fl. .





 





‘\\ sweats»





   





\





\» ‘ -{\.





 





I w I

”7/77” ”4”»- ., 1%”, (”e-7”,”, ,





 





 





 





the State.





 





VOL. CXXXVIH. No. 2.;

Whole Number 3582., ‘





HE ultimate solution of our high-



way problem is difficult of accom-



plishment. “’9 have come to speak

of it as the good roads problem, but the

problem of bad roads is a more familiar

one to the average Michigan Farmer

reader. The movement in favor of better

roads has slowly but surely gained mo-

mentum in Michigan in recent years. The

building of more permanent highways

has been greatly stimulated by our state

reward road law, which has now been in

force for several years. Through this

law there have been built several hundred

miles of state reward roads. By far the

greater percentage of statt- reward road

has been built in counties in which the

county road system is in force _'l‘his is

a natural consequence of the fact that

under the county road system a definite

policy of highway improvemcnt is pos-

sible and there is greater regularity and

continuity in this work of improvement

than could possibly be the case where

townships act independently.



Many townships have. however, taken

advantage of the opportunities offered by

the state reward roads law and built con-

siderable stretches of permanent roads





DETROIT. MICH.. SATURDAY. JAN. 13. I912.





The Problem of Good, versus Bad Roads.





with state aid. The general interest in

the betterment of our highways also

made possible the enactment of the new

highway law, providing for a cash high-

way tax in lieu of the old highway labor

tax. \V'hile there are, and doubtless will

for some time continue to be, marked

differences of opinion regarding the mer-

its of the two systems, it seems to be

reasonably certain that the new system

will ~remain in force. There is a natural

and marked reluctance on the part of the

taxpayers of many townships to make

liberal appropriations for the permanent

betterment of the roads. Yet there is.

undoubtedly a growing interest in this

subject throughout the state, and, as the

duestion of the adoption of the county

road system will be voted upon in ten

Michigan counties at the coming spring

election, a brief discussion of some of

the phases of the so—called good roads

problem will be timely.



There is, perhaps, no phase of this

problem which will be of more interest to

the average Michigan Farmer reader than

the evolution which has taken place in

the construction of permanent highways

in recent years. \Vhen the good roads





propaganda was first inaugurated in

Michigan the gravel road was the type

most generally favored in the permanent

improvement of our highways, for the

reason that there was a. cheap supply of

gravel available by the roadside in many

localities throughout the state. The grav-

cl roads which have been built in locali—

ties where the traffic conditions were not

too exacting haw given, and will contin-

uc to givr', cxrelent service for many

ycurs.



{lit in the

which was the. natural

(-xpci'ie11(~t; in road





2V4,illlltll'l in road building

resuzt of years Of

:mprovement. the





graw-l typo of mad later gave place to

NW illitt'mlzil’it ‘HHV', til' i‘liatlj-l built of SUC-

m-ssiVo- laywrs ot' «rushed stone of vary—

ing tine-new lirmly rolled and compacted





These roads have given excel-

place-s where the





together.

lcnt sztlisl'artiou in

traffic was too heavy to be; succcssfully

withstood by an ordinary gravel road.

There are many miles of macadam road

which are still in exeellent condition after

years of satisfactory service, and many

more miles should he built in sections of

Michigan to which this type of road is

well adaptcd during future years. But in





81.00 A YEAR.

$2.75 5 YEARS.





localities where traffic is exceptionally

heavy, as upon the main traveled roads

leading into Detroit and other large cit-

ies, and where heavy traffic is inter—

spersed with swift moving automobiles

which swecp the line particles of pow-

dered rock from the roadway as they are

ground up by the heavier vehicles, the

macadam road has not given as satisfac—

tory wear and has been found more ex—

pcnsive to maintain.



The first roads built by the board of

county road commissioners of \Yaynv

county. at‘tcr the adoption of the county

road system, were of a bituminous ma—

rgeuiam type, but, attcr experimenting

with concrete roads, the latter type of

highway has bcen adopted cxclusiycly for

the main travelcd roads in close proximity

to Detroit.



The concrete road is built in large

square blocks, the width of the roadway,

the edges of these blocks being re-in—

forced with steel :11 the joints and pro-

vision is made for expansion and contrac-

tion, which is a necessary factor in the

permanency of the roadway. On the

main traveled roads, this concrete sec-

tion is 16 feet wide and seven inchvs





 





The Upper Scenes Show a Section of the Grand River Road,





 





 





 





 





in Wayne County before and after the Buildin of the Concrete C t

.m. A _ Lower Scenes shows a Bituminous Surface-d Concrete Road and the Second a Recently Bullgtl Gravel oun y Road





 





The First of the





Road In Wayne County.
26 (2)





thick, the concrete being 1-11/2—3 mixture.

A four-foot shoulder of crushed stone

or washed gravel is used at each edge of

concrete, making a permanent roadway

24 feet in width. The surface- is only

slightly crowning. which insures the dis—

tribution of traffic and adds greatly to

the life of the road. The cost of this

road. including drainage, culverts, etc.,

approximates $l»l,000 per mile.



\\'hile this is considerably more than

the cost of tuacadam the cost of main-

tenance is much less. This is illustrated

by the fact that on two miles of macadam

road laid on the old tiraud llin-r 'l‘urnpike

four years ago the cost of maintenance has

been tlpl>l‘o);llll:tlcl_\‘ $12.3th pcr milc. due

to the disintegration of the surface from

the combined action of heavy traiiic and

swiftly moving,r automobiles. as above not-

ed. \\'ithin the past four years the board

of county road commissioners of \\'ayne

county haVc built approximately 33 miles

of concrete roadway and the total cost of

maintenance for the entire 3. miles has

been lt'SS than $200, most of which was

incurred in cleaning out ditches or re-

pairing culverts, rather than in repairs

made to the roadway itself, the expense

on which was confined wholly to retar-

ring some of the expansion joints. The

problem as to how this type of roadway

could be repaired, in case the surface, be.-





(amc rough, has apparently been solved

by thc :ttttlication of what is known as

a bituminous surfacing, which is C()lll-

pOScd of hot tar and clean sand. and





which giycs a durable Wearing surface

that, 'an be applied to the thickness of

a quarter inch for about live cents per

sttuaro yard. 3



in view of the (‘Xllt‘l'lt‘llt‘t' of the \Vayne

county road commissit)ncrs. which is sub—

stantiated by a report or the chief en—

gincer of the State Highway Department

of New York, to the effect that it is now

costing from $800 to $1.200 per mile to

maintain the macadam roads in that state

in good repair, it would'apcar that the

more expensive type of road would be

the chtaper in the. end, wherever trailic.

conditions are exacting. In other sec—

tions :1 macadam road would be. so much

cheaper to build that this advantage may

be largcly or wholly offset, particularly

where, trafllc conditions are, such as to

make this type of road reasonably per-

tuancnt. In still other localities, gravel

will for tnany years he the material which

will be used in the constructit'm of per-

manent highways. In the opinion of the

Wayne county road commissioners. how—

ever, the economy in using gravel on the

main traveled of that county is

cuestionabte. A gravel road eight inches

in thickness, with 1: feet of metal and 23

feet over all, constructed of the best qual-

ity gravel «which is not available in this

county and has to be shipped in at an

expense of $1.00 per ton (3.000 tons being

used to the mile), has cost approximately

$4,500 per mile. in localities where good

gravel is available close at hand, the ex-

pense would be very materially reduced,

as doubtless would the expense of the

macadam road where native rock is

available and is crushtd on the ground.



liut' under the. traffic conditions which

obtain in Wayne main

roads leading into 'ltctroit, it is the ex—

pressed opinion of the “'ayne county

road commisioncrs that it is cheaper in

the end to build the best type of road,

which, so far as experience in “'ayne

county is concerned, appears to bc a con-

crete road.



\\'ayne county has, of course, a very

considerable advantage over other coun-

ties in the state in the matter of con—

structing‘expensive roads. in that it has

within its boundaries a rich and populous

city, whose taxpayers are willing to con-

tribute to the permanent improvement

of the county's highways. The same is

true, in a somewhat lesser degree, of

Kent county and other counties contain-

ing cities of considerable size. Yet the

fact remains that some of the interior

counties, such as Mason and Kalkaska,

have done more than many more popur

ions and wealthy counties in the state

toward the permanent improvement of

their highways. Doubtless they did not

find the. sniution of the good roads prob-

lem easier than did the people of other

counties, but they sooner recognized the

difficulty of solving the problem of bad

roads in any other satisfactory manner.



in addition to having many poor roads,

we may well be described as being road

poor, since the, mileage of roads in many

sections of the state is out of proportion

to the ability or readiness of the people

of those sections to rapidly bring about

their permanent improvement. The. so-

lution of the good roads problem will

thus necessarily be a gradual one. but it





roads





county. on the





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





is one which should not be neglected in

any locality. If no more can be done than

to grade down the worst hills and apply

gravel to the sandiest and muddiest spots,

this, together with a liberal use of the

split'log drag at. suitable seasons of the

year, will go far toward eliminating the

problem of bad roads, since the poorest

part of any road prescribes the limit of

its efficiency for the accommodation of

public traffic.



The. solution of this problem, so far as

it has been accomplished. has been one

of evolution and such we believe it will

continue to be. But there is one fact

which should not escape the interested

reader. and that is that the township or

county which is active in permanent high-

way improvement is getting the benefit

of the state reward at the expense of

other lo *alitics which are, inactive. Also,

where permanent roads are constructed

under the county system, the roads so

constructed are n'taintaincd by the coun-

ty, thus relieving the townships of that

much of the. burden of highway mainte-

nance and making it that much easier

for them to improve other roads in the

township. For these reasons, as for many

others, it is a matter of public economy

to take. an early and active interest in

the solution of this problem of good roads

HOW CAN WE BEST SECURE GOOD



ROADS?





 





 





Everybody would be pleased with bet-

ter wagon roads. \Ve need them. No

one disputes this. But the best way to

get them and how to pay for them are

subjects upon which people differ.



it is not right for the farmer to bear

the whole expense of building better

wagon roads. '\\'hile the wagon roads of

the, country are. of more importance to

the farmers probably than to anyone else

they are not used alone by the, farmers.

Other people use them and other people

want, to use them than they are

doing at the present time, besides good

roads are one of the most? valuable as—

sets of any town or city. Therefore, the

towns and the cities ought to help build

the wagon roads and they can afford to

do it. Furthermore. it would be absolute-

ly inlposslblo for the farmers of this

country to build permanent wagon roads

in any reasonable length of time. Thev

couldn‘t do it. It will cost too much.

There isn’t profit enough in farming to

warrant the outlay of any such amount

of money as would be necessary to ever;

make county roads, or the principal roads

in a county or a township.



it is an immense undertaking to build

the railroads of the state or the electric

roads between different towns in the.

state, but what would be the expense of

building the railroads compared to the

permanent improvement of all of the

wagon roads in the state. It is simply a

stupendous question. If we wait for the

farmers of this state to build perma-

nent and enduring highways we will wait

a long timc. Just simply because it will

be impossible for them to do it alone.

And people have finally awakened to this

fact and our cousins in the towns and

cities now agree. that it is their duty t0

pay their share towards the permanent

imprOchcnt of the country roads. They

seem to be more willing now to bear

their portion of the expense titan many

farmers are. The farmer has become

discouraged. He has contemplated this

proposition for a long time and the more

he thought about it the more stupendous

seemed to be the undertaking and he

simply gave it up and made up his mind

that he must forever plod in the mud or

through the sand. But now, since the

people of the cities and the towns have

come to his aid and are willing to help

he is gradually awakening from his leth-

argy upon this subject and is practically

ready to again put his shoulders to the

wheel and hear his share of the expense

for more permanent highways.



The County as the Road Unit.



After we decide to do a thing then the

next question is how shall it, be done. The

farmers of a community can hardly agree

upon what road to improve first. There

is a whole lot of human nature in all of

us. We would like to see the road in

front of our premises improved first. But

it may be that the road in front of our

premises will do very little good to any~

body else. \‘Ve may not live upon the

main line of travel and there is usually

enough that do not live upon the main

line of travel so that it is almost impos-

sible for a neighborhood to settle upon

the road that ought to be first improved

and made permanent. Gradually growth

of public opinion, coming from actual

experience along this line is finally result—





ll'ltH‘C‘,





ing in the fact that people see that it is

necessary to have a larger road unit for

the improvement of the public highways

than that of the township or the road

district and consequently the county road

system has been evolved. \K'hether it is

policy to go farther yet and have a state

road system and even farther yet and

home a national road system or not, is a

question. \‘l’e are hardly prepared yet to

discuss this proposition. The trouble is

where will we stop if we have a state

road system and where could we stop if

We once started the

road system. But we

point where, it is necessary to have

a county road system. Localities smaller

than a county cannot handle this road

system and handle it properly.

The County Road System.



Under the county system a board oi

county road commissioners is elected

by the people, of the county.

can lay out, what is known as county

roads. These are the main roads in the

county, the roads which will benefit the

largest number of people. Of course, it

is impossible to benefit everybody with

county roads but we have to work on the

idea of the greatest good to the greatest

number and that is the only system which

will ever accomplish this and give us

permanent roads. ’l‘hese road commis-

sioners lay out county roads suject to the

approval of the, board of supervisors.



IVly own county of Ottawa has just re-

cently adopted the county road system

and the. newly appointed board of road

commissoincrs have looked the county

over carefully and decided to have five

permanent county roads. One of them

to connect Grand Haven, the county seat,

with liolland, tints connecting the. two

largest towns in the county. Another one

extends from Grand Haven toward Grand

Rapids as far as Kent county, where it

will be met there by a county road in

Kent county running to the city of Grand

Rapids. Another from the city of Holland

running toward Grand Rapids in the

same manner to Kent county where that

will be met by a county road in Kent

county running to the city. Still another

running through the central portion of

the county. Then another main road i

to run north and south through the coun-

ty. When we get these main roads per-

manently built it will be a great convert-

ience to the people of the county. These

roads might be likened to trunk lines of

railroads

country. They are the trunk lines of

wagon roads running between the princi-

pal points in the county, the roads which

will be used by the. largest; number of

people in the county, and consequently

will be of the greatest benefit to the

greatest number of people. It seems to

me that the county commissioners are

to be commended upon the selection of

these roads. Every part of the county is

recognized and every part of the county

is to be benefited by them and all of the

taxable property of the county will be

taxed to build them. To be sure, there

will be now and then a citizen who will

derive little benefit from these principal

roads but, more people will derive benefit

from these roads than they would from

any other road, consequently all should

be willing to help build them.



Township Roads.



Now. when a county gets the main

county roads built, then each township,

acting as an independent unit, should

build roads which will help connect the

township with these main county roads

After that is done then each community

or neighborhood should build better roads

Connecting with these township roads.

In that way we will soon have a great

network of good roads covering cvery

neighborhood in the entire county. Of

course, what will apply to Ottawa county

will apply to every other county in the

state. It is the system. You can’t have

good roads without a system. Farmers

acting independently will never build

them. The people of a. county as a

whole must act together in order to get

them.





have got to the





:1:





State Reward Law.



It is well known, of course, that we have

in Michigan at state reward law which

allows the state of Michigan to pay $500

a mile to any township in the state of

Michigan that will build a mile of per-

manent gravel road according to the

specifications of the Good Roads Depart-

ment, and $1,000 for every mile of ma-

cadam roads built in the same way. Ot-

tawa county has only received a small

amount of this state reward. We haven't

been up-to-date. Some of the northern

counties of the state have received thou-

sands and thousands of dollars of state



(Continued on page 37).





which run through the entire.





l





idea of a national .:





l

This boardl





 





 





 





 





 





 





.-





 





.\ n-





 





HE most complete implement book pub-



~ lished. Illustrates and describes the



it best line of farm tools made. Tells when 33



' and how to use them. It; answers every I‘

question about farm machinery. No farmer

can afford to be without this book. Write

for it. today.





John Deere Plows, Culti-

vators, Harrows and

Farm Tools 3





Trade—marked goods that have received

the gold medal at. every world’s fair and

33' international exposition since 1840. The

world's best: in farm implement building.

.{ Everything from the smallest walking plow 3

j to an engine gang—high class and up-to—

date. Have the best. The John Deere

. trade-mark protects you against inferior

ft goods. Take no chances.





l'





i

i





_ No matter what implement or farm tool

you want, write us what it: is and then be

' sure to ask for the big illustrated book, :‘



“Better Farm Implements," package No. X 5.





a





Get Oualltu and service—John Duro ;”

Dag/era Give Both -f





JOHN DEERE PLOW co.

.. Molina, n1.





     

   





 





   





x .- VT- ,, 5",“ '

"I . ._I_. _ l i I a.



, fill/P1” .- . '



.' 4 - ~





 





GROUND lIMESTUNE





Finely Prepared for Agricultural Use.





A necessity for Alfalfa. Increases the yield of all

leguminous crops. Our prices are right.





Northern Spraying Lime





A pure high calcium lime tor lime-sulpuhr solution

and bordeaux mixture. ItiSist; upon your dealer

supplying this brand for your spraying mixture.





NORTHERN LIME 00.,

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN.





Are You Robbinglour Bhildren?





if your method of farming is such that. you will

leave to your children an impoverished soil you

have failed in your duty to them.





Leave Them a Fertile Farm.





Deep plowing will make available the abund-

ant potash in the subsoil.

Legumes will supply plenty of nitrogen.





You Must Buy Phosphorus In some form





and the only economical way is to buy it in the

form of finely ground phosphate rock. The

best is the cheapest, and can be had from us.



Our goods pulverized to fineness 95% passes 100

mesh, 75% 200 mesh.





FEDERAL CHEMICAL 00.,

Ground Rock Dept. Columbia. Tenn.





 





 





d rec: rom us (he growers) and “1e 0 to t‘

per cent. All stock of high quality, and grown in Dauat





ville, “Home or the Best. Trees," where scale is unknown.

12 APPLE TREES. 81 00





2 Duchess, 2 Baldwin, 2 Ben Davis,



2 Northern Spy. 2 Greening, 1 Winter Banana.

All tine 2-year, well-matured trees; given most careful

scrutiny in propsgltion. True to name or money back.

Write for free catalog of other bargains and complete line.

Reilly um. Numrt 1028 Bell! nu y





COW PEA

SOY BEAN SEE Our distributing houses





save you freight. Our cow pea and soy bean

booklet sent free on request. Write for it now.

HICKORY SEED C0.. 134 Trade 5L. Hickory. N. C.





 





Extra quality. Pricu

low, considering quality.





 





1“IEEDLESS FIELD SEED





is What we are trying to furnish our customers.

FREE samples will convince you that we come retty

near doing it. Red. Mammoth. Alsike. A talk,

Timothy. Vetch. Ra 9, etc. Write today. If you

have seed to sell. sen us sample.



0. M. SCOTT 8: SON. 16 Main St" Maryavllle, 0.





WANTED—W'alnut Logs in large guantitien. 0311

send men to inspect, 99, I. McClure.

73-724 Chamber of Commerce. Detroit. Mloh.



buy some choice





—-1 ant to

cow P033 wanted “MYOhi an Favorite" 00w Peas.

Send sample and price. L. GSBROWN. Lu. Grange. Ill.





How to GET Every Dollar.

Your Invention is Worth

Send 8 cents stamps for new

128 page book of Vital Interest to Inventors.

n. s. a. A. I. LAcuv. om. II. wasulnc‘rou, o. 0

Practical Formulas igzzfiith‘ifidi‘éfiafiifit

Chemist. 163 Baldwin Avenue. Detroit. Michigan,
JAN. 13, 1912.





PASTURE AND FERTILIZER QUES-

"nous.





 





In an old permanent pasture, part tam-

arack swamp and part tillable upland the

soil of upland being gravel and sand,

what would be the best grasses to sow to

renew the upland, which has partially

run out? How much pasturing can grow-

ing woods stand without being injured?

\Vhen clover and timothy follow oats or

wheat, can they safely be pastured after

grain has been out? Is Hungarian millet

a good roughage? \Vhat effect will too

much millet have on horses, cattle and

sheep? On ground that is partly gravel

over sand and partly sand alone, how

can I tell what fertilizers are needed and

how much is necessary? XVhat would be

the best grasses to use to start a new

permanent pasture on land above de-





scribed?

Jackson Co. .I. W. IV.





In answering the first question I would

like to know whether J. IV. W. intends to

plow this land and re-seed it or whether

he intends to try and improve it by sow-

ing grass seed on the pasture in the pres-

ent condition. It would make some little

dierence in the seed to be sown. I take

it that he is going to harrow or disk up

the pasture the best he can and sow on

some grass seed with the idea of improv-

ing it. In this case he wants to disk it

as thoroughly as possible and then I

would sow a Imixture of common red clo-

ver, alsike clover, timothy, and red top.

If, in addition to disking it and re-seed-

ing it he could give it a good top-dressing

with stable manure, or if he hasn’t any

stable manure then a good general fer-

tilizer, it would help very much in estab-

lishing the sod.



I don’t believe that you can pasture

growing woods at all without injuring

them. If you want to grow a good forest

keep all kinds of stock out of it. If you

don’t they will eat off the young trees.

they will destroy all of the seeds that

germinate, and you will have nothing left

but just the decent sized trees that you

have now. Your woods never will per-

petuate themselves. On the other hand,

if you keep all stock of every description

out of the woodlot and only cut the ma-

ture timber and are careful about falling

it so as to not smash down the small tim-

ber, the woodlot will keep improving all

the while and will perpetuate itself.



I would not pasture a new seeding after

oat or wheat harvest at all. It certainly



»injures it. The tramping of stock on

the young plants before they are fairly

established and the cropping of the plants

off too close in many places is positively

injurious to them and I consider it a very

extravagant and unbusinesslike policy. If

the young seeding of clover gets so high

that it begins to head out, instead of

turning in stock to tramp it down I would

clip it with a mowing machine and leave

it on the ground. This clipping will act

as a mulch and help protect it during the

winter time and you will have a much

heavier crop next year than as though

you had pastured it close in the fall.



Hungarian millet makes a splendid feed,

almost equal to hay. It will not injure

horses or cattle or sheep or any kind of

stock if it is cut when it ought to be.

Cut it before the seeds are formed, cure

it as you would hay and you can feed it

without any hesitancy whatever, but if

you leave it until it gets nearly ripe

and feed it to horses they eat these seeds.

The seeds of the millet act as a diuretic

and work too much upon the kidneys, and

you cannot feed it in liberal quantities.





The only way to find out just exactly

what kind of fertilizer is most: needed up-

on your soil is to experiment some your—

self. Get different brands of fertilizer

with different analyses and sow them side

by side. Ilse small quantities, but keep

track of it, and in this way you can learn

more than anyone else can tell you. In a

general way, sandy land is liable to be

deficient in potash and phosphoric acid

and I would use a fertilier rich in these

elements.



In making a permanent pasture on

sandy, gravelly soil I would use red clo—

ver, alsike clover, some alfalfa. orchard

grass and meadow fescue, and I would

seed it early in the spring and keep all

stock off the first year.



COLON C. LILLIE.





WILL USE POWER HUSKER.

Although husking my corn by hand I

am not convinced that it is the cheapest.

The figures given for hand husking will

not apply to very many sections of the

state. If you can hire it husked at all, it

will cost from four to six cents per

bushel, besides drawing corn and fodder.

‘I have husked with a machine and so

far as the husking is concerned, I have

not a word to say against it. Suppose

there is a husk left on the corn, and per-





. THE MICHIGAN. FARMER.





haps now and then an ear unhusked.

what hurt does it do?



Then, again, that shelled corn. If

there is a hundred bushels it looks as

though there must be a good crop of

“King Corn.” I believe we can throw it





on the barn iloor, feed the hogs, and all

of the stock and not lose an ounce. An-

other way is to run it through the fan—

ning mill, mix it with oats and feed it

to the sheep.



The only thing I can see against ma-

chine husking is the keeping of the fod-

der. If We can devise some way to keep

it from heating, we have solved the ques-

tion. For myself I shall try mixing dry

straw with it at the time of husking.



If I live to raise another crop of corn

and can get a machine it will be husked

that way. .. _



Those that want to enjoy the health-

giving benefits of kneeling down on the

cold, damp ground can do it; but so far as

I am concerned I have never been able to

see very much pleasure in that kind of

Work. I will take my pleasure in know-

ing that my corn is husked, and that I

am ready for winter.



Hillsdale Co. M. M.





LIME FOR CLOVER.





 





I have noticed several times in the

Michigan Farmer articles on the use of

lime to get a catch of clover. Now I

find it hard to get a catch and I think it

is on account of the land being acid. \Vill

you please tell me where you get the

lime and if it is air-slaked when you get

it, what it costs per ton and how much

to sow to the acre? Also, how do you

apply it? Also, would like to know if we

would derive any benefit from the use of

land plaster in our locality? I am lo-

cated in Missaukee county.



Missaukee Co. H. A. S.



Of course, you can test your land for

acidity and if it gives an acid reaction

there isn’t any question but what it will

pay to use lime. Even if it is not acid it

might pay to use lime, but nobody can

tell you this for certain. You would

have to make an experiment yourself.

I‘se some lime on a part of a field and

note the results. Just north of you at

Bay Shore is some of the best lime rock

in this whole country, analyzing about 98

per cent pure carbonate of calcium. You

can get this lime for about $2 per ton in

bulk f. o. b. the lime quarries. This is

not air—slaked lime but ground limestone

before it is burned. Distribute it broad-

cast. This can be done. from the wagon

with a shovel or by hand or you can get

a machine for spreading lime for about

$35. You Should apply anywhere from

1,000 lbs. to two tons of ground limestone

per acre. depending, of course, upon the

condition of your soil.



Land plaster gives results on new land

by making the potash in the soil more

available for the use of plants. ()n older

soils in which the store of latent plant

food has largely been converted into

available forms this temporary benefit is

not apparent.



COLON C. LILLIE.

HOW MUCH CORN SHOULD A MAN

PLANT?



I read My. “'21shburne’s description of

how he raishNtLO acres of corn. After I

rI-ad it, I wondered if Mr. \V. ever saw

a plow, harrow, corn planter or corn har-

vester, or just dreamed of all this. Mr.

\l'. claims he plants 2:7 acres per day in

a field 120 rods long, and with a good

lively team. \Vt'll, I guess they would

need to be some stoppers, and the corn

would be, “oh, so scattered!" And poor

horses, I’m afraid they would not last

long.



I will place Mr. IV. in a fine, level field,

100 rods long, (which would be to his

benefit), and he is to plant 25 acres in 10

hours’ actual work.

for 3 ft. 8 in. rows he must necessarily

drive a stretch of 28 and a fraction miles





in order to plant the 25 acres. Now he

must turn around 56 times during the

day. I will give him less than three min-





utes per turn to restake wire and fill box

and do things up proper, letting the

horses take one good breath, and go. This

time takes up two and one—half hours,

which leaves seven and one-half hours

actual driving time to make the 28 miles,

or each mile in a 16-minute Clip with a

corn planter. Mr. \V. is also a great

hand with a corn harvester and never

grows tired in shocking up thOse small

shocks.



1 have had wide experience with differ-

ent planters, but can not come up with

Mr. \V. I plant from six to ten acres per

day, with a good steady team, and I

would like to have my job of planting

compared with Mr. \V.’s even if he plants

14 acres per day.





r”





PORTLAND





.(_l-_MENT I;

%.M

You





 

 





' If You Have

Stock to Feed





Want a Silo





When you get your silo, get a good one.





(8) ‘ 27





 

 

 





 





Get





one that will stand the strain of time—one that

will keep your silage sweet and clean for years

if necessary. Build one of concrete — and use





good cement—that’s Universal.





With some clean sand or gravel and UNIVERSAL Port-

land Cement you can build permanent, fire-proof improve-





ments and save money in the long run.





We will furnish





plans, specifications, and full instructions for building with





concrete.





Write for our special free illustrated Silo Book.

Don’t forget the





Second Annual New

York Cement Show,

Madison Squ are

Garden,Januory 29—

Februory 3, l 9 l 2





Show,





Fi ft h A nnu al

Chicago Cement





Coliseum,





February 21 - 28,





1912





First Annual

Kansas City

Cement Show,

Convention Hall,





March 14-21, 1912





Address the nearest office of the Company





UNIVERSAL '82.}???





12 West Adams St.





Frlck Buildlng





COM PANY





MIN N EAPOLIS

Security Bank Buildlng





Annual Output 48,000,000 Sacks





 





 





 





\Vith the planter set ‘





 





Improve its quality





Packer’s Brand Fertilizer will enable you to

get from 80 to 100 bushels per acre of the

fullest, finest grain.





_ Packer’s Brand Fertilizer drilled 200 to 400 l

' lbs. to the acre will yield surprising results.





‘ . Send for free memorandum book.





.A valuable pocket note-book.

information on scien-

Free to readers of





tains the





tific fertilization.





latest





> ,this paper.

PACKER’S FERTILIZER Co.,





Station P,





Con-





Cincinnati, Ohio.





Agents wontod. Write for proposition.





 





 





 





Hillsdale Co. ‘C. A. ZACHONE.





SHER WIN-WILLIA Ms .

WRNISHES





PAINTS é





 





FOR THE FARM





When you point you:' home, use the best point—

Sherwin -Willioms Paint (Prepared) (S W P). It looks

beet, spreads easier underthe brush,saveo the paintero’

time, covers the greatest number of square feet to

the gallon and wears the longest possible time. Con-

sequently, you can use the best paint, S W P, for a

less average cost per year than in uninz cheap ready

mixed or hand mixed lead and oil.

Sold by dealers everywhere.





6?





<-





   

 





Aak for color cards





Address all inquiries to The Sherwin -Williams Co.. 669 Canal Road. N.W.,C1eveland, Ohlo

—
altar





Have a. Double Run Force Grain

Feed-sows any kind of oats,

wheat, rye, rice, barley, peas, beans

of all kinds and sizes, beets, etc.





 





   

   

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

   





The Buckeye Non-corrosive Glass

Cane Fertilizer Feed successfully

sows in wide range of quantity all

brands of standard commercial

fertilizers, having an agitator that

always keeps the fertilizer moving;

a fertilizer hopper lined with gal-

vanized metal.





The Buckeye Frame_is made of

square tubular steel; Will not warp

or sag.





The Buckeye Nested Cane Gear

Grain Drit'e. No lost motion. Pos-

itive drive. Change of quantity

instantly made.



Buckeye Farrow Openers’Aiiy

style wanted. Single Disc, open or

closed delivery; Double Disc, Hoe





 





   

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





or Shoe.





Sizes—Any size from one-horse

up.



Buckeye Drills are sim le in

construction, very light dra t, and





plant the seed at an even depth. l





l





Send for the Buckeye Catalogue

and then go to your local dealer

and inSlSt on seeing the Buckeye





rill.

“The Buckeye——

A Wise Buy.”





5

W/flflfljgfqugglfiyl/(Q





W/A’Cf/EZD. 09/0.

USA.





 





3.





H-P

4» 3353’: $37g





Engine prices drop! Write for book and

rock bottom figures on smaller and

larger sizes. Famous





DETROIT - AMERICAN





quality. known everywhere. Simplest,

strongest, most economical engine ever

made. Direct factory dealing and intro-

ductory offer brings our prices down to bed

rat/c. Don‘t wait! Mail postal now for sen-

sational money-saving offers. Address





AMERICAN HARROW C0. NOW—Cm“! “‘50



Ihows greatest mines in

1039 Hastings St. iiurrun’s, 1(L‘ultivlirors

DETROIT. (am pm“ era.

MICH.





   

 

 

 





3/





 





 





l .3.





in Will"





   





.llili





9





l





 





 





 





2V2". P. Stationary

Engine—Complete





Giycs ample power for all farm .'

uses. Only thrcc moving piirts— ..

no cams, no gczirs, no vulvcs—

can't get out. of order. Pcrfcct .

ovoruor—idciil cooling systcni. .

lacs lu-rnscnc (coal ()ilv. gaso-

llnc. alcohol, distillate or gns.

Sold on 1 5 (luyr-i' trial. YUII R

MON HY B.\t‘l( l I” YO

ARE NOT SATISFIED.

5-year ironclad guarantee. Size:

235 to 20 H. l‘.. at proportionate ,. . .

prices. in stock, ready to ship,

Postal brings full particulars free.

Write for proposition on first On-

glue in your locality. (lltt)





Detroit Motor Car Supply 00.,





MINERAL

H EAVE.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 





q lfiCanton Av.

Detroit, Mich.





 





 





 

   

 

 

 

 

 





NEGLBCT

Will iiuin





Your Horse





Send to day

for only

PERMANENT





CURE





 





 

   

   

 

   





‘ - $3 PACKAGE

7. will cure any case or

money refunded.

$IPACKAGE

cures odrdniary case‘si



Postpai on receip

SAFE price. Agents Wanted.

CERTAI N' Write for descriptive buoklot.





Mineral iioaio liomady 80.. 403 fourth Av... Pittsburgh.





acorns I nouns





, iicxs mar ‘ 1,. sum nown





 





 





   





   

 

 

 





 

 





ho Tiiiziis

Bnckacho ‘





BY on ma. " iv. rim or 'l‘llll woons. Saves money and

backache. Send for FREE catalog No, Bu showing low price

and testimonials from thousands. First order gets agency.





Folding Sawing Mach. Co., 161 W. Harmon St. Chicago. Ill.





 

   

   





 

 





 





" lulu





 





 





 





 





THE





 





[this “STOCK?





FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.





The Feeding Value of Roots.





“"111 you kindly give me through your

pzipcr the relative feeding value of car-

rots, turnips, riitii-l.)agas and mangels as

compared with car corn at 35c per bu..

or cull beans at $1 per cwt.? At present

I am cooking the beets for growing pigs

and was surprised to read the, article by

Mr. Lillie claiming there is no value in

the cooking, as I supposed roots cooked

were of more value than when fed raw.

I am buying the roots for 15c per bu.,

delivered at my farm, and, as I am con-

templating buying several thousand bush-

cls for iuxt "our, 1 am anxious to know

the Vilillt'.



(lgcmnw ("0. W. H. S.



The comparative value of roots and

grain for hogs has been quite well estab-





lished by numerous tests, both in this

country and in Europe. The results of





several trials at the Ohio Experiment Sta—

tion showed 615 pounds of roots to save

100 pounds of grain as an average. in

Danish cxpcrimcnts, six to eight pounds

of roots were found to have saved one

pound of grain. In various experiments

to determine the comparative value of

diffcrent kinds of roots, it has been de-

tcrmincd that the value of the roots de-

pends more upon the dry matter contained

than upon the ‘sugars and starchcs pres-





ent. ltntabagas contain about two per

ccut more dry matter than thc turnips





or mangels, and would thus have a. slight-

ly higher feeding 'nluc, considered from

the standpoint of their dry matter con—

tent. Probably it would be a conservative

and safe basis to figure eight pounds of

roots equal to one pound of grain in feed-

ing value and. where the roots were cook-

ed and mixed with meal, probably the

comparative feeding value of the roots

would be greater than eight. to one.



Now with regard to cooked feed for

hogs, it is true that at very many trials

at different experiment stations through-

out, the country it has been found to be.

unprofitable to cook the ordinary grains for

honr feed. In some instances the cooked





grain has given inferior results to the

uncooked grain. and even in the cases

where slightly better results have been





secured, the. gains have not been enough

mort- economical to pay for the cost and

labor of cooking. ilowevm', because. this

fact has been established does not neces-

sarily mean that cooking would not be.

profitable with some. feeds. the palatabil-

ity of which would be increased by the

process of cooking. Potatoes, for in-

stance. cannot bc successfully fed to

swine unless first cooked and roots of 8‘!





kinds arc. rendered more palatable if

cookcd and mini is added to thc muss

before ii i.“ ft'ti.



’I‘liis iuci'cnsi-d pzilulability has much





to do Willi tiic bencl‘its derived from this

element of the ration, and undoubtcdiv

where. roots are fed cooking will be found

profitable. for this roason. Also, there are

some grain fccds that give better results

when bcuns being one of

these feeds. 'l‘bis grain is not only rend-

orcd more palatablc to the hogs, but as

well more diucstiblc by cooking,

and besides there is considerable advan—

tage in feeding it warm ration to the hogs

in very cold “’t‘flllli‘l'. which is insured by

cookingr tho food.



(if the grains mentioned lit the prices

quoted. cull bcans would be more. eco-

nomical to form the base of the ration,

since they are considerably higher in their

protein content than corn. and would

nakc a wcll balanced food when cooked

Willi the roots 11nd fed with a little ear

corn. At $1. per cwt., they would thus

be a (‘ill‘tllH-l' t‘ocd than the ear corn at

33 cents per measured bushel.



The Feeding Value of Skim-Milk.



\\'h:ii is the valid of skim-milk per

cwt_ for fccding‘.’



Iiigham (‘o. Si‘uscniiiEn.



'i‘hc rcsults of a number of experiments

conducted to Show the relative value of

skim-milk as compared to grain for pig

fced, shows that the more economic. re-

sults are secured when from one to three

pounds of skim—milk is fed to onc pound

of corn mcui. \Vhen so fed, the avcrage

of a number of trials shows 327 pounds of

skim-milk to save 100 pounds of grain.

The average value of skim-milk decreases

as the quantity of skim—milk per given

amount of grain is increased. Danish

experiments have, shown that six pounds

of skim-milk are about equal to one

pound of grain, but in these experiments

a comparatively large proportion of skim—

milk was used to a given amount of

grain.



The results noted above, showing that





cooked, cull





Ollsily





iVllCHlGAN FARMER.





327 pounds of skim-milk to saVe 100

pounds of corn meal when fed in the

proportion of one to three pounds of milk

to one pound of corn meal, were deduced





frm 19 trials with 88 pigs of all ages, the .





experiment being carefully conducted at

the \N'isconsin station. At present prices

for corn, the relative value of skim-milk

would make it worth in money something

like 34 cents per hundred pounds for pig





fccding. This is perhaps an extreme val-

ue to place upon skim—milk, and yet





when the fact is considered that it bal-

ances up the corn meal in the ration for

the growing pigs, there is no doubt that

its value in the ration is considerably

enhanced for this purpose, particularly

in the growing of fall pigs to early ma—

turity, for which purpose the, above value

would be a conservative estimate.





 





WINTER MANAGEMENT OF" THE

FARM WORK HORSES.





One of the most important points to be

considered in the winter management of

the farm work horses is to have them in

good condition to perform hard work

next spring. 0f first importance is a.

light and well-ventilated stable. Many

horse stables, especially in parts of the

country where the winters are unusually

severe, have but few windows. It is im-

possible to keep a stable sanitary and

comfortable without plenty of fresh air

and sunshine. \Yindows should be placed





as high from the floor as possible so that.





when they are opened during the day

there will be less draft directly against

the horses. 1n the writer‘s stable there

are several windows, and by opening two

or more at different times, according to

the wind and sun, lllc change of air is

made without making an undue draft

upon the horses.



A great cause of discomfort, darkness

and impure air. is the old-fashioned dark

standing stall. ’l‘hcso stallsihat are

planked clear to the top are not only un-

healthy, but they afford ideal places for

iilth to accumulate and disease germs to

multiply. The, horse is far more comfort-

able if he is kept in a box stall; however,

box stalls oecupy a. great deal of floor

spacc and consequently cannot be used in

the average farm barn.



Cleanliness is an exceedingly impoi’i't

ant thing in carrying horses through {lithe

winter in good condition. The average





farm horse is not gchn the food and‘eure

he deschcs duringr the winter months.

While it is not always possible to give





farm work horses grooming every day

when they are idle, yet there is no rea—

sonnblc excuse for keeping the stables

lilthy and foul-smelling and not provid—

ing some means whereby the horses can

obctaiu plenty of fresh air and outdoor

exercise. «in most forms straw is cheap

and plentiful and all that is roquircd i1)

keep the clean and comfortable

is the. desire to do dcccntly the things

which our means will allow. it” tho horses

are not used at some kind of Work cvcry

day thcy should have a yard to exercise

in when ilic weather is favorable. The

build up body vigor and

strong and supple. muscles without, fresh

air and cxcrcisr. The care of

work horscs in tlic \\'lllil 1' should be with

a Vicw to the building up of strong mus-

(lcs and cnci'gy for work, and only such

methods should be adopted as are con-

ducive 10 that rcsull.



“ it tho horsc gcis good curc and plenty

of nourishing food and does not maintain

a good ilcsh condition. smut-thing is wrong





horsr-s





lliil'Stt ('llllllUL





()tll(l(u)l‘





and in more than two»thirds of the cases

it is his tooth. The health and disposi—

tion of a horse dcpcnds in a large int-as—

iirc upon good tcclli and an easy, com-

fortable mouth. ,\ competent Vctcrinal‘inn

should be cmpioycd to examine the horse’s

mouth and scc. that the teeth are kcpt in

good working The mouth and

tooth should be gone. over carefully to see

if tlicrc on» any shut-p or rough cdgcs on

the. teeth that will liH‘t'l‘llie the checks or

tongue. lay tiling down these sharp points

and edges he will ill‘ comfortable, as it

allows the full chewing of his food, im-

proves his hcalth and temper and causcs

him to behave nicely and work well.

cayed teeth often cause an overgrowth

of the corresponding teeth on tho

site set and this overgrowth

leveled down so as to permit the uppcrs

and lowers to come together and prcscnt

a perfect grindi‘ng surface. The horse

frequently declines in condition luv-Huge

his teeth are so decayed or overgrown

that he cannot chew his food. A good

veterinarian can fix up a horse's teeth in

a short time and at a surprisingly small

cost. If once placed in good working or-

der and examined from time to time it

is little trouble to keep them so.





order.





 





 





llc- j





oppo— i

should be}





JAN. 13, 1912.





No Engine Can',





 





Beat the M‘cVicker





NVESTIGATE ’em all. Look thor-

oughly into every engine proposition

that sounds good. Take up their



say-30’s, their statements, their claims one

by one and prove ’em out. And if you

find one that’s as simple, efficient, power-

ful, smooth-running, trouble-proof as the

McVicker—buy it.



We’ll welcome the most thorough in-

vestigation you can make. For that’s

the way we sell the McVicker—by com-

parison with other engines. The reason‘s

not hard to find.





The Marvelous





McVICKER





has only one-third the number of parts that

are in the ordinary engine. Most makers

still cling to a lot of useless parts that

date back to the infancyrof the gas engine,

when it was about as unwieldy and clumsy

as could be. The need for these useless

parts passed away long ago, as gas engine

construction improved, but a lot of makers

still cling to them. Nowadays, however,

they only mean extra adjustments, extra.

attention, extra liability to trouble.





So we cut ’em all out in the marvelous McVicker. it‘s

all engine—yet it‘s so simple that a boy can run it

—-and he can’t run it wrong. It won't "go dead,"

won‘t ”balk," won’t lay down when you need it most.

Start it, go away and leave it, and you can be sure it'll

run right along until the fuel gives out. Develops more

power on a given amount of fuel, too.



There's a good dealer near you who can prove these

facts to you. If you don’t know him. write us. VVrito

us anyhow for our interesting





FREE ‘ ENGINE BOOK





It‘s full of engine facts you ought to know. The

facts in it are valuable, even if you never buy an engine.

Tells. among other things, how your boy can build

a model farm power plant that will mean a big saving

to you in time and money. A post-card will bring it.





 





ALMA? MFG. COMPANY

Dept. 41 ' ALMA, MICHIGAN





 





the use of a Hercules Stump Puller.

Bumper crops instead of stumps Big

money in place of taxes. $1,200 from 40

acres the first year—$750 in extra crops

every year after. Get the catalog of the





Hercules





Genuine Steel





Stump Puller





You can clear an acre

of stumps a. day. 30 da 5‘

free trial. Giiarnnte 3

years. Special introduce



tory price proposition.



Write today for

big free catalog.

HERCULES MFG. CO.

» [37 17th St.

Center-ville,



' - Iowa





Triple

Power





 





 





 

   

 

   





Sowing firewood lumber, lath, posts, etc.. on

contract. work. 'ou can cut more and out. much





Saw





Hertzler & Zook





Portable Wood

Absolutely cheapest and best saw made.

year. our $10,000 bond protects you.

Sold at factor prices—$10 and up.





anteed 1

Save midd emaii’s profit. Oper-

ates easier than at ier saws be-

cause stick is low and saw

draws it on as soon as it

touches the saw. Only

$0 saw to which r1 ping

ble can be added. one

refunded and freight pai

both ways it unsatisfactory .

Send for catalogue.





HERTZLER & 100K co.

Box 23, Bellcvllle, Pa.





 

   

   

   

   

   

   





 





As low as





 

 





 





ALWAYS mention the MICHIGAN MIME!

when von are writing to ndvertism.
l





 





JAN. 13, 1912.





The care of the feet during the winter

is greatly. simplified if the shoes are re-

moved as soon as the farm work is com-

pleted in the fall. Of course, it is neces—

sary to keep horses well-shod if they are

worked during the winter. However, it

is seldom advisable to keep the shoes on

horses that are not doing regular work

or being driven about on slippery roads

The feet are the most important part of

a horse and their perfect soundness is

essential if the animal is to work in com—

fort. If the horse. is not properly shod

he should not be taken out when the

roads are. slippery. On the other hand, he

should not be allowed to stand in the

stable with his shoes on so long that the

outside walls of the hoof overgrow the

shoes. \l'atch the horse’s feet carefully.



\Vhether brood mare or gelding it 1s the

healthy, well-fed horse that exhibits the

greatest (ndurance in the collar, so the

winter management imposes liberal and

judicious feeding. The superb vigor so

characteristic of high-class farm horses

cannot be maintained by feeding half—

rations. The weak, emaciated horse.loses

money for his owner by lack of endurance

and decreasing vitality. Such weak, run—

down horses should not be tolerated, much





THE

This Picture





In 14 Colors

To Hang

In Your '

Home ‘





 





less courted, even if feed is high. The.

expense of maintaining farm horses is a

large item. It may be as much as $100

a year; it can scarcely be less than $50.

\Vhen to this is addt-d interest, taxes and

depreciation of horses, no arguments

should be necesasry to convince a farmer

that he should get the most work possible

out of every farm horse. It. costs to feed

the idle horses and for this reason it is

a fundamental economy to feed as few

horses as possible and have them in the

best of condition to go into the spring’s

work and perform steady, every-day ser-

vice.



Good feeding does not consist of stuffing

the horse for a number of weeks before

he is put to work on heavy grain feeds.

Regular and careful feeding on a good





 





Do You Expect To See The Day When There

Wonderful Dan Patch Records Will Be Equalled?

Dan Patch 1:55

1 Mile in - - - - c - 1:55

1 Mile in - - - - 1551/4

2 Miles in - - - - - 1:56

14 Miles Averaging - - - 156%

30 Miles Averaging - - - 157%;

45 Miles Averaging - - - 1:58

73 Miles Averaging - - - 159%

120 Miles Averaging - - - 202%

Dan Ilns Broken World Records 14 Times.

Drill Is also Loading 2:10 Sire of the World for his age.

Sire of “Dazzle Patch” the Greatest Speed linnel

of the World’s History, which paced a hull mllcln

fifty-nine seconds, and one-eighth of a mile In

thirteen seconds, a 1 :44 Clip, when only 28 months

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

Some of Dan’s Colts will be (.‘hamplon Trotters as

well as Pacers. Why not Raise or Buy One!





 





 





 





 





 





allowance of clean, palatable hay and just ,





enough wholesome grain feed to keep him

in a. thrifty, flesh gaining condition is all





that is required to keep him in good

shape for a hard spring‘s work. Probably

the greatest mistake made in feeding





horses is that of feeding too much rough-

age. The horse has a comparatively

small stomach and is‘not capable of 11141121-

ling a. large amount of coarse f'ed like

the cow. Vl'here 10 to 15 pounds 'of_-rough-

age are required by the average work

horse many farmers feed all th*.ey can be

induced to eat. Their digestion becomes

weakened, their intestines clogged and

their general appearance sluggish. On

many farms the horse’s manger is filled

with hay three or four times a day. In

many cases sick and out of condition

horses may be cured by merely cutting

down on their roughage ration. In my

own practice I feed my horses two feeds

of cut hay mixed with grain mornings





and noons and at night a. liberal feedingw





of bright, clean hay. I feed about three

pounds of cut hay with the grain ration.

which is varied to meet the needs of the

horses that are being fed. From six to

eight pounds of hay is fed at night. A

grain ration of from six to nine pounds

should be sufficient for a horse that is not

doing hard work. A mixture of corn and

oats makes one of the best grain rations

available on the average stock farm. if





the corn and oats are crushed and mixed;

with cut hay the danger of impaction is

because the food must1

If plenty of‘

roughage is thoroughly mixed with the1





greatly reduced.

be consumed more slowly.





grain the danger of deranging the ani-

mal‘s digestive system is reduced to the

lowest possible degree. Alfalfa and clo—

ver are excellent hay feeds to cut and

feed with the grain and the danger of

dust is eliminated if the mixture is

sprinkled with water at feeding time.

'When feeding cut clover and alfalfa with

the grain ration it gives a wider variety

to feed timothy or mixed hay for the

roughage ration at night.



The supply of water must be pure and

plentiful. The watering pails or troughs

should be clean. When the horse is in

normal condition he should have, all of

the water he will drink. iVater before

he is fed because it passes through the

stomach rapidly. Judgment must be used

in “altering horses that are being work-_i

ed, but idle horses are not likely to drinkl

too much water if given to them twice ai

day. The horse that is being worked re-l

quires different treatment and food from

the ones that are idle, consequently what

I have said regarding the care of idle

horses would not apply with equal force

to the horses that are being worked reg-

ularly during the winter months.



New Yorl; W. MILTON KELLY.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





MICHIGAN FARMER. .





(6) 29





 





 





BEAUTIFUL PAINTING

OF DAN PATCH





Reproduced on Extra Heavy, Fine Enamel Stock and in 14 '

Perfectly Blended Colors and Shadings by the Marvelous, .

Newly Invented “Original Colors’ ’ Process. Size of pt_cture

I will send you is 21 J; 25 inches, making a Splendid ficture

to Hang in any Home or Office as it is Absolutely free of

, any Advertising. _ _

Extra Heavy Mailing Tube to insure safe delivery.





It will be mailed, postage pai , in an





 





Free for Stochowners, Postage Prepficl





 





This Splendid Paint-

Ing oi Dan‘s llcml was

made from lile and I

want to Personally as-



sure you that. it is as



Natural and Lilclike

as if lien stood right

before you, in his Present

Splendid Physical Condition.

This is an Elegant Picture

for hanging in the Finest

Home or Oflice. It is an exact and

perfect Color Reproduction of the Finest

Painting ever made of the Sensational and

World Famous Champion Stallion, Dan Patch 1 :55.

I think so much of this painting that I had it. repro-

duced In a Beautiful Stained Art Glass Window in my Country

Home. This picture will be a pleasure for you as long as you

live because it shows Dan’s true expression of Kindness and

his lovable Disposition as natural as life. You cannot buy a

Picture like this because I Own The Painting and have reserved

it lixclusivcly {or this use. \Vould you likcthc l’incst 14 Color,

Ilorsc l’icturc ever published in the world of the Fastest llar-

ness Horse in all llorse ilistory? People are Perfectly

Delighted with this Splendid Picture and are constantly writing

me. from all parts of the world, that it is the Finns! they have

ever seen and thousands of them are hanging in fmc llomes and

Offices. A Splendid, 14 (folor Reproduction of Above Painting

mailed Absolutely Free, To l-‘armcrs or Stockrniscrs OVER 21

YEARS 01“ AGE, If You Own Stock and Answer Two Questions.

Write Me Today, :1 Postal Card or Letter and Answer These

Two Questions: lst. Ilow Many llcad of liach Kind of Live

Stock and Poultry do you own“! End. In What I’uper did you

see my ofier? Picture will be mailed free to Stockowners.





ANSWER. 'I‘W0 QUESTIONS FOR. THIS SPLENDID PICTURE.





For over ‘25 years I have been guaranteeing that "lntcrna- .

tional Stock hood" as a '1 unit: purillt-i the Hood, anisdigcstiun

and assimilation so that every animal obtains morl- nutrition

from all grain catcn and products more nerve iortc, more

strength and cnduramr. Over 'l‘wu) Million Farmers strongly

endorse Superior tonic qualities of "lntcinational Him 1; Food"

for Horses. Cattle. Sllt‘l'l). llugs. It Always Saves (train. __



Dan l'azth 1 :53 has catcn it livery Day, mixed with his grain,

for ovcr 1.12;;th .irs, just as you catthc meditiual mustard, 1M1)-

pcr, salt, cte., mixed with your own Irmvl. Minorllcir 1:55 1’;

George (iano 2 :03: Lad) ..l;ui(l C 3 :HH,‘_}, and llrdgewood Iloy

2:01, have eaten it livery llay for past Two to I-‘our Years and ‘

they have all lowered their very low records during this time -

which is additional, indisputable prooftlutt “InternationalStotk

Food" asa 'l‘onic gives more speed and more strength and ~

more endurance liccaus'c cvcrybody thought these l‘ivc Ilorscs ’

had reached their speed limits before i got them. It will also

keep your Work Ilorscs inland sleek and in lixtra Strength to 2‘

do More Farm \Vork or llc:i\ y Hauling. ll Always San-s (lraln. '



ASK .IIY DEALER IN YOUR CITY FOR IIIY STOCK BOOK.



lntcrn'itiunal Stock hood is a liiglhclass. medicinal, vegetable _-

ionic and is cqually good for All Kinds of Live Stock. 1 iced it .

evcrv day on my "Intrrnntiunnl Stock Food Farm” of 700 -

acres to my 200 Stallions, Cliahpions, lroml Mares, Colts.

\\'ork llorscs, etc. You can test 100 llns. or 500 llns. at my risk.

t)\'cr 300,000 Dealers sell it on :1 Spot Cash Guarantt c to refund

money ii it ever fails to give paying rcsuits.



Its Feeding Cost is only ”3 FEEDS for ONE CENT.”





 





 





Dan Patch is the (In-at World Champion of all Champions

that have ever lived. llo Also Has 4".) In Official Speed List.





“6 has pact-d more Extremely Fast Miles than all the l‘ombincll

Miles of all the Pact-rs and Trotters in the World's Ilistory.





I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU WOULD TAKE $10.00 for the





Picture I will send you Free if you could not secure another copy. Write me at once and ANSW ER. QUESTIONS and the llcnnlifnl

Picture is yours FREE. Over ’I‘wo lliilllon Farmers and Btockownors have written me for 3 Dan Patch Picture. Address,





M. W. SAVAGE





- -' MINNEAPOLIS, MIN N.





OR, INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD C0.. Minneapolis





 





Get It.





remedy for every known pain

external applications.





 

 





 





OU ARE SAYING TO YOURSELF— 5 ‘

“If I only knewiof something to stop

that Backache—help my Rheumatism—cure my





Neuralgia, I would send and get it at once.”

_ Gombault’s Caustic Balsam will give you immediate

Relzef. A Marvelous Human Flesh Healer and a never failing





' Thousands testify to the wonderful healing and

.curmg powers of this great French Remedy.

soothe, heal and cure your every day pains. wounds and bruises.





 

 

 





that can be relieved or cured by





A Linimcnt that will





Gombault’s Caustic Balsam





The Great French Remedy





 





. _ Will





worselt got. Iuscd Caustic Balsam

—Ed. Rosenburg, St. Ansgat, Ia.





Mrs. James McKenzie, Edina,

Causttc Balsam rehevcd me of goitre.





Neuralgia, Spraius, Rheumatism

wherever a Liniment is needed Can





for ten years for different ailments. It

A liniment that not only heals a





 

 





 

 





4





-‘ It Help: Nature to Heal and Care. ,

perfectly harmless. Kills all Germs and prevents Blood Poison. Nothing

so good known as an application for Sores, \Vounds. Felons, Exterior

Cancers. Burns, Carbunclcs and Swellings.



“I had a bad hand with four running sores on it. The more I doctored the





and we use it for corns, bunions, colds, sore throat and pain in the chest."

A Safe, Reliable Remedy for Sore Throat, Chest Cold, BaCkaChe,





Dr. Higley, Whitewater, Wis., writes: ”I have been using Caustic Balsam





the accepted Standard Veterinary remedy of the world.





Price, $1.50 per bottle at all Druggists or sent by us express prepaid.

Write for Free Booklet and read what others say.





‘

' ‘9 THE LAWRENCE WILLIAMS CO, Cleveland, Ohio





‘\ _

' (osCJMxfi?





Do It





was

Penetrates, acts quickly, yet is





and never needed a doctor after that.”





   

   





Mo., says.- "Just ten applications of

My husband also cured eczema with it,





and Still Joints. \thnever and

stic Balsam has no Equal.





has never failed me yet.”

nd cures Human Flesh, but for years





 

 

 





 





BELLS’HOBSES

Percheruns & Belgians





At reasonable prices.





New Importation Arrived January 3d.

Write for Catalog.





BELL BROS., Wooster, Ohio.

——





 





DUNHAM’S





PERGHERDNS





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 credit in any herd. Write us,





IIUNIIAMS, Wayne, Illinois.

—





 





   

 

   

 

 

 





 

   

   





   

   

   

 

 





 





STALLIIINS





The Place to Buy





a. w. sourns & sons,





Huntington, Indiana.

Write about them.





It Will Save You Money.





_

METZ BROS.





NILES, MICH.





“'0 have a line lot. of imported and

American bred





Percheron Stallions





on hand and we can sell them for less

money than any other importer. \Vritc

us your wants.



MlCT’i BROS, Niles. Mich.





100 Head Belgian & Percheron





Stallions and Mares.





Direct from breeding farms of Belgiun and Franco,

all hightclass draft. stock with quality and size.

Among them are, lnany European prizeqvlnlwru.

If you are in the market. fora stallion or mare it.

Will he to your advantage to see our horses and get

our price. We. will sell you abettcr horse for

lI-Hs money than anyone else “('0 guarantee

every horse and back up our guarantee. Don‘t

fall to see our stock before you buy. Semi for our

catalog and Government. Book on the care, of hers -e.





LOESER BROS.. Box 3. ngonlor. Ind.





JACKS and MULES





liaise mules and get rich. 18

Jack and mule farms under

one maméfirement, where can .

be seen :3 head fine large

Jacks, jcnnets 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‘CIlntt ru, Indiana





A. A. PALMER G SONS,

BELDING. MICH.





The Pioneer Percheron Breeders of Michigan

offer for sale a choice lot of black





Percheron Stallions and Mares





All registered and young. Fifty head to select from.

WA N TE D





UNE BLAIIK SHEILAND PONY





()xFoalod fall of 1909. 38 Inches high.





75. care Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





mported and i d ' ' ' . z ’-

1 Belgian 6: P2238531; Slalllons. ngvmglfbduh‘ligy.

Bone and Weight. G. & H. LOCHEn. Biutnon, Ohio.
30 '(6)





VETERINARY





AM LW;MH‘.





Advice through this department is free

to our subscribers. Each communication

should state history and symptoms of the

case in full; also name and address of

writer. Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. if this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

the desired information in a reply that

has bren made to some one else. \Vhen

reply by mail is requested, it becomes

private practice. and a fee of $1.00 must

accompany the letter.





   





 





 





I)istempcr.—-~My horses had

distemper last fall and have not made :i

very good recovery. ()ne of them has had

suppurativc trouble since and his skin is

in a sort of sturvy condition. Another

one seems to he dull and dumpish. .»\.

8., ltcese. Micli.—~t.§ive your horse. that

has suppurative trouble 1 dr. iodide po-





tassium and 2 drs. Fowler‘s solution at 3





Effects of





dose in feed three times a day. Good

grooming twice, a. day and clothing the

body warm will soon improve skin. The





scaly spots should be softened with vase-

linc. tlive the dull horse, 1 di'. ground

ntix yomica and Z drs. bromide. of potash

at a dose in feed three times a day.

L3niphangitis.‘rLast. fall one of my

mares had an attack of iymphangiiis, but

made. a fairly good recovery. She is now

suffering from a second attack and I

would like to know What to do for her.

1 have fed her condition powdcr right

along. expecting it to purify her blood.

but she fails to improve. .1. l-l.. Vassar,

Mitb. livery horse that has had an at-

tack of 'yniphzingitis should be fed with

care, their bowels kept open and not fed

more ii.:in oiii~iliird grain ration when

idle, They shou d be exercised some cv-

cry day. My» 3 drs. iodide potassium

and 1,.. oz. I)il‘,\t.‘l't.‘tl nitrate potash at a.

(lose in fowl lll"t‘l' titties a day. Irritat—

ing; lininicnts :«lu *llli not be applied.

Spraincd l.o:.:_. I bought a 15-year—old

more at auction sale: she was lame in

left hind ankitv. l have blisteicd her

twice without i'er-ulis. ll. l0, Ann Arbor,

.‘illt'll.~:\ilX together one {llll't tincture

(‘1i1llllill'ithtS, one part illiilll :iniinoniu, one





[lilll turpentine and thrci- parts raw lin-

st-itl wit and apply to .t‘cilot'lt joints twice

it Vii“ .-,.



Hot. rin:i\'iii,mlliiy'e :1 horse llilllL has

liont- 'ii.t‘.'ill effecting cut-h bind it;;. One.

spavin lilllit ii. two years ago, the other

just i‘oi'ined. WWW shall i treat this case

in oi‘trt-i' to in. ire best results? it). "-.

.l~‘.lktoii. Mich. li t'lln be safely stated

that few spayiiiol horses are given





enough rest wli n being treated, to insure

a 1‘t3t‘ltl'l‘l‘5'. (live youi horse two inonths’

ribsoliiie rest :inil apply one part red io-

dide mercury and four parts lard io hock

joints three times a month. lf at the end

of two months. he is still lame have your

'\'t't. fire him.



Bald Scar on

old more was ’lll on barb wire last year.

llllllxllll-C wound on fore part of t'otlock





which healed fairly well, but a large scar.





remains and it is without hair. l\'hat .

t-an lli‘ applied that will grow hair on:

llllllt‘il'.' ll. lx'., .lJlllllt’l, Alien—It is





-itlill)lltll if hair will over grow on scar.

more is no better i't-inetly than vaseline

to grow hair.



Lyniphangitiw l llith' a five~year—old

horse that tool; tinipbgingitis three weeks

ago and has int-ii treated by our local

\‘ct. ’l‘his hoist is not lame, but pus

comes from llill‘ii part of hock where u.

curb is itit'lilC-tl. (l. \\'. McL. ts‘helbyville.

Mich. lit-duct- his food supply, feeding

mostly bian, timothy hay and roots. (live

:1 drr, iodide potassium and 1.1: oz.

tiered nitrate potash at a dose three times

a day. if his leg is not much intlamed

liltlltl.i§.‘(‘- over t'otltitl. lie should have

wall up: exorcise.



lit‘lillil.--l have a tlircc—year—old iiily

that has a navel breech about the size oi

a stool lien t-g ‘. lly placing the fingt’i‘

in w-nlcr ot' bunch it can be easily moved

into body. \\'hai had I better do for lll‘l'?

\‘j. lt‘, >2. l"aln‘iyr:.i. Mich. r'l‘he only treat-

‘llt‘lll that has any good effect is surgical

Work and this is not a good time of the

tour to do it. ,\ll things t-oiisidertd, you

1w. better leave llt'l' alone until April,

inch have her operated on.



Snot-god on Thigh: Colt 12 months old

snaggt‘d herself. making wound on hind

lot: bt-iyoen siitlo and hot-k joint._ Have

givmi her good care and applied different

kinds ot medicine without help. it). S. (3.,





Marion. Mich. it' tho Wound is still open

apply t’llllill parts powdered alum. oxide

oi zinc. litll‘lt' :It'ltl. and tannic. acid. or

apply ono part iodol‘orin and eight parts

‘oorat-ii- ilt‘itl. li' lilt‘l't' is no opening. then

apply equal parts iodide ointment and





ointment once or twice a day.

mare is





bel.:itloiiiii.i

Sui-felt 'Alllllgt'5" Nine—year-old





(‘tiVUi‘t‘ti with small dry scabs and one of

her legs is tillllt‘ soi‘t‘. K. K., Nunica,

Michx (live your mare a tlessortspooiiful

of lionoyan's solution at a dose in feed





three times a day. lt‘ecd her enough well

salted bran maslics illltl roots to keep her

ltoiiols tllitill. .‘pply one part oxide of

zinc and on; parts vasclinc to sores once

a day.



l‘ariizil Loss of Control of

year—old t'olt has had for about four

months a peculiar motion: while walking,r

he swings lcti hind let;. out occasionally.

He has a small bunch on back part of

hock \‘.llit‘li l blistcrt-d several times. No

trots or runs :is smooth as he ever did.

3W. l{.. l"lllltl(‘t‘. :\ll(‘ll."(ll\'9 14, dr. ground

nux vomit-a at a dose in feed three times





Leg. . Two-





{1 day. This is given to stimulate his

spinal cord and nerve. .\pply one part

iodine and eight parts lard to hunch on





hock every day or two.



lit‘ift‘l‘ Has “hit I have a heifer that

has :70 or more warts. some of them long.

others flat. J H., Slocum. Mich—Cut off'

those that have necks and apply acetic

acid to flat ones three times a week.





 





l<‘etlocl-:.—(')ur cight-ycar- r_





pow- 3





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





Coll-rs





collar is a

heavy pad of

curled hair

that in smooth

and will not





shoulders.

Ask your dealer

. to show yo u .



Peer-Ho Collars

" and Harness.



P i e u o n &



Hough Co..



Ilalnlhllieh.





 





 





 





 

 





use KEROSEN





Amazing “DETROIT" Karo;

seno En me shipped on 15 days

FREE rial. proves kerosene

cheapest. safest. most; powerful

flit-l. If satisfied, .ny lowest:

| price ever given on to table farm

3 engine; if not. pay nothing.

i I I

Gasoline 60mg Ilp!

i Automobile owners are

‘ burning u so much gaso-

' Iinothiitt oworld'ssupply

is running short. Gasoline

is 90 to 15c higher than coal

oil. Still soul up. Two

liiits of coal Ol do work of

l hroe pints gasoline. No

' waste. no evaporation, no

explosion from coal Oil.





Amaling “DER





 





 





' r

5





Engine FREE!





E





 

   

 





inders can-

not. carbonizo





IT”





The “DETROIT" is the only engine (that handles

coal oil successfully; uses alcohol. gasoline and benzme.

Loo. Starts without. cranking. Basic patent—only three moving

parts-no ('i'llllS—llo sprockets-no pc:ir5*no valves—the utmost





l in simplicity. power alltlsll‘vllflll]. Mounted ousk‘ids. All sires.

Bio 20 ii. p.. in stock ready to ship. Complete engiuetested Just





before crating. Comes all ready to run. Pumps. saws. Lhrcshes.

churns. separates milk. grinds feed. shells corn. runs home





1 electric-lighting plant. Prices (stripped).

Sent any place on 15 days’ Free Trial,

till oii investinte amazing.





“D ‘TROI





 





you Special Extra-Low introductory price.





l

t





 





Appleton ood Saws

ARE GUARANTEED





Get Our Free Booklet—It

describes and illustrates

the different styles and

will help you pick out the

very saw you need. As we

manufacture an extensive

line of saws, you cannot

choose without this book-

let. Write now.



APPLETON MFG. CO.





Est. 20 Fargo Street





 

 





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





it‘ll t”

r‘lltil.





Engine. Burns 33,

kerosene. distillate.





12 mild





horse power guaranteed.





\ '-... till ”- ~ my

2 to 50 H. P.

Wonderful New

PumplngEnglno

Send postal todnyfor

Illustrated Catalog.





l





shaft. for ve w machines.





 

 

 





11th, West cost: engine In

in busines .





I 608 Canal St.





   





Days Trial of





Unlted State. Bonded

soline,

onsi at these

vantages-J 2

lat. Pays for itself in fuel savmg

in short time. 2nd. No Violent v1-

' . bration. 3rd, Greatly reduced bulk.

- 4th, Eagilky pfirtable; mountedtanya

h . t ver engine at an

W are ’ y iiih. Ab-





olutely frost proof. 7th,_P031tively

most economical running engine



de. 8th, Only engine With pulley on

nth sides. 9th. Small pulley on cam





W I! . .

Perfect Lultrit.:ut:ion.coolingr & ignition.

' 9 world.

12th. _ nde by reputable firm.60 veins





8

Unltod States Enzlne Work.

Chlcazo. III.





$29.50 up.

Don‘t. buy an engine

money-saving. power-saving

T.“ Thousands in use Costs only postal to find

out. If you are firstin your neifihbm-hood to write. we Willallow





Writel





Detroit Engine Works, 149 Bellevue Ave" Detroit. Mich.





 





10th.





 





 





 





 





FRIDAY. JAN. I9. I9l2,

I will sell ’75 sows. 4 boars.

type. Don‘t“. miss this sale.





BROOD SOW SALE





I have big and medium

Write for catalogue.





WM. WAFFLE. Goldwater. Michigan.





 





f: m tools. 1 re istered Percheron stall

3 ileum old and 4 (rid of pure lfired Shorthorn





CATTLE.





 





Prides. only. is headed by erton





along





FOR SALE AT AUCTION—3320312.!“£5,013.th and





ion coming





cattle.





For particulars address R. D. ird. St. Johns. Mich.

BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





i. Blackbirds and

Herd. consisting of Trojan Er can . a. Trojan Erica.





h Bin k Woodlawn. sire of t. 0 Grand Chain ion steer

mid bucll at. the International in Chicago. 90.. 1 .





f ' ,h i .8” bred young built; for sale.

A e“v36b°ncorn s'rocn FARM. Ionla.





Mich.





AYRSHIRES’O“°°‘ m... m

breeds: young bulls



and bull calves for sale. Berkshire swine. 11 pure



bred. Michigan School for Deaf. Flint. Mich.





Guernsey Bull Calves $2333.33

A. R. ancestors. ALLAN KELSEY. Lakeview. Mich.





GUERNSEY BULL—253%; i8):- ’f‘fillilin‘lld'oi‘é‘i





months old .35. W. VP. BURDIC , Wayland. Mich.





“T0ii-N0lcli”H0l.STEINS





A Fine Young Bull, born January 4, 1911.

Sire—King of the Hen ervelds. whose sire has 9

daughters that. have 0 oial records that; average

over 30 lbs. butter in’l days and 12 daughters that

average over 100 lbs. milk in one day and whose dam

has an oflieial record of 29.27 lbs. butter and 633.21bs.

milk in 7 days at; 4 years 7 days old. Dam—Winona

De Cole 211. who gave 14034 lbs. mllk in 10 months and

traces to Imported Clothilde. who gave 260001bs. milk

in one year. fourth largest year's milk record. He

comes from lax-tie producers on both sides. is 3 00d

individual. nice y marked With a little morew ite

than black. Price $100.





McPHERSON FARMS co., Howell, Michigan.





BULLS-"ULSTEIN-BULLS





One $50 Bull

One $60 Bull





One $70 Bulr

One $80 Bull





We have some very cholco ones a little hlgher.

Write for description and pedigree.





Long Beach Farm. Augusta, “timed Mich.





lllid Not Sell 20 Holstein Bulls In Nov.

I Want to Finish the Job in December.





Send for my Dec. Announcement. Select a.

bull from it. order him QUICK. Several front

A. R. (l. dams. and sired by Johanna (.‘oncordia

Champion. the only bull in service whose grand

dams average :ittit; lbsbutter in 7'days. Also

yearling heifers bred to him.





L. E. GONNELL, - Fayette, Ohio.





HOLSTEIN BULLS





FOR SALE





Registered bulls from four to ten months old for

sale that. are closely related to liengerveld

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

tha [ith‘s Johanna. The dams are heavy milkers

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

Send for list. Blgelow's Bolsteln Farm. BreedsvllleMich.





—3 Registered Guernsey Bulls; 5 regis-

For sale tered largo Yorkshire sows. brcil.

For prices write John Ebola. it. No. 10. Holland. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





} ELLEFORDS—T bulls from 2 mos. to 2 years old. all

reg. and of the very best breeding. Also big boned





Poland {‘hina hogs. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Mich.





 





' 1 month to 1 year old. 'l'hcir sire is

"OISleln Buns of the ircst‘nt most popular adver-

tised breeding. ilOBL CARR. Fowlervillo. Mich.



calf. sired by best son of Pontiac





HUI-SIB“ Bl“- Butter Boy and from equally





good dam. C. l). WOODBURY. Lansing. Dllch.





. .

Holstein Heifers for Sale.

Few thoroughbrt-tls and high grades. bred to excel-

lcnt. grandson of Pictortfio liOllgt‘l‘Vt-lll Count De Kol.



RODGEMONT FARMS. Detroit. Michigan.





 





 





 





Purebred Registered





[1 OLSTE lN CATTLE

The Greatest Dairy Breed

Sand for FREE Illustrated Booklets.

Holstein-Friction. Auo., Box I64. Bratfleboro.Vt.



EGIS'I‘ERED JERSEYS For Sale—Some combin.





ing the. blood 01' St Louis and Chicago World's

Fair Champions by HERMAN HARMS. Reese. Mich.





MARSTON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE.





T. F. MARSTON. Bay City. Michigan.

Crystal Springs Jerseys tor Sale 23:13





testing cows. 0. A. BRISTOL. R. No.2, Fenton. Mich.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS.





Cows all in yearly tout. Four Bulls old enough for

service. Several igllfllldld Bull ‘a van. A few

Heifers and Heifer alvos. I guarantee satisfaction

or money refunded.



COLON C. LILLIE. (Toopersville. Michigan.





I





 





 





OR SALE—3 yearling Holstein-Friosian bulls. also

. bred heifers $150 to $200 oat-b. Bull calves $40 to $60

33 years a breeder betas and pedigrees on appli.

cation. W . (J. Jackson. South Bend. Ind.. 719 Rex St—





BUTTER BRED JEPSEYSA’EELS

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allogan County, Michigan.





JERSEY BULLS FOR SALE





Sired by 'l‘eniisiu's Interested Prince 71648. whose dam

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

Choice individuals. Prices Reasonable.





anooxwmn FARM. ANN ARBOR, MlCll., ii. F. 0.7.

J E R 3 BY 8 35.Ji‘%ivi’.‘2?li.il’y’°€e‘ii%fi:





A few bull calves from cows making splendid

records. SAMUEL ODELL. Shelby. Mich.





Red Polled Bull Calves





Sto'i months old. 540 to $50. Cows $50 to 875. Also

Percheron Stallion 3 years old. line style. a ‘iilg

bargain at: 3%0. E. BBACKETT 6; SON. Allegan. Mich,





FOR SALE-2 Yearling RED POLLED

BULLS. rice $60 each

if taken now. J. M, CHASE & SO 8. Ionia. Mich.



. —a few bred heife f

Dally Bred Shel-thorns sale, rice $75.(X)Ie§iiclix.‘

Cash or good note. J. B. HUMME . Mason. Mien.



SHEEP.

—Good Yearlin Field

OXfOYd Down Sheep Rams and ewes fit all ages

for sale. I. R. WATERBURY. Highland. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





——Registered and bred to imported rams

OXlord Ewes for sale at. farmers' rices. Address





 





B. F. Miller or GEO. L. Spillane. Flint. Michigan.





 





JAN. 13, 1912.





- -W'.h t

Reg. Rambouillets .132. on?

both sexes. All a. as low rice. Farm—2M miles E.

Morrice. on G. r1'. i. it... M. U. R. J. Q. A. COOK.





Hoos.

Durocs and Victoriasziglwm “mine We eithersex‘





. . . nod aschob .d e.'

liVing prices. M. T. STU KY. R.F.D.4§‘.3(I.og'le(lli.uh(l(i:lil





 





ERKSIIIRES—Spccial for January—Slows bred M f "-

ing 321;.1 hour 9 mos. $16; Aug. pigs both sexes. alquiré’t‘t

All stock regis’d. and guiimntcad. B B. Reuvcy. Akron, Mich:





BERKSHIRE —12 Gilts at. $25; 8 at $30: 5mm





. Sows at $35 and u . All I . .

blood linos. Elmhurst Stock FarmPAlmonifeliiiigch





' —Bred sows. bred gilts and hours re d

BerkSilll‘eS for service. The best of breediliig):

splendid indivtdualsnuth fancy heads. at resonable

prices. 0. O. COREY. New Haven. Michigan.





{ OR SAI.E._BERKSHIRES—2 boars 6: 3 gilts furrowed in June

vnlso a choice lot of Aug. and Sept. pigs. sired by Handsome

l'rince 3d ik Min-ion King. A. A. PATTULLO. Deckerville. Mich.





' ——Buy a service B r n. .

BerKShlres cheap. Other sggck 31:0

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





0 I 0 Service Boats. Gilts bred for April furrow

" ' ' Au . and Sept. pigs. large. smooth and prolific.

Glenwood took Farm. Finland. Mich. Phone 9-1





0 I c [filtz'lglilihlglles weighingh froml 175 fto $30

I - - . .a . so a very c oice t it

GEO. P. ANDREWS. Dansville. Ingham O00.0. Mgich?





-My herd is chiefly

0- '0 cl SWINE descent of the Royal

strainyboth males and females. Write for Live and

Let. Live price on airs and trlos. not akin.



A. J. GORDO . R. No. 2. Don. Michigan.





0. I. C’s For Sale—Best quality. large growthy





akin some fine bred llttypeh eithlert “ill Tim:s mil

’ is 0 nice o 0 a .

ages. OTTO B. serfULZE. Nashville. Miciiilgffi'n‘.l





O —Bred gilts by Champion boar 2')

0 1‘ C0 each, for an r ' ‘h' '

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford).ll MIZElzntlsy





0. l. C. Sows bred [or s rin '

OTIS GREENMAN. R. 4gellegu1?ll;ll(c’l‘3 .





I. Q’s—Boats all sold Choice youn ' '



’ . g sows no .1}.

. rug 180. 318060 Aug. & Sept. pigs. either sex, plaéirs

no akin. Order early. 1* rod Niche... Monroe. Mioh..1i.1.





I. 0.—Spring hours all so‘d. A to l ' "

()0 to be bred for April fiirrciw. Uiioi‘iie‘gggitit’s‘i'éi?

pigs. cheap. A. NEW MAN. It. No. 1. Mariette. Mich.





9 -—All ages. growl-ht and large sows'bred

0f l. C S Males ready. 100 to select. from. Attractive

prit-t-s on young stock. H Li. Jump. Munith. Mich.





swine and Buff Rock cockernls of

0' ll Cl. right, tay ’8. best, of breeding. prit-o way

down for quick sale. l. I). SCOTT. Quiniby. Mich.





' i'l’. Imp. (‘hoster Whites 'iiid 'l‘unworth HVll '

‘ <3. ‘ .. neiton

( .345 lst at It airs in 13]]. Service hours. also sows bred

tor spring larrow'ot either breed that will please )ou

in quality and price. Adams Bros” Litchticld. Mich.





—Young breeders ofM'ir h. A '

lmprUVEd Cinders and May furrow. either :5;

A low tried sows for sale when bred. Also Holstein

cattle -W. O. WILSON. Okemos. Mich. Both phones.





DUROC JERSEYS.





CAREY U. EDMONDS, Hastings. Mich.





—Boars and (‘ilt‘s. .l

DurOC Jerseys for sale Fall pigs (brith 59:96:;

bred from State Fair winners. Prices reasonable.





Write or call andsee. ll. t~i.Vivian. RA. Monroe..i\lich.





Fllll SALE—~20 Choice Bred saws “.1341...





April. JOHN MchCOLl.. ll, No.1.lNorth Star. hilt-(1,11,.





I) l'liOOJERSEY BOA RS of the large. heavy boned

type all‘ld ‘Aooiillin quality. also gilts and full pigs





for salt). AY. Okemon. (Inghum Co.) Mich.





FOR SALE—DUROC-JERSEY bred sows,





‘ igsand Shepherd Pu s. L -

press prepaid. J. H. ANGIHAR’I‘. LansingpMich.





' ' ready foraervic . S 2' l

30 "lab Class Boats prices for 30 days. lgciigy

o1i growth. style and ilanll. Satisfaction guaranteed.

(.omo or write. J. C. DARNEY. Goldwater. Mich





LARGE TYPE P. CiLM‘m in Michigan. Pins





. , _ from mammoth i-iir



sows. Vii-ugh 160 to lifilbs. at 4 months. My nfigtllcxilg

“Not how cheap but. how good." ill puy ex-

penses'of those who come and do not find what. I

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





—Thoroughbred Poland Chin- S *'

For sale Prize winners at State (lllddCLTlllllllfy'

W. F. QUIRK, Big Rapids. Michigan.





' —Extm good 8 ri d

POJand Ch'nas fall pigs eililielrlg St;

L. Vi. BARNES& SON, Byron. Shiawassee 00.. Mich~





FOR SALE—A CHOICE P. C. BOAR.

H Hired by "Victor." Dani by

Oakwood Medlor.” All rwht every way. A few more





Minorca cockerels. 1i. MILLS. Saline. Mich.





POLAND CHINAS“Ellher sex. all ages.





thing good .t l '

P. 1). LONG. ll. No. 8. (Strand1 lilapiod‘s.





Fairs.





 





Some-

nice.

lich.

(lit SALE~Poland China boars' d: ' H .‘ '

bulls, White Holland u'iirkeys.d§ar}2iifl'iii.‘iifiifiiii

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





’ I I _ '. ' .

Butler 3 Big Type Poland-Chinas “‘52.‘.fif.‘li’.§lf?ié‘.ll.“r'€§i;

for everything in Poland (lhinas. If you want. a nice

boar to head your herd. a brood sow or fall pig. Pairs

not akin. or a reg. Jersey hull of any llfile write us.

Our prices are \‘Ol‘Y low. J. 0. Butler. Portland. Mich.





' Gilts bred for April furrow. Li ht:



Paland china Brahma, White “’y‘andotte and Bat-filed

lint-k oock‘ls it). 1). Bishop. H. 39. Lake Odessa. Mich.

‘ —Bred from large type. Stock



P0lalld ChinaS all 3339. both 3616!. at Funnel-u

prices. W. J. HAGELSHAVV. Augusta. Michigan.

POLAND CHINAS~Sows bred for April or May

furrow. {all pigs. both Mixes



pairs not. akin. R. J. LANE. ii. t. Clare. Michigan,

PEBI‘L SALE on Poland China Boarn. Sows Bred

s and fall pigs. Also Dairy bred Short.

horn Bull Calves. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Mich.





Big Type P. C. Bears and Sows “may.





sion. A. A. WOOD Ii SON. Saline. Michigan.





~~Stot~k of all ages f )r sale Price right,

MUlelool "083 Best. llillll)’. Bred sow Sale Feb. 1.

G. C. KliiflhLOlV. Atla. Hardin 00.. Ohio.





Alita‘rE Improi'od English YORICSHIRES. both

1 sexes. all ages. Gilts bred for sgring i'arrovring,

$30 while thoy last. M.(). VVILSO . Morley. Mich.





YURKSH I BE F9“ SALEzilliz‘iit‘llai

ing, “180 Aug. Fig.5. both sexes.





VVATEBMAN (it VVATERMAN. Ann Arbor. Mich.





at Lima.





 





 





ARGE IMPROVED YORKSHIRES—All ages.

L either sex. Gilts bred for April and M il)‘ furrow.

Prices reasonable. W'. C. Cook. Route ~12. Ada. Mich.





. Lillie Farmstead Yorkshires.





Boats old enough for service. A few bred Bows.

3.3.11 Pigs. pairs and trios not akin. I Will sell you fall





 





pigs at. prices that will its rise .Vou Satisfaction

guaranteed. COLON o. LIL‘lfiin. Coopersville. Mich.
~m- l





 





MW Mfiw-





JAN. 13, 1912.





Cow CoughS—Sprained Tendon.:~'I have



a ten-year-old cow that is in fairly good

condition, but troubled With a cough. I

also haVe a twelve—year—old mare. that

Sprained tendons of hind leg when she

slipped. O. H. \V., Caro,_ NIICh.—'(lee

your cow 1 oz. powdered licorice, 1 dr.

powdered opium and 1 dr. powdered 10-

belia at a dose in damp feed two or

three times a day. Clip hair off tendons

and apply cerate of cantharides once a

week. .



Luxation of Joints.—-Every step my

three—year-old colt takes his joints seem

to slip in and out of place, but he shows

no lameness. The stifle joints seem to be

most affected and I would like to know

what to apply. \V. .l. 1)., Royal Oak.

Mich—Feed him well and exercise him

moderately and as soon as he gains more

strength his joints will be all right. A

very good liniment to apply is composed

of equal parts turpentine, aqua ammonia

and olive oil.



Stringhalt.—Ii‘or the past few weeks

one of my three-year—old colts jerks up

one hind leg, but only when first starting

to walk. This colt seems to be right ev~

ery other way. A subscribers Lake

Odessa, Mich—Your colt has a mild'at-

tack :if stringhalt, the only remedy is a

simple surgical operation which cons1sts

in removing a section of a» small tendon

situated at lower and outer part of hock

joint. Your Vet. can doubtless perform

this operation and it can be done Without

casting colt; haye him use a six per cent

solution of cocaine.



Indigestion—Acidity _of Stomach—My

seven-inonths-oid colt is very much on.

of condition, has a poor apetite for food,

but has a strong inclination to eat rotten

wood and filth. No need of your prescrib-

ing a remedy to be given in feed for. he

will not eat it. \V. H.. Ann Arbor, Mich.

—Dissolve a dessertspoonful of bicar-

bonate of soda in his drinking water and

give him three doses a day, lf' he “'lll not

drink it dissolve it in a half pint of watei

and pour it down him. Also ‘give a table:

spoonful fluid extract gentian and the.

same quantity of fluid extract cinchona

at a dose three times a day. Peed him

food that he is most fond of. .



Bone Spavin.—rl have a s1x-_year-old

horse that has been troubled w1th bone

spavin lameness for the past 18nmontns

and I have tried several remedies, be—

sides having him trcated by our \_et.

without good results. (7. 7... Lent, Mich.

~—'l‘he true hock joint, onwhat. is com.-

inonly called the pulley ai'ticnlation,_ must

be involved and if so his case is mour-

able. Have your Vet. fire him and give



' wo months rest.

hlIriistiocation of l’atellar-l’lave a. two-

vear-old :‘illy that is fed corn and timothy

hay which has trouble in left stifle» joint.

The cap slips out of place and seems to

fall back into position very easily. .1. I).

McG., Vanderbilt, Michf—Thc ligaments

that hold cap in position are weak. Clip

off hair and apply cei'ate of cantharides

once a week.





\Veak HeartmGrcase Heel.—l have a

seven-year-old Percheron mare 1n foal

which panted considerable when worked





last summer. She is now troubled w1th

sore legs abovo fetlock, and stoeks. These

sores on hind leg discharge a yellow,

grease-like matter. .J. 8., Onondaga,

.‘llCI‘L-“lee your mare a dessertspoonful

of Donovan’s solution and 1 oz. cooking

soda at a dose. in feed three times a day.

Dissolve 1,3, lb. aet-tate lead. 3-ozs..su.l—

phate of zinc and 3 ozs. carbolic acid in

a gallon of water and apply to sore heels

three times a day. \\'et and iilth will

prevent her heels from getting well.



Poisoned Legs—Three months ago my

mare was pastured in alsike which caused

her heels to become sore and it required

some, time to heal them. ller heels are

in fairly good condition, but she has been

in an unthrifty condition ever since. B

S., Siloam, Mich.--If the skin of legs_ is

still rough apply one, part .oxide 'of Zinc

and four parts vaseline daily. live 1101‘

a dessertspoonful Donovan’s solution, a.

teaspoonful tincture nux vomica .and 1

oz. iiuid extract gentian at a dose in feed

three times a day. lf her membranes are

pale give a teaspoonful powdered sulphate

iron at a dose in feed night and morning.



Heifer Does Not Come in Heat—Hol-

stein heifer, 14 months old, has not yet

come in heat. \Vould like to breed her

in order to have her calf when not much

more than two years old. A. J. 8., Mt.

Pleasant, Mich—“(live her a dessertspoon—

fill of powdered capsicum, 1 dr. ground

nux vomica at a dose in feed three times

a day. You had better increase her grain

supply.



L'dt'l-L of Vigor—Our three—year-old bull

in serving





has always been rather slow

‘r-ows, although sure. Lately he has re-





fused to serve cows, but is in good flesh.

(3. f}. .T., Birmingham, Mich—He should

have more exercise, this will increase his

strength and vigor. Also give him 2 drs.

ground nux vomica, 1/; oz. ground ginger,

and 1,3 oz. ground gentian at a dose in

feed three times a day.



3arrcnness.—~My live—year-old cow

freshened in July, 1910, since then she

has come in heat regularly, been served

by three different bulls and fails to get

with calf. E. 'l‘. A., ()sseo, Mich—Dis—

soch 1 oz. bicarbonate soda in a quart

of tepid water and wash out vagina three

times a week and be sure. and treat her

when she first comes in heat. If she has

a vaginal discharge inject her daily with

the following lotion, which is made by

dissolving 1 dr. permanganate potash in

a gallon of tepid water.



Two Openings in Same Teat.~—Have a

heifer with first calf that has opening

inside of teat as well as end. .1. C. .,

Bay City, Mich.—Scarify edges of opening

inside of teat, stitch edges together with

carbolized silk or catgut and apply boracic

acid. It is no easy matter to close an

opening of this kind, and you may find it

necessary to milk her through a milking

tube.



Barren Heifer—Ringworm.—Heifer 19

months old, healthy and thrifty, but

nearly always in heat. She has been

bred several times, but fails to get with

calf. I also have another heifer that has





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





several sore spots on skin about the size

of a 50 cents silver piece. T. L., Kaleva.

Mich—She will perhaps never breed on

account of an abnormal condition of the

ovaries. Apply tincture to sore spots

twice a week. .



Hard Milken—Heifer came fresh two

months ago and is healthy, but she is a





hard milker and 1 would like to know

how this work can be made easier. A.

M. 19., Metamora, Mich—Use a milking

tube and if you are not supplied The

Lawrence Publishing Co. can mail you

one. The 31/: inch costs 35c, and the





3-inch 300.



Piles—One of our pigs is troubled with

piles and his bowels are costivc. IV. B.,

Niles, Mich—«Give either castor oil or

epsom salts in feed to open bowels and

they should be kept open by feeding roots

or well salted slop. Dissolw 4 (Ms. sugar

lead and 2 ozs. of tannic acid in a gallon

of water and apply to sores twice a day.



Loss of .-\ppetite—-l‘artial Paralysis—-

One of my sows has lost her appetite and

is also losing use of hind parts. She is

a large sow and a valuable one if she can

be cured. E. V. B., Cl‘arkston, Mich.—

Perhaps she has not had sufficient exer-

cise and been fed an unbalanced ration;

too much corn and starchy fat producing

foods and not enough muscle, tendon and

bone nourishing food. Feed her oats, oil

meal and roots. live her .a teaspoonful

of air-slaked lime with each feed. If her

bowels are costive give her castor oil or

epsom salts to open them. She should

be kept dry and warm and give her 15

grs. powdered nux vomica at a dose in

feed two or three times a day. This will

act as a spinal stimulant and you had

better apply equal parts turpentine, aqua

ammonia and sweet oil to back three or

four times week.



Spinal Meningitis.~Have been a reader

of the Michigan Farmer for many years





 





and frequently come to you for advice

and would like to know what ails my

lambs. I have 200 fattening lambs; all





seem to be doing well and gaining right

along. Am feeding corn and oats twice

a day, bright oat straw for roughage

mornings, clover hay and cornstalks at

night with plenty of salt and Sal-Vet.

The. water comes from a well some 200

feet deep, but the water is very muddy.

Thirteen of the 200 lambs are now dead.

five of them died in one day. The fowl

seems to be digested, but the lining of

stomach somewhat decayed. easily torn

loose, liver light colored, with several

white specks and is spongy. Have noticed





only two sick and they soon became.

panilyzed. The others were found dead

in shed when [ went to look them over





in the morning. i). C... .lonesvillc, Mich.

~—l am inclined to believe that their water

supply is perhaps infected with germs

which produce spinal meningitis and by

making a change you may lose no more.

If their bowels are costive give them

enough epsom salts in feed to open them.

Are you sure that your barnyard sap is

not emptying into well'.’ I have known

cases of this kind that produced similar

results. Their food supply may possibly

be causing their sickness; however, I

doubt it.





 





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





Several days ago 1'}. \\'. Willoughby, of

lowa. marketed at Chicago a consignment

of fed-western lambs that averaged 86 lbs.

at $0.40 per 100 lbs. They Were pur—

chased as feeders iii the South Omaha

market early last September at $4.00,

averaging 54 lbs. These were the first

lambs that Mr. \\'illougliby ever handled,

and his venture was highly successful,

he. stating at the time of their sale that

they were well bought and well sold. Dur—

ing the 90 days they were on feed, they

made an average gain of 32 lbs. Run

on a second growth clover until the frost

killed it, they were then started on a-

light grain ration of oats and shelled corn,

which was gradually increased, and when

they were on a full feed the, oats were

dispensed with. Clover hay was the

roughage.



Feeders of cattle are learning to look

with favor on Well—bred range cattle, al-

though soine still hold aloof, fearing that

their wild life on the range will render





 





them undesirable for life on the farm.

where conditions are so different from

those of their earlier life. It has been





found that range cattle such as are. grown

these times take readily to their changed

surroundings and do well on corn and'

hay, making highly satisfactory gains.

(if course, the range cattle of today are.

wholly different from the old—time cattle

of the range, being well bred animals that

will certainly stand a favorable compari-

son with the iinest native, cattle. Better

feeder cattle than the Hereford, Angus,

Galloway and Shorthorn range steers and

heifers shown at the international Live.

stock ExpoSition at (‘hicago and at the

Itoyal at Kansas City could not be asked

for.



The federal authorities have experienced

considerable trouble in putting a stop to

shipments of immature veal from the

southeastern portion of \Visconsin and





 





Are you making

$100 a year from





each of your cows?”





   





Or are you one of those farmers who is keeping his cows instead of his





cows keeping him?





$100 a year from a cow is no more than 1 good





average. Any farmer should get that provided: First—that his cows are of

the right type—ie—good milkers. Second—that they are properly fed and

intelligently handled. Third—that he is located in a good dairy location.





$1800 from 15 cows





That is what G. H. Merten got from his herd of Holsteins, on

a small farm near Villa Ridge, Missouri. Each cow averaged

through the year $10 a month in milk production.





Merten is a good dairyman in the right

place. He is located on the main line

of the Rock Island, between St. Louis

and Kansas City, and has the advantage

of these two big markets where butter

fat brings a high price the year around.

He is also located where dairy feeds can

be produced at the lowest cost.





This matter of location is worthy of

your serious thought. If you are not

making $100 a cow you may be in the

wrong location. Sometimes as little as

40 miles makes the difference between a.

good and n bad location.





There are some particularly good loca-

tion: for profitable dairying along the

Rock Island Lines. Professor H. M.

Cottrell, an expert ofnational reputation,

formerly Professor at the Kansas and

Colorado Agricultural Colleges, and

now in charge of the Rock Island Lines





Department of





Agriculture, has made a.





careful study of every locality along the





Rock Island L





ines. He knows the best





places for each branch of farming, and

can tell you the very place where you are





most likely to





succeed. He will also





give you the benefit of his vast experience





on the best me





thodl to pursue to make:





success in your new location.





The Rock Island Lines Department of

Agriculture is at theservice ofall farmers

now livingalong the Rock Island Lines





and those who

there. I hope





are thinking of moving

you will take advantage





of this means to obtain greater efficiency

and profits as well as a better location.





Drop me a line and tell me about your.





self and what you want to do.





You will





be given careful, personal, expert advice

without cost or obligation.





Book on expert dairy methods, FREE!





Prof. Cottrell has written several books on expert methods of farming.





His book





“Making Money in Dairying" is the next best thing to a course in an Agricultural

college. It is worth dollars to any farmer who will read it. No matter where you





live you'll profit by it.





 





You may have a, copy free, if you will write me today.

The statements herein made have been fully investigated

and can be absolutely relied upon.



L. M. Allen, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island Lines,

431 LaSalle Station, ghicago





John Sebastian, Third Vice-President





 





Galvanized Wire 55%? s 1 3—3





Best Quality Barbed Wire at Wrecking Prices





We bought. from Manufacturers an enormous stock

at; an exceedingly low price. You get the benefit. All this

Wire is put up on reels regularly, same as you would buy it

from any concern. Prices quoted below

are for prompt acceptance only:





Lot No. 2 A. D. 25—Painted Barbed Wire, full weight.

2 and 4 point, about. 100 lbs. to the reel. per 100 lbs., $1.50

Lot No. 2 A. D. 26 — Galvanized. same as above, or

100 lbs ............................................ $1. 5

Lot No. 2 A. D. 27—Speciul Bin-bed Wire, put upon reels,

Containing 80 rods exactly to the reel, light weight, Prll‘e





GREA TEST SALE (IN RE CORD

Smooth Galvanized Wire, Per 100 lbs., $1.25





Lot N0. 2 A. D. 29 — Suitable for Fencing.





 

 





Stays.

dinnr





W

diflarqnc being at

Wire In





 





 





Now is the timeto place yourorderwhilethese remarkably

low prices exist. Never before have such quotations been

made. No One can equal our low prices. We urge fin: to

buy now, even if you are not ready to have your Wim go

for-ward. We will accept a reasonable deposit. and enter

your order, shipping at such time as suits you. We can ship

immediately from our Chicago stock.





26-inch Hog Fencing Extra Heavy Galvanized

.......,... Pernod 15c %ot No. 2 A. D. 31—





ere is a fine heavy

weight smooth spring wire galvanized Hog

Fencing, 26 inches high, st to n g l y Con-

structed. The best all around fencing manufactured. Don't.

compare this Fencing with the cheap light weight kind so

extensively being advertised. This is 3 Fence built for con-





 





 





thc. southwestern part of Michigan to

(.‘hicago for a year past. A dozen farm-

ers and dealers were arrested and con—

victed for this offense.



According to the recent report .of the

tariff board, woolen manufacturers import

illbout $70,000,000 lbs. of wool annually. the



omes 1c production aggregatin_ about

330,000,000 lbs. Only limited quangtities of

carpet wools are grown, and in 1909 the





carpet and rug manufacturers of the

Inited btates bought foreign wools val—

ued at $11,696,000 and purchased only





$57,000_of domestic wools.

these imported wools averages about 36

per cent ad valorem. Since 1909 the

sheep industry of this country has under-

gone a_ falling off of extremely large

proportions, and the shrinkage in flock

values .in many instances amounts to

from 2:; to 50 per cent. , I





The duty on





 





 





ti mums and lusti ng service. It's the kind of a fence every up-

to-dnte owner ought to buy. Absolute satisfaction guaranteed.

Price. put up in 20 and 40 rod coils, per rod ____________ 50

This same fencm is furnished in all heights from 20 mm inch

at corresponding y low prices





per reel forthe painted $1.30 .

Lot No.2 A. D. 28—Price per reel for Galvanized. 80 red N0. 6 ggxgsgji

reels. . - No. 7 gauge





‘2 which we offer at this remarkably low price

is new regular stock, except. that. it. comes in

V, Irregular lengths. ranging anywhere from 50



to 250 It. We bundle these lengths together in coils

of 100 lb ‘

t ou would buy in the regular way. The only





nown as Galvanized

about the farm for many urposes. t is

gr‘uit'groyvers. fence bull era and for all kinds of repairs etc.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Grape Vines or any purpose where or-

y Wire is used. This Galvanized Wire





3. The Wire itself’is exactly the name as





these le be are not continuous. This

ire Shorts. Han to have





extensively used by





, clean wire. Price per 100 lba. u follows:





 





No. 8 gauge

No. 9 gauge

No. l 1 gauge

N o. 12 gauge

No. 14 gauge





 





 





Above prices are has

your order promptly.

our stock.





 





 





A comple line of Poul ‘F'encinginnll hei hts."Ptemier"

Driveway an Farm Gateatrgt 1-3 less 9





 





than usual prices. Also a complete line

oIWalk Gates and Poultry Gntcs.Write L



for our prices on Ornamental lawn at No. -

Fancm . We can furnish anything





GALVANIZED STAPLES





so. I t i 1003l§.erew rigu'largiiice

es,pu u n . e .aaoma er

“gages. When orderetfisn





neede at material. savmg in price, P less than 100 rior to amoo or twisted Wire. They

All qugmt egg in tthis ndvenisement Pubs" our price, per poun ______________ 3c cannot slip andfare‘ afiknoviriedgfid the

aroma a su ice 0 prior eonnc- 09 [kg of 10 _______ t . e3 - em 11 IE any enzt .



.countof limited stock. ”‘3 3 0 “’5 $ 50 Price per 100nlbs. ...... $2.25





 





WIRE NAILS, Per Keg $1.50





Lot No.2 A.D.33—l().0t)0 kcgsof new reg-

ulanire Nails. put up 100 lbs. to a keg. These

Nails are mixed, all kinds in u. keg. We do not

guarantee any regular assortment.

, sonic as made by Nail Factories. Make 3 fine

handy assortment. There is nothing the mat-

ter With these nails outside of the fact that

they are mixed together. This certainly in an

opportunity for you to make a purchase. Our

price. pct keg ........................ $1.50





Wire for‘Relnforced Concrete





ed on orders for at least. 100 lbs, Place

35 these low prices will soon exhaust.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





They are





Lot No. 2

A. D. 30.

Our reinforced concrete stays are

made of heav galvanized wire, supe-





 





Write Todaz fo_: Free Wire 3 Fence Catalog No. RA29





 

 





 





Our catalog on Wire and Fencing

quotes lower prices than that offered

by any other concern in the world.



a can furnish you anything re.





I-‘onco Posts

Write for our low uo-

utiona. advising un ow





 





 





many you need and

wha I





quit-ed in Fencing. Wire. Staple» ength.





 

 





Our Stock includes practically every-

thing under the sun: Furniture.

Household Goods, Groceries. Cloth-

ing, Roofing. Machinery, Lumber

and Building Material, Hardware,





 





 





Neill, etc" eta.





Chlcago I_-louse Wrecklng (30.,. 35th &I





etc., etc. Write today for cat-slug.





ron Sts., Chicago





 

 





When xvi-firing to advertisers please mention the Michigan Farmer.
JAN. 13, 1912.





WWW

l





L THE DAIRY ?





(,‘t‘lNDUCTED BY COLON C. "LILLIE.





 





 





 





THE VALUE OF BEET TOPS FOR

FEED.





 





\\'h:i.t value in dollars would you place

on 12 acres of sugar bcet tops, beets go-

ing 12 tons per acre‘.’ 'l‘hey are to be fed

from the field the coming winter. I have

no silo to put them in.



Livingston Co. F. I’. S.



So far as I know there has never been

a careful feeding test of beet tops and

so their value would be nothing more or

less than a guess. I havo fed them and

compared them with corn silage. My

opinion is that a ton of beet tops is worth

as much as a ton of corn silage when

they are fed in connection with other

foods. I don’t think that they are a kind

of food that you could feed liberally and

use for the entire. amount of the succu-





lent food. lint: feeding one feed a day I

think they will take the. place of a feed

of corn silage. Now what is a ton of





corn silage Worth? I’cople differ Willi

regard to the. 'alue of that. It is prob-

ably worth $3.50 a ton. Now the next

proposition is to know how many tons of

beet tops are on 12 acres of sugar beets

that wi'l go 12 tons per acre. 1”. l’. S.

can find this out better than anybody

else t"llt that l know of. It wouldn’t. be a

ditlieult task it’ he has a pair of platform

0.101: LLB JO sdoi iooq 0111 Lil-item 01 561205

I would like to know myself. Just judg—

ing the. way an ordinary farmer would, I





have come to the conclusion that beet.

tops are worth about tilt.) per acre for

feed. I can‘t give you Very definite fig-





ures to prove this but from my experience

in feeding I think that they are worth

about that much. l Wouldn‘t want to sell

my beet tops for less than that.





A GRAIN RATION WITH SILAGE AND

WHEAT STRAW FOR ROUGHAGE.





\‘K'ill you formulate a ration from the

followin r grains where one is using wheat

straw, corn ensilage and a limited

amount of oat straw for roughage: Cot—

tonseed meal at $30 per ton; linseed meal

at $210: wheat bran. $30; wheat middlmgs,

$30; old process oil meal. $38: gluten meal

1433. This ration is for Holstein cows and

ltcii'ers weighing from 1,000 to l,:»00 lbs.

’I‘lo v are giving from 2:7 to 60 lbs. of milk

a day. ‘ . ‘



\\'ayn.c Co. 1‘. \\. b.



t‘ous, to do their best, ought to have

Something for dry roughage besides Wheat

straw and 1 think that l“. \\', S. could

afford to buy hay even at the present

price, to feed his: cows at least once a

day. Tic has got to feed more grain and

grain is high as well as hay. (if course,

you can get along with corn silage and

wheat straw. lt takes a heavy grain ra—

tion and a grain ration that contains

high-priced protein foods to balance up

the roughage. liut, of course, if the hay

cannot be procured then you have got to

feed all the corn silage and all the wheat

straw that they will cat and to balance

up this ration 1 would feed a grain ration

composed of t)llt‘ part cottonseed meal,

one part linseed meal. and one part wheat

bran, mixing them all together thorough—

ly and then feeding liberally. Cows with

this roughage should have a. pound oi

grain ration for eVery four pounds of milk

which they produce. A better rule would

be to feed a pound of grain for every

pound of butter-fat which they produced

in a week.



CULL BEANS FOR MILCH COWS.





l have a quantity of had beans and

would like to know if I grind them With

corn whether they will make good feed

tor milch cows and fat cattle.



St. Clair Co. .. li.



Beans are not as good a feed for live

stock as peas, simply because they are

not as palatable, the cows don’t like them

so well. Palatability is an important fea—

ture of good dairy rations. Then again,

you can‘t feed a heavy ration of bean

incal to cows because bean meal makes

“tallowy” butter. The product is hard

and crumbly and is not first-class butter.

You can, however, use bean meal as a

portion of the grain. lleans are rich in

protein and will. take the place of ground

peas so far as that is concerned, in a.

ration. If they were only as palatable

and if they did not affect the quality of

the butter they would be just as valuable

as peas. If you can get the beans dry

and grind them they would be easier to

feed. If you cannot get the beans dry

enough so that you can grind them, cook

them. By a little bit of coaxing you can

get cows to eat boiled beans and you can





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





get fattening steers so that they will

consume a heavy ration of boiled beans.

Boiling them is undoubtedly the very best

way to prepare them for hogs and they

make a most excellent feed for hogs when

used in connection with corn. Michigan

has a lot of cull beans this year owing to

the unusual fall weather and pains ought

to be taken to so prepare them that they

can be consumed for stock feed. They

ought not: to be wasted.





WHAT IS LACKlNG IN RATION?





. '\\'ill you please tell me what is lacking

in my ration? I feed shredded corn fod—

der night and morning. red clover hay at

noon, ground corn and oats, about two—

thirds corn and one-third oats. My cows

are. fallingr off in milk while I am increas-

ing grain ration. Should my cream test

drop in winter when the cream screw is

not changed?



Newaygo (‘0. \V. A.



You haven‘t enough protein in your ra-

tion for your cows to do their best. You

can't get a ration with sufficient protein

from the foods which you are feeding.

(‘orn and oats are not rich enough in pro—

tein to balance up the ration. I would

therefore get oil meal, cottonseed meal,

or gluten feed and mix 100 pounds of

these ingredients with 200 pounds of your

ground corn and oats and then feed a.

pound of grain per day for every three

or fottr pounds of milk produced, or a

pound of grain per day to each cow for

every pound of butter—fat produced in a

week; and I should expect the cows to

gain in their milk and give more profit-

able returns.



There are a good many conditions

which would cause the test of cream to

vary with the same separator. If your

milk is colder than you have been run-

ning it through the separator, that will

change the test. If you don't run the

separator at the same speed, that will

affect the test. lf anything happens that

your cows don‘t give as rich milk, that

will change. the test of the cream. Many

people have a varying test from the fact

that they do not always use the same

amount of warm water to. rinse out their

separator bowl after they get through

separating. If you use a little more wat~

er one time than you do another to rinse

out the separator bowl and run it into

the cream can it must certainly affect the

test. if you Only have a small amount

of cream this last cause may affect the

test materially.





A GOOD RATION.





'What grain do you think best to feed

in connection with threshed corn fodder,

clchr hay and oat straw? I thought to

mix 2th lls of wheat bran, 200 lbs. of

dried boot pulp, or 100 lbs. of corn meal,

we lhs. cottonseed meal and 100 lbs, of

linseed meal. I feed a pound of this

grain a day for every pound of butter-

fat that the tow produces in a week.



Bay Co. A. J. B.



I think it would be hard to get a com-

bination of grains that would make a

better ration than the one which A. J. R.

proposes to use. 'l‘hcre is a great variety

of good foods and they are put in in just

about the, right proportion to make a

good ration. I think, hoWever, if he will

cut out the 200 lbs. of wheat bran and feed

the dried beet pulp and cottonseed meal

and the linseed meal and the corn meal

that he will get just as good results and

it will cheapen his ration somewhat.

‘\'heat bran is pretty high—priced at the

present time for the digestible. protein

which it contains. The amount he pro—

poses to feed each cow is as good a. rule

to follow as can be prescribed.





 





I am selling my cream to a. creamery.

I have churned butter for a test. Out of

101,va lbs. of cream I got 6 lbs. and 6 ozs.

of butter. What should such cream test

with a Iiabcock tester?



Montcalm Co. . J. P. L.



No one can figure this problem out very

accurately for the simple fact. that we.

don’t know the over—run in the butter.

Sixteen and one-half pounds of cream

made ti lbs. and 6 ozs. of butter, but what

we. want to know is how much butter-fat

this 6 lbs and 6 ozs. of butter contains

and that is something that we. can’t find

out because we don’t know the per cent

of over-run. But. supposing that it is

good normal butter and contains 82 per

cent of butter—fat, then the. 6 lbs. and 6

ozs. of buter would' contain about 5.23

lbs. of butter-fat. Then, if 161A. lbs. of

cream contained 5.23 lbs. of butter-fat the

cream would test 31.7 per cent butter-fat.

We cannot get accurate results because

there is one unknown quantity in the

proposition which we have to assume but

this will probably make but little differ-

ence.





 





 





(8) 32





 





 





grains for sowing. This will improve

the quality of the seed and bring it up

to the hi best standard. It will im-

prove tfie Quality, increase the

yield and free your land from

foul weeds. For this reason you

should reclean all clover and other

seeds that you buy before sowing.

This is just as important as it is to

clean your seed, grain and corn from

your granary before sowing.



Ever farmer knows that Large;

Plump. envy kernels of seed, grain

or corn will produce more and

stronger plants, which will increase

the yield and improve the quality.

Admitting that this will benefit your

crop only 10%, what would be your

gain for one year? To say nothing of

ridding your land of foul weeds, etc.



The U. S. Agricultural Dept, State

Experimental Stations and all Promi-

nent Seed Houses use the “CLIPPER"

Cleaner! for doing just this kind of

work and recommend them.





   

 





We Guarantee Satisfaction.





 





 





THE CLIPPER EXCELS





THE MOST PROFITABLE WORK THAT CAN BE DONE ON THE FARM





Is to select and clean all seeds and _ .





\

BECAUSE their experience has proven The "CLIPPER” to be the Most Successful Machine

. for Grnding and Cleaning All Seeds and Grains.



This machine will do the same high-grade work as our large $400 machines.



Prepay tho Freight.

You To Be The Solo Judge.



Three factors stand out prominently in farm progress—the soil, the working of same and

the seed: none of which can be neglected, if bigger and better crops are aimed at.



Distributing points in every grain growmg state. Shall we send you our catalog and terms?





A. T. FERRELL Q. COMPANY. -





Give Thirty Dayn’ Free Trial.





 





Saginaw. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





Easy ForTheBoy'





A LOUDEN LITTER CARRIER changes barn

drudgery into child’s lay.

(an exclusive Louden £3

lifts 40 pounds in box—a boy can hoist half a ton.





Raises and lowers any distance up to 25 feet. Stands

where put; can’t fall. Fill the box, raise it and give it a shove. It carries

the load out of the barn to manure spreader or litter heap. wherever you

want it; dumps load automatically and returns to you.





The Louden W a " “‘8 “‘“y ‘°

‘ y Cleanliness,

Economy and Profit in the barn. Our 40 years eXperience

in fitting barns is at your service for the asking. Have your dealer send

as tough ground plan of your barn and we will send you price.

We make full line of stalls and stanchions. hay tool

and door hangers. .

Write for catalog of Barn Equipment and valuable book on manure uses.





‘_., Louden Machinery CO.,





With powerful worm gear

ature) 1 pound pull on the chain





603 Broadway.

Fairfield. Iowa.





 





 

 





 





0r rugged edges to





 





 





Before You Milk Your Cows Again fWrite





GREAT WESTERN

SEPARATOR Book Sent





Our free book is a gold mine of. cream and butter-profit facts.

It tells you how to get all the cream, lug/zest quality cream,

with lrai‘tworle and blgfgri‘lprofl/s for the lungu'xtterm nfymry. It Shows

you in plain figures how to make from $5.00 to $15.00 more from

every cow, per year, whether you now own a cream separator

« r or not. Don’t: you want this great book, FREE? Get all the





~, *‘ Facts You Want to Know About Separators





Read about the Great Western. Note that the bowl delivers cream from the top and

skim-milk: from the bottom, so there's no chance of their mixing. It is self-drain-

ing and self-tiushlu r; there are no long tubes, no minute slots, corners, crevices,



liold milk and collect dirt. The Great; Western is ball—bearing



throughout. Perfectly uniform balls, 50 to 100% hardcv than regular.

tempered so file cannot touch them. We will arrange for you to get u. Great:

Western on any kind of. a trial to prove our claims are not; strong enough. ,

N ' Just mail us your name and address on a postal (or the big, fine,

0 W o illustrated Great: Western Book.





ROCK ISLAND PLOW CO.,





 





or the





FREE





   

   

   

 

   

   

 

   

   

 

 





all races





.

287C Second Ave., Rock Island, 111.





 





 





 





There are many

superior features

in the





Nappanee

Silo Let us tell





you about

them

Reliable Agents Wanted.

“Buy a Nappanee

and get a guarantee"

Nappanee Lbr. &. Mtg. 00.,





315 So. Madlson $0..





 





 





 





NAPPANEE, INDIANA.





 





 





 





.\. .





,. The value of ensiluge for dairy or

cattle feeding is known to all. To get

relulb care must be taken in selecting

a silo. The BOSS SILO II nbsolutoly

gunr-ntood to produce the right kind

of onsilago. Why? Because it





IS THURUUGHLY MANUFACTURED





and has featuru that are importan‘



and found on the Ron Silo only.



Profit by our experience Ind build I



BOSS BILO. Catalog explains All.

Agents Wanted



The E. W. Ross Co.(Est. 1850



Box 14 BPBIHGFIELD, om





m. .





4





Milli}





 





 





 





 





 





‘llllllllfillllfll





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





   

 





$3,000,000





Will be saved this winter to the

15,000 users of Indiana. Silos. Are

you getting your share? There

is another winter coming. Our

best salesmen are the 15,000

Indiana Silos now In use.





SILO PROFITS





Written by over two hundred of the best breeds".

feeders and farmers in the world. "Tells how they

greatly increased their profits." G’erto lor thin

valuable book and our new catalog now—FREE.

Licensed under Harder Patent; No. 627.732.





INDIANA SILO COMPANY





The largest manufacturers of Silos in the world.

Address nearest factory:

382 Union Bldg" Anderson, Indiana

“ Indiana Bldg. Do. Molnoo, low.

" Sllo Bldg. Kan-no Olly, Ho.

Good A ems wanted ever where.





 





 





 





This No. 6 tri le geared, double act-





 

 





SCIEITIFIG SWEEP MIL





 





. '1. infisweep mil has more capacity and

wi do better work than any other

- two-horse mill; iii

TURNS CORN

TO D O L LA R 8

Avoid waste and make

big profits by grind-

ing your feed with

one or our mills. We

,_ make power mills also

3 for 6 nos of any size,





 





" '7 . ‘ -— Send or free catalog.

I‘ll! ”Illa BROS. 60.. 00: m SHIIBFIELIJJIII





 





'l‘ Better ”engulfs wz'i’filess Power"





SUPERIOR DUPLEX MILL





Double drlndlnd this with saw tooth

drooves flrlnd twice as much as any

other feed mill of same also



~ with one-third less fuel.





Force feed : never chokes. For Gaso<

line or Steam Engine. Grinds com on

cobs or in shucks, shell corn. sheaf

oats. Kafiir com. allalla, oats, rye.



' 7 ,_, wheat. barley, cotton seed.

Coarse or fine. Easy to





——~ Catalog FBEEWrite today.





Superlor Mfg. 6L Mlll Co.

5 But Street, Springfield. 0.





 





 





 

 





 

 





 





t from all then. 4 8 ‘

M can with :lluclu 0:; «111% l

grains. (A110 make 10 lines 0! bell mills) '

FREE—Booklet on'Fud: lull W





D. N. PO 3000“!“ con 50!!“ Bend. M I





 





\
L. mafia“ —‘





.., ‘5'





 





JAN. 13, 1912.





SUGGESTIONS ON FEEDING CORN

,ENSILAGE.



Corn ensilage is a food which may be

termed “grass like.” For this reason it

can be used very much as pasture in

the feeding of domestic animals. The

analysis of good corn silage, however,

will show that it is richer than a great

many of the pasture grasses and there-

fore will go farther in feeding.



As soon as the silo is filled the feeding

operation may start and though it be in

the heating process. it will be just as

good food and will be relished by the ani-

mals quite as much as old silage. It is

generally conceded, however, that silage

which is several months old is better than

newer silage. Some feeders prefer silage

that is six months to a year old. How-

ever, it may be safely said that silage

can be fed from the time the blower pipe

is taken out of the silo until the feeder

desires to open his silo and this may be

after it has stood for several years.



Silage is strong in carbohydrates, the

principal food requirement for all animals

but needs protein to balance it. Alfalfa

hay is perhaps the cheapest and best for

this purpose. Throughout the alfalfa belt

it should form a part of the ration where

silage is used. This is not necessary but

simply makes it: possible for the feeder

to gain a greater economy in his opera-

tions and at the same time give the ani—

mal a wholesome, balanced ration.



Corn silage may be fed out of doors in

bunks, in the stall or, in fact, any place

where animals can eat it without waste.

In very severe weather it is best to feed

silage inside, as some will freeze and this

will be hard for the stock to masticate,

although the feeder need not be alarmed

over feeding freezing ensilage. It will

not injure the animals. but frozen food

is not easy for them to consume.



In feeding i‘nilch cows it is a very good

plan to give the hay in rack outside or

some place where the animals will not

waste it, and feed the ensilage in the

barn after milking. It may be given

twice a day in rations from 10 to 15 lbs.

at a feeding or 20 to 30 lbs. per day.

Some large animals will take as high as

40 to 50 lbs. of silage per day and make

good use of it. In feeding fattening

stock or steers, silage may be fed twice

a day in smaller rations ranging from 10

to 15 lbs. at a feed for grown stock and

for young animals from 6 to 12 lbs.

Sheep will consume from 2 to 4 lbs. daily

and horses from 4 to 12 lbs. when not

working. It is not advisable to feed work

horses large quantities of silage no more

than to give them large quantities of new

grass.



Feed the ensilage so that the animals

will eat it up clean, as it spoils or freezes

when exposed to the air for several days.



Univ. Neb. PROF. C. TV. PUGSLEY.

ARRANGEMENT OF STALLS IN THE



DAIRY BARN.





 





This is the month when farmers study

those questions that are laid aside during

the active portions of the year. They in—

clude building problems, and these find

ready listeners on almost every farm-

stead during these more or less unoccu-

pied days. A much discussed proposition

to dairymen is the method of arranging

cow stalls in the barn. This question

properly comes before those who are re-

modeling old barns, as well as‘ those who

are -constructing new ones for the purpose

of accommodating dairy animals.



The method usually followed is to have

the cows arranged in two rows facing

each other. Between the two rows is a

feed alley and behind the cows are locat-

ed a gutter and room for doing the neces-

sary chores. If this arrangement could

be reversed decided advantages would be

gained, the new arrangement being to

have the cows face the walls, a feed alley

located in front of each MW of cows and

a common alley passing between them

for removing the manure and doing other

chores.



There are several advantages in this

last arrangement: In the first place, it

reduces the labor in removing the manure.

1t permits throwing the manure directly

into the wagon when it can be hauled to

the field. This is done by making the

center aisle wide enough so that a team

can be driven through. The manure is

removed from the gutters directly into

the wagon, thus necessitating only a

single handling of the manure and also

guaranteeing, so far as possible, that the

manure will be taken at once to the field,

thereby saving the greatest possible

amount of fertilizing value.



A second benefit from this arrangement

is that there is usually less confusion in





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





stabling the cattle. With two entrances





to the stable and the cattle arranged on-





two sides of a central feeding alley, ani-

mals from one side are likely to go in at

the wrong entrance and thereby cause

trouble. This is generally avoided with

the system above referred to or, at least.

should they become mixed they could be

more easily reduced to order.



A third advantage is that the cows are

better protected. Every chore boy knows

that the center of the barn is much

warmer than that part nearest the walls.

By arranging the cattle so that their

heads come nearest the walls the parts

of the animal needing most protection

from cold and drafts are nearest the cen-

ter of the barn.



Again, the animal secures more benefit

from the air in the stable. \Vhen facing

each other the tendency is to force the

breath from one animal across to the op-

posite side for the other animal to re-

breathe, and thus the atmosphere at the

center of the stable is charged and sur-

charged with impurities while that ad-

jacent to the wall may be more or less

pure. \Vith the cows facing outward this

is largely avoided, and especially so when

modern methods of ventilation are em-

ployed to get good air into the barn and

let the bad air out. The fresh air inlets,

which are generally arranged along the

sides of the barn, admit the outside air

and directly it is breathed by the animals

only to be forced out of their lungs and

distributed well over the stable, and car-

ried out by the ventilator fiues.



Another possible advantage comes in

the control of sunlight that is admitted

through the windows. Fungus and bac-

terial diseases develop most rapidly un-

der the shelter of the walls below the

windows. When the cows are stabled so

that the gutter comes near to these walls

the condition becomes much worse. By

making this portion of the stable a feed-

ing alley this difficulty is largely over-

come since the moisture developed in the

stable is located at the farthest point

from the walls and where the sunlight

can reach it, if windows are properly

constructed.



Every man to his own liking, but the

above is the general plan of barn arrange-

ment followed by progressive dairymen.



\‘Vayne Co. A. H.



TESTING IS A SIMPLE MATTER.



A great many of the dairy farmers of

this country have repeatedly read of or

heard the institute workers talk about

the Babcock test but have paid very lit-

tle attention to the matter as their mind

had a hazy concepion of a lot of compli-

cated and costly apparatus that was be-

yond the understnding of an ordinary

mortal. In reality. the test is a very

simple matter and easily understood by

almost anyone. Also, anyone who is pro—

gressive and aims to be up-to-date can-

not afford to keep cows without knowing

what cows are paying him and what ones

are not. The way to know this is by

making use of the. Babcock test. Dairy

farmers will do well to impress upon their

minds that the test is simple and that the

apparatus costs but little when We con-

sider its great value.



Making a test of the milk is a very easy

matter. A representative sample is taken

and a pipette holding 17.6 cubic centi-

meters is filled to the mark. The pipette

is marked to deliver just 18 grams of

milk. The milk is placed in the test bot—

tle, an acid measure holding 17.5 cubic

centimeters is filled with sulphuric acid

and added to the milk. The acid will

dissolve all the solids of the milk except

the fat and the fat then rises to the tell

and gives a clear reading. The milk and

the acid are next thoroughly mixed: the

test bottles are placed in the tester and

whirled for five minutes then enough

water is added to bring the floating fat up

into the granulated neck of the bottle and

it is then whirled for one minttte before

taking the reading. Owing to the at-

traction glass has for the liquid, the top

and bottom of the fat column will be

curved. Chemical analysis shows that in

reading the fat on whole milk, the read—

ing should be taken at the widest limits

of the fat column while cream readings

should be taken at the narrowest limits.

The necks of the bottles are so graduated

that the butter-fat required to fill one

division weighs 0.18 grams or 1-100 of the

weight of the milk. A reading of 3.4 in-

‘dtcates that 3-4 Der cent of the weight of

the milk is pure butter-fat. The cream

and skim—milk testing bottles are based

on the same principle. Cream, however,

is weighed becauSe the full contents of

the pipette cannot be discharged into the

testing bottle. SUBSCRIBER.





 





 





 





<9) 33





 





 





National Association in 1892.





 





De Laval separators exclusively.





that ‘delivered the goods’.’





claims for their separators.





 





DE LAVAL Dream and

Butler Triumph as Usual

AI National Dairy Show





Cream and butter produced through the use of DE I iAVAI .

CREAM SEPARATORS made the usual clean sweep of all

Highest Awards at the great 1911 National Dairy Show

(including the annual convention of the National Buttermakcrs

Association) held in Chicago October Ztith—November 4th,

just as has always been the case since the organization of the





WHOLE MILK CREAMERY BUTTER





The sweepstakes or highest award in this class was won by

A. J. Anderson, Otisco, Minn, with a score of 97.50 who

says: “I have been using De Laval separators for ten years and

would not think of using any other.”





FARM SEPARATOR BUTTER





The sweepstakes in the gathered cream factory made butter

class was won by R. O. Brye, of the Readstown Creamery (‘o.,

Readstown, Wis, with a score of 97.33, this prize winning

butter being made from the cream of farm patrons using





Mr. Brye says: ”I was raised on a dairy farm, where my

father used a De Laval separator, and my own separator

experience covers a period of twenty years.

Do Laval machines everything that is claimed for them.”





HIGHEST PRIZE CREAM EXHIBIT





The highest award for cream was made to Nichols Bros,

Bloomfield, Ky., with a score of 98.80. who say: HIf we didn’t l

use. the best separator we could not have made this record. i

Our experience has prode theDe Laval the only separator ‘



7 .





DE LAVAL PRODUCTS ALWAYS SUPERIOR





VVould-be competitors are naturally forced to make many

But the superiority of De Lavzl

cream and butter, as evidenced by the, winning of all highest

prize awards the world over for twenty years, is something so ‘

overwhelming as to be indisputable and unanswerable even by l

the most reckless would-be competitor.





   





I have found the





 





THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR Co.





NEW YORK CHICAGO





SAN FRANCISCO





SEATTLE





 





4**\





 





$





 





=AMERICAN=





SEPARATOR





A brand new, we“ made, easy running, easily

cleaned, perfect skimming separator for $|5.95.

Skims one quart of milk a minute, warm or cold.

. . Thousands in use

gtvmg splendid satisfaction. Different from this

picture, which illustrates our low priced large

capacrty machines. The bowl is a sanitary marvel





Makes thick or thin cream.





95





AND UPWARD



SENT 0N TRIAL.

FULLY



GUARANTEED.





 





 





 

 





l

lllll‘.





and embodies all our latest improvements. Our l‘l‘ . | ~ 7

richly illustrated catalog tells all about it. Our . WWW! ‘ i

wonderfully low prices and high quality on all *5),





sizes and generous terms of trial will astonish you.

Our twenty-year guarantee protects you on every

Western orders filled from

Whether your dairy is large or

Small, get our great offer and handsome free





American Separator.

Western points.





catalog.





ADDRESS,





 





l L\

"* Wit





 





“its;





 





 





 





 





 





AMERICAN SEPARATOR co., Wabash





 

 

 





 





One piece Cylinder—no packed joints.



One oilcr only—~no all holes or grease cups.



\ Ground piston. cylinder and crank—no loss In compresslon.

. Engine In perfect balance—no poundlng or worn boxes.

Automatic suctlon Iced—no pump—no needle volve.



Air Cooled luaranteed—no water—no freezing.





‘Write us now for other features. Get catalog No. C before you buy.





.1 yQUALITY‘

MEANS





 





 





 





 





When Writing to advertisers mention the Michigan Farmer
34 (10)





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





 





 





 





 





PRACTICAL SCIENCE.





 





 





 





HOW PLANTS GROW.





BY FLOYD w. ROBISON.

Experimental.

(Continued from last week).



If one can learn to cultivate the very

desirable habit of close observation he

will meet with many interesting facts

which arm him for his practical farm

work later on. The study of how plants

grow and how plants feed is an interest-

ing study in itself but it is not necessary

to approach it from an aesthetic stand-

point because it carries with it many val-

uable pointers which are of service in the

practice of an intensive agriculture. .\s

uninteresting as the study of the germi-

nation of the seed may appear to be from

a practical standpoint a close observation

of the. manner in which different seeds

germinate gives us a clue to the best

methods of the handling of those seeds

through. their life history. \\'c are going

to illustrate this by an actual experiment

and follow it through for the benefit of

our readers and attempt to show the ap—

plication of the study.



\\'e have selected for our experiment

four ordinary quart mason fruit jars into

the bottoms of which we have introduced

about three inches of ordinary moist soil.

This soil is of a sandy nature and will

not puddle nor become plastic when it be—

comes moist. We have labeled these jars

.r\. B. t‘ and It respectin-ly. Into the jar

A we have placed on top of the soil one

dozen kernels of wheat. In the jar l’. we

have scattered tn lllt surface at con-

venient intervals one down radish seeds.

.lar (‘ contains. in the same manner. one

dozen peas and jar It contains one dozen

beans Over the seeds in tach one of

these jars we will now place about one

inch tt‘ fairly moist soil. The caps are

now screwed on the jars and they are

placed in a warm place in the house,



.\s outlined briefly in our previous les-

son. due to the principle of osmosis the

seeds begin soon to swell. moisture goes

in from the outside. and in the course of

a few days germination takes place. that

is. growth starts. In the growing process

the seed puts out two stems. one of which

goes upward toward the, light and the

other penetrates into the soil beneath.

.\s soon as this process has begun. by

close observation we will see quite a dif-

fercnt behavior in the seeds in the differ-

ent jars.



The Germination of the Wheat in Jar A.



The seeds of what have sprouted and

the tiny blades of grass have forced their

way between the particfcs of soil and ap-

pear protruding above the surface. The

thin blade has had practically no dilliculty

in reaching up into the light. Its very

texture and physical appearance indicates

that it may work its way through the soil,

even though that soil may be quite com—

pact in its physical characterislics.



How About the Seeds in Jar B?



The lirst manifestation of growth from

the .xtcrior in the case of the radish

seeds in jar I}. is a slight elevation of the

ground. or cracking of the sur‘tte of the

ground in the efforts of the little plantlct

to force its way to the. top. In other

words, the radish seed creates a greater

commotion in the. soil than does the ker—

ncl of wheat. The sit-d leaves in the,

radish are clumsy, blunt and have great—

er ditliculty in forcing their way between

the particles of soil than does the wheat.



Jar C.



The seeds in jar (T hth- appeared with—

out any difliculty and wt- lind here again

that pcas create very little commotion in

the soil and the plantlet finds its way to

the surface between the particles of soil

almost as easily as do the seed leaves

or blades in the case of the wheat.



Jar D.



The seeds in jar D. however. seem to

have had the greatest difficulty of all in

sending‘their plantlet into the atmosphere

abth- the soil. Zeans. we will obscl‘ve.

do not send up slender blade—like stems as

is the case of the wheat plant, but if

we will observe the stem has been heav—

ily burdened with the two halves of the

bean itself which this little slender stem

has been compclh d to carry with it in its

struggle to get into the light. It' would

seem almost as though the plant had ac—

tually backed out of the soil into which

the seed was originally placed instead of

germinating and growing in the same

way that the other seeds have done. As

time goes on throughout the course of a

few days this slender stem strengthens

itself and the halves of the bean, we find,





have formed themselves into two clumsy,

thick leaves, very similar to what has

taken place in the case of the radish

seeds in jar B, except that they are con—

siderably larger and heavier.



Seed or Plant Types.



“"6 have studied here two definite types

of seeds, each type, because of its life

habits, requiring a. definite mode of treat-

ment in planting and in cultivating,

which mode of treatment in detail is es—

sentially different. First of all, it is ap-

parent that to a plant whose seeds, like

the wheat and the pea, have. so little diffi—

culty in forcing their way up between

the soil particles into the light and air,

little difficulty is experienced by such a

crop even in the heaviest of soils. We

are. reminded of the truth of this state-

ment when. we know that wheat thrives

well on heavy soils. As a. rule. our max-

imum production per acre. of wheat is on

some of the heaviest soils, that is. heavy

clay.



Heavy clay is. as a. rule. an ideal soitl

insofar as the fertility elements are, con-

sidered. Many of our other crips. how-

ever. Will not thrive on heavy clays, not

because they are incapable of extracting

from that soil the various soil nutrients

which they need, but because the ‘tfe

habit of those plants will not permit of

their operating in a soil so compact as is

heavy clay. ,



ltadishes and beans are especially

adapted to loamy. lighter soils. \thn

beans are planted on heavy clay soils and

such seeds as radishes are planted on

heavy clay soils. the percentage of ger-

mination is exceedingly low because of

the very great difficulty which these

plants experience in forcing their way to

the top of the. soil. burdened as they are

with the thick seed leaves which are

forced up with the stem.



Depth of Planting.



Not only does this study which we have

made regarding these two types of plants

indicate- to us the. kind of soil to which

they are better adapted. but it also indi-

cates to us an important lesson with re—

gard to the method of planting to produce

the greatest percentage of germination

and the. most valuable results regarding

these types of plants. The seeds. such

as the radish, and the bean. which. in

getting started in life have such an im-

portant struggle at the outset, should not

be planted deep in the soil. A sufficient

amount of soil covering the seed to in-

sure germination of the seed and a rea—

>~tlll§llll)' tirm rooting‘is as much covering

as this type of plant should have. We

are reminded that many times radishcs.

beans. and seeds of a similar type do nm

germinate or, more properly speaking. do

not come tip. and our observations l1:l‘.'t‘

shown us that. this may be easily caused

by planting too deep in the soil. Melons,

clover, carrots, cucumbers. in fact. most

of the common seeds belong to this type

and they should be planted very close to

the surface. simply rendering the soil

compact enough to insure a sufiicicnt

amount of moisture to the seed to permit

of its proper and prompt germination.



Seeds that create little disturbance,

such as the wheat and the pea, as shown

in jars .\ and C, may be planted to a

depth of from ten to tweIVe times the

thickness of the seed. .\‘ceds which have

heavy IcaVcs and in which the stem is

cotnpcllcd to bear the. burden of the seed

lcavcs in forcing its way to the top,

should be planted very near the surface.

perhaps not deeper than four or five

times their thickness.



Packing the Soil.



The above experiment illustrates an-

other principle which our observation has

shown is may exercise likewise a very

important iniluencc on the growth of the

plant. It is the questicu of packing the

soil firmly about the seed. or the question

of rolling the soil after planting.



Experimental.



Let us follow in this instance. another

experiment which more closely fixes this

point in our mind. We have added for

this purpose the other fruit jars similar

to the ones employed in the experiments

mentioned above, which we have labeled

IQ and I”. In the bottom of each of these

two jars we have placed about three

inches of ordinary moist soil. \\'e will

now select about one dozen beans such

as we used in jar D in our previous ex—

periment and scatter over the surface of

the. soil in these two jars. The seeds are

again covered to a depth of, say, two

inches with moist soil.



In jar E We have pressed the soil very





firmly about the seeds. In jar F we have

left the. soil as when originally put in,

Very porous and loose in texture, and

without any packing whatsoever. \Ve will

now place these two jars likewise in a

room where it is warm so that we may

observe the process of germination again.

In the course of a few days We will find

that a large percentage of the bean seeds

in jar E, in which the soil was packed

firmly about the seeds, have come up.

while in the case of the seeds in jar I“

very few. if any, have come up. \\'e are

reminded that the packing of the soil

firmly about the seed will thus hasten

very greatly the period of germination

in such a case.

Application.



The lesson we would learn from this

obser'ation is that rolling or packing

after planting the seeds at a season of the

year when it is dry will insure the more

speedy germination and growth of the

seed. in the planting of a field of wheat.

sometimes we will observe that the seed

seems to come up in patches all over the

field and a close observation of this point

will frequently show that. theSe. patches

of seed which have. simply germinated in

advance of the others, really occupy the

spots which have been‘ firmly pressed

down by the feet of the animals during

the planting process. or by the packing of

the soil from the idotsteps of the men

working on the field.



Rolling a Wet Field.



During a wet season when the time

factor is pressing. to pack the soil firmly

about the seed insures the giving of that

seed more water than is desired for its

speedy germination and tends to rot the

seed. The lesson we haVe learned in this

observation would teach us to study this

packing or rolling very carefully and in

the above case the. seed should be drilled

or sown loosely in the soil so that it will

not draw to it more than a normal

amount of moisture.



in dry weather the packing of the soil

firmly about the seed hastens germina-

tion. In wet weather the employing of

the roller and the packing 8f the soil

about the seed retards germination be—

cause it furnishes an excessive supply of

water which encourages the rotting of

the, seed. The roller. then, is an imple-

ment which is an accessory to farming

in dry weather but may cause much mis-

chief if used indiscriminately.



In confirmation of the above. suppose.

now we were to vary our experiment

and keep the soils in the jars F. and F

very moist indeed. \\'e would then find

that the beans in jar It‘ would germinate

and come to the surface more quickly

than would the seeds in jar it). In fact.

the seeds in jar Fl might never come to

the surface because of the excessive

moisture which has encouraged rotting

of the seed. The seeds in jar F have.

had the same ouantity of water on them

but because of the porosity of that soil

and the fact that it was not pressed or

packed. or, as we would say on a large

scale. followed by a roller. has insured

that only a normal .supply of water has

reached the seed and consequently it was

able to germinate and grow. Likewise

the rolling. or packing. of the soil in very

\\'t-t weather makes it much more diffi-

cult for seeds of the bean type, the radish

Witt“, etc., to force their way to the sun-

light above.



LABORATORY REPORT.



\\'e desire to call attention to a phase

of the, Food and Drugs .\ct which has not

been called generally to the attention of

farmers and feed manufacturers.



[Inder Notice of Judgment No. 1146. one

thousand bushels of oats in lGO—lb. sacks

were seized by the Inspector of the. lie-

partmcut of .~\griculture and a libel was

tiled by the l'nitcd States attorney in the

southern district of Mississippi. praying

condemnt'ttion and forfeiture of the goods.

This product was labeled “No. 3 white

’ Examination of the sample taken

from this consignment was made by the

Bureau of Chemistry of the. Department

of .\griculture and shows the follow-

ing composition: Oats, 66 per cent; bar—

ley, 25 per cent; corn. 1 per cent; seeds

and stems. 2 per cent. A decree. con-

demning and forfeiting the. product was

entered by the judge in the case and the

goods forfeited to the United States.



This fact is interesting as indicatin;r

the very commendable determination of

the, Department of Agriculture to restrict

the meaning of these commercial products

to a common sense interpretation, and at

the same time marks an attempt to set

a more or less rigid commercial standard

which likewise is very commendable at

this time.





Hills.‘





JAN. 13, 1912.





 





Genasco





. the Trinidad-Lake-Asphalt Roofing





l is thelastingroofingforthisreason:



Trinidad Lake Asphalt is 72a!-

ural asphalt, full of life and vigor

that are put in and kept there by

the oily nature of this asphalt.

Genasco is made of this natural

asphalt, and has all its permanent

weather-resisting qualities which





keep it lastingly waterproof.



Roofings that.you don’t know about

are risky. Their looks are apt to de-

ceive you. Be on the safe Side, and get:

Genasco Roofings—mineral or smooth

surface. Fully guaranteed.



The Kant-leak Kleetinsures the perfect appIi-~

cation of roofing—makes seams water-tight with.

out smeary cement. and prevents leaks from

nail-holes. Ask your dealer for Genasco with

Kant-leak Kleets packed in the roll. Look for

the hemisphere trademark. \Nrite us for sam-

ples and the Good Roof Guide Book.



The Barber Asphalt Paving Company





Largest producers of aSphaIt and largest

manufacturers of ready roofing in the world.





Philadelphia





San Francisco





 





 





New York





Crone-section, Genasco Smooth-surface Roofing

Trinidad Lake Asphalt





Chicagg





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





— Trinidad Lake Asphalt





Elmngest

FENCE reassess





_ Sgn'lllé Wire. Re-



quires ‘wcr posts. Al-



Made ways tight. Is heavily



Galvanized with PURE ZINC.



Will outlast all



others. Sixty dif-



ferent styles and



heights to choose



from. AFENCE

for every Du





WE SELL DIRECT TO THE FARMER

AT DEALER’S PRICES.





Be your own merchant and put the

Dealer‘s Profit in 'our own pocket

where 1t belongs. ’rices the lowest

ever quoted for a first-class fence.

26-inch Rog Fence, - - 15c. er rod.

47-inch Parm Fence, - - 23-5 10c. per rod.

48-inch Poultry Fence, -. 26-9/10c. per rod.

Special Barbed Wire, $1.40 per 80-rod spool.

Biggest values ever offered and sold

under our 30«DAYS-FREE-TRIAL-MONEY-BACK

GUARANTEE-CONTRACT. ()ur big Catalogue

contains information you ought to

know. \Vritc for it today. It‘s FREE.

COILED SPRING FENCE C0.





Box 21 Winchester. Indiana.





 





 





 





 





 





Made from thorough-

g Galvanized Open



eurthateel wire.0ur

free Catalog showleO

styles and heights of

hog,fa.rm and poultry

fence at from





1 1% Cents a Rod Up





Sold on 30 days free trial. It not. satisfied re-

turn it at our expense and we will refund

your money. 80-rod spool of [deal galvanized





BARBED WIRE $1.40





Write today for large Free Catalogue.

KITSELMAN BROS. Box 278 Muncie, Indiana.





. semi-.2 .





 





RUSTPROOF: BULL STRONG: PIG TIGHT

Fences for horses, cattle, sheep. hogs, chickensetc.

Special law bargain prices. We pay the freight.

Ornamental Lawn Fences and Gates

Send for catalog Brown Fence & Wire C0.

and sample Dept-49 Cleveland,0hlo





 





THE LARGEST AND BEST LINE OF





WELL DRILLING





M Ac H I N E R Y inaéemfiéfi'm‘lvfi

in: it for over 20 years. Do not buy until you





see our new Illustrated Catalogue No. 1‘. Send

for i t now. It is FR





 





 





Austln Manufacigurlng 00., Ghlcago.





 





 





 





A44"
JAN. 13. 1912.





 





 





 





 





. F





 





 





 





 





is no longer an argument. It enables him



to get more out of an hour’s work than ever

before. It makes everything on or around the

farm move faster. So, if more work can be

accomplished in any given time, more clear profit

is bound to result.



But the farmer need not pay more for an

automobile than his work requires. It should be

bought, first of all, as a utility—not as an orna—

mentor vehicle of pure pleasure. It should be

bought to work for him—not to amuse him as,

for instance, a piano does. After the work is done

you can have all the fun in the world with it.



This Overland (Model 59) at $900 is abso-

lutely all anyone would want in a car. It will

make your whole family happy. Compare it with

any $1250 car on the market, and you’ll find but

little difference. You know that most of the $1250





THAT the farmer needs a car in his business





 





cars are of the 30-lmrsepower type. This $900

car has a 30-horsepower motor. Seats five people

comfortably. It is big and roomy. Has a staunch

pressed steel frame, selective transmission with F

& S annular bearings—the best made. Has

strength, power and speed—more than you will

ever care to use. The body design and finish is sim-

ple, graceful and beautiful. Upholstery is of good





The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





I





 





This Car for $900 Means

. Much to Practical Farmers





Equipped with Self—starter only $20 extra





(11)





35





—

4—





l





leather, hand stuffed with fine hair. In every

respect it is a thoroughly high—grade machine.



If you wish we will equip the car with a

self—starter for only 3520 additional. This starter

is the most practical made. On continuous tests,

under all conditions it will crank a car ninety-

nine times out of a hundred. It is simple and

safe. All you have to do is to pull a little lever

and your motor spins. Use the same gas tank as

you do for your headlights.



And it is a fact that no other maker in 'the

business can build this car and sell it at this price

without losing money. This is due to our enor-

mous manufacturing facilities—the largest in the

world. The manufacturer who turns out but

5,0()()cars must have greater production costs, for

each car, than we who make 25,000 cars.



We have published a very interesting and

simply written book which explains why the larg-

est automobile factory in the world can give more

car for less money than the small factory. Write i

for a copy. It will show you how to save money ;

when you buy a car. This also explains in detail *

the remarkable value of this $900 touring car and

illustrates with handsomely colored plates the

complete 1912 line. \Vrite and ask for copy

AG 31.





 





m





 





 





 





 





 





/‘ Model 59-T 5-Passenger FouraDoor Touring Car, $900

Wheel base we in.; motor 1 x 1‘3: horsepower :io; Splitiiorf magneto;

transmission selective. three speeds and reverse; li‘ & S. ball bearings;





 





tires 3‘: x 3}... Q.





   





.~ _ l).: it oil lamps:

~----——-~ set of tools. Mohair top and glass windshield. $50 extra.





‘3 gas lamps and generator. ('omplcte





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





6441‘. ‘*§ gal -.





 





 





The Illustrious Career and

Heroic Deeds of





Bill. ROOSEVELT





Containing a full account of his stren—

uous career; his early life! his adventures

on a ranch; as a leader of the Rough

Riders: President, of our great country

and his '





Famous Adventures

the Wilds of Africa.





Handsomely bound in cloth, 400 pages,

Size 7x9 inches. I’rofusely illustrated and

well printed on high—grade book paper.

: Regular price would be $1.50. We give it

with the Michigan Farmer for 5 years at

_ $2.75. Also free for three subscriptions,

:_ (1, 2, 3 or 5 years). Always mention Pre-

mium No. 203.





in





 





   

 

 

 





   





 

 





   





.

. ‘11 ‘v



3‘ " p.“ a! 3,“:

Li, 4 .2 {(J§u‘ ‘ z .I

. ‘4 —‘ 35-; 4 9 =

. ”-1 2(i;ll3 _ g -

'1: x- ! .: 2,:



I-\ 3'“ V *2



A Y0 E



.l V v“ .-





 





Vi‘ _‘__ ._, <_'.___

Richer Than Claimed





Every bag of “Old Abe” Fertilizer is stamped

with a guaranteed analysis and is sold with a ,

guarantee of satisfaction if directions are followed. * j --.

The State authorities of Wisconsin and Illinois who _‘. '\/’

i! have tested “Old Abe” Brands have found a“. , ‘ x : g ’

\l a

. ‘H w, J”





 





”“01 at

I; ;/ {1”}!

is





 

   





V” “Old Abe” Fertilizers





_,.y_ . 14,213. '4‘



“mall, richer in plant food than we guarantee them to be. ' ' ' é



lli’llrilili Ask your dealer about our -Universal, :1 wonderful fertilizer for i i |

‘ ‘ wheat. and our Corn Spectral; or write to us for booklet and -‘





priCes. "'7' ml! direct luv/irre ire have no dcalrr. If you follow

directions we guarantee satisfaction or refund your money.





Write today for our Free booklet,"’l‘he Farmer's Handy

Pocket Companion.“ It has just been re-written and is a

mighty valuable little book for every man with an acre





Reliable Dealers Wanted Everywhere

CHICAGO FERTILIZER AND CHEMICAL WORKS

Dept. c, Union Stock Yards, Chicago. Ill.





60 bu. of solid

corn per acre

resulting from





20 bu. of nub-

bina per acre—-





the use of 200

lbs. of Old Abe

Fertilizer

per acre.





no fertilizer.

Loss 40 bn. or

$24 per acre.
36 (13)"

The Michigan Farmer





ESTABLISHED 1843'.

THE LAWRENCE PUBLISHING CO.





EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.

39 to 45 Congreee St. West, Detroit, Michigan.

TELEPHONE MAIN 4525.





NEW YORK OFFII‘EHH Park Row.



CHICAGO OFFICE—600 First Nat' 1 Bank Building.



CLEVELAND Urrlc 171—1011 1015 Oregon Ave. . N. E.



GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE—5 & 6 New Hawkins Building.

1. AWIiENOF....



M. L LAWRENCE. ..



E. H. HUUGHTON...



I.



0.





 





.........President.

...Vice- President.

..............Sec. - Irene





 





 





 

 





 





Ills vihAVIII‘EEBUBY' 1A



. ...... ' t

BURT VVERMU j Egfiharl:

ALTA LAWSON 1L1'1TELLHH .



E. H. HOUGHTON........... ...... .Busineee Manager





 





TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:





Five Years 260 “”6831le; $2.75





Three Years, 156 copies, Postpaid . . . $2.00

One Year 52 Copies. Postpaid ................................ 1.00

Six Months 26 copies, Postpaid ........................... 60 cts.

Canadian subscriptions 60 cents a. year extra for postage.





 





Alwayesend money by draft, poetotfico money order,

regletorod letter 01 by exprese. We will not be re-

eponsible for money sent in letters. Address all com-

munications to, and make all drafts. checks and poet-

oflice orders pay able to, the Lawrence Publishing Co.





RATES OF ADVERTISING:





40 cents per line agate measurement or $5. 60 per

inch each insertion, with reasonable discount on

orders amounting to $24 or over No udv’t inserted

for less than $1.20 per insertion.



OTNo lottery. quack doctor or ewindling advertise-

ments inserted at any price



Entel ed as second class mattei at the Detroit Michi-

gan postoflioe.





lilCOPYRlC-HT l912

by the Lawrence ub Co. All persons are warned

aguilmt reprinting any portion of the cont-cute of

this i.— —'1 118 without our written permission.





 





 





 





 





 





WE GUARANTEE to stop THE

MICHIGAN FARMER Immediately

upon expiration of time subscribed

for, and we will pay all expenses for

defending any suit, brought against

any subscriber to The Michigan

Farmer by the publisher of any farm

paper, which has been sent after the

time ordered has expired, providing

due notice is sent to us, before suit

is started.



Avoid further trouble by refusing

to subscribe for any farm paper

which does not' print, in each issue,

a definite guarantee to stop on expira-

ation of subscription.



The Lawrence Publishing 00.,



Detroit, Mich.





“11137117177, JAN. 13, 1912.





CURPENT COMMENT.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





1n viow of the inter—



Solving the Road est munifested for

Problem. beltcr rouds in many

localillcs of Michigan,



we are )ll‘CSCllllllg in this issuo some

'Iucls 21nd opinions regarding tho mclhods

which lluvo becll udoplcd for tho building

of. ilcrlllullclll rouds in lwo widcly sep-

ul'ulod counlios ill Allohigun. l-lolh of

lhcsc counties l1:1\'c udoplod lho county

road syulcm. \\':l:~ilo county has already

voted 21 bond i“\'ll(‘ of $2,000,000 for the

pcrll'lullcnt illlpl'ol'olllolll of the highways

within 1110 colony, wllilo (illllWil county

will Vole llpoll illl- proposition for bond-

ing ll111 county for 8600.000 for pormanenl

all llllpl'on-lllolll at tho spring oloction.

llet‘l'u'olloo is ul<o lll2ldo lo the fact that

the work of llL‘I'illllllOlll roud improvement

has lu'l‘l‘l ourriol on oxlruuivcly by some

of tho moro llorlhorn coulllios of the

stuto, :llld 111211 1110 proposition of adopt-

syslol'll will be voted

at the





lug illi' county l‘oud

upon in ion fxliclligun counties

coming spring o'oclloIlS.



'l‘l11_1.~:o facts uro. prosclllcd simply to

Show how some.» of our Michigan counties

are solving lllo l'oud problcm. Truly, it

is 2.1 lecd quoslioll, 11ol cusy of solution

in tho uvol'ugo L\licl1ig2’lu township. The.

(Illl'S‘llHll ol‘ udoplillg lllc county roud sys-

tom 1.1.1 one upon which there is a. wide

llii’l’or.»lloc of opillioll oblong furulol's of

tho «1:110. Ill Si'VCl‘ill counties, whore tho

Slllljcl'L was ullllcr collsidorutioll by tho

board of supcl‘yisors, tho. proposition was

JIot Silllllllltl'll 1o tllo (‘lt‘l‘llll‘S for lilo rcu—

Soil that the supervisors l‘olt tllul lllorc

wus :1 lack ol‘ public soniimcnt in its.

favor.



As plainly slalod in tho urticlo above

mentioned, llowovcr, it in bill fuir that

the pooplc- of tho city, 21:1 woll us tho form

owncrs. contribute towul'd the building Hf

pcrmuncnt roads, and tho county road

syslom is lilo only pruclicul plun by

which this cztn bc 11(‘(‘llllll>llSlll,‘ll. For

this rouson the udvulllugos of tho systc. n

have bccn pl‘csoillcd ill llliS lSSIll' for the

considorulion of 1110 rcudcl‘ who will bc

culled upon to vote upon the qucslion of

its adoption ut lhc coming election, The

final solution ol‘ the road pl‘oblom very

pl'opcrly routs vwilh tllo peoplo of the





several townships and countios. and





whatever the reader's llnlll judgmont may

be upon the dosirubility of adopting the

county road systcm, he should carefully

consider the arguments prcscnlcd in its

favor, as well as tho disadvantages which

may occur to him, in order that his final





opinion‘may be an intelligent one, and

that hIS influence may contribute toward.

the best solution of this vexed problem.





The facts and fig-



A Result of the! Tax ures "with regard



Investigation. to present taxation

conditions in Mich-

igan, as revealed by the two reports of

thelspcciul commission of inquiry into

taxation in Michigan, llZlVl" pointed out

inequalities in the actsossmonl of the dif-

ferent classes of property which should

prove of value to the stale tux commis-

sion in ils‘ fulure work.



An not passed by the lust legislature

gives this body greater control over local

assessments lhan it has onjoyed in re-

cent yours and. 21>: u nuturul consequence,

the tax commission has bocomc active in

gathering (laid for work ulong the line

suggoslod. At the present limo the com-

missioncrs are gathering information from

the scvorul counlics to be, uscd as the

basis of cqualizing assessments upon dif-

fcrenl classes of property.



With the added authority given to the

lux commission, our tax laws are now

adequate to correct any inequality in as—

scssmcnis, and it is plainly the duty of

this body to bring the classes of proper—

ty shown to be paying less lhan their

share of the burdcn of laxos, up to a

valuation which will be fair in its role-

lion to tho assessments lcvicd upon other

pl'oporty at its present vuluulion.



The special commission of inquiry, in

their last report, rccogllizcd tho fact, first

presented by Mr. Mclh'ido, of Shiawussce

county. to the Slulc Association of Farm-

ors' Clubs {it its mcclillg in 1010. to tho

cffoct that the personal cquatiml of its

ownor and operator chlors inlo tho vulun-

lion 01‘ Rule pricc of farm lurid lo {1 mllch

grcalm oxlonl' than is the casc in any

othcr clues of proporly. This principle

was mudc. the basis of u rcsollllion by the

Slulc Association of Far'fmola’ Clubs at

its recent mccting.



Also, the llgurcs prcecnlod Show that

(llli'Slth of this Fact the farms of tho

slain are now puyillg a full‘ and just rule

of luxulion us compurcd with other prop—

crlioe, rind {lboul twicc {1S high 21 rulo

upon uclllul vnluulion as is prlid on an

uvcrugc by tho corporulo proportioS of

tho sluic. Thus is the coulcnliou of the

llllllVlllIllllS repl‘csonling' olhor inloresls,

that the ffll'm properties of the state are

undcr-uuucuvcd, plainly shown to be

wrong.



“'0. have always mainluim-d that the

furmors of Miclligun \voro paying mol'c

thun lhoir fuir shul‘c of stutc luxcs 21nd

lhul ullompls lo lll('l'('flSO tho. llssosscd

V'llll‘Tllltll of tho 111111154 of tho stulo. Should

ho viowod with Suspicion 21nd disapproval.

llow'ovor, lhn Illl'lllcrs {is a close would

llol lili_l.‘(l to ‘1h11 Illi‘,lli(‘:lll(lll of the loilor

of tho luw in tho {luscssmcnl of thoii'

cash vuluc, pl‘ovidcd

curricd out with all





lli‘flllcl‘lll‘S at 21 full

that sumo policy is

(illli'l' proportion.



As ubovo slulod, wc huvc Silfi'iciotll luv:

to bring 21boul cqllulity in taxation with-

out any now lcgisiaiion at this timc, and

if, as 21 rcsull of rcccnl investigations of

taxation, this is accomplished through the

medium of tho stulc tux (‘OlnmlSSiol'L tho

furmcrs of the state will be benefitcd

rather illun olhcl‘wisc.



The proposition of whether we Shall

huve a Sl'plli‘ziilnn of slate and local tax-

ation is 21. more complex one, which will

bo. discussed in future issues.



As announccd in 21 pro—

The Live Stock \'l()ll.\‘ lSSlll"_ lhc twollly-

Meeting. lirsl 21111111211 mocling of

the Michigan Improved

Ii lvo Stock 131616211141 I1‘l1ol'lcrs' Asso-

ciullorl will be 1Id ut the Agricultural

l‘ollogo :lt, lCusl Lansing, ou .Iulluul‘y lli~

17—18. '\\'l1ilc lhc full program for this

moclillg is not zlvuilublo for pllbliculion

ill this issue, it will conluin features of

intorcsl and undoubted value to dairy-

mcn, cullle fccdcrs and farmers who are

illlol‘cslod in any kind of live stock. The

vurious State llrecdors’ Associations will

moot on tho first day and the goncrul

lllcoting of the association will take up

the succccding days.



This mooling is one which should inter—

out: 21nd ullrucl ovcry humor in the state

who can possibly arrange to attcnd. I’D-

ml our live stock industry dcpcnds, to the

llllll")Sl dl'1groo, tho. maintenance of the

l‘orlility of our farms and the perma—

lll'llf‘y of our profitable ugl‘icullure. This

is 21 department of farm management





‘which has becn too long llcglcclcd by





many Michigan farmers. and there is no

boiler place to hccome enthused with the

possibilities and advantages of any branch

of live stock production upon the farm

than at this general meeting, which

unites those intercsts in every branch of

live stock production within the state.





THE MICHIGAN ' FARMER:

HAPPENINGSLgiTl-iE WEEK.





National.

Sunday the thermometer registered 18 be-





low zero, and over a. large number of

counties of the state the mercury was

down to 10 degrees below. The cold wave

broke on Monday with 21 snow storm and

relieved the distress caused in many

quarters.



Nearly the cnliro Atlantic coast of this;

country was SWept by a. severe storm

last Friday. Only two lives have bccn

reported lost. bill the damage to shipping

illtcresls is largo. The Atlantic llccl of

lilo l'niled States navy, which was en

route to Cuba, suffered considerable dum-

ilgc by being hit with the storm, not 21

single vessel ol‘ the whole fleet escaping

damage. Scarcll has failed to locate

lhrce of the torpedo boats. The Carolina.

coast is strewn with wreckage.



A tentative ugl‘ecmenl has been made

for the lllergor of the lclophone interests

in Bay City, Saginaw 21nd surrounding

community. It is held out that the com-

binutioll would enable 2L reduction in

rates to be made.



The unusual low telnperuturo which

prevailed over the cntire country for the

past woek brought the customary amount

of suffcring that accompunies such cold

wuves. With one exception, the tempora-

111m at Detroit reached the lowest point

111 1.71 yours. it having dropped to four be—

low last Friday. At Marshall, l\lich., 011



The stock market ocoupied an unusu-

ully strong position following the holi-

days. The review of business for the

your 1011 has given general confidence to

lllc proscut situation and linunciul intcr-

rats are showing a disposition to invest

holdings rather liberally.



Inquiry into the affairs of the I’nil‘ed

Slulcs Stool (‘orllorulioll was romovcd

lilSI \\'ldllr2.\'d21y 21L Wuslliuglon, A sub-

poclla has bcon issued for Andrew Cur-

ln-cic to appear boi‘ol'o, the committee to

civo it'Silll‘lllny concoruing certain phases.

ol the col'pol'ulioll's business.



The (luklund County ’1o21rd of Supcr—

visors lust wock reluscd the cleclol's of

Hull county Ilt'l‘llllSSlUIl to vote upon the

county rouds syluom, the votes standing

16 to 12. This is the second limo that

the Scllt‘llle was doi‘cuted by tho county

logiulul'u'o.



The National domocrulic committee is

in SL'SSllfll in \\‘uulllngloll. It is; rcpol‘led

that Col. \_\'m. .1. Bryan lost control of

ufi'uil's iii ll'Sl volos lukln on Blouduy.



llcul' .\lllllil‘lll llllllloy 1). Evans, known

21S "Fighting l:ol:," diod suddcllly at his

homo in \\'2lslliliglon, Jun. 3, of acute

indigestion ul‘lol‘ being ill less lhun two

li'dll‘S. Ills courugo ill the livil \\'21r,

his l‘csollrccl'lllllcsu shown at Valparaiso,

l‘hlli, whom he l‘oscuod American sailors

lrom the hands of llllll government, and

his gullunlry at Suzlllugo, Cubu, logolhor

with llluily olhcl' expcrlcllccs and vic-

lol'icfi lllut provod him 21 mun ot' rure

11:1v2ll ubilily, Won 111m 21 permullolll high

place: ill tho hcurls ol‘ the Amcl'icun peo—

1119.



Four men were injured and (12111121311 cs-

illiliLlOtl 211 31300000 “21S caused by t'll‘c. ill

21 liVo-Hlol‘y brick building ul Baltimore

lust Sunday.



Foreign.



’l‘llc British government has inaugural.-

cd 21 IlilVlll wul‘ stuff. The staff is divid-

ld 111111 llll'oo divisions: The illlolligellcc

division will dcul with war infol‘ll'lation:

lilo oporulion division will sclllc wul'

pl'olllollls, 21nd lllc llloblizulion division

will muko 11111111.:45211'5' wzlr 211'1'2111gl1111cnls.

\\’il11<loll l‘hllrcllill, who is 2ll the hood of

tho 2l<|lllir2dly. pl'omolod lilo S(‘llt'llll‘.



ll llppoul‘s lll21i Lilo, lil'ilish glin‘l'lllllClli,

11:15 lublod 21 [ll'IllHlSi‘ll lrouly, which it

hopcd in maize with tho l'llilcd States for

llll' cslublishlllenl of 21 joint international

commission to l‘cgulule railroads and 0th-

11' public, utilities: doing business in Can-

ada 21ml the I'nilcd States. The reason

lor refusing to curry out the plan was

the !t_;('r‘illlll of rccipl'ocily wilh this

oollllllg. by (Tulludu at her last fall‘s elec-

lltll.



.\ moseugo has come to this country

from Air. l‘ulhoun, I‘lllicd Slulcs Minis-

lcr to (‘I1i1121, ZlSlilllg that American troops

bo illllllodiuloly sent to aid in keeping

ll‘llllll: opcll bclwccn Pekin and the out-

sidc world. 'l‘ho success which has 211-

'.ondcd lilo rcbclu in the campaign has

1:11cour2u:od lllom to move northward, and

pl‘opul'ullolm 2ll'o now boillg made for

lulu. l1‘1llly $10,000 troops are wcll equip-

pod for tho udvulloo.



.\ mullit‘culo has bmn issued by Dr.

Sun Yul. Soil, pl'ovisiollul prosidcnt of the

llcy-ublic ot' (,‘,l1i112l,to lilo difl'crcnt wolld

powcrs. pl‘cscnlillg the political (olldi-

llllllS in China, showing tho nccossity for

21 rcVolt uguinst the Munchus, (lccluring

Unit the now govcrnmolll will pl'olcct

ioroignol'u 21nd gulll'untccing lho cumb—

llSlllllt‘lli 21nd llluilllcllullco of a slablo and

just govcrllmolll over the leritory of the

l‘orlllor I'Jlllpil'o.



liusslu is. dcmullding of the Chinese

govorl'lmonl lllul lhc lutlcr recognize the

illdl'pendcncc of ()ulcr Mongolia. The

Slillilllnn in the Chinese I'lmpiro will like-

ly make it llcccssal'y lo 2lccccd to tho

domund. ’l‘ho, domulld of lillssiu is in—

lorprclod by tho ICuropcull press. to 11102111

11121! the country dcsil‘cs the control of,

l'lougolia.



.l1‘iglllillg continues ill Ecuador for the

control of the goVol‘nmonl of the country.

.\rl cngngcmcnl lust Sunday rosullcd m

a dol‘ozll of (lonorul l’l2lzzl’s fonoes by

those undcr (lclulul Monloro. The I'ni-

ted Stutos gullboat Yorkton arrived at

Guayaquil.



MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.



\‘I’heat.~—In nnswcr lo the question,

“l‘las whcut during December suffcrcd in-

jury from any cause?" 228 corresllondpnls

in the state answer “yes" 21nd 280 “no.”

and in answer to the question, "Has the

ground been well covered with snow dur-

ing Decembor‘?" 1'11 cmrcspondcnts an-

swer “yes" and 470 “no



The total number of bushels of Wheat





JAN. 13, 1912.





marketed by farmers in December at 112

flouring mills was 192,081, and at 114,e1e-

vators and to grain dea ers 215,563 or a.

total of 407,644 bushels. Of this amount

304,122 bushels Were marketed in the

southern four tiers of counties, 89,200 in

the central counties and 14,322 in the

northern countios and upper peninsula.



The estimated total number of bushels

of wheat marketed in the five months,

August-lwcembcl‘, was 7,000,000.



Sixty-seven mills, elevators and grain

dealers report no Wheat marketed in

December.



The average condilion of live stock in

the slate is reported as follows, com-

parison boing with stock in good, healthy

21nd thrifty condition: Horses and sheep,

0'1; cattle, 94 and swine 06. The average

prices Jan. 1 of some of the principal

farm products in the markets Where

farmers usually market such products

“'1'1‘0 21s follows:



The 2lvor21'go price of whcut per bushel

was 88c; mm, 831:; Shelled corn, 66c, and

01115 470. The average price of hay per

ion was $17.32. The uvcruge price of fat

cattle was $4.50 pcr cwl.; of fat hogs

$3.60 per owl., and of dressed pork $7.50

per cut.



The over-age price of each class of

horses wuss as follows: Under one year

old, $311.72; bctwcen onc 21nd lwo .ycars

old, $85.85; between two and three years

old, 8132.45.211111 three years oldund over

8162.110.



Milah cows were worth $41.73 per head.

Cattle other than milch cows, under one

year old, $12.11; bclweon one and two

years old $20.56; between two and three

yours old, $31.02 and three years old and

ovcl'. $30.53.



Sheep under one year, $3.21 and one

your old and over, $3.75. llogs not fal-

lcncd, $5.08 per cwt.



The prices givon arc for the statc:



The price of wheat is 1c lowor lliun one

your ego and rye llc; corn 12c; (12113 130

and hay $3.78 higher.



The uvcrugc pricou of horses, etc, onc

your ago was as follows: I'lldcr (Hit? your

old, $52.51; between (1111- and two years

old, $83. 40; belwccn two and three yours.

old, $l".l.26,u1‘ld lhrce yours old and ov-

er, $162 ..01



Milch cows, $43.00 per hcad. Cullle

olllcr than milch cows, under one your

old, $12.77; bolwccn one and two yours

old, 82!.41; betwccn two and lhrcc yours

old, $32.50, and three yours old and over,

5.11.41.



Sheep under one year old. $3.00 and one

your old and ovl1,l‘ $4. 78 Hogs not fut-

tcncd wcrc Wollll $614 pol cwl‘.





NATIONAL CROP REPORT.





Final Estimate of Crops for 1911.



Ill making the Iinal estimate of the

Hort-ago and production of crops in 1011,

lilo .liul'cuu of Statistics has used the

census roporl of tho ucrcugcs in 1000 as

.1. basis, from which rovisod estilllziles

for both 1010 21nd 1011 crops are made.



l'uing the census figures for zlcrouge

in I000 21s. 21 basis, the Crop llcporling

Hourd of Hit: llurcuu of Statistics outi—

malcs tho acl‘ougc, production, and value

of important i’ul‘m crops of the i'nilod

Slatcs in 1010 and 1011 to have been up—

pl'oxilllulely as follows:





Crops. Acreage. l’rl'ldllolioll.





Acros. llusho lS‘

(‘orli, 10] l ....... 105.827.000 2 7131, 488, 000

l‘ol'll, 1010 ....... 104.033.000 2,886, ”30, 00')

l‘ol'll, 1000 ....... 08,3 ‘Jl,000 2,552,100.000





430,050,000

11311.1 42.000

'1 00,082.00")





20.162000

27.320000

20,381,000





‘.’.'illlo,r wilt, lid 1 ..

\\'llllol' th, l0l0..

Spring will, 1011..





Spring will, 1010.. 18,352.000 200,070 000

All wheat, 1:111... 49,513,000 121,338,000

All wheat, 1:110... 45,681.000 635,121,000

All wheat, 1:100... 41,261,000 «133350.000

oats, 191,1 ........ 37.763.000 022.208,000

Oats, 1910 ........ 37,373,000 1.180,;13000

oats, 190:1 ........ 35,159,000 1,007,12:1,ooo

Barloy, 1:111 ...... 7.627.000 160,240,000

Barley, 1:110 ...... 7,713,000 173,18: 3,000

Barley, 1909 ...... 7,608,000 17 33217100

live, ‘1911 ........ 2,0:17.000 ::,1 11:1 non

11.3. 1910 ........ 2,183.000 :1 2,111 00.0

Ry 190:1 ........ 2,106,000 2», 7,10 0710

Buc kw hcut. 1011 . . 838,000 17,710, 04 0





17.508, 0l0





Buck“ ho’lt, 1010. . 800.000

14,840,000





Buckwheat, ‘1000. . 878,000





I’luxscod, 10H . 2. 757,000 10,370,000

li‘luxscod, 1010 . .. 2,107,000 12,718,000

lv‘luxscod, '1000 2 08 3,000 10,5' 112’, 000

'l’olulocs. 1011 (10.000 20’ 731,00.)

'1'olulol s, 1.010 .... . 720.000 340,032,000

i’olutoos‘, 1000 .... 3,600,000 280,103,000

Hay, 1011 ........ 113,017,000 *47.44l,00‘)

llay, I010 ........ 45.001.000 “60,078.000





"' Tolls (2 ,000 lbw. )





MICHIGAN FARMERS’ INSTITUTES.



The following is a partial list of the

I1‘21.rmor:~:’ Institutes to bo held in Michi-

gan during January:



County Institutes—Eaton Co., Charlotte,

Juli. lT-lS; lnghum Co., Mason, Jan. 19-

20; Vain Burcn C0.. Lawrence, Jan. 17—18;

Isabella C0,. Mt. Pleasant, Jan. 16-17-18;

Clare (.70., Clarc, Jan. 10—20.



One-day Institutes—~lluron C0,, Hap-

bor Beach, Jun. 13; Vorollu Mills, Jan. 19';

Grant, Jan. 16; ()wendalc, .Ian. 17. Mid-

land 00., Pleasant Valley, .Ian. 13; Gene-

va, Jan. 15; Averill, Jan, 16; Hope, Jan.

17; Midland, Jun. 18; Crane, Jan. 19; La-

11ortc, .un. 20. Allcgan ('30., Laketown,

Jan. 15; Douglas, Jan. 16; Ganges, Jan.

17; Glenn, Jun. 18'; Lcisure. .Tan. 19. San-

ilac Co, Marlcttc, Jan. 18; Shabbona,

.Ian. 10; Argyle, Jan. 20; Snover, Jan. 22;

(I‘ursonville, Jun. 23; Croswell, Jam. 24;

Peck, Jun. 25; Brown City, Jan. 26-27.



LenaWee Co., Medina. Jan. 13; Hud-

son Center, Jan. 15, Cadmus, Jan. 16;

Home, Jan. 17; North Rome, Jan 18, Ad-

dison. Jan. 19; Lime Creek, Jan 20; Ma-

con, Ian. 22; Holloway, Jan. 23; Morenci,

.Ian. 24; Ridgeville, Jan. 25 Ogden Cen-

ter, Jan. 26; Blissfield Ian. 27 Newaygo

(30., Newaygo, “Ian 13; Crotén Township,

Jan 15; Enslev, J.an 16. Lapeer Co,

Dryden, Tan. 13:1'mlay City, Jan. 15: La-

peer “Ian 16; Hadley, Jan 17— 18. Mont-

calm Co., Lakeview, Jan. 13. 1





 





 





 





 





 





 





WvW'





J.
ivy-mm»!





., Wm”. :M 4





 





 





 





JAN. 13, .1912.





53.?





a.

J C

wwtsfifiw

a. ff -. .4





 

   





Suppose

you had time





to travel through I 0,000 square

miles of 'the richest sections

Southwest, stopping off in



every county and investigating

every farm opportunity—think

howperfectly you could locate

theone best opportunity for you.





A practical farm man made just such



a trip through Arkansas and Texas.



He first stopped at Piggott, in nor-



thern ArkansaS, went out and talked

with Farmer Gray (who bought for

$57 per acre a better improved farm than his

lndiana place at $105 per acre.) He got

the views and experiences of other farmers

there, asking questions that an experienced

farmer would ask who was planning to

locate in that section; and took actual photo-

graphs of the stock and farms. Then he

went to the next county—and so on. clear

down to Lufkin, Texas., where J. E. Berry

tells of starting with $12 capital and making

$8300 in 6 years from dairying.



The result is two books with ”5 actual

photo pictures and mo pages of plain farm

facts, as given by farmers themselves, des-

cribing every kind of farm opportunity

Southwest. They are the next best thing to

an actual trr' there. and will show you

whereyour est opportunity is.





I will send you FREE





copies of these splendid books: I will also tellyou

about the_low fare excursion. Southwest twice

I month Via Cotton Belt Route. Write me now.

E. W. LnBeaume, General Passenger Agent

1434 Pierce Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.





 





New Labor Saving

—Farm Machine





 





Without putting 'you under any obligation I

Will send you this new, all steel, shalt drive





LUTHER FARM TOOL GRINDER

for try—out on your farm,just to show how cas

it is to keep farm tools keen and bright with

the rapid Dimo-Grit sharpening wheels, how

much betteryou can do your work and the time

and money it wil lsave.



Use the machine for 30 Days Free, put every

tool in fine shape—ii you don’t want to keep it,

sendit back—guaranteed for 5years. Money

back any time within 1 year.



FREE TRIAL OFFER-Write for 40 page book,

also circular containin special introductory

offer. Write today. Ad ress C. J. Luther, Pres.

luihor Grinder Mfg. 00.1104A8iroh Bldg.. Milwaukee, Wis.





 





 





 





 





.7".





. i





\





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

—





Buy the One Plow That

Will Serve Your Every Need





HOW CAN WE BEST SECURE GOOD

. ROADS?





 





(Continued from page 26).

reward and they are getting a lot of good

permanent stone roads. But many of

the counties in the southern part of the

state have done nothing. Yet they have

been paying their share of the state in

building state roads for other people. Now

Ottawa ccunly has awakened to the fact

that some of this money belongs to them

and the county load commissioners, after

consulting with the board of supervisors

and making this plan that l have just

described, propose to build one mile of

road in each township of the county, but

to build these roads on the lines as laid

out for the county roads. 'l‘hcn another

year cnch township could build another

mile and have it connect, with the mile

the year before, and so on, and finally we

would get good'ronds for the entire dis-

trict and the state would help pay for

them.



The only trouble with this proposition

is that it is going to take so long a. lime

to get these county roads. A mile in each

township will be of very little value.

The farmer can’t haul a good load to

town if thcre is only one mile of good

road and the rest of it is soft road. Of

course. it will be a pleasure to get onto

this mile but it doesn’t help him from a.

business standpoint, bccnuse he has got

to load his team for the poor roads and

not for the good ones. It will take a long

time to get much benefit out of this sys-

tem and yet this would be much hotter

than anything we have ever had before

Realizing: that we ought to have thcsc

county roads built sooner than can be

donc undcr this system it‘was proposed

to bond ihc county for $600,000, five per

cent bonds, payable in 20 years, and

build lhcsc roads just as fast as this mon-

c_\' can be judiciously expended. The

board of supervisors thought favorably

of this plan and have voted to submit to

the people at next spring‘s election this

question of bonding the county for good

roads.



Now tho question is, will it carry. A

dcbt of $000000 looks large to the indi-

xidual citizcn. it is an immense amount

of money. For one community to assume

anything like this, or a few mm, the

proposition would not be practical, but

when the whole taxable property of the

county of Ottawa. with a valuation of

$25,000,000. undcrtnkcs to nssumc :1 prop—

osilion to pay $600,000 with five per ccnt

intcrcst in 20 years ihcn ihc proposition

bccomcs rcnsonublc and practical. If you

will figure it over carefully you will find

out that cvcry tuxpaycr can afford to do

it, than it will cost no morc each year

than to build one milc only in cach town—

ship no.1 if this proposillon carrics ihcn

\\‘<' can soc that in a row years we will

huyc lln-fc county roads, at least, pcr—

mzmcnlly couslrucicd. \Vc will have five

trunk lines of wagon roads running in

cvcry dircction in this county to the

principal places whom. the majority of

pcoplc want to go that will be permanent

roads, roads that won't cut up in wet

wcalhcr, roads that the farmer can haul

a maximum load over with his team.



l'ndcr any othcr systcm it would be

impossible for tho pcoplc, of this gcnera-

tion to got very much good out of lhc

pcrmnncnl roads. it will take so long to

got :hcm that wc will be simply working

for tho ncxl gcncruliou. Hf course, that

is luudnblc. \\'c who havc children are-

largcly working for tho next generation

anyway. but i don't bclicve in working

cntircly for the ncxt gcncrulion and not

gctting smnmlhinkr out of life as we go

along, so I don‘t believe in building these

roads undcr a sysl‘cm that will prcvent us

from having somc bcncfil of lhcm while

we livc, and give the ncxt gcncrniion the

cuiiro benclll. if we can carry tho bond

issuo of $000,000 and go to work and build

thcsc pcrnmncm county roads ihcn we of

lodny will have somc henclil from them.

We can pay ihc interest and as ihc bonds

l-zccp maturing will pay those bonds, but

wc. will have the greater part of [hose

bonds to be mclz by the people in the

future who will use the roads morc than

we will. “'hy isn't this a just, proposi-

tion? \\'hy should we think that we can’t

afford to have a. good road unless We can

pay Spot cash for it? \Vhy isn’t it a

business proposition? \Vhy isn‘t it proper

for us to think that tho ncxt generation,

and even second gencrations, should pay

part of the money neccsary to have g00d

roads? They can well afford to do SO.



In this way, and in this way only, can

We have good roads in this or any other

county, so that people of middle age to-

day will get any particular benefit out of

them :11. all. COLON C. LILLIE.





l





 





Why spend your good money for a

plow that only answers one purpose,

when for about the same price you can

get a real, ALL-PURPOSE plow? An

implement that will do perfect work in

any field on your farm.



What a vast saving and convenience

to be able to plow (at any depth up to

8 inches) tame sod, heavy clay, sandy

loam, mixed soil, stubble fields, old corn-

fields, etc.-——all with one plow!



The Rock Island Universal Plow

does all those “ stunts,” a fact to





’ ‘ (13) 37





which thousands of farmers gladly

testify.



Moreover, this remarkable plow

turns over each sliceflatand smooth.

Leaves no kinks—no air spaces‘ be-

tween top soil and subsoil to let in air

and dry up precious moisture. And

even though hot, dry weather sets

in, your crop goes on growing, be_-

cause top soil lying flat on subsorl

allows moisture to be taken up from

below, just like a lump wick takes

kerosene out of a lamp bowl.





The Rock Island (OJ. X.) Universal Plow





has been in use for three years. Under

the most difficult tests ever given a farm-

ing implement it has proven its right to

the title, “The World’s Only Univer-

sal Plow." Take for instance :



Down at Pickering, Missouri, 55 farm-

ers gathered on a neighbor’s farm to see the





 





   

 





   

 

 





A





 

 

 

 

 

 





lm'J—mmm b3





 

 





N to pcoulinr corkscrew. nu (fr-like twist of

mou dbourri. A slice of any t ickncss sprcnds

out ovonly without crimpingl and turns clenr over.

burying ull trrmh. No spi ling into furrow or

slopping forward onto land. Lightost druft. and

czmicst on horses of any plow. We own the put-





 





 





 





new plow perform. Fifty-five pairs of eyes

watched it keenly as their neighbor put it

through the “paces." ’I‘hcy rendered. the

following unanimous verdict:



“We. the undersigned, have today wit-

nessed ademonstration with the Rock Island

Liberty Gang Plow on Mr. Swinford’s farm,

and express our unqualified approval of its

light draft and perfect workin difficult con-

dition of soil: turning a smooth, flat furrow

and covering all trash. It handles sod as per-

fect as a breaking plow and fully deserves

the title of a ‘Univcrsal’ plow. The C. ’l‘.X.

Bottom is a wonder.” Signed by 55 Farmers.



The runner; and uddrcssos of these fifty-lira men

can be hud for the asking.





write I Don’t tie up your money in se"

' oral plows when you can get

one plow that does the work of three or four.

and at reasonable cost. Send for complete

story of the “Universal” and letters from

farmers who use ”Univcrsals." We gladly

send this information free. Merely say on

postal, "Tell me more about the new plow.”

Then put your name and address below and

send postal to





ROCK ISLAND PLOW CO.





cuts on tllC‘Sn Inouldlioards and they cannot be 284 Second Ave. Rock Island, "I.

“"d “y “”1” “‘“W' [mm





 





Thercs/Sh/buld





 

   





x\\<.~.\\ av. « on

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\“\“‘r





 





   

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





NO&S.IO





"\\\\\\\\\\'\\\





 





 





 





You need it for the information it

contains on the care and use of

saws and tools.

and satisfaction through the use of





SAWS





it broaden; your knowledge of tools and the purposes

for which they are intended.

what tools to use and where to get the best that you can

accomplish the greatest amount of good work with the

least labor and expense and at the time the need arises.

This book illustrates and describes the saws and tools

made by Henry Disston 6: Sons in the largest and most

efficient plant in the world devoted to such manu-

lactures.





BeA Copy





erfThis Book





n Eve ry Farm





 





it points the way to greater economy





DISSTON





TOOLS FILES





it is by understanding





it show: how you can install and maintain n

tool equipment on your farm that will not

only make pleasant the ordinary saw-



ing and Work with tools, but also

add greatly to the money saving

and even money making opportuni-





 





 





 





ties—— all for a very small investment.





The DISSTON book is free





——wrile foryour copy a! once.





 





 





Steel and File Works,





 





 





 





 





 





 





Box w 1537 Philadelphia. Pa.



10 Valentine ..................................... 10c. 10 Washlnaton'u Birthday .......... .10c.



IO St. Patrick’s Day ............. 10c. 10 Birthday .................................... 100.



10 General Subjects ........................ ,l (to. 10 Greetings ..................................... 100.

Three 10-cent packagcs mailed for 25 cents. Ono package of each of

above (60 high grade cards) mailed for 500: 100 for so cts. \Ve mail





a special assortment of any of the above subjects for iiUc per 100.





MADISON ART COMPANY, Madison, Conn.





 





 





 





 





GistlégEN FREE curmn'ron

D Pl.)W

SAMPLE 0......





DRILL

To quickly introduce this wonderful little

tool for the home garden. we will give com- "

plete outfit as sample to ,. -»

purchaser ot'only 60 5c.



papers of “King' a

Northern Grownfleod”

AGENTS may Iecuro

outfit. at NO MONEY

COST. Send no money ‘

Write for descriptive circular and Hit of seed.

KING SEED AND IMPLEMENT (‘0RP., RICHMOND, VA. _,





 

 

 

 





 





WANTED—v-Firsl-Class Renter {.35 59.3.?





2 miles from Goldwater. C. It. SMITH. Niles. Mich.





IN E KC 11 ANGE for

Farm wanted Stock of Merchandise.

8“ EET'S VARIETY STORE, Ludington. Michigan.





 





 





   

 





W Are the Leaders





THERE ARE MAVNY REASONS WHY

DOWAGIAC MANUFACTURING (9. DownomcMIcn.





c" Drills £~Seeders

9001039





 

   





. ,s
~ _ a... 4"“: a

' ‘ ‘ ......r./ ”7.”





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





 





 





Once Grown Always Grown





‘ Maule’s Seeds





Endorsed by more than 450,000 pro-

gressive gardeners as the best ever

My new Seed Catalogue is a. wonder. Con-

tains everything in sci-(ls, bulbs, small fruits

and plants worth growing. 600 illustrations;

176 pugcs. Any gnrdcncr scndiug his name on

a postal card can have it for the asking. Send



for it today. Address

WM. HENRY MAULE

1707-09-1 1 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Send 6 cents (stamps) mention this

”paper, I will enclose in the catalogue

| a packct of the (more GIANT pansy. ‘





 





 





 





 





 

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





10,000 KERNELS 0F





Selected

FERTILE scans for 160

I 000 Celery





r 750 Omon 100 Parsley

1000 Radish 500 Cabbage

l I 00 Tomato 1000 Carrot



I 750 Turnip l 00 Melon





1 700 Brilliant Flower Seeds. 50 sorts

Anyone of these packages ls worth



‘ the price we ask for the whole



10.000 kernels. It is merely our



way of letting you test our seed—



proving to you how mighty good



. they are. .



‘ “ Send 16 cents in stamps to-day and

we will send you this great collection of seeds

by return mail. We'll also mail you free our

great 1912 catalog—if you ask for it—ali postpaid.



JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO.

135 South Eighth Street La Ores-o. VIII.





 

 





 





   





 





   





Bulbs. Vines. Shrubs. etc.

Hundreds of car lots of

’FRUIT and ORNA-

‘ MENTAL TREES. 1.200

‘ acres. 50 in hardy Roses.

none better grown. 47 green-





to mention. Seeds, Plants.

Bulbs. Roses. Small Trees. etc.. by mail, post-

pald. Sate arrival and satisfaction guaranteed.

Immense stock of SUPERB CANNAS. the

queen of bedding plants. Acres of Pmonias and

other Perennials. 50 choice collections cheap in

Seeds, Plants, Roses, etc.



‘03-"35 I Send for it today and

cATALoa FREE I learn real values. Direct

deal will insure you the best atleast cost. 58 years.





The Storrs 81 Harrison Co.. Box MG . Painesville.0.





OOOO‘SEEOS





BEST III THE WORLD





New Crop Crown at Farmer Prices. In addition u lot

of extra FREE SEEDS thrown in with every order.





BIG SEED BOOK FREE





Our Grand Biz illustrated Catalog of all Farm and

Garden Seeds is now ready and tree to you. Write for

it today. Send names and address of neighbors who

buy seeds. Address



RATEKIN’S SEED HOUSE

SHENANDOAH. IOWA Box





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 





 





 

   

   





Buy direct horn us (the growers) and save 50m too per

cent. All stock 01’ high quality and grown in Dnusville,

, “Home of the Best Trees." where Scale is unknown.



12 PEACH TREES. 3|.00.

3 Elberts, 2 E. Crawford, 3 L. Crawford, 2 Champion, 1



German, 1 E. Rivers. All fine 1 year, wellmatured trees.

True to name or money back. Write now for free catalog

of other bargains and complete line. '



Reilly Bros. Nurseries, m6 Reilly 8d,. Danlvlllo, N. Y.





   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 





 





800,000 PPLE

"I“ TI'CBS 675,000 PEACH

We grow what trees Wt‘ soil di

root from bearing orchards.

hence you run no risk in buying

of us. Fri-0 from sculc, fresh

dugund personal attention given

each ordcr. Everybody writc for

‘ free illustrated catalog. Estab-



lished 26 years; 250 acres.



es 1 McIntosh and 1 Banana post





2 Apple Tre paid for 25 cents. ,

Malone! Brosfs Wells 00.. Box 151 Dansville, N. Y.





PLANT HARDY TREES





Healthy. acclimated, high grade, true to label fruit trees

and plants for Northern States at wholesale prices. direct

trom nursery to planter. Send for catalogue.



cElEllY OI" NORSERIES. Drsx EI liaumzon, Mics.





 

 

     





 





 





 





F R U '1' Choice? Vlilesetem tI‘lllew Yorderown.

res rom e groun .

TR E E S





Lowest Prices. Catalogue Free.





BLOSSOM NURSERIFS. 581 Blossom Road, ROCHESTER. N. Y.





 





 





 





Seeds, Plants, Roses, ‘





VVYVYVYYTVVYVVVYVVVVVVV





HORTICULTURE?





.

AAAAAAAAA‘AAAAAAAAAAAA





WE SHOULD GROW MORE PEPPERS.





 





 





 





 





The culture of green peppers in Mich-

igan is not carried on to any great extent.

except to supply a very limited local de-

mand for use in making pickles and var-

ious other forms of sour condiments, as

chow-chow, chili sauce, catsup, etc. Very

few people make use of them as daily or

even occasional food upon the table, but

of late years summer resorters coming

into the state from Missouri, Arkansas

and some other states, have asked for

them as summer vegetables, and in a

number of localitics they are now raised

quite commonly to meet this demand.



It has usually been supposed that they

grew to perfection only in a hot. climate,

but experiments in their culture here in

Mason county, on the poorest sandy land,

have demonstrated, when the land is

properly prepared. that the highest meas-

ure of success can be attained. The

writer has produced them for several suc-

cessive years, and each year has suc-





the slices. There are many other ways

that will suggest themselves to the ex-

perienced cook, of making palatable food

from these fruits, and the more one eats

of them the more they want them. They

are said to be a. most healthy and nutri-

tious food by dietarians who have made

a study of such matters. They are also

used quite extensively by some people as

mangoes, being stuffed and pickled for

winter use.



The illustration which I send you is of

a dozen peppers‘selectcd from this year’s

crop, all of them weighing from 13 to 15

ounces each. They were grown on a

pure sandy soil from plants set out after

the first of July, and are of the Chinese

Giant variety. A. M. SMITH.

NATURE’S STOREHOUSE FOR VEGE-



TABLES.



Every time the ground thaws a little we

enjoy the best of the vegetables, and often

when it isn’t thawed We get impatient

and long for some of the crisp things of

the garden to the extent that a stout

pick and a strong arm makes great holes

in the frozen soil. It is all right to put

vegetables into pits and root cellars and





 





 





houses of Palms. Ferns. ,





 





 





 





 





 





ceeded in producing finer and larger crops

upon a given space of ground. ,The past

season we had 12 rows, each 100 feet long

in our garden, from which we harvested

over 50 bushels, making a. yield of be—

twcen 900 and. 1,000 bushels per acre.

Some of these peppers are of enormous

size, measuring from 18 to 20 inches in

circumference the long way, and from

16 to 17 inches around the short way.





 





Many of the specimens weighed as much

as 15 ounces, and there were hundreds

that would Wcigh from 12 to 13 ounces.

The largcst- oucs were of the Chinese

Giant varicty, the next largest the Ruby

King, and the earliest and most prolific,

but smaller, the Neapolitan, the latter

being comparatively new and ripening

three or four wccks earlier than the oth—

er kinds. Some of these Neapolitan

bushcs yicldcd from 40 to 45 peppers

about the. size of large goose eggs each.

The Chinese Giant and Ruby King bore,

upon each bush, from 10 to 20 very large

peppers.



1 set out tho plants about June 1, or





later. if ncccsary to avoid frosts or cold





 





weather, putting into each bill a compost

made the year before of hog manure, hen

manure and well rottcd barnyard manure.

When they don‘t start to growing quickly,

I sprinkle a little nitrate of soda around

each bill. I' set the plants one and a.

half feet apart in the row, and the rows

two fcct apart. This gives mo about

15,000 plants to the acre. I then run the

hand cultivator through them about once

in two weeks.



There are various methods of preparing

them for the. table. The most simple and





‘chcapest way-is to cut the pepper open,





I'emch the seed, and cut into slices about

one inch wide. Put these slices into a

stew pan and let them boil in shallow

water for 15 minutes, then fry them down

and dress with butter and salt.

Another.way is to cut Open the end of

the pepper, remove the seeds and stuff

with chopped cold meat, chicken, or veal,

mixed with bread crumbs or crackers

and cabbage, and bake them for a half

hour. They can then be sliced with a

sharp knife, and a littlé butter spread on





Twelve Peppers from Mr. Smith’s Garden Weighing from 13 to 15 Ounces Each.





basements, but, after all, nature will keep

some things better than anybody else

can do it.



\\'e dig a clump of horseradish for use

with the. fresh pork and throw the whole

mass into a tub of water to thaw out.

Of course, it is a mussy job, but the fine

strong vegetable Wcll repays the trouble.

There should be no attempt made to thaw

it by a fire, but it should slowly come “to

its primv- in the cold water. Many fam-

ilies grate and seal a lot of horseradish

before winter scts in, but this is only a

makeshift at best. For frcsh pork we

want the “teary" sauce and are willing

to go to some trouble for it.



l’ursnips are treated in the same man-

ner when the ground is frozen and they

come out so white and brittle and sweet

that the basement supply goes begging

until the last outdoor one is gone. These

parsnips dug on mild days and well wash

ed bring line briccs in market, for many

people prcfcr these outdoor vegetables to

the best storage. oncs. There seems to be

something about the long stay in the

frozen ground that adds to the flavor im-

mensely.



Salsify is another vogctable that does

not take as kindly to storage as to na-

turc’s awn methods, and carrots are good

if not frozcn too hard. Cabbage protect-

ed by bards and straw or some light cov-

ering will be found very good in winter,

and it is white and crisp. Of course, it

should be thawed out very carefully.



Garlic for seasoning is also to be

had from the garden all winter. Some

people prcfcr the ripened bulb of market.

but the flavor of the fresh vegetable suits

us better. lVe always have a little garlic

sausage each winter and use the green

bulbs for this purpose. Steeped in hot

water it seems much better than the

dried bulb.



So while gathering in the winter’s sup-

ply of Vegetables we always leave some

things in the ground for the days when

we long for green, growing things. We

pass by canned goods and cellar supplies

for those outdoor vegetables, and feel that

they are a part of the season’s luxuries.



Ohio. H. RICHMOND.





 





q





JAN. 13, 1912.





Scale





with the one most re-

liable remedy against

the SAN JOSE SCALE.





Spray NOW with .





BOWKER’S

LIME-SULPHUR





Write for Book and Price List to

BC WKER INSE C T] CIDE C O.





BOSTON, MASS.





We ship also from / ,

Baltimore. Md. and Cincinnati, Q. .3 ’





 





Bigger Fruit Profits



. *Here‘is a spray pump invented

by fruit growers. It was our

endeavor to secure the best

spray pump to use on our

300 acre fruit farm that

produced the





EOLIPSE





SPRAY PUMP





It overcomes every defect found

in other makes—it has roved it-

sell best in actual wor . Put an

Eclipse to work on your trees and

earn bigger profits. Write for our

fully illustrated catalogue. It tells

why you should spray—and why

on should do it with an Eclipse.

t's free. Write to-day.





MORRILL & MORLEY MFG. 00.. Benton Harbor. Mlch.





 

 

 

 

 

   





 





-, Sprays

the tallest fruit tree

from the ground. Does

the work in half the

time. Sprays whitewash

and cattle 'dip." Made

of brass and warranted



for five years.

Write for sfeclal offer

or send$ . Express-

, ado prepaid. Money

refunded if not fully



Mllsfled.



STANDARD STAMPING co.

V 651 Main St.. Morysville. 0.





 





 





“Improved Sunshine” Sprayer





Simplest; and most; effective made.

Any one can use it. Solid brass up-

per and lower cylinders. All brass

plunger. Brass valve seat and ex-

tra large air chamber. Guaranteed.

Only Amt-tor Mode Hevlng Four Puddles





All others have but two. Makes the

work easy. Simple Lo operate and

produces a constant uniform spray.

Send for descriptive circular.





CRESTLINE MFG. COMPANY

DEP'r. 15 CRESTLmz, OHIO





SEEDS





BEST Ill THE WORLD



Prices Below All Others



I will give a. lot of new

sorts free with every order!

fill. Buy and test. Return if

not 0. K.~—money refunded,

g, Big Catalog F REE



Over 700 illustrations of vege-

tables and flowers. Send yours

and your neighbors’ addresses.

MWAY, Rockford, Illinois





 





 





 





 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 





First~class stock, 2 yrs. old, worth 82.00,

1 Baldwm, 1 Northern Sp 1 Bartlett, 1

Becket Peer, 1 Tartanan, fhontmorency.

1 Early Richmond Cherry, 1 Bradshaw, l

Lombard,l German Prune,l Elberta Peach,

1 Orange Quince—ail for 94 cents. Write

for free catalog and other otters.



L. W. HALL d: 00.. Established 1879

710 Cutler Bldg” Rochester, N. Y





 





 





 





 





I l ‘

0n Strawberry. Raspberry. Blackberry. Gooseberry.





Currant, Aspara us and Grape Plants, Heavy Rooted.

High Grade 5 ock. 20th Annual Catalogue Free.





A. R. WESTON & C0” Brldglnan. Mich.





Fresh Du Wests N. Y. Trace.



F R U I T Apples, PeersFCherrleafllums. Ponchos,

Smell Fruits, Shrubs, Roles, etc. Belt



T R E E 5 Trees. am Prices. Write for runs on,

. I'll]! FEUlTLAND ansnnms





 





 





 

   

   

 





   

     





 





   





J. Fawn. Poor. 809 Milton Road. Rochester. N. Y.





   





 





 





 





 





Wm





.,r





. m' mu awe-m.

l .





‘thjmf‘ ‘





 





 





I“- w ’#,E__._ 4:25. .
A





JAN. 13, 1912.





LESSONS EROM THE APPLE GATH~

ERING.





 





It is fortunate for us'that the punish-

ment received for most of our mistakes

and shortcomings is intended to be re-

formatory, and while we are suffering

on account of previous blunders made

wilfully or otherwise, it is usually easy

for us to form good resolutions.





Apple-picking in Oceana county this

past fall furnishes a fine illustration of

the truth of what we are trying to say.

Orchards in localities where San Jose

Scale is known to be present were quite

generally sprayed last spring with lime

and sulphur mixture at winter’s strength.



A good many sprayed just before the

blossoms opened, with a weaker solution

of lime and sulphur or with Bordeaux

mixture. More sprayed after the bios-

soms fell than ever before but very few

did any spraying whatever to destroy the.

second brood of coddling moth and so

our apples, while they were compara-

tively free from worms in the blossom

12nd, had plenty of them in the sides.





Apple scab was not very prevalent this

last season and consequently it was not.

a good time to note the comparative mer-

its of Bordeaux mixture and lime and

sulphur in the control of this difficulty.

Still. there was some scab and apples

not Sprayed, or sprayed imperfectly, that

showed it quite badly here and there,

while varieties like the Vandervere, Pip-

pin and Snow, which usually suffer so

much from scab were very fine indeed,

where thorough spraying had been done.

It is refreshing to recall the expressions

made by many, while picking apples last

fall. “If I live until another spring, I’ll

spray." “I will spray next year even if

I have to neglect the other farm work."

“Atew trees in my orchard were sprayed

but poorly and the difference was very

noticeable.” “I believe I shall spray

twice in August next year. for some of

my trees were sprayed very thoroughly

early in August this year and the apples

are very fine and free from wormholes

in the sides." ‘



Expressions like the above are common

and point to better practice in fruit

growing in the future. One needs but to

stand on the street in town these days

and compare the loads of apples that

come in to learn the value of thorough

spraying.



It is to be hoped that lime and sulphur

mixture will control apple scab as well





as Bordeaux. The indications thus far'





seem to be that it will, but its use last

year upon plum and cherry has not

proven as satisfactory, and personally I

shall favor the old “Bordeaux Mixture,”

for these trees, until experience has dem-

onstrated to the. contrary.



Apple gathering last fall taught again

the lesson of proper pruning. \Ve cannot

afford to grow too much wood for if we

do the apples do not color up. ‘ Without

the color they lack the flavor also, and

if the tops are too thick it is very hard

to gather the fruit. Too many apples in

number grow on the trees, and they are

inferior in size.



Another lesson that is brought home to

the apple grower is the need of better

marketing facilities. The consumer will

pay well for superior fruit, if he can get

it and everyone who gI‘OWS apples for

sale in quantities, large or small, should

unite in. an effort to secure perfectly hon-

est packing and in a purpose to find some

way to get the apples to the consumer

with less of sacrifice on the part of the

man who grows them.



Oceana Co.

EXPERIMENTS WITH HOME-MADE



SPRAYS.





W. F. TAYLOR.





 





 





 





Among the numerous reports from ex—

periment stations by the Department of

Agriculture is one dealing with tests con—

ducted by the New York Station on the

use of home-made concentrated lime-

sulphur mixtures in various sections dur—

ing the past three years_



With dilute mixtures of the home—made

concentrate fairly satisfactory results

were obtained so far as effect on the

foliage of apple trees was concerned In

a number of orchards slight injuries were

noticed on the more tender leaves, es-

pecially following the spraying after blos-

soming. These injuries were generally

obscured by the new growth in from sev—

en to ten days. Damages of a more seri-

ious nature occurred in a few orchards.

Dropping of fruit and leaves were noted

in one experiment. Nearly all reports

noted relative absence of russeting of ap-

ples on trees sprayed with home-made

concentrate.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





(15) 39





 





L._i





 





 





 





T





No—Rim-Cut Tires

Proved Average Oversize, 16.7%





Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tires are adver-

tised as 10 per cent oversize.



We claim that this oversize adds 25

per cent to the tire mileage.



Lately we made a comparison, based

on cubic capacity, with five other lead-





ing makes of tires.





And No-Rim-Cut tires, on the average,

proved 16.7’ per cent larger than the

other tires of equal rated size.



Only three tires out of 20 comparisons

came within 10 per cent of our size.



That means in air capacity, not in





Adopted by 127 Leading Makers





For the year 1910, 44 leading

motor car makers contracted for

Goodyear tires.



For the year 1911, 64 makers

came to them.



For this year we have contracts

from the makers of 127 leading

cars.



That shows how car makers

the men who know best—have

come to the Goodyear tires.





 





 





Last year our sales exceeded the

sales of the previous 12 years put

together.



We sold enough tires in 1911 to

completely equip 102,000 cars.



In two years the demand for N -

Rim-Cut tires has multiplied six

times over. Now these tires are

by far the most popular tires that

are made.



Thousands of users told thou-

sands of others that these pat-

ented tires cut their tire bills in

two. The resulting





increase the





type of tire.





tire—~23 per cent of all ruined tires are

rim-cut. That is proved by actual

statistics.



A punctured tire may be wreck-

ed in this way by running 200 feet.

A soft tire may be wrecked With-

out puncture.



No-Riin-Cut tires save that ruin

and pony.





 





Then 10 per cent oversize, under

average conditions, adds 25 per

cent to the tire mileage.





It means an over-tired car to

take care of extra weight. It saves





the blowouts Jim. to overloading.





And No-Rim-Cut tires, as told

above, average 16.7 per cent over-

size.



These two features togetlicr——-

No-Rini-Cut and oversize ~—undcr





mere outer measurements.

carries the load.

Each one per cent oversize means one

per cent extra carrying capacity.

Oversize means to save blowouts—to





tire expense.



And you get this oversize in No-Rim-

Cut tires without any extra cost.



That is one of the reasons why these

patented tires now far outsell any other





It is air that





tire mileage—to cut down





average conditions cut tire bills in

two. Tens of thousands of motor

car owners have proved that.





No Extra Cost





These patented tires used to cost

one-fifth more than other stand-

ard tires. Now they cost an equal

price.



These tires which can’t rim—cut

cost the same as tires that do.

These oversize tires cost the same

as skimpy tires.



You can get them by simply iii-

sisting on Goodyear No-Rim-Cut

tires.





 





These tires represent the final

result of our 13 years spent in tire

making.



In every way they are as near

perfection as tircs can ever get.

They will mean





 





demand now com-

pels a capacity of

3,800 tires daily.





Save





One-Half





The saving comes

here:



No-Rim~Cut tires

make rim cutting

impossible.



With the old-type

tire —— the clincher





 





 





 





No-Rim-Cut Tires





With or Without

Double-Thick Non-Skid Treads





to you an iin mense

reduction on the

up k e e p of your

car





Our new Tire

Book is ready. It

is filled with facts

you should know.

Ask us to. mail it

to you.





 





 





THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO





Branches and Agencies in 103 Principal Cities. We Make All Kinds-of Rubber Tires, Tire Accessories and Repair Outfits





[4611





 





 





 





 





 





1912 Pratt-





Fourth Successful Year





Forty





Backed by 39 Years’ Manufacturing Experience





Guaranteed for one year. Self-Starter,120-inch \Vhecl Base. Unit

Power Plant, Three-point Suspension, Bosch Magneto, Demonnt-

able Rims. 36x4 inch Tires, Inside Control Levers. Electric Side

and Tail Lamps. List price Model “H,” $3.000. fully equipped,

Mohair ’I‘op, Windshield, Speedometer, Prest-o-lite Tank, etc.

There are many localities where we have no agent. and if you

will write us, we will send you our catalog and interesting proposi-

tion on a car for your own use. We also make a full line of car-





riages and harness.





ELKHART CARRIAGE & HARNESS MFG. CO.

E





Ikhart. Indiana





 





 





 





 





 





AHIGH-GLASS—SEEDS





Being seed growers, not mere dealers, we

can furnish the very highest grade of' seeds

at the lowest possible prices- Don is let

agents fool you. Get our catalog and whole-

sale price list and buy direct from the

grower at; half agents’ prices. Vie offer

some very fine improved varieties of OATS.

CORN and POTATOES as well as the best

GARDEN SEEDS of all kinds.

gigolo: frog; it. is dworth $mgglzlg

l or II' cnars



price list Elsi). ll 2)“ grow for market. HA R R I S



JOSEPH "Aldus co..





/SEED$





In! 50. CDLDWATEB. I. Y.





     





*illifiétilll‘llllr‘?“





l grower at rock-bottom wholesale prices; 3.. . ‘

mental trees,





   

 

 





V

C0. Eu. 1

67 Trust 3H1" Rochester. FLT?“





   





 





 





My 1912 Plant Catalo slam

my Strawberries. Black and Red Rasp-

rrles. Currants and Seed Potatoes.

Challenge for Michigan. Copy free.

MAVERS'S PLANT NURSERY.

Merrill, - - - Michigan.
'40 (16)





[GRANGE





W ' . - -- .

THE LECTURER’S PROGRAM' AT THE

STATE GRANGE.





 





 





 





The so-called “Lecturers’ Conference”

or “Lecturers’ Session” has become a

permanent and most enjoyable part of the

annual State Grange meeting. It consists

of a program, prepared and conducted’

by the State Lecturer, designed to im-

press upon the membership, and upon

lecturers especially, the need and the

value of good program work. At Kala-

mazoo this program was the outstanding

feature of the week, consuming the major

portion of \Vednesday afternoon‘s session.

Even then, lack of time made it neces-

sary to drop, one topic and to carry one

feature over to the evening session.



“A program for every meeting" was

the slogan chosen by the State Lecturer,

and the program was prepared with a

view to driving home the fact that the

Grange which does not haVe a program at

every meeting is not thoroughly alive or

living up to its possibilities. The topics

covered a wide range and each was illus-

trated, thus exemplifying a program from

.which every member of at Orange would

get something of interest and benefit.



Following the State Lecturer’s report,

the formal program opened with a song

by C. S. Bartlett that was roundly ap-

plauded. The social topic, entitled “Play,”

was then presented in a well—written pa-

per by Mrs. Emily \Varner Green, past

lecturer of Cass l’omona Grange. Touch—

ing the importance of giving the same

attention and direction to recreation and

may that isgiven to work, and the rela-

tion or the Grange to this movement,

Mrs. Green said:





There seems to be a wave of play senti’

ment sweeping over the country, bringing

with it the Boy Scouts, the Girl Guides,

Play—ground Associations and similar or-

ganizations designed to teach children how

to play. if this play spirit can be culti-

vated in country districts and directed to

right ends, it may prove another powerful

factor in staying the tide that is flowing

toward the cities.



We have adapted our work to modern

conditions. We are now asked to do what

is of equal iinportancehorganize and di—

rect our recreation so that. it will be as

fine as our work. But, in doing this, we

must keep in mind that the highest value

of play in the. country is not to promote

health, but to develop social life and to

encourage (to-operation. Little children

on the sand pile learn the lesson of mu-

tual rights. \Vhen they come to the

playground and have to share toys and

apparatus and play by the rule of the

game. they learn mutual relationships.



'What is the relation of the Grange to

the true spirit of play? \Vhat are some

of the things it can do to help in this

movement? Here are a few of them:



1. Let Pomona (tranges give more at-

tention to recreations at their annual

rallies, providing leaders who will start

group games, direct contests and promote

good-natured neighborhood rivalry. The

.aim should be to get everybody enlisted





 





.iii the social spiritwnot simply have a

few contestants taking part while the

mass of people, including all the. little:





)children, look on from the side lines.



2. Subordinate Oranges can extend the

benefits of the play movement in many

ways, such asr



(a) My advocating games and play

grounds at the homes of their members,

and by securing athletic fields in the

neighborhood for the use of boys and

girls on Saturday afternoons and holidays.



1h) Hy recommending and working for





.an en‘argemenb of most rural school)

grounds.

1c) By building up the community





THE MiCi—iiGAN FARMER.





pride in its organized play activities

through the use of pennants, badges,

cheers and other incentives to local spirit.



((1) By exchange of visits with other

Granges when competitive games, plays

and contests shall take place. This ap-

plies to both outdoor and indoor recrea-

tions.



(6) . Finally. by seeking to direct the

social instincts of young people as right

and God—given, instead of suppressing and

frowning upon them, Granges may pro-

mote a sane, wholesome community life.

Where dancing and card—playing were

once the only recreations known, a.

Grange may. if it will, so re-direct and

dominate the social instincts of the

neighborhood that a wide range of enter-

tainment and recreation can be employed.



3. Especially let lecturers of all Granges

introduce upon every program features

that partake of the play spirit. So simple

a thing as a grand promenade about the

hall is magical in its recreative and so—

cializing effects upon a roomful of people.

Spelling down in ritual forms, charades,

tableaux, plays, folk dances, character

songs and recitations, all these cultivate

sociability. teach people how to do grace-

ful and refined things and break up the

monotony of work thought. The using of

children in their little games and motion

songs upon the lecturer’s program is ad-

vocated for more than one reason, while

for older children and young people, no

wider, richer field exists than that of

dramatizing scenes from history, poetry,

art, fiction and local life.





After the reading of this paper a num-

ber of primary and eight grade pupils

from the \1'estern Normal College, head-

ed by their teachers, presented a number

of, simple marches, drills and games

which told, more plainly than can be done

in words, of the confidence, grace and

wholesome social spirit born of well—

directed play and entertainment. No oth--

er part of the afternoon’s exercises was

so much appreciated and enjoyed.





Another feature which properly belongs

with this topic, but which was not pre-

sented until the evening session, was a

demonstration of the value of plays, .tab-

leaux and pageants as means of educa-

tion, recreation and inspiration. An orig-

inal pageant, “The Farmer Feeds Them

All” was given as an exemplification, the

affair being conducted by Mrs. Dora. H.

Stockman. As the curtain rose, in the

center of the stage was seen a farmer

bearing a huge cornucopia filled with food

products, Behind him stood Ceres, Po-

mona and Flora with their offerings of

grain, fruit and flowers. One by one there

passed before the farmer persons repre-

senting the various classes of people de-

pendent upon him for food—wthe doctor,

the lawyer, the city laborer, the school

girl, the minister, the society woman, the

'woman of the middle class with her mar-

ket basket, the trusts, the scrub-woman.

the. entertainer, the carpenter and, last

of all, I‘nele Sam who brought the

“world" to the farmer to be fed.



Then came the tableau, represented in

the photo reproduced below, “The Farm-

er in the Future." At the farmer’s left

are grouped the people of the pageant,





‘with Ceres, Pomona and Flora in the

rear. On his right are represented art,

music, literature and science who have

each brought offerings to the farmer.





Standing on each side of him, with hands

clasped, guarding him, are Athena, god-

dess of horticulture and agriculture, and

Vesta, goddess of the sacred hearthstone,

‘while a young woman, a seer of the fu-

ture, is in the act of placing the laurel

Wreath upon his head.





COMING EVENTS.

VVayno 00., with Harmony Grange, at

Romulus, Friday, Jan. 19.





 





 





 





FYVVYYVVYVVVVYVVVVVYYY—Y

I





: FARMERS’ owns,





Address all communications relative to

the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C.

1’. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.





 





 





WHAT THE LOCAL CLUBS ARE

DOlNG.





 





As Reported by the Delegates at the As-

sociational Meeting.



Odessa Club, of Ionia. county, has 80

voting members. This Club holds ten

meetings during the year, with a vaca-

tion in the month of July and a picnic in

August. Monthly meetings are held at

the homes of the members. The Club

uses yearly printed programs. The mem-

bership dues are 50 cents per family.



The Washington Center Club, of Grat-

iot county, is in its 14th year. This

Club has 70 members and an average at-

tendance of 43. Twelve meetings are held

during the year, including a temperance

meeting in March and a Club fair in Oc-

tober. At the fair last October there

were over 200 entries, many of the classes

being better than those at the county

fair. A chicken-pie dinner is served at

the Club fair each year. Another feature





is a Children's Day in June. The mem-

bers are mostly adults, although the

young people are becoming interested.





The Club sends different members as del-

egates each year with the result that

they become interested and frquently at-

tend meetings when they are not dele-

gates. Six members of the Club were

present at this year's annual meeting.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





 





 





Among Farmers—«The

Salem Farmers’ Club held its December

meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Bird. This was the annual meeting,

75 or 80 guests and members of the Club

being present. The members discussed

the excellent dinner, and afterward the

equally excellent program. Robert Ross

read a line paper on “Co-operation among

farmers.” He said in part: “Since the

early ages—the stone, the bronze, and

the tribal ages—the tendency of our race

has ever been toward improvements, and

now, with the best form of government

in the world, we have need to look to

ourselves that there be not serious errors

in management and abuse of power. The

protection which protects only a few of

the people is unfair. Such was the re-

cent reciprocity treaty. A co-operative

system could be established among farm—

ers which would do away with much of

the unfair dealing. An intelligence bu—

reau, which would give the farmer a bet-

ter idea of crop values, might be arranged

for, and Farmers‘ Clubs and Granges

welded together into a unit for public

righteousness.” Chas. Ross gave a talk

on tariff and a petition was circulated

asking congress for a reduction on sugar.

The following oflicers were elected: Pres-

ident, (1. ll. 'l‘hoinpson; vice-president, A.

VanVorse; secretary, Miss Ruth Ross;

treasurer, George Roberts, corresponding

secretary, 'H. C. Thompson.



The Annual Meeting of the Hadley and

Elba Farmcrs’ Club was held at Brook-

dale, with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Farrar,

Dec. 2. At the close of the sumptuous

dinner the meeting was called to order

by President it. J. Pierson. All joined in

singing and Rev. Barnum offered prayer.

The, minutes of the last meeting were

approved as read, and the roll call re-

sponses elicited much laughter. The re-

port of the delegates, Mr. F. G. Bullock

and Mrs. ‘arrie B. Snooks, was well given

and proved very interesting. Mr. and

Mrs. C. P. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.





Co-operation





Brewer. and Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bullock'





were elected as committee to prepare the





 





JAN. 13, 1913.





'Drogram for the Farmers’ Institute. The





entire staff of 1911 officers was re-elected

for the ensuing year as follows: Presi-

dent, R, J. Pierson; vice-president, C. A.

Davenport; secretary, Mrs. C. P. John-

son; treasurer, Mrs. Carrie Snook; chap-

lain, Rev. C. W. Barnum; the program

committee for 1912: Mr. and Mrs. J. \V.

Tower, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Johnson, Mr.

and Mrs. F. A. Smith, Mr. and Mrs Wm.

Bartenfelder, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Snook.





Adjourned to meet at Fairview with Mr._





and Mrs. W. E. Ivory, Jan. 11, 1912. This

will be the annual oyster dinner and a.

cordial invitation is extended to all our

friends—Mrs. C. P. Johnson.



Conway and Handy Farmers’ Clubs met

with Mr. and Mrs. H. Benjamin, Dec. 22.

A large crowd was in attendance and a

fine dinner was served by host and host-

ess as usual. The subjects discussed were

as follows: “Would it be a safe invest-

ment to pay present prices to start a.

herd of Holstein cattle?” Decided yes,

for the man who was willing to put forth

the efforts required in this business.

“Does education unfit girls for the farm?”

Miss Grant handled this subject very

nicely by placing the “ifs" and “ands”

and “maybe’s” before the people and

leaving the decision with them. “Edu-

cation would not unfit girls for the farm

but we can be. good farmers‘ wives with-

out the education.” “Our trip west,” was

the subject of a talk by W. E. Slave. A

recitation of unusual interest was givon

by S. Horton. Election of officers result-

ed as follows: President, 11’. M. Horton;

vice-president, Adam Meyer; recording

secretary, Mrs. Geo. Stowe; corresponding

secretary, Mrs. S. R. Holmes: treasurer,

Mrs. E. E. House. Delegates’ report of

state convention was rendered. Adjourn-

ed to meet with \V. E. Stowe and wife in

January—Mrs. S. R. Holmes, Cor. Sec.





Michigan Farmer’s Club List.





For the benefit and convenience of our subscribers

we have nrran ed the following list of apera on which

we can save t em money. Besides tfie money. they

save thtgltrouble and expense of sending each order

separa y



EXPLANATION—The first column is the regular

subscription price of the other papers. The second

column gives our price for a. year's subscription to

both the other paper and the Michigan Farmer. The

third column gives the price at. which the other

fiaper may be a ded when three or more are ordered.



xample; We will send the Michi an Farmer and

Detroit Semi-Weekly Journal for £1.60. 1, for in-

stance, McCall's Magazine also is wanted add it at: 400

making total $2.00. Any number bf papers may be

added at third column firice if they are for a sub-

scriber to the Michigan armerJ. ‘



If you want. the MICHIGAN FARMER THREE

YEARS and the other pa era one ear add $1.00 to the

second column price. or the ichigan Farmer 5

years add $1.75. ’6, do Inot send samples of other

pn ers. Address the publishers direct.



end all orders to the Michigan Farmer or through

our ngentl.



We will tako'your order for any publication you

want. whether listed or not. Write for rates.



N0 E.—So long as a subscriber is on our list for

one or more years he may order at any time any

publications at. third column price. So that a. three

of five year subscriber does not lose the advantage of

the reduced price if he wants any other paper next.

year or the your after.



Subscriptions ordered to Canada require ostage.



nice for rates unless Bostage is known, in that. case

include with order. octage on Michigan Farmer

alone to Canada. is 1 cent. per week.





 





 





 





 





See explana-





NAME OF PUBLICATION. tion above.





Daily. (6 a Week.)

Journal, Detroit. Mich, 0% rural route

0 .. .





w





3‘





Times. Detroit.....

Herald. Grand Rapids.....

Press, Grand Rapids.... .

News. Grand Rapids, Mich. ...............

Courier-Herald. Saginaw. Mich., (inc,

Sunday) on R. ...... ..............

News. Cleveland. 0hio..... ...............

Tribune. Bay City. Michmmm

Blade, Toledo.... .........

News-Bee, Toledo, Ohio..

Trl-Weekly. (3 a Week.)

World. New York. (3 a. week).............

Semi-Weekly. (2 a. chk.)

Journal. Detroit, Mich......





Weakly Newspapers and Current Comment





u.





 





MNNNUHO





HHt—IHH I—INmt—Iw-ia

sense assess"





NNNNN NMWN





NfiMNN

8? SSES’: SSSS SSSSS 8 538 2% 8 8 SSSSS SSSSSS"

838





s 88 8 s 8 88888 assess“

H

a





.—

o

H

.q

C





Blade. Toledo. Ohio........ ........... 1 35

Jommoner. Wm. J. Bryan, Editor,



Lincoln. Neb............ ............... 1 1

Inter Ocean, Chicago (w)............. . 1 1





Cattle. Sheep, Swine. Poultry, etc.





 





 





 





 

 

 

 





 





 

 





 

 





American Poultry Journal. Chicago (in) l 35



American Poultry Advocate, Syracuse,



American Sheep Breeder, Chicago (m).. 1 00 1 90



gmerican Swmehord. Chicago. (In) ..... 50 1 35

readers' Gazette, Chicago, (w) ........ .. 1 75 1 1 ()0



Farm l’oultry Boston Mass. (s—m)... 50 1 35



Gleanings in Bee Culture, Medina, O.



(a.m)...._. 1 00 1 so

Hoard'a Dairymon, Fort Atkinson, Wis. 1 00 1 75

Horseman, 011108. 0, (m) 2002 1

Jersey Bulletin. ndianapolis, Ind. w)1 001 38

Kimball's Dairy Farmer. Waterloo, la.



(s-w).. 401 35

Poultry Keeper. Quincy. Ill. (m) ......... 50 1 35

Poultry Success. Springfield, 0. (m) ..... 50 1 35

Reliable PoultryJournal,Qnincy.Ill.(m) 50 1 35

wane Breeders' Journal, Indianapolis, ‘



Ind. (s-m) 501 35



Popular Magazines. . |

American Magazine, (m)...... . . 50

Etude, Philadelphia, Pa. (m).. l 50 g %l l8

Hampton's Ma azine. N. Y. (m) 1 50 2 00.1 10

Metropolitan . agazine, N. Y. (m).. . 1 50 2 001 10

Mechanical Digest, Grand. Rapids (m).. 50 1 15 25

McClurea, Magazine N. Y. (m).. . ....... 1 50 2 00'] 10

Musician Boston. Mass. (m)..... . 1 50 2 00.1 10

Outing Magazine. N. Y. (m) ......... .. 3 00 3 2522 35

People's Home Journal. N. Y. (m)..... .. 50 l 30' 4O

Pearson's Magazrne, New York (m)...... 1 50 2 00.1 10

Red Book Magazme, Chicago. Ill. (m).. l 50 2 23:1 35

Success. N. . (in) 1 001 65 75

Ladies’ or Household. l

Designer, N. Y. (in). .......

Harper's Bazar, N. Y. (m .1 gal % g

HouseWife, N. Y. (m ..... . ........ 501 30 40

cCall'fi Magazine, N. Y. (m)............ 50] E30 40

Mother 6 Mug.. El in. Ill. (m)........... 50 1 35 45

Modern Priscilla, oston, Mass. (in) '75 1 50 60

PlctOl‘lB'l ReView N. Y. (m) ............ . 1 00 l 75 85

oman 8 Home Companion. N. Y.......1 50 2 00 1 10

Religious and Juvenile. '

American Boy Detroit Mich. (111).... 1 001 65 75

Little Folks, Ba. em, Mass. (m).......... l 001 70' 80

Young People's Weekly, Elgin. 11]. (w). 75 l 40) 50





 





FREE PREMIUMS.



Those subscribing for the Michigan

Farmer in combination with other papers

are allowed premiums just the same as

if the order was for the Michigan Farmer

alone. One premium only for 'every

Michigan Farmer order. Orders for other

papers alone will receive no premium

under any circumstances.





 





 





j “Mr: . .





”-mm ' «.un»~+s “mud-e" W





 





.-





.— m.” rut—w—a—nm '





H‘s: ~w





-\b»m
,l

.t

;

l

1:

i

Q

‘1‘»

1





C‘s-val". . s.





 





 





 





 





 





JAN. 13. 1912.





Try ThisFamous Pinex

“Pint of [tough Syrup”





A Family Supply for 50c, Saving $2. The

Surest, Quickest Remedy You Ever

Used or Money Refunded.





A cough remedy that saves you $2, and

is guaranteed to give quicker, better re-

sults than anything else, is surely worth

trying. And one trial will show you why

Pinex is used in more homes in the U. S.

and Canada than any other cough remedy.



You will be pleasantly surprised by the

way it takes right hold of a cough, giving

almost instant relief. It will usually stop

the most obstinate, deep-seated cough in

24 hours, and is unequalled for prompt

results in whooping cough.



A 50-cent bottle of I’inex, when mixed

with home-made sugar syrup, makes a

full pint of the best cough remedy ever

used. Easily prepa1ed in five minutes—

directions in package.



The taste is pleasant~—children take it

willingly Stimulates the appetite and is

slightly laxative—both excellent features.

Splendid for croup, hoa1seness asthma,

bronchitis and other throat troubles, and

a highly successful remedy for incipient

lung troubles.



Pinex is a special and highly concen-

trated compound of Norway \I'hitc l‘ine.

extract, rich in guaiacol and other natural

healing pine elements Simply mix with

sugar syrup or strained honey, in a pint

bottle, and it is ready for use.



Pinex has often been imitated, but never

successfully, for nothing else will produce.

the same results. The genuine is guaran-

teed to give absolute satisfaction or money

refunded. Certificate of guarantee is

wrapped in each package. Your druggist

has I’inex or will gladly get it for you.

If not, send to The I’inex Co., 232 Main





 





St., Ft. 'V‘Vayne, Indiana.

Paint Without Oil

,Remarkable Discovery That Cuts





Down the Cost of Paint Seventy-

Five Per Cent.

A Free Trial Package is Mailed to Every-

one Who Writes.

A. L. Rice, a. prominent. manufacturer

of Adams, N. Y. has discovered a proc-

ess of making a. new kind of paint with-

out the use of oil. He calls it Powdrpainu

It comes in the form of a dry powder and

all that is required is cold water to make

a paint weather-proof, fire-proof and as

durable as oil paint. It adheres to any

surface, wood, stone or brick, spreads and

looks like oil paint and costs about one-





fourth as much.



'Vi'rite to Mr. A. L. Rice, Manuf’r, 95

North St., Adams, N. Y. and he will send

you a flea trial package, also color (flard



ow





and full information showing you .

Write





you can save a good many dollars.

today.





SEND US YOUR “IDES

00W AND HORSE '



To be tanned and manufactured into

coats. robes. gloves and mittens.

We are dressers of all kinds of furs.

Write for free catalogue and samples

telling all about our business.





r1111 COATS and norms 17011 51111

THE SYLVANIA TANNING 00..





Sylvanlo. 0.. Look Box M. F.





11 2 295 POULTRY





Tell: how to succeed with

poultry on the ordinary farm. B o o K





How to make a lint-class



broodar out of In old piano HE

box. “but breedn lay best.



Planl for poultry hounen, how

to feed, brood, etc. Describes

PRAIRIE STATE Incubators and Broaden

You will be lurprinod at the valuable information is con-

hinn. It'ltroe. Write a pooh! for II copy lode





Prairie State Incubator Co. .413 Main St., Homer Olly. Pa.





 





 

 

     

   

   





 

 

 





 

 





 

 





 





I’ll split my factory price on

Improved New

Jewel Incubator



for ten minutes of your time.



Give you $25. 00 Poultry course



to insure your success. Big



Incubator Book free. Sixty



days trial. Entirely new mag-

""°" 5°“. nificent otter. 1 actually help you

all "“chm‘pay for the machme. Send postal,

I. W. SIVI‘O. From, I. W. Saunas FIGtOI’IGI. Inc.

Dept. 161 Mlnnoapolls, fllnn.





-. EGG INCUBATOR

‘ 31.132 CHICK BROODER





The incubator' ll



California Red- 30th $



Wood. covered or



x with asbestos and galvanized





Iron; has triple walls, copper fink

nurse ; egg tester. thermometer ready



to use. 30 Days“ Tr 81—- money back

if. not 0. K. Write for Free Catalog today.

Ironclad Incubator 00.. Ilenl. 65 Ilaclne.Wls.





Mandy Lee ::





The incubator that Is makin chick



hatchinia science. ”Open ront poultry house’ .

plan of venti tilation— eni’nga at theeaqs. Heat.

moisture and ventiia on regulated and appor— .

tinned automatically. Great new feature. No .

gesslng. Hatches by rule. Send for latest book :





GEO. H. LEE co

121 2 Home: St., Omaha. Nob.





 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





 





EPOULTRYMBEES





LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA





SUCCESS IN TREATING FOR ROUP

AND CANKER.





 





 





Observing the articles on treatment of

roupy fowls in recent issues of The

Farmer, I wish to submit the results of





an experience along that" line. One cold

October I had ‘30 young {owls shipped

here from Grand tnpids. Shortly after





arriving they developed a

thioat and lung trouble which, from in-

quiries on the subject, I diagnosed as

roup, and not a mild form, either. Be-

fore I fully realized the seriousness of the

situation three of thc fowls died.



My chief motive in writing this is to

correct the idea that sick poultry can be

treated merely by putting medicine into





very serious





some food before them, or into their

drinking water, for a sick fowl will not

eat or drink very much. I gave condi-





tion powder, dry, on .the tongue, follow—

ing it with a little warm milk every

morning. Then I prepared a mixture





which was made of equal parts of tur-

pentine, kerosene and lard, or hen‘s oil,

or sweet oil. Taking this to the hen-

house on a hot stove griddle, I held each

fowl very firmly and clcuncd its mouth

with. a swab which had been saturated

with the mixture. 1 used a clean new

swab, also a fresh portion of the mix-

ture, for each fowl. The swabs were

made by tying a piece of clean white

cotton or cloth around the end of a small

stick or splinter. \Ve treated some twice

a day and others every night, which is

the best time as the, disease is then most

easily detected by the fowl's breathing.



I will add that about ($0 fowls in an-

other pen became infected. \i'e treated

every one of these and saved them. This

was two years ago and I have since then

had good sueccss' with fowls from that.

flock, having raised about 200 chickens

the past season.





Emmet Co. Mrs. J. S.





Curing Canker in Windpipe.



In a recent issue of The Farmer I no—

ticed the inquiry of .T. I... of Kalamazoo

county, whose trouble was diagnosed as

cankerous roup. In the reply to his

query the difficulty of successfully treat-

ingcankcr when the sores have invaded

the windpipe of the fowl was mentioned,

and experience. bearing on that point will

certainly be of interest and benefit to

many poultry owncrs,



Some limc ago I purchased some chick-

ens and. after a few days, discovered that

two of them had canker in a well deVeI—

Oped stage. l-lcing very busy I ncglcctcd

to attend to them at once. “'hen I found

time to care for them I discovered that

the discasc had reachcd the windpipe.

I felt, that it was too late and that these





victims of neglect would surely die. How-

ever, I decided to experiment with them

and, to my surprise and delight, they





are alive and well today.

To begin the treatment,

tle swabs by stripping the web from

goose quills and cutting off about eight

inches of the quill end, To the small end

of each of these I lied, securely, a strip

of rather coarse cotton. The strip was

about, an inch wide and twp inchcs long,

wound about the quill and tied with

white, thread so as to make it a little

rough. Taking one of these I dipped it

into a carbolic acid solution (one part of

the acid to 10 parts of water) and swab-

Ili‘tl out the windpipe thoroughly but

quickly.



The results of my experience impel me

to offer the following directions for thc

treatment of such cases: l'so the swab

once, then take a fresh one: do not put

the same one back into the fowl's mouth

a sccond time. l’se two for each treat—

ment and treat the fowl every hour until

three treatments have been given Thcn

give to each fowl a level teaspoonful of

salts and some soft, warm, nourishing

food. Keep them in a clean, warm coop

where there is no danger of drafts and I

believe you can effect a. cure in every

case. I neglected to say that the affected

Iowls were removed from the flock when

the first symptoms were discovered.



Wayne Co. J. P.





ANNUAL CONVENTION OF MICHIGAN

BEE-KEEPERS.





I made six lit-





 





 





(Concluded from last week).





discussed at some length, various mem-

bers asking questions and contributing

experience as follows:



Pcttit—«When do you begin putting on

supers?





 





Mr. Bartlett’s talk on out apiaries was.





Bartlett—As soon as the bees begin to

work on the clover.



Manly—Do you allow the queen to go

into more than one upper story?



Bartlett—Very seldom. I used to worry

more over taking care of 200 colonies than

I. do now over 400.



’l‘yrrell—\\'hy do you

supers next to the brood?



Bartlett~Because I can get more hon-

ey that way.



Manly—My experience is that I get just

as much by putting them on top. I also

confine the queen below and take a. few

swarms if I have to.



turtlettvlt makes it easier in extract-

ing to have the queen below and saves

any of the brood getting into the honey

when extracting.



i‘icrce—-I never find a queen but what

will fill two hive bodies full of brood. V '1-

make a mistake in restricting them.



C. F. Smiths—l never have any trouble

with becs going above, and I don’t use

exclnders either. I get just as much

honey by putting the supers on top as I

do when I put them next the broodnest.



Bartlett—I have tried that plan and

had much trouble with it.



”The Future of Michigan Ree—keeping"

was presented by Pres. Townsend, who

said: “I began bee-keeping when much

of the country was virgin forest. As the

little clearings were madc white clover

began to creep in and basswood gave a

good tlow about every other year but was

always a tickle yielder. Intensive farm-

ing has cut out much of this white clover

and the basswood is mostly gone. Alsike

future prospect. The aroma of

honey is hard to beat. The best

locations are variable and many once

good locations are now a thing of the past.

I predict that most honey of the future

in Michigan will come from clover. “'hen

your own yard goes bad the outyard will

solve the problem. The plan is to scatter

so that you will secure honey from some

yards t‘iit'll year. The. more you can

handle. in each yard the cheaper you can

handlc them. Foul brood will clean out

the back-number bee—keepers and leave

the lipid to the specialist who looks after

his bces.



Leonard S. (iriggs, who handles one of

his four yards for comb honey exclusively,

adviscd keeping up the production of

comb honey, since it helps to hold up the

price of the extracted. He finds little

difference in the, financial returns from

comb and extractcd honey. He uses the

10-frame hive with two division boards,

one on each side. This causes the bees

to go up on the sides of the hive and the

outer rows of srt‘llullb‘ are filled first. At

the height of lllr‘ season he places all

supcrs on top and lcaves them until the

close of the season. He declared that he

has no travel stain and thinks he gets a

better grade of honey by this method.

In replying to questions he said that a

poor season is bctter for extracted honey

than for comb, 111111 that he is Italianizing

his bees notwithstanding the fact that

some hybrids do almost as well as the

pure Italians; also that he. rears most of

his queens and likes the plan ‘better than

buying.





put the empty





is our

alsikc





L. C. \\'hccler gave a short talk on the

production of extracted honey, after

which thcre. was a short discussion of





wintering methods. Regarding cellar toni-

pernturo C. F. Smith, of Cheboygan Co.,

said that he keeps his collar anywhere

botwccn ‘10 and 80 degrees; that he, piles

the hives up like cordwood, without ven—

tilation, and has not lost any colonies to

speak of since he began leaving the cov—

crs off, which was some 25 years ago. He

pays no attention to the bottoms. some-

times leaving them on and sometimes

off. When asked whether the bees do not

gci out of the hives he admitted that

lhcy do and that mice sometimes get in,

but a supply of sugar mixed with ur—

senato of lead has obviated the latter

trouble. \\',hcn removing thcm in the

spring he simply uses plenty

llc admitted that his cellar is sometimes

damp but he has had few





of smoke.





losses.





The removal by death of three promi-

nent members of the Association ellon.

Geo. IC. I-Iilton, \V. Z. Hutchinson and





James lleddonwwas oliicially announccd

and appropriate resolutions were drafted

and adopted.



The prizes offcrcd for exhibits of honey

and wax were awarded as follows: Best

1.0 'I‘. Mark—

ham: 2d. F. Rasmussen. Best 10 jars ex-

tracted honey 1st, David Running; 2d,

Ira D. Bartlett; 3d, Leon C. \Vheeler. Best

10 lbs. wax—1st, David Running; 2d, Ira

I). Bartlett; 3rd, Leon C. \Vheeler. Best

three sections comb honey—Isl, T. Mark-

ham; 2d, F. Rasmussen.



LEON C. WHEELER.





         





 





'END for our big my; book

—244.-page “Poultry Grow-

ers’ Guide for 1912. ” Full





of sound, prac/iraladvice. Profusely il~

lustrated. Note thcscchapterheadings:





I—How to Get Twice as Many Eggs from the Same

Number of Hens. Il—The Oil-Egg Per Year Hen—-

How to Produce Her. III—Large Sized Eggs in De-

mand A: Well as Lot; of Them. IV -- Mailing and

Feeding of Fowl: to Get Fertile Eggs. V—Selection

and Care of Eggs for Successful Hatching. VI—

Proper Care of Fowl; and Chicks With Least Amount

of Work. VII-How to Brood Chicks Properly at

the Lowest Cost. VIII—Premium-Price Table Poul-

try and How To Produce It. The book describes





CYPHER Incubators





and Brooders





-—and proves why they are the World’s

Standard Hatching and Brooding Ma-

chines. Cyphcrs is the original non-mois-

ture incubatorself-regulating, self-ventil—

ating. fire-proof, {nun-(mg. Learn about

£1211ch QIvzpqrry__b‘wmore w which Stands

back of Cyphcrs Company customers with

every day help and adviceednsures for

them best rpm/ts, on small or large scale.





But Gel: Our FREE





“POULTRY GUIDE”





if you are interested in poultry in flurry

abook that. “ill liclp



you to [italic moncl.



Address today.





Cypher: Incubator Co.. ‘



Dept. 35 ~

Buffalo, N, Y., New

York City, Chicago,

“1., Boston, Mass., 7*

Kansas Clty,Mo.,0ak- ; ' STANDARD

land, Cal. ,



Fire Proofedrlnsuruble.





“Hatching F acts” FTee





Your address on a postalbrr'ngo Ia-

test edition of Hatching Facts " It

tell- how to start right at least ex-

pence; how Belle City won World’-

Champr'oruhi last season. rite to-

day, but 1f m a any order direct from

J. V. Rollers, Pres. Belle City Incubator G)-





.55 Buys Beef

l40-Egg Incubator





Doublecnses all over; heat copper

; nursery, self re ulatlng.

Best nlwchick hot-water rooder,

- ' Both ordered together

.J $11.50. Fro! lent repaid (5. of





 





 





 

 

 

 





this ad.





are better. Sausfac on ur-

Intent! Write for book oday

or send price now and save time.





Bell. Citylncnbntor Company. 30314





I30

EGG





 





 





 

 





 





   





This hi h- grade butcher,

- direct rum factor tensor nomiddlg

rolits, under bin in guarantee an

ong- termtria‘. [inst rec thicknesses

of walls. covered with asbesto ton an

heavy galvanized iron metal legs,

copper hotrwater tank, aelf- reg-

ulator, high nursery, safety lamp

thermometer. est mad 8. So sim-

ple a child can 0 crate. None, better

at any Agar-ice, e’ars experience.

Biz ca log frelo-y Brooders. $2. 50 up.





Malkato Incubator Company. Box 875. Mankato. Minn.





HENS LAY AND PAY

BY 1111. PHILO 511511211





FREE Hookiet by E. W. Phllo. entitled

‘ A Lmle Poultry and aLiving. " 01-

New 96-page book. “Making Poultry Pay,"

10c. Both books and the new enlarged

edition ofthe Philo System text-book, SLOI),

or all three books with our monthly mag-

azine. Poultry Review. one year. 31.50.





E. R. PIIIIO. 67 North Ave... Elmira, N. Y.





 





 





 





”Gleanings in

Bees on the Farm Bee mm"

will help you get more pleasure and more profit

from Bee keeping. 1‘» months trial subscription 25c.

liook on Bees and t‘atalog of Supplies scnt free.

THE [1.1. ROOT COMPANY. 3011 240. Medina. 0113





 





cockori-Is >31 10 em I). (iood size and fancy

Barred Honk barring. Eggs in 11111131111311 setting.

Henrietta ’Ien }i.1\ c It. It. No. 2. Holland, Mir 1]





Petersburg, Mich. W. Rocks

”[8. Florence Howard! and Itoso C. W. Leghorns

for solo. Hens, pullets, Write wants.





 





('ockcreIi-i.





 





OLDEN WVANDOTTEs—(‘ockoreis SLIM. Iicns $I each.

Fine. large R, 0. ll. Minorca cockorels 35h?” each.

Ilenvy laying strain E. I) Vunh'attcr R, 3, Standish, Mich.





 





H - «S I‘. Brown Leghorns. State wide repu-

Eggmakers” Iniiun. 100 pullcts 11nd liens for sale. (‘ock-

unis $1 2.; up. \I rito me. \\'111. .i, (‘IN|[)0|‘, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.





 





Y entire stock of thoroughbred S. (T. Brown

1 Leghorns and business for sale. Write or call

LE“ IS ’I‘. UPPENLANDER. It. No. 4. Lansing. Mich.





IFI" & White ()rpiugtons. Buff J! “I t L h

1k Balrcd & Vt hite Rocks, 1‘: R. C lihodlti I’slasgi H23:

(‘11 Is. Selects $3 Mediums $2. I'til lit) 3‘ 50 each

Szitifnction guaranteed. H. H. KING Willis Mich





LILLIE FARI’ISTEAD POULTRY





I3. 11’. Rocks. I? I. Bleds [Wt W 1antiolzms and S. O.

sJog 10m 03 (1er e. ’1 or m for 51:50 50 {W r

2.50. (TOLD NC. LILLIE Coopersville, Mich.o





AMMOTH Bronze Turkeis~Lurgeii era 11 bird

V Min hatch. ’loms $31; hens, $4. Silierled'wihdottezz





c-'otk Is $1 510. E. H. d J. A. Collar. (‘oopersville Mich.





—Th

8- 0- allude ISIand “ads ehgitgrfiiitrdii'iffrqifé‘iigi





(‘kl'n $2; puilets $1. ".10 E. J. Mathewsoxi,Nottaua. Mich.





ILVER GOLDEN AND WHITE WYANDOTTES.

A line lot. of oockerels 5" nd $3 each. Fine

0. W. BROWNING. Portland. Mich.





' cockerels $2,510 $3 and $3. 50, f

“IIIIB wgaIIHOIIe thorou hbred stock and heavy Ila?)-

ers. A rankiin Smith F..9D ,Ann Arbor, Mich.



DOGS.





circular free.





1





TRAINED running Fox Hounds. and young hounds

hrod from famous Coon hunting parents. Full blood





Jerey heifers, send stamp. W. E. LECKY, Holmesville, Ohio.
”,5,





N :





THE MICHIGAN ‘FARMER.





 





 





 





 





 





=fi





At Home





tamarind





. and Elts‘ewtjere





 





 





 





 





 





J





agg





‘3





 





THINGS REALLY WORTH WHILE.





Y life is not at all what I thought

M it would be." said a woman sad—



ly. “I never expected to spend

it in doingr housework and taking care

of babies. 1 was going to marry a man

with money and do a great deal of char—

itable Work and clntrch work. I wanted

to go out socially. too, and belong to the

leading clttbs and organizations. Instead

I am a mere nobody, doing nothing at all

that counts, while other women with not

half my brains are doing the things I

wanted to do."



“Doing nothing at all that counts," and

yet she was bringing tip two sturdy, heal-

thy children, training them into regular

habits, ways of obedience and politeness,

teaching them respect for othcr’s rights,

fear of God and love to man. ller chil-

dren were the models of the block. always

clean and neat as pins and usually polite

and good natured, though to be, sure they

had enough “naughty spells” to show that

they were human. ller home was the

neatcst' in the street, her meals always

on time to the minute. always appetizing

and always tempti/igly set forth. ller

husband never found a button off: and his

clothes were always well brushed and

pressed. All the work that these things

«iilzlil was done by this one small wom

an. and yet she complained bitterly that

she “did nothing that counts.”



.\nd the sad thing about it is that

scores of women are making themselves

miserable oVer the saute thing. They can

do housework and bring upchildren beat—

tifully and therefore it seems nothing to

them. “Anyone «an do housework,” they

sniff scornfully, ".1 want to do something

everyone can‘t do." But as a matter of

fact (‘Vt'l‘yollt‘ can’t do housework well,

as a peep into thousands of homes would

testify, or :11, least if they *an do it they

don't. (tood housekeepers are, as rare as

good artists and good musicians and good

authors. There are one hundred poor or

mediocre housekeepers and mothers to

every really first-class one, just as then

are a thousand people who think they

can sing, to every Melba. or l’atti.



And even if every woman were a good

housekeeper there is no reason why

housekeeping should be counted “nothing

worth while." lteally, when you look at

it in a sane, unbiased way, it is the most

“worth while' thing in life. How many

arias could an opera star warble if 'she

hadn't her three meals a day and her per-

fectly ordered home? How many master-

pieces could an artist paint if he lived

on poorly cooked viands in a dirty, neg-

lected garret? How far up the ladder )f

success can a titan go without the com—

!ort of a well-kept home and the prosaic

certainty of a good dinner served by a

reasonably cheerful wife. To be sure,

some men succeed in spite of their wives

and homes, but the average man is more

apt to succeed if he is comfortable and





l





well—fed.



Bringing up children, too, is disheart-

ening work at times, but after all is said

and done, there. isn't anything that pays

better. We. can‘t always see it that way,

especially the morning after the baby

cries all night long with colic. But when

you see a childless woman left a widow

at tifty or sixty. and then contrast her

loneliness with that of the widow with a

family of children. all clamoring for

“mother to live with them,‘ you httg your

baby closer and forget all about how

really maddening a spell of colic is.



After all, your husband and children

are the only ones that count, and there-

fore working for them is the only work

that counts in the end. It may sound a

little grander to sa'y that Mrs, Smith

took a car full of poor children to the

seashore and gaVe them a picnic than it

does to say that Mrs. Smith took her lit-

tle Johnnie and Mary out in the woods

for the afternoon. but it isn’t a bit more

important nor worth while. It simply

amounts to this, that you do for your

own children what some rich woman does

for someone else's little ones. You do ex-

actly the same thing as the other woman,

but yours is a natural, motherly act,

while hers is artificial mothering. You





are repaid by the love and adoration of

your husband and children, silent though

it may be, while she is repaid by the

glaring headlines of the daily paper.



The trouble with the work of mothering

and housekeeping is that it never sliOWS

unless you don’t do it. If you do your

work well, everyone takes it as a. matter

of course and no one ever thinks to speak

to you about it. “\Vhy shouldn’t she do

it well? It is her duty" is their attitude.

But if you begin to get slack, to omit

any detail, however seemingly trivial and

unimportant, then it shows and every-

body talks and the remarks are most un-

pleasant.



\nd in the end nothing pays such good

interest on the labor invested as home—

making. \Vhen old age or trouble come

the only ones who really care for you are

the ones you have cared for. The outside

friends and acquaintances murmur polite

words of sympathy bttt they never as-

sume any of the burdens you are no

longer able to carry. It is your own who

will do for you, the husband and children

for whom vour work now too often seems

"nothing at all that counts.”



DEBORAH.





HERRING—BONE STITCH ES.-—No. 14.





BY MAE Y. MAIIAFFY.



The ordinary herring-hone stitch, pic-

tured in No. 1, is largely used for finish-

ing seams in flannel or other materials

which it is not advisable to turn under.





0n the right side of transparent materials,

the crossed threads showing through in

a pretty fashion.



One of the possibilities of this useful

stitch is seen in No. 2. The plain her-

ring—bone is first worked; then a thread

of another color is twisted or interwoven

around the crossed threads. This is

known as fancy or twisted herring-bone.



Double or triple herring—bone is simply

the placing of two or three threads of the

same or different colors, in groups, as in

No. 3. it is also possible to twist another

thread about these, as in No. 2.



Another form of twisted herring—bone

is illustrated in No. 4. In this, immedi-

ately after taking a stitch on one edge the

thread is coiled about the long stitch be-

fore being carried to the opposite edge

for another short one. This may be used

as a fagotting stitch or insertion, too.



Conched herring—bone is shown in N0

:3. The usual herring-boning is outlined

on either edge with rows of back stitches,

and other back stitches are used to cross

each intersection of the long stitches. This

opens the way for the admission of one

or two extra colors.



Two rows of herring-boning, with

bird’s-eye stitches, or daisy loops, placed

in regular rows along the edges, as in

No. 6, forms a dainty trimming for

waists. dresses, lingerie, or household

linens generally. ’l‘wo or three colors may

be combined if desired, and altogether an

effect is gained at but little outlay for

material or in time which far surpasses

many of the fancy trimmings procurable

at high prices.



interlaced herring—bone appears at NO.

7, and may be used as a filling for large





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





00,0 00





 





 





«w





Z





 





JAN. 13, 1912.. ‘





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





The

Promise





Of a Good

Breakfast





is fulfilled if you start the

meal with





Post

Toasties





Sweet, crisp, fluffy bits

of toasted corn—ready to

serve direct from the pack-

age with cream and sugar.





Please

Particular





People

“The Memory Lingers”





Postum Cereal Company, Limited.





Battle Creek, Mich.

a





 





 





 





 





 





Factory Prices

Cash or ffeipiiu‘iiféi‘éi'éii





Stove o r Furnace

straight from the old re-

liable Kalamazoo Stove

Company who Guaran-

tee every stove, give you

400 different styles to

choose from and save

you $5.00 to $40.00 on the

dealer’s price?





TEST





and 360 Days Approval

——tlie only sure-satisfac-

tion way to buy. Money

back and freight paid

both ways if stove falls

to please after this long test.





Get This FREE Book

of FACTORY PRICES. You

can buy so close you‘ll get a.

bigger, better stove than you

planned at far less than you

expected to spend. Every

stove shipped same day or-

deris received. Send or the

Factory Price Book, 0. 113.





Kalamazoo Stove (20.. Mrs.

lam-zoo. Mlch.





400 Stoves ‘A Kalamazoo 82::





item





 





 





 





 





Direct t0\'0\i T00





 





 





   





 





lt is extremely useful in this capacity, or

for the purpose of joining two edges or

hctns together, acting as a fagotting or

insertion. It is also often utilized in an

ornamental fashion for the right side of

various linens either in white or colors.

It is especially adapted to simple decora-

tive effects for underwear. baby clothes,

and the like, giving just the needed touch

,of handwork.



’l‘hc stitch is made from left to right.

and is sometimes called cat stitch. Two

stamped or imaginative lines are re-

quired. Bring the thread through on one.

line and take a short stitch on the other

line, the needle pointing toward the end

where the work was started. The next

stitch is taken in a similar manner on the

opposite line, and the work progresses

back and forth in this way from one line

to the other.



In the usual way the stitches are spaced

at little, but they may be crowded to-

gether, so that the background is almost

covered. This method is used in old-time

embroideries, and many of our later work.

ers make use of it for long, narrow

spaces, such as petals of carnations and

Chrysanthemums, blades of grass, and

the like, as well as conventional lines,

scrolls, etc. Used in this fashion two

lines of back stitches appear on the wrong

side. It is often possible to interchange.

the stitchwork, using the back stitching





spaces, or as a border. It consists of

numerous rows of ordinary herring-bon-

ing, each row having its top stitch taken

under and at the back of the lower stitch

of the previous row.





OLD FURS AND THEIR‘USES.





BY PEARLE “'iII'I‘E M'COVVAN.





Nearly every woman has some old furs

laid away, too much out of date to be

worn. But this is a year of possibilities

even for them, and think what a saving

it will be if you can make something com—

fortable and entirely presentable out of

the old furs instead of buying new ones.



Hats.



Fur and velvet, one of the prettiest of

combinations, will be much seen in hats

this winter. Bands of fur are good, and

many turbans are shown with bands of

velvet draped about the crown and bands

of fur around the sides. However, many

a woman has a good fur toque that it is

really too bad to cut, and these women

may use this for the crown and have the

velvet shirred or laid in folds around the

sides. if one has good taste and a little

ingenuity either of these models can be

made at home. A wire frame of the de-

sired shape can be purchased for 50 cents

or less, and after a little trying one can

quite easily drape the velvet artistically,





 





 





 





 





We pay highest prices and

express charges, charge no

commission and send you check

same day goods are received.





Free___0ur "Up to the Minute Fur Quota-

tions” and our interest— Free

ing booklet “Fur Trade Secrets”





Write for them today

John Hallam Fur Company

66 Jefferson Ave., Dept. 39, Detroit. Mich.





 





     

 





 





   





, sho

canvas. Myers’ Sewin es -

Lock Stitch. $1 prep (1. Big money for agents.



C. A. MYERS (30.. annexington Ave..€hlcago. Ill.





   

   





 





WANTED AGENT matters. 30.22.:th





sifion. Act Quick. Address, L. L. SYPHERS. Fort Wayne. 1nd





Please mention the nlchlznn Farmer whoa

wrltlnl to advertisers.





 





 





 





l

l

t

l





w— {‘N
l

i





«eo- .-





 





 





much in Vogue a season or two ago.





 





SAN. 18. 1912.





while any good needlewoman can sew

the fur on neatly.



One very good frame was made from

one of those immense canvass crowns so

The

covering was ripped off and laid

and a. pasteboard





satin

aside for future use,





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





also. The velvet may be plain or shirred

several times across the top of the muff,

and if desired the for may all be arranged

upon the outside, leaving one side of the

muff, the side to be held against the

body, with only velvet upon it, as fur

wears off with rubbing. The sides should





 





 





Fig-I_IIO





bandcaux inserted in the crown to raise

it up a little off the head. However, the

inclination of all the winter hats is to

fall low over the face and hair, so the

handcaux must not be too wide, though

it should go all the way round the head.

This particular crown was draped with

brown velvet over the top, and hands of

brown fur were applied around the sides.

A huge rosette of velvet at one side, in

the center of which nestled a bunch of

golden brown- ilowcrs, and two quills com—





‘plctcd the stylish but inexpensive hat.





The old fashioned big long boas can be

ripped apart and laid out flat, and by

means of a little piecing, a neat and ser-

viceable collarette evolved. 'l‘o employ a

furrier to do this work is expensiw», but

any woman by paying attention to the

following details can do it well herself.



A paper pattern should first be cut and

titted to the shoulders, that there may be

no mistakes when cutting the fur.



Figure 1 shows a good shape which may

he made with either a square or a round





 





’”-—‘ I

/ ‘





I





 





Fig. I.





back. if one has sutlicicnt fur the fronts

may also be made longer. \thn laid out

Hot, the boa will he found to be much the

shape of Fig. 2. The pattern chosen for

the collarette should be laid on it and the

hack cut from the center as shown by

the dotted lincs. The fronts can he cut





from the ends. Care should be taken in

piecing to see that the fur lays all the





samc way, and if this is nicely (lone they

may he pieced two or three times without

its showing.



To cut, lay the boa fur side down upon

a table. and arrange your pattern upon it.





Mark around pattern with chalk, and.

leaving he boa fur side down, out

through the skin with a sharp pointed





knife. This is important as cutting with





shcars wastes the fur and makes thl:

piecing very noticeable. Rcforc cutting

the frcnts turn fur over and dctermine





how thcy must he laid to make for

match nicely, then turn back and proceed

with the marking and cutting as before.



The collarette should be, lined with

some good good material and tails or tas

sels added as a finish. Braid

with tasscls can be purchased at

stores for from 35 to 50 ccnts cach.

tails can he made by cutting l‘ur into

strips about a quarter of an inch wide,

this to be donc with a knife as before

described. These. strips are sewed lo-

gcthcr. making one long one. A knot is

tied in a piece of very heavy cord, the

kind that comcs round express packages,

and one end of the fur strip securely

sewed to this. The othcr end of the cord

which, to facilitate the process of making

should be. quite a little longer than the

length of tail desired, should be fastened

securely to some object or held by some

other person while the. strip of fur is

wound round and round tho cord, taking

care to pull the fur all into one direction

until the desired length is obtained. An-

other knot is then tied in the cord and

the fur strip securely sewed to that. The

extra ends of both cord and fur strip are

then cut off and the tail sewed to the col-

larette.





ornaments

the

Thc





Muffs.



Muffs are also made by combining vcl—

vet and fur. They are very large, though

not. heavily padded as formerly, and are.

made of the velvet, padded with one (r

two thicknesses of wadding, and lined

Then strips of fur are sewed around the

ends and sometimes through the center





 





 





be sewed together from the bottom up.

leaving only a small opening near the top

on either side through which the hands

are passed.



A REVIVAL OF CROSS—STITCH.



v -A... ' w-



Cross-stitch embroidery is cnjoying a

revival this fall, a revival which makes

it one of the most popular cmltroideries.

it is so easily done that the Vcricst nov-

ice can learn the art, perhaps the rea-

son of its popularity. \\'hile it is pre-

eminently a stitch for canvas or other

coarse weave cloths, it is used, too, on the

finest linen, a coarse cloth stamped with

the pattern being laid ovcr the liner cloth





and cut away when the work is com-

pleted.



lluck towels embroidered in colors in

cross- stitch arc quitc thc thing. Then

there arc children‘s hills. with bunnies

and ducks for thc dctign. llztinty pin





cushions of shecr linen are brightened

up with cross-stitch and cvcn line hund-

kerchicfs have u dcsign of cross—stitch in

the. corner. lndccd, there scents to he no

sort of emhroh'lcried that is not.

done in cross-stitch this fall.





urticlo





THE “TIE-ON” BLOUSE.





 





“The lazy Woman‘s waist," that is thc





 





way some refer to the new "tie—on"

blouse, lt is modclcd on the lines oi

our old i‘ricntl, thc surplicc waist, andt

is without fastening. No hooks, hut-‘

tons or pine are needed. The long sash

may he tide in the hack, in front or at

the side.



Made. in soft silks. cither plain or lig-





ured it is attractive on girlish tigurcs and

promises to ht» with the. woman

or girl who has time to spend on

her toilet.





MICHIGAN FAR‘MER PATTERNS.





popular

littlc





 





These patterns may he obtained from

the Michigan Farmer olllce at the prices

named. Be sure to give pattern number

and the size wanted.





1





 





 





 





 





 





No." 5582, Chlldrens’ One-piece Dress

Buttoned at Sides and with Separate

Guimpe. ("nt in sizes 2, 4, G and H ytars.





Ago 4 requires for dress, 15;,- yards of Rt)-





inch material with 5’. ya rd of 27—inch

contrasting goods. 'l‘ln- guimpe needs

11,; yards of 36 inch goods. l’ricc, 10





cents.

No. 5270, Ladies’ One—piece Over-Blouse.





Six sizes, 32 to 42 inches, bust measure.

Size. 3‘3 nccds ll,l yards of fill-inch ina-

lcriztl. l"ricc, 10 cents.



No. 5298, Ladies, Empire Dress. Six

sizes, 32 to 42 inches bust mcusure. Size

30 needs 451, yards it inches wide. Price,





10 cents.

No. 5092, Ladies’ Three—piece Skirt. Cut

in 6 sizes, 22 to 32 waist nicasurc. Size





24 requires 4 yards ot‘ INS—inch material.





l‘rice, l0 cents.



No. 1543, Boys’ Russian Suit. ’l‘hrec

sizes, 2. <1 and ti .Vt‘ul‘ri. For 1 years it

requires Ill/1 yards 2 inches wide. Price,





 

 





   

 





   





10 cents.





 





Wt





~ that,» l:‘

i " gill





 





   

 

 





\

'





\'.





'

o





(19) 43.





 

 





.2

§5TON

This is what T. M. K. Ville did at

Mercedes, in the lower Gulf Coast

Country of Texas and Louisiana. On

January 18th last, he planted 6 acres to corn.

He got 240 bushels, which he sold for $1 a

bushel. Cost of seed, planting, cultivation water

and gathering was $33, leaving him a net profit

of $207. On June lst he planted a second crop

and got 240 bushel front it. This crop cost

$39, leaving him a net profit of $201. From

the 2 crops he cleared $408—not bad for 6 acres,





and he can now grow a crop of fall potatoes on the same land and market





them before Christmas.





Thisis not unusual in the





Gulf Coast Country of Texas and Louisiana





Three crops a year is making money just 3 times as fast as you are, and the Gulf

Coast farmer saves more of what he makes titan the northcrn farmer, because

he has none of the northern farmer’s heavy Winter expenses.





Investigate This Wonderful Country





The pleasure of a trip to the Gulf Coast Country of Texas and Louisiana. via the





Frisco Lines, is well worth the little cost of going.





011 the. first and third Tucs-





(lays of each month, round trip fares, via Frisco Littes.are greatly reduced to any

point in the Gulf Coast Country—not more than 3537.50 trout Chicago, $32.54) from

St. Louis and Kansas City and $37.50 from Birmingham—to some points in the





Gulf Coast Country fares are even less.





Front Baton Rouge and New Orleans





3320 to the farthermost points—to most points much lcss.



The Frisco Lines operate splendid. electric lightcd, :tll stccl trains, daily, from

Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Birmingham, and New Orleans. Everyday these

trains carry through cars and on excursion days also carry tourist sleepers

through to the Gulf Coast Country.





LINES.





   





A. HILTON, General Passenger Agent, 1430 Frisco Building, St. Louis,





FRISCO





3 Splendid Books FREE.





One on the Mid-(lottst country of Texas, one on thc lower irrigated src«

tions of the ltio (trando Vallcy and one on Louisiana, all beautifully

illustrated, showingr occurs in actual colors. They describe the country

and crops, from one cnd to the other giving examples of sttcccsscs and

personal statements by men who have gone there and made good;

Write for your free copies, today, while you think of it. M



9





 





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





100 Bushels of Com an Acre-

is not uncommon in the Southern States and has ’

even been greatly surpassed in some sections. The

South will produce as much corn and as good corn

as any section of this country, and the value of last

year’s corn crop in the South was eight hundred

million dollars. Why raise corn on land in the

North and West: valued at $200 an acre when

equally as good corn-producing land in the South

can be purchased at from $15 to $30 an acre, and

where the temperature in summer is no hotter

than in the Middle West? And with the additional

advantages of another crop or two from the same

land and no long, cold winters. \





Let me send you our illustrated booklets and learn what;

can he donc in u country “lit-11‘ l'crtilt- land can ho pllrchliscvl

cltcnply “m1 thro tin-rt) urc Ill’: working days n. ycnr. Low

round-trip fares 1st and 3d Tuesdays each month.





”“6. A. PARK. Gen'l 1mm. and lnd'l Agent, Louisville 8: Nashville R. R.

1 Room 256 Louisville, Ky. (21):)





 

 





 

 





 





 





 





{1'56"





 





0U NEED MONEY?l





if you do, one of the easiest ways to get it is by giving only your

spare time or all your time to securing subscriptions for The Michigan

hurmcr. No cxpcricncc is ncccs—dry. Our proposition to suhscrihcrs is

so llhcral that anyonc can sccure subscriptions with :1 little work. it (wists





you nothing to start as we furnish Itil supplics necessary, free of charge.

Your pay is big. ‘Cc givo you :1 lihcrztl commission, a, monthly bonus and

l)(\<ld(ig' will (“Rn-”mtg $400.00 in “ash prizcs duringr three periods. 'l‘h-





prizes for the present period of 3') ditys is as follows:





First prize for largest number of subscriptions ........ . ........ ......$50.00

2nd prize for next largest number of subscriptions ............. . ...... 35.00

3rd prize for next largest number of subscriptions .................... 25.00

4th prize for next largest number of subscriptions ................... 20.00

5th prize for next largest number of subscriptions ................... 15.00

6th prize for next largest number of subscriptions ................... 10.00

7th prize for next largest number of subscriptions ................... 5.00

8th to 11th pri2e for next largest number of subscriptions, each ...... 3.00

12th to 17th prize for next largest number of subscriptions, each ..... 2.00

18th to 27th prize for next largest number of subscriptions, each..... 1.00

\i'ritc at once for full particulars as. this is the best time to work.

Address, Agent’s Division,

THE MICHIGAN FARMER, Detroit, Michigan.
44 120)





W'M*





::HOME AND YOUTH?





AAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA—A





THE GAME JOHN FOUND.

.__.,.-

BY FRANK H. swnn'r.



The “cold week” of 1895 is still remem-

bered throughout the south, and when~

ever extremes of weather are spoken of

the old settlers have a way of bringing

forward incidents of the cold week to re-

fute the assertions of the new weather

pessimists. The following is substantially

a true story.



The cold came so suddenly and unex-

pectcdly, and with such severity, that in

some sections the small wild animals and

birds were unable to withstand its rigors.

lilspccially was this true of the mountain-

ous parts of Virginia and the (‘aroliiias

some places small

Squirrels





 





 





 





 





and Tennessee. in

game was almost extci'minated.

died by thousands: where quail had bctn

abundant, during the next few years even

old hunters rarely heard their cheerful

whistle. I have heard them tell of finding

whole flocks starved or frozen to death

under the snowdrifts of the mountains



\Yell 11D the side of one of the Shenan-

doah Valley ridges is a small two~room—

and-loft. cabin, similar in structure and

simplicity to most of its neighbors. and

occupied by a hard, half-grown family of

boys and girls and their easy going

parents.



.lohn lilackburn, the youngest, was un-

der thirteen, though he was strong and

looked older. And. unlike his brothers,

John was in the habit of seeking jobs

among the valley farmers whenever their

work crowded and they needed help. This

was usualiy in planting and haying and

Corn husking time. in winter .lohn stayed

at home and hunted. for then there was no

work for him. John knew nothing of

book learning, but was considerable of a

naturalist and botanist in a backwoods

way. In his cornci of the loft. and in

numerous pens and cages outside. were

many trophies of his hunting and collect-

ing trips,



Snow began to accumulate in the valley

soon after t’liristmas and remained on

the ground until about the first of April.

About all he (lid was their

necessary chores, and about all the older

Blackburn boys did was to lounge around

their cabin and smoke. .lohn, however,

was away most of tile time, leaving the

cabin with the first light of the day and

only returning when it was too dark to

see. And usually he brought back pheas—

ants or partridges or some new pet for

his collection.



But during the cold week he, too, re-

mained in the cabin, only venturing out

now and then after fuel. By the time the

weather moderated the snow was impas-

sable, in many lt‘ood, however,

was getting very scarce in the cabin, and

John was practically the only one to get

it. No one expected anything from the

easy-going father, and the older boys

were not much more responsible.



So taking his gun and a small piece of

corn pone, John started forth in search

of something to eat. Half a mile from

the cabin was a long narrow ravine or

small valley, where birds were in the

habit of feeding among the thick, low—

spreading branches of cedars and hein-

locks. .lohn had often found them there,

and he felt confident that the severe cold

of the preceding week had forced some

of them into the ravine for protection.



int for several hours he Iloundered

about in the snow without meeting any—

thing except an emaciated blucjay, which

he disdained to shoot. \Vlien he felt hun—

gry he sat down upon a fellen tree and

carefully removed the piece of cornbread

from its newspaper wrapping. He had

given up all hope of a pheasant or turkey

by this time, and felt if he could get a

squirrel, he would be





fariitcrs





places.





rabbit or even a

satisf‘ittl.



l’rcscntly he heard a slight noise at the

other end of the tree, and looking in that

direction he saw a squirrel emerging

from a hole in the decayed trunk. llis

gun was leaning against the tree, and he

was about to reach for it when he noticed

that the squirrel, instead of being fright-

ened as he expected, was coming directly

toward him. .\ moment. and the small

animal was on his shoulder, then creeping

down his arm, and before he was aware

of its intention, the. squirrel was nibbling

ravenously at the, cornbread.



“Land—a—n'ierc_v!” ejaculated John, un-

der his breath; “the little creeter's a—most

starved.”



He had no intention of killing the squir—

rel, now. l’ity, and the confidence of the

small animal, had driven away all thought

of self and the destitution at home, and





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





he waited patiently for the squirrel to

satisfy its hunger.



But after a few seconds of eager nib-

bling, the Squirrel suddenly caught a piece

of the cornbread in its mouth and ran

back to the hole. Knowing its provident

nature, John thought it would conceal the

bread and return for more. But instead

of that, the squirrel seemed to communi-

cate with others inside the tree. for pres~

ently several more heads appeared at the

opening. John’s face broadened into a

grin.



"Sakes! If he ain’t goin’ to bring out

the whole fambly!” he laughed. “\‘Vell,

let ’em come; only I’m afraid the bread

won’t hold out.”



But the newcomers only advanced a

few yards, then they lay down on the.

tree and began to pant. John looked at

thcm curiously, then with sudden com-

prehending pity.



“Why, the little crcetcrs are jest plumb

starved!” he. cried, as he rose hurriedly

and moved toward them.



’l‘hey waited his approach without any

show of fear, and when he crumbled the

bread upon the log they ate as only

starving animals could. in a few seconds

the last crumb had disappeared.



“I do wish I had some more.” John

said, compassionafely. “\Vell, i reckon

i can find enough at home to keep ’em

from starvin‘. ’Twon’t do to leave ’em

here.”



He. was wearing an old patched over—

coat of his father’s, with big pockets, and

one after another the squirrels were

placed in their capacious depths. None





of the small animals attempted to escape.

Evidently they were too weak.



Thinking more of their hunger than of

himself or the necessity of procuring

game for the cabin inmates, John struck

into the deep snow, intending to take a

short cut home. But as he passed around

behind a thick clump of cedars he stopped

with a half suppressed exclamation of

excitement. There, not thirty feet away.

was a full grown deer. with head erect

and just turning to flee. John’s gun was

at his shoulder in an instant, and the

dcer’s first bound was his last.



How he got home John hardly knew,

but when he reached there he was cov-

ered with snow and trembling with ex-

citement. Deer Were not plenty in these

mountains, and this was the first one he

had ever captured.



Old Blackburn never exerted himself

unnecessarily, but .lohn’s news fired his





father to unwontcd enthusiasm. 'l’ro—

visions were about out, and the deer





meant fresh meat for some time to come.



Hopes and a strong pole were secured

and John led the way back to the little

ravine where he had shot the deer. The

animal was fastened to the pole and, after

much hard work and floundering through

the snow, was brought to the cabin.





The next day John made a box for the





squirrels. and by the time the snow dis-

appeared in early April, all of them had

grown sleek and fat. The latter part of

April one of the valley farmers engaged

John to work for the season; but, before

leaving, the boy liberated all of his pets,

including the squirrels.





a





THE BACHELOR UNCLE





BY EVERITT MCNEIL.





“Not long after becoming a scout

grandsire’s skill and daring attracted the

attention of \\’ashington, who often times

had need of brave and clear-headed men

to undertake hazardous and secret enter-





prises; and one night he summoned

grandsire to his presence.

“General \Vashington sat at a small





table near the center of the room, with

a rough map of Boston and the immedi-

ate country spread out before him. The

moment grandsire entered \Vashington

dismissed all who were in the room with

him; and then, rising abruptly from his

chair, he looked grandsire straight in the

face for a full minute. Grandsire was. a

man of great size and strength, a broad-

er and a taller man than was \Vashington

himself, yet he was without the awk-

wardness that usually goes with a huge

frame. The eyes of “’ashington kindled

as they rested on the clear— aced giant

before him.



“ 'Jonathan Delvin,’ he said, still keep-

ing his eyes on grandsire‘s face. ‘can you

pass through the British lines and enter

Boston tonight.’



“ ‘I can try sir,’ answered grandsire.



“ ‘And if captured'.”



“ ‘I can die, sir, like an American,’ said

grandsire, firmly.



For a moment \Vashington regarded

him in silence, as if ioth to sacrifice so

noble a man; then he said, in a low

voice: ‘it is for the good of our country.’



“ ‘I will go, sir,’ said grandsire.



“\Vashington rescaled himself by the

table, and looked closely at the map.

l’rcsently he, lifted his pen and made 21

mark with red ink on the paper. ‘Comc

here,’ he said to grandsire.



“tirandsire stepped quickly to his side.



“‘Do you know where this spot is in

Boston?’ he. asked, pointing to the red

mark he had made on the map.



“ lrandsirc bent over the map for a

moment, then be straightened up. ‘Yes,

sir,’ he answered. ‘It is the old Fenton

home. I know the place well. The, house.

is of red brick and a great elm stands by

the gateway.



“ ‘Very good,’ said \Yashington; placing

his hand in his bosom, he brought out a





small thin packet, tightly wrapped in





"oiled paper and tied with red tape with





a wax seal protecting the. knot. ‘At an

hour past midnight tonight,’ continued

be, speaking very low but distinctly, ‘a

tall man, wrapped in a black cloak and

tarrying a. small bundle done up in White

paper, under his left arm, will pass by

:liis house. Meet this man, at this place,

at that hour, and ask him the way to a

good inn. If he directs you to the Red

Lion give him this packet quickly, and

return with all speed and caution with

the packet he hands you. If captured,

destroy the packet in your possession, if

possible. Do you understand?’



“ ‘I do,’ answered grandsire.



“ ‘Report to me at once on your re-





Vt'ashington paused for a moment,

‘You know what capture





turn.’

then he asked:

means'.”



“‘llangingr for a rebel spy, sir,’ an-

swered grandsire, calmly.



“‘You are a brave man and a true

patriot,’ \\':tsliington said, handing grand-

sire the packet. ‘This venture means

much to the cause of liberty. May God

guard it and you! You may go,’ and

’\\'ashington bowed his head reverently

and his lips moved, as if in prayer.



“Grandsire thrust the packet; into his

bosom, saluted, and went directly to his

tent. A half an hour later, when he

came out, he wore. the rough garb of a

farmer and was without weapon of any

kind, save a heavy walking—stick.



“It was now 9 o’clock of a stormy

February night. A cold wind drOVo the.

steadily falling rain fiercely before it, and

the night was so black that grandsire

could scarcely see his hand when held

before his eyes. But the, rain, and the

darkness, and the chill of the cold wind

were his protectors. The scntincls would

be numbed with the. cold and blinded by

the darkness and the driving rain.



“Fortunately grandsire knew every

British picket: line and the post of every

sentinel, almost as well as did the Eng-

lish officers, and, aided by the stormy

night and, possibly, by a kindly Provi-

dent-.3, he had passed beyond the inmost

line of guards by 12 o‘clock and stood

within the city of Boston. So far he had

not been seen by a human being since

leaving the American outposts. But the

packet was yet to be delivered!



“The Dcnton llousc lay about a half a

mile to his left, and was situated a little

back from the busy part of the city, on

a quiet residence street. There was no

one moving in the streets of Boston, ex-

cept the guards, and grandsire found little

difficulty in avoiding them, for the cold

and the wet of the, night numbed their

senses and sent them shivering to any

shelter that offered; yet, not for a mo—

ment did he relax his caution. He could

not afford to take a single chance. Too

much was at stake in the. venture.



“At length he came to the Dcnton

House. All was silent and not a human

being was in sight. Grandsire straight—

ened up and started to walk by the place.

Just as he came abreast of the great elm

tree by the gate he heard the sound of

footsteps to the front of him; and the

next moment the tall shadowy form of a

man, completely enveloped in a black

cloak and carrying a small bundle done

up in white paper, under his left arm,

appeared in the path before him.



“ ‘Friend,’ said grandsire, pausing and

gripping the stout stick firmly in his

right hand, for he had determined to

strike the man down instantly should he

give the wrong answer or make a suspi-

cious movement, ‘I am a stranger. Will

you direct me to a good inn?’





‘JAN. 13. 1912.

m MATCHTOWN





Fortunately no Faith Was Required, For

She Had None.





"I had no faith whatever, but on the

advice of a hale, hearty old gentleman

who spoke from experience, I began to

use Grape-Nuts about 2 years ago,”

writes an Oliio‘woman, who says she. is

>10, is known to be fair. and admits that

she is growing plump on the. new diet.



“I shall not try to tell you how i suf-

fered for years from a deranged stomach

that rejected almost all sorts of food, and

digested what little was forced upon it

enly at the cost of great distress and

pain.



“i was treated by many different doc—

tors and they gave me many different

medicines. and I even spent several years

in exile from my home, thinking change

of scene might do me good. You may

judge of the gravity of my condition

when I tell you I was sometimes coin—

pelled to use morphine for weeks at a

time.



“For two years I have eaten Grape-

Nuts food at least twice a day and 1 can

now say that I have perfect health. I

have taken no medicine in that tiinew-

Grape~Nuts has done it all. I can eat

absolutely anything I wish, without stom-

ach distress.



“I am a business woman and can walk

my 2 or 3 miles a day and feel better

for doing so. I have, to use brains in my

work, and it is remarkable how quick,

alert and tireless my mental powers have

become.” Name given by Postum Co,

Battle Creek, Mich.



“There's a reason,” and it is explained

in the little book, “The Road to \Vcll-

ville," in pkgs.



Ever read the above letter? A

new one appears from time to

time. They are genuine, true.

and full of human interest.



, wwwmggmwgwawt

gwxmsmmwsmmmwsmszmw“ ' . §





     

 

 

 

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





we~'my.\\\\\\;:\\\\\*s\\\\\V““\“““





You will want the

1912 Coca-Cola Girl

Calendar





We will send you this

beautiful C a l c n d a r,

litbograpbed in sixtccn

colors, on receipt of 2¢ to

cover postage.



The Coca-Cola girl is more

fascinating than cver—'-you

will like bet. She will re.

mind you that whenever you’re

tired or thirsty to





 

 





 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 





the one beverage that will refresh you, quench

your thirst and please your palate.





Our new free booklet, telling of Coca-Cola

vindication at Chattanooga, for the asking.





THE COCA-COLA CO.,

P. 0. Box 1734

Atlanta, Ga.





 

 





Whenever

you see an

Arrow think

of Coca-Cola.

§\\\\\m\\\“\\x\\\\\\\\\m\\\“\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&\\\





 





‘ WW\\\\\\“\\\“\\“§





o

w»\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Z.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\.\.m





 





 





l WlLL MAKE YOU

PROSPEROUS





I! you are honest. and ambitious write me

today. No matter where you live or wlial

your occupation. 1 will touch you the Real

Estate business by mail; appoint you Special

Representative of my Company in your town;

' start. you in n profitable business of your ow;

and help you make big money at. once.

Unusual opportunity for men withoul

capital to become independent for lilo.

Valuable Book and full particulars FREE.

erto today.





. NATIONAL co-opsnmv: REAlT‘! 60.





ii. R. manna M162 Mai-den Building

Presldent Washington, D. 0. ‘





STEEL MANTLE





Lamp and Lantern Burners

Oderless. Smokeless. Durable. Efficient.

Indispensible. Una Steel Mantle Burn

er gives as much light as three com

mon burners. You certainly need them

If your dealer doesn‘t; keep them send

us his name and address and 25c for

each burner you need, we will mail

them to you. Agents wanted.





THE STEEL MANTLE LIGHT C0.

Huron Street, Toledo, Ohio.





lEAliN VETERINARY DENTISTRY

3.2.2 $2000 thrusterahai‘:22.12%:

Dy illustrated lectures and grant diploma with degree.





Particulars Free. Detrolt Véterinary Dental

College. Detroit. Mich.





 

 

 

 

 

   

   





 





 





 





ANTED FOR U S. ARMY—Able-bodied. un-

married men, between agefl o 8 and 35,

citizens of United States. of good character and tem-

perate habits, who can speak. read and write the Eu-

lish lan fie. For information :1 ply to Recruiting

fiioer, 2 Iiswold 813.. Detmit, ich.: Heavenrioh

Block. Saginaw. Mich; Corner 151: & Saginaw Stl.;

Flint. Mich: East Main St... Jackson. Mich,;

Huron and Quay Sta, Port. Huron. Mich.





AGENTS it costs me about $2.00 to secure

. your name and ship sample may.

chine, but. it's a dead sure way of convincing I’ve

got beat household invention on earth. Canvassers

and crew managers make up to $20.00 a ny.



Elmer 1:. Stevens, 1273 Adams Express Bldg., Chicago.





 





 





 





., WEN"; . Meat, ‘ ‘ A _ .





. - “tummy”

mu»





‘5».





‘74” ;





l

t
..Wfi~«a-





- ”Wm .





 





 





DEC. 30, 1911.





I». , . ill

‘ I ,. h





Fresh running

Water for your

bathroom, ' kitch-

en, loundrv,stab1-

es,gardeus. Plants

all sizes, $42 and

up. Operated by

hand power, elec-

tric motors or gas-

oline eiicines.



‘ This Complete _

Bathroom Outfit for





$38.95

All kinds of

plumbing sup-

\ plies Lit factory

-to-you - direct

prices.

0 Healing Plants

’ @ f ° Save 35130,

lo

a a on a modern

N . BeatingSyatem

Steam Heating

plants 3 l 2 0

up. Hotwater’

plants $140 up.

Lighting Plants—

Complete Electric

Plant including gaso-

line engine,dynamo,

switchboard and stor-

age battery, $256.

Important — We

will furnish FREE

with every water,heat

ing or lighting plant

special plans for your

individual home. Any-

one can install with these complete

drawing!-

Thla Big Free Catalog shows

thousands of bargains. Gaso-

line Engines; Farm Tanks and

Pumps; Hydraulic Rains; Pipe;

Valves; Gas and Electric Fix-

tures. Buy from us and save

50 percent. We have most

completeline of guaranteed

Plumbing. Heatinglighting

goods in U. 5. Write now.

M. J. GIBBONS





»u





 





 





 

 

 

 





   





#53:?!





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 

 

   





 





Dept. M. Dayton. 0. ‘





 





 





 

 

 





 





It pays to have

good traps





Don’t lose pelts by the

animaljerkingloose. Get

Sargent Traps, that close

like a flash and hold till

Kingdom Come. They

pay for themselves by

catching more and hold-

ing all they catch.





'llSARGENT





Steel Game Traps





are the choice of the wise boys who've

tried 'em all. Made of quickest and

strongest spring steel, jaws with the

right spread and broad faces that don't

break the leg. Single and double spring.

all Sizes, from gophers to

timber wolves.





Your nearest hardware

dealer can get you Sargent

Traps.'or write to us.





SARGENT a COMPANY

151 Leonard Street, New York





The FARMER’S SON’S





GREAT ‘OPPORTUNITY





Why wait for the old farm to become yourin'



heritancel Begin now to prepare for

your future prosperity and inde-

pendence. A great opportunity

awaits you in Manitoba, Sas-

katchewan or Alberta. where you

can secure a Free ll omestead or

buy land at reasonable prices.





NOW’S THE TIME





. —not o. year from now.when land

will be higher. The profits se-

cured i'rom the a b u n d n n t

cropsot’ W licut.Ou is and Bar

ley.as well as cattle raising are causing a

. steady advancein price. Government re-

turns show that the n uni her of scttlers

in \Vcstern Canada from the U. S.

during the last y cur was upwards of

125.000 and imlgrutlon is con-

stantly increasing.



_ Many farmers hove paid for their



land out of proceeds of one-crop.



1‘ rec HIST-Jesteiids of l 60 acres and

pre-emptlon of

an acre. Splendid climate. good

schools. excellent railway facilities.

low freight rates: wood. water and

lumber easily obtained.



For painphlet"lastlscstWest."particulars

as to locations (8: settlers’ rate apply Supt.

~' Immig.. Ottawa. Can.. or Can.Gov. Agt.





W- C. McINNES,

, 176 Jefferson Ave. Detroit. Mich.

“l r c. A. LAURIER. Marquette. Mich.





 

   

 





 

 

   





 

   





gw





 

 

 

 





 

 

 





 





   





ii





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





“ ‘There is none better than the Red

Lion,’ answered the tall man, in a. deep

muffled Voice.



Instantly grundsirc placed the packet

in the hand outstretched to who it; and

at the same time, received a similar pack—

et in return. \Vilhout another word, he

had hardly paused in his walk, the tall

figure passed by him. and was instantly

swallowed up in the darkness.



“Grandsire hcovcd u grout sigh. The

half of the desperate culcrprisc had been

safely accomplished. But his exertions

had been prodigious, and he was soaking

wet and chilled to the marrow. He felt

that he must have an hour‘s rest, and the

warmth of :L tire, and thc strciigili of

good food bel'orc undertaking the return;

and he know that ho could get these

'at his Aunt Dorothy’s. Aunt Dorothy

was his mother’s only sister, a. maiden

lady who lived with an old servant in a.

little house not four blocks away from

where grnndsire now stood. llc holieved

her loyal to the American cause; but,

even if shc were not, he felt certain that

her love for him, to whom she had been

like a second mother, would be his suffi-

cient protection. Then, therc was another

reason why the desire was strong within

him to see his Aunt Dorothy. Mistrcss

Betty was in Boston, had bccn in Boston

all during the siegc: and Aunt Dorothy

could tell him about llCl'. Ilc had heard

of the gay times llic .l'lrilish luid bccn





having, of the balls and pnrlics given

by the officers; and often thc name of





Mistress Betty had come to him coupled

with the name of Rum \Vilton, now a

lieutenant. in Ills Majcsty's army; and

he had brcathcd hard and sworn wicked-

ly to himsclf at each licziring. Now ho

was minded to know the truth of how

matters stood with Mislrcss Betty.



“The night had grown colder. and the





51001 of thc frozcn rain, driven by the

wind, cut his face likc lbc lush of a

whip. (lrandsire‘s teeth begun to chatlcr.





Cold and hungcr wore driving the

strength out of him. llc must find food

and tire; and be mudc his way straight to

the little one-storied housc whcre his aunt

lived, and luppcd softly on the low din-

dow of the room whcrc she slept. All

was dark within. but, almost at the first

tapping. tho curiuin was liflcd and he saw

tho white face of his aunt at the window.



“ ‘Ilushl' called grurdyirc. ‘ll is .Tona

than Dclvin comc to visit his good aunt

in spite of King (‘icorgc's army."



“Ho board a startlcd (‘Xt‘lzlllliillOlL and

then llui window was thrown opcn quick-

ly, wbcn Aunt llm‘otb)’ Stuck her head

out and looked at him sharply.



“‘Hushl Kcop quicl! (lo around to

the door and I will let you in!‘ shc whis-

pered, cxciledly. thc momcni she had

mudc certain the man was grzindsirc.

'l‘lien, liurriodly drcssing, slic lhrcw opcn

the door and pullcd grundsirc inside. ’l‘hc

monu-nt he was in and the door shut and

lockcd. she exclaimed, lircuililcssly': ‘Jon—





 





zillion Dclvin! of all mcn in tho World you

are the man I most wishcd to soc! Mis-

tress Betty-K Sbc broko ofi‘ abruptly.

‘Bui, how comes it [but you are in Bos-





ton? Inside of thc llritish lint-s? If you

are cnuglit?’

“ ‘I will hang. good :iunl.’ said grand—





sire, throwing onc arm around tho little

woman and kissing bcr licziriily. ‘Bul,

now that l mu licrc, can’t you give me

wmiclliing to cul‘.’ l mu ncui‘ly frozcn and

as hungry as :1 bcur,’ and going to thc

iircpluco he piled the Wood on the glow—

ing,r cools.



“Aunt liloi'oihy busllcd about excitedly,

and soon had on abundunm- of warm





 





 





 





 





 





Shop or suburban home.

urn a switch and flood

your premises with bril-

iant electric .li ht. Oom-

plete outfits, ino uding en-

gine, dynamo. switchboard.



storage batteries. etc.,



up, according to the number

0 lights desired. Cheaper

to operate. handler, clean-

er and safer than any





Electric

Lighting





other light. Write for

,- particulars.

. THE DAYTON ELECTRICAL

MFG. ..





' . 287 St. Clair BL.DIyton, Ohio.

gent Mfrs. of Ignition

and Lighting Apparatus

Exclusivelyéin the





 





—P t‘ l Formulas for

Popular Mechanics .:;€h232_25._ liar...

Expert Chemist, 163 Baldwin Ave. Detroit, Michigan





food on llic table for the big mam who,

by this time, was steaming bcforc the

lirc, in the mciinlimc pouring u contin—

uous stream of qucsiions into his cars

and St'l(l(inl pausing long cnough bclwccn

oucrics for him to answer. AH he ate, licr

Il(lI‘V(>llHlH,-SS :ind cxcilcnicni incrcziscd,

until she bubblcd and boiled like her own

teapot; and the momcnt lhc lust mouth-

ful was down she cxcluimcd: "l‘hcro. llic

ucws won‘t spoil your appoiilc nftw!

.lonuthun llclvin are you still minded to

mukc Mistress llclly your wil‘c‘."



“ "l‘liul l um,‘ rcspondcd grundsirc em-

pliaiicully.



“ ‘Shc is to wcd Lit-ulcnunl \Vilton to—

morrow night ill. lcii o'clock,‘ said Aunt

Dorothy. her eyes snapping with excite-

ment. ‘



“Grandsire sprung to his feet Willi an

oath.



“ ‘Hush. ’Tis her father's command.

Lieutenant \l'ilton tolls her that you are

paying court to Colonel Greene’s daugh-

ter, Mistress Nancy'—



“ ‘It’s a lie! I’llv‘



“ ‘Sit down! lx'ccp quiet! Mistress Bet-





 





ty believes it not. But the wedding must





go on, unless—’ Aunt Dorothy paused and

looked grandsire straight in the ‘cyesfl ‘Tis

a dark night, and a brave man might take

a willing woman back with him to the

American camp. ller home is unguarded.’



“Grandsire loaned to his feet and caught

the little woman up into his arms. ‘I’ll

do it! Right from undcr the very nose 01

her father and her Tory lover! I—' The

thought of the little packet in his bosom

came to mind, and he dropped Aunt Dor-

othy, and straightened up as if about to

give 11 military salute. "Po-night, i can

not! I must return, as I came, alone! It

would bc the blackcst dishonor for me to

do "otherwise. .’.ut,’ and his words came

from between his. shut teeth, ‘tomorrow

night 1 will rcturn. I vowed I would wed

Mistress Betty, if she Would have me,

though the whole British army stood be-

tween us, and that vow I will keep, even

if in the keeping I find death. But how

can I know that Mistress Betty is still

minded that I should be husband to hcr?‘





“ ‘llcr own sweet lips told me so not

longer ago than czirly candle light of this

very night, and beggcd me to get word

to you that you might come to her res—

cue: for,’ and Aunt Dorothy smiled, ‘she

has faith that big Jonathan Delvin would

fight his way soft-1y through the Whole

British army massed in front of her, if

she but called him to licr. ’l‘ruly she is

heart—broken, and l vcry much fear that

death will be the bridegroom tomorrow

night, if you come not.‘



“‘I will comc,’ said grandsire grimly

‘Now tcll mc whom this wcdding is to

take plucc. and what company is to be

liiOi‘O.’



“Quickly Aunt Dorothy related all the

pz'iriiculurs oi’ the coming wedding; and.

whom Slit: had done, ‘zindsire said:

I know the house from garrcl to

ccllur: and its location is loncly and far

uway l'rom any body of soldicrs and near

the river. (live Mistress Betty my most

dcvotcd loyc. and bid her to be of good

cheer. ll' 1 live there will be other than

lhc invilcd guests at the wcdding tomor-

row night. And. good aunt, pray moot

i‘crvcmly iluit this wild storm holds IlllSl

the chding hour. Now I have turricd

iongcr lluin I should und must go. chcr

will i forget this night’s kindness. Good-

by.’



“The





iiimul.





storm still raged liercely, yet





grandsirc did not feel tlu- biltcr cold of





the Wind, nor the sharp sting of the slccl

against his face, as ho again plunged into

ihc darkness of the night. His blood was

on fire, and cvcry nerve tinglcd with tho

thought: that Mistrcss Bctty lovod him

and yct would bc. compelled to wed un-

othcr (ii the moi-row if he came not to

her rcscuc: and with this thought was

minglml t‘nc cvcr l‘curful one of his prcs-

cut one, and wluil his cupturo would

mean to \\'u.\'hinglon dud lo the patriot

(uusc. Possibly, in tho iovcr's zinxicly he.

lost something of ilu- pulriol's caution, for

suddenly, VVhi'l) all but lhc outmosi ill]?

of pickets hnd lu'cll pusscd safely, from

oul tho darkncss dircctly in front of him

(ume tho challenge of a. sentry:

and he saw, not ton feet away, dimly

outlincd tho llll‘ll‘ll will] his musket point—

ed Straight Ill his brczist, and he heard

from behind. a second chzillcugc and felt

the sliurb prick of a buyoucl

against his buck.



“Don‘t shoot! For sake, don't

shoot!‘ cricd grundsirc, throwing up both

hands, and bcp'imiing to tremblc so that

his hand»: cluppcd together. ‘l’vc bccii to

soc. my \‘Wt't‘lllc‘lll't in Boston, and it: was

so dark i thought I could sneak through

lhc lincs und gct back on the farm—

Huch." :md gi‘undsii'e jumped a foot in

the air. stimululcd by the point of tho

buyonct bcliind him. ‘I‘lon‘l' kill mcl 'l'll

surrcndcrl I‘ll do anything! i'll 44444 '



“‘Shut up,’ said tho chlry in front,

pressing his buyonct against grundsirc's





Sharp





prcsscd





God‘s





lll'i’ZISl. ‘llon‘t move, or me and .luck'll

spit you on our buyoncls.’ and, by \\'£l\'

of cmplmsizing his words, ho brutally

jubbcd his buyonol in until llli' point

broke tho skin of grundsirc's brcusl.



“'l‘hus, licld up between the two buyo-

nct-poinls and with tcclli chattering und

knees trembling, tlic corporal of the guard

found grundsirc.



" ‘I.ord, ’c’s big enough!" suid llic cor

roral. us he pluccd grundsirc bclwccn

two soldiers and marched him to tho

guardhousc.



(Continued next week).





 





Aunt Sophich“.\nd is 'l‘ommy a good

litllc. boy at School?" 'l‘ommy——“ch,

aunlic.” Aunt Sopliic~~“.-\nd Why is

'l‘ommy a good littlc boy?” Tommy—-





“ 'Causc it’s bettcr fun to see the other

boys get a tannin’ than to get one your-

self.” ‘





 

 





 





 





 





 





(21) 45





FURNITURE





FORALL EOPLE





ALL

URPOSES





ALL

OCKET-BOOKS

AT





FACTORY-COST





Buy that Furniture _you

have Wanted so long right

now. Don’t think for a

minute you can’t utford that

chair, bookcase, couch .or

bed. Perha s on can't afford to pay the price

your local ea or asks you to pay" but have you



>811 our prices? or values Will startle you.



ovcr before have we offered such a complete.

high vrudo, carefully Solos-ted line of furniture

at. small ridiculously low prices” You do notthint

to miss our furniture book this your. It Will be

intorostiiig reading for you. From‘the first page

to the last it is all the some story—highest quality

furniture at lowest possible prices.



JOHN A. HALL, our expert furniture buyer has

selected this line from the offerings of the lead-

ing factories of this country. In many ("uses he

has contracted for the entire output. 'lhus we

have obtained prices that no local dealer can hope

toduplicate. This saving is yours—'how much of

a saving it is, acornparison of prices Wlll‘ tell.

And just a word about the assortment. Lycry-

thing (absolutely evorything) that comes Within

the ordinary furniture necds of man, is here. We

have griidos and prices that Will suit you, no mat-

ter What your tastes. no mottcr how large or how

small your pocket-book. Everything is now—up.

to-dnte and stylish in design and finish. The mi»

torials arc the very best, and we show ‘you a vari-

ety ten times as great as you Will find in the

average retail store. _



Let us send you the furniture book. You need

it. The number is 7.



Here is a. complete list of our money-savers—we

will send any 0 thorn frcc of charge on request.

Put numbers of the books you want on the coupon.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





‘1 Paints 17 Baby Carriages 28 Women's'l‘ailored

2 Pianos 18 Men's Fur boats Smts

i gl‘gafia 19 Sewing Machines 29 Csircular and Drag

run 5 . . aws

- 20 Gasoline Engines

6 Roofing , .

6 Vehicles 21 Cream Separators 3° WHEELS“ 8 Fashion





7 Furniture 22 Building Material 81 If:iin Coats Rub-





23$tovesandRanges oats etc

a Upedserwear barn 32 Tombstones and



11 Green List 25 Kutomobile Sup- Monuments_



12 Feed ookera lies 33 Men’s Clothing



13 Tank gotten 26 éaicylcles -- Motor- 3:! Blonicn‘sl Furs

Wire encin cyc cs ‘ .) i3! .100! 5



lg Carpets. Rugs 27 Baby‘s Dress and 36 Muslin Wear



16 Building Plans T01 et 37 Millincry





Sign and Mail Coupon N 0W!





T58 Montgomery Ward & Co.





i9th and Campbell Sis. Chicago Avenue Brldno

KANSAS CITY CHICAGO .

Please send to my address below books Nos........ I





10 Typewn rs





Cu





 





absolutely frcc of cost.

Name ..... . ............ .................................





Post Office..............................................





State: ......

SEND COUPON TO THE NEARER ADDRESS





LET US TAN

YOUR HIDE.





Cattle or Horse hidc, Calf. Dog, Dccr,

or any kind of skin with hair or fur on.

We make them soft, light, odorlcss.

wind. motli mid wutcr proof, and lilttkt‘

tlicm into coats (for mcn or womcn),

robcs. rugs or gloves whcn so ordcrcd.



Your i‘ur goods wi l 1 cost you icss than

to buy tin-in. and bc worth Ilinrc, It

will ccrtuinly [my you to look into it.



Our illustriilcd catalog givcs ii. lot of

information. ’l‘clls how to Lukc olf iiud

cure for liiiicu; how wc pay l lic l'rciirlil

both ways 3 about our inurvclous brush

dycing process which is n. trcmcndous

iidvuntugc to thc customer. cspccizilly :

on horsc liidcs and calf skins; uboul.

tlic goods wc scll. tuxidcrmy. ctc.. but

we iicvcr Ht‘llil out this vnlluiblc book

cxccpt upon rcqucsi. If you want, ti.

Copy sciul lll your correct. addrcss.



The Crosby Frisian Fur Company,

571 Lyell Ave., Rochester, N. Y.





Want Men





Like YOU. Who Want to Make





$3,000 A Year, or More





We need a good, live man right now

in your territory to handle real estate

deals for us. No experience or capi-

tal necessary. We will teach you the

Real Estate Business, then appoint

you our representative in your local-

ity. Easyworkzlarge profits. Write iorlrccbook.

M RDEN LAND & LOAN C0"

315 Palace Bldg. Minneapolis. Minn.





anoIloonunsotooo-vooolooooooeoooslotto...





 

 

 





 





 





 

   

   

   

   

   

 





 

 

 

 

   





 





 





 





LioHfl





hi AXES anti burns its own gas. Pro-



(luircs 100 candlo power light—-

brighter than «1ch i'icity ormsctylcne

—cliciipcr than ki'l't).\(‘lle. N0 dirt.

No grcusc. No odor. Over 200 styles.

Every lump wurruutcii. Agt‘llis wuiit-

ed. Write for catalog. Do not delay.





Tun uns'r “our 00.

280 E. 5th St” Canton. Ohio





fl RIDER AGENTS WANTED





‘lncuch town to ride andexhlblt sample

19l2 Bicycle. ll'rflcfor special ofl'cr.

.— ‘ I We Ship on Approval without a ccnt

(lcposzt,all()w10 DAYS FREE TRIAL



L2 and propaz/frcfoht on every bicycle.

‘ ‘ FACTORY PRICESon blcyclcs.tircs

and sundries. Do not [my until you receive

our catalogs and learn our unheard-0f priccs and moroc-

lous s emu! ojfer. Time. wheels. lampssundricshalfprices.





ME D CYCLE CO... Dept. W77. Chicago, Ill.

““-





TRAVELING "A"





BOX





For those who have from 300 ft. to llfi miles to go for

their mail. Easily placed on telephone poles or 2 x 4'5

fastened to fence posts. The





OAKWOOD MAIL CARRIER

Made entirely of metal. Ball-hen ring pulleys. Sold

on thirty days' trial. Write for book “Getting the Mail."

Ookwood Mtg. 00. 38 Stanton Ave. Springfield, Ohio.





wrpmagimouiu sum





and furnish Hz an a export“. to Introduce our

guaranteed stock and poultry powders; money-back

gunrnntoowutflt frooanowplangotpadywork. Andros.



ICLER 60.. X 6.2. SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS
(22)





46





"WNW. _





MARKETS E





WWW

DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.





January 10, 1912.



Grains and Seeds.

Wheat.~The market this

favored the bulls mostly,

steady until Tuesday,

one-half cent resulted. The milling de-

mum] in this country shows improve-

ment, due to a better flour market. Rev

ceirts have fallen off and the American

visible supply was materially reduced.

in Argentine railroad strikes interfered

with the delivery of grain at the sea-

ports. The weather there cleared up for

a short time, but excessive moisture is

again reported to be damaging the crop.

The cause of the break in price on Tucs-~





past week

prices ruling

when a decline of





day was ascribed to a very liberal in-

crease in the world's visible supply. It

is a mystery, however. to discover just

where the surplus comes from, for, be-





sides the decrease in the American sup-

ply and the interference with transporta-

tion in Argentine, the amount alloat is

shown to be reduced and in Russia there

is reported a famine that promises to af-

iect a large part of the Russian popula—

tion about the Caspian Sea, which is the

center of the wheat producing region of

that country. Thert has been no large

demand from Europe for supplies from

this country, but it- is believed that in

the course of events buyers must come

here to fill their orders. One year ago





the price for No. 2 red Wheat was 980

per bu. Quotations for the week are as

fol lows 2

No. 2 No. 1

Red. White. May. July.

Thursday ..... 971/2 951/2 31.01% .9613.

Friday ....... .971/2 05% 1.01% .961/4

Saturday ..... 971A, 95%, 1.013;; .9614

Monday ... . . . .971/2 951/2 1.01% .9614

Tuesday ..... 97 .95 1.0114 95%,

\\'ednesday ..97 .95 1.0114 .953»;

Cormwwhile the average price this

last week ruled 10 below that of the





former period, the cold wave has given

the market a firm tone at the new fig—

ures. There were liberal receipts from

tarniers in the corn belt and the visible

supply shows a quarter of a million

bushels’ increase. The local market is

active and steady. One year ago the

price for No. 3 corn was 48c per bu.

Quotations for the week are:



No. 3 No. 3



Corn Yellow.

Thursday ................ 621/; 631,12

‘»1<‘i‘iday .................... 621/2 63%:

Saturday ................ . 621/2 631/2

'M onda y .................. 62 1/2 03 1,13

Tuesday ................. 62% 631,12

"Wednesday ............... 621/2 it‘ll/2





Oats—This grain advanced with wheat

but the feeling is a little unsteady at the

higher figures. There was a decrease in

the visible supply. The local market is





dull. One year ago the price for standard

oats was 35c per bu. Quotations for the

week are:

Standard. No. 3

\Vhite.

Thursday 01/2 50

l’riday ................... 51 501/2

Saturday ................. 511A; 51

Monday .................. 511/2 51

’l‘ticsday .................. 511/2 51

\Vednesday .............. 511/2 51

Beans. ~«’l‘he cold snap has increased





the demand for beans and prices are firm

at higher iigurcs than ruled a week ago.

Offerings are improved in quality and

dealers are taking a very active interest

in the trade. Quotations are as follows:





ash Feb.



Thursday ....... . .......... $2.32 $2.33

Friday .......... . .......... 2.32 2.33

Saturday . . . ............... 2.3 2 35



Monday . . . . ............... 2.33 2.35

’l‘tit‘sday .................... 2.33 2.35

\Vedncsday ................. 2.33 2.35

Clover Seed—Clover seed prices Were





not disturbed until Monday of this week

when a 100 advance was made in cash

and March seed, with alsike remaining

steady at $10.75. Quotations are:





Prime Spot. March. Alsike



'l‘hursday . . . . . . $12.50 ' $12.50 $10.75

Friday .......... 12.50 12.50 10.75

Saturda y ........ 12.50 12.50 10.75

Monday ......... 12.60 12.60 10.75

'l‘ttcsday ........ 12.60 12.60 10.75

“'ednesday ...... 12.65 12.65 10.75

Timothy Seed—This product is un-

changed at $7.20 per bushel, the quota-





tions being merely nominal.



Rye.—ltye prices have gone up 2c abOVo

the advanced figures of last week and

cash No. 2 is now qtiotcd at 97c per bu.



Flour. Feed, Potatoes. Etc.



Flour_wl’i'ices have advanced from 10

01 15c with a gottd demand:



Straight

l‘atent Michigan

Ordinary Patent





Feed—Bran is higher while coarse

niiddliiigs and corn and oat chap rule

lchr. Carlot prices on track are: Bran.

$28 per ton; coarse middlings, $28; fine

middlings, $32; cracked corn, $30; coarse

corn meal, $30; corn and eat. chop, $27

per ton. . .



Hay and Straw.—-.-\ll prices Jumped .111).

Market firm. Quotations are: No. 1 tim-

othy. $21ftl21.50; No. 2 timothy,

4120: clover. mixed, 5519506112050;

straw, $105040“; wheat and oat straw,

$90110 per ton. _ ‘



Potatoesxw’l‘he supply is declining and

putting business on a better basis for

sellers. Car lots on track are quoted at

85015101- per bushel.



Provisions.» Family pork, 3517506320:

mess pork. $16.50; medium clear, $16.25@

17; picnic hams, ill/zc; bacon, 1261113150;

pure lard in ticrces, 93:10; kettle rendered

lard. 101,Ǥc per lb.



Dairy and Poult‘i'y Products.





Butert._Thei‘o was no change in either

creamery or dairy butter last week. The

trade is ouiet btit firm at the old fig-

ures. Quotations are: Extra. creamery,





FI‘HE MICHIGAN FARMER“





360; first do., 35c;

stock. 20c per lb.

Eggs.——-The cold wave caused a shrink-

age in the egg output which developed a

bullish influence and caused an, advance

of 30 per dozen, current receipts, cases

included, being quoted at 300 per dozen.

' Poultry.——Chickens, both dressed and

live, are higher than last week. Dressed

geese are also up, while ducks and tur-

keys remain about steady. The market

is firm. Quotations are as follows: Live

—-Turkeys, 16511170; geese, 11@12c; ducks,





dairy, 21c; packing





140; young ducks, 150; spring chickens,

12/111302 No. 2 chickens. 10c per lb; hens,

1060110. Dressed—~Chicketns, 12%@13c:

hens, 11(112c; ducks, 17@18c; geese, 14(4)

1.5c; turkeys, 1861,1190.



VeaI.—Market ru‘les higher. Fancy, 11

(11120; choice, t1@10c per 1b..



Dressed Hogs.—Light, $7; medium,





$6.75; heavy, $6.50 per cwt.

Fruits and Vegetables. «

Cabbage.—Now selling at 21,4@21/2c per

pound.

Onions.-Higher at $1.25fi21.35 per bu.





_Apples.—Baldwins and.Greenings, $2.50

(123; Spy, $3653.50; Ben Davis, $2@2.50;

Snows,





$3.50@4 per bbl.





OTHER MARKETS.





Chicago.





\Vheat.——No. 2 red, 96@97I/20;

$1.00‘i/x; July, 94%c.





‘May.





 





Corn—No. 3, 60%@610; May, 64%0;

July,- 64%c per bu.

Oats. No. 2 white, 49%{13501/2c; May,





4%; July, 45c per bu.





Barlcy.——’Vl‘alting grades, $1.05@1.32 per





bu; feeding, 8051. 90c.



Buttern—Barcly steady under increas-

ing receipts. Creanieries, 26(111‘36c; dair—

ies, 23fi1‘31c.



Eggs.--~The coid weather is affecting

egg receipts and prices have advanced

30 during the week. Quotations are:





Firsts, grading 45 per cent fresh, 330; or—

dinary firsts, 286(73OCZ at mark, cases in-

cluded, 22(11310 per dozen.



Potatoes—47min moderate offerings

and quiet trading this market is steady

with last week’s quotations rulling. Mich-

igan stock is now quoted at 93617951: per

bu; “'isconsin, 9061920; Minnesota, 93

@950.





New York.

Butter.— Cold weather and lighter ship-

ments have advanced the better grades

Mill/2c. Creamery specials are quoted





at 391/30 per lb; extras, 38611381/2c; firsts,

34fi>36c; seconds, 30(1133e.



Eggs—All grades 3614c higher; market

strong ii‘resh gathered extras, 36(037c;





extra firsts, 35c; seconds, 31((1/330; western

gathered whites, 34Wi38e per dozen.





Poultry.——Dressed——Strong at slightly

advanced prices. Turkeys, 12@21c; fowls





 





1.261163%; western chickens, 10@161/gc

per lb.

Elgin.





Button—Market firm at 36c. Output

for the past week amounted to 618.000

pounds.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Chicago.





January 8, 1912.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 14,000 25,000 24,000





last year..31,007 42,728 38,480

ltcceived .last. week..60,490 137.920 128.294

Same week last year.60,482 129,875 84,254



This Week opens with cold weather, ac—

companied by a snow storm, and stock

trains are late in getting in. Further—

more, the railroads in many instances

declined to accept consignments of stock

last Saturday on account of the unusu-

ally cold weather, and the stock receipts

are going to be much smaller than is

usual Mondays, although it is impossible

to say how large they will be at this

time. The run of cattle is especially

small, and sellers are calling prices any-

where t'rotii 10c to 25c higher, butcher

stock being especially active. Hogs are

:1 good 10c/15c higher, with light weights

going briskly at 361061645 and the best

heavy hogs at $6.65. Sheep and lambs

are irregularly higher, with the better

class of lambs going readily at $6.906!)

7.15, while prime yearlings are quotable





Same day





at $6, with none sold so far, however.

i'ritiie wcthcrs sell up to $4.85 and the

host ewes tip to $4.50, the demand for

choice. intittons exceeding the supply.





llttch larger receipts of live stock are ex—

pected later in the week.



Cattle were marketed much more freely

last week than during Christmas week,

the stock yards keeping open for business

on New Year‘s, so that there was no

break in trade. The supplies were again

divided very unevenly, with an unusually

small run Monday and a quick rise of

1011 15c in prices, followed by a break in

values \\'ednesday on liberal offerings

The following day scarcity of the best

grade sent these up again, but there was

no aggressiveness displayed in the de-

mand for the commoner grades and me—

dium weight steers, and these held barely

steady. The great btilk of the beef steers

received during the week sold between

$5.50 and $8, with choice to fancy heavy

becvcs selling at $7.75718.50 and the com—

moner light weights at 354.75.415.75. A

medium class of steer sold between $6

and $7, and good cattle brought, $7 and

upward. yearlings of desirable kinds g0-

ing at $7618.50. There is all the time a.

decreasing movement marketward of well

fattened heavy cattle. and evidently these

are going to command high prices all the

winter. The commoner steers have not

been selling much higher than a year

ago, but the choicer lots are much high-

er than in former years. Fat butcher

stock, too, is doing well, with quite mod-

erate offerings of cows and heifers. which

are bringing $3.50@6.65. Canners are

selling at $1.90@2.90, cutters at $2.95@3.45

and bulls at $3.25@5.75. Decreasmg re-

ceipts of calves have made some sharp

advances in "prices, and chaice light-

weight vealers have brought $8@9 per





100 lbs, the commoner heavy calves go-

ing at $3@5. There was fair animation

in the stocker and feeder traflic, prices

ruling higher under smaller offerings

with killers taking most of' the- best heavy

feeders. Stockers found buyers'at $3.25

€05.25 and feeders at $4.75@6.10, but not

many feeders sold near the‘ top figures.

Milkers and springers sold at $30@65 each,

the best ruling $5 higher. Beef steers

selling at $7 and over showed advances

of 10(1115c.



Hogs were marketed last week much

more liberally than a week earlier, and

some declines in prices followed, but

speculators purchased so freely that

sharp rallies in values followed, forcing

the packers to pay advances. As usual,

choice heavy hogs led off in advances,

with at times a large demand from east-

ern shippers. However, the spread in

prices for all kinds of swine was ex-

tremely narrow as compared with the

wideness of quotations that prevailed

some time ago, even little pigs failing to

show their former remarkable discount

in prices. A great many mere. pigs are

still showing up among the daily receipts,

and many farmers persist in marketing

light young hogs in order to avoid win-

ter feed bills, although the best author.

ities do

such a course of action. Fresh pork con-

tinues to have a large consumption, ow—

ing largely no doubt to its relative cheap-

ness, and all that checks sales of cured

hog meats is their dearness in retail meat

markets everywhere. Stocks of provis-

ions are gaining rapidly, the Chicago

stocks Jan. .1 aggregating 107,049,871 lbs.,

compared with 83,079,665 lbs. a month

earlier and 67,181.893 lbs. a year ago.

llogs sold at the week’s close at $6@6.50,

against $5.75@6.30 a. week earlier.



Sheep and lambs were marketed last

week very much more freely than during

the closing week of 1911, Christmas hav-

ing broken into that week, but so good

was the general demand that prices ruled

extremely strong for fat mutton on the

hoof, With prime lambs advancing to the

highest figures recorded in several

months. Killers made the usual discrim-

ination against poorly finished stock. and

in sending in warmed-up conSignments

owners are cheating themselves. Every—

thing favors the man who hangs on and

makes his ilocks as fat as butter, al-

though there is always a possibility of

making animals weigh too heavily, for

popular taste favors light cuts of mut-

ton. li‘eeding lambs continue in good de—

mand, with extremely few offered. There

was an average advance of 10((1/15c in

sheep and of 2511401: in lambs last week,

lambs selling at $4416.85; yearlings at $5

615.80; wethers at $4614.70; ewes at $2.25

{71.4.25 and bucks at $2.50@3. Feeder

lambs sold at sci/5.50.





 





....





Buffalo.

January 8, 1912.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. .



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 160 cars; hogs. 80 double decks;

sheep and lambs, 106 double decks; calves

800 head.



\Yith 160 loads of cattle on our market

here today, and with only 14,000 reported

in Chicago, cattle of all grades carrying

fat are selling fully 1061150 per cwt. high-

er than last week‘s prices, quality consid-





ered. Market fairly active, and every-

thing about cleaned up at the close of

the day.





\Ve quote: Best 1.400 to 1,600-lb. steers

818561825; good prime 1,300 to 1,400-lb.

steers. $7.50t1117.75; do. 1,200 to 1,300-lb.

do., $7f11»7 50; best 1,100 to 1.200-1b. ship-

ping steers, $6.75(1137.25; medium butcher

steers, 1.000 to 1.100, $5.75@6.50; light

butcher steers, $5@.5.40; best fat cows,

318501.540: fair to good (10., $4.25Q‘1.‘4.75;

common to medium do. $3.60@4.25; trim-

mers, 82.50613; best fat heifers, $5.75@

6.40; good fat (10.. $5.25ft1 5.60; fair to good

do., $450615; stock heifers, $350614; best

feeding steers, dehorned, $256,115.50; com-

do., $350014; stockers. all grades, $3.50@

4; prime export hulls, $5515.75; best

butcher bulls, $4.75715-35: bologna. bulls,

$4514.50; stock bulls, $325414; best milk-

ers and springers, $45fr1‘55; common to

good do,, $256130.



Receipts of hogs today. 80 double decks,

and with a good demand from western

shippers as well as local packers, market

opened active: the bulk of the choice

quality yorkers, mixed, medium and heav-

ies, sold at $6.85, with a few decks of

commoner quality around $6.75@6.80; the

btilk of the choice quality pigs selling at

$6.75; light yorkers from $6.75@6.80; good

kind of rough sows sold mostly at 6c per

11)., and stags from $4.50f115.50; hogs that

were yarded in time to fill and sell are

well cleaned tip, market closing steady.



The sheep and lamb market was ac-

tive today; most of the choice lambs sell-

ing for $7.15. Look for steady to strong

market the balance of the week. The

sheep market was firm today; prospects

about steady on sheep.



“’9. quote: Best lambs, $7617.15; cull to

common (10., $550616: wethers, $45061)

4.75; bucks. 32.25613; yearlings, $5@5.75:

handy ewes, $4574.25; heavy ewes, $3.75@

4: cull sheep, $2653; veals, choice to extra

$10.50@10.75; fair to good do., $8@10.





O



Cherry Trees of Quality

are ourepeoialty. RIGHT. ‘ ;.— ; a ‘

NOW we have a full as— / *

oortment of the

varieties. Our large stock .'

in”all kinds of fruit trees.

shrubs. roses. etc" is of

9108 tional quality.

sol] treat: to the p

and wish to tell you about



its more fully, so send for



our FREE catalog. It is .

of unusual interest. Ad-



dress Box 3.





The Michigan Nursery, Inc

Winkworth & Sons.

MONROE. Michigan.





We have been estab-

ed over sixty years.





 





   

 

   

   

   





 





not hesitate to advise against.





JAN. 13, 1912.





:11th AND mm Lilli?

A Hill SALE on Excuittttt _





FOR ' SALE—260-ACRE FARM,





near Goldwater, Mich. O, R. Smith, Adm., Niles,l\lich.





100 600i] FARMS {1‘25 iii? $31? .iii’."til-‘t‘i§’ihi‘i)§§9

ticulars, W. T. WALLACE, Port Huron. Mich.





Beautifully Illustrated Booklet 3285.5 381.1322‘33:

luscious peaches. strawberries. and of ideal homes,

Address State Board of Agriculture, Dover.- Delaware.





When you can buy

the Best Land in

Mich! an at from

87 to an acre





near Saginaw and Bay City. Write for um. and pat-

ticulars. Clear title and easy terms. Sta. eld Bros..

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





0

Farm for Sale; a Bargain

80 acres 2% miles east. of Morley, Macosta 00.. 6 acres

of timber. balance cleared and fenced, 1200 bearin

fruit trees in prime. good water and windmill. gong

butldings. Address ETER NASUN, Morley, Mich.





FARM BARGAINS.





We have the largest. list of farm bargains to be

found anywhere. Located near car lines, splendid

markets. churches and school, Fine buildings and

the best of sotl. Write for booklet and new farm list;

No. 5. HOLMES REALTY 00.. Lani-ting. Mich.





Virginia F arm and Timber Landsflfii’iffllfifi

Kroved. $5.1m acre and up. Rich land. heavy crops,



ealthy climate. ham“, farmers. Colonial homes.

Catalog free. B. T. ATKINS & C0. 28 horth

Ninth Street. Richmond, Virginia.





Money-Making Farms

Throughout: Michigan and 16 Eastern and Southern

States, $15 to $00 an acre; live stock and tools included

with many to settle estates quickly, Big lllui-‘LI‘HJ’d

catalogue No. 34 free. We lay buyer's railroad tare.



. . STRUUT FARM A ENCY. Station 101. Uld

Colony Building, Chicago. 111.





I

tine oi the Best Farms in Macomb Co.

5% .miles' from Romeo. 250 acres. 5 barns. 2 houses.

2 Wind mills with power. Land, Buildings and Fences

in the best, condition. This farm ran be divided into

2 farms. We have it large list of farms for sale.

ELDRED, ELLIOTT In MCCAFFERTY.

Farm and Real Estate Dealers. Romeo. Mich.





IT IS ASTONISHING





How many western farmers are wanting to get back

to the oil home farms in the East, mrticuiariy to

New York State, where we have for sa 0 a number of

highly productive standard crop farms. with orchards,

at. low prices and on cue terms Send new for our

free specimen list. of ew York farms and map of

New York Stat





B. F. McBUBNE‘i 81. 00., Flslilr Building, CHICAGO, ILL





Sounds good at;

this time of the

year. Our farm-

. ers are shipping





fruits and vege-

tables NOW. They grow some kind of crop every

month. We sell land for development. not for

speculation. We help you get the BEST because

it makes money for you and the Railroad. shall

we send you a copy of our new book “ Facts

About Florida That You Should Know.” It- is

free for the asking.





FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY.



J. E. lngraham, Vice—Pres, St. Augustine, Fla.



or Louis Larson, Northwestern Agent, 109 W.

Adams St.. Chicago. Ill.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Sunny Tennessee!

That section of Tennessee and Alabama traveled by the

Nashville. Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway is rich in natu-

of its soils ofior unexcelled opportunities for the profitable

roduction of gmins,grosses,livostock and truck crops. F"-

fllo Ind “truth. hm lumi- mny be had It very low prices.

II. F. SMITH, Traffic Mgr.. Dept. F, NashvilleJonn.

'I HE UULF STREAM

LAND OF

MILD WINTERS

COAS Thousands oi Acres—Rich. Black

Lands, fronting on” the ocean.

Ample monthly rainfall.

Nearby markets. Twelve

Low priced farming lands. Monthly Excursions.

Write for Free (‘olored Maps and Descriptive

Literature. Address W. W. (SROXTON. G. P. A.,

Texas Land Exposition

-—-——Ind ————-———-

Northern SBllIBlS UBBVBIllIBIl.

HOUSTON, TEXAS,

Homeseekers and investors should not miss this

opportunity to visit Texas and see the South’s first.

teat. land show. Lowest railroad rates over ofl'ered

into Houston. More than one thousand exhibits of

farm products and machinery. Many [notable speak-

ers on program. Exposition open day and night.

opportunities on request.

TEXAS LAND EXPOSITION,

Publicity Dept. Houston, Texas.

The Nation’s '

Garden Spot-

J run cum nun AND ruucu

along the

Atlantic Coast Line

Georgia, Alabama and Florida, write to

WILBUR MCCOY ' E. N. CLARK,

41111;. Agt.for15‘lori(la., A. a i. Agt. torvirgim





ml resources. and its climatic conditions and the fertility

WRITE me at once for FREE

Descriptive Literature. (9)

Sandy Loam Soil; Virgin Farm

COUNTRY hours front New York.

Norfolk Southern R. R. Dept. B, Norfolk, Virginia.

JANUARY 1511 to 28m, 1912.

mm all sections of the United States. Eighteen lines

Full particulars about Texas and Texas lands and

FOR INFORMATION AS TO LANDS lN

J. GROWING SECTlofl-

in Virginia, North and South Carolina:

bama. Goor is, and the Carolinaa,





 





 





 





 





Jacksonville, la. Wilmington, N. C.





 





 





“as.





aw. ,





'—

.m«.~, .





 





.. ‘ ' ‘ ‘ A I V .

.‘:.-w.1mwy (1:43»; . ‘





 





. .. ..wflw
'}‘£r§-...:.:Trif’" . .





 





 





 





_ { . . 1 ._

. «bucmwfa (11:! £11., .





JAN. 13. 1912. _

THIS IS THE LAST EDITION.





In the first edition the Detroit Live

stock markets are reports of last week;

all other markets are right up to date.

Thursday’s Detroit Live Stoek markets

are given in the last edition. The tirSt

edition is mailed Thursday, the last edi-

tion. Friday morning. The first edition is

mailed to those who care more to get the

paper early than they do for Thursday’s

Detroit Live Stock market report. You

may have any edition desired. Subscrib-

ers may change from one edition to an-

other by dropping us a card to that effect





DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday’s Market.

.lanuary 11, 1912.

Cattle.



Receipts, 613. (loud grades strong at

Wednesday’s prices. Common slow; good

bulls 10(1115c higher than last Week.



“’9 quote: Extra dry—fed steers and

heifers, $7.50; steers and heifers, 1,000 to

1,200, $550616; do. 800 to 1,000, $475111?

5.50; do. that are fat, 500 to 700, $4614.50;

choice fat coWs, $4.25@4.75; goodl‘at cows

$350614; common cows, $3613.25; canncrs,

$2613; choice heavy bulls, $4,506,125 25; fair

to good bolognas, bulls. $3.75@4.25; stock

bulls, $3653.50; milkers, large, young, me“-

dium age, $40fi150; common mi'lkers, $25

@135.



1iishop, 11. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co. 5

cows av 1,188 at $4.75, 3 bulls av 1,380 at

$4.60, 3 cows av 1.153 at $4.25, 3 do av





~1,075 at $1.25. 12 butchers av 715 at $4.85,





9 do av 970 at $5.85; to Mich. E. Co. 6 do

av 666 at $4.60. 6 cows av 971 at $4; to

Rattkowsky 3 butchers av 960 at $4.25;

to Mich. B. Co. 7 do av 820 at $1, 27 do

av 960 at $5.60; to Kull 15 do av 772 at

$5.35, 4 cows av 917 at $3; to Hammond,

S. & Co. 4 canners av 832 at $2.75, 6 do

av 690 at $2.75, 1 heifer weighing 620 at

$4.25, 3 canners av 826 at $2.90; to Nagle

1‘, Co. 4 steers av 925 at $5.75, 8 do av

690 at $4.65; to Sullivan 1’. Co. 3 cows av

907 at $3.50, 1 steer weighing 1,180 at,

$7.50, 4 canners av 855 at $2.85, 1 bull

weighing 780 at. $3.25, 4 heifers weighing

702 at $4.75, 1 bull weighing 1.290 at $4.75,

3 heifers av 733 at $4.50; to Thompson

Bros. 1 bull weighing 1,800 at $5.25, 3

cows av 955 at $3, 3 do av 977 at $4, 8 do

av 947 at $4: to Hammond, S. & Co. 1

bull weighing 1,130 at $4.50, 6 steers av

1.055 at $6, 4 do av 820 at $4.50, 5 cows av

870 at $2.85, 2 butchers av 590 at $3.75; to

House 12 do av 721 at $3.75; to Kamman

12 do av 800 a $3.25, 3 cows av 1,010 at

$3.50; to Goose 9 cows av 997 at $3.50, 1

bull weighing 1,300 at $4.75; to Nagle 1‘.

Co. 5 steers av 1,400 at $7.50, 6 do av

1.055 at $5.85.



Haley & M. sold Rattkowsky 1 bull

weighing 1,520 at $4.75; to Sullivan 1’, Co.

2 cows av 715 at $4, 4 do av 1.035 at $3.25,

2 do av 1,130 at $4, 2 do av 715 at $4,

butchers av 602 at $4.15, 2 heifers av 940

at $5, 1 bull weighing 1,320 at $4.50; to

Mich. B. CO. 7 butchers av 831. at $4.80,

5 do av 810 at $4.65, 1 cow weighing 1,150

at $3.75, 1 do weighing 900 at $3, 1 bull

weighing 1.130 at $4.50. 4 steers av 937 at

$5.35, 3 do av 666 at $4.50, 1 bull weigh-

ing 1,100 at $4.10.



SDicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 2 cows

av 860 at $3.50, 2 do av 935 at $4, 7 steers

av 1,003 at $5.75, 12 do av 846 at $5, 4 do

av 737 at $5.25, 3 bulls av 1.107 at $4.65:

to Nagle P. Co. 8 butchers av 772 at $5.15.

1 cow weighing 1,230 at $3.75, 2 cow and

bull av 1.070 at $4.25; to Hammond, S_ &

Co. 2 butchers av 660 at $4.25, 2 canncrs

av 715 at $2 85; to Sullivan 1’. Co. 2 steers

av 735 at $4.75; to Bresnahan 2 cows av

880 at $3.40.



Heeney sold Nagle P. Go. 3 steers av

750 at $5, 6 cows av 1,058 at $4,



Long sold Sullivan 1‘. Co.

weighing 990 at $6,



Youngs sold same 11 do av 1,000 at $6.

3 cows and bull av 1,130 at $5, 1 bull

weighing 750 at $4.



Veal Calves.



Receipts. 161. Market 25c higher than

last week; steady With \Vednesday. Best,

$9.50@10; others, $46129; milch cows and

springers dull.



Bishop. 13. & 11. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1

weighing 110 at $7.50, 1 weighing 150 at

$10, 2 av 130 at $9.75; to Parker, \V. &

Co. 2 av 145 at $10, 4 av 150 at $7, 7 av 120

at $9.75, 3 av 130 at $9.50, 6 av 130 at

$9.50, 5 av 140 at $10, 12 av 135 at $9.75.

9 av 150 at $9.75, 8 av 130 at $9, 3 av 140

at $9.75; to Newton B. Co. 2 av 160 at.

$9.50, 14 av 135 at $9. 1 weighing 260 at

$7, 1 weighing 110 at $8, 2 av 160 at $10.50,

2 av 130 at $9.50, 6 av 150 at $9.50: to

Goose 3 av 100 at $7, 3 av 130 at $9. 2 av

160 at $7; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 av 140 at

$9.50. 3 av 90 at $7.50.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1

weighing 110 at $8.50, 3 av 145 at $10.25.

1 weighing 120 at $8.50; to Parker, \V. &

Co. 2 av 180 at $4.50; to Thompson Bros.

1 weighing 110 at $9; to (loose, 9 av 118

at $8.75.





~71





1 steer





Sheep and Lambs. .



Receipts, 2.979. Market steady w1th

Vi'ednesday, 2561735c higher than last week:

Best lambs, $7; fair lambs. $6616.50; light

to common lambs. $405.50; fair to good

sheep, $3@3.75; culls and common, $2

@275.



Bishop, B. & 1-1. sold Thompson Bros.

5 Sheep av 90 at $2.25, 12 do av 85 at $3.50,

21 lambs av 60 at $5.25. 28 do av 48 at

$5.27., 10 sheep av 92 at $2.50. 60 do av

90 at $3.75; to Nagle P. Co. 69 lambs av

75 at $7, 39 do av 50 at $5: to Parker. 1V.

& Co. 169 do av 70 at $7; to Hayes 39 do

av 50 at $5, 25 sheep av 77 at $2.50; to

Mich. 1;. Co, 33 lambs av 85 at $7, 95 do

av 73 at $7, 52 do av 50 at $4.75, 21 sheep

av 93 at $3.25, 10 do av 72 at $2.50, 154

lambs av 70 at $6.75; to Sullivan P. Co.

7, sheep av 110 at $2.50. 6 do av 107 at

$3.75; to Bar'lage 8 do av 95 at $3. 123

l mbs av 65 at $6.25; to Hammond, S. &



o. 24 do av*60 at $5, 21 yearlings av 95

a; $4.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 28 lambs av

50st $5, 20 sheep av 110 at $3.50, 25

lambs av 48 at $4.50. 23 do av 50 at $4.50,

36.8heep av 120 at $2.75. 14 do av 125 at

$3.50, 19 do av 120 at $3.75; to Nagle P.

Go. 98 lambs av 67 at $6.75, 30 do av 72





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMERy ' <22» 47





at $6.50, 26 do av 83 at $7, 52 do av 81 at

$6.50, 26 do av 83 at $6.50, 87 do av 80 at

$7; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 77 do av 78 at $7.



Spice-r & ll. sold Bray 24 lambs av 55 at

$5.50, 41 do av 67 at $6.50; to Mich. B. Co.

17 (lo av 77 at $6.65, 117 do av 80 at $6.90;

to Barlage 1 buck weighing 190 at $3, 30

sheep av 1.20 at $3.75.





Hogs.



Receipts, 1,889. Market bidding last

week’s prices; none sold up to noon.



rtange of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, 86.15616 25; pigs, $5.90; light. yorkers,

$66116.1O; stage one-third off.



All trains very late on account of storms

and wrecks on Michigan Central and

Wabash roads.



Spiccr & R. sold Hammond, S. & Cu.

350 av 210 at $6.25, 355 av 1.90 at $6.20.



Haley K: M. sold same 480 av. 200 at

$6.25, 190 av 180 at $6.20.



HiSltlxp, H. 1% ll. sold l’arker. \V. & Co.

1.410 or 1‘10 at $6.25, 820 av 190 at $6.20.

w‘Same sold Newton B. Co. 57 av 200 at

. l...1£),



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 125

av 210 at $6.25, 230 av 190 at $6.20, 73 av

180 at $615.



Friday’s Market.

January 5, 1912.

Cattle.



Receipts this week, 1,797; last week,

891.. Brittl‘kct steady at. Thursday's

prices. Vl'e quote: Best steers and heif-

ers, $6416.25; steers and heifers. 1,000 to

1,200. 15550111575; do. 800 to 1.000. $475611

5.50: do. that are fat, 500 to 700, $461245“);

choice, fat cows, $4614.50; good fat cows,

$3.5'10613.75: common cows, $3013.25; can-

ners, $2613; choice heavy bulls, $4014.75:

fair to good bologna bulls, $350614; stock

bulls. 536123.25; milkers,large, young, me-

dium age, $405150: common milkers, .‘20

(1130.



Veal Calves.



Reeipts this week, 1,131; last week, 575.

Market 2561500 lower than on Thursday.

Best, $9619.50; others, $4418.50.



Milch cows and springers steady.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week, 9,984; last week,

5,179. Market about same as on Thurs—

day. Best lambs, $6.50fi6.75; fair lambs,

$550616; light to common lambs. 3.50.1611

4.50; fair to good sheep, $3@3.50; culls

and common, $1.8011’172.75.



Ho 3.



Receipts this week, 10,340; last week,

5,005. Market 561'10c higher than on

’l‘hursday. \V. L. Baker, of Perrinton,

had a choice deck, aVeraging 260 lbs. that

brought $13.35. Range of prices: Light

to good butchers, $6.15f116.25; pigs, $5.90:

litgfht yorkers, $6.10@6.20; stags one-third

o . '





The packers have shown an apprecia-

tion of backward springers in the Chi-

cago market recently, as they wanted

more cows for killing than were always

obtainable but the country demand has

been extremely poor.



M. 14‘. Horine, the statistician authority

of the l'nion Stock Yards and Transit

Company of Chicago, has isued a report

regarding the great shortage of cattle in

feeding districts of the country at the

present time, and he says it is greater

than many people suppose it to be. The

central western markets have come to be

the only source of supply for young cat-

tle, the time having gone by when the

stock feeders were able to make any con-

siderable purchases from their neighbors.

The general disastrous drought experi—

enced throughout the range country in

1919 and the drought of the following

year in the corn belt feeding sections

vnade terrible inroads in cattle supplies,

cspccially lowering supplies of cows and

heifers, and as a result, the packers have

since been large competitors of stock

feeders, paying high prices for young cat-

tle. Ry this means the supplies of fe-

male cattle in feeding districts have been

materially lowered, bringing about high

prices for fat butcher stock.



William .\ull. of Minnesota, widely

known as a large investor in sheep, now

feeding 8,000 sheep and lambs, makes the

statement that present feeding operations

in this industry at the leading feeding

points in that state are less than 40 per

cent. of the proportions of a year ago.

Three, principal feeding stations report

aggregate holdings of only 35,000 head,

while ‘\Vinena, formerly one of the prin—

cipal f1 eding places, is deing nothing in

that line. The farmers and others who

are doing any feeding have hardly start-

ed in to do any marketing as yet, but the

general expectation is that holdings will

be sent out before shearing time owing

to the extremely high prices asked for

hay and screenings. Some eight or ten

factories. each capable of grinding from

800 to 1.000 tons of screenings to be used

in manufacturing stock foods, are run-

ning to their full capacity, and this is

taking out of the market enormous quan—

tities. Screenings such as cost only $8

last June now bring from $136314, and

such feeding at market prices for sheep

and lambs is unprofitable. Dairymen are

using unprecedentcdly large amounts of

screenings in place of shorts.



Farmers are using silage for fattening

sheep far more generally than heretofore,

and its use is growing rapidly in several

states. This is true of Minnesota, the

two Dakotas, “'isconsin and neighboring

states, while a firm at Sycamore, Illinois,

uses eight silos for this purpose.





1. Want HAY&. STRAW





. We get. the top price on Consignments. make

liberal advancements and prompt remittances.





Daniel McCaIIrey’s Sims Co:





Prrrsaunc, PA.

Reference Washington Trust Company, or any bank in city





If you have car lots for sale it. will ay

you to write The E.L RICHMO .

COMPANY. Detroit. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





This Corn Planter Plants .With .





Human Finger Accuracy ..





A Wonder-Working Machine that Measures Distance. Counts and Plants Seed u by Hand.

All you do is drive. This remarkable planter does the test. No matter whether you go fast

or slow. the positive force feed valve of the Rock Island regulates the drop: every row is as

straight as a string. Actual tests prove that no planter ever equalled this one in accuracy

of drop. Can change instantly the number of kernels without stopping or leaving seat. Nor

is the Rock Island No. 1 equalled in strength and simplicity of operation.





Rock Island No. 1.

Corn Planter





   

 

 





 





The Perfect Clutch

The only driving clutch and va-

riable device that will stand up

under severe use. Bearings

wider, better than all others.

insure perfect. and continuous





Convortlblo Drop





Plants flat. or round

seeds. Flat and edge

drop plates changed in

ndjiffy. No complicat-

e purts. Simplicity



throughout.





 





   





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





Saves Soll. Time, Labor





Over 25 years’ experience is back of

this lanter and the service it. renders.

In a dition to the most. accurate drop.

it has the most, durable and perfect.

clutch ever invented. Dirt and sand

never affect it. Those two features

alone indicate the splendid efficiency

of the No. 1. Let us )oint out other

big advantages. See t o Rock Island

dealer at. the first. opportunity.





erte for FREE Booklet





Bond a card tonight. Buck comes

all the interesting, money-saving pur-

ticnlurs that. have made this planter

famous. Don't. put oil. Write tonight.



Rock Island Plow Company

233A Second Av... Rock Island. Ill.





 





 





 





 





It’s Like Summer NOW





in the Southern Mississippi Valley. \Vhy stay up in

the cold, bleak North all winter when the railroads





 





,3" are makinl.r special low rates to Mississippi, Louisiana

“wt“ \ and Arkansas. (‘onie down and look at. the. South .\()\\'.

W Farm land prices are multiplying but you can buy now at





prices that are right.





In the Southern Mississippi Valley





(known'as the Mississippi Delta) you can raise larger" crops with less expense

than in any other part of the country and the climate Will suit. you exactly. Not

cold enough for Stock barns in the winter—not hot enough for heat prostration

in the summer. You can raise anything in the Delta that. can be raised anywhere





in the I'. S. except citrus fruits.

Write for 50 Page Book Free

"The (lolden Opportunity Place." It is illustrated





and tells you all about the Delta. We own the farms we

offer for sale. Write for your l ree Book today.





Barney 84 Hines, Inc.

[339 Central Bank Bldg.. Memphis. Tenn.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Save $20 to $90 By Buying From Us





one of these engines. It you want. a. good engine for pumping and the

email Jobs, or if you want a dependable larger engine for heavy work—

grnb one of these engines We don’t want any money in advance -don't

want you to put money in your bank subject to our withdrawal—don’t ask

you to sign any mysterious order blanks or coupons—don’t. want a note.

Simply write us your name, address,

freightstatlon and size of engine wanted.

00 I [1 use We’re a. little behind on these engines,

0 0 but have put on a night force and can

3 A by Farmers ship you an engine within a week.

V hen It gets to your station look it

over—refuse it ifltdoesn’t meet your

approval. If you like 11:. pay the '

it.trelght—t~::]aléellthomo for 15 days. Make . . "D

prove a t can do everything you G I E Wei h I400 ..

can ask of it. At the end of 15 days write aso me '1 Ine‘u ‘5

us your verdict. If you‘re satisfied, we‘ll send .

SQOOAIready In Use





youcertlflcate which guarantees your en-

9 8





Gasoline EngineuziBSOe





 





 

 





 

 

 





 





Write for a



FREE BOOK 7:



and Special 0? ‘

a





 

 

 

 





 

 





glue for life against defective material or worknmnship. Then you send





your mone . If ou don‘t care to kee en . .

this offer asnd salve from 920 to 390. Ifpyougdgitvheegiveiegggi‘ngiiiiiiiig‘iic 3075131:

local dealer send his name and address. Write for Big Engine hook—tells

how we make lowest prices, operating world’slerzest Gasoline Engine factory.

Spring Teeth stir and cultivate—the spikes pulver-

ize and level. Once over does the work as per-

' fectly. as twice over with the ordinary barrow.

Savmg in time alone will pay for this barrow





" i-‘romfirst year. Strong—Durable—Ail Steel.

acto""Naylor Mtg. 00., Box 55 , Plano, Illinois





to Farm





 

 





Introductory

tier





   

 

 





 





 





 





 





The Blissiield Babe and Tanning 00.31.332.35





pays the freight on all hides that are to be made into fur coats and robes

. Our prices are lower than any other concern doing this kind of

work. Vie taircoon, muskrat and mink skins. and make. beautiful fur

coats, muffs and scarts for the ladies. We would be pleased to send you our catalog which

tells all about. our work.





 





 





 





BLISSFIELD ROBE a. TANNING co., Blissfield, Mich.





MIDDLEDITCH

KEROSENE

.. ENGINES.





Give most power with least i .





 





Highest Prices Paid for all kinds of

R AW FU R S





 

 





W e rem it

promptly on re-

ceipt of Skins,

and give fair .

assortinents. ». f

Our attainment, 1...;

to the rank of "“5" " ' ‘ '

Leading Fur House, is backed up by a his-

tory of 80 Years. and as a further testimo-

nial, we would refer you to any mercantile

agency or bank.



V (I. GAUDIG & BLUM

125-127 W. 27th St. N. Y. City

Importers and Exporters of Raw Fun since 183].

Warehouses: llEPZlG—LONDON~PARIS—BERLIN





 

 





expense for fuel. Run on

common coal oil, gasoline.

distillate, or alcohol. Sim-

plest-sat‘est—most durable

—easiestto start—smooth-

est running. Ask about _

our 30 days’ "

Genuine Free Trial



Most liberal trial proposition '



ever made. Ifyou are not per-



fectly satisfied, you pay noth-



ing. Our new 1912 model now



ready for delivery. Write for

introductory price... They



will quprise you.





   





 





'l‘llE MIDDL-ITCII ENGINE C0..

723 Meldrum Ave” Detroit. Mich.





ALWAYS mention the MICHIGAN MIME

when you are writing to advertise".
“We have used Sal-Vet with excellent in a good condition. I believe that Sal- very effective in keeping out worms, “Have fed Sal-Vet to hogs {and lost

staisfaction, and. while we have not ob- Vet will repay the user in the results and the sheep in a. generally healthy none. Neighbors bothsides ofme—east

iained information as to the absolute which come from its action in his flock.” condition. We have also found it an ex- and West~—haVe had‘ cholera bad. One





effect in. our sheep, they consumed the (Signed) C. S. PLUMB, B. S‘c., cellent conditioner and worm cleaner for west of me on adjoining farm, lost about I"

preparation with results which appear to Prof. Animal Husbandry, horses. Our experience is that of many 40 hogs and pigs with cholera: ~,T-he Qne ‘,

us .to corroborate your statement, that Ohio State University. of the best farmers in this locality.” east/on adjoining farm’“'lo‘s‘t ailihe-had, \

it is deSirable for discouraging the de- “We keep Sal-Vet accessible to our A. A. WOOD & SONS, excepting four." , 3‘

li





   





a?





 





velopment of worms and keeping sheep sheep all the time and have found its use .' Saline, Mich. A. J, HOFFMAN, Leipsic; .Ohio.





’ ’Proy’e to Y?waat17’ra e





To (1101137112 (is W‘Farm er’s





 

   

 

 

 





 





 





 

 





"I have had over 40 years‘ ex-

perience in sheep raising. Every

year I su tiered great loss of lambs

on account of the worms. I used

everything usually recommend-

ed for such cases, including to-

bacco and asofine, but I will say

that your Sal-Vet’ is the only

thing I ever used that did the

business. I have not lost a. single

lamb since using‘Sal-Vet’ and

the cost is nothing compared

With the saving it effects."





HARLEY P. SHERMAN,

Alfred Station. N. Y.





 

   

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 





 

   

 





sh





w.





 

 





hi





 

   

   

   





‘ mMNKXVH 4,.





.l /”

/





 

   





 





Ln" ‘ J! \\\Io.'





'54; f . \ *6. \ . - v . ' I V .

’ These letters Prove

ee 0" 00 Your Stock Need Sal- Vet .

. “Enclosed find check for the Sal-Vet

—. —





l





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





received. The cholera has been prevalent

all around my neighborhood. Not a





 





 





 





 





 





single one of my pigs died, and further-





   





more. they are all looking fine and are





in good condition.”

E. M. Searcy. Decatur, Ill.

— _— _





     

 

 

 

 

 





f

"In my live stock work here in North

Gamma Id 1‘53. “£31 €th °€§°£m3§i§¥méi ‘ j

, , , recommen ' - -. ,.,/

I I! Save Your Hogs—l I! Save Your Sheep—I I! Save Your Feed ifaéii’scfiifiéeboiiggiv‘?§s.“§e§a.“a:& 55;: I

’ ‘ d h 'f' All biéiie'véiuiméiracé’ft‘i2‘1‘i12v?$322213?

Ill make all your stock do better—keep them healthier an t n tier. gm since -we began using Saw“, and





recommend an





I ask is the privilege of sending enough Sal-Vet to last them 60. days without gum ggg'fyg ggagogg asnthe one you

a penny of pay in advance. I want to show you how easy it is to rid all are P‘acmg °“ the gages, MOM“,





 

 

 





 





 





farm animals of stomach and free intestinal worms when they have fi'ee P'Si‘fiofiifit'ca‘iigg‘taérTgifififieblwi’r‘étsl

access to Sal—Vet. No drenching -—no handling——no dosmg. Just put it Rae‘gh' N' W’





where your stock can run to it and they W111 doc tor themselves. rei'i’é‘ga‘i‘f’yé‘é egg: 338%“; $3.321 113%er





MAD! _ MARI. asset to successful sheep farming. Every





, sheep on our place is in excellent, thrifty .





 





condition.”

Geo.'McKerrow & Sons, Pewaukee, Wis.





 





“Sal-Vet has done my herd of pure-

bred Poland China hogs a wonderful lot





 





\ of good. They were in decidedly bad

\\ < condition, and I was very much afraid

\\\ REG.U.s.PAT.oFE 01f1 cholera, having just returned with

\ - t em from our state fair, where this dis-



\ The Great Worm Destroyerand Conditioner case one“ crops out Since feeding Sap





Vet, they are sleek, fat, and in absolutely

perfect health.”





\\\‘

\\\\\\ lock 0 u t for war "'8' When Your 8106'! ”1)th Gain G M- Curnutt. Montserrat, Mo.





. , I . “I have been a, f f - "

\‘\\\\ -\\\\ You may think your worm losses are not big enough to worry about. I’ll prove av?» tslilnce itst intrfodd‘gfior‘ilfed‘nd) mi? 13::

. . . , s .

\\ they are a great deal bigger than you ever imagined. Ill shozv yourv where. yaclilu 3“"“1118 ingggfietpigdfgf- Wtiit‘mwpfiti’ronslilggé?;

. - ' . -— oa a you camf it. Th

are losmg dollars right now that ought to go into your poc et our anim 3 nothing within my knowledge age?) 015





may not die, but they will “Eat their heads off,” when infested with worms. matnreiiazile ortashcheapi. It edxpxels all

. s a < u s o ‘t



Remember, worms make your stock easy prey for Cholera and other con- digeit from}. ”Furthefsl ,§‘nd°‘§,’2,u‘, 21:83?



- - ' ' ’ ' men ’



tagious diseases. Your biggest loss comes from animals that dont thrive I subniit {,3st tgu§,g$m§fi§hggi 3:318:33;





, - .___ ° ' without thought of comp ti .”

and gain flesh the way they ought to. Stop feeding worms stop wasting E C. Stongflslgegrqa' m





 





 





 

   

 





 





 





 





 





‘a feed—stop losing money on animals that are sick from worms. Get rid seXy' Amer. Hamps. Swine Breeders:

of the pests at once—then watch your profits grow. A3337 Pres' 111' swme Breeders

Here is My differ and Personal Guarantee ”:3. :2ra‘rr.:eiz"s:.eJesters?

($0 ——— — ——- . My_lcoit has been in Very badOShape

$90 If you will cut off the coupon below, fill it out and mail it to me, 22;, éf‘fl‘a‘nggefgkv‘gfi tmtglylgeggg

_ , ' worms e e ,

4» °‘o"o’%9“¢\ Ill send you enough Sal-Vet tlol last exileriy anlijmalhon youil:1 farm ”3133‘ XVC§E§mwnanP s e has been all .

o?“ 06/92:??9 “6‘ 60 .days. You Simply pay t e sma .reig t c arge w en 1t .Fam he:§€:éue,ri§l%ss,Chesmut Hill i ,

’6 x. $04,200 0, “ arrives and at the end of the 60 days, if Sal-Vet has not done .

-Q - (3&90619’0 just what I claimed it would, I'll cancel the charge. You won’t f"We have used Sal-Vet as a preVentive . :

--._ efeflq. owe me a penny. I take all the risk. It costs only 1-12 of a gmfizé’r’aitii‘ (iiliuifti.00kv$ef BESS? dwelling: ii ‘

63% . “50:35. cent per day to feed any hog or sheep Sal-Vet. You don’t pay gggmina‘:hteh%£g§e. both when at Pasture . r

*9: 6‘,th -,' ago/iv." me a Slngle penny down. Just fill out the coupon—tell me hOW ful‘ghgaghifigtlilglelritéhzgg. gr: cggetli‘il‘glrlr; ;

o? «a -. 05%;? a, many head of stock. you own so I Will know how much Sal-Vet to zvuorrrrgistadttéisouglpitgvethliigkvlg’ r1131: :figegam M

w ' .' ‘5?» '50 send you. Tear it off and mail it to me personally. Dont put it fifteen yearsy S 363% Le.‘.’.".2§“"¥§“s . >. t,“

{fifi . sci: °b"O \fl‘ another day. Send no Money—Just the coupon. EFF,” Amer, $135,; Breeders. A385: ’ ‘

09% O r \ ‘

Q4? . . ~. . . . «I, (50) Sidney R. l-‘eil, Pres. Prices 401M..$2.25: 1001119., 35.00: 200 lbs,:.

h. .3 at. S R Feil co :3:?.:.3::’.:::.;:*.::°.;222”seas:v-

. '. . ‘6’. a... '. . ’3. '2‘. 9% . . .’ Mfg. ehem'Sts No orders filled forlesathan 40 lbs. Neger sold .in"

egg... ' ‘ Dept. M.l-'. Cleveland, Ohio ”“m °“"' '“ “*mm'mm' mm“