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I believe that the selection and care of

seed is next to fertility, the most impor—

tant factor in crop production for the

‘farmer to consider. I would put a fertile

soil first, and ‘proper seed second. Of

course, they both go together. You

cannot raise a good crop on poor soil;

neither can you raise a good crop on

‘ good soil with poor seed, and yet fertil-

ity is the basis of all successful argicul-

ture. It needs no argument to prove

this. A journey through the country will

show a. man where the soil is most fer-





culture owes more to such men than we

average farmers usually give credit.

Much can be done by the average

farmer in the selection of his seed wheat

and oats. On a farm where the soil is

uniform throughout not as much can be

accomplished in this way as on a farm

where the soil is not uniform. But in

our locality where the soil is not uni-

form there are certain portions of the

field which produCe better crops of a

certain kind than other portions of the

field. On some of our heaviest clay we





 





 





Baling Straw to Get it Under Cover is‘Sometlmes Good Economy.





tile. There you will find presperity. But

to get the best results one must have,

in connection with a fertile soil, proper

varieties of seed and seeds of the prop-

er quality. '

We may learn very much from men

who have carefully selected seed. Many

varieties of wheat, oats, and other kinds

of grain are due to close observation and

careful selection by men who understand

the importance of good seed and who

were patient enough to follow up their

results to a practical conclusion. Agri-





 





get the very best wheat. It is the plump-

est, the very best developed and contains

the most vitality. NOW from this portion

of 'the field the farmer ought to select

his seed wheat. He will have wheat with

more vigor, and it is the same way with

oats and barley. If one realizes the im-

portance of it; if he truly believes in it,

it is not so very much trouble, because

after the wheat is shocked and you be-

gin drawing and storing it in the barn

you can haul this portion of the field

first and put it by itself and thresh it





 





by itself and reserve this for your own

seed.’ This is much better than it is .to

store wheat promiscuously and mix it

all together and,then select your seed

wheat from the mixed product. And it is

the same way with oats. It is not so

very much trouble to store a portion of

the crop separate if it is of better quality,

seemingly of stronger vitality, and thresh

this separate and keep it for your own

seed.



Potatoes, without a doubt, ought to be

selected from the largest producing hills.

I realize that it is quite a task to,dig a

whole field before you pick them up and

then select from the hills which yield the

best, and again when you dig your po-

tatoes with a machine this is impos-

sible. The potato seed plat is the real

and correct solution of this problem

where it is not so large but that each

hill can be looked over carefully and the

best ones selected from the plat for next

year’s seed potatoes. But where one

plants the smallest sized potatoes and

the medium sized he is selecting them

from the most prolific hills, because these

hills are the ones which have the smaller

and medium sized potatoes. But it.is

needless to argue this question again‘in

the Michigan Farmer because it was

quite thoroughly aired last winter.



In the selection of seed corn I think

that the plant ought to be the unit .of





selection, rather than the ear. I would

rather have a fairly good car from a.

splendid plant than to have an extra

nice ear from a poor plant. ‘Of course

one cannot go down as fine as this in

the selection of oats and wheat, that is

the average farmer cannot, but in the

selection of his corn he can take the





plant because the ear of corn is only

about 60 per cent of the food value of

the plant. 40 per cent of the food value

is in the leaves and in the stalk, con-

sequently the farmer, especially he who

keeps live-stock, is almost as much in-

terested in the corn stalks as he is in the

ear of corn itself. So he wants a well de-

veloped plant and of course a well de-

veloped ear on this well developed plant.

This kind of selection can be accom-

plished only before the corn is cut, by

going through the field and noting each

stalk carefully and selecting the seed

from the best. I belieVe this pays. 1





 





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don't believe, however, in always se-

lecting the earliest ears. The earliest

ears don’t always grow on the most ,vig-

orous plants, and I am inclined to think

that if one would persist in selecting the

earliest ears year after year that he

would find out that his corn would de-

teriorate in value. You want well de-

veloped plants and well developed ears

and I wouldn’t discard an ear of corn

that grew on a plant that grew big leaves

simply because it wasn’t thoroughly filled

out at the end, because this is more of.

a matter of fertilization than anything

else. I thoroughly believe in the ear to

a row selection of seed corn. The theory

is right. The trouble of it is that the

average farmer finds it too much bother.

It is a question if it would not pay the





average farmer to buy his seed corn

from a corn specialist, a m who de-

votes time and attention to the growth

and selection of seed corn, and a man





who understands how. I am inclined to.

think that it would. It doesn't cost so

very much for seed corn to plant the

average farm acreage and if this were

purchased each year from a specialist I





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





 





 





 





 





 





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believe there would be greater improve-

ment in the corn crop during the next

few years than would be possible in any

other way. 0! course, the corn special-

ist should be one selected under simi-

lar conditions and as near home as pos-

sible so as not to get a variety that

is not adapted to local conditions.

Care of the Seed.



The care of the seed after it is once

selected is almost as important as the

selection itself. Seed wheat and seed

oats should never be wet after they are

harvested. A heavy rain upon wheat

in the shock often softens the berry and

is liable to lessen its vigor and care

should be taken to avoid this as much as

possible. A man in selecting his own

seed wheat or seed oats can well afford

to take good care of those shocks which

he intends for his own use as seed, then,

'of course, care should be taken to have

it thoroughly dried before it is threshed,

so that when it is stored it will not sweat

or heat in the bin.



The care of seed corn is as important

as the selection. Of what avail is it to

select good seed corn and then have it

spoil in the curing. Since I have begun

the last few years to fire dry my seed

corn I know that I have a better stand of

corn and more vigorous plants. The

corn should never get wet after being

harvested. It should be fire dried and

protected from freezing after it is dried.

Dry corn will absorb moisture during

damp weather and when it freezes it

will be injured if it is not destroyed.



COLON C. LILLIE.





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FARM‘ NOTES.





 





The Chemical Analysis of Soils.



Please advise me through your paper

“hat would be the chemical analysis of a

perfect soil, if the1e is any such thing,

and how is the best way to obtain these

elements. My theory is, it is hard to

supply its wants unless we know what

it should contain. 1 haVe 20 acres of

huckleberry marsh in which there is

white sand for a depth of from one and

one— —half to three and one— —half feet with

a clay bottom. Does the clay at that

depth make it any better?



Midland Co . H. C.



So many factors enter into the produc-

tivity of soils that chemical analyses are

of little value as a guide to their produc-

tivity or the best means for their im-

provement. First among these factors

will probably come the degree of avail-

ability of the plant food elements which

they contain. This the chemist cannot

determine. Indeed, it is claimed by high

authorities that practically all cultivated

soils contain sufficient plant food to grow

good crops for an indefinite period if it

could only be converted into forms which

would be available for the growing plants.

But it must be remembered that it is

only the soluble plant food, which is held

in certain limited combinations which

can be utilized by plants. Then the

question of the physical or mechanical

condition of the soil, its depth and drain-

age and its capacity for holding moisture

and giving it up to the surface by means

of capillary attraction, all of which fac-

tors are important in their relation to

soil productivity. The soil may contain

plenty of potential plant food, and yet

lack a sufficient amount of humus or

vegetable matter to make it productive,

on which account it may leach or pud-

dle or bake under unfavorable or even

normal weather conditions. Or it may

be acid, and thus prove an unsuitable

home for beneficial soil bacteria, which

play an important part in the conver-

sion of plant food elements into an avail-

able form, or the opposite condition may

prevail, as is the case in the alkali soils

of the semi—arid sections of the west.

For these various reasons, a soil that

shows a high percentage of plant food

when analyzed by the chemist, may not

prove productiVe in practice, and, as is

sometimes the case, a soil that shows a

low percentage of actual plant food ele-

ments may be highly productive. Thus

a chemical analysis is of relatively little

value in determining the important ques—

tions submitted by the inquirer.



Thus an inventory of the physical

properties of the soil is of much more

practical value to the owner, and when

coupled with close observation of the

growing crops, will form the best basis

for the securing of the desired knowledge

by practical experimental work, for in

the last analysis, only the soil itself can

answer with authority the question as to

what elements of physical condition or of

available plant food are lacking to bring

about a maximum production of crops.

The intelligent and experienced ”farmer

can judge whether his soil needs tile

drainage, and if it does that should be",

the first step in its improvement. If it

is a heavy and impervious soil with very





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





fine soil grains, or light and leaohy

character, with coarse soil grains. it will

require a high percentage of vegetable

matter or humus to overcome these phy-

sical imperfections, and indeed, most of

our older soils in Michigan are deficient

in this respect and their management

should be so directed as to increase their

humus content as rapidly as possible in

order to bring about their improvement.

These are doubtless the most important

preliminary steps which may be taken in

the work of soil improvement. Then, if

clover does not grow well on the soil it

may show an acid reaction when tested

with litmus paper, or the presence of

sorrel or other vegetation which thrives

on an acid soil may indicate that it needs

lime, in which case an experimental ap-

plication of this soil corrective should be

made. The stable manure should, of

course, be carefully conserved and ap-

plied, and in very many cases supple-

mentary fertilization will prove profitable

as a means of building up the soil as well

as securing better crop yields. Something

of the needs of the soil in this regard can

be determined by the growth of the crops

grown on it. If the growth is small and

if the plants lack the dark green color

which indicates plenty of nitrogen in the

soil, this should be supplied, preferably

in the form of stable manure and clover

or other legumes plowed down, supple-

mented by fertilization with a fertilizer

containing a liberal amount of nitrogen.

In case the growth is good but the grain

yield light. phosphoric acid is needed and

phosphate fertilizers can be used with

profit, as they can on most Michigan soils.

In case the straw of the grain is weak.

potash fertilizers used in connection with

the phosphate will prove beneficial in

keeping the grain from lodging. By fol-

lowing up these general indications or

clues with careful experiments; in other

words, by putting the question of supple'

mentary fertilization to the soil itself,

more accurate knowledge can then be

gained as to its requirements for maxi-

mum crop production.



But at the outset it should be appre-

ciated that the most crying need of the

average soil that has been long cultivat-

ed is the improvement of its physical

condition, and that if this is neglected

the results from supplementary fertiliza-

tion will possibly prove disappointing.



The last question included in the in-

quiry involves the considerations above

mentioned in its correct answer. As a.

general proposition, however, a clay sub-

soil is desirable, provided it is not an

impervious hardpan.

FIGHT DROUHT BY DEEP TILLAGE.



Deep tillage has become an even more

vital subject among farmers all over the

United States. The government crop re-

port has stirred up discussion everywhere

of means of fighting drought. Something

must be done. The report shows the

greatest decline in the condition of crops

during a single month since 1901—3. gen-

eral slump throughout the country, due

to drought and intense heat.



Taking into account both acreage and

condition, indications are that the wheat

crop will be 14.1 per cent less than the

average annual production of the last five

years. Corn will be seven per cent less,

barley 16.2 per cent less. buckwheat 8.8

per cent less, potatoes 21.9 per cent less,

tobacco 25.5 per cent less, flax 2.3 per

cent less, than the average production of

the last five years. The total loss will

run into hundreds of millions.



In all the states where the losses Were

heavy the early season deficiency in mois-

ture was a big factor. Following the

shortage in- rainfall during the fore part

of the growing season, the continued

drought and hot winds caused irreparable

damage.



From many points come reports that

farmers are already taking time by the

forelock to prevent a repetition of their

losses by drought. They will do it by

deep tilling this fall, on the heavier, deep-

er soils. The deep-tilllng machines now

available now make it possible to pul~

verize the ground 12 to 16 inches or more

in depth. Soil pulverized to this depth

absorbs the ralnfalls, the melting winter

snow, and the early spring rains. The

water soaks to the bottom of the deep

seed bed below the point of evaporation,

and is held there as a reserve against the

time of need. There is no “lack of sub-

soil moisture” in ground pulverized to a

depth of 12 to 16 inches or more.



If the ground is only shallow plowed

the water runs off or readily evaporates.

In running off. not only is the moisture

lost, but the ground is damaged and often

ruined by erosion. .



WaYne-Co.





 





C. T. H. B.





THE FARMER AND HIS MARKET.



The farmer stands and labors as one

at the foundation of all business calcu-

lations. It is said of him that he “gar-

ners from the soil the wealth of nations.”

In other words, by This art of tickling the

soil with his plow, sowing the seed and

guarding the crops, he is able to garner

the pr'oducts on which the trader can

traffic and distribute to feed the teeming

millions who, by their various arts and

devicesproduce articles that, in an in-

direct way, return in exchange for the

food that is required to meet their ever

recurring wants.



The farmer of today is not like his

ancestor who cut the bow, shaped the

arrow as a-means of crippling or killing

his prey that satisfied the needs of his

stomach as food, and furnished the skins

with which he could make clothing to

make himself comfortable. The wants of

those peoples were few and easily satis-

fied; they lacked what we now call the

spirit of enterprise. The farmer of today

is both a producer and a trader. If he

succeeds in producing'well, and is not a

good trader he is not a success; he is

easily robbed of his profits and is at the

mercy of the greedy traders who delight

in making him the hapless victim of

sharp practices.





The spirit of enterprise that develops

the genius that can trade with Mother

Earth in toil and other natural require-

ments to produce good crops, ought to

develop the genius of trade with his “fel-

low heaps of dust,” but such is not al-

ways the case. The gift of successful

trading is developed only by a few who

till the soil. The majority of soil tillers





'furnish the material on which the geni-l





uses of trade make a living and gain to

revel in wealth and luxury. The plain

farmers are as gentle as a lamb that is

annually shorn of his fleece, and robbed

of its full value, for our congress per-

sists in protecting everything the farmer

has to buy, and generously (?) alldws

him to cultivate broad inindedness by

compelling him to put his products in

competition with products of the whole

world, free. We are to reap the bless-

ings (?) of freedom with a vengeance.

Speclallzlng , for Better Prices.



It is needless to say that very few fish

are caught with a bare hook: it must be

covered with something that appeals to

and stimulates the appetite. The large,

fat grub is what will attract the large

fish while the minnows will nibble at the

ordinary worm. It is by furnishing the

tempting bait as to the quality of the

product that good prices can be obtained

that will leave a margin for profit over

the cOst of production.



The saying that "there is room at the

top of the ladder” is as true with the

farmer’s products, as with the profes-

sional men. The genius who can develop

an article of extraordinary merit as to

quality, can command a good price for his

product. This fact was emphasized to a

great degree when I was visiting a dairy

farm, and the poultry, which was a sub-

sidiary business, seemed to be paying a

good profit, for the milk-fed broilers were

selling for 50 cents per pound early in

the season, and at 35 cents per pound in

midsummer. It was a case where quality

was appreciated and willingly paid for.



The rule will hold good with nearly, if

not all, that is produced on the farm. If

one develops a kind of grain that is very

productive, it is profitable to raise at the

going prices, and it will be in demand

for seed at an advanced price. The fruit

growers plant, train and feed their trees

to make them thrifty, and when they

bear fruit they weed out on the tree the

inferior specimens, leaving only the per-

fect fruit to mature, and when picked

and exposed in the market, there is keen

competition for it, for there is quality

that appeals to the taste in looks as well

as to gratify the appetite. The luscious

fruit that carries size. beauty and flavor,

never goes begging for buyers in these

.days when money is plentiful. We do

not hear of overproduction in the way of

first-class fruits; there seems to be a

demand for all that can be produced at

a remuneratlve price. If there is ever

any fruit for which there is not a good

demand, it is of the ordinary kind and

inferior in quality.



The same rule holds good with live

stock. Notwithstanding the extensive use

of the steam cars, the great increase in

the trolley lines, all of which are well

patronized, the advent of the automobile

that is utilized to such an extent that it

is the “car for the million,” good horses

that are well proportioned and present

a comely appearance, bring good prices.

In fact, at no other period in the history

of the country have good horses paid





     





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better profits over and above the expense

of raising than at the present time.



The farmers who have the well-bred,

“sappy” steers that carry the well‘ mar-

bled beef which is toothsome for the

epicure, the banker, the factory man or

the skilled laborer in any and all classes

of work, has something for which there

is a demand at good prices. The same is

true of the lambs. A good class of

lambs, which are developed while young,

sell at a good remunerative price, even

in this year of depression in the sheep

business. Although hogs are not as high

in price as during the last two or three

years, yet the pigs of the right sort that

are developed while young and sold early

meet a demand that pays well for the

raising.



The secret of the good market seems

to be in pleasing the tastes of the exact-

ing and fastidious customers, whether

it be in high-class butter or other pro-

ducts. By furnishing a good article,

above the ordinary, the competition for it

is so strong that it can be sold at an ad-

vanced price, while the ordinary and low

class articles go with the great mass of

produce of the same class, at- ordinary

prices, and are subject to the manipula-

tions of the markets by the “gamblers in

trade,” who are ever ready and active in

devising means by which they can fleece

the producers.



The farmers who are capable of pro-

ducing articles that are above the ordi-

nary are the skilled artisans of the farm-

ing profession, and are as deserving of

financial success and an honored position

in their calling, as are those of the

learned professions who live by their

wits, creating nothing, and giving but

little of substantial value in return for

what they receive. The avenues for ac-

tive effort for the. farmers are numerous,

and the possibility for reward as flatter-

ing as in other walks in life. When each

has discovered their own capabilities, are

ready to adapt their efforts to existing

conditions and meet the demands for the

best of the kind which the produce, they

will find an active market at satisfactory

prices.





Vi’ayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





 





TURN ON THE LIGHT.



Is it necessary for the average farmer

to keep a complete set of books? The

reply from some dependent ruralites

would be to drawl out, “Yes~and—no.”

But why this indecision? Why do they

not either give an affirmative, or a neg-

ative answer? Evidently it is a question

that a person may have a double view

upon.



Perhaps from the following illustrations

some kind of a conclusion can be arrived

at. Should the driver of a vehicle carry

at night lights? The time was when our

forefathers traveled over well known

roads in their slow-moving wagons that

a light was of very little use, in fact, it

would have been more of a nuisance than

a help. Yet today, with our automobiles,

lights have become a necessity, to guide

the chauffeur and protect the passengers

from reckless drivers. Public safety de-

mands and state law requires, that horse-

less vehicles carry lights at night.



Formerly when prices were higher, the

ground rent lower, and the land more

productive, the farmer could plow, sow

and harvest in a blind sort of way, but

in this rapid age with its keen competi-

tion the man who has not all his lights

lit will have trouble to steer down the

highway of success and avoid the ditches

of failure.



A few years ago all the accounts of

some merchants were kept on the sugar

barrel cover. “'here today is the suc-

cessful merchant who is stumbling along

with such slipshod methods? He has

left such unbusinesslike practices be-

hind. Managers of manufacturing plants

have complete sets of books to guide

their actions, because they realize that

a fraction of a cent wasted or saved

means an unprofitable year or a hand-

some dividend for the stockholders.



Surely farmers can learn a valuable

lesson from the merchant and the manu-

facturer. Need the question as to the

necessity of accounts be repeated? How

many of the readers of the Michigan

Farmer can tell the profit on that ‘crop

of potatoes, or how much they lost on

that prized bunch of hogs?



Then, as it is never safe to blunder

along in the dark, let us stop feeling our

way along the uncertain highway of

success and turn on our lights. Let us

do it now. Let us use, if nothing more

than a ten-cent account book, and by

keeping accounts light our way down the

uncertain avenue of prosperity.



Oakland Co. E. S. C.





THE MICHIGAN FARME'R. . (a) 195





TOP-DRESSING VS. PLOWING UNDER

STABLE MANURE.





Would you advise to plow under the

manure to be used on the wheat fields,

or is it better to spread it on after plow-

ing and harrow it in well? The wheat is

to be followed by clover.



Ottawa Co. H. S.





I should always prefer to put the sta-

ble manure on top, as a top-dressing, and

work it into the soil' in preference to

plowing it under, if it was always prac-

tical to do so, but stable manure, in a

great many instances is too coarse and

contains too much straw and other ma-

terial to be used as a top-dressing be,-

cause it interferes with proper cultiva-

tion, consequently the only way to handle

it is to spread it on the land and plow

it under. I think, as a rule, that all fer-

tilizers should be mixed with the surface

soil and not put into the ground deep

because the rain will have a tendency

to carry the fertilizer down to the roots

of the plant. The tendency will be to

work into the ground rather than work-

ing out of it, and in the case of stable

manure which forms a partial, and in

some instances, quite a successful mulch

it is beneficial from this fact.





My own practice is to draw the stable

manure directly from the stable and

Spread it on the field the year around.

This summer, until after the clover was

cut, we used it as a top-dressing on the

pasture, and we did the same last sum-

mer and probably we will continue to do

so each summer. “'hen the clover is cut

then we have a place to put the manure.

We are now putting it on the clover sod

where we intend to plant corn and pota-

toes next year. This field will not be

plowed until next spring. In the mean-

time we will be applying it as a top-

dressing and mulch until next spring,

but, of course, we will be applying it all

through the fall and winter and late next

spring until it is time to plow the corn.

That which we will put on late next

spring We do not expect to get as good

results out of the first Year as we do out

of that which we are applying now, be-

cause that will be spread upon the top

and plowed under in a short time while

this which we are applying now acts as

a mulch and the rains will wash out the

soluble portions of it into the soil, and

it will get so firmly fixed in the soil and

rendered so available that we will get

more direct benefit from it next year,

while that which we plow under later

will give us a greater benefit the follow-

ing year.



Now, with regard to applying stable

manure on wheat. The old practice was

to pile up the stable manure near the

barn, in many instances it was simply

thrown out of the stable into a pile and

left there until after harvest, then it

was hauled out and spread on the oat

stubble and plowed under for wheat.

\thre manure is handled in this way, if

it could be forked over once during the

summer time it would be made fine

enough so that it could be used as a

top-dressing, and if it was I should by all

means wait until after I had plowed the

ground, if possible, and then spread this

manure on and barrow it in, work it into

the soil, and, I think you will get a great-

er value out of it than you would if you

had plowed it under. But, on the other

hand, I should have preferred to have

hauled this manure out from day to

day as it was made and put it onto the

land rather than to have it lay in a pile

and leach and ferment during a greater

portion of the year. It is now generally

conceded that the value of stable manure

can best be conserved by hauling it direct

to the field as soon as possible.



COLON C. LILLIE.





 





 





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On an oat stubble, well fertilized with

stable manure, is it advisable to use some

commercial fertilizer? Will it not make

it too rich?



Ottawa Co. H. T. H.



I think it would be perfectly proper

to use commercial fertilizer on oat stub-

ble. I have always found it very profit-

able to use a good application of fer-

tilizer on oat stubble for wheat, no mat-

ter if stable manure was used either at

the present time or with a previous crop.

I don’t think that you would have any

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apt to have lodged wheat if you do not

have fertilizer, because stable manure

contains nitrogen in excess of the phos-

phoric acid and potash. Now, if com-

mercial fertilizer was used that contains

ta good per cent of phosphoric acid and

potash, you would balance up the plant

food and will get a stiff straw and your

wheat will not be apt to lodge.



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Hay is scarce and high in price this

fall. The yield of all grass hay crops has

been but a fraction of the usual amount

in most sections of the country. The

Clover crop has been short. Alfalfa,

which is the standby in regions more dry

has been m:- short of its usual heavy re-

turns this season.



Hayisam‘op thatlsnotkeptover

from year to year as are the grain

crops. Each growing season is com-

plete master over the following winter’s

supply. This is really a. sad condition as

the yield is so variable in different years.

The crop this year is the lightest in a

decade. The city trade and shipping

market is greater than ever before ow-

ing to the fact that there are more work

horses that must be fed hay shipped

from the country. The indications are

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his own immediate problem. Even the

man who never makes a practice of

selling hay finds himself facing the prob-

lem of providing sufficient roughage for

his stock. His hay crop may be only

one—fourth what it is in ordinary years.

We were on a farm today where last

year two mows in the barn were filled

and some stacked outside. This year

one mow is partly filled, the other is

empty, and there are no stacks outside.



To dispOSe of the farm stock is not

practicable. Unfinished stock is a glut

on the market at any time and always

goes at a lower price. It would be a

mere matter of buying animals to restock

the place next summer at an advanced

price. Neither is it profitable to starve

or stint the farm animals during the

winter season. Unless due heed is taken

this fall to provide ample feed to car-

ry the stock through until another crop

is produced there is grave danger that

the farm stock will suffer and that they

may be forced onto the market and there



to be sold at a. sacrifice.



One way of meeting the shortage in

part is by the use of forage crops. There

is ample time yet to prepare the ground

and to sow a patch or field of rye. This

is a quick growing crop and furnishes an

abundance of green nutritious feed late

in the fall and again early in the spring

before any of the regular crops have

made a. start sufficient to be pastured.

Rye is greatly relished by all farm stock

and it will pay better than ever before.

Sow a. field of it this fall. There is no

particular time during the fall when rye

must be sewn However, the earlier it

is done the earlier will it be ready for

pasture and the greater the yield this

season.



Straw has a value for feeding purposes

that will warrant its being saved to the

utmost degree this year. Oat straw

when the crop has been cut before be-

ing thoroughly ripened is very palatable

and quite high in digestible nutrients and

produces no ill effects. Wheat straw

has but little feeding value, Yet it can

be used in a pinch as we did one dry

year in Nebraska. If the quality is good

it may be utilized to some extent.



It is from the cornfield that we must

seek for the greatest relief from the hay

shortage. The silo on the dairy farm

or beef cattle farm is the greatest fac-

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by rendering the feed question less sub-

ject to the varying yields of different

seasons. Those men who have silos will

do well to fill them to the utmost. Those

who are contemplating the erection of a

silo should push the work so that the

structure will be ready before the sea-

son is too far advanced.



It is not alone through the silo that

com stalks may be utilized. Corn stover

of good quality is very nearly as valuable

as is timothy hay. How to handle the

fodder is a problem to be settled. If

shredded the hard, slow work of husk.

ing is eliminated. the stover is gotten

into shape so that it can be handled in

a barn without inconvenience. and the

waste from feeding it makes the best

of bedding. When fed as fodder with-

out remorving the ears to fattening cat-

tle excellent results are secured. How-

ever its actual feeding value is not in-

creased.



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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





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plus roman he will be able to dispose

of it at a profitable price. While it is

nomoreofaslnagalnstthefarmto

sell hay than it into sell grain. an abun-

dance of roughage for the winter should

be provided on every stock farm.

Iowa. H. E. lie-Omar.





 





FALL CARE OF THE LAMBS.





 





It is questionable if any other season

of the year is more trying for the lambs

than during the fall when the weather is

more or less varied and pastures supply-

ing a scant amount of relishable food. It

seemingly would appear that nature had

neglected her full duty to the shepherd

in thrusting upon his shoulders the re-

sponsibility of titling the flock over a

period of unproductive pastures.





During fail in a dry season, and os-

peclally just before winter sets In. it

is quite a common practice among farm-

ers to allow the flock full access to all

the fields on the farm that they may

have more range and act in the capacity

of scavengers about the premises. By

this practice the flock is. of course. given

a greater opportunity to search for rel-

ishabie food which is highly enjoyed by

the old sheep. But with the lambs it is

quite different. All summer they have

been partially dependent upon their dams

for a limited amount of nourishment and

have not acquired the habit of acting as

scavengers to the same extent as the

older members of the flock. While the

lambs, if given the opportunity, will roam

the fields searching for food, their flesh

condition soon shows they are not ob-

taining the necessary food required to

produce the most pleasing results.



The fact should not be overlooked in

the fall management of this year’s lamb

crop that it is from this source we must

draw another year in order to maintain

the present high standard of our flocks.

The time to develop the sheep that in the

near future must make up the flock is

right now. while the stage of development

is in its infancy. No other time in the

growth of any animal presents a. better

opportunity to develop the weaker qual-

ities than when the individual is young.

In a great many instances lambs that

possess excellent breeding and would, if

properly managed, develop into good in-

dividuals, are practically mined because

of the lack of the right kind of food and

care at an early stage of growth. We

have noted in our own experience many

lambs that, had they been separated from

the rest of the flock and given extra in-

dividual attention, could have been de-

veloped into better individuals than they

proved themselves later on in life. A

great many underatimate the influence

of good care upon lambs during early

growth and for this reason many a crop

of lambs are a great disappointment

when they reach the stage of maturity

and come in as breeders in the flock.



It is during the fall the lambs suffer

most and are apt to get into a condition

that is hard to recruit, even under the

best of later management. The only safe-

"guard against allowingthe lambs to fall

into this condition is to supply the neces-

sary nourishment from some other source

than the pasture. As soon as the pasture

ceases to be productive of relishabie food

it is advisable to begin feeding a little

grain morning and evening. It is quite

surprising to note the splendid results

obtained from feeding a few quarts of

grain to the lambs at this particular time

of the year. Just the nature of the grain

ration at this season will, of course, de-

pend to a large extent upon when the

lambs are to be marketed. If it is the

intention to grow the lambs and feed

them off during the coming winter and

sell upon an early spring market the

grain ration should comprise mostly of

nitrogeneous materials. On the other

hand, if early marketing is contemplated,

and a. great many farmers do sell their

entire lamb crop early in the winter, it

is advisable to push them along a little

faster, and a more carbonaceous ration

will cause them to take on flesh more

rapidly. In such instances. it would be





prudent to add more com and oats to the h





ration. Perhaps no grain can be tad

more economically than that raised upon

the farm, and for this reason it should

comprise the bulk of the ration supplied

the lambs.



It will certainly pay to feed a moderate

ration of corn and cats. with a little

bran or oil meal added. at this season of

the year. It will save in the later grain

bills and. what is more important, will

shorten the feeding period.



ShiawasseaCo. Lac 0. Rome.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





The recent substantial advance in

prices for range feeding lambs was mere-

ly carrying out predictions made a short

time ago by well-informed sellers at the

Chicago stock yards. based on knowledge

of the shortage in the supply. Sheepmen

who took advantage of the early ex-

tremely low prices and stocked up with

choice feeding lambs may consider them-

selves extremely fortunate. As a. gen-

eral rule range sheepmen are making

their lambs fat, and there will not be a

large marketing of feeding lambs this

season.



The supply of beef cattle in the ter-

ritory tributary to Chicago is lasting 4

much longer than in regions east and

west of there, and buyers looking for fat

cattle are forced to buy in that market to

an unusual extent. Eastern markets are

not getting enough good cattle to meet

their needs, and there is a great short-

age resulting from drought conditions

west of the Missouri River. Prime beeves

have had a great boom since the upward

movement of prices began weeks ago.



Matured hogs have been pretty Well

marketed, and the packers will have to

rely on old brood sows of heavy weight

and hogs of rather light weight for about

two months more than heretofore. Prices

have had a great rise for good hogs, and

ruling figures seem good to take where hogs

are in marketable condition. Even com-

mon hogs are selling very high.



Owners of well-bred cattle who are

able to make them prime before send-

ing to market will undoubtedly find it

highly profitable to follow this course,

but fat grass cattle and those of plain

quality should be marketed before the

markets become pretty well supplied with

grass-fed cattle from the northwestern

ranges.



\Vestern range steers sometimes bring

prices that are away-up, as was the case

in the Chicago market recently, when a

consignment came from the Lame Deer

range in Montana, the steers fetching

$7 per 100 pounds, or 50c higher than any

other range cattle had brought since the

season opened, several weeks ago. These

cattle were raised by the Cheyenne Indi-

ans. A car load of heifers out of the

same consignment brought $6.15, also es-

tablishing a new record for range heifer

cattle to date.



The southern demand for cured hog

products promises to attain liberal pro-

portions, as cotton, sugar and rice crops

are expected to reach extremely large

amounts. The south has been ”large

consumer of the cheaper and medium-

priced lines of provisions for some

months. .



William Kent, 3. large stock feeder of

Nebraska. says beef is dear because

stockmen are not buying corn any more

for 20 cents a bushel, but are paying 45

cents this year, while- it cost them 60

cents last year. He says: “We pay for a

lean steer $45 and then feed it with $20

worth of corn, $5 worth of hay and cot-

tonseed meal worth as much as $3. The

freight to market and other expenses

foot up about $5.75, so that the steer

stands us nearly $79 at the packing

house.”



Fred flooding and his ranch neighbor,

George Skillen, who were in the Chicago

market recently stated that later at-

rivals of lambs are likely to show a

rather small percentage of feeders as well

as this early run stuff. as the ranges in

Idaho and M ontana are in the best shape

in years and the crop of lambs will be

of better general class than has come

off the range in years, though in numbers

away below the movement last year, the

Ketchum line alone being estimated 400

cars short of last year.



"Europeans have done little anticipatory

lard buying and the changed feeling, con-

ditions and prospective light receipts for

August, September, and perhaps all Oc—

tober, may change this program mate-

rially," said W. L. Gregson, a one-time

prominent packer. “No one in the trade

seems to be willing to dispute the asser-

tion that on or around these levels a

tremendous volume will be required to

satisfy the continental demand for pure

American lard. Reliable data, lately com-

piled, pointed to a good decrease in mar-

ketable fat hogs available for the market

during the next 90 days, as compared to

a year ago, is liable to add strength to

the situation as the fall trade approaches,

and the situation unravels itself and veri-

fies the figures.”



F. R. Hunt, of Atlantic. Iowa. marketed

not long since at Chicago 52 head of

branded western beef steers which av—



eraged 1438 pounds at $7.10 per 100

pounds. They were Herefords that were

bought through a South Omaha live stock

commission house about a year earlier at

$5.30, their average weight having been 960

pounds at that time. The cattle were

on full feed about five months and re-

turned good profits. Mr. Hunt said it

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER. 15): 197





i f9; $1,000





A Temporary Price—Made to Learn if This Price Can Be Profitable





I This price is as yet an experiment. It is

subject to change. Never before has a

motor car maker attempted so much for the

money. We may find that it can’t be done.





But the car itself is not an experiment.

It is the latest creation of Mr. R. E. Olds. It

compiles an experience of 25 years in build-

ing gas engines—12 years in designing cars.



Back of this model are the tens of thou-

sands of cars built by Mr. Olds. It embodies

all that has been learned by the oldest man

in the business, by the dean of automobile

designers. On it is staked Mr. Olds’ repu-

tation. Our rashest competitor will hardly

attempt to criticise the car.





As for the price, our first announcement

quickly swamped us with orders. We are

at this writing three weeks behind. On our

present output—at present cost of materials

-we can keep this priCe at $1,000. In any

event, that’s, the price today at any Reo

salesroom. 7





An Innovation





This is another attempt to keep ahead of

the times. Motor car prices are bound to

come down. We want to be first to

strike bottom.



This is not a reflection on past prices—-

not on ours or others’. The past was a period

of constant development, of ceaseless

change. Mistakes were being made and

corrected. One’s whole equipment of

machinery and tools might be made worth-

less by one season’s improvements.





The older cars, like the Reo, are standard-

ized now. There are no radical changes from

year to year. The errors have all been cor-

rected. Costly experiments are over.





R. M. Owen & Co.





 





 





The New Reo

“Thirty,’

Five-Passenger

Tonneau'

Four 4x4%-inch

Cylinders

108-in. Wheel Base

The Best of

Magneto;

34x3%-inch Tires

A roomy, powerful

Fore-Door Car—

Mr. Olds’ finest

creation ~—— for just

$1,000



Top and windshield

not included. We equip

this car with a Mohair

Top and Slip Cover, 3

M e z g e 1' Automatic

Windshield. 8 Speed—

ometer and a Gas





Tank—all for $100

extra. (7)





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Where we once bought parts we now

make them. Where we once made a few

thousand cars per year we now make many

thousands. There is no reason at all

why motor car prices, in the largest shops,

should not now sink to the minimum.



N 0 shop in America is equipped to build

cars better or cheaper than we. It is us,

we consider, to set the pace. Those are

the reasons for this sensational price on

this new, big, stunning car.





Not Cheapened





No man will suspect that, after all these

years, we are reducing the grade of the Reo

car. We need hardly discuss that. No man

will conceive that Mr. R. E. Olds, America’s

foremost designer, will forfeit his fame on

a retrograde car.



The fact is, this new Reo—at $1,000—is

by far the best car that ever went from our

shops. Every whit of the car—every fea-

ture in it—accords with the best engineer-

ing practice.



The engine—rated at 30 h. p.—shows 36

h. p. on brake test. Because of the top

valves, it supplies more power for the cylin-

der size than any other engine we have

ever tried out.



The axle bearings are Timken and Hyatt

High-Duty. The carburetor is adapted to

the present grades of gasoline.



The steel which we use is all analyzed,

to know that it meets all our rigid require-

ments. The gears are tested in a crushing

machine, under 27 tons’ pressure. Our

magneto is subjected to a harder test than

any other magneto will stand.



Note the big wheels, the big tires. Note





the car’s roominess. Note its magnificent

lines. With all of our knowledge, all our

experience, there is no part of this car which

we know how to better.





This car was not built to sell for $1,000.

It was built to show the best we can do.





The Standard Car





From now on we shall build but one Reo

chassis. That policy alone will save $200

per car. Without it, this price would be

out of the question.





The 30-h. p., 5-passenger car has become

the general standard. Any greater power

is excessive. It makes upkeep expensive.

Few people care to pay the price of excess-

ive size, power or room. A very large

percentage of cars sold in the future will

approximate this type. So we confine our

factories to it.





Cars of about this size and power are

sold all the way up to $2,500. ' We ask you

to compare any one that you wish with the

Reo at $1,000. We are willing to abide

by your judgment.





Ask for Details





The first step is to ask us for details.

We publish on this car complete specifica-

tions. We state every material, every de—

tail of mechanism. This will help you to

make your comparisons.



The car itself can be seen at any Reo

salesroom, and those salesrooms are every-

where. Find out what a remarkable, up-to-

date car is being sold for $1,000. It will

change your ideas about automobiles.





Write us now for the facts.





“3.222%? Reo Motor Car Co., Lansing, Mich.





 





 





 





 





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s VETERINARY 3





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CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR. V, S.





Advice through this department ll“ free

to our subscribers. Each communication

writ u‘. Initials' only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

case in full; also name and address of

should state history and symptoms of the

the same ailments. If this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

the desired information in a reply that

has been made to some one else. When

reply by mail is requested. it becomes

private practice, and a fee of $1.00 must

accompany the letter. .





 





 





 





Dropsy.-——I have a 12-year-old mare that

has a swelling under belly, commencing

at udder and extending forward some 20

inches. This swelling reduces when she

is driven and is worse at one time than

others. Some time ago this stocking went

away for a few days, but came back

again. H. E. H.. Vassar, Mich--Give her

2 drs. powdered sulphate of iron and y,

oz. of fluid extract or powdered buchu

at a dose in feed twice a day. Hand-rub

swelling twice a day. She should have

daily exercise. ,



Warts on Lips—J would like to know

how to treat a colt that has warts on

lips. He is two years old and I am going

to break him this fall, but am afraid

the bit will irritate them. A. L. D., Mer-

ritt, Mich.—~Cut off those that have necks

and apply acetic acid to the flat ones once

a day.



Chronic Lymphangitis.——For the past

three years my horse has had a stocked





hind leg, but it has never seemed to af-.





fect him during hot weather until now.

If there is a remedy for such an ailment

I would like to know what it is. E. 8.,

Hart, Mich—It is well to keep in mind

that high feeding on grain and no exer—

cise is the most common cause of lymph—

angitis. Give 1 dr. of iodide of potassium

and 2 drs. powdered nitrate of potash at

a dose in feed twice daily for ten days,

then give the medicine once a day, or as

often as necessary. llot i'omcntations

have a good effect when applied to a ten—

der and inflamed leg. (iood care, regular

exorcise, feed lightly on grain when idle,

bandage leg for two hours after work and

hand-rubbing leg will have a good effect.

(ioitre—Cough.———I have a two—year—old

heifer with first calf that has two bunches

on neck one on each side, but they are

She also coughs some but seems

to be in good health and gives a nice

moss of milk. F. J. C., Hudson, Mich.~—

Give her a dessertspoonfui fluid extract

opium and 1 dl'. iodide of potassium at a

dose in feed twice a day. Apply equal

parts tincture of iodine and spirits cani—

phor to bunches twice a day for three

days then apply once a ‘day for ten days.

’l‘ctanus (Lock Jaw).-1 had a colt com-

ing two years of age that was all right

in the evening, next morning he acted

strange, hcld head up high, tail some ele-

vated, walked stiff and acted as if chok-

ed. I called the Vet.. who treated him

for acute indigestion, but later discovered

he had lock jaw. lie gave him medicine

with hypodermic syringe and continued

treating him every few hours, but he was

unable to eat or drink and was suffering

so much pain that we shot him. I have

other valuable colts and live stock which

I am afraid might become diseased, if it

is a contagious ailment. B. 8., Grass

Lake, Micli.—’.l‘he tetanus bacillus makes

its way into the body through a skin or

flesh abrasion wound. The most common

abode for this germ is in garden earth,

barnyard filth and fertile soil. If there

are no wounds on the lower parts of your

live stock they are in little danger of tak-

ing lock jaw. This is a fatal disease:

howuver, some mild cases do recover, but

the animal usually suifers more or less

for 21 days and sometimes longer. In

my practice I usually give tetanus antl-

toxine, which seems to prevent horses

inking lock jaw from wound infection.

This preventative is not expensive and I

regard it as good practice to administer

it. Your Vet. did perhaps all anyone

could do for the case, for when an animal

cannot eat or drink they must die from

starvation, if from no other cause.





The best demand in the Chicago mar-

ket for stocker and feeder cattle of the

better class has been coming from farm-

ers in lllinois, Indiana and Ohio, and

considerable numbers of heifers have

been taken to place in feed lots.



The Big Black Society of America. has

been incorporated at Lexington, Ken-

tucky, by seven breeders of this breed of

bacon hogs. The purpose of the society

is to bring over from England the breed

known under the name of the Big Black

pig. The breed has been introduced into

this country only recently, but it has

been raised in England for more than

100 years, and it is very popular, accord-



Farmers owning heavy heifer calves are

to a large extent going to fatten them,

and a good many will be put in feed pens

this autumn, with the object in View of

making choice baby beef.‘ There is all

the time a good demand from killers for

this class of beef, and it usually brings

a good premium. Of course, there is a

knack in making this kind of beef, and

it requires lots of care and thought. A

stockman who understands the method

of making baby beef says: “The calf or

yearlings should be as fat as possible

when put up to feed. as the baby fat tak-

en from the milk of the mother cow is

the cheapest that can be obtained. The

best results along this line come from

wives taken right off the cow fat and

put on feed, and it is my Opinion that

the heifer calves would do better if

spayed before starting to feed them, but

this is a matter to be left to the prac-

tical knowledge of the man who handles

them."





 





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be can from it as fertilizer





builders, acts mildly on the kidneys,





As proof that Dr. Hess Stock Tonic d

A poor ration well digested is better than a good ration poorly digested.





more and richer milk.

Our proposition.





well, get your money back.





males liens lay more eggs.





minor fowl ailments.





 





 

 





You get of our deal 25 lb. '1 '

Dr. Hess Stock Tonic at $1.g0, “a Pal 0‘





(except in Canada and extreme West and South).

all winter and spring. If it doesn' i pay you and pay. you





guarantee If your dealercan‘tsupply you, we will.



Free from the lot to the 10th of each month—Dr. Hess



(MD. , D.V.S. ) will prescribe {or your ailing animals.

96 page Veterinary Book free for the asking. .,'

Mention this paper and include 2: stamp. 29 '





. DR.HESS&OLA A





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DR. HESS POULTRY PAN-A-GE-A.





nitrates to drive out poisons, and iron to build up the system.





Slop Using





Feed For Ferflliz‘er





Wholesale in your animals‘ droppin indicates that s t of th

healthy animal is wasted through non—diggtion. Grindin par e

feeder must either let his hogs follow up the steers and eat this





Savings. part of this wasted feed is

Ides,” and back of it are the opinions of our ablest writers. y





DR. HESS STOCK TONIC





the mfiptioa ofDr. Hess (M. D., D. V. 8.), improves digestion; it contains iron, the greatest of all blood and tissue

regulates the bowels, also expel: worms and relieves the minor stock ailm nu.

oes all these things just show the formula on the label to





or 100 lbs. at $5.00

Use it





Every pound sold on this





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g the feed fails to save this waste, and the

wasted‘ grain or be content to realize what little

11!:an Digution is known as “The Dr. Hess





Improved digestion insures more growth,





A scientific fowl tonic, prepared by Dr. Hess to

.It acts beneficially on the digestive orgam, keeps the egg organisms active, contains

It fattens broilers quickly, helps chicks to maturity, cure

Very economical— a penny‘s worth feeds 30 fowls per day. V

1% lbs. 25c; mail or express 40c. 5 lbs. 60c; 12153 $1.25; 25 lb. pail $2.50.

(Except in Canada and the Extreme West and South.)





feed of even 3





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Cl PACKAGE

E’ures gdmary 936:5

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Ill-rel luvs nomad! 80.. 483 fourth iv... Pittsburgh





i BEG. PEllcilEmlN libfili‘éfidfii :23 ‘1’ “:25;





Daron Jersey Boats. M. A. BRAY. Okemos, Mich.





BlfilillERS’ DIREC'WRY.

CATTLE.





”ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd. consisting of Tnfian bless Blackbird. and

Prides, only. is headed by rton W. a TroJan Erica,

by Black W wn. siuof a Grand Changion steer

Edibull at. thgylfitemm 131.9233" . 1910.

assisted n u a so

“woooooer spoon rams. Ionin. Midi.





BROWN SWISS CATTLE.





Stock for sale. Look for our exhibit at. Detroit Fair.

HULL BROS., Paineeville, Ohio.





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Servnce Bull Ba rgams. ,

I an: offering for Isle cheap. on account of being

about to sell our farm 2 Belgiaflolstoin herd sires,

Woodcrest De Kol Lad. I10. 45 . (dam and sire’sdam

better than 26 pounds and Sue has over tildaughters

in the Advanced Registry). and Sir Canary Pietertie

Burke. No. 61495: 6 yearling sires ready for service out

of A.B.0. dams. and layounger males. mostly out of A.

8.0. dams. sired by Woodcrest DeiKoi Lad. An attrac-

tim price will be quoted for the bunch and on indi-



viduals. WILLIAM B. HATCH. Ypsilanti, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





BUTTER BRED JE%3EYs§EELLS





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegen County. Michigan.





JERSEY BULLS FOR SALE





Sired %l‘emisia's Interested Prince 71MB. whose dam

made lbs. butter in one year. authenticated test.

Choice individuals. Prices Reasonable.





BBOOKMTEI FMI, All MIDI, MIGH.. ll. F. D. 7.





 





BEBKSIIBES—m $53529. “tigll‘igm’l’lii’ll

passed. Price $15. 0. C. COREY. New Haven. Mich.





TWO Berkshire Gilts, sired b Handsome Prince 3.

Bbred for‘Aug..farrowmg. all 1 sell at 840 A 845 also

a for spring pigs left. A. A. PATTLLUO, Deckerville. Mich.





MPROVED CHESTER WHITES—Choiee oung

hours of March and April furrow. I w also

sell 10 thoroughbred Holstein cows to freshen in Sept.

and Oct. W. 0. Wilson, Okemos, Mich. Both phones.





 





 





 





Register oi Merit Jerseys. 9.333. Fifi:

lot, of youn balls from dams with ofllola] records

of 483 oun s and u wards of butter.



. F. MARS'FON. Bay City. Michigan.

JERSEYS FOR SA fidlfélcé‘i‘é’ifimhfiiclli’?

bred. A. NEWMAN, R. No. 1. Mariette, Michigan.

REGISTERED JERSEYS Fpr Sale—Some combin,





ing the blood of St Louis and Chicago World‘s

FairOhunpions by HERMAN HARMS. Reese. Mich.





' -——a few bred heifers f r

Dairy Bred Shorthorm sale. m.oo...°...

Cash or good note. J. B. HUMME . Mason. Mich.





 





 





 





a DAIS 3305., Litchfisld, Hick. breeders of imp. Chester

White and Tamworth swine. service boars. sows bred or

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





 





0. l. C. Swine—1%edtg‘l-Esli fillwpli‘éié‘hll‘f ‘3’“

right. Geo. P. Andrews, Dan-ville. Indian 00.. Mic .

0. I. C —March Size with quality and best pedi-





- grees. rder now and get. first choice.

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Michigan._ ~





 





 





akin. some fine bred 'lts choice lot of fall pigs all

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





 





LlLLlE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS.

mu ”"1118ng Sig-uni St. L. No. 58197

Jubilee's Foxhall. No. 82299.

Bull calves sired by these at. bulls. and out of

splendid dairy cows. many of thigh) in test. for register

of merit. Also a few heifers and heifer was for

sale. Write for description and prices. Satisfaction

;. annteed or money re Eunded.





emote 0. Linux». Cooper-nine. WI.





For Saie~LMuble’ StandanliPolled Durham Bulls.

heifers. and cows. Iam closing out.

Sanford Gasser; Sherman. M lch.





SHEEP.





“a i

Oxford Down Sheep—£333.13: ”3%: 5113;:

for sale. I. R. WATERBURY. Highland, Michigan.

K t 1' .

0XFORD llllWN 5133” shrill” egg: yr? 3.13.





JAB. P. GIBBS & SON. B. No. 4. Ithaca, Mich.





 





Write for prices.





 





 





 





OXFORD DOWN RAMS FOR SALE—mrlllfi

and lambs.





tractive iprices. S. E. GILLETT. Bavenna. Ohio.





Will sell a few aged ewes at at-'





0. Lil. Choice ing ”g. 2331.?” 833533.15“ 5‘35





t first choice. Al igs slit d on a rave] and Re

roe. HARRY T. RAND CA§§ CITY. MICII





—My herd is chiefl

O. I. C. SWINE am... 0. a... 1.0.5

drain both males and females. Get my price before

you buy. Will rgister free of charge n urchaser's

name. A. I. GO DEN. B. No. 2. Dorr. Michigan.





0 I. Q's—I sin closing 12 choice young boats and 10

0 select sow pigs atisrmers' rices in orderto make

room for fall pigs. Fred Nicke , Monroe, Mich, R-l.





UROCJEBSEY SOWS bred for Sept. farrow. Also

spring elite and of choicest breedin at.

prices. E. R. CORNELL. Howell. Ilic .





DUROC-J E R says—grad ems and





' l f

‘ sale. OAPEY U. EDMONDS. Katine-,rwiggu."





FOR SAL —DUROC-JERSEY bred sows.





i and Shepherd Pu . E -

press prepaid. J. H. IliisilGHAR'l‘, LansingPsMiclxi.





DUROGJSRSEYS—‘Zé fins spring gilts. popular blood lines.

Good individuals; 10 fine imars, 5 bred sows due to

JOHN MchCOL, R. No. 1. North Star. Mich.





 





 





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TOP N OTCfl HOLSTEINS





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com'

blning in themselves the blood of cows which now

hold and have in 9‘ World’s Becomi- for





and Mr fat at fair ..

McPflBRSON PARMPS 00.. Howell. mes.





lsislcis Friesisn Caifle‘li’filwé‘éfin-





u: Hercules. W. B. JOKE. Oak Grove. Michigan.





92?; ARE. OFFERING n33





Beef: and a. son ofKinghgezis and Paul Beets

Demxftl‘ni Grand Rapid “ifmnetmn s in"

h m. s e a rs.

LONG BEACH FARM, Augusta. Kalemasoo Co..Hioh.





 





 





preserve...“ was same: A.

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Farm. Ypsflsntli‘flich” Cole Brother; Proprietors.





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Hol-ISTEIN BULL lgfigtlegezntlhadolragfegrgg

Good breeding. HOBART W. FAY. Eden. Mich

mm-‘.“'°..¥"mmlsa r: 3:; m at:

candle Gunning go only bull of In! W?!” .2





mad dams average 341131135. butter in 7 days. Also bull

calves and'servioe bulls. L. E. Connell. Fayette, 0.





H E R E F0 R Ds—Both sexes and till“ sags

Chin hon. ALLEN 343’s. “131:1: PA}: no“:





FOR SALE—$5. EidLfihl’f’rtmfi'iiil





producing stock. 0. A. BRISTOL. Fenton. Michigan.





 





F O R SALE’MMFMM “i,"imm“ amp“...

[3. Ike-

winners. IRA B. l!Al'.D‘4‘VIi§f3 Hastings, Michigan.

-I have “levee. among them

Reg' Rum all of my 1mm.” and best.

also 5 ewe and ram lambs. Live 2% miles east. of

Mon-ice on G. T. 3084!. Addmle. Q. A. COOK.





 





MAPLE BIDG E SHROPSHIBES—Iorseie the imp.

run. The Manager, and yearling rains and ewes

sired by this noted rats. E. Stewart, Lemon. Mich.





 





HROPSHIBE HALL STOCK FARM has a few extra

good yearlinms and 2-yeat4vld rams at a mmble

price. L. B. DUNIIAM. & bONS. Concord. Mich. ,

—We have forsalo an





“e maple Shop yearling ewes. 5





voarling nuns. and our 8~year~old shock ram. bred by

Davison and siredég British Yeoman.

E. E. LELAND l 1‘. Route Nair Ann Arbor, Mich.





Shropshire Rams for Sale.





DAN BOOHEB. B. No. 1. Marion, Mich.





 





“I,“ at farmers' prices. Have a fine bunch of

Yearllncsandram lambaalso a few mine

in; eves. HARRY POTTER. Davieon, ich.





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' ' —Growthy S rin Bo & Gilt



Burns: at Victoria: .1 mm in...” Pas:

Winners. M. T. STORYJL 18. love! . Michigan.

. -— iltsbd'taothe derfka

80mm": Ten 3 re won u u 9





Pontiac Chief to furrow in April or May

No better brooding. o. 3. Bartlett. Pontiac. Mich,





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





ALNU’I‘ HILL DUROOS—l’? fancy sows bl'edto





PARSONS’ POLLED DELAINE RAMS' “3...... 53:5 “gigsmgustdapdhtSe than... 1.5

. . . ' to. . 06 r .

ys!.‘.l1“.‘éi.°.“‘é$l‘§. “if.“il‘l. 2’..i‘§"z‘&’.“b6? 2116’:st - 0- Ann“. 00 mu R~ “101315353:

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lARcE TYPE P C —Lemt in Michigan. Pigs

. 0 0 from mammoth sites and

ppws. Weigh 1!) to 1751s.. at 4 months. My motto—-

Not how cheap but how good." Will 1) ex-

pense-'0! those who come an do not find flat I

advertise. W. E. LIVINGSTON. Penna. Mich.





POLAND-CHINAS‘EfiS." ‘33?

spring pigs. WOOD I 8088. Saline. lichjg‘an.





POLAND CHIHA SPRING PIGS from large dyled

stock. Also dairy bred Shortlmrns. both sexes,

all ages, prices low. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Mich.





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' —A few bi t peSept. Gilt; ed

l Poland'Chllas for Sept.‘ flu-row. Also I [1"an

pigs. E. D. BISHOP. Route as. Lake Odessa





, ich.





Three Extra Good MP. 0. Bears





By Next In Line. 32sprin male i d sh' .

I ship 0. 0. D. and turnifi: policies: Illegallptt‘ly. T2

you want good as the best. write as for prices.





wm. warns, Goldwater, Michigan.

For Sale SEE?) toys!!!“ BOARS

CE.





READY FOR BVI

WATERM AN & WATERMA N.

Successors to the Hurray-Waterman 00., AN AIME. MICE.





llilie Farmstead Yorkshires‘l‘iffoi' ill

Oak Lodge blood predominates. Large Herd. Three





service boars. Pairs and tries. not. akin. Boars re

for service. A fine lot of spring pigs. Gilts bredafbi





m .

guaranteed. ()0 ONO. LIL on Cooperssvll‘lgmcl:





writing to advertisers ust as "8

WHEN your ad. in the Kiohisin FCHlIOLfiw





 





dotte, W. Orpington. Ckis. all breeding stock, leading winners. '





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THE FUTURE OF EGG VALUES.



As we lay our plans for the coming

year, with regard to the size of the flock

we intend keeping, this question naturally

suggests itself: What are the prospects

for the coming year? It is a question

which has to do with determining the

size of the flock and the number of fowls

We sell off. _



There was a natural disappointment at

the slump in egg values this season. This

had inevitably to come. With prices con-

stantly increasing from year to year, a

check had to come sooner or later. It

came this season and eggs have brought

about 30 per cent less money this season

than last. .



Two things contributed to this result

——the agitation against storage methods,

and a fear of the effects of “reciprocity,"

so called, the first with some cause, the

second mostly “bugaboo,” in my opinion.

In the end the consumer will, as usual,

“pay the fiddler,” as the losses sustained

during the past season, and the threat of

drastic legislation, had the effect of mak-



- ing the storage men prudent. The result

is that the “pack” of storage stock will

not be sufl‘icient to see the season

through, and, unless the hen responds

nobly, prices will soar to rarefied heights

before spring arrives.



The ever—growing carelessness in hand-

ling the crop in its course from the farm-





,THE MlCHlG





the economic effect of reciprocity upon two sets of pans or shallow vessels—one





eggs will be to ultimately increase val-

ues. I am firmly convinced that we will





have nothing to complain of as regards from pans than on the ground.

egg values in the near future, and I, _for





one, will build for the future on the

strength of this belief.





Isabella Co. WM. J. COOPER.





SIDING A WINTER POULTRY HOUSE.





Will ordinary siding be warm enough

for a winter poultry house, or would you

line it with one-ply roofing? Will three

windows, each 3x6 ft., produce light

enough for a 12x30-ft. house? Will can-

vas windows be warm enough for winter?



Kalamazoo Co. G. H.





A single course of siding will probably

be satisfactory if the siding is perfectly

tight so that cold air cannot come through

and create drafts. Putting on a good

covering of tarred building paper before

nailing on the siding will make it safer.

Of course, the house will be warmer if a

lining is nailed to the inner edges of

studding, thus leaving a dead air space

between the outer siding and the lining.

However, from tests made at the Michi-

gan station it would apear that such

double walls are not absolutely essential,

even in this rather severe climate. The

tests referred to were made to determine

the effect of warm and cold houses upon

egg production. Three flocks of 70 hens

each, of the White Leghorn breed, were

kept in houses 14 by 24 feet. The number

of eggs laid in the different houses was,

during the first year from November to

April, in a house double walled through-

out and with a 4-inch aid space, 2,850

eggs; in a house double walled only on





81‘ t0 the consumer made it necessary that the north and east sides, 3,128 eggs; and





something be done. It got to be so that

a good egg purchased at the corner store,

was the exception, and the continued

“holler” of the consumer reached the

high places and a halt was called. The

storage people were called to account,





and it would seem that they were mostly 2,334 eggs.





in a single-boarded house, 3,022 eggs. In

the second year, from December to

March, in a house double walled on all

sides, the yield was 2,540 eggs; in the

house double walled on two sides, 2.37.0

eggs; and in the single-boarded house,

The conclusion reached was





to blame, since investigation brought out that there was not enough difference in





the fact that eggs were sometimes “kept

over.” Be that as it may, the market

slumped. Then this “pact” came up, our

very discerning President having discov-





the three houses to justify the building

of double walled houses.



If you plan to use canvas instead of

glass in the windows, it is essential that





ered that the overfed and plutocratic ag- the rear and end walls be perfectly tight.

riculturist is too prosperous and should A we11_fitting window, containing glass,





be checked. This pact plainly meant





in the forward part of each end wall





free trade in farm DTOGUCtS and, 0f would increase the light very materially.

COUTSG, included the egg, consequently The three windows you mention will not





eggs slumped some more. However. this





be sufficient. It is impossible to get too





last slump, 01‘ cause 0f slump, is, I think, much sunlight into a poultry house. “'e

unwarranted, for the present at least, so suggest that you put in the three win-





far as eggs are concerned.





dows as planned, fitting the sash with





The competition We fear from Canada glass, and alternate them with three sim-





will not come from eastern Canada but ilar windows to contain sash covered with

from the great agricultural region of the canvas.





west, a region of great ranches in which

there are not enough hens kept to supply

a tithe of the demand for eggs nor will

they be kept. It is Ontario and Quebec





and the minor provinces of the cast that is in the orchard.





 





GIVING FOWLS A CHANGE.





The best place for chickens in the fall

They very seldom fly





produce nearly all Of Canada’s eggs, and up into the trees to destroy the apples

even they produce only a small quantity and they do Worlds of good to them—





for export.





great egg country.





selves and the trees by eating the drop

Canada, in my opinion, will never be a. fruit and insects.





If they have a ten-





The winters are :00 dency to fly, cropping one wing will keep

long for her to compete successfully with them on the ground.





Even if all the





her southern neighbor in this field. Not fallen apples can not be spared it is





that I am trying to defend this little easy to pick up what are needed before

prize "packet” which our President has the chickens are turned in.





so skillfully tied with silk ribbon to con-





ceal the "lemon" contained therein. I fowls will roost in the trees.





Close the houses and yards so that the

This gives





consider it no less than a crime against an opportunity to clean up and fumi-

the farmer, but I for one am not fright- gate their quarters before cold weather





ened as to its results on egg values.





and is a blessing to the fowls tired of

I look for high prices during the late hot, dusty coops.





Burn all stray in nest





winter and early spring months; perhaps boxes and, perhaps burn the boxes them—





they will come even earlier than this. s

One thing is certain.





elves as they are apt to harbor lice. It





Our population is is cheaper to provide new nests than





fast increasing and constantly moving medicine and care, for sick fowls.





cityward. These people all consume eggs





but they do not all produce them, and as houses,





the percentage of consumers increases in r





Burn sulphur several times in the

whitewash the interior and





oosts, and thoroughly clean the floors.





its relation to producers, eggs are going Then allow the doors and windows to





consistently higher. s





tand wide open and you will have an





The meat and egg CI‘OD go hand in hand ideal place to begin the winter cam-





and the contraction of the meat supply paign.





seems to grow more acute year by year. t





The only objection to this plan is

hat the chickens do not like to give





As meat goes higher eggs fellow until the up roosting in the trees, but feeding

meat level of prices is reached. Of in or near the houses a few times ac-

course, local causes Will bring occasional customs them to their old quarters.





setbacks, but in my opinion, the average

price of eggs will continue to rise.





In addition to the fallen fruit it is





best to feed a little corn or wheat once





With all the advantages now to be a day with plenty of the feed common

had on the farm, the onward trend to the on all farms in the fall. Much stuff goes





city continues. The farm is, and will to waste in the country every year that

continue to be, the great producer of might profitably be used for the chickens.

eggs. Desertion of the farms means but The refuse cabbage and tomatoes, sour

one thing—lessened egg production, the milk, curd, small potatoes that could

natural and inevitable consequence of easily be boiled, turnips and many other





AN FARMER.





for water and the other for soft feed.

It is more economical and, cleanly to feed





This plan also gives an opportunity

to clean up the yards which the fowls

have occupied all summer. Plow them

as soon as the chickens are out and sow

to wheat and rye. Even if little of the

grain comes up it will not be wasted,

for the chickens will dig it up when re-

turned to the enclosure. In this way

the soil is purified and rejuvenated, while

countless insects are destroyed. Corn,

thickly planted, is also good but is soon

destroyed by frost of course, while wheat

and rye last until freezing weather be-

gins.



Ohio. H. R.





VENTILA'I'TN A HENHOUSE.





 





 





Would like information in regard to

ventilating a henhouse, according to King

system. House has all openings in front;

they are covered with cotton cloth but

the house got very damp last winter. I

have come tovthe conclusion that I must

have better ventilation and any informa-

tion along that line will be gratefully re-

ceived. -



Ottawa Co. H. T. H.



I had supposed from all the informa-

tion that l have been able to gather on

the subject, that if we used muslin over

the front opening In a henhouse it would

be properly ventilated. That is, if muslin

is used in the place of window glass it

will protect the hens from draft, give

them light, and at the same time allow

a sufficient amount of air to pass through

to give fairly good ventilation.



It is a difficult matter to ventilate a

l:;nhouse by the King system. In order

to ventilate a cow stable by that system

the stable must be very tight. You have

to control the air current. Now, if you

have the front openings in the henhouse

covered with muslin you cannot control

the air current, and the air is just as apt

to come down the ventilating shaft as it

is to go up. It is barely possible that

your front openings are too low down to

give the desired ventilation and if this is

so a small opening, or several small op-

enings, can be made up close to the roof,

which will allow the air to pass out and

furnish Ventilation. As long as we no

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warm in winter it doesn’t matter so

much if we have the temperature quite

low. In the case of cow stables we don’t

want the temperature to go below 40

(legs, but in henhouses we no longenlike

very warm temperatures as some people

have found that hens do better if not

kept in too warm a place. lVe can have

an opening up next to the ceiling. or next

to the roof, which will give ample venti-

lation, and it matters little if it does

make the house a little bit colder. I be-

lieve it would be an unnecessary expense

to install the King system of ventilation

in a henhouse as I don’t believe it would

Work.





WHEN TO FEED BRAN TO FOWLS.





 





Bran is rich in phosphates when com-

pared with many other foods fed to

poultry, and as phosphates account for

the formation of bone. growing poultry

may with advantage be allowed a cer-

tain proportion of it. It is also useful

for laying hens and if used occasionally

as a change and to add bulk to the

morning mash, the fowls will be greatly

benefited by it.



In using bran, however, it should never

be mixed with other meals in a dry state

as such a mixture is liable to set up a

derangement of the digestive organs ow-

ing to its irritating nature.





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Bran before “EGGM‘KERS’l—S. 0. Brown Leghorn Cockerels.





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ing water, and left for an hour at least

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added to the soft food of growing chick-

ens, or it may be used for laying hens .

in conjunction with meal, using equal





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for use in summer.

Canada. W. R. GILBERT.





 





The use of powdered eggs by bakers is





being discouraged by the United States SIJE'VER GOLDEN and WHIT





Department of Agriculture.

The quality of eggs for the season has

been very irregular.





scrutinize consignments much closer than

has been the custom in former years.





in season.





left, circular free.





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O. ._ Browning. Portland. Mich.





Dealers complain LlLLlE FARHSTEAD POULTRY





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OLON o. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich."





The receipts of eggs in New York from WHITE WYAHDOTTES_EI?§Mth:€d beautiful' The





weighs lays and





this “pact” called reciprocity, will great- fact that chickens are bound to ravage the first of January till the 15th of Au- pays. A‘FRANKLINSMITH'AnnA’i’or'M‘ch'

. n “h“—

ly accelerate the “back to the farm the garden, should teach us to plant gust amounted to over 3.900.000, while for





movement? On the contrary, it will have some green food for their especial benefit. the corresponding period of 1910 slightly

a tendency to drive more than one half-

hearted farmer to the city.



Feeling sure that Canada will never be and hollow out several shallow places to of last year by 600,000 cases in round





DOGS.





Keep plenty of fresh water under the over 3,300,000 were received, making the IIOUIIIIS F0" HUNTING Fox‘cmn and Rabbit" A"

trees so that it will be reasonably cool, receipts for the current Year exceed those 2‘06!“ Stamp.





e lso ferrets. Bend

W. E. LE‘th‘it. “Holmesville, Ohio.





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CREAM RIPENlNG AND BUTTER-

MAKING.





Ripenlng of the cream. or more plainly

speaking, souring of the cream, is one of

the fine arts of butter making. Cream-

ery operators usually buy a commercial

starter, which is nothing more or less

than a pure culture of lactic acid germs.

For the dairy butter maker, as satisfac-

tory results may be attained by using

pure skim-milk that has been kept at a

temperature of about 80 degrees until it

has a quick, sour taste and is about ready

to coagulate. Some butter makers use

sour cream or buttermilk that is kept

over from a previous churning but such

starters are more apt to get off flavor

than the skim-milk starter. From eight

to 10 per cent skim-milk starter should

be used when the cream tests above 28

or 30 per cent fat.



If the cream is kept at about 66 de-



grees during the ripening period and

stirred frequently it should be gradually

cooled at' the end of 12 or 13 hours and

brought dowu to churning temperature.

Some of the best butter makers ripen

cream until it contains about five per

cent lactic acid. Farrington‘s Alkaline

Tablet Test is the best way to determine

when the cream is right to churn. ‘It

can be used by any butter maker by fol-

lowing the directions that come with the

outfit.

No fixed rule can be followed in churn-

ing different creams. If properly ripened

cream containing 28 to 30 per cent fat

should churn in 30 to 45 minutes if it

enters the churn at the right tempera-

ture. This will give an exhaustive chun-

ing and the butter will be in ideal condi-

tion to handle Without injuring its tex-

turc. Scald the churn and chill it with

cold water before putting in the cream.

This will freshen it and fill the pores in

the wood so the cream will not stick to

it. Try and have the temperature of the

churning room about the same as the

churning temperature. When putting the

cream into the churn strain it to break

up the lumps. If coloring is used it

should be added at this time. The quan-

tity to use will depend upon breed of

cows time of the year and the strength

of the coloring. By testing the cream

and adding one—sixth to the number of

pounds of butter-fat for the churn over—

run it is possible to add just enough col-

oring to keep the butter a uniform color

at all seasons. High coloring is not ad—

visable, but uniform coloring is desired

most.



Churning is one of the simple arts of

butter making. It is simply causing the

fat globules to move about and strike

each other in such a manner that they

stick together. The greater the agitation

the more they are moved about and the

greater the possibilities of their adhering

to each other. For the first few minutes

after the churn is in motion, the vent

should be freely opened to relieve the

pressure due to the air becoming satur-

ated with moisture. It is best not to fill

the churn more than half full. As soon

as the fat globules have gathered in a

granular form about the size of wheat

or com, the buttermilk should be removed

if it is to be used for cooking or for sale,

otherwise a brine about the same tem-

perature as the churning should be ad-

ded and the churn revolved three or four

times more. This frees the granules from

the buttermilk and causes them to float.



As soon as the butter is in a free

granular form it should be salted in the

churn. The amount of salt to use de-

pends upon the kind oi’ trade that is be-

ing supplied. The aim should be to have

the same amount at all times. Sift the

salt evenly over the granules with a

sieve, and cause the granules to roll

about until the salt is well distributed.

They can then be brought together and

the butter is in condition to be worked.



The kind of worker used does not mat-

ter as long as it does the work. With

the salt evenly distributed the chief ob—

ject is to press the granules together so

there will be no holes left in the butter.

Too much working spoils the grain and

makes it salvy. More working is gen-

erally required in the winter than the

summer. When finished it should be vel-

vety, tree from holes and show no signs

of stickiness when out with a ladel. If

this treatment does not dissolve the salt

allow it to stand two hours and then

finish working. Working the butter at





 





the right time and straining the cream





'as it goes into the churn should prevent





motties in the butte‘r.



The question of marketing good butter

depends upon the trade that is being

supplied. High-grade dairy butter will

find a ready sale, provided a man puts

his product before the best class of buy-

ers and keeps it uniform in quality at all

seasons. People are slow to change

brands of butter when they find a dairy-

man who makes butter to suit their

tastes.



New York. W. MILTON KELLY.

SHEET OR STEEL LATH FOR LATH



AND PLASTERED SILO.





 





I wish to ask through the Michigan

Farmer for experience with sheet lath

and plaster silo. ,Are they a. success?

How long will the plaster last with good

care? How many coats of plaster for a

first- class job. ? How thick ought it to

be? How fine should sand be made? Is

there any difficulty in cement mortar,



to 2, sticking to sheet lath? Does it

need hair or other material, such as

ground lime or wood pulp? Would this

weaken lasting quality of walls? [have

silo nearly built, ready for plastering.

The silo is built of 2x4 oak studding, 12

inch center to center. Lath on inside.

Sheet lath %-in. thick, matched. Inside

diameter 10 ft., 35 ft. high; sheeted on





outside with 29 gage galvanized sheet

steel.





Calhoun Co. W. H. T.



7 While I have never had any experience

with sheet or steel lath for lath and plas-

tered silos, I know of their being used

and they are giving entire satisfaction.

In fact, there is not the slightest reason

in the world why they shouldn't be sat-

isfactory. The steel lath are certainly

stronger than wooden lath and this will

add strength to the silo and as long as

they are covered with mortar and not

exposed to the weather at all, there is

no danger of their rusting and they will

last indefinitely. Now, with regard to

using hair or wood pulp or anything of

that sort in the mortar, it is not neces-

sary; use fine, clean, sharp sand, two

parts sand to one of cement, and put it

on one—half to three-quarter inches thick.

It will stick. This mortar ought to last

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course, we washed it about every other

year with cement wash. Should the

plaster get porous all you have to do is

to plaster it again right. over the old

plaster and you have a silo as good as

new.





A HERDSMEN’S CONTEST.



The success or failure of a herd in the

show ring is due largely to the care and

handling they haVe received in the proc-

ess of tilting. The Iowa State Dairy As—

sociation, realizing that the herdsman is

directly responsible for the condition. of

his herd, and desirous of placing credit

where it is due, have inaugurated a

herdsmen’s contest at the next gathering

of the dairy cattle congress.



In placing prizes the judges will keep

in mind that there is no class of live

stock exhibits that requires such great

attention to neatness, cleanliness and san-

itation as does the exhibit of dairy cat-

tle. To assist the herdsmen in keeping

the barn clean and neat overhead plat-

forms will be constructed for the storage

of feed and the bunks of attendants.

Barrels will be furnished for the manure

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matter disposed of at once.



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as an aid in making the awards:

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Neatness and cleanliness of herdsmen



and helpers ......................... 10





Courtesy and deportment of herdsmen

and helpers

Method of keeping feed and bunks. 10

Cleanliness of stall .................. . 410

Cleanliness of alleys

Decoration and attractiveness of barn 6

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Show ring .......................... 8

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Promptness in entering parade ...... 8



Perfect ............................. :66





The contest will extend through an en-

tire week, and should assist the man-

agement in making the cattle exhibit

clean and attractive.





A CHANCE FOR THE SMALL

BREEDER.



The opportunity to get a free official

test of dairy cows at the State Fair, as

outlined in the editorial on page 204, is a

chance which the small breeder, who has

too few cows to make an official test on

the farm practicable, should not miss.





Those who have only a few cows of any

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this opportunity to get their best cow in

this omcial test. ,





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WHEN TO CUT CORN FOR SILAGE.





I am a reader of the Michigan Farmer

and enjoy reading it very much. I would

like to ask your advice on how I can tell

when my corn is fit to go into the Silo.

My corn is turning‘ yellow and the Silk



is dry and the corn is down and Will be

slow cutting. Will I have to cut the corn





‘ the same day when I fill my silo? I am





a beginner and never put up any silage

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has put up a silo.

Monroe Co. F. W. W.





Some of the lower leaves on corn will

turn yellow, especially in a dry time, be-

fore ‘the corn is anywhere near ri e

enough to go into the silo, especially is

this true if the corn is planted pre ty

thick. It shows more a lack of su

and a lack of moisture than it doe

turity of the corn. Corn should

cut off (or silage until it is fairly well

matured. Of course, if late corn should

be cut by a frost, the sooner you get it

into a silo, the better. Where the, corn

has a normal growth under normal con-

ditions the earliest ears ought to be

about ripe enough to cut up and shock

if you were going to husk the corn and

crib-cure it, and some of the later ears

when they get nicely past the milk stage

and the greater portion of it would be

glazed and commencing to dent. Now

that is just about the right time, the

ideal condition of the corn, to cut and put

into the silo, because atvthat stage of its

growth it contains the largest per cent

of digestible nutrinets. If you leave it

very much longer some of the digestible

food nutrients in the. plant are changed,

the cellulos turns to woody fiber and be-

comes indigestible and if you cut it very

much earlier than this it isn’t properly

matured so that you get the full food

value of the corn.



In extremely dry times or during an

extreme drought when the corn is fired

by dry weather and hot winds, it might

be advisable to cut it even before the ears

are formed but such conditions are un-

usual, at least for Michigan. In the west

sometimes the hot winds' wither up the

corn before it is developed and the only

way to get anything out of it at all is

to cut it, even though it is not more than

half mature. But. in Michigan such in-

stances as that are extremely rare, it

they ever happen.



It is not necessary to remove the corn

to the ensilage cutter as soon as cut, but

it can be left on the ground till the fol—

lowing day.



THE MODERN COW STALL.



Will you kindly give me what infor-

mation you can in regard to the model

cow stall?



\Vashtenaw Co. J. S. B.



To get a correct and satisfactory idea

of the model cow stall one must see one.

I tried to explain this cow stall in the

Michigan Farmer a number of different

times and I don‘t believe I ever succeed-

ed in making inyself understood thor-

oughly. The model cow stall differs in

principle from every other kind of a stall

that I ever saw or heard of. One fea-'

ture about it is the double manger. It

has a manger in which to feed silage or

roots and grain and then another man-

ger above the first in which to feed hay.

Now, I like this because if you want to

put the hay in at the same time you

feed the ensilage and grain, you can do

so and the cow can eat it at her pleas-

ure. All the other kinds of cow stalls

you have to give the cow her grain and

silage and then wait until she eats that

up to feed her the hay. For this reason

I like the other plan the best. The model

cow stall, when it is properly adjusted

for the length of the cow and the cow

has been educated to lay in the stall

where she ought to, will keep cows clean.

There is no question about this. There

won’t be a stable stain on them from one

year’s end to the other. The principle

securing this result is entirely different

from that of any other stall. A 2x4 is

placed edgewise in front of the cow’s hind

feet and when she lays down she must

lie in front of this 2x4 or else lie right

across it. Now, between this 2x4 and the

manger the space issupposed to be filled

with bedding, which makes a sort of

raised platform for the cow to lie upon

and when she lies upon this she is above

all of the filth of the stable and keeps

herself clean. When she gets up the hay

manger which is constructed of slats that

slant back towards the cow, causes her





 

 





 





'to back up and consequently she does





not get her hind feet on her clean bed.

When she lies down she has got to step

up and lie on this raised platform (her

bed) and she consequently moves for-

ward out of the filth.



Now, with the model cow stall you

don’t have to have a gutter. It is not





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. ' (‘9) 201





necessary. It is no part of the stall. If

you have a gutter it is merely for the

convenience of having some place to store

the manure until you haul it out. If you

do not have it you will have to haul out

the manure oftener.



The cow is tied with a chain around

the neck, or around the horns, or with a

halter, or with almost anything that you

wish to. They can be tied to the bottom

of the hay manger or to either side of

the stall. They do not have to be con-

fined very closely with the hitch. They

can be given all the liberty that a cow

can have, and yet, when they lie down

they must lie upon this clean bed.



Some cows don’t seem to have sense

enough at first to step forward and lie

upon this clean bed. They lie right down

over the 2x4 and get into the filth which

is always behind the 2x4 and they have

to be educated and sometimes it takes a

little bit of patience. But I do not think

you will find a. cow but what can be ed-





ucated to lie in the proper place. If you

will get a big stone with a flat side and

put’ it just behind the 2x4 the cow is com-

pelled then to lie where she ought to.

She will get right down on this stone but

she will find it so uncomfortable that

she will make up her mind that the only

way to rest comfortably is to step ahead

before she lays down. You can keep the

stone there until she gets the habit of

stepping forward before she lays down

and then you can remove the stone.

Probably 90 per cent of the cows know

enough to step forward and lie upon this

clean bed without any inducement but

the other 10 per cent will have to be ed-

ucated. Considerable care must be taken

in adjusting this 2x4 to fit the length of

the cow. For a small cow you must move

the 2x4 ahead. She requires a short bed,

and for a. long-bodied cow, of course, it

must be adjusted to fit her. If this is

done you can keep the cows clean and

comfortable and yet they have all the

liberty that cows can possibly have and

still be confined in a stall.





APPLES FOR COWS.





Though a constant reader of your pa-

per for over four years I have never no-

ticed any remarks on feeding apples to

cows. As I have a lot of wind-fallen ap-

ples I would like to make use of I would

like to hear from someone who knows as

to their value for dairy cows in Mich-

igan.



Allegan Co. "SCOTT.”



Apples haven’t a very great food value.

They are mostly water and flavor and

some of them haven't any too good a.

flavor. They are considered more as a

relish than as a food. Human beings

don’t eat apples with the expectation of

getting very much food nutriment out of

them but they are appetizing and make

the balance of the food taste better. They

assist in keeping the digestive tract in

better condition, to stimulate the flow of

the digestive fluid, and they are a good

thing in this way. But who would think

of making a meal out of apples. Why, a

man could eat two or three apples before

dinner but he wants his dinner just the

same and I have known men, and I have

done it myself, eat several apples just be-

fore going to bed, with no bad results,

which simply goes to show that there

isn’t very much food value in apples.

Consequently, when you feed apples to

cows you must not expect the same re—

turns that you would from the same

amount of ground cats or cottonseed

meal or clover hay, because the food val-

ue isn’t in it. But to feed them a small

feed of apples night and morning would

be a good thing for the cows and cer-

tainly so if you didn’t have any other

succulent food, but they would want their

grain ration and their roughage ration

just the same. I would not substitute

apples for any portion of the ration but

give the apples in addition to the ration

and I think possibly that you would get

a better flow of milk. Your cows cer-

tainly would keep in finer condition and

feel better, and in this way it will pay,

but it would take a good many apples to

amount to as much as 100 lbs. of corn

meal or ground oats. Apple pumice is

sometimes put into silos the same as you

would corn silage, and preserved in this

way and fed, and people report that they

get splendid results from feeding it. Ap—

ple pumice would be richer in food nutri-

ents than the apple itself because, in

making the cider much of the water is

taken out and the apple flavor with a

little of the sugar but the principal parts

of the food nutrients, the protein, the

carbohydrates, and the fat remain and

by feeding this pumice judiciously the

same as we feed corn silage one can get

very good results from it and it acts as

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This is a subject which most writers

shun, probably because no one can give

a cure or even a sure preventive, or tell

what it is or when and how it spreads,

so there is not so much left to tell. I

will not attempt to solVe any of these

mysteries but rather to give some symp-

toms that will enable anyone not familiar

with thedisease to detect it and some-

thing of our experience in attempting to

control the disease.



Just what the yellows is scientific men

do not tell us. It is supposed to be a bac-

terial disease, the bacteria diffusing them-

selves through the sap, and the trees be-

coming inoculated through the blossoms,

stomata of the leaves, injuries, or other

means. However, the bacteria have not

been isolated, and those who have given

the subject the most study will not com-

mit themselves as to the exact nature

of the disease or just how. or when it is

spread. Some growers believe that it

is spread only at blossoming time, but

this belief is not held by most growers,

the majority believing that it may spread

at any time. Just how we do not know,

but no doubt bees and birds are instru-

mental in carrying the disease and prob-

ably it is transmitted by means of prun-

ing tools and other orchard tools. I

have not seen any proof as to whether

it is or is not carried by winds without

some transmitting agent. One thing is

certain, it spreads and spreads rapidly,

and it is freakish in its manner of spread-

ing, not always taking trees in rotation

but affecting one here and there in differ-

ent parts of the orchard.





About the only definite symptom of the

yellows on trees not bearing fruit is what

is called “fungus growth" which consists

of twigs or shoots usually of a slightly

paler color and with much narrower

leaves which may shoot out from almost

any part of the tree during the summer.

but usually its first appearance is from

the main branches near the trunk. These

shoots divide and subdivide more rapidly

than healthy ones, making a rather bushy

shoot as they lengthen.





If the tree is bearing fruit there are

several additional symptoms that may be

noted. One is the premature ripening of

fruit on the affected branch or tree. The

fruit may ripen from a week to a month

earlier than it should, but it usually rip-

ens unevenly, one side becoming soft

while the other remains green and hard

though the skin may have considerable

color. On a tree just affected one branch

may have ripe peaches while another

will have small green ones. The follow-

ing season if the tree it allowed to re-

main the entire tree will probably be af-

fected and the fruit worthless, so it may

as well be removed anyway even if it did

not act as a means of spreading the dis-

ease.



Aside from premature ripening, the yel-

lows fruit usually has a higher color, and

the color may extend to the pit in streaks

making red marks or lines radiating from

the pit ln size it is variable being us-

ually smaller than normal, but often on

branches but recently affected the fruit

is above normal size and color. The

larger fruit from recent infections may

not be lacking in flavor perceptibly, but

as soon as the disease has obtained a

good hold on the. tree the fruit will be

tasteless or bitter, at least the smaller

ones will. The second year it will be

small, shrivelled and worthless.



If the above condition of the fruit is

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is affected, but either symptom is a good

indication. A yellow appearance of the

foliage may or may not be present at

first, so the name is rather deceiving, but

later the yellow appearance of the leaves

“ill be noted.





The only preventive that has proven to

be of worth is the one of eradication,

that is the taking out of affected trees

as soon as one is sure they are affected.

The top may be cut off and burned, and

the stumps dug later, when the ground

is soft, but they should not be allowed to

remain and sprout up again. Where only

a small branch was affected we have tried

cutting this off together with a large

amount of apparently healthy wood, but

in every case the balance of .the tree

would be affected the next season. It

is possible by cutting ‘off the affected

portion of a tree in fruit to leave the

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





* affected portion, but this may be at the





expence of ‘other trees. If the scientists

could only tell us when and how the dis-

ease is spread we would know better what

we should do or should not do. For in-

stance if the disease is spread only at

blossoming time it would not be necessary

to remove affected trees until the fruit

was removed from the unaffected part.

But this we do not know and the safest

method where there are many healthy

trees at stake is to remove all trees as

soon as they show definite signs of the

disease.



Our experience in controlling the yel-

lows has not been very satisfactory. In

spite of the promp removal of affected

trees the disease has continued to spread,

and in three years' time has taken an

entire orchard, and has started on a

younger one. Of course it is difficult to

combat the disease single handed. We

have no inspectors, and there are many

trees in the neighborhood.

we were isolated or had inspectors who

would look after the removal of trees in

the neighborhood, the results would have

been better. It is also possible that the

yellows is more virulent in some localities

than in others, or that it will be less

virulent after it has been here for some

time, and like tho old fashioned potato

bug lose its hold.





Calhoun Co. 8. B. HARTMAN.





 





SAN JOSE SCALE—TWIG BLIGHT.





Does the San Jose scale affect the

tree or the leaves or the fruit, or all?

‘We have a few trees that I think. are

affected, there being grayish scales on

the bark, leaves and fruit. Some of the

branches seem to be dying and fruit

withering and decaying. What shall I

do for these trees and when? I also

notice in parts of the orchard not af-

fected with this scale, that a good many

limbs seem to be dying, especially on

north sides of trees. I am cutting out

these branches. Is there anything else

that should be done?



Hillsdale CO. H. J. M.



San Jose scale attacks all parts of the

tree above the ground—trunk, limbs,

twigs, leaves and fruit. Spray these

trees before growth starts next spring,

with a lime-sulphur mixture. which can

be made at home or secured in commer-

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The dying twigs are probably the re-

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mon only in favorable years. It was so

this season. Cutting out the affected

limbs is about all that can be done. Cut

well below the parts diseased.





 





SECOND GROWTH OF OATS AS

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I set a young orchard this spring in a

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and the cats are taking second growth.

Will this answer for a cover crop for the

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it and leave clippings 0n the ground?

I would like to know what kind, and how

much commercial fertilizer to use on this

orchard, and when to apply it. I have

not sufficient barnyard manure. Would

it be advisable to set apple trees in this

latitude in the fall? Can peach trees be

kept successfully in a cellar over winter?



Clare Co. W. D. S.



It is now too late to think of sowing

another cover crop, hence this second

growth of oats should be left to protect

the trees during the winter. There would

be no advantage in clipping the oats;

they should be allowed to make all the

growth they will. Freezing and snows

will bring the straw of the plants d0wn

to the ground so that the snow will be

held, thus aiding by their own presence

and by the snow that accumulates about

the interceses of the mulch to prevent

sudden changes of temperature about the

roots of the trees.



The condition of the land, the size, age

and vigor of the trees would determine

to a large extent the kind and amount

of fertilizer to add. Ordinarily you would

only need to supply the trees with potash

and phosphoric acid since cover crops can

be depended upon to furnish the nitro-

gen, unless the spaces between the trees

are to be used for other purposes. Clo-

vers, vetches,‘ peas and other leguminous

crops will provide nitrogen cheaper than

it can be secured in any other manner

and we would recommend this way of se-

curing it. But since you have not sown

such a crop this fall it would be well to

add a complete fertilizer (one containing

potash, phosphoric acid and nitrogen),

for the coming season. Your dealer can

provide a brand testing about two per

cent nitrogen, eight per cent phosphoric

acid and five per cent potash. Apply this

early in the spring at the rate of 300 to

600 barrels per acre, depending upon the

fertility of the land. fertilizing the land

out from six to eight feet away from the

trunk of the trees. If other crops are to





Possibly it





be grown in the space give the whole

area an application. Later the potth

and phosphoric acid can be added in form

of muriate of potash or wood ashes, and

phosphate rock, while cover crops will

supply nitrogen as mentioned above. The

cover crops when plowed under add

humus, which is an all-important matter

in the proper feeding of fruit trees.



There is not sufficient data at hand to

warrant our advising fall planting in your

section. Better do the work early in the

spring.



With proper regulation of temperatures

peach trees can be successfully carried

over in a cellar.





 





THE APPLE MARKET.



Our last issue Contained an article from

Mr. Hutchins in which he warned apple

grOWers not to become scared at the pub-

lished report of the Apple Dealers and

Shippers’ Associatibn, inasmuch as the

figures were only a comparison of this

year's crop with that of a year ago, and

not with an average crop, and further,

that the great bulk of the present yield

is composed of early apples leaving the

later market open to a good demand, and

very little stock to supply it. Of course,

it was a natural thing for the apple buy-

ers to make such a report public to get

the people in general to think that this fall

and winter at least, they could satisfy

their appetite for the King of Fruits, and

also to send afloat among the growers

the idea that the crop is large and if they

desired the best opportunity to sell they

had better accept the immediate present

for a few days or weeks might mean the

sacrifice of the whole crop, for Just such

publication seems to be in harmony with

business ethics of the day. Buying apples

being their business, it is expected that

they will use means to secure the apples

they want to satisfy their customers at

the lowest prices. One way of securing

them at low prices is to get the grower to

think that they are plentiful, for the

grower knows that when the supply is

heavy he must take a smaller price for

what he has than when the trees over

the country are loaded. And on the

other hand, the buyers can create in the

public mind, an apple habit, by declaring

the plentifulness thereof. Thus both ends

of the deal is aided by this bit of print-

ing.



This being the business of the buyer it

is equally the business of the seller to see

that the whole truth is made clear, and if

it is not then the seller of the fruit should

supplement, for if there is one person

more than another who should reap the

benefit of conditions favorable to high

values we believe that that person is the

grower of the fruit and not the middle-

men, for while the middlemen do take

some chance upon losing, their chances do

not compare with those taken by the

grower. The reports submitted by the

buyers are true insofar as data can be

gathered regarding the amount of fruit

to be harvested for the season, but this

report is not the proper basis for fixing

prices for the late apples. The early ap-

ples cannot be held over successfully to

meet the demand that is sure to develop

from now on. ’Late apples must be drawn

upon, and as the report did not show

that these apples were in small supply,

it is not a good basis for making con-

tracts between grower and buyer.



The situation has been very evident

upon the city market in Detroit. A few

weeks ago there were plenty of apples

coming in and it was diflicult to get rid

of them at a price that would leave the

grower a profit. Now the situation is

different-the offerings are small and the

seller sets his price and can afford to

wait for it. Good fruit is at present sell-

ing on the city markets for $1.25 and

more per bushel. The writer sold ordi-

nary apples at $1 per bushel the past

Week and the parties came for more. Two

Weeks ago apples of the same quality

could be purchased for less than one-half

this figure. We note that the New York

market was glutted in the same way and

prices sunk to an extremely low point,

but that now the early apples are out of

the way a better trade is going on.



The question naturally arises as to

what figure the seller should adopt as

a fair ground for contracting his fruit.

We believe that. speaking generally, the

fall fruit should not get out of the grow-

er's hands upon a lower basis than three

dollars per barrel. This was the general

contract price in the principal sections at

the beginning of the season a. year ago,

The conditions certainly warrant as high

price this year for the late apples and we

do not think growers will suffer if they

are slow in contracting.





 





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Preparations for the

State Fair are now

nearing completion and

everything will be in readiness for the

opening of the big Show on the morning

of Monday, September 18. The fair will

this year continue for nine days, closing

on September 27, thus affording greater

opportunities for those who would attend

it, to choose their time for going. It is

not well to postpone a visit to the fair

until the last days however, since every-

thing will be in place from the start, and

early visitors will have the same oppor—

tunity to study thL‘ exhibits and benefit

from the educational features of the fair

as those who go later.



In addition to the representative ex-

hibits and displays in all departments,





The State Fair.





there will be new features at this year’s





State Fair which should be of great in—

terest to all farmers and particularly to

the dairy

barn is under process of construction and

will be completed before the opening of

the fair. This is made after the plan

worked out by the experts of the United

States Department of Agriculture for

such a building and will be complete in

every particular. '

One educational feature which should

be greatly appreciated by dairymen and

stockmen will be the free lectures given

twice each day by prominent educators,

dairymen and stock breeders, on subjects

that will be both interesting and profit-

able. Among those that will give lec—

turcs are: Hon. Colon C. Lillie, former

State Dairy and Food Commissioner;

Prof. A. C. Anderson, of the Michigan

Agricultural College; Hon. N. P. Hull,

Master of the State Grange, and former

Deputy State Dairy and Food Commis-

sioner; Dairy Expert Helmer Rabild, of

the United States Department of Agri-

culture: Hon. Jas. W. Helme, Deputy

State Dairy and Food Commissioner; Dr.

Floyd W. Robinson, former State Ana-

lyst: W. F. Raven, of the Michigan Ag-

ricultural College; TEX—Governor Fred M.

Warner, of Farmington; Prof. R. S. Shaw,

Dean of the Agricultural Department at

the Michigan Agriéuiturai College.

Another feature which should 'be at-

tractive to dairymen has been arranged

by Superintendent Marston, of the dairy

department of the fair, who has arranged

with Prof. Anderson of M. A. C. to can—

duct official tests of dairy cows for “a.-

seven-day period during the fair. Under





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





this arrangement dairymen or cow own-

ers who wish to give their cows official

seven-dayfiecords can do so by placing

their animals in the new modern demon-

stration barn. This test will not be lim-

ited to exhibitors andewill be open to any

and all dairymen who wish to have their

cows officially tested under the rules and

regulations of their particular breed as--

sociation. Those desiring to take advan-

tage of this opportunity must notify

Superintendent T. F. Marsten, at Bay

City, before the fair opens, and have the

cows to be entered at the fair grounds

during the ten days of the fair. There

will be no expense, except for transpor—

tation to and from the fair. If the owner

desires, all feed will be furnished by

the dairy department; all milk produced

by the cows in this test will become the

property of the dairy department for use

in the demonstration creamery. This

demonstration creamery will be in the

new dairy building, which for this year's

fair will be covered by a large tent, the

foundation and floors being in but the

building not being completed.



So far as the general exhibits are con-

cerned, the fair officials state that every

available inch of exhibition space will be

occupied. In the agricultural and horti-

cultural sections exhibits will be larger

than ever before, the several develop-

ment bureaus of the state having ar-

ranged to make special exhibits. There

will be an educational exhibit from the

Philippines and big exhibits from the

Canadian northwest. The live stock barns

will be well filled with choice animals.

Already there is guaranteed a fine horse

exhibit, while a large number of cattle

breeders with herds of noted quality

will be on hand and there is every prom—

ise that the hog exhibit will be especially

strong, while that in the sheep depart-

ment will be up to the high standard set

in previous years. '



For the first time in its history the

State Fair will this year receive official

recognition from the United States De-

partment of Agriculture, President New-

ton having been notified that Prof. Chas.

l'l. Snyder has been detailed to represent

the department, with instructions to pay

special attention to the horse and sheep

exhibits.



The entertainment features of the fair

will be up to those of previous years and

need not be here enumerated. It is cer-

tain that there will be plenty of attrac-

tive features to make attendance profit-

able for all who go, from the opening of

the fair by President Taft on September

18 to its close on September 27, and no

Michigan Farmer reader who can possibly

arrange to attend should neglect the op-

portunity.



The enterprise of

The West Michigan the officials of the

State Fair. West Michigan Fair

'during recent years

has Won for their annual show the mer-

ited dignity of a. state, fair since, while

it is peculiarly representative of the pro-

gressive agriculture of‘Western Michigan,

the exhibits are fairly representative of

the agriculture and manufactures of the

whole state. This season the West Mich-

igan State Fair will be the first of the

big Michigan fairs, the dates being Sep-

tember 11 to 15 inclusive. Located as it

is in the heart of the Michigan fruit belt,

this fair is always strong from a horti-

cultural standpoint, and its show of live

stock is always good, as are the exhibits

in every department, including agricul-

tural machinery. Its entertainment fea-

tures are also of a high class. Altogether

the West Michigan State Fair is an ex‘

hibition which does credit to its name,

and which no farmer who can arrange to

attend can afford to miss.





An Eaton county

Cutting of Brush in subscriber asks for

the nghay. another exposition





of that portion of

the new highway law relating to the cut-

ting of brush along the highway. He

states that on the highway adjacent to

a: recently purchased farm there was a

considerable growth of brush, a portion

of which he has cut, the balance being

left as a protection for an old fence, with

the intention of cutting the same during

the coming winter. Recently he has re-

ccived notice to cut the brush before a.

specified date or the highway com—

missioner will cut them and the cost of

cutting, together with 'a penalty of ten

per cent, will be charged against him and

collected with his other taxes. In this

connection the inquiring subscriber asks

a number of irrelevant questions relating

to the ownership of the highway, its oc-

cupancy by a. telephone company for the

planting of its poles and their right to

trim trees to accommodate wires and the

right of the township officers to cut the





brush and charge him for same with'an

added penalty. .



At the outset, for the benefit of this

subscriber and others who may be in-

terested, it might'be well to say that

while the. township does not own the

highway. it is by law dedicated to the

use of the traveling public, and there is

no question about the authority of the

legislature to enact almost any legislation

which it may deem expedient regarding

its obstruction. The telephone companies

have no other rights. in the highway than

those given them by law for the con-

venience of the public Who desire the

advantages of telephone service, which

rights carry with them no obligations

regarding the maintenance or care of the

highway. other than as relates to their

lines.



As before noted in these columns, the

provisions of the new highway law re-

quiring the cutting of brush along the

highway appear to be somewhat ambigu-

ous, which, however, is not true regard-

ing the provision relating to the cutting

of noxious weeds. Section 2 of the law

reads as follows:





Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the

overseer and commissioner of highways

to cut or cause to be cut, prior to the

first day of July in each year, all brush

within the limits of any highway passing

by or through such lands: Provided. how-

ever, That this section-shall in no wise

apply to young trees which have been

set out or preserved ,by abutting property

owners for shade or other purposes.





The next section of the law makesjt

obligatory upon the owners of property

to cut all noxious weeds growing on their

land or on the highways passing through

or by said land at specified times, but

does not mention the cutting of brush.

The next section prescribes the form of

notice to be given for the cutting of nox-

ious weeds but does not mention brush,

nor does the section following giving the

highway commissioner authority to enter





upon the land and cause all noxious

weeds to be cut. Section 6 of the law.

however, provides for a report to the





township board by the commissioner of

highways regarding the expense incurred

in cutting brush as well as weeds from

the highways and provides for the audit-

ing of such bills by the township board,

while the succeeding section provides

that the cost of cutting, together with

the 10 per cent penalty shall become a

lien on the land, to be assessed and col-

lected as other taxes are collected. From

the reading of Section 2 of the law as

above quoted it would appear that to

make the action of the highway commis-

sioner legal, and the cost chargeable

against the property owner, the cutting

must be done prior to the first day of

July, and there is some reason to believe

that, in a case of this kind, the proviso

in‘ the section would become operative,

since the brush has been temporarily pre-

served for a purpose.



However, this rather indefinite provis-

ion of the law could be tested only at

some disadvantage, since the property

owner could only serve written notice on

the highway commissioner not to cut the

brush, then pay the tax under protest

and bring suit to recover the amount,

which would be hardly worth while. The

best course of procedure in such cases

would be to talk the matter over frank-

ly with the township officials and come

to some definite understanding by which

all trouble and litigation may be avoid—

ed. The ofilcials will generally be found

to be reasonable men, which will make

this course practicable and wholly satis-

factory to all concerned, since litigation

is expensive and there is no certainty

regarding the interpret-ation which the

courts might make of this apparently

ambiguous provision of the law.





 





CANADIAN RECIPROCITY AND MICH-

IGAN AGRICULTURE.





 





This whole matter of reciprocity with

Canada is certainly a most remarkable

affair. Like most questions of national

importance, few men are qualified to dis-

cuss it understandingly. Personally, I

hesitated to take sides in the matter at

all, but I finally came to the conclusion

that it is all wrong to have this reciproc-

ity treaty with Canada. I hesitated to

side against it largely because it was

fathered by President Taft and because

Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agri—

culture, is first, last and all the time for

it. In matters affecting the farmers, as

this undoubtedly does, I would take Sec-

retary VVilson’s judgment before I would

that of almost anyone else. I had the

pleasure of spending a good part of two

days with him at Hancock, Houghton and

Marquette, and upon the beautiful boat,

City of Cleveland, recently, when the

Detroit Board of Commerce visited the

Upper Peninsula. I did not hear any arc

guments then, nor have I read or heard





 





 





SEPT. 9. 1911.





any, before or since, that convinced me

that reciprocity with Canada'- is a good

thing to have.



Possibly I should say for the benefit of

my readers that I am interested in the

lumber business, but I do not believe that

the cancellation of the lumber tariff is of

much moment to my own particular in-

terests. I do think it is of considerable

importance on the Pacific coast and also,

but of less importance, on the Atlantic

coast. However, I feel that it is alto-

gether wrong to single out a. few manu-

facturing industries and the farmers to

bear the burden of the Canadian treaty.

and a burden I believe it will be found

to be.



There are many honest champions of

this measure. but I feel certain that

there are few sound arguments in its

favor. For instance. President Taft in

his address at the Columbus, Ohio, corn

show last winter, said that one of the

principal reasons why he is in favor of

reciprocity is that there is no good agri-

cultural land left unoccupied in this

country, and. that it is advisable, there-

fore, for us to tear down the‘tnriff bar-

rier between the United States and Can—

ada and “let an ever increasing agricul--

tural population flow over into the Cana-

dian northwest.” He also said it had be-

come “necessary for us to spend millions

of dollars yearly to reclaim the arid re-

gions of the west," presumably to take

care of the increasing number of farm—

ers. It is quite evident that President

Taft has a limited knowledge of the re-

sources of this country in some respects,

but, of course, we can harlly expect him

to know everything.



As a matter of fact, there are about

twenty-five million acres of good agricul-

tural land crying for farmers to come and

use them in the three states of Michi~

gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Millions

of dollars are being spent annually in an

effort to settle them. While it is true

that some of them are heavily infested

with stumps, they are no different than

were the acres turned into farms by our

forefathers. As far as the expense is

concerned it is not to be compared with

the cost of irrigation, and as far as pro—

ductiveness is concerned many of these

unoccupiedacres are the equal of any

lands on the continent. I am strongly in

favor of filling up our own waste places

before we start to help Canada populate

hers. She has shown a remarkable abil-

ity to do it in the past. Her advertising

has been very effective. Year after year

we see the lure of the wheat fields.

where they have frosts on the Fourth of

July and blizzards in summer, tempt our

middle west farmers north of our bound-

ary line, to lands and conditions less de-

sirable than Michigan has to offer. More

will go under the new treaty, and why

shouldn’t they? The President of the

United States seems to think it is the

proper thing to do, or at least inevitable.



The Upper Peninsula of Michigan has

about eleven million acres of land, a very

large part of it the best of agricultural

land, a larger percentage of good agricul-

tural land than the Lower Peninsula, as

shown by the new soil map now being

prepared by the state geologist, is nearly

half yet covered with virgin forests, but

they will go very fast from now on.

There are literally millions of acres lying

around loose, fit to be farmed with very

little work. Now that the world is be-

ginning to recognize that the Upper Pe-

ninsula of Michigan can grow fine ap-

ples, corn, beets, and in fact, nearly ev-

erything else the rest of Michigan can

grow, the mystery is why people will

even dream of going to Alberta and the

far west and northwest. VV‘hen farm

lands here can be had for a song, com-

pared with prices paid in parts of Can-

ada and the western states. I have seen,

time and again, men with families, settle

on farms in this county, having not over

ten dollars to start with. I never saw

one of these settlers fail to make good.

I know instances where men have farms

worth thousands of dollars who started

with little or nothing six or seven years

ago, and on stump lands at that. Our

native grasses are what help settlers out.

They can let their cows pasture on the

old logging roads all summer and gather

together enough hay and other feeds even

the first year to take care of their live

stock. At the same time they can raise

enough other things to feed their fam-

ilies. Then, work is very plentiful. New

copper mines are being developed on ev-

ery hand and further south your iron

mines show a steady development. Some

of them are literally under our farms. A

very large area of our mining districts

are wonderfully fertile and the mining

districts afford a. fine market, for all we

can raise for many years to come. Sec- 1
SEPT. 9. 1911.





retary Wilson said we‘would come to the

front as a dairy section. Probably no-

where else is clover a weed, literally

overrunning the land. Some have ma-

ligned us because of our deep snow, but

they are forgetful of its effect on our

clovers and grasses and our fall grains.

Some day not far distant We will be

famous for our winter wheat. I cannot

refrain from telling our lower Michigan

brothers that we can plant our potatoes

in the fall with certainty that they will

grow in the spring, or we can leave them

in the ground and dig them in the spring

as we did on Hemlock Hill Farm this

spring. We actually dug our seed pota-

toes this spring and immediately planted

them.



I see I have digressed, but if I once get

started on the subject of the opportuni-

ties in the Upper Peninsula it is hard

for me to get back to other subjects. To

go back to reciprocity again, those who

favor it talk the way I should expect a

Canadian boomer to talk. It is true. if

we don’t like it we can quit it, but it is

the uncertainty of things that makes for

our present business depression and it is

dangerous to experiment. No one really

believes we will ever have free trade in

this country who has seen its workings

in’ England. \Vhy not have protection

against all? If a reduction of tariff is

needed, let's have it, but let us not put

the burden upon the farmer, and particu-

larly the farmers of the states along our

northern border, like Michigan.



Ontonagon Co. T. A. GREEN.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.



The manager of the theatre at Canons-

burg, Pa., where somany persons were

killed in a crush caused by people fleeing

from the building after a cry of fire was

heard, was severely censured by the cor-

oner’s jury who decided, however, that no

person is criminally liable for the catas-

trophy.



Reports of the different railroads lead-

ing through the sugar beet districts place

the crop of Michigan about 20 per cent

higher than the crop of last season.



Sugar interests state that because of

the shortage of the crop in foreign coun-

tries the price of sugar to consumers will

not go lower than it is now, which is one

cent higher than a year ago, and in all

probability it might reach higher quota-

tions.



The receipts at the Chicago postal sav-

ings bank for the first month of its ex-

istence was $200,000, which is a record

for the postal banks established so far

in this country.



The breaking of a coaster car at Coney

Island Saturday, resulted in the death of

two women and the injury of many

others.



Six miners came to their death at

Butte, Montana, by riding in a cage load-

ed with drills which caught on the side

plates of the shaft and pounded the men

into pulp and finally swept them down the

shaft 1,400 feet below.



Experiments at Sandy Hook have dem-

onstrated that the new 16~inch guns will

be able to destroy the largest Dread-

naught at a distance of 22 miles. The

shell thrown by the monster gun weighs

2,400 pounds.



Statistics indicate the following figures

to be the number of board feet of lumber

produced by the leading lumber states

in the year 1909: Washington, 3,862,916,~

000 feet; Louisiana, 3,551,918,000; Mis-

sissippi, 2,572,669,000; North Carolina, 2,-

177,715,000; Arkansas, 2,111,300,000; Vir—

ginia, 2,101,716,000; Texas, 2,099,130,000;

\Visconsin, 2,025,038,000; Oregon, 1,898,-

995,000; Michigan, 2,889,724,000; Alabama,

1,669,001,000, and Minnesota, 1,561,508,000.



The Massachusetts cranberry crop is

reported to be about 11 per cent larger

than the crop of 1910. Harvesting has

begun.



The Michigan state board of equaliza-

tion has increased the value placed on

the state’s property for taxing purposes,

from $1,734,100.000 which was the amount

agreed upon five years ago, to $2,290,000,-

000. This increase is $673,553,882 less

than the estimate made by the state tax

commission. -



Nine persons are believed to have lost

their lives in a fire at Juneau, Alaska,

and 14 others are in the hospital suffer-

ing from burns. The fire consumed a

hotel and one other structure. '



Three persons are dead and a score in-

jured as the result of a suburban trolley

car plowing through a crowd of Hungar-

ians who had been picnicing Labor Day

and had returned to the car line at St.

Cosme, four miles west of Detroit city

limits, where they were to take the car

home. When the car approached the

anxious waiters crowded those close to

the track upon it, and they could not

escape before the moving car swept

them down.



Foreign.



Food riots are reported in many parts

of France. The high prices asked for

bread and other necessaries have aroused

the working people who have formed or-

ganizations to resist further advance of

prices. Conflicts with police and troops

at St. Quentin resulted in 20 soldiers and

100 manifestants being injured.



Cholera is reported to be getting a

firmer hold in Turkey. It is stated that

in Constantinople there were during the

month of August, 70 cases reported and

25 deaths.



The boiler ,of a German steamer ex-

ploded while the boat was near the mouth

of the Oder river. killing eight men, in-

cluding the captain of the boat.





 





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THE MICHIGAN PARMER.





Your Next





Ground nd hard, with a lit 9 moisture be ow. wh





a bone.





cm are all one. Our wheat and barley field (3 acres)

firs sen fold to be seen 00min 0

M188 1) IT WAS NOT GETTING TEE

LAST FALL. AND





summer’s drought. i E. R. Me ers & Sons could have

using the Spalding Deep Tilling achine last fall—it the S





Spout-l Deep Tillind Machine

reparlng the ground against drought

y pulverining a seed- bed 18? inc es



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pogirtlilvoi pulverines your soil and pro seed 2 to 16 inches deep or more—all IN ONE

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pares

p 'l‘illing Machine works equally well in the fall. when the ground is

that on ordinary mould-boa plow can hardly be made to work at all.





' Conserve. tho Moisture





Machine is especially beneficial in the arityis already exhausted by the down- When tilliug





fall. {or the reason that the deep, thor— ward pull of gravity. Since the moisture more it covers such material so deep





oughly pulverized seed-bed. 12 to 16 does not rise to moisten our crust except that neither





Inches deep or more, is an ample reser- very slightly by distillation. it is clear drill will reach it. »-





Makes Money

Hundreds of letters as to the increas-

ing of farm land values where the

Spalding machine has been used. as

well as its increasing of the crop





the value of the ma- l, '

chine. Its use under almost any

3 oil condition will .





volt to hold the tall rains the moisture ~ -

, ' that the best Him: we can do 15 to go down

2:": gtli-egfi'gnter s snow and the early offer the moisture. The only way to do this

The farmer knows that all crops sufl’er 321102323 iiggyiezogxgcjz or “W" inches.

from drought at one time or another dur- ' ‘

ing the year. In some districts more than

enough rain falls each year to make a

crop, but it often happens that excessive

rains are followed by dry weather. It





Saves Time and Labor

The Spalding Deep Tillin Machine “81‘1me

prepares a thoroughly go and well- agricultural





_ ~ drained seed-bed, at a single opera-

tsllaoalileigz gaggnpeen ill-legrpillldiihméh t: tion. It so thoroughly pulv- erizes make it the

adepth oleto 16 inches it will ab- the 5"“ that a 1.8”“ am J 0‘11"“

sorb three times as much mois- harm" work, d‘Sl‘mg- " dragging,

ture as a shallow~ tilled field. etc" “He“ has hereto f0? e been

The moisture will / soak to the bot- required. becomes no 11309558! ./ Write for

tom of the deep . ‘ seed-bed below

the point of eva . . ration a n d b e

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of the fam ' 4; ous Parsons

Dry Farm ' ' near Parker.





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“Witha Spalding Deep Tillin Machine we lowed 10 and 2 inc es deep this

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machine ulverizedl while the ordinary plow. if you could get it to work at all.

would thrgw it up in tc’hunlm. which by the time it was ulverlaed would been dry as

There is moisture in the ground but not enoug to make a crop. Others who ‘

put in crops with disc. and plowed what little the could with com



t of St. Pierre, 35 miles.

DOING THEN WHAT WE DID THIS SPRING."

E. R. MEYERS a SONS.

This letter has a riceless message to farmers all over the region of the





ing Machine made "a green field” for them when other crops were all gone

- -don’t you think you can insure yourself against drought, and harvest a

100 per cent yield next season. by using the Spalding Deep Tilling Machine this





épaelu ing Deep Tilling Machine,





In the sparing. t has never failed to thorough] pulverlae the soil to a depth of 12 to 16 inches in the fall. when

the soil so hard





pilowbshalicivy, expectiugithe mgisiture tctt No other machine ever inveéited will

r so y cap 1 arity to mo sten t e r crus comp etely turn under wee 5. corn-

The “3° of the Spaldiug Deep Tilliug nd hold the drought at bay, when capil- stalks.mauure, etc., as wellasit does.





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have been large and customers include many of the lead-

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THE TRAGEDY or THE OLD.





A woman was taken from a smart

boarding house the other day to a home

for old ladies. She was not old, she

should have been a happy mistress of a

happy home. She was simply worn out.

A hard battle with the world had been

too much for her. For years she had

solicited advertising for a prominent

weekly and had earned thousands of do]-

lars, but at forty-five she had not enough

money ahead to provide for this unex-

pected breakdown. Every cent she had

earned had gone to educate her only

daughter.



Dolly had been sent to the most ex-

clusive School. Then a vocal teacher

had “discovered" she had a, voice and

hundreds of dollars had been poured out

in the cultivation of the “discovery.”

Dolly had to have fine clothes to appear

in numerous concerts, for which affairs

she never received a cent of pay. And

hundreds and hundreds of dollars more

went to help Dolly make as good an ap-

pearance as the daughters of the wealthy

men with whom she chummed.



Finally Dolly married. Her mother’s

friends expected the mother to give up

work and live with the young couple, but

Dolly and her husband had other ideas.

Dolly’s husband would “not have a moth-

er—in-law ordering his house.” His sal-

ary was just large enough to give the

two of them everything they desired but

a third would mean sacrificing a few lux-

uries. So Dolly dutifully Submitted to

her liege lord’s decree, and the mother

kept on working.



Then came the crash. Overwrought

nerves and the sorrow of separation from

her idol were too much for the mother

and she gave up. Again her friends ex-

pected Dolly to come forward, but she

did nothing of the sort. Dolly said she

simply could not take her mother in

without giving up her career, and no one

could reasonably expect her to do that.

She had reached a point where promi-

nent church soloists occasionally asked

her to supply for them. Besides, what

would the Girls’ Friendly Society, the

Mothers’ Club, the East Side Settlement

and the Y. W. C. A. do if she withdrew

from her committees? And then there

were three bridge clubs and a literary

club that claimed her support.



And Dolly’s friends agreed. It was al-

together too much to expect a young

thing like Dolly who was so fond of life,

to give up everything and spend her time

fussing over a nervous old lady. “’hat

were Old Ladies’ Homes for, anyway?





So the mother was bundled off to grieve

her heart out, and pretty Dolly went

blithely on her way.



And the tragedy of the whole thing

was that so many thought it quite the

proper thing to do. No one thought of

the things Dolly’s mother had given up

for her. No one called to mind the sleep-

less nights, the breathless terror and the





remaining petals show the finished work.

In many figures, particularly in disks,

like the one pictured, the stitches must

run straight across the figures, whether

padding is used beneath or not. How-

ever, in curving forms, like the scrolls

'shown, the stitches should be made to

conform to the contour of the figure, by

crowding them very, very closely on the

inner edge, and slightly spreading them

on the outer edge, though not sufficiently

to show spaces between. The padding

stitches are shown in the lower one of





 





Cuff in Solid and Eyelet.





pain which were the mother's before

TmII)’ was brought forth. No one re-

minded Dolly other mother’s constant

care of her in her childish illnesses, nor

hinted at the sacrifices the mother made

for her when the father left them alone.

The money lavished on Dolly’s education,

if put at interest, would have kept the

mother in ease, but no one thought of

that, least of all Dolly. Sacrifices which

were accepted as a. matter of course on

the part of the mother were too much

for anyone to ask of the child, such was

the general opinion.



And this is the remorseless spirit of the

age. The mother who neglects her child

or openly laments because she must give

up so much for it is branded as an in-

human monster. But the children who

bundle their parents off into homes, or

delegate them to servants, are applauded

for their good sense. To the modern

mind the helplessness of the aged is in-

excusable, even though that helplessness

arises from the fact that the children

absorbed everything. One would think

when the same gray days await us all at

the end of the road that a purely selfish

motive, if no other, would bid us be kind.



DEBORAH.





 





 





SATIN STITCH 0R SOLID EMBROID-

ERY.—No. 8.





 





MAE Y. MAHAFF‘Y.

Satin stitch or solid embroidery is of

two varieties, fiat and raised. In the





former, stitches are placed flat upon the

surface of the material to be ornament-





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





ed; while in the latter a raised effect is

obtained by first working row after row

of padding stitches before the real em-

broidery is commenced. These padding

stitches are. made of a regular padding

thread, or of the working cotton or silk;

some workers even use darning cotton.

The stitches must be placed in an oppo-

site direction to what the afterwork will

be made, as this prevents the outer

stitches from sinking down into the pad-

ding, and becoming lost or hopelessly en—

tangled with it. in the violet shown in

the sketch in figure one, these padding

stitches appear; in fact, the entire proc-

ess of raised solid work is shown in this

flower. One petal is plain, save for a

row of running stitches around its edge.

These should be placed first as an out-





line, and all padding stitches must then

be kept inside of these.

joining shows the running stitches and

the padding stitches lengthwise of the

form.

the surface than they are on the under

side of the goods, as the work is much

neater by keeping all padding on top, and

then, too, a waste of the thread is avoid-

ed. Vs'hen a very high effect is desired,

as in French, laid work, and initial em-

broidery, the padding stitches should be

piled up well, particularly toward the

center of the figure, thus allowing the

rounding-off effect'which is so desirable.





The petal ad—





These should be much longer on





In the third petal, part of the outer





stitches have been placed, and it will be

noticed that these run directly across the

padding, as indicated before.





The two





these scrolls, while the upper shows the

direction the finishing stitches should

take.



All solid work is merely carrying the

thread across the figure again and again,

whether straight or diagonally, and

whether the design be large or small.

\Vhen very large figures are present it

is not always practicable to work them

in this way, as the long, loose threads

are quite likely to be caught and pulled

awry. The solid Kensington or the tap-

estry stitches should be utilized in such

cases.



in the leaf near the bottom of the

sketch the slanting stitches are illus-





 





 





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hated, the slant being exactly opposite

on the two sides of the leaf, so that it





runs always toward the base. Even the.

turned tip is wrought to correspond.

This style is made o'ftener without pad-

ding than it is with the raised effect,

though it is possible to work it either

way. The midrib may be outlined. or be

simulated by the jointure of the stitches,

which should be decidedly even and true.

in the leaves in the upper corner of the

sketch another method of working is sug-

gested, though it is also in'a slanting

form. it will be seen that the slant is

confined on both sides of the midrib or

voiding through the center. This, too,

may be worked with or without padding,

but the raised mode is much prettier.

The voiding is simply a spacing, the

stitches being stopped at this line in a

distinct, even edge. This voiding is a





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en to continuing the slant on the oppo-

site side of the space on the same an-

gle, as in these leaves.



In one lot the jabots pictured, solid





work is the keynote, but the stitches are





made lengthwise of the petals, the small

amount of padding used being placed

across, the entire process being exactly.

opposite or contrary to that in the violet.

Some designs are seemingly better adapt-

ed to this style than to the other. The

French laid work, so deservedly popular,

usually has its solid stitchery made like

the violet.



The pretty cuff shows a combination

of solid, raised work and eyelets. The

conjunction of these two forms produces

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patterns it is possible to find in modern

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the eyelets to lighten the rather monoto-

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or more capable of being utilized in var-

ied ways to good purposes. A majority

of the decorations for waists, lingerie,

table linens, etc., of today are made in

this combination. The worker must cer-

tainly include these. two handsome

stitches in her curriculum before she

can feel even moderately well versed in

the craft of the needle.



The flat solid work is utilized largely

for the conventional designs now so often

seen on sofa pillowltops, library scarfs,

etc., in colors. They also form the foun-

dation of a large number of the peasant

embroideries of Europe, colors being used

without padding, with perhaps a fanciful

stitch combined in some portion of the

design. Braid-like patterns are also car-

ried out in the solid work, the stitches

being taken across the width of the de-

sign. Quaintly pretty bandings are

formed in this fashion, such patterns as

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RECIPES.



V’Ve do not pay for recipes. Our read-

ers may ask for any recipe they wish,

and as a return courtesy we hope they

will donate their own favorites.



Grape and Orange Jam.



Six pounds of grapes, seeded, four

pounds of sugar, two pounds of seeded

raisins, four oranges. Chop raisins and

oranges fine. Cook the grapes after seed-

ing them, for fifteen minutes. Then add

the rest and simmer slowly till thick. Do

not put in the peel or skin of the oranges.

—A. E. L.



Oranges added to pears when canning

make a big improvement. Take three or

four oranges for a peck of pears. Cut

the oranges into small pieces; mix with

the pears and cook as usual.——A. E. L.



Have You a Good “Summer Drink?"



Editor Household Department—I won-

der if you will consider an inquiry from

a mere man? Would you be willing to

ask Farmer readers for home recipes for

drinks suitable for the hot weather; es-

pecially for men doing outdoor work?—

M. G. G. (Please send a self-addressed

and stamped envelope for information

regarding book).



Offers Tomato Mincemeat Recipe.



I have never sent recipes before but

saw a request for brown bread, so I send

it, and with it, other ones that I know

to be good. I wonder if the ladies would

like the recipe for tomato mincemeat?



Brown Bread—Two cups buttermilk,

two—thirds cup sugar, two teaspoons soda,

a little salt, graham flour enough to make

it a little stiffer than pancake batter.

Bake one and one-half hours—Mrs. S.

L. H.





 





Cold Catsup.



Half peck ripe tomatoes, one and one-

half peck peppers, two teaspoonfuls black

pepper, one cup grated horseradish,

three—fourths cup ground mustard, half

cup salt, one cup sugar, one pint vinegar,

one quart onions. Chop or grind toma-

toes, peppers and onions fine and mix all

together. Do not cook or seal.———Mrs. J.

B. McC.



To Pickle Cabbage.



For each six—gallon jar or other earthen

vessel take a pint of salt, the same

amount of horseradish cut into small bits

and two tablespoonfuls of mustard seed;

mix thoroughly. Remove the outer leaves

from the cabbage, so as to leave no

bruised or affected parts; cut into the

finest particles possible, and having

sprinkled a thin layer of salt over the

bottom of the vessel. put a layer of cab-

bage down, pressing firmly. Then

sprinkle the layer with the prepared

mixture: place another layer of cabbage,

and proceed as before. When the vessel





is filled. place an inverted plate or saucer

over the massmit must fit in the vessel—-

and put a weight on to keep it pressed

down. Let the Vessel remain undisturbed

for about 24 hours, then pour off the

brine and pour on a quart of vinegar,

boiling hot, boiled in a porcelain vessel——

no other. Replace the plate to keep the

cabbage from floating. tie cloths over the

top of the vessel and leave in a cool

place—F. M. B.



Who Has Raw Chili Sauce Recipe?



Will someone please send in recipe for

making raw chili sauce? In return I

will contribute one for sweet tomato

pickles that is sought for by many. To

one and one-half quarts of good vinegar

add eight cups brown sugar, one table-

spoon each oi’ cinnamon, cloves and all-

spice in a cheesecloth bag, boil well. Slice

half bushel green tomatoes and a dozen

or so large onions in moderate salt water.

Let stand over night, drain well and

cook in weak vinegar until tender but not

mushy. Drainvagain, put in jars and

pour on hot syrup.—~Mrs. G. W. E.





Blackberry Jam.



{I‘wo quarts or berries, one quart of ap-

ples .two quarts of sugar. Boil 20 min-

utes, or more if the apples are not tender

by that time. These are tried recipes

and I can say they are first-class.—Mrs.

S. B. McC.



Editor Household Department:——I am

sending a few of my own recipes for can-

ning string beans and tomatoes, also put-

ting up pickles, which I hope will be a

help to the readers who read the home

department in your paper.



To Can String Beans.



Pick and prepare as for immediate use.

Wash well in the evening and put to

drain over night. In the morning I have

ready two quart jars and fill with the

dry beans, pressing down tightly, then

put on good rings, turn cover down tight—

ly and boil in the wash boiler until the

beans have shrunk, leaving the cans

about two-thirds full. Remove from the

fire, let cool, and retighten the covers. it

any are loose, but do not remove. Set

aside in a cool place until ready to use.

When wanted to use turn off the liquid

and cover with clear water, boil a few

minutes and season the same as fresh

beans. I have tried this way for ten

years' and never lost a can. ‘



To Can Tomatoes.



Scald, peel and cut in halves, place ov-

er the fire and cook just enough to heat

through, then put in cans and seal while

hot. Set in a cool, dark room.



For cucumbers I take the small or me-

dium size, turn boiling water over them

and let stand over night. In the morning

turn oi! water, wipe dry and drop in

vinegar prepared in this way: To one

gallon of good vinegar, not too strong,

add half cup of salt, half cup of sugar,

one-eighth cup of ground mustard. stirred

smooth. Mix well and turn in jar or keg.

Can add cucumbers from time to time,

also vinegar, until full. Place a plate

or something over top to keep pickles

under the vinegar. These never mold or

get soft and will be found as good in two

or three years as when first put in. Are

always ready for use—Mrs. A. C. D.



Butterscotch Pie.



Two egg yolks, two tablespoons flour,

one pint of milk, half cup granulated su—

gar, half cup maple syrup. Mix these to-

gether, boil until quite thick. put in baked

crust. Then whip the whites of two eggs

until stiff, add one tablespoon of sugar

and a little vanilla and put in oven to

brown—N. M. H.



Canning Endive.



Editor Household Departmentz~I see

you don't find a recipe for canning en—

dive, so will send you my way, and my

mother and grandmother have used it

before me. We all think it fine. I have

some now that I canned last fall and it

is fine. Clean endive and cut in about

three-inch lengths, then boil in weak salt

water till tender, then add enough vine-

gar to make it tart. Can boiling hot and

set in cool place. It may be eaten as

picked or as greens or with a salad

dressing. Celery may be canned the

same way and it is fine and will keep a

long time.——Mrs. M. G. A.



Black Chocolate Cake.



Two cups light brown sugar, half cup

of butter, two eggs, half cup cold water,

half cup boiling water, half cup shaved

chocolate or two squares, two and a half

cups flour, one level teaspoon soda, one

level teaspoon baking powder, one tea-

spoon vanillaA—Mrs. F. S. L.





 





Editor Household Department: —- Will

you please ask, some of the ladies to give

me a good recipe for canning green beans

and corn?——Mrs. H. C .



These recipes were published in the





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Our Motto—"The Farmer is of more





consequence than the farm, and should be

first improved."





BUSINESS MEN AND GOOD FARMING.



The stimulation of better farming af-

fects both farmer and business man.

Rarely, however, does it occur to the

merchant or Board of Commerce to initi-

ate a movement looking toward this end.

If the farmers do not fare well, if they

do not “get on” of their own accord, it

does not often happen that business men

set about the encouragement of agricul-

ture in a systematic, determined way.

Yet in a few cases it is being done. The

Chamber of Commerce of Binghamton,

N. Y., is a notable example. It has made

the improvement of methods ‘upon sur-

rounding farms a regular feature of its

plan to build up its city. It employs an

agent whose sole business it is to study

farm conditions in that vicinity and to

seek out individuals who will apply such

remedies as he deems necessary. In

fact, he is to stand as a sort of consult-

ing friend for farm needs. The effect

«upon both farmers and business men is





   





Vl'hy have not business men thought of

this before, you ask? I do not know, ex-

cept it be that we are coming into the

light of the day when men see clearer

than ever before how closely all peoples

are bound together and that what lifts

one raises all—~that what holds one class

down retards the progress of every other.

I do know that on every hand is being

heard evidence of the fact that the wel-

fare of producer and consumer is one

welfare. Last winter at institutes which

I attended business men came to learn

how to farm. They not only wanted to

get a foothold on land for themselves but

they wished to unite their business or-

ganizations in a movement to promote

better farm methods about their towns;

to secure trained farm men to come and

instruct farmers how to handle their

soils and animals tobetter advantage,

what crops and fruits would do best and

how to raise the best of their kinds.



All of this is very different from the

talk we used to hear when the Grange

was starting. Then there was much

schism between producer and consumer

and much talk of an offensive and defen-

sive character.



A striking instance of the changing

attitude was shown‘ by the business men

of Escanaba last year when Delta Po-

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of culture were overheard all around.

When brought before Pomona Grange to

receive the formal thanks of that body,

the enterprising merchant modestly re—

fused to take any undue credit for his

effort. He assumed that the promotion

of better farming was a matter in which

he was vitally interested, in common with

the Grange and every individual farmer

of the county. JENNIE BUELL.





 





 





WESTERN POMONA GRANGE.





W'estern Pomona Grange No. 19 was

entertained at Grand Haven, Aug. 25, by

Peach Plains Grange, the newest Grange

in Ottawa county. If our hosts lacked

in numbers. they more than made up in

hospitality and enthusiasm. A bountiful

dinner was served to a company of about

75, among whom were representatives

from seven of the ten Granges in the

county.



Meeting was called in the fourth de-

gree and the Nunica Grange Degree

Team exemplified the third and fourth

degrees in a creditable manner. It was

particularly fitting that the work be giv-

en' at this time since the Peach Plains

members are holding their meetings at

their homes and have been unable as yet

to confer the degrees in full. They are

hoping to have a hall of their own some-

time, and to be able to do the initiatory

work as well as do the young people of

Nunica Grange.



Bro. Thomas Wilde, Sr., thanked VVest-

ern Pomona for the potted plant sent

Sister \Vilde during her last illness, and

told in a touching manner how much

she appreciated the kindness.



Bro. W. F. Taylor, of Oceana county,

concluded‘the afternoon program with a

helpful talk on degree work, in which

he emphasized its value to the team, the

candidates, and the Grange. He said in

part: ”Good degree work teaches disci-

pline, its lessons impart inspiration and

the practice gives power in elocution and

insipres to lofty ideals. The object of

degree work is to ‘reveal the Grange to

the candidate. To do this well, the rit‘

ual must- be understood by the degree

team and they must strive to make the

candidate feel what they feel. The whole

Grange is better for having witnessed.

good degree work. The sublime lessons

of the ritual are not lost, though they

are often given. The lesson of fidelity in

the fourth degree is a priceless thing.

The Grange is a great fraternity and the

mass of our membership in the state is

at peace with each other. They are work-





,ing loyally and earnestly along Grange





lines. True, there are a few. a very few,

(perhaps not more than- could -be,count-

ed upon the fingers of one hand), who

would divide us into factions and I have

often'thought that it would be well for

'them to go back again and repeat the

solemn obligation of the fourth degree

at this altar, listen to that matchless

story of fidelity from the lady assistant

steward, and hear .the words of the mas-

ter as the Patrons’ chain encircles the

candidate."



Friday evening a public session was

held in which music and recitations were

a prominent feature. There was a short

discussion of the question, “If you were

given your choice, would you choose an

automobile or a college course, and

Why?” The general opinion seemed to





 





Section of Farmers’ Fair. Held at Escanaba in Connection with the October,





1910, Meeting of Delta





city. An agricultural fair had, for some

reason, to be given up at a late date. It

looked as if no exhibition of farm pro-

ducts would be held. Not so. Less than

a week before Pomona was to meet, the

enterprising proprietor of a leading store

in Escanaba sent circulars broadcast ov-

er the county calling upon farmers to

bring in their products. He freely offered

the entire front of his large store for ex-

hibit purposes. More than $500 in cash

prizes was offered, besides free lunches

and entertainment tickets. Crowds of

people passed and repassed' among the

counters of displays, or stood outside the

show windows which were filled with

Delta county’s biggest and best of all

”sorts ‘of fruits, grains and vegetables.





Discussions of varieties and of methods





 





 





County Pomona Grange.





be that the college course is much more

desirable.



Bro. TV. F. Taylor delivered the address

of the evening, taking for his subject,

“The Farmer of the Future.” The farm-

er of the future will understand his busi-

ness better. He must have a more thor-

ough knowledge of each phase of farm-

ing he may choose to follow. Every boy

on a farm ought to know how to operate

and repair a gasoline engine so as to

avoid costly delays in a busy season.

Through ganization the farmer of the

future wi achieve greater success along

business, legislative, and educational

lines. He will also stand by the institu-





,tions of the country—the Grange, the





country school, the country church, and

he will build the country home better.

He will do his part toward country bet-

terment wherever there is work to do.

regardless of petty prejudices and differ-

ences in religious beliefs."—-Myrtle

Brown, Lecturer.





THE MICHIGAN. FARMER.





 





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E FARMERS’ CLUBS





OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-

TION OF FARMERS’ CLUBS.





 





President—B. A. Holden, Wixom.



Vice-Pres., J. D. Leland, Corunna.



Secretary—Mrs. C. P. Johnson, Meta-

mora.



Treasurer—Mrs. Lewis Sackett, Eckferd.



Directors—A. R. Palmer, Jackson; Wm.

H. Marks, Fair Haven; C. L. Wright,

Caro; E. W. Woodruif, Blanchard; C. P.

fihnsoln, Metamora; Patrick Hankerd,



unit .





Address all communications relative to

the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C.

P. Johnson. Metamora, Mich.





 





Associational Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.





Assd‘ciational Sentiment.—



The farmer, he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.



THE MICHIGAN FAIRS AND THE



FARMERS' CLUBS.



There is no better place for observa-

tion which will result in the gleaning of

valuable material for future discussions

in the Farmers’ Club, than our big edu-

cational fairs. The Michigan State Fair,

which will be held at Detroit, Sept. 18-27,

inclusive, is an educational exhibition

that should not be neglected by any pro—

gressive Club member who can possibly

plan to attend it. There will be seen

too choicest products of the best farmers

of the state, and many of the best herds

and flocks in the country. A study of

these exhibits, together with the large

line of manufactures which are shown at

such an exposition, will furnish the most

valuable data for the future discussion

of practical topics in the Club meetings.

Then there will be chance meetings with

other members, which will make the oc-

casion the more enjoyable, to say noth-

ing of the entertainment and relaxation

which the outing will afford. Those who

are so situated as to make it possible

should also attend the West Michigan

Fair at Grand Rapids during the week of

Sept. 11-15, which is a good second to

the Detroit fair from an educational

standpoint. The local fairs should, of

course, have the support of the Club

members, and in many cases their co-

operation in exhibits has proven helpful

to both. Last, but not least, the Club

fair should not be forgotten, as it has

proven a valuable special feature of Club

work in many communities.



FARMERS' CLUB PICNIC.



The Farmers' Club picnics are all good

and the one hold by the Odessa Farmers’

Club in the Lakeside grove Saturday,

Aug. 19, was no exception. The meeting

was called to order by President Carter

and opened by the song, "The Red,

White and Blue."



M. L. Foght was given the subject,

“W'hat Public improvement is Needed

Most?” In part he said: “The farmers

wanted free rural mail delivery. The

mail is now delivered by auto. We are

to have postal savings banks: don’t know

what the result will be. il'e want par-

cels post and will soon have an electric

railway nearby, some are agitating the

centralized school idea: others are giving

it a trial. All this will call for better

roads. The thought secms to be that

good roads are the most needed. Mr.

Carter thinks that a more thorough sys-

tem of practical education is most need-

ed."



Mrs. Carter read a fine paper on “Lit-

tle Things.” This referred to the snow-

flake, the drop of water, the grain of

sand, etc. Many flakes of snow make the

avalanche; many drops 'of water, the

ocean. The acts of the child make char-





acter. “'6 go to the Club, look in the

faces of our friends and hear their voices.

These are all little things. The paper

needed no apology. Mrs. Klahn said:

“XVe sometimes get discouraged but we

should not; life is made of little things

and it will be all right at last when we

hear the “Veil Done.”



Mr. Henry Stinchcomb read, “What

Next.” This gave us a mental view of

the ”Might Be," and some remarked that

it was good for us to see that side of

things for a little while.



After the literary program, including

recitations and musical numbers, was

completed, tables were arranged and

loaded with good things to eat to which

all did justice. There were about 88

present and more might have been fed

from the abundance of good things.



Our next meeting will be with Mr. and

Mrs. Edward Anway the second Satur-





B- day in September. This should be a big





meeting—Reporter.





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A JOINT CLUB AND GRANGE RALLY.





Clinton county Farmers’ Clubs and Po-

mona Grange held a joint rally at the

fair grounds Saturday. By one o'clock

there were probably 800 people gathered,

a great many having brought their din-

ners. .



The program was one of interest and

each number was enjoyed. It opened

with a song, “America,” by the entire

company, followed by a prayer by the

Chaplain. Theodore H. Townsend gave

the welcoming address in which he con-

veyed the idea that Clinton county has





 





farmers’ organizations which do grean“





credit to it. A good literary and musical

program was then rendered.



John C. Ketchum, the postmaster at

Hastings, was the first speaker of the

day and his speech was received with

great enthusiasm by everyone present.

He was entertaining and held the inter-

est of his listeners by giving forth many

splendid thoughts in a clever manner.



Mr. Ketchum chose his own subject,

“Some Open Doors for Granges and

Farmers’ Clubs." He talked close to his

subject from the start. He told how

necessary education is for general good.

Here in the United States young people

are afforded privileges which are un-

known in England. Here a boy or girl

can choose his or her occupation and

under ordinary circumstances can be-

come educated to follow it up. In Eng—

land it rests with the child‘s father.

There he is apprenticed to whatever

trade his father may dictate.



There are four things, he said, which

the Farmers’ Clubs, and in fact, every

individual whether a member or not,

ought to do, and those are to (1) have a

good big door for the development of

leadership in the country. The man de-

pends a great deal upon the boy. Early

training is essential. Good health, a good

balance wheel, and sincerity of purpose

assure strength to become a leader.

Without them is weakness. There is no

better place than a Grange or a Farmers'

Club. (2) Develop a better community

spirit. He said that neighborhood qaur-

reis should not be tolerated. Difficulties

over line fences should be settled in

firendly ways and evory person should

contribute toward another happiness. (3)

Cultivate peace and contentment with the

place where you live. Mr. Ketchum spoke

of the great satisfaction it brings a grcat

many people who have been travcling ex-





tensively, to return to their homo. This

1s as it should be. (i) i'se the “Big

Stick.” This is to bring about reforms





which are much needed. livery person

should do his or her part to improve

society. ‘



The program closcd with a successful

balloon ascension.——Mrs. C. L. Pearce,

Reporter.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





Domestic Science in Rural Schools.—

E‘very family but one of the membership

of the Burton Farmers’ Club, and a large

number of invited guests were most cor-

dially welcomed to the home of Mr. and

Mrs. George Rush, Friday, Aug. 4. After

the dinner hour President Putnam called

the Club to order. “The Blue Bells of

Scotland" was sung and the devotions

were conducted by Mrs. Hammond. As

to the advisability of teaching domestic

science in the rural schools, Miss Ethlyn

Peterson thinks it both advisable and

practical. The gasoline stoves could be

used in the school rooms as well as the

home. Mrs. Hammond does not believe

the country girls need to be taught do-

mestic science as almost'every girl is

taught to cook, bake and sew at home.

Mr. Fauth says the girls are taught, for

one thing, food values, of which but few

country women know anything about.



The Farmer’s Health—Does the farmer

take as good care of his health as other

people? Mrs. Fauth’s opinion was that

they do not. The fresh air is a help to

them, but their hardest work and longest

hours come at the hottest and hardest

time of the year. Mr. Fauth thinks they

are the healthiest class of people. They

have a diversity of occupation, fresh air

and simple, well cooked food, which all

tends to keep man healthy.



The Child’s Manners.-Mrs. Putnam

gave some good pointers on teaching a

child good manners. She says we must

first study our children as rules do not

always work on all children alike. Then

we should set a good example, using the

same manners that we expect them to

use, for children are born imitators, and

manners thus learned will come to be

used second nature. Then these things

should be explained to the child and a

strict watch kept that he may not forget.



How_ Can we Improve Our Club?—Many

good ideas were advanced on this sub-





ject. “Rub up against other Clubs and

improve the whole batch." “A little

ieaven leaventh the whole loaf." “At-





tend the state asociation. Much benefit

is derived by all who attend." “Be re-

sponsible for each topic assigned us.”

“Each one do his duty as far as he is

able, as it comes to us.”



Mother’s Position in the Home.-—Mrs.

Fauth said: “Home without the mother

is a cheerless prospect. To her is left

the work of home-making. She can make

it the center of all good and bring up her

children so they will revolt from evil."

She also read, “The Mother’s Creed.”

which contained many sweet, elevating

thoughts for mothers.



The Hay Loader a Saver.——Is the hay

loader a labor-saver for the man at the

carrier? Mr. Peterson has a hay loader

and says he hardly knows that he has

harvested 20 acres of hay, it was done

so easily. Albert Schultz prefers a side

rake with.the loader. The loader is a

labor and time saver.



After the announcement of the pro-

gram for September and singing “Beau-





tiful Bells,” the Club adjourned to meet .





the first Thursday in September with

Mrs. A. E. Auiler and family.





 





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1 runs Is THE LAST EDITION.





 





In the first edition the Detroit Live

stock markets are reports of last week;

all other markets are right up to date.

Thursday's Detroit Live Stock markets

are given in the last edition. The first

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday's Market.

September 7, 1911..

Oaths





Receipts, 1,016. Bulls and canners

strong; other grades dull at last week's

prices.



We quote: Best steers and heifers, $6;

steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $5.25@

5.50; steers and heifers, 800 to'1,000, $4.50

@4.75; grass steers and heifers that are

fat, 800 to 1,000, $4.50@4.’I5; do. 500 to

700. $3.75@4.25: choice fat cows, $4@4.25;

good fat cows, $3.50@4; common cows,

$2.50@3.25;. canners, $1.50@2.25; choice

heavy bulls, $4@4.50; fair to good b'o-

lognas, bulls, $3.50@3.75; stock bulls, $3

@325; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1,000,

$4.50@4.75; fair do. 800 to 1,000, $4@4.25;

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

stockers, 500 to 700, $3.50@4; stock heif-





 





ers, $3@3.50; milkers, large, young, me-

dium age, $40@55; common milkers, $25

@35.





Cattle market closed 10c lower for me-

dium grades; bulls 10@15c higher than

the opening. ’



Haley & M. sold Breitenbeck 14 cows

av 997 at $3.65, 30 steers av 865 at $4.65:

to Sullivan P. Go. 1 canner weighing 940

at $2.50, 5 butchers av 634 at $3.50; to

Parker, ‘W. &. Co. 1 bull weighing 1,560

at $4, 1 do weighing 1,100 at $4, 1 do

weighing 1,530 at $4.25; to Bresnahan 5

heifers av 600 at $3.75, 2 do av 625 at

$3.50, 9 canners av 871 at $2.50, 3 do av

843 at $2.75; to Parker, W. & Co. 1 bull

weighing 1,300 at $4, 1 do weighing 820 at

$3.50, 2 do av 1,005 at $4; to Applebaum

1 cow weighing 700 at $3.25, 4 do av 945

at $3.95, 3 heifers av 477 at $3.60; to Rob-

inson 20 feeders av 767 at $4.30; to Regan

3 heifers av 543 at $3.50, 12 do av 576 at

$3.80; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 butchers av

630 at $4.10, 1 cow weighing 860 at $2.75,

8 butchers av 737 at $4.40, 4 cows av

1,025 at $4.10; to Mich. B. Co. 3 bulls av

1,013 at $3.90, 17 butchers av 756 at $4.25;

to Parker, W. & Co. 1 bull weighing 1,000

at $3.85, 1 do weighing 1,450 at $4; to

Regan 7 heifers av 577 at $3.65; to Goose

7 butchers av 443 at $3.50. .



Roe Com. Co. sold Parker, W. & Co.

4 bulls av 1,050 at $4; to Goose 1 do

weighing 370 at $2.75, 2 do av 505 at

$2.90. 1 heifer weighing 370‘at $3; to

Sullivan P. Co. 9 do av 670 at $4, 22

butchers av 626 at $3.85, 2 bulls av 560

at $3, 2 cow and bull av 1,030 at $3.50; to

Cox 8 stockers av 487 at $3.35; to Ratt—

kowsky 2 cows av 900 at $3.25; to Sulli-





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THE - MICHIGAN FARMER.





8.75. Milch cows and springers, good

.gredes strong; others dull. '



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

Co. 2 av 315 at $6, 3 av 150 at $9.50; to

Mich. 13. Co. 2 av 160 at $9.25. 5 av 145

at $9, 8 av 125 at $9; to Friedman 2 av

130 at $9.10; to Goose 3 av 185 at $6, 3 av

165 at $9; to McGuire 6 av 145 at $9.50, 1

weighing 150 at $6, 5 av 130 at $9.25, 6

av 145 at $9, 5 av 165 at $9.50, 2 av 125

at $6.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 2 av 205

at $7, 4 av 185 at $9; to Burnstlne 17 av

160 at $9, 7 av 140 at $9. 2 av 110 at $9.



Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co. 16

av 225 at $7, 2 av 360 at $5, 36 av 170 at

$9, 9 av 205 at $9; to Mich. B. Co. 3 av

125 at $7, 12 av 150 at $9; to Hammond,

S. & Co. 8 av 155 at 9.50, 2 av 300 at

$5.50, 1 weighing 170 at $9.50, 2 av 135 at

$8.50, 2 av 310 at $5.50; to Lachalt 16 av

225 at $8; to Rattkowsky 7 av 170 at $8;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 7 av 165 at $8.25,

4 av 130 at $8.50; to Rattkowsky 3 av

185 at $8, 3 av 160 at $8.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co'. 4 av 155

at $9, 2 av 145 at $8.50. 2 av 140 at $9.25,

1 weighing 150 at $8.50; to Sullivan P.

Co. 4 av 140 at $8.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 2 av

190 at $9.

ngis sold Newton B. Co. 11 av 155

at ’ 9.



Weeks sold Burnstine 11 av 150 at $9.



Bergin & W. sold same 10 av 149 at $9.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 3,872. Market steady at last

week's prices at opening. Best lambs,

$6@6.25; fair to good lambs, $5.25@5.75;

light to common lambs, $3.50@4; year-

lings, $4@4.25; fair to good sheep, $3@

3.50; culls and common, $1.50@2.75.

,Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 91l

lambs av 65 at $5.25, 16 sheep av 95 at





$2.50, 25 lambs av 55 at $4; to Hobbins

60 do av 75 at $5.50; to Breitenbeck 160 do

av 6‘7 at $5.10; to Fitzpatrick Boos. 65

sheep av 115 at $3.



Roe Com. Co. sold Newton B. Co. 65

lambs av 65 at $5.50, 89 do av 63 at $5.35;

to Mich. B. '00. 19 sheep av 100 at $3.25,

15 do av 105 at $3; to Sullivan P. Co. 17

do av~65 at $3.50.



Spicer & R. sold Thompson Bros. 26

lambs av 65 at $4.60; to Mich. B. Co. 12

sheep av 90 at $2.40; to Newton B. Co.

130 lambs av 73 at $5.85, 5 sheep av .190

at $2. 28 do av 110 at $3.50, 8 do av 112 at

$3.25, 21 lambs av 70 at $5.50; to Hobbins

114 do av 68 at $5.80, 76 do av 65 at $5.75;

to Jones 96 do av 65 at $5; to Hammond,

S. & Co. 19 yearlings av 75 at $4, 11

sheep av 80 at $2.50, 27 lambs av 53 at

$5.25; to Jones 40 lambs av 50 at $4.50;

to Young 35 do av 57 at $5, 11 yearlings

av 80 at $4.25; to Jones 84 feeders av 50

at $4.85.



Bishop, B. 8: H. sold Mich. B. Co. 9

sheep av 105 at $3.35, 4 do. av 140 at

$3.25, 30 do av 100 at $3.25; to Sullivan

P. Co. 8 lambs av 55 at $4, 40 do av 73

at $5.50, 28 do av 58 at $4, 27 sheep av 85

at $1.60; to Newton B. Co. 37 lambs av

65 at $5; to Hammond, S. & Co. 29 do av

70 at $6, 26 do av 70 at $6, 25 yearlings

av 78 at $4; to Thompson Bros. 21 lambs.

av 58 at $4.25; to Jones 27 feeders av 65

at $5; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 87 lambs av

73 at $6, 12 sheep av 105 at $3.25, 17 lambs

av 55 at $5, 17 do av 40 at $3.50, 28 sheep

av 85 at $3.25; to Young 10 lambs av 80

at $6.25; to Harland 30 do av 70 at $5.50;

to Eschrich 20 do av 62 at $5.



Bohm sold Newton B. Co. 11 sheep av

105 at $3, 25 lambs av 75 at $5.75.



Sandall & '1‘. sold same 20 lambs av 48

at $4, 53 do av 66 at $5.50.





as) 211





Lewis sold same 96 do av 75 at $6. 16

sheep av 120 at $3.





* Hogs. ‘



Receipts, 8,752. Bidding Wednesday's

prices; none sold up to noon; 10@20c low-

er than last week.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $6.75@7.30; pigs, $6.50@7; light york-

ers, $6.75t.¢.30; heavy, $6.75@7.25.



Bishop, B. & 11. sold Parker, W. & Co.

710 av 200 at $7.30, 325 av 170 at $7.25, 415

av 160 at $7.20, 311 av 160 at $7.10, 150

av 125 at $7.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 240

av ‘mm at $7.25, 75 av 195 at $7.20, 87 av

180 at $7.10, 35 av 160 at $6.75.



Spicer & it. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

250 av 200 at $7.25, 150 av 180 at $7.20,

48 av 160 at $7.15, 120 av 190 at $7.25.



Haley & M. sold same 96 av 180 at

$7.20. 87 av 160 at $7.15, 92 av 160 at





N. J. Cole, a farmer and stockman of

Illinois, who was at the Chicago stock

yards recently, said that farmers in his

vicinity have experienced great difficulty

in raising hogs this summer, many hav-

ing suffered severe losses from cholera.

Quite recently quite a number of little

pigs from central Illinois have shown up

in‘ the Chicago stock market, having been

hurried to market on account of sickness

prevailing among the pigs. but the corn

belt as a whole seems to have compara-

tively little to complain of on this score,

most droves of pigs being healthy. This

is a time when farmers cannot be too

careful about caring for and feeding their

hogs, as prices for choice matured offer-

ings are unusually high, with strong

prospects for continuing so for several

weeks at least.





 





come to market in person





 





van P. Co. 2 do av 955 at $2.50, 2 do av





 





935 at $2.50; to Rattkowsky 8 butchers

av 967 at $3.40, 2 do av 290 at $3.50, 1 cow

weighing 830 at $3.25, 1 do weighing 1,050

at $4, 1 do weighing 700 at $3; to Sullivan

P. Co. 2 heifers av 560 at $3, 2 cows av

1,030 at $3.50; to Bresnahan 2 do av 1,080

at $2.25; to Mich. B. Co. 18 butchers av

762 at $4.15, S cows av 1,045 at $4.25: to

Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows av 925 at $2.50, 2





 





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do av 865 at $4, 1 bull weighing 1,750 at

$4.50, 2 do av 1,115 at $4; to Bresnahan,l

Jr., 21 stockers av 546 at $3.40, 1 cow

weighing 750 at $3; to Erban Bros. 11





. butchers av 774 at $4.50; to Ford 1 stock-





er weighing 730 at $3.75, 1 do weighing

660 at $3.75. 10 do av 574 at $3.75; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 3 heifers av 673 at

$3.50, 2 do av 710 at $4.50, 3 canners av

833 at $2.50.



Splcer & R. sold Bresnahan 7 heifers

av 700 at $4; to Fry 19 butchers av 774

at $3.75; to Young 5 steers av 910 at

$5.15; to Mich. B. Co. 3 do av 923 at

$4.25, 2 bulls av 715 at $3.25; to Lachalt

12 butchers av 887 at $4.80; to Sullivan

P. Co. 4 do av 830 at $4.25. 1 canner

weighing 810 at $2.25, 1 cow weighing

1,120 at $3.50.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Fromm 6 cows av

953 at $3.45; to Kamman 8 butchers av

745 at $4.25. 15 do av 922 at $4.75, 1 bull

weighing 930 at $4; to ‘Parker, W. & Co.

5 butchers av 644 at $3.90, 1 steer weigh-

ing 1,160 at $6, 1 heifer weighing 850 at

$5.50, 1 canner weighing 780 at $2.50, 10

butchers av 718 at $3.90, 2 steers av 825

at $5.50, 1 bull weighing 910 at $4; to

Sullivan P. Co. 3 butchers av 890 at $4.75,

2 cows av 1,025 at $4, 1 bull weighing 810

at $3.25, 7 butchers av 780 at $4.25; to

Erban Bros. 1 cow weighing 940 at $3,

2 heifers av 685 at $4.25; to Bresnahan

13 cows av 802 at $2.60 to Fromm 9

butchers av 690 at $4.25 3 heifers av 533

at $2.50; to Hammond . & Co. 4 butch-

ers av 830 at $4.50; to Bresnahan 4 cows

av 890 at $3; to Mich B Co. 7 do av 980

at $3.75; to Kamman 14 butcher:. av 800

at $4.25, 8 do av 893 at $4.50, 3 cows av

833 at $3.50; to Sullivan P Co 3 do av

1,000 at $4, 2 do av 870 at $3.50; to Regan

6 heifers av 608 at $3.90; to Bresnahan 4

cows av 952 at $3; to Parker, W. & Co.

6 do av 913 art-$3.75, 2 do av 980 at $3.25,

11 butchers av 603 at $4, 3 do av 990 at





$2.50, 2 cows av 980 at $4, 1 bull weigh

ing 1,050 at $4.15.



Waterman sold Marx 11 butchers av

727 at $4.



Bohm sold same 1 steer weighing 900

at 5.

Sa$ndell sold Parker. W. & Co. 1 bull

weighing 1,600 at $4.25.



.Weeks sold Grant 8 butchers av 875

at $4.05.



Same sold Hammond, S. & Co. 2 bulls

av 1,240 at $4.25. _



Veal Calves



Receipts, 513. Market 500 lower than



last week. Best, $9@9.50; others, $4.50@





 





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BY ALBERTA.

When daylight is leaving the woodland

And touching the hilltops with gold,

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?





BY HOWARD DJVIGIIT SMILEY.





The big touring car with its two occu-

pants suddenly slowed down. turned to

the side of the country road and stopped.

The young men jumped out, climbed the

rickety rail fence and following a faintly

marked trail through the deep grass, dis-

appeared into the wood that flanked the

roadway. '



A few minutes later the bushes parted

on the opposite side of the road, and a

very bald head, surmounting a. long lank

neck, was thrust cautiously forth. After

a careful survey of the surroundings the

owner of the head stepped out into the

road, at the same time beckoning behind

him.



Another man appeared through the

bushes and together they tip-teed steal-

thily across the road and examined the

automobile from all sides.



“Can you run her, Jim?”

first man in a low tone.



"\Vell, I reckon I can, John," was the

scornful reply. “Why, I’ve got fifteen of

these things on my Canadian estates.

Everything from the heaviest teurabout

to the lightest runabout!"



“Hist!” whispered John suddenly, rais-

ing a warning forefinger.



From the direction in which the two-

young men had disappeared there came

a loud splash followed by an exultant

yell. A second later these sounds were

repeated to the accompaniment of ear-

Splitting whoops.



“Wait here a minute,” whispered John.

“I’ll see what they are doing.”



He climbed over the old fence and fol-

lowed the trail into the bushes while his

partner watched apprehensively from his

position beside the machine.



Several minutes passed during which

Jim listened to splashes and shouts, won-

dering at their cause. Then his compan-

ion suddenly appeared, treading softly

and carrying in his hand a lot of cloth-

ing, including two pairs of shoes and

two hats.





inquired the





“Swimming in the creek,” he an-

nounced briefly when he had reached

Jim's .side. “l’ve stolen their clothes.





Here; get into these quick; they’re liable

to get through any minute.”



Rapidly the two divested themselves

of their torn and muddy clothing, which

showed evidence of recent hard usage,

and donned those of the young men.

This done, Jim cranked up the automo-

bile, the two jumped in and a second

later were speeding swiftly away down

the turnpike.



“That was easy,” grinned John as a

bend in the road hid them from the

view of the two young men, whose cries

of dismay and rage had reached their

ears as they started off.



“It was that," answered Jim, who was

managing the machine. “We’re safe





enough now. This section of the country





»' THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





seems to be sparsely settled and they





can’t get to a lphone quickly. We’ll be

miles on our way before they can spread

the alarm. I’d like to see those railroad

directors catch me, now.”



“Yes, and I’d like to see those process

servers get a line on me,” put in John

exultantly. “They’ll never catch up with

this machine.”



“You keep a sharp lookout, just the

same,” cautioned Jim. “You can never

tell when one of ’em is going to bob up.”



John had been examining his clothing

while they talked and now produced a

fat wallet from the inside of the coat.

Opening this he found it to be stuffed

with bank bills of large denomination.





“Hello, this looks good!” he cried. “Gee!





There must be at least a thousand in

that wat.”

“Fine, fine,” said Jim, giving a side-





long glance at the wallet. “That’s going

to help us out a. lot just now, too. It's a.

shame to rob those young fellows this

way, but of course we had to do it. As

soon as we get where those men can’t

bother us, we’ll send them a check for

everything we’ve taken. IVe’ll probably

find an address in the pockets.”





“Yes, here’s a card-case now,” said

John.

Jim threw the high speed lever open





and they covered ground rapidly until

they had put at least thirty miles be-

tween them and the owners of the car.

Then he stopped and tested the gasoline

gauge.



“Getting pretty low,” he said.

have to replenish the supply.”



About a mile further on they came to

a small town and Jim brought the car to

a stand in front of the store. A crowd

of loungcrs promptly gathered around to





“\Ve’ll





View the machine, much to John’s dis<

comilture.

“(lot any gasoline?" Jim asked the





storekeepcr.

“l low 1 have. How much’ll you want?”

“l“lll up the tank.”

The dealer hastencd to do so. “'hen

he had finished Jim asked about the cost.

“Two dollars an’ sixty cents,” the deal—





cr informed him.



“Here, John,” said .lim, “it’s up to you

to pay this."



“All right,” answered John uneasily.

“Just make out a bill and give it to me,”

he said to the dealer. “I’ll send you a

check for the amount when I get home."



“\Vell, say, mister, you’ve got more





gall’n a pair 0’ Misouri mules!” snapped

the dealer. “I don't know who you are,

no more’n Adam, an’ you’ll just hand

over the price 0’ that oil in cash or I'll

have the constable on you.”



"My dear sir,” said Jim suavely, plac-

ing his hand on the dealer’s shoulder, “if

you knew to whom you are talking you

wouldn’t be so impudent. This gentle—

man you were just addressing is not oth-

er than the world renowned financier,

John D. —-"



“Hold on there,” John interrupted him

hastily. “Come here a minute, Jim."



He drew his companion out of earshot

of the crowd.



“You’re too careless,” he remonstrated.

“I don’t want these people to know who

I am. Besides that, I think I saw a

process server in that bunch. Let’s get

away before he has a chance to serve

papers on me.”



“IVhere is he?" whispered Jim, casting

a frightened glance over his shoulder.

”By Jove!” he added in sudden trepida-

tion, “there’s a director standing right

beside the machine, now! Come on!” and

seizing John by the arm he hurried him

off down the street, Without a word of

explanation to the astonished dealer and

onlookers.



Chance took them in the direction of

the railroad station. A train from the

east was just pulling in as they arrived





there. and Jim hustled his companion

aboard.

They took a seat in the smoker and





when the conductor came along he ac~

costed John first. .



"Tickets,” said he.



"This gentleman will take care of

that," answered John, motioning to Jim.



“Why, yes,” said Jim cheerily, “we

don’t know where we are going, conduc-

tor, but we’ll ride until We get tired and

then you can give me a memorandum of

the amount of the fares and I’ll have

them checked over to the company as

soon as I get home." ‘



The conductor gazed at him in amaze-

ment. “What are you talking about?”

he demanded. “Give me your tickets.”



“We haven’t any tickets,” answered

-Jim patiently.' “We don’t need any. I

never pay railroad fare."



“Oh, you don't, hey?” snorted the in-

dignant conductor. “Well, you’ll pay





 





fare this time or get kicked off at the

next station.”



“My friend,” began John, rising from

his, seat and placing his hand familiarly

on 'the conductor’s coat sleeve, “if you'

knew to whom you are talking you

wouldn’t be so impudent. This gentle-

man is no other than the world renowned

railroad magnate, James—~”



“Stop that!” almost shouted Jim, jerk-

ing his. companion doWn into the seat

again. “Rather than have everybody

on the train know who we are I’ll pay the

fares. How much is it, conductor?”





“'VVhere’re you going?” asked the still

indignant and somewhat mystified ticket

taker.



“How far are you going?”



“Pacific coast.” '



”Oh, well, we don’t want to go that

far? Here's a twenty dollar bill. When

we have ridden that out let us know and

we’ll get off."



The conductor consulted his rate sheet.

”That’ll take you as far as Alston, Ok-

lahoma," he informed them.



“That’ll be all right,” Jim assured him.

“That’s just the place we wanted to get

to."



The journey to Alston was uneventful

and when, in due time, they arrived at

this small western town they went im—

mediately to a hotel and engaged rooms

for the night. *



John was still lingering at breakfast

next morning when Jim came rushing

into the dining-room.



“Hurry up,” he cried excitedly.

“There‘s a stage leaving here in a min-

ute and we’re going to take it.”



“\Vhat for?” John mildly inquired.



Jim placed a warning finger to his lips

and whispered the one word: “Direct-

ors.”



That was enough. John arose hastily

and followed Jim outside to where the

coach was waiting.



As they crossed the walk to enter the

vehicle John noticed a large man, wear—

ing a huge sombrero and with a big re-

volver hanging from his belt, regarding

him fixedly. Instantly John was over-

come with terror and would have bolted

off down the street had not Jim seized

him and bundled him into the stage.





The driver was on his seat and evi-

dently waiting for them. As soon as

they were seated he whipped up the





horses and drove rapidly away, while the

large gentleman on the sidewalk gazed

after them in open-mouthed astonish-

ment.



“I dunno what ails that maverick,” he

muttered to himself, “but I’ll bet he’s

been stealing a hoss somewhere.”





“Gee! I had a narrow escape from

that process server!” gasped John as

soon as they were well started. “He





had a subpoena right in his pocket ready

to serve on me.”



“Yes, and there were two directors

waiting for me in the barroom,” said

.lim. “They were disguised as farmers,

but I spotted ’em the minute I laid eyes

on ’em. That’s why I hustled you off in

such a hurry.”



The two had things pretty much to

themselves during the long drive that

followed. They were the only passengers

and the driver showed no inclination to

talk with them.



Towards night they arrived at 'their

destination, the small town of Sun-

flower, some fifty miles distant from Al-

ston. They were both tired and hungry

and at once repaired to the tavern where

they asked for accommodations.



The landlord, a stalwart and bewhisk-

ered son of the west regarded them with

interest. The eastern tenderfoot was an

unusual sight in that locality, inasmuch

as Sunflower is fifty miles from a rail-

road and in a. section little visited by

strangers.



“Yes, I ’low I can put you up,” he told

them.



“\Ve may remain here some time,” Jim

informed him. “If we like the place and

find the proper inducements we may re-

main here permanently and enter into

business.”



The landlord’s curiosity was at once

aroused and he inquired into the nature

of their business.



“\Vell,” began Jim, "for my part, I an

considering building a railro—”



“Shut up!” snapped John, giving him

a poke in the ribs. “You’ll have all the

directors in the country swooping down

on you if it leaks out what you are

thinking of doing. Why don’t you wait

until we know for sure.”



“I guess you’re right,” acceded Jim,

and then added to the landlord. “Our

business is of a nature that can’t be

made public just now, but I can state

that we are here in the interests of the





 





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community and are prepared to invest

millions of dollars if we find the oppor-

tunity."



“Millions?" gasped the landlord weak-

ly. In his mind a million dollars would

buy up the whole state of Oklahoma. A

man might find a place to invest a few

thousands in that section, but a million——

he took a deep breath at the thought.



“Certainly,” said Jim cheerfully. “Not

only millions, but tens of millions—yes,

billions, if necessary! Why, do you know

who this gentleman is here?" he asked

motioning to John. “He's the richest

man in the world! He’s John D.—"



John interrupted him with another vig-

orous dig in the ribs. “What’s the mat-

ter with you?” he growled disgustedly.

“Can’t you keep anything to yourself?"



“Oh, suit yourself about it," retorted

Jim peevishly. “I can’t see what harm

it'll do way out here in the wilderness.

If you’ll give us our supper, landlord,

we'll be much obliged to you, and then

we’ll go to bed. We're tired.”



The landlord did as he was asked,

somewhat bewilderedly. He had never

entertained millionaires before and the

novelty of it rather'overcame him. He

took 'an extra large drink out of his

private jug after he had showed them to

their rooms.



In the barro'om‘ that night he detailed

his exDerience to those present. who were,

for the most part, small ranchers and

cow-punchers living in that vicinity.

Naturally his story excited considerable

interest and there was much speculation

as to whom the strangers might be and

their p055ible business.



Among those who happened in during

the evening was Peter Red Feather. Peter

was a Kiowa Indian who had but. re-

cently returned to the land of his fath~

ore, from whose congenial surroundings

and influences he had been literally torn

away against his will, several years be-

fore and compelled to undergo a course of

study, under pale face instructors, in a

college of the east, known as Carlisle.



Peter was of his fathers fathery and it

was not a desire to mingle in the society

of the pale face that had brought him to

the tavern, but rather that the fire-water

of the pale face might mingle in him

He therefore displayed but little interest

in the conversation of those present,

standing quietly at the end of the bar

and sipping his liquor in silent, stolid

soliloquy. ‘



However, when the landlord repeated

for the tenth time that night, to a late

comer, the account of his conversation

with the two tenderfeet, with its men-

tion of millions—~yea, billions—Peter be-

gan to take notice.



“Where are these men?" he asked the





landlord.



“Gone to bed,” answered that worthy

shortly.



“Don’t you know their name



“No. Didn’t either 0’ ’em register. One

0' 'em started to tell me that the other's

name was John D. something or other,

but his pardner stopped him an’ wanted

to know if he didn’t know enough to keep

his mouth shut."



“John D, huh?” said Peter with a sud-

den display of interest. “Was he tall

and lank and bald headed?”



“He was that." answered the landlord,

surprised at this fairly accurate descrip-

tion of his guest. “Do you know him?"



“Not personally, but I believe I know

who he is, by reputation,” answered Pet-

er, and thereupon he related to his hear—

ers the life history and exploits of one of

our mightiest financiers.



“And if he is who I think he is,” said

Peter in conclusion, ”I can assure you

that he has got millions of dollars to in-

vest in anything he sees fit, and it may





89"





' he that he’ll find a place to plant a mil-





lion or two of it here. He must have

some reason for coming to this out of the

way place, and you can depend on it that

he knows the reason. _But, remember

this, he has never been known to give

anything away that didn’t return to him

a hundredfold. If he shows any inclina-

tion to invest here, keep your eyes open

or you'll find out in the end that he has

cleaned you all out of everything you’ve

got and that he owns the whole reserva-

tion."



“If that’s the case it’d be a good idea

to run ’em out o’ the country tomorrow,

before they get a chance to do any clean-

in' out," suggested one of the ranchers.



“Oh, no,” answered Peter. “Let them

stick around and we’ll see what they've

got up their sleeve. It’s a cinch they’ve

got something or they wouldn't come way

out here. That kind of business men

don't go into an undertaking unless they

are sure it is going to reap them twenty

to fifty times the amount of the invest-

ment. Let them stay until you find out





 





what they’re going to invest their million

in, and then you can freeze them out and

make the profits yourself."



Jim sat in the shade of a small tree,

in profuse perspiration, and swore softly

as he wrathfully watched the approach

of John, followed by a small boy, across

the fields.



Beside Jim stood the youthful scion of

one of the ranchers and over the lad’s

shoulder was slung a bag holding a num-

ber of golf sticks.



Jim was still growling when John, af-

ter a clumsy drive, came over and sat

down beside him.



“You've beat me again," he puffed,

mopping his perspirlng brow.



“I suppose so.” snapped Jim. “If that’s

what you call it, but I’m blessed if I can

see anything in this game but hard labor.

Why do you do it?"



“Why," answered John in mild sur-

prise, “haven’t I told you repeatedly that

I am the champion golf player of the

country? I’ve got to keep my hand in,

you know."



“You're a peach of a champion, you

are," said Jim sarcastically. “Why, I’ve

beaten you every game we've played so

far. and I never heard of the thing until“

you sent to Chicago for the outfit. '



“Oh, I know I ain’t in what you’d ex-

actly call good form,” admitted John.

“But just you wait until I practice up a

bit,.then I'll show you."



“John and Jim had been sojourning in

Sunflower for a month. The populace,

forewarned as to their identity and prob-

able intentions, had held aloof from them,

regarding the two with a mixture of aWe,

envy and grim defiance. They didn't

know at what time one or the other

would start investing a million dollars in

something thereabouts, and they held a

vague idea that should such a thing hap-

pen it might have much the same devas-

tating effect as a ton of dynamite ex.

ploded in the vicinity.



They didn’t know whether they wanted

the two financiers to do any investing or

not. If they did and it should prove a.

benefit to the community, why, that

would be all right; but, on the other hand,

if, in so doing, John and Jim should gob-

ble up everything in sight, as Peter Red

Feather had intimated they might, that

was a different proposition. '



Those simple country folk didn’t pro-

pose to be juggled out of their little hold—

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same time, they didn't want to miss any-

thing good that might come their way.



They were therefore hung up between

two impulses: One—and a strong one-—

to ride the two invaders out of town on

a rail, and the other to let them alone

and find out how they were going to in--

vest that million.





This latter impulse had prevailed so,





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been unmolested; in fact, they had been

left pretty much to their own devices,

while the populace looked on from the

distance, as it were, and awaited de—

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west.



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had insisted that it was the proper thing

to do. He was now, however, close to

the rebelling line.



“I can’t see where knocking a ball

around the pasture is particularly lucra-

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something that will be less arduous and

more remunerative than this fool game?l

\Vhy don’t you make some money? You're i

more celebrated for that than you are:

for playing golf.”



“That ain’t a bad idea at all,” said

John reliectively. “Yes, it’s a good sug~

gestion. I believe I’ll start right now and

make some money.”



“How?” asked Jim, interested at once.



“Why, the way I always have. I'll put

down some oil wells."



“Where?”



John got onto his feet and surveyed

the surrounding country. “It looks pret.

ty much all alike,” he observed. “Seems

to be about as likely a place as any right

here in this pasture. Yes, I believe I’ll

buy this farmand drive a 'well right

here,” and he indicated a spot about ten

feet away under a small bush.



The two caddies, who had been silent

but attentive listeners to the dialogue,

now exchanged significant glances. and

each carefully noted the spot to which

John pointed.



“Do you know who owns this land?"

the great financier asked them.



”Yessur, it b’longs to Barney Spencer,"

they replied in unison. “He lives in that

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John immediately ordered the boys

back to the tavern with the golf outfits,

and he and Jim started for the house in.-

dicated.



“That’s a fine idea you’ve got, John,"

said Jim on the way there. "Thinkyou’ll

strike oil?"



“Think!” _ exploded John. “There’s no

think about it! Did you ever know me

to fail?”



In as much as Jim had never seen John

bore for oil he had to admit that he

hadn‘t.



“Well, I’ll tell you what,” he said an

thusiastically, “if you’re so sure as that

I’m going to start building a railroad

right away. \Ye’ll need one to ship out

the oil."



They found Barney out in the barn

mending a broken harness, and John pro-

ceeded to business at once.



"I want to buy your farm," he said.

“I’ll give you a million dollars for it.”





The harness fell from Barney's nerve-

less fingers and his mouth dropped open,

while his eyes took on a vacant stare.

The inevitable had at last come! They

were going to invest that million and he

was the mark. It fairly took his breath

away. '



“\\'hat for?" he managed to ask after

he had recovered himself to some degree.



“Well, I am going to drive some oil

wells and start a new industry in this

community."



A gleam of nit-,‘zerstanding came into

Barney‘s eyes. News of the great oil

strikes in Texas. with their resultant

wealth, had pert-plated into even that re-

mote section of the state of Oklahoma.



“Oil wells! Do you mean to say there‘s

oil on my land’”



“Of course there is. \Vhat do you sup-

pOSe I’d be buying it for if there wasn’t?"



“An’ you want to give me a million for

it?”



“Certainly. That won’t be a drop in

the bucket to what I'll take out. \Vhy, I

expect it’ll yield me not less than a

billion!”



Barney threw up his arm as if to ward

off a blow. The million was beyond his

wildest comprehension, but the billion

staggered him. He could only gasp and

stare. .



“\Vell,” said John impatiently after a

minute’s wait," “are you going to sell’?’



“I dunno," Barney weakly replied. “I’d

like to think about it an’ talk it over

with the wife first. How much time’ll

you gimme?"



“'Well, I don't want to crowd you. I’ll

give you until this time tomorrow. I’ll

call again then. In the meantime I be-

lieve I’ll look around and see if I can‘t

buy some more farms.”



John and Jim started away and within

two minutes after their departure Barney

was burning up the road in an effort to

get to town in double quick time.



He burst into the tavern barroom

where several of his fellow men were

congregated. Among them was Peter Bed

Feather.



“She’s come, boys!” he yelled. “They’re

goin’ to invest that million! They just

offered me that amount for my farm!”



The effect was instantaneous. Every-

body except the Indian became interested

and excited. .tle alone remained calm.





They listened breathlessly while Barney

related his experience with the two finan-

ciers and then they turned with one ac—

cord to Peter for the explanation.



“It’s just as I told you,” said the ex-

Carlisleite. “They’ve diSCOVered oil in

this vicinity and will make a big thing

out of it if you let them; but, you take

it from me, they’ll leave you poorer than

you are now, if you let them get control

of the thing.”



“But how're we goin' to stop ’em?"

asked Barney.



“That’ll be easy enough. Refuse to

sell. If they are willing to pay a million

for your property it is a cinch that it’s

worth at least twenty times that amount,

and it is worth just as much to you. as

it is to them. Develop your own oil

wells and freeze them out.”



Everybody at once fell in with this

idea. Messengers Were quickly dispatch-

ed to the surrounding ranches to warn

the owners not to sell at any price, and

that night a mass meeting was held in

the tavern dining-room, from which Jim

and John were excluded.



The chagrin of these two gentlemen,

when they discovered that no one would

sell them a farm, or even the part of one,

was great. For the next few days John

exerted himself to the utmost in an

effort to acquire even an acre of land on

which to commence amassing wealth, and

Jim was equally energetic and unsuccess-v

ful in trying to buy a right 01' way for

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denly closed up like a clam, and refused

to even speak to the tw0.



“Going to build a railroad, is he?” said

Peter Red Feather when he was in-

formed of Jim’s ambition. “Well, if it’s

worth while for him to build one it is

worth while for you. Build it yourself

and make the money he expects to pull

out of the project.”



And this everybody agreed was a good

idea and they acted upon it at once.



Peter Red Feather, as the only educat-

ed man in the community, was selected

to manage the undertaking. A pool was

taken up among the ranchers and other

land owners, and five thousand dollars

raised, and with this Peter and Barney

left for the oil fields of Texas. At the

same time I’etcr wrote letters to several

eastern railroad contractors.



\Vithin two weeks experienced oil well

drivers with their apparatus were on the

grounds and these at once proceeded to

business.



The site selected for the driving of the

first well was the precise spot that John

had indicated to Jim when the sudden

determination seized him to commence

making money. This was pointed out to

the drivers by the two ex-caddies.



In the meantime the railroad people

arrived and were given contracts to build

a road between Sunflower and Alston, to

be pushed to completion as rapidly as

possible. Construction on this was begun

at once. , "



And then just what everybody was ex-

pecting happened.



The well drivers had got down a bare

two thousand feet when they struck such

a gusher as blew the drill a mile into the

air and kicked the derrick clear over the

fence.



They had never seen anything like it,

the oil men declared. The land around

that section was fairly swamped with oil

before they could get control of the well

and shut off the outpouring flood.





It was, beyond a doubt, the greatest-





strike the west had ever seen, and the

village of Sunflower was destined to be-

come famous the world over, without

even the aid of a. championship prize

tight.



Naturally the news of the great strike

spread like wildfire over the entire coun-

try. The newspapers paragraphed it un-

der headlines a foot high, and with it

the story of how two of the country’s

mightiest financiers had been frustrated

in their efforts to acquire possession of

the properties, and had been completely

frozen out by the natives.



As a result of this last item there ar-

rived in Sunflower three days later, two

men, in gray uniforms, who strolled

quietly around the town until they dis-

covered Jim and John seated in the tav-

crn barroom, dejectedly condoling wi'.t

each other over their misfortunes.



Silently the two men crept up behind

the unsuspecting pair and a second later-

had slipped handcuffs onto their wrists

and taken a firm grip on their ceat evol-

lars.



To the astonished landlord and several

others who witnessed these proceedings

they explained briefly:



“They're a couple of lunatlcs who es-

caped from the Granville insane asylum

about two months ago. We have been

searching the country over for them and

when we read about the big oil strike

here and their connection with it we at

once suspected that they were the men

we were looking for and we hustled right

out here. They are quite harmless, but

they labor'under the delusion that they

are multi-millionalres and that they own

all the oil wells and railroads in the

world.”



All of which had a decidedly numbing

effect on the citizens of Sunflower. Had

it been two men by any other names

than those they had adopted this unlim-

ited wealth that had fallen to the com-

munity might have never been discovered.





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of the verb to have with the past tense

of any of these verbs, save in the. few

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BY KATTIE WASHBURN.



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Having long since indulged in a daily

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bit of country within walking distance of

my prairie home; have derived great

benefit and pleasure thereby and now

and then been the cause of mystery and

wonder. But my friends and neighbors

being used to my peculiarities, it was

for me to arouse greater sensations when

visiting in a strange country.



While staying in southeastern Minne-

sota.- I reveled in the wonderous beauty

of hills, streams and woods as only one

having grown to womanhood on the level

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er rough, roads, through deep snow and

in inclement weather. Despite warnings

and dire prophecy to the contrary, they

but improved my health and vigor.



While visiting in the outskirts of a

beautiful little city, one morning I walk-

ed down town with an aged uncle. A

Wooded river flows through the town and

where this is spanned by a great bridge,

I Left my escort to pursue his way, and

descending the bank, followed the course

of the stream. How beautiful it was .and

who, versed in nature’s lore, would tread

cement walks to gaze upon man’s struc-

tures of wood and stone. when such a

stream lured her to wander along its

banks?



For a way its beauty was disfigured

here and there by ~unsightly rubbish

dumped along its course at random, but

when free’of the city at last, nature's

handiwork was unmarred by the agency

of man. Fences. roads, bridges and rail-

ways intruded there, but so long has man

made them within her realm, nature loves

them as her own, for a team, an auto or

gliding train lends beauty and animation

to a scene.



Rejoicing in each charm of the ice-

bound stream, I wandered along its

course for miles, oblivious of the flight of

time. and returned at last to find my

hostess concerned because of my pro-

longed absence, while my uncle had a

tale to tell.



When he returned to the bridge where

he had parted from me a short time be-

fore, he found a woman with a shawl

thrown over her head, looking over the

rail in the direction I had gone. Seeing

him, and perhaps reCOgnizing the old

gentleman as my recent companion, she

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there and walked along the\ stream.

What suspicion. caused her concern she

did not say, but I thought with a shud-

der, even while I laughed, that she might

have thought me a suicide, seeking in

desperation the only open water in the

frozen river. I only followed the lure of

the stream with the happy innocence of

a child, and unwittingly aroused a strang-

er’s wonder and concern while hundreds

might have trod the walk before her

home without arousing question or com-

ment.





This is but a laughable coincident, yet '





it sounds a warning. Have women who

walk for the sake of health and enjoy-

ment alone, become so rare that one

wandering in nature's realm or walking

along a highway where teams and autos

frequently pass, should be an object of

suspicion? It is to the detriment of the

human race if this be true.



While it is not advisable to reject a

means of quick and easy conveyance and

walk from place to place for the sake of

exercise, we realize that there are many

who pass time much less profitably and

enjoyabiy that might be spent in that

gentle. yet invigorating and pleasurable

form of exercise, walking in nature’s

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When you invest fifty dollars in an in-

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protection for the home. A fire pre-

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after the house and all its contents have

gone up in smoke.



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in the landing at the head of the cellar

stairs, or if preferred in one corner of

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Next build a light but firm ladder long

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Outwears Three Ordinary Ranges





If I: the only range made entirely of -

malleable iron and charcoal iron. Charo Movable copper Resemw

coal iron won't rust like stack—malleable The reservoir is all copper, heated

iron can't break, and while the first. like a tea kettle through copper pock-

cost of a Great Majestic may be more at (stamped from one piece of copper)

than some other ranges, it cutaneous setting against left. hand lining of fire

ordinary ranges. box. It boils 15 gallons of water in a





jifl’y and, by turning! lever, the frame-

Half The Fuel





and reservoir—moves away from fire.



‘ This feature is patented and can be

The Mcu'utic is put. together with

rivets (not. bolts and stove utty)





used only on the MqielllC-

Ask your Dealer to show you the

making it; absolutely sir tight, 9 an mates! improvement. ever put into a

engine boiler. The Joints and seems Twice-make: Maveattc 300% arranger

will remain air tight forever as neither Where other Yance- are weakest.





expansion nor contraction can affect Other Exclusive Features





or open them.

It’s the best range at any price,





Pure Asbestos Lining and should be in your kitchen. It. is

for sale by the best dealers in nearly





 





 





In addition, it. is lined with pure every county in Matinee. Ifyou don't;

asbestos board, covered with an know who sells them in your vicinity,

open iron grate—you can see it. No write us and we will tell you, and send.

heat. escapes—no cold air gets into you our booklet."Range Comparison".

the oven—saves half the fuel and Every farmer’s wile should read this



assures perfect baking. booklet.

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THE standard Perfection kerosene portable farm engine is built by

automobile engineers with automobile factory machineryn-it is built

with as much care and pains as engines selling at three times its price.

The Perfection can be operated on snycnzinc fuel, but it in the only success-



ful engine that can be economically run with ordinary kerosene. With gasoline



prohibitively priced (from 6 to 16 cents more than kerosene) due to the great automobile



demand, you will at once see the biz saving this Perfection engine is to its thousands of



users in all parts of the world. Let the Perfection do your chores free for 1 5 days—ask your

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Kerosene Efficiency Equal to Gasoline





In theory and practice, this engine is absolutrly correct and reliable—its method of carburetlon is the hizbet

development of engine-building skill. The Perfection draws the kerosene in a light mist through the albu. .





I'ctor. discharges it into the cylinder vaporized and having the same cner as gaso- l

1 line. Kerosene will start in a cold cyhnder and works fine in a one. .

' If you are in doubt about the kind of engineto

‘ l-"'I..—.ee M92 M buy, or the quantity of power you require for the

amount of work done, simply write your questions on a poet—card and mail it to our

Chief Consulting Engineer, and your questions will be answered sbsoluteiy free.

Our staff of mechanical, marine and stationary engineers and designers will tell

. you everyihim you wish to know about any engine made. More you buy any

make of engine, write for free information. Let our engineers tell you how in

make a cheap transmission lay-out that will help you to run several machines at

one time with a single engine. There are no leaks in the line shaft when the

sedan inches the power—you get All energy. Address your pastel like this:





Chief Consulting Engineer,

CAILLE PERFECTION MOTOR COMPANY,

( 224 Second Avenue Detroit, Michigan





 





 





 





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20 stores in 20 cities could never show you the variety of

stoves to be feund in the Kalamazoo Stove Boole—Sent Free





"Kalamazoo Direct to You”—that’s the selling slogan that has placed 170,000 stoves and ranges

in cities and towns and in farm homes all over the country.

company in the world, and everyone praises our stoves and our plan.





Now—what does this direct selling mean? Simply this—~cutting out the middleman, the jobber,

the salesman—the dealer—every one of them—and cutting out their profits and turning these profits

over to you. You'll save anywhere from $5 to $40—we have letters from customers that prove this

saving. You can get our prices and see for yourself.





Don’t think that Kalamazoo Stoves are expensive becaus. they are the best. Prices run from $6.50 and $7.00 up,

east of the Mississippi. Price saving is only the beginning of wnat the Kalamazoo will save through decreased fuel con-

sumption. Nobody stands between us. We deal directly with you and sell you a stove just as if you lived in Kalamazoo

and came over to the factory and picked your stove or range from the hundreds we have in stock. Our immense cata-

log enables you to choose just as if you were here. Fine, large, clean cut illustrations that show you the stoves just as

they’ll look in your home.



Then when you’ve gotten your stove—salted down the $5 to $40 saving—then we still stand’back of the Kalamazoo

——back it with a $100,000 guarantee. We give you any repairs you might possibly need at cost or below cost-for we

know that accidents will happen now and then and we’ll protect you even if the break is no fault of the stove’s, and ship

the repairs promptly. When we’re willing to give you such a fair and square deal,

why not send for a Kalamazoo stove or range? Read below how

We let you make your own trial and test of the stove in actual use in

your home before you make your final decision.





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for 30 days at our expense





—we pay, the freight—after that

360 days approval test—Cash or

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If you need a stove or range in your home you can get the

best made—the Kalamazoo—at lower cost with less trouble than

any ordinary stove. We guarantee to ship‘your stove the day the

order is received. We give you the choice of hundreds of stoves

of every imaginable size and style‘for all kinds of fuel—a choice

that the biggest city dealer couldn’t give you—not 1-3 as many.

As explained in the free book, we’ll give you generous credit

terms-as liberal as any dealer could extend.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





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dress on the coupon or

postal brings it to you prepaid. The

Kalamazoo Stove Book is money in your

pocket. Even if you’ve definitel made

up your mind to buy some other stove,

this big book showing hundreds of styles

—will tell you facts that protect you and

enable you to spend your stove money to best



advantage wherever you buy.



A real reference work on stoves that is as

interesting as a novel. yet so full of dollar-

saving information that you'll be astonished.

All about how stoves are made, different

kinds of grates for various fuels, about the

best materials. fines, dampers, drafts, doors,

the famous Kalamazoo Thermometer, coated

tanks, finish. Every kind of stove and range

illustrated and described. Big hotel

ranges. small cook stoves. base burners,

carbon heaters. hot blast stoves, etc., stoves

for coke, hard and soft coal. and wood. ‘

And then full details about the credit

terms. 30 days' free trial, i60 days’ approval

test. Get our low prices, get this magnifi-

cent book. Send the coupon right now.

or a letter or a postal, just as you





You could well afford to take our word for the Kalamazoo

because we have a reputation everywhere for the high quality

stoves we turn out and the square way we treat our customers,

but we don’t ask that. We simply say—“Let us send yous

Kalamazoo stove or range, paying the freight. Try it for 30

days. Use it to heat your house or to do the cooking—cook

90 meals or more—and if you’re not convinced at the end of 30

days that it’s the one and only stove for you—ship it right

back and we’ll pay the return freight.” Remember we pay

all freight charges whether you keep the stove or not.





More than that we give you a further test of 360 Days.

You have every chance to prove your Kalamazoo. No

method could be more open—no method could appeal more

to intelligent buyers.





You wouldn’t get such an offer if the Kalamazoo was any

but the best. It takes a faultlessly good stove—the very

top notcher among the best stoves in the country—to

stand such a trial and test and sell itself.





You’ve probably heard about Kalamazoo inspections

-—every single part examined at every stage of con-

struction and every faulty piece thrown in the scrap

heap. If the inspectors found a single flaw in the last

inspection, back goes the stove and it keeps going

back until it meets our high standards. That’s why

Kalamazoos “make good.” That’s why you’ll get more

please-don'tdelay. Such “offer comfort and satisfaction and saving in fuel bills out of



as this deserves yourimmediate your Kalamazoo than any other stove made.





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