTER





You can’t afford to buy nnycnsilage cutter until you have examined the Blizzard

which has 40 years of success behind it. Equipped with improved wind

. ,_ ‘ _ elevat , knives that can be adjusted

7 hile runnin . Self-fecding,table.

ested by 50 a greater strain than is

it“: ever called for in actual use. Fully

vi guaranteed. Sold ready for use. .Onlys pieces.

”I Write for “Why Silage Pays" and The Evi-‘

dence." Sent free together with latest catalog



of Blizzard cutters.





J03. DICK MFG. COMPANY

1439 Wee! Tueoerawee It. Canton, Ohio





 

 

 





 





 





 





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Illlll ll Bl Reoll ll reagent. 9.2:»... am,

“mm Special prices to these m on mu.





ORE-FLY - - - - Weigh. 85 lbs” 108 Square Feet, 81.10 per roll-

TWO-FLY . - - Weigh. so lbs” 108 Square Feet, .130 per roll.

a'nnEn-PLY - Welglsa 55 lb... 108 Sqnnro Foot, 31.50 per roll.

“INS “SH; We save you the wholesalers’ and retailers’ profit. These

special pnoos only hold good for immediate shipment».





Indestructible by float. 'm. gun 9|; Elli]?





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

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





CENTURY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Dept- 687; leet Ct. “Illa, mi.





 

 

 





 





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