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VOL. cxxxvmmo. '3'l

Whole Number 3593.





DETROIT, Mica, SATURDAY, MARCH 30. 1912.





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WHY I GROW SUGAR BEETS.





foreign countries every year nearly



$100,000,000 for sugar. Every dol-

lar’s worth of this sugar could be pro-

duced in this country. Is this good busi—

ness? It seems to me, as long as we

have the climate and the soil and every

facility for growing sugar beets equal to

the facilities of other countries, that it is

up to the farmers of this country to pro—

duce what sugar we need, and keep this

$100,000,000 in our own pockets.



While there is a' little more money for

the American farmer at the present day

in growing the staple agricultural pro-

ducts, like corn, wheat, oats and barley,

than a few years ago, there is none too

much profit in it now, taking everything

into consideration. The surplus of some

of these products has to be sent abroad

for a market, and therefore the price is

fixed by the price in foreign countries.

Now why would it not be better for the

farmers of this country to grow enough

sugar beets to supply the home- demand,

and grow less wheat and other products

that have to be exported, and thereby in

a measure control and take care of the

market for these products. As I look at

it it is a business proposition. The grow—

ing Of sugar beets in' this country is a

means of controlling the market, and I

believe in controlled markets. There isn’t

any business sense in the farmers of this

country producing so much of any one

particular product that it overstocks the

market. That isn’t good business. It is

simply a business proposition to take care

of your market, and don’t put more stuff

upon the market at any one time than the

market will take care of at a profit. Now

when we grow sugar beets, we are doing

this. Every acre that We plant to sugar

beets takes that acre out of active com-

petition with wheat or corn or oats or

potatoes. Supposing the 250,000 acres that

were devoted to the culture of sugar beets

in Michigan last year had been planted

to potatoes, or supposing it had been di-

vided up among other crops. What would

have been the effect upon the market?

The acreage of sugar beets is largely

withdrawn from the potato acreage, and

in my judgment that has had much to '10





THE people of this country send to





'cows,





with better prices for potatoes for the

last few years. If we would stop growing

sugar beets today and plant the acreage

to potatoes there would be so many pro-

duced that they wouldn't be worth haul-

ing to market. Now by planting this

acreage to sugar beets we control the po-

lato market. If the growing of sugar

beets is profitable, if we can figure out a

profit in it, then I consider it every farm—

er’s duty, in the sugar beet zone in Am-

erica, who is in reach of a sugar factory,

to grow a few acres of sugar beets every

year.



1 like the sugar beet business because

the speculation is entirely eliminated. If

a man puts in a large acreage of potatoes

and ties up all of his capital, even if he

raises a good crop, he don‘t know what

he is going to get for them. There is

nothing certain about the market, and

this potato market has helped put gray

hairs into many a man’s head. It is

speculation. “'ith the sugar beet crop

the speculation is entirely eliminated. You

have a contract with the company a year

beforehand so that yuu know just ex—

actly what you are going to get per ton

for your sugar beets. All the farmer has

to do is produce the tonnage. It relieves

a man of a whole lot of worry. Sugar

beets are nearly the only crop, with the

exceptions in some instances where can-

ning factories and other special indus—

tries, like the cucumber business, con-

tract with the farmer and agree to pay

a specified price, where the farmer is not

soley at the mercy of the manipulation

of the market. I have understood that

there is a movementzon foot in Chicago

among the big produce dealers to organ-

ize and build warehouses in northern Wis—

consin and the upper peninsula of Mich-

igan and guarantee the farmers a certain

price for potatoes. Now this is a move-

ment in the right direction. There is

many a, poor fellow has put his all into

a potato crop and lost. One could not do

this in the sugar beet business. If he

grows a crop he will get a profit because

he has got a price established, and a pay-

ing price.



Another reason why I grow sugar beets

is because the! by—products of the sugar

beet industry are valuable food for dairy

and primarily I am apdairyman.





The leading purpose in my farming is

dairying. I raise other crops to be sure

—they fit in well between milkingswbut

a crop like sugar beets where the by—

products, the pulp and the tops, are a

valuable dairy food is a more important

(For) to me than a crop (’Jf potatoes where

there is no chance to get anything out

of ,the waste. I consider that the beet.

tops are well worth $10 per acre, in the

ficld I mean, not after they are put into

the silo, but in the field; that a dairyman

could afford to pay $10 an acre for the

tops on a good average crop of sugar beets

to feed to his cows. Now this is quite a

lift towards paying for the cost of grow-

ing a crop of sugar beets, and it is all

extra. It isn't figured in when you figure

the cost of raising beets.



Another reason why I grow sugar beets

is because it makes more business on the

farm. I can’t see how you can make

anything out of farming unless you run

the farm at somewhere near its limit. If

you are trying to do just as little business

possible on the farm, where is the

chance to squeeze out any profit? Profit

only comes by running a business up to

its capacity, and people who are trying to

farm 80 or 120 acres of land without hav-

ing any help cannot make any profit out

of that land unless they are simply min-

ing the plant food out of the soil and sell-





as





ing it. Now the growing of sugar beets

on my farm adds more business to the

farm. It gives me a chance to employ





It gives me more work for

my horses, which are one of the neces-

sary investments, and also the regular

hired men, and the marketing_of the

crop comes after all the other work of the

farm is done. IVith the modern way of

caring for the corn crop there would be

nothing for the men and the teams to do

in the fall if it wasn‘t for marketing the

sugar heels, and by having this crop I

prolong the season. as it were, and get

more labor for my farm teams.

Therefore, it can be shown that sugar

beet growing is as profitable as other

crops, then it follows from what has been

said that it is a good business for the

farmer in the state of Michigan. It helps

him in more ways than one. and, last

but not least, it brings him in cash at

just the season of the year when he is





more help.





compelled to have it. The sugar beet

crop is a, pretty good thing to rely on to

pay taxes with because your cash is rcadv

when you get your beets to the factory.

COLON C. LILLIE.





SUGAR BEETS AS A CASH CROP.





 





 





My experience with sugar beets has

been varied. But from uncertain resul’s

at first, which I find came from ignorance

and prejudice, I have come to put them

first on my farm as a money crop. In

fact, I believe, if the fertility of the land

is to be. taken into consideration. they

are the only money crop I can afford to

raise.



In common 'with the ymajority of this

community, I had to learn that the con-

servation of the fertility of our soil de—

pended upon a proper rotation of crops.

In this rotation in Michigan, sugar beets

have their place. They are clearing more

cash to the acre than any other farm

crop we can raise here. Besides the

money returns. the tops furnish just the

green feed needed by cattle and other

stock early in the winter, affording re—

sults similar to those obtained from en-

silage. Dairy products are materially in-

creased, and all stock put into good con-

dition to endure our severe Michigan





winter weather.





In addition to the above. we have some

indirect results not so often recognized.

The handwork done on the crop eradi-

catcs all weeds and weed seeds. The

deep plowing of the sugar beet lifter in

the fall acts, especially on clay ground,

as a sub-seller, renewing the fertility of

the field. \Vithout further plowing, we

then have ready a surface prepared for

cats or barley, with which we may seed

down to clover.



In this community the sugar beet has

been a valuable educator. Every farmer

who raises sugar beets. learns from them

the value of thorough cultivation, and ap—

plying lhat knowledge to his other crops

the effect on the farm as a whole is soon

noticeable.



Here, the sugar beet is the mortgage

lifter. That curse of the Michigan farm

seems at last to be about to disappear.

Already farm buildings are improving.

One woman and her children near here





 





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Cared for Throughout the Season, lnsures a Profitable Source of Income on Many Mlchlg an Farms.
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put in sugar beets and bought a piano.

A neighbor of mine uses them to keep his

sons on the farm, allowing each one a.

certain number of acres for beets for his

own. School boys near here put in a

patch of sugar beets as an experiment in

agriculture, and outdoor exercise between

baseball and football seasons, and were

surprised at finding themselves schoolboy

capitalists in the fall.



I myself am using sugar beets to buy

land. Last spring, early, I bought eighty

acres waste swamp land, which had lain

useless for centuries. If congress will not

interfere with our beet business here, I

can clear that land and pay for it with

sugar beets. Ten months after buying it

we delivered the beets produced on the

first 20 acres to go under the: plow. The

value of the crop was about $1,500. If

anyone can give such results from any

other farm crop, I should be pleased to

hear from him.



Saginaw Co.





FERTILIZER AND CROP ECONOMICS.





“MACK.”





 





At this season of the year many farm-

ers are debating the question of fertilizers.

There is nothing mysterious about fer-

tilizer; it is simply plant food. \‘i'e are

enabled to look at the cow from a com-

mercial standpoint, viz., pounds of milk

and percentage of butter—fat. A bag of

fertilizer may be high or low in plant

food, or it may contain something that

we do not need, or need now. ‘ There are

crops, like sugar beets, in the growing of

which, considering the guaranteed price

and the high cost of labor involved, for—

tilizer is simply an investment and in

addition an insurance policy. The nitro-

gen in the fertilizer puts the beets up

out of the ground a week or ten days in

advance of the unfertilized beets, from the

standpoint of blocking and thinning.

Nitrogen is the quick acting constituent

of smokeless powder and dynamite and,

in a figurative and partially chemical

sense, this is true of a nitrogenous fer-

tilizer. “Scotty,” the occasionally mil--

ionaire from Death Valley, in California,

when he Chartered a special train to Chi-

(ugo and made unprecedented fast time,

said he was “buying speed.” So in the

case of fertilizer containing nitrogen and

phosphoric acid on beets, the former giVes

assistance in the early portion of the

plants" growth and the latter assists in

early maturity or ripening. and, like

“Scotty,” the beet grower is “buying

speed."



l'nder the sliding SCillc of sugar per-

centages in selling the beets to the man-

ufacturer of sugar, the grower desires a

high sugar content. The farmer is at

’his stage making sugar and selling sugar,

really a producer or manufacturer of raw

sugar and he wants the material to fabri-

cate, as the Germans say, sugar in the

beets. Potash is the element that makes

sugar in vegetables or starch in grain.

The sugar maple does not grow in

swamps, for it would find too little pot--

nsh to fabricate or make a sweet sap.

The “soft” maple makes an effort in get-

ting nearer the swamp than the hard ma-

ple. and has a lower sugar content. The

“ashman” wants hardwood ashes, be-

cause, like the. sugar beet, he wants pot-

ash. \Vhlle you may fool the ashman you

can't deceive the beet or the maple trees.

Not all soils may need potash. but plants

are often times modest, and particularly

beets. They partake if food is plenty

and, if not over plentiful, are satisfied

with less and give less. The fertilizer

manufacturer is obliged to‘sell his mate-

rials for the farmer to manufacture sugar

in percentages, and the state enforces

and umpires the transaction. Sometime,

perhaps the state will umpire the deal and

see that it is square when the farmer

sells raw sugar to the manufacturer.



The economy to the farmer is in buying

high-grade fertilizer. Do not ask the

name of the brand or allow the price per

sack to intluencc. except in its relation to

“speed" and “sugar," i. e.. nitrogen, phos-

phorus and potash. High—grade, fertilizer

is always cheaper in plant food, and, if

your soil and inclinations lead you to

cheapen the application. use homeopathic

doses of high-grade goods,



The sugar content of beets has been

nearly doubled within the last century.

This means the plant has increased its

capacity to use the raw materials essen-

tial to make sugar, enlarged its capacity

just as a sugar factory increases its ca-

pacity—and the farmer cannot afford to

operate a. high-class plant belowits nor-

mal capacity any more than the final fac—

tory to make sugar. Soils deficient in

plant food, fertilizers, carrying weight

rather than plant food, are some of the





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





elements in control of the farmer. Rain-

fall he does not control in! the humid sec—

tions and this is one of the advantages

that beet growers have under irrigation

in dry countries.



These same observations are true of

potato fertilizers, except the element of

chance in crop and prices. It is not so

entirely apparent in corn, which is. a gross

feeder. With beans, the crop is planted

at the period of maximum nitrification

and if favorable soil and weather unite

with a large seed for plant food there

may be little necesity for buying “speed”

or early plant growth. and there may be

a great necessity. Here it is for the in-

dividual to determine.



With sugar beets there is every reason

for using fertilizer. My own idea is

about a 328:6, 200 pounds to acre as a

minimum. There probably never will be

a formula worked out with mathematical

accuracy and there will always be a

limit beyond that which is profitable to

apply, but the variability of a crop of

beets from eight to 20 tons means greater

possibilities of fertilizing. A high-grade

nitrogen for early growth needs efiiciency

in the other lines to follow the pace set

by the plant in starting. A silk hat and

a flannel shirt would be as incongruous

as high nitrogen and low phosphorus and

potash.



Shiawassee Co.

SEEDING CLOVER WITH HUNGARIAN



GRASS.





JAs. N. MCBRIDE.





 





 





I have an acre of gmund which has

been planted to corn for three or four

seasons and Would like to get it seeded to

clover to plow under later. As I need for-

age for horse feed, I am thinking of sow-

ing Hungarian grass. Please tell me if

I would get a catch of clover in the Hun-

garian grass. or is there any other for-

age crop which would serve the purpose

better? .



Vi'ayne Co. SUBSCRIBER.



I do not think that Hungarian grass is

a good plant to use as a nurse crop for

clover. To get a good crop of hay out of

Hungarian grass you ought to sow about

one-half bushel to the acre. This makes

it very thick and there would be no

chance for the clover to make any growth.

Besides, the Hungarian grass is a hot

weather plant. It doesn‘t want to be

sown too early in the spring. The clover

ought to be sown earlier. or else later.

The Hungarian graSS grows right through

the hot dry weather. The clover plant

does better to get a start in a more moist

and cooler period of the year.



If I wanted to raise a crop of forage on

this field and then seed it to clever I

would fit it early in the spring and sow

it to peas and oats and out these for hay

and then lit the ground as soon as pos-

sible, work it up fine, and just as soon

as there comes a shower in August I

would seed to clover without a nurse crop,

using a good liberal application of com-

mercial fertilizer to give the clover a

good start. This ought to be done also

on the peas and oats in the spring. In

this way I believe you could get a good

crop of forage for your horses and also

get a good stand of clover.



COLON C. LILLIE.





PREPARING FOR THE OAT CROP.





 





In the northern states where oat seed-

ing is usually done in April the fickleness

of the weather makes it necessary to do

much of the work in a hurry; otherwise

sowing may be much retarded by long

continued wet weather. Hence. it is not

only necessary to be in readiness for the

work when the season arrives, but to do

it by the shortest method consistent with

good farming.



I once knew a farmer who sowed his

crop broadcast over corn stubble early in

the spring during wet weather and never

touched the ground with a harrow or any

sort of implement; and yet the oats

sprouted and grew and he often raised a

good crop. It was certainly a lax method

from the viewpoint of most casual ob-

servers. It was a short cut method and

most farmers would have called it a lazy

one. However it may be. it is a fact that

the oat crop is less partial to fine culture

than many crops are; it can stand a great





deal of cold wet weather, but only a lim--





ited amount of hot, sultry weather in the

early stages of its growth; and this man’s

method of sowing the crop might often be

better than a belated crop with well pre-

pared ground when weather is very warm.





Several years ago I quit plowing for

oats, substituting the disk harrow and

with a slanting-tooth drag and sometimes

a clod crusher, are the implements I use.

With two teams one can easily saw three

or four acres per day whenever the ground

is in passable condition. If the ground is





to be plowed it takes at least two days to

do the same amount of work. The disk

harrow mellows the soil abundantly for

the oat crop on corn stubble, besides it

leaves much trash on the surface which

mulches the young plants during the hot

days when, rain is needed.





The crops I haVe raised by the disking

method have in mest seasons equaled the

ones I raised by plowing and at so much

less cost that there can be no question as

to its being the most profitable method.

The crop can be sown so much earlier

than by plowing; it is more simple and

convenient; let one team go ahead with

the disk harrow, lapping one—third, and

when an acre or so is thus covered then

a man may start sowing the oats broad-

cast, using a few more to the acre than

when drilled, and if another team is to

be had the slanting—tooth harrow may fol-

low to still further pulverize and level the

ground. The final operation will be the

rolling or going over with the clod crush-

er—a practice which I often omit owing

to wet soil.



Taken all in all, there is no better meth-

cd of cat sowing. True it is that weeds

sometimes get the upper hand in certain

spots of the field where the disking meth-

od is practiced; but this can largely be

overcome by giving theSe foul spots a

little more preparation. Moreover, the

fields that have been Well tended the pre-

vious year are not likely to be thus in-

fested when the oat crop is sown. The

spring-tooth harrow is also a good tool

to use in fitting ”ground liable to be in--

fested with weeds or grass roots.



Ohio. ' H. E. WHITE.





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FERTILIZER FOR SPRING SEEDING

WITHOUT A NURSE CROP.





 





I wish to seed to clover and timothy

this spring, and would like your advme

as to the kind of fertilizer to use“ 8011

is clay loam with some dark sand, crop-

ped last year with potates and beans.

’\\'ill seed without a nurse crop. The

land was kept pretty clear of weeds.



Kent Co. W. 0. S



For seeding timothy and clover in the

spring without a nurse crop I would use

a commercial fertilizer containing a fair

per cent of potash, a good per cent of

phosphoric acid, and a little nitrogen, to

give the grass seed a good start. I should

say a fertilizer analyzing two per cent of

ammonia, eight per cent of phosphoric

acid, and four per cent of potash would be

a splendid formula for this. If you would

seed to timothy alone then I would rec-

ommend a fertilizer carrying a heavier

per cent of nitrogen, but as long as clo-

ver is the main thing we don't want to

feed this plant too much nitrogen because

we want to encourage it to get its nitro-

gen from the atmosphere.





From my experience I think W. O. S.

is making a mistake in seeding this clo-

ver and grass seed early in the spring

without a nurse crop. Unless the land is

practically free of weed seed there will

undoubtedly be some trouble from this

source, and I should expect that if I seed-

ed grass seed alone in the spring that I

would have to mow it two or three times

to kill the weeds or else they would

smother the clover worse than a nurse

crop. If you have to clip it you won’t

stand any show of getting any crop the

first summer. Therefore, I would either

seed with a nurse crop fertilizing heavily

so as to grow a good nurse crop that

would pay for the labor of getting the

land back to grass. or I would seed this

field to some other crop like cats or oats

and peas, and fertilize well so as to

get a good paying crop. Then, just as

soon as this crop is removed I would go

to work and fit up the land thoroughly,

lime it and fertilize it, and seed to grass

and clover in August. In this way you

avoid the expensive process of going

without the use of the field for one sea-

son. Perhaps some people wouldn’t count

upon this, but my way of thinking is, this

is a very extravagant thing to do. If we

have to be without the use of a field for

one year it is a heavy setback. We have

to have mighty good crops the other

years if you make the field pay, and I

would expect to get a good crop of oats

or cats and peas if I fertilized them well

and then expect to get just as good a

stand of grass that would make prac-

tically as good a crop the next year as

I would if I seeded in the spring alone

with0ut a nurse crop. It may possibly be

that with a nurse crop you wouldn’t get

a good stand of clover in the spring but





I am practically sure that you could raise





a crop of oats and peas and then, by flt-

ting the ground just as soon as the crop





.is harvested and sowing your seed in





August, you would get a good stand.

COLON C. LILLIE.





 





 





 





 





 





 





MARCH 30, .1912.





if N0 woRDs WASTED

A Swift Trunsfofmutiounrlefly Described. .





.About food, the following brief but em-

phatic letter from a. Georgia woman

goes straight to the point and is con-

vincing. '



“My frequent attacks of indigestion

and palpitation of the heart culminated

in a sudden and desperate illness, from

which I arose enfeebled in mind and

body. The doctor advised me to live on

cereals, but none of them agreed with

me until I tried Grape-Nuts food and

Postum. '



“The more I used of them the more I

felt convinced that they were just what

I needed, and in a short time they made

a different woman of me. My stomach

and heart troubles disappeared as if by

magic, and my mind was restored and is

as clear as it ever was.



“I gained flesh and strength so rapidly

that my friends were astonished. Postum

and Grape-Nuts have benefited me so

greatly that I am glad to bear this testi-

mony.” Name given by Postum 00.,

Battle Creek, Mich.



“There’s a reason,” and it is explained

in the little book, "The Road to VVell—

ville,” in pkgs.





Ever read the above letter? A

new one appears from time to

time. They are genuine. trim»

and full of human interest.





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RELATION OF SOIL FERTILITY AND

CONTINUED PROSPERITY.





 

 





 





The above caption was the title of the

second address of Dr. C. G. Hopkins, of

the University of Illinois, before the

Round-Up Institute at the Michigan Ag-

rieultural College, the first being reviewed

in the last issue of The Farmer.



The first thought was introduced by

reference to Holy W'rit where the Maker

commanded the patriarchs to go forth and

subdue the earth. Dr. Hopkins held that

we had failed in subduing the earth. To-

day congressmen cannot arrive! at the

national capitol from their homes with-

out passing abandoned farms. It is es-

timated in round numbers that in these

l'nitcd States there are now fully 4.000.000

acres of land that has been abandoned, to

go back to nature that she might rebuiid

it. To subdue the land means to make

mellow and productive. We have done

the very oposite. Of the whole country

the North Central states are the only ones

that have shOWn an increase in the pro-

duction of corn. The six states of New

England, New York, Pennsylvania and

New Jersey, have decreased their yield

of corn.



The high cost of living has become a

matter of general comment and interest,

yct Dr, Hopkins declared that the produce

of the farm was not selling as high as it

should. And, too, he stated that the Am-

tricans were not paying dearly for food in

terms of labor as is the case in many

countries. In India, for instance, a labor-

er gets for his services 50 cents per month

and whcat there has been known to reach

the price of $3.50 per bushel. This would

be called high cost of living. Russia, on

an average, has a famine once in five

years. China has a famine only when

there occurs some great calamity. China

has bcttc-r control of the race and seems

to know bctter than we the limitations

of civilization. The lands of the Aryian

race have always gone back: The race

depicted Babylon, Palestine, Greece, Car-

thage, Rome, and is now struggling to

rob the land of western Europe and the

American continents. Our eastern states

t‘ are repeating the history of the countries



lying in the wake of our civilization. Our

yield of Wheat is 14 bushels when it

should be 40 bushels. During the last, dec—

ade our increase in population was 21

per cent and there is practically only nine

per cent more land in this country that

can be subdued. Continued prosperity

depends upon our ability to get wealth

from the land. If population gets ahead

of our power of producing the necessities

of life then we shall ultimately reach the

starvation limit. And poverty restricts

intelligence, impairs our school systems

and thwarts our industries by reducing

thc efficiency of both labor and manage—

ment. The speaker took time to impress

the need of greater restrictions upon the

race, and of extending educational advan—

tages to all.



Statistics show that for two successive

periods-one of 24 years and the second

for 32 years—the average yield of wheat

for the first was 12.] bushels and for the

second was 13.6; whcrcas for oats the av-

crago for the first period was 27.6 bushels

and for the second 27.8 bushels; corn lost

one—half bushel during the second pe-

riod; potatoes decreased also. Corn in

Michigan yielded an average of 32 bushels

for a period of 20 years and an average

of 29.5 bushels for the following 20 years.

“ in the past five years the yield in Mich—



igan averaged 33.3 bushels, but the doctor

was not given to depend upon the aver-

“ age for so short a time. Her wheat crop

‘ averaged 14.8 bushels for the first period

* and 14.3 for the second 20—year period.



with an average of 16.5 for the past five

~\‘cars. From wcstcrn Europe the farm-

crs are coming to this country for om-

phosphate and their yields are on the in-

crease. In France for the term of ten

years from 1815 to 1824 the average yieid

of wheat was 11 bushels, While for the

ten years from 1898 to 1907 the average

was 20.8 bushels. In Germany the aver-

age from 1880 to 1889 was 22.2 bushels,

while from 1900 to 1909 it was 29 bushels.





3 Thus it appears from the data and the

observations sighted by the doctor that

the question of soil fertility is closely

linked with the question of our continued

prosperity. If we maintain soil fertility

we are in a position to maintain our pros-

perity; but if we deplete our land our

civilization must fall.



The remainder of the address consisted

in the showing of lantern slides which



i illustrated many of the points brought



I out in the different addresses. It is im-



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A fact that has claimed our attention

in no small degree for the last year is

the manner in which the farmers in many

sections are selling and getting rid of

their flocks of sheep. It seems many

times as if sheep owners were a whole

lot like their sheep, they see one go and

all (the rest want to follow. It is only

two or three years since that every farm-

er was trying to buy sheep and the price

did not seem to make much difference,

but now it seems that everyone wants

to sell, no matter what the price, At the

spring auctions it has been a noticeable

fact that the sheep, especially ewes in full

fleece and ready to lamb, have brought

less in proportion to what they will bring

in during the- next six months, than any—

thing offered. It is an indication that the

price pendulum is swinging too far to the

wrong side and that it will soon go in the

opposite direction. If history repeats it-

self as it has in the past it will soon be

at the other extreme, and some of these

Very men who are now so anxious to get

rid -of the ewes will be just as eager to

buy them when the price gets high.



Such methods do not produce profit.

With sheep, as with anything else, a man

must stay with them all the time in or—

der to secure the greatest profits from

them. They have their ups and downs,

but so does everything else of which we

have any knowledge, and yet year in and

year out we know of no stock or crop

that a man raises on a farm that brings

in more profit than does a flock of good

ewes. The wonder is that more farmers

do not keep them. And yet, perhaps it is

not to be so much wondered at when we

hear every person who does not keep

sheep complaining about the high price of

wool, every politician talking about chang-

ing the tariff on wool, every institute

speaker talking about the great profits

from the dairy or the orchard, and many

agricultural papers filled with matter of

like purport, but not one word about the

value or profit of sheep,» Perhaps it is

because the she-epman is too modest; we

are not afflicted that way. and we just

want to call your attention to some things

about sheep which, of course, you know

but must have forgotten, it you are farm-

ing and have not a flock of sheep,





Soll Fertility May be Improved with

Sheep.



We hear much of soil fertility and how

to maintain it, but we have seen nor

heard of nothing that is superior to a

flock of sheep to keep the soil fertile and

make the farm‘produce good crops. But

for the sheep that werc brought into

Michigan, fed on many farms, and their





. waste left there in the form of manure to





be given back to the soil, those very

farms would now be so depleted by crop

growing that they would be classed with

the abandoned farms of the far eastern

states. The value of the sheep and lamb

feeding industry in increasing the produc-

tivity of Michigan farms cannot be com-

puted, for it has enabled her lands to pro—

duce crops even greater than in the pio-

neer days of the virgin soil.



No better fertilizer than sheep manure

is known. At the big sheep feeding sta-

tions around Chicago where sheep and

lambs are unloaded to rest and some-

times feed for a time, the manure has be-

come a marketable product of these

places. It is bought, pressed into small

cakes by machinery, and in this form is

sold to the farmers in the adjacent coun-

try, who plant one of these cakes by the

side of each hill of corn, by means of an

attachment on the planter. At one cent

a pound and even more, it has proved to

be tho cheapest fertilizer to be had, and

its benefits can easily be seen in the crop.

Travel through this state and where you

see a farm with a good flock of sheep up—

On it you will see rich fields, abundant

crops, and a. prosperous farmer. Another

valuable feature of sheep manure, it builds

up any soil. Tests do not have to be

made to determine if it is rightly com-

bined to give the best results. It builds

up the poorest and helps the best soils.

It does its work. quickly, efficiently, and

economically. And any farmer can man-

ufacture it on his own farm.



Sheep Will Help to Solve the Farm Labor

Problem.



Another important factor on the pres-

ent Michigan farm is the labor problem,

and here again the sheep comes to the

aid of the farmer. No class of stock re-

quires less labor in the course- of a year.

To be sure, there is a little time in the





- MARCH 30, 1912.





springwhen lambs are coming and shear-

ing must be dope, that they require close

attention, but that is not more than a.

month or six weeks at most, while after

the flock is well on grass the labor re—

quired in caring and feeding it is prac-

tically nothing. ' Thus, when you are busy

with your other farm work the sheep re—

quire but little labor. In the winter time

they likewise require the minimum of 1a-

bor. Sheds need cleaning not more than

once a month, and many not that often,

while no feed need be cut nor ground for

them. Somewhat different from the man

who has cows to clean stables for and to

milk twice a day, regardless of anything

else that may happen. And when we are

talking about labor it made us think

about sheep when Mr. Washburne was

telling how he walked up and down those

big rows of corn bundles shocking 14

acres in a day of 16 to 18 hours, for one

of the cleanest and most economical jobs

of corn harvesting that we ever did was

with a. flock of sheep which we turned

into the corn when it was ripe, let them

cut the corn, shock it, husk, shell, and

grind, draw and feed the stalks, pitch,

draw, and spread the manure, all in prac-

tically one operation. And we probably

spent ten minutes each day looking at

them, seeing that they did the job right.

The Flock Furnishes the Best of Markets

for-Grain and Forage.



The flock consumes to the best advan-

tage and thus furnishes the best market

for the largest amount of roughage and

coarse fodder in proportion to the amount

of grain required. How can you convert

clover hay, cornstalks, and straw into

money more easily or more profitably than

by turning them into wool and mutton.

and thus sell them as your manufactured

product, while at the same time you are

returning the manure to your farm to

enable you to grow better crops? in

summer it is the sheep that you turn into

the Stubble field to trim down the weeds

and pick up the otherwise waste grain,

or into the woodlot or along the fence

row to clean up the young brush that

may be starting. Thus they save you la—

bor and at the same time turn these

wastes into useful products.



It takes but little capital to start a

flock of sheep, and the returns comc

quickly.‘ Often have we seen men obtain

more than the original cost of the ewcs

from'The wool and the lambs within SIX

to eight months from the time thev

bought them, and still have the ewes left.

You have two crops, wool in the spring

and lambs in the fall. Nor is expensive

equipment necessary in order to keep

them. They are quiet and peaceful, re-

quiring no horse-high, bull~strong fences

to keep them where you want them, while

they wear enough coat so that they re—

quire only such shelter as will protect

them from the wind and the storm.



These are but some of the important

factors which make sheep a necessary

part of the curriculum of every good

Michigan farm that is located under av-

erage conditions of soils and markets.

Special facilities for marketing other pro-

ducts may make them more profitable to

some few farmers, but for the farmer who

raises stock and crops of grain, sheep

have just as'important a part as horses,

cattle, or hogs. Michigan soils are gen-

erally well adapted to sheep, as is her

climate. Of the agricultural states she

has stood second only to Ohio in the num—

her and value of her flocks and their

products, and until American agricultural

conditions change most radically it would

seem Wise and profitable for her farmers

to maintain and increase their flocks. For

man must have meat for food ,and wool

for clothing, and the sheep alone furnishes

both.



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Is this question given due consideration

by the farmer and breeders? I think not.

Some seem to think it best to breed them

at two or three years of age, because, by

so doing, they are gaining a colt. But do

these extra colts compensate for the loss

in the serviceability, size, and general

condition of the mare? Most farm ’colts

are eXDected to do a share of the work

when they are three years old. They are

not full grown at this age and as the best

horses are the ones that are kept grow-

ing from birth to maturity, it is readily

seen that if' they are expected to share

in the work that they cannot stand the

additional strain of raising a, colt without

checking their own growth and weaken-

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3| a bottle, 6 tor $5. At. all dru stores. Ask for

free book, “Treatise on the Horse,’ or write to—





, DR. 3. ’- KENDALL co.. ENOSBURG FALLS. V'l'.





 





 





—-20

Breeders oi Jacks and Percheron liorso: “dim:

‘83: old jacks, 15 éearlings. Some nice Percheron

tallions. Mares, olts and Tamworth swme, All

stock registered or subject. to registry. We would be

glad to have you visit our farm or write for circulars.

H. '1‘. Brown & 00., 156 W. Short St., Lexington, Ky.





JACKS and MULES





Raise mules and get rich. 18

jack and mule farms under

one mana ement, where can

be seen head fine large

jacks. jennets and mules, 14

to 17 hands high. Good ones.

Stock guaranteed. Write

for prices today. Address





Krekler's Jack Farm

West Blkton, Ohio

Branch Barn—Clinton. Indiana





.JACKS.





Bi gest jack ofl'erin ever made. ”day 8819 on 55

hea of extra big re stored Mammoth Jacks at 6012 of

their value. Prices $250, to “.200 each. I am im 'ort-

ingMPeroheron and Bel ian mares andfi) stal ions

and must close out a lot 0 aoks to get money and

make room. Write for cat 03. phqtograph. descrip-

tion and price list.





W. L. DeCLOW,

Cedar Rapids Jack Farm. Cedar Rapids, la.





 





 





a. colt as though she had not been bred

until she was four or five years old, so by

breeding them when they are colts them-

selves you are not only getting a small,

weak, undersized colt but are damaging

the mare as well.



A mare in foal will not do the work as

freely as she would if she were not, and

by breeding a colt at two years of age

you are robbing her of her ambition before

you know how much she has. You are

making an old horse of her before she is

through growing. Many seem to think it

best to breed them when they are very

young because “they are more easily got»

ten in foal," while, by so doing they are

striking an indirect blow at the stallion

service law, the purpose of this law being

to drive out .he scrub and unsound stal-

lions and thereby improve the size and

quality of our horses, by producing a.

weak and undersized colt that never will

be a. credit to its breeder or owner. But

that is not all, these colts, already of a

weak constitution cannot produce a strong

healthy colt except under favorable con-

ditions.



Of several that have tried it I know of

but one who has had any success in rais—

ing colts from exceedingly young mares.

However, if any of the readers of this





Smithfield show.





paper have had any success along this

line, would like to have them write, as I

am anxious to have this question discuss-

ed in the columns of this paper.



Cass C0. J. D. BENT.





 





STABLE VENTILATION.





VVouid like all information you can give

regarding King system of ventilation for

sheep barn 44x80 ft. by 9 ft. high. How

many and what size foul air flues would

it require, and where should they be

placed? Also please give number, size

and location of fresh air intakcs. Please

describe manner of construction of dues

and intakes, and specify material,



Isabella C0. N. P.



In his book on vcntilation, Professor

King gives the capacity for ventilating

shafts in shecp stables as follows: If the

out-take flue has a. hcight of 15 feet, the

number of square inches of ventilating

Space should be no less than 17 square

inches per hcad, for sheep. If 20 fcet

high, then only 16 square inches pcr

sheep of ventilating capacity necd be pro-

vided, and the capacity may be propor—

tionately decreased with the increased

height of the ventilating shaft of about

this ratio. The out—take flucs should be

started near the floor and extend up

through the roof of the stable or build-

ing, the aggregate capacity pcr square

inch being equal to the requirements of

the number of sheep kept in the stable,

rather than to the size of the stable itself.



The out-take flue may be! a single flue

or more, arranged with a View to con-

venience. The intake flues should be

more numerous and placed upon the

sides of the stable opening on the inside

at a higher point than on the outside and

with provision for closing those on any

side of the stable from which the wind

may blow strongly. Their aggregate ca-

pacity, however, should be the same per

square inch as that of the out—take flues

provided.



The material from which the flues are

made may be suited to conditions. The

out-take fines are generally made of

matched lumber of two thicknesses, us—

ing building paper between, or they may

be constructed of galvanized iron, or any

other material, the essential factor; being





 





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





that they be tight so as not to admit air at

any point except at the bottom of the

stable. The intake flues may be con-

structed of any material desired, either

of wood or iron pipes, or built in the

walls of the stable, or even in the win-

dow casings, as iseoflen done in modern

stables with entire satisfaction. The ma-

terial is not of great importance so long

as the fines are of the proper construc-

tion to insure the performance of their

functions in stable ventilation. It is par-

ticularly essential that the out—take flue

be of such construction that it will simply

act as a chimney to insure adequate ven-

tilation.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





Hogs have sold recently at the highest

prices recorded for a long period, thus

reversing the predictions of big Chicago

packers, who, several months ago, said

the market would drop to a $4.50 level

before the termination of the winter

packing season. This reversal of general

expectations has taken place in the face

of an enormous increase in the number

of hogs packed at westcrn points during

the winter packing season that closed the





 





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last day of February, and the good priccs

paid must be ascribed in great part in

justice to the remarkably liberal demand

for hogs in the western markets, es-





 





Copyrighted Photo by F. Babbage.

SHORTHORN STEER “MARMADUKE.”—-First and best animal under two years,





Owned by King George V. of England.





pecially in the Chicago market, for ship-

ment lo scvcral casiern packing points

that do a large amount of business in

the way of manufacturing fresh pork

products. as wull as lard, cured pork,

hams. bar-on. ctc. Within a few weeks

this. oullct has grown to surprisingly large

proportions, custom shippers taking the

best droves of hogs that IlflVc boen of—

fered on the murkct, and this furnishes

lilo host of OVltlt‘lU‘C that the supply of

mnlurcd hogs throughout the. country

cast of Chicago has become pretty nearly

cxhuustcd.



Ever since it was definitély settled that

the price of corn was to rule exceptionally

high the farmers of the Wcst have with

great unanimity decider] to hurry their

hogs to markcf as soon as they attained

dcccnf, size, refusing to take any chances

by holding on to maturity. By this means

Ihe grczilcr share of the crop of hogs has

boon murkclud considci'ahly earlier than

in most formcr wintors, and close observ-

crs are looking for much smaller receipts

of hogs at westcrn markets after the

close of March and higher priccs. This

will fll'cmlnl, for the. libcral way that thc

packers have purchased hogs from day to

day, dcspite the firmness in prices much

of the time and their failure to drop to

the prcdictcd lower level. ()f into the

range of prices has narrowed nulterially‘

and the great bulk of the i'cccipfs now

sell very close together. 'I‘hcre is now

cvcry reason for bclicving that owners of

growmg young hogs will reap satisfactory

profits by keeping thcir drovcs until thcy

attain heavy weights, and some fan'mcrs

have decided to do so.





The market for SIlO'Cl) and lambs of late

has undci'gonc such pronounced improve-

ment that shcepmen should fccl encour-

aged, and it is time the frce marketing

of only partially fattcned flocks came to

an end. Fecd is dear, it is true, but good

profits are still made in preparing wcll-

bred flocks for the market and sending

them in good and fat. Prime lambs,

ycarlings, wethers and ewcls have sold

recently at much the highest prices seen

In a long time. Thus far; however, there

has been an extremely small demand for

icoders and most of the flocks on the

feeder order have been sold to killers at

low prlccs, country buyers lacking the

courage to take due advantage of the fine

opportunities. Most of the demand for

feeders comes from Michigan and this

has been the rule all the wintér,





Several weeks ago it was ex ect



ex1co would export about 26000?)d 135d

of cattle, mainly on the stocker order to

the southern portions 0f the United

States, but the Mexican revolution has

spelled any such business. Meanwhile

southernfitockmen are short on cattle

for 'feeding especially in Texas, New

Mexmo and other states of the southwest.





HEWO STOCK FARM





The Home of the





 





 





 





 





BELGIANS





This announcement is for the men

who know a horse, who need a horse,

and who are familiar with values

when they find something suitable.

Have you, Mr. Stallioner, spent dol-

lars uselessly searching for a first-

class Belgian stallion or a No. 1 Bel-

gian more for a price at which you

could‘ai’ford to own same? Have you,

Mr. Prospective Purchaser, decided

whore you are going to find what you

want?



We want to state here, and to state

most emphatically, that our twenty-

five years’ buying experience in Bel-

gium, and our selling system (all

stock sold at the farm), places us in

a position to sell a good stallion or

a good mare at prices beyond com-

petition.



\\'c are talking of good horses, not

the mediocre kind, and we are in

position to sell this good kind at lesser

figures than are demanded by some

firms. for the ordinary sort. if you are

in the market for an extra. good im-

ported Belgian stallion or mare, come

10 Hewo and save all those useless

side trips, secure a horse that repre-

sents every dollar that is demanded

for same, and be a gainer of several

hundred dollars on account of “the

difference in price."



We have a number ol home bred colts at

extremely reasonable prices.





“Remember, Nothing but Belgians.”

Don’t wait to write. visit.





H. & H. WOLF, Wabash, Indiana.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Take the time: come to our barn:

get a Stallion, A whole barn full

of good ones. Don’t- buy an in-

ferior horse and complain. Buy

01' us and be satisficd. Our old

customers buy again: why not

you? .



\Ve always handle the good

ones and will use you right.

Give us a trial. in will be worth

while.





GEO. W. SOUERS Cd SONS,

601 to 949 West Matilda St”

HUNTINGTON. IND.



Our Stallion Service book for 100,





 





 





 





 





 





 





Why not buy a





DRAFT STALLION





Splendid Selection oi





Percherons & Belgians





——AT—





BE". BROS., Wooster, 0hio.





Write for Catalog.





 





PERDHEROEN





Stallions and Mares of quality.

At Reduced Prices.



A. I. PILMEII & SUNS, Balding, Ionia 00.. Mich.



PEHCHEBON, BELGIAN, SHIRE, HACKNEY



STALLIONS 8: MARES.





Two to 4 years old, imported and American

bred. Choice colors, lots of bone, weighing or

maturing 1.300 to 2,3003bs. ’l‘h ree'importations last

few months, others to follow soon. Prices below

competition, I sell them low and they go fast





. LEW W. COCHRAN.

Office 109% S. Washington St., CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND.





 





-l 1n“; ' \' 3i .

Percheron Mares for Sale “high; 1%a3f2.;‘€§.;

goodlhrood more, have Flof hcrcolts to show, price Si?!»

brown, 12 years old. price $400; one of her 4-yr.-old

colts same color _nmkc wcll matched pair, $400.

bred. Iifiélstered In P. S. of A. Also 1 ycurling stud colt,

price $. . undone Importcd Belgian mnro. 10 yours

old. took lst prize at Intcrnutionul in 1905. Price SM).

Joseph Parker dc Sons, Cassopolis, (‘uss 00., MIL-Ii.





FOR SALE OR TRADE!





. . A 4-YEAR-OLD BELGIAN STALLION,

“(Hth 1980 lbs, right in every way! Also two young

J CKS. one coming two years old and the other

comlng‘three. Right in cvcry way. Address



W. (J. HIMMELWRIGHT, Frankfort, Indiana.





—8 x'fl a . '. , , -

CLYDESDALES sélii‘akn ’ibi?fl1§°§§fi..oi’.3§?$323.?

bred, ready for servnce. F. . PETZ, (,‘apac, Mich.





MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE has for

sale cheap an a. ed imported Clydesdale Stallion

or Will exchange or a Percheron or Clydesdale

mare. Write Ii. S. HUDSON, East Lansing, Mich.





—PERCHERON STALLION CHESL ‘u N .

FBI 33h 61216, coming 3 in May 1912. A 03:3 0112.

Charles E. Dean dz 00., R. No. 1. Vermontville. Mich.
'332' In





 

   

 





Keep Hogs

shflcnhy





”(A DIPPING TANK OR A HOG WALLOW





,KREso DIP N- I





WILL DO THE WORK





THERE Is NO EXCUSE FOR LOUSY MANGV

. UNTNRIFTV PIGS. IF vou HAVE SOME. ]

. OF THIS KIND vou WILL FIND iT WORTH ‘-

WHILE To GET oun CIRCULAR ON

. TANKS AND WALLows. IT TELLS

. 2 HOW TO MAKE THEM OF CEMENT





KRESO DIP NQI





, IS A REAL NECESSITV :

._ ABOUT ALL LIVE STOCK A

FOR KILLING LICE.TICKS.MITES.FLEAS.

FOR TREATING SCAB.MANGE.RINGWORM.

9 AND OTHER SKIN DISEASES: ,

. TO DISINFECT.pronouns?i

CLEANSE a. PURIFY.





ALL OF THESE USES FULLV DESCRIBED

IN OUR BOOKLETS. WRITE FOR COPIES

ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR KRESO DIP NO.i .





PARKE,DAVIS 8: CO..





3 DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. ‘





 





 





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(Sold with or without elwator)‘

CRUSH ear corn (with or without

chucks)¢RlND all kinds of small grain.

"av. Conical Shape liri micro.

Ditto-rout from all aurora.





LIGHTEST

RUNNING





(Our Circular Tells Why)

ll to o crate. 10 Slzoa— ‘

2 toggling Cap'dcity 6 to 200 bushels. V ’ .

Is Also Ills Sloop Brill-n. '

FEE Booklet on "Values of

Pood- and Manuel. "

D. N. P. Bomber Co.,SoutL and Ind.





 





James Equipment

Boosts Your Profits





Lines up cows so manure drops

in gutter. Keeps cows cleaner,

healthier. Saves half the labor

of cleaning. Increases and lm

proves milk yield.

James Sanitary Born Equlpmsni

enables you to feed and water

cows in stall Helps prevent

tuberculosis. abortion ruined

uIlders. etc. Book _

No. 10 tells- of stalls and stanch-

icns. No 1] of litter and feed

carriers. Send ostal now.

State number D cows you own.

JAIES MANUFACTURING (30.



543i Cane Street, Ft. Atkinson, Wis.

(Formerly Kent Mfg. Co.)





PUBLIG 'SAIE APRIL 4th





l5 Head Registered Jersey Cattle

and 20 Head Yorkshire Hogs, at





LILLIE FARMSTEAD.

- Coopersville, Mich.





Also several farm horses and horse tools.





F08 SALE, IuQIVIriod Black Percheron Stallion.





Weight 1850. J POWELL Charlotte. Michigan.





 

   

   

 

   

   

   

 





 





 





 





 





2 Registered Percheron Stallion colic...10 ””355





each. Also full& blood Holstein heifer calfo 13 weeks

old. 520. A.VIS R. ’.No 2, Leslie. Mich.





 





BBBEDERS’ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





He rd consisting of Trojan Eric Blackbirds and

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

by Black kWoodlawn. sire of t a Grand Cham ion steer

and bull at the International in Chicago... 1910.

A few choloely bred young bulls for sale.



WOODCOTE STOCKF BM. Ionia. Mich.





 





 





THE” MICHIGAN FARMEfi. -





FIIII'SALEA-i'fl. ll. ‘ HERD IIllLL





one of the best. kind and genilgh) 2bull calves. 4 cows.

Prices right. T. E. Jackson. R.N 3.South Bend. Ind.





' —Yearling Bull and Bull

“OlSteins of Quallty Calf from A. R. O. dams

and sires. whose dam ms ave records of 27.38 be.

(at 3 years) and 30 lbs. Best of b edin. Write for

pedigree and prices. W.B REA ER owell. Mich.





HIILSTEIN IILL





Just one more Grand son of





KING SEC-IS PONTIAC





Ready for service.

Write for what you want in Holsteins.





REED a KNOWLES, Howell. Mich.

“Top-Notch” Holsteins.





Choice bull calves from 3 to 6 mos. old. of fashion-

able breeding and from dams with ii. 0. records,

at reasonable prices Also one 2-year- old bull, fit to

head a good he r.d

MGPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Miohlgln.





AYR S HIRE ”on“ °§f°§gzmfit dairy





n1“) bulls

and bull calves for sale. Berkshire swine. ll

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





 





 





 





89lbs. 2,y.'rs 7mo. AllanIKelsey.Lakeview. Mich.





EREFORDS—‘l bulls from 2 mos. to 2 cars old. all

regs and of the very best breeding. A so big boned

Polan China hogs. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Mich.





HOLSTEI NS





I can please any body with a service bull, bulls

from one to ten months old. sired by Johanna

Concordia Champion. Also cows and heifers bred

to him. Write me for anything you want

in Holsteins.





L. E. CORNELL, - Fayette, Ohio.





fine randsons of Pontiac Korndyke in

we nave our flit of Holstein bulls ready forservioe

now. Prices right. Gregory It Borden. Howell. Mich





BULSTEIN BULLS





FOR SALE





Young bull out of a 20-lb A R. 0 cow. Sire

Ontario De Kol Burke—every entry in his pedi-

gree has an official record. He is a grandson of

De K01 Burke. This is a finely bred youngster.





BIBELOW’S HOLSTEIII FARMS, Bresdsviiis, Mich.





 





 





 





 





Purebred Registered





H OLSTE lN CATTLE

The Greatest Dairy Breed

Sand for FREE Illustrated Booklets

floluein- Friction. Anon Box [64. Brattleboro.Vt





YPSILANB FARMS BULL CALVES.





Choicest KonrOiIke'O Dekol and Hengerveld breed-

ing. tficial Pedigrees on request.

C0 )OLE BROTHERS. Ypsilanti Michigan.





 





 





 





EGISTERED HOLSTEIN CATTLE—Five month old bull calf.

also 3-year-old herd hull for sale, Grandson of Canary

Mercedes. FLOYD F. JONES. R. I". D. 3. Oak Grove. Mich.





JERSEYS AND DUROC JERSEYS

FOR SALE.





A few high class boars from such chain

Orion Chief. Instructor.b anld King ofd





IIIIooIIwIIrEn rlIIII IIIII ‘iIIiI'oII. "moi. heIi. er. o. 1.

MARSTON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE.





T. P. MARSTON. Bay City. Mlchlnn.

JERSEY “III-E 522.3“:nfsnx..§s°:.£2;“its

write. 0. A. TA GGE R. No. l. Caro. Mich.



—R .J B ll. 18 . l .

FOR SALE .322. some. human.

dam. Price 375. C. A. BRISTOL. Fenton. Mich.





Will Sacrifice M Young Herd Bull,





20 mo. old son of one 0 King Segis great (in hters

for 5‘11). F. S. KENFIELD. Augusta. Mich gan.





BUTTER BRED JERSEY 833$”





CRY YSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM

Silver Creek. egan County. Michigan.





 





ion boars as

linois. Also





 





 





 





 





Euornsoy Bull Calves Eggszomntgmb. Rf": %‘ .





SHEEP.





-—Yearli and ramM lambs fro Oham

LOWIlflaoc ot'ifimmb ofM i.oh Alaomselootm t3:

shire swine. Eimhurst tStook Farm. Almont. .





Foundation Hoar—Cheap.



1.") registered HAMPSHIRE DOWN yearlin ewes

andlone ram A bargain for cash or up rove note

C. D. WOODBURY. Lansing. ichigan.





Ilsa. IIaMBOUIIIOIt-WiShk, ‘° ..°'°:.°.,§“”§§§‘;£§§*m 5%;

orrico.onG. T. R. .and J. 0. A. COOK.





 





—Good Yearling Field





Oxford Down Sling Rams and ewes of all





8839

for sale. I. B. WATEBB RY. Highland. Michigan.





 





 





H008.





‘ ' ——Young sows due Mar J: April.

Dunc: Iiid “Gloria: Bred to let rize and cham ion

boar. Priced to move them. M. T. Dory. Lowell. ich.





' —-Wennod pigs 815. two for 3%. Boats

Berkshire: ready for service $25. Gilts safe in pig

toHandsomeiLeeJr.. a Mich State FairPI-izo Winner

335. Re istered and transferred. Express prepaid in

lower ichigan. 0. O. COREY, New Haven.Mich





Filli 8ilE—3-Yoar—0Id Berkshire Service Boar.





Best bred in State Sglendid individual at practi-

cally pork rice. Also I: oroughbred gil

RO‘U GEMONT FARMS. Detroit. Mich.





 





 





 





 





0R. SALE. BERKSHIRE—2 been a 8 gilt: farrowed in June

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

00 3d & Marion King. A. A. PATTULLO. Decker-villa. Mich.





MAKE the boy a stock breeder and keep him on the

farm by giving him a Berkshire gilt bred for spring

C. S. Bartlett. Pontiac. Mich.





 





farrow.





o I 0A Service Bears. Gilts bred for April farrow

.and Sept. pigs large. smooth and roliflo.

Glenwoodu took Farm. Zeeland. Mich. P one 94





”a I main” SWINE—Males weighinxfrom 176 to 50

lbseach. Also a very oioe lot of ilts

RANDR EWS. Dansville. InghamOo .. oh.





—A f h 1

Improved Ghost" Whit" bmd‘}:.‘i.€.°fi.’.?.‘i.- ”$31

f.arrow Also three ng.boars cheap. to close them

out. W. O. WILSO 0Okernos. Mich. Both phones.





0- I- cls—A few tried sows to farrow in Marchl





fall Bilge.N also Bun Bock cookers

and cook birds. NI.CKEL Monroe. Mich.





—M hard is chief!

OI '- c- SW|NE dgoent of the Roy

strain both males and females. Write for Live and

Let Live price on DON“? and tries. not akin.

A. J. GOR R. No. .Dorr. Michigan.





I C's—Service males. % bred gilts weighi 176m

.230 lbs. each 4 bred yearlings Choi oe fa pigs.

Shipped c. o. d. Rolling View Stock Farm Cass City. Mich.





Buy one now. cheap.





 





 





 





 





 





 





O I. C. —Spring boars all sold. A few lengthy ilts

. to be bred for-E A ril furrow. ChoioeAu gpt.





pigs, cheap. A.N MAN.R “No 1. Marl .Moh





 





o l C’s—All ages. growthy and large. sows bred.

Males ready. 100 to select from Attractive

prices on young stock. 11.11. Jump. Munith. Mich.





o I c swgilriitet and b23813“, flifook ioookeireln of

I n y e. o media.vrceway

EL COTT. Quimby, Mich.





 





down for quick sale.





 





o l O! -~I have some very fine and growthy last

0 8 fall pigs. either sex. males read l’Uor ser-

vice now. airs not akin. OTTO B. S LZE

Nashville. . ich.. half mile west of depot.





UB Imp. Chester Whites and Tamworth swine won

245m at Fairs in 1911. Service boars. also sows bred

for spring farrow of either breed that will please you

in qualitygand price. Adams Bros” Li tchiield. Mich.





O. l. C.——-Ilrders Booked For aging Pigs.

chm-an.





C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford.





 





 





Duroc Jerseys for Sale—Sgal.‘°2.§°§f.li 3"”

eithersex. Pairsnotakin. M. A. BRAY. OkemosJi’iid-ii.



— h , II t f -

nunoc JERSEYS 33:1 giggiggitegd. Messgii‘eisai‘d.

Herd established 1888. J. H. Banghart. Lansing. ich.





 





 





FANCY bred Duroc Jersey sowsdue to farrow in Apl.

Spoiizil prices for March. Alsoiali pigs. both soxe.

reasonable prices John McNicoll North Star, Mich.





 





—Bonrs and Gilts. also

Duroc Jerseys for Sale F.” I... (both sexes)

bred from State Fair winners. Prces reasonable.

Write or call and see. R. G.Vivian. RA. MonmLMich





‘ ready for service. 8 la]

30 High Class Boots ..-.... for 30 a... 1 ant!

of growth. style and finish. Satisfaction guaran

Come or write. J. C. BA RNEY. Goldwater. Mich





CLOSING OUT SALE





Butler’ 9 Big Type Poland Chinas. Everything goes.

Herd oars. Brood Sows fall boars and gilts. Jersey

bulls. Write for what you want.

very low price. J. C. BUTLER. Portland. Michigan.





LARGE TYPE I) C —Largest in Michigan. Pigs



0 from mammoth sires and

sows. Weigh 160 to 175 lbs. at 4 months. My motto-

“Not hofw cheap but h Will pay ex-





 





 





 





4

FOR SALE. some on 2.23.25

breeding. F. W. NOTTEN. Grass Lake. Michigan.

IEIISEI BULLS.





heifers. S. B.E

FOR SALE—3 yearlin





 





Out of Re ister of Merit cows

for sale. a few cows an

SON. STURGIS. MICHIGAN





 





Holstein Friesian bulls. also



bred heifers 3150 each. Bull calves $40 to too.

33 yearsa aw.breeder t”Photos andped pedigrees on appli.

cation. W.C. Jackson. South Bend. nd 719Rex S-t





J ER 8 EYS of the best breeding.

Cows officially tested.



A few bull calves from cows making splendid



records. SAMUEL ODELL. Shelby. Mich.





 





For Sale—Good Polled Durham Bull. First class

In breedin and from a ood dairy cow.

J. S. FLINT. CEM NT CITY. ICHIGAN.





RED POLLEDigé‘f’fifiolfiéfiiiifif‘fiifié‘é

J. M. CHASE 6: SONS. Ionla. Michigan.





Bulls 8dr Heifers for sale. all re later.

Red Polledw State Fair winners. 'rite

WELLS PARISH d& SONS. R. No. 1. Allendale, Mich.





nu) POLLED BULLS ron SALE‘fn‘t‘i‘mgg





strains. JOHN REINER & SON. Grand Ledge. Mich.





FOR. sALE—IO Reg. Shorthorn Bulls.



Reds and Bonus. 12 to‘ 24

months old Scotch and Scotch- topped. $75 to 8100

each. BIDWELL s'roox FARM umseh Mich.





SBORTIIORN BULLS FOR SALE my,

mos. old. JNO. LESSITER'B SONS. Clarkston. Mich.

Milking Strain of Shorihoms‘fl‘g'ai {23" 6‘32}:

for sac WARNER BROS. Almont. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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DAIRY BBED SHORTHORN cows and heifers

bulls and s rin calves. Also Big tyfieh- Poland

China pigs. R T NEVE. Pierson. Ich





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ow good."

thosew who come an do not find what I

advertise. ..E LIVINGSTON. Parma. Mich.

Registered Poland china Swine 5-3.3 36.31.311.13

good. NELSONJ. WYCKOFF. Summit City.Mich.

PolANn CHINA —Either sex. all ages. Soma-

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P. D. LONG. R Namd. Ill-and Rapids. ich.

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Poland Chinas flied samb‘é‘m 2252. i€°ram‘2.°n

prices. W. J. HAGELS§AW. Augusta, Michigan.

15 Poland China Sows P552? ‘I’v‘hf‘ifiin‘é (3‘31

priced to sell. WM. VVAFFLE. Goldwater. Ich.

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POUND cIIIIIIs muminstitutions

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pigfi. E. D. BISHOP Route 38 Lake Odessa. Mich.

bred to Big





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ULEFOOT HOGS FOR SALE I am making list of

M all mule foot owners inU 86 nd \our name now

and get free printed matter. G C Kreglow. Ada. Ohio.





 





 





 





 





 





 





oland (‘hinas—Home of Michigan’ a Grand Champ-

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’I‘hey' Ie priced right. E. J. Mathewson. Nottawa.Mich.





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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

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Light Milken—Five weeks ago when my

Jersey cow came fresh, she gave a watery

fluid instead of a good quality of milk.

Our local Vet. prescribed for her and now

she gives a small quantity of good milk,

but too little of it. She appears to be

perfectly healthy, eats enough but does

not convert it into milk She is laying on

flesh O. L., Midland, Mich —The very

best you can do is to feed her liberally of

milk- producing food. Nearly all cows are

inclined to either produce large quantities

of milk or a small quantity of milk and

appropriate the balance of nourishment

to building tissue.



Warts on Udder and Tests—What can

I apply that will remove warts from a.

cow’s teats and udder without making

them sore? My cows are all giving milk.

W. B., Brighton, Mich.—Apply acetic acid

to warts to remove them, then apply cas-

tor oil to finish the work.



Blind Quarter.——Have a cow that will

soon come fresh which gave only a wat-

ery fluid from one quarter last year. How

can I manage to get milk from this dis—

eased quarter when she comes fresh? A.

H. H., Kingsley, Mich—If the quarter

has retained its function and secretes

milk everything may perhaps be all right,

but I doubt it. Drugs will not out much

figure in this kind of a case.



Injured Quarter. ——My dog chased our

five—year-old cow, causing her to injure

udder and she gave bloody milk from

one quarter. A. bunch formed in this part

of bag, her milk became stringy and I

finally dried her in this quarter. What

can be done when she freshens, and I

might add that it was impossible to use

milking tube on her last year. H. C.,

Alpena, Mich—Apply one part iodine and

ten parts lard to obstructed quarter ev-

ery day or two. This may clear quarter,

but I doubt it.



Bursal Swelling—I have a. two-year-old

cow that has a soft bunch on outside of

shin close to hook joint. This swelling

must cause some soreness for she walks

a little lame. J. S., Fowlerville, Mich.——~

Apply one part red iodide mercury and

eight parts cerate of cantharides every

week.



H. L. _D., Freesoil, Mich.-—-I do not think

best to express an opinion as to What

caused the death of your sow or your

neighbor's sows that were mated to your

neighbor’s boar. Your own shoats Wore

perhaps not properly castrated or did not

{iecelve proper care following the opera-



on.



Congestion of Spinal Cord—Some of my

sheep have died from a peculiar sort of

disease. The first symptoms are- holding

head straight up and curb nose in to-

wards breast; these symptoms last about

two days, then they point the nose

straight out, resting the head on sill of

barn or fence rail. Most of them druel

from mouth and snap and grind teeth

together. They take the standing posi-

tion until they fall over, then stretch out

and draw their head straight back and

shake like a. horse that has fits. They

then froth and snap until they die. I

opened one which looked healthy inside,

one had three lambs, the other ewes had

two Three of my ewes died and mo

more- are acting as if sick. Our local Vet

says nothing can be done for them L.



. G., Decatur, Michigan. —It is pos-

sible that your sheep have not been fed

a balanced ration, or the cold weather

may have produced spinal congestion. I

do not believe that treatment will have

much effect on them; however, I suggest

that you give them either castor oil or

epsom salts to open bowels and also givi-

small doses of iodide potassium and nux

vomIca.



Partial Paralysis—\Vhat can I do fnl‘

pigs that are gradually losing the use of

their hind quarters, and some of them are

so bad that they have died. “I. .-\. l’.,

Summit City, Miol1.~vGivc 5 grs. sodium

salicylate at a dose two or three times a

day; also give :1 little limo water in their

feed twice a day; also feed less corn.

more oats and oil meal.



Sore Throat—I have two fall pigs that

seem to have sore throat, considerable

swelling took place in throat and extrud—

ed to between fore legs and they keep

mouth partly open. Neither of them seem

to be able to eat, but they are not quite

as sick as they were a few days ago.

Their sickness lasts three or four days

and I would like to know if you believe iI

a'contagious ailment. These pigs ate a

portion of a colt that died and I wondered

if they were not poisoned. H. T., Pulas-





Aki, Mich—it is possible that their mouth





and throat were infected by eating the

decayed flesh. Give each pig 2 grs. of

quinine, 15 gI's. hypo-sulphite of soda and

tuo drops creosote (Beechwood), at a

dose three or four times a day. Apply

one part coal tar disinfectant and six

parts veseline to swelling once a day





Heifer with Five Teats —-I have a year—

ling heifer that I wish to keep for a cop

but she has an extra teat situated nexn

udder and I would like to know if it can

be safely removed. R. B. Belding, Mich.

——You had better cut off small teat, either

with a knife or tie a string around it

tightly and allow teat to slough off. I

prefer cutting them off, then apply bor—





acic acid or any good healing remedy to,





wound.
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SPRING FEEDING QF DAIRY COWS.



Now that spring is here and the cows

are tired of the long winter’s dry feed

and close confinement, their appetites are

likely to fail and hay and grain will be-

come distasteful to the animals. It must

be the feeder’s aim to overcome this as

much as possible and to give the cows the

best of care if he expects them to keep

up their flow of milk right along until the

new pasture can pick them up and carry

them forward.



Those farmers who have silage can meet

this spring dairy problem more success—

fully than those who do not have a sup-

ply of this excellent teed. Unfortunately,

a majority of the farms are not yet equip—

ped with a silo and with such farmers

this problem of the spring feeding must

be solved without the aid of silage.



If fodder has been the principal rough-

age for several months, a change to good

clover or timothy hay will work a won-

derful change in the appetites of the ani»

mals and a material increase in the milk

flow will be noted in a very few days. if

some change in the grain feed can be

made at the same time, all the better.

Cows relish a change of feed occasionally

the same as their owner, and it pays to

make a change whenever they begin to

Show a decided distaste for their present

rations even though some fodder or other

roughage that was put up for their es-

pecial use has to be sacrificed. Once a

change from fodder to hay is made at

this season of the year, the animals will

not be content to go back to fodder again,

though a little of it may be given them

occasionally and they will eat it with ap«

parent relish.



At this season the. cows should be turn-

ed out for exercise for a short time every

nice day. The animals probably get the

Spring fever the same as people and they

appreciate the chance for a little freedom

from their close quarters. But don’t turn

them into the pasture field just yet. If

cows are allowed to run in fields where

they can get a little grass, they will not

eat their hay Well, and there is not

enough nutrition in the grass to maintain

bodily vigor and furnish material enough

to make milk at; the same time. There is

never anything gained by having the ani—

mals eat the very first green shoots of

grass that come up; indeed, much harm

both to the animals and to the pasture,

is done.



There is very little nutriment

early spring grass.

of water, hence it

quality which it possesses a little later

in the season. Often it has a strong ten-

dency to promote scouring and upset the

animals' digestive systems generally. Tak-

ing everything into consideration, it cer-

tainly is false economy to turn the cows

on pasture before it is well started. Even

though the young grass did them no harm

the saving of roughage made in this way

will be paid for later by the shortness of

the grass when it is most needed.



Vthn the grass gets a good start, say,

from four to six inches high, it is time

enough to turn the stock onto it. But

don't make the change from dry feed to

grass suddenly no matter how much of a

start the grass has made, by turning the

animals out to get their entire living from

the, pasture field and thus dropping at

once all hay and grain feed. The change

in feed that is to be made is quite a rad-

ical one, hence it should be made very

carefully The cows, shut up all winter

from green feed, will, if permitted to do

so, gorge themselves with the fresh grass

which tastes so good to them. The result

is that their bowels are relaxed suddenly

and a consequent weakening of the whole

system follows. A marked loss of strength

and vitality is suffered and the milk flow

will shrink perceptibly. A sudden change

from dry feed to grass is especially dan-

gerous when the pasture is largely clover,

for then bloating will result if the cows

are permitted to gorge themselves with

this feed.



The best way to get the cows accus-

tomed to the change of diet in the spring

is to let them out a little while each day

for a week or ten days. allowing them 10

get sufficient grass partly to satisfy their

appetites and then get them back into a

lot. Each day they should be given some

hay or fodder and a good ration of grain,

which should be decreased gradually un-

til at the end of ten days the grain feed

is stopped entirely. In this way the

strength of the animals can be kept up

while their systems are made ready grad-





in the

It is composed largely

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. THE MICHIGAN FARMER . ‘ <7) 33





ually for the time when they will be

turned out to graze all day. By that time

the grass should have attained sufficient

growth that the COWS will not have to

spend their entire time on the grass try-

ing to fill up.





Indiana. W. F. Pomona.





 





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SILO QUESTIONS.





I am interested in silos and would like

to ask a few questions concerning them.

1. I have been told the best way to treat

the inside of the silo to preserve it is to

give a liberal coating of strong brine in-

stead of paint. Would you think this

plan a good one 2. Should the roof be

put on the silo the first year? 3. Would

liveigreen s“ eet corn make good silage?

How would sorghum do?



Clinton Co J. J. H.





If it is thought desirable to use any

kind of a paint or a coating on the inside

of a silo I don’t think there is any better

than coal tar thinned with gasoline and

put on hot. This can be put onto a co

ment silo if desired, just as well as on a

wooden silo. It makes a very good pre—

scrvant and leaves a nice glossy surface

which allows the ensilage to settle well.



The roof should be put on the silo when

it is built. You want the roof the first

year just as much as yOu want it the sec-

ond year. It is not a bad plan to leave





an opening in the roof after the silo is '





filled until after there comes a good rain

because a little moisture on top of the

filled silo is a good thing to help settle it,

but we can't afford to wait for this long

because it may not rain. It is better to

elevate water with a rope and pulley and

wet the top thoroughly if it is going to be

left any considerable length of time. This

ought to be done immediately after filling,

i. e., within a day or two.



Evergreen sweet corn makes good en—

silage. Some people think it is not quite

so good as dcnt corn or flint corn be-caustx

it is liable to be a little bit more acid.

but nevertheleSS if the sweet corn is left

until it is mature it makes good ensilage.

Sorghum also makes good ensilage but it

is not as good as corn. \Ye can't afford

to grow sorghum in the place of corn for

silage in this latitude.





A SILO FOR A SIXTY-ACRE FARM.





 





\Vould it pay me to put up a silo for

15 or 20 head of stock and go in debt for

it? I have 60 acres of land which is good

corn land. From 81/2 acres I raised 900

bushels. The, question is, would I get

more value from it in a silo. or shall we

continue to husk by hand and cut up the

stalks in the old-fashioned way?



St. Clair Co. SUBSCRIBER.





If you want to keep any considerable

amount of live stock on a 60—aere farm

there isn’t any questiOn but what a silo

would be profitable. The practicability

of the silo has been explained many

times. You can save from 20 to 25 per

cent of the food value of the corn by put-

ting it into the silo. Now the only ques—

tion is whether 20 per cent of your corn

is worth saving, taking into consideration

the cost of the silo. You can harvest the

corn cheaper, it is better food in every

way, and you save much of the food

value of the corn plant when you put it

into the silo.



THE VALUE OF GOOD BREEDIN



AND CARE.





 





 





Just what can be accomplished by good

breeding and care of dairy cows is not

always easy to express in figures but OC—

casionally there are found illustrations

that put the matter before the reader in

a way that is unmistakably proof of the

utility of these two factors in the build-

ing up of a dairy herd. W. H. Standish.

of Fulton county, Ohio, is an excellent





example of what a practical farmer can“





(10 in the way of breeding up a good herd

of dairy cattle. This man began 26 years

ago with a few head of cows. 15y judicious

selection and breeding he has succeeded

in producing what is considered by rep—

resentatives of the College of Agriculture

as one of the best herds of Holstein cat-

tle in the country produced by a single

individual. He has eleven head of cows

for which he has been offered $25,000. Mr.

Standish recently refused $600 for a two—

1nont‘hs-old heifer calf, the mother of

which has a record of producing 111 lbs.

of milk in one day and her official seven-

day record is 34.6 lbs. Last year one of

his cows produced 119 lbs. of milk in one

day. No Official records of these cows

were kept until last year, but since that

time their fame has spread and buyers

have come into the community and bought

up $7,000 worth of descendants of the

herd. Mr. Standish is considered to be a

competent cattle judge and has officiated

in many shows in this country and in

Canada. He has a farm of 90 acres. He





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THE POOR MAN’S BUTTER.





 





Since the convening of. the present con-

gress, there hasbeen set afloat a pitiful

plea, that on account of-the ten cent tax

on colored oleomargarine, a rank injustice

is being done the poor laboring classes,

for they say we are “taxing the poor

man’s butter, which adds to the already

high cost of living.” We are ready to as-

sert that the government is not taxing

the substitutes which the oleo manufac-

urers make, and would like to sell as but-

ter, but the tax is on' the colOr that is

added to their farraginous compounds,

which they fix up and make look like but-

ter, and if it were not for the government

supervision would sell as genuine butter.

The tax must be paid on the colored stufi',

and it must be sold for just what it is.

The consumers can take their choice, buy

the same mixture, colored or uncolored,

and know what they are getting.



The law requires that an “analysis,” or

printed revelation of the ingredients used,

go along with mixtures sold. I have- be-

fore me an “expo. of ingredients" in a.

certain brand of oleo sold in our town.

It reads: “Creamery butler, neutral, oleo





oil, vegetable, oil, milk, cream and salt”,





Well, now is that a fair and lucid de-

scription of the ingredients of the pack-

age? Not a word said about the pcrcenb

age of each of the ingredients. W'e can

give a. good guess as to the percentage of

cr'eamery butter and also the cream used.

The more mysterious and incomprehen-

sible the description. the greater should

be our faith in the potent forces con-

tained in the nutritive elements in that‘

farraginous compound. If our faith is as

big as a grain of mustard seed. we must

believe that it is delicious, and nutritious,

provided that it can be colored and sold

to the "poor laboring man” for butter,

without compelling the manufacturers to

pay a. tax on it before it can be sold.



If that description of ingredients were

to be shorn of its non—committal verbiage

(and it should be), it would read about

as mllows: “A mass of materials con-

fusedly mixed, containing several kinds

of greases, fats, oils and milk, with just

enough cream and butter to give us an

excuse for calling it butter, and a pre-

tended reason for asking that it may be

c'olored and sold for butter without the

imposition of a tax.”



It is a shrewd game that these free-

Doctors who don a cloak of virtue and

plead for the “poor man’s butter,” try to

play. \Vith no tax there would be no gov-

ernment supervision. and these- shylocks

of the trade in a mixture of greases, fats

and oils, could color their compounds and

sell it [0 the cerdulous consumers for

genuine dairy butter. While they plead

for the “poor man’s butter," it would give

them :1 chance to sell to the “poor man"

for his family use, a mixture, the aver-

age cost of which does not exceed ten

cents per pound. \N'ilh the prospects be-

fore mom of several hundred per cent

profit, We can see why they are solocitous

for the “poor man."



It, is a fact too well known to require

any words of emphasis, that good, pure,

wholesome butter, made from the cream

taken from the milk of the cow, is the

most palatable of anything of the kind

yet discovered to use with our meals, and

the most nutritious, because easily digest—

ed and assimilated, of anything used since

Inc dawn of civilization. Milk and but-

ter is a kind of food relished by people of

all ages and classes. it is a fact to be

regretted that the supply of good, whole—

some butler, made from the milk of cows,

is not sufiicicnt to enable all the people of

all classes to have all they desire at all

times. if some, from necessity, must use

butler Substitutes, it is only just and

right that they have the privilege of

knowing what they are using, and only

compelled to pay the proper price for what

they are using. There are those who arc

willing to pay the price for the genuine

article- of dairy butter, and they should

not be deceived by having a substitute

that is made of inferior and undesirable

materials, palmed off on them under the

name of dairy butter. It is but right that

all classes should have a square deal.



Instead of yielding to the demands of

the unscrupulous sheep’s clothing manu-

facturers of butter substitutes, who make

a specious plea. fer the “repeal of the

law, that, as they‘say, ”taxes the poor

man's butter,” it would be far better to

make a persistent effort to stimulate a

greater interest in the production of gen-





MARCH 30. 1912.





nine dairy products, until each and every

family in this great country of ours, can

be supplied at prices within the reach of





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their wages in a prudent manner.

Wayne Cor N. A. CLAPP.





INTENSIVE DAIRYING.





 





Barring the possibility of renting or

purchasing more land where foodstuffs

may be raised, and disregarding the ini-

tial cost of» buying stock, can a reason-

able profit be realized by keeping elght to

a dozen good dairy cows (part pure-bred

Guernseys to start with), on a. fruit and

poultry farm where all feeds must be

bought? There is a fairly good woodland

pasture of about ten acres. Market pos-

sibilities as follows: Splendid retain trade

for milk during the summer to resorters.

During the other months of the year

cream is readily sold at retail in town, or





may be made into butter which has a.





ready market. The skim-milk can all be

used to good advantage in poultry feed-

ing. The value of the manure, an import-

ant asset on a fruit farm, and also the

value of the offspring, enlarge the credit

side of the account. Of course, the profit

would be controlled to a large measure by

the character of the ration and the mar-

ket price of foodstuffs. This whole ques-

tion is instigated by the following three

factors: First, the demand for milk in

the summer time; second, the need of a

ready supply of barnyard manure, and

third, the desirability of skim-milk as

animal food for poultry.

Allegan Co. SUBSCRIBER.





Of the three factors given as a reason

for such intensive dairying only one is in

my opifi'ion, worthy of consideration, and

that is the demand for milk. If one has

a good market for milk so that he can

make dairying profitable then there is

good reasons for dairying, but I would not

go into dairying with the idea of furnish—

ing manure because you can get the ma-

nure cheaper some other way. Neither

would I go into dairying for the purpose

of furnishing animal food for poultry be-

cause you can get this animal food in

another way and possibly cheaper. But,

if you have a market for dairy products

which will enable you to make a DI‘OfiL

cut of keeping cows, then these other fac—

tors, which are by-produets of dairying.

are worth considering. As a matter of

fact, yOu have to consider them. The

manure has to be taken care of and the

skim-milk must be disposed of, and when

We have such products then we look

around for the best way of using them.

To be sure, the fruit farm can'use this

good stable manure to advantage, and

besides the growing poultry can utilize

the skim-milk to good advantage, but you

can get the manure for the fruit farm by

the use of commercial fertilizers and cov-

er crops and you can get the animal food

for the poultry in the form of condensed

buttermilk or animal matter from the

slaughter house-s probably as cheap as

you can get it in any other way.



\\’here one likes the business of dairy-

ing and Will give it sufficient attention

there is no question but what a good

profit can be made .eVen where it is neces-

sary to purchase all feed. In the cow-

testing work, both in this country and in

the old world, the dairy cow is charged

with the food which she consumes at the

market price of those goods, and she is

given crcdit for the milk, or butter-fat

she produces at the market price. The

manure and the skim-milk and the calf

is thrown in to offset the labor. Now, in

the state of Michigan we have records of

four different cow testing associations for

a year where something like 1,200 cows

were tested. They were charged with

all the food they consumed and given

credit for the butter-fut which they pro—

duced, and on an average for the 1,200

cows they returned $1.85 for every $1

worth of food which they consumed. Now

those were ave—rage cows kept by average

farmers under average conditions. Per-

haps I ought to modify this and say that

these cow testing associations are located

in one of the best dairy districts in the

state and that the dairymcn who belong

to these associations are probably the

best dairymen in their districts. But ev-

cn this being so, it seems to me that it is

a good showing for dairying. If you can

get $1.85 for every $1 worth or” feed which

is consumed under these conditions a good

man with a sclect herd, with a market

which will bring him in greater profits

than simply sclling butter-fat, will enable

him to purchase all of the feed which his

cows consume, and turn that into a dairy

product with a good profit. Then you

have got the manure and skim-milk as

by—producls which can be utilized to ad-

vantage on the farm.



It is easy enough, however, with a. herd

of poor cows, poorly handled, fed and

managed, to make dairying a failure, and

there would be no fun in pursuing such a

class of dairying if all you got out of it

was the skim-milk and the manure.
MARCH 30. 1912-





 





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There are many farms in the country

that possess great opportunities because

of a favorable location and soil, for the

intensive growing of special crops. Some

farmers have improved upo‘n these oppor—

tunities and have become very successful

but as a rule, these chances are seldom

developed. Most farmers continue to

grow the same crops year after year, no

matter how conditiOns about them change

and fail to adapt their business to their

new environment. In the outskirts of a

small growing city, hay, corn, wheat and

oats continue to be the crops with most

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the real estate agent for house lots.



A condition of this sort confronted a

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His farm was rather small, but being

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tion of the farm had already been plant-

ed with young peaches but being without

much capital, it was necessary for him

to utilize the space between the trees

with some crop that would give a quick

return without requiring a heavy invest-

ment. There are not many‘kinds of





Purity and the/late Branching varieties,

as Semple's Branching, especially the

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dark purple and crimson ones may be

selected, but be sure to have plenty of

whites. Most florists do not have enough

of this color. They buy a packet of each

color when they should have at least a

third white. The light pink Daybreak is

also a fine seller and plenty of this kind

should be at hand.



Seedings may begin about the middle of

April or as soon after as the soil is ready

to work. A fine seed-bed should be pre-

pared and the seed sown in very shallow

drills eight or ten inches apart. Succes-

sive sowings may be made every week or

two until the latter part of May. This

will give a proper succession of flowers.

The plants must be well cared for in the

seed—beds, never allowing them to dry

out or become stunted in any way for

they must be kept constantly growing to

give the best results. _For this reason,

the soil on which these plants are- grown

should be well fertilized. but'not with

fresh stable manure. Commercial fer—

tilizer may be used, or better still, a

heavy coat of well decomposed stable ma-

nure may be applied the previous fall and

well worked into the soil.



The distance the plants are set in the

field depends much upon the system that

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Harvesting an Aster Crop.





tile and the area of land is limited the

plants may be set a foot apart in rows





farming that offer such inducements

but realizing the advantages which this

meager one-horse farm possessed, he

took advantage of them by growing flow-

ers. These are not the easiest things to

grow but a good many can be produced

on a small area.



Beginning in a small way, which is the

wisest way for any inexperienced person

to begin, he started growing asters.

There is always more or less of a de—

mand for these flowers in their season

and the commercial florists with green-

houses do not generally grow enough to

supply the trade. It opens a field there-

fore, for many small farmers situated in

small towns or near large cities to enter

this industry. it does not demand any

special investment for buildings or ex-

pensive. machinery, and with proper care.

gives very quick returns. Fawn-ed by a

rich sandy loam soil with a southern cx-

postirc, which is ideal for these crops, this

young man has been successful in his

work from the first. 110 has had many

difficulties to overcome; dry seasons, in—

sects and diseases or over—loaded mar—

kets, troubles characteristic of almost all

lines of agricultural production, but in a

large way, he has been successful. So

successful, in fact, has he proved in this

venture that he has now erected a good—

sizcd greenhouse from his profits in flow—

ers and may now continue to grow them

winter and summer.



For the benefit of those who may care

to consider this Work, a few suggestions

to prevent costly mistakes may prove

valuable.



Astcrs being one of the easiest flower

crops of all to grow, make an excellent

flower for the beginner. A. great deal of

care should be exercised in the selection

of the seed. l’oor seed not only produces

many “daisy-centered" flowers which are

worthless for commercial sale, btit the

plants from poor seed are apt to be small,

producing short stemmed flowers. Large

double flowers with long stems are most

(leSired so only the best seed from a re-

liable seedsman should be purchased even

if the price is considerably higher. Much

of the success of growing asters depends

upon selection of the right varieties.

Some of the best for commercial growing

are Vick’s Early Branching, Daybreak,





18 inches apart. \Vitli a less fertile soil,

they may be. planted 18 inches apart each

way and this will allow room enough to

work both ways with a horse cultivator,

eliminating all hand hoeing. An ideal

time for transplanting to the field is just

before a shower or late in the afternoon.





Water the plants well in the seed-bed at.





least two hours before transplanting and

then when ready to plant, dig carefully,

retaining as much soil on the roots as

possible. Never allow the roots to be ex-

posed to the sun or dry winds, but cover

with a wet burlap sack or carry the

plants in a pail of water. Plant carefully,

spreading the roots out in their natural

position and firming the soil well about

them. Very shallow cultivation should be

frequently given, never allowing the top

of the soil to become packed.



'l‘o prodtiCo the largest flowers with the

longest stems, it is often better to con—

fine the energies of the plant into the

production of a. few flowers rather than

allowing each plant to produce many.

Dis-budding is therefore, often practiced

which consists in pinching off all buds

except those desired to mature flowers.

The buds selected for flowers will depend

upon the variety grown, as well as the

number of flowers one decides to let

each plant mature. Sometimes it is best

to allow only one blossom to a plant,

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\Vith the branching varieties, although

more flowers are generally produced on

each plant, many of the weaker buds are

cut off early in their growth to stimulate

the others.



“'hen the picking season arrives, the

flowers should be cut before they have

fully expanded and placed in water in a

cool room two hours or more before ship-

ping. Early in the morning or in the

evening is the ideal time for cutting. Use

a sharp knife or scissors for cutting that

the plants may not be disturbed or in-

jured by pulling off the flowers. Only

the best of the flowers should be sold

unless two grades are made. There is

sometimes a demand for short-stemmed

asters by florists for the making of set-

pieces but the first grade flowers must all

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flowers in a. shipment will spoil the en—





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IS LIME-SULPHUR INJURED BY

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Vere weather of the last winter.



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was an apparently large amount of sedi-

ment deposited.



The conditions under which the experi-

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phur was taken from original packages

from which some material had been used

the fall before for thesis work. It was

tested with a mercury Baume hydrometer.

graduated to fifths of a degree, when it

was taken from the storage dishes. The

reading was recorded and the lime-sul-

phur put in air-tight glass jars, leaving

room for expansion at the top. Jars were

marked with numbers so as to be impar-

tial in the second readings. The jars

were then placed in a mixture of salt and

snow and left there for about twelve

hours. They were then taken out and

thawed gradually in a warm room. Af-

ter testing, {boy were again put in the

freezing mixture for another twelve hours.

Some may think that a salt and snow

mixture is too cold to be practical but it

will give only 0 degrees F. while several

times the temperature was below 20 degs.

F. this winter.



A review of the tests of eight different

commercial brands of lime—sulphur wash

shows that after the second freezing the

hydromeier reading showed an average

loss of 1.05 degrees. the different brands

varying from .6 degrees to 1.6 degrees.



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PRACTICAL SCIENCE.





 





 





 





LIMING 0F SOILS.





 





BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.





 





Lime Is :1 Soil Tonic.



As we stated in our discussion of last

week, the pendulum of popular interest

once more points to a liberal use of lime

as contributing to the maintenance of soil

fertility. As we stated previously, lime,

as well as various other inorganic eon—

stituents of plants, is absolutely indis-

pensible to plant growth and in some re-

spects acts as a direct food nutrient of

plants. But in its larger sense its great-

est effect is noticeable in its physical ac-

tion upon the soil. We might therefore

term lime more aptly a soil tonic rather

than a fertilizer. Physically speaking,

probably the greatest effect of lime is

noticeable on some heavy clay soils where,

by its precipitating powers, it reduces the

.tendency of such soils to puddle. It

thereby makes it possible, when rightly

applied to these soils, to work them ear-

lier in the spring and even later in the

fall than can be done without the applica-

tion of lime. On such soils, under proper

regulation, lime is decidedly beneficial” It

is not politic, however, to apply the doc-

trine of the application of lime to soils

indiscriminately, because, just like the

destructive influence of water when it is

allowed to act without control upon the

soil, a period is reached when, instead of

being beneficial it becomes actually detri-

mental to the soil.



Lime Sets Free Plant Food in the Soil.



Lime tends to cause the liberation of

ammonia salts in the soil and in this re—

spect it acts somewhat similar to the de-

nitrifying organisms which act with such

destructive force at times. Lime is used

extensively about the farm as a disin-

fectant and because of its caustic nature

it is an admirable disinfectant. “'e re—

member distinctly an incident cited by

the late Dr. R. C. Kedzie, of the Michi-

gan Experiment Station, regarding the

disinfecting of poultry houses with quick-

lime. Underneath the place where the

fowls were allowed to roost and upon the

poultry droppings, it has been the custom

at times to disinfect by means of the ap-

plication of quicklime. This faulty prac-

tice was called to the Doctor’s attention

especially, because of the complaint that

the fowls suffered severely from swelling

in the head and many died following the

use of lime in this way. The reason for

this was made apparent when he stated

that there was such an abundant libera-

tion of ammonia from the droppings of

the fowls‘ that it had this effect upon the

birds. \Ve have noted the same thing

when lime- is distributed freely in the,

stable as some farmers are wont to do

in order to disinfect the conditions which

cxst there. On going into such a stable

one notices immediately the very strong

odor of amonia which indicates that the

urea has been decomposed by the strong

caustic lime and the nitrogen which it

contains has been liberated in the form

of ammonia, which is certainly very un—

desirable. \\'e are impressed with the

fact that when such action as this occurs

outside of the soil, a similar condition is

likely to prevail where quicklime is ap-

plied to the soil in liberal quantities.



Lime COrrects Acidity.



It has been stated that one of the chief

functions of lime in the soil is the neu-

tralization of the acidity in the soil.

There seems to be a very strong com-

mon opinion that many soils are acid, or

sour, and chemists have proposed that

the farmer determine this question of

acidity for himself by applying a Strip of

litmus paper to the soil, which, if it turns

red indicates an acid condition of the soil

and thereby the necessity for the employ-

ment of lime. \\'e have not doubted at

all the desirability of the addition of lime

and we know that lime will correct acid-

ity. There has been a strong doubt in

our mind, however, as to the fact of the

existence of an acidity in the soil any-

where near as generally as is quite com-

monly conceded even by scientists.



Not an Easy Matter to Prove that a Soil

is Acid.



It is not an easy matter to prove acid-

ity in the soil and wheie we might es-

tablish an acidity by means of a strip of

litmus paper it might not be at all acid

to other indicators. We are impressed

with the fact that the method of estab—

lishing the acidity of the soil by means

of the litmus paper test is by no means

a reliable method to follow. About the





best method which we have found for de—

termining, not the acidity of the soil nec-

essarily, but its need for lime, is through

the medium of a crop of clover, or es-

pecially alfalfa.‘ It has been found by

practical experiment that one of the most

favorable adjuncts on some soils to the

securing of a proper catch of alfalfa is

the addition of lime. \Ve do not know

that this is because that soil may be acid

in character and we do not attribute par—

ticularly the beneficial effect of the lime

to the neutralization of the acidity of that

soil. To just what influences its bene-

ficial effect is due we do not care to ven—

ture an opinion but whatsoever its influ-

ence, be it physical or be it chemical, in

many instances we do know that lime is

indicated very clearly in the growth of a

leguminous crop, such as alfalfa.

Lime Improves the Texture of the SO“.

We have stated that one great function

of lime is an amelioration of the texture

of the soil. If a soil becomes heavy and

plastic when wet, such a soil if worked

out of a special time and period most

favorable to that soil and which it is diffi—

cult to strike correctly every time, we

say such a soil will readily puddle, in

which condition it is difficult to work it

and mops do not thtive on such a soil.

if now we will work into this soil a lit-

tle lime, not necessarily quicklime, finely

ground carbonate of lime, will accomplish

the same purpose, we will find that the





soil becomes less plastic and more brittlei





and crumbly, in which condition it is pos-

sible for the capillarity of the water to

exert its influence. Such clay soils so

treated become more friable and will ex-

hibit the favorable influence of cultivation

and the application of barnyard manures

and commercial fertilizers much more

readily Xgnin, some very loose sandy

soils are. very favorably affected by the

use of lime. These soils differ to some

extent from the stiff, plastic clay soils

and while lime promotes capillarity in the

clay soils, it likewise permits the reten—

tion of moisture in the loose sandy soils.

\Ve are reminded of an old familiar

maxim regarding the use of lime as it

was understood generally many years ago:

“Limp, emiches the fathei but impov—

erishes the son; and lime and lime,witl1-

out manure, Will make both farm and

farmer poor.”

Lime Should be Alternated with Manure.

We will repeat again the position which

We have taken in the case of commercial

fertilizers and lime, but will call special

attention to the difference we would ad-

vocate in the handling of each. \Ve have

advised that it is unwise to use commer—





cial fertilizers without some organic ma--~

nure, and we have advised to mix com—‘;

mercial fertilizers with barnyard manures. ‘





Now here we likewise advise that lime

should be used in connection with organic

manures but we call especial attention to

the fact that lime should not be mixed

with the manure. Lime may be used one

season and manure the next, or lime may

be used in the fall and manure in the

spring, but the two should not be inter—

mixed at the time of application to the

soil because of the strong chemical action

which will set up, liberating particularly

the nitrogen from the manure.

Lime Requires Skill in its Use.



The use of lime advantageously calls

for a very intelligent understanding of

the nature of soils and crops. As with

the use of commercial fertilizers very

frequently the effect of lime is not es-

pecially noticeable on the first crop. Very

frequently likewise its effect is not a

direct one but an indirect one. In its re—

lation to alfalfa, for example, probably

the chief benefit of lime is in creating

conditions favorable to the development

of the class of organisms which attach





themselves to the roots of the alfalfa and:





it may be two or three years before the

favorable influence of the lime will mani-

fest itself, to such a degree that a really

maximum crop of alfalfa may be pro-

duced. This satne condition is true like-

wise with commercial fertilizers and the

farmer should be ready to wait for an

opportunity for the lime and fertilizer to

get in its effect before discarding it and

testifying to the impression that it has

given him no return for the money i11-

vested. In this way we

steady progress without so many set-

backs. VVe should bear in mind that lime

does not always increase the yield the

first year and that an indiscriminate and

unintelligent use of lime is liable to be

provocatiVe of more harm than good.





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





According to figutres

recently made public by

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of the United States

'Departmcnt of Commerce and Labaor, the

total amount of sugar consumed in conti-

nental United States in the last fiscal

year was 7,670,000,000 lbs” or an average

of 81.78 lbs. pcr capita. This is a new

high record. the previous record of sugar

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sumption was 81.19 lbs. There has been

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sugar in this country, the average con-

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was 1,500,000,000 lbs., or 36% lbs. per

capita, while thirty years ago it was 43

lbs. per capita, twenty years ago 61 lbs.

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Beet sugar, 1,105,000,000 lbs. and cane

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bect sugar thus exceeding that of cane

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familiar with the labor conditions in the

\‘i'est Indies, from which the bulk of our

imports of sugar are derived. In some of

these islands, the negro laborers, includ-

ing their families—and here the women

work in the fields with the men—receive

not more than $125 per year in American

money; this amount not including board

or house rent, or any such items. Under

these conditions it is obvious that the re-

moval of the tariff on sugar would be a

severe blow to this great and growing in-

dustry, which would be at once checked

in farther development if not ultimately

wiped out, with the result that the United

States would send an increasing rather

than a decreasing amount of money

abroad for the purchase of this necessity,

which could just as well be produced here

upon American soil and with American

labor. The development of this industry

has meant many millions of dollars to

Michigan farmers and laboring men with-

in the last decade and will mean more to

them in future years, if its progress is

not destroyed by unwise legislation at this

time.



True, the cost of sugar to the ultimate

consumer might be reduced, at least tem-

porariiy, by the removal of the tariff, but

thcre would be also created a deficiency

of something like $50,000,000, which it is

estimated the sugar tariff brought into

the treasury during the last calendar

year, and of necessity this deficiency

would have to be made up by some other

form of taxation, which would ultimately

fall upon the consumer, so that in the

end no good purpose would be served,

but a great damage done to an important

industry in Michigan and an economic

wrong to the country through the turning

of a large item in the balance of trade

against us and removing an important

check upon the possibility of manipula-

tion to establish periodical corners in the

sugar market, an example of which was

recently experienced through the short-

age in the Cuban crop at a time when

the available supply was largely within

trust control. .



Thus we believe that any present rc-

adjusimcnt of the sugar tariff should be

made on the basis of the difference in cost

of production in this country and the

countries from which our foreign sup-

ply is derived, and that the placing of

sugar on the free list as contemplated in

the bill which recently passed the lower

house of congress would not be warranted

under the- principle of the greatest good

to the greatest number of our people.





Interest in the high-



Township Highway way proposition has



Problems. recently been cen-



tered in the vote



which will be taken upon the county road



system in some twelve Michigan counties



at the spring cleciion, and in the propo-



sition of issuing bonds for the construc-



iion of highways under the county sys-

tem in other counties.





There are, however, more important

phases of the highway problem which

should receive the attention of the aver—

age votcr on township meeting day. On

that day the electors of the township will

appropriate moncy for highway improve—

ment and maintenance within the town—

ship and will also elect highway officers

to administer the funds so provided. As

previously noted, in some townships where

the present system is not giving general

satisfaction, a return will be made 10

the road district system, and here the

various overseers of the highway for those

several districts will be elected, Herc, also,

at the business meeting which is held

after the noon recess at the township

election the interested voters of‘the town-

ship can direct a general policy of road

improvement within the township.



Experience has shown that no money

expended in road improvement, provided

the work be done at the proper time, is

so effectively applied as that used in the

smoothing down of roads in the spring

with the Split-log drag, or some of its

near relatives which .are now manufac-

tured and on the market in a ready-to-use

form. No step could be taken which

would go farther toward the improvement

of the- average roads within any town-

ship than the judicious use of a. split-log





drag, or similar implement,..upon all these

roads at just the proper time this spring.

With the season as late as it is, and with

the township meeting-occurring on the

first day of the month, action taken to-

ward this end will be most timely and the

work could be done at the season when

it would be most effective, during the

early days of April.



Obviously, it is the duty of every tax-

payer to be present at the business meet-

ing held in connection with the township

election. The mOnle-s appropriated for

highway maintenance and improvement

should be adequate to the needs of the

township, the officers elected should be

of the kind best fitted for the work and

the matter of the policy of the township

in the work of highway maintenance ‘and

improvement may very properly be taken

up by the electors at this time.



The above suggestion, could it be gen-

erally carired out throughout the state,

would do more toward the betterment of

common roads than any other one thing

that could be done. This sort of work is

not an experiment, and all that is re-

quired is a little missionary educational

work by interested taxpayers to bring

about the general improvement of the

highways in the early spring, which wi'l

mean their betterment throughout all

seasons. We are hopeful that a. somewhat

general interest may be taken in this

plan for township highway improvement

throughout the state. '





Reference h a 5

Foreign Labor for Mich— been previously

igan Farms. made in these





columns to a

plan publicly advanced by Hon. A. C.

Carton, State Immigration Commissioner,

for the systematic direction of immigrants

from Northern Europe to Michigan, where

their services might be desired as farm

laborers. A similar plan having been

under consideration by Hon. George B.

Horton, in charge of the co-operative dc—

pa‘rtment of the State Grange, a working

plan was perfected through conferences

between these two gentlemen by which

the practical details of this work would

be undertaken under the auspices of the

State Grange, with Mr. Horton as agent

in charge of the work.



“’9 are in receipt of the full details of

the plan, together with the literature and

application blanks sent out by Mr. Hor-

ton for the benefit of those who may

desire to secure laborers or~ servants for

the home through this medium. As a

inc-ans of covering the expense incident to

the conduct of the work, a. fee of $1.00

for each helper for whom application is

made, is charged, which goes into the

Grange treasury to defray these inci-

dental expenses, the service being avail-

able to all farmers, whether members of

the Grange or not. Space will not permit

a full elaboration of the plan in this issue

but enough has bcen published regarding

it in previous issues so that the reader

should be fairly familiar with its details.

Full information can be secured by ad-

dressing George B. Horton, agent in

charge, Fruit Ridge, Mich.



Upon receipt of the information and

blanks, application is made direct to Mr.

Horton who forwards the same to the in

spector in charge at the information

branch of the immigration service at New

York, who makes a selection from among

the immigrants in accordance with the re-

quirements of applicants, In addition to

the small fee quoted above, applicants are

required to advance the railway fare from

New York, but this and all other condi-

tions are fully elucidated in the literature

sent out by the agent in charge, as above

noted.





Several inquiries have re-

cently been received re-

garding the action of the

Boston Wool Trade Association, requiring

wool to be tied with a small glazed twine

instead of ordinary wool twine in order

to avoid a dockage in price- when same

is sold. This matter was taken up by the

Boston Wool Trade Association at its

meeting held November 21, 1911, at which

meeting the following resolution was

adopted by the Association,



Whereas, it is the desire of this asso—

ciation to increase the value and popu-

larity of all American grOWn wool with

the manufacturers and to encourage not

only the raising of better wool but to im-

prove the manner in which it is prepared

for market, and



Whereas, the wool grown east of the

Mississippi RiVer and also in the states of

Minnesota, Iowa and Misosuri comes in

more direct competition with foreign wool

than that of other states, and



’Whereas, it is necessary to notify grow-

ers. and store-keepers as early as possible

regarding changes from present methods,

and



Whereas. it is deemed advisable to es-





Wool Twine.





tablish a ‘standard' whereby all parties in-





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terested may be on an equal basis; it is

therefore , -



Resolved, that fleeces grown east of the

Mississippi River and also in the states of

Mnnesota, Iowa and Missouri shall not be

considered merchantable unless rolled into

a firm bundle, flesh side out, free from

tags or parts of other fleeces, tied with a

hard glazed twine not heavier or larger

than what is known in the twine trade

as size 4%——3 ply India, using not more

than three single strings each way of the

fleece and all knots flrmly tied. Wool put

up otherwise than in this manner shall

be considered unmerchantable and shall

be subject to a discount of at least one

cent per pound. . , .



It is probable that this association of





Boston wool dealers will be able to en-

force their ruiing in regard to the kind of

twine used in tying fleece wools. It would

not appear, however, that there is any

real reason why wool dealers should not

readily acceed to this demand. Some

years ago sisal twine was, as a matter

of convenience, somewhat generally used

by wool growers for one or two seasons

for the tying of fleece- Wools. The hard

vegetable fiber from which the sisal twine

is made could not be entirely separated

from the wool in the process of manu-

facture and was ultimately woven into

the- cloth, making fine grades of cloth

practically useless when so damaged. An

interesting exhibit at the International of

1910, was that of the Ohio State Univer-

sity, which included a sample of cloth

showing just how the sisal fibers worked

into the cloth and ruined its texture.



Vi'ool growers readily acceeded to the

demand of the wool trade that fleece

wools be tied with a. soft twine, but in

recent years manufacturers of the twine

have been putting out a wool twine which

has not proven satisfactory or of the

quality which was formerly used. It is

so loose and rough in formation that

many of the fibers cling to the wool.

causing defects in the goods. Another

reason why it is objectionable to the trade

is because it is necessarily heavy in

weight, .



This led to the action above quoted, de-

manding the use of a hard glazed twine.

I’Vhile a particular grade of twine is in-

dicated in the above resolution, any hard

glazed twine not exceeding one-eighth

inch in diameter would conform to this

demand of the wool traders, this grade

being specified because it is a standard

article of trade, which is, in' the judg—

ment of the traders, best suited to the

requirements of a twine for tying fleece

wools.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.





The case brought by the federal gov-

ernment against the ten Chicago packers

has gone to the- jury.

on. for over three months.



The possibility of an early agreement

between the bituminous coal miners and

the operators, is fast fading away because

of the determined stand taken by both

parties. The representatives of the min-

ers maintain the justice of their demands

for a 10 per cent increase in wages and

shorter working hours, while the owners

shrewdly contend that the business will

not permit any change from the agree-

ment now in force. It is reported that the

miners will not agree to the interference

of President Taft in the controversy.



While- landing from a ferry in the rail-

road yards qt Vicksburg, Miss, the De-

troit Tigers of the American base ball

league, suffered a severe shaking up,

some of the players being bruised consid-

erably although no permanent injury is

believed to have resulted.



The posses out to capture the Virginia

outlaWS have not been favored with a

great deal of success; however, they be—

lieve the outlaws are now surrounded and

will ultimately be starved out. _



Flood warnings have been issued by the

weather bureau to municipalities along

the Missouri, Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

All three of the streams are rapidly rising

from the melting of the snOWS in the cen-

tral and northern states.



The congressional committee investi-

gating the so—called steel trust expects

to complete its work this week. The re—

port will be made by May.



The ofi‘icials have formerly declared the

Lawrence strike at an end. The opera—

tives of the New Bedford district are now

dickering with the managers for an ad-

vance in wages and better working con—

ditions. The owners do not show evi-

dence of acceding to the demands of the

workers and should they be unable to

reach an agreement a strike is expected

to be called.



The department of justice of the fed—

eral government charge that a coal trust

is in cxistcnce in this country and data

is now being gathered in Chicago to be

used in prosecuting violators of the Sher-

man anti-trust law. Suits will be started

simultaneously in several cities within two

weeks. In Pennsylvania, which produces

65,000.000~t.ons of anthracite coal annually,

69 per cent is known to be controlled by

the trust.



A collision between crowded electric

cars on the Indiana & Union Traction

Company’s lines west of Fortville, Incl,

resulted in two fatalities and 30 persons

being injured.‘



The interstante commercie commission

has issued an opinion to the effect that

a railroad must adjust its rates so that

justice will be done to foreign shippers





 





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where- state railroad commissioners re—

quire that low rates be given resident con-

cerns. Under the decision a. road cannot

make a substantially higher rate when

handling freight consigned to a foreign

state than for freight shipped under the

same conditions to a point in the state

where the freight originated.



The disaster in the Sans Bois Coal

Company mine at McCurtain, Oklahoma,

claims 70 lives.

were removed last Saturday.



Eight buildings were burned last Fri-

day morning in Lake City, Mich. The

loss is estimated at $45,000.



Foreign.



A battle between the federal forces‘of

Mexico and the rebels at Corralitos in

which nearly 6,000 men were engaged, re-

sulted in a victory for the rebels. The

casualties amounted to 500, according to

reports, the government forces losing 400.

This victory for the rebels came after

four days‘ fighting. The outcome is en-

couraging to the rebels and has thrown

the federal forces into a panic.



Fire-in the east end car barns of the

Toronto Traction Company resulted in

the destruction of 270 cars and a loss of

about $500,000.



Emperor VViliiam of Germany and King

Victor Emmanuel of Italy, have prac-

tically agreed on a renewal of the triple

alliance which they desire to extend to

the year 1920.



The imperial diet of Japan has dis-

solved the term Qf office of the members

of the lower house having expired. A

general election will be held in May.



The British government has failed thus

far to affect a settlement between the

miners and coal operators of that coun-

try, and the coriditions resulting are

threatening disaster to all business inter-

ests. It has been estimated that the

strike is costing the United Kingdom. at

the lowest, $50,000,000 weekly. Coal has

advanced to famine prices. at Newcastlr-

the price has reached $20 per ton and at

Dover bunker coal is $15 per ton.



A Japanese expedition to the South Pole

is cnroute home after failing to get be-

yond 7-} degrees south.



Russia has concentrated 80 battalions

of infantry, 12 regiments of cavalry and

42 batteries of artillery on the Russo—

Turkish frontier.



A smallpox epidemic at St. Clair, Mich.

has resulted in the Canadian authorities

quarantining against traffic across the

river at that point.



It is the expectation of the home rule.

party of the British house of commons

that within two years the policy of the

party will be enacted into law and be in

force.



An organization of fully 700 business

men of New York city has been affected

for the purpose of eliminating useless

methods in business and governmental

work. The organization has in mind the

striking out of unnecessary words in ofli-

cial documents, etc.



China is suffering from famine and from

the depredations of ruffian bands who are

pillaging in communities where the in-

habitants are unable to defend them-

selves. The finances of the country has

also been put in bad condition by the de-

mands of the rebellion. all of which make

it probable that much suffering will en-

sue before conditions can be improved.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





Saginaw (30., March 22.—Saginaw coun-

ty has been threatened with one of the

severest floods of its history. Bridges

were threatened in the recent thaw, and

some culverts had gone out when the

providential cold snap stopped the thaw,

and gave the water a chance to move off

normally. There is still much snow and

ice in the woods, and an enormous vol-

ume of water must reach Saginaw Bay

before the. danger is over. The deep snow

has kept wheat and similar crops in good

condition. The intense cold has reached

and destroyed many potatoes in poor cel-

lars and shallow pits. Hay and other

feed high. Butter high, but eggs have

dropped to midsummer prices.



Lapeer 00., March 21.——A thaw started

on the 17th and continued until the 19th,

letting down the snow banks easy. This

was very favorable to low lands, which

would have been flooded had we had rain

or warmer weather which would have

melted the snow rapidly. A cold wave

came on the morning of the 20th and con-

tinues cold today with more snow. There

is a chance for heavy flooding yet, al-

though this county has little fear as we

are on the water shed of eastern Mich-





igan.

Ohio.



Wayne 00., March 22.—After a few

spring-like days We have had a thunder

storm, freezing and coating trees and

ground with a heavy ice and it is snow-

ing now but is not so cold. Vi'heat is

looking bad. The top is all frozen brown.

Late sown wheat fields entirely bare, no

wheat showing whatever. No farm work

being done yet. Still some corn to be

husked. Auction sales are about over.

Cows selling considerably cheaper at sales

on account of scarcity of feed. Good

horses are selling medium high; hogs sell-

ing lower than last year. Markets are:

No. 1 timothy hay bringing $20 per ton:

wheat, 900; oats, 50c; corn. 600; pota—

toes, $1; clover seed, $14; timothy seed,

$6.50; butter, 260; eggs, 18c.





PRIZE WINNING AGENTS.





 





Winners of Agents’ Cash Prizes offered





by the Michigan Farmer:

1. W. D. Mead. 13. F. G. 'Voorheis.

2. H. B. Goodwin. 14. E. P. Wyckoff.

3. G. J. McQuade. 15. R. German.

4. Wm. Kimball. 16. Mrs. McIntyre.

5. W.‘ E. West. 17. F. B. Miller.

6. E. W. Smith 18. H. H. Codnor.

7. S. A. Monroe. 19 C. D. Filklns.

8. F. F. Rough. 20 A. 0. Hunt.

9. Ed. Swanson. 21. L. F. Price.

10. L. M. Geismar. 22. D. A. Harris.

11? Ed. Coiling. 23. N. I. Moore.





12. Carrie Wilson. 24 F. A. Warner.





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ORE than a hundred million people await

the report from the wheat fields. Every-

body 15 interested. A good harvest means



prosperity to all. It means more than prosperity



to the man whose work lies in the city or town;

to him it means existence. Two-thirds of our

eople depend absolutely upon the other third

or the very bread the cat. Truly, the wheat

harvest is everybody’s usiness, a matter of the

deepest concern to us all. '

Fortunately the farmer’s reward for I118 work

in the wheat fields is reasonably sure. Scientific

preparation of the soil and seed bed, rotation of

crops, selection of seed, and the use of high rade

farm machines, have madea good crop almost

an assured fact. For work of such importance

the best machines that can be made are abso-

lutely necessary. The harvest time is short; every

minute is important; delay is intolerable and ex-

pensive. The choice of machines to harvest dyour

rowing crop is your most important uty.

filake your investigation thorough and complete

and you will decide that the harvesting machine

for you is one of the world-famous I H C line:





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One of these will meet your harvest conditions

better than any other machine made, because

they have been developed in just such fields as

yours. Improvements have been added car by



car until I H C machines are practica ly per-



ected. They cut equally well, short, tall, stand-



ing, down, or tangled grain. They have been

simplified until anyone can handle them safely

and efficiently.



Because the harvest time is short and delay

expensive, and because accidents to farm ma-

chines can never be foreseen, we have been care-

ful to provide a stock of interchangeable repair

parts where you can lay our hands on them at

once if they should ever e needed. In choosing

your harvesting machine do not overlook this

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men in every township that. will bring the orders and show up

the dealers' “ okes" in their true light. In the meantime

I‘m etting undreds of letters like this: A. L. Westphal. .

St. rancis. Mtnn., writes: Last winter I investigated 60rd _



different engines on the market, but I bought the Gallo-

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and special prices. I’ll

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count of a broken part may cost you more than

the price of a new binder. When you buy an

I H C machine you buy it with the assurance that

any needed part is no further away than your

dealer’s place of business.



This service does away with all unnecessary

delay in the field and assures you a full harvest

garnered in good Season. This fact in itself is a

strong reason for the purchase of an I H C har-

vesting or haying machine or tool.



The experience of many farmers for many



ears points to one of these machines as the one

est buy for a man whose profit lies in the



successful harvesting of a small grain or hay

crop. I H C machines have been tested thorough-

ly under every harvest field condition, and have

made good in every test. You are not asked to

make any experiments, the experimenting has all

been done. You take no risk, I H C experience

has provided against all risks. With an I H C

machine you are safeguarded against all harvest—

ing chances except those of the weather, and very

largely against them. .



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President—J. D. Leland, Corunna.

Vice—President——D. M. Morrison, St.

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Secretary-Treasurer—Mrs. C. P. John-

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Directors—C. L. Wright, Caro; E. .VV.

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YEARLY PROGRAMS.





 





Hadley and Elba Farmers’ CIub.—:The

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ceived is that of the Hadley and Elba

Club, of Lapeer county. This is a neat

booklet bound in colored paper covers, on

which appears the name of the Club. The

title page also contains the date of the

organization of the Club, which was 1889,

and the year for which the program

serves. The next page has a schedule of

the meetings which. from October to and

including April, begin at 10:30 a. m., and

from May to September at 1:30 p. m. The

meetings are held On the third Thursday

of each month. On the succeeding page

appears a list of officers of the Club. while

the order of the business of the meetings

appears on the succeeding page. The bal~

ance of the pages are devoted to the pro-

grams for the year, one to each month.

These programs announce the place of

meeting, the manner in which roll call

is to be responded to, the subject for dis—

cussion and literary features. the music

being arranged for by a. committee each

month. The question box does not appear

on the program, but the announcement is

made that the question box is always

open. The. farms of the members are

named, and the name of the farm appears

in connection with that of the host in

each case. The subjects cover a wide

range and are of a practical and general

character. The special feature meetings

include a Children’s Day in June, Mich-

igan Day in July, a meeting being held

on the Fourth, a union picnic with the

other Clubs of Lapcer county in August.

a Club fair in October and an oyster din

nor in January. The program is a neat

booklet and represents one of the most

practical forms of printed programs cov-

ering the Work for the entire fiscal year.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





Prosperous Club Season.—-The Looking-

glass Valley Farmers’ Club is still doing

things. December saw a corn meeting

with Prof. lloopingarner, of M. A. C., as

judge. lie also gave a Very practical talk

along this line, In January occurred

\Voman’s Day. About 140 were present

to enjoy the excellent dinner, served in

finest style by the gentlemen, and the

program furnished by the ladies, Willi

Dean Gilchrist, of M. A. C., as special

speaker. I'Ier address on “Literature in

the Home," was a help to everyone pres—

ent. February and March were devoted

to cows. Colon C. Lillie and Prof, Raven,

of M, A. C., both drew crowds of nearly

200, and left with our members much

valuable information and plenty of good

cow sense. The silo is now the chief

topic under consideration by our incin—

bers. The subject of alfalfa is being tak-

en up, and promises well. This combina—

tion will undoubtedly place our valley in

the front rank as a dairy section, and

much credit should be given the Club for

this and many other improvements. Last

year the Club put en a first-class lecture

course, which proved a success, and plans

are under way for a still better course

the coming winter. \Ve have yet to en—

joy 3 sugar social and picnic, when meet-

ings will close until November. The Club

would like to exchange yearly programs

with other Clubs who use them.—Bel

Maier.



Discuss Mortgage Tax Law.——The- VVix-

om Farmers’ Club was entertained for its

March meeting by Mr. and Mrs. B. A.

Holden. Quite a large number gathered

and enjoyed the usual good dinner and

the social hour. A good program was

rendered, consisting of music, recitat1ons

and select readings. It was moved and

carried to take a penny collection for the

purpose of helping to raise a fund to put

into the schools of Michigan the follow-

ing motto: “It always pays to do right.

It never pays to do wrong.” The follow—

ing question was then taken up: Be-

solved, that the new mortgage tax law

is not a rational or equitable solution of

the mortgage tax problem. Quite a long

and animated discussion arose, with a

preponderance in favor of the resolution

but no decision reached. The topic was

laid on the table for future considera-

tion. The April meeting, April 10, will

be at K. 0. T. M. hall in Wixom.——Mrs.





 





 





 





 





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THE APRIL PROGRAMS.



State Lecturer’s Suggestions for Flrst



Meetlng.



Roll call of officers, responded to by

favorite quotations.



Five-minute summary of progress of

legislation over our state.



Shall we favor or oppose a Central Re-

serve Bank, as the Aldrich plan would

provide? Discussion.



Reading, ”Letters to Legislators.”



Grand march of Grange, led by Master

and Pomona.



How to spray fruit trees: 1. For San

Jose scale. 2. For scab. 3. For codling

moth. 5. For second brood codling moth.





The funniest thing I know.

Light refreshments, served by Ceres

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SUCCESSFUL SPRAYING OPERA-

TIONS.





 





(See topic for first April meeting).



This is a topic of vital importance to

everyone who wishes not only to grow

fruit for commercial purposes but to sup-

ply the home needs as well, and especially

the production of tree fruits.



Spraying should be viewed as a. pre-

ventative measure and not a cure in rela-

tion to its use for the control of fungous

diseases and in combating one or two

insects.



The failure to get the desired results

from spraying operations may be due to

one of three factors, or to all of them,

which in the order of their importance

are: First, thoroughness in application;

second, the proper time; third, the proper

mixture.



After years of experience and observa‘

tion I am satisfied that a large per cent

of the failures to get desired results is

due to a lack of thoroughness. In no

(use is this so vitally true as in the con-

trol of the San Jose scale. Every portion

of 1110 surface of the bark must be cov-

ered to be sure that the. spray mixture

comes in contact with the scale covering

of all the lice, in order to destroy the

parasites 'bcneath the scale covering.

’l‘hese lice multiply so rapidly that if a

few escape, in a hot, dry, favorable sea—

son. a large number may infest the trees

by the end of the season.



Inasmuch as spraying is large.y a pre-

vcntive measure, the proper time is very

important, especially in the control of the

codling moth worm of the apple and pear

and in controlling fungous diseases. \’\'ilh

this fact in view, to obtain the desired

results it is very largely a matter of get-

ing there first. Otherwise, even with very

thorough work with the proper mixture,

you are too late and your labor and ma—

lerial are thrown away. To make this

point plain we will take, as a specific

case, the control of the fungous diseases,

such as scab of the apple and pear and

the various forms of leaf blight that at-

tack the cherry. plum and other fruits.

Fungous growths of this type are a low

order of plant. life, destitute of green col-

oring matter, which live upon the juices

of the higher order of plants. Small min—

ute bodies called spores are thrown off

which may be termed seed the same as a

kernel of wheat or oats. These spores,

floating around in the air. come in con-

tact with the leaves or fruit, and, if eor—

(‘otions are favorable, germinate and send

their roots down into the tissues, which

they destroy,“ deforming the fruits and

making them unsalablc. .



Now if we get there first and keep the

surface of the foliage and fruit covered

with the fungicides recommended and

used, the spores coming in contact are

destroyed and the plant or tree is pro-

tectcd or the disease is prevented from

getting a foothold. If we are too late,

however, and the roots of the spores of

the disease have penetrated into the tis~

sues of the leaf or fruit, the spraying can

do no good for that affected part.



In the controlling of insects one must

know what type of insect he wants to

control before he can intelligently make

use of the spray mixtures, since a mix-

ture that kills by contact must be used

for all kinds of sucking insects, such as

all forms of plant iice, as no poison will

have any effect on that type._ Biting and

chewing insects are destroyed by taking

poisonous mixtures into their stomachs.



Do not be afraid of wasting a little ma-

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on all sides. There must be a. consider—

able waste in order to cover every part.

Many good spraying outfits of different

makes can be had at reasonable prices,

and spraying formulas can be had by

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The habit of egg eating, when once es-

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considered very difficult to get rid of, but

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habit'in short order. The cauSc of egg

eating is usually an insufficient supply of

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reader prompts the publication of the

above contribution from the pen of a

practical poultry grower. Although the

treatment given differs from that usually

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this trouble more often has its inception

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begun it, so that along with the feeding

of shells, as recommended by this con-

tributor, should be provided a chance to

work for their food—Eds.)





SETTING HENS FOR EARLY

HATCHES.



Hatching with hens is the method still

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Although good results are usually se-

cured, we find that better hatches would

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the selection and preparation of the nests.

The nest box must be of proper size and

shape. Any old box will not do. It may

be of most any material, although wood

is preferred. The size of the box should

be governed by the size of the hen. A

nest 15 or 16 inches square and 15 inches

high will do nicely for most any hen. The

box must be large enough to allow the

hen to turn around easily, yet not so large

as to make it hard to keep the eggs to-

gether.



When the hens are set early, and the

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able that the box have a good wood bot-

tom. During the summer months, how-

ever, the nest will need no bottom but

can be set directly upon the ground. The

sides, back and top of the nest should be

solid. The front should be open except

four or five inches at the bottom, which

will be Sufficient to keep the nesting ma-

terial in place and to prevent the eggs

being rollcd out. The top should not be

nailed down but so arranged that it can

be lifted off easily. This will permit re-

moving the hen from the top and not

pulling her out through the opening in

front, which often results in some of the

eggs being drawn out and broken. It

will be necessary to remove the hen from

the nest a. few times for dusting. and it

will be seen that this can be more easily

accomplished by removing the top and

lifting her from the nest.





Cover the bottom of nest with some

heavy paper, preferably tarred paper,

since- this paper has a tendency to keep

down vermin, and this is a consideration

in raising chicks. Then fill in a few inches

of moist earth. Fill the corners and

sides a trifle more than the center and

pack it down. On top of this put the

nesting material, consisting of soft hay or

straw. Pack it down well and shape it

so the center will be a. trifle lower than

the sides, or concaVe in shape. The

diameter of the nest proper should be the

same as the length of the hen‘s body.

This will permit her to cover the eggs

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smash them in' turning around. Guard

against having the center of nest too

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gether in the center, with the possibility

of some being broken. A too shallow nest

is equally bad, since it allows the eggs to

roll out from under the hen or to become

so spread out that they cannot be prop-

erly covered.





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





Do not give the early sitter too large

a number of eggs. You will get a better

hatch from the minimum number of eggs

properly brooded than you will from a

larger number poorly covered. You can-

not secure a good hatch of vigorous, liv-

able chicks from eggs that are not prop-

erly heated at all times during the hatch.

If a hen has difficulty in covering the

eggs, chilling is sure to result at some

t1me. «The eggs on the outer edge will

not get the necessary heat, and as the

eggs are shifted about a good deal there

is danger of them all becoming chilled.

Be on the safe side by giving the hen no

more eggs than she can take care of. I?

sometimes happens that eggs become

broken in the nest. When this happens

remove the soiled nesting material and

replace with clean. Also wash the re-

maining eggs with warm water.



Sitting hens should be fed principally

on heating food, such as corn. This ap-

plies to those set during the cold weather

of early spring. During the hot months

they should have more wheat than corn.

Provide a. dust bath so they can dust

themselves every time they leave the

nest. Have this bath consist of moist

earth instead of dry dust if it can be se-

cured. If the earth is dry, sprinkle it

slightly and stir it up well. The hen will

get her feathers slightly damp by wal-

lowing in the moist earth, which will be

of benefit in supplying moisture to the

eggs.



Do not allow the hen to leave the nest

after the eggs are pipped. Close the front

of the box so that she will remain upon





 





 





the eggs. In 24 hours reach in and re-

move all broken shells. This is necessary,

as we find that broken shells often tele-

scope the unhatched eggs and smother

chicks not yet out of the shell. After the

chicks are all hatched allow them to re-

main in the nest for 10 or 12 hours. They

will be better and stronger if allowed to

rest where they can be both warm and

quiet.

Indiana. 0. E. HACHMAN.

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WHAT TO DO WTH QUEENLESS AND

WEAK COLONIES. '





 





 





 





After they are safely out of the cellar

the bee man is apt to find a few colonies

whose bees hang idly about the entrances,

right from the start, and act differently

from normal colonies. This is a pretty

sure indication that they are queenless

and they will need watching until some

pleasant day when they can be examined.

Queenlcss colonies arc in danger of being

robbed, for thcvy will not protect their

hives as will prosperous colonies. If not

provided wirh a. quccn they will gradually

dwindle away and rho. wax-worm willl





 





 





take possession of the hivo and destroy

the combs. When I find a colony queen-

less I make the entrance so small that it

wili just allow the bees to get through,

thus guarding against robbing. I leave

it thus until a pretty cool evening, when

I remove the covering from the weakest

colony that has a queen and place a.

quecn—cxcluding honey-board in place of

the covcring. V'thn all are quiet I care-

fully Set the hive with the queenless col-

only upon it, leaving off the bottom

board. The bees of the queenless colony

will readily go to the colony having a.

queen, and, in my experience, without

any quarreling. I have united weak col-

onies in this way Without using the- queen

excludcr and had no trouble.





If I find a colony weak in numbers but

strong enough to be worth building up, I

put the bees on as many combs as they

can profitably use and contract the brood-

nest with a division board, making sure‘

that they have plenty of stores. Some- .1

times I put the colony in the center of

the hive, using two division boards. and

fill the spaces between the division boards

and sides of the hive with chaff. To pre-

vent robbing, so far as possible, 1 close

the entrances to the weakcst colonies so

that but one bee can pass at a time, and

allow not even two inches in length of

entrance to the strongest. If robbing has

actually started, I close the entrance so

that only one bee can pass at a time,

leaving it thus until evening. Then, after

all is quiet at night, I carry the robber

colony to the cellar, leaving it there for

a few days until the bees forget the place

or are engaged in getting pollen or nectar

from the opening flowers, when the col-

ony is returned to its former location.



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Many strangers visit the Michigan Ag—

ricultural College each year. They stroll

about the beautiful campus, enjoying the

dark shade of the towering trees and the

bright colors of the flower beds. The

confusion of mechanical apparatus in the

engineering building demands their in-

terested questions. They wonder at the

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Women Who Are Doing T hings—No. 7.





Maud Gilchrist.





W'oman’s College imedately upon her re-

turn, and remained there until 1901. In

1907 the University of Michigan awarded

her the degree of Master of Arts for grud-

uate work of special elegance in botany.



The course of work for women at the

Michigan Agricultural College has always

been of a general nature. Dean Gilchrist

has endeavored to broaden it even more.

She believes that the graduates should





 





 





agricultural hall. Shivers run over them

as they see the gruesome objects in the

museum, but these turn into delighted

exclamations as they pass through the

dairy, the, bacteriology laboratories, the

library, and the many other buildings of

interest.



Finally they stand before the woman‘s

building, its straight lines and stately air

of strength impressing them as nothing

has before. llerc is the home of 200 girls,

a building fitted perfectly from one end

to the other. Behind its doors, classes in

kitchen bacteriology, home nursing, ayd

household economics are working for the

improvement of American womanhood.

The results of the study in this building

affect the homcmakcr of the engineer, the

farmer, and the lawyer. Its many grad-

uutcs always work for the higher stan-

dard of living and for the bettering of

SOcial conditions. The influence of such

an institution can hardly be estimated.



As one looks upon this building he- can-

not but think of the woman to whom the

managcmcnt and welfare of this depart-

ment has been entrusted. She is an all-

round woman. She must possess strong

executive ability to cope with the urgent

problems of n co-cducaiional institution.

Her inilucncc upon the young women in

hcr charge is sure to be of the best. In

short, impuriiulity. justice, exemplary liv—

ing, kindness, sympathy, all that goes to

make up a true women must be hers.



To this position Maud lilchrist was

called as dean in 1901, from the Illinois

Woman‘s College, where she had been

dean from 1897-1901. Her success in

building up hcr department from an en-

rollment of 120 girIS'to the present at-

tendance of 200, shows how well adapted

to the work she is. So rapid has been the





 





growth that at the beginning of this col-

llcge year many applicants had to be turn-

icd away. The present lack of rooming

:fucilities is sure to be a. serious hinder-

inncc both to Dean Gilchrist’s endeavors

‘and to the growth of her department.

The preparation and education of Dean

Gilchrist for her work at' the Michigan

Agricultural College was exceptionally

good. She graduated from the Iowa State

Teachers’ College in 1887 and went to

\Vellcsley *College, where she studied for

three years and taught for ten years.

During the year 1896-97 she studied at

the University of Goettingen. She ac-

cepted the position of Dean of the Illinois





 





 





 





 





Where the Girls Learn Carpentry.





have a knowledge that will enable them

to fill a variety of positions, such as work

in laboratories, drug stores, libraries, or

manual training in the schools. And when

the time comes thcy must be especially

fitted to take up domestic life. The list

of studies now pursued include history,

English, economics, sociology, mathemat—

ics, gc-neral and applied science of physics

and bacteriology, drawing, music, wood—

work, domestic sciencc, dressmaking, mil—

liné‘i'y, cooking, home nursing, and similar

importunt subjects.



Plenty of exercise in the gymnasium

and out of doors, is required, for the

Dean believes in a balanced development,

physical as; wcll as mental and moral.



Naturally the work of her department

is most important to Dean Gilchrist, and

requires the larger part of her time. Nev-

ertheless, she finds opportunity to travel

about the state, where she studies con-

ditions as she finds them. Silo, has a

definite policy toward the farmcrs’ insti-

tutes, clubs, granges and other organiza-

tions, and as she speaks before them very





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often, her opportunity for helping the

farm women of the state is quite large.

She is a. member of the Association of

College Alumnae and tries through her

addresses to further their work for a.

nobler living. She believes that a great

many of the farmers' meetings are now

devoted too much to the men. The

Women come to get the dinner and the

most of their time is spent in work. Her

idea is to have separate meetings for the

women where thcy can discuss their par—

ticular problems. In such meetings a

better occasion would be had for the ac-

complishment of good work by the women

speakers. I



The urgent problem of establishing defi-

nite social connections between country

women, Dean Gilchrist believes, Will'soon

be solved. The increased number of the

social and educational clubs throughout

most neighborhoods will bring the women

into close contact with each other. It

will give them an opportunity to educate

themselves through modern study. The

decrease of the household drudgery, com—

mon to the farm, through modern con-

venicnces and labor—saving devices, will

give the housewife more time for social

life. She will have the opportunity to get

away from home and enjoy the advan—

tages of her friends in the city.





“The succcsst‘ul work of the Y. M. C.

A. in the country,” said Dean Gilchrist

in discussing the life of the farm girl,

“will soon be. duplicated by the Y. \V.

C‘. A, in the banding together of farm

girls for their mutual benefit and enjoy-

ment. In the place of corn growing clubs;

there will be sewing circles and reuding

clubs which will study books worth whilc.

Perhaps competition in gardening or the

care of flower beds, or a baking contest

will be used to stimulate interest.” She

went on to say that these plans had been

tried out in Illinois with marked success.



Many women are actively interested in

the so—called “forward movement” for

women. Some are anxious for woman’s

suffrage, others spend their energies in

fighting the saloon, while many work in

the city slums. But Dean Gilchrist is one

of the few who, entrusted with molding

the characters of young women at a most

critical period. not only do this work un—

usually wcll, but who are also having a.

part in all other activities for woman‘s

welfare.





 





CARBOHYDRATES.-—-CONTINUED. “,





 





BY CORAL R. HAVENS.





Besides cereals, vegetables are generQ





ally all classed as carbohydrates, though

some of them contain so little of real

nutriment that it is hard to do this ac.—

cording to strict definition. But whether

they contain much or little that really

tends to build up the body they do sup—

ply needed bulk to the diet, and it should





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MARCH 30‘, 1912.

not be forgotten that our stomachs re-





quire quantity as well as quality.

Even our old stand-by, the potato, con-





tains only about 15 per cent of solid.





nutriment, the rest of it being water and

cellulose. ‘Potatoes contain valuable min-

eral matter next the Skin, which is too

often lost in the cooking. Properly bak-

ed, in a hot oven, just until thoroughly

softened, the potato is at its best, being

easily digested and retaining all of its

nutriment. Steaming, or gently boiling

in their jackets is the next best way of

serving this old friend. Fried potatoes

are not to be recommended to one who

must confine his diet to foods that are

easily digested, but they do give an agree—

able change if not seerd too often. Cook-

ing potatoes with milk, as scalloped or

creamed, increases their food value great-

ly and when cheese is added, they can

well form the principal dish for luncheon

or supper.



Sweet potatoes contain some sugar in

addition to the starch. They, too, are

best when baked. but can be boiled,

mashed, scalloped or glazed as well.



Parsnips contain both starch and sugar,

but not in such large quantities as do p0-

tatoes. Man, p ple'dislike them but

with a little 0 1e they can be made

very palatable. Scraping parsnips to pre-

pare them for cooking is disagreeable and

unnecesasry. Scrub them clean, then cook

in boiling water until tender; drain off

the water, let them stand in cold water

for a moment, and you will be surprised

and delighted to see how easily the skins

slip off. Then try serving them in a

cream sauce. Or, mash fine, season with

butter, salt and pepper, shape into small,

flat cakes, and brown in hot fat. They

form a very good accompaniment for

roast beef or salt fish.



The turnip is another vegetable that is

not fully appreciated by everyone. It does

possess an oil that gives a strong flavor.

but most of this will be removed if you

take off a thick paring instead of a thin

one. Turnips contain no starch and are

over 90 per cent water, so cannot be re-

lied upon to supply much nourishment;

but they can be used for flavoring soups

and stews and to supplement hearty dish--

es. They can be boiled or steamed, then

served in cream sauce (which increases

their nutritive value), or mashed and sea-

sonc-d with butter. salt and pepper. If

the turnips are very watery, after drain-

ing them lay them in clean cheesecloth

and twist to squeeze out all excess of

moisture.



Cabbage is another of our common veg-

etables, and is in much more general use

than either of the last tWo mentioned. It

can be served in so many pleasant ways

that its popularity is easily understood.

Served crisp and cold, out in thin shreds.

and mixed with any kind of salad dress—

ing it is delicious. Some of us find that

cabbage is quite apt to cause indigestion

but this can often be overcome if cab—

bage is boiled. Do not, I pray you. at

once imagine your house and grounds

filled with the odor of boiling cabbage.

for this is quite unnecessary, I can as-

sure .Vou. Trim off the outside leaves of

the cabbage, then cut it into quarters and

remove the heart. llave ready 3. large

kettle two-thirds full of boiling, salted

water: place cabbage in it, being sure

there is enough water to completely cover

the cabbage, leave off the tin cover and

cook until tender. Then drain and sea-

son with butter, salt and pepper; or chop

line, mix with white'sauce, place in a.

baking dish, cover with buttered crumbs,

and bake until crumbs are brown. 11"

you have never tried cabbage cooked in

this way, I am sure there is a pleasant

surprise in store for you.



Carrots contain no starch but quite a

bit of sugar, but are also commonly dc»

spised in this country, their use being

frequently limited to soups and stews.

'i‘heir common use is said to be a

great help when trying to secure a good

(omplexion. They are good boiled and

served with a simple dressing of melted

butter, salt and pepper, or cut into shreds

or round slices nd creamed.



Beets also contain sugar, and when

young and tender provide agreeable Va-

ricty for the table. After boiling they can

be pickled, used in salads or served alone.

Remember when preparing them for boil-

ing not to pierce the skin and leave about

two inches of the tops on or the red juice

will escape, leaving a very unattractive

looking vegetable.



Beans of all sorts contain large quanti-

ties of starch and also protein, and may,

once in a while, take the place of meat.

Vegetarians‘use them very freely in this

way. There are many varieties of beans

that are suitable for table use but re-

member, they do contain a large amount





   





 





of nourishment and do not require other

starchy vegetables to be served with

them.



Similar in composition to beans are

peas, which, when young and tender, con—

tain sugar in ddition to the starch. Thea.u

should be cooked in as little water as

possible to prevent their burning, in order

that their delicate flavor may not be lost.

Dry,‘ ripe peas require long, slow cooking

to make them fit for use, but are very

nourishing when made into soups.



The value of onions both as food and

medicine is too well known to need em-

phasis here; to the majority of peop'r

they are a welcome adition to the diet.

served raw, boiled, fried or roasted.



Spinach, valuable for its iron, should be

more freely used than it is. If it is young

and tender, cook it gently in its own

juice that none of the valuable mineral

be lost, then season with butter, salt and

pepper, and garnish with slices of hard-

boiled eggs. Some cooks add just a sus-

picion of grated nutmeg to the above, and

sometimes, for the sake of variety, mix

the spinach with white sauce and serve

on slices of crisp, buttered toast.



Lettuce, radishes and celery are valu-

able as relishes, to stimulate a jaded

appetite, and they can be served with

little trouble. Be sure they are thorough-

ly clean, then chill to make them crisp.

Radishes and celery are best served sim-

ply with salt, and, to my mind, lettuce

dressed with vinegar, salt and pepper. is

better than served with heavy salad

dressing.





HUMAN WELFARE QUERIES.





 





Editor Household Department:—V’Vhy

can’t I say, “He has just went?”—School

Boy.



Because “went” is the past form of the

Verb and can not be. used with has, had.

have, etc., to form the perfect tenses.

You say “I go," “I went,” and “I have

gone.” or, “he has just gone."



Editor Household Department'.-—I tried

a Yt'elsh rareblt after the recipe in this

column, but the cheese did not melt into

a creamy mass. It was sticky and

stringy and we could do nothing with it.

\‘i'hat was the matter?—-Miss Sixteen.



The cheese was undoubtedly too old.

You want fresh cheese for a rarebit. ()ld

dry cheese acts as you have described.





Editor Household Department—Do you

consider this a well balanced meal? Salt

pork fried, with milk gravy, mashed po-

tatoes, boiled rice. fritters with maple syr-

up and cream tapioca?—~\\'ant—to—Know.





I should say the carbohydrates or

starch and sugars, and fats. were too

heavy for the proteids. Salt meat is

lacking in nourishment, and salt pork is

usually mostly fat so you. have little pro-

tein there The only other protein would

be the milk in the gravy and the milk

and eggs in the cream tapioca. I would

suggest that, if you can get fresh meat.

you substitute some vegetable for rice

which is so largely starch, and instead

of the fritters and Syrup serve beans,

which are largely protein.





Editor Household Department—silly

four-year-old girl frets and whines con—

tinually. She seems well. that is, she





isn’t sick enough to stay in bed, but she

doesn‘t eat well, just nibbles at things.

Her father thinks it is just temper and

says I ought to whip her. \Vhat do you

think?—»\Vorried Mother.





It is an axiom with child specialists

that the well child is a happy one, so I

would incline to the belief that your little

girl is not well. If she was perfectly

normal she would have no reason to fret.

i would feed her nothing but the very

simplest foods, milk, eggs, rice, farina.

oranges, bacon, and. of course, good

bread and butter. Cut out candy, nuts,

sausage, salt meats, puddings, cakes, pie

and everything of the sort. Keep her

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divert her mind. If she. does not show

improvement in three or four weeks take

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upset a child nervously and physically,

a hard cold may leave a little catarrh, or

there may be enlarged glands or some

other thing which requires treatment.

While I would not go so far as your hus-

band and whip her for fretting I should

not let her whine constantly. A four—

year—old child is old enough to be taught

she need not make everyone else unhappy

by whining just because she fells bad

herself.



Editor Household Departmentz—In the

Michigan Farmer of February 17, there

was a request for a recipe for graham

crackers. Here is mine: Two cups of

sugar, (scant), one cup shortening, half

butter and half lard, one cup sweet milk,

one teaspoon of soda. Mix thick with

graham flour. Roll thin. Cut in squares.

—Mrs. A. 13., Ball Mountain.





 





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Mrs. H.—“John, allow me to introduce you to Anty

Drudge. She came out. from the city to tell us women

about that wonderful Fels-Naptha Soap we saw ad-

vertised. I am going to use it Monday, and you won’t

have to get Sally to help me, because I’ll be through

washing early and can do the work myself.” ,



Farmer Harvester—“Anty Drudge, I want to thank you-

for myself, as well as for my wife, for making her



It makes me so much happier

when she doesn’t have to work so hard.”



Anty Drudge—“That. is my aim in life—to help tired

women—and with the aid of Fels—Naptha Soap I’m





 





Use new methods in your work as your





Fels—Naptha Soap is





the farm woman’s labor-saver.



Instead of boiling the wash, you use'

cool or lukewarm water.

breaking rubbing on a washboard or hard

labor with a washing machine, Fels—Naptha

Soap dissolves the dirt without harm to

Light rubbing on the wash-

board or in the machine releases the dirt.



Millions of city women

and now we want the country folks to try

the Fcls-Naptha way of washing.



For full particulars, write Fels-Naptha, Philadelphia





Instead of back-





know this,





 





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A Whole Pint of it Easily Made at!

110nm and Saves You $2. Safe,

Pleasant and Does the Work

Quickly.





For quick and positive results, the

int. of coutrh syrup that you make at

liome. with ’inex and sugar syrup, can-

not be equalled. it takes hold instantly

and will usually sto the. most; obstinate

deep-seated cough inside of '24 hours.

Even croup and “dimming—cough yield to

it quickly.



(let. a. 50-ccnt botblc of Pincx and mi:

it in a pint bottle with home-nuulo sugar

syrup. To make, the, best sugar syrup,

mix a pint of granulated sugar with 1/5,

pint. of warm water and stir for ‘2 min-

utes. This is no trouble, and gives you

a full pint—a family supply—of better

cough remedy than you could buy ready

mixed for $2.50.



Pinex, used in this way, soothes and

heals the inflamed membranes with re-

markable rapidity. it stimulates the ap-

petite, is sightlv laxative. and tastes

gwmds—children like it. Excellent for

hoarscncss, asthma. bronchitis, and other

throat troubles. and has a wonderful

record in cases of incipient lung, trouble.



Pinex is a special and highly concen-

trated compound of Norway White. Pine

extract. rich in guaiacol and other natu- .

ral healing pine elements.



Pinex has often been imitated. but:

never successfully, for nothing else will

produce. the same results. The genuine

is guaranteed to give absolute satisfac‘

tion, or money refunded. Your druggist

has Pine-x, or will gladly get. it for-you.

if not. send to The Pinex Co., 232 Main

St, Ft, Wayne, Ind.





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Dear Sirs :



I am pleased to

say that through a

friend of mine I

secured the oppor-

tunity of becoming

a traveling sales-

man for the Sagi-

naw Medicine Co.



I find that it is

a money-making“

proposition.as well

as pleasant work,

for it certainly

gives a man a satisa

, ficd feeling when



he knows that the

line of goods he is handling is securing a lot

of good, warm friends for him all over his

territory.



Toagreater or less extent I believe that

the line of goods I handle are responsible for

the cordial reception I receive wherever I go.

The goods give such good satisfaction that

the people are glad to see me come again so

that they can obtain another supply. All I

had to do was to introduce the goods on the

first trip and now they sell themselves.



The S. M. CO. PLAN. I find is the only

successful plan to do business and I think it

is complete. I also wish to add that the

Saginaw Medicine Company has proved to be

both honest and reliable.





Very truly yours. J. W. WRIGHT.





 





 





 





(THE MICHIGAN LINE





Mr. Wright’s sales amounted to $954.10

in his first (.5 days on the road, and he attri-

butes some of his success to the fact that he

was supplying the people of Michigan with a

reliable line of Household Remedies. Stock and Poultry

Remedies, Extracts, Spices and loilat cits manu-

factured right here in the State of Michigan.

We want our line represented by a. hustler in

Eaton. Lenawee. Kaiamozoo, Barry.Jackson

and Branch Counties, Michigan.



If interested. write for terms. Don’t miss

this opportunity.





THE SAGINAW Mtnlimt comm





SAGINAW. MICH.

Mention this paper.





 





 





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THE ‘MICHIGAN” FARMER.





A DOZEN CAKES FROM ONE RECIPE.





 





OW many women have one cake

H recipe and yet make a dozen dif»

l ferent combinations with it. Here

is one tried and tested friend, capable of

endless variations. ,



Sift one cup of sugar with a cup and a

half of flour and two rounding teaspoons

of baking powder. Break an egg into a

cup, fill with cream. or with three table-

spoonsfuls of melted butter and milk and

stir into the flour and sugar. Flavor to

suit and bake in two layers.



Now for the possibilities. First there

is plain boiled icing, a cup of sugar boiled

with a fourth cup of water till it threads,

and poured on the stiffly beaten white of

one egg.



Second, chocolate cake: A cup of sugar

and seven tablespoonfuls of milk boiled

with an ounce of chocolate which has

been melted over hot water. Boil this

until a soft ball forms when dropped in

cold water, then beat until it begins to

thicken.



Make a. plain cream cake: by mixing a

cup of sugar thoroughly with two table-

spoonfuls of cornstarch in ‘the top of the

double boiler and adding a pint of boiling

water and two yolks well beaten. Cook

20 minutes, then add a tablespoonful of

butter and when nearly cold a teaspoon-

ful of flavoring.



. A delicious orange cake may be made

by adding the grated rind and juice of one

orange to your cream filling.



For lemon cake make the filling you

place in your pic slit-lls and put this be-

tween your cake layers and on top.



For banana cake, arrange thin slices of

bananas on the cake when covered with

boiled icing, or mash the bananas and

cover the layers with the pulp.



If your family is large enough, and

hungry enough, to finish the cake at one

meal, mash stewed pears or stewed

peaches, add a little sugar and spread on

the layers.



Then, of course. there are our old

friends, jellies and whipped cream to

make other variations.



You can convert; the cake into a spiced

cake by adding spices instead of extracts

for flavoring, and if you want a fruit

cake add a cup of raisins and half a cup

of chopped nuts to this. For a loaf cake

like this add a quartcr of a cup more

flour, as loaf cakes should be stiffer than

layer cakes.



A dcliclous white loaf cake is made

from this recipe as follows: Add a quarter

cup more flour and bake in a rectangular

pan. Then with a sharp knife mark

cvenly into square-s. From the center of

each square cut out a tiny square piece

to make a hole, fill this with jelly, and

put the. ”cchr" back on. Children, es-

pecially. like this if you are exact in fit-

ting ymr “cove-rs" so that they do not

suspcct the presence of the jelly until

they taste it.





FIRST AID.





 





BY GENEVA M. SEWELL.



It is very convenient for a moth-err?)

be able to rcpair the little lady’s dolly, for

all mothers know how soon a dolly may

be loved into pieccs. If a doll’s head is

filled with plaster of Paris before it is

fastened to the body, it will not only pre-

vent the eyes from falling out, as often

results from even a moderate bump, but

it also makes the head itself less liable to

break. Five cents worth of plaster of

Paris will last a long time. and is very

convenient to have in the house for many

purposes. Mix a sufficient amount with

water to mako a thin paste, that is, a

paste that will pour, and fill the head and

neck. it will harden in a very short time.

Mix only as much as you will need for

the one time. for any that is left will

harden and cannot be used again. It must

be scraped and wiped from the dish be—

fore it has a chance to harden. If the

doll’s eyes open and shut work them back

and forth for a few minutes until the

plaster is set, and they will not: be affect-

cd by it.



The jointed bisque dolls which all chil-

dren so thoroughly enjoy, have a tenden-

cy to come apart easily. It is the work

of only a few moments to put them to-

gether again. The materials necessary

are a stout piece of good elastic cord, the

stick end of a match and some good glue.

If the arms are off, of course the head

will be for they are fastened to the body

by the same elastic. First pass one end

of the elastic through the hole in one

arm, put a little glue in the hole and

press the match into the hole beside the

elastic. holding the end of the elastic to

prevent the match pushing it out. The





 





 





bit of wood must be wedged in tightly,





' MARCH 30, 1912.»





and well glued. Next, take the long end

of the elastic and pass it through the

hole in the shoulder and out at the neck.

Make a’loop 1n the elastic and push it

into the head, catch it over the wire loop

which is in the head for that purpose. If

you cannot succeed in doing this, put the

elastic through a darning needle and push

it up through the hair at the top of the

head and down again a short distance

away, the hair will conceal it. Draw the

elastic tight or else the head will not

stay in place when turned. Put the elas-

tic through a hole in the other shoulder

and through the arm. Now glue the

other piece of wood and pull the elastic

as tightly as you can and wedge it into

the hole. \Vhen the glue is dry cut the

wedge and the elastic off evcn and the

work is done. If the legs are off, they

may be put on just as the arms were.

The only trouble is with the head, and

that can be readily managed if a little in-

genuity is used. Sometimes it is a little

easier to take off the hair in order to get

the elastic over the loop, and the hair

may then be glued in place. If the eyes

are down and out they may be made to

stay in place with the plaster, though

they will not open and shut. If the eyes

are gone entirely fill the head as before

and paint eyes on the plaster when dry.



The few moments spent by mothers

now and then in this repair work is not

only an economic investmcnt. but proves

to the, child 1hat the mother is interest~

ed in what she loves.





 





SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.



A piece of cloth dipped in spirits of

wine and rubbed on soiled leather will

remove every spot on it.—Mrs. A. L. C.



If the kitchen pump or drain pipe

freezes, throw in a handful of salt, pour—

ing in a little hot water if necessary to

carry the salt to the frozen place. In an

hour or two this will clear the pipe of

ice. The “men folks" employ this means

of thawing out their pipes at the barn

also.~—D. L. M.



Celery is sometimes very scarce and a

good plan is to save the tops. Cut and

wash the nice leaves, tie with a cord,

hang up to dry. \Vhen dry put them in

paper bags and save for seasoning soups,

dressings and salads—Mrs. A. L. C.



MICHIGAN FARMER PATTERNS.



These patterns may be obtained from

the Michigan Farmer ofiice at the prices

named. Be sure to give pattern number

and the size wanted.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





No. 5754, Ladies’ WaiSt Closed at Front

with Empire Back and Body and Upper

Part of Sleeves in One. Six sizes, 32 to

42 inches bust measure. Medium size re—

quires 2% yards of 36—inch material, 5:43-

yard 18—inch all—over; {iii-yard 24—inch

contrasting goods. Price, 10 cents.



N0. 5752, Ladies’ Princess Combination

Corset Cover and Open Drawers. Six

sizes, 32 to 42 inches bust. Size 36 re-

(Iuires 31/8 yards 36—inch goods, 31/51 yards

insertion, 27,4. yards narrow edging, 2%

yards wide edging. Price, 10 cents.



No. 5736, Ladies’ Shirt Waist with Re-

movable Chemisette and Long or Short

Sleeves. Six sizes, 32 to 42 inches bust.

Size 36 requires 2% yards 36-inch goods,

1/2 yard 18—inch all~over, 2 yards braid.

Price, 10 cents. ‘



No. 5732, Ladies’ Three-Piece Sklrt with

High or RegulatiOn Waistllne and with or

without Panel. Five sizes, 32 to 40 inches

waist. Size 24 requires, with panel, 37,1;

yards 36-inch goods or without panel 314

yards 36-inch goods. Price, 10 cents.



No. 5767, Ladies' Four-Gored Skirt in

Tunic Style and CIOsed at Frant. Five

sizes, 22 to 30 inches waist. Size 24 meas-

ures 2% yards around lower edge and

requires 314 yards 44-inch material. Price

10 cents. - ’
THE «MICHIGAN FARMER»





 





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large mouthful but said he guessed some-





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i 7 one had spilled pepper on it. Of course,“

HOMEAND YOUTH none of us had done anything like that,

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‘A‘*“““““““““ ‘ He then took a drink of water, but that

A BIT OF WORLDLY WISDOM. was all briny. He didn’t know hardly

what to say, but mamma told me to



BY MRS' M‘ 8‘ RANDOLPH“ empty the water and get a fresh pail. I



Buy cheap, sell dear; emptied it into a pail on the table and





Oh! that’s the slogan, sonny.





It will take- you, never fear, got some that was fresh.





 





 





Where you can bank your money. A few minutes after I had brought the

, ' fresh water mamma handed Mr. Waite a

Bllértesglreaxiiinfienthieasg’uealin‘g; piece of pie, saying: “Eat this, Mr.

Get your wool and closely shear Walte, and get that taste Of pepper out

Both lambs in your dealing. of your mouth." He drew his chair up to

. the table and began to eat it; he ate the

Bigidcehejalpglsfiil 31:22,; your grinning crust first and finally said to mamma,

At the innocents who steer “What kind of pie is this?” She replied,

Straight for the web you're spinning- “See if you can tell me correctly." 80

Buy cheap sell clear' he took a large piece of the clear mus—

Let‘not bonseience’ trouble; turd and put it into his mouth. He cer-

Live your life as ended here, tainly made some great faces over that

And chase the golden bubble. and rushed for a drink of water. The

— — salty water was on the table and closest

AN APRIL FOCUS JOKE' . to him. so he took that without thinking,

and this only made things worse than . o

' BY BELLA G" EMEB'Y' ever. He looked bewildered and did not The newest Idea. In Clothes-

VVhen I was ten years old my parents know what to say. To break the silence '

lived on a farm. Near them there lived I said, “April Fool!” We all laughed, making has been rOduced by





a man who was lazy and'never did any and mamma gave him a piece of good the Oldest manu acturers of

work. This man’s Wife supported the pie and a cup of ten. When he had eaten , . A .

men s clothes in merica.





family by taking in SEWing. She made an this he went home, but when he came

extra good living, but would never let her over after that he never came into the





. husband have any money for tobacco. He house. ' ° '

"‘l" was so addicted to its use that, in order A year from that day we still lived S a reSUIt, $15 W111 buy % faShlonable rgadY‘

to get it, he would come over to our place there, and he did also. However, he and tO-Wear blue serge SUlt that really W111 flt

almost every morning and stand around his wife were going to move in a few .

and talk with papa for a little While; then days, so they invited us over to spend and wear and hOld ltS shape and color.

papa would bring him into the house and the day, it also being Sunday. “'0 all . .

sometimes would offer him a chew of to- went, but we -went expecting to be fooled It Will compare favorably WIth most ESUItS at





bacco. If he did not offer it the man for using him the way we had the year





Would ask for some. before. \Vhen dinner was served and we $20—and it’s as gOOd as it lOOkS, for the things

0 . h' . k . t d' . _ ’ ,, , a

ne morning we saw im coming as went in o the thing room we were vex) YOU can’t see are guaranteed by, dealfir and





usual. As it happened to be the first day much surprised to see that for plates we

of April my sister and I thought we would had sauce dishes; for cups, plates; the maker

I





have some fun. My sister took a piece of Spoons were in saucers, the tooth-picks



tobacco and sprinkled red pepper on the in the spoon holder, the sugar in the ' ' ’ ' ' .



end of it, while I put a lot of salt in the tooth-pick holder. and everything was The new Idea, 1n brlef’ ls thls °



water pail. Mamma, who was baking. changed around. The food, however, was Centering advertising upon one suit increases the demand for it.





said: “Well, girls, I will make a saucer of the very best and cooked in the best . . . . _ ., .

Manufacturing larger quantities lowers making-costs. F iguring the





pie and put mustard in it for you to give manner possible. _ . ,

to Mr. Waite when he comes in.” We were almost afraid to taste the savmgs in advance, we put them into better cloth.





‘Just as we had everything fixed, Mr. different things, but did so for looks‘ sake, , . . . . 1 . .

Waite and papa came into the house. and were surprised to find everything so You see the new idea 18 built upon lamb in our own at vertismg.

They t00k chairs in the kitchen and talk— nice- When we were nearly through eat- 7e had faith because we state nothing but facts. It was Justified;





ed for a long time, so long that We began ing. Mr. Waite said: “I know you ex— and SO what last season was only an idea is today a proven success.

to get nervous and afraid that we would peeted to be April fooled, and I know just





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1 not be able to carry out our plans, so I how you felt about tasting the things. I

said: "Mr. Waite, wouldn‘t you like a am satisfied that I have fooled you, and

chew of tobacco.” He said he wouldn't now that I have returned the joke we will

mind so I brought it to him. He took a be friends and neighbors just as before."

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BY EVERITT MCNEIL . In buying this suit you take nothing Notice how good they look and feel



Chapter XXIIL—The Fight '“ the Dark lent Wind! fairly pounded the bOdY With on faith. The Clothcraft guarantee -——how well they fit. And then read



R°°m- “5 hundeS 0f flStS- Every few minUtes absolutely assures all—wool cloth, first- the guarantee that's in the pocket of



‘g N0 train left Utlca for PlumVille 1mm a ViVid “=18“ 0f lightning lighted up the class trimmings and workmanship, per- every Clothcraft coat. It indicates

seven O’clock that night; and it was after scene for an instant, and then left every- manent shape, satisfactory wear and the maker’s confidence that the clothes





will stand every reasonable test.





nine o’clock when I again drove into Red thing in a blacker darkness. As I sprang service. ,

Murdock’s yard. Doctor Anderson came to the ground an unusually bright flash Go to The Clothcraft Store.‘ Ask to If your regular clothier doesn't sell

to the door. of light shot across the sky, and. by its see the Clothcraft Blue Serge Special, Clothcraft,you’ll thank us for directing ‘

“The patient is still sleeping soundly,” momentary glare, I fancied that I saw a No. 5130, at $15, and the many other you to one who does. Write us today

he replied, in answer to my anxious in- number of dark figures gathered in {1 styles of Clothcraft Clothes—America’s for the Spring Style-Book, a sample of

quiry. “It is a life sleep, Mr. Delvin; and knot at little in front of the horses, but. one guaranteed all-wool line at medium the 5130 serge, and the address of the

nearest Clothcraflt Store.





if it holds for a few hours longer, we in the moment‘s excitement, I thought priccsz$10 to 325-

have hopes, even great hopes for her ui- nothing of it, and hurried forward.





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"L you had better come in. Looks like a bad I passed the horses‘ heads and again

storm," and he turned his eyes to the called out. fifffiigthgfiigl‘iigenémifi

western skies, where‘great masses of As I spoke I heard the sound of heavy 623 ST CLAIR AVENUE N W ‘levelapd

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black clouds were piling up and vivid breathings and the quick moving of feet

flashes of lightning were already begin— in the mud of the road; then a bright

ning to play across their dark baek- shaft of light flashed straight into my

ground. , face, and I saw, dimly, a rush of dark



I drove hurriedly homeward anxious figures toward me; but, before I could

to reach the house before the storm lift a hand, before I even realized what

broke; but I had hardly gone half the dis- was happening, there came a blinding

1ance when the rain began to fall; it be- deafening crash of light, and I plunged

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bending over me say. “But I fancy he

won’t giVe us any trouble for a quarter

of an hour yet.”



I wondered who was alive all right?

\Vho would give no trouble? And then

with the suddennes‘s and almost with the

paralyzing force of an electric shock, I

understood clearly all that had happened.

I had been waylaid and was to be held

in some safe place until after Harry Rod-

ney and Elsie Lamont had been made

man and wife! Somehow Rodney must

have become aware of the purpose of my

trip to Utica; and, not knowing how

much Red Murdock had revealed, but

dreading the worst, he had desperately

determined to take no chances, and to

make it impossible for me to interfere

with the wedding by forcibly keeping me

a prisoner until after the ceremony had

taken place.



For a couple of minutes I lay absolutely

powerless, stunned by the suddenness and

the completeness of the disaster, which

meant the triumph of Harry Rodney, the

sacrifice of Elsie Lamont»—



No—a thousand times no! That mar—

riage must, never take place! The blood

gave a great jump thrOugh my veins, and

I struggled with all my strength to burst

the strong ropes with which I was bound.



My captors flashed the light of the dark

lantern down on me, and silently watch—

ed my vain efforts. \Vhen l was done one

of them bent and carefully examined the

ropes. ' Evidently they intended to guard

against any chance of my escape. There

was no need to tighten or retie a single

knot. All had held firm.



My struggles had completely exhaust-

ed me, and had left me almost suffoca-

ted by the gag, which prevented my

breathing freely. As soon as I had re-

covered sufficiently to think clearly I

realized the uselessness of wasting my

strength in vain attempts to break the

strong ropes with which I had been so

securely tied, and determined to remain

quiet, but watchful. ready to grip the

first opportunity of escape that was of-

fered.



I soon discovered that I was being

driven, as rapidly as the darkness would

permit, over a rough road running through

a woods. I could hear the wind and the

rain beating against the trees, and caught

momentary glimpses of the dripping,

swaying branches, when the lightning’s

flash cut like a sword through the dark—

ness. Presently we passed over a rude

wooden bridge; I knew it by the hollow

rumble of the wheels beneath me. I also

learned that a lighter vehicle followed,

which I concluded was my own buggy.

A. few minutes later the wagon stopped,

and I was lifted out and carried through

thick underbrush and shrubbery into an

old deserted log cabin. A vivid flash of

lightning, just as we Were entering the

door, showed for an instant my sur—

roundings; and I knew that I had been

taken to Old Ben‘s cabin, a house in

which an old negro had lived many years

before, and which had been deserted ever

since the old man had been found mur—

dered, lying on the floor, his head crush—

ed by a blow from an axe which lay cov—

cred with blood by his sidc. The cabin

was situated a mile from the main road,

and in the depth of a largo woods, and

completely hidden by trees and shrubbcry

which had grown up around it. My ah-

(luctors could not have: found a safer rc-

treat. On a stormy night like this there

was not one chance out, of a million of a

human being coining near the place. I

recalled how I had told Jake that I would

not be back until late. He and Mary

Jane would think I had been delayed at

l'ticn, and Doctor Anderson would be-

Iich me safe at home. There was no

likelihood of my being missed and a

search begun for me until it would be too

late to prevent the wedding. I seemed

to have played directly into the hands of

liarry Rodney; and never shall I forget

the agony of my mind when I thought of

my uiicr helplessness and the hopeless-

ness of my being able to escape in time

to stop that accursed marriage.



The men dropped me rudely on the

rotten floor of the cabin. As my body

struck the floor I felt so sharp a pain in

my back that I would have cried out

had it not been for the gag in my mouth.

I had fallen on the jagged point of a

nail that projected up through the floor.

A quick roll of my body to one side re-

lieved me of the nail point. A moment

later the thought came to me that this

nail might be made the instrument of my

salvation, if I could only get the rope

that bound my hands behind my back in

contact with it. For a minute I lay still.

carefully calculating the position of the

nail in the floor; then I began slowly

working my body toward it until I felt





the sharp prick of its point against one

of my hands. , ,



There was no light in the room, save

that thrown intermittently on me from

the dark lantern, and the occasional vivid

glare of a. flash of lightning. At other

times the darkness was so great that I

could see but a few inches in front of

my face, while the roar of the storm

through the trees without, and the

screaming and the pounding of the wind

against the rotten old logs of the house.

effectually deadened the slight noise 1

made. as I desperately tried to sever the

strands of the rope which bound my

hands by piercing and tearing them with

the sharp point of the nail. It was slow,

desperately slow and painful work; but,

little by little, almost fiber by fiber, I

forced the nail through the strands 0f the

rope; and at last, my hands were free.





So far my captors had given little at-

tention to me, saVe every ten or fifteen

minutes to flash the light of the dark

lantern in my direction to see if I still

lay where they had left me. They stood

together, six of them, near the door of

the ‘room, talking in such low tones that

I could not hear a word said above- the

noise made by the storm. They were all

large,- men, clothed in long black coats,

with their faces hidden by dark handker-

chiefs, and each man had a heavy club.

uch the flashes of lightning to





This In

mc. Evidently they had no fear of my

escaping; for not one. of them came near





1110, and they were content with illumin—

ating the spot where I lay with the rays

of their dark lantern every now and then.



The moment my hands 'were free I

quickly rcachcd down into my trousers"

pocket, and drew out my pocket-knife. In

a minute more the blade was open and I

had cut the fastenings that held the gag

in my mouth. I did not dare to remove

the gag, because I feared that its remov—

211 would be noticed the next time the

rays of the lantern were turned in my

i This done I placed my hands

bchind me in the same position they had

been in when tied, and waited as patient—

could for the flash of the dark

h would assure me that for

a few minutes 1 would be left in dark-

! before I attempted to cut the ropes

Fortunately I did





direction.





ly as I

lantern, “'th





nc‘ss,

which bound my feet.





not have long to wait.

minutes one of the men pulled back the

dark shutter, and flashed the. light of the

lantern slowly up and down my length as

I lay stretched out on the floor. He saw

nothing to awaken suspicion; and, after

keeping the light on me for perhaps two

minutes, he closed the shutter and I was

again in darkness.



The instant the rays of the light left

llll‘ l brmt forward, and quickly cut the

ropes which bound my feet, leaving the

Ft'V'cl'ml 'ropos still around my ankles.

lllllllS were now free; but the ropes had

been drawn so tightly that my feet were





numb, and l was compelled to wait until ,





the circulation had been restored. Be—





sides I had not yet definitely Settled on





my plan of action. There were six men

10 be accounted for; and I knew that

rather than suffer me to escape these

men would kill me. hence it behoovcd me

to be c-xtrcmc-ly careful, if I Would yet

(left-at Hurry Rodney. But I was des-

perate and fully determined to make the

attempt to escape no matter at what

hazard. The storm still raged violently;

and the sound of the wind and the rain

pounding on the roof and the sides of the

house and the utter darkness of the

night, encouraged me to hope that 1 could

steal out of the old house unheard and

unseen; and once outside 1 had little fear

of recapture. I decided to wait until af-

ter I had again been inspected by the

rays of the dark lantern, and then to

make the venture at once. lf I was dis-

covered—I could fight; and God have

mercy on the souls of all who came be-

tween me and my freedom.



I lay in absolute darkness. Now arid

then, during a lull in the storm, i could

hear the indistinct conversation of tho six

men, who stood huddled together near

the door. \Vhat if they should take it

into their heads to give my bonds it clos-

(r inspection? Had I not better make the

attempt to escape now? To wait longer

seemed to court discovery; but, I had al-

ready waited so long that ”the light of

the lantern might be flashed on me at

any moment. Yet every minute of delay

was like a drop of molten lead on my (les-

perate anxiety. I longed for the instant

of action to come.



At length, after What seemed an hour

of waiting, the light was suddenly flashed

full in my face. So tensely were my

nerves strung that it was impossible for

me to keep from giving a sudden start

When the rays struck my face, and the





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gripping and straining, with panting

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felt the toe of my boot crush into soft

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MARCH.





BY RUTH RAYMOND.

The rampant brooks their banks o’erflow,

Fed by the melting snows;

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March 27, 1912.

Grains and Seeds.



Wheat—Little attention is given to

crop conditions, other factors creating the

interest in the wheat situation. The de-

lay in the opening of navigation on the

lakes is causing competition in Europe

for Argentine wheat, thus giving the

market there a bullish tone which it is

likely to keep until supplies from Canada,

that are now held in large elevators,

can be forwarded. The chief bearish

factor at home is the large accumulations

of the grain at Chicago. Future shorts

have been buying from outside points and

forwarding to Chicago in order to evade

the necessity of bidding for grain held by

large manipulators. In spite of this sitti-

ation, the market during the week has

advanced 11/20 over the price of last

Thursday. Millers are buying wheat at

Minneapolis and farmers are believed to

have very little of the grain in thei.‘

hands. On Tuesday, a full 1c advance

was reported at the local market, except





 





for July wheat which went up inc. One

year ago the price for No. 2 red wheat

was 86%c per bu. Quotations are:

- No. 2 No. 1

Red. White. May. July.

Thursday . .9834 .9634 $1.001/2 .99

Friday ...... .9834 .96 3,1, 1.00% - .99

Saturday .9934 .973}; 1.0114: .9917.

Monday .991/2 971/2 1.011; .99

Tuesday ....1.001/.§ .981/2 1.021], .9994

\Vednesday ”1.00%, .9891; 1.02% 1.00

Corn.—As for wheat, corn prices have

fluctuated, with a general tendency to





advance. The general demand, which has

been wide and healthy most of the winter

season, still continues because-of weather

conditions and gives a bullish tone to the

trade with prices ruling better than a

week ago. On the local market there is

little ccrn for sale. The lateness of the

spring opening is certain to haVc an in-





fluence upon the, trade that will benefit

the seller. One year ago the price for

No. 3 corn was 47c pcr bu. Quotations

are:



No 3 No. 3



Corn. Yellow.

Thursday ....... . . . . ...... 68-";va 70 1A:

Friday ..... . . . . . . ..... 691,2, 71.

Saturday . . . . . . . . . ...... 693.; 711/2

Monday . . . .. . ............. 693,1; 71 ‘1)

Tuesday .................. (iii-"r, 71 1,13

\Vcdnesday . . . . . . ......... 70 719;;





Oats—Prices have not changed in the

past, tWo weeks. Continued cold weather

is likely to decrease the. amount of seed—

ing to oats. The market is taking note

of this and putting the grain on a still

iirmer basis than it has occupied. (in

the local market there is Very little trad—





ing. One year ago standard oats were

quoted at 33c per bu. Quotations are:

Standard. No.3

White.

Thursday ................. 57 565/2

Friday .................... 57 561,43

Saturday ................. 57 561/2

Monday ................... 57 561/;

Tuesday ................... 57 561,32

Wednesday ............... 57 56%

Beans—Buyers haVe suddenly become

anxious for beans and throughout the

state the past Week a healthy demand

prevailed. This was accompanied by an

advance of 2c over the figures of a week

ago. Quotations are:

Cash. May.

Thursday ..... . ............. 2.40 $2.45

Friday ............. 2.42 2.47

Saturday ................ 2.42 2.47

Monday .................... 2.42 2.47

Tuesday .................... 2.42 2.47

Wednesday ....... . ......... 2.42 2.47

Clover Seed.~~~l‘rices dropped blonday





on all grades. The market is quiet, the

demand for seeding after fall crops being





about ended. Quotations are:

lash. April. Alsike.

Thursday ........$l3.35 $13.10 $13.00

Friday ........... 13.35 13.10 13.00

Saturday ......... 13.35 13.10 13.00

Monday .......... 13.00 12.50 12.75

Tuesday ......... 13.00 12.50 12.75

Wednesday ...... 12.75 12.25 12.75

Rye.——’l‘here is no change in the, rye

situation. No trading is reported at this





point and cash No. 2 is nominally quoted

at 930 per bu.



Timothy Seed.-.<\ decline of 5c is re-

ported in timothy seed circles. Prime

spot is being quoted at $6.90 per bu. The





market is quiet.

Flour, Feed, Potatoes. Etc.



, Flour.#Market rules steady with trad-

‘ ing dull.

Straight .............................. $5.25

Patent Michigan ....... . ............. 4.85

Ordinary Patent ..................... 4.80

Rye .................................. 5.20



Feed.~Prices are unchanged. Carlot





iprices on track are:





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Bran, $30 per ton;

coarse middlings. $30: fine middlings, $30;

cracked corn, $30; coarse corn meal, $30;

corn and oat chop,'$28 per ton.





Hay and Straw.——.‘\ll kinds of rough-

are steady and scarce, and the quota—

tions are: No. 1 timothy, 322.5061‘23; N0.





2 timothy. $21.50fi22: clover. mixed, $20.50

€522.50: rye straw, $11.50@12; wheat and

at straw, $11®11 50 per ton.



Potatoes.—-l\n active demand and mod—

erate offerings have maintained prices.

New potatoes from the south are in. Car

lots on track are quoted at 31.0575110 per

bu: new potatoes, $3 per bu.



Prwisions.-~Family pork‘, $17.50fi118.50;

mess pork, $16.50; clear, backs, $17fl'18:

picnic hams. ill/get bacon. 12fi14c; pure

lard in tierces, 10c: kettle rendered lard,

110 per lb.



Dairy and Poultry Products.



Bunch—The production of butter is

still small and the demand and supply

caused dealers to advance quotations for

both creamery and dairy goods 1c per lb.

this last week. The advance is general.

Quotations are: Extra creamery, 300;





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first creamery, 29c; dairy, 22c; packing

stock, 210 per lb.



Eggs.—While eggs are arriving quite

freely, the demand is large and absorbs

the supplies as quickly as they arrive

Without being fully satisfied. It is due

to the heavy consumption that current

receipts advanced the past week 1140,

they now being quoted at 2134c per doz.,

cases included.



Poultry.—Supplies are not coming in

freely. Demand is good and prices firm

at last week’s quotations. They are;

Spring chickens, 14@150; No. 2 chickens,

11((9120; hens, 14@15c; No. 2 hens, 11@

12c; turkeys, 16@17c; geese, 11@12c; ducks

14c; young ducks, 150 per lb.



Veai.——Veal is steady. Fancy, 9@91/zC;

choice, 71/26081éc per lb. .



Cheese.——All grades of cheese remain

steady. Michigan, September, 18%@190;

Michigan, late made, 171/2@180; York

state, 19@200; limburger, 17@19c; domes-

tic Swiss, 20@23c; brick cream, 20@220

per 1b.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Cabbage.-—Steady; now selling at 31/2@

40 per lb.



Onions—Lower; $2602.15 per bu; Span-

ish. $2 per small crate.



Apples.-—Baldwins are selling at $3

@350; Greenings, $3.25((D3.50; Spies, $3.50

@4; Ben Davis, $2@2.50 per barrel. ‘





OTHER MARKETS.





 





Grand Rapids.





The potato market is strong, with no

signs of weakness anywhere. The ruling

price throughout the state is $1, regard-

less of location and freight rates, which

is a peculiar situation. Shippers say that

they are moving as much stock as they

can get cars for, and the railroads keep

promising more cars but they are slow in

coming. Kuyers are afraid of frozen

stock and some of them refuse to touch

potatoes in pits for the present. The egg

market is weaker and while 19c was paid

the country merchants Tuesday. pros—

pet-ts indicate a decline soon, on account

of liberal receipts. Dairy butter is 240.

Live poultry is bringing the following

prices: Spring chickens, 121,§c; geese, 10c;

ducks, 14c; turkeys. 18c; guineas, 300;

eapons, 180/ 20c. lit-essed hogs are worth

81,446,190. llay is selling at $20@24.





Chicago.

\Vheat.-N0. 2 red. $1.03@1.04; May,

$1.032ta; July, 9801C.

Corn—No. 3,ti81,é_>(!160c; May, 727/90;





.luly, 731,,c per bu.



Oats—No, 2 white, 541,1“,(gr55c; May, 540;

July, 5034c per bu.



Barleyihlalting grades,

bu: feeding, 75c(n$l.



l;utter.—~i\larket quiet and firm at a 10

advance for creameries. Dairy goods are

steady. Creamcries, 2761300; dairies, 23

@270



l«1ggs.-.\n active demand is absorbing

the liberal supplies and wanting more so

that prices were marked up 11/29 for the

week. Quotations: Firsts. 21c; ordinary

tirsts, 20c per dozen; at mark, cases in—

cluded, 1.9%(0200.



l'otatoes.—w\\'hilc receipts of both old

and new stock have increased, prices are

held steady by a healthy demand with a

slight tendency to widen in both direc—

tions because of so many grades. Michi—

gan stock is now quoted at $1.12td1.18 per

bu; \Visconsin, $1.10@1.20.



Beans—Demand for choice stock is

good, with prices advanced for pea beans





$1.18@1.35 per





 





and steady for red kidney. Quotations

are: l’ea beans, choice hand—picked,

$2.63 per bu; prime, $2.50; red kidneys,

$2.40@2.50.



New York.





Batten—Trade is steady. Creamery

special, 32c; extras, 311/20; firsts, 301/2@

310; packing stock, current make, 221/;@





230 per lb.



l<lggs.—l\=iarket is strong. Quotations

are: Fresh gathered extras. 241/260250;

firsts do.,"23tu24c; seconds do., 221/201)

2233c: western gathered whites, 24(0260

per dozen.



l‘oultiy.——.»\live.-Market is dull. “Test-

ern chickens, 13c; fowls, 14((0141/20; tur—

keys, 1501200 per lb. Dressed—trade is

quiet. Fresh killed fowls, 14((t1161/2c; froz-





cn turkeys, 13@20c per lb.





 





Boston.

\V'ool.—The interest in the- old clip is

practically gone and all eyes are turned





toward the. producing states where bid-

ding is being made for the new clip.

(Much has already been secured 1by the





brokers at prices which were fairly satis—

factory to growers. There appears to be

a tendency because of the bullish feeling

advance contract prices.





in the trade to

Following are the leading domestic quo—

tations for old fleeces: Ohio and Penn-





sylvania iltiaeccs—llelaine washed, 32c;

XV, 28fi2ilc; tine unmerchantable, 23c;

1/g-blood combing, 26%fi’27c: Pro—blood

combing, 29c: li-blood combing, 2860290;

delaine. unwashed, 26c; tine unwashed,

211,130 Michigan, \\'isc:onsin and New

York fleeces—Fine unwashed, 201/;c; de-

laine- unwashed. 24c: l/J-blood unwashed,





20c. Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri—5%,-

blocd, 28((129C; 1,;q-blood, 287(290.





Elgin.



Rutter—«Market firm at 30c per 1b.. an

advance of 1c since the previous week.

The output for the week was 775,000 lbs.,

compared with 800,000 lbs, a week ago.





THE LIVETSTTTO—CK MARKETS.





 





Buffalo.

March 25, 1912.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 155 cars; hogs, 81 double decks;

sheep and lambs, 85 double decks; calves,

1,400 head.



\Vith 155 loads of cattle on our market

here today, and 23,000 reported in Chi-

cago, all cattle Weighing 1,200 lbs. and

over sold strong at last. week's prices;





however, .the quality of the cattle today

was considerably better than last week,

consequently the higher prices. The lower

grades of cattlesold about steady. The

light butcher cattle sold better today than

any time in the last 60 days, and we look

for them to stand up in price right along.

Anything but theyery best milkers and

springers ‘sell very badly.



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

$8@8.25; good prime 1.300 to 1,400-lb. do.,

$7.75@8; do. 1,200 to 1,300-lb. do., $6.75@

7.25: best 1,100 to 1,200-lb. shipping steers

$6.50@6.75; medium butcher steers, 1,000

to 1,100, $5.75@6.25; light butcher steers,

$5.50@5.75: best fat cows, $5.25@5.75; fair

to good do., $4.25@4.50; common to me-

dium do., $3.50@4; trimmers, $2.50@2.75;

best fat heifers, $6@6.50; good do., $5@

5.50; fair to good do., 34.75615; stock heif-

ers, $3.50Qi‘4; best feeding steers, dehorncd

$5@5.25; common feeding steers, $3.75@

4.25; stockers, all grades, $4604.25; prime

export bulls, $550656; best butcher bulls

$4.75@5.25; bologna bulls, $4@4.50; stock

bulls, $3.25@4; best milkers and springers

$45@55; common to good do., $256135.



The supply of hogs today was some

heavier than the past few weeks, and

with liberal supply at all western points,

buyers were very bearish early and forced

prices about a nickel per cwt, below Sat-

urday’s average, the opening sales of the

yorkers and mixed were at $7.80 generally,

but got stronger‘and around the noon

hour quite a number of hogs sold at $7.85,

but the sort was a little stronger than

early, and hogs at $7.80 looked about as

well sold as those at the latter prices.

Pigs as to weight and quality sold from

36.75607; lights, $7.25fi7.50; roughs, $6.75

@7; stags, $561.16.



The lamb market was

most cf the choice lambs

$8.20fi8.25. Look for steady to shade

higher prices the balance of the week

with moderate receipts. The sheep mark-

et was active: prices about a quarter

higher than last week. Prospects steady.



\Ve. quote: léest lambs. $8.20(d‘8.25; cull





active today;

selling from





to common do., $6.50fd725; wethers, $660

0.27:; bucks, $3.25fil‘425: yearlings, $6.75Wl)

7.2.»: handy ewes, 85.7561'500; hcayy do.,





35.75.605.85; cull

choice to extra,





sheep. 3335060450; vcals.

3810611050; fair to good





 





do., $8309.75; heavy calves, 345060550.

Chicago.

March 25, 1912.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 23,000 55,000 30.000

Same day last year..16,875 44.191 21.465

Received last week..54,899130,660 76.59:)





Same week last ye:tr.45.844 101,200 64.033



The run of cattle today is. rather mod-

erate for Monday, and there is an active

general demand at strong prices, with

butcher stock and desirable steers selling

on an aVerage about 10c higher. Choice

beeves are very scarce. Large cattle sup-

plies at this time are not needed, how—

ever, as during the latter part of Lent

the consumption of beef is always a good

deal curtailed. llogs are having an ex-

tremely active demand on local and ship—

ping account, and despite the liberal re-

ceipts, prices are largely a little higher

than last Saturday, with sales at $7.20@

7.65. the best light hogs going for $7.60.

l’igs are selling at $5.20fit27, with 130-lb.

weights worth up to 37.12%. The hogs

marketed last week averaged 217 lbs,

compared With 220 lbs. 21 week earlier, 240

lbs. a year ago and 220 lbs. two years

ago. Sheep and ycarlings are very scarce

and wanted at strong prices, with pros-





pects that they will sell higher before

long. Lambs are steady to a dime or

inore lower, with $8 the top for prime

(its.





Cattle were largely 10fi15c lower on

Monday a week ago. with a run of 27,240

head, choice bccves and fat butcher stock

excepted, but the decline was recovered

on \Vednesday under receipts of onlv 16,-

541 head, and there was a good Thursday





market. The larger share of the beef

steers sold during the week at $6618, the





choicer lots of heavy bcevcs fetching $860

8.80 and the commoner lots of light steers

going at $5.35fi1635. Fair to medium

steers sold at 336.40.417.35 and a good class

at $7.40?! 7.95, with desirable lots of year-

linss bringing 37.25478. The big ‘snow

storm of the middle of the week caused

an interruption to the movement of stock

trains for a day or two and helped to

strengthen prices, which were much high-

er than a month ago and far in advance

of a year ago. The. middling class of cat-

tle selling around 877177.50 were offered

generously as compared with other kinds

and were apt to be the slowest sellers,

showing the slowest rallies in prices.

Buyers of cattle complained that as the

cost of beef rises, its consumption de-

creases and that eggs are being largely

substituted for beef. but the great scar-

city of strictly prime heavy cattle keeps

them firm most of the time. Rutchering

cows and heifers have had a good outlet.





at 33.906725, with not many selling up

to $7. while cutters sold at 333561385,





canners at 321041330 and bulls at $3.500!)

6.25. Prices for stockers and foedt rs

were unusually high, showing further ad-

vances, with sales of stock steers at $4.25

((06.15 and of feeders at $5.50m/000. Calves

were in much slower demand than of late

and suffered large declines in prices, sell-

ing at $3618 per 100 lbs., while milkers

and springers were very firm, with a fair

demand at $306068 per head.



Hogs experienced one of the greatest

booms in prices on record during the past

week, the best fetching $7.75, the highest

quotation seen in six months, and com-

paring with $7.05 at the close of the pre-

ceding week. There was usually an ex-





tremely large demand from both local

packers and eastern shippers, and on

Monday, despite receipts of over 50.000





hogs, prices averaged less than a nickel

lower, shippers taking 17,301 hogs. Later

in the week the snow storm resulted in

smaller offerings, and lively competition

between buyers sent prices up as much

as 250 in a single day, amid great ex—

citement. It is‘ generally understood that

the big packers are holding the larger

part of the heavy accumulations of pro-





 





MARCH 30; 1912.‘ '





visions stored in western warehouses and

are counting on higher prices for hog

products, as well as on the raw material.

While hogs have .been marketed heavier

than at any previous time since last Oc-

tober, they are still much lighter than a

year. ago, and it is thought that the up-

ward movement in all grades will encour-

age owners to put on additional weight

from now on. The spread in prices is

narrow, and the bulk of the sales are

within a range of 15c.



Sheep and lambs have been marketed

so sparingly for a week past that buyers

found great difficulty in filling their or-

ders, and it was impossible to meet the

wants of the high-class lamb and year-

ling trade. The result was seen in sev-

eral sharp advances all along the line,

especially for prime live muttons, with

lambs leading off, as usual, although fat;

yearlings and sheep also went much high-

er. As the principal part of the flocks

fed in the middle West have already been

marketed, buyers had to depend mainly

upon Colorado—fed stock. Clipped con-

signments made up a much larger per-

centage of the daily receipts and sold

around $1 per 100 lbs. below woolcd

flecks. The week‘s advance in sheep and

lambs averaged 500, with Wooled lambs

selling at $5.50@8.10, shearing sheep and

feeding lambs at $5.75@6.75, yearlings at

304000725, wethers at $5.40@6.30, ewes

at $3.25g16.25 and bucks at $3.75@4.75.

Shorn lambs sold up to $7.10.



Horses were marketed regularly last

week except when the snow storm inter-

fered with the movement of trains from

the. farming districts, and there were

more than enough ordinary animals and

not. near enough high—class horses for the

demand. There was the usual depress‘on

in prices for inferior horses, thin, loug~

haired animals selling around $856012?) per

head. Wagon horses were salable around

$150@2C~0, and light draft horses sold at

$175Kr>225, while choice to fancy heavy

drafters were scarce and firm at $2301?!)





325. Farm mares adapted for work and

breeding continued active at steady

prices. F.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





M. F. Horine, statistician of the 1’nion

Stock Yaid & Transit Company, of Chi-

cago, has prepared a paptr regarding the

sheep industry of the country, in which

it is shown that there is an enormous in-

crease in the consumption of mutton, as

is indicated by an increase of more than

50 per cent in the combined slaughter of

sheep and lambs in the six largest mark-

ets of the west during the first two

months of 1012 as compared with the av—

erage slaughter during the corresponding

periods of the preceding live years, and

an increase of 221/2 per cent as compared

with the unusually large s.aughtcr of the

first two months of .1911. On the other

hand, there was an increase of only abnit:

two per cent in the number of feeder

sheep and lambs sent to the country as

compared with the preceding five-year

period of 1911. It is also shown that there





 





was a decline of over half a million in

the number of feeder sheep and lambs

shippcd to the country from the same





markets during the last half of 1911 as

compared with the corresponding period

of 1010. Mr. Horine goes on to state that

the persistent unloading of a big number

of native ewes which went 'on all the past

winter means fewer lambs in the corn

belt and smaller receipts at the western

markets of native sheep and lambs in the

future. The bulk of the feeders sent to

feed lots last fall has already gone to the

shambles, and those fortunate enough to

eWn fat muttons are assured of substan-

tial profits, so that it is foolish to sacri-

fice immature stock for fgar that recent

prices will be followed by declines.



W. S. Robbins, of Decatur county, In-

diana, a prominent farmer and stockman,

who, with his sons, owns about 300 head

of pure—bred Shorthorn cattle, headed by

well-known bulls, is convinced that the

time has at last arrived when stockmen

living within the corn belt should begin

breeding and raising beef cattle, as they

can no longer depend upon ranchmen to

supply them with feeders. Mr. Robbins

says the demand for pure-bred cattle and

their values show great improvement dur-

ing the last two years. His land was

bought many years ago from the govern-

ment for the extremely low price of $1.25

per acre, and it is now worth from $100

to $150 an acre.



Considerable surprise has been caused

by the recent boom in hog prices, for

many stockmen had not been prepared to

see such a strong upward movement, al-

though nearly everybody knew that enor—

mous inroads were made in the Country's

supply through swine plague last autumn,

and latt'r through the marketing of young

hogs at much earlier dates than usual.

11 would seem that the recent course of

the market would have the result of

making the average stock feeder who is

so fortunate as to be, the owner of heal-

thy hogsgsee the folly of marketing them

before maturity, and it is evident that

prime heavy hogs are going to sell high

during the next few months. The cast—

crn portions of the country have very few

hogs left and are compelled to draw

heavily upon the supplies offered on the

Chicago market, shipments eastward from

that city on a recent Monday numbering

17,301 hogs.



John ’1‘. Alexander, widely known as a

cattle salesman in the Chicago market,

says: “\Vhen we consider the small pro-

portion of heavy cattle in the current re-

ceipts, there can be no doubt that the

spring and summer shortage will be the

most pronounced in many years. Severe

weather, scarcity of hay and rough feed

and the high price of corn have undoubt-

edly been factors in emptying feed lots

prematurely. In the western feeding belt

the impending shortage is unquestionable,

while in territory east of Chicago, notably

Ohio, Pennsylvania and Ontario, the sup-

ply is far below the average of the last

ten years."
MARCH 30.3.1845 ‘ ‘

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday's Market.

March 28, 1912.

Cattle.



Receipts, 1,176. Market strong at last

week‘s prices on all grades, steady with

Vt'ednesday. .



We quote: Extra dry-fed steerrs and

heifers, $6.75@7; steers and heifers, 1,000

to 1,200, $6@6.75; do. 800 to 1,000, $5.25@

6; do. that are fat, 500 to 700, $4.50@5.25;

choice fat cow's, $5; good do., $4.25@4.7u;

common cows, $3.25@3.75; canners, $2@

3; choice heavy bulls, $5@5.25; fair to

good bolognaS, bulls, $4@4.75; stock bulls,

$3.50@4.25; milkers, large, young, medium

age, $40@50E common milkers, $20@35.



Bishop, B. &. H. sold Newton B. Co. 3

COWS av 1,163 at $4.50, 5 steers av 936 at

$6, 6 do av 741 at $5.50, 2 cows av 1,050

at $4.25; to Bresnahan 2 heifers av 665 at

$4.50, 1 cow weighing 1,100 at $4; to

Schuer 1 cow weighing 990 at $3.60, 7

cows and bulls av 1,054 at $4.50, 4 cows

av 890 at $3.60, 3 do av 793 at $3.50; to

Smith 1 do weighing 970 at $4, 4 steers

av 662 at $4.50, 1 cow weighing 790 at $4;

to Thompson Bros. 3 do av 1,040 at $4.60;

toArndt 2 steers av 1.090 at $7; to Park-

er. W. & Co. 2 bulls av 1,240 at $4.75; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 3 heifers av ,660 at

$5.40, 3 cows av 950 at $4.60, 1 do weigh-

ing 820 at $3; to Sullivan P. Co. 7 butch-

ers av 863 at $6, 5. cows and bulls av 908

at $4.50, 9 butchers av 961 at $5, 2 do av

710 at $4.50, 15 steers av 793 at $6.20, 1

cow weighing 1,100 at $6; to Applebaum

1 bull weighing 1,000 at $5.25; to Newton

B. Co. 17 steers av 910 at $5.75, 4 do av

1,135 at $6.75, 7 do av 880 at $6, 11 butch-

ers av 881 at $5, 1 cow weighing 950 at $3,

1 bull weighing 820 at $4.50, 31 steers av

935 at $6.25, 19 do av 774 at $5.75, 2 heif-

ers av 705 at $4.50; to Regan 9 butchers

av 573 ,at $4.25; to Kamman 12 do av 940

at $5.55, 1 cow weighing 1,140 at $3.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold Schuer 3 cows av

970 at $3.50; to Breitenbeck 11 steers av

856 at $5.90, 9 cows av 1,009 at $4.50; to

Sullivan P. Co. 4 steers av 1,005 at $6, 3

cows av 1,040 at $4.25,, 4 butchers av 600

at $4.75; to Hammond, S. & Co. 5 do av

790 at $5.75, 1 cow weighing 920 at $5, 2

do av 840 at $3.40.



Haley & M. sold Schuer 5 steers av 714

at $5.50; to Regan 5 butchers av 636 at

$4.75; to Nagle P. Co. 22 steers av 1,077

at $6.75; to Laboe 10 do av 799 at $5.40;

to Kamman B. CO. 10 butchers av 723 at

$515, 2 do av 590 at $5.



Spicer & R. sold Schuman 3 cows av

900 at $3.75; to Mich. B. Co. 1 bull weigh-

ing 1.540 at $5, 3 heifers av 713 at $5.50,

4 cows av 1,085 at $4.50, 8 butchers av 98'!

at $5.60; to Smith 3 cows av 1,060 at $3.75,

1 do weighing 1,070 at $4; to Gerish 26

steers av 783 at $6.15.



\\'eeks sold Sullivan P. Co, 3 butchers

av 673 at $5.25. -



Hecney sold same 4 cows av 1,042 at

$5.20, 1 steer weighing 930 at $6.50.



Allington sold Newton B. Co. 8 butchers

av 720 at $5.



Heeney sold Rattkowsky 1 bull weigh-

ing 1,110 at $4.50, 2 cows av 880 at $4.



Brewer sold Bresnahan 1 heifer weigh-

ir‘igr0630 at $5.50, 1 cow weighing 1,000 at

., .n .



Sandall sold same 1 cow weighing 810

at $4.25, 1 canner weighing 810 at $2.50.



Brewer sold Hammond, S. & Co. 15

steers av 1,033 at $6.35.

$Bigilington sold same 5 cows av 860 at

. J).

Sandall sold Mich. B. Co. 3 steers av

880 at $5.75, 4 do av 780 at $6.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Nagle P, Co. 9 steers

av 1.350 at $735, 23 do av 1,180 at $7.



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 859. Market 5OC@$1 higher

than last week; strong with Wednesday_

Best. $8.75@9.50: others, $4@7.50; milch

cows and springors dull.



Spicer & . sold Nagle P, Co. 14 av

140 at $8.75, 1 weighing 170 at $5, 10 av

153 at $8.25, 1 weighing 80 at $6, 2 av 170

at $6.50,’ 5 av 140 at $8.75; to Mich. B. Co.

8 av .140 at $8.50; to Nagle R CO_ 2 av

170 at $4.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 16 av 120

at $5.75; to Hammond, S. & Co. 8 av 125

at $8.50; to Nagle P. Go. 5 av 125 at $9,

15 av 140 at $8; to Mich. B. Co, 12 av

135 at $9. .



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

45 av 130 at $9, 2 av 105 at $5; to Apple—

baum 15 av 140 at $8.50; to Nagle P. Co.

11 av 140 at $9. 18 av 137 at $8.75; to

Mich. B. Co. 5 av 125 at $9, 7 av 120 at

$8.75: to Sullivan P. Co. 1 weighing 150

at $6. 6 av 125 at $9. 5 av 125 at $9; to

Nagle P. Co. 14 av 140 at $9, 2 av 95 at

$6, 9 av 150 at $8.50, 40 av 125 at $8.50; to

Parker, W. & Co. 14 av 135 at $9, 2 av

95 at $6, 15 av 135 at $8.50.



Haley & M. sold Applebaum 5 av 80 at

$7.50: to Knit 17 av 130 at $8.25; to Nagle

P. Co. 28 av 140 at $9; to Mich. B. Co. 7

av 125 at $7; to Sullivan P. CO, 7 av 140

at $9; to Newton B. Co. 5 av 150 at $9.



Samuels sold Mich. B. Co. 17 av 135

at $7.

$7Iggeney sold Newton B. Co. 2 av 120 at





Dancer & K. sold Burnstine 36 av 115



at $6.50, 4 av 155 at $7.50.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 4,971. Market 50@75c higher

than last week, quality, considered, mark-

ed.steady at Wodnesday’s advance. Best

lambs, $8@8.20; fair to good lambs, $7@

7.50: light to common lambs, $5@6; year-

hngs, $6.50@7; fair to good sheep, $4.75@

5.50; culls and common, $2.50@3.50. .





 





 





Bishop, B. & H. sold Swift &, Co. 400

lambs av 85 ‘at $8.20; to Newton B. Co. 21

do av 60 at $7.50, 129 do av 75 at $7.40,

48 do av 105 at $7.75, 40 do av 72 at $7.50;

to Bray 40 do av 60 at $6.75, 24 do av 60

at g, 59 do av 70 at $5, 9 do av 75 at $3;

to .arland 11 lambs av 68 at $7.50; to

Sullivan P. Co. 28 do av 73 at $7; to Sul-

livan P. Co. 30 do av 55 at $5.75; to Hayes

27 do av 48 at $5.50; to Young 32 do av

55 at $6, 66 av‘ 57 at $7; to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 28 sheep av 112 at $5.50, 3 do av 130

at $3.50, 5 do av 125 at $5.50, 88 lambs av

85 at $8; to Thompson Bros. 6 do av 70

at $6, 27 do av 75 at $7.50.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 19

lambs av 47 at $5.50; to Newton B. Co.

142 do av 80 at $8, 27 do av 85 at $8, 15

do av 68 at $7.25, 53 do av 70 at $7.25;

to Thompson Bros. 12 sheep av 95 at $3.

2 do av 90 at $3, 2 do av 70 at $4.50, 12

lambs av 68 at $7; to Barlage 7 sheep av

88 at $3, 14 lambs av 70 at $7.15, 64 do av

70 at $7.50; to Bray 75 sheep av 105 at

$4.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 18 sheep and

lambs av 80 at $7.50; to Bray 75 sheep av

110 at $4.50; to Sullivan P. CO. 1 buck

ugeighing 110 at $3.50, 2 lambs av 55 at

$ .50.



Heeney sold Bray 32 sheep av 70 at $3.



Bennett & S. sold Hayes 17 mixed av





50 at $4.25.

Haley & M. sold Kalaher 28 lambs





av 80 at $7.50, 99 do av 75 at $8, 61 do av

70 at $7.75, 44 sheep av 105 at $4.60.





Hogs.



Receipts, 3,720. Market steady with

Wednesday; 15@250 higher than

week.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $7.50@7.75; pigs, $6.75@7; light york—l

ers, $7.40@7.50; stags one-third off. '



Splcer & R. sold Parker, W. & Co. 505

av 210 at $7.80, 215 av 190 at $7.75, 155 av.

185 at $7.70. ‘



Haley Sz M. sold same 104 av 220 at“

$7.80, 315 av 190 at $7.75, 140 av 185 aii

$7 70





Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 340

av 190 at $7.75, 135 av 175 at $7.60, 45 av

160 at $7.40.



Bishop, B. &. H. sold same 40 pigs av

110 at $6.75. {



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

Co. 120 av 210 at $7.80, 1,115 av 190 at.

$7.75, 550 av 150 at $755,155 av 145 at

$7.50, 210 av 170 at $7.60. 1,





 





 





An extensive country shipper of horses 3

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pounds are hard to buy from the- farmers“

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they would cost around $40 per head |

more now. _He says such mule teams as]

can be purchased now for around $350 are l

ordinary in quality, and at $500 the span

they are only good. He adds that all the ,

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Srndflm copy cf “Anthony Fence News"

also (mo/r“ [low to Make the Farm Pay,”

prufuscly illustrated, devoted to the interests

offanners and Mowing lmw fence may be

(impluyed to enhance the earning power ofa

farm. I‘umislwd free 141nm ufiilication.





American Steel

Fence Post

.Chcapcr than

Wood and More

Durable. Get

Catalog.





 





In Germany 100 acres of used land carry 36 head of stock; in Denmark

the total runs up to 41 h’ead. How to know the right amount?



Q culate the quantity of feed grown, subtract the quantity necessary for'

carrying draft animals, then divide the remainder by the quantity of dry





est and best staple tie known—the

Anthony knot.





spected and warranted.





advantage is the full stock of dificrcnt designs displayed. enabling you to make a selection of fence

The fence is shipped to him in carload lots at low freight rates





THE MicriIcAN 'FARMER. i

Live Stock Per Acre





OW much live stock will 100 acres *





carry? , Properly

Q small fields and protected with high-

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number of cattle than is





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Chicago, 72 W. Adams St. ; New York,

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see from 25 retail dealers’ stores.

direct from me. the manufacturer.

I have been in busineSs 12 years. Fro





largest maker of buggies and carriages in





to order, and buy at wholesale prices‘on 3





   

   





dealers. say about mail order houses.

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Made to Order, Sold on 30 Days’ Fr





Why not be fair to yourself and to me and investigate before

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will ring the book at once. Wait two or three days. get the

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prices—and then decidehwhere you dwill bug. th .



ave a rea ma 9 ese comparisons

W and are custoyniers of mine. I am going

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year. Will you be one of them! Anyway, use your best Judg-

ment, without prejudice. and send for my free book. I will pay

the postage—send it to you gladly.



No other maker of high grade vehicles makes as (air an other

as I do, nor )rices as low. considering the quality. Why not

write me today for book and full particulars?



' II. c. PHELPS, Prooldont





The Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co.. Station 32 . Columbus, Ohio





 





My businessis a personal. man to man. face to face business.





my catalog you come into my factory, pick out what you want. have it made ;





   

   

   

 

   

 





 

 





My Big Free Display Vehicle

Book Gives You Hundreds of,

Styles to Select a Buggy From f





’ IN THIS Book, I show you more buggies in different styles than you can





Thousands 0t people buy from me, because they can get a better style

vehicle to suit their ideas, and at the same time save big money by buying





m a small beginning. making to





order only a few hundred vehicles the first year. I have grown to be the





the world.

Through





0 days' fiee trial.





Don’t take any stock in what manufacturers, selling to 'jobbers through





I_ am cutting into their business“

ting up the bowl.





SPLIT HICKORY VEHICLES j





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If you buy a cheap spreader you will soon needanother one to take its

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work will be un- satisfactory. If you judgeli

and the kind of '

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Shows exactly w

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Let fiihlp the gates you needgforfio dayr_

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“\ 42 Stumps In Half Day





‘ Best thing yet in stump pullers





the well known and effective ratchet principle now

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operate; not heavy; set up in few minutes: pulls little

and big; farmers show fine records with it; at $3 to

810 cost an acre will clear stump land. adding 825 to

$30 an acre value. Also moves farm buildings.

heavy machinery, logs. pulls posts and hedges. etc.





Sent for $25, freight paid, fully guaran-

teed. Buy now or write for booklet.





We want good agents and odor liberal commission.

ONE MAN STUMP FULLER 00.

E- 189 Ludlngton Sh. Escanaba. Mich.





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prevent cu tivation and rob you of big-

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Whether you ave a. few stumps. or thousands.

you need and can afford to own the





Mighty Monarch Steel Stump Puller





Three times stronger than any other puller made. Pulls a

’ stump seven feet thick. Outwears three ordinary pullers.

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Well drained land produces big crops.

Invest in high grade clay tile and you

will have a permanent drainage system.

We have been manufacturing indestruc-

tible drain tile for several years. Thou~





sands of satisfied customers. We satisfy

you. erto Now for our prices.





SUMMI'I‘VILLE DRAIN TILE CO.





SUMMITVILLE. INDIANA.

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1 Our 0. K. Champion Planter makes and

‘ saves the owner money.

. five or six acres of potatoes a day.

‘ our line of potato diggers, etc.

‘ tree catalog today.





One man and team plant

Investigate

Write for our

Dealers sell our machines.





Champion Potato Machinery 00.

I45 Chicago Ave.. Hat-mood. Ind.





EMPIRE FENCE





Get the genuine EMPIRE big

wire fence, direct. at wholesale.

Save dealer’s profits. ,



Big Factory. Bin

Sales, 23 Styles

No traveling salesmen small

expense, prices low. livery-

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mail. Prices ofleading styles frel ht pre-

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east of the lssisslppl River:—

'lro| Inches high Medium Weight Extra. heavy (all No.9)

9 39 23c per rod 363 per rod

10 17 26c per rod 400 per rod

12 55 82c per rod 480 per rod





Special rates beyond this territory.

BOND STEEL POST C0» 16 8. Marine: St. Adrian. Mich





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i 1% CENTS A ROD UP.

All wires are heavily galvanized

80 rod spool of Ideal galvanized

- ‘ Bar-bod wm $1.40, wi-m

' to-day for large tree Catalog showing



100 different styles and heights of fencing





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