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MARKETING





ROBLEMS.





THE problem of marketing farm farm, any intelligent farmer can. by a





 





products in such a manner as to little effort, create a special market in

get a maximum return from them some nearby city or town for that product,

is as great as the problem of securing and by distributing it direct to the cus-

a maximum return for the capital and tomers thus eliminate the middle-man

labor invested in their production. In- and his profits in that special product.

deed, the problem of profitable marketing Very many farmers are making good

involves economical production. Manu- money out of special products in this

facturers \and commercial producers of manner, and there is room for more prof-

every kind are constantly on the alert itable expansion of this kind of special

to devise means of cheapening the cost production and marketing.

of production to the end that the selling But the final solution of the marketing

problem may be Simplified and competi- problem, so far as the general products

tion easily met. This is an important of the farm are concerned, lies more in

factor in the farmer’s as well as the co—operative effort among producers

manufacturer’s selling problem and along special lines, than in individual et-

should not be neglected. forts such as are above noted. Much

Another equally important factor is the space has been devoted to emphasizing

oiualitir of the product to be sold- 5110- this fact in the Michigan Farmer, and it

cessful live stock feeders have often will not be necessary or advisable to

been heard to remark that an animal dwell upon it in this article. The co-op-

“well bought is half SOld-i’ T0 the ini- erative creameries and obese factories

tiated this means that if the animal pur- have demonstrated what can be done

chased is one that can be economically along this line in a special industry. The,

“finished” into an animal 01’ the type co-operative produce associations. of

that meets the highest market demand, which there are a few examples in this





the marketing problem is thereby simpli— state, are bringing good results in the.





fied. This principle applies With equal economic solution of the marketing prob-

force in other lines of production and lem in the communities where they exist.

again brings the marketing problem in Probably the best example of what can

close alignment With the problem 0f pro- be accomplished in this dirction is af-

duction. fOI‘ded by the fruit growers‘ organizations



B11" simplify it as we may by the of the west, where the work includes

solution of the problem of production, the supervision of the packing as well as the

marketing problem merits the mOSt ser- distributing of the fruit, insuring an ab-

ious consideration by farmers, both in- solute uniformity in the product, which

dividually and collectively. To the aver- enhances its market value to the pur-

age farmer, the problem is one of con- chaser. The time will surely come when

verting the diversified products of his the great bulk of the products of our

farm into cash through the established farms will be marketed in this manner,

channels 013 trade as QUlelY and to as as is now the case in some of the smaller

good advantage as DOSSlble- Let us then European countries, where the results

first consider his conditions, with a view have been most satisfactory in added

to offering helpful suggestions if possible. profits to the producer.



When the necesity for quick marketing But in the meantime, much can be

exists, the speculative phase of the prob- done by individual effort to improve

lem is eliminated at the start, and little the general quality of the products mar-

remains to be done bl“ to 100k for a keted, and to seek a market in which

buyer at the best obtainable price. This that quality will be appreciated ma wil-

necessity for immediate selling as soon lingly paid for.

as the crop is harvested is, however,

sometimes a handicap in successful mar-

keting. Not alone because the market is __

apt to be oversupplied at such times,

owing to the fact that many producers Preparing the Land for Wheat.

find themselves in a. similar condition. AS I have stated before, we got 0111‘ cat

but also to the fact that purchasers and pea ground plowed in pretty good

realize this condition to a very general time. and did a good fair Job of plowing

extent and are not slow to take advan- this year. Since then we have been

tage of it when opportunity offers. Per- working it quite thoroughly. We fill-

haps it may also happen that the farmer lowed the plow immediately with the acme

has sought credit of the very party to harlow and followed the acme harrow

whom he desires to sell a marketable with the roller. This took advantage of

product. which is a further disadvantage any moisture that was in the soil and

and one that should be avoided as a first Worked up many lumps before they had

step in the correct solution of the mar— time to harden. There was not, how-

keting problem. The man who pays cash ever, very much moisture in the soil, and

for what he buys and obtains cash for We haven't had any since, 8'0 there are

what he sells is always in a better posi- a few little places with quite hard clay

tion to make a good bargain, whether he lumps, though they are not bad this

be a buyer or a seller. Undoubtedly year- Now, since rolling. after plowing.

the credit system of doing business is a we have 80110 over the'entire 30 acres

damage to the farmer who employs it, both ways with a disc harrOW. rolled it

as well as to the dealer with whom he all again, gone over it With a smoothing

trades, nor is it often necessary to em- harl‘OW. rolled all the clay places again,

ploy one’s credit in this manner. The and now have gone over it once with a

very first step toward a good business SPl'lng tooth barrow and have begun to

solution of this problem should involve CFOSS it. I will follow this with a. corru-

a visit to the local banker, a frank talk gated roller and I hope by that time rain

with him regarding the need for money will come so that we can put the land in

on the part of the farmer, the purposes Wheat. We are getting 8- fine seed bed.

for which it is needed and the resources The ground is becoming compact down

which warrant the making of a small as far as the plowing with this excessive

loan to cover present needs. Having ar- working and rolling and the surface two

ranged matters with the banker a com- or three inches is becoming fine and mel-

mercial bank account should be opened, low, making an ideal seed bed. The

upon which checks can be drawn for the weather has been 50 dry, however, that

payment of bills which must be met, I cannot think of sowing wheat until we

which will prove an added business safe- get a rain. I should be afraid that there

guard, since the checks will serve as a, would not be moisture enough in the soil

receipt to show that the bills have been 80 that the wheat COuld germinate and

paid. Because a man is in a position to it would probably swell and mould and

hold his products after they are ready the germinating DOWEI‘ of it Would be

to market may not be a good reason why destroyed.

he should do so. This problem will then Then again, this dI‘Y. hot weather if

be up to the judgment of the farmer, we should sow the wheat, it would be

who will have more latitude for the ex- very liable to be injured by the Hessian

ercise of his judgment than in the case fly. Last year we sowed the wheat from

where necessity compels him to sell at the first of September but the ground

'once. ' was moist enough so that the wheat



But growing the produce is a factor of could come up and make a. rapid growth.

the marketing problem in still another There is nothing SO detrimental to the

sense, because the man who has some work of the Hessian fly as to have the

special product for which he can secure ground in so fertile a condition and con-

a special market is in a much. better po- taining sufficient moisture so that the

sition to market that product to advan- plant outgrows its ravages if there are

tage. Every farmer should have at least any. I can remember seasons when much

one special product for which he can the same condition as to moisture pref

create a special market. It may be seed veiled as the present one, that when it

wheat: it may be pure-bred live stock: it did rain we had such an excessive

may be a, good quality of dairy butter, amount of moisture that it was almost

chickens suitable. for table use, strictly impossible to put the wheat in in good

fresh eggs or various kinds of fruit or condition and, of course, this may happen

vegetables. If he grows or produces 9. again. Nevertheless one can only wait. '

special m a any. product of the Gown 0. LILLIE





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If doubt remains in anyone’s mind as Hundreds of farmers have had similar

to the usefulness of a Hupmobile on experiences in Hupmobile economy

the farm, the experience of a rural and efiiciency; but it is a pleasure to

mail carrier ought to drive it away have these experiences voluntarily

absolutely. confirmed by a man whose living de-





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This man is J. E. Jones, With a route pen S upon his Hup mobile





out of Stuttgart, Ark.





From 8 o’clock in the morning until

noon, he covers his route of 29%

miles in his Hupmobile.





His report to the United States Post-

Oii'ice Department says his total ex-

pense for gasoline and oil does not

exceed one cent per mile.





Think what an advantage a Hupmobile

would be to you in getting to and

from market; in running errands

between the farm andthe town.





Think of the great amount of pleas-

ure you and your family would get

out of the Hupmobile—and at what

little cost.





_ . Can you conscientiously deny yourself



When he made this report In September, and your family the convenience and



he had not had a Single puncture— pleasure a Hupmobile would surely

and had driven the car 3000 miles. bring?





Mr. Jones says his roads are all dirt, Send a postal card to-day for the cam--

with some bad mud-holes, but he has log and the name of the nearest

never had any trouble getting thru. Hupmobile representative.





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SEPT. 16, 1911.

THE FAR'M WORK.





. Alfalfa.



We cut our first crop of alfalfa from

the spring seeding the middle of August,

about nine weeks from the time of seed-

ing. Some weeds were getting in, and

quite a little of the alfalfa was beginning





'to blossom, so we thought best to clip





it, setting the mower rather high. This

was soon after a heavy rain so the soil

was full of moisture, and the crop. is now

growing finely again. We raked up the

alfalfa into small windrows as soon as it

had wilted, and before the leaves would

rattle off, and let it lie a couple of days,

as the weather was fair, then bunched it

in small bunches and hauled it the next

day, as the weather was threatening. It

was still rather heavy, but is keeping

well over the scaffolds, that is, what is

left of it, for we are feeding it in con-

nection with clover hay to the horses and

cows, and it seems to be relished fully

better than the clover. There is a pleas-

ant odor about it which is agreeable to

those who handle it. We secured about

one-half ton per acre from this cutting.

I think the crop will still make a good

growth for winter protection. It will be

remembered that this ground has been

under cultivation only about four seasons.

and the alfalfa followed a clover sod

after wheat following strawberries. Sweet

clover soil was spread over one-third of

the plot, but as yet we can seen no dif-

ference. The alfalfa has a fair color, yet

there is“a slight yellowing in spOts, which

may indicate a lack of sufficient bacteria.

The (agent from the soil department of

the college advised against sowing this

piece, fearing June grass, but we wished

to get it started this season, and chanced

it. As yet little June grass has appeared,

and weeds have not been very trouble-

some, barnyard grass being the most pre-

valent. This was pulled by hand when

the alfalfa was about four to six inches

high, which gave. it a good start of the

weeds. We have a plot which is now in

cucumbers and- pop-corn, that I think we

shall seed to alfalfa next season. It was

heavily manured last winter, and is per-

fectly clean now.

Corn.



Corn is a better crop than usual in

this locality, and is about the only good

crop this season. We seldom have a fail—

ure of everything, and the corn crop will

make up for the light cat and wheat

crops. Some of the corn is down badly





.from the wind in late July, and some is





injured by the hail of that time. We

have one field that was badly ripped up

by the hail, but was not blown over, and

another field a half mile from it that was

not touched by the hail, but was badly

blown over, and is mean to cut. Most

corn is now ready to cut, and many

pieces are down too badly to do good

work with the binder, and will have to

be cut by hand.. We except to sow oats

and vetch in one field we are cutting for

a cover crop if we get a good shower

soon. It was down too badly to sow it in

the corn. This field was set to apple and

peach trees last spring. The other field

we expect to sow to wheat, and will disk

it up and sow as soon as the corn is cut.



We have a half acre of pop-corn, that

has made a more rank growth than I

ever saw before for pop-corn. It is on

a “wornout farm,” too. A year ago we

gave it a dressing with stable manure.

’Ihe wheat crop and seeding which fol-

lowed were light, and we manured it again

last winter, and plowed it early, later

hauling on a top dressing of fine manure

and disking and harrowing until about

June 1, when it was planted to corn and

cucumbers. The corn is thick and rank,

with ears as high as one’s head in places.

It is of the golden queen variety, and

will be a mammoth crop if the frost holds

off a few weeks.



Wheat.



Our wheat ground, following wheat,

which was plowed in late July after hav-

ing a coat of manure, has been harrowed

twice and disked once, and we will con-

tinue to work it until seeding‘ time, prob-

ably about September 15. This should

make a good seed bed, which will hold

moisture well. The last year’s crop is

not turning out well, chiefly on account

of the fly, and it is probable that there

will be considerable late seeding this

year. I believe those who sow about the

middle of September, as a rule, will

strike it about right. There is such a.

thing as getting the seeding too late as

well as too early. On many seasons the

early seeding does best. In this as in

most other things, the golden mean is

best, in the long run. .



Building.

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- THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





over, old buildings, and this interferes

considerably with the farm work. Last

year we completed the stabling in our

large barn, and we have now moved a

former horse barn from its position near

the road, and are converting it into a

fruit storage and packing house, with

eight—foot cellar beneath. This necessi-

tated the building of an eight-foot wall,

172 feet in length, the building being

32x38, with a 16-foot approach to the

cellar for a driveway. When completed

we can back into the cellar, drive through

the first floor, or unload on a level with

the wagon bed at the side. The» attic

will be used for storage of barrels, etc.





We have also moved a small house

from an undesirable location, and are

putting a wall and cellar beneath it, and

building to it. This makes a considerable

addition to the farm work, and makes it

difficult to get everything done when it





should be. Corn cutting will have to wait

a few days.

Calhoun Co. S. B. HArRmMAN.





 





HOW TO GET THE GREATEST FOOD

VALUE OUT OF THE CORN CROP.





V’Ve have no silo, but have a very fine

field of corn which was planted just 90

days ago (August 20). It is a mixed

variety of two late corns and by picking

the earliest ears, I have developed it into

a ninety-day corn. How can I get ,the

most feeding value out of this good crop—

Husk it with a corn shredder or by hand,

and feed the stalks whole, or run them

through a cutting box after husking?



Lapeer Co. B. R.



I think there would be little difference

so far as getting the greatest amount of

food value out of the corn crop in this

instance, whether one husked it by hand

and then shredded the cornstalks or cut

them and fed them in that way, or

whether one husked the corn in the first

place with a husker and shredder and

shredded the stalks at the same time.

All the corn that I do not put into the

silo I husk with a corn husker and shred-

der. Of course, you can’t do quite as nice

at job husking with a corn husker as you

can by hand. The corn doesn’t look quite

so well—the husks are not all removed—

but I don’t care very much about that.

The corn is soon fed out and it is prac-

tically impossible to husk any consider-

able amount of corn by hand, now, on

account of the labor problem. There is

no doubt but what you can get the most

food value out of the stalks by having

them shredded. I think they are better

shredded than they are cut. If you cut

dry cornstalks with an ensilage cutter

the edges are hard, the pieces are not

torn apart, and the cattle will leave a

large amount of it. On the other hand,

if the stalks are shredded, they are torn

apart, they pack into mow. better, they

are more apt to be softened in the mow,

and what is not eaten makes better bed-

ding. It is barely possible if this crop

was husked by hand the stalks drawn

up and stacked and then’ they were run

through a cutting, box as «fast as you

wanted to feed them and fed fresh in

this way, there would be less waste, but

this would cost more.



. COLON C. LILLIE.





SEEDING CORN GROUND TO RYE.





Would it pay me to sow to rye after

the corn used for silage is taken off?

it benefit the ground? I am going to put

corn in the same field next year.



Monroe Co. F. W





It is most excellent practice to seed

corn ground to rye, providing you can

get the corn off early enough so that the

rye can get a start,in the fall. If you

can get the corn off in the early part of

September and get it seeded to rye, the

probability is that you will get a good

growth of rye and it will give you con-

siderable fall pasture and give you early

spring pasture. If you are to put this

field into corn again you will not need to

plow it so very early in the spring and

you can get quite a little bit of pasture

from the rye. One thing, however, must

be taken into consideration, and that is,

the nature of the soil in this field. If it

is a sandy, gravelly soil you can pasture

it quite late in the fall and pretty early

in the spring without doing injury to its

mechanical condition, but on the other

hand, if it is a clay soil be careful about

pasturing it when it is wet, because the

cattle will tramp upon it and it would

probably do as much harm as they would

get good out of the rye. Even though

you do not succeed in getting the corn

off early enough so that the rye makes

a good growth for pasture this fall, it is

a hardy plant and will come up and make

early spring pasture.



COLON C. LILLIE.





 





 





   





 

 





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Father of the Famous

"Chatham System of Breed-



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Think of a System of Crop

Growing which puts hundreds





and sometimes thousands of

dollars extra profit into a man’s

pocket every season—a system which

demands no more work, no more

trouble. no more expense than ordinary

farming methods—a system which earns as

big proportionate profits on a 40-acre farm

as on a half-section—a system which is

equally in reach of land owners and renters

—rich or poor.





Built on Eternal Truth





I built this System on the Eternal Truth

found in the Family Bible, “As Ye Sow

So Shall Ye Reap.”



Forty-tour years ago, as a boy on a farm,

I saw the tremendous possibilities of plant-

ing pure, clean, healthy seed.



I saw that the only sure way to make

farming pay BIG was to plant perfect seed

and no other seed.



I proved on farms what Agricultural Ex-

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leges. that Fat Seed Make Fat Crops and

Fat Crops Make F at Bank Rolls.





I Invent a Remarkable

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But my System would never have be-

come famous had I merely proved that

planting pure seed means bumper crops.



It was up to me to show my neighbors

and other farmers how to get pure

seed. I found that buying seed from

dealers every season was expensive





DETROIT. MICH.





I Have Shown a Quarter

Million Farmers the





Road to Wealth—I’ll Show

YOU if You’ll Let Me.





I am the originator of the Chatham

System of Breeding Big Crops, the

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world has ever known. Already, more than

250,000farmersare practicingit. AndtheChatham

System is now sweeping over the United States and





Canada at such accelerating speed that every enter-

prising farmer in America will soon have adopted it.





and bothersome business, and that often

such seed failed to thrive when planted on

strange ground. Nor did hauling seed grain to

the elevator prove successful, convenient or

cheap. Even if I got the weed seed, dirt and

poor grains taken out, usually some other

farmer’s weed seed crept in. And it took

time to haul my grain to the elevator and

back. I noticed, too, that when a farmer

sold his uncleaned grain to the elevator, he

get not a red cent for his screenings.



So, I set about to build a. home implement—-

a farm machine that would give every farmer

all the pure seed he wanted. cheap, and also

enable him to clean his grain for market and

save being docked and losing his screenings.



After many years I succeedcdin building

3 Mill which cleans, grades and separates not

only Wheat, Oats, Barley, Flax, Buck-

wheat and various other small grains, but

Corn and grass seed as well—a machine which

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THE AMERICAN HOG.





It is safe to assert that the hogs are

not appreciated at their full value on

most of the farms in this country. They

are looked upon as a necessary evil that

works in between other things and pre-

vents wastes. If it were not for the pigs

that are ready to' devour everything that

is eatable, and convert it into market-

able meat, considerable quantities of dif—

ferent things that are raised on the farm

would be wasted. It is too often the case

that the pigs are despised on account of

their most meritorious characteristics,

their appetite. Ifit were not for the good

appetite and willingness to make hogs of

themselves in a short period of time, the

pigs would be of no more value to the

farmer than were their slow growing an-

cestors. The improved appetite which

the modern pigs possess, enables them to

become a modern type of hog of great

value.



The hog crop of the country during

1910 sold for more money than the wheat

crop, and more than all the sheep and

horses. They were the readiest means of

getting money with which to meet ex-

penses, buy luxuries, and lift mortgages,

of anything on the farm in the shape of

meat producers; and they did it in a very

short period of time. A very large per-

centage of pork meats sold were from

light weight hogs, not exceeding 222': lbs.

each. which weight was attained in less

than six months’ time. These weights

gave the Michigan farmers an advantage

not often considered: they could raise

two crops of pigs. one in the spring and

one in the fall, fit the pigs for market at

an age when they would make the great—

est gains for the feed consumed. and

bring them the cash in hand twice per

year.



While traveling in the corn belt. I no-

ticed that the farmers allowed their sows

to farrow at nearly all tims of the year.

Then, by keeping the pigs growing there

were. some ready for market at all times

of the year. The inflow of hogs at the

great market centers is very constant,

with heavy shipments during the late.

fall and winter months. This constant

run of hogs to market makes it possible

for dealers to supply all classes of trade

at nearly all times of the year. The

butcher‘s light weight, fresh pork trade,

has reached great proportions, taking a

considerable from what formerly went

for different cuts of beef and mutton.

At present fresh pork meats are very

popular at hotels, restaurants and in CIty

families.



Economical Meat Producers.



It is pretty generally understood that

for a given amount of feed consumed.

the pigs give the largest returns in live

weights. As the prices for live hogs are

as high or higher than for either beef

cattle or mutton sheep, it is easily seen

that during the growing and fattening

periods the pigs make the larger returns

for the feed consumed. If grass or forage

feeds are supplied in connection with the

grain feeds. the cost of production is so

greatly reduced that the gap between the

cost of live hogs and live beef animals

or mutton sheep, is widened to that ex—

tent that it is no wonder that the Am-

erican farmers turn their attention to

the raising and feeding pigs to that ex-

tent that the income from the porkers

exceeds that from both sheep and horses.



But there is still another point that

should be considered in regard to the

economical meat question; the dealers

and consumers get more profit for the

trouble of handling and the amount of

money paid for the stock in the first

place. While the. beef steer and the

mutton sheep dY‘OS‘S away around fifty

per cent, the pigs dress away only about

twent per cent. “'ith the same prices

.alive, and the. same prices for the dressed

meats, there is more profit to the dealers

on the pork meats than for either of the

others. To use the common expression

with the consumers the better classes of

pork meats "go farther when used in the

family than either the beef or mutton.”

And still farther. the pigs furnish a.

greater variety of popular cuts of meat

than the other animals.



The World's Supply of Hogs.



The fact does not seem to be very gen-

erally understood that more than one-

half of all the hogs in all the world are

raised and marketed in the United States.

The Americans are becoming heavy con-

sumers of pork meats, and yet about

three—fourths of all the pork meats that

are commercially distributed throughout





THE MicnioAN FARMERL - . .

1912 Jackson value guaranteed

by ten long years’ experience





the civilized world are produced and pre-

pared for distribution in the United

States. The pork producing business of

this country has become so dominant,

that it is said that in nearly all parts of

the world, whether it is mess pork, bacon,

hams or lard that is exposed for sale, it

is all accredited as the products of the

American hog.



The American pork meats are so uni-

versally popular that they are used by all

the leading religious sects that form a

part of modern civilization, with the ex—

ception of the Jews and Mohamedans.

\Vith the increasing popularity of pork

meats, on account of palatability and

economy, we may reasonably expect to

be given to understand that the unfound-

ed prejudices against the hog has passed

away, and that the meat from the do-

mestic pig, when well prepared for cat-

ing, will occupy its proper position, and

be, as it ,was in ancient China, food con-

sidered suitable for feasts and sacrifices,

as well as food fit for the gods.



The Farmer Behind It All.



With all that can be said in regard to

the magnitude of the home and export

trade in pork meats, the genius of the

American farmer is behind it all and

should be given the amount of credit due

him. As great as is the genius of the

packer, as wonderful as is the operations

of the live stock markets, the farmers

are behind both these forces, and make

it possible for them to do business.

Withdraw the farmers and the business

would vanish. And still farther, the

genius of the farmer in seeking out plans

by which the quality of the stock has

been improved, and the meats supplied

in form and flavor to suit the demands

of the consumers at home and abroad.

has been the greatest factor in enlarging

the field for operations, and extending

the trade in the American hog and his

products until it has justly become the

marvel of the civilized world.



Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





 





SEE THE LIVE STOCK AT THE

STATE FAIR.



That there is great need for improve-

ment in the average quality of Michigan

live stock is disputed by no one who is at

all familiar with the conditions. That

there is a growing interest in live stock

improvement none can doubt who are in

present touch with the situation. Farm-

ers are, recognizing the fact more gen-

erally than ever before that it costs near-

ly as much to grow a poor animal as a

good one.



The fact that there is no comparison

between the poor animal and the good

one. when grown. can nowhere be seen

to better advantage than at the big fairs,

where the best products of our most

skilful breeders in every line of live stock

production are exhibited. Every farmer

vvho attends the State Fair, as every

farmer should who can possibly arrange

to do so, should make a careful study of

the live stock exhibits. Here, as nowhere

else so near at home, can he study the

perfection of the type and quality which

count for so much in every show ring,

and here, as nowhere else, will he derive

an inspiration for the improvement of his

own live stock.



The entries made in the several de—

partments of the fair indicate that the

live. stock show this year will be better

than ordinary, and this should prove an

inducement for every farmer to attend

the fair if he were not attracted by its

many other attractive_departments.





H. A. Leaders, of Iowa, who marketed

a car load of 17 head of fancy branded

Wyoming Hereford steers at Chicago re-

cently-at an extremely high price, bought

them in Omaha, and during a six months’

feed they made an average gain of around

480 lbs. Mr. Leaders stated that the cat-

tle were started on ground and ear corn,

timothy and clover hay, being kept on

this feed for about two months. The

corn ration was gradually changed from

ear to shelled corn. They were fed corn

on grass only about one month, and then

placed in a dry feed lot. The ration con-

sisted of shelled corn, alfalfa-molasses

feed, with oil meal and oats as a condi-

tioner toward the latter part of the feed-

ing period.





 





The decreasing receipts of matured

hogs at western markets help to confirm

the practically unanimous reports that

the supply has been nearly exhausted.

Taking the country as a whole, there are

said to be plenty of pigs and thrifty

young hogs that are gaining In weight

rapidly, but some weeks are needed to

bring them to suitable maturity for pack-

ers’ purposes. All kinds of hogs are

bringing high prices, even the commoner

grade, but prime light hogs are especially

high, with a big demand for hogs adapted

for converting into fresh pig pork and

bacon. The country packers are 8.33111

coming into prominence and are doing a.

big business in selling bacon and hams

of high grade.





 





.SEPT. 16, 1911.





 





Model 42—Five passenger; 40 H. P.- . 118 inch wheelbase, full be t and

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Four reasons make

this the most nota-

ble announce-



vment of the new

season.





These reasons are

the extraordinary

wer and size of the new

ficksons; the extraordinary

rices; and the fact that the

ackson experience and repu-

tation of ten years’ standing

is back of the cars.





You know about the majority

of the new season’s produc-

tions.





Have you encountered any

other touring car of 30 horse-

power and 110 inch wheel

base “with generous room

for five people—at $1100. ?





Or 40 horsepower and 118 inch

wheelbase at $1500?





Or 50 horsepower and 124 inch

wheelbase at $1800? '





Jackson cars are on exhibition at the Michigan State Fair.





No hill too steep

No and too deep





The 1912 Jackson

cars retain all the

sterling qualities

which have made.

the Jackson famous

——the full elliptic,

easy-riding springs;

the sturdy, powerful

motor, good for any road it

encounters , the standard

construction and sound de-

signing.

To find their equal in power and size—

in what you actually get for your





money—you must look among high-

er priced cars.





In other words, the Jackson gives you

—-at moderate prices—all that the

car of higher price gives you—and

a ten year reputation besides.



See the new Jacksons at the nearest

dealer’s. Look at others, too, if you

like—and we’d advise doing that,

for we know the comparison will be

favorable to the Jackson.



If you don’t know the Jackson dealer’s

name write us—a postal card—~and

we’ll send it to you.





Do this today.

Space to right ct main entrance,





Jackson Automobile Co., 1460 East Main St. Jackson, Mich.





 





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QUALIFICATIONS OF A BREEDER.





A real breeder must be a man who

loves his stock. There is a wide differ-

ence between merely keeping stock and

being a. Successful breeder. A success-

ful breeder either makes improvement

or holds his stock up to a high level fixed

by the great breeders. Stock-breeding is

a, business that requires brains. It re—

quires the best thought of the brightest

intellects. There are a dozen breeders of

the last century whose names are just

as everlastingly engraved upon the roll

of fame as are the world’s greatest

statesmen. They have been of as great

benefit to humanity as any other class

of men.



A willingness and ability to work is

also a prime essential. Success will not

come of a single effort. Temporary dis-

couragements may mar early success. It

requires courage and the best fighting

ability that a man possesses to pull

through the disappointments. The really

great breeders have worked and waited

long years before success finally crowned

their efforts.



Breeding is an art that requires knowl—

edge. Without knowledge one begins at

exactly the same place at which the

breeders of early times did. By studying

and learning what those men have done

and how they have accomplished it a man

of today is able to start in at the place

where those men stopped their work and

is thus enabled to improve upon the ani-

mals produced by those men.



Knowledge of the principles of breed-

ing is of estimable value. In the mat-

ing of animals together a real breeder

will have in mind some particular type

of animal that he wishes to produce.

Lack of knowledge and consequent inabil-

ity to judge the outcome of the cross is

one of the greatest causes of mediocre

success being attained by a large mass

of stock keepers.



Knowledge of feeding is of prime im—

portance. The great breeders and im-





.provers of stock have ever been great





feeders. The most prominent of early

Angus breeders in America was known as

the “Prince of Feeders.” Feed is abso-

lutely necessary in developing an animal’s

form. Unless an animal is well fed and

its good points brought out, a breeder

cannot determine whether to keep or

discard the stock.



A man cannot be a successful and pro-

gressive breeder unless he is a good judge

of stock. A breeder today, especially a

man who has pure-bred stock, is in a.

large measure engaged in business in

competition with other men who handle

the same breed and to some extent with

other breeds. Unless a. man is a first

class judge he cannot successfully com-

pete with those other men. The ideals

that other breeders have in mind and the

animals that they produce are a help to

any man in his own work. A good judge

will know what constitutes a desirable

animal for the purpose, as, for instance,

in cattle, there is a wide difference in

beef and dairy animals. Knowing what

constitutes a good animal for the desired

purpose, he must have a detailed knowl-

edge of the more particular characteris—

tics of the breed.



A breeder of today must have a keen

knowledge of the principles of buying and

selling. He must be a business man. The

keeping of records and the correspond-

ence incident to the business are as ex-

acting in their requirements as are those

of any other business.



A breeder must know his market. He

must know what his customers will want

to buy. It is far better, at least from

the financial standpoint, to breed what

the market demands than to raise some-

thing that the market is not wanting and

to wait until a market is created. From

the purely business standpoint, the rais-

ing of pure-bred stock is a problem of

pleasing the buyer. How to please those

men and how to smooth over their whims

and fancies is one of the requirements of

a modern stock producer.



Many breeders are engaged in show—

ing their stock at fairs. This is really

a form of advertising. The way a man

conducts himself when the ribbons are

tied, whether he loses or wins, is taken

by the onlookers as an index to the kind

of a man the exhibitor is. A man can

gain many friends and customers by

showing some of his best stock in show

condition and meeting and talking ‘with

breeders. A breeder of today requires a.

broader knowledge and more ability than

the man who follows almost any other





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other line of honest endeavor.

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Indigestion—Lessened Milk Supply—Im-

paction.——Have had two cows die during

the summer and I would like to know

what ailed them. The first one to go

wrong was a three-year—old Jersey that

came fresh last December, she was turn-

ed out to pasture the eighth of May and

died ten days later. There was consid-

erable dead grass in this pasture, but in

addition to grass she was fed one quart

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suddenly lose her appetite for both food

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Perhaps you gave them too much medi-

cine. Best cathartic for cattle is epsom

salts, and second best raw linseed Oll,

given to them every twelve hours.



Sheep Cough—I would like to know

what to do for sheep that have a slimy

discharge from nostrils and a cough.

Several of these sheep have been on a

low, wet pasture during the early part of

the summer. 1 feed apples, cucumbers,

potatoes, new oats and green cornstalks.

\V. B., Big Rapids. Mich—Mix together

equal parts powdered licorice. ground

ginger and salt and give each one a tea-

spoonful at a dose iwice a day.



Acute Indigestion—l have a shoat that

you our of piles last winter and now

1 come to you regarding a hog that seems

to bloat badly, then gradually gets over

it. This pig is a great deal smaller than

those of the same litter, but does not

seem to be very sick. One of my neigh-

bors thought the pig was troubled With

black teeth, but I am not familiar

with that ailment. \V. J. B., Otia,

Mich—Black teeth seldom do hogs any

harm. Give your pig 20 grs. bicarbonate

soda at a dose in feed two or three times

a day. Perhaps you had better change

his feed.



Rheumatism.—I have a hog that has

been lame for several months, the lame-

ness is in one lore and one hind leg. I

fail to locate lameness as there is no

swelling or tenderncss. J. L. L., Kings-

ley, Mich.——Give your hog 15 grs. salicy-

late of soda at a dose in feed two or

three times a day. It is possible that

the joints are affected enough to make

him always some stiff.



Chronic (‘tillgll.wl have a seven-year-

old horse that has been troubled with

a cough all summer but appears to be

healthy. He does not show any symp-

toms of heaves, has worked on the farm

all Summer, fed dry feed during the day

and runs in pasture nights. N. C. B.,

Stanwood, Mich—Give 1 oz. powdered

licorice, 1 dr. powdered opium and 2 drs.

muriate ammonia at a dose in damp feed

two or three times a day.



Tumor on Eyes—I have an eight-year~

old cow that hurt her eye about a year

ago; the eye ball is pretty much gone,

but a large growth the size of a goose

egg seems to have grown on eye and I

would like to have it removed. A. M,

Sturgis, Mich.—~The only satisfactory

treatment for a case of this kind is to

cut off tumor, then apply boric acid to

eye two or three times a day.





 





 





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Stockmen are attracted by the open-

ing of the Fort Berthold Indian reserva-

lion in North Dakota, approximating 160,-

000 acres. The lands are classified as

agricultural lands of the first and second

class and grazing lands. The soil is

dark brown alluvial .top, with a retentive





subsoil. The drawing by lot will take

place on the sixth day of September.

More than 5,000 people registered at





Minot, North Dakota, the first day, the

heaviest registration being from the two

Dakotas, Minnesota, \Visconsin, Illinois,

lowa, New York and Pennsylvania. A

considerable portion of the land is said

to be valuable for grazing live stock.

Now that the government report on

corn has been made public and shows

the condition to be 70.3, a little higher

state than a month ago, and indicates a.

yield of 2,736,000,000 bushels, compared

to 3,126,000,000 bushels a year ago, cat-

tlenien are saying that it would not be

unwise for feeders to take on some lib-

eral supplies of thin steers to fatten for

the market next Year. Feeding cattle

values are on their relative basis as

against {at beeves. The outlook for fat

beef crop next spring favors shortage and

with a fairly generous new crop of corn

and a liberal surplus, the beef men are

saying that cattle and hog production

needs impetus, if corn is to be consumed

in quantity sufficient to maintain prices

at strong levels, even though Europe is

going to buy much more of our yellow

cereal this year than in years gone by.





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on. 16.1911.





FOR SALE“§3$' urmPii'lb‘llg“ Prize





winners. IRA is. BALDWIN, Hastings, Michigan.





Oak Hill Stock Farm





VON NOIEVII NAHIOUILLIT IRIS

at farmers'oxrioes for the next 90 days. Large. lain.

heavy nee: . _c. E. Locxwoon, yum es. Isa.





 





 





EG. R‘smbouilleg of lb: lzo‘ested breeding, rfinfind

ewes romone car 0 a r uoed rice en

in Sept. Breeding furnished. All in prfect health.

Farm 2% miles Morrice. on G. T. B6 B. and M. U.





siiipood for impaction if ordered. J. Q. A





 





. he sunset. and rll rams d

sired by this noted ram. H. Strwarlz.‘ “Duct: film





HBOPSHIRE HALL STOCK FARM has a few extra





good yearlin and2—yeabold rams at reaso bl

price. L. s. Dillinnii. a; some. Concgrd. Milli. °





Flockheadcrs‘?.l‘.°§§i.’-‘°“i‘in“ S‘l‘°"°h"° “m

ewes. JONES a MORRIBH. a Bandwidth.“





 





 





 





 





The R.F.D.and





as she turns a cream separator crank.





tinkering, just gasoline and plenty of

the Marion line should last a lifetime.

MARthIFI “35"—Five-passenge1r, flushfisicligd,



u y equi ped,less top an win 5 ie ..

MARION “333



(less top and windshield). ............

MARION “48"——-Five-passenger, flush-sided





MARION “46," Two-passenger, and

tions as MARION “48." Price, each





 





 





These Two Great Factors Have Been

Uppermost In Giving To The Farmer

City Life, Enterprise And Comfort





HE benefit, comfort and pleasure derived from the possession of an

automobile are measured only by the kind of automobile you own. In



the Marion you get all car—you are not paying part of your good money



for a fancy name not an “advertised reputation"~—— the Marion sells on merit.

You don’thave to be an engineer in order to operate a Marion car, because

simplicity of construction is its chief characteristic—sclf-reliance was born in a

Marion. This car can be operated and turned in crowded city streets or

narrow country roads—it can be started by your wife or daughter as easily





Here is a car that will pull sand, mud, snow or slush—it requires no





-TWO-passenger, Torpedo or 0

equipment. includingl arge brass-bound tool

‘ ..................................... $1150





base 120'; fully equipped, less togian'd windshield ............................ $1750

ARION “47." four-passenger. same specifica-snsu





Semi for the M arion Catalog. [11:11: you everything.





The Marion Sales Company, Indianapolis, Ind.





theAutomobile





oil. With moderate care any model of





fore-door Touring Car; wheel base 112';

.......... 51285

n Roadster; wheel base 111'; full

ox. and gasoline tank in rear; price





fore-door Torpedo Touring Car; wheel





 





 





 





 





 





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Heaves

Cured





NEWTON'S REMEDY 21 years sale

removes the cause. Prevents and cures Ind: cation,

Coughs, Distmpsrs. Death toHeaves. Removes ntesti-

nal worms and is an excellent conditioner. Standard

remedy for 21 years. Guaranteed for H ves. At dealers

or direct. prepaid ‘1 a can. Book exp ains fully. free.

THE NEWTON REMEDY 00-. Toledo. Ohlo.





Craffb is

What )fiu Want





Dim etc. Don'tacc tany

B ’ istbsol Slim 0





     





 

 

 





 

 

   





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—One re sterodlblaok Percheron Stallio

For sale "Oiivogi' No. Wei t 2100 lbs. 9

years old. VOORHEES BROS . Albion. . No. 6. Mich.





i BEG. Pincutnoii mussel:- 21:3 i." la-

Duroc Jersey Boats. M. A. BBAY, Okeinos, Mich.





 





 





BREED“? DIRECTGRY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd. consisting of Trojan Ericas Blackbirds and

Pri , only, is headed by rton W. a Trojan Erica.

by B ack Woodlawn, sire of t e GrandCham ion steer

and bull at the International in Chicago, 90., mo.

He is assisted by Undulata Blackbird Ito.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionla. Mich.





BROWN SWISS CATTLE.





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





HULL BROS., Painesville, Ohio.





HOLSTElN BULLS





FOR SALE=





Registered bulls from four to ten months old for

sale that are closely related to Hengerveld

De Kol, De Kols 2nd Butter Boy 3rd, and Golan-

tha 4th’s Johanna. The dams are heavy milkers

and mostly in the A. R. 0. Prices reasonable.

Sand for list. Dildow'l Holstein liens, Irscdsvillsflich.





TOP N OTCH HOLSTEINS

Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls oom-

bining in themselves the blood of cows which now

hold and have in the past held World'- Records for

milk and butter fat at fair rioes.‘,



McPHERSON FAR S 60.. Howell. flick.





Holstein Friesian Caflle“3.'l"nl;ofi.‘li‘35§:

ary Mercedes, W. B. JONES. Oak Grove. Micki!!!-





DEKOL-KOBNDYKE Holstein bull calf choicest A.





 





 





 





 





 





n. o. breeding. Splendid individual. sin. Y land

Farms. Ypsilanti. moi... 0010 Brothers. Pmpr’f‘oton.





One sired by Imported

rted Fairy of Laporte

us of Governor of the Shene

Handsome and Well Marked. Price reasonable.

Apply to H. BYRON SCOTT.

Halcyon Farm. Grease Ile, Mich.





SALE





Two Fine Registered Guernsey

Bull Calves.

Both Guernsey Island Bred.

One sired byDBiiciSi's Star. Prize BullIcIfIthe Island.





anny Fern

Hottons Major.





HOLSTEIN BULLS“}.J° 1‘ mefi“‘i‘,§d°’.‘l;.§§f§2.§3





. ister

Good breeding. HOBAB'IQW. FAY. Eden. Mich

noISTEINS—I have for sale a few cows and year-

. ling heifers bred to Johanna Con-

cordia Champion, the only ball of anv breed whose 2





grand dams average 34.061bs. butter in ’7 days. Also bull

calves and serVicc bulls. L. E. Connell. Fayette. 0.





HEREFORDS-l-Mh T’ml’i‘d lying?

China hogs. ALLEN not. $13} Poi). MIL-ll: '

FOR SAL _g§5v. gildLfiflii’fitmfirififi





producing stock. 0. A. BRISTOL, Benton. Michigan.





SHBOPSHIRE yearlings and ram lambs of best wool

and mutton type. Prices ri t. Write r

Also 0. I. C. Swine. Geo. P. An rews. Danslrlllle.‘Mllcxtl:





Shropshire Hans and £11.81? “ 3‘?ngng 39.3.?

LONG BEACH FARM, Augusta, Kalamazoo 00.,Michl





The Maple Shropshires 35:53: ”85.11“ g

ear-ling rams, and our 3-year-old stock ram. bred by

aVison and sired b5 British Yeoman.



E. E. LELAND a S N, Route No. 9, Ann Arbor. Mich.





Shropshire Rams for Sale.

DAN BOOHEB. R. No. .1‘ Marion, Mich.





 





 





“Imam”: :gaflalxigere’ grices.I Eggs ’8 flnefbunch of

gsan rain am a so

breeding ewes. nanny po'r'rna, Dnvilaoii.w i333?





,HOCS.





' -—Growth)' 8 ti Boats

llamas & "Gloria: of choicest greggin “01:19:33:

Winners. M. '1‘. STORY, B. 248. Lowe] , Michigan.





 





 





 





 





' —Ten gilts bred to the wonde f l D k

BBLkShlnS Pontiac Chief to farmw in Apiiluor M113?

No better breeding. C. S. Bartlett. Pontiac, Mich.





~—ltegis_tered boar pi excellent.

PWERHEE'ES’ raisin. arsenals:





TWO Berkshire Gilts, sired b Handsome Prince 3.

Bbred for Ang..farrowing. will sell at 840 d: .45 also

a few spring pigs left. A. A. PATTLLUO, Deckorville. Mich.





MPROVED CHESTER WHITES—Ch l

I boars of March and April furrow. oImavil 0:12:

sell 10 thorougibred Holstein cows to freshen in Sept.

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





ADAMS BROS” Litchfield, lien, breeders of Imp. Chester

White and Tamworth swine, service boars, sows bred or

open. of either breed. Shorthorn Cattle, In! Rock, Buff Wynn—

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





 





 





 





 





0. l. CrMmh 5‘“ with gun... and b... pedi-





tees.

C. J. HOMPSON. Rockford. Michigan.





 





0 l c’ —elther sex.

I s s mwthy kind.

prices. A. .L EWMAN, R. No. 1, Mariette. Michigan.





0. l. C’s l‘or Sale‘g‘m “32.93% 233° $"ti

ages. OTTO B. SC LZE.





0. l. 0. Choice 8 ring Pigs. SET 5%..52‘5‘ :33





Nashville. Michigan.





 





at first choice. Al igs chi ed

free. HARRY ’1‘. 81¢an odfé’grdi'llfnn‘illb‘if





—M

o. I. c. swmz desist. astral

strain both males and females. Get my price before

you buy. Will re ister free of charge in purchaser's

name. A. J. GO DEN. R. No. 2. Dorr. Michigan.





0 I. C.'s-—I am offering 12 choice young boars and 10

. select sow igs at iarmers‘ rices in orderto make

room for fall p gs. Fred Niche , Monroe, Mich, R-l.





UROCJERSEY SOWS bred for 80 t. f

D spring gilt-s and boars of choiogst gmnAlgg

right prices. E. R. CORNELL. Howell. Mic .





 





—lieg. St. Lambert. Jerse Cows. Heifers

F0l' sale and Calves of both sexes. I. H. GEORGE,

Cottage Home Egg Farm, Constantine. Michigan.





BUTC'RTER BRED mfifi‘sl’fg‘s





YSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Sliver Creek. Allezan County. Michigan.





JERSEY BULLS FOR SALE





Sired pé'l‘cmisia's Interested Prince 71648, whose dam

made lbs. butter in one year, authenticated test.

Choice individuals. cos Reasonable.





IllllIlKWlTEll FllllJllll ARBOR, mcu, n. r. n. 1.

Register oi Merit Jerseys. 2&3. Pill:





lot of young bulls from dams with official records

0 m nude and u wards of butter.

. F. MARS ON. Bay City. Michigan.





REGISTERED JERSEYS For Sale—Some oombin.

ing the. bloodof St. Louis and Chicago World's

Fair Champions by HERMAN HARMS. Reese, Mich.





Dairy Bred Shamans—.213"??? #5353353?

Cash or good note. J. B. HUMMEIZ, Mason. Mich.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS.

"ER” Butlsgvmas Signal St. L. No. 58197

Jubilee‘s Foxhall. No. 82299.

Bullralves sired by these at bulls, and out of

splendid dairy cows. many 0ft em in test for register

of merit. Also a few heifers and heifer calves for

sale. Write for description and prices. Satisfaction

‘. sranteed. or money refunded.

COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Michigan.





For Sale—Don le StandardIPolled Durham Bulls.





l)

. heifers, and cows. Iam closi out.

Write for prices. Sanford Gasser, Sliermailt‘Mich.





SHEEP.





gflADY LA NE HAMPSHIRES:-Magnlfioent lot one

i. and 2-year old rams. Come and take your pick for

815.11). None better. Comfort. Tyler. Goldwater, Mich.





Polled Delaine Rams for Sale.





F. L. BROKAW. Eagle. Michigan.

—Good Ye rll Fl

Oxford Down Sheen Rams and :wofir all In]:

forssle. I. B. WATERBURY. Highland, Michigan.

OXFORD DOWN RAMS FOR SA LE—yearlin





and lambs. Will sell a few aged t

tractlve Iprices. s. E. GILLETT. Ravenliif'o'ino?





PARSONS’ OXFOIISGll'fiwl’I'i" 3.53.95“.

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better laxfibs. (inside : uqul‘hl . “.1 I p.



express 0 arses. :- now 0 c ’s rues;



breeder of cod shoe "PARSONS—tho my M '



mend Lodge. Mich.p an.

i T.’ ’33 39. .er '-.l Y





FOR SALE—“9’“ “3'9“ “"0 .bom of this

thoroughbred Pl 3.3131 nhrfififidtfi f3”,- will?





83, pullets.$2. 0. 0. Frisbie.Buohanan, Mic Phonon.





DU ROG-J ERSEYS‘S.red ““3333





1

sale. CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hostines.rfiIo£igan.





FOR SAL —-DUBOC-JERSEY bred so





WE.

i and She herdP . -

press prepaid. J. H. xBfNGHAB’I’.’ Lamin‘glfidig.





 





UROC-JERSEYS—Zf) fine spring gins. popular bl d 1'

Good individuals; 10 fine hos", 5 bred wwgodnlenei;

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





 





ALNU'I‘ HILL DUROCS—N fans ‘

W Mich. Col. for August and Se )lb.sf9all’:olwx:edlgg

spring pigs. both sexes. riced ri ht. rite or come.



. C. BABNEY. CO DWA ER. MICHIGAN.





BUTLEH’S BIG TYPE PULAND-cfllllmifiin‘y’f’fii





bi fall boars at. 95: 100 spring pl 810 $0315; 50



»' :5 regis tered Shro bucks at Ono .15- 6 re “Jigs;

bulls at $15 to .25; 1‘6 - Shl‘Op ewes at 0. We

are the farmer’s friend. .13 O-Bntler, Portland, M lch.





LARGE TYPE P. C.‘l‘.‘;‘,‘2.§°f§ in walls?“- ““9

sows. Weigh 160 to 175lbs. at 4 mozll’xlg? Myggtm

Not how cheap but. how ." W pay ex-

penses of those who come an do not find what I

advertise. W. E. LIVINGSTON, Purina, Mich.





POLAND-CHINAS’.‘?..‘£..‘:.k ‘r‘é‘l





spring pigs. WOOD & SONS. Saline. Michigan.





 





OLAND CHINA SPRING PIGS f - l '

P stock. 'Also dairy bred Shorthgrllls. ([1):ng 223:3:

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



_ ‘ —A fewbi t 98 t..Gi

P0lallll Chlnas for Sept.8 fZl-‘rongp Alsdt‘s 23g

pigs. E. D. BISHOP, Route 38, Lake Odessa, ioh.





Threa Extra Good Fall P. I}. Roars





By Next In Line. 32 sprin male i d

I ship 0. O. D. and fun: fiirsdigreg: mgpttclifimff

you want. good as the best, wr to me for prices.





WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater, Michigan.

For SaRlEeAEElld Y0liKSlilllli MARS





DY FOR SERVICE.

WATBRMAN 8i WATBRMA N

Successors in the Hurray-Waterman 0).. ANN ARBOR. IICH.





Lillie Farmstead York ~Holneu

(mm! m... Mommi'lffi acorns





in Boar-s ready

for service. A fine lot of s rin i

The hi; 8 p m. .Gilts bred for





 





 





guaranteed. COLON 0. I‘ll". Coopersville, Mich.





-‘ " '1 it ‘3': 75“! in: 'ai'





Come and see me or write your wants. Sheeii; ;

.000 .





MAPLE amen SHROPSHIRES-J‘or sale the imp. '

ram M





rder now and get first choice.»





March farrow—the lar e.'

Right type at farmegrs"





akin, some lino bred ilts, choice lot of fall plgsllill





 





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THE _MICHIGAN FARMER.





, the profit. Taking the writer’s own val- ing otherwise brought to the surfaces

1’ nation per hen (50 cents) we have a Only lalt spring a friend of mine com-

POULTRY‘HD BEES, total investment for the flock of $50, and plained of his fowls dying off. He made

' _ 4 a profit of $150 on this investment, over a practice of burying dead fowls in the



' feed cost, is a profit of 300 per cent. He poultry yard.





PROMPT 'MARKETING MEANS BET- cannot charge any interest on the feed

TER QUALITY AND PRICES.





 





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The work was so poorly

done that the carcasses were scratched

investment as the flock pays cash, so is up by the healthy fowls. Thinking that

—— entitled to a two per cent discount. this might be the cause of the loss of so

The quality which is most desirable in One thing further: the writer's claim many hens, he kept the flock penned in

milk and cream for immediate consump- that the henhouse is a further burden I for a, time, and this served to check the

tion is sweetness. In eggs, the corres- will answer with the question. how many trouble. However, as soon as the hens

pending quality is freshness. Most pro- farm premises are there without such a were released and resumed scratching

ducers have come to realize that dairy provision already? However, if it must they contracted the disease and continued

products must be marketed daily, and be built, $5 interest per year will furnish dying until he had lost his entire flock of

under the most favorable circumstances, enough money to turn the trick. old fowls and the young stock also be-

to command the highest market price. To the writer’s complaint that $150 came affected. 0, E, HACHMAN.

The same practice should obtain in the profit of an investment of $50 is not ,

marketing of eggs. enough I would say that it lOOkS good to FACTS RELATIVE TO THE HANDLING

There is a. closer parallel between the me, and remember this refers to park 0F HONEY.

quality of sweetness in milk, and fresh- confined hens without any “intensive”

ness in eggs, than is commonly supposed. care.

It may be truthfully said that, under the

same conditions, eggs will keep fresh no total egg yield.





 





 





In removing comb honey from the hive

Anotherpoint in the estimation of the a good bee escape proves invaluable. The





 





 





longer than milk will keep sweet.





A better term than freshness would purely laying varieties of pure breed, knows, it is IIOt an easy task to rid the

be newly-laidness. The term “fresh eggs" but such as a farmer can get ordinarily. surplus arrangement of bees when he

“current re—

ceipts,” which may be from one week to

one month old. A new-laid egg must be

under one week old, and must have been

kept in a cool, dry place, under 60 degs.

F., and free from odors of all kinds to

If properly cooked cerning the profit in broilers Which you bees.

within this time, the albumen or white is Published a few weeks ago and as 1. too. escape

milky, flaky, and what is termed “clot- live in Genesee county I wish to cor~ brood nest on each of the colonies from

ty.” and the yolk sound, firm and rich.

Such eggs, from healthy hens, are whole- broilers here fOr three years, and seldom next morning you can take the supcrs off

some-food, and have a distinctive flavor does the price fall below 18C, even late the hiVGS, practically free of bees, with—





is commonly applied to





retain its freshness.





and aroma very pleasing to the taste.

If exposed to heat





Wholesome.

Chick development, and





under the ban of the pure food laws.





It is very important, then, that eggs .l'USt twenty weeks old.

should be marketed promptly and regu-

larly to preserve quality and wholesome-

Not only so, but the annual loss f0und two eggs in their enclosure today always keep them in a. perpendicular p0-





HESS.





through detrimental changes in market (Aug. 25)-

This loss is 17 per raised in an ordinary way.





eggs would be saved.





cent of the value in the hands of pro—

ducers; and the price is fixed to cover wheat screenings and cracked corn three kept in a position similar to that it oc-





this loss.





It is conservatively estimated that Min-

nesota produced 100 million dozens of company With 200 other chickens.

eggs during 1910, on farms and village

lots, and that 60 million of these were

How long they

were kept in the country stores, how

long they were in the possession of the

commission men and retailer, who can





put upon the market.





tell?





Thousands of farmers market





so, let producers, merchants,





and cream.

nest to table.

privilege of eating

wholesome eggs.

Minnesota.





really





N. E. CHAPMAN.





COUNTING THE COST FURTHER.





 





A writer from the southwestern part of

the state claims that my article in The

Farmer of August 12 contained “apparent





discrepancies." The writer either mis-





read this article or does not appreciate





the difference between a flock record and

the individual hen's record.



Let me quote the paragraphs ref rred

to. “There shouldn’t be more than six

weeks of the year when the 100 ens

would not produce more than this va ue

(referring to my ration cost) in egg“

This referred to the flock in- the aggre—

gate. I quote further: “My estimate of

the number of eggs these hens should lay

is 1,500 doz., at an average price for the

whole season of about 17c per doz., mak-

ing $250. Subtracting cost of keep ($100)

leaves $150 profit—something like 200 to

300 per cent.



The writer’s opinion that 180 eggs

per hen is too few for a flock with a

six weeks loss record is a matter for

each one to decide for himself. But here

is the point: Does the writer think that

this flock‘ lays, or should lay, 100 eggs

per day for the other 323 days of the

year? I .have never discovered hens so

good.



A hen begins a period of laying and

produces from 12 to 30 eggs usually. Then

she either gets broody or takes a short

rest. These periods continue through the

season. and many hens, even then. lay

only every other day. Now, counting the

light yield of the cold winter months and

the moulting season, it takes a pretty

fair flock to average 180 eggs each.



Enough as to the egg yield. Now to





 

 

 





dampness and brought 220 dressed.

odors, this quality soon disappears, and 21» 1911, that brought $4.85.

the egg becomes stale, insipid and un- pullets of that hatch which are laying at has been a great time and labor-saving





bacterial record, as the hatch came off April 4 and, After honey is well ripened on the hive

changes, Often render eggs unfit for hu- if my memory doesn‘t fail me, the age at it is a question whether it can be im-

man food within 43 hours, and such come which Plymouth Rocks generally begin to proved by any practical known method,





their

milk and cream daily; and an appeal is

made to them to market their eggs with

the same promptness and regularity. Al-

shippers,

railways, commission men and retailers,

handle fresh eggs as they do sweet milk

Keep them moving, from



Then all may have the

fresh and





The flock is to be com- old term for this process was formerly

posed of 100 hens, not neceSsarily of the called robbing. AS every bee—keeper





Isabella Co. wishes to remove some honey from the

hive, but with a bee escape the thing is

done so quickly that there is not even





a flutter among the bees, and it can be





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I noticed Mrs. Rockwood’s article con-





roborate her statement.





I have sold which you desire to remove honey. The





in the fall. The earliest ones, in June, Out disturbing the colony below, and the





1 sold nine on July honey will be free of punctures and the

Have six smell of smoke. To me the bee escape

the present date. I





consider that a device.





lay is 71/2 months. These pullcts are but all Will probably agree that the body



They have been and ilavor can be practically ruined by

laying for some time, but I couldn‘t be a little carelessness, or inexperience, in

certain about it until I shut them up. I handling. In handling combs 0f honey,

TheSe are just ordinary fowls, SitiOn- D0 not lay them on their sides;

They have they may be easily broken. In packing

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times a day, with plenty of fresh water cupied when on the hive. The same



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I consider wheat the best feed for both br00d frames.



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It often happens that one will find some again, should be cleaned out by the bees

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fat. These hens usually become broody, is time for any granulation, put them

weaken, and occasionally die. In such out where all the bees, can get at them.

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little grain scattered about in some straw with it. If you have only a few section-5‘.





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The spread of contagious diseases a pair of pincers and bend them down-





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flock in danger of contracting the disease. the rate of sixteen sections at a time.



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OVER-RUN lN BUTTER MAKING.

The over-run in butter making is often

confusing to those not familiar with the

composition of butter not with the proc-

ess of making it.



Over-run means merely that one pound

of butter-fat when churned into butter

will porduce more than a pound of butter

just the same as a pound of flour when

mixed with yeast, milk, salt and water

will make more than a pound of bread—

or over-run. Just so with butter. When

the cream tests 26 per cent it requires

four pm r.ds of such cream to contain one

pound of butter-fat. After the removal





 





of .__- tuner—lav. by churning, it is wash-

ed to :e;;icve, ...e tauerimlk, then salted

to sun: “5’; mums-w “he :3mpositlon of

average butter "'" as follows:



Butter—far. “0* cont ................. 82.5

VValer, per 3...” ..................... 14.0

Casein, per r~eut ..................... 1.0

Mineral matter, per cent ........... 2.5





In the process of making butter, the

constituents naturally would vary the

same as in bread, depending upon the

skill of the maker. In both cases, the

water would vary the most so is respon-

sible for the greatest variation in over-

run. Yet it would be impossible to make

either bread or butter containing no wat-

er. In fact, all food products whether of

vegetable or of animal origin contain

more or less moisture and this element

is one of the things that makes our food

wholesome. Again, the mineral matter.

in the butter, which is salt, largely. var-

ies from none at all to four per cent, ac-

cording to market demands. The amount

of casein left in the butter has the least

effect upon over-run for it occurs in small

amount, depending upon how well the

buttermilk is removed from the butter.



To calculate the percentage of over-

run: Suppose we have 70 pounds of but-

ter from 200 pounds of cream containing

60 pounds of butter-fat. Apply the fig-

ures to the formula:





‘Vt. blltt0r~\vt. butter-fat

X 100 : 162/3%





 





\Vt. of butter-fat.



In other words, dividing the increase

10 pounds by the original amount of but-

ter-fat, 60 pounds, and .~multiply by 100

gives the percentage of over-run.



N. Dak. Agril. Col. G. L. MARTIN.





ENSILOING FRESH BEET PULP.





 





Have no corn to put into silo this year.

If fresh beet pulp is obtainable why can

I not store a. couple of carloads? Can it

be fed as corn ensllage, that is, a. bushel





per feed? What can I afford to pay for

it per ton?

Monroe CO. J. W. K.





I know of no better substitute for corn

silage than fresh beet pulp. It is not as

valuable as corn silage, containing only

about one-half of the food nutrients, it

contains such a large percentage of mois-

ture. It is a splendid succulent food and

where it does not cost so much freight or

one does not have to haul it too far, it

would pay, I think, to put it into a silo.

This is the proper way to take care of it.

Containing so much moisture, however,

it is expensive if one has to haul it very

far, but, where one is situated as J. W.

K. is, having no corn silage and an empty

silo. I would believe that he could afford

to pay more than anybody else for this

beet pulp, and if I could get the beet

pulp I would fill the silo full. It will be

worth all its cost as a succulent part of

the ration this winter for the cows, for

dairymen have come to know that succu-

lency is a very essential factor in the

compounding of a ration as it greatly





enhances the feeding value of the» other

components.

There isn’t any question about its





keeping in the silo and coming out in

splendid condition. This has been tried

thoroughly, it is no experiment. Several

years ago I procured a couple of carloads

of green \beet pulp from the factory and

put it into the slid. It worked nicely but

I concluded that where I had sufficient

corn of my‘own to fill the silo that it

would not pay me to get beet pulp on





15 account of the expense of hauling this





food and paying freight on it. But if I

did not have the corn silage I certainly

would get beet pulp enough to fill the

silo if I possibly‘could. Last year I got

a carload of best pulp from the factory

and put it in on top of the beet tops to

settle them down. They are rather bulky

and it is quite difficult to get them

packed in the silo and unless something

of this nature is put on top of them they

spoil for a. considerable depth. Last Year.





 





we didn't lose a. best or a. beet top leaf.

We filled the silo full to overflowing with

beet tops and when they settled a. little

we put the beet pulp on top. The beet

tops settled down with this added pres-

sure so that we could get in an entire

car of beet pulp. ’Thls beet pulp sealed

the silo over on top, excluded all of the

air, and the beet tops beneath kept per-

fectly as did also the beet pulp. Even





‘the top of the beet pulp was not spoiled.





Some of the steam and some coloring

matter from the beet tops and leaves

from below worked up to the top and col-

ored the pulp a little, but its food value

was there. Even its palatabillty was not

impaired and the cows ate every particle

of it. It is a. diflicult matter for one to

say how much one can afford to pay for

beet pulp for this purpose. It is worth

more than its chemical analysis would

seem to indicate. There is no doubt

about it, because it gives one a succu-

lent food to feed with the other dry mat-

ter and the cows will respond and do bet-

ter than if given the same nutrients in

a dry feed. I should say that one could

afford, situated as J. W. K. is, to pay

50 cents a ton and the freight on it.





BARN DIMENSIONS.





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I want to build a barn this fall. Reese

give me the width and length of cow

stables and horse stables. I want it large

enough so I can run a litter carrier be-

hind the cows, also width of alley for

feeding in front of cows, also width of

feeding alley between horse stable and

granary. How high should stables be

from floor to ceiling? How large can one

make a mow for grain and still not make

it too large to pitch to threshing ma-

chine? 1 want room for 12 cows and

four horses. I want to ventilate by King

system; how large must intake and. out-

let be? Where would be the right place

to put them? I want to put hay on top

of stables and granary. Which would be

the best way to build the stable out of

lumber and have it warm? How many

\VlndOWS should there be and how high

should the ‘barn be?



\l'ayne Co. E. 'G.



It is quite difficult in a short article to

answer the questions which are asked by

E. G. and make them interesting or

make the article in any way satisfactory.

If you have room back of the cows or

back of the gutter for a. litter carrier

sufficient to make it convenient, you will

be much better satisfied with your barn

than if this space is a. little crowded.

It ought to be at least five feet from the

back edge of the gutter to the wall. The

feeding alley between the granary and

the stable ought to be six feet to be con-

venient, and wider would be a. little bet-

ter. One can get along with a feeding

alley in front of the cows of four feet,

but five feet is better here. Four feet

will enable one to get in front of them

with an ensilage cart and work nicely,

yet the car fills up the alley so that if

one wants to pass through the alley when

the car is there he can only do so with

difficulty. I should say that the larger

the hay in the barn the better, because

it will hold more grain and hay. I never

worry about getting the grain or the hay

out of the bay. The trouble comes in

getting it in. It will come out. I should

make the stables out of lumber; by dou-

ble boarding, with tar paper between.

To have a stable properly lighted you

ought to have four square feet of glass

for every animal kept in the stable. The

size of the ventilating shaft for the King

system of ventilation depends altogether

upon the number of animals you have in

the stable.





 





WHICH SILO SHALL l BUY?





 





Vl’e wish to speak to you of silos. There

is a difference in the cost of these struc-

tures the same as in the cost of cows.

“ll'hich one will serve me most economi-

nally?” is a question that strikes as ar-

row-like at the heart of the dairy busi-

ness as a question concerning the kind

of feed one will use; and in the exhibits

at the coming State Fair one can answer

questions which only costly experience

or wearisome traveling could otherwise

satisfy. But should he look over the

different types of silos without a fore—

thought, he would be handicapped and

miss information on important points.

He would .be at a loss to know where to

look, what questions to ask. It therefore

seems especially urgent that he post

himself beforehand. Here in these col-

umns are notices, advertisements of silos.

A careful perusal of what the makers

have to omer and say about them would

stimulate our brain along the right lines

and no doubt enable us, with what other

information we can gather, to ask intel-

ligent questions on the structure of these

‘l‘feed tanks" and look for strong and

weak features in the different types.





 





SEPT. 16, 1911."





 





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CHANGING TO DAIRYING.





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Large numbers of farmers are planning

to change from grain growing or general

farming to dairying. Constant cropping

with grain has depleted the returns from

their fields until they do not yield the

bounteous harvests that they formerly

did. Their land has increased in market

value at the same time that the yield has

decreased. One hundred dollar per acre

land should yield more to make a fair

income on the investment than is neces-

sary with $25 land. Yet the contrary is

what is actually working out. A smaller

net income is received on higher farm

Values. Some more intensive system of

farming is needed. ~



Dairying is being adopted in such

places for a double purpose. It is a

more intensive system of farming and

the net returns for any given area are

larger comparatively than from grain

growing. In the second place, and often

this is the main reason for the change,

dairying is adopted with a hope of re-

storing the worn out fertility of the

farm. That dairying will do what is ex-

pected of it in either case we will grant

and in this article take up some of the

small details with which a man entering

the business, or changing from a herd of

common cows to a strictly dairy herd,

may meet.



The cow herself is first in importance

of all the problems that confront him.

She determines his profits or losses. It

is a recognized fact that one-third of all

cows that are milked are kept at a loss.

0f the other two-thirds a great many of

them return but a small profit. Probably

not more than one-third of all the cows

are returning a profit that is worth while.



The cow problem is. to be looked at



from two standpoints. First, to get rid

of the unprofitable cows. Second, to se-

cure cows that will pay for their feed,

for their care, and in addition return a

profit. Now, some coWs might well be

eliminated from the herd without cere—

mony. Some are too beefy to make

profitable milkers. However, far too often

the cow is built on the rail fence order

and does not possess digestive apparatus

sufficient to enable her to do credit at

the milk pail. None of those slender

"pipe stem" bodied cows ever made a

record except for low production and loss

to the owner. The judgment of the own-

er will in many cases be sufficient to dis-

card such cows.

. The only sure means of determination,

however, is the Babcock test. By that

the percentage of butter-fat in her milk

is «determined and with the spring bal-

ance the weight of the milk is determined.

Then it is a very simple matter to cal-

culate her total production and if a rec-

ord is kept of the feed she has eaten her

true profit or loss is demonstrated.



How, then, are good cows to be se-

cured since the poor ones have been got-

ten rid of? There are two courses open.

In the first place, a man may buy them.

Good cows cost money. However, a cow

Whose annual profit is $100 is cheaper at

a cost of $200 or more than is one whose

profit is small, even if she may be bought

for $50. No matter how well—bred a cow

may be or how much she looks like a

heavy producer the only certain way to

be sure of her milking qualities is to see

that she has made a record under the

spring .balance and Babcock test.



The second way and the one by which

most of the dairy cows are to be secured

is to breed them. The best cows in the

herd having been determined by the test-

er, they are to be bred to a bull whose

ancestry have records that are known to





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





be satisfactory as producers. Then the

bull himself should possess to a marked

degree the qualities naturally desired in

dairy stock. Then, by proper feeding the

heifer calves and when they become

mllkers, they, too, should be tried by the

spring balance and tester and the un—

profitable ones eliminated.



How to secure a good bull is a problem

with many men who have small herds.

They feel' that they ,can scarcely afford

to pay the prices that are necessary to

buy the good ones when they have only

a few cows There is but one solution.

Several of those men must club together

and buy a bull that will produce calves

that will improve the average quality of

the herd. By using higher class bulls on

the best of cows that are now in the

common herd the average may be raised

and a herd of high producers bred up.



This brings up the point of all around

co-operation that is becoming so popular.

Aside from several farmers owning and

using the same bull they should co-op-

erate in their milk testing work. About

30 of them should club together and hire

a man to do the testing. This man will

spend one day per month on each farm.

Above the testing 'association they may

have a co-opcrative creamery.





Then comes in the problem of feeding.

Any reasoning man wishes to feed his

cow so that she will produce as heavily

as possible. Then he wants to do it

economically. He must then raise clover

or one of the other legumes.

only are necessary in a dairy cow’s ra-

tion but aid in restoring the fertility of

the wornout farm.



The silo is a positive necessity on any"

dairy farm. Silage is an economical

feed. It makes farming more intensive?

One acre of corn put into a silo will makel

as much feed as five acres of pasture]

Best of all, silage is healthful to the cow.

It keeps her digestive system in good

working order and increases her appetite.

As an economical ration silage and al<

falfa will in themselves make almost a

complete ration. They are chl haanccd

and the only criticism is that it may be

a little too bulky. Last year the herd

that probably produced the highest av-

erage of all working dairy herds in Am-

erica. was fed principally of silage and

alfalfa. Never did the cows receive more

than six or eight pounds of mixed grain

per day.



The matter of housing is no small item.

Few general farms are properly equipped

for keeping dairy cows. The cow needs

portection from the cold of winter. Since

men are figuring the profit from their

cows it won‘t do to let them back up

against the north wind or even to get

behind a barbed wire fence for shelter.

Conditions differ on every farm. The

best that can be done is for each man to

size up his particular situation. Then,

with proper ideas of warmth, light, sani-

tation and convenience to make the best

of it that he can.



Then the herd must be kept healthy.

Tuberculosis will ruin the herd if not

kept out. Only by properly housing the

cows and by having them tested with

tuberculin can the herd be kept free. from

it. Of course. in case any cows are in—

fected she is to be eliminated. Then there

is danger of contagious abortion or other

troubles which must be handled as the

occasion may seem to require.



Dairying is a business that requires

thought. Men don’t get very far into it

until they realize that when they begin

studying their problems and seeking light

upon them and the best practices there

is improvement in the herds and increase

in the net returns.



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CURRENT COMMENT.



It is a fixed policy

with the publishers

of the Miichigan

Farmer to make improvements in and

add interesting features to the paper

whenever opportunity offers, regardless

of the expense incurred. This in-

volves a most careful study of the

tastes and needs of its readers. As a.

result of such study and after most care-

ful thought, we have determined to add

a. new (lcpartment' to the paper, which

will be a pioneer of its kind and an in-

novation in agricultural journalism.



At tilc'prcsent time, as never before,

the results of scientific research as re-

lated to agriculture, are being given a.

practical application to farm problems

through the work done at our agricultural

colleges and experiment stations and the

allied departments of our state and na-

tional governments. Necessarily, how-

ever, the development of scientific agri-

culture is slow, due to the fact that com-

paratively few people are reached through

these sources, notwithstanding the fact

that the agricultural press has done a.

great work in the dissemination of up-

to—date scientific knowledge relating too

the problems of the farm. Probably no

one educational influence has been con-

ducive of more good along this line than

the short course instruction which has

been given the young men from the farms

in our agricultural colleges. Through

these short courses many young men

have been given a new insight into the

possibilities of scientific agriculture, but

here again the beneficial results have

been limited to an almost infinitesimal

percentage of the young men of our

farms. We believe that similar benefits

can be brought home, not only to the

young men but to the young women, as

well as to the older members of every

farm family in whose home the Michigan

Farmer is a weekly visitor, through the

medium of our paper.



To this end we have decided to estab-

lish a Practical Science Department in

which short lectures on scientific agricul—

ture, as outlined in the announcement

on page 234, will be published and which,

upon completion of the work outlined,

will constitute a practical short course

on scientific agriculture. It will be our

aim to make this department of interest

to every member of the family, to old and

young alike. We hope. also, to enhance





A New Department.





its educational value by urging our road-





THE MiCHlGANTFAfiMER.





era, and particularly the yOung men and

young women readers, to carefully follow

and closely study the lectures as pre-

sented and to preserve a file of the .pa-

pers in which they appear, with the view

of submitting a thesis for competitive

examination and appropriate recognition

in accordance with rules which will be

announced at a suitable time before the

close of the series of lectures.



This department will be conducted by

Dr. Floyd W. Robison. who needs no in-

troduction to our readers. Dr Robison

has had experience in this line of edu-

cational work in Michigan for more than

a decade. He was for years chemist of

the Michigan Experiment Station, and

later for several years was state analyst

for the Michigan Dairy and Food Depart-

ment and for some years has been con-

nected with the United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture as a chief food and

drug inspection chemist. He has had a.

wide experience in educational work

among the farmers of the state. both in

the giving of short course lectures at the

college and acting as a lecturer at farm-

ers’ institutes and a speaker at dairy

meetings and other farmers“ gatherings

in all portions of the state. In addition

to this, he is recognized as one of the

best agricultural chemists of the coun-

try, and in both scientific knowledge and

experience he is better equipped to con—

duct a department of this kind than per-

haps any other man in the whole country.



In addition to this educational work,

which will be attempted in this depart-

ment as outlined above, we contemplate

in connection therewith to further aid

our readers in the practical application

of science to their problems, by the es-

tablishment of a farm laboratory, in

which analytical work will be done for

our subscribers in case chemical analyses

are necessary to a. correct answer to the

questions which may arise in the appli.

cation of scientific methods upon the

farm.



This is also an entirely new depart-

ment for a farm paper, and one which

we hope and believe will appeal to our

readers as particularly advantageous to

them. llerctofore the farmer of ordinary

means has never had the advantage of

expert scientific advice or access to a

chemical laboratory as an aid in the so-

lution of his problems; first, because he

has not known where to seek for such

advice, and second, because expert advice

upon a commercial basis has always been

too costly. In providing for this practical

work we have aimed to make it inexpen-

siVe as well as valuable to our readers.

As outlined in the announcement on

page 234, there will be no charge for ad-

vice or replies to letters, presenting prac-

tical problems which involve a scientific

answer, nor within reasonable limits for

analyses which may be required in the

answering of such questions.



We commend our readers to the careful

perusal of the announcement appearing

in this issue, and ask their co-operation

lo the end that aS'many young men and

women of the farm homes as possible,

may become actively interested in the

work which we shall seek to do through

this new department.



Perhaps no single

Farm Machinery at exhibit at the State

the State Fair. Fair is viewed with

more interest by

most farmers than the exhibit of the

agricultural machinery and equipment.

Here the latest improvements in almost

every line may be seen and the goods of

competing manufacturers can be. com-

pared. Th‘ls exhibit will be more com-

plete than ever at this year’s State Fair,

and will include everything that might

be classed under the head of agricultural

machinery or farm equipment, from the

most simple tools and implements to the

most complicated machinery for prepar-

ing the ground, planting the seed and.

caring for the crop up to the harvesting,

storing and transporting to market or

feeding it upon the farm. Most of this

machinery can be seen in actual opera-

tion. The silos which have been built in

connection with the model dairy barn

will be filled during the fair and the ma-

chinery used for the purpose can be seen

at practical work, while very much of

the machinery shown in the regular ex-

hibits will be exhibited in operation so

far as practicable.



While these exhibits are always inter-

esting to every farmer, yet they may be

studied with more practical benefit if a.

little previous thought is given to the

proposition before going to the fair. A

good way to study~the proposition is to

carefully look through the advertising

columns of your farm paper and make a

mental note of the particular implements,

machinery or farm equipment which you





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desire particularly to see and study that

these may be sought systematically. in

this department of the fair, while those

of lesser personal interest may be passed

over more quickly. Very many of the

Michigan Farmer advertisers will have

exhibits at the State Fair as quite a.

number of them have announced in their

recent advertisements. Each and every

one of them will be glad to meet Mich-

igan Farmer readers and show and ex-

plain the good‘ Qualities of their particular

line of goods.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





National.





The colliding of two heavily loaded cars

near Fruitport, on the Grand Rapids,

Grand Haven & Muskegon interurban

road. resulted in injuring 19 persons,

some, it is feared, fatally.



Miss Clara Barton, founder of the Am-

erican Red Cross Society, is critically ill

at her summer home at Oxford, Mass.

She is now ninety years of age.



A strike seems imminent on the Har-

riman railroad lines since the demands

of the labor unions have been denied.

The chief question in controversy is the

recognition of labor unions by the rail-

road company, the unions claiming that

they have as much right to organize the

men as have the railroad to combine dif-

ferent lines into one great company.



Evidence furnished by Harry K. Thaw,

now an inmate of the Matteawan crim-

inal asylum of New York; has resulted in

the resignation of the administrative offi-

cials of that institution, since the evi-

dence was so indisputable as to make an

investigation likely.



The western Michigan conference of

the Methodist Episcopal Church is in ses-

sion at Kalamazoo this week. Bishop

W. A. Quayle, of Oklahoma, will preside.



As the result of heavy showers in

eastern Kansas and western Missouri,

Saturday and Sunday. when nearly six

inches of water fell, the land along the

streams is flooded.



The jury in the trial of Henry Clay

Beattie, Jr., who was charged with the

murder of his wife, returned a verdict of

guilty at the Chesterfield court house,

Va., last Friday.



The Connecticut State Grange showed

its antipathy toward the federal admin-

istration in passing the Canadian reci—

procity measure, by refusing to accept a

proposal to make Taft Day at the State

Fair of that commonwealth, Grange Day.



Thomas E. Knotts, mayor of Gary, Ind.,

was arrested last week on a charge of

soliciting and accepting a bribe of $5,000

for signing a heating franchise. Other

officials were also arrested.



Bean jobbers of Michigan estimate the

crop of the state to be only 90 per cent

of the yield of 1910. .



Robert S. Fowler, an aviator, started

from San Francisco, Monday on a trip

across the continent to New York City

in an aeroplane. This is the first un-

dertaking of such magnitude, and should

he succeed the event will go far to dem-

onstrate the efficiency of the heavier than

air flying machine. Mr. Fowler covered

120 miles the afternoon of his first day

out.



The result of the state election in Maine

is still uncertain. Regarding the license

question the earliest reports indicated that

the :‘wets” had won by a. very small

margin.



Reports state that on the evening of

September 11, a cyclone swept across the

southern part of VVexford county, Mich.

At Hobart, a woman and her six chil—

dren are said to have been killed, besides

the storm demolished a large number of

buildings in the little town. Telegraph.

and telephone communications are com-

pletely cut off from the storm section.



The Michigan Association of Probate

Judges is holding a three day session in

Detroit in connection with the National

Association.



.I)r. David J. Hill, who recently re-

SIgned as ainbasador to Germany, has

accepted a position as head of the de-

partment of politics and economics of the

Cornell University.



Michigan postmasters of

fourth class post offices have convened

in Detroit this week for their eighth an-

nual convention.



Judge Denison, of the United States

District Court at Grand Rapids. has

awarded the Chandler Dunbar Co., of the

Soo, $700,000 for their claims against the

government for water rights, etc.



Foreign.



‘Two new craters have opened in the

Sides of Mt. Etna, the famous Sicilian

volcano.



The expmsion of a gasoline tank on

board a schooner of! the shore of Nica-

rauga, resulted in 14 men being drowned.



It is reported that Newfoundland will

consider a proposal to enter as a. province

of the Dominion of Canada in case the

reciprocity agreement with the United

States becomes law.



Nine persons were killed and a score

injured in a clash between the followers

of Francisco I. Madero and General Reyes

at Tuxtla Chico, Mexico. The clash was

the result of a parade. in honor of Gen.

Reyes when the Maderistas of the com-

munity began interfering, with the result

above mentioned. The Reyestas have pe-

titioned the state to afford them more

ample guarantees of safety.



A review of the statistics of immigra-

tion into Canada during the past fifteen

years shows that 560,719 Americans, 723.-

424 British and 512,386 other nationalities

have come into the great North Ameri-

can country during that period. A very

large proportion of the American immi-

grants are farmers, 445,081 or the above

number belonging to that occupation.

the remainder being divided between me-

chanics. clerks. bookkeepers, etc. The

opposition in the present: campaign in





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Canada to the reciprocity 138118.18 ufing

these facts to impress the British public

With the danger 'of annexation to the

United States. should the trade agree-‘

ment become law. Besides, it is estimat-

ed that the Americans have ‘lnvested

$700,000,000 outside of that used to pur-

chase land. -



There is some concern regarding the

reply made by Germany to the French

proposal dispatched a fortnight ago. Ger,-

many demands that she be given certain

economic guarantees in Morocco. It

amounts to privileges that will, in all

probability, not be accepted by France,

nor the other powers interested in Moroc-

co affairs, since the granting of this de-

mand would suppress commercial equal—

ity between the different nations. The

press of France and England appear, to be

of the opinion that Germany’s financial

condition will compel her to make the

settlement without taking up arms.



The bottom lands along the Yangtse-

Kinng river, of China, are flooded by the

overflow of that stream which is an an—

nual occurrence, but the flood this season

occurred before the crops were nerves:-

ed, with the result of their complete loss.

Distress is evident everywhere, and the

natives seem much discouraged.

gDisorders of alarming magnitude are

occurring in the Chinese province of

Szechuen, and the government is central-

izing its troops to take charge of the sit-

uation, should the provincial guards prove

incapable of doing so, or should the lat-

ter revolt.



It is stated that Turkey is raising

funds to purchase four obsolete American

cruisers, the Brooklyn, Saratoga, Olympia.

and Raleigh.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





Livingston Co., Sept. 2.—Continued dry

weather has not made ideal conditions

for the proper development of corn, beans

or potatoes, all of which will be below

normal in yield. Corn cutting and bean

harvesting in full progress. Pastures are

very short and farmers are resorting to

supplementary feeding. Fruit of all

kinds very plentiful. Some pieces of

clover seed have been threshed with

good yields reported. Wheat sowing will

probably be delayed until rain comes.

New seeding practically ruined by the

dry weather.





Eaton Co., Sept. 4.—Corn cutting is in

fullsswing, in fact, it began ten days ago.

an unusually early date. It seems as

though nearly everyone was hauling bay

to market, judging from the frequency

that loads pass on the roads leading to

town; $15 is the price for best timothy,

and the price looks so attractive for this

time of the year that many will doubt—

less sell themselves short. What will it

cost next May for those who have' to

buy? Oats proved a light crop, but corn

is fine. There is an abundance of fruit,

especially apples, and the market so

glutted it will scarcely pay to pick, yet

the quotations for apples in the cities is

more per bushel than the farmer will get

per bbl. Wheat, 80c; oats, 35c; com, 680;

beans, ‘32: potatoes, $1.25; butter, 25c;

Eflglgls’ 15@180; hogs, $7; clover seed, $10.





Genesee Co., Sept 8.—Nice rains this

Week have laid the dust, and given need—

ed moisture to wheat ground and au-

tumn crops. Beans ripening well and

corn is now being cut. Sugar beets will

be a. big crop. Silos increasingly popu-

lar and many new ones going up. Hay

is unusually high and considerable is

being marketed at $14@15 per ton. In

spite of the dry season crops are good

with the exception of potatoes, which

were never so high priced at this time

of year.



Ogemaw Co., Sept. 9.-—-The sudden cold

rain that overtook us Thursday put a.

crimp in farm work for a. few days but

plowing is again in order. The corn crop

is about all cut and the crop is a good

one. Silo corn is now being put in. Late

potatoes are still somewhat a matter of

speculation. Some claim a fairly good





crop, while a good many will have very .





few merchantable tubers. Grocers are

paying 31 for‘them for present use. Live

chickens are worth 9@120; eggs, 160; but-





ter, 190. The creamery pays around 240

for cream. Hay buyers are contracting

at $10. The cattle market is good on





everything but milch co 5. Many new

settlers are coming in this summer and





-fall and things look good, as a rule, to





the farmer.



Northern Isabella and Southern Clare

Co.’s, Aug. 31.—~Continued dry weather.

Corn and beans are drying upon the





ground. Beets are making but little

growth, owing to the continued dry

weather. Fall pasture very poor. Pota-





toes a. scarce article and worth $1.25 per

bu. Corn the poorest in 20 years. No

clover seed in this part of Michigan.

Beans will yield from seven to ten bu.

per acre. But little fall wheat being

sown owing to the dry weather and low

price. Fall apples plenty. No winter

fruit to speak of. Threshing nearly all

done and light yield of all kinds of

grain. Butter sells at 16@220; eggs, 15c;

wheat, red. 80c; white, 77c; new oats,

350; hay, $13@15; rye, 820.



Ottawa Co., Sept. 1.-—Everything is

suffering from the longest and severest

drought known here for years. It is al-

most impossible to either plow or fit land

Corn is drying up and on

light soil some farmers are cutting it up

to save the fodder. On this account, silo

filling will commence rather earlier than

usual, and wheel: will be sown later. In

this vicinity there is a little more clover

seed being out than last year, and the

heads seem to be Well filled. There were

plenty of bumble bees this season to fer-

tilize the crop. Clover seed is very high

in market here, and timothy was never

ignownlttoi be so high. {‘88 per bu.) The



roug s gong o s orten the

beet and bean crop. ' sugar



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Harnessing a fiabbling Brook.





man has been pressing into service



horSe power, steam, gasoline and elec-

tricity to do the work on the farm, as in

the cities, formerly done by slow hand

labor. These are all more or less costly

and unreliable and it is only within the

last decade that the best, cheapest, and





IN this age of labor-saving machinery,





By Dora H.





bare feet, and how I elambered over the

slippery logs that obstructed its path

down by the woods Where the brook

rushed noisily, or rested in clear deep

pools that mirrored beautiful, delicate





 





 





 





“White ducks float gracefully on the quiet waters."





most reliable, natural power has been

given serious consideration. Butrecently

the conservation of the water supply of

our country has become a vital national

policy.



Large irrigating projects have been

planned, most of the large streams have

been surveyed and “rights” are eagerly

sought by large organized power com-

panies under the strict supervision of

the government. These, it is planned,

will furnish an immense amount of pow—

er, chiefly for electrical purposes in the

cities, and for projected trolley systems.

It will be available to only a, few rural

residents that live along its wiring sys-

tem.



In the great plans of nature there is

neither favoritism nor monopoly. And

there is a vast amount of unrecognized,

unapplied power ready and willing to do

the work of man on the farms when he

shall fit the harness to its back.



There are countless brooks and small

streams now dashing down the hillsides

and babbling through our meadows that

are chiefly appreciated by small anglers

and thirsty cows.



Such a brook flowed through my fath-

er’s farm in northern Michigan. In my

childhood days it wasted precious time,

and incidentally considerable land, with

its seemingly endless windings in and

out among the lush, fragrant water-

cress, peppermint and cowslips that grew

in a fringe along its borders. I remem-

ber also the large juicy berries that I

picked from the overhanging bushes

while the clear water gurgled around my





green ferns and also served as a bathtub

for the songbirds.



My father had been a carpenter by

trade, before taking up his homestead,

and therefore the careless idle ways of

the brook disturbed his orderly, industri~





Stockman.





in the old graveliy creek bed, a gently

curving course down across the farm,

first in one field, then in another, all the

way across the place.



Between the house and barn there were





 





“There members of the family rest after a





natural banks to form a reservoir. This

basin was scraped out and a substantial

dam built at the lower end. \Vhen the

temporary obstructions were removed,

the little brook purled merrily along over

the stones in its new narrow path and





 





 





“In the lower pond an artificial





ous soul. One well remembered day he

built a temporary dam across the stream

just above the house and, while the

brook roared furiously against this insult

to its primal rights, father hitched the

sturdy oxen to the plow and furrowed





 





 





 





Concrete Culvert through which the Waters of the Brook Escape from Pond.





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island was built.

spread out above the dam, gradually

filling up the basin and forming a beau—

tiful grassy bordered pond about four

rods wide and fifteen rods long.



Then it leapt over the dam in a spray-

ing waterfall, then more quietly wended





its way through the fields, furnishing

water in every field on the farm. Trees

were planted along the banks of the

pond and, later, a second dam was built

farther down the stream, of cement,

to make possible the use of the water

for irrigating purposes in dry weather.

My father also secured some speckled





tlil)’ Hf lull.”





trout, from a private pond, to stock his

ponds.



That was more than twenty years ago.

This summer I visited the old home, and,

at milking time, went to the spring house

built just below the first dam. I saw a

small undchhot wheel lying idly beneath

while the water rushed noisily below it.





Presently the men came in with the

foaming pails of milk which they poured

into the separator in the dairy room. My

father took hold of a lever and lowered

the gate in the dam; the water splashed

down onto the. water-Wheel, the pulleys

began to turn and the separator began

to sing.



Beside the separator stands a churn.

When the cream is ripe the belt is put

onto the churn pulley, and the brook

churns the butter most willingly, never

seeming to get tired, as we used to, no

matter how long the butter is in coming.

There is also a small feed grinder that

is run by the water power. The cream is

kept cool in the cooling tank in the flow—

ing water. In fact, it is an ideal place

for handling dairy products.



Below the dam the brook is used for

irrigating a small garden spot in dry

weather. And my brother, who is an

electrician, is contemplating a still larger

(lam, for more extensive irrigation, and

to run a small dynamo for electric light-

ing and heating purposes, for the house

and barn, in the near future.



Yet, asidt- from its usefulness, it makes

a spot of rare beauty. In the lower pond

an artificial island was built, set with





 





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evergreen trees, which at sunset forms a

picture never to be forgotten. White

ducks float gracefully over the waters.

It is also feeding time for the fish, and

the speckled trout, by hundreds, leap out

of the sparkling waters, catching insects,

flashing their rainbow tints in the sun-

light, most tantalizing to the amateur

sportsman watching them from the bank.

And as the sun sinks low, the trees are

mirrored in the water below. There the

members of the family, in the swing

chair. on the rustic bench and stretched

out On the grass, rest after a day of toil

in the fields.



Many a tempting offer has been made

for the farm, to all of which my father





replies by shaking his head in his old-

fashioned philosophic way,' and adds.

“When .I’ve got what I want why should

I change and get something I don’t

want," which, after all. is the secret of

a contented life.



The thing that has made this farm a

place of beauty and a joy to its owner

is that he knew how to fit a harness to

the brook. And all over the eastern and

western and some of the central parts of

the United States there are many, many

streams, leaping and dancing over the

stones, awaiting a master’s hand to fit

the harness so that they may fulfill their

destiny of usefulness as they flew on-

ward toward the great sea.





 





A STORY OF A BACKWOODS BOY.





BY FRANK H. SWEET.





A horseman rode slowly up the valley.

He was large, strongly made, and sat

his horse easily, lounging a little for-

ward, after the manner of men who

spend hours in the saddle. Now and then

he paused to look around, as one who

seeks an expected landmark in an un-

familiar country. But always there was

the same dreary expanse of pine woods

and palmettos, lapsing here and there

into low. dank belts of mossy carpets.

Long ago the last vestige of a trail had





. disappeared. All around was the tangled





undergrowth of vines and shrubs, and

frequently he had to make a wide detour

to avoid vast clumps of palmettos or

wastes of marsh.



As he rode deeper into the woods his

eyes grew keen and watchful, and he

peered suspiciously about him. Any

slight sound—the loud rustle of leaves or

the snapping of a twig or the movement

of some small animal—caused his right

hand to leave the pommel of his saddle

and make a significant movement toward

his coat pocket. At last he half drew a

revolver at the sudden sound of ap-

proaching footsteps, but slipped it back

as a boy emerged from the palmettos

He was scarcely more than a child; but

his expression was grave and mature, as

of one, with responsibilities. There was

no hesitation or timidity in his approach,

only a serious, kindly air of inquiry. “Can

I be of he'p?” he asked gravely.



“Perhaps. I’m lookin’ for Jim Crow-

ther's place. If you can direct me, I’ll be

obliged."



The boy looked interested. “I'm goin’

right thar' myse'f," he said, “an’ will

show ye. Come fur?”



“Right smart. Reckon you live in these





parts?"

“Yes, just out the scrub. Vi'e’ve got

the best hammock lan’ roun' here.” He





had spoken quietly, without any show of

boyish enthusiasm or embarrassment.

Only when he mentioned the land did his

eyes glow a little.



When he first appeared from the scrub

the traveler's right hand had returned to

its careless position on the saddle. Now

it touched the horse lightly, and they

disappeared in the undergrowth.



At the end of half an hour they came

to a small clearing. Near the center was

a rough cabin of logs and slabs. At a

little distance, and half concealed by the

spreading branches of a large live oak,

was another small building, evidently a

stable or cow house. Under the oak were

several rough benches. On one of these

a very small boy sat washing what ap-

peared to be a mass of fine white roots.

Another boy was at work in the garden

near the house. Everything about the

‘place was neat and orderly.



As they approached the cabin the trav—

eler noted these signs of thriftiness with

some surprise. But he said nothing, and

after one swift glance around he looked

suspiciously at the cabin. There were

rigid lines about his eyes, and his right

hand had returned to his coat 'pocket.

“Tell Jim Crowther I'm waitln’ to see

him," he said to his guide as he drew

rein before the door.



“I'm Jim Crowther," answered the

boy. ”Won't you light an’ take a cheer

on the po'ch an’ let me put your horse

in the stable?"



The man looked at him curiously. “So

you're Crowther’s son?" he said. "I

’lowed so; but ’t aint you I’m lookin’ for.

I want to see the head 0' the fambly.”



“Well, I reckon that’s me," said the

boy quietly: “but you’d better light off

an’ take a cheer. We can talk aterwards.

You've come right smart, an’ the horsc’ll





need rest."



For a moment the man hesitated. then

he dismounted and allowed the boy to

lead the horse away. When Jim returned

he found the stranger talking with his

two brothers. Seen together, the three

boys were almost counterparts of each





other. The stranger particularly noticed

their clean, wholesome appearance. They

were barefooted and wore home-made

straw hats; but while their checked

shirts and blue jeans trousers were un-

couth and ill-fitting, they had no rents

or tatters and were scrupulously clean.



In spite of his evident uneasiness, the

stranger noted all these signs of thrift-

iness with increasing surprise. “You’ve

got a mighty well-kept place,” he was,

saying as Jim came up. “Hit speaks well

for boys an'-—»an' the wimmen folks. ’T

ain’t every man that can leaVe his prop-

’ty in sech good hands.” .



The boy leoked at the speaker sharp-

ly. Why was he so anxious to see his

father? “We all work reg’lar,“ he said

thoughtfully. “Hit takes a heap 0’ work

to look arter a place like this. But the’s

no wimmen folks—nobody but jes’ me an’

Bryan’ an’ Stuart."



The stranger looked a little incredulous.

“'ho does the housework, then," he ask—





ed, “the cookin' an’ washin’ an’wan’

mendin’?" glancing at their patched

clothing. '





“Me—«mos’ly; but Bryan’ an’ Stuart is

good boys, an’ pow'ful handy." He smiled

affectionately at his two brothers, who

were shifting uneasily on their feet and

listening to the conversation.



“Rut whar's your pappy? Why don‘t

he come an’ he'p? I used to ’low he was

a toler’blc good farmer."



Again the questioning, puzzled look

came into Jim's face. Then he turned

to his brothers. “Stuart,” he said, “you

go an’ finish cleanin’ the roots for sup-

per. »lryan‘. you start the fire an’ put

some hominy on to cook. An’ I reckon

you’d better pick some termaters. We’ll

have comp’ny to eat ’long of us.” The

stranger seemed about to make some pro-

test. but apparently, changed his mind

and remained silent. “Now," said the

boy, turning to his guest, ”s’pose we go

an’ look round the place while they're

getting supper. I reckon we've got as

good a crap as you've seed in this coun-

try.”



The stranger assented willingly, al-

though he suspected that the words were

intended more for the ears of the two

boys, who were lingering reluctantly near

the. corner of the cabin, than for himself.

This suspicion was confirmed as soon as

they were out of hearing of the cabin.



“Now," said the boy firmly, "what is

hit? What'd ye come here for?"



“To see your pappy, Jim Crowther,”

was the reply.



The boy shook his head impatiently.

“The’s somethin’ else. Ye cayn’t fool

me. Ye know whar' he is. Ye know he

ain’t here.”



“I 'lowed this’d be jest the place to find

him, now he‘s out o’ jail. Nat'rally he’d

want to see his own flesh an’ blood.”



The boy drew a quick, sharp breath.

“ ’Scaped? I hadn't heered,” he faltered.

Then his face darkened with sudden sus-

picion. “IVhat do you want with him?”

he demanded.



“Me? I’Vhy, me an’ him are old friends.

\Ve used to go to school together, an’.

coon huntin' an’ the like.”



Jim looked relieved. “I’m glad he’s got

one frien’ left," he said, softly. “Hit al-

mos’ seemed like everybody’d got too

feared 0’ the law to 'member him. Hit

suttinly seems queer, sence all pappy

done was to fight for his kin, like every

honest man ough‘t. If he hadn’t done

jest like he did, I’d a. felt ’shamed 0'

him.”



“I heerd he mighty nigh killed one man,

an’ drew blood on the sheriff hisse’f,”

ventured the man.



“He was fightin’ for his kin,” replied

the boy. “He couldn’t do no less. As

for the man bein' mos' killed, he'was only

scratched, an' was out in less’n a week.

'Sides, him an' 'the sheriff was both

traitors."



“I didn’t know that. Mebbe I ain't

heered all the facts. S’pose you give me

your side.’



The boy hesitated, then said slowly:

“I reckon ye’ve got the truth twisted;





THE MICHIGAN ,FARMER.





hits most. aliens the way. The fac',

truth is that Uncle John was ’stillin'

whisky back in the woods, an' pap was

helpin'. They wa’n't thinkin' 0’ any trou-

ble; for Sheriff Webb was scoon’ cous-

in o’ ours, an' Dep’ty Brown used to work

for Uncle John. So when Dep’ty Brown

come round one day, Uncle John give

him a drink_an' showed him whar’ the

stuff was made. Soon after that a whole

passel 0' men come an' ’rested Uncle

John an’ ’fiscated everything on the

place. An' the worst of it was that

Sheriff Webb an’ Dep’t'y Brown led ’em.

That hurt Uncle John more'n all the

rest."



“Where was your peppy?"



“He happened to be off. When he got

back, he put arter 'em, meanin’ to res-

cue Uncle John. But they was too

many, an’ took him, too. That was two

year an’ a half ago.”



“Have you boys lived here all alone

ever since?”



“Yes, thar’ wa’n’t nothing’ else for us

to do. VVe’ve done made a livin’, an'

laid by a little toward a waggin; an’

’sides that, we've put a sight of improve-

ments on the place. Bryan' an’ Stuart

have suttinly humped theirseives workin’.

Pappy'll be s'prised.”



“How old are you, Jim?"



“Fo’teen; an’ Bryan’ is ‘leven 1111'

Stuart ten."



“Then you was ’bout 'ieven when your

pappy was took. Well, you fellows have

done well. But how did you manage to

save money?”



“Toted aigs an' truck to the store an'

sold ’em. An' sometimes we took pa’t-

ridges an’ mebbe a turkey or two we'd

ketched in the woods. If 't wa'nt for the

boys’ schoolin', I wouldn’t keer. So fur

I’ve teached ’em myself, but hit seems

like they’re gettin’ ready for a she’-

’nough school."



“Can't you send ’em?”



"There ain’t no school nigher'n the

settlement, an’ that’s thirty mile off. Hit’s

too fur. I did 'low I’d teach ’em right

along myse’f," he added, hesitating and

coloring a little; “but they're both right





quick, an’ hit looks like I can’t keep up





with ’em. -Pappy only learnt me to ’fo'-

letter words, an’ I don’t git so much time

as Bryan' and Stuart. ’Sides, they’re

quicker’n me.” Here he paused and look-

ed at hiscompanion. “Mebbe ye wouldn't

mind tellin’ me a few words ’fore you go.

I’ve had some marked a right long spell——

‘c-a-l-m', ‘s-a—t-y-r’, an’ sech. I can’t

seem to git bolt on ’em, an’ I don’t like

the boys to ask me questions I can’t an-

swer. I’m older’n they, an’ hit don’t

seem like I ought to let ’em git ahead

0’ the teacher." ,



“Suttiniy, suttinly. I’d be glad to show

ye all I could," said the stranger heartily:

“but I wasn’t countin' on stayin’ artcr

supper. Seein’ your pappy ain’t here, I

reckon I'd better move on."



“Not to-night, shorely," expostulated

the boy anxiously. “I ’lowed for certain

you'd stay tonight. We ain’t had camp‘-

ny sence pappy was took. Hit’ll do the

boys good, they’re so bashful~like."



“Well, suit yourself. Mebbe your pap-

py’ll git roun'."



At this moment a shrill voice was heard

from the cabin: "Jim, 0 Jim! Somethin’

ails the hominy.”



“I'll have to go," said the boy hur-

riedly. "Don’t let on ’fore them ’bout

pappy’s troubles. I ’lowed ’t was best to

keep it from ’em till they got older.

They’d worry, an’ not be able to under—

stand hit. They think he’s off workin’

and can't come home jest yet.”



Vi'hile supper was being prepared the

stranger strolled about the place. Going

to the log but under the live oak, he

glanced within. Near the door was

fastener] a magnificent horse. He recog-

nized the animal from the start, and

stopped to examine him. He was Tor—

nado, whose fame several years before

had filled several counties. “The boys

have took good care 0' him,” he said as

he entered the stable and ran his hand

over the animal’s glossy coat.



Half and hour later he was called in to

supper. The food had not much variety,

but it was well cooked and looked invit-

ing. The boys, with faces shining from

a vigorous application of soap and water,

and eyes glowing under the unwonted

excitement of the moment, ranged them-

selves round the table on stools and box-

es. The only chair in the room was placed

at the head of the table for the guest.

As he seated himself he noticed several

dainties near his plate which were not at

the plates of the others. He made no

remark, but ate them with such apparent

relish that his entertainers could not dis-

guise their pleasure.



At'ter supperBryan' and Stuart began

to ”clear up," while Jim went ,out with





 





 

 





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the stranger. . As they walked away from

the cabin the stranger placed his hand

upon the boy’s shoulder. “I was lookin'

round~ 'fore supper," he said, an’ flow

you’ve made a right good showin’. It’s

a bad fix your pappy got into, but he was

some to blame. 'He shouldn’t ’a’ been

quite so hasty arter he'd broke the law."



The boy turned, flushing angrily. “Pap-

py ust to’ ’low that kin come ’fore' any-

thing else," he retorted. “Law’s Well

’nough," he continued, “but ’t ain’t kin.”



"I know. I know. I was brung up that

way myse’f. But your pappy might ’a‘

been a little less reckless. I’m acquaint-

ed with Dep’ty Brown, an' I know that

he hates your pappy an' your Uncle John

like pizen, an' has sworn to do ’em harm.

An’ I’m also acquainted with Sheriff

Webb, an’ have allers 'lowed he was a.

putty squar' man. Now it looks cur’us

that your pappy wasn’t shot when he

tried to rescue his brother. Thar’ was





_plenty 0’ men an’ plenty 0' time, an’





shorely Dep’ty Brown would jest as soon

he was took dead as alive. Mebbe Sher‘

iff Webb was a sort 0’ restrainin' influ-

ence. Mebbe he’d ordered ’em to ketch

your pappy alive, an’ not to shoot."



A look of doubt crept into Jim’s face,

though it was still flushed a little. “If

Sheriff Webb keered for his kin, why

didn’t he show it? Why didn't he come

forrard like a man, or at least let us

know arterwards?”



“I haVe heered thar’ was a quar’l 0’

long standin’ twixt him an' your pappy

'bout a hoss or something, an’ that thar’

was threats 0’ shootin’ on sight. I don’t

reckon they visited?”



“N-no, I reckon not," was the hesitat-

ing answer. “I never seen Sheriff Webb

in my life, an’ pappy never spoke 'bout

him ’less he was mad.”



It was now growing dark, and they re-

turned to the cabin. Soon after the boys

made a large fire of resinous pine knots

near the live oak. An old spelling book

was brought out, and they Were soon busy

hearing each other recite. The stranger

was an amused but appreciative listener.

After the recitations were over the book

was brought to him and another half

hour spent in pronouncing the more diffi-

cult words.



Sometime in the night the stranger was

aroused by low voices outside. A little

later Jim came softly into the room. “If

ye’d like to see pappy, come 'long with

me," he whispered. “He jest sent word

that he's hidin' on Uncle John’s place.

He’d ’a’ come here, but was feared the

officers might be roun’."



The stranger had not undressed,.and it

took but a moment to put on his boots

and outside coat. As he did so Jim ut-

tered a quick exclamation of surprise and

darted from the room. The stranger was

puzzled until he noticed a shining badge

which nis open coat had revealed. With

a gesture of impatience at his own care-

lessness, he hurried after the boy. But

before he could reach the stable he saw

Jim mount a horse and dash into the

woods. At the same moment he heard

the galloping of his own horse in the other

direction. “The rogue’s set my horse

loose,” he muttered. “Lucky I rode Din-

ah. If I ain’t keerful, that boy'll spoil

everything.”



Placing his fingers to his month, he

gave a shrill whistle. A little pause, and

it was repeated. He did not have long

to wait, for soon a sharp neigh was heard

and Dinah trotted to his side.



Before the hoof beats of the boy’s horse

had died away the stranger was in pur-

suit. There was no moon, and the faint

light of the stars was almost obscured by

the dense foliage overhead. But he had

a vague idea of the direction, and this,

with the occasional sounds of the horse

in advance, kept him right. It was a

wild ride, and he had to bend low over

the saddle to keep from being swept off

by the limbs:



At last he saw a faint glimmer of light

ahead. At the same moment he heard a

faint sound behind. It might be horses

and it might be shouting; but whatever

it was, it made him clinch his teeth and

dash madly forward. There was no time

for precaution.



Reaching the camp fire, he sprang from

his horse and found himself face to face

with a tall, gaunt man, who laughed de-

risively as he saw him. A little back

stood the boy, holding Tornado.



“Much obleeged for comin’," the man

said. “Hit saves me from lookin’ you





.up. But thar’s no time to waste. Pull





your weepon, sheriff, an' we’ll settle

things right now.”



“Wait a minute. 1—”



“No waitin’," and an ominous click ac-

companied the words. “Now's the time;

an' if ye’re quick to shoot ye’ll have‘ a

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Almost mechanically the sherifl raised

his weapon. As it came to a line there

was a flash and a report, and his right

arm dropped to his side. I



“Ye didn’t fire!” cried his opponent

angrily.



“No."



“Why?"



“I didn’t come here to fight, but to

warn you, Jim Crowther. My deputy has

sworn to kill you, an' be has a good show

0’ law to back him. I’m your friend.

The Georgia line ain’t far from here; an'

if you cross hit, you’re safe. Brown’ll be

out of office ’fore long, an’ arter that I

reckon your friends can fix hit with the

governor so you can come back.”



“But why’d ye do this for me?”



“We're kinfolks, an’ hit‘s time we made

up. Now hurry.” .



A moment later Tornado’s hoofs woke

the echoes of the forest. Scarcely had

the sound died away when a large party

dashed up.



“W‘har’ is he?" asked the leader as he

recognized the sheriff.



“On his way to Georgia,” was the quiet

answer; “an‘ he’s on Tornado. We might

as well try to overtake a hurricane.”



“Why didn‘t ye stop him?" suspi-

ciously.



For answer the sheriff glanced signifi-

cantly at his useless arm. “I wan’t in

good condition,” he answered laconically.





‘ “'Sides, Jim Crowther’s a bad man to





tackle single:handed. I reckon thar’s

nothing left for us but to turn round an'

trot back home." Then turning to the

boy he said: “I suppose you know the

way back?"



“I know every foot in this country,”

was the answer; “but——but I’d like to see

you by yourse’f."



“Suttinly.” And he walked aside with

the boy. 2



“Can’t ye spen’ one mo’ night with us?”

the boy asked earnestly. “I was too

fast, an’ would like to make up for what

I done said ’bout ye. ’T ain’t often folks

has sech kin as you.”



"I’m sorry—” and a kindly hand was

laid on the boy's shouldcr~“but I must

have my arm looked after; an‘, 'sides, I

never ’low to be alone in these woods

’Cept hit’s very pertickler business. Thar’s

a lot 0’ lawbreakers .here that would be

glad to see the last 0’ Sheriff Webb, an’

some of ’em have a way of shootin’ from

behind trees an’ rocks. But the men are

waitin’. Take keer of yourse’f, boy; an’

when ye come my way, rec’lect that I’ll

always be glad to see ye.”



Long after the last sounds of the

horsemen had died away the boy stood

gazing into the forest. A wistful, hungry

expression was in his eyes, and even a

fox stealing across the clearing failed to

draw his attention. Then he gave a re—

lieved glance around and walked slowly

homeward.





 





 





ECONOMY lN STOVES.



In these days when the home supply

of fuel has become depleted upon the

average farm, and the securing of fuel to

heat the house or do the family cooking

means a direct outlay of cash, there is

a greater reason for the use of more

economy in connection with stoves than

ever before. In the early days when the

open fire-place was in common use there

was no need for economy in fuel, but

today the relation of fuel consumption

and efficiency is an important considera-

tion in a stove for whatever purpose it

may be used. In fact, this is a much

more important factor in stove economy

than is the first cost of the stove itself,

hence the wisdom of studying the propo-

sition from a standpoint of good con-

struction, which means proper material,

tight joints and an adaptability for‘the

requirements in use. This applies even

more forcibly to the cooking-stove or

range than to the heating stove, since it

will be used many more days during the

year; but it applies to stoves of all de-

scriptions, hence the wisdom of making

a careful investigation before purchasing,

in order to secure real stove economy

which should be made a business propo—

sition by Every stove user. A good way

to investigate is to write the advertisers

of stoves whose advertisements have

appeared in recent issues of this paper,

for literature which will describe the

merits of their stoves. With these in

hand a selection can be more intelligently

made and the practice of real stove

economy will be simplified.



Catalog Notice.





. The D. M. Ferry 00., Detroit, have

Just published an illustrated catalog of

“Bulbs and Seeds for the Autumn of

1911,” which should prove of particular

interest to the housewife and gardener

at this time.





 





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We are now mailing our GOO-page Catalogue,

and it will be sent to you, FREE

and Postpaid, upon request.





DRESS BETTE





AT LOWER COST





Your money will go further this Fall than it has gone in

several seasons, owing to the very unsettled conditions 4

which have existed in the textile trade for several months.

We have been fortunate in our purchases of raw materials

and made up goods. Then, too, the new styles for Fall

are extremely beautiful, more attractive than ever. You

will be delighted with the strikingly beautiful garments

which have been designed for the Fall and Winter season,

and surprised to learn the ver low prices which will bring

them to you from the great acy store in N cw York City.

Many of our buyers have returned or are now returning

from the fashion centers of Europe, bringing with them the

newest things produced by the style creators of the old

world, and you will surely want to see the new Macy Cata-

logue with its wonderful variety of merchandise, beautifully

illustrated, fully and accurately described, and all so attract-

ively priced as to enable you to dress better this Season at

a very material saving.





Macy’s Prepaid Price

For This Fine Coat





will surprise you. This beautiful garment is only one of thousands of

readv-to-wcarfarments illustrated in the Macy Catalogue for Fall

and W'inter an we are ready to send you a free copy if you will write

for it. The new book is larger and better than ever. It is easily the

largest catalogue issued by any retail store in New York, the fashion

center of America. It contains 636 pages, showing a wonderful

variety of dependable, high grade merchandise, everything for the

family, everything for the home, all priced at. the same low prices

which have made Macy’s the largest and most widely known store

in New York.



Then, too, our new policy of prepaying the transportation charges

on thousands of articles enables the woman in California to buy just;

as cheaply as the woman in New York City. We are prepayin the

transportation cha res on all ready-to-wear apparel except Sioes,

and all jewelry. T ere is nothing more for you to pay. Simply

send us the price we ask for any article of wearing a mare] except

shoes, or any piece of jewelry, and we will deliver it rce anywhere

in the United States.



Our merchandise passes from first hands direct to you, with just

one small profit added. We cut out the profits and expenses of a

host. of middlemen and pass along the saving to you in the form of ,

lower prices, and on thousands of articles we pay all the transporta—

tion charges too. Therefore, before you buy anything to wear or to

use this Fall, please write us a letter or a postal card and ask for a

copy oi our new book. It. will he sent. you by mail, free and postpaid,

the day we receive your request.





R. H. Macy &‘ Co.





800 Macy Building, Herald Square, New York





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Beautiful, Rich Toned





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Full Size, Guaranteed

Value which at any other

house in the country would



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A manufacturer's pressing need of

money and our great purchasing power

combine to give us a sensational special

to offer at this timc—~ note that this Piano

is modern in every detail: It is full size,

with double veneered Mahogany or Oak

case, duet music desk, Boston folding

fallboard, three pedals, double repeating action and full iron plate. It

possesses well balanced scale and tone of rare depth and sweetness—and

back of it is our own Guarantee as well as that of the manufacturer.

This instrument is on exhibition oth at our booth in the Main Building at

the Fair, and at our store, 243—247 “Windward Avenue—the close of the

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delay!



EASY PAYMENTS home: $6 monthly Dai’s the balance;

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WE PAY TRANSPORTATION ANYWHERE IN THE STATE, and in-



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See the other splendid Pianos and Player-Pianos at our booth at the

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We cordially invite you to make our store your headquarters on your

shopping tours—«and at your earliest opportunity see our great State

Fair special—tho splendid Piano we offer at only $188. We do not know of

any other place in the world wherre similar value can be obtained at our

price.





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24 Stores. Headquarters, Grinnell Bldg., 243-247 Woodward Ave.,lletroit





   

   

 





 





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





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How‘ TO MAKE A 'rov AEROPLANE.





BY G. RAYMOND PEEL.





Perhaps some of our boys and girls

who have witnessed the fascinating a-ero—

plane flights at the fairs, and even some

who haven’t, will be interested in learn-

ing how to make a toy flying machine.

By reading the following description care—

fully, and studying the illustrations, any

ingenius boy can make one. The aero-

plane must have two good-sized flat sur-

faces or wings of cloth, for it depends

upon the pressure of the air on the lower

side of the planes (which is caused by

driving the aeroplane rapidly through the

air) for its support in the air.



For this model, we first need some light,

strong wood for the frame. Bamboo is

good. From this make a stick 5—16 inch

square and 32 inches long for the motor





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base (Fig. 1, A). Then make eight more

sticks of the same material, two (C)

30x3-16 inches, two (D) 36x3-16 inches,

two (E) 12x3-16 inches, and two (G)

8'x3-16 inches. Fasten these to the motor

base, A, at an angle of 8 degrees, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The joints may

be made as at Fig. 2, A.



A rudder (Fig. 1) may be attached, but

is not necesary if the wings are fastened

to the motor base at an angle of about

8 degrees from a plane, as in Fig. 3.



For the propeller, cut a sheet of alum—

inum to the shape shown in Figs. 1 and





 





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3, making it about 8 inches long, and 2

inches wide at its widest part. The

blades are then twisted to the required

angle by taking each end between your

thumb and finger of each hand, and

twisting about one-eighth around in op-

posite directions.



The propeller shaft (Fig. 4, A) is made

of a bicycle spoke, with the propeller

fastened between two nipples (Fig. 4,

B, B). .



The motor or motive power is fur-

nished by rubber. Take about six strips





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of good rubber 1/3 inch wide and 26 inches

long, and lay them together to form a

6—ply strip. Fasten one end of this rub-

ber strip (Fig. 4, E) to the hook-shaped

end of the propeller shaft, and fasten the

other end to the motor base about 6

inches from the rear end of the base.

To provide the motive power twist this

rubber strip as tightly as possible, then

its untwisting will whirl the propeller.





   





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The propeller shaft is passed through a

brass bearing (Fig. 4, C), which is fas-

tened to the front end of the motor base.



When everthing has been completed so

far, a set of small wheels (Fig. 3) may

be placed under the frame. Next cover

the frame with light, strong paper. Ma-

nila paper is best. The aeroplane is now

complete, and, if carefully made, should

fly from 30 to 40 feet or even more. A

model like this will be a fine toy to fur-

nish many hours of pleasure.





 





 





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. ,





 





 





 





This “$900 Car Measures Up With

Any ;'$1250 , Car on the Market





VERY man likes to make each dollar go as far



as possible. He is wasting no money. Whether he buys



a plow, pump or an automobile, he continually looks for



the greatest value he can get for any given amount of money. If a 30 horse-



power, five-passenger touring car of ‘ standard make can be bought for $900

why on earth should he pay $1250 or more for the same type of car?





‘1. Our Model 59 is a 30 horsepower, five-passenger fore-door touring car. , l

The price is $900. It is a big, roomy, thoroughly high grade car. The ,

motor will develop more pewer and speed than you will ever care to use. ‘

It has a handsome body design—graceful and good to look at. The pressed

steel frame is staunch and solid. The selective transmission is fitted with

F. & S. bearings—the finest in the world. In a word it is just as good and

fine as this type of car can be made. You will not find its equal for less

than $1250, and a comparison of the specifications with any other 30 horse-

power car will prove this statement.





(ll. This car at this price is due.to our enormous manufacturing facilities. .

We have the greatest plant of its kind in the world. We have Just pub- h

lished a very othorough_book which explains in a clear, definite and readable l

manner the difference in automobile plants. And the pomt of this whole

book is to prove the economical manufacturing ability of the Overland

plants—to prove its strength by showing and explaining to you the interior and exterior of the

greatest automobile plant in the world. It takes you over the entire 80 acres. The book is' free

and we want you to have one. It is interesting and full of information.





‘1. Above all it gives you a clear understanding of economics in the production of automobiles

in great quantities, and we believe it proves why no other manufacturer in the business can pro-

duce the car described below and sell it at our price without losing money.



(I. A line to us will bringyou this new Overland book. It explains what we are and what we

have got and why other cars of similar size and rating are from twenty to forty per cent. higher

in price. Write and ask for book;AG39 j





 





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Model 59-1' Five-Passenger Fore-Door

Touring Cu. $900



Whee base 106 inches: motor 4 x 454: horsepower 30:



' Splitdorf magneto; transmission selective. three speeds



and reverse : F. & 8. ball bearings: tires 32x3% Q. D.: Soil



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Come to ontana .

The great Treasure State invites you, with'her 93 million acres:





lots of room, lots of sunshine, lots of opportunity.





Montana is in the center of the Great Northwest Prosperity Belt. Where dry-

farming methods are opening the eyes of the world to their safe and sure scientific

prmCiples and wonderful results. Where irrigation is showing what marvelous

resources have lain under the cattle range.

Free Government Homestead Land in choice localities. Farming and orchard land in

fertile valleys at low prices. You can make money and enjoy life working out-of-doors

on an orchard or farm of your own in Montana. Look it over this Fall. See the

harvests in the productive Yellowstone, Clark’s F ork, Shields. Gallatin and Bitter

Root Valleys. Low-rate Homeseekers’ Tickets to points

in Montana sold every Tuesday in

September and October. Round-trip.

25 days return limit, with stopovers.

Send for illustrated booklets about Mon-

tana and full information about low fares.

L. J. BRICKER

General Immigration Agent

27 Northern Pacific Bldg.

ST. PAUL. MINN.





   

 

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

 

   

   

   

 





 

 

 

 





 





   





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WOMEN MAY BE FORCED lNTO POLITICS.





 





Will the next decade find the women of

America as ignorant on the subject of

politics as they are today? In the past

women, on the whole, have ignored the

issues at stake in the country. But they

are beginning to awaken to the fact that

government is for all the governed, and

to inquire of their liege lords and alleged

masters what all the commotion in the

world political is about.



And the cause of their awakening is the

prevailing high prices. What logic and

arguments could not accomplish, the hard

task of securing two dollars to buy what

one should pay for has brought to pass.«

Women’s eyes have opened to the fact

that the country is passing thrOugh a

crisis, and that it behooves every intelli-

gent citizen, male or female, to be cor-





. rectly informed and to have a say in the





settlement of the vexed questions. It

seems too bad that sordid measures

should bring about what ethical plead-

ings could not accomplish. But, on the

whole. we are a sordid people and reforms

are seldom accomplished in our midst.

until we are touched on our most vital

point, the pocketbook.



There are many questions which puzzle

women and which We would far rather

see answered than such vaporings as ”Is

it right to allow a young man to hold my

hand?” and “How can I increase my

hight an inch ?” We should like to know,

for instance, why, when potatoes could

be bought 'for 15 cents per bushel 35

miles from Detroit in the spring of 1910

and were being given away 70 miles from

here. Detroiters were compelled to pay

80 cents the bushel for them? Shall we'

blame the tariff, the middleman, the rail-

roads, the insurgents, the democrats.

President Taft, or the farmer?



Why must we pay 85 cents for rub-

bers which we could purchase 15 years

ago for thrbe and a half dimes?



Why are we forced to pay 28 cents for

eggs and 33 cents per pound for butter,

while 1,500,000,000 eggs and an equal

number of pounds of butter are held in

cold storage?



Why must we pay 28 cents the pound





 





for steaks and 20 cents a pound for

roasts, these prices being five cents the

pound higher than last year, while the

farmers receive two and three cents a

pound less for their stock than they did

a year ago?



Why is hard coal worth less than $2.00

a ton when it is loaded in the cars in

Scranton, Penn., and cheap at $7.00 the

ton when it arrives in Detroit?



Why is the price per loaf of bread

raised when wheat is cornered by some

operator, and not lowered when flour

drops down again?



Why is it that every dollar we earn is

gently but deftly extracted from our

pockets by the butcher, the baker the

candlestick maker, aided and abetted by

the hatter, the tailor and the shoeman?

Is it the machinations of gigantic cor-

porations? Is it over-population and

under production? Is it surplus of gold,

as suggested by railroad presidents, or

extortionate freight rates, as suggested

by muck rakers? In short, is this





extortion brought about by natural

causes, or is it just graft, pure and

simple?





These are only a few of the questions

which are puzzling by far the greater

number of women in our broad land.

They are not only puzzling us, they are

worrying us and We should like to have

them answered. Man, big, broadminded,

brainy man is trying to answer them and

at the same time is bidding us run along

and play with our dolls. Rut thinking

women can no longer be content with

the role of childish ignorance. The ques-

tions of the day are of absorbing interest,

more fascinating than any romance, more

vital than for decades past. We want

them answered, and if they are not soon

settled many women who have no desire

for a vote will join hands with the suf—

fragists, in a hope of getting a chance to

right things themselves.



Congress investigates, and after the

smoke clears away prices soar a few de-

grees higher than’ before.



Suppose the women investigate?

would be the result?





What

DEBORAH.





 





Sending the Girls to the Town School.





 





Bv Pearle White M’Cowan.





The first consideration of the parents

who send their daughters to the city

schools, away probably for the first time

from their own care, should be to know

something, at least, of the character and

habits of the family with whom they are

to stay. For, of course, private homes

are much preferable to public boarding

or rooming houses, and the townspeople

respond heartily to this demand and open

their doors willingly to the changing,

transient population of students. -The

mistress should be an earnest, thoughtful

woman who will take a kindly interest

in the well-being of the young people en-

trusted to her care.



Then, too, if there are young people in

the house, something should be learned

concerning them. Are they earnest,

whole hearted, good'natured young folks,

with a time for work and a time for play?

Or are they of the type that think noth-

ing matters much, so they have a good

time, and thus neglect their studies and

work, spending much of their time upon

the streets, indulging perhaps, in silly

fiirtations, frequenting cheap shows, etc.?



Parents can't do everything. They

can’t tell what special temptations may

enter into these young lives that they

are sending forth, but they can use every

means within their power to try not to

send them into any harmful atmosphere,

but rather to put them in the way of the

positively good influences.





Distance is also one of the matters to_





be considered. The quiet, reticent, or

studious girl will be all the better for

a walk of half a mile or so, while the

vivacious, active one will get her exer-

cise anyhow, so it does not matter how

near to the school building she rooms.





 





   





There are several plans open to the

girl thus going into town. She may board

outright, having her room and board at

the same home; or possibly, she will room

in one house, taking her meals at an-

other where the housewife has plenty of

time to cook, but no extra rooms. In the

latter case, a certain sum-is charged per

week, (varied somewhat, usually, by her

use or non-use of the room over Sunday),

and meal tickets are purchased at the

other house, thus avoiding the necessity

of paying for any meals not eaten. ,By

the way, if a girl is invited out to tea,

she should not forget that it is only com-

mon courtesy to let the mistress of such

a home know. It naturally makes more

or less difference in her plans.



Then again, a girl may rent a furnished

room, and, if the hostess is willing, in-

stall therein a small oil or gasoline stove

and board herself. Often two or more

girls club together and follow this plan,

taking turns as to roomwork and cooking,

and making quite a lark of the whole

affair. Their parents send baked goods,

potatoes, etc., from the farm, for their

use.



Some housekeepers object to having the

little oil stoves in the rooms. They can

be persuaded to cook the potatoes, vege-

tables, etc., upon their own ranges for

a trifling sum, if they are properly pre-

pared and brought into the kitchen be-

fore the girls leave for school.



When “boarding themselves” is the

rule, the girls are expected to furnish

their own dishes, tablecloths, towels, and

sometimes even the bed linen, and, of

course, the laundering is sent back to the

farm to be done, or hired out of the

house. Now and then an unfurnished





 





 





room is rented, the parents providing the

material for the furnishing from the farm

home.



Sometimes arrangements are made

whereby a girl is to board with the fam-

ily and instead of cash, her parents are

to furnish supplies from the farm, wood.

eggs, meat, butter, etc. However, as it

entails a considerable amount of book-

keeping, this plan is seldom satisfactory.

When it is adopted a fair price, deter-

mined by the market value of the fur-

nished article at the time they are pro-

vided, should be charged for the various

tommodities. Also, a stated sum is asked

for board, and the amount of produce

furnished made to correspond with the

cost of board. Sometimes, of course,

only a part of the price of board and

room rent is covered by produce and the

balance made up in cash.



Then again, a girl may, if she is phy-

sically strong enough, work for her

board. If this is to be the plan tried,

some definite arrangements as to what

she will be required to do, should be en~

tered into before she begins her work,

for both girls and mistresses have been

known to take advantage. Work should

be promptly and well done, and there

should be no imposing either by girl or

housewife~



Some girls feel that they have not the

time to pay all their board in work, but

would be glad to reduce their bills some-

what in that way. The only satisfactory

plan whereby this may be arranged is to

keep a tally card handy, and never forget

to set down the exact time spent in

work. This may be footed up, usually at

ten cents an hour, and the amount 'de-

ducted from the bill for the week’s

board and room.



Even if the girl is only to stay in town

on bad, stormy nights, have some defi-

nite arrangement as to where she shall

go, and the price to be paid for such ac-

commodation. No girl so soon loses the

respect of the towns—people as the "pro-

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greatly in excess of the number we are

able to print each week that we have

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The leaves from a sage plant may be

gathered three or four times a year if

proper care is taken not to injure the

slender branches. Clip the leaves close

to the stem and set to dry in a window

just out of reach of the direct rays of

the sun. After the sage plant develops

blossoms cut them off and add a little

rich fertilizer to the soil, banking it well

around the roots which have a. habit of

pushing out of the ground. In three or

four weeks new sprouts and leaves will

spring up, the largest and finest of the

season—L. M. T.



When screen door do not fit perfectly

tack a strip of linoleum or heavy oilcloth

on the outside of the frame to cover the

crack—B. M. W.



The sofa pillow fad having gone into

a decline a new use for leather post cards

has been found. To make a novel and

interesting portiere collect all the leather

post cards that friends have sent you

during the summer, purchasing a few if

need be, as 232 are required. Combine

them artistically, lacing them together

with the leather thongs that come for

that purpose. The portiere should be

eight cards across and twenty-nine in

length, or 94x42 inches, and the leather

thongs should be laced into the top row

of cards to make loops for curtain poles.

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NEW FEATURES IN THE DINING-

ROOM ILLUSTRATED IN AN

ARTISTIC HOME.





! FTER all, things go pretty much as





women say, for all they are called

slaves of fashion.



Take plate rails in the dining-room, for

instance. A few years ago some builder

who was looking about for “something

different,” conceived the idea of running

a. shelf around the dining—room five feet

up from the floor, on which women were

to place their best china plates, vases,

etc. This was supposed to beautify the

room, and women, being always ready to

try new schemes, took up with the idea.

But if women are fond of new ideas, few

of them are fond of adding to their work

and they soon found that these plate

rails were adding greatly thereto. There

is no better resting place in the house for

dust than here, and after taking down

each article and dusting it and the shelf

carefully once or twice a week for one,

two or three years, woman declared her-

self through with plate rails. As a result,

architects and builders decided that plate

rails were “passe,” and the new houses

are minus this feature, while in many

old homes they have been removed and

the dishes put where they will not have

to be dusted quite so often.



The dining-room wall must be broken,

though, the decorators seem to think, so

a, dado is used three feet up from the

floor. Then from the dado the paper

runs straight up to the ceiling without a

hint of a border. In lieu of the border,

the corners are finished with the old-





 





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





figured draperies are usually in two—tone

effects, or if not are shot on a. black

warp. ‘



Simplicity is the keynote of the artistic

dining-room of Mr. and Mrs. William

E. Dye, of Detroit, several views of

which are shown in‘ the illustration.

French windows opening out on a porch

with steps leading down to the lawn,

form one of its attractive features, and

the absence of the plate rail commends

it yet more. The room is in antique oak,

beams of the oak finishing the ceiling,

and a panel of the wood runs around the

room about five feet from the floor. The

walls are finished with a lea“ .. paper





below the panel in soft shades of dark





brown, and above the panel a lighter

shade of brown runs to the ceiling. The

French windows have hangings of mul-

berry Aurora cloth, which is seen again

in the over-draperies at the half windows

above the buffet.





 





THE YOUNG MOTHER AND THE

FIRST CHILD.—No. 3.





 





The Crying Baby.



“The well baby is a happy baby." This

is the dictum of every child specialist

who knows his business. If your baby

cries constantly, do not excuse it by say-

ing he is “cross." Depend upon it, some-

thing is wrong and it is for you to find

out what is the trouble. If he is perfect-

ly developed, if his food is sufficient in

quantity and of the right quality, if he

digests it well and has no diseased con—

ditions of any sort, he will not be fretful

nor cry overmuch. Instead he will sleep





 





The Ceiling is Beamed with Antique Oak.





fashioned cove, that is, instead of the

square corner in the room a bell-shaped

piece of wood is fitted in and tinted to

shade up from the wall to the ceiling

color.



Metallized effects are very good in

dining-room papers, that is, a combina-

tion of two colors, as gold and silver,

two shades of blue, two of brown, etc.,

blended together. The grapevine papers,

and the scroll and forest effects which we

once admired have been done away with,

unless one can afford to have woven

tapestry. A very popular paper is the

new Aerochrome, a two-toned paper

which owes much of its popularity to the

fact that the customer can pick out her

own colors and have them blended on the

paper. These are beautiful in silver and

blue or in two shades of brown, a color

which is still chosen often for the dining-

room. The paper is five feet wide, and

is sold by the yard instead of by the

roll. It is designed to be put on straight

around the room above the dado so that

it need not be cut in strips and show

seams. The dado, of course, would then

have to come within five feet of the ceil-

ing. A, good feature of the paper is that

it can be wiped off with a damp cloth

when it becomes soiled.



Fishnets and scrims, both in ecru, are

most chosen for dining—room curtains.

Whatever the cloth, the. color must be

ecru, as white is decreed entirely out of

place in the dining-room. The fishnets

are figured in all—over designs, while the

scrims may be either plain with filet in—

sertion from three to five inches wide, set

in two inches from the edge, down one

side and across the bottom, or it may be

figured and finished with a Cluny edge.



The overdraperies are usually of the

“Sundour” fabrics, so called because

they do not fade. If your wall paper is

figured, choose plain draperies, but if it

is plain a figured drape is used. These





nearly 20 hours out of the 24 and only

cry when he needs food or care.



First in your examination to find out

the cause of his crying, look at the navel

to be sure it has healed perfectly and no

inflammation or discharge is apparent.

If there is apparent soreness or irritation

consult the doctor at once. Do not fol-

low the well meant advice of friends who

may or may not know what to do. Often





 





best way is to take a strip of old clean,

white cotton an inch wide and two or

three yards long. Begin at one end and

roll the strip up tightly likea bolt of

ribbon,. put the navel in position, lay

Your roll of cotton firmly over it and

fasten it in place with ,a strip of oxide

of zinc plaster. This should remain in

place eight or ten days if you are careful





French Windows Open Out on the Lawn.





not to wet the plaster when bathing

baby, and protect it from the diapers by

a bit of cotton batting, which does not

absorb moisture readily. When the plas-

ter comes off, put on a clean roll of cot-

ton and continue this treatment until the

trouble is over, which may be months.

Try to keep the baby from crying unduly

as this aggravates the trouble.



Too tight a band may also be the cause

of crying. The band, of soft Woolen,

should be loose enough for the mother to

easily insert three, fingers after it is

pinned.



Colic is one great cause of crying and

may result from a variety of causes. Cold

feet and hands, either the baby’s or the

mother's, if it is a nursing baby, will

cause it. Too much food, or food taken

too hastily, irregular hours of feeding and

the wrong sort of food all tend to cause

it. To relieve, see that the baby‘s feet

and hands are warm, wrap them in a bit

of heated flannel or use the hot water

bottle. Put warm applications on the

stomach, a hot flannel or the ever helpful

hot water bottle, and give a few spoons-

ful of hot water. A suspicion of essence

of peppermint in the water helps bring

up the gas and relieves the infant. To

avoid a recurrence, see that baby is kept

warm and correctly fed. If. you are a

nursing mother, do not eat any food that

you know you can not digest well. We

are all so differently constituted that it

Would be hard to advise in a general arti-

cle what not to eat. One woman can not

eat cabbage, another, tomatoes, a third

squash. Anything that distresses you

will be reasonably sure to distress baby,

so govern yourself accordingly.



If you find baby is not crying from any

of the above causes, and he is bottle-fed

it is more than likely he is hot getting

the right sort of food. In this case the





 





 





 





 





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a child suffers from navel rupture, or the

navel protrudes instead of growing in the

natural way. This may be caused by

crying or from other things, but in any

case it must be treated at once. .The





condition of the bowels will tell you.

They will be loose and watery, often

green in color. The stool of a properly

digesting bottle-fed baby should be form-

ed and yellow in character.





 





SEPT. 16. 1911.





A LADY. LECTURER





Feeds Nerves and Bruins Scientifically.



A lady lecturer writes from Philadel-

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strain and wear and tear of her arduous

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“Through improper food, imperfectly

digested, my' health was completely

wrecked, and I attribute my recovery en-

tirely to the regular use of Grape-Nuts

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“Almost immediately after beginning

the use of Grape-Nuts I found a gratify-

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after a few hours of work, was percep-

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—it never returns.



“Ten days after beginning on Grape-

Nuts I experienced a wonderful increase

in mental vigor and physical energy, and

continued use has entirely freed me from

the miserable insomnia and nervousness

from which I used to suffer so much.



“I find Grape-Nuts very palatable and

would not be without the crisp, delicious

food for even a day on any consideration.

Indeed, I always carry it With me on

my lecture tours.”



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not the case with Your baby, consult a.

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once. Do not try formulas of friends or

even from magazines. Such formulas,

even it written by the best or physicians,

are only general and may not be at all

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NEW FALL FASHIONS.





 





Velvet hats promise to be much worn

this season. They come in small, round

shapes to be trimmed with pompons and

flowers for street wear, and in dress hats,

which are wide-brimmed and feather

trimmed.



Flower trimmed turbans are good, and

as they are becoming to most women,

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The kimono sleeve and the sailor collar

promise to continue their popularity for

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The ultra coat shows the raised waist

line.



We are sure there is no new thing un-

der the sun when we read that dark blue

serge. basket weaves, homespuns and

tweeds are still the approved materials

for skirts and suits. Frills of lace in the

sleeves, matched by soft jabots, give

these suits a dressy air.



Buttons promise to be much used as a.

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FRUIT LEFT-OVERS.

BY MRS. MARY E. UNDERWOOD.



“’hen putting up fruit, one is sure to

have something left over after the last

jar is filled, either a little fruit, or a

little juice, or a little of both. I know

housewives who throw it away; but I

never do. I always have a few jars of

these left-overs, and in the winter I

count them among my treasures-they

are like picking up money, for, being

left—overs, they might have been wasted!

As it is, they seem to have cost nothing,

and I feel that I can be real extravagant

with them. Husband laughs at this rea-

soning, but any woman who has been

obliged to economize, will understand just

how I feel about it.



And so, while putting up fruit, I put

whatever is left over into these jars; I

keep one handy all the time, mix all kinds

of fruit together, add bits of marmalade

or jelly, or the dish of fresh berries or

stewed fruit that was left over from din-

ner——in fact, put in any kind of fruit that

happens to be too small in quantity for

any other purpose. When the jar is full,

I heat the cotnents to boiling point, then

screw on the cover, mark it “left-over”

and set it away. In the winter I use this

for flavoring ice creams, or for making

sherbets, or to serve as a drink, with

water added, when we have company in

the evening. I add sugar and a beaten

egg to a portion of it, and make a pie, or

I add gelatine and make a pudding. I

use it to flavor pudding sauces, or stir

it into a dish of toasted bread crumbs

and make a fruit pudding. I have even

made it into Shortcake that was pro-

nounced delicious, and no one could tell

what it was because more than half a

dozen fruits were mixed together.



When I have company and want to put

on a great deal of style, I serve “Ruby

Sou'ffle” for dessert. It is a dish of my

own invention. I take half a pint of my

fruit left-over, and strain it to get out

all particles of fruit. Then I soak one-

fourth of a box of gelatine in half a cup-

ful of juice for five minutes, then stir in

half a cupful of boiling water to dissolve

it. I mix the remainder of the juice with

sufficient sugar to form a syrup, then add

the beaten yolks of three eggs, and stir

all well into the gelatine. I put this in a

cold place where it remains until it be—

gins to set, then I lightly stir in a pint

of whipped cream, and leave it until it is

firm, This is good served with any pre-

ferred sauce. Sometimes I serve it with

a little jelly and some of the juice. Some-

times I pile whipped cream over it. At





 





 





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘ ‘ an 233





other times we use simply sweetened

cream. When I say a pint of- whipped

cream, I mean, of course, after it is

whipped. It takes about half a pint of

good cream to make a pint of‘whipped

cream. If your cream does not whip

well, stir in a tiny pinch of salt.





I always count watermelon rinds among

the left-ovem, since they are really left

over from a feast of melon. And I have

such a nice easy way to convert them

into pickles that I am sure you want to

know about it. I take two cupfuls of

sugar to three of vinegar, and measure

out half a cupful, each, of whole cloves

and stick cinnamon. I tie the spice into

a thin bag and boil it in a little water

until the strength is removed, then add

it to the vinegar and sugar. Pare the

melon rind, cut away all the soft red part

from the inside, then cut it into squares,

and boil these squares in the liquid until

they are tender enough to allow a fork

to pass through quite easily. Then I take

out the melon and pack it in a two-quart

glass jar, and let the liquid boil hard for

ten minutes. It is then poured over the

melon, and the jar is sealed and put

away. These pickles are good to eat in

about two weeks, and they will keep in-

definitely—if you have enough of them.

Now think how much easier this is than

to steam the melon, and boil the syrup

halt a dozen times, pouring it of! for that

purpose every alternate day! That was

the way I was taught to do, but really

the pickles made in this way were not as

good as those I now make so easily.

Whenever we have melon, I use the rind

at once, before it has become wilted, and

I never make hard work of it. And so

my melon pickles also come among the

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yards of 27-inch material; % yard of 18-

inch all-over, and 3% yards of edging.

Price, 10 cents.



5396-Ladies’ Dress Skirt having Invert-

ed Plait or Habit Back. Cut in 6 sizes,

32 to 42 inches bust measure. Size 36

requires.) 51.; yards of 36 or 4%, yards of

44-inch material; 103/8 ‘yards or banding.

Price, 10 cents.



4500—Chlldren’s Rompers. Four sizes,

2 to 8 years. For 4 years it requires 2%

yards of 36-inch material. Price, 10

cents.



5527—Ladles' Seven-Gored Skirt with

inverted Plaint or Habit Back. Cut in 6

sizes, 22 to 32 inches, waist measure.

Size 24 measures 3 yards around the

lower edge and requires 4 yards of 50-inch

material. Price, 10 cents.





 





Editor Household Department:—-Will

somebody please tell me of a. remedy for

taking tartar of! the teeth?—B. A. W.



The best thing to do is to go to a dent-

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OUR NEW DEPARTMENT OUTLINED.



The purpose of establishing this de-

partment is to awaken in the farmer and

the young people on the farm a desire to

know more concerning the work they

have to do: to instil in their minds a

spirit of inquiry, not of idle curiosity; but

born of a desire to know in order that

more may be accomplished on the farm.

It matters not what occupation one may

follow, unless he has enthusiasm in his

work he becomes a mere machine and as

a machine he can be useful only in the

hands of an operator. There is not a

dearth of machines at the present time,





but there is a dearth of operators. It is

easy to be a machine. One needs pa-

tience, steady habits, the quality of





obedience and such, and he is fitted to

be a machine worker in almost any em—

ployment. It then really matters little

what employment he is in. He may be

a clerk in a grocerystore and obtain a





 





Dr. Floyd W. Roblson, who will conduct

our Practical Science Department.





fair measure of success. He may be an

employe on a railroad and escape censor.

He may be a hired man on the farm and

gain a reputation for his faithfulness. In

any walk in life he may be a machine.

Butto be an operator requires more. It

requires an (-nthusiasm, a desire to ac-

complish the most that can be accomp-

lished in the work in which he is en-

gaged. It matters little what occupation

one chooses (so long as it be an occupa-

tion which may bring the spark of pride

to the eye), if one can develop an en-

thusiasm for the work. Success is Sure

to crown the efforts of such.



Farm life has been the goal of the

writer’s ambition since boyhood and as

his studies have led him more and more

into the fundamental principles of agri-

culture, his fascination for farm life has

become stronger and his enthusiasm, over

the tremendous possibilities awaiting the

scientific farmer, has become more and

more marked.



A Practical Science Lecture Course.



The speific purpose of this department

in so far as science extension is con-

cerned, is to instil enthusiasm into the

man on the farm. It is the plan to pre—

pare each wcek an article on Scicntific

Agriculture and present it in such a form

that it may be easily understood by ev—

ery reader of this paper. This series of

articles will extend throughout the fall

and winter. it will constitute a short

course on Agricultural Science, and Will

embrace such topics as the following:



Origin and formation of soil.



Preparation of the soil for plant life.



A study of how plants grow and feed.



The theory and practice of fertilizers

and manures. '



Composition and chemical study of var-

ious plant crops.



The science of animal nutrition.



Study of feeds and the principles, of

feeding.



A study of animal and vegetable food

products and their scientific and economic

relation to the food of man.



A study of human foods and dietetlcs.





[I PRACTICAL SCIENCE. '





Special articles from time to time on

the products of the dairy and the farm.



These articles will be gotten up in

such a manner as to comprise practically

a course of lectures on agricultural chem-

istry and its allied subjects, and will in-

clude their application to home condi-

tions on the farm. It is expected that

these articles may appeal to the women

and girls in the farm home as well as to

the men and the boys, and every induce-

ment will be made to make these lectures

the subject of discussion in the home

during the winter evenings.



It may seem advisable to inaugurate

contests in regard to this work and if so

this also will be undertaken. We are

carrying the short course to the farm.

The Mountain to Mahomet, as it were,‘

and hope to animate our readers and

students with a. spirit of inquiry which

may result in the development of an en-

thusiasm for the various lines of ac-

tivity on the farm.



Practical Farm Laboratory.



In addition to the subject of scientific

extension, we have established a farm

laboratory. Through this laboratory we

hope to answer farmers’ questions involv—

ing a chemical analysis. Multitudinous

questions arise to the student farmer,

questions which a laboratory alone can

answer; questions arising from a real

desire for information which may assist

in making more profitable some line of

agricultural activity on the farm, or

which may assist in making more fasci-

nating some line of endeavor in the

household. This farm laboratory is

placed likewise at the disposal of the

readers of the Michigan Farmer.



It will be seen that this may involve a

considerable volume of work and there-

fore some restrictidns must be placed up-

on it. These restrictions are few, but

must be carefully observed.



let. The privilege of this, department

is extended to the farmer and his housc~

hold only. Problems of commercial and

manufacturing concerns cannot be car-

ried in these columns.



2nd. This is a real laboratory depart—

ment and therefore we cannot devote

time and energy to the analyses to sat-

isfy mere curiosity. It must be a sincere

request for information, based upon some

practical or home problem.



3rd. A letter of inquiry must precede

the sending of the sample.



4th. The postage or express on all

samples sentmust be prepaid.



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THE HESSIAN FLY IN OHIO.



The Ohio Experiment Station has is-

sued a warning that Hessian fly is rather

plentiful in a good many sections of Ohio

this fall and in those localities where it

is known to be present it will be unwise

to sow wheat early. Where rainfall has

been reasonably abundant, the flies may

be expected to appear at the normal time

and the following dates for seeding in the

different parts of the state are suggested

by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta-

tion as safe for such districts: Northern

third of the state—September 20 to 25,

the latter date for the southern counties

of this area; middle third of the state——

from September 25 to October 5; southern

third of the state—from October 5 to

()ctobcr 10. Neighborhoods which are

certainly free from the fly may sow five

or ten days earlier than these dates, while

neighborhoods more or less infested with

ily and having been afflicted with drouth

during summer and fall, will be safer

from iiy attack if sowing is done a few

days later than the dates here scheduled.

Dry weather retards the development of

the fly without destroying it, except in

cases of extreme and prolonged drouth,

and the belated brood may appear in

numbers, following the fall rains, a week

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SEPT. 16, 1911.





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raised in Southern Alabama, Western Florida and along the Gulf

Coast, with shipping season commencing early in March, and

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This same nd then planted in sweet tatoes wll yield 3100 to

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"Concrete Silos,” a book of practical

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—sn1='r.' 16. 1911.





(Continued from page 226).

, Ohio.



Carroll 00., Aug. 26.-——We are 11%:

lots of rain down here. About 0119- d

of the fall plowing, and about three-

fourths. of the threshing is done. Oats

turned out good, also rye and barley, but

wheat was poor. 'Corn will be a fair crop

if nothing happens to it now. Most of

the farmers will be short of hay, so they

put their straw in the barn. Wheat, 780

per bu; rye, 80c; corn, 70c; cabbage, 40

per lb; cucumbers, 10c per doz; musk-

melons, «to per lb; tomatoes, 75c per bu.



Indiana.



Laporte 60., Sept. 9.—Had two good

rains this week and crop prospects are

better. Corn is filling out and is good

for an average yield. Silos are being

built by 'most dairymen and are now be-

ing filled with corn. Potatoes are still

light in yield but late planting in June

looks well and is growing fast; will ma-

ture a good crop. The acreage is not

large and prices will be about the av-

erage. No i'rost yet and none expected

until October. Stock healthy and in good

condition. Apples plenty and cheap, 35



40c. Wheat sowing late this season

on account of fly. Prices fair for all the

farm can produce. Large exhibits at

county and state fairs. with a good at-

tendance, the best in years.





NATI ONA L CROP REPORT.





The Crop Reporting Board of the Bu-

reau of Statistics of the United States

Department of Agriculture estimates,

from the reports of the correspondents

and agents of the bureau, as follows:



For the United States:





 





in the central counties 75, in the northern

counties 84 and in the upper peninsula

85. One year ago the probable yield was

81 in the state, 75 in, the southern coun-

ties. 83 in the central counties and 91 in

thle northern counties and upper penin-

su a.





 





7 ' THEHMICHIGAN FARMER.





Peas—The estimated average yield in

the state is 12, in the southern counties

14, in the central counties 13, in the

northern counties 9 and in the upper pe-

ninsula 17 bushels per acre.



Potatoes—The condition of potatoes

compared with an average per cent in

the state is 62, in the southern and cen—

tral counties 57, in the northern counties

69 and in the upper peninsula 85. The

condition one year ago in the state was

69, in the southern counties 65, in the

central counties 70, in the northern coun-

ties 77 and in the upper peninsula 83.

The average condition for the past five

Jeddn pus sonunoo mauuou pus me

years is 75 in the state, 76 in the south-

peninsula and 74 in the central counties.



Clover Seed—The condition of clover

seed compared with an average per cent

in the state and central counties is 64, in

the southern counties 62, in the northern

counties 66 and in the upper peninsula

88. The condition one year ago was 73

in the state, 70 in the southern counties,

78 in the central counties, 76 in the

northern counties and 77 in the upper

peninsula.



Live Stock—Live stock throughout the

state is reported in fair condition.





THINK—S WEED LAW UNJUST.





 





I notice that many of our farm and

county papers are telling the farmer





 





Condition Sept. 1.





Crops. 1911. 1910.

Corn ................. *70.3 78.2

W'inter wheat ....... .. . . .

Spring wheat ........ *56.7 ‘63.1

All wheat ............ ‘688 ’61.7

Oats .................. ‘645 ‘83.3

Barley ............... '655 ‘69.8

Rye .................. .. . . . . . .

Buckwheat ........... 83.8 82.3

Potatoes ............. 59.8 70.5

Tobacco ............. 71.1 77.7

Flax .................. 68.4 48.3

Rice ................. 87.2 88.8

Hay .................. . . . . . . . .

Apples ............... 56.2 46.8





*Condition at time of harvest.





The yields indicated by the condition of

crops on September 1, 1911, or at time

of harvest, the final yields in 1910, and

the averages for 1906-1910, follow:





Yield Per Acre.





Crops. 1911. 1910. 1906-1910 pared with total



Indicated by Final. Av. production in



condition. 1906-10.



1910. p.c. Av. p.c.

Corn ...................... bus. 23.6 27 4 27.1 87.5 97.1

Winter wheat ............ bus. 514.5 15.8 15.5 98 1 101.1

Spring wheat ............ bus. 9.8 11.7 13.5 87.9 83.6

All wheat ................. bus 12.6 14.1 14.7 94.7 95.0

Oats ...................... bus. 23.9 31.9 28.4 74.8 90.4

Barley .................... bus. 20.3 22.4 24.8 88.1 85.9

Rye. ....................... bus. 315.6 16.3 16.4 - 92.9 94.6

Buckwheat ............... bus. 19.6 20.9 19.6 91.1 93,3

Potatoes ................. bus. 74.2 94.4 96.9 76.5 81,0

Tobacco ................... lbs. 714.6 797.8 826.0 , 64.8 79,1

Flax ...................... bus. 7.7 4.8 t9.9 164.4 99.0

Rice ...................... bus. 32.1 33.9 32.4 92 4 105.5

Hay ....................... tons s 1.1 1.3 1.4 7. 74,0



5 Preliminary estimate of yield. t AVemge for 1905—1909.





10-yr. Av. Aug. 1, P. c. of Acres.

1911. 1910. ‘

79.3 69.6 ‘ 1.01.7 115,939,000

.. . . .. . . 106.6 31,367,000

‘78}? 59.8 104.9 20,757,000

79.1 . . . . 105.9 52,124,000

*795 65.7 99.9 35,250,000

’83.0 66.2 97.0 7,038,000

.... .. .. 96.7 1,962,000

87.1 82.9 97.0 801,000

78.9 62.3 97.3 3,495,000

82.3 68.0 72.4 893,200

181.8 71.0 103.3 3,013,000

88.3 88.3 97.6 705,700

.. .. 68.6 94.1 43,017,000

52 6 53.9 .........





TEight-year average.





Acreage, 1911.





what a good law the new compulsory law

requiring the cutting of all weeds and

brush along roadsides is for the farmer.

Some farmers have been thinking about





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Indicated total pro-

duction 1911. com-





 





Preliminary returns indicate a hay

yield of about 1.09 tons per acre, or_ a

total of 46,969,000 tons, as compared With

60,978,000 finally estimated last year, and

63,507,000, the average annual production

in the past five years. Quality is 90.3,

against 92.5 last year and a ten—year av-

erage of 91.1. .





 





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT..





 





Wheat—The average estimated yield in

the state is 17, in the southern and cen-

‘uai counties '8, in the northern counties

13 and in the upper peninsula 19 bushels

per‘ acre. The quality as compared with

an average per cent in the state and cen-

tral counties is 87, in the southern coun—

ties 92, in the northern counties 74 and

in the upper peninsula 90.



The total number of bushels of wheat

reported marketed by farmers in August

at 107 mills is 356,022 and at 105 ele~

vators and to grain dealers 450,668, or a

total of 806,690 bushels. Of this amount

648,467 bushels were marketed in the

southern four tiers of counties, 129,664 in

the central counties and 28,559 in the

northern counties and upper peninsula.

The estimated total number of bushels

of wheat marketed in August is 2,500,—

000. Thirty-two mills, elevators and

grain dealers report no wheat marketed

in August. _



Oats—The estimated average yield _in

the state is 27, in the southern counties

29, in the central counties 28, in the

northern counties 20 and in the upper

peninsula 35 bushels per acre. The qual-

ity as compared with an average per cent

in the state is 85, in the southern coun-

ties 87, in the central counties 83, in

the northern counties 77 and in the up-

per peninsula 97.



Rye.——The estimated average yield in

the state and central counties is 14,

in the southern counties 15, in the north-

ern counties 13 and in the upper penin-

sula 19 bushels per acre.



Corn—The condition of corn compared

with an average per cent in the state is

83, in the southern and northern coun-

ties 84, in the central counties 79 and'in

the upper peninsula 89. The condition

one year ago was 81 in the state, 75 in

the southern counties, 84 in the central

counties, 91 in the northern counties and

92 in the upper peninsula.



Beans—The probable ~ yield of beans

compared with an average per cent in the





state is 78, in the southem counties 76,





it in another way, and that is this: The

expense of carrying out the requirements

of the law should not be placed on the

individual farmer for his roadside. For

instance, here is a farm of 160 acres with

a roadside of 640 rods. A large per cent

of road lies through low marsh land.

This farm has an actual value of $5,000.

An adjoining farm contains 400 acres and

a. road frontage of 320 rods, or half the

roadside of the smaller farmer, but a

valuation of four times as much, or $20,-

000, for which sum it recently sold. Now,

why should one farmer with 160 acres be

taxed for the cleaning up of 640 rods of

roadside, and his adjoining neighbor with

400 acres and four times his valuation,

be taxed for the 320 rods of roadside?

Shall I, because I am unfortunate enough

to own a farm cut up by public roads to

the extent of two miles of roadside, be

taxed on my 160 and $5,000 farm, twice

what my more fortunate neighbor is tax-

ed on his 400 acre and $20,000 farm, and

with only one-half the roadside? I say

no! It is all wrong. We farmers should

not be compelled to stand this expense

any more than we should be compelled to

build and repair the road which runs

through 0" alongside our farm. Why is

not this tax spread the same as the gen-

eral road tax? Is the individual farmer the

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H RTlCULTUREi





HANDLING FRUIT FOR COLD STOR-

AGE.



The question of handling fruit for cold

storage is one of great importance to

commercial fruit growers. Years ago

growers were compelled to market their

fruit soon after it was harvested. That

resulted in low prices for the producer

and fruit of poor quality for the con-

sumer, but with better transportation

facilities the time has come when it is

advantageous to hold back large quanti-

ties of fruit, which, in consequence, gives

it much greater value to the producer

and holds the prices at a more uniform

level for a longer period of time.



There are various things to be consid-

ered in handling fruit that is to be held

in cold storage. Many growers and spec-

ulators have lost fortunes holding large

quantities of fruit for higher prices, and

it is not always safe for growers to de-

pend upon cold storage as a means of

playing the role of speculators. Cold

holding fruit until the markets are re.-

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THE , MICHIGAN -FARMER.





condition we must devote more study and

attention to the various phases of this

question and plan to have the fruit go

into the storage houses in the best pos-

sible condition. The more promptly» we

can pick, pack and get the fruit into

storage the greater will be our success

in holding it in good condition. Fruit

that goes into the storage houses in poor

condition cannot be held as long as fruit

that goes into storage in prime condi-

tion.



W'rapplng fruit in tissue paper is a.

great protection against bruising in

handling and germ infection. Fruit that

is carefully wrapped keeps better in every

way than fruit that is left so that the

specimens come into contact with each

other. The very best fruit should be

packed in boxes rather than barrels. The

cost of wrapping and properly packing

apples in boxes is a small item compared

with the prices such fruit brings in the

best city markets. It seems almost in-

credible the waste of opportunities that

can be seen on every hand among eastern

fruit growers who neglect to put their

fruit on the market in condition to bring

the most money.



Some may ask if it would not be better

for large growers to put up their own

storage houses? This is a question that





 





 





Birdseye View of Famous Keiffer Pear Orchard of Geo. Lowe, of Van Buren Co.





is always in evidence during the early

part of the season and in this way bene-

fits both producers and consumers.



storage furnishes a legitimate means of



'The success of holding fruit in cold

storage depends in a large measure, upon

the quality and condition of‘ the fruit

that goes into the storage house. Fruit

that goes into storage in poor condition

cannot be safely held for a long time.

Recent experiments show that we must

have a knowledge of the varieties best

suited for holding if we secure satisfac-

tory results. Varieties differ widely in

their keeping qualities. Furthermore, the

age of the trees and the methods of or—

chard cultivation have a great influence

upon the keeping qualities of the fruit.

Apples grown in orchards that are kept

in sod or seeded with grass keep better

than those grown under tillage. Pruning

and thinning of the fruit on the trees

are other important factors that influence

the maturity and keeping qualities of the

fruit. Trees that are not properly pruned

do .not produce fruit that ripens uni—

formly. Fruit that ripens uniformly has

better keeping qualities when placed in

storage than fruit that is less uniform.

All of these qualities must be considered

before we place our fruit in cold storage

and have a reasonable assurance of its

keeping qualities.



Careful handling of the fruit that goes

into storage is perhaps the most import-

ant single factor in successfully holding

it in cold storage. Fruit that is in any

way injured in picking, packing or hand-

ling will have poor keeping qualities. In

handling fruit we must avoid every pos-

sible chance of breaking the skin, for as

soon as the skin is broken, the fruit is at

once infected with gcrms that spring into

activity and begin to develop decay. So

long as the skin is not injured there is

little danger of decay.



The emptying of the fruit from utensils

used in picking into the baskets, boxes

or barrels should be carefully done. All

baskets used for picking should be lined

with cloth or hut-laps. Some apple grow-

ers use bags for picking, but they are

not to be recommended, as the constant

moving about of the fruit in the bag

punctures the fruit with the stems and

this is equally true with baskets unless

care is taken in handling and emptying.

If we succeed in holding our fruit in ideal





may be worked out in time. Present re-

sults go to prove that the expense is

greater than the cost of storing the fruit

in storage houses that are cooled by the

mechanical system of cooling.



A better plan would be for a commu-

nity to erect co-operative storage houses.

in all localities where fruit of fine quality

can be grown it will pay growers to co-

operate and establish first—class cold stor-

age houses. By having their own stor-

age houses they can gather 'and put in

their fruit at the right time and there is

no delay about getting cars and shipping

the fruit, as is often the case when the

fruit is shipped to the city storage houses.

The problem of securing cars and getting

the fruit in storage at the right time is

one of the most serious ones that. growers

have to contend with.



Another great advantage of having 10-

cal storage houses is the fact that it

gives a great advantage in distributing

the labor more evenly. It'is about all

fruit growers can do now to get their

fruit gathered in season. By having 10-

cal cold storage houses it is much easier

to get the fruit gathered quickly and get

it into storage and after the rush of work

it can be packed and graded. In the

winter when it becomes cold it can be

delivered to the best markets. There is

no question but what the co-operative

storage house is bound to be an import-

ant factor in the handling of our fruit

crops as soon as the growers realize its

utility and are willing to stand together

for the good of their business. Few

growers realize the great possibilities that

these storage houses would open up to

them. The Pacific Coast growers have

learned their lesons well and eastern

fruit growers must adopt the same busi-

ness-like methods of handling their fruit

if they succeed in making the best of

their opportunities.



New York. TV.





THE FUNCTION OF COVER CROPS.





In the columns of your paper some of

your writers always advise a cover crop

in young orchards for protection in win-

ter. What I want to know is, what does

this cover crop protect, aside from keep-

ing the soil from washing in case of a

hillside? I plowed my orchard very late

in the fall several years ago and did not

see any bad effects from it. That winter

the ground froze to the depth of three





MILTON KELLY.





and four feet in exposed places and even

the peach trees came through without





injury. The questions I should like an-

swered are: What does a cover crop

protect? Do fruit trees ever suffer from





root freezing caused by having ground

bare, or being plowed late in fall? My

object in very late fall plowing is to kill

June grass and insects.



Crawford Co. H. S.





The cover crop has much the same ef-

fect upon the soil and the plant roots

beneath that a covering of chaff has up-

on a potato pit, it protects the roots to

some degree from freezing, notwithstand-

ing the experience of our correspondent.

Not only does it prevent temperatures

reaching the low point they would other-

wise, but it holds the snow upon the

ground, and makes changes in the soil

temperature more slow, which is vitally

important for quick changes usually do

greater damage to plant tissues than ex-

ceeding low temperatures reached grad-

ually.





TREATMENT FOR HOT. IN TOMA-





 





TOES.

What can I do for rot on tomatoes? It

attacks the blossom end in the green





stage and no fruit ripens without it.

Vines vigorous and lots of fruit, but it

all spoils. Manured the places where we

set plants.



R. G. B.





Berrien Co.



A number of inquiries have come to

the ofl‘ice asking what can be done for

“point-rot.” The trouble is also denomi-

nated by the terms, “blossom-end rot”

and “black rot." The trouble shows on

the green fruit at different stages of de-

velopment and the blossom 'end is the

point most usually attacked. The disease

eats away the tomato like a cancer, and

usually a black fungus grows over the

affected part. The nature of this disease

has not as yet been worked out and no

one has discovered a satisfactory treat-

ment for it. It is found most often during

dry seasons and on light soil, where the

supply of water is inadequate for the

maximum growth of the plant and fruit.

About the only general remedy that can,

therefore, be prescribed is to irrigate,

where that is possible, and to give the

land such culture as to conserve mois-

ture to supply this need. While spraying

has been advanced by many, as a pre-

ventive of the disease, there is no evi-

dence to sow that it will control the sit-

uation. If the trouble is of a bacterial

nature, as many think it to be, (but sat—

isfactory demonstration of the fact has

not yet been made), then, spraying would

likely be an important factor in treating

the trouble. It would seem, however,

that the cultural treatment suggested

above, should be the principal program

for those who are having a fight with

“point-rot,” since success has not fol-

lowed applications of Bordeaux mixture.

At least, follow it till the life history and

physiology of the trouble is better known

when solutions fitted to destroy or pre-

vent the disease may be suggested.



FRUIT MARKET NOTES.



The reports of the shipments of apples

to Glasgow from Montreal amounted to

672 bbls, for the week of August 25, as

compared with 2,255 bbls, for the corres—

ponding week in 1910. The total ship-

ments for the year to that date was 1,347

bbls, as compared with 2,799 bbls, in

1910, and 524 bbls, in 1909.





The Fruit Trade Journal and Produce

Record of September 2, indicates a firmer

tone in the New York market for apples,

desirable grades in standard barrels are

offered in very light supply. The bulk of

the consignments are of inferior quality,

thus making the trade slow for the lOW

grades hut active for the top ones. The

price for Alexanders rules from $2.50@

3.50 per barrel; TVolf River commanded

the, same figures: Wealthy and Twenty

Ounce were selling at $3.00; Duchess are

advancing and new command a. price of

$3.25.



Crabapplcs are in rather light supply





 





this year, especially the, small varieties.

They are quoted in eastern markets at

from $3.00 to $6.00 per bbl. The large





kinds rule from $1.75 to $2.50.





The Yakima apple crop of Washington

is estimated not to exceed 600 cars of

merchantable fruit; the yield a year ago

amounted to 3,000 cars.



The state board of horticulture of Mis-

souri, indicates that the crop for that

commonwealth is 30 per cent of the nor-

mal yield. This amount of fruit will make

Missouri the largest apple growing state

in the country.



Parties buying apples in Washington

State have entered into a partnership

with English dealers to export this fruit

to the British markets this season.





 

   





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The farmer, he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.





CLUB HISTORIES.





The Hartland Farmers' Club, of Liv-

ingston county, is now nearly three years

old. It has a membership of over 30

families. We hold our meetings each

month, except in July, when We have a

picnic. We have a large attendance at.

our monthly meetings. and we are en-

tertained by home talent of the very, best

type and quality, of which we are glad

to speak. - '



The Club members are alert to all

questions of the day, such as reciprocity

with Canada, the revision of the tarim

downward, good roads movement, and the

betterment of the farm home and life

upon the farm. ‘



The questions that‘come from our ques-

tion box are discussed with much inter-

est. We have elected officers for our

Club fair, which We will hold the second

week in October.—J. H. Brian, President.





 





A HOME-COMING MEETING.





The annual Home-Coming of Columbia

Farmers' Club was held the third Satur-

day in August, at “Broadlands,” the

home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reading.

The beautiful day brought together a

good company, many of the older mem-

bers who had not been present in some

time being there.



Miss Nina Hess, who is teaching in

Arizona. gave some interesting "Glimpses

of the West." She described a trip

through the Grand Canon, 3. visit to Cac-

tus Forest-3. the old Missions and many

other features of interest, showing pic—

tures of scenes there. She spoke of the

spirit of the west as one of cordlality

and fellowship. Everyone is away from

home and that in itself draws them to-

gether.



Miss Paulina Raven, who has been in

New York City for some time attending

Columbia College, took the company on

a trip to the east, telling of some of the

many historical and distinctive features

of the second largest city in the world,

following that with a description of a

visit to our National Capitol, including a

trip to Mt. Vernon. She told of being

present when congress was in sesswn and

of attending the egg roiling at the White

House on Easter Monday. Perhaps be-

cause she, too, had become enthused with

the “Spirit of the “’est” she regarded the

east as living for themselves, making one

feel that you were but a particle of dust

amid the rush and conflict of such a

mixed 0 ulace.



The tables were then placed upon the

lawn and supper served. Following which

W. S. Culver acted as toastmaster,‘the

following toasts being responded to: ‘ Our

Pioneer Members," Mrs. R. D. Palmer.

She spoke of the formation of the Club

25 years ago next December at the home

of F. J. Randall, George Culver being the

first president, how in less than two

years the membership numbered over

200, comprising among the best of the

citizens of Columbia township. The Club

had grown stronger, both mentally and

morally, due largely to the faithfulness

of our pioneer members, many, over 40,

having passed to their eternal home. Mrs.

J. G. Palmer, who was absent, sent a.

few words of greeting which were read

by Miss Maude Smith on “The“Farmer

as a Friend." She thought the pursuit

of agriculture is best calculated to m-

duce love of country and love of friends

and rivet it firmly on the heart. It is

not that we prize solitude which secludes

us from the busy life of the city, but the

aspects upon which We look, breathe a.

spirit, the characters we read speak a

language which draws us nearer to our

friends of the soil.’





ANNUAL COUNTY CLUB PICNIC.





 





annual Shiawassee County Farm-

er’slzhgiub picnic was held at Corunna on

the last Friday in August. It was a

joint affair in which the Granges and the

Gleaner organizations . in the county

joined. There were nine Clubs repre-

sented and ten Granges. It is estimated

that about 4,000 were present. B. W

Mattoon acted as chairman. The smgmg

of “America" by the audience was fol-

lowed by a prayer by Rev. J. D. Young,

of Henderson. After a good musical and

literary program had been rendered, ,Mrs.

J. C. Woodman was then introduced as

one of the speakers of the afternoon. He:

subject was “Some Problems for 1911.

She named three in the address, viz.,

rural education, local option, and woman

sugvrlaigg the assembly singing was being

announced an offering was taken to de-

frav the expenses of the afternoon, $6.95

being the total amount received. H. G.

Baker, of Cheboygan, speaker of the

state house of representatives, gave a.

characteristically strong talk on "Three

phases of the educational aspect of the

Farmers’ Organization." In the mean-

time Mrs. Woodman had retired to the

band stand a short distance from the

casino and gave an address to those un-

able to get into the casino, on woman

suffrage, of which she is an enthusiastic



to.

ad'fioga committee that had labored hard

to make the day a success is entirely

satisfied. Its efforts were crowned with

better results than anyone had expected,





 





 





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Our Motto—”The Farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be

first improved."





 





COUNTRY COMMUNITY' BUILDING

THROUGH REARRANGEMENT OF

SCHOOL FURNITURE.





 





A Grange ought to exist for the good

it can render its members and their

neighborhood. Whenever a new idea

that can help to this end is discovered,

it deserves to be passed on.



It was recently my good privilege to

spend several days with the teacher of

a rural school who has in her school

building a number of things that are

quite different from any commonly found

in country school buildings. Some of

these, most rural communities would not

listen to because they look impossible at

present. such as workshops for boys and

girls, electric lights and fans, and water

closets. For that reason I wish to tell

you about one feature which any school,

anywhere, can have with slight expense,

and which will not appeal to the average

school patron as so impossible of attain-

ment as some of the other conveniences

I have. named. This is the placing of the

desks and seats upon movable platforms.

The teacher I met was most enthusiastic

over the advantage of school furniture

arranged in this way. The photo repro-

duced herewith shows a desk and seat





 





Any School Desk May be thus Mounted

on Movable Platform.





mounted upon a small platform so that

the whole affair can be moved at will. It

serves to suggest what can be done with

whatever furniture the school may have,

whether single or double desks and seats.

At a moment's notice a whole row of

seats and desks can be pushed to one

side, giving floor space for exercises,

dialogs, or games in keeping with the

modern trend of education. Just as eas-

ily narrower aisles can be made, leaving

a large floor space on one side of the





room in which can be placed folding‘





chairs for visitors at school, or an audi—

ence at an entertainment or community

gathering, day or night. Folding chairs,

by the way, cost little and can be kept

in an entry, basement or attic of a one-

room schoolhouse, and are a valuable in-

vestment to a community. The plat-

forms can also be pushed to either side,

leaving the center of the room open for

degree work when a Grange meets in it.

The movable platforms make all of these

uses of the one-room schoolhouse possible

at slight effort and do away with the

awkwardness and positive discomfort

which now accompany its use by adults.



The interest of every Grange, which

meets in a. schoolhouse, in such a rear-

rangement of seats and desks is a double

one; first, the advantage to the children

and school; second, the advantage to the

Grange, Sabbath school, club or other

community organization which may find

it desirable to use the building.



When your Grange is casting about to

see what it can do to make its neighbor—

hood a more pleasurable place to live in,

think on this little device for transform-

ing a. one-room school building into a

more inviting “social center."



. JENN'IE BUELL.





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COMING EVENTS.





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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKET.





Grains and Seeds.





. Wheat—The price for No. 2 red wheat

on Tuesday was the same as for the pre-

ceding Wednesday. May showed an ad-

vance of a quarter of a cent, as did De-

cember. There was a small increase in

the world’s available supply last week,

which had a bullish influence upon the

trade. However, reports indicate a piling

up of offerings at Russian ports and fav-

orable weather news from Argentine,

this latter information creating an easy

feeling in'European market centers. The

home market is being held in abeyance

by the reciprocity campaign in Canada,

dealers believing that there will be little

change in values should the agreement

be supported by the electorate, but they

contend that its failure to pass would be

a sudden boost to the market on this side

the boundary line. One year ago No. 2

red wheat was selling on this market at

981,420 per bu. ‘Quotations for the past

week are as follows:





No. 2 No. 1



Red. \Vhit‘e. Dec. May.

Thursday .... . .91 .88 .9714 $1.02

Friday ........ 91 .88 97% 1.02

Saturday . . . . . .9166, .8804 .981/4 1.03

Monday ....... 90% 87% .971/4 1.02

Tuesday ...... 90% .8764 .9714 1.02





\Vednesday ....90% .8734 .9714 1.02

Corn.—~Substantial advances have been

made in the corn deal since a week ago.

In the Chicago market export clearances

were large on Tuesday; this, with the

firm tone in the wheat deal gave the

trade good support. Vi'hile the govern—

ment report shows an improvement of a

fraction of a point over the conditions

indicated August 1. the estimate is prac-

tically eight points below that of Sept.

1, 1910. The increased acreage amounts

to only 1 7-10 per cent as compared with

a year ago, which will leave the crop

yield below what it was then. Foreign

countries are also demanding corn in

large amounts which goes to make a

strong market. The price for No. 3 corn

a year ago was 59c. Following are the

leading quotationsfor the week:

No. 3 No. 3

Corn. Yellow.

68





Thursday ..... 67



Friday ................... 67 68

Saturday . . . . . . . . ......... 67% 681/;

Monday .................. 671/2, 68%

Tuesday . . . . . . .......... 68 69

“’ednesday ............... 681/2 691/2





Oats.—~The yield of this crop is placed

by the government reports at about 19

points below the crop of 1910, and 1:)

points below the ten-year average, and

the acreage for the present season is 1‘—10

per cent less than a year ago. This ac-

counts largely for the increase in prices

in this grain; there is a fair cash de-

mand. considering the high price-s. One

year ago the price for standard oats was

353/,0 per bu. Quotations for the week.





are:

Standard No. 3



White.



Thursday 45 443/2



Friday 45 44%

Saturday ..... . 45% 45

Monday ................. . 45% 45

Tuesday ............ .. . . . . 45% 45



Wednesday ............ . . . 46 451/2



Beans.——The Michigan crop report





places the yield of beans for the present

season three points below that of a year

ago, which will have a tendency to sup-

port the market on its present basis at

least. Quotations are nominal with that

of a week ago, little trading being done

on the exchange here. A year ago, Oc-

tober beans were quoted at $2.18 per bu.

Quotations for the week are as follows:





Oct. 0v.

Thursday ......... . . . ...... $2.05 $2.05

Friday ............. . . . . . . . . 2.05 2.05

Saturday . . . . . ......... . . . . 2 05 2.00

Monday ......... 2.05 2.0

Tuesday ......., ...... 2.05 2.00

Wednesday . . . . . . . ......... 2.05 2.05





Clover Seed.——The price here has been

fluctuating during the past several days.

Monday’s market reached a new high

point for the season, but was followed

by a decline on Tuesday. A year ago

October seed was quoted at $9.75 with

alsike ruling at $9.25. Quotations for the





ast week are:

p Oct. Alsike.





........... ..... $11.60 $10.25

grildlasxjiay ..... 11.75 10.40

Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . ...... 12.00 10.40

Monday ....... 1.2.25 10.50

Tuesday .............. 12.00 10.00

\Vednesday . . . . . . . . ...... 12.00 10.50





Rye.-—This market is higher and_ dull,

with cash No. 2 quoted at 890, which is

a ]c advance over the figures of last

week.



Flour, Feed, Potatoes. Etc.



FlounfiMarket is quiet and easy with

values steady. Quotations are:





Clear ................................ $3.90

Straight ................. . ........... 4.15

Patent, Michigan .................... 4.60

Ordinary Patent ..................... 4 40





Feed.~.\ll kinds of feed are steady.

Car-lot prices on track are: Bran,

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

middlings, $30: cracked corn, $26; coarse

corn meal, $26; corn and eat chop, $26

per ton.



Hay and Straw.—~The market has re-

acted/from the reduced prices of last

week and all lines show advances except

rye straw, which is steady. Quotations

are: No. 1 timothy, $20@20.50; No. 2

timothy, $18.50@19; clover, mixed, $1861)

18.50; rye straw, $7.50@8; wheat and cat

straw, $7@7.50 per ton.



Potatoes.—While the consumption of





potatoes may be a little restricted by the at a decline of $1@1.50 per ton.

high prices there is no apparent evidence and straw steady.





THE Micn'iGAN . FARMER,





to that effect. The week has seen in-

creased supplies which have worked quo-

tations to a lower basis, the average

quality of the offerings now selling at

$1.10@1.25 per bu. ,

Provisions.——Family pork, $18.50@19.50;

mess por‘k, $17.50; medium clear, $16.75

@1850; smoked hams, 15%@16c; briskets,

111,§@12c; shoulders, 10c; picnic hams,

91/30; bacon, 15@16c; pure lard in tierces,

101,.4c; kettle rendered lard, 11140 per lb.





Dairy and Poultry Products.





Butter.—»The tone of the butter deal is

firm. At Elgin the quotation committee

attempted to boost the figures a half-cent

but the motion was not sustained. The

general market'is in good shape to sup-

port the present basis of trading. Extra

creamery, 26c; firsts, do., 25c; dairy, 18c;

packing stock, 17c per lb.



Eggs.—A cutting off of supplies has-set

prices for eggs soaring and with the

storage houses containing limited hold-

ings it looks like high prices for the

coming six months. Fresh receipts, case

count, cases included, are now quoted at

200 per dozen, which is a 2%0 advance

over last week.



Poultry.—-This deal is easy with sup—

plies piling up. Broilers are off a cent;

other grades steady .with a week ago.

Prices are: Live—~Hens, 12%@13c; old

roosters, 8c; turkeys, 14@15c; geese, 8@

9c; ducks, 12fi‘13c; young ducks, 14%@

15c; broilers, 1460141430 per lb.



Cheese.—Michigan, old, 17c; Michigan

late, 141,461.],51/20; York state, new, 14@

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

brick, 15((016C.



Veai.-»—Market steady. Fancy, 11@12c;

choice, 8@9c per lb.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Cabbage.—Lower. Selling at $2 per

bbl, for home-grown.



Plums.—Higher and about gone; now

quoted at $1@1.25 per bu.



Peaches—There is an overstock of in-

ferior grades of peaches and the quota-

tion for them is severely cut since last

week. The good to fancy goods are about

steady, with prices unchanged. Quota-





tions: A. A., $1.50; A., $1.25; B., $50c

per bu.



Huckleberries.—Steady. Quoted at $3@

3.50 per bu.





Apples.~As is usual during the har—

vesting season farmers are working off

their inferior stock which is crowding

the trade more than recent prices would

stand and the average offerings are g0—

ing at 5061.600 per bu.



From Farmc-s’ 'vvagons on Detroit East-

ern Market.



There was a rather active market on

“'cdncsday morning, both sellers and

buyers being present in good numbers.

Figures do not vary a great deal from

those of a week ago except in a few

products that are now plentiful and

ripening fast so that farmers need to

crowd their sales. Following are the rul-

ing prices: Potatoes, $1.30 for a good

grade; cucumbers rule around 40c for

average stock; butter beans, 65@75c per

bu; turnips, 400 per bu; beets, 400 per

bu; corn, 45c per bag of five dozen ears;

cabbage is in fair supply and selling at

500 per bu; cauliflower was quite plenti-

ful, farmers asking 5c per head or 750

per basket; melons are nearly gone and

quality a little inferior with prices ruling

around 800 per bu; peppers, green, $1

per bu; tomatoes are in good supply and

some high grades were selling around

40c per bu; celery fair quality at 25c per

bunch; good hand-picked apples rule from

$1601.25 per bu; peaches are selling from

$1@2 per bu., with the average grade at

$1.50((ul.75; grapes are in more liberal

supply, with black selling around $1 per

bu. and green $1@1.25; hay continues

scarce and prices are ruling a little high—

er, the range for' good timothy being $23

((925 per ton.





OTHER MARKETS.





Grand Rapids.





Dealers report the egg market firm,

the price paid the shipping trade for

fresh stock being 1635c. Dairy butter is

worth 200. Prices paid for live poultry

are as follows: Chickens, 110; fowls, 10c;

ducks, 100; turkeys, 12. Potatoes were

a little lower on the city market Tues-

day morning, many selling at $1.25, and

ranging from this up to $1.40. Tomatoes

brought 40c. Peaches have quite a wide

range, going from 500 up to $2, a few of

the best Elbertas bringing the highest

figure. Grapes sold at 600 per bushel.

Hay is bringing $16@17.





 





Chicago.





Wheat—No. 2 red, 92%@93c;

96-340; May, $10214 per bu.



Corn—No. 2, 66%@67c; Dec., 660; May,

6614c per bu.



Oats—No. 2 white, 448/,@451/,c; Dec.,

46c; May, 487/80.



Barley. Malting grades, $1@1.21 per

bu; feeding, 6561785c.



Butter.—Creamery grades firm at an

advance of 1 cent over last week. Dairy

stock steady with prices unchanged. Quo-

tations are: Creameries, 21@26; dairies,

18@22c per lb.



Eggs—A strong upward tendency is

apparent in this market. Graded stock

has gained a full cent in the past week.

Miscellaneous receipts are showing im-

provement as to quality ‘and are quoted

20 higher. Quotations~arez Prime firsts,

191/3c; firsts, 180; at mark, case's includ-

ed, 14@17c per dozen.



Potatoes—Although receipts are run-

ning considerably ahead of this time last

year, prices show little change. Market

reported steady with Minnesotas quoted

at $1@1.05 and Michigans at 90@950.



Beans.-—Market barely steady at last

week’s reduced values. Choice hand—

picked pea beans are quoted at $2.15@

2.20 per bu; prime, $2@2.05; red kidneys,

$2.75@3 per bu.



Hay and Straw—Timothy hay is easy

Clover

Quotations: ..Choicg’





Dec.,





 





timothy, $21.50@22.50; No. 1 timothy,

$19.50@20.50; No. 2 do., $17@18; No. 3 do.

$12@16; clover, $10@14; rye straw, $8.50

@9; oat straw, $7@8 per ton; wheat

straw, $5@6 per ton.



New York.



Butter.—Ma.rket is firm with prices a

fraction above those of last week for

most grades. Creamery specials are

quoted at 27330: cxirus. 26%c; firsts, 24@

25c; seconds, mistrust“; thirds, 201/9690

211/éc.



Eggs.--—All grades are higher. Fresh

gathered extras, 25@27c; extra, firsts, 23

@231,éc; seconds, 19(020c; western gath-

ered whites, 22@26c per dozen.



Poultry.——-Dressed. Values are a little

easy, showing a tendency downward.

Turkeys, 10@16c; do. young, 28c; fowls,

14@17c; western broilers, 15@210.



Boston.



VVool.—-Owing to the attitude of the

manufacturers in not wishing to lay in

a. SUDDIY larger than for present require-

ments the local trade has been light for

the past week. Prices are holding firm,

however, and there appears to be no

strong tendency on the part Of those

who are in the market for goods, to ham-

mer down quotations. Following are the

leading prices for domestic wools: Ohio

fleeces—Delaine washed, 30@31c; 1A),—

blood combing, 26c; ‘39 do. 25c; 14 d0. 25C?

XX,V280; delaine unwashed, 25@260; fine

unwashed, 21c. Missouri—yg—blood, 25c.

Scoured basis:

60@62c; 1/2-blood combing. 57@58c; %

do. 50@520; 1,4 do. 47@48c.





Elgin.





Butter.——Market firm at 26c per 1b.,

which is last week’s quotation. Output

for the week 827,700 lbs.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo. .

September 11, 1911.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 170 cars; hogs, 105 double decks;

sheep and lambs, 103 double decks; calves

1,300 head.



\Vith 170 cars of'cattle on our market

here today, and 23,000 reported in Chi-

cago, we quote the good and prime cattle

about steady with last week, as there

Were no cattle shown here today as good

as the top we sold last week. All other

grades of cattle sold about steady with

last week. '



'VVe quote: Best 1,400 to 1,600—lb. steers

$7.50@7.75; good prime 1,300 to 1,400-lb.

do., $6.85@7.50; do. 1,200 to 1,300—lb. do.

$6.75@7.15; best 1,100 to 1,200-lb. shipping

steers, $5.85@6.40; medium butcher steers

1,000 to 1,100 lbs., $5.25@5.85; light butcher

steers, $4.50@5.25; best fat cows, $4.75@

5.25; fair to good do. $3.50@4.50; common

to‘ medium do., $2.75@3.25; trimmers,

$1.75@=2.75; best fat heifers, $5.75@6.25;

good do., $5605.50; fair to good do., $4.25

@5; stock heifers, $3.50@4; best feeding

steers, dehorned, $4.25@4.50; common do.

$3.75(di4; prime export bulls, $5.25@5.50:

best butcher bulls, $4.50@5; bologna bulls

$350604; stock bulls, $3.35@3.50; best

milkers and springers, $55@60; common to

good do., $2061.35.



Today’s hog market ruled fairly active

on the good quality corn—fed stuff, but

slow and unsatisfactory on the other

grades, with prices generally about 10c

lower on the bulk of the good quality

hogs, and 10@15c lower on the commoner

grades. Pigs ruled from 25((D400 lower;

roughs, 15611250 lower. The best quality

mixed, medium and yorkers sold from

$7.60@7.65, and the commoner kinds

around $7.25@7.50. The best quality of

heavier Weights sold. around $7.45@7.55.

Pigs and light yorkers sold generally

from $7.10@7.25; rough sows from $6.25@

6.30; stags, $5@5.50. Good quality mixed

and york weights were pretty well clean-

ed up. There are a few loads of the com-

moner kind of the lighter weights and

pigs going over unsold. Try to get a good

margin on all kinds, and especially on the

commoner grades.



The sheep and lamb market was active

today at the prices. Most of the choice

lambs sold from $6@6.15; wethers from

$4.10@4.25; look for little stronger prices

the balance of the week; everything sold

tonight.



“’e quote: Best spring lambs, $6@6.15;

wethers, $4.10@4.25; cull sheep, $1.50@

2.50; bucks, $2.50@2.75; yearlings, $4.50@

4.75; handy ewes, $3.50@3.75; heavy do.,

$3@3.25; veals, choice to extra, $9.25@

9.50; fair to good do., $8.50@9; heavy

calves, $4@6.



Chicago.

September 11, 1911.



_ Cattle Hogs Sheep.

Receipts today ...... 5,000 23,000 40,000

Same day last year..35,911 23,213 36,067

Same week last year.67,313 88,300 122,213



Receipts of 25,000 cattle today included

8,000 western rangers. Natives com-

prised a heavy quota of plain and medi-

um grades and weakness marked the

trading in that kind. Opening price

bas1s was steady but before the market

was well under way general values

slumped 100 from last week’s close. This

decline applied to bulk of steers selling

below $7.25 and even good to choice

grades had a mean finish, although best

sold steady throughout the day, prime

1,420-lb. steers making $8.20 and a fair

quota of prime 1,400 to 1,550-lb. bullocks

Went at $7.90@8.10. Prime steers were

thus still up to the season’s highest point

but the tone of the general market lack-

ed the same briskness which character—

ized trading a few weeks ago. Bulk of

good corn-fed steers went at $6.75@7.50

and medium made $6.25@6.65 while com—

mon to good grassers sold at $5@6.10.

Rangers topped at $7 but there was a

scant quota above $5.75. Native cows and

heifers cleared at strong rates, fat cows





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making $4.50@5'.50 and heifers sold up to

$6.50 with canner and cutter cows at $2@

3.40. Calves held steady and feeder and

stock steer trade was firm on good, coun-

try demand. ,





Hog market had a higher start, on a0





run of 2,000, this supply falling 7,000 be,-

low expected volume, but the advance

was lost before the close. Top butcher

and light weights made $7.60. Bulk of

sales were at $7@7.35. Pigs sold largely

at $4.25@5 for 35 to 75—lb. lots while good

115 pounders made $6.50@6.75.



Sheep supplies of 40,000 following last

week's excessive run forced new price

recessions of 10@15c and it was a de-

moralized market at the decline. Idaho

lambs topped at $5.60, and natives at

$5.65, while 55 to 61-lb. range feeding

lambs went at $4.90@5. Ewes and weth—

ers topped at $3.75 and 68-1b. feeding

yearlings made $4.45.



Choice prime beeves have recovered

some of the recent decline and are now

selling around $7. Common grass anti

corn-fed steers dropped under a heavv

supply. Prime grades reached $7.90@

8.10, while grassers ruled at $5.25@6, thus

making a wide range. Ranger stuff is

running much lighter» than in 1910—a 40

per cent reduction in receipts thus far.

Cow and heifer supply is limited and

quotations are up 15@250; prime heifers

$6.50@7; good to choice do., $5.25@6.25;

grassers, $3.75@4.75; good to choice

cows, 5247560575; bulk of grassers, $3.75

(174.50; cutters, $3.40; canners, $2.25@3;

bulls, $3.50@5.75; calves, 35350612950. Best

feeders went at $5.50@5.75; fair to good

do., $4.75@5.25; stockers, $3.25@4.50.



Hogs have gone down the toboggan 15

@25c from the previous week’s level.

There were, however, spots in the mar-

ket at low point last week which showed

40(6500 decline. It has been a trade well

in control of the packers. They have

taken advantage of the slump in demand

from the east to pound the market. \Vhat

the future course in the trade will be is

a matter of conjecture. Just how many

hogs the country shippers can buy on a

basis of current lower market rates will

determine the course of values in the

near future. If the country is willing to

sell freely that is all there is to it. The

hopes of the bullishly inclined traders

will be dashed. However, producers are

not holding any very big crop of matured

hogs now. The spring pig supplies are

some ways off from maturity, mainly be-

cause of poor pastures this summer, and

it will require a lot of corn feeding to

bring the shoats up to marketable stan-

dard. Once they begin coming the pack—

ers probably will have opportunity to

hammer values hard. Opinion prevails

that not until October will any very big

crop of hogs come marketward. The av-

erage weight is running off a little, being

around 240 lbs. now, as against 245 lbs.

a few weeks ago and 252 lbs. 21 year ago,

but in spite of this, general quality of

marketings continues fairly good, there

being fewer pigs and thin light hogs in

the crop. '



Sheep and lambs were marketed in ex-

cessive numbers last week, the crop be—

ing largely range lambs and values for

these as well as natives were hammered

500 lower than the previous week while

feeding stock sold down 250. VVethers,

yearlings and ewes, however, held a

steady basis. The decline has at least

put feeding stuff on a relatively cheap

basis, and this is being well apreciated

by country buyers. A big feeding de-

mand was had from Illinois, Michigan,

Indiana and Ohio farmers. Prices for

feeding lambs ranged at $4.75@5.35 while

feeding yearlings were bought at $4@4.50

and breeding ewes at $3.50@4.25. Native





lambs were reduced to a basis of $5.25@ ,





5.75 for good to choice and poor to fair

killers sold at $3.50@5.15 with culls down

to $3.25. Range lambs sold up to $6@

6.25 at best point early in the week while

later tens of thousands of them landed

to killers at $5.50@5.75.



Horses were marketed in big numbers

and the prices slumped $10@15 per head

from the previous week, a decline of $20

@30 per head being shown from levels

prevailing late in August. Receipts Were

1,700 head against 1,779 the week before

and 1,392 a year ago. The inroads of the

auto truck upon the horse industry is

accountable for the short demand for

business horses and instead of a big fall

market the trade looks for a bad deal for

some months ahead unless prices are

further reduced to a basis which makes

horses cheap to thevconsumer. It took

an extra grade of draft horses to land

at $175@200 and only fancy 1,700 to 1,800-

lb. grades Went at $250 and higher while

common and ,medium made $110@150.

Good wagon horses sold at $140@165,

drivers of a fair to good grade at $135@

200, and the light chunks were a drug

down to $65@85. F.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.



Farmers who would buy more good

milch cows for the winter’s dairying op-

erations can get them cheaper now by

$10 per head than a short time ago. Late

in August when there was big demand

from Pennsylvania and New York dairy—

men the prices shot up to almost pro-

hibitive levels, but recession in values

has set in since that demand has run its

course. Cows of high grade such as sold

at $70@75 at top point are procurable in

the market at $60@70 now and $40@5t

buys a medium to good kind. With milk

and butter at prevailing good prices these

producers appear fairly reasonable in

cost on their present market basis.



The impetus given hog production by

$106011 markets of a year ago is plainly

indicated by the big increase in supplies

received at the eleven chief stock mar-

kets of the country thus far in 1911, as

compared with the same period a year

ago. The aggregate receipts at these

points stand 16,713,000 head against 12,-

985,000 a year ago, 15,858,000 two years

ago and 18,790,000 in the corresponding

period in 1909.





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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday's Market.

September 14, 1911.





 





 





Cattle.



Receipts, 1,043. Market steady at last

week's prices.



We quote: Best steers and heifers, $5.75

@6; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $4.75

@550; do. 800 to 1,000, $4.50@5; grass

steers and heifers that are fat, 800 to

1,000, $4.50@5; do. 500 to 700, $3.75@4.50;

choice fat cows, $4@4.50; good do., $3.75

@4; common cows, $3@3.40; canners, $2@

2.75; choice heavy bulls, $4.50; fair to

good bolognas, bulls, $3.75@4; stock bulls,

$3@3.50; choice feeding steers. 800 to 1,000

$3.75@4.25; choice stockers, 500 to 700.

$3.80@4.25; fair stockers, 500 to 700, $3.50

@3.75; milkers, large, young, medium age

$40@60; common milkers, $25@35.



Roe Com. Co. sold Bresnahan 3 canners

av 893 at $2.60; to Sullivan P. Co. 15

butchers av 565 at $3.85; to Newton 13.

Co. 8 bulls av 762 at $3.65; to Ratkowsky

6 butchers av 641 at $3.25; to Mich. B. Co.

6 do. av 663 at $4, 9 do av 800 at $4.75,

6 cows av 950 at $3.75; to Sullivan P. Co.

4 butchers av 630 at $4.



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

butchers av 681 at $4.25, 2 cows av 925

at $3.50, 2 bulls av 765 at $3.75, 6 butch-

ers av 596 at $4, 7 do av 910 at $4.75; to

Breitenbeck 5 cows av 994 at $3; to Park-

er, W. & Co. 3 bulls av 780 at $3.50; to

Bresnahan 3 canners av 900 at $2.75; to

Sullivan P. Co. 5 cows av 884 at $4, 1 do.

weighing 1,030 at $4, 3 butchers av 5274“

$3.75, 2 steers av 885 at $4.75, 1 bull

weighing 1,480 at $4.10, 2 do av 685 at

$3.60, 5 butchers av 774 at $4.15, 1 cow

weighing 750 at $2.25; to Goose 5 do av

1,032 at $3.25; to Fromm 3 butchers av

787 at $4.25, 2 steers av 885 at $4.30; to

Erban Bros. 5 butchers av 870 at $4.50,

2 cows av 765 at $4.25; to Heinrich 18

steers av 990 at $5; to Rattkowsky 2 cows

av 1,010 at $3.25, 3 butchers av 333 at $3;

to Rattkowsky 1 cow weighing 920 at

$4.25, 1 do weighing 750 at $3; to Regan

6 heifers av 554 at $3.85; to Herkimer 10

butchers av 572 at $3.90; to Mich; B. Co.

25 do av. 580 at $3.60; to Goose 5 cows

av 1,030 at $3.75; to Bresnahan 1 cow

weighing 900 at $2.75, 2 do av 875 at

$2.75, 2 do av 1,110 at $3; to Hammond,

S. & Co. 8 steers av 777 at $4.60; to Kam-

man 12 do av 844 at $4.80, 6 cows av 1,021

at $3.85.



Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. Co. 4

butchers av 788 at $4.50, 3 steers av 1,010

at $5.65, 1 cow weighing 1,240 at $3.75, 1

do Weighing 1,150 at' $4.25, 1 do weighing

830 at $2.50, 10 heifers av 590 at.$3.85, 1

bull weighing 1,030 at $3.70, 1 steer weigh-

ing 1,270 at $6.25, 7 heifers av 611 at

$3.80, 2 cow and bull av 1,025 at $3.80, 2

steers av 940 at $4.80, 2 stockers av 600

at $3.50, 2 do av 600 at $3.80; to Smith 6

butchers av 815 at $4.50; to Breitenbeck

2 steers av 875 at $4.50, 3 do av 1,090 at

$4.75, 21 do av 900 at $4.80; to Regan 17

butchers av 577 at $3.65; to Schlischer 18

steers av 877 at $4.65, 3 do ax 600 at $4,

2 bulls av 815 at $3.50, 4 do av 595 at

$3.25, 3 do av 643 at $3.15; to Mich. B.

Co. 2 do av 950.at $3.80; to Applebaum

2 heifers av 375 at $3.50, 3 cows av 990

at $3.85; to Bresnahan 1 do weighing 930

at $3, 1 do weighing 680 at $2, 6 canners

av 926 at $2.75; to Kamman B. Co. 10

butchers av 620- at $4, 3 do av 750 at $4,

15 steers av 920 at $5.15; to Prince 7

stockers av 693 at $4, 2 do av 600 at $3.60,

5 do av 620 at $3.75, 2 do av 575 at $3.80,

1 do weighing 460 at $3.60; to Herckleman

5 steers av 944 at $5; to Fry 3 do av 773

at $4.15, 8 butchers av 652 at $3.85.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1 can-

ner weighing 870 at $2.50, 2 cows av 1,100

at $4.25, 1 do weighing 1,180 at $4.50, 4

butchers av 610 at $3.85, 1 canner weigh-

ing 940 at $2.50, 6 bulls av 725 at $3.50, 2

do av 1,085 at $4; to Prince 2 bulls av

500 at $3.25, 15 stockers av 462 at $3.25;

to Heinrich 2 steers av 650 at $4.25; to

Mich. B. Co. 1 heifer weighing 750. at

$2.50, 2 bulls av 680 at $3.50, 3 do av 857

at $3.90; to Bresnahan 9 stockers av 509

at $3.50, 1 canner weighing 810 at $2.50.

5 do av 750 at $3, 1 do weighing 660 at

$2.25, 3 do av 833 at $2.75; to Gerish 6

steers av 963 at $5.20; to Hammond, S.

& Co. 18 butchers av 642 at $4; to Sulli-

van P. Co. 3 smog: av 793 at $5 1 cow



- ,040 at '-

weighing 1 Veal caklvtesgo 1 than

r e c ower

lagecfiéfifis’ 13.255, llfsésomig; others, $3.75@

8' mllch cows and springeI‘S steady.

’Bi h B & H. sold Parker, W. & Co.

5128’ {39 3 av 135 at $9. 8 av 155 at

3 a; 3350 a't‘ $5 1 weighing 130 at $8 50.

39’“ {1‘15 at $9. 1 weighing 290 at $6. 3

av 149 at $8.50, 9 av 150 at‘$8.50: to 6Mc—

Guire 11 av 160 at $9; to Scliuman av





' ' 4 av



.77, 1 weighing 140 at $9,

133 :tt $393, 4) av 250 at $6: to rglurnstine 2.

av 135 at $9, 13 av 110 at $8..) . C0. 3 av





sold Sullivan 1’. ‘

140 at $8, 2 av 170 at $6.50, 4 av 120 as $8t,

6 av 150 at $7.75; to Goose 6 av 113 aav

$8.75, 5 av 155 at $8.75; to D. Goose





. . 400 at $3.50;

350 at $3.30, to Prince 4 av 50; to Ratt-





to Applebaum 6 av 190 at $5. .

kowsky 10 av 230 at $4.25, 5 av 25500 at $54"

to Sullivan P. Co. 4 av 150 at 68-») . o





Spicer & R.





'40 at 8.50. .



1 Kendall sold Bu$rnstine 9 av 120 at

7.75. 6 av 130 at 9.



5 Long sold same 10 av 136 at $9. 2"0 at

Haley & M. sold Goose 13 av ‘0" &



$4, 20 av 225 at $5.50; to Fax-1:91. 358501



CO. 12 av 150 at $8.50, 5 av 12.) m 39‘,





2 av 115 at $8.50, 1 weighing 150 3*





 





1 weighing 120 at $6, 5 av 160 at $9.

Boyle sold Goose 3 av 130 at $8.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 5,619. Market 25@500 lower

than last week. Best lambs, $5.50@5.75;

fair lambs, $4.75@5; light to common

lambs, $3.50@4.25; fair to good sheep, $3@

3.25; culls and common, $1.50@2.50.



Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. Co. 12

lambs av 55 at $4, 5 sheep av 120 at

$2.50, 10 do av 95 at $1.50; to Thompson

Bros. 39 lambs av 60 at $3.50, 16 sheep av

105 at $2.25; to Barlage 43 lambs av 70

at $3.75, 35 do av 75 at $5, 18 mixed av

63 at $3.75; to Mich. B. Co. 22 sheep av

125 at $3.25; to Newton B. Co. 99 lambs

av 74 at $5.25, 28 sheep av 85 at $3.50; to

Hayes 24 lambs av 65 at $4.50, 39 do av

55 at $4.75, 19 sheep av 80 at $3.40; to

Kull 27 lambs av 77 at $5.25; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 5 sheep av 90 at $1.50, 11

do av 88 at $3.50, 6 do av 110 at $2.75, 21

do av 100 at $3.75; to Hobbins 44 lambs

av 80 at $5.50.



[Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Go. 12

lambs av 55 at $4, 5 sheep av 120 at $2.50;

to Mich. B. Co. 28 lambs av 75 at $5.20.

13 sheep av 100 at $3.10; to Thompson

.Bros. 21 lambs av 60 at $4.40, 9 sheep av

90 at $1.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 20 do av

108 at $3.25; to Jones 93 lambs av 75 at

$5.40, 42 do av 75 at $5.50; to Mich. B. Co.

22 do av 80 at $5.25; to Young 91 do av

65 at $5; to Barlage 8 sheep av 60 at

$2.50; to Thompson Bros. 5 do av 75 at

$1.50, 20 lambs av 55 at $3.50; to Torrey

34 do av 70 at $5. ‘



Boyle sold Sullivan P. Co. 13 sheep av

110 at $3, 38 lambs av 70 at $5.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Torrey 77 lambs

av 72 at $5.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 133 do

av 75 at $5.25, 36 do av 60 at $3.75, 43 do

av 55 at $3.50, 22 do av 53 at $3.75, 48 do

av 65 at $450; to Newton B. Co. 81 do

av 77 at $5.15, 61 do av 65 at $5.25, 23 do

av 70 at $5.15, 141 do av 73 at $5.25; to

Mich. B. Co. 51 do av 72 at $5.40, 47 do

av 75 at $5.25, 60 do av 67 at $5.40, 14 do

av 75 at. $5.40, 18 sheep av 110 at $3.35;

to Breitenbeck 24 lambs av 55 at $3.50, 7

sheep av 80 at $2.50, 22 do av 130 at $3;

to Hammond, S. & Co.

$3.25, 24 do av 95 at $2, 31 lambs av 50

at $4, 29 do av 60 at $5, 70 do av 73 at

$5.50, 15 do av 68 at $4, 27 sheep av 78

at $3.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 88 lambs

av 68 at $5.25: to Rattkowsky 9 sheep av

135 at $3.35; to Thompson Bros. 17 lambs

av 73 at $5.40, 5 sheep av 120 at $3: to

Newton B. Co. 16 do av 80 at $3, 53 do

av 85 at $3.50; to Mich. R. Co. 20 lambs

av 65 at $5.25; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 45

do. av 65 at $5, 40 mixed av 70 at $3.50,

10 sheep av 109 at $2.75, 34 do av 110 at;

$3.25; to Torrey 28 lambs av 70 at $5.25.



Hogs.



Receipts, 4,143. No hogs sold up to

noon; packers bidding as follows:



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $7.15; pigs, $6.25@6.50; light yorkers,

$7.15; heavy, $6.75@7.10



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

Co. 815 av 180 at $7.15, 1,025 av 160 at

$7.10, 430 av 160 at $7.



toe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. CO. 220

av 200 at $7.10, 85 av 190 at $7.05, 70 av

180 at $7, '75 av 160 at $6.70.



Spicer & R. sold Parker, W. & Co. 315

av 200 at $7.15, 175 av 180 at $7.10, 112

av 150 at $7.



Haley & M. sold same 240 av 190 at

$7.15, 130 av 180 at $7.10, 265 av 175 at

$7.05, 70 av 160 at $7.





Friday’s Market.

September 8, 1911.

Cattle.





Receipts this week, 1,209; last week,

1,420. Market steady at Thursday's prices.

Run very light.



We quote: Best steers and heifers,

$5.75@6; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200

$5.25@5.50; do. 800 to 1.000, $4.5.0@5; grass

steers and heifers that are fat, 800 to

1,000, $4.50@5; do. 500 to 700, $3.50@4.15;

choice fat cows, $3.75@4; good fat cows,

$3.25@3.50; common cows, $2.75@3.25;

canners, $1.75@2.25; choice heavy bulls,

$4.25@4.75; fair to good bolognas, bulls,

$3.50@4; stock bulls, $3@3.25; choice feed-

ing 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 heifers, $3@3.50;

milkers, large, young, medium age, $40@

60; common milkers, $25@35.



Veal Calves.





Receipts, this week, 680; last week,

619. Market, steady at Thursday's prices.

Best, $8.75@9.50; others, $4.50@7.75; milch

cows and springers, steady. v



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week, 4,761; last week,

4.959. Market steady at Thursday’s prices.

Best lambs, $6; fair to good lambs, $5.25

@575; light to common lambs, $3.50@4.25;

yearlings, $4624.25; fair to good sheep.

$3@3.50; culls and common, $1.50@2.50.



Hoge.

Receipts this week, 4,915;

5,408. Market,

Thursday Range of prices:

good butchers, $6.90@7.35; pigs,

light yorkers, $1@7.35; heavy,





‘—





last week,

5@10c higher than on

Light to

$6@6.85;

$6.90@7.35.





 





 





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





taken lace at Great Falls, Mon



$250.00 , embracing two herds ofmrgar’lgdg;

and two herds of grain fed cattle. At

the sale a. herd of between 2,000 and

3,000 head of cattle brought an average

gggceg cg) $335 per lifigd’ grain fed cattle



n r per ound



and at $4 for cows. p s forsteers

Ogden Armour, the packer, has re-

turned from a visit of two months spent

in European countries, where he found

good busines conditions, especially in

Germany and England. “South America

is going to furnish‘ the future export

meat of the continent," Mr. Armour said

talking of the packing industry. “I can't

say that we have any new plans for the

extension of our business in southern





 





countries. It already is well knowu that

we have land there and are building a





15 do av 100 at'





         





' THE MICHIGAN ‘FARMERJ; '





plant just outside of Buenos Ayres.~ The

Swift Company, too, I believe, has en-

tered the South American field. There is

no doubt but that the United States is

soon going to be unable to furnish beef

for export trade. Our wealth and popu-

lation are growing to such an .extent

that we will soon use the entire domestic

product for our home consumption. South

America is now exporting great quanti-

ties of meat to Europe, most of it going

to Austria, Italy and the southern coun-

tries. Of course, Germany is buying no

outside meats, her laws forbidding. All

the beef used in that country comes

from within its own borders. I can’t say

offhand just what the proportion of in-

crease in the export product from South

America is, but it is growing enor-

mously.“



There has been for some time past a

lively demand at the Chicago stock yards

for breeding ewes of a superior type, and

almost any day numerous farmers may

be seen in the huge sheep house inspect-

ing the offerings of choice black-faces

on sale there. The greater part of the

ewes shown run too much to weight

and fat to make ideal breeders, and it is

not the easiest thing imaginable to find

just what is wanted. Michigan and Ken-

tucky buyers are usually among the ones

most prominent, although there are also

buyers from \Visconsin, Ohio, Iowa, In-

diana and other states. Ohio farmers

have also purchased a good, many feeder

lambs and sheep, feeding wethers having

been offered at temptingly low figures.

In quite a number of instances farmers

coming to Chicago expecting to make

purchases of feeding steers found prices

so high that they changed their minds

and bought feeding wethers instead.



The big farmers of the great middle

west who have been staying out of feed~

ing cattle because they thought land was

too valuable to be used for such a pur-

pose are beginning to try their luck in

stock feeding once more, now that stock-

ers and feeders and feeding heifers have

had such a big collapse from their former

prices. Among such farmers may be

mentioned .4. C. Cromer, of Vermillion

county, Illinois, the owner of an enor—

mous farm covering 2,100 acres. He

marketed recently in the Chicago stock

yards a consignment of two car loads of

prime hogs of his own feeding, and said

he was planning to buy some cattle to

feed, and was inclined to purchase some

heifers for that purpose. He lives in a

region where farms are valued at from

$175 to $225 an acre, and unusual thought

and care are essential to make the land

yield a satisfactory return on such high

valuations. A foreman and workmen

are hired the entire year, and a four-

year crop rotation is practiced, two years

for corn, one year for cats and one year

for clover. Mr. Cromer is going into

beeding hogs more extensively, although

for some years he has made comfortable

profits by marketing his corn.





 





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Arkansas or Lou lslna, East-

ern Oklahoma or Texas,

through which country runs

the line of the

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN

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It Is in the proven rain belt.

No crop failures. Two to

four crops per year.





Wm. Nicholson

Immigration Agent

K. c. s. Ry.

ROOM 1, THAYER BLDG.

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A sale of over 7,000 head of cattle has





 





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—Good land and buildl , I

so ‘0": 5360“ .many others. Write J. Tiligismblhll?

& Son, Jackson, Mich. Reference—Cent. State Bank.





I SELL FARMS in Oceans. beet County in United

Poultry. Write for ligfmtlafis. IF‘lIAlllltSngfihlrt, Ell‘lgllf





UR CO-OPERATIVE LIST quotes owner’s i e

O for select FARMS all over Southern hll(!hl);ag.

The Ypsilanti Agency 00., Inc.. Ypsilanti, Mich.





—125 so. 5‘ mile W. station Linden, Gen-



For sale case 00. Good buildings. orchard. very



productive soil. plenty timber. Desirable Location,

ong time given. S. W. PIERSON, Linden, Mich.





' ——Choice Farm, Stock & Fruit La (la

MICh- lands in Gladwin and Clare Counties. We

2021;]: I20,020 ranges of anotginlinproved laxadtsi,ldalso



mp ove arms. r1 us or a s n .

A. J. STEVENS a CO., Gladwnilnfb’ltichigagfs





CENTRAL MIGH.§£‘§1§§&”°°.fl§:?§:“§?i{t‘§5¥

. . . . . in o s ‘) suit

FARMS shining dimming?





WE SELL FARMS in BARRY, EATON





and Ingham Counties, Michigan

The most productive and best llu r 'ed f; ‘

sou BERN MICHIéAON. "m m



Write for booklet and our new farm list No. 7.

BUCKLES & MATTHEWS, Eaton Raplds, Mlch





when you can buy

the Best Land in

Michigan at from

$7 to $12 an acre





near Saginaw and Bay City. Write for m; . d -

tioulars. Clear title and easy terms. StallpdllnBIgizr,

(ownen) l5 Merrill Bldg , Saginaw, W'. S. Michigan.





FoR SALE—M ACRES fertile ciitovor land. easily

. Cleared. One half Hilli‘ from railroad

station. Offered for sale in whole or part. Located

Sections 16 and 17. Town 21 North Range 2 East.

()gemaw County, Michigan. Would niziko i'dvalbtock

farm. Has good streams. Land suitnblo for raising

sugar beets. or general farming. Address

Chas. J. MaoBain, B. F. I). No. 2, West “I'llni'h. Mich,

landsor winter homes in the SUNN

FLUHID SOUTH for a fraction of usual cos:

M. J. CARLEY. ROYAL OAK. MICHIGAN

FREE tcrested in the wonderful Sacra-

mento. Valley, the richest valley in

the world. Unlimited opportunities. Thousands

of acres available at right prices. The place for





the man wanting a home in the finest climate on

earth. N o lands for sale ; organized to five reliable





information. Sacramento 6 II I

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solilftslonl.)esvgl?lrt)hn§rl§wfig. a I ornla

Best Part of Michigan





Is Oceans. Co. It projects farther into Lake Michigan

than any other (71)., the secret of its rest fruit pro-

ductions. Good Hardwood Land—fruit. ields

up . per acre, wheat 40 bu., potatoes bu.,

Red kidney beans. corn, clover grow as well as any-

where. Alfalfa and dairving coming fast. Moro ru-

ral Schools. churches, telephones than any other (10.,

, miles macadamized roads. For further informa-

tion and list of farms write

J D. S. HANSON & SON. Hart, Michigan.





Homeseokers-Ailenlion





The territory traversed by the Nashville, Cha



tanooga 8: St. Louis Railway is rich in naturatl

resources, and its climatic conditions and the

fertility of Its soil ofl'er unexcelled opportunities

for the profitable production of grains, grasses,

live stock and truck crops. Fertile and attract-

iveiarm lands may be had at very low prices.

Write me at once for free descriptive lltoroture.

II. F. Smith. Traffic Issuer, Dept. P, Nashville, Tenn.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Stock Tools and Crops. .

. 176 Acres $2300.



170 acres; 40 In brook-watered nature; fields machine-

worked; wood and timber wil nearly pay for entire

property; fruit trees; 5 lendid 12-room house with

piazza; convenient 66-“. em: never-falling water;

if taken at once 2 horses, 2 cows, heifer, all wagors

farming machinery and catfiipment, acre tatoes 2

acres gram. )6 acre beans, onbbages, and,o "

of household furniture will be thrown in with this

forced sale at the same low price of , part cash;

for picture of fine set. bldgs.. all details and travelinq

instructions to see this and aflne sheep farm of 5%!)

acres With good bldgs. for , see page 97 “Strout's

Mammoth Farm Catalo e No. 34," copy free; pro-

fusely illustrated and ill ed,‘ with an amazing assort-

ment. of money-making farms throughout the Eastern

States; stock, tools. and crops included with many at

hi sacrifices _to settle estates uickly. E. A.

S ROUT, Station 101. Old Colcny Bl g.. Chicago, Ill.





 





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Ala . Gemaia, and the Carolina,

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‘F you are thinking of buying a stove or range,

better “look before you leap.”





We, the largest makers of stoves and ranges in the

world, have decided to place the stove buyers of this

country in possession of certain facts on the stove and

range situation 'which will enable every buyer to safe-

guard his interests in advance ofmahinga purchase.



We take this step because we feel that we owe a duty

to the public which for 40 years has favored Garland Stoves

and Ranges with overwhelming evidence of its approval.



For today you will find Garland Stoves and Ranges in

over 4,000,000 homes. '



Here, in brief, are the facts:



The trademark name, “Garland,” on a stove or range,

because of the quality and service which it represents, has

become enormously valuable to us. We estimate its value

at millions of dollars. Behind it are 40 years of study,

invention, experience, skilled workmanship and conscienc

tious effort.





 





In recent years some concerns selling stoves and ranges

have sought to trade on our reputation by offering cheap

stoves at cheap prices on the representations that such

goods are “as good as Garlands.” The time has come

when the protection of stove buyers demands that we

brand these claims as absolutely false.



The purpose of this announcement is to point out to

the stove buyer the safety, convenience, satisfaction and

greater economy of buying stoves and ranges from estab-

lished local dealers.





Pays to Buy Stoves from

Your Local Dealer





It pays in satisfaction, safety, convenience and

economy to buy stoves frém your local dealer. His profit

per stove is very small. He gives you big value for everv

dollar of stove money.



The idea that your home dealer makes a pocketful of

money on every stove he sells is utterly ridiculous. Stoves

are staple merchandise, just like sugar, coffee, salt, calico,

muslin, etc. The dealer’s profit on a good stove is often

scarcely more than the amount of freight you would pay

if you sent away for it.





How the Home Dealer

Helps You





’ If you have ever wrestled with

a stove loading it at the depot,

carting it home, unloading it,

getting' it out of the crate, put-

ting it together, blacking it and

possibly waiting a couple of weeks

for replacement'of broken parts be-

fore being' able to use it, you will

never wish to repeat the perform-

ance.



Your home dealer not only gives

you more stove value for every dollar

you spend, but he saves you a pile

of trouble, inconvenience, delay and

dissatisfaction.



He delivers your stove the day

you buy it—no waiting to fill orders





 

 





 





—no aggravating freight delays. 0 a

He delivers your stove in good ' L",

shape. If the railroad company . ‘ ..





smashes up a stove, the dealer, not -

you, adjusts the trouble.

The same home dealer delivers / \\

your stove set up, blacked and pol— ‘ '

ished—ready for business. By you

there’s no cartingr it, no setting it up,

no polishing. Moreover, your local

Garland dealer will give you ten times

more liberal credit terms and free trial terms than

anybody else in the world. And you don’t have to

tell him your family history, either. Are not these many

advantages in home-dealing well worth considering ?





 





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Permanent Satisfaction Better

Than “30 Days’ Free Trial”





Thirty days or thirty weeks are no test of a stove’s

worth. A good stove must give permanent satisfaction. For

it’s too expensive and troublesome to be buying stoves every

few seasons. If you buy a Garland stove, you have your local

dealer at home who guarantees you permanent satisfaction;

you have the excellent product of the biggest stove manufac-

turers in the world, who could never have become the biggestif

they had not made the best and most serviceable stoves. It

isn’t always easy to send back a stove bought on .“30 Days’

Free Trial.”





Investigate “Garlands”

Before You Buy





In view of these great facts, we urge you in your interest

to go to your local Garland dealer and look at Garland Stoves

and Ranges. Get his prices and let him show you the points

about these stoves which make them last longer, burn less

fuel and give permanent satisfaction.





8 BOOkS Free We PUblish Eight handsome Stove





Books, as pictured here. They are

about difierent kinds of Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Cookers,

Gas Ranges, Furnaces, etc. Which books would you like to

have? You can have free as many as you choose.





One of these books,“The Only Safe Way to Buy Stoves and

Ranges,” tells the pitfalls of buying stoves away from home;

discussing such subj'__-ts as, “Not Easy to Return Stoves,”

“The Dangers of Buying Sight Unseen,” “Excess Freight

in Stove Buying,” “30 Days’ Free Trial vs. Permanent

Satisfaction,” “Delayed Shipments,” “Cheap Rocking Chair

Premiums,” etc., etc., etc. This is the first time the many

disadvantages of buying stoves away from home have ever

been put in book form. It is a fair, square statement of

facts—interesting and valuable. We are distributing tens of

thousands of them. May we send your copy at once?



Look at the names of the eight free books and then put a cross

opposite the name of those wanted. (See coupon below.) Better do

this today. Cold weather will soon be here and it‘s best to be pre-

pared now for ice, snow and bleak weather. Address either oflice.





   





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Largest Makers of Stoves, Ranges. Gas Ranges

Detroit





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