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MAKING PRERARATIONS FOR THE‘

WINTER.





 





There is no other such time On- the

farm as when we are preparing for win-

ter. Mother earth provides for her chil-

dren. Each year she gives fresh products

to stand between us and starvation until

harvest time shall come again. She has

given us fruits worthy of Eden, rich and

precious grains and fragrant and pal-

atable herbs and vegetables. Her robes

of golden red and. white are put on—a

sort of warning that her children may

prepare for winter.





In preparing for winter we are simply .»





expressing our faith in God’s testimony

that He rewards them that diligently

work with Him. He who has faith in the

coming of the seasons and prepares

abundantly for his family, his herds and

his flocks, believes in nature. Believes

in God. Faith is the key that unlocks

God’s storehouse and brings all of the

supplies out of the fullness of the earth.

The life of a farmer has better guaran-

tees than the crown of kings.



Years ago farmers laid in bountiful

stores of food for winter. Many of us,

as the fleeting years enrichen retrospec-

tion and lessen visions of profit, look

back with more than passing pleasure on

those days of preparation for the winter

—days spent with grandfathers or fath-

ers gathering in the good things for

winter. Many happy hours we spent as"

we counted our blessings and with hearts

attuned to visions of apple dumplings,

pUmpkin pies, steaming corn bread and

other good things diligently helped gather

the rewards of our labor.



Yesterday the fertile soil gave us the

things needed to support life and add to





its comforts and pleasures. Today it

gives nuggets which we shall mint into

money. The sentiment that years ago





surrounded the work of preparing for

winter has given way to commercialism.

The artificial has succeeded the real. The

fine Old farms that gave our grandfathers

and fathers the necessities of life have

passed into other hands. The spirit of

money getting is in evidence on all sides.

Many times we wonder if these changes

are all for the better, but what's the

use? No more specious philosophy was

ever enunciated than that embodied in

the aphorism, “Whatever is, is right."

Its grain of eternal truth lies in the fact

that those things proved in the test of

time usually endure. The demand of the

human race for food products in ex-

change for money and labor has made a

great change in our ways of farming and

living. Today it is an industry that must

be managed on principles of strict busi-

ness economy.

Look Well to Home Comforts.



The first consideration in preparing for



winter is to keep warm and comfortable.





Stoves and chimneys need overhauling

to put them in good working order for

winter. it wood is the fuel used for





cooking and heating, the chimneys and

pipes should be cleaned and the stoves

set up so that they will give the most

heat with a minimum of fuel. By having

the stoves and chimneys in good shape

the quantity of wood required to heat the

house will be greatly reduced. By pro-

viding the rightkind of stoves and plenty

of fuel it is possible to remove some of

the disagreeable features of spending the

winter in a cold climate. On very many

farms coal is now used for heating and

equal care must be exercised in arrang-

ing the heater as is the case with a wood

stove. Storm doors and double windows

saVe fuel and help to preserve health and

comfort.



Next we should provide for the com-

fort and health of the helpless creatures

which an all-wise Providence has placed

under our care. The few hours spent in

repairing loose stable doors, windows and

openings will save many dollars’ worth

of hay and grain. A little forethought

and careful planning will make old sta-

bles comfortable for the stock during the

winter. A few boards, a little straw and

ambition will do wonders toward trans—





forming the old stable into a comfort-

able place for the stock to spend the

winter. Horses, cattle, sheep and swine





keep in good condition with less food if

provided with protection from the cold,

stormy weather.



Business sagacity should prompt every

farmer to provide plenty of space to store.

his farm equipment. The needless waste

as well as the depreciation in value of

his tools and machinery is one of the

greatest leaks in modern farming. One

of the largest bills farmers have to meet

today is for farm implements and,where

one farmer takes anything like .good

care of his tools and machinery, one

hundred take no care at all. By provid-





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





ing good shelter and oiling‘and painting

farm tools and machinery when it is put

away in the fall a great deal of money

can be saved in the operating expenses

of our farms.



The storing of fruits and vegetables

for winter is a problem of sufficient in-

terest to require a number of special





articles: however, a few phases of the

subject may be profitably considered

here. Thin skinned vegetables such as





potatoes. keep best when stored in a.

dark and cool cellar. Light is detri-

mental to the keeping qualities of such

vegetables. Apples, winter pears and





grapes keep best when put in barrels or





boxes, after being carefully sorted and

wrapped in fine paper. Squashes keep

best if stored in a dry place where there

is not danger of freezing. Celery for

winter use may be stored in boxes eight

inches wide and 20 inches deep, placed

in the cellar. The plants can be dug

with a large ball of dirt adhering to the

roots, and after being placed in the box,

loose dirt firmly packed about the roots

and watered. If rats infest the cellar the

boxes should be set deep so that they

may be covered. Stand the plants in an

upright position, packed as closely to-

gether as possible.



The partial failure of the hay crop

makes it necessary that many farmers

make the best of every ton of roughage.

Making hay from corn stalks is one so-

lution of the problem. The practice of

husking and shredding is slowly gaining

favor and makes its greatest growth in

years of hay scarcity. It costs something

to shred corn fodder, but it pays when

hay is scarce and high. The gain in

feeding value makes it a profitable policy.

in November and December when the





days are warm and fair, the fields solid

and the shocks not yet frozen to the

ground it is possible to haul the shock





corn much faster than in the late Winter

and early spring when all of these con-

ditions are the opposite. The advantages

of doing the work of hauling and storing

at one time, the gain in feeding value

and tin- convenience in feeding makes the

shredding of the stalks one of the most

important things to do in preparation for

winter on the stock farm. Aside from

all these considerations the refuse from

feeding the corn hay is the best kind of

bedding for stock of all kinds. Nothing

excels it in the ability to keep stock dry

and clean. It is the best absorbent of

the liquids in the manure we can use in

the stable. The value of the bedding and

the increased value of the manure may,

in many circumstances, more than bal-

ance the expense of shredding.



In making preparations for winter feed-

ing every farmer should take an inven-

tory of his stock and his supply of home-

grown feeds, so that he may make defi-

nite plans for getting his animals through

the winter in the best shape. He needs

to consider the age, size, value and con—

dition of his animalsas well as the kinds

and quality of his roughage and grain

feeds. By taking a day’s time and study-

ing the whole problem, he may know ap-

proximately how much corn fodder, straw

and other roughage__he l,can profitably

utilize, and how muchpurchased grain

will be required to carry his stock

through the winter to next year's pas-

tures. In looking over the stock and

carefully consulting their individual rec-

ords, and carefully considering the price

of the various feeds, he will many times

find it more profitable to sell the poorer

animals and feed more to the better ones.



Very much of the profit for the year

will depend upon how we use the home-

grown grain and roughage, and how we

balance the winter feed of our stock. In

feeding dairy cows we can frequently

save a lot of money by selling timothy

hay and buying clover hay, or wheat

bran and other grain feeds to make up

the deficiency of protein in the feeds

grown at home. The dairy cow cannot

do her best on timothy hay and corn,

but needs feeds like gluten, oil meal,

cottonseed meal, bran, and other protein

feeds in connection with her corn and

hay, if she gives good results at the pail.

To get milk we must feed protein. and

unless we can plan our feeding so that

the cows have a sufficiency of protein we

had better sell the cows.



Young cattle require about the same

kinds of food as milch cows. Their

growth and development requires protein

to keep them strong and in a vigorous

condition through the winter, and enable

them to go out to pasture and develop

as they should thenext summer. Cattle

that are being fattened must have fat-

ening foods, such as corn; but, even with

fattening cattle, better economical re-

sults will be obtained by feeding alfalfa.

clover and other proteinaceous feeds in





 





connection with their corn feed, for corn

alone is so deficient in protein that'tll’e're

is danger of injuring the health of the

animal before it is in condition to mar-~

ket. The same rule applies to feeding

hogs, and the period of the corn and

water diet should be very short. Every-

thing considered, I think it will pay

every farmer to make a study of this

feeding question in preparation for his

winter’s feeding operations before win-

ter sets in.

New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





WANTS TO LOCATE





 





IN MICHIGAN.





 





sons, 16 and 18 years of age, a. wife and

one daughter at home, the latter being

19 years old. I was brought up on farms

in New York and Michigan, the last of

my farming being done for my father in

Eaton county when I was 19 or 20 years

of age. Then I came west, where I have

been in the newspaper business for many

years, having sold out about one year

ago. Have two business buildings here

that bring me in $105 a month rent, and

have a. home worth about $4,000. The

boys, especially the older one, are very

much interested in farming and stock-





raising, and the elder has had one year





at the Montana Agricultural College. Ir-

rigated land here. as elsewhere. is very

high in price, and expensive to operate,

while our crops, at an elevation of 5,000

feet above sea level, are restricted as to

kind, and fruit is out of the question. I

am, therefore, looking toward Michigan

and the fruit belt with an idea. of secur-

ing a farm there. The soil of Michigan

is so varied that I would like the advice

of some practical farmer in a selection

of a place that I should expect to'make

my home for the balance of my life.

Wyoming. J. K.





Perhaps it would not be possible for

me to answer a question like this with-

out being prejudiced in favor of Michi-

gan. I have visited a great many states,

although not the far west or northwest,

and of all the country that I ever saw,

give me Michigan. Taking everything

into consideration I honestly belieVe that

there are more happy homes, more heal-

thy and satisfied people, and, taking one

year with another, more, or as much,

real profit made in agricultural pursuits

in the state of Michigan than in almost

any other section of our country.



The fruit belt of Michigan is known

the world over. It was a. great surprise

to me when I was down in Florida one

time, and people with whom I had busi-

ness learned that I was from western

Michigan, to know that they understood

all about the natural advantages of west-

ern Michigan as a fruit location. They

seemed to understand it even better

than I did, at least they had read and

thought about it much, while with me it

was a matter of such common moment

that I paid no particular attention to it.

Those orange people down there under-

stood thoroughly that the winds blow

across the cold waters of Lake Michigan

in the spring and retard the bud develop-

ment of fruit sufficiently so that they

are kept back until permanent warm

weather comes and consequently are not

liable to be injured by extremes of tem-

perature as they are in a great many

parts of the country. This advantage

certainly makes Michigan a very desir-

able and very reliable location for one

who wants to make fruit a specialty.

All over western Michigan splendid fruit

locations can be purchased; of course,

some of these are pretty.high-priced but

they are worth it. Men have put their

lives into developing a. fruit farm and

then cannot be expected to dispose of

these, which are bringing them in good

returns, for ordinary prices. Hence, if

one gets a fruit location very far south

in Michigan he must expect to'pay for

development, but farther north and per-

haps a little farther in the interior of

the state a very satisfactory location can

be secured at a reasonable price. They,

however. are not developed. Then, tOO.

one doesn’t have to confine himself to a

thin strip along Lake Michigan for fruit

locations. “’ithin the vicinity of Grand

Rapids which is 35 to 40 miles from the

lake shore are to be found some of the

most profitable fruit locations in the

entire state. We can go farther inland

even to the very center by being a little

bit particular in selecting a. location

where we have plenty of air drainage.



But Michigan is not alone noted for its

fruit. You can raise almost anything

successfully and profitably in Michigan.

Michigan produces more white beans

than any other state in the United

States.‘ Michigan is second in the pro-

duction of sugar beets; and you can

raise just as good and just as big corn,

wheat, oats, or barley, just as nice at-

faifa or clover, and in fact, you can

raise any of those crops which make for

profitable and successful agriculture.



Michigan lands nowhere sell for what

they are worth. In Illinois and Iowa the





   





NOV. 25, 1911.





land is selling at a. fictitious value com-

pared to Michigan land. Their lands

may be worth it—I presume they are-.—

but if they are, ichigan lands are worth

the same, and yet they sell in many in-

stamces for half the price of some de-

sirable locations in some other states.

It is hard to tell why this should'be, un-

less it is that Michigan farmers are so

well satisfied with their locations that

they are not trying to change... But cer-

tain it is, the real value of Michigan real

estate is not being realized if we are

warranted in making comparisons with

real estate in other states. To my mind

more is no better place in this or any

other country for a middle-aged man or

his sons to locate with the idea of mak-.

ing it a permanent home.

COLON C. LILLIE.





THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.





 





 





Vi‘hat does the progressive farmer need

to be? First of all, he needs to be a man

with an outlook. It is not enough for the

farmer to have the best technical skill,

to be able to take advantage of the in-

formation he can get with regard to the

actual production of his crops; he must

have besides, the power of thinking in a

more comprehensive manner of the prob-

lems of his industry. He must not only

know how to produce, but he must have

the judgment to produce what is most

profitable; he must be able to watch the

changing conditions that affect his busi-

ness, and to move with these changes.

it is prices. in the long run, which com-

pel the farmer to move in one line or

another. They sum up his situation;

they are the practical result which means

to him gain or loss. Of course, a man

has to consider what a crop gives in

other ways, such as food for himself and

his stock, as well as in the way of money

prices, and that is a truth which cannot

be too Often repeated, either. Slowly but

surely the changes in prices, however

they are caused, work out 'the changes

in employment of the land, and we must

study these mastering forces in order to

use them.



Let me dwell a little further on this

question of specializing on the high-class

product. Producing the finished article is

the business of the progressive nation.

It is quality that will pay, and for her it

is quality alone that will pay—the com-

petition with the dear article, not with

the cheap article, with the high quality,

not with the low price.



One of the features in the commercial

world—which has advanced so rapidly in

the past twenty years—is the use they

make throughout of accounts, of careful

statistical records, showing the cost of

each independent branch of the work.

They realize that some of the best busi-

ness time is in making careful records

of cost, and from time to time comparing

these, and contracting and developing

things on the basis of figure returns.



The progressive farmer must study and

work in this way. He must get all the

knowledge he can from the scientific ex-

port, and then he must become an ex-

perimenter and an investigator himself——

a collaborator, in fact, with the scientific

expert. But let me be clear. He must

first get all the knowledge he can from

the expert, for it would be folly for him

to begin experimenting with a view to

discovering what was already fully as-

certained. The farmer is a colleague of

the man of sciences. He is in actual

touch with broad, living scientific inter-

ests. To be progressive we must have

solidarity in our farming—a strongly

developed mutual interest—our agricul-

tural production and distribution as high-

ly organized as possible.



Farming is less of a selfish industry

than others, and the progressive farmer

must be essentially a socially minded

man. He must look to working with and,

where he can, helping his brother farm-

ers and his laborers, and co-operating

with all who are in any way connected

with land. Farming only succeeds in a

countryside when all the farmers are

moving together. Farm life has its own

natural healthy individualism, but it

needs to have called out the social in-

stincts of the true individual as well.



The progressive farmer is, first, a. man

who studies and analyses his own prob-

lems; second, he is a man who looks at

how others are facing their problems,

and studies their ways and methods:

third, he is a man who experiments, who.

after studying a question, steps out on

lines of his own; and, fourth, he is a

man who recognizes that he must work

with and help his neighbor in his busi-

ness if he is to succeed in his business

himself.





Canada. W. R. GILBERT.
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-NOV. 25, 1911.

PLANNING THE FARM WORK.





 





The planning and carrying out of the

farm work becomes more of a problem

as the magnitude of the work and the

amount of help increases. The general

plan may be much the same, whether

the work is done by one’s self or whether

there are a half dozen men to assist in

doing it, but the oversight of the carry-

ing out of the plans becomes more diffi-

cult. If the farmer is working alone it

is comparatively easy to carry out his

plans and do the work as he desires. One

assistant does not complicate the situa-

tion so much either, but when the num—

ber increases to several it is found that

someone must devote considerable time

to looking after the details—keeping the

tools in condition and in place, and see-

ing that tools and material are always in

readiness when it is desired to begin a

job. With so many using tools they do

not always get the best of care, and, of

course, they will wear out and need re-

pair. Someone must keep a general ov-

ersight of this. 0



Then the work must be laid out so

that there is always something appropri-

ate to the man and the weather on

hand. Those who have had considerable

help will know that some are much bet—

ter suited to certain kinds of work than

others; for example, some men are good

at hand work but not with a team; some

are good with a. hoe, while others would

not earn wages with one; some are good

huskers, others are not, etc. To get-the

most out of help one should strive to

keep them at work for which they are

adapted as much as possible.



,As the amount of help increases the

question of supervision also arises. The

farmer can supervise the work of one or

two men fairly well and put in consider-

able time in the field himself, but as the

number increases he will find that much

of his time is required in planning the

work, in keeping everything in readiness

to carry it out, and in attending to the

business end of the farm. He can not

do‘ this work to advantage. if he is phy-

sically exhausted most of the time from

routine work, and instead of trying to

do a man’s work in the field and look

after the planning, repairing, and busi-

ness end also, if he will let most of the

field work alone and attend to the super-

vision and business part, the work will

be likely to move better and with less

friction. '



Of course, this will necessitate that the

help be depended upon to use much of

their own judgment and to work without

the presence of the “boss,” but if a good

class of help is secured, and they are

used well, they will generally do fully as

well when left more to their own Judg—

ment in minor affairs and details than

if they are not required to rely upon

themselves for anything. If a man is

given his choice of methods for accomp-

lishing results, he will be likely to work

harder to attain them than if following

a. method laid out by another which he

is inclined to believe is not as good as

his own, and if he finds that his own

way is at fault through trial, he will be

likely to put in his best efforts to redeem

himself, and will be likely to adopt the

improved method next time. What I

wish to show is, that the intelligent la-

borer should not be considered a mere





   





- , THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





of help is more necessary for most farm

operations. Where ~specialties. such as

fruit, trucking, sugar beets, etc., are fol-

lowed on a'large scale, it may be prac-

tical to use some less intelligent labor

and to group them in gangs under a

competent foreman for such work as hoe-

ing, weeding, picking, and operations of

this kind. .



Finally, the point I wish to make clear

is that it will often pay; the farmer bet-

ter, especially if his operations have con-

siderable magnitude, to devote more of

his time to careful planning of the farm

work; thorough supervision, care and at-

tention to the tools and equipment; some

time and thought to the study of mar-

keting the produce and some to Judicious

buying; such attention to farm accounts

as will tell what crops or fields or kinds

of treatment yield a profit or a loss, and

a study of these accounts with a view to

improving the profit side of the ledger.

If the large farmer will devote a. consid-

erable portion of his time to this work,

and the small farmer will devote a part

of his best time and thought to it, both





chicken coop and the barn; think how

the chickens themselves would thank you

when they found a place where they

could get to the ground, and the chick-

a—dees and blue jays will come if you

scatter a. little chaff from the hay mow.

In half an hour you can make all these

paths about the home and one to the

mail box at the gate and, perhaps, even

to your next neighbor’s. If three or four

farmers would plan together they could

keep the road well broken to the school-

house and save the children from wet

feet and perhaps from sickness.



The plow in the picture is made of

2-inch plank, 13 inches wide and six feet

long, with a spread of five feet. As I

helped to build this one I will give a

few suggestions: Put an iron rod, as a

brace, back of the board brace for there

is a good deal of strain on the plow when

the drifts are packed in by a hard wind.

Use two-inch irons on the bottom to

take the wear. The seat, taken from an

old mower, is bolted to a board that fits

into cleats on the inside of the plow; the

seat can be lifted out When the snow is





 





 





The Completed Snowplow, Leancd against a Building to he Photographed.





will find farming more pleasant, and

probably more profitable.



Another feature which should be men-

tioned in this connection is the vacation

idea. I do not believe it pays any farm-

er to stay on his farm year in and year

out, never getting anywhere except to

town, or seeing how anyone except his

neighbors conduct their work. We are

all tied down rather closely, but we can

occasionally take time enough for a short

trip to visit friends or study some other

people's methods of conducting their

business. The farmer who does this will

find that some ideas will be gained, if

he is on the lookout for them, that will

be of more value to him than the time

lost. Besides, the change and relaxa-

tion from the daily routine of duties and

surroundings will do him good and he

will feel like resuming his tasks with

added interest and inspiration.



Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.

MAKE A SNOWPLOW THIS WINTER.



To the farmer or the farmer's son who

has not made himself a snowplow before

this, I say, get busy now. Build one for

yourself. There is almost certain to be

several months of snow this winter and





 





 





 





In Readiness to Clear All the Paths that Are Needed.

there surely will be snow next winter





machine, but should be given a chance

to use his brain as well as his hand.

Farming is somewhat different from

most other work in the matter of super-

vision. The help is generally scattered

so that a foreman can not coptrol and

supervise help, as in a shop or construc-





' tion gang. The problem is quite differ-





ent. For this reason an intelligent class





and all the Winters to come. Until you

have a snowplow you cannot understand

what a saving of hard, back-breaking

work it is. \Vhen the snow is light one

horse can do the work easily. Think

what it would mean to mother and the

girls if you made a good wide path all

about under the clothes lines, and to the





light, or used when you wish to ride to

weight the plow. When summer comes

put the snowplow under cover and it

will last twice as long.



When you have once used a snowplow

you will find you had as soon part with

your other plows as with this one; it will

only depend on the season which one you

will have in use.



Beside all the necessary paths about

the house and barn, you might follow the

example of the young man in the pic-

ture, who is making a path in the shelt-

er of the hedge so “Grandma” can have

a nice place to walk, or make the team

do a bit of good work by cleaning a path

down some near-by hill so the children

can have a good place to coast.



Montcalm Co. E. A. F.



POWER AND ITS USES ON THE



- FARM.





 





A great deal has been said and written

regarding the advantages of running a

gasoline engine as a source of farm pow-

er. This is a subject which may be

elaborated upon indefinitely. The gaso-

line engine is no longer an experiment,

it has become a necessity to the up-to-

date farmer who would use the cheapest

available power in the many tasks to

which it is adapted upon the farm.



But there is another side to the farm

power question quite as important as

that of power itself, and that is the ad-

dition of equipment for using that power

in every possible manner profitable. Pow-

er—driven machines are quite as essential

as the power to drive them in the ac-

complishment of many tasks at a mini-

mum of cost, whether it be a hay press,

a feed grinder, a corn husker or shred-

der, or such implements or tools of lesser

importance as a (‘orn-sheller, the grind-





stone, fanning-mill, buzz-saw, or even

the churn or washing-machine, all of

which can be readily equipped to be





run with a, gasoline engine and thus save

much valuable time and hard labor in the

accomplishment of routine tasks.



As a means of gaining information re-

garding many saving methods of this

kind which may be adopted it would be





I a. wise move, in addition to getting lit.-





erature regarding the numerous types of

gasoline engines, to get literature regard-

ing the power-driven machines and farm

equipment which are advertised in these

columns and which will prove profitable

in use upon many farms as a means of

utilizing the cheap power of the gasoline

engine in accomplishing what would oth-

erwise be laborious tasks.





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Culling Out the Unprofitabie Animals.





Any discussion of the special topic for

November, namely, “Preparations for

\Vinter,” would be incomplete if it did

not take into account the culling of the

flocks and herds maintained upon the

farm. Particularly is this true in a sea-

son like the present one, when both for-

age and grain are relatively scarce and

high in price. It is an easily demonstrat-

ed fact that many of the animals main-

tained upon the average farm under av-

erage conditions do not make a profitable

return to their owner after paying for

their keep. This is true with a great





deal larger percentage of farm animals

under such conditions as prevail this

year.





Hence, it would be a wise move on the

part of every owner of live stock to not

only take an inventory of the amount of

feed on hand and make careful calcula-

tion as to the quantity of live stock which

it may be made to carry through the

winter season. but also to make a careful

study of the animals in order to deter-

mine which ones of them will return a

profit for the feeds given them and which

ones will not. Those which will not had

better be sold at a low. or even a. sacri—

fice price, than to feed them expensive

feeds throughout the winter and pocket

a loss at the end of the season, even

though they might bring a little more

money at that time. Whether it be cat.-

tle, sheep, hogs, or even horses. this is a

very wise course for the farmer to take

at this season of the year, and it is a

matter upon which a good deal of thought

and study can be put to a very good ad-

Vantage indeed.



.\ little close figuring,

paper to insure accuracy,

of careful study of the capacity of the

individual animals will prove especially

profitable at this season of the year just

at the commencement of an unusually

long and expensive winter feeding period,

since a close culling of the flocks and

herds will be more than ordinarily profit-

able under the conditions which prevail

this year. Not only will present results

be more profitable from such a culling,

but the prospects of future profit will be

proportionately increased, since by eliin-

inating the weaker animals from the

breeding ilocks and herds, the average

quality of‘the future generations of live

stock upon the farm cannot but be ma-

terially bettered. This is a preparation

for winter which should not be long

neglected.





with pencil and

and a good deal





The Water Supply.



Not alone in the culling of the stock,

but as well in preparing their winter

quarters, can profitable preparations for

winter be conducted upon the average

farm. One. of the first essentials for the

well—being and comfort of live stock is

the water supply, which, upon the av-

erage farm is entirely inadequate to the

needs of the stock. In fact, the only

adequate and sufficient supply is an auto—

matic supply which will permit the stock

to help themselves at any time they may

feel inclined to drink. Nor need such an

equipment in the stable be expensive. it

can be cheaply installed with little ex-

pcrt labor and one season's use will more

than repay for its entire cost.



For many years, in his early agricu‘-

tural experience, the writer carried water

from a centrally located tank to small

lots of stock in different parts of the.

barn, with the result, which wiil usualy

be found in such cases, that the supply

was more or less intermittent. Later a

cheap system was installed which provid—

ed water in every stable and drinking

fountains in every alley in the sheep sta-

ble so that all of the stock maintained

was able to get water at any time from

an automatically regulated supply. This

work was very cheaply done and has

many times repaid the. cost in the better

results secured from the live stock. It

will be found the same upon any farm

and there is little excuse for getting

along with an insufficient water supply

upon any farm. This is a good season of

the year to install it and it may well be

considered one of the important details

of the preparation for winter, and there

are very many other little items of stable

and barn equipment which might be men-

tioned but only the most essential will be

touched upon in this article. One of

these is stable ventilation.



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new barn being erected without installing

this very efiicient ventilating system. in

fact, it can be installed in old barns very

cheaply and to good advantage, but

where this is not done some provision

should be made for light and ventilation,

since most of our older stables and barns

are altogether too dark and poorly ven-

tilated.



This may be accomplished by windows

which swing in at the top or out at the

bottom, in a fairly satisfactory manner,

and for sheep stables it is well to have

a large door located on a protected side

of the stable which may be kept open, a

light gate being inserted to turn the

sheep, as very good ventilation can be

secured in this manner, where no other

windows or doors are left open to permit

a draft through the building. In fact.

any method which will permit the taking

of sufficient fresh air into the stable

Without causing a noticeable draft, would

give a fairly adequate degree of ventila-

tion. Ventilation and sunlight are two

very important factors in animal comfort

and health.



There are. a good many minor points

in stable equipment which need attention

and which will be far more apt to re-

ceive attention at the hands of the av-

erage farmer than will these three which

have been specifically mentioned, viz., the

water supply, stable ventilation and the

presence of sufficient windows for the

admission of sunlight. But these three

things should not be neglected where the

most ‘pi‘ofitable results are desired for

maintaining the live stock during the

winter season.





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THE PERFECT HOG.





 





 





 





\\'ouid you please explain through the

columns of your paper what constitutes

an ideal type of 0. l. C. hog; also of the

Berkshire and Poland China breeds.



Clinton Co. A. H. B.



\\'e do not grow perfect hogs. Such

animals exist only in the imagination of

men The different breeding associations

adopt standards of excellence and the

publication of these standards wil". fur-

nish the best reply to the query of our

correspondent.



A standard of excellence, description

and scale of points, for judging swine

were first formulated in 1875, at Spring-

field, Ill., by the American Berkshire As-

sociation, for the Berkshire breed. and

they are as follows:



Points.

Color:—Black, but skin and hair oc-

casionally showing tinge of bronze

or copper color, with white on face.

feet, tip of tail and occasional splash





 





on arm .............................. 4

Face and Snoutzw’l‘he latter short,

broad and meaty, the former fine,

well dished and broad between the

eyes .................................. 9

FlyeszflYcry clear, rather large, dark

hazel or gray ....................... 2

Bars: Sometimes almost erect, .but

generally inclined forward, medium

size ................................ 4

Jowlz~Full and heavy, running well

back on neck ........................ 4

Neckz—r-Short and broad on top ........ 4

IIair:—Fine and soft, inclined to thick-

ness in male ......................... 3

Skim—Smooth and pliable ............ 4

Shoulder:—~Smooth and even on top and

in line with side, thick through the

chest ................................. 7

Backz—Broad, long and straight, or

slightly arched, ribs well sprung._....10

Sideszeep and well let down; straight

side and bottom line ................ G

FlankzfiVVell back and low down ‘on

leg, making nearly a straight line

with lower part of side .............. 5

Loin:——Full and Wide .................. 8





llamsz—Dcep and thick, extending well

up on back and holding thickness

well down to hock .................... 10



Tait—Ai‘Vell up on line with back, not





too fine, short or tapering ..........

Legs and Feetu—Short, straight and

strong, set wide apart. with hoofs

nearly erect and capable of holding

good weight ........................ . .

Size and Symmetryz—Size all that is

possible without loss of quality or

symmetry, with good length

Stylez!.\ttractive. spirited, indicative

of thorough breeding and constitu—

tional vigor .........................

Total ................................ 100

Following are the standard of excel-





lence, detailed description and scale of

points for Poiand-Chinas, adopted by the





National Association of Expert Judges:

Points.



adz—Even and smooth between and

Hfibove the eyes. Slightly dished, tap-

ering evenly and gradually to near

end of the nose. Broad lower jaw,

head inclined to shortness, but not

enough to give the appearance of

stubby nose. In male a masculine ex-

pression ..............................

Eyes:——Full,

resswe . .........

Eager—Attached to head by a short,

firm knuckle. giving free and easy

action. -Standing up slightly at the





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base to within two-thirds of the tip,

where a gentle break or drop would





occur; in size neither too“ large nor

5‘ too small, but even; fine, thin, leaf-

shaped. Slightly inclined outward.. 2





,Neckz—Short, wide, even, smoo't‘h,'well

arched. Rounding and full from poll

to shoulder, with due regard to the

characteristics of the sex ........... 2



Jowlz—Full, broad, deep, smooth and

firm, carrying fullness back near to

point of Shoulders and below line of

lower jaw, so that lower line will

be as low as breastbone when head

is carried up level .................... 2



Shoulders:-—-Broad, oval at top, showing

evenness with back and neck, good

width from top to bottom and even

smoothness extending well forward.. 6



Chest—Large, wide, deep and full; even

underline to shoulder and sides with

no creases: plenty of room for heart

and other organs: large girth. Bris-

ket, smooth, even and broad; wide

between legs and well forward, show-

ing in front ........................ 12



Back and Loinz—Broad. straight or

Slightly arched, carrying same width

from shoulder to ham, surface even,

smooth. free from lumps, creases or

projections: not too long but broad

on top, indicating well sprung ribs,

should not be higher at hip than at

shoulder and should fill out at junc-

tion with side so that a straight edge

placed along at top of side will touch

all the way from point of shoulder to





point of ham; should be shorter

than lower belly line ................ 14

Sides and Ribsz—Sides full, firm and

deep, free from wrinkles, carrying





size down to belly; even from ham to

shoulder: ribs of good length, well

sprung at top and bottom ............ 10

Belly and Flankz—Belly broad, straight

and full, indicating capacity and

room, being about the same or on a.

level at the flank with underline of

chest. Underline straight or nearly

so, and free from flabby appearance. 4

Hams and Rumpz—Hams broad, full,

deep and long from rump to hock.

Fully developed above and below;

wide at point of hip. carrying width

well down to the lower part of the

hams. Fleshy, plump, rounding full-

ness perceptible everywhere. Rump

rounding and gradually sloping from

loin to root of tail. Broad and well

developed all along from loin and

gradually rounding to the buttock;

lower front rart of ham should be

full, and stifle well covered with

flesh. Even width of ham and rump

with the back, loin and body. Great-





er width in females not objection-



able ................................. 10

Legs and Feet:———Legs medium length,



set well apart and squarely under





body, tapering, well muscled and wide

above the knees and hock: below

hock and knee round and tapering.

capable of sdstaining weight of ani-

mal in full flesh without breaking

down: bone firm and of fine texture;

pasterns short and nearly upright.

Feet firm, short, tough and free from

defects ............................... 10

Tally—Tail of medium length and size,

smooth and tapering well, and car-

ried in a curl

Coat:~Fine. straight, smooth, lying

close to and covering the body well,

and evenly distributed

Colon—Black, with six white points~—

tip of tail, four white feet and white

in face, on nose or point of lower

jaw: all to be perceptible without

close examination; splashes of white

on jaw, legs or flank, or a few spots

oil‘ white on the body not objection-

ZlJlt-

Sizezwlnrge for age. Condition, vigor

and vitality to be considered. There

should he a difference between breed-

ing animals and those kept or fitted

for show. of at least 25 per cent in

size. In show condition, or when fat,

a two-year-old boar should weigh not

less than 600 pounds, and a sow not

less than 500 pounds. Boars one

year and over, 400 pounds, sows 350

pounds. Roars 18 months, 500

pounds. sows 450 pounds. Bears and

sows six months old not less than

160 pounds. All hogs in just fair

breeding condition just owe-fourth

less for size. The keeping and chance

that a young hog has cuts quite a

figure in his size and should be con-

sidered, other points being equal.

Fine quality and size combined are

desirable

Action and style:~Action

easy and graceful.

high carriage; and in males testicles

should be prominent and of about

the same size, and not too large and





vigorous,

Style attractive,





pouchy ............................... 3

Condition:~Healthy; skin clear of



scurf scales and sores; soft and mel-



low to the touch; flesh fine, easily





laid on, and free from lumps and

wrinkles: hair soft and lying close to

.the body; good feeding qualities ..... 2

Disposition2—Lively, easily handled and

seemingly kind and responsive to

good treatment

Symmetry or adaption of pointsz—The

adaption of all the points, size and

style combined to make the desired

type or model





Total ................................ 100





A standard scale and description for

“O. I. C." swine, adorned by the Ohio

«.Improved Chester White Swine Breeders’

Association, reads:





‘ Points.

Colorz—VVhite. Black spots in hair

disqualify, but blue spots in hide





(freckles), while objectionable, do not

argue impurity

Head and Face—«Head short and wide:

cheeks neat (not too full); jaws

broad and strong; forehead medium,

high and wide. face short and

smooth; wide between the eyes which





 





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Brunch Barn—Clinton. Indiana
vNOV. 25, 1911.





should be prominent, clear and bright,

(and free from surrounding fat; nose

neat, tapering and' slightly dished... 5

Ears:——Medlum size, soft, not too thick,

not clumsy, pointing forward and

slightly outward, drooping gracefully

and fully under control of the animal 2

Brisket:—Fui1, well let down and Joined

well to jowl in line with belly ........

Jowlz—Smooth, neat, firm and full, car-

rying fullness well back to shoulders

and brisket when head is carried up

level ............................

Neck: ~Wide, deep, short and nicely

arched; neatly tapering from head to

shoulder ....................... ..

Shoulders. —Broad, deep and full, ex-

tending in line with side, and car-

rying size down to line of belly ..... 6

Chest and Heart Girth:~—Full around

the heart and back of the shoulders;

ribs extending well down; wide and

full back of fore legs ................ 10

Back: —-Broad, straight or slightly

arched and of uniform width; free

from lumps or rolls; same height

and width at shoulders as at ham... 7

Sidesz—Full, smooth and deep, carry-

ing size down to line of belly; even

with line of ham and shoulder ...... 5

Ribsz—«Long; we'll sprung at top and

bottom, giving animal a square form 7

Loinz—Broad and full ................. 7

Belly:—Same width as back; full and

straight; drooping as low at flank as

at bottom of chest; line of lower

edge running parallel with sides ..... 4

Flankz—Full and even with body ...... 2

Ham and Rumpr—Broad, full, long,

wide and deep, admitting of no

swells, buttocks full and neat; stifle

well covered with flesh, nicely taper-

ing toward the hock; rump slightly

rounding from loin to root of tail,

same width as back, making an even

line with sides ...................... 10

Tail:——Smali, smooth, nicely tapering;

root slightly covered with flesh, car-

ried in a curl ....... .

Legs:—Medium 'length." strong and

straight, set well apart and well un-

der body; bone of good size, firm and

well muscled; wide above knee and

hock, round and tapering below knee

and hock, enabling the animal to car-





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ry its weight with ease; pasterns

short and nearly upright ............. 5

Feet:—Short, firm and tough, animal

standing well on toes ................. 8

Coatt—Fine; either straight or wavy,

with preference for straight; evenly





distributed and covering the body

well; nicely clipped coat no objection 3

Actionz—Easy and graceful; high car-

riage; active; gentle and easily hand-

led. In males testicles should be read-

ily seen and of same size and car—

riage ................................. 3

Symmetryz—A fit proportion of the sev-

eral parts of the body to each other,

forming a. harmonious combination.. 4





 





Total ................................ 100





UNWISE ECONOMY IN HANDLING

LIVE STOCK.





 





 





For several days the ground has been

white with snow yet one sees cattle out

in the pastures, picking for the grass

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THE MICHIGAN 1FARMER. ' (5) .457





NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MEETINGS

TO BEJ-IELD DURING THE

INTERNATIONAL.



Monday, December 4.

Percheron Society of American, Expo-

sition Hall, 7:30 p. in. American Tam-

worth Swine Record Assn, Red Cross



Hall, 8: 00 p. in.

Tuesday, December- 5.

International Live Stock Exposition

Assn., Assembly Hall, 7:30 p. m.; Ameri-

can Milch Goat Record Assn., Red Cross

Hall, 2:00 p. m.; American Shire Horse

Assn., Exposition Hall, 7:00 p. m. 0.





. 3 I. C. Swine Breeders’ Assn., La Salle





Hotel, 7:00 p. m.; American Shropshire

Assn., Wool Growers’ Hall, 7:30 p. m.;

Hampshire Swine Record Assn., Associa-

tion Halls 8:00 p. m.; American Oxford-

Down Record Assn. , Registry Office, 8:00

m.; American Rambouillet Sheep

Breeders’ Assn. , Red Cross Hall, 8:00 p.

In. American Berkshire Assn., Assembly

Hall, 8:15 p. m.

Wednesdayl December 6.



American Poland China Record Assn.,

Exposition Hall, 10:00 a. m.; Continental

Dorset Club, Wool Office, 2:00 p. m.; Red

Polled Cattle Club of America, Red Cross

Hall, 2:00 p. m.; American Duroc-Jersey

Swine Breeders’ Assn., Kaiserhof Hotel,

7:00 p. m.; American Assn. of Imp. & Br.

of Belgian Draft Horses, Exposition Hall,

7:30 p. m.; American Aberdeen-Angus

Breeders’ Assn., Grand Pacific Hotel,

8:00 p. m.; American Hampshire Sheep

Assn., Wool Growers’ Hall, 8:00 p. m.;

American Shorthorn Assn., Grand Pacific

Hotel, 8:00 p. m.; National Lincoln Sheep

Breeders’ Assn., Red Cross Hall, 8:00

p. m. -



Thursday, December 7.



American Galloway Breeders’ Assn.,

Galloway Office, 7:30 p. m.; American

Southdown Breeders’ Assn., Wool Grow-

ers’ ‘Hall, 8:00 p. m.; Polled Durham

Breeders’ Assn., Grand Pacific Hotel,

8:00 p. m.; National Assn. of Stallion

Registry Boards, Red Cross Hall,v8:00

p. m.





THE JUDGING PROGRAM.

College Department.



Saturday, Dec. 2,—Students’ judging

contest; judging horses, cattle, sheep and

swine.



Cattle Denarfment,



Monday, Dec. 4.—Pure—bred and grade

Bullocks; college and experiment station

stock; Clay-Robinson specials.



Tuesday, Dec. —Aberdeen-Angus

breeding classes; Red Polled breeding

classes; carloads fat cattle; “Short—Fed

Special" carloads.



\Vednesday, Dec. 6.—Shorthorn breed—

ing classes; Aberdeen-Angus breeding

classes, concluded; Hereford breeding

classes.



Thursday, Dec. 7.—-—Hereford breeding

classes; Shorthorn breeding classes, con-

cluded; Galloway b1eeding classes.



Friday, Dec. 8.—Polled Durham breed-

ing classes; Galloway breeding classes,

concluded.



Sheep Department.



Monday, Dec. 4—Pure- bred, grade and

cross- bred wethers; college and experi—

ment station stock; Clay- Robinson spe-

cials.



Tuesday, Dec. 5.—Shropshire breeding

classes, Dorset breeding classes; carioads

native and range sheep.





‘Vednesday, Dec. 6. —- Rambouillet





 





 





A Protected Yard Increases the Comfort of Stock and Saves on the Feed BIII.





ied in snow, so that they must get con-

siderable snow along with the frozen

grass. To say nothing of the damage to

pastures and meadows from the tramp—

ing and feeding of animals at this sea—

son—a time when the grass roots need

all the protection they can getvdoes

the stock get enough nourishment from

what they pick up to offset the feed saved

at the barn? I do not think so. Such

stock, to my mind, would be much bet-

ter off in a stable or shed, or a protected

yard. Animals that have spent the day

in ranging the fields, eating frozen feed

and becoming chilled by cold windS, will

need as much or more feed at night, if

they are to be kept in good flesh, than

they would if kept out of the wind dur-

ing the day. The more comfortable ani-

mals are kept during cold weather, the

less food will they consume and the

more profit will they bring to the owner.

Do not try to save feed at the beginning

of. winter by allowing stock to range the

fields. It doesn’t pay.





Eaton Co. APOLLOS LONG.





breeding classes;

classes.



Thursday, Dec. 7.—Oxford- Down breed-

ing classes; Cotswold breeding classes;

Lincoln breeding classes.



Friday, Dec. 8———Southdown breeding

classes; Cheviot breeding classes, Leices-

ter breeding classes.





Swine Department.



Monday, Dec. 4.——Barrows, all classes:

college. and experiment station stock;

Clay— Robinson specials.



Tuesday, Dec 5.—Berkshire breeding

classes; Tamworth breeding classes.



Wednesday, Dec. 6—Poland- China.

breeding classes; Hampshire breeding

classes.



Thursday, Dec. 7.——Duroc- -Jersey breed-

ing classes; Yorkshire breeding classes.



Friday, Dec. 8.—Chester- White breed-

ing classes.



Horse Department.



Monday, Dec. 4.——Belgians; draft geld-

ings to halter—singles.



Tuesday, Dec. 5.;——Percherons draft

geldings in harness—pairs.



Wednesday, Dec. 6.—Clydesdales; draft

geldings in harness—threes.



Thursday, Dec. 7.-—Shires; draft geld-

ings in harness—fours.



Friday, Dec. 8.—Sui'folks; Hackneys;

French coach horses.





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Stocking—I have a mare that stocks

in both hind legs when allowed to stand

in barn in open stall over night. This

mare also has heaves. °\\'ould bandaging

her legs help her and, if so, how tight

should bandages be applied? H. B. S.,

Lakeview, Mich—Stocking is not a dis-

ease but a result of other ailments, or a

torpid condition of absorbent system. It

may be result of weakness. Give a table-

spoonful of the following compound pow-

der at a dose in feed three times a day:

Powdered sulphate iron, ground gention,

ginger and nux vomica, equal parts by

weight, and mix thoroughly. Bandages

applied not too tight and not left on too

long are helpful in these kind of cases.





A horse that has heaves should be fed

n0 clover or musty, dusty, badly cured

fodder of any kind and not allowed to

eat too much bulky food.



Looseness of liowels.—I have a three-

months—Old suckling colt that commenced

to scour three days after it came in from

pasture. Have been feeding mare good

.dry hay, cornstaiks, timothy, with equal

parts by measure of corn and oats. The

second time his bowels became so loose

I changed his mother‘s roughage to tim—

othy hay; colt also has good timothy hay

and crushed oats. Colt does not appear

to be sick. G. W. G., Rapid City, Mich.—

Give colt 20 grs. sub—nitrate of bismuth

at a dose four times a day. I also sug-

gest that you change colt‘s feed and

perhaps its water supply.



Not Tuberculosis—The cream from milk

of one of my cows seems to be tough

and stringy-like; for this reason I sus—

pect this 0 w might have. tuberculosis.

She seems perfectly healthy, has good

appetite and is lively. S. S., Lakeview.

Mich.—Your cow shows no symptoms of

tuberculosis, but if you will salt her well,

change her feed and possibly your man-

ner of keeping the cream for milk, ev-

erything will be all right.



Light Milker—Bitter Milk—I would

like to know what can be done for a

four-year-old cow that is only giving one

quart of milk at a mess. She seems to

be healthy. is in fair condition, is fed

good hay and corn fodder, besides fed

4 (its. middling a day. She was dehorned

about six weeks ago, caught cold, but is

now all right. She will be fresh in April,

and I might add that her 'milk occasion-

ally tastes bitter. B. E. T., Petoskey.

Mlch.———A great many cows that are preg-

nant seem to fall off in their milk supply

four months before coming fresh. Is your

cow not natraully a light milker? She is

perhaps an unprofitable dairy cow.



Chronic Gai‘getrul have a valuable

Jersey cow that Very often gives thick,

ropy milk. First one quarter will be af-

fected, then another, bag swells, is fev-

erish, swelling soon goes down to appear

shortly in another portion of bag. She

will give thick milk from one teat for

two or three milkings and milk supply

from this quarter decreases. She came

fresh some six weeks ago, is in good con-

dition and seems in perfect health. She

gave thick milk at different times last

year. I would like to have your opinion

regarding this cow. S. H., Ludington,

Mich.~~Your cow suffers from an infect-

ed udder, her ailment being of a chronic

character makes the case a very difficult

one to cure. Milk such as she gives is

unwholesome and unfit for human food;

besides, she is unprofitable for dairy pur-

poses. To effect a cure her udder should

be irrigated with antiseptic solutions and

in order to do this you would require a

return flow syringe: furthermore, she

should be given medicine for several

weeks. All things considered, she had

better be dried and failed.



Scurvy.~—Young sow is troubled with

scurvy. \‘Vould like to know what to do

for her. She is fed cooked potatoes,

pumpkins and turnips, besides giving her

milk. L. F., La Salle, Mich.—GiVe her

two-thirds of a teaspoonful of cooking

soda at a dose in feed two or three times

a day. Apply 1 part sub-nitrate of bis—

muth and 10 parts vaseline to scurvy

parts twice a week.



\Veak Orphan Colt—About September

1 my mare gave birth to a colt which

she refused to own. I have fed this colt

cow’s milk with a little sugar added.

besides. she has had clover hay and oat-

mcai before her all the time. Some time

ago she began to show weakness in both

hind fetlocks. so much so that joints

touched ground and her fore legs are

showing same symptoms. I would like

to know what can be done for her. '1‘.

ii. S., Freeland.‘Mich.—-You seem to have

managed the feeding of your colt fairly

well. It is no easy task to raise an or-

phan colt and have them keep strong and

mature evenly. I haw; raised orphan

colts on cows’ milk but have always

added not less than one-quarter water

and some sugar, feeding it to them at

blood temperature: and I have also

thought by thoroughly cooking the meal

they thrive better than if fed to them

raw: especially the first two or three

months. Good care and plenty of milk

and meal will do more to strengthen your

colt. than drugs.



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I‘WOR SALE—Just. what your boy wants for Christmas.

2 Shetland pony horse colts. 1 black «1: white and 1

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Jersey Bull Bali





_ Dropped a... 5.1910.

Sire, Marston’s Interested Prince





Has three daughters in Register of Merit with

yearly records.





He is a son of Imported Intereswd Prince. 18

daughters in Register of Merit.





Dam Is No. 773 Register of Merit 11, 115

lbs. Milk, 511 lbs. Butter Fat. equal

to 602 lbs. Butter in one year. 56 lbs.

milk in one day.





Winner in Show Ring. also Competitive Dairy

Test, Michigan State Fair. For price address





T. F. MARSTON,

Box L, Bay City. Michigan.





 





born Feb. '11;



For Sale, Jersey Bull Cal . a... a... a...



of Merit cow. Grandsire Register of erit bull.



WATERMAN a WATERMAN Ann Arbor. Mich.

(Successors to Murray-Waterman Co.)





LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS.





‘ Cows all in yearly test. Four Bulls old encifh for

service. Several s lendid Bull Calves. ' few

Heifers and Heifer alves. I guarantee satisfaction

or money refunded.



COLON C. LILLIE. Cooper-ville. Michigan.





from 2 to 12 months. grand sons of

“OISECEII Buns Hengerveld De Kol. King 86$:

Ki Veeman De K0]. 'and King of the Hengervel

sllnl'rom grand old dams. Prices v23 low, ;breeding

considered. Long Beach Holstein r: , Augusta, Mich.





 





 





 





FOR SALE—3 yearli Bolstein-Friesian bulls. also

bred heifers '8150 to each. Ball on ves to 8G}.

33 years a breeder. Photos and pedigeee on appli.

cation. W. C. Jackson. South Bend. d.. 719 Rex St-





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CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM

Silver Creek. Allezan County. Mo an.





D8 in, Bred Shorthom—a few bred heifers for

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ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd, consisting of Trojan Ericas Blackbirds and

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

by Black Woodlawn. sire of t. 0 Grand Chain ion steer

and bull at. the International in Chicago. 00.. 10.

He is assisted by Undulata Blackbird Ito.



WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





JERSEY BULLS FOR SALE -





Sired by Temisia's Interested Prince 71648, whose dam

made 733 lbs. butter in one year. authenticated test.

oice individuals. Prices Reasonable.





BROOKWATER FARMJIR ARBOR, MICE, R. F. ll. 1.





 





F. choice ABERDEEN-ANGUS 2-year

J old bulls for sale at from $75 to {123.

The CLOVER BLOSSOM FARM, Port Austin, Mich.





AYRSHIRES'O“ .. hm... d...



breeds: youn bulls

and bull valves for sale. Berkshire swine. Pou try. All

pure bred. Michigan School for Deaf. Flint. Mich.





GUERNSEYS—Imported cow. 5 heifer 1 bull calves.

of extra breeding for sale. Come

and see them. WILL W. FISHER, Watervliet. Mich.





——4 years, 9 month and 4 months.

3609"“!!! Buns Best breeding. sPriced low for

quick sale. Thompson &:Barnett. Sand Lake, Mich.





—Two youn polled Durham Bulls and five

For sale Durham Ileifers and Cows. $50leach

if taken quick. J. E. CLARK. Milford. Mich.





‘jTop-liolch” Holsioins





fine young bull from an Advanced Emmy dam.

Pietertje Korndyke De Kol'Prince No. 2. Born

Oct. 11. 1910, Sire Willowbridge Boo. Dam, Marion

Pride Pietertje De Re]. Who has an official, record at

2 years as follows;—-Milk 1 day. 53.4 lbs.: Milk 7 days

352. lbi-i.: Butter 7 days 13.73 lbs. She gave 5065 lbs. 0

milk in 153 days at. 2 years old. at which time she was

sold to a Wisconsin breeder for a high rice. Her

dam has an official record of milk 1 day. lbs: milk

7 days. 6003 lbs.: butter Idays. 21.21 lbs. and gave 14992

lbs. milk in 352 days- His sire is a grandson of

Beauty Pietertje who has an official record of 30.51 lbs.

butter in7days and was the first 30-lb cow of the

breed to produce a 30-ib. dau hter. and traced to Belle

Korndyke who is the dam 0 Pontiac Korndyke. He

comes of large producers on both sides. is a fine

individual. of good size. very light colored. Price SEX).





McPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mlchlgan.





MAPLE AVENUE STDBK FARM





Nov. Bull Special





will tell all about 20 Bull- that in for sale.

DON’T buy a bull until you have read the Nov-

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HOLSTEIN BULLS





FOR SALE





Registered bulls from four to ten months old for

sale that are closely related to Hengerveld

De K01, De Kols 2nd Butter Boy 3rd. and Colan-

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

and mostly in the A. R. O. Prxces reasonable.

Send for list. Bi‘eiow‘l Holstein hm. Bmdsviileflieh.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Purebred Registered

H OLSTE IN CATTLE





The Greatest Dairy Breed

Semi for FREE Illustrated Bookleb.

Holstein-Friction. Auo.. Box I64. Brattleboro.Vt.





Thirteen lligli Grade Holstein Cows.





They are young and right in every way and heavy

milkers. _They tested 4% for October. Three are

fresh, the others bred to registered bull and due

soon Price canon. C. O. COREY, New Haven, Mich;





H OLSTEI N BU LL 35%" Simdpiiim





Butter Dov—66 daughters in Advanced Registry—out

of sister to World's Chem ion bull Sarcastic Lad.

She has official record of )4 lbs. butter in 7 days, and

sire's darn a record of over 25 lbs. A bargain at 850.

C. D. WOODBUBY. Lansing. Michigan.





 





 





 





' ' ' ——S l 1 Prices on oung

Holslem-Fnesmn Callie .52 1b.... .9... by. ..,..

vice. W. B. JONES. Oak Grove. Mich.



——Th hbred Holstein. best

Bu" ca" '0'. sale breerdi‘iig . four months old.

Handsomest in State. Seven-eig the white. abeauty.

only $50. ROUGEMONT FABIS. Detroit. Mich.





FOR SALE—335'. illififii’f’r‘m‘fi’i'fifi

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





ISTEBID JERSEYS For Sale—Sonic oombin.

EGn the blood of Stnfiouis and Chicago World's





 





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rm oriampion. um AN mus. noose. Mich.





- bulls for sale.





Red Polled Bull Calves





6m? months old. 340 to $50. Cows 850 to 875. Also'

Percheron Stallion 3 vears old, line style, a big

bargain at. 3250. E. BRACKETT a: SON. Allegan, Mich





—2

FOR SALE ndfii’éfn‘fi‘cfinslég'Efi’s





if taken now. J. M. CHASE & SO S, Ionia. Mich.





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Oakdale Stock Farm .Ei.%'is’i.%2$.°‘l“}§w§l.i°§g

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Choice. young, large. heavy fleeced '

20 One-third off to quick buyer. “Bill". Rams

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Foundatlon Flock foundation ock of

Hampshire Down Sheep—best general purpose sheep

on earth. Four registered ewes and ram for 550. Also

few young rams at $10 to $15 each.



C. D. WOODBURY, Lansing. Michigan.





 





' -Yesrling and ram lambs from Chem i

[Sweden flock of Thumb of Mich. Also select 833:1:

shire swine. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont. Mich.





—Good Yearlin Field

Olford Down Slice Rams and ewes Of all ages

for sale. I. R. WATERS RY. Highland, Michigan.





OXFORD RAMS and EWES ifilfésngilfié’fiii‘.’





Write B. F. Miller or G. L. Spillane. Flint. Mich.





 





OXFORD DOWN RAMS FOR. SALE—"filings

and lambs. Will sell a few aged ewes at at.-

tractive lprices. S. E. GILLETT. Revenue. Ohio.





on 25 RAMFOUILLET B i

SDCCEII Prices Ewes. 13 Ewe Lambs. 1:169:63-

gistered. IRA B. BALDWIN. Hastings. Mich.

Ramboulllei Rams’g‘m‘; fifi“.32.‘:§3’€5'$

lambs. A. E. GREEN. Orchard Lake, Mich. Bell phone.





a - —-

bFaxes. . fiamlboulllets 3352 03.2

o sexes. " i . F —

Morrice. on G. Tf‘fi‘?“fi.‘.’.‘f. Mien it“? Q. {$351115





Oak Hill Stock Farm





VON MOMEYER RAHBOUILLET RAMS

at farmers e(prices for the next. 90 days. Large, lain.

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AELE'IBngE SHROPSdHIRBiS—For sale the imp.

. in. e anager. an ear

sired by this noted ram. H. Slowing? flgzio'ifdnfizfii





For Sale‘fifiéfié” Shropshire leading Ewes

cheap. JONES & MORRISH. Flushing. Michigan.





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for as e. L. s. DUNHAM a bONS.egg:10:I;g. isii'c'iil.i





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8 ng rams. an I‘ - ..

avisou and sired bg‘lBriEASEIEASmazhCK ram. bred by





E E. LELAND .iz SON. Route No. 9. Ann Arbor, Mich.





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Shropshire Bargains:

EWES and RAMS—Forty big. strong well covered

yearling rains from imam-ted sires. Satisfaction guar-

anteed. J. E. OTTA 'AY & 00.. Flushing, Mich.





Shropshire Rams for Sale.





AN BOOHER. R. No. 1. Marion. Mich.





HROPSHIRE yearling Rams d

SBoars & Sows. One yearlin Baolitr. OSliroghisrglgiig

lambs later. E. E. BEACHd ON. Brighton. Mich.





' at farmers’ rices. H d

Shropshire: yearlings an ram lamgzealiso :‘igvgn‘éilg

b ins ewes. HARRY POTTER. Davison. Mich.





Foiled Delaino Rams for Sale.





‘NOV. 25. 1911.. .





 





. , fleas.

BerkshireS'ionfilefifi.bmrfif‘wngibwumwd’





s lendid individuals with fancy heads. at resonabe

p‘i-ices. C. C. COREY. New Haven. Michigan.





08 SALE. BERKSHIRE—2 hours a 8 glitffarscwed in June



also a choice lot of Aug. and Sept. pin. sired by Handsome

Prince 8d a Marion King. A. A. PATTULLO. Deckervillo. Mich. .

—Buy a service Boar now. i

BOPKShireS cheap. Other stock also 5

for sale. 0. S. BARTLETT. Pontiac, Mich. f

"IRE 0 l C’s—Bred from prize-winners and l

o - strains, the nick growthyand l

larfie type. Both sexes not. akin. t is spring farrow. ‘

Ca or write. F. A. C. Schweiterman. Montesuma.0. '





—M herd is chiefl

OI II c- SWINE dezoent of the Roy

strain both males and females. Write for Live and

LetLive price on.$?im and tries. not skin.

A. J. GOBDO . B. No. 2. Dorr. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





0 I G's—either sex. March furrow—the large;

- . growth)! kind. Right. type at. farmers

prices. A. EWMAN. B. No. 1. Mar ette, Michigan.





SWINE—Males wei hi fro 175 to

0- l- 0- lbs. each. Also a vgryncfiioioemlot of £2

GEO. P. ANDREWS. Dansville. Ingham 00., ch.





9 —Best quniit . la wth

9:." £3. Eighty". i‘ihi". '3? ii? iii

a n. B 0 0 09 o 0

ages. orro s. s Linn. Nashville. Michlig‘asn.





0 I c Roars ieady for service. Best uality.

on. emissions. can? not:





I. C.'s—Boare all sold. Choice youn sows weigh-

0 ing 18) alsoGOAu .dScpt. i ei ersex. i

' d Nickel: M'onroe, Michffiff





OUR Imp. Chester Whites and Tamworth swine won

246 1st at Fairs in 1911. Service boars. also sows b



for spring furrow of either breed that will please no

in quality and price, Adams Bros.. Litchfleld, M Oh.





—You breeders ofMarch,A i

lmproVUd all'd.“ audngiay farrow. either 20er

A few tried sows for sale when bred. Also Holstein

cattle W. 0. WILSON, Okemos. Mich. Both phones.





D U ROG J E RSEYS‘fiiEh'fi“ "2%?





out. CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Mich.





DURocs—A few boars and gilts at prices to move

them if sold soon. Satisfaction aran.

teed. F. B. COOK. Paris. Mecosta 00., ich.





UROC-JERSEY BOARS of the large. heav boned

WW and cod in uality. also gilts and all pigs

for sale. M. . BRA . Okemos. (Ingham Co.) Mich.





‘ ready for servic . S i l

30 High 6188: Boats prices for 30 day’s. lenta

of growth, style and finish. Satisfaction guaranteed):





Come or write. J. C. BARNEY= Goldwater. Mich

FOR SALE—DUBOC-JERSEY bred sows.



pigs and Shepherd Pups. Ex-

press prepaid. J. H. B NGHART. Lansing, Mich.





UROC-JERSEYS—Zb fine spring gilts. popular blood lines. ‘

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

furrow soon. JOHN McNICOL. R. No. I, North Star, Mich.





BIG POLAND GHINASJ





We have several spring boars that. are ready for ser- V

vice now from our tw_o

Large Bears Big Tom and Big Wonder.





The dams ofthese boars we are offering were from

Happy Wilkes, a lOOO-Ib hog and

Jim Perfection an BOO-lb. hog.





We also have several females. Write us your wants;

we will sell them at. farmers prices.

ALLEN BROS.. Pgw Paw. Mich.





LARGE TYPE P C -—Largest in Michigan. Pigs

. . o” 0 from mammoth sires and

sows. Weigh 160 to 145 lbs. at 4 months. My motto-

“Not how cheap but. how good.” Wi



penses of those who come an do not find what. I

advertise. W. E. LIVINGSTON. Parma. Mich.





BUTLER’S BIG TYPE POLARll-(llllllAS'fiifli’ii.""“ing





big fall boars at 825; 100 s ring pigs :10 130815: 50 fal pigs

35 each: 50 registered S rop bucks at $10 to 815: 6 .

Jersey bulls at $15 to 825; 50 re$ Shrop ewes at new.

are the farmer's friend. J. 0. utler. Portland. Mich.





POLAND CHINA SPRING PIGS from in styled

stock. Also dairy bred Shorthorns. boa? sexes.

all ages. prices low. ROBERT NINE. Pierson. Mich.





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Poland china: mediumstyle. at [Pig 1'. ringsrggitzhgr

sex. E. D. BISHOP. Route 38. Lake Odessa, Mich.





—-Thorou hbred Poland Chin Swine.

For sale Prize wilnners at State andaCounty

Fairs. W. F. QUIBK. BigIRnplds. Michigan.





OLAND CHINAS;—flome of Michigan's Grand Champion

Boar; lsrze. growth: spring boars and gilt-by this great

sire; they’re priced right. E. J. lATHEWSON. Nottews, Iich.





—Extr cod s ri In!

Poland Chlnas fell l’p gs eii‘ihei'w saex,

L. W. BARNES d SON. Byron, Shiawassee 00.. Mich,

FOR SALE—Poland China boars and sows, Holstein





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I’. C. Boars and Fall Pi s ‘i‘ifisf‘él‘ifyfiiz





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THE INDIAN RUNNER DUCK.





Until within a few years hardly anyone

thought of the duck as other than a meat

and feather producer. The large white

Pekins were the most sought, and no ac-

count was made of duck eggs other than

for hatching. Within a comparatively

short time there has come to the notice

of poultrymen a duck which is chiefly

useful for egg production. This breed is

known as the Indian Runner. It derives

the first part of its name from India, its

native home, and Runner from the fowl’s

erect carriage and tendency to run up-

right, in which respect it differs from any

other duck. The fowls are of small 'size,

the drakes weighing from 41/2 to 5 lbs.,

and the ducks about 4 lbs. In color they

are fawn and white, and the fanciers de-

sire the fawn to be a clear even color

without penciling. Recently pure white

ones have been advertised, but the beau-

tiful marking of the fawn and white is

much more pleasing. The legs and feet

are bright yellow and the bill dark green.

The body is long and slender. They grow

very quickly, being full grown at the age

of ten weeks if properly fed.



In their native land they were bred

for eggs, and wonderful stories are told

of their performances in this direction.

It is only about a dozen years since they

were first brought to this country, but

they have steadily gained in favor since

their introduction. Thus far breeders





’ have had a market for most of their egg:3





for hatching purposes, but enough have

been put upon the market to demonstrate

their desirability as a food product. The

eggs are white, or a very light green,

and half as large again as hen’s eggs.

They are tender and of good ,flavor, and

dealers who have made a specialty of

them have been able to pay their ship-

pers nearly or quite double the price of

hen’s eggs for them. They are in de-

mand at Easter. But few dealers have

been able to handle them, as the breed is

not known and kept extensively enough

to supply a general market. In small

flocks of from ten to twenty the egg rec-

ord per fowl has run as high as 250 eggs

a year. In larger flocks they average 175

to 200 eggs a year. Some breeders state

that they continue good egg producers

until five years of age, but three years is

an absolute certainty.



Being of the same general family as

the wild Mallard duck, they are very

hardy, and generally easy and satisfac-

tory to raise. It is not necessary that





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





in their favor—the lessened expense for

houses and yards, the greater ease with





4

4 'Which they are reared, the great fertility





of their eggs, the small mortality among

the young, and their great laying quali-

ties-—the Indian Runner seems a very

desirable fowl to raise. This is only my

second year with them and my flock is

small, but I am exceedingly well pleased

with them and shall increase my flock

largely this season. I have raised chick-

ens in large numbers for many years, and

there has always been a constant warfare

between me and the various enemies that

dispute the possession of them. When it

is not hawks, cats, skunks, or owls, it is

vermin or disease that I have to guard

against. One has to be constantly on the

alert. I have taken more solid comfort

in raising ducklings than any other fowl.

The cat loves them and needs to be look-

ed out for while they are small, but so

far disease has been almost entirely un-

known among them. I confidently expect

to raise about every one that I hatch, and

nearly every egg that I set hatches.

Vermont. H. L. HUNT.





 





 





THE TIME TO READ AND PLAN.





 





The evenings are beginning to get

pretty long. Why not plan to utilize

some of them in laying in a stock of

poultry ideas? You may be a very good

poultryman and yet be able to absorb

some very useful knowledge from the ex—

perience of other poultrymen. We are

quite prone to lean back on the comfort—

able assumption that “our” way is the

best. IVhat is our way? It is our appli-

cation of the experience of others that

has been nearest to hand on the start.



Now, I care not how good a poultryman

you may be, somebody can teach you

something; a number of somebodies can

teach you a number of somethings, and

if you are a progressive poultryman you

can turn these somethings to good ac-

count in your business. The poultry busi-

ness is just what you make it yourself—

just as large, just as successful. Nor do

I dignity by the term “poultry business”

the keeping of a few old hens, scratching

for their dear old lives, behind the barn.





The farm is the ideal place to raise





poultry, but just about one farmer in a

hundred gets even a reasonable return

Lack of time is





from this advantage.

the-usual plea for this condition. Let a

few acres of ground lie fallow, if neces-

sary, and devote just a few minutes of

each day to the poultry and watch the

results. I will promise you fewer run-

down acres and more dollars “year in

and year out.” The dollar that is made

by the hard labor of general farming is





 





they have water to swim

in, and "they can be

raised in yards enclos—

ed by a two-foot fence.

As ducks eat and then

drink a few mouthfuls,

water deep enough to

cover their beaks should

be kept within their

reach. They do not re-

,quire warm quarters in

winter; a house in

which hens would do

nothing but shiver is

warm enough for them.



If hatched early and

well fed these ducks

have been known to lay

at 41/? months old, and

five months is the gen—

erally accepted age at

Which they begin lay—

ing. They will lay, ex-

cept when moulting,

from this time on.

Ducks grow better and

lay better, when grown,





 





 





 





 





if a considerable portion

of their food is of a

vegetable nature. This

is more especially true

of those confined in yards. Those on

range gather their own green food in

summer and only require grains, such as

corn or wheat, in limited quantities. A

meat ration is fully as beneficial to ducks

as to chickens. Ducks in yards, if fed

wholly on grain products, are liable to

over-eat and die from appoplexy. A mash

composed of half clover or vegetables is

much more like their natural diet, and

much more healthful. They require all

they will eat in order to produce the

maximum number of eggs, but it needs

to be a. balanced ration. Watch a. duck

as he forages for himself. He gets in a

mud hole or stream and works along the

bank, finding some worms, some grass,

some seeds. and he rinses down every

mouthful with water. "



Taking into consideration all the points





First Prize Indian Runner Drake at Last State Fair.

Exhibited by L. C. Kelly, of Washtenaw County.





in no way superior in purchasing power

to the one obtained. by the intelligent

application of an idea. So, I say, sit

down occasionally and use that brain of

yours in sifting out the applicable ideas

of other men’s brains and putting them

to work for you. It is an accepted axiom

that no man ever acquired great sub-

stance by his own individual physical

efforts; that to be successful above oth-

ers you must profit by the labor of oth-

ers. To this you can consistently add

the putting to work of as many other

fellows' ideas as will pay a profit.



I have never read a good poultry peri-

odical, or a live poultry department of a

farm paper, without having found some-

thing good, something which, if not new

in the literal sense, was new to me. And

not all these ideas emanate from the ter-





1:





tile brains of professional‘ institute talk-

ers; there are a whole lot of them germi-

nated in the idea factory of the obscure

poultryman, some of them never working

except locally (I mean the ideas).



Now don’t get ideas and “fads" c011-

fused. By an idea the greatest result is

brought about with the least expendi-

ture of energy and by a person who

needs the money. A fad brings about a

result by a means entirely unheard of

hitherto, the total amount of energy

expended being only incidentally consid-

ered, as the faddist is usually in it for

the entertainment furnished.



Right here let me say, in favor of the

poultry department of the farm journals

over the strictly poultry journals, that

the editors of the former grow but mildly

enthusiastic over fads, judging by the

great predominance of the purely prac-

tical ideas advanced. To farmer poultry-

men having more or less scorn for their

business conducted on paper, I want to

say that it is a great big mistake and

they are letting a lot of good things get

by them. I don’t mean that you should

adopt every other man’s ideas but, where

you run up against a plan superior to

your own, just don’t be obstinate.



Isabella Co. WM. J. Coopmn.





FEEDING BEES IN COLD WEATHER.





 





 





The recent severe cold snap has em-

phasized the importance of early prepa-

rations for winter in the apiary. Colonies

which do not possess food enough to carry

them through the winter at the time that

severe weather begins are in a bad way,

since it is very difficult to feed extracted

honey or sugar syrup in cold weather

without endangering the welfare of the

bees.



Late in the fall after the close of the

honey flow, bees cluster in a compact

mass for the winter, usually on the cen-

tral combs, and so remain until settled

weather in the spring, or until brood

rearing is well established. Giving them

liquid food causes them to break the

cluster and scatter over the combs in

order to store itlin the cells. The in-

creased heat from the excited bees causes

them to sweat and, when clustered and

quiet again, everything becomes damp

and clammy and. if the weather becomes

severely cold, may result in their being

frozen. Besides, it is much easier to keep

a dry room warm and comfortable than

it is a damp one.



Honey dough is no longer considered

safe as a winter food, simply because it

becomes soft from the moisture of the

bees, running down over them, daubing

and actually killing the helpless toilers.

Honey dough is made by kneading ex-

tracted honey with powdered sugar.



Bees in the condition indicated above





may, however, be given hard candy,

chunks or bricks of which should be

placed directly over the cluster, on top





of the frames. Make the candy by dis-

solving granulated cane sugar in water

on the stove, stirring constantly but

slowly until sugar is all dissolved. “'hen

done it should become brittle when drop-

ped’into cold water. Then mould it into

cakes or bricks.





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MICHIGAN POULTRY SHOWS.





The winter show season, in this state,

opens next week with prospects good for

an unusual number of excellent shows.

A list of the cities that have claimed

dates, for shows, is given below:



Kent City, Kent Co.. Nov. 27-Dec. 1.



Alma. Gratiot Co.. Dec. 4-7.



Dowagiac, Cass Co., Dec. 5-9.



Evart, Osceola Co., Dec. 5-8.



Lawrence, Van Buren Co.. Dec. 13-15.



Muskcgon, Muskegon Co., Dec. 19-22.



Pontiac, Oakland Co., Dec. 19—23.



Holland, Ottawa Co.. Dec. 21-25.



Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Dec. 25-30.



Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., Dec. 26-30.



Vicksburg, Kalamazoo Co., Dec. 27-30.



Jackson, Jackson Co., Dec. 30 to Jan. 4.

Jan. 4.



Lansing, lngham Co., Jan. 1-5.



Grand Ledge, Eaton Co., Jan. 1-5.



Grand Rapids, Kent Co.. Jan. 1-5.



VVyandotte, Wayne Co., Jan. 2-6.



Howell, Livingston Co., Jan. 8-13.



Manistee, Manistee Co., Jan. 11-14.



Sheridan, Montcalm Co., Jan. 15-18 .



Port Huron. St. Clair Co., Jan. 17-20.



Calumet, Houghton Co., Jan. 18-20.



Cadillac, Wexford Co., Jan. 23-26.



Detroit. Vi'ayne Co., Jan. 25-31.



Grand Haven, Ottawa Co., Jan. 30 to

Feb. .



Bay City, Bav Co., Jan. 30 to Feb. 2.



Charlevoix. Charlevoix Co., Feb. 7-9.



Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Feb. 14—18.





 





Michigan Bee-keepers’ Annual Meeting.





The Michigan Bee-keepers’ Association

will hold its annual meeting in the Audi-

torium at Saginaw, Dec. 13 and 14. While

the past season has, in many ways, been a

disappointing one to most bee-keepers, a

good attendance at this meeting is hoped

for. The program. details concerning

which will be given in a later‘ issue, will

be up to the standard of former meetings.





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THE CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY.





Three things are fundamental in the

success of any co—operative enterprise.

First. the attitude of the individual to-

ward the particular thing to be under-

taken, must be right. Second, he must

possess that stability of character that

will enable him to remain steadfast in a

given purpose, and third, he must pos-

sess some knowledge of the business to

be undertaken.



In the general requirements of suc-

cessful co—operation the creamery is no

exception. The successful co-operative

creamery must be managed by men who

are interested in the business. They

must be interested alike for themselves

and each other. The great David Swing

once said “Mankind was made for the

large task or large pleasure of occupying

two worlds at the same time, the world

of self, and the world of race." A com-

munity in which the individuals are sel-

fish, each anxious only for his own finan-

cial interests, will not be likely to sue-

ceed with a co—operative creamery.

There must be a community of interest

as well as a community of individual

progress Each member of the company

must realize that the creamery is for the

public good. That its success will be an

honor to the community, an evidence of

intellectual and material growth and that

its failure would case a shadow over the

business reputations of the men who are

endeavoring to run it. In short, every

man at the outset, and all along, through

the months and years that are to follow,

must contribute thought and work to the

success of the enterprise, and achieving

that success, even in a moderate degree.

should give him satisfaction, that should

go far toward compensating him for time

and labor expended.



Stability is one of the fundamental

requisites of the successful business man.

Dark days will come. Temporary re.-

verses are the experience of every one.

Tests of courage and endurance are the

lot of all, whose lives are worth while,

and the men who are trying to run a

creamery constitute no exception to the

rest of the race. They must stay by that

creamery, “through thick and thin." Stay

by it when the price of butter falls off.

Stay by it when somebody somewhere

else has gotten a lwttor price for butter-

fat. Stay by it when the great centralized

plant has sent its agent into their tcrri-

tory, authorized to pay an extravagant

price for cream with the ill-concealed

effort to capture their business. Every

man in the bunch must adopt the lan-

guage of the lrishman’s motto which he

desired to have placed over the entrance

to a graveyard, “Vi'e are in it to stay."



A knowledge of the business is of the

greatest importance. A creamery com-

pany cannot expect, however, to know

all about the business at first. If the

attitude of the company is right, and if

they possess enough stability, they can

learn the business thoroughly in time,

and this is essentially the thing for them

to do. Many a creamery goes down, be—

cause stock holders and patrons do not

understand the business. Of course,

cream varies greatly in butter—fat con—

tents, and variations in the test among

different patrons, and with the same

patrons, from time to time, cause sur-

prise, dissatisfaction and distrust. A

knowledge of the business will teach us

that these variations must occur. \Ve

cannot always tell why, but we know that

they must exist, and knowing it, we are

not tempted to blame the butter maker,

or worse, to charge him with intentional

fraud. The individuals, in a co-opera-

live creamery, would learn faster, and

getlalong better, if they kept closer to-

gether. Each one should be well ac-

quainted with the butter maker. They

should go often to the creamery. They

should know all about the output. They

should know what overrun they are get-

ting from month to month. They should

understand just what constitutes the

overrun. They should go often and see

samples of cream tested. The butter

maker will always be willing to explain,

and patrons will soon learn that he has

no desire to wrong them, but that he is

doing his very best to treat every indi-

vidual fairly. I say this confidently. be-

cause I believe that While there is now

and then a worthless fellow, trying to

make butter in a creamery. the ma-

jority of butter makers, in our' state,

rank well in character, with the men of

any other class. Knowledge of the busi-





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THE MICHIG.AN FARMER.





ness will inducb each individual to care

for his milk andcream. He will see that





'the cows are kept clean, that the sepa-‘





tutor is thoroughly washed and scalded,

that the cream is immediately cooled

down to the proper temperature and kept

in a clean, cool place until it is delivered

to the creamery, and he will do these

things partly for himself, and partly be-

cause of his interest in the creamery, as

a successful co-operatlve enterprise. He

has learned that there is no alchemy

that can enable the butter maker to make

a product of high quality from filthy

cream, and that none but the best of

butter will command an extra price in

the market.



Yes, I know that I am asking a good

deal of the patron of the creamery, but

we can have nothing good in the world

if we will not pay the price. The indi-

vidual who invests in a creamery, his

own capital for private gain, must secure

the same high quality in dairy products,

delivered, or. at least partially fail. The

co-operative company simply take upon

themselves that care and energy that

are the burden of the private business

man. If we are going to do business,

along co-operative lines, the same care,

knowledge, thrift and push that evidence

the successful business man, must ap-

pear in us, the co-operative company.



Oceana Co. W. F. TAYLOR.



PUT YOUR BARNS IN CONDITION.



This is not directed to the progressive

and up-to—date dairyman; he has his

stables in order and when the nights be—

gan to get colder than is comfortable for

the cows to stay outside they are properly

housed. But we have in mind that class

of men who will not be troubled with

stabling the dairy cows until a big snow

storm covers the pasture lots and causes

the animals to plead for something to eat.

Some men neglect the cows because of

indifference; how to touch this class of

men is a problem of the race which, it

solved, will be a been that future genera-

tions will not soon forget. Others delay

stabling out of economy; but it is not

economy. The cow cannot return to her

owner more than he puts into her, and

when she must use a large part of the

energy contained in her food to over~

come the shocks of exposure She cannot

put that energy into the pail. Protect

her and she will pay you well for the

trouble, if she doesn‘t then her place is

not in the dairy herd.



When the men of whom we speak are

finally moved to put the cows in, the sta—

blcs are usually untidy, if not strewed

with boards, equipped with broken man-

gers and perhaps floors, with walls cov—

ered by cobwebs and chaff and condi-

tions generally unsa‘hitary. And amoTig

the unsanitary conditions found the lack

of light is perhaps the most universal.



It is not economical to leave the barns

like this. From the standpoint of labor

one will, in two or three weeks, spend the

time required to repair and make condi-

tions convenient, in the extra minutes

demanded to do the chores because of the

stables being ill-adapted to making short

cuts. Then ,too, cows so kept cannot do

their best. Give them good stables that

are well lighted and clean and the ani-

mals will get an inspiration to do busi—

ness like the owner.



\Ve have spoken of light. If windows

are lacking an ordinary carpenter can

put them in in a short time. If they are

in but admit no light, wash them. Your

ignorant neighbor may laugh but your

Cows will thank you through the milk

pail.



Whitewash the walls. The lime will

destroy germs and make the stables light-

er. If done two or three times this win-

ter the results would be pleasing; but

once now will help.



Study the arrangement of your stables

and see where work can be saved. Often

the construction of a door will save a

hundred steps every night and morning.

It is worth while for you to conserve that

energy for other duties. A. H.





The central attraction of the great

National Dairy Show at Chicago was the

Jersey cow, Jacoba Irene, owned by A.

O. Auten, general manager of the show.

This famous cow produced 1,126 pounds

of butter last year, made from nearly

nine tons of milk, a record cited as a

powerful incentive for the improvement

of dairy cows generally throughout the

sections





country, and particularly in

where the standard is absurdly low.

“Just think,” said Colonel Charles F.





Mills, head of the dairy cattle division,

“there are 250,000 cows in Illinois so poor

that it would take 209 of them to equal

Jacoba Irene for a. year in actual profits.





 





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Save over one cent per day on each animal.



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CORNSTALKS THE ONLY ROUGHAGE.





. P——---

Owing to the very dry summer my hay

crop was small, in fact I have just about

enough to feed my horses till hay comes

next year, with none at all for my cows.

I have, however, an abundant supply of

cornstalks, out before frost, and in good

condition, which I shall either have

shredded, or run through a cutting box.

I also have five acres of sugar beets, and

will have the leaves to feed for the suc-

culent part of the ration. The only grain

I have is corn, which I intend to have

ground. I am aware that this is a very

poorly balanced ration, so I will expect

to buy something containing the protein

necessary to make up for the lack in

the corn. I have thought of getting

either oil meal or cottonseed meal for

this purpose but it seems to me that this

combination lacks the bulky nature

which seems to be necessary for good

results in feeding cows. I have also

thought of trying dried distillers’ grains

which are more bulky, and also carry a.

good percentage of protein. Perhaps

dried beet pulp might be a good addition

to the corn and other heavy concentrates

to give it a more bulky nature. Please

give me your advice on this subject in

the columns of The Farmer.

Montcalm Co. E. H.

With nothing but cornstalks for the

roughage part of the ration there is not

enough variety to make the best kind of

a ration. Of course you could get along

with it and by feeding a good liberal ra-

tion compounded as suggested for bal-

ancing up the ration and furnishing

plenty of protein, you should get your

cows to do fairly well. Yet it would be

better if you could feed them one feed of

hay or a feed of oat straw or millet hay





bined it Would be too loosening for the

cows to do well, but after the beet tops

are gone if you wanted to, you could

substitute oil meal for the cottonseed

meal and probably secure as good re-

suits.





 





FILLING BEET TOPS ON TOP OF

CORN SILAGE.





 





Hearing that you built a silo for your

sugar beet tops, would' like to ask if you

would advise one to do it, or could they

be put on top of corn fodder and keep

all right? I have always fed them green,

but have room in my silo if I could keep

them that way.



Kent Co. W. D.



Beet tops can be put into the silo on





top of corn silage and they will keep as

well there as in any silo. I tried this

once myself. The only difficulty I ex-

perienced was in getting them up into

the top of the silo, that was in the days

before we had the blower elevators on

ensilage cutters. We put them up with

an old-fashioned elevator. It was some

little trouble. It was pretty hard also on

the ensilage cutter as we run the tops

through the cutter when being elevated.

But the beet tops kept well. In fact, I

think they will keep better when they

are run through an ensiiage cutter and

made somewhat finer than if they were

put in whole. They pack in more tightly

and exclude more air. If you could get

the beet tops packed well they’ll keep

there just as well as in a. separate silo;





 





An Ohio Holstein Cow with a Record of

or bean pods or anything of that sort

to give just a little more variety. If this

is impossible, I would, by all means, cut

the stalks instead of shredding them and

I would cut as often, say, once a week,

enough to last the COWS till you out

again. If you could run these into a

sort of bin or in one corner of a stable

and moisten them and let them heat up

just a little bit and soften, you can get

the cows to eat more of them and they

would furnish a better bulky food. While

perhaps there wouldn’t be very much

more of it digestible than there would be

if they were fed dry, they would eat

more of it and it would give that bulk

to the food which you say is necessary

in order to get good digestion and as-

simulation in the cows. Your beet tops

will furnish excellent succulency but I

wouldn’t feed too much of them. One

feed a day I think is plenty of beet tops.



Now for the grain ration, cottonseed

meal will furnish you digestible protein

cheaper, probably, than any other that

you can purchase, and it is an excellent

food to feed in connection with the beet

tops, the corn meal and the cornstalks.

With the ration you already have you

can mix corn meal and cottonseed meal

equal parts by weight and feed the cows

as many pounds of grain per day as they

produce pounds of butter-fat in a week,

and I think you will get as good results

as you can possibly get with the limited

foods at your command. If, in addition

to this, you want to feed dry beet pulp

it will give greater variety and make a

better ration. If I fed the beet pulp I

would moisten it from one feed to an-

other and put the grain onto this beet

pulp when I fed it. However, if you cut

the cornstalks as I have suggested and

moisten them, you could put the grain

on the cornstalks and get better results

than you can if you feed the grain and

roughage separately. Oil meal is also

an excellent food to feed here but, while

you are feeding the beet tops, I would

prefer the cottonseed meal because oil

meal is laxative in nature and so are the

beet tops and by feeding the two com-





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20 lbs. Butter in Seven Days.

but there is one objection.





Good Type.

If you fill

in on top of the corn silage with your

beet tops then you will have to feed bect

tops alone as a succulent food until you

get them all fed out, and I don’t like to





do this. I think that it is better to feed

beet tops once a day and corn silage once

a day, in fact, I think that a feed once

a day of beet tops is all that cows might

to have. It is a fact that the salts in

the beet tops work on the kidneys of the

cows as a diarrhetic and if fed too liber-

ally for a considerable length of time, I

have no doubt that it would not be benc-

licial to the cow, but where they are fed

once a day only and other feeds the bal—

ance of the time, I know from experience

that they do not injure. ,By having a

separate silo for the beet tops we can

feed beet top ensilage once a day and

corn ensiiage once a day. This year one

of my silos is not full and as I have more

beet tops than I can get into my regular

beet top silo my attention is to elevate

some of the beet tops into the big silo;

that is, I shall do this if the weather

permits us to harvest the beets at all.

At the present writing it doesn’t seem as

if we would ever be able to get onto the

land and harvest the beets. If- we don’t

probably we can dig them out occasion-

ally through the winter and get them so

that we could feed them beet tops and

all. But that would be the only objection

that I could see in putting the heel tops

into your other silo, is that it will hinder

using the corn silage until you have fed

all the beet tops.





 





 





The storage people are not supplied

with the usual amount of butter stocks

this fall and consequently cannot avail

themselves of the better prices which are

sure to rule and incidentally keep down

prices to where they have been in former

years. Their packing away butter was

interfered with by threatened legislation

during the past year, both by state and

federal governments. The action had the

effect of making prices low during the

spring and early summer when storage

people are usually busy getting in their

supplies, and from now on the lack of

storage goods will permit values to go up

to where substitutes will be used to con-

siderable degree.





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





The return of the Thanks-

Thanksgivlng. giving season should bring

home to every Michigan

Farmer reader the fact that he has many

blessings for which he should be truly

thankful and for which a true Thanks-

giving should bc rendered in accordance

with the spirit of the day. As the

Thanksgiving feast has for long typified

the Thanksgiving spirit, and as the tur-

key has become almost a symbol of the

Thanksgiving frost, this great American

fowl has been used by our artist as the

central figure in our first page design.

Over the bird. and of great importance,

appears a reference to the spirit of

Thanksgiving, which should be typical

of the day and season, while beneath it

and lying across a solid and unbroken

wall is a scroll upon which appears a

reference to the defeat of the canadian

reciprocity pact, as one of the minor

causes for thanksgiving upon the part of

the Michigan farmer. This allusion is

not made in any political or partisan

sense, as the words of the .artist might

be misconstrued to mean, but in the

broad sense of justice to the industry in

which he is engaged and the type of

American manhood which he represents.

There are, however, other and greater

causes for true Thanksgiving which

should engage the thoughtful attention

of each and every one of us, to the end

that this season may not only be

one of feasting, but as well one of

true Thanksgiving for the many blessings

which we enjoy in comparison with the

people of any other land or any other

age.

As a means of

A Progressive lnsti- making the coming

tute Association. season’s institute

work more gener-

ally profitable to the farmers of the

county, the officers of the Hillsdale Coun-

ty Farmers’ Institute Association recent-

lv called a meeting of the township vice-

presidents to consider and outline the in-

stitute work for the coming winter in

Hillsdale county. It was the expressed

belief of the president and secretary

of the society, who took the initiative in

calling this meeting, that with the en-

thusiasm manifested last winter in this

work, a conference of this kind would

enable the putting out for this Institute

programs which would arouse the general

interest of the farmers of the countY-

The township vice-presidents were





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asked in the letter issuing the call. to trains the steel: of the different feeds and theother‘. band, ifthere is a government





interview a number of people in- their

respective townships and find out whether

they want an Institute or not, and if so

what topics they would like discussed,

also if there are any competent person

or perséns in the township who could

be induced to prepare themselves to dis-

cuss any of the topics which the people

might desire to have discussed at such

institute. In addition to calling this

meeting, a letter was also sent to the

local press of the county urging all per-

sons interested in the success of the in-

stitute work of the county to confer with

the local vice-president at once, so that

the officers of the county association

might know what townships desire an

institute and what topics they would

like discussed. The names of the town-

ship vice-presidents were given in the

notice sent out for publication, so that

all who read might be advised of the

proper person to consult in the expres-

sion of their desires regarding the insti-

tute work for the coming winter.



Undoubtedly this is the most valuable

kind of preparation which could be made

for a successful institute season and the

officers of the Hillsdale County Farmers’

Institute Association are to be congratu-

lated upon this progressive action, which

might well be emulated by the officers

of other county institute societies

throughout the state. Undoubtedly the

farmers’ institutes may be made a very

great educational force in any locality.

Too often, however, the program is gotten

up with little reference to the particular

needs of the township or the community

in which the institute is held, for which

reason the institutes have not been as

successful as they might be made under

a plan such as is outlined above. If this

plan of work could be adopted in every

county of the state, there would undoubt-

edly be a great improvement in the char-

acter and benefits of the institutes held

throughout the state during the coming

winicr.



. The International Live

The International. Stock Exposition. the

twelfth annual exhi-

bition of which will be held at the Union

Stock Yards, Chicago, December 2 to 9,

inclusive, should be a. matter of interest

to a very large class of Michigan Farmer

rcaders. The Internati nai Live Stock

Exposition is well descéed as a leading

exponent of a great movement for the

improvement of the domestic animals of

the United States.



The power of example is perhaps the

most potent factor in educational work.

One may be inspired more surely by a.

notable example of what some one has

done than by the most plausible theories

or even the most carefully expounded

facts. For that reason the International

Live Stock Exposition, conducted as it.

has been upon the most liberal scale, has

instituted a. beneficial campaign of prac-

tical education at a time when education

along the particular lines of this show

has been sorely needed in this country.

There has been and still is too little ap-

preciation on the part of the general

farmer, if not of the stock breeder and

feeder. of the benefits to be derived from

breeding and feeding a. better class of

stock, as well as a failure to understand

that from this time on the country must





depend mainly upon the farms for meat





and draft animals, since the days of max-

imum range production have passed to

return no more.



Not alone must the farms of the coun-

try be depended upon to furnish our own

meat supply, but there is open to them

a profitable market in Europe for any

surplus of good live stock products which

may be produced over that which is need-

ed to supply our home demands. The

misrsirm of the international Live Stock

Exposition, as planned by its projectors

and as dmnonstratcd by its success, is

the gathering together in one place the

best specimens of cattle, sheep, swine

and horses that are to be found anywhere

in the world, thereby presenting to the

agricultural population of the United

States a valuable object lesson whereby

they may be inspired to the production

of better animals for breeding, marketing

and exporting, thus adding to the profit

derived from our American farms and

to the food supply of the world.



Among its features this exposition em-

braces a grand breeders' prize exhibit of

pure-bred stock of all kinds, with daily

sales of all breeds; a great fat stock show

surpassing any other held in the world;

a fine display of draft and general pur-

pose horses; a magnificent cat-lot exhibit

of fat and feeder cattle, sheep, etc.,

special college exhibits with stock judg-

ing contests. with exhibits of feeding ap-

pliances, etc.; slaughter tests to deter-





dlffsrent method of . feeding, and" many»

other features 0 inté’resi. ‘There""“tvlli

also be brilliant evening entertainments,

all of which, together with the annual

meetings of various live stock associa-





ltions held in connection with the Inter-





national, makedt an event which should

not be missed by any Michigan farmer,

interested even in a. small way in stock

breeding or feeding, it he can possibly

arrange to attend it.





This is the title

“The Bachelor Uncle." of a. thoroughly



good, wholesome

and entertaining story, the first install-l

ment of which appears in our Magazine

Section this week. A story properly plan—

ned and well told not only furnishes

pleasant recreation but affords the reader

a. certain amount of suggestion and in-

struction which, perhaps, could be given

in no other way. We feel that in “The

Bachelor Uncle” we have secured such

a story, and one that will hbld the inter-

est of our thousands of readers from

the first to the last chapter. It was

selected because of its constant and in-

creasing interest; because it is highly

entertaining; because its general moral

tone is good and in the end, after many

vicissitudes, the right prevails. It is a.

story of country life and, although many

of the situations are unusual, similar sit-

uations have been known in rural com-

munities, and the story is regarded as a.

true presentation of the varying rami-

fications of the young American mind.

Its author, Mr. McNeil, has written sev-

eral books ofs fiction that have had a.

wide sale. We trust that every one of

our readers will begin the story now and

follow the fortunes of the Bachelor Uncle

and his dauntless and irrepressible neph-

ew and nelce through the coming chapters.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





 





National.



Employee of the Pennsylvania ' lines

living in Indianapolis have formed a co-

operative association for securing sup-

plies. Already a consignment of goods

has been delivered to the association and

much satisfaction is expressed on the

part of the members because ,of the low

prices. Orders are taken for the follow-

ing month when the distribution is made.



The Michigan—Pennsylvania football

game, which was played at Ferry Field,

Ann Arbor, last Saturday, resulted in a;

victory for the Wolverine players, the

final score being 11 to 9.



The fall of heavy snows in the Cascade

mountains and heavy rains have caused

floods in western Washington, and at

Seattle the municipal electric plant dam

has given away, the city's water

supply is cut off, railroad service is de-

moralized and bridges are washed out.

Many farms along the valleys are flooded.



Farmers of Texas are reported to have

in their hands 700,000 bales of cotton

which they are holding for higher prices.

It is also declared by State Commission-

er of Agriculture Kone that there will be

planted 25 per cent less acreage another

year that the farmers may receive for

the product a reasonable price for the

labor required to produce it.



Much damage was done the boats on

the great lakes last week by the heavy

storms which prevailed over this section.

Many boats have been placed in winter

quarters earlier than was expected be-

cause of the snow and the storms. A foot

of snow has fallen at Escanaba. At Mar-

tin river, below Quebec, 9. Norwegian

barge was driven ashore and her crew,

1which numbered 15 persons, lost their

ives.



Dr. Wiley, of the Department of Agri-

culture, declares his intention to bar

from the United States, absinthe—a drink

much used in European countries—be-

cause he believes it dangerous to public

health and as such can be kept out of

the United States under our present laws.



An organized effort is being made by

the sugar beet men to fight the propa-

ganda of the cane sugar people who de—

sire to put raw sugar on the free list.

it is declared by the sugar beet adher-

ents that such an action on the part of

the federal government would destroy a

great industry which has developed and

which annually pays the American farm-

er $30,000,000 for the sugar beets pro-

duced upon our farms.



Foreign.



A presidential campaign is on in Pana-

ma. for the selection of federal officers.

It; is expected by some that the rivalry

.betweon the parties will result in a re-

bellion; howevor, the union leader states

he will leave the country before counte-

nanclng such means to gain ground.



A great famine is reported in Russia.

It is estimated in the report received on

this side thi ‘3 8,000,000 people are in need

of lmmediati relief. The failure of the

crops in 20 Russian provinces is the cause

of the unfortunate condition in which the

inhabitants find themselves.



It is reported that an advance on Nan-

kln, China, has been started by the rebels

who are sending their fleet of vessels up

the Yangtse Kiang river. The vessels are

manned by foreign officers, many of them

Americans. It is declared that the Im-

perial army is in need of supplies which

gives the rebels an advantage. The

siege is believed to be a crucial one for

should the rebels win out they will have

gained sufficient territory and strength

to almost assure their success; but on





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victory it likely will mean a turning point .





ln..thej, conflict. .Reports have come to

this country of missionaries being slain

in the province of Shensi at Hsianfu, the

capital. These reports are not confirmed.

however, in Pekin.



Dr. Chang, director of the Chinese'ag-

ricultural college at Mukden, is in this

country studying American agricultural

methods with the purpose of inaugurat-

ing some of them in the Manchurian

school. He declares that many parts of

this northern province of China are as

thinly settled as many of our western

states, and that if properly handled it

would supply agricultural necessities for

400,000,000 people. An effort will be made

to persuade Chinamen from the densely

populated portion of the country to settle

in Manchuria and avail themselves of her

splendid agricultural districts.



Much anxiety exists over conditions in

Mexico. The United States authorities

have provided for a. closer watch along

the border line to prevent rebels further-

mg their plans on this side. The gover-

nor of Texas has ordered all rebels to

leave that state. The Mexican govern-

ment has located 12,000 troops in the

northern states that no time may be lost

should an uprising occur. General Ber-

nardo Reyes, a candidate for the presi—

dency of the republic during the last

campaign, was arrested at Monterey re-

cently. It is thought that this actionvof

the authorities may aid in controlling the

rebellious classes.



Violent earthquake shocks were felt

throughout SwitZerland last Saturday.

So violent were the shocks that in Gene-

va street cars were derailed. The in-

terruptlons were felt over Germany and

Austria. At many places considerable

damage was done, but no loss of life is

reported.



The Duke of Connaught formally

opened the first session of the 12th Par—

liament 'of Canadian government last

Thursday. The Duchess of Connaught





‘was at the side of the Duke when the





session was opened. It is the first time

since the regime of the Marquis of Lorne

that a. woman has been on the throne.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





 





 





Livingston Co., Nov. 13.——The severe

winter weather that started yesterday

caught farmers with not more than 60

per cent of their corn secured. Farmers

need three weeks of good weather to get

in shape for winter. Stock is being mar-

keted freely on account of scarcity of

feed and high price of same. There will

not be more than one-fourth as many

lambs on feed in this section this winter

as there was last, feeders having become

disgusted with the business last winter

because of low prices. Feed is so high

that they do not seem inclined to stock

up heavily this winter. Wheat will go

into winter in good condition. More rye

sown this fall than usual.



Lapeer Co., Nov. 16.——Snow squalls and

rain this week. Ground frozen about two

inches; lots of sugar beets fast. But

little corn husked- as yet; much of it lg.

shock in fields. Just about enough being

husked for necessary feeding. Bean

threshers are kept busy. Some potatoes

moving marketward lately; price around

60c. Beans (best) about $2.20 per bu;

corn, per crate of ears, brings about 340.

We do not hear any complaint of po-

tatoes rotting in this part of the state,

but corn has been damaged some by the

excessive rains. Some corn has moulded

at the butts, reducing the feeding value

of the stalks about 25 per cent. Prices

for farm labor as high as in midsummer,

viz., $2 per day and sometimes more.



Washtenaw Co., Nov. 17.—The weather

has been most unfavorable for the com-

pletion cf fall work and in consequence

much remains to be done. Fully half of

the corn is in the field as yet and even

potatoes and sugar beets are not all se-

cured, and, with a. week of snow and cold

weather, mixed in with a. day of sleet.

the condition of the ground will be such

as to make it an almost impossible job.

The year bids fair to make a record for

unfavorable farm conditions. The pota-

to market is going up from day to day,

tubers now selling at 80@85c from farm

wagons and will without doubt touch the

$1 mark in the next few weeks. Stock

of all kinds plentiful and prices lower.

Hogs, $5.75; cattle, $4@4.50; sheep, $2.50@

3 per head. Hay selling in barn from

$15@17 per ton. Prospects are that feed

of all kinds will be scarcer and dearer

than for many years.



Ottawa Co., Nov. 17.—A sleet storm

commenced shortly after midnight last

night, and the trees and fences are cov-

ered with ice this morning. But as quite

a heavy rain is now failing, the ice will

probably do but little if any harm. A

large amount of corn is still standing in

the fields unhusked. and where the corn

has been husked the fodder is still out,

so that it will be badly damaged. Farm—

ers have been obliged to work between

showers in order to get any kind of

work done this fall, because in the past

two months there have hardly been two

days in succession on which it did not

rain more or less. There are still some

potatoes to dig, and but few sugar beets

have been harvested. There will be no

fall plowing done, as is usually the cus-

tom, so farmers will have a chance to

find out next spring whether it pays just

as well not to fall plow. In this vicinity

a large amount of money was raised

last spring to grade and gravel certain

roads, and as much of the grading was

done quite late in the season, such roads

are almost impassable.



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Carroll Co., Nov. 17.—The first snow

fell here Sunday, Nov. 12. Last week it

was nice and warm, but is pretty co‘d

now. Many farmers haven’t their corn

husked yet. Corn and potatoes are not

extra good crops this year. Nearly all

live stock looks well. All fall work done

except corn husking and hauling coal.





 





 





 





 





 





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The .Bachelor Uncle—By EverittMcNeil.





The Coming of Teddy and Ellen.





My hair rose slowly on end, as I read

the following letter:



Wednesday, June 9, 190—.

“Dear Brother John:—



”Fred and I are going to Saratoga for

a three-weeks’ stay, and we are going to

send the children to you. The country

air and life will do them good; and I

shall feel certain that no harm can come

to them, if I know they are in the care

of the best brother any sister ever bad.





’They are the dearest and sweetest chil-





dren in the world, and I am sure they

will not give you a moment’s trouble.

Teddy—his real name is David Samuel,

but since Roosevelt shook hands with

him he insists on every one calling him

Teddymis an exceptionally bright boy,

and one of the most lovable and obedient

children that ever blessed a mother. In

many ways he makes me think of you,

when you were a child of his age; and I

am sure you will love him dearly. Ellen

is the dearest little girl, with such cun—

ning ways, that I know that she will

walk right into your big, loving heart.



“Fred and I Wish to go Saturday, and

so we shall start the children on their

way to you Friday morning, on the train

that reaches Plumville at five o‘clock in

the evening. Please be at the station to

meet them.



“Fred unites with me in sending love

to you, and remembrances to all the

friends, especially to dear old Mary Jane,

who, for our sakes, I am sure will be like

a mother to Teddy and Ellen.



“Now, be sure and be at the station

when the train comes in.



“Your loving sister,

Esther.



“P. S.——Don’t forget to give Teddy and

Ellen a glass of milk every night just

before they go to bed; and be sure the

windows are closed in Teddy’s room, so

that no draft of air can reach him during

the night; and please don’t let him get

his feet wet. Teddy looks strong, but

he really is quite delicate.



“Your sister,

Esther.



“P. S.—-Oh, I almost forgot, but please

give Ellen a spoonful of cod-liver oil

every night; and have Mary Jane sleep in

the room with her, so that if she wakes

and wants a drink or anything she will

be there to get it for her; and please give

her two fried eggs and a. piece of buttered

toast and a glass of milk for breakfast.

Ellen is delicate, and we have to be very

careful of her. “Lovingly,



Esther.



“P. S.—I shall send the cod-liver oil

with the children’s things. Please do not

forget to give the oil regularly each

night just before Ellen goes to bed.



Esther.”



“No, you don't!” I hastily ejaculated,





the instant I had finished reading this





letter. “I’ll not be responsible for ‘the

dearest and sweetest children in the

world.’ They would be sure to break





their arms, or fall downy, 1/; 14

their arms, or legs, or necks, or to fall

down the well, or tumble into the cistern,

or set fire to the barn, and to turn ev-

erything in the house topsyturvy, and

drive Mary Jane and myself crazy with

their outlandish pranks. No, you don't,

sister mine; not if I can send a telegram

in time to stop you!” I glanced at the

letter again. “We shall start the chil-

dren on their way to you Friday morn-

ing.” “Great Caesar!—and it is now

four o’clock, Thursday afternoon!” I

jammed the letter into my pocket and

hurried to the barn.



“Jake!” I called to the hired man,

“hitch the horses to the carriage at once.

Caleb James brought me a letter that

sends me to Plumville on the double-

quick,” and I rushed into the house to

change my clothes.



Esther's letter terrified me. Two chil-

dren—a boy and a girl! The worst pos-

sible combination, for what the boy

could not think of the girl certainly

would—coming to stay with me for three

weeks! And I never could pick up even

a baby, without something breaking loose

and the youngster beginning to howl! I

jumped into my clothes, and in ten min—

utes I was on my way to Plumville, de-

termined not to have my life wrecked by

my sister's children.



Near the outskirts of the. town I met a

neighbor. “Hello, Delvin!” he called.

“You are just the man I want to see.





The operator gave me a telegram for

you,” and he handed me a. yellow en-

velope.

veiope. -



My heart misgave me as I tore open

the envelope and read:





“Changed my mind. Go Friday. Send

children Thursday. Be at station.

Esther.”





“Nobody dead, I hope?" the man

asked.



“No,” I answered.

whipped up my horses.



“Well,” I thought grimly. “It’s better

to make the best of the worst than it is

to let the worst get the best of you. I’ll

swallow my pill. But, what am I going

to do with those children! I would just

about as soon handle a stick of dynamite

as to touch a boy—and a girl!" I groan—





“It’s worse,” and





girl caught me by the hand. “I am

Ellen, Uncle John. Kiss me,” she de-

manded.



It was a very sweet little face that

looked up into mine, and the kiss was

given willingly.



“And how old is Ellen?” I asked.



“I’m eight, and Teddy, he‘s ten; and

we’ve come to visit you, and I’ve brought

Queen Ann and Princess Elizabeth, and

Teddy’s got his gun, and ma sent a lot of

things, and her love, and some cod-liver

oil, andwoh, I'ncle John, have you got

any teeny, tiny, little piggies? 1—”



At this moment Teddy gave a yell and

started after the baggagcmaster, who

was wheeling a couple of big trunks into

the baggageroom.





“Stop! Stop! That’s my trunk! It’s





 





 





 





 





 





 





When each morning paints new pictures,

Splashes red, and mauve, and brown

On the autumn-softened canvas

Of the hills beyond the town;

When the frost does crystal etchings

On your study window sill,

It’s a good thing to be living

On the old brook~riddled hill——

lf you’re really living,





When your work at night is finished,

When you push the dull books by.

Snuff the light to see the better

All the big star-sprinkled sky;

When your brain with recollection

And delightful fancy teems,

And the thoughts you had in waking,

In your sleep keep on as dreams—

If you’re really living,

Ev'ry day’s Thanksgiving.





THANKSGIVING.





By Richard Braunstein. H





Why must people be specific,



In a dead perfunctory way,

ltemizing all their blessings,



On one duly‘scheduled day?

When you’re breathing ev’ry second,





And your pulse is running high,

And your home is on a hill-top

Pressed up close against the sky—

If you’re really living,

Ev’ry day’s

Ev’ry day’s





 





Thanksgiving.





Thanksgiving.





 





 





 





 





ed and glanced at my watch. The train

was due in fifteen minutes.



I drove direct to the station. When

the train came in a boy and girl jumped

off the steps of the rear coach and looked

eagerly around. I had never seen my

sister’s children, but I knew the boy at

once. He had the map of his ancestry

on his face.



I hurried forward, but before I could

reach them the boy saw me.



“Hello! Uncle John!” he called; and,

running to me, he took my extended

hand in both of his and shook it vigor-

ously, looking up sharply in my face.

“I knew you by your size and nose, Uncle

John,” he said. “Ma says the Delvins

run mostly to bones and noses. I‘ve a.

Delvin nose,” he added, proudly. “My,

what a football player you would make,

Uncle John!”



Then, before I could get in a word, the





 





 





 





got my gun and rope in it! Stop, or I’ll

knock your head off!” he called, as he.

ran, shaking his little first and gctting

red in the face.



The baggagemastcr was a Dutchman.

“Vell,” he said, letting go the handles of

the truck and looking at Teddy. “Vell,

little poy mit der pig tongue, I goes der

trunks mit der baggageroom in; und I

take you mine knees over and sphanL.

sphank, if you say some more dot you

mine head vill knock off.”



I hastened to the scene of the impend-

ing conflict and soon had Hans mollified

and smiling broadly, and the precious

trunk of my pugnacious nephew safely

deposited in the back of the carriage.



”I am real glad you did not let Teddy

hurt that big man. Teddy’s an awful

fighter with his fists. He once made Tom

Dinwood’s nose bleed,” Ellen confided to

me as I helped her into the carriage.





“You see he is just like Teddy Roose-

velt," and she looked admiringly at her

brother, as he climbed boldly over the

wheel into the carriage.



My farm is two miles from the rail-

road station, and during the ride hOme

the two children poured a. continuous

stream of questions into my ears. They

had never been on a farm before and had

the queerest idea of what farm life was

like, while the suggestiveness'of some of

of their queries sent cold shivers of ap-

prehension chasing up and down my

spinal column. “What shall I do?” I

groaned. “Something dreadful is sure

to happen. I can feel it coming in my

bones. l’ll semi the children—” I looked

at the two bright happy faces by my side

and never finished the thought.



It was dark when we reached the farm.

I took the children straight into the

house and told Mary Jane to get supper

for us at once. '\thn Teddy and Ellen

came to the table both looked surprised

to find only Mary Jane and myself to eat

with them; and I could see that Ellen

was troubled quite a bit over something.

'l’resently she, looked up into my face and

said: “l'ncle John you ought to bc mar-

ried, so you could have little cousins for

us to play with. I'nclc Ben is married,

and has got five cousins, and I’ncle Rich-

ard has six, and a wife is such a com-

fort to a man."



“The dear girl!” ejaculated Mary Jane.

“That’s just what i have been tellin’

your uncle these five long years.”



“()h. pshaw!” I responded, getting a.

little red in the face, for the topic was

not a pleasant one to Inc. “Mary Jane

takes the very best of care of me: and,

as for company, wait until you see the

six calves, the dozens of little pigs and

lambs. the cows and horses and chickens

and turkeys and ducks and geese, not to

count liruno, the big Newfoundland dog,

before you complain of the lack of play-

mates."



lCilen's eyes became quite big. “My,

what lots of things there are on a farm,”

she said. “lint, won't gcese or pigs

hook? Momma said that there was some-

thing on a farm with two horns that

hooked, and that I must run when it

looked at me.”



“I know what she means!” Teddy ex—

claimed, excitedly. “It's a cow! And I

brought my rope along on purpose to

catch cows. You see I know Teddy

Roosevelt.” and he sat up very straight

in his chair. “And I’ve, seen Buffalo

Bill‘s cowboys.”



“But, after all is said, cows, an’

horses, au’ hogs, an’ chickens, an’ such

ain’t as satisfyin’ as a wife an’ one’s

own children," Mary Jane remarked, re-

xerting back, after the manner of her

sex, to the subject from which I had

purposely led the children. “It’s goin’

against Providence for a man with a.

good home, free from debt, to—”



“()h, drop that subject, Mary Jane," I

interrupted, half angrily, for every word

hit a sore place in my heart; “or, some

day i will get desperate and marry Red

Murdoch’s daughter, and I am sure the

first thing she would do would be to turn

you out of the house, bag and baggage.”



“No fear of that.” she responded,

“while you are in your right senses. for

you don’t fancy that brazen Belle Mur—

dock's peppery tongue no more than I do:

but there’s Judge Lamont’s daughter,

Elsie, as sweet an' pretty a maid as ever

made a pat of butter, an’ I am sure I

once thought—heavens an’ earth!”





At that moment Teddy gave a yell that

nearly cracked the ceiling, and jumped

suddenly to his feet, hitting the table

such a hang with his knees, as he did so,

that he knocked a plate ofsoft-fried eggs

half way across the table ker-slap into

Mary Jane’s lap, sent the milk flying all

over my shirt bosom, upset the teapot

and made every dish on the table dance.
.’ M’m‘lz





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464 .. (12)





' Right on the heels of thisfrightful com-

'motion came a series of ear-splitting





yelps. as Bruno, my big Newfoundland

dog, rushed frantically out from under

the table, his back steaming where the

boiling contents of the teapot had struck

it. Ellen screamed, Teddy yelled, the dog

yelped and Mary Jane said, “Heavens

an' earth!" again and again. .



When the hubbub had subsided Teddy

apologized for and explained the catas-

trophe in this wise: “Oh, Uncle John, I

did not mean to do it; but, you see, all

of a sudden, I felt something cold and

hairy and big rub against my bare legs

(he had on short trousers and short

stockings) under the table, and I thought

it might be a bear, and I just couldn’t

help but jump and yell, it was so sudden,

and unexpected, and then the milk and

eggs jumped and the dishes began to

dance, and Ellen to scream, and the dog

to yelp, and—and—Oh, I'ncle John, I

really wasn’t afraid, only scared: and

I’m awful sorry. Poor old doggle!" and.

jumping from the chair, he ran to where

Bruno lay licking the spot where the hot

tea had fallen. and threw his arms

around the dog’s neck: and from that

moment the two were fast friends.



‘V‘If papa was here he would put Teddy

to bed," Ellen remarked, looking sug-

gestively at me. “He always sends Teddy

to bed when he goes off with a bang

like that.“



“'ell, to tell the truth, I rather liked

the rumpus. barring the milk that came

my way. For one thing it had shut Mary

Jane’s mouth on the subject of my mar-

riage just when her words were begin-

ning to hurt the worst. and it had been

as funny as a circus to watch her kindly

01d face during the various exciting cp-

isodes of the tumult. In her fright and

amazement. her false teeth had dropped

out, and her spectacles had slid down

on the end of her nose, while the wrink—

les had been chasing one another all

over her face, in the most ludicrous man-

ner.



“YVell, Mary Jane, what shall I do

with Teddy?” I asked, smiling. “You

seem to have met with the most damage,

and, therefore, should have the punishing

of the guilty one. Shall I whip him, or

send him to bed, or both?"



“Bless me! I don’t know!” ejaculated

the fiustrated old lady, “unless you soak

him in cold water an’ put him to bed.”



“Hurrah, the very thing!” I exclaimed,

laughing. “I am sure he is hot and dusty

enough to enjoy a good cool bath, and

tired enough to be in bed; besides, it is

after 9:00 o’clock. Come, Teddy, sentence

has been pronounced against you,” and

I led the reluctant boy to the bathroom.

As he went out of the room he turned

and called to Mary Jane: “Don’t forget

to give Ellen her cod-liver oil; she

likes it.”



When the door closed behind us he

remarked, regretfully: “I'd like to stay

and see the fun when Mary Jane tries to

give Ellen the cod-liver oil. At home

Ellen always had the oil in her own

room, and pretended to take it, but really

gave the most of it to her cat. She said

the cat liked it, and it was naughty to

be stingy, so she just touched the tip of

her tongue to the big spoonful of oil, and

gave the rest to the cat. Ma saw the oil

getting less and less and was satisfied,

and Ellen never told because she said

the Bible said you mustn't tell of your

good deeds: and the oil was good for the

cat. for it got fat, and Ellen made me

promise not to tell, and you musn’t tell

either, ’cause it's a secret. Ellen can kick

awful hard for a girl, and I’ll bet my

jackknife against yours, I'ncle John, that

Mary Jane can't make her take a drop

of the oil.”



I declined to take the bet, but, after I

had stowed Teddy safely away in the bed

which I had put up in the large room

where I slept, I returned to Mary Jane,

curious to know whether or not Teddy's

prophecy was correct.



I found the old lady standing in the

middle of the room, the bottle of cod-

liver oil in one hand, a large tablespoon

in the other, and a flush of excitement

on her kindly old face; but Ellen was

nowhere to be seen.



“Hello!" I called. “VVhere’s the girl?"



“Here I am, Uncle John," and her

bright eyes peeped out at me from under

the table. "I am saying my prayers.”

And then the child began: “Please God

make Teddy a good boy, and find Uncle

John a wife with some little cousins, and

make Mary Jane stop ’flicting me with

cod—liver oil. Bless papa, and mamma,

and Teddy, and Uncle John, and Mary

Jane when she stops ’flicting me with

cod-liver oil. Cod-liver oil is very good

for cats, oh God. Amen."



“Bless me! I never saw such a. child!"





THE MICHIGAN" FARM-ER.





exclaimed Mary Jane, looking helplessly

at me. “I can't do a. thing with her. Do

try an’ see if you can’t make her take

the oil.”



The whole scene amused me immensely,

but I did not laugh. After Ellen’s touch-

ing prayer a laugh would have sounded

irreverent. Besides, I really sympa-

thized with the child] She was as healthy

as a little girl could wish to be, and had

no more need of taking the nasty-tast-

ing cod—liver oil than a duck of carrying

an umbrella. However, something had

to be done.



“Give me the cod-liver oil and the

spoon, Mary Jane,” I said.



When I had the oil and the spoon in

my hand I turned out a spoonful of the

oil and called: “Ellen, Ellen, come, El-

len! Kitty, Kitty, come, Kitty!”



The. cat jumped up quickly from the

cushion where she had been lying and

ran purring to my side. Ellen only stuck

her head out from under the table and

legarded me with wide-open—eyed amaze-

ment.



“Ellen, Ellen, come Ellen!" I repeated.



Ellen continued to look at me without

moving.



"Very well, then," I said, “the ,cat, shall

have the oil," and I held the spoon down.

Tabby quxc‘kly lapped up the oil and,

looking up into my face, purred for more.





Then there came a rush of white from

under the table, and two soft arms were

thrown around my neck, and kisses show-

ered on my face. “You’re the bestest

uncle that ever was, and I love you al—

ready ’most as much as I do my papa

and mamma, and cats do love cod-liver

oil, don‘t they?" Ellen exclaimed, between

her hugs and kisses. “Good—night,” and

she gave me a great smack right on the

lips, and running up to Mary Jane said:

“Now I am ready to go to bed, Mary

Jane.”



As she took the little white hand in

her wrinkled old one and led Ellen from

the Point], Mary Jane turned to me and

iemarkndz “I am afeard Esther's babes

will liven up the old place a bit.”





 





CHA IVI‘ ER II.





A Battle Royal.





I was always an early riser, even for a

farmer, and when I awoke the next

morning the sun was not yet up. Teddy

was sleeping soundly in his bed. I dressed

as quietly as possible, so as not to

awaken him, and went out to the barn

to help feed and milk the cows and to

attend to the other stock. Jake, my

hired man, was up in the loft throwing

down hay for the horses, and I was in

the cow stable milking, when, suddenly,

there arose such a deafening clamor of

gobbling turkeys, squawking ducks, cack-

ling hens and hissing geese in the yard

back of the barn that I nearly upset my

milk pail in my haste to see what was

happening, for, amid the babel of sounds,

I.thought I could distinguish the voices

of the children.



“Great Scott! And they are only just

out of bed!” I groaned, as I rushed to-

ward the scene of the commotion.



The moment I reached the stable door

I stopped. The barnyard contains about

an acre of land, with various sheds for

the. cattle and sheep, and is enclosed by

a high board fence. Just south of the

yard is a large pond where the ducks and

geese swim. The barn is built on a small

knoll and from the door where I stood

I could overlook the entire yard. I had

a large flock of turkeys and geese, and

two hundred hens and fifty or more

ducks. Apparently all these fowls were

on the warpath, led by the turkey gob-

hlcrs and the ganders; and the objects of

their attack were Teddy and Ellen. It

was the sight of this astounding battle

royal that stopped me where I was.



Ellen stood in a corner of the barnyard

fence, with hands pressed tightly against

the sides of her dress, her face as white

as milk, and her big frightened eyes

watching, with dauntless trust, every

movement of hcr brother. From where I

stood I could see her tremble, yet she did

not cry. And Teddy was proving himself

worthy of her trust. He stood directly in

front of her, a stout wooden sword in his

right hand, his air gun in his left, and a

great toy pistol in the belt around his

waist. His face was white, but there

was a grim determined look about the

boyish mouth that told, more plainly than

words could, his purpose to defend his

sister, even to the death, for to the two

citychildren these unknown monsters of

the barnyard were terrible and deadly

beasts. Indeed, Ellen was in imminent

peril from wing and beak; and only the

bravery and sturdy strength of Teddy

kept the turkey cocks and the genders





from tearing the bright red dress, which

had so enraged them. In front of the

two children were all the fowls 'of the

barnyard, led by an old gander and a

mammoth turkey cock; and all were

cackling, squawking, hissing, gobbling

and ruffling up their feathers and stretch-

ing out their necks in a way to strike

terror to any childish heart.



At the moment I reached the stable

door the turkey cock and the gander both

made a rush for the children.



"Here they come! Look out!” Teddy

shouted, and dropping his now useless

rifle he gripped his sword with both

hands and swung it aloft.



“Oh, Teddy, don't let them kill me!"

Ellen cried, shrinking back closer into the

fence corner.



"Trust the strength of my right arm

and good sword, sister! I will defend

thee to the last!" Teddy shouted back,

and he brought down his sword with all

the strength of his two sturdy arms.

The blow landed right on the outstretch-

ed neck of the gobbler, and was deliv-

ered with 'such vim that the wooden blade

snapped in two, while the turkey cock

turned a double somersault backward and

whirled and thrashed around in the

throes of death. T'Vith a about of triumph

Teddy dropped the broken sword, and,

bending down quickly, seized the air rifle

by the barrel and swung it above his

head.



“Bravo!" shouted the hired man, almost

ready to leap from the loft window in

his excitement. “Even the Black Knight

could not have struck a better blow!”

My hired Englishman, Jake, was literary

and had just finished reading Ivanhoe.

“Now, knock th’ bloomin’ ’ead off that old

gander!" he yelled.



For my part the sight of the lad’s

courage had thrilled through me like old

wine, for I love the sight of a brave

deed: but I did not care to have that

athletic nephew of mine knock the

“bloomin’ ’ead off” of any more choice

specimens of my poultry, so I gave a

shout and rushed to his rescue, scatter-

ing hens, ducks, geese and turkeys in

every direction. I was just in time, for

the wise old gander, taking advantage

of the opportunity afforded by the broken

sword incident, had seized Teddy by the

seat of his trousers, and was beating him

furiously with his great strong wings.

Teddy yelled and struck blindly with his

rifle, but the gander was in the rear

where the rifle could do little execution,

and the blow from a full-grown gander‘s

wing is not to be despised even by a

man. By the time I reached him the

gander had knocked the breath nearly

out of Teddy, but not his courage, for he

had dropped his rifle and was pounding

the great bird with his firsts when I

caught him up in my arms and forced

the strong beak to let go with a kick

from my heavy boot.



“Hand me my rifle, quick, Uncle John!"

he cried, struggling in my arms. “I'll

kill that old hissing thing! I’ll——"



Then there was a glad cry and Ellen

threw herself into my arms.



“Oh, Uncle John, you saved my life

and I love. you!" and she burst into tears.



I took Teddy on one arm and Ellen on

the other and bore them in safety out of

the yard, amid the cackling, squawking,

hissing protests of all the feathered folk.

Then I returned and sadly picked up the

dead turkey gobbler, the prize bird of my

flock, and, carrying it to the fence, threw

it at the feet of Teddy.



”There, Teddy," I said, “we will have

a prize-turkey dinner today, thanks to

your strong right arm and good sword.

You have proven yourself a hero; and I

am sure Teddy Roosevelt would do as I

do, if he had been here and seen you

defending your sister," and I clasped his

right hand in mine and shook it heartily,

as I would the hand of a man.



Teddy’s face flushed red, and he looked

down. “Uncle John,” he said, in a. low

Voice, “I don’t deserve your praise. I

was never so scart in my life; but, you

see, there was Ellen and it would have

been awful if those horrid things had got

at her. And that turkey cock looked

so terribly red, and angry, and big, and





made such horribly gobbling noises, and,





that awful white hissing thing! Oh, Un-

cle John, I always do want to be brave!”

and the little lad burst into tears.



I stooped quickly, and, gathering him

up in my arms, held him close and com-

forted his troubled little soul by explain-

ing to him how he had shown the noblest

kind of courage in defending his sister,

and that to fear danger and yet to face

it without iiinching was the highest form

of bravery. Presently the tears were

gone, and when I put him down he said,



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THINGS TO BE GLAD FOR.





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. BY L. M. THORNTON.





Things to be glad for? Blue of the sky,





And crisp cool breezes that riot by;



The sweep of meadows that stretch away,

And bins of barley and nirows of hay.

Cattle and horse , and so t-wooled sheep,

And a cellar st cked for the winter’s



‘keep.



Nuts new-gathered and apples gay,

Plenty and more on Thanksgiving Day.





Things to be glad for? A shelter warm,

Through cold of winter and biting storm;

A cozy chair and a book to road



For the mind’s uplift and the body’s need.

Though tree’s are barren and leas are



white,



Rest and comfort and heat and light,

The calm and peace of my simple way

Are blessings I prize Thanksgiving Day.





Things to be glad for? A friend sincere,



Leal~ and loyal from year to year;



The voice of kindred, their clasping hand,



And hearts that my own heart under-

stand;



Loved ones near me through sun and

shade,



And a soul of the Future unafraid.



Life’s humble things are they all, do you



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WHERE THE HEART IS, THANKS-

GIVING IS.





BY MRS. FRED NIQEWANGER.





Winter comes early ten thousand feet

above the sea so, although but a little

past the middle of November, it was not

surprising to see the buck bushes bend—

ing under the weight of snow that had

been falling all afternoon with the soft

persistency of Rocky Mountain countries.





Lisle Vernon stood at a window of the

little home in the shadow of the firs, a

letter and a slip of paper in her hand,

her eyes absently following the fading

outline of Jed Stallman and his pinton,

who were on their way home from the

grocery and postoflice, and had left the

Vernons’ mail in passing.



She was dimly conscious of crackling

pine knots and playful shadows that

were beginning to dodge about in the

darkening room, for their insistence in-

truded on that other picture of home

hundreds of miles beyond the mountains,

down where the grasses were yet brown

and the pumpkins still gleamed in some

of the corn rows. ‘



A quick flirt of her free fingers dashed

the mist from her eyes and once more

she skimmed through her father’s letter,

lingering with tightened lips over the

last sentence, already memorized: “It is

a little Thanksgiving present for you,

little girl, to use just as you please; but

we hope it will bring you back to eat

Thanksgiving dinner with us.”





The check was the more tantalizing

because its figures just covered the price

of a round trip ticket and necessary

comforts, with a little extra for pin mon—

ey; but Lisle slowly put both it and the

letter back into the envelope. X‘Vith a.

last glance out at the storm, whose soft

flakes fell with a monotonous prophesy

of the long train of days that must come

and go before the Easter flowers would

blossom on the mountain slopes and the

little creek again sing near the door, she

went into her bedroom.



‘Vhen she came back ten minutes later

it was with empty hands; the battle was

over. If her lashes drooped a little heav—

ily, the corners of her mouth did not.

“Rob couldn’t possibly leave the stock

now,” her mind had reasoned, against

the longing of'her heart, “even if he

could spare the money, and I know he

needs all of that for winter. N-‘o,” she

had considered slowly in answer to a

tantalizing mental suggestion, “it would

never do to go and leave him here alone.“





They had been married a little more

than a year but this would be. their first

Thanksgiving alone together; last year

they were still among the home folks. It

was a long step from the banker’s home

in Gregory to the ranchman's home in

this fir-rimmed park, and there is a dif—

ference between a month’s vacation in

the mountains with a party of fellow

teachers and a. Whole year there pretty

much by one’s self.



With a glance at the clock, Lisle re-

plenished her fire and began to prepare

supper for the hungry young man who

was now making his stock comfortable

for the night. She gave a little extra

care to the preparation of the meal with

an unconscious feeling of guilt because

she had faltered when she heard the

home call. A cook’s conscience makes

restitution through her preserve jars and

jelly glasses.



Then Robert Vernon came in and saw

the cozy home picture with glad, thank-





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. ' <13) 465





ful eyes. “Isn’t this fine?" he demanded.

“I like a nice little snowstorm when I’m

comfortable and know that everything

outside is, too.”



“You great, big boy!” Lisle smiled.

“I'll warrant you want to hunt up a

hand sled or make snowballs this very

minute."



“No, I don’t,” Rob grinned, with a

glance at range and table. “I want

broiled grouse and hot biscuits and sar-

vis berry preserves this very minute, and

skiis when the snow crusts over.”



“May your wants always be as easily

gratified," his wife answered with laugh-

ing seriousness, placing the chairs and

laying a couple of letters by his plate.



“Mr. Stallman brought the mail," she

said. “There's a magazine and a couple

of the weeklies in on the stand.”



Rob picked up his letters. “Didn’t you

get any?" ,



“Yes, I’ve one from Mary,” taking it

down from the clock shelf and handing

it to him. “She’s as jolly as ever; it will

do you good to read it.”



"All right," Rob agreed, for they al-





ways shared each other’s mail, “though

I’m not in any special need of being jol-

lied up.”





He looked questioningly at Lisle, hesi—

tated, then tore open his letters and read

them aloud as he ate. Several times

during the evening he glanced at her

wonderingly and, a couple of days later,

when he had puzzled out his answer, he

came up behind her quietly, as she sat

sewing, and tucked a little roll of bills

in her hand.



Lisle looked up with a surprised, “Why

—what--Roh'.”’



“For your Thanksgiving back home,

dear,” he answered with his quick, kind

smile.



“The money you need to finish up

your sheds,” she accused.



“The money the sheds can get along

without,” he corrected, dropping down

beside her and taking her in his arms.



“Oh, I‘m not so stupid as I look, little

woman,” he went on, with a raillery that

sounded a little forced. “You've been

brave and you didn’t intend me to know

-—there, dear, don't—J’ his own voice was

husky, “but I've seen that it was going

to be hard for you to stay here over

next Thursday."



“It’s just a sentimental notion,” Lisle

accused, more to herself than to him.

“l’ve always been back home for Thanks-

giving but I’ve got to learn that there

are other places."



“Not now; it will come easier next year

when you get more used to the mount-

ains and the ranch is in better shape.

Jed Stallman said he brought you a let-

tcr from home the other day, but you

didn’t say anything about it, so I figured

out it had made you homesick and you

didn't want me to see it."



Then he put the bills in her hand

again.’ “There’s the price and,” with de-

ceitful cheerfulness, “I’ll open up some

of your fine jars and get up a Thanks—

giving dinner that would make your hair

stand on end.”



Lise laughed at the picture but said

firmly, “I couldn’t think of using this

money, Rob," then added suddenly, un-

consciously surrendering, “I don't need

to.”



When she had told him about the check

hidden away in her trunk his heart shone

out from his eyes, though he railed light-

ly, “and you’d let me be a selfish brute

and force me to be a villain like that,

and spoil me uterly!”



Lisle laughed at the picture but said

her objections, and presently they were

planning and packing, and she was to

take the stage next day.



Rob went with her to Pinos Junction

where passengers exchange the discom-

forts of the stage for the questionable

comforts of the narrow-gauge spur that

climbs across the Divide to the main line.

He loaded her with messages and talked

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not until he gave her the long kiss, at the

conductor‘s trite “All aboard,” that she

felt a little catch in her throat.



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hand; but when the valley was really be-

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and through snowsheds, she swallowed

hard, closed her eyes and let her mind

go on ahead to that older home and the

scores of friends who would welcome her.





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—a rugged wall reared between her and

liar new life. Before her were the plains,

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eyes smiled a little when her mind began

to quote absurdly, “And broad is the

path—” -but she paced the platform

awhile after the train pulled into the

union depot at Denver, and the crisp air

did her good.



There were crowds of people but she

was more alone than when among the

firs and after a little she walked reso-

lutely in, inquired about a train, checked

her hand baggage, then pushed through

the swinging doors and across the court

to 17th street. Ignoring the line of cabs

and importuning drivers, she walked

on briskly, headed for the big stores,

with the pink of her cheeks and the

sparkle of her eyes coming back glor-

iously.



.The hours slipped by. When she crept

up from the plains, stretching away lim-

itlessly, and the twilight of the mount-

ains came down to meet it, a telegram

went east but Lisle went west. She had

not rested much the night before, but

now she slept, wrapped in the peace of

the mountains—and that other peace.



“Just ran down to Denver for a day of





 





 





“This little pig went to market.”





 





shopping and some Thanksgiving good-

ies,” she explained to an acquaintance

on the platform at Pinos Junction when

she stepped from the train. “No, Mr.

Vernon was not expecting me today so

I'll have to go out with Mr. Samuels;

and if he doesn’t hurry,” she turned to

the driver with a smile before stepping

into the stage, “I shall not get home in

time to finish up my baking.”



“Oh, I’ll hurry, ma‘am,” the old driver

chuckled, “Y‘Vhat’s lackin’ in style's al—

ways made up in drivin’.”



Lisle laughed-it was easy to laugh



now—thinking the driving must have

quite a balance.

' At last, after fifteen interminable miles,

the snug little home among the firs came

in sight. Lisle leaned forward and saw

a thin curl of smoke winding upward.



“\Vould you mind driving a little slow-

er so 'we won’t make quite so much

noise, Mr. Samuels?” she begged. ”I think

Rob is starting supper and I’d like to

surprise him.”



“Sure not, ma’am,” reining the lead-

ers in sharply. Then his blue eyes

twinkled on her for an instant. “Guess

you won’t be none the less welcome for

hein’ a surprise."



Lisle paused at the closed door, lips

parted, breath coming a. little quickly;

then a stove lid crashed and she turned

the knob unheard.



Her glance swept the room and rested

on the tired looking figure by the stove;

then her voice tried to cry merrily,

“Flapjacks for supper, Rob! It’s a mercy

I didn’t stay away longer, you’d have

ruined your digestion.”



The tired figure, rested, turned.

“Lisle?” then again, when he had her

hands, “Lisle!”



"Yes, it is not my ghost,” but the lips

that tried to laugh, trembled, and she

buried her face on his shoulder. “Oh,

Rob.” she cried, “why did you let me do

it? It is half your fault,” she scolded,





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

' Grandmother’s T hanksgiving—By E. L. K. w.





Many bright scenes, in' fond memories,

have 1,



Many of days in my childhood, gone by;

Dreams of the past now my heart often

Causing its pulses with pleasure to thrill.

Of the bright scenes that today I recall,

One stands pre-eminent over them all—

’Tis of our family, gliding away,



GolngD to Grandmother’s, Thanksgiving



ay.





Father}; and mother, with sweet baby



av,



Henry, Maria and I filled the sleigh;



Hearts warm and light, and with faces

aglow,



Speeding along over new-fallen snow.



Sleighbells rang out in a sweet merry





chime



\Vhile the gay horses stepped proudly in

time;



Sure, were we all, with the short journey





0 er,

\Velcome awaited at Grandmother’s door.





Clad in her cap and white kerchief to

wait,



0ft she peered out toward the road and

the gate; ,



Faithfully watched, till at length we were

spied,



As ’long the highway our prancing team

hied;



\Yelcomed she all in a loving embrace,



Ushered us into her warm cozy place



Where we were greeted by other friends,

dear,



Wont to assemble, this day of each year.





Out from the cookroom, where viands

were made,





trying to fight back the tears, “letting

me be so selfish.”



“XYhy, little girl, it was all right.”



“It ‘wasn’t, but it is’,” Lisle corrected,

drawing back a little to look up in his

face, and going on impressively with

shining eyes. “There's a fur coat com-

ing for you, Bob, and a great, wide, lux-

urious couch for that corner,” pointing

to a space between sunset and firelight,

"aiid—a—realmpumpkin—for pics! I

found some big sweet ones in Denver."



Then she whispered longingly, “If we

could only have both gone, Rob, but—”

there was a sharp catch in the soft voice

——it wouldn‘t be Thanksgiving—anywhere

—\\'ithout you.”



“Next year, sweetheart,” and Rob held

her close, “we’ll make it come that way.

This is a good world, after all.”



Lisle’s face lifted. “And there will be

Thanksgiving in the mountains, as well

as on the hiains.”





USING THE CAMERA IN WINTER.





 





 





BY FRANK H. SWEET.





Not many families these days are with-

out a camera, owned by one of its mem-

bers. There are few subjects that appeal

more strongly to the amateur photogra-

pher than winter scenes. Snow, being

white, or nearly so, requires very short

exposure, and this leads many persons

into trouble when they may be trying to

photograph people or other objects in the

snow. They then, in order to try to bring

out detail in the dark figures, force the

development of the

plate or film, and as a r'

consequence, lose all

quality in the snow and

usually fail to save the

detail of the darker

'objects. To avoid this

it is necessary that

the exposure should be

made with reference to

the darker objects. For

instance, tree trunks,

evergreens, or figures in

dark clothes require a

comparatively full ex-

posure. This would

probably mean over—

exposure of the snow if

ordinary plates were

used, therefore it is

well to use isochromatic

plates, and still better

pictures will be obtained

if a ray filter or color

screen is used with

these plates. In any

event, it is best to use

a rather weak develop-

er, especially in the case

of under exposure, as

w h e n photographing

rapidly moving objects.

when the. exposure may

be cut down to a small

fraction of a second.



Winter pictures may be said to require

just about the same exposure as would

be needed in summer, for though the

snow reflects a great deal of light this

is counterbalanced by the fact that the

sun, being lower, is far less powerful.





 





Poured fragrant odors, the house to per-

vade; '



Ample provisions were made for us all;



Soon at the table we answered the call;





Gathered around, each with appetite



_ keen, ,



Happy, the old and the young might be

seen.





Many grand festivals since I have shared,

Still, none with this could by me be com-

pared.





Chlldrlen were Grandmother’s special de-





8 .



Ruled them in kindness, maintaining the

right,



Tactful, admonished in

way,



Or, to instruct, often joined in their play;



Many bright days have I spent on her





sweet gentle





farm;

Plain though her home, it for me held a





charm,



And, in my dreams, I still ride in the

sleigh,



Going to Grandmother’s, Thanksgiving

Day.





Time rolls along and we now have grown





old.

’Tis our own grandchildren now he be-





hold, -

Coming to celebrate Thanksgiving Day

Here with their grandparents, furrowed





and gray;



And. as in praises and thanks we would

bow,



Memories awake, and I mentally vow:



Thanksgiving Day, to these children,

shall be



Just what my Grandmother’s once was





to me.





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shorter than for a summer landscape,

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considered, the exposure would be ap-

proximately the same. It is frequently

adv;sable to break up the dead white of

the immediate foreground by walking





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just the right amount of shadow.





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cold place as it will cause them to at-

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results. The temperature of the develop-

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That's what it means to be mother.





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That's what it means to be mother.





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THE BACHELOR UNCLE.

(Continued from page 464).

with a littlelsigh: “I” do wish Teddy

Roosevelt had seen me." -



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stained face gazing up into mine. “Com-

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and proceeded to “comfort” her.





—‘7When I woke up I thought I would

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the country is new to her, too, and she

wore red, ’cause she was going to be a

gipsy, and We were going to camp out

just like gipsies after we had done some

exploring. First we came to a high

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climbed over myself. Then we started

toward a great house with big doors in it

and almost no windows—”





"And I saw some dear little chickies

running on the ground,” broke in Ellen;

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John, wasn’t Teddy brave? I guess I’d

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clambered out of my lap and threw her

arms around her brother‘s neck.





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gobbler.



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the innocent words of Ellen, “Uncle John,

you ought to be married,” kept recurring

to me.



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shut the door in my face.





 





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me. Why had Elsie dismissed me so

peremptorily, so scornfully? Why had

she refused to give me any reasons for

her actions, and declined to see me or

receive any communications from me. I

could not understand it. I' only knew

that someone, somehow, wrongfully had

convinced Elsie of my utter unworthi-

ness. But how, and why, and who? If

I could but lay my hands on the wretch

I would drag him to the feet of Elsie and

choke the truth out from between his

cowardly lips. I would prove to her that

I was worthy of her love, and then the

poignant bitterness of the thought that

she believed me base at least would be

gone.



What a. marvelous thing love is! Here

was I, a. man six feet and five inches in

my stockings, weighing some two hun-

dred and forty pounds and muscled like

an ox; and yet love made me tremble at

the thought of a slip of a girl, who had

scorned me and spoken words to me that

no man living could have spoken without

a blow; and still, despite this scorning, I

even now, would esteem it a joy to give

my life for her good. I knew that this

love was noble and ennobling; yet I

locked it in my bosom, as if it was vile,

and trembled lest the hand of a friend

should find the key.



And Elsie—I knew she had loved me.

I had read the sweet truth in her eyes

and acts a thousand times. I knew that

the shock of my apparent unworthiness

had been a. woeful blow to her; and yet

—-what could it all mean? I asked my-

self again, as I had a thousand times

before.



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“City or Country for Our Children,” the

question has been brought very forcibly

to our attention by the letter from “Dis-

illusioned Mother” which appeared in

The Farmer of November 11. Serious

charges were made by the writer,

charges that country children know noth—

ing at all about nature as compared to

city youths: that they are not so strong,

because they are poorly fed and‘do not

exercise. and. most important of all, that

their morals are not so good.





A few years ago I was a country school

teacher, and for five years I taught coun-

try girls and boys. And, although I was

a high school graduate and had read

several nature books. I learned more from

what those children told me about nature

than I had ever learned in any school.

Theoretically I was perhaps better in-

formed than the children on some sub—

jects, but turn me loose in the woods and





_I didn’t know where to look for one of





the flowers I could analyze with the aid

of a huge botany. The children, on the

contrary, knew just where to look for

every flower, they knew which ones liked

the moist dark dells. and which preferred

the sunshine. They knew the haunts of

birds and fourfooted creatures, rabbits,

squirrels and chipmunks. They knew,

too, the habits of all their furry friends

and brought things to my attention that

I had notlearned in books. “Flight of

fowl and habitude of the tenants of the

wood,” these boys and girls knew be-

cause they had grown up amongst them.



I never noticed that they lacked exer-

cise, either. “'alks of from half a mile

to two miles to school, preceded and fol—

lowed morning and night and numerous

“chores” for the boys and housework for

the girls made sturdy muscles and clear

brains. And at school there was base-

ball, wrestling, tag, coasting in winter

and all sorts of sports to quicken the

blood and fill the lungs with pure air. To

be sure, there were no dumbell exercises

nor Indian clubs nor trapeze per-

formances, but carrying wood and wat-

er did very well for arm strengtheners

and climbing fruit and nut trees to shake

down their load, not to mention clamber-

ing all over the hay mow for eggs, was a

fairly good substitute for horizontal bar

gymnastics.



As I remember the dinner pails, too,

the food was quite eatable. Indeed, I’ve

often sighed for a return to it since I

have lived in the city and eaten foods

made of candied eggs and imitation but-

ter. A bit of the fried chicken I used to

see in some \of those dinner pails would

be a most welcome exchange for the

tough drumsticks I now nibble. The

children don't look starved, or anemic.





I can't recall a single gray, pinched face _





such as city teachers look into daily.

There were plenty of rosy cheeks and

bright eyes and I can not remember that

a single child ever had indigestion.





Their morals, too, weren’t in such a

shocking state as “Disillusioned Moth-

er says she finds them. Every day we

spent 15 minutes committing to memory

some “memory gem,” and the children

were even more eager to learn them than

I was to teach them. The mothers with-

out exception, were earnest, conscien-

tious women, anxious to bring their chil—

dren up well and as a rule their efforts

were crowned with success. If the chil-

dren had any vicious habits, they kept

them carefully hidden and neither par-

ents nor teachers ever found any great

wrong. .



For ’five years I worked with country

children, and I think I ought to know

them as well as “Disillusioned Mother,”

who has lived in' the country a year,

evidently with the “I—am-holier-than-

thou” attitude. Besides, conditions have

steadily improved since my day. If she

has really found things as she says, I

am positive that there is no other spot





in the state where such conditions exist.

I believe, however, that she is mistaken.

I am inclined to think she belongs to

that class of people who judge everyone

in the neighborhood by a single example.

She may have-run across a single bad

boy, and jumped to the conclusion that

the rest were all like him. But they are

not.



Every once in a. while some writer

seizes his pen and dashes off a burning

article to prove the superiority of the

city over the country. He proves to his

own satisfaction that city bred lads are

the superior in every way. But the coun-

try boy still goes on picking up the

larger share of the positions of trust in

the country. He may not know so much

about some things as the city lad. He

is often silent when others around him

are talking of their favorite actor or ac-

tress, the batting average of the different

baseball players, or the time made by the

swiftest race horse. But he knows how

to work, how to take orders and how to

give them. He is honest, straightfor~

ward and of clean habits, and as a rule

is a much deeper student of human na—

ture than the city bred young man. Hav—

ing known. but few people in his earlier

years he has acquired the habit of study-

ing each new acquaintance and of stor-

ing his observations.



I believe “Disillusioned Mother”'will

admit her mistake when she sits down

and thinks over just what she has writ-

ten. The charitable view of the thing is

to conclude that she had, overworked that





day and brought on a backache, or that

she had eaten a bit of that “soggy"

bread she decried and was suffering from

indigestion. When she is in her right

mind, I am sure she will see she has

greatly overstated matters. On the whole,

though, I am glad she wrote the letter

if it relieve’d her, for it has been a

pleasure to me to dispute her statements.

Besides, it is not a bad thing for any of

us to see ourselves through others eyes,

even if those eyes are crooked. We are

so apt to grow egotistical if someone is

always patting us on the back.

DEBORAH.

Editorial Note—The article. entitled

“Back to the City,” which appeared in

our November 11 issue, had been in the

office for several weeks and the question

of its use was considered for some time.

“'e finally decided to publish it upon the

ground that the readers of the VVoman’s





Pages have seldom had the question of,





rural conditions as compared with urban

conditions, presented from the other side.

he must confess that the attitude of

“The Disillusioned Mother” had none of

our sympathy, in-so-far as her views of

country conditions were concerned, and

the large number of replies to her letter

received at the office has confirmed our

contention that the environment of rural

surroundings is the greatest argument

among many others for living on the

farm, and in that environment there are

nurtured the men and the women who

constitute the backbone of our civilization.

\l'e regret that we lack space for the

publication of all the answers made to

the article in question, but we shall se—

lect a few and print them in succeeding

issues that those who see these columns

may read the opinions of others.





 





 





* Preparation Of The Thanksgiving Dinner.





By Mrs. Mary





HE little motto which begins with



I the words, “Live, Laugh and

Love,” is a good motto to follow,



and especially so on the day of Thanks-

giving. Although every day of the year

should witness a thankful spirit, still it

is a sweet custom that sets one day apart

on which not only to feel inward grati-

tude but a day, the hours of which may

be given up to deeds that render thOSe

about us happy and glad that they are

not insensible to life and love. The 0b-

servance of this day also serves to remind

many of us (who grow careless in our

appreciation of blessings as our natural

due), how muc 'e have for which to be

thankful. It fine of the sweet notes

that is almost iversally sounded in our

yearly routine. Families, long separated,

gather about the Thanksgiving table and





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vacant chairs are filled by strangers or

some of those 1e8s fortunate.



Although there are many ways of ex-

tending hospitality at this season, yet it

is most ditticult, in fact, impossible, to

improve upon the good cheer aroused at

the festive board. Custom has made it

very easy for the hostess to arrange a

Suttable menu, for turkey, cranberry

sauce, pumpkin pie, mince pie, plum pud-

ding, nuts and raisins are important fea-

tures of the dinner and have been so

ever since our dear old grandmothers

entertained over these delicious viands

prepared in their spacious brick ovens.



A pretty decoration for the center of

the table may be fashioned with a straw

basket of graceful design by either gild-

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The Turkey Ready for the Oven.





apples and grapes add much to the effect

of such an assortment of fruit and a

large bow of ribbon tied to the handle

completes the attempt, rendering the

effect desired better than could have been

achieved by spending three' times the

amount at a fiorist’s. Sprigs of wheat

may be tucked here and there between

the fruit, softening the lines. Tiny

sheaves of wheat may be made up and

set by eachplate or be tucked into each

napkin. Lay the table without side

dishes, using very large dinner plates in

their stead and thus avoid the over-

crowded look that takes away the appe-

tite before the meal has hardly begun.



There are so many courses included

in the Thanksgiving fare that it is best

to cook all dishes very simply, being

careful that the food is well done and

well seasoned with salt and pepper.



No better menu could be planned than

the following:



Oyster Soup

Roast Turkey with Chestnut Stuffing

Cranberry Jelly ,



Boiled Fish with Drawn Butter Egg Sauce

Boiled Potatoes '



Browned Sweet Potatoes

Lettuce Salad with French Dressing

Mince Pie Pumpkin Pie Cheese Straws



Fruit Black Coffee



Roast Turkey—Dress and clean thor-

oughly a ten-pound turkey. Place on its

side on a rack in a dripping pan, rub the

entire surface with salt, and spread the

breast, legs and wings with one-third

cup each of flour and butter rubbed to-

gether. Dredge the bottom of the pan

with flour. Place in a hot oven, and

when flour on turkey begins to brown,

reduce the 'heat, baste with drippings in

the pan and add a pint of boiling water.

Continue basting every twenty minutes

until the turkey is tender, which will re-

quire about three hours. For basting,

use one-half cup of butter melted in one-

half cup of boiling water. During the

cooking turn the turkey often that it

may brown evenly. Remove string and

skewers before serving. Garnish with

celery tips.



Chestnut Stufl‘ing.—One and one-half

pints French chestnuts, one-half cup of

butter, one teaspoon salt, one-eighth tea-

spoon pepper, one—fourth cup cream, one

cup cracker crumbs.





Shell and blanch the chestnuts. Cook‘





in boiling salted water until soft. Drain

and put through a, potato ricer. Add one-

half the butter, salt, pepper and cream.

Melt remaining butter, mix with cracker

crumbs, then combine the mixtures.

Oyster Soup—Pour a quart of cold

water over a pint of oysters, drain

through a colander. Put the water drain-

ed from the oysters in a saucepan. Sim-

mer gently for three minutes. Remove

the scum. Add to the broth in the'sauce-

ran ‘one tablespoon each of butter and

flour stirred to a paste. Cook three

minutes, or until smooth, stirring mean-

white. Then add half a cup of cream,

and season to taste with salt and pepper.

When the soup boils, add the drained

oysters, and as soon as it again boils and

the edges of the oysters curl and sep-

arate, remove from the fire and serve.

Boiled Fish—Dredge the prepared fish

with flour. Wrap it in a cloth. Put in a

steamer or in boiling water. When done,

take from the kettle, drain, place upon

a. hot platter, remove the cloth, garnish

with lemon points and sprigs of parsley

and serve with drawn butter egg sauce.

A medium-sized fish will boil in half an

hour, and when sufficiently cooked will

flake and separate easily. ,

Drawn Butter Egg Sauce—Cook to-

gether until well mixed, a tablespoon

each of butter and flour. Add a cup of

the water in which the fish boiled. Sim-

mer five minutes, season highly with salt

and mildly with pepper and serve in a

tureen in which have been placed half a

dozen slices of hard-boiled egg.

Cranberry Jelly—To a. quart of cran-

berries add three-fourths of a pint of

boiling water. Cover closely and cook

five minutes over a quick fire. Crush

with a. wooden spoon such of the berries
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NOV. 25, 1911.





as have not burst and rub through a

colander. Put the strained pulp into the

saucepan in which the berries were cook-

ed. Add three-fourths of a pint of gran-

ulated sugar and simmer five minutes,

stirring constantly.



Browned Sweet Potatoes—Boil the po-

tatoes until they can be pierced with a

fork, but not until tender. Remove the

skins, dust lightly with sugar, roll in

melted butter and brown in the oven.





French Dressing—To two tablespoons

of sharp vinegar, add salt until the salt

is as plain to the taste as the vinegar:

if liked, 'white or red pepper may also

be added to taste. Add to the seasoned

vinegar six tablespoons of olive oil and

sprinkle the mixture over the prepared

lettuce in the salad bowl. Carefully turn

the lettuce over in the bowl and serve on

cold plates.



Cheese Straws—Roll pie-crust dough

the same thickness as for pics. Cut in

strips from six to ten inches wide and

cut the strips into straws or sticks a

quarter of an inch in width. Lay upon

baking sheets, leaving a space between

the straws a third the width of the

straWS. Grate rich cheese, season to

taste with salt and red pepper and scat-

straws and the

spaces between them. Putin the oven

where the greatest heat will be at the

top and bake ten or fifteen minutes. Cut

the cheese in the center of the spaces

between the straws, remove from the

baking sheet with a flexible knife and

pile tastily on a plate.



Black coffee or coffee with cream, if

desired, may be served, as may also tea

of any kind. As bread and butter are

considered essential at every meal they

are omitted from our bill of fare, but

must not be forgotten. The quantities

called for in the recipes given are suffi—

cient to serve a company of six or eight

persons.



l’ie Crust.——One-half cup of lard and

one-half cup of butter. \Vork into three

cups of flour. Moisten with cold water.

Take half the quantity, roll to an inch in

thickness, cover with small bits of but-

ter, then form the whole into a roll.

\Vith a rolling pin applied crosswise the

roll, flatten it, and cover again with bits

of butter. Repeat this operation three

times, using in all about a quarter of a

cup of butter. This is for the upper

crust. The other half for the under

crust needs to be rolled but once, and

very thin for the pan. If to be filled

with custard, squash, lemon or cream,

bake the under crust first. To keep it

smooth on the pan cut a piece of paper

the size of the crust and partly fill it

with flour. This ilour can be used for

gravies, etc. Of course, the paper is to

be removed before filling the pie for the

final baking. This Will make four medi-

um pies, both upper and under crust.

This is much cheaper than puff paste and

better for ordinary use.



Mince Pie.—-—Four pounds of lean cold

boiled meat chopped fine, nine pounds of

apples chopped fine, one and a half

pounds of suet chopped fine, three pounds

of raisins, two pounds of currants, half

a pound of citron sliced fine, five'pounds

of sugar, three teaspoons of ground.

cloves, ten teaspoons of ground cinnamon,

five teaspoons of ground mace, one tea-

spoon of ground black pepper, six table—

spoons of salt, one quart of cider and

vinegar mixed with one quart of molas-

ses. Mix all and add the juice and grat—

ed rind of two lemons; or, instead of

cider, vinegar and molasses, one quart

of sherry and one pint of brandy may be

substituted. Keep this mincemvat in

st-ine jars; add a little more liquor, if it

should become too dry, when about to

make the pies.



Apple Pie—Quarter and pare eight ap-

ples. Cut the quarters in two and fill a

deep pie plate. If the. apples are quite

sour use two-thirds of a cup of granu-

lated sugar; if only moderately so, half

a cup. Add one teaspoon of cinnamon.

Roll the under crust very thin. The up—

per crust shouldl be punctured for the

escape of steam. After moistening the

under crust around the edges fold the

upper crust under it and press them to-

gether to keep in the juice. Bake in a

moderate oven from half to three-quart-

ers of an hour.



Lemon Pie—Four eggs, four table-

spoons of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of

flour, nearly a quart of milk, two small

lemons, a little salt. Bake two under

crusts. Mix the egg yolks and sugar well

together. Bring the milk to the boiling

point, then add the flour mixed with

some of the milk to prevent lumping.

Stir it until it has thickened and cooked,

then remove it from the fire to stir in





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





the yolks and sugar; return it for a min-

ute to set the eggs; again remove it and

flavor with lemon juice and grated rind:

when the crusts are done, spread over

cream, and over this spread the beaten

white of the eggs sweetened and flavored.

Put. it into the oven a few minutes to

color.



Pumpkin Pie—To make one pie, rub

through a. sieve cooked pumpkin enough

to make two cupfuls. To this add a

small cup of sugar, a saltspoon of salt,

one teaspoon of cinnamon and one of

ginger and a pint of hot milk and mix

thoroughly. When cold stir in two well-

beaten eggs and fill a pie plate that has

been lined with good rich paste. It will

require three-quarters of an hour to

bake.



Apple Pie with Pineapple—Bake an

apple pie in the usual way, but without

sweetening. 'VVhlle it is baking take

three teaspoons of grated pineapple, one

tablespoon of water, three of sugar and

simmer together until the fruit looks

clear. When the pie is taken from the

oven, spread the pineapple over the ap—

ple, replace the cover and set the pie

away to cool. The pineapple mixture

furnishes the sweetening.





IGNORANT MOTHERS, DISEASED

CHILDREN.





BY ELLA E. ROCKVVOOD.





 





 





To the mother can many times be ,

traced the unhealthy condition of her ;

child. Careless methods concerning 1





cleanliness and food are responsible for

much of the disease found among infants,

so physicians assert. Time was when

mothers allowed nursing babes to sit at1

the table and fed them whatever food"

was served for the family meal. Now





most parents know better, although not





all are as yet educated in this respect.



Not long ago a young mother traveling

in the same conveyance with the writer,

although a perfect stranger, sought ad-

vice concerning her six~months~ohl babe,

which was pale and anemic, undersized

and showing every symptom of lack of

thrift. Inquiry brought out the fact that

although the mother nursed the child, it

was permitted to eat potatoes, bread,

cake, even meat, which the parent as-

sured me. she took pains to “cut fine" for

her.



As a final confession she related how

the child had cried for sauerkraut a few

days before and was not denied.‘ The

little one was in such a condition that

its very life was apparently threatened:

by the mismanagement of the

who loved it as all mothers love their

children, and who would havo resented;

any insinuation that it was not properly

cared for.



\Vhen told that a child should have no

solid food for the first year of its life at

the very least, this woman appeared sur—

prised and gave. numerous examples as

showing that other mothers were doing

as she did, with no bad results.



Contrast this child’s condition with

that of a baby fed only on milk, or a

milk substitute, and note the difference.

Any thinking person should know that

an infant is not able to digest solid food

until nature has supplied teeth with

which to masticate it.



Another grave error in child manage-

ment of the past consisted in feeding

baby irregularly, or whenever it cried.

Nothing could be worse than perpetually

stufiing its stomach to keep it quiet.

Regular two-hour intervals at first,

changing to three hours after a few

months, gradually placing the meal times

further apart, is a much better rule and

a sensible one to follow. Baby is not

always hungry when he cries, and fre—

quently may cry from the effects of an

overloaded stomach.



The number of children made incurably

blind from neglect of the eyes, is aston-

ishing, so we are told by physicians.

Greatest care should be exercised in this

respect and the eyes he kept scrupulously

clean and free from exudations. Care-

ful mothers insist upon cleansing the

eyes every morning after the bath, in a

soltuion of boracic acid, using a. little

wad of sterilized absorbent cotton wet

in the solution, for each eye.



The charge that loss of sight is some—

times traceable to a mother’s neglect is

a horrible one to contemplate, yet the

fact is undisputably true in hundreds of

cases known to the medical fraternity.

Great advancement in the care of chil-

dren has already been made and the

number of uninformed parents is annually

decreasing. But that there are still some

of these left many instances seem to

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AMOUNT OF PLANT FOOD IN THE

SOIL.





BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.





If we were to calculate the amount of

plant food removed from the soil by crops

and, taking this factor as a basis for

calculation, were to estimate the length

of time it would take to exhaust the soil

of its so~called plant food, we would be

surprised to learn how practically inex—

haustible the soil is. Now then, when

we take into consideration, besides this

factor, that in the modern system of

farming much or perhaps the most of the

plant food removed in the crop is subse-

quently returned to the soil through the

medium of farmyard manure, we will

then observe that to exhaust the soil on

such a basis is well nigh an impossi-

bility.



It is well for us to dwell upon this

point for a moment in order that we may

more fully appreciate the wonders of the

scheme of plant growth. On the above

basis, King 'has calculated that in the

first surface foot of an acre of land there

exists 3.7 tons of potash, 1.88 tons of lime

and 1.9 tons of phosphoric acid. lie

states that clover hay demands for its

production per ton, 39 pounds of potash,

38 pounds of lime and 11 pounds of phos-

phoric acid. lle determined this factor

by an analysis of the plant at maturity.

1n plainer language. he found. upon an—

alysis of the clover plant per ion, the

various quantities mentioned last above.

Assuming that these amounts represent-

ed the demand of the plant upon the soil,

King calculated that there was enough

potash in the soil to last 1,521 years; that

there was enough lime in the soil to last

over 4,000 years; and enough phosphoric

acid to last 500 years. If these state—

inents were. exactly true, and they are,

of course, mathematically correct, so far

as the problem is stated, we would not be

able to persuade farmers to fertilize, es-

pecially with commercial fertilizers, with

a great deal of success.



()ver against this theory so cleverly

worked out there are certain indisputable

facts which every farmer knows. He

knows, for example, that he cannot pro—

duce a maximum crop through a succes—

sion of years without resorting to the use

of manures and fertilizers. Against this

theory again we, have the well known

fact of the practical exhaustion of soils

all about us. We have the exhaustion

of the soils of the European countries

and, at later date, the exhaustion of the

abandoned farms in the New- England

states, abandoned because a maximum

crop could not be produced on the soils

which had been undergoing ruinous

cropping for a number of years. Vt'e

have the remarkable experiments, on the

Rotliamstcad soils in England, of Lawes

and Gilbert, demonstrating, it is true,

that where fertilizers were not applied a

crop could be produced through a series

«it years, but demonstrating with equal

truth and equal certainty that the use

of artificial manures made possible the

continual production, year after year, of

a maximum crop.



if it is impossible to exhaust the soil,

why is it that the application of such an

exceedingly small quantity of plant food

units is capable of producing such a

startling effect in the way of plant

growth? It seems to us that one thing is

here very clearly indicated, and that is

that an analysis of the plant does not

give the true index, or anywhere near a

true index, of the demands of that plant

upon the soil. As stated previously, we

are aware that sugar, starch, oil, and

nearly all of the plant food constituents,

when reduced to the state of absolute

purity, are practically devoid of mineral

matter. The exceptions to these are the

albumins, of course, which contain some

phosphorus and various other compounds

in which a small amount of mineral mat-

ter seems to be intimately associated

with the organic structure of that body.

\Ve know, however, that it is impossible

to produce a single gram of starch, or

a single gram of sugar, or oil, without the

presence of a considerable quantity of the

various mineral ingredients. Shall we

then say that an analysis of the result-

ant products of plant growth, sugar,

starch, etc., will give us a true index of

the demands of that product upon the

soil? Is it not far more logical to assume

that the growth of a plant is caused by a

certain concentration of plant food ex-

isting in the soil, a nourishing medium,





the life of the soil, which is speedily ex-

hausted of its most favorable balance

and when so exhausted the results show

plainly in the growth of the plants, the

results with which all farmers are fa-

miliar.



Likewise with the clover plant; as King

truthfully states, an analysis of this plant

at maturity will show, in one ton, 39

pounds of potash, 38 pounds of lime and

11 pounds of phosphoric acid, but to

state that these quantities of mineral





nutrients represent the demands upon the .





soil of the ton of growing clover is to

strike widely, in our opinion, from the

truth. Upon an analysis of the different

fertilizing materials we would find that

the application of the ordinary quantities

of commercial fertilizers and the ordi-

nary quantities of farmyard manures,

when spread out on the top of the soil,

contributes an exceedingly small quantity

of mineral nutrient indeed. We know,

from practical experience, that the addi—

tion of these small quantities is sufficient,

under normal conditions, for the produc-

tion of a maximum crop, but upon analy-

ses of the soil before adding the fertilizer

and after adding the fertilizer, it is al-

most impossible to note the difference.

It is apparent that it takes a very small

reduction in the soluble contents of the

soil to throw the soil water so out of

balance as a nutrient medium for plants

that its deficiency in mineral nutrients

is at once apparent in the growing crop.





Knowing, by analysis, the small amount

of plant food nutrients conveyed to the

soil in various fertilizers, this fact has

been made the basis of the comparison

of fertilizers by various commercial

houses. More particularly has it been

made the basis for the condemnation of

barnyard manure in comparison with

commercial fertilizers. This has led ex-

perimenters, chemists particularly, with-

out exception to spend considerable time

sufficient reason therefor. Almost with—

in prowlaiming the merits of barnyard

manure. without being able to give a

out exception they have stated that the

value of barnyard manure is out of all

proportion to the amount of various nu-

trients therein contained. Along a. simi—

lar line of thought, evidently, was the

Bureau of Soils operating when it pub-

lished what became the famous “Bulle-

tin 22, Bureau of Soils," wherein it was

stated that practically all soils contain

sufficient nourishment for the production

of a maximum crop. Indeed, this state—

men must be considered correct if we

reason by calculation from the amount

of plant food nutrients contained in the

crop at maturity. Perhaps we might il-

lustrate this in a slightly different way

by taking an example in the animal

world. How near the exact truth would

we be if we took, as a basis of calcula-

tion, the analysis of the animal body at

maturity to judge of the demands of that

body upon its food supply? Take, for

example, a steer weighing 1,000 ‘pounds,

consuming every day of its life perhaps

25 or 30 pounds of dry matter. An analy-

sis of the carcass at the time of ma-

turity, say three years old, would reveal

1,000 pounds of dry matter consisting of

albumin, sugar, fat and mineral matter.

Have we any right to assume, because

of the fact that this animal body shows

only 1,000 pounds of these various food

constituents at the age of three years,

that the demands of this animal upon its

food supply have been only to the extent

of 1,000 pounds? Again, in this 1,000

pounds there may perhaps be 100 pounds

of mineral matter. Have we any right

to assume again that this animal utilized,

through its three years of.life, only 100

pounds of mineral matter? It seems to

us that this is quite absurd. Is it not

more nearly correct to say that many

times this amount was utilized by the

animal in reaching maturity, and may

we not, with the same logic, say that

many times the amount of potash, etc.,

found in the plant at maturity is used

by that plant in arriving at its fullest

development.



Repeating again, it is evident to us

that there is a certain desirable balance

demanded by plants before they will

reach their most favorable development.

This balance, by successive cropping, is

very easily disturbed, and by the addition

of manures and fertilizers, constantly and

continuously, this favorable balance is

maintained. In no other way is it ap-

parent to us how we may explain, in the

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titles of plant food in the soil, why it is

that soils under some methods of culti-

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CITY MILK SUPPLY.





 





With the increase in population in cit-

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to the very desirable market which the

city affords for milk. Likewise, with the

increased attention which public officials

and individual consumers in ‘cities are

paying to the question of sanitation sur-

rounding their food supply, it has become

imperative that dairymen supplying cit-

ies give greater consideration to the

question of the production of clean milk.

It has not been a long time since the man

who advocated clean clothes, clean cows,

and clean hands in the production of milk

was considered more or less of a faddist

and an impractical man. Habit and cus—

tom are strong forces to antagonize, and

until recently comparatively few dairy-

men realized the duty they owed to the

consuming public in the matter of clean

milk.



A, few not exactly philanthropic con-

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considerable foresight, have attempted to

market milk produced under fairly mod-

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possible, in most of our cities, to secure

milk which has been produced under

more or less sanitary conditions. Perhaps

the greatest impetus given to this move-

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ting out of what has come to be known

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produced under specified conditions and

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consumed in our cities contains over

100,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter, we

will realize what the reduction to 10.000

bacteria per cubic centimeter may mean.



During the last three years the Mich-

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was found that, along with the strenuous

sanitary campaign under his direction

among the creameries and cheese fac-

tories in the state, it was as much to

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that the quality of his product should be

improved as it was to the interests of the

creamerymen and dairymen throughout

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cheese products should be improved. In-

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was utilizing the energies of the Dairy

and Food Department in the most com-

mandable way in which they could be

utilized.



It is the consensus of opinion among

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LABORATORY REPORT.





Is there anything in the theory that

silage is a cause of tuberculosis in ani-





Ottawa Co. E. W. O.



Tuberculosis, in animals, as in human

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of a great number of tubercle bacilli. We

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disease as tuberculosis. As far, however,

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old, In 1911. Also Pearl Patch 4 your trial 2:04.

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Perhaps an explanation of how we con-

verted a barn into a packing and storage

house will be of interest to readers who

contemplate utilizing some building now

on the farm for this purpose. We have

not completed the building as we intend

to do above ground as yet, but we have

the cellar completed and filled with ap-

ples, and have the floor above in condi-

tion to pack the fruit, and the second

story for storage of empty barrels, but

have not as yet arranged the lighting and

ventilation and floors as we intend to do.



This barn was an old timer, 32 by 38

feet, with quarter pitch roof, the first

floor being about nine feet and the sec-

ond about five feet at the sides. There

was a ten-foot door at each end and a

smaller side door, also four—foot doors at

each end above. It was built when lum-

ber was more plentiful than at present,

and has a wide whitewood cornish and

whitewood lap siding. It was formerly

used as a horse barn but when we re—

modeled our grain barn, the stables were

put in this, it being more convenient for

feeding hay and fodder. The barn in

question stood near the road and ob-

scured our view, so moving it had been

considered a necessity anyway.



Our ground is nearly level, so a base-

ment with open level driveway was out

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THE MICHIGAN .FARMER.





siderable litter into the cellar, and will

not be frost proof. We expect to lay

two thicknesses, of building paper over

this floor and lay a matched floor on

strips laid on this, which should allow of

keeping fruit in the cellar during the

winter. We are also planning on a

ventilating shaft to run from' the cellar

through the roof.



We studied for some time on a cheap

and convenient method of lowering and

raising barrels to and from the cellar.

We finally concluded to place a trap door

in the floor near the side door and hang

two double six-inch pulley blocks, with

roller bearings and patent fastener which

will hold the rope at any place, suspended

from the ceiling above. We had the

blacksmith make an iron ring large

enough to slip over the top of an apple

barrel, and at each side of this ring

place an eye through which the rope

could pass to a hook at each side which

hooked over the chime of the barrel at

the bottom. These hooks supported the

weight and the ring prevents the barrel

from tipping, so we can handle both

headed and open barrels or even boxes.

The hooks can be slipped beneath the

barrel by tipping it to one side a little,

and by placing a circular block on the

cellar bottom for the head to rest on the

hooks will unfasten when the barrel

reaches this block. In this manner we

can handle the barrels quite rapidly, and

thus far have not used the driveway en—

trance at all as we can raise the barrels

to the first floor and roll them upon a

platform wagon more easily. One man

can lower the barrels very easily, also





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this as we could, selecting a place where

the ground sloped about two feet in the

length of the barn. The wall was built

two feet above the ground at the upper

end, which left an incline of four or five

feet into the cellar at the lower end. A

cellar was dug under the entire building

eight feet deep, and a grout wall built

under all of it, using plenty of small stone

in the grout. Such walls can be built

quite cheaply here, as we can get the

gravel from the cellar bottom, though in

this case we had to go below the bottom

to get enough gravel, and fill up with

other soil. In addition to the four walls

wings were made at each side of the

driveway 16 feet long and this approach

to the basement was sided up and roofed

over, making us a covered entrance with

doors at the bottom and the top. This

part is 12 feet wide and the space above

is floored over at the same incline as the

entrance way and makes a. handy place

to store barrels or fruit. It also makes

a double protection to the cellar against

heat and cold. The cellar bottom is

floored with from three to four inches of

cement.



There are six windows 18 inches high,

to the cellar, with double glass windows

hung to swing up on inside, and matched

wood shutters to swing up on outside.

The latter are arranged to open at any

angle so as to keep out the sun and rain

and at the same time allow of ventilation.



We intended to grade up the ground at

each end so as to give a driveway through

the barn, but did not get it done before

the packing season, and find that usually

the barn is too full to drive through, and

that it is convenient to‘have end door as

well as side door at the height of the

wagon bed so two wagons can stand

there at one time and the fruit can be

unloaded at one door, sorted and packed

and stacked near the other door for re-

loading if it is to be shipped at once. so

1 think we shall make only one grade

entrance and leave two at the height of

the wagon bed.



The floor to this part is wide plank with

rather wide cracks, also, which lets con-





raise them, but the latter is hard work

for one man to work at steadily. In fill-.

ing the cellar we can fill by layers and

tiers in such a way that the barrels need

be lowered no farther than necessary and

rolled to their position without lifting.



“'e are not' planning on making the

part above the cellar frost proof, intend-

ing to use this more for packing than for

storage. We expect to put in more win—

dows so plenty of light can be secured

without the necessity of opening doors

and creating drafts. We have removed

one granary and the partitions but left

a granary on one corner so that spray

poisons can be kept away from children

or animals.



As it now stands, the building will hold

about 1,000 barrels in the attic and 1,000

in the basement, and the packing floor

will accommodate perhaps 500 and allow

of room for packing. While I have not

computed the cost as yet I do not think

it will exceed $400 when completed. It

will answer, I think, until our young or-

(-hards have reached a bearing age, when

we may be able to have something better.



Calhoun Co. S. B. HA‘RJ‘MAN.





 





DESTROY THE BORERS.





 





We have not usually found it necessary

to give any attention to the peach tree

borer. While we have knowu in past

seasons that they were occasionally dc-

stroying a tree, we have allowed other

work to prevent our interference, but

this season in looking over our two-year-

old peach orchard after having secured

our apple crop we found that they were

unusually numerous. Fortunately, (ow-

ing, in the judgment of the writer, to

the unusually moist condition of the lat-

ter part of the season), they are some-

what higher on the trunks of the trees

than usual, which materially facilitates

their destruction.



While occasionally a tree is found to

be practically destroyed, in most cases

the injury is not serious, but plainly de-

notes imperative demand for prompt at-

tention. Fully realizing the importance





of careful as. well as thorough work, I

employed a man to dig the dirt away

from the trunk of such trees as showed

evidence of borers by the presence of the

gummy formation at the surface of the

ground. Having the soil removed with

a hoe to the depth of three or four inches

I followed, armed with a good jackknife

and a pointed trowel, and carefully hunt-

ed out the destructive little pests, using

the trowel to remove any dirt that

might have been left in the way.



It soon developed that the man could

keep out of my way and have time to go

over the rows behind me and fill the

holes at the same time shovelling in

enough extra soil to fill a little above the

level. ‘This, of course, demands going

three 'times over the row, but has the

advantage of giving me an opportunity

to give my personal attention to every

tree. The cold wave and storm of the

12th found us with the work unfinished,

but we still hope for an opportunity to

complete our task before winter really

comes. If we are not able to do so we

shall consider finishing the job to be one

of the urgent needs of early spring. But

in urging the- doing of the work, the

writer would emphatically urge the im-

portance in the choice of a person with

whom to trust the work. A careless man

may do more harm with his knife than

the borers will do if left to themselves.



Kalamazoo Co. L. H. STODDABD.





PROTECTING TREES FROM RABBITS.



The large number of orchards planted

the past few years has created much in-

terest in the rabbit question. The Kan-

sas experiment station has found that

a. spray made by mixing buttermilk and

common stove soot in the proportions of

one gallon of buttermilk to one—half

pound of soot and boiling together for a

period of twenty minutes, makes a sat-

isfactory repellant when applied to the

trunks of trees.





 





 





APPLE MARKET IS IMPROVED.





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The conclusions reached earlier in the

Season that the market for late apples of

this year’s crop would be a decidedly dif-

ferent one than that for the summer ap-

ples are already being supportedby the

trend of the big markets where the trade

is becoming firmer and showing a steady

undertone with prices ruling higher. In

the cnicago market receipts are running

lighter and the demand holds steady with

prices ranging from $2.00 to $4.00 for the

more popular varieties. The Philadelphia

market is firm, following an improved

demand for fancy’apples. Inferior grades

are still burdening the market there but

the iniluence will soon be lost since the

supply will soon be exhausted by de-

composition if not disposed of early.

While the New York market is still re-

ceiving a considerable amount of wind—

falls and apples of lower grades, the de-

pression which recently was felt in ev—

ery part of the market is lessening and

the trade is already showing a strong

tone for the fancy grades. The freeze

caught many apples unharvested and

damaged them to an extent that will

prevent their competition with others on

the market this winter.





 





MICHIGAN LAND AND APPLE SHOW.





The first Michigan Land and Apple Show

was held in the Coliseum at Grand Rap-

ids, November 7—11, under the auspices

of the Evening Press of that city and the

\Vestcrn Michigan Development Bureau

The attendance on opening day was 2,000

and there was a notable increase

throughout the week. The great building

was handsomely decorated in autumnal

colors. Booths of bungalow type, built

of white birch from the forest of Glen

illaven, occupied the center of the main

floor, with some individual displays of

beautiful fruit, while the big displays of

the Western Michigan Developnient Bu-

reau and the Original Fruit Belt Associa-

tion arranged in boxes flanking the main

floor, quickly caught the eyes of visitors.

Michigan seemed, indeed, to be the “home

of the big red apple," since the great

bulk of the fruit on display consisted of

large, well colored fruit. Along the north

wall was the. solid bank of apples in

boxes five tiers high, including the

choicest specimens of some 80 varieties.

Tier No. 2 consisted entirely of light

colored apples, the arrangement as to

color made a very pleasing effect.



The display made by the Original Fruit

Bolt association, was equally fine as to

quality of i'yuit and was very tastefully

arranged. Variety was added to the dis—

ply by The use of baskets of pears and

grapes. while hanging at either end were

immense bunches of grapes. Each box

of fruit was plainly labeled as to variety.

The individual displays were excellent.

A single box of apples selected from the

exhibit of the Western Michigan Bureau

was sold to a Chicago commission mer-

chant for $25, which Is at the rate of

about 45 cents per apples



One section of the main floor that at-

tracted much attention was the educa—

tional exhibit made by the Michigan Ag-

ricultural college. The lectures given in

the annex and the demonstrations in

fruit packing were among the instructive

features.



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You can get Rayo Lan-

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Reports from the grain fields of Alberta,

Western Canada, show splendid

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Many farmers have paid

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THE DECEMBER PROGRAMS.





State Lecturer’s Suggestions for First

Meeting. .



Anniversary day program, commemo-

rating the birth of the Order, December

4, 1867.



10:00 a. m.

Degree.



Election of officers.



Noon recess—dinner served to all mem-

bers of Grange families.



1:30 p. m. Reports of retiring officers.



Suggestions for good of the Order.



Grand march about the hall, led by

assistant stewards. /



Plays and games, in charge of lectur—

ers and assistants.





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A UNIQUE POMONA MEETING.





Call to order in Fourth





 





 





The fall session of Dickinson Pomona

was unique in annals of Granges over

the entire country from two viewpoints:



1. It was a Pomona “on wheels;” who

ever. heard of such before? Opened at

Sagola one day, it closed at W'aucedah,

forty miles away, the next. This was

made possible by steam cars, autos and

carriages, added to the enthusiastic en-

ergy of new Patrons of Husbandry who

are earnestly bent on developing the ag-

ricultural resources and people of that

portion of Michigan’s wonderful “upper

empire.” The largest subordinate Grange

of this county is at Vulcan, between the

places at which this unusual meeting

was held. It has in its membership the

master of the county Grange and a ma-

jority of the fifth degree members. These





 





Arthur W. Thompson, Master of the Po-

mona that Conducted a Meeting on

Wheels.

determined and zealous young patrons

(for so every one of them is at heart

and in Grange experience), started in two

autos and by train‘ on the morning of the

first day for the thirty-mile trip to Sa—

gola. Next morning they reversed the

process, arriving at Vulcan at noon; and

here a delightful feature of their plan

developed. The strictly “young people”

of the crowd got off in the autos early

enough to reach their home Grange hall

in time to have a piping hot dinner ready

when the others, traveling by rail and

carriage, arrived. These sat down at

their own Grange table, set with their

own Grange dishes and choice foods from

their own larders and gardens, to eat

a dinner fit for a king and served by

their own jolly young members. It was

a fore-vision of what will some time

oftener occur in our Grange homes—when

the young and strong shall serve Grange

dinners. Dinner over, the conveyances

were once more brought into action and

on we went. The party consisted of 23

persons. Pomona officers and members

with paraphernalia for conferring degrees

and conducting regular fourth degree

work; a representative of the state li-

brary with a sample traveling library;

the State Grange lecturer with printed

matter and photos showing what other

Granges are doing in program work. It

was a. regular demonstration troupe,

touring the county for the first time in



the interests of the Grange.



2. While the physical side of this

event meant much in sacrifice of time

and wages to most of these people, and

of effort and expense to all, still the

spirit which they put into the whole af-

fair was its most noteworthy part. We





of old Pomonas talk about “mothering





THE "’MI’C‘HIGAN ‘ FA‘IiNIER‘.





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subordinate Grange8;" but these people ,

began to do it the second time they met, FARMERS CLUBS

for Dickinson Pomona was organized only M

last July. They went first to the weak- . W ”

M M. 3M2;

ed 0‘“ 1“ 300d falth bUt halted by the P. Johnson Metamora Mich.

way in a district where farming is just ’ '

getting a foothold. Because of this and Associational Motto.—

of a slight misunderstanding, no one met The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

the Vulcan people at the hall; hilt they is the farmer’s most valuable asset.

made themselves at home, arranging it

and acting as Grange hosts of the occa- Associational Sentiment.—

sion. They persisted in cultivating the The farmer, he garners from the soil

acquaintance of the local members who the primal wealth of nations.

came; they even persuaded some to go

back and get their young people. They

showed these unused patrons how to open

and conduct a Grange meeting, explain- __

ing and drilling them in the common As noted in the last issue, the secre-

fol‘mS. initiating a class for them and taries of all local Clubs were sent pro-

helping them get in shape for future grams of the coming annual meeting,

work. This was followed by an 1m“ credential blanks and report blanks, the

promptu program. 0108ng with a social latter to be filled out and returned to the

half hour. followed by cordial “800d associational secretary at once as it Is

nights” and hearty “come agains.” Next necessary for her to have the most com-

day the work was 0‘ quite a different plete record pessible from the local Clubs

character, but fitted the needs jUSt as before formulating her report which will

closely. At Waucedah the Sme’dmate be presented at the State Association.

Grange has built a new hall, Member‘s owing to the recent death of her mother,

had decorated it in honor of Pomona, Mrs. E. Bates Snook, of Lapeer county,

were on hand to receive their guests, the Associational Secretary, Mrs. C. P.

served a 110': supper and c0-operated at Johnson, of Metamora, has been unable

every point 1:0 make the occasion suc- to solicit these reports from delinquent

cessful. secretaries by correspondence, and Club

In both Sagola and Waucedah the spirit secretaries who have not yet reported

and purpose of the people are 800d; bl“ will be conferring a favor on her by do-

who can guess how much of strengthen- ing so promptly.———Ed.

ing it will mean to both that just DOW ._

the Vulcan patrons grasped their hands DELEGATES TO THE ANNUAL

in such an encouraging way in the name MEETING.

of the Pomona Grange? .

JENNIE BuELL.





 





REPORT TO THE ASSOCIATIONAL

SECRETARY.





 





 





 





If delegates have not already been





elected to represent the local Club, of

AMONG THE L'VE GRANGES' which the reader may be a member, at

‘ h—A 9 c . .. '

Rome Grange, of Lenawee county, had the] ‘th annual meeting of the State As

60 members present at its last meeting. soc1atlon of Farmers Clubs, which Will

Ten applications for membership were be held in the Senate Chamber at Lan-

balloted on allidflefltledilezlleafilix$05013]; sing, on Tuesday and “’ednesday, Dec.

ates were ven 'e irs

Segrees. Anginvitation to visit Cadmus 5 and 6, Steps Should be taken at once

Grange and furnish program was received to insure that the Club is represented

and accepted. The topics on the pl'ogl'arh there. If delegates have not been regu-

rerallategnéo (33:3;nfifigfi‘glfigaencgmbélfuht larly elected or appointed, urge the pres-

a CS 1 ""‘ .

which were discussed. . ldcnt of the Club to act as one of the

A Corn and Cake Contestq-Howard delegates or have him appoint some

$335188 dheld a {30‘2“ §£$W153t“£fiwaanglgtc' member or members to act in that ca-

ve ncs ay evemn , . , ' - .

tendance of about 60 members and guests. paCity. . ‘

Prof. Jeffery, of M. A. C., judged the ex- It is a great mistake for any Farmers

hibits allld gaVCha talk on corn growing Club to let this occasion pass without

which p eased t e growers present very . , ‘ _

much. The ladies held a cake contest being represented by one or “more, dele

and after the prizes had been awarded gates. The benefits to he deilvcd are so

a fine supper _was served. This Grange obvious that little comment regarding

hasetljfga: wililctllicgfialllybzcglfvzehgrglaglntgg them seems necessary at this time. Few

me . ‘ ' - . . .

est, rather than for'the benefit of mem- Clubs which have affiliated themselves

bers alone, and as a result is growing With the State Association have ever

veg)’ {:Dléllyé G f I la. untx withdrawn, but a few have persistently

ou os on range, 0 on co 1, ‘ , . . .

is conducting a contest that is somewhat or carelessly neg.ccted their opportunities

out of the ordinary. It is a three-corn- in this respect and these should this year

ered affair, to comprise three programS. take steps to become identified with the

one to be rendered by the married mem— . 2 -‘ t' n

bers, one by the girls and one by the cerrli‘graliolrgmtwa mh' ‘ tl . td

boys. The winners are to be banqueted e (L ega ‘35 V‘ 0 me lug al‘l’m" 9 .

by the two losers, and the interest which or who have been regularly elected at a

has been aroused bids fair 10 give this Club meeting to represent the local or-

Grange a fine start in its winter’s work. ., . 1 t t t‘ h ld

Tecumseh Annual Banquet—The sec- gamzation at he 3“ 9 me? mg, S ”U

0nd annual banquet of Tecumseh Grange, be prepared to give a brief outline Of the

NO- 166. held recently at the Grange hall, manner in which their Club is conducted

was attended by more than 100 members. . , _. t‘ x ,f th slat me‘tin (19-

After all had partaken of the bountiful '12th txcc “”Coaner :ce oer 10(qu gClub

meal that was served by the committee, V0 9 0 3‘ e ‘ ‘ ’ '

Mrs. Daniel T. Hall, who had been desig- Workers. This feature of the state meet-

nated toastmhlstreSS. opened the program ing is one of the most profitable to the

with a few appy remarks and as it pro- . - .

gressed introduced each participant in home Clllb‘ “3th“? ‘the delegates get

suitable words interspersed with good many valuable ideas regarding the con-

stories. One of the best responses was duct of local organizations from the

made by A' W' Mills, the toast being brief reports givcn by other delegates at

“The Farmer’s Wife," in the course of .' r ,- ” ~

which he gave an interesting account the meeting. I‘ht. ideas gathered ln these

of the early days of his father and moth- rcports may be made a valuablc feature

hi]- atnd thfir famFily ot‘liseveéi emigre?l in of the report of the delegate to his home

e owns 1) 0 ran: n. e sal ere , ,,. ‘. _. 11 3]}. b 3 a ed

was a difference between “a farmer's Chlb' kaigdteslghm‘“, :0 epiep rt

wife” and “the wife of a farmer." to present 21m matters to tie s as mee -

Grilatiot PomofhaS held its last meeting ing as requcslcd by the Clubs which they

of t e year wit umner Grange on Nov. represent in a 1),.in and concise manner.

ii. The disappointment of the meeting / . . ‘

was the inability of the state speaker— All such ploposltlons should be placed in

Former Master Horton——to be present. writing in ordcr that they may be

lleitports frgmranénaliil‘lty (ff tlihe subordl- promptly submitted to the proper com-

na es wer c erer an .e program . . ~ 3' -

well carried out. Three members were mittee at the state meeting for consul

given the fifth degree and officers for the eration.

coming 1Vtrwo ycaIr‘s were elected as fol-- ~—

lows: aster, uther Carter; overseer. RANGE FAIR.

Peter Klees; lecturer, Lena Vandeventcr: WIXOM CLUB {file

chaplain, Mrs. Hutchins; steward, M. C. r-7 (1; . anl Farmers’ Club

Lake: secretaw' Eva 0- Palmer? "935‘ he'lrdheth‘gilrxmrdZlglilal fair at the K. o.

urer, R. C. Lake: assistant Steward, Ar- T M Ila” at \Vixom, On Saturday, OCt

ihur Howland;_ Pomona, Mrs. Lewis Mer- 28. It was a complete success from start

Win; ceres' Mmme Withera“ Floral M“ to. finish. All roads led to Wixom that

Hunt; gate keeper, George McDade; lady day and the hall was crowded to its ul—

assléstantt séttzgvtardérDaphn? McDadei 112611' most capacity. with a jovial, good natured

3:313:30 othke sgcongnaeéeko {36%egemb2r: “‘3‘ng tdoor exhibits were Products of

are Archie E. Miller. of Newark and e on ‘ L





the farm. The big pumpkin was there

Daphne McDade. Of Liberty Grange. and the big squash, some fine specimens





of the different varieties of corn, sugar

beets, carrots, cabbage, turnips, clienfalsirt)

s ecimen of Swiss chard. T e ru

Michigan State Grange. Thirty—ninth :xgfifit pwas not large, but of excellent

annual session, at Kalamazoo, Dec. 11-15 quality. The outdoor exhibits were very

Pomona Meetings. creditable and reflected great credit up-



Genesee Co., with Vienna Grange, at on the farmers of VVixom and vicinity.

CllO. TuefidaY. Nov. 28. State Master The indoor exhibits were quite numerous

Hull. speaker. and very fine. The exhibits of work done

Kent Co., in Court House, Grand Rap- by the school children were especially

ids, Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 1:00 . m. fine, one of them having received over

Fifth degree session and election of oifi- $50 in premiums at the state fair. Some

cers. very excellent exhibits in baked goods





 





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were shown in the children's department,

also in fancy needle work. In the ladies'

department many fine quilts, rugs and

entries of fine sewing were on exhibit,

also beautiful embroidery, drawn work,

knitting and crocheting. Among the rel—

ics was a dresser cover made from a.

piece of a linen sheet woven by the great,

great grandmother of the lady exhibiting

ii, over 200 years ago.



At our fair of 1910, the carding and

spinning of a pound of wool was demon-

strated by a lady 78 years old. This year

she exhibited the same pound of wool

knitted into three pairs of mittens, and

received first prize.



The canned and baked goods rivaled

those at the state fair. Jellies, apple

butter and many other good things were

also on exhibition. Much more might be

said in regard to the exhibits did space

permit. A fine dinner, prepared and

served under. the supervision of a very

competent and experienced “chef,” was

partaken of by about 225 jolly, hungry,

good-natured people, who were waited

upon by a very efficient and handsome

corps of waiters, and workers.



A very interesting and instructive pro-

gram was rendered in the afternoon, con-

sisting of vocal and instrumental music,

select readings and recitations, short cuts

in the house and on the farm. Also a.

very excellent talk by L. D. Lovewell,

of South Lyon. There were about 230

exhibits, and $50 awarded for premiums.

Ice cream and pop corn were also sold,

from the sale of which and the dinner,

a nice sum of money was realized.—

Mrs. R. D. Stephens, Cor. Sec. of Wixom

Farmers' Club.





 





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

—-——-4



Washington Center Farmers' Club met

at Cottonwood, the home of Mr. and

Mrs. W. C. Long, on Thursday, Novem-

ber 9, at 10:00 a. m. The meeting was

called to order by the president, followed

with singing by the Club. The minutes

were read and approved. The secretary,

read some communications from Walter

A. French and J. L. Snyder on college

extension work. and short courses. The

secretary also read some resolutions. The

Washington Center Farmers’ Club en-

dorsed, by a unanimous vote, the resolu-

tions concerning the calling of special

sessions of congrcss and ihe legislature.

The question, “Which is the best way to

keep sugar beet tops until used up?” was

led by l“. E. Camulct, who said to put in

a. silo if one has a large acreage and if

a small acreage leave in small piles. The‘

president said another way to keep them)

was not to move them any more than

necessary until used up. The meetingl

was adjourncd one hour for dinner, which‘

was enjoyed by all. The afternoon ses-

sion was opened with singing by the

Club. Roll call was responded to by,

statements of some things We can get

along without. There were various an-v

swcrs in response, which caused much

laughter. Mr. and Mrs. \V. C. Long Were

elected delegates to the state convention

Question: “Is the law as to paying tui-l

tion of rural scholars at a high school a

just law?” was led by Frank Cook, who

said he sees no injustice in this clause,’

except where it is provided that a

guardian can not pay the assess-

ment in the district where the chil-.

dren under his management attend

school, instead of paying it in the district

where the guardian resides. The ques-l

tion was further discussed by Curren,

Campbell, Long, French and others. This

question brought out a very lively dis—

cussion. Mrs. C. B. Doan gave a humorJ

ous reading, entitled, “Josh Billings’,

Hen.” The ladies quartette rendered a

selection, “Down by the Old Mill Stream,"

with Mrs. George Long as accompanist.|

They responded to an encore. The pres-

ident appointed a. committee to make

out a program for the coming year. The

question box contained some very, good

questions, which brought out interesting

discussions. This concluded the program.

There was a good attendance in spite

of the fierce condition of the roads and

everyone had a jolly time. The next

meeting will be held at Stony Brook. the

home of Mr. and Mrs. Sterrah Walker,

on Tuesday, December 14. This is the

last meeting of the year and everyone is

requested to attend. Meeting closed with

singing—Mrs. .I. F. Keiser, Cor. Sec.



Discuss Poultry Profits.~The Salem

Farmers’ Club was pleasantly enter-

taincd for its October meeting at the

home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ross. After

a bountiful dinner and a pleasant social

hour the program was taken up. An in—

teresting papcr was read on “Poultry

liaising for Profit," by Mr. Van Vorce.

lie raises the Rhode Island Reds and

thinks nothing else will do. He hatches

with an incubator and has fine success

in raising the young chicks. He keeps

all his pullets for winter layers and ex-

pects a good return for his trouble. He

thinks they are better able to resist the

cold than others. Said the other day he

hcard his best rooster, (Robinson), say—

ing to the flock, “We have got to hustle.”

Said he named him Robinson because he

crcwso. Mr. V. is a poultry enthusiast.

Chas. Ross spoke in favor of the ch—

horns. They are fine layers and will do

for him. Robert Ross said his flock was

mongrels, all colors and kinds, but they

lay just as well as any. In the last seven

months they had laid 588 dozen eggs. He

has 60 or 70 hens.



Alfalfa—Mr. Herbert Smith read a pa~

per in favor of raising alfalfa for cows.

Thinks it produces abundantly per acre

as it gives three cuttings during the sea-

son, and is of superior feeding value.

Notices that his cows fall off in milk

when the alfalfa is gone. A Club history

was read by H. C. Thompson. A recita—

tion by Daniel Smith entitled, “Our

Country’s Starry Flag,” was much en-

joyed, as was also a recitation by Mrs.

I. W. Hamilton entitled, “A Little Hero."

A committee was appointed to wait on

the road commissioner in the interest of

better roads— H. C. T., Cor. Sec.
47 4 (22)





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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

November 21, 1911.

Grains and Seeds.



Wheat.—Price making has favored the

bulls in the wheat market the past week.

Conditions in the Canadian Northwest

have urged better prices since the dam-

age to the crop is now known to be

large and there was a decrease in the

Canadian visible supply of over half a

million bushels. The chief bullish feature

of the trade, however, was the reports

from Argentine where the crop had been

described as the best that country has

ever grown; but during the past week se-

vere storms have damaged the fields to a

considerable degree so that the market

cannot count on so large a surplus from

there as it expected to. This bullish fea-

ture, together with the high prices in

Australia, the famine in Russia, the

small volume of the world’s exports and

the situation in the Canadian Northwest

gave the wheat trade a firm tone at ad-

vanced prices in all the principal mar-

kets of the world. One year ago the

price for No. 2 red wheat was 9491c per

bu. Quotations for the past week are as





follows: .

No. No. 1





Red. White. Dec. May.

Thursday . . . .961/2 .931/2 .98 $1029.;

Friday ....... 96% .9391; .9815 1.023/4

Saturday . .9714 .9414 .9814 1.03

Monday ...... 073,31. .94 3/1 .9835, 1.03%

Tuesday ...... 971,; .94 ‘4 .98 1,1, 1.03





Corn.»—’l‘here was a decrease in the vis-

ible supply of corn the past week which,

with a steady demand and an improved

outlook in the i‘ecding business, put prices

for the weck above those prevailing the

previous pcrioti. Wheat, also, had an in-

Iluence on the market. The bullish fea-

tures, however, wtrc oVercome in part

by the prospects of larger rt-ccipts of new

corn to appear upon tllc market soon.

New corn is quoted on the local market

at 671/20 for NO. 3 yellow. Ullt: year ago

the price for No. 3 corn was 53“.,c pcr

bu. Following are the prices for the

past week:





No. 3 No. 3



Corn. Yellow.

Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 751/3 7'}

Friday ....... . . . . ........ 751/2 76

Saturday . . . . . ............ 751/2 76

Monday .................. 751/2 761/2

Tuesday .................. 751/3 76





Oats.e~t..2uotations for this grain have

advanced with those Of corn and wheat.

There was a fair amount of trade on the

Chicago market while local dealing was

quiet. ’l‘hc cereal is not likely to fluctu-

ate far from the present basis. Ane year

ago the price for standard oats was 341/20

per bu. The visible supply shows a de-

creasc of nearly three—quarters of a mil-

lion bushels. Following are the quota-

tions for the past week:





Standard. No. 3

“'hitc.

Thursday ....... 50 491/2

Friday .......... . ........ 51 501/;

Saturday ...... . . . . . . ..... 51 501,43

Monday .................. 51 501/2

Tuesday .................. 51 501,;Z





Beans.——The closing prices of last week

are still ruling. The trade has a firm un—





dertone with few transactions. Quota-

tions are as follows:



Oct. Dec

Thursday $2.38 $2.30

Friday ..................... 2.28 2.30

Saturday .................. 2.28 2.3

Blonda y ................... 2.28 2.30

Tuesday .................... 2.28 2.30





Clover Seedrw'l‘he clovcr seed deal is

active and firm. l‘rices advanced 15c on

Monday. Alsike remains steady at former





prices. Quotations are as follows:



Prime Spot. March. Alsike.

Thursday . . . . . . $12.35 $12.45 $10.50

Friday .......... 12.35 12.45 10.50

Saturday ........ 12.35 12.45 10.50

Monday ......... 12.50 12.60 10.50

Tuesday ......... 12.50 12.60 10.50





Rye.—-Thcrc is an advance of 1c in the

quotations for cash No. 2 rye which now

is selling at 04c. pcr bu.



Timothy Seed.~’l‘his markct is lifeless

with the. price unchanged at $7.20 per bu.

Flour, Feed, Potatoes, Etc.

Flour.~—There is an active demand for



flour, with prices unchanged.





Straight .............................. 4.10

l’atent Michigan .................... 4.75

Ordinary Patent ..................... 4.40





Feed. .‘All grades steady with last wee

Carlot prices on track are: Bran, $27 per

ton; coarse middlings, $29: fine middlings

$32: crackcd corn, 930: coarse corn meal,

$302 (‘Orn and oat chop. $28 per ton.



Hay and Straw.ml'>.oth hay and straw





steady with last week, with supplies

light. Quotations arc: No. 1 timothy,

$20612l: No. 2 timothy. $196120: clover.

mixed, $136i‘20: rye straw. 69.506710:





wheat and oat straw. $0 per ton,



Potatoes: The arrivals of potatoes are

not heavy. which, with the good demand.

places the. markct on a firm basis at

quotations ruling above those of a week

ago. The sudden cold weather caught

many fields undug and such potatocs. in

most instances, will be a total loss. Car

lots on track are quotcd at 856090c per

bushel in bulk.



Provisions—Family pork, $19601950:

mess pork, $17: medium clear, $17611

18.50; hams, 141/2c: bacon, 1261114124): pure,

lard in ticrces, 93.;c; kcttle rcndcred lard.

109.40 per lb.



Dairv and Poultry Products.



Butter.~ This has bccn another bullish

week in the butter deal. restricted offer—

ings and storage supplies accompanied

by a strong demand have permitted an

advance for crcamery goods. Quotations

are: Extra creamery, 33c: firsts, do.,





320: dairy, 21c: packing stock. 200 per lb.



Eggs.-A further advance resulted from

the continued broad demand and the con-

stantly narrowing supply of eggs with





‘THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





every prospect that further “upward

changes in prices will folldw. Fresh re-

ceipts, case count, cases included, are

now Quoted at 280 per dozen.



Poultry.-—Turkeys, geese and young

ducks are higher than last week while

chickens rule steady and easy, with hens

slightly lower. Prices are: Live—Tun

keys, 16@17c; geese, 11621120; ducks, 12@

13c; young ducks, 150; spring chickens,

9@100; No. 2 chickens, 80 per lb; hens,

8%@9c.



Cheese.-—~Michigan old, 15%@17c; Mich-

igan, late, 151/2@17c; York state, new.

1660170; Swiss, domestic block, 17@200;

cream brick, 15@16c; limburger, 14@150.



Veal.—Market steady. Fancy, 10@11c.;

choice, 86090 per lb.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Cabbage—Steady. Selling at

1.75 per bbl, for home-grown.-



Onlons.—Steady; 80@90c per‘bu.



Pears.—75c@$1 per bu. for Duchess.



Apples.—There is no change in the ap-

ple deal and prices rule steady. Average

offerings are going at 500@$1 per bushel;

Snows are selling at 63.50694 per barrel.



Elgin.



Butter.——Market firm at 33c per 1b.,

which is an advance of 10 over last week’s

quotation. Output for the week, 648,400

lbs., as compared with 659,300 lbs. for the

previous week.





OTHER MARKETS.

p__,__

New York.



Butter.—Best grades advanced, others

about steady. Creamery specials are

quoted at 35@351,éc per lb; extras, 34@

341/2c; firsts, 316033c; seconds, 2860300;

thirds, 266ir27c per lb.



Eggs—Another increase in quotations

following the advance of a week ago.

Fresh gathered extras, 38@40c; extra,

firsts, 35@37c; seconds, 286c30c; westcrn

gathered whites, 3367430, per dozen.



Poultry.—~Live.—About steady with last

week. \Vestern‘ chickens. ‘ 10143611111/13c:

fowls, 1060110; turkeys, 14@16c. Dressed

»—'l‘urkeys lower. Turkeys, 106Ill9c; fowls

661,161,130; western chickens, 6@16c per lb.





$1.50@





Chlcago.





\that.—-No. 2 red, 98@99c; Dec., 961/20;

May, $1.01 per bu.



Corn.—-No. 2, 760; Dec., 63540; May, 65c

per bu.



Oats.*No. 2 white, Dec.,

475%: May, 500.



lirtrley.wMalting grades, $1.176?1.25 pcr

bu: feeding. 7560950.



Rttttei'.m'l‘he market here is respond—

ing to the strong situation prevailing in

butter circlcs and prices continue to look

upward. (*rcameries, 241/26r32c; dairies,

326/29t' lit-1‘ lb.



liggs.»h‘tnall receipts continue the un-

intcrrllptcd advance in egg prices and

gives tho trade a firm tone. Values have

gone up from 1 to 40. Quotations are:

Prime firsts, 276D29c; firsts, 2461‘26c: at

mark, cases included, 216T25c pcr dozen.



Potatoes.—-—The improvement in potato

prices amounted to 10c and more the past.

weck, with the trade firm at the higher

figures. Offerings are smaller. Dcmand

good. Michigan stock is now quoted at

926205c per bu; Wisconsin, 856mm": Min-

nesota, 026i95c. _



Boans.——.\ll kinds and grades of bonus

enjoyed an advance ranging from an in—

crease of 10c for red kidneys to 11c for

pea bcans. Choice hand-picked pea beans

quoted at $2.47 per bu; prime, $2.40; red

kidneys, $3.50 per bu.



Play and Straw—All grades of hay and

straw are steady with last week except

choice timothy which is down 500: wheat

straw advanced the same amount. Quo-

tations: Choice timothy, $22.506023.50 per

ton: do., No. 1 $216122: do., No. 2 and

.\’o. 1 mixed, $19.506T20; do., No. 3 and

No. 2 mixed, $14.50W18.50; clover, $1560

17; do., No. 2 and no grade, $86313; rye

straw, $9.506?‘10.50; oat straw, $9@9.50

per ton; wheat straw, $7.50@8.50 per ton.





491,46i500;





 





Boston.



“Moi—There was not a heavy volume

of business. in any line last week, the

largest part of attention, however, was

given to the lower grades of fleece wools

and in clothing territory wools. On these

particular kinds prices are exceptionally

firm and much stronger than gradcs

which are not at this time in such good

demand. Shipments of wool from Bos-

ton from Jan. 1 to Nov. 16, inclusive,

amounted to 188,044,599 lbs., as compared

with 193,402,986 lbs. for the corrcspond-

ing period of 1910. The receipts for the

above period this year were 275,417,651

1119. as compared with 249,613,456 lbs. in

1910.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

November 20. 1011.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York (Icntral Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 240 cars; hogs. 160 doublc decks;

sheep and lambs, 13 double decks; calves

1,200 head.



\\'ith 25,000 cattle reported in Chicago

today and 240 cars on our market bcrc,

a few of the best cattle here, possibly

a half dozen loads, sold steady with last

Monday’s prices; all other cattle of all

grades sold from 1061115c per cwt. lower,

and in some instances 25c per cwt. low-

cr, except the trimmers, which sold

strong at last week’s prices. No demand

for late springers.



\Ve quote: Best 1,400 to 1,600-lb. steers

756118; good prime 1,300 to 1,400—1b. do.,

25617.75: do. 1.200 to 1,300-lb. do., $6.50

1,100 to 1,200—lb. shipping

steers, $550606; medium butcher steers,

1.000 to 1,100, $4.85@5.40; light butcher

steers, $4.256u4.75; best fat cows, $425617

4.75: fair to good do., $3.25@3.50: corn-

mon to medium do., $2.25@2.75; trimmers

$2602.50; best fat heifers, $5@5.50; good

do., $4725@4.85; fair to good do., $3.506)

4.10; stock heifers, $2.75@3; best feeding

steers, dehorned, $4@4.50; common do.,





”7.

$7.

616.75: best





$3@3.50; stockers, all grades, $2.75@3.50;

prime export bulls, $5@5.25; best butcher

bulls, $4.25@4.65; bologna bulls, $3.25@4:

stock bulls, $3@3.75; best milkers and

springers, 50@60; common to good do.,

$25@35.



Today’s supply of hogs exceeded the

demand, which gave buyers the advan-

tage, and they succeeded in forcing a de-

cline. The bulk of the choice quality

mixed and medium grades selling at $6.35

6116.40, the latter price for those running

to the heavier weights; a few decks of

heavy hogs, strictly choice quality, sold

up around $6.50, and the good quality

best weight yorkers sold from $6.30@

6.35. Light yorkers around $6696.15; pigs

from $5.75@5.90; rough sows from $5.706!)

5.75. Good many late arrivals going over

unsold.



The sheep and lamb market was very

slow today; only a few of the choice

lambs selling at $5.25. Will be about 35

loads holding over unsold. Prospects look

bad for the balance of this week, as the

most of the dealers are pretty well filled

up. Most of the best ewes selling at 30;

wethers at $3.256D3.50.



We quote: Best lambs, $5.15@5.25;

cull to common do., $4604.30; wethers,

$3.25@3.50: bucks, 2.2560250: yearlings,

$350604; handy ewes, $3623.15; heavy do.

$2.85@3;- cull sheep, $150692; veals,

choice to extra, $9609.25: fair to good do.,

875063875; heavy calves, $3.50@5.





 





Chicago. ‘

November 20, 1911.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 23,000 50,000 42,000

Same day last year..22,213 31,979 38,173

Received last week..84.310 158,439 159,989

Same week last year.70,576 140,660 168,933



Moderate Monday cattle receipts today



failed to accomplish any general ad-

vance, although part of the offerings sold

higher, with fat butcher stock the most

active, according to different accounts,

these going largely 10c higher. Only

about 1,500 western range cattle arrived.

A big bunch of fancy beeves of heavy

weight was held for $9.35 by the owner,

but at a late hour was not sold.

' llogs averaged a dime lower today un—

der the load of the largest run seen in a

long period. Sales ranged at $5.70@6.60,

an early sale being made at the top fig-

ttre. Hogs received last week averaged

210 lbs., compared with 203 lbs. 3. week

earlier and 233 lbs. a year ago.



Sheep were nearly steady today, the

best wethers going only So lower. Lambs,

which comprised a large part of the of-

ferings, were 10@15c lower, the top being

$5.60. The proportion of range flocks

was greatly lowered.



Cattle supplies last week reached ex—

tremely large numbers, running far ahead

of the preceding week, and prices after

Monday's 1061.150 advance caused by

moderate offerings for that day experi-

cnccd sharp breaks, even the best long-

l'ed beevcs selling moderately lower. The

larger supplies were due in great part

to the determination of many stockmen

in farming regions to market their cat-

tie from grass rather than winter them

on high—priced feed. Beef steers sold

largely at $5.50@S.25, the poorer grassers

sclling at 6154.5060575, good steers at $7

and upward, the choicer beeves at $8@

9.15. A desirable class of yearling steers

brought $7618.60, and there was a fair

trade in butchering lots of cows and heif—

ers at $315016, a few prime heifers selling

up to $7, while canners sold at $1.756?)

2.55 and cutters at $2.60@3.10. Bulls

brought $2.7561‘5.50, and calves had a fair

sale at $2.5061‘8.50 per 100 lbs., while milk-

crs and springers sold moderately at

$306160 per head, being in numerous cases

$10 lowt-r than a month ago. Western

rangc stocrs sold at $4.506D7.50, and stock—

crs and t’cedcrs were fairly active, being

largcly 25c lower, the choicest lots ex—

('cplctl. Stockcrs went at $3635.10 and

fccdcrs at $4.256il5.90, but not many

stockcrs sold above $4.75, while the bulk

of thc feeders sold at $4.75@5.50. It is

highly probable that a good many grass

fcd cattle will be sent in during the next

few weeks, and this will tend to hold

prices down for such stock, but: later on

tho gcneral market is expected to rule

hcilcr for sellers. Of course, it is not

to ho cxpectcd that cattle can advance.

indciinitcly, however, and the dearness of

beef is bound to curtail its consumption,

causing other cheaper meats to be sub~

stitutcd. At the week’s close beef cattle

sold largely 256P50c lower than a week

curlicr, and good lots declined most.

Thanksgiving week will check the de-

mand for bccf, and cattle shippers should

not forget this.



Hugs are all nccdcd, especially the

ch’oiccr lots, and the undertone of the

market has usually been firm, declines in

prices being quickly recovered. The lim-

ited percentage of strong-weight hogs

makes these cxtremcly popular with buy-

ers and primc consignments averaging

from 210 to 310 lbs. have been among

tho highest scllcrs, with light bacon hogs

sclling at quite a discount. As the sea-

son advanccs it becomes clearer than

over that thcrc is a shortage of maturcd

hogs. and the cnormous marketing of lit-

tle pigs from cholcra infected districts: of

lilinois and other statcs cannot fail to

make serious inroads in the future supply

of matured swine. The big demand for

fl‘Mh his Dfirk is enabling the packers to

sell tho production of the pigs at great

profits. and thcrc is also a demand for

provisions that is cutting heavily into

{16011011113100 Simplied here and elsewhere.

“'hcn November opened the aggregate

stocks of curcd hog meats at the five

loading western markets amounted to

147,659,000 lbs., a reduction of 20,237.00!)

lbs. from the stocks held a month earlier.

While. stocks of contract lard amount-pa

to 59.239 tlerces, compared with 81.392

tierces a month ago. At the close of the

week hogs sold at $5.806D665. compared

with $5.60@6.60 a week earlier. showing

a much better market for the cheaper

lots. Pigs brought 64.90606. and masters

sold at $625637. Stags brought $66060

6.80. The best light hogs sold at $6.55. ‘





NOV. 25, 1911.





Sheep and lambs hays undergone ex-

traordinarily wild fluctuations in prices

recently,last week starting off with ad-

vances of 26@50c in fat lambs that car-

ried the best native lambs on Monday up

to $6.25. Sheep and yearlings also had

good advances the same time on much

teduced receipts, while later in the week

sharp breaks in prices were brought

about by larger offerings and a less eager.

general demand. The receipts of both

sheep and lambs have been averaging

only moderately well in quality, and this

applies especially to the range offerings,

as is usually the case at the close of the

season for these flocks. The outside de-

mand has undergone a marked falling off,

and this enabled local packers to make

better bargains frequently. Feeders haVe

shown the most firmness, as these con-

tinued in good demand, while the offer-

ings fell off a great deal. It is likely

that a good many flocks will be marketed

on. the appearance of severe weather, and

thls Will tend to make low prices, but

subsequently the market promises to rule

high, as much less feeding is being done

than a year ago. At the week’s close

lambs were 50@75c lower and sheep 25c

lower than on Monday, lambs bringing

$3.10@5.75; ewes, $1.506v3.25; wethers,

193.506.03.90; bucks, $2.25@2.75, and year-

hngs $4.25@4.65 Breeding ewes brought

$3.25@4.25, and feeders paid $4.50@5.10

for lambs.



Horses have been offered too freely for

the wants of the trade, and dealers re-

port sales of the less attractive animals

as much. as $25 to $30 per head lower

than during the best period of the year.

Lignt to medium weight drafters have

been selling at $175@225, with a choicer

grade of heavier ones at $23069275 and

prime extra heavy drafters quotable at

3628061325, few of the best being offered.

11 agon horses go mostly at 5316060200, and

inferior to fair horses bring 586560150.



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LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





 





The Wisconsin Experiment Station re—

cently bought at Chicago a bunch of 15





head of choice Hereford, Angus and

Shot-thorn feeder steers that averaged





around 1,000 lbs. for $5.75 per 100 lbs,

and several other car loads of choice

strong-weight feeders, including two car-

loads of 1,140-lb. steers, which sold the

same. dav at the same price.



.\ prominent commission firm located

at the Chicago stock yards that handles

sheep exclusively, says: \\'e are getting

a goodmany inquiries from feeders of

western range sheep and lambs who have

been running them on grass. From the

tone of their letters, we take it for

granted they are inclined to market their

holdings at an early time. This is the

danger point of this year‘s feeding: If

people who are holding sheep and lamb

do not get panicky and crowd the mar—

ket with half-fat stock, the outsome will

be all right, but if they all try to mar-

ket their stock between now and the

ncw year, the market will be low and

mean, and after that there will be a

shortage and higher prices. '\\’e believe

this is a year when feeders can afford

to make their flocks good before market-

ing. Xi'hile feed is high, considering the

reduced number on feed, we should have

a good trade.”





A marked change has taken place in

the character of the Chicago sheep and

lamb market recently, and with the sea-

son for .hipping in western range flocks

nearing its close, the aggregate offerings

have fallen off materially in volume most

of the time. The offerings of feeder

stock have fallen off greatly, and while

thro has been’a good demand for feeding

wethers around $3.50 per 100 lbs., most of

the sheep offered were too heavy for feed-

ing purposes. It is safe to say that

around 75 per cent of the sheep and

lambs received Were killers and went for

slaughter, being largely native lambs of

fairly good to superior quality.

ous old, thin ewes, principally from Mon-

tana ranges, have been received and

went at extremely low prices, often going

at $2 per 100 lbs. or even less. Now and

then they have good teeth and are good

enough for breeding purposes for a year

or two, when they sell up to $3.



Farmers and stockmen of many years’

experience in fattening live stock for the

market regard this as an ideal winter to

go into fattening cattle. An Illinois cat-

tle fecder of 35 years' cxperience in that

line remarked the other day that during

that long period he never made more

money than when corn was high-priced,

finding that dear fecd usually thinned

the ranks of the feeders to such an ex-

tent as to cut down supplies of fat beeves

much under trade requirements.





.1. T. Hamilton, a resident of Montana.

for 19 years, says in an interview pub-

lished by the Live Stock Report of Chi-

cago: “in Montana hundreds of small

ranchmen, who range from 100 to 500 cat-

(attle, have been forced to clOse out this

season because of grass shortage, and

those, who handled cattle on a larger scale

have been gradually closing out their in-

iercsts during the past several years.

The cattle shortage, as far as the north-

west and southwest ranchmen is con-

ccrnod, will be felt more next year than

any time in the history of the cattle in-

dustry Many of the small ranchmen in

Montana expect to stock up again next

spring. Where the cattle are to come

from I do not know. It would not sur—

prise me if good—sized mixed lots of year-

ling to four-year-old stock cattle cost $40

to $45 in Montana next spring. against

$35 to $40 last spring and $32 to $35 the

previous five years. Of course, in time

the small stockman and the farmer

stockman of the west will have more

and better cattle than ever before, but in

the meantime unless the corn belt farm-

er raises his own cattle. he will be 1111

against a serious shortage of young cat—

tle and have to pay new high prices for

the same if he stays in the cattle feeding

business.”





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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday's Market.

November 23, 1911.

Cattle.





Receipts, 1,215. Market active at last

week’s prices; quality very common; good

grades would sell higher but none are

here.



We quote: Best steers and heifers,

$5.50@6; sleers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200.

$4.50@5.25; do. 800 to 1.000, $4.50@5; steers

and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $3.50

@4; choice fat cows, $4.60; good fat cows.

$3.25@4; common cows, $2.75@3; canners

$1.50@2.50; choice heavy bulls, $4; fair to

good bolognas, bulls, $3.50@3.75; stock

bulls, 32.50433; choice feeding steers, 800

to 1,000, $4.50@5; fair do., 800 to 1,000. 34

@450; choice stockers, 500 to 700, $3.50@

4; fair stockers, 500 to 700, $3@3.25; stock

heifers, $2.50@3.50; milkers, large, young,

medium age, $40@55; common milkers,

$20@30.



Roe Com. Co. sold Smith 2 feeders av

780 at $3.75, 3 stockers av 626 at $3.50; to

Sullivan P. Co. 12 cows av 1,066 at $3.25;

to Parker, W. & Co. 2 bulls av 870 at

$3.50, 5 cows av 746 at $2.50; to Ratt~

kowsky 6 butchers av 890 at $3.75, 2 heif-

ers av 640 at $3; to Fromm 8 butchers av

685 at $3; to Hirschleman 5 butchers av

572 at $3.35, 2 cows av 835 at $3; to New—

ton B. Co. 2 butchers av 865 at $3.50, 22

do av 950 at $4.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 1

bill] weighing 1,210 at $4, 1 cow weighing,

800 at $2.50, 4 do av 1,067 at $2.75. 2 do av

1,245 at $4; to Newton E. Co. 12 butchers

av 780 at $4.50; to Higsby 4 stockers av

565 at $4.50; to Fromm 6 do av 648 at.

$3.60, 1 do weighing 500 at $3.60.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Smith 5 stockers

av 600 at $3.60; to Regan 8 heifers av 525

at $2.50; to Bresnahan 2 canncrs av 910

at $2.50. 9 do av 822 at $2.50, 11 do av

925 at $2.55, 1 do weighing 850 at $2; to

Parker, W. & Co. 1 bull weighing 1,260 at

$4, 6 steers av 836 at $4.50, 18 do av 938

at $4.50, 1 do weighing 760 at $4, 3 cows

av 1,043 at $3.25, 3 do av 1,040 at $3.50,

8 do av 952 at $3: to Hammond, S. 8: Co.

1 bull weighing 1,190 at $3.85, 2 do av 700

at $2.75, 1 cow weighing 1.230 at $2.80,

6 do av 826 at $2.80; to Breitenbeck 2

cows av 1,060 at $3.50; to Thompson Bros.

9 butchers av 790 at $4.35, 1 bull weigh—

ing 650 at $3, 3 heifers av 750 at $4; to

Sullivan P. Co. 1 cow weighing 1,320 at

$4.35, 2 steers av 975 at $5.50; to Goose

7 butchers av 883 at $3.10; to Bresnahan

7 canners av 868 at $2.50, 7 do av 843 at

$2.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows av 1,070

at $2.85, 1 bull weighing 1,206 at $3.73, 3

cows av 880 at $2.50, 3 do av 1,017 at

$2.75, 5 butchers av 828 at $3.50; to

Schumaker 4 feeders av 712 at $3.75; to

Goose 5 cows and bulls av 944 at $3.25;

to Bresnihan 6 canners av 883 at $2.50;

to Mich. B. Co. 15 butchers av 960 at

.340.

$ Haley 8:. M. sold Bresnahan 4 canners

av 017 at $2.50, 7 do av 864 at $2.50. 7 do

av 763 at $2.55, 3 do av 880 at $2.50; to

Newton B. Co. 2 bulls av 800 at $3; to

Brcitenbeck 4 cows av 1,022 at $3; to

Lachalt 6 butchers av 890 at $4: to Goose

7' do av 420 at $2.85, 12 cows av 1,071 at

$3.25; to Pratoski 8 butchers av 547 at

$3, 1 cow weighing 870 at $2.60; to Hirsch-

leman 13 butchers av 614 at $3.60; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 16 do av 582 at $3.35;

to Pratosky 4 do av 617 at $3, 2 do av

700 at $3.50; to Goose 7 do av 400 at

$2.80; to Rattkowsky 2 cows av 1.150 at

$3.75; to Mich. B. Co. 1 bull weighing 880

at $3.85, 6 heifers av 690 at $4; to Regan

13 do av 583 at $3.25. .



Spicer & R. sold Bresnahan 2 canners

av 825 at $2.50, 13 butchers av 574 at

$3.10: to Laboe 18 do av 788 at $4: to

Thompson Bros. 1 cow weighing 920 at

$3, 8 do av 794 at $4, 5 do av 752 at $3.75;

to Sullivan P. Co. 1 steer weighing 1,000

at $4.75; to Rattkowsky 4 cows av 970 at

$3.50, 3 butchers av 340 at $3, 3 do av

400 at $2.75. _



Downing sold Bresnahan 3 canners av

847 at $2.25. _‘



Same sold Parker, 1V. & Co. 5 av 1,060

at $2.75, 2 bulls av 1.035 at $3.50.



Adams sold Hammond, S. & Co. 7 can—

ners av 917 at $2.60.



Same sold Lachalt 10 butchers av 902

at $4.65.



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 605. Market steady at last

week’s close: common grades very dull.

Best, $8@8.50; others, $4737.50. Mil-ch cows

and springers, quality common, market

steady.



Bishop. B. & H. sold Parker. W. & Co.

5 av 145 at $8, 1 weighing 210 at $7.50. 2

av 110 at $6. 27 av 140 at $7.75, 1 weighing

120 at $5, 3 av 125 at $8, 6 av 140 at $7.75;

to Hammond, S. 8: Co. 12 av 160 at $8.75,

2. av 220 at $6. 3 av 145 at $8.50. 3 av 130

at $8. 8 av 140 at $8.25, 7 av 135 at $6, 7

av 140 at $8; to Rattkowsky 3 av 135 at

$7.50: to Sullivan P. Co. 3 av 160 at $8.50,

2 av 110 at $6.50; to McGuire 4 av 155 at

$8.25, 2 av 110 at $6, 12 av 150 at $8.50; to

Newton B Co. 10 av 132 at $5, 21‘. av 140

at $8; to Burnstine 3 av 160 at $8, 6 av

170 at $9. 9 av 140 at $7.50.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Go. 2 av

85 at $6, 8 av 140 at $8; to Newton B.

Co. 4 av 145 at $8.25. 3 av 140 at $7.50;

to Sullivan P. 00. 4 av 155 at $8.50.



Robb sold Newton B. Co. 2 av 95 at

$4.10, 2 av 135 at $8-



Downing sold Rattkowsky 9 av 140



$8





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Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. E. Co. 14 av





THE" lMlCHIGAN FARMER.”





145 at $8, 2 av 140 at $7.50; to Sullivan P.

Co. 4 av 145 at $6.



Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co. 9 av 130

at $7.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 av 215 at

$3, 3 av 110 at $7.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 5,731. Market steady at VVed-

nesday and last week's Closing prices;

common grades dull. Best lambs, $4.75@

5; fair lambs, $4@4.50; light to common

lambs, $3@3.25; fair to good sheep, $2.50

@3; culls and common, $1@2.50.



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

Cd. 16 sheep av 90 at $1.75, 23 do av 120

at $2.50, 16 lambs av 57 at $2.75, 9 do av

65 at $4.50, 56 sheep av 125 at $2.50, 52

lambs av 70 at $4.75, 7 do av 55 at $3,

33 do av 70 at $5, 52 do av 70 at $5, 17

do av 60 at $3.25, 17 sheep av 92 at $3; to

Thompson Bros. 34 lambs av 45 at $2,

57 do av 52 at $2; to Sullivan P. Co. 16

sheep av 120 at $3, 26 do av 125 at $2.75,

15 do av 80 at $2.50, 10 lambs av 58 at

$3.50, 88 do av 75 at $4.75; to Barlage 40

do av 50 at $3.50, 46 do av 53 at $3.50, 12

do av 55 at $3.50; to Nagle'P. Co. 112 do

av 67 at $4.60, 148 do av 73 at $4.50, 13

do av 76 at $4.85, 31 do av 83 at $4.60; to

Fitzpatrick Bros. 18 sheep av 90 at $2, 17

lambs av 55 at $3.25, 62 do av 75 at $5, 14

do av 53 at $3.50, 3 sheep av 88 at $2;

to Russell 58 lambs av 48 at $3.35, 15

sheep av 70 at $2.25, 31 doav 115 at $3,

79 do av 90 at $2, 20 do av 90 at $2.25; to

\Villiamson 56 lambs av 65 at $4.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold Newton B. Co. 53

lambs av 73 at $4.25, 20 do av 58 at $3; to

Sullivan P. Co. 3 sheep av 92 at $1.50; to

Barlage 21 do av 90 at $2.50, 37 lambs av

60 at $4; to Mich. B. Co. 46 sheep av 13‘)

at $3.25, 32 lambs av 88 at $5.10, 30 do

av 58 at $4.50. 1 sheep weighing 140 at

$3; to Hayes 35 lambs av 50 at $3, 80 do

av 62 at $4.25.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 10'lambs

av 42 at $3, 23 sheep av 100 at $2.75; to

Sullivan P. Co. 15 do av 80 at $1.60, 9 do

av 85 at $1.25, 48 lambs av 00 at $2.75; to

Youngs 40 lambs av 63 at $4.50, 18 do

av 60 at $4.50; to Eschrich 21 do av 57

at $3.50, 36 do av 50 at $3, 13 sheep av 88

at $1.75.



Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 26

lambs av 70 at $3.50, 63 do av 75 at $4.50;

to Mich. B. Co 49 sheep av 120 at $2.75;

to Youngs 45 lambs av 73 at $4.50; to

Eschrich 21 do av 57 at $3.50, 35 do av

50 at $3, 13 sheep av 90 at $1.75.



Downing sold Newton B. Co. 18 lambs

av 70 at $4.50.



Hogs.

Market 50 lower than





Receipts, 8,196.

15@200 lower than last





on \Vednesday;

week.



Range of prices: Light to good butch—

crs, “(026.15; pigs, $5.50@5.75; light york-

ers, 3867116205.



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

av 200 it $6.15, 320 av 180 at $6.10, 65 av

170 at .6.



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

Co. 1,815 av 190 at 6.15, 2,025 av 170 at

$6.10 1,250 av 160 at $6.05, 720 av 150 at

$6, 180 av 130 at $5.90.



Spicer & R. sold Parker, 11'. & Co.

1,700 av 200 at $6.15, 920 av 180 at $6.10.



Haley & M. sold same 8'60 av 180 at

$6.10, 375 av 190 at $6.15.





 





Friday’s Market.

November 17, 1911.

Cattle.

Receipts this week, 1,852;

2,124. Market active at

prices.

\Ve quote: Best





last week,

Thursday‘s





steers and heifers,

$5.50; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,300,

$5415.25; do. 800 to 1,000, $450615; do.

that are fat, 500 to 700, $3.50@4; choicc

fat cows, $4; good fat cows, $3413.50;

common cows, $2.50@3; cannot-s, $1.25@

2.2:”); choice heavy bulls, $4; fair to good

bologna bulls, $3.50@3.75; stock bulls,

$2.75@3.25; choice feeding steers, 800 to

1,000, $4.25@4,75; fair feeding steers, 800

to 1,000, $464.25; choice stockers, 500 to

700, $464.50; lair stockers, 500 to 700.

$3.50; stock heifers, $3@3.50; milkers,

large, young, medium age, $40@55; com-

mon milkers, $20@30.

Veal Calves.





Receipts this week, 1,095; last week,

989. Market 25c lower than on Thurs-

day. Best, $8@8.50; others, $4627.50.



Milch cows and springers steady.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week. 12,200; last week,

9,692. Market 5@10c lower .than on

Thursday. Best lambs, $5635.10; fair

lambs, “@175; light to common lambs,

327563.50; fair to good sheep, $2.756}l

3.50; culls and common, $2@2.50.



Hogs.



Receipts this week, 18,257; last week,



14,709. Market steady with Thursday.





Light to good butchers, $6.25‘@6.35; pigs,‘





35.256575; light yorkers, $5.80@6.20.





 





 





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Enlarged Fetlock—Chronic Cracked

}leels—Scouring.——I have a driving horse

that I am training for track work that

has‘enlarg'ement of fetlock joint and be-

low the fetlock there are hard ridges

where heels formerly cracked open. Would

you‘advise blistering for both ailments?

This horse has been inclined to scour

when used for fast work. but since I

haVe been driving him on road his bowels

are all right. C. F. B., Kibbie, Mich.~~

Apply one part iodine and eight parts

lard to enlarged fetlock, also to ridges

of scar tissue every other day. If your

horse is. healthy, his bowels will perhaps

be all right next season. Such ailments

are best controlled by careful feeding and

watering often. .



Indigestion—My work horses do not

appear to be sick, are only seven years

old. are fed best of timothy hay, corn or

cats but they are gradually growing thin.

I). W. Y.. Petoskey. Mich—Their teeth

may need floating: however. if no whole

'cgrr; orMogrts tpasshthem. it is not neces-



. age or equal parts pow-

dered sulphate iron. gentian, ginger,





fenugreek and salt and give them each

a tablespoonful or two at a dose in feed

three times a day. Also feed them some

roots. . ‘



Navicular Lameness.——Three-year-old

colt went lame in one fore leg last April

and has never recovered. Have consult-

ed tw0 different Vets. One of them says

the lameness is in coffin joint and the

other is undecided. We have applied two

blisters at different times to coronet

without results and colt has been in pas-

ture until lately. J. M. P. & S., Hast-

ings. Mich.~lt‘ the lameness is in coffin

joint, she will point. foot and hold it in

advance of opposite one, the heel will be

slightly contracted and feverish. Apply

cerate of cantharides to coronet onée a

week and give her rest. The coffin bone

may be fractured.





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Cattle or Horse hide, Calf, Dog, Deer,

or any kind of skin with hair or far on.



e make them soft, ligh t, odorless,

wmd, moth and water proof, and make

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robes. rugs or gloves when so ordered.



Your fur goods will cost you less than

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will certainly pay you to look into it.

‘ Our illustrated catalog gives a lot of ’

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the goods we sell, taxidermy. etc.. but

we never send out this valuable book

except upon request. If you want a

copy send in your correct address.



The Crosby Frisian Fur Company.

571 lyell Ave, Rochester, N. Y.





SEND US YOUR "IDES

COW AND HORSE



To be tanned and manufactured into

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We are. dressers of all kinds of furs





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Do you want a farm in Western Canada

where the crops this year are in advance of

anything grown on this continent? For

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and cattle-raising, the Province of Alberta is

unsurpassed.



Lands are now offered by the CANADIAN

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your-crops each year.

Land values have increased 30% in two cars.

Great opportunities for the Hommeker all 01’



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NEW YORK GREAT FARM BARGAINS near

Ithaca and Cornell universlt ' large list. Band

for free catalog. KEEBER a: BAivthEa, Ithaca, N. v.





For Sale‘“"“ “f 27“ acres. Good buildings, good





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FARM S—Before you buy send for my list of

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FOR SALE—Fine 80-ncre farm in fine condition. all improved,

tiled. with good buildings, in fine neighborhood. Price

$100 per acre if taken now Leslie 6. Brown, St. Johns, Mich.





F0“ SAL —120-ACRE FARM, good basement



barn, good B-room house, corn crib.



i pen, 2 wells. One mile from Homer. Michi an.

r ce 86,4“). H. A. BUNNELL, Homer, Mio .





OLD VIRGINIA FARM 1261626831.

Send for our Free Illustrated Catal . CASSELMAN

It (30.. Richmond. Va. (Establitglied a: years.)





UR OO-OPERATIVE LIST quotes owner's rice

for select FARMS all over Bentham Mich gun.

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in Oceans. greatest fruit 00. in U. 8.

“'8’" Farms also grain, gothboee. alfalfa, dairying.

Write for list. ate. HAN ON a SON, Hart. Mich.





' ‘ ‘ — .000 ores flue

Chance Michigan Lands 31mpm$w mag,

also some im roved farms in Gladwin and Clare

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FARMS WANTED—We have dirict buyers. Don't.



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enlocate desirable pro rty FB . American nvest.

ment Amiation, 3 Pa ace Bldg. Minneapolis. Minn.





HOMESEEKERS—Virginia oflers vast opportuni-

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schools, society, good fruit, section. Write or catalog.

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F s I —0ne Farm of 260 Acres or two small-

Of 3. er ones or 120 and 140 Acres. Splen-

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miles from city. Strong‘ soil for all crops.

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Address JACOB



FARM FOR SALE ‘" "°"'"°"' ""'

IO5 ACRES



of choice land. Well watered (a drained. ,1: mile from

station. Churches, graded school. ideal dairy Farm.

Butter fat now bringing 450 per lb. Sellin on account





of other business. Every acre tillahle. rice . .

Andrew V. Mahone)‘. Culpcpper Co., Mitclmlls, Va.





when you can» buy

the Beat Land in

Mic at from

S7 to an acre





near Saginaw and Bay City. Write for ma and par-

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(owners) 15 Merrill Bldg , Saginaw. W. S. Michigan.





Sunny Tennessee!





That section of Tennessee and Alabama traveled by the

Nashville, Chattanooga 8:58. Louis Railway is rich in mtuv

rel resources. and its climatic conditions and the fertility

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production of grain s. grassesJive stock and truck crops. Fer-

tile and attractive farm land- may be had at very low prices.





WRIT me at once for FREE





Descriptive Literature. (9)

II. F. SMITH, Traffic Mun, Dept. P, NashvilleJenlL





Minnesota, FREE ZOO-Page Book.





Compiled by state, accurate information about

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2,000,000 Acres Homestead Lands.





Address State Board of Immigration,

Room 502 State Capital, St. Paul. Minn.





I 80 Acres—$3400, Part Gash

Complete Equipment Included.





26 High grade Jersey cattle. 4 horses and

of farming machinery thrown in with misusilbemgie:

farm to close immediately: rich loam flel sprin

watered pasture, 800 cords of wood and $1000 rough.

standing timber. od fruit. orchard, 300 Sugar ma les'

lO-rpom house, te eplione, big barn, silo, never failiné

spring, water, near nel bore, schools, mail delivered-

everythmg for 31400, partcash. 0011191068le

and travelingduectmns to see this and other big farm

With everything i‘noluded. page 119 ”Street's Pm



am 180.. 34, which gives reliable inlor-anon'

regarding railroads. schools. climate, soil cm

raised. markets, eta, throughout all the best arming

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, Terms easy, Climate healthful. No

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Frau the Peanut Field: of VIRBIKIA

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The 6 Sou. States, (Va., N. C., S. C. Gag

Fla. and Ala.) traversed by the S. A.

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your two hands the only tools you’ll need. The

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Absolutely fastest grinders made. Farm stock

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eneral aha ening of mower

knives, sic les. so then.

butcher knives and a] tools.

SHARPENS A PLOW

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Fitted with a general purpose wheel.can be used wet or dry.

For sale by al dealers. Write us for descriptive circular.





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Special low bargain prices. We pay the freight.

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_ THE MICHIGAN~ FARMER.‘

Increased Value ““3 All?

Stum

of Land From "°'

$30to $125 Per





Acre by Pulling. 1;: ¥

All the Stumps





H. E. Blackwell of Sheridan. Oregon. paid

$30 per acre for land with stumps on—pulled the

stumps with the Hercules. and now he says the

land is worth $125 or up per acre. If you have

stumps on your land, this is probably the best

piece of reading matter that has come to your

attention for months and months. If you

write us. we will mail you facts and figures to

prove that-





The Hercules Stump Puller will save you 51300 on 40 acres—the first year. It will make you

at least $750 extra profit every year afterwards. It will double the realty value of your land.





Hercules Stump Puller





All Steel—Triple Power—30 Days' Free Trial—3 Year Guarantee—and a Special Price Proposition.





If you knew what it meant to have a Hercules Stump Puller on your place to clean your fields

of stumps—then to go around to your neighbors and clean their fields up at a nice profit. or rent

the machine to them, or move houses or barns-in short, if you only realized how much a

Hercules would mean to you, you wouldn’t hesitate a minute to send for one now.





R k B it m Pr'ce to F' t B

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—because when we get 5,000 Hercules

Stump Pullers introduced in different

localities throughout the country, we

will put ourselves in line for hun—

dreds and hundreds of sales that

we could not get in any other

way. We know the wonderful

advertising value of the Her-

cules at work. because it

is so remarkably efficient.

economical and durable.

Anyordinarymanand team

can pull an acre of stumps

a day with a. Hercules.and

we want to send you tes-

timonial letters to prove it.

Let us tell you remark-

able facts. Mail postal

card now to





Hercules Mfg. Co.

237 17th St.

Centerville, Iowa





WANTED 'I 0 MEN





In Every Township—Answer!





Iwant 10 men in every township to write me at once for my

latest Spreader Catalog and my astonishing offer on the

best spreader in the world—Galloway's New No. S with

Mandt’s New Gear. I’m determined to place 10 of these



eat manure cproadcxs in your township qu1'rk_ To do

so I’ll cut prices to the bone. Will you be one of the

10 to get the great benefit of this special deal? Why

hand over $50 extra to a dealer or agent .when

you can buy direct from Galloway? Keep .the

money in your pocket and get a better machine.

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one penny extra. My prices .to you are less than

your dealer can buy them for spot cash in car load

lots! Just send your name and address on postal

today. and my big ofier will go to you at once.





wnuass uauowav. President

William Galloway Company. 649 Galloway Station.





 





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Makes Barn _ {

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. ree Book tells most astounding

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Also tells Why the Manure

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(DRE-PLY . . . . Weigh. 35 lbs” nos Square Feet. 81.10 per roll.

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