The Only Weekly Agricultural, Horticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State. . f ‘ 1/ )V'I/p‘i , VOL. CXXXIX. No.‘ I. ; Whole Number 3607. _ DETROIT. MICH” SATURDAY. JULY 6, 1912. $1.00 A YEAR. 82.75 5 YEARS. F the different methods of caring O for the orchard soil, we can men— tion three as being common. That system which either includes a program of total neglect. or one where mulch is occasionally or possibly systematically applied but which maintains a perma~ nent sod over the orchard is perhaps mosr popular with the rank and file of farmers. A second system of culture consists of merely plowing the orchard ground in spring or fall and sometimes harrowing it during the summer. Culti- vating during the early part of the grow— ing season and then seeding the soil to some crop to be occupied by it till the following spring, constitutes a third method, the one most popular with those growers who are taking from their or- chards the maximum of profit consistent with ‘the permanent producing powers oi the soil. It is of a part of the latter system that we are to speak in this dis— cussion. Cover crops plowed under is green ma- nuring, and green manuring is the cheap- est method of supplying vegetable matter and plant food to the soil. Dr. Hopkins, of the Illinois Experiment Station, says that one ton of clover hay turned under is worth four tons of manure. This fact suggests how easily the orchardist can feed his orchard. =0rtllnlary manunng is an expens1tie“ metlltd of fertilizing and should be done only where it is impossible to get some legume started and then for the purpose of assisting in getting a catch of some legume. Rarely is farm manure neces- sary in an orchard when the cover ci‘op question is properly understood, as any soil that Will grow a fruit tree will grow some one of the legumes. As the use of cover crops is a method of fertilizing the orchard the kind of cov— er crop to use will depend upon the soil. the kind of fruit and even the variety of fruit grown. 'l‘oo frequent use of le- gumes will produce an excess of nitrogen in the soil. an excessive growth of wood that docs not ripen or harden thoroughlv and the bearing of fruit will be curtailed, Peaches are quite susceptible to an ex- cess of nitrogen caused by setting in too rich a soil or by too frequent use of a legume. Northern Spy apples will often not bear until very old if fed nitrogen too freely, and pears often blight from the same cause. Young trees of all kinds, and especially the peach, are very sus— ceptible to an over feeding of this ele- ment. After a tree has got to hearing it ORCHARD COVER CROPS. is less apt to make an excessive growth of wood that does not properly mature. The growth of the tree is the best index as to what cover crop should be used. A' young tree should not have more than a foot and a. half to two feet growth in a season. As the trees get older the growth should be less. The season's growth on a peach should be slightly more than other fruits. “'ith the control of tho humus of the soil and the plant food clement, nitrogen, through the use of cover crops, we prac- tically control the, fertilizing of the or— chard. Nitrogen is the clement of which the soil is most easily depleted and is the most expensive to buy in commercial form. The other food elements are most always in sufficient quantities in the soil for the orchard. The enormous root sys- Mammoth Clover in Peach Orchard. Photograph Taken Late in May. tem of a tree gives it a large soil feed- ing surface. . Mineral foods not within the reach of ordinary plants are brought up front the depths by the roots of the tree The humus content of the soil is im- portant in the orchard. The right amount (if humus assists in the conservation of the moisture, and the aeration of the soil. In the decomposition of the vege- table. matter there is produced an acid condition which makes available mineral foods for assimilation by the tree. The kinds of cover crops in use are numerous. The more common ones are common red, mammoth, and crimson clo- vers, winter and spring vetch, Canadian field peas, cowpeas of tho legumes and oats, rye and millct ot' the non—legumes. Occasionally sowed corn is used and a few growers use weeds to advantage where a certain Weed, such as chick weed makes a, good stand and where other weeds are about. Crops that do not live through the Winter, called catch crops. as they serve the purpose of catching the leaves in autumn, have certain advantages. Cow- peas, spring vetch, (‘auadif‘n lir-ld peas, and oats, belong to this class Some growers use. these altogether St» that, they can disk the orchard readily in spring instead of plowing it. They can be used to advantage where the soil is fertile and has already slittiiclent humus. Canadian field peas and oats make a good combi- nation t‘or th's purpose. For general purpOses the. best, way ‘to use a cover crop is to combine a regular ('er01' crop and a catch crop. The cover crop generally makes a small growth in tho, fall which is not sufficient to cover the ground and catch the falling leaves. 'l‘hc catch crop will pl'tltlm'u growth in fall and will serve as shade. for the COV- cr crop. Oats is tho best catch crop known and it can he uswl very well with the clovers or wmtcr vctch. ’l‘he peculiarities of lilw different crops lit them to special conditions. Vetch is an ideal cover crop for sandy soils as it will do well On soils too light for clover. It produces an {lblllltiilllh‘ of green vege- table matter to be lurnwd under and be converted into humus whit-h is generally lat-king in these, lighter soils. On the heavier soils the (lovers art- good, either the common rt-d or mammoth varieties. (‘rimson clover is not as good to use as the others as it does not make the growth and often kills out during the winter in the northern states. (‘owpeas are used The Gasoline Tractor is Becoming a Factor in Michigan Agriculture as Well as that of the West. A 15-30 Horsepower Tractor at Work. 2 -, (2) very little in this latitude on accottnt of their susceptibility to light frosts. They are popular ill the south. Generally rye shottld not be used as a cover crop as it makes a quick rank growth in spring tltat draws strongly on tile soil moisture and gets to” high to’plow under. Huck— wheat is only used occasionally when a nott—legulninous crop is warted. ’l‘lte us— uul method is to sow it with oats. It is a good policy to use, a legume cov- er crop and catch crop some seasons and only the catelt crop for the remaining years. "I‘lte. growth of the trees should determine tlte the legume. gently followed servos to lltllul’lt“ the tout elements itt tlte soil better than the cor— l't'ettttetttgy ol' the use Hf Snell a system it intelli— tintlotls use of ttte saute crop or each year. The time so sow the corer crop shou't betsomewhete between the tit-st ot' .lutg.’ and the middle of August. [1' the set- soti is dry and the trees il:t\'t‘ made at— tie growtn it until the middle of August. if there has been plenty of rain, the trees have made liltltll growth and they do not appeal to stop. the crop should be pttt itt early. The or— trees that hate ttot t'.'tt]tH net-ll not be [tilt in chants of come ittto hearing should be tinder t‘totn the tif— teentlt of July to tlte t'trst ot’ the best time for seeding the orchards. Van littren (‘o. I“. A. \\'tt.lt tti tilt) time, part of the liltlt‘ a it‘\t'ilil;; barrow. \\'e could lit the land as last as the team could drill it and when the ‘.;ttnt got dry enough so tltat \tt could work. it didn‘t take long, to pttt in the oats. but as t-\’~ et'ylmtly knows, it was an exet-etttngiy late >pting, it was wily alone towaltts tltt: last of .\ptt; liet'ott- we t't‘ttiti do anything tlt ail. \\'itett \\|' «titt stat: we were ltttrlt t'i't‘ti considerably by \\et Ititlt't‘>' which ltotlttt't-tl liit‘ engine i got the imp.- .ttt [With all ltt \titlt titt‘ t'xt‘t’tttl‘ltt (It :t ,‘tt'l- titttt of a ilt'iti ol' itlIHllt tour or ttyt- act as on brill-aft tti;.:ltt. \\’.- \tttttttt it;t\'t| t-nm. ltit‘it‘ti lilit‘ lift tittitl'tiflt ttiglm, int; i‘iti day night we had continued to rain ill'itlli' it would «lty ~tt a ilt:t\_\ tztitt. and it enough so that we could work, so tlut‘ lye neyea- illittt'ti .t when for nearly titre-e weeks. This, ot t-ottl'sc. \\'...- serious. i knet' ll ~.t the tune. Iit'it‘ ittttt't Hi the sprint1 wett- titftr weeks just it: the \Yilcit “'t' ought to lie plowing, tor with anti IJi‘Ullr' tilni At'llttttl our saggy twat». in and everything oi~ that .\Ul'l. when we could simply do nothing. Now the result is that all «ct our land is late plowed. anti 1 weather it has tact, ’l’tt- .‘tte‘ since that split of wet btit’lt ('Lt‘t't‘tilltg) 411') in having ti .ltttte titought. one of the Worst To have eXeeetlingiy . the spring. April kiltd i-t' droughts. dty weather early i for instance, is not Mr had because then it gives the farmer a chance to prepare his land and get his crops in and then comes rain and brings them up To have a drought in July is lie: s. bad because the crops are all wet: started. the corn is cultivated. it is a nice time for haying and harvesting and that sort of thing. But to have a June drought when you want everything growing is the worst of all, but we have got it this year, and mv hoed crops don't look very promising. Only about half of the sugar beets have come up as yet; I planted some dwarf lima beans for the canning factory, with THE MICHIGAN FARMER. a very poor stand. I put in some early peas for the canning factory. with a vet)r poor strtud owing to the dry Weather, or dry ground. for instance. “’3 have got the cnsllage corn all in and got the po- tatoes planted earlier this year than we have before in a number of years, but unless a good rain comes within a rea- sonable length of time the majority of the tusilagt- corn and the potatoes will never ("titltt up. lt is too dry. 1 am run- ning a risk in putting some of the seed into the ground because it is too dry to germinate. and yet haying is coming on, in fact it is on. \\'c. llaVe already begun haying and have eight acres of alfalfa and orchard grass cttt and mostly in the barn. and the red (lover is ready. Con- sequently it is necessary to get these planted crops in and ottt of the way so tltat we, can give our attention to the haying. and i am simply running the risk and planting the crops and praying for rain: The stand of corn in this vicinity is exeeetliuttly poor, 1 think the poorest on tteortl. .\ great deal of the corn planted \\';t< not good prime seed and muclt of it did not germinate. As for myself. I had good set-d because 1 took ‘are of it early last in!1 before the rains came, and fire— dried it anti kept it in good condition. lint mine is not all going to germinate because some of the, land is too dry, and that is the. ease with some of the neigh— btrs also. Now taking these two causes togtther. the, June drought and the poor set-ti. l think we how: the poorest stand of corn in this vicinity that we have any record of. nuts are a good stand. Until within the last week they were promising, al- though they were put in late. That cold wet spell gave the oats a good fair start Now, however, the drought is showing tts effect and» they are beginning to roll up and show the lack of moisture. Noth— ing but a good soaking rain will save the crop. This vicinity has a splendid hay crop. i never saw a better crop of red clover. i think I have 40 acres of red clover that will go two and a half ions to the acre easily. it is just getting in nice shape 1,, “iii it~ iltli bunny find, (If POIlrfie. if tilts Vt" « it‘t‘ 'iittttl'tt‘w vt» at gtw t. i”, it] govt will --' iitt“\"\tl. Kr ‘ltl‘tlilallii- i" ;< ‘3 . . l.ii at with“ “511.1, . Hm: (oops peed 5* lilt'it may itttt-rtc'e with the buying, at: -‘tt‘ liri‘, :tnptovw' to the lust “tut-l» Vett- \‘,'e have only a fair crop, howeyct. \,'t*t'l~ tt \ tTi' '.t|\ The Gasoline Traction Engine. As stated above, in the first place I ordered horsepower engine but I have convinced that the work that i wvntctt an engine to do, I needed more power. and s» i exehanged and got a 45 engine, int-stead of a four-bottom plow. a six-bottom plow. t‘et'ltaps i made a mistake. the 25 horse- power will do a lot of Work. If I had got the right plow with the :55 horsepower engine perhaps I never would have made the change, but I don't think I will be sorry. because i thittk we will all agree that we never saw any too much power. it is a better plan. as I figured to have a little power that you don't need than to hold Hittite that you haven’t got, and it you can draw more than six bottoms _\<~tt can pull a ptl‘verizer behind, and that is the time to pulverize. At the prestnt time we are plowing heavy sod :1 good depth and drawing: a 24 double- il :1! lice tine horsepower ;-. llHtt cutaway disk barrow behind, and work nicely. The oncer I use the tractor, the more. used \t. cw, to it the ntot‘l' We know how to till! it, the more we find out what it can «to and what it cannot do, the better I and i am convinced that it will be assistance in farming. I am iltllit'l' convinced that under my condi- tlte engine does the like it. of great lions it is going to be a profitable ith-‘st- lltt'ttt, although it is a heavy investment for a farmer. Yet. when you want to do sontetltintr you can. I may have 10 clnotge my plans a little and do more fat; plowing so that I won’t have to do so much curly spring,r plowing for fear it will be a net spring so that I can’t tractor to advantage early enough. but if i only haVe the power to «it. the plowing in the fall I would prefer to do it then for it lessens the risk of drought the following spring. shouéd there be. a deficiency in moisture. i would prefer fall plowing, I think, for every crop except potatoes. This crop don’t want the soil settled too firmly. However, one could always find a time in the spring to plow the potato ground. "With a little experience in planning the work for the tractor I am confident that it is going to be very helpful and profit- able. Comu C. LILLIE. use the loss by THE FARMER AS A MECHANIC. Men who study the philosophy of civi- lization are called ethnologlsts! And one of these ethnologists refers to man as the tool—using animal. Birds, beasts and fishes have made no changa in nest making nor in habitations. in museums the creators have gone to great expense to surround the different ages of mankind with their appropriate settings of dwel'- ing places, implements of toil and weap— ons of warfare. Mark Twain. in one. of his humorous sketches, tells of the enor- rnous wealth of a polar magnate. as measured by his people, who had nine— teen irmt tislt hooks, while no other mem— ber of the tribe had more than three, and corresponding ability of this wealthy man to lay by in store greater quantities of fish than his less fortunate tribesmen. Agriculture has become largely a Illilt~ ter of machinery, implements and tools. and these require not only skill to op— erate bttt ability to maintain up to their standard of efficiency and to make ordi- nary repails. Itull cultivator teeth are. the cause of much poor corn. A piece of machinery out of alignment is a worry to both man and beast. The going to the blacksmith shop for minor repairs con— sumes much time and is often neglected until the machine is past its period of usefulness. Solomon‘s saying, "If the tool is dull put on more strength," is supposed to be. sarcasm rather than ad- vice. In actual saving of money it will pay most farmers to be equipped with a forge, anvil, vise, dies and taps for bolts and burrs, a hacksaw, cold chisels and a drill, in addition to the more ordinary tools usually found. A tread power grinder with cm'borandum wheels is in— dispensable to sharpen drills and tools in general. The expenditure of $30 for repair equipment as above described, will pay for itself in one year's time. The effi- ciency of machinery can be largely in- creased and its period of usefulness ex- tended by making immediate repairs when needed. It is also surprising how u m: and boys. with an equipment to do Work, i)et'U”lt‘ very good amateur ma— chinists. and take pride ill machine main— tenance. Just as :1 locomotive engineer does with his engine. Poor machinery and dull tools have been boyhood grievances that haw- made the farm a matter of bitter x-to ‘V‘IhY'FIIerS. rather than of pleasant t-etwuleetlons. \Vith this tltczlgsr there is not a day of the farming season goes by but what some portion of it is used to advantage. For docking lambs the forge is taken into the. barn and the lamb's tail severed with a moderately sharp tool heated red hot and not a drop of blood flows. The. veterinary uses the forge for puncture tiring in heating the irons. The hacksaw is the solvent for many prob— lems on the farm, and is just‘ as rarely found oi. the farmer's bench. A long bolt can be sawed the right length and a new thread put on with the dies. Some enterprising dealer in farm goods 0ught.to make a complete equipment of necessary farm tools for shop use and sell in sets, for one tool almost of necessity demands others to complete any job, and if bought piecemeal are more expensive and less satisfactory. Shiawassce t'o. flt‘n’lp (if the equipment JAB. N. Mt'iannn. WHY POOR SEED CORN? It is quite certain that never before in the history of this state. has lltct'.- been such a seed corn famine as last spring. There. appears to have been nearly as bad conditions in the southern latitudes, Illinois for instance. where the institutes and experiment. stations sounded Mitt warning for months and wile-re the State Bankcrs‘ spent a consider- able sum in calling the l'armers’ atten— tion to the serious condition of their seed corn and insisting that an ear test he made to save them from imme-nSe losses. This move on the part of the bankers is to be greatly commended as it clearly points to a desire, to co—operate with their best class of patrons, yet it, will fail to a greater or less degree in that the stay has not been made clear in which a repetition of these conditions can be averted. It has been clearly understood for some time by the closest students of grains and their successful growth that the present infertile condition of the soils of Michigan has weakened them to such an extent as to seriously handicap their revroductiVe capacity. When thinking of a product my mind invariably turns to the conditions sur- rounding its production. It the condi- Association 'wlth its distribution. ' ‘ JULY 6. 1912. tions throughout the state are truly rep- resented by my own vicinity or county as regards the prodigous waste i'of} its manures it is truly marvelous that the farmers can continue to grow corn. The conserving of our manures must be ac— companied by a system of some sort to reduce the waste to a minimum and at the same- time reduce the labor connected I find perhaps one in every one or two hundred here who have such a method. With me the labor problem makes it imperative to distribute direct from the stables, pens and coops. The, careful and intelligent application of manure has a double advantage. The best authorities on the soils of Michigan claim that they already have an abund— ance of the phosphates but that they are inactive because of a trait of nature that declares to the robber of the soil, “thus far thou shalt go, but no farther,” and locks up those elements and holds them fast until liberated. The office of the phosphoric acid is to assist in forming the grain and bringing it to maturity or seed condition, in other words, its fttll meas- ure of life. But before it becomes avail- able it must be set free. The work cf setting it free is accomplished by plow— ing down organic matter, this matter de- composing or nttrifying brings all ele- ments into unison. It is thus seen that two things are accomplished by the one act, setting free of the phosphoric acid and increasing the fertility. Each farmer should choose for himself the kind of business itt which he should specialize, but in choosing should keep in mind that such a business should allow the soil to become more fertile. Dairy— ing is my choice as it necessitates a. large. use of protein feeds. and selling of cream; second choice, because it gives a by-product high in protein to be de- livc'i'cd to the soil through the production of pork and eggs. During this process there is a resulting voiding of indigestilfle protein which goes as before stated. di- rectly t0 the soil. 1 atn not a chemist: therefore can not say under what name this element traVels until it. reaches the kernel of corn. The two words, “protein” and “life,” are to my mind synonymous. This element or evidence of it is the first thing I search for in making selec- tions of seed for future ut~1e The stock feeder has found that fut best results he must add some feed high in protein to his corn ration. A lame portion of lillS can just {is well br alllt‘l tittiiits HS growth. An element that will give a vigorous growth to animals will also give a vigorous growth to the corn germ. Although the method of fertilizing re— ferred to has a great tendency to increase its protein content yet its selection along this line will materially aid in its in- crease. By the evidence of protein con— tettt I mean the tendency to become hard immediately upon harvesting. The grains can be held (when fttlly dried) to the light between the thumb and finger and if there is a distinct transparency you will find the grain exceedingly hard. If there is but a skin of fat at the upper end the kernel is an ideal one ill what 1 consider to be of the greatest import— ance. If the fat or starchy content reaches well down into the kernel it will be comparatively soft. This is where so tntlch damage comes from the continued soaking as this is the part that holds the water and when subjected to frost the 'gcrm is parted from its coating, immedi- ately reducing its none too high vitality. The intent of this article is to urge the studying of corn and the conditions surrounding its culture, also to make what some may L'Onn‘itll‘l‘ a very extrava— gant and dangerous statement, that the ear testing of seed corn can by better methods be made to become a relic of inefficiency; that it should be considered as a superfluous process to be resorted to only by those who are entirely willing to engage ill the work of perpetually lighting inexcusable conditions; that farmers should at once begin to “ob— serve” rather than merely see corn; that it should go high and dry, whether fully dented or not, and be given some extra beat. 1 also wish to make it plain that when a man fails in getting his product to a position he wishes he invariably re- sorts to charging it to the weather or some other consideration outside his con— trol. In conclusion I again wish to call at— tention to the condition of our Michigan soils and that nature pays a ten-fold, though silent tribute, to the one who be— comes honorable in his dealings with her. This condition is such that it not only threatens our prosperity and happiness but the health of our people as we‘ll. Kalamazoo Co. L. J. BRADLEY is; u")-( we» ,. i ...N . JULY 6, 1912. LIVE STOCK “LAWN ‘THE FARMER’S HOG. ,, As an animal from which to make mon- ey on the farm, the hog has won a place on the merits of his own ability as an economical producer of market meats in a. short period of time. The hog is a good asset at all times of the year, and he is always busy mkaing the most of himself where conditions will admit of it. and winning dollars for his owner. lie git-ans the grain from the fields, eats the grasses. and turns them into a market- able producc. In the fall and winter, to takes the salvage of the orchard and makes growth on it. He is the best ani- mal on the farm to consume and make the most of the skim-milk, buttermilk and all dairy wastes in combination with his other feeds at all times of the Year. There are other reasons why he is an economical animal on the farm. lle re— turns twice as many pounds of meat from a givcn amount of feed as does the beef steer; and while. it requires three years for the steer to get himself into marketable condition, the pig is not in condition in less than one year. lle makes three times as many pounds of meat from a given amount of feed as does the sheep, and does not require more than half the time to do tho work. Ile makcs his returns the first year when handled, thereby making the returns of any of the animals raised on the farm. Types. Of all the types or various forms. at present any of the types are fashionable and profitable; no matter whether he may be built for a bacon hog, a lard hog, reared and quickest properly or just a common hog, they all sell at about the same price at present. It is not worth our whilo now to discuss the merits of the. different types of hogs, b0- 3ause at prcsent prices there is money in any and all of them, but to suit our own tastes, it is the hog who will make the most money from a given amount of feed in the shortest period of time. 'l‘hat is the type the average farmer should raise. Worthy of Good Care. The. hog is worthy of good care and COInfUl‘lfllilr- quarters at any and all times of the year. He should rect-ivc not only a generous amount of feed, but sliouid be treated kindly at all times in order to do his yoiy best in his work for his owner. He should be. kept free, from ex- ternal and internal parasitcs; should have plenty of water in which to wallow dur— ing the, summer, and shade to protect from the direct rays of tho sun. it is impossible for an animal of his nature to do his best unless he is made coin— i‘oi‘tablc at all times. Proper Size of Hog to Raise. The mcdium size pig is the most profit- boil] able to raise, because he can be thrifty and possess good quality. The small. lint-boned ones do not grow as much muscle and got size enough in a shoit pcriod of time in order to be- protii— able. The ycry large-bonod ones are slow to iiizit'ii‘c and take too long to make rc— turns. The hog that requires moro than six or eight months to reach market weights and conditions, costs more. to produce than the quick maturing oiios, The pig that can be raised under ordi— nary conditions and good care. and made to weigh from 230 to 300 pounds quickest, most profitable sized hog for the to kccp. Age of Breeders. is thc farmer I’is from inaturge stock get a better start and reach the required weight Ftitint‘r and with less cost than those from iinniaturo stock. \thn necessary to change lil't't‘llllli-T Sltlt'k. it is not best to take in both sire and dam at the same may be necessary to change one or two years, but do not change tho sows oftcner than is neces— sary. .\ good, well tried brood 'sow is of great value. If it is well, in order to get animals of better quality, or better breed- ing, but “Hips-g- for reasons extraordinary, time. It sires evcry koep the prood sows as long as they are good workers. Stock from young sires and young dams are not as growthy, are not as easy keepers, do not make as good returns for the amount of feed consumed as those from the mature stock for reasons We will not stop at present to discuss. In breeding from immature. stock, there is a tendency towards refinement, small bone, and lack of constitutional vigor, things which the farmer should avoid. By all means, keep tip the health, strength and vigor of the breeding ani- THE MICHIG.AN FARMER. mals. No farmer can afford to keep stock of inferior quality, or that lacks consttutional vigor. Raising the Pigs. It is a matter of first importance to give the pigs a good start. One of the first essentials is to have the breeding stock in good healthy condition, not ov- erloaded with fat, nor pinched with hun- ger; then by proper feeding, the mother can give the young animals a good start along early in life. By liberal feeding of the mother after the, pigs are two weeks old, an increase in the flow of milk can be stimulated and the growth of the pigs gieatly increased. This is a matter of first importance for the reason that it helps to expand the stomach yf the lit— tle. pig, and enables him to not only do good service in making rapid growth while young, btit enables him to make more rapid progress, and increases his capablities for making a rapid growth later in life. In the second place, it is a matter of importance, because it fixes within the young animals the. habit of tlirii‘tinc-ss, which will follow to the end of the ani- mal’s life. In order to get the greatest profit from the pigs on the farm, it is necessary to encourage them to consume as much of the cheap feeds as possible early in life families prevail. Farther up in the hill country we find the Cheviots and again in the higher and more barren hill coun— try we find the Highland or Blackface sheep. In the scuthwest of England are the various classes of Downs and other breeds which have proved through suc— cecding ages the best suited to the dis- tricts. l‘nfortunatcly, the wisdom of this practice has been largely disregarded on this side of the Atlantic and the begin- ner allows his fancy for a certain breed to guide him in making a selection which , after a few ycars' experience he porhaps is entirely unsuited to and in order that satisfactory is start all over again. factor in discovers vironment ieturns be change breeds Another important sheep breeding is continuity. 'llaving ob— tained the brced that is best adaptcd to local conditions, don‘t change. No brood— er should be content with merely holding his own, for in nine cases out of ten if he. doesn’t advance he will retreat. .\s in any other business, the most aggrcssive man is the most successful, other things being equal. The brccder should have an ideal of pcrfection, raised sulliciently high to give zcst to his ambition and then strive to get there. By a. rigid system of and selection he can gradually raise the stan— , dard of his flock and will find himself successful ' his en— , his flock ' forced to , (3) 3 Horse Owners Look to your interests and use the safest, speediest and most positive cure for ailments of your horses, for which an ex- ternal remedy can be used, Viz: GOMBAULT’S CAUSTIC BALSAM Prepared exclusively J. E. Gomhault, ex- eterinar Surgeon to the Frenc Government Stud. SUPERSEDES All. CAUTERY 0R FIRING. Impossible to produce any scar or blemish. The safest. best; Blister ever used. Takes the lace of all liiiiinents for mild or severe action. emoves all Bunches or Bleiiiishes from Horses or Cattle. Every bottle of Caustic Bali-am sold is Warranted to give satisfaction. Price 81.50 per bottle. Sold by driiggists, or sent; by ex- press, charges paid. with fiili directions for its use. Send for descriptive circulars. testimo- nials, etc. Address m LAWRENCE-WILLIAIS COIPANY, Cleveland, Ohio rooms“. a...» 1m a... ,_ ,1... .. .,,4...,,.. ._,_., Brood Sows of Good Type and all along until the time they are pro~ pared for markct. In the spring. suin- incr and fall. it is host to encourage the little follows to eat grass. one of 11a- turc's bcst foods. that helps not only 1') oxpand the. stomach, but furnishes the inincral olci'nonts ncccssary for tho build— ing of bone. encouraging the developincnt of the vital organs and strt‘vngtlicning the muscles. Such cheap feeds as pigs pick tip in the grassy ticlds given in ad— dition to the dairy wastcs, and a. mod- erate amount of grain feeds will enable, the pigs to grow rapidly and mako big profits on the feeds consumed. Let us remember that the, feeding of pigs for the most profitable results is an art, and no iixod regular rules can be given. \ci'y much dcpcnds on the indi- vidual feeding caring for the mods, whothor be, their necessi— tics, understands weaknoss, helps to strengthen and cncourago tlicin in all points which will enable them to make all thcy possibly can undcr the cou— ditions they are livery ft‘cdor liiiiisc-lf an (‘itll and ani- studies ihcir and which raiscd. considcr most watchful under his competent artist, faith- may and he who is and fit] to tho animals care, will develop into the most fccdcr and proVo himself the most accomplished in the business. \Vayne Co. SOME FACTORS IN SHEEP ING. CLAPP. BREED- fact to consider in this con— environment. if the grower aims to secure the maximum profit from his investment he will, when laying the foundation of a flock carefully consider the adaptability of the different, The first nection is stock breeds to his locality or to his own farm. The principle indicated has, per- haps, received more, at'te‘ntion in (lreat Britain than elsewhere, with the result that the breeds developed are the best Suited to their respective districts. Evi- dontly the British farmer is not governed by whims. He. has chosen families bred in his section that are the most suitable for his soil, proved these by selection and the use of the proper sort of males, neVor losing sight of his environment. Hence in Shropshire we find nothing but Shrop- shire sheep. In the North of England and the South of Scotland, the Leicester from a Utility Standpoint. engaged in an interesting Work to which a life time dcvotcd. The history of (il‘Cilt Britain There it is a. thing to find it farm on which laicordoi's have been lil'v‘tl from ($0 to 1th )lzinscll, of Shrchbui'y. Shropsliii'cs may well be brooding in furnishes many t‘t'lllllltin yours. Mcssrs. who are haVo boon samo family on tho ycai‘s. have much brccdors of tinually breeding tho same farm for .010 some titliers continued in tho line for a longcr int chn a breed has been wisoly clioscii and the owner continues in his efforts along the same line for It con— sidcrablo peiiod there still remains a. pos- sibility that the. standard of perfection which he is Working is not the IN-l‘ltltl. supposing lti\\',’il‘tl.\i cxamplcs. ‘ l famous as coii—, l l l l most dosirablc. He may bc paying too: much attcntion to fads and neglecting tho utility of tho animal. that the mind of tho stock breeder. or behind the whole market roquircmcnts. This is the point should The pow— business is the \V0 breed sheep to with the particular mutton that he do— coiisidm'atioii is to supply the consumcr and llCXl Wool The quality of iiiands. always be foremost in‘ supply this demand in the grcatcst tlllllll—‘ tity and the, best quality for consumed and the caro givcn. 'VVhile hundreds of years of experience has proycn that nothing but animals are suitable for brccding poses, it frcqucntly happcns that ing" is rosortcd to in order to iiiarkci lambs. This is a. feature of brccding that is very much misunder- stood by many farmers. in (ii-r at Britain it means the soloction of cwcs of a cot- Iain breed which are with th} male of another breed in ordcr to produce lambs of better feeding and selling quali— than is tho case with some brcds. instaiite, t‘hcviot cwcs are sometimes with Down rams and sometimes "with \Vcnslcytlalcs and other of the I.ci«cstor families. To keep a con- stant supply of (‘hcviot ewes ‘1 number of the best animals are mated with host; Cheviot rams. These are kept for breed- ing purposos while the cross-bred animals are sold to the lowland farmers for fat— tening. In America, crossing has too often been abused. Frequently when a breed has been given no consideration as to its adaptabiity to a certain environ- tlie food pur— “cross» produce crossed ”(‘5 pure~ l“t_)l‘ crossed pure—bred ‘ Cures Strained, Puffy Ankles, Lymphangitis, Poll Evil, Fis- , _./ tula, Boils, Sores, Wire Cuts, Before After Bruises, Swelling, Lameness, and allays Pain quickly without Blister- ing, removing,r the hair or laying the horse tip. l’lcasant to use. 352 per bottle delivcrtd. Describe your case for special instructionsand Book 5 Klree. A B SD R B | N [J R. the antiseptic lmnnent, for mankind. ForStrainsfl’aint’ul,Knot- tctl, SWollcn Veins, Milk Leg, Gout. Price $1 a bottle at dealers or delivered. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 268 Temple St, Springfield, Mass. , SAVE-THE-HORSE (Trade Mark Registered.) ‘ . Put Horse to Work and Cure Him. \ ' E Ul'lL’llllllC‘l the [‘lan of~~'l‘rc:itiii;r Hor'scs by Mail—Under hicncd t‘outract to Return Money ~f ltomctly Fails. OUR CHARGES ARE MODERATE. llut first write describing your case, and We will send our ththr—Samplo Contract. and Advicr. -.\Ll. Fill-iii to (Horse Owners and Managers). WritnAas there is nothing: so costly as delay. ’l‘lltlY (‘III‘IMH‘AL 00., 20 Commercial A\'l‘., Blnghumton, N. Y. Druggiats Everywhere sell Savo-the-Horso \vitli contract, or sent by us Express Prepaid. It pays to bale your hay in DEDERICK’S STANDARD Baling Presses N Catalogue Free P. K. DEDERICK’S SONS. 46 Tivoli Sh, Albany. N. Y. KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE The old. reliable remedy you can de- pelltl on for Spavin. Curb. Splint. Ringlione or lameness. Thou- sands have proved it invaluable. Get a bottle from your druggist. . Price per bottle $1. 6 lorfS. "Treat- ise on the Home" Free at drug- gist or from Dr. II. J. KENDALL (‘0., Enosburg Falls, Vb, U. S. A. w: smmppiiovfi wit/tout a cent iii-posit, re a th ‘: allow 10 DAYS FREE ?R¥A:.{reight and . IT ONLY COSTS one cent to learn our unheard of price: and mart/clan: War: on highest grade 1912 model bicycles. FACTORY PRICES 5.131353% a. pair of tires from anyone at an rice . until you write for our large Art cit’nlofl iii and learn our waizderfulproposz'tzbn on . Y8; first sample blecle going to your town | ever wh i, RIDER AGENTS mt”. .é‘tt’; ‘l': money exhibiting and selling our bicycles. ‘ W. Sell cheaper than any other factory. T.IRE8, Connor-Brake roar whoolo, lamps, repairs and all sundries at IzaIfm-ualpn‘cu. Do Not Walt; write today for Olfl‘ul‘flttt'a/ of” ”SAD CYCLE 60.. DOD“ [1-77. CHICAGO 4 -(4) meat and does not come up to expecta- tions it is crossed with another breed: not producing satisfactory results it Is crossed with still another breed, and so on, until finally the flock is of such it nondescript and irregular character as to be. of no value to the breeder or feeder and {iii absolute injury to the market wlicrleliit may be sold. Hence the best results can only be obtained by a study of environment, continuity. utility and crossiing which, if applied to the opera- tions of every breeder would soon {live this continent a reputation equal to that already'won by the shepherds of Great. Britain..- Canada. J. HUGH Melinxxizr. BREEDERS’ PROBLEMS. 'The Best Breed of Sheep. Which would be the best kinds of pure—bred sheep to get for this northern country? i want to start with a few ol' the best for wool and mutton. or general purpose sheep. (Zil'ia‘i‘loVoix (Jo. ii. I}..(". There is no one best breed of slit-op. If such were the case farmer}: and lgtrcodcrs would soon tind it out and the other breeds would gradually decline in popular'ty and numbers. The improved breeds art- :tl‘. good and the proper sell-c- tion of one who colitompltitcs the brl-t-tl- int—1‘ of pure—bred shccp should rcs' with his individual preferences. after the ques- tion of adaptability to soil and ntarkrt has been fully considered. Years ago the .\lll('l'l("rlll Merino was almost the universal shccp, but with the (li’t'llllC‘ in wool prices and an incrc-tscd i demand for mutton this valuable lll‘l‘l'il, which was wcll designated the “(loldcn ’lloof" by many of our early day l‘dl'lll- ers. was rapidly replaced by other and lai‘gcr_'llrcctls, the English mutton hri-l-tl of iuiddlp wool type Ill‘t‘tltllilllltllllltl‘. while iliose who adhered to the Mcrino tyle largely turned their attention to the, llamfbonilleis, which had the adVauinqe ot‘ siZc, coupled with heavier wool pro- duction than ill the strictly mutton lu‘ccdS‘. ’ The large mutton breeds haVe bcen in- troduced to some evlcnt. but halt never become as popular tlr~ tho tuidtlh wool breeds. of Willth there an- more in the state at the present, time than of any o‘.l;£’r“l(lil(l. but. as apt... titllt’l. ill""i‘ adaptability and market i'~‘ ('nltsiiloi'i-tl, one‘s preference should be consulted. since the avci‘age man will giro bcltor care. to and hcnce do better with the ”pt'll‘l’lclllal‘ brccd which stills his individ— ual fancy. Live StOCk Should Have Access to Salt. \\'ould you please it'll me through thi- lliitllil—é’ztu l‘Kll'llligi‘ it" it ltorso tutti evtt loo much salt‘.’ 1 have one, that has salt by hcr all tho time and she cuts a grcul «Ir-til (it it. Saginaw Co. \\’. \\'_ It. is a much bottcr plan to pcrmil all live stock to llith‘ across to salt at all times than to supply it inti-rmitlcnily. as is too ti‘etiucnlly done ttpon litany i‘tirlns. \\'hcre salt is bct'orc them at all tintcs lhcre is no danger of the animal [ztliilpi cnough of it to provt- di-li-teriotls. but where an animal has been dcmivc-l of salt: for some, time cnough will somcthms be ('tlton to Ill‘lltllll‘t‘ digestive distillin- anct-s. It is much better to give animals an opportunity to satisfy their appetites. for still at their lilt‘ilh‘lll't'. Some will con. sumo a grout deal more than others until-r these conditions. - SUCCESSFUL HOLSTEIN SALE. At the public .dh- held by the \\'csiet'n Blichigan Holstein Brecdcrs' .\.\‘.sitt'l2lll\lll at tiraid ltapids. .\lich.. June 12. 7: bond of llolstcins \ycrc sold for an aggregate of child or an average per head of MIN.— li3. 'l‘ltt-ro wore :tltoucthi-r clevcn brood— crs contributed to this offering. the do”- fer-cut lots selling at rather close .t.'- cragcs. running; for SEN) to $200 per llt'2l~l. Altogether this stile may be considered a'succe-ssi‘ul one. notwithstanding that ‘l was the tirs’i public sale. of the breed held on the west side of the state. The Samaritan Hospital, gift of Mr. .T. L. Clark, oi: the firm of llrs. Hess & Clark. familiar to readers of our adver- ‘tiSing columns. to his home town of Asti- lalid, Ohio. was dcdlcatcd with lllllll‘G‘Hv siVe exercises on May :37. The building is a. inagniticenl $3.000 structure of the best modern construction and equipment. and its gift is .t philanthropy greatlyan preciatcd by the people oi‘ Ashland. The Chicago llc\\'s‘p:lll(‘l's have been ll).\‘~ lng large annotntts ot~ motley through the strike 'of' their pressnlcn and other em- ployes. the distribution of papers having been materially lessened. This has had a bearing on the horse trade. as many horses that were worked by the news— papers in delivering papers were left idle in the barns. and the demand for homes has been checked front this source. One Chicago transfer company reports 80' teams standing idle. THE MICHIGAN FARMER. VYYYYVVVYYVYYYYYVYYVVVVY VETERINARY : MMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR, V, S. YYVY Advice through this department is free to our subscribers. Each communication should state history and symptoms of the case in full; also name and address of writer. Initials only will be publishedx Many queries are answered that apply to the same ailments. If this column is watched carefully you will prdbably find the desired information in a reply that has been made to some one else. When reply by mail is requested. it becomes private practice, and a fee of $1.00 must accompany the letter. Septic Arthritis—Navel lnfe-(_'tioll.——'l‘wo weeks age i wrote you about my nine days' old coltvhaving sore leg and swul— lcn joints. You called the tcrouble navel int‘ecieion. 0111‘ local Vct. advised me to leave him alone and he might get all right. but the colt died. His joints swell- cd large. 1 opened one and nearly two quarts of pus ran out. The- second Vet. t called said the coil had joint disease and was incurable. Now you seem to belicVe that this whole trouble comes l'ioni navel. but one ot‘ the Vets. says it is the result of feeding mare on dry fee-d dining winter. \Vill it prevent this trott- bh- to tit- a string around cord not later than two hours utter birth of coil? One of my neighbors had a colt with leaking navel and be tied a string around navel one week after colt was born and his colt died. B. Y. 1)., .b:nison, Mich.-—The navel ot‘ every colt should be treated as curly ai‘ter birth as possible. A clean F’wrilized silk. lincln or catgut string should be used and cord tied about an inch [l'Ulll boiiy. This will prevent any infection passing through cord, besides a healing remedy should be applied once or twice a day. Any good home healing rcuit-dy such as one part carbolic acid .tntl lit) parts water, or one part bichlol'ide mercury and 500 parts water, or one pat" coal tar disinfecctant and ten parts water will answer very well. A useful dusting powder can be made, by mixing iogcctlu-r equal parts oxide of zinc and boracic acid. Feeding your mare dry feed litSl winter had nothing to do with death of colt, furthermore it is not a cause of joint disease. ’l‘hroai l'rcssure.—~\"Vhen my two—year- old colt is t-ating grass with head low he ltl‘t'llillL‘S hard, causing“ him to make, a wheezing noise; he. often runs and if lit-ad is held high he. does not make any noise. if. (.3. \'., Niles, Mich—WI am in- cliut-il to lit-iiE‘VU if you will apply iodine oiulntenl to throat two or three times a \\‘t‘t'l{, he will perhaps get relief. Wire t‘ut.—»l have a horse that became tangled in barb wire. cutting fore. part ot‘ hock. 'l‘lte Wound is not quite healed, but int-re is considerable enlargement of joint which i would like to hays reduced. t'. l-). it. (flu-sailing. Mich.#.\pply equal parts oxidi- of zinc, powdered alum and bordcic acid to wound twice a day and give 20 yrs: iodine at a dose- in feed tltrct- times a day. li‘ccdlug t‘ollH Cows' Millc—I have a coil out» month old whose mother does not giyc cnoug'h milk to nourish .colt properly and i would like to know lf'll would b.~ sale to feed it some cows‘ milk and a little grain. i“. \V. l‘., Grant, ”Mich. (liyt- your colt some fresh cows’ milk. adding a littlc sugar and not less than i'l‘t'-titl:tl'lt‘t‘ water two or three times a day. ’l‘hcy soon learn to eat ground oats. lndiccstiott— v'm‘hnrp Uneven ’l‘cetlL— .1 have a six-year—old horse, that eats well. coughs some while rating, but is grouting thin. l have turned him out on grass. 1 l‘ovgoi to say that his sheath becomes very told if he, is not washed often. W. \\'.. Orleans, Mich. ~l’crhaps you had better have his teeth floated and give hint 1.1, oz. tluid extract gentian, 1/2 oz. lhll llllt‘lllll'tllis'lll.-~‘l have prolited by ad— \‘icc seen in veterinary column and now come to you for information regarding my cow. She is old but still a great lnllkcr and for this reason i am anxious to have her cured. She travels much like a fouudercd horse. and although I l‘ith' been a farmer since 1863 l. have never had a case of this kind 1n_nly dairy. .T. L. N.. Illullikcn. LVIichs—illve her ‘60 grains sodium salicylate zit-a (lose in teed three times a day; also give her a titblcspooni’ul powdered nitrate potash at: a dost- in feed twice a (18.1% If her fore feet are too hot, stand her in wet clay two or three hours a. day. PERCHERONS bred for utility as well as show quality. Stable includes several international Winners. Three ‘2. year-old stallion colts of (filflllty for sale. Come, or write B. F. ANDERSON. . No. 3. Adrian. Mich. —Horees. cattle, shoe . swine. DOultry For sale and dogs nearly ail breed . Sires exchan ed. South West; Michigan Pedl reed Stock Ass'n.. avid Woodman. Seo'y.-Treae..Paw aw,Mich. BREWER? DIREC'NRY. CATTLE. JULY 6. 1918. "‘ SHEEP. —Who wants 18 good ewes and} Hamp.hlr°s ewelambts an agood300.lb. imported ram for 8825. Also have ’l good ram lambs for sale. All registered. E. A. Hardy. Rochester. Mich. ' ~Yearling and run lambs from Champion Lfllceflm flock of Thumb of Mich. Also select Berk- 8hlr0.BWan. Elmhurst Stock Farm. AlmOnt, Mich. Oxford Down Slice —Good Yearling Field It fox-sale. I. R. WATEBB Rf.” $31133? $31353? gag; namhoumefs—Wieizb it: close out both sexes. All w i . — ' orrioe. on 61.13:. and unfit. gird? 3.533316]? ABERDEEN-ANGUS. Herd. consisting of Trojan Erica: Blackbird; and Pridee, only. is headed by then . a. Trojan Erica. by Black Woodlnwu. sire of t 0 Grand Cham ion sheer and bull at the International in Chicago, 00.. 1910. A few choicely bred young bulls for sale, WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. lonla. Mich. AYRS BIKES—0““ M... d... breeds: young bulls and bull calves for sale. Berkshire swine. ll pure bred. Michigan School for Deaf. Flint. Mich. Am offering it yuarlin May Rose fluent“! bull for sale. ALLAN RE SEY. Lakeview Mic igan. “mm Holstein Bull Calf very large for age. nearly white. his dam a daughter of Lillith Pauline Do Kol Count. his sire a son of the Kingol' the Pontiacs from one of Hengervcld De Kols ood daughters. Have others. D. S. LEWIS. Marsh-ll, Michigan. H008. ' ' —Y . llurocs and Visionas 3.831% igwsiil‘é fifi’éh‘idpiéli boar. Priced to move them. M. '1‘. tory. Lowell, ich. BERKSHIRES for Sale~March farrowed boars and gilts. sired by Handsome Prince 3d out Weyeneth Lady Francm A. A. PATTULLO. Deckerville. Mich. Bred Berkshire Sows and Samoa Boar;7.?;?f.%1?,‘;‘;j Magnificent s ecimene. Very rolific. Bargain prices. ROUG MONT FARMS, etroit, Michigan. Weaned pigs either sex $15 two forSZ'w: bred gilts $35; bred sows $.50, re istered and trans- ferred. Excellent breeding. C otce individuals. . C. OREY. New Haven. Michigan. Improved Chesters"§".”£‘“dig“‘flé‘ei choice youlag boat and a few sows bred for (‘Hl‘lV fall farrow. w. . WILSON.0kemoe. Mich. Both pliones. A 24-"). Bull Have Bull Calves out of— ]3, 20, 23, ‘24-lb. Cows A. R. 0. By a 24-1b. Bull. My herd averages 19 lbs. If you want this kind write BIOELOW’S HOLSTEIN FARMS, Breedsville, Michigan. HOLSTEINS I can please any body with a service bull. bulls from oueto ten months old. sired by Johanna Concordia Champion. Also cows and heifers brt d to him. Write me for anything you want in Holst/cine. L. E. coquLL,‘ - HOLSTEII BULL $115523“ £31.53?“ 393?. it daughters in advanced R istry. out oft; grand daughter of De Kol 2nd utter Boy 3rd. over 100 daughters in advanced Registry. A beautiful calf of choicest breedin . Price on y 850. C. D. WOODB RY. Lansing. Michigan. “Top-Notch” Holsteins. Choice bull calves from 3 to 6 mos. old. of fashion- able breeding and from dams with . R. 0. records, at reasonable prices. Also one 2-year-old bull. fit. to bond a com] her (1. MOPHERSON FARMS co.. Howoll, Mlchlgan. Fayette, Ohio. ElN FOR SALE—6 yearling Holstiein Frien. #69 ‘0! tan Bulls. 2 A. R. 0. bred. Some cows. ~ - Also bull calves. 34 years a breeder. E” g... .§ Photos and ciligrecu on up lit-.iitlfin. W. thallium“ C. Jackson. outh Bend. In ..’719 Rex St. ' —~dropped Feb. 1'7, 1912. nearl white. “OISle Bu" ca" 37%; ‘fiblooil Ilengerveld o Kol dams: record Senior 2-year-old, 18.37 lbs. butter. GEORGE E. LAPHAM. R. 8, St. Johns. Mich. Holstein-Friesian Cattle“T.l’.€.i.’i.“'Z-‘of.lif“ GREGORY & BORDEN. Howell. Michigan. 6 HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES From $50 to 80. Sand for pedigrees. LONG BEACH ARM. Augusta. Michigan. Purebred Registered H OLSTE IN CATTLE _ The Greatest Dairy Breed ' ‘ Sand for FREE Illustrated Booklet: flolstein-Friesien, Ana. Box I64. Bratdeboro.Vt- quf’l‘gllflp it'lOlLlSTllluN CA'llgl‘élE—Bullel all so i . l‘l‘t lctl ct )y cugervc oin l’l St‘l‘b- LUYB'I) I“; JUNES. R. F. D. 3 Oak Grovclilichfe Big Bull Bar ain‘i’l‘3°£§“illit‘i‘iil ready for service. Hate Herd, Ypsilanti, Mich. YPSlLAND FARMS BULL CALVES. Chotoest. Konrd ke. Dekol and Hen or old b ~ iug. $50.00 to $03.90 Official Pedigree: ovn reqlueegg. COLE BRO'IHERS. Ypsilanti. Dilclllgan, JERSEYS AND DUROC JERSEYS FOR SALE. A few high class hours from such chain ion boars as ()riou Chief. Instructor, and King of Illinois. Also a few bred HOWS. Jersey bulls. cows and heifers. BRUOKWATEB FARM, ANN ARBOR, melt, B. F. ll. 7. lillie Farmstead JERSEYS Bulls ready for service, also bull calves and heifer calves. (‘owa all in yearly test. Satisfaction guaran- tccd. COLON C. LILLIE, Coopersvllle. Mich. MARSTON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE. T. P. MARSTON. Bay City. Michigan. NOTIC —I otler for sale a fine three—yea r-old Jersey . cow. Also two $0uni'1 bull calves at bar. gain prices. 0. A. TAGGE T . No. l. Caro, Mich. Jerse Cattle For Sale. C. A. B {ISTOL Feutpn. Michigan. JERSE BUTTER BRED manl’Bé“m CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM. Silver Creek. Austen County. Micmgm_ O L 0‘3 Special Prices on spring pga and service male’e, 0 also (all pigs 300 to pick from Shipped on approval. ROLLENIMG VIEW STOCK FARM. Cass City. Michigan. 0 l c SWINE—Males weighing 200 lbs. each. Also - - - a. few very choice giltn, bred for June far- row. Geo. P. Andrews. Dansville. Inghaln 00.. Mich. o I c Extra choice bred gilts. service boars .I f ll and spring pigs. not akin from State Fair Winners. Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich. 9 —All ages, growthy and large. sows bred. 0- l- c S Males ready, 100 to select: from. Attractive prices on young stock. Jump. Munith. Mich. I 7—1 have some very fine and growthy last. 0.’ I. C 8 fall pigs, either sex, males ready for 86;- vice now. pairs not akin. OTTO B. SCHULZI‘I. Nashvdle. Mich. half mile west. of depot. CUR Imp. Chester Whites and Tamworth swine won 245 lat. at Fairs in 1911. Service boars, also sows bred for spring farrow‘of either breed that. will please you in quality and price, Adams Bros.. thchfleld. Mich. o | c swine and Bull Rock cockerols of I I 1 right. type. best: of breeding. price way down for quick sale. (3. l). SCOTT. Quimby. Mich. O I c Choice spring pigs. by “Frost’s o o - Challenger” (25311.) Write (or rieeu. GLENWOOD STUCK FARM; Zeelend. lch. 0 | c's of puperior finality. Service boars, jlts, - - spring pl 5. o ukin pairs. Also Bufl' lock eggs $1.50 per lo. Bred Nickel. R. .1, Monroe. Mich. O. I. C.-0rders Booked For Spring Pigs. C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. MJchl‘au. 0- '0 Co SWIN rioeon Spring Pigs, pairs and trioa. not. akin. ave a number of eervwe males of good tfi§.W1-ito me describing of your wants. A. J. GOR N. B. No. 2 Dorg, Mich. Write me for Duroc Jerseys i8:3.b’§%£¥g“pi§.?‘i pay the express. J. H. BANGHART, Lansing, Mich. billioc JERSEY SWINE‘V‘EW filth wants. F. A. LAMB & SON. Cassopolis, Mich. I UROC-JERSEY' SOWS bred for July and August; furrow. Choiccly bred spring pigs. Pl‘lCt‘s reasonable. JOHN McNICCLL, North Star, Mich. D U ROC J E R S EYS‘viI‘v’inlgll b.2133 ready for service. Prices right for 10 days. Write or come and see J. C. BARNEY. Goldwater. Mich. SERVICE BOARS a... m... .0. . ‘ ' sale and Fall pigs. (either sex) aired by W ’5 Choice Rule No. 30795. Prices reasonable. Write R. G. VIVIAN, R. 4. Monroe, Mich. -—Se ' lluroc Jurseys For Sale .n5“‘§9.?.§’“’it.:§e%.2§2$ sex. Pairs not; akin. M. A. BRA . O euios. Mich. CLOSING our—Baum W T... > POLAND CH INAS. A bigger. better and more prolific type. 10 nit-c. bit; sows. brtltl for June, July. August, September at $2.} catch. f. 0,|). You had llcttcr order one at. once. J. C. BUTLER, Portland. Michigan. POLAND-CHINA SWINE Bred for September. R. W'. MILLS. Saline, Mich. Big Smooth Poland China Hogs Li?.?2..3“£§3.%”°§i reasonable prices. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw, Mich. ' —Bred from largo ty 0. St k Poland ”“1138 all 388‘ both sexeo. a? Farmg‘i'o prices. W. J. HAGELS AW. Augusta. Michigan. POLAND CHINAS—Gilts and yearling i-tows bred for first of 86 t. furrow. a few l‘r t' . E. l). BISHOP. (into 2p. Lake (ldcusdihllliiilfibs mil AND CHINAS"E‘-‘"” a” 8...... P. D. LONG. R.‘ghllgh,gaggmlltliilpli‘d: 3111.35; ARGE TYPE I). C—Largcst in Mich. Come and Hoe greatest. herd of bilz. proliiic RU in state. Son's avg. 10 lpigs to litter. Frei- livery. expenses paid if not autistic . order early and get. choice. Prices reasonable quality considered. '. E. Livingston. l’arina. Mich: Poland China fall and S r' ' _ BIG TYPE bred. Dairy bred Shortlgoll'iig lgiilgl‘la 8:11; calves. Prices low. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Mich. 15 Poland China Sows $.33 Rimming “t. priced to sell. WM. WAFFLE. Goldwater, liéii‘.d' POL‘NB CH'l‘s—goung sows bred for April fan-ow. L. w. BARNES c sdfi.‘“3;‘?§§. Eiiiiiw’iifibeeiigihigfii Big ryvpe P. C. Sows $3633.31? 00]) & SON. Saline. Mlchlzan. —30 SOWS and GILTS MUIe'oot H0 8 bred. Also pigs not akin. Boats all ages. G. C. REGLOW. Ada. Ohio. RED POLLE D-OhOi‘ie lot of females any J. M. CHASE a so3 §',aifi%i3fnilli3iil§:ll?s. RED POLLED BULLS FOR SALE‘fm‘“ 8°04 strains. JOHN BERNEB a SON. Grand Leigh] iiiié‘h‘i lllllll BBED Silflllllltlflllfillié‘k”lliiinsiifiif ”6.35; or good note. J. B. HUMMEL. Minion. Mich. )- I —Bred to farr - For Sale, Yorkshire Gills the int... :3. of August. Also pigs. both sexes. WA'l‘ERMAgl Jr WATERS-IAN. Meadow Land Farm, Ann Arbor, Mich. Lillie Farmstead YBHKSHIHES. A few choice Giles bred for September fan-ow, good ones. Spring pigs. either sex. pairs and tries not. akin. cséuiefaction a nteed. - LON c. CiLiflE. Cooperlvllle. Mich. ' «gs-4,: a Re. 94:?“ f4 ‘ w .u‘}. mete,” _ "5W. JULY 6, 1912. Mange—Rinngrm"My horse com- menced rubbing against stall about a month ago and has kept lt_up ever since. The hair in mane and tag] 15 worn off, also some of the hair of stdes and there are now several inflamed spots. C. B. b., Richmond, Mich.——Mlx one part sulphur, 1,». part carbonate potash. and five parts of fresh lard and apply to itchy spots of body and scalp of mane and tail twice a week for two weeks, then apply one- part bichloride mercury and 500 parts water twice'a day. GiVe 1/2 oz. Dono- van’s solution at a dose in feed three times a day. Shoulder Sweeny.—\Ve- have a valuable Percheron colt that was driven with too large a collar by the hired man and has been swcenird; what is best to have done? Some say rowl it, some. say don’t. The local \‘(t. says it will come out all right it‘ let alone, but I have seen many horses spoiled by being sweenied and hate to run the risk. L. 1%.. Allegan, hitch—Atrophy tsweeny) usually follows sprain of muscle. or muscles, or from lack of proper nutrition, or exercise. Mild Stimulation such as is obtained by apply- ing equal parts turpentine, aqua am— monia and raw linseed oil every day or tvo will stimulate reproduction of mus- cular tissue and grow the parts to their normal size. Mild blisters applied once a week have the same effect. Moderate exercise and feeding muscle—making food such as oats. has a good effect. I do not approve of the use of seaton trowl) in hot weather. Partial l‘aralysis.~0ur tWo—year-old colt seems to be affected with a form of paralysis. He was taken sick two weeks ago and occasionally tumbles and re,- mains down, seemingly having poor use of ii]nl)s and‘vcry little use of back. lle suffers no pull) and has a good appetite. t). C. 0.. llaraga. )licIL-Wuive .Vour colt 23 drs. potassium bromide and 1 dr. of ground uux vomica at a dose in feed three times a day. ltub his back with alcohol twice a day and feed him plenty of green food. liidigesthmAlmpaction. —--I.ast spring one of my cows was off her feed. but our local \‘ct. treated her and she partially recovered. She was constipated; the Vet. overcame this trouble. but, she remains thin and her old hair hangs tight to her body. Ll. I'. 3., Rochester, MiclrwGivo her 1 oz. ground gentiau. 1 oz. ginger and 1 oz. salt at a dose in feed tWo or three, times a day. .\ change of feed might help her ‘arasitic Mange—vMy calves have a 'sort of disease of the skin that must be. contagious. for it commenced on one and he seems to have diseased several others. What can be done for them? lt. IE. I... Alden, Mica—Apply one part iodine and 15 parts fresh lard to itchy and sore, parts twice a week. Give each calf 10 drops of Donovan’s solution at a (lose two or three. times a day. Barren. Cow~liv~crsion of Vaginau—I have watched veterinary column of the Michi an Farmer for some time, in order to'Rflmt' how to treat my three-year—md now. Last November she was bred after loSing her eight-months-old calf, but fails to get with call. This cow seems to be healthy, gives a small mess of milk and when down the vagina everts and re— mains out. I would like to know how she can be gotten with calf. \V. ‘V., Kal- amazoo. Mich.» l’erhaps 'she has a. vagi- nal discharge and until this is corrected she will no: breed. Dissolve 3 ozs. of horate of soda. in a gallon of tepid water and inject her once a day, using it free— ly, but carefully. Also dissolve 2 ozs, cf powdered alum in a, gallon of water and inject her with this lotion once a day. ll will not be necessary to use both lo- tions for many days; however, you had better use one of them once a day for two or three weeks. (live. her 30 drops of carbolic acid in a pint of water mixed 'cith feed twice a day for 20 days. LIVE STOCK NOTES. (‘tu'ed 1mg products are still selling ex- trcmcly high, being much above the ]'l'it‘o.\‘ of a year ago. Provisions are now much higher relatively than hogs, com— part-(l to a year ago. and this has begun to tell on the market for the former, the (ash demand being no more than mod- erate, while acctunulated stocks in west- can warchouscs are extremely large. l‘ot k has lncn selling more than $3 pcr barrel higncr than a, year ago, and lard, short ribs and other goods show similar advances. Fresh pork is having a large sale everywhere, being much cheaper than other meats, but bacon, hams, etc., are rctailed in the meat markets at such high prices that fair consumption is ina— terially lessened. (:rass—t‘cd cattle, hogs ,sheep and lambs are now forming a large percentage of the daily receipts at all the markets (if the country and such offerings are se— verely discriminated against by killers. Such offerings make a poor showing on the hooks as compared with (l;ry_f,.d stock and are gchn a poor reception by the packers, who refuse, to pun-11.13,. «x- cept on liberal price commissions. Stock- men, when considering making shipments should bear this in mind. The wool shipped out of the southwest- ern corner of Colorado this season amounted to half a million pounds, filling :30 cars. I‘rices paid ranged from three to fotn cents per pound higher than a your ago, sales averaging 15c per pound. lt'lanufaclurers are doing some hustling to obtain their wool supplies, appreciat- ing the fact that there is quite a short- age in the spring clip of the country. A short time ago word came from llawlines, \Vyoming, that no fewer than 25 repre- sentatives of eastern wool commission firms were in that vicinity buying wool, and it was thought that at least 90 per cent of the Carbon county clip, which will reach 5,000,000 lbs.. would be sold for cash, leaving very little for shipment to the National Wool Warehouse & Storage Company at Chicago, for storage. A ma- jority of the sheepmen around there are ‘ THE MICHIGAN FARMER. , (5) members of the National ‘Vool “’arehouse Company, which was established by western fiockmasters several years ago, but the prices offered by buyers on the ground were too tempting to be refused. Prices ranged at 1564(«200 per 11).. with the average price about 41,.éc higher than a year ago. . Matured cattle are expected to make up the main part of the summer and autumn shipments from the ranges of South Ila,- kota, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. and the aggregate supplies of these cat— tlc promise to fall much below last year. Last year the drought forced great num— bcis of cattle on the- market, and hence available supplies are below those of re— com years. As the. ranges are well sup- plied with grass and water, stockmeln will be in no hurry about selling, for the high prices of fat cattle will act as a stimulus for holding on until the herds become in fine condition. Cows and heif- ers will be retained as a rule for breed- ing and light weight. stc-ers will be given plenty :if time to get good and fat. The growth of the. sheep raising indus- try in the west has brought into existence :1 distinct class of skilled labor. Men travel along regular routes every year making a specialty of shearing, a major- ity of them using machine clippers. Start— ing in on the, southern California ranches. they proceed as far as the middle of that state, and then go through l'tah, \Vyom— ins. Montana, Idaho and Oregon. ’I‘hey finish up shearing in Oregon in July. and then proceed to Canadian ranches. where they complete the year‘s labor. Look out these days for hot spells when pr: paring to ship hogs long journeys to market. Already lots of dead hogs have bten removed from cars arriving in the (‘lllrzlgn stock yards on hot days, and r-ytry dead hog counts up in these days of extremely high prices. See that the cars are well cleaned and Well covered with sand or cinders, and use great care. in avoiding crowding too many big lard hogs in the car. See that the hogs are. not heated when starting out, and sprinkle them with water frequently. Country shippers of long experience haVo found that big cakes of ice suspended from the tops of cars were a great help. the. melting ice trickling down in cooling little streams of water on the swine. Smaller eastern purchases of hogs in the Chicago market ot‘ late than heretofore are explained by larger marketiugs at eastern packing points from the country that lies east of Chicago. \Vheu this out- bid? competition is lacking the local pack- ers usually lino it convenient to dcpt'csw prices. According to Prof. \V. .l. Kennedy, sil- age must be put into the feeding program of every beef producer who wants to tit steers for the market economically and efficiently. The animal husbandry depart— ment of the Iowa Experiment Station proved this a year ago in a thomugh feeding test, and proved the same thing recently in a second feeding test. The report shOws that the animals fed on sil- age ma e cheaper gains, they lost less in shrintago, and they returned greater profits than other animals in the test fed on clover hay as roughage. The, silage fed stccrs‘put on gains at a net cost that was $2.01 per 100 lbs. less than the clover hay fed steers, and the best lot of silage fed steers made a, protit of $23.46 per animal as against $17.27 per animal for those, fed clover hay. lt was fmmd that in finishing cattlt- for the market a con-- centrate grain is required, and corn is the cheapest one to be had, silage not being a. complete feed. 0U KNOW how much butter-fat there is in the cream which you sell. Do you know how much plant food there is in the fertilizer which you buy --- or do you leave it H to the agent and let him "I send you any kind of fer- ) tilizer he sells, at what seems to be a reason- able price? . Are you getting as much phosphoric acid as you need in an available form to perfectly ripen the wheat berry so that it will turn out plump hard A-l grade? Our BANNER BONE FERTILIZER WITH POTASH is guaranteed to analyze not less than 24% of 1,. total phosphoric acid, 20% available phosphoric lift acid and 4% actual potash to stiffen the straw t so that it will not lodge under the heavy crop i? of grain. This brand is a great crop maker I and is sold at a popular price. it Consult our nearest local agent for prices and terms, 3, or send your name and address to us and we will mail ll you free, postage paid, a 52 page book on Fertilizers and I Dr. Widtsoe’s article on “How to Fight Drought with Fert-ility. ’ ’ WE WANT AGENTS FOR UNOCCUPIED TERRITORY The American Agricultural Chemical Co. Detroit Sales Department, Detroit, Mich. a, . 7/ ‘I’HE [RRGEST AND BEST LINE 0F * - IIIEWTOII’S ”ml" HE”Elaifiéiiziiis‘itiiiig WELL DRILLING SK I I; \ ‘ “id“ Ce" Indigestion. Book explains, 1' r_,§‘,..:;,;is-"sent free. " t‘oltlsdiistempers. Prevents l‘<)1i<-,Staggers,&c. Blood l'uritler. Expels Worms. A ' ' c dCdm .A t-' .. remedy; wryeafis’ 8:813. A5835anl, hcwcver, customary among motor- ists who have learned to comply with city ordinances, particularly with the l'lctrolt city ordinance, in this mutter, to puss vchicles going in the same direction on the left side of the highway, which would necesitate the turning out of the rchicle passed on the right side of the center of the. highway. 't‘hus, uhilc thc driver of a horse-drawn vehicle has the legal right of either side cf the highway when being passed by another vehicle, as a matter of practice it is bettcr to always turn to the, right, ‘Aw same :is is ncccssz‘trily done when nit-cling another vehicle. as this will avoid possible confusion of motorists who have learned to conform with city ordi- nancts, which permit them to pass ve- ttlt'l('\‘ moving in the same direction only on the left side thereof. Available figures Professional Opportu- with regard to nities. ‘ the number of students w h o graduate each year in the lending profes- sions of mcdicine and the law show that this number aggregates more than double thc numberrequired to take thc places of older practictiouers left vacant by death and other causes, and to keep pace with the growth of population. As a conse- uucncc. a ycry large proportion of thcse ro—culled professional men either fail en— tirely in their intention to follow up their chosen profession or eke out but a meagre existence. instead of attaining the success of which they have dreamed when preparing themselves to enter that profession. \Yhile there is plenty of room at the top in these professions as in every line of human endeavor, yet there are a. great many more unoccupied rungs on the lad- der of success for the'educated farmer than for the professional man in any other line. This fact affords profitable food for thought for the young men who will this year decide what line of higher education to pursue. There is no line of endeavor which affords greater induce- ments in educational advantages than does agriculture at the present time and. while many will not be attracted in this direction, other things being equal, the young man who will this year enter col-' lege to prepare himself for future useful- ness will do well to consider the opportu- nities which are open to the educated farmer. as compared with those which are open to him in other lines of profes- sional work. We have received from school officers and school electors several requests for a brief comment on the conduct of the annual school meeting for the benefit of those who are called upon to participate in these meetings, either as officers or electors and who have not had the ben- efit of training along parliamentary lines. The conduct of the annual school meet— ing is a very simple affair, more simple even under the present school laws which have simplified the duties of the school electors not a little. It would be well for the moderator, who is the presiding ofii- cer of the school meeting, to familiarize himself with the provisions of the school law in advance of the meeting in order that he may be the better equipped to discharge the business in hand more rap- idly and correctly. Immediately upon calling the meeting to order if he would explain in simple language the. main provisions of the law as affecting school electors, which were. summarized in a comment in our issue of June 8, it would lead to a. better un- derstanding by the school electors who participate in the meeting, of their rights, duties and limitations. After the- report of the previous meeting has been read any unfinished business should be made the first order, after which new business should be taken up. The business which may be properly transacted by the electors is rather lim- ited in character, being confined largely to the matter of buying sites, or the building of new schoolhouses, the ques- tion of the payment of the tuition of pu- pils in amounts in excess of the $20 per pupil per year, which is the limit to which the school board can go, the vot- ing of taxes for these purposes and the clection of officers of the district for the ensuing year, which will properly be last. on the order of business. On questions involving the appropria- tion of money only thc-se who have prop- erty assesscd for school taxes within the district may vote. \\'0men who can thus qualify have the same right to vote its men. 011 all other questions the parents of children whose names are on the school census are also qualified voters. Officers for the- district must be elected by written ballot, even though there be only one candidate, and only taxpaying electors are eligible to office. Under a recent ruling of the attorney-general, membcrs of the township board are not eligible as school officers. In the conduct of a school meeting the usual parliamentary rules prevail which govern any deliberative meeting, with which the presiding officer would do well to familiarize himself to some extent, if he is not already familiar with the prece- dence of the ordinary motions which may be made at such a meeting. Altogether the conduct of the school meeting is a very simple matter, and should be at)- proached with confidence rather than with misgiving by the presiding officer. cven though he may have had little ,or no experience in parliamentary practice. A record of the meeting should be kept by the director Which will be a. complete and intelligible history of its delibera- tions. The Conduct of the School Meeting. School gardens have been growing increas- ingly common for a number of years, and it is believed by practical educators and observers that this form of study and em- ployment, which may properly be includ- ed under the term of vocational training, has been most beneficial to the pupi‘s who have had the advantage of such training, particularly in the large cities. Over in our sister state of Indiana, this idea has grown beyond the confines of schools, and one large factory has intro- duced the boys' garden as a. means of affording employment .and vocational training for the boys of the families of The Boys’ Garden Idea Growing. JULY 6. 1012‘. its employees and“ as many more j as the available land will accommodate. This scheme was first developed by Mr. S. D. Rider. superintendent of the South Bend Watch Co.'s factory, who, with the co-operation of other members of the company, utilized some vacant land ad- jacent to the company’s plant for such a boys’ garden. The land was plowed and prepared for use, the company furnishing all tools and seeds required. The land apportioned to each boy in turn will be. cultivated by him, the proceeds to be his own to be disposed of as he may desire. A plot of ground 40x100 feet is allotted to each boy between the ages of 10 and 16 years in the families of those employed by the company. In addition to the free use of the ground, tools, seed, ctc., prizes will be- nwardcd at the end of the season for the garden in the best condition and the best results obtained, for regular attendance, punctuality, etc. Also the report books which the boys will be asked to keep will be taken into consideration in awarding the prizes. This work is to be education- al in character, instruction as well as superintendance being given to the boys in the condurt of their work. This is an extension of the school gar- den idea which may well be emulated by other commercial institutions and which may well result in the life-long apprecia- tion of the boys whose attention is thus directed to the advantages and possibili- ties of agriculture as a profitable and en- joyable vocation. HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK. National. The democratic national convention, in session in Baltimore, failed to nominate a candidate last week, all records in the number of ballots in deadlock at any previous convention of the party having been broken by the 26th ballot taken bc~ fore the adjournment Saturday night. Gov. Wilson made consistent gains from 324 votes ”on the first ballot to 4071,42 on the 26th, while Speaker Clark received 440% on the first ballot and 4361/2 on lhc 26th, a. decline from his high point on the 10th ballot, when he received 556 votes. it is probable that no nomination will be made before this issue goes to press. Aside from the personality of the can— didates an issue is being made in the convention between the progressive and conservative wings of the party, the out- come of which is problematical in view of the fact that under the rules and precedents of the democratic convention. a two-thirds vote is needed to nominate a candidate. _ A recent report states that the: Citi— zens’ Telephone Co., of Grand Rapids, which is contesting the law passed in 1909 authorizing the state tax commission to assess the property of telephone com— panies under the ad valorem system, has reported earnings in the last year amounting to $735,645.47. in view of the contest the manager of the, company tendered payment of the specific tax of three per cent, as required under the old law. This case at present is in the supreme court of the Unitcd States and, according to a statement of Auditor- General Fuller, if the state wins the company will be obliged to pay back taxes amounting to approximately $75,000 in addition to a penalty of one per cent per month. A phase of Michigan's primary law is being tested in the supreme court, which last week ordered the Secretary of State to show cause why he: should receive the primary petition of the candidate for circuit judge at Sault Ste. Marie. This occurrence is the first step in the fight between Judge Oren, who was appointed to fill a. vacancy, and his opponents, the judge contending that his successor should be nominated at a convention and not. by the general primary. The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized an advance of one cent per hundred pounds for freight charges on hardwood lumber and yellow pine, from the southwest to St. Louis and on simi~ larly situated destinations, and also made a reduction in the freight charges on yellow pine lumber from points in Ark— answa, Louisiana, Missisippi and Texas to Sioux City and other similar destina— tions of two cents per hundred pounds. On July 1, the National House of Rep— resentatives passed a joint resolution ex. tending the time of all appropriations for the fiscal year of 1912 one month beyond June 30, the date when the fiscal year closes. This action was made necessary by the fact that funds for the coming; year were not available when current appropriations ran out and was the first time such action had been necessary since 1895. A premature Fourth of July celebration was responsible for a $20,000 fire in De— troit, Sunday night, a Spent sky rocket dropping in a pile of rubbish being the cause of the c0nfiagratio‘n., In the cities of Battle Creek. Muskegon and Saginaw petitions have been circu- lated among members of the old parties asking that a meeting of progressives be held at Lansing, July 5, for the purpose of forming a. new party. The petition was freely signed. Dr. Thomas G. Blaisdell, Professor of English at the. Michigan Agricultural Coi— levge for some. years. has accepted the presidency of Alma College which was recently offered him by the board of trustees of that institution. .. Foreign. It is estimated that 500 people were (Continued on page 15). i l l “finch as far-m POETRY HISTORY an? IN FORMATION LITERATURE l i 77w FARM BOY an? GIRL SCIENTIFIC an}? MECHANICAL r7 This Magazine Section forms a part of our paper twice a month. Every article is written especially for it, and does not appear elsewhere 7'777 ., _ ....._,A H- -V_____4 VALUE OF AN AGRICULTURAL COURSE IN THE HIGHECHOOL. ot‘ the country are agitating great reforms in the existing school sys- tem. In times past we, as teachers, have been doing [OH much book work and not enough practical work in tlte laboratory. I\'ow the tendency is to go to the other extreme and do too much laboratory work and not enough with the text. The problem which confronts the schoolmcn is to tind a medium be- tween the two extremes: to find a subject whose study will train the pu— pil in an intellectual way and. at the same time, train his physical iSK‘if to act in accord— tancc with his mental ji Self. Among the subjects which are attracting l foremost attention is . the study of the science Science J L'S'I“ at prt sent the leading educators l I l of agricttTture. denotes an orderly and systematic arrangement of knowledge, and ltcnct. we speak of reducing the subject to a science. By the term "Agricul- tural Science" 1 meta the stud} of the several branches of agriculture BY IRWIN J. culture in the high school, and to enu- merate some of the many advantages which are to be derived from such a (‘t)tll‘.‘~‘e. , We are all more or less related to the MATHEWS. should be considered in choosing high- school courses. We shall treat the word value with re— gard to two different meanings. First and foremost, we shall consider the val— everyday life afford. For instance. every boy on the farm or in the city has seen a potato and can recognize one when he sees it, but as to describing it definitely, l will wager that nine. ottt of ten would be unable to do it. How many boys or girls can answer these questions: 1. IS the potato a Foot 01' 8. sttm'.’ L’. To What, on a, tree, do the eyes cor— respond‘.’ 3. Do loaves ever grow directly from the tubcr‘.’ ()t‘ course, everyone, as soon as he notices a. potato closely, will be able to answer the above questions. We readily see that such a study tun-hes the DU- pil to lie observant, and were this the only oh- jtt-t sought it would be :t worthy one. But, it is only one of a. num- ber of equally good t‘llt s. Agriculture presents practical p r o l) l e m s. This sort of mathe— matics is the. one which appeals to the ordinary boy or girl. As a. rule We are attracted more by things which we crops, “horticulture, feeds and feeding, live stock and breeding soils, and farn: motors: and farm machinery. The popular llca concerning the intro- duction of the course into the high- school curriculum is that we are aiming to prepare the student for entrance to the Agricultural (lt‘tllege. Such a View is erroneous in the ex. soil and everyone is aware of the fact that agriculture was the first occupation followed by primitive man. In every in— stance, we tlnd that a prosperous year for the. farmer means a prosperous year I IFARM CROPS CLASS IN NORTHVILLE (WAYNE COUNTY) HIGH SCHOOL. Reading from let‘t‘ to right the members are: Reid Stimp‘son. Howard \Valter ’l‘hompson, Harrold Kellogg; Leo Des Autels, Katie \Vhite, lla'ttie Pagcl, Prof. Wells Pratchncr. Charles .Mundy, Carl .\'an Valkenburg, 4 lie of the, study to the student from an intellectual standpoint, and, lastly, we wish to call attention to the benclits which will accrue to a school by the in- stallment of such a course of study. \\'hipple, lion Yerkes, Fred can see than by those which are vague and hazy. Take, for in- stance. a. problem in 'l‘at't corn harvesting and, Vine Yerkes: with figures, show which one of several methods practiced in your loeality is the cheapest. From ex- perience I and that such a problem at- tracts a. great den: of interest and that it is solved with a. will, Problems in al- gebra and arithmetic are not, solved with the stunt; interest: which treme. Uur object is to reach ottt and get hold of those boys and girls who cannot afford to go to college and whose parents are unable to send them. To these pupils We wish to teach a few of the fundament» al principles of agricul~ lure. it cannot be caw pectcd that all the students who take this course will be farmers. in the past, the educal 'tion has always been of things in the city: never once has the attention of the growing boys and girls been directed to— wards the possibilities and opportunities which the farm holds ottt to them. it has often been the case that a man in middle life, after mak— ing a failure at other occupations. turns back to the farm which he left in the prime of his life and tinds that here he gets greater returns for his labor titan at any other work. In all probabilities, had an agricultural course beta offered him in school he would have seen the Oil- portunities of the farm and not spent half his life at other vo— cations. We do not wish to neglect the most important of all sciences and thus turn the country boy away from his nat- ural home and the scenes which he holds dear. The purpose of the writer is to cor- rect the popular idea. concerning the me- tives for establishing a. course in agl‘l- Earl Swain, tnarlts the solution of a practical farm prob- 18”]. Again. the. farmer in his datiy life is coming into contact with new problems to which he cannot apply any hard and fast, rules. For ex- ample. a student tinds that it. costs more to fence at. long tield than a square, one. containing the same acreage. lle also Iinds that it takes ltss‘ time to till the 0b— long,‘ held. The (pics- tion is, will the extra. cost ot‘ the fCIlr‘t} be compt-nsatcd for by the time gillllt‘tl? Every- one nutst selye his own problems and act ac- cordingly. This calls forth a great deal of ingenuity at times. Some will say, what; will you do with the student who has ex- ceptional talent for other things? Sonic pupils are Very apt at MEMBERS OFWAGRICULTURAL CLASS IN FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL. First row, reading from left‘ to right—Ross Hallack. Lleo. l’etherbridge, Geo. Miller, verne Sanborn, XVendell llubbs, \Vill Iland, Paul Marshall. Bowers, \Vill \Volfe, I'aul Ensign, Roswell Mulkins, Leo. \\'aite. ’l‘hird row.——Bertie Mears, Mr, Mathews (prncipal), Earl 'Wood, Oscar Stevens, 1van Fuller, Leon Parsell. for the business man and the laborer; to the same extent, dull times for the farm-- er mean equally dull times for the met‘- chant and the worker. No other one in- dustry wields such a great influence, and since this one occupation rules the world, in a, sense, we appeal to the read— ers and are sure. that, in view of these facts, the study of so important a science Any study which appeals strongly to the student must embody those things which are common to him in his every- day life. \Vhen he discovers, at the age, of sixteen, that an object which he has seen all his life has something new for him, then he is in a position to learn. His curiosity is aroused and he sees the opportunity for study which the things of ‘ Bruce Martin, La- Se-cond ro\V.—,trlarry .ltowe, Glenn lthodes, Charles mechanical drawing. If so, the, problems of drawing plans for barns, houses, and Milton Freeman, farms will interest them. Do not misun- dtrstand me when I say drawings. By that I mean plans which are, dimensioned and finished nice— ly. In our agricultural laboratory We have some mechanical drawings Which will rank very favorably with those of' professional architects. Perhaps other pupils enjoy working with machinery and are naturally inclined towards mechanics. If such is the-case '(’ -~ 8 (8) \v these students find an opening for their genius in the study of farm motors and farm machinery. The agricultural course offers something which will interest scholars having exceptional talents along nearly all lines. We have seen the value of a course in farming to the student; now let us see if it benefits the school at large. Such a study cannot t‘uil'to attract the brightest boys and girls from the country and, in so doing, the intellectual standard of the school is raised, making an added rea- son. The course also presents an added list of electives. There are, however, two other good reasons which should influence school boards to adopt this course. in the first. place, the Cost of equipment for an agri- cultural laboratory is very cheap when compared with the cost of apparatus for other courses. ’l‘wellty—five dollars worth of materials will start an agricultural course very nicely, and this will include a Babcock tester, soil thermometers, etc. Manufacturers are willing and glad of the- opportunity of sending samples tf their products to schools where practical farming is taught. The course is being bootned all over the country and at present the only dis- advantages are. that unchrsiUies will not accept agricultural credits, and that there are no texts which meet the demands. ’l‘hc study is equally as educative for gills as for boys, and most of the sub— jects ore elective for both. From the reasons given above. I am sure that all thinking people will agree that thc study of the science of agricul- ture should occupy a prominent position in the high school. The above excellent article by Principal Mathews, of the high school at Flushing, (tenesec; County, was accompanied by the photograph of the agricultural class which is reproduced upon the preceding page. In tonnt-ction with it we are re- producingtl photograph of the, farm crops class at Norlhvillc, allothcr of the very progressiVe high schools of this state. Northville high school has provided a complete and thorough four—year course in agriculture Although secondary in purpose, a high standard of scholarship is maintained and the work done is in many cases equal to that done by college students. This course has seemcd to ap- pxcal Itovthose from the city as Well HS those from the country and is popular with the girls as well as the boys, An essay contcst was a feature of the work of the farm crops class during the lastterm of the school year just closed. The lirst prize was awsrdcd to “utter Tl‘holnpson. whoso subject was “Cotton." S("\"1]]{1 prize wont to Don Yerkes who wrote or. “t‘ubbugc,” and third to 1.1(‘0 llcs Atltcil who chose “(.‘ttts" lor his sub— jcct. For copies of lhcse essays, as well as the pllologl'nph :ct‘l-rrctl to abovc, we are indchtcd to our \\'ttync county cor-- rcspolulcnt, Mr. N. A. t‘lapp. and we trkc pleasure in giving space to \Vallcr ’l‘llompson's prizc—winlling production on “Cotton," which follows: Cotton, one of the most valuable and llscftll crops of the World, is supposed to have originated in Persia and to have collie to America by way of the Bahama islands. The curlicst notice of cotton was by Herodotus in l‘crslzt about 430 B. (3., who spcziks of the trccs lhcre bcaring, as their fruit, llccccs mot-o delicate and bcautil'ul illill'l those of shecp. Cotton is not the olziosl of lllt- hurling librcs. zls llax was mrldc into cloth bt--forc cotton was culti— yuted. in 63 1:. C. it was first found that cotton could be made into cloth and it was later introduced into ltaly and (lrcecc, and is now grown in all of the tropical countries of the world. It is said that cotton ciolll of lllc ancient Hin- dus has bccn excelled only by cloth made by modern machinery. Cotton was also cultivated and used in making cloth by the Mexicans before the discovery of America by Columbus, who found it growingr on the Island of San Salvador. Tile first experiment in cotton growing ill United Statcs was made by the Pilgrims in 1621. and the success of the crop caused many to engage in its cultivation. In 1791 two million pounds were grown in the United States, three-ofurths of which was grown in South Carolina, and today the cotton growing states of the United States produce more cotton for their area than any other country in the world. There are many varieties of cotton as a result of cultivation. There arc cotton trees in Asia which live for a number of years but only annual varieties can be grown in America. Plants in the United #m‘w‘m‘, xv, use); .r o fluff-w. .fll' m1 A. ""1 THE MMCHIGXN‘ FARMERI States grow to a height lobabout three feet and are shaped somewhat like a. young apple tree. The plants are grown from seed which is sowu in rows, about five feet apart and tw0 feet in the drill, by planters which are made for that purpose. The seed is planted in March and by the first of July most of the plants are in bloom. The blossoms produce pods in which the cotton and cotton seed are contained. On maturing, the pods burst open, revealing a white woolly boll of cotton. “'hen picked the cotton is at- tached to the seed, which must be re- moved before it can be used. The pick- ing season begins in September and gen- erally lasts until December. Cotton is so light that a pound, when spun, is said to have been made to reach a distance of 1,260 miles. After the seed ore removed from the cotton it is baled and sent to the factories, and the seeds are ground and used for dairy food. The hulls are put back on the land for fer- tilizer. The seed used for planting is im- ported. Cotton can be grown only in warm countries that have at least eight months of freedom from frost. it requires a warm rainy spring to produce strong plants, a hot summer with occasional rains to mature the bolls, and a dry fall giving full time to harvest the crop. Rich sandy loam is the best soil for cot- ton. as the plants develop more rapidly than on clay or gravelly soils. Cotton as a general thing is grown on the same land for four or five. years in succession and therefore requires much fertilizer to keep up the soil. An acre of cotton removes from the soil in one sea- son about 2639 lbs. of chemical salts, con- taining 9 lbs. of potash. 9 lbs. of phos- phoric acid, 51,4 lbs. of magnesia and 3 lbs. of lime. Fertilizers that contain a high per cent of phosphates, potash. and sulphuric acid are used. The cotton boll weevil is about the only pest encountered in cotton growing. it does much damage by working in the bulls and making the crop unfit for use. This pest can be prevented by early planting, and by burning the dead plants in the fall, as they harbor in the stalks. THE RIVAL POETS OF CLIMAX CITY. BY ELLA M. ROGERS. “Miss Minturn," began Mrs. Anderson to her summer boarder, “I haven‘t ever told you about the poetical contest we had hcre winter before last. It was tllc best thing Wt-‘Vc had in Climax City for a good many ycars—I don't know but it was the bcst thing we’ve: ever had hero. “1’“ have to begin back a ways, so as to make it all clcar to you. “Three or four years ago, an Original pocln come out ill tllc \Vcckly [’ullzitliuln. I've forgotten just what it was about, but it was signed Sibyllina-on—the— Heights. I'd ought to have explained to you bcfore that Wc have two papers here, The Palladium, Mr. Mountmore‘s paper, and The Live ‘Wire, which is owned and run by Sum Maxwell. The l‘u'ladium's a good sort of paper. but it’s awfully dignified and dry; the \Vire is lnore illtcrcstirlg and spicy. “Mr. Mountmorc lives on The Bluffs with the rest of the. aristocracy, or those that consider thcttt5clves the. aristocracy. of Climax. and he takes their side of ev— crything and speaks of us poorer folks, that live down here on The Flats along the river, in a patronizing way as ‘the laboring classcs’ or ‘the lower element of society.’ Sam belongs to ‘the plain com- mon people‘ and he isn't a shamed to stick up for us. \‘l'lten that poem came out, Mr. Mount- more made a big~ flourish over it, and. of course, it was the first thing of the kind there ever had been here. \Ve wondered what Sam would do to get even; but, sure enough, in his next paper, right on the front page, there was a poem about three times as long as tltexone in The Palladium. it was ‘\\'ritten specially for The \Vire.’ and was signed ‘Valley Bell.’ “Sibyilina had some of her verses in the next Paladium, and Valley Bell more of hers in the next \Vire, and so it went. Almost every issue of The Palladium had its ‘poem from the pen. of our valued contributor, Sibyllina - on - the-Heights.’ while The Vt’ire was sure to contain its ‘ripple of real song from our peerless warbler, Valley Bell.’ “The two editors always take the op- posite sides of every question and watch each other like hawks. The poets did somewhat the same way, only their fight- ing was all in rhyme and had a kind of feminine touch to it. I remember just after the monument was erected to Carl— ton Wright, the wealthiest citizen Climax t‘" J'i l““}= .mmn ever had, and quite benevolent, for he gave the money to build The Old People's Home—well, Sibyllina wrote an ode about it, and she happened to put in the line, “And freely pour the flowing bewl.’ I really don‘t suppose she meant a thing out of the way, but Sam saw his chance. I‘ll read you what he said about it." Mrs. Anderson here produced a bulging scrap- book. “ ‘This is another sad yet unmistak- able evidence of the dissipation, profligacy, and utter moral corruption of that en- tire portion of our city that is represent- ed by Our smug contemporary, The Pal- ladium.’ “Mr. Mountmore tried to explain." Again. Mrs. Anderson referred to her scrap-book. “ ‘The line whose true mean- ing has so viciously been misconstrued, was merely a slip of the poetic imagina- tion. We insisted upon having something regarding the occasion from the gifted pen of Sibyllina—on-the—Heights, and in great haste she dashed off this ode, which really is a matchless gem. As is well known, the author is a member in good standing and a tireless worker in our W. C. T. U., and only a mind travel- ing in the narrow and circumscribed or- bit in which the Editor‘s of The “'ire is known to move, would think of interpret- ing a beautiful poetic figure with such groveiing iiteralness.’ “This didn't head off Valley Bell. She was right out with a poem called 'The Flowing Bowl.’ Here it is: " ‘Young man your appetite control. \Vhen tempted by the flowing bowl And ere you taste it, stop and think 'Tis vastly better not to drink. “ ‘Prisons and jails would empty be. If none e'er went upon a spree. Nor need police our streets patrol. lf 'twere not for the flowing bowl!’ “The girls hadn't written long before everybody knew who they were. Valley Bell was Kate Conover, whose father is an engineer in the big mill. Kate was good-sized and a little inclined to be heavy, and a. real nice jolly girl. She- Was past thirty even then. Sibyilina was Ophelia Manning, and she was, and of course still is. several years older than Kate. She's tall and slim and bony-like. and wears eye-glasses. She's kept all the airs she got when she went away to boarding—school twenty ‘years ago, so she‘s become kind of tiresome and ridicu- lous to most folks. ways have carried their heads high, and they have plenty of money; so when Ophelia went into poetry she didn't have to do much else. She took ‘her art' as she culled it, seriously, I cttn tell you. If ,\ou wcnt by the Manning house in the summer-time, you'd be likely to see her out on the veranda, with her book of synonyms and a rhyming dictionary at her elbow, struggling away for dear life on some ballad or sonnet or what-not she‘d be trying to get up. And She al- ways was reading what she’d written. and talking about dactyis and spondees and heroic verse and a lot of things that were Greek to nincteen people out of every twenty. l was there at Manning's sewing once, and, at supper, Ophelia complained of being very tired; she'd bl-cn at work all day ‘on a little trifle in anapacstic hexametcr.’ She always found ‘the anapaest especially difficult} “Valley Bell wrote what. she had to say right out straight and plain, and she‘d get along about four times as fast as Sibyilina without making half the fuss. And land sakes! I never could see but her poetry was chry bit as good, in fact, better; for what good will poetry do if you can‘t for the life of you tell what it means?" "Just no good at all,” acquiesced the amiable summer boarder. “Those two girls always tried to make out they were great friends and passed off their newspaper controversies as a huge joke. But when they were going around with locked arms, they really felt like jabbing each other, not on account of their beetry but on account of Nat Corliss. “Nat waited on both the girls a. whole lot, off and on. First, it would be Ophelia he'd go with steady for quite a while. Then, that would all be broken off and Nat would be Kate’s company, Nat’s a good-looking fellow and very agreeable. and always had a. wonderfully taking way with him, especially with women folks. “Finally, after he’d been devoting him. self to Ophelia an unusually long time. all of a sudden he quit going there. Ophelia’s friends said that she’d refused him for 300d and all, and she carried that impression herself; but the people on The Flats said that Nat just got tired of her everlasting airs and jilted her. Of course. he again began going with Kate. This wasvabout the time Mrs. Doc. Camp~ The Mannings a1-_ /. ‘ , ‘ , ., -~ '5“??? 3 " ITTI JULY 6, 1912. bell began getting up that great poetical contest I started to tell you about. “Mrs. Campbell and the Doctor are different from other people here in C“- max, that is, both sides claim them. She was an Overton, and the Overtons are one of the oldest families on The Bluffs. The Doctor was a Flats boy. who worked his own way through school. He made a. great success in his practice right from the start, and the swellest folks in town are glad to employ him. Ten years ago he married Jeannette Overton. “Every year, Mrs. Campbell gets up some kind of an entertainment for the benefit of The Old People's Home. Win- ter before last they needed more moneyr at The Home than usual; so. as one fea- ture of the entertainment, there was to be ‘A. Grand Poetical Contest.’ That was the way it was put on the bills. I don't know where Mrs. Campbell ever got the idea; but it took wonderfully. “An hour's time was to be allowed for the composition of original poems, which must be written right then and there. The poems were to be read and then the audience would decide by vote which contestant should get the gold medal. Anyone could enter that wanted to; but it was plain from the first that the whole fight would be between Sihyllina and Val— ley Bell. The Bluffs people all would vote for Sibyllina. and the Flats were solid for Valley Bell, regardless of the merits of their respective poems. "Mrs. Campbell sent four or live girls out with tickets, and she was just scared at the way they sold. \Vhen she saw how terribly in earnest each side was to win out, she feared that the plan she had intended should just awaken interest and make a little fun, would be the cause of bitter contention and strife. But the entertainment was advertised, so she couldn't back down. “A ticket was bought for every man. woman, and child in Climax City, even for babies less than three weeks old. You see, children under ten could be voted by their parents. For Uncle Tom and Aunt Polly Edmundson, they're town charges, and for the l\'idow Axton and her three boys, the rest of us Flats folks clubbed together and paid for their tick- ets. The Doctor and Mrs. Campbell bought tickets; but, seeing she was get- ting up the show, they weren‘t going to vote. Sibyllina and Valley Bell arranged to vote for each other. Everybody (else in town lined up strong on one side’or the other. “The girls who sold the tickets kept count of who was going to vote for which candidate, and the day before the enter- tainment was to come off at night, they figured up and found the two sides were just even. It wasn‘t any uSc to try to sell tickets to outsiders, for it was one of the rules that only residents could vote. There were no more residents to sell tickets to, so the girls had to stop selling. It got around town before dark that there was going to be a tie, and we all went to the opera—house. supposing that was the way it was going to come out. That house was packed and jum- mcd; there, was hardly standing room. and not a soul thcrc knew the tic would be broken but Mrs. Campbell. The hot:— tor knew, of course; but he had been called into the. country. Jennie. Kittridgo might have known, only she never could put two and two together. “Each side had hopes that someone on the other side would be unavoidably detained at home. I had thought of the l’i’idow Plymplom; She lives on The Bluffs, and she’s awfully Silhjcct to sud- den sick spells. I don't bear the widow any ill will; but, if Site had to have 3. Spell anyway, I couldn't see why it mightn‘t just as well come that night. We people on The Flats had tried so hard it seemed as if we’d ought to come out ahead. But the “'idow was there in the front row of seats, rather pale and all propped up with pillows, but there. “The first part of the entertainment was a musicalc rendered by local talent. Then, the participants in the poetical contest withdrew to a room back of the stage, where they could have it quiet. there being two custodians with them to make sure that neither one received any help. They were given the topic. ‘Mem' ories,’ to write on. Judge Macey had been blindfolded and drew this one from a whole hatful of topics furnished by the audience. “thile the poets were writing, a short drama was played on the stage. Every one tried to giVe it respectful attention; but. in reality. we all were waiting to hear the poems read and vote on the candidates. “When the time was up and they came (Continued on page 10). —‘.___.'.._.. A...“ }————A4 ———~——~—————~_-—-—-v 4 l l» a: 9’ . .‘1 be ., .,.. .. ._ . , JULY 6, 1.912. A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH. humor of it was that the fledgling would , think it was all original. BY EDGAR WHITE- Bah'. Why couldn’t they cut out the The Hon. Thomas Bledsoe, candidate speeches and have a Fourth of July cel- for re-election to congresg frOm the Sec- ebration where a sane man could sit in 0nd District, was confronted by a. disa- the shade and enjoy himself? Who in greeable task. The committee of arrange- thunder wanted to hear a Speech on a ment's for the Fourth of July celebration hOt day? over at, River Bend Heights had put him BUt when a man’s I‘lmlllllg fm‘ 0011- on the program, and notified him after- gress conventionality cannot be set wards, He had no chance to escape aside, Mr. Bledsoe reflected. That speech without offending a community where he had t0 be made and he might as well would need votes—need them badly since accept that miserable fact. I don’t want John .Hassett, the clever young lawyer 1‘011.l0 gather fmm all tlllh‘ that Ml‘. of Sunnydale, had come out against him. Bledsoe wasn‘t a patriot. Not at all! “If it were anything on earth but a Patriotism was his best hold. Ile was a Fourth of .11in Speech"’ he groaned, “how lineal descendant of a lot of Revolution- glad 1"] be to go! But what is there ary heroes. and his sire was a fighting left to say On such an occasion?” man on Sherman's march to the sea. Mr. Bledsoe was LL short, ruddy-faced Had he been a. few years older. Mr. man, with sparkling blue. eyes and a. Bledsoe junior would have marched with thick head of wavy. grandfathefly hair. his blue-coated sire. lie did try to get In his college days he had been a catch— in by yarning about his age. but the er of distinction, and was the best mustering otilcer smiled sympathetically thrower to second base the team ever 'dlld sent him home. had. He would rather attend a base ball The only aversion to making a Fourth GRANDFATHER’S FOURTH OF JULY. BY MILDRED M. NORTH. A tired little boy when the Fourth was done leaned over his grandfather’s knee Saying, “Grandpa, did you have Fourth of July, when you was a kid like me?" “Fourth of .luly when I was a kid? \Veli I guess we did have. sonny, Tho’ I wasn’t ever called a ‘kid’ and to me it’s rather funny. \Vhen I was a youngster the boys were ‘lads’ or ‘sprouts,’ or ‘liltle shavers,’ Or ‘tads,’ or maybe ‘tykes.’ 0r ‘limbs’ ifwe. wore bad bchavcrs. We had a variety then in names, alld words for boys a—plcnty. But now it‘s ‘kids’ and ‘kids’ and ‘kids' from bullies up to twenty. \Ve had more fun with our crackers then. a hollow log and Sunni powder, Than most folks seem to now-a—days, tho‘ they can make noise that's louder. “Tell you about the things we did? I‘m seventy come December, It must be. sixty years ago~that Fourth I well remember. \\'e. had a procession and a band, a life and drum and fiddle. The fiddle and tifc played the tunc each side, lhedrum kept time in the middle. ‘Twas Yankee Doodle, the tune they played, and W0 youngsters marched our best, \Ve were barefoot, 100, 1 recollect, but I had a bran new Vcst. It was made of print like. mother's (li'cSS, but new-r a vest I’ve had Seemed half as fine as that calico rest I wore when a little lad. “And Aunt Polly \\'ebb made a pyramid cake. compounded with curious arts, And coverel ovcr the whole outside with sugar and candy hearts. I wouldn't undertake to tell the eggs it took to make it, Nor tllc number of pans she put it in, nor the hours it took to bake it. Aunt i’ollv had nchr :1 child of her own. and boys were. llcr distraction; She watched that cake, Witll a jealous eye. lest we got the smallest fraction. Job l’ctcrs drove his big ox team—Big Brindle and (‘lld Hetltlyv Aunt I‘olly sat ill state. up front with her cake, on a stool held steady. ’l‘hcy drow to the grove by the log schoolhouse and there we. had our speeches, Where seats and tables had been fixed out under the spreading bccches. 1 “Then dinner came. and we. youngsters ale. as youngsters always do, And then Aunt l’olly cut her cake when we were almost through. ’T-was a fortunate thing We’d had our fill of things of our mother‘s making, FOr the cake was spoiled by the. heat alld damp and, maybe, under-baking. “'hen it was cut“ ‘twould stretch for yards—ewe lads all found it jolly, Bui. looking back, I've had time to think and to pity poor Aunt I’olly. And when I read of the accidents that lhc Fourth often makes. 7!! I think, ‘They‘ve been over-doing things and made one of Aunt l’olly’s cakes. game now than listen to the erupting fountains of wisdom in the halls of legis- lation. liut it was written ill the fateful book of destiny that he had to make that Fourth of July speech to those farmers and woodsmcn about River Bend. Since he. started in public life by running for prosecuting attorney, 30 years ago, he had been making Fourth of July speeches. At first Mr. Bledsoe rather liked it. It was an inspiring theme for discoursc- then. He remembered the high—sounding Words ho. had laboriously whacked to- gether for use on the home run. “Americans 21‘]! The. followed the Old tattered banner to the belching mouth of the British cannon: followed it as brave— ly and as intrepidly as did those gallant: Scottish gentlemen follow the. proud heart of Bruce when hurled amid the lioorish cavalry on the sunny hills of Spain!“ That generally fetched ’cnl, but after his using it chcral timcs the School-kids of the district got to quoting it, and they mixed up the Americans alld Britishe-rs and Moots so badly that it was quite the reverse from a patriotic declaration. But Mr. Blcdsoc wasn‘t confined to on» Speech. He had dozens of others, all on the same subjtct. Sonic he had “tried out” four or lch limes, ill different sec— tions. Now he was all ill. He couldn‘t think of another thing to say. To give an Ellctil‘c performance from his shop- WOI'n stccli would llaldly do. livery man, woman and child in the district had scel the goods on hand. llo must think up something new. \thn he. started for the train to liver idea had conic-renot the ghost of an inspiration! The thought that young llassctt Would be there bursting with cagcrntss to oratc was maddening. He wouldn’t have any trouble about having; solllcllling to say. He would paw thr- air for an hour or two, shouting about “our glorious land of freedom,” “the proud banner that rules on land and sea” and shake every feather loose from the screaming eagle’s tail, just as if the same thing had not been done all over the country forty ’leven thousand times before. And the licnd no of July speech was that it, was too much like the landlady’s menu of ham and— the same yesterday, today and forever. As the train bumped along Mr. 316.13% raked his brain for a way to treat an old subject from a new viewpoint. A few scats ahead of him was young Has— sctt. reading the speech he was to de— liver. Now and then an cxultant smile ilitted across the young man's thoughtful face, as he recalled something of special weight. Bledsoe knew the symptoms. lle had been all along the line, People soon began trooping into the coaches as the train stopped at a way station—men smiling in spite of thc tor- ture of high collars and coats their wives remorsclcssly forced them to wear: Wom— cu with babies and baskets, children of all kinds and shapes. No chance to think further about that speech among that THE MICHIGAN _ FARMER. happy, laughing crowd! Mr. Bledsoe had sinned away his day of grace and was like the virgins who had come to the wedding without any oil in their lamps. Somebody was looking over a poster au- nouncing the meeting. Bledsoe read his Own name—he couldn't help but see it»- in big wood letters stretching clear] across the sheet. lie shuddered. They were advertising him as the lion of the occasion, and he hadn't a thing to say—- not a thing! Experienced as he was in talking, he knew the fatal result of at- tempting to make a speech without pre— vious preparation. He had heard self-. complacent spellbinders boast of their ability to go ahead and rely on the crowd for their inspiration, but he had ob- served that such speakers rarely inter- ested their audiences. Well, there was only one thing to do. To reach back into his memory and drag out one- of those old, motll-catclw “River Bend!" \Vilh sharp cmphasis the porter an- nounced the station. .\ flutter cf excito— ment, of pleasant anticipation swept ov-l er the crowded coach. The band wasI loudly playing something on the depotl platform. A line of hacks and autos wa-\‘l waiting to take, the. visitors “right out ml the grounds!” ICVcrybody was rushing about and busy about something or oth- (.r. Flags floated from windcws. balcon— ies and staffs. leci-y vehicle was decor- ated with hunting and flowers. “Come right this way, t‘olollcl! “’6 got a car for you!" Big .loc liilliligs and Jack Foster of the arrangement (‘tlinll‘illit-C‘ cach grasped an arm of tile congressman and hustled hilll into tllc panting car. \\'ith them he was still a lion, because they were un- aware. that he hadn’t his speech ready. Nobody seemed to be there to meet 'llas— sctt, who had a speech, a speech full of ilowcrs and rippling waters, of booming cauno, of smoke and of glory, and a} final rlnlpsody oi the most gorgcons iil‘c—l works that were ever released to the dc- lightcd gleo of the multitude! \\'ll:lL an irony of circumstances! As the little. car growled its way over the uneven strccls to the. hotel, Billings and Foster gleefully pointed to the enor- ! nlous crowd that had come in. and told how well things were shaping up for the biggest celebration that was chr held in the. county. They said there were live hands. a druln and life. corps, a pair: of wire rope walkers and that there; would be a big—everything was “big"——‘ balloon ascension after the ball game between the River lzcnd Tigers and the Flat Bottom Indians. For an instant the collgrcssman's blue eyes lightcd up, but when he that he would be sitting on a rickety platform of borrowed timberslisteningto some. white—clad alld licribboncd nlaidcu 1(ading the liet-laration of lndcpcndence, or to that fresh young llassert lllulldcl'—“ ing out his speech on Bunker Hill and the Siege of Yorktown, or else in front reeling off his own ancient effort, his face resumed its gloomy expression and he made. no observation to his fricnds’ enthusiastic dcscription, Ill the crowded oilice of the little llot‘el Bledsoe turned to Billings and [foster and said. with strange solcmnity: “Men, can I talk with you ill a room all to oursclves a minute?” “Sure, you can, Colonel,” said Billings; BOYS THAT ARE BOYS. BY MILLIE G. REILEY. You may have your boys that are quiet, \‘.'ho sit, read or dream all- the day. I do not, envy the mother 0f the boys who care not for play. 1 want not a yellow-haired angel His father’s pride, jewel and joy— But I'll take a rollicking spirit In a child that is really a boy. You may have your boys who are sober, Whose smile is a faint sickly grin, \Vhose blouses are, always so spotless, Whose pockets have never things in; Whose hands are fair as a baby’s. Who never would think to annoy: You may have. your dear little darling, But I’ll take a boy that’s a boy. reflected ' (9) 9 DUBIOUS About What, Her Husband Would Say. A Mich. woman tried Postum because coffee disagreed with her and her hus— band. Tea is just as harmful as coffee because it contains caffeinc—tlie same drug found in coffee. 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Why, Colonel, we don't want no speech out. 0’ you!" “No?” with intense relief. “Sure 110i! Think we‘d saddle a job 11’ speech—making on you a hot day like. this! No, sir! \\'e think too much 0‘ yOu. You're hcre as our guest, and we intend to see that you enjoy yourself. Directly after dinner I'll have the ‘honor and pleasurc' of introducing young Has- sett to the Women and children in the town park, and let him orate till the sun wants to. (lthet'wise we're going to have a ‘sttfe and sane Fourth’ just as advertised. \Vhile he's spoutin’, me and you and Foster will hike out, and get some red lemonade." goes down, if he “A11d»——ttud can I see the. ball game?” asked the congressman, \1'istf11lly_ “\‘\'cll, I reckon." returncd Billings. “VV'e not you billed to umpire it. That’s what ft‘lt‘licd the crowd." .___.——_—.—-V LITTLE FARM FABLES. BY AllN’l' Ql'lldllA. How Dr. Blindmole Over-reached Himself. A molc once set himself up as an eye speciztlist. Some claimed that he had no eyes himself and always spoke of him as Blindmolc while others contended that, although the organs of sight existed they Were too deeply imbedded in surrounding tissues to be visible Notwithstanding these conflicting and detrimental rumors lilindmole hung out his shingle and proceeded to take in a very comfortable practice. Up and down the meadows, along the borders of the creek, across the swamp and unity out to the gardens of Farmer \Voodmasce went the surprising news. Among those, who most rejoiced thercat was Rufo Vulgaris llopmore. This poll- dcrotts name. indicated no patriciun origin, for info was just :1 plain, plebci‘tn loztd who got his livingr by helping to clcur thc grtmnds ol‘ inscct‘s. (11' late his impaired vision had caused concern. “'herttas he once sevcrxtl rods distant, he, now scarcely discern a horley at longue‘s lcnglh, so. hearing of Dr. Blind- mole. he decided to consult him. (>11 reaching his oflice llc was received with such an asttmishing t-tTllSltln of pro- i'csslonrtl urbanity and ardent friendliness that. all doubts as to his honor and abil- ity 11.11! h» possessed any—must have Vztlils‘ltwi. him much could Scc a goal ('ttlllti notcd was the line Among the, inst things doctor's, coat, which consistcd of Very fur, but as late lltil was approaching and as he had heard that the family werc given to soft raimcnt when they could get associated the fact with the extortion and at mind. however, was under his ob- intervicw progressed way could he get treatment. No how squarely matter of it, lte chcr thought of profcssionul dismisscd it from his Not so easy of disposal, another thing that starvation. As the ht‘ lltltit‘1‘1l at the doctor's matter how he put the charges W115. While cxcct-dingly to the nature and cause of all cyt- ailments, the. consequences of neglect. and his methods of treatment, the persistently avoided naming a definite sum for which he would uncle-rtake his case. This, of course. was a matter of su— preme importance to liopmore as his livelihood depended upon his vision and his finances had alarmingly declined on account of its impairment. Again and again he ventured the ques- tion as to the probable cost, but just as often the doctor would smilingly say. ”Don’t trouble, yourself. sir. I am always reasonable. The herbs I use and the spectacles I furnish—double distilled dew lenses, sir—are of the very best quality. but please remember that motto hanging before us. They are the words of a dis- Ull(:t: t‘illllk‘ thut in no terms for cautiously or question, the invurmbly evadcd. verbose as doctor just awful about it; THE ‘MIEH 16AM“ fiAfiMEfi. tinguished oculist: ‘cious to be treated with economy." Failing in all efforts to get a. specific sum named, Hopmore was about to leave "Eyesight is too pre- without ceremony. “Pray be seated, sir,” urged the doctor. You now will surely see the necessity of putting your case into my hands. Once more I will enu- meratethe diseases to which the eye is heir: Long sight, short sight, no sight, granulated balls, high-balls, cataracts, small waterfalls, cross-eye. squint-eye, pink-eye, dry eye, moist eye, weak eye and wall-eye. Your difficulty is wall-eye, the most serious in the whole, category. You will require an operation and, of course. an anesthetic. These will cost a trifle, and I may say that my skill is actually thrown in, but please remember, sir, that “Eyesight is too precious to be treated with economy.” Vt’orn out at last with circumlocutions :1 11d evasions which invariably ended with the words of the motto, Ilopmore reso- lutely made for the door. remarking be— tween jumps, “Yes. eyesight is too pre— vious to be treated with Economy. and I will add that money is too precious to be treated without it.” THE RIVAL POETS 0F CLIMAX CITY. (Continued from page 8). back, Sibyllina, being the older. first.” Mrs. Anderson again scru 1)— book. “ ‘Ah! ‘tis with a hand reluctant that I draw aside the curtain. And glance adown the vista of the years: As pictures one by one arise before my read turned to the vision My heart is very heavy and my eyes hedimmed with tears.’ “I won’t read the other three verses. for they‘re in the same- strain and rather linrrOwing to the feelings. She goes 011 and tells how most of her old school- mates have either died of broken hearts or been drowned at sea. All the Bluffs ladies ,wcre quite visibly affected, and Sibyllina's most particular friends mop- ped their eyes very often with their handkerchiefs. “Valley Bell's it is: “ ‘.lust why it is, no one can tell, But some can not remcmbcr well. And he who finds his memory poor, Should try real hard to make a cure. was very different. Here “ "i‘eac hers, don't fail to do your part. .\nd 111.1lx'o the children learn by heart: For ways they get while they’re at school \Vill stny right by them as a rule.’ “'l‘hcre are twenty verses in all. She tells those who run accounts not to for- pav-day comes: wives should on missing buttons and while hus- split— and just get when termembtn' their should kindling and 'i‘hcrc's a lot as good and sensible. "(if course. The Bluffs peeple tried to applaud Sibyllina in their genteel way; but it was nothing like the rousing round we gave Valley Hell “Then, the voting began. It was an ranged that each person should go up and register his or her vote; Mrs. Camp- bell had planncd it that way. It did seem a little like viewing the remains at a funeral some nay: but it was necessary to sew husbands" socks, mind about ordering soap more, and all mend bands bear in ting,t up lion 1'. so's to avoid any duplicating or ballot- lmx slotting. ‘ “.lennie Kittridge hurried and got in someone that she’d got to rush that .litn, who was taking care, oi the baby, could come over to vote. Then, it was whispered around thnt the Kittridge baby was sick, and things began to look pretty blue for us folks of The Flats. “i never saw Nat Corliss so desperate in my life. Commonly, he takes every- thing very calm and easy; but the beads of sweat just stood out on his forehead. llt‘ tiptoed up to Mrs. Campbell and talk- ed with her. low and earnest. I learned afterward what he said. “ ‘Mrs. Campbell, what about that kid of Kittridgc's? Is it very sick?’ “ ‘Not very sick, Nat; but it's all brok- cn out with measles. The Doctor was *allcd there about five o’clock.’ “ ‘t‘ouldn’t they bundle the little thing up and bring it over just long enough to vote it?‘ “ ‘1' asked the Doctor that, but he just couldn’t allow it; measles is so catching. He let Jim and Jennie come, and that was the very best he could do. We feel but I don’t see that and told home so hcr vote it can be helped’ “Nat thought a minute. “ ‘Mrs Campbell. do you suppose it would even things up any for Valley Bell if we were married right here tonight? I know she'll be all broken up over Slbyl- lina’s getting the medal. We'Ve been planning to be married the first of next week and I’ve got the llcense.’ “ ‘Why, Nat, it would be just the greatest thing! It would take people so entirely by surprise! It would be the best thing in the whole entertainment. You speak to the minister at once. No; that might set people to guessing. You go back to your seat, I’ll speak to the minister.’ ”When the votes were counted, Sibyl- lina was one ahead. “The Reverend Alfred Elliott had only just given the walked up to him with Kate, all smiling and happy 011 his arm, and the goodrrian married them. “Well, that audience was perfectly thunderstruck at first; but, when they grasped the situation, I never saw any- thing like it! Both sides were happy and both seemed to think their side had won. “ltlitlel' Elliott has lots of tact, and he made. some appropriate remarks, speak- ing of the lifelong friendship of ‘these two dear young ladies,’ and told 110W honored he felt ‘to confer a crown of poesy' upon the one, and a crown of wife- hood upon the other.’ And the way he said it, you’d think there wasn’t more than fiftcen cents difference between thO twd crowns, and that both the girls had gotten it. “Of course, The Palladium made 3101: of Sibyllina’s getting the medal, and called it ‘a triumph in the cause of true art.’ and said that her poem was ‘a per- fectly finished production that left; few dry eyes in the. house.’ The only men- tion made. of the wedding was just a. lit- tle untice in one corner of the paper: ‘lltarriml. .\t the opera—house 011 Tues- day cVening, by the ltev. Alfred Elliott, Cttllthci‘ to Nathan Corliss, both of Climax City. The Palladium extends COD- grdtttlations.‘ "When the \V'ire came out, an enLirely different View was given of the contest. I‘ll read )‘ou what Sam said about it. 'Hlll‘ peerless songster, Valley Bell, knowing what would be the happy matri- monial termination of the whole affair, (Ullitl not find it in her heart to accept 1.111: boon of poetic victory that rightfully belonged to her; so site had quietly spok- 1-11 to a large number of her friends, ear- nestly cn‘rea'ing them, as a personal favor to her. to vote for Sibyllina—on—the- llcig‘hts.’ This wasn‘t strictly true, for Valley Bell didn't renuest anybody to vote for Sibyllina—still I've always thought, this was real cute of Sam. ‘And what gratitude is shown for this deli- cately thoughtful consideration? We have them to a lrazzle, yet they im- agine they came out ahead, and keep shouting their idiotic paens of victory.’ "in tllt‘ next Palladium, with what the editor called ‘a queenly condoscension.’ Sibyllina had a poem entitled ‘I Can Not Bear to Say lt‘arewcll.’ lllrs. Anderson read: “ ‘Longl 1'1 urs, my friend and I in girlish 'I‘ogcthefii A voice Halo «1 bt aton plucked the flowers of poesy. implored me oft, ‘Forsake thy it At thy pioud llts‘fait I turned a deafened ear, goal, and now it‘ame's laurel wreath brow. ’Tis meet for me airs: I soon should languish, household Care‘s. feet I’d gladly lay this pursued my is resting on my to breathe these upper bowed with “ ‘My friend gave heed unto the voice and tied, Leaving these- loftyheights for me alone to tread. Ah friend! sometimes come back, I miss thee sore, And let us roam together as of yore. We’ll pen glad lines in flowing measures free. And cull again the flowers of poesy.’ “VVasn’t that nerve for you when she’d have given her eyes to get Nat herself? This is the way Valley Bell answered her: “ 'A wife should try to do her part, And from her duties never shirk; I simply can’t take time to write, I'd get behind with all my work. “ ‘My house must clean and tidy be, And shining like an ocean pearl; I’ll do it all myself. for now It costs like fun to keep a. girl. “ ‘And if perchance it be my fate To toil for love early and late. Still for the heights of Fame I’ll not repine; Secure within my humble cot, l‘m very happy with my lot. I want no single blessedness in mine.’ ” “Ma. do cows and bees go to heaven?” “Mercy, child. what a question! Why?" “’Cause if 'they don’t. the milk and honey the preacher said was up there must be all canned stuff." medal to her when Natl 'sanitary by the liberal use of JULY 11. 1913. Flies! Flies! Flies! Get rid oi them and help make your home and premises Tanglefoot Fly Paper. 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Fan gan Farmer when you are writing to advertisers. to mention me Michi-‘ _;§ a..-( Woman and At Home and Elsewhere. OUR PRESENT DUTY. H, that I had you yet but for five A minutes beside me, to tell you all."~~Carlyle. This has been classed by a famous pro— fessor as one of the three most pathetic sentences in our language. And every one who has reached maturity can join in Carlyle's wail and agree with the learned professor. There is not one who has not been parted from a friend, per- haps by death, perhaps simply by stress of circumstances, and who has not felt with the great Scot. that trouble could be easily borne if only the friend were here to share it. And yet, such are the contradictions of our nature. that while the friend was with us he probably had not the slightest knowledge of how much his friendship meant to us. -\Ve were so sure of him while he was by our side that we never thought it worth whileiyto let him know how much we- valued him. We never told him that his encouraging word rais- ed us from this slough of despoiid, or that his belief in us prompted us to sur- mount that obstacle. Perhaps we went even farther than carelessness and cov- ered our feelings with a rough exterior, grumble-d at his shortcomings and re- turned barbed words for his kindly ad- vice, All the while we knew he was the best friend we had, but, we were so afraid he would find out that we knew it! It was—only after Carlyle‘s “Jeannie" was snatched from him by death that he came to a complete realization of what his wife had been to him. After she was gone he could write: “Cherish what is dearest to you while you have it near you, and wait not until it is far away. Blind and deaf that we are; oh. think, if thou yet love anybody living. wait not till death sweep down the little paltry dust clouds and disson- ances nof'the moment, and all be at last So mouriifully clear and beautiful, when it is too late." The really important things of life are so common We never appreciate them until they are taken from us. A great friendship, the love of a moth— er, all are so common, as common as water, air. health, so lllllt‘ll a part of Ls we never rate them at their real Value. “'e have always had mother and friends, We accept them as something that has always been and always will be until some day we awake to feel that a part of us is missing and that part is the dear one we never knew we depended uiiOn until she was gone. Then we realize that the things we worked so hard to get, fame. wealth, power, were after all not one-half so worth having as lllt‘ things right at. hand which we- neglected in our effort to get something just out of our reach. Then it is that we wonder how we could have been so blind, how we would ban: neglected to enjoy the dear Ullt‘ while she was with us, win. no non-r thought it Worth whih- to let her know she was dear. ’l‘hen it is we cry, “()ii, that I had you _\'i—~t but for live minutes to tell you all." and the hoptin-ggm-ss Uf the lament appeals to us with its full force. It is not for its to ll'ltiui'n ever. If we liaVe lost the dearest, are there not oth- ers who can benefit by our sorrow? Someone we have .left who will be liap- pier it‘ we tell her of our love ltiduy? The world—old lament must ever be with us. but may it not give us a true apprecia- tion of the- friends we have let'l‘.’ DEBORAH. FLORAL WORK FOR JULY. URING ‘the hot. dry season begin- D ning, most of us will need to use the watering-can in our gardens but woe to the garden where it is used without judgment, for plants are better Off without any watering than with just enough to dampen the surface soil. SDrinkling the foliage after sundown to wash the leaves and allow them to drink in what moisture they can will do good rather than harm it care is ‘used to pre— vent wetting the soil enough to cause the roots to work their way upward. “Whammw. ,, . - -. »' My »~' Her Needs J R00ts always work toward moisture, whether above or below them. and those attracted to the surface quickly wilt and burn from the heat of the sun-baked soil while those that remain deeper in the soil can withstand a much longer drought. u if water for the garden must be pump— ed from woll or cistern, see that it is pumped hours before needed and allowed to stand where the sun can take the chill from it. (Told water poured on the soil is better than none but warm water is better for the plants. Pumping water. especially for the garden. will rarely be necessary if the water used in washing, scrubbing and all kinds of housework be saved up. ‘The water from the house is apt to contain soap, ammonia, or some— thing of the sort that is either food or stimulant for the plants, and this is worth considering. The water that has had first use in the house, during the day will give a thor- ough soaking. that will wet the soil be- low the deepest roots, to several beds, and these will need no more for a week Soak as many as possible each evening, taking them in rotation or selecting those- that seem to need water most. Do the watering in the evening as evaporation is much less rapid during the night and plants have time to absorb what is giv— en them before they can be robbed of it by the sun. Pansy seed sown before the middle of this month will produce strong plants that will furnish the finest of blossoms dilrng the lato fall, up to the time of :n-tunl freezing; while seeds sown later in the month. or even until the first of September, will give nice plants that will live over winter if given very light cov- ering, and begin blooming early in the spring. The linest pansies, both as to size and texture, the writer ever has seen, were picked during April and May from plants grown from seed sown dur- iig the late summer. If some of these seedlings are taken and planted in a shallow box and kept ill a room where the temperature is but a few degrees above freezing fine blooms may be- had in mid-winter, but do not expect any good results if the box is kept where it is warm. Seeds of free—downing annuals sown this month will furnish tine pot-plants tor the early winter display in the win— .io\\'~gai'da.\' 81000 Friday ......... 1000 Saturday 1000 Monday . ...... 1000 '1‘ u esd a y ............ . ....... . 10.00 Rye.—1”letnard very light: market weak and lower. the priet being 85c for cash No. ‘ Flour. Feed, Potatoes, Etc. FlOttt‘.~——l'ricts are steady with the trade sow. Straigh. .......... ...........$:'1t10 l‘atent Michigan 5.th “it it!‘ ............ . ............. 3.00 Rye .............................. 51.10 Feed.-~-'.\1arkt-t steady at last week's lower I:il‘_zlt> of values. (‘arlot prices on track are: ’rran. $37. per ton: (-oars. ltllttt‘litlgs” $37: titu- middling-s. villi): ('l'tlt'iy’ct. t-ol‘tt zilttl t'ortt'st‘ corn tilt-ttl. 53H; corn and oat t'llttll, 5313. per tott. Hay and Straw. .\ll grades- of hay 51 lower \\.'beal and oat straw 50c lower. Quotazions: No, 1 timothy. $21.50’1122.‘ No. : lltnolll)‘_ 51320120: clover, mixed $18 (1120: rye sll‘:t\\‘, 810111.50; wheat and oat straw. 310011030 per ton. Potatoes" Hld stock practically out of the tt::tl'l.t l. N1 w potatoes from the south are (l‘lttio'tl at 33.300117?) per bbl. Provisions, I‘lllnily pork. 111050012150; piers potk. $90.50: clear, backs, $105001) 21.7.0: hams. 115011511; briskets, ilill-fg’tri 131: slaoold=rs. 12c; picnic hams. 10‘1411‘l 11c: iv cop, H01 'lticz pure lard in ticrccs, 121-; kt 11:11 l'tlltlt‘l'l'll lard, 13c per lb. Dairy and Poultry Products Btttter‘.-- This market is showing con- siderable strength but priecs here were. no: at't‘tetmt by the fractional advance at rllrin on Monday. llowever. values here have llt‘t t. in advance of Might figures for sonn- tinw. Quotations: llera creatu— cry. thi‘Lt-z titst cretmery. Inge: dairy, 21c: packing stock. 10c per lb. Eggs.~~.\'t. change to note. in this mark- ct beyond the fact that candied stock has the call tc such an extent that lower grades are not out-toil. t‘urrcnt receipts, candied. are quoted at 20c. Poultryssliecei]its hay» shown a good increase the past week but the demand has been sufficient to provmn prir-e changes. Quotations: Livchroilcrs, 253 01128c: chickens. 110112c; hens. 1201112130; turkeys. 1601'18c; geese. 1101‘12c; ducks, 14c: young ducks, 15017ch per lb. 'Veall.—Stead_v: fancy, 1007110. per lb; Choice, 80PM pcr lb. , Cbeese.»—Steady at last week’s ad— vanced values. Michigan flats, 16@17c; York state, flats, 17@18c; limburger, 17@ 18c; domestic Swiss, 24@25c; brick cream 1701/18c. Fruits and Vegetables. Cherries.—Sour are quoted at $1.25@ 1.50 per 16-qt. case. Raspberries.——Ii’rices falling from last week‘s high mark as the supply increas- es. Reds now tselling at $3003.35 per 24- pt. case. Blackberries—Very few in the market as yet. Quoted at 5532501650 per bushel. HuckleberrieSe—In light supply and are selling at $4014.50 per 24—111. case. GOoseberries.—»Firm at 332011250 per bu. Honey. Choice to fancy comb, 15@]6c per lb; amber, 120113(-. Apples. ~~Searee and firm. \Yillow Twig. $7017.50 per bbl; Steele lied, $3.50 010. OTHER MARKETS. Grand Rapids. Local dealers are paying the country shippers 17c for eggs and tile for dairy butter. ()ltl hay is bringing $140116, new hay. $120111. lied raspberies are begin— ning to tome, selling on the city market at $2.50 per crate. llot. dry weather has :‘ut the strawberry season short and the btst berries sold up to $1.50 'l‘uesdt)’ morning; New peas aro worth $2: new string beans, $1. Sour cherries are worth $3 per bu., sweet, $350. Chicago. '\\‘hcat.—~I\'o, 2 red. $1.071.-’_»0171.091}j,; July $1.01;-’-,,; Setltt'lllbt‘l‘, $1,033,. - Corn.~l\'o. 3. 72‘40171c; September, 711,413 per bu. Hats->7 No. 2 white, 500151c; July, 4.31.,c; September. 215140 per bu. liarlcysnMalling g‘adcs, 80c01$1.10 per btt: feeding, 5501 05c. l-tuttt-i.- l.ast week’s prices rule. Vol- ume of business moderately good. Quo- tations: t‘reamerics, 2301251'; dairies, 21 'tlZlc per 11). Eggs; Market active and tlrm with top grades showing a gain of 1c; miscellan— eous offerings unchanged. Quotations are: lt‘il'sts, 181-: ordinary liists. iti‘dc; per dox: at mark, cases inelttded. 15‘301/ 1013c. l’otatoesrm'l‘ho season is closed for old stock. New potatoes coming in rapidly ftom Virginia and market has a weak lllltlt‘I‘ttlllt'. Triumphs. 5.10113151- per ha; Virginia. $185013 per bbl. bans.“ l'rices remain at last week's figures with business slow. Quota- tions: l‘ca beans. choice hand-picked, 5151271105 per ha; prime, $Z.t~13!z’113..\$3; red kidneys. $23.25. lla). and Straw.~’l‘in‘1othy has suffered another sharp decline, while cloVer and J uly, 731,9; alfalfa are also considerably lower. Straw slightly lower. Quotations: Tim- othy. choice, $100121; No. 1. MTG/18; No. 321.111 No. 1 mixed, $140110; clover, $210112; .\'o. :1 and no grade. $5010; alfalfa, choice 313304111: No. 1. $1101.13: No. 2. $01111. s‘ttaw~ltyt». $100111; wheat, $7.50018.50; out, $7.5.0tuzlitt). New York. lintterssllarket steady with last week and ptiees unchanged. Creamery extras, 370127111: firsts, 257.1 0120!;c; steonds. 2.3 Midge. lilggsssll'arkxt steady with last week, tttttilttlltllts unchanged. Fresh gathered extras. 23012.1(: do. extra firsts. 3001:1e; tirsts, ltlfiifllgc; western gathered whites 221112;;1- per dozen. l‘oultry.~l’rices for chickens a little improved. :1)I‘t.‘.s‘>30tl“-'(Villt‘lit'lls. broilers, till/1135c; fowls, ltlgfttltic; turkeys, frozen, 1001.170 Boston. \\’tlol.—s¥l’l‘l(‘eS have been firm with a rising tendency in the local wool market the past week. The wool auctions open— ed in London on Tuesday with a large attendance of buyers. A fair selection 1.t‘ 10.57:: bales were offered and met with a keen demand. Merinos and tine cross- m-t-dg gold live per cent higher than the. last scrits and crossbyeds son at about the same advance American buyers paid 7*: per cent higher and occasionally 10 per t‘tl‘l higher for stleeted half- liloods‘. ltttttlitlg itl('ili ttllotttlltitts‘ for tl‘t‘, week are' tJhio and l’ennsylvankt llt‘t‘t‘t‘sswllt‘letlllt‘. Washed. 33:01 331-; XX. JLtle; 1._-blootl combing 13119121011 51,.—blord totnliing, 3110130e; Li—bltotl combing. It"?! 3301‘: 1g... 5.. and 1’, Nothing. L354.t;’li<'; tlt-~ lttiue. unwdslted, 281-: line unwaslud 2331-. Alithigan and New York lleeeesm lt‘inc‘ unwashed. 1510121211 deiaine nnwa ~ll— ed. 3101:5c: ‘if’lll‘ltltl unwashed. 271.;‘lm': v"._-blootl unwashed. L’H’HL’Slt-z I,—blood. 28‘ 0120c; 1.” 3.;- antll 1’, clothing, 221’. ...v :L‘fi/t Elgin. Rutter.— Markel is, tirm at 2351._e per 1), which is 1,._.e abch the quotation of one \veck ago. THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Buffalo. July 1, 1012. (Special Report of Dunning & Stevens, New York Central Stock Yards, East liul’falo, New York). Receipts of stock here today as fol] tws: Cattle, 215 cars; hogs. 10:". double decks: sheep and lambs, 1'10 double decks; calves 2,000 head. \\'ith 215 cars of cattle reported on our market here today. and with 21.000 re- ported in Chicago. we have to quote to— day one of the Worst markets of the sea- son. (.‘tlttle of all kinds are much lower; the best light Weight cattle. weighingr from 1,200 up. are fully 25c per cwt. low- cr than last Monday. and all other grades are anywhere from 2501401; per cwt. low- er. in many instances these grassy cat— tle weighing 950 to 1050 are selling 500 per th lower. The best fat bulls‘all of 50.0175c lower. Fully 25 loads of cattle going over unsold. \Ve (more: Best 1,400 to 1,000-lb. steers dry—fed, $8.850r925; good prime 1.300 TO 1.400-lb. steers. dry-fed, $8.600t‘8.85: do. 1,200 to 1,300-lb. (10., $8.25@'3.50; medium Tl-llE ' MICHIGAN FARMER. butcher steers, 1,000 'to 1,100, dry-fed. $7.75@8.25; best fat cows, dry-fed, $601) 6.40; best fat heifers, dry—fed, $7.50@8;“ grass steers, 1,000 to 1,100, $6006.75; light grass steers, $5.250J)5.75; best grass cows 56360011425; grassy butcher cows, _$3.25@ 3.75; grassy fat heifers, $550006; grassy butcher heifers and steers mixed. $601) 6.25; trimmers, 63.500113; stock heifers, $3.500”; best feeding steers. dehorned, 04.500115; common feeding steers, $3.50@ 4; stockers, inferior, $3093.25; prime e‘x- port bulls, $6006.25; best butcher bulls, $50,115.50; bologna bulls, $4011.75; best milkers and springers. $500100; fair to good d0., $400145; common kind ('10., $25 0130. With 90 cars of hogs on sale. the 0p- ening trade was rather slow, with early bids considerably lower than Saturday, but With a fair shipping demand. l'ack- ers were forced to buy hogs at higher prices than they expected, paying getter- ally $7.05 for the best mixed, with a few good weights at $5; yorkcrs, $7.75017.510; pigs and lights, $7.400I/7.ti5; roughs, 5143.50 016.85; stags, $501.0. Buyers disernntnat- ing against thin sows; good many here today that were thin in flesh that we were compelled to sell at mean prict's. The lamb market was very dull today; most of the choice spring lambs sold at $775018, which was a strong $1.50 per cwt. lower than last Monday, and the, same with yearlings; most of the best selling from $0010.50. Sheep market was also very dull; prices strong 50c lover than last week. Look for about steady prices on both sheep and lambs the bal— ance of the week. Choice spring lambs, 37.75018; cttll to fair do, $5017; ycarling's lambs, $0010.50; bucks, $250013; wethcrs, $5015.25: handy ewes, 143.7501-1; heavy ewes. $3..’ttl01.:l.73; cull sheep, $3013; veals, choice to extra, $8.25@8.80; fair to good do., 00.30118. Chicago. July 1. 1012. ilogs. Sheep. lteecived today ......21.000 35.000 25,000 Same day last ycar..10,3:l;’ 20,753 15,305 ltttt-tvcd last weekn‘ltH-H 137,215 100,010: Home Wt‘t'k last year..’i’.'..'.t.'0 1:12.021 87.0.31 The event of the. lamb market today is the arrival of the. first ldaho range lambs of the season, there being six lltllilt: double—decks of lambs and thret‘ t'ttl‘s oi ycatlings. .\t a late hour they were not sold, the demand for lambs bc~ lug very poor, with packtrs bidding as much as 25c lower, although they l'L't‘tiV' ed direct from Louisville only about 2,000 head. UIlt: sale of fancy selected spring lambs occurred at $.10. but otherwise goth to chat-1: lots wtnt at $7.50017.75. .s‘ales were made of 000 head of tiregoa tango wethers at >55 and of £501 \\'a,shing- tUll tange choice yearlings at $5.75. Cattle ate selling satisl‘acttn-ily today so far as fat lots are concernttl, with a $11.00 top, but other kinds are slow and weak to a dime lower. As the Fourth of July will be a close holiday at the stock yards, he week's business in live stock promises to be of small proportions. Hogs are fairly active teday at $11001) 7.05, with one sale reported early at $1170. l’riees are partly 5c lower. The best 1115—11). hogs are selling elore to the top of the- market. Hogs received last week averaged 2:18 lbs, compared with 230 lbs. a Week callier. 21155 lbs. a year ago and 210 lbs. t\\ o years ago. Cattle haVe been headed in two direc- tions lately, the best going a little higher and the poorest going lower, the past. week's receipts showing an increasing proportion of common grass steers and cows. tlood to strictly prime steers of good weights sold at $8.80ttttl.t50. and some inferior little grass yearlings brought 55.75010. but the latter did not cut much of a figure, the great bulk of the steers bringing 871001025. Distillery steers were numerous and sold at 1580115150 in most cases. some bringin r as lU'v' as $7.00. The top price for steers was the highest by a dime- of any witnessed this. year. tiansas L'ily and St. Louis have been re— ceiving ,goodly suppli-s of Texas grass cattle, ..ntl this‘acted as a. bearish intlu— «nee on common natiVe grassers in all lizt- Western markets. (iood (,‘hicago cat- tlr receipts Monday and \‘.'edncsday last; wtck made further reductions in prices 111' cattle that. were not good and fat, grass—fed and warmed—up lots weakening the, most. lit-mand was much the best: tor stet rs selling at $5.75 and upward, although fat cows and heifers also moved 10' briskly, fair to prime lots fetching midi/118.75, with not many going above -‘ ‘1 although a sale was made of three Mali of perfect 1.003—111. Shorthorn heif— tts at W. Cutters sold at $3.1001-l.20, runners at $2.l00/3 35 and balls at $3.000]? 7. 11v \\'ednevsday butcher cattle were offered much less freely than a week 51:111. when the supply was so heavy, and better prices prevailed. There has been more doing in stoekers and feeders ow— ing to larger offerings and lower average prices, the former going at $1010.20 and the latter at $15001 0.75. Calves met with a fairly active demand at $3.25018.50 per 100 lbs., and milkers and springers were in btttcr shipping demand at $156180 pct" head. a few fancy Helsteins bringing the tip price. General surroundings of the beef cattle market remain pretty much unchanged. except that fat beeves are forming a smaller percentage of the of- ferings .-\t the close of the Week cattle worth $850 and up were as high as a week earlier, but the $6.50WN25 steers were 1501351: lower. Good butcher cattle were 100125c higher than a week earlier. Stockers and feeders were largely 23ml 35c lower. Hogs work lower and then higher. de— pending largely on the volume of tho rc— ceipts, with the eastern shipping demand but a small affair as compared with the early part of the year. when eastern packers were taking a big share. of the best heavy barrows. Lack of outside Cattle. competition makes it harder for sellers to maintain prices, and hogs are selling much lower than at the high time last‘ A good many hogs have been 0 spring. JULY 6, 1912. ”I carried over unsold from day to day, and‘ theSe offerings have added to the ex- isting weakness. More Stags and heavy sows are received as the summer ad- vances. and at; times pigs are plentiful, selling high or low, depending upon their weight, The aggregate receipts at the leading markets of the country since January 1 show a large increase over a. year ago and an enormous gain over the like period two years ago. The worst feature of the hog Situation is reports of outbreak of cholera. at various points in Iowa. and Indiana, forcing a good many pigs and hogs on the market prema- turely. Hot weather is here, and big, heavy hogs are bound to sell lower, the demand already being better than it has been for the lighter weights. Many “heavy hogs have succumbed in transit to the. heat. At the close of the week hogs sold at 51371501705, eon’ipared with $7.’25@7.75 a week earlier. I’igs sold at 511550007510, stags at $77001 8.15 and boars at $335004. Sheep and yearlings have not shown up prominently among the recent supplies, spring lambs having comprised the great talk of tho receipts. and a large share comprised consignments forwarded from Louisville direct to the. Chicago packers. These lambs were mainly of the better class and continued a factor in fixing prices for natiVe lambs that were offered on the open market. By the middle of last week large numbers of Missouri spring lambs arrived on the market, and breught about a sharp decline in prices. Native CWes were. offered rather freely, and there was a fair show of bucks, but wethcrs and ycarlings were Very scarce. Numerous bretding ewes sold at 553.5001» 1.25 per 1.00 lbs.. and some good Indiana and Ohio fed wcthers brought $5, a do- eline of 35c. while a sale. ras made of 205 head of two-year-old Missouri-fed \vetl-crs that th-ragetl 80 lbs. at $3.33. Late last Week the market went to pieces on big receipts of Missouri spring lambs, and tile-'t‘ltlse saw spring lambs mainly $1011.27) per 100 lbs. lower titan a. week earlier, while sheep and yearlings Were off 350/5012 Spring lambs sold at $11711 8.35: dry—fed lambs at $4617.15; yearlings 0010.75; wethers at $1015.15; ewes Adi/«11.15 and bucks at $200016. ‘llorses sold well so far as the small percentage of good animals was concern— ed during the past week, with not enough ot'feret'l. but sales were slow for common horses at weak prices. Faint workers had a poor outlet at $100fi01200 per head, and inferior horses were” slow of sale around $851405. while wagoncrs had a. moderate sale around 3,4175. Light draft- ers sold lllmlcratcly around 34175011225, and a much better and heavier tlass sold on the basis of 32511111331 few selling any- where near the top price, Some feeders of good to choice duality brought $20001) 1175, and chunks that weighed from 1,250 1.150 lbs. brought $1250: :30. Orders for tar lots of choice heavy draft mares could not be tilled. LIVE STOCK NOTES. “’ord comes from Colorado that the beet acreage is fully a third larger than a year ago. and there will be lots more cattle fed than last year. Most of the cattle on ‘angcs of Colorado and 'Wyom- ing are reported in line condition, and. tin» grass is the best it has been in. years, while crop prospects are all that could he desired. Wyoming advices report there. is a. sltol‘ltlge of sheep, while grazing is ex- ceptionally tine. There was a poor lamb— ing season, following the severe Winter, and the lamb crop is a disappointment. The “0-0” ranch in Texas, comprising 117.000 acres of land, located in Kent county, is; to be broken up into small farm tracts. clue by one the old ranches are disappearing in this manner. The following announcement is made: “The Indiana Live Stock Breeders and the Indiana Hereford Hreeders’ associa- tions will hold a joint mid—summer meet— ing and annual picnic at Kentland. 11111., at the farm of Mr. \\'arren ’.l.‘. McCray, president of the first and secretary of the second named association. The date has been set for August 7, and to insure. against any malevoh~nee on the part of the weather map. a huge tent will be provided. so that the meeting may be held in comfort, rain or shine.” The Chicago market for milkers and springcrs of late has varied widely, prices undergoing much larger fluctua— tions than is customary, but in nearly all instances tlu- fancy class of milch cows, whether llolstclns, lntrhams or other popular breeds. commanded strong prices. l-Zastern orders have been only moderate a:— a rule, but anything fancy has sold tllI 10 $75 or even higher, a. sale“ now and then taking place at The commoner cows lltth betn neglected invariably, and a good many cows have sold over the scales to killers. prices dc— clining as much as $5 per head in a single week at titties. ' Shrewd farmers who are interested in the sheep raising proposition have been picking up some rare bargains at the Chicago stock yards recently, and many lowa farmers who have plenty of pasture lands that they dislike to see go over with no live stock to eat up the grass. bttt who feel afraid to pay asking prices for stock or feeder cattle. are looking to $1101.. at). ' sheep as a way out of the dilliculty. Theyf have been buying ~both feeders and breeders, and a particularly strong de- mand has started up recently for bread— l l ing ewes, as well as for feeder sheep and ‘ lambs. During the long drouth last sum— mer and the severe winter following stocks of breeding sheep in lowa weret seriously depleted, the dearncss of feed being an in‘iportant factor in lessening the supplies. In recent weeks the Iowa. armer stockmen have been purchasing in the Chicago market desirable- matured breeding ewcs at a cost of from $3.50 to $4.25 per 100 1178.. and they appeared to be well worth the meney. This demand is expected to expand in the 'near future 1 l i if supplies continue liberal at low prices. 1 5. ...... {Kw‘ 4' a! ‘3 ' u . l.‘ MY 6"? 1912. THIS IS THE LAST EDITION. In. the first edition the Detroit Live" stock markets are reports of last week; all other markets are right up to date. Thursday's Detroit Live Stock markets are given in the last edition. The first edition is mailed ThursdaY. the last edi— tion Friday morning. The first edition is mailed to those who care more to get the paper early than they do for Thursday's Detroit Live Stock market report. You mayhave any edition desired. Subscrib- ers may change from one edition to an- other by dropping us a card to that eflect. DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETO. Thursday’s Market. July 4, 1912. Cattle. Receipts, 1.003. Good grades steady; good butchers active; bulls and common grades dull at. last week’s decline. We quote: Extra dry-fed steers and heifers, $8@8.25; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $6@7; grass steers and heifers, 800 to 1.000, 845079560; do. 500 to 700. $3.75@4.50; choice t‘at cows, $4.50; good fat cows, $3.75@4; common cows, $3.25@ 3.75; canners. $2.60@3; choice heavy bulls $4.506v4.75; fair to good bolognas, bulls, 6425611450; stock bulls, $3.50fy.4; choice feeding steers. 800 to 1,000. $4.50@5; fair feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, $4@l.50; choice stockers, 500 to 700, 342561475; fair stockers, 500 to 700, $3.75@4; stock heifers, $3.75@4.25; milkers, large, young, medium age, $40@65; commOn milkers, $206410. Haley & M. sold Kamman 7 butchers av 671 at $4.35, 6 d0 av 574 at $4, 5 cows av 902 at $4.40; to Bresnahan 1 cowr weighing 1.070 at $3.25, 7 stockers av 600 at $4, 2 cauliers av 660 at $2.60, 1 do weighing 660 at $2.25, 5 cows av 948. at $3.35; to Lachalt 2 do av 1,060 at $4.50. 4 butchers av 830 at $5.15, 4 do av 800 at $4.35; to Regan 4 do av 585 at $4, 2 do av 530 at $3.80, 3 do av 690 at $4.25, 1 ln-ifer weighing 650 at $3.75, 3 do av 463 at $3.60; to Hammond, S. & Co. 2 do av 015 at $4.25, 1 do weighing 1,160 at $4.75, 1 do weighing 1,120 at $4.25; to Marx 9 sit-11's uv 870 at $5.85; to Applebaunl 2 cows av 1.035 at $3.50; to Sullivan 1'. Co. 1 heifer weighing 700 at $5, 1 steer wgh 860 at $6.25; to Herschleman 5 butchers av 704 at $4.35, 1 sxecr weighing 850 at $6.50, 4 butchers av 875 at $4 50; to Sulli— van 1‘. Co. 5 do 3V 774 at $4.85. 1 bull weighing 1.290 at $4.50, 3 cows av 1,043 at $5, 2 cows av 990 at $3.75, 2 do av 1,115 at 3.4.50; to Thompson Bros. 5 do av 930 at $4.50; to Prowsky 3 butchers av 560 at $3.77», 9 steers av 722 at $4.75; to New- ton 1%. Co. 1 do weighing 1,000 at $6.50, 4 butchers av 682 at 84:30. Spic‘er & R. sold Bresnahan 2 canners av 735 at $2.50, 9 butchers av 803 at $4.25, 3 cows av 911 at $3.25, 1 do weigh- ing 790 at $3, 3 do av 916 at $3.25, 4 do av 527 at $3.75; to Sanch 6 butchers av 800 at $4.55; to Sullivan P. Go. 11 do av 700 at $4.35; to Goose 8 do av 431 at $3.25; to Parker, W. & Co. 2 bulls av 1,140 at $4.50,,2 do av 1,050 at $4.25; to Bresnahan 8 butchers av 762 at $4.25. 1 cow weighing 730 at $3.75; to Newton B. CO. 30 butch- ers av. 798 at $4.75: to Sullivan P. Co. 1 bull weighing 1.180 at $5, 15 steers av ll260at, $7; to Smith 18 stockers av 421 at $3.3 . thliop, B. & H. sold Newton B. CO. 1 cow weighing 1,170 at $3.50, 6 do 11v 911 at $3 35, 2 do av 1,025 at $3.25, 4 do av 670 at $3. 4 bulchcrs av 482 at $3.50. 3 do ’av 666 at $4.50, 1 steer weighing 830 at $6. 2 cows av 780 at $3, 2 do av 820 at $4, 6 do av 925 at $4.50. 6 do av 826 at $3.60. 3 do av 760 at $3, 5 do av 972 at $3.25, 2 steers av 1.090 at $5.25. 6‘butch- ers av 765 at $5, 2 cows av 825 at $3. 5 do av 1,038 at $3.75, 7 butchers av 850 at $5.50; to Parker, \\'. & ("o. 11 bulls UV 020 at $4.50, 1 do weighing 910 at $4, 8 steers av 1.090 at $7.25. 1 do weighing 810 at $6.50. 2 bulls av 855 at $4.15, 1 do weighing 1,200 at $4.50, 5 do av 884 at $4 40, 3 do av 953 at $4.35; to Fromm 10 butchers av 613 at $3.50, 10 do av 863 at $3.50; to llobbins 21 sleekers av 668 at $4.60; to Mich. B. Co. 20 butchers av 830 at $5.50; in Hammond, S. & Co. 1 bull weighing 950 at $4. 22 butchers av 830 at $4.40, 3 cows av 597 at $3.50; to Austin 2 stockcrs av 630 at $4; 10 Goodwin 4 cons nv 1.000 at $3.35: 10 Sullivan 1". Co. (1 butchers av 896 at $5. 2 do av 600 at $4.25; to Brcsnahan 6 do av 853 31.2.50, line Com. Co. sold Hammond. S. & Co. :2 steers av 1,048 at $8.25, 2 do av 875 at $7; to llreilenbeck 21 butchers av 948 at fill; 10 Newton B. CO. 8 do av 800 at $3: In Goodwin 1 cow weighing 890 at $4, 2 do av 890 at $3.75; to lsresnahan 2 do av 5‘85 at 88 5 do av 892 at $3.50; to Newton ll. Co. 27 butchers av 763 at $5.35, 8 do (lV 731 at $1.75, 3 do av 620 at $4: to llrcsnahan 5 cows av 802 at $3.50: to Newtnn 1:. Co. 3 steers av 680 at $5; in Hammond, S 8:. Co. 2 bulls av 1,205 at $4.11 1 an weighing 940 at $4. 2 do av 705 at $4: to Sullivan P. Co. 9 steers av 838 at $5.75, 5 butchers av 1.004 at $1.75. 1 heifer weighing 520 at $4; to Bresnahan l cow weighing 1,000 at $3.25. 3 do av 030 at $3. Veal Calves. Receipts, 1.104. Market steady wiln “’cdm-sday; 50 to 600 lower than last week. Best. $7.73W81’5; common, $5.50 ((16. Splccr 8:. R. sold Broodloi’f 5 av 160 at $7.75; to Mich. B. CO. 2 av 155 at $8; to Newton 13. Co. 5 av 145 at $8; to Hirsch- leman 11 av 145 at $7.75; to Hortend 10 av 127 at $5; to Applebaum 1 weighing 340 at $3.75: to Sullivan 1". Co. 6 av 165 at $6.25. 1 weighing {:70 at $3.50, 5 av 100 at $4.50: to Newton B. Co. 2 av 21.7 at $5; to Goose 7 av l30 at $5.50, ‘11 av 33'. at $7.75: to Mich. B. Co. 19 av 150 at 88. R00- Com_ Co. sold Sullivan P, Co. 1 weighing 310 at $4, 10 :iv 165 at $6. 25 av 1.50 at $8, ll av 170 at $8.50; to Thompson Bros: 12 av 145 at $6.10: to Burn’stine 2 . av .140 at $6, 12 av 150 at $8; to Sullivan .P. Co. 5 av 165 at $8. Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. Co. 9 av 145 at $3.50, 12' av 150 at $8; 'to Thompson Bros. 13 av 140 at $8; to Parker, W. & Co. 20 av 165 at $7, 3 av 180 at $7; to Rattkowsky 3 av 155 at $8, 1 weighing 160 at $8, 1 weighing 280 at $4; to New— tOn R. Co. 5 av 100 at $6, 17 av 135 at $8; to Parker, 1V. & Co. 5 av 165 at $7.50, 21 av 150 at $7; to Rattkowsky 4 av 150 at $8. Grol‘f sold Kull 15 av 145 at 58 Bishop. B. 6:. H. sold Parker, W. & Co. 21 av 150 at $8. 23 av 152 at $7.75. 5 av 130 at $7.50, 1 weighing 130 at $7.50; to Mich. B. Co. 28 av 140 at $8, I weigh- ing 110 at $6, 11 av 145 at $8, 1 weighing 160 at $6; to Newton B. Co. 9 av 170 at $8, 1 weighing 155 at $8, 3 av 150 at $7; to Goose 3 av 140 at $6, 9 av 143 at $8, 2 av 285 at $3.50, 16 av 150 at $7.50, 38 av 140 at $6; to SulliVan P. Co. 4 av 155 at $7.50, 15 av 150 at $8.25, 2 av 135 at $7: to Burnstine 15 av 1.55 at $8.25, 14 av 135 at $8.25. 14 av 145 at $8.50; to Sullivan 1’. Co. 22 av 160 at $8, 3 av 130 at $6; to Mich. B. Co. 20 av 170 at $4.75; to Ratl- kowsky 16 av 140 at $7.50; to McGuire 35 av 145 at $7.90, 5 av 140 at $6; to Elk 9 av 160 at $7.50, 5 av 155 at 88:10 Goose 24 av 130 at. $7.35; to Hammond, S. & Co. 11 av 180 at $8.25, 28 av 150 at $8, 47 av 160 at $8. Sheep and Lambs. Receipts, 1,687. Market steady whh \\'ednesday; 50’Q’75C lower than last week; quality very common. Best lambs $7617.50; fair to good lambs, 34.506116; light to common lambs. $30124; yearlings. $3.75@ 5; fair to good sheep, $2.50@'3.25; culls and common, $1.50@v2.25, Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 23 lambs av 65 at $7, 10 do av 68 at $4.50, 3 sheep av 113 at $3; to Barrage 11 lambs av 70 at $7 Spicer &.R. sold Mich. B. Co. 7 lambs av 60 at $7.50, 12 shcf‘p av 100 at $2.50; 10 Hammond. S. & Co. 0 lambs av 55 at $6.75; to Mich. B. Co. 2 sheep av 55 at $2, 24 av 90 at $3, 1 buck weighing 140 at $3, 8 lambs av 77 at $5; to Newton 13.. Co. 21 do av 74 at $5.50; to Hammond, S. .8: Co. 16 do av 65 at $7.50; to Newton 13. Co. 10 do av 56 at $6.25. Haley & M. sold Thompson Bros. 33 lambs av 75 at $5; to Newton B. Co. 53 do av 73 at $7; to Thompson llros. 51 sheep my 110 at $2.50; to l‘tallkowsky 5 do av 120 at $3; lo‘llaycs 35 do av 8.3 at $3; to Youngs 70 lambs av 65 at 87. Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. CO. 11 lambs av 70 at $5.50. 47 do av 70 at $7.10 2 do av 90 at $8; to Mich. B. Co. 18 sheep av 100 at $3.50. 11. do av 125 at $3, 5 do av 85 at $2. 5 do av 70 at $2; to Barlage 85 do av 80 at $2.50, 42 do av 70 at $3.75; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 72 lambs av 65 at $7, 16 do av 55 at $7.25, 4 sheep uv 120 at $21. 61 lambs av 73 at $7.50, 14 (’0 av 70 at $11, 10 sheep av 121 at $3, 31 do av 110 at $3.75: 10 Young 10 lambs av 66 at $5.50; to Barlagi- 25 do av 63 at $6.50: to Sullivan P. Co. 20 do 21V 63 at $7, 13 do av 70 at $5, 13 sheep :iv 00 at $2.50, 32 lambs av 70 at $7, 6?. do av 70 at $7; to Young 27 do av 70 at $6.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 59 do av 60 at $6.75, 10 sheep av 115 at $3 25. Hogs. 2,535. Market dull at VVed- last Thursday's prices. Range of prices: Light to good butch- ers. 3173561745; pigs, 3465064675; light yorkers. $7.10fi17.25; slugs one—third off. Spicer & R. sold Parker, 1V. & Co. 280 av 190 at $7.40. 40 av 120 at $7.25. Receipts, nesday and Haley & M. sold 8811“" 200 av 180 at $7.40. 100 av 160 at $7.35. lire Com, (To. sold Sullivan P. Co. 130 av 200 at $7.45. 72 av 100 at $7.40, 21 pigs av 120 at 8675. Bishop, B. & ll. sold Hammond, S. & (‘0. 105 av 200 at $7.45, 650 av 100 at $7.40. 1.66 av 170 at $7.35, 95 av 150 at $7.25. Friday's Market. June 28, 1912. Cattle. Receipts this week, 1,790; last neck. 1.1-0.1. Markrt dull at Thursday's dc— clinc. Best steers and heifers. $8 1.000 to 1.200, \\'c quote: 715.30: sicers and heifers, 56.23017; do 800 to 1000, 85.25016; grass steers and hellcrs that are fal_ 800 to 1.000. $127416: do. 500 to 700. $4414.75: choice fat cows. $5@5.50; good fat (.‘ol‘i'S. 82.75.411.25: common c :ws. $3013.25; can- nel‘s, 520(250; choice heavy bulls. $5.23?! 5.50: fair to good llologim bulls, 84.25%, 4.50: stock bulls. 33.50614; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1.000. $3615.50; fair feeding: steers, 800 to 1.000, $1 25414.75; choice smokers, 500 10 700, 811715; fair slockcrs, 500 to 700, $3.506l4: stock heifers, 543.75% 4: milkers, large. young, medium age. 840 Q1602 common milkrrs, $254435. Veal Calves. 'his week. 1.647; week. lz-ceipls last 1.177. Market steady at Thursday's prices. Best. $8610: others. $4617.50. Sheep and Lambs. Receipts this week, 2,639: last week. 1.413. Market steady at Thursday’s prices. Best lambs, $7.500:8.50; fair to good lambs. 86.30417: light to confmon lambs, Silo/6: ycarllngs, $1617; fair to good sheep, 336(350; culls and common. 815041250. Hogs. Receipts this week, 6.360; last week, 4.402. Market Sc higher than on Thurs- ilzu'. Range of prices:: Light to good lulu-hers. 874061750: pigs, 565061675; light yorkers, $7.10@7.25; stags one- lllll‘ll tiff. An American ice company has been Wiring on an average 100 horses in the (‘iiicago market for eastern shipment. weekly of late. :he better class being taken. Rugged workcis that tip the smiles at 1.300 in 1,500 lbs. are purchased. and prices range from 8200(0250 per head. For several weeks past there has been very slim opportunity for intending buy— ers of stock steers or good feeding cattle to pick no stock in thc (Ihlcago market. and at the close of a recent week less mrm 300 head Of all descriptions were held in the sic-ck yards of that city. There has been a very restricted move- THE" MICHIGAN FARMER. ment of young cattle of the stocker and feeder type to market, and killers have usually succeeded in getting p issesslon of everything that had any fair showing of meat. Such conditions caused sharp advances in prices, even for ordinary of. ferlngs while the choiccr lots rose sharp- ly and killers have paid up to $7.50 per 100 lbs. for steers on the feeder order that weight d around 900 lbs. Country buyers in search of high-class feedch with weight have been forced tn pay at. least $7, and sometimes an even higher figure. Feeder speculators in the Stock yards have been buying steers at prices ranging all the way from $8.15 down to $7.15, selecting a few head of attractive feeders from such lots and selling the cattle remaining to local slaughterers. seeking thereby to make living profits. This method is the opposite of that em- ployed in former years. The supply of hogs ready for market in the region commercially tributary 10 Chicago has turned out to be much larg- cr than was supposed, and a lagging eastern shipping demand in that market has helped local packers to club prices, placing them on a much lower level than that of the best time during the past spring. The proportion of grassy hogs has increased to such a degree of late that prices have showu a. widening ten- dency, following the former unusually nan-0w range. Stock farmers are not disposed to sell their marketable hogs under $7 per 100 lbs. at home, and whenever prices drop 10 a lower basis, fewer swine are shipped to market. At this season of the year country shippers require larger margins in prices because of heavy shrinkage while stock is in transit and danger of hogs dying during heated periods. The percentage of packing hogs going to market is increasing all the time, but this is usual at this time of the year. and as many sows lost their spring pigs, re— ceipts of such sows may be expected from now on. . (Continued from page 6). killed and a loss of $10,000,000 entailed by a tornado which, after a day of thun- der storms and high winds, struck Re- gina, Sask” at six 1). m.. Sunday, .Tune 30. .\ lcli:-f lruin was sent from \Vinnl- [mg to care for the injured. Towns lo the i-:ltthcr long. slim ncck. thinness over the that it is liablc to contain so much sugz— siloultlcl‘ biadcs and at the withers and, ar that when it fermcnis you have (no a ('lt'élll. bony int-c. with rathcr tine horns1 large a per cent of acid in the silage. to and a jll'tllltlllll('-‘tl female cxpi‘cssion. be first-class. NW t'illl' that. but cattle The cow's thighs shoull be tliiu audf don’t like the smuhum plant as wcil as incurvcd on the back side. with lots if they do COI‘U- Yt'll can't raise any inorc room bctwccn them. and the flank archedi of it to the acre. I ('flli't see why you up high just in iront of them. All this‘ would so 10 “Elk all“ WW sorghum in is to provide room fora large fine udder. this climate. Corn is the natural fodder “llit‘il she must have to be a great pro- plant. However, now tlmt you harc ducer. 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Tralnlng Auoclltlon Gib-u bu led [um City lump In Orion: hull. name" a i‘.‘°:i§‘&3:§$2’..f"°""‘ tl *_ ilt’li-X' °. 20 'the milk is formed fastest, the better the[ cow as a. milk producer. By having them ‘ large. tortuous and branching, extending- well up toward the front legs and enter- (20) ing the body through numerous large wells~ their capacity is increasedphence the cow‘s capacity is increased in this point. It is very important that the dairy cow should be a regular breeder. Through heavy feeding. not only the digestive or— gans. but the reproductiVe organs are injured. .l‘erhaps another may be due to the, abnormal development of the mammary gland, a conditioin which must he obtained to have an ex-; eeptionally good dairy producer. it is }Il'0lltllllt- that this condition has an in—' fluence upon the breeding high-class dairy cows. The udder is connected with the womb by a wonder- ful network of delicate nerves called sympathetic plexus, and thence to the lttmbar region of the spine. Many lead- ing dairy authorities claim that heavy milking has a rctle-ct effect on the womb. ’l‘hcrt- are other plausible theories for irregular breeding and barrcnness, but this is enough to suggest the importance of good feeding and careful treatment in maintaining the breeding also reason dairy cows. There is no denying the fat't‘ has ‘ the best World, that some of been lost to the dairy blood because of e}:- cessivc feeding for forced records. (treat car» should be taken to buy‘ cows that are healthy and that come from herds that are free from tubercu— losis and contagious abortion. Many ex- cellent herds baVe been infected through the buying or a single diseased animal. One should know the conditions that cvtry herd from which he buys that chry anim-tl alconipanied by a surround new cons “H1 den-and purchased be reliable veterinarian's The breed ll) preferences of the buyer. It is better to grades on one t‘tri‘i iiit ate. buy depends upon the stick to on" breed. or breed. It is more a matter of individuals than of mill: breed. l‘lt'l‘ The use to be intlucme the selection of the butter—mzikinpr the Jerseys and found profitable. while for and market Ayrsliiri-s and Holsteins will do well. By this, l do not mean that the. breeds need brt ed. may t‘aurnscys will he cheesi- be held sirittly to lllt‘n‘e uses. for many .Ayrshircs and llolsteins are. good butter‘ cows. and many buyers of milk demanl Jersey and Guernsey quality, For mark- et, milk i prefer to keep a few of both the and breeds in that l produce a fair and make a profit. milk bitter order may grade oi milk still apply as to how guild cows as he rule to pay for a as good 'l‘here is no niuch man must iind for his ure out a money to buy no ney. \‘il‘l scale of prices to guide us in ‘thc purchase of cows must take into con- ‘i sideration that you cannot put a price on, and force him to. the other man‘s stock sell to you. \\'e must exercise our own judgment and buy cows when and where} no can get the best ones for our money. New York. \V. :Vlll.'l‘ON KELLY. NUTRITION STUDIES. (Contimn-d from page JM because it is the combi— whatever nature. requirements of balanced ratirn nation oi nutrients of which fully satisfy the the animal and which are produced most C("llitlliilt'i'illy. cites an example wherein it advantageous to use as the feed. alfalfa which llcnt‘y might be major ingredient of a u.- know to be rich in crude protein. (in grounds we that CVx‘n narrows the nutri- (eonomical know to do this materially lth" ratio and therefore conllicts with the forth by \\'olff. eer— standards originally set others. (H1 the other hand. in tain districts in lllinois and in the corn bell, we may why the minimum protein quantity should be giv- en, and on (economioal grounds, the re- mainder mad.- up by the use of corn. And still. as lont.r as the, exact and full requirements of the animal body are sat- isfied we ration within Ottr definition of the balanced ration. and easily understand [dare such a The method of calculatingr balanced ra— tions is not diiiicult though to get al— most close atmroximations to standards is somewhat tedious. By familiarizing ourselves with the general values of the various roughages available, together with the principal constituents, supple- mented with a knowledge of the approx- imate quantities of feed required by the animal per day makes the calculation of a. ration a very simple matter. qualities of ~ qualities of, made of: milk the; cow. .\,- These men who tig—‘ h .n—w . “will! b " 1‘ \ . I“ i t ll“ ”kill,“ h l "‘1 in... «‘,i‘ll\tlt}il . . ltttlllttii‘i'fifh - llil "\hyv WW“ I' ‘ . Il'tlll |I“\\\lWl‘. " ’l'm i‘“ p, Concrete ‘ Watering Troughs The only practical way to build a watering trough is with concrete. 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