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VOL. CXXXVIII. No. l8. ‘

Whole Number 3598.





THE CULTURE OF CORN lN MICHI-

‘ GAN.



Corn is king, and ranks first among the

many profitable crops that the land pro-

duces for the benefit of mankind, and

any farmer is lucky that resides in 3. lat-





itude in which it can be successfully

grown. The writer has had 25 successful

years in its production, some seasons





raising as high as 90 acres, and will give

a. few ideas regarding the production of

same. As the demand is increasing in

foreign countries and at home each year,

it is gradually becoming a very valuable

crop and requires our earnest attention.

I haVe sold thousands of bushels for the

low price of 20c. per. bushel and have

known of its being sold at 15 cents. But

those times have passed and the corn belt

farmer seldom has to take less than 40

cents as soon as it is harvested in the

fall, and at present can get around 70

cents per bushel. I have sold corn here

in Michigan as I husked it from the field

for 35 cents per basket, which is equiva-

lent to 70 cents per bushel and this corn

more than paid the price which I gave

for the land it grew on, yielding over 100

baskets per acre.



My idea in producing good corn in

Michigan is to have clover sod ground or

land well fertilized with barnyard ma—

nure. I have produced six consecutive

crops of good corn here in one field by

giving the same a light coat of manure

every spring. I do not believe in deep

plowing, especially on sandy loam or

gravel soil. What is the use of plowing

down manure eight to ten inches deep?

It would be much better if left on top

entirely, but if only plowed doWn four to

five inches it will grow the corn all right.

One of the most successful farmers in

Illinois made a thorough test of plowing

for corn. He plowed a few.acres each,

from four to 10 inches deep in the same

field, and he had much the better corn on

the four-inch deep plowing and that was

much the same kind of soil as our best

farms here. It is not only harder on your

teams, but useless to plow over fiVe to

six inches for corn on ordinary sandy

loam soil." After the ground is plowed it

should be thoroughly harrowed and work-

ed down so that the corn will have a

solid place to take root.



I used to be an advocate of early plant-

ing, but I believe that this is all wrong.

Unless the season is unusually early, the

20th to the 25th of May is early enough

to start planting. When the ground is

warm it comes up immediately and will

grow as much in a day as in a week when

cold.



Good seed corn is one of the most

important factors in producing a good

yield. It should be gathered early in the

fall and placed to dry in a well ventilated

room. The very best way is to string it

up with a portion of the husks or tie to-

gether with twine and hang over a wire,

where the mice cannot get at it. I havn

25 bushels saved last fall which I spread

thinly on an upper floor in} the tenement

house, which is keeping fine by raising

the windows and giving plenty of venti-

Iation. I plant with a check—row planter

and drop only three kernels. Would rath-

er have two than four, but three is all

right. If the corn is graded my machine

will drop three every time. ‘



Just before the corn comes up it should

be harrowed so as to loosen up the soil

and kill all the small weeds. It will do

no harm to barrow after it is up nicely,

so you can see the rows both ways. This

will save extra cultivating and you will

not have to start the cultivator until the

corn is several inches high, and can do

much better work than when it is too

small. The first and second time through

should be very carefully and well done.

Do not be afraid to get very close to the





DETROIT. MICH.. SATURDAY. MAY 4. 1912.





corn and see that the dirt rolls around

every hill. Do not let the shovels scrape

along on top, but let them in quite deep.

After the corn reaches a heighth of a

foot or over, the fiber roots start and you

should get farther away from the hills

then so as to not injure them. There is

a great difference in opinion as to how

many times corn should be cultivated.

But from my experience here in Michigan

four times is all that is necessary. In





and the fourth time widen out your sections

on the cultivator nearly as wide: as you

can, so as to not harm the fiber roots

which reach well toward the center of

the row. Do not be afraid to let the





shovels well in the ground at all times;

this keeps the: soil lossened up nicely.

One great difficulty in doing justice to

our corn here in Michigan is that when it

requires cultivating very badly the wheat

harvest comes on and requires our time





 





 





 





 





A Poor Start for a Corn Crop—Drilling





Illinois the weeds are 50 per cent worse

than they are here and they sometimes

have to cultivate'morc to subdue them.

As a rule they cultivate them from three

to five times, but never after the corn

reaches a hight of over three feet. An

Illinois farmer once came to Michigan in

the fallto look for land and happened to

see some farmers cultivating corn with

one horse after the ears had set. On his





the Seed in on Poorly Prepared Ground.





when we ought to be in the corn. Last

season I had to leaVo my corn after the

third time through and the dry weather

shortened up the yield one—fourth. It is

almost impossible for me to get any extra

help at this time of year, and I believe

I will cut out a part of my acreage of

wheat as I think there is more profit in

the corn.



Of course.





you cannot produce good





 





 





A GOOd Start for a Corn Crop—Planting Good Seed in a Well Prepared Seed Bed.





inquiry they told him that this was nec-

essary here in Michigan to hold the moist-

ure. He returned home, saying he would

not moire to a country where they cul-

tivated their corn the whole year around.

But this is unnecessary in Michigan as I

have produced good yields of corn here

and only cultivated three times. Four

times is better but you should do it thor—

oughly, get close to the bills the first and

second time, the third time farther away





yields of corn on wornout land, no matter

how Well you tend it. But I am really

surprised how this land will grow corn

when it is kept up. When I go back to

Illinois they always ask me how much

buckwheat or beans I raised, as they

don’t think Michigan cuts any figure in

acreage or yield of corn. but during my

nine years of farming here I have pro-

duced good yields of corn, yes, fully as

much as the average yield on the good





 





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farms there. This farm has produced

hundreds of acres that have yielded 50 to

70 bushels of shelled corn per acre. Tali.

ing into» account the difference in price

per acre of the land here and in Illinois,

there is much more money made here in

the production of corn than there, not-

withstanding the fact that Illinois is fa-

mous as a great corn state.



\Vashtenaw Co. B. F. WASHBURNE.

THE PRINCIPLES OF CORN CULTIVA-

TION.



Some one. has said that weeds are a

blessing in disguise. As it is, we have

stirred the soil to eradicate the pests

centuries before the world ever heard of

the principles of moisture conservation.

Cultivation serves a. double purpose. it

kills the weeds, and what is more im-



portant, conserves soil moisture.



In the seven great corn producing

states, the yield of this cereal has hecn

found to closely follow the curve of the

rainfall in the month of July. If the rain—

fall for that month is only a fraction of

an inch less than normal, the corn yield

is decreased several million bushels. Three

hundred pounds of water are used by the

corn plant in the production of a. single

pound of corn. Thus. the very intimate

connection between the supply of moisture

and the yield can be plainly seen and the

necessity of making every drop of water

that falls during June, July or August

serve the purpose of the growing crop

can be thoroughly appreciated.



Damp, moist soil beneath a log, a pile

of straw or a manure heap, even in dry

weather, has been noticed by everyone.

in such cases the log has served as a

mulch. In the lower layers of the soil

and subsoil is a great reservoir of moist—

ure. This water is brought to the sur-

face by capillary action. Every tiny par-

tlcle of soil is cove-red with an extremely

thin film of moisture. These films get

into connection with one another and the

whole system serves as a pump that

brings this underground moisture to the

dry upper surface. Constant evaporation

carries away hundreds of gallons of wat-

er which is immediately replenished from

beneath. Any mulch scrves to stop this

upward current of water and prevents

evaporation to a large extent.



A thin layer of dust serves as a mulch

as does the straw. Stirring the soil to

the depth of but a few inches will create

such a mulch and will help to conserve

the rainfall. But care must he takt-n not

to till the soil when it is yet too damp, for

in such cases the particles puddle togeth-

('1' and the value of the mulch is entirely

lost. The most effective time to cultivate

is as soon after a rain as possible with—

out danger of this running together of soil

particles. Fxperiments ShUVV that a three-

inch dust mulch is as effcctive as a deep-

Or one and more valuable than the more

shallow sort. Thus, cultivation to that

depth is usually thoroughly effective.



The easiest time to kill a weed is Wiltll

it is small. Hundreds of farmers advo-

cate the harrowing of corn with an ordi—

nary spike-tooth harrow before it comes

up and when it is still coming through

the ground. The treatment is thoroughly

effective in killing the small weeds be—

tween the hills as well as those between

the rows. It also serves to maintain a

mulch at a time when it is badly needed.

Harrowing, however, is often practiced

too long a time for the teeth soon begin

to take the small plants out of the

ground



Many advocate the use of the weeder

until the plants are a few inches high.

The weeder is a most effective tool in

that it takes every small weed in its path

as well as to pulverize many small clods.

There is some objection to this too] on

the score that it necessitates a going over

of the field to uncover many young
522 m





plants. If the corn does not come up

evenly, it has a tendency to tear up the

later plants together with the weeds.

‘As soon as the corn is up, it is time to

begin with the sulky cultivator. There

are many arguments as to just the right

type of shovel to use and here again

much depends upon local conditions, but

in all localities, the use of long narrow

shovels‘ commonly known as “bull—tongs,"

is advisable. These stir the soil to some

depth and do not throw dirt on the corn.

With them you are able to get much

nearer the corn than otherwise. Guards

are a very necessary adjunct during the

first two cultivations.



in the first few times through the field,

the quality of the work done counts for

far more than the number of acres cov—

eted per day. One should aim to get as

near the hills as possible and this means

the covering up of many hills and the

consequent stopping to uncover them. One

needs a slow, steady team. and, if really

done right four acres a day is about all

that one can do well with a single—row

sulky. It is too often that we see men

running through eight and ten acres a.

day and leaving a strip eight or ten inches

wide of untouched soil on either side of

the row. Such practices help to make

our corn yield pctr acre as low as it is.

llecessive ridging should be guarded

against. for such makes for undue evap-,

oration although at the same time some

ridging, in order to cover small weeds.

sates a great deal of hand labor at hoc—

ing time.



Weeds sap the moisture supply and so

a crop of weeds is a sure sign of need of

cultivation; yet it often happens that a

field may be entirely clear of weeds and

at the same time nccd stirring in the

worst sort of a way. Often in clay soils,

the moisture in the atmosphere will de-

stroy the effectiveness of a mulch. On

any soil, a rain, no matter how light, a

slight crust will form. The right sort of

corn cultivation means not only the tn=tk~

ing of a dust mulch but the maintenance

of tlllt".



Ohio. CLYDE A. WAUGH.





FARM NOTES.





 





Eradicating Weevil.



“1* are bothered with bttgs in Canada

peas aftt-r they are ripe. Please. prescribe

a remedy and oblige.



Ottawa Co.



"he damage to the

weevil.

pods.





StrnscnIBER.

peas is done by



This insect lays its eggs on the

directly over each pea, and after

lilc egg has hatched, the larva eats its





way through the pod and into the pea

where it passes the winter and emerges

again about planting time, by which





means the species is perpetuated. Of

course. the infested peas are ruined for

seed purposes. “'here the damaged peas

are very numerous they can be, separated

from the seed peas by putting them into

water when those which are, infested will

tloat upon the surface and may be e'silv

removed. There are. a number of ways

of dcstroying the larvae in the peas, one

of the best of which is to subject them

to the ftuncs of carbon-bisulphide, plac-

ing the peas in a tight box and using the

liquid at the rate of one to two ounces

to each 100 lbs. of seed. This will dcstroy

the iarvae but will not injure the germi-

nating 1n:\\'cl' of the. seed. \Vhetn so

treated. care should be taken to keep

the box away from all light or fire as the

liquid is very volatile. The weevil may

also be destroyed by subjecting seed peas

to a temperature of 1‘15 degrees F. or by

soaking the seed in boiling water for one

minute, the germinating power of the

peas not being destroyed by either treat-

ment if the it‘lllDC‘l‘aitlI‘CS mentioned are

not exceeded.

Cress Pollenlzation of Corn.



Please. explain how to crt’iss-pollenize

seed corn in next issue of your valuable

paper.



()gctmaw Co. SUBSCRIBE-n,



Where it is desired to improve corn by

cross pollcuizing a site should be selected

for the work which is a considerable dis-

tance from other growing corn to avoid

mixing. Then seed from a separate ear

should be used in planting each row, and

the stalks of alternate rows should be de-

tasseled before the pollen is shed. This

will insure that the ears on the detas-

sc-led stalks will be fertilized by the pol-

len from stalks produced from seed from

other ears.



Applying Lime on Potato Ground.



I have a small piece of ground that I

am fitting for potatoes, which I plan to

seed to alfalfa next spring. I would like

to apply a little lime. How and when

ought it to be applied? -



Ottawa Co. E. C. S.



So far as the alfalfa is concerned, lim-

ing the soil when fitting for potatoes this

spring would gIVe best results. The beneo





THE MICHIGAN '_ FARMER.





ficial effects of lime, so far. as the alfalfa





crop is concerned, are thought to be

principally in placing the soil in a better

condition for the development of benefi-

cial soil bacteria, although the alfalfa

plant uses a relatively large amount of

lime as an actual plant food as compared

with most other plants. But in applying

the lime before the potatoes are planted

this spring, conditions will aim be made

more favorable for the growth and de-

velopment of other bacteria, including the

fungous diseases of the potato, such as

scab. If the land has not been planted

to potatoes recently and if the seed is

treated with formaldehyde to kill the

scab spores, however, this tendency‘ will

be reduced to the minimum, and it is

probable that the yield of tubers may be

somewhat increased by the application of

lime. At least it seems to be the con-

clusion of some Michigan potato growers

who have experimented with liming the

soil‘for the crop during the past two

years that where commercial fertilizers

are used liberally on the crop, better re-

sults are secured where lime is also ap-

plied. However, it must be remembered

that there is little accurate experimental

data on this subject, helnce one must be

guided by his best judgment and it is a

good plan to experiment a little at the

same time to find out the truth of the

matter so far as possible under the local

conditions with which we have to do. It

would thus be a good plan to lime part of

this land before the potatoes are planted

and the balance next year before the al-

falfa is sown, leaving a strip without lim-

ing at all as a check on the other portions

of the field. The best way to apply the

limo on a large scale is with a distributor

adapted to the purpose, but for a small

area it can be sown with a fertilizer drill

or even by hand. The main thing is to

get it evenly distributed and well mixed

with the soil.





THE SPRING PLOWING.





 





The right time to plow for spring crops

is as soon after the first frost is out of

the ground. and it is dry enough to turn

up, and roll over fine and mellow. It is

safer to plow sod ground when. too wet,

than to plow stubble, and of course sandy.

and gravelly soils can be plowed sooner

than clay.



Land will usually produce better crops

if it can be plowed and lie. a short time

before it is seeded, or planted, in order

that it may have- the benefit of the air,

and the sun, which in the opinion of many

excellent farmers seem to enliven it, or

make the latent fertility more active, and





available. In farmer‘s language, land

ought to be plowed long enough before





seeding “to get warm.”



“l‘low deep. while sluggards sleep, and

have some grain to sell or keep," was

first printed in "Poor Richard’s Almanac,”

but whether it originated with Dr. Frank—

lin, or was an old saying that had been

in existence long before his time, is not

known: but whether he himself was the

author, or merely repeated and sanctioned.

an old adage. is not material. It shOWs

he was a believer in deep plowing with-

out any qualifications; but Dr, Franklin

was a printer, a statesman, and philoso-

pher but never a farmer, nor a farmer's

son. \‘t'hat knowledge of farming he had

must have been obtained from books.



The prevailing opinion among farmers

at the present day seems to be, and is

also that of the writer, that land should

be plowed deep. or shallow, according to

the depth, and nature of the soil. A deep,

rich soil will be likely to raise a better

crop by plowing deep, thereby enabling

it to absorb, and return, more water for

the benefit of the crop in dry weather,

also to give the roots of plants a chance

to push down deeper to obtain moisture

from the subsoil. Another thing, it prob-

ably facilitates the rise of the ground

water by capillary action. Nothing has

been more clearly established by expert»

once than the impropriety of turning the

thin top soil to the bottom of a deep

furrow, and unless there is given at the

same time it is done, a good dressing of

manure, there will be a positive damage

to the land for several succeeding crops.



Some years ago, the writer tried the

experiment of deep and shallow plowing

en the river flats, or alluvial lands, along

the Susquehanna river. Part of a field

of sod ground was plowed only about five

inches deep and the remainder as deeply

as two teams could draw the plow—~or

eight or nine inches deep. It was plant-

ed with corn and the whole field produced

a good average crop, and no appreciable

difference could be discovered between

the part plowed shallow and the part

plowed deep.



Afterwards I tried the same experiment





on the flats, this time instead of sod,

stubble ground was plowed and the result

was the same. Both the deep and shal-

low plowing gave a yield equally good. It

was noticeable, however, that the deep

plowing buried the weed seed so deeply

that the weeds did not get up on that

part like they did on the other.



Our upland, composed of. clay loam,

will. not bear deep plowing unless ma-

nured at the same time. To deepen a thin

soil requires several years, and can be

done by setting the plow to run a little

deeper each year, bringing up only about

an inch of the subsoil each time.



Pennsylvania. J. W. INGHAM.



DEEP OR SHALLOW PLOWING—

WHICH?





 





In regard to this question it. is essential

to discriminate clearly between deep

plowing and deep stirring. There is a.

vital difference between the two; so much

so that, whereas, perhaps not one farmer

in a hundred could, from his practical

experience, urge the adoption of the

former, there must be very few who could

not conscientiously speak favorably of the

beneficial influence of the latter.



Much, of course, depends upon the

nature of the land, and particularly of the

subsoil, but the stirring of the latter to

a depth of even two inches 01‘ three inches

below the ordinary furrow can scarcely

fail to have a useful effect in promiting

the prosperity of the succeeding crops,

for the reason that allowing the plant

roots to extend over a large area requires

less exertion in search of nutriment and

moisture.



Obviously it must be a very friable

subsoil that would not derive benefit from

deep stirring at occasional intervals. The

objection to deep plowing, on the other

tand. is that instead of loosening the

subsoil and leaving it where it was. it

brings it to the surface and involves the

burying of the more fertile top soil to a

depth at which the nutriment that it

contains is available to the plants only

after they may be said to have emerged

from the delicate and precarious stages

of development.



The new soil that is brought to the top

would, in the course of time, no doubt,

become as mellow in texture and as rich

in elements of plant food as that which

it has displaced, but a certain period must

elapse before this can be accomplished.

In the meantime the farmer brings this

hungry soil to the surface and incurs the

risk of reaping inferior crops, until by

heavy expenditure in tillage and liberal

manuring he has enriched and refined

the new surface soil. Deep plowing.

therefore, is in average cases to be avoid—

ed for the twofold reason that it in-

volves diminished yields and increased ex-

penditure to the farmer for at least one

rotation.



Scientifically, as well as practically, the

bringing up of the subsoil to the surface

is disadvantageous. As is now generally

known, the fertility and yielding DI‘OI)t-l‘-

ties of all soil are largely regulated by

the action of useful bacteria therein. But

for the presence and activity of the var—

ious nticro—organisms in the land, crop

production would bet unprofitable, if 'not

in‘ipossible, and consequently bacterial life

may be said to constitute the very es-

sence of fertility. Having regard to this

fact, it is necessary to consider the con-

ditions that are most conducive to bac—

terial activity.



Numerous searching investigations have

shown that the fertilizing bacteria are

much more plentiful in the surface of the

regularly cultivated soil than in the lower

strata. Therefore. the importance of re—

taining the soil that teems with bacterial

life On the surface is evident and indis-

putable. If this soil. in which the bene—

ficial micro-organisms are constantly ful-

filling their indispensable functions. is

buried below soil in which bacteria





are comparatively scarce, it is clear

that unfortunate consequences must

result. On the whole, deep plowing is





unprofitable and highly inadvisable on or—

dinary soils, but, On the other hand, sub-

soil stirring may be of great benefit under

normal conditions.





Illinois, W. H. TJNDERWOOD.





 





 





PURE CULTURES A SUCCESS FOR

INOCULATION.





 





I am mailing you under separate cover

an alfalfa root pulled out of a field sown

last May, sowed with barley one bushel

to the acre, which was allowed to get

ripe and was threshed and yielded 20

bushels per acre. The seed was inocu-

lated with pure culture from M. A. C.

This field never had alfalfa on it before

nor neither did the farm', with the excep-





’ MAY“ 4, 1912'. f-





tion of one and one-half acres on a dis-

tant part offarm sowed in 1910. This

field was sowed to rape, pastured by hogs

next year, sowed to oats and fall plowed

and seeded to alfalfa with barley'last

year, wifh two tons of limestone screen-

lugs to the acre applied early in the

spring. I send you this to show how easy

it is to get inoculation with the pure cul-

ture, which is so much cheaper than ap—

plying four or five hundred pounds of soil

from an old field. I have used the puie

culture a number of times, both in An-

trim county and here, with uniform suc-

cess. The acre and a half sowed in the

spring of 1910 yielded last season five

large loads. or five tons, at three cutting;

in spite of the extremely dry weather.



Allegan Co. W. W. Busntcx.



This alfalfa root showed a fine develop-

ment of nodules, but they were so dry

as to make illustration impracticable.—

Eds.





How TO ABBEY FERTILIZER TO THE

CORN caop. .





How shall I apply commercial fertilizers

to my corn for best results? Will use 200

lbs. per acre. Shall I put it all on with

grain drill a week or so before planting,

or would it be better to put 150 lbs. with

drill, and balance with a hand planter in

the hill with the corn? -



Meeosta Co. C. V. B.





I think about 100 lbs. of fertilizer to the

acre is sufiieient to put in a hill. \Ve-

do not want heavy applications where

the fertlizer is left in handfuls in a place.

A teaspoonful to a hill is just as good as

more. It is all the plant will use them,

and I should prefer to put the balance of

the fertilizer broadcast and work it into

the soil before the corn is planted.



However, I am of’ the opinion that C. V.

B. will find it profitable to use more than

200 lbs. of fertilizer t0 the acre on corn.

This will help the corn but the corn plant

is a wonderful feeder. It requires a vast

amount of food if you want to get a big

crop, and the possibilities of a corn crop

are wonderful. The average farmer only

raises about 30 bushels of corn to the

acre, and yet some people raise 100 bush—

els of shelled corn to the acre. The prin-

ciple difference is because one man’s field

is a great deal richer titan the other. Of

course, there is probably some difference

in filling and a little dfference in seed,

but the great limiting factor is plant food.

You can’t grow a big crop of corn unless

you have plenty of plant food. Food

must be supplied in some way or other

if the: ground is not new land and natur-

ally rich.



Of course, a clover sod turned down

makes an excellent foundation for a corn

crop. If this crop has been manured with

stable manure all the better. linder such

circumstances an application of 200 lbs.

of fertilizer to the acre probably would

give excellent. results. But, on the other

hand, if you did not have a clover sod or

did not have the stable manure for the

corn crop then there ought to be 400 or

500 lbs. of good fertilizer used per acre.

In this case I would broadcast 450 lbs. or

400 lbs. at least, and then use 50 to 100

lbs. with a hand planter in the hill. This

will give the plant a; nice start. and just

as soon as its root system is developed

it will reach out and feed upon the fer—

tilizer which has been distributed broad-

cast. COLON C. LILLIE.





 





The usual monthly bulletin of the De-

partment of Commerce and Labor brings

out the fact that in March of this year

we exported 5.192.121 bushels of corn,

against 9,773,149 in March, 1911. The

value of our corn exports this year m

March was $3.765,666 against 255.121.4231 in

March of last year. Our wheat exported

last month, amounting to 1,144.033 bush-

els, was valued at $1,105,929 against 1,—

854.363 bushels, valued at $1,663,696, sent

abroad in March, 1911. Only 5.354 head

of cattle, valued at $509,175 were- exported

last month, against 10,502 in March, 1911,

valued at $979,893.





In 1899 151.321.000 acres of land were

used for the production of our five lead-

ing crops——corn, wheat, potatoes, swee'.

potatoes, and rice. against 147,555,000

acres 'in 1909, a decrease of 2.5 per cent

whereas the population of the country

during the same period increased 21 per

cent. This decrease in acreage was 811‘

tirely in wheat, for which the area fell off

15.8 per cent while the yield increased 3.8

per cent. ‘

Sold His Bulls.





Fred J. Wilber, who had a small ad. in

a late issue of the Michigan Farmer,

“Bulls For Sale,” reports that the adver-,

tisement sold his bulls. If there are any

others of our readers who have a surplus

of bulls they‘can dispose of them at fair

prices through an advertisement in the

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THE CANADA THISTLE PROBLEM.





 





Being a. constant reader of the Mich-

igan Farmer, and noticing so much com-

ment on the Canada thistle problem, I

desire to giVe my experience in this con-

nection, as I have cleared two farms of

Canada thistles. -



When you hear a. man say that Canada

thistles cannot be killed, just go back on

his farm and see how he cuts them. Gen-

erally you will find two thistles cut and

three standing. He will wait until they

commence to bloom before he looks after

them at all, then if you happen to hear

him talk in some gathering of farmers

you will'hear how he has cut his thistles.

Then when threshing time comes he takes

the threshing machine back in the field

and threshes out a little stack of 20 or 30

bushels in order to take the curse off. I

know of one man who had an infested

stack threshed in the field, getting 11

bushels of oats, and then was angry be-

cause the thresher charged him for a

“set job.”



A well-to-do man said to me the other

day, “I wish I had the ‘gall‘ you have. I

would make the men in my neighborhood

cut their thistles when they should be

cut.” 1 haVe had men arrested because

they did not cut their thistles, but it is

the same old thing the next year. If you

tell one of these men that he is not. a law

abiding citizen, he is mad right away, but

nevertheleSS he is not, and should be

compelled to abide by the law.



I note in a recent issue of The Farmer

that one “Subscriber” said, “There ought

to be a way to prop these weak-knecd

officials up toa point where they would do

their duty.” The law imposes on you

just the same duty as it does on the offi-

cials, Mr. Subscriber. Why don’t you get

to work? I commenced on the “rich”

men in my community and made them

comply with the law first, and they are

just the men to commenbe on. It is just

the same in the school. Make the big

boy and the big girl mind and the little

ones will follow suit.



I own a farm of 120 acres, which I

bought nine years ago, when about 20

acres of it was covered with thistles. Now

I can take my hoe and cut every thistle

that would go to seed in one day. Nine

acres was a. solid thistle patch. After

two years in corn I don’t believe you

(ould find fiVe stalks inside the plowed

area.



I believe that it would be a good plan

to have a law providing for the appoint-

ment of a. special officer by the governor

to look after this thistle and brush deal.

As for the township officials, there are

too many men looking after a political

job who thnk it would cost them a few

votes to enforce this law. Every other

interest seems to be looked after by the

state. \Vc have gamc wardens, men ap-

pointed to protect the timber land for the

rich, as well as on the state land, etc.

But if there isn’t anything done to rem-

edy the thistle and milk weed situation,

and it goes for the next 20 years as it

has fer the last 20, there will be plenty of

farms that will be so unproductive that

no crop can be growu at a profit. I would

rather have the “thistle men” curse me

while l live than my kin when I am gone,

for leaving them a Canada thistle patch

as an inheritance.





Barry Co. E. F. CHARTTEN.





 





 





THE WOODLOT—ANOTHER VIEW

OF IT.



I was quite interested in the article in

your issue of January 27, by Edward

Hutchins, on the “Woodlot,” and later

the article on the same topic by Mr. Wal-

bridge, of Branch county. Mr. Hutchins

discusses the matter from a financial

standpoint and, I think, said that “laying

aside any sentiment” of forestry that he

had about decided that the land was

worth more for cultivation than for a

woodlot, making some estimate of the

amount of wood, price, etc. As I finished

the article I fell in this train of thought,

Suppose that we should all come to the

same conclusion as Mr. Hutchins indi-

cates (as many have in our own coun-

try), what a desolate, forest devastated

country we would have, and as I have

seen our west half of the country when

it was almost an “unbroken wildernessfl

every 01d “primitive forest" or a small

piece of one is quite dear to me.



Now, I have nine acres of timber, much

of it what is now commonly termed sec-

ond growth. I bought. this woodlot of 40

acres in 1863 and went away soon after

to the army, returning in 1866. I re~





served one tree of “whitewood,” about





three feet in diameter-on the stump, and

a, few years ago cut it to be sawed for

my own use, and we had it skidded near





 





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the highway and an agent of a basket

factory caught sight of it and very read-

ily offered me such a price for it delivered

at the factory that I could not think of

keeping it for my own use. I think the

timber was used for berry boxes. In the

last 12 years ye have cut hemlock logs

enough from the nine-acre lot to make

$80 worth of lumber at present prices,

and this winter I have taken out a 40-

foot poplar hewing stick that I do no}:

think that I could have bought anywhere

in the country and the plank to have made

a sill of like it would have cost me per-

haps nearly $10, and besides this we prob-

ably have cut in the last 15 years 80

cords of stove wood from this lot. Have

just cut 20 cords this winter and probably

50 cords more could be cut from good—

sized timber to be thinned out in time,

and let the other smaller timber grow;

and besides this there are probably 30 or

40 trees of hemlock growing, nearly large-

enough for sawing timber, having cut out

several trees for timber this winter.



So I think the “timber lot” is a good

money investment as the stove wood is

worth $2 per cord above the cost of cut-

ting. I have no stock running in this

woodlot so that everything is left to grow.

with many small sugar maples that I

give away, a liberal number every year

to those who care to plant them.



Allegan Co. PIONEER.





LARGE OR SMALL DISKS.





Would like to know through your pa-

per, which disk would run the easiest,

a 16-inch or a 20-inch? My land is clay





loam.



Ottawa Co. J. J. H.



If the 16-inch disk and the 20-inch disk

both turn the soil the same depth I think

there would be practically no difference

in the pulling power necessary to move

them, but I believe almost invariably that

the small disk will pull the heaviest be—

cause I am quite positive that it will go

in deeper on an average, than the larger

disk. My experience is that with 20—inch

disk you have got to load it pretty well

if it goes in anywhere near as well as

a 16-inch disk, but if they both go in to

the same depth I don’t believe there

would be any difference in the amount of

power it took to pull them through the

ground. COLON C. LILLIE.



BUY YOUR MOTOR.OIL BY THE

BARREL.

l



The large increase in the use of auto-

mobiles by furmcrs makes this question

one of increasing importance to a con-

siderable number of Michigan Farmer

readers. There is no one factor in the

handling or care of any kind of machinery

which adds more to its life than the prop—

cr use of a good grade of lubricating oil.

The great majority of farmers are in the

habit of buying their lubricating oil in

small quantities, generally not more than

a gallon at a time, and paying a retail

price for same. ‘



This is not good economy even in the

purchase of lubricating oil for ordinary

farm purposes, since lubricating oil does

not deteriorate and the last gallon in a

barrel of lubricating oil is as good as the

first gallon taken from it. While it is

good economy to use first-class lubricat-

ing oil upon all farm machinery, it is es-

pecially important that a first-class grade

of motor oil be used on automobiles, and

in fact all gasoline engines and this oil

will also be better for other machinery.

It is certainly good economy to buy this

by the, barrel, and the best grade of

lubricating oil which is well adapted to

use on gasoline motors—an excellent and

Well known brand of which is advertised

in these columnsvcan be now purchased

in barrels or half-barrels anywhere.



For the automobile owner, particularly,

it is good economy to buy oil in this way,

as it insures a uniformity and grade of

oil which will add much to the durability

of the automobile and its satisfaction in

service, and good oil purchased in this

manner will not cost more than poorer oil

purchased in smaller quantities.





 





SEED CORN.



Farmers should test any corn they may

have selected for their owu planting, test

it now, don’t wait till planting time. If

it does not show a satisfactory test, don’t

plant it, but get your seed before it is too

late. Good northern grown seed corn

suitable to Michigan is scarce, secure

your seed while you have a chance to

get it. We have it now, but later we may

not have it. If your local dealer cannot

supply you with our seed corn, write us

at once for prices and samples. Alfred

J. Brown Seed 00., Grand Rapids, Mich.





 





 





 

   

 

   





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the tank is full and

starts when the

water is lowered 4

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once a week.

gasoline engine has to be

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and you have large expense for

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— ree.



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gasoline engine. will buy an 8-foot Aermotor

every year. and you are still to the bad the

amount of time you spend over the gasoline

engine.



But the gasoline engine has its place on the

farm notwithstanding the fact that 100 people

are maimed or killed with gasoline where one

is injured by a windmill. and that 100 farm

buildings are burned with gasoline where none

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it being the first Aermotor

put up in Medina County—

and is used to furnish water

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tle. ltwaspntupintheyear

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Murdo Monroe. The only

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and a rOcker arm, the total

cost of which was 02.50. This

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doing good service. furnish-

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faml .



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Getting the Stock on Grass.



The average farmer is always in some-

thing of a hurry to get the stock out on

grass in the spring as a means of saving

feed. This will be universally the case

this year in view of the general shortage

of both hay and grain, hence a. word of

caution will be most timely.



Violent changes in feed should always

be avoided in the care of live stock.

Changes should be made gradually, par-

ticularly such a radical change as that

from all dry feed to grass. If the live

stock is turned to pasture as soon as the

first bite of grass is available and all

other feed is discontinued at once, the

digestive function is sure to be disar-

ranged. “hen the grass first starts it is

very succulent, and does not contain as

much nutriment as will be the case when

it gets a little more growth. Such a vio-

lent change will tend to physic the ani-

mals too severely, and there will be a.

consequent shrinkage in weight which it

will require time to overcome. It is much

better practice to make this change grad—

ually, continuing the grain ration for a

lime and giving a feed of good hay each

morning before turning the stock to pas-

ture. The extra cost and trouble, will be

more than repaid in the gain in condition

which will result.



Pasture Crops for the Hogs.



Too much cannot be said regarding the

advantage of sowing pasture crops for the

hogs, where clover or alfalfa pastures are

not available. One of the very best pas-

ture crops for hogs is Dwarf Essex rape,

sown broadcast at the rate of four or five

pounds per acre or in drills to be Culli-





vatcd. using about tWo pounds of seed

per acre. \thrc sown broadcast Clover





can bc successfully seeded with the rape.

thus insuring a good hog pasture IlCXL

year. The value of rape as a hog pus—

ture is fully attested by many authentic

experiments to which reference has re-

cently been made in these columns. An—

other experiment of a- simllar nature re—

cently made at the Ohio station affords

equally interesting evidence of the valuc

of rape as a hog pasture. Six pigs, weigh-

ing about 45 pounds each at the begin-

ning of the test, were kept on slightly

less than one-quartcr of an acre of rope

for 11 weeks. During this time the pigs

reccived 825 pounds of a. mixture of nine

parts, by weight. of ground corn to one

purl lankage, and gnincd 369 pounds in

weight. Another plot, more fertile than

this one, yielded an evcn more luxuriant

growth, of rape, and showed a. larger car—

rying capacity.



It will be especially profitable to pro-

vide succulent and productive pasture. in

the hog lot in a season like the present

when grain is scarce and high in price,

and lhcre is probably no better plant for

this purpose than rape. which has the

advantages of being cheap to seed and

a vigorous grower which will afford Das-

lure a few weeks after sowing and has a

long season of productive growth,



Rid the Live Stock of Parasites.



“'ith the coming of spring, it will prove

profitable to take steps to rid the live

stock of the external parasites which are

all too apt to infest them in winter quor-

tcrs. This is particularly true of the

sheep. especially the .coarse and middle

wool breeds, which are very generally in—

fested with ticks. \thre early lambs are

raised, as is the gcncral practice in Mich--

igun, the ticks will mostly desert the

older shccp for the lambs after the sheep

are shorn and greatly retard their growth

It is the wisest kind of economy to dip

the lambs soon after the sheep are shorn,

and if the entire flock is dipped twice

after shcaring, allowing an interval of

about ten days between dippings, these





‘ pests can be so far eradicated as to elim-





inate this handicap to success with the

flock. This will add not a little to the

thrift of the lambs and the less healthy

members of the older flock, and will add

to the- profit derived from this department

of farm production. It will also prove a

great saving in feed required toekeep the

flock in good conditiOn next winter, when

feed is likely to again be at a premium

on most farms.



What is true of the sheep is true to only

a slightly lesser degree of the other stock.

The cattle and even the hogs are also

likely to be infested with external para-

sites at this season of the year, and it

will pay to eradicate them, both from the

standpoint of economy in production and

the comfort of the animals. The poultry,





 





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PARMER‘.

too, need attention of the same kind, and

it will be wise economy on thepart of

every farmer to attend to the eradication

of these parasites at once. There are

various preparations which can be used

for this purpose, but perhaps none as

convenient to use or more effectch or

economical than the standard dips adver-

tised in the columns of the Michigan

Farmer, the profit in using which will be

attested by hundreds of progressive stock-

men throughout the state. This is really

a factor in the economical feeding of live

stock which should not be neglected by

any farmer, even where live stock pro-

duction is only a side issue in the general

scheme of farming followed.

Buckwheat Straw for Bedding.



I am sowing a. large acreage of buck-

wheat this year and wish to inquire if

the straw is good for bedding. I have

been told it is not, especially for hogs.

What can you tell me about it? I need

the straw, but if it is unsuitable to use

would stuck it outdoors instead of putting

in the burn as I intend. Would be very

much pleased to receive reply through the

Michigan Farmer, out of which I get

plenty of valuable information every week.



Hillsdale Co. E. ill. L.



Buckwheat straw is'not a suitable bed-

ding material for pgs. It is il'rtating to

them, and the writer knows of at least

one. instance in which two or three litters-

of young pigs were lost through letting

the sows make their nest around an old

stack of buckwheat straw. \Vhetlicr the

delctcrious effects of buckwheat straw

are confined to pigs or not we do not

know, never having used it. but would

give it a. trial if occasion offered.





KEPT SILAGE FROM FREEZING WITH

STABLE HEAT.





 





 





That topic of frozen ensilagc has come

up so many times this last winter and

spring that I venture to relate the expe-

ricnce of a friend. Ills cow barn was of

ample lloor space but Willi a rather low

ceiling and well bulicncd around the

sides as well as overhead. The roof,

cuvcs. and connecting chute of his silo

were also as nearly air tight as a careful

mcchanic could make them. During the

coldest days and always at night he left

the door bctwcen the sllo and the cow

stable open and the excess of heat from

15 cows went up into the silo. lie said





that this was as good as the King sys-.





lem of ventilation and I personally know

that he had no frozecn ensilagc, whcn the

rest of us had from one foot to eighteen

inches. I can see objections to this

plan from a sanitary standpoint but still

1 shall feel justified in using the principle

in a modified form in my own burn an.

other winter.





Lenawce Co. J. D. MCLOUTH.





BEST RATION FOR HOFiSES.





 





\Vill you kindly advise me as to the

best ration for llOl‘St'S. used on the road?

Am feeding mixed hay. (clover and tim-

oLhy).l (lruln can be bought here at the

following prim-cs: Corn. 83c; cuts, 600;

bran, niiddlings and cottonseed meal $1.65

per cwt., and oil meal $2.25 per cwt.



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For horses doing a considerable amount

of road work illOl'c is no grain equal to

oats. You can keep them in good llcsh

a little boiler if a portion of the grain is

corn, but corn is too heating, causes the

road horses to sweat easily, and does not

give them as much spirit as outs. I am

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I purchased a. registered flock of Ram-

bouillet ewes in the fall of 1909, through

an ad. in the Michigan Farmer and had

good luck until now. ’As I am new at it

would like to know if I am put out al—

ready“. Last fall I bought a new stock





ram. They said he was registered and

gave me papers for him and now his

lambs are coming and they have brown

spots on ends of ears and small ones on





\Vhat does it mean? Has my ram

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nose.

some grade blood back of him?

fine white marks himself.



Kalamazoo Co. B. F. F.





The inquirer has no occasion for alarm

at the appearance of the brown spots on

the nose and ends of ears in his lambs.

It simply means that characteristicIOf

Merino sheep which in later years has

become undesirable and breeders have

sought to eliminate from their flocks as

much as possible, has made its appear—

ance in this man’s flock of lambs this

spring. It dOes not signify that the ram

is not pure—bred; rather is it'a sign that

he is pure Merino. If he has a certificate

of registry and he bought the ram of a

reliable breeder there is no reason to

question the purity of the ram‘s breed-

ing. The spots are rather another in-

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far less objetcionable than many faults of

fleece and form which may not be so ap—

parent to the average eye.



Washtenaw Co. Roscom Woon.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





Buyers and sellers of hogs seem to agree

in one thing, namely, that prices are like-

ly to rule not greatly different from re-

cent quotations, with recoveries to $8 per

100 lbs. for the best drovcs after breaks

in the market. There must always be

limits to advances as a matter of course,

and further rises would be calculated to

further check the consumption of hog

products. Still it will be seen by looking

backwald that two years ago the market

prices for hogs in Chicago W6l( $95,561)

10, and if the receipts arc to continue as

small as they have been paIt of the time

recently there is no telling how high the

market may go. Recent prices were thc

highest seen since January, 1911, the top

hogs bringing $8.10. Hogs are now the

most profitablc of all farm products, con—

sidering the time required to grow them,

and cheap hogs look a long way off, with

gcneral reports of a modcratc sized spring

pig “crop.” It will undoubtedly pay farm-

ers owning thrifty. growing, young hogs

to finish them off in first-class shape,

giving them plenty of weight, and it is





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encouraging to note the fact that the av-

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cago shows a considerable Increase over





 





field, Eng, show; owned





known as atavism or reversion, which is

the recurrence of any pcculiarity of an

ancestor in a subsequent generation after

an intermission of one or more genera-

tions.



Brown spots on the cars and nose were

characteristic markings of some of the

old Spanish cabanas from which came the

'foundations of both the American Merino

flocks and the ltambouillets; for thcy all

canie from the same source. For a long

time breeders considered them as a. char—

acteristic of the breed, and at one time

men considered them a fancy point to be

desired, but in later years when some

breeders took care by selection to elim~

mate those markings and made much of

a clean white nose and ear, the brown

ones fell in disrepute and brcoders sought

to avoid them. But a marking which had

persisted for centuries was not easily kept

out, and oven today it will be found to

occur occasionally in the best Merino

and Rambouillet flocks of this country.



The dam of the ram which the inquircr

has may have had these markings, or

possibly the sire; if not, they come from

more, remote ncestors. Therc may be.

somcthing in the breeding of his flock of

owes whereby the mating with this ram

oncc more brings these markings into

evidcncc. It might be that if this ram

were bred to ewcs of other breeding these

spots would not occur in the progemy.

Bcing simply an undesirable marking or

fancy point, it is probably best to dispose

of the ram. unless he has some extraor-

dinary quality of fleece or form; and in

the selection of another take special care

to guard against this fault.



This is but one caxmple of the unex~

pected factors with which a. man who is

breeding iIVQ stock must contend. There

is no known way to provide against them.

But so long as your correspondentdnects

no greater disappointment than brown

spots in his breeding work he may indeed

consider himself fortunate. If he suc-

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and form which he desires in order to

produce a profitable sheep he will ac-

complish much toward improving the

flocks of his community. The appearance

of brown spots will not affect themarkct

value of the wool nor the mutton, and

while they may not be desired they are





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wcights of a short time ago. Decreasing

receipts at all the western packing points

demonstrate that them are not a great

many more matured hogs lift, and spring

farm work will furthcr tend to restrict

country shipments for the ncxt few weeks.



Minnesota furmcrs say that the sheep

feeding industry Would diminish 10 ex—

tIemcly small proportions in that part of

the country wcrc it not for tho act that

farmcrs must have Ihc shccp munuro to

spread on the loud l‘rccly in ordcr to raise

good crops of curly potatocs. In fact,

they have found it impossible to misc po—

tatoes with success without tlu: aid of

sheep. Largo potato growers in Minno—

soiu havc had a remarkably prospcrous

your, having obtained an average price of

around $1 pcr bushcl. Farmers raised uV-

cragc crops of 100 bushels of potatoes per

acre. and this spring they are going to

put in thc biggest acreage to potatoes ever

known in that region.



l’rof. TC. ll Farrington, of the College

of Agriculture (2f the I'niversity of \\'is-

cousin, says checso is higher than it has

been for four years. The increase in

priccs has not bccn followed by an in-

crease in the price of butter, he suggcsts,

bccausr- of the oleomargarino competi—

iion. .‘is \\'isconsin has half of all the,

chccsc factories in tho l‘nitcd Statcs, that

slau- is much more affected by the high





prices of chccscl than any other. Many

ncw chcosc i'uctorics have begun opera—





tions during the last few years.



it is reported that the number of hogs

on i'ccd in Missouri is but ~16 pcr cent of

an average- year, due to last year's rav—

ages of swine plague and it shortage of

food, with 00118611110111 high prices. The

number of brood sows on Missouri farms

is cstimatcd as only 67 IJLI' ccnt of awr—

age years, uhile the spring pig “crop" is

estimated at but 59 pcr cent of normal.

Many farmcrs report only two or three

pigs to each nlothcr, and some farmers.

report all pigs dead. The number of Mis-

souri cattle i‘ceding is reported at but .30

per cent of average years. '



The Iowa liccf Producers’ Association,

which was organized last autumn, now

boasts of a mcntbctrship of 500, which on-

titles the association to the use of an

appropriation of $7,500 to be used in the

promotion of the beef cattle industry of

that state. It is the sole object of the

association to especially lpromote thel

breeding of beef cattle on'the farms of

Iowa, but the work of promoting better

feeding and more of it will not be neg-

lected. Charles Escher, Jr., of Botna,

is president, and the executive board in—

cludcs Messrs. Escher, Bureg and Corey,

as well as Professors Curtiss and Ken—

nedy, of the Iowa State College, while

the most prominent breeders and cattle

feeders of Iowa are directors.



Horses are becoming scarce on the Pa-

cific coast. and a short time ago a ship—

ment of big, rough farm workers was

made from Chicago to Vancouver.





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BELGIANS





This announcement is for the men

who know a horse, who need a. horse,

and who are familiar with values

when they find something suitable.

Have you, Mr. Stallioner. spent dol-

lars uselessly searching for a first-

class Belgian stallion or a N0. 1 Bel-

gian mare. for a price at which you

could afford to own same? Have you,

Mr. Prospective Purchaser, decided

whcre 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.



\\"e 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 those useless

side trips, secure a horse that repre-

sents every dollar that is demanded

for same, and be a gainer of several

hundred dollars on account of “the

difference in p1i.ce’



We have a number at home bred colts at

extremely reasonable prlcea.





“Remember, Nothing but Belgians.”

Don‘t wait to write, visit.





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(lose in feed three times a day. Her food

supply should be increased and she should

be fed some roots with her grain and

mixed hay.



ludigestion—Colic—r—I would like to

know what to do for a mare that recently

lost her colt and what I can give her that

will prevent her having colic when on

grass. 1). C. l\[., Stanton, Mich—470m—

nicnce feeding her 1/5 oz. ground gentiun,

I.'_. oz, ground ginger, 1 d2; ground nux

yomica and 1 oz. bicarbonate soda at a.

dose in feed three times a day and this

will tone- up her stomach and digestive

organs so that she will not suffer so

readily from indigestion and colic when

on grass. She should b.- pastured on land

Ihat is not shaded.



Light Milking llrii'OrWYe have a mare

that has a young colt. but she has a very

small bag and is a very light milker. We

feed her oats, bran and bay. I forgot to

say that he" colt is only five days old.

.l. t,‘. 12.. Swartz Creek, Mich—Your more

should be fed more of a milk producing

ration. Mix together equal parts ground

corn and oats by weight 200 lbs., bran

:00 lbs, oil meal :70 lbs... this with mixed

hay and some grass will increase heir mill;

ilou. if you give the colt cows' milk add

one-fourth clean water and after a while

teed it sonn- Wcll cooked gruel.



(Tahirrhul Mastitis.—l am having trou-

ble with my cows" teats after the follow-

ing fashion: During the winter I found

on trying to milk 1 could not get milk out

of a tent. On examination found a lit-

tle scab on the milk Vt'l’ll; this Iattribut-

ed to getting wet with snow when out

watering and freezing on the point of

teat, but this month of April I have had

two more cases and want to know if it is

an infectious ailment. ’l‘lie toat vent is

inflamed or swelled so that milking is

very difficult and slow. The teats that

have been affected remain swollen and I

am ordering teat plugs. R. l\I.. otseigo,

l\[ich.~al'our cows suffer from a contagi-

ous foim of cutzirrhal mastitis and is no

doubt caused by an infectious germ and

is pcihups spread when milking is done.

l'Hllllllt‘SS repeated exposure of skin in

wet cold weather will aid in producing

this inflammatory condition of the teat

canal Discontinuewashing your cows’

udder, but clean them by dry brushing,

only using water when necessary to wash

off wet manure and wipe bag with a.

damp cloth dipped out of a two per cent

solution of bicarbonate soda. then apply

a small quantity of a good quality of

vaselinc. They should be well bedded and

kept clean and the hands of milker clean-

ed at‘ter milking cach cow. No danger

from using their milk. if you use- disin-

fectants to bag, imlkc the solution weak,

for it is a mistake to use them too

strong: besides, the cows should be kept

out of cold winds and from laying on

(Ultl wet ground.



Looseness of Bowels.——I have a draft

more that generally scours when allowed

to stand in stable 3 day or two. 1 feed

her two quarts of corn meal and two

quarts of bran three times a day and she

also has all the hay she cares to eat.

When an opportunity presents itself she

seems to be wild to eat brush and is es-

pecially fond of young cherry trees. J.

(,‘.. Boyne Falls, )llC'll.““l“QC(l her oats and

well cured timothy: also give her 1 oz. of

ground gentian. 1 oz. powdered charcoal

and 1/. oz. powdered quussia at {I (lose in

feed tlirce times a day. Feed her some

roots and let her have grass as soon as

possible.



.IQXtisiosis-—Swollen Glands.~-For past 12

months there has been a hard bunch on

inside of fetlock joint of my three—year-

old iilly which ocasionally causes sorc-

ncss and a little lameness. I also have

a 12-year—old mare that is troubled with

swollen glands when she runs on pas—

ture, but when fed dry feed is all right.

(‘. ll... Alegan, Mich—Apply tincture of

iodine to bony bunch every day or two

until lameness leaves. Give your 12-year-

old mare 1 dr. iodide potassium at a dose

twice a day, if glands bother her.



Influenza—Pink Eye.—-I wish you would

give me a few symptoms of pink eye in

horses. Mrs. A. B., Sparta, Mich.——In-

iluenza, pink eye, In grippei is a specific

infectiouskand contagious fever in horses

and the first symptom noticed is a refusal

of food. especially grain. They always

have high fever, the animal is dull, stands

with head low. has chilly spells, coat be-

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mal is indifferent about moving. The





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AUCTION





on the farm, half a. mile east of the





Village of Kinde May 8.





Sale begins al 9 I. m.

21 head ‘of high bred but serviceable farm horses

and colts.





47 head pure blood registered Southdown. Hamp-

shire Down & Cotswold sheep and their lambs.





75 head of cattle, including 30 head of Aberdeen

Angus. 7 head registered double standard

I’olled Durhams, 4 head pure Devons and

:;o head of high grade milch cows.





, on head of young high grade hogs.

90 high grade ewes and their lambs.





The 700-acre farm will be sold at private treaty

as a whole or in smaller farms. Address





JAMES ll. HALL, Port Austin, Mich.

Howell Consignment Sale to.





WILL HOLD THEIR





SEBOND ANNUAL SALE





OF REGISTERED





BLSTEINS





At Howell, Mich.,





May 9.1912





We are offering 71 head of high class cattle. backed

by it long line of A. B. 0. stock cows of great size,

with records from 18 t022 lbs., some in the semi-

.otlicial list. daughters‘and g.-daughters of Sadievale

Concordlas Paul De K01 3d, (dam 3015. 8. 41am 30.64).





 





 





 





as Canary Mercedes Royal Climax. King Pietertie

Hartog. Sir Pontiac Mechthilde, Sir Fayne Johanna

Albino. Catalogues April 25. Cattle tuberculin

tested. R. E. HAEGER. Auctioneer.

MARK B. CURDY, 8903'. R. No. 6, Howell. Mich.





0R SALE—Recm'ded Morgan Stallion No 6447. 5 years old.

(‘oul black, good disposition, weight 1100. Also wild and

improved Maple land. J. ROYUE. Wolverine. Mich.





()lt SALE OR WILL EXCHANGE 6-year-old Reg.

'l‘rotting Stallion for}: finir of draft mares about





Tris ’ magmas FA





7.





,F'Top—Notoh” Holstelns.



Choice bull calves from 3 to 6 nos. 0! of fashion;

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

at reasonable prices. Also one 2-year-old all. fit to





head W herd.

MOP RSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mlohlnln.





‘HBLSTEIN BULL





J not one more Grand son of





KING SEGIS PONTIAC





Ready for service.

Write for what you want in Holsteins.





REED G: KNOWLES, Howell, Mich.





 





-m‘z‘l74, (lair





r‘on sun—meninges





, ld toh‘togped. to non

m%&WM°grgdxaflnu. eonmsoh. Mich.

W





- SHEEP.

W





"B ' “.mhums-Wish to close out both exec. in]

E. filorrice. on G.T.R. ...}3'i£'6‘_’°§. Efraf £2.30?





-Good Y rll Field

Oxford Down Slice 1...... ...°:..2§. .11....

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





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' ' —Young sows due Mar. & A ll.

”nuns and “Clouds Bred to lst rize and champion

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





 





HOLSTEINS





I can please any body with a service bull, bulls

from one to ten months old. sired by Johanna

Concordia. Champion. Also cows and heifers bred

to him. Write me for anything you want

in Holsteins.





LI El CORNELL, I F.y.“.§ Ohio-





A 24-Ib. Bull





Have Bull Calves out of—



]3, :20, 23 2»i-lb. Cows A. R. 0.

By a 24-lb.‘ Bull.



My herd averages 19 lbs.



If you want this kind write





BIGELOW’S HOLSTEIN FARMS.

Breedsvillo, Michigan. .





A Fine 3- car-old HOLSIEII BULL, Ensuring"





tered). ust sell to avoid inbreedin . Price 87a.00

fjo. b. Decatur, Mich. A. BOEISMA. contur. Mich.





' -—dropped Feb. 17, 1912, near] white

"0'5“"! 8"" ca" 37% fiblood Hen erveld 8 K0

dams: record Senior 2-year-old. ,. lbs. butter.

GEORGEWE. LAPHAM. R. 3, St. Johns. Mich.





28 H o LSTEIN cows and heifers for sale.

Also Holstein calves,both



sexes. John Collentine. Monroe. Green (30.. Wise.

EGISTERED HOLSTEIN CATTLE—gins mos.





l 7

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

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





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





We Have fine randscns of Pontiac Korndyke .in

our 0t of Holstein bulls ready for serum;

now. ,Prices right. Gregory & Borden. Howell. Mich.





' $75 each. One registered

4 Grade "Olgl'lll cows! Holstein Bull. sou King of the

Hengervelds 3 31.5150. Vaughan Farm. Homewood. Ill.





 





 





Purebred Registered





H OLSTE lN CATTLE

‘ The Greatest Dalry Breed



\ Sand for FREE Illustrated Booklets,

Holnein- l‘r iuian. A880" Box I64. Brameboro.Vt





YPSILANB FARMS BULL CALVES.





Ohoioest Konrdyke. Dekol and Hengerveld breed-

ing._ 850.00 to $100.“) Ofilcial Pedigrees on request.

COLE BROTHERS. Ypsilanti. Michigan.





   





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JERSEYS AND DUROO JERSEYS

FOR SALE.





A few high class boats from such chum ion boars as

Orion Chief, Instructor. and King of I linola. Also

5. cows and heifers.





a few bred sows. Jersey ull

BBBOKWATEB FARM. ANN ARBOR, WELL, B. F. B. 7.





lillie Farmstead JERSEYS





Bulls ready for service. also bull calves and heifer

calves. Cows nil in yearly test. Satisfaction guaran-

teed. COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersvllle. Mich.





MARSTON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE.





T. F. MARSTON. Bay City. Mlchlzln.





A Fine Jersey lull Call





out of a cow that gave 32 lbs. cf'milk per day with





 





 





some bredto him. Stock from orbred to such sires first calf. price $25.00. Duroc Jersey pigs at ‘10 a





piece; $19.00 for two: $25.00 for three, no kin boars

or sows. . A. {LAMB a SON, Cassopolls. Mich.





FOR SAL E‘9fiiie’ii'i‘fl.‘ $211232? Milli;





one year. F. \V. NOTTEN. Grass Lake. Mich.





 





ERSEY Bull Cnlves._2 to 8 mos. old. Sired by a Grand son of

Imp. interested Prince and from cows that produce from

400m 500 lbs. Butter in one year. A. Newman, Mariette, Mich.

JERSEY 0‘1". and Duroc Swine. Stock for sale.

State what is wanted when you





write. 0. A. TAGGETT. R. No. 1. Caro, Mich.





 





 





 





 





eight years old. VS Vi EDRICK, Niles. Mich.

BREEDERS’ DIRECTBRY.

CATTLE.





 





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd, consisting of Trojan Ericas Blwkbirda and

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

by Black Woodlnwn. sire of t 9 Grand Oham ion steer

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

A few choicely bred young hulls for sale.



W'OODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionla. Mich.





REGISTERED AYRSHIBES FOR SALE





13 cows from four to nine years old; 3 two-year-pld

heifers, one with heifer calf by side: 6 yearling

heifers; A heifer calves; A bull calves: 2 bulls. These

cows are 8.1 first class in every respect. several of

them have milked over fifty ounds per day, and all

are consistent milkers. Our erd has been tried out

and those that did not come up to our standard have

been sold. have been several years collecting the best

blood that we could buy. This list includeseverv

head on the farm. the owner Wishing to quit the

dairy business. Quick sale. CHEAP PR1 .



COLD SPRING FARM. R. M. OLIN, Prop-. Ciro. Mloh.





AYRSHIRES'GW" mm... .1...

l B kbgeeda: young” bulls



dl ll Ives for an e. or s ire swine. pure



filled.)u “Michigan School for Deaf. Flint. Mich.





ired by half-brother of Rose of

Guernsey Bull Calves iangwnter.m.12.966.5 lbs.-. 12- f

669.89 lbs, 2 yrs"! mo. Allan Kelsey. Lakevlew. Mich.





REFORDS—l'bulls from 2 mos. to 2 years old. all

Fli'e . and of the very best breeding. Also big boned

Polnn China hogs. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Mich.





FUR SALE-A B. 0. HERD BULL





f .b t. kind and gentle: 2bull calves. 4 cows.

P135028 21:11:81 E. Jackson, R. No. 3. South Bend,Ind.





' ' ~Yearling Bull and Bull

“OlStelnS 0f Quality Calf from A. no dams

and? sires,‘ “'11;ng llb‘smthatvef £80013: OWE; 1:33.“.



t- .’ 'rs . es 0 rec . .

gladig‘rg‘e an‘dnprices. W. B. READER. owell, Mich.





 





F OR SALE—“3%,, Jefsenyuli.hm hmo. old,

30 (‘0 or. r ' -

“'11- Price 875- 0. A. BRISTOLOIl‘lentlgmtlfi‘ilc-llg





Will Sacrifice My Young Herd Bull,





20 mo. old son of one of King Se is t d'

for $200. F. S. KENFIELD. Auéfgus‘tzh?an‘:hgll:§$





JERSEY

BUTTER BRED mm SEES”





CRYSTAL SPRmG STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. ezan County. Michigan.





0 f . .

JERSEY BULLS, fo|l't £119.88 lgttiera ogewMgglvts ooavgsi

heifers. S. B. EASON. STURGIS. MICHIGAN





 





0R SALE—3 yearlin Holstein-Friesinn bulls. also

_ bred heifers 8150 to each. calves 840 to $60.

3:) years a breeder. Photos and pedi recs on appli.

cation. W. 0. Jackson. South Bend. nd.. 719 Rex St-





RED POLLED]§§.°ii§ol§3£§f§.i’ii“&i3§£

J. M. CHASE 6: sons. lonla. Michigan.





Bulls dz Heifers for sale. all re ister-

Red Polled ed. State Fair winners. gWrite

WELLS PARISH dc SONS. R. No. 1. Allendale, Mich.





RED POLLED BULLS FOR SALE‘ii‘i‘i‘.‘i°.§’§





strains. JOHN BERNER & SON. Grand Ledge, Mich.





FOR‘SALE—One registered SHORTHORN

BULL. rare Bates, two wars

pnst. Price $100. James B. T iorburn. Holt. Mich.





Dairy Bred Shorthorns‘g‘élf' Sit? ”ii’ic'g‘ivg

cash or good note. J. B. HUMMEL, Mason, Mien.





Milkin Strain of Shorthorns‘gfi‘g": i233“ ”“118





for an e. WARNER BROS.. Almont. Michlgegffm





A Fine Bull Call For Sale





Dairy Shorthorn. Dairy bred for Genet ti n.



klndlour Grandfather had and they made 200%. Mrill‘lg

records kept of all cows. “Charlotte B" in Herd with

record of 19401 lbs. milk. 706 lbs. butter in one your. W.

W. Knapp. R No. 4. Watervliet. Mich. Bell Phone.





 





 





 





 





 





BERKSHIRES—Es‘tf°§¥.£°i$'.“ifiiiMadrid:

Farmer Prices A. A. PATTULLO. Dockervillo, Mich





BREKSHIRES—2 fancg' gilts. bred. at 835. Boers

servicablea e. 325'.an up. Am booking orders for

spring pigs. E mhurst. Stock Farm. Almont, Mich.





HERD BOA shire hour in Michigan.





Litter brother to the $4000 Champion boar. star

Value. Pigs by this gent hour only $15 each. Either

sex. 0. D. WOOD URY. Lansing. Michigan.





 





 





——Probably the best Berk-





 





' —Weaned pigs >815 two for 32'). Bears

Berbhfl'e‘ rehdy for service . Gilts safe in pig

to HandsomelLeeJr., a Mich. State Fair Prize Winner

‘55. Re istered and transferred. press prepaid in

lower iohignn. C. O. COREY, New Haven. Mich.





o I 0 Service Boats. Gilts bred for April furrow

. - IA .nnd Sept. pigs large.smooth and rolifio.

Glenwood took Farm. Zeeland. Mich. P one 94





o I c SWINE—Males weighin from 175 to 50

- - - lbs. each. Also a very o oice lot of Nantes

GEO. P. ANDREWS. Dansville. Inghnm 00.. ch.





 





 





 





—A few choice youn sows

Improved Chester Whites Medic“... Mar... ;A.,..l

(arrow. Also three young boars. cheap, to close them

out. W. O. W'ILBON. Okemcs, Mich. Both phones.





 





O 1. 0'8 Special Prices on spring pigs and service nialn's.

0 also fall pigs 300 to pick from. Shipped on approval.

ROLLl-ZNIMG VIEW STOCK FARM. Cass City. Michigan.





 





9 —All ages. growthy and large, BOWs bred.

0- l- c s Males ready. 100 select from. Attractive





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





 





o I c swine and Bufl' Rock cockerels of

I I I right tyge. best of breeding, price way





down for quick sale. D. SCOTT. Quimby. Mich.





 





0 ‘ C’s—I have some very fine and growthy last

a I fall pigs. either sex males ready for Her-

airs not akin. o’r'ro B.» SCHULZE.

ioh.. half mile west of depot.





vice now,

Nashville,





 





UR Imp. Chester Whites and Tamworth swine won

245 lst at Fairs in 1911. Service hours. also sows bred

for spring fax-row of either breed that will please you

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





O. I. C.—0rders Booked For agrii'i‘yigs.





c. .1. THOMPSON. Rockford.





O. I. C. SWIN riceonSpriiig





Pigs. airs and tries. not akin. ave a number

of serv ce males of good ty 9. Write me describing

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





 





 





Write me for





 





7 ' Qunllty—Nine hi h-class



O. l. c. 8 Of Superior fall boars, bookingordersi

for spring pigs. Fred Nickel. ll. 1. Monroe. Mich.

, of March and April farriw



0. I. c s shifiped on a prove] or c. old.

()TIS GREENMAN, R. 4. ellevue, .aton 00.. Mich.





 





 





DUROC-JERSEY hours for sale from such sires as

StarWonder and Me's 001‘ from Chief 001. Fall

sows of like breeding. Reasonable prices and satisfac-

tion guaranteed. John McNicoll. North Star, Mich,





—10 Fall d

”Wig“ JERSEYS...”

come and see J. c. BARNEY. Coidwa'ter. Mich.





SERVICE BOARS 3‘i5°.f.3‘ii§i’iif§.r

(either sex) sired by W's Choice Rule No. 30795. Price;

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





Dunno JERSEYS—Both sexes. all ages. Satisfac-

Herd established 188303 .gii‘frfifilgid‘ny 8:331:15: hill.





—8

Dunc ,Jumys For Sal. .25“§°.ii§’:’isi2§°2iii’.2’:

sex. Pairs not akin. M. A. ‘BRAP, Okemos, Mich.





. -—Largest in Michl '

LARGE TYPE P- C0 from mammoth 3:332:13;

sows. Weigh 160 to “51%. at 4 months. My motto—

“Not how cheap but how .” W pay ex.

pauses-Of those who come an do not find what I

advertiseu W. E. LIVINGSTON. Parma. Mich.





lie isimd Poland China Swine 510“ “LE- “0

googd. NELSON J. wvoxorr. sumiiilit gig: n'ii'éli‘f





cLosmc our“.-. 31 T...

. ' . ‘ POLAND C INAS.

Boers—“e ve. about A0 big boned fellows left of fall

furrow, weighing 1.10 lbs. not fut.resdy for service, at $12

and 815 f. o. b. One bigJ) earling at $2."). 2 Jersey bulls





ready for service 525. . C. Butler. Portlauidflliich.





POLAND cnmAS—Elilither sex, all ages. Some-

P. D. LONG, R. i135. “(3)3311; t13.1.1131“; rigiii





Poland Chlnasdl'ed from large type. Stock





all a es. both aexeu. t. F

pricel. W. J. HAGELS AW, Augusta. aMid‘gilzzE:





Poland Chinav fall and Sprin i so

BIG TYPE bred. Dairy bred Shorthorng En La iiiivi'di

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





15 Poland China Sowsi’gg hugging “‘-





priced to sell. WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater, [hlid





POLAND cmn‘s—fioung sows bred for April furrow.

d r . -



L. w. BARNES a sow-$533... sfiiigglbeeggfluifiii



Big Two P 0 Saw: ”ed ‘° ’3‘“



A. 00D a. soil. Saline. Migfii‘failm“





ULEFOOT HOGS FOR SALE. I am making list. of



all mule foot owners inU. 8. Send 'our name now



and get free printed matter. G. O. Kreg ow. Ada, Ohio.

no to f a r-





FOR SALE-Yorkshire (ill .0... Jun...





WATERMAN & WATERMAN.

Meadow Land Farm. 'Ann Arbor. Michigan.





Lillie Farmstead YORKSHIRES.





Bears for spring service. A few bred sows. Also

sows bred for August and Be tember furrow. Pairs

and tries not akin. Satisfact on guaranteed.



COLON C. LILLIE. Cooper-ville, Mlch.





When writing to adver-

tisers please mention the





 





 





 





 





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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.





 





FEEDING AND GROWING DAIRY

FOODS.





 





The foremost problem confronting the

feeder is to supply the deficiency of pro-

tein in the generality of farm-grown

foods. The man who lives a considerable

distance from a railroad station will find

it more profitable to grow as nearly as

possible a balanced ration of food stuffs

on his own farm, as the expense of haul-

ing will eat into the profits of the busi—

ness. Clover, alfalfa, corn and oats should

be his main reliance, with perhaps a

small addition of cottonseed meal, gluten

and oil meal. A study of the protein con-

tent of corn meal shows that gluten, cot-

tonseed meal and oil meal will prove

very advantageous to the ration because

they increase the percentage of protein

over the amounts contained in the corn

and oat meal. They will make the ration





’ just so much better, so that the man who





feeds the ordinary home-grown grains

will find it advantageous to buy these

feeding materials, providing the cost is

not too great. It will be advantageous

for the same reason that red clover and

alfalfa hay are better foods than mixed

hay and straw, inasmuch as they contain

more than three times as much protein

and much less indigestible matter. It is

the higher percentage of protein con-

tained in their composition which makes

these by-product foods valuable to the

dairy cow’s ration. .



An excellent example, and one that

should be easily comprehended in dis-

cussing the value of foods for dairy cows.

is to consider the composition of pasture

grass. A large proportion of dairy farm-

ers depend largely upon pasture grass

alone during a large portion of the sum-

mer without feeding supplemental forage

or grain foods. Pasture grass is com—

posed of, water 80 per cent, ash two per

cent, protein 3.5 per cent, crude fiber four

per cent, nitrogen, free extract, 9.7 per

cent and ether extract 0.8 per cent. Mix-

ed hay shows this composition about 15

per cent water, ash 4.7 per cent, protein

6.1 per cent, crude fiber 31.1 per cent,

nitrogen, free extract, 41.9 per cent and

ether extract 2.1 per cent. Mixed hay

occupies almost as prominent a place in

the average cow’s winter ration as pas—

ture grass in the summer ration; that is,

to a great extent it forms the basis of a

hay and straw, or hay and corn ensilage

diet for dry cows and young things. Now.

the mixed hay, while it has nearly twice

the percentage of protein in pasture

grass, has four times the percentage of

nitrogen-free extract and nearly three

times the percentage of ether extract, yet

it has seven times the amount of crude

fiber.



Cows during the winter time will keep

in good condition on mixed hay. In

quality, good mixed hay is better than a

mere maintenance ration. that is, a. cow

can be maintained in the winter time in

fair flesh on mixed hay supplemented by

a portion of corn ensilage instead of en-

tirely mixed hay, yet it would require

additional concentrated food to enable her

to milk to her best capacity because it

requires too great an expenditure of en-

ergy for her to digest and assimilate

enough mixed hay to. produce a satisfac-

tory milk flow. So it will be seen that

summer foods for cows should contain as

much nutritive matter as pasture grass

and in winter time as much nutritive

matter as good mixed hay, 1f the cows

are to be merely maintained without be-

ing milked, but if they are milked in

winter time the food should be more nour—

ishing and contain a much lower percent-

age of indigestible mattetr than mixed

hay alone.



A number of years ago one of our lead—

ing dairy authorities made a very prac-

tical test in feeding grass green and dry.

For a number of days he saved the clip-

pings from a lawn mower and fed them

to one of his cows in the stable. After

satisfying himself on this point he fed her

the same number of days on the same

ration, only he dried the grass and fed it

after it was cured. What was the re—

sult? When fed in the succulent condi-

tion the grass produced a large flow of

milk, but when cured and fed dry the

cow began to get thin and drying up-

Now, in order to keep our cows from get-

ting thin and drying up during the win-

ter time we should plan to feed some

form of succulent food to take the place

01 the succulence that was dried out of





the grass While it was being cured into





hay. Here the silo is valuable; it pro-

vides for us a way to store our corn crop

for winter so that it can be fed in a pal-

atable and succulent form. Root crops

are a prominent factor in providing suc-

culence in winter rations. Any practical

feeder will tell you that he can obtain

better results from less grain food while

feeding roots than when feeding it in

connection with dry roughage.





In what way can this nutritive matter

be brought to the cows in the cheapest

and most convenient form? Obviously,

where general crop growing is being prac-

ticed a large portion of the farm should

be set aside for the production of hay,

corn and oats. Sixty bushels of corn on

an acre will contain nearly as much pro—

tein, nearly as much nitrogen-free ex-

tract and about twice as much ether ex-

tract as two tons of mixed hay, which

should be a fair crop for soil that would

produce that much corn to the acre. The

ether extract from corn and oats has a

higher nutritive value than the ether ex-

tract from hay and ensilage, and the ad—

dition of the crop of corn stover or oat

straw will enable the farmer to produce

considerable more nutriment than from

the land producing hay, and at the same

time enabling him to conduct a rational

rotation of crops to build up the fertility

of his land. Sixty bushels of outs to the

acre will give about as much food nutri—

ments as two tons of mixed hay with the

same advantages as the crop of corn, ex—

cepting that the oat straw will have less

feeding value than the corn stover.

Therefore. the farmer will produce in

conducting his farm with a rotation of

crops, a great deal more food nutriments

for his cows, and by producing oats and

corn to grind and feed in the winter time

with his mixed hay and ensilage, stover

and straw, he can keep more cows on the

same area than he would be able to do

it he depended on mixed hay alone for

winter feeding. ‘



This brings us down to another import-

ant problem—that is the growing of pro—

teinaccous forage and hay crops in our

rotation instead of mixed hay. Well cur-

ed clover hay shows a composition of 6.2

per cent ash, 11.4 per cent water, 12.6 per

cent protein, 26.9 per cent crude fiber, 40.6

per cent nitrogen-free extract and 2.4

per cent ether extract, while alfalfa, the

queen of forage crops shows a composi-

tion possessing a feeding value almost

equal to wheat bran. To improve the

land and the ration at the same time we

should grow these crops on our farms in

place of mixed hay. It is fundamentally

wrong to assume that large profits can

come from a highly specialized dairy bus-

iness. that does not provide for the grow-

ing of legume and grain crops and proper

methods of handling the soil. In connec-

tion with an effort to as nearly as pos-

sible grow a balanced ration we should

study the limitations of home-grown feeds

and 'make up the deficiency of digestible

protein in the cheapest and most efficient

manner. In theory, corn silage and pro-

tcinaceous fodder and hay will make a

very good well—balanced ration, but in

common farm practice it will pay to add

to the efficiency of such foods by adding

a few pounds of by-product concentrates

For that reason I like to use a, small

amount of the purchased concentrates to

re—inforce the homes-grown foods.



New York. W. MILTON KELLY.

GRINDING AND COOKING CLOVER



HAY.





 





 





“’hat, if anything, would be gained by

grinding clover hay, then cookfiig the

same with the ration of corn meal and

bran with it, and feeding same to milk





cows or fattening steers? Why Could

not corn stover be handled the same

way?





llillsdale Co. W. S. C.



It is not necessary to grind clover hay

to get results with cows. Of course, if

the cows are SO old that their grinding

teeth were defective or gone, then it

might pay to do so. but good, normal.

healthy cows with good teeth can grind

their own hay and enjoy it very much,

and it will not pay to grind it.



So far as cooking feed for cows or any

kind of live stock, only in rare instances

is it profitable. People used to have an

idea that it paid to cook feed for animals.

Reasoning, of course, that human beings

did better when their food was cooked

and therefore animals would also. Care-

ful experiments show that it does not

pay. Even in cooking feed for hogs no

one yet has ever got pay for the fuel,

let alone the necessary labor in doing

the work. Where some of the starchy





foods, like potatoes and pumpkins, and .





also in the case of cull beans, are fed to

hogs, it pays to cook. In feeding cull

beans to cows it would pay to cook them





THE’ MICHIGAN FARMER. ' (7)





 





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Their Great Simplicily





DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS EXCEL ALL OTHER

separators not only in thoroughness of separation, sanitary

cleanliness, ease of running and durability—but as well in

their great simplicity.





THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THE

operation, cleaning, adjustment or repair

of a modern De Laval Cream Separator

which requires expert knowledge or

,special tools.





NOR ARE THERE ANY PARTS

which require frequent adjustment

,in order to maintain good running

:or to conform to varying conditions

lin the every-day use of a cream

separator.





\. THERE IS NO NEED TO FIT

and adjust parts to get them to-

gether right. They are so

carefully and accurately made

that they cannot help go to-

gether right. All bearings

and bushings are easy to re-

place. There are no compli-

, cated springs, keys, ball bear-

ings or other fittings, that only an expert can properly adjust.





IN FACT, SO SIMPLE IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A

De Laval machine that a person who has never touched a

separator before can, if need be, take a modern De Laval

machine completely apart within a few minutes and then put

it together again as quickly. This is something which cannot

be done outside a shop with any other separator.





THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THE MACHINE THAT

cannot be taken apart, removed or replaced by any one who

can use a wrench or screw driver. In fact, the only tool which

is needed in the use and operation of a De Laval Cream Separa-

tor is the combination wrench and screw driver illustrated below.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





Complete gearing of

the De Laval Separa-

tor as it would appear

if removed intact

from the frame of the

machine. Note the remarkable simplicity

of construction.





 





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tunity to see and try a De Laval Separator.





   

 





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Combination Wrench, furnished with each De Laval machine,

which is the only tool required in setting up, taking down or

using the De Laval, the most simple cream separator ever built.





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unless they were dry enough to be

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In raising corn for ensilage where

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How much had cream ought to test

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*' . PRACTICAL SCIENCE.





 





THE COMPOUNDS PRINCIPALLY CON-

CERNED IN ANIMAL NUTRITION.





(Continued from last week).





Fats.



The fats are in one respect, similar to

the carbohydrates. This is, that they

consist simply of various combinations of

the elements carbOn, hydrogen and oxy-

gen. No other elements than these three

enter into the structure of fats. One dif-

ference, however, between them and the

carbohydrates consists in the fact that

the hydrogen and oxygen are not in the

same relative proportion to each other as

in the carbohydrates. The fats, or oils,

correspond in some degree to the inor-

ganic compounds knows as salts. In this

respect they may be considered com-

pounds consisting of organic acids on the

one hand and gIYCerine on the other. The

organic acids, however, consist of nothing

but carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. The

glycerine likewise is composed of exactly

the same elements.



The real function of the fats in the

animal body is essentially the same as

the carbohydrates, that is, they are used

in the body to furnish heat to maintain

the temperature. In this respect, how-

ever, the fats are of considerably more

value than are the carbohydrates. In

fact, one pound of fat is worth two and

one fourth pounds of carbohydrates as a

heat producer. Typical fats are corn oil,

cottonseed oil, olive oil, butter-fat, lard,

tallow, etc.



In discussing these compounds we are

attempting to pave the way for a little

better understanding among our readers

of the processes and principles of diges-

tion and nutrition which we shall dwell

upon in order.





THE DIGESTION OF FOOD.





BY FLOYD w. ROBISON.

Digestion Defined.



By the term digestion of food is meant

all of those changes which food under-

goes within the body, which changes are

preparatory to the absorption of that food

material into the body. The uses of food

within the animal body are to repair

waste tissue which is used up in the var-

ious voluntary as well as involuntary

functions of the body and to maintain

the temperature of the body, permitting

likewise of the elaboration of various ani—

mal secretive products and to promote

growth. Digestion, then, is a process of

making food material soluble in the di-

gestive juices of the body. Digestion is

therefore aided by various mechanical

processes within the body, such as the

chewing and mastication of the food in

the mouth, the soaking process which in

various animals takes place in the first

portions of the alimentary canal and the

grinding and peristaltic actions which oc-

cur later on in the digestive organs. Di-

gestion is likewise aided and accelerated

by the action of many enzymeswsmall,

more or less unorganized ferments—which

are active in the various secretive juices

of the body. Bacteria likewise play an

important, role' in the digestion of food

and especially in the digestion of raw

foods do bacteria play an essential part.

The whole object of these various proc—

csses is to separate the valuable from the

undesirable constituents of the food ma-

terial so that the cells which line the ali-

mentary canal may have submitted to

them acceptable food materials.



The Alimentary Canal.



The alimentary canal is a long winding

tube with various enlargemecnts from time

to time where different digestive changes

take place. At these various points glands

or secretive organs are located, the func-

tion of which are to supply fluids contain—

ing various active enzymes which attack

the food for the purpose of rendering it

soluble, and hence capable of being ab—

sorbed into the system. It is provided

with an intricate network of nerves and

blood vessels and is very intimately Con-

nected with the circulatory and nervous

systems. The alimentary canal by itself

is a long, continuous‘tube and is in reality

not within the body proper. It is com-

monly considered that when a material of

any description is taken into the mouth,

it. is then taken into the animal system.

This, however, is not true. It is merely

passed along before the portals of the

body proper where it must pass the ex—

amination of the watch guards of the

body before it is permitted to enter and





become a constituent part of the body.





Length of Alimentary Canal.



The length of the alimentary canal var-

ies greatly /in different animals. In the

horse its average length is nearly 100 ft.;

in the ox, nearly twice that length, and is

the shortest in the hog. The capacity of

the alimentary canal of the horse is

about 225 quarts; of the ox, approximately

375 quarts; of the hog, about 30 quarts,

and of the sheep, about 35 quarts. In the

sheep and in the cow——classed as rumi-

nants—'animals which chew the cud—

there four stomachs.





The first three are usually not classed

as true stomachs. They are really en-

largements of the esophagus. The reason

they are not classed as stomachs is that

they do not secrete enzymes. They are

pouches used for the storing of food ma—

terials. In each of these store houses the

food which has become mixed with the

saliva in the mouth is attacked by var-

ious bacteria which break down the cel-

lulose walls of the raw foods and thus

permit the juices of the mouth and later

on, of the stomach, to come into actual

contact with the contents of these cells.

In the human race these three stomachs

are dispensed with and this explains why

it is so advantageous to cook vegetable

food, by which cooking process the same

result is accomplished as in the case of

the domestic animals is accomplished by

bacteria.



Digestion Begins in the Mouth.





The first act of digestion within the

animal body takes place in the mouth

where at the time of the masceration and

grinding 01‘ food it becomes mixed With

the saliva which is secreted in ‘the mouth

and which contains the plyalin ferment,

the office of which ferment is to change

the starch into sugar. This process con—

tinues down the esophagus until the true

stomach is reached where, due to the re—

action of the gastric juice which is acid,

the activity of the plyalin ferment stops.



In the stomach is secreted the gastric

juice which contains two ferments, or en—

zymes, known as pepsin and rennet. The

purpose of the digestion in the stomach





is to begin the conversion of the proteids.





of the food, the albumens. This action

begun, the food material is passed on to

the duodenum in the intestines where the

reaction is again alkaline, as in the

mouth, and in the glands of which the

digestion of the starch may again go on

to completion and likewise the digestion

of the proteins is finished.



In the intestines the pancreatic fluid is

secreted, in which pancreatic fluid, be-

sides the ferments which complete the

starch digestion and protein digestion ex-

ists a ferment for the: digestion of the

fats. This ferment is called steapsin. It

has the power of breaking up the fat into

glycerine and fatty acid.



Digestive System of Ruminants Different

from Other Animals.



The digestive system of ruminating ani-

mals is very much different from that of

animals which do not ruminate. The (11—

gestive system of the cow and the sheep

differs vcry materially, therefore, from

the' digestive organism of the horse, for

example. Because of the prolongation of

the alimentary canal with the presence of

the several enlargements of the esophagus

in animals which chew the cud, such ani-

mals can make advantageous use of very

fibrous foods. It is customary for the

sheep and the cow to have a very bulky

ration and because of the prolonged con—

strtiction of their alimentary canal they

are thus able to utilize it to a much

greatcr degree» than can most other types

of animals. The horse lives to a consid-

erable degree upon the same class of

food as does the cow and sheep but is

not able to make advantageous use of

roughages to anywhere near the extent

to which the cow can utilize them. The

‘horse has a small stomach and there is

no enlargement of the esophagus to per-

mit of the soaking of the food where it

may be simultaneously attacked and di—

gcsted by bacterial action. Neither does

the horse chew the cud, thus having a

second opportunity to mix the food with

saliva and thus encourage its digestion.

Installed, however, between the large and

small intestine is a pouch or enlargement

of the intestine which is called the cae-

cum, which is for the purpose 0f prolong-

ing the digestive action which is started

in the small intestine, and this in a meas-

ure thus compensates the horse for his

lack of the other stomachs which exist

in the cow.





In the lower intestine again, bacterial

action assists once more in the breaking

down of the food material and thus from

the time the food is taken into the mouth

until the undigested portions are excreted,

it is subject to the constant attacks of

the various digestive fluids of the body,

together with frequent assistance from

bacteria which, in health, assist nature

very materially in her work.



Protjeid Digestion.



The digestion of proteids begins in the

true stomach. This stomach contains a

fluid called the gastric juice which is acid

in character, containing about 0.2 or 0.3

per cent of hydrochloric acid. In healh,

this fluid is generally considered antisep-

tic and whatever bacteria may be pres-

ent in the food when it reaches the stom-

ach is rendered inactive and killed. The

principal way in which infection may take

place by means of a polluted or contami-

nated food supply is through the lack of

tone of’the system, from time to time,

permitting the gastric juice to become

abnormal and below its usual content of

hydrochloric acid.



The principal act of digestion in the

stomach is the conversion of the proteins

into peptone—an intricate complex protein

body which, however, is soluble in the di—

gestive juices. Proteid digestion is con-

tinued in the intestine where the more

Complex protein compounds are broken

up and made soluble in the circulatory

system. At these points the vast distinc-

tion between true protcids, or the pro-

teins, and the amids, or the amines, is

noticed. During the process of digestion,

especially destructive digestion where the

system is not in perfect tone, compounds

similar to the amines which exist in food

materials are created in the body. These

amines have not been considered directly

nourishing to the body. They do serve,

however, as an excellent culture media

for the various bacteria which inhabit

the great colon, or the large intestine, and

in this respect prevent the destructive di—

gestion of some of the higher proteids.

They have therefore been aptly termed,

“Sparers of Protein.”





LA BORATORY REPORT.





 





Using the Babcock Test.



I have a two-bottle Babcock tester and

would like to know whether it is possible

to. test milk and cream by measuring it

Without buying the scales. IVhat kind of

acid should_ I use? \Vhat‘ proportion of

acul and milk or cream should be used?



Ncwaygo Co. B. G.



In answer to the query of II. (1.. above,

we will say that in testing milk it is

sufficiently accurate to measure the milk,

using for this purpose a 17.6 cubic centi-

meter measuring tubc. called a, pipette.

The milk is moasured into the test bottle

and then tho same quantity of sulphuric





acid, commonly known as oil of vitriol,:

The two are intimately1

mixed and then the bottle is put into the‘





is added to it.





Babcock tester and rotated for three or

four minutes, at about 70 turns per min—

ute. ilot water is then added to it. It

is thoroughly mixed again and rotated

for a couple of minutes. Hot water is

thcn added until a layer of fat rises well

up into the neck of the bottle. It is then

placed in the Babcock tester and rotated

again for about a minute and then re-

moved and the percentage of fat read di-

rectly on the graduations on the neck of

the bottle.



It is not permissible for accuracy to

use a measuring tube or pipette when

testing the amount of butter—fat in cream.

The only reliable method is to use a

cream scales and weigh out exactly 18

grams or, as it is sometimes done, nine

grams and then the result is multiplied

by two.



Gypsum.



. he Michigan Gypsum Company is sell—

ing plaster in paper sacks, They say it

analyzezs 46 parts sulphuric acid; 23

parts carbohate of lime; 21 parts water of

crystallization. The farmers in this part

of the country would like to know if that

is anything more than common plaster.

An answer through the Michigan Farmer

would be appreciated.



Kent Co. SUBSCRIBER.



Regarding the question raised by Sub-

scriber, printed above, we will say that

plaster is chemically called sulphate of

calcium, otherwise kllOWn as sulphate of

lime, and would have the composition

outlined above except that instead of

being 33 parts carbonate of lime it Woul-l

be 33 parts lime. This product, the an—

alysis of which is printed above, in the

question is ordinary plaster, and is oth-

erwise known as land plaster or gypsum.

It does not contain so much water of

crystallization, but undoubtedly the pro--

duct questioned contains much free water

and this has been called water of crystal-

lization—erroneously so, of course.





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This is

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a prac-

How Much Money Have question

You Made?



furmcr should be

preparcd to answer at the end of the fis-

cal your which marks the CIUSL‘ of his

farm operations for each scason. But it

is a question which most farmers cannot

answer in a wholly satisfactory manner.

If lhcir bunk account bus grown some-

what during the year they are satisfied

ihut ihuy have made, money. iiiii tho

only accurate way to determine whclhcr

the year‘s business has bccn profitable or

not is to take‘an inventory at the begin-

ning and close of the fiscal year, allowing

for depreciation or increase in the value

of the plant or equipment and striking a.

balance which will represent the actual

gain or loss.



Too few farmers do this. It is not :1

grout task. and it is not important that

it be done all the bcgiuniug of the calcu-

dar ycur. In fact, it is boiler to take

this inventory in the spring whcn the

stock and feed is at. its lowest point for

the your. There is no bcilcr iinic than

the present to do this nccc‘ssury prclim-

inary work that you may be able to give

a satisfactory answer to this important

question unolhcr spring. .\ complete in—

chiory of thc furm und its equipment,

followcd up by the kccping of a simple

system of farm accounts will accomplish

this desirablc cud. If the system is made

a little more complete, it will also be

possiblc to tell just whcrc tho moncy was

maido or lost, which is also valuable in—

formation. This can be accomplished by

keeping an account with each crop Lind

each kind of stock maintained, so it will

be possible to know what the product

cost and whether it yielded a profit in its

sales or inventory value. This is not a.

complicated or difficult proposition, and

the man who follows out the ideas above

advanced will find it greatly to his finan-

cial advantage and a source of great per-

sonal satisfaction as Well.





At tho recent April

election a number

of townships in the

lower peninsula of

Michigan voted to adopt the township

unit system in the control of their schools.

In addition to these, quite a number of

“townships will hold special elections in

May for the submission of this question,

and still others are now circulating peti—

tions for the submission of the proposi-





The Township Unit

System.





which every





tion to the electors at a later date. ac;

cording to a. recent report, of Superintend-

ent of Public Instruction Wright.



This apparent increase of public senti-

ment for the township unit system of

school control warrants an explanation of

the system at this time. In the minds .of

many people the township unit system

has been c0nfounded with centralization

or consolidation of schools. The town-

ship unit system. however, does not mean

the Consolidation of country schools or

the abandonment of the schoolhouses as

now located, but rather the dissolving of

the various school district organizations

and the placing of all the schools in the

township, under the control of a board of

education which is elected at large. This

system has long been in very general use

in the upper peninsula of Michigan and

in many of the northern couniies of the

lower peninsula, where its efficiency has

been demonstrated under conditions of

sparse population or small district schools,

such as obtain in many of the townships

throughout the state.



In order to bring this question before

the vmers of a township it is necessary to

secure a petition signcd by one-fourth of

the school electors of a township. The

women who are qualified school electors

as well as the men have a right to sign

those pctitions and vote on tho proposi-

iion of adopting the township unii sysrem

win-n seine is submiitcd to tho electors

at iiuy rcgular or special election. \Vhile

ii is not probable that this system will

soon come inio gcnerai use in the more

thickly populated counties of the state.

it has some wcll defined advantages where

1110 population is scutiercd or the schools

are small, us above noted.





A recent circular issued

by the State Board of

Ilcalih calls attention

to the fact that the

grcalcst finuncinl burden to the, people of

Michigan is thui produced by disease, and





Clean-up Day in

Michigan.





that illc discascs which contribute most

largely to this burdcn are in the largo





ciuss of prcvcniuble diseases. The fact is

also pointed oui that the most important

principle in the prevention of disease is

Siiiiitution, :tnd that a proper degree of

sanitation and hygicnc consistently main-

laincd will save thousands of lives and

millions of dollurs in ibis state each your.

Among these diseases which are men—

tioned as lurgc-ly pi'eve‘ntible by proper

sanitation and hygiene are tuberculosis.

typhoid fever, diplheria. and many oiher

of the mom common and destructive dis~

cusps. which are very largely within the

power of public control.



To ihc cud that concerted activity

throughout the state may be established

to the, end that better sanitary conditions

may prcvuil, (lov, Osborn has designated

May 15 as Public Health and Clcan-up

.lluy, in Michigan. In accordance with

the spirit of this proclamation the Statc

Board of llealih asks that the day be

made one of general clcuning up of un-

Sunizary conditions, and the establishing

of healthful, sanitary conditions. In ac-

Corduncc with this idea the mayors of

cilics und prcsidents of villages, through

ihc (-o—opcralion of local boards of health,

have been asked to extend the effect of

this prl’iclumation in ihcir jurisdiction,

and the suggestion has been mudc thzit

the day hc made a day of public health

teaching in every School in the state».



hluch of public good would be accom-

plished through the general co-operation

of the public with this movemcnt. Not

alone in the cities and villages. but upon

the farms of the state as well should such

co-Opcruiiou be given. In the busy rush

of the spring work the job of cleuning up

unsanitary conditions about the home and

buildings is apt to be too long ncglccied

for the appearance of a favorablc time in





relation to the other work in hand. Ev-

ery rcader should co-opcrate with this

movement to the end that the spring





clean-up about the farm should be com—

pleted by the date set us general clean-up

day in Michigan.

There are under

consideration in

congress at the

present time a number of hills which have

an important bearing on agriculture.

Among these the bill providing fOr the

appointment of a National Rural Credit

Commission to study the agricultural co—

operative credit systems which are in

successful operation in European countries

has been mentioned in recent comments.

Among other hills which it is stated on

good authority will be favorably reported

by the committee on agriculture of the

House are two which are designed to con-

trol the trading in futures, one bill touch-

ing such trading in the cereals and the

other in cotton. These bills seek to con-





Agriculture in Congress.





troll-he trading in futures through a. cen-

sorship of [telegraphic and telephonic com,-

munication, requiring an affidavit to be

filed by the contracting parties to the

effect that the commodities bought or

sold are actually in existence as repre-

sented by the transaction. The details of

this plan were given through these col-

umns some time ago. There lsuof course,

active- oposition to these measures from

the leading cotton and grain exchanges of

the country, and the bearings which will

undoubtedly be held on the bills may con-

tribute something to the general public

understanding of the underlying problem

if nothing more.



Still another bill has been passed by the

senate which will become a matter of in-

terest to agricultural producers through-

out the world as well as in this country.

This is :i bill providing for an internation-

al investigation of the causes of the high

cost of living throughout the world or,

more properly for the participation of this

government in such an investigation.



Then there are a number of bills under

consideration providing for the fostering

of a greater degree of extension work in

agricultural education by the national

government. ‘lxere appears to be little

doubt that one of the several bills pro-

Viding for such aid will be passed by the

present congress if not at this session. as

there is a general disposition among all

factions in congress to extend a helping

hand to agriculture at the present time.





The marvelous dc-

New Business in Our velopment of the

Foreign Trade. present century is

perhaps illustrated

in no better way than in the growth of

our forcign business along absolutcly new

lines. Among the manufactures of recent.

dcvclopmcnt which have assumed import-

ant proportions in our trade with foreign

couniries may be mentioned automobiles,

noropluucs and motion picture films.~ Some

recently published statistics relating to

the nature and extent of this trade are

of more than passing interest. It is grat—

ifying to note that the larger proportion

of this trade occurs in exports, thus aid—

ing in maintaining the balance of trade

in favor of our own country, as well as

attesting the superior progress made by

our countrymen in these c0mparatively

new lines of industry.



For instance, these figures, which are

'for the eight months ending with Febru-

cry. show that the number of automobiles

importod, aggregated 717, valued at $1.~

372.376, and automobile parts valued at

5212.102. During the same period the au-

tomobiles exported aggregated 12,347, val—

iwd at 3512064383, automobile tires valued

$1.0-l1.373, and automobiles parts valued

at $2,426.264. The record of exports of

Lillolllnbilcs extends back to 1902, in which

your ihc ioial exports were $948,528, as

compurcd wiih a {null value of $17,594,336

in lull. including tires, and an estimated

total for the present fiscal year of $25,-

000.000. These figures are rather start-

ling and significant by way of showing

the remarkable progress of our country in

a comparaiivcly new line of foreign trade.



Perhaps even more significant as an ex-

ample of recent development of our man—

ufactures are the figures relating to the

forcgn trade in motion picture films. This

trade is of such recent origin that figures

relaiing to ii are not available further

back than the last six months of 1911,

during which period there wore 42,000,000

lineal feet of motion picture films export—

ed from this country, and it is estimated

that during the: present fiscal year there

will be exported some 75,000,000 feet, or

sufficient to reach more than half way

around the world. During the. eight

months ending with February the exports

of lnoiion picture films aggregated 49,072,-

781 feel, valued at $3,927,097. us compar’ed

with imports aggregating $516,407 in value.



The foreign trade in aeroplanes is, of

course, very limited in comparison to the

other commodities above mentioned, yet

here againthe balance of trade is in our

favor, the exports being about double the

value of the imports and closely approx-

imating $100,000 for

These figures are gratifying in that they

promise a continued season of prosperity

for our country through the development

of new industries which give employment

to hundreds of thousands of our laboring

men, the product of whose labor is find-

ing a ready and ever increasing market

in foreign countries.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.





The floods of the lower Mississippi are

increasing in severity. Late last week a.

stretch of country 75 miles long was com-

pletely inundated, with many towns in

the vicinity threatened by the high wat—

ers. Extra levees were erected to pro—





tliei period named.’





' .. ",;_n:AY,;_4. 1912‘;





te’ct Reyvnle, La., but should the‘water

rise much ‘more these will be. broken

througim” Train secmce has been disconL

tinned on the New Orleans and North-

eastern ‘ railway.



Spreading rails ditched a mail train

west of Antwerp, Ohio, and injured four

men so badly that they arenot expected





fi





to live; eight or ten "others were hurt

more or less.

In the intercollegiate peace oratoricai





contest held at Monmouth, Illinois, where

representatives from Iowa, Illinois, VVis-

consin, Nebraska and Miohigan'met, Mr.

Blansard, of the University of Michigan,

carried off first honors, and Mr. Grafton,

of Galesburg, Ill., took second place; the

awards were $75 and $50 respectively.



At Broken Bow, Nebraska, at school-

house in which were twelve children and

the teacher, was picked up during a tor-

nado and carried a half mile- and deposited.

None of the scholars were hurt but the

teacher is suffering from severe bruises.



\Yind blowing at the rate of 70 miles

per hour did great damage to suburban

properly at Duluth, and caused $50,000 of

damage to a coal and dock company.



The contract fer the erection of the new

Michigan Central Depot at the end of the

International Tunnel across the Detroit

river at Detroit, has been awarded. It

is agreed that the structure will be com—

pleted by January, 1014. "The terminal

0‘30” involve a cost approximating $6,000,—

Tbe bodies of Col. Astor, Isidor Straus.

C. M. Hays, and,202 others have been

picked up in the vicinity of the disaster

of the steamship Titanic off the Grand

Banks, Newfoundland. The bodies were

taken to Halifax where many persons are

waiting with the hope of finding the re-

mains of friends who sailed on the ill-

i'uted boat.



Tests made of the coal sunk in the bat-

tleship Maine 14 years ago in the Havana.

harbor, show that it lost but ten per cent

of its value during the period of its sub-

mersmn.



A proclamation has been issued by Gov.



Osbom designating May 15 as a general

day for cleaning up cities, towns, villages

and country places of Michigan.

. According to the census of 1010 the vet-

ing strength of the United States is 26.-

099.151. Less than one-half of the par-

entage of male citizens over 21 years of

age are native born, the remainder being

children of immigrants, or born abroad.



A tornado which swept over a. part of

Texas and Oklahoma last Saturday killed

60 persons.



Fire suppbsed to have been due to in-

cendiarism, resulted in three fatalities





and the loss of $80,000 of property at

Knoxville, Tenn. Sunday.

The gcnc'ral conference of the Metho-





dist Episcopal church will begin its ses-

sion this week at Minneapolis and con-

tinue them for a month.



The first boat to reach Duluth from the

lower lukcs arrived there the 26th utter

plowing through some heavy fiields 0f~ice

and being heavily driven by a. storm.



'\'\'hile official. announcement has not

been made, it is generally understood that

an amicable agreement has been reached

between the anthricite Operators and the

representativs of the- miners: It is 'an—

ticipatd no more trouble between the men

and the employers will occur for several

years.



The adoption of a new wage scale by

the Grand Trunk system for engineers

bus brought an agreement from the en-

gineers that they will not go on strike

should the men on American lines agree

to (lult work. Minor matters are to be

placed in the hands of arbitrators for set-

tlement.



In the intcrcsts of economy the federal

authorities are making a. shake—up in the

Detroit post office which will likely result

in many official changes and perhaps a

reduction of salaries for some positions.

All residence districts will be given but

two deliveries per day; now some of the

sections have three deliveries.



The railway magnates are appealing to

the interstate commerce. commission to

arbitrate their differences with the loco-

motive engineers who have voted to walk

out on strike unless their demand for an

1ncreasein wages is allowed. Neither tlln

commissmn nor the representative of the

engineers will agree to the plan; but the

commission has suggested :1 special ar-

bitrating board for the purpose.





Foreign.





The bazaar quarters of the old city of

Damascus were burned late last Satur-

day. Several persons were: killed and

property estimated to be worth $10,000,000

was destroyed.



The federal and rebel forces of Mexi-

co are murching toward each other and

a dccisivo battle is expected soon. The

rebels number 6000 and are under the

command of the rebcl leader, ()rozco,

while the federals have 8,000 troops in

rank.



Commissioners from Nicaragua are in

this country soliciting a loan of $5,000,000.



The long established custom of settling

differences among the soldiers and oflicers

of the German army by dueling will here-

after become a penal offence should the

bill introduced into the Reichstag by the

centrists be made a law.



An exp10sion wrecked the coal colliers

at Yubari on the. island of Yazo, Japan,

and entombed 283 miners. There is little

or no hope f0r rescuing the unfortunate

men.



The blind workers in the Bristol Asylum

of England, have gone on strike for more

pay. The women are now paid but $1.75

to $2.00 per week and the men $53-50 to

$2.75 per week. It is cantended that this

wage is the smallest paid for blind labor

anywhere in the kingdom. '



The political situation in Mexico has

become much complicated the» past week,

and there appears a general apathy to—

ward all Americans, many of whom have

left that country for safety. The United

States and France are sending warships

to points along the coast for the protec-

tion of foreign interests. All business is

at a standstill. The rebels have been

generally successful in their campaigns.





 





 





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THE MEADOW LARKWBEsggmaaéfizgjgfm





When the bright, spring days arrive

and the weather becomes somewhat set—

tled, I commence to listen for the. clear,

penetrating Whistle of the meadow lark.

Every bird student, whether a dabbler or

not, recognizes the note of this denizen

of our grass lands. There is something in

his piercing “spring-of—the-year, spring-

of-the-year" that compels attention.



From early spring to late autumn. with

the exception of a few weeks in August,

their whistle is heard from telephone pole,

fence stake, tree and often from the

ground. Back from my home, on a small

knoll, there stands a good—sized elm. On

the very topmost branch of this tree,

morning and evening, there balances a

meadow lark, who pours forth his soul in

song. He is one of my bird landmarks.

Last summer, one of my meadow larks—

I claim all the birds about my home and

grounds as private property»—had a dis-

tinctive song. I could always tell that

one. His whistle was softer and more

melodious and bell like in tone. I simply

had to stop and listen to it, no matter

what I was doing. This bird was surely

a prima donna of meadow larks.



The! meadow lark. although not a lark

but a cousin of the blackbirds and orioles,





 





 





The Fledglings, in their short period of Helplessness, frequently fall a Prey to Snakes and other Enemies.





is a proud bird. it is amusing to watch

one of them swagger along a few rods in

front of you, when walking through the

meadow. The bird seems perfectly in-

different to your presence, unless you ap-

proach too near, when with a disgusted

f‘peent.” he will take wing and sail to a

more secluded spot. \Vhen he flies, the

broad white feathers on both sides of his





 





Young Meadow Larks in Nest—A Study in Protective Coloration.





tail are distinguishing marks. If you will

notice, the bird usually keeps his back

towards you, but it" you wish to see a bit

Of color that is beautiful, try to get a

good view of the meadow lark’s breast

with the sun shining on it. I have some-

times had this opportunity from my study

window. The jet black crescent, with

the bright yellow background. is enough

to cause any bird to be proud.



Although the meadow larks are very

abundant, their nests are seldom found.

The nests are placed in some slight de-

pression of the ground. They are made of

(name grasses, usually arched above. or

perhaps the bird will build underneath

the shelter of some old article in the field.

;\ few years ago my attention was called

to a nest built beneath an old Illt'Ce of tin

Only once after the discovery of this nest

was the old bird surprised by my ap-

proach. She knew that someone was

coming and would slip quietly from the

nest and fly up from some distant part

of the meadow. The mother bird would

never return to the nest while i was in

sight, although i made some long,r stops

during my study of the 110st. 'l‘hcl‘c Wcl'f‘.

five eggs, but soon after the young were

hatched some tragedy befell the home.

\Vhat havoc snakes and field mice make

with the white speckled eggs and helpless

fledglinng if the meadow lark were not

a prolific bird, sometimes rearing two and

three broods in a season, their number

would rapidly diminish. .-\ second nest of

which I made several studies was more

fortunate.



'l‘he meadow lark is not only a beautiful

bird, but he is of great value to the farm-

er. He lives almost entirely upon cater-





 





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pillars, ground insects and their larvae.

Grasshoppers are a favorite morsel, when

they can be obtained. \Vhen insects are





 





Nest and Eggs of Meadow Lark.





scarce, the bird of necessity varies his

diet with Weed seeds.



The meadow lark has many eneinit-s.

but the worst one is man, who often

shoots the bird for table use. I prefer to

shoot them with field glass and camera.





 





In yonder pleasant little valley

There dwells a farmer, Growler Jones;

And there for years, his good wife, Sallie,

Has listened to his sighs and mOans.

With Nature's laws he’s never suited,

And, be the weather foul or fair,

He stands a judge, self constituted,

To criticise them everywhere.





A thousand woes, imaginary,



Have aged this man beyOnd his years;

His morbid senses, visionary,



Have made his life a vale of tears;

With fretting and with constant scowling



He’s marked his brow with heavy frown,

With foolish and inceSsant growling



The corners of his mouth drawn down.





Should summer sun seem hot and drying,

Says he: “We’ll have but half a crop;



For want of rain the grain is dying—

’Tis weeks since we have had a drop!



The streams are low, the wells are failing,

The corn is rolling up its leaves,”



He tells us in a voice of wailing;

There’ll be a famine, he believes.





And then again, he’ll sigh, and wonder—

Should clouds appear foreteiling rain—-



if we’ll have hall and peallng thunder,

Or wind to tangle up the grain;



And at the storm's most distant rumble,

He then, with features all awry,





THE PESSIMIST AND THE OPTIMIST. V





BY B.





Is heard to say, with growl and grumble,

“ ’Twill be as Wet as it was dry.”





And, as the raindrops lively patter,

Says he, “How can I do the chores?



It's always so, ‘That’s what’s the matter,’

‘It never rains without it pours;’



Why not have had,” he’s heard to mutter,

“A gentle rain, I’d like to know.



Now every stream, ditch, drain and gutter

Will soan be filled to overflow.”





And when the elements seem vying

To make all nature mOSt complete,

Then he will fall to prophesying

0f diverse trials we must meet—-



Some trouble from the future borrow.

And tells us, too, does Growler Jones,

Though fair today, ’twlll storm tomorrow,



For he can feel it in his bOnes.





He prates of fate, of hopeless fiat,

'Of storms on land, and ocean fogs.

Declares, “with Congress running riot,

The country’s going to the dogs.”

In earthly trials multiplying,

This foolish man will still persist,

All source of pleasure thus defying—

This grumbling, growling pessimist.





L. K. W.





COuld he but have, all made to order,



A world where peace and joy pervade,

Across whOSe pure sequestered border



The ills of life could not invade,

With ample ways and means invented



To make this world complete throughout,

Methinks he’d still be discontented



With nothing there to growl about.





But Jones, the growler, has a neighbor



Whose cottage in the grove you spy;

’Tis happy, jolly Simon Tabor,



But better known as “Uncle Si.”

No time has he for vain repining,



No time for useless moans and sighs,

But, seeking, finds a silvery lining



E’en to the darkest clouds that rise.





With modest means, no labor scornlng,

By toil he earns his daily bread,

Beginning with the early morning,

That loved ones may be clothed and fed.

With day's work over, homeward wending,

His voice is heard, at close of day,

With Nature’s peaceful vespers blending

In some sweet, fondly cherished lay.





Tho’ frugal, he was never greedy;

Gives freely of his humble store;





And never have the poOr and needy

Been sent unaided from his door;

With friends he shares his early berries,

And many an urchin testifies

No other apples, plums or cherries,

Are half so sweet as Uncle Si’s.





lf visited by grief and sorrow,

Or trials come, as come they must,



By faith he sees a brighter morrow,

Believing all God’s laws are just.



From heart sincere his w0rds of cheering

And deeds of love are manifold,



Unconsciously himself endearing i

To high and low, to young and old.





By his advice, so aptly spoken,

Or words of praise, where praise is due,

The gloomy clouds are often broken

To let a ray of sunlight thrOugh.

With love and joy his heart o’erflowing,

This hope-inspiring optimist

ls, by his gifts of cheer bestowing,

A practical philanthropist.





In this wide world of fret and flurry,

Had we the faith to set us free



From anxious care and useless worry,

How much more happy we would be!



We’d travel on through life, obtaining

A foretaste of the World on High,



If all like Jones would cease complaining

And live like Dear Old Uncle Si.
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JAN E’S MAY=BASKET.





BY INA c. ESTES WHITE.





 





Little ten-year-old Jane lived with her

parents and little brother a short dis-

stance from town on a small “farm,” as

she laughingly called their ten acres. Her

father worked down town but found time

to care for “Old Daisy” the cow, and “old

.lim” the horse, and to cultivate their

small fields. ‘



Little Jane was lame. She did not

have to uSe crutches when she walked

but she had a very decided limp and it

tired her very much to walk to her School

in town. So when the weather was not

good her mother always hitched up old

Jim and took her to and from the school—

house. Jane was a very bright little girl,

always a favorite with her teachers be-

cause she learned so fast and tried so

hard to get her lessons “just right." She

could sing like a bird, write clever verses

and stories, sew and bake. Her mother

often said that nature had tried to make

up for that unfortunate lame ankle.



One stormy March day Jane and a lit-

tle friend went out to play where her

father had fallen a tree. They thought

it would be great fun to walk the lcngth

of the trunk as it lay there on the groniid.

.lanc‘s father had gone to the house for

some too] he wished to use. If he had

been there he would not have allowed

them to walk the great slippery log. They

walked it a few times in safety, btit fin-

ally .‘Iane’s little lame foot slipped and

she fell, striking her leg on an ugly knot.

One of the neighbor boys who was pass-

ing carried her to the house. She had to

stay in her little, bed for schral weeks,

uiilil the broken bones could grow to-

gether again.



liy the last: week in April she could get

around a little with the aid of a cane

which an old man who lived in town

made for her. Jane always kept that

little cane. It had a brass plate on one

side with her name engraved on it.



“0, mamma,” cried Jane on the morn-

ing of the last day of April, “may I make

some May—baskets. and won’t you hitch

up old Jim and take them around to the

houses tonight?"



Her mother looked at her pale, plead—

ing face and answered, “Yes, dear, but

what will you make them of?”



“0, if you’ll give me- some paste and

some of your tiny match boxes I can

make some pretty ones!”



“But where will you get your flowers,

dear?” her mother asked.



“I’ll pick all the blossoms off my pc—

tunia and Bethlehem star, and maybe 1

can bobble down back of the garden and

get some violets. 0, Hi manage if you‘ll

oiily help me, mummy dear,” she said

with an arch look at her mother, who VV‘tS

always “mummy” to her when she wished

to tease her for something or was in

pain and wished to be comforted.





Jane worked hard all day. She covered

the boxes with pretty colored paper which

she fringed all around the top edge. She

made handles of braided paper and sc\\'t‘ti

them on with thread. In the bottom of

each basket she put a layer of damp co‘t—

ton. She filled them with flowers which

she gathered back of the garden on the

river batik and the blossoms from her

choice petunia. .lane was very, V"!'_\’

tired and went to bed early that night.

licr mother took the baskets and left

them at the doors of the little friends’

houses.



Not one. May—basket was brought to

Jane that night. ller mother knew it

was not because the little girls did not

like June but because she lived so far out

of town. They were afraid to come so

far in the dark.



.lanc’s mother thought of how hard and

lovingly Jane had worked all day to make

baskets for others, and how she was not

going to be rcwaided with one in return.

’l‘hé thought of Jane’s tiny, disappointed

face in the morning was more than she

could bear. SO she took the box that

.ltinc's little red shoes had come in and

covered it with pretty paper, sewed braid-

td handles on it and made it look as near-

ly like Jane’s tiny baskets as she could.

Then she filled it with fragrant blossoms

and leaves from her house-plants. All

along the edge of the basket she draped

some smilax and primrose blossoms. She

then tiptoed to Jane’s room and placed

the basket on a. chair by the bed where

she could see it when she first opened her

eyes in the morning. Jane was sleeping

soundly and sweetly, and as her mother

stooped to push the damp curls from her

forehead she stirred in her sleep and

smiled.





The next morning when Jane awoke the

sun was streaming through the window

and she thought she heard a. robin sing-

ing “cheer up! cheer up!” Then she

Spied the basket on the chair. At first

she thought she must be dreaming and

shut her eyes tight. But when she open-

ed them again the basket was still there.

“0, such a big one,” she cried. “I won-

der who made it.”



She ran her hand lovingly over the

white and scarlet geraniums, and the lit-

tle pink roses that nestled close to the

iose-geranium leaves. “0, I know. Moth-

er made it!” Then her face grew sober

as she thought of how her mother had

prized those pretty blossoms. Quickly she

knelt by the side of her little bed and

asked God to make her good and deserv-

ing of such a kind mother.



Jane's mother died three years after

that May morning. Jane is a woman now

and has a happy home of her own, but

there never comes a. May-day morning

Without thoughts of that beautiful basket

and the gentle mother who made it for

her.





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BY PEARLE WHITE M‘COWAN.



Neil Brooks was what some folks called

“visionary.” That is to say, he had

“theories." Now theories, aseverybody

knows. are all right when practically ap-

plied. But it was just this practical ap—

plication that Neil lacked. He would lie

for an hour on his back under a tree

planning all sorts of possible improve—

ments and reformations, “vaporize" en

the feasibility of his dream plans for an-

othci' hour to the first person who would

listen, and then. instead of getting up

and hustling to put his plans into execu-

tion. why—down he'd lie and dream some

more. _



Now this, naturally, was not conducive

to success. but Neil, visionary, volublc.

and impracticable, had not yet woke up

to that fact.



Six months before, when his father died,

neighbors had said. “Perhaps this’ll wake

that Brooks boy up,” but beyond a few

days of sadness, they saw little to uphold

their hopes.



(hi this particular morning. Neil was

“supposed to be" cultivating corn on

what the family called the “East Forty.”

Not that that was the size of this par-

llt lllill' field. indeed, the whole farm com-

prised scaiccly more than forty acres,

and this was merely a little standing

family joke. Neil‘s sister, who loved

“big” things, in a spirit of mischief, had

one day mirthfully dubbed certain por-

tions of their little domain, the “East

Forty. the Back Eighty. and the South

'l‘wcnty." and being a family much given

to light jcsts and raillery, they appre-

ciatt-d the ludicrousness of it and the

names had ”stuck.”



it was one of those days that you read

about. poets enthuse over, “\\'hat is so

rare as a day in June?” and all that Sort

of thing. The old gray mare lazily fiecked

a fly from her side. and reached for the

bit of grass that lay just ahead of her

lictnct-ii he rows, then, meeting with no

objections in the way of rein or voice,

dclilwratcly meandercd to the fence cor-

ner where grass grew more abundant.

dragging lhc old spring—tooth cultivator

behind her and tearing out several hills

of corn in her progress. But the boy, on

his back just under the shade of the old

stone “all. paid no heed. lie was just

now very busily engaged in figuring out

how much quicker that corn field could

be gone over with one of those wonderful

new “'l‘u—llo" cultivators that he‘d been

reading about in a catalog. (Neil was

partial to catalogs. They always fired

him with enthusiastic plans and “visions.”

There were so many new and labor-saw

ing devices described in them). It took

some time to figure it out to his satisfac-

tion, and just as his lagging conscience

began to give him a few little uncom-

fortable prods, his attention was arrested

by the sound of voices on the other side

of the wall. Two men were evidently

coming along the highway on foot.



“I hate to do it.” remarked one, whose

voice Neil recognized instantly. “Brooks

would have ‘made good’ in time, if he had

lived, but it’s not a paying investment as

it stands. The mortgage is due in De—

cember and, unpleasant though it will be.'

1 shall have to foreclose. If the boy had

shown any inclination to hustle and

amount to something, I w0uld have ex-





 





tended the time, but he’s just as 'unam;

bitious as ever.”



“It'll be mighty hard on the mother,

though,” broke in the other, with a strong

note of sympathy in his voice.



“Yes, but what’s a man to do?” queried

the first speaker petulantly. “Look at

that field of corn now—weeds most knee

high. horse out there in the fence corner,

boy most likely dailying ’round the hbuse

airing some of his ‘opinions.’ He’s got

good enough ideas about things, but he

hasn’t any ‘get up and get’ to back them

up.” Evidently they were unaware of

the boy’s proximity.



“Their private opinion publicly express-

ed," growled Neil viciously to himself.

It was the first time he had ever been

treated to a rehearsal of his neighbors’

opinion of himself, and it didn’t set well.

Nevertheless he got up and went to work.

The longer he worked the madder he got,

first, at the man who had so disparag—

ingly estimated his character, then at

himself for having made such an esti-

mate possible.



He had known all along that the mort-

gage was due that winter, but with his

customary optimism he had never doubted

that it could be renewed, probably indefi-

nitely. Thus vague and uncertain were

his ideas of business men’s methods.





Now, however, his eyes were opened.

He thcught of all the old familiar places

about the little farm; the old swing in

the burn, the orchard, the spring at the

foot of the hill, the stock, Mollie and the

old gray mare he was driving, the sheep

and pigs, Bess and Jersey and the tWo

calves. If the mortgage was foreclosed

these would all have to go. They could

not take them into town.



Then the other man's remark, “But it

will be hard on the mother,” came back

to his mind. and with it the smart of a

reproving conscience that his first thought.

had not been of her. Snatches of conver—

sations, in which she: had tried to urge

his responsibility upon him, came back

with ten-fold force, and with them sting-

ing upbraidings from his own conscience.

He remembered, with a pang, the worn

look that had been growing upon her face

in these latter weeks, and thought how

she and his father had struggled and

economizcd for years that this little home

might sometime be free from debt and a

refuge to them in their old age. And

now that the husband and father had

been taken away. must all her hopes be

blasted? Must the added sorrow of “los-

ing the place" come to her, to her who

knew and loved every vale and knoll on

the little farm and every nook and corner

in the dear old house. With manly tears

in his eyes, he vowed that it should

not be.



Oh. Neil was waking up all right. It

takes a mighty hard jolt to rouse some

folks from the lethargy that youthful

bigotry and natural optimism throw over

them sometimes, but when that kind of

a person once wakes up he usually proves

that he can “do things.”



Surely the old gray mare wondered at

and rather resented the change that had

come over her usually too-considerate

driver that day, for she got no more snips

of green grass from the fence corners, and

precious few “rests,” it seemed to her,

between the rows.



When night came. Neil knew that he

had cultivated more corn that one day

than he had ever done in two before.

-\nd. somehow, it seemed good to him.

For the first time in his life he knew the

joy of work, and work well done.



But it did not end there. After the

rigid self-condemnation that had followed

the over—hearing of that highly illuminat—

ing and humiliating conversation by the

stone wall. Neil had vowed that, in the

six months that were left to him before

a foreclosure could be made, he would

Move to the owner of that mortgage that

there. was “good stuf ” in him.



In three months the farm was a differ—

ent looking place. Crops were clean,

fences up, and Neil for the first time was

taking pride in keeping them so. Early

in September, the man who had had such

a poor opinion of him came along one

day and, shaking hands, complimented

him on the condition of things in general.

“You’re doing splendid this summer,

Splendid." complimented the mortgage

owner, as he rubbed his hands together

and looked out over the well—tilled fields.

And Neil felt confident that the “chance”

of renewal that had been hinted at that

day in early June was his for the ask-

ing. However, perhaps he wouldn’t have

felt quite so sure if a little calculation

earlier had not shown him that, if all

went well, as things bade fair to do, the

“bean money” (the South Twenty was in





beans) could go to make a fair-sized pay-





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“TALKIN’.”





' _—.___.





BY MRS. H. L. SOPER.





Down at the_ store the boys discuss a

mighty lot 0' things,



From price 0’ corn, and politics, to lace

and diamond rings;



And argerl—till they git so mad, an‘

a'most fight; the While



I set a calmly watchin’ ’em, I jest set

still an’ smile.





I ’low the world is bad enough; but Good -





is somewhar round. _

An' if we only look fer it, it allers can be





found.



What good it does to blarney ’bout old

John D. an’ his ile,



W’y, I can’t see.

watch, an’ smile.





I don’t stay long down at the store, fer

1 must cut the grain



And harvest it all safe an’ sound fer fear

‘twill come a rain. 4



So, I jest simply walk ’long back ter my

home. A mile -



0’ pretty road in front 0' me, I jog along

an' smile.





I don't know ez it helps things much to

talk about the law



’F all yer goin’ ter do about; it’s set.

around and jaw.



There’s heaps 0’ work that We kin do to

help along, the while "



W'e mind our biz, an’ do our best, and

jog along—an’ smile!





 





ment upon the principal itself. The sale

of other and minor crops would pay the

interest and keep up the household ex—

penses. Perhaps this “figufi'ng” was a

little return to his old “visionary” habits,

”counting chickens before they hatch,”

you know, but who can blame a boy, or

man either, when he sees a good—‘sized

field of beans, or wheat, or oats, for

“figuring" just a little as to what they’ll

bring, and what he‘ll spend it for.



Certain it was, Neil’s beans did look

promising._ Then, just. when he had

them nearly all pulled, it began to rain,

and it rained and rained, for days and

days. And too much rain at just this

time, as all bean farmers know, will rust

and discolor them until they are unfit for

market. Tints, in spite of Neil’s best ef-

forts, tliose beans were very near a fail—

ure. 'l‘hirly dollars, when you’ve expect—

ed at least a hundred, is disappointing

even to older folks than Neil. Then when

it means spending all your evenings and

spare time for weeks in tediously picking

beans over by hand to realize even that

amount, things do look discouraging.

‘For a few days after the threshing,

with bushels of unmarketable beans pil-

ing up on his hands, Neil felt pretty

“blue.” True, he knew that they would

be able. to eke out enough to pay the in-

terest. and probably a little beside, but

he wasn’t at all sure that this would sat-

isfy his creditor. He knew more about

‘business men’s methods now than he had

a few months previous, and he felt sure

that, under the circumstances, if any

extension of time was granted, he would

have to go to his creditor with a sum

large enough to make it seem worth

while.



So he talked things over with his moth-

er and determined to sell the sheep.

There were only twelve of them—old

sheep that his father had bought the year

before at a bargain, of a man who, leav-

ing the country, was glad to dispose of

them at any price. Neil could see now

how he might have made them pay him

a snug little profit this fall. But since

his awakening, pasture had been poor:

he had been obliged to feed the other

stock more than usual, and the grain and

“fodder” rais‘ed upon their little farm

during the summer would not carry all

the animals through until spring. so it

seemed best to sell them, though in their

roor condition they would bring only

about what his father had paid for them.



But just about this time Neil’s brain

began to “buzz" with a new project. He

bethought himself that beans, even

though discolored and unfit for table use,

may be ground and fed advantageously

tt) sheep, Government bulletins and farm

papers were industriously studied. with

the result that the sheep were kept a lit-

tle longer and those unmarketable beans

converted into marketable mutton. \‘l'hen.

in December, he finally took them to

town, he found to his delight that his

sheep, with the aid of “poor beans” and

a slight increase in the price of meats,

brought just about double What he had

been offered in the early fal for them.





Now, if he happens to be in a talkative

mood. Neil will tell yOu that he learned

many things that summer, among others,

that he could “do things,” not merely

“dream them.” And again, that a seem—

ing failure may sometimes *be converted

into something very like success if you

don’t give up too easly and but use your

brains a little.





 





 





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dancing and making merry around other

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'l‘licse children are unconsciously imitat-

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similar to those practiced afterwards in

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us not only through the Romans, but

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THE MIRACLE or: LEAVES.





 





BY CHARLES H. CHESLEY.





Some Wonder Worker through the wood

Sped far abroad today,



And where the bare gray beeches stood

He hung a leafy spray.





The groping elm, with festoons green,

He decked at Spring’s behest,



And stretched a canopy serene

To hide the hang-bird’s nest.





Like gleaners glad the maples stand,

No more with meagre sheaves,

But scattering with lavish hand

The miracle of leaves.





Be this my aim; that with each year

New thoughts and hopes arise,



As leaves upon the oaks appear

When all the old dream dies.





A DAUGHTER OF THE GULF.





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BY JANE WINSTON.





 





(Concluded from last week).





Somehow, Curtis believed none of this.

He pondered the situation for a long min-

ute before he said, “Then you intend to

marry Miss Roscoe?”



“You say that is the current rumor.”



“I came here to tell you to stop it. I

tell you so yet, in spite of all you have

said.”



“Do you mean to threaten me?”



“You can interpret my words for your-





‘ self.”





“I do interpret them.” returned Gar—-

lington, pointedly,” and, in that case, you

are going to lose a girl. as well as my—

self. Do you think I have not seen what

is going on in that shell shop?”



It was Curtis’s turn to stare. “I do not

understand you,” he began, when Gar-

lington cut him short.



“See here; as sure as you interfere in -

tween myself and Sallie, I will cook you-r

goose with that girl. You may think that

I can not. but I would not advise you to

risk it. You have no real standing wito

these people hcre, anyway; a. man out of

a show. I have boon in the town long

enough to know them. They would listen

to me lit-fore. they would credit you.

Look here; arc you going to believe my

story or to wait for me to send for proofs

of Mollie’s death. I can do it, if you will

give rne time?"



“I will see you again." mumbled the

other, anxious now to get away. His

head was in a whirl, and he wanted to

think this thing over.



“It would not sound very well you

know,” Garlington called after him, “for

the 'Whitewave public to know that you

had tried to blackmail me.”



Curtis turned on his heel. “It would

sound worse if they knew I had succeed-

Ml,” he retorted. “You can not use that

without incriminating yourself."



(:arlington, like a woman, had the last

word. “I‘ll show you whether I can or

not,” he jerked, and Curtis went away in

a quandary. lie had but to believe the

other’s story and his part in the affair

would be endcd. but, somehow, he could

not believe Gurlington.



Next morning, when Curtis went for his

mail, he received a soiled lcttcr, bearing

the Houston postmark, and addressed in

large irregular characters to D. L, Cur—

tis, Esq. So far as he was aware, he

knew no one in Houston, but the hand-

writing struck him with a. dull sense of

recognition. He opened the missive and





, read:

‘1)8211‘ Little RO<lz~





John and me are here, and he is bad

hurt. They say he is dying, but I hope

it’s not so. “’0 are broke. I want you

to come. I heard you was there. and I

wanted to telegraph, but did not have the

money. I know you, lied, and I know

you will come as soon as you got this.



Lovingly, Nell Harmon.



Curtis felt that he stood at the parting

of the ways. Here was a chance to find

out if Gnrlington were telling the truth;

0n the other hand, if Nell Harmon came

to “'hitewave, it might complicate mat—

ters terribly. “'hat would Linden Gray

think of her? The gulf girl had wound

her way deeply into his heart. Surely he

had done his duty in that one interview

with Garlington; he had only to believe

his story, and let the matter drop. As

for the Harmons, he owed them little;

they had parted in anger, and he had

made his own way. Then the face of the

gulf girl rose before him.



Curtis boarded the first outgoing train.

“’hen he reached Houston he had a long

search for the address given in the let-

ter, finally locating it in a miserable quar-

ter of the city. In response to his knock

the door was flung wide open and a stout

woman of fifty fairly threw herself into

his arms.



“0h, Red, Red, I knowed you would

come,” she sobbed; “John died this morn-





ing, and my heart is clean broke. My

baby boy, and the only one I had left in

the world. You won’t let him go to the

pottelr’s field, Red?”



Curtis had foreseen this contingency

and was prepared to meet it.



"I knowed you would,” she said, when

he relieved her fears on this score. “Red,

you are the best boy of the lot, if you are

no kin to me. And the others are all

scattered to the four winds of heaven; I

don’t know where a one of them is to-

day.”



“Where is Mollie?” asked Curtis, when

she stopped for breath.



“I had a letter from her since we have

been here. TVhy, she is in Ohio, trying

to make a living for the three children

that villain left her with, that is what

she is doing! If I ever lay hands on him

he will know it. But here We are stand-

ing talking about Mollie, and poor John

laying in yonder; come and see him, Red;

he was talking about you only last

night.” ,



For the next twenty-four hours Curtis

was all that an own son could have been

to this woman who had reared him. But,

when all was over, he was seriously per-

turbed in mind. Nell Harmon had al-

ways a knack of getting her own way;

she was now determined to return to

T‘Vhitcwave with him, and \Vhitewave to

Curtis meant Linden Gray. Mrs. Harmon

had bcen a handsome woman, in a cer-

tain llorid style; she was still sufficiently

striking to create a sensation in \Vhite-

wave, and her tongue no man could tame.

tht. for all this, the next day‘s sun saw

thcm journeying together to \Vhitewave,

Curtis with the restful sensation of a

man who carries a bomb. As they alight.-

ed from the train at their destination

Curtis saw Garlington among the little

crowd that lined the depot platform, so

he quickly directed Mrs. Harmon’s atten—

tion to another point.





Chapter V.





TVhitcwave was wondering over the

suddcn departure of Garlington. Rumor

said that ho had been called away by the

death of a relative. and would return

soon, but no one could say positively

whither he had gone. Curtis was mend-

ing a necklace, and wondering over the

change in Linden Gray. Another might

have noticed nothing, but he knew her

every mood, and it was as if a mist had

arisen and veilcd the sparkling sea. She

was working near him now, but all morn-

ing she had scarcely given him a look.

Suddenly, the window was darkened.

Curtis glanced up and his heart stood

still. Mrs. Harmon was entering the

shell shop.



“1 had a time finding your place,” she

hogan, as soon as she was fairly inside.

'llcr face was flushed from the walk she

had when and, to Curtis’s horror, she

brought with her a strong perfume of

whiskcy. ller somewhat soilcd white hat

was tipped rakishly over one eye, while

its broken plumcs trailed dejectedly to

one side. She wore a freshly ironed white

linen skirt, a very much wrinkled waist

made of cheap yellow silk, and white cot-

ton gloves.



Curtls'came to his feet with a bound.

Linden was about to walk away, but Mrs.

Harmon was too quick for her.



“You are Miss Gray, I suppose,” she

exclaimed. “They told me about you

down town.” Curtis saw the color sweep

over the girl’s face in a wave, and look-

cd away. “Seems like Red is doing well;

llc always was ambitious, so much more

so than my boys. I was all the mother

and father he cver know, you know; his

people died, and I took him when he was

not so long as my arm. Ah. the times

we have seen togcther. TVc Harmons are

show peoplo from the handle. But my

boys never made any success at it.” She

lowered her voice tragically. “\Vhiskey,”

she whispered, ”whiskey. But, if Red is

like he used to be, he never touches the

stuff.”



Curtis never knew how he lived

through the next half hour, Mrs. Har—

mon inspected everything in the shop.

She held Linden as if by some magic

spell, and her tongue ran like a mill rzwe.

He felt that Linden's impression of the

visitor was anything but favorablc, but

he knew his foster mother too well to at-

tempt to hasten her departure. When

she had gone he returned to his work

with a scowl. A few minutes later he

looked up to find Linden standing before

him. On her face was a look he had

never seen before, and she seemed to be

struggling for utterance.



“Mr. Curtis,” she burst out, presently.

“I want you to move your shop."



There was a pause. He sat staring

steadily at her, trying to understand this

thing. She evaded his gaze.





-





MAY 4, 1912.





“I do not exactly see what you. mean‘,"

he began, when the silence had become

awkward.



“Just what I said,” she jerked, and was.

again silent.



“You have rented the space to some-

one?” he ventured.



“No.”



“Then it is something I have done?”



“Yes."



“Well, my dear Miss Gray, if you will

let me know what it is, maybe I can ex-

plain or straighten it out.”



She went away without a word. Re-

turning almost immediately, she flung a.

pink slip down before him. To his amaze.-

ment, it was the check Garlington had

given him.



“\Vhere did you get this?” he cried.



"Mr. Garlington gave it to me. He came-

hcre the night before he went away, and

told me about how he came to give it to-

you.”



“it was a loan. I paid him back. I

can prove it; I have my own check, which

came back from the bank to me, as this

did to him.”



But the mist had veiled the sea. “I

want you to move,” she repeated.



He bit his lip. “I fail to see why,” he

said. “I do not know what this means."



“It means that I am done with you,”

she cried. “You are not the man I

thought you were.” He had never

thought she could be like this. "You

threatened Garlington, when he made

the loan. You are a cheap man.”



“\Vhat chance have I ever had to be

anything else? I may be everything that

is contemptible, but I love you, Linden.

Don’t say you are done with me.”



“I (lid think that I could love you.

But I never can again. Oh, I could have

forgiven anything else, anything but a.

chcap thing like that.”



“If I move I leave \Vhitewave. You

arc all that holds me here.”



But this threat had no effect. _She

would have no more to say to him. TVhen

a week had passed. andi her attitude re-

mained the same, he went to Mrs. Har-

ll’lOll.



“You and I are going away,” he an-

nounced. “Nobody nceds us here.”



“I am going to stay,” was the surpris-

ing reply.



“What can you do?”



“Oh, never fear. Nell Harmon can

koep herself. I like the place and the

people, though they do not like me so

far. They all look at me like your girl

of the shell shop.”



“And little wonder. She must have

thought you were half drunk.” He: had

avoided this red-hot subject but, now

that she had opened it, he could resist

no longer.



She sprang to her feet. striking an at-

titude that might have served as a model

for a statute of vengeance. "You were





ashamed of me,” she cried. “Red, you _





were ashamed of the woman that stood

out in the wet and snow, many a. cold

night, to make you what you are. I will

show your girl what I am made of. Folks

is folks, the world over. And it’s good

to hear the sea again. The first thing I

can remember is that roar. And it was

there I met my old man, John Harmon,

that never brought me anything but trou-

ble. I have been half over creation since,

but I never forgot it. You will make a.

big mistake if you leave, Red. Your girl

is just like that gulf. It is the sweetest

thing in this world, and it can be the

most cruel.”





 





Chapter VI.





Curtis went back to the old life. Lin-

dcn.would not cven bid him good-bye.

The band mourned his departure. and

Charlie Masters most of all. But Curtis

told himself that he should never have

stopped at all. He was a son of the road,

after all. It would be a joy to return to

it. But he soon found' that the months

in “'hitewave had changed him. Amid

the hustle and gaiety of the life with

which he was so familiar he often actu-

ally longed for its quiet monotony. TVorst

of all, he could not forget Linden Gray.

The happy days with her haunted his

dreams with sickening regularity.



One morning, more than six months

after his departure from Whitewave, he

picked up a newspaper. A headline in

they lower corner attracted his attention.

“Storm Warning for Gulf Coast," it read.

l’Ie swore, and dashed the paper down.

'Was he always to be reminded of that

cruel, languorous, semi—tropical land. with

its soft airs and purring sea, radiant

flowers and many fruits? Within three

days, Curtis’s heart stood still when it

was rumored that Galveston was again

destroyed. It seemed an age before he

could learn anything definite. Then came

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hind seawall,”.he read. “Coast suffers

greatly. "Whitewave and Angleton totally

wrecked."



Curtis dropped everything and started

for VVhitewave. He told himself that it

was his duty to look after his foster

mother, but he knew that this was merely

an excuse. The train could scarcely

bear him fast enough to the land of his

desire. Irong before he- reached it, the-

marks. of the storm became evident. To

his distress, the news of the misfortune

of the two towns was not denied. The

loss of life had been small, but there had

been less of life. He passed what had

been Angleton, now a towu of tents. And

Angleton was fifteen miles inland.



The last day of his journey was per-

formed behind the best team he cou‘d

hire, for the railroad was still hopeless.

He traveled slowly, OVGti‘ almost impas-

sable roads. Everywhere was destruc—

tion, wrecked country houses, overturned

palms, sorrowful faces.



Twilight had fallen before they were

able to see anything of Vt’hitewave, and

Curtis was glad of it. When they stop-

ped at last before its twinkling lights, a

man with his arm in a sling came out of

the circle of darkness. Curtis sprang from

the vehicle as he recognized Charlie

Masters.



“Of all people.” gasped Charlie. Curtis

seized him by the shoulders.



"Tell me," he commanded. “is anybody

hurt here? Anybody We know?"



“Linden,” began Charlie. Curtis fell

back with a strange cry.



”No, no, not Linden. Linden is all

right. I-Ier aunt Jane was killed.“



“Take me to her," Curtis managed to

say.



Charlie secured a lantern and they be-

gan the march, threading their way with

difficulty through piles of wreckage.



“I am a married man now,“ announced

Charlie. “Sallie and I Were married yes—

terday." A woman came out of a tent

ahead of them.



“That is Mrs. Harmon." remarked

Charlie. “She struck \VhitewavG folks as

being rather odd at first, but they sure

think a lot of her now. She is not going

to stay, though. She, wants to go to her

daughter somewhere, and a lot of us are

going to make up the money when the

train gets to running." .



Mrs. Harmon greeted Curtis with a cry

of joy. “I must tell Linden,” she ex-

claimed, and darted back into the tent.

in a few minutes Curtis and Linden were

alone together.



“I never thought to see you again,”

she said, half sobbing. “Your mother is

the best woman in the world. She saved

my life, and I thought she was drunk

that day. To think that the gulf could do

that way. \Ve fought for our lives for

fifteen hours in that water.”



“And I was not there to help you. I

am never going to leave you again. Lin-

den, you will never send me away again?"



“Never again,” promised Linden.





 





INFLUENCES AT WORK ON COUNTRY

BOYS.





BY Z. I. DAVIS.





Some of the men of greatest character

in this nation haVe been those who came

from the farm. Abraham Lincoln, George

Washington and many others of similar

virtues were born and brought up in the

rural districts. Thus some people seem

to think that it is easy to bring up a boy

in the country because his surroundings

are more conductch to his best develop-

ment. There is a prevalent idea that

fewer obstacles present themselves in the

way of disciplining him.



There is some ground for taking the

position that the farm is the best place

to bring up boys. But there are excep—

tions to every rule. Good and bad influ—

ences are at work there the same as else—

where. Because of the usual absence of

saloons, gambling places and dens of vice.

there are not as many temptations along

these lilies. But there is danger from

contact with the depraved victims of these

vicious institutions. No place has yet

been found where vice and its followers

can be conveniently segregated on earth.

Many drunkards and gamblers after

squandering their last nickle, join the

army of tramps who remorselessly prey

upon farming communities, taking advan-

tage of the dearth of help. Their usual

rule is to remain at a place until they

have eaten enough to fill out; their shriv-

eled skins and fatten their purses. Then

they surreptiously leave in the night, or

early morning, before the family is aware

of it.



In most instances it is no fault of the

farmer that. they have disappeared. He

gave them good table board, a comfort-

able lodging, and much kinder treatment





 





than they deserved, but wanderlust, lazi-

ness and discontemt haVe become a habit

with them. At best they are little better

than eye-servants, and usually inefficient,

doing more harm than good.



The worst feature of such cases is their

influence upon the boys. As a well of

pure water becomes contaminated from

filth emptying itself into it because of the

insufficient protection of a good curb, so

the young life may receive to itself the

subtle poisoning ejected into it by these

dregs of human society.



Thoughtful and conscientious parents

will guard their children from association

with rough hired help. Here is a brief

description of a true incident. A, certain

boy on a farm always made friends with

every hired man that came along. He

was easily influenced, and was persuaded

one day, by one of the men, to smoke to-

bacco. At first, fancy cigars satisfied

him, but as the habit became stronger.

a pipe. strong tobacco and quantities of

it, took their place. About that time he

concluded that he would not go to School

any longer. Although a few terms more

of hard work would have brought him to

commencement day, he took his books

home and never returned. He became

less careful of the company that he kept,

and later he formed the abominable cig-

arette habit. (A short time ago a young

man of twenty-live years was taken to a

Michigan asylum as a result of incessant

use of tobacco. lle was an only son, and

his mother, who lives on a farm, is nearly

broken hearted).



Returning to the story of the first boy,

the next hired man was of a more vicious

character. Ile: had obscene literature in

his pocket, and. after the day's work was

done, spent the evening in telling ques—

tionable stories and retailing conversation

to the boy that would have made his

parents rise up in righteous indignation

it‘ they had heard it. But the dissemina-

tors of vice are full of deceit and hypo—

crisy.



if parents would do what they could to

surround their children with wholesome

environment. shielding them as much as

possible, making as much of an effort to

protect them as to protect their crops

from harmful parasites, the outlook would

be brighter. “'hat profit is it to the

farmer “if he gain the whole world." and

lose his own boys?





 





A BIRD-'5 NEST PARTY.





 





BY RUTH RAYMOND.



A little girl of ten recently gave a birth-

day party to commemorate the event. Ten

little girls were invited and a merry time

they had. .\ bird guide book was se-

cured and each guest was named after

one of the native birds. The name was

printed on a card and pinned on the front

of the dress when the little girl arrived.



After all were assembleth paper and

pencils were provided and each guest was

requested to write as nearly as possible

her own habits. “”hen the papers were

collected and read aloud there was much

:nerriinent as the guide book gave many

different habits from thOSe written. Bird

stories were told and bird songs sung.

All went to the orchard and hunted for

bird‘s nests. Games were: piayed and

when all were tired and hungry luncheon

was served in the- dining-room which was

tastefully decorated With evergreens and

flowers.



A big bird's nest, made by covering a

bowl with green crepe paper, was the

centerpiece for the table and contained

hard boiled eggs, one for each guest with

name lettered on the side.



At each plate was a dainty nest of moss

containing tinted candy eggs the size of

birds’ eggs. Fruit cake and ice cream

were served. the latter being cut in egg

form the size of a goose egg. one for

each guest. Each little girl, as she wend-

ed her way home, carrying her green nest

full of candy eggs, thought a bird’s nest

party the very best of any.





 





A horse dealer was showing a horse to

a prospective buyer. After running him

backward and forward for a few min-

utes. he stopped and said to the buyer,

”\Yhat do you think of his coat? Isn't

he a dandy?"



The buyer, noticing that the horse had

the heaves. replied, “Yes, I like his coat,

all right, but I don’t like his pants.”



A teacher in a big elementary school

had given a lesson in an infants’ class on

the Ten Commandments. In order to

test their memories she asked, “Can any

little child give me a commandment with

only four words in it?”



A hand was raised immediately.



“\Vell?" said the teacher.



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I CAN’T vs. I WON’T.





and vegetables. Yet how often we see

people living, or existing, on baked goods

and canned goods, pies, cookies, rich

cakes and sauce with pork chops or roast

pork as the only meat they will touch.

Their bad color and nerves show that

they are eating the wrong foods, but if

you remonstrate with them they shrug

their shoulders and say, “I can’t eat eggs

and vegetables. They don’t agree with

me.” As a'matter of fact, they don’t

like eggs and vegetables very well and

they won’t cultivate a taste for them.

They are constantly taking drugs to do

what plain nourishing food would do for

them more easily and with no discomfort.



As a matter of fact, there is no one

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that the ones who “can’t” eat what they

should usually come to a time in their

lives when they really can’t eat anything

else. Improper living tells on the body

sooner or later and when the doctor is

called in, milk and eggs and the simple

things the patient has refused before are

the very things he must now take.



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DON’T SAY “I CAN’T."





 





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Don’t say “I can’t,” because you can.

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FLORAL WORK FOR MAY—By Eva Ryman-Gaillard.





May is the month when bulbs, shrubs,

early- blooming peiennials and a few an-

nuals are making the world bright with

color, and filling the air with fragrance.

Most of the spring flowers will be through

blooming by the end of the month and

every flower—head should be removed to

prevent nature’s effort to produce seed

which means exhausting the strength of

the plant that should be expended in

making a strong, sturdy growth that Will

mean more and finer blooms next year.



Very few subjects can be mentioned,

when space is limited, so thislmonth’s

talk will be mainly for the benefit of such

women as find themselves in new homes

where the flower-garden is poor, if not

entirely lacking. and for those who want

showy and quick returns for the little

time and strength they can give to its

cultivation. The low-growing, fragrant

beauties of the garden require as much,

if not more, care as many more showy

sorts and for that reason we shall men-

tion a few of the newer forms of old-time

favorites that c‘ombi'ne free-flowering hab-

it with trOpical appearance and recom-

mend them to the busy woman.



The dahlia was for a long time known

only as a tuberous-rooted plant that re-

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the winter, and there was little variety

of form. Now-a-days, however, they are

grown from seed sown about the middle

of May. Among the newer sorts we may





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from May-sown seed, secure a grand

showing of flowers during late summer

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tuber may be lifted and stored for plant-

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The “cactus-flowered” is one of the

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and pompone varieties are all good. Seeds

germinate quickly and the plants make

very rapid growth, making a gorgeous

showing easy to obtain,



The old-time sunflower with its enor-

mous single blossoms had little claim to

beauty but the newer types are so strik-

ingly beautiful that they deserve con-

spicuous place. Some of them grow to be

ten feet tall, branch very» freely and are

so completely covered with flowers closely

resembling enormous yellow Chrysanthe-

mums that they well deserve the name,

“Fountain of Gold,” sometimes applied to

them. Other sorts are dwarf and make

fine edges for borders, or beds of the tall-

er growing sorts. Among the dwarfs one

bright yellow

and is very attractive.



The flowers range from red to orange

and all have long, wiry stems that make

them especially desirable for cutting.

Their lasting quality makes them splendid

for decorative work, if used with feathery





 





 





grasses or light greenery that will soften

their rather bold outlines.



Get the sunflower seed into the ground

as soon as danger of frost is past. Make

the soil very rich, as the plants must

have nourishment to meet the demands

of an enormously rapid growth. Make

the soil fine and cover the seed to about

four times their thickness. If a. hollow is

made and filled in as the plants grow it

gives them a much stronger hold in the

ground and prevents leaning over during

strong winds. Plant the seeds generously

and when well started pull up the weaker

plants, leaving just enough of the most

sturdy to fill the space without crowding

when well grown.



Nearly all annuals may be sown in the

open ground this month and those who

want late flowers to keep the garden gay

until the very last will not forge-t the

asters, cosmos, annual ”mums” and other

well known favorites. As an all-around

beauty-booster there is nothing to equal

the nasturtium, there being no other plant

that will give as quick and sure returns

in all sorts of places and in poor soil, Too

rich soil induces growth of rank foliage

at the expense of the flowers. In rather

poor soil the foliage is small but the

blooms are large and many. If the flow-

ers are closely picked the plants bloom

freely all summer and fall but it is a

good plan to sow seed in places where the

floral display can be sacrificed in order to

obtain the seed-pods for use during the

pickling season.



Seeds of both biennials and perennials

may be sown this month if available. The

early sown seed gives stronger plants,

and they withstand the winter better than

those secured by fall or late. summer sow-

ing, as is commonly advised.



May is, emphatically, the seed-growing

month in the garden and it is worth while

to remember that many flowers of one

variety make a finer showing in the gar—

den than a few of many kinds and that

they are much more easily disposed of if

a market of any kind is at hand. There

seems to be a craze for old-fashioned

flowers and these common in our grand-

mothers’ gardens are the favorites of to-

day, among those buying as well as

among those growing them.



Someone has said that roses hate wet

feet and we know that mildew attacks

the bushes standing in the shade where

the soil is constantly damp. Bushes in

such locations should be moved to a more

sunny place but as the moving must wait

until fall, if it is to be well done,



Moving the bushes may furnish the cure

but for this season we must do the next

best thing and use insecticides. A thor—

ough spraying with the following mix-

ture, about the middle of this month, will

prevent much of the trouble: Mix a.

pound of common soap and half—a-pound

of sulphur with enough hot water to form

a paste, then add enough cold water to

make ten gallons of the solution. Keep

well stirred when using and be sure that

the material reaches both upper and un-

der side of leaves.



By the time flower—buds form, all sorts

of chewing and sucking insects will ap-

pear and spraying with hellebore, or other

insect powder, mixed with water must

be resorted to if the bushes are too large

or too many to be treated with dry pow-

ders. A pound of whale—oil soap dissolved

in eight gallons of water makes an effec-

tive remedy for many insects. If the

slimy, worm-like rose slug puts in an

appearance the insecticide must be used

in powder form in order to have it stick

to the slimy body. ~



If the soil is poor scatter some well rot-

ted manure around the bushes and fork it

in, not working deeply into the soil as the

rains will carry the nourishment down

among the roots. Any long, ungainly

branches may be cut away now but to do

any amount of pruning would rob the

bush of all buds. The needed pruning

should be left until later in the season,

or until early next spring.





 





To make dustless dusters take squares

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Then soak in parafine oil over night;

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paper to draw out more oil. Hang out

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THE SPRING HARVEST.

BY E. M. STETSON.



There is a spring liai'esvt for the house-

wife that is right at hand, a harvest that

is generally not planted by men, and one

that requires no overseeing eye other

than that of Dame Nature. This is found

in the wild greens that grow and flour-

ish after the severe winter weather has

abated and the warm sun comes out to

give life to the soil.



Then. there spring up all over the fail-

low fields .beside the clear brooklets, and

in the hidden and shady places many

cdibles that the good housewife will find

of much avail in her search for a varied

bill of fare. \Yild mustard grows lux—

uriunily in many places, is hardy, will

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cooked with meals for a relish. It makes

fine greens, and is not to be despised

when worked up into a soup.



Dock is often combined with it, and

the two are said to be more easily digest-

cd when cooked together than with eith-

er alone. The dock is a bit fort and adds

to the peppery sting of the mustard.

Dandelion, in places where it does not

grow too luxuriani and rank, is also a

fine thing for greens. It is a little slower

in gathering than the mustard and dock,

but it is very nice and palatable for the

table.



()ne of the finest greens found is what

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true name has never been given. It is

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egg—shaped leaf of a. gray green color.

with a sort of icing on it. This resem-

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bitter and has a. bad odor and is not fit

to eat. But the “lamb—chops” green is

of a mild odor and has a most soft and

delicious flavor when cooked and dressed

with a thickened cream dressing. Set all

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Few babies crin trike Jersey milk as it,

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GROWING SUNFLOWERS IN THE

POULTRY YARD.



Sunflower seed is good for all farm ani-

mals, but chickens especially should be

provided with it when it is so easily

grown. During the hot days of summer

the plants will furnish shade for all

members of the flock and later the seed

will contribute to the food supply. The

seed forms one of the cheapest and best

parts of the ration for laying hens, the

oily consistency of the seeds rendering

them especially adapted to regulating the

bowels and promoting egg production.



Sunflowers are very easy to raise; they

will grow wherever corn will though they

do best in good sandy loam. Plant about

the middle of May. if not wanted for the

shade they will furnish, plant the seed

thinly in rows about three feet apart.

Thin to about ten inches in the rows after

they have obtained a good start. Culti-

vate the same as you do corn.



The rows should be a little closer than

three feet if shade for the fowls is de—

sired. During days of extreme heat the

shady rows offer a retreat from the sun's

rays that is thoroughly appreciated by

any and all kinds of poultry. A patch of

sunflowers in the duck yard is particu-

larly desirable if other shade is lacking.

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will find favor, also onion tops chopped

fine. The right kind of food is an im-

portant feature, but even then young tur-

keys will die if infested with lice. Be

sure they are free from these blood suck-

ers if you would -haVe them thrive. Use

lard on the heads and under the wings,

also around the vent. Or sprinkle com-

mon pyrethrum powder into the feathers.

A lousy turkey drops its wings and stands

with closed eyes. At this stage it will be

found badly infected and prompt attention

will be needed to save it.





California. E. E. R.





TURKEY HENS AS MOTHERS.





 





With regard to the qualities of the tur-

key hen as a. sitter and mother, very little

can be said that is not entirely favorable

to her. She is devoted to the nest, and

her gentleness, in Spite of. the fact that

she is a big heavy bird. with strong, thick

legs that would seem capable of doing any

amount of mischief, makes her the most

trustworthy of sitters. It is a very rare

thing for a turkey to break any of her

eggs, and when such a thing does happen

it is most likely due to the owner’s own

want of care in choosing eggs with good

shells. “'hen there are a large number of

eggs in a nest there is always a. consider-

able amount Of pressure upon those in the

center, and unless they are thick shelled

they may collapse, of course. Care in

choosing suitable eggs is of great import-

ance, therefore. ln this connection it may





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-when‘I shall set the bees. in them for pro-

tection. For the man who has only one

yard to look after, and who expects to

stay with his bees much of the time,

there’s nothing I like better than those

same big hives, but not for outyard work.





About Loading and Unloading.





As soon as roads get a little smoother

I shall hie me away some afternoon, up to

where. those bees are, with a goodly sup-

ply of wire screen. When the bees are

all in I shall tack the screen over the

entrances, which is practically all the

preparation these bees will need. The

bottoms are fast anyway, and the pack-

ing on top will keep them in up there.

‘We’ll have to be a little careful about the

weather being too warm, with no more

ventilation than that, but still I have nev-

er had any trouble ’that way. Then the

next morning we’ll go with the teams and

load them on.- Our wagons will all have

springs under the'beds, and broad fiat

racks to set the hives on. The hives are

set on so that the frames run crosswise

of the wagon. This is very important,

for the jolt of the wagon is mostly all

sidewise and your combs would soon be

in a heap if they were set so they could

fiop sidewise. If these directions are fol-

lowed, and the wagons are driven care-

fully, one will experience no difficulty in

moving bees.



The stands upon which they are to set

should all be leveled and ready so that

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sunflowers retain their shade-pro-

ducing quality until bitten by frost,

after which the leaves begin to

drop.



W’hen the ilowcr is ripe cut the

stalks and let them lie two or three

days to dry out. Then cut off the

ltcads and stcre them away. Birds,

(specially sparrows, are very fond

of sunflower seed and if the stalks

are left standing until the seeds

are dry they will extract a goodly

portion of them in a few days. The

heads should always be thoroughly

dried out before tht.y are stored for

the, winter. \\'hen thoroughly dry

the fowls can harvest the seeds

themselves. Simply throw out the

whole heads and the fowls will

soon be busy at work.



The seeds combine both medic.—





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





nal and condimental qualities. I



do not know whether a flock could



get along on an .xclusivc diet of

tligfsceds or not, but it is certain



that best results are secured by feeding

them in limited quantities in connection

with grains. llorses and cattle can be

given about a pint of the seeds twice a.

week with good results.



Sunflowers yield at the average rate of

from “.‘0 to 30 bu. per acre, though much

larger yields than this have been secured

under yet-y favorable conditions. then

large yields are desired large heads must

be secured, and therefore the plants should

not be crowded. As most people plant

them as much for the shade which they

furnish as for the seeds, it is seldom that

extra large yields are secu‘red,



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FEEDING LITTLE TURKEYS.





Everyone who has men a single sitting

of turkty cgs wants to save as many

poults to raise to maturity as possible.

The main factor in the life of the little

thing for the first few weeks is the kind

of food it cuts, and this determines to a

great extent whether or not it comes to

an untimely cnd.



Best of all foods for the first week is

hard—lmilcd egg, and it is best because

it is safest. Eggs are cheap at this time

of year, at least, one turkey is worth

many of them.



After the first week the diet may in-

clude stale bread crumbs. dry or dipped

in cold water and squeezed as dry as pos—

sible. Milk curd treated as for cottage

cheese is also good and a. safe. food at any

age. Bread made from corn meal well

baked in the oven makes another which

can be recommended after a. couple of

weeks. As soon as the poults will eat

cracked wheat or prepared chick food

these may be given. but sparingly at

first. Avoid sloppy, mushy food of every

kind. It causes bowel trouble.



Vt'ater, clean and fresh, is necessary

from the very first. Give it in shallow

dishes so there will be no wetting of

feathers. Milk may also be given. Grit

is essential to proper digestion of their

food. Green food the little things are

very fond of. An enclosed run on grass

is a good place for them at first. If shut

away from grass, provide lettuce. or clo-

ver. or alfalfa out fine. Lawn clippings





 





 





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be useful to point out that eXtI‘eme care

is called for in hatching out duck. eggs.

since these are, as a rule, very thin

shelled. Anyone who has had experience

in hatching duck eggs under hens will

know how necessary it is to avoid putting

too many even under a most careful hen.

It is the pressure upon those in the cen-

ter that causes so many accidents with

them.



The turkey hen, having hatched out her

brood, will prove herself the best' of moth-

ers. She has a way of stalking slowly

and majestically about the fields, in mark-

ed contrast to the way in which the av—

erage old hen rushes about with her

chicks. She seldom loses a poult, and

will stay unmoved for the benefit of any

little weakling that drops behind the

others.



Canada. \V. It. GILBERT.



MOVING BEES.



The best time of the year to move bees

is in the spring. lees moved in the fall,

especially if it is done very late, will not.

as a general rule, winter ve-ry Well. That

shaking up after they have settled down

for the winter gets them all stirred up

and they gorge themselves with honey,

making very bad conditions for going into

winter. Bees moved in spring, on the

contrary. never secm to suffer any bad

effects. In fact I have often thought that

the thorough shaking they get seems to

do them good. They certainly go to work

with a vim, and some of the best crops

of honey I have ever had were from bees

that had been moved in the spring a dis-

tance of over 20 miles.



1 have a whole apiary to move 71/2 miles

this spring—at least what there is left of

the apiary. I have not seen these bees

since the first of March and don't know.

their present condition, but there will

probably be 40 to 50 colonies to move, all

in big chaff hives. That is really the

cause of moving them home, as chaff

hives are so unhandy in an out apiary.

Hereafter those big cumbersome hives

will never leave the home yard and. just

between you and me, I believe that most

of them will be ’stacked up along the

fence, except for a while in the spring





ed as they are unloaded. Don’t let any

of them out until they are all unloaded or

there may be trouble. If the weather is

very hot it will be best to put screen over

the top also or there will be danger of

suffocation.

Mecosta Co. L. C. XVHEELER.





APIARY JOTTINGS FOR MAY.



The best time to transfer.combs and

bees is from about the middle of April to

sometime in- May. At this time the combs

are light and free of new honey, and

brood-rearing is but fairly started, con-

sequently the work is quickly accom-

plished without the loss of brood and

without a dauby mess and a waste of

honey as is the case when combs contain

neiw honey and brood rearing is in an

advanced stage.



I find that even in the small state of

New Jersey conditions differ so widely

that no set of laws can be laid down for

all localities. I would. however, make

this suggestion: “'herever early bloom-

ing trees are present, such as soft maples.

and elms, it will not be necessary to feed

meal, for when it becomes warm enough

for the bees to fly freely these trees will

yield pollen in abundance.



I would set combs from which bees

have died during winter in an empty hive

body and place them under a strong col-

ony. Close up all openings except the

entrance under the lower body, thus com—

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ness mm. For instance, if a swarm is

sues it will only be the work of a. few

minutes to take a hive from the barn or

shed in which it is stored and hive the

swarm. If a honey flow bursts forth sud-

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to know that you have on hand a few

hundred section boxes ready to set on

the hives at once. If this work is put off

until summer time it is more than prob-

able that it will not be done at all.





Bees fed with combs erf sealed honey

will use this honey sparingly, just as if

it had been their own crop. But when

fed with liquid food. especially warm

food, the effect is the same as that of a

honey crop. It entices them to breed.

Each bee, as it carries its load from the

feeder to the cell. seems to impart the

news to all it meets. The honey-sacs are

all more! or less loaded with the welcome

sweet, and the queen is offered more food

than otherwise. If too much food is giv-

en the bees will store it in the cells and

fill them up unduly. So this must be

guarded against. We are feeding only for

breeding, and must leave the room for

brood. All we need is to make the bees

feel that they have a sufficient supply to

encourage them to continue their breed-

ing. If the hive is well sheltered, and the

space is adequate to present needs, there

is no need of fear of chilled brood. Food

given in spring must not be as thick as

the winter food, and if honey is used it

is advisable to add a small quantity of

water. We all know that the bees need

more water when feeding brood on old

honey than on fresh nectar, and I believe

that thin food, if not unreasonably thin,

will induce more rapid breeding and re-

quire less trips for water.



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times during the winter and early spring '

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we re not encouraging.





To a small flock: .

of Pekins I assayed to add new blood and 1 1 "





bought a sitting of eggs from a famous;





eastern breeder who prefixed the word

mammoth in his ad. The eggs, at a long

price. came to hand, plus express. They

were packed in a wooden box and all but

four were broken.





 





I put the eggs away in a quiet place!





to settle after their long shaking up, and

then put them under two trusty hens, so

that if one proved unfaithful the other

might save. the day. In due time three

ducklings appeared, two ducks and a

drake. They were pets from the start

and only the digestive organs of ducks

could have undergone the constant stuff-

ing they received. A large elm tree shad-

ed the water fountain and it used to be

:1 standing joke in the family that when

they had made the circuit of the tree they

were ready to take a drink and begin the

next meal.



A flock of my home strain of ducks used

to join them and I felt certain that a

dozen of them consumed as much as a

good cow, in grain, bran and forage.

When I came to the place where I felt

sure they had “eaten their heads off” any

number of times I decided to try to

market them without waiting for the

Thanksgiving market. We scalded them

:1nd wrapped them in blankets after the

most approved directions. but four of us

worked all one day in picking five ducks,

:211‘d then I spent a day selling them from

house to house in a tOWn eight miles

.zway. Nobody knew anything of the fla-

\‘01‘ of fat young ducks and I decided the

inter hatches of ducks must cost me less

for feed and marketing,



Seventeen young ducks were placed

under the care of a big motherly Ply-

mouth Rock hen who had hatched a part

of them, and they were very carefully es-

corted to a. nearby pasture where pliers

were many grasshoppers and a fine brook.

It was now warm enough so that danger

from cramps was over and there seemed

nothing that would harm them in the

water. So we left them busy with the

hoppers and thereafter each morning

those youngsters led the Plymouth Rook

mother a wild life as they scampered for

their favorite field. Then their adven-

tures in the brook almost rent her moth-

c-rly heart in twain. They dived, and

ducked, and ate hoppers all day long and

came up at night satisfied. We ate on

our home table the entire 17 at different

times and each duck furnished a feast.



I never tried to raise. them for market

again. bne who is near a large city can

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As soon as the trees are received from

the nursery they should be unpacked and

examined. If there is any complaint to

be made in regard to packing or shipping,

it should be attended to at once. Reliable

companies are willing to make amends

for any fault on their part and it is no

more than just that they should be dealt

with promptly. If they hear nothing un-

favorable they have reason to suppose-

that everything is as it should be.



The trees may be root pruned then or

they may wait until they are set out. In

either case they should not be left ex-

posed to the drying atmosphere, but

should be covered at once. If they are

to be set imemdiately they may be kept

in some cool place, a shed or the north





 





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Holes are dug large enough to admit the

roots without crowding. Not only are the

roots injured by being bent and huddled

together, 'but the soil cannot be packed

around them. As a. result there will be

air spaces and loose earth about the roots,

both injurious. The roots should be

spread out and bedded in moist surface

soil, firmly worked in among them. After

the roots are covered the hole is filled and

the soil firmed down to about two inches

of the top, then finished with loose dirt,

to form a surface mulch.



It is unnecessary to use a large amount

of water in setting trees. Unless the

spring has been unusually dry it is not

necessary to use any more water than

for moistening the roots for puddling. To

set a tree in a mud hole is neither neces-

sary nor advisable.



The transfer from the nursery row to

the orchard is a severe trialat best and

should be made as easy for the tree as

circumstances will permit. The future

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side of a building, packed in wet straw.

it is better, however, to heel them in.

Alalo- a shallow trench and place the trees

along singly, not erect, but slanting as

much as is convenient. with the tops to

the north. They might lie- upon the

ground, were it not that they would re-

quire more dirt to cover the roots. The

soil about the roots should be kept moist.

In this manner trees may be kept for sev-

eral days.



lloot pruning is of the first importance.

livery tree should be carefully examined.

.-\ll broken roots should be removed. They

do no good and tax the vitality of a tree

as much or more than the healthy roots.

The amount of root pruning that is ad-

visable depends entirely upon the indi—

vidual tree. ltoots long enough to inter—

it'lO with planting should be shortened.

if there is an abundance of small roots

they may be shortened one-third. The

ends of large roots are split and maimed

ill digging. Of course, this injured part

should be cut off. In cutting such roots

the wound is made on the under side and

at a slant.



if the ground is level enough a line is

the most convenient guide for setting

trees. On two opposite sides of the field

stakes are driven at intervals to corre—

spond with the rows of trees. Boginning

at one end a wire is stretched across from

one stake to its mate opposite. Tho wire

is marked at l'cgulnr distances for the

trot-s. The plate for the tree is then

marked on the ground and the wire mov-

ed to the next stakes. \Vhen marking

enough has been done, the holes are dug

and the wire again stretched across. The

marks on the wire will show just where

the tree is to stand.



The wire for this purpose need not be

large, mcrcly strong enough to admit of

pulling taut. If galvanized wire is used

a daub of black paint will mark the place

for the tree sufficiently. It is convenient

to have a ring at one end, such as will

slip over the- stakes. The wire can usu-

ally be used and is the most serviceable

guide I know of.



The trees are set so that the point of

budding on the trunk will be about an

inch below the surface. If set too deep

the roots will be in the cold subsoil and

the tree will bo obliged to depend at the

beginning upon the upper roots alone rr

throw out new, which causes delay and

is a tax when strength can least be

Spared.



When trees are taken from the trench

the roots are dipped in water, then kept

covered till set. It is still better if they

can be “puddled,” that is, dipped into a.

thin mud of clay. The object is to keep

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PLOWING THE GARDEN.-





\Vith many farmers the garden is so

unimportant that the plowing of the

ground is left till after the rush of the

spring is over. This is a wrong policy

any way the matter may be. presented.

Any ordinary garden yields abundantly.

compared with the best fields on the farm,

and since from the garden comes so much

of personal satisfaction, as well as of

health, no reason can be advanced for

neglecting it to the small advantage of

the field crops; and it takes no longer to

plow the ground in early May than it does

in June and usually much less 'time to get

the soil in shape for, by the later date

rains and perhaps dry weather have so

packed the ground as to make it difficult

to get a fine surface mulch for the recep-

tion of garden seeds.



It is best where the garden can be plow—

cd all one way that dead-furrows may be

avoided, but the additional time usually

prevents this unless one is equipped with

a reversible plow which will do the work

without the dead-furrow and loss of time.



Deep plowing, especially where roots

are to be grown, is preferable, only one

should not turn up sub-soil in-any large

quantities; however, the garden soil is

usually deep. due to the variety of crops.

and the frequent cultivation, and this

fault is not apt to appear. ‘



Do not plow down coarse manure. It

is apt to dry out the land too much and

will interfere more or less with after cul-

tivation. Strawy matter is usually

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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-

' TION 0F FARMERS' CLUBS.





President—J. D. Leland, Corunna.



Vice-President—D. M. Morrison, St.

Johns. .



Secretary-Treasurer—Mrs. C. P. John-

son, Metamora.



Directors—~C. L. Wright, Caro; E. W.

Woodruff. Blanchard; C. P. Johnson,

Metamora; H, W. Chamberlain, White

Lake; Wm. T. Hill, Carson City; Jerry

Spaulding, Belding.



Address all communications relative to

the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C.

P. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.





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Associational Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.





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Ass0ciational Sentiment.—

The farmer, he garners from the soil





the primal wealtlrof nations.





 





FARMERS’ CLUBS IN WISCONSIN.



In the last two issues we haVe present-

ed some information regarding the pro-

gress of the Farmers’ Club movement in

Minnesota. Michigan Club members will

also be interested in the progress of a

similar movement in Wisconsin, which

probably can be described no better than

it has been by Mr. William Toole, of Wis-

consin, in the report of farmers’ insti-

tutes of Wisconsin for 1911, edited by

Geo. McKerrow. superintendent of farm-

ers’ institutes for that state.



In the opening paragraphs of his arti-

cle, Mr. Toole reviews the trend of or-

ganized effort among the farmers of VVis-

consin, including the Patrons of Hus-

bandry, the Farmers’ Alliance. the So-

ciety of Equity and the country literary

Society, to each of which he gives credit

for the accomplishment of such good as

is bound to result from a closer associa-

tion of farmers in a business or social

way. Coming down to the subject of

Farmers’ Clubs proper, Mr. Toole says:



“During all these years the Farmers’

Clubs (oldest of our rural organizations)

have kept up a steady intermittent ex-

istence. Just as the juvenile population

of school districts fluctuates, so the pro—

moters of local activities come and go.

Others do not come forward to take their

places, therefore interest in the success

of the Club may be lost.



”There were probably as many Farm-

ers‘ Clubs in the state of \Visconsin forty

year ago as today, but they have stood

the test of time and their popularity will

increase. Because of the flexibility of

plan and wide range of usefulness made

possible, the Farmers’ Clubs will fit to

the conditions of any community which

cares to be benefited by an association of

mutual helpfulness.



“If we might have a federation of

Farmers’ Clubs, promoting interchange of

thought and comparison of plans and con-

ditions, it would be possible to bring to-

gether a summary of knowledge, experi-

ence and practice which would promote

a formation of clubs and a permanency

or organization which has not heretofore

prevailed. In Sank county, (\i'is.). we

hope to soon bring about a federation of

Farmers’ Clubs and kindred organiza—

tions.”



As illustrating the nature of the Club

meetings held, Mr. Toole follows up with

an account of a meeting of the Skillet

Creek Farmers’ Club, of which we will

give a summary in a future issue.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





Discuss Rural Schools.—-The Burton

Farmers’ Club met Thursday, April 4,

and all but four families and several in-

Vited friends assembled at the hospitable

home of Mr. and Mrs. VIC J. Brookins.

i‘he president, Mrs. Fautli, announced the

opening song and after singing, Mrs. Put-

nam, the chaplain. conducted the devo-

tional exercises. "Discipline in our rural

schools.” It is not just What it ought to

be. Since the teacher has so much to look

after, the grounds, outbuildings, school

building, and eight grades to teach. School

discipline lies somewhat with the parents.

A teacher can not make a model pupil

from a lawless, misbehaving child. Com-

menting at home before the child on the

teacher’s imperfections and sympathy

given a child when punished for misde-

meanor does not tend to improve the

school discipline. The country teacher is

usually taxed to the limit and then ex—

pected to maintain proper discipline.



The Ladies’ Topics.——“Why iS woman

more sociable than a man ?” Women have

little to say. They have the fashions to

talk about. Some men are as sociable as

women.~ Men are sociable when running

for office. Men are not confidential. VVo-

men talk from the heart, men from the

head. On what grounds do the anti-suf-

fragettes base their oposition? Women

do not care for the ballot. Some men M





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They have no good argument against wo-

man‘s suffrage. Woman is perfectly cap-

able and there is no good reason why she

should not express her opinion by vote.

Only the liquor men oppose the measure.

Equal suffrage has not, done any of the

evils predicted. Polling places are as safe

and respectable asthe postofl’ice or opera.

house. A pure woman will be: just as

pure whether she is permitted to vote or

no. Reforms cannot come about all at

once but in Colorado, altogether 25 sta-

tutes in 16 years are due directly to wo-

men, all looking to the betterment of men,

women and children.



Soil Fertility.—“How to build and main-

tain the virgin soil." Learn how before

the great necessity is here. The increas-

ed population in the country does not

compare with the city increase. Less skill

is required along professional lines. These

days more capital and laborOand faith in

the soil is necessary. The farmer should

be exalted since he must be professional

in his line. He should have a knowledge

of the complex machinery necessary at

this time and its lubrication. Going to

school is not the only means of educa-

tion. “'e may have magazines and books

in the home. Following the discuSsions

on these and other subjects, of which the

above is a summary of the ideas ad-

vanced, the Club adjourned, the place of

holding the May meeting to be announced

later.



Forage Crops Discussed—The Columbia

Farmers’ Club. of Jackson county, held

the April meeting in Maccabee hall in

Brooklyn, Saturday, April 13. The sub-

ject for discussion, “Forage Crops as

Substitutes for Clover,” was introduced

by \Valter Reading and discussion led by

Mr. Dunn followed by Mr. Harper and

others. Mr. Dunn favored millet, and

Mr. Harper thought oats cut green made

a very good substitute while some others

favored cow-peas and oats. Mrs. Clarke

Greene gave tWo vocal solos and Miss

Mae Crego recited “A German \Voman’s

idea of VVoman’s Suffrage}: The junior

exhibit committee were given more time

to complete their report on what we will

do as to prizes. Miss Gladys Reading

gave an Easter recitation. Club closed

by singing “Blcst be the Tie that Binds."



A Geod Meeting—The April meeting of

the Ingham County Farmers’ Club was

held on the 13th with Supt. of Schoms

and Mrs, Riggs, in Mason, where dinner

was served. Through the kindness of

Mrs. Millbury, the program was rendered

at the Millbury home, next door. Pres—

ident Ives called the meeting to order and

after the usual opening exercises intro-

duced Mr. Palen. of the State Dairy and

Food Department, who told of the work

of that department of the state govern-

ment. After referring to the work among

the drugs, he spoke particularly of the

work with milk. Any sample of milk to

be tested was sealed and numbered and

when taken to the laboratory given to

another member, one member acting as

a safeguard to the other to eliminate any

mistake. Any milk testing below three

per cent of butter-fat looks suspicmus

that it has either been watered or skim-

med, but any milk that has been exam-

ined and passed, there is nothing more

to it. if there is any' doubt about the

test, the farmer is invariably given the

benefit of the doubt. Ropy milk is caused

by uncleanliness and diseased milk be—

longs to the work of the state board of

health rather than to the pure food de-

partmcnt.



To Organize Corn Clubs—Mr, Allen, as

chairman of the. committee of the Corn

Club, gave. his report. He read the rules

as printed last week and stated there

would be three prizes—for the best pro-

duction, the best ten ears, and the best

description of how grown. Several pl‘lzezs

have already been promised and it is ex-

pected every contestant is to be remem-

bered with some prize. Supt. Riggs

thought the school board would give free

tuition to the eight-grade pupils and Mr.

ltobb stated that the M. A. C. offers two

free tuitions to each county to any of the

short courses, this free scholarship good

for live years. Commissioner Searl was

present and stated that he had personally

visited 13 schools and there were still four

to look after; that he wished a meeting of

the committee and the boys at his otilce

next Saturday. Uniform seed has already

been secured and fartheronotice of this

meeting will appear elsewhere. The re-

port of the committee was accepted and

adopted.



“The Home Apiary,” was well handled

by \V. L. Chetney, who said in part, iii-

stead of the question, “How much money

can be made out of this business?" it

would be well to ask, “Am I qualified for

this line of business?" and if any of you

are thinking of taking up bee keeping as

a business, thing the matter over care—

fully before investing much money. 110

described the worker bee, the drone and

the queen bee, following the growth from

the tiny egg to the worm, the work of the

nurse bee, the capping of the cell when

the full grown bee would crawl out about

the 21st day. The average life of the

worker bee was about three months,

while during the busy season often one

would not live,- over six or eight weeks.

Drones are larger than the working bee.

have no sting and do not gather honey;

after the swarming season the workers

proceed to kill them and he had a trap

there to show how one could help in this

work. He also explained about the queen

cells and the work of the queen bee. and

had samples of comb there to show the

different cells. He spoke .of the manu—

factured foundation and said there was

a chance to make money as there was a.

standing offer of $1,000 to anyone who

could manufacture a pound of artificial

honey in the comb. An excellent program

was rendered, including an especially good

paper by Miss Taylor on “Women in His-

tory.” The next meeting will be an or-

chard meeting at Pioneer Farm with Mr.

and Mrs. Ellery Royston. A demonstra-

tion of spraying will take place at 11

o’clock, so be there early and enjoy the

Isileasures of the day—Mrs. Tanswell, Cor.



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GRANGE;





Our Motto—“The farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should b0

first improved.”





 





 





THE MAY PROGRAMS.





 





State Lecturer’s Suggestions for First

Meeting.



Ten minutes of singing.



How can cut-over lands be cleared the

cheapest?



How and why test for acid soils?



A reading lesson.



\‘i'hat i have read recently that is help-

ing me now: 1. As a farmer. 2. As a

housekeeper. 3. As a citizen. 4. As a

parent or friend of children.



Instrumental music.



Recitation.



How I hope to secure a higher educa-

tion.



Song.



Suggestions for Second Meeting.



General theme—The Home—~a program

Suggested by State Deputy W. F. Taylor.



Recitation, “Turn backward, 0 Time,

in thy flight."



Sanitation of the rural home.



Gardens and their influence on the

family: 1. Vegetable. 2. Flower.



Reading.



Building the rural

Through the school. 2.

ers’ oiganizations. 3.

church.



Appropriate music throughout this pro-

gram.





neighborhood: 1.

Through farm-

Through the





 





AVOIDING “BREAKERS” IN GRANGE

CONTESTS.



Periodically, it appears, the Grange has

contests. \\'hc|.her the outbreak is con-

tagious and we catch it from other states,

or whether the germ is inherent and dc-

\‘elops spontaneously under certain condi-

tions, 1 do not know. Certain it is there

is no mistaking the fact that contests are

prevalent just now in Michigan.



The last timc-or was it next to the

IaSl—dhnt-UHlLt‘SIS swept the state, in a

lcclurcrs’ conference at State Grange one

lecturer discussed “How to hold a con—

test and not leave a row." I recall how

we all smiled when we saw the topic on

the program, but how We also secretly

agreed the subject was timely and wisely

chosen. It did seem difficult then. if all

reports were true, to conduct a contrast

without a fuss. Many aforetime staunch

Grange went asunder upon a danger reef

in a contest. If such a condition exists

'today 1 have not heard of it. Perhaps it

is too early in the season to tell.. Perhaps

a little later wireless reports of disaster

will come in.



But disaster need not follow in the

wake of a contest. It is not necessary

and may be guarded against. Trouble

comes commonly, when it does occur in

a contest. from one or both of two dis-

tinct causes.



One of the causes is the inability of

some few people to take defeat affably.

They are not what the college boys call

“good losers." This is a highly desirable

quality—the ability to stand

beat" in play good natui‘edly. If the con-

test trains us to do this, credit one more

point in its favor. If we fail in the test

and lose temper and mettle, why, So much

the more need to practice again in an-

other contest!



The sccond reason for a sometime fail-

ore of a contest is far more insidious. Its

effects are apparent afterward and not

during the progress of the contest. This

cause is over-success! That is, it comes

of running up high scores without much

attention to quality features. It is gain-

ing members faster than the Grange can

or does assimilate them. In the desire to

get new members one or both Sides over—

rcacli discretion and bring into the

Grange persons who later tire of the or—

dcr and drop out or, what is worse, rc~

main and become pricking thorns in the

flesh for years after. This trouble also

leads to putting onto the program too

many numbers of poor quality or poorly

prepared, through attention to their

“count” rather than to their value. This

lowers the lecture hour standard and

gives Inew members a low notion of

Grange ideals.



Happily. our present contests seem to

be steering clear of these difficulties and,

beyond question, they are adding hun-

dreds to Michigan Grange membership

this year. JENNIE BUELL.





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.

Successful Contest—Mt. Vernon Grange,

of Isabella county, closed its membership

contest early in April, the losing side

serving a supper April 15. The contest

resulted in the addition of 25 new mem-

bers and in 10 re-instatemeints; also in a.





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bettergeneral attendance, the organiza-

tion of a capable degree team ,and mark—

ed improvement in degree work.



lronton Grange, of Charlevoix county,





had an attendance of 55 members and

five visitors at its last meeting. This

Grange will start a contest with the first

meeting in May. It also voted to hold a

plowing match in the fall.



U. P. Claims Largest Grange.—~Iron-

wood, in the heart of the Lake Superior

mining region claims the distinction of

possessing the largest Grange in the

state. Ironwood Grange received its char-

ter only two years ago, but at this time

has a membership of nearly 500, a class

of 50 having been initiated recently. \Vith

this Grange the insurance feature has

proven a strong drawing card.



Morcnci Grange, one of Lenawee coun-

ty's good subordinates, continues in vig—

orous healthy condition as evidenced by

the addition of ten new members at one

of its March meetings. This Grange is

doing good program work. It recently

voted to change the time of meeting from

Saturday to Friday, the change going

into effect this month.



New Subordinate at Brighton.—-Bright-

on Dairy Grange was organized in Mac—

cabee hall at Brighton, Saturday evening,

April 20, by Deputy Earl Stone, of Du—

rand. The ofllcers chosen are: Master.

Fred Crippcn; overseer, Van L. Foland:

lecturer,‘Mrs. M. B. Francis; steward,

Louis Krause: secretary, M. B. Francis;

chaplain. M. C. Macombcr; treasurer, Ar-

thus Presser; ass't steward, Frank Fol-

and; lady ass't steward, Mrs. Fred Crip-

pcn; gate ke("'})€l'. Gregory Bcrgin: Ceres,

Mrs. Frank .li‘oland; l’omona, Mrs. M. C.

Macomber; Flora, Mrs. Geo. Duckering.



To Study Co-operative Marketing—Fol-

lowing the orchard program recently car-

ried out by Grand Traverse Grange. a

committee, composed of Bros. R. H. Ells—

worth, D. H. McMullen and 1.;- 0. Ladd.

was appointed to outline a plan for the

investigation of co-operative methods of

marketing farm products. The members

are anxious to increase their incomes by

selling their products to better advantage.

and this committee is to take up the en—

tire marketing problem and learn how

farmers in other fruit Sections manage to

get high prices for their crops. It was

pointed out that in another three years

about a million of recently set fruit trees

will come into bearing. and that unless

new markets are found and a new sys—

tem of marketing elaborated the fruit will

not bring enough to pay for the picking.

The markcting methods pursued by the

fruit growers of the west will be examined

with special care. It is the intention of

this committee to co—operate with a com-

mittee to be appointed by the local board

of trade with a similar end in view and

it is proposed to ask the l’omona to give

consideration to the subject of co-opera-

tion in an early program.



U. P. Pomona Dedicates New Hall.



A joint Grange and farmers’ institute

meeting was held at Baraga early in

.\I)l'iI, at which time the county Grange.

known as Seward Pomona, dedicated its

new hall. The meeting was a great suc—

cess, notwithstanding the fact that some

of the institute speakcrs were unable to

be present. The opening session brought

out an attendance of nearly 100. l’oinouu,

Master Lundin presided. Reports from

the several subordinate (:ranges were rc—

cechd, and the committee which had been

appointed to investigate the road com—

missioners of the county rendered its re-

port. The institute program was then

taken up, N. 1. Moore. of Jackson county,

assisted by local speakers, discussing

pructital farm. dairy and poultry topics

of general interest and value to all pres—

t-nt, .\t the election of ollicers for the

farmcrs’ institute, C. 11. Anderson suc-





getting.(.0“1,.d JIoaken Lundin, who declined l‘e~





election, and Chas. Price was rc-elected"

secretary.



In tho evening Master Lundln called

the gathering to order and in a few well

chosen remarks stated that the time had

arrived for the dedication of the hall. Ile

told his heart-rs how Bai'aga Grange was

organized about 21,; years ago in tho

corner schoolhouse and had come to see

the necessity of having a home for them-

selves; he told of the trials and tribula—

tions of the various committees who as—

sisted in the work. how the undertaking

was s‘arted with a credit balance of $i75:

he told of the generosity of the people and

showed that to date $2.600 had been spent

upon the building. Deputy State Mas-tor

Seward then assisted the members in

dedicating the building. The mid—sumnicr

meeting of Seward Pomona will be held

at Skance in June.





COMING EVENTS.





Pomona lVTeetings.

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BOOK NOTICES.





“The Indiana Weed Book " b' if S

Blatchley, former State Geologis‘t ext 155

diana, IS a comprehensive book of 190

Pages. describing and illustrating the

weeds of Indianaflmost of which are also

more or less common in Michigan. This

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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.





May 1, 1912.

Grains and Seeds.





Wheat—The boom started nearly three

weeks ago continued through the past

week with scarcely an interruption, con-

sidered in the light of the great advance

made since prices started going up; for,

while the total advance» has aggregated

a margin of nearly 18c the only declines

for cash grain were recorded a week ago

Tuesday with a drop of I/zc and on last

Monday when a 1,;c decline was gained

by the bears. On all other days etxcept

Tuesday of this week the market quota-

tions have advanced. The weaker feel-

ing at the opening this week was largely

due to the news of heavy rains in Kansas

where the plants were threatened With

dry weather. The bears were also fav-

ored with a better state repert from Ok-

lahoma and the fact that the world’s Vis-

ible supply is larger than in 1911. This

bearishness was counterbalanced by more

extensive damage reports from Ohio and

other states cast of the Mississippi, by the

delayed seeding in the northwest, and by

the strong cash demand from millers, The

visible supply of this country showsna

decrease of nearly two and one~half mil—

lion bushels. One year ago the price for





 





 





No. 2 red wheat was 91c per bu. Quota-

tions for the past week are:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. May. July.

Thursday . 1.141;; 1.121,; 1.1412; 1.1414

Friday ....... 1.1614 1.141,; 1.16%, 1.161,;

Saturday .1.181/.’, 1.1614 1.181,; 1.181,;

Monday ...... 1.18 1.16 1.18 1.1714

Tuesday ...... 1.18 1.16 1.18 1.16151,r

\Vcdnesday ”1.17%; 1151/; 1.17%; 1.161,;





Cornr-rli‘urthei' advances have charac-

terizcd the. corn trade, due in part to the

sensational advance in wheat and also to

the delay farmers are experiencing in

getting their spring‘s’ \\‘(\l‘k disposed of.

in the southwest there is a strong demand

for corn, and all over thc country the

calls are good. The visible supply also

shows a decrease of over two and one-

halt' million bushels. One year ugothe

price for No. 3 corn was 55c per bu. Quo—

tations for the past week are:





No. 3 No. 3



Corn Yellow.

Thursday ................ 81 83

Friday .................... 81 83

Saturday ................. 811/2 831/2

'lt'ionday .................. 82 84

Tuesday .................. 82 841/42

\Vcdnesday ............... 82 841/2





Oats—This grain failed to make ad—

vances in spite of the better prices for

wheat and corn and of the delay in get—

ting in the new crop over wide portions

of the out growing states. There is a

very light supply of the grain in the

hands of dealers and feeders who use

light grain stuffs arc substituting cheaper

feeds for oats. One year ago the price

for standard oats was 35c per bu. Quo-

.' '. .‘ ( - he week arc:

titioiis in 1 Standard- No.3





White.

Thursday ................. 631/13 63

Friday ................... 63%; 63

Saturday .................. 631': 6% /

Monday ................... b3 6:. 1,3

Tuesday .................. (i3 62 ,

\Veduesday ............... 63 621,;





Beansp \\’ith practically no dealing on

the local market, the board of trade llltlh‘

had little to guide theorin the establish-

ing of values, but the nominal figures

given out show that they iecl the trade

to be a little strougcr, haying advanced

prices six cents the past two weeks. 1* ol-

louing are the quotations:





Cash Oct;

Thursday $247 $22.3

.ii‘riday ...................... 2.48 2.3:)

Saturday ................... 2.48 2.3::

Monday .................... 2.48 2...:

Tuesday .................... 2.48 2.2.;

\Vodnesday ................. 2.00 2.00





Clover Seedr—The trade has suddcnly

bccome inactive, due to the falling off'ot

dcmand from agricultural communities

for seeding purposes. Cash and October

quotations remain unchangcd from the

closing tigurcs of last wcck, whilealsike

has (id-lined. Here are the quotations:





Cash. (lcl. Alsike,

Thursday ........$12.00 $10.20 $11.75

Friday Z .......... 12.00 10.20 11.75

sumriiav ......... 12.00 10.20 11.50

Mondau .......... 12.00 10.20 11.50

Tuesday ......... 12.00 10.20 . 11.50

\Vednesday ...... 12.00 10.10 11.00





Ryexs The increase in quotations for

cash No. 2 rye! amounteid to Ji/gc, which

makes the present price Still/go pcr bushcl.



Timothy Seed.v--Market very dull._ The

present price is $6 per bu, which is 100

below last week’s figure.



Flour, Feed, PotatOes, Etc.



Floun—sl‘riccs are steady with last





week.



Straight ............................. $4.40



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



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



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

iFeedrs All grudcs are steady. The





cat-lot prices on track are: Bran, $30 per

ton; coarse middlings, $30; fine middlings,

$32; cracked corn and coarse corn meal,

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



Hay and Straw.—Roth hay and straw

are steady. Quotations: No. 1 timothy,

276127.50; No. 2 timothy, $256i25.50; clo-

ver, mixed. $246325501 rye straw. $12.506D

13; wheat and oat straw, 5111611150 per

ton.



potatoesr-AVVith the increased offerings

at nearly all large market centers there

developed a weakness in the potato trade,

and the market lacks a firm undertone at

figures five cents below the quotations of

last week. The new prices are $1.10 per

bushel on track in bulk, and $1.15 where

sacked.



Provisions—Family pork, $20@21; mess





 





pork, $19.50; clear, 'backs, $19.50@20.50;

picnic hams, 10c; bacon, 14@160; pure

lard in tierces, 11%0; kettle rendered lard

121/20 per lb.



. Dairy and Poultry Products.



Butter.—Ne¢it'her creamery nor dairy

butter was effected by price changes the

past week. The demand is normal and

the supply steady with former weeks.

Quotations are: Extra creamery, 310;

firsts, (10., 300; dairy, 220; packing stock,

21c per lb.



Eggs—\Vith the arrival of increasing

supplies, values suffered a decline of a

cent the past week, making the price for

current receipts, case count, cases in—

cluded, 181/20 per dozen,



Poultry.—This deal is firm; no change

in quotations, which are, as follows:

Live—Spring chickens. 15609160; hens, 15

60160; turkeys, 1664318c; geese, 1160120;

ducks, 140; young ducks, 156016c per lb.



Veal.—Veal is steady. Fancy, 1060110;

choice, 86090 per lb.



Cheese.-—-Steady. Michigan, old, 220;

Michigan, late made, 201/2@2‘lc; York

state. old, 2263230; do. new, 201/2@21c:

limburger, 21611220; domestic Swiss, 22@

24c; brick cream, 20611210 per 1b.





Fruits and Vegetables.



Hickory Nuts.—Shcllbark, 2c per 1b.



0nions.-—1‘nchanged; $2.40 per bu.



Hone-y.—Choice to fancy comb, 15@16c

per lb; amber, 1261130



Apples.——Trade continues firm with val-

ues running about steady. Baldwins are

selling at $340604; Steele Red, $6@6.50;

Ben Davis, $2@2.50.





 





OTHER MARKETS.





Grand Rapids.



The potato market is easier, largely on

account of lieavyrreceipts of foreign stock,

so buyers say. Then the supply of home-

grown potatoes is found to be larger than

was expected and the loss from freezing

is small. Some of the largest local buy-

ers were not paying over 800 Tuesday,

though prices paid by others were around

$1. The. egg market is somewhat below

last week’s figures, the price paid the

country trade Tuesday being 1715c. Dairy

butter is firm at 251/26026c. l’rices paid

on the city market Tuesday morning were

as follows: Apples, $1.50; potatoes. $1.30;

pieplzint, 90c; parsnips, $1; radishes, three

bunches for 25c; lettuce, 10c. Beans are

doing a little better, the price to farmers

being (11] $2.15 basis. All grains continue

to climb, the retail price of wheat being

$1.25; oats, 70c; corn, 850. ~





 





Chicago.



“hear—No. 2 red, $1.12%@1.16; May,

$1.147ft; .luly, $11114.



Corn—No. 3, 77:,‘460781/20; lVIay, 8014;

July, 773/,c per bu.



Oats—No. 2 white, 57%@58l/,c; May,

5033c; July, 54%c per bu.



barley—Malling rades, $1.00@1.36 per

bu: feeding, 756185c.



liutter.»~l)e-mand continues good, Mark-

et steady to firm with prices which have

ruled for Several weeks being well main—

tained. Quotations: Creameries, 286031c;

dairies, 246128c.



Eggs—This market has weakened in

the face of record-breaking receipts but

prices are being fairly well maintained.

Top grades are off I/QC; miscellaneous of-

ferings unchanged. Quotations: Firsts,

grading 70 per cent fresh, 18c; ordinary

firsts, 17c per dozen; at mark, cases iii—

cludcd. 1761171110



l‘otatocs.—l'ncxpectedly liberal offer-

ings are responsible for a material break

in prices and declining interest in this

market. A loss of 126/15c since- this time

last week is rccorded. Michigan and Min-

ncsota stock now quoted at $1.1061,1.15 per

bu: Wisconsin, $1.086rl,.1.3.



Beans—Activc, with prices firmly held.

Quotations: l'va bctizs. choice hand—

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

kidneys, $2 50612.00.



Italy and Sil‘»|\\'.~"x\ii k'iids of hay, ex-

cept clover, 50c61$1 highcr: clover shows

a decline of $1 llye straw is $1 higher.

Quotations: Timothy, choicc, $276l‘2750;

No, 1, $25.50612li50; No. 2 and No. 1

mixed, #246125; No. 3 and N.»_ 2 mixed,

$18,506,122: clover, $206122: No. 2 and no

gradc, $136118: alfalfa, choice, $25.506126;

No. 1, $246125; No, 2, 3321612250, Straw——

ltyc, $116112; wheat, $8619; oat, $9509.10.



New York.



Sutton—Tn this market supplies have

bt-cn running below requirements with the

result that, while: western markets have

secn no change, prices here have ad-

vanced rapidly the, past wcck, eieaincries

being quote-d 4c higher. Creamery special

36c; extras, 351,.gc: firsts, 3461‘35c; packing

stock, current make, No. 2, 231/261‘24c per

pound.



lilggs. Receipts liberal and market

somewhat unsettled. All grades fraction-

ally lower. Quotations: Fresh gathered

extras, 211/96’1122c; firsts. storage packed,

201.{361211,/._-c: do. regularly packed,- 19602013;

“'(‘Stci‘n gathered whites, 2012613210 per

dozen.



1’oultry.»~Quict. Dressed. —— “lestern

fowls, 146117e; turkeys, 1361‘220 per 1b.





 





BGston.



‘VO()l.--—Tho sales of wool for the past

week here amcuntcd to more than was

sold the previous week or during the cor—

responding week of 1911. Th(- London

aut tions show a. strong tone to the. mark-

et on the east side of the Atlantic. Here

the market is strong and prices show no

tendency to go down. \Vool growers in

the wcst are not letting the crop get out

of their hands as rapidly as they were

some wee-ks ago, and they are holding for

better prices than are now offered. the

general sentiment being that when many

buyers are present competition will get

for sellers more satisfaction. In the fleece

states there is no activity and one can-

not giless what the attitude of growers

will be: it is presumed, however, that

the asking price will be» in harmony with

the firm situation prevailing in the gen-

erol wool trade for the past several weeks.

The manufacturers show a slight inclina—

tion to balk at the present basis of val-





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ues for the raw material, but as this is

their usual method of

terms, and since orders for manufactured

goods are running large for the season,

growers will not take much fright at the

manufacturers’ attitude. There appears

to be good and just reasons for asking a

liberal quotation for fleeces this spring.





Elgln.

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

price of the previous week. .





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

April 29, 1912.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattlet, 165 cars; hogs, 90 double decks;

sheep and lambs, 85 double decks; calves,

3,000 head.



\Vith 165 cars of cattle on our market

here today, and 26,000 reported in Chicago,

we have to quote our market, quality con-

sidered, from steady t0'100 per cwt. lower

than last week on the best grades of cat-

tle. All the butcher grades sold full steady

with last week, and We have to report

again today, as last Monday, the weather

was soft and rainy and disagreeable all

day long. About everything was cleaned

up at the close, and the market about like

the opening. with prospects steady at

present prices for the: remainder of the

Week.



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

$8.506L8.75; good prime 1,300 to 1,400-1b.

steers, $7.7561‘8.25; d0. 1,200 to 1,300-lb.

(10., $7.256ii7.75; best 1.100 to 1,200-lb. ship—

ping steers, $7607.25; medium butcher

steers, 1,000 to 1,100, 5156.2560060; light

butcher steers, $5.75@6.25; best fat cows,

$5,506,111.50; fair to good do, $4.506155.25;

common to medium (10., $3.756D4.25; trim-

mers. 52.506113; best fat heifers, $65063)

7.25: good do., $540606; fair to good (10.,

$565.25; stock heifers, $4.256l-4-50; best

feeding stcers, delhorned. $550606; common

feeding steers, $4614.25; stocke'rs, all

grades, $4654.25; prime export bulls, $6617

6.50; bcst butcher bulls, $5615.50; bologna

bulls, 5512560475; stock bulls, $3.506p4.50;

best iiiilkers and springers, $506060; com-

mon to good do, $256035.



The supply of hogs here today totaled

90 (loul'le decks, which is a fair run for

this season of the year, and with good

liberal supplies at all western markets,

our trade. was about a. dime lower on all

grades, and in some cases pigs sold as

much as 15c lower than the best time

Saturday. .-1 few selected hogs, closely

sorted and good weights, sold at $8.35,

but the general sales Wcre at $8.256418.30,

generally at the latter price. Lights,

$7.506v7.75; pigs, $7.256127.40. Trade closed

full steady here today, and with a. good

clearance, we thing the outlook is fairly

good for the. balance of this \i'cek.



The lamb .market was active today;

most of the, choice lambs selling from

Elia/10619.50. Look for steady prices the bal—

ance of the week. and for higher prices

after the 10th of May. The sheep market

was active; prices about a half higher

than last week. Prospects steady.



\iie quote: Best lambs, $9.4061950; cull

to common (10., $7628.25; wethers,‘ $7607.25;

bucks, $3.506n450; skip lambs, 3132560525:

ycarlings, $750618; handy ewes, $02561)

6.510; theavy d0.. $0606.50; cull sheep, $260

4.50. \Vool lambs about all in. Best sell-

ing today 34106111040: vcals, choice to ex-

tra. $825,618.50; fair to good (10., $6.506!)

8; heavy calves, $46115.





 





Chicago.

April 29, 1912.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 25,000 54,000 15,000

Same day last ycar..21,666 57.415 24.839

Received last wewk...49,080 146,621 71,124

Same. week last year.47,980 146.470 72,625



This week staits off with a good Mon-

day supply of cattle. liberal hog receipts

and an cxtremcly meager run of sheep

and lambs. The demand for cattle is

now much bcltcr than a. short time ago.

and today’s offerings are selling freely at

Wt‘ll maintained pritcs, a. noteworthy sale

being that of a consignment of four car

loads of prime hcavy stecrs at $8.85. Hogs

are off 5c owing to the big run, with an

exceedingly good local and shipping dc-

maiid at $145618, he best 185 to 195-111.

lots selling 56110c below the top price.

Hogs received last wcck averaged in

weight 230 lbs., compared with 228 lbs. a

week earlier, 217 lbs. lch weeks ago, 241;

lbs. 3 year ago and 227 lbs. two years

ago. Sheep and lambs are once more

booming under the extremely small offer—

ings and a strong demand. .~\ll predictions

made regarding advances have been

smashed, with prime wool lambs selling

this morning at $10.20 per 100 lbs., prime

shorn lambs at $9.50 and prime clipped

wethcrs at $7.50.



Cattle sold extremely well on the whole

last week, with moderate receipts and a

good average demand on local and ship-

ping account, although high prices con-

tinued to restrict the consumption of beef

to such a degree that large offerings

would have caused reductions in values.

Men who have been for many years prom—

inently identified with selling cattle at

the stock yards said that never in the

past at this season of the year had the

general run of cattle, especially the com—

moner and medium kinds, sold So well.

.11 big share of the beef steers changed

ownership at 5567560850. with choice

heavy bceves selling at 5585067890. the top

figure being still another high record price

for the season. The commoner lots of

light—weight steers sold at $5.75@6.90.

with fair and medium steers bringing $7

6177.90 and no really good weighty steers

going below $8. Desirable yearlings could

be bought much cheaper than heavy long-

fed cattle, such steers bringing $75060)

8.30. while cows and heifers were active

at $4607.75, with a sale of 34 prime 645—lb.

heifers at $7.75. Not enough fat female





cattle are arriving to meet the lively (19-

mand from killers, and they are headed

in an upward direction much of the time.

Cutters, are finding buyers at $3.35@3.95,





getting better ..





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canners at -.$2.25@3.30 and bulls at $3.75@

7.10. There is still lively competition. for

the better class of heavy feeders with

some “kill," and packers are securing the

laTger share, country buyers taking more

stock steers than feeders.- Stockers are

selling at $4606.35 for extremely inferior

to fancy lots and feeders at $6@7 for de-

sirable lots, with very few over $5.75,

however. A few days ago a sale was

made of 26 head of prime 977-lb. fleshy

red feeder steers at $7 for shipment to

Pennsylvania. Fewer calves have been

coming from the dairy districts, and

prices have advanced, with sales at $3.50

@825 per 100 lbs. Milch cows sold at

$356070 per head, the principal demand

being for choice cows. Cattle prices ad-

vanced largely 15@25c, steers, cows and

stockers and feeders included, and calves

sold 5060750 higher.



Hogs have shown good rallying power

recently after considerable reductions in

prices, although all classes of buyers

made determined efforts to prevent a.

new advance to the. recent high time,

when $8.20 was paid for the most desir-

able offerings. The largest runs by far

usually show up Monday, and the re-

ceipts on that day last week reached the

unusually liberal total of 65,585 head,

causing a quick drop of 15c in prices. The

receipts have been increasing unexpect-

edly, with the gain largely owing to the

heavy Monday arrivals. .The hogs are

all needed, however, and even at reduced

values, they are still bringing in hand-

some profits to stbck feeders, notwith-

standing the dearness of corn and other

feeds. On some days there have been

large supplies carried over to the next

day, and this has helped to depress the





market, as many as 14000 hogs being





carried over. Sales have been made

largely within a 10c range, with the bulk

going not very far below top figures, and

light hogs that averaged around 185 to

195 lbs. sold well below the prices ob-

tained for heavier lots of choice barrows.

Hogs are being marketed on an avorage

considerably heavier in weight than ear-

lier in the season, but there are still a

good many light weights.



Sheep and lambs have been sclling

wonderfully well recently, with a big

general demand and nowhere near enough

prime lambs to meet the. trade require-

ments. The result of this was one of

the liveliest marking up of the price list

ever known, everything good in the line

of lambs, yearlings, wcthers and ewes

participating fully, but the biggest boom

took place in lambs, the market ruling

the highest of any time in two wars.

Clipped stock has greatly predominated,

and on \1'ednesday last week there were

only seven car loads of Colorado wool

lambs on sale. The wonderful boom has

surprised ncarly chrybody, including the

most optimistic, who had hardly expected

to see the market go up so rapidly. How-

ever, the available supply of fat mutton

on the hoof is decidedly short, and there

is no telling how high prices may rule

before the grass flocks and spring limbs

are marketed freely. The advance for the

week reaches $1.256Dl.40 for lambs per

100 lbs., while sheep are largely $1 high~

er. Unshorn cfferings sold as follows:

Lambs, '$6.50619.75; feeding and shearing

lambs, $375608; yearliiigs, $861)8.50;wcth-

ers, $6607.60; ewes, $46117; bucks, $55069

6.25. Choice shorn lambs sold at $82561)

8.05. A bunch of 49 head of Kentucky

spring lambs, the first of the season. sold

at $10.50 per 100 lbs., averaging 52 lbs.



Horses were in extremely good geneial

demand last week, with a large attend-

ance of local and eastern buyers, as well

as. buyers from farming districts, and

prices wcro well maintained. Farm work-

ers weighing from 1.100 to 1,450 lbs.,

mares preferred, have had a good outlet

at 35100611200 per head, good brocidy mares

selling at the highest figures. \Vugon

horses were. wanted at $10061250, with not

many going as high as .‘225 and the

greater part at $200 and under. Light

drafters weighing 1,550 to 1,650 lbs. have

a large sale, and heavier and better draft

horses are wanted at $2306r325, with a

greater scarcity of the class salable

around $300. F.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





Advice-s remixed by prominent Chicago

live stock commission houses are that the

hog supplies available for the, next three

months in Ohio, lndiana, Illinois and Mis-

souri are tlic smallest known in a quarter

of a century. .-1 year ago this region was

full of hogs. >



Bulls have been getting unusually

scarce» in western markets and are fcich-

iiig reumrkably high prices. The boom in

hogs has resultcd in placing a premium

on sausage material, and buyers have

been scouring the country in search of

thin bulls.



The cattle receipts at the six principal



western markets for 1912 to date are ill)-

proximately 200.000 head smaller than

for the corresponding period last year.

' The percentage of female cattlc com-

ing to market for some time past has

been rather small, and the quota of good

cows and heifers is as light as has ever

becn known at this season of the year.

The receipts embrace a large showing of

medium and low-grade butcher cows

coming from dairy districts. Limited

numbers of high-grade heifers and cows

are bringing VI-*I'.V high prices, sales rang-

ing from $6607.50 per 100 lbs.



Horse dealers are complaining of the

difficulty experienced in buying enough

farm work horses in farming districts to

complete car loads at the prices recently

prevailing. Not long ago a visitor at the

Chicago stock yards said he had ten

Michigan country buyers scouring that

state for farm horses, and they had se-

cured all together but 14 horses.



The exceptionally big run of hogs at

Chicago on Monday, April 22. aggregating

65.583 head, caused general surprise. but

it was not regarded as any indication of

larger supplies left back in feeding dis-

tricts than had been reported. Hogs are

in large demand in all the markets of the

country and promise to continue active

at high prices.
empire-191217 , ,_

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; r a '5 Market.

Th] 8d y May 2, 1912.

Cattle.



[{ec‘eilts, 1,390. Market active at last

Week‘s 1prices on all grades: quality good.



\Ve quote: Best steers and heifers,

$7.75Q18.25; steers and heifers, 1,000 to

1,200,'$6.75@7.50; do. 800 to 1,000, $6.504.»

7; do. that are fat, 500 to 700. $5.50@6.50:

choice [at COWS, $57116; good dO- $4@4.7§;

common cows, $3506.04; cannons, $2803.25;

choice heavy bulls, “((0:37 fa” to good

bolognas, bulls, $4.25t’g)4.:)0; stock bulls.

$3.507“; milkers. large._ young. medium

age, $40@55; common milkers, $20@3o.



Bishop, B. & H. sold .Gtoose 7 cows av

960 at $4.20, 1 bull weighing 1,000 at $5; t0

j’urkey’ w, & Co. 17 butchers av 723 at

$6.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 steers a_v 1.047

at $7.50, 5 butchers av 894 at $6.25, 4 do

av 615 at $4.50, 35 steers av 1.060 at $8.

1 bull weighing 1,030 at $5.40, 6 butchers

av 1,70 at $5, 6 do av 871 at $6.75, 2 steers

.av 1.090 at $7.50, 1 bull weighing 1,700 at

$5.50; to Kamman 1 cow weighing 970 at

$5.75, 1 do weighing 1.220 at $6. 2 d0 av

1.01:. at $4.75, 2 bulls av 1,340 at $5.50, 2

do av 770 at $5; to Mich. B. Co. 3 cows

av 1,013 at $5.75., 4 do av 962 at $5.75, 4

do av 1,060 at $4.75. 1 steer weighing 950

at $7; to Newton 13. Co. 1 bull weighing

1,080 at $5.75, 18 steers av 1,255 at $8, 14

do av 770 at $5.50, 2 cows av 1.090 at $4,

2 bull and heifer av 835 at $5; to Ratt-

kowsky 1 cow weighing 1,150 at $5.75; to

Schuer 2 do av 885 at $3.50; to Hammond.

S. & Co. 2 do av 1,110 at $5.60, 10 steers

av 933 at $7.15; to Heinrich 33 do av 931

at $7.25; to Thompson Bros. 10 butchers

av 886 at $5.40; to Kamman B. Co. 4 cows

av 990 at $5.75, 1 bull weighing 1,170 at

$3.50; to Schuer 4 cows av 860 at $4; to

Hammond, S. & C0. 23 steers av 944 at

$7.45, 22 do av 960 at $7.45; to Parker, W.

& Co. 10 do av 880 at $7.25, 10 butchers

av2785 at $5.25, 1 bull weighing 1.630 at

$5. 5.



.liOv Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 6

cows av 1,150 at $5.75, to Nagle P. Co. 27

steers av 1.104 at $7.85, 11 do av 970 at

$7.25; to Mich. 13. Co. 5 butchers av 958

at $4, 15 steers av 1.000 at $7.50, 5 do av

752 at $7; to Newton B. Co. 4 butchers

av 820 at $6.25, 2 do av 785 at $6.50, 2

cows av 850 at $3.50, 1 do weighing 780

at $3.50; to Mich. B. Co. 6 steers av 786

at $6.50, 6 do av 860 at $6.65; to Thompson

Bros. 3 cows av 957 at $5.50; to Kamman

B. Co. 6 butchers av 816 at $6.50; to Park-

er, Vl'. & Co. 10 steers av 978 at $7.25, 4.

do av S32rat $6.



Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. Co. 3 cows

av 1,057 at $5.20, 8 steers av 811 at $6.50,

2 butchers av 655 at $4.50, 1 cow weighing

1.130 at $6, 2 do av 950 at $5, 1 do weigh-

ing 1,310 at $6.50, 19 steers av 873 at $7.10,

5 do av 740 at $6. 1 bull weighing 500 at

$4, 1 heifer weighing 620 at $4.75, 26 steers

av 1,020 at $7,30, 28 do av 820 at $6.85; to

Goose, 5 cows and bulls av 1.066 at $5, 1

cow weighing 1,020 at $4.50, 1 canner

weighing 820 at $3; to Schuer 1 cow

weighing 930 at $3.80. 5 do av 950 at $4.55;

to Nagle P. Co. 1 do weighing 080 at $5:

to Hammond, S. & Co. 2 stems av 890 at

at $640, 12 do av 850 at $6.90; to Apple-

baum 2 cow and bull weighing 1,000 at

$5.25; to Kamman B. Co. 13 butchers av

900 at $6.70; to Newton B. Co. 1 steer

weighing 1,250 at $8.10; to Sullivan P. Go.

1 bull weighing 1,040 at $5, 1 cow weigh-

ing 800 at $4. 4 steers av 852 at $6, 5

butchers av 792 at $5.50; to Mich. B. Co.

8 (10 ‘1V 700 at $6, 6 do av 650 at $6, 16

steers av 888 at $7.35; to Sullivan P. Co.

8“.('a't.\‘-S av 1.100 at $5.25, 2 steers av 865

at $1,127,, 1 heifer weighing 770 at $3.25.



line Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 3 butch-

crs :iV 790 at $5 25; to Sullivan P. Co. 18

steers av 1,047 at $7.40, 1 cow weighing

1.050 at $6, 3 do av 723 at $5. 20 steers

av 1.007 at $7.410; to Brcitctnbeck 20 do av

1,056 a! $7.15; to Schuer 5 butchers nv 538

at $4.50; to Newton B. Co. 20 steers av

1,062 at $8, 25 do av 1,067 at $8.25, 1 do

weighing 840 at $7. 1 bull weighing 1,160

at $6, 1 bull weighing 950 at $5.50, 3 hejf-

crs av 553 at $4.75, 2 canncrs av 855 at

$3.50; to Mich. H. Co. 6 bulls av 1,023 at

$5.50, 17 butchers av 660 at $6.50, 1 cow

weighing 850 at $6, 6 do av 820 at $5. 2

do av 840 at $4, 1 do weighing 850 at $5.

1 bull weighing 910 at. $6, 3 steers av 797

at $7. 22 do av 895 at $7; to Sullivan 1‘. Co.

10 butchers av 71.2 at $6; to Fry 3 do av

663 at $6, 1 cow weighing 1.210 at $5, 1

do weighing 1.020 at $5. 10 butchers av

950 at $6; to Nagle P. Co, 9 steers av 1.091

at $7.35. 1 do weighing 930 at $7.60, 9 do

av 970 at $7.60. 4 do av 975 at $7.60, 12 do

av 1,072 at $7.50.



“'ecks sold Schuer 4 bulls av 715 at

$4.70. 8 COWS av 800 at $5. .



Same sold Rattkowsky 3 bulls av 1,200

at $5.5. <



Same sold Parker, W. & Co. 10 butchers

av 633 at $5.50.



Merritt sold Mich. B. Co. 2 cow and

heifer av 1,265 at $6.10, 7 cows av 780 at

$5.10.



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 1,083. Good grades 25@50c

higher than last week; common 500@$1

lower. Best, $7.50@8; common, $3.50@6.



Spicer &. R. sold_ Rattkowsky 8 av 130

at $7.75. 5 av 100 at $6; to Thompson

Bros. 3 av 130 at $7.75; to Sullivan P. Co.

3 av 140 at $8., 8 av 125 at $6.



Robb sold Mich. B. Co. 8 av 130 at $7.50.



Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 3 av

100 at $6, 18 av 135 at $8: to Goose 7 av

135 at $7; to Rattkowsky 5 av 125 at $8,





 





 





2 av 160 at $8.50; to Mich. B. Co. 5 av

120 at $7.50, 33 avl30 at $7.75. ,



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

9 av 140 at $7.50; to Hammond, S. & Co.

1 weighing 150 at $7.50, 3 av 145 at $7.50

1 weighing 120 at $7.50. 9 av 140 at $6.50,

14 av 130 at $8, 13 av 100 at $6, 49 av 125

at $7.50; to Nagle P. CO. 37 av 140 at

$7.25, 3 av 160 at $7.75; to Thompson Bros.

11 av 105 at“ $5.50; to Sullivan 1’. Co. 2

av 120 at $6, 14 av 135 at $7.75, 2 av 110

at $7, 4 av 125 at $6, 20 av 135 at $7.75.

7 av 135 at $8, 17 av 130 at $7.50, 17 av

135 at $7.75; to Parker, W. & Co. 24 av

140 at $6, 12 av 130 at $8, 6 av 105 at $7;

to Kull 15 av 140 at $8.50; to Goose 18 av

135 at $7, 14 av 120 at $7.50, 24 av 135, at

$7.50; to Parker, W. 8: Co. 51 av 135 at

$7.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 3,140. Market 75c@$1.25 high-

er than last week; quality very comm-in.

Best lambs, $9@9.25; fair to good lambs,

$7.50@8; light to common lambs, $564,550;

spring lambs, $10@11; fair to good sheep,

$5(d6.75; culls and common, $3@4.



Bishop, B. & ii. sold Sullivan P. Co. 545

lambs av 76 at $9.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros.

20 do av 50 at $5, 10 spring lambs av 53

at $11, 40 lambs av 80 at $9.25; to Bullen 94

do av 60 at $7, 19 do av 50 at $4; to

Fitzpatrick Bros. 27 sheep av 80 at $2.50,

2 lambs av 80 at $7, 5 do av 70 at $8; to

Young 53 do av 60 at $7.50, 2 sheep av

90 at $6; to Sullivan 1’. Co. 5 do av 70 at

$6, 17 lambs av 73 at $9, 12 sheep av 110

at $4, 95 lambs av 75 at $8.75, 14 do av

75 at $9.25, 23 do av 50 at $8, 7 sheep av

115 at $6, 48 lambs av 75 at $7.60; to

Parker, W. & C0. 103 do av 80 at $9.25,

14 do av 65 at $6; to Nagle 1’. Co. 14

sheep av 110 at $6, 14 do av 90 at $6; to

Fitzpatrick Bros. 13 d0 av 90 at $4.25, 52

lambs av 50 at $6, 5 sheep av 90 at $4.50;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 43 lambs av 75 at

$9; to Thompson Bros. 24 do av 65 at $7.



Roe Com. Co. sold Newton B. Co. 43

lambs av 70 at $9, 54 do av 68 at $9; to

lischrich 26 (10 av 50 at $6.75, 16 do av 57

at $7.25. 2 sheep av 110 at $5; to Barlage

107 lambs av 57 at $8.



Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co. 39

lambs av 55 at $7.35; to Newton B. Co.

56 do av 70 at $8.50, 4 do av 100 at $8, 1

buck weighing 160 at $4.



Spicer & It. sold Newton B. CO. 15

spring lambs av 48 at $10; to Nagleu P. Co.

36 do av 50 at $10.50, 20 sheep av 95 at

$5; to Newton B. Co. 17 lambs av 45 at

$7.25; to Mich. B. Co. 19 lambs av 58 at

$6.75, 15 do av 67 at $7.



Hogs.



Receipts, 5,876. Nothing sold up to

noon; packers bidding 25c lower than 16181:

week; pigs 400 lower.



Range of prices: Good butchers, $7.40

(«17.60; pigs, $6.60@6.65; light yorkers, $7

@725; stags one-third off.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. & C0.

1,215 av 200 at $7.60. 1.240 av 185 at $7.55.

1.555 av 170 at $7.50, 830 av 140 at $7.40.



Haley & M. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

185 av 195 at $7.60, 250 av 180 at $7.55, 240

av 175 at $7.50.



Spicer & it. sold same 275 av 200 at

$7.60, 360 av 185 at $7.50, 210 av 170

at $7.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 210

av 200 at $7.60, 175 av 160 at $7.50, 130 av

185 at $7.50.



Friday's Market.

April 26, 1912.





Cattle.



Receipts this week. 1,508; last week,

1,140. Market steady at Thursday’s

prices. ,



\\'e quote: Best steers and heifers,





$7.75; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1.200.

$675697; do. 800 to 1,000, $6666.75; do, that

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

cows, $5616; good (10., $4@4.50; common

cows, $3.50€r4; canncrs, $26133: choice

heavy bulls, $57176; fair to good bolognas,

bulls, $4.50@4.75; stock bulls, $350404;

milkers, large, young, medium age, $401);

55; common milkers, $25@35.



Veal Calves.





Receipts this week, 1,824; last week,

1.453. Market steady at Thursday's

prices. Best. $7.25@7.75; others, $4@6.50.





Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week. 3,549; last week.

4,539. Market strong at Thursday’s

prices. Best, $8; fair to good lambs, $751

7.50; light to common lambs, $461.15; wool

lambs. $8@8.50; fair to good sheep. $4.50

$5: culls and common, $2.50@3.50; spring

lambs, $9/Q)10.50.



Hogs.

week, 9,545; last week.

Market 10c higher than on Thurs—





Reccipts this

8,343.

day.



llangc of prices: 000d butchers, $78575

7.90; pigs, $675697; light yorkers, $735061.

7.75; stugs one—third off.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





Lapeer_Co., April 29.—’l‘he heavy rains

of the past two days ended this morning.

Ground so wet now will delay farther

preparation for putting in the oat crop.

April has been a cold month, which makes

the season about three weeks late. But

little oats drilled in as yet. “'heat a

short crop for Michigan this season. Clo—

velr meadows and pasture also damaged.

1Rastures short and insufficient for the

needs of stock. Six months feeding stock

already has practically exhausted the

supply of hay and other fodder and many

farmers are on the road looking after hay

and other fodder. Good hay costs about

$22 per ton. Some potatoes still in the

hands- of farmers and sell at $1.15@1.25

Def? bu. But very few planted as yet.

There will be lots of sugar beets put in

this spring. Cattle and horses, and in

fact. all live stock, bring big prices.



. MECOSta.CO., April 23.——April has been

In the main an average of the usual year.

Grass is growing good so that people Who

are short of feed can soon turn cattle to

pasture. Not much plowing done yet;

some oats have been sown for a week.

Potatoes which had taken a slump have

made a gain. 'I‘hev are quoted by local

buyers at $1.05; hay, $22: butter—fat,





31c; eggs, 16c: hogs. til/go; veal. 50; horses

$150fi225; cows, $20@50.





 





 





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eyes are sometimes swollen and almost

entirely closed, in some cases the tears

drop over the cheeks. The pulse usually

runs quick, beating from 60 to 100 times

per minute and the respirations are. also

quickened. The animals always show

great muscular weakness; following this

high fever and weakness the legs usually

stock. The complications which often

follow affect lungs, heart, and the ani-

mal may die from exhaustion. These are

leading symptoms of intluenza and a

horse seldom has more than one attack

in two years.



Nervousnesswlmpcrfect Vision—I have

a standard bred four-year-old colt that is

very nervous, but well broken. The

slightest excitement seems to bring on

nervousness and he shies at, every little

puddle of water in the road. He has

never been punished for shying, but he

makes some high and long jumps over

small objects in road as if afraid of being

hurt and I believe he Shows it more this

year than last. M. C., Doster, Mich.

Your horse is near—sighted and will per—

haps gradually grow a little more so as

he grows older. Give him 1 dr. ground

nux vomica, l/é dr. iodide potassium and

a dessertspoonful of Fowler’s solution at

a dose in feed two or three times a day.



Garget.—VVe have a. two-year-old heifer

that has occasional attacks of garget in

one hind quarter of udder. we applied

antiphlogistine to udder and vaseline to

teat; then she got well, but in a few days

went wrong again. Mrs. L, D. F., Grat-

iot CO., Mich.—Give her 1 oz. hypo-sul-

phite soda, 1,4; oz. powdered nitrate pot-

ash at a dose in feed twice a day for ten

days and apply hot raw linseed oil to bag

once a day.



Tumor on Cord—Last February I cas-

trated a boar pig; wound seemed to heal

all right; lately a bunch showed in scro-

tum which is increasing in size. W. D.

J., Cassopolis, Mich—Had you used

greater cleanliness and shortened cord a

little more, he would have been all right.

Remove tumor with a knife or if it is an

abscess open it and apply one part iodo-

fiorm and 12 parts boracic acid twice a

tay



Out of ConditionvrStocking.—Have a.

large mare that worked in woods all win-

ter which has stocked hind legs and is in

an unthrifty condition. Had her teeth

looked after by our local Vet. but I wish

you would tell me how to reduce swollen

leg and get her back in condition. ll.

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One of the Most Remarkable Pieces





of Mechanism Ever Invented





is the Knotter on the New Century Binder.

it is simple but sure and absolutely dependable.

fectly and tightly every time.





see why bundles stay tied. It can t slip. The





Walter A. Wood





NEW CENTURY





BINDER





uses any kind of twine. It never wastes an inch. The

knot is tied right on the bundle (not an inch above) and a

piece of twine is not cut off and thrown away with each

bundle as is usually the case.





The New Century has the best cutter-bar equipment

found on any harvester. That’s because it’s made of

Walter A. Wood Malleable Iron with steel ledger plates

riveted to the guard with steel rivets. These hard steel

plates take the wear. They cannot move a

fraction of an inch despite the constant shocks

of the sickle.





 





The New Century is as light in weight as

it is possible to make it and still retain the

strength and endurance which have given it

such a big reputation for service in the field.





 





No other hinder ties

this kind. No twine

wasted.Will not loosen





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Like other big inventions

The knot is tied per—

You don’t have to follow after the New

Century to tie by hand bundles on which the knot has slipped.

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WALTER A. WOOD MOWING & REAPING MACHINE CO.

606 Michigan Ave. Detroit, Mich. I





 

 

 

 

 





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The triangular support for the rear elevator



is one piece of steel held together at the lower

end by a malleable iron casting. This gives

remarkable strength and prevents sagging which

would cramp the elevator. The cross shaft and





gear arelarger and have larger teeth than in

other b1nders. Hence, they stand wear better.





The separation of grain on the deck is per—

fect, no matter how tangled it may be. Two

of the three packing arms keep the grain from

crowding the needle, which is therefore not

under strain. You are not annoyed by having

to stop to separate bundles from untied grain.





All these and many more features make the New Cen-

tury Binder rapid, powerful, of great capacity and long

life. There IS no grain grown that the New Century will

not cut and bind withoutgiving you a moment a trouble.

It gets all the grain regar less of its condition.





 





 





“I raised a very heavy piece

of wheat of twenty‘eight acres

which was very badly tangled.

I owned a binder of another

make which was in good repair

and one that is advertised to

handle heavy grain. I made no

progress. I took a \Vood ma-

chine on trial. It was to handle

the grain to my entire satisfzicu

tion_ I showed the machine no

mercy. It cut, elevated and

bound the grain perfectly and

with extremely lightt draft. I

now congratulate myself that

I need not fear to raise as, large

grain as I can for I own a. ma-

chine that will handle it.”

Chas.J.Leonard,Uni0n City,Mich.





 





 





 





 





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I Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Machine Company

I 606 Michigan Ave” Detroit. Mich.





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