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VOL. cxxxvu. No. 14. z
Whole Number 3567.

 

 

DETROIT.

1011.. SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 19!]

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The Farmer as a Salesman.

Success on the farm requires talent in
getting profitable prices out of buyerS.
just as much as ability in getting good
crops out of the soil. Salesmanship is
just as much a part of a farmer’s busi-
ness equipment as are the goods he pro-
duces. It is oftener a born than an ac-
quired gift; unfortunately, it is not al-
ways—we might say, it is not usually——
linked with distinguished ability in other
lines; I

Some of the most practical farmers
cannot be classed as good salesmen
Some of the most prominent money-
makers connected with agriculture have
never gained distinction as practical
farmers. Men are comparatively scarce
who have achieved the difficult twofold
success as farmers and salesmen.

Good salesmanship is an invaluable
asset. If one is not so lucky .as to be
born with the knack of selling his pro-
ducts for a top price, he ought to de-
velop it by serious and persistent effort.
It is not my purpose to tell farmers how,
when and Where to dispose of their crops,

but rather totshozw them how very i_m- .,
pct-tang; “3.5091113; they should make a
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seCure. full value-for all they prodUCe.
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For instance, we grow certain cropson

our farms, Which we desire to convert’

into money. Two courses are open to us,
the, grain elevator and the general mar-
ket, or the feeding of live stock. If the
grain and forage is sold direct, the high-
est market price is demanded and invar-
iably we are careful to exact the last
cent, and in this kind of a transaction
we may be characterized as sharp and
shrewd salesmen. But very often when
we decide to feed our grain on our own
farm instead of selling it, our sagacity
and acumen deserts us entirely and we
exercise anything but good salesmanship
in our selection of the animals that are
to convert our crops into new and differ-
ent products. Why should we deliber-
ately sell our grain and forage crops, not
in the best market or for the best price,
but to unimproved and inferior animals,
that for the want of quality or adapta-
bility cannot do a good job of manufac-
turing and consequently can only pay us
a very low price for the farm crops they
consume. '

XVhat process of reasoning leads us/to

feed a dairy cow when her milk, the
article she has manufactured from our
forage and grain she has consumed. does
not pay for her board? If dairy products
are what we want, why not “sell’ the
feed to'such cows as will pay a good
price, and not to the kind we know in
advance will never be able to do so?
' It is an ever-present bargain we are
driving and We should use the same cau-
tion to get the last dollar there is in it,
as we do when selling our grain and for-
age at the elevator or in the market.

' Another way we often suffer unneces-
sary loss is in selling our farm stock
badly finished. No market in the coun-
t'ry'will pay top prices for poorly con-
ditioned stock. It is astonishing to ob-
serve in the stock yards in any large
city how little care the stock raisers
have taken in this respect. ' It is the last
few dollars spent for extra feed used that
pays the largest returns. Half-fed cat-
tle, grass—grown hogs and ram lambs
are not‘v’vanted by the trade. This class
of live‘ stock sells at a. big discount,‘
when the same animals, many of them
possessing good blood, would bring good

money it well fitted for market, but in

such uncouth condition they are a loss
to'the men who feed them.

It is the same with all animal products.
There is an inexcusable waste of op-
portunity by many farmers who place
inferior milk, butter, cheese and eggs
on the market in untidy and uncouth
condition. No good salesman thinks of
putting his products on the market in
dirty and unattractive packages. He
understands human nature 'sufficiently
well to know that the human eye is the
great buyer of products and that they
must be put up in shape to please the
fancies of the people who buy them.

In another line, the question of shrink-
age and waste is of great importance
when'we hold products in storage rather
than sell them at harvest time. Not
only that but it takes a particularly

shrewd market speculator to succeed in
the, practice.

The law of supply and demand does
not always hold good.

\Vlien products of

down so low that many men and firms
were ruined.

The man who holds his crops beyond
a price at which he can clean up a fair
profit is taking a risk, and a big one.
He then becomes a speculator and is get-
ting outside of the legitimate bOunds of
farming. Farmers had best leave the
speculating to the board of trade fellows.
They study the game all of the time and
many of them imagine they have learned
every trick of it, but they haven’t, as a
record of the bankruptcy courts will
show. “'hen a specialist with. every
known way of' getting inside information
cannot win at his own game, how can
the plain farmer, who has no special
training hope to succeed.

,llonesty in packing and grading pro-
duce is a prime factor in securing the
best market price. Farmers'in the mid-
dle and eastern states couldlearn many
valuable lessons by a careful study of the
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Potato Digging Scenes on the Farm of A. B. Craun, of Branch County.

 

 

 

one kind are out of reach of the con-
suming public, they are quite sure to
buy the next best thing in the market.
A few years ago was a good example of
this change in consumption. Apples were
scarce and reported a light crop, and
growers and buyers held out for an un-
reasonable price. ' The orange crop was
enormous and other fruits were plenti?
ful: and. as a result'jhe consumers took
to buying these other kinds of fruit
until apples were a. drug oi: the market.
Then more apples were found than had
been dreamed of, and when buyers] and
growers began to unload. the prices went

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fruit practiced by the growers of the
Pacific Coast, who co—operate and have
all of the products put up by men who
are experts in the business and who are
employed for no other purpose.

The problem of marketing and handling
is not the one that can be solved by in-
dividual effort alone. One man may put
up his produce in good shape and es-
tablish a name for first-class goods, but
at best his reputation Would be only
local and known among a fancy, private
trade. Whereas, if a number of growers
combine and put up their best products
in uniform stiyle and in large'quantities

their goods will establish a first-class
reputation, and the demand for their
products will be wonderfully widened and
profitable prices assured.

We must learn to utilize our inferior
products at home and place none but the
best on the market. This does not mean,
as it many times does, a stintcd home
table and inferior rations in the feed
lot, but it means that small potatoes
ought to go to the hogs or be boiled
into ‘supplementai‘y hen feed and the lit-
tle gnarly apples, the small or frosted
vegetables and all other under-standard
produce should be disposed of to stock or
in some housewifely way, rather than be
sent to market in an attempt to make

the good produce sell the poor. The man
who puts inferior stuff on the market is
not exercising high gradc snlcsmzlnsllip;
he is actually competingr uith himself,
in two ways by curtailing thnsumption

through putting inferior products on the
market and increasing the supply through
crowding more produce on the market
than the trade demands.

The cause of unprofitable market con-‘
ditions is not so often over-production
as under-consumption due to unattrac-
tive produce and pom 'iunrlrciillg meth-
ods.

New York.
ALFALFA EXPERIENCE IN HILLS-1
DALE COUNTY.

The alfalfa planted last year in the
different ways all seemed to look equally
well as winter came, and all came
through the winter in fine shape. One
piece was sowed with oats as a nurse
crop, using one bushel of oats to the
acre, the oats being cut for hay before
the grain was matured. Part of this
piece was inoculated with sweet clover
dirt and part had no inoculation. The
part on which dirt was sown from sweet
clover bed has done much the best this
season. It has been much better color
and produced a much hettcr crop, all
having made three light crops.

.\nother piece was also sown June 15,
the ground having been plowed the first
of May and kept worked once a week
until planted. Fifteen pounds of seed
was sown to th(' acre and 300 pounds of
dirt taken from swcct clover beed sown'

W. MILTON KELLY.

 

.and harrowcd in. This piece had no

nurse crop and has cut three fine crops
this season, nim'c than double. the amount
taken from the runner. although all was
on about the same kind of land. No
lime was used. I think our land con-
tains plenty of How. as clay has been
taken from many plum-s and tested for.
brick, but in nearly cvery case contained
so much lime that when the brick was
wet the lime would slack and the brick
go to pieces.

\Ve have planted 101/2 acres more al-
falfa this season, putting it in in differ-
ent ways. Inoculating part with pure
culture received from the experiment sta-
tion, and the rest with dirt taken from
sweet clover beds. Half an acre was put
in May 15, after keeping ground worked
about a month, which is a good stand
but very weedy. It was clipped once.
letting it go back on the land. Six acres
we put in June 15, having kept ground
worked from April 12. The fore part of
August it was so large and much of it
,blowed out that we clipped it’las high
as We could run 'the mower bar, and
some of it was so heavy that we feared-
it would smother, so drew a large load of'
hay from it. The last piece of four

  


 

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acres we turned over clover sod, having
cut the clover early in June, and plowed
as soon as hay wastaken off. When the
clover was seeded last year we used
June clover, alslke and sweet clover Seed.
The hay this year was as much sweet
clover as anything else. Stock eat it as
good as they eat the June clover. This
.piece was kept worked up to August 5,
when it was seeded to alfalfa with no
further inoculation than the sweet clover
seeding the year before. In seeding we
have used from eight to 20 pounds to
the acre, and can see but little difference
when 12 pounds or more is used to the
acre.

Hillsdale Co. IV. G. BOYD.
FARM NOTES.

A Substitute for Hay.

I have ten acres of sandy river flats
which have been badly run, raised a crop
of rye this year, and would like your
advice as to what i could plant for hay
on it as it is the only ground I have for
hay the coming season. Is there any—
thing which could be sown that would
answer for hay for a cow and horse, and
at the same time improve the soil? A
neighbor suggested vetch.

Kent Co. A. J. S.

It is now rather late in the season to
sow vetch with a prospect of its living
over winter and making a forage crop
next year, although it is a valuable plant
for the improvement of poor land, and
when sown in connection with rye will
make a fair substitute for hay the suc-
ceeding year. But if this flat land is not
too wet to be adapted for peas and outs,
this would probably be the best crop that
could be used for the purpose, although
if' the land is very deficient in plant food
the crop would rrobably be light. It is
a difficult proposition to get any crop
that will make a fair yield of forage upon
badly run land and at the same
time improve the condition of the soil.
One of the most needed elements of for-
tility upon such soils is generally a larg-
er supply of humus or vegetable matter
in the soil, and this can only be secured
by the application of stable manure or
the plowing down of some crop as a green
manure. If stable manure is available
for application upon this land or if liberal
applications of fertilizer are used, prob—
ably a greater growth of forage could
be secured by planting it to corn than
anytiofhol' “'93? I'll” it “'OIIId ROI: help
solve the problem of the betterment of
the soil, which c'ould only be done in this
case by the sowing of rye, or perhaps rye
and vetch or some other similar crop, in
the corn to be plowed down the following
year in connection with an application
of stable manure or the liberal use of
fertilizer. which would put the land in
condition for seeding to clover and other

 

grasses.
Concrete as Material for Ice Houses.
\S'ill someone plcasc tell me through
your paper. who has had experience With
cement icc house made from cement
blocks, as I wish to build one?
I'Iutoll (‘o. ’I‘. H. II.

While the writer has not had personal
experience with the storing of ice in a
building made from concrete or concrete
blocks, he has seen ice successfully stor-
ed in such buildings. \Yhile a concrete
wall is a much better conductor of heat
than one of boards, yet with the hollow
block construction there would not be
much difference in this regard, and with
careful packing of the ice, using a thicker
wall of sawdust between it and the build—
ing as an insulation, there would be no
difiiculty in keeping ice in a building of
this kind. Some advantages would be
obtained with this kind of construction,
especially with regard to permanency, as
the moisture about the bottom of the ice
house causes the early rotting of timber
used in such a building.

Eradicating Weevil.

I have weevil in my wheat. What can
I put in the bins to kill them and how
is it used? My bins are about 5x8 feet
and hold about 200 bushels.

Cass Co. C. R.

The best remedy for granary weevil
is carbon bi-sulphide. It should be used
in proportions of one pound to one ton
of grain or 1,000 cubic feet of empty
space in tho granary where the grain is
stored. This is a very volatile liquid.
the fumes of which are very inflammable,
hence, care should be exercised in its
use. A method of using it is to place it
in shallow dishes placed on top of the
grain in the bins; the gas which forms
from the liquid is heavier than the at-
mosphere and will penetrate into the
bins. Having everything in readiness,
the liquid should be quickly poured into
the dishes then have the granary closed
as tightly as possible and left closed for
a. period of about 36 hours, after which
it should be opened and well aired, care
being taken not to go near it with a

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lantern or other light until after the
treatment is completed. The grain
should then be run through a fanning
mill as it will heat and spoil if not moved
after being attacked with weevil.
Potatoes and Crop Rotatoon.

If potatoes are affected with blight this
year, will they be more liable to be af-
fected if potatoes are planted on the
same land another year?

Livingston Co. G. L.

There is no doubt that the ravages of
potato blight as well as numerous other
l'ungous diseases of the potato plant are
much more liable to occur where the
crop is planted for successive years on
the same ground, than where it is made
a factor in a judicious crop rotation. It
is also much easier to keep the soil in a
good mechanical condition, which is an
important factor in soil fertility, where
a rotation of crops is practiced in which
clover or some other legume occurs at
least once in three or four years. In
fact, every argument that can be ad-
vanced favors a rotation of crops for
best results, both for the’ crop yield se—
cured and the maintenance of soil fer-
tility, as well as for the greater freedom
from fungus and insect pests which at-
tack the different crops grown.

WHY ARE COMMERCIAL FERTILIZ-
ERS SOMETIMES A FAILURE?

 

‘Is it a common occurrence for commer-
cial fertilizers to be of no benefit on sandy
run-down land? I know of one instance
where a M. A. C. graduate used fer-
tilizers on a sandy, run-down farm. He
says he received no benefit from their
use, either that year or later. They were
applied as he was taught to use them. I
have. a sandy farm that has been a good
one. _\t present I cannot get a seeding
of clover, and oats and peas are a fail-
ucr l have only a small quantity of
stable manure. How can I improve the
llllld‘.‘

\‘un Iiurcn C0. READER.

l can conceive of only one condition

wltcro commercial fertilizers would be
a failure, that would be on land so rich
in available plant food that no more
plant food would be necessary to produce
a maximum crop and I am of the'opinion
that such a condition rarcly exists. We

might say that it would be like giving a
home an extra food of grain after he has
had all that his system requires, and yet
it would not be like it because in the
case or the horse it would be a surplus
that the system must get rid of and it
would be a tax upon the system to throw
it off.

I am aware that in some instances
commercial fertilizers do not produce the
desired results which the user of them
anticipated, and the more I have studied

this question, the more experience I have‘

had with commercial fertilizer and the
:reater observation that I have had on
this subject leads me to believe that nine
times out of ten this results from the
fact that the man who used the fertilizer
did not apply the fertilizer in sufficient
quantities so that he could get beneficial
or profitable results. For instance, a
man has a poor, run-down field on which
he. cannot get a catch‘of clover and he
sccds this field to wheat and puts on from
100 to 200 lbs. of an average commercial
fertilizer. Now he hasn’t supplied enough
plant food so that it would make very
much difference even in the wheat crop.
It would be like feeding a hungry horse
a handful of oats. It would be simply an
aggravation. I have never yet known of
an instance where a man used a liberal
dressing of a good fertilizer on wheat
that he didn’t get results. I have known
of instances where fertilizer was used
on spring crops late in the season when
the ground was dry and continued to be
dry and the fertilizer did not produce
any particular change in the crop. No
particular benefit was received from it
from that crop, simply because there was
not moisture enough to dissolve the fer-
tilizer so that the plant could use it. I
have known instances where, on light
sandy soil commercial fertilizer was used,
and this soil had been previously. by
poor farming robbed of its vegetable
matter to such an extent that it would
not hold moisture, and owing to a poor
distribution of rainfall, satisfactory re-
sults were not secured. In both of these
instances the fertilizer or plant food
would remain in the soil. Now, with the
wheat plant there always comes during
the growth of this plant sufficient mois-
ture to dissolve the fertilizer so that it
can be used by the plant and I never
Yet saw a failure of commercial fertilizer
on wheat. I know of one instance in
particular on sandy, graveIY. oak-open-
ing soil where fertilizer was used and the
casual observer before harvest would not
know any difference, and yet there was
a difference. When one made a careful
inspection you could notice that the heads
of wheat were larger and that they bent

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

 

 

 

over more, indicating heavier heads, and
when the‘ field was thrashed there ‘v. as
an actual yield of six bushels per acre
more where the fertilizer was used, and
this was only a light application of 200
lbs. of fertilizer per acre. ' . ‘
Land that has been farmed for a great
many years is liable to be acid instead of
alkaline in reaction. It is well known
that clover will not grow well in an acid
soil. If there is any great amount of acid
in the soil it may entirely prevent the
growth of clover. Now, applying com-
mercial fertilizers to an acid soil to get
a profitable growth of clover will produce
little beneficial results, but this don’t
make fertilizer a failure. The plant food
is in the ground and if lime is used to
sweeten the soil and change it from its
acid condition one would-get the benefi-
cial effects of the added plant food in the
fertilizer. This has been demonstrated
time and again. Again, some soils are
deficient in lime. Clover is a gross feed-
er of lime. If the soil is lacking in lime
to such an extent that the clover cannot
grow profitably you can't make it grow
by adding nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and
potash. Consequently, in fertilizing the
soil for clover one must add the lime as
well as the nitrogen, the phosphoric acid,
and the potash. In this instance when
lime is added the soil is sweetened, lime
is furnished as a plant food, and this
enables the clover plant to live and use
not only the lime but also use the added
nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash in
the commercial fertilizer. ’ Then results
are obtained which one can recognize at
a glance. Therefore, I do not like the
way this question is stated, "Why are
commercial fertilizers sometimes a fail-
ure," because I don’t believe that com-
mercial fertilizers ever are a, failure. I
don’t believe it is ever a failure to add
soluble plant food to the soil. Most of
our soils are hungry for additional plant
food because, by cropping them year af-
tcr year, we have used up much of the
available plant food which has accumu—
latcd for ages and crops do not grow as
well as they formerly did from this fact.
and now adding available plant food can
hardly be called a failure. It may be,
however, that we do not get the needed
results because some other conditions in
the soil prevent us, but this does not
make fertilizer a failure. Sometimes.
owing to adverse seasons one does not
get a good orop' even after he has ap-
plied fertilizer but it is not due to the
fertilizer. The same thing would happen
with stable manure. It is due to some
conditions which will prevent the plant
from using the fertilizer. If we could
remove that condition we would all get
good results. COLON C. LILLIE.

THE NOXIOUS WEED NUISANCE.

 

There has been considerable in The
Farmer about the weed question, especi-
ally about the Canada thistle. and the
milk weed, but the half has not been told,
especially of those two weeds in this
section. \thn I was a boy the milk
weed was seldom seen, and was regard-
ed as something of a curiosity, and not
considered a bad weed, probably because
there was so little of it. It did not trou—
ble us any on the old farm till a half
dozen years ago, when there was a small
patch of it that needed attention. I have
been out of the county for two years,
and soon after my return, on a drive of
12 or 15 miles I saw more milk weed than
I had ever seen in all my life put to-
gether. I do not believe the farmers
realize to what extent it is taking posses-
sion of their lands. There are enough
seed—pods ripening now to seed whole
townships, and the end is not yet. Few
farms are free of the pest, and many are
badly infested, and the weed is being
neglected in a way that bodesdll for the
future. There are acres of Canada this-
tles, and many have been allowed to rip-
en seed. As both milk weed and thistle
have seeds that will be scattered far bY
the winds, the situation is serious, more
so than many seem to realize. I regard
the milk weed as much the most serious
pest of the two, because I know from
experience that the thistle can be almost
wholly eradicated in a single season if it
is allowed to make no leaf growth. but
it takes more than that to discourage
the pesky milk weed.

The qeustion might well be asked.
“What are you going to do about it?”
I know there is a. law against allowing
these pests to go to seed, but the law
appears to be a dead letter, and not only
that. but some of the officers who were
elected to see that the weeds were cut,
appear to be dead letters too, I know of
at least one who not only neglects to
have others cut them, but allows big

SEPT.- 30, 1911.
burdock, and other weeds to go to seed
along the road in his own fence corners.
'Ihere ought to be a sharp fine for any
one who allows the noxious weeds to
ripen seed, and a sharper penalty for the
officer who allows them to go uncut. The
farmers were notified. by mail, to out the
weeds before a certain date, and that
seemed to satisfy the officer and make
him consider he had done his duty. It
also satisfied a lot of farmers, who never
pay any attention to such a notice. A
sharp fine would do a world of good in
such a case, and it would not take many
of them to create a different state of
affairs. There are farmers who will al-
low weeds to grow to their own, and
their neighbors, damage, but when it
comes to paying out real money for such
a condition of things they look at it in
a. different light.

I do not know of any animal that will
eat a Canada thistle, unless it be a goat,
and if that animal will eat them it
ought to be popular with ‘many of the
farmers, but a sheep will nibble at the
milk weed to quite an extent, and if the
pasture gets short they will do more
than nibble. Along in July and early
August I passed a. pasture, on muck
land, where there was a good crop of
milk weed, and later noticed sheep were
eating the leaves. A few days ago I
passed it again, and there was scarcely
a leaf on it, and the stems had been
eaten to some extent by the sheep, but
the Canada thistles were not being eaten
and were making a healthy growth. It
would probably take some time to kill
the milk weed by the sheep method, but
it would help. The weed has become too
widely scattered on most farms, to admit
of penning a flock of sheep on it, as I
have seen advocated. A few days ago I
passed a field of corn which had been
cut, but the milk weed, and there was
lots of it, had been left, and stood three
feet tall. The farmer should have gone
through that field several weeks ago
with a spud, and cut off every plant
several inches below the surface, that
kind of treatment would have done a lot
to discourage future growth. Vi’ith weeds
of that sort it is necessary to do more
than just prevent the ripening of seed,
if it is to be gotten rid of, the top must

be kept down to discourage and weaken"

root growth. As long as’ leaves a’r’é'i‘wr-
nlltted to develop they will keep‘the
root system vigorous and the plant heal-
thy. No plant, whether weed or not,
can long keep vigorous unless they have
leaves to aid the roots, hence the quick-
est way to get rid of them is to keep
down the tops, and the more thoroughly
this is done the sooner the weed will be
killed. I have not said much about the
burdock, because it seldom troubles in
cultivated fields, but confines itself to
fence corners, roadsides, barn yards, and
all sorts of places that the plow does
not reach. It's bad enough, and persist-
ent enough when it gets a good hold of
any spot, and the ripe burs in the long
hair on a cow's tail make a disagreeable
sort of a club for the cow to use on the
man who does the milking». There are
many that have ripened seed along the
roadside this year, and a little time spent
with the spud would have prevented the
trouble they will cause. I am a firm
believer in the spud, and think there
should be one on every farm. It catches
these bad weeds just where it hurts them
most.
Eaton Co. APOLLos LONG.
A NEW FACTOR IN THE TRANSPOR-
TATION PROBLEM.

 

One of the most recent developments
in vehicles for rapid transportation has
been the motorcycle. The adaptability of
the motorcycle in rapidly conveying per-
sons over the country, has increased its
popularity rapidly, wherever the need of
such a vehicle has been felt. The pos-
sibilities of its use on country roads have
been demonstrated by rural mail carriers
who have used the motorcycle success-
fully and economically in making their
daily trips over their respective routes.
In other places, country boys who are
attending high schools considerable dis-
tances from their homes, have found the
motorcycle especially well adapted to
their needs during the busy season when
the horses are all needed upon the farm.
In many cases a motorcycle on the farm
saves many dollars in avoiding expensive
delays in the brief time which would be
required to make a trip into town for
needed repairs or other purposes. The
cost of tip—keep is low on these light con-
veyances, which may be classed as strict-
ly utility vehicles wherever they can be
used to advantage, of Which the above
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LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.

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The extreme dry weather'dried up the
ensilage corn, especially on lighter sandy
soil, so that in many instances it has
necessitated filling silos a little ear-
lier than usual, in fact, before the corn
was fully mature. On my own corn the
drought does not seem to have affected
it seriously as it did a year ago. I can-
not account for this ’only from the fact

*that we have taken extra pains to give

it thorough cultivation this summer. Of
course, some places in the field it fired
some at the bottom of the stalks. Some
of the lower leaves are dead and yellow
but the ear is not fully mature yet, not
sufficiently so as to have passed the
stage when it contains the largest per-
cent of digestible nutrients, and now.
since the rains have come it is brighten-
ing up and I am sure is making a satis-
factory growth. The weather is warm
and nice and there is plenty of moisture.
I believe that I will get a. considerable
development of plant food if I leave it,
and really, what does a few white leaves
at the bottom of a stalk amount to com-
pared with a little extra growth of the
stalk or of the'ear itself? Comparatively
nothing. These bottom leaves are worth
something in themselves but the real
food value in a few light leaves com-
pared to a little extra growth in ear or
stalk would be insignificant, and if frost
does not come I shall leave it until the
first of October before I fill the silo. A
small portion of my corn is a later va-
riety. I sent away and purchased the
seed just to see if I could get more food
value to the acre, and this corn is not
anywhere mature enough to put into the
silo yet. The old variety, Holt's Mam-
moth, that I have raised for years will
do in a week or two, in fact, it would do
now. If frost would come it would make
pretty good ensilage but I prefer to hold
it until it gets a little riper, and the por-
tion of the field planted to the later kind
that I purchased ought to have at least
two weeks and possibly three, to get it
so that it will be suitable to put it into
the silo.

Good rains have come since We finished
sowing the wheat, and unless the ground
has ,become packed too much I expect a
splendid fall growth. A nice shower came
soon after one field was sowed, before
it had a chance to come up at all, and I
put the smoothing harrow on and har-
rowed it over and broke the crust. In a
few days we had another rain, a harder
one yet, and I started to harrow it again
to break the crust, but now another rain
has come with cloudy weather for a day
or two and the wheat is coming up, and
I don’t anticipate any serious difficulty
from the packing of the ground. The
ground was very dry and it absorbed
all the moisture, washing very little,
even on side hills. I should have pre—
ferred to have had more moisture when
I sowed the wheat. I was a little bit
nervous because we used quite a heavy
application of fertilizer, and with dry
ground, had it remained dry, I do not
know just what the result would have
been: I was a little bit afraid that some
of the germinating power of theseed
would be injured, but now with good
showers I do not anticipate but what it
will all germinate and grow.

I made a little experiment on one side
of the wheat field and sowed a bushel of
winter emmer. 1 would not want to tell
the readers of The Farmer how much I
paid for this bushel of seed unless it is
an extremely valuable plant. I paid too
much. I am satisfied of that, but I want-
ed to try it. I happen to be personally
acquainted with Prof. Buffum, of Mon-
tana, and I had confidence in his recom—
mendation. I do not believe that he
would tell me that this was a wonder-
fully productive, hardy plant unless it
was so and, banking on his reputation, I
purchased enough to test it in this lo-
cality. \Vinter emmer is sometimes
called spelt, or, rather, the spring va-
riety of this grain is called spelt, but
that is not its proper name. Emmer is
the proper name. Prof. Buffum claims
that this grain is much more reliable and
of much more value than the spring em-
mer. He only recommends a bushel to
the acre, or 40 pounds to the acre, claim-
ing it to be a wonderful plant to stool
and develop, and he claims some won-
derful yields of the grain.

His idea is that the grain is a substi-
tute for corn for feeding hogs and horses,
and in fact all kinds of animals. It is
well known the emmer variety of grain
belongs to the wheat family but it does
not, in threshing, hull out like wheat,
but it is left in its envelope more like

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

barley, and yet it is not like barley.
'VVhen ground this chaff or covering of
the grain helps to lighten the grain and
makes it a much better feed, so far as
being too condensed, than corn or wheat
or rye. It is more like oats, but richer
in food value than oats. The idea is
that this grain will come off in the mid—
dle of the summer when one is probably
short of horse feed and hog feed, and it
can be ground andtwill prevent the ne-
cessity of having to purchase outside
feed in the middle of the summer when
a farmer is liable to be short. I am
giving this bushel a good severe test. I
am sowing it in the standing corn on one
side of the field that I put into wheat.
I have given it no extra chance at all.
Of course, I fertilized the ground when
I sowed the grain.

I have also made another experiment.
One field of ensilage corn I will want to
put into ensilage corn again next year
and I conceived the idea that it would
be a good plan to sow this to rye as a
cover crop and plow the rye under early
in the spring to add vegetable matter to
the soil. Not only that but the growing
rye this winter will take up available
plant food and prevent it from leaching
and also prevent the land from washing.
Now, on a portion of the field I mixed
sand vetch with rye. Having had no ex-
perience with sand vetch I did not go
very deep, only using a bushel of seed.
and it will give a good test under my
conditions to see whether sand vetch is
worth the sowing for a cover crop.

As I have stated before, the sugar;

beets this summer have stood the drout‘.‘
well. “'9 have tried to do our best in
keeping the land well cultivated to con-
serve the moisture. and all through the,
dry spell it did not dry up very much.
Since the rains have come they have
brightened up, however, and are sure of
making a splendid growth. I will be in
no hurry in harvesting them as long as
they look in such good growing condition
as they do since the late rains. I have
a sugar beet crop this year that will be
well worth harvesting, and while I do
not expect to get any phenomenal yield,
as some people do. yet I am sure that I
have a good profitable crop. a crop that
in above the average, and I am going to
have a Splendid amount of beet tops.
COLON C. LILLIE.

ASPHALT ON THE FARM.

“'ith the high prices of lumber farm-
ers are using concrete until its merits
are widely known and together with this
comes the use of asphalt, which more
particularly appertains to roofing but
also has other uses not so well known.
The shingle roof usually needed and re-
ceived no attention during its life, which
was of considerable duration. All the
smooth proprietory rootings need treat-
ing with a new coating to take the place
of wear and oxidation every few years.
Sand sifted over the asphalt coating is
of advantage in forming a resisting coat.
Tin roofings and the connecting portions
of shingle roofs, gutters, etc., are good
places for the asphalt brush. Choose a
hot day for roof fixing as cold surfaces
do not take kindly to asphalt work.
Asphalt is a good paint to put on all
iron work about the farm. It can be
thinned with turpentine and a rusty old
spring tooth harrow made like new. The
iron work on a mowing machine looks
better and is better for just a nickle’s
worth of paint of this kind. An eXposed
pump, rusty and red, looks the better of
its asphalt coating. For making a wood-
(in silo more nearly tight asphalt is a
good fixer.

(m cheap or temporary buildings like
individiual hog houses a. cheap and ef-
fective roofing can be made by putting
on wornout burlap sacks nailed down
over building paper or even common
newspapers and coating with asphalt and
sand. The paper is necessary only when
the boards are not tight Poultry houses
or sheds can be made cheaply of rough
lumber with asphalt on burlap siding and
roofing. A leaking trough is easily re-
paired by a strip of cloth pasted down
with a coating of‘asphalt. A five or
ten-gallon can of asphalt is an exceed—
ingly handy thing to have for farm use
on occasions which seem to occur more
frequently than ever. .

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER . ‘
Senior Champion Bull—Ribbon badge, Breeder’s Herd—First, Hull Bros:
Carpenter & Ross. , 2nd, H. W. rAyers. *
CJuniotr Cgampion Bull—Ribbon badge, Calf Herd—First, Hull Bros; 2nd, H.
al‘pen er ._ Ross. , W. Ayers. -
Senior Champion Female—Rosenberger Four get of Sire—First, Hull Bros; 2d, FOR CHEAP FARM POWER
. &' Edwards. H.,W. Ayers. “ “if: ll.“ an W "m ”H
LIVE STOCK AT THE STATE FAIR. Jll'niOI‘ Champion Female—-Rosenberger T‘VO DTOdUCB 0f COW~FirStl H- W I'D “I ‘ w W.
_ __ . & Edwards. Ayers; 2nd, Hull Bros. ,
“j _ Grand Champion Bull———Cup, Carpenter Senior Champion Bull~—Ribbon badge, ‘ .
The live stock exhibit at this year’s & Ross. Hull Bros. -
state fair was particularly good in spots, Grand Champion Female—Cup, Ros- Junior Champion Bulk—Ribbon badge, KEROSENE ENGINE
some departments being especially strong enberger & Edwards. Hg“ ‘Brosh F l i
. . . R911 POHS- _ en 0“ C amp. ema 9“R bbon badge, Is the Perfect Pnrm Power Plant
- With herds of International quality among Bull 3 years old or over—First, Frank H. W. Ayers. ,
the entries, while in other departments Hartline, Strasburg. 01110; 2nd. “’ells, Junior Champ- Female—Ribbon badge,
of th xh' - _ - Parish & Sons, Alendale; 3rd, Jas. Rey- Hull Bros. _
e e 1b.lt" there was a noticeable nolds, Port Huron; 4th, J. M. Chase & Grand Champion Bull—Cup, Hull Bros.
lack of entries. The Michigan exhibit Sons, Ionia. Grand Champion Fema1eflcup, H. ,
was hardly up to the standard of previ- Bull 2 years old—First, Geo. Ineichen Ayers.
ous years in numbers, a reat man own- & Sons, Geneva, Ind.; 2nd, Herbison ' SHEEP' ‘
ers of the hi h-class shg t k); l' Bros, Birmingham; 3rd,-Chase & Sons. Oxford Downs. ,
_ g f . OW? 0C eeliig Senior Yearling Bull—First, Frank Ram 2 years old or oven—First, Mc-
that the nine days fair, which would 00— Hartline; 2nd, Ineichen & Sons. Kerrow & Son, Pewaukee, Wis.; 2d, Wm.
cupy two weeks of their time, was a Junior Yearling Bull—First, Chase & Cooper & Nephews, ghicago. d 4th
handica wh' h h _ Sons. ' Ram 1 year od~ irst, 2nd an ,
p w t ey did not care to ac Senior Bull Calf—First, Inelchen & McKerrow & Son; 3rd, Cooper & Neph—
cept. However, the show m most classes Sons; 2nd, Frank Hartline; 3rd, Chase & ews. ,
was a very good one from the standpoint Sons; 4th, Herbison Bros; 5th, Parish Ram Lamb—First and 3rd, Cooper & ,
of quality and the entries in most de- ‘51501113. B 11 C if Fl t d 2 d I i Nephewos; 2nd, MicKerrow &Fisot1-C
. ~ .linlor .u a —< rs an n , ne - nWt‘ .. years 0 or over— rs, ooper
paitments were suffimently numerous to chen & Sons; 3rd, Parish & Sons; 4th, & Nephews; 2nd and 3rd, McKerrow &
afford opportunity for profitable study Frank Hartline; 5th, (3, Freeman, Son. .
and comparison. The beef cattle classes Lowell, Mich. Ewe 1 year old—First and 2nd, McKer- Itla "Mach“ aoiin a , "M‘h he
were relatively strong; although the COW 3 years Old 9r over-First and row & Son; 3rd and 4th» 000p“ & Neph- run with kermn‘éfi'amiimg—‘i‘i monolith:
number of herds exhibited in t1 diff r 3rd, Ineichen & Sons; and, Chase & Sons; ews. so-oalled kerosene engines—but an engine de-
‘6 e ‘ 4th, Parish &. Sons; 5th, Herbison Bros. Ewe Lamb—~First and 2nd, Cooper & “Shed end but” OXPrm'Ymuwfl‘hMW
ent breeds was not large, yet the quality Heifer 2 years—First and 2nd, Inei- Nephews; 3rd and 4th, McKerrow & Son; 3:031:53; $532,111 figifl‘flg‘g” cream ”we”
was universally good. The dairy breeds ghenk&H Sonia; 32(3).) CFhaseh&& Ssons; 4th. CoFiongFilgst.h1\IcSI{errow & Son; 2nd. $318 golfing-j: dworidertfule‘iliglne. t
. . . . ran . ar ne; ._ , aI‘lS OHS. 0p 1' ep 8W . on 61' \1 n] lem lcl yon com 80 11889—
“9.19. also well .represented as Will be Yearling Heifer——-F‘il'st, Frank Hart- Four Lambs~Flrst, Cooper & Neph- wonderful inlteeaseniystaijtlngandoroontml— _
noted in the Dairy Department. line; 2nd, Ineichon & Sons; 3rd, Frank ews. "i‘il‘fif‘llifii’tfio..€§‘Z.§L°§n“i$2°"§%iinuo ‘
The, sheep classes were many of them Hartline; 4th, Chase & Sons; 5th, Parish Grand Champion Ram—~Cup, McKerrow orrourboycanfinlivyitlllioutagz ginni‘ifim g
very good, while in other departments 8" Sons. , Son. ~ 25.3%? ”1135,? ac “06° moo us
there wee rrmraranvely for entries. liniin‘zfidHfiéitigil‘gfsistafiani‘ééflg &G§33d Champ“ “he” ““6"” .55.aaranizrrnkiraa353.3%:
which was also true of the hog entries. & Son; 41th, Parish & Soil; 51h, Ineichen Cotswolde. "Katmai!“ hen” .deViOO'Wha-tever- L
Altogether, however, the live stock show & Sons. . Ram two years old or over—First and ’3 “33353331 333%... ill-’39??? .3:"""°’° “n
was a creditable one. and the mana e_ .. Junior Heifer Calf———First, Frank Hart— 4th, F. W. Harding, Waukesha. _\’Vis.; ‘_ Gasoline engines are mostly complicated.
or . . . .
_ , , lllle, 2nd and 3rd, Ineichen & Sons; 4th, 2nd, Wm. Cooper & Nephews, Chicago, . often dangeroqs. ,
ment is to be congratulated in gctimg so Tiarish & Sons; 5th, Chase & Sons. 111.; 3rd, J. H. Campbell & Son, Jericho, 65‘3“!” 18 raskl' stuflfbohnndle—hardtoset
many high-class entries for a nine days’ Exhibitor’s Herd——First, Ineichen & Ont.; 5th. Wm. Newton, Pontiac. 31216159 ’32:?” becoming more expensive all
fair. Sons; 2nd, Frank Hartline; 3rd, Chase & Ram 1 year old—First, Cooper & Neph- bBulilgorowgleiB Safe—find cheap—and can be
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as follows: line; 2nd, Ineichen & Sons; 3rd, Chase & {am Lamb—First and 2nd, Cooper & Collmnhla ’eangine,ean?:e :hlgfefomecs‘ellllog‘ggy
Shorthorns Open to Michigan. Sim-“i “hr Parish & SOUS- Nephews; 3rd, F' W“ Harding; 4th and c3533?ZSESé‘em‘Ifigfgfngfl‘i? "Infill mm
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3“” 3 years old or over—First, Jay j(tilf Honk—First, Inelchen & Sons, 2d, 5th: Campbell & Son. guarantee. a guarantee that is z: £20313“
Smith, Ann Arbor, Mich.; 2nd John Les— lallsh & Sons, 3rd, Chase & Sons. Ewe 2 years old or over—First, F. W. protection—for it 18"Blckodb eullllon."
site” Son. Clarkstom Mich. ’ lvmu- gel of Sire—First, Ineichen & Harding; 2nd and 3rd, Campbell & Son; theggemgogfogflgrgg gatgloa gfiyodwumd — l.
Junior Yearlin Bull—1st, i . Sons; 2nd. Frank Hartline; 3rd, Chase 4th and 5th, Cooper & Nephews. . “9“ 339'“ 0“.“
Sons. g Less ters & Sons; ilh. Parish & Sons; 5th, James EWe 1 year old—lst and 4th, Cooper &. :11: giggfiigesavmg Which the“ I. will
. ‘ 1 ._ g . Reynolds. Nephews; 2nd and 3rd, F. W. Harding; “hr- everywhere are invited to write us
. 5‘31“” 13‘“ .Ca” mmt’ .Lesq‘t?” S ’l‘\\‘o ”Home of Cow~First, Frank 5th, Campbell & Son. “murmlusive mncyvmvo-ltion-
Sons, 2nd, G. H. Tarkllurst, Orion, Mich. . . .
, -_ "(r—9'” - . Hartllne: 2nd, Inelchon & Sons; 3rd, Ewe Lamb—First and 3rd, Cooper & COLUMBIA ENGINE COMPANY-
.lunlor Bull Lat Inst, Jay Smith, ., . Detroit. Michi n
2nd Lossiter’s Sons. Chase 61- sons; 4th, Parish & Sons; 5th. f1)\le.phews; 2nd and 4th, F. XV. Harding; 3“ '
’ th, J. H. Campbell.

 

Cow 3 years old or over—First and 3rd, James Vl’wl'n‘AGS;

 

 

 

 

 

In”. Smith; 2nd, Lessiter's Son. Senior (‘llitmiiion Bull—Ribbon badge, Flock—First, F. W. Harding; 2nd, Wm.
lioii‘or 2 years old and under 3—First Inelche” & SUNS; . Cooper & Nephews; 3rd, J. H. Campbell;
and 3rd, Jay Smith; 2nd, Lessiter’s Sons. Junior Champion Buu“‘R1bb0n badge, 4th- \Vm. NEWtOYl.
Sim. ‘ Franlg Hartline. Four Lambs—First, Cooper & Neph-r
Senior Yearling Heifer—First and 2nd, Senior Champ. Female—Ribbon badge, ews; 2nd, F. W. Harding; 3rd, J. H.
Jay Smith; 3rd, Lessiter’s Sons. “135mb“? & Sons. , Campbell. ,_
’ Junior Yearling lIeifei'wFirst, Lessi- “mm Champ. Female~Rlbb0n badge. Grand Champion Ram—Cup. F. W.
ter’s Sons: 2nd and 3rd, Jay Smith. Frank Hartline._ Harding.
Senior Heifer Calf—First and 3rd, Jay Grand Champion Bull—Cup, Ineichen Grand Champion Ewe—Cup, Cooper, &
Smith; 2nd. Lessiier's Sons. 8‘ Sons. . . Nephews. . .
Junior Heifer Calf—First, Lessiter’s Grand Champion Female-Cup, Inel- American Merinos.
Sons; 2nd and 3rd, Jay Smith. Chen & Sons. Ram 2 years old_—Flrst and 2nd, E. M.
Exhibitor's Herd~-First Jay Smith' Polled Durhams. Moore, VVixom, Mich.; 3rd and 4th, R.
’ ’ Bull 3 years old or over—First, J. H. D. Stephens, South Lyon.

 

 

    

2nd, Lessitcr‘s Sons. .
Breeder's Herd—First, Jay Smith; 2nd, ¥11}9r' ‘Peru, Ind.; 2nd, L. C. Kelly, Ram 1 year old—First, R. D. Stephens;
Lessiter’s Sons. DSllantl. _ 2nd and 3rd, E. M. Moore; 4th and 5th,
». ‘_7 » , , ~. - Bull 2 years old—First, J. H. Miller; Calhoun Bros, Bronson, Mich. I», -11.. .
(,alf Herd First, J.i} fimlth, 2nd T C Kelly Ram Lamb First 3rd and 'th R D ,“,....-..-...-.-...-,"HUHUHHIIIH
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Four get 0f one ”‘ P’rs‘t’ lay Smith, .lunlor Yearling Bull—First and 2nd, Stephens; 2nd, Calhoun Bros; 4th. 13- M- Lei 11’ 83’0“” I 119113

Moore.
Ewe 2 years old or over—First and 2nd,
E. M. Moore; 3rd and 4th, R. D. Steph-

2nd, Lessiter‘s Sons. . .- _
Two produce of Vow—First. Jay Smith; J’ .H'.M‘“er' 3rd, L' .0 Kelly.
2nd Lessiter's gm“. Senior Bull Calf—First and 2nd, J. H.
’ ’ ‘ ‘ " Miller; 3rd and 4th, L. C. Kelly.

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Senior Champion Bull—Ribbon badge, . . , '
Jay Smith. Junior Bull Calf—First, J. H. Miller, ens, 5th, Calhoun Bros. 00L Underwear is best for
Junior (.mlmm‘m Bull—Ribbon hedge 2nd, L. C. Kelly. Ewe 1 year old—~Flrst and 3rd, E. M. ll . x. .
lav Smith ’ ’ Cow 3 years old or over—First and 2nd, Moore; 2nd, R. D. Stephens; 4th, Calhoun a -seasons, especully Winter.
' a ‘. , . J. H. Miller; 3rd and 4th, L. C. Kelly. Bros. State Dcpts. of Health recommend it.
Senloi l llamp Female—Ribbon badge
HY Smith ‘ ’ 1‘ Heifer 2 years old—First and 2nd, J. H. Millwe Lamb——First and 4th, E. M. ,~
‘. . . . . tiller; 3rd, L. C. Kelly. oore; 2nd and 3rd, R. D. Stephens; 5th, WRIGHT S
IéLi?tl:;.q(ii;llmlL Pemale~R1bbon badge, Senior Yearling Heifer—First, J. H. CaI‘lhoun Bros. .
‘ ‘ _ . Miller; 2nd, L. C. Kelly. Joule—First, E. M. Moore; 2nd, R. D.
Grand (,llalnplon Bull $10, Jay Smith. Junior Yearling Heifer—First, J, H. Stephens; 3rd, Calhoun Bros. HEALTH UNDERWEAR
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Grand Champion Female—$10, Lessi-
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Shorthorns—Open Cla'ss.

Miller; 2nd, L. C. Kelly. ' Lambs—First, R. D. Stephens;
Senior Heifer Calf—First, J. H. Miller; 2nd, E. M. Moore; 3rd, Calhoun Bros.
2nd, L. C. Kelly. Grand Champion Ram—Cup, E. M.

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Bull 3 years or over—First, Carpenter Junior Heifer Calf—-First and 2nd, J. Moore. , _ , .
& Ross. Mansfield. Ohio; 2nd, Rosenberger H. Miller; 3rd and 4th, L. C. Kelly. , Grand Champion Ewe—Cup, E. M. Wrifififfigthfifi:fixgg:3:$‘Y°‘afin¢:
Exhibitor's Herd-First, J. H. Miller; Moore. andstyles for all seasons. pimckiooflz‘fi'a

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Ann Arbor, Mich: 4th, John Lesslter’s 2nd, L. C. Kelly.
Sons, Clarkston, Mich. b & I Rgeeilierl'lg Herd—First, J. H. Miller; 2d, SathCyears old or over—First, 4th Suite. lfyourdenlcr basn‘fitscndusmg me
Bull, 2 years—First, Rosen erger J. . {e y. an ,, , alhoun Bros; 2nd and 3rd, E. _ _
Edwards. Calf Herd—~L. C. Kelly. M. Moore. Smdforbookletshowingfabncs.
Four get of Sire-“First, J. H. Miller; Ram 1 year old—First and 5th, E. M. I, Wrilht'e Health Underwear Co.

Junior Yearling Bull—First, Carpenter

 

   
    

& Ross; 2nd, Rosenberger & Edwards; 2nd, L. C. Kelly. Moore; 2nd, 3rd and 4th, Calhoun Bros." 88 Franklin St:-
3rd, Lessiter’s Sons. ’l'wo produce of Cow—First, J. H. Mil- {am Lamb—First and 2nd, E. M. L} 0°" N°w Yo'k /
Senior Bun CalfmFirst, Carpenter & In. 2nd, L- C. Keny_ Moore; 3rd and 4th, Calhoun Bros. /l/I/I/I/l/l/I/I/I’ll/Ill]!ll/I/I/Il/I/I ///
Ross: 2nd, Rosenberger & Edwards; 3rd, I SIP/Join:I uChampion Bull—Ribbon badge, Elillvzeg years old or over—First and 4th, .
Lessiter's Sons. .. . .i i er. . . ioore; 2nd and 3rd, Calhoun Bros. Li .
Junior Bull Calf—First, Rosenberger Junior Champion Bull—Ribbon badge, Ewe 1 year old—First and 3rd, E. M. Flne ve 0c 1
& ldezil'ilS; 2nd, .lay Smith; 3rd, Les— J. H. Miller. ' Moore; 2nd and 4th, Calhoun Bros. . ‘
siier’s Soils. Senior Champ, Female——Ribbon badge, Ewe Lamthirst, 3rd and 4th, Calhoun 300k Fr 6 V
Cow 3 years old or 0ver—~First, Rosen- J. H.- Miller. . Bros; 2nd and 5th, E. M. Moore. . g I
berger & Edwards; 2nd and 3rd. Car- Jlmlor_Champ. Female—Ribbon badge, Flock—«First, Calhoun Bros; 2nd, E. Dr. David Robert.’ lingual
penter &. Ross: 4th., Jay Smith; 51h, Les— J. pli. Miller. ‘ . M. Moore. Home Veterinarian, 184 large
sitel"s Sm“. Grand Champion Bull—Cup. J. H. Mll— Four Lambs—First, E. M. Moore; 2nd, ”I”. muflfflld. I! now
Heifer 2 years old—First, Carpenter & 1H.2 , Calhoun Bros. Free to Live Stock Owners.
Ross; 2nd and 3rd, Rosenberger & Ed- iii-nod Champion Female—Cup, J. H. Grand Champion Ram—Cup, Calhoun Giveuymvtoms.diseues mdtreat—
. .. . . , . r L iter's Allllcr. Bros. menisforall live stock and poultry,
uards. 4th, Ja) Smith, 0th, es ‘ the result at Dr Roberts‘lii’e .
Sons. _ Galloways. . . Grand Champion Ewe—Cup, E. M. perience as veterinarian and if; L
Senior Yearling Pl‘eifer_First and 2nd, All first prizes and champion awards in Moore. slosfig?nipggla;lzgpyl\fpply alt'ymiruflrm
ree. no ere. -

Lincolns.

this class wont to James Frantz & Sons,
Ham 2 Years old or over—First and

.. . . . e d 10cln sin
of Blufrron, Ohio, the only exhibitors of s :1 mp5 for ”Stage and we “use“ “rec‘-

3rd and 4th.
mi. DAVID ROBERTS VETERINARY 001(er

Sons.

Edwards;
l.essiter's

llosenbel'ger (K:
Jay Smith: 31h.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Junior Yr-al‘ling‘ }]9ifgr_‘FirSt' Carpen- the breed. , . 3rd, A: F. Freeboi‘n, Denfield, Ont: 2nd, 9519’3MAVBBM.WeueIhe,Wn.
ter & Ross: 2nd Lossiter‘s sons; 3rd and Brown SWISS- lvothbrldge & Son, Alliance, 0.; 4th,
4th, Jay Smith; 5th, Rosenberger & Ed- Bull 3 years old or over—First, Hull Watt Bros, K_errw_ood, Ont; 5th. 0 D- -.
wards nms. T’ainesville, Ohio; 2nd, H. W. Ay- Mclroan- Napier. Ont.
Senior Heifer Calf-JFirst and 4th. Car- erg. Honey Creek. W'is. Ram 1 year old~—F‘il‘st, 2nd and 3rd, A.‘
penter & Ross: 2nd and 3rd, Roscnberger Bull 2 vcars old~—lst, Hull Bros: 2nd F- I‘l‘eebom; 4th and 51h. Lethbrids’e
8: Edwards: 5th, Jay Smith. and 3rd, fr W. Ayers. & Son. .
Junior Heifer (‘illl‘ sFirst and 2nd. Yearling Bull—First, Hull Bros; 2nd, Ram Lamh——Flrst, 3rd and 4th, Leth— .
Roseilberger & Edwards; 3rd, I,essitey"s ll. \V. Ave“... - bFrlilge & Son; 2nd, A. F. Freeborn; 5th, a) d
Sons: 4th and 5th, .lily Smith. senior 'Bull Calf—First, H. W. Ayers. “ att BTOS- Mini,;l:ep:};25::0"'if';"?'m'¢°Saul-7H
Exhibitor’s l'lé‘l‘dfirli‘ll‘fit, Carpenter & Jlmio'r Bull Calf——First, Hull Bros; Ewe 2 years‘ Old 0!‘ over~First, 3rd ”MB-thorhsimnciviuurfiza“fem."Wictwfi
Ross; 2nd. Iiosonhorger Kr Edwards; 3rd, 2nd and 3rd, H. w_ Ayers, and 4th. Trethhrldge & Son; 2nd and 5th. mgsmon-nom Expenses Moderate. Gradixtei
Jay Smith; 4th. Trssitcr‘s Sons. (‘ow R vears old———First and 4th, Hull A~ F- Freehor-n. Witm‘wmdmca‘WuRB-mml’ru.
Breeder’s I'lf‘rdwFirst. losenherger & 13mg; 2nd and 3rd, H. w, Ayers, Ewe 1 year Old—First, 3rd and 5th, Wm M...
EdwardS: 2nd. Jay Smith: 3rd. Lessiter’s Heifer 2 years old—First and 4th, H. A- F- Freebom: 2nd. Watt Bros; 4th, Accepted!”
SONS , YV. Ayers; 2nd and 3rd, Hull Bros. ' C' D- M01193“ U.S.Gov’tu
Calf Herd~—F‘lrzt. glosenberger & Ed- Yearling Heifer—First and 3rd, Hull LeEquffldIéaémg—Sli‘irst.4tfindA 3:9 Igrnd bsth. necurity for
wards: 2nd, J3." . mi - Bros; 2nd and 4th, H. W. A ers. on; v - - ee orn.§ °
Four get of Sire—First. Carpenter & Senior Heifer Calf—First grid 3rd, Hull F1°°k’—F1r5t» A- F. Freeborn; 2nd,‘ Postal SaVlngs Bank Deposits
ROSS: 2nd, Rosenberger & EdWaI‘GS: 3rd, Bros: 2nd and 4th, H. W. Ayers. Lethbrldge & Son; 3rd, Watt Bros; 4th, aretheonlyclassweofier.’ Insteadofthea it!” ‘ ‘
Jay Smith: 4th. Lessiter's Sons. Junior Heifer Cait——First and 4th. Hull 0- 13- M01483“. Postal Banks paythese 1 ..
Two produce of Cow—First, Carpenter Bros_; 2nd and 3rd. H. W. Ayers, ‘ Four Lambs—First, Lethbridge & 8011: Bonds will yield from /2% 3/4%
l 31.05.; 2nd, A. F. Freeborn; 3rd. Watt Bros. WMIIMFREEClrW. ——.t0

&. Ross; 2nd, Rosenberger & Edwards;
3rd, Jay Smith; 4th, Lessiter’s Sons.

Exhibitor’s Herd—First. Hul

2nd, H. W. Ayers.

 

(Continued on page 266).

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11113 MICHIGAN FARMER..

FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.

Beans as a Grain for Live Stock.

My last year's crop of beans, which I
held over, commenced to heat when the
warm weather came on in May and be-
fore their condition was discovered were
so badly damaged that it made them un—
salable. I would like to know how I can
dispose of them. now to the best advan-
tage, either by using them as hog feed or
grinding them with other grain to feed
to my dairy cows. '1 have corn, oats and
peas which I could grind and mix with
the ground beans for a. ration for my
cows. \Vill you please advise me if the
beans would make a profitable addition
to the ration and in what proportion the
corn, oats, peas and beans should be
mixed to balance the ration. Also, please
advise me if the beans would make a
good feed for fattening hogs, if it should
be mixed with their grain and in what
proportion to get the best results.

Huron Co. E. J. R.

Cull beans can be used to very good
advantage in the grain rations for either
hogs or sheep. For hogs they should be
cooked for most economic results, and
fed in combination with corn, making the
beans about one~half of the grain ration.
They can, however, be used as an ex-
clusive ration in fattening hogs with suc—
cess, although, as above noted, a greater
comparative food value will be gotten
from the beans when fed in combination
with corn.

For sheep they need no preparation and

simply chew the cane to get the sugar or
sweet and then spit out the pulp. The
hogs do practically the same thing with
the sweet corn. We only give them a
few stalks at a, time, otherwise they
would waste it. This fills them up and
satisfies them and yet does not overfeed
them.
COLON C. LILLIE.

STOCK NOTES.

have started out in a de-
to bring about a lower
scale of prices for hogs in western mar—
kets and have succeeded to some extent,
although not to the degree they had an-
nounced was their program. They have
been helped out some by the limited
castern shipping demand for hogs in the
Chicago market, but on the other hand
the reductions in prices have been re—
sented by many stock feeders, who have
ceased markcting their hogs, their plan
being to wait for recoveries in values.
As is so apt to be the case, a wide dif-
ference prevails between owners of hogs
and butchers as to the supplies left back
in the country, and there are several
reasons for doubting the assertions made
by the packers with much emphasis that
large numbers are matured and awaiting
shipment. It is known to a certainty
that the high prices that have prevailed
all the summer packing season have, en-
couraged farmers owning young hogs and
more pigs to take the best care of them,
and feed has been given them as a rule
unslintingly, thereby developing them
much more rapidly than usual. The re~

LIVE

The packers
tcrmined way

 

 

may be fed in connection with corn and
oats, using not
pound of beans per day for good results.

\Vhile beans may be. ground and used
as a factor of the grain ration for dairy
cOws, the best results have been secured
from their use for cattle feeding when
cooked. The writer has seen steers fat-
tened on cooked beans as an exclusive
grain ration, but more economic results
would be secured with the same amount
of beans by combining them with corn.
If the hogs are available, however, it
would be better to feed these damaged
beans to them, since it is not as desirable
to use moulded grain in the rations for
dairy cows.

FEEDING BROOD SOWS.

My experience is that it requires a
great deal of judgment to feed a lot of
brood sows just before farrowing time
and at i‘arrowing time. After they have
farrowed their litters you can feed brood
SOWS almost anything and all they will
eat and everything turns out well. but if
you food too much corn or grain too
heavily before fai'rowing the results
sometimes are disastrous, and yet the
brood sows are hungry. They will eat
anything, and all that you hayr- a mind
to give them. Now, here is a chance
where a little judgment comes in which
will satisfy the craving appetite of the
brood sow, fill her up, satisfy her, and
yet not overfeed her. For the past
month our sows which are just beginning
to farrow have been fed a ration of
ground barley and dried beet pulp. The
beet pulp and barley were soaked from
one iced to another and I am of the opin-
ion that this is a. most excellent ration
for brood (sows.

 

The beet pulp is not a
hearty food; its vegetable food has a
certain amount of succulency and fills

up and satisfies and does not overfeed.
Then, too, for the past week or two we
have been giving them a. little sweet
cornstalks from which the sweet corn has
been removed. It is surprising to notice
how they seem to enjoy this. They will
eat the stalks practically all up clean
and chew them. It reminds me of the

 

people down south chewing cane. They

more than one-quarter.

Percheron Colt Bred by M. A. Bray, of lngham Co., which Weighed 1,140 lbs. at
One Year of Age, (July 29, 1911).

that hogs have been marketed
from all districts considerably enrlior
than usuiil. and the ineviiziblc conclusion
seems to he that there are fewer than
in foi'mcr _\'cui's left for marketing, un—
less thc lust pig “crop" was much great-
er than has been genci'nlly reported

sult is

\\'hile the future is, of course. a matter
of doubt, ycl the prevailing impression

is that, hogs will be, high scllci's for some
time to conic, chn if somi- further con-
cessions should be made in the matter
of prices by thcir owners.

ileavy i'zini'nlls throughout southwest-
ei‘n 'l‘cxus hiiyc lci‘t pastures in tine con—
dition, and ciitllcnicn are fecling in great
spirits over the outlook for the autumn
round-ups. in parts of the Panhandle
region the downpour rcnched four inches.

Late adviccs ni'c, that Ncbrnskn will
haVc from ‘35 to 70 pct‘ cent of a full corn
crop and Kunsns fully 75 per ccnt
Roughness and good gi'iiss arc reported

as bctter in the Missouri Valley than for
yours past. and n gi‘ciii many ciittlc will
be tutti-tied during the approachingr win—
ter scason. For S‘chrnI weeks lowu and
illinois farmers huve bccn buying feeder

and stock ciilllc i'rccly. and thci'c ut‘e
thc best of reasons for cxpccting that
the dcninnd from thcsc and suites cast
will greatly inc: cnsc from this limo on.
The i‘ccd lots Iniyc bccn wcll clczii‘cd of

finished cuitlc, and i‘zirincrs :ii'c unwilling

to let their fccil 11nd roughncss’ go to
waste. It is true tlizit‘ wcll—bi'cd t‘ccdcr
czittlc come high, but for all that many

farmers scc their way clear to mnkc fziii'
profits in buying cattle of ii good class,
while Ictling thc fancy ones nlonc.

The Live Stock Ilcpoi‘i has lhc follow-
iidvnntzigc of

ing: “l’nckci's ni'c. inking

ii lull in fresh nicut dI-mnnd :ind of u
decline in hum prices. to force hogs loch'
and are incetini,r Willi Sonic succcss.
Hogs anyway are very much out of“ line

expectancy in well
improvcmcnt in
and of fur-

pi'oducl. The
quartci's of on
meat demand
thei' cxpnnsion in thc Iill‘iI dcmnnd, both
zit homo and abroad, is both reasonable
and sensonnblc, (IS the bulk of tlic ti'zide.
counting on past experience, is ahead of

with
informed
the southern

us and not behind us. Expectancy of
the $8 hog has gone. aglimmering. th,
cheap hogs are far. very far, off. Pro-
ducers mny bank on the hog returning
good money for its keep for months to
come.”

Thomas Mortimer, a prominent farm-

er, stock fccder and banker of Nebraska,
predicts a great coming Shortage in the
marketing of large lard hogs. as during
his recent travels he found the number
of spring pigs was not as large as in
torrent years.
The recent
springers in
been quite
weeks and
Backward
sellers.

demand for milkers and
the Chicago market has
variable, being good some
very poor at other times.
springers are especially poor

MORE MONEY

GIVES,

MORE SATISFACTION.

NO STOCK CAN THRIVE IF PESTERED
WITH LICE,TICKS,MITES,FLEAS,
SCAB,MANGE,AND OTHER SKIN ,
DISEASES.
‘To CLEAN OUT THESE
PARASITES, GUARD AGAINST
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES,
CLEANSE, PURlFY, AND
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oomsAuu’s
CAUSTIC BALSAM

Used as a Blister
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This preferred remedy is prepared ex-
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As a. HUMAN REMEDY for Rheu-
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Every bottle .of Caustic Balsam sold is
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use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo-
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Cured .

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removes the cause. Prevents and cures Indigestion,
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You Can't Cut Out A BOG SPAVINVPUFF

     

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266

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Grand Champion Ram—Cup, A. F.
Freebprn. .
Grand Champion Ewe—Cup. A. F.
Freeborn. -
. Lelcesters.

Ram 2 years or over—First and 2nd,
’Wm. McLean, Kerrkood, 0nt.; 3rd, C. D.
McLean, Napier, 0nt.; 4th, William New-
ton, Pontiac.

Ram 1 year old—First and 3rd, Wm.
McLean; 2nd, C. D. McLean; 4th, Wm.
Newton.

Ram Lamb—First and 2nd, \\'m. Mc—
Lean & Son; 3rd and 4th, C. D. McLean;
'Bth, \Vm. Newton.

Ewe 2 years old or over—~First, Wm.
McLean; 2nd, C. D.» McLean; 3rd, Wm.
Newton.

Ewe 1 year old—First and 2nd, \\’m.

McLean & Son; 3rd, C. D. McLean; 4th,
Wm. Newton, Pontiac.

Ewe Lamb—First and 2nd, \‘Vm. Mc-
Lean; 3rd and 4th, C. D. McLean; 5th,
\\'m. Newton.

Flock—First, \Vm. McLean; 2nd, C. D.
oMeLean; 3rd, W'm. Newton.

Four Lambs;First, \\'m. McLean &
Son; 2nd, C. D. McLean; 3rd, \\‘m. New-
ton.

Grand Champion Ram—Cup, \\'m. Mc-
Lean & Son.

Grand Champion Ewe—Cup, Vi‘in. Mc-
Lean & Son.

Shropshires.

Ram 2 years old or over—First and
2nd—MeKerrow & Sons, Pewaukee, Wis;
3rd, \V. P. Pulling, Parma, Mich.; 4th,
id. E. Leeland & Son, Ann Arbor; 5th,
ll. E. l’owell, Ionia.

Ram 1 year old—First and 4th, Mc-
Kerrow & Sons; 2nd, H. E. Powell; 3rd,
and 5th, \V. P. Pulling.

Ram Lamb—First and 3rd, \V. P. Pull-

ing; 2nd and 4th. Leeland & Son; 5th,
]:I. E. Powell. . .
Ewe 2 years old or over—First, Mc-

H. E.

Soils;

I’owell; 3rd,

Kerrow & Sons; 2nd.
41h, \\'. 1’.

and 5th, Leclaild &
Pulling. _ _
Ewe 1 year old—First and 3rd. Mclxor-

row &. Son; 2nd and 4th. ii. i}. l‘uwe‘il;
5th, W. P. l’ulling.

Cwe Lamb—~First, McKerrow & Sun;
2nd, H. 'E. I’owell; 3rd and 5th, W. l‘.

l’ulling; 4th, Leeland & Son.
Flock—First, McKei‘row & Son; 2nd,
ll. E. Powell; 3rd, \V. P. Pulling; 4th,
Leeland & Sons.
Four Lambs—«First, XV. P. Pulling; 2d,

Leeland & Sons; 3rd, H. E. Powell.

irand Champion Rain—Cup, Mclx’errow

Son.

Grand Champion Ewe——Cup, ‘VIcKei'i‘ow

it. Son. '

American Shropshire Registry Associa-
tion, Special.

(“(1

Best ilock (ram, yearling, ewe lambs)
~ rl"ll.\‘l‘,_ \\'. 1‘. Pulling; 2nd, Lceland &
SUNS.

licst flock (2 ram lambs, 2 ewe lambs)

Vfli‘irst, “3 1’. Pulling; 2nd, Leeland &
Stills.
Fat Sheep.
Middlewool \\’ether over 2 years—First,
\\'m. Newton, Pontiac. Mich.; 2nd, .1.
Lloyd Jones, Bui‘ford, Unt.

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)liddlewool \\'ether 1 year and under a
years First and 2nd, J. Lloyd Jones.

Champion Middlcwool \\'ether#llibbon
badge, J. Lloyd Jones.

Longwool VVether over

 

2 yearsuli‘irst,

\\'m. Newton; 2nd, \\'in. Newton.
Champion Louh’ii-ool \Vetllt‘l‘v—Rlllbtln
badge, \Vm. Newton.

Merino VVcther over 2 yearsr-erlr‘irst,

\\'m. Newton; 2nd, 1:. D. Stephens, South
Lyon.
Merino \\'ether 1 year and under 2
yearseh‘irsl and 2nd, ll. E. l’owell, Ionia.
Merino \\'cther under 1 year—First and

End, 11. 143. Powell.

l‘llanip. Merino VVether—Ribbon badge,
\\'m. Newton.

Grand (C‘hainpion of Show—Silver Cup,

J. Lloyd Jones.
(Concluded next week).

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should state history and symptoms of the
the same ailments. If this column is
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Navicular Disease—Thin Hoofs.——I have
an eight-year-old horse that is lame in
left fore foot; this horse must have weak
boots for he always travels tender when
going without shoes. Some time ago he
went lame and I applied blister to cor-
onet and it seemed to cure; lately‘the
same line of treatment fails to relieve
him of lameness. The greatest tender-
ness appears to be in hollow of heel.
H. T., Hart, Mich—Your horse suffers
from coffin joint lameness and this
should be regarded as serious. Apply
one part red iodide of mercury and eight
parts lard to coronets once a. week. Apply
lanolin to hoof twice a day.

Heaves.——Our 13-year-old horse stood
in a cold barn last winter and from this
exposure he showed heaves early last
spring. I have given him linseed oil and
other heave remedies, but none of them
appear to have done him much good.
lie heaves badly and his wind troubles
him so much that it is scarcely possible
to drive him faster than a walk. “'hat
do you advise me to do with him? J.
F 13., Flat Rock, Mich—1t is possible
that your horse has enough throat trouble
to destroy his usefulness until a surgical
operation is performed. Give 2 drs. fluid
extract lobelia, 2 drs. fluid extract opium
and a teaspoonful muriate ammonia at
a dose in damp feed three times a day.
l-‘ced no clover or musty, dusty, badly
t“_il‘t‘(l fodder of any kind. If he is a
i'zii'cnous eater, bed him with shavings
or sawdust in order to prevent him eat-
iIli: too much bulky food. Grain and
grass is the best summer feed; grain and
silligo and vegetables best winter feed
for a broken-winded horse.

impure Blood—Mange—I have a. three-
months-old-colt that has been inclined
to rub ever since it was born. The colt’s
mother is inc-lined to do the same. I am
at a loss to know whether the mother or
colt shouldlbe treated. E. B. M., Cedar
Springs. Mich—Give your mare a des-
sertspoonful of Fowler’s solution at a.
dose in feed twice a day. Also give colt
10 drops at a dose twice a clay. Apply
one part chinosol and’250 parts water to
itchy parts twice a day.

Navel Infection—I have a colt four
weeks old that was very weak when
horn, bilt gradually improved until he
‘could walk. Very suddenly a weakness
in lower joints set in, affecting fore parts
most. [ gave colt 2 drop doses tincture
nux vomica and 1 gr. quinine, but it is
no better. This colt’s navel seems to
have healed all right. A few days ago
one hock joint commenced to swell; two

days later one fore leg, next day the _
other fore leg swelled. P. J., Walloon
Lake, Mich.-——Give your colt 2 grs. of

quinine and a teaspoonful of whisky at
a dose four times a day, and apply one
part spirits of camphor, one part tincture
of iodine and six parts alcohol to swollen
joints onCe a day. It is very doubtful if
he will recover.

\\'ire Cut.—I have a. two-year-old colt
that got tangled up with a wire fence,
wounding shin. I bathed it several times
a day and applied mild liniment to keep
it from swelling. The leg was cut to
bone and I am afraid it might leave a
scar. J. H. F., Montague, Mich.——Apply
equal parts boric acid, powdered alum
and tannic acid to bunch and wound
twice a day. It is almost impossible to
treat a wound of this kind and prevent a
scar.

Sidebone—Ringbone.—I would like to
know what can be done for a horse that
has sidebone and ringbone..R. R., Spring-
port, Mich.—Give your horse rest and
apply one part red iodide of mercury
and six parts cerate of cantharides to
bunches once a week. It is very im-
portant to give the horse absolute rest
when treating him.

Dropsical Swelling—I would like to
know what to do for a. three-months—old
pig that has a bunch or swelling under
belly; this bunch is soft and not painful.
D. M., Temperance, Mich—It is possible
that your pig is ruptured; i so leave it
alone and it may get well without treat-
ment. Apply one part tincture of arnica
and ten parts water three times a day.

Vertigo—I have eight spring pigs that
walk around as if drunk; they have been
in this condition for the past‘ 60 days.
Their appetite is good, but they do not
appear to grow as rapidly as they should.
M. G. G., Vassar, Mich—Give your pigs
enough epsom salts in swill to purge them
and give each one 10 grs. bromide of pot-
ash in feed or water twice a day.

 

 

A cattle loan company has been organ-
ized with a capitalization of $5,000,000 to
encourage hay feeding in Washington,

Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana
for the Puget Sound markets. Farmers
need hay, as well as cattle, and both

will be so lied, the loan to be canceled
at the timgpthe cattle are marketed. This
move will aid in bringing about more
extensive cattle feeding operations in the
far west and decreased shipments of
stock cattle to Missouri river markets
for finishing in the corn belt. Heretofore
it has been the prevailing practice to
ship large numbers of stockers to No-
braska. North Dakota, South Dakota.
and even to Iowa.

.and bull at the International in Ohio-lo.

I

' _ BREWERS” DWI".
, cnrrua. , .

ABERDEEN-ANGU S.
pwaWt’fsafir’“ Ergo mgkt’mirlm
by-niook Woodlown. one it ' ’ "Jilin-sis;

Binokbird no

.. 191 .
He is assisted by Undnlata . . 0
WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionin. Mich.

. l -
Guernsey Bull Calves 3:32,. was? .
19. Li] Berkshire A. B. 37831111 many other noted Adv.
Reg. area and demo. 6. A. Wigent, Wntorvlict. Mich.

HOLSTE N BULLS

FOR SALE—"

Registered bulls from four to ten months old for
sale that. are closely related to Hongerveld
De K01, De Kols 2nd Butter Boy 3rd, and Colan—
tha. 4th’s Johanna. The dams are heavy milkers
and mostly in the A. R. 0. Prices reasonable.
Send for list. Bigolow's lolstein Farm. Bucdsvillofilich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPT. so. 1911.

momma ' snob: mm: in. o fowoxtrn
hymen-an “gammy, or...“

-—-Choico yearling Blimp-bin
l-‘Ioclilmders for unlo- .l... n and m...“
ewes. 1.10an “tonnes.- Fluyo‘lstngyhflohignn.

HROPSHIBE year-liar and ram lambs of boat wool

imdmuttonty . Procla- W t .
Also 0. 1. o. Swingem. r. ”33'“, 15333331113325:

Slim shim Rams and [rerun “3°“ °h°l°° “m“
LONE amen FARM. Amm,‘lttoiof§um0o?§fi§lii
'lhe Maple Shropshires‘flfiliil? ’33:" g
bear-ling In and our 3-year-old stock rum. bred by

ovilon and 5 ed b British Yeoman.
E. E. LELAND o S N. Route No. 9. Ann Arbor. Mich.

Shropshire Rams for Sale.

DAN HOOKER. R. No. 1, Marion. Mich.

 

 

 

 

S. hires at formen’ prices. Have a fine bunch of
my: reorlgfinnd rum lambanloon few oung
b ing ewes. RY POTTER. Dnvinon, Mich.
-Good ones all farmers’

Rammmn" Rams prices. Also ewes and owe
lambs. A. E. GREEN, Orchard Lake, Mich. Bell Phone.

 

Purebred Registered
1'! OLSTE 1N CATTLE
‘ The Greatest Dairy Breed
’ V ‘ Sand for FREE Illustrated Booklets.
Holstein-Friction, Auo.. Box 164. Brnttlebor'o,Vt-

TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS

Top Notch registered young Holstein Bull- com.
bining in themselves the blood of cows which now
hold and have in the put hold World'c Record: for
milk and bujlher fat at fair rim;

McPHhRSON FAR S C0.. Howell. nick.

. .11 -
BULL NR SALE i.i3“dfi?ai2€elfi°'§flfi‘?2§?ol 23:.
8' well bred. .Dom a. b. cow, At a bargain.
annot be do heated for three times the rice.
BOUEEMONT FARMS. Detro t. Mich.
liolsiein Friesian Ca '33.?“ Efi‘hvolfi

nry Mercedes. W. B. JONES. Oak Groro. Michigan.

EKOL-KORNDYKE Holstein bull calf choicest A.
n. o. breeding. Splendid ndividual, :60. Ypsilanti

Fume, Ypsilanti, Mich, Cole Brothers. Proprietors.

noisnlm stills-masmmiliem
Good breeding. HOBAR W. FAY, Eden. Mich.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

bred heifers 8150 to . Bull calvesMO to .
Photos and pedi recs on lippl'i.

33 years a breeder.
nd., 719 Box St-

cation. W. 0. J nckson. South Bend,

noLSTElNS—I have for sale a few cows and year-
‘ . ling heiferl bred to Johanna Con'
col-din Champion, the only bull of an ' breed whose 2
grand dams average 3415mm butter in days. Also bull
calves and service bulls. L. E. Connell. Fayette, 0.

-—Both sexes And all ages

H E R E FOR D for sale. 150 Poland-

Ohinn hogs. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw, Mich.

FOR SALE—1633;. giffifiiffm‘fi’i‘i’éii

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

BUTTER BRED ”fiftysgfi‘s”

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.
Silver Creek. Allezan County, Michigan.
Oflc

Register oi Merit Jerseys. mm. Pill:

lot of younfibulls from dams with oflcial records
of 483 Eoun s and n words of butter.
. F. MARS ON, Bay City. Michigan.

EGISTERED JERSEYS For Sale—Some combin.
ing the blood of St Louis and Chicago World’s
Fair Champions by HERMAN HABMS. Reece, Mich.

Dairy Bred Shorthornsfiii?“ ‘35:? l‘l‘afit’aiif
Oaahor good note. J. B. RUMMEfi. Mason, Mich.

LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS.
HERD BULLS gvmlm Signal St. L. No. 58197

_ Jubilee's Foxhall, No. 82299.
Bull calves sued by these at. bulls. and out of
splendid dairy cows. many of t em in test for register
of merit... Also a few heifers and heifer calves for
solo. Write for description and prices. Satisfaction
.2 ornnteed, or money refun ed.
COLON C. LILLIE. Coopernv‘llle. Mchignn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-—Double Standard'Polled Durham Bulls,
For sale heifers, and cows. am closing out.

Write for prices. Sanford Gasser. Sherman. Mich.

JERSEY BULLS FOR SALE

Sired by Temisia’s Interested Prince 71648, whose dam
made 133 lbs. butter in one year. authenticated teat.
Choice individuals. Prices Reasonable.

BHOOKWATEH FARM, ANN ARBOR, MICE. ll. F. D. 7.
SHEEP.

Choice. young. large, heav ' flee red ' '
2!)_()ne-tliird off to quick’buyér. ”Blame Hams
“rite wants to 8. II. SANDERS. Aahtnbula. Ohio.

 

 

 

 

 

HADY LA NE HAMPSHIltE82—Magnificent lot one
krand 2-year old rams. (‘ome and take your pick for
$1.).00. None better. Comfort. Tyler. Goldwater, Mich.

For Sale—Year-

Reglsiered Lincoln Rams 1...... mm mm...
also a few ewes.FltED BOURNS, Milford. Mich. :u'

PARSONS’ 0XFORhS

XX. $202XXX, $23.00. Write at. once for 30 day club
OE" andf gavel-list tellliniz how to get. a. Ram free of
c ar en lo. igan's urgent. breeder of d" h

PAR CNS—The Sheep Man, Grand nggo."il?§ .

oxford Down Sheep—Good Yearling F i o l d

Rams nd f l
for sale. I. R. WATEBBURY. Bl‘ghl::£a§1ighlizggf

XFORD DOWN RAMS FOR SALE—yearling
and lambs. Vlill sell a few aged ewes at. at.-
tmctive (prices. 8. E. GILLETT. anonnn, Ohio.

FOR SALE—Registered Rilmbouillot Sheep.
Both sexes, all ages. Prize
winners. IRA B. BALDWIN. Hastings, Michigan.

cost no more than other
Rilml‘, class C X, 81.5:

 

REG. Ramboullleta of the best breeding, rains and
. ewes from one to car. lot at reduced price if taken
m Sep‘t, Breeding furnished. All in erfect health.
Farm 2% miles E. of Morrico. on G. '1‘. R. R. and M. U.
it. Come and see me or write your wants. Sheep
shipped for l napection if ordered. J. Q. A. COOK

Oak Hill Stock Farm

VON ”OMEYEI RAMBOUILLET RAMS
at farmers 0811065 for the next 90 days. Large. plain,
heavy flee? . C '

. I. LOCKWOOD. Washington. Mich.

FOR BALE—3 yenrlin Holotein-Friesian bulls. 8315;)0’

larfzo type. Both sexes. not akin.
‘ Ca 1

Failed Delaine Rains far Sale.

F. L. anomw. Ends. Michigan.
[1005.

lime: & Victoriu‘fim'JMEm, 3°“ ‘ 9“"

Winners. M. 1‘. STORY, B. 26. Lowell: (Edwina
. ' —Sow- bred fort H t . Boo

”.mmn‘ full service. Maggi; bmedigiuflrsfi:

clue. Prioedrenconnble. O. . Corey, New Haven. ich.

' —Ton gilt- bred to the wand rt 1 k
B'fkshln: Pontiac Chief to furrow in Agril‘lorli‘ila;
No better breeding. o. 9. Bartlett, Pontiac. Mich.

W0 Berkshire Gillie, sired b Hondso 9 Fri co 3.
TBbrod for Aug.,forrowing. will sell at all) d 84151 also
A. A. PAI'I'LLUO. Dockorvlllo, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

a few spring pig: loft.

Berkshire Service Boar ior Sale—‘52::

old, magnificent specimen. Son of the great Lon -
fellow'a‘Duke. Dam by Baron Masterpiece. Nance
better Elli where. For one-third value for quick sale.

UOEMONT FARMS. Detrolt. Mich.

 

 

MPROVED CHESTER WHITESe-Ohoice yOung
hours of March and April furrow. I will also
sell 10 thoroughbred Holstein cows to freshen in Sept.
and Oct. W. 0. Wilson. Okemos, Mich. Both phones.

 

ADAMS BROS, Litchflold, Mich., breeder: of Imp. Cheater
White and Tamworth lwine, service boon, 'iiowl bred or
Open, of either breed. Slim-thorn Cattle. Buff Bock. Bufi’ Wynn-
dotte, W. Orpington. Ckls. all breeding stock, lending winners.
F0 R SAL ——3 Chester White Boars, far-

rowed last. March Right in
every way and readv for service. hire winner of 9 first

prizes and dam a G rand Champion at the 1959 Interlin-
tional. BONNIE BiiAE FARM, ALGONAO. MICH.

0. 1. 0—323?

C. J. THOMPSON, Rockford. Mich!“

 

 

gigs with quality and best pedi-

ll.

 

 

rder now and get; first choice. .

PURE 0. l. C’s—fiiiiniri’il’é pfiii2i2¥olvi§y 3333

this a tin flu-row.
or write. F. A. C. Scliweiterman. MIontegzu‘mn. O.

0 I cis—either sex. March. lfnrrow—thetjl‘argofl
I I

kind.
prices. A.-

 

rowthy Bight type at formers' :
NEWMAN, R. No. 1, Mariette, Michigan. ’

0.1. C’s For Sale—3?; “$53,231:? 5.2"“? >

no
akin, some fine bred ilta, choice lot of f i ' 8.]
ages. OTTO B. SCfoLZE. Nashville, filehxllggnsn. 1

"I II on cho'c. 8 "pg Plgs’ akin. Order now and
at first choice. Al igs shi ed on a
roe. HARRY T. RANDEEL, CA

I —My hard is hi fl
OI II c- SWINE descent of thechoeyai'
stroll? both rarities 3315138 fomnlesf. l(list. my price before
you uy. re 1' roe o o r '
A. J. 001 DEN. R. No. zanfrri‘fi‘l‘orfillélfgf a

 

 

name.

0 1.10.;s—I nm adoring 12 choice young goats and 10
o be 60 new igsa larmers' ricesin or e 1'.
room for fall pygs. Fred Nioko , Monroe, hilolifnfil-{f

DUROC-JEBSEY SOWS bred for Sept. furrow. Also

' spring gilti-i and hours of choicest. breedin at

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

BUTLEB’S Bill TYPE POLAND-Willi “an”, 15

hi fall boars at 825; 100 spring pigfi 810 totlfi: 50 f ll '

' : 5 registered Bhrop bucks at 3101.0 815: 6 ramaJelPslegg
bulls at. 815 to 3%; 50 rng. Shrop ewes at. 810. We
are the former a friend. I. O.Butler, Portland.‘ Mich,

—-ASK FOR

D U R O C-‘J E RSEY

CAREY U. EDMONDS. nmféfihfi?‘
FOR SALE‘flvfimeRlifiiffi’Sft‘:
prose prepaid. J. H. B NGHAR . Lansing. Mich.

 

 

 

UROC-JERSEl'S-Z'i line spring gilu. popular blood liner.
Good Ludwidunls; lo flue boars, 5 bred rows due to
fan-ow soon. JOHN MchCOL, B. No. 1, North Star, Mich.

ALNUT HILL DUROOS—I'I fancy so b t
a r' Mich. [Col]; for August;‘ andhtSeit. fazg'ow'fadlég
ing . o sexes. price ri . 't .
a". c. is mum. COLDWA mm. didfiié‘f§.

LARGE TYPE P. C.‘i;‘"8°§§ .. mitten- Ping
om n

sows. Weigh 160 to 175 lbn. at 4 monmfixso sires on

“Not how cheap but how cod." Will pay ex-

penses'of those who come on do not find what I

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

Poland Chinas‘fiiir‘pizgdemggg 3;“
L. W. BARNE8& SON. Byron, Shinwoacoe 00.. mien:

GLAND CHINA SPRING PIGS from i sin
P stock. Also dairv bred Shorthornc. 23%; 88511::
all ages. prices low. ROBERT NEVE, Pierson. Mich.

Big Type P. C. Boars and Sows “Nd l"

E .
sion. A. A. WOOD & SUN. Saline. Momma

‘ —A few big typo Sept. Gilta bred
Poland-Chins for Sept. fan-ow. Also a ring
pigs. E. D. BISHOP, Route 38. Lake Odessa. ich.

Thrée Extra Good Fall P. 6. Boars

By Next In Line. 82 oprin male pigs ready to chi .
I ship 0. O. D. and furni igree promptly. If
you want good as the bent, wr to me for prices.

WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater. Michigan.
For Sale PU“ YORKSHIRE MARS

BRED
READY FOR SERVICE. .
WATERMAN 8: WATERMA N.
Succouon to the lurrny-Wctcnnnn 00., ANN ARBOR, mun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ar ESE 131}ng E snnopsdnmnls—ror sale the imp.
. hunger. an ve
cited by this noted ram. H. Stating? Effo‘i’f‘nfilfi?

For Sale’am“ Biibsfi‘ummhl” Rom- ond Ram

 

Lombc. -J
or sex. M. A. EBAY. omit? (W'd‘SS trait?“

 

Lillie Farmstead Yorkshim‘fii’ééi‘fhfiié

a Large Herd.
service boon. Pain and trioo, dot akin Boon no?!
Eager”. "A fine lot of ipring 125m 8 “afraithor
. on ll
guaranteed. COLON o. commille. Mioh.‘

either sex. Pairs not

growl and Re . j
CITY.MIC .

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

SEPT. 30, 1911.

 

 

GENERAL-PURPOSE POULTRY PRE-
DOMINATES AT STATE FAIR.

 

Strongest Showing of Ducks and Geese
in History of Fair.

So far as numbers go the poultry de-
partment of this year’s fair did not com-
pare very favorably with last year’s rec-
ord-breaking show. The total number
of entries run well above 1,500 as com-
pared with 2,000 last year. Exclusive of
the bantams and strictly fancy breeds,
more than 1,000 chickens were on ex-
hibition, as against 1,400 last year.

The surprising feature of the show was
the strength shown by the four well-
known general—purpose breeds—~Rocks,
Wyandottes, R. I. Reds and Orpingtons.
These breeds outnumbered the group of
egg-laying breeds, composed of Leghorns,
Minorcas, Polish, Hamburgs and Hou-
dans, by nearly 100, a complete reversal
from last year when the strictly egg-lay-
ing breeds furnished nearly one-half the
entries. Another surprise was found
when it came to ranking the so-calied
general-purpose breeds, the Orpingtons
proving the leaders in this group with
more than 1:30 entries. They were fol-
lowed by the VVyandottes, Rocks and R.
I. Reds in the order named. Last year
the VVyandottes led in this group and the
Orpingtons were in fourth position. Five
varieties of this breed were shown, the
whites greatly predominating. The “'y-
andotte class was made up of eight va-
rieties, well balanced as to strength and
generally good in quality. Among the
six varieties of Rocks were the Colum-
bian and Silver Penciled which are com-
paratively new and whose development
has not yet reached the generally ac-
cepted Rock standard. Otherwise this
class showed up well on the score of
quality.

Among the egg layers the Leghorns
were strong leaders with nearly 20 fowls
on exhibition. There were five varieties,
the whites being strong favorites, fol-
lowed by the buffs and browns. Next in
this-group came the Minorcas, princi-
pally‘of the black variety. The Polish
breed'followed closely in numbers, being
represented by four varieties, but the
general high quality which characterized
last year’s exhibits of this breed seemed
lacking. The Hamburgs were shown in
seven varieties, all light in numbers but
containing some very creditable speci-
mens of the breed. A light showing of

Houdans completed this group.
The meat-producing breeds came last
as usual, but the falling off in numbers

, ”"1
L POULTRY J

\

Specimens and one excellent breeding
pen, the quality was ' inferior. The
Bronze variety led, follOwéd closely by
the Narragansett, White, Buff and Bour-
bon Red. .

The old annex of the poultry building
—contained little besides water fowl, the
showing here being unquestionably the
best ever seen at a. state fair in this
state. Not only was there a big gain in
numbers of both ducks and geese, but
the quality of the stock was all that
could reasonably be asked. Ducks led
with nearly 150 fowls while the geese
aggregated nearly 100. Among the ducks,
Pekins, Rouens, Muscovys and Cayugas
were numerous with nearly every pen
containing fowls of more than average
quality. There were several excellent
pens of Indian Runners and some good
representatives of the Grey Call and
Crested \Vhite breeds.

The geese were almost uniformly high
in quality and condition. The Toulouse
China. and African breeds led. Embdens
also were Well represented. To growers
of water fowl a study of this part of the
show was both interesting and helpful.

The overflow of poultry, as well as of
poultry appliances, which has given this
department a crowded, unfinished ap-
pearance at former fairs, was this year
taken care of in a new and roomy annex
to the poultry building. Here were
quartered the breeding pens, a creditable
display of Belgian hares and such mis-
cellaneous entries as guineas, pea fowl,
etc. It also afforded the manufacturers
of incubators and brooders, as well as
the dealers in general poultry supplies,
much better accommodations than they
have previously enjoyed at this fair.

FINDING THE HEAVY LAYERS.

As yet the trap nest has not found a
place for itself upon many farms al-
though there is little doubt that this de-
vice could be used by farmers who are
earnestly striving to make their poultry
yield a profit. The trap nest offers prac-
tically the only means of determining
which hens are paying a profit on their
feed and care and which ones are being
kept at a loss, but the importance and
value of such knowledge is not fully ap-
preciated by the average owner of poul-
try. In fact, there are a great many
who do not even know the results of the
efforts of their laying flooks in the ag-
gregate, let alone trying to determine
which members of those flocks are profit
producers.

It must be admitted that the expendi-
ture of no little time and labor is in-
volved in the trap-nesting of a flock of
hens. As has been stated in these col-
umns a number of times, the perfectly

 

Improved Trap Nest Now in Use

here, when compared with other years,
was not, so noticeable as in the egg—lay-
ing group. The three brecds——Langshans,
Brahmas and Cochins»~showed about
equal strength. The Partridge proved the
leader among the four varieties of Co—
chins, while in the Langshan class the
whites and blacks were about evenly di-
vided and the same may be said of the
Light and Park Brahmas.

The number of breeding pens also
failed to come up *0 last year’s high
mark, there being less than 50 pens en—
tered. Here, too, the decline was heav—
iest among the egg-laying breeds, a fact
which seems to warrant the assertion
that the low egg values prevailing during
the past season have had a tendency to
divert attention from those breeds which
are solely egg producers.

A Scattering showing of Javas, Dork-
ings, Anconas, Black Spanish, Domin-
iques, Red. Caps, Black Sumatras and
Andelusians, and a fairly strong. exhibit
of Indian Games, completed the chicken
part of the show.

Turkeys and Water Fowl.

Turkeys were present in about the
usual number but, barring a few good

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at the Maine Experiment Station.

automatic trap nest has not yet been in-

vented. A number of successful and
comparatively simple trap nests are,
however, in use, and they are yearly

demonstrating the value of the system
as a means of weeding dut non-produc-
ing hens and of making possible the
building up of strains of heavy layers
through the continued use of the best
egg producers as breeding stock.

Among the experiment stations that
have done much to demonstrate the
practicability of the trap nest none has
shown better results than.that of Maine.
Progressive poultrymcn are more or less
familiar with the style of nest devised
and used by this station. However, dur-
ing the past year this nest has been, to
some extent, simplified and improved.
For the benefit of those who are study-
ing the trap-nesting problem at this
time, with a view to handling their win-
ter layers in a. more business-like man-
ner than ever before, the following-de-
tailed description of this new nest is
given: '

The features in which this nest is con-
sidered superior to the type formerly
used are: (1) certainty and precision of

 

. THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

operation; ‘(2) greater simplicity of con-
struction, with less tendency to get out
of order and work badIY; (3) saving of
labor in resetting the nest after use.

The nest is a box-like structure, with-
out front, end, or cover, 28 in. long, 13
in. wide and 16 in. deep, inside measure.
A division board, extending up six inches
from the bottom, is placed across the
box 12 in: from the rear end and 15 in.
from the front end. The rear section
is the nest proper.

The front portion of the nest has no
fixed bottom. Instead there is a movable
bottom or treadle which is hinged at the
back end. To this treadle is hinged the
door of the nest. The treadle is made
of 1/_)-in. pine stuff, with ll/g-in. hardwood
cleats at each end to hold the screws
which fasten the hinges. It is 12 in.
wide and 121/; in. long. Across its upper
face, just behind the hinges holding the
door, is nailed a pine strip, 4 in. wide,
beveled on both sides; the door of the
nest is not made solid, but is an open
frame, to the inner side of which is.
fastened a rectangular piece of 1/g-in.
mcsh galvanized. screening (dimensions

~8x9 in.). The sides of the door are strips
of {ti-in. stuff 12 in. long and 11/2 in.
wide halved-at the ends to join to the

top and bottom of the door. The top of
the door is a strip of hard wood 12 in.
long and 11/2 in. wide, halved in 2%; in.
from each end. The projecting ends of
this top strip serve as stops for the door
when it closes. The bottom of. the door
is a hardwood strip 1014x4 in. The side
strips are fitted into the ends of this bot—
tom strip in such way as to project
slightly (about 1—32 in.) above the front
surface of that strip, for a reason which
will be apparent.

When the nest is open the door ex—
tends horizontally in front. In this posi-
tion the side strips of the door rest on
a strip of wood 11/2 in. wide, beveled on
the inner corner, which extends across
the front of the nest. This strip is nailed
to the top of a. board 4 in. wide, which
forms the front of the nest box proper.
To the bottom of this is nailed a strip
2 in. wide, into which are set two 4-in.
spikes from which the reads have been
Cut. The treadle rests on these spikes
when the nest is closed. The hinges
used in fastening the treadle and door
are narrow 3-in. galvanized butts with
brass pins, made to work very easily. it
is necessary to use hinges which will not
rust

How Nest ls Operated.

The manner in which the nest operates
is readily apparent. A hen about to lay
steps up on the door and walks in to-
ward the dark back of the nest. When
she passes the point where the door is
hinged to the treadle her weight on the
treadle causes it to drop. This at the
same time pulls the door up behind her.

It is then impossible for her to get out
until the attendant lifts the door and
treadle and resets it. The nest is ex-
tremely simple. It has no locks or trig-
gers to get out of order. Yet, by
proper balancing of door and trcadle, it
can be so delicately adjusted that a
weight of loss than half a pound on tho
treadle will spring the trap. .\ll hcziring
surfaces arc made of bow-h because, of

the well-known property of this wood to
take on a highly polished surface with
wear.

These trap made with

in tiers

nests are not

covers because ihcy are used

and slide in and out like drawers. They
can be carried away for cleaning when
necessary. Four nests in a. pen accom-

modate 2O hcns by the attendant going
through the pens once an hour, or a lit-
tle oft'cner, during that part of the day
when the hens are busiest. The hens
must all have lcg bands in order to
identify them. “'hen a hen has laid an
egg and desires to leave the nest she
steps out into the front space and rc-
mnins there until released. \Vcre the
box not divided into two sections she
would be likely to crush her egg by step—
ping upon it', and thus learn the per-
nicious habit of egg eating. To remove
a hen the nest is pulled part way out.
As it has no cover she is readily caught;
the number on her leg band is noted and

the proper cntry made on the record
sheet. After having been taken off a
few times the hens do not object to being
handled.

In this connection it may be said that .
careful experiments with trap nests of
this and other designs have demonstrated
the fact that, where trap nests were
placed alongside of ordinary nests, the
hens showed a preference for the trap
nests. The explanation offered is that
the hen soon learns that in the trap nest
she cannot be disturbed by other fowls.

  

 

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' THE DAIRY -'

Yearling Bull—First, E. S. George; 2nd,'
. H. ‘B.“Wtittles. '
, Senior Bull Calf—"First, E. S. George;
Many dairymen find themselves so slt- 2nd, H. F. Probert; 3rd, Fisherton Farms;

uated that they could take care of a 401. H- 13- VVa‘ttles.

BUTTER CUSTOMERS.

 

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.difl'crent foods showing the advantages added until the capacity of the dairy is

number of butter customers and by so 211‘31‘121535 31:3“ H9agT—Ilrglofiitertg4tsh (1:23:55;
doing improve their opportunities to ton Farms. ’ ' ’
' than by disposing Cow 4 years old or over—First and 2nd,
AlRY INTERESTS AT THE STATE much better advantage . t _
D FAIR. of their dairy products in other ways. 1‘4- S. George, 3rd, H~ F. PrObert, 4th, H.

B. Wattles; 5th, Fisherto F s.
__ On the other hand, there are a large Cow 3 years old—Firstnangrgid, E. S.

, number of D8017“? who Would like to pat- George; 3rd, H. F. Probert; 4th and 5th,
The exhibition of cattle of the dairy ronize a dairyman if they but knew how H. B. “’attles. .

AAAAAAAAALAALAAAAA AAAAAA

CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.

breeds was not up to the standard of . h _ . Heifer 2 years old—First and 2nd E.
With him. Both have '
former exhibits under the auspices of the to get "3 {one , S. George; 3rd and 4th, H. B. Wattles;
. . F 1 Th mana ement needs which the other could satisfy; and 5th, H. F. Probert.
M‘dflga“ State ar. , e _g first in these days when general investigation Yearling Heifer—First and 2nd, E. S.
attributed this to two reasons: . is showing the middleman to be the George;~3rd, H; F. Probert; 4th, H. B.
the rule put in force by the directors _ . i h di t 'b t' f d . Wattles; 5th, Pisherton Farms.
' ' lied that every ~Michigan ex- gleedy party n t e S n u m“ 0 airy Senior Heifer Calf—First and 3rd, E.
“.hl,Ch prov ( .- h h’ imals as well as other products, this question s, George; 2nd, H. F. Probert; 4th, H. B.
hibltor “:31“; Vggn a. placetW1;d_fi‘Sn:1n prize of bringing the man who makes and the “images; iihif Filegeil'ttonFiFarms.d 3 d H
be 3W3? e per 09“ a 1 0 an or 6 er 9. —~ rst an r .
' ‘ . ' s closer to ether is of v
money to the amount listed, providing the man who consume g B. \Vattles; 2nd, E. S. George; 4th and
- b7 large import. 5th, Fisherton Farms.
animal or animals shown were bred 3 , _ , '
There ar good cuqtomers and poor Exhibltors I'Ierd~TFirSt, E. S. George.
the exhibitor. This arrangement was ‘3 ~ 1 , f1] , H. F. Probert; 3rd, H. B. Wattles,
severely criticized by outside exhibitors customers. It does 13‘1” at”: obey: 4th, Fisher-ton Farms. .
- ' ' mined,re- that families 0f “'93 ma ’e 19 es Breeder's Herd-First, H. F. Probert;
“hn' finding the directors deter class of eo le to seek the patronage of 2nd, H. B. VVattIes; 3rd. Fisherton Farms.
fused to send their herds to the show at D P 'd f 'li f d' Calf Herd—First, H. B. Probert; 2nd,
Tietroit. Another reason lay in the 10- “0“ ShOUId one avo‘ aml es 0 mo ' H. B. Wattles; 3rd, Fisherton Farms.
(lav proposition. which required that the "ate and 9V9“ meagre means. A satin- Four get of Sire—First, E. S. George;
' . - . factory customer is one who appreciates 2nd; H. F. Probert.
entries be held at the fair grounds fiorn your wares and because Of this apprecia- Two Produce of Cow—First, H. F. Pro-
Monday through to the followmg weel. with 0d 0 bert; 2nd, H. B. Wattles; 3rd, Fisherton
\‘Vednesday. To these conditions are at- tion settles for them " go gra 6. Farms.
tributed the small showing of dairy cat- We mention thlS. inasmuch as many at- Senior Champion Bull—Ribbon badge,
1: . f 'hich however was tempt to find customers among those H. F. Probert. . .
tle, the qualt} 0 W ‘ ’ h 1i i br wn-stone fronts and after Junior Champion Bull—Senior Chame
well 11D t0 the standard 0f former years, w 0 ve n O ‘ _ I . pion Female—Junior Champion Female-w
and merited the close examination Of being turned down give up in despair. Ribbon badge, E. S. George.
. ' . ., . w inconsistent as it may seem, many peo— Grand Champion Bull—Cup, H. F. Pro-
dalrv cattle fanciers. Awards are gnen l b ll t 1. . b stone bert
' . iv n rown- -
in another column of this issue. De ecome a): ’0 .6 1 _ 'h t the Grand Champion Female—Cup, E. S.
In the dairy tent were shown the ex- fronts because t e) scrlmp ”1 “ a .y George.
hibits of the manufacturers of dairy sup- eat and what they wear. whereas. on the Holstein-Frieslan.
plies: novelties in the line of sepal'atm'S. other hand. many famihes are “name to Stock Farm Hadley,
churns, buttermakers and other appart- Pllt on an outward appearance because Bull 2 years old—First, Cailam Stock
the as well as standard lines of goods they delight in satisfying the“ palates Farms, Saginaw.
k' - . - with the best that can be had. One Yearling Bulk—First, Fred Shubel, Lan—
Were here evposed to the inspection of . . )-
‘ ' should not therefore be too particular Sing: 2nd, Iierson StOCk Farm.
the public. The center of the tent.spa(‘e ‘ ' . ' h th' 0 _ Senior Bull Calf—First, Pierson Stock
was occupied by a large refrigerator. in 33“ ‘0 whom they approac on IS PI‘ D Farm.
which butter cheese and other dairy (’Siti‘m- Junior Bull_Calf——First, Callam Si00k
' ,. r . 11 difi‘i 1 t the Farm; 2nd, Pierson Stock Farm.
products were displayed. The educa- it is not usua y on t o secure Cow 4 years older over—First, Pierson
tional and demonstration work was on-a first customer. Just how this is to be Stock Farm; 2nd, Callam Stock Farm.
more extended and systematic basis this done is largely dependent upon the par— Cow 3 years old——SFirst,FCallam Stock
, . . , ' w .‘ .t(n s nder which the Farm; nd, Pierson tock arm.
wear. and while the plesent show did not tlLill'li (litums '1 ce U Heifer 2 years old-First, Pierson Stock
include the full development of the de— dairyinali is operating. If he has friends Farm; 2nd, Callam Stock Farm.
partment’s plans, yet considerable inter- living in cities that are available to him Yearling Heifer_FiI-st and 2nd, Pierson
est was attached to this phase of the as a market, he can likely get a start gtock Farm; 3rd and 4th, Caliam Stock
. . . , . - -. - arm. .
dairy busmess. A barn 34x80 ft.' has through thun, if he is a short distance Senior Heifer Calf—First and 2nd. Pier-
been constructed after plans furnished from such a city personal soliCltation son Stock Farm; 3rd and 4th, Callam
by the I‘nited States Department of Ag- would undoubtedly result in a satisfactory Stock‘Farm:
riculture. Two silos are built in con- beginning. Letters to prospective cus- Junior Heifer Calf—First and 2nd, Cal-
. . a -' .. ., lam Stock Farm, 3rd, Pierson Stock
' nctibntwlth this barn. The floor is tomers may land some and advertis- Farm.
inadeflot‘ cement with gutters. Stalls of ing in local papers would likely produce Exhibitor's Herd—First, Pierson Stock
different types have been erected, litter results. If one is disposing of milk, or Figlnzd2nd, (glladm 1§1toctk garm. St k
- - . . - a ree ers er —< rs lerson oc
carriers, feed. carriers, watei dcv1ce..., eggs, or other produce he often can make Farm; 2nd, Callam Stoc’k Farm.
milking machins. and other equipments a beginning by suggesting to these cus- Calf Herd—First, Callam Stock Farm;
found in the up—to—date barn are in- tomers that he intends handling butter. 2nd, Pierson Stock Farm.
stalled. Cows were also kept in the barn The increasing of the number of NW 173:?an 2s]? gtexilgfi—Sfércsgfi‘glagam Stock

which enabled milking machine denion- tomers and holding them, are, of course, Two produce of Cow—-First, Peirson
stl'atioris ‘0 be carried ‘m- The milk the important and most difficult part. if StorkFarm; 2nd. Callam Stock Farm.
thus secured was taken to the dairy one fails in this he should look to some .Senlor ‘Champion Bull—Ribbon badge,
building and there lll'lnufactured into - - ilk 1 t Plem‘m “00k Farm.
" . .' . other means or selling his m 0" 3“ ‘ Junior Champion Bull—Ribbon badge,

butter. The I”"“'“""'°5 "t mllkmg’ sepa- ter, for he cannot afford to be constantly Fred F), Shubel.
rating, churning tillil working the butter hunting up new patrons. The matter, P'Seninr Chan”) Female—.Ribbon badge,

. ' .wt., It “ntxm latcd . . . . , lcrson Stock Farm.
were all m “1‘ ‘1‘“ 3‘ L“ L. p . . however, is Simple of solution, for attei Junior Champ. Female~Ribbon badge,
by the lllzlllzlgenll-nt to extend this Violk he has once gotten a customer, the qual- Pierson Stock Farm.
SO (hilt iliwiiit‘l' year the 51105 will be ity of the product sold to that customer Grand Champion Bull—Cup, Fred E.

llllcd Wllll corn harvested on the grounds should advertise it among others. A Shilbel. . '
and brought to the silo and made into product of good quality made the same Stgg:n%a(;::mmon Female—Cup. Pierson

silage. Manure will be handled by each time, so that the man who buys Ayreshire.
Spreaders and every practice of an up- it knows precisely the kind of goods he Bull 3 years old or over—First. Wallace
lo-date dail‘ylnan will be given in a man- "11 at the next delivery is sure McDonald, Mesa, Arizona; 2nd, VV- P-
. . . v” secure . . ' , Schenck. .-\V(m, N. Y.; 3rd, Adam Seitz,
iler Similar to that practiced upon an to win. In conversation w1th his neigh- \S’aukesha, “W52; 4th, W. P. Schenck.
actual fdl‘m- bors, he will tell them of the satisfaction Yearling Bulls—First, Wallace McDon-
The State Dairy and Food Department lie is.getting; they will then desire to be aldzefiing. Ilidzllm fifil’mlg‘r‘rds‘twhga Schseélittitlt:
had its display in the dairy tent. Here supplied from the same source. By this 2nd. {N'allaz‘le MgDonalld: ' 3rd mV‘V. p
were. charts illustrating the values of the means customer after customer will be Schenck. '
Junior Bull Calf—First and 2nd. “'8‘-

i'l' [lie liberal use of dairy products. A reached. Then comes the period “'hel-e lIficquEgISSSald; ‘3I‘d, I‘dam Seltz; 4th» \‘r.

unique way Of impressing the mind or many men are tempted “1 a direction Cow 4 years old or over—First and 4th.
”‘1‘ consumer, as well as the producer, which often means their downfall. So \V. P. Schenck; 2nd and 5th, \Vallacc
with the Work connected with the pro~ long as they sell their own butter they McDonald: 3rd, Adam Seltz.
auction and distribution of milk was . ‘t . f it uality but Should the COW 3 Years old—First and 3rd. Adam
' ‘ i .. . . ,, T . are cel am 0 S q ‘ Seltz; 2nd and 4th, \V. P. Schenck; 5th.
brought out by the pipe line which 11- attractive figures secured from these pa- “3111309 McDonald.
lustrated the barn in which the product trons encourage buying from neighbors ‘ Heifer 2 years old—Eirst and 5th, Adam
was made, its travels to therdairy house, for the purpose of reselling to the Cii)’ ixgziltfiflihgfcaggngll‘? i\. P. Schenck; 4th,
Wm there to the milk station: thfean‘ folks, then trouble is likely to begin for Yearling Heifergpirst' Wallace MW
"V9l' the railroad to the 01W where ‘t ‘3 the neighbors are not apt to be so par- T‘oliald; 2nd and 3rdL Adam Seitz; 4th
transferred by the city delivery man to ticular in the manufacture of their but- an: "Sith,¥Tri'_.f PCScl'lficriclct d 2 'd “' l
‘ . ' ‘ . . . ..e lor (‘1 er 4a ——<lrs an n. a -
”‘9 12““ my dismbumrs’ and mm tins ter Since they know the” the man Who lace McDonald: 3rd and 4th. Adam Seltz;
center it goes out upon the wagons which delivers it is the one who will receive 51h, iv, P. Shhenck.
carry it to the consumer's home. This the “kicks" should any be made. It is Junior _ Heifer Calf—First and 3rd,
department was also equipped With ap— therefore. wiser for the ordinary man to ftiarqif1£iigtii~o2§10ggga§§h “7- R 50119an?
1'1”“th for detcrmining the quality 0‘ confine his operations to the extent of Exhibitor-ls Herd—First, Wallace Mc—
i‘ood stuffs and some work of this nature his own supply, and have patrons on the McDonald; 2nd, \V. p Schenck; 3rd,
was performed upon the grounds. While waiting “qt rather than to try to supply Adam Seltz.
. . . . k . .. Breeder’s Herd——First. Vi’allace McDon-
the work of the daii} department was every person who Wishes to try the new aid; 2d, Adam Seitz; 3rd, v“ P. Schenck.
more or less hampered through the fail- butter man." The proposition. therefore. Calf Herd—Eirst. Adam Seitz: 2nd.
ore to secure its building, it must be resolves itself into one of making a good “$11306 ¥C?Osiiialrl;pfird. W. P. Schenck.
st. 1 , . . - . h . . . -- _ our ge 0 re— lrst. \V. P. Schenck;
(“9‘ u”? u“ exhibit, especially t e product and delivering it in a way pleas 2nd, iVallace McDonald; 3rd Adam
demonstration work, was of Wide interest ing to the buyer. If this is done well, Seitz. .
and had an educational value that im- then the man who attempts disposing of Two produce of Cow—~First. W, P.
pressed patrons interested in the dairy his butter is quite certain to succeed. fiffignckffl 2nd, Adam Seltz; 3rd, Wallace
. ‘ . . .- - ona .
busmess as being equal to and supellor ___ ______ Senior Champion Bull—Ribbon badge,
to former “‘WZ‘YS- The management DAIRY CATTLE AWARDS AT STATE Wallace McDonald. '

 

 

should be congratulated on its accomp- FAIR. Junior Champion Bull—Ribbon badge,
lishments for the dairy industry of Mich- _._.__. Adqigiofeiét F l
igan and it is hoped that the contemplat— Jer.eys_ ' “7‘; p. Scheggt?‘ ema e——Ribbon badge,

ed Plans but begun this year will be Bull 3 years old or over—First and 4th, 'Junior Champ. Female—Ribbon badge,
speedily completed for the encourage- H. F. Probert. Jackson: 2nd.tt¥)dwtln S. “(gilactii ligchhonaild. B u C

' f ' George. Detroit; 3rd, H. B. “’a es, roy. Iran amp on u — up, Wallace
ment and building up 0 this. one of the Bull 2 years old—First and 3rd. E. S. McDonald. .
most important interests of our great George: 2nd. H. B. Wattles: 4th and 5th. Grand Champion Female—Cup, W. P.
commonwealth. Fisherton Farms, Pontiac: Schenck.

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SEPT. 30.1911.
\ BUSINESS DAIRYING.

Speaking generally, the final test of
what constitutes a profitable dairy is the
amount of milk and butter-fat produced
from the feed grown upon a single acre
of ground. In reducing results to this
test, one not only determines the efl‘i-
ciency of his cows, but also the kind
and quality of crops that must be. grown
in order to secure a maximum of digest-
ible nutrients for the animals. The Illi-
nois Experiment Station has conducted
work along this line, the results of which
point out forcibly to the dairyman the
importance of following a proper system
in his dairy farming. Four different sys-
tems are used in the comparison. The
first system promised 991 pounds, the
second 1,475 pounds, the third 2,025
pounds, and the fourth 3,150 pounds of
milk per acre. The first system returns
$15.20 worth of milk per acre, the second
$22.60, the third $31.05, and the fourth
$48.30. And again, the first system gives
the annual return of $2,632 from a 160
acre farm, the second $3,890, the third
$5,312, and the fourth $8,263. Reviewing
the system again we find that the farmer
using the first system suffers an annual
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the second adds 1,100 pounds, the third
2,280 pounds, and the fourth 5,830 pounds
0 tfihsoil- of their respective farms.

' By: the first system there are. grown 38
acres of corn, 38 acres of cats, 19 acres
of timothy, 57 acres of pasture, while
eight acres are occupied by roads, yards,
buildings, etc. By the second system, 57
acres of corn are grown, 19 acres of
oats, 19 acres of clover, 19 acres of clo-
ver and timothy, 38 acres of pasture,
with eight acres of roads, yards, build-
ings, etc. By system No. 3, 57 acres
of corn are grown, of which 19 acres are
sown t0 rye the last cultivation, 19 acres
of oats, 19 acres of clover, 38 acres of
pasture, 19 acres of alfalfa, with eight
acres occupied by roads, yards, buildings,
etc. By system No. 4, 95 acres are de-
voted to corn, of which 57 acres were
sown to rye the'last cultivation, 57 acres
devoted to alfalfa, and eight acres to
roads, yards, buildings, etc. Thus, by
each system the same amount of land

THE MICHIGAN

may mean a splendid success for him or
an unfortunate failure. No one should
be so blind to his own interest as to
think that his condition will not admit
of a change in crop rotations to effect a
larger total of digestible nutrients for his
animals. While it is usually true that
the practices followed in any community
are the product of long experience and
much thought, yet of recent years this
rule has been interrupted so many times
by men who follow out scientific teach-
ings, that farmers should not rest satis-
fied with present practices until they
have clearly demonstrated to themselves
that proposed systems are not improve-
ments over those they are now following.
We shall hope to give more of these ex-
periments in later issues. W.

 

 

FEEDING DAIRY COWS.

The cow that produces the most ought
to receive the most feed. No one can
find an argument that will stand the
test against this fact. It is unbusiness-
like and unscientific to feed all dairy
cows the same grain ration. To trust
entirely to one’s judgment as to the
amount that each cow should be fed puts
a great deal of responsibility upon the
feeder. Where a farmer has a few cows
and feeds them himself, .if he has good
judgment as to feeding, he probably can
get the best results out of this manner
of feeding, but where one has a com-
mercial herd of cows, and has to depend
almost entirely upon hired help to feed
them, some rule should be established in
feeding so that the cows will not be over-
fcd or underfed, and will at the same
time give the cow that produces the most
milk, the most grain. I am not very
much of a stickler on the amount of
roughage. This can be left entirely to
the feeder and to the cow. Fecd the cow
all the corn silage she will eat up clean
twice a day, and don’t waste it. feed the
cow all the clover hay she will eat up
twice a day, and the sumo way with all
the rest of the roughage ration that.is
fed. This is a simple matter. There is
not very much danger from overfeeding
as it is practically impossible to over-
feed a cow on roughage. She won’t eat
enough to hurt her. But it is easy to
overfeed a cow on grain, especially some
cows on some kinds of grain, because it
is a well known fact that cows some-
times develop a wonderful appetite for a
particular kind of grain and they will eat
almost all that you care to give them.
They will eat more than they ought to
eat, more than is good for them to eat,
and if a feeder would keep feeding a cow
and increasing the grain ration to find
out how much he could feed her he would
soon have her out of condition, and pos-
sibly sick. It requires nice judgment to
feed a cow in this way and it requires
a very painstaking man, one who ob-
serves every conditionl about the cow,
and with a commercial herd where one
depends almost entirely upon hired help,
it is not practical. I have been studying
this question a great deal the last few
years. Someone has advised a. rule to
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Fall and

Winter
Dairying
Profitable

The wasteful losses of any “gravity” setting system or poor
cream separator are always greatest. when the milk is often cool or
the cows are old in lactation, and under tlicsc conditions, With butter
prices highest, the use of the best cream scparator becomes even
more important than at any other season, so that 21

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Will Save its Cost by Spring

With any setting system you are wasting at. least. a quarter of
your product at this season, with cream and butter values . lughest,
while the superiority of the De Laval to other Stlpttl‘attmh‘ds always
greatest under the 'diciiiult conditions/0f separation, particulary 1n
the skimming of cool milk. 3 _

Why delay your purchase of a De Laval until another Sprlng.
Put it in now and let it save its own cost. meanwhile. And as to
that you may either buy for cash or on such liberal terms that the
machine will actually pay for itself. _ .

You may prove all this by test to your ownsatisfuciion. See the
local De Laval agent or communicate directly With the Company.

THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO.

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GALLOWAY +

IS DETERMINED T0

i PLACE 10 ENGINES IN EVERY
TOWNSHIP IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS

ET me tell you what this means. It means that‘ the first ten men
from your township, who answer this announcement, will get a

proposition, in the engine they need. as good as a gift from $25.00 to
$300.00 according to the size wanted.
If you want a small engine—for pumping, etc—this proposition
will be like a gift of $25.00 to $40.00 in cash. If you need a larger
size—as much as 28 h. p.—my proposition is as good as $300.00
cash in your pocket. ’
._ Why donate from $25.00 to $300.00 extra when you buy your
engine direct? Why hand out this money to dealers and jobbers when my proposition
will enable you. if you’re one of the first ten in your township to write. to pocket the
entire amount yourself. My advice is—be one of the first ten. ,

It doesn't matter what you need the power for—

Pumping—Irrigation—Silo Filling

threshing or general farm work. There is a Galloway to fit and it will do the work as
well or better than any other, or back comes the engine and back goes your money. You
know what that means. Such an offer would be absurd if there was a single engine on‘

   
 
 
    

is sed. B s stem No. 1 the owner is . . . . . . .
u y y number of pounds of milk they give in the market at any price that could beat mine in work, convenience, SimpliCity. economy
. enabled to keep 38 cows upon 160 acres, _ d b'l' d l‘
3 b s stem \‘0 2 he kee )s 51 cows b a. day. The rule would be to give a or ura “ty an qua lty'
y ...y i ' l ' ’ y pound Of grain for every three or four I’m making this offer—this sacrifice of profit to insure ten satisfied cus-

3 he keeps 65 cows, and by tomera in every neighborhood within the next six months. Those ten will

system No.
send me scores more from everywhere. When those engines get placed, this

pounds of milk which the cow gives, but

Great

5 stem \70. 4 100 cows. _ , , , , . . .
yT l d 1 this'is not selentific because milk differs country will know the truth fabout (Jallfowayil engniles afid (lwalloway value. i
he comparisons ma. e aiove are merc- - - - Then the people can turn adca ear, once or a , on t‘le ri icu ous arguments _
1y theoretical the results calculated SO m quality. .One COW gives five per cooked up by those who sell on the old many-profits system, and compel 3 streams
!_ ’ ‘ cent butter-fat In her milk and the other the buyer to donate from 325.00 to $300.00 to them. Remember—my factory ;

   
 
  

were upon the basis of production of av-
erage cows and average crops. The dif-
ferent systems, however, were tried on
real dairy farms, and the results showed

capacity is doubled now—there are new low prices all down the line, on highest
possible quality. No manufacturer in the world can make a higher quality
engine at any price. Don’t let them fool you by quality talk as excuses for high
prices. If I sold the same way they do I’d have to get the same high prices.

Write me quick for Free Bookuand get ‘my “first 10 men”
offer. Don’t delay a day. “Get on the First 10 list." Address

cow gives three per cent. The cow that
gives three per cent undoubtedly gives
the most milk, she ought to anyway, and
she does. Now then, milk that is rich

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men;

that the conclusions reached in the the-
oretical perspective were substantially
the same as on the dairy farms. It was
calculated that in following system No.
1, 991 pounds of milk would be produced
per acre, whereas, on the farm follow-
ing that system 994 pounds were actually
produced. It was necessary, however, to
purchase $400 worth of feed. System No.
2 promised 1,475 pounds of milk per
acre and the farm following that system
produced 1,341 pounds of milk per acre,
it being necessary to secure $500 worth
of feed from outside sources. System
No. 3 promised 2,025 pounds of milk per
acre, whereas, on the farm following this
system 2,145 pounds of milk were pro-
duced, and the outside food purchased
amounted ‘to $1,100 worth. System No. 4
’promised 3,150 pounds of milk per acre
and the farm using this system actually
gaVe 4,185 pounds, with no feed pur-
chased from Outside sources.

A careful study of these figures unfolds
to the dairyman an opportunity for men-
tal activity. ,VVith the wide range of dif-
fe-rence between the results from the
farm following system No. 1 and that
following system No. 4, he cannot help
but realize that his system of cropping

in butter-fat is also rich in other solids,
casein and milk sugar, therefore, if you
feed these cows in proportion to the
amount of milk which they give the cow
that is giving the rich milk doesn’t get
grain in proportion to the cow that gives
the'poorer milk, and I believe that the
\Visconsin Experiment 'Station rule to
feed a cow in proportion to the butter-
fat which she produces is correct in prin-
ciple, and I don’t think you can get a
better rule than to feed a cow as many
pounds a day of grain as she produces
pounds of butter-fat in a week.

CATALOG NOTICES.

“Reliable Power from Kerosene” is
the title of a handsomely illustrated, 32-
page catalog issued by the Columbia
Engine (30., of Detroit, Mich, fully de-
scribing and illustrating their kerosene
engines for farm work and explaining
their points of superiority.

"The Sport Alluring” is the, title of a
handsomely printed, 36-page booklet pub-
lished by the E. I. Du Pont De Nemours
Powder 00.. of Wilmington, Del. This
is a very interesting book on trap Shoot—
ing and contains much valuable and in-
teresting information with regard to
this sport. as well as hints to beginners
who would learn to excel as trap shoot-
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DETROIT. SEPT. 30. I9".

 

CURRENT COMMENT.

 

T h a t Providence

Canada Defeats the guides the destiny
Reciprocity Pact. of nations seems
to haVe been again

evidenced in the utter defeat of the Can-
adian reciprocity pact by the electors of

Canada in the general elections of last
week, when l't‘t'llil'tn'll)‘ was the sole issue
involved. Tin-rte would appear to be no

other good explanation for the fact that
the people or (‘anada so decisively re-
jected a trade zigrcenient with the United
States which was so manifestly in their
own favor. i'ntiuestionably the arousing
of the sentiment of patriotism by sound-
ing a warning regarding the possible
danger of future annexation had a great
influence in the resulting vote, and it
seems probable that this was the factor
which contributed most largely to the
result. l'erhaps, also, the Canadian peo-
ple were suspicious that it might be a.
“gold brick," on the principle that it
"was too good to be true.”

Be that as it may, the people of Can-
ada accomplished for the farmers of the
l'nited States what they were unable to
accomplish for themselves in the defeat
of this measure. That the pact in op-
eration would have been detrimental to
the interests of the farmers of this coun—
try, and that its baneful influence had
been largely anticipated in our home
markets is amply proven by the immedi—
ate response of those markets upon the
rcccipt of the news as to the outcome of
thi- Canadian elections. The Wheat mar-
ket made an immediate gain of four
cents per bushel in the local market and
in Chicago. while the maximum effect
was felt at Duluth where the market ad—
vanced eight cents per bushel and at
Minneapolis ‘an advance of six cents per
bushel occurred upon the receipt of the
news. Oats also made an advance and
other agricultural commodities felt the
effect“ of the general upward trend of
prices.

It is quite probable that when the mar-
kets are re-adjusted to the new point of
view, further advances will occur, not
alone in the staples mentioned but in
other products of our farms. This result
is ample proof of the correctness of the
position taken by the farmers of Mich-
igan and other border states upon this
proposition. which attitude was voiced
by the Michigan Farmer in no uncertain
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THE MicHioAN ,PARMER:

reciprocity. which was waged for so many
menths during the present year. The
failure of the reciprocity pact in Canada.
is a matter for sincere congratulation to
every reader of the Michigan Farmer.
The matter may now_ be considered as
finally disposed' of for many years to
come, since the decisive vote in Canada
will make further negotiations impossible
so long as the successful party at the
recent elections remains in power.

The Michigan State
Fair for 1911 has passed
into history and, all
things considered, may properly be said
to have been the best agricultural show
yet held in Michigan. The fair grounds
are in better shape than ever before and
the buildings and improvements which
have been added each year have given
more room for the placing of exhibits
and have rcsulted in a better distribution
of the} crowds attending the fair, so that
the visitor who has only a. limited time
to spend could this year see the exhibits
to better advantage than ever before.

The success of the fair was seriously
threatened at the outset by the strike of
the street railway men which tied up the
city‘s car service on Wednesday, which
would otherwise have been the big day
of the week as the weather was pcrfect.
The rain on the following day also kept
many from the fair who would otherwise
have gone and the news of the settlement
of the street‘car strike did not reach
country people in season for them to have
attended in any event. ‘Undoubtedly this
misfortune kept a. great many farmers
from the fair who would otherwise have
come, but notwithstanding showers on
one or two succeeding days, the attendance
for the balance of the nine days of the
fair was very satisfactory and the expo-
sition has undoubtedly been successful
from a financial standpoint, notwithstand~
ing lllt‘ severe handicap with which it
was early confronted.

The lit-W dairy demonstration barn and
the dairy building, which for this season
was covered by a large tent, provided
room for exhibits which had heretofore
been crowded and proved an interesting
feature of the fair as has been noted in
another department. The live stock ex-
hibit was fairly good, some of the depart-
ments being especially strong; a few
weak spots making the above qualification
necessary. The other departments of the
fair were all very good. the agricultural
and horticultural exhibits being strong,
while the machinery exhibit was more
extensive than at any previous fair. The
automobile building was well filled with
exhibits in this line, and in fact every
department of the show was fairly repre-
scntative of the best products of all parts
of the great State of Michigan, both ag—
ricultural and industrial, with much of
the best which the entire country affords
on exhibition. \

The entertainment features were good.
Choice music being rendered from the

The State Fair.
I

band stand throughout the day, with
races of the usual Blue Ribbon quality
for those who enjoy this sport. The

evening entertainments were very at-
tractive, the horse show which was given
each night being most attractive, and
was watched with greater interest on ac-
count of its being a. part of the judging
program. The fireworks display with
which each evening’s entertainment was
closed, was featured on a. magnificent
scale and held the crowds until the close
of the program.

From an educational standpoint this
fair may well be considered the greatest
yet held in Michigan. Moreover, it was
the cleanest and best conducted. The
saloon feature which was objectionable
to many patrons of the fair in former
years was conspicuous by its absence and
a more rigid censorship of the midway
features was exercised by the officials
than has been the case in other years.
The management of the fair is to be con-
gratulated upon the features above enu-
merated, and we believe that their efforts
will be appreciated by an increasing pat-
ronage of the farmers of the state in
future years.

There is a time

The Timeto Work for and a place for
a Parcels Post. everything. There

is a psychological

moment when more effective work can
be done towards directing the public pol-
icy of a country along any desirable line
than at any other period. It would seem
that that time had come so far as effec-
tive work for.the establishment of an
adequate parcels post by congress is con-
cerned. The administration is practically
committed to the establishment of at
least a limited parcels post, and the bear-
ings before the sub-committee of congress
last summer have weakened the opposi-

tion to the emblighment of a parcels
post not a. little; ,

However, ell that is to be desired in
this respect can hardly be attained with-
out some interest on the part of the pub-
lic. A writer in one of the leading maga-
zines recently referred to an interview
with a. congressman in which. he was
asked the pertinent question, why we
cannot get a. parcels post. Two piles of
letters were exhibited as an answer, one
high and formidable, the other insignifi-
cant. The big pile of letters came from'
the people who did not want a parcels
post. Naturally the congressman felt
that the majority of his constituency
were indifferent in the matter.

If a. majority of our congressmen should
continue to feel in the same way, parcels
post legislation would not be pushed in
the next regular session of the present
congress. If, however, they had visible
evidence that there was a great general
interest in this proposition the results
Would be different. We believe it is time
for a general-awakening on the part of
our people if they would secure the
speedy enactment of an adequate parcels
post law, and that, perhaps for the first
time, the matter is largely in their own
hands. Every interested reader should
write his congressman and urge him to
support a. liberal parcels post measure at
the coming regular session of congress.
The general adoption of this plan would
mean much in the final outcome of this
important matter.

A disoussion of

The Government and the the marketing
Marketing Problem. problem as it
‘ affects farmers

would be incomplete unless the proper
relations of the government in this con-
nection were considered. It would ap-
pear from a careful study oflthe situa-
tion, that there is a large field of bene—
ficial work along this line which might
readily be undertaken by the agricul-
iural department of our national govern~
merit. Unquestionably the work of the
Department of Agriculture has been very
beneficial to the farmers of this country.
and fortunately there is a disposition on
the part of the leaders of both our great
politici parties to favor liberal appropria-
tion for the extens on, as well as the con-
tinuance of the work of that department.

So far the work of the Department of -

Agriculture has been directed almost
wholly along the line of the development
of new crops and research Work for the
improvement of the crop yields and the
control of diseases and insect pests af—
fecting cur staple crops, to the end that
production might be increased at a les-
sened cost. This is a. very important
work indeed, and no new line of work
should be taken up by the Department at
the expense of its continuation. How—
ever, it appears that an exhaustive in-
vestigation of the marketing problem
would help to solve not only the question
of adequate compensation for the farmer
but the impending question of the high
cost of living which is confronting con-
sumers in the centers Of population in
our country. .

The limited investigation which has
been conducted by the Department of
Agriculture along this line, has shown
that by far the larger part of the con-
sumer’s dollar is absorbed in the chan—
nels of distribution, through which 'the
foodstuffs to feed our millions pass be-
tween the farm and the ultimate con-
sumer. In his State Fair speech, Presi-
dent Taft referred to the increased prices
which have been received for farm pro-
ducts during recent years, and in addi-
tion to sounding a warning that better
methods of agriculture are necessary to
meet the increased demands of our peo-
ple for foodstuffs in future years, be well
said that the way to make agriculture
more profitable is to get better prices [for
the products of the farm. The people of
Canada have helped our farmers in this
respect somewhat by the rejection of the
reciprocity pact in their recent election.
But in order that our farmers may con-
tinue to get better prices, which in itself
will stimulate production to an extent
which will insure a. home supply in food-
stuffs for all our people for many genera-
tions to come, without placing an in-
creasing burden upon the ultimate con—
sumer of their products, it is essential
that the marketing problem be solved in
a more satisfactory manner.

The commen’ts’which have been pub-
lished in ’thesepages referring to the sat—
isfactory results which have . been se-
cured by the co-operatlon of producers
in other countries, and to a. limited extent
in our own country in the marketing of
farm products, indicate that co-operative
marketing is the desirable solution of this
problem. The werk which has been done

SEPT. so, 1911.

by the International Institute of Agricul—
ture, with headquarters at Rome, in 0018
lecting statistics relating to the co-op-
erative marketing of farm products in
many countries, bears out this theory.
Unquestionably, however, if our own De-
partment of Agriculture would take up
this problem and by systematically trac-

ing the various products of our- farms ~

from their points of production until they
reach the ultimate consumer, and then
enlisted the aid of experts in working out
a system for the co-operative organiza-
tion of our farmers to secure more eco-
nomic results in the distribution of food
products, very valuable results would ac;
crue. not only to the farmers but as well
to the consumers of the country. Also,
we believe that the great. transportation
companies would gladly lend their aid to
such a scheme because it would mean an
increase ‘in production proportionate to
the better financial results which would
be secured by the farmers, and a. grwxer
consumption of staple foodstuffs would
result through a. corresponding cheaper:-
ing of all products to the ultimate con-
sumer. Unquestionably there is room for
just such results in the saving which
could be made at both ends of the line in
the distribition of foodstuffs, which proc-
ess now consumes nearly 60 per cent of
the final purchase price.

This does not mean, however, that our,

farmers should abandon individual effort
toward the betterment of their own con—
dition through a. proper solution of the
marketing problem, but rather that the
organiaticns which have been and will be
effected for the co—operative marketing of
farm products should bring this matter
to the attention of their senators and
representatives in congress, both in a.
collective way through the organizations
and in an individual way by personal let-
ters from their members. This is a mat-
ter which should not be neglected at the
present time, because conditions are now
ripe for this kind of work and there is a.
sentiment which is not in any way con-
trolled by partisan politics for the broad—
ening of governmental work in the behalf
of the agriculture of the country. which
will be the more readily undertaken in
this case because of the benefits which
will accrue to all our people therefrom.

 

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.
National.

A general strike of all the members of
the Illinois Central federation of em-
ployes has been declared at Memphis,
Tenn.

Rush work is being requested on the
dreadnaught battleships Utah and Flori—
da, which are now under process of con—
struction in the New York naval yards.
The government demands that the vessels
be in fighting condition within one month.

Sharp declines. in the United States
steel stocks has caused a panic among
holders of those lines of securities, the
slump amounting to from 20 to 40 points.
This resulted in an enormous trade in
steel stocks. Amalgamated Copper, Am-
erican Smelting and stocks of several
trans-continental railroads have also made
very wide declines in the stock markets.

Three persons were killed by a. fast
lrand Trunk passenger train striking an
automobile four miles west of Owosso,
Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Almeri-
dinger, of Flint, and Miss Boughman, of
Lansing, were the victims.

In 89 cities of the United States and
Canada, the “Men and Religion Forward
Movement” was inaugurated Sunday
This . movement is inter-denominational
and IS arousing unusual attention, both
from the churches and the public in
general.

Frank Miller, at Cleveland aviator, was
burned to death at the fair grounds at
Piqua, Ohio. His gasoline tank exploded
while in midair, enveloping him with
flames which resulted in the machine
dashing to the ground and his death.

A Northwest passenger train struck a
party of persons riding in a hayrack, at
Menasha, Wis, early Sunday morning.
killing 13 and fatally injuring three oth-
crs. The driver’s view was obstructed
by a billboard, which prevented his see-
ing the onrushing train. During the past
eight years a score of people have been
killed at the same crossing for like cause.

The second annual milk exhibition is
being held at the Y. M. C. A. building,
Detroit, this week. The purpose of this
exhibition is to bring the producer .and
consumer of milk together. Lectures
pertaining to the handling and care of
milk are being given by national experts.

A question has arisen as to whether the
concession made to Canada by the
enactment of a law last July permitting
wood pulp from logs out on private land
and print paper manufactured from such
wood puly, to be admitted into this coun-
try free of duty, will apply to other
countries as well as Canada. The re—
jection of the reciprocity treaty by the
Canadian voters has brought the ques—
tion before the ofilcials at Washington.

A grand jury sitting at Baltimore has
returned indictments againstslx political
bosses of that city, and it appears that
but a. beginning is being made in the
indictment of men for the wholesale abuse
of public trusts.

Governor Woodrow Wilson, -of New
Jersey, refused to allow the Jeffries-
Johnson fight pictures. to be shown at
the New Jersey State Fair.

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7 ‘ Foreign.

. old Winter’s Moisture for .
Summer’s Drought!

\ “ officers and men. Other ships near by
‘ . were badly damaged by the terrific ex-
plosion. A fire started about 4 o'clock
a. m., and the crew immediately began
righting the flames which, despite heroic
etiorts spread rapidly through the ship
toward the magazines. The position of “ E talk and complain all the time about dry years. as if they were not always with
the fire made it impossible to flood the us. It is the wet year that is the exception, not the dry year. and if a man plows six or
containers 01 ”1'9 . CXDIOSWGS, and at 5 "-35 seven inchesonly and produces ten or twelve bushels in these dry years, then what’s the
the first explosmn occurred which was use of farming? Every year the land is plowed ten or twelve inches you carry over more and
fUHUWGd at short intervals by three 0th" more moisture. and your subsoil eventually becomes in such a permanently moist condition that
you can raise a 30-bushel crop in the dryest year that ever struck the West."——E. R. PARSONS.
Mr. Parsons, the eminent Dry Farming Authority, advocates the Spalding Deep TillingMa-
chine. which tl'lls andpulvcrizes lo a depth of 12 to 16 inc/Ia: and more. He gives instances where use
of the Spalding has more than doubled the corn yield and increased the wheat crop 50 per cent.
It the Spalding Deep Tilling Machine will do this for other farmers—and you have Mr. Parsons‘
word for it—don't you think it would pay BIG on your farm?

 

ers and in 19 minutes nothing was visible
of the great vessel but her top works.
This is the greatest disaster .that has.
ever fallen to the French navy and is
hardly with precedence in the annals of
the world’s great fighting ships.

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African possessxons, especially Tripoli. We don‘t ask you to take our statement about the Spalding. We offer you the signed reportr of
rw‘b - liallan shlps have ,been SEIZed by the men whoare usz‘ngt/zespaldz‘ng Deep Tz'llz'ng Alarhz'ne~the bestknown and mosttrustworthyfarmers
up '— urhs and the latter 5 forces are dl‘lVIIlg in the United States. These reports are in the Spalding’ booklets. which we will send you free on
the Italians from the African country. request. Read for yourself. Write direct to the users of the Spaldlng Deep Tilling Machine it you
A proposal has been submitted to the wish. The
_ porte at Constantinople requesting an
arrangement whereby Italy will secure a .
lease of Tripoli under the sovereignty of - a In
Turkey, paying therefore an annual rent-
al. Should this proposal be rejected, it
ll l1_)robabbltelth}zlit war will follow. Four De i in a i e
a mm a. tee ips are already anchored ep “ C n
at Syracuse to threaten Thurkey, while
agrllpolgzlgehiajtre ballmé’ to attack the makes a pulverized seed bed 12 to 16 inches deep and more, and thus; puts the soil in condition to
Owing to the. apparent trouble between conserve t/zeprz'reless moz'stureazai'nst the longest drought.
Turkey and Italy, the former government _ ,. .. ». N All crops suffer from drought at one time or another during the year. In some districts more
has recalled the troops directed‘to Tripoli , , than enough rain falls each year to make a crop, but it often happens that excessive rains are
and will use them to protect the Dar- paldlnd Deep Tilllnd Machine followed by dry weather. It the seed bed has been prepared with a Spalding Dcep Tllling Machine
denelles. :23“ 18 Instr: «criteria thoroughly ’"Irfl‘l?m° loll—Iln- to a depth of 12 to 16 inches, it will absorb three times as much m‘oisture as a shallow-tilled field.
1 he 1‘85““; 0f the elections held In. Cem- .. "Iffl'b'EdINKW “$323“ mpflfim .5331“: The moisture will soak to the bottom of the deep seed bed below the point of evaporation and
ada last week were a great surprise 10 furrow slice. Sand for freoeaulog. be held there as a reserve against time of need,
both that country and the United States . .
£1;sz it’lllteeregggtwfi‘giedSgtxcétrgfignylif; Usni; . Briné Up That Rich Farm Beneath Your Farm! But Get the Free Literature on Deep Tillaée
Wilfred Laurier was decisively defeated The Spaldlng Deep Tiling Machine also does what no plow or combi- We have booklets and pamphlets 00"“in every 5°“.°°n.dm°“ in
by the forces under R. L. Borden, leader nation of plowing and subsoiling can do. It thoroughly pulverizes'the the country. They show what deep t‘nage wffih the Spalding ‘5 doing.
of the conservatives. The government soil 12 to 16 inches and more—mixes the bottom soil with the top. and . D.G.Irby._ot Gayoso Farm,Tenn.. says: The Spalding DeepTill-
returned 84 members to Parliament, while makes a perfect seed bed. ‘ . mg Machine W111 pay for itself 911 30 acres
the opposition returned. 133, giving the . . . “ ofland onanyman’s farmthehrstyear. i:
. conservatives a majority of 49_ The The S'palding Deep Tilling Machine brings up the rich virgin farm in Convince yourself, Send for booklets . ‘. .5" ‘ _
Nationals elected ’two members. This the subsotl—thatbrand—newfarm beneath yourland with allits possibilities and pamphlets today. Your name on a Rm i 3’ {w‘
5 glves the conservatives full control of for bigger CTODS and biflgel’ DYOfitS- postalcard w‘udo' Address 5 ‘ "‘9
3 elfllfi°hlhll$§¥dod qwaéssxlai’efifefit 5:363; N0 implement ever invented so completely turns under weeds. corn- Spaldind Department R 19
} would accept the, reclprocit a reemen‘t stalks,manure. etc.. as does the Spalding Deep Tilling Machine. And it / G l M f . GO
El passed by the United StaiesyCoggress at so thoroughly pulverizes the soil that it saves alarge amount of barrow . a e an“ aCtlll'mg ‘ | l
v: its last special session. The results de— Work, dlSkmE’. dragginz.etc..requlred Makers O'F‘I'mlmplemen“ l . i
feat the trade proposal. Immediately up- under the Old methods. .' - (13) ”f E'“"~1953 Aibiou- M‘Ch- . l
on the receipt of the election news, the ' “up. ' 5
American market' for grain products I ‘5" "Vi. . fl 5/)
v; thich. were to have been placed upon the ‘ h 1 3pm" , ‘ l.€>' if, ~i ' Drmfiiggtyosgégagpgghzzgrb l ' "1
‘ v me so ._ ‘5- ' . 'i" ‘ 1
l3)?" [Elftaesgldtfatall‘ azrrgalr'lada’ iits' concerned, ohc‘ Shallow . . Plowgd 5555‘, 'Qw/l‘, NSELHZMW Aamcutrwut CmEGf. 4 . 5
' \ . y e DOS 1011 and the Dead Furrow flowed. ‘ Large \ ll I "lll‘l‘ll [sir/var REASONABLE r0 Asst/HE / 16 incl! 4
iollowmg day an advance of three cents Smnamwm -_ medium ”5 (mm ti; «Lumlnlm—ka—j J, A\ ; /r/vAr rHE/Z-ISINCNES 55:0 550 ’ swam: Tilled
.': was made in wheat, quotations. Mr. Bor- No Hwodfioll Growth .r‘ ' 5' Q ‘Q . ”A“ "m 5mm“ ”(ifil‘gémcginciéxw , Imscstwath
;; den is now in Ottawa. and his cabinet M1“ “mu 5 ‘55. All“ / ‘NNV‘\ I \ ‘3’.’.—' A $355173? ‘ ~
l will benselected in the course of a few _ ill _ ,..‘ _ “‘ A‘v. ~§i «4%» l A‘,‘ MUCH?” x"
. days; ‘ ! 'mm’r. . .‘ . . * .. ;'- “ ‘\ L " '9“; " 2
l. Advice is received from Mexico City to at . , 1’ 3E
‘ . the effect that General Bernardino Reyes U: .///////// / ' , ,// K... '0 5
' has withdrawn as a candidate for the I: s“ n.,,,_,.’”‘:j'.’f,,.f;";,:7fi‘; // ,. 3,3,; .
presidency of Mexico. Failure to prop- ‘2’!- ////// ‘//”/ ’ :09
erly protect the campaigners in their -: . //// “
efforts to present the issues of his party // // // u 5
to the pubic has moved the general to ' // / / .. / .
take this stand, and he urges that his
- followers desist from voting, upon the .
ground that the country is not at peace .’
with itself, and consequently, the election . "
will be illegal. l \
It is reported that M. Kokovsoff has i
been selected as Premier of Russia to 5
‘ succeed the late M. Stolypin. 555
, Matters between France and Germany, —-~— '- " '
so far as Morocco is concerned, promise ‘ /
to be adjusted without recourse to arms. ’ . , = .4 ._r.. \ . 5
Their differences in regard to Congo have , . , 'V \l-\\\\‘ y ' “ I 1 I
not as yet been touched. The plan is to . ' _ .z A“ ‘55 - I: ll ;
take them under consideration as soon as . ‘36 M, l‘ \ 5 .l . II ii 1'
Moroccan affairs are disposed of. The . ‘ ' 't- ¢-v'“‘b" 1-1 I .‘ " 5" r
coolness existing between Spain and -- ~ " 4’s," . ., -,\\ '55 :I ‘ i? 1
France may hinder to some extent the “on. [4:2 \\ :K\_\\>\ - ivlln’l"
rapid settlement of the controversy. \NK ‘1' ‘ . ‘ "njlflllfl
‘ Spain’s occupation of Moroccan seaports '-..‘ “Ar; -. l!n'"flil‘ .
has interfered to some extent already. "n‘ K .i a ‘ 'fifiiwllfl l
. The pumping of water from the coffer~ “-.,__ .\ F7545“ 5 " '51!” 7 l
dam surrounding the'battleship Maine. "'m. 4“ :‘K ‘ ‘ ‘ ’ - "gill; I
in Havana harbor. is being continued. a '“W. 1' ‘X ' , ’ ~ I If" .3
The latest observations are substantiat- :9 '7' may, \ ‘ f 4' rift/7 . 2
; ing more decisively than any evidence - ’ 91", '90- firm x\ — f ‘: ..-.*.\‘?;lé{fil’%'—‘ :
I yet gathered that there was an outside . ’. I "' "a?" a. \‘ ‘ 1 ' ll" min/l -".‘ 5
l explosion, which caused or aided the ' "' ~“' ' ‘7" n- ’J/ ‘
wrecking of the ship. . ' ‘. \ fl‘ ( ~ ”4"!" // . Q
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HORTICULTUREi

FRUIT OBSERVATIONS.

\Ve were delayed in'picking the Maid—
en’s Blush and Pippin by building opera-
tions, and have had to pay for it with
a‘large number of drops. These varie-
ties ripened earlier this 'season, and
since we did not get the earliest ones as
soon as we should we did not make two
pickings, as even the small ones in the
center of the trees seemed to have a.
light. color indicative of ripeness, and to
separate from the twig quite ,readin.
If the orchards were near home we could
handle them a little differently, but
where there are but a. few trees of a.
variety four or five miles from home it
sometimes pays better to get them all
at one picking than to make two trips,
though the fruit would be in better shape
if the trees were picked twice. W’here
there are enough trees of a kind, or
enough ripening together so we can get
a load of the earlier ones and leave
enough of the later ones to pay to return
we can make the two pickings.

Some of the orchards show the ravages
of hail. I am coming to regard hail
storms as the worst chance of the apple
grower, winds not excepted. If a heavy
hail storm strikes the orchard during
the summer, it means that from one-
fourth to llll‘t‘t'Ainli‘tiLs of the fruit will
be spotted and damaged so as to be
thrown into the second class or the culls.
“'herever the hail stones strike the ap-
ple will not develop as it should and a
sunken corky spot will result. if the.
stones are large or sharp enough to
break the skin, rot may result or if the.
break is mended the apple will be one-
sided and corky. ‘ \Ve did not get a hard
hail storm except on parts of two or—
chards this year, bttt this was enough
to greatly reduce the number of first-
class apples in these orchards.

\\'t: are getting a good object lesson
on spraying. In harvesting the frttit
from some trees near buildings or fence
rows which could not be reached from
both sides we. (ind that most of the fruit
on the unspraycd side is scaly and in-
ferior. for example. a Maiden‘s Blush
tree in a rented orchard next to a shed
and fence which could be sprayed only
in part picked five barrels of apples of
which 11/2 were questionable firsts, 21/2
seconds, and one barrel culls. while, three
other trees in the same orchard with
the same care packed 91,“; barrels fancy
No. 1, and half barrel seconds, 'with no
culls. In another instance we have a
half dozen Stark trees in a rented or-
chard one side of which are nearly
spoiled by brush from a fence row. The
wind was not in our favor and we could
not spray thcsc trees well from the one
side. As a rcsult the fruit is scaly and
inferior. The owner will now take ottr
advice and clean out this fence row.
The object lesson is more convincing
than arguments. He considered the
grown-up fence row as a protection, but
now sees it as a prevention instead, that
is, it prevents growing good frttit on this
row.

I have been much interested in the
discussion of the market condition, crop,
and price prospects of winter apples.
There seems to be a general apathy on
the part of buyers to buy, and an equal
disinclinatit'm on the part of growers to
sell at the price offered, which will win
remains to be seen. It is probable that
the plan to go slow on buying is the re-
sult of a progran‘i well outlined at the
meetings of the apple buyers. \\'5: site
to reason why good winter apples should
not be worth around $3.00 per barrel for
No. l and No. 2 packed, this season. Last.
season we sold for $1.00 for No. 1 and
No. 2, or $-I.30,i‘or No. 1, and as nearly
as l could learn. the price paid was from
$3.50 to $11.00 at shipping station for most
of thc apples of good quality. A study
of the reports of fittit papers the gov-
ernment report, and even the crop re-
ports of the huycrs, would lead one to
(stimate the, crop of winter apples at
from 100 per cent as a minimum to 125
per cent as a. maximtnn‘of last year’s
crop, and not more than 100 per cent
of a ten-year average, hence we should
expect not more, than 25 per cent dis-
count from last year's prices, after mak-
ing allowance for a. large crop of fall
apples and other fruit. I look for the
apple men to get busy very suddenly
soon and raise their present offers just
enough to secure the crops of those who
are tired of holding out longer. I may
be wrong in this reasoning, but if the

  

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. “

buyers were able to get out with a good
profit on the prices paid last: year, which
they were, there seems no reason Why
they should not be able to realize a fair
profit on a price the same or slightly
lower this season. At present I feel like
holding, good fruit for better prices than
are offered at present, and we are re-
modeling a barn into a packing house
and placing a' fruit cellar beneath, so as
to be in a position to hold our fruit until
early winter at least, if it should be nec-
essary. I believe that fancy winter fruit

can be handled through a good commis-I

sion firm so as to realize more than most
buyers are offering at present.

IVe are packing the last of the summer
varieties. Maiden’s Blush and Pippin.
Although there were plenty of the sum-
mer apples on the markets, we have
realized a fair price on most of them.
Our Strawberry firsts went for $3.50 ,to
$3.75, Duchess and Pippins at $2.50 to
$3.00, and most of the seconds at $2.00.
Astrakhan was more of a drug, the mar—
ket being overloaded at that time. To
get these prices required quite severe
culling, and careful packingfand fruit
picked at the proper stage of ripeness.
Overripe fruit always sells at a discount
after being shipped some distance and
handled through a commission firm.

Present indications are that the earlier
winter varieties, such as Snow, Greening,
Jonathan, and VVagener, should be pick-
ed by October 1, and I think the picking
may begin a week earlier. I believe the
bulk of the winter apples will be off the
trees before, themiddle of October, while
on ordinary seasons If we are through
with Spies, Starks, and the later varie—
ties by October 25 it is early enough for
the best results. In general the season
seems to be two weeks ahead of an av-
erage season for apples, and if. there is
a late fall this may cause a scarcity of
apples later in the winter, due to poor
keeping from over-ripeness. It would
seem best in such event to get the win—
ter apples into cold storage or cellars as
soon as possible after picking to prevent
over-ripening from warm weather which
may be expected in October.

Calhoun Co. S. B. HAIRJI‘MAN.

 

THE WHITE PINE SAW-FLY.

I am sending to you in a box, speci-
mens of worms that are destroying my
white pine. trees: this is the second brood
this year. Some time ago I wrote you
about them and you could’not answer
without seeing the insects. They gather
in bunches as large. as a walnut when
they are not at work.

Oakland Co. J. L. R.

The insects referred to in this letter
were forwarded to Prof. R. H. Pettit, of
the Division of Entomology, M. A. C.,
who replies to us as follows: The insect
which you send is Lophyrus lecontei, the
common white pine saw-fly; an insect
which may appear again next year but
which is usually controlled by its para-
sites in the course of two or three-years.
At least that has been my experience.
\Ve sprayed a tree or two to see if the
trees would stand the treatment, and
they seemed to stand it all right; Paris
green and lime were used. I would, how-
ever, prefer arsenate of lead now, of
course. The creatures disappeared the
following year, however. A few came
back, but only a few, and cocoons which
were gathered up on the ground yielded
large numbers of the parasites, so the
trouble passed off of its own accord.
And on several occasions since, and in
various places, it has also passed with-
out material injury to the trees.

THE NEW SPRAYING PROGRAM.

“The most striking thing that has tak-
en place in apple spraying since the in—
troduction of Bordeaux mixture for the
control of apple diseases,” said an official
of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the
Department of Agriculture, recently, “is
the change from the copper to the sul-
phur compounds that has been bronght
about largely through the experiments of
this office. The lime-sulphur solution is
the leading one in use, though the self-
boiled lime-sulphur and the iron sulphid
are still under investigation. The spray
russeting of the fruit by copper poisoning
and the foliage injury due to the same
cause had become so serious that consid-
erable attention was devoted during the
seasons of 1909 and 1910 to testing var-
ious spray mixtures. Exceptionally beau-
tiful fruit, in most cases free from fun-\
gous spots and diseases, was obtained
from the experimental plats. As a re-
sult, orchardists have taken up the
spraying with sulphur compounds as a.
solution of this important difficulty.

“Some injury has occurred where the

 

 

 

mixture washsed too strong or in cloudy
weather. This was mostly on the tender
foliage, and" in hardly any case was it
serious. The lime—sulphur solution, being
the most convenient and satisfactory to
use, has been accepted by orchardists
for spraying apples. 'Where it has been
combined with the arsenate of lead, gen-
erally excellent results have been ob-
tained with the combined spray; but in
a few cases, undoubtedly, owing to in-
sufficient agitation, there has been some
slight burning of the fruit, and in still
fewer instances, of the foliage. It is now
known to be possible for the orchardists
to make the lime-sulphur solution by
boiling these materials on the farm, or
it can be purchased on the market all
ready prepared.”
Washington, D. C.

CODLING MOTH INVESTIGATIONS.

W'ork, looking toward the accumula-
tion of definite. knowledge concerning
the codling moth has been carried on in
several places the past few years, and
at the orchard meeting of the State Hor-
ticultural Society held at Grand Rapids
recently, Prof. Hammer of the United
States Department of Agriculture re-
viewed what was known, together with
the newly found matter, of‘which the
following is a resume: .

I‘rof. Hammer brought out the fact that
most of the eggs are not laid in the calyx
as as formerly supposed, but on the
leaves, and the young worms often eat
upon the leaves before getting to the
calyx where the most of them enter,
hence many are boisoned by the sprays
before they reach the fruit. The num—
ber of broods varies with the latitude and
with different locations in the same lati-
tude. In the south there are two full
broods. and a partial third. In Michigan
there is one full brood and a partial sec-
ond. In Canada there is but one brood.
To determine the relative proportion of
the moths present at any one time the
trees may be banded and the larvae col—
lected every three days from May to No—
vember. The periods when the most are
secured will give the approximate dates
of the broods. 1f four per cent of the
first brood survive the second will be
equal to it, hence the late spraying is
desirable. In reply to questions Mr. Ham—
mer stated that the larvae do not enter
the ground, that it is not necesary to use
poisons for the moth until after blossom»
ing, that 70 to 80 per cent of the early
brood enter the calyx probably because
of the down on the fruit and the hiding
place at the calyx, that the summer
Sprays will not k_ill the eggs, and that the
second brood came about July 20 this
year and bid fair to _be plentiful, and
that he would advise the July spray if
there were not over one-half of one per
cent of wormy apples.

KANSAS FRUIT REPORT.

The September report of the Kansas
State Horticultural Society, shows the
condition of the apple crop of that state
to be nine per cent below the estimate
made for June. Dry, warm weather,
with insufficient care of the orchards has
been the principal cause of the depre-
ciation.

Apples are estimated at 24 per cent of
a normal crop, compared 'with 62 per cent
in September, 1910, and 15 per cent in
September, 1909.

Pears are estimated to be 27 per cent
of a normal crop, as compared with 42
per cent in September, 1910, and 10 per
cent in September, 1909.

I‘eaches are now estimated to be 10
per cent of a normal crop as compared
with 57 per Ct'nt in September, 1910, and
three per cent in September, 1909.

Grapes are reported to be 49 per cent
of a normal crop, as compared with 53
per cent in 1910 and 41 per cent in 1909.

These figures indicate that the fruit
generally will be a much smaller crop in
the state of Kansas this year than a Year
ago, and larger than the crop of 1909.

An Apple Show for Michigan.

A neat folder has reached this office
announcing the First Michigan Land and
Apple Show, which will be held in the
Coliseum, Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 7
to 11. Large displays of Michigan’s ”Fruit
\Vith Flavor,” will be on exhibition. An
educational exhibit by the M. A. C., shOW-
ing the possibilities of Michigan’s soil
and climate, methods for fighting the
foes of fruit and vegetables, and how to
grow products so as to yield the highest
profits; besides, individual exhibitors will
show their products and the manufac—
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canners, food manufacturers, and others,
will occupy a large floor space and pre-
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FOOD, AGAIN

A Mlzhty Important Subject to Everyone.

A Boston lady talks entertainingly of
food and the changes that can be made
in health by some knowledge on that
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PRACTICAL SCIENCE.

 

ORIGIN. AND FORMATION OF
’ ’ SOIL.—Il.

we have noted, in our hasty glance.
the effect of sunshine in warming the
earth. We have noted the effect of the
atmosphere which surrounds the earth
in the retention of the heat furnished by
the sun. And we have noted in part,
likewise, the great office which water
has fulfilled in‘ common with other
agents in subduing the earth. In this
country glaciers-wast fields of ice—have
wielded a very potent iniluence in grind-
ing up rock and distributing the pow—
dered rock over large areas of North
America. ,

There are unmistakable evidences of
glacial action in Michigan and this may
explain, and undoubtedly does explain,
to a. considerable degree, the high rate
of fertility of some of our Michigan
soils. By means of the huge rocks im-
bedded in the glacial ice during that pe-
riod of intense cold—the long winter
which this continent went through at one
time—the rocky caverns and crests over
which this glacier slowly but irresistibly
moved have been ground to powder and
transported in the waters of the melting
glacier, have covered much of this coun—
try with a surface soil of great fertility.

We must not conceive the idea that
nature, having accomplished the gradual
subjection of the earth to the point suit-
able for animal and vegetable life, is now
content to have her f‘orces abate their
influences. There is no such thing as
rest in nature for her forces are as ac-
tive today as they were through all the
ages past. This being true, it may be
readily seen that there comes a time
finally when these forces may act an-
tagonistic to the best interests of ani-
mal and vegetable life. \Vater, a strong

‘factor in making rock soluble and suit-

able for plant growth, will just as read-
ily carry the process too far, so far as
the period of best development of vege-
table; ‘d animal life is concerned, if it
is pe djugrestricted sway.
Generally speaking, we have little con-
ception of the amount of valuable soil
material annually dissolved and carried
to the sea in the streams and rivers of
the earth. It has long been known that
the exceedingly high fertility of the land
in the valley of the Nile is due in a great
measure to the deposits left upon it
from the finely suspended matter in the
waters of the Nile carried during its pe—
riod of overflow. This material, this fer—
tility, is gathered by the dissolving and
the eroding action of water in the hills
and higher altitudes traversed by that
great river and its tributaries. This
same evidence is familiar to most of us
in our own country. Along the Missouri
and Mississippi rivers, the valleys and
river bottoms were, in earlier years,
about the only places where successful
agriculture could be practiced. In fact,
it is generally known that the river bot-
toms and river valleys are practically our
most fertile soil regions. The deltas of
these rivers represent deposits of this
finely suspended and colloidal material
transported by the water and precipitated
by the agency of the salt water with
which it comes in contact when poured
into the occan. This delta soil is very
fertile and because of its exceeding fine-
ness of"division it is, as well, very last-
ing. Hilgard states that the Mississippi
rivcr carries in suspension every year,
and empties, into the Gulf of Mexico,
enough earthy matter suspended and dis—
solved, to cover a piece of land one mile
Square to the depth of 268 feet. This
material is of the same general charac-
ter as that carried off in drains from our
bare fields during a heavy rainstbrm.
it may be easily seen that such agencies
left to themselves will very rapidly rob
the soil of its most fertile constituents.
This one deduction alone is sufficient to
warn us that a soil devoid of vegetation
is a pretty costly experiment. Vegetation
is a good check on the washing of the
soil. .
“rater has had, and still has, a very
important function in connection with
this planet. Not only has it been of such
untold service in the building of the soil
by dissolving the rock; not only does it
manifest itself with destructive abandon
in the wasting of the soil fertility: but
by virtue of its qualities in each of the
above directions water is seen to be in-
dispensable to both plant and animal

life.
Living forms, both vegetable and ani-

 

 

mal, have had a remarkable influence in
making available the plant food in the

soil. It is difficult to conceive the pur—
pose which living forms fulfil in the
dark, forbidding soil at our feet. Fortu—

nate is that soil which is possessed of an
abundance of these low forms of organic
life. ~The soil forced through the diges-
tive canal of the angle worm, for ex—
ample, is greatly modified in its passage
and becomes a more ideal soil for plant
growth, thereby. An abundance o—f earth
worms bespeak a healthy organic condi-

tion of the soil for it indicates a growing ,

soil and one full of life activity.

Other minute living forms have a very
important relation to soil fertility. In-
deed, bacteria are of such great import—
ance that in many instances, perhaps in
most instances, the production of a crop,
or atleast of a maximum crop, is impos-
sible in their absence.

We have not mentioned the influence
of wind in the erosion of rock but it has
an influence worthy of mention. In the
vicinity of Charlevolx and Mackinac ls-
land there is abundant evidence of the
reduction of rock due to erosion, caused
by severe wind storms. The wind, carry-
ing as it does so frequently sand in great
quantities, has by its grinding action
performed a very important function in
connection with the erosion of rock.
This sand, whirling along at frightful
speed has by means of its grinding action
reduced the rock to an impalpable pow-
der and thus turned it quite speedily into
a. fertile soil. ‘

An interesting feature of the solving
action of water on rocks is the subse—
quent growth in the water of certain
marine animals and plants. oysters,
clams, etc., have the power of extracting
certain of these soluble constituents from
the water and converting them again
into insoluble rock. This explains the
deposits of limestone and rock—mines of
wealth to present day inhabitants of the
earth—built a monument, as it were, to
the life activity of these simple animals.
Without doubt these animals and plants
have contributed in a Asimilar manner,
either through their life or through their
death, to the formation of the deposits
of metals and minerals which man in
one way or another turns to his account.

Soils are primarily then; (1). Sand or
powdered rock and (2) Clay, or the more
completely reduced mineral rocks. To
these we add (3) Humus, the result of
vegetable decay. Agriculture is based
upon the combination of these three soil
constituents and the soil containing the
best balance of these respective types is,
all things being equal, the soil with the
best general agricultural possibilities.

In certain sections where the surface
of the earth is quite level, the soil formed
is the result entirely of the weathering
of the rock and here perhaps is shown
most clearly the origin of the soil. Not
being subject to washing by water and
not having been replaced or renewed by
glacial action, this Sedentary soil is
formed entirely by the erosion of rock
in place. The sub-soil beneath and the
lower stratum can be traced directly by
the similarity in its composition to the
solid rock beneath and from which it was
formed. -

Certain soils exhibit evidence of mine:-
ling with'the weathered portions of other

rocks. These Colluvial soils are very
highly varied in composition and char-
acter. Hillsides and rolling areas are

usually classed as colluvial in character.

In the ravines, river bottoms, and low-
er areas, the liner, more fertile soils,
called Alluvial, are found. These soils
consist of the more easily dissolved and
transported portions of the sedentary and
colluvial soils. They vary much as to the
proportion of sand and clay which they
contain. If the waters' which traverse
that section have not been violent in
character, the finely divided clay may be
quite evenly and uniformly distributed
But bordering on~ a very rapid water-
way the suspended clay may be carried
far away, leaving the coarser sand, in
which case of course, its productive ca-
pacity is correspondingly low.

An understanding in this way of the
general character of the soils and the
mode of their formation is of much help
in studying» later the question of the fer-
tilizing requirements of such soils. Dif-

ferent soils vary in their response also

to cultivation and largely depending on
their origin and the character of their
surroundings.

FLOYD W. Romsorr.

 

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the same idea runs through the most of
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little things the big things will require
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If you scour off the first spot of rust,
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wife arose over the question of cutting
potatoes in two before they went into
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should be cut lengthwise. The wife stuck
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each had twitted the other of every mis-
deed committed by relations living and
dead, and finally ended by the wife
throwing the kettle of potatoes out doors
and going into a fit of hysterics.

Perfectly foolish, of course, and I can
see how my readers smile in a superior
sort of way and plume themselves on the
fact that they aren’t so childish. But
I’ll wager not one of you has passed
through life without some quarrel over
something just as immaterial.

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with your husband over whether the
bread should be cut thick or thin? 'Or,
if not a tiff exactly, haven’t you a dif-
ference of opinion on the subject? How
many men arr- there who growl because
their wives put the plates on the table
upside down and the poor, tired husband
has to turn it over before he can fill it?
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pours the water thinks it is a shame he,
or she, as the case may be, has to turn
those tumblers over every meal time.
You see it is the little things that make
all the pricks we kick against. We could
stand loss of fortune or the death of our
dearest friend better than having to eat
apple sauce served with the pieces left.

Spoil the Tender Vine.”

whole when we like it. best put through
a strainer.
when our warmed over potatoes are
served all chopped up fine when every-
one in the family knows we like them
best just sliced and fried a nice delicate
brown on both sides. If we go out for
a meal and have to drink a cup of green
tea when we prefer black, it spoils the
meal, and though we don'tgsay anything
to our hostess, out of politeness, we com-
plain so much about it at home that the
family privately hope we will never get
another invitation to dine out.

I have seen a child whipped unmerci-
fully because she put the draining pan
on the left side of the dishpan instead of
the right, which was the side her mother
preferred. I have known other small
girls to be scolded because in ironing
they laid the towels crosswise of the
board instead of up and down.

And the silly causes given for seeking
divorce. A man ate up a crock of cook-
ies in three days and his wife rushed into
court for a divorce, and got it. If her
husband had come home drunk and beat-
en her. she would have forgiven him and
loved him a little beter for it, but she
just couldn’t stand having to bake 000k—
ies twice a week for an unfeeliug man
who only ate them up.

So it is the inconsequential things
which make up the sum of living. As
“trifies light as air seem to the jealous
conrmations strong as proof from the
Holy Writ,” so trifles equally airy seem
to the nervous, worried. hurried man and
woman abundant cause for wrath. The
only cure is a broader outlook. Get away
from the narrow, introspective view and
look at your life as it must appear to
the outsider. Then, instead of seeing a
cause for a quarrel you will see how very
immaterial your grievance is compared
to the bigness of living.

DEBORAH.

CROSS STITCH EMBROIDERY.

MAE Y. MAHAFFY.

ROSS stitch embroidery is never
‘ actually out of fashion. It be-

comes a fad at certain periods,
seemingly every decade or two. But in
one modification or another, making it
suitable to the times and customs, it is
always a favorite. ‘It is one of the old-
est known forms of ornamental needle-
work, and has so many possibilities that
it is at the same time one of the most
useful and valuable of all.

\Vhile no doubt primarily intended for
Work on coarsely woven fabrics, like can-
vas, it is not necessarily confined to such
fabrics. Much of the old-time linen was
woven in a coarse, loose mesh, and na—
turally called for some such stitchwork
because of the lines aapparently made
with such distinction by the warp and
woof. Indeed, much of the old-time
work, and many of the present day em-
broirlcries of peasant workers in particu~
lar, are of this rigid, angular type, either
in the genuine cross stitch or some other
typieatly Canvas stitch. They are al-
ways interésting, with an individuality
which designs of other characters sel-
dom have. And they are suited alike to
the embellishment of household linens,
Wearing apparel, and all kinds of fancy
work articles.

Just now one sees the loveliest possible
sets for bedroom usage made of a rich
cream basket weave cloth, or of similar
cloth merely of a coarse texture, edged
with lace of the same shade, ornamented
in quaint red or pink roses, tumbling
riotiously from bronze baskets. The
roses with their green foliage are made
of the cross stitches, while the baskets,
ordinarily, are outlined and covered with
a couching or darning stitch in some op—
en pattern. The diaper couching or dia-
mond filling stitch is frequently em-
ployed for this purpose. The set usually
consists of the cover for dresser or dress-
ing table, a pin cushion top, sofa pillow
top, and centerpiece for a. stand, although
any number of pieces desired may be

We feel positively affronted-

prepared to correspond in design. Noth-
ing could be more attractive or more
durable. Library table scarfs, also, and
other living room adornings, even borders
for portierres, curtains, screens, etc., are
all made after the same fashion.

It would hardly seem essential to de-
scribe the making of cross stitch, but old
as it is, and as familiar as it is supposed

 

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to be, one frequently sees examples of
so-called cross stitch which are scarcely
recognizable because of the utterly hap-
hazard manner in which they have been
worked. Take, for illustration, the two
samplers accompanying this article. Both
are worked after the same pattern, yet
what a diversity of construction. One is
smooth and even, while the other is but
a jumble of hit-or-miss crossed stitches,
some straight and some diagonal. The
proper way to do cross stitch work is to
make a half cross in a row as far as the
design permits the straight row to run,
and then returning cross each of these
stitches with one from the oposite direc-
tion, always keeping them on what is a
diagonal slant as compared with the
warp and woof. Thus the upper stitch
always runs from the same direction,
and this point is essential for really good
work. All through the design the under
stitches must only run one way, and the
upper stitches in exactly the opposite
way, with no variance whatever. The
threads of the material must, of course,
be counted so that all crosses will be
identical in size. If some material other
than a meshed canvas-like fabric is de-
sired it may be decorated in cross stitch
patterns by basting a coarse canvas over
it, the stitches being made through the
meshes of the canvas, counting its
threads, and into the linen. In such
cases care must. be exercised not to
pierce, the canvas threads, as these are
to be clipped and withdrawn as soon as
the work is finished. Patterns are often
obtainable stamped upon plain material,
but unless the stamped design has been
made with the utmost accuracy the de-
signs will not be true and the work will
lose much of its distinction and beauty.
Cross stitch patterns may be carried
out in the cross stitches, or the designs
may be left plain, and a background
filled in of the cross stitches all around
them. Frequently parts of a design have
but half stitches, generally known as
stroke stitches, utilized to make up fine
lines, tendrils, etc. These appear in the
little figure in No. 6. Sometimes entire
designs are made up after this fashion,
being essentially cross stitch embroid-
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sible after this idea, though by no means
so finished looking and exquisite as the
regdlation cross stitch work.

The Persians are very fond of intro-

ducing a formvof cross stitch like that‘

shown at No. 1 in many of their em-
broideries. It really makes a handsome
banding by itself when used between
rows of couching or braiding.

Numbers two and three are forms of
long and short cross stitch. At the up-

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THE MICHIGAN FARMBR.‘

rly show himi'what he can do! Keep on .

with this plan of telling a child what
he can do instead of the everlasting
"don't,” and see how it win work.

I am the mother of two healthy, active
boys, age seven and four years, and I am
convinced that the kind and gentle meth-
od of dealing with their tricks is more
effectual than the severe method.

It’s the hugs and kisses, good nourish-
ing food, plenty of sleep in well ventilat—
ed rooms, a good example, and any oc-
cupation that, a little boy or girl can
have, that makes children good.

A heart to heart talk after my little
boys are tucked in bed. praising them
for the ,right things they did through the
day, does them more good than any
amount of that flogging we read about
recently. Soon as a child does a right
thing praise him for it then and there,
and make him feel downright happy.
Then let him understand how much bet-
ter feeling it is to do the right thing
than the wrong.

3‘ Children are not “savages.” but dear

little beings, more fitted for the kingdom
of Heaven than any of us perfect (1’)
grown-ups.

My purchase on my boys is their love
for their mother. I have always told

 

 

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mother does or can do half so much for
them. They are both unselfish to a fault

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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per corner of No. 3 a. few stitches are
added just as those are» placed at the
lower edge. When both edges are com-
pleted in like manner it is known as
double long and short cross stitch. Either
of these stitches make unusually pleasing
bands or scrolls, and are fine for adding
a border around sofa pillow tops, etc.,
where the central design seems some-
what insufficient.

The double cross stitch, or star stitch,
shown atNO. 4, is frequently met with
in‘igesigns given largely to the ordinary
crllss. stitch, giving greater prominence
to .-'WS'L.Certajn feature of the work.
E ire designs are also composed of these
stitéhesf1"%vhich may be made entirely
across the threads necessary, or worked
fronf’the center outward in the various
directidns. The simple cross stitch, sur-
rounded with a block of stroke stitch is
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.embroiderles of the peasant type, and is

now being utilized very largely as a
trimming for modish gowns. Any cross
stitch pattern may be worked up in this
manner, the crosses being necessarily a

 

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trifle apart to allow for the stroke stitch

between. The conventionalized figures
used in much of the Bulgarian, Rouman-,
ian and Russian work find greatest favor.
Quite often 'even the crude, strong colors
used by the peasants are imitated with
striking effects, which, while a little
startling at first are really artistic and
charming, particularly when harmonized
by a hint of black. One of these de-
signs seen recently on a late gown of
washable white goods was in blue and
pink. See No. 7. The crosses were of
the blue, and the stroke stitches of pink.
LETTER BOX.

Children Should Never Be Whipped.

Editor Household Departmentz—This is
my first atempt to write anything for a
paper but when a late edition of the
Michigan Farmer came, I decided to give
some of my views on the bringing up of
children.

I am inclined to think that article on
”flogging children” was either written
for argument or else by some cranky
young man—or old man—who has never
had a child to love or be loved by.

In the first place, the parent who has
a child who needs a “flogging" has cer-
tainly not shown much tact in raising a.
ch d.

To'w, Mr. Editor, I have started in to
give my own ideas and experiences, and
I'm going to tell you what I think. The
time to begin to train a child is when
first the little hands meddle with some-
thing they should not. Put the little
hand back and say, "no, no,” then quiet-

 

and show me in so many ways how they
appreciate their mother. My oldest boy
says he always feels so much happier
when he tells me the naughty things he
says or does, and do you think he would
make me his confidant if I were always
pounding him?

I am particular about table manners“
and gentlemanly actions of all kinds. a‘

 

profound respect for their elders, in fact]

everything that belongs to true politc-
ness, but I do not regard mischief as
badness. It is simply busy-ness. And
for that trouble encourage them to work,
help around the house, in fact, anything
to take their time up. I think little pun-
ishments are necessary, but season them
with justice.

A sleep on the bed does a child good,
both body and mind; for thoughtlessness,
having them give you their pennies to
pay for the trouble is my plan. I can
easily slip the pennies back in their
boxes again and they are none the wiser.

Any little thing that is a. punishment
is better for the child’s real good, and
much more dignified to both parent and
child than any amount of “flogging” can
ever be.

I do so hate to hurt the little bodies
God has given me to care for. When
tempted to censure children, think of
what things grown-ups, with a life of
experience, will do. Then we will think
that the “baddest child is better than
the goodest man.”—Mrs. Reader.

 

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symptoms might accompany some other
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after the sixth month. Do not distress
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SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING...

Mix mustard with glycerine and it will
not blister.—-L. C.

In canning fruit ,you will get an added
flavor, also a prettier color, if you save
the parings. cool them separately and use
the juice instead of water in cooking
your fruit—Mrs. W. B. S.

For white marks left on polished wood
when hot dishes have been set on it,
cover at once with olive oil and salt
and let stand for several hours. This is
especially successful if used as soon as
the mark is made—L. M. '

Many of the shell or celluloid barettes
so fashionable at the present time have
the clasp so closely adjusted that it is
difficult to operate. Take a nail file and
gently rub it over the inside of the fast-
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WHEN THE BIRDS Go SOUTH.

BY ORIN E. C’RDOKER.

Since midsammer the southern migra-
tion of the birds have been under way
but very few persons have been aware of
it so- quietly and unostentatiously do
these summer visitors come and go. It
is only on some of these bright autumn
days when one chances upon a flock of
noisy blackbirds filling the air with their
discordant notes and the sound of many
wings that one is prompted to-say, “The
birds are getting ready to go south,” lit-
tle realizing that for many weeks the
summer residents of woods and field have
been taking their departure for the
southland. Indeed, the rising tide of
northbound migrants barely comes to a
stop in midsummer before the southbound
migration begins.

Birds are great travelers, as perhaps
most of us would be if we could get about
as easily and with as little baggage.
Some of the-m range from as far north
as the arctic regions in summer to the
equatorial regions.of South America in
winter. Many species that come north
pause only long enough to raise their
young bcfore starting south again. The
bobolinks have gone long ago; so have
some of the swallows. Many of the less
familiar birds of the deep woods have
been drifting southward during August,
entirely unnoticed by all but keen and
trained observcrs. Home of the insect-
feeding birds, such as the tlycatchers and
warblers, remain in the north only so
long as food is abundant. \\‘ith the de-
crease in insect life that accompanies the
advent of cool nights in late summer
they take their departure for regions
Where food is more plentiful.

A study of this semi-annual migration
of the birds is both interesting and in-
structive. Birds do not migrate by
chance. The habit has been evolved
through countless generations and has
become so strong as to be in large meas-
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dividual species. For instance, in the
northward flight the migration instinct
brings each particular species to its

proper nesting site at the proper time.
gounsut sup, uoncafinu piemtnnos out u[
bids each species keep ahead of the re-
treating line of suitable food supply. Just
why some members of a certain species,
like the robin, for instance. will go no
farther north than New York and others
press on to the far northern outposts of
civilization is. however, one of the un-
solved mysteries of bird life.

From all that is known it appears that

most birds migrate almost entirely by
night. t‘cl‘lztill species, like the wild
goose, sccm to be indifferent in this mat-
ter and may be seen or heard traveling

the highways of the air both by day and
night. However, the great tide of ini-
grating birds is set in motion at sun-
down and probably ceases only at dawn.
it has been shown that the daily average
advance of the northward migration in
spring, in thc Mississippi valley, is only
2 miles or scarcely half an hour's sus-
tained tlight. There are, however, many
days of stop-over along the way and
many nights when contrary weather con-
ditions must hold the birds back. \Vhen
they do wing their way northward or
southward in real earnest it appears from
records that have been carefully made
that flights of 100 miles a night .must be
Vcry ordinary accomplishments, while 200
miles and more are probably not uncom—
mon.

Those migratory flights are not unac-
companicd by danger. In lilo-i an innu-
mcrablc host of Lapland longspurs, mi—
grating northward, cncountcrcd a heavy
fall of soft, damp snow in southern Min-
nesota that forced the birds to thc carth
Whore immense numbers of them per—
ished. An observer, basing his calcula—
tions upon thc dead bodies found. esti-
mated that, 730,000 birds had perished on
the hard, icy surface of two small lakes
which covercd but a small fraction of the
1,500 square miles of territory swept by
thc storm. The night of October 19, 1906,
flocks of migrants over Lake Huron were
caught: by a snow storm and forced into
the waves. According to an observer on‘
the eastern shore 5,000 dead birds to the
mile were strewn along the sands—only
a part of those that perished. Such trag-
edies are, fortunately, rare. Through
them one gains a glimpse of the perils
which beset the birds in their migra-
tions.

THE MICHIGAN» FARMER. :

For the most part, birds seem to mi-.
grate at considerable height—some aua.
thorities state "from one to two miles.‘
Almost anyone, however, infavored lo-
calities can hear the calls of the birds
during the nights of hea'viest flight. In
many instances it is possible to follow
some particular bird as he wings his way
overhead in the darkness, by his peCuliar
note or cry. During driving snow storms
in fall and spring it is frequently pos-
sible to hear the chirp of innumerable
juncos so clearly and distinctly as they
are whirled before the storm, as to make
it appear almost certain that they are
not much above the tree tops. The writ-
er has also seen birds, apparently gulls
or terns, flying so low that the electric
arc lamps plainly revealed the White
plumage of their breasts.

Since migration is largely a matter of
food supply, certain species will freouent-
ly surprise residents of a locality by win-
tering with them. Robins have frequently
spent the winter in the vicinity of Brain-
tree, Mass, and sometimes have been
noted in large numbers along the south-
ern boundary of Massachusetts as far in-
land as ll'orcester. The writer sawa
yellow—shafted woodpecker or “flicker”
in the dead of winter in Jamaica Plain,
Mass, and subsequently saw this same
species repeatedly one winter in northern
Rhode Island. In all such cases mild
weather, lack of snow, and an overly
abundant crop of wild berries of various
kinds is the reason for this apparent dis-
regard of nature’s summons to migrate
southward at the usual time.

THE 0TH ER WOMAN.

 

BY RICHA‘RJ). BRAUNSTEIN.

Mrs. Dudley Vernon had been at the
hotel a week and the days were begin-
ning to drag. She could not even have
the consolation of a daily letter from her
husband who had gone on a hunting trip

with a party of friends whose object it
was to obtain rest from the grind of
business, ncwspapcrs, letters and tele-
grams.

She had intendcd to do some literary
work~she had a story planned and ready
to write, but she had put it off from
day to day, and had spent the time wan-
dering off among the hills and pines or
sitting idly in the shady corner of the
wide piazza.

(me afternoon when she had pushed a.
big rocker to a corner of the piazza,
commanding her favorite view, and had
settled herself in it to read, knowing that,
if the book proved uninteresting the
landscape would not, she became con-
scious that someone was looking at her.
She tried to ignore the sensation, but it
grew stronger and she raised her eyes
to encounter a pair of burning, shining
ones, looking very large and dark in the
thin face of the sick girl to whom they
belonged.

Mrs. Vernon recognized her as a new
arrival who had come with her mother
the day before. She looked extremely
ill, yet kept up with a nervous energy
that seemed likely to burn itself out at
any moment.

Seeing that she had attracted Mrs.
Vernon’s attention, the girl smiled and,
in response to her evident desire, Mrs.
Vernon crossed the piazza and seated
herst-lf by the long chair in which the
invalid lay.

“Thank you,” said the girl, “I want so
much to talk to you. I heard you were
here and I got them to let me come.
They are only too glad to try anything
new.” -

“As I am very lonely,” Mrs. Vernon
rcplicd, “i, too, shall be glad to have
somcone to talk to.”

“But I want something more than
that,” said the girl. “\‘Vould you mind if
I treat you as if I had known you—

known you always? I have not much

‘timc lt'fl and I cannot afford to waste it.

1 really have known you for two ycars
for I have read your literary productions.
I want to ask you to help me; I want
you to write a story for me ”

Mrs. Vcrnon was at a loss to know
what the girl meant. It was a strange
request. The manner of the girl'was
stranger.

“Suppose you tell me more about it,”
she suggested.

“I will tell you the story and then you
will know,” the girl answered. Her
voice shook. She was very pale and there
was a peculiar look in her eyes as she
told Mrs. Vernon that she would supply
the details of the story.

After a. long pause, as if she were
framing a beginning in 'her mind, the

‘the story was his own.

girl began again to speak. This time her
voice Was lower and softer and it seem.-
ed to Mrs. Vernon very weak.

"There was once a girl and she was
very pretty, with the prettiness of youth.
She has grown old since then—very old;
so old that she can talk about these
things almost as if they had happened
to someone else. She thought she had
always been a. happy girl,.until one day
a man told her he loved her; then she
discovered for the first time what hap-
piness really was. ‘

“The man asked her for her heart and
she gave it to him, for he promised that
she could have his in return. He let
her keep it for awhile and then he told
her he must give it to another woman.
The man took his heart, but he could not
give the girl her’s again, and so she had
only pride left to her. It was very strong
"her pride—but it is hard to live with-
out any heart for life, and soon pride
wore out. her frail body..

“And not having any heart, the girl
grew cruel toward the other woman. She
was beautiful, with something more than
the prettiness of youth—she was clever
She could have almost anything she
wanted in life; yet she took the one
thing the girl had, and the girl hated her
for her robbery. She began to think of
revenge, for she wanted the other wom-
an to know that she was not the first
one. That, if the man said words of
love to her, they had all been said before
to the girl; that if he gave her a jeWel, he
would know well ‘now her cheeks would
dimple and her lips curve into a. smile;
that, if he brought her a flower, the
ghost of the one which had died in the
girl’s hand went with the gift.

“So, in reading your stories an idea
came to the girl. \Vill you write this
story for me and let it find the woman,
that it may tell her what the girl wants
her to know?”

Mrs. Vernon’s eyes were dimmed with
tears.

“You poor child,” she murmured.

The girl smiled. “Oh! don’t waste, time
in pity. I don’t want that; I want help.
Will you do this for me?”

Under the spell of the dying, appealing
eyes, Mrs. Vernon promised to write the
story. “But,” she added, “the world is
wide, and even if the woman reads the
story, how will she know?”

“The man will know,” was the answer,
and it will be hard for him to conceal it
from her. I am willing, however, that
she should have that one chance. Pos—
sibly fate will be kinder to her than I
think.” '

Mrs. Vernon began the story and as
she wrote her interest grew, and she used
all her art in the telling. \Vhen it was
finished she felt that it was as good as
anything she had ever written. Then she
read it to the girl, wondering if it would
fulfill her expectations.

The girl listened in silence, but as the
stury unfolded itself two bright red
spots came to her cheeks, and her dark
eyes glowcd with a strange light.

“Ah!” she said, “I can rest now that it

is done. If I change my mind I will tell
you in time. If not, print it when I am
gone.”

0 i t

Three days later the girl died. Almost
her last words were: “The story tell
her not—” She left the sentence un-
finished.

The message puzzled Mrs. Vernon
greatly. Had the girl changed her mind
at the last and forgiven the woman to-
ward whom she had been so bitter? Per—
haps she welcomed death, and at its com-
ing was glad to be relieved from all pain
and, being at last free, decided that it
was not Worth while.

Had she tricd to say, “The story—tell
her not to publish it?” Or as she died
had the feeling that the other woman
must know bccn as strong as ever and
had she meant to say, “tell her not to
break her promise?” '

Mrs. Vernon thought over it until she
could think no longer, but she could not
decide where her duty lay. “I will ask
Dudley," she said. “My husband has
never failed me yet when I have been
in doubt and in trouble.” V

On their first evening together she told
him the circumstances and read him the
story. Then as she gathered the scat—
tered leaVcs and laid them in an orderly
pile she said: “I want your opinion,
dear, what am I to do? I‘Vhat do you
think she meant?” .

Her husband did not reply. She look-
ed at him for an answer, looked at him
with entire trust, as she could never
look again, for in his face she saw that
She knew that
she was the “other woman.”

 

 

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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-
TION OF FARMERS' CLUBS.

President—B. A. Holden, Wixom.

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

Secretary—Mrs. C. P. Johnson, Meta-
mora.

Treasurer—Mrs. Lewis Sackett, Eckford.

Directors—A. R. Palmer, Jackson; Wm.
H Marks, Fair Haven; C. L. Wright,
Caro; E. W. Woodruir, Blanchard; C. P.
Johnson, Metamora; Patrick Hankerd,
Munith.

Address all communications relative to
the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C.
P. Johnson. Metamora, Mich.

 

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

Associations! Sentiment.— _
., The farmer. he garners from the soil
the primal wealth of nations.

 

MEMORY DAY SENTIMENT.

 

On this page will be found tw0 brief
poems expressiveof Memory Day senti-
ment, which have been contributed in
response to the efforts of Ex-Association-
ai President Daniells to bring about the
general observance of September 30 as
Memory Day. VYe are also re-publishing

the Memory Day hymn, which was writ—
ten at the request of Mr. Daniells for the

Memory Day)

" September. 30.
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THE MICHIGAN ‘ PARMER.

THE NEGLECTED GRAVE.

 

BY REV. Z. GRENELL.

With weeds and grasses overgrown,
Defective mound and tottering stone,
What pity it doth mutely crave,

The shamefully neglected grave.

When grief was fresh, its shapely mound
Was fashioned all compact and sound,
With gush of tears its sod was wet
With pang of heart, its stone was set.

The years have passed and all the care
That was so fondly lavished there
Has vanished, like the stars, at noon.
Ah! how does love forget, so soon?

Oh, no! true love does not forget
But many a change the years beget;
Earth's pilgrimage puts all astray——
The mourner may be far away—

Or may have reached the happier land
Wherein the Heavenly Father' 3 hand
As told by great inspired seers

Will gently wipe away all tears.

Come, let us, out of grief’s respect
No longer suffer this neglect;
Reshape'the mound, the stone restore
And beautify the grave, once more.

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

 

Successful Meeting After Vacation.—
The Odessa Farmers’ Club met with Mr
and- Mrs. Edward Anway Saturday after-

noon, September 9. President Carter
called the meeting to order. The mem—
bers joined in singing “America.” The

minutes of the May meeting were read
and approved and also the minutes of the
picnic meeting in the Lakeside grove.
Mr. H. E. Curtis read his paper, “Is a.
silo, properly managed. the farmer’s best
friend?” The fact that Mr. Curtis has
added to his barn room this summer by

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Memory Day number of this department
last year. It is to be hoped that the day
will be suitably observed by every reader
of this department, whether the Clubs of
which they are members have taken any
steps towards the observance of the day
‘under Club direction or not. Memory
Day senitment is a wholesome influence
to which each of us would do well to
surrender a little time and effort, and for
which we will be repaid a thousand fold
in the resulting personal satisfaction.

 

MEMORY DAY ODE.

SETH RUSSELL DOWNIE.

They are not dead
Who die
They merely slumber
In mossy bed
They lie
A host, in numbers.
As heroes, when the battle’ 3 done,
As workmen, ere the day's begun, ,
As children, when the play has ceased,
As flowers, in the snow’s embrace,
As huntsmen, after weary chase,
As Sufferers, from much pain released
As dawn’s calm ere the rising sun—
So rest, they, when life's race is done.
In mossy bed
They lie
A 'host in number
They are not dead

Who die
They only slumber.

building and put up another silo is the
best proof of what he thinks about it.
The paper was carefully prepared and
gave facts all modern dairymen are fa-
miliar with: This was followed by a
thorough discussion which, received due
attention from all present. A good pro-
gram was rendered, including a paper by
Miss Carter on the need of a college edu-
cation by the farmer's sons and daugh-
ters, a synopsis of which will be given in
the next issue. The next meeting of the
Club will be held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs Francis Rush—Reporter.

The Farmers’ Remuneration.——Wixom
Farmers’ Club gathered at the Maccabee
Hall for their September meeting. On
account of the busy season only a small
number were present. Mr. T. E. Johns
gave an interesting talk on his trip to
Alaska, after which the question box
was taken up. “Resolved, that the
Farmer is not Properly Remunerated for
his Time and Labor.” It provided quite
an animated discussion and was discuss—
ed at some length. Some very good
points Wore brought out on both sides.
One said the farmer did not realize three
per cent on money invested, but money
was not all. The farm was not given
credit for the many comforts and ad-
vantages derived from it. It was decided
however. that the farmer was not re-
munerated for his time or labor. —Mrs.

D. Stephens, Cor. Sec.

E GRANGE

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

 

 

THE OCTOBER PROGRAMS.

 

State Lecturer’s Suggestions for First
Meeting.
School Day program, recognizing the

wide— spread interest in rural gchools.

Music.

Welcome address, by

Recitation.

{eport of committee appointed to visit
schools of Grange jurisdiction.

Michigan's first consolidated
paper or talk.

“The Director’s
school.” '

Recitation—“The Outdoor School.”

Improving one-room rural Schools—how
can we help?

Plans for organizing a Grange orches-
tra, by committee of young men.

Plans for organizing a Grange choir,
by committee of young ladies.

Exhibit of photos of members taken
during or before schooldays. (In charge
of VVoman’s Work committee).

lecturer.

school——

duty to the rural

 

 

THE GRANGE AT CHARLEVOIX
COUNTY FAIR.

It would appear that humanity goes
in schools like fish, all the suckers in one
pond, all the trout in another. Charle-
voix county has all trout. This county
has a sociological, educational fair. Its
environments are all cleanly educative.
Judge Mayne, a member of the Grange,
is the acknowledged authority of the
state in criminology. He is seeking,
through probation, to straighten crooked
lives, in which he is meeting with great
Success, and his work is aided by the
good folk of Charlevoix county. The

Grange in the county approaches the
problem of good citizenship by creating
environments in which good citizens will
grow.

How the Fair Helps.

Prizes are awarded to the patrons
making the best exhibits of fruits (grcen
and canned), vegetables, grains and farm
stock of all kinds. At the fair held Sept.
13, 14 and 15, Marion Center Grange took
first premiums on apples, canned fruits
and grain. South Arm Grange took first
premium on vegetables, second on canned
fruits and grains. Ironton Grange took
second premium on fruit, third on canned

 

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fruits and grains. Mr. J. A. Neuville,
county deputy of the Grange, a veteran
of the Civil War 71 years old,'took first
premium on his Early Potentate pota-‘
toes. The exhibits in the lines named
were just as good as will be seen at the
State Fair.

Now this is practical agricultural ed-
ucation. There are 1,500 members of the
county Grange, and they will build a
Grange rest room on the fair grounds:
have all arrangements made for the
building, which will contain ladies and
gentleman’s cloak rooms, lavatories and
a large social center room. The fair
grounds are located at East Jordan, a
beautiful little city on Pine Lake. It is
essentially a Grange fair and is a great
social uplifting educator.

MISSA'UKEE COUNTY HOLDS ENTHU-
SIASTIC GRANGE RALLY.

A very successful rally took place at
Lake City, Missaukee Co., on Tuesday,
Aug. 29. The meeting was held on the
fair grounds and every Grange in the
county was represented. This means a
good deal when the location of the
Granges and the condition of the roads
are considered. A number of threshing
machines in various communities greatly
reduced the attendance, but a large
company assembled and everything con-
tributed to make the day both pleasant
and profitable. -

Bro. E. S. Hall, the postmaster at Lake
City and lecturer of Missaukee Pomona,
presided. After music, he introduced
State Master Hull, who delivered a very
able and interesting address. He was
followed by the writer, who spoke for a
short time upon the subject, “The Grange
as a Builder.” He had previouslypoffered
a flag to the Grange which should be
represented at the rally by the largest
percentage of its membership. The flag
was presented to Reader Grange. \Vhile
it was being held up for inspection by
the crowd, Sister Brown recited an ap-
propriate, patriotic poem.

Missaukee Pomona will hold four im-
portant meetings during the coming
.year, one at Lucas in November, the next
with Missaukee Grange in January, the

 

third at Butterfield in the spring, and
the fourth at Lake City in August.

The Patrons in Missaukeo county are
intelligent, competent and fraternal. The
Granges are doing good Work and the

prospect for the future along Grange lines
is encouraging. \Ve are anticipating a
splendid meeting at Lucas in November
and trust that every member of the or-
der in the county will do the most pos-
sible to make each meeting of the Po-
mona worth while.

Sometimes it seems that the possibili-
ties of the Pomona are but vaguely real-
ized. We should make it a great center
of Grange thought and purposes, a place
in.which matters pertaining to our wel-
fare as farmers may be discussed, a.
place for the discussion of social and
ethical problems and of legislative ques-
tions which are not partisan in their
nature, in order that a helpful public
sentiment may be created and main-
tained, the individual be broadened and
better fitted to discharge his duties as a.
man and a citizen—1V. F. Taylor.

 

The state master of Pennsylvania has
announced that he will present a diploma
suitable for framing to every boy who
wins a first premium at a county fair in
that state during the coming fair season.

COMING EVENTS.

Forty—fifth
Ohio,

 

annual
Wed-

Natlonai Grange,
session, opens at Columbus,
nesday, Nov. 15.

Michigan State Grange, Thirty-ninth
annual session, at Kalamazoo, Dec. 11-15.

Pomona Meetings.

Kent 00., with Carlisle Grange, Wed-
nesday, Oct. 4. Master N. P. Hull, state
speaker.

Lenawee Co., with Palmyra Grange,
Thursday, Oct.
Vl’ayne 00.,

Friday, Oct. 13.

with Belleville Grange,
F. F. Ingram, speaker.

 

 

The Crediteble Horse Show Seen at the Grange Fair held at Kingsley, Grand Traverse County.

 


 

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> MARKETS . F

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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKET.

September 27, 1911.

Grains and Seeds.

Wheat—The vote taken in Canada on
the reciprocity pact had the effect that
had been anticipated, and since the
Canadian people refused to enter into the
compact, the trend of wheat prices on
this side has been upward and an ad-
vance of nearly 40 has already been made.
This change in values goes to substan-
tiate the attitude taken by the American
farmer that free trade relations between
this country and Canada. would have a
tendency to reduce prices on grain since
Canada is a large producer. The situa—
tion has other bullish features, chief
among which are the reports that the
crop of Canada and the American north—
west is the poorest in quality in a num-
ber of years. The Russian crop is gen—
erally considered small, although the past
week there was a slight improvement in
the outlook. The total European visible
supply is now 30,000,000 bushels smaller
than a year ago. On the other hand,
there is a great deal of winter wheat on
the Chicago market and Argentine re-
ports a splendid outlook for her growing
iields. One year ago the price for No. 2
red wheat on the Detroit market was
083.,c per bu. Quotations for the past
week are:

No. 2 N0. 1
Red. White. Dec. May.
Thursday . . . .90 .87 .961/2 $1 013.“,
Friday ....... 03 .90 .091/2 1.0411,
Saturday ..9~i .91 1.00% 1.0514
1\Ionday ...... 9313, .9013 .0934 1.0417,,
Tuesday ..... 031/; .9014; .9934 1.04 3,1
\Yedncsday “021/: .8915 .0831 1.03%
Corn.—-Thc quotations for corn have
advanced. Strength in wheat is partly

the reason for this although rains the
past couple of weeks in the corn bclt
have damaged corn in the shock to a
considerable extent and will cut down the
percentage of No. 1 corn. In the local
market this grain is dull.
No. 3 corn was quoted at 55c pcr bu.
Quotations for the past week are as fol—

lows:

No. 3 No. 3

Corn. ' Yellow.
Thursday ..... . . . . . . ..... . 681/3 091/;
Friday .................... 69 if; 70%-
Saturday .......... . ...... 691/2 701/5
Monday .................. 69% 7011.
Tuesday ............. . 691/; 7011.
\Vedncsday .............. 6.011; 701/;

Oats—Like wheat. oats have madc a
substantial advance during the past
week partially because of failure of the
Canadian rcciprocity pact. Prices have
advanced nearly 4c on the Detroit market
and over 4c in Chicago, Thcre appcars
to be a general demand for oats, not alone
in cities but from rural districts also.
This conditions gives holders of this grain
a great deal of confidence in its future
firmness. One year ago the price of stan-
dard oats was 366.30 per bu. Quotations
are as follows:

Standard No.3

White.
Thursday ............... . 45 "i 451/,
Friday .......... 471/2 47
Saturday ......... ........ 471/2 47
Monday ......... 40 481.3.
Tuesday ............ . . . . . . 4!) 481/;
\‘i'ednesda y .............. 1'19 481/2

Beansrelfatrmers have had a great dcal
of trouble in securing their bean crop.
ltains hurc cither delayed harvesting or
clsc caught the crop when in bunches
upon tln- ground. The crop will not
thrcsh out as large a yield 'as was earlier
anticipated. Dry weather during the
growing season damaged many a field.
Quotations have shown a general ten-
dency upward dttring the past week, they
are as follows:

, Prompt. Oct.

'l‘hursday $212 $2.12
lt‘riday ..................... 2.14 2.10
Saturday ................... 2.14 2.08
Monday .................... 2.15 2.10
'l‘ucsduy ................... 2.15 2.10
Wednesday ................. 2.15 2.10
Clover Seed—There is little change in
this deal. March clover seed is now
quoted on a slightly higher basis but

other futures are steady with a week ago
There are very few sections of Michigan
reporting good yields. In the northern
counties where good crops are usually
harvested but little seed is being secured.
some fields not being worth the labor to
get the seed. Quotations are as follows:

Oct. Alsikc.
Thursday ....... .......... $11.75 $10.30
rrmay‘ 11.75 1030
Sniurday................11.7'3 10.30
Monday 11.75 10.50
'l‘ucsdtty .............. . 11.75 10.70
'\\'cdnesday ........ . ..... 12.00 10.50

Rye..~ This market has benefited by the
advcrsc votc of the Canadian electorate
and cash No. 2 is quoted at 95c, which
is :1 '1c advance over the figures of last
week.

Flour, Feed, Pota+nes. Etc.

Fiona—item patent is higher while
straight is off So. Quotations are:

Clear ................. . ..... .........3.90
Straight ...................... 4.10
Patent Michigan ............... 4-75
Ordinary Patent ..................... 4.40

Feed.——.\ll kinds of food have advanced
from 816M per ton. (‘at‘lot prices on track
are: Rran, $26 per ton: coarse middlings
$29: fine middlings. 512°: cracked corn.
s30: coarse corn meal. $30: corn and oat
chop, $28 per ton.

Hay and Straw—Market continues
steady at last week’s figures. Quotations:
are: No. 1 timothy, $20@20.50: No. 2
timothy, $18.50@19: clover, mixed, $186?
19: rye straw, $7.50@8; wheat and oat
straw, $7607.50 per ton.

One year ago .

THE

Potatoes.——An improvement in. the

quantities of potatoes coming to market.

has forced prices to a lower basis. Trade
is easy. Average receipts are selling at
900 per bu.

Provisions.—-Family pork, $19@20; mess
pork, $17.50; medium clear, $18@19; smok-
ed hams, 15c; shoulders, 10c; picnic hams
9c; bacon, 13611141/20; pure lard in tierces,
10140: kettle rendered lard, 11%,c per lb.

Dairy and Poultry Products.

Button—Rutter values are higher in the
creamery division. The supply is dimin-
ishing and the demand continues steady.
hairy is firm at last week’s prices. Quo-
tations are: lolxtra creamery, 261/20; firsts
do., 251/20 dairy, 18c; packing stock, 170
per lb.

Eggs.——The appearance of the moulting
season is already affecting the egg deal
and crowding prices onto a higher level,
an advance of a cent having been made
in the week. Fresh receipts, case count,
cases included, are now quoted at 210
per dozen.

Poultry—Values are steady for all
kinds of poultry except broilers which
are lower. The deal is easy owing to

the liberal supply. Prices are: Live—
Hens, 116112c; old roosters, 8c; turkeys,
lt'wific: geese, 8610c; ducks, 12@13c;

young ducks, i46f‘15c; broilers, 13c per lb.

Cheese.—Michigan, old, 17c; Michigan
late. 151/r_;6'1»16c; York state, new, 1663
1613c: Swiss, domestic block, 19@21c;
cream brick, 15611160 .

Veal.- —Market steady. Fancy, 11@120;
choice, 8619c per lb.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Cabbage.—Steady. Selling at $2 per
bbl, for home—grown.

Plums.——Steady. quoted at $1@1.25 per
bushel. .

Peaches.—~—The best grades are scarcer
and higher while poorer kinds are selling
for less money than a week ago. Quota-
tions: .\. _\., $2612.25; A., $1.75; 13., 900
(NH per bu.

Apples—There is no change in the ap-
ple situation. Growers are getting rid of
thcir inferior stock and consequently the
market is being crowded by these offer-
ings. Average offerings are going at
sum-75c per bu. .

l—

 

OTHER MARKETS.
Grand Rapids.

l‘otatocs are lower, selling on, the city
iuurkct ’l‘uesday morning at 70@850. Lo-
cal dralcrs are predicting 400 potatoes at
up»st;itc loading stations within the next
foul \\ccl{s. on account of improvement
in the lntc crop. The price paid at prcs-
cut is around 60c. Tomatoes suffercd the
first bud slump of the season and sold
down to 40c on Tucsday. Peaches range
from >:l.50611.75. Grapes were still dull
and unchanged. Thc egg market is firm,
country shippers receiving 200 for fresh
tcccipts. Dairy butter is unchanged.
(:rain prices are as follows: No. 2 red
whv at. 88c; ryc, 85c; buckwheat; 65c; oats
48c: corn, 71c.

Chicago.

\k'hcat—No. 2 rcd, 95346096030; Dec.
“Vac: May, $10434 per bu.

('oru.-sl\.‘o. 2, 6814.611681/2c; Dec., 6376:;
May, 653,0 per bu.

H::ts.»--»No. 2 white, 47%@48c; Dec.,

47’ c: May, 50c.

llnrlcy.—»1\1alting grades,
bu: fouling, 7061 85c.

Hutton—A brisk demand has held this
market very firm the past week. On
Tuesday cxtra creamery followed Elgin
by advancing l/Jc. The lower grades of
dairy are quoted 1c higher this week.
Quotations are: Creameries, 21622619c;
dairies. 1$i6124c per lb.

l<7ggs.m’l‘lie better grades are firm at
last wcek's figures with business fairly
active. Miscellaneous receipts and the
under grades are. harder to move and are
barely steady at former quotations. Quo-
tations are: Prime firsts, 201/2c; firsts,
19c: at mark, cases included, 1560180 per
(lozrn.

l‘otatoes.~Reecipts are still showing a
very heavy increase over other years and
prices have declined very rapidly the past
week. Michigan stock is now quoted at
586160c pcr bu: “'isconsin, 58@60c; Min—
l’lcb‘tlta, 70‘1‘73c.

l?cans.«l"ea beans are very firm at an
advance of 86110c; red kidneys unchang~
ed. Choice hand—picked pea beans are
quoted at $2.23612.28 per bu; prime, $2.17
612.21: red kidneys, $2.75@3 per bu.

llay and Straw.~All grades of hay,
Pchpt clover, have advanced 500 per ton
and the market is firm. Straw unchang-
cd. Quotations: Choice timothy, $225060
23.30: No. 1 timothy, $20.50@21.50; No. 2
do, 3.1850611950: N0. 3 do., $136017; clo-
cm. 3.106114; rye straw, $850609; oat straw
374.77.!) per ton; wheat straw, $5605.50
yxvr ton. .

$1@1.25 per

New York.
Rutter—Creamery specials are 1/26173/4c
hiplncr, while the other grades have ad-
vanced proportionately. Market firm.
(.‘rcamcry specials are quoted at 2861728150

per lb: extras. 27W271/2C: firsts, 241/2@
25H.c: seconds, 2361;24c: thirds, 21@22c.
Eggs.~~Market is somewhat irregular,

fancy grades showing gains while some
under grades are lower. Fresh gathered
extras. 2661‘28c; extra, firsts, 2361725c; sec-
omls, 186119c:
2361.280 per dozen. '

l'oultry.——Dressed. Easier with most
sales at the lower range. Turkeys, 1061‘.
.18c: do., young, 28c; fowls, 10617170; west-
ern broilers, 121/3@191,§c. Alive—Quiet
and slightly lower except on turkeys,
which are up 2c. W'estern spring chick-
ens. 1460150; fowls, 14@150: turkeys, 15c
per lb.

 

Boston. .
“mot—“Mile the demand for wool has
been well distrbuted over the different
lines, it has not been as large as in some
previous weeks, and as a result the trade
on the market here was smaller these
last few days than at other times this

MICHIQAN FARMERS

western gathered whites;

i!

fall. The woolen mills are buying only

moderately. There is a better demand
‘for the lower grades than the .high
grades. Following are the leading d0-
tnestic quotations for the Wgek: Ohio

and Pennsylvania fieeces—Delaine wash-
ed, 80c; XX, 280; 1/2—blood combing, 26@

261/2c; 3,,{1-blood combing, 25140;- 1,4-blood
combing, 24i§61>25c; delaine unwashed,

250; fine unwashed, 210. Michigan, “’is-
consin and New York fleeces—Fine un-
washed, 19@20c; delaine unwashed, 23@
24c; 1xii-blood unwashed, 241/2@25c. Ken-
tucky, Indiana and Missouri—lig—blood.
25c; 1,4-blood, 231/260240. Texas—Fine 6
to 8 months, 4667480; fine 12 months, 5361)
56c; fine fall, 436145c.

 

Elgin.

Rotten—Market firm at 261/2c per lb.,
which is last week’s quotation. Output
for the week, 739,300 lbs., as compared
with 789,400 lbs. for the previous week.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Buffalo.
September 25, 1911.
(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, N. Y.)

Receipts of stock here today as follows:
Cattle, 205 cars; hogs, 95 double decks;
sheep and lambs, 100 double decks; calves
1,450.

With 205 loads of cattle on our market
here today, and 29,000 reported in Chica-
go, our market on all grades except a few
of the primest heavy cattle was strong
15622.30 lower than last Monday. A few
loads of heavy cattle, weighing around
1,350 to 1,400 lbs., quality considered, sold
full steady to strong with last week.

We quote: Best 1,400 to 1,600—lb. steers
157.60.607.85; good prime 1,300 to 1,400—1b.
do. $7.2561l7.50: do. 1,200 to 1,300-lb. do.
$6.7561/7.15; best 1,100 to 1,200-lb. shipping
steers, $6616.40; medium butcher steers.
1,000 to 1,100 lbs., $5.256L‘5.75;- light butch—
er steers, $4.506P5.25; best fat coWs, $4.50
((1/5; fair to good do., $3.50614.25; common
to medium do., $250653; trimmers, $1.75
61:2.50;best fat heifers, $550616; good do.,
$5015.35; fair to good-do., $4614.75; stock
heifers, $3.256i3.50: best feeding stecrs,
dehorned, $4.25614.50; common do., $3.73
@4; stockers, all grades, $350624; prime
export bulls, 3552561550; best butcher
bulls, $450615; bologna bulls. $350614;
stock bulls, $3.25613.75; best.milkcrs and
springer-s, $5061.60; common to good do.,
$256035. .

The market on the best quality of corn—
fed yorkers, mixed and mcdiums, sold
561110c lower than the close of last week.
The bulk of the good quality stalling
around $7.20677.25, with a few selected
decks up to $7.30, while the commoner
grades ranged on down as low as $6.75.
Trading is very unsatisfactory on com-
moner grades, pigs and light stuff. Prices
on the light yorkers ranging around $6.20
6176.40, with the bulk of the good quality
pigs selling at 6c per pound, with a few
choice quality strong weights at $6.10.
Best quality rough sows sold generally
at $5.00. There has been entirely too
many pigs and light stuff here lately for
the demand, and today’s market is in a
dcmoralized condition on this kind of
Stuff.

The sheep and lamb market was active
today at the prices. Most of the choice
lambs sold from $6.40@6.50. \i'cthers
from $1.106! 1.35: look for about steady
prices the balance of the week: every—
thing sold tonight.

“'c quote: liest spring lambs, $64061)
6.50; wcthers, 3341061435; cull sheep, $1.50
612.50; bucks, $2.50@2.75; yearlings, $1.50
014.723: handy ewes, $375674; heavy ewcs,
$3.256flS.50; veals, choice to extra, $07560
10; fair to good do., $8.50@9.50; heavy
calves, $4606.

—_

Chicago.
September 25, 1011.

. Cattle Hogs Sheep.
Received today ...... 29,000 31,000 45,000
Same day last year..23,796 21.098 60,323

Received last week..60,372 100,074 164,138
Same week last year.67,147 73,541 183,284

The large receipts of cattle today, in-
cluding about 9,000 western rangers, tend-
ed to make bidding very slow. Other
western markets, as well as this, received
liberal numbers, and bids were 1061150
lower, with only moderate trading up to
a rather late hour. The. best demand was
for handy little fat cattle, range stock
included. 'llogs had a fair demand at an
average decline of 10c, sales ranging at
$6.4061'7.10, compared with $6.65617.40 a
week ago. Pigs went at $46;6.40 and stags
at $6.6561}7.05. The sheep and lamb mar-
ket was uncertain and irregular, buyers
bidding 10c or more lower and business
slow. Lambs were quotable at $4.256!)
7.20, following last week’s advance of 15
61'25c in lambs, sheep and yearlings. Ewcs
have been selling at 551.50.614.25, wethers
at $3.8561.4.35, httcks at $250611} and year-
llngs at $3.75614.75, but these prices are
out today on account of the liberal offer-
ings. Feeders have been paying $425617
5.50 for lambs, $3.506P3.70 for wethers and
$2613 for ewes. with yearling feeding
Wethers going at $3.856D4.50, but the mar—
ket is now weakening. Occasionally a
buyer pays an extra high price for some—
thing that just suits his fancy, but the
general market is on the down—grade,
especially for inferior lots. The impres~
sion is that the sheep market will go
lower unless receipts arc checked in 7a
measure, although there is a good outlet
for prime muttons and feeders. Hogs,
too, look like going to a lower basis, and
country shippers and rangemen are ship-
'pmg in too many cattle not of the best
grade. “'estern range cattle receipts
Last Week amounted to 7,000 head.

Cattle were depressed last week tem-
porarily by the Jewish fast days, which
made a smaller outlet. and average prices
were on a 10617150 lower scale, even
Thursday's small oerings failing to sell
except at a reduction. The market is in
a peculiar condition at this time, with a
shortage of maturing beef cattle in the

SEPT. 30, 191.1.

corn belt states, while the dearness of
beef tends to lessen the demand; and
fresh vegetables and fruits are so abund:
ant and cheap that they are bought as
substitutes to an unusual extent. Beef
steers sold at $4.65@5.65 for the com-
moner grassy lots and at $7.50@8 for the
choicer offerings, with sales of fancy
heavy steers Monday at $8608.15. ‘The
greater part of the steers went at $5.65@
7.75, with exporters moderate purchasers
of a medium to fairly good class at $6.50
(W710, while desirable yearling steers
brought $76118. Butchering lots of cows
and heifers had a fair sale, although
prices averaged lower at $340697, while
cutters sold at $2.7561'3.35; canners at
$1.806112.70 and bulls at $36116. “'estet'n
range cattle were in pretty good supply,
and were taken in preference to their
native competitors, as they dressed out
better on the whole. They sold at $3.75@
7.10 for steers and at $3@6.10 for cows
and heifers, with sales at $3.73615.35
largely consisting of stock and fceding
steers. The general market for siockcrs
and feeders has continued animated at
high prices for desirable offerings, the
receipts continuing only moderate; Stock—
ers sold at $3.506t‘v5.25, feeders at 554.5560
5.85 and stock and feeding heifers at $3.10
604.40. Calves had a stiff advance, the
better class of vealers going at $8756)
9.75 per 100 lbs., with sales all the way
down to $3.50 for inferior heavy ones.
Milkers and springers were salable at
$306170 per head for inferior' to prime
cows, the demand centering strongly on
”the better class. Common cow's were apt
to be turned down and disposed of to
killers at low figureu

Hogs are showing it zjreat falling off in
average weight 'occausc of the unusually
large numbers of :sicl: pigs that are com-
ing to market. iiome are apparently
healthy enough, but these are shipped by
farmers who have been losing part of
their pigs from different ills that they
are subject to. In a single week the av-
erage weight of hogs received at the
Chicago stock yards has dropped off from
241 lbs. to 225 lbs.. which is an- unusual
occurrence. Averages ran 259 lbs. one
year ago, 229 lbs. two years ago, 224 lbs.
three years ago and 255 lbs. four years
ago. The hog market has had reactions
after declines in priccs, but it was hard
work for sellerS'to obtain advances, as
eastern shippers have continued small
buyers, while local packers are all deter-
mined apparently to force the market to
a still lower level. \\'ith a small percent—
age of choice hogs offered, these are na-
turally first to advance, while little pigs

have to sell absurdly low in pricc. Since
the. downward movement that is cus-

tomary about this season of the year
began a few weeks ago quite a drop has
taken place, but it cannot be said to be
unusual in extent. The numerous thin,
grassy old sows are selling badly, with
100 many. ‘

Sheep and lambs have been marketed
in recent weeks with unusual liberality,‘
which has rendered it difficult for sellers
to sustain prices at various times, al-l
though the recent low range of quotations
started up a decidedly larger general de-j
mand, in which country buyers of feeders
participated. The ranges have furnishedl
much the larger share of the offerings,
Idaho leading off with liberal numbers5
of mutton and feeder lambs. Some prime
feeders sold up to $6 a few days ago, and
some “'ashington range lambs were mar—
keter at $5.50616.25. The demand has
bcen very good for breeding ewes at $3.65
(«14.30, and choice mutton sheep and year-
lings met with a good demand. \Vyo-
ming, Montana and Nevada were among
the range contributors, and the market
was glutted at times with rangc and
native flocks.

Horses have bcen marketed more free-
ly than a week earlier or a year ago, but
the bulk of the offerings failed to meet
with the. approval of buyers, and there
was a great scarcity of the better class.
Demand was mainly for good drafters.
such as sell at $200 per head and up-
ward, and a few prime ones went at $250

@275, while one fancy animal brought
$367.50. Inferior horses sold as low as

$65. Drivers were in better demand, with
few good ones for sale. Desirable ones
were worth $20061300. F.

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The packers are wholesaling mutton at
lower prices than any other kind of meat.
1f the meat—eatcrs could buy it as low as
the retail dealers coldd afford to sell it,
the demand would start up wonderfully.
As it is, the dcarness of beef, mutton and
other meats in retail market has caused
matty people to try vegetarian diet to a
remarkable degree. Mutton is always
highly popular when sold at reasonable
prices, and it: is a great pity that this
cannot be done, as it would greatly ben—
efit: both sheepmen and meat-eaters all
over the country;

A government report gives the number
of stock hogs on the farms of the I’nited
States, September 1, as 103.8 per cent of
the number on the farms '4 year earlier.
at which time the per cent stood at 100.3
per cent of 1909. The report makes farm
prices this year 15.9 per cent lower than
a year ago.

Thin, old cows, which are so apt to be
condemned on post-morten examination
in the Chicago stock yards, are meeting
with a poor outlet, the packers refusing
to buy them except at extremely low
prices. Decent canning cows or fair cut—
ters are selling well, however, there be-
ing a good outlet for-cheap beef.

Thomas Linder, a prominent stockman, ~

says there is a great stretch of country

lying in southwestern Iowa and north-'

western Missouri where the farmers will
not average over about 20 bushels of corn
to the acre this fall: where there is no
old corn left; no grass and practically no
cattle. He says: “Look out for the big-
gest shortage of cattle this country has
ever been up against. Feeding cattle will
be scarce and high, and they will sell be-
fore next spring at $6 per 100 lbs.”

 

 

 

 

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In the final; edition the Detroit Live-
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Thursday's Detroit Live Stock markets
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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday’s Market.
September 27, 1911.
Cattle.

Receipts, 811. Market steady at last
Thursday’s prices on all grades but bulls,
which are 15®25c lower.

We quote: Extra dry-fed steers and
heifers, $5.75@6; steers and heifers, 1,000
to 1,200, $5@5.50; do. 800 to 1,000, $4.50@
5: grass steers and heifers .that are fat.
800 to 1,000, 34.506115; do. 500 to 700, $3.75
@450; choice fat cows, $4.50; good do.
$3.75@4.25: common cows, $3@3.50; can-
ners, $1.50@2.50; choice heavy bulls, $4;
fair to good bolognas, bulls, $3.25@3.75;
stock bulls, $3613.25; choice feeding steers,
800 to 1,000, $4.50@5; fair do., 800 to 1,000,
33.75614; choice stockers, 500 to 700, $3.75
@4; fair stockers, 500 to 700. $3.25@3.50;

 

stock heifers, $3653.50; milkers, large.
young, medium age, $40@57; common do.
‘$25@35.

Haley & M. sold Lachalt 12 steers av
940 at $4.70; to Kamman B. Co. 25 butch-
ers av 890 at $4.60, 6 steers av 975 at $5:
to Sullivan P. Go. 2 cows av 1,170 at
$4.25, 11 butchers av 545 at $3.55, 13 do
av 790 at $4.50, 4 cows av 985 at $4, 16
butchers av 836 at $4.55, 4 do av 980 at
$4; to Applebaum 6 cows av 875 at $3.35,
3 heifers av 500 at $3.50, 1 cow weighing
1,070 at $3.60; to Cooke 3 cows av 826 at
$2.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 15 steers av
905 at $5, 7 cows av 824 at $3.35, 1 bull
weighing 1,080 at $4; to Bresnahan 10
heifers av 600 at $3.75, 1 bull Weighing
550 at $3.25; to Schlischer 4 butchers av
690 at $3.85, It do av 775 at $4.55.

Bishop, B. S; H. sold Bresnahan 7 heif—
ers av 610 at $3.60, 2 canners av 895 at
$2.75, 3 heifers av 483 at $3.50; to Austin
7 feeders av 767 at, $4.40, 5 do av 888 at
$4.60, 3 do av 787 at $4.25; 10 Mich. B. Co.
20 steers av 1,105 at $6, 20 do av 1,073 at
$5.75; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1 cow weigh-
ing 1,340 at $4.75, 1 bull weighing 680 at
$3.25, 1 «steer weighing 780 at $5.25, 7
cows av 903 at $3.35, 1 canner weighing
1,350 at $2.75, 2 bulls av 1,340 at $3.85; to
Sullivan P. Co. 1 bull weighing 1,000 at
$3.50, 2 Cows av 915 at $2.75, 2 do av 1,050
at $3.75, 2 do av 1,010 at $4, 1 bull weigh-
ing 1,600 at $4. 2 heifers av 650 at $4; to
Parker,-’XV. & C0. 3 cows av 917 at $2.75:
.to Goose, 2 do av 920 at $3, 1 do weighing
1.180 at“,$3.50, 6 heifers av 775 at $4, 2
cows av 1,020 at $3; to Rattkowsky 2 do
av 1,000 at $4.10, 2 do av 1,210 at $4. 1
do ”weighing 980 at $3.75; to Austin 5
feeders av 908 at $4.80, 5 do av 856 at
$4.50, 1 do weighing 880 at $4; to Bresna-
ban 2 canners av 835 at $2.75; to Heschle-
man 6 steers av 1,080 at $4.75; to Breiten-
beck 19 do av 1,033 at $5.15.

Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 1 bull
weighing 1,250 at $4, 2 do av 1,075 at $4,
3 cows av 933 at $4, 2 do av 1,150 at $4,
13 butchers av 711 at $4, 3 bulls av 653 at
$3.50, 3 do av 947 at $4; to Bresnahan 2
canners av 865 at $2.75; to Hammond, S.
& Co. 3 bulls av 1,233 at $4, 10 steers av
1,105 at $5.60, 9 do av 902 at $5.05; to
Breitenbeck 2 cows av 1,125 at $3.85; to
Rattkowsky 1 cow weighing 1,260 at $4,
3 heifers av 280 at $3.75; to Regan 7
butchers av 743 at $3.85, 16 do av 511 at
$3.60; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 cow weighing
1.000 at $2.75, 4 canners av 840 at $2.75;
to Merritt 4 feeders av 1,000 at $5.

Roe Com. Co. sold Goose 3 heifers av
420 at $3, 2 'cows av 1,020 at $4, 4 do av
885 at $3: to Rattkowsky 1 do weighing
1,000 at $4; to Regan 5 heifers av 568 at
$3.50; to Mich. B. Co. 10 butchers av 910
at $4.50, 1 bull weighing 1,590 at $4.10, 5
steers av 860 at $4.75; to Bresnahan 1
canner weighing 900 at $2.50, 11 heifers
av 555 at $3.35; to Mich. B. Co. 19 butch-
ers av 792 at $4.50, 5 do av 944 at $3.75,
1 canner weighing 780 at $4.50.

Robb sold Merritt 4 stockers av 557 at
$3.40. 15 do av 713 at $4.

Adams sold same 8 feeders av 783 at $4.

Robb sold Sullivan P. Co. 6 bulls av
626 at $3.25.

Kendall sold Bresnahan 3 heifers av
587 at $3.75, 2‘cows av 1,310 at $3.50, 9 do
av 760 at $3.90, 3 C.) :.v 870 at $2.40, 6
butchers av 795 at 574.50.

Robb sold Mich. 3.- Go. 11 butchers av
605 at $3.90, 4 do av 1.000 at $4.50.

Veal Calves.

Receipts, 394. Market steady at last
Thursday’s prices. Best, $8.75@9.50; oth-
ers, $3.75@8.50; milch cows and springers
steady.

Snicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 6 av 155
at $9, 13 av 140 at $9, 7 av 135 at $8.75, 2
av 260 at $4.50, 11 av 150 at $9; to Fried—
man 2 av 125 at $8.75.

Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 1 weigh-
ing 140 at $9.25, 4 av 155 at $8, 9 av 160
at $9.25, 7 av 135 at $8.50; to Hammond,
S. 8: (lo. 3 av 185 at $6, 6 av 180 at $9;
to Mich. 13. Co. 15 av 215 at $8.75; to
Parker, 1V. & Co. 2 av 340 at $5.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. & Co.
3 av 225 at $8. 2 av 170 at $8.50, 2 av 190
at $9, 11 av 150 at $9, 2 av 120 at $8.50,
1 weighing 170 at $9.50, 2 av 235 at $7, 1
weighing 240 at $7.50, 4 av 150 at $9.25, 1
weighing 210 at $9, 1 weighing 100 at $7.
8 av 145 at $7.50, 2 av 140 at $9.25, 2 av
160 at $9, 4 av 155 at $9.50, 21 av 150 at
39,95, 1 weighing 230 at $6, 3 av 185 at
$3, 4 av 155 at $9.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 7
av 130 at $9, 3 av 155 at $9.50, 5 av 160
at $9.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 3 av 160
a 9.
332mm & W. sold Parker, W. & Co. 2
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Kalaher sold-“Hammond, S. & Co. 8 av
133 at $8.75.; ,

Downing sold same 4 av 135 at $8.50
1 weighing 210 at $6.

Stephens sold same 8 av 145 at $8.75.

Kendall sold Burnstine 3 av 150 at $8.50. -

Duelle sold same 12 av 135 .at $8.50.

Long sold same 9 av 155 at $8.50.

Roe Com. Co. sold Goose 4 av 250 at
$3.50; to Friedman 2 av 130 at $9; to Ratt-
kowsky 1 weighing 240 at $5, 1 weighing
90 at $7; to Newton B. Co. 2 av 140 at $9.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts, 2,865. Market steady at last
Thursday's prices; run light. Best lambs
$5.75@6; fair lambs, $5@5.50; light to com-
mon lambs, $3.50@4.50; fair to good sheep
$3683.50; culls and common, $1.50@2.75.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co. 18
lambs av 68 at $5, 128 do av 67 at $5.10,
18 do av-55 at $4.25, 24 do av 55 at $4.50,
21 sheep av 100 at $3, 4 do av 90 at $2.75,
21 lambs av 48 at $4, 76 do av 67 at $5.50;
to Newton 13. Co. 45 lambs, av 70 at $5.50,
18 do av 80 at $5.50, 51 do av 73 at $5.65;
to Thompson Bros. 21 sheep av 105 at $3,
49 lambs av 67 at $5.60; to Parker, W. 8:
Co. 50 lambs av 66 at $5.75. 19
Ilambs av 70 at $6, 33 do av 73 at
$5.75; to Mich. B. Co. 56 sheep av 102 at
$2.75, 30 lambs av 71 at,$5.65; to Breiten-
beck 34 do av 55 at $5.10; to Hammond,
S. &- Co. 31 do av 70 at $5.75, 6 sheep av
125 at $3.25,, 30 do av 95 at $3.25, 15 lambs
av 65 at $5. 5;, to Sullivan P. Co. 10 do av
55 at $4.25, 31 do av 68 at $5; to Harland
23 do av 65 at $6, 34 do av 73 at $6, 5 do
av 55 at $5; to \Vhite 22 sheep av 105 at
$3.25: to Fitzpatrick Bros. 20 do av 75
at $2.25, 7 do av 105 at $2, 63 do av 110
at $3.50; to Rattkowsky 7'do av 95 at $4;
to Fitzpatrick Bros. 18 do av 90 at. $3, 6
lambs av 65 at $6, 83 do av 75 at $6, 16
do av 58 at $5; to Hammond, S. & Co. 53
do av 65 at $6, 16 do av 60 at $4.75, 28
do av 65 at $5.75, 10 sheep av 104 at $3.

Haley & M. sold Hammond, 'S. & Co.
47 lambs av 68 at $5, 7 do av 60 at $5.

Roe Com. Co. sold Youngs 109 lambs av
78 at $5.65; to Newton B. Co. 27 do av 77
at $5.50, 10 shecp av 83 at $3; to Barlage
75 do av 90 at $3.25, 5 do av 85 at $2, 97
do av 75 at $5.35; ‘to Hayes 23 sheep av 85
at $3.25; to Eschrich 21 lambs av 70 at
$5.50, 5 sheep av 100 at $2.

Spicer §z R. sold Thompson Bros. 18
lambs av 45 at $4.25; to Mich. B. Co. 112
do av 64 at $5.65, 40 do av 65 at $5.25, 51
sheep av 1.10 at $2.90, 101 lambs av 70 at
$5.65; to Sullivan 1’. (To. 20 do av 48 at
$4. 33 shecp av 95 at $3.10, 18 do av 90 at
$1.40: to Breitenbeck 69 lambs av 56 at
$5.10; to Mich. B. Co. 34 do av 78 at $5.40;
to Fitzpatrick Bros. 12 sheep av 120 at $3.

Dohm sold Newton R. Co. 23 lambs av
65 at $5.50; to Adams 88 do av 72 at $5.50,
20 sheep av 75 at $3.

Kalaher sold Hammond, S. & (‘0. 4
sheep av 105 at $3.25, 86 lambs av 75 at
$5.60. ,

Stephens sold same 52 lambs av 58 at $5.

Hogs. *

Receipts. 3,439. Bidding 50c lower that
last Thursday: none sold at noon.

Range of prices: Light to good butch-
ers, 36.25.796.50; pigs, $5685.50; light york-
ers. $6706.50; heavy, $6656.50.

Spicer & R. sold Parker, W. & Co. 420
av 190 at $6.50, 60 av 170 at $6.35.

Haley &'M. sold same 240 av 200
$6.50, 98 av 180 at $6.40, 160 av 160
$6.25, 75 av 150 at $6.15.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 910 av 240 at $6.60, 515 av 175 at
$6.55, 1,450 av 170 at $6.50.

Same sold Hobbins 11 av 160 at $6.25,
57 av 180 at $6.50, 24 av 140 at $6.

Closed 40@50c lower than last week.

Friday’s Market.
September 22, 1911.

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Cattle.
Receipts this week. 1,317; last week,
1,371. Market steady at Thursday‘s
prices. Best steers and heifers, $5.75;

steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $5@5.50;
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@4.25; choice
fat cows, $4.50; good do. $3.75@4.25; com—
mon cows, $3.25@3.40; canners, $1.50@3;
choice heavy bulls, $4.25; fair to good
bologna bulls, $3.50@4; stock bulls, $3@
3.50; cholce feeding steers, 800 to 1,000,
$4.50@4.75; fair do. 800 to 1,000, $4634.35;
choice stockers, 500 to 700, $3750.54; fair
stockers, 500 to 700, $3.25@3.50; stock
helfers,— $3653.50; milkers, large, young,
medium age, $40@60; common milkers,
$25@35.
Veal Calves.

Receipts this week, 557; last week, 565.
Market steady at Thursday’s prices. Best
$8.75@9.50; others, $4@8; milch cows and
springers steady.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts this week, 3,633; last week,
6,227. Market steady at Thursday’s
prices. Best lambs. $6; fair lambs, $503

5.50; fair to good sheep, $3.25@3.75; culls
and common, $1.50@2.50.

Hogs.
Receipts this week, 4.644; last week,
5,067. Market steady at Thursday's prices.
Light to good butchers, $6.80@7; pigs,
$6@6,25; light yorkers, $6.25@6.75; heavy,
$6.80@6.95.

M. R. Murphy, general superintendent
of the Cudahy Packing Company plant
at South Omaha. believes that hogs Will
not be cheap the coming winter. He
comments on the fact that there is a
reasonably good foreign demand for hog
products, and adds that his belief is that
the marketing of hogs up to the close
of the year will fall considerably under
the average of former years. Mr. Mur—
phy says the quality of the hogs show-
ing up is irregular, hogs being good one
day and of indifferent quality the next.
This he regards as indicative of a spot-
ted condition of hogs over the middle
west. Mr. Murphy adds: '
isn't raising farm produce nor live stock
enough to permit cheap prices. We are
going to see an era of high—coating food
stuff until production catches up with
consumptive capacity and then rolls up a
little surplus.”

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80 Acres $5500.00

Everythiugoes with this fine Money-Making Farm.
You start where the owner leaves 011- Good 8-room
houle; born 50:“). tie up 20cowa;oommodious out build-
ings; good water;rleh black loam soil;fine brook water.
ed palture; 2miles to town, high school, Railroad and
Cmumery; good fruit orchard and small fruits: owner
wishes to retire and for ulck sale will include 3500

lr of mules, 12 cows, 7 ogs. 130 hens. full set of
arming tools, 14 acres of corn, two acres potatoes. hay.
grain, and garden crops; all forthe low price of 55300;
half cash, balance 10 years, 6%. For instructions to
me this big bar am. 58832906 7. Su plement C, Station
101. E. A. 8TB UT. Ol louy uilding, Chicago.

 

Land of Manatee on West
Coast of FLORIDA. Net
$50010 $l000 per acre. Quick
transportation to big markets.
Beautifully illustrated booklet.
Free. Write Now.

.I. A. PRIDE, Gen. Ind. Agi.,

SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY,
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in Virginia, North and South Carolina:
Georgia, Alabama and Florida, write to
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Homeseekers-Allenlion

The territory traversed by the Nashville, Chat.
tanooga & St. Louis Railway is rich in natural
resources, and its climatic conditions and tho
fertility of its soil offer unexcolled opportunities
for the profitable production of grains. grasses,
live stock and truck crops. Fertile and attract
ive farm lands may be had at very low prices.
Write me at once for lroo doserlptlvo literature.
II. F. Smith, Traffic Manager, Dept. P, Nashville, Tenn.
FREE forested 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 give reliable
information. Sacramento california

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The Best Farm

Productive lauds, favorable climate, and abundant rain! malt tum
locations in the Southeast the most profitable. all 0

Land from $10 to $50 an acre close to the beat markets. Wheat, corn.
hay, all truck crops, give best returns. Conditions unsur posed for dairyin
and live stock, hog and poultry raising. Beef and pork §

Five to six crops of alfalfa per season grown. Good farmers make $0 to 100
dai od ts d d [gains pharketa gear at hand

r r uc an eman .3 un ersupp ed. Apple orchards u 1 00
to {£00 an acre, and orchard lands cost only a traction of chillie’msother

The Southeast Hus locations
The climate assures the finest results from Lntelli
the region unsurpassed as a pleasantand healthful
winter country, and its summers are on o
ood schools, churches, roads, rural 6 ve , and all other advantages. Th0
uthorn Railway and associated linen will hlellp
Our several publications, tree on application, give full information. Addreu.

II. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Agent, Southern Railway.

produced at

pay highest prices for

lot- Every Kind 0! Forming
ent agriculture and makes
ome location. ft ll an open
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you find the location you desire.

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HERE ARE THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE 36 BOYS AND GIRLS WHD DDT THEM. READ THEM, DDIINT THEM!

1. ::I‘:VANUELIE>‘E."' Gladys I'Itillx, Marshall. Mo. 14 “BEAUTY," Bertram. Eldridge, Bradford, III. 27. “Miscmnr,” ()rville Himle, Montevideo, Minn.

2. “QUEENIl-Z',' btan J._ Mallet-k, Redwood, 31mm. 15. “SPOTTY,” IMildred Etter, hisdelia, Minn. 28. “BESS,” Wilfred Dearchs, Burt, Iowa.

.5. HI:()N.\‘,I,E, Amyle hater, _Ghd(_ien, Iowa. 16. “BROWNIE,” Twylah Hart, Sidney. Ohio. 29. “JERRY,” Cleta Johnson, Lawrence, Kansas.

4. “him, Ju’I’esfiand Ituby IXOI)’(.'Iln, Huntley, 1\Iont. l7. “JACK.” Bernice Harvey, Creston, Iowa. 30. “DANDY,” Grace Burrows, Delano, Minn.

5_. “F‘PARKLIE; Lloise bavage, Watertown, S . 18. “MAC," Ruth hIead, Slater, lVIo. 31. “CAPTAIN," Ida O’Keefe. Stanley, N. D.

0- “QUNNIE, H Elmer HOill. \Yaukon, lowing 19. “TEDDY," George Cooper, St. Cloud, Minn. 32. “PRINCE,” Norris Nupson. Preston, Minn.

7. . ltnx'rzrn, Marie (Sr. .Margie Parker, Williamsfield, III. 20. “"Rixm,” Frank Harris, Billings, Mont. 33. ”JIM,” Joey Edwards, Hoisington, Kansas.

8. I"I:ONY,,"’ Maurice Hunle, Montevrdco, hIinn. 21. “DAISY,” Leta Hainline, Orient, Iowa. - {These three ponies were given away Sept.
9- “ I\ING. YV10. J. Breitback, Waupeton, Iowa. 22. “FAIRY,” Lawrence Ulrich, Rosemount, Minn. 34. “MAJOR” 2.3, 1911, and we didn't know the names of
10. ‘ BILLIE: ' Hazel MCMaFflm DeSmct. S._ D. 23. “BOB,” John B. Corn, Jr., Little Rock, Ark. 35. “GINGER" the winners when we wrote this advertise-
li. ‘l)t'Kr:, ‘ Dorothy Lee Lagle, hansas City, Mo. 24. “LADDIE,” Robbie E. Notton, Nashua. Iowa. 36. “PA'rsr” ment but we will tell you who won them
12. “Don: Oliver It. Olson. Inter. Falls, Minn. 25. “Tom,” Helen Herrmann, W'isner, Neb. just as soon as we hear from you.

13. “Sr. SICK.” Marcella Conley, Ionla, Iowa. 26. “Danny,” A. Fitzsimmons, North McGregor, Iowa. '

Notice that we print the names and complete addresses of the children to whom we have given ponies which we wouldn’t dare do if it wasn’t true that
we give away rial live Shetland Ponies. You will see that we. have given them to children all over the United States so it doesn’t make any difference where
you live we would just as soon send “Dixie Jetvel,” the next Pony w* are going to give away, to you as to any other boy or girl. If you write any of these
children (be sure to enclose a two-cent, stamp for reply,) they will tell you how tine their Shetland Ponies-are, what fun they have with them and the first thing
they did was to send us their name and address which you must do if you want us to send you “Dixie Jewel.”

Tins Ponv F REE

With Complete Outfit, just
as it looks in this Picture

WE WILL

A GIVE YOU
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' Or SOME OTHER BOY or GIRL

  

 

 

“ DIXIE JEWEL”

"Dixie Jewel" is a handsome four-year old
black Shetland Pony, 44 inches high (how tall
are you) and weighs about 350 pounds. You
may have seen lots of ponies in circuscs and
elsewhere but. we know you never saw a pony
that. is prettier nor cuter than “Dixie Jewel“
which we are going to give you or some other
child. We. selected him at the famous Ilcyl
Pony Farm. \Vashington, Ill.. where there are
hundreds of the finest kind of Shetland
Ponies. Like most ponies “Dixie Jewel" is
very fond of children, liilchcd up to his
hobby pony wagon he will haul you and all
your boy and girl friends that can pile in
just about as fast as you want to go. And
when you are not riding or driving him he
Will play with you and yoti can teach him to
Come when you whistle, and lots of cute tricks.
You would he just the happiest child alive
If " Dixie Jewel" were yours. Didn't you ever
notice what good times children have, who
own ponies and how pretty these cute little
fellows Imik trotting up the road. l-chryliody
runs to the door and stops to look (it a Shetland
Pony going by. (‘an you think of anything
you would like to own better than "l)i\‘ie
Jewel?” llcud this page throuszli carefully
and then send us your name and address at
once.

SEND YDUR NAME TDDAY, IF YOU WANT TD WIN “DIXIE JEWEL”

As soon as we hear from you we will tell you how to become a contestant for “Dixie Jewel.” Don’t let anybody persuade you that you cannot win this
pony because out plan of conducting pony contests is different from others. The fact that we have given ponies to thirty-six boys and girls already is proof
that. we give them away. We publish The Farmer, The Farmer’s Wife and Poultry Herald. The banker or postmaster in your town knows that we are one

- of the largest publishing houses in the United States so we am well aliord to give ponies to boys and girls. Our contests are very short and you or some other
child will get, “Dixie. Jewel ” and have him to drive to school and everywhere. We never heard of one of these thirty—six boys and girls until they wrote and told

- us they wanted a pony which shoWs how fair and square our pony contests are and that no matter where the winner lives “Dixre Jewel” will be sent without
any cost to you. You must send us your name and address right away.

  

THE OUTFIT

And best of all we send free with "Dixie~
Jewel” the complete Pony Outfit just as you
see it in the picture. The pony waeon is_,§d§l;‘
the most comfortable riding and easiest.
pulling we could buy for our purpose. We
have given away so many-that we know
exactly what. kind most boys and girls like.‘
The handsmnc nickel trimmed harness looks
just tine on "Dixie Jewel" and the gliding
hridle is imported and the saddle which"we
also send we have made to order for "Dixie
Jewel." No child no matter how rich his
parents may he owns a nobhier or more desir-
able pony and outfit than this one which we
shall .send free and all freight and express
charges paid. This is surely the IH‘SL chance
you ever had to get a Shetland Pony, so if
you haven‘t any and think you would like to
have us give you this one, send your name
and address to us right now so it will he sure
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CUT 001' All) SIGN THIS coupon on con 0N
SEND you“ NAME TODAY A POSTAL CARD AND MAIL TODAY

THE FARMER'S WIFE, 323 Webb Building, St. Paul. Minn.

 

EACH courzsmr A PRIZE WINNER

All contestants will surely get a prize of their

    
  
  

 

()ur ponies are given away so quickly that you . .. - - n 'h ’ fr m t list which we will send V011
will stand a i in. - ; .. .. .. . . Pleas send me Certificate of Entry. and pictures of Quite Jewel and tell me 0WD 9 005m“ 0 1 . . ‘ r ‘. ‘
sit right downL aiiil L\erlltlia(11:10:iyli‘tiixlrh(3n; $0313 how to take care of Shetland Ponies and feed them. I haven t. any bhetland Pony and Besides the g’tfiw gnu? fluid! wiggle-“fie f-rggfi
card or semi the coupon opposite tilled out with want to own “Dixie Jewe ." (13:11:ng “Bosnia B:fl(gr;flg;o (meilifltmtsbcnéisctfland
your name and address (either way will be all Bags ‘ifilush nghtszlfie's Shot Guns and' dozens
right). The work we require you to do to become ~ R F D of oiher desirable, ”17.0%. If you become an
a contestant for ‘ DIXIC Jewel ‘ is something that. Nam? ~ enrolled contestant in this Pony (‘ontest you

 

any boy or girl who could drive a pony can do,
and-any child who becomes a contestant. will
win a fine prize. even if they fail to win "Dixie P. 0
Jewel" which is the best prize of all.

I. sure to address postcard or envelope, ' THE FARMERS m

can‘t. lose. But don‘t let anyone persuade you
that you can't win “Dixie Jewel" because you

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