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5 For the average man diversified farm-
ing is much the safer and better. It goes
slowor, but if it does, it goes slower both
ways; o'ne’s profits may not be as large
and likewise when. he has losses they are
not so large, so it evens up. Specialized
farming can be profitably and safely fol-
lowed only by a few under special condi-
tions with regard to climate, market, and
capital.~ It is too risky. It is like putting
all one‘s eggs in one basket. All goes
well until one stumbles and falls, and
then he regrets.

But specialized farming is fascinating.
It makes one’s blood flow faster to read
that Mr. Morrell sold~ $40,000 worth of
peaches in one year. That an apple crop
brings one 'in thousands and thousands
of dollars with very little effort on his
part. A man who produced thousands of
bushels of potatoes this year, if he could
get them harvested without loss, is in
luck, and the same could be said of ‘many
crops for occasional years and conditions,
and where one has the market and the
capital to bridge over a lean year in
numerous instances it may pay to ad-
here to specialized farming, but as I say,
the average farmer cannot afford to do it.
It is finicky. Even in the renowned fruit
belt of Western Michigan where commer-
cial fruit growing is suposed to be as
profitable as any place in the world and
perhaps more 5”, there come years when
if a man had all of his capital and en-
ergy tied up in a commercial peach or-
d‘hard, unless he had a bank account he
would become bnkrupt, at least he would
have no income. In the early days of
commercial peach growing in Western
Michigan people made enormous profits
and some of them seemed to think that
this condition of affairs would last for-
ever. They lived extravagantly and im-
providently and when that fatal disease,
yellows. came along and destroyed their
orchards they were well night devoid of
other resources and were in an extremely
sad condition. At one time a certain dis-
trict south of Jacksonville, Fla., was con-
sidered one of the most favorable loca-
tions for orange growing in the world.
There were beautiful and magnificent
orange groves. They seemed to produce

every year. A man who owned an
orange grove there needed no other in-
come. His income seemed to be safe and
sure. People were confident thAt those
orange trees would continue to bear year
after year and year after year and yield
them their princely incomes. They grew
nothing but oranges. The hay and the
grain necessary to feed the animals that
Were needed in cultivating the orchards
were purchased in the north. All that
was needed for themselves was purchased
from outside. They produced nothing but
oranges. But there came a year when
Jack Frost made a. visit farther south
than he usually does and these magnifi-
cent orange trees were utterly destroyed.
People who had reveled in wealth found
themselves in one night devoid of an in-
come or any visible means of support. I
have been told that a number ofipeople
committed suicide after the severe frost
which ruined the oranges in this par-
ticular locality of Florida. I saw this
section after this freeze and saw the
ruin wrought; the stumps of the old
orange trees, with here and there a new
shoot coming out fresh and green. The
houses were in a tumbled down condi-
tion; the old orchards were grown up to
grass, brush and weeds: not a habitable
house was in sight. This was one of the
most deplorable sights I ever saw in my
life, and yet this was the result of highly
specialized farming.

The history of agriculture the world
over in all ages will bear me out in say-
ing that the strictly specialized farming,
persistently followed, brings ruin, and
nothing but ruin. The wheat farms of the
northwest prove this. The growing of
cotton year after year on the fertile soils
of the south have demonstrated it beyond
doubt. The corn growers in the celebrat-
ed corn belt have profited by examples
like this and are chaging to a rotation

‘of crops in order to husband the fertility
of their soil and save their land from
ruin.

Suppose a man in Michigan had nothing
but beans this past season. What would
be his condition? Supposing a few years
ago a. man had his whole farm into po-
tatoes. He would have been mined. The
only safe rule for the average man under
average conditions is to practice diversi-
fied farming.

W’hile I do not believe in specialized
farming, I do believe in having a pumaso.
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and a regular plan and following this per-
sistently year after year. Every farmer
ought to have some crop or some phase
of farming as the leading source of his
income; some crop or some product that
he can depend upon to bring him in a
living, and the plan should be to secure
the largest income from this central [or
main purpose.
other crops, special crops to improve his
soil and crops grown in connection with
this system of taming to bring him in
extra money, which take away the risk of
failure for his main crop or purpose, and
which in favorable years brings extra
profit. For instance in my own farming,
my plan is to have the sale of dairy pro-
ducts the leading purpose in farming. My
aim is to keep a commercial herd of dairy
cows and get the most profit out of them.
Consequently I must grow corn silage and
clover as a basic crop and peas and oats
for a grain ration for the cows and I do
everything that I know how to produce
these rations as cheaply as possible.

My intention is to keep a large enough
herd of cows so that the sales resulting
from this industry will pay the entire
expenses of the farm. In addition to cows
we keep hogs and hens. But these in-
dustries are logical adjuncts to the dairy
beéause dairy waste products are con-
sumed and often the work fits nicely
with the dairy business, and they can be
made 'part of it. Now, with these three
live stock industries we can live and pay
expenses and there is little chance of
loss. Should the crops almost entirely
fail we could go outside of the farm and
buy our feed for the cows and the hogs
and the chickens, bring it onto the farm,
feed it carefully, and make a profit. There
is not very much risk in this kind of
farming. I selected this system of farm-
ing largely because I had to, because I
began with a limited capital and began
in debt, and I couldn’t afford to take any
risk. If I had taken the risk and put the
whole farm into wheat and it had been a
favorable year then I could have made
a large payment on the debt and per-
haps got out of debt in this way sooner,
or, if I put the whole farm into beans
or any special crop, if conditions had
been favorable I might have gotten out of
debt sooner; but, on the other hand, had
conditions been unfavorable I might have
lost the farm. I thought this thing over
carefully and decided that it was better
to make haste slowly, and I believe I
was right. ' ,

Now, besides the live stock industry we
grow sugar beets and wheat and usually
potatoes. If we are lucky enough to
make a profit on these crops over and
above the cost of production, then that
profit is added profit, and if We do not
make a profit on these crops we are not
ruined because the main purpose in farm-
ing invariably pays the expenses. I once
tried 40 or 50 acres of sugar beets but I
gave it up. In order to raise that many
beets I neglected the main purpose in
farming of growing corn and clover and
oats and peas for the cows, and proper
care of the dairy cows, and so I had to
give it up and confine myselfto about 10
or 15 acres of sugar beets per year. We
can handle that amount in connection
with the dairy by hiring a certain amount
of extra help and we can do the job fair-
ly well without very much risk, and be-
sides the by-products of the beet crop
can be utilized to the full extent on the
dairy farm. The tops make a valuable
food, a food well worth preserving for the
dairy cows. I also grow wheat and while
We sell the wheat, we need the strawfor
bedding for the cows and other live stock
and I do not see how we could well get
along without growing wheat on a dairy
farm. While this system of farming
brings in no unusual profits it is safe.
Take it over a period of several years
on the average, I imagine it will pay in
Michigan at least as Well or better than
specialized farming. ‘

Because I select dairying as my purpose
in farming I do not wish it to be under-
stood that I think dairying is the only
business that can be used as a main pur-
pose in farming. Not at all. A farmer
is left to select that particular phase of
farming which he likes best, and to which
his farm and his conditions are best
suited and use that for the main purpose
in farming. One might make the breed-
ing of horses the leading purpose in
farming and perhaps make more than he
would out of dairying. Another man
might take the production of wool and
mutton as a leading purpose, and still
another might take a crop like potatoes
and, without specializing too much, raise

Besides that he can have.

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them With other crops-Which would help
him out when conditions. were again-tithe
potato crop and make more money than
chan in dairying. So one can select, as
I say, most any phase of agriculture as
a leading purpose and have other crops
subservient to that.

If one had a special fruit location he
would be foolish if he did not ,utilize it,
but I do not believe that it would be
wise for the average man to plant his
Whole farm to fruit and depend upon it
entirely. It would be much better, in my
opinion, if he lives in s0me favorable
locality for fruit, to haVe some other
kind of farming in addition to that which
might help him out when conditions were
against the fruit. If a man had suffi-
cient capital, other conditions being fav-
orable, no doubt he could win out on a
specialized system of farming. If he had
a total failure one year and still had
sufficient capital to bridge over until he
could get another crop, or perhaps it
might be necessary to bridge over more
than one year, but if he would stick .to
this specialty and had sufficient capital
so that he could afford to, I have no doubt
that in the end he would win out and
perhaps be as prosperous or, at least,
make as much profit as others would
with general farming. But most of us
haven’t sufficient capital; most of us
must make our living every year; most
of us have debts that must be met every
year, and the only safe and sane way is
to devise a system of farming and farm
management under our conditions which
will bring in a reasonable profit every
year, and no specialized farming can be
depended upon every year. There comes
a year, despite the wisest of farm man-
agement, when one special crop is al-
most a failure. It is wise to guard
against being caught that year and you
can do so in no other way as safely as
by diversified farming.

Comn C. LILmn.

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FA RM NOTES.

 

Alfalfa and Quack Grass.

I would like to ask through your-Wal-
uable paper if there is any reader that
has had experience with" "alfalfa where
there is a little quack grass. I have an
eight-acre field which I would like to seed
to alfalfa in the spring if it would be a
success. It was a question in my mind
which would kill out first, alfalfa or
quack grass, both having very long roots.

Ingham Co. SUBSCRIBER.

It would not be advisable“ to sow alfalfa
on land infested with quack grass until
the latter has been eradicated. The prob-
lem involved is not which of these two
plants would “kill out” first if well es-
tablished on the same field, but rather
one of getting the alfalfa established in
the first place, which would be difficult
if not impossible, where it has quack
grass to contend with. Alfalfa needs fav—
orable conditions in order to get well es-
tablished and make a good, even stand.
When once well established it will, under
favorable conditions, endure for many

years. However, it should not be asked.

to compete with quack grass, something
which no other crop can successfully do.
It would be the better plan, and far more
profitable in the end to first eradicate the
quack grass. This can be accomplished
in a single season by clean cultivation,
either in the summer fallow or by grow-
ing a. hoed crop, such as roots and keep-
ing every spear of grass out by frequent
cultivation and hoeing. Another and
cheaper method is described in farmers’
bulletin 464, by which quack grass can
be destroyed in meadows and pastures
during the midsummer period just after
haying, when the time can best be de-
voted to the work. This method briefly
described, is as follows:

First plow the sod, cutting just under
the turf, which is usually about three
inches deep. To thoroughly turn over a
stiff quack grass sod as shallow as three
inches it is advisable to use a type of
plow with a long, sloping mold board. A
week or ten days later go over it with a
disk harrow and thoroughly disk the-sod.
Repeat this treatment every ten days or
two weeks until fall, when the quack
grass will be completely killed out. In
case it is not possible to turn the sod on
account of dry weather, the treatment
can be given with the disk barrow alone.
If the disk alone is used it should be set
practically straight, well weighted ‘Wlth
bags of dirt, and the field gone over three
or four times. The first two cuttings
should be at right angles and the other
cuttings diagonally across. The sod in
this way is divided into small blocks.
Then the disk is set at an angle, when
it will be found that the first two. or
three inches of sod, which contain prac-
tically all of the quack grass roots, can

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be "cut loose from the soil helm/.- 1".l?hs

exposure to the sun and the, br‘eak’ing'

'looso from the lover?- soil soong‘kiiltout

the" quack grass. This} ground should be,"
gone over at intervals. ‘of’ten daysor trio
weeks throughout the remainder of the.

season. The following spring the infest-
ed land," On which the grass has been
killed either by the disking method' or by
the combination ‘of plow and disk, should
be plowed to a good depth in order to
bury the mass of dead roots thoroughly.
If the work has been caréfully done the
quack grass will not show up at all in
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WHY LEAVE MICHIGAN?

 

“Michigan, My Michigan"

Look around, where e'er you can
No state equals Michigan.
“Michigan, My Michigan."

Why should the people of Michigan go
too much that may be found right here in
prices for land that is not equal in value
to much that may be found right here in
our owu sate?‘ The soil is not only equal

to any to be found in the west or south- *

west, but for variety of profitable pro-
ducts ‘there is no section of the country
that can compete with our own state. No
finer fruit can be grown anywhere,
whether apples, peaches, pears,
plums, cherries or the berry fruits. Vega-
tables of all kinds can be grown in
abundance, and as good as the best,
while the fame of our celery is as wide
as the country. The potatoes We grow
have no superior any e , the sandy
lands of the northern rt of the
state being natural potato lands, and
producing large and profitable crops
of fine tubers. Even the “corn belt"
states can produce little, if any, better
crops of corn than we grow right here,

and we have no corn weevil such .as'

damages so much of the crop in the
south. Our beans give large yields, and
are equal to any grown. Wheat, oats,
rye, barley, all yield abundantly, and of
best quality of grain. Cucumbers, cab-
bage, etc., are grown in' large quantities
and sugar beets which we produce make
the finest sugar, and bring a great many
thousands of dollars to the farmers of
the state each year, Michigan standing
second among the states in theproduc-
tion of beet sugar. No state in the Un-
ion produces a greater variety, or- finer
pasture or meadow grasses than our own,
from timothy to alfalfa. Until a few
years ago it was not thought that alfalfa
would succeed here, but now there “are
thousands of acres grown, and it is in-
creasing in popularity rapidly as its val-
ue becomes known. With our abundant
crops of corn and oats, and the grasses
it is only natural that our live stock
should be of the best, and so it is; our
horses, cattle, sheep and swine are equal
to the best, as may be seen by the splen-
did fiocks and herds scattered over the
state. The dairy industry is one of the
most profitable which engages our farm-
ers, and is increasing in importance every
year. Our poultry—chickens and tur-
keys, ducks and geese, give very prof-
itable returns for the labor and feed re-
quired. Although our timber supply is
not what it used to be, yet the state still
has a large amount of valuable hard-
wood. The butternut, black walnut and
hickorynut are native trees, and produce
abundant crops of them valuable nuts,
while the English walnut, filbert, and
Japan walnut can be grown profitably.

Where, in all the west or southwest can
you find lands that will produce in- such
abundance, and such variety? Our eggs
are not “all in one basket," and if one
.of our crops should fail, We have many
others to give us good returns for our
labors. I

Because people outside the state do not
realize the value of our lands, farms can
be purchased at much lower prices than
they are actually worth, this will soon
be changed, as the agricultural possibili-
ties of the state become better known;
in fact, the prices have already begun to
advance over what they were two or
three Years ago.» Owing to the large
bodies of water, our great lakes that so
nearly surround the state, the winter
climate is greatly modified, and our pure.
bracing air, excellent water, and freedom
from malaria, give us a climate that is
surpassed by few, if any, states in the
Union.

Again I ask the question, "Why should

people leave Michigan?” And to it I will
add another:
in other states who want good homesqor
forms at very reasonable prices, come

Michigan and see what we have to offer? * _. - 1.
Such people, who look over our state?!” ,

not be disappointed. Come. ‘ "
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DEC. 30, 71911. ._ “ _ ‘

OBSERVATIONS ON SPECIAL PHASES
or MICHIGAN AGRICULTURE.

 

Some of Michigan isold settled, from a

lumberman’s standpoint, but compara-
tively new agriculturally. It takes time
to discover what a sectionvis best suited
to grow and, even when once discovered
locally, it takes time to spread and be-
come generally known. What looks like
the most commonplace to the long—time
resident is discovered by enthusiastic
outsiders and its praises sung until the
place becomes famous. These observa-
tions relate to the lake shore country of
northwestern Michigan, where apples,
peaches and cherries grow. The prox-
imity of this country to the Chicago mar-
ket and lake transportation are also con-
ditions that have added to its popularity
and land values as well. ‘

No culture of the soil appeals to the
masses of the people like an orchard, and
setting out an orchard calls for faith in
the beginning and an unusual amount
of “works” before the fruit is gathered.
You can get more genuine enthusiasm over
growing apples, peaches or oranges than
over any other farm work, unless it’s a
poultry proposition. Very few men and
women have not at one time or another
planted a vineyard or an orchard, in
their imagination, and dwelt in bowers
of fruitful trees. It appeals to the high-
est ideals and is a “paradise restored."
In the Book of Mormon, the faithful were
to plant vineyards and fruit trees, and
no shrewder judge of human nature ever
lived than Brigham Young, who appealed
to his people through this book.

.If a man is seeking a pleasant penin-
sula he will find it in Michigan, is a very
liberal translation of Michigan’s state
seal. Just now if a man, or woman for
that matter, is seeking to grow fruit, the
Michigan lake coast belt will fill the re-
quirements.

An 80-acre tract of land in Oceana
county was purchased five years ago for
$3,780. The land has been planted to
fruit trees; a most handsome orchard.
solid and even, today valued at $32,000,
while in the meantime this tract of land
has more than paid operating expenses
in growing “in between” crops of sweet
corn for canning purposes, and still more
“in between” were grown crops of pump—
kins for canning. An orchard is no easy
proposition but, like matrimony, should
be entered into with due consideration,
even prayerfully.

The canning industries in the west
shore counties are, in a measure, like the
sugar beet factories in other sections and
perhaps come into closer contact with
agriculture than any other line of manu-
facturing. Let soil fertility decrease be-
low the point of profitable production
and an investment of approximately
$100,000 is wiped off as effectually as if
done by fire, and no insurance can be
secured against such a contingency ex-
cept by arousing the individual farmer.
But in' this respect the managers of the
canning concerns are active and alert.
A canning establishment is no simple
affair. Carloads of seed peas and beans
and quantities of sweet corn must be
provided. No pains are spared to secure
good seed of high germination. Em-
ployes sit for weeks picking out with
husking pegs imperfect and undesirable
kernels from the ears of sweet corn. This
corn has been previously stored in a
steam heated room until the moisture is
removed and after shelling it is still kept
from danger of freezing. Seed peas have
“heard” of the high cost of living and are
as high as six or seven dollars a bushel.
An almost world wide shortage of peas
exists and a general advance in canned
goods has resulted. Peas for canning
are harvested with a mowing machine,
with buncher attachment. At the can-
nery they are run through a machine,
which takes out the peas and the vines
are returned to the grower, who spreads
them out to dry at home. A fair crop of
peas will return one ton of dried vines
equal to clover hay in feeding value. The
peas are paid for by the pound, usually
about 3% cents per pound for the best
grades. Pea ground is ideal for a fol-
lowing with wheat and clover seeding.
The minimum of fertility is abstracted
and the rotation is a good one.

Sweet corn is paid for at from $8 to $10
per ton, owing to the variety, for the ear
in the husk, the husks being returned to
Dairying and sweet corn
growing Work well together, as the corn-
stalks are very valuable for milk pro-
duction. Dried pea hay and sweet corn
silage approximate the alfalfa hay and
regular corn silage of the dairy districts
elsewhere. Bush lima beans are exten—
sively grown for canning and are shelled
very much as are the peas.

 
  

     

Michigan northern grown corn, peas
and beans are of the. highest standard.
Western grown sweet corn has a thick
hull and ‘is inferior in flavor to Michigan
stock.

Peaches, apples, plums, and cherries
are canned in season, and in addition
cabbage, in the form of kraut, string
beans, pumpkins, squash, table beets, etc.
Contracts for crops are made annually
and the business relations between the
factory and farmers are usually satisfac-
tory and mutually advantageous. The
canning industry is an important factor
in western Michigan on the lighter soils
and many a community in northeastern
Michigan would find its lands vastly in-
creased in value if it were supplied with
a cash market for their possible produc-
tion. A canning factory, however, to be
successful, involves a large outlay and
expert management.

Land values are distinctly advanced
where sugar factories and the canning
industry unites the agricultural inter-
ests and the manufacturer, and good
roads follow as a natural sequence. Man?
ufacturers in other lines, like machinery
and furniture, for example, are by no
means as diplomatic and as sympathetic
with agriculture as the lines of manufac-
turing alluded to in this article. “’hen
any person is considering leaving Mich-
igan for a farm home, soil investment or
factory site, he will find that the state
seal has potency in its invitation and
also a great assurance of possible profit.

Shiawassee Co, JAS. N. MCBRIDE.

HOW “ONE MAN" CAN PRODUCE

AND FEED 100 ACRES OF CORN
IN MICHIGAN.

 

In writing this article it may be well
for the writer to explain the reason in
making such an extremely big statement.
In Illinois, where I lived all my early
life, conditions are much different than
they are in Michigan. They do their
farm work much differently and always
see how much one. man can accomplish,
save all the labor possible and make ev-
ery dollar they can. 01’ course, most of
the land there is ideal for the accomplish-
ment of this object, and conditions are
more favorable in general for a man to
do a maximum amount of work on a
farm. But, with those ideas firmly fixed
in my mind, I was bound to carry out my
plans regardless of the stumbling blocks
in the way. ‘Vhen I moved here the peo-
ple to whom I became neighbors naturally
sized me up like any stranger and were
anxious to find out all they could regard—
ing the middle west. I will admit that
some of the stories I told of what I had
done in the prairie country and what I
calculated to do here looked very queer,
especially to some who had not traveled
through the corn belt, and one fellow in
particular who came to buy my wool,
went back to town and said that Wash-
burne was either a big liar or crazy, he.
did not know which. I had no earthly
way, just then, to defend myself. I am
now in a position to prove to the most
skeptical that I can do everything I
,claimed to have done in Illinois right here
in Michigan.

The farm I bought in Kent county be-
ing quite rough and stony I could.not
make very great strides there, especially
in raising a great acreage of corn. But
I did the best I could under the circum-
stances and had some seasons as high as
40 acres.

I should judge when I moved on this
farm that there was at least 700 rods of
rail fence on the farm. Some of the
fields were fenced in six and l0-acre lots,
with what they call a “devil’s lane”
through the center. You can imagine how
I looked, never having seen a rail fence
and being used to large, level fields.

To make a long story short, I cleared
this farm of those fences as soon as pos—
sible and made 160 acres in about three
fields. I never was partial to small fields
on a farm, as it requires too much time
in turning, especially in cultivating corn.
I would rather put up a temporary fence
occasionally than to take. up so much
land and destroy valuable crops with
useless fences. You will be surprised at
how much time you save by having your
corn rows 80 to 120 rods long. It costs
money every time you turn your team
and the less we turn the better.

When I made the assertion that I had
produced 60 acres of corn in Illinois and
harvested same alone, it nearly staggered
some. of the farmers in Kent county, and
as they thought it a breach of etiquette
to call me a liar to my face, they natur-
ally made it as easy for me as possible
and said, “you can’t do it in Michigan."
I said nothing but was looking forward

THE MICHIGAN} FARMER.

to the time to come when I could make a
change and get a more suitable farm,
where I might be able to carry out some
of my plans. Of course, I am not afraid
of work and am in the prime of life and
can do two days’ work in one, if neces-
sary. I must admit that it is an extreme
amount of work for one man to attempt
to 'produce 100 acres of corn and harvest
it‘alone, but I am able to do this right
here on my own farm in Washtenaw
county.

To start with, this is ideal corn land
and compares favorably with the prairie
soil; productive, level, and large fields
of 25 to 50 acres, where you can have
rows of corn 120 rods long. (I might
add that there are thousands of such
farms in Michigan that can be bought
for one-half to two-thirds less per acre
than in Ohio or Illinois, and are equally
as good). To accomplish this task one
needs five good, active horses, weighing
not less than 1.500 lbs. each, like I now
have. I start the big gang plow (14—in.
bottom), as early as possible in spring,
and can turn over 100 acres in 16 days,
or an average of over six acres per day.
After the plowing, I can harrow 50 acres
per day with my 25-ft. five-horse har-
row and ride behind on a sulky. It will
take about eight days to fit this ground
in fine shape for planting. Next comes
the check-row planter and with two ac—
tive horses I can plant 25 acres per day
and check it perfectly straight both
ways. Four days will finish this 100
acres. I generally harrow my corn once
or twice before cultivating, which would
require four days more.

After I plow half of my corn ground I
generally fit it and plant, providing it is
warm enough. Then, when I finish plant-
ing the balance, the first piece is large
enough to cultivate and when I start har-
vesting the first half the last planting is
ready to cut.

Next comes the cultivating. I hitch
three or four horses on my two-row cul-
tivator and can go over 16 acres per day
nicely, and in cultivating four times,
which is sufficient), it requires about 27
days.

Next comes the harvesting. I then
hitch three horses to my corn harvester
and can down eight acres per day and at
the end of 12 days this 100 acres of corn
is all tied up in first-class shape. I gen-
erally cut down about 30 or 40 acres and
then shock it up. \Vhen it lays on the
ground for a few days and cures out it
handles much easier. I carry it in extra
large windrows with the machine and
this saves much labor. I can shock 14
acres per day or the 100 acres in about
eight days. This may look rather big
to some to shock this amount per day
but when the corn is not too green when
it is cut and is allowed to cure out on
the ground a few days you can shock it
up as fast as you can wheat from these
big windrows. I generally put 60 to 75
bundles in a shock, bracing them well
together and never tie them.

Now I have the 100 acres in the shock
in how many days? Plowing, 16 days,
harrowing l2, planting four, cultivating
27, cutting 12 and shocking eight, or 79
days in all to produce 100 acres of corn
and put it in the shock.

I will add that I can cover 50 acres of
this ground with manure with the help
of a good man to pitch the same. This
can be done before plowing is started.

Now as this 100 acres of corn is har-
vested and standing in good, big, sub-
srantial shocks, that a cyclone could
hardly move. and where it will keep
much better than if in the barn or stack,
my troubles are over. \Vhen the proper
time comes I go to the stock markets and
buy 75 or 100 head of well-bred feeding
steers, place behind them 50 to 75 good,
thrifty shouts, and haul this corn right
from the field as I feed it. which would
require about two hours of my time, each
day. By the first of April I would have
several car loads of fine fat cattle and a
car of hogs for my 79 days’ work in pro-
ducing this corn, and this stock ordinarily
would net me a profit above its first cost
of $3,000 and over, and the fertilizer all
left on the farm, which is equivalent to
$500 more.

This is_the result of the efforts of one
man right here in the state of Michigan.
Now I am looking for the man who will
challenge me to do this and who says We
can not produce large yields of fine corn
or any other crops equally as cheap as
on any farm in the middle west.

Washtenaw Co. B. F. WASHBURNE.

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The forty-eighth annual convention of
the National Wool Growers’ Association
was held at the Auditorium, Omaha, Ne-
braska, on December 14-15-16, with a
very good attendance of the leading flock-
masters and delegates, in spite of the
adverse conditions which sheepmen gen-
erally have been forced to meet during
the last two years. The most important
subject before the convention was natur-
ally tl1at of the tariff, and that “iniquit-
ous" schedule K.

The opening day was signalized by the
masterful address of President Gooding,

of Idaho, the most important parts of
which are summarized in the following
extracts:

“This convention should go on record
for an honest revision of schedule K, both
for the wool growers and the manufac-
turers of wool. The honest difference
in the cost of production between this
country and foreign countries is-all the
tariff we should ask.

“Vi'e should make our fight for revision
based on the report of the traiff board.
That report may be a disappointment to
some of our wool growers; it may not
show as large a difference in the cost of
production as some of us believe exists,
but if it comes anywhere near the line
of reasonableness we should accept it and
make a light for a final settlement of the
question. The continued agitation of
schedule K has done much to paralyze the
industry and if we can have anything like
a permanent settlement of the question
we can adjust our business to meet it.
so that in the future there will be some
stability for the products of our industry.

“Let us not take it for granted that the
report of the tariff board is going to set—
tle the issue. I am sure those who have
watched the tariff fights in congress must
be convinced that what one political
party wants the other objects to. We
should go on record as favoring the set-
tlemcnt of all business questions that are
affected by politics, through a commis-
sion.

“The cost of wool prodtction has in—
creased materially in the past few years
There is no longer the free range we
once had and labor costs more. Free
wool now would bring disaster greater
even than under the Wilson bill.

“\Vool can be shipped from England,
Australia, or South America for between
one-third and one-half the transporta-
tion charged on wool from the Rocky
Mountain states to Boston.

“It costs the American sheep man more
to feed his shepherd dog than the Russian
pays his border. The American flock—
master pays his men 2540 to $50 a month
and board, the Englishman pays $14.75 a
month and provides a house; the Russian
pays ll) to 20 cents a day, not in cash,
but in grain and vegetables; the Argen-
tinian pays $12.50 aImonth, and provides
mutton. salt, tea, and rice.”

Showing some cloths and clothes, he
said that for a $50 suit of clothes the
wool grower received $1.96, while the
manufacturer received only $7 for the 3%
yards of cloth in the suit; a piece of blue
serge which cost $l.20 at the retailer's
cost the latter 76 cents, and in the. two-
piece suit it would sell for $23 to $30. He
showed a pair of wool socks which retail
at 45 cents, of which the grower got six
cents: an infant’s undersuit retailing at
90 cents brought the wool grower nine
cents.

“Somebody is committing robbery, and
it is not the wool grower nor the manu-
facturer. The big mills contract for
practically their entire output in advance
The jobber makes more on a yard of
Woolen cloth than the grower, commission
man, and manufacturer combined. The
people of the country have been deceived
too long as to who is getting the big
share of the high price they pay for
clothes. It is time for us to speak out
and let them know."

Paying his respects to Mr. Pinchot, he
said:

“Tyranny is a mild word to apply to
Mr Pinchot’s outrageous policy toward
the flockmasters oi’ the west. If Mr. Pin-
chot had been correct that the grazing
of sheep in the forest reserves was a
detriment to the forests there might have
been some excuSe for hls‘actions, but
years before Mr. Pinchot thought of con-
servation it had been demonstrated in
the west that the grazing of sheep in
the forests was their only salvation.

 

   

“The great forest fire in Idaho two
years ago in which more than 200 lives
were lost and millions of dollars worth
of the best white pine in America de-
stroyed, gave the forest reserve officials
their first great lesson in forest fires. It
was then they discovered the value of
sheep in the forest reserve, for not many
miles from the great forest fire, over oh
the Clear \Vater where flocks of sheep
were grazing in the forest, not a tree was
lost.”

A. J. Knollin gave an address on the
sheep industry in the east, in which he
showed that the investment of the farm-
ers in the sheep business was over 191
million dollars, and the marketing of
their sheep products annually amounts to
75 millions, while there is 145 millions
invested in woolen mills.

The notable address of the second day
was that of Joseph E. Wing, the investi-
gator sent by the tariff board to Argen-
tine .and other sections of South America,
and who told some of his findings as to
conditions there. He said that it was
not so much the low cost of labor that
makes Argentine such strong competition
for the United States in wool, as it is the
fact that the government helps the wool
grower. The government will sell a
would—be flockmaster something over
6,000 acres of land for something over
$4,000, and in addition will lease him 50,-
000 acres of land adjoining at a nominal
rental for ten years. Having control of
the land, the wool grower fences it and
is able to get along with less labor than
the American sheepman. Also there are
no wild animals to prey on the sheep nor
blizzards to destroy them. The control
of the land gives stability to the busi—
ness and encourages the grower to breed
up high—class flocks.

In this connection, he digressed to say:
“Our government, and I say it with

shame. has not played fair with the
sheepmcn, nor the cattlemen either, for
that matter. The_ time has now come

to put a stop to homesteading except up-
on land capable of irrigation. I don’t
care who hears me say this, or how wide
publicity it gets. The greatest crime of
our country today is the homesteading of
land where it sometimes rains. The great
tracts of semiaarid land, fit only for graz-
ing, should be sold to the stockmen or
leased to them at a. reasonable figure. Cr

let them be homsteaded, but give the
homesteader enough land to live on by
using it for grazing purposes. If not

that, sell or lease it to him.

\Vhile I am on the subject there is an-
other matter I want to speak of. The
United States is the only country where
sheep are taxed. In other sheep raising
countries the sheep are taxed when they
at e sold, but not so long as they remain
alive.’

Other talks during the day were made
by A. W. Potter, associate forester, on
"The Relation of the Forest to the Flock-
master,” and by Prof. W. C. Coffey, on
“Market Grades and Classes of Sheep."

The last day, addresses on the tariff
were made by F. .I. Hagenbarth, of Ida-
ho, and F. A. Ellenwood. of California,
while Robert Taylor, of Nebraska, talked
on “Sheep Breeding and Feeding,” and
V. 0, Johnson, of Idaho, told of the fight
on the part of the Association for lower
freight rates on wool.

This was the most
the way of business, which included the
adoption of resolutions, the election of
the old officers for another year, the se-
lection of Cheyenne for the place of the
next convention, and the raising of a
fund of $27,000 for the use of the officers
of the association in their work.

The more important resolutions were
those on the tariff, which recommend a
revision in accord with the findings of
the tariff board, and the imposition of a
Specific duty on a scoured pound basis;
the demanding of the right of stockmen
to use the forest reserves for grazing as
a lawful part of the forest system, the
reduction of grazing rates on sheep in
national forests; the establishment of a
commission which shall classify unoccu-
pied public lands, and frame a bill for
congressional action, which shall make
permanent disposition of such lands; the
establishment of wool departments in
agricultural colleges; 8. national appropri-
ation for killing predatory wild animals is
asked: the demanding of an investigation
by the secretary of commerce and labor
into the distribution of cost of both wool
and mutton from the time the meat and
wool leaves the hands of the producer
until it reaches the consumer, and a sub-
mission of such report to congress.

The officers of the asociatlon are: Frank
R. Gooding, Idaho, president: George
Austin, Salt Lake City, western vice-

important day in

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preIident;'A. J. Knollin, Chicago, eastern

vice- president; 8. W. McClure, Gooding,
Idaho, secretary; Frank D. Miracle, Hel-
ena, Mont" treasurer.

: MIDWINTER SHEEP SHOW.

 

The Midwinter Sheep Show held in
connection with the National Wool Grow-
ers’ Convention at Omaha, December 13
to 16, saw nearly 40 exhibitors present,
with over 600 head of the best sheep in
America for the inspection of the sheep-
men. Most of these sheep came on from
the International at Chicago, where many
of them had won ribbons the previous
week. However, some of the ratings at
that show were upset here.

Aside from the well known breeds
which came from every part of the enun-
\try, including Cotwolds and Lincolns from
Oregon and American Merinos from the
world famous flock of E. N. Blssell, of
Vermont, there were some unusual ex-
hibits. Probably the one attracting the
most attention was that of the Karakule
sheep sent from southwestern Texas,
which are the only specimens of the
breed on this continent. They were se-
cured after much effort, expense, and the
intervention of high government author-
ities, from their native country high up
in the Himalaya mountains of Thibet.
They grow a peculiar wool which is more
like fur, and from it is made the famous
Afghan shawls and Bokhara rugs, while
the hides of the new-born lambs furnish
the costly Persina lambs’ wool. These
sheep also have a large, fat tail, similar
to the Persian Fat Tails, which is said
to furnish fine meat.

Another exhibit attracting much'atten-
tion was that of two llamas shown by
an Omaha party who imported them
from the high mountains of Chill. An
enterprising Canadian importer showed
several head of Dartmoor sheep which he
had just brought from England. They
are unknown here, and look something
like a dark-faced Cotswold.

Among the leading prizewinners in the
Rambouillet show was the flock of A. A.
Wood & Son, of Michigan.

FEEDERS' PROBLEMS.

 

Rye for Breeding Ewes.

I would like to learn through The
Farmer if there are apt to be any bad
results in feeding rye to breeding ewes.

Antrim Co. J. J. S.

It is not a safe practice to feed rye to
pregnant breeding ewes, as rye is very
often ergotized. and the ergot is very lla-
ble to cause the ewes to abort. Ergot is
a. fungous disease which attacks the ker-
nels of rye when growing, forming a
large, firm. dark colored mass of spores
in place of the rye kernel which not only
has the effect above noted when consumed
by pregnant animals. but is also poison-
ous when fed in sufficient quantities. For
this reason rye should not be fed to preg-
nant animals, but it would not be an
economical grain for breeding ewes, even
if it were not a dangerous feed. Corn
and oats, with pea-size oil cake added to
supply needed protein, will be both

cheaper and more satisfactory as a grain _

ration for the sheep.
Dried Beet Pulp for Pigs.

Does dried beet pulp make good feed
for g1 owing pigs, and how do you feed it?
Eaton Co. C. A. H

Dried beet pulp is too bulky to be used
as a feed for growing pigs, unless in very
limited quantities, and then good, bright
(lover or alfalfa hay would make a better
roughage for them to pick over. Dried
beet pulp is, however, a valuable ingredi-
ent in the ration for brood sows during
the period of pregnancy, when it is de-
sired to have a bulky ration with which
the sow’s appetite can be satisfied with-
out being too fattening.

STATE LIVE STOCK MEETING.

The twenty-first annual meeting of the
Michigan Improved Live Stock Breeders’
and Feeders’ Association will be held at

the' Michigan Agricultural College, East
Lansing, Mich, January 16—17-18, 1912.
This Association unites all the separate

breed associations of horses, cattle, sheep
and swine. It has steadily grown in
numbers, scope and influence, and is at
present the greatest state liVe stock event
of the year.

Besides the best talent that Michigan
can afford, two men of national reputa-
tion will be present. Prof. W. J. Fraser.
of the University of Illinois, who will
speak on “Some Phases of Dairying," and
Dean J. H. Skinnerhof Purdue Univer-
sity, who will speak on “The Farmer and
the Cattle Feeder."

If you wish to increase the value of
Michigan farms you must increase the
ability of the Michigan farmer. Mark
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DEC. 30, 1911. ‘
STABLE VENTILATION.

Many of the ills of live stock are due
to;poor stable ventilation. Many a failure
to secure a profit from the “lie stock kept
upon the farm is due to the neglect of
this important factorof success. While
this is true of all live stock, it is particu-
larly true with dairy cattle and sheep,
since from the natureof the methods fol—
lowed in stabling these classes of live
stock there is ordinarily a greater need
for adequate ventilation than with feed-
ing cattle or even horses, since these
classes of live stock are ordinarily stab—
led where more air space per animal is
available than is the case with dairy cat-
tle or sheep, except where fattening cat-
tle are stall fed, a practice which is not
as common in Michigan as in former
years.

Farmers who make a specialty of dairy-
ing have more generally had their atten-
tion called in a forceful manner to the
need of good ventilation in the stables
than have the owners of other classes of
stock, and while there is much to be
desired in the way of better ventilation
in the dairy stables on Michigan farms,
the smaller dairymen have very good ob-
ject lessons in the matter of ventilation
in the large, new dairy plants which have
been constructed or rebuilt in recent
years. ‘

But of all classes of farm stock, there
is perhaps greater need of improvement
in ventilation in the barns where sheep
are housed for the reason that they are
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lOWer the temperature of the stable too
much. . ‘

he best manner in which to secure a
circulation of air is by the means of
windows hinged at,the bottom, which
may be tipped back into the stable at any
desired angle, thus preventing the wind
from blowing directly into the stable and
directing the current of air upward in a
manner which will insure its diffusion

throughout the stable.

The best manner in which to secure a
desirable degree of ventilation in an' old
stable is an individual problem in each
case and no set rule can be established
which will insure the best'results, pro-
vided it is not thought best to install the
King system. One point, however, should
be given attention, and that is to place
a slide, preferably of canvas, at the bot-
tom of the hay chute so that better con-
trol can be maintained over the outflow
of air from the stable. This is import-
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, THE MICHIGAN FAR‘MER.

 

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farm to another, is a material advan-
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sufficient shelter on his, farm for his
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them, since he can retain them as per-
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place.

These portable houses need not cost
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by professional carpenters. Odd lumber
that may be lying around going to waste
can be worked into these houses.

Portable houses should be built to ac-
commodate about five mature animals
and from ten to fifteen shoats. This
method keeps them much more thrifty
than when they are allowed to congre-
gate in larger numbers.

Two weeks before the sows are due to
farrow, however, they should be placed
in individual farrowing pens, instead of
keeping five or six in one house. Pens
6x6 feet will do for the young sows, while
6x8 feet is about right for the old sows.
The portable A-shaped house is a very
serviceable type of houSe for the brood
sows. It can be moved to any part of the
hog lot or pasture whenever desired, and
it will always provide warmth and com-
fort for its occupant and her litter.

In addition to ther other advantages the

 

 

Flock of Useful American Delaine

than other classes of stock, and besides,
they carry a heavy coat of wool which
makes the ill effects of poor ventilation
more noticeable and general than is the
case with orher classes of liVe stock
maintained upon the farm. W'here sheep
are confined in a warm stable without
adequate ventilation, the moisture from
their breath condenses and this moisture,
together with that resulting from per-
spiration, combines to saturate their wool
and makes them more liable to take cold
when turned into the yards to feed, or
to get debilitated and “Off feed,” when
confined closely in the stable as in the
case of feeding lambs.

Undoubtedly the King system of venti-
lation, or some modification of it, is bet-
ter than ventilation secured by other
means, but where this is not installed
fairly good results can be secured in oth-
er ways. For the breeding flock, a single
open door on the protected side of the
stable will give very good results. In
the writer’s barn the outside door of the
sheep stable towards the east is never
entirely closed, except when the wind
blows from that direction, in which case
adequate ventilation is given from some
other direction. A good—sized door, such
as should be provided in every stable,
opening into the sheep yard, win admit
plenty of fresh air and will not cause a
draft.

A desirable circulation of air can be
secured as the temperature may indicate.
by opening another door or window on an
opposite side of the stable just sufficiently
to permit a free circulation of air with-
out causing a noticeable draft. Sheep,
where kept dry, do not need high stable
temperature until the lambing season be
gins, when the sheep can either be shearr
ed and housed more closely or given plenty
of air on bright days and only a moderate
circulation at night, such as will not

ingly
year. ,
The writer recently heard of a case in
which a flock of valuable sheep were
housed in such a stable with the result
that they contracted colds and some died,
while the condition of the entire flock was
seriously impaired. A veterinarian was
called who had good “horse sense," and
advised the owner to bed the stable thor-
oughly with sawdust or plenty of straw
and provide better ventilation for the
flock, which treatment, together with a
simple remedy prescribed, obviated the
trouble which had threatened serious loss.

All cannot have new barns with up-to-
date systems of ventilation, but there ls
no excuse for anyone denying their live
stock plenty of light and fresh air. Win-
dow glass is comparatively cheap and
fresh air costs nothing. But plenty of
fresh air and plenty of sunlight are es-
sentlals to the comfort and well being
of live stock during the period of winter
confinement, and every farmer can well
afford to give this matter his serious at-
tention at this season of the year. In—
decd, he cannot afford to do otherwise
if he would make this department of his
farm a source of maximum profit and
satisfaction.

ADVANTAGES OF PORTABLE HOG
HOUSES.

wet falls, such as prevailed this

 

Because of certain advantages which
portable hog houses posseSS over other
types‘ of hog houses, the portable house
is rapidly coming into favor among swine
raisers generally. The portable house
possesses a number of advantages. Some
of them are: It can be easily moved and
located wherever desired; it is more san-
itary; it is easily and economically con-
structed.

The possibility of moving it from place

 

Merino Ewes, on the Farm of George Sexton, of Kent County.

portable hog 11 uses largely SolVo the
problem of kfi’ig the hogs in sanitary
quarters. WM. PURDUE.

During the International show numer-
ous sales of Clydesdale and Shire horses
were made, one firm selling ten head to
a Utah breeder and nine head for ship-
ment to Oregon. One large importer for
the 1910 International won $1,800 in
prizes in that year and sold horses ag-
gregating in value $45,000, and made a
fine showing this year.

C. H. ltider, one of Iowa’s most suc-
cessful sheep feeders, has come out well
ahead in fattening sheep recently, but
swine plagug, which has been wiping out
entire herds of hogs in his section of late,
ruined his hog crop, only four out of his
herd of 97 pigs failing to succumb to the
epidemic. He reports very few cattle
feeding in that region. “Hog cholera,
which, in connection with the fear of it,
has practically wiped out the pig crop in
my section, is also affecting cattle and
sheep feeding,” said Mr. Rider. “Because
our farmers have not got the hogs to fol-
low cattle on feed, cattle feeding this
winter will be. on a reduced scale with
us. This has been one of the factors in
current heaVy liquidation of half-fat
steers. But while the loss of our young
hogs is adding to the impulse to liquidate
cattle, it should, and I believe will, have
the opposite effect on such of our farm-
ers and feeders who have a flock of sheep
on hand, in that the grain and other feed
stuff that would have been consumed in
beef and pork making will be available
for conversion into mutton."

Not long ago an Iowa stockman mar-
keted at Chiacgo 51 beef steers that av—
eraged 1,413 lbs. at $8.50 per 100 lbs., the
price being highly satisfactory to the
owner. The cattle were purchased as
feeders in August last year for $3.50 per
100 lbs., their average weight at that time
having been 700 lbs. They were left on
grass up to the appearance of winter and
subsequently roughed through on corn
fodder, with the corn on the stalks. Up
to last August they had been on full feed
since last April, their ration consisting
of ground ear corn on grass. Thereafter
they were placed in a dry lot and given
ground ear corn and shelled corn mixed,
with alfalfa hay for roughness. and later
glover and some oats substituted for al-
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STALLIONS

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Peroherons and Belgians

with plenty of

Bone, Quality, Style and Action.

Good Ones, the drafly kindjat prices which
defy competition. erto us for partlculnrs.

GEO.W.SOUERS&SONS.

Huntington, Indiana.

METZ BROS.

NILES, MICH. .'

We have a fine lot of imported and
American bred .

Percheron Stallions

on hand and we can sell them for less
money than any other importer. Write
us your wants.

METZ BROS, Niles, Mich.

DUNHAM’S

PERGHERONS

Our summer importation, in our estimation
the best lot of horses we have ever had at
Oaklawn. has arrived. Numerous impor-
tant. prize-winners are included, then the
high average is the main thing, as every
animal would be a creditin any herd. VII". us,

DUNIIAMS, Wayne, Illinois.

   

 

 

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B E L L S ’
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Write for Gataloe.

BELL BROS., Wooster, Ohio.

100 Head Belgian 8. Percheron

Stallions and Mares.

Direct from breeding farms of Belgiun and France.
all high class draft stock with quality and size.
Among t cm are many European prize-winners.
If you are in the market for n stallion or mare it.
will be to your advantage to see our horses and at
our price. We will sell you nbetter horse for
less money than anyone else. We uarantee
every horse and back up our guaran ee. Don’t
fail to see our stock before you buy, Send for our
catalog and Government Book on the care of horses.

LOESER BROS" Box 8. ngonlor, Ind.

JACKS and MULES

Raise mules and get. rich. 18
jack and mule farms under
one mane ement. where can
be seen . head fine large
Jacks, Jennets and mules, 14
to 17 hands high. Good ones.
Stock guaranteed. Write
for prices today. Address
Krekler’s Jack Farm
West Elkton. Ohio
Branch Barn—Clinton, Indiana

A. A. PALMER G SONS.
BELDING. MICH.

The Pioneer Percheron Breeders oi lichioan
offer for sale a choice lot. of black

Percheron Stallions and Mares

All registered and young, Fifty head to select. from.

sngnnoMPonv ron snug,

Sol-re . to e n 27 1911, with one cross of t e
Welch ny blood. {a fine style and disposition.
Will um um to about. 43 or 44 inches. Has good action
and lots of life. Price for short time $70.

E. F. LILLEY & SON. Centreville. Mich.

 

 

 

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I Belgian do l’grcheron Shulont a]: mglf‘eQau'all‘iagyE.
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to our subscribers. Each communication
wrirxr. Initials only will be published.
Many queries are ansWered that apply to
case in full; also name and address of
should state history and symptoms of the
the same ailments. If this column is
watched carefully you will probably find
the desired information in a reply that
has been made to some one else. When

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Open J oint—Poll—evil.—For the past two
months one of my horses has had a sore
on hock joint which I have been unable
to heal. Have paid Vets. $45 in fees for
treating him without good results. They
have also treated a case of poll- evil for
me, succeeding in reducing the bunch,

but the discharge continues. \V. H. B.,
Capac, Mich—Your Vets. may have
treated both cases with drugs. Now if

you will insist on them using a polyvai-
ent bacte1ial vaccine, or bacterin for the
cu1ative treatment of poll— —evii open joint
etc. , they will obtain satisfactory results.
This new treatment has given me satis-
factory results in the treatment of simi-
lar cases

Enlarged Fetlock Joint—Knuckling.—
Colt (ut forelock joint open by getting
tangled in barb wire, making a wound
which finally healed, but left a bunch
which 1 would like to have removed. 1
also have colt
cocked in ankle of both hind legs. J. E
J.. VVaikervilie, Mich—Apply iodine oint-
ment to bunch three times a week and
blister fetiock lightly with cerate of can-
tharides three times a month and fetiock
ligaments will strengthen.

Irritation of Kidneys—Have a six-year-
oid mare that is tender in loins; she does
not pass enough urine and I imagine she
suffers some pain when in the act of
urinating. Are sugar beets good food for
horses? I forgot to say this mare is
costive. W. M., Charlevoix, Mich—Your
mare suffers from irritation of kidneys
and bladder caused by acid urine. Give 2
drs. uritropin at a dose in feed three
times a day for four days, then give 1
dr. doses twice daily for a week. Sinai?
quantities of sugar beets fed to horses
do them good.

.-\bsccss—Windbroken.—Horse has en-
largement of face, bunch is high up and
only on one side. How shall I treat the
case? 01d horse is badly wind-broken
and I would like to know if there is any
help for him. L. 21., Kings Mills, Mich.—
-\pply one part iodine and eight parts
lard to bunch once a day. 1f bunch soft-
ens upon it. old chronic cases of heaves
are incurable; however. you should feed
no (.10V LX‘ 01 musty, badly cured fodder of
any kind, also remember the stomach and
bowels should never be overloaded for
an empty, wind-broken horse always
bieathcs easier than if he is full of food.

Ringwmm.—I have a bull calf that I
am 1aising for sc1vice, that is troubled
with 1inguorm. We also have a horse
that stocks when allowed to stand in the
ba1n over night, but he shows symptoms
of no' sickness. E. E. s, Carsonvillc,
Mich—Apply one part iodine and eight
parts lard to sore parts three times a
week. in treating such cases you must
.use )(dl‘ own good judgment how much
to put on and how often.

Heir-31 Fails to Come in Heat. —I have
a heifer that came flesh some five weeks
ago; she did not clean just right, had
some discharge for a week and has not
come in heat. F. J. E, Temperance,
Michfrl'iissolve 1 dr. permanganate of
potash in one gallon of clean water and
inject one quart at a time into vagina
three times a week. Give her 1 dr. of
ground nux vomica at a dose in feed
thiet times a day

Congestion of Lungs. —()ne of my fat
lambs took sick, was dumpish and oc-
casionally coughed and after a time died.
1 opt-nod her and found lungs much like
11 liver and windpipe full of mucus; what
caused death? H. W., Petersburg,
\llLll ~43 our lamb suffered from conges-
tion oi lungs, followed by pneumonia, re—
sulting in death. If you have another
(use, poultice sides with antiphlogistine
and give three drop doses tincture aco-
11ite to reduce fever; also give small doses
of whiskey, aromatic spirits ammonia
and sweet spirits of nitre every two or
three months and if the lungs close or
tonsoiidate give three grains iodide of
potassium at a dose every four hours un-
til lung clears. There are many useful
remedies that will help such cases; how-
(:Vic the treatment of lung ailments in
sheep is not very satisfactory. It is
needless for me to say that pneumonia
is lust heated by good nursing and a
iibe1.1l supply of fresh air

l“k(:tlill£§ an Unbalanced Ration. —Would
like to know the cause of our chickens’
death; some of their legs swell and most
of them appear to be troubled with leg
\xeakness, but have no symptoms of
cholera None of the sick ones have
good control of their legs. We feed them
corn and no other grain and on account
of so much wet weather the crop is real
damp. H. L. D, Charlotte, Mich—The
damp weather and inferior quality of corn
fed to them is producing a bad effect
You should add some lime water to their
food supply and lime water is made by
dissolving a handful of lime in a bucket
of water pouring off the first water, then
1efill and use. Ii ater will absorb only so
much lime, therefore there is no danger
of making it too strong. A tablespoonful
given to each chicken or allow them all
to drink. one part lime water and five
parts clean water. will help the whole
flock. l‘hey should be fed oats and some
wheat instead of corn. They should be
kept dry and clean and not allowed to
1005i in a. draft.

  
   
  
   
       
     
     

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311111 and 1110055751 11111011 sows
and 31111013111111 EWES.

Send for catalog and plan to come. Will meet trains
at. Fremont, Ind.. or Goldwater. Mich

KOPE KON FARM, Kinderhook, Mich.

1111111111019 1111111310111.
CATTLE.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS.

Herd consisting of Trojan Erions Blackbirds and
Prides, only. is headed by Efrain .a Trojan Erica.
by Black Woodlawn. sire of t. 0 Grand Chain ion steer
and bull at tlhe l3:141:11atiortralllint0113:1180.e1910.

b u s or
A [”1313wa 3' om ysouvro%1(FARM. Io'nJa. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN ' FARMER.

 

"Top-Notch" HOLSTEINS.

A fine young bull from an Advanced Resist
Sire
”BE; :?W&:0 “:03: Pieter-tie No. 7&5 born you. 27
1'th W 0

Bee. who “2. a grand so
so on ofil fiicial record of
outtery in 7 days and westh 6 int 30- lb. cow of the breed
to produce a ill-lb d1: tor. Dam—12a Cornuc’oplo
Pauline. who has an o cial reco rda years.1
non-.1011“. ——Mllk 113.1w.411.21y11111.- ilk.m'l
do 319 7 lbo.; butter, 7 days 3.35 lbs. rdsm has
one cial record at 4 years 051,11] of 17. 76 lbs. 0butter in 7
days and her granddsm has an oliicisl record of 17.72
lbs. butter in Vdays at 14 years 7 mo.. 19 da 3 old.
and gave 1M5 lbs.i in 318 days. is dam was s red by
Sir Aggie Co tnoscuooloP lmwhose dam hasan
oflcial record of 20 1 lbs. bu her in 7 (is s at 3 years
old. and was a sister of e Cm copia Pauline, who
has an ofliciai record 013.82 lbs. butter in 7 days at
4km years old. world’s senior 4 yest-oldreoo He
large pr reducers on both sides isrd a fine
individual. nicely marked with more white than
blaclll.‘

06.8111)
cPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mich.

 

 

 

lllld. Not Sell 20 Holstein Bulls In In.
I Want to Finish the Job In December-

Send for my Dec. Announcement. Select a
bull from it. order him QUICK. Several from
A. R. 0. dams, and sired by Johanna Concordia
Champion, the only bull in service whose grand
dams average 34.06 1bs.butter in 7 days. Also
yearling heifers bred to him

L. E. GONNELL, -

HOLSTEIN BULLS

FOR SALE—

Registered bulls from four to ten months old for
sale that are closely related to Hengerveld
De K01. De Kola 2nd Butter Boy 3rd. and Colan-
tha 4th’s Johanna The dams are heavy milkers
and mostly in the A 0 Prices reasonable
Send for list. bifolow’s Holstein Penn. Breedsvillefillch.

F0“ SALE, Chen —-—on account. of sale of farm.
1) Choice registered bulls ready

for service and few cows. Hatch Herd, Ypsilanti Mich
from 2 to 12 months. grand sons _of

“Ols‘ein Bulls Hengerveld De Kol. King Se is,
King Veeman De K01. and King of the Hengervei s—

all from grand old dams. Prices very low. breedin con-
sidered. Long Beach Holstein Farm. Augusta. ich.

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Purebred Registered

11 OLSTE IN CATTLE
The Greatest Dairy Breed
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EGISTEBED JERSEYS For Sale—Some combin.
ing the bloodo ftS Louis isand Chicago World's
Fair Champions by OHEBMAN HARMS. Reese, Michs

LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS.

Cows all in yearly test Four Bulls old one for
98171.00 Several e lendidI Bull Calves. few
Heifers and Heifer (Yalves Ignatantee satisfaction
or money refunded.
COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Michigan.

 

 

Ii. SALE—S yearli

0 Eolstein-Friesian bulls. also
bred heifers 15010 each. to

Bull icalves
33 years a b er. Photos andped pedifrees on appli.
cation. W. O. J ackson. South Bend, nd 719 Rex St-

BUTTER BRED JERSEY 11%.?!”

CRY STAL SPRIN'G STOCKFO
Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.

Jersey Bull Cali ior Sale-3‘31.§‘§!.‘fgf;.9£

St. Lambert bull. Dam. Register of Merit. one full
sister and ei ht half sisters ll ister of Merit animals.
WATERMAN a WATERMA ,Ann Arbor, Mich.

JERSEY BULLS FOR SALE

Sired by Temisia 8 Interested Prince 71648, whose dam
made 733lbs. butter in one year. authenticated test.
Choice individuals. Prices Reasonable.

BROOKWATER FARM, ANN ARBOR, HIGH., R. F. D. 7.

Jersey Heifer

Dropped July 12. 1911.

Sire is 11. son of Menton's Interested Prince
out of 21 Register of Merit Cow, whose sire has
20~da11ghters in the it. of M.

Marston’s Interested Prince has 5 daughters in
the R. of M. and his sire has 18 in the R. of M.
Dam of heifer is a fine dairy cow but not tested.

P I 3 .
r. F. MARsro'ufe. silly City, Mich.
Red Polled Bull Calves

61:07 months old, $40 t0$50. Cows 850 to 875. Also
Percheron’stalllou 3 ears old fine style, a big
bargain at 3230. E. 11qu E'I‘ThSON 1111931111 Mich

—2 YL 11 RED
FOR SALE]; 9?: "3 egngifiDh

if taken now. J M. CHESE &S 80 S. celonia. Mich,

Dairy Bred Shoflhomiihf.” 350°: 02311183311?

Gusher good note. J. B. HUM . Mason, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

—Chni( 9 registered Shorthorn Bull, Aldous
Forsale 313127c.11ved July 11, 310 . Color,
roan. Nine of his dams bred by A. Cruickshank.
Write for part1culars to'I‘. A.Sayior. Saginaw. Mich.

 

Choice Yearling Shortliorn 311119.533:

tlculars write to Meyer Bros. B. No. 7. Howell. Mich.

 

 

 

g RSHIRES—One 0f foremost dairy

Y 1 Be kblreeds: 'young" bull 11
ll 1 for an e. r s ire swine. pure

$3311“ caMVi'gs‘ higan School for Deaf. Flint. Mich.

-G ernsey Bull. Faucette's Glen-
For sale wrlilid Bov 14837. Well bred. Fine

animal. Price low. WM. II. WELCH. Alba. Mich.

—-3 Re istered Guernsey Bulls: 5 resin.

For Sale tel-ed largeY Yorkshire sous, bred .
For prices write John Elnels,ll B.N0. 10. Holland. Mich.
EREFORDS—T bulls from 2 mos. 1902 years 0111.8.“

d fthe very best breeding. Also big boned
Polalllllz (33111: hogs. ALLEN BBOS.P11W Paw. Mich.

' 1 th to 1 year old. Their sire is
"”8“!" "HHS 0;“(31‘6 resent. most ppo ular adver-
tised breeding. BOBI CARE. Fowler-ville. Mich.

best n
1101811111 witness‘s. “$31.1: Patti?
OODB URY. Lansing, Mich.

—8 cl l Prices on young
"Olmin‘Frigélan came home “about trendy for ear.
vice. JONES. Oak Grove. Mich.

SHEEP.
Oxford Down Slice 11.?33..§1°3¥é§%1 $23.3

forsale. I. R. WATERB RY. Highland Michigan.

 

—Registcred and bred to imported rams
OXlo‘rd Ewes for solo at farmers‘ rices. Address
B. 1*. M1ller or GEO. L. Spillane. filint Michigan.

 

—Good ones at farmers'
Rambouille‘ Rams prices. Also ow es and owe
lambs. A. E. GREEN Orchard Lake, Mich. Bell phone

Reg. Rambouillets‘méé‘ 03%
both sexes Alll 11. es. low rice. Farm—2M miles E.
Monice onG. .1. an M. U. J..AQ COOK

SHROPSHIRES.

Fifty registered ewes bred to choice imported rams.
for sale at farmer-11' pric c.ee Must. uce flock.
J. E. OTTAVVAY & 00.. Flushing. Mich.

 

 

HROPSH‘IRE yearling Rams and 0 . C. 8 r1
SBoars dz Bows. One yearling Boar. Shrophirg e3:

lambs later. I EB BEAOKd: 0N, Brighton. Mich.

 

 

 

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—182 Giltesgfit 3; 83193.11. Strict!
owsa. Best
blood lines. Elmhurst Stock EarnnpAlmontfd Mich.

Berkshires-Brod em bred cuts and 1...... mm,-

for service. The best of breedi
splendid individuals with fancy head at re
prices. 0. 0. COREY. New EavenPM’lch i‘s‘onabe

Efig‘glssel‘ileggkshife hogs arggxfordfown sheep of
sale. Stock guaranttlaell. .B. 113.3%. 33:02? ‘lli‘lik

FOR SALE. BERKSHIRE-4 boars a I gilt mod ill Juno

also a choice lot of Aug and Sept. pigs, sired by Handsome
Prince 8d «it. lsrion King. A. A. PAHUILO. Mei-ville. Mich.

B —Buy a service Boer now
erllshires cheap. 0.1.3.1001. 1.1.1;
for sale. 0. S. BARTLETT. Pontiac? Mich

O. l. C. Swineifilm'v‘v‘rllfiélffifi‘li

0m GREENMAN. a. 111.: Bellevue. Mich

o. 1. timestrrrmrmbsd m 111i “or
i80.
Gienwood Stock Farm. Zeelmdfmmgh. anPh’bllfelilt

0 I c SWINRMaia weighi
- lbs. each. Also a venvn<$oicem1 l
GEO. P. ANDREWS. Dansville. lnghsmOo

—My hard! is chlefi
OI '- c- SWINE dugout of the 3018;
strain both males and females. Write for Live and
tle price on airs and tries not skin.
A. J. GORDO .131. No. 2. non-.111 Michigan.

9 —Best quality, lar owth
0'. I. C s For sale type. either sex.86 5!!! no:
11km, some fine bred ilt choice lot. of full pigs all
ages. OTTO B. 8 Nashville. Michigan

0 I —-Bred gilts by Champion boar, 825
o 0 0 each, for January shipment.
C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Michigan.

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. 113 11.30 11 ep 1 e1 erse. ire
no skin. Order early. FE red Nicks, Monroe, Micxh .pfi. 1.

I. C. be—Spring boars all sold. A few len th ilts
Ooto bebred for NEWIMHN furrowN oChoice A113. is
.1. Mariette. Mich.

 

pigs, cheap.

OUR] Imp. Chester Whites and Tamworth swine won
lot at Fairs” in 19 rvice boars. also sows bred

for spring fan-ow of either breed that will please you

in quality and price. Adams Bros.. L‘itchfleld, Mich.

Improved 01113111111111. swiiorlltltistiiis as:

isfaction usrauteed,w hi mono rovsl. Pedi ree
free. A ONDALE swrlooK 11.411.“ Wayne, 1c11'.3

-—Youn breeders ofM rch, A i
llllpl‘lllell (""3an and May furrow, eaither ngl
A few tried sows for sale when bred. Also Holstein
cattle W..0 WILSON. Okemos, Mich. Both phones.

Registered Duroc Jerseys {.%§.m°?i.°7§w°’1§“’

sown. alses few gilts. J. A. Mitteer. Stockbridge.Mich.

DUROC JERSEYS.

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Mich.
0030C JERSEYS FOR SHE—lflgefifi‘.’
JOHN McNICOLL. B. No. 1. North Star, Mich.

UROC-JERSEY nBOARS of the large. henv boned

typennd 1001113 futility. also ilts d
for sale. fiOkemos. (1:311an 00 )nllllitah pi”

FOR SALE—DUROgLERSEY bred sows.
pre- prepaid. J. 11.513118111141139'31352 11133:;
30 High Class Boarslrtoé‘1%’.°§1"a‘.°y°t 81.}.

of growth. style and finiBsh. Satisfaction gnsran
Come or write. J.C. Y. Goldwater. Mich

 

 

LARGE TYPE P. Cflfimlfii‘éfl‘fikm '

sows. Weigh 160 to l751bs. at 4 months. M tto—
“ Not how cheap but how good." Willyxxilllgv ex-
penses of those who com an not find what. I
advertise. W. E. LIVINGSTON Perms, Mich.

BUILER'S BIG TYPE POLAND-CHI“ ‘3‘52111Wi’6

big fail boars 1.1325 :100 s ring pi 810 toSlb: 50 fall 1

$5 oach;f10 registered Sl’irop bugs at $10 to .15 8:8:
Jersey bulls at $15 to 826:60re1538hrop ewes at. $10. We
are the farmer’ a friend. J. C utler. Portland. Mich.

' —Spring and fall pi of lar e d
POland ohmas medium able. at rig t pricesFeitllillar
sex. E. D. BISHOP. RouteBS Lake Odessa, Mich

—Thorc hbred Poland China 8 e.
For sale Prise ‘w‘lnners at. State and nggty
Fairs. W F. 0U IRK. Big Rapids. Michigan.

Poland Chinas—Extra igood caring and
L. w Blaunsc sou Byron. fsml’wgaiseglogr 11731::

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POLAND CHINAS 31.92323“ ‘i‘c‘ 3‘va Silt:

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Oli SALE-Poland China boars and so , H l t
F bulls, White Holland Turkeys. Bari-eds Plfnisogtill

Rocks. Collie Pups. L. Birkenstock. Fall River. Wis.

Poland Chaos-31a... frenzsatrmfm
prices. W. J. HAGELSHAVV, Augusta. Michigan.
P01111111 €1111111551311312.{Menorahs

pairs not akin. E, ,C are. Michigan.

 

 

SPECIAL SAL on Poland China Boers. Bows Bred

and fall ‘Efis’r Also Dairy bred Short-
horn Bull Calves. RUB TNEVE. Pierson. Mich.

Bill Type P. C. liners and SowsLx “”9“ m...

sion. A WOOD o SUN. Saline. 1\ii1:hignn.n

Three Extra Hood FallP ti. Boars

By Next In Line. 32 sprin male pigs read to shi.
I chi p 0. 0. D. and furniigl'i pedigree pronlptly.
you want good as the best, write me for prices.

 

 

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-—Stock of all 11 cs for sale P e i t.
MlllelOOl ”(ggs Best quality. 8 Bred sow Sallie Freghl,
at Lima. REOLOW. Ada. Hardin 00.. Chi o.

URE bred large IMPROVED YORKSHIBES.

both sexes, l ages. Gilts bred for March April
and May be shipped in Jan.
320 while they last. M. O.W

 

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[Leon Morley. Mich.

Lillie ' Farmstead Yotkshires.

 

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Fall Pigs. pairs and tries not skin. I will so

pigs at prices that ion

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DEC. 30, 1911.

 

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ANNUAL CONVENTION,OF MICHIGAN
BEE-KEEPERS.

 

 

 

 

The opening session of the Michigan
Bee-Keepers' association, held at Sagi-
naw, was called to order by President E.
D. Townsend, at 1 p. m., December 13.
Mr. J. B. Tracy, of .the Saginaw board
of trade, gave us a cordial welcome and.
as a substantial proof of that welcome,
presented us with the free use of a mag-
nificent room in that city's great audi-
torium.

Mr. Jenner E. Morse, a Saginaw mem-
ber of the association, presented each one
present with an association badge which
gave admission at the doors without the
delay which might otherwise have been
experienced because of other things going
on in the building.

The Secretary's Report.
PPerhaps the most interesting part of
Secretary Tyrrell’s report was his de-
scription of how the foul brood campaign
had been carried onin this state. At
the convention at Grand Rapids last year
Dr. Phillips gave the secretary the names

‘ of over 4,000 bee-keepers in Michigan and

to these was sent all the information
possible bearing upon the problem of con-
trolling foul brood. It is believed that
the bee interests of the state have bene-
fited from this campaign. The secretary
regretted that he had been unable to is-
sue this year’s booklet as early as he
wished. The reports for the booklet came
in more slowly than usual and he attri-
buted this to the discouraging season and
resulting shortage in the yield of honey.
The secretary requested that an auditing
committee examine the books, and
Messrs E. M. Hunt and Leon C. Wheeler
were appointed to do this work.

President Townsend. in his address,
recommended that this association merge
with the national association and become
an auxiliary of that body: also that all
officials chosen by this auxiliary be elect-
ed as honoary officers without com-
pensation; also that the association form
branch auxiliaries in three or four parts
of the state( thus giving more bee-keep-
ers a chance to attend the meetings to be
held. He spoke regretfully of the loss
sustained by the association through the
death of those two most estimable and
beloved members, W. Z. Hutchinson, of
Flint, and Hon. Geo. E Hilton, of Fre-
mont.

Following this address the members in-
dulged in a very lengthy discussion as to
whether the association should accept the
constitution of the National Bee-Keep-
ers’ Association and merge itself with
that body as an auxiliary. Secretary Tyr-
rell, who advocated taking this move,
said in brief: There is much to he look-
ed forward to in the future of our or-
ganization. The plan used in Michigan
to help members sell their honey at right
prices, etc., is really more co-operative
than the plans of most other states. The
issuing of an annual booklet giving the
names of bee-keepers having honey to
sell, and furnishing the names to dealers,
has been very productive of good results.
so much so that nearly all members were
entirely sold out, and at good figures, very
early in the fall. However, he feels that
there is much room for improvement and
is looking forward to the time when bee-
keepers shall have a central clearing
house to which honey can be shipped and
there bottled and sold direct, thus elim-
inating much of the middleman’s profit
and bringing the producer and the con-
sumer that much closer together. He
stated that, as the matter now stands,
the association is without a constitution,
and he earnestly recommended that it
adopt the constitution of the national or-
ganization, which would give us full vot-
ing powers in that body without in any
way lessening our powers in our own
body. The constitution provides that
each branch organization shall have the
privilege of sending one delegate to the
national meetings, and that such dele-
gate shall haVe one vote for every 50
members or fraction thereof, no branch
to be composed of less than 25 members;
in other words, the Michigan association.
having 300 members, would be entitled
to six votes on all questions.

In reply to W. J. Manley’s question as
the dues under this arrangement, Mr.
They will remain unchang-
ed but, instead of retaining one dollar
and sending fifty cents to the National,
the order will be reversed, we retaining
fifty cents and sending one dollar to the
On the other hand, the Na-

tional. of which we will then be a part,
will stand a larger portion of the ex-
penses. ‘

At this point’someone asked, do we
want to build up the National Association
at the expense of the State Association?
To this the secretary replied, that, in his
opinion, it would not be at the expense
of the state organization. Harking back
to the booklet, he expressed the opinion
that members would receive more benefit
than they now get from the booklet by
sending out cards early to bee-keepers
advising them as to market conditions.
Buyers were out this year buying up
honey at low figures before bee-keepers
had had time to learn what the condi-
tions were.

L. A. Aspinwall spoke in favor of re-
taining the booklet and suggested that
its contents include the names of sena-
tors and representatives, thus giving bee-
keepers a better chance to look them up
and to write them concerning legislation
affecting the bee-keeping industry.

The question of adopting the constitu-

tion was finally laid on the table until
8:30 a. m. of the following day.
‘ Methods of bringing producers and
dealers in touch with each other were
then briefly discussed, Mr. Tyrrell sug-
gesting that it be done by correspondence
through the secretary‘s office, or by send-
ing out lists, corrected weekly, of deal-
ers and producers. The discussion was
cut short by a motion proposing that a
booklet be issued during the coming year
and the motion prevailed.

Prof. ‘Petitt, of the Agricultural Col-
lege, extended an invitation to the asso—
ciation to hold its next annual conven-
tion at the Agricultural College, which
was accepted, the date to be fixed later
by the executive council. The election

‘of officers was deferred until after the

vote on the constitution had been taken.
The Evening Session.

This session opened with an address
by Mr. Sanders, state foul brood inspect-
or, who said: I was appointed inspector
on May 16, and immediately started a
still hunt, digging up for myself the
places where foul brood existed. The foul
brood inspector should not be compelled
to do this, for all bee—keepers should be
sufi‘lciently interested in this proposition
to write to the inspector early and let
him know when there is foul brood in
their neighborhood. These reports should
be sent to the state dairy and food com-
missioner at Lansing. I visited during
the season 458 apiaries and inspected a
total of 8,693 colonies.

‘Vhat is the cause of so much foul
brood in Michigan? In my opinion the
bee-keepers themselves are largely to
blame. They should co-operate with the
inspector and look over the bees in their
own neighborhood. Where they cannot
take care of it themselves they should
notify the inspector, who will come and
help them get rid of it. Otherwise we
could not possibly get the state to fur-
nish enough funds to anywhere near get
rid of the disease. Bee-keepers are not
thorough enough in their work. I found
one yard which had been cleaned up and
there were combs lying around that were
rotten with foul brood. The bees were
swarming around them and cleaning them
out. “Te cannot clean up foul brood in
that way.

How shall we check and eradicate this
disease? First, by compelling every queen
breeder to furnish a certificate, signed by
the inspector, that he has no disease.
Second, by co—operating with the in-
spector, making it possible for him to
give his full time to the work by secur-
ing the funds necessary to do this. This
speaker recommended that the associa-
tion ask the legislature for at least $4,000
and keep up the fight until the appropri-
ation is secured. There should also be a
law for the fine and imprisonment of
those who refuse to clean up their apl-
aries when ordered to do so by the in-
spector.

Mr. Aspinwall, from his own experience,
was inclined to question the ability of an
inspector to examine over 8,000 colonies
in 100 days, but several members testified
to Mr. Sanders’ rapid and efficient work,
Mr. Rasmussen declaring that on one no.
casion he and Mr. Sanders inspected 38
colonies in an hour and 20 minutes.

Speaking further of his work the in-
spector said: McEvoy, of Canada, claims
that it is not necessary to disinfect hives
that have contained foul brood, but I be-
lieve it is and have ordered everybody to
disinfect. I have seen several cases
where the disease apparently came from
the use of hives that had not been dis-
infected. Finding that I could not pos-
sibly get all around the state, I tried to
get as far as possible with the time and

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

means at my disposal. The seriousness
of the situation has been brought to the
attention of a great many bee-keepers and
I think they will try harder to keep their
apiaries free from the disease in the fu-
ture. As to the rapid work I did, one can
do very rapid work when he becomes
accustomed to it, as he will learn to de-
tect the disease almost at the first glance.
(Concluded next week).
POULTRY ON FARMS IN THE UNITED
STATES.

 

The census figures relative to poultry
on the farms of the United States have
just become available. Statistics for
Michigan alone were published in this de—
partment earlier in the year. They form
a part of the thirteenth decennial census
which was taken in April, 1910, and are
of interest in revealing the magnitude of
the industry and its growth during the
past ten years.

The total number of farms reporting
poultry in 1910 was 5,585,032, or 87.8 per
cent of all farms in continental United
States. Only 6,507 of the farms reporting
poultry failed to report chickens. Tur-
keys were reported from 871,123 farms, or
13.7 per cent; ducks from 503,704. or 7.9
per cent; geese from 662,324, or 10.4 per
cent; guinea fowls from 339,538, or 5.3
per cent; and pigeons from 109,407, or 1.7
per cent.

Changes In Number and Value.

’The number of fowls reported in 1910
was 295,880,000, and their total value was
$154,663,000, or an average value of 52
cents. Nearly 95 per cent of all the fowls
Were chickens; they numbered 280,345.-
000, and their value was $140,206,000, the
average value being 50 cents. Turkeys
numbered 3,689,000 and were valued at
$6,606,000, the average value being $1.79.
The ducks reported numbered 2.907.000,
and were valued at $1,567,000, with an
average value of 54 cents. Of geese the
total number was 4,432,000, and the value
$3,195,000, or an average value of 72
cents. In 1910 there were also reported
1,765,000 guinea fowls, valued at $613,000;
2.731.,000 pigeons, valued at $762,000; and
6,458 peafowls, valued at $18,300.

The total number of fowls in the United
States increased from 250,624,000 in 1900
to 295.880,000 in 1910, a gain of over
45,000,000, or 18.1. per cent. The figures
for the two censuses are comparable, de-
spite the change in date of enumeration,
fowls under three months old being ex-
cluded in both cases] The number of
turkeys, ducks, and geese, however, de-
creased very materially in nearly every
section of the country. The aggregate
increase in fowls was, therefore, due to
the increase in the number of chickens,
Which rose from 233,566,000 to 280,345,000,
or 20 per cent. The percentage of de-
crease for turkeys was 44.1, for ducks
39.3, and for geese 21.9.

The percentage of increase in value of
poultry was over four times as great as
that in number. amounting to 80.2 per
cent. The average value per fowl thus
rose from 34 cents in 1900 to 52 cents in
1910.

The poultry industry is distributed
throughout the United States. In the
several geographic divisions, however.
the number of fowls per 100 acres of im—
proved farm land varies considerably.
The New England division shows the
greatest relative number, which is
about 98 fowls per 100 acres of improved
farm land, while the lowest relative num-
ber (36) is in the mountain division. The
Middle Atlantic and East North Central
divisions also show large relative num-
bers, amounting, respectively, to 89 and
81 fowls per 100 acres of improved land.

Every geographic division reports an
increase during the decade in number of
fowls on farms. The greatest actual ad-
ditions appeared in the East North Cen—
tral and West North Central divisions.

The number of chickens increased dur-
ing the decade in every one of the geo—
graphic divisions, but the number of tur-
keys, ducks, and geese decreased in ev-
ery division, except that there were in-
creases of turkeys and geese in the
Mountain division and a slight increase in
ducks in the Middle Atlantic division.

Ten Leading States.

Iowa'has the largest total value of poul-
try, amounting to $12,270,000, and Mis-
souri ranks second, with $11.871,000. The
eight states next in order are Illinois,
$11,697,000; Ohio, $9,533,000; New York,
$7,879,000; Indiana, $7,762,000; Po syl-
vania, $7,764,000; Kansas, $7, 730;
Michigan, $5,611,000; and Texas, $4,807,-
000. In these 10 states together the val-
ue of poultry is $86,481,000, or 55.9 per
cent of the total value of poultry in con-

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M. L. SPRINGER. Hillsboro. Ohio.
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INDlAN RUNNER DUCKS Heir... a $2133???
ders now. J. GORDON DEA E. Port Huron, filgioh
YL entire stock of thoroughbred S. C. Brown

horns and business for sale. Wr' 1'. ll
LEWISg T. OPPENLANDER, R No. 4. Len-hf: $1321.

 

 

 

 

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EGGM‘KEHS reputaJtion. Coo erels. beauties'flfle.
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UFF & White Orpingtons, Buff & White Leghomn
Barred & White Rock a, & R. 0 Rhode Island Reds
Okls. Selects 83 Mediums $2 Util lily $1.50 eao oh
Satifaction guaranteed. H..H k1NG.Willis Mich

LlLLlE FARHSTEAD POULTRY

B. P. Rocks, R. 1. Beds, W. oW andottes and 8. O.
Leghorn 1338131J for sale. 1: 25 for 81.50; 50
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AMMOTH Bronze Turkeys—Lar e vi or b
Mav hatchE, Toms, $5: hens,“ ll lrve fiNfilfidotltggz
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' cockerels $2.50, 83 nd 50, f
Whlle WLandOHa thorougflsbred stocka and‘ieavilltt’ilyl-
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clrcular free. 0. W. BROWNING. Portland. Mich.

DOGS.

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hred from famous Coon hunting parents Full blood

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THE DAIRY

CONDUCTEDtBY. COLON C. LILLIE.

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WHY DAIRYING IS A PAYING BUSI-
HESS.

 

Of all commercial businesses none
should, inspire those who are dependent
thereon, more than dairying. . There is
one reason why this should be true, and
that is, that the dairy plant not only does
not depreciate but actually becomes more
valuable when handled properly. Each
year the dairyman should and can say
that his income from the business is
larger than the receipts from dairy pro-
ducts less interest on investment and cost
of feed. His land upon which his busi-
ness depends is naturally better fitted by
virtue of returning to it the large amount
of refuse from the dairy stables, to pro—
duce larger crops and consequently a
larger income. or course, we cannot
believe that a person can go on indefi-
nitely improving his soil, yet we are not
informed as tothe limit of production of
a. single acre; however; we have definite
knowledge of where the producing power
of dairy farms was doubled and even
tripled. And this means that the net
profits were increased out of proportion
to the change in productiveness since It
demands but little more expense to ma-
ture a crop on a rich soil than on a poor
one. For example, the plowing, harrow-
ing and cultivating of a field that pro-
duces 100 bushels of corn per acre is the
same as is demanded by a field that re-
turns 60 bushels. The harvesting ex-
pense will be slightly increased, due to
the larger crop to handle but for the 46
bushels difference there Would be only
the additional harvesting expense to be
charged against it. It would be like go-
ing to a neighbor's field and harvesting
a corn crop for the corn itself, he donat-
ing the cultural expense. and the inter-
est and tax upon the land. It is this in-
creased and increasing capacity of the
dairyman's plant that makes his business
successful and him happy and contented
with his lot. A. H.
CORN FODDER AND WHEAT STRAW

FOR ROUGHAGE.

 

“'ill you please giVe me your advise as
to what kind of feed to buy to make the
cheapest balanced ration for my cows,
with feed at the following prices: Bran.
$1.40 per cwt; oil meal, $2.10 per cwt;
beet pulp $1. 25 per cwt; dried brewers'
grain, ill. 40 per cwt; cottonseed meal at
$1. 50 per cwt, and ground wheat at $1 40
per cut. '2 I have shredded corn fodder
and wheat straw for roughage I have
corn that I could have ground, cob and
all, and 1'75 bushels of turnips How
much of the turnips should I feed a day
in get best results? Would you advise
any change in the grain ration after the
turnip ale gone?

Leelanau Co. F. R. P.

Corn fodder and wheat straw are not a
very good roughage for dairy cows. A
certain amount of corn fodder is appetiz-
ing and relished by the cows but when
you come to make cows subsist upon corn
fodder and upon Wheat straw entirely for
roughage they cannot do their best unless
you feed them a pretty expensive grain
ration. Wheat straw is quite indigestible
and there is a lot of waste to corn fodder
as well, but of course where one hasn’t
anything better for roughage, he can, if
he will go to the expense of providing a
rich grain ration, get dairy cows to do
fairly well.

Lacking succulent food in the ration, I
would by all means advise you to feed
dried beet pulp and to moisten it three
or four hours before you feed so that it
will have a chance to absorb the mois-
ture and assume its original form to give
succulency. Then, as a grain ration, I
wmild feed corn and cob meal, cottonseed
meal and oil meal, in the proportion of
300 lbs. of corn and cob meal, 100 lbs. of
oil meal, and 100 lbs. of cottonseed meal
mixed together and fed rather liberally
owing to the fact that no hay of any kind
is contained in the roughage. The tur-
nips will make a fairly good succulent
food and I would feed them sparingly
and make them go as far as I could. I
would sugest that you feed turnips once
a day and moistened beet pulp once a
day and I would only feed a few turnips
to each cow to make them last as long as
possible. If you could string them out so
that they would last nearly all winter I
believe that you would get better results
from them than you would if you fed a.
half—bushel to a cow per day: because
turnips are appetizlng and their succu-
lency assists the cow in digesting some
of the corn fodder and wheat straw. Of
course, like other not crops they are not

them sparingly to' get the full benefit of
the succulency rather than to feed them
in a heavy ration with the idea of having
this food supply a part of the food nutri-
ents. I would not change the grain ration
Whether I fed turnips or- not, because
feeding them sparingly in this way they
would not have very much efiect upon
the ration.

 

DRIED BEET PULP AND OIL MEAL.

 

I am obliged to purchase grain for my
cattle this year.’ I wish to know the
most economical to buy. How about
dried beet pulp and how will it do to feed
with oil process 011 meal, as I feed that
with bran and meal? We have no silo.

Allegan Co. F. B. .

Newaygo Co. H. W. B.

As long as you have no ensilage or oth-
er succulent feed I don’t believe you could
get anything better than beet pulp for a
portion of the ration, and since you have
no succulency I should take pains to
moisten this beet pulp several hours be-
fore each feed, let it absorb just what
moisture it will, and then feed it in that
condition. If fed in this way it is very

palatable and in a marked degree takes-

the place of a succulent food in the ra-
tion. I don't think that you can get any-
thing better than old process oil meal to
feed in connection with dried beet pulp
and if I purchased the beet pulp I would
not, use bran at all. Bran is quite high
in price and so far as the digestible pro-
tein is concerned a ton of old process all
meal is worth more than two tons of
bran and if you have the beet pulp to
feed as a part of the ration you can make
a good balanced ration by feeding beet
pulp and oil meal in connection with
your roughage, but in order to figure out
a balanced ration with anything like ac-
curacy one must know the roughage that
is being fed. It will make considerable
difference in the amount of oil meal nec-
essary to feed whether you fed clover
hay, timothy hay or simply cornstalks.
If you have clover hay to feed as the
roughage then I would figure on mixing
the beet pulp and oil meal in the propor-
tion of about three pounds of beet pulp
to one pound of oil meal and feed as
many pounds per day as each cow gives
pounds of butter-fat in a week. But beet
pulp doesn’t mix readily with a food like
oil meal. The oil meal is so fine and the
beet pulp so coarse that they don’t mix
together and if you attempt to mix them
dry and feed them in that way one'cow
will get more oil meal than another one
and so I would suggest that you moisten
the beet pulp and feed it alone and then
immediately give the cow the feed of oil
meal on the pulp. Now. since you mix
the beet pulp in the proportion of three
pounds of beet pulp to one pound of oil
meal you could feed each cow one-third
as many pounds of oil meal per day as
she produced pounds of butter-fat in a
week and give her two—thirds of the ra-
tion in beet pulp. In this way there will
be no loss, nor inconvenience in feeding,
and I am positive that you will get good
results.

WEIGHT OF SILAGE IN A BILO.

 

I have a silo, 10x30 ft., built on a stone
basement 9x12. the silo was filled within
two doors of the top; there is 16 ft. of
silage left, 12 ft. high and 9 ft. in diam-
eeter and 4 ft with 10 ft. diameter. (‘an
you give me an estimate of the number
of ions of silage remaining?

It has been determined by careful ex-
periments that on the average a cubic
foot of corn silage in an ordinary silo
will weigh about 40 lbs. It won’t weigh
quite this much at the top of the silo but
at the bottom of the silo it will weigh
more, and the average is put down as 40
lbs. per cubic foot. Of course, ‘the deep-
er the silo is the more compact it will
be in the bottom and the heavier it will
be per cubic foot. While this estimate is
not absolutely accurate it is the best rule
we have and is approximately correct:
therefore, to determine the number of
tons of ensilage left in your silo simply
get its cubic contents in feet. and multi-
ply the number of cubic feet of ensilage
in the silo by 40, that will give you the
number of pounds of ensilage the silo
contains. As you have 12 feet of ensilage
nine feet in diameter and four feet of
ensilage 10 feet in diameter, all that is
necessary to do is to find the cubical
contents of each one of these separately
and add them together and multiply them
by the 40 lbs. in a cubic foot. 0! course,
to find the cubical contents of a cylinder
you multiply the diameter by 3.1416, that
will give you the circumference and then
multiply the circumference by one-half
of the radius of the. circle and that will

" me .- MICHIGAN 1 FARMER
:high in food value and unless we have A
large quantities of them I would (and

 

give you the area of the base of the-cyl-

inder and multiply the area of the base
by the height ‘of the ensilage will give
you the number of cubic feet of ensilage.

Applying this rule to your silo it would .

make between 40 and 45 tons of silage
that you have on hand at the present
time.

 

IS SIX POUNDS OF GRAIN PER DAY
ENOUGH?

I am continually changing cows to keep
up a certain amount of milk at all times.
as I always have sold milk at door to
milkman, hence never know what the
cows test. Cows generally kept are some-
what mixed, Jersey, Holstein and Dur-
ham weighing about l,000 to 1,100 lb8..
just an ordinary class of cows. Now I
am about to market my own milk as I
live within half a mile of residence por-
tion of the town. HaVe commenced to
weigh grain and silage and rough stuff.
trying to get cows up to a little better
paying average My main question is,
does 6 lbs. per day per head (as near as
you can judge by my description of cows)
of tw0 parts wheat bran and one part
cottonseed meal, making about a. 24 per
cent protein feed—does this 6 lbs. of grain
ration balance 40 lbs. per day per head
of corn silage (rich) and about a good
heaping bushel of corn stover. I think
(amording to report of others), I feed
more silage than some do but they must
feed more rough stuff of some other kind
as my cows eat every particle and would
more, I believe, and seem to be. very
healthy. You see, my cows’ coarse feed
is all Corn ration and I believe if my
cows would consume more feed it would
pay to feed more protein feed.

Oakland Co. H. W.

Six pounds of grain per day is not a
sufficient quantity to make some cows
produce a maximum yield. Where you
do not test the cows for butter-fat and
do not know how much they produce in a
week you can feed a grain ration in pro-
portion to the number of pounds of milk
which a. cow gives in a day, but here, to
get the best results, one ought to know
something about how this milk tests be-
cause it goes without saying that milk
that will test five per cent is richer and

 

better than milk that tests only three}

per cent of butter-fat. The cow ought
to have a heavier grain ration in propor-
tion to the amount of milk which she
gives when she produces a. five per cent
milk than when she produces a three
per cent milk. A very good rule would
be, and perhaps it would be accurate
enough for all practical purposes, to feed
a. pound of grain for every three pounds
of milk that a cow gives in a day if she
gives four and a half to five per cent
milk and a pound of grain for every four
or four and a half pounds of milk which
a cow gives if she gives something like
three per cent milk. While you are feed-
ing a. liberal ration of corn silage, of
course you know as well as I that where
they get practically all of their roughage
from corn silage they must have more
than they would need if fed a good lib-
eral feed of clover hay once per day, or
any other hay, and I would think for
cows of this size 40 pounds of corn silage
with a bushel of corn fodder would be
none. too much, and you can afford to
feed this liberal ration, which is rich in
protein, if you are not feeding any le-
gumes in the roughage.

Probably six pounds of grain per day
is more than you can afford to feed some
of the cows and it is not enough to feed
others. It is certainly not a good rule to
feed all cows the same ration because
they don’t earn it and they won‘t make
good use of it. The cow that produces
well is the one that should be fed the
largest grain ration and she is the one
that usually received the largest rough—
age ration because a good producer in-
variably eats more roughage than a poor
or light producer.

Dairy interests are in an unusual posi-
tion, the production of butter and eggs
of late having been greatly below nor-
mal. while the demand has exceeded the
supply, so far at least as prime offerings
were concerned. All this has resulted in
frequent advances, and new values are
the highest seen for years at this season
of the year. Stocks of butter and eggs
in cold storage houses, in the principal
holding centers of the United States were
greatly reduced during the month of No-
vember, according to the report of the
warehousemens’ association, posted a few
days ago in the Chicago butter and egg
board. Total stocks in 38 houses aggre-
gated 30,148,000 lbs. of butter and 1,310,-
200 cases of eggs on December 1, accord—
ing to the report. These stocks showed
decreases of 10,090,000 lbs. of butter and
630,000 cases of eggs last month, and
made total stocks of butter 25,805,000 lbs.
short of holdings a. year ago, while stocks
of eggs were 133,000 cases in excess of
reserves in Storage in .1910.

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Pinex is a special and highly concen-
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Anyone who tries Pinex will quickly
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Have You Plenty of lead,

enough to last you until next summer? Whethel
you have or not It will pay you to feed

Dried Beet Pulp.

Your stock will do better if beet :1qu formsa
part of their ration. This 15 not. "ho air. " try it,
and prove it; for yourself. You an.“ loo. by
doing so but you will undoubtedly profit. thereby.
It takes the place of bran, gives better results,
and is cheaper, ecially good for dairy cows,
Dried Beet Pulp is used by the best dairymen.
Don't be afraid to feed it because your grand-
father didn't use it, he probably never heard of it.
Ask your duller. If he does not keep it write to

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Pnooucme CLE’AN MILK.

 

In producing clean milk it is not more
knowledge that we need so much as it
is the desire to do decently the things
we already know. It is easy for the
scientist to tell us how to keep harmful
. i bacteria out of milk, but in our every
I ‘ ‘ day work we are doing pretty well if we

succeed in keeping out something that is
called by a different name.

 

, , Healthy cows secrete healthy milk.
Bacteria get into the milk after it is
drawn from the cow or in the process 017
milking. The cow is not the guilty party.
. M”'—'*Milk does not come from the cow en-
, . . tirely free from bacteria, because it is
1-,“ ' .. impossible to keep the teats of the cow
sterile; however, 'we can keep them clean
and reduce contamination from this
source. The ducts of the teats and the
body temperature of the cow afford ideal
conditions for the bacteria to multiply
and. the best We can do, the lower ducts
of the teats will contain a considerable
number of bacteria. By using the first
~ few jets of milk to wash out the ducts,
w 1- : ‘ . the milk that goes into the pail will be
* practically free from bacteria. If proper
care is taken at this stage of production,
the few bacteria which get into the milk
from this source are of but little conse-
., quence.

On the other hand, cows that have
local diseases of the udder may give milk
Which at times is contaminated with the
a. bacteria which cause this disease. There
' is many a proof that such germs can
live and pass into the body of the user
and cause the same disease as the cow
was afflicted with. This shows us that
tuberculosis of the udder may readily be
transmitted to human beings, or young
stock. Milk from unhealthy cows should
never be used by human beings, or to
feed young stock on the farm. No mat-
ter how well all other requirements are
met, if the cows producing the milk are

not all in good health, we fall.

3
After proper precautions in milking We
. ‘ are confronted by other troubles. First,
it is exposed to dust and dirt in the
' stable, which consists largely of dried
manure and urine from the floor. The
i cow is not a particularly clean animal,
; and the same materials that are found
l on the floor, will be found, in a greater
or less degree, dried upon her flanks,
l belly and tail. If the long hair on the
cow’s tail, flanks and udder are not clip-
ped and brushed and the udder washed
the movements of the cow and milker set
in motion a rain of this bacteria-laden
“ duet and the swishing of the cow’s tall
:5 only adds to the trouble.
1 The dried excrement dust is rich in
‘ organic matter, and loaded with bacteria
i from the intestines and urinary passages
l of the cow, which thrive and multiply on
3 the food thus given them. By adhering
. to this solid dirt they get into milk and
find ideal places to grow and multiply.
\Vhen We drink such milk we take in
many of the former inhabitants of the
cow’s stomach and intestines. The
thought of this becomes more repulsive.
when we remember that the cow may be
throwing off tubercle bacilli before the
disease appears elsewhere. There is
greater danger of milk being contami-
nated from this source than before it
leaves the udder. Such bacteria cause
terrible series of disease when taken into
the human stomach and intestines. Dried
excrement from the cow’s body will'cause
this kind of contamination and undoubt—
edly plays even a greater part when the
cows are kept in a filthy, dust-laden
stable so common on many dairy farms.
Hay and straw dust will give rise to no
very serious diseases, but it will tend to
hasten the souring of the milk and cause
various bacterial growths that will im—
part a disagreeable odor and taste to the
milk. Such dust is as much out of place
so far as clean milk is concerned as the
other. Lactic acid germs are always
present where the conditions are right
for their development, and while they
do not affect the sanitary qualities of the
milk, they do affect its keeping qualities.
The milkers and handlers of the milk
in the dairy rooms are a prolific source
of contamination. Unclean methods of
milking and the handling of the products
afford opportunities for the pollution of
the milk by disease organisms, as well
as dust and dirt that adheres to the-
hands and clothes of the milker.’ Here is
where such disease bacteria as ty—
phoid, diphtheria and scarlet fever get
. into the milk. Milk as it comes from the
.3“ healthy cow does not contain these bac-
' * teria. They come from the outside after
”the milk is drawn from the cow. Any
person who has been in attendance on a
sick person cannot work among the cows
or in the dairy room without being a

 

 

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source of danger to all who use the milk
‘from such a_' dairy. Typhoid, diphtheria
and scarlet fever outbreaks without num-
ber prove this point with their deadly
results.

In the care of the dairy utensils there
is still, further chances for contamination.
This trouble is not from bacteria that
commonly adhere to these utensils but
from those introduced in handling and
washing. The washing and care of dairy
utensils is one of the most exacting from
the standpoint of cleanliness and the
quality of the water used. A supply of
bacteria-laden water which will leave
some of these bacteria on the utensils
is an insidious source of danger to con-
sumers of milk. When the milk goes into
these utensils there is a fresh supply of
new food for these bacteria and they be-
gin to grow and multiply with disastrous
results. If typhoid germs are in well-
water they will have a chance to con-
taminate any milk that goes into the
untesils after they have been washed in
such water. Numerous other kinds of
bacteria, such as those that cause ropy,
colored and slimy milk are frequently in
well-water that is used in washing dairy
utensils.

Cooling the milk immediately after it
is drawn from the cow will retard the de—
velopment of bacteria and the more the
temperature is lowered the more the
bacterial growth will be retarded. Milk
that is promptly reduced in temperaure
to 40 degrees F. and held at that temper-
ature until ready for use will keep for a
long time. When the milk is shipped to
the city the trouble is invariably with
the morning milk, which goes into the cans
without being, properly cooled. In the
fresh milk the bacterial growth soon ex-
ceeds that in the older milk that has been
properly cooled. Cooling the milk does
not kill any of the disease producing bac-
teria or the lactic acid bacteria, so that
it cannot take the place of cleanliness in
the production of milk. All of the bac-
teria present in cold milk become active
as soon as the temperature conditions be-
come more favorable. Cleanliness is of
first importance, cooling is next.

Many instructive and entertaining arti-
cles have been written on the subject of
clean milk, and if all of this advice could
be carried out a. practically clean product.
could be made. But the success of such
a scheme involves expenses that would
work hardship upon many of thepro-
ducers at the present time. This is not
saying that good milk cannot be pro-
duced at present prices, but to show
that the dairyman who has a few cows
can produce clean milk without having
an elaborate equipment. He can keep his
milk clean by simply giving attenion to
the few simple details of handling the
milk and the small expense involved'will
require but a small outlay of time and
money. Among the essentials of clean
milk I would name a healthy cow, milked
in a clean stable“, by a clean milker into
a clean pail, and handled only by clean
and healthy attendants in a clean dairv
rooms and put into clean shipping cans and
immediately cooled down to 40 or 50 de-v
grees and held at that themeprature until
ready to be shipped. By clean and sani-
tary milk I mean only such a degree of
cleanliness as outlined in this paper, and
which does not involve expenses that are
entirely out of proportion to the- average
dairyman’s means. Healthy cows and
cleanliness will give milk that is bacteria
free. Cold will keep it in this condition.
We cannot get sanitary milk from cold
dirty milk. or from warm and clean milk.
Both of these factors are essential to
success.

New York. W. MILTON KELLY.

 

SAVE THE MANURE.

While there is a general improvement
in methods of handling the manure of the
dairy herd, yet the great waste still go-
ing on, because of ignorance or indiffer-
ence, is astonishing. The outlay for com—
mercial fertilizers is forcing the attention
of dairymen and other stock men, how—
ever, to the value of stable manure and
is bringing them to a higher appreciation
of its part in agricultural economics of
the day. The campaign of education and
inspiration that has wrought good and
profit to the land by causing men to
conserve manure on their farms, must be
prosecuted even more vigorously than it
has been and until commendable systems
for keeping and applying this refuse of
the stables are everywhere practiced. As
a general proposition the immediate ap-
plication of the manure to the land is the
best way of cutting off wastes and one
should give the problem very serious
thought before deciding that this method
is not applicable to his conditions. W.

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

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NEW YORK CHICAGO

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MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
MEETING.
(Continued from last week).
Thursday morning the balance of the
topic left over from Wednesday after-
noon, 1. e.,
What Means Can we Employ to More
Pi‘ofitably Market Our Fruits?
was taken up by Secretary'C. E. Bassett,
who discussed this topic under the sub-
head, “Co—operation.” Mr. Bassett stat-
ed that the two essentials desired were
(1) to pack better, and (2) to distribute
better. It is the. fruit and not the pack-
age that makes the price. The high
‘quality of the pack of western fruits is
caused by the high freight rate which
prohibits the shipment of poor apples.
My part of the subject is the marketing

 

and distribution of high—grade fruit. I'

will explain how Fennville growers ex-
pect. to meet this proposition next sea-
son. Fennville is a large shipping point
and plenty of buyers are on hand. Last
fall after the meeting of the apple ship-
pers association at Detroit, the buyers
took an indifferent stand, simply looking
at the fruit but refusing to buy at rea-
sonable prices, it being apparently a game
to “bear" prices. The growers finally
held an indignation meeting and the
price advanced fifty cents per barrel the
next day, the bmers now offeiing $2. 00
Where they had previously offered but
$1.50. The growers turned to the cold
storage houses only to find that buyers
had bought up this space. \Ve are too
near a market for our own good as we
pack too much poor fruit on this account
which gives us a bad name. As a rule,
so long as the grower packs individually
a strictly honest pack will not be secured.
It is generally admitted that the average
grower is not competent to pack his own
fruit. It is too easy to spring the grades
unintentionally or intentionally. The plan
now proposed by Fennville growers is to
have their fruit packed by experts. A
competent superintendent will be secured
who will have the. fmeman look after the
packing without responsibility to the
owner. The superintendent will also look
after spray materials and machinery, fer-
tilizers, packages, and collect information
on crops and markets. A name and label
will be adopted by the asociation. Fenn-
ville, with six neighboring shipping sta-
tions, handles most of the fruit from
four townships. In some sections there
are not enough growers to co-operate,
which is a disadvantage in many ways.

Mr. .R A. Smyih, of Berien county, took
up the legislative division of the same
subject, Mr. Smythe lives in a county
where there are many small growers, a
large number being foreigners and co-
operation in any form seems almost im-
possible. Mr. Smythe believes that the
grower's or packer’s name should be on
each package. Too many growers try to
work off their poor fruit with their good.
In suggesting the package marking law
to Chicago-mommission men one remark—
ed that they didn’t care to advertise us.
lie was then trying to work off some yel-
low Elbertas in August as idar’l) Elber-
ias. Another buyer bought a car of
Bartlett pears and found apples in the
center of the barrels. These things from
one grower hurt our reputation more than
the honest packing of ten men will help
it. Fruits should be sold by weight or
by packages that are standard through-
out the United States. In Idaho scaly
fruit is confiscated. In Canada they have
a fruit marks law. Upon request, Mr.
Smythe gave his experience in trying to
get a similar law passed in Michigan. He
a'n'd'some other growers as a committee,
drafted a law somewhat like the Cana-
dian fruit marks law. It reguired that
the name and address be on every pack-
age, and that 83 per cent of the fruit in
the package be, as good as the face. It
was introduced by their representative
and passed the legislature, but the gov-
ernor Vetoed it, the reason given being
the objection of the canners. Mr. Smythe
has not been able, to learn just why the
canners object to such a law. Another
law which growers have tried to get
through is one making a standard size
for berry boxes or baskets, 60 cubic
inches seems to be, about the usual size,
but there are too many sizes on the same
market.

A thorough discussion of the legislation
advised followed, during which there was
much comment upon the make up of the
legislature and the indifference manifest.
ed by the growers. It was generally be-

 

lieved that the fruit marks law would
be an excellent law. for Michigan, and
that when the grOWers wanted a law ‘to
make themselves honest without affecting
therlghts of others they should be al-
lowed to have it. Governor Osborne was
roundly criticised for vetoing the bill
after the legislature had adjourned and
without consultation with the growers,
and resolutions to this effect were voted
passed and sent to him.

Prof. Greene, Professor of Horticulture
at the University of Ohio, who was pres-
ent was called upon at this time for a.
talk upon

Fruit Conditions in Ohio.

Mr. Greene presented the greetings
from Ohio growers, and stated that the
society had also been deprived of state
aid several years ago, but he believed
was stronger for it. The secretary is an
experiment station officer and partly paid
by the station.

Apple culture presents the greatest in-
tel‘est in Ohio at the present time. Few
orchards have been planted in southern
Ohio for the past twenty years until re-
cently, but many had been planted before
this time and these are now being re-
claimed with excellent success. Lime-
sulphur is the chief summer spray. Thin-
ning and packing are leading topics for
discussion. The barrel is generally used.
Mr. Ereene ‘stated that. all Ohio growers
believed in mulching and some in cul-
tivation also. Both are, good if prop-
erly followed, the one to choose depend-
ing upon local conditions. The majority
do not practice either method as they
should. There is no danger of an over-
supply of apples in Ohio for at least
twenty years as the old commercial or-
chards are too far gone. The need of
co-operation is as great as here but ex-
cept in a few localities the orchards are
too scattered for good results along this
line.

'l‘rof. A. J. Patten gave a talk on

Fertilizers,

illustrating by tables the composition of
the‘ common fertilizing materials and ex-
plaining their use and availability. Prof.
l’utten stated that it is generally under-
stood that if we rob the soil we must put
something back. This is true, but not all
of the truth. Three and one-half pounds
of nitrogen, 24 pounds of phosphoric acid
and nine pounds of potash is the amount
commonly used per acre, yet this is but
a drop in the bucket as compared with
the original amount present. It is like
scattering a few handfuls of feed in. a
pasture field. But fertilizers do more
than furnish plant food. They change
the physical condition of the soils. Ex-
perimentation is the only sure way of
determining what fertilizers a soil needs.
The successful use of commercial fer-
tilizer depends upon the rainfall, physical
condition of soil, drainage, rotation of fer-
tilizers present, moulds, and many other
factors. The average soil production is
far below the maximum, as shown by
occasional large yields. for example, 160
to 300 bushels of shelled corn per acre.
Soils may be abused, but can never “wear
out.” The soil is there and can be re-
claimed bv getting plenty of humus on it
before using commercial fertilizers. A
live soil is full of bacteria and is rapidly
changing. If there are not present com-
mercial fertilizers will leach away and be
of little account. Just as in fattening live
stock there must be comfortable sur-
roundings.

Vl'e can buy our fertilizer either mixed
or unmixed. By the latter method we
know what we are getting. Sources of
phosphoric acid and potash are not very.-
plentiful but nitrogen can be obtained
from many sources as shown by the fol
lowing table:

Source of Nitrogen—Mostly Available.

Per cc nt
of Nitrogen.
Nitrate of soda . . . .. .............. 13.5
Tlricd blood ...................... l4.
Tankage ........ . ................. 10.
Bone .............................. 2.5
]. ish .............................. 8.
Partly Available.
Garbage tankage ................. .
i eat .............................. 3.5

Leather

Nitrogen costs from 16 to 20 cents per
pound and it doesn’t pay to buy much
unavailable nitrogen, such as is found in
the last three forms mentioned in the
table. The chemist will soon be able to
determine the source of nitrogen in mixed
fertilizer. Peat Is the most common
“tiller" used In such fertilizers to give
the proper hulk, etc. By a little study
any formula can be compounded at home.
Formulas are always given in the following
order: Nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash.
hence a 2:8:10 mixture means that it con-
tains nitrogen, phosphoric acid and pot-
ash in this proportion.

Mr. Patten stated that it is difficult to

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.tell when a bearing apple orchard needs,
fertilizer, that it should not be necessary ,

for the fruit grower to buy much nitro-
gen and that it has not been established
that potash will add color to fruit. Prof.
Greene and Mr. Crane did not believe
from their experiments that potash adds
color. Prof. Patten believes peach yel-
lows to be a soil affection.

At this time the reports of the commit-
tees on resolutions and exhibits were
received. Resolutions were offered sup-
porting the McKinley Bill and Smythe
Fruit Stamping Bill, and censuring Gov.
Osborne for vetoing the latter bill.

The exhibit committee reported the fol-
lowing awards: In the students’ judging
and identification contest for prizes of
$15, $10 and $5 respectively” offered by
the society, Mr. Smith received first with
a percentage of 89, Mr. Taft second, 88%,
and Mr. Schoesner third, 841,9.

The Scaleside cup, which is to go to
the person exhibiting the best three bush-
els of fruit and which was in the posses-
sion of Geo. Chatfield, of South Haven,
last year, was won by C. J. Monroe, of
South Haven. Wm. Harter, of Custer,
received the Special Pump given as a
premium for the best fruit sprayed with
a Gould pump. The first six awards for
general exhibits of fruit for premiums
mentioned in the program were:

1. C. E. Campbell, Kalamazoo.

. S. B. Hartman, Athens.

Allen Winne, Bangor.

Geo. Chatfieid, South Haven.
Henry Smith, Grand Rapids.

C. B. Cook, Owosso.

After dinner a few questions were taken

sees”

up. The prevalence of scale even in well'

sprayed orchards this season. Mr. Bassett
said, was explained by government men
by stating that a long drouth aided the
breeding of the scale. Mr. Crane believed
many growers were not thorough enough.
It was not generally laid to poor spray
materials. The prevalence of the codling
moth was thoroughly discussed. Mr. Far-
rand stated that they generally had trou-
ble with worms the first year or two after
taking hold of a neglected orchard. The.
following treatment was advised by Mr.
\R'hite, of the horticultural department:

1. Strong lime—sulphur, l to 8 or 9 be—
fore buds open.

2. Lime-sulphur 1 to 35 or 40 and two
pounds of arsenate of lead applied after
buds swell but before they open.

3. Three pounds of arsenate of lead and
lime-sulphur 1 to 40 applied just after
blossoming.

4. Same two weeks later.

5. Same last of July.

Last summer the department arranged
with growers in various parts of the state
to band trees and catch and hatch out
the larvae of the moth and report the
date of hatching to the department, which
then sent word to growers as to the
proper time to give the July spray. To
band trees first select aneglected tree,
if possible, and scrape off the.rough bark
on the trunk and larger branches so
there will be no scales beneath which the
larvae can hide. Wrap several thick-
nesses of burlap about the trunk of the
tree rather loosely and fasten with finish—
ing nails so it can be removed easily in
looking for cocoons. When cocoons are
found put them in a pan with a little
moist soil and cover with a glass and
watch for the hatching period. The time
of hatching varies with different varie-
ties and in different parts of the state
but only a few days as a rule. Variabil-
ity in texture and in time of blossoming
were suggested as causes of a lack of
wifieiency in results.

Mr. J. I’. Munson, of Kent county, read
a paper on the growing of gooseberries
and currants, which line of work he has
found profitable in connection with the
growing of trees. Gooseberries and cur-
rants, Mr. Munson stated, were intro-
duced from Holland and England, where
they were formerly used to eat out of
hand. The lioughton was introduced
in 1853. Mr. Munson advises fall plant-
ing about six feet apart both ways or if
between rows of trees 20 feet apart one
row is put betWeen the trees each way,
making them 10 feet from the trees. They
may be propagated from layers or cut-
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One 01‘ tWO-year-old plants are used for
setting, the broken roots being clipped off
and the tops pruned to a saucer shape.
Spray early in the season with lime- sul-
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but if the worms appear later use arse
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as it. is growing. Each picker is, fur-
nished with a box and canvas gloves and
the gooseberries are stripped from the
bushes and run through a. farming mill,
the pickers being paid by the pound for
the cleaned berries- Two hundred and
ninety dollars worth of fruit was sold
from 2,000 plants on one and one-half
acres. The plants will reach maturity in
from four to six years, and work in
nicely between young trees.

The discussion brought out many in-
teresting points. Only a few of the older
canes are taken out each year. Cuttings
are made six to eight inches long and
keep in moist sand. Black currants are
‘worth 16 cents per quart. but are light
bearers. There is little demand for white
curl-ants. W'ilder, Pomona, New Perfec-
tion, and Victoria are the varieties grown,
the first three being the ones now set.
The New Perfection has not fruited yet.
Downing is the best market gooseberry.
Houghton berries have some color but
the prickers are not so stiff. Cultivation
is continued until August when a cover
crop of oats and clover is sown. Lon-
don Market does quite well. Currants can
be left for a long time after ripening if
not in a strong sun.

Pears for Profit
was the topic taken. by Mr. George Chat-
field. of Van Buren county. Mr. Chatfield
believes that we should have pears for
profit or not at all. Profit generally
means success. First select a good site,
clay loam is best. Pears on sand “are
of few days and full of trouble." Select

good stock and start two to two and one- ,

half feet high. Never set a. galled tree.
One-year trees are best and it is best to
get them from the grower rather than
thepjobber. Train them to a vase form,
using sand bags to hold the ends of the
branches down if necesasry. Spray as
for apples, and be sure to spray for scab
just as the petals fall, and not a week
later. Be thorough. Use plenty of pres—
sure. Thin the fruit. Cut out the blight.
Use stable manure to mulch bearing
trees if it can be procured. Mr. Chat—
field prefers to sell locally if possible,
and avoid large markets. Bartletts.
Clapp’s Favorite, and Bose are among
the leaders.

The discussion brought out a statement
that blight had taken yearling Kieffer
trees for one member, and that little
trouble had been experienced from the
pear psylla since using lime-sulphur. Mr.
Rose controlled them by spraying just as
the psylla were hatching. He has also
had good results with pears on sandy
soil, selling the crop for $1.50 per bushel
orchard nun. He likes the Seckel and
gets $2 per bushel for them, while Mr.
Chatfield thinks them too small for his
market. Mr. Rose uses a cover crop of
clover, Canadian field peas, buckwheat,
or oats. Mr. Crane controls the scab by
spraying thoroughly just before blossom-
ing. Mr. Farrand told of a Michigan man
cutting down 20 acres of Bartlett pears
because he said there was no market for
them. Most growers had not had good
success in top-working Kieffer to Bart—
lett, the union being poor.

Mr. C .B. Cook, of Owosso, spoke brief—
ly of

The Fruit Grower’s Opportunity.

He stated that the sum total of human
happiness was made up of little things,
and told of the adage of the man who
found opportunity at home after circling
the globe in search for it. Michigan was
worth little to the Indian. The waters
were thought so slow and sluggish as not
to be worth ariam—now they are a
source of power throughout the state.
Michigan is well at the head in the pro~
duction of salt, copper, lumber and beans,
but its greatest opportunity lies in the
growing of quality fruits, of which Mich-
igan growers have almost a monopoly.
The scale has wiped the sluggish com-
petitors off the map and good growers
have the field to themselves. We have
the climate, soil, and quality, but we must
get more truth and honesty, which
Beecher says must, like markmanship, be
cultivated.

President T. A. Farrand, of Eaton Rap-
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CURRENT COMMENT.

 

In wishing our readers a.
A New Year prosperous and happy New
Greeting. Year we desire that the
greeting should be con-
strued in a broader sense than it is
sometimes used. In addition to wishing
every reader of the Michigan Farmer a.
season of material prosperity and good
health to enjoy the comforts and pleas-
ures which material prosperity may place
within their reach, we would wish for
each and every one of them the personal
satisfaction and happinese which is the
result of right living.

While the idea of “turning over a new
leaf” at the beginning of each New Year
has becn often the subject of ridicule,
and perhaps properly so in view of the
record which has been made on the new
page in life’s work, yet there is no more
noble aspiration that one which involves
th'e betterment of our personal character.
if the page of life's history devoted to a
record of our acts during 1912 indicates
that we have successfully aspired to a
strengthening of our character along
right lines, then the “New Year” will
have been indeed a happy one for us, and
prosperous, too, since a wealth of good
character is more to be desired, from the
standpoint of our own happiness, than
great riches.

Let us, then, each and every one not
only aspire to that greatest of personal
assets, good character, but strive to
strengthen our personal character during
the coming year, to the end that we may
not only enjoy greater personal happiness
and more enduring prosperity, but that
we may add to the sum of human happi-
ness and prosperity through our whole-
some influence upon others. In this
sense, at least, let ofir holiday greetings
have a real significance. Let us strive
during the coming year to make brighter
and happier the lives of all with whom
we come in contact. Thereby we will be
most certain to reap the benefit of having
their New Year wishes for us realized to
the fullest possible extent.

In another column
of this issue will be
found a criticism of
the new mortgage
tax law from the pen of a constant read-
er of the Michigan Farmer who has
served his township in the capacity of
supervisor. We believe that his opinion
may be taken as fairly representative of

The Mortgage Tax
Law.

throughout the state as to the desirabil-
ity of exempting .mortgage‘s from taxa-
tion, which this law practically does. Also
we believe that the large class of prop-
erty owners who neither loan money, nor
borrow money on mortgage security, all
of whom are adversely affected by the
law to a. small extent at least, will in
general coincide with this opinion.

There has ever been a. wide difference
of opinion among interested people, and
particularly among members of the legis-
laiure, regarding the policy which the
state should pursue in the taxation of
mortgages. It has been contended, and
with some justice, that the taxation of
a mortgage and the land on which it is
secured at its full cash value is really
double taxation. Some years ago, as a.
means of remedying this condition, a law
was enacted which provided for the ex-
emption of the value of mortgages from
the valuation of the mortgaged real es-
tate. This law did not work out as it
was intended, since, through the condi-
tions which then prevailed, the money
loaner was able to compel the borrower
to agree to pay this tax.

Contrary to the opinion expressed by
the writer of the article above mentioned,
we believe that there was a tendency to—
ward lowering interest rates caused by
the brief operation of this law, which was
promptly repealed by the succeeding leg-
islature. Of course, it is impossible to fix
upon the cause of any effect with abso-
lute certainty where so many factors
enter into the problem, but whether this
law, which had the effect of partial ex-
emption of mortgages at least, was re—
sponsible for the fact or not, it followed
that the interest rates were somewhat
lowered and considerable money was
loaned on farm security at five per cent,
while the prevailing rate is now six per
cent. We are of the opinion that this
practical exemption of mortgages Will
bring more money into'the market for
such investment, especially from resi-
dents of cities and towns, who could not
afford to loan money at low rates and
pay taxes on some where mortgages were
locally assessed at their full value, and
that such increase of available money
seeking investment in farm loans will re-
sult in the ultimate reduction of interest
rates on such loans.

This result, should the prediction be
verified, would be beneficial to those who
find it necessary or to their advantage to
borrow money on real estate mortgages.
it will, however, have the practical effeC‘t
of increasing the tax rate on other prop-
erty to a corresponding degree, and it
remains a question of public policy as to
whether such a law is good policy or oth-
erwise from the standpoint of the com-
monwealth, for which reason we have
welcomed the discussion of this topic as
we shall welcome the discussion of other
topics relating to taxation in the near
future. -
No recent state docu-
ment has been of more
general interest through-
out the country than
the special message to congress last week
by President Taft, touching the report of
the tariff board regarding their investi-
gations of the relative cost of producing
wool and woolens at home and abroad
and containing a recommendation for the
revision of Schedule K which relates to
the importation of this class of goods.

After giving his reason for vetoing the
tariff bill revising the wool schedule,
which was passed by congress at a spe-
cial session last summer, which was
that the report of the tariff board was
not yet available, President Taft made
the report of this board the basis for his
present recommendation to congress re-
garding the revision of the wool sched-
ule. This report was summarized in the
massage which showed that as at pres-
ent framed, many of the high ad valorem
duties of the wool schedule are prohibit-
ory since the wools covered by them are
not imported, and many of the compen~
satory duties which are supposed to com-
pensate the manufacturer for the en-
hanced cost of the raw material due to
the duty on wools are much in excess of
the amount needed for the ostensible
purposes for which these duties ale
levied.

It was found by the tariff board that
the increased price of wool and woolen
goods due to the protection afforded by
the tariff did not equal the amount of
tariff in any case. As an illustration, on
some samples of English cloth on which
there is a nominal duty approximating
183 per cent, a. duty which is prohibitory
in character. the same or practically
identical fabrics of domestic make sold

The RevisiOn of
Schedule K.

' market.

in this country at a price only Wiper cent
greater than the price in the foreign
'Ex'hau‘sti've investigations made
in this and other countries by the tariff
board, show that the cost of producing
wool is considerably higher in this coun-
try than abroad. particularly in Australia
and Argentine, while the cost of produc-
ing cloth is nearly 100 per cent higher in
this country than is the case in England.

An interesting resurrect the tariff re-
port is the estimate made from the sta-
iistlcs which they have secured to illus-

vtrate the point involved in their investi-

gallons. Taking a suit of clothes retail-
ing at $23, which is declared by the board
to represent fairly the suit of clothes
worn by the average American, the board
states that the farmer received $2.23 for
the wool such a suit is made of, his profit
being 68 cents. The manufacturer re-
ceives $4.78 for the cloth, his profit being
23 cents. The wholesale, dealer receives
$16.52 for the manufactured suit, his
profit being $2.18, while the retail dealer
receives $23 for the suit, his profit being
$6.50. -

These figures may, of course, be taken
in a relative sense, but they appear to
show that in the products of wool, as in
food stuffs, the high cost of living is
largely due to the excessive cost of dis-
tribution, rather than to exhorbitant
profits in production, a. fact which was
touched upon in the resolution adopted
by the National Wool Growers’ Conven-
tion at Omaha, a. report of which is giv-
en in another column of this issue.

In touching upon the substitution of an
ad valorem for a specific duty upon wool,
President Taft made the point that an ad
valorem duty affords the least protection
when prices are low and producers need
the protection most and the greatest de-
gree of protection when prices are high
and the producers need it least and when
the effects will be felt more largely by
the consumer.

In their report the tariff board made no
suggestion as to the proper rate of duty
to be placed upon wool or woolen goods,
simply transmitting the facts, for the in-
formation of congress, relating to the
difference in the cost of production at
home and abroad. President Taft. fol-
lowed their example and does not sug—
gest any specific rates to be applied to
either raw wool or manufactured goods.
He recommends, however, the levying of
a specific duty on wool to be applied on
a scoured basis, instead of on the wool
and grease alike, as in the present
schedule. I

If such a duty were applied it would
unquestionably simplify the schedule and
probably permit the importation of wool
which can be used in place of cheaper
and less valuable substitutes, as suggest-
ed in the President’s message. In fact,
it would appear from the data. presented,
that congress has more reliable informa-
tion upon which to formulate a satisfac-
tory wool tariff than ever before and if
a. bill could be formulated along the lines
laid down without consideration for any-
thing save the public welfare the matter
would be well settled.

The National Wool Growers’ Associa-
tion at its recent meeting went on record
for the settlement of the wool tariff issue
on the basis of the tariff board’s report.
Unquesti‘onably it would be to. the ad-
vantage of the wool industry of the coun-
try to have this issue definitely settled
and if congress would now act; upon the
information in hand without political
prejudice or industrial preference the re-
sult would undoubtedly prove beneficial,
not alone to the wool industry but to the
country at large. There is now an op-
portunity for the exercise of true states-
manship on the part of our congressional
leaders in the revision of Schedule K on
other than partisan lines. The non-par-
tisan tariff board were able to get to-
gether on the facts and submit a unani.
mous report. Let us hopevthax congress
will rise to the emergency without more
than necessary delay and give us an
early and honest solution of the' problem
which will make for the stability of a.
much abused industry.

In a. recent report pre-

The Care of Our pared by Secretary
Indigent Poor. Murray, of the state
board of corrections

and charities, attention is called to con-
ditions which prevail in many of the
county infirmaries of the state which
should be given the widest publicity, to
the end that they may be corrected
through the arousal of a. healthy public
sentiment. According to Mr. Murray’s
statement. m 1‘ y of the infirmaries are
poorly adapted to present needs. having
been fidded to as more room was needed

“3 a “sword ' way.» thereby renown-f ’ ‘ "
Also, I»
in tonmany cases there is poo;- sanitation

their arrangement unsatisfactory.

and an overcrowded condition which does
not admit of the proper segregation of
the sexes and of defectives. Regarding
the crowded condition of the infirmsries
Secretary Murray says.

“This congested condition is made ob-
vious by the fact that within the last 20
years, there has been an increase of 70
per cent in the average number of per-
sons maintained in the infirmsries of the
state. The increase of population for the
state for the same period was 34 per
cent.

“These figures do not represent the in-.
crease of indigency, for during the period
in which there has been an increase in
the average number of inmates in the in-
firmaries, there has been a. gradual de-
crease in the number of indigents, who
received permanent relief outside, indi-
cating a. decided tendency to care for the
unfortunates in the county institutions
rather than by extending outside relief.

“The overcrowding of infirmaries under
the conditions which prevail in some
counties 13 unjust and inhuman. It is
not unusual to find rooms crowded to
double their normal capacity. In the
construction of infirmaries the matter of
ventilation seems to have been generally
ignored or neglected.
ditions in an infirmary, absolutely devoid
of ventilation, into which are crowded.
aged men and women, many of whom are
physically unable to care for themselves.
These conditions have been found.

"In 1910 there were 3,514 inmates in
these infirmaries, of which 172 were chil-
dren, 833 insane, 103 idiotic, 335 feeble-
minded, 59 epileptics and 55 ill with tu-
berculosis. These figures lrepresent a
world of trouble and injustices. BecauSe
of lack of facilities for separating and
classifying this heterogenious,population
it is often found huddle together, and the
inhumanity and injustice of_it is be-
yond comprehension except by those in
close touch with actual conditions.”

Certainly there can ,be no disposition
on the part of the taxpayers of the state
to permit'the unfortunate indigent poor
to be 111 treated. Naturally the boards
of supervisors of the several counties de-
sire to conduct this branch of the county
work as cheaply as possible, but: if they
are backed up by public sentiment they
would be sufficiently liberal with appro-
priations for the purpose to give the in-
digent poor and other unfortunates who
become county charges habitable quarters
and reasonably good care.

A TAXATION PROBLEM.

 

This being the season of the year when
the tax collector is reaping his annual
harvest, it occurs to us that now is an
opportune time to discuss briefly a few
phases of the taxation problem. The
question which seems of graVe importance
to us is: How shall the state, county,
city and township tax be spread, so that
every dollar, whether real or personal,
shall bear an equal burden of taxation?
All supervisors throughout the state are
instructed, by our state tax commis-
sioners, to assess the property in their
several wards and townships, on a'strictly
cash basis. Our state officials, from gov-
ernor, down, are demanding that an equal
tax shall be levied on all classes of prop-
erty, operated for profit and gain, includ-
ing corporations and private incomes. We
have no'criticism or objections to make
if these conditions can be legitimately
and honestly carried out, but; we hesitate
a moment to consider the facts.

Have our chief executive and state law
makers, taken a. wise course in practically
removing from our tax rolls forty million
dollars in mortgages in various portions
of the state? Will the revenue from this
mortgage tax exemption law, with a
registration fee of one-half of one per
cent, when recorded, equal or come within

gun shot of the amount derived from a.

full assessment of these mortgages, even
if a. few mortgages held by our banks
should evade taxation? The argument to
the writer, seems very one-sided when
applied to a mortgage running for a pe-
riod of years, requiring simply a regis-
tration fee of one-half of one per cent—
less than one-half and often one-fourth
of an average annual tax; in reality,
exempting said mortgage from taxation,
until paid in full.

Vife are all well aware of the fact that
our state officials and institutions must
be amply provided for, as well as our
county and township appropriations;
and, from the admission of some of the
advocates of this law. there will be a de-
ficiency in our public treasury owing :0
the exemption of mortgages from our tax
rolls. Where, then, shall we place this
shortage that our disbursements may be
met in full? Why, I answer, on the in.-
dividual owning real estate, the land,-
owner, the mortgaged farmer, the owner
of a modest home in .the city—in short.
it will be placed on the man or woman

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‘ on”. owns property '11.. sightiand which

they‘could not hide’if theyiso desired.
Is this right andhfilquare deal. when

. 'we' consider, mane: ~that" about 25 per

(cent or the farm; of Michigan are mort-

, ,gaged, and the mortgaged farmer is not

only compelled to pay taxes on land he
does not own, but now he is asked by our
late legislature to hear an aditional bur-
denrin order that the mortgagee of his
homestead may be exempted from taxa—
tion. after he has deposited with his
country treasurer the munificent sum of
one-half of one per cent? The claim
made by advocates of this measure that
money will be cheaper we are not willing
to admit. Also, that it has proven a
success in New York. If this be true,
why? Surely not through the influence
of the land owner and the mortgaged
,farmer, but by the persistent energy of
the money loaner. »

Vl’ith all due respect to the chief ex-
ecutive and law makers of this state,
we would not harbor malice or distrust,
in their manipulation of state affairs,
but We do believe in this great common-
wealth of Michigan, with our homes,
schools, and churches, of which we are
proud, that every dollar’s worth of prop-
erty bear an equal burden of taxation,
regardless of to whom said dollar may
belong.

Jackson Co. C. J. REED.

 

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

NatIOnaI.

The state commission of tax inquiry of
Michigan, provided for by the last legis-
lature, has made its final report to the
governor in‘ which it recommends
amendments to the present taxation law
by increasing the power of the present
board of tax commissioners to the end
that that body may put all property on
the rolls for taxation at its full cash val-
ue. This recommendation is aimed par-
ticularly at corporations which the com-
mission insists are not assessed as high
as general property. The findings of the
commission show that a. rate of $5.21
per 31,000 is paid by corporations, where
as the entire.property of the state pays
$12.05 per 81,000.

The combination of theatrical interests
in this country is being investigated by
the United States district attorney, who
is of the opinion that the combination is
contrary to the trust laws of the coun-
try. As a result, the trust officials have
rescinded an agreement reached between
the east and west territory‘to defeat, if
possible, the purpose of the federal de-
partment of justice.

A car containing 61 persons plunged
over a trestle at Cape Horn, Pa, and fell
into a creek. Only three of the passen—
gers escaped injury, none, however, were
killed but several were severely hurt.

The plant of the Daily Calumet, a
newspaper of South Chicago, which has
been conducting a crusade against the
writers of blackhand letters, was dyna-
mited on Christmas day. No one was in-
jured but the plant was rendered a total
wreck by the explosion.

Theodore F. Shepard, former judge of
the Bay City circuit court, and for 45
years prominent in the political, profes-
sional and social life of Bay City, died
there at the age of 67. -

Two boy skaters were drowned by
breaking through the ice on the Muske-
gon river near Big Rapids, Christmas.

' The total losses to vessels on the great
lakes the past year amounted to 23. One
hundred and ninety craft have been lost
in the past seven years, 48 in 1905, 44 in
19,06, 14 in 1907, 16 in 1908, 30 in 1909, 15
in 1910 and 23 during the past season.
The total loss to underwriters for the
season amounted to $500,000.

Ice cream poisoning is said to be the
cause of two deaths and the critical con-
dition of four other persons at Olvey,
Ark., December 24. The victims were six
of ten persons who were parties to a fiv‘ -
fold wedding that was to have been .he d
on Christmas day. All the brides were
sisters and the grooms were brothers,
save one who was a cousin.

To provide fuel for its own use the
Grand Trunk railroad has purchased 31,-
000 acres of coal lands in Belmont coun-
ty, Ohio, for $3,000,000. The output of
the mines included amount to 750,000 tons
per year.

The national monetary commission will
make its report to congress in January,
when it will recommend the Aldrich plan
of controlling our currency which pro-

‘ vides for a reserve association, the capit-

tal stock for.‘which can be subscribed
only by banks of the country. All banks
which subscribe must become members
of an association, which must consist of
at least ten banks having an aggregate
capital or surplus of not less than $5,000,-
000. The deposits now held in the treas-
ury and sub-treasuries of the govern-
ment will be. placed in these banks. It
is expected that the entire committee
regardless of party afllliations, will sign
the report.

. Foreign.

General Bernardo Reyes, once the

greatest military leader of Mexico, and

more recently leader of a revolt which
threatened the Republic under the ad-
ministration of President Madero, has
surrendered to the government forces.
His failure to recruit an army so dis-
couraged him that he lost hope in ever
Succeeding in his purpose to establish
another government, altho ‘h in the
meiintalnous regions of the country he

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could have continued the revolution for
many years, even“ with a handful of fol~
lowers. It is predicted this surrender-
will end the unrest in the Mexican Re-

public and that the new government can ‘

now begin constructive work in rebuild-
ing the nation.

The tentative agreement between Can-
ada and the United States looking toward
the settlement of the fisheries dispute,
is being delayed by the attitude of the
Canadian government where a sentiment
has developed objecting to the American
interpretation of certain terms of the
treaty, as well as to provisions under
which Pacific coast fisheries are to be
regulated. Just how this attitude will
affect the final agreement it is too early
to predict.

Reports are reaching this country tell-
ing of the struggle between the Russians
and Persians in the northern part of the
latter’s country. The purpose of Russia
is to gain a port on the Persian Gulf. It
appears that for a long period back ef-
fort has been made in this direction. A
considerable amount of Russian capital
has been invested in Persian territory,
and now, under the excuse of protecting
this capital, effort is being made to ab-
sorb the nation. which naturally is being
strongly opposed by Persian troops. The
campaign is meeting with disapproval in
England because Russian occupancy cf
territory along the Persian Gulf would
embarrass English interests in that part
of the world. It is likely, therefore, that
should the conflict proceed, England may
take a hand in the struggle. It is stated
that the warfare thus far has been car-
ried on in an inhumane manner, innocent
women and children suffering at the
hands of the Cossacks; at Tabriz 500
such perSons are reported as having been
killed.

The Spanish forces in Morocco have
recently been attacked by the wild tribes-
men. Severe fighting occurred last Fri-
day and Saturday, the tribesmen being
repulsed but a number of Spanish sol-
diers are. reported killed.

The Moms, who have been revolting
in the Philippine Islands recently were
peacefully subdued by the Philippino
scouts.

The Japanese press expresses satisfac-
tion ox'er the controversy between the
United States and~ Russia, they believing
that the situation will be an incentive
for a closer union between them and
Russia, for whose trade they are anx-
iously seeking.

CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

Shlawassee Co., Dec. 12.—Weather var-
iable, with frequent rain and snow. The
roads are improved, but in bad condition
for handling heavy loads. Many farmers
have been to haul, but are unable to do
the work on account of the unfrozen
condition of the fields. A good many
acres of beans unpulled and many more
in piles in the fields. Farmers have been
in hopes a few days of drying weather
would-come in December, but too late
now to continue hopes. Wood cutting in
progress. A few acres of splendid na-
tural timber is being cut off and mar-
keted this winter, Hay bringing the
highest price in years and many farmers
are selling all they do not need for win-
tering their stock. Feed generally, how-
ever, is scarce. Potatoes are being mar-
keted quite freely. Cellar fruits are not
keeping well. W'heat is looking well. All
winter crops are going into the winter
in splendid condition. Lamb feeders are
hanging over the fence wondering who
will make the profit this winter. Several
car loads received each week and put on
feed. No cattle going on feed. Horses of
the strictly draft type are selling high.
Milch cows are also very high and scarce.

Washtenaw 00., Dec. 21.——The year
just drawing to a close has been rather
a trying one for the farmer. Neverthe-
less one from which many lessons may
.be drawn for future use. First it would
seem that the dairy farmer is better
equipped to withstand adverse conditions
than those following other lines. While
much fodder and corn were very badly
damaged by the wet weather, still by
balancing them up with concentrates a
large amount of value may be secured,
which becomes quickly available in the
monthly milk check. The subject, how-
ever, nearest the farmers’ heart at pres-
ent is his taxes. Seemingly the more
sources from which to derive a tax the
higher they become. It is certainly time
for farmers to seriously consider a situa-
tion which will be a serious menace in
the near future. Taxes in this country
have practically doubled in the past ten
years, and while the gross income from
farms is good, the net income in very
many cases is small. Prices not much
changed. Butter and eggs maintain their
recent high levels.

Lapeer Co., Dec. 18.—About seven
inches of snow fell Saturday; roads in
bad condition. More_than half the corn
crop yet in the field, owing to so much
rain, snow and cold. Very little live
stock being fed in this locality. About
100 hogs have died near Lapeer city with
the swine plague, and it is expected
many more will go soon. Very little
fall plowing here; looks like a very busy
spring coming. Prices good on nearly all
produce. Hay very scarce and selling for
around $18 per ton: cream, 35c at cream-
firy. 1'31‘he corn beingh sold brings 70c per
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BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.

 

“Hitch Your Wagon to a Star.”
One of the enduring sayings of that
celebrated American essayist, Ralph
Vl'aldo Emerson, has been oft quoted by

speakers and writers, to-wit: ”Hitch
your wagon to a star.” This theme has
been used in the school room, in the

Sunday school, and in various ways to
stimulate the establishing of high ideals.
It seems to us that the expression more
correctly applies to Emerson’s apprecia—
tion of the value of calling to our aid the
resources of nature. Little is to be gained
by discussing ennobling influences and
desirable processes from merely an ideal—
istic standpoint. We accomplish little
by urging the conserving of the fertility
of the soil because we may feel that mor—
ally it is the right thing to do, but if we
find that by such conservation we have
laid hold and harnessed into action for
our purposes an.agency of nature, we
have some incentive in the matter. We
are calling this matter to the attention
of our reader not with any idealistic m0-
tive in mind, although nature’s processes
are in themselves exceedingly beautiful
to dwell upon. The effort of nature at
the preservation of the species and the
protection of the individual are exam-
ples of the workings of the agents of na-
ture which have, because of superiority,
become selected through years and years
of life to perform the particular office
that they are selected to perform. We
are calling this to the reader’s attention
so that there may be thoroughly impress-
ed upon his mind the idea that much
more is accomplished by working along
a path which nature has demonstrated
is an accessible path to work upon rather
than individually daming up the stream
to find a new channel for one’s efforts.

The Perpetuation of the Species.

Nature has seemingly beautifully pro-
vided for the preservation of the species
by arming each particular individual in
one or another way against its enemies.
Some plants which have to depend en-
tirely upon the agencies of nature for
their perpetuation have developed certain
special peculiarities which are their
greatest protection against their enemies.
The various cacti have. on the epidermis,
the outer covering of the plant, large,
sharp spines which make them more or
less immune from the attacks of foraging
animals which otherwise would feed up—
on them. We are familiar with certain
thistles such as the Canadian thistle, and
other prickly plants, the flesh and leaves
of which are exceedingly nutritious and
without the protection which nature has
given them in the way of these spines
they would become ready prey to the
various animals and their species would
be more rapidly obliterated from the.
earth.

In a like way nature seems to have
beautifully guarded the seeds of various
plants to make certain that their repro-
duction is assured. Take, for example,
the common hickory nut or the walnut.
These fruits which contain the reproduc-
ing element of. the plant are protected
by an exceedingly hard, bony structure
which makes it difficult for the natural
enemies of that nut to gain access to
the reproducing element contained in the
shell. The chestnut is another excellent
example. The seed contained in the fruit
is an excellent food and without any
protection whatsoever it would be easy
prey to the various animals which would
seek it for sustenance. To reproduce its
species, and to make sure that it will
not perish from the earth, nature has giv-
en the seed an exceedingly strong and
safe protection in its outer covering. The
beechnut is a similar example.

Some are protected because of a par-
ticular color which, when the seed falls
to the ground, renders it inconspicuous
among the surrounding leaves whereby
squirrels, birds, and various other ani-
mals will not readily perceive the seed
and, escaping, it has a chance to sprout
and reproduce the species.

Insurance of Fertlllzatlon.

Nor is this phenomenon common alone
to the fruit and the seed. Nature in one
way or another, protects it and provides
for it all through life. One is impressed
with the enormous array of the blossoms
of various plants, some white, others yel—
low, pink, all the colors and shades im-
aginable. One wonders. if at all of an
inquiring frame of mind, why all these

variegated colors exist. It seems to us
that the real lesson to be learned in this
is the variety of ways which nature has
adopted through the operation of natural
agencies to insure the perpetuation of the
species.

You will remember that in order to
secure the development of the corn the
fertilization of the plant is necessary. Not
fertilization in the sense that we speak
of commercial fertilizers, but fertilization
in the sense that the tiny seedlet in the
ovary of the mother plant must be fer—
tilized in order that the grain of corn
may grow to perfection. Otherwise the
blossom blasts and the ear of corn does
not develop. In some of our domesticated
plants which are. more or less artificial
in character, these various provisions of
nature are not so apparent but in nearly
all wild species We will see that nature
has abundantly provided for the fertiliza-
tion of the blossom.

Some blossoms are beautiful in color,
which make: them attractive to insects,
etc, which in extracting from the flower
the honey which it contains will have
rubbed upon their bodies the tiny grains
of pollen which the blossom has to offer
and which, carried on the bodies of the
insects and birds to the next attractive
blossom, serves as a means of fertiliza—
tion to the plant, thus perpetuating the
species. Others which do not have a par-
ticularly attractive blossom perhaps are
possessed of a nectar which has a de-
lightful aroma which serves the same
end. Certain night-blooming species
have a color which is especially promi-
nent in rendering them attractive at night
to the particular insect or animal which
is adapted for the fertilization of that
flower.

This theme has been the subject 01’ the
writing of numerous individuals who con-
tribute a variety of reasons for nature
manifesting itself in these manners. For
instance, the carnation is invested, some
say, with a pink blossom because, as they
say, it is especially attractive to the in-
dividual which the plant desires to be
the instrument of its cross-fertilization.
The same reason has been applied to the
protective coverings of the seeds and to
the various so—called attractive colors of
the various animals. Some butterflies are
particularly conspicuous in the color de-
signs which are worked upon their wings.
Some birds are particularly inconspicu-
ous because of~the beautiful blending of
the colors of their plumage with the
leaves and surroundings to which they
are subjected, thereby rendering them
safe. from their enemies.

To our mind the reason for these var-
ious conditions is entirely different from
the one usually assigned. We do not be-
lieve that the carnation was made a
beautiful pink flower in order to render
it especially attractive to the individual
which will act as the instrument of its
cross—fertilization. V‘Ve do believe, how-
ever, that through the natural cause of
variation of species the original carna-
tion perhaps, or its undomesticated an-
cestors produced flowers of a variety of
colors. The pink one reproduced itself
and fixed its characteristics decidedly be—
cause it did happen to be the one color
which was attractive, as a matter of
fact, to some particular animal or insect.

“'e do not believe that a particular
species of butterfly exists because nature
provided it with a particular coloring
which was for the purpose of frightening
the bird or insect which preyed upon it.
3Ve do believe, however, that, due to the
natural causes of variation of species,
there was one time a butterfly produced
which. as a matter of fact, happened to
be so colored that it was either unattract-
ive to the animals which usually preyed
upon butterflies or else did actually
frighten the animals away, whereby, be-
ing left, it was able to fix its character-
istics upon the species. We do not be-
lieve that the partridge or the quail have
developed the inconspicuous color of
brown which so matches and blends with
the leaves of the forest, for the express
purpose of rendering that bird inconspic-
uous to the animals and birds that usu-
ally prey upon it. We do believe, how-
ever, that in the natural variation of the
species the color was produced which, as
a matter of fact, was inconspicuous, and
whereas the other forms of color were so
inconspicuous that the species were not
allowed to continue, this particular color
serves as a protection to the quail and
the partridge, and consequently their col-
or was preserved and they were allowed

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to fix their characteristics in the, perpet- -

uation of that'particular species. ,

This is a, general condition of natruev
and exists throughout not only plant life
but animal life as well, and enumerates
but a few examples which are more or
less typical, however, and which show
that nature through years of experiment-
ation, we may say, has gradually weeded
out those forms of life which are not
desirable in fulfilling the laws of crea-
tion. It demonstrates also the truthful-
ness of Darwin’s original position, ex-
pounded in the theory of the “survival of
the fittest” in each particular step of uni—
versal evolution.

Nature’s Example is Worth Following.

In plant and animal breeding the great-
est progress has been made along lines
which imitate nature’s selection and
breeding. Some condition produces a de-
sirable strain of corn or a wheat berry
which is promising in certain characteris-
tics. The encouraging of the perpetua-
tion of that particular species is the way
in which man may bring his talents to
bear to the best advantage in intensive
agriculture as applied to crop production.
Even so, in advanced animal breeding,
the selection of those qualities in an ani-
mal which emphasize the quality or char-
acteristic which is the one which we de—
sire to make most'prominent in the breed
is taking advantage of nature’s sugges-
tion of natural selection in breeding and
is the way in which man can most quick-
ly accomplish desirable results in the
lines of animal breeding.

The old adage, “Like begets like” was
the foundation point of early animal
breeding and we might say as well that
the old adage is as true to nature today
as it ever has been in the past. If we
will learn a lesson in the breeding of
plants and animals from the methods now
employed by nature we will be taking
advantage of a system which centuries
of cutting and trying has established as
the most feasible system for the up-
building of plant and animal life.

LABORATORY REPORT.

 

Keeping Cider Sweet.
Can you tell me how to preserve cider

'to keep it sweet the whole year long?

Emmet Co. H.

There are a number of ways by which
cider may be preserved so that it. will re-
main sweet for a considerable period of
time. The best way, and the one which
meets with universal approval, is by
heating the cider and canning the same
as you would can fruit. This method
could not be used very easily on as large
a quantity as a barrel, but when the cider
is put up in bottles or glass jars it is
possible, with great ease, to sterilize by
heating.

The common cemmercial
preserving cider is by the use of some
chemical preservative. The one most
commonly used for this purpose is ben-
zoate of soda. We do not care to be put
in the position of advising the use of any
chemical preservative. To our mind they
are all, or nearly all, prejudicial to the
health and should not be used, despite
the fact that the law of Michigan permits
the use of benzoate of soda and benzoic
acid, and also that the ruling of the
United States Department of Agriculture
is favorable to the use of benzoate of
soda. If it is used, however, it is im-
perative in the laws of both state and
government that the fact of its employ-
ment be plainly stated on the label. For
example, the label on the barrel or on
the bottle must say, “Preserved with ben-
zoate of soda not exceeding ——— per
cent.” The usual statement on the label
is, “Contains .1 per cent of benzoate of
soda." As demonstrated by the Dairy
and Food Department of the state of
Indiana, comparatively few contains so
small an amount as 0.1 per cent. In our
own experience, we have found that 0.1
per cent is not adequate to properly pre-
serve cider and therefore it should be
used in greater quantities if used at all,
the amounts being plainly stenciled on
the barrel or printed on the label.

\Ve want to emphasize again, however,
that we do not think it good policy to use
chemical preservatives of this class in
the preservation of fruit juices.

Mlsnomers Applied to Feeding Stuffs.

Barley bran is a misnomer.

Cottonseed bran is a misnomer.

Elevator feed is a misnomer.

Cottonseed meal feed is a misnomer.

Cottonseed feed meal is a misnomer.

Oat feed is a misnomer unless applied
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:THE STATE GRANGE OF '1911.

 

'(Continued from last week).
' Government ownership of railroads was
one of the weighty. problems considered
by the committee on public utilities of
which B. E. Kies, of Hillsdaie county,
The recommendation of
the committee touching this big question
W83. by many of the delegates, considered
radical, but it was so well defended by
the committee that the entire report was
finally adopted, many apparently believ-

’ ing that its adoption would at least serve

to awaken greater interest in, and to
bring about a closer study of, the ques-
tion. The resolutions, as worded by the
committee, are:

“Resolved, that we favor a proposition
wherein the United States government
shall build, equip, and operate a double
track railroad and a telegraph line, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific with feeders
or lines to the great commercial centers,
north and south of said road, except those
located on tide water.

f‘Resolved, further as a means of car-
rying out said undertaking that the Uni-
ted States government shall issue cur-
rency (equal to or better than the cur-
rency issued at cost to the national
banks) in issues sufficient to pay all cost
of the operation.

“We favor the United States govern-
ment building and operating railroads in
Alaska from the coast to the coal mines,
also the operation of sufficient coal mines
to prevent a monopoly upon this prime
necessity of life by any private corpora-
tion forever.

‘ “We favor leasing coal or mineral lands
to individuals or corporations, provided
equitable and just terms can be made
With an eye singly to the interests of the
consumer.

- “We further demand that no more tim-
ber, mineral or coal lands now belonging
to the government shall ever be sold to
individuals or corporations, but shall be
leased on favorable terms for the govern-
ment or people.

“We also demand that our waterways
and streams, which will in the future
furnish the greatest power for thepeople,
be strictly and carefully conserved for
them.

“Resolved, that the ’members of the
State Grange favor the extension of free
rural mail delivery, the establishment of
a general parcels post, telegraph, and tel-
ephone system, 21180 postal savings banks
and a postal currency.

“In other words we insist that the peo-
ple take charge of and perform their own
business rather than delegate the same to
private corporations."

A new committee, appointed for the
first time at this meeting, was that on
home economics. Its members had little
to work on as no resolutions or sugges~
tions had been submitted to the commit-
tee. The report briefiy surveyed the field

. which this committee is expected to cov-

eryand closed with the recommendation
that home economics be included with Eg-
riculture in the public school curriculum,
which was endorsed by the delegates.
The efficiency of the present system of
lecture work was attested by the com-
mittee on good of the order and its con-
tinuance recommended. The committee
also favored the holding of as many lec-
turers’ conferences as possible, and rec-
ommended that the holding of rallies and
field day meetings be encouraged. The
deputy system in the opinion of the com—
mittee, is open to improvement but no
(-Oncrete suggestions were made."Greater
caution about giving publicity to matters
that are solely of interest to members
of the -order was advocated, and the
Grange everywhere was urged to put
forth greater efforts to bring the young
peOple into the organization. A bulletin
board as a means of announcing mcet-
ings of committees, etc., at next State
Grange. meeting was proposed. ’ Thus far
the report was adopted. Action on a
resolution favoring the nomination and
election of State Grange officers by, direct
vote of the subordinate Grange members
of the state was deferred until a later
session, and a resolution changing the
compensation of state speakers when
called by subordinate Granges was re—
ferred to the executive committee.

The committee on taxation, E. R. Illen-fl
’ den. of Lenawee -county, chairman, .had

planned for a conference with one of the
members of Gov. Osborn’s speciaLtax
commission but this, did not materialize.
In consequence it offered no recommenda-

' tibn touching the proposed corporation

a careful study of the proposition ”in gen-
eral and the commission's published re-
port. It endorsed the recently enacted
specific mortgage tax law and recommend-
that the taxation of corporations be tak-
en out of the hands of local assessing
officers and put into the hands of a state
board of assessors. It re—aflirmed the
views of the Grange, as expressed at
former meetings of this body, with re-
gard to the tonnage tax, declaring this
system of taxing the mining properties
of the state to be more just and equitable
to all concerned than any of the three
plans suggested by the special tax com-
mission. The committee's proposal to
ask the legislature to increase the state
automobile license fee, and to divide such
fees equally among the townships of the
state, was amended by the delegates to
accord with the Grange’s former action,
asking that a tax of 50 cents per horse-
power be imposed upon automobiles, the
funds thus secured to be apportioned
among the townships according to their
assessed valuation.

The Grange insurance companies were
cited. in the report of the committee on
co-opcration, as the best examples of the
value of effective co-operative effort. The
present contract system was deemed in-
adequate to the needs of members and
the committee urged that local Granges
give their best thought and effort to de-
vising means of more effectually elimi-
nating the middleman, bringing all plans
devised to the attention of the State
Grange executive committee.

The good roads committee, of which
A. W. Thompson, of Dickinson county,
was chairman, favored a law authorizing
county road confinissions to furnish legal
and engineering advice to township oili-
cers on matters pertaining to highway
improvement, the committee holding that
the need of such assistance is felt in
many of the more than 1,200 townships
of the state that elect highway commis—
sioners under the township system. It
also favored a strict enforcement of the
law requiring county road commissions
to employ competent engineers to super-
intend all highway improvement work
done under the county road system. The
appointment of county road commission-
ers by boards of supervisors was recom-
mended and the action of the National
Grange in favor of federal appropriations
for highway building was endorsed.

The committee on transportation rec-
ommended the placing of the express
companies under the supervisicm of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. It also
commended the action of Kent and Ot—
tawa counties in voting bonds for the
purpose of building roads. .

Representative McNitt, of Wexford
county, submitted the report of the com—
mittee on legislative action, in which the
Grange was asked to endorse the initia-
tive, referendum and recall, the tonnage
tax and the parcels post, all of which
met with favorable action. A proposi-
tion to limit the tenure of office of super-
visors to three years was amended by the
Grange to read “three years in succes—
sion." The committee also asked for the
correction of an imperfection in the War-
ner-Cramton law by making failure to
renew a liquor license within three
months from date of its surrender con-
stitute an absolute surrender of the li-
cense. The Grange favored this, and
also the recommendations that all high—
way bridges of more than 25 feet span be
built by the county instead of by the
township; that the killing of deer, except
animals with horns, be prohibited for five
years; that laws be enacted preventing
the slaughter of song birds; that the con-
servation of birds be encouraged along
with that oftrees, and that Arbor Day
be changed to Avis-Arbor day and that
a bounty of five cents per head be placed
on rats- -

A plan for changing the system of
electing State Master, State Secretary
and the State Grange executive commit-
tee was submitted by the committee on
State Grange by—laws, the plan being to
elect said officers by vote of all the sub-
ordinate members of the state. After
amending, to conform with the constitu-
tion, so that such vote shall constitute
an advisory election rather than an elec-
tion, the Grange gave its approval and
instructed the executiVe committee to
work out the details and arrange for ap-
plying the plan at the meeting of 1912.

Candidates for degrees were numerous.
95 receiving the —fifth and a class of 160
taking the sixth. A new member of the
executive committee is J. C. Ketcham, of

Barry county, elected to succeed Jerry.
Lawson, of Chippewa county. F. S. Pal-
mer. of Gratiot county, and H. F. Baker,
of Cheboygan county, were re-elected.

e MCI-"(IAN FARME‘R ‘

excess tax, but, urged all" Granges to make

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VVVVVVYYYVYYYYVVVYVVVV

g FARMERS: owns.

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

 

President—J. D. Leland, Corunna.

Vice—President—D. Morrison, St.
Johns.

Secretary-Treasurer—Mrs. C. P. John-
son, Metamora.

Directors—C. L. Wright, Caro; E. W.
Woodruff. Blanchard; C. P. Johnson,
Metamora; H. \V. Chamberlain, White
Lake; Wm. T. Hill, Carson City; Jerry
Spaulding, Belding.

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

Assoclational Motto.—

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

The farmer, he garners from the soil
the primal wealth of nations.

WHAT THE LOCAL CLUBS ARE

DOING.

 

Not the least interesting feature at the
recent annual meeting of the Michigan
State Association of Farmers' Clubs, was
the conference of local Club workers, at
which delegates from the local Clubs
gave a report of the interesting features
of Club work as conducted in their var-
ious organizations. The following brief
items present some of the facts gleaned
from the reports of different delegates
regarding the conduct of their local
Clubs:

Thornapple Club, of Barry county, was'

organized 16 years ago with 10 charter
members. This Club now has a mem-
bership of 110. A notable feature of this
Club, as reported by the delegates, is
that both the president and his wife are
college graduates.

The Riverside Club, of Shiawassee
county, was organized six or seven years
ago with 10 charter members. They now
have a membership, of 23 families to
which number of families the membership
is limited] The Club holds 12 meetings
a year and the annual membership dues
are $1 per family, a collection being tak-
en to lneet any deficiencies in the fi-
nances which are not met by the mem~
bership fee. The Club owns its own lap-
boards and silverware. The Club is re-
ported as doing good work, but the mem«
bers feel that there is a greater work yet
to be done for the betterment of the com-
munily.

The lndlanfields Club, of Tuscola coun—
iy, was organized ten years ago. The
membership is limited 25 families. This
Club makes an annual exhibit at the Caro
fair instead of holding a. separate Club

fair. The Club owns several dozen camp
chairs which are taken from home to
home by the host and are much more

convenient than borrowing sufficient
chairs from neighbors. The delegate re-
ported that the large acquaintance made
throughout the farm community by the
membership of the Club was considered
an important benefit resulting from a
lnembcrslllp in the organization.

The Columbia Club, of Jackson county,
has a membership of 100. This Club
holds ll meetings during the year, in-
eluding the fair ill October. Al the fair
prizes are given to junior members for
exhibits. Prizes are also given for baked

goods and fancy work. The Club owns
its own dishes and tables upon which
dinners are served. Chairs are l‘PlllMi
from the undertaker. Each family lakvs

its own silverware. There is a good av~
erage attendance at the meetings and
considerable enthusiasm in the Club
work.

MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS.
Adapted by State €330ciatlon of Farmers’
Iubs.

Whereas, God in His providence did, on
the 22nd day of September, 1911, remove
from our ranks one of our most ardent
and earnest Club workers, in the death
of our aesociational director, the Hon.
Patrick Hankerd, it is with a sense of
regret and personal loss to us, in his sud—
den demise. Therefore. be it resolved,
that we, the State Association of Farm-
ers’ Clubs, feel keenly our loss in the
death of this loyal member and we wish
to express our sincere sympathy to his
immediate family and to the Henrietta
Center Farmers’ Club of which he was

a devoted member.

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

 

Tile Rives and East Tompkins Farm-
ers’ Club met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Jones, Dec. 3, with an attend-
ance of 75. After an excellent dinner
had been served the meeting was called
to order by the president. Singing of

 

 
 
 

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prayer by. our chaplain. A motion was
carried that we endorse the Public Wel—
fare Association.
gram was rendered. Mr. Harris, over-
seer of the Parnell Farm, gave an inter-
esting talk on' feeding cows and the re-
sults obtained by combining the differ-
ent grains and hay—Ina Stringham, Cor.
See.

The Wixom Farmers’ Club held its
December meeting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. James Bishop, in New Hud-
son village, and was attended by Club
members and visitors to the number of
150. At the usual hour the president: called
the meeting to order. The New Hudson
Orchestra gave us several fine selections
of music. \Ve listened to a very excel—
lent report from our delegate, E. M.
Moore, supplemented by Fix—President
li'olden.—Mrs. R. l). Stephens, Cor. See.

The Brighton Farmer-8' Club met Dec.
14 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Swan, with a good attendance. A good
musical and literary program was ren-
dered. It being the annual meeting offi-
cers were elected as follows for the en—
suing year: Presldent, Henry Rosa;
vice—president, Frank Hacker; recording
secretary, Ruth Birkenstock; correspond-
ing secretary, Mrs. Faxon Sands; treas-
urer, Eshon Swan; purchasing commit-
tee, Carl Birkenstock and Judd Newman.
The Club adjourned to meet with Mrs.
Helen Tenny the second Thursday in
January.

Have Christmas Program.~«The De—
cember meeting of the Columbia Farm—

ers’ Club was a most pleasant one at
“Lindenhurst,” the homo of Mr. and
Mrs. E. G. Hitt. The meeting was called
to order by the secretary, Mrs. Hewitt,

in the absence of the president, and Mr.
Frederich was chosen as presiding officer
of the day. After the delicious dinner
was served the program was taken up,
rol lcall being responded to with Christ-
mas cxpressions. Miss Mae Crego told
the interesting story of the origin of the
Christmas tree in this country. Miss
Hazel Brooks and Miss Gertrude Ililt
sung most sweetly, “A Little Child Shall
Lead Them." J. l). Reed opened the sub-
ject for discussion, “Conservation of our
national utilities," by referring to the
time when Alaska was purchased. How
the deal was considered ridiculous and
yet how it has proved to be such a store
house for our nation: how the control of
the same was centered until recently in
the hands of a certain few. His idea
was that the government ought not to
control private enterprises as a whole,
but should have some power to restrain
and direct such as the mining industry,
some option on ll‘le output would be a
revenue that could be Well effected. Oth-
ers spoke with much interest’on the sub-
ject, saying that many of the great on-
lerprisos had to have leaders specially
llttcd and eduacted for the same and to
lrust this all to the government would
be putting the work into unskilled hands
and untrained minds. Others said the
government managed the postal depart-
ment without frauds and on an econom-
ical basis. The trusts were also given
some attention.

Heating the Farm Homer—Miss Belle
\Vet-ks read a paper on “Methods of
Heating the Farm Home.” She said dis-
card the stove which gives an uneven,
unsanitary condition in the home; in—
stall either a hot air or hot water fur-
nace which will not only give you more
comfortable rooms but a better atmos-
phvre. They were heating nine rooms
at :l temperatulle of from 75 to 78 de-
grees a: an expense of less than $75 per
year. in the discussion some preferred
the hot water system as more reliable,
others said the steam heating brought
some dampness into the house. The hot,
air furnace has several advantages. It
can be used for a light fire such as is
needed in fall and spring, and can on
the farm be utilized for burning up much
of the waste amount of wood. No report
of the state meeting was given, the dele—
gates being absent. The January meet-
ing will be held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs H. .T. Peterson, January 13. This
is the annual election of officers.

Elect New Officers.~—lt takes more than
muddy roads and an occasional dash of
rain to keep the average member of the
’l‘llornapple Farmcrs' Club away from the
monthly meeting of the Club. A jollier
crowd than that which gathered at the
spacious home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Gray last, 'll‘riflay would be hard to find.
good dinner added to their en—
joyment. .it 2 o’clock in the afternoon
the meeting was caller to order by Pres-
nlcnt 'William Harper. A song by the
Club was followed with a prayer by Rev.
Curtis. Minutes of November meeting
were read and approved. Then followed
the annual election of officers with the
following results: President, Howard
Russell: vice—president, Rollo Adams:
recording secretary, Mrs. Metta Morgan;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Mary
Gray: treasurer, Mrs. Kate Cook: organ-
ist, Mrs. Clara Harper; assistant organ-
ist, Mrs. Lottie Cridler; chorister, Rev.
J. H. \Vesbrook: chaplain, Rev. George
Curtis. A, short discussion of the subject.
“Should a farmer and a son be partners
on the farm. and how?” and interesting
recitations by Mrs. Clara Harper and
Mrs. Florence Adams. closed the formal
meeting. A fish pond under the super-
vision of Mesdames Cook, Fender and
Carter furnished amusement for an hour
or so. Proceeds to apply on purchase
price on the Club’s silverware. The next
meeting will be held at the home of W.
R. Harper on Friday, Jan. 4, 1912, the
meeting being called the “fruit meet-
ing." Everyone invited to be present.

 

N” Have you sent in your renewal
for the Michigan Farmer? If you
have not better do so at once so that
you will not miss any copies.

, » ‘ (15) 58f?
“Amerlca” by. the Club, followed by a.

A good literary pro-v

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One Kind of ‘Forgetfulness to Cultivate.

 

NCE more the season of good reso-

lutions is upon us. For the nth

time we swear off from our pet
bad habit, with_a firm convictiOn that
this time we will stick to our New Year’s
vows. Coffee drinking, candy, swearing,
slang, wine, tobacco, dress, envy, gossip,
backbiting, over-eating? over-indulgence
of all sorts are marshalled forth at this
time each year and solemnly consigned
to limbo, only to return from thence at
the end of the first week in January and
fasten themselves a little more firmly to
their victims.

We forget. That’s our excuse. We
honestly meant to make a brave fight
and overcome our own particular “thorn,”
but the flesh is weak and the memory
poor. We are not constantly on guard
and the word we did not mean to say
slips out. Our hand steals to the candy
while our mind is busy with other things
and we pour and drink our cup of coffee
or glass of wine subconsciously. Done
once it is so easy to do again that before
We are aware we are back in our old
ways and our friends who have heard
us vow vows before are smiling at our
weakness.

Bad memory causes us to slip, we say.
Then why not take our key from that
when we make our resolutions this New
Year? If a weak memory is our strong-
est characteristic, let us make it work
for us. Let us compel it to make life
happier and therefore better for us by
causing it to forget the unpleasant things
which now annoy us.

For isn’t it true that the things which
bother us most, which make us fretful
and worried are the things which would
not really hurt us at all if we did not let
them? Few of us are hungry, or cold, or
insufficiently clad or ill or friendless or
in deep sorrow. Yet we are constantly
worried about something. And simmered
down, the something is usually nothing,
that is, nothing which really ought to
bother a healthy minded man or woman.

We are worried because Johnnie is get-
ting round—shouldered, or we think he is
going to if he doesn’t sit up straight.
Susie has a habit of sitting on one foot
and giggling over nothing, and that irri—
tates us. Father insists on sliding down
into his easy chair when we think he
ought to sit up straight. Mrs. Smith,
across the way, has bought new parlor
curtains and we can’t have any until
spring, and lucky to get them then. The
neighbor on the next farm drives a new
auto, while our carriage is at least three
years old and nothing different in sight.
The bread wasn’t as good as usual, the
cake didn’t turn out right, and our best
friend is getting chummy with another
woman.

These are samples of the things women

someone else had an auto. Your parlor
curtains were beautiful until you looked
from your window and saw your neighbor
had better ones. Well, are not your
things just as good as they were before
your friends bought theirs? They haven’t
changed a mite, the change is in you.
And if you could go back to old condi-
tions you would be as well satisfied as
you were before.

Why not go back by the simple process
of forgetfulness? Just call that bad mem-
ory of yours into requisition and forget

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a firm finish. Bias strips may be used in
like manner.

Stitches which have been ripped out
usually leave marks which it is difficult
to remove. When it becomes necessary~
to use pieces bearing these marks hold
them over the steam from a kettle, brush
lightly with a clean whisk broom or stiff
brush, and press in the usual manner.
There' is seldom any trace of the marks
afterward, but if badly marked originally
it may be necessary to repeat the process.

Lace braids, outlined at each side with
feather stitching furnish the daintiest
possible trimming for childrens’ wash
dresses, shirt waists, underwear and var-
ious accessories. They may be placed in

 

Narrow Lace Braid for Chlldrens’ Clothes.

it. Forget that there is a soul who has
more than you have, forget that the
children have bad habits, they'll drop
from them anyway, forget that you have
been slighted, or that someone has said
unkind words to yOu. Forget all that
hurts your pride, and be thankful.

Thankful that you have a home and
health and healthy children, even if they
do giggle and sprawl all over the furni—
ture. Be thankful that you have plenty
of work and strength to do it, for there
are many in the bread line who are as
bright and ambitious and anxious to get
to the top as you. Be thankful that you
are alive and the‘ world is bright, and life
is sweet if you want to make it so.
let thankfulness be the only
May this be

In fact,
thing you do not forget.
your New Year’s resolution.

DEBORAH.

 

SEWING HINTS.

BY MAE Y. MAHAFFY. \

Pockets on aprons and small boys’
waists so frequently rip at the corners
that any preventative is welcomed by
most housewives. Try finishing the top
with a bit of braid, leaving an inch or
more free at either side. When the

 

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worry about, grow gray over, and be—
cause of which they become whiners and
Daggers. Not one of them is of any real
importance. There isn’t a single thing
there that could possibly hurt anyone,
if she did not let it. Your old carriage
was good enough for you until you found

pocket is placed on the apron or waist
turn the ends of the braid upward, fold-
ing the raw edge under neatly; then when
stitching the pocket into place carry the
stitching right up to the end of the braid,
first on one edge and then across the
end and down on the other edge, making

a Greek key design, a series of diamonds,
ovals, or oblongs, crossing between the
figures from one side to the other, and
in numerous pretty ways. Some sugges-
tions may be secured from the illustra-
tions. No. 1 is ordinary binding tape
with colored feather stitching. Nos. 2
and 3 are finishing braids caught down
with French knots in the one case, and
trefoil. stitches in the other. The other
designs are formed of narrow lace braid
in braids of this kind there is a thread
along the edge which may be drawn to
assist in forming curved. figures.

MY LADY’S HAIR.

 

BY HATTIE WASHBURN.

INCE earliest time poets have sung

ofihe wondrous beauty and charm

of woman’s hair. Lovers of all
ages and of all races have raved over
locks of every shade and hue. Nor has it
been left to sentimentalists alone to tell
of that all important adjunct to woman’s
beauty. Even staid historians have re-
counted instances of stern warriors,
statesmen, philosophers and other digni-
taries who have become entangled in its
delicate meshes.

Her hair is in very truth woman’s crown
of glory and well may her worshipper
cherish a lock. So old and so universal
is this practice that the phrase, “a lock
of hair,” more forcibly than any other,
perhaps, presents to the mind a treasured
token, a token that, though the loved one
were far away, still recalls a dear face
framed by the crown of glory that yielded
the cherished tress.

The divine passion makes poets of us
all and for countless generations the lov-
cr has with impunity, cherished a lock
from the tresses of his loved one, but
how is it with the lover of today? If a
lock of hair could ever summon to the
mind of him who cherished it, a vision
of the face it once had shaded, what
might not the modern lover behold when
he gazed upon a lock from the head of a
lady of fashion? Might he not see in
that vision the visage of a Chinese crim-
inal, horrible in its agony of dread; the
innocent face of an unknown child, mo-
tionless in death, or the countenance of
a stranger whose hair he would not pre-
sume nor desire to fondle?

Did a cherished lock of hair hold the
magic with which poets have credited it,
strange and varied indeed, might be the

visions of the modern lover who wears
near his heart a tress clipped at random
from hisB lady’s crown of glory.

And why do women of fashion burden
their heads with such masses of false
hair with it would seem that the most
important part of the human»form, which
nature has so beautifully molded, had
been enlarged and distorted to grotesque-
ness? The custom of wearing false hair
is extremely old just as is the practice
of wearing artificial limbs, false teeth,

glass eyes and other makeshifts of the-

uni’ortunate, but it is only recently that
we have become used to seeing false hair
entwined with the glossy, abundant
tresses of younth.

Usually those who are forced to resort
to false things to conceal or rectify phv-
sical defects, are sensitive, often morbidly
so, in regard to their misfortune. Not
so with the woman who, at the decree of
fashion and not of fate, wears false hair.
Often her elaborate coiffure is so ovbi-
ously false that even blindly trusting man
can not be expected to be deceived. Yet
woman wears that outrage to her natural
crown of glory as proudly and calmly as
an innocent damsel wears a restraining
ribbon on her bright tresses.

.Tf man is supposed to be deceived his
would—be deceiver, as we often learn, is
beguiled instead. While traveling in a
passenger coach I was greatly amused
by the remarks of two young men across
the isle who were beguiling the way by
sketching the heads of their fellow
travelers.

“This is going to be clever,” one said.
"I am going to sketch the girl with a lot
seaweed up here,” indicating the head.

His comparison was an apt one, for
the head-dress worn by his unconscious

 

Nos. 1, 2 and 3 numbering from top to
bottom.

subject was so conspicuously artificial and
so many shades lighter than her natural
hair, which slightly protruded beneath the
false, that it more closely resembled a.
cap woven of some fibrous vegetation
than a woman's natural crown of glory.

MENDING SUGGESTIONS.

BY ELLA E. ROCKWOOD.

A tear in worsted goods can be success-
fully darned with a thread of the same
fabric. Run the needle back and forth
through the weave bringing the edges
barely together. Fill in the stitches thick-
ly but not crossing them, as in darning,
except as may be required to hold the
ends of threads in position so they will
not show. When finished dampen slight-
ly and press with a warm iron under a
cloth. The place will scarcely show if
the work has been carefully done.

For table linen or towels, darn back
and forth, using threads of the SW ”“5
teriai. A good plan ii. - . new the string
cut off at the time the pieces are hem?
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noticeable. fThi'n. places should be darned

before they ,wear. entirely .through, thus
preventing a, hole. ,The‘- work may be
done in, an embroidery hoop if preferred.

On some goods and in some garments.
mending is best performed by removing
the worn or torn place entirely. A pretty
new plaid gingham skirt had a bad
scorce on one of the gores near the band.
All attempts at removal failed. Finally
a new piece of the goods was Washed to
make it look exactly like that in the
skirt. The scorched portion was then
cut out clear across the breadth top and
bottom, following a thread to ensure even-
ness A new piece was cut, matching
the plaid exactly and allowing for seams.

. The sides were then re—sewed and after

being pressed with open seams the mend
showed so little that the piecing could
scarcely be found. A tear could be mend-
ed in the same manner.

DIET FOR NEUROSTHENIC PEOPLE.

 

 

BY ELIZABETH M. STETSON.

In all cases where nerves have got the
best of people there is an excess of acid
in the system. This is why rheumatism
and other kidney and bladder diseases so
frequently accompany neurosthenia and
nervous prostration. Much of this may
be .removed by anti-acid diet.

The craving for fruits and highly acid-
ulated drinks is caused by the inward
fever that is brought upon the organs by
the burning of the excessive amount of
fermented stuff inside. It is often hard
for the patient to resist the demands for
satisfaction in cooling and acid drinks.
“rater does not seem to quench the thirst,
something is lacking in it, and so the
acid conditions are constantly and con-
tinuously increased by more and more
acid. and the nerves are starved and
suffer accordingly.

Bread and mushes, when not of a well-
will set up an irrita-
tion in the tender“ walls of the stomach,
producing sour stomach and distress more
often than other things. Potatoes would
be good if they were not such a tax
upon the stomach in the digestion of
the fibrous starch. Rice furnishes, with
good rich milk, an almost ideal diet for
the neurosthenic. It is anti-acid, not too
heavy with hearty starch, is easily di—
gested and assimilated almost immedi-
ately and entirely.

The reason some stomachs find it un-
pleasant is because it has not been washed
sufficiently to get the dust off. This dust
creates an irritation, sometimes imme-
diately, often later, in digestion, causing
distress. If washed until the, water is
clear and rubbed thoroughly through the
fingers and hands, it will be all right.

Out of door exercise is good, taken in
moderation, because the oxygen burns
out the waste tissues and throws off the
carbonic acid gas, which acid is like oth-
er acids to the neurosthenic. Every ex—
ercise should be taken in a leisurely way.
so that the nerves of digestion may not
lose too much in force by what is ex-
pended in muscular activity,

SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.

I recently saw a toy table which would
make a. nice Christmas gift for the chil-
dren. It was made of white wood with a
half-inch rim which prevented the toys
from rolling off. It was high enough for
the small children to sit on the floor and
slip their feet under it. It was also heavy
enough for a child to sit on and had four
large casters so that it could be easily
rolled about. This one was made es-
pecially for the nursery.~M. A. P.

Try rubbing some common baking soda
on the next greasy dishes you find in
your dishpan. As this is an alkali it will
unite with the grease to form a soap-
suds.——N. D. T.

Just set the gravy bowl in the top of
the teakettle next time you want to warm
any gravy over. This saves room on the
stove and prevents the bowl from getting
getting cracked—N. D. T.

The proper heating of cake is always a
laborious task, so I know this new way
will prove useful to any who may try it.
Place the butter where it will become
soft. See that the ice cream freezer is in
perfect working order. Put the eggs in
the cylinder, and add the melted butter,
you would for making ice cream, turn
the crank a minute or two, then open
‘the cylinder, and all the melted butter,
sugar and milk. Turn the crank again
for a minute, then add flour, baking-
powder‘, and any other ingredients de-
sired; adjust the crank and turn for ten
minutes, and you will find the mixture as
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W'hen churning with a dash churn fold
a piece of stiff paper and pin tightly
around the top of the churn, letting it
extend up about eight or ten inches. This',
will save the “spattering” on the floor.-— .
Mrs. D. L. M'.

An office stool of the proper height is
useful in the kitchen when ironing, wash—
ing dishes, paring vegetables, and many
other times when it is not necessary to
stand and a chair is too low.—E. B.

Our mother is nearly blind from cat-
aracts, so that it is very difficult to de—
cipher her handwriting as the words are
frequently written one over the other.,
Someone suggested a typewriter and now!
there is no more trouble about reading|
her letters. The clearly defined type onI
the keys she. can easily distinguish!
Learning the mechanical operation of the
machine bothered her very little, although l
she is over eighty. Now she enjoys writ-I
ing more than ever, as no one has the
slightest difficulty in following her words,
and it helps to pass away the time, quite
an item with an elderly person.——E. E. R.

AMUSING THE CHILDREN.

Cut pictures from old magazines or
catalogues and color them with crayons,‘
which can be purchased for ten cents.

A blackboard which is easily made at
home by buying a 25 cent bottle of the
prepared finish and painting large strips
of heavy paper, first lacking the corners
firmly. will give instruction as well as
entertainment.

\\'ith a bottle of paste or some flour
paste, what wonderful scrap books they
can make.

A box, a hammer and a few tacks will
keep my small son busy and happy half
a day. The outlay is small and the pleas-
ure great for the little folks.

So many come into my house and ex-
claim, “Do you let your children haVe
scissors?” “Yes, dull pointed ones."

A mechanical toy that costs five dollars
will not give a child half the joy a ten-
cent one may, if they can work ”like
papa” or “help mamma.”—Mrs. E. K.

 

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No. 4047, Ladies’ Shirt Waist. Seven
sizes, 32 to 44 inches, bust measure. For
36 bust it requires 31/8 yards 27 inches
wide. Price, 10 cents.

No. 5190, Childrens’
in sizes 1, 3 and 5 years. The 3-year
size requires two yards of 36-inch or
iii}, yards of 44-inch material. Price, 10
cents.

No. 5566, Ladies’ Evening Dress Hav-
ing Two-piece Empire Skirt. Cut in 6
sizes, 32 to 42 inches, bust measure. Size
(:6 requires for dress, 5 yards of 36-inch
material, and for lining, 1% yards of

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That’s why the ordinary soda cracker
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The advent of Uneeda Biscuit and the moisture-
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of same width;'3% yards of embroidered
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‘DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

December 27, 1911.
Grains and Seeds.

Wheat.———Prices declined last week
largely because of the bearish condition
on this continent, the receipts at Winni-
peg being enormous, while those of the
spring wheat states showed little signs
of letting up. Weather conditions in a
measure account for this selling by farm-
ers. There is little news from abroad;
the world’s visible supply shows a good
increase. however. The latest reports
from South America are to the eiTect that
damage has been done the crOp in that
section. The flour market is quiet.
There will be little activity in the market
during the remaining days of this year
unless some unexpected news comes from
Argentine to alter the effect of that coun-
try’s crop upon the world’s market. One
year ago the price for No. 2 red wheat
was 95c l-er bu. Quotations are as fol.

lows:
No. 2 No. 1
Red. \Vhite. May. July.
Thursday .. ”951/2 .931/2 99% 93%
Friday ........ 95% 93% 1.00 94%,
Saturday ..........................
Monday ...........................
Tuesday ..... . .95 1,4 .93 991/5 .94»;
\Vednesday . . . .961/2 94%, 1.001/2 .9514

Corn ——There was a break in No. 3 corn
prices on Tuesday when the recent high
figures were reduced l/rzc. Should the
country roads improve so that deliveries
can be made, it is probable that receipts
will increase rapidly. This appeared to
be the feature which caused traders to
mark down the price since weather pre-
dictions were that a cold wave was on
its way. However, the trade has been
slow, very little business being transact-
ed. The price for No. 2 corn a year ago
was 53c per bu. Quotations for the past
week are:

No. 3 No. 3

Corn Yellow.
Thursday . . . . . . . . . ....... 64 65
Friday ..... . 64 65
Saturday ................. .. . .
Monday ........... .. ..
Tuesday .................. 631/2 65
\Vednesday , .............. 631/2 65

Oats.—The desire to have as little grain
on hand as possible chr the lifeless holi-
day season caused all who had more than
enough to supply present demands, to sell
or offer their surplus. This resulted in
a slight reduction of prices on Tuesday.
There was, however, little busincss done.
One year ago the price for standard oats
was 350 per bu. Quotations are as fol-

lows:
Standard. No. 3
\Vhite.
Thursday ...... 51 50%
Friday ............ . ..... . . 51 501/;
Saturday .......... . . . . . . .
Monday .............. . . . . .. . .
Tuesday ........ . ........ 50 491/2
\Vcdnesday .............. 50 49%:

Beans—There has been a light run of
business in bean circles the past few
days. Prices are ruling at the closing
figures of a week ago. Farmers are not
offering their beans liberally. They seem-
ingly are of the opinion that the crop
has been greatly shortened by the large
amount of beans that could not be har-

vested. Quotations for the week are as
follows:
Cash. Jan.
Thursday .................. $2.25 $2.30
Friday .................... . 2.25 2.30
Saturday ................... .. . . . .
Monday ....................
Tuesday .................. 2.25 2.30
\Vednesday ....... . ........ 2.27 2.32
Clover Seed.—This market is steady

with only a small amount of business be-
ing done. Prices for common seed rule
100 below the quotations of a week ago
in both prime spot and March. AISike

is steady. Quotations are as follows:
Prime Spot. March. Alsike.
Thursday ....... $12.40 $12.40 $10.30
Friday .......... 12.40 12.40 10.30
Saturday ........ .. . .. ..........
Monday .............. . . .....
Tuesday ......... 12.40 12.40 10.50
\Vednesday ...... 12.40 12.40 10.50

Timothy Seed.——This seed is unchanged
and nominally quoted at $7.20 per bu.
Ryeanarket rules dull with cash N0
2 selling at 94c per bu.
Flour, Feed, Potatoes, Etc.
FIour.——’l‘here is a light demand for
flour, with prices unchanged.

Straight ............................. $4.10
Patent Michigan .................... 4.75
Ordinary Patent .................... 4.50

Feed—All grades steady with last
week. Carlot prices on track arc: Bran,

$27 per ton; coarse middlings, $29; fine
middlings. $32: cracked corn, $30; coarse
corn meal, $30; corn and out chop, $28
per ton.

Hay and Straw.-l’rices and market
conditions are steady. Quotations arc.
No. 1 timothy, $206121; No. 2 timothy,
$197120: clovcr, mixed, $18.50@20; rye
straw, $9.501i1710: wheat and oat straw,
$0 per ton.

Potatoes.—Last week’s prices are sus-
tained. About enough offerings are made
to keep the trade steady. Car lots on
track are quoted at 85((1i90c per bushel.

Pr0visions.—'Family pork, $17.50@20:
mess pork, $16.50; medium clear, $1661)
17.50; hams. 131/2c: bacon, 12@14c: pure
lard in tierces. 91/3c; kettle rendered
lard, 1014c per lb.

Dairy and Poultry Products.

Butter.—An advance in the Elgin quo-
tations resulted in better prices on the
local markets for creamery goods, the
advance being 1c. A limited supply and
a fair demand caused the advance. Quo-
tations are: Extra creamery, 36c; first
creamery. 350; dairy, 21c; packing stock
20c per lb.

Eggs.——The mild weather has resulted
in an increase in the supply of fresh eggs
which accounts for the decline of 40 per

 

dozen on the local market, the quotations
at present being 28c per dozen for cur-
rent receipts, cases included.
Ppultry,—-A large quantity of chickens
has been left over from the Christmas

.trading which gives that department a.

dull undertone. Other kinds rule about
steady with former prices, except dressed
turkeys and geese are higher. Quotations
are: Live—Turkeys, 16@17c; geese, 11@
12c: ducks 14c; young ducks, 15c; spring
chickens, 10@11c; No. 2 chickens, 80
per lb; hens, 81/2@9c. Dressed——Chickens
10@llc; hens, 8@9c; ducks, 16@17c; geese
13@14c; turkeys, 18@20c.
Cheese.—Michigan, old, 15’7/2@17c; Mich-
igan, late, 151/2@17c; York state, new, 16
@17c: Swiss, domestic block, 17@2(ic;
cream brick, 15@16c; limburger, 14@15c.
Veal. Market lower for fancy. Fancy,
100, choice, 8@9c per lb.
Dressed Hogs.—Light, $7.25;
$7; heavy, $6.50 per cwt.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Cabbage.-—Stcady. Selling at
2 per bbi, for home-grown.
Onions.——Steady at 95c@1 per bu.
Apples—Baldwins and Greenings, $2.75
«13: Spy, $3603.50; Ben Davis, $2@2.50;
Snows, $350194 per bbl.

OTHER MARKETS.
Grand Rapids.

Prices bid for live poultry this week
are as follows: Fowls. 9c; ducks, 120;
geese. 10c: turkeys, 15c, Dealersin dairy.
products are paying 28c for dairy butter
and 30c for eggs. Dressed hogs are worth
around The The city market reports
hay selling at $181120. Beans are looking
bettci, with quotations for white pea on
$1.90 basis. red kidneys $2.25. No change
is reported in the potato market, the
price offered at outside loading stations
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Chicago.
“heat—N0. 2 red, 941/§@961/_)c; May,
9ch; July, 93%0.

Corn—No. 3, 611460620; May, 63%c;
July. 63323 per bu.
(tats—No. 2 white, 463/;@.:471/20; May.

4653-; .luiy, 430 per bu.

Barley. Malting grades, $1.12@1.25 per’
but feeding, 80((1‘950.

l-lutter.b’_i‘l\e better grades of creamery
are up 1c; dairy goods unchanged. The
market is firm. Creameries, 26@36c;
dairies, 23611310.

ltlggs.—Heavy receipts and mild weath-
er are held responsible for the big drop
in values since a Week ago. Colder
weather on Tuesday of this week, how-
ever, gave the market a firmer tone.
Quotations are: Firsts, grading 45 per
cent fresh, 26@27c; ordinary firsts, 211)
24c; at mark, cases included, 17(11260 per
dozen.

Potatoes. The recent decline in values
brought a corresponding drop in receipts.
The, demand, however, has continued
sufliciently active to force good advances
since this time last week. Michigan
stock is now quoted at 88@900 per bu;
\\'isconsin, 85@88c; Minnesota, 88((fi90C.

Beans.—~Good stock scarce and all kinds
have made a good advance. Choice hand—
picked pea beans quoted at $2.48 per bu;
prime, $2.41; red kidneys, $3 per bu.

Hay and Straw.——Hay steady to firm;
rye straw lower. Quotations: Choice tim-
othy, $226123 ton; do., No. 1, $20.50@21.50;
do., No. 2 and No. 1 mixed, $19@19.50:
do., No. 3 and No. 2 mixed, $14Q1)18; clo-
ver. $156117; do., No. 2 and no grade, 37
«1,13; rye straw, $961110; oat straw, $9@
10 per ton; wheat straw, $8@9 per ton.

Apples—Market about steady with a
week ago. The offerings are selling from
$2604 per bbl., according to kind and
quality

 

 

New York.

Hutton—Prices have suffered no change
and trading goes on with a firm tone.
Creamery specials are quoted at 38c per
lb; extras, 37c; firsts, 34@36c; seconds,
3160330

Eggs—~Prices took a decided plunge
last week, the figures in some instances
going down 10c below those for the same
grade a week ago. The increase in sup-
plies due to the mild weather has worked
the change. Fresh gathered extras, 34@
35c; extra firsts, 31@32c; seconds, 27@
28c: western gathered whites, 33((17380 per
dozen.

Poultry—Market unsettled. Western
chickens, 1001101/3c: fowls, 13@131/zc; tur-
keys, 14c. I)resscd—-Irregular. Turkeys,
lzfuiRc; fowls, sciatic; western chickens,
lBfiilGC per lb.

BOston.

\VooL—Business has been heavy the
past wet-k. Buyers do not anticipate that
prices for the 1911 clip will drop below
the present quotations. There extsts a
healthy demand for Ohio fleeces, but the
call for Michigan goods has fallen off dur-
ing the past, few days. Territory woois
appear to be selling better than a month
ago. Following are the leading .quota-
tions for domestic ileeces: Ohlt) and
Pennsylvania fieeces——Delaine washed,
31c; XX. 280; tag-blood combing, 26c; 34,-
blood combing, 251/gc; fine, unwashed,
21c. Michigan, Wisconsin and Now York
fleeces—ei’ine unwashed, 20c: dclaine u_n—
washed, 23c; 1/2-blood unwashed, 2561)
251/30. Kentucky, lndiana and Missouri;
’EQ-hlood, 24c; tq-blood, 24c.

 

Elgin.

Butter.—Market firm at 36c per 1b.,
which is an advance of 1 cent over last
week's quotation. Output for the week,
620,120 lbs., compared with 624,700 lbs. a
week ago.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Buffalo.
December 26, 1911.
(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, N. Y.)

Cattle receipts, five cars; steady. Hog
receipts, 30 cars; steady. Heavy, $6.40@
6.50; yorkers, $6.40@6.45;. pigs, $6.35.
Sheep and lambs, receipts 80 cars; steady.
Top lambs, $6.35; yearlin, s. $4.50@5:
wethers, $3.75@4; ewes. $3.26 3.60. Calves
$5@9.25

r ms meme“ FARMER

 

 

Chicago. -
December 25, 1911.

This is Christmas, one of the three
holidays; of the year strictly observed at
the stock yards, the other two being
Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July-
Live stock that arrives is yarded and
cared for, but no sales are made.

Cattle prices underwent frequent fluc—
tuations last week on account of the great
variation in the supplies, 31,851 head ar-
riving Monday, while the run for VVed—
nesday was only 14,131 head. Before the
Monday market closed cattle were selling
anywhere from 10@25c lower than on the
preceding Saturday, but the decline was
recovered two days later, while the mea-
ger Thursday offerings brought about a
further improvement of a dime in prime
beeves, which were so scarce that the
packers were unable to fill their orders.
()n that day they managed to even up
things. however, by forcing prices 10@
15c lower for a large part of the common
and middling class of steers. The bulk
of the steers sold during the week went
at 355061750, with inferior to fair light
weight steers going at $4.60@5.75, medi—
um grade cattle between $6 and $7, good
steers at $7617.50 and choice to fancy
beeves at $7.60@9, transactions at $8 and
upward cutting very little figure, as there
were not much offering of the best class
of cattle. Cows and heifers had a more
reliable outlet than steers, butchering
lots; going at. $3.35@6.65. Canners sold
at $1.75((_v2.75, cutters at $2.80@3.30 and
bulls at $3605.50. Calves had such an
unusually small demand that prices suf—
fered a big decline, the better class of
light-weight vealers going at $6.50@7.50,
with sales all the way down to $3@4 for
coarse, heavy weights. There was a mod-
erate trade in stockers and feeders, with
killers competing forethe better class of
heavy feeding steers and securing the
larger share. Stockers went at $3.25(d)
5.15 and feeders at $465606, with not
much doing above $5.50 and many buy-
ers refusing to pay over $5.25. ...ilkers
and springers were about as dull as
could be imagined at $30(1_'1)60 per heao,
being $57110 lower than a short time ago.

Hogs were marketed last week very
much more liberally than a week earlier,
and the large offerings caused considcr~
able weakness in prices, although less
than might have been expected. Usually
there was a good demand, and eastern
shippers stood ready, as a rule, to pur-
chase the small percentage of choice
barrows of strong weights, as well as
the best lighter weights that averaged
around 190 to 200 lbs. Of late the re-
ceipts haVc been averaging in weight only
213 lbs, which is certainly a low aver-
age. even if it is 10 lbs. above the lowest
time of the season. several weeks ago.
when the marketing of sick pigs was at
its height. A year ago hogs averaged
224 lbs., two years ago 218 lbs. and three
years ago 210 lbs. ,There is no longer
much hog cholera, according to late re-
ports, but many stockmen persist in mar-
keting light weight young hogs in order
to save their high—priced corn. Hogs
have been selling at $5.65@6.15 for light
weights and at $6.15@6.30 for heavier lots,
with pigs going at $4.50(r115.70, stags at
$625616.” and boars at $2603. It is ex-
pected by the best judges that it will pay
farmers with sufficient feed to produce
iat beeves, hogs and live muttons.

Sheep and lambs were marketed last
week in very much smaller numbers than
a week previous, and a normal general
demand caused good advances in prices
for desirable offerings, fat lambs being
the grcat favorites and leading off in the
upward movement. Lambs sold at $3.50
614.50 for the, poorest lots and at $5.50@
6.40 for fair to prime, but not many were
fancy enough to sell above $6.30. Year-
lings were good sellers at 94.656550, light
ones on the lamb order selling highest
and heavy ones selling at a large dis-
count. \\'cthers sold at $3.60fih425, ewes
at $2653.65 and bucks at $2.25o2.75.

Horses were marketed too liberally last
week, at least so far as common and
medium grades were concerned, these
meeting with a very dragging demand and
selling at weak to lower prices. Such
demand as there was centered on choice
heavy draftcrs. there being a small at-
tendance of buyers. The lowest class
sold on a basis of $656312?) per head,
\\‘liil chunks that weighed 1,250 to 1,450
lbs, salable at $150 to $200, and light
drafters weighing 1,550 to 1,650 lbs. were
salable at $175 to $225. and heavier
oncs wcro salable at .23061‘300 and up-
ward, prime extra heavy (lrafters selling
as high as ever. There was a demand
for high-class cxpressers for eastern
shipment at $350 and upward, with such
offerings scarce. F.‘

 

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Petri, of St. Louis, who is bullish on
corn, makes the point that granting that
three million hogs dicd from cholera
\\'i1!(‘h he thinks is a most liberal esti:
mate, this loss is largely offset by the big
crop of spring pigs which were saved. He
figures that it takes ten bushels of corn
to fatten a hog, or thirty million bushels
of corn saved on account of hog cholera,
which is only a drop in the bucket when
it is taken into account that 200.000.000
to 300,000,000 bushels of the corn crop of
1911 is so rotten that it cannot be used.

The first appearance of genuine winter
Weather may always be depended upon
to start up a lively movement of cattle,
hogs and sheep to market, for there are
many farmers who do not care to winter
their stock, and this movement is great-

‘ly accelerated when feed is’ much higher

in price than usual, as it ha ens o h
this ,winter. The recent snorwp storin irei
the middle west brought out a big Mon-
day supply of live stock, the run of cat-
tle being made up very largely of short-
fed and warmed-up steers and thin cows.
01! course, prices weakened all along the
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no longer plentiful. the best having been
sent to the International 'Live, Stock Ex-’

position or else sent in for the Christmas
olida'y market.

It is now generally admitted that the '

short-feed districts have marketed most
of their light-weight cattle that are not
intended for finishing, and smaller offer-

ings of light stockers are' seen in the '

Chicago and other western markets.
Many farmers who have plenty of rough
feed are letting their thin light cattle
have the run of_ their stalk fields and get
a cheap growth in this manner. .

The eastern shortage, of feed has caused
farmers living in that part Of the coun-
try to go slow in buying stocker and
feeder cattle in the Chicago market re-
cently, and the largest demand has come
from the territory immediately surround-
ing Chicago. Numerous buyers have been
taking cattle out with the plan of giving
them a feed lasting three, months, as they
figure that. by the end of that period
there is bound to be a decided shortage

of a medium to good class of killing'

steers. ‘ ,
The action of the British war office in

declining to accept bids from the indicted ‘

Chicago packers until the government
trial was over is a serious blow to the
canned beef trade, that being the kind
of beef mostly taken, and it will prove
a weakening factor in the market for
canning cattle. The packer outlet for
canned beef is very largely on export
account, with England a particularly large
buyer.

It is a great pity that there are so
many stock feeders who have arrived at
the conclusion that it will not pay to
fatten their pigs and thrifty, growing
young hogs until they reach full matu-
rity. True, feed is dear, but it is almost
a certainty that producing reasonably
heavy swine will prove to be a paying
policy in .the end. it is easy to see that
the enormous marketings of sick pigs and
healthy pigs this season by farmers who
were panic-stricken is going to tell later
on in curtailing the hog supply, and there
is no question about the same result be-
ing the inevitable consequence of the
present heavy selling of light—weight
hogs. Prime heavy hogs are scarce arti-
cles and much sought after by butchers,
who willingly pay a liberal premium in
order to secure a fair quota.

71:11.; recent course of the sheep and
lamb market has been irregular, with

frequent, upward and downward mgcjer

ments, depending upon the volume of
the marketings. Prime lambs of medium
weights have all along sold much the.
best, prices ruling as high at times as
$6.25 per 100 lbs. and as low as at other
times at $6. Most people want lambs,
although light—weight yearlings are apt
to be good sellers.

Much valuable information was gath-
ered by stockmen who attended the re-
cent Interantional Live Stock Exposition
at Chicago regarding improved methods

of fattening live stock, and the various .

methods employed haVc been published
by the various farm papers of the coun-
try. The prize winning feeders cattle
exhibited there were purchased by an
lllinois stock feeder, the lot consisting of
20 head of Hereford steers that averaged
924 lbs., and sold for $6.10 per 100 lbs.
They were exhibited by a Nebraska
breeder, who this year sold 237 bulls to
ship to Colorado, the two Dakotas, Mon-
tana and western Nebraska.

Dairy products are still selling unus-
ually high, butter prices having been ad—
vanced again after a temporary decline.
Eggs have been selling in Minneapolis as
high as 50 cents a dozen for lots passing
as strictly fresh, being the highest ever
paid in that city, while storage eggs have
been retailing there for 45 cents. At the
recent annual election of the Elgin Board
of Trade the insurgents carried the day,
and one of the leaders made the state-
ment that the election meant that the
price committee of five men which fixes
the butter quotations and reports to the
board will be abolished, as it is in direct
violation of the Sherman anti-trust laW.
He said the organization is from now on
to be a board of trade in fact as well
as in name, and creamery men who de-
sire to sell butter will go there and sell.
Those desirous of buying will go there
and buy, and prices will be established in
this manner.

The two-year-old Shorthorn winners of
several prizes at the recent International
stock show that numbered 15 head and
averaged 1,382 lbs. brought at the auc-
tion $11.50 per 100 lbs. J. G. Imboden, of
illinois, was the feeder and exhibitor. He
bought them at the. International a year
earlier as feeders, from S. B. Burnett, of
Texas, a prominent southwestern ranch-
man, who makes a specialty of breeding
Hereford and Shorthorn cattle. Mr. Im—
boden stated that the cattle weighed 650
lbs. when taken back to the feed lot from
the 1910 international and that they put
on a gain of around 750 lbs. They had
been on full feed since January last.
Early in the feeding period the leading
ration was ground corn, cob and all, a
little .oil cake added. During the last
four months oats, ground corn and oil
cake was the principal ration. The
roughage. consisted of shocked corn and
fodder, with a very little oat straw. The
cattle had no grass after July 1 and pre-
vious to that all told there were 40 head
on seven acres, with the grass very poor
at that. During May and June they made
an average gain of 140 lbs., and during
.luly and August, when they were taken
off grass, 166 lbs.
biggest gain was made without grass.
Mr. Imboden remarked that owing to the
high price of choice fat cattle this year
the gain more than offset the increased
grim cost because of absence of grass,
but ‘added that under normal feeding
conditions this method would not pay..

In a. recent, week a Pennsylvania man
purchased in the Chicago market a car,
load of milk cows for under $55 per head.
f’rirsir'ile5 Holstein cows are bringing
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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET.-

Thureday's Market.
December 28, 1911.

. Cattle.
Receipts, 550. Market 15@25c higher
than the close last Friday; strong at last

Thursday’s prices.
We quote:

mun cows, $3@3.25;

3.50; milkers, large, young,
$406950; common milkers,
tra fancy cows $556260.

$25@30.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Kamman 3 butch-
ers av 993 at $4.50, 6 do av 773 at $4.10,
2 do av 640 at $3.50; to Bresnahan 1 cow
weighing 660 at $3, 8 do av 855 at $2.60,
1 do weighing 750 at $2, 1 do weighing
830 at $3, 1 heifer weighing 680» at $4, 3
butchers av 743 at $3.30, 1 bull weighing

'550 at $3.25, 7 stockers av 676 at $3.90, 3
cows av 1,007 at $3; to Hammond, S. &
Co. 2 do av 970 at $3, 2 do av 910 at
$3.75, 1 bull Weighing 1,690 at $4.50, 1 do
weighing 1,200 at $4, 5 cows av 920 at
$2.95, 1 do weighing 770 at $2.50, 3 do av
923 at $3; to Newton B. Co. 16 steers av
1,060 at $5.60, 1 Cow weighing 1,220 at $4,
1 do weighing 1,120 at $3, 20 steers av
1,050 at $5.50, to Rattkowsky 3 cows av
1,227 at $4, 1 bull weighing 920 at $3.50,

1 do weighing 1,620 at $4.40;

weighing 830 at $3.25;

weighing 1,070 at $5.50,
'at $3.21; 3 steers av 777 at $4.75; to Ham-

mond S. & Co. 5 cows av 906 at $3; to
y 761 at $4.35; to
Bresnahan 1 bull weighing 1,440 at $4.50,

Fromm 7 butchers av

1 cow weighing 910 at $2.75.

Spicer & R. sold Bresnahan 3 cows av

826 at $2.60, 3 canners av 877 at $2.85, 1

cow weighing 800 at $3, 2 do av 735 at

$2.85, 1 do weighing 1,180 at $3; to New-

ton B. Co. 1 steer weighing 900 at $4, 1

heifer weighing 830 at $3; to Mich. B. Co.

1 cow weighing 1,080 at $4, 2 steers av
1,020 at $5.25, 1 heifer weighing 380 at
$3.50, 7 steers av 774 at $4.30, 10 do av
985 at $5.40, 8 do av 711 at $4.70, 11 do av
660’at $4.05; to Breitenbeck 25 do av 876
at $5.25; to Rattkowsky 1 cow weighing
850 at $3.75, 3 do av 1,000 at $4; to Goose
4 butchers av 705 at $3.70; to Lachalt 17
do av 887 at $4.70; to Marx 15 do av 870
at $4.70; to Hirschleman 15 do av 903 at
$4.70; to Newton B. Co. 14 do av 728 at

$4, 27 do av 905 at $4.60, 33 do av 800 at
$4 60, 27 do av 833 at $4.60.
Veal Calves.

Receipts, 273. Good grades 50613750.
higher; common steady. Best, $8.159;
others, $4@7.50; milch cows and springers
steady.

Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 2 av
145 at $8.50, 1 weighing 100 at $8, 4 av
140 at $8.50; to Mich. B. Co. 6 av 120 at
$8.25, 5 av 145 at $8, 4 av 110 at $8.25; to
Sullivan P. Co. 12 av 130 at $8; to Burn-
stine 1 weighing 300 at $4.75, 3 av 130 at
$8.50, 12 av 150 at $8.50, 4 av 135 at $9,
6 av 125 at $8.75, 9 av 140 at $8.75, 4 av
155 at $9.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. &
Co. 1 weighing 140 at $8, 2 av 195 at
$8.75, 2 av 125 at $7, 1 weighing 230 at
$4; to Sullivan P. Go. 3 av 150 at $8.25, 4
av 105 at $6.25, 7 av 135 at $8; to Ratt-
kowsky 1 Weighing 280 at $4; to Mir-h. 1%.
Co. 11 av 140 at $8, 1 weighing 130 at
$8.50; to Rattkowsky 4 av 150 at $6.25;
to Goose 10 av 128 at $8, 9 av 150 at $8;
to McGuire 5 av 160 at $9, 5 av 165 at
$9; to Goose 2 av 110 at $7.

Sheep and Lambs.-

theipts, 2,722. Market 25c higher than
'\\'ednesday or last week on lambs; sheep
steady. Best lambs, $6@6.50; fair lambs,
355063575; light to common lambs. $407;
4.75. fair to good sheep, $2.75@3.25; culls"
and common, $1.50@2.50.

Spicer & R. sold Thompson Bros. 21
sheep av 85 at $3, 34 lambs av 57 at $5.25,
29 do av 60 at $5.35; to Sullivan P. Co.
154 do av 82 at $6.10, 16 do av 85 at $6.15,
33 do av 80 at $6.15,\5 sheep av 100 at

52.25, 29 sheep av 75 at $3.25; to Goose
10 do av 147 at $3.35; to Mich. B. Co. 37
do av 135 at $3.25, 22 do av 95 at $2.65.

Haley & M. sold Mich. B. CO. 48 sheep
av 85 at $3, 37 lambs av 63 at $5.50; to
Parker, W. & Co. 75 do av 73 at $5.75.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. CO.
16 sheep av 80 at $3, 4 do av 120 at
$2.75, 20 lambs av 50 at $4; to Parker, W.

& Co. 48 do' av 65 at $5.50, 69 do av.75,

at $5.65, 32 do av 50 at $4.50, 98 do av
85 at $6.50, 2 sheep av 95 at $2; to Bar-
lage 35 lambs av 50 at $4.75, 21 do av
50 at, $5, 59 sheep av 95 at $3; to Bray
,4 do av 135 at $3. 2 do av 200 at $2.50, 22
lambs av 83 at $6.25: l“-0 Barlage 18‘ do av
'70 at $6.25, 49 sheep av‘ 90 at $3.25; to
Hayes 17 lambs av 55 at $4.50. 17 do av
65 at $4.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 5 sheep
av 105 at $3, 20 lambs av 63 at $5.75, 85
do av 75 at $6, 15 do av 60 at $5; to
Young 46 do av 70 at $6, 25 do av 75 at
6 do av 70 at $5660; to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 85 do av 65 at $ .

Hogs.

Receipts. 2.374. Market 10@15c higher
than last week. None sold up to noon;
'packers' bidding as follows:

Range of prices: Light to good butch-

., an other markets are mum on to date.
9' Thursday‘s Detroit mammal: markets
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Best steers and heifers, $6;
steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $5.50@
6; do. 800 to 1,000, $4.75@5.40; do that are
fat, ‘500 to 700, $4@4.50; choice fat cows,
$4@4.50; good fat cows, $3.50@3.75; com—
canners, $2.50@2.75;
choice heavy bulls, $4@4.50; fair to good
bo‘lognas, bulls, $3.75@4; stock bulls, $3@
medium age,
Ex-

to Goose a
3 cows av 937 at $3.50, 1 bull weighing
960 at $4.25, to Marx 1 bull weighing 880
at $4, 4 butchers av 777 at $4, 1 cow
to Goose 8 cows
av 982 at $3.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 steer
3 cows av 893

   

ers, $6.10@6.25; pigs, .$5.90@6; light york-
ers, $5.90@6.10; Stags one-third 'oi‘lf.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. & Co.
1,290 av 190 at $6.25, 330 av 170 at. $6.20.

Spicer & R. sold
av 200 at $6.25, 255 av 175 at $6.20.

Haley & M. sold same 203 av 210 at
$6.25, 78 av 170 at $6.20, 155 av 160 at
6.10.

Friday’s Market.
December 22, 1911.
Cattle.

Receipts this week, 1,281; last week,
1,487. Canners and bulls steady; all oth-
ers 15@25c lower than on Thursday.

We quote: Dry-fed steers and heifers,
$6; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $5@
5.75; do. 800 to 1,000, $4@5; do. that are
fat, 500 to 700, $3.50@4; choice fat cows,
$4@4.25; good fat cows, $3.50@3.75; coni-
mon cows, $2.75@3.25; canners, $1.75@
2.75; choice heavy bulls, $3.75@4.25; fair
to good bolognas, bulls, $3@3.50; stock
bulls. $2.75@3.25; choice feeding steers,
800 to 1.000, $4.50@4.75; fair feeding steers
800 to 1,000, $3.50@4; choice stockers, 500
to 700, $3.75@4.25; fair do. 500 to 700,
$3@3.50: stock heifers, $2.75@3.25; milk-
ers, large, young, medium age, $40@50;
common milkers, $20@30.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts this week, 10,156; last week,

6,450. Market, quality considered, steady

with Thursday. Best lambs, $5.75@6;
fair lambs, $4.75@5.50; light to common
lambs, $3.50@4.50; fair to good sheep,

$2.75@3; culls and common, $1.75@2.75.
Hogs.
Receipts this week, 9,368;
8,341. Market 5@100 lower;
packer in market.
Range of prices: Light to good butch-
ers, $6; pigs, $5.50@5.60; light yorkers,
$5.75@5.85; stags one-third off.

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ADDITIONAL VETERIQNARY.

 

Indigestion—I have a cow that calved
last July, was in fine order then, weather
but and dry, pasture short; she lost flesh
and has never picked up much. Her hair
is rough, she slavers some and is not in
thrifty condition. D. R. K., Rapid
City, Mich.—.—Give her oz. ground gen-
tlan, 1 oz: ginger and drs. ground nux
vomica at a dose in feed three times a
day.

Barren Twin Heifer.—Have a valuable
Holstein heifer that has never been in
heat. She is a twin’calf, her mate being
a male. She is now 20 months old and
worth $200 if she would breed. A. 13.,
\Vayland, Mich—A heifer calf having
a male mate seldom, if ever, breeds, one
I should say your heifer will prove bar-
ren.

Pigs Have Fits—I have a bunch of 20
pigs; they are nearly three months old
and four of them have been troubled with
fits. They come out of their nest seem-
ingly all right until they begin to eat and
Just as soon as they attempt to eat it
causes them to have one of these fits.
Soon as they recover from the effects of
it they re-appear at trough and commence
eating as though nothing had happened.
One of the four has died: From the time
these pigs were weaned they were con-
fined on a cement floor until Dec. 5, then
they were turned out. These pigs have
had a change of feed from beginning,
some barley meal, some corn and a lib—
eral quantity of milk. I have treated
two of the pigs by giving 15 drops of
carbolic acid in a quart of sweet milk to
each and it has proved to be a remedy.
A neighbor had three sick pigs that had
fits. Two of them died, the other got
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convulsive tits such as young pigs often
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commencing to eat or drink cold food or
swill indicates choking, or a portion of
food or water or milk going down wind-
pipe, causing bronchial irritation and
great distress, for a few minutes. Other
pigs choke and during their struggle the
food is swallowed or ejected, giving the
animal relief; in other cases you will find
the larynx and pharynx of threat are af-
fected by spasm which continues from
one to ten minutes. Death may result
before the throat relaxes. Feeding warm
iced and tepid water is a preventative.
Your pigs may be wormy; however, I
hardly believe bowel parasites the cause
of their trouble. Give ten drops spirits
of camphor in a tablespoonful or two of
warm water and it will generally relieve
spasm of throat, or apply a not pack to
throat.

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::HOME’ AND YOUTH?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM

GOOD-BYE, OLD YEAR.

.—__._.

BY MILDRED M. NORTH.

Good-bye, Old Year! W'e’ve had joys and
tears,
And happy hours, and hopes and fears;
Our hearts have beat with joy most
sweet,
And our hearts have ached, for the joy
was fleet,
And our hearts have bled
‘Vhen our hopes lay dead—-

 

 

 

 

Good-bye, Old Year, good-bye.
Good-bye, Old Year! We’ve been glad
and sad,

And sorry and merry times we’ve had;

We’ve done our best and we’ll leave the
rest,

And pray for strength for the trials un-
guessed;

\\'e’ll put by our woo

And with brave hearts go.

Old Year, good-bye.

THE AFFECTION FOR HOME.

BY R. BRAUNSTEIN.

Good-bye,

When we get to the roots of human
society, \Ve find it began with two per—
sons, one man and one woman. From
that grew the family, the nation and the
race. The story of Eden with its peace
and beauty, is only the setting of that
picture of mutual love which age repeats
to age and which never loses its charm.
Says Michelet, “Society is founded on the

family institution, and the family in—
stitution on love; hence love precedes
all.” That mysterious something in an-

other which attracts, holds—-fuses all de-
sire, all hope, all ambition, all purpose
into one dominant emotion—is the in-
tensest form the affections assume. This
has been the inspiration of many of the
noblest works of genius. Artists, musi-
cians. poets, have wrought under its spell.
Their best poems, their best music, their
noblest creations have arisen at its com!-
mand. Michael Angelo called out of the
marble, forms of imperishablc beauty and
flung on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel
the sublimest conceptions inspired by the
thought of Vittoria Colonna. Raphael‘s
Madonnas are but the reflections of La
Fornarina’s beauty, which kindled in his
soul an undying flame. Bach wrote his

harmonious chorals and his wonderful
passion music which seems to vibrate
With the love and grief of the Man of

Sorrows, inspired by the love and appre-
ciation of his wife Magdalena. Shu-
mann’s exquisite songs, dreamy as an au-
tumn twilight or passionate as a mid—
summer day, are but echoes of love of
his Clara, the wife of his youth. The
stately melodies of Mendelssohn and his
weird “Songs \Vithout “lords,” are the
harmonious expression of his love for
Cecilia, his first and last love; and Bee-
thoven’s symphonies breathe the aspira-
tions of the master’s soul, mingling with
the anguish of his love, which, although
unrealized, kept him pure amid a thou—
sand temptations. Dante’s “Divine Com-
edy” represents a sinner saved by his
love, a life of disorder purified by a
memory and a regret. It is the lost
Beatrice who is his guiding star, leading
him from dissoluteness to purity, out of
siormfulness into pcacchcatrice who
kindled into the great Florentinc’s soul
a love so pure and purifying that Carlyle
says of it, “I know not an affection as
equal to Dante’s. It is a tenderness, a
trembling, longing, pitying love, like the
wail of a child’s heart: one likens it to
the song of angelsz‘it is among the pur-
est utterances of human affections, per-
haps the very purest that came out of a
human soul."

Byron touches the heart in his poem,
“The Dream," as in no other of his works.
and the reason is, it was inspired by the
memory of the only pure affection that
relieved the darkness of his life, for to

him it was indeed a sweet dream, and
like all dreams, soon passed away, leav—
ing only a memory: and Burns never

sings more sweetly than when thinking
of his “Mary in Heaven.”

It is this mutual affection, pure, strong,
true, which must be the cornerstone of
the home. “'hen two young people love
each other and marry they restore the
picture of the apostolic church. They are
of one heart and soul; neither do their
say that anything they possess is their
own but they have all things in com-
mon. Their mutual trust in each other
draws out all that is best in both. Love
is the angel who rolls away the stone
from the grave in which we bury our
better nature, and it comes forth. Love
makes all things new; makes a new hea-
ven and a new earth; makes all pain
light and burdens easy to carry. Its story

 

  

never grows old. Romance and poetry
weave it year after year into song and
story and the world never grows weary
of singing and reading it. Men and
women throng a church to See a wedding
because of the subtle sympathy all feel
with young hearts in their love and hope
of a happy home. As has. been said,
“The whole world loves a lover.”

Oh, the beauty, the talismanic charm
of that word “home." It sweeps all the
finest chords of our being with a master’s
hand. More people turn again and again
to the stcry of the Prodigal Son and of
the home of Bethany than to any other
scene in the, life of the Great Teacher.
The touch of the home in them makes
all hearts respond to their sweetness.
Home. means something more than a
house or a dormitory. Many men use
it as a sleeping place, where they may
recruit their exhausted forces, like an
engine run into a repair shop to be oiled
up and overhauled for the next day’s
work. Home should be the shrine of
love, a place of refuge from the wintry
storm and tempest of life. Home should
be the oasis in the desert of the world.
The true home is founded upon affection
and cemented by unselfishness, for love
only is the consoler of sorrow. the
strengthener of weakness, the sustainer
of hope, the safeguard to the tempted,
the relief to the fallen. It is not neces-
sary to have a big bank account to make
such a home. It is not essential to hap-
piness that one should start life in a pal-

irHEFMICHiGAN FARMER L

 

ace. The lowliest rooms may be made
‘a palace beautiful. There is sweet truth
in the old lines, with which most of us
are familiar:

“Mrs. Lofty keeps a carriage
So do I;

She has dapple grays to draw it,
None have I;

With my blue-eyed laughing baby
Trundlin‘g by,

I. hide his face, lest she should see

The cherub boy and envy me.

"Her fine husband has,white fingers,
' Mine has not; ‘

He could give his bride a. palace,
Mine a cot;

Her’s comes home beneath the starlight,
Ne'er cares she;

Mine comes in the purple twilight,
Kisses me, ’

And prays that He who turns life’s sands

\Vill hold his loved ones in His hands.

“Mrs. Lofty has her jewels,
So have I;

She wears her’s upon her bosom,
Inside 1;

She will leave her‘s at death‘s portal
By and by;

I shall hear my treasure with me
When I die,

For I have love and she has gold,

She has wealth, mine can’t be told.

“She has those who love her station,
None have I;
But I’ve one true heart beside me,

Glad am ,

I'd not change it for a kingdom,
No, not 1;

God will weigh it in the balance
By and by, -

And then the difference define
’Twixt Mrs. Lofty’s wealth and mine.”

 

 

"THE BACHELOR UNCLE

BY EVERITT McNEIL.

Synopsis of Preceding Chapters—John
Delvin, farmer, bachelor, is suddenly in-
formed that his niece and nephew are
being sent to him for safe keeping, while
their parents take a vacation trip. His
consternation at this responsibility proves
to be well founded as Teddy the nephew,
is a young dare devil, and Ellen, his
sister, is his ardent worshiper. They have
never been in the country before and
have, some wild ideas about conditions

there. This fact brings them into many
unusual and amusing situations which
prove very trying to Mary Jane, the

Bachelor Ilncle’s conscientious and sedate
old housekeeper. Little Ellen’s innocent
observation that Uncle John ought to
have a wife brings out the fact that the
uncle has had a serious love affair and
that, for some mysterious reason, the
woman whom he loved, Elsie Lamont,
and who he was convinced loved him,
turned from him to Harry Rodney, a.
wealthy man of his own age in the neigh-
borhood, and who was known to resemble
Delvin physically. Their wedding is near
at hand. On an exploring trip Teddy
and Ellen see a young woman, Belle
Murdock, fall from a high bank into the
creek. They drag her out, seriously in-
jured. Soon Rodney and Miss Lamont
happen along and assist the injured
woman. later taking her to her home.
As Belle Murdock’s father, Red Mur-
dock, is a worthless fellow, and she is
practically the sole support and caretaker
of little Joey, her crippled brother, Delvin
goes over to the house in the morning to
offer his assistance, taking Teddy and
Ellen with him. As they approach the
house they meet Rodney coming away.
They find the injured girl suffering greatly
and Ellen proposes to stay with Joey
while Delvin and Teddy go to town to
secure a doctor and nurse.

 

“I hear there’s going to be a wedding
in these parts soon," commented Jake
Butts, l'iarry Rodney’s nearest neighbor.
“And a mighty high-stepping couple they-
’ll make. Rodney’s as proud as Lucifer,
and .Eisie Lamont looks fit to be an earl’s
wife. I hear the farm won’t be good
enough for 'em any longer, and that they
are goin’ to Boston to live.”

“There comes the parson! V’Vc’d bet-
ter be, going in!” exclaimed another, and
with a glance in the direction of a top-
buggy coming down the road, the men,
jerking down their vests and pulling at
their shirts and collars, in vain efforts
to relieve their necks from the unaccus-
tomed stiffness of starched collars and
shirt fronts marched slowly into the
church and seated themselves with their
families. "

I waited a. moment to greet Parson
Henley, and then entered the church.
The first thing that caught my eyes was
Ellen, seated on one side of Elsie La-
mont with Harry Rodney on the other.
Mary Jane and Teddy occupied the seat
directly in front of them. Ellen was car-
rying on a very animated whispered con.
versation with Elsie, and glancing every
moment toward the door. The instant
she caught sigh of me she began to
beckon eagerly.

For a moment I knew not what to do.
There were awful possibilities in the sit-
uation of Ellen! Already h‘er beckoning
was beginning to attract the notice mt
people. I shook my head at her and

frowned. She smiled and beckoned with
both hands. \Vhy had Mary Jane allowed
her to sit with Elsie? She ought to‘ have
known better. And of all the seats in
the church, why had Mary Jane, chosen
the one directly in front of Elsie?

“hat a coward I was! I grew indig-
nant at myself for being such a fool;
and walked down the aisle, never once
looking in the direction of Elsie and El—
len. As I seated myself by the side of
Mary Jane and Teddy, I heard Ellen
whisper to Elsie, so loudly that all sitting
near could hear: “See, that's my Uncle-
John! that big man who has just sat
down! He’s the best uncle in the world,
but he’s awful lonesome, ’cause he has

no wife. Now, I'll introduce you. Uncle
John! Uncle John! Here’s—J’
“Hush! Hush!” and I fancied I heard

Elsie clap her hand over Ellen’s mouth.
“There’s the minister! You must keep
quiet!”

At that moment Parson Henley walked
up the aisle, and I knew that Ellen was
too well behaved to whisper in church
with the minister in the pulpit. I had an
hour of respite.

I do not remember a word of the ser-
mon that followed. I went through the
services like an automaton, with someone
pulling the strings at the proper m0-
ments. I was clearly conscious of two
things only: One, that Elsie Lamont sat
in the seat back of me, and the other,
that by her side sat Ellen, ready the mo-
ment services were over to waylay me
and—. The shivers ran up and down my
back at the thought of what might then
occur, with the church full of my friends
and neighbors for an audience~yet there
was no escape.

All the people in the church were
friends and neighbors, and all knew of
the attentions I had paid Elsie, and of

their sudden and unexpected stoppage;
and it would take but a little scene be-
tween the two of us to get their neigh-
borly tongues to wagging at a great rate.
But, there must be no scene. I would
face the music and meet and greet Elsie
as if there had never been anything more
than friendship between us. I hoped
that Ellen would be too surprised to find
that we were acquainted to say much,
and that I could escape before she recov-
ered: I could see no other way out of the
dilemma. If we ignored each other it
certainly would cause talk. In countrv
churches all who are acquainted stop for
a few moments after the services to ex-
change friendly greetings; and for Elsie
and me, who had played together as boy

and girl, to meet and not greet, would be

to invite gossip.

At last Parson Henley lifted his hands
and pronounced the benediction. The
crucial moment had come. As I arose
Ellen jumped to her feet, and reaching
over back of the seat, caught me by the
hand.

“Uncle John! Uncle John!” she said, so
loudly that it seemed as if everybody in
the church must have heard her. “Uncle

 

 

   
     

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
  
 
  
  
    
  
  
   
  
   
    
    

   
  

 

 

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pleasure of knowing Miss—3’

then,
‘mexandIlaying a hand confldingly on the
(arm. of Harry Rodney, had said:

 

.iJelm! herds the beautiful lidy that help-
. .ged Teddy and me use Belle Murdock. I
, :want to introduce you to her.

I turned aromid to greet 'Elsle. ; She

v" was standing up very straight by the
side of Harry: Rodney, and looking more

“I already have the
The words
stopped short between my teeth; for, at
the first, word, Elsie had looked me
straight in the eyes for an instant, and
deliberately turning her back on

beautiful than ever. ‘

”Come, let us be going.”
For a moment I stood, stunned by the
rude discourtesy of the act; then, as the

' full significance of the incivility of her

comiuct in the presence of friends and
neighbors came to me, my teeth went
together with a snap, and,- bending quick-
ly forward, I picked Ellen up and lifting
her over the back of the seat stood her
down by the side of Mary Jane, and
strdde past Elsie and Harry Rodney out

of the church,-greeting no one and not '

caring who‘saw the anger on my face.

Jake had already unfastened the horses,
and jumping into the carriage I drove at
once to the church platform, where I
found Mary Jane and the children await-
ing me. As I helped them to their seats
Harry Rodney and Elsie came dut of the
church. The look on Rodney’s face, as
our eyes met for an instant, made me
dig my finger. nails deep into the palms
of my hands.

So far neither Mary Jane nor the chil-
dren uttered a word, but the moment we

- Were out of the church yard Mary Jane’s

indignation burst through her lips. “Of
all the stuck-up huzzies that Elsie—"
she began.

“Stop! Not another word! This is my
affair and needs not your comments,” I
said, turning on her so fiercely that
Ellen, who sat by her side, shrank back
in affright. “I——.” Then my heart gave
a great jump; for, looking across the
church yard to where Harry Rodney had
just helped Elsie into his buggy, I saw
his spirited team of blacks suddenly
bound up into the air, as the wind blew
a wide-brimmed straw hat under their
feet, and spring away like a shot, knock-
ing Rodney to the ground, and with Elsie
sitting in the buggy alone and helpless.
The team made the half circle of the
church yard,.and then dashed out into the
roadrmnning lug-real: leaps that made
the buggy behind them bound and sway
fearfully. Straight down the road to
where I stood in the carriage, paralyzed
by the awful danger in“ which I saw El-
sie, came the maddened horses. I never
knew the depth and might of my love
for Elsie until that moment of dreadful
peril. Every vestige of every thought
except of her and my love for her and
how I might save her, went out of me as
I heard her one cry of mortal terror and
caught a glimpse of her white face be-
hind the tossing heads and flying manes
of the oncoming horses. Then I saw a
way; and the blood leaped through my
body, and my muscles stiffened into bands
of steel, and the numbness left my brain.

“Hold tight to the seat!” I cried, and,
turning, I caught the lines from Jake,
and, catching up the whip, lashed the
horses into a mad gallop. “Stand ready
to take the lines, Jake!” I shouted, as
my team under the cruel spur of the whip
leaped dOWn the road at a fearful rate.
I heard the frightened cry of Mary Jane
and Ellen, and caught a glimpse of the
startled face of Jake and the white,
closed lips of Teddy, but I heeded them
not. I really saw only the smooth‘flat
road before me, and the coming runaway
team behind, with Elsie clinging white
and silent to the bounding vehicle.

At first the runaway horses gained

rapidly, then more slowly as my team
found their speed, but surely Rodney’s
blacks were drawing nearer, keeping

straight in the middle of the road and
seeing nothing in the mad frenzy of
their fright. At the moment they were
about to dash into the rear end of my
carriage I pulled my horses short to the
right, and, bending forward urged them
with a great shout and cruel lashes of
the whip, to their uttermost speed, Then
I straightened up and gave the lines to
Jake. The heads of the blacks were now
even with the hind wheels of my car-
riage. In a moinent more they Would be
abreast“ I saw that the lines were dang-
ling behind them on the ground. In the
carriage with Elsie I would be helpless
to stay their flight. Now the back of the
near horse was even with me and not
four feet away. At that moment of

1 .deadly peril to both of us my eyes looked

”gone brief instant into the eyes of
,Wana I saw that come what might,

  

wed whom she might, I had'her love.
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from the boi: of the carriage onto the
swaying back before me. Thank God for
the strength in my arms; for only the
grip of my right hand, which caught
hold of the back piece of the harness,
saved me from being hurled to the
ground. The horse staggered under my
weight, but only for an instant. The
shock of two hundred and forty pounds
hurled suddenly upon his back had been
as nothing to the fear-crazed animal.
Now I drew myself up firmly astride the
horse, and, gripping the two bridle reins,
I put forth all my strength to bring the
horses under control. For a time I could
not prevail; then, slowly but surely the
speedJessened, and by the time we had
gone a mile from the church I had the
animals completely subdued.

Not until I stood on the ground, holding
both horses firmly by the bits, did I
venture to look at Elsie. She sat in the
carriage, with all' the haughtiness gone
out of her white face.

“John!”

I- deliberately looked in another direc-
tion, but out of the corner of my eye I
saw Elsie straighten up with a jerk.

“Mr. Delvin, you have saved my life.
My father will thank you. I—I—can

not,” and she burst into tears, hiding
her face in her hands.
”You owe me no thanks,” I replied

shortly. “What I did for you I would
have done for any one,” and I turned my
back to her and stood firmly at the
horses' heads until Jake drove up a min—
ute later; for, now that the peril was
over, and Elsie safe, the wrath in my
heart burned up afresh, and I had no
desire to be over-pleasant with her.

Very carefully Jake and I examined
the horses, carriage and harness, and
found all sound. Flsie had stopped her
crying, and now sat up straight and
silent. She was trembling, but she did
not faint, and I wondered at it, nor did
she look toward me again.

“Jake," I said, the moment the exam—
ination was over, “get into the buggy,
and return Miss Lamont and the buggy
and the horses, with my compliments, to
Mr. Rodney.” Then, without a glance
toward Elsie, I sprang into my carriage
and drove off, leaving Jake to restore the
property to Harry Rodney.

For a moment after I was in the seat
by his side Teddy regarded me in silent
admiration; then he said very earnestly,
his eyes shining and his face reddenning:
“Uncle John I wish Teddy Roosevelt
could- have seen you when you leaped on
the back of that runaway team! You
looked grand! That was the bravest
thing I ever saw! You must be awful
strong, Uncle John!” and I could see
that, for the moment, he had placed me
way up near the top of the lofty pedestal
whereon he had stood his hero of heroes,
Teddy Roosevelt.

But Ellen came up from behind the
seat timidly, and put her arms around my
neck and held me tight and kissed me.
“Oh, Uncle John! Uncle John!” she com-
menced, and then she could not speak an-
other word because of the sobs in her
Voice.

“John Delvin you were a fool to risk
your life an’ the breakin’ of th' necks of
every blessed one of us for a girl who
had just treated you worse than heathen-
ish! But all men are fools when it comes
to a pretty face; an’ th' bigger th’ man
th’ bigger th’ fool I guess!” grumbled
Mary Jane, the tears in her eyes sweet-
ening the bitterness in her words. "Now,
Ellen, stop that squeezin’ an’ kissin’, an’
help me find my top-jaw. It's a mercy
that I have got a head left on my shoul-
ders!" and she began feeling around in
the bottom of the carriage for her upper
teeth, which had dropped out during the
excitement of the race with the runaway
horses. When the teeth were found she
slipped them back into her mouth with
an audible sigh of relief. “I ate my first
meal with them teeth nigh onto twenty
years ago an’ they have been faithful
chewers ever since. 'Twant worth th’
risk of losing them,~ John Delvin,” and
she glanced indignantly from me toward
the retreating buggy wherein sat Elsie
Lamont and Jake. the hired man.

When I reached the house I ,put the
horses in the barn; and, telling Mary Jane
that I would not be back in time for
supper nor to help Jake with the chores,
I went for a long walk along the river,
where I could be alone.

My heart was too sore to endure the
sympathy, or curiosity, or even the pres-
ence of others. I had been hurt by one
whom I thonght far above the meanness
of so rude an incivnity; and no pain
rankles more cruelly in the heart than
the wrong of being scorned, unjustly and
in the presence of friends, by the one we
love. Then the glimpse I had caught of

[is JMI‘CHIGAN [FARM-BR. '

stands watching. Then I leaped straight

   
 

Elsie’s heart, at the. moment when the
fear of death had swept away the bar~
rier between us, had been like a look
through the forbidden doors of heaven.
Now the doors had swung shut, and I
was on the outside! But why? 'More
insistent than ever became this question,
and more painful and perplexing its so-
lution.

For long weary hours I walked up and
down the banks of the river, thinking,
thinking, thinking until I was completely
worn out in body and mind; and then I
returned to the house and went directly
to bed.

(To be continued).

 

BEYOND RECALL.

BY LALIA LIITCHELL.

What are the things beyond recall?
Not the gold that we held so dear.
Not the splendor of gaud or gear—-

These are alike the prize of all,

Yours tomorrow and mine-today,
A breath of wind or a flake of spray.

(:1)

What are t e things beyond recall?
Not thev onors we hold so high,
Not the glory for which we try—
We can climb again, though once we fall,
And Fame is less than a Summer
flower
Gathered and fading within the hour.

What are the things beyond recall?
The word that we might have given
one
Whose heart was our own from sun
to sun;
The kiss deferred, or the loving call
That echoes in ears, while they can
hear—-
These are the things worth holding
dear.

What are the things beyond recall?
Sit in the dark sometimes and see
The truths that conscience will show
to thee——
Just love-giving and that is all.
Gold and honors, oh, these can wait,
But not the kiss that might come too
late.

 

 

 

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INDEX II

FOR VOL. XXXVI].

From July l, 19", to‘January' l,

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Farm. 150; the loose smut cellar ................ 502

A bean field experiment of wheat, seeding Marketing problems ....218
....................... 242 swamp land, pota— Michigan, agricultural

A day’s work on fruit to blight, when to cut opportunities in ...502
and general farm .. 2 soy beans for hay, agricultural advan—

A drained marsh prob- growing r potatoes on tages of ............ 526
lem ................ 527 shares, 170; the chem- Millet a substitute for
Agricultural education. 94 ical analysis of soils, hay ................

Alfalfa, 31 Barry county 194; the Russian this- Neglected things ....... 386
farmer’s experience tie. building an ice Night iioucring catchfly,

with ............... 58 house, potato scab and experience with 95

in Shiawassee county.330

seed, growin
A new faclo1 in the
transportation prob-

its prevention, 24]; a
lime for ............. 130 substitute for hay, the

seeding af ‘ 1eat..131 concrete as material Oat hay, can We afford

243 for ice houses,

eating weevil,

toes and crop rotation,

Noxious “eed nuisance,

to make ............
likes
Oats and

eradi-
pota—

Dcas. right

lcm ................ 262 262; saving the seed lime to cut for hay 39
Asphalt on the farm....263 corn, harvesting the Pastures catch crops
A wagon box hanger.. 94 potato crop, adding and cover crops, 21, 58
Auto iIuck on the farm, humus to the soil, 281; Potatoes, that large

the ................. 429 fall plowing for cu— load of ............. 502
Bean crop obscivations 330 cumbers, 282; doddel'. Power and its uses on
Being hired man during the best time and Way the farm ........... 455

vacation ........... 38' to sow alfalfa, sun— husker, favorable ex-
Better business meth— flowers for silage, 305; perience with ...... 551

ods ................. 363 bind weed, weeds in Prepared rooting ....... 115
Brain and brawn ...... 331 pasture, hay from fall Preparing for winter....477

Building, an often neg- sown

lected factor in ....363 silage corn
Canada thistles, eradi-
cation of ........... 94 fa in Wheat,

3. sure method of eradi-
cating .............. 131 329;

timothy, 306;
rotation, seeding alfal-

shallow fall
cutworms, the

Produce market, factors
controlling the ..... 169
Reclaiming waste land..129

and crop

deep vs. Results. of disseminating
plowing, agricultural educa—
tion ................ 331

Clearing stump land ...410 production of timothy Rye as a substitute for
Clovm‘, best way to se- seed, 330; the fall wheat in rotation,,,115
cure catch ......... 242 work. curing the seed sowmg 0n muck land. 243
seeding stubble fields corn, other seeds for hay ................ .. "2

t0 ..... . ............. next season’s planting, Sand vetch, experience

seeding in corn ...... 74 preparing for winter, with ...............

Clover seed, harvesting.242 361; fertilizer for beans, growing in Michigan. 39

Commercial fertilizers, buckwheat as a cover Saving time and labor
why sometimes a crop, potato blight, on the farm ....... 550
failure ............. 262 substitutes for clover Seed corn, saving ...... 170

Concrete floor for corn in crop rotation, 362; 508d, selection and care
crib ................ 362 wircworms, 385; arti- 0f .................. 193

Corn crop, how to get

chokes, 386;

hard vs. selection as a factor in

greatest food value soft tile, weeds and 0101) improvement ..149
of .................. 219 yields. top - dressing selection of and its
Corn ground, seeding to with clover chaff to ‘ care ................ 113
rye ................. 2]. get a seeding, the bhI‘8(1dlI_Ig‘ Vs, hand
husking again ...... 551 cost and value of en- hUSklng ......... .. 478
by hand ........f....502 silage. 1409; a water Silo 1iHing the ..... .330

by power ............ 431 supply for

juice leaks from silo..410

the house,
preparing for the alfal-

foundation for stave. .114

lined with brick .. 95

  

ow eas, will it a' m fa crop, a blower at- Siding and lath for. .527
C grow after 010533 for tachment for cutting 800131 needs and recrea-
wheat‘? ............. box,‘ 430; p0wer vs. tlons for the sum-
Diversified vs. special- hand husking, a 5‘11?" S . mle‘r ------------- 3
ized farming ...... 50] stitute for clover, 502; 8011 3051011 ............ 74
Draining swamp land. .526 alfalfa question, ,a 08' can culture """ 3.06
Earthworms and soil pro- poor stand of gram, 9151115 in the crop ro-
ductiveness .......... n5 grasses for permanent St atlonl ------------ 330
Experience, lessons paslmc, controlling of TIOPng 'eaks --------- 331
fiom ............... 362 wheat smut .......... 550 lefai‘rfilfdge profits of“
Fall DIOWan ‘ .......... 431 Farm] DCI‘DlQXilleS ...... 151 bean Clrr(1)g ............ .396
work on tho farm...5n3 power for silo filling..385 farmer apn 1'1} """" . '430
1128mm, leaving the ...... 478 Farms, reconstruction ket ( us max—194
*arm Notes~Stacking of .................... . """""""
hay and grain, eradi— Farm work, planning ;:;$82r%;sa salesmanggé
eating thistlcs and the ................. )5 farm work- """""" 219 .
milk Weed, handling Favors new methods....551 International """""
beans, chess in clover, Feeds and feeding ”-385 man who hurries """" 153
treating an acid soil, Fertilizers, chemical on problem of the saga“
1; spraying to check the farm ............ farm . y526
the mustard pest, 2; for oat stubble ....... 195 progressive-farmer.”.454
a weed problem, buck— what brand to use... 75 silo most economical
horn or narrow leaf Fight ldmllth by (1909 storage for roughage 2
plantain, 37; spraying lillage} -------------- Tile drainage notes on 330
potatoes for blight, ear- Good highways. con~ Top—dressing, vs plow“?
1y blight of potatoes, sti‘uciion of ........ 551 ing under stable ma- ~,,
57; Canada thistle seed, Hay caps again ........ nure .............. 195
lime-sulphur for pota- Horse nettle, the ....... 74 Traveling farm experts.386
to blight. eradicating HOW much farm work Turn on the light.. .‘195
horse nettle, clearing ShOUld 8» man do in Wants to locate in Mic-h;
marsh land of willows, a day -------------- 307 igan ,,,,,,,,,,,, 454
73; what caused the How much work should Weed control S'O'n'“;
seeding to fail, when a man accomplish..363 principles of _ ..
to clip alfalfa. the to- Husking corn With a Willows. eradicating. 3114
mato worm on pota- power husker ...... 478 Winter making prepara-
toes, terms of land Keeping up fertility of tions for ........... 454
rental, 93; winterkill— «SO-acre farm ...... 527 Wheat advantages of

ing of vetch. growing
vetc’n forseed, quack
grass, 114: late sum-
mer or fall seeding of
alfalfa, salt vs lime
for the soil, rye as a
crop for green manure,
seeding low land, 129:
a destructive potato
stalk insect, treating
seed wheat for smut,

King corn. :1 great deal
raised at a loss....550

Lillie Farmstead Notes.
~2, 38, 94, 130, 150, 218,
263, 282. 430.

Locust a profitable tim—
ber ................. 362

Lost opportunities . . . ..503

Make a snowplow
winter

Making a silo out of a

early plowing for. . . .171
growing in Michigan.. 58
importance of plowing

early for ...........
crop, the ............. 22
Live Stock.
A little light on a dark
subject ........... “333
Apoplexy the cause of
calf's death ....... .78

    
    
       
      

   
       
     


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. Beef cattle in Michigan. 479

Beef production, silage

profitable for ....... 97

Beets, are frozen injur- Barrenness . ..,6 .16 3, .451 Sheep cough ...........222 Double feédUm'angerwin Egg-bound hens, reliev- observations”.......'.'.'.'.'.:272I
ious to live stock. .505 Barren cow ............ _ 60 Question 98 modern cow 31311,”,368 ing _ 96 -producers and buyers
experience in feeding sow ........... ...-:54 Shoulder slip ...... ..554 Ensilolng cornstalks ...369 Egg improvement ......138 meet at Fennville...315
frozen ...... 552 Bitter milk ..... ...458 Sidebone, 80,163,266, 303 Farm and dairy butter loss, the country's an- Garden crops to sow in

Breeder. qualifications Bleeding wart ....... '...482 Sitfast . ............... 14 1101; exempted ,,,,,, nual ................119 July ,,,,,
of a ............... 1 Bloat in cattle ........... 31 Skin eruptions ........ .134 Feeding dairy cows.;...269 values, future of ..... 199 cleaning and fertilizing
Breeders’ problems 78 Blood poison ....... 335, 530 Slaverlng .. ............. 33 stuffs for the dairy....393 Eggs, feeding for ...558 the .................
Breedmg flow “160““ B03 spavln- 6 26 134 554 ““53““ action 0f Blends Fly nuisance ........... 1 marketing ------------ 507 topics ..... ...........'356
the. ................. 283 Bone Spavin ............ 303 ..................... ..55 Goats immune _________ 99 Fattening, further hints Grape growers- attention
stock, securing prolifl- Brain trouble ........... 31 Sore heel .............. 482 Grain ration . ......... .485 on ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 247
cacy in ------------- 41 Bruised hip ......... 31, 436 mouth .............. ..134 With cornstalks and Flook, planning for a, juice: recipes for ””144
Bl‘OOd SOWS. feeding ....265 knee ................. 366 neck and shoulders ...187 bean pods ......... 368 more profitable ....483 Handlihg fruit for cold
ggltftlgené cggnogora in ‘13: 97 Sfiiifle ................. 3:3 Egggggls .......... ....174 and timothy 11.8.}? ..... 393 Gleese' White China_...483 storage ......I....”236
y me S n . ................. .. ........... s v len fOWI h n e'__199 _
116633.113; .6£.f..éd.b§.gg§ guncl: 3n stifle 336, 436 ggzvivrvlith caked udder. 311?; Grtéfsgiggceoggdfgifit-y430 Eenhtgmse, Seeiiglaiigg a.199 Harylegtisnlgmargied‘ :33;ng
e ursa unc es ..................... . ens, feedl
Colt, weaning the ....... 97 swelling .......... 60, 554 Splint ................. ..554 G Oinm‘gléfi'é'1'};t‘ibg 63 to mg C 613.366.375.58 Kanigfi‘iiuil' a,” 3,5163% 3,33
Colts, the growth of. 5 Calves injured ......... 134 Spinal paralysis” ..335, 451 row g c _( that are too fat 223 . p " .
weak and over worked Catarrh _ 60 Sprain ______ on dairy farm ..... 556 Hi h d ------ Keeping apples for home
""""""""""""""" Guernsey cattle awards V931 S a e and venti- use
isttallicifnsd ........... 132 Catarrhal fever ......... 1'57): Sprhainfii cofi‘in joint 6 at State Fair 286 lation for ....... Lime-sulphur experi-
r ' ................ s .............. ‘ . """ '
Dgii‘il :nilfigisrfglislgggingw‘} 31111313315 cough ..31, 98, 222, te‘liiltllori3r ..... . ........ 6?) Handling m‘lk COWS 313 Honfiy, diacts 15mm the223 ments With """ 357
of ................. 309 ........ 03, 414 Stricture ...... i ....... 451 Hard coal ashes and gyp- magi?) 1;? fem-~54; Manufacturing of cider
Feeders Problems —A garget ...... 31 43% 51.33 Stifle injury ............ 39o sumtas stable absorb-185 ket in. e . 411. Vinegar 0“ the farm
ration for growing lymphangitis ..... . lameness ......... 414,482 en s .' ............. . g ..... .
pigs, 5; rye as a hog poll evil .............. 451 Stomach worms ....... 134 Herdsmen 3 contest ....200 $:;§::i§gu:§1&gc£é&igg Methods” of grape prun- 511
feed, 60; best type stiffness ............. 451 Stocking“ 4,2 303 453, 554 Horns, why the cow outlook the .. 61 Mi hi
of horses for farm- thrush , ............. . 6 Stringy milk ___________ 6 lost~them .......... 135 right ’conditionsulfor c ti8:11:11 apples, adver—
ers to breed, wean- Collar bOlls ......... .. 336 Surfeit, 31’ 156, 336, 436 Ice cream, improving... 63 keeping ....... .....247 Mi hi .H.... ”Suit.
ing the pigS, 7118; gondlrtion powder ...... 193 Sudden death of two Importation of da1ry catég Hot weather hints 40 engaging ort.0(1:61(e)y184
summer care of t e 011g ------------------ cows _____ , _________ 335 e ................. ~ ........ ,
calves, 97; the prof— 001” ------------ 80' 4&4 Sweeney _______________ 303 Improving the dairy ....439 33:56 aforhellgo Sfyj'fiéélm program .. . ...... 496
it in pig feeding, 154; Contraicdtcd feet a $801)} 3 Swine plague __________ 530 Intervals between milk- way ............... 247 V5- California for fruit314
ensilage and oat COW d “Qt C e n I 6 Switching and pawing..259 ng ................. How thos br i grow 118 ------------
t h erly ................. kl f i] 200 6 0i ers were land and apple Show .472
“aw as mug age gives bloody milk ..134 Swollen glands ......... 174 Lath “6 01‘ S 0 ----- fed . .............. 188 MOSS roses how to
:7? {Meanisngaslarggisii has spavin ......... ...436 joints ............ 98 Location of silo and116 In Answer to inquiries propagate ..... 370
f '1' t kg265' milked ”010116 ----- 174 Tapeworm " """""" 8° barn """"" ' —DPY maSh height Onions good yield of 370
0‘" we 500' ' b ................... 156 Tetanus ........ 174 198 Methods of paying for of erche 2'88. fat_ »
beet tops as a green Cur - ’ ilk t h s fac- p 5' 1 how grown by Mr.
fora e a rati for Debility ................ 98 Thin hoofs . ............ 266 m a c ee e 135 tening geese, curing Wheeler 496
[h g y ki 811 Deep milker ........... 259 mare ................ 530 torieS .............. feathers, 311; roup in Over producti-o-Iiroéf...ati):
2833' vgxogdingti orzlsieS. Diabetis ................ 485: milk ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .530 Milk and cream, care of 135 chickens and turkeys pies 511
f , b 03 “5 ice Dislocation of stifleuugé‘;j Torpidity of liver, 174, 366 handling on farm ....175 391; cankemus mup, Packing 433442315:
211:3“ fegdgiii’g Shiregg Eggpsiyls fleas """""" 198 Tuberculosis -------- 482 by-products, ugestof” 62' probably bronchitis.533 provised ’_ 472
364; the feeding val-i Dropsical‘swelllng ..... 266 $3$§£§¥lpg§e ------- 26- 2525; coggafltydggeSaymfedgrlUS Incuglitaesl‘inagn Sligdtilgtlgil..558 Peach brown rot ...... ( 2
3501?: lgoéz’ttig'ziegd? Enlarged fetiOCk 3902;]? Two holes in one teat.. 80 Modern COW stall..201, 312 Incubators, after 15 Pei: ifgied'witg ab’m’g'ffif
in balan l 'ation gland """"""" ’ 41 Two months 01d pig is has double manger....368 years experience Pine trees tro bl d ith
fog'youngcleiigsl 388' Ftliltggsitignands """" 156 troubled With cough 42 Natlonal Cl‘eamery 88m with ............... 41 insects “ e W 34
enSilage as a feed f0; FJexeding an unbalanced U’fifli‘iflnhem‘a """" 13% dairy? (211111631? m cent-123361.132 fligrtlgetfigggofifiig $23382 Planting large trees.:..124
Eggtsigfseegndmealwlffr 1112363; mtowbi‘igod Vaginal polypus """ 506 OCtOber dairy notes....g§g Layers, finding the Prefii’rilrtlegr oruchard-sufor 96
lambs, CU“ beans for mares .............. 530 Vermlnous bronchltls "432 OFFhard grass for COWS' heavy. """ ."'267 Protecting fruit trees 404
fattening cattle cull 1 f ithers 163 Vertigo ................ 266 Oterrun 1n buttermak-l Laying flocks, shaping 472. ’ ’
beans for hog 'feed gittua o W ‘12-‘11: 80 Vesicle calculi ........ . 80 mg ----------------- 424 up the ............. 2 Rules for grading apples
504; a ration for fat: Fbcfl and'mouth'disease 30 VVarbles ................ 451 Pasturing ......... 0 . 63 hens, feeding ,,,,,,,,, 247 ............ ”314
telling steers ........553 Functional paralysis Warts ....... . ......... 482 President Taft’s address Market poultry, feeding_247 Sacrificing the fruits“ 18
Feeding economy in win- pun us growth on nose 134 on lips ------------ 193 at national dairy Marketing, value or San Jose scale 202
ter ’ 332 Garget ....6 80, 554 on teat .............. 482 show ............... 48 prompt ............. 223 Second growth Béigéé
Feeds andfeed1ng308 Goitl'e ’198, 554 Weak eyes ............ 259 Protein in ration 100 _ Mite, the mighty little. 81 cover crops 202
Flock, the small farm'. 117 Gnauing feed box ...... 249 heart ........ 134, 482, 554 small ............... 5o? Moult, care of fowls dur— shall we prune the or:
winter care of the .480 lleaves ................ 266 pigs ................... 259 Pure-bred cattle and ~ing .. ............... 188 chards now?
Government meat in- Hemonhage from nose . 80 tendons ...... _._. ...... 163 their advantages ...392 Poultry as a factor in_ Soil moisture """" 84
Spection .552 Heart disease ........ 4% orphan colt33 ........ 0 5%?) Raising calves ......... 33 dlsversified farming..§gr'l7 Spraying experiments »
.. """" nd ............. 4° Weakness, 1 174, 3 3, Ration with silage, tim- at tate Fair ........ f
111123116230; 223313111121an 59 gégibialmeness ......... 335 530. othy hay and corn- business, getting start- Swag; 1325;152:3013-6417 g:
Willi ' ...... 132 or stifle soreness .. .560 “fire out ........... 42, 266 stalks .............. ed in ............... 61 Storing the Winter sup-
sli'orlagenmceting the.196 Horses and colts cough. 42 Worms, 6, 134, 336, 390, 530 Record showing possibil— crop troubles in ...... 367 ply of cabbage 314
Horse goods equality 111,244 Impaction 26, 174, 222, 335 Wound ..... ‘ ........ 26, 451 ities in developing house, a modern ce— Strawberries mulching
Horses ’experjments IlTiDUI'e blood, 134,156,187 VVounded Coronet ...... GO dairy herd .......... 286 ment ............... 96 the . ' 370
wit’h ............ 117 .................. 266, 451 Balm Robber COW prevents keeping quality of Strawberry”peas-”re;
imported for breeding Indigestion. 6’ 80 98' 13g' Adulterated butter act dairy development - 24 drawn vs. undrawn. 61 newed 52
purposes ........... 480 156. i181} 242326 2496' 3375', may be repealed “55; Roughage fOI‘ dairy 116111249 needs after range sea- varieties """" ' """ 18
Hog, the American ,_,,220 390, , '0 After the butter is made 6 . ....................... _ son ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 4Summer care-oi" young
the lerfect .......... 456 530, 554 Alfalfa and silage ...... 369 Silage .................. 1:12 on Michigan farms”.
profitls, good care af- Infectious abortion 9% grows popular ........ 531 value of ............. 248 Queen bee, how to find.. 96 Theoxifggrdsspra'in ....... 108
fects ............... 5 OlliitihiclllnlgtS-""""‘6' 17 American dairy indus- 484 s'then ‘0 0‘” ictorn £01530; Queens,i way of intro- 08 gram y g pro- 272
HO s, cooking feed for..553 Infec 9‘ 30 """" ’ try ................. lo, a necess ’y ...... duc ng ............................
fill work with the.....244 udder """""""" 135i Apples for cows....201, 249 filling the ............ 135 Road dust as an absorb— Thinpri‘glcgedas a practical
International Live Stock413 Ingianged eyes ............ 156 Autumn dairy problemSZ 1getth fagts on ...._ ...... gag R ent d _____________ :5: Tomato dilslegseis ......... :13:
Exposition ---------- “C 60 ....................... 7 a r ...... 00, m 0W5 ,,,,,,,,,, .5 .......
its lessons for the 30mm """" 1 ........ 6 Balanced ration with proper distance from Rcupy fowls, success in T‘geatrglent for rot in. .236
farmer """"""" 552 Irregutlar Stfravnaggierfa” 42 corn meal, wheat barn ............... 224 treating ............ 4 7 {freesight on fggitzoz
national association Irrita ion 0 a d which Shall I buy?... Sellin fowls' ex el'ience ----------
meetings to be held Joint disease ....... $1.3; Egzfihgréiid’dlingsullA 433 Small breeder, chance mg WP ....... 3673:2131,“- Sim]! fly.. 272
during """"""""" 458] Eidnelyligigsease ............ 17,, 259 Barn dimensions ........ 224 S ~ for ..... t1 n35)? sheltering poultry from “it b“ the 20
Lthe b """ twf.1:'fé,{::)2 Lnuceness ........... 60 Beet pulp for ensilage. 224 Tl: eeinctcexrrrllaltxilohzl ODE-3&8," Sun ................. 27 Editorial.
aniesfinagra ion 0 480 13321111115 ......... 390 Beet tops on top of corn1 eShow 369 Shows, Michigan poul- 9 Agriculture and the
................. lage ..............- ‘ ""."""""' ry ................. state
cause of appoplexy in 172 Leaking navel ...... 31, 60 5i .1 Tummy hay m ration”393 . . ,6 ................ 3 72
fall care 0f --------- 19 Leaks milk ............ 335 value of ......... d ...t.2-9 Ventilation, influence of Stglt‘gpigéliirg £3361: foru'éeg A lesson from dry farm-
Lamb cmp' feeding for 529 Lengthening 0f milking 6 Bettrglgandebie‘tbter pggcgg. S417 temperature on "”153 Time to reag andyplanu459 Alwzilry: sign ............ 44
a 0d ............. ‘ ______________ 1V . . the _ .. .. your name 512
Live £00k at the Stem Lessrgegdmilk supply. .222 Bloody milk why Cows, 8 aftralglge C.OW.S...1.n. ..... 92 90230193 b“ 33“”? ‘k‘ 27 Amending our plans” .. 44
fair ........... 285, 264 Leucorrhea, 6, 26 , 506 give ................ 24 White“ ashing dairy sta- ur ey k' re rig s cc . Amendments to pact fall 44
marketing the field Light milker ........... 458 Building up pure- -bred le S _______________ 33 mal‘ mg. ------------ 6 A move to prevent fire
products through .._..245 Liver disease .......... 174 herd ................ 84 “’hat is the matter with Turkeys1 ailing ......... 39% losses ....... ”100
unWlse11 economy 1n4r7 Looseness of bowels ...458 Bull. best age for ser- the cows" .......... 484 “£3321. n demandmifor A new application of
_ hgiild 1.51% t ..... 5 ..4-2- 1) LOSS Of appetite ........ 366 vice ................ 267 does it cost to milk a young poultr 354 conservation ....... 290
Livefl8, (iii 12%?515—4, 172 Lumbago Iii-51; gustinesshdairyitng 1521's.; cow ................ 152 poultry housey siding Ageilgfltéme? ........... 226
’ a ........ 6, 80, ut er, 0W 0 “'hy dairying is a good ’ 0 great inter-
93(5): (23%;?) 2‘13; Egg 2%: flljlyfighjarléitis .......... 390 good dairy ......... 68 business __________ 3 a ...ti ............... 13? est ................. 418
505 555 ' Mange. 31.174 266, 366,482 make better ......... 24 milk sours ............ 249 9:29:15?!) on?) for 'f""'3‘11 Annexatlon of Canada.
Need for better pastur- Melanotic tumors ...... 486 market conditions of. .133 VVinter work, preparinglr 133% 8' ees Ol‘~~ 1 pr .g ........... 136, 418
maria ement 78 Milk fever ............. 36 market no es ......... herd for ............ d . 1 . 1 o ressive institute
Pig, aggep theggrowing 364 Mud fever ............. 390 Cement floors for cow poultry and Bees mail? . {.101de downs“ association ......... 462
record a 800d -------- 51g“; Nasal catarrh ...... 42, 436 stable 49; Aftepswarmmg, how to 40 Ho tl...|.t ......... Caniplaitgn pubhcity leg-
Pigs keep the growing 1 infection, 60, 98, 163, gutters n prevent ............. ' or cu ure. salon ............. 82
raising fall .......... 332 Navlem Clean milk ,,,,,,,,,,,,, 337 August- hatched chicks 133 A good yield ........... 356 Canada defeats the reci-
Pork making, profitable Naviclllar disease ...... 266 cost of producing ....286 Avoid “ fads" and “fogy- Annual meeting of.the procity pact ________ 270
........................ 9 lameness ............475 C0 Operative buying of isms’ 1‘33 Mlchigan_ Horticul-y Co- —operative selling on
Ram, selecting the stock 8 NorvousneSS ''''''' 259' 366 feeds ............... 338 Bee- keepers’ annual tural Scolety ..532, 359 the increase ........
"""""""" h ""i"° Nodular disease ....134, 482 creamery ............460 meeting, program forr Apple crop reports. . . . .. 70 Conservation of farm 1a-
ROOtS’ feeding t e p g 334 Not tuberculosis ....... 458 Co—operation, new field ....................... .198 harvesting the ....... 404 bor ................. 394
on """""""" 1' Obstructed tea, 335, 336, for ................. 337 Bees, colony house f0r..107 market notes, 32. 185. Crop eproduction and val-
Shem’d 5902* “am“ 554 Cornstalks the only feeding 1n cold weath-4 t 202. 415. 472. .............. 1
. m1 "V111 er --------- ' . .................. ’'9 rec, a rejuvenated....184 C ttln
l . avin .......... 390 ha e ........... 461 or , 0 u g of brush in the
SO“S’ the at breeding Siguhtorzg slavers ...... 436 COttigonusgeedgvs. oil meal. 1; hanging out on hive..188 Auto truck on the farm.429 highway ............ 204
“me '. """""""" 434 Opacity of cornea ...... 451 meal will it pav to on Michigan farms 4 Blight of fruit trees....108 Do we need a special
Stat“ Fa” see live 20 Open joint .......... .366 fee'd? ,,,,, 557 preparing fffil‘ winter” r 1311le 1701‘ fall planting 252 session ............. 37
St sktock at .finlnsum- Out of condition, 4'1'4, Cow, a remarkable dairy 7 ..c...S.f..1...i..t...i.311,fo o C plfilning and dividing. 3.70 Farm machinery at the
0Cm’orcare 0 m 25 436 0 42 care of in fall ........ 17. S“ 095 u “ “ er “3 0 3 1 Cigafrsmgrtl Sgnéemtlgees 35% tagging Fair .........
D --------------------- in ....................... . n ..............
seek more equitable 83:32:32de heat .... 42 fgccfiasqtm raising....5§7{ whole to place the. . 81 Changes in methods of Financing the farm .123
time for shipment of ]"lresis """"""""" 6 the ideal """""""" 24 Bran, when to feed ..... 199 harvesting .......... 432 “First aid” to agrieni:
....................... 434 ,‘ , e W, Breeding stock, vitality Codlln moth investi a-
} 1 ...414 8' g ture .
feeding rational math412 P:;‘?iaylbls (lisl'oc'ation'uof Cream, controllmg fat 43 B liln ____________ {'i'” r): lions ............... 272 Forest fires-innMichigan 64
ods in .............. . .. 5'4 . """"""""" 1‘0 ers, cost of rasng “ Conserves moisture b' G _
Stocliman, the making (11551331133135?'s'tiiieu’..366 ripenlgg and butter- 200 more about profit in..223 cultivation ........ 3 32 ovfirorilmlfgfirlcénfi’nefifiifi: 486
Of a """""""" loss of power. .42 134 174 ma ng """"""" , Canker in Chlekensr Cover crops for or- Implement dealers o ..
Strangles (distemper) ..387 Periodic ophthalmia ' ’ 303 test drops --------- J9 treating .......... chards .......... 70,125 pose parcels post.. p .440
Swine, experimentsr :— Pigs cough ............. 506 Crolgzrrgm ideal dairyn39 Cockerels, geiltlng profit13 function of ........... 236 Judge Ray’s decision in »
With ------------ i " Pinworms .............. 259 . """"" ;""" _ rom SUFD US ------- seed for .............. 84 the “silo” case 176
Swine herd. fall man' ' ............ 4C1 Dairy awards at Sat" hints on buying ...... 288 Cultivatin 1 _ """ .-
ageme’nt oft ........ 333 gglggho'fiié ............... d4 b Fair ”.1 ............... 269 Comments on Mr. Coop- berry gmzrgvhld. era-1.1.252 Legiizlfiltigg-oggrzigogan9100
Winter, preparations for Preventing milk fever, 451, am, d e ------------ .348 .. ers figures ""..""157 Destroy the borers ...... 472 Lessons from the sea-
....................... 56 506. COWS. Ollt expose a Counting the cost in Eastern apples superior 357 sons fairs 29 0
W001 growers, demand Poisoned by eating herbs 8O farming, vital point in 531 poultry keeping ”“119 Fall planting, advan- Michigan fruit withfia—
promotion for ------ 154 Poorly developed lungs” 26 {$31.53 481031332941; 6'2 Crate fattening of 0111190th tages of ............ 300 vor ....... . .....
Veterinar . k ......... 506 ‘ ens ------------ ' Farme h
Abscess Wy ------- 31 333163)? crac ............ 436 _ ----------------------- 69 Crop troubles ...........367 brilesltedavéfiefrf..gflfaoo yggflag:viilgg%£r 13:33.1. 1433
on knee ............... 436 Rheumatism ””222, 335, iniiusgry of New Zea- 53 Becember suggestlons..533 Federal regulation of Optimism v3, pessimism 28
on elbow ............. 156 530, 554_ an ........... 248N439 . isease, eliminating one spraying methods ..357 Our practical science de—
in udder .............. 134 Rickets ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 535 notes ------------ . 0 source of ........... 223 Feeding the soil for fruit partment ...... 250
on lip ................ 31 Ringbone, 26 so 266 554 products, increasing .. .9 Duck, the Cayuga ...... 367 growing ............ 356 Parcels post prospects. 64
Acidity of stomach..98, 414 Ringworm ,,,,,,,,, 156, 554 Summer, handling a. .116 the Indian Runner....459 Fertilizer to use on an Penny postage vs. par-
Acid poisoning --------- 336 Scirrhus cord. 303, 366, 436 Dairying and hired help 26% Ducksi, ! experience in acre ............... 52 cels post .....634
Acute indigestion, 80, 222. Scours .......... . 134, 506 changing to ......... rasng ............. 138 Exhibit at State Fair. 300 Potato market prospects
.. . ................... 33 Scrotal abscess .335 _securlng profit in 7 in winter . ........ ...354 Fruit growing in west- ,

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marketing problem. .270 In the editor’s sanctum. 166
316 Jokes on the city folks. 48
hunting nuisance ..... 290 Joshua Coffin — Whit-
improved seed shark”
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tier’s first teacher..
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Just out walking ....... 215
120 Making old magazines
marketing problem....2o0
mortgage tax law
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8 My model writing desk. .539

My uncle’s experience..446
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Teaching agriculture “1440
Sue’ so defense 3911
Thanksgiving .......... 462 The absent-
Too little interest in the 64. minded Mr
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labor problem flash of a knife
the Harder patent GOV-P Fourth when
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Analysis of the soil, 9
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Chemical constituents of 398

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Hessian fly in Ohio ..... 234 ‘ '
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Extra cost of clean milk
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Manufacture of cider vin-15 34
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Mis- b1 ending of butter. .443
Origin and formation ofo 0:3
Pasteurization of milk. .562
Silage and tuberculosis. 471
Soils and plants ........ 562
The functions
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A “dyer” in wheat ..... 178
A Halloween party for
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ning endive. 0 black Yearly programs .....29, 65 jewel and bead ...".

‘ snow fight...49.0 Household.
A cup of cold water... 13 chocolate cake, 207; ~ Grange. solid ..................
W344 Alum‘ilrsium cooking uten- cracker pie, kidney . A word fltly spoken....544 stitches, some useful
8 -.-~~... ........137 beans With brown A helpful lecturers’ con- ' 3'60, 376.
A really merry Christ- sauce, cranberry pie, ference ..... 57 Eyelet work ............ 142 '
467 ---------- -- string beans 9. new A uni ue Pomon """" '.' Farm boy who mines
As good as a boy ...... 140 Back to the city. . ..... 422» way, scones, tried car- in: ......... 9:” meet 473 coal ............... 490
332 Bed bugs. controlling. . 50 rots, eggless cake, 8. Among live Granges 29 Farm Residences and
Bedding, the winters -377 carpet bug destroyer, 57 65 189 359 ’405,’ - r‘almsteads. ml. ' H.
373 Bury your bulbs in sand347 coloring bear skin 47’3_ ' Evelsole, Hillsdaie
--------------- coats, uncorked chili Boost our . Co. 21; J,S St1an e
4 Canvas stitches .. ...... 492 sauce, dish from left- Engine; mefirififie g'do'd £5 Eaton Co., 37’ E. Eli.
a Catechism of the fly” 34 overs, 295; beef loaf, farming 209 Atwater, Allegan Co.
Chance to help the help- white taffy, sea foam, Country community: 57; c, c, Lillie, Ot-
the Nakimu Ch. 121355 'd's'm‘m' 3?? “u” Gimmes: Veal cut' building through re- tawa Co. 73; J. D.
. ......... 341e395 J rens re 3 """" lets! tomato Puree. p0‘ arrangement of fur- Longnecker, Oceana
01"”th candies """ 567 “”0 SOUP» 399: med nlture .............. 237 Cu. 93; E. H. Wild-
............... e1 decorations for the-40 cake recmeS, sponge Direct voting for U. S. er, Lenawee C0., 241;
46 home ............... 0 cake, one_egg cake, senators on the.way 29 Henry Booker, 0508-
........... 0 gifts ..........:_:......5]8_ molasses cake’ gra_ Factors in rural educa- 01a C0., 385; Mr.
table, the ............ 56‘) ham bread, molasses tion .. -. 359 381 Jerue’ Van Bur-en
Cleaning laces , ........ 445 pudding, canned corn. From MaumeeBay to Co ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 409
f a nder Contagious diseases that 400; delicious "10135393 Keeweenaw ......... 325 Farmer lad ............ 48
0 ..... ‘1," _____ gangs“ be quaran— 187 figgljtiesvcalfih'led 83951;: Grange activity in \ch- Farmers‘ fair exhibit at
Goin back to the road 342 """""""" 18,, COVC ford county ..... _...145 Escanaba ........... 209
g ggglntilfyomgig Sheiligl'lc‘gs) 89 cihocolate Cdl‘ev stewedr at Charlevoix Co. fair.27'( Fruit evaporating plant.149
.............. in town 143 sgc‘éilih'ih'lodgings)“ at Lenawee Co. fair. .301 exhibit of W'. S. Pal-
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.......... 48 Cross- stitch embroidery 7 adulteration 69 inzogher states, 85, 109, Geesrgerwhiiéchi'os'"”lé;
----------- Satin stitch or solid em- - - - ’ ‘ '7':
7 Cultivating joyousness. .142 mommy ............ 206 interest 13 the small 85 Gllirlialxli, Charlotte Per 346
Darnlng and couching Sending "he girls to ru 3 SC 00 . . . ....- . S ............ 7....
titches ........... 126 . .. .. larger meaning of the.405 Grain stack of good type i
- -S 10““ “110‘” -------- 231 picnics 145 189 Grange choir a Kent
Dlnlng-room features, Short cuts to llousekeep- - """"" ' . ’
new 23 ing (,9 89 107 127 possiblllues of the.....421 county ............. 331
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Do not suggest poverty.. 68 163 18' 2.,1 2-, 27. rally in Missaukee 00.277 Grapes, effect of proper
.............. . . ' " 2' U 1 0-). 0' schools co —operate pruning on .........511
Dont ”UM children be- . 296,291, 321: 347:343- with the ............. 544 Guest room in modern
yond their strength- 33 377,400, 4:3, 519,541. shows grthh lilrough- farm home 9-31
Embroidely stltches, 5fi7_ . """""" '1.
320’ 3.. 6 , out country ........ 325 Gulley, a Kalamazoo Co. 1.3
293 Eylet work ..112 Should “Wile“ 9139 How the consumer's dol- Handkerchiefs, hem-
102 1, d f fa hi """"" 0 ‘ taught politeness...399 lar got into a. wom- stitched and tatted
a S 0, S on -------- " Some useful embroidery en's meeting 449 164 165.
Fashions fancies ..181, 518 stitches 399 - . """"
w fall (122 1 ------- , ----- -'_ national Grange, annual Hardei silo patent draw
ne _- --------- ~-,--'," Stormy day occupations.255 meeting of 520 in s 118
.............. Fertlllzer, a Cheap liquid (39 days With 'he little ...-...... g ............--~-‘I_
- _ . ‘ New Granges for Apr1l Harland, Marion ...... -...’:14
French knots in elnbrOld {oaks _________ 549 m
ery ................. 8 Studvin school. IGISSC-HS 19 June """""" 57 Hay under hay .caps....1...i
Fruit left-overs ........ 233 at some « ‘5)7 Plowmg match a success— Herring-bone stitch ....:-uo‘
Getting into a rut ...... 321 S ft ----- , ------- ful Grange.event....331 Home and garden of
Gft for th. sh t-i ..401 “mm” -a emoons at" M Pom‘ma meenngs» 19. MrS- L L Wray of
i S e u 11.. tertainment, a ...... 11:.) 14* 16]. 189 2 405
Girl's chance in the city laundry ploblcm ..... 68 42;). 473, , 09, . Lenawee county. .49 50
515 ....................... 44 Taking the good things Purposcful .Gran e worl' Horse nettle 74
Glass oven doors a new a as they come ....... 400 g ‘257 show at Grange fail.._7é
3 idea ................ 100 Telephones on the farm. 377 qu-(lnthanrlual )I‘Otillctsl Incubator and Chicks... . ..mo
Graham bread and nut 2 Thanksgiving dinner 1 Contest 1 421 International prize gyn
loaf ................ 4 re knot 11 f . “’40 ‘ .‘ . ......‘ ------ ners ........... a 55:3
Grandmother’s memorylo Thelidnlglo Sillkonn lad en- SOClstorilde 0f Grange497 Kaflir corn in the south-101
is poor ............. . . _ ‘ --------------- west ...............
"""""""" Handkerchief money .,.164 £31; amLIIte-(lmflogils State Grange, coming 0 Lambs. prize pen of
Healthy bodies and - . .7 ‘ . meellng 0f --------- 5~ 0 Shropshire ......... 333
culling lamp ........ 254 f 1911 569 . . . .
clean morals are the everyday apron ..... 295 Sgccessful-.Cra-ngunic. Lock in gravuy irriga—
interesting facts rule in the country.468 golden days of youth 125 nics J be D 183 mm canal ....)..‘....101
plants 1‘. Herring-bone stitch ...566 little foxes that spoil Th G 1 Mare and Colt, Ielch—
"""" Home queries. —107, 143, the tender vino. . _ _ .274 95011521239 and rura 29 eron . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 79
a ............... gg7, 233, 275, 321, 445 mulmegs OPl)0HUl}itYi- 349 The Grange as. the com- Mal k Twain s biltllDlaCC 7
ryo yOf a backwoods228 Honest work dishonestly Olggnesgp‘l‘ilgfl.» lb “566 munity servant -'----544 Michigan State Grange,
done ‘ "'""' . The Grange broadens ex_0fficel»s of 590
"""""" season of good-Will.. .566 e’s vi . f llf 1.39 . . . ‘ ' ' "
IIOW shall I tell my Child sort of l'nowlcd that on 6“ 0_ e“ ' " iVIllklng niaclllnes and
........................ 23 5 ’ count; g9 88 Twof country life 1c201n-145 operator ...... . . . . . .173
If you lon‘t lnow ust - ‘ """"""" erences ------- O r 1 . .. ' .
say (so ...\ ...... j ....164 Saw: 0f ‘the farm- 68 Washington State Grange ce§?:teu§lanht§ flu” dt’,
Ignorant mothers‘ dlS- r' ‘ ‘, """"""" _ 1911 meeting Of ..... 2‘07 l 1 . , - I . l l ‘ :3"
best Christmas ....... 539 eased hildr 469 tragcdb ot the old....20b Western pomona Grange onions. hbaVY‘ileld~-~-I ‘0
. c en ..... ways of Harold and Orchard, a Mason coun—
the fish Impromptu refreshments Robert _____________ 165 Youfio-‘lv 335-16, -ont ts 161 ty apple ............ 11:31
9 ....................... Tin COVGTS, a place f0r..541 g 'p p S .C es ' birdseye Vie\v 01' l<ief-
, Jewel yand bead embroid- illustrations. f 4 ,
............. 2:16 To be beloved of all....127 r er pear --------~-23b
""""""""" 4 Tuesday for washday 89 Afgihan stitch """"""66 tilling and Sill‘zlx'ing a
Keepr ytlle deed to Your When meckuess is over- A“ gator term, 30811681."? Leelanau couuly 18
3g own property ...... 107 done 49 0“ a“ -------------- ‘ Outline stitches '33
276 Keeping the Chl‘dren ”1 \th is evCl“:l.li. .1...) """ 376 Apiary in farm “’00th 31 Ox team """" 161
school .............. 297 . . . .3 ”3.” Apple tree. 15— ~year- old """"""""
47 Letter Box —~Palnting Who will Join this new Spy ________________ 124 05/818? lugger landing
and varnishing from Wh Michigan soc1ety7...254 “renovated” Duchess 184 Papglndlogaglgiblig house. 5121 9
the hired man’s 3 young “omen dls‘ Snow on C. B. Cook‘s S """" "‘
. . _ like housework ....346 ~ Pasture scene .......... 217
pomt of vxcw, 14, a, Wind w an ) i f . falm ............... 35 Pigs proflt- )I'Od P l
mother’s influence, 0 b b ' car 11g 01377 Artificial ponds and beau- and- Chi 31a ”(mg ”E;
69; ChiILlren Should “r . . . . . . . . . . .‘ .......... ty Spots On northern we“ re szb. . . . .7.
never be whipped, mile“ "1‘19._;’e forcedz Michigan farm ..... 227 odg wn U "1513‘
275;. are women into “much """ 3 Auto truck on farm.....429 Potat diui """ 1 """" ..797
ready for the ballot? Women“ ““0 “.9 domg Barn, a 30x90-ft «:aton ° 33 “g 5“"9‘ 61
296‘ should encour- things-Marlon Har— county ‘ Igotaltoes, hauling ...... 501
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age better table man- gaggififi' 3%? 850' 0' in Barry county . . . . . .551 01105.3; house ‘3' con- ( ,
ners, good schools in lott 12:19:11,119“ of popular type ....... 113 Pum kins """ . """""" J D
LiVlngston county, 0 .9 ‘ ‘mb ’1 man, with self-supporting p ' cullcus va—
‘disillusioned moth- 345' Ma‘gm‘et E‘ round roof 11 "(’“es 0" ---------- 343
n h Sangstel‘, 444. """"" Put- in- Bay caves ...... 4;
or ad better go “,0“, f ‘ .-1- 377 Barns and herd of Robinson M 9
back, 491; saving 1 0 ‘1 “l e -------- Wells Parish & Sons R b, rs- Ge” 0 96
"76 time, table manners Young mom.” and the ....................... 477 0 son, Dr Flod‘ W 234
............... . 641. , first child, 49’ 33, - R003 Windows in poultry
18“ 23., 321 Barnyard, a protected..457 house
Let it be the children’s " “’ ' Beans on Emmet county R """"""""" 354
Christmas .......... 540 Farmers' Clubs. farm ............... 57 “33’1““ this“ young.
3 Let the children make A message to local clubs Beef cattle on Chandler q pant --------------- ’41
mistakes ............ 320 ....................... 381 Farm .............. 47 gazigster, Margaret E- 444
“Make learning easy” Club discussions, 29, 57, Brood mare and four ‘sa In StitCh ------------ 205
has been overdone. 68 65, 85. 145. 161. 189. colts ...............529 awing WOOd “”111 splay-
Many homes open to the 209. 277. 325. 359. five colts zu s r 9“, egnim‘ ---------- 329
. poor ............. 142 405, 173, 4:17, 521. Cabbagcs, shipping ....496 “001 (1931‘ on movable
9 l_\ew hats and suits.....399 histories .............. 237 Calves nurtured by fos- S patform ----------- 237
One woman’s industry. 49 picnics ...... 121, 209, 237 ter mothers ......... 337 Sefd ‘Om ------------- 331
563 Outline stitches ........ 33 Compulsory spraying. Canvas stitches ........ 492 e kirk mountains SCENES
................ 44.7 Palms and forms, reju- 109, 121, 115, 161. Caves and cavel‘encd 0,“ films?“ 39>
venating ........... 401 Delegates to the annual rocks on Put-in- g 0 filling a ----------- 19—3
Paper bag cookery ...... 444 meeting ............ 473 Bay island ......... 1: {EW’W plow ------------- 450
............... Patriotic parties for the Education fl)! funnels“ Children’s pictures .....166 ‘ 01y analysis experi—
Fourth of July . sons and illlilglltGlS 301 washing-day ......... i mental DlOtS for 442
------------- 489 Party contests .........519 Fair as a Slit‘( la] i'caiulc Christmas c0ver........519 S '43
------------ .104 Potato cooking .........346 of Club “Ulk. . . . . . . .421 Collar, lady's turnover. .142 oy beans tWO varieties _
Pretty country weddings Farmers’ Club fall‘s, 339, Colony house for bees..157 S -------------------- p300
....................... 1 381, 421, 41:1, 473, 497, Colt, a 1,350-11). two-ycnr- tacks of grain that Will
------------- Recipes—Molasses cake, 21. old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 N “Gt turn water. - - - - -
sllced cucumbers for Get friends to attend grade Percheron ...... 117 Stage Grange official
------------- winter use, canned picnics ............. 57 yearling Percheron... .265 c” adge ----;-- - - - - . - 569
strmg beans, salad Hankerd, lion. Pallick. 301 Corncrib for curing sced " tches, darnlng and
dressing, 13; cheap Homecoming meeting .237 ....................... 361 S _ couching ‘ ----------- 125
cream cake, to retain In memmiam .......... 325 Coin husking by power. 477 ‘tl‘aw, ballng ---------- 193
color of strawberries, Memory day idea grou— Cow, Holstein Friesizm Silawberry patch, a
sour beans, ‘ com ing ................. 359 77, . q CharleVle CO ------- 52
85 starch loaf cake, can- ode ................... 277 with butter-producing ..ugnr beets on Eaton
___________ 212 ning string beans, gra- sentiment ............277 record .............]35 , 'munty farm --.-.~-281
---- ham bread, pickled song 277 Dairy herd, an Allegzln 'lhdéksgiving cover de- -
_ cherries, fruit bars, 34; Observe Memory Day..257 county .............. 269 51g“ ---------------- 403
country fair ....... 256 fried cakes, waffles, 50; Prepare for the annual of W. J. Browne, Ea- Thompson, Arthur VV...173
canning asparagus and meeting ............ 359 ton county ......... 63 We drains, laying, 129~
spinach, asparagus Program for the annual Delegates to State Asso- 329‘ .
neglected grave. .. and endive, a substi- meeting ............ 405 ciation of Farmers’ Toy acroplane, (195187151
............... 178 “Ne for graham bread, Report to associational Clubs ..............568 f0” 2-30
............... 140 dI‘OD sugar cookies, secretary ...........473 Dining-room in an artis- ’Trap “est improved. -~--267
cream putts, 105; cu- Successful Club fair sea— tic home ........... 232 Turkey ready for oven.468
cumber pickles, corn son .......... .......521 Dodder, specimen of....305 Vme (Dutchmans Dme)
fritters. peas in car- -Summer picnics ..... 57, 85 Dolly, showing effect of . for poultry shade... 27
rot cups, honey gems, The annual meeting....521 darning and couch- Vineyard a V3“ Buren
it means to be cream pie, 106; grape The Farmers’ Club fair.325 ing stitches ......... 126 county ------------- 163
and orange jam, good The Michigan fairs and Drake, prize-winning In- “:35”: box hanger ----- 94
summer drink, tomato the Farmers’ Clubs.209 dian Runner ........ 459 “at” fan in the glen. 104
mincemeat, cold cat- The neglected grave ...277 Duck, Cayuga or “big Wheat field on S- B-
8111). pickled cabbage, The reveries of the black" ............. 367 Hartmans farm .. 21
sweet tomato pickle, Northern Spy ....... 85 Eccentric Welsh hermit.140 VVray, Mrs. L. L ....... 50
lgackberry jam, string The yearly program .449 Embroidery, cross-stitch Writing desk ........... 539
eans canned tomatoes, Wixom Club and Grange ................ .......274 Young farmer and his

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