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DETROIT, MICE. SATURDAY. OCT. 14, 1911.

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FARM NOTES.

 

Dodder.

I am sending a specimen which I think
is dodder, of which I find several spots
in alfalfa and 'rnew seeding of June clo—
ver. , I intend to mow the June clover
for hay next year. Would it be advisable
to plow the new seeding next spring in
order to get rid of this plant? Is dodder
an annual? Will it go to seed in new
seeding the first year? Are the enclosed
seeds ripe enough to grow? What is your
advice for exterminating this plant? Any
adviceor suggestions will be greatly ap-
preciated, .

Saginaw Co. C. F.

:The specimen mentioned in the above
inquiry, from which the accompanying
illustration was made, is rather an ex-
treme example of the manner in which
this parasitic plant entwines about and
kills its host, the growth being so dense
that it is impossible to see the clover
stem about which it has formed. Under
no circumstances should the hay from a
patch infested with dodder in either a
clover or alfalfa field be raked up and
drawn to the barn, as in this manner the
seed will become more widely distributed.
The plant is one which seeds liberally,
and while the specimen illustrated had no
seeds that were entirely matured, yet it
did contain seeds that doubtless would
mature sufficiently so that they would
grow another spring.

The best way to exterminate the plant
is to cut it down wherever it appears in
patches and let it dry and then apply an
armful of straw and burn where it lies,
which will usually result in its complete
extermination and there will be little loss
or damage to the seeding. If the field is
very badly infested it might be best to
plow it up and grow a hoed crop before
reseeding. Dodder, in both clover and
alfalfa, is becoming increasingly common
in Michigan a ugreat care should be
exercised in pa asing either clover or
alfalfa seed not to get the seeds of this
pest. It is thought by the best authori-
ties that a single species only lives on
one kind of plant, but whether it is found
either ingclover or alfalfa it should be ex-
terminated as 'quickly as possible.

The Best' Time and Way to Sow Alfalfa.

I have eight acres of good clay loam,
rather black land, that I have had to
corn for two years after plowing up a
good timothy and clover sod, and have
kept the corn extra clean both years and
got a very good crop. I would like to
seed this land to alfalfa. Had thought
some of disking the stubble and sowing
about one bushel of barley to the acre
with the alfalfa, or do you think it would
be better to plow the land, and what time
would you advise sowing, and would .Vou
advise putting grass seed in the drill at
the same time with barley? Also, how
much alfalfa should I sow to the acre?

Lenawee Co. F. F. A.

The method of seeding alfalfa con—
templated by the inquirer is one which
has the approval of the best authorities
on the subject, and which the writer's
experience would also bear out. Repeated
attempts to grow alfalfa on the writer's
farm met with poor success until lime
was applied as a preparation for the
crop. On a portion of a field which had
been seeded to alfalfa with poor results,
lime was applied last year before, plant-
ing potatoes. The field was sown to oats
this season, the oats being seeded rather
lightly with a view of getting a good
stand of clover in the field. In addition
to the clover, which was sown on the en-
tire field, about seven pounds of alfalfa
seed 'per acre were sown on that portion
of the field to which the lime had been
applied. Rape seed was also sown in» the
oats with a view of pasturing lightly with
sheep in midsummer, when other pastures
were unproductive. Owing to the ex-
tremely dry season the oats were very
poor and the clover was entirely burned
up. The alfalfa, which made a better
growth frOm the start than the clover,
survived the dry weather and the conse-

quent pasturing of a flock of sheep which
was turned in on the rape after harvest,
owing to the fact that the clover seeding
was a failure.

However, the alfalfa still lived, con-
trary to expectations, and as soon as the
first rain came, which was during the
second week in September, the sheep
were taken from the field and the alfalfa
commenced to grow at once. Now there
is a fairly even stand on this portion of
the field and it is making a vigorous fall
growth. “'hile it is not as thick as it
would have been had it been sown

June, using 15 pounds of seed per acre.
This is a good stand, but notwithstanding
the previous cultivation which had been
given the field, the weeds have encroached
somewhat upon it. The weeds were clip-
ped back once and the alfalfa is making
a vigorous growth at this time. The ex-
ceedingly dry weathcr seems to affect
this seeding almost as much as that sown
in the oats, which was. of course, sown
earlier and got a beitcr start. although
it is thicker on the: ground and somewhat
larger at the present timc.

The ideal woud be seed with

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An Example of the Manner in which Dodder Infests and Kills Clover and Alfalfa.

alone, it appears to be thick enough to
make a very good stand in case it sur-
vives the Winter, as it should do under
favorable conditions. This soil had been
inoculated when alfalfa was sown two
years before and the presence of the bac—
teria in the soil is indicated by the good
color of the alfalfa plants, as well as by
the presence of the nodules on their
roots.

Another field of alfalfa which had re-
ceived similar preparation was seeded in

beardless barley and cut this crop for
hay, seeding early in the spring. This is
the1 plan layorcd by Joseph E. \V'ing, of
Ohio, who has probably had as wide an
experience with the plant as any farmer
in the north central states. There have
been many good stands, howevvr, secured
in barley and outs which wore cut for
grain, and on reasonably fertile land, in
a normal sl-nson, there is no doubt that
alfalfa can he successfully scedcd in this
way. in fin-i. our cxpcricncc this year

 

 

 

 

 

Two Varieties of Soy Beans Grown by A. D. Pitcher, Wayne Co. (See page 306).

 

would indicate that it will stand more
dry weather and hardships than the clo-
ver plant will when the: other conditions
are favorable.

However, on many soils as in the cases
above cited, it will not thrive without a
previous application of lime, and \\'(
shall not attempt to seed any more al-
falfa without first applying lime. Mam
soilsyhowever, do not appear to need
lime and on some soils inoculation does
not seem to be necessary, but in a ma—

jority of cases we believe it is a wise
precaution. Many Michigan experience.“
seem to indicate that alfalfa may be

sown successfully at almost any time ii!
the summer under proper conditions. All
things considered, however, the writm
believes early seeding to be the safest
plan.

As to the amount of seed required per
acre. from 15 to 20 pounds is advocated
by the best authoritics, although some
good stands have bccn secured with half
this amount, depcndini.r sniilltwilat upon
the manner of sowing and perhaps more
upon the season. if disked thoroughly tr:
prepare a good semi ilt’ti, there would ap-
pear to be no advantage in plowing this
field in the sprintr for alfalfa. This would
be particularly true if the seed were to
be sown without a nurse crop since the
weeds would be lcss troublesome than if
the field were plowed. The best way to
seed would be to let the alfalfa. seed drop
on the ground ahead of the drill hoes
rather than to mix it with barley, as i"
Would then be scattered much more even—
ly and be covered to a more favorab‘e
depth to secure good germination and
growth under spring weather conditions

Sunflowers for Silage.

“'hat food value has the common sun-
flower, both stalk and flower when mixed
in the corn in the silo? Some farmers
hereabouts il‘th‘ tried planting sunflowers
in the ensilage corn and claim it takes
the place of oil meal.

B. H.

Lenawee Co.

Experiments ilth‘ been conducted in
different parts of the country to deter»
mine the value of sunflowers as a crop
for ensilage. The results obtained in-
both Maine and Vermont indicate that ir
those sections the sunflower has no ad-
vantage over corn for this purpose. The
yield of green matter was from 11,000 tt‘
12,000 pounds per acre. containing from

2,000 to 2,700 pounds of dry matter. In
these experiments the entire plant was
cut up and put into the silo. At tin

Canadian stations where this experiment
has been tried the butter made, when :i
silage mixture containing sunflower heads
was fed, was of a richer and higher color
than when corn silage alone was fed.

in some sections of the country an en—
islzi’ge mixture known as the Robertson
mixture has been tried. This mixture is
made by growing together a crop of corn
and horse bcans, two acres of this mix—
ture being put in the silo with one-half
21(‘l‘e of sunflower heads, cutting them
both together. It is claimed by some au-
ihorities that with 50 pounds of this
mixture four pounds less grain is re-
quired and is ordinarily given where corn
silage alone is fed.

While we have no data at hand which
shows either the food value or the di-
gestibility of the sunflower Stalk, it is
probable that it would not be high, since
it doubtless contains relatively more fibre
than cornstalks, hence the feeding value
would be mostly in the head containing
matured seeds. NOW, the sunflower seeds
like cotton or fiaxseed contain a great
deal of oil, having 29 per cent of fat as
shown by chemical analysis. Hence, with
this large content of fat it cannot be
considered to contain a surplus of pro-
tein which would balance up the nutri-
ents in the ensilage as would oil meal or
cottonseed meal fed with it, since cot-

tonseed meal and oil meal have had the

  


 

  

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fat extracted from the original cotton-
seed and flax seed and they are in reality
by-products which are especially high in
protein. If the sunflower seed had the
oil extracted the residue would be com-
parable to oil meal or cottonseed meal as
we know it commercially. The whole
seed has a nutritive ratio of practically
one to eight, being only a little narrower
than the nutritive ratio of corn. Hence,
owing to the fact that a larger tonnage
of corn can be grown per acre and cer-
tainly with less trouble, it is very ques-
tionable whether the addition of sunflow-
ers to corn silage could be made with
profit to the grower, and the experiences
of the experiment stations above referred
to seem to bear out this conclusion.

Bindweed—Weeds in Pasture.

Will you please tell me through the
Michigan Farmer the name of the en-
closed vine and how to eradicate it? I
am also enclosing a kind of grass found

in large quantities in an old pasture field .

Does it indicate any certain condition of
the soil where found?
Lapeer Co. B. F. C.
The specimen of vine enclosed is com-

monly known as bindweed. This is a
perennial plant with extensive root stocks
which penetrate far into the soil and
develop buds from which new plants
come up. On this account it is a very
difficult weed to eradicate and careless
cultivation or half-way efforts to eradi-
cate it only aggravates the difficulty by
carrying the pieces of roots from place
to place where they will readily take root
and grow. The application of salt is
recommended by some practical farmers,
but thorough cultivation is the only sure
method of ridding the land of the pest.
A short rotation of crops should be prac-
ticed, using the later planted hoed crops
as a matter of preference, which will
give an opportunity to keep the weed in
check before the crop is planted by re-
peated cultivation of the field, using
thistle sweeps so as to keep the plant cut
off below the ground.

In some cases it may be necessary to
summer fallow the ground, where the
pest is very troublesome, then sow buck—
wheat, plowing this under in the fall
when in boom and continue the surface
cultivation, following the next year with
a hoed crop if necessary, to thoroughly
exterminate the weed.

The sample of grasses taken from the
pasture field appear to be annuals of two
different species. Their presence would
indicate, at least, that the pasture is in
need of fertilization, or if not in perma-
nent pasture, breaking up and devoting to
a crop for a season and then re-seeding.
Old pastures, where grazed closely, be-
come unproductive after a few years, and
are greatly improved by a top-dressing of
stable manure which will encourage the
valuable forage grasses at\the expense of
the weed grasses. It ‘will be found profit-
able to make an application of stable ma-
nure on permanent pastures occasionally,
and even a liberal application of commer-
cial fertilizer will be helpful, although
the stable manure is valuable as a. mulch
to the ground as well as because of the,
plant food which it contains.

Many weed grasses and plants grow
more luxuriantly on an acid soil, but as
these plants had not made a large growth
their presence is most likely due to the
infertile condition of the pasture field as
above noted.

Hay From Fall Sown Timothy.

I seeded 28 acres of oats with four qts.
of alsike clover seed per acre and only
got about half a stand of clover. As I
did not want to plow these fields again
I bought enough timothy seed to sow
four quarts per acre the first two days in
September, following the seeder with a
harrow and then clipped the stubble.
weeds and clover and left it to the
Weather to do the rest. Now the tim-
othy is"'from half an inch to two inches
high and it also helped the clover to clip
it. In your opinion, what is the chance
for this timothy to stand the winter, and
make a meadow next year. The land is
a heavy clay loam not very well tiled.

Lenawee Co. F. F. A.

If this soil is in a fertile condition there
is a very good chance indeed for the tim-
othy to survive the winter and make a
fair crop of hay next year. Where tim-
othy is sown at the time wheat is seeded
in the fall it practically always lives
through and makes a good stand, and
even where the wheat is winter-killed the
timothy will live and the bare spots will
under favorable conditions, make so large
a growth during the following summer
that it is easily gathered with a binder.
The writer once sowed timothy in a thin
clover seeding late in September and the
fall was not sufficiently favorable for its
growth so that it hardly got large enough
to see before winter. It was sown with
a drill and one could just see the drill
rows. However, this came up and made
a fairly good crop of hay the next year
with the clover which was mixed in with
it. Timot1w will make a much better

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

growth where there is even a. partial
stand of clover, due to the presence in
the soil of more available nitrogen which
is stored up by the bacteria in the nod—
ules of the clover roots. from which the
timothy as well as the clover apparently
gains a benefit.

 

SOY BEAN CULTURE.

I planted a small field of soy beans this
season and was more than pleased with
them, in fact, I regard them as the most
valuable forage plant which can be grown
on our farms. In habit of growth they
are far superior to cowpeas, the latter
being much more difficult to harvest. As
a nitrogen gatherer, the soy bean has no
superior and, when a crop to plow under
is desired, it adds humus to the soil equal
to clover.

In preparing for the crop, the ground
should be plowed early in the spring and
prepared as for corn. In this climate
soy beans should be planted from May 15
to 20, as they require about the same
length of season to mature as corn. They
should be planted in drills about 30 inches
apart with a plant about every three
inches in the drill. They must be planted
so they can be cultivated; also, they must
be inbculated with the proper bacteria,
either with soil from a field which has

previously grown soy beans, or with pure‘

cultures secured from the United States
Department of Agriculture or from the
State Experiment Station.

Like other beans, they come up quickly
under favorable conditions, and as soon
as they appear above ground cultivation
should begin. Cultivate as you would
corn, but stop cultivating as soon as the
buds appear. The soy bean makes excel-
lent hay and the grain is very rich in
protein, both hayand grain being relished
by all kinds of animals.

There are seven varieties of [soy beans
handled by American seedsmen, but of
course, a variety should be selected which
is suitable to the climatic conditions un-
der which they are to be grown. I plant-
ed the Mikado, and the first page illus-
tration shows the good growth which
these beans made. There are three stalks
in the clump shown at left of the out,
which stood five feet nine inches high
and, as will be noted, would make a
heavy tonnage of hay or large amount of
vegetable matter to plow under. At the
right of the cut a single plant is shown
which bore 373 pods with three beans in
a pod, besides 50 small ones, which illus-
trates the seed-bearing capacity of the
plant. When the beans begin to ripen
nearly all the leaves will fall. Where
they are to be harvested for seed, cutting
should begin when the first pods begin to
snap, it will be found that the grain will
mature all right after being out. A bean
puller can be used or a self-rake reaper,
or even a mowing machine does a fairly
good job, the most suitable implement

“for harvesting depending upon the nature

and condition of the soil. The cutting
should be done when the dew is on, as
during the middle of the day, espscially
if the vines are pretty ripe, the beans will
shatter some.

As soon as the beans are out they
should be shocked in fairly good sized
bunches, leaving them from two to four
weeks in order to give time to perfectly
cure out the beans. An ordinary shower
will not injure them, Then put them into
the barn and, after they have had time
to sweat, thresh at convenience. They
may be threshed in an ordinary grain
separator with the concaves removed,
although this will split a great many of
the beans and if desired for seed a regular
bean thresher must be used. Any farmer
that makes a test of soy beans will not
discard them. They will. grow on either
fertile or impoverished soil, although, of
course, they will make a more vigorous
growth on the former.

Wayne Co. A. D. Prrcnnn.

 

 

THE AVERAGE PROFITS OF FARM-
lNG. ‘
Unfortunately, farmers, as a rule. are

not business men. In almost all other
callings there is a system of rules and
regulations, and a record of expenditures
and incomes will show the profits gained
or losses incurred. With successful farm-
ers these rules doubtless are adhered to
and at the end of the year it is possible
to sum up the result and know what has
been gained or lost.

In a recent bulletin issued by Cornell
University there is given the results of
an investigation began in 1906 and cul-
minating in 1908, in four townships in
Tompkins county, New York. Records
were obtained from most of the farmers

of the townships canvassed and these
records are believed to furnish a fair
analysis of the average farm profits in
the state. These averages embrace both
the income from capital invested and
from labor performed, and are thought
to be as accurate as it is possible to
obtain. .

It is assumed that the capital invested
should return five per cent, but there is
no such basis from which to estimate
the wage of labor.

The average labor income over and
above all expenditures where farmers
operated their own farms, is given as
$423. Tenant farmers averaged $379. In
a few instances the farmers who operat-
ed their farms made as high as $2,000,
while in some cases there was a loss of
both interest and labor.

It is a popular assumption that where
farms average small and where intensive
methods are followed, the average profits

will be proportionately higher than under ‘

more extensive methods. It is shown
that this is a mistake, that on the larger
farms where more, labor—saving machinery
is employed the ratio of profits from labor
are about six times as great as on the
small farms. It is also‘shown that the
same per cent of value of machinery on
the large farms will almost double the
labor of the small farms. By comparison
of farms of from 30 to 60 acres with farms
of 200 to 300 acres the average per acre
of the small farms does not show an ex-
cess over the large farms.

it is also shown that high priced land
pays better than low priced. This is
doubtless due to location, facilities for
marketing, etc. Where farmers operating
their land farmed less than 100 acres their
labor incomes were less than the average
income of hired men. On 30 acres the
average labor income was $168 while on
farms of 200 acres the labor received
$940. This was because of the labor-
saving facilities on the larger farms. In-
creased capitalization showed proportion-
ately higher labor incomes.

The average annual expenditure for
hired help, including board and help from
the family, is $205. It is shown that
where farmers expended less than $150
for hired help they made no more than
hired laborers, while those who expended
$800 for hired help realized $1,194 from
the investment.

Another important consideration was
the directing of labor to the best advan-
tage. It is shown that diversified farming
employs labor to better advantage than
specialized farming. For instance, ex-
clusive dairy farming cannot employ la-
bor to as good advantage as where a va-
riety of crops, including dairying, is em-
ployed. Where a diversity of farming, or
what is called mixed farming, is prac-
ticed there is an increased profit of from
25 to 100 per cent. One farmer in a
hundred receives a profit of $2,000 per an-
num for his labor. The larger the farm.
the greater the diversity of crops, and
the better the facilities for handling them
the better will be the profits. In dairy-
ing alone there is necessarily more or less
loss of time, which may be better utilized
under more diversified operations.

The most successful farmers buy on the
average 89 per cent more concentrated
feed than the average farmer. Where
diversified farming is carried on the sur-
plus from crops grown can be invested
in concentrated feed for the stock to ad-
vantage. The farmers showing an an-
nual income of $1,669 for crops sold, ex-
pended $426 for feed. One of the best
farms of 212 acres, under superior man‘
agement, was capable of contributing as
much for outside supplies as 505 acres
under average management.

The difference between a cash rental
and division of the proceeds is in favor
of the cash renter. The average annual
income to the cash renter is $604 whereas
the average income where half of the
proceeds are given is but $342. The land-
lord who rents for cash makes a fraction
over five per cent, while half of the pro-
ceeds would give him nine per cent.

The common dairy cow is not profitable.
The average dairy cow costs $65. Those
that made butter on the farm averaged
$52 per cow. Where milk was sold to
creameries the average was $61 per cow,
and where milk was sold at wholesale the
average was $80 per cow. Considering
the investment in cows, buildings, feed,
labor and depreciation, it will be seen
that there is a small margin of profit.

Another consideration brought out by
the investigation is that education pays.
Farm owners who took a collegiate course
made an annual labor income or $847.
Those who did not exceed the high
school made $022, and those from the
common school made but 3318.

New York. B. F. MACK.

 

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘

HOW MUCH FARM WORK SHOULD A
MAN DO IN A DAY?

 

I enjoy very much the practical articles
from the pens of Mr. Colon C. Lillie and
others in the Michigan Farmer. These
articles from practical men giving their
experience in the different lines of farm-
ing are very profitable reading and I hope
these experience meetings may be con-
tinued. Just now a host of queries come
into my mind in regard to farm manage-
ment. For instance, the labor problem
is quite an item on the farm. What con-
stitutes a day’s work in the different
lines of farm work? How many acres
of corn stubble should a man plow in
spring in an ordinary nine or 10—hour
day, with 12-in. furrow and two good
horses, say 1,200—lb. horses? How many
acres with three horses with a sulky plow
cutting 14-inch furrow? Who has had
experience with gang plows turning two
12-in. furrows drawn by four horses?
How many acres in a day can be plowed
with one of them? Are they practicable
on rolling land? How many acres a day
should a man cultivate with two-horse
cultivator? How many acres with a.
three-horse two-row cultivator? Will
some farmer who has a three-horse two—
row cultivator tell us how he likes them?
How many acres a day—nine or 10-hour
day as mentioned before—should a man
mow with a 5-ft. or 51/2-ft. mower. How
many acres a day should one cut with a
three-horse binder, 5%-ft. out? How
many acres of corn should a man plant
in a day with a two-horse, check row
planter? All these queries come into my
mind as intimately associated with farm
economy, for profits in farming are what
is left after expenses are taken out and
the labor item is one of the largest items
of expense. If any one has experimented
planting corn with kernels separated in
the hill, as described in United States
Farmers’ Bulletin 400, will he kindly give
results? If any manufacturer of corn
planters has a corn planter which will
separate the kernels in the hill, as de-
scribed in Farmers’ Bulletin 400, will he
advertise his planter, so we farmers may
test the separated kernels in the hill and
see what advantage there is in it. ()n
the face of it, and the experiments given
in the Bulletin, I may say I am very
favorably impressed with the idea. It
looks to me at least quite plausihlc.
Jackson Co. '1‘. E. M.
While we must all admit that every one
of these questions which T. E. M. has
propounded is practical and that we are
all deeply interested in them, yet we
must also say that there are so many
different factors to take into considera-
tion that it is practically impossible to
give any stated amount of work which
could be accomplished. A farmer will tell
you that he plowed two acres or two and

. one-half acres in a day, but he is brag-

ging. He don’t do that every day, nor
can he do it every day. If he plowed
two and one-half acres in a day he didn’t
do anything the day before and probably
didn't do anything the day after. And
so another man will tell you that he cut
15 acres of wheat in a day with a self-
binder, but he began early and worked
late, Worked hurriedly. Now, we can’t,
in discussing a proposition like this, take
any such work as this as a, standard.
These are farmers working for them-
selves, dolng their own work. They prob-
ably were away at a. picnic the day be-
fore and felt that if they possibly could
they wanted to make up for lost time or
they wanted to hurry up and get it done
and then they take a lay-off. It is per-
fectly proper where one is doing his own
llc is at liberty to plan his work
and one day put in 16 hours and the next
day only live, if he chooses to. We must
not take such labor as this as a stan-
dard. “here the labor is performed by
hired men we don’t expect anything of
that sort, and neither should we. We
want a man to do a good day’s work
today and another one tomorrow, and so
on, and if he does he can’t perform these
unusual tasks or :1 big day’s work. Take
for instance the first question asked,
“how much corn stubble should a. man

 

plow in a day with a plow that cuts a.
1.2-inch furrow, drawn by a. good team?"
Now one to answer this question must
know what kind of land it is. Is it clay
or is it sand? Are there any stones or
any stumps? And then he must know
what kind of a team. Have you got a.
good big pair of horses that have a good
walking gait. that are lively and will
make the man’s heels fairly snap, or
have you got a, light team, or have you
got a big slow team? Now it makes all
the difference in the world the amount
of land that you can plow. I myself have
plowed two and one-half acres of land in
one day with a. team that weighed less
than 2,500 lbs., I did a good job too, but
I wouldn’t want to do that every day.
The team couldn’t stand it to do it
every day. Everything was favorable, it
was a. good cool day. I think on an av-
erage, if a man gets an acre and a half
plowed a day he is doing well, and the
great majority of people won’t average
that one day with another.

Of course, with three good horses and
a sulky plow a man ought to plow more

 

in a day than he can with two horses

because he doesn’t have to stop to rest
the horses. They can take a good smart
walking gait and keep it up hour after
hour and day after day, and thus ac-
complish more work than two horses, un-
less he has an unusually good pair of
horses. But the man with a sulky plow
and three horses that plows two acres
a day right along, day after day, is doing
splcndid work, and more than I ever got
done.

I have had considerable experience with
two-bottom plows. I have worn one out
and have the second one. I haven't used
this two-bottomed plow the lost two
years as much as I did beforc. Now
there are a number of reasons for this.
I think the principal reason is because
I have been able to get more help when
I wanted it the last few years than I
ever did before, and then again, when
you work a two-bottom plow with four
horses. you want four horses that work
together, that are handy, and you want
a man who has some ingenuity in driving
a four-horse team. Every hired man
hasn't got this ingenuity and will make
awkward work with a four—horse team.
The two—bottomed plow doesn't work as
well on rolling land as it does on lovel
land. If the land is quite rolling or rough
I wouldn’t think that it would be prac-
tical. If you have the right kind of a
field to plow and four good horses and
a, good man, of course you can do much
more with a two-bottom plow than you
can with a single-bottom plow, but you
won’t do twice as much. Perhaps a man
ought to, but he won’t.

A man ought to cultivate on good land,
when the corn is up large enough so that
it docsn’t bother, seven acres a day, but
on the average if your man does five acres
a day you should be pretty well satisfied.
\Vith a two-row three-horse cultivator
you can do nearly twice as much as you
can with a single-row cultivator, but you
Won’t do it. A two-row cultivator, like
a two—bottom plow, is all right for the
right kind of land and the right kind of
man to run it. If the ground is uneven,
if there arc. many dead furrows, if therc
are side hills, if the. land is stony Or
Stumpy, it is not a. very practical tool.
But on nice smooth land it works Well
and a good man with three good horses
can do almost twice as much as two men
with four horses. ,

Very few people mow all day long.
Most. mow in the forcnoon and take care
of this hay in the afternoon, consequently
we do not figure on how many acres a
man can mow in a day. A man ought
to mow with a. five-foot mowcr ten acres
a. day, but it is a good day's work, and
there are so many different things to
contend with that you can hardly esti-
mate. If the land is perfectly smooth,
if it was rolled in the spring and the
stones pickcd out, it makes a great differ-
ence in the amount of work which you
can accomplish.

\Vith a good smart team a. man ought
to plant ten acres of corn in a (lay with
a check row corn planter. This is very
light work for a pair of horses and a
man can urge them almost to the limit
and he ought to have pride enough in
corn planting time so that when it comes
to this job he will own himself to do
a maximum day‘s work and got the corn
planted, and most hired mcn will. You
can get as big a day‘s work done with a
corn planter as you can with any kind of
work on the farm, at least this is my ex-
perience.

I am of the opinion that it makes lit-
tle difference whether the kernels of corn
are spread in the hill or wlwthcr they
are put close together. I believe that
two or three kernels of corn in a hill, or
rather two or thri-e stalks of corn in a
hill, will give a larger crop of ears than
four stalks in a hill and if you only put
two or three kernels in a hill it doesn’t
matter much whether they are spread or
not. For ensilagc corn I prefer to have
the corn in drills and rather thick because
we raise quite a largo kind and intend to
manure the land heavily and the corn
binder can do a much better job, and
then I would prefer to have the Stalks
smaller and thicker because it handles
very much easicr when you are filling
the silo and certainly one can do a nicer
job in cultivating, especially when the
corn is young, if the kernels are not
spread too much in the hill.

COLON C. LILLIE.

A study of the shrinkage in corn while
in storage by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture resulted in finding a.
decrease in weight of .4 of 1 per cent
from January 5 to April 21, as against a
shrinkage of 2.6 per cent from April 21
to May 14, while the shrinkage from May
14 to June 1 amounted to 2.6 per cent,
making a total shrinkage of 5.6 per cent
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THE MICHIGAN . FARMER.

Wfl.m

LIVE STOCK -

FEEDS AND FEEDING.

     

 

This topic which has been designated
for special discussion in the Michigan
Farmer for October, is a. very important
one to the man engaged in any branch of
live stock production, as every farmei
should be. It is particularly important
in a season' like the present when all
kinds of feed stuffs are high in price,
which means that they are less plentiful
upon the average farm than in a normal
year. For most profitable results in llvc.
stock production, as large a. proportion as
possible of the feed used should, of
course be produced upon the farm, par-
ticularly all the roughage which goes to
make up the ration for the live stock
should be produced upon the farm, al—
though there may be years like the pres-
ent when the failure of clover seeding the
previous year, together with unfavorable
conditions for hay production, may result
in a shortage of rough feed upon many
farms where live stock production is made
a specialty. Of course, this condition
should be foreseen and met by the plant-
ing of more special forage crops, either
for ensilage or hay, and doubtless the
present year’s experience will make that
precaution more general another year
since the production of hay in our state is
likely to be limited next year as it was
this year by the failure of many clover
seedings, due to the extreme drouth of
last summer.

Formerly it was considered that to
make live stock production profitable all
the feed required should be grown upon
the farm. In recent years, however, with
the broadening of scientific knowledge with
regard to animal nutrition, this theory
has been largely abandoned and it is
found more economical upon most farms
where live StOCk production or dalrylng
is made 2L specialty to purchase some con-
centratcd food stuffs at least, as a means
of supplying the needed protein for use in
connection with the homer—grown feed to
balance up the ration. There are many
advocates of the plan of growing more
protein feeds upon the farm, and doubt-
less in many cases this is a profitable
thing to do, but under existing conditions
more owners of live stock will find it
necessary to purchase concentrates for
this purpose, if. a well balanced ration is
to be fed.

It has been demonstrated beyond a
question of reasonable doubt that more
economical results can be secured by the
feeding of a well balanced ration, other
conditions being equal. Hence, it is poor
economy to attempt to grow the pig on
corn alone, or to feed the dairy cow or
the young stock exclusively upon the
home-grown feeds, since there is an un—
avoidable waste in the other elements of
nutrition when sufficient nitrogenous ma-
terial is not used in the ration to give
the most complete degree of digestibil-
ity. The many by-products which are
now available as food» stuffs, contain-
ing a high percentage of protein and
taining a high percentage of protein and
a fair percentage of digestibility, make
the balancing up of the'ration for the
farm live stock a more simple matter than
it otherwise would be. And without
question it Would be greatly to the ad-
vantage of the average farmer, who does
not make live stock production or dairy-
ing a specialty. to study more closely the
qucstion of animal nutrition and pattern
after the dairyman and stock breeder in
the matter of feeding a balanced ration,
thus making the available feed go as far
as possible, especially in a season like the
present when there is a relative short—
age of the home-grown feed stuffs.

Space will not here permit an extended
discussion of the balanced ration for dif—
ferent kinds and ages of animals, but
every owner of even a. few head of live
stock would do well to recognize the well
founded principles which underlie suc-
cessful feeding in the compounding of a.
ration for their animals, as only by this
method can they secure the most eco—
nomic results. It is true that many very
successful feeders of live stock, particu-
larly the old country shepherds and herds-
men, have never studied the problem
from a scientific standpoint and could
not discuss the question of well balanced

 

rations intelligently. They have, how—
ever, spent a large part of their lifetimes

yin studying individual animals and in

catering to their requirements. Experi-
ence has demonstrated to them that a.
variety of feed stuffs give better results
than a. ration limited to one or two feeds.
They have also learned in a. practical way

 

that the animal’s appetite must be cater-
ed to for best results and they leave noth-
ing .undone to provide the greatest degree
of satisfaction and comfort to the animals
under their care.

In this way, from an understanding that
has been born of experience, they have
intuitively arrived at very similar meth-
ods as would be reached by the scientific
feeder and they have perhaps an even
keener realization of the importance of
palatabllity as a. factor in the efficiency
of a. ration. Constant watchfulness has
also taught them to a nicely the limit of
the animal’s appetite and experience has
taught them to keep only just within the
limit in the supplying of feeds where
the most profitable results are desired.
The personal equation is here shown to
be the important factor in the success of
these natural born, rather than educated
feeders, and no technical instruction with
regard to the principles of feeding could
eliminate this factor of success.

The successful feeder must ever be one
who is interested in his work, and who
devotes time and thought as well as care-
ful observation to the task of supplying
animal comfort in the highest sense of
the word if he would become a successful
stock breeder or feeder. But there is no
doubt that a knowledge of the principles
of animal nutrition, as disclosed by
scientific investigation, is a. very valuable
acquisition to any owner of live stock
ever though he may have the natural
faculty of so catering to the wants of his
animals as to get better results, since
then he will not only appreciate the im—
portance of supplying a variety of feeds.
but he will be able to get better results
at a. lower cost, due to the greater econ-
omy with which a. ration can be com-
pounded when he is possessed of this ac-
curate knowledge of the principles of
feeding.

But while accurate knowledge regard-
ing the nutrients contained in various
feed stuffs and their approximate digesti-
bility will be most helpful to the feeders
of live stock, yet the man who would
practice true economy in the feeding of
his animals must be possessed of the
spirit of llberality, else he is likely to
practice the false economy of feeding
even a well balancedfition too sparingly.
It has been dencfl'flaiv‘ely shewn by many
experiments that the most economic re-
sults are secured by keeping the young
animals growing rapidly from the start.
This is due to two well-known facts. one
of which is that‘the young animal seems
to be able to make better use of the
nutrients contained in its ration and will
make a. larger gain from a given amount
of feed than will the same animal when
more advanced in age. The other reason
is that it takes a. certain amount of
nutrients to maintain the bodily func-
tions of the animal and that the longer
the period during which a. maintenance
ration must be fed the less chance there
will be of making a profit on the finished
animal. \Nhile there is undoubtedly a
great waste of feed stuffs through the
feeding of an unbalanced ration to live
stock, there is no question in the writer's
mind that. there is an ever greater waste
in the feeding of an insufficient ration.
especially to growing animals, and in
this particular the average man can learn
more from the methods of the successful
herdsman or shepherd who has been born
to and reared in the business than from
any course of scientific instruction.

But where these two factors are coup-
led together in the same individual, where
the man possesses the scientific knowl-
edge for the most economic compounding
of rations and the essentially human
knack of feeding them at such time and
such a manner as to best conduce to the
comfort and health of the animal, the
two factors which contribute most to suc-
cess in live stock production will be pres~
ent, and the farmer who possesses them
will not only enjoy his work much better,
but will receive much greater remunera-
tion from it and will also have the ad-
vantage of the larger operators who must
leave these important details more or less
to hired helpers to perform. There is
great need for the average farmer to de-
vote more attention to this subject, the
importance of which is already well rec-
ognized by specialists in stock breeding
and dairying, and no one line of effort
would give greater results in the better-
ment of our agriculture in the increase
of revenue derived from average farms,
to say nothing of the pesonal satisfaction
which would accrue to the farmer him-
self.

 

Of late an unprecedented movement of
cattle out of Mexico has been in pro-
gress. Cattle are being shipped out of
the southern republic by tens of thou-
sands, and the movement promises to
continue for some time.

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OCT. 14, 1911.

~DISPOSING. OF DEAD ANIMALS.

Even on the best managed farms ani-
mals are lost from accident, disease or
old age. Those animals which have died
of some contagious disease are the most
serious cases‘cheal with. Many people
who are not familiar with the nature of
germ transmission as a cause of disease
are altogether too careless in handling
their dead animals, as is shown by the
case to be. given below which occurred
on a. farm on which the writer was em-
ployed a few years ago during a sum—
mer vacation while an agricultural col—
lege student.

There was a herd of pure-bred Short-
horns on the farm. Of the cattle kept
at the barn, one calf had been failing in
condition for two or three months. Fin-
ally the calf died. The young man in
charge decided to hold a post-mortem
examination on the carcass. Accordingly
he opened the body in the barn on the
cement floor. The lungs and intestines
showed unmistakable lesions of tubercu-
losis. A strong wind was blowing through
the barn which rapidly dried up the
viscera and carried the germs of tuber-
culosis to all parts of the barn. When
the young man was satisfied with his ex-
amination be dragged the carcass outside
and buried it in the. barnyard where the
hogs rooted it up in a day or two.

The practice followed in that case, was
extremely bad. In the first place, it ex-
posed the carcass to flies which carried
the living germs from the affected parts
of the carcass to other animals or to ex-

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER. , .5, 309

the case of the calf mentioned above, as
soon as the superintendent discovered
the condition of the dead body, he or-
dered that the barn be thoroughly dis-
infected. The next day every vestige of
bedding was taken out of the stalls and
lime scattered over the dirt floor. The
walls and ceilings were sprayed thor-
oughly with a strong disinfectant. The
dead bodies should be disposed of as
soon as possible in order to prevent bad
odors and to prevent flies from working
on the carcass.
Iowa. H. E. MCCAnTNnY.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

The railroads have made a change in
the classification of calves, and from now
on calves are to be classed as young cat-
tle whenever they weigh 300 pounds or
under. The calves will be shipped on a
pound basis, instead of on an age basis,
as formerly. All calves that weigh more
than 300 pounds are now classed as cat—
tle and shipped at the same rates as
cattle.

On account of the lack of suitable of—
ferings of western range feeder cattle at
the Chicago stock yards recently. several
distillery buyers have been buying sup-
plies in the Missouri river markets for
feeding on slops. It is practically certain
that the distillery cattle feeding industry
the coming season will attain liberal
proportions.

The probability that there will be a
shortage of fat beef cattle next Febru-
ary, March and April has caused farmers
in various parts of the corn belt to begin
buying feeders, with a view of having
them returned as finished beeves during
that period. There has also been a mark-
ed increase in the demand for well-bred
stockers suited to make fat beeves for
marketing during the late autumn and

 

The Profit in Horse Breeding is illustrated by this seven-year-old Grade Per-

cheron Brood Mare with Four Colts at
lonia County.

side, Owned by William C. Biackmer, of

 

posed places where there would be grave
danger that they would affect othcr ani-
mals. Then, as the body dried, those
same germs would be carried to the
nooks and crevices about the barn where
they would lurk and pOssibly later infect
valuable animals with that dread dis-
ease. llurying the animal as he did was
also bad. Hogs rooted it up and ate
portions of the flesh. It is an established
fact that hogs following tuberculous cat-
tle become tuberculous themselves. It
is altogether reasonable that the hogs
which cut a tuberculous carcass as in
that case would become infected. There
is the same danger in case of hog cholera
and other germ diseases, although they
may not be communicable from one spe-
cies to another, as from cow to bog.

Hogs are probably the easiest of all
animals to get rid of when dead. They
can be very easily burned to a powder.
It is only necessary to have a nice pile
of brush or straw to start a hot fire.
Then, if the carcass is cut open so that
the internal fat is exposed it won‘t take
a great deal of heat to keep up the burn-
ing. It is sometimes more convenient to
burn the carcasses of cattle, sheep or
horses than to bury them. Especially
those animals that have died of a con-
tagious disease should be burned rather
than buried. There is an authentic case
on record where the bones of hogs that
had died from cholera were exhumed
after eleven years and then infected the
hogs upon the farm at that time, causing
the disease and the death of a large herd.

Many follow the practice of feeding
dead animals to hogs or chickens. There
is no objection to that and no harm to
come from it if the animal has died from
accident or non-contagious disease.
Where" there is a rendering plant con-
venient, dead carcasses can usually be
disposed of and a small price secured
besides saving the work of burying or
burning.

_Where any animal has died the imme-
diate premises should be disinfected. In

winter months next year. This buying
has been especially large at Chicago, as
well as at several Missouri river mar-
kets, and it would have attained much
larger proportions but for inadequate of-
ferings, particularly of the better class
of feeders carrying considerable ilesh,
theSc cattle being frequently snapped up
by local packers in search of cattle for
converting into cheap beef. The largest
demand for feeders of a good class comes
from farmers living in feeding districts
of .lllinois and Indiana, although good
numbers have gone to Iowa, and also to
Ohio, the last named state retaining its
well—earned reputation as an important
cattle and sheep fceding state. Pennsyl-
vania farmers liIlVe been buying a cheap
class of siockers, and steers have. been
taken costing as low as $3.50fu‘23.85 per 100
lbs, while buyers front the country tribu—
tary to Chicago liaVc paid up to $5.50Vr
4.8.. for a choice to fancy class of feeders
oi rather strong weight. The general de-
mand has centered on cattle weighing
around 700 to 1,000 pounds, and the. av-
erage buyer is unwilling to pay fancy
lll'lt‘i‘S, although some "ISO—lb. steers have
sold up to $5.35. Recent sales of Western
range feeders have. been chiefly at $4.80
(410.30, and native stock heifers have
brought $341‘3.75.

Notwithstanding the decreased receipts
of hogs and the large requirements for
lllt' fresh meat trade, recent sales have
been made at the lowest prices recorded
in two months. Pigs have been in exces-
sive supply and suffered sensational dc-
clincs in prices at various times. If hogs
were marketed as freely as they were
several weeks ago, nothing could prevent
a smash-up in prices throughout the. list.

The great abundance and cheapness of
fruits and vegetables tend to increase.
their consumption, many housekeepers
buying them largely in place of mcats,
which are very expensive. Beef of a
chOice grade comes high in price, and
eggs have advanced in value under small-
or offerings and a good demand.

Since the first of August there has been
a marked falling off in cattle supplies at
Chicago, the marketings running greatly
behind the corresponding period of last
year. Most of this falling off has been in
supplies of western range cattle, and it is
these cattle that the packers usually
buy at this season of the year to be
used later in the winter and spring as a
means of holding down cattle prices at
that period for corn-fed stock. Under the
circumstances, packers have not been
able to store much beef for future re—
quirements.

 

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IN HORSE ‘BLANKETS AND LAP ROBES

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Double Plush Robes.

 
  
  

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Here is the secret and reason: I turn them out all alike by the thousands in my enormous modern factories
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I absolutely and positively save you from 060 to
I 0300 on a. gasoline engine that will exactly
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All you pay for is acutulc‘ost of material (and I buy in tremendous quan-
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Anybody can afford and might just as well have a. strictly high grade engine
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DUNHAM’S

PERGI‘IERDNS

Our summer importation. in our estimation ‘

the best lot of horses we have ever had at
Ouklawn, has arrived. Numerous impor-
tant prize-winners are included. then the
high average is the main thing as every
animal would beacredit' 111 any herd. erh vs

BUNKAMS, Wayne, lllinois.

 

 

—Im ortcd Stallion Fum-
Perclrorons for Sale mum, 1.. .......rd
1 2-year-old stallion. lbrood mare and 2 more colts
All black and registered in Pcrchr r011 Smirh of
America. Inquire of 11.0. Hunt. Eaton Rapids, Mich.

Auction Sale

OCTOBER 1811, 12:30 P. 11.
13 Head of High Grade Guernseys

1% miles north of Willis. Michigan.
R. J . M . KING.

BREEBERS’ DIRECTORY.
CATTLE.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS.

Herd. consisting of Trojan Eric Blackbirds and
Prides. only. is headed by E erton .a. Trojan Erica.
by Black Woodlawn. sire of t e Grand Cham ion steer
and bull at the International in Chicago. 60..

He is assisted by Undul art 1 Blackbird Ito.
WOODCOTE STOCK FARDI. Ionla. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

~11th of Adv. For:
3 Guernsey Bull Calves mm... .0. .3...
generations. G. A. “IGENT, Watervliet. Mich.

HOLSTEIN BULLS.

1 Grandson of Manor De K01. 2 years old.

1 Son of lSdir Korndyke Pietertje Hengerveld. M
montohs

 

 

THE” MICHIGAN PARMER.

 

Hatch Herd
For Sale Cheap

The Hatch farm having been sold the Hatch
Herd consisting of over

40 BHDIBE REGISTERED HULSTEINS

ls Offered for Sale At a Bargain.
iii £5232. £25313: Wooderesl De Kol lad No.45103

$233352?“ Sir Canary Pieteriie Burke No. 51495.

The dam and Sires dam of WoOdcrest De K01 Lad have official
seven-day butter records of better than 26 pounds. His sire
has 80 ABC daughters.

The East Tennessee Experiment Station has just selected
Some of his daughters as the foundation stock for that state
institution.

Sir Canary ”Pietertie Burke is sired by Beauty
Pietertje De K01 Burke, a 30-pound sire, from a daughter
of Prilly NO. 40082.

The cows are nearly all in the Advanced Registryand
the younger stock sons and daughters of Woodcrest De K01
Lad. They must all go by November 1. Send for further”
particulars.

Bell Phone 23 and 149.
Postal Telegraph.

W... U... megs... WILLIAM B. 1111111, Ypsilanti, Mich.
—
12 HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN125

“We furnish the cattle; you furnish the price”
The Michigan Consignment Sale Company Will give the public another
square deal” when they sell at auction at the

State Fair Grounds, Detroit, Michigan,
October 19, 1911

 

 

 

1 Son of Aagdgio Manor De Kol.13months old.

1 Son of Sir Jolie Johanna. 10 months old.

1 Son of Johanna Concordia Champiomtmu out ofla
daughter of De K01 Burk. who
daughters.

4 Grandsons of Pi etertjo Bengal-voids Count De K0].

7 Sons of Johanna Concordia Champion. the only
bull in service whose two grand dams average
34.061bs. butter lin 7 days. Also cows and heifers
bred to this bull

Let me sell you your next Bull or

Bull Calf. I can please anybody.
I.. E. CORNELL, - Fayette, Ohio.

HOLSTEIN BULLS

-—-FOR SALE

Registered bulls from four to ten months old for
sale that are closely related to Hengerveld
De K01, De Kols 211d Butter Boy 3rd. and Colan-
tha. 4th‘ 8 Johanna. The dams are heavy milkers
and mostly in the A. 0. Prices reasonable.
Send for list. Bigolow's Holstein Fem. Bmdsvillefll ich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purebred Registered
H OLSTE 1N CATTLE

The Greatest Dairy Breed
Semi for FREE Illustrated Booklete.
flohtom-l‘ricsieu, hum, Box I“. Brsttleboro.Vt.

TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS

Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com
bining in themselves the blood of cows which now
hold and have in the past held World's Records for
milk and butter fat at fair

McPHERSON PARrvi’sm co'.'. Howell. nrch.

HOE-STEIN BULL—sired by best son of
CA] F Pontiac Butterhoy~
56 1143va registry daughters—11nd out of daughter
of Komdyke Queen De Kol. over 21 lbs. butter in
breeding on earth. Price right.
711.31.130.11”. woonnnnv. E. Lansing. MIcIngnn

     

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BULL FOR SALE—iifindnfii‘ii’ei'imfih 3.21221 331:
1y well bred. Dam s. 160041). 00w. At a bargain.

 

 

125 head Of choice cows, heifer calves and young bulls old enough for
service. Sale will begin at 9: 30 3.111., slr.11p.Tuberculin tested.

rifi
l MEMBERS OF SALE COMPANY

H. W. Norton 8-: Son. Howell. l‘ld. Starkweather, Northville.
Reed & Knowles, Howell. F p; Wager & Son Howell
J. H. Johnson, Farmrngton. Deuev C Pierson Hadley
Frank R. Crandall. Howell. 141mblagaard Dairy Big Bay.
John W. \Vorthington, Howell.
H. \V. Norton, .111, Sales Manager.

 

 
  

 

 

J. F. Smith, Secretary, Byron, Michigan_
Sold in out loud lots
Also manufacturers of
' Ollll TILE LAST FOREVER - .m. um..."
H. B. CAMP COMPANY, Fulton Bldg“ Pittsburg, Penna.
t t dB 11 1‘
prices. EligirR breed “1% fignfufiichbz‘h our producing stock. 0. A. BliISTDIfleen‘tolti. £1311in
Grandso n. of Can- Vldas
ary Mercedes. W.B 0.NES Oak Grove. Hichinn. IERD BULLSiJubneiifnfi‘tgffi‘R 11:: ggggg
5 younl BOLSTEIN splendid dairy cows. ma ft ster
WANTEDAOtfiV WS. Registrationh no of merit. Also a few lagers agdihotief‘rrf 2:11-3:11 for
‘ screams as“ 0..
Bl' LLS~1 with e Zl-lb. Dem A grand 4 persvllle. me an.
OLBIEgiiw figure Several fine ones at lowercost. nu
mg the blood of St Louis and Ohio W ld's
DEKOL-KORNDYKE Holstein bull our choicest A Fair Champions by HERMAN HARMS. 112.3... 121,01.
1; P deters. ._
Farms. Ypsilanti. Mich. Cole Bro hers. rev Dairy Bred Shoflhom I'Ir‘skgew paced ggigsggg

AGRIGULTURE - _ M...
uouow surmise moo:

"01.80":an BULL CALVES. Mighty herdto beat FOR SALE—neg s. Lambert Jam

_ LILLlE FA
Holstein Priesian Callie BULL CALVES- RMSTEAD JERSEYS.
Bull calves sired by these {zest bulls. and out of
necemry. W. R. COLE. Mt. Clemens. Mich sale. Write for dmfiptiondz‘dd prices gausfm‘on
LONG BEACH lIARM Aunnm. KalamazooCo. Mich REGISTERED JERSEYS For sue—some 00mm...
breeding Splendid ndivid mu trier Yipsland

Gusher good note. J B. HUMM'E Mason. Mich.

FOR SALE—3 :fsrtlgn Holstelifi- lzfiesllan bungls. 8%?
bred heifer-i ocogeaoh u calves

g.) b and pedi tees nn appli. -Dnuble Standard? lied Du

mm." '1w. 0. chkwn. South Bend. 1141.719Rex8t- F0? 58181. and co" °I m 133:“. 111.11..

Write for prices. onSantord Gasser. Sherman. Bligh.
HEREFORDS‘P‘”... 'zf“1‘l:% iguana

cm» hop. ALLEN 131108.111” Paw. Mich. sJEbRSEY Boll-s Fun SALE
BUTTER BRED "312%,? pai'femlsis' IIntereItedPr ' whose dam

 

Cannot be Bdisallowed for three times the
ONT FARMS. t. Mich.

 

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newness? m”"°‘.’fii‘.nm. mum mu, m union. II'Ic'II'“. "I"; I. 1......

 

 

car. 14. 1911.

lenister oi Merit rse . 0"“ H"
lot of you bulls from {Ems wysm thoflciul reeozdI
°‘ .. mm “m

. r. g N. BayClty. incline-1.-

JERSEY BULL

0N E YEAR OLD
edifirimmdi‘é‘i ”“1 my“ 31””? “rte anemia“; 1"“ a;
r fl m nu on
Lmnni’i $111 1111?" 1??” 11an Cussopol is. Ml.eh

' —sn rth Cattle. 8h .
Oakdale Stock Farm .1“; 31%;. A few m”
bulls forsale. W. J. LRSITER, Belding. ich.

"008.

-Growth Sri Boar-s 111 6111211
110m ‘ Wilt. of choicesty Brian from Prize
Winners. M. '1‘. S.RTORY .248. Lowe]. Michigan.
FOR SALE. BERKSHIRE—2 been a 8 gilts fnmwed' In June

also I choice iota! Aug-11d Sept pigs. sired by Handsome
Prince 8d e MIrlon King. A. A. PATTULLO. beekerville. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wsbred for fall furrow. Boar l for
Bobbins—8° 1.11 ml... gum. m1 warm...
clam. Pricedreasonabl e. 0.

Corey. New Haven. M ich.

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Berkshires dildos. “61%: 1333.11.21.10
for me. C. S. BARTLETT. Pontiac. Mich.

3 CHOICE BERKSHIRE ready for eer-
BOAR PIGS vice. Master-

piece and Premier Innufellow blood—none better.
C. D. WOODBUBY. E. Lansing. Michigan.

Berkshire Service Boar tor Sale—T252:

old. magnificent specimen. Son of the great ng-

fellow's Duke. Dam by Baron Masterpiece. None

better anéwhere. For one-third value for quick sale.
UOEMONT FARMS. Detroit. Mich.

MPBOV'ED CHESTER WHITES—Choice young
hours of March and April furrow. I will also
sell 10 thoroughbred Holstein cows to freshen in Sept.
and Oct. W. O. Wilson. Okemos Mich. Both phones.

 

 

 

 

DAMS BROS. Litchfleld. Mich. breeders of Imp. Chester
White and 'l'Imwol-th swine. service hours Iowa bredor
open. of either breed. Shorthcrn Cattle, Bufl' Rock. Bufl’ Wynn
(lotto. W. Orpinzton. (7le all breeding stock. leading winners.

FOR SAL -—3 Chester White Boers far-

last March. Bi t in
every way and ready for service. Sire winner of first
prizes and dam a Grand Chain ion at the 1909 Interna-
tional. BONNIE BRAE FA M. ALGONAO. MICE.

0 I c —March 1 with quality and best pedi-
grees. r or now and get first choice.
C. J. H0 PSON. Rockford. Ml hi

c m.
PURE 0 I (:95 —Bred from prize- -winners and
0 strain the nick growthy and
large type. Both sex note in. ering furrow.
l or write. F. A. C. hweiterman. cntezuma. 0.

 

 

 

 

0 ' sis—either sex. March furrow—the large.
I fimwthy kind. Ri 3th 15.109 at farmer-5’
prices. A. EWM AN.R ..Nc 1. Mariette. Michigan

0 I. c'1 For “C‘s“a‘éqstl‘x' 1233?“?
akin. saggflne bredfil mic choice lot of f lpip all

Nashville. Michigan.

—My herd is chief!
0- ll GI SWINE dugout of the Boyd
stroll]: bothwlfiples 11.180 fe‘malesf. get my pricelpeforo
you uy re r rec o 0
name A.J 0111mm R. No. 61%;" 1113...? a

th P l i
o. I ..c Fall Pigs an; :5... assuming-mass:
flire bred for fipringORA 111110wa All ELLstock ehi ped 0.0 D.
tides red. nudity. Mich.

 

 

I. C. 's-B<l)arswalAl 1101;211:010: young sows wei
o innit!) a so u p eit ,
no akin. Order early. {red Nickel) ficnroe er MmI chpl’i. .11.3

DU‘ROO-JERSEY SOWS bred for Sept. far-row. Also
eprIng gilte and boars of choicest breedin at
right prices. E. B. CORNELL. Howell. Mic

FOR SALF A few 8 1-1 h
lllll'OC 19533an of good bfe—eding. pVVi'hgte 01111.:
prices. MIT'lI‘JflR. Stockbridge Michigan.

BlilLEll'S DIE TYPE POLAND-01HNAS'fi'JSirt??nio

bi fall hours at $25: 100 spring pigs 310 tofiSlfi; 50 1 ll 1

355' 5registered Shro bucks at $10to 81561133 8.13395;
bull ls ; rng.S rop ewes at $10. We
are the":l farmer' s friend. 0. Butler. Portland zMioh.

 

 

D U R O C-JERSEY ‘6i‘rlAfci’d‘

CAREY U. EDMONDS. IIaetlnxs. Mich.

FOR SALE—Dillllogfi-SiERSEY bred sows.
press prepaid. J. H. IlifN‘OIHAB’l‘pllfgiisiIri‘glPsMgh:

 

 

DUROC— JERSEYS—25 flue spring gilts. popular blood lines.
and individuals; 10 fine boIrI.6 bred BOW! due to
Iarrow soon. JOHN llcNICOL, B. No. 1. North Star. Mich.

ALNUT HILfL DUBOCS—17 tasncy sows bredto
Mich. Col for August andh Sew; furrow. 165

9 ring both sexes. riced r rite
JP. 0. 11211111511. co Adina. “103123313.

LARGE TYPE 1'. 0‘1“” 3"“ “‘ “fife?“ P“:
om mamm

sows. Weigh 180150 l751bs. at4 months0 Milli-1168153?—

‘ Not how cheap but how od.” Will pay ex-

penses of those who come anr do not find what I

advertise. W. E. LIVINGSTON. l’arma Mich.

Poland Ghinas‘Efii’“pt°°deil’ié§g at?
L. W. BARNESck SON, Byron. Shiawnssee 00.. Mich

P. C. Bears and Fall Pigs,l «goofing...

norca fowls.Northr11 and nods stock. Satis-
tion guaranteed MILLS 'Saline, Mich

——Bred from large type. Stock
Poland Chinasal lsrfes both sexes. at Farmers
prices. W. J HAGEI AW Augusta, Michigan.

OLAND CHINA SPRING PIGS fr 1
P stock. Also dairy bred Shonhog'nns. high “32932::
all ages. prices low. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Mich:

Big Type P. C. Bears and Sowsh ““61,"

sion. WOOD I: SON. Saline. Michigan?!

—A few bi t S t. (11
Poland-Chins 1.. Se...“ 12?...” .é‘tpitifi
pigs. E. D. BISHOP, Route 38. Lake Odessa. Mich.

Three Extra Good FaIIP 6. Bears

By Next In Line 32 spri male 1 d l
1311 [3.0 o. D. and 111111151 Foam 1:15: Ifgd’piiylh if
you want good as the best. wrte me for prices.

WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater. Michigan.

111101001 110 s-e‘geko‘neuesrorme m“...
.. m... «Mo ° am?“ e. Assesses rate.

For Sable~Yorkshire Pigs
se.xes July farrowln
WATBBRMAN 8: WATBRR‘IAN.
“ to the Iurny-Wstermun 00.. ANN QARBOI. NICE

Lillie Farmstead YorlrslrIron—1,151....ol ‘L' :33
Oak Lodge blood predominates. 0tLarge Herd.

service hours. Pairs (11%“.le

for service. furrowA tine lot 0 spring pics. Gilte bred for

August Bath ME
mt'eed. mcofoizlbi'm” 12:2. Coopengiiie. M1311.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

   

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W .
HOLDING DOWN THE COST OF THE
WINTER RATION.

While, generally speaking, these staple
grains, corn and wheat, are the best main
diet for fowls, When grains are high it
sometime-s pays well to employ substi-
tutes, especially when we have time to
“fuse with them.” Now the prospect is
for high-priced grains during the coming
winter, so let us look to a few substi-
tutcs.

If you have been fortunate enough to
have planted a patch of sunflowers they
will make a good food. The fact that
your fowls are but mildly enthusiastic
overthem at the start need not discourage
you. as it is a cultivated taste like that
for olives. Sunflower seeds are especially
valuable at moulting time.

Oats are not generally fed to fowls. In
fact, many flocks will refuse them at the
first trial, and yet they are the most val-
uable summer feed I know, especially for
laying hens.

Refuse beans can be bought quite
cheaply and a limited quantity can be
used to “chink in” with. i have never
been troubled with the hens overeating
on beans, however.

An occasional ration of cooked cull po-
iaiocs can be fed. Better still, they may
be mixed with meal or bran, preferably
lllc latter.

Screenings composed
chess arc of little value when fed dry,
the. fowls leaving the chess. Scald this,
howcvcr, and the chess swells up to sur-
proportions and the fowls will
clean it all up.

\thrc hay, especially clover, has been
put in the barn rcnl dry, lots of the
lcuves and heads fall off in forking it to
the stock. Take a bushcl basket of these,
pour boiling water over the mass and
throw it to your flock. It will surprise
those who have never iricd this to see the

principally of

:tlllilllili of this chaff a bunch of fowls
will cut.
While riding through the country :1

.«zhort time ago i saw a large field com-
pletely covered with “pussy grass,” all
headed out. Some crop had been sown—I
could not determine what—and had
failed, but the- grass had not. The field
lookcd like a. crop of millet, and if it had
been cut and raked up there would have
been a, valuable lot of chicken feed—
nenrly as valuable as millet, to which
family this grass belongs. If anyone
doubts its value let him examine the
stalks of this grass about his fowl yards,
noticing how many seeds are left in the
lit-ads. I confidently vcnturc the asser-
lion that he will find them stripped bare.
Now please don’t assume that I am ad-
vising the growing of pussy grass for
feed. I simply urge everyone to make
the best of existing conditions.

Another thing: when filling the cellar
this fall with the family supply of vege-
tables, don’t forget to include a generous
share for your fowl family. Don’t throw
away those bursied and soft—headed cab-
bages. Instead, throw them to the poul-
try—none 01‘ two each day, or more if
your ilock is large. You will find only
the stumps when night comes. Include
also the “scullion” onions, as they are
vcry popular as a relish and valuable as
a conditioner. In fact, any vegetable
valuable as human food is available for
use us a poultry food, rind any low-grade
surplus should be so utilized.

Now in suggcsiing these substitute
foods I do not recommend their use to
the cxclusion of the staple feeds. How-
ever, under judicious fccding methods, a
mighty lot of high-priced grain can be
snvcd with a little effort. These feeds I
have suggested are but, a fcw of many
that are available. Perhaps there are
better ones than I have mentioned, for
there are a lot of valuable foods among
the neglected grains, usually called weeds,
that are not used at present. We are
now using for food many plants that
were once classed as weeds, and many
of the so-called weeds of the present
will no doubt be classed as grains in the
future.

Isabella Co.

IN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES.

Fattening Geese—Curing Feathers.

“‘hat is the proper feed for fattening
geese? Also, how do you scald these
fowls when it is desired to cure and save
the feathers?

Tuscola CO. H. E. H.

Young geese should be confined in pens
and fed rather heavily for a limited period
——from two to four weeks. As a ration.

WM. J. Coornm.

 

a. mixture of cornmeal and beef scraps
is much used, the proportions being 4
parts cornmeal to 1 part beef scraps
moistened to a crumbly state. During the
first week the feeder must guard against
overfeeding as the fowls cannot stand
crowding until they have become some-
what accustomed to confinement. Strive
to keep the appetite keen for the first
week or two, then feed all that they can

possibly be persuaded to consume, watch- ;
ing carefully for signs of indigestion or
any of:
the fowls be thus affected, remove them,
from the feeding pen and give them more

evident lack of appetite. Should

freedom and little food for a day Br two.
\Viih the above ration should go a fair
allowance of such vegetables or other
grccn foods as are available, also plenty
of grit and pure water. For oldcr gccsc
many prefer preparing for market by
keeping them on green pasture as long as
possible. :it the same time feeding :1 lib-
crnl ration of cornmcal and harlcy mcul
well moistened with buttermilk.

Fcoihcrs wanted for home use or for
market should be plucked when ihcy are
ripe, that is, when there is no blood in
them. This condition in geese occurs
several times during the season, depend-
ing somewhat upon the. feeding of iho.
flock. Geese that are well fcd and well
(-arcd for have been plucked from three
to four times a year. The proper time
for plucking can be determined only by
pulling a few feathers. lf ihcy fall to
show any blood they are ripe. (lrccn
feathers may be cured by long and carc-
ful drying but they will prove less satis-
factory than the ripe feathers. Dry pick-
ing is gcnerally practiced in dressing
geese for market. However, when cold
wcnihcr comes the feathers set tight and
scalding is then resorted to. To effectu—
ally lonscn the feathers longer scalding
than for chickens is required; some claim
to got good results from wrapping the
fowl in a. blanket, for a. few minutes after
scalding, to retain the steam.

PREPARING BEES FOR WINTER.

H

in most localities the honey-gathering
period is ended. The frosts of Octobcr
have killed the flowers and the bees have.
had their last opportunity to lay in their
wintcr stores. If they have not bccn
able, for any reason, to accumulutc [he
requisite twenty-live pounds, their owner
will have to make up the deficiency by
l'ccding sugar syrup. But in most locali’
tics it will not be necessary. The great
variety of fall flowers, most of which yield
some nectar, go a great way in supplying
the needs of the honey bee. In some lo—
cziliiies bce-kcepers are even fortunate
enough to secure some surplus from this
source. .\1 any rate, do not neglect the
bces. Sec to it that they have enough
and to spare. ”(36$ differ from other farm
stock in this i'cspcct, that they can be
given their full supply of food at once and
they will help themselves as their need
requires. Plenty of good food above the
cluster is what takes them through, ev-
ery time.

Considering the requisites for succcss-
ful wintcring, it muy be well to note that
success is frequently hinged upon ycry
small things. Neglect in attending to tho
small affairs of lifc is sure to bring about
disaster. Somciinu-s bees starve to death
with honey in the hch, and that within

two inches of them, from the fact that
during severely cold weather bees form
thcmselves into one compact body. \\'hcn
all the honey within ihcir rczicli is con-

sumed, and the weaihcr not warm enough
for them to change their location in the
hive in order to reach their stores. they
will surely siarvo with pit-my of food nunr
them. This most oftcn happens in single—
walled hives, hence the adoption of chaff
hives to confine the heat arising from the
bees. Bees usually move toward ihc
warmest part of the hivc. 1f the sun
shines on one side of the hive in cool or
cold weather the cluster makes for that
side of the hive. l haVo often had col-
onies eat all the honey in one end of the
hive and leave ihc other end full. A
strong colony, in a very gnod season, cov-
ers the greater part of its combs bclow
the. honey, and it is a. very good Sign,
when you raise the super, or the cloth,
or the honcy-hoard, from the body, to see
the bees clustcrcd a. little way down from
the top of the combs.
New Jersey.

F. G. HERMAN.

It is advisable to select a large part of
the winter’s flock from the pullets hatch-
ed in April or earlier. They should com-
mence to lay before real cold weather
sets in and in time to get the high prices.
If hatched later than April they usually
fail to lay before spring and prices haVe
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There’s a burglar
hiding in your
Chimney

     

  
   
     
 

Next winter he‘ll steal half the coal out of
your cellar. This is literal truth. More than
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nary grates and stoves is carried out the flue
with the smoke. If you arrest this thief, you
will save half on your next coal bill.

Our Free

  
   
      
 
  
 

 
  
  
 

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Pullets and Oockerels at low

Blue 88" Barred Rockrprim‘fi. Great. Layers. finely
marked. LAKE RIDGE FARM, Levering, Michigan,

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Leghorn eg 5 for sale, 15 for l: 26 for $1.50; 50 f
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young stock after November 1st. Fine circular free.
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WHY DAIRYING IS A GOOD BUSINESS.

 

The average farmer who only keeps a
few cows and many who call themselves
dairymen do not always appreciate fully
the nature of dairying itself. They {all
to understand that a cash income is of
much value to them. They do not have
money tied up long before they get it
back again, and the average farmer
hasn’t very much money to tie up. Now.
of course, every crop we grow on the
farm is important. Some of them are
sold for caSh; we could say that potato
growing is a cash business. The fruit
business is a cash business. They are, in
a sense, cash businesses as compared with
the same kinds of farming years ago.
Then many of the crops grown on the
farm could not be sold for msh but had
to be exchanged for other products which
the farmer needed; but since then every-
thing has changed» and now the crops we
grow are turned into cash and we have
to pay cash for that which we buy. This
is a decided improvement. Yet in the
potato crop we put our money into the
investment of the labor and seed at plant-
ing time, the. preparation of the ground
in caring for the crop during the cniire
season and we do not get a penny in re-
turn until after the crop is harvested.
There are several months that we have
our money tied up and do not realize it.
In the case of whcot, for instance. there
is an entire year before we got anything
from our investment, and so it is with
other crops and all other branches of
farming. except dairying. which, so far
as i know, is a single exception in the
farming business. We sell eggs for cash
and get returns from our investment reg-
ularly and the same way with dairying.
The feed bought off the farm is soon
turned into cash again, in one or two
weeks at least. and in many instances
every few days we get cash for the dairy
products. In this way one can do busi—
ness with a more limited capital than
where he has to wait a period of months
before he gets something in return for
his investment, and for the average farm-
er who hasn't very much money to make
an investment this is an important thing.

Now, dairyiug is not only a cash busi-
ness but it brings in a cash income the
year through, every week in the your
cash returns are due. If dairymen take
a little pains in breeding the cows and
have them freshen at the properfltime
they can so arrange it that they will have
regular incomes coming in each month or
each week of the year. This is a very
important factor because farmers need
cash incomes just as much as any other
business man, and it is much better to
have this uniform cash income coming
throughout the entire year than it is to
be engaged in a kind of business which
brings in the money only once in a year
or twice a year. One fixes expenses ac-
cording to his income and is not so liable
to be extravagant and make ventures
which sometimes prove disastrous.

Now dairying not only brings in a uni-
form cash income but the business of
dairying is reliable. Farmers can depend
upon it- With a good herd of cows upon
a farm, properly equipped for handling
them and with an owner who knows how
to do it, one can depend upon the income.
If one raised winter wheat from which
he derives his income everyone knows
that he is liable to have a poor crop and
consequently his income will be greatly
cut down. If one depends upon timothy
hay to get his income the possibilities
are that drought or an untimely frost
will injure this crop so that he will have
little or no income from it over and
above the cost of production. In the fruit
business, which some years is very profit—
able. is very unreliable. in fact, I think
it is the most unreliable branch of farm-
ing that one can engage in. Here the
fruit grower is so handicapped by having
his crop liable to be affected by condi-
tions over which he has no control what-
ever. He does not know from one year
to another what his income is going to
be. He can not plan with any degree of
certainty as results are too dependent
upon weather conditions. With a com-
mercial apple orchard one doesn't know
Whether that orchard is going to fruit or
not. The same way with grapes or with
peaches. or in fact with any other kind
of fruit. It is unreliable. \Vhilo the dairy
farmer. even though the pastures are af—
fected by drought, or a frost injures his
ensilage corn and it don’t get its full

THE MICfiIGAN FARMER.

feeding value, can go outside of his tam
and purchase feed at the market price
and bring it onto his farm and feed it to
a good herd of dairy cows and make a
good profit on his investment, and his in-
come will not be materially aflected by
these adverse conditions because, in many
instances a man can buy crops as cheaply
as he can raise them, when he takes into
consideration the time element, especially
on a run-down farm or on land that is
not naturally productive. When one Is
well equipped to handle a. good bunch of
cows upon his farm he has a business
which he can depend upon and which
will bring him in cash and bring that cash
to thefarmer throughout the year.

But one has to handle a herd of cows
in an intelligent and business-like way to
make a profit. Slip-shod methods will
not do in dairying. The farmer must
provide the cows a good liberal ration
for every day in the year and keep them
comfortable. He must systematize his
work so that he will do it regularly, and
in a careful manner. He must use good
business judgment in selling the product.
If he does these things, dairying will pay
as good or a better per cent of interest
upon the investment than any other
branch of farming. I am warranted in
saying this because experiment stations,
even our own Michigan station, has made
an investment in a herd of dairy cows,
purchased average cows at market prices,
charged them with every pound of feed
they consumed, gave them credit for ev-
ery pound of butter-fat they produced,
and made a good profit with all hired la-
bor to care for them. Then, too, the
records of our cow testing associations
show that the average herd will pay for
thcir feed and give a profit. In fact. the
best market that the farmer has is a
good bunch of dairy cows for the feed
which he grows upon his farm.

 

THE MODEL COW STALL ONCE
MORE.

 

I am making over a barn. One of
my neighbors said you had what you
called a model cow stall illustrated in
one of your back numbers. I write to
ask for information.

St. Clair Co. H. C. P.

it is some little time ago that the Mich-
igan Farmer published a drawing of the
model cow stall. Unless one has the files
of the paper carefully preserved, with
the index, it would be quite a job to find
it and, of course there are many new
subscribers to the paper that undoubt-
edly would not have these files. This,
unquestionably, is the reason why we
have so many inquiries about the model
stall. As I have stated before it is well
nigh impossible to give word description
of this stall which can be readily under-
stood without a cut accompanying, and
my previous advice to other inquirers to
make a visit to some dairy where one of
these stalls is in practical operation is a
much better way to get the desired in—
formation.

At the State Fair, in the new model
dairy barn, among other stalls, were
three model cow stalls. It was too bad
that the carpenter made a mistake and
made the stalls a little bit short, yet the
principle is correct and well illustrated
the method of construction. The work
of the model cow stall is entirely satis-
factory. it gives the cows liberty that
no other stall gives them. It is very con—
venient in feeding. One can feed the
grain ration and then feed the roughage
ration without waiting until the grain
ration is all consumed. Taking every-
thing into consideration I think the model
cow stall is a practical, durable stall that
will give satisfaction.

1 am glad to be able to say to H. C. P.
and all other inquiring subscribers that
they can get splendid information and a
very carefully prepared cut of the model
cow stall in a bulletin entitled, “Clean
Cows and Clean Stables," recently pub—
lished by the Dairy and Food Depart-
ment. A letter addressed to the depart-
ment at Lansing will bring this bulletin
without cost to the subscriber.

 

In beginning a private butter trade, one
should not insist upon too high a quota-
tion, he should first establish a reputa-
tion; after that is once done, then it is
not a difficult matter to secure prices
that are above the average. It seems
to be a wise practice to start at lower
prices. work up a name for furnishing
good butter and to think of the differ.
ence between the prices asked and those
that might be secured as advertising ex-
penses. It will be found many times
worth the cost in the end. Otherwise
your customers are not likely to warm up
to the advantages altered and to become
a fixed part of your dairy business.

 

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

HANDLING THE MILK COWS.

The cow is a nervous animal, easily ex-
cited and fretted, and susceptible to harsh
or kind treatment. It has been proven
many times that both the quantity am.
the quality of the milk given by a cow
may be influenced by the kind of treat-
ment the cow receives.

'l‘he cow that is, constantly in fear of a
blow from the milker will soon begin lo
shrink in her milk flow. To punish an
animal because she makes some little
mistake will never do any good. I must
admit that it is annoying to have an ani-
mal switch her tail in onc’s eyes. or
kick a bucket of milk over, or refuse to
give her milk down, but the average cow
does not do these things in a spirit of
meanness, and to belabor her with the
milking stool or to give her a hard kick
or two with a pair of heavy shoes at
such times will do no good, except pos-
sibly to relieve the feeling of some milk-
ers. Such treatment has been responsible
for drying up many a good cow, and the
good dairyman makes it a point to nevcr
lose his temper while milking, no matter
what offense the cow is guilty of. He
knows that if he permits himself to be-
come angry he will do both himself and
the cow injury which he will later regret.

Instead of becoming angry he seeks to
learn the source. of the trouble if the
cow's offensivo actions are frequent. For.
as stated bcforc, the cow usually has ‘0.
reason for her actions.

The kicking cow is probably the most
aggravating member of a herd. It is true
that a cow here and there is a confirmed
kicker and kicks at every milking without
any apparent reason. Unless particularly
valuable, such an animal would better be
disposed of as soon as possible, for it is
almost impossible to break the confirmed
kicker of her vicious habit without being
put to more bother than the average cow
is worth. But the otherwise good cow
that kicks only occasionally has a reason
for her actions. All cows are apt to kick
at some time or other. Sore teats and
udders are the source of a grcat deal of
this trouble. A slight scratch or sore on
the. tent may seem of little consequence
to the milker but may be very painful to
the cow whcn grasped by the hands, es-
pecially if the milker is inclined to be a
little rough in his movements. At each
milking the sore will break open and so
require a long time to heal unless given
attention. A good plan in such cases is
to have some lard or vaseline handy and
apply it to all sores and bruises after each
milking. Lard will also render hard and
rough teats soft and pliable.

When a cow has been dry for some
time be gentle with her when she fresh-
ens again. Her udder has become tender,
and she may kick viciously the first few
times she is milked if her teats are hand-
led at all roughly.

Sore teats will also cause some cows to
switch their tails into the milker’s face.
They may do this either voluntarily or
involuntarily. In either case the milker
should realize that he has inflicted pain.
The pest of flies, at certain seasons of the
year is responsible for most of the tail
switching, however, thin-skinned animals
being the chief offenders. It is no more
than natural that the suffering animals
should use their only weapons of defense
against the torturing flies, and the only
proper thing to do is to banish as many
of the flies as possible or else usc. light
blankets to cover the cows while they are
being milked. If the milking is done out-
doors, it will help some to do it early in
the morning and late in the evening, just
before dark, when the flies are not so
annoying as at other times during the

day. While, if the milking is done in-
doors, the stable can be darkened as
much as possibe. Commercia prepara-
tions are now on the market which, when
properly used. effectually relieves cows
and other animals of the distress caused
by flies.

'l‘hc failure on the part of a cow to give
down her milk is sometimes very annoy—
ing to one when he is in a hurry. Now
thc failure of a cow to give down hcr
usuul quantity of milk at milking time is
due to some abnormal condition. She has
not secreted the milk owing to some
cause. Shc may have been frightened;
she may have. been chased by a dog; she
may have been wandering around all day
in :1 scant posture or stalk field and be
tircd. Any one of these and similar rea—
sons will cause some cows to withhold
their milk. Some cows will not give down
their milk to a strange milker. Cows with

'cnlves that hnvc been allowcd to suck

will usually withhold their milk for :1 few
days after tho calves arc. wcnncd. In
such cascs. thc host thing to do is to be
patient and not try to deal roughly with
the, cow. Rough handling will only mukc
matters worse, for the animal that has
come to fear the. milkcr will be likely to
withhold her milk at each milking until
friendly relations arc cstziblivluwl again.

There should always luv :: friendly fcel-
ing hctwccn the cow and hcr milkcr. ’l‘ho
milkcr who is gentlc, with tho animals in
his charge and who takes iimc to pet
thcm a little as he goes about his work
will usually get all the milk the udder:
contain, while on the other hand The mun
who is rough and noisy is certain to lcs-
sen the milk flow materially.

The young heifer will seldom cause
much trouble when they freshen if they
have been handled carefully from calf-
hood with the end in view of making
milk cows of them. Many practice the
plan of rubbing the udder with the hands
while they are still heifers, thus estab-
lishing a. fricndly feeling that proves of
value lnlcr. Of course. the young heifer
should be milked gently at first and thc
milkcr should haVo plenty of patience.
She will soon learn what is expected of
her and will conduct herself in the proper
manner when milking times comes around
if she is accorded the right kind of treat-
ment.

Indiana. \VM. Pummn.

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
PLANS DAIRY EXHIBIT.

 

The Agricultural Department at the
national capital has promised for the
National Dairy Show at Chicago in No-
vember the most elaborate exhibit which
it has made since the \Vorld’s Fair in
1893. There will be shown, says a recent
dispatch from \Vashington, a large num-
ber of enlarged photographs taken by
government officials during their inspec-
tion trips through the most important
dairy districts in this country. The col-
lection includes both exterior and inte-
rior barns, dairies and all buildings used
in the production and marketing of milk
and milk products. The display will be
of immense and practical value to any
dairy farmer who pluns building new or
remodeling 01d burns, in which to pro—
duce the higher quality milk now de-
manded by almost all cities throughout
the country. Charts, illustrating at a
glance the results of important govern-
ment investigation, will also be shown;
and in a general way the department at
\Vashingion plans to get on :1 more in-
timate and friendly basis with ihc na-
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MONEY BACK

AFTER USING

SHARPLES

Tubular Cream Separator
Six Months

This farmer got his money back afterusing
his Tubular only six months. He was throw-
ing away the cost of a Tubular every six
months, but now he puts the purchase price
into his pocket every six months:

Delaware. 0., Sept. 4. 1911.

The month before we got our Tubu-
lot we made 66 pounds of butter. The
first month we used the Tubular we
made 150 pounds from same cows.
Our Tubular paid for Ilse" In all
months. 0. B. FURNISS.

Mr. Furniss increased his butter 84 pounds
per month by using the Tubular. At even
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in Southern ' California as‘others have
succeeded equally well in growing apples
in Michigan.

The writer is informed that land in
southern California suitable for the pro-
Storlng the Winter Supply of Cabbage. duction of oranges can be secured from
$500 to $2,000 per acre. Land as well
..Storing the Winter Supply of Cabbage. adapted to the growing 0f apples as the

On account of the extremely strong California land is for the production of
Odors given off by cabbages they should oranges, can be had in Michigan at from
not be stored even in small quantities in $50 t0 $100 per acre. The fitting Of the
the house cellar. Dig a pit four feet wide land for the reception or the crop WODId
and deep enough to hold four or five be in favor of the northern state inas-
tiers, and any length desired. A layer of much as irrigation systems usually re-
clean, dry straw or cornstalks should quire that the land be made perfectly
cover the bottom to the depth of three or level to insure that water be applied 3110'

 

 

 

four inches. Remove the stumps and all
outer leaves and pack them stem end up,
stopping them above ground to a peak.
Cover with straw and earth to the depth
of six or eight inches. If they freeze, so
much the better, only then they should
be covered with more earth or manure to
hold them in that condition. The great
essentials in safe keeping are to keep
them dry and at as low and steady tem-
perature as possible. So make sure that
they are perfectly dry when packed away
and are kept thus, and that they are cov-
ered sufficiently to prevent alternate
freezing and thawing, and under these
conditions they will ordinarily keep until
spring without loss. ’

VTurnips and Rutabagas.

As to strong odors these lose very little
by comparison with cabbage and are not
suitable for cellar storage. Pit them
outside as they will keep much fresher
than it is possible to hold them in any
house cellar. Before covering throw on
fine soil (and if damp it is all the bettcr),
allowing it to sift down through the
roots. Cover with straw and dirt suiti-
clent to hold them with steady tempera-
ture. If desired to keep them in small
quantities in the cellar, remove the
crowns with a sharp knife and this will
prevent the strong odors so that they will
not be objectionable.

Parsnlps, Salsify, Beets and Carrots.

These, 'while entirely unobjectionable in
so far as bad odors are concerned, will
keep far better if pitted. If kept in the
cellar it is best to cover them well with
fine soil as it preserves their crispness.
As to the former two, the spring supply
should be left standing in the rows where
grown. Under all ordinary conditions
they will keep in perfect condition, and
much better than if stored.

Wayne Co. J. E. Monsn.

MICHIGAN VS. CALIFORNIA FOR
FRUIT GROWING.

 

I have $2,000 saved up which I am
thinking of investing in an apple orchard.
Can you give me any information regard-
ing apple growing, such as the sort of
soil to choose, probable cost per acre of
the land, cost of setting out young trees,
how long I will have to wait for the trees
to bear, etc. How large an orchard
should I be able to secure for my mon-
ey‘.’ What can be done to secure an
orchard that will bear continually after
the start? Also, can you give me any
information about California orange
groves? What could I do with my money
along that line? Do you not think that
10 acres planted to apples, and cultivated
as carefully as western farmers cultivate
oranges, would give as good returns.

()scoda Co. M. A.

Apples require a deep, fertile, clayey
soil, which is well drained, either natur-
ally or artificially, and which does not
suffer from drouth or excess of water, to
give best results. The cost per acre of
land for apple orcharding would depend
upon the location, but good apple land
can be found in Michigan under $60 pier
acre. Trees set 20 feet one way and 40
feet the other way would require about
50 trees per race. This nursery stock
would cost you from $6 _to $12 per acre,
according to the quality and age of stock
selected; preparing the land and setting
the trees would cost you around $10
more; this would make an orchard cost
you, when planted, from $80 to $85 per
acre. You would have to wait from four
to twelve years for the trees to bear,
depending upon the variety you plant.
VVageners, Jonathans, and many other
varieties will bear within four or five
years, while Baldwins and Northern
Spies require from ten to twelve years.
You could probably secure a twenty-acre
orchard with the amount of money you
mention. depending, of course, upon the
cost of the land.

In a matter of this kind, as well as in
other businesses, the personal element is
the largest factor in one’s success. Many
men in the most ideal circumstances fail,
while others placed where conditions are
most unpromising make a success simply
because of an ability to cope with con-
ditions and bend them to meet the de-
sired ends. For this reason men have
made a success in the culture of oranges

cessfully. In Michigan irrigation is un-
necessary with an apple orchard which
does away with this expensive work of
grading. Then, too, the Michigan owner
is not troubled with- heavy taxes .for
water and the usual trouble which is con—
nected with the securing of water rights.
As to the labor proposition. there is prob-
ably little difference between the two lo-
calities, since Japanese and Chinese la-
borers are largely employed in the west-
ern state. There is no material differ-
ence in the care given the orange grove
and that required in an up-to-date apple
orchard. Both demand the careful atten-
tion of a well informed person in order
to guarantee the best results.

When we come to marketing the crop.
we find conditions more favorable to the
Michigan man. It is a common remark
that apples during the past several years
retail at as much or more per dozen
than do oranges. The oranges are ship-
ped across the continent while the ap—
ples are sold almost at the gates of the
orchard. The grower of the former must
thcrcfore sell his product at the price
that will allow for the chages of trans-
potation over the mountains to the east-
ern markets and then permit them to be
placed on sale at quotations not higher
than what is asked for'the best apples.

Again, the range of uses to which ap-
ples can be put is much wider than that
for oranges, which enables the grower of
this crop to dispose of not only his No. 1
fruit but also of the other grades. In
growing oranges the western produces
finds an outlet for the two highest grades.
This condition has forced him to produce
a high quality product, and it might be
well if the eastern apple growers were
placed under like conditions. Neverthe-
less, the eastern man finds a legitimate
outlet for the poorer kinds, and is there-
fore in a more advantageous position than
his western cousin. “'e may be some—
what prejudiced to the opportunities of
our own state when it comes to growing
fruit, but the seeming foolishness of in
many men who leave behind them con-
ditions existing here in Michigan to go to
California to spend extraordinary prices
to gain a start in business with which
they have had no experience whatever,
is impressed upon us as the years go
along, and especially as testimonies come
to us of the success attending the cul-
ture of apples in our own state and many
disappointments and failures, resulting
from western ventures. We believe the
inquirer would do well to consider care-
fully the advantages offered ln Michigan
before making an investment in an
orange grove on the Pacific Coast.

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The following rules have been made the
mar-dam requirements by the National
.‘sptue liuyens' Association, for grading
and yanking this fruit:

Tm; Standard Barrel—A barrel which
is: 173.; inches in diameter at the head,
281/; inches in length of stave and bulge
not less than 64 inches outside measure-
ment.

Requirements for No. 1 Apples—The
standard size for No. 1 apples shall not
be less than 2% inches in diameter and
shall include such varieties as the Ben
Davis, iVillow Twig, Baldwin, Greening
and other varieties kindred in size. That
the standard for such apples as Romanito,
Russett, \Vine Sap, Jonathan, Missouri
Pippin and other varieties kindred in size
shall not be less than 214 inches in diam-
eter. And further that No. ] apples shall
be, at the time of packing practically free
from the action of worms, defacement of
surface or breaking of skin, shall be
hand-picked from the tree, a bright and
normal color and of shapely form.

Requirements for No. 2 Apples—No. 2
apples shall be hand-picked from the tree.
Shall not be more than 2% inches in
diameter and of fair color for the variety.
The skin must not be broken. nor the ap-
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OCT. 14, 1911.

FRUIT GROWERS AND BUYERS MEET
AT FENNVILLE.

The
growers for winter appes caused an ex-
traordinary session of the Saugatuck and
Ganges Pomological Society to be held at
Fennville at which a number of buyers
were invited. About 100 growers and 20
buyers were present to determine if pos-
sible the solution of the present low
prices of fruit, and winter apples in par-
ticular. The program given was more or
less impromptu but to the point.

President Hutchins saw three ways of
disposing of the crop: First, to let the
apples rot on the ground; second, to sell
at the present price to the buyers, the
evaporators or the cider mill, and third,
to store the crop until better prices pre-
vailed. He assured the commission men
present that the meeting was called in all
friendliness to them and that their opin-
ion of the present conditions was sought
that more light might be thrown upon
the situation.

C. E. Bassett, of the State Horticultural
Society. deprecated the low prices for
fruit. lie thought, however. growers
were somewhat to blame by shipping
their windfalls after the severe wind-
storm of last summer, thus causing a
break in the market. Also, the early
ripening of fruit of all kinds encouraged
the same conditions. He pied for honest
packing and grading of apples, and be-
lieved this to be the time for the com-
munity to secure a reputation for itself.
Had this been done in the past, he be-
lieved there would have been no occa-
sion for coming together to consider the
cause of low prices.

C. .1. Monroe, of Van Buren county,
confirmed Mr. Rassett's remarks. He had
just returned from South “'ater street,
Chicago. and confessed that after a day’s
inspection he knew little more than when
he went. He emphasized the fact that
{rowers should not put poor fruit on the
market as it had much to do in keeping
down the price on better grades.

C. H. VYeaver, of Chicago, followed
with a statement that this year and last
year conditions were just the opposite,
as a year ago Michigan had a short crop
and this year a “bumper” crop. The
early apples in 1910 were short while this
year they were heavy, and with late ap-
ples the reverse was true. He believes
that after the fall apples are gone that
winter apples will probably bring a fair
price.

George Tucker next declared that it
was impossible for a. grower who took
proper care of his orchard and of the
fruit. to pick, pack and haul to market
apples for less than $2.23 a barrel. as
that was the actual expense of growing
and marketing the fruit. I

The next speaker, D. D. Tourtellote,
thought the real solution of the problem
lay in a thorough organization of the
growers. The other factors in the mar-
ket were organized, that is, the commis-
sion men, the buyers and the cold storage
people. He asserted that buyers would
rather purchase from an organization
handling from fifty to sixty thousand
barrels of fruit than from individuals
with from lifty to five hundred barrels,
to which statement many of the commis-
sion men assented. lie believed each
grower joining the organization should
be required to give a bond to guarantee
his fruit to be packed in the right man-
ner.

Charles Hoffman, a buyer, recited how
he had lost: considerable money in buy-
ing too heavy in fruit and that he now
was in no frame of mind to invest heavily
along that line. Other buyers spoke, and
it appeared to be their general contention
that the apple crop is larger than the
growers are willing to admit. It was
made plain. however, that the excess crop
consisted. entirely of summer and fall
apples and that winter varieties would
produce no larger crop than the trees
yielded in 1910. This gave hope to both
sellers and buyers that later in the sea-
son better prices Would prevail.

The sentiment of the meeting appeared
to be favorable for a better organization
of growers, through which means the
leaders hoped that more uniform grad-
ing could be secured, which condition
would result in more satisfaction as re-
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“’hile small and inferior fruit is dull
and irregular in the Philadelphia mar-
ket, the better grades have recently tak-
en a. turn upward, and the situation
seems to be in a very favorable condition
from the seller's standpoint. That mar-
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and pears and a fair request for other

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CURRENT COMMENT.
The October crop report
Potato Market which appears in another
Prospects. column of this issue,
shows the estimated av-
erage condition of the potato crop for the
country to be 62.3 per cent of normal, as
compared with 59.8 per cent on Septem-
ber 1, 71.8 on October 1, 1910, and a ten-
year average on October 1 of 75.6. The
estimated average yield for the country
at present is 79.7 bushels per acre, with
an estimated total field of 278,551,000
bushels, as compared with 338,811,000
bushels in 1910. 376,537,000 in 1909 and
278,985,000 in 1903. The Michigan crop
report places the estimated average yield
per acre for Michigan at 81 bushels, which
is only a few points above the estimated
average yield in the country as shown by
the national report.

With digging only just commenced, it
is difficult to estimate with any degree
of accuracy just What the improvement
in crop conditions during the favorable
weather of early October may have. been.
However, it is probable, that the improve-
ment of the crop due to copious fall rains
will be nearly or quite counterbalanced
by the losses on the heavier soil from the
rotting of the tubers due to the extremely
wet weather, and possible losses from
freezing due to delay in digging the crop,
necessitated by the some cause.

However, it appears to be certain that
there will be, a shortage in the season’s
crop, the indicated yield being the small-
est since 1908, which season‘s yield was
quiic close to the estimated figures for
the present year. \\'ith the prospect of
this short crop and with the tendency of
prices for all food stuffs lo advance which
has been noted in recent. market reports,
there is every reason to believe that po—
tato growers will receive good prices for
their product this year, providing it is
wisely marketed.

There are always a good many potato
growers whose need of the money which
their crop will bring prompts them to sell
on the early fall market, especially when
the potatoes bring a fairly good price.
Probably there are enough of these to
prevent the average farm price in Mich-
igan going over 50 cents per bushel dur-
ing the early portion of the marketing
season, and if receipts in the large cent-
ers of consumption continue to come in
as they haVe in recent days. it is ques-
tionable whether the market will start
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the rush of early marketing. However,
the demand for sonsumption will not be
the governing factor in the marketing,
since upon the reported condition of the
crop throughout the country, dealers will
be inclined to purchase against future
needs as soon as the crop is sufficiently
matured to make this practice a. safe one.

As most of the crop is very green, how-
ever, due to the rains and the absence of
frost, there will be no rush on the part
of the dealers to put the tubers in stor-
age, so that the very early market is like-
ly to suffer more from heavy shipments
than at any other time during the Ynove-
ment of the crop. But it is certain that,
unless the official estimates are very
much in error, consumers will be com-
pelled to pay liberal prices for their po-
tatoes this year, and by exercising a. de-
gree of control in delivery, the growers
will be able to realize a better proporton
of the consumer‘s dollar paid for this pro-
duct than if the speculators get posses-
sion of the crop. I’nquestionably this is
the season when conservative marketing
should be practiced, and where facilities
are available, at least a portion of the
crop should be stored for the later mar-
ket unless the need of the money which
they will bring is quite urgent. There
can be little, if any, danger of loss from
such a course, with every good prospect
of better prices prevailing after the mar—
ket becomes settled than will be given
for earlier shipments.

Prices of food stuffs
The High Cost of are again advancing
Living. and the consumer will
feel the effects of the
dry season perhaps as much as the farm-
ers have done. When production is lim-
ited by unfavorable weather conditions,
and the demand for food stuffs remains
unchanged, the aggregate of commodities
grown upon the farm will nearly, if not
quite, approximate the value of the total
crop under normal production. On the
other hand, where an especially favorable
season results in an excess of production
over the demand, prices fall to such a low
level that the aggregate value of the
larger crops grown shrinks below what
it would be under normal production.
The happy medium is the best for all
concerned, and in both cases there is room
for benefit by cheapening the cost of dis-
tribution, which is the important factor
confronting producers and consumers
alike. However, at the present time the
consumer may congratulate himself upon
the fact that the great staple cereal,
wheat, is low in price, while other pro-
ducts are sufficiently plentiful so that,
save in perhaps one or two products, there
is no prospect of anything like prohibitive
prices. In any event, prices are on none
too high a level for the continued pros-
perity of the American farmer, upon
which the prosperity of the country de-
pends to such a large extent, and not-
withstanding their discontent the con-
sumers of the country hays little cause
for complaint, except against the middle-
men who obtain the largest proportion of
the dollars which they spend for the
necessities of life.
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.
National.

The strike on the Illinois Central and
other Harriman roads lines continues.
\Vhile the railroads contend that the men
are becoming dissatisfied with the strike,
the leaders maintain that the men are
prepared and will stay out all winter un-
less their demands are met.

The second investigation of the elec-
tion of Senator Lorimer as United States
Senator from Illinois is to be resumed in
Chicago, Over 200 prominent men have
been notified to appear and testify be—
fore the committee.

Secretary of the Navy Meyer has con-
cluded to displace the scientific ssytem of
navy yard management advocated for
the country, by the English system. He
declares that this change will overcome
much hostility from labor unions, will be
less costly and more effective.

A number of towns between Black 'Riv-
er Falls and Lacrosse, Wis. were flooded
last week. \Vhile exact figures cannot be
obtained, it is estimated that 40 persons
are dead the result of being caught by the
water, and 2.000 others rendered home-
less. The estimated loss of property is
between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.

An international balloon race which
started from Kansas City resulted in a.
victory for the German balloon Berlin.
The air craft landed in Chippewa county.
\Visconsin, after covering a distance of
750 kilometers. The keenest interest was
given to this race. owing to the fact that
had the Americans won this year, they
would have retained permanent posses-
sion of the Tnternatlonai Cup for which
they contested. This makes two victories
for the German and three for the Ameri-
cans since the races were inaugurated.

The German American National Alli-
ance is now in convention at Washinz-
ton. The organization is making a strong
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try and Great Britain and Eran now
gendingt ratification in the United . tates

ens. e. ,

The victims of the recent flood at Aus-
tin, Pa... are now believed to number 74.
Of this number 62 have been taken from
the ruins. There is much difficulty in
removing the debris and 800 employee of
the Reno car shops voluntarily came
from Williamsport, Pa, to assist in the
work.

Cornelius N. Bliss, the famous financier
of New York City, and politician, died
in that city Mondayof heart failure. He
was 79 years of age.

The McNamara. Brothers’ trial, who are
under indictment for murder in connec-
tion with the destruction of the Times
Building at Los Angeles over a year ago,
is in progress at that place this week.

The Michigan state tax commission, -
ginning October 24, will hold a. two
weeks’ session in the senate chambersat
Lansing for hearings upon the question
of adopting a new system for provulmg
state revenues, A preliminary report has
already been completed. Following the
hearing, a. final report will be compiled
and Submitted to the governor and the
state legislature.

Plans are completed for establishing
stock yards at Saginaw. From $25,000
$50,000 will be spent in carrying out the
project.

The enrollment of students at the
Michigan Agricultural College began on
September 25, and continued quite briskly
throuhgout the entire week. 'The total
enrollment in all the four and five-year
courses up to October 5, is 278. This
number is divided as follows, viz. Agri-
culture, horticulture and forestry, 571;
engineering, 452; home economics, 255.
Graduation from accredited high schools
is required for entrance to the freshman
year. The agricultural students are di-
vided among the various classes as fol—
lows, viz.: Seniors, 78, juniors, 94; soph-
omores, 103; freshmen, 201; sub-fresh-
men 53 and irregulars 42. Nearly 30 men
are now enrolled in agriculture and horti—
culture who have submitted credits from
other institutions such as universities,
denominational colleges, normals, etc.

Foreign.

The war between Turkey and Italy goes
on. According to reports, victories so far
have been favorable to Italy. An attempt
has been made to restore peace between
the two nations but this effort was in
vain. Turkey appears to be ready to
enter into a treaty suing for peace and
Italy would also do this, providing Tur-
key agrees to transfer Tripoli to Italy
and to restore the status previously ex-
isting in Turkey before the present trou—
ble began. Turkish troops have With-
drawn from Tripoli and the country ap-
pears to be well under the authority of
the Italian forces. A proclamation has
been published freeing the slaves in the
entire country. This was the only place
remaining on the African coast where
slavery still prevailed.

The Spanish troops in Morocco have
recently been engaged in hunting down
hostile tribes in the country back of
Melilla. The tribesmen are determined
and only leave their strongholds after
they have. been overpowered.

The new Canadian government which
is being sworn in this week by Governor-
General Earl Grey, is constituted as fol-
loxivs: R. L. Borden, of Nova. Scolia,
Premier; D. J. Hazen, New Brunswick;
D. P. Pelltier, F. B. Monk, George Per-
ley and C. J. Doherty, Quebec; Frank
Cochrane, \V. T. White, George E. Fos-
ter, John Reid and Samuel Hughes, On-
tario; W. J. Roche, Manitoba; Robert
Rogers, Sasketchewan; John Lougheed,
Alberta, and Martin Burrell, British Col-
umbia. Earl Grey, the governor-general,
will be succeeded by the Duke of Con-
naught, who will arrive in Canada Sat-
urday from England to accept that high
ofiice.

When it became known that the Turk-
ish government intended seizing cargoes
of grain passing the Bosphorus, the Brit-
ish and Russian governments immediate-
ly made protests which caused the porte
at Constantinople to rescind their action.
England receives about 50 per cent of
her wheat from the country about the
Black Sea and should this source be cut
off her food supply would be greatly en—
dangered, and Russia's market would be
equally disturbed.

’ioth chambers of the Portugal parlia-
ment have been summoned to meet in
an extraordinary session next Monday,
at which time certain paragraphs of the
constitution will be suspended, if the
legislative'body meets the request of the
government, so that a special high tribu-
nal may be constituted for the immediate
trial of the 600 monarchists now in jail
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MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.

“meat—The final estimated yield of
wheat in the state and upper peninsula
is 17, in the southern and central coun-
ties 18 and in the northern counties 14
bus. per acre. The eslimated total yield
for the state is 14,144,000 bushels.

The total number of bushels of wheat
marketed by farmers in September at 103
flouring mills is 219,717 and at 110 elevat-
ors and to grain dealers 329,434 or a. total
of 549,151 bushels. Of this amount 388,-
848 bushels were marketed in the southern
four tiers of counties. 129.662 in the cent-
ral counties and 30,641 in the northern
counties and upper peninsula.

The estimated total number of bushels
of wheat marketed in the two months,
August-September. is 4,000,000. Twenty-
nine mills, elevators and grain dealers
report no wheat marketed in September.

The per cent of acreage sown this fall
compared with the average for the past
five years in the state and southern coun-
ties is 93, in the central counties 91, in
the northern counties 94 and in the upper
peninsula 92. The average date of sowing
wheat in the state is September 18. in
the southern counties the 21st, in the
central counties the 17th, in the northern

OCT- 14' 1911.

counties the 18th and in the upper penin-
sula. the 11th. 0

Rye—The per cent of acreage sown this
fall compared with the average for the
past five years in the state is 87, in the

southern counties 86,. in the central coun--

ties 85 and in the northern counties and
upper peninsula. 92.

Barley—The estimated average yield
per acre, in bushels,,in the state and
southern. counties is 22, in the central
counties 23, in the northern counties 19,
and in the upper peninsula. 27. ‘

Oats—The estimated average yield per
acre, in bushels, in the state is 27, in the
southern and central counties 28, in the

northern counties 21 and in the upper

peninsula 34.
Corn—The estimated average yield per

acre. in bushels, in the state is 32, in the .

southern counties 33, in the central coun-

ties 31, in the northern counties 30 and in

the upper peninsula. 35.

Potatoes—The estimated average yield
per acre, in bushels, in the state is 81, in
the southern counties 71, in the central
counties 74, in the northern counties 92
and in the upper peninsula. 144. Corres-
pondents in many localities report pota-
toes rotting badly on”low land, a result
of the heavy fall of rain during the month
of September.

Beans—The estimated average yield
per acre, in bushels, in the state and
southern counties is 12, in the central
and northern counties 13 and in the up-
per peninsula 17. The U..S. Census of
1910 shows the following counties as hav-
ing harvested 'over 10,000 acres of beans
in the year 1909: Tuscola, Genesee, Shia-
wassee, Saginaw, Huron, Eaton, Ionia,
Livingston, Gratiot, Sanilac, Clinton, Isa-
bella, Ingham, Lapeer, Montcalm and Kent.
Crop correspondents in all these counties,
on October 1 report the damage to the
bean crop by excessive wet weather at
from 25 to 50 per cent.

Sugar Beets—The estimated average
yield per acre, in tons, in the state, south-
ern and central counties is 10, in the
northern counties 9 and in the upper
peninsula 12. ,

Buckwheat—The estimated
yield per acre, in bushels, in the state
and northern counties is 14, in the south—
ern counties 15, in the central counties 13
and in the upper peninsula 20.

NATIONAL CROP REPORT.

 

Official preliminary estimates of pro-
duction of important crops follow:
Crops. 1911 1910.
231,390,000

Spring wheat ...200,367,000

‘Winter Wheat . . .455,149,000 464,044,000
All wheat ....... 655,516,000 695,443,000
Oats .. . . . .. ...... 873,641,000 1,126,765,000
Barley . . . . ....... 145,951,000 162,227,000
Rye .............. 30,677,000 43,039,000
Hay (tons) ...... 46,969,000 60,978,000

The indicated total production of im-
portant crops not yet harvested, as shown
by their condition on Oct. 1, follows:

Crops. 1911. .1910.
Corn . . . . . ...... 2,769,348,200 2,125,713,000
Buckwheat 15,699,600 17,239,000
Potatoes ....... 278,551,500 338,811,000
Tobacco (lbs.) . . 715,542,520 984,349,000
Flax . . . . . ....... 24,405,300 14,116,000
Rice ........... . 22,582,400 24,510,000

Corn—Condition, 70.4; acre yield, 23.8.
Potatoes—Condition. 62.3; acre yield,
79.7. Condition in important producing
states follows:
10-y1'.
., 1911. 1910. avg.
New York . ............60 79 74
MICHIGAN 70 74 72
Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 56 76 75
XVisconsin ...............83 63 73
Iowa .53 53 71

 

Ohio ...... 60 68 73
Minnesota 83 52 75
Ilinois ..... 42 64 73
Maine 85 88 86
Colorado ................20 69 82

Tobacco Condition, 80.5; acre yield.
801.1 lbs.

Apples—Condition, 59.8.

Spring “meat—Production, 200,367,000;
acre yield, 9.7; quality, 79.8.

\Vinter Wheat—Production, 455,149,000;

all wheat production, 655,516,000;‘ acre
yield, 12.6.
Oats Production, 873,641,000; acre yield

 

24.8; quality, 84.6.
Barley—Production, 145,951,000; acre
yield, 20.7; quality, 84.9.
Rye—Production, 30,677,000.
Hay—Production, 46,969,000 tons.
Buckwheat—~Conditlon, 81.4; acre yield,
9.6.

CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

Newaygo 00., Sept. 30.—We are having
lots of rain, which is bad on bean harvest
but is making late potatoes, which will
be a better crop than expected. Wheat
about all sowu and is up and looking fine.
Some farmersz husking out fodder corn
which is turning out about one and one-
half crates to the shock of 10 hills square.
A good bit of rye is being sown, which
is higher in price than wheat. Fall pas—
ture is good for this time of the year.
Peaches were the largest crop in years.
A good many winter apples. Hay and
feed of all kinds is going to be high in
price around here this winter. Nearly
all crops are lighter than usual. Not
many farms changing hands on account
of the bad year.

Northern Isabella and Southern Clare
Co.’s, Sept. 29.-—Bean harvest nearly ov-
er, and a rather poor harvest owing to
the damp, cloudy weather. Beans are
well podded but poorly filled; don’t look
for more than eight bushels per acre on
an average. Quite a large acreage of
wheat is being sown on bean ground, corn
husking has commenced and is a light
yield. Late potatoes doing fine, as there
has been no frost to hurt, and lots of
moisture at present. Sugar beet harvest
will cemmencs next week: they are about

75 per cent of a. crop. Hay is selling from ,

$15@18 per ton. Farmers are well pleased

over the elections in. Canada on reciproc- .
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PRACTICAL SCIENCE. l]

 

THE CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF
SOILS.—IV.

 

BY FLOY‘D W. ROBISON.

Aside from the element Nitrogen, the
various elements which we discussed in
our previous study are so abundant in
nature and the balance is so arranged
that it is unnecessary in agriculture to
give economic consideration to them. The
elements Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassi-
um and Calcium, however, are of such
vital importance to agriculture that it is
desirable and imperative in fact to keep
somewhat close track of their relations
in the soil and in the crops. It is cer-
tain, of course, that they are no more re-
moved from their participation in one
way or another in the affairs of the uni-
verse than are the other elements, but
they are quite easily removed from the
sphere of their active relation to agri-
culture.

I‘ntil comparatively recent times it had
been supposed that with the exhaustion
of the supply of Nitrogen in the soil, veg-
etation must cease. It was known, of
course, that there was a tremendous sup—
py of Nitrogen in the air but how this
Nitrogen coud be made available was the.
problem that was confronting the agri-
cultural scicntists. in fact, agricultural
eonomists were going almost hysterical
from the knowledge that the supply 01'
Nitrogen in the soil which was available.
for plant growth was being rapidly ex-
hausted and no adequate amoun: was
being returned through I't‘l'liElZ-Ers end
manures. A widespread scientific oppo-
sition to the burning of any material
which might contain Nitrogen sprang up
because it was observed that in burning
the material the Nitrogen therein was
converted into Nitrogen gas and went to
take its place with the inert Nitrogen
of the air, and thus. it was supposed. he-
came lost to agriculture.

l.‘ractically, the first relief from this;
unpleasant supposition came in the dis—
covery by llellrigel. that certain plants
had on their tiny rootlets a little para-
sitical plant, as was at first supposed,
and that this plant. which he called the
microbe plant, seemed to have power to
transform the Nitrogen gas which sur—
rounded the rootlct in the soil into a form
which the rootlet coul‘d’absorb and turn
into plant tissue. This dist-ovm'y was the
beginning point of the study of the re-
lation of bacteria to plant life. We now
know with certainty that the class of
plants belonging to the leguminosea or-
der, or clover family, have the power, by
means of these same nodules which aiiix
themselves to the rootlet to change the
otherwise inert Nitrogen of the air into
a form available for plant growth. This
diseovery aided very materially the ef-
forts of scientists in so far as the Nitro-
gen supply was concerned. We shall have
occasion to study the question of microbe
life in greater detail a little further on.
This discovery centered attention only
more decidedly upon this element Nitro-
gen.

it seems tome that Nitrogen is the most
interesting, from an agricultural stand-
point, of all the elements which enter
into plant growth. lt occupies the ex—
tremes of nature. In the atmosphere as
a gas it is one of the most inert if not
the most incrt element with which We
have to deal. .\s a gas it is not inflam—
mable, it is odorless. tasteless, and seem-
ingly occupies no oiiice other than that
of a diluent of the tixygen with which it
is mixed While this element as a gas
is the most inert element with which we
haVe to deal, on the other hand, in its
various combinations in Nitro-Glycerine
and gun cotton, and various forms of ex-
plosives, it is again the most active ele-
ment with which we. have come in con-
tact. It forms in proper combinations
the most violent explosives known. Again
this Nitrogen which as a gas is so inert
and so valueless and yet which in an-
other way, its other extreme, is such a
powerful explosive, is in the form of
Prussic Acid, one of the most deadly
poisons known to man. In another of
its combinations (i. e. Protein). this same
element Nitrogen forms one of the most
valuable food stuffs. In fact. in food
Stuffs it is absolutely indispensable for
the nourishment of the animal kingdom.
Again in the form of nitrates and soluble
salts it forms one of the most valuable
and expensive manures and is of ines-
‘timable value to plant growth.

Is it any wonder that this element
Nitrogen fascinates one. In its free form

.terest to us.

a practically inert, inactive, non-toxic,
seemingly valueless element: in its com-
binations, it is firstly, a highly explosive
substance; secondly, a deadly poisonous
substance; thirdly, a valuable food ma-
terial; fourthly, an exceedingly valuable
fertilizing constituent.

Life activity cannot take place in the
absence of Nitrogen. Sugar, starch and
oil, or fat, are exceedingly valuable food
materials but an animal will starve with
an abundance of these materials to eat,
provided he is not supplied at the same
time with a certain amount of Nitro-
genous food. It is evident, therefore, that
there must be a point, a certain balance,
between the nitrogenous portion of the
food and the sugar and starchy portion
of the food, which is the optimum point
for animal life. This has given rise to
the balanced ration which we shall have
occasion to refer to further on in our
study of feeds and feeding.

In our study of the excretions of the
animal body, the study of the income and
outgo of this element Nitrogen furnishes
one of our most: interesting studies. In
the examination of the waste of farm
manures it is the element Nitrogen which
here again is of such great economic in-
We shall be referring to it
in one way or another all through our
course in agricultural chemistry.

COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFFS.

 

The effect of the continuous teachings
of our experiment stations. farmers‘ in-
stitutes and agricultural papers has re-
sulted in proclaiming Michigan to be a
more or less ideal dairy state. \Ve have
not yet realized to the fullest extent that
our soil and our climate are as favorable
to the development of the dairy industry
as is that of any state in the union. The
increased attention given to dairying and
to stock raising, however, shows that it
is simply a question of time until Mich-
igan will be considered one of the ex-
tremcly important dairy and stock rais-
ing states. Our sister states to the west
of us, with soil of no greater value and
with climate no better adapted to these
agricultural pursuits than is Michigan,
have developed these industries to a
magnitude far 'beyond us. These indus-
tries likewise have proven very valuable
assets to the agricultural interests of
these states. To dairying and to stock
raising probably more than to any other
pursuits should we give the credit for
teaching our people the value of a scien-
tizic study of the farm and its various
operations. The subject of dairying has
compelled the undertaking of the growing
of crops upon the farm upon a scientific
basis in order to make a success of this
industry and more especially to compete
in the markets of the world with the
various dairy products from other lo-
calities.

There was a time when it was consid-
ered a disgrace for a farmer to buy feed.
The farm was supposed to raise the feed
sufficient to supply all of the stock on the
farm, but with the arrival of dairying and
stock raising it soon became apparent
that the farmer cbuld not hope to com-
petc successfully and depend entirely up-
on crops grown upon his own farinhairy
conditions and stock raising conditions
require merely that the roughage should
be raised on the farm and necessitates
that, the farmer shall go into the markets
and purchase the concentrates, or the
grain portion of the ration. This necesity
has given rise to the placing upon the
markets of. greater quantities and greater
varieties of so-called commercial feed
stuffs, and this condition has called forth
the regulating hand of the law in order
that the dairyman and the feeder shall
not be at the mercy absolutely of the
commercial interests.

It was the good fortune of the writer
to have assisted actively in the forma-
tion of a commercial feeding stuffs law
in the state of Michigan. That law is
now upon our statute books and should
insure a reasonable protection to dairy-
men and stockmen within this state.

In the state of Michigan, the thing to
be most desired in the purchase of com-
mercial feeding stuffs is the percentage
of protein therein contained. Few of the
farm crops contain a sufficient amount of
protein to make a proper balance of the
various constituents in the ration of the
farm animal. Commercial feeding stuffs
we therefore purchase for the purpose,
primarily, of securing the highest con-
tent of protein obtainable. In comparing

THE Ml-CH lGAN- FARMER. .

different food stuffs we therefore deter;-
mine, or should ascertain first of all,
which feed furnishes the largest amount
of protein for one dollar. But. this is not
all. The total amount of protein is not
always the criterion by which we should
be guided. For example, one feed may
contain 20 per cent of protein, another
feed may contain 16 per cent of protein,
and yet it is possible that the one con-
taining the lower content of protein is
the more desirable and the more econom-
ical because perhaps this protein content
is much more completely digestible than
is the one containing the 20 per cent. The
factor which determines to a large de-
gree the question of the digestibility, we
term Crude Fibre. The larger the amount
of crude fibre, in the feed, the lower the
digestibility of that feed. For example,
wheat straw contains about 30 per cent
crude fibre. Now it is certain that a cow
cannot be kept at a profit on wheat
straw. The effort made by the animal
economy to absorb and utilize the four
or five per cent of protein which wheat
straw contains is so great because of the
large percentage of crude fibre which the
animal must digest before she can absorb
the protein, proclaims that wheat straw
is not a suitable ration, in itself, for the
dairy cow. On the other hand, certain
concentrated feeds, such as cottonseed
meal, contain such a small amount of
crude fibre that the protein in the same
is very nearly all digestible. XVere the
animal’s digestive processes merely me-
chanical a feed with practically no crude
fibre would be the ideal feed, but to keep
the animal in perfect health it is neces-
sary to provide her with some of the
bulky material which prevents the im-
paction of the food in its movement down
the alimentary canal. Therefore, that
food is selected which is the best: balance
between the easily digested concentrate
and the more bulky, less digestible rough-
age. As the dairyman ordinarily has a
sufficient amount of roughage on his own
farm he does not go into the market to
turehase roughage. He needs concen-
trates to combine and balance with the
roughage which he has on his own farm.
lle therefore selects that feed which is
the lowest in crude fibre.

His effort, then, is first to get the high-
est content of protein which he can ob—
tain for a dollar and also that feed which
at the same time contains the lowest
content of crude fibre.

FLOYD W. ROBISON.

LABORATORY REPORT.

 

The sample of cottonseed meal sub-
mitted by R. D. L. showed the followin
analysis: -

Moisture .................... 9.41 per cent '
Protein .................... 39.81 per cent
Crude Fibre ............. 9.20 per cent
Nitrogen—sfree extract . . . .2794 per cent

Ether extract .............. 10.14 per cent
.-\sh ......................... 3.50 per cent
Approximate digestibility ..70.00 per cent

 

The sample of “Canning Compound”
submitted by Mrs. C. H. R. was found to
lye Roracic Acid.

This product has been used to a con-
siderable extent of late by women in
calming corn. etc. It formed the subject
of an extensive investigation by Dr.
\\‘ilcy and his associates in the famous
"l'oison Squad” experiments and was se-
verely condemned by him as an ingredi-
ent of food stuffs. \Ve believe it a great
mistake to use this product in the pre-
servation of food products, especially in
canned food products Where it cannot be
removed before placing on the table, and
the writer has always condemned its in-
discriminate use.

 

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Sept 24 1867 Mr. Louden patented his first devrcc. a crude wooden Hay Carrier, that was made the Q)
butt of many a joke by his farmer friends. But it was so well made and so effective that some of these \h’
This original habit of quality, Mr. Louden has never outgrown. And as he has built up the Great Louden Line, which
now includes a tool to save time and money on every stable task, he has seen to it that every one has been of this same perfect
quality—the best that human skill and perfect materials can rrliake it.
— 'lt d Ori incl Patents which cover al essential features. These patents are
beigtfiixisui'iigifiiiiogi ht: ::t‘w:t;uea:anlc§ our male to be free of infringement on any patents owned by others.
chzuaramce to protect each and every purchaser of Louden Goods from all harm or damages from any infringe-
' l, ' l ding Stalls and Stanchions. Patented Adjustable snug
Pziwdaégagric‘heizhrgdldilrs?%:Ifgli:‘::i:g‘sntcecul Mangers. Bull .and Calf Pens, Feed and Litter Carriers:
- Tools London’s Bird Proof Barn Door Hanger. and all fittings and accessorlcs needed (or completely
I Hey i in horns of any size. They also give much expert advice by Mr. Louden and a vast amount of
--::~- I ' . “talgabfe Information on stable economy that it has taken nearly half a century to collect. '
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, what it willcost. You can see the tools themselves at your dealers—
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management and soil conservation free. Write today. .
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merit claims whatsoever. so that you take no risk whatever in buying Louden tools.
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LET THE CHILD_R_EN‘ MAKE MISTAKES.

OW many parents of growing boys
H and girls keep ever before them
the future man or woman who is
towgrow out of the child, and direct all

diseipline and suggestion with an eye to
the Character they wish to see developed?

You all want to see your boys and girls
grow into self-reliant, aggressive men
and women, ready to take a part, and a
large part, in the work of the world. Are
you doing all in your power to make
them self-reliant, or are you stifling their
individuality by insisting that they mold
their lives to your wishes? Do you let
them grow, naturally, nipping off only
the thoughts and habits that tend to evil,
or are you forcing them into pale re-
flections of yourself, creatures with no
initiative, no ideas except those you have
expressed?

Eenrgetic, capable women, are so apt
to make the mistake of thinking for their
children. Such a woman had the bring—
ing up of two children. a bright boy and
girl, each with ideas of their own which
they were very anxious to try out. But
the mother simply could not live with
with anyone who had ideas different from
hers, and she set herself to work to mold
her children over. \Vith the girl she tried
coercion. The poor youngster was liter-
ally ruled with a rod of iron, she. was
allowed no friends except of her mother‘s
choosing, no clothes, no amusements. no
occupations which were not first suggest-
ed by the mother. Even her thoughts she
dare not express, though it is to be hoped
she hugged them secretly. Naturally tim-
id and sensitive, she submitted, and has
grown into a colorless woman, still living
in fear of saying or doing the wrong
thing, absolutely without initiative, and
so dependent a creature that should she
be left penniless she wouldn’t know how
to set to work to earn a dollar.

With the boy coercion did not work.
He inherited a. large share of his moth-
er’s disposition, (temper, the neighbors

called it, but neighbors are always un-
charitable). So with him the mother
tried ridicule. Everything he attempted
to do was greeted with derision and hoots
of laughter by his mother. Every idea
he advanced was treated as a joke. Ev-
ery employment he wished to enter or
new scheme he wanted to try were made
the butt of his mother’s so-called wit.
t 1' It

And the effect was ruin to the boy’s
career. Though he doggedly refused to
submit to his mother's will, he became
a coward at heart. He dared not assert
himself at home because of her volleys of
ridicule and he hesitated to express an
opinion abroad for fear he might after
all be wrong and his mother right. In
the business world he was afraid to ask
for advancement, afraid to demand what
he secretly felt was his due, because his
mother had' so long and so continuously
ridiculed his ability and openly taunted
him with being too small for his job.

Of course, this woman was exceptional.
liut many parents are making the mis-
take of meddling too much with their
children. They are over-anxious to set
their boys and girls right, so anxious
they can not bear to see the children
make a false move. They spoil a great
deal of valuable experience for their chil-
dren by telling them what they should
do, when it would be much better to let
the child go ahead and make a few mis-
takes. l’m you not know in your own
experience, that you learn more from
one mistake than from all your successes?
If you spoil a garment by laying the pat-
tern the wrong way on the cloth. you
never forget your experience and you
,never spoil another. So it is with chil-
dren. Let them go ahead and make their
mistakes. Better a few little mileposts
like this, if it is tending to self-reliance),
than a life without blemishes, but which
is directed always by others.

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SOME USEFUL EMBROIDERY
STITCHE$.—-No. 10.
MAE y. MAHAFFY.

There are numerous useful stitches in
the embroidery line which are not so
familiar to the average worker as they
well descrvc to be. A few of these ap-
pear in the illustrations herewith, and

from the explanations given it is hoped ~

that everyone who wishes to master their
intricacies will be enabled to do so with
little difficulty.

Number 1 is known as ,braiding or
knotting stitch. We have already dis-
cussed French knots and bullion stitch,
but there are other knot stitches which
are equally serviceable which may be
used for continuous lines, and this is one
of them. It was quite the thing among
workers of the seventeenth century to
knot thread by the skein or ball prepara—
tory to couching it down upon the fab-
rics which they embellished with em—
broidery stitches, and today in some
Chinese and Japanese work the same
plan is followed. A majority of us pre-
fer, however, to make the knots as We,
proceed with the embroidery, and by
working in this method we may do so.

Bring the thread up from the wrong
side at one end of the outline, and light-
ly holding it in advance along the out-
line, take a short crosswise stitch under
the line, throwing the thread under the
point of the needle. A knot is thus tied,
and these knots should be placed at regu-
lar intervals as far as needed. Curved
lines are readily followed in this stitch.
and it is sometimes used for outlining
leaf veins in work combining various
fancy stitches. \Vhen placed right along
the edge of a hem or border it is known
as knotted edging, and gives a quaint,
pretty finish.

The German knot stitch is shown at
No. 2, another device for following out-
lines, the knots being set close together
or spaced evenly. Bring the thread up
on the outline, and take a short stitch
under the outline a little in advance,
drawing the thread down snug. Now

run the needle under this stitch from

above, as appears in “a” of the diagram.
and leave the thread just the merest
trifle loose. Again run the needle under
the first stitch in advance of the point
where it previously passed under, keep-
ing the thread under the point of the
needlepand draw it up taut, not so tight
as to spoil the effect of the knot, yet not-
loose enough to catch. This process ap-

V“
stitch. For the best results with this
stitch use a rather strongly twisted
thread. The stitch should not be more

than a quarter of an inch across when
heavy floss is used, and an eighth of an
inch will be sufficient for finer threads.
Two lines may be traced as guides so
that the stitch will retain the same width
throughout.
lower line at the right hand end, throw-
ing the thread across to the left, to form
a loop, into which the needle is thrust
on the upper line, the thread being back
toward the needle. The needle is then
brought out on the lower line with the
thread under its point, and drawn down
to form the knot. '

No. 4 is the backbone stitch, neat for
outlining, or for covering a seam, and
may be made with quite close set stitches,
or with greater latitude, as the space
warrants. Work from right to left along
the outline, and if a wide effect is to be
secured it will be a help to add a line
above and below the main line, using a
pencil or basting in a thread. Bring the
needle up on the main line, and take an
upright stitch by inserting the needle in
advance on the upper line, bringing it
out directly below on the lower line. This
step apears in the upper sketch. The
next step is shown in the lower sketch.
The thread having been drawn through
the needle is run up under it from below,
and when drawn up will catch the former
thread down to the main outline, leaving
a short stitch projecting at either side.

Border stitch, No. 5, is worked some-
thing like herringbone, but with the short
stitches standing out instead of running
with the edges. This stitch and the two
following are good for long spaces where
something fanciful is needed.

Tied stitch, No. 6, requires three simu-
lated Or real lines, equally distant, or
with the lower one somewhat closer to
the center than the upper one, since it is
not necessary to have long single stitches.
Bring the thread up on the upper line;
insert the needle in advance on the upper
line, bringing it out on the central line
midway between the starting point and
the point of insertion. Now insert it
again on the lower line directly beneath
and bring it out on the upper line ready
to take the next stitch. Interlaced tied
stitch is an adaptation of this stitch
which opens the way for the utilization
of two colors. Make the regular tied
stitch in one. color; then with another,
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pears in “b.” The needle is now inserted
under the line in advance for the begin-
ning of another knot. The explanation
seems rather intricate, but with needle
and thread at hand it will not be found
hard to work. ‘
The next stitch, No. 3, is a sort of
double knot, which, when worked along
closely somewhat resembls some varie-
ties of braid, hence its name. braid

twice, and once around the short ones.

Spike and ring stitch is the remaining
one, pictured in No. 7. Two parallel rows
of short stitches across the outlines are
placed exactly opposite. Another thread,
which may be of a different color if de-
sired, is then laced back and forth, al-
ways skipping cne stitch. Still another
thread then laces the stitches formerly
omitted.

Bring the thread up on the,

 

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Write for booklet contain-
In‘ sample fabrics.

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Also‘makero of Wright's Sprint-
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wind, moth and water proof, and make
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OCT. 14. 1911.

THE YOUNG MOTHER AND THE
FIRST CHILD.—No. 6.

 

If Baby Must Have a Bottle.

Thrice blessed is the mother whose
baby is fed in the natural way. Of
course, not every bottle—fed baby is both-
ered with malnutrition. but so many are
that the average mother of the bottle-
fed baby is the victim of a constant small
worry. If baby must have the bottle try
at first a mixture of pure cream and
water, one part cream to four of boiled
water, and either sterilize the whole or
add two tablespoonfuls of lime water to
the whole day’s feeding. At the end of
three weeks begin to add skim—milk to
this solution and keep on adding at the
rate of a teaspooni’ul daily until baby
has all the skim—milk he can digest.

If he does not thrive on this formula,
take him to a child specialist who can
tell you exactly what is wrong and just
what food will agree with him. Do not
be foolish enough to experiment on the
baby or allow some doctor who has never
made a study of baby cases, to bungle
along until your baby is dead. Above all,
don't 'try everything the neighbors tell
You to try. Take your formula and fol-
low it until you see it is not the thing.
Then go at once to someone who knows.
It will cost you a little in money, but it
will save you a thousand times as much
in anxiety, loss of sleep, ill health, and
possibly your child’s life. Besides, spe—
cialists do not ask the exorbitant fees
you imagine they do. They are all very
kindly men who look their patient over
and "temper the wind to the shorn
lamb.” They can tell very well whether
you have plenty of money, and if you
haven’t you will not be asked a high fee.

If baby’s food is wrong, you will quick-
ly know it. He becomes thin and blue in
color; frets continually, gnaws at his lit-
tle fingers, and exhibits every sign of
distress. His stools will be slimy. loose,
perhaps green in color. In less time than
it takes to tell it he will resemble a lit—
tle East Indian famine sufferer or a “be-
fore taking" baby food advertisement
picture. Your neighbors will all tell you
he has consumption and will cheer you
up by telling you how- Cousin Sarah’s
baby died the same way. They will
probably tell you everything Sarah tried
for baby and urge you to try the same
things, possibly to get your baby out of
the way quicker. One person will recom-
mend one baby food and another a dif-
ferent brand. Shut your ears to all and
find out what your own baby needs. Re-
member, what is one man’s meat is an-
other man’s poison. What might agree
with one baby might not agree with

yours, so study your own individual case;

A small pair of scales is almost an esu
sentlal with a delicate baby.
every second day and see if he is gaining,
losing or simply holding his own. If he
holds his own it is probable the food is
all right, but he is not taking enough of
it. Try to increase the amount he takes
gradually. Some babies never grow rap-
idly or put on much flesh until they be-
gin to take some starch.
glands are not ready to digest this sort
of food under seven months many babies
are thin until that age. when they may
be fed starch in some form.

(Questions concerning diet, clothing or
anything else regarding the child will
gladly be answered—Ed.)

 

GETTING INTO A RUT.

BY ELLA E. ROCKWOOD.

Sometimes we point to some one of our
acquaintances who is no longer young
and is becoming of decidedly fixed habits
of life and declare that that person is
getting into a rut. But do we ever stop
to think that possibly the same thing
may be true of ourselves?

It is very easy to fall into habits,
either good or had. Following the every-
day routine of life becomes second na-
ture after a few years and anything out-
side of this routine means an effort.
Hence we allow ourselves to drift with
the current following the lines of least
resistence, which means that we have
gotten into a rut.

Some housewives get into ruts. Their
way of doing things seems the only way.
They do not try new and advanced meth-
ods, pleading that the. one they are fa-
miliar with is good enough. The same
old rules of cooking, the same way of‘
washing, even the same way of cleaning
house, is followed year after year.

How many married couples get. the
habit of. staying at home so fixed while
the children are small that it follows
them all the rest of their lives? How
many fail to join the grahge or farmers‘

, home, seems too great?

Weigh him’

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THE MICHIGAN. FARMER.

club because the effort to get out among
people, to dress up and get away from
They are accus-
tomed to going to bed at an early hour
and being up later breaks them all up.
Working people need plenty of sleep but
a night out once in a while is good for
all of us.

Think this over, Mr. and Mrs. Stay-at-
home, and decide right now to get out in
society a little more the coming winter.
It will do you both all kinds of good.

HOME QUERlEs.

Reader2—A pretty Angora baby bonnet
may be easily crocheted. Start with a
chain of three stitches and join to form
a. loop. Then crochet round and round
single crochet, enlarging by making two
stitches in each stitch the first time
around and two in every second stitch
in each succeeding row. Crochet in this
way until a circle large enough for the
back is done. This you can determine
by trying on your baby’s head. Then
crochet a' straight strip for the front of
the bonnet and join to the circular back
with a single crochet. The edge is pret-
ty finished with crocheted scallops of
silk.

SHORT CUTS T0 HOUSEKEEPING.

Ground charcoal gives knives a splen-
did polish.—M. A. P.

When shaking small rugs bring the two
ends together and shake double. They
will not fray at the ends and will last
muchlonger.-—Mrs. A. D. P.

.A neat scrap box is made by covering
old cereal boxes with crepe paper.—E. L.

In mixingppie crust make enough for
two or three bakings and after using what
is wanted drop the rest into a pan of
flour. It will keep better than if put into
a dish—E. L.

Small punctures in hot water bags or
rubber gloves may be repaired by this
method: Apply a small patch of tailors’
mending tissue, and moisten with chloro-
form; lay on a second patch, and moist-
en again, proceeding thus until four or
five patches have been applied. The
chloroform dissolves the tissue, and when
it evaporates, a firm patch adheres to
the rubber.——Mrs. H. L.

MICHIGAN FARMER PATTERNS.

 

These patterns may be obtained from
the Michigan Farmer office at the prices
named. Be sure to give pat'tern number
and the size wanted.

 

 

 

 

No. 4527—Ladles' Plaln Shirt-waist.
Seven sizes, 32 to 44 inches, bust meas
ure. For 36 bust it requires 2% yards 27
inches wide. Price 10 cents.

No. 5580-Ladieo Tight-fitting Corset
Cover. Cut in 7 sizes. 32 to 44 inches
bust measure.
of 18-inch all-over, or 1 yard of 36-inch
plain material. Price, 10 cents.

No. 5257—Ladies Long Coat. Cut in 4
sizes, 32, 36, 40 and 44 inches bust meas-~
ure. Size 36 requires 4% yards of 34-inch
material. Price, 10 cents.

No. 5591—Ladles Two-piece Skirt Closed
at Left Side. Cut in 5 sizes, 22 to 30
inches waist measure. Size 24 measures
3 yards around lower edge and requires
2% yards of 50-inch material. Price, 10
cents.

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in sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. Age 8
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DY ANNA s'rEnNS.

The poet sings of spring, of leafy June;

(if tender bud and roses‘ sweet perfume;

or wild bird's song and lambs within
the fold;

But there is yet a better, sweeter time

Than sunny May, the theme of song and
rhyme,

”.l‘is when the maple leaVes turn red and
gold.

’Tis when the grapes hang purple in
the sun,

The nuts and apples dropping one by
one,

And the, distant hills grow dim with
purple haze;

‘When the shocks of corn are standing
brown and sere,

The tire upon the. hearth besp.-aks good
cheer.

And the leaves are red and gold in au-
tumn days.

'l‘he winter has its sports and pleasures
gay;

Likewise we love the sunny skies of May,

While summer does a thousand charms
unfold:

But somehow our hearts are drawn to
things above--

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AUTUMN TRAMPS.

BY MARY nmsox w-mttnr.

The autumn months art- the months of
all others for tramps ant-id. The relief
from the intense heat of summer. and
the crisp autumn air. invigorating as a
tonic, creates a desire for :1t‘the outdoor
exercise; and then Mother Natnrt at this
season of the year has a charm and ma-
ture beauty that draWs one to her. for
she is glorified by the richest l‘tilw in her
wardrobe-51 suit of orange. scarlet, gold
and green blending harmoniously to-
gcthcr.

It is at this season of the year that:
mothers should lay aside some of their
household cares and duties and take
health-giving tramps in woods and mea-
dows in company with their children or
other mothers. Those mothers who have
not tramped afield, who have not ploughed
their way through heaped-up brown and
rustling leaves. to come back covered
with "beggar-lice,” and “stick-tights,"
with hands and arms full of golden—rod
and purple asters. branches of gay au-
tumn leaves, bright berries and pretty
grasses and a ft cling of new life and an
appetite which makes even the common-
est fare. seem good. have missed something
in life; and it‘ she has been able to show
her children new beauties in nature. and
kept them nearer herself, she has added
something more to these tramps than
mere pleasure.

October is one of the best, months for
tin-so outdoor tramps, since there is a
brilliancy in nature not found as late as
November, yet there is still much in this
later autumn month that will repay one
for such walks. October is the month
when the squirrels are busy laying up
their winter store of nuts and seeds. llow
interesting to quietly watch the saucy
chipmunk or red squirrel as he carries
the nuts to his general storehouse, and
how he scolds if he catches sight of you:
it is also interesting to note how the
gray squirrel buries his nuts here and
there, singly instead of in a. general store-
house, and one is puzzled to know how he
will be able to locate the exact spot
where he buried the out when he wants
to make, a meal. This is also the month
when the birds are t'nigrating to a south-
ern climate and stop to feed on the ber-
ries and seeds by the way, to sustain them
on their long journey. As you ramble
along the wood's edge, and through the
thickets you will see some of the warb—
lers, a goldt‘vnch. a robin, and mayhap a
bluebird or oriole as they flit about from
bush to weed stalk to ritlc the bushes of
their bright berries and the scedpods of
their contents. If we want any of these
bright berries for decorating our homes
and tables at Thanksgiving or Christmas
we must not tarry too late in the season
for few of them escape the keen eyes.
A good plan is to gather them as soon
as they ripen and hang up the. branches
until they are needed to decorate, the
'lnanksgiving or Christmas table. In Oc-
tober we find the hillsides and roadsides
covered with the golden-rod, which is
surely a reflection of our autumn sunsets.
How we delight to gather great armfuls
of bloom, fill a blue bowl or a little birch-
bark canoe or basket with the golden
bloom to decorate the center of the table,

THE MICHIGAN FARMER,

and‘to fill other bowls and jardlnieres
with them_to place about the rooms.
Then the wild asters, in their shades of
purple, violet and blue, may be found by
roadways and the edges of woods in many
places in profusion and make fine bou-
duets.

Milkweed pods make the finest kind of
filling for sofa pillows and sachet bags.
It is best to gather the pods in the au-
tumn before they burst open. Sling a.
bag over your shoulder before starting
out on your tramp. “'ith a little diligent
search you will come home with it filled.
Place them in a sunny. airy place but
where the wind won't disturb them as
they burst. open and reveal their downy
contents. “'hen they open, remove the
seeds and then fill your pillows or sa-
chets with the fluffy milkweed. These
pillows and sachets make fine Christmas
gifts for friends. Another object in an
autumn tramp is found in the nuts with
which the woods at this season are plen-
tifully supplied. A day spent in gather-
ing nuts with the children is well worth
while.

\Vhen making these autumn tramps try
to plan a circular route and don't come
home the saute way you started out.
\\'0men and girls should dress comfort-
ably in short skirts and wear low-heeled
comfortable shoes. .\ llannel shirtwaist
or blouse can be worn. and it is well to
take a sweater or a light wrap along.
if the tramp is to last a wrole day you
will want to take some luncheon along.
This can be packed in shoe boxes and
strapped securely on the back or hung
over the shoulder by a strap. These
boxes should be packed with substantial
food, since the active exercise is pretty
sure to produce phenomena; appetites.
liven when going on a few hours‘ tramp
it is well to take a few sandwiches or
cakes along.

RUTH, MARTHA, AND JANE.
~_——vr
nr WILLIAM A. mEHOFF.

liuth. Martha, and Jane were three
sisters, and they were as unlike as sisters
can possibly be. ’l‘heir father was a min-
ister and had given them their plain,
unassuming names. Their mother died
when Jane, the youngest, was barely tive.
For several years after that the pious
man had struggled along manfully with
his three charges, doing his duty by them
as he saw it, and then he, too, was
stricken. As he lay upon his deathbed
he called his daughters to his side.

“I am going on a long journey,” he
said. “You will see me no more, but I
shall be with you in spirit, always. Be
true to yourselves and to your Master,
so that by and by we may be re-united in
l‘aradisc.” \\'ith these words he died.

{uth was the oldest. Her father had
always said that she resembled her moth-
er more than the other daughters, not
only in personal apearance but in charac-
ter also. She was a busy little house-
wife if ever there was one. It was her
pleasure to keep the home in order after
the death of her mother and to see to it
that the domestic machinery ran smooth-
ly. Among the neighbors she was known
as a ministering angel. \Vhenever she
heard of sickness or of troube of any
sort, she was the first to give aid and
comfort. The older she grew the more
popular she became among her associates,
and when she married the man who, for
lurgcness of heart and nobility of char-
acter, was the cream of the village man-
hood, nobody was very much surprised at
her good fortune, and all predicted a
happy future for the young couple. And
they did lead a blessed life. Neither
fame nor fortune was her husband's lot;
she was no society belle nor talented lit-
erary woman; between the two, however,
the spirit of home hovered about their
hearth. Never did parents possess such
well behaved children nor bring them up
in such ways of goodness and lI‘uill.

Nobody would ever have mistaken Mar—
tha for a housewife. There was some—
thing indetinable in her appearance which
precluded any possibility of that. She
was tall and angular, and her clothes
were never known to fit her properly.
Martha was a voracious reader. Her
father had always experienced much
difficulty in restraining her appetite for
books. Knmvlcdge came easy to her and
she grasped every opportunity to obtain
it. Leaving to her sister the bulk of the
struggle to rear Jane decently, she de-
voted herself to her High School career.
Taking a prominent part in the activities
of that institution she organized a girls’
literary society and was its moving spirit.
Day and night Martha preached the doc-
trine of equality for women, never miss-
ing a chance to argue the question with

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confessed her life to have been a mistake.

Jane, the youngest, was most radically
different from either Ruth or Martha.
Not only was she very beautiful, but her
actions were graceful and pleasing. A
swarm of young men perpetually haunted
her steps while she attended school; it
was considered only natural that she
should marry the rich young banker of
the neighboring metropolis. It is need—
less to say that she had long before
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the more fashionable “Jeannette." Al-
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social success, it was rumored before.
very long that she and her husband could
not agree. It surprised no one, therefore,
that after a few years they were not seen
together in public life, and that finally a
divorce was granted. Jane’s plunge into
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BY LALIA MITCHELL.

A-pitter, a-paiter, what's this that I hear,
As I walk through the woodland when
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quail,
But like unto raindrops or downfall of
hail.
No grouse at his drumming c'cr
such a sound;
N0 robin e'er beat such a strain on the

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A—pitter, a—patter, what's this that I see.

That falls like a hailstone from you chest-
nut tree?

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A—pitter, a—patter, I'm glad that you
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To the four winds of heaven, and, down

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I search for your brothers, asleep ’neath
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night,
You little brown chestnuts, you’re sure-
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THE ABSENT-MINDED MR. AINS-
WORTH.

BY 11. LEE SNYDER.

“Did you ever hear,” asked Amos
Green, “of the man who was so absent-
mlnded that he went home late at night
an’ put: his umbrella. to bed an’ went an’
stood in the corner himself?”

“lie wasn't any worse than old Andy
Alnsworth," responded Henry Vi’illiams,
as the laughter subsided. “Of course
you‘ve all heard the latest story about
him?”

“I guess I
“'allzice.

“Haven't you?" asked Amos. “\Vell,
I guess you're the only man in Willow
township that hasn't; but I’ll tell you.
You know Andy always was terrible ab-
scntmindcd ah' it secms to grow on him
as he guts along in years. I understand
that wm-i'ying about his daughter Jessie
an' \\'ill Harding has lately made him
worse than ever.”

“l never could see,” said Mr. Wallace,
as ho modilailvely scratched a tangled
whisker, “what he had to worry about.
\l’ill Hardin is a good boy and he'd make
.lesslc a first—class husband.”

“Nor I.” admitted Amos, “but we all
know that old Andy’s as stubborn as a
mule on’ it seems he’s just taken a no-
tion that he don’t want “’ill for a son‘
in-luw. But that's not my story. It
sccms that Andy au' his wife went to
.llomolown one (laywu matter of two or
throw Wcoks ago. Andy had his taxes to
pay an’ sho had some trading to do, but
they was calculating to be through an’

haven’t," admitted Alex

homo by noon. “Tell, along about noon
old Andy drives in at home—all in a
rush."

“ ‘Susle,’ he yells to the youngest girl,
‘tell your ma to rush dinner for I'm go-
ing to start in that north field of wheat
this aflernoon.’

” ‘lland, l‘u!’ cries Susie, ‘where is Ma?
Didn’t you bring her home?’

“Andy ncvor said a word. He just
jci'ked lhc, harness off that gray mare,
slapped it on tho bay, and started after
his wife. it‘s a good hour’s drive from
their place to llomctown an’ they didn’t
get home till about two o’clock."

“Say!” exclaimed Mr. \Villiams, “I’ll
hot you Mrs. Ainsworth said a few
things to Andy when he got there! As a
girl she was a spunky little thing.”

“Now there you’re mistakcn,” respond-
cd Amos. “Alarm Ainsworth hasn't been
married to Andy thirty years without
learning something of the art of manag-
ing husbands. No, sir! She nevoi' said a
word butlwcnt over to the St. Charles
hotel an‘ got a dinner that cost a dollar.
Andy had to foot the bill when he came
but he ncvci‘ opcned his head about it.”

The \\'illow Township Farmers Pic--
nic was 21 gi'cul' cvcnt in the community
and, indccd, {1 most cnjoyablc one. It
was always held in llillman's Grove,
which was as attractive a clump of
maples as one would wish to sce, and
practically tho entire community made
the occasion of tho annual picnic a holl-

(lay. There was .‘l big dinner-«for every
one brought a husk-c1 illlcd with the finest
specimens of tho houscwifc's skill-fol-
lowed by specchcs. music and visiting
without limit. 'l‘hc lllllc knot about Amos

was made up of congenial spirits who
were always to be found iogclhcr on pic—
nic days, as they wore on this one.

AS Amos finishcd his mic of Mr.
Ainsworth's abscnl—mindcdncss a little
old man. scotcd in n roomy and comfort-
able phaeton. drovc into the grove. He
was short. and loan oven to tho cxtcnt
of being scrawny. ills face was scamcd
with the deep llncs that hard
work and exposure to the suns and ruins
of many seasons, and it nccdcd but a
glance at his face to convince one thm"
his mind was cvcr busy.

“Hello, Andy.” cnllcd Amos
Mrs. Ainsworfh‘.’ Couldn’t shc
did you leave hcr on tho way?”

Mr. .\insworth grinned fcclxly.

“Sho couldn’t come very woll," hc rc-
plicd, “but you needn’t worry about my
leaving her anywhere. Once is a-plcnty.”

“How did you come to leave her in
town that day anyway?” someone asked.

“\Vell,” replied Mr. Ainsworth, passing
his hand through his thin gray hair,
“that‘s a pretty hard question to answcr.
It won’t do to say because l‘m absent-
mlnded, because you’ll all want to know
why I am—an' that I can't exactly tell.
I tell you it’s a terrible falling. Some
way your mind just picks you up an' files
away with you, but it does it so sly an'
quiet that you never know nothing about
it till something wakes you up sudden.
Curious thing about it is that you can
never tell afterwards what you was think-
ing about—there don't seem to be no sub-
stance to your thoughts. You just think

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IN BARRY AND

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Good stock, grain. fruit.- and general purpose farms:
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Write me at once for free descriptive literature.
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Literature will be sent-to any one in-
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good improvementsjor one half the price of many im.
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Address State Board of Immigration,
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THE, MICHIGAN FARMERp

—-an’ think—an’ somehow float away
through space. The Lord only knows
where you’ll light!”

Mr. Ainsworth really appeared to be
so downcast and disconsolate over his
affliction that none of the group had the
heart to harass him further. Mr. “’81-
lace sought to change the subject of con-
versation and succeeded beyond his wild-
est expectations

"Andy," he said, “why didn’t you bring
Jessie if your wife couldn’t come? A man
shouldn’t come to the picnic alone.”

A curious expression came over old
Andy's face. A look of stupid wonder
was succeeded quickly by one of the most
intense chagrin. A dull red crept into
his, wcather-beaten cheeks and he ner-
vously rubbed his chin with his left hand

“Hush!" he exclaimed. “Gosh-a-
mighty!"

“What’s the matter?" cried Amos. “Did
you forget an’ leave her at home?"

But Mr. Ainsworth made no rcply. He
turned and hurricd to the old ])llil('lun
and began to put the gray mare bclwccn
the shafts. Amos followed him and laid
a detaining hand upon his arm.

“Now look here, Andy,” he said, “it's
just about lime for the picnic dinner an’
you can't possibly not heran' get back in
time for it. My folks. an’ Henry’s, an’
Alcc‘s are going to out together. You
comp an’ get your dinner an’ then you
can get Jessie an' get back before the
exercises begin.”

Mr. Ainsworth thereupon suffered him-
self to be led back, but he ate with little
zest and was wonderfully silent and sub-
dued. He had no praise for the multi-

 

tude of good things Sci bcl‘orc him, and,

‘ not a smile for the jests and jolllty of the

young people. The quaint rcmzu'ks and
«apical stories of Amos, and thc obvious
~_\'mputhy of the women folks, ulikc failed
in rouse him from his abstraction or to
1111159 the slightest flicker of light in his
dull brown eyes, and it was soniclhim
4.1’ :1 rcliel‘ to all when the meal was i‘m-

‘ismu,

.lust HS tin: remnants had been gath-
ered up and the baskets repacked, u
clean—cut. sturdy young man accompanied
by a vcry pretty girl drove up in a buggy
and stopped near lhc group. It was \\'ill

Harding and Jessie;
“Well, Pu," said the girl, “here I am."
“ch.” added Will, "we‘re here."

Mr, .\lnSVV01'lh grinned and rubbed his
chin. Evidently hc was beyond words.

"Your pa was going home after you,”
exclaimed Amos, “but it was just dinner
time an’ we made him stay to eat, with
us. i told him he could bring you back
in time for the exercises."

Jessie tnrcw a little sympathetic smile
in lhe direction of her father.

“Did he say he had left me at home?”

 

she asked Amos.

“Well, I don’t know as he did—exact-
ly,” he acknowledged, “but that's what
we thought."

“l’ll tell you where he left me," ex-
plained Jessie. “I got out of the phacton
and went over in Ephraim <\\'oods’ pas-
ture—~—down there in the hollow behind
those big cottonwood trees—t0 pick some
wild flowers to bring to the picnic, and
he simply forgot all about me and drove
off. Mr. \Voods’ big red bull chased me
up a trcc and there I sat screaming as if
l'd split my throat, and there in was
driving down the road—and he might as
well haVe bccn a thousand miles away ful'
all the good he did inc—and there was
the bull puwim.r up the earth below inc.
i guess l’d have been then» yet if \\'ill
hadn't come along."

Amos smothered a laugh in his hund—
kerchief, but the young people standing
about could not be restrained and their
shouts echoed through the grovo. Mr.
Ainsworth’s face still worc the some Sl('l(-
ly smile, he still continued to nervously
l‘ub his chin, but no sound pusscd his
lips. 'Evidcntly it was u case where, mcre
words, failed.

“Now. l’ll tell you how it is Pa,” con-
tinued Jessie. “I made up my mind when
I was up in that tree that I needed some—
body to take care of me who wasn’t so
absent-minded, so when Will asked me to
go to the minister’s and be married, why
——wc just dic.” _

Mr. Ainsworth looked at his (laughim‘.
her cheeks glowing in her new-found
happiness. She brought vividly to his
mind the picture of another bride on
whom he had looked so proudly thirty
years before, and his withered old heart
grow suddenly tender, and his eyes dim~
med with unshed tears. Then he turned
suddenly and grasped the outstretched
hand of his new-made son—in-law.

“I guess I'm not too absent-minded to
forgive you both,” he said, “and I guess
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OCT. 14, 1911.

Our Motto—~"The Farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be
first improved."

     

THE OCTOBER PROGRAMS.

 

Suggestions for Second Meeting.

Phonograph selection.

Deolamation, “The farmer that grows,"
by a man or boy.

What I would look for if I went to buy
a farm—discussion led by a man and
woman.

Roll call—reSponded to by each giving
the name of his farm or suggesting one
which might be given it.

Character song—No. 64 in Grange Mel-
odies. '

Book review—by a woman.

Recitation—“The farmer’s challenge.’

What is worth reading in my favorite

r.
Phonographic selection.
Exhibit of ribbons and trophies won at
fairs—(in charge of Ceres and Overseer).

FROM MAUMEE BAY TO KEEWEE-
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“A richer land one never saw, 1’
Michigan, My Michigan."

It is a wide stretch from the southeast-
ern corner of one peninsula to the root of
the rabbit’s ear in the other. Yet people
sing our state song with equal zest and
loyalty in both places.

These facts wereimpressed upon me

with realistic force a few days ago when
fifty patrons in Baraga Pomona joined
heartily in the familiar song. This new-
est of our Pomonas was organized one
day last July when the country-side, to
the number of 700 people, joined in a
genuine celebration over the event.
- Not every county Grange has been
launched under such auspicious circum-
stances. Usually a farmers’ organization
has to win its way to popularity by prov-
ing its strength. Not so at present, with
the Grange in the upper peninsula. Busi—
ness men and men of public affairs here
are looking to the Grange as the logical
and legitimate leader of the movement
now setting‘in toward better and more
farming. Moi-ethan thisfthe'alert moral
element of the"pouplation¢fs attracted by
the firm, uncompromising stand the
Grange has always taken upon temper-
a“... A_s_a resulLJbegxgg-der is, in many
places, 9. Moses leading the way out of
a miral and social wilderness.

It is useless to attempt to condense the
observations of more than a fortnight’s
visit among the Pomona Granges of the
upper peninsula into a half column. Let
me, just now, mention only a few:

At Munising, within a year, the busi-
ness men and their wives have organized
a Grange with the avowed purpose of
promoting an increase in the number and
quality of the farms of Alger county.
Most of these men own farms themselves
and are in various way interested in the
rapid development of agriculture. In this
instance the Grange becomes actually
the countryman’s business organization.

Last year the Pomonas of the upper
peninsula selected a few important legis-
lative measures and asked State Granges
to assist in a campaign for them. The
most marked result was the securing of
two-cent fares on part of the railroads
and the pending, at the present time, of
that rate on others. This year a few de-
mands stand out noticeably in the reso-
lutions which these Granges are prepar-
ing to send to State Grange. The char-
acter of these issues is well illustrated by
the resolutions adopted by Delta Pomona,
which in substance are as follows:

That the state should appropriate more
money for farmers’ institutes in the up-
per peninsula.

That we request the appropriation of
more money by the State Board of Agri-
culture for the upper peninsula experi-
ment station at Chatham.

That the course of study in the Mich—
igan Agricultural College be changed so
as to conform with that of the Wisconsin
Agricultural College.

That the school laws of this state be
amended so that school buildings in rural
districts may legally be used for general
hall purposes. so long as such use will not
interfere With the school work.

That the township unit system school
law be amended so that all candidates
for the office of trustee shall be compclled
to file their names with the secretary of
the school board at least five days before
the days of the election of school officers.
and that such election he conducted under
the Australian ballot system,

That the liquor laws of this sta-te be
a ' med. so that the attorney general of
the state shall be responsible for the en-
forcement of the liouor laws,
suppressing gambling of all kinds, and
also‘the law suppressing houses of pros-
tifiution. '

That the Honor laws of this state be
amended so that the sale or use of into:-
icating liquors on railroad trains and

the law'

 

 

. THE‘ MICHIGAN FARMER.

"electric -street and interurban cars be
-prohibited, and that no person under the

influence of such liquors shall be permit-
ted to board such trains or cars.
That Michigan enact a pure food and
seed law similar to the Wisconsin law.
JENNIE BUELL.

THE GRANGE THE COUNTRY OVER
SHOWS INCREASED GROWTH.

That the organization is making a
steady and constant growth is apparent
from the report, just issued by National
Secretary Freeman, which covers the
Grange year ending Sept. 30. The report
referred to shows a total of 453 new

Granges organized during the year and
60 re-organized, 28 states contributing to
this record. It is entirely proper to speak
of this year’s work as a record since it

‘surpasses that of any other year in the

In fact, the growth in the
past ten years, when measured by the
number of Granges brought into exist-
encer has beenmore than 100 per cent.
the figures for the year ending Sept. 30,
1902, being 170 new Granges and 86 re-
organized. The figures for the interven-
ing years show a pretty steady increase
in the formation of new Granges. They
also show something of a decrease in the
number of re-organizations—unquestion-
ably an indication of increasing strength
and stability. This year Ohio leads in
the organization of new Granges, followed
closely by Washington, Oregon, Michlgan
and New York. The number organlzed
and re-organized in the various states
during the year beginning Oct. 1, 1910,
and ending Sept. 30, 1911, is as follows:

past decade.

Organized.
California . . . . . . . Minnesota ....... 8
Colorado ........11 New Jersey 3
Connecticut .. . . . 4 New Hampshire. 2
Idaho , ______ 19 Nebraska ....... 10
Iowa ...... 20 New York -~---43
Illinois ..........4 Ohio -----~-o----56
Indiana . ....... . 2 Oregon ---------- 4
Kansas .......... 15 Pennsylvania. - - -34
Kentucky ....... 1 Rhode Island . . . . 6
Maine ........... 9 501”“ Dakota - - -19
Maryland ....... 13 Vermont -------- 11
Massachusetts .. 9 Washington .....bl
Michigan _______ 43 Wisconsin . . . . . ..
Missouri ........ Total . . . ' . . .453
Re- Organized.

California ...... . 1 Oregon . . . . . . . 1
Colorado ....... . 1 Pennsylvania . .. 9
Connecticut . . . .. 1 Rhode Island . .. 3
Illinois ..... . . . 3 South Dakota .. 1
Maine ........ . . 1 Washington . . .18
Maryland ...... . 2 West Virginia . .11
Michigan ........ 3 Wisconsin ....... 1
New York 1 -—
Ohio . ........... 2 Total . ....... 60

THE GRANGE IN OTHER STATES.

Agnes L. Biddle, Secretary of Colorado
State Grange, has been elected to the
Colorado Legislature representing the
counties or Arapahoe, Adams and Elbert.
Sister Riddle is the first lady member of
the Grange who has ever been elected to
membership in a state legislative body.

State Lecturer Lowell, of New York,
recently closed a series of confernces with
subordinate lecturers throughout the
state. He finds the Grange doing a. splen-
did work and more interest in the con-
ferences than ever before. There are
now over 800 subordinate and Pomona
Granges in the state, with nearly 100,000
members.

From a report made public by State
Master Laylin. of Ohio. it appears that
the Grange in that state is making a.
very steady, substantial growth, forty—
three Granges having been added last
year——twenty-eight new ones, eight re-
organized, three Pomonas and four ju-
veniles—and 4,799 new members gained,
this being the greatest annual gain in
thirty-three years. A large number of
Ohio Granges own their halls. Quite a
number were built last year. More
Grange fairs are being held than in any
previous year, and the demand for
Grange speakers for picnics was unpre-
cedented. Many county fair organiza-
tions provide halls for Grange exhibits
and provide Grange speakers as attrac-
tions. The secretary’s last annual report
showed that the total receipts for the
year were $12,377.67, itemized as follows:
$9,735.80 from membership dues and ini-
tiation fees, $2,091.03 from sundry sources,
$438.74 from sale of supplies and $112
from sixth degree fees. The expendi-
tures totaled $11,430.81, of which $1,549.30
was paid to the National Grange for
membership dues, leaving a. net surplus
of $946.76. The treasurer reported the
total resources of the State Grange as
$26,463.18, divided thus: Bonds, $14,000;
mortgage notes, $6,500; cash, $5,963.18.
The superintendent of Juvenile Granges
reported that Ohio now has fifteen of
these. The juvenile membership totals
about 300, and the children are very loyal
to their obligations and take intense pride
in the ritualistic work.

 

 

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COMING EVENTS.

 

 

National Grange, Forty-fifth annual
session, opens at Columbus, Ohio, Wed-
nesday, Nov. 15.

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

Western Ottawa-'80., with Hudsonville

Grange. Saturda Get. 14.

Ingham 00., W! Alaiedon Grange, Fri-
day. Oct. 20.

Gratiot Co., with Sumner Grange. Sat-
urday, Nov. 4. Hon. Geo. B Horton,
state speaker.

Lenawee Co.. at Adrian, Thursday. Dec.
7. Annual meeting and election of om-
cers. '

E, FARMERS: CLUBS

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

President—B. A. Holden, Wlxom.

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. VVoodruff, Blanchard; C. P.
Johnson, . Metamora; Patrick Hankerd,
Munith.

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

 

 

 

Associational Motto.—

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

lN MEMORIAM.

At a meeting of the Executive Commit-
tee of the State Association of Farmers’
Clubs in Flint on September 28, 1911, the
following was authorized and adopted:

Whereas, Hon. Patrick Hankerd, of
Jackson county, has» been a prominent
and valued member of this Association
for a number of years, has served upon
our committees, has been a candidate
for the presidency, and at the last annual
meeting was elected one of its directors;
and,

\Vhereas, his life of usefulness and hon-
or was terminated by death on Septem«
ber 22, 1911.

Therefore, Resolved, That we hereby
express our appreciation of his worth
and many excellent qualities, and our
sense of the loss entered by the com-
munity and the state, and by our Asso-

6 ciation in his death; and that we extend

to the family and all near friends our
sympathy in their great loss.

THE FARMERS’ CLUB FAIR.

 

 

Now that the fair season is practically
over, so far as state and county shows
are concerned, the season will be fittingiy
closed with a Farmers’ Club Fair in many
Club communities throughout the state.
The Farmers’ Club fair is a special fea-
ture of Club work now dating back a
number of years, and in practically every
case where the feature has been intro-
duced the fair has been such a success
that it has been retained as a. permanent
annual event in these local organizations.

The character of these fairs has been
varied not a. little and there is oppor-
tunity for a wide variety of exhibits with
suitable programs to make the event in-
teresting to any Club community. In
some instances, live stock, as well as veg-
etables and grains, relics of pioneer days,
etc, have been cxhibited. This is not
always practicable, but it is undoubtedly
a profitable feature for some special pro-
duct of a community to be made a factor
in the fair exhibit and a feature of the
program, since there is greater oppor-
tunity to benefit from the exhibits at fairs
of this kind than at the larger fairs if
the methods by which the products shown
were produced are given by the exhibitor.
Comparisons are then possible which will
often afford valuable information to the
Club members.

But aside from this undoubtedly valu-
able feature of the Club Fair, its social
value should not be ovorlooked, for in
meetings of this kind practically every
Club member can be interested and the
Club Fair is usually one meeting during
the year which is very largcly attended
by all members as well as many visitors.
This occasion will also afford opportunity
to interest residents of the community
who are not members of the Club in its
work and may be the means of creating
an interest in the community which will
result in the formation of new Clubs, as
well as strengthen the membership of
those already in existence. The Club Fair
should not be noglectcd as a special fea-
ture of Club work since it has proven to
be universally popular and successful.

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

A“n All-Night Session.—~The longest ses-
sion. (from 1:30 p. m. to 8:00 a. m.), In
the history of the Hadley and Elba Farm-
ers’ Club occurred September 14 at Hick-
ory Grove, the home of Mr. and Mrs. .Jas.
Leyle. The meeting was called to order
with 40 in attendance. The paper, “When
is a man poor?” by Mrs. Wm. Barten—
folder, caused much comment and merited
hearty endorsement. "What shall we do
with our farms when we are unable to
work them?" was thoroughly discussed
from various standpoints. Mr. Barten-
folder and Frank Smith favored selling.
Mr. Bullock. Mrs. Farrar. Mrs. Barten-
folder and others preferred holding on a.
little longer for the children’s sake. The
few who heeded the muttered warnings

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of the storm clouds, reached home safely,
others battled with the storm and the
balance'of the party remained all night.
All things considered, it was a record
meeting and all join in pronouncing Mr.
and Mrs. Leyle jolly, resourceful hosts.
The next meeting will be the Club Fair,
October 19, at the Hadley Town Hall.
R J, Pierson was elected general man-
ager and F. A. Smith assitant, with full
power to appoint the various committees,
A good attendance is desired and a gen-
eral invitation extended to all interested
friends to bring old relics, farm and gar-
den products, needlework,’ flowers, etc.,
for exhibition—Mrs. C. P. Johnson, Sec.

Have High ldeals.—The Deerfield Farm-
ers’ Club met atthe home of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Hall, Saturday, September
30. President Fred Hall opened the meet-
ing and in the absence of the chaplain
the Club repeated the Lord‘s prayer. Aft-
er several literary numbers had been ren-
dered John Lutz gave a talk on ideals.
Thought each individual should have an
ideal and aim for it. Have ideal horses
and breed for them. Have ideal cows.
ideal farms and try and make them as
near our ideal as they could be made,
and last of all make the book of all books
our ideal study. The question box was
ably conducted by George Evans and
contained some very interesting and im-
portant questions. When to pick geese
or should we not pick them at all, dis-
cussed by Mrs. Dlviney. “Is it too late
to sow wheat?” “Why should Canada
oppose reciprocity?” All the questions
were ab'ly discussed by the gentlemen
present. Club then adjourned for supper.

The Ideal Haying Outfit—Conway and
Handy Farmers’ Club held their Septem-
ber meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
G. L. Adams of Fowlerville. A very good
crowd was in attendance, considering the
busy bean harvest and rainy weather.
Meeting was called to order on time by
President Horton. Following the usual
opening exercises the Club discussed the
subject, “The ideal haying outfit from
mower to hay slings and horse fork.” In
the absence of N. Franks the subject was
opened by C. Fuller, who thought the
mowing machine should be a six foot out,
can cut down more hay in the same
length of time and same team. Hay
should be tedded, gets it in better shape;
nothhing but side delivery rake and load-
er answers the purpose at prcscnl- time,
difference in opinion as to slings and
forks. Discussion. J. Snyder thought as
to the mower the five-foot cut works bet—
ter With tedder, rake and loudor, thinks
a man could gain more time by using two
five—foot mowers, and got the kind com—
monly used in community as he would
be more apt to get repairs handily for
same. Slings are better than forks in
high barns. one mun can mow away from
Slings where it would take two men with
forks. He gave a description of a new
car and side delivery rake seen at the
state fair which was a great improvement
on both. J. B. Fuller said large flat racks
were used by some men and found to be
a great help; large hay tools was a sav-
ing of time and labor; would prefer'a six-
foot cut mover; the teddcr would run
over the heavy part of a swath and that
was all that was considered necessary as
a general thing. Slings are far ahead of
forks. S. R. Holmes liked forks better
with one sling on the bottom: the tedder
Is the best tool on the farm. .T. B. Ram-
bo liked forks: slings are a bother and
in his estimation hay was damaged by
using the tcddcr: it was not necessary
unless wet. The main thing in a hayfield'
was good help.

The Outlook for Lamb Feeding.~—“What
is the outlook for fceding lambs for mar—
ket the coming season?" .T. Franks re-
ferred to the old saying, "Cheap lambs in
the fall, a good time to feed." The lamb
market at present is reasonably good
along that line and the outlook seems as
good as usual. Discussion. J. B. Fuller
said lambs are not very cheap at present,
somewhere about five and one-half to six
cents; that price is not called cheap
lambs. The lamb market is in the hands
of a few and they control prices; could
not see the reason for lamb market being
so bad last winter: anyone knows a good
fat ‘lamb is better in all ways, better
meat. better pelt, simply a matter of fix-
ing the price to suit themselves. Feed—
ing lambs is a matter of speculation and
the outlook is no better than last year. J.
Snyder agreed with others that the price
was in the hands of the packers and buy-
ers. They would pay less for heavy lambs
and oblige the farmer to sell, because the
longer fed the heavier, and at last pay
big prices for heavy lambs. Fred Rath-
bun came later and had a good paper on
the same subject, showing he had read
up and dug deep to get good straight in-
formation on the lamb feeding business.
The outlook was good.

Home Making.~“Home making and
housekeeping, past, present and future."
Mrs. F. Curtis gave a very interesting
paper on the subject, commencing way
back to the mound builders, those homes
known as the most lasting of any race of
people, their successors the Indians, then
the first American homes. The white
men learned many things of the Indians.
Money was scarce, musket balls used as
money, reading scarce, the Bible being
the most commonly used. First news-
paper in 1792, on to the log houses, brick
ovens a luxury. From the rafters hung
all. the seed corn, etc.; looms, Weaving and
spinning outfits, no carpets, but fluffy
feather beds; no screens, those days so.
little wanted. this day so much; happiness
as much then as now, work as much now
with all conveniences as then; we know
about the present, the future will be fair-
er, with more brains than muscle; house-
keeping made easy, Edison says, press a
button and work will be done by e‘lec-
tricity. G. L. Adams said that all eat-
ables will be put up in tablet form so
there will be no cooking, only pour out
some tablets for each meal. Question
box, roll call followed, after which the
Club adjourned to meet with J. B. Rambo
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E MARKETS . '7

. DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKET.

October 11, 1911.
Grains and Seeds.

Wheat—The present tendency of the
wheat market is bullish. Two foreign
conditions are aiding in the upward ten-
dency—the war between ltaly and Turkey
(which, through the threatening attitude
of the former government to consider
cargoes of wheat as contrabands of war,
may cut off Russia frotn western Eu-
rope), and the reports of the damage done
by frosts in the Argentine. Several re—
ports of frosts in the southern continent
have been received heretofore but were
immediately denied. it is now generally
conceded, however, that the crop has been
damaged by low temperatures. The gov-
ernment crop report is considered as be—
ing more favorable to the bulls than the
bears. Opposing these features of the
market were improved weather which
has helped the farmers in the northwest
to continue threshing and to deliver grain
to the markets, and a large increase in
the visible supply of grain amounting to
four million bushels as compared with
the decrease of one-half million bushels
a year ago. But this increase was modi-
fied by Canada’s increase of a little over
one million bushels as compared with a
two million bushels increase in 1910. One
year ago No. 2 red wheat was selling on
this market at 981,40 per bu. Quotations
for the week are:

No. 2 No. 1

Red. \Vhite. Dec. May.
Thursday .. . .9i .91 .9994 $104554
Friday ...... 94 .91 .995}; 1.04%
Saturday ....il31,f2 .9054; .993,le 1.0414
iVIonday ..... 93153 .901»; .9914 1.0414
Tuesday ....M .91 .9934 1.04%
\Vednesday . .94 .91 .993, 1.04%

Corn.——-'l‘he average price of corn the
past week is about 3130 aboxw the average
for the week prcvious. This change has
been due principally to weather condi-
tions. Not only has corn t'llitilig been
greatly delayed in the northern part of
the. corn belt, but much that has already
been secured in the shock is lit-in: dam-
aged by heavy rains. The gox't-inrnen’.
crop report, which was expected in 2:1"
the bears, showed a condition supportirg
the position of the bulls. .\ condition
better than 71 was expected, whereas the
average figured 70.4. The price is now
unusually high, and will probably restrict
consumption to no small extent. One

year ago the price for No. 3 corn was
331/20 per bu. Quotations for the week
are:

No. No.3

Corn. Yellow.
Thursday ................ 735/2 75
Friday ............. . ..... 74 75
Saturday ................. 74 75
Monday .................. 74 75
Tuesday ................. 74 75
\Vednesday .............. 74 74%,

Oats—The average advance in price
here amounted to nearly one cent during
the week. The chicf factor in the deal
has been the influence of corn, which be-
cause of its dearness is increasing the
demand for substitutes. One year ago
the price for standard oats was 360, or

14140 below the present price. Quota-
tions are as follows
’ Standard No. 3
White.
Thursday ................ 50 491/;
Friday ................... 501/4 50
Saturday ................. 50% 50
Monday .................. 50%;, 50
Tuesday ................. 501A; 50
lVedncsday ............... 49% 49

Beans—The unfavorable weather con-
ditions for harvesting beans has improved
prices about 20c per bu. Complaints are
coming in from nearly ‘every section of
Michigan stating that a large percentage
of the crop is practically destroyed for
market purposes. In all probability the
extent of the damage will be shown to
be much larger than is now realized, and
we anticipate further improvements in

price. Quotations for the week are:
Oct. Nov.
Thursday ........... _ ....... $2.27 $2.17
Friday ..................... 2.40 2.30
Saturday ................... 2.40 2.30
Monday .................... 2.40 2.30
Tuesday ................... 2.40 2.30
\Vedncsday ................ $2.40 2.30

Clover Seed.——Last week's prices ruled
until Tuesday when an advance of 250
was made for common clover seed. The
demand is fair and offerings limited. Al-
sike remains steady. Quotations are as

follows

Oct. Alsike.
Thursday ................ $12.00 $10.50
Friday ................... 12.00 10.50
Saturday ................ 12900 10.50
Monday .................. 12.00 10.50
Tuesday .................. 12.25 10.50
Wednesday .............. 12.25 10.50

Rye.~»Cash No. 2 rye reached $1 per
bushel this week, which'is the highest of
the season. The market is firm but inac-
tive, due to the lack of offerings.

Timothy Seed—There has been little
change in the quotations for this product
and prime spot sold on the market at $7
per bushel on Tuesday.

Flour, Feed, Potatoes, Etc.

Flour.—There is a brisk demand for
flour, with prices unchanged.

Straight .............................. 4.10
Patent Michigan .................... 4.75
Ordinary Patent ..................... 4.40

Feed. —All grades steady with last week.
Carlot prices on track are: Bran, $27 per
ton; coarse middlings, $29; fine middlings
$32; cracked corn, $30; coarse corn meal,
$30; corn and oat chop, $28 per ton.

Hay and Straw.——The trade here has
marked down No. 1 timothy $1, and
wheat n'nd oat straw 500, while rye straw
is up 250. Quotations: No. 1 timothy,
$19@20: No. 2 timothy, $18@19; clover,

THE MICHIGAN‘ FA’RMER'.

mixed, $184919; rye straw, $8@8.50; wheat

and oat straw, $7@7.50 per ton.
Potatoes.-Where the ‘late crop is being

harvested yields are meeting the expec-

tations of the farmers. However, the
weather is very poor for securing the
crop and many of the tubers will not
grade high. Car lots on track are quoted
at 5561600 per bushel, which is substan-
tially last week’s price. ,

Provisions.——Family pork, $18@18.50;
mess pork, $16; medium clear, $16@18:
smoked hams. 141/20; shoulders, 100; picnic
hams, 9c; bacon, 121/2@140; pure lard in
tierces, 101/10; kettle rendered lard. 11‘40
per lb.

Dairy and Poutry Products.

Button—The week has brought gains
amounting to 11/2c for creamery and 10
for dairy. over the advanced values of a
week ago. There is a lively demand and
the market rules steady at the new fig-
ures. Quotations: Extra creamery, 29c;
firsts, do. 28c: dairy, 200; packing stock,
19c per lb.

EggsrsAn advance of two cents in egg
prices was a feature of last week’s trad—
ing. the change resulted from a steady
demand and diminishing supplies. Fresh
receipts. case count, cases included, are
now quoted at 230 per dozen.

Poultry.—~Broilers and hens are lower.
Other kinds steady. The market is easy
owing to the liberal supply. Prices are:
Live—liens. 110: turkeys, 14fi15c; geese,
M190: ducks, 12@13c; young ducks, 14@
15c; broilers, 120 per 1b

Cheese.——Michigan, old, 170; Michigan,

late, 1514261160; York state, new, 1669
161/50: Swiss, domestic block, 19@21c;

limburger, 1 @130.
Fancy, 1. @120;

cream brick, 15417160;

Veal.—~Market steady.
choice, 86290 per lb.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Cabbage.—Lower. Selling at
1.75 per bbl, for home-grown.

Onions.—80@900 per bu.

Pears.—75c@1.per bu for average of—
ferings.

Peaches.——Market is steady. Offerings
light. Quotations: A. A., $2; .\., $1.30@
1.73: B., 9006161 per bu.

Apples—Recent wind storms have
caused an increase in offerings of wind-
falls. .\vcrage offerings are going at
3061750 per bu.; Snows are selling at
32.30413 per bbl.

Grapes—Niagara 8-1b. basket, 1.712180:
rulit'ni‘d. “@150.

From Farmers’ Wagons on Detroit East-

ern Market.
'fi'ZaiZe there was a liberal amount of
gr .=_~.e on the eastern market. Tuesday
tin-thing. rain kept away a good many
buyers. However, prices appeared about
steady with those of the previous week,
and offerings were taken quite readily.
l’cais Wcre selling from 750@$1.25 per
bu; apples were offered more freely than
a few weeks’ past, consisting mostly of
wind-falls from recent high winds; prices
ranged from 750@$1.25 per bu; grapes
were selling at 250 for 16-lb. baskets; cab-
bage was plentiful at 35@40c per bu:
squash 250 apiece for large and 500 per
basket for small; pumpkins, 1060150 each,
according to size; eggs were selling at 27
((1280; cele y, good quality, 250 per bunch;
tomatoes .00 per bu; turnips 300 per bu;
melons 500 per bu; horse-radishh 250 per
bunch; potatoes were in greatly increased
quantities and were quoted around 800
per bu. Many of the offerings were dug
before fully ripened. Hay is still quoted
at $206125 per ton. There were quite a
number of loads on the market Tuesday
but not so many as the week previous.
It is expected that from now on, more
hay will be brought to the market Since
farmers have more liberty for doing that
work.

$1.50@

OTHER MARKETs

 

 

Grand Rapids.

'Potatoes were off to 65@700.on the city
market Tuesday morning, while the pay—
ing price at up-State loading stations
ranges from 45@500. The wheat market
is steady at 890. Rye has advancedto
92c and buckwheat is also higher, being
quoted at 700. Oats are worth 500 and
corn 730. Egg shippers are paying 210
for fresh stock and dairy butter is also
worth 210. Grand Bapids forcmg lettuce
raised under glass is starting at 60 per
lh., while greenhouse cucumbers are
worth 400 per dozen. Dressed hogs are
worth around 90.

 

New York. ’

Butter—Creamery specials are 20 high-
er, while other grades have advanced
proportionately. Market firm: Creamery
specials are quoted at 31142612320 per lb._;
extras, 310; firsts, 27617290; seconds, 2540
26c; thirds, 23611240. _

Eggs—Firmer, with prices generally
showing a 2@30 gain. Fresh gathered
extraS, 30@31c; extra, firsts, 2669280.; sec-
onds, 20@220; western gathered whites,
26411300 per dozen.

Poultry—Dressed. Market is quiet
with turkeys marked up 50. Turkeys, 14
(«0230; do.. young. 250: fowls, 10@171/gc;

western broilers, 12 ft) 1 9c.

 

Chicago.
\Vheat.—No. 2 red, 9760980; Dec., 971/80;

Ma , 1.041/vc per bu.
y $ ” a 7u4@71%c; Dec,64%c;

Corn—No.
May, 657.40 per bu.
Oats—No. 2 white, 4715717480; Dee,

47940: May, 501/40. .

Barley.—-Malting grades, $1..00@1.25 per
bu; feeding. 75@95c.

Buttetn—Offerings the past week have
fallen a little short of trade requirements,
resulting in an advance of a full cent in
creamery and 1/20 in dairy stock, at this
week’s opening. Best creamery moved
up another 1_/'20 on Tuesday, pacing this
market on a par with Elgin. reameries,
2363290; dairies, 21@260 per lb.

Eggs— rdlnary qualities still comprise
the bulk of the Offerings, which show in-
creased volume. The better grades are
10 higher, with market generally firm.
QUOtations: Prime firsts, 211/20; firsts,
200; at mark. cases included, 15@180 per
dozen.

Potatoes—Bad weather last week our-
tailed receipts and prices advanced rap-
idly. A material increase in offerings
this week brought: a reaction, and the
market is sluggish. Michigan stock is
now quoted at 68@700 per bu; \Visconsin,
68@700; Minnesota, 75617800.

Beans.——Market very firm; prices un-
changed. Choice hand-picked pea beans
are quoted at 552.280.92.35 per bu; prime,
352.17.692.21; red kidneys, $2.75@3 per bu.

Hay and Straw—Hay a little easier
with the better grades quoted 500 lower.
Clover has made a good advance and rye
and wheat straw are slightly higher.
Quotations: Choice timothy, $23@24 per
ton; do., No. 1, $214122; do., No.‘ 2 and
No. 1 mixed. $1.96t2200; do., No. 3 and No.
2 mixed, $140118; clover, $156317; do., No.
2 and no grade. $85113: rye straw, $8.50
@950; oat. straw. $7607.50 per ton; wheat
straw, $550616 per ton.

Boston.

VVOOL—Pl'nspt‘t‘is are brightening ac-
cording to reports from the mills, there
being a larger demand for manufactured
goods. This has increased the amount
of wool business with prices ruling steady
with a week ago. The improvement is
confined largely to territory stock, fleeces
still remainng dull although there is
some demand for low grades. The fifth
series of wool auctions in London was
closed Tuesday and offerings were quick-
ly taken at current prices. Leading do-
mestic quotations here are as follows:
Ohio and Pennsylvania fieeces—Delaine
washed, 30c: XX. 280; fine unmerchant-
able, 226/230: lé-blood combing, 251/269
260: iié-blood combing. 25c; 14-b100d
combing, 2401241420; delaine unwashed,
250; fine unwashed, 21c. Michigan, Wis-
consin and New York fleeces—Fine un-
washed, 19((F200; delaine unwashed, 23c)
24c: ié-biond tinvvashed, 24igcpz5c. tied;
tucky, Indiana and Missouri—ié/g-blood
250; 1/_,-blood, 23%(ti24c.

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Elgin.

Button—Market firm at 290.per 1b..
which is 11/20 above last week’s quota-
tion. Output for the week, 705,800 lbs,
as compared with 720,300 lbs. for the pre-
ViOUS week.

 

 

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.

‘ _ October 9, 1911.
(SpeCIal Report of Dunning & Stevens.
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, N. Y.)
llcceipts of stock here today as follows:
Cattle, 1.76 cars; hogs, 100 double decks;
sheep and lambs, 100 double decks; calves

1.500 ead.

\\'ith 176 loads of cattle on our market
here today, there is scarcely any change
to note in prices from last Monday. There
was not a strictly prime load of cattle
on the market here today, and the top
price was $7.25 per cwt.; however, had
there been some weighty, good quality,
corn-fed. fat cattle here, they would
have sold readily at $7.75 per cwt. All
the lower grades of cattle sold about
steady, except cows, which sold from.10
@200. per cwt. lower than last week.

VVequote: Rest 1,400 to 1,600-lb. steers
$7.604/z7.75: good prime 1,300 to 1,400-lb.
do. $7607.23; do. 1,200 to 1,300-lb. do., $6.50
((07.25; best 1,100 to 1,200-lb. shipping
steers, $5.7sfil6.15; medium butcher steers
1,000 to 1,100 lbs., $5.10@5.60; light butch-
er steers, $4.50f05; best fat cows, $42549
4.75;_ fair to good do., $3.50@4; common to
medium do., $2.50@3; trimmers, $1.75@
2.50; best fat heifers, $5.25@5.75; good do.
$4.75 c 5.25; fair to good do., $4@4.75;
stock heifers. $34,113.25; best feeding steers
dehorned, 94.500115; common do., $3.50@4;
stockers, all grades, $3.25@3.50; prime
export bulls, $5@5.25; best butcher bulls,

$~i.25’rt~l.75; bologna bulls, $3.25@3.75;
stock bulls, $3603.75; best milkers and
swingers, $50@60; common to good do.,
...:) (1‘ t).

\Vith 100 cars of hogs on sale here to-.

(lay,'mai-l<et ruled fairly active after the
opening; best quality yorkers, mixed and
medium weights selling generally from
$7607.05: with a few decks of fancy qual-
lty of the medium and heavier grades up
to $7.10. A plainer kind of yorkers. mixed
and medium sold around $6r90@6.95,and
the bulk of the good quality.and weight
pigs sold generally at 61,40. Rough sows
sold mostly from $5.75@5.85. Stags, $561)
5.50. The hogs are fairly well cleaned
tip;_ market closing steady. We still
adVise caution on the commoner grades,
as_ there will no doubt be a wide range in
prices for some time to come.
_ The sheep and lamb market was active
today at the prices. Most of the choice
lambs sold from $6.85@6.90. Wethers
from $4.1061"»i.35; look for shade lower
prices the balance of the week; every-
thing about sold tonight.

W’e quote: Best spring lambs, $6.85@
6.90; cull to common do., $5@5.75; weth-

fiFS. $4-10(tl‘4.35; bucks, $2.50@2.75; year-
iings, $4.50@5; handy ewes, $3.75@4;

heavy ewes, $3.65@3.85; cull sheep, $1.50
(02.50; veals, choice to extra, $8.75@10;
fair to good do., $8.50@9.50; heavy calves.
$4626. .
Chicago.
October 9, 1911.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Received today ...... 24,000 23,000 45,000
Same day last year..31,491 22,355 70,373
Received last week ..71,860 108,117 157,510
Same week last year.65,356 85,998 218,345
The marked falling off in the receipts
of cattle today compared with Monday a
week ago and Monday a year ago, was a.
good thing for sellers, who were able to
sell choice beeves at least a dime higher.
such lots being scarce. A consignment
of remarkably fancy, extra heavy, long-
fed Missouri Shorthorn steers that aver-
ager not greatly below 1,800 lbs. brought
$8.50, another high record for the year
and an advance of 150 over any former
sales. Common and medium to good cat-
tle were firm and partly a. little higher.
About 6,000 western range cattle arrived
and sold largely a. dime higher for desir-

U

OCT. 14, 1911.

Q...

able ones. Hogs were in small supply for
a Monday and were active and 5@100
higher, bringing $6@6.85. Medium weights
averaging around 20 to 250 lbs. sold
highest, the best
$6.75, while pigs sold at $4.15@6.05;'stags
at $6.50@6.90 and boars at $2.50@3. The
great marketing of underweights last
week resulted in the hogs averaging but
201 lbs., compared with 215 lbs. 3. week
earlier, 241 lbs. a month ago, 261 lbs.
a. year ago, 228 lbs. two years ago and 210
lbs. three years ago. A week ago hogs
sold at 495.80.616.90, the commoner grades
of heavy hogs having sold much closer
to the best hogs since then. Sheep and
lambs are active at steady prices, lambs
going at $4.25@6.40; ewes at $2@3.90;
wethers at $3.70@4.35 and yearlings at
$4714.60. Feeders pay $4@4.50 for year-
lmgs; $2@3.25 for ewes and $3.25(d)3.65 for
wethers, ‘while breeding ewes are active
at $3.75@4.50.

Cattle advanced last week to the high-
est prices for the year for the choicest
long-fed, heavy lots, these being offered
more sparingly than heretofore, while
they met with a. lively demand. It. should
be understood that this upward move-
ment is due altogether to their growing

scarcity rather than to any large trade

requirements, and anything like normal
supplies would bring about a great fall
in values. The common to medium
grades of cattle, and even a class that
is often called “good,” have been offered
in much larger numbers, the offerings of
cattle from the western ranges showing

marked gains, and these cattle declined '

largely 25c, choice steers excepted. Na-
tive cattle that were not good in grade
suffered a. similar break and closed large-
ly 10612150 lower than a week ago, the
greater part of the cows going off as
much as steers, if not more. While fancy
beeves of strong weight sold quite freely
on \1'0dnesday at $8@8.35, the commoner
lots of grassy steers were slow sellers at
$1.65@,r5.75, with a better class of grassers
going at $6106.75. Medium steers were
almost as slow of sale as a poorer grade,
and even cattle selling as high as $7.50
were apt to show dullness and even weak-
ness. Anything entitled to be termed
choice sold as high as $7.75, and desirable
yearlings sold at $7.15@8.10. Butchering
lots of cows and heifers had a fair out-
let at $3.25@6, with a few fancy heifers
quotable at $6.25@6.75, while cutters went
at 62.654320; canners at $1.75@2.60 and
bulls at $2.75@5.50. The large arrivals of
range cattle demoralized the market for
their native competitors, and made slow
sales. Range cattle sold at $3.65@7.10 for
steers and $3@5.75 for cows and heifers.
The stocker and feeder trade was fairly
active at a decline of as much as 250,
with much larger offerings, stockers going
at $3.25@4.75 and feeders at $4.50@5.60,
a few fancy stockers selling at $4.80@5.
Calves sold fairly at $2'.85@9.50 per 100
lbs... and milkers and springers sold mod-
erately at $30@70 per head, backward
springers going to packers and common
cows for canners. .

Hogs have shown more rallying power
in prices for a week past than of late on
account of better buying by eastern ship-
pers at times and much smaller receipts.
Shippers wanted choice light and medi-
um-weight butcher hogs, and these offer-
ings continued to top the market, while
the extremely large receipts of little piss
could be disposed of only by submitting
to a big discount in prices from matured
hogs. Next to the little pigs averaging
around 45 to 80 lbs., rough, extra. heavy

,old sows were the lowest and slowest sell-

ers, there being an extremely wide spread
in prices between the commonest and the
best hogs. Hogs sold very much below
the prices recorded one and two years
ago, but they compared favorably with
the prices paid at corresponding figures
paid at corresponding dates in most oth-
er years as far back as 1903, but: in 1902
sales were made at $6.35@7.50. Local
packers have not changed their views and
are as desirous as ever of lowering
prices, but when shippers buy freely and
receipts are light sellers have the advan-
tage. So far as can be seen now, there
is every reason for making healthy young
hogs good and fat before marketing, even
at ruling high prices for feed.

Sheep and lambs had some recent ral-
lies on smaller receipts, the biggest run
being that of Monday last week, when
plenty of consignments from the ranges
arrived, and even on that day sellers
found a good demand for attractive lots,
both live muttons and feeders. Lambs
were, as usua, much the best sellers,
bringing a liberal premium, and the best
brought $6.40, the highest price recorded
in a month. The demand for feeders has
been extremely animated, lambs from the
range, aswell as range wethers and year-
lings, being wanted, and the demand from
Michigan stockmen was much the larg—
est yet seen. To conservative men who
understand the business and'are prepared
to make lambs prime the feeder proposi-
tion is regarded as extremely good, as
shipments from the western markets to
feeding districts this season have run far
behind those for the corresponding pe-
riod last year, but stockmen who intend
to warm up lambs and get them back to
market in a month or two are likely to
lose money. As a rule Ohio and Michigan
sheepmen make their holdings fat. Sheep
and lambs advanced during the week
25@500, feeder lambs going at $5@5.55,
while the poorest lambs went at $4.25.

Horses of the better class are in good
demand at unchanged prices, with no ex-‘
cessive offerings, but the commdner kinds
are plentiful and hard to sell except at
shaded prices. Feeders are wanted at
$200@265 per head, and wagon horses are
bringing $165@200 for a good kind, with
choice expressers salable at $220@240. The
east is calling for prime heavy drafters
at 6225611275, and occasionally a. sale is
made around $300. Heavy loggers are

purchased at $185@235, some going as far ..

east. as Maine. Rugged farm horses that
weighed around 1,350 lbs. have been taken
arotund $200 for shipment to New Yfiork
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Thursday’s Market.

October 12, 1911.
Cattle.
All grades 15@25c low-

 

Receipts. 1,511.
er than last week.

We quote Extra dry—fed steers and
heifers, $5.50@5.75; steers and heifers,
1,000 to 1,200, $4.50@5.25; do. 800 to 1,000.
“@450; grass steers and heifers that are
fat, 800 to 1,000, $4@4.50; do. 500 to 700,
835050425; choice fat cows, $4@4.50; geod
fat cows, $3.50@3.75; common cows, $2.75
@325; canners, $2@2.50; choice heavy
bulls, $3.50@3.75; fair to good bolognas,
bulls, $3@3.25; stock bulls, $2.75@3.50;
choice feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, $4.25
@4.50; fair do. 800 to 1,000, $3.75@4;
choice stockers, 500 to 700, $3.50@4; fair
Stockers, 500 to 700, $3@3.50; stock heif-
ers. $3@3.25; milkers, large, young, medi-
um age, $40@55; common milkers, $z.o@
35

Bishop, B. &. H. sold Fromm 16 hutch-
ers av 767 at $4; to RattkoWsky 3 do av
590 at $3.25, 1 bull weighing 640 at $3.25,
1 cow weighing 1,000 at $4.50, 2 do av
1,000 at $3.75; to Goose 3 do av 1,040 at
$3.65, 10 do av 1.020 at $3.25; to Ham-
mond, S. & Co. 1 bull weighing 1,130 at
$3.50, 2 heifers av 675 at $4, 3 cows av
980 at $2.50. 1 steer weighing 1,000 at $4,
1 do weighing 1,230 at $5; to Bresnahan 5
canners av 900 at $2.50, 4 do av 825 at
$2.50, 3 cows av 970 at $2.90; to Parker,
W. 8: Co. 5 cows av 905 at $3, 2 do av
1,075 at $3, 3 do av 916 at $3, 3 do av 923
at $3, 6 bulls av 586 at $3, 1 do weighing
1,100 at $3.50, 16 steers av 1.112 at $5.80.
3 do av 1,026 at $4.25, 2 cows av 980 at
$3.1 do weighing 780 at $2.25, 2 do av 990
at $3; to Herchelman 11 butchers av 550
at $3.50; to Schlischer 11 do av 654 at
$3.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 bulls av 950
at $3.50; to Regan 17 butchers av 540
at $3.65; to Marx 2 steers av 685 at $3.85;
to Heinrich 1 heifer weighing 980 at $5.25,
2 do av 685 at $4.50; to Hammond, S. &
Co. 2 cows av 810 at $2.50, 2 do av 860
at $2.50; to Parker, W. & C0. 19 butch-
ers av 654 at $3.50; to Thompson Bros.
5 do av 804 at $4.50, 4 cows av 1,087 at
$3.75, 10 butchers av 655 at $3.25; to
Thompson ,Bros. 2 steers av 1,040 at $5,
1 do weighing 1,100 at $4.50; to Su-.-van
P. Co. 8 do av 822 at $4.40. 2 cows av 890
at $4, 1 bull weighing 1,170 at $3.50; to
Mich. B. Co. 21 butchers av 814 at $3.30;
to Heinrich 6 steers av 971 at $5; to Sui-
livan P. CO. 1 do weighing 1,120 at $5.50.

Roe Com. Co. sold Newton B. Co. 3
cows av 990 at $3.60, 6 heifers av 665 at
$3.90; to Regan 7 butchers av 566 at
$3.85; to Bresnahan 7 canners av 900 at
$2.40; to Parker, W. & Co. 2 cows av 1.200
at $3.50, 3 do av 877 at $2.50, 16 butchers
av 675 at $3.75. 3 bulls av 926 at $3.50; to
Hammond, S. & Co. 1 bull weighing 800
at $3.50, 2 do av 1,230 at $3.75, 10 steers
av 918 at $5.10, 1 do weighing 770 at $4.25,
11 butchers av 491 at $3.40; to Lotz 7
stockérs av 640 at $4.2

Haley & M. sold Bresnahan 2 cows av
925 at $3, 15 butchers av 565 at $3.55; to
Lawson 13 do av 800 at $4.25; to Apple-
baum 6 do av 986 at $4, 2 cows av 915 at
$3.25; to Haley 16 butchers av 980 at $4;
to Rattkowsky 5 cows av 806 at $4, 1 do
weighing 920 at $4; to Kamman 25 butch-
ers av 710 at $4.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 15
do av 753 at $4.40, 1 cow weighing 1,260
at $4, 1 bull weighing 1,380 at $3.85.

Spicer & R. sold Bresnahan 3 canners
av 890 at $2.75, 2 do av 835 at $2.75, 1 cow
weighing 760 at $2.25, 2 do av 865 at $2.75;
to Mich. B. Co. 16 steers av 965 at $5.10.
1 do weighing 810 at $5.10, 2 cow and
steer av 750 at $3.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 1
bull weighing 1,250 at $4. 1 heifer weigh—
ing 700 at $4, 1 canner weighing 770 at
$1.50, 5 butchers av 586 at $3.75, 1 cow
weighing 1,020 at $3.50; to Goose 2 do
av 920 at $3, 4 do av 1,030 at $3.50; to
.Rattkowsky 4 butchers av 405 at $3.25,
4 cows av 805 at $3.50, 1 bull weighing
1.070 at $4, 1 d0 weighing 570 at $3.25, 2
cows av 1,035 at $3.25, 2 do av 915 at
$3.50, 1 bull weighing 550 at $3.25; to
Lachalt 9 steers av 890 at $4.40, 6 do av

916 at $4.80.
, Veal Calves.

Receipts, 611. Market 50c lower than
last week; common grades very dull. Best
$850609; others, $3.50@8; milch cows and
springers $3155 lower.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 7
av 13:; at $8.75, 2 av 145 at $9, 1 weighing
190 at $9. '16 av 150 at $8.75; to -Parker,
1V. & Co. 6 av 130 at $8, 3 av 185 at $4.
7 av 160 at $8, 4 av 155 at $9.25; to Ap—
plebaum 3 av 230 at $4; to Newton l4.
Co. 9 av 150 at $8.50, 5 av 165 at $8.75, 3
av 170 at $9; to Kull 1 weighing 200 at
$4, 11 av 135 at $7.50; to Rattkowsky 5
av 125 at $8.75, 2 av 105 at $6, 19 av
125 at $7.50- -

Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 7 av 150
at so; to Goose 7 av 250 at $4; to Freid-
man 6 av 150 at $8.75. 7 av 125 at $8.25;
to Mich. B. Co. 7 av 140 at $8.25, 6 av
150 at $9.

Youngs sold Mich. B. Co. 5 av 125 at

8.60.

3 Haley 8,: M. sold Newton B. Co. 4 av

250 at $6; to Goose 3 av 170 at $4; to

Patrowsky 11 av 190 at $5.50: to McGuire

7 av 145 at $9, 4 av 180 at $9. ‘ '
Roe Corn. Co. sold Mich. B. 00. 4 av

155 at $8.75; to Burnstine 6 av 150 at

$9.25. -
fr, sold Burnstine 7 av 130 at 8.
Gro‘ Sheep and Lambs. 3
Receipts, 7.577. A few extras sold early
at 3575; market 35@60 lower than last
week- .Best lambs, $5.50; fair do., $6®

 

 

   

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

$4@4.50;

5.25;
culls and

light to common lambs,
fair to good sheep, $3@3.25;
common, $1.50@2.50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 92
lambs av 75 at $5.40, 26 do av 60 at $4.25,
75 do av 80 at $5.40. 52 sheep av 90 at $3,
47 lambs av 73 at $5.50. 46 do av 70 at
$5.60, 33 do av 70 at $5.40; to Sullivan P.
Co. 12 do av 62 at $4, 27 do av 73 at
$5.25, 13 sheep av 110 at $3. 10 do av 97
at $2.35; to Nagle P. Co. 13 lambs av 68
at $5.25, 102 do av 70 at $5.75, 12 do av 60
at $5.25, 102 do av 70 at $5.75, 15 do av
78 at $5.50, 97 do av 73 at $5.25, 99 do av
73 at $5.50. 36 do av 65 at $4, 79 do av
75 at $5.40, 87 do av 73 at $5.50, 25 sheep
av 125 at $3; to Sullivan P. Co. 12 lambs
av 60 at $4.75, 67 do av 75 at $5.55, 29 do
av 56 at $4.50; to Thompson Bros. 28 do
av 60 at $5, 11 do av 35 at $3.50, 10 sheep
av 108 at $2.50. 22 do av 78 at $2.50; to
Breitenbeck 102 lambs av 73 at $5, 25
sheep av 90 at $2.85; to Wood &. Son 150
lambs av 55 at $4.75, 31 do av 70 at $5.50;
to Sullivan P. Co. 7 do av 85 at $5.50, 20
sheep av 95' at $3; to Hayes 58 lambs av
58 at $4.75; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 77 sheep
av 85 at $2.50, 16 sheep av 95 at $3, 7 do
av 90 at $2.50, 117 lambs av 78 at $5.75,
67 do av 60 at $4.75; to Johnson 20 sheep
av 100 at $2.50. 11 do av 100 at $2.50; to
Hammond. S. & Co. 28 do av 90 at $3,
21 do av 110 at $3. .

Haley & M. sold Nagle P. Co. 149 lambs
av 78 at $5.60, 43 sheep av 125 at $3, 10
lambs av 60 at $4, 67 do av 75 at $5.25;
to Youngs 8 sheep av 110 at $2, 42 lambs
av 110 at $5.30, 16 do av 85 at $5.30.

Roe Com. Co. sold Newton B. Co. 149
lambs av 80 at $5.50; to Nagle P. Co. 53
do 'av 80 at $5.30; to Hayes 16 sheep av
85 at $2.75; to Youngs 13 yearlings av 90
at $4.25.

Downing sold Nagle P. Co. 51
av 63 at $5.40, 154 do av 65 at $5.40.

Stephens sold Sullivan 1‘. Co. 29 sheep
av 95 at $2.60, 21 lambs av 72 at $5.25.

Duelle sold Newton B. Co. 10 sheep av
99 at $2.75.

Groff sold Barlage 17 lambs av 55 at $5.

Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 21 lambs
av 70 at $5.75, 20 do av 70 at $5.75; to
Sullivan P. Co. 25 sheep av 110 at $2.40;
‘88 11? 151 A? 09 OI '00 78’ ‘S ‘PUOUIUJBH 01

lambs

3 do av 95 at $1.50; to Parker. W. & Co.
23 lambs av 80 at $5.85; to Mich. B. Co.
119 do av 75 at $5.50; to Youngs 32 sheep
av 90 at $3.30; tO'Thompson Bros. 16
lambs av 65 at $4.25; to Newton B. Co.
109 do av 77 at $5.25. 16 sheep av 80 at

$3.25
Hogs.

Receipts, 5,030. Market steady at Wed-
nesday's and last week's prices.

Range of prices: Light to good butch-
ers, $6.40@6.60; pigs, $6@6.25; light york-
ers, $6.35@6.55.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, S. &
Co._ 850 av 200 at $6.60, 2,160 av 175 at
$635,1355 av 165 at $6.50, 315 av 150 at
. .). 0.

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 275
av 200 at $6.55, 60 av 170 at $6.40, 65 av
130 at $6.25, 32 av 120 at $6.10.

Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co. 580
av 200 at $6.60, 180 av 180 at $6.55, 145 av
175 at $6.50, 130 av 150 at $6.40. -

Spicer & R. sold same 120 av 200 at
$38.3, 315 av 185 at $6.50, 150 av 160 at

 

 

Montana is credited with the biggeSt
hog Supply on record, while its winter
sheep and lamb feeding is going to attain
generous proportions. Montana farmers
and stockmen have been able during the
past summer to pick up plenty of desir-
able yearling ewes at $2.25 to $2.40 per
head that two years ago would have cost
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mostly sold, and sheepmen are now tak-
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range and plenty of hay to go into sheep
breeding and feeding on a rather extend-
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The Kansas and other southwestern
grass cattle are later in being marketed
this year than usual, as the drought made
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They are (voming now, and at the same
time the northwestern range cattle are
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N. M. BUTHSTEIN, Dear Sirz—I have a. pair of your steel
shoes that I have been wearing FOR THREE YEARS
for all kinds of work. Working in cement. watering in
greenhouses, washing autos and carriages, and all kinds
of rough work. They are a. godsend. I wouldn’t take
any price for them if I couldn’t get another pair. I used
to suffer terribly with weak arch before wearing your
steel shoes, but have no trouble now.

W. J. Bradley, New York Mills. N. Y.

That's one reason why you may sufier from tired, sore,
aching feet. The arch of your old leather shoes has nine
chances out of ten broken down, lost shape. You vs be-
come flat-footed, maybe you’ve had to put in shanks to
support your instep. That’s the worst thing that could
happen to your feet. Now, my STEEL SHO Shave fine
inner soles of spring, hair-cushion to take all Jar. The

can't break down, ey can't lose instep shape. On her -

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est roads’, the longest day’s work your feet are comfortable.
You don t have to put in shanks and if your feet are in bad
silage now from hard work in leather shoes my STEEL
SH ES W111 put them in condition again.

My STEEL SHOES keep out the heat and the cold. They
are warm and dry in winter- cool and dry in summer. My
FREE BOOK gives sizes an prices. It will prove to you
oonclusrvely that all I say 18 not half of what others have
said in pra1se of my shoes. I can fit your foot perfectly. I
can save you $10 to $20 on every pair of shoes and I can
give you sure foot comfort and health.

Let My FREE Book Prove
It - Write For It At Once

Let me send it by next mail to show you how easil ' I can fit
your foot—the exact size, no difficult Y. Remember, ’m an ex-
plertflshoemaaker.f I’ve titteéihhallf a milfligu farmers, not to mention
1e .iousan so menino er mcso usiness now wearin m

STEEL SHOES. .Look at illustration Number 2. The sole};; erg
stamped out of th1n,rust-resxstin% seamless, special process steel
—-from heel to toe and around he edges and above the sole as
shown. No cracks—no seams. Studded with adjustable steel
rlvets Wlllch protect from wear and give a firm sure lower foot-
111 . When rivets wear out you can replace them easily and
qu_ckly yourself—no troubleTthey keep your shoes in good re-
pair for wo years more. 50 rivets cost 30 cents.

Theup ers are made of special water-proof leather—best quality
—phab e. Water or cold cannot penetrate. Your feet are con-
stantly dry and comfortable.

When it costs only a enny post card to investigate, what's
the use of suffering d scomfort, catching cold, getting bad
feet and aying out a lot of extra money for shoes that look
good to s rt with but won’t stand the weather and the wear?

N. M. RUTHSTEIN mm...

The Steel Shoe Man
mourn, WIS” U.S.A.

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This is the shoe people had to buy
up to four years ago

 

This is the modern STEEL SHOE
one half million farmers are now
wearing

 

This is Number 1 after two months
of “is—3!; /’

2

 

  

This is Number 2 —— Ruthstein’s
modern STEEL SHOE after three
years of all kinds of weather and

rough usage. '

Which shoe
will you buy

The above are actual
photographic reproduc-
tions of the actual shoes
—worn the exact length
of time stated.