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‘ The Only Weekly Agricultural, HortictJltural, and Live Stock

DETROIT, MICH” SATURDAY, APRIL 27. 1912.


VOL. CXXXVIII. No. 17. 2

Whole Number 3597-


ED WEEKLY;


rnal in the State.


31.00 A YEAR.

82.75 5 YEARS.


Supplementary Forage and Catch Crops


crops has increased rapidly in re—


cent years, but supplementary for-

age andcatch crops are not now usedby

the average farmer to the extent which

he would ﬁnd proﬁtable. W’hether a

dairyman, a live stock breeder or a gen-

eral farmer who keeps a variety of live

stock, supplementary forage and catch

crops for forage purposes will be fOund


THE use of supplementary forage


‘a valuable aid, both in the maintenance


of live stock kept in a thrifty condition

and in the maintenance of soil fertility.

In the early days, before the farms

were all cleared and improved, there was

an abundance of pasture for such live

stock as was maintained upon the farm.

But, when practically all of the land suit.-

able for cultivation was brought under

the plow and it became necessary to pas-

ture the cultivated ﬁelds devotcd to gen—

eral crop rotation, the situation became

different. An abundance of good pas—

turage was enjoyed by the stock for some

two months after the pasture became

good in the spring, and this period of

abundance was followed by a dearth of

forage in the ﬁelds during midsummer in

the average season, until the early fall

rains again rejuvenated the grass so that

it furnished an abun-


duct, and in order to make the business

proﬁtable it was found necessary to pro—

vide supplementary feed for the dairy

cows during the summer months, and to-

day no progressive dairyman would think

of trying to go through the summer

without supplementary feeding of some

sort, whether it be silage, a green crop

used for soiling purposes or the feeding

of hay and grain in the stable, as many

dairymen have been compelled to do in

order to keep up production in dry sea-

sons.


But the general farmer has not learned

this lesson as well as he ought, and in

far too many cases his stock will be found

roaming ﬁelds with such scant forage as

to barely enable them to keep alive with-

out making a proﬁtable growth and a.

possible proﬁt for their owner, while at

the same time the producing power of the

land is‘ being injured by this practice, as

above indicated. Any observing farmer

cannot but have noted that nature pro—

vides a. covering for the soil at all sea-

sons of the year wherever the soil is

sufﬁciently fertile to be of value for ag-

ricultural purposes, and, if we would pre-

serve the soil fertility, as well as make a

proﬁt from our live stock, we must follow


with his general scheme of farming and

as are best adapted to the kind of stock

which he may keep. Among this class

of crops there are many which are well

adapted to Michigan conditions upon

which we should place our dependance,

experimenting on a small scale perhaps

with others about which we know less

but may proﬁtably know more,


Owing to the'very general failure of

new secdings of clover last year, due to

the severe summer drouth, there will

certainly be a short hay crop in Michigan

this year and there are many farmers who

will be obliged to plant supplementary

forage crops to make up this deﬁciency.

The acreage of corn may proﬁtably be in-

creased where it is possible without

breaking up the crop rotation, but there

are other valuable forage crops, such as

oats and peas, millet, soy beans, where

they are known to be well adapted to

local conditions, and possibly some other

promising ftlrligt' crops in an experiment—

al way. But, as above noted, for a main

dependence we should stick to crops

which we know are well adapted to our

local conditions and with the culture of

which we, are sufﬁciently familiar to in-

sure a fair degree of success.


can be cheaply seeded and proﬁtably

grown as a forage crop. The- seed may

be sown alone upon well prepared ground

at the rate of about four pounds per acre,

broadcast, at any time from early spring

to midsummer. If sown in the early

spring it my be successfully used as a

crop with which to seed clover which will

not be destroyed by the pasturing, I)I‘(—

vided it is not unreasonably severe or too

long continued. Or it may be sown in

oats or barley at the time of seeding and

will make a good growth after harvest as

a summer feed for sheep, hogs or even

young cattle where other pasturage is

also available. Or a stubble ﬁeld may be

plowed immediately after harvesting and

sown to this plant with the prospect of

having good food within six weeks after

sowing. The seed may also be, sown in

the corn at the last cultivation and under

favorable conditions will make excellent

latc fall feed.


This crop has the advantage of being

chcap to seed, the seed only costing a:

few cents per pound and requiring but a

few pounds per acre. This will serve as

a means of tiding the stock for which it

is well adapted as a green forage over

the summer season of scant pasturage to


their OWn benefit and t0.


dance of feed for the

stock maintained. This

is, in brief, the history

of the evolution from

pasturing of the public

commons, them the un—

improved lands upon

the farm and ﬁnally the

cultivated ﬁelds devoted

to the crop rotation.


Even where the stock


kept upon the farm was


not large, this system


very often resulted in a


scarcity of forage and


the resorting to prac-

tices in midsummer

which have been a fac—

tor in the depletion of

our soil fertility. The

ﬁelds have too common"

ly been so closely grazed

in the midsummer sea-

son as to leave abso—

lutely no covering for

the soil, which was cx-g

posed to sun and wind

and the tramping of the

stock with the result

that even when rain;

came the pasture would

not again be productive

and there would be lit-

tle in the way of sod or

a growth of grass to

plow down when the

ﬁeld was broken up for another crop.


But the harm did not stop here. Of

necessity the stock was turned into the

hay ﬁelds after the hay was cut and into

thestubble ﬁelds after the grain was cut,

with the result that the stand of grass

for the next year’s pasture and hay crop

was injured and. even though the live

stock maintained upon the farm was not

increased, it annually required closer and

more exhaustive grazing to support them

through the summer season. The inevit-

able result has been a gradual decrease

in liVe stock production and a. rather

rapid depletion of soil fertility upon

many farms where a little different man-

agement would have changed conditions

materially.


Our dairymen were the ﬁrst to recognize

the necessity of providing supplementary

feeds for their stock for the reason that

the dairy cow tells her owner at once

when she is in need of supplementary

feed by a. marked reduction in her pro-


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Rape Sown On Barley Stubble,


nature’s plan in this regard. There is

something about a moderate covering for

the soil which promotes its fertility, prob~

ably through the improved conditions for

the work of the beneﬁcial soil bacteria

which such protection affords. But in

any event, live stock cannot be proﬁtably

maintained unless they are well fed at

all times and experience has demonstrat-

ed that where a maximum amount of

stock is kept upon the farm it cannot be

provided with an abundance of feed on

grass pastures alone unless two or more

pastures are available so that the stock

may be alternated between them, and

even in that event there will be a waste

of grass in the ﬂush season and a dearth

of nutritious forage in the short season

of midsummer.


In order to avoid this condition, the av-

erage farmer will ﬁnd it proﬁtable to use

supplementary forage and catch crops,

making such selection of crops arid plant-

ing at such seasons as will best ﬁt in


Plowed and Fitted After Harvest.


So much has been said about the cul—

ture of these crops in recent issues of

the Michigan Farmer that it seems un-

necesasry to dwell upon their cultural

methods at this time, but for the beneﬁt

of those who have not given previous at-

tention to the subject it would not be out

of place to advise those who will sow

oats and peas to prepare the ground and

get them in as early as possible and drill

them deeply; and where soy beans are

grown to avoid planting them until the

weather is suitable and the soil warm,

drilling them in rows to cultivate and

putting the seed in shallow, not more

than an inch deep in a well prepared

seed bed.


But in addition to the need of supple-

mentary forage crops for the making of

hay, there will be an undoubted need of

such crops for pasture upon many farms.

Where sheep and hogs or perhaps young

cattle are maintained there is no better

pasture than Dwarf Essex rape, which


the great benefit of the

ﬁelds devoted to grass

in the regular crop r0—

tation. Some small

fields about the barn,

which should be provid-

ed upon every farm,

may be sown to this

crop or planted to corn

very early, or a variety

of crops used in them

in order that a. success-

.sion of soiling crops may

be provided for feeding

in the yard during mid—

summer. But where a

single large field is used

for this or any other

('1‘01) to ho pasturcd in

midsummer, it will oftcn

he found profitable» to

divide the field by tem-

porarily stretching a

wire fence through it so

as to provide a change

of pasture as occasion

may require. In Eng-

land the hui'dlc system

is used almost entirely,

and undoubtedly gives

better results, but it

involves so much bother

that it will not be likely

to gain fawsr among the

farmers of this country

under present concil-

tions. The temporary system of dividing

ﬁelds by means of wire fencing is, how-

ever, entirely practical, involves little lav-

bor and expense and will be found profit-

able in very many cases.


This question of supplementary forage

and catch crops is one which no reader of

this article-.can‘ afford to neglect. It

holds possibilities of which even its most

sanguine advocates are not fully appre-

ciative. As an instance of the possibili-

ties of supplementary forage crops one

striking example will sufﬁce. Readers of

our Practical Science department will re—

call that not many weeks ago one farmer

of an inquiring turn of mind sent a small

sample of buckwheat hay. produced last

year, for analysis to determine its feed-

ing value, stating that he had produced

a good yield of same last year and that

the stock ate it with avidity, and that if

it proved to be a nourishing feed he

would grow it again next year. The an-

alysis showed it to compare favorably


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with timothy hay in feeding value, di-

gestive nutrients considered, thus bring-

ing into the range of possible supple~

mentary forage crops 2. common plant

which few, if any, had ever before

thought of using for this purpose.


In fact, a list of crops which it would

be possible to use with proﬁt in this

manner could be enumerated at much

greater length, but the purpose of this

article- is to interest the reader in the

need for, and the possibilities of, the

proﬁtable use of supplementary forage

and catch crops upon his farm. The

problem of how to best employ them is

the for individual solution, rather than

general suggestion or advice, since the

conditions and environment will vary

with each individual case. But it is a

subject to which thought and experi-

mentation may be proﬁtably devoted by

every Michigan Farmer reader, and there

is no better time than the present to

plan on the probable future needs in this

direction during the present summer and

to provide for supplying them in planning

our summer campaign upOn the farm.


WHAT ABOUT THE SEED CORN.


Have just ﬁnished testing out some

seed corn. A word of explanation con-

cerning the corn before giving the re-

sults. The second week of September

last, I ﬁlled my silo. At that time I

saved quite a lot of seed corn and put it

’up in a seed room oVer the woodhouse.

'i‘he fore part of October I ﬁlled the sec-

ond silo and saved quite a lot more of

seed that was well matured, but not dry.

This was also put up with the other and

was all hung on poles, an ear in a place,

and given all the chance it could have to

dry out. No artiﬁcial heat was used as

i thought I had it put up so early that it

would be sufficiently dried before the cold

weather set in so as to be out of danger

of freezing. Here is where I missed it.

Had I started a ﬁre in the room for

a while after putting up the com, I would

have had 50 bushels of seed for sale this

par. As it is I will barely have enough

for my own use. I have tested all that

l saw-d at ﬁrst and from 60 to 70 per cent

of it was good enough to plant. Prac-

tit-ally all the corn saved the second time

was no good. Much of it is beautiful corn

to look at, but it will not grow, and so

[ have an extra amount of hog feed that

l was not counting on.


it is probable that very little seed corn

was saved before the ﬁrst, and in most

cases before the middle of October last

fall, and as the weather was so unfavor-

able for curing out corn from that time

on it is very probable that much of the

seed that was saved and not dried with

artificial heat will be dead or very low in

vitality. I would urge that all who have

St't'tl corn saved make ear tests at once to

see how much of their corn will be ﬁt to

depend upon for planting, in order that

they may know in time whether or not

they will have to buy, and if they have

to. that they may begin to look around at

once for their this year’s supply of seed

t'tll'll. I tell you the fellow that waits till

about the last thing to secure his seed

(tll'll is going to have some mighty close

[llt‘lilllg to ﬁnd what he wants. The poor

quality of corn for growing purposes is

practically universal throughout the coun-

try.


One thing is certain, I have learned my

lesson at a pretty dear cost, and it will

be some time in the future before I for-

get to see that my corn is thoroughly

dried hereafter before there. is a. possi-

bility of its getting frozen while in the

uncured state.


Oakland Co.


SOWING OATS WITHOUT PLOWING.


E. M. Moons.


it has always been my practice to fall

plow for oats the last of October or ﬁrst

of November after the corn was harvest-

ed. But last fall it was so wet until

winter set in. that it was impossible for

me as well as almost every farmer 'in

this section to do any plowing. So this

spring as soon as the ground had become

sufﬁciently dry to work, we put three

horses on the disk barrow and after go-

ing over the ground twice, it was in very

good shape to sow with the disk drill. \Ve

first sowed about six acres and then went

over the ground with a ﬁne tooth lever

steel drag. which left the ﬁeld compara-

tively level and ﬁne on top. I prefer this

to using a roller as it seems to prevent

the formation of a crust, especially if a

heavy rain falls soon after the oats are

sown. We ﬁnished sowing the next six

acres, in the same ﬁeld, on the 17th, and

that night there was quite a snow storm,

which slowly melted the ’next day. This

left the ground so wet that it will be im-


pssible to go over the balance of the field

with the light harrow. ,


This will give ‘me a. chance to find out I


whether there is any advantage to follow

the drill with light harrow, when sowmg

oats. It has always been my practice in

the spring to go to work as soon as the

ground was dry enough to work, and sow

my oats, and by so doing haVe generally

had very good success. But last year in

a couple of days after my oats were sown

a heavy rain fell which ﬂooded the ﬁeld

and washed the soil in bad shape, cover-

ing many of the oats so deep that they

rotted, with the result that the crop was

a very poor one. Perhaps I am caught

again in the same way this year, because

as stated, the snow storm has letft the

ground in a very wet condition. If oats

once get sprouted they will stand much

wet, cold weather and come out all right.

But when it comes on very wet and cold

before they have a chance to sprout,

many of them are quite apt to rot.

Farming is sort of a lottery business any-

how. All we, can do is to go ahead and

do the best we can, as we cannot look

into the future.


Ottawa Co. JOHN JACKSON.


APPLYING LIME.


Please advise me as to whether it

would be all right to apply lime with fer-

tilizer drill when sowing oats. I wish to

use quite a little lime on my soil, and

wanted to sow it with oats, so I thought

to p-lt it on with a drill. Would it be safe,

or would it tend to hurt the seed?


Hillsdale Co. C. W. B.


It would be a better way to‘ apply the

lime as soon as possible after the ground

is plowed in order that it may be thor~


oughly incorporated in and mixed with

the soil in ﬁtting same for the cat crop.

There might be a possibility of caustic

lime injuring the germinating quality of

the seed in case weather conditions were

just right for that effect, although it

would not, in the writer’s opinion, be

probable. However, better results would

be secured by the plan above advised.


RAW PHOSPHATE ROCK As SOURCE


OF PHOSPHORUS.


Could you advise me as to the advisa-*

bility of using ground phosphate rock as

compared to the commercial fertilizers?

My land was originally oak timbered,

with other timber mixed with it, and is:

in 'a good state of fertility. Grow plenty.‘

of clover and have from 150 to 200 loadsl

of manure yearly on 120 acres. In anl

editorial in The Gazette the editor advises

the use of ground phosphate rock to the

farmers of the corn belt. Why will it not.

do for me here in Shiawassee county? I

can and do raise on an average of 100

bushels of car com per acre. /I am in-

terested in growing as large crops as

possible but want to do it as cheaply as


possible.

Shiawassee Co. 8. E. B.


So far as I can learn from a. number of

people who have used this ground rock

in Michigan, it has not proved a satis-

factory source of phosphorus; that is.

they did not get satisfactory results from

its use. The phosphorus in this rock is

in the form of what the: chemist calls,

the three lime phosphate and is insoluble?

in water. Plants cannot use it in its

natural form. The only way it can be

used as plant food is to in some way

change its chemical combination and.

make it soluble in water or in citric acid.‘

The advocates of this rock as a source ofl

plant food claim that if it is plowed down!

with clover, when the clover decays or-

ganic acids will be generated in the soil

which will act upon the raw rock and

make a portion of the phosphoric acid in

it available for plants. Or, if it is plowed

down with stable manure, then the de-

composition of stable manure generates

the acids in the same way and liberates

a portion of the rock so that it is avail-

able plant food. No one claims that you

will get any results by putting this onto

bare land and plowing it down, or by

putting it onto any land as a top-dress-

ing the same as we do commercial fer—_

tilizers, because it is insoluble and must

be in the presence of decaying organic

matter in order to get results.


Over in Illinois the farmers seem to get

good results from the use of it, but it

seems to me that the Illinois conditions are

different from those in Michigan. Chemical

analysis reveals the. fact that the prairie

soils of Illinois are naturally deﬁcient in

phosphoric acid, but on the other hand,

repeated analysis made of Michigan soils

many years ago by Dr. Robert Kedzie, of

the Michigan Agricultural College, re.

vealed the facr that Michigan soils were

comparatively rich in phosphoric acid.

According to the analysis made at the

time, compared with the analysis recently


made of Illinois soils, Michigan has two .


or three times as much inert phosphoric

acid in her soil as has the corn belt or


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prairie soils of Illinois. Now when We

plow .down a' clover sod or a. ﬁeld of

growing clover as green manure. or plow

under a good dressing of stable manure,

the decomposition of this organic matter

acts upon the abundance of inert phos-

phoric acid in the soil and makes a por-

tion of it available. But, the same proc-

ess in Illinois does not produce like re-

sults because there is a deﬁciency in the

phosphoric acid, and it seems to me that

this in all probability explains the reason

why they get better results in Illinois

than we do .here from the use of raw

phosphate rock.


several years ago I became very much

interested in this question of raw phos-

phate rock. I asked Prof. Clinton D.

Smith what he thought about it. He said

he did not believe there was any business

sense in plowing down insoluble plant

food when we had plenty of it in the soil.

I asked Prof. Frank Kedzie of the Mich~

igan Agricultural College, and he said he

could not understand why you could get

any particular beneﬁt from the addition

of this raw phosphate rock when we had

plenty of raw phosphate in the soil. But

in spite of this expert warning, as it

were, I purchased a carload of phosphate

rock. I used it in the stable as an ab-

sorbent and put as high as one ton to

the acre on a. clover and timothy ﬁeld

that had not been harvested for hay but

had the entire crop, and then plowed it

down in the fall and in the spring plani-

ed it to corn. I wasn’t able to determine

where I put the rock. I will admit that

it was a bad year for corn and I had a

poor crop, but I couldn’t see any differ-


phosphate rock. Yet, where I put com-

mercial fertilizer I could see to the row

where it was applied. Now my belief

is this, that it is nature’s way to plow

down organic matter and when this de-

composes in the soil to set free some of

the inert plant food in the soil—phosphoric


acid and potash. After the available

plant food in the soil is somewhat (x-

liausted it not only pays to make more

of this available plant food soluble but

at the same time it pays to add a little

soluble plant food close to the root of the

young growing plant to give it a good

thrifty start, and that is the theory in

the use of Commercial fertilizer.


No one denies the practicability and

advisability of plowing down organic

matter. No one denies the great import--

ance of stable manure. No one denies

but What in almost every locality in the

state of Michigan very much of this work

needs to be done, but if we have an

abundance of inert phosphoric acid and

potash in the soil what is the use of ap—

plying raw phcsphate rock? We might

just as well set free some of the abun-

dance that we have as to add some more

of the same kind, then after adding the

organic matter, afterv'having set free a

certain portion of it by the decaying of

vegetable matter in the soil, it then, by

actual trial We ﬁnd that a little available

plant food put close to the plant increases

its growth, gives it new vigor, and pro-

duces a. proﬁt, why is it not the sensible

thing to do? .


If our soils had been cropped continua


ously for a long time and we had neg-f ,

lccted to add vegetable matter, we ﬁnd} ‘


them in a condition so that it takes sev-

eral years by natural methods to get

them in condition so that they will pro-

duce proﬁtable crops. No one denies that

it is nature's way, but it is a, slow way.

\Ve can’t afford to wait for it. If, by the

addition of soluble plant food we can get

enough more vigorous growth of plants

so that it is proﬁtable, there can be no

objection as long as we do not injure the

soil by so doing.


“'here one can grow 100 baskets of

corn to the acre. his land is in very good

condition. There’s no question about it.

\Vhere one can grOW good heavy crops of

clover, the land is not suffering, and

whether it will pay to use commercial

fertilizers with soil in that condition is a

question that no one can determine but

S, E. B. himself. A hundred baskets of

cars to the acre means only about 50

bushels of shelled corn. While this is a

splendid crop it is no where near the

limit. Some people raise 100 bushels of

shelled corn to the acre and 70 and 80

bushels is getting to be a common aver—

age with the best farmers. Now if a few

dollars in commercial fertilizerwould in-

crease the yield of corn so as to make it

proﬁtabe to use it, then it is a business

proposition, and my idea would be to

make a careful experiment. \Veigh the:

results carefully. Determine whether it

is proﬁtable to use commercial fertilizer

on soil in that condition or not. My

judgment is that it would pay, and pay

well. COLON C. LILLIE.


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with the least waste, whether it be tall or short,

standing, down, or tangled, why they last-and do

good work year after year, are reasons you should

know. The knowledge of what I H C machines

will do for you, is knowledge that pays.


On matters in which there is a community of

interest, no business man in this country has a

better opportunity of gathering practical knowl—

edge about the details of his business than has

the American farmer. There is ample proof that

farmers are readers and students, in the constant-

ly growing use of machines for saving time and

labor on the farm, for increasing the efﬁciency of

farm help, for conserving the fertility of the soil,

and for quickly and cheaply harvesting crops of

every description. Knowledge of the uses and

value of farm machines leads to close study of

those machines. Study and comparisons bring out

features of quality. Knowledge of quality leads

to the purchase of high grade I H C harvesting

and ha ing machines an tools marked with one

Of the ollowing names:


Champion

Deering


More than half a. century of experience is be-

hind the building of these machines. Over ﬁfty

‘years of experimenting and adapting to every


nown harvest ﬁeld condition assures you of high

efficiency. These machines have been perfected

to a point where they meet successfully every

known harvesting or haying problem. The or-


anization behind I H C machines secures ou

rom unnecessary trouble and expensive delays

after the harvest is begun by providing depots

for repair parts so instantly available that your

harvest is never delayed even by what in another

machine might be a serious accident or break-


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Milwaukee


INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA


(Incorporated)


[H C Service Bureau


The purpose of this Bureau is to furnish, free of charge to allnthe best information obtainable on

better farming. If you have any. wortliy_qiiestions concerningr SOllS. crops, land drainage, irrigation,

fertilizer. etc., make your inquiries specmc and send them to I H C Service Bureau. Harvester


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KNOWLEDGE

THAT PAYS


down. Each part is numbered and lettered

plainly to avoid confusion in ordering. Each part

18 made to gauge so accurately that it ﬁts like new

and does the work it was made to do with no

more than the usual adjustments. The story of is

these machines is told in catalogues with which

every American farmer should be familiar.

There is need for the exercise of the widest ==

knowledge and most thorough care in the har- ﬂ


vesting of grain crops in this country. Population

is increasing by leaps and bounds. The good ' =

grain growing land is about all taken up. Feeding E.

the increased population from the same number

of acres means making the most of each acre. An"

increasing population means better prices for


rain. The proﬁts in view for the farmer grow

arger with each succeeding year. Under these

conditions it is exceedingly important that there

be no loss or waste at harvest time. The best

way to prevent it is to purchase I H C harvesting

and ha ing machines.


Besi es selling you the most thorou hly proved

machines in the world, the I H C loca dealer can

supply you with binder twine that can be used in

those machines without trouble or waste. There

are seven brands of this twine; Champion, Deer-

ing, McCormick, Milwaukee, Osborne, Plano,

and International—all made of four grades: sisal,

standard, manila, and pure manila, each perfectly

dependable.


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‘iiliailuuainiaiu


Osborne

Plano


A visit to the I H C local dealer will put you

right on the binder question this season. He

knows the Conditions you have to meet and will

show you why the machines and twine he sells

will best meet those conditions. Now is the best

time to makeiup your mind which machine

to buy. The more thought and study you

give this matter the better you will be

satisﬁed when you buy your binder.

If a visit to the dealer is not convenient, a.

letter or post card will bring on cata-

logues and literature containing ull infor-

mation.


Mingling


USA


I . H _:/_’._ I’ll—.l-..y/_ '—


l p—a


‘_ circular giving full information.


Michigan Distributors:


Save Lumber and Labor


YOU can double the life of every piece of lumber on your place—every post,

plank, Bill or silo—saving dollars in material for every cent of cost, by uSing


c. Conserve Wood Preservative


_ It penetrates the wood and prevents wet or dry rot, or injury by insects. Used

lnSlde of stables. sheds, tie-ups ()I' coops. it will preserve the wood, kill foul

smells. drive out insects and make the premises sound and wholesome. Send ior


SAMUEL CABOT, Inc., Mfg. Chemists, Boston, Mass.


THE C. H. LITTLE C0.. Detroit. W. P. WILLIAMS, Grand Rapids.


W


,' , gaff/”x3 CENTS“ s;

PER ROD up


RUSTPROOF : BULL STRONG = PIG TIGHT

Fences for horses, cattle, sheep. hogs, chickens,etc.

Special low bargain prices. We pay the freight.

Ornamental Lawn Fences and Gates

Send for catalog Brown Fence & Wire Co.

and sample Denna Cleveland.0hio


mrsuimm raves


, . .1 ~——' x Sold direcu to on at toe

.» k3" It i-rom Prices on so a: trial. :33

1 7’ - {he Factory the dealers prodyt.’ Form, Hog

, Direct ond Poultry Fence at tram

' ‘“ 11% CENTS A ROD UP.

All wires are heavily galvanized

80 rod spool of Ideal galvanized

— Barbed Wire $1.40. Write

to-doy for large tree Catalog showing

100 different styles and heights of fencing


BLESS r . P b i

‘1'! [E M .~ r o e m " , Box 278 KITSELMAN anus. MUNCIE, mo.

. '4 ‘_ I

”M ll If a Peerless Gate lasts ﬁve times as

M . , H: _ W‘ . i long as a wooden one and costs less than MPIRE FENCE

\. - EH ll, twice as much, which 15 the cheapest? th‘rgggn cegiliine EMPIRE big

5% , 1. - ’9; . Correct. Peerless Gates last, they are made of Save defii’rvsrﬁfgh?§.w'i°lm'°‘

’ ' ‘ "r." indestructible material. Big, high carbon steel

Ii ' @Qr": '. frames: heavy all No. 9 wire ﬁlling of close- agegacégrg; 81::

_._.._....... i v- ' spaced Peerless Fencing. Everypart Galvanized. No traveling; onetime:v small


from. the factor .


SELF-RAISING SAT 5 are easy to operate-they lift themselves-swing over

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snow, ice. grass or rubbish. You can always g’ t. Peerless


Gates—ifnotfram your dealer-direct PEERLESS WIRE FENCE co" 213 Mich 8L, Adrian, Mich.


live -

thing guaranteed. Free sampleslbyy


mall. Prices of leading stylesti-el ht pro-


paid to all oints north of the Ohio and


east. of the lsslssippl River:—


“I'ol Incite! high Medium Weight Extra huvypll No.” /

9 89 23¢ per rod 86c per rod


expense, prices low.


IOWA NEW GALVANIZED GATES;-


G AT ES Let me ship the gates you need for 60 days I-

freo inspection and trial. Save from $50 to — '

$250 on your gate purchase. Iowa Gates '-


are made of high carbon steel tubin and large stiff No. 9


wires. Rust proof—wear proof. Write or my special proposi-


tion today, Complete galvanized frame, also alnted gates


cheaper than ever before. Jot. B. clay. Hanson. WA BATE 60.. 57


lay Strut. cedar Falls, Ion


10 41 86¢ per rod 40c ei- rod

‘1: 55 820 per rod 480 Set rod

Special rates beyond this territory.


BOND STEEL POST C0.. 16 Ii. Home: SL. Adrian. Kiel.


Kouns Steel Stackers, Rakes

and Sheds make good Iiay.


‘ Let me show you.

KOUNS MFR. B 414, Salim, lam:


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CURES SCAB


A DIP THAT DOES THE WORK

WITHOUT INJURY »\ .


To THE ANIMAL OR FLEECET

NO BURNING OF THE FIBRESi

’NO STAINING: NO POISONING;


L NO SICKENING.


WHY USE DIPS THAT HAVE THESE DESTRUCTIVE

AND DANGEROUS OUALITIES? WHV EXPERIMENT

WlTl'l UNKNOWN PREPARATIONS? Q


"lessen N9.


fINEXPENSIVE, EASY TO USE I


PERMITTED BY THE 0.5 DEPARTMENT OF.


AGRICULTURE FOR THE OFFICIAL DIPPING ‘

0F SHEEP roe SCAB .ZS‘


FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS

WC HAVE BOOKLETS GIVING FULL DIRECTIONS

FOP USE ALSO MANY VALUAsLE HINTS ON

HANDLING SHEEP. WRITE FOR FREE comes.


PARKE, DAVIS &Co.


DEPAnTMENT or ANIMAL INDUSTRY

DETROIT , MICH. \


Your team will put more heart into their work and

give more service if theIr collars are properly padded.

VENTIPLIX is the kind to use. because it is made of

ventilated fabric which allows the sweat to evaporate and

keepe the shoulders cool and comfortable. .


You can use all your horses all the time. because

VEN‘I’IPLKX prevents sore shoulders and

galls. They are worth more than

other do. but cost no more. ' ‘-

or should have them. but if not. ~;.;


. send us his name and we will sen eam- ~ .,

pie prom tIy. Patented Se t. 20. X910.

Write Eu our interesting older. "

We also make the famous "Stay-On

Blanket.


BURLINGTON BLANKET CO.

1 Dept. 38 Burlington. Wle.


Wﬂmﬂ


g- LIVE srocx


RAISE BEETS FOR YOUR STOCK.


The last twelve months have seen prob-

ably the greatest scarcity of roughage

and succulent feed that the majority of

Michigan farmers have ever experienced.


Hay was an unusually short crop, not

only in Michigan but throuhgout the

country, while even straw, although of


good quality. was short in quantity. The

farmers who raise stock, and most good


ONE MAN

DOES IT ALL.

Works on any wagon

with any make loader.

Let your brains do your

work. Make more hay

with half the help. Also

WIRE REELERS and


ROLLERWHARROWS. Write

JAS. G. BAILEY, Delavan, Ill.


IIEllHlll HEllES! Inns


, rm All lunIsssTIoII Cult.

'- ’._ Cures Heavesbycorrectlng

' Indigestion. Bookexplams.

'J-‘sent tree. Cures Coughs,

(iolds,l)lstempers. Prevents

‘ Collc,smggers.&c. Blood

, _ '- - . Puriﬁer. Expels Worms. A

S Grand Condltloner. A Veterinary

remedy, 20 years’ sale. 500 and 81.00 r can. Use

large size for Heavcs. At dealers or irect prepaid.

THE NEWTON REMEDY COMPANY. Toledo. Ohio.


‘JOINTINE”


is a positive cure for Joint Ill,

Blood-poison and Leakage of

Navel in colts. and is guaran-

teed to cure or money refunded.

~ Jointine should be kept on

' ,hand. as it. is harder to cure it

not iven in time. It. will keep

500 for years. put up in tablet

orm. easy to give. gIven Tn-

Mailed upon receIpt

of price. $3 per pox. Testimo-

nials upon request. Bank ref-

erence: First National Bank.

Albion. Nebr.


OWMAN , Boone, Nebr.


thatiPsz. $427,530 made by oli-

ents. 2 Books—“What. & How

to Invent—Proof of Fortunes

in Patents”.& 112-1). Guide Free! Free report. as to pal:

ontobllity. E. E. lesu. Pot. Atty. 864 I“ St” Wash. D. C.


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ternally.


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‘farmeirs do raise stock, have felt this

ishortage the most, and have sought everv

lmcans to ﬁnd some feeds to take the

fplace of those lacking, as far as possible.

' Those who were quick to realize the sit-

uation last year built silos, and more in-

Vtend doing so this coming season; for all

indications point to no surplus of hay

'this year. But not all can build silos,

neither is silage capable of taking the

place of all feeds for all animals. A va-

riely of feeds is always desirable; like-

wise is the cost and value of feeds an

important factor.


Too many farmers think corn and tim-

Iothy hay are sufﬁcient feeds for stock;

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they are too prone to follow the old way,

often because it is the easiest or they are

most accustomed to it. But thcrc are

other fceds'far cheaper and better, and

‘among these we have found beets one

of the best. \\’e have not been able to

1undcrsland why more farmers do not raise

boots for their stock. They furnish a

(SLICcult-ul feed in winter When stock is

ion dry l‘ccd, which takes the place of both

roughage and grain to no small extent;

{they supply a relish which acts as a con-

ditioner and regulator. They are not

difﬁcult to raise, and all classes of stock

cat and like them. In spring there is

nothing superior to them in increasing

the llow of milk in cows, ewes, 0r sows:

in far-i, wo would hardly know how to go

through a spring lumbing or farrowing

without bccls. Sliced and fed to the ewes

with thcir grain or separately as one

desires, they come the nearest to taking

the place of green grass in supplying milk

for the little lambs, of anything we know.

ch whole to the souls after furrowing,

thcy produce like results and save much

[corn in, addition to stimulating the ﬂow

of milk.


To those who have not tried raising

them or who think they are too difﬁcult

‘to handle, our method may be interesting

and of value. We select a piece of good

ground one one side of the corn ﬁeld, give

a good coat of manure. and otherwise

Ilumdle with the rest of the hold in plow-

éing and ﬁtting for corn. After the corn

Iis planted we give this plot an extra har-

i'l‘thlllg until lllo soil is smooth and mel-

low, putting the seed bed in as good

lCUllllltlUll as possible. \\'e drill the seed

with a common hand garden drill, in rows

three fect apart, so that the beets can be

lCullivated with the one or two-horse cul-

tivators us dcsircd. An ordinary grain

drill can also be used by stopping all but

the necessary spouts. The main thing is

Ito gc-t the seed thick enough so as to

~sccui'c a good stand. About 10 to 12

pounds will sow an acre.


.\s to varicty we prcl‘cr what is known

as the feeding sugar mongol. ll is not

so large and coarse gruincd as the rogu-

lar mungel wurzcls. llOl‘ is it rooty like

the genuine sugar boots, and is a bcltm‘

yieldcr than the latter. It is medium

[Sth‘ and smooth, with a sweet, juicy lla-

lvor that stock likes. if this seed can not

Ibo obtninml thI- common Inungcls can be


I

I


’uscd. whilc SUII‘IC grow the Golden

Tankard.

When the boots come up thcy must be


,cultivzltcd and kept free from weeds un—

', til thcy get to be good greens” size, say

i about llll‘m‘ to ﬁve inches high. when they

Ishould be thinned. This is the main labor

‘and should be: well done. All plants

{should be taken out except a good strong

l‘plunt about cvcry '12 to 15 inches. One

plant every foot is about right. If there

is a good stand too many not afraid to

lake out enough plants: they leave the

stand too thick and when the heels grow

and mature there is not room. The rc-

sult is a lot of small bcets, which make

more labor and give lcss yield to the

acre. In thinning care should be taken

not to disturb the plants that are left.

The best time to do this thinning is after

a rain as soon as the ground is ﬁt to

work. In our experience the beets are

generally ready to thin about haying

time; early in the morning when the dew

is on the hay, or after a shower when it

is not possible to work in the hay, is a

good time to thin the beets. After thin-

ning they should be kept free from weeds


* " THE vIvrTCHTGAN- FAR-Mm. : ’


and cultivated just as you would a pota-

to patch or the corn ﬁeld; and like thOSc

crops, laid away when the b‘eets get siz—

able, which comes about ihe time you cul-

tivate corn the last time.


The harvesting should come the early

part of October, practically the same as

potatoes. They can be pulled by a regu-

lar beet lifter, be plowed out with an or-

dinary walking plow, or they can be

pulled by hand. “’hen pulled they must

be topped. Vl'e pull by hand, top and put

the beets in piles of 10 to 20 bushels,

cover with the tops. and leave to cure

and dry a few days, or until a cold snap

comes, when we draw them into the cel-

lars in the barns, which are made for

that purpose. Those who have no cellars

can put in a pile in a basement barn and

cover with straw and cornstalks to pre-

vent freezing, 01' they can bury them in

a pit in the ground. Any way so that

they do not freeze nor get frosted. Then.

when it comes winter and no grass you

have something succulent for your stock,

a feed that they relish, keeps them in

good condition, is economical, and a large

amount is produced on a small amount

of land.


Try a few rows across one side of your

corn ﬁeld this season, and see how much

feed you can raise from a little ground.

It does not take much time nor expense.

and we believe that when you have once

raised them and learned their value you

will not be without beets.


Washtenaw Co. Roscon WOOD.


FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.


Molasses as a Feed for.H0rses.

I would like to ask about feeding m0-

asscs to horses. I haVc heard it spoken

of some by dealers but i would like your


views on it. it will cost me about 160

per gallon. How much less of other

grains can I feed by feeding molasses?


[ have- mares in foul and colts that I

would feed it to if it is a cheaper or bet-

ter fecd than all hay and grain. How


much would be a feed for a 1,200-1b.

horse and for yearling and two-ycar-old

('(IIIH?


Midland C0. TV. T‘. H.


The value of molasses as a feed for

horses has ncvor been made the subject

of much experimental work in this coun-

try. particularly in the northern states,

since it has been available as a by-pro-

duct only within recent years. Some

ycars ago molasses was tried out at the

Kansas Experiment Station as a food

for fattening steers. being used in con—

nection with corn. and this combination

was not very highly recommended. Nat~

urally this result would be secured, since

molasses is, like corn, a carbonaceous

feed. Regarding molasses as a horse

feed, the “Agricultural Gazette.” of New

'South \X'alcs, gives a report of the feed—

ing of came molasses to 400 working

horses ilt a sugar plantation in the Fiji


Islands, in which it is stated that “15

pounds cun Iw given to a 1,270-p0und

working Illll‘h‘l‘ with advantage- to the

health of the animal and to the effi-


cicncy of its work. It produces no undue


fattening softness nor injury to the

wind; the high proportion of salts in it


has no injurious cffecl. An albuminoid

ratio as l.'11.8 has proved highly suitable

for heavy. continuous work when a sufﬁ-

cient quantity of digestible matter is glv-

cu.” In illls cxpcrimcut the ration fed

was 15 lbs. of molasses, 4 lbs. corn, 3 lbs.

in addition to roughage of sugar

cane The bran was found to he a

valuable aid in counteracting the ten—

(li‘ll(')' to constipation caused by the mo-

losses.


(1. H, Berns, in the “American Veteri-

nary Review," gives an interesting report

of the feeding of I‘nolusscs to 100 horscs

at heavy Work avm'uging 1.700 lbs. in

weight, to which reference is made by

Prof. ll. R, Smith. in his book on “Proﬁt-

able Stock Feeding.” These horses were

each fad night and morning one quart of

molasses diluted with three -quarts of

water, mixed with 6 lbs. of hay. 11/2 lbs.

of corn meal and 21/: (Its. of bran. The

noon meal consisted of ﬁve quarts of dry

oats, and the night meal was reinforced

by 11 lbs. of hay. This ration proved to

be remarkably successful in keeping the

horses in excellent health, and they not

only performed heavy work but gained

weight during the trial. Mr. Berns says:

“Molasses of a. good quality is a most

nutritious food for horses, easily digesned

and assimilated, and will in many cases

correct faulty digestive processes; and

the horse will do fully as much work

and remain as a rule in much better con-

dition than animals fed on dry food while

the cost of feeding is reduced from 25 to

‘33 per cent.” This, of course, presupposes

that one can purchase molasses at a

cheap price. In relative terms he calcu-


blah,

tops.


.I


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ITEW‘STOCK UFFARM‘.


The Home of the


um. .


I ‘ a .v .. ., ‘ _ . ‘ ‘ N

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-

cl_ass Belgian stallion or a. No. 1 Bel-

gian mare for a price at which you

could afford to own same? Have you.

Mr. Prospective Purchaser, decided

where 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.


VVe 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

to Hewo and save all these 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 of home bred cells at

extremely reason-hie prlpoe.


“Remember. Nothing but Belgians."


Don’t wait to write. visit.


H. 8: H. WOLF, Wabash, Indiana


v


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curled hair ,


and will not


Ask your dealer . ‘

to s h o w y o u

Peer-Ho Collars


and Harness.


P i e r e o n &


Hooch C...

Den-ii. Illi-


CASH or CREDIT

Will Buy Them.


The Real VALUE 0! our


STALLIONS


is not expressed by the price.

Buy Now and Secure a Bargain!

Souer’s Stallions MakejGood.


GEO. W. SOUERS 6 SONS,


HUNTINGTON. IND.

(Stallion Service book 106.)


JACKS and MULES


Boise mules and get rich. 18

Jack and mule farms under

one main ment. 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 .Ieck Perm

West Blkton. Ohio

Brunch Barn—Cl nton. Indiana


PERGHERON


Stallions and Mares of quality.

uced Prices.


A. I. Inﬁll fiﬁus, ammonia 00.. Mich.

FOR SALE OR TRADE!


A 4-VEAR-OLD BILGIAN STALLION,

Weighs 1w) lbs. right in' every way! Also two young

A KS. one coming two years old and theother

coming three. Rl t in every way. Address ,

W. G. HIMM WRIGE . Frankfort, Indiana.


‘ gram mgmiz.


*4 Mom-
#4.“-w-


Armani; 1912. ‘


Hog“ wallow

Prevents Disease


(if HE hot weather is a trying

' time for hogs. In addition

to the heat, the have to stand

the attacks 0 hog cholera,

scurvy and lice.


Build a hog wallowsand let your

hogs wallow in a solution of


Dr. Iless ﬂip and

Disinfectant


It prevents ho cholera, it is

a sure lice ki er, keeps the

skin smooth and purifies the

air. Prevents mange and kills

lice on dogs. It meets the U. S.

Gov. requirements as an of-

ficial dip for Sheep Scab.


Use it aplenty for disinfecting sewers,


is


m h ' h


ﬁ stables, barniil enneries, og pens,

%


67


El?


e e is.

.& ,


‘ Sinks. One g on dip_makes 75 to 100

gallons effective solution. Ask. your

dealer for Dr. Hess Dip and Dismfec-

tant. Send for Free Dip Booklet.


DR. HESS 8- CLARK

Aahland. Ohio


so s as «is are one


Horse Owners


Look to your interests and use

the safest, speediest'and most

positive cure for ailments of

your horses, for which an ex-

ternal remedy can be used, Viz:


GOMBAULT’S


CAUSTIC BALSAM


Prepared exclusively

b J. E. Gonibault. ex-

V’eterinar Surgeon to

the Frenc Government


Stud.


SUPERSEDES All. CAUTERY 0R FIRING.


Impossible to produce any scar or blemish.

The safest best Blister ever used. Takes the


lace of all liniments for mild or severe action.

Removes all Bunches or Blemishes from Horses

or Cattle.


Every bottle of Caustic Balsam sold is

Warranted to give satisfaction. Price 81.50

per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent by ex—

press, charges paid, with full directions for its

use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo—

nials, etc. Address


m LAWRINCE-WILLIAIS COIPLNY, Cleveland, Ohio


KEEPIT'

HANDY~


You can never tell when a horse ‘

is going to develop a. Curb, Splint, ‘

Spavln, Ringtione or lameness.

Yetit ls bound to happen sooner

or later. And you caii'tatford to

keep him in the barn. Keepa bottle of


Kendall's Spavin Cure

handy at all times. John Sayer of 324 Bronson

Avenue, Ottawa. Ont. . writes: I would not be

without Kendall’s Spavin Cure at any cost.

[13 a. priceless linlinent for


both man and beast.

Get Kendall’s Spavin

Cure at any druggist’s.

- 01 per bottle—6 for 85.

“Treatise on the Horse"

~free—or write to


. Dr. 8.]. KENDALL co.

Enosburg Falls, Vt. U.S.A.


-§\‘ ‘ u


on: mmue Kiis ALL TIGKS


Used on 250 million sheep annually.


Increases quantity and quality oi wool.


proves appearance and condition of

ﬂock. If dealer can't supply you send

81.76 for 82.00 packet.


Handsome 1912 sheep calendar free—


a post card brings it. Address Dept. D. .

UILIMM Gm m cmcueo. ILLINOIS


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lates one quart of molasses the equiva-

lent of three or four quarts of oats.


Other experiments both in this country

and in foreign countries, give evidence

that molasses is a valuable food for both

working and driving horses. It is usually

fed as described above, by sprinkling up-

on dry feed after it has been diluted

somewhat with water, although it is

sometimes fed with some absorbent, pre—

ferably a feed rich in nitrogen. Some

object to molasses feed on account of the

difficulty in feeding it without daubing

up the manger and the feeder’s clothing,

but by diluting it as above described this

difﬁculty will be reduced to a minimum.

Molasses is well worthy of at least an

experimental trial when feeds are scarce

and high as is the case at present.


Cottonseed Meal as a Horse Feed.


I read an article in the Michigan Farin-

er of April 13, an inquiry in regard to

feeding cottonseed meal and corn. Now,

would you kindly give the proportion to

feed with cats, and would it be a good

feed for working horses?


Oakland Co. E. F.


In the article above referred to cotton—

seed meal and corn was advised because

these two grains make up a. balanced ra-

tion. the protein in the cottonseed meal

balancing up the carbohydrates in. the

corn and making a feed which approxi-

mates the same: proportion of these two

elements of nutrition contained in oats

Oats is a well balanced horse feed with-

out the addition of any more protein and

it would not be proﬁtable to add cotton—

seed meal to oats in compoundinga grain

ration for horses because it would iii-

crense its expense without giving any

better, or even as good, results, since

there could not be as complete digestion

and assimilation of the nutriments as a

whole contained in the ration.


Cottonseed meal may proﬁtably be fed

with corn in the proportion advised and

as many oats added as may be desired,

thus giving :1 grcatcr variety of grain in

the feed. The writer has used a ration

composed of 600 lbs. of corn, 100 lbs. of

oil meal and 100 lbs. of bran with as

many outs added as may be desired, with

cxcellcnl rcsults, the oil meal being used

in place of cottonseed meal because of its

more laxative nature; However, a ru-

lion composed of one pound of cottonseed

meal inixcd with 51/2 pounds of corn and

as many outs as desired will give ap-

proximately the same. results. so far as

the nutritive ratio of the grain ration

is concerned, and will be cheaper than a

ration composed entirely of oats.


LIVE STOCK NOTES.


Stockmen say that never in the past.


has it been so difficult to buy desirable

cattle in farming disiricls for feeding,

and everything points to a great scarcity

of beef cattle. for a long period, farmers

having disposed of their cattle during the

past winter on account. of the dearncss

of (‘lll‘n and the lack of roughage. Mean—

while tho spring is advancing, and before

long farmers are likely to have unusually

ﬁne paslurage, for thc superabundanCc of

moisture ever since last full makes this

almost certain. As grass becomcs nearer

the demand for feeder cattle will become

extremely large in every western murkct,

and prics are expected to reach extreme-

ly high proportions for anything at all

desirablc in the feeder line. Any fzii'mcr

who is so iortunate as to own good young

cattle will make no mistake in holding

thcm to maturity and making them as

choice as possible, for fancy prices for

such beoves are practically assured. Fur—

thermore, the time has come when each

furmcr should raise cattle, and a few

head on every farm are needed to bring

the aggregate supply of the country up to

the nccds of the hoof rcquircments. The

days of the former enormous cattle

ranches are past, and one by one thc

few remaining ones arc disappearing and

cut up into small farms for settlers.


Thc siockmen won a great Victory over

the railroads recently in defeating the

proposed advance on fcedcr cattle and

sliccp of 3313’, pcr cent. The live stock

exchanges of the country of the several

markets workcd pcrsistently to (ll-feat the

advance and thereby savcd large sums of

money to fai'n’iers and shippers, it being

a long ﬁght. Existing rates on fccdcr

cattle are approximately '75 per ccnl of

the rules on fat cuttlc. and the railroads

contended that this rate was a gratuity,

which they could withdraw at will, but

the Interstate Commcrcc Commission took

the oposiio view and won.


THE MICHIGAN FARMER.


IFTY years ago the Pony


Express became the most

efficient messenger service

ever known.


Pony riders carried mes-

sages irom Missouri to Cali-

fornia, nearly two thousand

miles across mountains and

deserts, through blizzards and

sand storms, constantly in

danger of attack by hostile

Indians.


Fresh horses were supplied

at short intervals, and the

messages, relayed from rider

to rider, were delivered in the

record—breaking time of seven

and one-half days.


Railroad and telegraph took


The Pony Express


A Pioneer of the Bell System


the place of the Pony Express,

carrying messages across this

western territory. Today the

telephone lines of the Bell

System have done more, for

they have bound together

ranch and mine and camp

and village.


This network of telephone

lines, follOwing the trails of the

Indians, connects with the

telegraph to carry messages

throughout the world.


By means of Universal Bell

Service the most remote settler

is no longer isolated, but has

become a constantly informed

citizen of the American Com-

monwealth.


i gMEELQKEMTi-z‘rspjupnn "W0 "'TE CE airman CDMﬁANY


Should any;


railroads fail to comply with the ordors"


of the commission, they will

to do so.


Boston buyers who secured recently ihc.

Cruse wool clip of Fergus county, Blonﬁ


tuna. at 16 cents per pound, have con—

tracted for about 750,000 lbs. of other

clips in the same county at 18 cents.

Other Boston buycrs have been buying

the clips from fed—western lambs in the

feed lots near Chicago for 2234,6123 ccnts

per 1b., as well as the clip from Merino

yearling wethers at 15% cents. Various

Montana shecpmegijare refusing to sell

thcir wool for 1 ccnts,

cents.


Kansas pastures are the only import-

ant source of beef cattle supply west of

the Missouri river able to furnish normal

numbers this year, Oklahoma. and Texas


demanding 2O


having very limited supplies.


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you: sheep with the distinct understanding that it must do the work 0. K. or no sale.


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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

has been made to some one else. When

reply by mail is requested, it becomes

private practice, and a fee of $1.00 must

accompany the letter.


Partial Paralysis——Cramping of Mus-

cles.——During' the last snow storm I found

one of my cows down and unable to get

up; she calved one week later and her

calf is now two weeks old. This cow is

still down and unable to get up. Mrs. M

C. .\., Holly, Mich.—~(live your cow 2 drs.

ground nux vomica, 1 oz. ground gentian,

it on. bicarbonate soda at a dose in feed

thrco times a day. Her bowels should be

kept open and if her kidneys do not act

free, give her 1/2 oz. powdered saltpeter

at a dose two or three times a day.


Blocked l}ddei‘.—rFor sometime- one-

quarter of my heifer‘s udder has been

blocked, making it diﬁicult to draw milk


from this part of bag, unless a milking

tube is used. N. S.. Grand Ledge, Mich.-

——Continuo using milking tube and apply

iodine ointment three times a Week to

quarter.


Cow with Five 'l‘catsr—i have a heifer

that came t‘rcsh last fall which has ﬁve

teats. two of them are very close to-

gether and I have been advised to tie a

string tightly around teat and keep it on

until it falls off, but beforc doing so ask

your advice. it). it., llolland, Mich—1n

my practice 1 usually cut off teat, stitch

wound and apply equal parts powdered

alum. oxide zinc and boracic acid to the

wound twice daily; when the. owncr pro—

fers to have littlc troublc with it i clcan

teat and tie silk string around teat closc


to bag and allow it to slough off. but ap—

pl_\ one part carbolic acid and ‘1 parts

watci‘ to teat twice a day. Cutting off

lt"ttL is bcst treatment.


l“l)t)tl' Infection Resulting in Death of


tlogs.»~Soinetiinc ago I had a nice bunch

refuse from camp ta-


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of hogs; fed them


blc. car corn and they seemed to thrive

wcll up to six chks ago. First one to

show sickness was a sow: she became

dumpish, stiff. lost hcr appetite for food,

utopctt around for two weeks and died.‘

\\'c gavo hci' charcoal, stone coal and

wood ashcs. 'l‘wo Iiiol‘c soon took sick,

showtid same symptoms and they died.

Another took sick and l killcd it, exam-


ined it after death, found nothing abnor-

mal €I~.t‘t‘1it a swelling on neck. but this

could not have caused pigs’ death.

it; shoals, some of their legs are swollen.

their appetite is not good, but they drink

some sweet milk, cat some corn then lie

down as if in misery. These pigs root

whole lot in refuse from camp. I have


not heard of cholera among hogs in this,


section B. It. SK, Spcntcr, Mich. .,.I

not bclievc your hogs die of disease, but


aie poisoned with food of some kind. I


advise you to kccp thoin away from de«

(‘0111DHSL-(l foods- or garbag.» and supply

them with a good quality of food. Sickt


ones should be purgcd with one part cas- .


oil and two parts olive oil, soon as

become dumpish. Clean and disin-

lcct your premisos. especially where the

bugs rcsidc.


Loss of Power—Grub in the Head—\Ve

have a pig. in good condition exccpt it

has poor use of both hind legs. This pig

must suffer some pain for he squeals and

cripples about when forced to move out

of his ncst. \Ve also have a sheep that

shuttled some for three weeks and when

sncczing blowed a grub out of nose.

forgot to say this sheep died. Do you

suppose all my other sheep are affected

in tho same way? Mrs. N. G. M., .\l-

mont, Mich—Feed your pit.r no corn but

t'ccd oats. oil incal and some, roots. (.1ch

l3 gins. salicylate of soda and 10 grs. of

ground nux vomica at a dose in feed

three times a day.


\\'eakness.mI\Iy ewes seem to be sick

and woak before and after lainbing, some

ot‘ the ewes are down for two days, oth-

crs unable to get up for two weeks. Nom-

ot‘ the sick ewcs appear to have any

milk, have fed them clth-n‘, corn i'oddcl‘.

cusilagc and turnips. W. J T Couklin.

Mich—«Discontinue fecdlng cnsilagc. give

tau-h shccp 5 grs. salicylic acid at a dose

in feed thrcc times a day. Thcir bowel.‘

should be kept open and this is host dine

by giving either castor oil or epsoin salts.


Azipturia Elbow .r\bSCCSS.*r;\fleil' my

53—yc:lr~old colt recovered from an attack

(if :iv-oturia a soft swelling came on back


tor

they


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part of clbow. skin bccame somcwnat

scaly on opposite side oi‘ body and has

thc appcyrancc ofa scald. ll. 11., Brad—


ley, l\’licli.~—Colt bruised elbow, causing

Tsci'us abscess, which should be opened to

allow serum to escape. then inject one

part tincturc iodine and tcn parts water

once every day or two. Remember, sucn

bunchcs are usually caused by laying on

sholeu when horse is stabled in too narrow

sta l.


Shoulder Stiffness—l have a mare that

travels stiff, hci' chost is sunken, one

shoulder smaller than the other and she

tocs in when traclving. llcr feet are cool

and not contracted. S. H', B.. Milan,

Mich.w Apply one part turneptine. me

part aqua ammonia and four parts olive

oil to shoulders and chest three times a

wcck. live her 1 dr. ground nux vomica

at a dose in feed two or three times

lay.


Crib Biting—I have a mare that cribs;

she is growing thin and I would like to

know if she can be cured. E. M. B..

Portland, Mich.—-Cribbing is an incurable

ailment. Feed her off ﬂoor and arrange

staél without corners so that she cannot

cri .


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Does For This Man in 4 Days


\l’e<tlmro. llInSﬂ” Feb. 7th. 1912. I am using my first bottle

of Sare-I‘ho-llorsn Last Friday my horse strained his shoulder

speeding on ice; it was a task to get. him home; and today he

jogged as usual and insisted on playing.


From a dead lame horse to a sound jogging one inside four

days seems almost unbelievable. yet it certainly is a fact.

Where one can have the benefit of your book not. one moment.

of valuable time need be lost. I shall retain the contract

Very truly. Everett L. Smith.

‘ IE Originated the Plan (if—Treating Horses by Mail—Under


' Signed Contract to Return Money if Remedy Fails. OUR

CHARGES ARE MODERATE. But ﬁrst write describing

your case. and we will send our—BOUK—Sample Contract. and

Advice—ALI. FREE to (Horse Owners and Managers).


W ‘tc~ns there is nothing so costly as delay.

TROY (‘II .Mlt‘AL (30., 20 Commercial Ave" “Inghnmton. N. Y,

Druggists Everywhere sell Save-The-Horse

with contract, or sent by us Express Prepaid.


WILL HOLD. THEIR


SEGUNU ANNUAL SALE


OF REGISTERED


HULSTEINS


At Howell, Mich,


May 9,1912


We are offering 71 head of high class cattle. backed

by a long line of A. R. 0. stock cows of great. size.

with records from 18 1.022 lbs, some in the semi.

otiicial list. daughters and g.-daughters of Sadievnle

Concordias Paul De Kol 3d. (dam 80.05. g.-dam 30.64).

some bred to him. Stock from or bred to such sires

as Canary Mercedes Royal Climax. King Pieter-tie

Hat-tog. Sir Pontiac Mechthilde. Sir Fayne Johanna

Albino. Catalogues April 25. Cattle tuberculin

tested. R. E. HAEGER. Auctioneer.

MARK B. CURDY. Secy. R. No. 6. Howell. Mich.

FOR SALE—Ono'registered Percheron

stallion. three years old.


a good one. WM. GRAHAM. R. R. No. 42. Ada. Mich.


BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.


ABERDEEN-ANGUS.


Herd, consisting of Trojan Ericas Blwkbirds and

Prides. only. is headed by erton . a. TrOJan Erica.

by Black Woodlawn, sire of t. 9 Grand Chain ion r

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

A few ohoicely bred young bulls for sale.


WOODCOTE STOCK


FARM. Ionla. Mich.

AYR S H I RE 6


—One of foremost dairy


breeds: young bulls


and bull calves for sale. Berkshire swine. All pure

bred. Michigan School for Deaf. Flint. Mich.


sired by half-brother of Rose of


Guernsey Bull Calves Langwater.m.12.966.5 lbs.: b. 1'


669.891bs.. 2 yrs.'.7 mo. Allan Kelsey. Lakeview. Mich.


EREFORDS~7 bulls from 2 mos. to 2 years old. all


re . and of the very best breeding. Also big honed


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


Filll SALE-A. 8.0. HERD BULL


one of the best. kind and gentle: 2 bull calves, 4 cows.


Prices right. T. H. Jackson. R. No. 3. South Bend,Ind.


' —Y. 1' Bll.dBll

IIoIstcins of Quality ofii‘ii‘it‘ﬁ. A1198 (1.3.1..

and sires. whose dams have records of 27.. lbs


(at 3 years) and 30 lbs. Best. of breedin . Write 'for

pedigree and prices. W. B. READER. owell. Mich.


“Top-Notch" Holsteins.


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

able breeding and from dams with A. R. (I. records,

at. reasonable prices Also one 2-year-old bull. [it to


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HULSTEIN BULL


Just. one more Grand son of


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Ready for servlce.

Write for what. you want in Holsteins.


REED 6: KNOWLES, Howell. 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 llolsteins.


L. E. CORNELL. Fayette, Ohio.


A 24-Ib. Bull


Hare Bull (‘alves out 0t—

13. 2t). 23. 24-h). Cows A. R. 0.

By a 2th). Bull.

My herd averages 19 lbs.

If you want this kind write

BIGELOW’S I'IOLSTEIN FARMS,

Breedsville, Michigan.

EGISTERED HOLSTEIN CATTLE—Final 7 mos.

old bull calf for sale from A. It. 0. dam.

FLOYD I“. JONES. R. I“. D. 3. Oak Grove. Mich.


ﬁne grandsons of Pontiac Korndyke in

we Have our lot. of Holstein bulls ready forservice

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


' $75 each—One registered

4 tirade “0'3“"! cows. Holstein Bull, eon King of. the

Hengerveldsfl 312.3150. Vaughan Farm, Homewood. Ill.


Purebred Registered

H OLSTE IN CATTLE

The Greatest Dairy Breed

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YI’SILANII FARMS BULL CALI/ES.


Choicest Konrd 'ke. Dekol and Hen erveld breed-

ing.. .00 to $1 .00 Oﬁcial Pedigrees8 on request.

COLE BROTHERS. Ypsilanti. Michigan.


JERSEYS AND DUROO JERSEYS

FOR SALE.


A few high class beers from such chain i b

Orion Chief. Instructor. and King of 1 liliiifmAslgg


a few bred sows. Jersey bulls. cows and heifers.

BBUUKWATEII Hill. ANN ARBOR. IIGIL II. F. U. 7.


Lillie Farmstead JERSEYS


Bulls ready for service. also bull calves and heifer

calves. Cows all in yearly test. Satisfaction guaran-

teed. COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.


MARSTON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE.

T. F. MARS’I‘ON. Bay City. Michigan.

ERSl-IY Bull Calves. 2 to 8 mos. old. Sired by a Grand son of


r Imp. interested Prince and from cows that. produce from

400m 500 lbs. Butter in oneZyear. A. Newman.:Msrlette. Mich.


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cash or good note. J. B.VHUMME.L n.‘


A Fine Bull Calf For Sale


Dairy Shorthor'n Dairy bred for Generation. The

kind our Grandfather had and they made good. Milk

records he 1'. of all cows, "Charlotte B" in Herd With

record of I] lbs. milk 706 lbs. butter in one ear.

w. Knapp. s. No. 4. Watervllet. Mich. Bel Phone


—Three youn bulls


Milking Strain oi Shorthoms m . g... eifexs


for sale. WARNER BROS, Almont. Michigan.


FOR SALE—'10 B'08- Shorthorn Bulls.


Reds and Beans 12 to 24

months old Scotch and Scotch-to , to $100

each. BIDWELL s'roon FARM. ecumseh. Mich.


SHEEP.


LUIUBSIcrs—Year“ and ram lambs from Chem ion

ﬂock of bomb of Mich. Also select: erk-

shire swine. Elmhurst. Stock Farm. Almont. Mich.


BO Hambouillols‘W‘sh *0 01°69 outbotn sexes. All

E. i.


a 3. low rice. Farm-2M miles


orrice. on G.T.R. . and . . R. J. 0. A. COOK.


-Good Yearling Field


Olford DOW“ Sheeg Rams and owe. of all ages


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

H005.


' ' —Youn sows due Mar. & A ril.

Barnes and Victoria: a... .3 1... m... cm"...


boar. Priced to move them. M. ’1‘. tory, Lowell.1\ ich.

BEBKSH'REs—Two Sept. Bean and 2Sept. gilts. will


do to breed for fall fan-owin . at.

Farmer Prices A. A. PATTULLO. Deckerville. Mich.


HERD BOAR~Pr0bably the best Berk.

shire boar in Michigan.

Litter brother to the S4000 Champion hour. Star

Value. Pigs by this rent boar only 81.5 each. Either

sex. C. I). WOOD URY. Lansing, Michigan.


‘ —Weaned pigs 815. two for :23. Bears

Berkshlres ready for service $25. Gilts safe in pig .

to HandspmdLee Jr.. a Mich. State Fair Prize Winner

335. Re istered and transferred. Express prepaid in

lower iohigan. C. C. COREY, New Haven. Mich.


on l- c- 2::

Glenwood

o I c SWINE-Males weighin


lbs. each.

GEO. P. ANDREWS.


vice Boats, 'Gilts bred for April farrow

. and Sept. pigs large. smooth and roliﬁo.

took Farm. ieeland. Mich. P one 94


from 175 to 25')

so a very c oice lot of ilts

Dansvllle. Ingham 00.. ich.

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Improved chostor Whites sediments? 3mm


furrow. Also three young boars. cheap. to close th

out. W. 0. WILSON. Okomos. Mich. Both phones:


I. C's Special Prices on spring pigs and service inale‘s.

. also fall pigs 800 to pick from. Shipped an approval.

ROLLENIMG VIEW STOCK FARM. Cass City. Michigan.

, —All ages. growthy and large. sows bred.

00. '0 C s Males ready, 100% select from. Attractive

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

o I c swine and But! Rook cockerels of

I I 9 right. tyﬁe. best of breeding. price Way

down for quick sale. . I). SCOTT. Quimby, Mich.

9 —I have some very fine and growthy last

0- I. c 8 fall pigs. either sex. males ready for ser-

vtce now. )aII‘S not akin. OTTO B. SCHULZE.

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

0UR Imp. Chester Whites and Tamworth swine won

245 151; at. Fairs in 1911. Service boars. also sows bred


for spring furrow of either breed that will please you

in quality and price. Adams Bros.. Litchﬂeld. Mich.


O. I. C.——0rdm Booked For 8


rin Pi s.

C. J. THOMPSON. Rock! rd. Whining.

O.


P' I. C. SWIN riceon Spring

igs,


pairs and trios. not. akin. ave a number

of servtce males of good tygge. Write me describing

of your wants. A. J. GORD N. R. No. 2 Dorr. Mich.


Quellly—Nine high-class


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for spring pigs. Fred- Nickel. It. 1. Monroe. Mich.

Duroc Jerseys for


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reasonable. Write . G. VIVIAN. R. 4. Monroe. Mich.

Dunno JERSEYS-Both sexes. all ages. Satisfac-


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Write me for


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FANCY bred Duroc Jersey sowsdue to fan-ow in Apl.

Special prices for March. Also full’pigs. both sexes:

reasonable prices. John McNiooll. North Star, Mich.

ready forservioa. S ecial


30 High Class Boats prices for 30 days. lenty

of growth. style and ﬁnish. Satisfaction guaranteed.

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


LARGE TYPE r c 4...... .. moms... p...

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“Not. how cheap but how cod." i .


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

FOR SALE. The


lie island Poland China Swine -

googd. NELSON J. WYOKOFF. euliﬂllic 3???- 1332:?

—Butler‘s Big


CLOSING OUT POLAND CHIN


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farrow.weighing 1.30 lbs. not. fatmcady for service. at. $12

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ready for sex-Vice $23. J. 0. Butler. Portland. Mich.


.VDQ‘

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FOR SALE solid color. from high testing


dam. Price 875. C. A. BRISTOL. Fenton. Mich.


Will Sacrifice MyKYoung Herd Bull,


2) mo. old son of one 0 ng Segil great. dau hters

or 8200. F. S. KENFIELD. Augusta. Mich Kan.


BUTTER BRED JESS’iﬁEEfc‘”

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. All Michigan.


Out. of Re later of Merit. cows,


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OR SALE—3 yearlin Holstein-Friesian bulls. also

bred heifers 8150 to each. Bull calves to .


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Heifers for sale.


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‘ Poland China fall and Sprin '

MG IYPE bred. Dairy bred Shortliorng [$18188 83:5

calves. Prices low. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson, Mich.


15 Poland China Sows


bred for spring lit-


ta VV'll. ' -. ..

priced to sell. WM. “'AF'FLE: IColdwhte‘i'l.11 lit-hf}


Young sows bred for April furrow.


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THE VENTIATION OF STABLES.


Some people seem to think that there

is a great deal of mystery about venti-

lation, yet it is a very simple matter when

understood. The problem is not complex,

and all stables can be ventilated with

very little trouble.


The Philosophy of Ventilation.


When animals breathe air into their

lungs they use the oxygen for purifying

the blood and expel into the air again,

from their lungs, as a residue, carbon

dioxide, or carbonic acid gas, C02, and a

certain amount of organic matter, which

contains volatile alkaloids. These are by-

products and like all by-products of plants

and animals, are: not ﬁt to be used again.

They have been eliminated from the sys-

tem as waste products, and the animal

is seriously injured if allowed or com-

pelled to take any considerable portion of

them back into the system again. While

animals take oxygen from the air and

expel carbonic acid gas or CO2 as a. by-

product, plants take carbOn dioxide, use

the carbon in their growth and develop-

ment and expel as a waste product oxy-

gen. Thus the plant assists the animal

and the animal assists the plant, which

keeps up a balance between the oxygen

and the carbon dioxide of the atmos-

phere.


If animals are confined for any consid-

erable length of time in a. close room the

oxygen of the air becomes exhausted, and

there is a surplus of carbon dioxide, also

of waste organic matter containing vola-

tile alkaloids, all of which are poisonous

to the animal. Now the process of ven—

tilation simply consists in changing this

air, allowing the contaminated air in the

stable which contains the waste products

of the animal to go out and fresh air

from the outside come in. Therefore, veii-

tilation is simply to change the air,


Ventilation is a winter problem, and

the problem of the cold climate. In the

summer time or in the tropical or semi-

tropical countries ventilation is some-

thing that the live stock man has little

to contend with. When the weather is

warm enough so that the windows are

open and the doors are open there is a

free circulation of air and splendid ven-

tilation, but in the winter time in cold

climates where animals have to be con--

ﬁned in order to keep them warm there

must be some system of changing the air

in the stable, otherwise ‘animals cannot

live and thrive.


Years ago people did not keep animals in

the stable very much, and if kept in the

stable it was not thought necessary to

have the stable very warm and very

tight, consequently the question of venr

tilation was not an important one. But

as we have advanced in our system of

keeping live stock we ﬁnd that in cold

countries it pays to keep them in warm

barns. No one would think, now, of keep-4

ing horses or dairy cows in cold barns.

It costs more to feed them, they are not

as comfortable, and, hence it pays to pro--


vide good, close, warm barns for live

stock. and then the husbandman must

see to it that the air is changed fre—


quently enough in these barns so that it

is kept pure and the health of his live

stock maintained. Some people have an

idea that a dairy cow is kept in a warm

barn because she is a delicate creature.

and that she cannot stand cold weather,

but this is not correct. 5 dairy cow can.

stand the cold weather just as well as

any animal if she is only fed a sufﬁcient

amount of food. The dairyman has found

that it is proﬁtable to keep the dairy cow

in a warm barn because she will give a

larger amount of milk for the food con-

sumed. She is kept in the warm barn,

not because she is delicate but because

it is found more practical, and come

quently more proﬁtable to keep her and

protect her from inclement weather than

it is to allow her to run in the open air.


If we keep live stock in a properly con—

structed barn sufﬁciently well constructed

SO that they are kept warm in cold

weat .er, and provide no means for venti—

lation we shall ﬁnd on investigation that

the coldest and most impure air in the

stable is in the lower strata next to the

ﬂoor, and that the warm and purest air

in the stable is next to the ceiling. Cold

air is heavier than warm air and conse-

quently settles down near the ﬂoor. Car-

bon dioxide is heaver than air and tends


to settle near the ﬂoor. We know that

carbon dioXide is heavier than air be—

cause it settles into deep wells and cis—

terns and sometimes into silos. People

who have .gone down into Wells to clean,

them out have been overcome by carbon

dioxide. It is a a colorless, odorless gas.

It is not safe to go into a well 6r a cis-

tern to clean it out without ﬁrst lowering

into it a lighted lantern. Carbon dioxide

will not support combustiOn and conse-

quently a lamp or lantern will not burn

in a strata of carbon dioxide. If the well

or cistern centains carbon dioxide, this

gas can be baled out as you would bale

out water. Simply lower a bucket into

the well and bring it up and empty it.

The gas cannot be seen but nevertheless

it can be baled out of the well, and it

will ﬂow off to a Power level. After it is

baled out then, by lowering a lantern into

the well it will burn, which shows that

the gas has been removed. It also shows

that it is heavier than air, or else it

would not settle to the bottom of the

well.


When air or any gas is heated it ex-

pands and becomes lighter and this light-

er air tends to rise, consequently we ﬁnd

that the warmer air in the stable is up

next to the ceiling. Now the problem in

ventilating the stable is to remove the

cold. impure air near the ﬂoor from the

stable and retain the warm air up next

to the ceiling because, if we allow the

warm air up next to the ceiling to escape

we lower the temperature of the stable

and it is quite as much of a. problem to

keep the stable at the proper tempera-

turc as it is to change the air.


Some people ventilate their stables by

lowering the windows. This allows the

warm air to rush out: and the pure air

from the outside to r sh in. This brings


about a change of air and consequently


ventilation but it is done at the expense

of the temperature of the stable. If one

does not care anything about the temper-

ature then lowering the windows will fur-

nish very good ventilation. In the venti-

lation of dwelling houses where we have

artiﬁcial heat this is not a bad way to

ventilate because, if the temperature of

the house gets too cold a little better ﬁre

can be maintained, which assists in the

ventilation, but in the horse stable or in

the cow stable we have no artiﬁcial heat

and it is quite important to save the

warm air next to the ceiling,


Other people ventilate their stables by

the hay chute which opens from above

just through the ceiling of the stable,

The air in the stable coming in contact

with the bodies of the animals is warm-

ed. becomes lighter and rises and goes

thrOugh the hay chute out of the build—

ing, and cold air comes in around the

windows, through cracks, around the

doors to take the place of the warm air

and thus furnishes a change of air. it

gives ventilation to the stable but it is

done at the expense of the temperature


in the same manner as when we venti—'


late by lowering the windows.

The King System of Ventilation.


The late Prof. King, of the “'isconsin

I‘nivcrsity,

lating stables. He knew that if an open—

ing was made ncar the ceiling of the

stable out of doors that the warm air

would rush out and the cold air would

rush in. To prevent this warm air rush~

ing out he boxed in this opening, as it


were. and extended the box down on thc‘

a .


outside of the stables to say, within

foot or twoof the ground. Now this

opening would allow the pure air to come

into the stable up next to the ceiling but

would not allow the warm air to go out

because it had to go down through a co?-

umn of cold air, and being lighter than

cold air it could not pass out. This solv—

ed the problem of admitting pure air into

a stable. This is called a pure air in--

take. \Ve should have a number of these

distributed all around the barn. They

should not be large because if they are

large we will have draughts. We want

a sufﬁcient number of them so that if

the wind blows strongly from one direc-

tion these pure air intakes can be closed

on that side of the barn for the time be-

ing and still have a sufﬁcient number of

them on the other sides to furnish pure

air. In putting in the King system whei

the stable is being built, these openings

can be made in the hollow wall by build-

ing small chimneys, as it were, in the

wall and having them open on the inside

up' next to the ceiling and on the outside

down next to the ground.


After solving the problem of admitting

pure air without allowing the warm air

in the stable to pass out, the next preh-

lem was to get rid of the cold impure air


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next to the floor. He accomplished this

by building a chimney, nothing more not

less, at any convenient location in the

barn, having it open at the bottomlllke

a ﬁreplace and extending up through the

stable, up through the storage part of

the barn and out through the roof, and

the higher above the roof the better, be—

cause the taller a chimney is the better

it will draw. This chimney is called a

ventilating shaft. It should be made

tight and can be made so by double

boarding with tar paper between. Any-

one knows who has had experience in

ﬁreplaces that if there are loose bricks

or cracks in the chimney it does not draw

well. and so it is with a ventilating shaft.

Now. this chimney, or that portion of it

in the stable is warmer than the cold air

outdoors and warmer up next to the cell-

ing than the cold impure air near the

floor, and besides, the whole of the air in

the stable is warmer than the air out«

doors and it therefore tends to rise and

go up the ventilating shaft, and this air

passing up the ventilating shaft causes

an inﬂux of pure air through the pure air

intakes, making a. circulation of air in

the stable.


By knowing the number of animals kept

in the stable' and the capacity of the sta-

ble in cubic feet it can be accurately

ﬁgured out how large this ventilating

shaft should be. A ventilating shaft of

21/2 feet square is sufﬁcient to ventilate

a stable containing 50 head of animals.


In order to have this system work the

stables should be Well constructed. If

you have openings around the windows

or the walls are not tightly built it does

not work well. One must control the air

currents. When the stable door is open

in the day time the ventilating shaft does

not work as well as when the door is

closed. Some people have claimed that

this system did not. work for them when

the only trouble was that their barn was

not properly constructed. it was not tight,

there was ventilation without this system,

air could pass in and pass out by other

means. But if the stable is tightly ceiled

above, if the walls are tight and the win-

dows well ﬁtted this system does work,

and there is a constant change of air. I

have seen stables with this system in-

stalled where, during the coldest weather

when the thermometer was down below

zero, and a ﬁerce wind blowing, the tem-

perature of the stable was not below 40

degrees and yet there was a constant

change of air and perfect ventilation.


Some have an idea that this will work

all right in a. modernly constructed barn

but that it cannot be adapted to old

barns. This is a. mistake. If the, 01d sta-

ble is not warm. it it is not properly con-

structed, it can be papered and sided

and made tight and then the ventilating

shaft and the pure air intakes can be in-

stalled just as well as in a new barn.


It is better to have one large ventilat-

ing shaft in a. stable than to have two for

the very same reason that it is better to

have one ﬁreplace chimney in a. room

than two. for if there are two chimneys

lhcn sometimes we get a counter

current and have the cold air coming

down one ventilating shaft and out the

other. “'hile this may assist somewhat

in ventilation it takes the warmth out of

the stable. Then, too, the ventilating

shaft should not he too large. If it is we

may have counter currents in the same

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should be in proportion to the work re»-

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To Silo Buyer


Facts You Should Know About the Harder

Patent Before You Invest in a Silo


In response to the hundreds of inquiries received owner! 01' users 0* the inf?!" in! 81103. eswe are 8M!!!

regarding the Harder Patent, and to remove all ﬁlaltsillo psut‘lc‘lcigsers lair noticeﬁiy fully explaining the pit-

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which is the Court 0! last resort in Patent Cases in the

case of Ryders vs. Schlichter;


The United States Circuit Court. Southern District of . ,.

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nfrlngfng silos. .


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CONVERTING EARLY COCKERELS

INTO BROILERS.


For those who hatched chicks early, the

marketing of the cockerels and culls can

be made very proﬁtable if they are prop-

erly fattened and sold as broilers. Some

chicks, if conﬁned in small space, will put

on fat readily while others will gain prac-


- tically nothing in weight, caused by their


constant worry and restlessness from be—

ing conﬁned. This applies particularly to

those that have had free range. Up to

this time, however, few have had such

range, but if there are any, let them

have the run of a small yard. They must

not have large runs, as too much exer-

cise will tend to develop muscle and not

fat, consequently, the ﬂesh will be hard

and not soft and tender as it should be.


The feed for fattening should consist

wholly of soft, ground feed. This is more

easily digested, and weight will be put

on more quickly and with a smaller

amount of feed. A good fattening ration

consists of equal parts by weight of

ground oats, corn meal and middlings,

with about 10 per cent of beef scraps ad-

ded. Whole milk or skim-milk is pre~

ferred to use for mixing, but in the ab—

sence of these water may be used. Moist-

en until the mixture, when pressed to-

gether, Will form in balls but will readily

fall apart. Feed twice a day all they will

eat. They should be stuffed on this fat—

tening ration until they show an inclina-

tion to take less, when they should be

marketed, as they will gain very little

after this.


Crate fattening may be resorted to if

the chicks have previously been conﬁned


'in small runs, as they will not mind the


conﬁnement in crates as much as free

range chicks do. The soft feed should

be- given in troughs placed outside the

coops, as the small space» in which the


and the runs must be kept as clean as

possible. Keep their houses clean and

dry. Although ducks are fond of water,

they must have dry quarters at night.

Use plenty of straw in the roosting

houses, and change it often.


When hot weather arrives shade and

plenty of clean drinking water must be

provided. The hot rays of the sun will

claim many a promising duckling if there

is not abundant shade’in the yards.

Don’t keep ducks, either young or old,

with other poultry if separate yards can

possibly be provided. Ducks always

thriVe best when they can have a. yard

to themselves.


Indiana. W. F. PURDUE.


HANDLING AND QUIETING BEES.


Bee—keeping would be much more gen-

eral, and many persons would be glad to

start keeping bees, were it not for the

natural dread of the sting. The power of

stinging is the means of defence, and the

only one given to bees for the protection

of their stores. They are seldom i‘n~

clined to use their Weapons unless danger

appears imminent but when it, so looks

to them they become ﬁerce combatants.

Bees under and circumstances ﬁnd it

impossible to resist temptation to feed

greedily on liquid sweets if at all Within

reach, and when their honey bags are full

they seldom sting, unless they are hurt.

They also, when frightened, make at once

for their stores of honey and ﬁll them-

selves. It will therefore be understood

that to make bees comparatively harm-

less we have only to alarm them into

gorging themselves with honey.


In many harmless ways we can so

frighten them. The most usual and useful

way is to drive a few puffs of smoke into

the hive. Brown paper or old rags an—

swer the purpose, but the best smoke for

bees is that from decayed ash wood. Care

must be taken not to overdo the operation

by using too much smoke and so stupe-

fying the little creatures. A good bee

smoker is most necessary, in fact it is


First Incubator Hatch of 70 Chicks, made

and their Natural


chicks are conﬁned will not permit of the

troughs being inside. The coops are pre-

ferably covered to keep the chicks in the

dark, where they will remain more quiet.

The cover should be thrown back when

they are fed, three times a day, at which

times they should be allowed to have all

the feed they will eat in about a half-

hour.


\Vhen ready for market the broilers

may be sold alive. or dressed as is most

profitable and convenient to the grower.


Indiana. 0. E. HACHMAN.


MORE ABOUT FEEDING YOUNG


‘ DUCKS.


As the ducklings grow, cooked vege-

tables, bran, corn meal, middlings, etc.,

may all be used in the feed. For best

results vary the ration as much as pos-

sible and don’t conﬁne them to one kind

of feed for long periods. Ground grain

should always be moistened with milk or

water, and a, plentiful supply of drinking

water ought to be Within reach. In rear-

ing ducklings much depends upon the

water, for it sometimes seems that a

bucket of water is more essential than

feed, as they drink frequently while eat-

ing and at other times also. Supply fresh

water several times each day.


Ducklings cannot be raised upon whole

wheat, cracked corn or chick feeds which

may give excellent results when fed to

chicks. If any of these are used they

should be thoroughly cooked.


Give all feed in troughs and don’t allow

any to remain from one meal to another.

Sour feed will usually have a disastrous

effect. The feed troughs, drinking vessels


by Mrs. S. S. Farrell, of Barry County,

Outdoor Brooder.


indispensable. Having driven a few puffs

into the hive, allow the bees some seconds

in which to ﬁll themselves from their

stores. Then the hive can be opened.

If desirous of removing frames and exam—

ining them closely, blow a. little more

smoke into the hive. Then move the di-

vision board on one side so that frames

can be taken out. Take hold of the ﬁrst

frame by the shoulders and carefully lift

it out. Bring it to the level of the face

and examine it. IVhen turning the frame

to look at its other side, lower your right

hand and raise the left until the top bar

of the frame is perpendicular. Now give

the frame a half turn to the right, lower

the left hand and raise the right so as

to bring the top bar into a horizontal po-

sition. Be very careful to keep the- comb

perpendicular, for it may, by its weight,

fall out of the/frame. The ﬁrst frame can

now be hung on the comb stand, a most

handy and useful appliance, and the oth-

er frames examined in the same manner.

In replacing frames, do it slowly so as to

permit bees, upon feeling the slightest

pressure, to creep from under them before

they are hurt. \Vhen frames and division

boards have been returned to their proper

places, blow a little smoke on the top,

and close the hive. During the examina—

tion give the bees smoke 'now and then

to preserve order and quiet,

Canada. \V. R. GILBERT.


from the ﬂock as soon as no more eggs

for hatching are wanted. They have no

influence on the number of eggs produced.

and infertile eggs keep much the best,


especially in warm'weather.


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for


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in a cake of ice.


Each is inspected 411 times.

before it leaves the factory.

pared for your pocket.


Yet that doesn’t satisfy us.


We Sell Only Through Retail Jewelers


These men are alone able to properly regulate a watch to


the buyer’s personality. And that

is necessary, as good watches run

differently for different people.


This is a fact, but it’s a long

story to tell in an ad, so we’ll leave

that to the jeweler himself.


Ask your jeweler to explain it.

Ask him to show you a South Bend

Watch.


"Jae—ELLE and”


You can get a South Bend

Watch at prices ranging up to $75

(in solid gold case).


Write for the free book, “How

Good Watches Are Made.” It is

interesting from cover to cover.


Glenwood. Iowa. Sept. 13, 1911.

South Bend Watch Co., South Bend, Ind.

Gentlemen: This is to certify that some

four years ago, while in busmess at

Ackley, Iowa, I sold a 15.1 188 South Bend

Watch to Wm. Johns of that place.which

ran so close to time that after fourteen

months it was impossible to detect a

second’s variation in its rate. Mr. Johns


will verify my statement.

Yours truly, F. C. MACMANUS.


Rudy-Mixed Hollie & Born


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Best: Ila-chick hot-water rooder,

Both ordered together


We ship 34

$11.50. Freight ropald (I. of


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' Flock of 38. average 205 each

Indlan Runner DuckE gs- in 1911. Care of ducks with

order. Also S. C. W. eghorns. Price for each $1 per

13; $3 per 50; $5por100. VVui. P. Booth. It. 3. ()rland. Ind.


INDIAN Runner Duck Eggs $1.25 per 13; $6 per I00;

S. (1. Rhode Island Reds, $1 '30 per 1:3: 56 per 100.

Montreon Poultry Farm, It. R. 4, Illissiield, Mich.


BLUE BELLE BARIED ROOK pnllets and hens $1. $1.50

and $2. Eggs $1.50. $2 6' $3 a setting. Send orders for

baby chicks. LAKE RIDGE FARM. Levering, Mich.


Barred Rock Eggs’fiii’ii.riftinfggssfrii‘.Wit

100 57. W. C. oﬁ'man, ll. 6. Benton Harbor, Mich.

CHOICE S. c. II. OBPINGIONSEZ‘QZk‘ZIRI; “112313;

15th. 32 per 15. Otis Greenman. R. 4. Bellevuo. Mich

Crystal White Orpingtonsﬂ‘ﬁiifiiiiigmigzg

winners. bargains in breeding stock. eggs half-price


after May 15th. Send for mating list. Order now.

Mrs. Willis Hough. Pinecrest Farm, Royal ()ak,Mich.


EGGS—Prize Winner Stock—S..C. Buff & White

Orpingtons, 15 for $3; Pekin Ducks and Pearl

Guineas 11 for 81. J. E. BACON. Boyne City, Mich.


[ass—Light. Brahma. Barred Rock. and White Wyan-

_ dotte. $1 Ber setting $1.50 for two settings.

E. 1). BISH P. Route 38. Lake Odessa. Mich.


' from Standard Silver, G ld.

Eggs for “alchmg and W». “'Vandottes, 15. $2; $0, :1?

Browning's Wyandotto Farm, It. 30. Portland, Mich.


—S. 0. But! 01‘ in on . F'

For sale Stock. 15. 82; d0, S50: 60*? Aigﬁ

last fall cockerels. not. full grown. Weight. about6

lbs. H. B. ATWOOD. Laingsburg Michigan.


gIgIFBIIII POULIIII IAIIIIS, IIAIIIFIIIIII, MINI.


. . White Orpington Cookerels, $5.90 to 810.00. P

bred S. 0. Elk. Minorca incubator 0888. $5.00 per 11010e


° Barred Rocks, R. I. R a , M .

Prize Winning moth Pekin and I. Run‘iiesr dugllzila.


Stock for sale. gs $1 $2 Siperset. U ilit 5 e 100.

EMWOOD FARE}? B. it. o. 13.6randt Rah sPlliIich.


The sign shown here is usually displayed where

SOUTH BEND WATCHES are sold. . .

high-class retail jewelers’ stores. Its signiﬁcance IS this——


A South Bend Watch will keep accurate time even when frozen

This ability is built into the South Bend by the

highest-priced watch skill in the world.


A full year is often spent in the making of one South Bend Watch.

Each runs accurately for 700 hours

No watch can be more carefully pre-


You’ll see it only in


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The South Bend Watch Company


41 Market Street (95)


Ask to see South Bend Watch Cases In which we mark the amount of gold they contain.


South Bend, Indiana


—-Bcautiful large dark birds. Fine F-

n' c' R' |' "ED 0. W. chliorns. Eggs 15, $1.25; .30, $3.,

100. $5. Stock for sale. MRS. L. H. MIER, Paris. Mich


MOIILED ‘Ncon‘s Beautiful, nonsetting, persist-


. I ent layers of large eggs. $1.00

for 15 eggs. “ILL W. FISHER. Watervliet. Mich.

I'l'l Buff & “'hite,’()r ingtons. Buﬁ‘ & White m

a: Leghorns, Barre & White Rocks, It. I. on


no Reds and Black Minorcas. Circular CD

w ready. H. H. KING. Willis, Michigan. u—l


R. c. a s. c. RHODE ISLAND REDS—Essa?


and cockerels. BUELL BROS. Ann Arbor, ilich.


R. C. B. LeghornS’ii.“£§.:t§it‘§i.ofi%?.

$4. 100. MRS. EMMA MASON, Gobleville. Mich.


LILLIE FARI'ISTEAD POULTRY

B. P. Rocks. R. I. Beds. and O. W. Leghorn eggs


S.

for sale. If) for $1: 26 for $1.50: 50 for $2.50.

COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.


Mammoth Pokin Ducks

R. Co Br leﬂhm'ns wonat. Detroit 1911. Eggs

$1 per setting. ULAI'IHA BIC’I‘TS. Hillsdale. Mich.


S. I). While Leghorn Dockerels Emufjm W“ ~

strain. Good. strong, vigorous fowls. 81.303150.

GEORGE E. LAPHAM. Rt. No. 3. St. Johns, ich.


- . _ . _

S. C. Bull 0rpington Engaging) ”We


Write for price list. T. D. CONRAD, Grabil ,riiiiii


sTANDARD Bred R. I. Reds, Rose & Single Combs,


30 eggs $1.50. Wonderful layers. Red 'l‘rke

and Afr. geese. W. T. FRENCH, Ludington, . ich‘l’


WIIITE WYANDGTTE EGGS 3.2273 “1%.?”1’5'


5,30. White ()rpin tons: unlitv th i t. 3 r 1':

J. D.ST.JO N. H YDEN, iniiiAdAf" o


' S. C. White ()rpington a d I d'z

Whlte ROCk, Runner Duck eggs at. farmrers' pri-idet:

Circular free. G. N. BURT, Box B. ()akwood. Ohio.


(11‘. It. I. Ill.) eglgs. $5. $2 and 31h Penciled Indian

.‘ unner il('{ ergs, mm W ito c: t z' ,

for 13. (.‘OY (i. B tl'.\l.l. Nashville, ﬂighlgiig. :1


w 0. Rhode Island Redsof {iaiit . E r

b. pen headed by Red Clou‘d $2 3or Lﬁgftsanrgtanglﬁm‘

15; $5 per 100. E. J. MATHEWS N. Nottawa. Mich.


Single Comb Black Minorcats.‘

R. W. MILLS, Saline. Mich.


SINGLE COMB BRGWN LEGIIOIINS.‘


Six grand exhibition matings two util't e s E

and stock, Send for catalogue. My mdtloxB—EBatisfizgd

customer. Charles Ruff, Box M. F., St. Clair. Mich.


WchFF SIRMI S. C. “'hite Leghorn Eggs and


day old chicks. W ‘t f '

MAPLE CITY POULTRY PLANT, hlhgrigritgfiiigiii


HITE Wyandottes—The most. beautiful and use

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DOGS.

30 Pure Brod Fox Hound Pups ”my ”0 “hip “1 M“?


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THE FARMERS’ CLUB As A UNIT FOR

co-OPERATWE ENTERPRISES.


1n the last issue appeared a brief his-

tory of the Farmers' Club movement in

Minnesota. The extension bulletin from

which this history was taken also gives

some interesting information regarding

different phases of the work done by

these Clubs. One of these organizations,

numbering among its numbers a far—

sightcd leader who took the initiative in

the movement for local co-operntion, ar-

rived at the conclusion that bcfore 8. mil-

lion, or even a thousand, farmers could

agree to stand together it was first neces-

sary to teach the farmer to get along and

agree with his neighbor just across the

road, and before it was possible to get a

township or a county to organize and

maintain an organization, it was ﬁrst.

necessary to get a neighborhood to co-op-

crate in an organized manner. In this

effort toward co-operative organization

an attempt was made to begin at the

bottom and work up, instead of undertak-

ing LO begin at the top as is common with

other co-operative enterprises.


As the foundation to the movemcnt a

neighborhood organization, consisting of

of but four members, took the initiative.

It grew in a few weeks to its limit of

lwclvc members or twelve families. This

orgzmization mccls once each month at

the home of some member, and having

but twclve mcmbcrs this means one meet—

mg each year for each family. There is

an average attendance of from 30 to {)0

people, as many as the average farm home

can conveniently accommodate at once,

which AS tho reason for limiting the mem—

bership to twelve. These meetings are

much the same in character as those of

the average Michigan Farmers’ Club, be-

ing largely practicul incharacter, with

tho usual social feature of such Club

meetings. “


The practical side of the work is em-

phasized. A list of “wanted," and “for

sale" ariiclcs is read at each meeting,

thus affording an opportunity to purchase

and dispose of many commodities. An-

other linc of practical work is the kecp-

ing on ﬁle of :1 list of varictics 0f grains,

fruits and vegetables found best adapted

to the locality. Also the products of the

‘farms of the members have been largely

standardized. For instance, the members

huvo agreed to breed Guernsey cattle,

Yorkshire hogs and Leghorn hens, and

lo grow Carmun No. 3 potatoes, thus hop-

ing to make the township famous for

these special products.


Other evidence of the practical work

done by the Club was the calling of the

first, good roads mecting held in the sec-

It was also instrumental in getting

a local Farmers' Institute. The Club also

took an exhibit to the county fair, cap--

turlng the ﬁrst prize for two successive

years and in addition it proved of great

beneﬁt to the membcrs in an educational

way.


Thus,


lion.


while no large (yo-operative en-

terprises have been undertaken by the

organization, the members have co-op-

cratcd to their mutual benefit in a small


way by directing their energies along

similar lines in a united way. and it is

entirely probable that this community


will prove to bc a center of larger co-op-

erutive enlerpriscs in future ycars. This

line of work, while not dis—similar to that

taken up by many Farmers' Clubs in

Michigan, yct contains a lesson for many

Clubs which hive not done much in a

practical way toward the betterment of

farm conditions, other than social, in

their respective communities. for which

reason the work of this organization has

been given publicity in this dcpal‘lment.


CLUB DISCUSSIONS.


Discuss Practical Topics.~The North

Shade Farmers’ Club met in March at the

home of Solomon Spiece. The Club was

called to order by President Wm. T. Iiill.

After a song by the Club and the tran-

saction of routine business the Club ad-

journed for dinner. The afternoon session

opened with a song by the Club and.in-

vocation by Rev. Clapp. “General or

Special Farming," was the first subject;

discussion opened by J. H. Stonebrook and

James Cusic, and was followed by gen-

eral discussion. “How to Interest Chil-

dren in Home Duties." Discussion was

opened by Mrs. Nettie Todd in the ab-

sence of Mrs. Bond, who was assigned

the topic. Reading, “The Quail as the

Farmer’s Friend,” by Mrs. Salisbury, was

followed by a discussion. It was moved

that the Club go on record as favoring

more stringent laws for their protection.

An interesting paper on “Our Nation, its

Problems and Progress,” was read by


Valols Todd.


GRANGE’


Our Motto—“The farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be

ﬁrst improved."


A GRANGE FLY CAMPAIGN.


How astonished the Founders of the

Grange would be if they could see certain

of the tasks that are being undertaken in

the name of thc organization which thc)’

promoted! They would have demonstrat-

ed to them that “times change and we

change with them” and realize something

of the audacity of human courage! These

are the. thoughts occasioned by receipt of

a postal from a bright Lecturer of one

of our best Granges, which reads:


“I am much interested in the crusade

against the house lly and Will try to have

.w Grange and our local schools

assist in the extermination of the ﬂy.

But I realize how vcry inadequate one

Grange and a few schools would be.

Now, could you not urge this matter up-

on all the Oranges? A price of three or

four cents per cupful would furnish spend-

ing money for many school children. I

wish to start it here before the ﬂy

comes.”


Very glad, indeed, am I to pass the

word of this plan along through the Mich-

igan Farmer. It is not so visionary a


scheme as we may think before we apply


our thinkers to it in earnest. Besides,

there are practical suggestions in this

plan. This Lcclurer proposes a union of


local organized forces and she also sug-

gests enlistment of children as individual

fighters through payment of a slight sum

for their work. A Grange may hope to

accomplish considerable in its locality.

The educational feature of such a cam-

paign alone is worth while,


In the April \Voman's Home Compan-

ion is an account of how one village, by

(«i-operative enthusiasm and effort, cap-

tured 100,000 flies in one day. “There

was no effort made, of course, to abso-

lutely exterminate the fly. because such

a rcsull was realized to be out of the

question, but * * * to give the people

an idea of how far they could go in solv-

ing the fly problem if they got together

and worked to that one end."


The educational result of a fly campaign

will be its best result-always. People

will come to see how to avoid uncon-

scious encouragement of flies. Our regu-

lar papers.

to be had for the asking, afford plenty

of hints and results of other Ily cam-

paigns that will stimulate such effort.

There is no reason in the world why even

a single Grange should not accomplish

much in this direction in one season. The

abolishment of breeding spots; the cap-

ture of tiles outside of houses; the screen-

ing of cnterways, and the keeping of poi-

Sun for thosc that do get in, these four

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CalhOun County Pomona met at Athens,

April 11. An exceedingly interesting pro-

gram was given and chryonc felt that

the day had been most protliably spent,

though the weather was perfect for work

on the farm. The principal speaker of

the afternoon was John C. Ketcham, of

lrlastings, who in a very inspiring, force—

ful address gaVc his audience many things

to think about. He said the farmer

should face the questions, “Docs farming

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ilal invested, and for the work and time

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ﬁgurcs, he wants to estimate his own liv-

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Ketcham urged the co-operative plan of

buying and selling, and the labeling of

farm products with the producer’s own

mark. He urged the cnrichmcnt of com-

munity life by the improvement of sur-

roundings and the broadening of the in-

stitutional interest in the school, the

Grange and the church. Mrs, Inez Adams,

of Battle Creek Nature Club, gave a very

interesting talk on “Birds and their value

to agriculture.” Colored life-sized plates

of the birds mentioned wore shown, and

the value of birds as destroyers of insects

and obnoxious weeds, rodents and other

farm pests were points brought out. She

also told interesting facts concerning their

migrations and nesting habits. and urged

the protection of the birds by better game

laws, and by the provision of nestin

places and food supplies in winter. Reci-

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Voyce and Mrs. C. D. Kellogg, and musi-

cal numbers by members of Athens

Grange During the morning session a

brief report of the State Round-Up In-

stitute was given by A, W. Russell,


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PRACTICAL SCIENCE.


THE COMPOUNDS PRINCIPALLY CON-

CERNED IN ANIMAL NUTRITION.

BY FLOYD w. ROBISON.


The organic compounds of greatest im-

portance in animal nutrition are: First.

the proteins; second, the carbohydrates,

and third, the fats, stated as above, in


the order of their prime importance.

Protein.


As nitrogen is the element most essen—

tial to plant growth, so protein is the

compound most essential to animal life.

The peculiarity of protein lies chieﬂy in

the fact that it is the compound in plant

substances which contains this element

nitrogen which has been shown to be so

essential to plant growth. The analysis

of typical proteins from different sources

has proven its composition to consist ap—

proximately in every case, of 16 per cent

of the element nitrogen. In other words,

in every pound of protein from whatso-

ever source it may come, we ﬁnd ap-

proximately .16 of a pound of nitrogen.

This fact has bee-n the basis upon which

chemists have estimated the amount of

protein present in the various food mate-

rials. By ascertaining upon analysis the

percentage of nitrogen present and then

by multiplying this factor by 6.25, the

total weight of the compound protein has

been thus ascertained.


Protein the Essential Constituent of

Protoplasm.


Protein is of ﬁrst importance because

it seems to be the essential constituent

of protoplasm which is the vital portion

of the cell itself. There is no movement

of the body which is not associated with

the destruction of protein. Consequently

with every vital effort, demand is made

upon the supply of protein in the body.

This indicates at ﬁrst hand why protein

is absolutely necessary in the diet of the

animal“ The substance protein contains

all of the constituents which are neces—

sary for the support of life, consequently

an animal may live indefinitely with no

other food supply than pure. protein ma-

terial. This is evidenced from the. fact

that certain carniverous animals, such as

the dog, have been ltnown to live almost

indeﬁnitely on lean meat, which is a

typical protein body. The gluten of ﬂour

is likewise a protein body and in appear-

ance and other physical characteristics

at least is very similar indeed to the

principal protein body of the blood, ﬁbrin.

Gluten being therefore a protein body

existing in wheat ﬂour. is characterized

by the element nitrogen which is one of

the elememts which go to make up the

compound ration. Associated with nitro-

gen in protein are carbon, hydrogen, oxy-

gen and sometimes sulphur and phos-

phorous.


All CompOunds of Nitrogen Have Not the

Same Food Value.


There are a great many different com~

pounds containing nitrogen which come

under the general classiﬁcation of protein

but which vary materially in their food

)‘n‘opertics. The gluten of flour we have

said is a typical lll‘otcin body. In addi-

tion to its being classed as a protein body

it is one of the protein bodies of greatest

importance in that it, itself, is the direct

source of nourishment to the animal body.

Associated with gluten in flour are other

bodies containing nitrogen which are not

directly of value in furnishing nutriment

to the body. This class (if compounds is

called the amino bodies. They are of

less complex structure than are such

compounds as gluten, and seem to rcpt-e-

sent the intermediate stage; between the

elements which furnish food for plants

and the complex compounds which fur—

nish food for animals.


Amino Bodies Not so Valuable as True

Proteins.


For sake of citarness we may charac-

terize these: amino bodies as being or-

ganic compounds which have not been

completely built into the complex protein

bodies. For sake of clearness, let us i1—

lustrate. A house is not suitable as g.

dwelling until it iS completely built, which

means generally that the skeleton or

framework has been concealed and the


ﬁnishing touches which go to make it

habitable in a. large degree have been

put on. We may compare the gluten


of ﬂour, lean meat. the white of an egg,

and other bodies of like nature to this

completed building. The amino body

which we have attempted to describe

may be compared to the structure half

built with the skeleton or framework

plainly visible and clearly in an unin-

habitable'condition. In the amino body.


therefore, the elemental structure is more

plainly discernible than in the complex

protein or proteid body and being only

partly built, if you will, it is of limited

value as a food material. Consequently

when a plant or a. food material is an—

alyzed, it is desirable for the feeder to

know whether the protein that is con-

tained in the feed consists in whole of

the completely built protein body, such

as gluten, or the. only partly built protein

body such as the amino group, because

its food value depends in a large degree

upon the relationship existing between

these two.


In Henry’s Feeds and Feeding, the dis--

tinction among these different groups is

emphasized by calling the total nitrogen

the protein group, crude protein, and the

other two groups are called, ﬁrst, pro—

teins; second, amids. ‘Lct us bear in

mind then that in speaking of protein

bodies whether under the term crude pro-

tein or proteins, or amids, We refer to

that group of compounds which are char-

acterized by the presence of the element

nitrogen.


The Carbohydrates.


Carbohydrates are so named because

they consist of the compounds of carbon.

hydrogen and oxygen.

enters into their structure and the pe-

culiarity of carbohydrates consists in the

fact that the hydrogen and oxygen pres-

ent are always in the exact proportion in

which they are found in water, so that

we would not be far from the truth if we

should say that the carbohydrates con-

sist essentially of the union chemically

of various percentages of the element

carbon with the. compound of water. It

would seem at ﬁrst glance that they'must

therefore be very simple in structure, but

this is far from being the case, for one

ordinarily has little conception of the al-

most innumerable possible combinations

which may exist between carbon and

water and which, as a matter of fact. do

exist in the various compounds which

come under this heading.

Starches, Fibre,


bohydrates.


It may be sufﬁcient

here, however, to say that this group is

characterized by the. sugars, such as grape

sugar, cane sugar, milk sugar. malt, sug—

ar, starch, gums and cellulose which last

is the ﬁbre portion of the food. The car—

bohydrates exist in the plant chiefly in

the form of starch. Starch is a product

which is insoluble ordinarily in water and

therefore before it can be transferred

from one rortion of the plant to another

it mus: be made soluble, which condition

is brought about by means of a ferment

which changes the starch into sugar.

The resultant sugar is soluble in the

plant juices and can then be taken from

one portion of the plant to another. \Ve

are entirely familiar with this change

because it is brought to our attention

generally during the early spring when

the sap begins to run in the trees. Every

one is more or less familiar with the sug-

ar—making possibilities of the juice of the:

maple tree. which sugar has been pro-

duced by fermentation in the tree pro-

duced from the starch which was stored

up the previous season. The principal

role of carbohydrates in the animal body

seems to be to Serve as a fuel for main—

taining the temperature of the body. It

docs not appear to be associated with the

body activities except insofar as the car-

bohydrates may be: associated with pro-

tein.


Sugars, Etc., are Car-


No other element l‘l


for comparison ‘


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CURRENT COMMENT.


Someone has said

Initiative in Agri- that “man‘s worst

culture. vice is advice.” That

“advice is cheap." is

a Slill more trite and commonly rcpcuted

cxpression, and yet advice is a much

Hiluglll and highly important commodity.

Professional advisers, so long as they are

highly trained specialists, are able to

command big I’ccs for their opinions and

ihcir services are much sought after by

those who rccognize their need of special

:idvicc upon special subjects.


Thu giving of advice upon technical

inuiicrs relating to agriculture is one of

tho funciions of an up-lo-dute agricul-

iurul Journal, one which is productive at

much good so long as the advice given

comes from expert sourccs. But it is im-

possible to give general advice which

will properly fit spccial cases and there is

a crying need for more initiative on the

pzirt of the average farmer. A great

many men, and particularly young men.

make the mistake of seeking advice from

otlicr than export sourccs upon the prop-

cr business course for them to pursue.

it may be in the matter of a purchase of

u form; it may relate to purchasing the

foundation stock for a pure-bred flock or

hcrd; it may be in connection with the

advisability of attempting to establish

some special crop, such as alfalfa, upon

their farms; it may be any one of a. thou-

sand business propositions which come

up for consideration upon every farm

and which must be decided with a proper

regard for local conditions and environ-

ments. But all too often advice is sought

and accepted from an incompetent and

disinterested source and opportunities are

allowed to pass unimproved which the

man’s initiativo prompts him to accept

with alacrity.


Initiative is an important factor of

one's character or personality, and is a

quality which can be acquired, to some

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its possessor into some unproﬁtable ven-

tures, but in the end a well developed

faculty of initiative in any man. be he

business man or farmer is bound to be a

factor which will make for his ultimate

success. “Nothing ventured, nothing


gained” is a truism which marks the lim-

itations of many a. man’s business suc-

case. The seeking and accepting of ex-

pert advice will save many disastrous

failures which one’s initiative might


prompt him to make, but the lack,of ini-

tiative. or the acceptanCe of advice, which

is conservative because of incompetenCy

or the ﬁxed habit of the giver, as opposed

to one’s own well defined initiative is a

great handicap to success.


Every young man should develop his

faculty for personal initiative to the limit

of his capabilities and learn to temper his

inclinations by well considered advice of

the right sort, rather than to be forever

disirustful of his own judgment and prone

to accept the advice of others whose

mediocre success or lack of success does

not afford an alluring example.


During the ﬁrst

The South for Co-opera- week in April

tive Rural Credit. t h e Southern

C o m m e rciai

Congress, then in session at Nashville.

Tenn, held a general conference on co-

operative farm ﬁnance at which more

than one-half the sales were represented

by delegates or were hoard from favor-

ably as to the proposition involved. This

conference considered the plans for co-

operative rural credit upon which reports

have been made by the International In-

stitute of Agriculture at Rome, and with

which Michigan Farmer readers are thor—

oughly familiar through frequent mention

of the various plans of co-operutive

credit in successful operation in Europe

through these columns. This confcrcnce

was presided over by Hon. David Lubln,

delegate from this country in the Inter-

national Institute of Agriculture, who is

thoroughly familiar with the various sys—

tems of agricultural credit as exempliﬁed

by the European institutions, of which

he has made a thorough personal study

and which he was able to explain to thc

mcmbers of this conference in detail,

After several days’ consideration of the

proposition, this conference dctcrmincd

on a plan of action which should have a

great educational influence in promoting

thc establishment of rural credit org-un-

izuiions in this country. As a means to

ibis end the confcrcncc favored broaden-

ing llic Furmcrs’ National Co-operative

(‘rcdii Commission, provided fei‘ in ii. ll.

joint resolution 282, introduced by Repre—

seniative Norris, of Nebraska. the pro-

visions of which were explained in an

editorial comment in a recent issue of this

paper, by the addition of three commis—

sioners at large appoinlcd by the Presi-

dent wilh the consent of the Senate, and

also by not more than two additional

commissioners from each state to be ap—

[.oiiile(1 by the I’residcnt fiom a list of

(ligiblc pc-rsons suggested by the ugricul-

turul interests of their respective states.

The conference favored the raising of a.

fund by subscriptions in the various

states to defray the expenses of com-

missioncrs who would be asked to serve

without compensation, and estimated that

31,300 would be required for each dele-

gutc. An uditionai appropriation of $50.-

000 will be asked from Congress to pro—

vide for stenograpbic reports, printing,

etc, in order that the work accomplished

by the commission might be placed in the

most efﬁcient shape to enlighten the peo‘

ple of the country with regard to their

findings. It is planned to have this com-

mission make u personal investigation of

conditions in foreign countries, where

these plans of co—operative credit are in

successful operation, during the summer,

making a report to Congress and through

the various state commissioners to the

various states before the close of the

year in ample time for legislative action

by Congress or the legislatures of the

various states: to enable the formation of

agricultural credit organizations on a plan

which will be best adapted lo the needs

and conditions existing in this country.


As before noted in these columns, any

plan which will best promote the distribu—

tion of general information regarding the

possibilities of co-operative agricultural

credit will be most beneﬁcial. If our


farmers arc to proﬁt by the example of


their European contemporaries they must

become interested in its possibilities and

beneﬁts and act for themselves und in

conjunction with each other. As stated

in previous editorial comments, these

European agricultural credit associations

grew out of the necessity of the farmers

of those countries for additional capital

to tide them over a period of unfaVorable

conditions.


The same incentive has perhaps led to

a united effort in this direction by the

people of the southern states, particularly

in the cotton growing states. It is difﬁ-

cult for Michigan farmers to appreciate

the need of southern cotton growers 1.1

this connection, but cotton is the uni-

versal collateral for bank loans in many

sections of the south, and cotton has

been cheap in recent years while unfav-


orable seasonsvhave shortened production. =

in other lines, thus increasing the neces-

sary purchases of farmers as well as re-

ducing the stable income of the cotton

growers and at the same'ti‘me reducing

their credit to a corresponding degree.


It is true that Michigan is more for-

tunate than many sections of the coun-

try in having a greater variety of staple

agricultural products and being less de-

pendent upon single crops, but as before

noted, Michigan farmers should be as

greatly interested in the possibilities of

co-operative credit as are the farmers of

less favored sections of the country in

this regard. There is no reascm why we

should wait for necessity to drive us to

the adoption of the best business methods

in the conduct of our farms. Even in

Michigan the average farmer is often

handicapped for capital rind there is a.

marked disinclination among our farmers

to hire money for emergency needs, a

fact which leads to extravagant and ex-

pensive economies which are a handicap

to immediate success as well as to the

progressive tendencies of the farmer.


“'e need a system of co-operative rural

credit which will help the farmer, the

country merchant and all our smaller in-

dustries, as well as make a more elastic

currency and a ready outlet for idle

funds for people of large or small means,

all of which desirable ends may be ac-

complished through a general interest in

and enthusiasm for. this movement to

establish a system of co—operative rural

credit in this country.


No catastrophe in


ASacrifice to Speed. recent history has


so startled t h e

world as the loss of the great ocean liner,

Titanic, as the result of a collision with

an iceberg, and the resulting loss of life

and suffering of the survivors. This hor-

rible accident has at once'disiliusioned

mun that he can build a ship so strong

that it is impregnable and unsinkable,

or, indeed, sufﬁcicntly stable so that the

ordinary precautions against such acci-

ocnis are unnecessary. The more than


1,600 lives that were lost on the Titanic,

wcrc. in the judgment of the world, sac-

riﬁced to the modern mania for speed.

But of course, ﬁnal judgment should be

suspended until the conclusion of the

official investigation which is being con-

ducted by a sub—committee of the United

States Senate, of which Senator Smith,

of Michigan, is chairman. This investi-

gation will doubtless shed all the light

upon the cause of this disaster and the

inefficiency in the equipment of the ship

which resulted in the great loss of life.

so for as it is possible for a human in-

quiry to accomplish this desirable end.


Hut whatever the contributory causes,

the great sacriﬁce of human life will not

be wholly in vain, since steps will un-

doubtedly be taken to prevent a repetition

of the disaster from similar causes. This

incident is but a repetition of history in

that great sacriﬁces of human life are

made to serve the ultimate interest of_ the

human race through a betterment of con-

ditions under which men live and move

about in the pursuit of business or pleas-

ure. It is the price of progress in the

great developments which have occurrcd

within the lifeiime of the older genera-

tion of tho prcscnl day.


But in addition to a warning for those

”who go down to the sea in ships,” this

great catastrophe holds a wholesome les-

son for all of us who have been attacked

with the speed mania. which is a. very

general complaint among all classes of

people at the present time. We not only

desire to travel fast, like the Sometime

millionaire, “Scotty,” who, when making

a record run across the continent on a.

special train chartered for the purpose,

said he was “buying speed." but; the

speed mania as well possesses us in all

our undertakings. It is far better not to

forget the element of safety in any 01’

our undertakings whether in pursuit of

material wealth or fleeting pleasure, and

this is a truth which we may well pause

to consider in connection with this fateful

tragedy.


' The crusade against

The Fly Nuisance. the house fly, which


has gained consider-

able impetus in many quarters during rc-

ccnt years, is too often made the subject

of iidicule by people who rcquc to be

impressed with the danger from germs of

many kinds, which may be spread bread-

cast by the ever present house fly. Such


residuum“. the existence one Quip

ger which they cannot see, yet ‘all will

agree that the house ﬂy is a. nuisance,

and. that his..extermination. if that, were

possible, would be, well worth while as a

matter of personal comfort, to say noth—

ing of the advantages of such a course

from the standpoint of. sanitation and

preservation of health.


But the extermination of the house ﬂy

is impracticable under present conditions.

The pest can, however, be greatly reduced

in numbers by a. little concerted effort on

the part of country people as well as city

dwellers. Few realize the rapidity with

which the species multiply, and the con-

seuqent fact that the destruction 'of a

single ﬂy in the spring season will lessen

the later insect population by thousands.

Also the restriction of breeding places for

flies will accomplish much in this direc-

tion. Keeping the stables and barn yards

well cleaned during the spring and sum—

mer; keeping a covered garbage pail or

can at the back door instead of the open

“swill barrel" or pails, and taking pains

and trouble to kill as many ﬂies as pos—

siblc in the spring and early summer Will

tend to reduce the number about the

home materially Then their exclusion

from the home by the use of good doors

and screens, and the trapping or poison-

ing of such as ﬁnd an entrance will com-

plete the necessary precautions for abat-

ing the ﬂy nuisance. And it will be worth

while in every instance where it is made

the object of a special effort, Try it this

year, and begin now.


HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.


National.


The great steamship Titanic of the

\Vhite Star Line struck an iceberg off the

Grand Banks of Newfoundland. on Sun—

day night, April 14, and went down with-

in four hours. 0f the 2,340 persons aboard

the vessel only 743 were saved. These

escaped in life boats and were picked 11D

by the steamer Carpathia early the fol-

lowing morning. Had the Titanic been

provided with a sufﬁcient number of lifc

boats all persons aboard could have been

saved from a watery grave. Many stor-

ies are abroad with regard to the cause

of the accident and the conduct of the

ofﬁcers of the boat and crew. It is antici-

pated that the great toll of life will bring

about more stringent regulations for

ocean going steamships. It appears that

the present regulations do not require

sufficient life saving paraphernalia to ac-

commodate all passengers regularly caiu

ried upon the boats, the amount of life

boats, etc., depending upon the tonnage

of the ship rather than upon her passen—

ger capacity. The United States Seﬁhic

has ordered that an investigation be made

of the accident, for which a. committee

has been appointed. A number of the

ofﬁcers. crew and DaSengeI‘s of the ill-

fated boat is now before the Senate

committee at Washington giving testi-

mony regarding the accident.


One hundred and eight persons are re-

ported to have been killed and 285 injured

in a series of tornadoes which swept over

lllinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Georgia and

Alabama. last Sunday afternoon and Mon-

day. Property loss will run far into the

millions of dollars.


A limited train on the Rock Island rail-

road was held up by higiiwaymcn near

Moline, Ill., and $700 was secured.


The Stanley investigating committee of

the lower house of congress stated in its

report of the steel trust investigation that

over one-half of the railroads of the

country are under the control of that

large concern ihrough stock ownersnip

and positions on the directorates of the

railroad companies. It is further declared

that 23 of the directors of the steel cor-

poration sit on boards of directors of

banks, insurance companies, express com—

panies, and various industrial corpora—

tions with an aggregate capitalization of

$7,388,099.416.


The total building contracts for i arch

in 74 of the leading Cities of the country

aggregated $74,590,324, compared with

$71,527,664 for the same months in 191].

showing an increase of four per cent.


A national commercial body is being or-

ganized in VVashingion this week. Tnere

is expected present 750 delegates rem-cu

senting 250 local associations. President

Taft issued the cull for forming a na-

tional organization,


Misses Josephine :iiid Cccil RichardSon

were drowned wllilo cunoeing in the


Grand River at Lansing on the morning


of April 21.


Troops stationed along the Mississipi-

pi river are providing food for 83,000 per-

sons who have been rendered homeless

by the floods during the past couple of

weeks. The engineers are also repairing

the breaks in the levees and strengthen-

ing them, and campaigns are also being

conducted for cleaning up the flooded

areas to prevent outbreaks of disease.


The general managers. of 50 railroads

east of the Mississippi and north of the

Potomac, where the engineers have voted

to go on strike unless a demand for in-

creased wages is allowed, has assembled

in New York City for the purpose of con-

sidering the demands made. The engi-

neers through their representatives huVe

agreed to leave the matter of differences


will refer with a showing of pride to the ‘with Judge Knapp and Commissioner


conditions which existed‘in the pioneer

days before the screen door and the win-

dow screen were common appurtenances

of the country home, and when the house

ﬂy had unrestricted liberty within as well

as about the house. But, while many


Neill for arbitration.


The United States Senate has passed :1

measure which provides for the issuing

of patents on homesteads covered by irri-

gation projects. The government. how-

ever, retains a lien for the unpaid D0r~

lions of the purchase price of the land.


It is estimated that the ﬁrst boats from


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Duluth will bring to the Buffalo market

about 5,000,000 bushels of Wheat which

are stored in the elevators at that point.


The International Congress of‘ Naviga-

tion is to be held in Philadelphia in May,

when delegates from a large number of

ihe countries of Europe and America will

be present to discuss matters pertaining

to commerce between thc nations.


An inventory taken of ten of the prin-

cipal Trans-Atlantic steamers shows that

the number of persons which the boats

carry that are not: provided with live-

savinogmaccommodalions, ranges from 1,475

to 3. .


The now baseball ﬁeld of the American

League at Detroit was opened last Sat-

urday, when over 24.000 people witnessed

the grime betwccn the Detroit “Tigers”

and the Cleveland “Naps.”


Foreign.


The steamers Denver and El Sud collid-

ed in a fog in‘ the Gulf of Mexico, but

while considerable: damage to the two

ships resulted. they were able to reach

Galveston under their own steam.


.\ special dispatch indicates that an

agreemcni has been reached between Rus-

sia and Turkey, whereby Turkey will

recognize Russia’s policy in the Balkans

for which Russia will recognize Italian

sovereignty in Tripoli.


over 50 Jews.

gricd in putting down the riots 68 were

killed.


ashore near Shanghai, China, during a.

fog.


George Luna, of Calgary.

western Canada is greatly short on live

stock. and the rapid growth in its popu-

lation renders it extremely difﬁcult‘for

breeders and stock fecdcrs to bring the

supply up to the fast increasing trade

needs.


CROP AND MARlel' NOTES.


Lapeer Co., April 20.ASpi‘ing very lute.

Veathcr cold. Ground so water—soaked

that very little plowing has been done.

Not very much wheat, but what there is

looks good.

intended for wheat and rye could not be

sowed on account of the wet fall. There

will be a larger amount of spring plowing

than usual. There is some clover seed to

tl‘ll'O'Sll. The deep snow prevented the

moving of the tlircshing machines during

the wintcr. Not much clover seed sowed.

Snow banks prevented early sowing, and

since they mclicd the ground has been

too wet. It has bccn u very poor sugar

your. Very much less maple syrup than

usual. l’cach growers report most of

their lrccx killcd. .


Gratiot Co., April 18.—'l‘o date there

have been but few warm spring days, and

only one heavy l‘alll. Snow has fallen all

day today. So far as is known to the

writer, no oats are sown. Only a few

have sown grass seed as the ground has

not been in condition. \that came out

from under the snow looking good. How-

ever, the frost came out So slowly that

the water from the inciting snow has

damaged the crop to quite an extent. New

secdings of clover are showing 90 to 100

per cent tine. Potatoes are scarce and

expensive, ranging from $1.35 to $1.50

per bu. All farm produce is in good de-

mand and sells high at auction.


Ogemaw Co., April 20.—Spring seems to

be here at last and farmers are busy

plowing if conditions remain favorable

many will bc sowing outs by Monday.

Grass is just beginning to start, for

which we are duly thankful, as most

barns are about empty of roughage. Po—

tailies are down :1 little, buyers now of-

fering 90c/ir$1. Butter and eggs have not


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Wayne Co., April 22,—The weather has

been very wet and pretty cold. But very

little spring plowing been done yet. New

seedings are showing good. “heat is

looking very poor. There was not much

wheat sown last fall in this part of the

county, and what was sown is going back—

ward. There will be more than thc av-

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Carroll Co., April 15. “'e are having

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last week. Nearly all are running short

of feed. We had a few nice showers

lately .and the grass is growing nicely.

Rye and wheat look poor in most "places.

_\\ork. horses are rather scarce and high

in price. Farmers are very busy as this

has been a very backward spring and

ncarly all the spring work came at once.

Eggs, 16c: butter, 24c: corn. 75c; oats. 55c;

yvheat, $1.10; No. 1 timothy hay, $20 per

on.


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Laporte Co., April 22.—Fine and pleas-

ant so far this month. with only two cold

storms. \that has not come forward as

hoped for and is mostly being sown with

oats. Spring opened very late and farm-

ers could not work in the ﬁelds. Grass

has started and stock has been in pus-

ture for a week. Some fcw potatoes

planted. “'hcat will not average a tenth

of a crop and is considered a failure.

(,urn acreage promises about the avcr~

age. Fruit buds are showing same, only

gardens plowed yet. Late planting. Stock

all right but feed short.


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° ° OW to bring a young orchard into

unexcelled sod, climate, water H a. a.

mount question in the minds of


supply, health, educational and many prospective fruit growers. It is


' o strictly a business proposition. Thou-

SOClal advantages Offered by the sands of farmers do not plant orchards


because of the cost of caring for them

until they begin to bear crops of fruit.

On the other hand, many farmers have


failed to give their young orchards prop-

er care because they lacked the, neces-

sary capital to properly develop the en-


terprise after the trccs were started. The

. outlook for fruit growing was never more

New MeXICo= I exas. promising than today. Many men are

willing to pay liberal prices for young or-


chards that have reached a. bearing age

Th ' f th th d and with this knowlcdgo farmers should

ere 18 room or 0 er ousan S on plant more fruit trees and give them bet-


ter care. It will be my purpose to (lis-


the land Where Water has been de- cuss some of the successful methods or


developing young orchards at a minimum


veloped. Take advantage of this asa outlay.


- 1n starting a young orchard we should

Opportunlty. grow the very best trees at the lowest


cost. Expensive methods of tree plant-

ing and culture are not practical on the


Go down at once and buy before the normal increase in average farm. There has been a ten—

population sends the price of land up. dency among fruit growers to look more

upon the acsthctic side of the question


Get this pI‘Oﬁt for yourself. than the practical. The growing of crops

between fruit trees is a. secondary inat—


The soil and climate are all that can be dcs1red, water for ter and should not be practiced if it in-

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ll‘I‘lgtLtlon is assured and abundant, the home market, 1. 8., terferts uith the glow th and dove t p

y . , ment of the trees. Many of the best fruit

th‘W 1“911100 and leaS, takes all the crops produced at growers protest against inter-cropping,

good prices. The schools are unexcellcd anywhere, while “Nev”, it is not difﬁcult t0 ("18 “11mm“

. ous instances where, the plan has worked


clubs, churches, etc., are there for your enjoyment. out Wm, excellent results. Growing

r. 7 . . -. ) crops among the trees is intensive crop

W Ollldn t such a prospect please you? growing and the soil must be supplied


with libcial amounts of plant food. By


I believe that it Would. . .

choosing the right kind of crops and giv-


You and your family will be richer, healthier and happier. ing them “10 Tight kind of ”Hug“ and

. . . plenty of plant food, the trees will not

’You Will have friends, an assured income, a bank account sum-(,1. from lack of tillage and fertility,

and achancc to make a place in the world for the young Not all men can make a success of gar-

folks dcning in connection with fruit growing

I on a largo scale, but few men are so sit-

‘ Let 1110 send you 0111‘ new l;)00k-f01der. l:uated that they cannot ﬁnd considerable

tproiit in growing certain truck crops in


(I. L. Seagraves. Gen. Colonization Agent, lthe space: between their fruit trees.


229? Railwa Exchan e, Chico. 0. . . .

) y g g inter-cropping reqtures considerable


textra labor, but if the grower possesses

lsuﬂicient ability to grow such highly or-

ganized market crops as sweet corn,

strawberries, peas. tomatoes, early cab-

bage and early potatocs he can well af-

ford to hire extra labor and buy addi-

tional plant food. Such crops do not re-

quire a large outlay for special machin—

lcry. Practically all farms have the tools

’nccCssai-y for the growing and harvesting

‘lof thcsc crops when the business is con—

lducted along conservative lines. Another

limpoi'taiit factor in growing truck crops

is the proximity to good markets, but it

is presumed that the orchard is within a

reasonable distance of good markets. On

most farms potatoes, cabbage and toma—

toes are the best crops to grow in young

5orchards. They need an abundant supply

of readily available plant food during the

short period of their growth and by sup-

plying them with largcr amounts than

they need, what is left in the soil goes to

nourish the growing trees. Lecation is

an important factor that must be con-

sidered in dcterniining what crops to grow

in the orchard. Soil adaptability is an-

other important mattcr. Some crops may

bc successfully grown on a. variety of

soils while others are more exacting in

their dcmands. Potatoes are more ex-

acting in their demands than cabbage.

Some of the best limestone soils produce

very inferior potatoes. Early cabbagcs

may be grown on most soils that will

grow good fruit trees. This crop needs

an abundance of nitrogen and a soil rich

in humus. .Early tomatoes grow smoother


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APRIL 27, 1912.


those that require cultivation about as


late in the'season as is best for the1


health of the trees. All of these prob-


lems must be worked out by the indi-‘


vidual according to his location, soil,

laginds of' fruit grown and the demands of

the markets of his locality for certain

special crops.


In many localities in close proximity to

large cities or canning factories sweet

corn may be grOWn without detriment to

the trees. L’y planting varieties that ma-

ture early and using plenty 0f fertilizer

the crop may be harvested in time to

sow winter cover crops. Late varieties

may be grown but the crop will be har—

vested too late to sow cover crops.


Some small fruits may be grown in the

orchard. but as a rule they are less de-

sirable on account of requiring late cul-

tivation. I can see no reason why straw-

berries and some of the smaller bush

fruits should not prove good companion

crops among fruit trees, if we use. le-

gumes and other cover crops to maintain

the supply of organic matter in the soil.


'l’eas not only add nitrogen and humus

to the soil. but they do not make a heavy

demand upon the supply of mineral plant

food in the soil. Field beans are another

crop that do exceedingly well when the

trees are quite young, the only objection

boning that the crop is harvested rather

late to sow suitable cover crops.


Early potatoes are one of the best crops

to grow in a young orchard. It does not

require a large outlay for special farm

machinery to handle this crop and there

is always a good demand for early pota-

toes. This crop requires about the same

methods of tillage and fertilizing that are

needed by the growing trees. To make

a. success with early potatoes the soil

should be prepared early as possible in

the spring and the crop planted as early

as the weather and soil conditions will

permit. The potatoes should be dug and

marketed as soon as they have reached

a marketable size.


Early cabbage may be grown without

detriment to the trees, provided the crop

is fertilized as liberally as possible to

make it a success and furnish the trees

with plenty of nourishment. The proﬁts

from this crop are large when it is prop-

erly handled.


Early tomatoes are another proﬁtable

crop to grow in an orchard. It is very

important to grow early varieties if we

secue the best price and get it out ofﬂine

way in time to sow winter crops. In

some cases nitrate of soda may be used


to hasten the growth of the tomato'


plants and to supply the trees with nour—

ishment. No matter what crops we grow

in the orchard, judgment must be used

in cultivating and fertilizing if we raise

proﬁtable crops and secure a maximum

growth of the young trees. “'e cannot

grow two crops on the same land with-

out practicing liberal methods of soil

feeding.

New York. W. MiL'roN KELLY.


GROWING PEARS.


Experience teaches that pear trees are

more difﬁcult to maintain in a. healthy,

productive condition than apple trees and

cannot be grown with the same degree of

success over so wide an area of country.

Such has been the uncertainty of suc-

(vcss in growing pears in many parts of

the I‘nited States that few farmers have

the needed conﬁdence to plant even the

few trees necessary to provide fruit for

home use. This lack of confidence too

often leads to neglect, which in many

instances becomes the prime cause of

ultimate failure.


The consciousness of increased chances

for success from smaller but better tilled

farms is causing practical men to we

value in the subordinate crops of their

farms, and solong strides have been made

on the general farms of Michigan in giv-

ing old orchards better care and in plant-

ing new ones and giving them a line of

treatment far more consistent with the

work of our best fruit growers than has

usually been given by the general farmer

before. The fruit thcy are obtaining is

encouraging to them and further im-

provement is certain. Thus with this

change we can hope for better results

from pear orchards.


The following information is a brief

summary of advice contained in a farm-

ers bulletin just published by the depart-

ment of agriculture on how to grow the

pear. .A gentle eastern or northeastern

slope, as a rule, is preferable for an or—

chard site, but this feature may vary

according to conditions. Soils such as

are found in tiinbered regions are best

suited for the pear. Stimulating fertiliz-

e-rs are conducive to pear blight; care

should be taken to guard against the


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disease. One? ”year -old trees with well-

developed root systems are considered

best’, and at time of planting they should

be cut back to the height at which the

main branches for the future top are to

be formed. All broken and bruiScd roots

should be cut back to sound tissue. For

easy planting, open a deep furrow with

a two—horse plow along the line where

the rows are to be made and cross check


:at the distance apart at which trees are


to stand. At the crosses level off the


'bottom of the furrow to receive the tree_

j with its roots in natural position; ﬁll in


among the roots and trample down the

soil, leaning the tree slightly to the

southwcst.


1 Prune each year while the tree is in a

dormant statc; remove interfering cross

branches and thin out where too densely

grown; balance the top so as to afford

free air circulation and admit sunlight to

,all parts of the tree. Picking and sort-

;ing, as well as packing the fruit should

“be done carefully so as to avoid bruising

Ior puncturing the skin. Summer and au-

1tum‘n varieties, if for market and unless

placed in cold storage where they may be

I held for a time during a glut in the mark-

let, require immediate attention and dis-

.positicn.


I A GOOD GARDEN PLAN.


The farm garden should 'be one of the

leading foalurcs of the farm home, and

essentially :1: important as the cows, the

pigs, tho poultry or the; orchard. But

many farmers fail to appreciate the value

of the garden and seem to treat it as an

incidental. or secondary to the general in-

terests of the farm.


\Vith this viow the garden is often neg-

lected or turned over to the women folk

or others of the family. This view and

practice is short of economy and deprives

the family of many luxuries as well as of

necessities. I'ndor the old plan the gar—

den was a little plot of ground, usually

paled in. and on account of the limits of

its extent, the labor was usually done

with hand tools as there was not room

enough to make horso labor efficient. Un-

dcr those antiquated customs there was

:1 I‘cason for the busy farmer to lose in-

terest in the garden. But with the now

prevalent custom of making the garden

oblong and not being hampcrcd with a

fence, making horse labor more efﬁcient,

there is less excuse for the plea of time,

and the garden should have a place

among the most important things of the

farm.


In the garden may be groWn vegetables,

fruits and ﬂowers. The garden is usualiy

arranged so that the fruits, strawberries,

raspberries. blackberries, currnnts, and

gooscbcrrics. occupy one side of the plot.

Our garden is 125 feet long, running north

”and south. Beginning on the west side,

we have a row of grupevincs. Next is a

row of asparagus and rhubarb. Then :1

row evenly divided of curranls and goose-

berries. Three rows of Cuthbert rasp—

berries come next and two rows of black-

berries. The raspberries and blackberries

are' ﬁve feet between the rows. Next we

have three rows of strawberries. This

places all of the most permanent fruits

at one side of the garden. The straw-

berries arc reset every alternate year, as

they are usually small the third year.

Next to the strawberries are two rows of

lima bean (pole). We place poles in four

hills, two in each row, and bring the tops

together, where they are fastened with :1

piece of wire. This holds them sccurcly.

:19 single poles sometimes blow down with

the high wind. Next to those, wc have

a row of bush beans, then two rows of

Early Wakeﬁeld cabbage and two rows of

(arly potatoes. A row, one-third each.

beets, carrots and parsnips. Three rows

of sweet corn, Golden Bantum. A row or

ridge of sweet potatoes and then Lt row

of tomatoes, set 18 inches apart, trained

to one shoot and tied up to stakes. Then

we have a row, half cach, of peppch and

eggplant. The rcst of the space is plant-

ed, at one end with melons and the other

with squash. Planted in this way there

is a systematic arrangement. The grapes.

asparagus, currants, raspberries and

blackberries continue from year to year,

the strawberries are changcd every two

years and the vegetable garden is rotated

from year to year, the abovo being the

order for last year. The cane berries are

kept well inulched with refuse of the gar-

den, such as cornstalks, vines and what-

ever will answer the purpose, and we

ﬁnd this a great advantage in a dry sea.-

son such as we had last year. Barnyard

manure is principally relied on. supple-

mented with wood ashes and some com-

mercial fertilizer. In this garden we have

abundance for our own use and have


Michigan. BRUNBm WDEB "Torre Route. Ind


much to sell or give to our neighbors. As


I


THE mrcmoasw "-‘FnRMER.


there is no fence at either énd.

but a short time to run through it with

the horse cultivator and the time spent.

mostly morning and evening, is scarcely

missed, while the abundance of fresh veg—


slables and luscious fruits many times

repay the cost of labor.

New York. B. F. MACK.


LATE SPRAYING FOR SCALE.


The- late arrival of spring and the

quickness with which the buds are swell-

ing and bursting will leave many growe'xs‘

with their scale spraying undone and the.

trees past the dormant stage when such

spraying should be done.


\‘i'ith scale in the orchard and trees

budding it makes many a growvr scratch

his hand in deciding the question of

spraying or not spraying for scale. it .14

generally a debate with oneself as to

whether scale injury or spray injury are

preferable.


During the last few years the writer

has tricd using the full winter strength

of limo—sulphur (one to nine of a 33 de-

gree Baume test), just before blossiming.

The object in doing this was to sce

whether the scale spray could not be ap-

plied when the spraying for fungus trou—

bles just before the blossoms was most

efﬁcient and in that way make one spray—

ing do the work of two.


Our experience has shown us that the

amount of injury donc varies some with

tho season but mostly with the method of

application. It scoms that the young

Ieuvcs and buds are more immune from

1119 caustic effects of lime—sulphur than

they are when the growth is furthcr ad~

vanced.


Most of the injury done at this time is

caused by using too course a. spray and

holding the rod in one place too long.


“11011 a. high pressure is used and

whore the holc in the disc of the nozzle

is not too large and the spray rod is kept

on the move the


done. 'l'lu- writer has sprayed upples,

pears. plums and cherries in this way

just beforc blossoms without sci-ions i11-

jury to lrce: or crop.


Of course, maximum results in the con—

trol of thr- scale cannot be obtuined 11’.

this time as the leaves interfere with gm-

l.ing the limbs and branches thoroughly

covered with spray nor can the tree be

sprayed as heavily as is desiruble in

"spraying for scalo. The winter strength

of one to nine should only be used after

the leaf buds have burst when it has not

been poxsible to do it before.


Van Buren Co. F. A. VVILKEN.


USE FERTILIZEns LIBERALLY lN

GARDEN.


\i'c farm the gal-don

compared with tllC ordinary ﬁeld crops.

The amount of labor for


these crops. The truck gardener

stingy whom he fccds his land. Fertilizer

is cheaper to him than labor and land.

By its liberal usc he


more labor to grow.

growing crops are of superior qualily.

l'sing ultruto of soda. at the rate of 1710

to 300 pounds per acre,


and acid phosphate at the rutc of 200 to

400 pounds per acre will furnish the

plants with a good supply of food clo-

ments. Nitrate of soda c2111 be


clement of nitrogen in i1 is readily avail-

able to the plants. If three applications

are made at intervals of ten days or two

weeks after the plants are established,

the results will be surprising to those

who have not witnessed the response of

gal-don plants to Such 11‘catmc'111. \\'e can

afford to make these expensive applica-

tions on plots that are intensively culti-

vated when we would not be justiﬁed in

doing it on lands that are less intensely

worked.


USE RAW LINSEIENDGOIL FOR GRAFT.


Should I usc raw 01‘ boiled linseed oil

for making grafting wax?


’Vayne Co. SUBSCRIBER.


The raw linseed oil should always be

used. Never use the boiled oil. Care

should also be takem to get oil free from

cottonseed oil.


Apples at $7.50 per barrel this season

were some apples. Many who sprayed

with Pyrox realized this price, however.

\Vise growers are ordering early. Ask

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Anty Drudge talks to Mammy


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All the

Hard

Work

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Out of

Scrubbing


Mop the floor -—

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When, Writing to advertisers mention the Michiuan Farmer.


APRIL 27, 1912.


Woman and

t


Co-operative Trouble.


“There is no form of wrong doing of

which a man can bear the punishment

alone.”———George Eliot.


I’ve forgotten which one of Eliot‘s

creations it was who had done the wrong

which called forth this moralizing. But

it doesn’t matter. All we have to do is

to look about us and We can see plenty

of people doing wrong, and not suffering

half so much in consequence as someone

else who is entirely innocent. “The soul

that sinneth, it shall die,” says the Bible,

but in the meantime many souls are suf—

fering living death over the sins of a

dear one.


There is the young boy who gets in

,wrong, helps himself to his employer’s

cash, we will say, and is detected. He

suffers imprisonment, perhaps. Perhaps

his father buys him off. In either case

is his suffering half so agonizing as that

of his mother? Perhaps he doesn’t steal,

just staggers home drunk in the early

morning hours. When he sobers up he

is ashamed, remorscfui and full of prom-

ises. But in a week he has forgotten his

disgrace and mental twinges. But how

about his mother? A lifetime will never

efface what she felt when her baby re-

turned to her intoxicated. For to her he

is never (anything else but a purc—heart-

ed. laughing-Upped baby.


A girl is wayward and deceitful. She

becomes infatuated with a man who, if

hc had his just deserts. would be in jail

or on the gallows, but somehow or other

he keeps clear of the law. Her friends

and parents argue, counsel, advise and

plead with. her to have nothing to do

with him. But she dramatically declares

she will marry him or die with him.

Well, she marrics him, and inside of a

year wishes she had chosen the other

course. He abuses and neglects her,

starves her perhaps. Children come to

add to her burdens, and ﬁnally the par-

ents, who have all along had to support

her, take her and her little ones home.

She suffers, of course. but it is as often


Her Needs


' At Home and Elsewhere.


as not only pride that hurts. But the

parents who should be emjoying a well-

earned rest, must now turn in and work

to support another growing family. They

not only suffer through their sympathy

for their daughter, but must deny them-

selves comforts and luxuries and rest to

provide necessities for the children an-

other man should support.


A capitalist wrecks a bank. He is

thrown into prison and buys his way out.

But the hundreds of small depositors

whose money he stole do not get over it

so easily. They must begin. at the bot-

tom again, this time without the hope

and anticipations that cheered them when

they made their ﬁrst start. A widow who

had enough to keep her modestly foir

life must now take in washings for a, liv

ing. A young couple who had saved

enough for a home must wait five or ten

years longer before their dream is real—

ized. “'ho suffers most because of this

wrong doing?


A doctor treating an infectious case ts

careless. The disease spreads, the neigh-

borhood is contaminated, people die of

the sickness, but the doctor reaps a fat

harvest. It is consoling to think, though,

that his punishment is only postponed.


A boy or girl disregards warnings about

taking off heavy clothes and rubbers too

early in the spring. At school, out of

the mother’s watchful care, they disobey."

A heavy cold, perhaps a long sickness, is

the result. The child suffers from the

illness, but the mother suffrrs from anx-

iety and overwork in her care. of them,


and father and mother go without clothes-


to pay the doctor bills.


In disobedience as In all else we are

co—operative. Nothing We do hurts our-

self alone, no matter how grandly we de-

clare we will do as we please and suffer

the consequences ourselves. We cannot

suffer alone, however few friends we

have. Someone is bound to suffer with

us. It would be well for all of us to

remember this when next we determine

to have our own way in spite of what

follows.


DEBORAH.


THE PROBLEM OF HOUSECLEANING

IN OUR COUNTRY HOMES.


BY LIARY MASON WRIGHT.


The housecleaning problem is not the

same in the country as it is in the city.

April and May, which are generally con—

sidered the regular housecleaning months,

are the very busiest oncs on the farm, for

it is the season of beginnings. The vege-

table and flower gardens must he made,

the litter and leaves removed that have

been used to protect plants. vines and

shrubs during the winter, the lawn must

be put, into good condition, and the flow—

er—beds planncd; then. if poultry is raised

there will be little chicks to he looked

after, and new mllch cows will be coming

in. Even if the country housewife has

none of these manifold duties to perform

herself, she will nevertheless want to help

plan and direct, and have an active in-

terest in the productch industry going

on upon the farm. Besides all this,

this is the most beautiful time of all the

year in the country when everything out—

doors is fresh and green, with the air

ﬁlled with the fragrance and beauty of

the blossoming trees, and it does not seem

right that one should remain in the house

during these months battling with dust

and dirt.


A good idea is to clean in the fall of

the year all the rooms that will not be

used throughout the winter—if you have

any such—and then in the spring all the

cleaning that will be necessary is to open

the windows wide, give the room a thor-

ough airing and dusting, and then wipe the

woodwork off with a damp cloth, and

polish up the furniture. Of course, rooms

that have been in use during the winter

will require a. more thorough cleaning

since the rugs or carpets will have to be

lifted; but a regular systematic cleaning

of the house through the winter will less-

en the labor of hbusecleaning a great

deal. If the regular weekly cleaning is

done with a theroughness, the furniture

and pictures dusted both back and front,

mirrors, windows and brasses kept clean,

not much dirt will have accumulated cx—


.cept that which has sifted through the


carpets. The best plan we have found

for country houses is to make a, prelimi~

nary cleaning and “stock-taking” bcfore

the rush of work begins. After this pre-

liminary work has been done, then there

should be no more housecleaning until

after the April rush is over, at least.


Some of the work that can easily he

done early is the taking down of curtains

and laundering them, having them all

ready to put up’when the regular cleaning

has been done. The cleaning and replac—

ing and sorting over the contents of closet

shelves and drawers. The cleaning of

beds and mattresses and such like. The

attic and cellar ought to receive some

attention during March. Of course, the

cellar should have, had an inspection at

least once a, week for the sake of health

and convenience, and once a day would

be none too oftcrn; but it can be given a

more thorough going over and any neces-

sary whitewashing done. The attic should

be treated like any closet since it is a.

place for keeping things needed, not for

storing trash that one is sure to never

ﬁnd any practical use for. If attics were,

kept in order like closets the task of

housecleaning would be much lightened,

as far as that part of the house goes, at

least. llaw- a, place for everything in its

place in the attic as well as in other

parts of thr- house.


The “stock-taking” is one of the most

important parts of this preliminary house—

cleanlng. \Vilh note book in hand go

through all the rooms, not hurriedly but

taking plenty of time for a good survey

of each room in turn, and jot down in the

book the condition of wall—paper, carpe-‘s.

furniture, hangings, and such like. Note

what will necd replacing, what can be

made to do awhile longer by repairing,

what changes can be made in the rooms

to improve them, the best arrangement of

furniture, pictures and 'such like, or what

little conveniences can be added. A little

thinking and planning before the actual

housecleaning begins will work wonders

in many ways, and will undoubtedly save

much time and strength when the rush

is on, and there will not be the unne‘ces-

sary delays that might result by discov-

ering something that needed to be done


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when you were in the midst of the clean-

ing. In going through the rooms remem-

ber that even cheap paint and paper will

often’ revolutionizea room. Study the

color scheme that would be suited best

for each room. The numbers of the win-

dows and how they face, has a. great deal

to do in the effect produced by certain

colors. If the room faces the north thcn

some cheerful bright colors should be se-

lected, such as yellow, red, warm shades

of brown, row or pink; while on the south

side use restful cool colors, such as light

green, blue, or delicate grayish olive.

Have the carpets, or rugs, harmonize

with the wall—paper. In our own experi—

ence we have found nothing mnl‘u satis-

factory than rugs for floor coverings. Mat-

ting rugs can now be obtained that look

as well as carpet rugs for bedrooms. Rugs

woven out of ingrain carpet or rags are

good for the dining—room, and ingrain,

Brussels or Axministcr rugs for the oth—

er rooms.


After this preliminary work has been

done then the regular cleaning need not

be done until May or June. There are

several advantages in this late cleaning.

One is the fact that you will have com-

fortable rooms ‘to rest in during the rush

season, and there will not be the tempta-

tion to do without ﬁres too soon, for April

weather is generally very uncertain, and

a little ﬁre in the evening especially will

add to the comfort of the entire family.

Then. if one has no help there is an op-

portunity to get the assistance of the

men to help with the carpets and rugs.

and the moving of heavy furniture and

such like, since after the rush of plant-

ing is over they can usually take a few

hours off now and then to help out. Clean

one room at a time, and take your time.

If your strength can only stand one room

a week, only clean one room a week. it

is bad economy. however we look at it,

to exhaust ourselves and grow prema-

turely old in trying to undertake too much

at a time, by working beyond our ,endur-

ance. Easy housekeeping, and easy

housecleaning, is dependent on good man—

agement, or we might say. intelligent

management, whether we do all our own

work or whether we have. helpers. Lay

in a good supply of substantial food, and

prepare as much beforehand as possible

and have your meals at regular hour;

and you will ﬁnd that not only yourself

but the family, will not think houseclean—

ing such a bugbear as some people Would

have us believe. Do not stint yourselves

with tools and cleansing materials, suth

as ammonia, washing compounds, furni—

ture polish, brooms, brushes and things

needed in cleaning. Lay in these supplies

before beginning. \‘Ve believe every coun-

try house should have a vacuum cleaner,

which will not only lighten the house—

cleanlng but the weekly cleanings as well,

Then there should be good carpet stretch-

ers, tack pullers and all the other neces-

sary tools, for no one can do proper work

either indoors or out without proper tools.

By good management housekeeping on

the farm can be made just as pleasant

and as interesting an occupation as in

the city, and we believe more so, for the

city dweller does not have the same

pleasant surroundings.


THE OUNCE OF PREVENTION.


BY PEARLE WHITE K'COVAN.


A child on the seat. of a wagon, horses

(usually trustworthy), left untied while

the father hastily entered a store for

just a moment‘s shopping. A run-a-wasu

and a little life crushed out. When just

one minute’s work, in tieing the horses

and taking the child under his own shel-

tering care, would have prevented it all.


A barn floor with a rotten plank across

it. A broken limb and weeks of enforced

idlenessv—rwhen a new plank would have

rendered it perfectly safe.


A sloping icy porch—an injured back

that will never hold its owner straight

and painless again. And just a few hand-

fuls of salt or a bit of roughening of the

ice, and that would haVO been prevented.


A foolish prank indulged in by thought.

less persons—and a child. through ex-

treme fright. rendered dumb for life. And

it could all have been avoided so easily.


A gun going off accidentally. A boy

lying white and stiff and still, and an-

other with a terrible memory to carry

with him through life. \Vhere were the

parents—and the law—makers—who al-

lowed minors to handle and carry such

weapons?


A baby poisoned when the bottle could

so easily have been locked in the cup-

board, instead of left for a, moment on

a window ledge.


Economical people just moved into bran

new house, chamber not quite ﬁnished

No bannister around the stairs. that could


come later. But one night their child,

rising in his sleep, stepped off the opening


and fell to the ﬂoor below. He will never


walk again. They could afford a.new

rug for the parlor, but the stair railing

could wait—and with that terrible result.


A cistern with a faulty covering—a

promising toddling youngster drowned.

Yet so easily preventable.


Vi'hen we think of it, what a large per

cent of accidents are preventable—and

all by just a little forethought and work.


And the pity of it all is that the neg-

ligent persons are seldom the ones to

suffer, while the results of their careless-

ness are almost always borne by innocent:

victims—helpless little children, old peo-

ple perhaps, or some loved one, who must

bear the burden and pain of somebody

else's negligence, perhaps through life.


HUMAN WELFARE— QUERIES.


Household Editorz—How often should

I feed my baby in the night? She is

eight months old and I have been feeding

her twice.~Mrs. M.


No baby above six months old should


be fed after ten o'clock at night. If you

feed her regularly in the day time she

will not be hungry at night, provided, of

course, she is a healthy baby.


Household Editorz—Should salt be ad-

ded to vegetables when they are put; ov-

er to cook or after they are done?—-Up-

to-daite.


Young, tender green vegetables are


better salted when put over, as salt helps

to keep the color in the. vegetable, though

it tends to toughen the vegetable ﬁbre.

Young spinach, asparagus and fresh green

peas are better salted while cooking, but

older vegetables which are inclined to be

tough are better salted last. They will

not have so good a color, but will be

more ' tender.


Can anyone tell me what will take

stains out of a white enameled sink?—

Mrs. J. G. R.


Nothing is better than Javelle water.

To make, mix one pound of sal soda, or

pearl ash, one-fourth pound chloride of

lime and two quarts cold water. Let

stand several hours, then pour off clear

liquid, bottle and keep in a dark, cool

place. Do not put the hands in‘this but

pour on the stains and scrub with a

brush.


Make a small penwiper, a heart-shaped


one, about two inches wide ﬁts well,

fasten a cord or ribbon to the middle of

the top and tie to the neck of the ink

bottle. Men who will not touch the usual

ones will use these because they are al-

ways at hand—V. H. K.


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Six sizes, 32 to 42 inches bust. Size 38


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10 cents


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Walstllne. Six sizes, p32 to 42 inches bust.

Size 36 requires 21,5 yards 38— inch mate“

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8 requires 3 yards 36- inch goods. Price,

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yards around lower edge and requires 3

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A DAUGHTER OF THE GULF.


BY JANE WINSTON.

Chapter III.


Charlie Masters

project.


“The band will have to give an enter-

tainment to raise funds,” he told Curtis.

“The W'hitewave dramatic company will

help us, and my idea is to divide the en-

tertainment into two parts; have a short

musical program for the ﬁrst division,

with all the band on the stage, in their

new uniforms; then clear the stage, and

have a. short. play. XVe haveTpresenteci

several plays a year by local talent for

sometime and this time it must be some-

thing entirely differe-nt from anything we

have ever had. I have been manager of

the dramatic company for two years, and

I think I know our public; at least, vse

hwev always pleased them, and I am sure

we will this time.” He dashed a hand

through his wavy hair; his eyes glowing

with enthusiasm. “I have the play all

picked out..Guess what it is.”


“You will have to tell me.”


“What do you think of Romeo and

Juliet?" .


“You mean Shakespeare?”


"Sure. I have wanted to put it on ever

since I saw it played in Houston. The

minute Juliet came on I thought what a

hit Sallie, Miss Roscoe, you know, could

make in that part. The costuming will

be great, too. Oh, we. could get it up.

Even if we did not do it quite so well, it

will be new to the folks here, a sensa-

tion, and that always catches them. Of

course, I would cut out bits here and

there, and, here is my biggest idea, end

it with the death of hicrcutio. We do

not want too much dying around on the

stage. and VVhilewave pcople do not like

sad endings, such as it would seem if

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up; people like to go from one extreme

to the other. Put on a comic song or

two, and let Bob have a black-face mon-

ologue. He is good at that sort of thing.

I should think we could get it all up in

six weeks. It will not really be any more

expensive than a modern play. “'e will

have 10 change the scenery at the opera

house a bit, but linineis. who belongs to

thc hand, is a painter, and can do it well

enough. Then there are the costumes,

but the girls can make theirs, and most

of the boys have mothers and sisters.”


Curtis was too astounded to protest.

Then, after- all, Charlie knew the White—

wave public, so his plan prevailed. But,

like the course of true love, it met with

obstacles from the ﬁrst. Haines wanted

pay for painting the scenery. Some of

the costumes were beyond the skill of the

\Vhitewnvc needlewomen. The languor

of late spring was upon land and sea and

it was a weary little crowd that met for

rehearsal night aftcr night in the stuffy

little opera house. Charlie had taken the

part of Romeo.


“First time I ever played a hero,” he

confided to Curtis. “But, when I saw

that fellow do it‘ in Houston, I told my-

self thnt some day I was going to. If we

only had a good Mercutio. Bob is such a.


' Til,


was full of a. new


stick. And Sallie will giggle, in spite of

the work.”

Meanwhile, Curtis had been duly in-


stalled in the shcll shop for some time.

People were still curious about him and

brought him no end of lame watches and

broken jewelry. Some of these were past

his skill to mend, and he pigeon—holed

them with many excuses. The charm of

Linden Gray still held him. Though he

saw her every day, he felt that he un-

derstood her no more than at ﬁrst. She

lived with her Aunt Jane, a thin, faded

blonde, in two little rooms at the rear of

the shell shop. Miss Gray was endlessly

busy, but reposefully quiet. She spoke

little, but somehow she was a very pleas-

ant companion. She listened with amuse-

ment to humorous accounts of his wan-

derings. In the evenings, they went to-

gether to the rehearsals of the approach-

ing entertainment.


“Mercutio has the measles," Charlie

burst in upon Curtis one morning. “Now,

isn’t that the limit? And the performance

booked for tomorrow night. Why could

not he take them two weeks ago? He


Artur. 27. 1512.


has been a. disappointment all the. way

through. ‘We shall be compelled to put

the thing off. It was so well advertised,

too. People always lose interest in a

postponed "play.”


In the afternoon Charlie was back

again. “We can have the performance

on schedule time after all,” he announc—

ed, though not as cheerfully as might

have been expected. “Sallie has just been

telling me that Garlington, of all people,

has offered to help us. It seems that he

once played Mercutio at an amateur per-

formance, and thinks that he remembers

the lines. We can try him tonight, any-

way.”


That night the dramatic company was

all expectation. Garlington dragged wear-

ily through his part, but he made few

mistakes, and his enunciation was dis-

tinct.


“He is no worse than Bob, anyway,"

Charlie decided. “IVe will have the play

tomorrow, rain or shine."


The following day “as hot and sultry.

The feminine members of the dramatic

company worked hard. transforming the

\Vhitewave opera house into an imitation

of Verona. Curtis arrived early, to ﬁnd

it deathly sweet with the odor of capo

jasmines. On account of its length, the

performance was announced to begin at

eight o’clock. But the people of White-

wave knew how idle was this threat.

By nine the house was two-thirds full of

a laughing chattering crowd that up—

plauded vigorously whenever one of the

actors or musicians appeared. At ten

minutes after nine proceedings could be

delayed no longer, and the opening march

began. People entered all along through

its execution, and continued to do so

until the performance was half over.

When the perspiring musicians had fin.

ished their part of the program it took

a long time to clear the stage for the

play. The crowd was beginning to grow

restless, and the play was evidently not

exactly what they had anticipated. Cur—

tis stood near a window at the side cf

the hall, noting everything. In spite of

Charlie Master’s efforts, the play drag-

ged. The audience was unaccustomed to

the wording of the play, and the actors

rushed over the long lines, rendering

them almost untelligible. Charlie was

nervous, his mind evidently wandering.

The crowd began to yawn, whisper, and

grow restless and uninterested. Then

came Scene Four, and Mercutio appeared.

The ﬁrst words that Garlington uttered

went ringing to the back of the house,

commanding attention from the most list—

less. By the end of the scene the house

was thrilling with interest. VVhitewave

did not need to be told that this was aci-

ing; Garlington was Mercutio. The rest

of the company could scarcely recall

their 'lines for listening to him. He in-

terested, fascinated, thrilled them, and

died—the real hero of as much of the

play as they had presented. Curtis scan-

ned the faces of the company in the. last

scene; he saw Romeo equally divided be—

tween rage and pleasure; he saw Juliet

peeping from the wings, her eyes like

twin stars, and he felt that this night‘s

work might change both their lives. Nor

was he far wrong, for, from that day

forth, it was plainly to be seen that

Charlie Masters was out of favor wuh

the fair Juliet, and that Garlington reign—

ed in his stead.


Chapter IV.


“People here have such odd ideas about

being responsible for each other,” Curtis

remarked to Linden Gray. “They are

always trying to play Providence." He

had discussed this subject with her be-

fore, but today it had a real interest for

him. That morning, Curtis had heard

from what he considered a reliable source,

that Miss Roscoe and Garlington were

soon to be, married, and something within

was telling him that he ought to inter-

fore.


“if you saw a man about to jump into

the sea, you would stop him,” declared

Linden. Curtis laughed.


“I might.” he returned, “and then,

again, I might consider that he knew his

own business better than I.”


“You would stop him,” she repeated,

“though you might think you would not."


“But you people carry your kindness

and good intentions to the point of ab-

surdity. You shut gates left open on

purpose, and cause one another no end

of trouble.” ‘


But you must admit the principle is

good,” she laughed, “and, if people do

not do that way out in the big world,

why, the more shame to them, that is

all." '


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tis strolled down the s'tre‘et towards Ros-

coe Brotheis’ place of business. A dim

light burned within; something impelled

Curtis to enter. The building seemed

deserted, except for Garlington, who

crouched over a desk in the rear. He

had avoided this man, but the sight of

him now awakened old memories to such

an extent that he felt that there was

but one course for him to pursue and he

was anxious to get it over as soon as

‘possible. Walking up to the desk he be-

fgan without preliminary. “I hear that

you and Miss Roscoe- are to be married

soon.”


Curtis fclt himself breathing quickly as

'he met the gaze of the amber eyes. They

5burned slowly into his, and- it seemed an

ago before Garlington breathed a meas-

;1u‘ed and non-committal. “\Vell."


“You must stop it, that is all," de~

'clared Curtis. “You must know as well


as I that you could not marry her

5 legally.”


Garlington smiled with his strange

eyes. “We know a great deal, don’t we,


'Red Harmon?” he said carelessly.

The effect of his words upon Curtis was


electrical. “Don’t call me Harmon.” he

cried. ﬁercely.

Garlington smiled again “Did you


The moment my back touched the

ground I caught Rodney with my feet in

the pit of the stomach, and he wont over

my head as if shot out of a gun, tearing

loose his hold on my throat, and landing

with a thud on the hard boards of the

bridge.


II c. both got to our feet at the same

instant and faced each other. For a mo—

ment Rodney crouched, his eyes glaring;

and 'thcn, with a tigerish snarl, he

rushed at me, insane with the fury of

his rage. But I was now ready for him,

and. jumping quickly to one. side, I thrust

out my foot as he plunged by. and trippod

him up. 119 fell violently, face, down-

ward. Almost before the mud had ceased

ﬂying and before he could offer any rc—

sisumce, I was upon him, with my kncI-s

pressing down upon his back and my

hands gripping his two wrists. A quick

jerk of his arms backward and upwards

and he was at my mercy, exactly where

I wanted him, for I had no intention of

doing him the honor of ﬁghting him. His

contemptible villainy had pluccd him be-

neath the blow oi an honest mun’s ﬁst.

Besides there were cerluin things I wish-

ed to say to him, for my soul‘s satisfac~

'lion; and, in the present frenzied condi—

tiou of his mind, this could only be done

by compelling him to keep quiet.


For some minutes Rodney squirmed

and twisted and struggled violently, but,

in the end, he lay still, panting and ours-

ing and demanding an opportunity for a

fair ﬁght.


”I do not ﬁght with Scoundrels like you,

Harry Rodney." I answered. “There is

another- and a better way of deuling with

them, as you very shortly will find out,

when I have said certain things that I

think it necdful for you to hear. Now,

keep quiet, or I will twist your arms

loose from your shoulders! l'vc got you

exactly where 1 want you. and I am going

to keep you thcre until I am through with

you; and that won‘t be until I have given

you clearly to understand that there are

at least two persons in the world w‘m


know what a contemptiblc SCOlilHll'Ol you

are. Harry ltodncy." and, as I spoke,

my grip on his wrists tighlcned, “Rod


Murdock died yesterday afternoon in my

presence. Ills was an awful dcalh. He

died cursing you, accusing you. llis last

words were: ‘Slop that wedding, John

Delvin, stop that wedding' and, thank

God! Harry Rodney, that wedding is

Stopped.


“lle confessed that you hircd him to


‘ﬁrc that shot at me in Black Man’s lIol-


low, that you gave him one thousand dol-

lars to give Belle, his own daughter, an

overdose of opium to kecp hcr from lell-

ing how you had deceived Elsie Lamont.

and declared that it was your moncy that

had hired the thugs who had killcd him.

Quict, man, quict! I'm not through with

you yet; and I have no time to listen to

a word from you, not a word!” and I

pulled his arms upward. until the agony

of the movement choked his words.

“Red Murdoch’s death is murder num-

ber one to your account, Harry Rodney.”

I continued grimly, “and this morning I

learned of murder number two.” He

gave a violent start, but an upward jerk

of his arms instantly quieted him. “Rod—


'P—H‘E; MICHIGAN FARMEFL


think I did not know you?" he queried.

“I never saw you many times, but I re-

member you as well as I do John and

\Vright and old Nell herself. Where is

Mother Harmon now?"


“I have not seen any of them in years,”

replied the other, composing himself with

an effort. “But I did not come here to

talk about them."


“No, you came to protect Miss Roscoe

from a wrong that you thought I was

about to do her. But, my dear follow,

you were sadly mistaken. I am legally

free. Molly is dead; Mother Nell took

the child. I wanch to support it, but

she had always hated me, and she was

so eager to be rid of me. that, in spite of

her meager Circumstances, she would not

accept a ccnt.”


Curtis was :It a loss; it was all so natu-

ral. But then back of this story was his

own hasty admission that he had not seen

the Ilarmons for years. Back of that,

again. was the check Garlington had

written.


“.\t least,” he declared.

marry her undcr your own name.”


Garlinglon's face did not change. “Gar—

linglon is my real name," he asserted,

“the other was assumed."


‘ (To be continued).


“you ought to


THE BACHELOR UNCLE


BY EVERITT McNEIL.


ncy, Hello Murdock died this morning.

The ovm‘dose of opium did its work all

East: but not until she had sent for Elsie

Lamont, and (-onfcssed everything to her.

cverylhing, Hurry Rodney. Miss Lamont

now knows what a coulemptiblc cow—

ardly, murderous villain you are; and

shc ncvcl‘ wants to sol cycs on you again.


“Now, 1 might kill you, even as you

have ll'lml to kill me: but I won't. I

might surrender you to the authorities

and lcll bun all that I know; but you

have boon cunning Harry Rodncy. The

proofs zigzlinsI you are not deﬁnite

cnough. now lhul llcd Murdock and licllc

Murdock ill'l' both dcad; and the low has

many loopholcs through which lhc woul—

thy and tho cunning can escape. No, it

would not bc wise to leuve your punish-

ment. to the law. The law has no ﬁtting

punishments for crimes such as yours.

Therc is 1)qu one lilting punishment, llur-

I‘y Rodney; and i am going in givc, you

that, right here and now. Stand up on

your fool, you comcmplihle cur, and lukc

a curs licking!" and. suddenly letting

go of his wrists, ] gripped him strongly

by the back of his (-oul collar with my

left hand and jCl‘ki'll him in his fcet. At

the same nnnncm l scizcd tho heavy

rawhide horsvwhip, which had fullcn to

the ground and lay within hand-rcach, in

my right hand. and. swinging il niol'l.

brought I'l down with all my strength

across Harry lbulncy‘s back. The.- lush of

the whip cu: :hrough the cloth of his

thin coat like a knife and bit into his

back. Itodncy screamed in agony and at-

tcmplod to defend himself; but, quickly

letting go of his collar. I leaped back out

of I'cuI-h of his hands and brought the:

whip down again and again. across his

slnnildors, his back. around his neck, his

legs. every part of his writhing body.


Rodney cursed and screamed, and

scmanicd, and again,and again sprang a:

me, but I mct his every leap with a cut

from tho whip, morciless as the judg—

ments of God, which I verily bclicve I

was cxccuting. He fell on his knees.

shielding his fucc with his hands and

arms, shrieking with pain and fl‘Hl', and

bogging. ilnlllm‘ing. crying.r for mcrcy. But

1 had no mercy. i saw the dczld face of

Belle Murdock, his murdcr‘ed accomplice.

i heard the crock of the I'iilc in Black

Man‘s llollow and felt tho sting of the

bullet across tl‘c top of my hcud. Ills

whip lash burned again in my check. I

remembered tho six men scan to kidrzu'w

possibly to kill mc. I thought of the lwn

years of agony l hud gum“ Ihrough, and,


above all. of Elsie and the great wrong,

he had done her and me; and I had no

mercy.


\thn i stopped striking with tho whip

Rodney lay huddled up on the ground,

fucc downward, mooning and mumbling,

cursing and praying, his body a mass of


cuts and welts from the lush of my

Whip. V

“Rodney, " I said standing grimly. ovlr


him. “get on your feet. ”


Ilo obey cd abjectly, cringingly, like the

whipped cur that he was.


“I’ll give you until sundown to get out

of this part. of the world; and if you

come back, I’ll wear out another raw-

hide on you just as sure as I am a living

man. I am done with you. Go!” and I


5°) 51,5

THAN KSGIVING PSALM


A Rhythmicai and Grateful Chant.


A teacher in 3. Terre Haute public

school joins in the chorus:


“Teaching is a. business which requires

a great deal of brain and nerVe force.

l7nless this force. is renewed as fast as

expended the teacher is exhausted before

the close of the ycar. Many resort to

stimulating tonics for- relief.


“For 3 years I struggled against al-

most complete cxhaustion, getting what

I-clicf I could from ddctors’ tonics. Then

in the spring of 1903 I had an attack of

la grippe and malaria which left me too

wcak to continue my work. Medicine

failed to give me any relief, a change of

climate failed. I thought I should never

be able to go back in school again.


“I ate enough food, (the ordinary.

meals—white bread. vegetables, etc), but

was hungry after meals.


“I happened at this time to read an

article giving the experience of another

teacher who had been hclped by Grape—

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delightful experience, and continues so

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aftcr meals.


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pounds in weight.


“I ﬁnished the year’s work without

any kind of toniCS—was not absent from

duly even half a day.


“Am still in the best of health, with all

who know mc wondering at tho improve-

ment.


"i tell lhcm all, "l‘ry

Name given by l’ostum C0

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ﬂung the whip' from me, far out over the'

bridge railing into the water below.


“A ﬁne reward your villalnies have

bI'OUght you, Harry Rodney,” I said, “and:

no great harm to me; 'for the marriage

ceremony will take place at the appoint-

ed time today; but I, and not you. Will

be the bridegroom who will wed Elsie

Lamont._ I know that Elsie’s heart has

been mine all the time, all the time, Har-

ry Rodney; and so I am content and hall-

DY.” and I turned my back contemptu-

ously on the man and walked toward my

carriage.


Rodney, with his head half-turned fear-

fully in my direction, his frame bent and

trembling, his whole attitude that of a.

whipped dog, slunk limpingly away. For

a. minute or more I stood watching him;

and, as I thus stood with my eyes on the

abject ﬁgure of that once haughty man,

I comprehended, as I never had before,

the meaning of that old, old saying: “The

way of the transgressor is hard.”

Chapter XXIX.——“God Make me Worthy


of the Great Trust.”


I drove rapidly home and shortly after

reaching the house received the follow—

ing characteristic note from Nurse

VViitam:


Mr. John Delvln, Esq.


Dear Sim—Concerning the matter of

the: beautiful woman who visited Belle

Murdock a short time before she was

taken worse, I ﬁnd that my judgment was

at fault. If an overdose of opium was

given to Belle Murdock it came from the

hands of her father, who. I am told, was

killed yesterday in 21 drunken row. A

careful reconsideration of my acts during

my attendance at the bedside of Belle

qurdock has revealed one thing that I

deem it my duty to import to you. After

the beautiful woman had gone I found on

the flood 21 gold locket with a short piece

of broken chain attached to it. Thinking

that the locket belonged to Belle Murdock

and that Shel had torn it from her neck

in one of her IJZII‘OXYSmS. I picked it up

from the lloor and placed it in her hand.

She clenched her hand tightly over it and

I left it there. I have since learned that

the lockct was the property of the bean-

tiful woman; and. thinking that the ﬁnd-

ing of the locket in Belle Murdock’s hand.

might prove it cause of suspicion against

her, I hasten to make this explanation.

I absolutely have no other “confession"

to make; and l demand my immediate re-

lease from this unjustiﬁable and humili-

ating detention—Jane TVixam, Nurse.


The boy who brought me Nurse lVix-

am’s note carried back the following let-

ter t0 Sheriff Bowlder:


I


Dear Sheriff Bowlderz—There is no

need of longer detaining Nurse \Vixam:

Everything has been satisfactorily ex-

plained. Kindly’ convey to her my re-

grets {or her unavoidable detention, and

set her at liberty. I am sure She will

not attempt to make trouble, because of

the irregular manner of her short visit

with you; but, if she should, there is

nothing to fear. You have my sincerest

thanks for the part: you have played in

this matter. Congratulate me! I am to

wed Elsie -T.amont this morning at ten

o’clock. Sincerely yours, John Delvin.


The moment the ceremony had been

performed which gave to Elsie and me

the rights of the dearest and sweetest

companionship known to human life, that

of wife and husband, and before a. con-

gratulatory ward could be uttered, Elsie.

turned quickly from my side and tbrmv

her arms around Teddy and Ellen, who

were standing directly in front of us,

their sweet young faces shining with de-

light and interest.


“Oh, you dear, blessed children!” she

exclaimed, kissing them rapturously.

“Next to God I OWc the happiness of this

blessed moment to you, and you.” and

she, punctuated each “you” with a hug

and a kiss. “And I am going to be the

very bestest aunt that ever lived. and

I’ncle John and—and Aunt Elsie want you

to come and live with them just as‘ long

as your mother and father can spare

you, don’t we John? Oh, you blessed lit-

tle dears!” and there were more hugs

and kisses.


“Indeed we do,” I answered, bending

quickly down and enclosing the three of

them in my arms; for suddenly it had

come to me how much of this day’s joys

v—cven my lifemI owed to the doings of

Teddy and Ellen. “And, if your father

:Illd mother are willing, we will adopt

both this very day.”


“The dear little malclunakers!” and

Esther projected herself joyously into the

general mix-up of loving arms and faces.

“I wouldn’t give you up to the best uncle

and aunt that ever lived, indeed I would-

n’t!’ Besides.” and she looked me archly

in the face, “you know something dread-

ful might happen, John.”


“Well, Sister mine,” I anchred, "some-

thing did happen,” and I looked down

into Elsie’s happy eyes, “something very

serious, too; and I am quite sure that

Teddy and Ellen are largely responsible

for it. The happiness of the dearest lit-

tle woman that ever lived has been placed

in my keeping. God make me worthy of

the great trust!” -


(The End).


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5mg MICHIGAN FARMER ' > . ~, 557


’T _ TEN = DAY OFFER .


our on:


To 5,000 Progressive Farmers


Introducing “ Nitragin,”- the Salvation of the Soil WRITE

The Greatest Agricultural Discovery of the 20th Century


_ that live at the roots of the legumes. and it is these are treated with "Ni’l‘RAGlN." The seeds are then QUICK

ROGRBSSIVE farm owners.everywhere.are study Germs that make the soil richer by taking nitrogen spread over the ﬂoor to dry. When dry enough to


ing the vital subject of nitrogen. They are begin-


ning to understand that the value of their crops.

and the value of their land depend almost wholly upon

amount of nitrogen (plus decaying vegetable matter)

there is in the soil.


They are beginning to realize that they can keep

the soil supplied with all the nitrogen and humus

their crops require without buying one cont’s worth

of commercial nitrogen: that they can supply both ni-

trogen and humus for almost nothing-in fact they can

make these right on their own farm by turning under

inoculated legume crops, and nitrogen will thus cost

less than one cent a pound.


You know that the Word “legume" is applied to all

pod-bearing plants, such as alfalfa. clover.peas. beans,

etc. You know that the Government bulletins. farm

papers and other authorities have. for years,been urg‘

ing the farmer to grow legumes; that this advice

comes from every quarter: that the almost universal

slogan is “legumes are the salvation of the soil.”

In fact. you won’t ﬁnd one man in a hundred who does

not know this.


Legumes Get Nitrogen from the Air.


But. neither will you ﬁnd one man in a hundred who

really knows why so many authorities are recommend-

ing legumes. Most farmers know that legumes are

good green manure crops.——Many know that legumes

enrich soil. Some of them know that legumes

bring nitrogen to the soil. But how many know that

It is the legume GERM that really Idoes the work’i

How many know that it is the legume germ alone

that makes it possible for any legume to take nitrogen

out of the air and store it in the soil.


The slogan “Legumes are the salvation of the soil"

is wrong. for legumes without the Gl‘lliMS are as big

soil robbers. as oats. or wheat. or corn. or cotton, or

any other non-leguminous plant. it is the OE MS

that do the work. It is the GERMS that take the ni-

trogen out of the air. It is the GERMS that enrich

the soil.


You must know. however that the germs that per-

form this wonderful work must have the co-operation

of the legumes. That they live and thrive on the roots

of legume plants only. which. of course. is the

reason why agricultural authorities all recommend the

growing of legume crops. But you will now understand

that these authorities should have gone a step farther.

and have urged farmers to grow inoculated legumes.

And the slogan should be "inoculated legumes are the

salvation of the soil." or. to be more accurate.


“Legume Germs are the Salvation

of the Soil.”


from the air and storing it up in the soil.


Scientists studied these germs for years. They are

still studying them.for these wonderful legume germs

are playing an important part in the solution of man's

mightiest problem.—“ How can the fertility of the soil

be maintained?" ~


[legume germs are commonly known as nitrogen-

gnthering germs. We are breeders of these very germs.

and our business (after they are bred) is to pack them

in small tin boxes (along with some food stuff to keep

them alive) and sell them to the farm‘ownen who

mixes them with his seed and then sows germs and

seeds together.


Right here. let us give you seven facts which scient-

ists have discovered concerning these great benefact-

ors of Man—the nitrogen-gathering Germs:


What “Nitragin” Germs Do


1. These Germs make the legume plants healthier,

hardier, deeper-rooted. quicker of growth. nd give

them greater food value. since they contain ' ore ni-

trogen (protein) than Germless legumes.


2. Legumes without these nitrogen-gatherin

Germs in their roots do not thrive well. and get 85

their nitrogen food out of the vegetable matter in the

soil, the same as do oats. wheat. corn. etc.


3. Alfalfa and some of the clovers wither away and

die. unless these germs are in their roots; or at best.

they never produce a crop worth harvesting.


. These germs in co-operation with legumes

build up worn-out land.


5. Legumes without these germs never add an

ounce of nitrogen to the soil.


These germs and legumes maintain soil fertility


7. Legumes without these germs, and all other

crops (non-leguminous cropsirob the soil of its fertility.


You should grasp the above facts ﬁrmly in your

mind. for they are strong. vital. fundamental truths.


With the above facts in mind. ask yourself why you

should plow under a legume crop for its nitrogen, un-

less it has these nitrogen-gathering Germs in the

roots? Unless the crop is inoculated—or "Nl'I‘RA-

GINED." as farmers are beginning to call it~the green

manuring will not add an ounce of nitrogen to your

ide It will only put back what it took out of the


an .


You had far better plow under some crop the seed

of which is cheaper than the costly legume seed.


But if you want a catch of alfalfa, clover. vetch, soy

beans, etc.. you must see to it that these legumes have

nitrogen germs in their roots.


If you want greater fertility instead of less. in-

creased value of your land rather than decreased. you


handle, they are plantedalong with the germs. in the

usual manner.


The method is simple and inexpensive. It is the

common-sense logical way of inoculating legumes. It

is cheaper, easier, and surer than soil transfer and has

none of its dangers. The “Nl'l‘ltAGIN” method is en-

dorsed. recommended and encouraged everywhere by

the highest Agricultural authorities. including the

United States Government. Experiment Stations. Soil

Experts and Editors of best-known Farm papers.

“NITRAGIN” meets the great agricultural need of the

hour—greater soil fertility.


Our Offer to You


in order to quickly introduce ”NITRAGIN" .to one

or more farmers in every township. we have decided to

distribute a certain amount upon exceptionally favor

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just what "NITRAGIN" will do. Write at once for

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We can’t tell you half the facts about " Nitragin"

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and how“Nl’l‘RAGIN” has brought success

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many states. in short. it proves all we/

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on will now understand and appreciate our slogan should green-manure and rotate with some “Nl'l‘RA'l‘-

“NITKAGIN the Salvation of the Soil." since lNEl)" legume plant.‘ County . . _ . . . . . . . ' ' .

"NITRAGIN" is simply thetrade-name for the GERMS A legume becomes ‘NITRAGINED" when its seeds ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ' ' ' - - - - - - - -- . . ~ . - - - . - . - . . - . . -


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518 (as)


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MARKETS '


DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.


April 24, 1012.

Grains and Seeds.


Wheat—\Yith every quarter of the soft

wheat belt firing news of extreme damage

to the trading centers, the market for this

grain experienced the very exceptional

feat of advancing prices for 12 consecu-

tive days without a break until Tuesday

of this week when a reaction amounting

to a half cent was realized by the bears.

The advance in all amounted to nearly

15c per bushel. The splendid covering of

snow the past winter had lead to the be-

liew that the grain under it was in excel—

lent condition, but when the fields cleared

and warm days and rains began to liven

the plants it became evident that much

injury had been wrought between the

time the crop went into winter quarters

and when it emerged. So extensive has

been tl.e damage that it is expected fully

5,000,000 actes will be plowed up and put

to other spring crops. Advcrse crop esti—

mates have come iroin Missouri, lndiana,

Ohio and Illinois, and many of the states

west of the Mississippi where it was at

ﬁrst thought better prospects prevailed.

are now being brought in question. so

that traders who are short of grain are

manifestly anxious lest they have to se-

cure the grain on a much higher price

basis than is thit now prevailing. Tue

i‘caction Tuesday was due to some selling

by “longs" who wishcd to take profits.

The. market quickly rallied from a wide

dcclint- early in the day which evidenced

the strt-ng position of the deal in spite of

the advance. The reaction had been look-

cd for several days before it appcared.

The price a ycar ago was 881,,vg3c per bit.

for No, 2 rcd. \'istl~.lc supply decreased

1,800,000 in. Quotations arc:


No. 2 .\'o. 1


Red. \Vhite. May. July.

Thursday ....l.10lg 1.083: 1.101,2 1.0012

Friday ....... 1.12 1.10 1.12 1.111”;

Satuiday ....i.l3 1.11 1.1:; 1.13

Monday ...... 1141!; 1.12% 1.141,}; 1111,55

Tuesday ..... 1.11 1.12 1.11 1.14

'\\'cdncsday ..1.141,4 1.1211 1.141;; 1.1413,


CornreAn improvcmcnt in ucatlter con—

ditions has made the outlotk appcal‘ a

little brighter for the. discouraged bears

but was not sufﬁcient in tht- face of the

heavy advancc in wheat to prchnt main-

mining the high prict- for the season cs—

tahlished at thc close of the market last

\\4.~dncsday. Un Tuesday there was a

slight rally of eastern demand but the

south was taking hope from the clearing

wcathcr and canceded orders sent in ear-

licr. The high prices limit activity. In

Kansas and other western states there is

a heavy falling off in offerings at primary

wlcvators. The price a. year ago was wit:

for No. 3 corn. The visible supply de-

creased 1.878.000 bu. Quotations for the

weck arc:


No. 3 N0. 3


Corn. Yellow


Thursday ................. 791A; 811/2

Friday .................... 701,2 811,41

Saturday ................. 791/2 81y2

Monday ................. 701/2 811/2

’l‘ucsday ................. 701,2 811,4;

\Vedncsday ............... 791/2 811/2

Oatsse'l‘his markct has been favored in

the same nianiu r by “Lather conditions


that corn has. although it is now impos-

sible to gct tiltr bulk of tho seed in on

tinm in any of tht- (i‘lt sections of the

countiy, and this ti'adc has, as a result

of this delay, tallied from the prices of

last week and giycn the sellers an ad-

vance of fully a cent for all grades.

Sales are limited by the shortage of the

stocks in dcalers' hands. Offerings from

country placcs are small. Visible supply

showed a dcci‘easc of 809.000 bu. The

price last year Was 36c for standard oats.

Quotaiions for the" week are:


Standard. No.3


White.


Thursday ................. 62 611/2

Friday .................... 621/“; 62


Saturday ................. 63 621/3


Monday ................. 63 621/2


'l‘uesd: t y .................. 63 62 1/2


Wednesday .............. 63 621,12


Beans.m\'aitus show an increase of four

cents for cash and two ccnts for May de—

iin-ry. since a Week ago. There is no

animation in the trade lit-re. The deal 15

reported firm at the new quotations. Fol-

lowing arc the quotations fixed by the

board of trade:


Cash. May.

'l‘liursday .................. $2.42 $2.45

Friday ..................... 2.42 2.4:)

Saturday ................ . . . 2.42 2.45

Monday .................... 2.42 2.45

Tuesday ................... 2.44 2.47

’\\'edncsday ................ 2.44 2.47


Clover Seed.—~There has been some con-

tracting tor clover seed the past week

but the range of values ruled lower than

for the ]ll'<'\'l(lllH wcck. Sales were not

large. October deliveries remain steady.

Alsikt- is lower. Quotations are:


Cash. Oct. Alsike.

Thursday ........ $12.00 $10.25 $12.25

Friday .......... 12.00 10.25 12.25

Saturday ........ 11.75 10.25 12.00

Monday ......... 11.75 10.25 12.00

Tuesday 12.00 10.25 12.00

“Wednesday ...... 12.00 10.25 12.00


Timothy Seed.-—(m Tuesday prime spot

sold on the local market for $6.10 per ‘bu.

which is 100. below the quotation for the

same grade a week earlier.


Rye.——In spite of the change in wheat

values rye has remained steady at the

quotation given last week, which is 940.

for cash N0. 2.


Flour, Feed. Potatoes, Etc.


FIOur.——Prices are changed and the

trade is being encouraged by an improve-

ment in the. demand. Rye flour is steiéidy.


Straight ............................. 4 40

Patent Michigan .................... 5.00

Second Patent ...................... 4.75


Rye ...................... , ......... . . 5.20


. no change.


. THE" ‘M’lCHi‘éANtit?-F*KRMB&§'


Feed.——Bran and middlings rule steady

while corn and oat feeds» are up. The


carlot prices on track are: Bran, $30 per

ton; coarse middlings, $30; ﬁne middlings,

$32; cracked corn and coarse corn meal,

$33; corn and cat chop, $32 per ton.


Hay and Straw.--Timothy hay and rye

straw are higher. Remaining grades show

Quotations: No. 1 ‘timothy,

$27@27.50; No. 2 timothy; $25@25.50; clo-

evr, mixed, $24Qp25.50; rye straw, $12.50@

13; wheat and oat straw, $11@11.50 per


on.


”ﬁotatces.#‘§Vhile the eastern markets

are easy, due to the heavy receipts of

tubers from foreign countries, those of

the west remain about steady with a

Week ago, the offerings just nicely caring

for the demand, which is good considering

the high prices prevailing. In car lots

the quotations run from $1.15@1.20 per

bushel.


Provisions—Family pork, $19@20; mess

pork, $18; clear, backs, $17.50@19.50; pic-

nic hams, 10c; bacon. 14@15l/2c; pure

lard in tierces, 10c; kettle rendered lard,

11-340 per lb.


Dairy and POultry Products.


Butter.—'\Vith a normal amount of bus-

iness transacted the butter trade is con—

tinuing with quotations unchanged from

a week ago. Demand. and supply are rul-

ing steady with the former period. Quo—

tations are: Extra creamery, 31c; ﬁrst

do., 300; dairy, 220; packing stock, 210

per .

Eggs.——Receiving liberal supplies and

being supported with a widening demand

the deal remains steady with a week

ago. the price for current receipts being

101/20 per dozen, which was the same

price quoted last week.


Poultry.—~This market has a ﬁrm tone,

offerings are very scarce, and values un-

changed from a week ago. Quotations:

Live—Spring chickens. 15@16c; hens, 15

0116c; turkeys, 16(u18c; geese, 11@12c;

ducks, 1,4c; young ducks, 15((t‘16c per lb.


Veal.—\'eal is higher for fancy. Fancy,

'100I11c; choice, 8ﬁtilc per lb.


Cheese.——Steady. Michigan, old, 220;

Michigan, late made, 201/z@2lc; York

state. old, 22([1/23c; do. new, 201/2@210;

limburgcr, 2161.122c; domestic Swiss, 22@

24c; brick cream, 20({121c per lb.


Fruits and Vegetables.


Cabbage.—Steady; now selling at 3%@

4c pcr lb.


Onions.—I*nchainged; $2.40 per bu.


Apples.——'.l‘rade continues ﬁrm with val-

ucs ruling a little higher. Baldwins are

selling at $340014; Steele Red, $6@6.50;

Ben Davis, $2@2.50.


OTHER MARKETS.


Grand Rapids.


llay, loose in loads, is bringing $20@22

per ton. The city market on the Island

is again open and Tuesday morning‘s

prices were as follows: Potatoes, $1.30;

piepla‘nt, $1.25 per bu; radishes, 230 per

dozen bunches; spinach, $1.25» per bu;

lettuce. 7c pc-r lb; onions three bunches

for 250', parsnips, $1 per bu; yellow tur-

nips, 35c; vegetable oysters two bunches

for 250. Fancy apples are selling for

$1.75; good stock, $1.25@1.40. Eggs are

quoted at 18c; dairy butter, 25c, jobbei‘s

to country trade. Dressed hogs are

worth Swahili/2c. Grain prices are as fol-

lows: Wheat, $1.07; oats, 60c; corn, 800;

rye, 99c. Beans are worth around $2.


Chicago.

Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.131/2@1.15; May,


31.13%): July, $1.09%.


Corn—No. 3, ' 78@790; May, 78%0;

July. 76%c per bu.


Hats—N0. 2 white. 571/2@580; May,


57c: July, 540 per bit.


Barley—Multing grades, $1.10@1.38 per

bu; feeding, 756::856.


Butter.—-»Unchanged under imilted of—

ferings and a quiet demand. Quotations:

‘Crcameries, 28(Ir3lc; dairies, 24@280.


Eggs—Top grades are off 15c and mis-

cellaneous receipts are quoted 10 lower,

due to extremely liberal offerings. Quo-

tations: Firsts, 181/43 ordinary ﬁrsts,

171,50 per dozen; at mark, cases included,

170117120.


Potatoes. Lighter receipts and a fairly

active demand are holding this market

steady. No change in values worthy of

note. Michigan and Minnesota stock now

quoted at $1.25@1.28 per bu; Wisconsin,

$1.20601.25. »


Beans—Active, with prices ﬁrmly held.

Quotations: Pea beans, choice hand-

picked, $2.65 per bu; prime, $2.55; red

kidneys, $2.507L‘2.60.


Hay and Straw.»Practically all grades

show an advance. Market ﬁrm. Quota—

tions: Timothy, choice, $26.50@27; No. 1,

$256126: No. 2 and No. 1 mixed, $23506)

24.50; No. 3 and No. 2 mixed, 3218632150:

clover. $213123; N0. 2 and no grade, $13@

18; alfalfa. choice. $24.50fdt25; N0. 1, $23

01124: No. 2, 821602250. StrawwRyet, $10

((111; wheat, $8@9; oat, $9.50@10.


New York.


Rutter—“mile western markets were

steady the trade here dropped a cent for

regular grades. Creamery special, 320;

extras, 311/20; ﬁrsts, 301/§@3lc; packing

stock, current make, No. 2, 231/2@24c per

pound.


Eggs —Supplies large but values steady

to higher. Quotations: Fresh gathered

extras. 22@22’g-’_;c; ﬁrsts, storage packed,

216121115c; do. regularly packed, 193401}

201/3c: western gathered whites, 21(1‘22c

per dozen.


Potiliry.~—Alive.—Two cars were sold at

auction for 131/2c per 1b.. while- 35 cars

were held over with owners asking from

15611160. Dressed—Fowls lower; turkeys

steady. Fresh killed fowls, 14@161,§c; tur-

keys, 13@22c per lb.


Boston.


\VOOl.—This is the “between seaSOn” in

the wool markets and the amount of bus—

iness done is consequently very small.

The manufacturers are working with

short supplies and necessarily have to

keep an eye on the raw material market

to replenish whenever an opportunity of-

fers. Buyers failed to get relief from the

recent London auctions which show an


advance in value of from 2% to 5 per cent.

Contracting for the new clip is not at-

taining any large proportions for growers

are not making'the business attractive

to buyers by asking a liberal price for

theirshearings. There is, however, such

a strong feeling in the trade that little

apprehension is felt by sheepmen as to

loss from failure to make contracts upon

the present basis of values. In the ﬂeece

states the season is not far enouglr along

to give: the market a satisfactory idea of

the trend of the buying; however, there

are some Michigan growers who have ex-

pressed themselves as not ready to take

less than 20 and 22 cents for ﬁne and

medium grades respectively. The market

is strong and the growers ought to se-

cure a fair price for their wool this

season.


Elgln.

Butter—Market firm at 310 per 1b., the

price of the previous week.


THE LIVE STOCK MA—QKETS.


Buffalo.

' April 22, 1912.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).

Cattle.


Receipts. 180 cars; market 10((t-15c low-

er; best 1,400 to 1,600—lb, steers, $85071)

8.75; good prime 1.300 to 1,400—lb. steers,

$7.75@8.25; good prime 1,200 to 1,300—lb.

shipping steers, $7.25@7.75; best 1,100 to

1200-11). do., $7607.25; medium butcher

steers, 1.000 to 1,100 lbs., $6.25q‘06.60; light

do., $5.50@6; best fat cows, $5.50@6.50;

fair to good do., $4.50@5.25; common to

medium do., $3.75ftp4.25; trimmers, $2.50

@123: best fat heifers, $6.25Qlt6.75; good do.

$5.25@5.85; fair to good do., $4.00@5.15;

stock heifers. $4664.25; best feeding steers

dehorncd, $5605.20; common feeding steers

MEI/1.25: stockcrs, all grades, $4.75@5.25;

bologna bulls, $4(g4.50; stock bulls, $3.25

((174; best milkers and springers, $40@50;

common to good do, $25@30.


Hogs.


Receipts, 100 cars; market 15c lower;

heavy, $8.10@8.15; yorkers, $8698.05; pigs,

$7@7.25.


Sheep and Lambs.


tcceipts. 60 cars: strong, iopl wool lambs,

$8.00; clipped, $7.75(w7.85; ycarlings, $6.50

(ti/(5.75; wethcrs, 31562561650; ewes, $56!)

$5.50; calves slow; tops, $8428.25; fair to

good, $507,127.50; heavy, $46,115.


Chicago.

April 22, 1912.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 21,000 66,000 25,000

Same day last year..25,693 51.591 21,815

itcceived last \\’eek..47,062110,207 78,905

Same week last ycar.41,408 111.619 77,444


There is only a moderate gcneral de-

mand for cattle today, but the supply is

so moderate for a Monday that recent

prices are paid readily, and the scarcity

of strictly prime. beeves tends to make

them firmer, although there is no ad-

vance. Stockers and feeders are at the

highest prices for the year, and they are

more likely to go still higher than lower.

Hogs took a fall this morning of fully

150 on account of the exceptionally lib-

cral receipts, trade showing fair anima—

tion on local and shipping account. Light

hogs are selling at $7.25Qp7.75, with the

lust strong-weight hogs bringing $7.85.

llogs marketed here last week averaged

228 lbs, the same as a week earlier and

two years ago, the average weight a year

ago having been 241 lbs. Sheep are sell-

ing slowly, but lambs are in active de-

mand, and several sales of prime unshorn

lambs at $8.50 shows a further advance

of 10c in the best grade. More clipped

flocks are here today than on any pre-


‘viotts day this season.


Cattle have had considerable ﬂuctua-

tions in prices recetntly, starting off last

Week with prices largely 10((015c higher

on a Monday run of 22,122 head and rul-

ing that much lower on \Vednesday on a.

pretty good-sized mid-week supply. The

best demand is usually experienced on

Monday, and it does not ordinarily take

a big supply on \Vcdnesday to bring about

a decline. However, no matter what re—

actions may take place in prices from

time to true, cattle are certainly bringing

extraordinarily high prices compared with

former years, 1910 alone excepted, and

this is especially the, case as regards real-

ly good lots, whether bcof steers, fat heif—

ers, Orr high—grade feeders. Beef steers

sold last week largely at a range. of $6.70

((08.30, with the poorer light—weights

bringing $5.60(('I.G.70 and choice to fancy

heavy be‘evcs $8.30fa8.75. No cattle with

much weight that. were entitled to be

called good were sold bclow $7.75, al—

though reports were sent out giving low-

er prices. However, dcsirable yearlings

could be bought much lower than equally

good heavy cattle that had been fed a

long time. The. packers bought a good

many fat female cattle, as well as numer—

ous cattle on the feeder order that had

some killing value and weighed 900 lbs. or

more. Cows and heifers had a good out—

let at $4007.50 for ordinary to prime

grades, with cutters selling at $3.35@3.95,

canners at $2’.25@3.30 and bulls at $3.75frD

7. The receipts of calves from dairy dis—

tricts rose to extremely liberal propor—

tions, as is customary in April, over 9,000

calves showing up on Tuesday, named as

“calf day” at the stock yards, and prices

reached lower levels. ruling at 51335060750.

Milkers and springers had a moderate

sale at $356070 per head, with meaty

backward cows going largely to killers.

Stockers and feeders were moderately ac—

tive at ruling high prices, the former sell-

ing at $4.25@6.25 and the latter at $5.60

((36.80.


Hogs made new high records last week,

the highest prices being paid since Jan—

uary, 1911. The recent advances have

surprised many people, who had been un—

prepared to see further upward move--

ments after hogs reached $8, but it is a

dase- of large local and eastern shipping

requirements and inadequate supplies, so

that there is no telling how high values

may ,go yet before top is ﬁnally reached.


' ‘_ 'APRIL'.27.E"31‘91’2.' ~


It is known that matured hogs have been

very closely marketed from all parts of

the west, that the eastern hogs were

mostly marketed many weeks ago, 'and

that until after farmers get through with

their spring work, they are not going to

have much spare time for shipping their

hogs to market. Furthermore, most stuck

feeders realize that it will pay them \chI

in all probability to put plenty of weight

and a good ﬁnish on their hogs, and this

is reﬂected in the recent considerable av—

erage gains in the weight of the 1108‘s

marketed. Provisions have shared in the

upward movement in the raw material.

and fresh pork is higher, it being new a.

question of how much higher the market

can go without seriously disturbing con—

sumption, which is already diverted in no

small degree to eggs and vegetables. The

highest price paid for hogs was $8.20, and

reactions left the closing prices of the

week at $740608, with stags at $7.75“

8.40 and pigs at $5.40@7.35. according to

weight.


Sheep and lambs have sold extremely

high recently, reaching the highest levels

of the season, prime wooletd and clipped

lambs fetching very satisfactory ﬁgures

on a remarkably good demand on local

and shipping account. The proportion of

clipped consignments has undergone a

marked increase, and these ﬂocks are sold

at discounts of 750@1 per 1.00 lbs. from

prices paid for unshorn stock. The offer—

ings, as a rule, have been very moderate

as compared with the time when the

markets were crowded with flocks from

western and middle westetrn feeding dis—

tricts, and sellers were able to dictate

terms much of the week, particularly for

anything fancy. Most of the Colorado

flocks have been shipped out of that

state, and recent marketings have been

confined largely to supplies sent from big


railroad feeding stations not far from

Chicago. \Vooled lots sold as follows:

Lambs $6608.35; yearlings, $6.50@7.25;


wethers, $5.00ﬁ1‘6.90; $4.50@6.50;

bucks, $4.500t5.50. '

Horses have been in better demand for

a week past, the advance in the season

bringing out a larger number of buyers

from different. parts of the country, and

larger receipts failed to depress prices

much. Farm workers were salable at $100

@200 per head, and there was more call

for sarldlers at 55160611300, with few prime

ones offered. \\'agon horses sold mainly

(103416061200, prime delivery wagon horses

being salable up to $250. Light drafters

sold freely at 1117560225, and heavier ones

were salable all the way tip to $275ﬁli325,

few being good enough to bring $300 or

thereabouts. F.


ewes,


LIV-E sfrocK NOTES.


Regarding the recent cattle sales on the


Chicago market, a market reviewer says:

:‘l’robably 10 per cent of current supply

is selling above $8, such cattle dressing

($06062 per cent. About 60 per cent of the

crop sold at $7.25Q07.70, cattle realizing

these prices dressing 57((758 per cent.

There is a $6.50@7 delegation of steers

going to killers, but they are buying little

under $7. The class selling at $7.60(_w7.90

are not good and few of them dress over

58 per cent.”

. Distillery—fed cattle have btaen selling

in the Chicago market recently at $8.70

8.25 per 100 lbs., and Iowa corn—fed steers

at $8tit»8.]5 mainly. A two—car consign—

ment. of 1.169-lb. hay—fed Montana steers

sold recently at, $7.30.


The Chicago stock yards have been re-

ceiVing the big annual supplies of calV(-S

shlr'iied from the. dairy districts of Wis-

consin, Michigan and other near—by

states, and many of them were removed

too soon from their ninthers, causing them

to sell extremely low in price. Good

heavy and strong—weight calves have, been

scarce and high. \\'eekly supplies have

exceeded 18,000 calves a weckfrunning as

high as 19,000 head.


In a short time the demand for saddle

horses, already starting up, will be active

in the Chicago market. and it will pay

farmers intending to fttrnish such ‘ani—

mals to see that they are well fattencd

before selling. The demand always cen—

ters on the best gradc, and thin, cheap

looking ones sell badly, if at all.


Prominent farmer—stocknien in Laporte

county, lndiana, have marketed at Chi—

cago recently beef cattle that got the

greater part; of their flesh gain off of corn

silage and roughness, with Very little corn

fed them. After much investigation, they

have reached the conclusion that the best

results to be had in feeding cattle, where

hogs do not follow them, are from feed—

ing silage. cottonseed meal and ground

corn. Where hogs follow the cattle, of

course, shelled corn should be substituted

for the ground corn.


A marked difference of views regarding

prices exists between sheepmen and wool

buyers regarding the prices of the spring

clip in the range states, owners demand-

ing at least 20 cents per pound and some-

times a higher figure, while buyers are

offering from 17 to 18 cents. In Nevada,

however, considerable business has been

transacted at prices ranging from 13 to

14 (cuts in most instances, and some

choice clips were closed out for 15 cents.


Strictly prime handy heifers are selling

extremely well right along in the Chicago

market, with not enough fat female cat—

tle to meet the good killing demand. Not

long ago an Illinois stockman had a con-

signment of fancy heifers on the market

raised and fed by him that averaged over

673 lbs. and brought $7.50 per 100 lbs. Ex-

tremely few such heifers are marketed.


An Iowa stockman marketed at Chicago

recently a consignment of steers that he

had raised and fed, obtaining $7.40 per 100

lbs. They averaged 1,277 lbs. and had

been fed nothing but clover hay and

shock corn.


A short time ago a Colorado sheep firm

marketed at Chicago three double-decks

of lambs of their own feeding that aver-

aged 80 lbs. and brought $8.25 per 100 lbs.

They had been fed leSS than ﬁve months

and made average gains of 3214‘, lbs. in

weight during that period. '


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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.


Thursday’s Market.

April 25, 1912.

Cattle.


Receipts, 1,283. Market strong at last

week's prices; good active trade; quality

ood. ~

g We quote: Best steers and heifers, $7.75

@790; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200,

$6.75@7.50; do. 800 to 1,000, $5.75@7; do.

that are fat, 500 to 700, $5.50@6.25; choice

fat cows, $57426: good do., $4@4.75; com-

mon cows, $3.50@3.85; canners, $2@3;

choice heavy bulls, $5@5.75; fair to good


bolognas, bulls, $4.25@4;50; stock bulls,

$3.50@4; milkers, larget, young, medium


age, $40@55; common milkers, $25@35.


Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 6 steers

av 965 at $6.50, 1 bull weighing 1,350 at

$5.25, 3 do av 770 at $5.75, 2 butchers av

930 at $6.25, 1 bull weighing 1,080 at $5.25,

20 steers av 1.012 at $7.25, 20 do av 990

at $7.25; to Kamman 2 cows av 1,020 at

$4.50, 3 do av 833 at $4.40; to Regan l

heifer weighing 590 at $3.75; to Bresnahan

1 cow weighing 830 at $3, 2 do av 805 at.

$3.25, 1 canner weighing 900 at $2.50; to

Kull 5 cows av 930 at $4, 1 do weighing

900 at $3.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 cows av

900 at $4.35, 1 bull Weighing 1,140 at $4.75.

1 cow weighing 780 at $2.50, 1 do weigh-

ing 780 at $3, 3 steers av 993 at $7.50“. to

Mich. B. Co. 20 steers av 1,024 at $7.40,

2 cowsav 920 at $4. 2 steers av 580 at $5.

8 do uv 712 at $5, 3 do av 726 at $6. 4 do

av 570 at $5; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1 cow

weighing 900 at $4.50, 1 do weighing 1.200

at $5 1 bull weighing 1.430 at $5; to Nags

1“. Co. 1 steer weighing 1.,090 at $7; to

Mich. B. Co. 14 do av 1.057 at $7.25, 3 do

av 837 at $6.25; to Rattkowsky 1 bull

weighing 1.080 at $5.25; to Fish 1 cow

weighing 910 at $4, 3 do av 723 at $3.25.


Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co. 1 bull

weighing 980 at $5; to Bresnahan 2 heifers

av 575 at $4.25; to Heinrich 10 steers av

991 at $7.15; to Thompson Bros. 2 cows av

970 at $4.10, 3 do av 1.170 at $5; to Mich.

R. Co. 2 steers av 1,120 at $7.70; to La-

chalt 9 do av 922 at $6.75, 3 do av 630 at

$5.30: to Schuman 14 do av 963 at $7.15. 6

do av 665 at $5.25; to Parker 1V. & Co.

27 butchers av 934 at $6.25, 2 do av 932

at $6.


“'eeks sold Parker, 1V. & Co. 2 bulls av

925 at $5, 1 do weighing 1,210 at $5.25.


Sharp sold Mich. B. Co. 6 cows av 950

at $4.75.


Weeks sold same 13 steers av 1,007 at


1-


“'eeks sold Schuman 19 steetrs av 945

at $7.15.


Same sold Regan 8 butchers av 600 at

$4.85.


Same sold Applebaum 1 cow weighing

1,020 at $4.75, 3 do av 1,200 at $5, 3 butch-

ers av 937 at $5.


Bishop. B. & H. sold Rattkowsky 3

steers av 1.457 at $7.60, 2 cows av 925 at

$4. 1 do weighing 1,050 at $5.25; to Parker,

‘W. & Co, 6 steers nv 951 at $7. 1 do

Iweighing 660 at $5, 29 do av 1,034 at $7.75;

to Sullivan P. CO. 4 cows av 740 at $3.65,

,4 do av 1,037 at $5.50, 1 do weighing 930

at $3.50, 8 butchers av 771 at $6; to Breit-

:enbeck 18 steers av 1.043 at $7; to Fromm

.11 butchers av 806 at $4.10; to Gerlsh 6

steers av 1.065 at $7.25; to Kamman 6

cows av 881 at $3.75, 2 do av 1.085 at $5,

1 bull weighing 880 at $5; to Parker, W.

& Co. 20 steers av 1,246 at $7.90; to Mich.

B. Co. 14 do av 1,134 at $7.50, 1 bull

weighing 1,530 at $5; to Parker, W. & Co.

3 steers av 1.023 at $6.50, 11 do av 1,150

at $7.75, 2 bulls av 1.150 at $5.20, 2 do av

1.000 at $4.90. 9 butchers av 763 at $5.75;

to Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows av 790 at $3.65,

2 do av 1.090 at $4.65; to Bresnahan 15

cows av 800 at $3. 2 do av 810 at $3, 2 d0

av 920 at $3, 3 stockers av 403 at $3.60;

to Thompson Bros. 10 butchers av 945 at

$7., 9 do av 745 at $5.75: to Heinrich 10 do

av 825 at $6.60; to Rnttkowsky 2 cows av

940 at $4.50. 4 butchers av 755 at $5.50;

to Goose 4 cows av 960 at $4.


Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 2 bulls

av 1.270 at $5, 2 do av 1.105 at $5, 1 do

weighing 830 at $4.50. 12 steers av 1,037

at $7.25; to Fry 6 butchers av 975 at $5.25,

3 cows av 1.007 at $4.50; to Nagle P. Co.

24 steers av 1,233 at $7.75; to Sullivan 1’.

Co. 5 canners av 812 at $2.75, 2 do av

845 at $2, 1 do weighing 950 at $2175; to

Nagle P. CO. 11 steers av 1,133 at $7.75,

1 hull weighing 1,390 at $6. 24 steers av

1.225 at $7.75; to Mich. B, Co. 21 do av

1.019 at $7; to Marx 6 butchers av 811 at

$5: to Hammond, S. & Co. 1 canner

weighing 730 at $2.75; to Rattkowsky 4

rows av 890 at $4.25; to Kamman B, Co.

10 butchers av 918 at $6.40, 1 steer weigh-

ing 780 at $5.


vVeal Calves.


Receipts. 1,439. Market steady at last

week's prices. Best, $7.50@7.75; common,

smear).


Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1

weighing 120 at $5.50, 6 av 148 at $7.75, 1

weighing 100 at $6, 3 av 140 at $7.75; to

Hnmmond, S. & Co. 5 av 120 at $6.50, 16

av 138 at $7.75. 6 av 135 at $7.75; to Goose

32 av 120 at $7, to Parker. W. &. Co. 3

av 125 at $7.25, 18 av 130 at $7.25; to

Nagle P. Co. 4 av 110 at $6, 12 av 138 at

$8. 26 av 125 at $7.25; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 4 av 118 at $6, 10 av 135 at $7.50, 4 av

140 at $6. 6 av 165 at $8, 11 av 105 at $6,

15 av 130 at $7.50, 3 av 125 at $6.50; to

Rattkowsky 9 av 110 at $6, 19 av 120 at

$6.50; to G. Rattkowsky 16 av 125 at $6.75;

to Goose 25 av 120 at $6; to McGuire 4

av 95 at $5.50. 13 av 130 at $7.50, 14 av

150 at $7.50; to "Sullivan P. Co. 8 av 115


at $5.50, 12 av 135 at $7.50, 22 av 140 at

$7.50. 6 av 130 at $5.50; to Burnatine 16


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av 125 at $7.25; to Nagle P. Co. 60 av 130

at $7.25, 10 av 100 at $5, 43 av 130 at $7,

17 av 125 at $7.50, 6 av 105 at $5.25.


Spicer & R. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

6 av 135 at $7.50, 22 av 145 at $7.50, 4 av

145 at $7.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 10 av

113 at $6.50, 14 av 135 at $7.40; to Apple‘

baum 5 av 210 at $5.75; to Kull 1 weighing

150 at $7.75.


Roe Com. Co. sold Gotose 3 av 128 at

$7.50, 11 av 120 at $7.50, 1 weighing 120

at $6; to Rattkowsky 2 av 140 at $6, 12

av 130 at $7.


Haley & M. sold Mich. B. CO. 13 av 115

at $7; to Parker. W. & Co. 4 av 130 at

$6, 19 av 125 at $7.25, 16 av 140 at $7; to


' Newton B. Co, 15 av 115 at $6, 35 av 135


at $7.25, 6 av 125 at $7.25, 6 av 108 at $6.


Stephens sold Mich. B. Co. 5 av 150 at

$7.50, 2 av 80 at $5.


Sheep and Lambs. '


Receipts, 2,651. Market steady at W'ed-

nesday’s prices; 50@75c higher than last

Week on clips; wools steady. Best lambs,

$7.75; fair to good lambs, $6.50@7.50; light

to common lambs, $46175; wool lambs, $8@


8.30; fair to good sheep, $4.50@5; culls

and common, $2.50@4; spring lambs, $10

@1050.


Bishop, B. & H, sold Sullivan P. Co.


89 lambs av 75 at $7.40, 8 do av 55 at $5,

44 do av 65 at $7.15; to Mich. B. Co. 6

spring lambs av 55 at $10, 40 sheep av

115 at $5, 12 lambs :tv '60 at $4.50; to

Parker, \l'. & Co. 58 lambs av 60 at $4.50,

54 do av 65 at $6.75, 11 do av 58 at $5.75;

to Mich. B, Co. 32 do av 53 at $5.50, 3 do

av 90 at $7.25. 17 sheep av 100 at $4.75;

to Young 81 lambs av 73 at $7.50, 35 wool

lambs av 75 at $8.25; to Mich. B. CO. 63

do av 77 at $7.65. 10 do av 62 at $4; to

Fitzpatrick Bros. 6 spring lambs av 42 at

$8, 12 do av 48 at $10.50, 47 Sheep av 83

at $5, 24 lambs av 70 at $6.75, 44 do av

70 at $7.75, 8 do av 57 at $4.50; to Sullivan

P. Co. 26 wool lambs av 45 at $4.50. 17

lambs av 85 at $5.75; to Fitzpatrick Bros.

39 do av 65 at $5.50.


Spicer & R. sold Parker, XV. & Co. 3

sheep av 113 at $1.50. 24 lambs av 63 at

$5; to Sullivan P. Co. 5 do av 53 at $5, 19

do av 60 at $7.25.


Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co. 11 sheep

av 95 at $5; to Parker, Vt". & C0. 12 lambs

av 55 at $6, 3 do av 90 at $6; to Newton

B. Co. 13 do av 67 at $7, 8 do av 75 at

$6.50, 9 sheep av 115 at $4.50.


Jedele sold Newton B. Co. 46 lambs av

75 at $7.50, 1 sheep weighing 140 at $5.


Kalaher sold Nagle P. Co. 59 mixed av

65 at $5.


Hogs.


Market


20c lowcr


about steady

than lasc


Range of prices: Good butchers, $7.70

@775; pigs, $6.75Gil6.90; light yorkers,

$7.35Gi7.70; Stags one-third off.


Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 190


Receipts. 7,264.

with W'cdnesday;

Thursday.


av 180 at $7.75, 1.63 av 180 at $7.70. 87 av .


150 at $7.55, 99 pigs av 110 at $6.90.

Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co. 235

av 185 at $7.75, 215 av 180 at $7.70. 125

av 165 at $7.65, 160 av 150 at $7.50.

Spicer & R. sold same 515 av 200 at

$7.78, 150 av 170 at $7.65. 135 av 140 at

. .4


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

C0. 1,955 av 180 at $7.75. 1,540 av 175 at

$7670), 630 av 160 at $7.65. 475 av 150 at


ADDITIONAL VETERINARY.


Ringbonc.——Have :1 16-year—old mare

that has ringbone and has had it for the

past two or more- years. W. 8.. Bay City,

Mich—\Vhen a ringbone is situated low

down, extends all way round pastern it is

considered serious and is sometimes, in-

curable. Blistcr with one part red iodide

of mercury and six parts cerate of can-

tharides every ten days, or use any one

of the ringbone remedies regularly adver-

tised in this paper.


Laminitls—-Rheumatism.—When start-

ing my 11—year-old mare moves very stiff,

but after traveling a mile or so she goes

fairly well. She is seemingly healthy and

I forogt to mention I took colt from her

one year ago: since then s e has been

gradually getting worse. J. J. W.. Niles,

Mich—She suffers from chronic laminitis

(founder), and will be made more com-

fortable by shoeing her with rolling mo-

iion shoes, keeping fore feet moist and

using her on soft ground. She is incur-

able.


Chronic Cough—One year ago I clipped

my mare; soon after that she commenced

to cough. but seemed to recover when

hot weather came. but this spring she is

just as bad. if not worse, than last year,

and I would like to know what to give

her. M. .1. 9., Barryton, Mich—Give her

1 dr. powdered opium, 2 drs. muriate am-

monia and 1 dr. iodide of potassium at a

dose. in feed three times daily.


Stocking-Have a horse that has been

doing very little work this winter, which

has a swollen hind leg. The horse is

well, not lame, and has been in this con-

dition for the past week. W. 0., South

Rockwood, Mich. Give him a dessert-

spoonful powdered nitrate of potash at a

dose in feed three times a day until

stocking leaves leg. Bandage leg in cot-

ton and exercise him daily.


A Three-quarter Shoe—I notice you

recommend as one of the remedies for

corn in foot, 8. three-quarter shoe and I

am at a loss to know what kind it it. J.

H., Bentley, Mich—Reduce the length of

inside of shoe one-half and you will then

have shod horse with a three—quarter

shoe. The object in shoeing in this man—

ner is to relieve bruised heel of pressure.


Blocked Udder.——My cow’s udder is not

caked, but very little milk comes from

one Quarter, but bag is not sore. I have

tried milking tubes without success in

this case and am now at my wits end to

know what to do. H. D. S., Novi, Mich.

—Apply solid extract belladona one part

and six parts vaseline to blocked portion

ancedaily.


Infected Udder.—Have a. cow that had

her ﬁfth calf some three months ago and

she is not at all sick. Her breath has an

offensive smell and we shall not use her

milk. H., Grand Rapids, Mich.—


. I HE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘


her 1 oz. hypo-sulphite of soda three

times a. day.


Stricture in End of Teat.-——I have a cow

that has a growth forming in end of teat

which blocks milk ﬂow and would like to

know what to do for it. Have applied

iodine without. doing her any good. R.

H., Brayton, Mich.-—A little surgical work

on end of teat will soon make her well.

Let your Vet. operate on her.


Barren Cow—Have a valuable cow that

has had four calves and since having last

one she fails to get with calf. Have used

soda without result. F._J. F., Temper-

ance, Mich—Ask your Vet. to apply pres-

sure to ovary, this is best done by pass-

ing one hand in rectum, the other into

vagina. He has doubtless read recent

reports from veterinarians that have been

operating on barren COWS very success-

fully. I um told this manipulation of the

ovaries stimulates them into action and

the same treatment brings on heat in

cows that do not come in heat regularly.


Lump—jaw.-—I have a cow that has a

bunch on lower jaw which discharges pus

and would like to know if it is contagious

or not. G. F. F., West Branch, Mich.w

She has. lump-jaw and as it is supput‘at-

ing advise you to keep her away from

balance of herd for she may infect them.


D. P.‘ R., Kalkaska, Mich.——Destroy your

calf for he will not recover, for it will be

poorly spent money to treat him.


Indiegstion—-Rickets.——I have a mare

that is seemingly healthy, eats plenty of

food but keeps gaunt and thin. I keep 54

ewes and their lambs are taken with a

sort of leg weakness when three weeks

old, gradually growing worse; legs draw

up and the. lamb dies. Sheep have- been

fed alsike clover, some weeds in it and

damaged beans, three pecks at a feed

divided between 54 ewes. Cut lambs open

after death but found nothing except that

bladder was quite full of-water. Their

'legs seem to stiffen as the disease pro-

gresses. O. M. B.. Vestaburg. Mich.—

Your horse’s teeth may need floating and

you should change feed. She is not sick

but needs different nourishment and

should be. driven slow. I believe most of

trouble‘ with lambs arises from the man-

ner in which the ewes have been fed, the

damaged beans may have caused it all.

Change their food supply.


'Wnrts on Teats.-—Can you tell me what

will take- warts off cow's teats? I. E. T..

Marion, Mich—Cut, off those that have

long necks and apply acetic acid to ﬂat

ones daily.


We Want HAY& STBAW


_ We get the top price on consignments. make

liberal advancements and prompt remittanctes.


Daniel McCaiirey’s Sons Co.


PITTSBURG, PA


Reference. Washington Trust Company, or any bank in city


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III-INTI“ in: w°oés“:av:§:'i'.?i.'."’“ "m
S-PaSSenger Touring Car


“0-inch Wheelbase


R c H $950 f.o.b. Detroit R

- - SELF STARTER, 32 x3% inch tires, dual ignition, demountable and


quick detachable rims, gas tank, extra rim, top, windshield,5 lamps, C


What Kind of a Car Do You, Want?


ENCLOSED VALVES, MAGNETO.

WHEN you’re thinking of buying an automobile, Mr. Farmer, what are the first things you

demand—~what are the features that are necessary in order to make it a successful car


for the farmer’s use?


Comfort. First, you want a car with a long wheelbase. For

that means a good—sized body with plenty of room for the family

and perhaps for an extra package or two that you happen to want

to take to or from town. You don’t want a short, scrunched-up body

that you can’t get the family into without everyone feeling uncom-

fortable. The wheelbase on the R—C-H is 110 inches—greater than

that of any other car under $1,000.


Power. Next, you want a car that’s powerful enough to take

you anywhere you want to go, in any kind of going, and that is

economical of fuel. The long-stroke motor of the lt-C-H makes the

car a perfect hill-climber, a Wonder over bad roads, and a much

easier running car all the time. And you’ll be surprised at the small

amount of gasoline it uses compared with other cars. The stroke

of the R—C—H motor is 5 inches, the bore 3% inches; and this is

exactly the proportion which experience has demonstrated to give

the best results.


Strength. Then you want a car that’s strongly built—that will

last. The durability of a car depends principally on two things.—

the metals used in it and the way those metals are treated. Chrome

nickel steel is used throughout all shafts and gears in the trans—

mission and rear axle of the R-C-H. Where special stiffness is

required, high-carbon manganese steel is used. Another thing. You

know how much stronger drop—forgings are than castings—they’re

practically unbreakable. Well, we use 123 distinct drop forgings in

the ll—(‘-H “more than any other car in the world at any price.


Accessibility. The farmer needs a car that’s easy to get at. He

t-an‘tbother with a car that has to go to the machine—shop every

time there’s a slight adjustment to be made. The R-C—I—I has been


specially designed to make every possible part readily accessible,

even to an entirely inexperienced owner. The gears, the motor parts

and the transmission can be examined by the removal of a few bolts

or screws. The steering gear or the clutch can be readily removed

if desired without disturbing the rest of the car.


Other Features. The drive on the R—C—H is left—side. This is

the only natural drive for American road rules. The right-side drive

was copied years ago from European cars, but in Europe the rules of

the road are just the reverse of what they are here. The control is

by means of a center lever; out of the way, yet convenient to the

operator‘s right hand.


Now then, here’s a car with every feature the farmer wants and

needs. Note these features, read over again the speciﬁcations and

equipment of the R—C—H, and then think what the price of such a

car would be, judged by previous standards. You know it would run

from $1 ,500 to $2,000; for you’re seeing cars advertised at those prices

every day that don’t come near the R-C-H standard.


Naturally you’ll wonder how we can make such a car at such a

price. And here’s the reason in a nutshell. There has been a big


advance in automobile construction within the last year or so. Newly-


invented machinery has made it possible to manufacture at much

less cost. And no matter how big a plant may be, if it is running

with old machinery it cannOt compete in production cost with a

newer plant.


The R—(l—H plant is new from start to ﬁnish. Much of the

machinery in it was specially devised. All waste has been eliminated.

The result is that by making thousands of cars ‘each year we can

build them at much less cost than, has ever been possible before.


And you get the beneﬁt.


Simply send us your name and address and we will send you. without obligation on your part. a descriptive

folder of the R-C-H. together with the name of the nearest dealer.


You owe it to yourself to investigate this wonderful automobile before buying a car.


Standard Models. These are fully equipped with t0p, Windshield, lamps, horn, tools and kit. They have not the

self-starter or other special equipment of the SS models mentioned above. They are priced as follows: Touring Car, $850;


Touring Roadster, $800; Roadster, 315700.


F


GENERAL R-C-H SPECIFICATIONS—Motor—4 cylinders, cast en bloc, 31,4 inch bore. 0 inch stroke, two—bearing crank shaft.


Timing gears and valves enclosed. Three-point suspension.


Drive—Left side. Irreversible worm gear. 16 inch Wheel,


Control—Center lever operated through H plate, integral with universal joint housing just below. Springs—From, semi—

elliptiC' rear, full elliptic and mounted on swivel seats. Frame—Pressed steel channel. Axles—Front, I-beam, drop-forged;

rear, semi-ﬂoating type. Body—English type, extra wide front seats. Wheelbase 110 inches. Full equipment quoted above.


R=C=H CorporatiOn, ”33:12?“ Detroit, Michigan.


Atlanta, 548 Peachtree St.

Boston, 563 Boylston St.


Chicago, 2021 Michigan Ave.

Cleveland, 2122 Euclid Ave.


Buffalo, 1225 Main St. Denver, 1520 Broadway.


B R A N C H E 8

Detroit, Woodward and Warren Aves. MlnneapOIIS. 1206 Hennepin Ave.

Kansas City, 3501 Main St. _

Los Angeles, 1242 So. Flower St.


New York, 1989 Broadway.

Philadelphia, 330 No. Broad St.