VOL. CXXXIX. No. 6. i

Whole Number 3603.





EARS ago. when the pioneers of

Y Michigan were. journeying into an



almost unbroken wilderness, there

to build a log hut and, without aid 01‘

capital other than their hands and the

rude equipment which they could bring

in with them, start clearings here and

there, the proposition (if-clearing up new

land was a very different one from what

it is tcday. The native timber was; slasn-





(.d and burned, logged up and burned

again, and the Clearing was gradually





enlarged in direct proportion to the labor

which father and the boys or, pet-chance,

the younger man unaided, wero able to

devote to the laborious task. But these

pioneers did their work well; better, in

tact, than the» Succeeding generation,

who, instead of coping with nature in

the making of fertile farms where toy"

Csts stood before, have t0o often robbed

the soil of the store of virgin fcrtility

which nature, aided by the work of tin,-

pioneer, left them as a bounty to be eas—

ily drawn upon.



int 0f the pioneers of those days but

few remain, while the type has passed on

with the frontier of improvement to re--

new the battle with nature and leave a

further bounty for suct-eeding genera-

tions. True, We still have “new" or un—

improved ,flands in abundance, but no

“new” Country, as"the pioneers ”of Mien-

isan’searly days knew it.





quickly traversed by swift moving auto-

mobiles and over which heavy loads are

easily moved to market, to say nothing

of rural mail delivery and the telephone.

are factors which were wholly lacking in

pioneer life, as were the opportunities for

remunerative employment which every—

where exist to supplement the slender in-

come of the new settler. Truly, the set-

tler in the “newest” or least improved

portions of our state can have no con-

ception of the hardships to be met and

ditl‘lculties to be overCome by their pio—

neer forefathers. Yet the task of clear-

ing up a new farm seems an almost in—

Surmountable one to the inexperienced





man who considers the proposition of

buying and improving a piece of wild

land. In reality, however, it is not so





great a. task as it looks, and a brief (lis—

cussion oi the labor and cost involved in

clearing up a new farm will not be out

of place at this time, in view of the op-





The railroad, ,

the trolley, good wagon roads which aref





portunities which exist in theinorthern

portion of our state, and the fact that

the young men of our older farming com-

munities know little about the practical

phases of this problem.



Of course, the cost of clearing cut-over

land will vary greatly, depending upon

the lay of the, land, the nature. of tho

:imlzcr with which it was originally cov-

cred and how and when it was lumbered.

if there are pine stumps on the land they

will eventually have to ho removed, as

time will make little impression on them.

liut the hardwood stumps will rot out in

a few years if the land is cleared and

seeded, and for the greater arc-a to be

cleared it is the cheaper way to let na-





ture aid in

nccrs in an earlier day.

arca Ot' cvcn hardwood may be pi'otltably

stumped at the. start in order to get land

much of the

and

when

the stumps will

be grtatly simplified. It is of the latter

that the

this time, for





for

area of



used for

the





method of

writer Would





the obvious economic reason mcmioned.

'l‘here are several methods in vogue

for accoi‘nplishina' this desilwl result in





the clearing of

if labor cost.

any





The Only Weekly Agicultural, Horticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State.

DETROIT. MICI‘L, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10. 1912.





Clearing Up New Land.





the pio-

l‘rol'iably a small





this direction as did





immediate tillage, but

the farm may be seeded

pasture for a few ycars,

task of clearing out

clearing new land

comment at





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stub; or other timbcr,





land at a. minimum

(me method is to cut down

except brush,





 





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Fig. 1. Hardwood Land Cleared Ready





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Fig. 2. Snags Pulled and Plied with Brush and Refuse Ready for Burning.





Seeding at a Cost of $7.50 per- Acre.





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that may be standing and burn it ovr-r as

cleanly as possible in a favorable time.

Then sow grass seed, using; a mixture of

the (-‘ovcrs and timoihy on the tit-sh

burning in midsumnnr. ’l‘lu~ sted wiil be.

ccwrcd by the late. suinmcr or (arly tall

and at least a partial stand of

those tame grasses and cJchrs will be

secured. 'l‘ho land is not pustured the

t‘ollo\‘.'iiig season, but the grasses are al-





‘ains,





lowed to mature and scattcr their semi,

thus thickining the stand which grows





rapidly about thc stumps and ictusc, logs,

hclping to hasten the rotting prnctss by

holdingr the moisture. about thcm. in

which tlH-i'e is also a licnclii ial rtcip:r:c:il

’i‘hc ncxt sunmn-r the luush are

cut and left on tho ground, and the land





iit'lltlll.





is posturcd with cattle. In a. t‘cw years

the, grubs will bc rottwd tilt and the





brush and logs will have lalg‘cly dcwayui,

so that it will bc a

task to clean up tlu

plow. it is





(Illi]:-‘l':ill‘.t,‘ift' easy

land :u-ady t'or the

claimcd |i\' who have

had considerable cxpclicncc in this liit'iil-

oi oi" clcaring that tho ‘aud can be tin-

ally cleaned up rcailv t‘cr tlo- plow at a

total cxpensc not five dollars

pcr acre. or under I'avmable

-ontlitions.



\thrc this mcthod is tcllcwcd it is a

wise. precaution to clear a the lane. about

the land so treated. \‘t'hcre sheep are to

ho pastured it will probably pay to do- a.

better job of cit-tiring at the start. since

the shecp will do bitter and the brush

will lic more subtlutd. A good

jut) ut' ]]i.\\t".t‘i'. is lltil 90 9X-

pcnsch as the novicc would think. The

act-onipaiiyiuu illustrations show new

land in tho proccss ..t‘ (‘lt‘.li'lll;_'_' at the l‘p-





llii‘sc





(Xi-ceiling





chn lcss





quickly

clearing,





pcr l'cuiusula lepcrinn nt Station farm.

'l‘his land had, like, most ot‘ our hard-

wood cu! —ovcr lands, lu' u 'uml» H d ch-

(ral :imcs- tirsi tor tho clioim-si timber





and ltist tor the curtleootl. li‘iu; l shows





ihc Iand as dually i'lHilHl and read]; 10

inc St‘t'iit‘il. Fig. 2 shows its upper];-

ancc a"tr-r lilt' snags hare bccn pullcd,

the brush cut and, togtthor with the

refuse logs pilcd for burning. l’ia. .‘2

shows the land as til" lumbtrmcn and

wo «I cutters left it, As will be notid

this land is in condition to permit tho

iiili‘i‘l\\'ili;:f in of grass sccd, of which :L





mixture including th.» (low-ts, Mil-vita and

timothy will be sown a! oncc and should

make a thick stind for next ycar's pas—

turina’. The stock, and iarticularlr shrcp,





 





Fig. 3.





 





The Wild Land as the Lumberm en and Wood Cutters Left it.
94 .2.





which will be run on this land next sum-

mer, will thrive on the excellent pasture

and will at the same time browse off all

sprouts which may start, thus making

the first cost the total expense of clear-

ing the land, excepting the removal of

the stumps when they have become- par-

tially decayed, which will take but a few

ycars. in the meantime this land will

afford the best of pasture for live stock

and will tints pay good interest on its

value and the cost of clearing. This clean

job of clearing was accomplished, under

the (lil‘t-ctinn officld agent \V. F. Raven,

with the rather incfiicicnl labor available

at a. cost approximating $7.50 per acre.



Thus it will ht- seen that it is not very

(ostly to «to a first—class job of clearing

«p. cut—ovcr hardwood land. The first

cost of clearing on pine land is cheaper

still. although lllv cost of stumping is

considerably gt‘eatcr, dcpcnding on the

size and number of stumps per acre. But

the task of clcaring up a now farm is in

no way comparable to the task accom—

pliuhcd by the early pioneers, while the

rcward is much greater, for which reason

no young man who is ambitious to have

a. home of his own on the land, where he

can gain a comfortable competence in

addition to a livclihood should hesitate

on this account to improve some one of

the thousan/fts of (mportunities open to

lllllt to sccurc good wild land at a nom—

iual pricc in the good old state of Mich-

igan





FARM BOOK-KEEPING.





 





Vt'e arc endcavoring to conduct our

dairy tarmingr in a practical way to as—

ccrtain it‘ possiblc, thc exact gain or

loss \\‘c havc openctl accounts with

cow;:, lions, 1':l.::1 products, horses, gen—

cral expcnse, ctc.. charging thcsc respec-

tivc accounts with moncy cxpcnded. \\'e

have not. hochcr, charged cows with all

tied, only what feed was purchascd. Now

is it not [‘USSllllt‘ to charge all t‘ccd grown

and purchased and ctcdit fertilizer, ctc.,

'tnd all value yielded, to thcsc different.





accounts? How could one determine the

\aluc of work .lone for the ycar by the

horses, and by the persons engaged in

thc work‘.’ \\'e realize that farm book-





keeping is not similar exactly to other

cotnmcrciaé cutcrpriscs, and yet when

oun puts a d—ty's Work on the farm is he

not sctlin,.r his lab-w the same. as the man

in thc shot-s" \\h_\' should he not be

'1‘ ,«lltu‘. will. that “only and changed with

all he takes for his pcrsonltl use? \Vould

you consider that March 1 was better to

chm-5e the \‘car with than January 1'? \Ve

wculd apprcciatc a thorough discussion

of this: subject.



l!lf.‘,h:lm t‘o. S, R.



'l‘hc ldca. of kecpiug an account with

tho dit‘t'crcut kinds of live stock is to be

commcndctt. \\'c would know vcry much

more, about the profits in farming,r if more

Inrmct's would kccp accounts. llut While

wc arc bcginning to kccp accounts with

tho dairy hcrd and with thc hogs hnd

with farm producls wc ought to go a lit~

'tlc bi: farther and kccp accounts with

(nlcll crop raiscd. TilCll we will know'

:‘ontcthim: about what it costs to raise

clovcr hay or a bushel of corn, or a bush—

cl ot‘ uhcal \‘t'c can sit down and csti-

matc that a man will do so much plow-

ing; in a day for whcat, it will take, him

so long to prcparc the land, it will cost

so much to sow whcxtt, and it will cost

so much to harvcst the wheat, 'but this

is only an cslinuttc. 1f oin- would charge

cyl-ry day‘s work to thc wheat ficld when

it v15: actually done. :it the market price

of thc labor for both man and team. then

whcn hc thl'csh'ul his whcnt and placcd

it upon the market he could tcll somc-

llllllg’ about thc actual cost. If he will

kccp this up your aftcr ycar the average

will lu- much more accurate than much

of the information which wc now have

with regard to thc cost of growing var—

ious farm products.



("crtain‘y the cows ought to be charged

with thc iced produced upon the farm

just as well as the feed purchascd. You

won‘t know anything about how much

profit you arc making out of the herd

unlcs‘s you charge the-m with all the food

that they consume and the labor neces—

sary to care for them. Not only this but.

you ought to charge each cow separately

for the fcod which she consumcs and gch

hcr credit for the milk which she pro-

duces. Our cow testing associations,

which. by the way. are modeled after the

llanish ("ow Testing Associations work

this problem out correctly and at the

end of the year the farmer not only

knows what all COWS in the entire herd

are doing but be also knowg what each in-

dividual in the herd is doing, and by

knowing this he can eliminate from year

to year the most unprofitable and most

undesirable cows from the herd and grad-

ually by this very best plan of selection

improve the money making power of his

herd. It is not as much trouble to charge

the cow with the food she consumes as

the average farmer thinks. You don't





have to weigh every meal that you give





THE MICHIGAN FARMElQ.





the cow. The feeder knows just about

how much hay he gives each cow. Now

you can take that amount on a fork by

itself and weigh it and then charge the

cow with the amount she consumes. If

you change feed then weigh the new

ration and charge that to the cow as

long as she consumes that ration. The

same way with the grain. Or, the grain

can be weighed to each cow. We have a

rule on our farm for instance. to give

each cow as many pounds of grain per

day as she produces pounds of butter-fat

in a week and the grain is actually

weighed to the. cows.





The only way to keep track of the

work which the horses do and for which

they can be given credit one must charge

the work actually done when it is done

to the crop. For instance, the farmer

must sit down every night and carefully

think over what has been done during

the day and make a note of it. If the

team has worked all day plowing for

wheat, thcn charge it to the wheat field

at the market price for the team‘s labor.

if you. could get $3.50 or $4.00 for the use

of the team if you worked for someone

else then it ought to be worth that much

it‘ you worked for yourself. 11‘ the team

works a half a day on the wheatfield and

half a day cultivating corn then charge

the exact amount of time employed in

the corn to the corn field, and so on. it

will be found that during the year there

are a great many days when the farm

tcam doesn't earn anything, but they

have to be fed just the same, and the

horses should bl- charged with their food

just as well as the cows. It isn‘t neces-

sary in this case to Charge each horse

with the food which he consumes as it :s

with the dairy cow, but it can be charg-

ed in a lump sum, and this is not a very

dltlicuit thing either. For instance. one

puts so much hay into the hotse burn to

feed the horses. You can estimate care-

fully, or near cnough anyway so that you

can be safe in making an estimate of the

amount of buy the horses consume ant

the same way with the grain which is

fed, and charge it to them at the mark-

et price. Give them credit for the work

they do and see how much it costs to

keep your horses and how much benefit

they are to you.



It certainly is possible to charge each

crop with the. amount of labor actually

performed in producing it and to give it

credit for the amount of grain produced

and charge this grain as forage to the

animals which consume it at the market

price, to give animals credit for the ma~

’nurc, and kcup a regular system of

books upon the farm. Very few farmers

do this bccause, as I say, you have to

sit down every night and carefully look

over the day‘s work and make a memo-

randum of it, then it should be entered

upon :1 day book journal and finally post-

cd into a ledger. At the end of the year

the accounts have got to be worked out

into ledger balances and finally posted

into profit and loss, and a regular system

of book-keeping kept, but it can be done.

and it would pay to do it because we

would learn more about the cost of pro-

ducing crops.



You are right in thinking that if a

farmer W'll‘k? a day digging potatoes he

ought to have pay for it just the same

as it‘ be employed a man to do it, or it‘

lti‘ works at anything clse he ought to

get his pay for it and charge it up to the

crop. tine rcason why farmers raise

things so cheaply and make so mitt-h

protit out of thcm in farming, is because

thcy do not charg’c up their labor to the

crop.



()1' course, if a man is willing to work

for nothing in farming then the profits

will be greater, but if he would have to

hire men and pay them, then he ought

to at least charge up labor wages for

what he does himself.



\‘t'ith regard to the end of the fiscal

year in farm hock—keeping. We have

our fiscal year end the first of May be-

cause at that time it is less work to take

inventory of the iced on hand. There is

very little hay, as a rule, to estimate at

that time, the corn silage is at the low-

cst ebb, we have turned off the majority

of stock that we have for sale, and the

taking of the inventory is reduced to a

minimum. Now it doesn't make any dif-

ferenCe whether you tame the fiscal year

end the first of May or the first of Jan-

uary so far as your book-keeping is con-

cerned, and it is less work to have it end

in the spring than in the fall. If you

have your fiscal year end the first of

January see the amount of roughage that

you would have to estimate to make out

your inventory. It would be a much

more difficult task than to take the in-

ventory in the spring, and it might just

as well be taken in the spring as in the

fall. COLON C. LILLIE.





lNOCULATION PROFITABLE.





 





I am enclosing two plants of alfalfa

taken from a field I am cutting today.

(July 25). The larger, healthy looking

plant was taken from the part of the

field inoculated with sweet clover soil





and the smaller, yellowish one from the'





other half of the field which had no in-

oculation whatever. The plants are typi—

cal and Show conclusively the benefit of

inoculation.



The two parts of the field had the same

identical treatment and were seeded on

August 16, 1911, with nurse crop of rye,

three pecks per acre, therye being out

June 10, 1912, for hay. The line between

the inoculated portion and the other is

so marked that unless cloSely examined

one would think that there‘was nothing

sowed on the portion not inoculated.





My reasons for not inoculating the

Whole field were lack of time and the fact

that I could discover no nodules what—

ever on the roots of sweet clover where

I was getting the soil, and it looked as

though 1 was wasting time. The results

show, however, that I was not, and here-

after I will inoculate in some manner if

it “takes a leg.” I hope this may help

some others.



Hillsdale Co. E. E. LINTON.



Tie specimen from the inoculated por—

tion of the field was more than 18 inches

in height and of the thrifty. dark green

color which is characteristic of inocu-

Eatcd plants. The other was a puny

stalk, less than half as long and lacking

in the luxurious green color of a normally

nourished and hcalthy plant—Eds.





 





FARM NOTES.





 





The Grasshopper Pest.





It is up to you to tell me how to get

rid of grasshoppers. They are the most

dcstructive pest that I ever ran up

“gainst. they have destroyed almost cv-

cry plant that I have attempted to raise.

such as alfalfa. corn, beans and buck-

wheat. They are now busy ‘with my rye

and wheat. What can I do with them?

Please let me have your valuable as-

sistance. I don’t mind the expense but

must do something.



Benzie C0. S. W.





It is not an easy matter to eradicate

the grasshopper pest under even favor-

able conditions and it is a rather hope-less

task fer one farmer to rid his farm of

these insects unless there is neighbor-

hood co—operation to that end. Fortu-

nately, however, these pests thrive for a

season when their natural enemies re—

duce their numbers and they are kept

in subjection until another outbreak. per-

taps for years. ~





Probably one of the most efficient:

means of reducing the number of grass-

hoppers is fall plowing of sod ground as

an old sod is a favorite breeding place

for grasshoppers. The mature insects

deposit their eggs in a pod-like cover an

inch or so beneath the surface of the

ground where they lie over winter, the

small grasshoppers emerging in great

numbers in the spring under favorable

conditions. Fall plowing of the sod

ground therefore is helpful as it disturbs

the cocoons or pods in which the eggs

are deposited and a large proportion of

them will be destroycd by the action of

the elements over wintcr. However, as

fcnce rows and roadsides are ordinarily

utilized as breeding grounds by the

grasshoppers it is pretty difficult to make

a thorough job in the extermination of

the pests by this means.



Various other deviccs have been used,

of which two may he profitably mention—

ed. The first of these was tried by the

writer a number of years ago when

grasshoppers were very plentiful in his

neighborhood This device is kuo’wn as

a hopperdozer and has been very exten—

sively used in the west. A shallow sheet

iron pan or trough two or three feet

wide and as long as convenient. say the

lcngth of a fence board. is mounted up-

on a light frame and at the back side of

this a canvas screen some three or four

feet high is piaced in a vertical position.

Kerosene oil is placed in the' pan, pre-

fcrably on a piece of‘ old carpet or blank-

et and a horse is hitched to the device,

01‘ one at each end, and is driven back

and forth through the field, the theory

being that as they are scared up from

the ground the hoppers will fly against

the screen. drop into the pan or on the

saturated blanket and die from the re-

sult of contact with the kerosene oil.

VVhlle this method probably is useful

where the pests are sufficiently numer-

ous, the results in the cases where the

writer has seen it used were not aim"

gther satisfactory.



Another method is to use the po":oned





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bait which is.claimcd to be efficacious In

getting rid of the pests. A bait known

as the Griddle mixture‘was tried out a

year ago by the. superintendent of the

Upper Peninsula Experiment Station

with good resultsv This mixture con-

sists of one pound of Paris green, 'two

Pounds of salt, two pails of water mixed

with 50 lbs. of clear horse manure. A

shovelful is deposited every four to six

Square rods, but it is found to be more

effective when deposited on the dry sandy

knolls. It is said by those who have

used this poisoned bait that one appli-

cation is sufficient to rid a field of these

pests effectually.





Ve'tch as a Forage Crop.



I have a field that is in corn this year.

I would like to get a crop of hay from

it next year and also get it seeded to

clover. \R'ould you advise me to sow a

mixture of rye and winter vetch in the

corn and cultivate it in, then seed it to

clover in the spring and cut the rye and

vetch for hay How much of the seed

should be sowed to the acre and when

should it be sowed? D. G.



A mixture of rye and sand or winter

vetch will make a fairly good forage for

hay next season. It should be sown at

the rate of 30 to 40 lbs. of vetch with a

half bushel of rye per acre, preferably by

the middle of August. As to the prob—

able success of seeding clover with this

crop the writer has no knowledge Gen—

erally it is not used for this purpose, but

rather as a crop for green manure for

which it is excellent. So far as the qual-

ity of the hay secured is concerned it

might be better to sow this field to oats

and peas early in the spring and plow

and seed the clover as soon as the hay

is off next year without using a nurse

crop. However, the experiment of seed-

ing: clover in vctch and rye would be in-

teresting and should a trial he made we

would be glad of a report of the results

for publication in the Michigan Farmer.





Crimson Clover.





I have a corn field which I would like

to put in corn again next year. Not hav-

ing enough manure to cover all the





ground I wish to plant, I was thinking

of sowing crimson clover and blowing it

under for manure. I have never grown

any or. seen any .so I don‘t know much

occur it. \\'ould it be all right to Sow it

in the corn this fall. or sow it early next

spring as soon as the ground would do

i0 work? \Vould‘ it grow large enough

to plo launder by_May 15? If Sown in

tlié‘“i‘al will it winter-kill? Also, i have

a field _I would like to sow to alfalfa. I

was thinking of sowmg lime on this fall

and then fall plow it and top-dress with

manure this Wll'ilel‘.' \Vhat do you think

Of. this plan? “'01in you sow with or

‘A'llllfillt a nurse crop?



\\ ashtenaw CO. H. H.



Further south crimson clover makes a

very desirable catch crop when sown in

corn, but in Michigan it has not proved

very dependable. The writer has seen

excellent stands of crimson clover sown

in corn, but the stand was no betti-r than

that of the common June clover sown in

corn at the same time, and the growth

was not as great. 'l‘lius, Considering the

uncertainty of crimson clover wintering

well in our climau», it is not a safe do—

pendance for a catch crop if sown in the





fall and it would not get sufficient sizr

to add any considerable amount of hu-

mus or nitrogen to the soil if sown in





the spring.

crable season for seeding in corn,

l‘VeI‘, and it might. be advisable to

June or Mammoth clover to be plowed

lll‘ilel‘ in the spring, as proposed. 01' the

iield might be sown to rye and this plow—

cd down to supply vcgctahle matter in

the spring, or to rye and Vctch, which is

a. leguminous (‘I‘t-I) and would add nitrogen

as will as vegetable matter to the soil.

it is betttr, liowchr, to experiment with

a new crop on a small scale at first.

depending upon those with whose habits

of growth we. are well acquainted until

we have determined just how the new

crops will. thrive under our local condi-

tions.





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Liming for Alfalfa.



The plan outlined for seeding alfalfa

is undoubtedly a good one, except that in

the writer’s opinion it would be better to

apply ground limestone after the field is

plowed this fall so that it may be well

mixed with the surface soil in the proc—

ass of fitting. if handled as outlined in

this query, it would probably be better

to sow the alfalfa without a nurse crop,

as it would be essential, if the field is

top-dressed with stable manurc, to give

thorough tillage during the early spring

in order that: the weed seeds contained

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FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.





 





Feeding a Calf for Baby Beef.





Can you tell me the best ration to feed

a five-weeks’-old calf to make him de-

Vclop into as large a beef as possible?

I have a calf five weeks old that was

born a kind of freak. that is, extraordi-

narily large proportioned. I’ve been

feeding liim nothing but two quarts of

fresh milk and four quarts of separator

milk at a ft-ed twice a day. and it iS

wonderful the way he is developing. Now

my curiosity is aroused to make a re:-

oi'd .breuker out of him. Any information

you can give me as to how I should care

for him until maturity would be greatly

appreciated. Is there anything to put

in separated milk that will give the same

results as fresh milk?



Leelanau Co. F. J. 13’.



While there is no feed that will quite

take the place of fat in whole milk for

the growing calf, a fairly good substitute

is available for feeding with separated

milk in tltixsel'd meal. that is, meal. made

from the whole fiaxsced. not oil meal

from which the oil has been extracted.

If a small quantity of tlaxseed meal is

boiled up and made into a jelly and say

one—quarter of a pint is added to the

milk i't-d at the start, this amount being

gradually increased as the amount of

milk fed is increased. it will provide a

war substitute for the nutritive ratio of

wholc milk. Corn meal can be gradually

substituted for this feed when the calf

is from six to t-ight weeks old, and this.

with the skim—milk will provide a fairly

well bulitnt-td fee-xl



Later, as the milk supply is diminished,

other grain should be used with the corn,

such as ottts and oil meal with some bran

to give variety and bulk to the ration

and maintain its proper balance. Liberal

fccding of a properly compounded grain

1‘2iil0n with plenty of succulent feed and

gntltl hay after the pasturing season is





over will accomplish wonders with a

thrifty tult'.

Most fenders do not appreciate the





amount of grain that a good thrifty,

growing calf will eat. The writer once

fed a carload of calves that weighed in

These were calves

that hut lmn raised on cows and had

not los-t tlwir cnlf ficsli at any time.

They were mi for a period of five months

making an average gain of over 300

pout-«ls (ilt'll and an individual gain of as

high as 4.).) 11"lllltlh‘. \Nlien on full feed

these calms consumed a grain ration of

it} pounds (och, includingr a portion of

dried bcet pulp with the grain.





at 51.0 pounds each.





The skill and judgment of the. feeder

should be used in fattening a young ani—

mal as: only by this means can the best

insults be obtained. There is a great

difi‘crcnce in individuals. and this calf

being it sufficiently good “deer” to have

been noted a": an eXt-cption doubtless has

the ability to consume more than the av-

erage amount of iced and convort it into

body tissue. As an illustration of what

may be done along this line. the writer

once noted an exceptionally thrifty lamb

in his i'iock when the- lamb was about

three. werks old. As a means of deter-

mining,r what the limit of gain might be

in a thrifty lamb this lamb was given

r-ycry opportunity to make a rapid

growth and reach-wt a weight of 150 lbs.

:tt 15,0 days old. “'here one wants to

make a rot-oral in the growing of a young

(llllnlfll the feed should be liberal with-

out overt‘ecdiug at any time, requiring a

nice discrimination on the part of the

It‘t‘tICI‘.

\Nheat as a Ration for Working Horses.



l’lczise gulvisc me what I will have to

fwul in connection with clover hay and

ground wheat to form a balanced ration

for horses.



Mason CH. C. D. K.



In an cxperiment conducted at the

Noith Dakota Experiment Station to de—

tcriiliiie the comparative feeding value

of wheat for work horses, it was found

that horses did nicely on the ration Cop-

sistinc- of two parts of ground wheat and

one part bran with prairie hay. it was

found that wheat, being a concentrated

fool, needed about this amount of bran

with it to make it loose and coding

cuough for the. digestive system of the

horse. “him so fcd it was found that

horses (lid equally well, or better. than

horses fed upon oats as an exclusive

grain ration. Slightly less bran would

be required where the wheat was fed

with clover hay, which contains more

protein, although with horses at medium

to heavy work this proportion would be

none too great. Ground wheat is a rath-

er sticky feed unless bulk is added to it

by the use of bran as above indicated.

If the grain is fed on cut feed this neces-





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.’





sity of adding bran to make it more

bulky will be largely obviated, when the

bran could be substituted by a small

quantity of oil meal to good advantage.

Or one—half the bran could be eliminated

and make a fairly well balanced and effi-

cient ration.



IMPORTANCE OF VITALITY IN LIVE



STOCK.





 





A great many farmers and breeders in

their desire to breed animals for a spe-

cial purpose, whether that purpose be the

production of milk or beef, are apt to for-

get the necessity of maintaining the

vitality of the herd, until they are re-

minded by the spread of disease that na—

ture herself is interfering with their op-

erations and wiping Otit the weaklings.

Hence, I think it can be stated as a fact

that highly bred animals seldom have as

much vitality as grades or even scrubs.



The reason is obvious. If we have in

our mind a certain type of beef animal

and use for breeding purposes only tltOse

that approximate that type, and espe—

cially if we attach undue importance to

minor points, such as color or style, we

naturally lose sight of the vitality and

retain weaklings in the herd because of

desired qualities. Nature permits this

for a while; but sooner or later she en-

ters her protest by the introduction of

some disease which kills off the- weak—

tings.



In other words, if we develop an animal

to an extreme in any direction, we are

likely ti overlook their robtistncss of

constitution, that abounding vitality

which nature demands for the perpetua-

tion of the species. The law seems to

run through all sorts of live stock. The

phenomenal dairy cows which startled

the world with their performances are

nearly all short lived. Hogs that have

been bred until the curve of the snout,

the break of the ear and the kink in the

tall are in the height of fashion, are very

apt to produce small litters; just as cows

that have been bred to the extreme of

beef type often need some common sort

of a cow to help them raise a calf.



If we are to succeed in breeding any

sort. of live stock or grain, we» must.

above all things else. maintain the vigor

or vitality of the stock, or else eventu-

ally be defeated in our purpose. These

are the limitations under which the

brecder is obliged to work. If we cannot

attain to the ideal perfection of beef

form and milk production and still retain

vigor of constitution, We had bettcr re-

ain the vigor of constitution and get as

near perfection as we can with strong

vitality. For what is the cow worth, the

hardest working animal on the farm. if

she hail not that ruggedness of constitu—

tion that will enable her to turn out the

maximum of milk from a given amount

of feed? “'hat is the steer worth if he

has net the vitality to turn grass and

grain into bccf and profit? What is the

binod sow worth, however lovely she

may be in form and figure. if she Can—

not furrow more than thrcc or four pigs

and supply their apparently insatiable

appetites?



In the last hundred years wondcrful

advancement has been made- in the

breeding of live stock. There is no neces-

sity to revert to the wild form. provided

we use only vigorous sires and dams, and

then furnish an environment in feed and

shelter that will enable them to maintain

that Vigor.



Illinois. \V. H. Unnnnwoou





HANDLING, THE FLOCK.



When my lambs are taken away from

the owes, the latter are always put in

rather scanty pasture or given the run of

a stubble field for a short time, so as to

dry up their flow of milk as quickly as

possible. Of course, the ewes. if they

have done well with their lambs will be

rather thin in flesh by this time, but my

experience is that it is not safe to feed

much grain until they are dried up.



\Vhen the lambs haVc just been wean-

ed, they require the best possible care

and need good pasture. Also, I always

find it best to separate the ram lambs

and the ewe lambs. When allowed the

run of the same pasture the ram lambs

will annoy the ewes and gains will be

unsatisfactory. The wethcr ,and ewe

lambs in my flock are allowed to run to-

gether.



in the case of the breeding ewes dur-

ing the late summer and fall it is very

important to make provisions for some

kind of green fodder to supplement the

pastures. The condition of the breeding

ewes at breeding time has a. marked in—

fluence upon the succeeding crop of

lambs. If the ewes are improving in





 





flesh and in a vigorous condition, the

chances are bright for a choice lot of

strong lambs. I have found it much eas-

ier to get the ewes in the proper condi-

tiOn during the early fall months than at





any time later, and it is also true that.





when once in that condition they are in

better shape to with‘Stand the attacks of

disease common to sheep than when al-

lowed to go into winter quarters in a

run-down condition.



My lambs that are to be retained for

breeding pllil‘DOSGS are not fed) much

corn, as corn tends to fatten them, rath-

er than to give them the desired growth

and development for breeding purposes.

In feeding lambs, or in fact‘, any young

animal, I have feund it more practical

and productive of better results, to feed

them two or three times a day and in

small amounts at a time than to allow

them to have all they will eat at; any one

time. Bran, oats and oil meal added to

the ration will make a better ration and

one that is more satisfactory to supply

the needs of growth and delveIOpment for

breeding purposes.



Thirty-six pounds of sheep manure is

equal as a fertilizer to 100 pounds of or-

dinary farm manure, being richer in

nitrogenous elements than that of the

cow or horse, and richer in the phos-

phates than the droppings of the fowl.

Then why will farmers neglect to always

keep a few sheep.



Sheep are also very powerful digesters,

destroying the vitality of all weed seed.

not like cattle scattering foul seed be—

hind them, while from the foods eaten

they get more nutriment than any of our

other animals. Every man with 50 acres

or more should keep a small flock of

sheep.





Illinois. R. B. RUSHING.





 





BEGINNING RIGHT WITH SHEEP.



As I have been a reader of the Michi-

gan Farmer for some time and interested

in it and in sheep, I will give my experi--

ence with sheep. I have kept sheep in—

termittently for many years. The rea~

son for this was that I did not start

right. I would buy someone‘s old culls

as foundation stock and, before I would

get a flock started, would lose nearly all

of them, and away they Would go for

what 1 could get for them. But two

years ago I bought 12 Shropshire lambs.

The first year I did not get any lambs.

but last. year I raised 14 lambs, and sold

from the 12 ewes and the ram. wool, and

lambs to the value of $88.22, and kept

three of the best ewe lambs for breeders.



I think that if a man starts right and

stays in the game, there is money in

sheep. My 12 ewes and ram cost me $65

to start with.





Kalamazoo Co. A. M. OSBORN.





CBTOPERATIVE ANIMAL BREEDING.





 





In discussing the economic aspect of

the work in co-operative breeding. As-

sistant Secretary ilays, 0f the Depart-

ment of Agriculture, said in a recent in-

terview:



“Co-operation in animal breeding. as

in other forms of country life co-opera-

tion. is a direct aid to the retention of

the family farm, making less need for

large farms and the consequent landlord—

isni and peasantry 0f the people. Co-op-





eration in testing and weeding out the’





ordinary herd used for production, in

owning male animals, and in improving

pure—bred families and breeds will en-

able farmers to delegate to collective

management thOse things which the in-

dividual farmer can not well do for him—

self. lf properly organized under suit-

able co—operative relations with the state

and federal departments of agriculture

and encouraged by suitable laws, the

hereditary values of our breeds of live

stock can be improved much more rap—

idly than ii‘ left to individual effort alone.



“There doubtless are at stake some

hundreds of millions of possible add-ed

profit from the application of scientific

knowledge of animal breeding in the Uni-

ted States ;ilone. Private breeders could

do even much more than now if the

scientific breeding of animals were taken

in hand by public agencies co-(iperating

with a selected portion of the breeders

of each class of live stock. There will

be developed a class of technical public

workers as superintendents of co—opera-

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develop the science and practice of breed-

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know how to improve their stock. and

will be better able to make profits from

supplying superior breeding stock to the

farmers who grow live stock products.”



Washington, D. C. G. E. M.





' we. 10, 1912."

LIVE STOCK NOTES.





Thin hogs and grassy cows have been

arriving in large numbers at the Chica-

go stock yards, as well as at other mark-

ets of the west, and they Will increase

in volume as the season advances, this

being the rule- yearly. Buyers always

discriminate against them severely, ow-

ing to the well—known fact that they

make'a 'very poor’ showing when placed

on the hooks. It is always an easy mat-

ter to detect grassy stock, and it must

be,sold strictly on Its merits, which

means a liberal discount from prices paid

readily by the packers for corn-fed of~

ferings. The spread in prices between

thin grassy and choice fat corn-fed hogs

has been widening out for some time

past and may be expected to reach as

much as $1 per 100 lbs. shortly. with

grassers already comprising a substun-

tial percentage of the daily offerings.

The indications for the future hog

market; seem to be sufficiently bright to

warrant farmers in longer feeding of

their well—bred brood sows. Corn fed to

them should make. good returns. There

can be no excuse found for marketing

thrifty shotes or pigs. and farmers who

do so will regret it later on.





D. W. Raymond, secretary of the Mon-

tana Stock Growers’ Association, reports

conditions over most of the range comi-

try as highly favorable, so far as his in-

formation goes. Late rains over an ex-

tensive area have kept the grass green,

and that will tend to holding cattle long-

er than usual. He does noc look for

shipments of range cattle from Montana

before the middle of August, and he in—

clines t0 the belief that Chicago will re—

ceive from Montana 90,000 cattle, or

about 25 per cent less than, last year. He

says that during the month of April 500

new brands were recorded. This does

not mean a new recording of old brands,

as provided for by recent legislation, but

as showing that number of new herds

has been established. Mr. Raymond is

sanguine enough to believe that Mon—

tana. is going to return to its former lib-

eral proportions of cattle, and awards

probably five years to bring this about.



Leonard R. Warner, popularly known

as “Uncle Lem," the oldest man in the

live stock commission business at the

Chicago stock yards, died recently short,—

ly alter his 95th birthday. He was born

in Troy, N. Y., and made the first ship-

ment of live stock over the Northwestern

Railroad.



The demand for feeder lambs contin-

ues extremely large at the Chicago stock

yards, and since the season began they

have had a great advance in prices. but

it should be remembered that the class

of feeders sold now shows a great ad-

vance in average quality over those sold

at the start. The first lambs were most—

ly undesirable natives, many of which

came on the market in a half—starved

condition, while now there are fair num—

bers of desirable western range feeding

lambs, as well as fair supplies of weth-

ers and year-tings on the feeder order

furnished by the range country. Far

more feeders than have been offered on

the market could have been sold to

sheepme-n, and there has been consider-

able competition between intending pur-

chasers to secure the choicer lots. Pack-

ers have been calling for the light sort-

ing of the range lambs, and in addition

they have taken the big share of the

second cuts, paying higher prices in

many instances than the lambs would

have commanded as feeders. Further

advances in feeders are quite probable.





Wm. Hoult, an expert cattle feeder of

Illinois, marketed 31 grade Sliortliorn

steers at Chicago on a recent day at

$9.70 per 100 lbs, their average weight

being 1.591 lbs, including one stag. Not

since 1870 have cattle sold at a higher

price. These cattle were bought as feed-

ers in Chicago during last September

and November at an average price of

$5.90, their average weight at that [lino

being l,0“>0 lbs. When sold they weighed

16 lbs. per head more than when they

left home. The steers were on full feed

since the middle of last November. and

their ration was ear corn and fodder up

to March 1 and then ear torn and clover

bay to July 1. When the clover hay gave

out the roughness was changed to timo~

thy hay and straw. Mr. Hoult dcscribcd

these cattle as the tail—ends of 04 head.

He retains the remainder in his feed lot,

and said that they are heavier in weight

and better in flesh than those recently

marketed. as described above. The pre-

vious highest price Mr. Hoult ever re-

ceived for cattle was $9, at which figure

be marketed a consignmcnt of cattle in

Chicago last October. The recent ship-

ment grrissed when bought last autumn

a little above $62 per head, which com-

pared with a little over $154 per head

when marketed. showing a selling margin

of $92 over first cost. They showed the

fine gain of 541 lbs. over their average

weight when placed in the feed lot.



Argentina is experiencing such an in—

creased demand from other countries for

its beef that the packing companies of

the country are slaughtering cattle at a

rate that exceeds the yearly increase of

the herds. According to reports from

Argentina. the only way that the cattle

industry can be increased is legislation

looking to the curtailment of the num-

ber of cattle slaughtered.



There has been a sharp demand in the

Chicago sheep market of late for good

breeding ewes for shipment 'to various

parts of the c0untry. including Ken-

tucky, Maryland and Virginia, as well as

such states of the middle west as Ohio

and Michigan. Unfortunately for intend-

ing purchasers, not many ewes are com-

ing to market that are' well suited for

breeders. There is a good demand for

young western breeding ewes throughout

the country. and it is observed that our-

ers are willing to pay very much higher

prices for these than for natives, realiz-

ing the important fact that stock from

the western ranges is the healthiest al-

most invariably.
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The past season has seen more silage

bcef on the 111arket than ever before, as

the feeder has recently taken up the silo.



It is indeed high time that the beef

producer was getting wise to the silo.

hung years ago silage was demonstrated

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cars of SiOt'l‘s sold by a party at De’Kalb,

ll|., early in June. on the Chicago market

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'l‘hesc steers were fed largely on silage

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silage, which was the. waste product of

a canning factory. From the Kansas

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of silage-411d steers: lt‘it‘ty-eight hcad

were markvted by Mr. .lcss Monroe, at

l-Zansas: City, at the 111:11‘kct topping price

111‘ $8.70 per cwt. Mr. 1'). 14‘. Miller a few

days later s 111 on the same market two

(‘lll'> of stems for $8.85. These were fed

111111t-ipti‘y on corn silage and cottonseed

nit-at and pore the top prices for that

day and s ason.



The South tunaha market was topped

(at’ly iii lllc springr by llttttcrticltl &. Son,

on a 112111 lot of steers f‘td principally on

1 1'1: sit ,L’t' and bringing $7.310 per cwt.



1111 the Kansas City market in May we.

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hciicrs selling for $8,371, this being the

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SC oi the silo



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grave danger of being ruined by an early

Host. In the face of high—priced hay,

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foolish man who will delay the matter of

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untested and doubtful in its practical

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the fccdo'r. (.111 on: own farm 26 years





ago, we fed successfully a carload of

steers on corn silage. cottonseed meal

and out straw. Many of the experiment

stations have had silos :25 to :12 years. and

have published the l‘eStlltS of their fav—

orable findings.



Prof. it, I\[. Cottrell. for many years

head of the Agricultural Department at

I\lanl1at1c11. Kansas. has recently called

attention to what he calls “The llillion

ltollar '\‘\'aste," pointing out that the

present method of wasting the cornstalks

and leaves is one of the crimes of the

age, and totals up in the aggregate a

fearful waste of splendid food.



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but. will also make cheaper meat possible

and give the producer and stock feeder a.

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tle that are being fed corn on grass in

Ohio. Indiana. lllinois, Iowa and Missouri

is not more than half as large as a year

ago. Only two states, Kansas and Okla—

homa, are reported to have normal sup-

plies of grass-fed cattle. and the north-

western ranges, as well as Canada, are

seriously short on cattle. It is stated

however. that the Sand Hill region of

Nebraska is going to market a. normal

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Elbow Abscess.-l have a two—year-old

filly that we are breaking which has

shoe boil or capped elbow. Please tell

me what will remove enlargement. R.

B. H. Morcnci, Mich. —Elbow bunches

are genozally caused by bruise of some

kind. Loment .‘1ith hot water or applv

cold water and also dissolve 14 lb. ace-

tale of lead in 1 gal. water, adding gé pt.

tincture arnica and apply to elbow four

or five times a day.



Indigestio11—~Diarrhoea.—-I have a two-

yzar—old heifer 'that came fresh last

spring; site gave seven or eight quarts

of milk at a milking until about three

weeks ago, when she commenced to

purge and now she gives about three

pints twice daily. She has a good appe-

tite and looks well. W. H. C., Alanson,

Mich—Give your cow 1 oz. ground gen-

tian, 1 oz. ginger and 1 oz. bicarbonate

of soda at a dose in ft'ed three times a

d1.1y In addition to hot grsa 's Iation she

should have giain twice a day.



Latyngitis—l have two heifers that are

troubled with cough, which I first no-

ticed about the middle of June. They

are running on June grass and low—land

pasture, drink mostly at a small stag—

nant stream. although they have access

to good water. They are smooth and in

g-Httl order, give a good flow of milk and

aside. from the cough, are in good health

apparently. The cough is short and

rather sharp and they usually cough a1"—

ter some exertion. A neighbor's hcit’or

turned in this pasture the 18th of June,

oonunenced coughing about July 1. C.

S ll., J‘lainwcll, Mich—I am inclined to

believe that they cough as the result of

an irritation of throat. Apply one part

turpentine, one part aqua ammonia, and

four parts olive oil to throat once a day

and give each one 1 oz. powdered licorice

at a dose in feed twice a day, if it is

convenient for you to do so. .



Immbago—I 1ave a bunch of York—

shire shoals that will weigh about 125

lbs. each; they are. about 31/2 months

old. \Vhen one of them was about 10

weeks old, he. occasionally would crip—

ple in back and stemingly have trouble

moving hind quaIteis, but soon 1ecov—

tr.ed This trouble passed away and did

not return until a few days ago. I might

add that. two or three of them have

shown Stiffness in hind quarters and I

have been wondering if this is a coil-

tag ions ailment. Have been feeding

them separator milk, soured-and mixed

with corn. also fed them some hog meal.

C. B., Fremont. Mich—Blow can be

done {tn-111.111 by changing their fccd

than by (hugging them. Discontinue

feeding corn and tend food with a great—

f‘!‘ llcr cent of 11“olcill. Cats and the hog

111eal that you speak of should be. a good

food for (lit-tn. 'l‘heil‘ bowels should be

kept open and this is best done by let-

ting tbom t-at gieen fottl



\Vortnsvs'l‘umor on .law. —I have a lit-

ter of fair-sized shoats that are troubled

with worms; besides, 'two of them have

bunches on jaw. I am feeding equal

t-arts of corn meal and middlings with

some oil cake 'ltloal. all cooked and fed

while in the fresh state. A. .l. 1’., Grass

llal e. MichAMix together equal parts

giound1 ginger. gentian and powdered

(inchona ba1k and give each hog a tea-

spoonful at a dose in feed tw: ce a day;

besides salt them well. You are ieeding

them a fairly good ration.



Diseased Hone—I had my cows de-

horned last spring and all the wounds

healed except one. A pipe formed from

which pus discharges, and our lo-

cal Vet. who did the dehorning has oc-

casionally diessed wound without ob-

taining satisfactory tesults. H. P. Vt'eb-

berville, Mich »~’I“1e unhealthy and dis-

eased bone and tisuie should be 1emov-

ed, then apply one part iodoform and ten

parts boracic «1cid.cotering stump with

oakum and a bandage.



Shoulder Sweeney—My three-year—old

colt sprained shoulder some three months

ago. causing him consideiable lameness

and by lubbing him with linimemt I sue-

teedcd in curing him of it. Some time

later the shoulder commenced to sweeney

and I would like to know what to apply.

R. ll., Brown City. Mich.‘Apply equal

parts tincture cantharides, aqua ammo-

nia, turpentine and raw linseed oil every

two or three days and it will greatly as-

sist in stimulating the growth of muscu—

lar tissue and filling out sweenied shuttl—

der.



(:oitre~lt‘.nlargcd ’l‘hyroid.—\Vhen one

of our colts was burn it had a small

loose bunch in throat and it has never

gone away, but gradually increased in

si/e until it is now the size of a goose

egg. J. C. H., Edmore, Mich. !Apply

one part iodine and ten parts fresh lard

to throat bunch every day or two. Give

2 grs. potassium iodide at a dose twice a

day. .



Cerebral Hemorrhage ——My healthy

looking cow, after walking about 60 rods.

all of a sudden began to stagger, falling

violently to the ground, rolling over on

her back and pawing the air but when

I reached her she was lying in a natural

position, ears hanging and her whole

body was cold After remaining down a



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BREEBEIIS’ DIRECTQDRY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd. consisting of Trojan Ill-ions Blackbird: and

Pridoa. Only. is headed!) y “an atheist: Erica.

byB aok Woodlum. sire of t 9 Grand omOhamBionmo steer

3“? 11111111 it t1h e13? “("111 11 n1 1



ewooce oun usorsae.

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AYRS HIRES‘Om’“ 1mm .....,



breeds: youn bulls



and bull calves for sale. Berkshire swine. ll pure

r.d Michigan School for Deaf. Flint. Mich





 





AUG. 10, 1912.





-Good Yearling, Field



Mord Down Sheep Rama an ewes of all ages

for sale. I. B._ WATERBURY. Hi > and. Michigan.

' —Wi h to close out: both com All



HOE! HGMLWIIINS 339:, low price. Farm—2331111103

orr1oe. onG T. RJC Itand M. U.Ii J. Q. A. 000K.





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Ingleside Shropshires. 1.....1 A11.....10....1...





 





 





A fine lot of ram lambs for this year“ a true Seeth

at the falls. HERBERT E. POWELL, Ionia. Mich.

H008.





 





' ' —Young sows due Mar. & A ril.

Baron: and “dot“: Bred to let rize and champion

boar. Priced to move them. 'Lgtory. LowellJ ich.





BERKSHIRES for Sale—March fan-owed boars and

gllts. sired by Handsome Prince 3d out Weveneth





 





‘ Lady Francis. A. A. PATTULLO, Deckerville. Mich.





 





G u E R N 5 EV ~—Two 3110er marked bull



ca ves dropped in March.

at. farmers prices. ALLAN KE SEY Lakeview, Mich.

For sale—Registered Aynhire Bull Calves at





f’armers rices. Also a few cows

and heifers. E. A. BLACK. .No. 6. Lakeview,Mich.





BERKSHIRE—81h“? ind‘v‘d‘mle either sex, from

Mich. ELMHURg'lg stirm 6(1):“ £39113. iiilzgo'ilmililicflf





—Best. breedin ,b att.

Quick Maturing Berkshires s....1...1on‘i....‘i.nl.l’:a

or money refunded. O. S. BARTLETT. Pontiac.Mlch.





 





GUERN 8 BY tvttgAmPSdnas





to pay. (Beg) W. W. BURD OK, Wayland. Mich.





GUERNSEY BULL CALVES, YORK-

SHIRE PIGS, Good Stock.





HICKS GUERNSEY FAR“. Saginaw. W. S. Mich.





-—Regist.ered GUERNSEY CATTLE,

For sale Let 8 Yorkshire hogs. either sex,

best. breeding. JOHNSEBLLsm .10 Holland Mic-.h





A 24-Ib. Bull





Have Bull Calves out of—

13. 20, 23. 24-lb. Cows A. R. 0

By a. 24- lb. Bull.



My herd averages 19 lbs. ,

If you want. this kind write





BIGELOW’S HOLSTEIN FARMS,

Breedsville, Michigan.





HOLSTEI NS





I can please any body with a service bull, bulls

from one to ten months old. sired by Johanna

Concordia Champion. Also cows and heifers bred

to him. Write me for anything you want

in I-Iolsteins.



LI El CONNELLI ' Fayette, Ohio-

"OI-STEIN BULL calf sired by best son of



Pontiac Butter 13031.58

daughters in advanced Registry, out; ofa grand

daughter of De K01 2nd Butter Boy 3rd, over

100 daughters in advanced Registrv. A beautiful calf





of choicest; breeding. Price on nyl 850.

C. D. W0 ODBURY. Lansing. Michigan.





 





 





IN FOR SALEZ~6 yearling Holstiein Fries-

Q‘s“ ”IQ. ian Bulls,2 A. It 0. bred. Some cows.

Also bull cahes. 34 years a breeder.



«\‘5 Photos and pedigrees on application. W.





;

”Malllslbw C. Jackson, South Bend Ind. 719 Rex St.





HOLSTEIN BULL READY FOR SEBVIBE.





A fine individual, beautifully marked two thirds

white. His sire a grandson of Pontiac Korndyke

and Hengerveld De Kol. his hdam a fine young

daughter of Sir May Hartog P0 008



ED. 5. LEWIS. Marshall, Michigan.





H u '

Top-Notch Holstems.

Choice b_11]l calves from 7 to 10 mos. old, of fashion-

able breeding and from dams with official milk and

butter records for sale at reasonable prices. Also

a tow choice females.





McPHERSON FARMS" co.. Howell, Michigan.





3 $200 Holstein Bulls.





Any breeder in Michigan looking for this kind! If

so see their predigrees bei‘me l)ll\ 1111;.

LONG BEACH FARM. Augusta. Michigan.





- —dro ed Feb 11 1912.1 .

Holstein Bull Gall 31%“1’1111111111 11......;.l‘§i‘.l” 1.111.121

dams; recor rd Senior 219M old 18 37 lbs butter.

GL 0R GE E. LAPHAM it. 1.. st Johns, Mich.





Holstein-Friesian Cattle—T.‘.‘.:,k't.‘“20.‘. 8‘

GREGORY & BORDEN. Howell. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Purebred Registered

H OLSTE IN CATTLE

The Greatest Dairy Breed

Sand for FREE Illustrated Booklet;

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EGISTERD Holstein (‘attie—TWo oodl I] l

Herd headed by Hengerveld Coin "indirli’g.

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





HIGH CLASS HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES by 24-

lb Butter bull. out of A. B. 0. lame, pt \eiy

reasonable prices. Three nartera “bite. Excell-

ent individuals. ROUGE ON'I‘ FARMS, Detroit.





Big Bull Bar ain‘0h°d°£g°%‘“fie§0§





ready for service. Hate Herd. Ypsilanti. Mich.





Lillie Farmstead JERSEYS





Bulls ready for service. also bull calves and heifer

calves. Cows all in yearly test. Satisfaction guaran-

teed. COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.





MARS'I‘ON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE.

T. P. MAPSTON. Bay City. Michizan.

NoTlCE—I ofier for sale a fine three- l\enr-old Jersey.





, ‘ cow. Also two \oun bull aalcves at bar

gatnpricos. C.A.TAGGE’1‘T, It. N0.1..1ro.Mlch





Jerse Cattle For Sale.





C. A. B ISTOL Fenton. Michigan.





BUTTER BRED JERSEY 51‘3“”

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CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK R

Silver Creek. All ezan County. Michigan.





—Ch

RED POLLE age.°l.‘180123£§ £533.33?





J. M. CHASE 5: SONS. Ionic. Michigan.





RED POLLED BULLS FOR SALE“)111 good





strains. JOHN BERNER é SON, Grand Lettings. I Kiliélifo





lllllll Bll£ll SHOBTHORHS‘gifié‘k 3132”“- 11.191 15:5,





or Rood note. EL. Mason. lMich.

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Hampshires‘fii‘lsfifiifii @023th .





im ported ram for 8225.

for sale. All registered. EéAéofllZlaarIiey?





oohestex. manh-





Weaned lgs either sex 315

BE“ K8 H I H ES two for 3% bred gilts $35; bred

sows 860, 1'8 istered and trans-





ferred. Excellent. breeding. oice individuals.

. C. R Y. New Haven. Michigan.





Improved Chesterfifmgi l‘fis‘ 1343565

choice ounog lvvioar and 11. few sows bred for eaily fall

furrow. WILSON Okemos, Mich. Both phones.





--Bot.h sexes db 1 l

Beg. chastor Whitas .8..1......1.1.. f.‘;....§fédgl1%l'.€.ll’$

bulls. Bargains. RAY PARH M,Bronson, Mich.





0 I c SWINE—Males weighing 200 lbs. each. Also

1 a few very choice gilta, bred for June far.

row. Geo. P. Andrews, Dansville. lngham 00.. Mich.





0- I. c Extra choice bred gilta, service boars

I and spring pigs. not akin from State

Fair winners. Avondale Stock Farm, Way ne, Mich





 





 





 





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

0 l' c s Males ready, 100 to select: from. Attractive

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





0 I C’s—I have some very fine and grow thy last

the now it‘llgsplgst' “lithe? 8861‘$819Pregd0y for sex--

1 , no a in



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





UR Imp Chester Whites and ’1‘ rth

O 245 lat. at. F airs in 191]. Service 61%;?alsosgbi1/Ilselrrgg

for spring furrow of either breed that will please you

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





oI l. c swine and Buff Rock cockerele of

I right Mae.” beast. of breeding. price way

down for quick sale. O’1‘T.Quin1by. Mich.





O l C Choice spri . “’Frosts

hallenger" (filfigwb rite f



GLENWOOD STUCK FARM. Zeetand ornYilciIieB



0' Il 0'806 superior qualiti. Sorvite boars, gilts.





spring pigs. No akin pairs. Ale B 11‘ ' -

eggs 51.50116: 15. Fied Nickel. 11.1 M03103, MYIIE





 





o L c! s with size & quality. the kind Ican positively

Ifllal'alltfie to glve satisfaction or \1 ill refund

ewman a Stock Farm. R. No. 1 Mariette. Mich.





o. I. c. SWINE 1...... . ,1...

1r1<eon ri

Pigs, pairs and tries. not; akin. }Iave a. nu‘hi 13%

of service malesA ofJ goodt 9. Write. me describi

of your wants. RIDIEN '





O. I. C. —0rdars Baaletl for Shah





C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Me

of March ad nApriI furrow.





,

0. I. CS shi petl on approval or c. o. d.





OTIS GREENMANS. R. 4. ellevue. aton C11,, Mich.





money.





Hogs of all ages, bred sons and tilt. 1-1

0-10 C. VI(6 males and M.” .11111 Jllnt lIaribue

pigs. Rolling View Stock Farn1,(‘ass Cit), Mich.





DUROC JERSEYS—One service boar; two bred





. gilts; spring pigs (either sex).

Chotce breeding. Prices ICIlHOndhl Write. 111 (onto

and see. .61. VIVIAN. It No. i, Monroe, Mich.





nunoc 1151151311 swmrtemg 1mm





wants. F. A. LAMB & SON, Caseopt1lis,yh?ichr





 





SW INE. Spring and 81

nuroc JGISBY sale b(H1th sexes pzimglxfifrgiga fig

years expenouce. J.H .BANCIIAR’I, Lansing, Mich.





UROC- JERSEY SOWS bred for July and August,

furrow. Choice]; bred spring pigs. l’rice

reasonable. JOHN MchCULL North Star, Mich. s





D U R 00 J E R SEYS‘V‘191niLTiaoili‘sd





ready for service. Prices right. for 10 d W

come and see J. C. BARNEY. Coulis/ital. lawful:





POLAND-CHINA SWINE





Bred for September. R. W. MILLS. Saline. Mich.





Big Smooth Poland China Hogs massages,

reasonable prices. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw, Mich.

' —Bred from large t St

Poland Chinas all 21 ea. both sexes. igeb'arm‘ecr}:

prices. W. J. BAGELS AW Augusta, Michigan.





—B t , .

POLAND CHINAS 51.8.2.21‘23.“.‘.”1‘1’.‘.i1".‘.’:i.§3'2f.’.‘.1‘Zigifiifi





bucks. Prices right. ROBERT. NEVE. Pierson, Mich.





 





 





 





 





OLAND CHINAS— Gilts and iearli

for first. of Se pt. (arrow. 11 1:11.; 1012,18 33:21.4:

E. 1). B1 SHOP, Route '38 Lake Odessa. Mich.





1101111“) CHINA 11:11.11: 1111 11,111, s...

t-Zb (131101 a a n '1

P. l). LUNG. II. No. .Urand Rapid‘s, Klri‘élg.

AIK‘E Ti I’E P. C. —Larg(:~'t in Mi i ( 1



J see greatest. held oi big. pi'oliiit I. U (i111 staYEHSilia'lil-t

11111.10 pigs to litter. Free Iiici \ .expepses paid it" not

satisfied, order early and gehhoice. Prices re 151111.111“),

quality ctinsidelwed '.E. l.i\i11gston.l’ar111a Mith





15 Poland China Sows 1...... “tr “aims 111-





ter

priced to sell. WM. W AFFLE 561.111.1161. 'iiii-fi.d





POLlllll (”Hills—““8 3°“ bred for April tarrow





Extra good fall I

L w BARNES .1 SUN Byron 811.15.312.11??? 831:3





BigT y‘pe P. C. Sow 1...... 1.. B"

00D & SON. Saline. gigfifia‘knior

Mulefoot Ho 5—30 sows and GILTS





b I

Boats all ages. 'G. C. RECeItiOAYVS? $§afi0t6llila





For Sale,A Yorkshire Gilt§’?f§l.l‘l.f.“"§:t

All 113‘ IOS pigs,h.sexesA&1N

WATERMANA Meadow Land Farm. Ann AArbor.I Mich.





Llllie Farmstead YORKSHIHES.





A few choice Gilt: bred for September furrow, good





 





ones. Sp rin pigs. either sex. pairs and trios not





akin.¢8()gtlisoathict1nftiaranteml

ILLIE. Cooper-ville. Mlcll.





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AUG.10.191 ' i THE iMlCHlGiAN FARMER. <7) 99

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$1 2.00 a Ba rrel for Salt—

RE Y OU PAYING fancy prices for salt? Read what others say

Remember advertised medicated salts are I) M

- - a out e ion

9 parts salt and 1 part medmme.

, ‘ Albion N Y. June 23 1912.

d f d 11 f 11 {M d d t

Are YOU Paymg 5 cents a PO“n 01‘ common was: .Emeszggfnrspé.season:4:3 tastes.

I d h f ht 11 9 It, th h “'6ng to myithogsgl Eovgstand hhorsles. Arph well plealsletli-

t t a an O C

83 t an t 6 f 61g as W6 8 WOF mUC n.....%.ass:1:ۤ..."..l.'33:... 2.123s... shag...

h h 1f d; Yours respectfully. ‘

less t an one- a a cent a poun N 1 Jc- A1 :33: ‘

» W1:

I “fantedfto give Medicglii abodoEgst b21311? Ibwrotg

t t am 3 an

_4 i 3 ; ~. ’ hgiises. aInhadeiimltraigoi'se(Shit alga; (iffd inrough coat of

T ’ "‘" hair butthaftter I fedtit three weelkls1 he was; jgst dasfglpts‘sgsr

' u- a was 011 on ass avesxx ea 0 a

.. ' gfazicnayire all growmg weiir I last some griiwn sheep but

‘ I havi 2% "335.2% 3355333353 182112"... 1 will not run

. . out. I hthiznérnglcould bsella good lot in the neighborhood

g 300 lbs. advertlsed medicated salt (you‘ me“ e’ out"a"ou‘t’lt"Y°““‘fispgfg‘i‘fimu

pay freight as well) . . . . . . ‘1 .- “$13.00 1 0 Oh M 23 1912'

l . . , Iam feeding Medico to {55232143. hgifd of sheep

1;. 4 cans Medico—$1.00 each (2011)..) $4.00 32:12:13?Ct?§.:§tt..$2§¥:§it;tt§t§airings-gas;

. i? it as long as my sheep look as well as they do now. _Will

.. d h d I M d h

3 , 1 barrel of salt (280 lbs) - - - - - - 1-25__§_-_2_§ assistants; sea.it:%1§.:a.:te “an“ ° -

' . u ec u

Saving on 300 lbs. medicated salt when ° ’Siié‘ivARDYiAms.

9‘ - H d 1 .111. 6.1912.

i you use Medlco . . . . . . . . . $ 7.75 Please ship me by freight Soggnsaltiif‘Mediciiie Am well

i 1 ‘ Eli3§§iav3‘i'3§§e§i3°'aolfiénrsfie‘ll‘fi ‘Eéilé’ lai‘ii‘lfdci 321%:

$- "i bred and each foaled a good strong colt without an

‘ i , ivrr‘é‘éiclfi iiip’éydiildmail‘setifgl‘gshaffie$.23??? ”£13323 '

' k 1 d h r 1

1 W H A I IS M E D l G O . nonzxegtszig..3§:gtps was. .0... .nd . lash...

d d EA“ (sitcitikgat itt gng riflilsahtitth'l had fed (13100 Lbs. of adger- '

lse e 1C3 e a u is is muc C caper an as

d b u

adedico IS a highllly concentrate. dworm estroyeii goo or e er Ve’Y’eftieé‘félHESEMER

an tome and 18 t e resu t of W1 e ex erimenta G a, m 24 1912

4; . k d d p h In reply to your letter of Mai; 2.13:; 191213235 say that

WOI‘ by competent an expeflence C emIStS atassistantliegetstaisibséarzyziia as:





d h f or less out of condition, and after feeding same about a

M 1xe with salt, Medico represents t e per ect 333152;; ghfiggthfgpglgvggghgfigaggfdhggggitemag;

proved with me as good as you recommended it to me.





medicated salt combining certainty of action With‘ agfiobnyebmgsaanéiagood.h...M.d....edS.1.w.ld.





Wishing you success. I remain,





. low cost Medico keeps stock healthy ———that’ 3 its? YoufimgHRESMAN

’ greatest merit. The stock all like it. It keeps .. 1.11....a........d .5:‘:‘.fi.¥3ml:駣.é%§e





Medico.” It has proved all right as far as I have used





worms out—destroys them Where found and pre- }L.§htzge°§‘g.‘;:iiui;”°‘"35’6”“ ‘hmk “ .1...





S. B. SINGLETON.





vents reinfection. Medico is especially valuable Broom. 1nd 1.11.15.11.12.





So far I am Well pleased by using it on swine.

I think there 13 something in Medico. for I double my





during summer feeding. It k€€pS the appetite orderthistime. Yourstruly,





P. M. ELWELL.

+_ keen, regulates digestion and keeps bowels 1n Enclosed and check f.Fifit’2223‘aé‘i‘xégaiiizo.

. ‘1 p 1‘ O p 61' 0 rd 6 1‘. Me‘i‘w ”em” ‘8 “11335;? 13143: li3§§$?1ilvgisas.





Wakeman. Ohio, July3, 1912.

Ireceived the Medico all 0. K. and it is all gone





MEDIGO IS ABSOLUTELY THE GHEAPEST KIND OF STOGK INSURANGEI “d” 5m“seifllé“.é’s‘§22§§fiy°‘iiré°i§§§iesro°§ie





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One can Medico makes 75 lbs. Medicated Salt cost $1.00. on case lots containing 10 cans WE PAY THE FREIGHT.

Booklet lully explaining Medico and its many uses is lrea for the asking. To all mentioning this paper our handsome 1912 calendar will be sent.





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used. Experts say it is a mechanical mas-

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with the Saginaw Silo.



Tho. mile of Saginaw Silos this year has exceed-

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are you going to wait for that. big machine until your

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i" THE DAIRY





IIIIIIIIIIIIIII III,..

CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.





 





 





DAIRYING 0N FORTY ACRES.



A reader of the Michigan Farmer

writes me, asking how he shall manage

his 40—acre farm in order to get the best

results from a dairy. I have chosen to

answer him through this paper, in the

belief that there are others who, like

him. have small farms and hesitate to

enter the dairy business for fear of not

being able to grow feed enough to sustain

the herd. Of course, the number of cows

that one may keep on 40 acres of land

will vary greatly with the quality of the

soil, and other circumstances, and yet it

is certain that on fairly good soil, a herd

of eight or ten cows may be kept by the

40-acre farmer, and with intensive meth-

ods, providing the grain is bought out-

side, and only the roughage grown at

home, a still larger number can be kept.



If I were to build up a dairy on 40

acre~s,,I would begin with five or six

cows, and increase the herd as the farm

became adjusted to the new order of

things.



I should not depend on pasturing the

cows throughout the summer, but should

plan to give them a small arca hoping

that, there would be grass enough to hclp

out through May and June, and that the

field would furnish the cows room for

exercise, and a sort of battleground where

they could meet the [lies and lie in the

shade at will.



1 should want 20 acres to use in grow-

ing crops, and my success would depend

largely upon tho rotation followcd. i

would sow six acres to alfalfa as soon as

the ground could be gotten ready. and

would lake no chances. I would inoculate

tho scell and lime the soil if it seemed at

all necessary, and would (:ovcr tho hold

with milnnre the year before if I could.

A well known gentleman in Manistcc

county sowed :L large field of alfalfa last

year, and limed thc soil for the most

part, having a strip of ground without

limc, for a check. The writer was there

recently, and wishes to say that the first

culling as far as the lime went. was

very fine indeed, but where the lime was

omitted. the owncr will have to wait for

some time for his success. After six

acres had been devoted to alfalfa, 24

acres would “main to be farmed in ro—

tation.



I would divide this area into three fields

of eight acres each. I would plant one

of these fields to corn each year, and

folow corn with oats the next spring. us—

ing only one bushel of seed per acre, and

sccding to clovm: In case the land was

heavy, or moist, I would sow a little al~

sike und timothy with the clover. Should

the season prove too dry for the seeding.

I would cut the outs for hay, and give

the yOung clover plunls all the room. In

case the season provcd very dry, I would

top-dross the young clover in August. In

ordinary seasons it would be possible to

harvest and thrcsh the oats without In-

juring the clover at all.



After five ycars 1 would fit 'six acres

of the corn stubblc and sow t0 alfalfc,

leaving but two acrcs for oats that year.

The following spring I would plow my

alfalfa, field and .plant to corn, and cut

the alfalfa buy from the ncwly sown

field. Of course. l should have only two

acres of clovcr to cut in that scason, but

should plant an extra. six acres of corn

which would compensate for the loss of

the clovcr.



The alfalfa would add a large amount

of nitrogen and vegetable matlcr lo the

soil, beside furnishing more feed than

any olhcr forage plant known to our

latitude, and it would be a. distinct ad—

vantage it? have it carried all around the

farm in time.



i should put most of the corn into the

silo and plan to food ensilage 10/months

in the year. at least. ‘



The alfalfa and other clovcr would help

out and make it possible to feed a some-

what smaller rution of cnsilage than

would otherwise be ncccssary: and. in a

few years, with the improved condition

of the soil it should be possible to grow

enough to furnish ensilage- enough for a.

large herd, nearly the entire year.



I would not care to build two silos at

first while the herd was small, but would

build one 40 feet high and but 10 feet in

diameter. I would feed from this until

the grass was good and then let the cowa

go out to pasture until the dry weather

had shortened the feed, then I would

open the silo again and feed until the

ensllage was gone. By and by, when the

herd had increased until the silo no





 





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longer held euugh to last it the. required

length of time, I would build another.

Thus would I be prepared to meet the

needs of the growing herd and make the.

most of the corn grown on the farm.



The profits of such a, venture would

depend on the kind of cows kept, in large

measure. It is very unwise to try to

dairy with a lot of poor cows. We want

the best we can get, and there is no

longer any excuse for the dalryman keep-

ing a poor herd. There would be large

profits in a pure-bred herd if the indl~

vidual cows were right. We need more

pure—bred cattle, and every man who is

really in earnest about improving his

herd should look forward to the possibil-

ity of a strictly pure—bred herd in the

future.



Yes, 40 acres will make a fair dairy

farm, and give any wide awake man a.

chance to demonstrate his worth in the

dairy business. if he will but go at the

work in earnest.



The possibilities of the soil will grow

greater and. more and more cows can be

kept, and the dairyman will be simply a.

living- prophet of the time when farming

in all lines will become more Intensive,

for only in this way can the great world

be fed. W. F. TAYLOR.



A FALLING OFF IN DAIRY PRO-



DUCTS.





 





In talking with the manager of one of

the leading creamcry concerns in this

r‘nuntry recently, he expresscd a belief

that the dairy output this year, that is,

the production of raw material of milk

was less than usual. He had an idea

that it was quite pcrceptible,‘and this I

find sccms to be the opinion of a great

many pcoplc: that there is not as much

milk produced this summer as last; that

there is a general falling off in the pro—

duction of milk, and I am inclined to be-

licve that this View is right. In fact, I

stated this opinion before, that we need

not look for any incrcnse in dairy pro—

ducts in the near fnlurc as long as the

prices of other farm products hold as high

as they do at the present time, and the

”‘33qu is quite obvious, especially to the

dairyman. If a man can make as much

money in raising wheat and corn and

(alts or potatoes or almost any other crop

as he. can out of dairyinglhe is bound to

cut. dowu the number of cows and sell

some of these products. Why? On ac—

count of the labor problem. Dairying,

while it is a stable business. and wilhal

:l. good business, is a. continual grind;

that is, it is a kind of business that. you

have to keep your thumb ‘on 365 days in

the year. After a man does this for

'soveml years it begins to get rather





monotl’ntms: and if there is any chance-





for him to sell the products which he

raises on his form without first feeding

thcm to the dairy cow, and make as

much money as he could if be fed them

to the dairy cow. he is going to 5011 part

of the crops, at least, and not milk as

many cows, certainly be is not going to

increase the number of cows, 0n the

other hand, when wheat was down to 40

or 50 cents a bushel and corn was low

and oats and everything elSo down, it

paid the farmer to feed these crops to

the dairy cow and ship butlcr or milk

Instead. It pays him now, There is no

question about that if he has got good

dairy cows. But if he can get a living

and something bcsidcs without doing the

work in caring for cows he is going to

do it. It is a natural consequence of

these conditions. .



Then again. a number of poor cows

have been sold resulting from the edu-

cation which the farmers have received

through the. co-operative cow testing as-

sociation idea. He has been able to de—

tcrmine the poor cows and they have

been sold. This cuts dOWn the total out—

put 01' dairy products. The farmer may

be making more profit out of his dairy

than he was before, but the consumer

doesn't get as much milk, because there

arc not So many cows. Dairy products

will have to be higher yet in comparison

with other food products before there is

a material increase in dairylng.





 





\Vith the proper facilities, fccding the

calves can be easily and satisfactorily

done. The use of stanchlo‘ns is gener-

ally recommended for this. They can be

built inexpensively. The calves are held

securely until each has consumed its por-

tion of the milk. One calf is prevented

from robbing another. The ~feeder’s

strength is not required to prevent an

animal from tipping over the nail or to

keeping some away while others are

drinking. If any are inclined to suck they

can be confined in the stanchions ‘till the.





 





 





 





 





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AUG. 10_ 1912.

GETTING RESULTS WITH COWS.





Anyone who has had a. large dairy

herd, knows how difficult it is to get first-

class milkers who will draw the milk

rapidly from the udder without. injuring

that delicate organ, and yet get every

drop the cow is capable of producing. The

cow is a sensitive creature and requires

to be handled in a very gentle manner,

and no portion of her body is as Sensi-

tive- as the udder.



It is a great relief to the cow to have

her overdistended udder relieved of the

milk that is in it. How

stood in front of a. cow which

milked by a skilled and gentle milker,

(and no one, unless he is gentle and sym-

pathetic, will ever make a really good

milker), and seen the look of contentment

which comes in the eyes of the cow:

with half-shut eyes and a dreamy look

she gladly yields up the lacteal fluid we

ask from her. She is prepared to do her

part by man, and she asks in return that

man do his part by her by drawing the

milk quickly, but. gently, not by unneces-

sary tugging at the teats, but by gentle,

rapid pressure. with a downward move—

ment of the fingers. Good milkers are

rare, and they are ’a priceless blessing

on any well—managed dairy farm.



It goes without saying that the cow

should be milked regularly and at the

same hour each day, and always by the

same milker. A change in the time of

milking or in the milker means a

creased flow of milk until'the cow be-

comes used to the ways of the new milk-

er, and there is a bond of sympathetic

confidence established between him and

the cow.



In the matter of feeding and handling.

much loss often occurs from lack of ap-

preciation of the wants and needs of each

individual cow. A proper ration may be

compounded, but, the duty of the feeder

does not end here. It is folly to say that

the cow can always be fed in proportion

to her weight, or that all cows will do

equally as well on a similar ration. Each

cow has her own individual power of as-

similation and taste, both of which must

be considered and satisfied if she is ex-

pected to do her best work and give the

greatest net profit. These will even vary

when cows have all been bred and reared



th§""‘§,nie fawn nevertheless. what will





de-





Qgst's t the appetites and will be best

assimilated by the cows is largely a mat—





ter of training.



I have obtained a good measure or

success in the handling and feeding of

cows. I apply the laWS as they affect the

human race to the cow and have secured

the best, results by so doing. The cow

is, after all, the great foster mother of

us all. We should consider her as such

and treat her with the same kindness

and consideration that a mother is en-

titled to at our hands. I try to know

each cow of my herd; to appreciate her

wants and supply them; to get at the

peculiarities of each cow and cater to

them; to establish a bond of sympathy

between myself and my cows. To say

that cows have no affection for, and no

memory of, their attendants is wrong.



In order to make the greatest success

of a herd, study the wants of each cow;

know such wants and supply them. Treat

the cows kindly and they will readily re-

spond thereto. Curry them daily, and

especially in winter; it is healthful and

beneficial to the cow. Do nor expose

them to inclement weather in winter nor

to the hot rays 01’ the sun and heat of

summer without proper [protection or

shelter. Feed them regularly, at the

same time each day; have them milked

at the same hour and by the same per-

son; establish a bond of sympathetic

friendship between you and your cows

and you Will go a long way toward mak—

ing them the most profitable bank ac—

count you can.tie to.



Illinois. W. H. UNDERWOOD.





THE NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW.





 





There is no cajolery

ment that the 1912 National Dairy Show

promises to be the greatest dairy exhibit

ever put before the American people. The

equipment that has enabled the building

up of the great fat stock show at Chi-

cago. is to be at the disposal of the dairy

people this year and for years to come.

The millions of dollars invested in dairy

cattle, farms buildings, and other equip-

ment gives substantial backing to the

exhibition. The breeders are pleased

with the outlook and are going to be

present with their best animals. _l\Ianu-

facturers of dairy and factory eqmpment

are laying plans more comprehenswe in

an educational way. than for any pro-Vi—

ous show. Agricultural colleges, experi-

ment stations, boards of health, Will all

co-operate to make the show not only

worth while, but a show that people in-

terested can in no way afford to pass by

The dates are October 24 to November

2, a time when all can attend.





often have we'

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Top and windshield not included in price.





We equip this car with mohair top. side curtains and clip cover.

windshield, gas tank and speedometer—all for $100 extra. Sell-starter. il wanted. $20 extra.





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By R. E. Olds, Designer





_ Nearly every builder of high grade cars is design-

mga center control.



In another year, cars with side levers which block

a frcgriit door will be so out-of-date as to hardly be

so. a e.





Bear this in mind in selecting a car. The side lever

car is now a back number, as every maker knows.





Left Side Drive





In some cars the side levers are merely moved to

the center. That idea won’t do. Men want to get

rid of the reaching. They want the front of the car

to be clear.



In Reo the Fifth there is only one lever, and that

is placed close to the seat. All the gear shifting is

done by moving this lever only three inches in each

of four directions.



There are no brake levers, for both the brakes are

operated by foot pedals.



This arrangement permits of the left side drive, as

in electric cars. The driver sits close to the cars

which he passes. He is on the up side of the road.

In making any turn which crosses a road he is sitting

where he can look back.



That is the greatest reason for the center control—

to permit of the left side drive. Every car is coming

to it as fast as modell can be changed. The side

levers and the right side_drive are going out at once.





This Year’s Sensation





Reo the Fifth, with the center control, has been this

year’s sensation. Our spring output was five times

oversold.



In all the 25 years I have spent in this industry, I

have never seen such a popular car.



It is this amazing demand which has driven makers

to the immediate adoption of center control.





R. M. OWEN & CO., General Sales Agents for REO MOTOR CAR CO., Lansing, Mich.





Canadian Factory, St. Catharina, Ont.





,We fixed the initial price at $1,055, which is $200





”I, ‘ J’TW

But That Isn’t All

There are other reasons beside center control for

this car’s immense popularity.





It is the final result of my 25 years spent in car

building. In every detail it marks the best I know.





The cars are built under my supervision. And I

insist on absolute perfection.



The steel is twice analyzed , before and after treating.



The gears are tested in a crushing machine of 50

tons’ capacity.



Parts are ground over and over to get utter exactness.

The parts in each car pass a thousand inspections.





Engines are put through five severe tests—48 hours

in all.





Finished cars are tested over and over.





There are in this cat 15 roller bearings. Ball bear-

ings are nowhere used, save in the clutch and fan.





The bodies are finished in 17 coats. The seats are

luxurious. The tonneau is roomy.





With a Iifetime’s reputation at stake on this car,

men know I am mighty careful.





Then the Price of $1,055

And the underprice has been another sensation.





below any car in its class.



The price of this car must soon be advanced, be-

cause of advancing materials. It is much too low.

But the price remains at $1,055 while our present

materials last.





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Reo the Fifth is sold by dealers in a thousand

towns. Write for our catalog, showing all styles of

bodies, and we will tell you Where to see it. Address





 





 





 





 





 





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worms. Hogs of all ages suffer from these deadly parasites.

Then cholera, swine plague and other conta— \\\ \\\\.\

gious diseases get in their destructive work.

Stock troubled with worms don't thrive; they

cough, have fever, act dull, and don’t gain a

pound. Your feed is wasted; your profits are .

.Stolen. Your animals frequently die, causing



total loss of many dollars.

Vet. the great worm destroyer and conditioner. I have done

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reight charge when it arrives, and when the 60 O Q Q,



days are up report results.

all your stock of the deadly stomach and



free intestinal worms, I'll cancel the ‘4 9 (596‘ 3'9

chargbyou won’t owe me a cent. K.





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againstJeprintlng any portion of the contents or

this issue without our written permission. _





WE GUARANTEE to stop. TEE MICHIGAN

FARMER immediatly upon expiration of time sub-

scribed for. and we will pay all expenses for defending

any suit, brought. against any subscriber to The Mich-

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which has been sent. after the time ordered has expi

providin due notice is sent to us, before an t is started.



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DETROIT, AUG. I0, 1912.





 





 





URRENT COMMENT





 





 





One who makes

a study of the

monthly com-

mercial reports

(fluid hardly fail to be imprcsscd with

the comparativt: safety of farming as a

business. ’l‘hcse l‘cpol‘ts for last month,

for instant-e, total number of

insolvcxuics aggregating 1,230 in the Uni.

tcd States, in which failurcs there were

$16,008,400 of defaulted indebtedness.

\‘s'hilc these business ftllllll‘t’s were more

humorous than in reccntly preceding

months, due in part. to the prcssure in»-

cidcnt to the scmi-unnual interest scttlc-

ment, it xviil be found by those who watch

thest- rcports from mouth to month that

defaulted indebtedness

regularly runs





The Safety of Farming

as a Business.





sltowctl a





the aggregate o"

from business failures

from twelve to fifteen million dollars per

month.



It will be thought at first by the casual

that tho number of i't’liltll'cs and

the aggrcgztt.- of defaulted lndebtcdncss

is duc to thc gtcatm hazard of the larger

than thc average farmer's

l'urthcr study of the figures

intm‘csting in this connec—

tion. These figures show that of the

total of 1,230 insolvcncies during July.

1.207 \tcxe classed as having liabilities of

hss than 3100.000. These are- classed as

litmlrrzttc Sth'tl failurcs and totalcd a lla-

bility of Stl.ti‘lt,,‘."_’l, or an average of $8.-

tl.;:l which illc .luly report states to be

1:16 highvst uvoxaqc in more than it (“31“





rctldcr





out o: lfl‘lkcs

businoss. A

for July art-





:ulc. This high averagc is (-xpluincd by

the t‘urthcr t'm-t rcvcalcd by the figures

that thc ptl‘unitgc of rclulchly largo

Haul lttiiurts within thc $100,000 mark

\.lt.\' higher than usuttl.



It will ihus be seen tho: it very c.011-





:4llt1l‘2lll.¢_- Ilt'l.('i‘,llllgg of those business

ttilurcs wtrc t; tntcrprises involving lit—

tic if’ any mom capital invested than

would be rcprotcntvd by it good farm and

thcre are many

Any





agrcc





its cuttiplut-nl, ol' whitlt

thousands u. tltc stato of Michigan.

‘..":,‘ll lllt'ollnul l'c'tttllly

that then-- is not unywhcro ncar so large

farming as

farm in—

thosc of

grouped





than will





of illiilll‘tH in

sinco the

outnumber

enterprises





:i put t clitztgc

busincs>cs





greatly





in otlu :'

Vestments‘

all other business

together. Thus. while farming is not a

;;tt»1'ich-<plick business. it is a safe bus-

lltt‘:~S. and while it may not pay as high

tliVitll‘l‘tlS as more hazardous business en—

terprises it is more sole to return to the

litteliigcnt investor a livelihood and a

fair intctcst rcturn for his investment.



For those who feel that the business of

farming is a little slow in the matter of

fulfillingr their ambitions to earn a com-

careful perusal of

reports during a

such as business

throughout the country is now cnjiying,

will bo time profitably spcnt. Too often

tllc farmeis who Concludc to go into oth—

or business- without the experience which

is cssx-ntial to the keen competition which

linc. pcrmit their judg-

ment to IJL‘ warpcd by outside appear—

ant-ts rather than by facts. True, the

aVcragc earning powcr of the capital in-

.csted in othtr business enterprises may

be larger than the average earning power

of" the capital invested in farming, but

the hazards are also greater and the ad-

dcd earning pmver is much more likely

to be rlue to the experience and ability

of those who conduct thc enterprise than

to any exceptional opportunity which is

presented by the business itself.



\Vise business men in other lines will





put cnce quickly, a





inon1hly commercial





lll‘oHH l‘ous l‘ll’rind,





is found in every





everywhere he found investing in farms

or other stable real estate, such reserve





mswrcrnun‘w FARMERZ ”W” '

steel tariff bill, then on passage in 'the

senate, and it is stated on good authority

that an agreement exists among a. work-

ing majority in' the senate to attach a

clause to the excise tax bill now under





capital as they may have on hand in or-

der that they may have a reasonable

competence assured in case reverses

should overtake them in their other bus-

iness activities. For these reasons, the

man who is so fortunate as to own a

good farm home clear of indebtedness

would do well to consider the fact that

he has a more safe and stable lnvest~

ment before yielding to the impulse

which at some time comes to almost

every man to change his business in the

belief that by so doing he will improve

his financial prospects and get ahead

more rapidly with less worry and labor.



The latter idea is also a mistaken one

in most cases. True, the farmer has

many perplexing problems to meet, but it

is cquztlly true that their solution is a.

less strenuous matter and less likely to

affect his future welfare detrimentally

than is the case with the man who fol-

lows rilmost any other line of business.

Truly, farming is lire-eminently a safe

business and withal a business which af~

fords equal or greater opportunities for

the enjoyment of life as compared with

any other business.





\Nith the near ap-

Tariff Legislation in proach of the final

Congress. adjournment o f

this session of con—

gress tariff legislation is assuming an

important place in congrcssionai activi—

ties. One of the bills in which the farm-

ers of Michigan are most intercsted is

the Wool tariff bill affecting Schcdule K.

lilarlicr in the session the house repassed

the lfiulci‘wood bill which was vetoed by

President Taft during the special session

last summer. In tho scnate a number of

substitutcs were offered, that offered by

Senator Lall‘ollette being finally substi-

tuted for the house bill.



A conference committee was appointed

by the two houses to adjust the diffcrcncc

between them upon this point and a

compromise bill was agreed upon, base-1

upon a raw wool duty of 29 per cent.

This bill rcpassed the house on Saturday

o." last week and will undoubtedly be ac—

cepted by the senate before this issue

it :tt-lit s lltc l'cutlcr. Interest in the

:pccific terms of the bill will not be so

great as would be the case if it were not

rcportod upon good authority that Pres-

ident Taft contemplates the vcto of

this new bill upon the ground that it

does not follow the lines of the report of

the tariff board. It is also rumored upon

similar authority that the other tariff bills

including thosc dealing with the steel au'l

cotton scht-llulcs Will receive a similar

fate at the hands of the President.



’l‘ius, the interest of the 55,000 sheep

brccdcrs of .lichlgan in this proposition

will lie in the fact that the industry will

rcmain in (l more or less uut-crtain status,

due to tho ulrxcrtainty of" the future tar-

ifl’ Icgisltttion affccting it. During the

past two years the protection actually

enjoyed by" \\'thl producers has been

greatly minimizod by this uncertainty,

with the rcsult that, the flocks of the

country have been ('onsitlt-rulily depleted

while the products of the sheep breeder

have l‘t‘lllillllE-(l at a low piano in price, as

compared with tho other animal products

Ill'tltlllCi‘ti upon our farms. The outcome

will be awaited with patience by those

who are interestt-d in the shc-ep industry,

become alarmed

present

this





but farmers should not

'to the point of neglecting the

favorable opportunity to engage in

business in a small way.



Like other enterprises, the sheep breed—

ing industry has had its ups and downs

during the history of our country and will

no doubt} have them again, but breeders

would be unwise to cmulatc a character—

istic of the animals they breed by fol-

lowing one another en masso in an effort

to get out of the business before it shall

be further injured by tariff legislation,

since the prospects are _that whatever

legislation is finally enacted it will not

hurt the business more than the preVail—

ing condition of uncertainty has already

done.



Apparently other lines of business con-

cerned in tariff legislation have been less

affected, due to the,ur-paralleled demand

for materials to keep pace with the in»

dustrial progress of the country. Any—

how, if rumor is correct regarding the

attitude of the President in this matter,

there will be little, if any, effective tariff

legislation enacted by congress at, the

present session, and probably not at all

by the present congress.



An interesting incident which comes to

light in the proposed tariff legislation is

the general disposition on the part of

congress to repeal the Canadian reciproc-

ity act. On Saturday of last week it was

only by a. close vote that the repeal of

this act was dropped from the iron and





consideration, for the repeal of all the

Canadian reciprocity act, except the free

print paper provision now in force. It Is

expected that the house will meet this

plan and put this proposition up to the

President along with the tariff legislaion.





With the rec-



Michigan Can Contribute on] prices for

to Cheaper Living. which beef‘has

been selling in



recent weeks and no immediate relief in

sight, considerable interest may be at-

tached to the advice of Dr. R. E. Doolit-

tle, successor to Dr. Wiley as govern—

ment pure food expert. On this point

the doctor says, “Eat beans. Beans are

protein and protein is strength, therefore

beans are serength." Among other sub—

stitutes for meat recommended by the

doctor are nuts. cheese and milk, but

he adds, "the golden bean as a substitute

for meat sits enthroned in solitary glory."



Enjoying first place among all the

states of the Union in the production of

beans, Michigan may thus contribute to

the cheapening of the cost of living in

millions of homes throughout the coun-

try, which is a matter for congratulation

to Michigan bean growers. Apparently

be:tns are growing in favor as an ordi—

nary and general diet. and notwithstand—

ing the increased production of recent

years the price has held at a remunera-

tch figure for growers.



But in additiOn to producing beans as

a source of profit and as a means of

lowering the cost of living, Michigan

farmers should also grow more bccf

which can undoubtedly be prOduced at a.

profit at prices which at present prevail

or those which are likcly to provail for

some years to come. Data from’ scveral

experiment station trials and figures re—

garding private feeding enterprises where

ensilagc has bccn used as a. roughage for

cattle fouling has shown that with the

use of silos Michigan farmers can make

a good profit in beef production as com-

pared with little or no profit or an actual

loss undcr other mcthods or feeding.



Michigan will continue to raise an

abundance of beans but she should also

producc a greater abundance of beef.

Live stock farming of somewkind should

supplement the growing of cash crops

upon chry Michigan farm in order that

the fertility of the soil may be main-

tained at its maximum, with a. minimum

of cash outlay.





The plan under



State Aid in Agricul- which agriculture

tural Education. luts been intro-

troducctl » into a.





numbcr of high sclmols in Michigan un-

der the, supervision of Prof. French, at

the head of the Department of Agricul-

tutul lCtlllt'lllltlll at M. A. C., has been

fully outlined and explained in these col-

umns so that every Michigan Farmer

reader Should be familiar with it. This

plan has proven so successful that much

intercst was taken in it by the noted as;—

riI-ultural educators who attended the

graduate school of agriculture held at M.

A. C. this summer. As it result l'ror',

French has been calch to Now York ”to

give a. number of lectures concerning the

work done and the results accomplished

in Michigtitn.



Several other states are patterning af-

ter this plan which originated in Michi-

gan some five years ago. At that time

there was no precedent and the courses

were prescribed in accordance with the

judgment of the best educators in the





schral lines. In commenting upon the

results Prof. French stated that more

than 100 men have gone back to the





farm who, earlier in life, when they en-

tered the high school and took up this

course had no such plans.



In addition to the instruction which has

been given to something like 600 boys in

the high schools of the state, special Bat-

urday lectures and one week short

courses have been given in several of

theSe schools to farmers in the commu-

nity who became interested, which have

been attended by approximately 1.000

farmers.



That this work is growing rapidly ts

attested by the fact that it is limited

only by the difficulty in getting teachers

who are equipped to carry on the work.

Some nine high schools in the state will

add a full four year course in agriculture

this fall with a special teacher to carry

on the work, while more than a dozen

will give some work along this line with-

out a, Special teacher. It is believed by

many who have been in close touch with

this work that the time has arrived





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when some assistance should be rendered

by the state In the way of a subsidy

which would be given to schools intro-

ducing this course. An attempt was

made at the last session of the legisla-

ture along this line. Nine states through

their legislatures are now offering such

subsidies to high schools which introduce

courses in agriculture, Minnesota being

in the lead in llberality in this regard.



The work thus far has been accom—

plished aIOng conservative lines, but the

growth which it has attained and the re-

sults which have been accomplished are

so great that a sentiment is growing up

in favor of state aid along this line. The

sentiment for the general introduction of

agriculture in the primary schools is be-

coming so great that Superintendent of

Public Instruction W’right has announced

his intention to take steps toward that

end in the near future. This will be ac-

complished in a gradual manner, as has

been the case in introducing Similar work

into the high schools. I



It is much better that we grow into

this work than that we go into it on an

extensive scale, as in this way mistakes

will be avoided, but where the proposi—

tion has bcen tried out to an extent

which makes its value a certainty rather

than a theory, there is no doubt that it

would be profitable for the state to en-

courage it to a reasonable degree. There





is no other way to make good farmers





so certainly as to interest the boys and

girls in the possibilities of science as ap—

plied to agriculture. Once interested,

they will follow their investigations out-

side as well as inside the schoolroom,

with the result that the succeeding gen-

eration of farmers will be far better

equipped to make a success of their bus-

incss than were their fathers, since they

will be able to couple scientific training

with practical knowledge in the most ef-

fectve manner. '





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





National.





The national convention of the Nation-

al Progressive party is now in session at

Chicago. Albert J. Bevcridge, of Indiana,

acting as temporary chairman, delivered

the opening address. His position on the

tariff question is that the issue should

be removed from politics and put on a

business basis by being placed in the

hands of a non-partisan commission. He

believed child-labor to be a national

question, favored more stringent regu-

lotion .of labor conditions and urged the

necessuy of a revival 'of honest business.





A warning has been issued by the de—

partment of agriculture as to the use of

what is termed “fried frozen eggs" and

“boiled dried eggs.” \Vhen prepared un-

der proner sanitary conditions these eggs

may be wholesome. but unless this is

done their fitness for food is very ques-

tionablc.



To date the authorities have failed to

capture two of the parties charged with

the murder of ltosenthai. the gambler, in

New York City a couple of weeks ago.

The police department is being verv

closely connected with the affair and the

thorough investigation which is promised

IS expected to reveal a. system of corrupt

practices among some of the police oni-

cials, since a booty of over $2,000.000 is

known to be distributed annually.





Employes of the paper mills at Kala—

mzrzoo are out on a strike. The number

of idle men and womon is placed at $3,000

the pay roll of which amounts to $25,000

per week.



Aviator Bcachey was injured while at

tempting to make an aeroplane flight at

Battle Creek, August 4.





.A plan is being projcctcd by the super-



visors and the board of road commis-

Sitfllti‘l'b‘ of every county along the east

shore of Lake Michigan for the construc—

tion of a macadamized Folltl eight feet

wide from Chicago through those coun-

ties to the straits of Mackinac.



Chicago police have completed an in—

ventory of the articles stolen by an al—

leged society burglar and f‘orgerdiow un—

der arrest. The goods discovered are

estimated to be worth $250,000.



In the past twu weeks the people of

the city of Philadelphia have been wag—

ing a (‘I'llSllde against rats. The citv ap—

pears to be overrun with the rodents this

summer and extreme measurcs are being

taken in an attempt to eradicate them.





Three men were drowned in a motor

boat run down by a steamer on the. Dol—

awarc river near Burlington, N. J. last

Sunday. '



Eight of the city officials of Detroit

connected with the rccent scandal in the

common council are reported to have

made couf‘cssions of their guilt to haV»

lug received sums of money for support—

ing an ordinance to close a. street to ac-

commodate a railroad company. The al-

dermen are also believed to be guilty of

further graft in connection with liquor

bonds. Other matters are being brought

to the attention of those having the in-

vestigation in charge. It is believed

that a. general clean—up will be made

now that an opening into the methods of

graft carried on by certain councilmen

has been made. Warrants were sworn

out for nine of the al-dermen on Monday

by the prosecuting attorney,



As a. result of the investigation of the

steel corporation a bill is to be introduc-

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the dissolution of that concern. The bill

promises primarily to DI‘Ohlbit holding

companies from engaging in. interstate

trade. There is also a provision against

industrial corporations operating or con—

trolling transportation lines.



It is expected that congress will ad—



journ August 17. However, much work

is to be done before the members. can

leave for their homes.

Arthur J. Tuttle, United States. Distric:

Attorney in the eastern district, southern

division of the United States couri'has

been. appointed to succeed Judge Alexis

C. Angell of the same district. Clyde I.

\Vebster has been appointed district at-

torney to succeed Mr. Tuttle.



It is predicted that there will be a.

shortage of over 70,000 cars next October

when the movement of crops to market

begins.



The Missouri Bankers’ Association have

selected an agricultural committee to

arrange for agricultural advisers to

located in each county of that state. The

purpose of these advisers is to give the

farmers information on scientific farm—

ing. It is hoped by the bankers that bet-

ter farming methods can be secured

through this system.



The police and fire commissioners of

Lansing are under a cloud, sensational

charges having been made against them

by a former city employe. The council

has named five of its members to investi—

gate the charges.



(me man was killed and four injured

by the falling of a scaffold at the farm of

llcrintln Schultz, near St. Joseph, Mich.,

Monday. -



Foreign.



Mt Etna. of Sicily, is reported to be in

eruption, fire, smoke and lava having

suddenly burst forth from the crater last

Saturday night. Several earthquakes fol-

lowed the eruption and the inhabitants

of Catania were panic stricken. There

appears to be. however, no danger from

the present condition of the famous vol-

cauo.



Trouble is reported at Nicaragua where

the Unitcd States government has or-

dered a second gunboat sent to protect

hcr interests.



The sultan of Turkey issued a decree

Monday dissolving parliament. The

chamber had passed a resolution show—

in;r a lack of confidence in the cabinet

um] ordered the arrest of two former

ministers. The election of new members

of_parliament will be called at an early

(late.



CROP AND MARKET NOTES.



Gratiot 00., Aug. 2,—This morning au—

olher heavy shower has just passed. July

was churacterizml by frequent down-

pours. causing heavy damage to hay and

nearly all growing crops. Practically no

wheat had lw-cn secured before July 3].

That afternoon, and all day August 1. it

was dry ,cnough to draw and farmers im—

proved the time. There are many acres

of hay yeti standing. Beans suffered

greatly, some fields nearly all dead, oth-

ers only in spots, while those on the

sandy or well drained soils are but little

damaged. Cultivated crops are generally

grently neglected. Oats have lodged very

billl, lcztying a. good growth of straw and

the ground soft. Fall and winter apples

promise a good crop in this section.



Eaton 00., Aug. 4.——For the past two

'wcck it has l)t’(.'11 cool and cloudy most

of the time, with frequent showers. The

mercury was down to 4.0 degrees one

morning. \\'hcut is mostly in the shock,

and out hai‘vcst just begun. \thut a

light crop, outs fair. Corn and potatoes

making a good growth. but would do

I~ettcr with warmer weather, the Cold

north Winds, night and day, «lo not make

ideal growing wcathei'. “boat has tli'oll-

ped to uric, beans to $1.25, hand-picked

$1.40. llye is down to 70c; oats, 43c, but

(Ol‘ll stays at 80c; potatoes, 85c; butter,

xza’w‘zit-z cggs, 190122c, according to Size

and cleanlincss. llogs $76177 50; calves,

$5017.54): lambs $104“; buy, $80110. The

fruit crop will be short this year. The

hay crop, cspociully Clover, turned Out

pretty well, but farmers had a strenuous

time. The weather was good the first

three weeks of July. but llcll) hard to

gel. Sonic Iiilltl as high as $3.50 a day.



Lapeer Co., .luly 27.-—First day of sun-

shine for it work. The very heavy down-

pour of rain on the night of July 23 was

the heaviest known here for years,

caused, it is suid, by a Bay City experi—

mcut in (lyuainiliug the clouds to produce

the desired rainfall. Many fields were

inundated. Some fields of grain are not

cut, for the ground is yet too soft to get

on with the binder, and there is some

hay yet to cut, but the farmers cannot

get on the fields with machinery. Some

potatoes and bcans in spots are killed by

nulcr standing on them Sn long, where

druinagc was not good. Some fields of

corn are not up-to-date in size, while

other fields look and promise better. 01‘-

c‘uard pests are not as bad this season as

has been the case in former years. Fruit,

both on sprayed and unsprayecl orchards,

is at present, in appearance quite. per—

fect. Lots of hills missing in both po-

tato and corn fields, and blight is report—

ed in some fields of potatoes. Cherry

crop was very light, peaches and plums

a failure. Apples, both early and late,

are hanging on good. Berries of all kinds

3 vcry short crop. Hay crop fair to good.

Hogs; are scarce and still buyers are not

willing to gin: a fair price. _A better

price \fm- eggs is quoted. Butter, 220.



Ohio.



Wayne Co., .luly 22.—After having a

week of fine haying we are havmg a.

spell of very wet weather, it having ram-

ed every day for a week with a. very

heavy rain on the 17th, about four inches

of water having fallen. with heavy wmds,

blowing corn and oats down badly. Hay-

ing is not near completed on account of

the wet weather. Corn is doing fine.

having plenty of rain and warm weather

to make it grow. Corn through this part

of the county is very grassy. it being tOO





wet for proper cultivation. Late pota-

toes looking good, with prospect of a

good crop. Oats beginning to ripen with

prospects of a very good crOp. There

will be quite a quantity of timothy cut

for seed, owing 'to the delay in haymak-

ing and owing to the failure in wheat

tots will be cut for timothy seed. Wheat,

$1.08; oats, 50c; corn, 70c; butter. 220;

eggs. 17c.



Hardin 00., July 30.——W‘e have been vis-

ited through our section with plenty of

rainy weather. Rather wet now to bar-

vest oats. Some wheat fields that were

left shocked up fairly well. Oats fair

but have some smut. A large per cent

of the hay crop is damaged by the wet

weather; Hogs around the eight cent

31:21:. Hay sells for $10 per ton» in the

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MICHIGAN FAIRS THAT SHOULD BE

WELL ATTENDED.



One. of the first and best fairs in Mich—

lSan is the one held in Tuscola c0unty at

Vassar on Aug. 21—22-23-24. Horse races

and other big attractions are promised.

\Vm. Grant, See.



The Caro Fair and Night Carnival is

looked upon as one of the most success-

ful fairs in Michigan. It will be held at

Caro, Aug. 26-27-28-29-30. F. B. Rans-

tord, See.



The- Sixty-third Annual Flint Fair will

be held Aug. 26—27-28—29-30. This fair

will be a great one and not to attend

will mean 10ss of profit and pleasure.

\Vm. Veit. Sec.



The Southern Michigan State Fair this

year promises to be the “Biggest Yet.”

After much study and thought the board

of directors have placed the dates Aug.

l.3—l4-l.5-lG—l7, believing that a date at

this season of the year in this particular

location will give the best results. There

are to be many radical changes in the

proccdures and many novelties offered in

the way of free attractions. The build-

ings and grounds are now in the hands

of the ground-keepers and will be reno-

vated and renewed in a large degree.



Lenawee County Fair will be held as

usual at Adrian, Mich. The dntes are

Sept. 23—24—25-26—27. Little need be said

of what this fair will be as cvcryone

knows that it is always the best. F.

A. Bradish, Sec.



Thc Twenty-eighth Annual Charlevoix

County Fair will be held at East Jordan.

Sept. 10—11-12—13. Mr. \‘V. l’. Squicr, the

secretary. certainly knows how to ex—

tend a cordial invitation to attend. llis

fair will be a good one.



Everyone living in Barry county will

certainly be at the fair in Hastings on

Sept. 2-3-4—5. It will surely be worth

attending.



Imlay City Fair on Oct. 1-2—3 will be

better than over. Full of attrzwtious and

plenty of fun for everybody that attends.



“The biggest 25c gate fair in America"

is the way the Inter—State Fair at Kala—

mazoo, on Sept. 23-24—25-26-27-2’8 is sub

vcrtiscd. \V‘m. P. Engclman is secretary.



The big Copper County Fair at Hough—

ton, Sept. 24—25-26—27—28, will be better

than ever. It will be a pleasure and

profit to attend. .lohn McNamara, Sec.



Ten dollars for a bushcl of corn and a

bushel of apples are two of the man'.’

prizes offered at the Emmet County

Fair at l’etoskcy. Mich., on Scpt. 17-18-

19—20. E. A, liotsford is secretary.



The Eaton (‘ounty Fair, Charlotte.

Mich., will be held Oct. 1-2—3—4. Inter-

est in exhibits in all departments has in—

creased. A full show will be made in

.lll lines of farm industry. including the

various ladies‘ departments. The Mich—

igan llalt‘ Mile Shortship Racing Circuit

mot-s will carry purses of $400 for each

event. Airship (lights will be featured.



The Northcuslci'n Michigan Fair will

be. held at Bay City. Sept. 2-3—4-5-6, and

will be one of the biggest fairs in the

state. Ninc counties combined. . Very

liberal prizes have been offered in all

departments. The rates and free at—

tractions will be of unusual interest.

Fireworks at night. ’\V. J. Meagher, Sec.



The Grcat Calhoun Fair will be held in

Nlarshull, Mich., Sept. 16 to 20, inclusive.

\Vith the. fine track and the large Illll'Sl'S

ofi‘ered there will be some of the best

racing in Michigan this year. And being

located in the center of one of the finest

farming counties in. Michigan, the agri-

culti‘al display will be a. fcature attrac-

tion. ll. S. Scott, Sec.



‘ht' outlook for the Dickinson County—

hlenomincc [Range Fair this year is bet-

ter than ever. The management of the

fair, which will be held on Sept. 11-12-

ltl—l4. at Norway, propose to hold an ex—

position worthy of the county. Every

agriculturist in this section of Cloverlund

will participate and show those who at-

tend an array of products of the soil that

will eclipse all previous events.



The Sanilac County Fair will be held

at Sandusky on Sept. 3-4—5-6. This is

the 15th annual fair and races the asso—

ciation has given. The secretary, l 1'

Walter Harrison, of Mariette, says.

“There‘ll be something doing every min—

ute of the time."



The Manistce County Fair will be held

at Onckama, Sept. 24—25—26—27. This will

he one of the best fairs ever held. Fine

exhibits, free attractions, good music,

horse races and lots of fun. New grand

stand. flowing well and other improve—

ments. ll. it. Brodie, Bear Lake. Sec.





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FEEDING STUFFS CONTROL.

(Continued).

BY FLOYD w. ROBISON.



A study of the law as shown in our

discussion of last week will show one in-

stance in which the burden of proof, as

it “ere, is placed on the manufacturer.

There are certain things which must be

done by him before his goods may be

marketed in the state. First of all, for

each and every brand of feeding stuffs

offered for sale he must file with the

liairy and Food Commissioner a guaran-

teed statement showing the exact, compo—

sition of the product as revealed by

chemical analysis. He must deposit a.

representative sample of the feeding

stuff in question and must pay into the

office of the Dairy and Food Commission—

er the sum of $20 which sum is for the

purpose of (lefraying the cost of samp—

ling and analysis of the product. Hav-

ing complied with these requirements we

product becomes legal within the state

if it contains no ingredient which is

specifically detrimental to health.



In the year 1909 there were 154 sam-

ples of such feeding stuffs which were

on sale. in the markets in Michigan and

the number has appreciably increased, we-

understand, since that time. It may not

be out Of place in this connection to re-

fcr again briefly and for the information

of fccders to the terms used in these

analyses.



Constituents Mentioned in the Law.



The, law prescribes that the percentage

of protein, crude fibre. nitrogen—free ex—

tract and ether extract contained in the

feed shall appcar upon the tag or sack

accompanying the feed in (mcstion. A

commercial feeding stuff is usually se-lcct—

ed because of a high content of protein.

I’rotein is the most expcnsivc and the

most sought for ingrcdient of feeding

stuffs. This is not because other constit-

ucnts of a feeding stuff: are not valuable

but largely because of the fact that the

other factors in a feeding stuff are suffi—

ciently supplied with the ordinary rough-

ages on the farm and other fceds of low

(()nlm€\!‘t‘lill value which{ are obtained

directly from nearly all Michigan farms.

It is therefore usually uneconomical for

the feeder to pay out money for a pro—

duct which he is sut’ricicntly producing on

his (wn farm. But with the increase of

dairying and stock raising most fceders

are obliged to buy one or more of the

concentrated feeds, that is, those feeds

Of a high prctcin content, feeds which

they give to their stock in addition to

the produce which they have on their

own farms. Tiy this procedure likewise

the. feeder lll'tNlllt'f’S a more balanced ra-

tion for his stock.



High Protein Content is First Essential.



The first great and gcncral essential in

purchasing commercial feeding stuffs is

to buy feed of a high content of crude

protein. This is intended, of course. es—

sentially for fccdcrs On Michigan farms.

In some of the southern states whcre

cot‘tonscetl meal is an Important by-pro—

duct. they are more intcrcstcd in the

purchase of fccds low in protein than

high in protein. \\'hilc thcy have the

concentrated fccds, the Michigan farmer

has the roughaccs and must buy the

tontcntratcs. In purchasing a fecd,

thcrcl'crc, on tho lllzll'lx't‘l, the fccdcr‘s

tirr‘t ccnsidcration should be to gct one

of a high contcnt of protein. Of course,

“‘0 are assuming at the outset that he is

taking into consideration the factor of

lialatability, without which no fccd, no

matter what its contcnt of protcin may

bc, would be economical,



Crude Fiber the Second Prime Requisite.



The second great requirement, and one

which is b_\' no incans of minor import—

ance, is the pcrccntaco of crude fibre

which the lecd contains. “'0 have dis—

cusrcd in those columns the mcanings of

these various terms and it does not seom

neccssary. then, to go over them here.

it sutlices lilt‘l‘ciy to mention that crude

fibre in a fccd represents the roughage

portion and is the fccdcr‘s guide to the

net available encrgy represented by tho

iced in qucstion. C‘rude fibre is thz

wuvdy or fibrous portion of the feed and

rcpresents in general that portion which

is of the least value for feeding purposes.

The tendency of crude fibre in a ration

is to counteract the effect of the protein.

In other words, if a feed contains a high

content of protein and at the same time

a high content of crude fibre, we, may

figure that the presence of the crude

fibre has neutralized the effect of the ex-

ceedingly high content of protein. If,





therefore, the manufacturer guarantees,

we may say, 30 per' cent of protein and

is compelled to guarantee likewise, we

may say. 15 per cent of crude fibre, the

feeder knows that the net available ener-

gy from the protein in that feed cannot

be nearly as great as in a feed contain—..

ing the same amount, of protein and only

three or four per cent of crude fibre.



A feeding stuff is, therefore, of great-

est value when it contains a relatively

high percentage of protein and at the

same time a relatively low pcrcentage of

crude fibre. In this connection it is in-

teresting to note the one error in the

feeding stuffs law of the state of Mich-

igan.



The section prescribing the penalty

makes it an offense punishable by a fine

of not less than $100 for any manufac-

turer or other person who shall attach

or cause to be attached to any can or

package an analysis stating that the

feed contains a larger percentage of any

one or more of the constituents men—

tioned than it does contain, namely, pro-

tein, fibre, nitrogen-free extract and eth-

er extract. It is thus very clcar that the

law prohibits the claiming of a larger

content of protein than is really present

but it is axiomatic that no manufacturer

would claim a larger content of crude

fibre knowingly than exists, for the rea-

son that the higher content of crude

fibrc, the lower the commercial value of

feed. \Vhat was clearly intended, and we

apprehend and trust that the courts will

construe it with this intention clearly in

mind, was that no manufacturer or other

person shall claim a higher content or

crude protein than actually exists nor a

lower content of crude fibre than actu—

ally exists. A comprehensive understand—

ing of the nature of the analyses referred

to and the real meaning of the terms

mentioned would surely advise one that

it was clearly the intention to cover the

point in the manner just mentioned al—

though the Specific wording of the law

does not bear out that exact construction.



Nitrogen-free extract and cther extract

need not be given any concern in the

purchasing of the feeding stuff, for if the

content of protein and the content of

crude fibre are taken carefully into con-

sideration then the others, the nitrogen—

frce extract and the ether extract will

be found to be proportimiately adjusted.

They are of service in the analysis, of

course, because they assist the feeder in

arriving at the proper balance in the

ration.





LABORATORY REPORT.





 





\Vill you kindly advise me as soon as

possible, whcther manure made from

horscs bedded with sawdust would sour

land‘.’ Some think it would. but i thought

there wou'd not be enough sawdust in

thc manure to do so.



(.‘ass (Jo, H. K.



lnauswcrtothe above question we will

say that We have seen sawdust used for

bt-tlding- in some cmrsiderabie quantities

and if properly distributed over the soil

\\‘c do not apprehcnd there will be any

danger from souring. Sawdust has many

advantages ‘l‘t-i' lJE‘dtllllg, espccially, of

course, when great cleanliness is an im—

p- Hart tat-tor. it can be easily swept up

from the cement floor and into the gut—

tcr and when carried out upon the land,

it properly distributed, as all manures

should be, we feel that there is no dan-

ger from the conditions of soaring.





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APIARY CONDITIONS AND OUTLOOK

FOR HONEY CROP.





 





The season of 1912 opened with very

unfavorable prospects for anything like

a. normal crop of honey, not only for

Michigan but also for the whole United

States. Michigan emerged from the se—

vere winter with a loss of about 50 per

cent of all bees put away last fall. Some

other States did a little better, but sev-

eral of them suffered the loss of at least

half of their bees. Many an apiari‘st

found his whole apiary dead.



The cold backward spring did not help

matters and about the first of May things

were looking pretty blue. The copious

rains, which have been pretty general

over the country, have apparently chang—

ed all this, however, and the bee—keeper

who was lucky cnough to have any bees

left will have one of the best crops, per»

haps, in several years. That isn’t all; on

account of the great Scarcity of bees

there will be fancy prices paid for honey

this fall, without a doubt. Another thing

which augcrs well for the lice—keeper is

that. on acr-ount of many farmers being

unable to get in earlier crops, an abund-

ance of late buckwheat has becn sown

and so we may expect to see the hives

well filled with this honey for their win—

ter stores. with probably some in the

supcrs besides.



Such winters as the last one are what

help to incrcase the tendency to place

the keeping of bees in the hands of the

spccialist. Statistics show that while the

number of hers has remained about the

same throughout the United States and

Canada during recent years. the number

of bec—kcepers has materially decreased.

This means that in bee—keeping, as well

as in other pursuits, the laws of nature

are being fulfilled in the survival of the

fittest.



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TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.





 





Milk for Moulting Fowls.



lViilk is an excellent food for growing

chicks and, in fact, for any class (if

fowls. l: is cspecially valuable as a

food for moulting fowls. and may be used

to good advantage in conditioning fowls

for the show pen. Fowls that are given

a liberal allowance of milk daily will

soon show a marked improvement in con-

dition. Skilli’nlllli is not a dear com—

modity in the poultry yard when its

bcnciicial effects upon the stock are con-

sidcrcd.



Add llowers of sulphur to the soft food

of moulting‘ i‘owls twice a week if the

weat'ucr is warm and (l{’_" ts it is helpful

in cooling and purifying the blood, ton—

ing up the digestive organs and matc-

rially aSsisting in the production of new

plumage. Sulphur may also be dusted

freely about the bodies of nioulting fowls,

or, indeed,~any other fowls, to keep in-

sect posts down. It is a chcap and re-

liable cooling agent and insect destroyer

and no poultry kceper should be without

it during the summer.



Diarrhea Common in Hot.I Months.



The simplest form of intestinal disor-

der to which chickcns are subject is or-

dinary diarrhea. It is catarrhal in its

origin and may be likened to running at

the nostrils brought about by irritation

of the lining membrane of_tho nasal or—

gan. The two chief causes of diarrhea

are inflammation of the liver and the

presence of sour food or other irritating

matter in the intestines. Whichever

cause is responsible for the mischief, it

must be speedily removed; otherwise the

affectet-l fowls will rapidly weaken and

soon die from exhaustion.



The first thing to do in a simple case

is to remove the irritating matter from

the intestines. To accomplish this the





ailing chicken should be given a few

drops of warm castor oil, this treatment

to be followed a few hours later by the

administration of olive oil to soothe the

bowels. A good food for the chickens at

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young chicks oatmeal steeped in milk

may be substituted. The best drink for

chickens thus affected is barley water.

made by boiling pearl barley in water

until the latter becomes thickened. This

drink has a good effect upon the irritat-

ed intestines and at the same time nour-

ishes the patients in the event of their

not being able to take the more solid

foods mentioned above. They may be

allowed to drink as much of this as they

care to, especially if the trouble assumes

the. form of dysentery. which is distin—

guished by the presence of mucus and

blood in the diScharges. In a case of

dysentery Castor oil should not be given.

In such cases I have found an occasional

dose of olive Oil and a ttvo—tlrop dose of

homeopatlhic ’tu'ncturc of aconite very

helpful. After recovery the fowl will re-

quire- a tonic to restore lost strength and

vitality.





Canada. ‘V. R. GILBERT.





 





IN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES.

Symptoms Of Tuberculosis.



A (lonesee county subscriber writes

that her hens get lame, then become pale

about the head; feathers look dull and

they act as it‘ they cannot soc woll. Thcy

cat until toward the last, but finally :lic.

Some die soon after showing first symp—

tOms, but all become lame. to start with.

ln some cases there has been sllgut

diarrhea.



Aside from the fact that this corres—

pondent does not say anything about the

fowls growing thin and cmacialtd before

death, the description indicates strong

probability of iubCicurt‘isTs. It at least

scents advisable that a very careful ex-

amination be made of one. of these t‘owls

just after death. if a postmt'u‘lcni exam—

ination shows not only the liver but the

spleen (the small rounded, purplish organ

lying just above the liver). the intestines

and the membrane which unites the in—

l(‘S'.II1£ll folds studded with yellowish—

wliite chcesy nodules of varying sizes. it

may be regarded as almost certain that

the fowls are tuberculous. That thoro

may be. no mistake, however, after the

above conditions have been found to ex—

ist the matter should be brought to the

attention of the department of bacte-

riology at M. A. C., and steps taken to

have the pOi'nt definitely detci'tnincd by

microscopic examination. Some results

of a study of tuberculosis in poultry,

made by this department, were given in

our issue of Jan. 27. 1912.



Preserving Eggs in Water Glass.



A Kalamazoo county reader asks for

directions for preserving eggs in water

glass solution. \Vatcr glass is a chem—

ical known as sodium silicate, is inex-

pensive and may he obtaincd from drug

stores. The essentials to success with

this method ol‘ storing eggs are as fol-

lows:



A cellar is a good place to keep the

eggs, though any darkened room where

the temperature does not go over 60 de—

grees F., will do. .\ stone jar is preter—

able to other receptacles, for it can be

scaled and cleaned more thoroughly than

most receptacles.



A live-gallon receptacle will hold about

15 dozen eggs. The preserving fluid itself

should he made from clcan water that

has boon boilcd and allowed to cool. To

every nine quarts of water add one quart

of watcr glass, stirring thoroughly to in-

sure a proper mixture of the two. A

great deal of care should be taken in

mixing the watcr glass and the water.

and the more thoroughly this is done the

better the chance of preserving the eggs.-

VVhen cggs are to be preserved in several

receptacles, the water and water glass

should be mixed in cach receptable sepa—

rately, for if they are mixed in one re—

ceptacle and poured into several, there is

the liability, of getting different percent—

ages of water glass in each receptacle.

with the result that some eggs are likely

to spoil.



into this fluid place the eggs, cxainin—

ing each one to see that it is clean and

pot cracked. A good method is to tap

two eggs together gently before putting

them into water glass. if they are not

cracked they will give a true ring, while

is one of them is cracked the sound will

be entirely different and the cracked egg

can be diScarded. Keep the eggs well

covered with the solution by adding a

small quantity of boiled water when nec-

essary.



The receptacles should be covered to

prevent evaporation of the water from

the solution. Where the receptacles are

not covered the solution turns milky or

changes to a thick, white pasty mass,

making it more difficult to take out the

eggs. This does not, however,. necessarily

detract from the preservative qualities.





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August 7, 1912.

Grains and Seeds.





Wheat—The past week the wheat trade

has been favorable to the bears, although

the close on Tuesday showed a steady

market on what appeared to traders to

be a fighting basis. The main bearish

feature was the report from the spring

wheat sections of the states and Canada.

that a large spring wheat crop is now

being haiVestcd. There is a counter feel—

ing, however, tliat the surplus of spring

wheat will not supply the shortage of

winter wheat. Their, too, cash sales are

popular; niillet‘s are short on supplies and

flour is having an improved demand,

both or which give cash wheat a Very

active market. it is also affected by the

demand front abroad, it being estimated

that Europe will want 50,000,000 bushels

of grain from this side before the sup-

plies from ltussia are available. Liver-

pool has continued l'll‘lll with gradually

advancing prices. The visible supply

shows an increase of 713,000 bu., the to-

tal nuriiber being under 19,000,000 bu.,

while at this date in 1911 it was 45,000,-

000 bu. One year ago the price for No.





2 red wheat was 905140 yer bu. Quota-

tions are as follows:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. “’hite. Sept. Dec.





Thursday .....1.07 1.06 1.04112 1.06%,

Friday ...... 1.06 1.05 1.06 1.08

Saturday ....1.06 1.05 1.06 1.08

Monday ......1.051,.1 1.041.; 1.051,; 1.07%

rum-tray ”1.051;, 1.041,, 1 03o, 1.071.,

\Yednesday . .1051; 1.041,; ‘ 1.051,; 1.071,;





Corn—Corn lost in strength the past

week. This is partially due to the de-

clining wheat market, btit more to the

i‘tivcrable weather prevailing over the

great corn states. The plant appears to

have developed Wonderfully in the main

torn growing sections. and so improved

the outlook for the new crop that traders

are feeling bearish, many heavy holders

having unloaded their stock. There was

plenty of rain, and although the weather

i‘aiiiained cool rapid progress was made

in the crop. Up until Tuesday prices for

the. week suffered a decline of one cent.

The visible supply shows a decrease of

over 1,000,000 bu. One year ago the price





for No. 3 corn was 670 per bu. Quota-

tions for the week are:



No.8 No.8



Corn. Yellow.

Thursday 761/2 781,43

Friday 761/2 781/2

Saturday 761A,» 78%

Monday ..... . 76 78

’l‘uesday ....... 751/2, 771/2

\Vednesday 751/2 771/2





Oats—The free offerings of new oats

upon the markets in the southern part of

the out growing sections where threshing

is on has reduced quotations several cents

the past week. The returns from thresh-

ing in the states bordering on the Ohio

valley are- fairly gratifying to the farm—

«is, although it is certain that there Will

be no bumper crop. The weakness in

other grains have a bearish effect upon

this trade also. The visible supply shows

a slight decrease. One year ago the

price for standard oats was 421,110 per bu.

1.21:01tttions are as follows:





Standard. Sept.

'l‘liursday ........ 61 34%

Friday ....... . . . ........ 60 34

Saturday ..... 58 33%

blon‘ltly ..... 53 321i;

’l‘uesduy ................. 55 321/2

\Vednesday ..... . . . . . . . . . 55 321,5





Beans—Both cash and October beans

1911111111 steady with a week ago. No

transactions are reported on the local

market and the quotations given are

merely nominal. In some sections of the

state damage has been done to the grow—





ing crop by excessive rains. Nominal

quotations are as follows:

Cash Oct.

Thursday . ...... . .......... $2.60 82.23

Friday ................. 2.60 2.23

Saturday ......... ,260 2.23

Monday .................... 2.60 2.23

Tuesday ...... .............. 2.60 2;":

\‘.'ctiiiesday ............... . 2.00 2.2

Clover SCCd.—-Cltltllil1ltlilfl for October





clover seed regained the loss of last week

and remained steady since last Friday at

the advanced price. There is very little

doing in the market but dealers seem to

ice], from present indications, that prices

will not rule extremely low this coming





ytar. Following are the quotations:

Prime Oct.



Thursday .. ..... 8975

Friday ....... 9.85

Saturday ..... 9.85

Monday ....... . . . ........ .. 9.85

Tuesday . .................... .. 9.85

Wednesday . ................ . . 9.85





Rye.——No change has been made in the

price for N0. 2 rye, which is 73c per 'bu.

Practically no transactiions are being!

made on the local rye market.



Flour, Feed. Potatoes, Etc.



Florin—Prices are steady, with the de-

mand improved.



Straight ....... $560

imam Michigan 5.80

l"it-ar .500



ye ............... 5.00



Feed.——The market is steady. Car—

lot prices on track are: Bran, $26_per

ton; coarse middlings, $28; fine middlings

$31; cracked corn and coarse Corn meal,

332; corn and oat chop, $31 per ton.



Hay and Straw.~—Hay has advanced

while straw is steady. Quotations: No.

1 timothy, 823506024; No. 2 timothy,

3521506022; clover, mixed, $16622250; rye

straw; “0.5061711; wheat and oat straw,

$9.50@10; new timothy, $18@19 per .ton.



Potatoes.—A substantial increase_in the

supply of potatoes has caused prices to

decline. ' Liberal offerings from a much

wider territory are now getting to the





THE. MICHIGAN FARMER.





markets. The ruling price for southern

offerings is $3 per



Provisions.—Family pork, $19@20.50:

mess pork, $19; clear, backs,

20.50; hams, 151/2@16c; briskets,

130, shorilders, 111/20; picnic hams, 11@

111/20; bacon, 14@16c; pure lard in tierce‘s

lilac; kettle rendered lard, 12140 per lb.



Dalry and Poultry Products.



Butter.——The demand for butter con-

tinues very active, while the supply

shows signs of decreaSing. I’rices re-

main steady with those of a week ago

and the volume of trade is large. Quo—

tations are: Extra creamery. 2615c; iirst

creamery, 2515c; dairy, 210; packing

.tock, 190 per lb.



Eggs.——There is an urgent demand for

fresh eggs with the supply decreasing

and quotations showing a fractional ad-

vance. Current receipts, candied. are

now quoted at 2033c per dozen? which is

tic above last week’s quotation.



PCultry.—Lower prices rule for broil-

ers. chickens, hens, turkeys and geese.

Utlicr grades and kinds rtile steady.

There is only a small amount of trading.

Ft’illmving are the, lcading quotations:

llroiler's. 17.51180; chickens, 12(4’1r12léc;

hens, 12@12l_.5_.c; No. 2 hens. QfirlOc; old

roosters, 9@10c; turkeys, 16@18c; geese,

iO/llllc; ducks. 140; young ducks, 150160.

pcr lb.



Vea|.—-All grades steady.

12c per lb; choice, 8fi‘9c.



Cheese.——Steady. Michigan flats. 166?)

17c; York state flats, 17.611180; limburger,

17611190; domestic Swiss, 22@230; brick

cream, 17%(0‘180.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Cherries—Both ‘kinds are lower. Sour

quoted at $175612: sweet, $2 per 16-qt.

case.



Raspberries—Reds selling at 850105.50

per bu; black, $1.40€Dl.50 per 16-qt. case.



Blackberries—Higher. Ruling quota-

tions are 51.75012 per Iii—qt. case.



Huckleberries.——Selling at 3.2562375

per bushel.



Honey.—Choice to fancy comb, 15@160

per 1b; amber, 12fi113c.



Apples.-—New apples are quoted at $4

((175 for fancy, and $2.50((_i3 per bbl. for

common.





Fancy, 1.1@





OTHER MARKETS.





Grand Rapids.



About 400 loads of produce were sold

on the city market Tuesday morning.

lotatt'.cs wore in good demand, selling at

7500M. Turnips, carrots and beets went

at 10c; cabbag, :lOc; cucumbers, 25c;

beans, $1; sweet corn, 15c; celery, 15c.

Hay is in good supply. selling at $12@15.

Blackberries are worth $1.60mr].75; early

apples, 75(‘(g$1.25. Dealers are paying to

the country trade 18c for eggs and 210

for dairy butter. W'heat is worth around

$1; beans, $2.20; dressed hogs are higher.

bringing 1010110.





Chicago.



\VheaL—No. 2 red, $1.00@1.03; Sept,

9314.0: Dec, 92310.



Corn—No. 3, 72%@731§c; Sept. 66%,0;

Dec, 559m.



Oats—No. 2 white, old, 40@45c; new,

3319711341,.éc: Sept., 30%c; Dec, 315/80



Euttetx—Market barely steady under a

quiet, indifferent demand. Quotations:

Creaineries, 2301250; dairies, 216024c lb.



I<1ggs.--A fair demand is holding this

market steady, last week’s figures rul-

iiig. Quotations: Firsts, 180; ordinary

iii-sis. 16c; at mark, cases included, 15@

16c per dozen.



Potatoes—A price decline of 3@100 has

occurred during the week, due to in—

creased offerings. Early Ohios from Kan—

sas and Missouri are quoted at 7069720

per bu: Illinois stock, 65@680; Minne-

sotas, 6041670



Bean‘s.——Market continues quiet. Quo-

tations, largely nominal, are as follows:

I‘ea beans, choice, hand-picked, $2.85@

2.88 per bu: prime, $2.75f>2.78; red kid-

neys, 825001260.



Hay and Straw—No changes of conse-

quence since last wock. Quotations are:

Timothy, choice, $235124; No. 1, $21@22;

No. 2 and No, 1 mixed, $17mr18.50; clover,

$76510; No. 2 and no grade, $507119; alfalfa,

choice, “3.507114; No. 1, $12€ii12.50: No.

2, $10rt011. Siraw~Rye, $10.50@11; wheat

3575007850; oat, $7.50fi850.



New York.



Buttern—ltiarket easy with prices frac-

tionally lower. Demand is largely for

current consumption. Quotations are:

Creamery, special extras, 26”.,(gr27c: do.

firsts, 251§Qti26140; do. seconds, 24612250;

factory, current make, firsts, 22(122213c.



Eggs—Market firm. Demand and Sup—

ply are normal: some grades slightiy

higher. Fresh gathered extras, 23(7924léc;

extra firsts. 20:7?22c; firsts, 181541219153;

western gathered whites, 2051250 per (102.



Poultry—Dressed, unsettlrd; broilers

lower. \Vestern broilers, fresh killed, 17

@250; fowls, 141/2((_1717C; turkeys, 16@1'Tc

per lb.





EIQIn.





Buttern—Market is firm at 25c per 1b.,

which is the quotation of one week ago.





 





Boston.



WOOL—VVhile the volume of business

the past week was not quite so large as

that of the previous period, the strong

tone that has characterized this market

for some months past still prevails and

there is substantial ground for believing

that quotations will be advanced. Grad-

ing of new wools is progressing and it

shows an unusually large amount of

high-grade wocls. This is making it eas—

ier for the manufacturers to giye the

high prices which are asked by dealers.

One manufacturer is reported to have

taken 2.000.000 lbs. from a Boston broker

and 10l=0.000 lbs. from the Philadelphia

market, the consignment being of Ohio

fleeces and the quotation was 300 per lb.

This large transaction has helped to fix

prices. Dealers who make a specialty of

fleece wools are well sold ahead, indicat-

ing an active demand for the product of

the fleece states.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.

August 5, 1912.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).



Receipts of live stock here today as fol-

lows: Cattle, 237 cars; hogs, 85 double

decks; sheep and lambs, 50 double decks;

calves, 2.300 head.



With 2:17 cars of cattle on our market

here today, and 22,000 reported in Chi-

cage, a few loads of the best heavy

weight cattle sold about steady with last

i\'I(llltI£Ly, also a few of the best butchers

sold about steady with last Monday. All

other grades of killing cattle sold from

25m 10c per cwt. lower than itist Week.



We quote: ilest 1,.‘:00 to 1,500-ll». steers

58.5tit[19.15; good prime 1,200 to 1,200-1'0.

steers, 585041875; do. 1,100 t: 1200-111.

do., $178.15t71.8.40; medium butcher steers,

1.000 to 1.100, $7.10’drT.401 butcher steers,

1:50 to 1.004), 86 135,476.50: light butcher

steers, $5.50@6; best fat cows, $556636;

good to prime do., $4.75fi12550; I" 1' to

good (10., $3.75t?i4.75; common to fair (10.,

$3613.50; trimmers, 82.500113; best fat heif—

trs, $7t’ar7.50; good to prime heifers, $6.25

(1.06.75; fair to good (10., limo/‘5 50; light

butcher heifers, $450615; stock heifers,

$4604.25; best feeding steers, dehorncd,

$5075.25; common feeding steers, $4@

$4.50; stockers, infer-hr, $404.25: prime

export bulls, $6656.25; best butcher bulls,

$5015.50; bologna bulls, 84.250475; stock

bulls, $4604.50; best milkers and spring-

ers, $506160; common kind (10.. ‘25@35.



Hog receipts today were fully tip to

expectations, 85 double decks on sale.

Demand at the opening was rather lim-

ited, and early prices a shade lower than

Saturday, the bulk of the best selling at

38.7541885, the $8.70 hogs being quite

weighty. All mixed grades $8.85, with a

few at $8.00, and one load of fancy on

the closing market at $8.115. Ordinary

grades of bogs. such as State hogs and

grassers sold from 51850617870; pigs and





 

 





lights, 3186071870; roughs. $72,557.50;

sings, $5.25@6.50. Trade closed strong





here today, and with a good clearance

we predict a good market for the next

few days.



The lamb market was active and

prices about the same as the close of

last week: most of the choice spring

lambs selling from 397.50.707.75. Yearlings

at $6nr‘6.50. The sheep market was also

active; most of the best light owes. sell-

ing from $4.25@4.50: wethers. $551,550.

Look for about steady prices on both

sheep and lambs the balance of the

week.



“or quote: Choice spring lambs, $7.50

017.75; cull to fair (10., $5,5(W06; yearling

lambs, tic/(P660; bucks, $2.50fiir'i; wethers,

855175.50; hardy ewes, $4.25@4.50; heavy

ewes, “€114.15; cull sheep, $26113; veals,

choice to extra, $9.75@10;' fair to good

(10., $7.50@9.50.



Chicago.

August 5, 1912.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 23,000 32.000 28,000

Same day last year..24,569 22 081 3.316

Received last week..50.565 120.967 121.604

Same week last year.59,081 117.184 89,376



Prime heavy beef cattle sold today at

the highest prices ever recorded in the

regular market, an early sale at $9.95

being followed later by 14 lowa steers

that averaged 1.58:“. lbs. at $10.05 and

subsequently by the sale of 714 fancy Illi-

nois black steers averaging 1,505 lbs. at

$10.10. The top last week was. $9.85. Re—

ceipts twisty cmbi‘at-ed about 2.000 west-

ern range cattle, and they sold well, the

host lots fetching $8.10 to $8.25, 21 cars

bringing theso figures. These are the

highest priccs ever recorded for range

steers. last year‘s top being $7.00. Hogs

aie 100t15c higher today, mOst of the

trading being done at 875047860. The

market is animated, With a large ship-

ping demand. llogs marketed last week

averaged in weight 241 lbs, ecmpared

with 2.36 lbs. 3 year ago, 254 3bs. two

years ago and 220 lbs. three years ago.

These are the highest prices of the year.

Sheep and lambs are fair‘y active .at

about steady prices, tho receipts em-

bracing abom 2.000 lambs shipped direct

from Louisville to packers.



Cattle receipts last week showed good

increases over the abnormally small sup—

pliers of the preceding week, although far

from largc' compared with other years,

and early in the week prices. ruled still

lower for lots that were not fat. Later

in the week much smaller offerings caus-

ed an upward movement. and prime

heavy becves brought the highest figures

recorded in a period of 40 years. both

torn-fed and distillery-fed steers bring-

llic,‘ $9.85. The week‘s sales took place

largelv at 5174000040. and \‘Vednesday‘s

run of 16.536 head embraced a good per-

(entage of choice fat cattle. The. largest

receipts were 20.028 on Monday. The poor

to fair lots of grass—fed light-weight

steers have been selling at $5.60fd‘7, while

choice heavy steers sold at $0.50 and up-

ward, with a good class of weighty corn—

fed steers bringing $8 50 and upward and

prime long yearlings averaging 1.123 lbs.

bringing $9 40. The first receipts of west—

ern range cattle for the year arrived and





sold at 87.406765 for South Dakota

steers. They were of good quality for





such early marketing. Native butcher—

ing cattle had a good outlet, with cows

and heifers selling at $4.35@8.25, while

scattering sales were made of a few

head of prime heifers at $850700. Cut-

ters brought $3.35fi‘430. cannrlr's $2.40fl)

3.30 and bulls 83.50fi07. Calves of the bet—

ter class shared in the boom. selling up

to $10.25, with sales all the way down to

:14 for coarse heavy lots. It was impos-

sible to do a large business in stockers

and feeders, as the offerings were lini—

ited, with particularly few of the better

class on sale. Furthermore, buyers were

not attracted by the higher prices charg—

ed for the best lots. Stock steers sold

at 8425611625 and feeders at $5.60@7.25,

with stock and feeder heifers salable at

$3 85@5.25. Packer competition has been





' AUG. 10, 1912.





the chief hindrance to the feeder buyers'

plans for weeks, and most buyers do not

care for inferior feeding cattle. These

descriptions have been declining in price,

with larger offerings. Milkers and spring-

ers have sold fairly at $35@75 per head.

demand centering. in the better class.

Hogs have shown a much firmer un-

dertone of late than a few weeks earlier

in the season, when the eastern shipping

demand was on a much smaller scale, al-

though natural reactions followed the re-

markable boom that landed prime hogs

of the. lighter shipping class at $8.50.

Conditions have changed radically within

a comparatively short space of time, with





tastern shippers competing with the Chi-‘





ctigi packers for the better class of hogs,

and the enormous falling off in western

packing operations for the summer sea—

son is exerting a powerful influence in

intiking values for properly matured

hogs. Consunption of fresh purk is one

if the big factors in strengthening prices

for the raw material, and there is also a

large call for cured hog products. The

accumulations of provisions in Chicago

warehouses are decreasing in Volume,

amounting on August 1 to 146,104,233 lbs,

compared with 163,126,026 lbs. a month

earlier and 127,528,851 lbs. a year agO.

The range of priccs for bogs has widened

out very gi'r‘atly, as is usual at this sea.-

son, with prime butcher weights of the

lighter weights at the top and grass hogs

selling at a big discr tint. The week clos-

ed Saturday with it"gs selling at $7.20@

8.45 as the extreme range, while stags

sold at $8608.50, boars at $3.SO@4.25, pigs

at $6.50fd7.90, tlirowout packing sows at

$6.50@7 and government throwouts at.

$2.50fi16.40. The bulk of the hogs sold

around 875561820.



Sheep and lambs have been marketed

Very much more freely for a week past,

with liberal runs from the ranges of Ida-

ho, M ntzina, Oregon and \Vasliinglt’in,

and Monday‘s fair advance in choice lots

was followed by sharp declines on sub-

sequent days. On the opening day tops

stood zit $7.85 and range lambs, $5 65 for

'ange yearlings and $4.50 for fancy heavy

Idaho range ewes. Native lambs and na-

tive ewes were marketed with consider—

able freedom and averaged decidedly low—

er in price. Feeder and breeder offer—

ings were in unabated demand, however,

and sold extremely well, choice black—

face Washington feeding lambs advanc—

ing to $6 per 100 lbs. Leading Missouri

river markets received large runs of

sheep and lambs, and Louisville received

great numbers of southern lambs, many

of which were reshipped from there di—

rect to Chicago packing houses. The de—

cline was largely in the less attractive

offerings. Later there was a rally in

prices for choice flocks, with closing val-

ues as follows: Lambs, $5537.80; year-

lings at $4705.50; wethers at $3.50@4.75;

ewes at $1.50@4.25; bucks at $2.50@3.25.

Breeding ewes sold at $4735.25, and feed—,

ers paid 35.25706 for lambs; $4.10@4.75

for yearlings; 33.50614 for wetbers, and

$225513 for ewes.



Horses have been arriving for several

weeks in much smaller numbers than a.

year ago, and the percentage of choice

extra. heavy drafters, the ones most fro-

quently called for. has been very small.

Hence, such animals continue to sell as

high as they ever did, quotations ruling

at $250fi 325 per head. A cheaper class

of lighter weights sells at $175 and up-

ward, while inferior light horses go at

87565100. Eastern buyers are showing

tip in only moderate numbers, and their

purchases are apt to be on a limited

scale. The bulk of the daily offerings

consist of rather ordinary horses.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.



Thousands of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana,

Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and other farm-

ers of the country are thinking of feed-

ing some lainbs the coming season. and

those who have. held off in the expecta—

‘ion that they would be able to secure

ilocks of range lambs for this purpose at

reaSonabiy low prices are likely to be

disappointed. In sizing up the range

country, it is found that there is a de-

cided shortage, the lamb “crop” being

greatly short in most of the sections

where it has been customary in former

years to look for feeders. The lamb

“crop" was scriotisly short in Colorado,

and whit—i New Mexico fared better, the

"crop" in that state was below an aver-

age. And looking over the northwestern

stairs, the supply will be found to be

short. Lambs that were fed and mark-

eted the past spring closed the season at

such good prices that many farmers be—

came anxious to go into the industry once

more. and a bumper corn crop would

vastly stimulate the demand for feeders.



Large numbers of sheep from New

Mexico have been arriving in the Kansas

City stock yards recently, and they have

been largely of good quality. Arizona.

flocks have not been plentiful this season

so far, however, in the Kansas City

marker, and the percentage of fat fiocks

is small, this being due to the drouth

of the winter and early spring. How-

ever, range conditions in both New Mex-

ico and Arizona are now reported as

good. and there is a prospect for a fair

marketing of fall lambs from both states

before long. By the middle of this month

Utah flocks will be marketed with some

freedom.





 





MICHIGAN HAY ASSOCIATION.





The annual meeting of the Michigan

Hay Assoeiation will be held at Saginaw,

August 15—16, with headquarters at the

Hotel Vincent. A general invitation is

extended to all the hay and grain men

in Michigan and other states and to all

growers of hay and grain as well, who

are interested in the buying and selling

of these commodities. As this will be

the last opportunity that buyers and sell—

ers will have to meet and compare notes





before the new crop begins to move, they





will be repaid for their time and expense

necessary to attend this meeting.





 





 





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THIS IS THE LAST EDITION.





 





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DETROITmLIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

August 8, 1912.

Cattle.





Receipts. 1,737. Butcher grades selling

from $450616; 15(tl'250 lower; all others





steady at last week's prices.



We quote: Extra dry—fed stecrs and

heifers. $8718.25; steers and heifcrs'. 1.000

to 1.200. $6.25m7.50; do. 800 to 1,000. $56!)

6.25; grass steers and heifers that are

fat. 800 to 1.000, $561625; do. 500 to 700,

$4@4 75; choice fat cows, $475015; good

fat. cows. 354.25.414.50; common cows, $3@

3.75; canners. $2Gi3; choice heavy bulls.

“50614.75; fair to good bolognas, bulls.





$17131 23: stock bulls, $3.25G'1l3.75; chmce

feeding stecrs. 800 to 1,000. $4.75fn‘5.25;





fair feeding stecrs, 800 to 1,000, $4.25@

4.75; choice stockers. 500 to 700, $4.506!)

4.75: fair smokers, 500 to 700. $537564“ 25;

stock heifers. $325604; milkers. large.

young. medium age, $40@60': common





milkers. $256135.

lldlcy & M. sold hlich. B. CO. 3 bulls

av .040 at $4.50, 1 do weighing 1.260 at





$4.75. .1 cows av .053 at $4, 2 heifers av

860 at $5.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 11 butch-

crs :iv 660 at $4.30, 8 do av 906 at $5.25,

1 cow weighing 870 at $3.50, 6 cows and

bulls av 1.010 at $4.50; to Kamman ll

butchers av 651 :it $4.65. 20 do av 803 at

$5.55; to Bi'csnalian 2 cows av 840 at

$3.25, 5 do av 864 at $2.15; to Hogan 0

butchers av 5:18 at $4: to Newton It. L0.

26 stockcrs av 454 at $4, 2 do av 660 at

$4.50. 10 fcedcrs av 762 at $4.80. 3 do av

6 “i at $5. 2 cows av .35 at $1.25, 1 steer

weighing 860 at $4.75, 1 cow weighing 980

at $3.25. 11. butchers av 700 at $4.25; to

Schuinan 18 stecrs av 861 at $610; to Sul—

livan 1‘. Co 2 cows av 1.000 at $.35; to

Schlischei 18 butchers av 724 at $4.60.



lioe Com. (To. sold Sullivan 1’. Co. 10

butchers av 015 at $3.25, 3 cows av 977

at $3.23, 3 bulls av .050 at $4.50, 3 do av

1.037 at $4.50. 2 do av 985 at $4.25: to

Bi'esnahan .‘l cows av 877 at $3.50, 2 do

av 1,030 at $2 50, 17 stockci‘s av‘ 500 at

$4: to Parker. 11'. & Co. 6 butchers av

740 at $5. 1. cow weighing 750 at $4; to

Mich. B. (‘0. 4 butchers av 5.02 at $4.25.

6 do av 718 lot 355: to Goose 0 do av 400

at $3.30.



Spiccr & R. sold Sullivan 1”. Co. 1 cow

weighing 700 {it $3.25. 2 cow and bull av

1.2-1‘0 at $5. 2 butchers av ‘880 at $5.75: to

Txtlf‘l‘l. B.“ (To. 6 cows av 066 at $4.25, 1.

I-ull weighing 860 at $1.50; to Morgan 8

stoclcers av 53?. at $4.50. 2 do av 530 at





$1.50: to Kamman R. Co. 12 butchers av

860 at $5.35: to Applcbaum 6 do av 577

at $3.85. 17 do av 610 at $4.15; to Bres-





niihan 3 cows av 8:13 at $3.25; to (loose

8 butchers av 383 at $3.70; to Mich. R. Co.





3 :10 av 8‘35 at $5 75. 31 do av 800 at

$5.75. 23-: do av 724 at $5.15, 1 bull weigh—

inc.‘ 880 at $4, 1 do weighing 1,160 at





$1.50, 11 stccrs av 000 at $6.50, 11 do av

700 at $5 5 cows av 782 at $4. '3 heifers

av 620 at $4.11 do av 652 at $4.75. 2

sit-91‘s av 080 at $6.50; to Newton It. .‘0.

8 stwkcrs av 440 at $3.75, 4 do av 512

at $3.75.



Bishop. R. & II sold Brcitenbeck .0

cows at 963: at $4.75: to Sullivan 1’. Co.

2 bulls av 1,065 at $4.25. 4 cows and bulls

av 857 at $4.50. 6 butchers av 855 at

$5.50; to Regal 29 feeders av 724 at $5,

27 do av 726 at $5. :2 do av 770 at $4.50,

10 stockers av 564 at $4.50, 7 do av 5‘30

at $4.75: to Hammond, S. &. Co, 1 bull

weighing 760 at $4. 5 heifers av 700 at

$5.50, ’6 butchers my 731 at $4.50. 4 cows

av 9.00 at $3.00, 2 steers av 895 at $5. 2

bulls av 810 at $4.25. 2 steers av 840 at.

$5.75. 6 biiiiyhcrs av 700 at $4.40, 2 bulls

11v 725 at $3 75; to Brosnahan 14 stockers

av 500 at $4. 4 cows av 942 at $3.25, 3 do

My 907 at $3, 11 do av 700 at $3, 3 do av

74?} at $3.25. it do nv 840 at $3.25. 3 bulls

av 95“. :it $4.50: to Austin 3 stockers 11V

540 at $4.65. 2 do av 670 at $4.75; to Mor—

gan 17» do av 617 at $5; to Goose 17

butchers av 615 at $3.85, 3 do 21V 560 at

$3.75; to Fromm 12 do av 862 at $4.65. 2

cows ‘IV 725 at $3. 2 do av 830 at $4. 4

heifers av 555 at $4.50, 2 steers av 025

at $5.00: to Parker, W. & Co. 6 bull's av

860 at $4.25.



\Vcclks sold Sullivan P. (‘0. 10 butchers

av 8'11 at $4.90. 2 canners av 900 at $2.75,





2 bulls av 970 at $4.40, 1 do weighing

1.470 at $5.

Veal Calves.

Receipts. 717. Markct steady at VVed-

ncsday and last week's close. Best, $9@

10; othcrs, $401.8.





Roe (‘om Co. sold l\lich. B. CO. 13 av

200 at $3, 3 :iv 215 at $8.50, 5 av 225 at

$5, 1 weighing 300 at $3.50. 2 av 210 at

$8.50, 4 av C25 .11 $4.50; to Sullivan P. CO.

22 av 170 at $9; to Goose 1 weighing 300

at $3.50.



Bishop, B. 8; H. sold Parker, \V. & Co.

1 weighing 370 at $6. 6 av 1.65 at, $8.50: to

Sullivan 1’. Co. 1 weighing 130 at $9, 4

av 155 at $0.25. 10 av 181 at $8.75. 2 av

275 at $6, 15 av 160 at $9, 2 av 185 at

$8.50, 2 av 215 at $4.50. 8 av 130 at $8.50:

to Goose 8 av 250 at $4; to Parker. 1V. &

Co 28 av 155 at $8.75; to Field 2 av 155

at $9; to Ra'ttkowsky 3 av 1.85 at $9.40;

to Bray 3 av 170 at $9.25: to Sullivan P.

Co. 12 av 185 at $5, 20 av 155 at $8.50, 2

av 140 at $0.50, 2 av 250 at $6. 4 av 140 at





$9, 4 av 155 at $9.50: to Bray 11 av 200

at $5. 9 av 150 at $7; to GOOse 10 av 226





at $4.25, 7 av 150 at $8, 9 av 140 at $6; to

Friedman 4 av 150 at $9.50. 3 av 140 at

5.5 65'; to Burnstine 4 av 155 at $9. 9 av

170 at $9.75.



Haley & M. sold Bray 16 av 140 at

$7.25. 5 av 150 at $6, 9 av 150 at $8; to

Parker, \V. & Co. 2 av 165 at $7.50, 7 av

125 at $8.50. 2 av 225 at $6, 3 av 140 at





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





$7.50; to Goose 6 av 155 at $8; to D. Goose

2 av 250 at $5, 5 av 140 at $7.25, 7 av 165

at $5, 15 av 160 at $8; to Shefel 6 av 500

at $5.



Spicei & R. sold Rattkowsky 6 av 145

at. $5.25; to Mich. B. Co. 3 av 175 at $3.

1 weighing 130 at $7, 2 av 150 at $8.50; to

Bray 2 av 320 at $4. 4 av 150 at $7; to

(loose 5 av 210 at $5.50; to Rattkowsky

2 av 125 at $6. 6 av 140 at $8; to Hoffcnd

5 av 165 at $7.50.



Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts. 2,511. Market. steady with

Wednesday and last week’s close. Best

lambs, $6756.50; fair to good lambs. $471)





5: light to common lambs, $3.50@4.50;

fair to good sheep, 3532560350; culls and

common, $217,013.



Bishop, B. & 11'. sold Sullivan P. Co.

10 lambs av 61. at $6.50. 16 sheep av 100

at. $3.50. 1.2 do av 115 at $3. 15 lambs av

av 75 at $4. 8 do av 60 at $6, 10 sheep av

102 at $3: to Hammond, S. & Co. 221:.imbs

av 75 at $6.50. 5 sheep av 105 at $2.25 14

(lo av 1.10 at $3 25. 37 lambs av 70 at

$6.85; to Thompson Bros. 11 sheep av 115

at $3.25; to Vasco 23 lambs av 65 at

$5.75; to Hammond. S. & Co. 22 do av

60 at $3.25; to Sullivan 1". Co. 14 do av

75 at $6.75; to Fitzpairick Bros. 47 lambs

:iv 73 at $6.50. 8 do av 70 at $6.50, 43 do

av 75 at $6.50. 0 do av 70 at $6.50; 66 do

av 90 at $3 25; to Sullivan P. CO. 40 lambs

av 50 at $4.25. 10 do av 52 at $5, 48 do

av 70 at $6.50: to Young 26 do av 70 at:

$5.50: to Hammond, S. &. (7o. 30 do av 80

at, $6.65. 12 do av 60 at $5.50; to Barlage

42 do av 65 at $5.25; to Fitzpatrick Bros.

30 do av 80 at $4. 17 do av 50 at $5.



Haley & M. sold lloyt 26 lambs av 72

at $6.25, 30 do av 70 at $6.25. 27 do av 55

at $4.75, 5 do av 60 at $4.50, 35 do :iv 75

at $6 25 17 do av 57 at $5, 13 do av 55

at $4.50; to l'trcitcnbc-ck 29 shccp av 110

(Lt $2.77- 80 lambs av 75 at $6; to lVlicli.

B, Co, slicep av 84 at $2.50; to Bray 16

lambs av 85 at $4.50. 2 do av 80 at $4.50.

‘5 do av 70 at $6.50. 20 sheep av 105 at

$3.75.



ltoc. Com. Co. 'sold Mich. B Co. 1. buck

weighing 160 at $2.50. 0 sheep av 85 at





:71 .





$3.25. 41 lambs av 67 at $6.

Spiccr & R. sold Thompson Bros. 10

sheep av 102 ’11 $2.50. 28 do av 105 at





$3.30; to Sullivan I". Co. 2 do av 120 at

$3. 25 lambs av 65 at $6.50; to Itattkows





sky 2 sheep av 105 at $3 25'. to Ilray 7

lambs av 68 at $5; to Newton B. (To. 10





do av 52 at $4.50, 40 do av 70 at $6.50.





Hogs.



Receipts. 1.263. Market 10((1’15c higher

than Wednesday or last wcek's close.



Range .if prices: Light to good hutch-

crs, $8.25; pigs, $750608; light yorkers.

“@825; stags one-third off.



Bishop It. &. I]. sold Parker, \V. & Co.

120 av 200 at $8.25, 517 av 180 ‘at $8.20.

370 av 100 at $815. 100 av 140 at $8.10.



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

150 av 18:) at $8.25. 30 av 1.70 at $8.15.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 135

av 200 at $8.25, 85 av 190 at $8.15, 74 av





 





170 at $8.10.

Friday's Market.

August 2, 1912.

Cattle.



Receipts this wcck. 2.433; last week.

1.911; market steady at 'I‘hursday's dc—

ctine. We (inotc: Best stccrs, $750711

7752 steers and hcifcrs. 1.000 to 1.200.

$6.25ful7; do. 800 to 1.000, $5616: grass

‘stcers and hcit'crs, that are fat. '800 to





1.000. $5fll>oz do. 500 to 700. $450415; choice





fat cIiWs, $175415: good do.. $4.50; coin-

inon cows. $32.71”; 75'. canners, $2703:





choice heavy bulls, $4.50; fair to good bo—





logna bulls. $4014.25; stock bulls, $350.70

3.75; choice fending steers, 800 to 1.000.

$4,75r.5; fair feeding steers, 800 to 1.000





$4,614.25; choice stockers. 500 to 700. S4 25





(Iv/1.60; t'air stockers. 500 to 700. $3.750!)

4.25; stock heifers. $325604: milkers,

large, young, medium age, $40fil65; com-

mon milkers, $206230.

Veal Calves.

Receipts this week, 1.167: last week.





1.539. Market steady at ’l‘hursday‘s close;

500 lower than opening; best, $9@9.50:

others, $4778.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week. 3.632; last week.

4.300. Market steady at Thursday‘s

prices. Best lambs. $650606 75: fair to

gti'Ti lambs, $5010; light to common lambs

$46115; yearlings. $4004.75: fair to good

sheep, $2.75@3.50; culls and common, $1

602.50.





Hogs.



Receipts this weck, 2.609; last week.

3.329. Mark~t 56r10c higher than on

Thursday. Range of prices: Light to

good butchers. $8.2i5frh840; pigs, $7.756?)

8.25; light yorkers. $871840; Stags one-

third Off.





 





There has been no occasion for any one

interested in the Cliicrg. horse market.

to complain of any slackness in the dc~

mand for high—grade drafter's or the

prices for such animals in recent wet-ks.

On a. recent day a. New York buyer ship-

ped out a cat load that cost him very

close to $320 per head on an average. and

a buyer from Maine kit the same day

with a lot that cost more than that. In-

cluded in the Maine shipment there was

a pair of grade Clydesdales that aggre—

gated in their weight 3.850 lbs. (in an-

other day a Boston buyer purchased a

car load of chunks at an average price

ct" $2.20 per head. the tops costing as now

as $280, and none were what; could be

called heavy.



Hog cholera still prevails in parts of

Illinois and Iowa. and ravages and fear

of the disease are responsible for the re.—

cent shipment to market of pigs by the

car load at Chicago. The pigs were of

a thrifty class and 'such as many farm—

ing districts that were. devastated by

swine plague last. autumn would be glad

to have, as they would have made fine

growth on the rich grass. But own Hrs

of the pigs were unwilling to accept any

chances of their dying from disease and

marketed them at. once.



England has stopped the importation of

cattle from Ireland owing to the outbreak

of foot and mouth disease, but most of

the stall-fed Irish beeves have been

marketed already. and American cattle

are much 'too high to be available for

the British markets.





VETERINARY.

(Continued from page 98).





short time I succeeded in getting her on

foot and walked her some 40 rods to the

barn. She wabbled and staggered con—

siderable on her way. Our local Vet.

was at a loss to know what ailcd her and

after death we opened her and found

nothing wrong inside. \Vliat do you be

lieve caused her death and Child She

have been saved? 1.}, W. 1)., Sebewa.

Mich—This cow died of brain hemorr-

hage and could not have been saved.

Your other cattle are in no danger.

Articular Itheumatism.»—l have a four-

months-old colt running in pasture with

its mother and three. other horses; none

are thriving. The colt appears to be

stiff and sore, walking very much like a

[Oundered horse. This colt acts langui-i

and is inclined to remain down most of

the time. . B.. Conklin. Micli.——(‘.ive

coil 10 grains salicylate of soda at a dose

three times a day. This colt should not

be exposed to cold rain storms and the

rest of your horses should be fed some

grain and salted three times a week.





Indigestion~lncipicnt Heaves.#l have

a mare that suffers from indigestion and

I believe also has a mild attack of

hezives; much worse some days than oth-

ers. 'I‘. V., Midland. MiclL—Fced no clo—

VE‘I', or musty. dusty, badly cured fodder:

grain and grass is the best food you can





feed her. (live 1 oz, bicarbonate soda. 1/2

oz. ground gentian and 1/2 oz. ground

ginger at a dose in feed two or three

times a day. Also give her a dessert-





spoonful of Fowler's solution at a dose

two or three times a day when her wind

is most affected.



Colic———1mligcstion.—My twelve—year-old

mare is subject to sick spells and it

must be either colic or indigestion.

'l‘hese sick spells take- place at no ieguhir

hour and apparcntly conw on suddenly.

’1‘hcy do not last long and I might. add

that she kecps a standing position con-

tinually. when well. (.1. A. 1{., 011111121.

IIIIC‘lI.*-(‘IIVP. your more 1;. oz. of ground

ginger, 1/§ oz. ground gcntian and 1,12 oz.

IiiCirbonate soda at a dose in feed twice

a day. It is possible to prcvciit hcr sick-

ncss by changing ht-r food supply.



liuinbago—«il‘orpi-tl I'Cidncyssnl have a

cult that wiutered with its mother and

was wvancd the first of March. This colt

thrived until the middle of April. when

he began to refuse his fecd, was turned

on pasture somc time later, but has not

thrived well since. llis back is perhaps

weak, as I police. he usually makes sev—

eral efforts before. gottin‘g up. He is also

iniul: duller than my other colts. and

with his urine he passes a ,vcllow sort of

material. lu‘. H. Lake Odessa, Mich—-

Give ctlt 15 grs. powdered nitrate potash

and 10 grs. sodium salicylate at a dose

three times a day.



Loss of Appetitewl have a colt 21/;

months old that has a very poor appetite





and is not thriving. A. I). C., llcsperia.

Mich.~Give your colt 2; grs. of quinine

at a dose three times a day; also placc

salt within his reach.



Dilated ’l‘e:it Canal—Tho two fore.

tcais of my two—ycaiuold heifer seem to

have a pouch in thcm which intcrfercs

with free tlow of milk. 'l‘his cow‘s iwo

hind teats are all right and milk flows





through them nicely. I), I‘. It. Kalknska.

l\’[icli.~~l\'othing can be done to reincdy an

ailment of this kird. except surgical work

and that you cvuld not do. You might

try applying iodine ointment three times

a week.



I'mbilical ll'ei‘nia.~«l have a thrcc—

months-old filly that has a soft puffy





1,07





2 drs. powdered Sulphate iron and 17$ oz.

ground gentian at a close in feed two or

three times a day.



La.n'lll]itl§.~—:FOUF months ago my six-

year-old horse got loose and ate a large

quantity of corn; 24 hours after he ate

the corn he stiffened and has never been

well since. His feet were placed in wat-

er and kept there for eight days. The

soles of both fore feet. dropped in center,

but the horsc is not very stiff. I am in—

clined to believe that, soreness is in feet.

B. 14., Albion. Mich.~\'cry little can be

done for a horse in this condition. A

long run on pasture and blistering coro-

nct three times a month will make him

some bcttcr. but I do not belicvc he will

(‘Vt'l' recover



Indigestion —I have some threc-months-

old pigs running on a. picco of low land.

and was feeding them milk from cream

separator. but a short time ago I t‘oun.l

one dent and much hlozitcd. .I N. (1.,

Stanton. Mich—Your hogs th-it b'ozit up

rapidly and die, siiddci‘ily siiffci' from

acute indigestion, tcrminziting in rupturc.

(live 5 grs. :icid salicylic at a. dose in

feed three times a (115’. You must study

how to feed thcm. for their food supply

is the cause of their sickness.





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swelling at navel. 'l‘his hunch is not sore

and tho colt is doing well. but I was

afraid it might need attention. .1. \\'. 8..





Bravo, Mir-11,.»wYoiu' colt. suffers from

rupture. which perhaps Occurred at or

soon after birth and perhaps your best





plan is to wait until autumn, then if she





has not recovered, have your Vet. op-

crate on her.



Sideboncl have a horse that is very

lame. and my Vet. tclls me that he is

troubled Willi what is commonly calied

sidebonc. 'l‘his horse has shown some

teiiderncss from this bunch for the pzist

two years. I have blirtcrcd him wiih

corrosive sublimate blister, but. fail to





notice any improvonient. S. W. W.. Clin—

ton. lilit-li.v~'l‘lie heels of a. horse suffer—

ins,r from sidebone should be kept low.

I‘Zithcr have him fired or apply one part

rcd iodide mercury and (light parts ceralc

ot‘ cantharidcs once a week.



lfliai‘rhoczi r~\\'oi‘ms.71 have a ten-year-





old more with a two—weeks‘mld colt by

hcr Sltlte and this more is very much

troubled With diarrhoea. the cxcrcmcnt





which shc passes has a few small worms.

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Our Motto—“The farmer is of more

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first improved.”





 





 





 





THE AUGUST PROGRAMS.





Suggestions for Second Meeting.





The duty of party enrollment.



“I‘icnic Song," No. 48, in Grange Mel-

odies.



Pointers on picnics.



Itccitation, “A Farmer’s Judicial Opin-

ion.”



“Harvest

Melodies.



A tribute to Ceres (each member to

bring a contribution of grasses or grains

to present to Ccrcs with a fitting senti-

me'nt or quotation).





Song," No. '86, 'in Grange





EXEMPLIFYING THE FRATERNAL

SIDE.





The photograph reproduced

page shows the manner in which the

brothers of Grange No. 1429, of Eaton

county, exemplified the fraternal side of

Grange life. Last April Peter Edick, a

member of this Grange, was unusually

unfortunate in not only being sick him-

self but in having his horses incapaci—

tated by sickness. \l'hen it became evi-

dcnt that he would not be able to put

in an oat crcp_ more than a dozen of his

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upon this





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





Master C. 0. Raine, of Missouri, says:

“Because primitive farmers were taught

self-independence, and the nature of

their work since then has not been such

as to make them see the necessity of

getting together. Because of the farm-

er‘s happy-go—lucky disposition; if mat-

ters do not go smoothly today, he. works

and waits for the better things tomor-

row. Because in the central west in the

early Grange work the farmer placed im—

plicit confidence in financial co-operation

without studying the principles thereof,

and when results did not materialize he

was humiliated, his friends disgusted and

the whole structure wrecked. Because

of the opposition by commercial interests

in Opposition to farm interests for fear

that farmers will form a gigantic trust.

Because Grange principles and the re-

sults of Grange work are not better un-

derstood by the average farmer.”





 





 





THE GRANGE IN OTHER STATES.

Oregon Patrons’ Decisive Action on Im-

portant Questions.



The State Grange of Oregon, at its an-

nual meeting held in Roseburg, in May

last, took a firm stand upon several mat-

ters of vital import to the farmers of

that state, as well as to those in many

other states. Recent agitation of the

system of taxation known as the single

tax caused the Grange to vigorously con-

demn and denounce the single tax as an

attempt to impair the obligations of con—

ttacts. holding that the principle is fun—

damentally unjust, unreasonable and in-

ccnsistcnt, an] that its adoption would





g FARMERS’ owns]





OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-

TION OF FARMERS' CLUBS.





President—J. D. Leland, Corunna.



Vice—President—D. M. Morrison, St.

Johns.



Secretary-Treasurer—Mrs. C. P. John-

son, Metamora.



Directors—C. L. Wright, Caro; E. W.

\Voodruff, Blanchard; . P Johnson,

Metamora; H. W. Chamberlain, White

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

Spaulding, Belding.





 





 





Associational Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.





AssOCIational Sentiment.—

The farmer, he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.

INGHAM COUNTY FARMERS’ CLUB

HISTORY.





Read by Mrs. W. L. Cheney, on the

Occasion of the fortieth anniversary of

the Ingham County Club, held at M.





(Continued from last week).



And now we must speak of some of

the large meetings. Prominent among

these must be mentioned the two mcet—

ings at the Chandler farm, when the





 





 





 





Patrons of Eaton County Plowing and Seeding a Field to Oats for an Unfortunate Member.





with teams and implements, repaired to

his farm. \l’hen they departed 15 acres

of plowing had been done and 17 acres

had bctn sown to oats. 1n the presence

of such an example of real Grange spirit,

cmmnent seems unnecessary. Let us be-

lieve that it is but one ofmany which do

nct come into public notice.

WHY SOME FARMERS ARE NOT IN

THE GRANGE.



\‘I’ith a View to securing the opinions

of Grangc lcadcrs in various sections of

the country as to why a comparatively

large number of farmers remain unassu—

ciutctl with the Grange, Bro, J. \\'. Dar-

row, a pi‘Hlliillcill Ncw York patron, ro-

ttntly dircctt-d an inquiry to the various

state mastcrs. Si'vmni of the rcplits are

pitscnicd l.clow and thty are, of value

ficm flu: fact that in thcir valiant efforts

to build till the t'i'cttnization in their re-

Flit‘t'liyc fiilllt‘s‘ HH‘FI‘ ltuttlt‘l's Iltl‘lt“ lilCi,

and in many cast-s have chrcmnc, about

cvcry obstacle. that it is l:'».~‘sil;lC to prc—

rcnt.



Slatc Mastcr

many .\li»~hi;_:an

m't- of mcciinc, last wintcr,

plying to the inquiry: “I will state Ville

of the reasons that we havo (‘iit‘tlilllif‘l'eli

in (,lhio: The gcncral apathy of farm-

cls. Too many othcr fraternal and he-

(lpptsition to sccrct





laylin. of Ohio. whom

pations had tho plt'as—





sa 3‘s in rc—





ntvolent societies.

sot-ictics by. ccitaiu icligious dcncmina-

lions. Too much tcnant farming. C0-

cptvratiyc busincss failures of Granger: in

the mrly days of the order. Fear of be-

ing rcjcctctl on account of pcrsonal pre-

judices of some member of the order.

Notwithstanding all thcst- diliicultit‘s and

others, such as neighborhood quarrels,

factionai lights and local prcjudiccs, Hhio

has done. very well, having, organized

since November 1, 1911, 22 Granges and

rC—organixed two, with a. good prospect

for more in the futurc. Farmers must

mganize for their own protection, educa-

iion and improvement, and the Grange

offers the best way to secure these ad-

vantages. “'0 are living in an age of

organization. Almost every other busi-

ness is organized. Individual effort at:-

complishes little; it is only by united ef-

fort that results are obtained. The





Grange offers the most practical means

for promoting the interests of farmers.”





moan ruin t0 the farmers of the state,

without whose success and prosperity the

cities could and would not prosper. In

the matter of conservation of forests the

Grange recommcnded that the state ask

the fcderal government to locate army

camps throughout the government pre—

wrves as the basis of a mountcd patrol

s_\ stem for the protection of government

timber lands. it voiced the opinion, how—

evcr, that the forests of the different

statcs are a purely local proposition, not

an itilcl"~'idte matter, and therefore not

subject to the control of the national

government; also that state control of

forests would tend to develop the re-

sources of a. state in a more satisfactory

manner than federal control, and the

thange proposed that a campaign Of ed—

ucation along this line he inaugurated.

’l‘ouchinc~ illc water power problem the

(Mango t‘avoi'cd legislation designed to

rnconrage the production of electrical

powcr in the most incxpensivc man‘her

possible. contcnding that if such power

can be made availablc to the farmer, at

a pricc which he can afford to pay, it

will do more to make country life at-

1iactiyc and to check the present rush to





the citit-s than any othcr convcnience

1lmt can br- brought to thc farm, It fav—





t'i't'WI the teaching of agriculture in the

pultlic schools, and more lillcral appropri—

:l‘iuilr‘ for farmcrs’ institutcs. Steps wci‘e

takcn to havix prcsentcd to the ncxt leg-

islature a measure requiring commis-

sion merchants to make itemized statc—

mcnts ol‘ pzoducc rcccived and sold dur—

the ccrtuin spcciticd pcriods, The grant—

int: cf suffragc to thc \vomcn of the state

was favored, the resolution going through

without a t'lisscnting vote, and a pro-

]~:s-il to consolidate the state university

and thc agricultural college was vigor-

onsly opposed.



’l‘ho anti-tuberculosis committee of

Ncw York State Grange has decided to

undertake a campaign that will be fea—

‘turcd by an cxhibit which will be, sent

from Giange to Grange until the state is

covcred. The committee has also under

ctmsidcration a plan for some one county

to institute a campaign to interest sub-

ordinate (iranu‘es in the employment of

a Visiting nurse to be paid by the

(:ranges jointly. The committee’s report

recommending the establishment of a

county hospital in each county was

adopted at the last meeting of the State

Grange.



COMING EVENTS.

Pomona Meetings.



Kent 00.. at John Ball park, VVednes-

day, Aug. 14. Picnic dinner, address by

National Grange speaker, and athletic

program



Charlevoix Co., with Bay Shore Grange,

Thursday, Aug. .



Ingham Co., with Leroy Grange, at

farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Put-

nam, Friday, Aug. 23.





Michigan Central railroad furnished a

pccial train. R. E. Trowbridgc had

charge of the farm and at one of these

mcetings the IIon. Zach Chandler was

himself present. The real object was to

ltH-ve the reclaiming 0f swamp lands.



November 2], 1885, that all—day meet—

ing of entertainmcnt furnished by the

honcraiy membcrs of Lansing, when in

the t'orcnoon the industrial and Blind

Schools were visited. a banquet given at

the Hudson Ilouse at 2 p. m., and in the

evening a. reception at the home of Hon.

0. M. Barnes.



Thcn that picnic in June, 1886, at

Spring Brook Farm, then owncd by the

late James NI. Turner. (inc. thousand

people were in attendance and fully dcdi-

cated that very large ncw barn. It was

betlt-r than going to a fair to see so much

stock owned by one individual~Clydes-

dale horses, Shetland ponics, Shorthorn

cattle and Shropshire sheep.



Two years latcr, June. 1888, the now

barns at Maple Ridge It‘arm, then owned

by the late A. F. \\'ood, were dedicated

in a similar manner. li‘ive hundrcd peo-

nlc attended that picnic, and Dr. 'lx’edzic,

of the M. A. C., was the speaker of the

afternoon.



The following six years inclusive, 1889-

leli, the Club made itsclf heard, besides

the regular mectings, by holding an in—

stitute, and banquet cach winter and

from one to four picnics in the summer.



June 17, 1894, a wry large meeting

was hcld on this campus, and the M. A.

C. faculty did their part in a Vcry cred-

itable manner. 'l‘hcy haVc always been

more than willing to help us at any time,

either by entertaning or attending our

mcctings at home. Diffcrcnt members

of the faculty were very generous with

their time at our institutes, and we would

especially mention Drs. Real and chzic,

Dr. Miles. Prof. A. J. Cook, and Kon—

yon L. Butterfield.



The years ’95, ’96 anti ’97 the weekly

meetings Were held during the winter

season, and the members on Saturday

afternoon woald look for the





Banner that hung on outer wall,

A signal for the Rally;



Its fluttering folds inviting all

To climb the narrow alley.



-)ur flag. the sign well undcrstood,

Nc'er fails to draw together



Three score or more, led on by Wood,

No deference paid to weather.





AUG. ' 10, 1912.





When the numbers outgrew the News

editor's sanctum, the Club was furnished

rooms free in the Darrow block. The

only time rent has ever been paid was

when it met in the rooms of the Mason

Grange. Finally the common council

granted the Club the use of their rooms

wherever they might be.





In December, 1898, after having attain-

ed the age of 27 years, full grown and old

enough to almost care for itself, the Club

decided to accept of some help, and

there-by continue its same usefulness, if

not greater. Accordingly changes neces-

sary were made in the constitution by

which the entire family became members

and the meetings to be held the second

Saturday of each month at‘the homes of

the mcmbers. One helpful argument in

favor of this place of meeting is learning

the geography of our county and seeing

the growing crops in the different: local-

itics, and t0 kecp in touch with our

neighbors who may have some easier

way to perform the work than some oth—

ers. The membership today includes 60

families, extending five miles in each di-

rection from Mason.



At times our list of honorary members

has been large and has included men of

every vocation of life.



Some of the specials accomplished

since 1898 is 'W’ornan’s Day in November

of each year. Some years Young I‘eo—

ple's Day is celebrated.



October, 1907, we held a fair. The ex—

hibits Wcre of the best, with 350 entries.

Then two banquets held in Lansing, one

at the home of Judge Weist and the oth-

er with Frank L. Dodge.





“hen the new Presbyterian church

was being built in Mason, stone bces





were quite the fad, and the Farme-rs’

Club helped this along by adding to the

pile in one day 97 loads. The Club lad-

ies also served a chicken-pit- dinner in

the old church to those who helped.



In some ways this has been a very pe-

culiar association. “'9 belicvo and know

there has been no graft in any oilice,

and especially that of the- treasurer. The

treasury has never been empty, and the

funds for the entire 40 ycars have been

looked after by four men, \Vm. Rayner,

one year; D. C. Smith. seven years; C.

C. Marsh, twu years, and the present

incumln'nt, E. C. Russell, 30 years.“



The office of president has been filled

by three men, D. L. Cady, two years;

A. F. “’ood, 25 years, and L. H. Ives the

past 13 years.



The secretary‘ship has traveled a little

different pace. For a good many years

the two offices of the recording and cor-

responding secretary were fillcd, but the

work was all donc by the recording sec-

retary. Finally the offices were merged

into one. E. A. Sweet, G. A. Gille-spic,

\‘t'. C. Latin and Col. J. A. Shannon have

bcen secretary at different times, while

L. H. Ivcs used the pcn for 22 years,

when he was promoted to the presi-

dency. Mrs. J. E. Tansweli has servel

two years as recording secretary and 11

years as corresponding secretary.



In the early days there

vicc—prcsidcnts and six

honorary positions. Today chry officer

is cxpccted to work. The vice—president

is a lady and presides at \\'oman‘s Day

in November and in tho abscnce- of the

prcsident. The recording sccretary takes

carc of the clerical work. the correspond-

ing secretary the newspaper reports, and

the six directors make up the two com-

niittccs, program and locating, three

serving on each.



Tinting tlic past 13 years the mectings

have been helpful, but perhaps the social

side of our natures has bcen developed

more than any other, and as l have. road

and reflected duringr the last few days

about the early years of this organiza—

tion, I can not. but feel that morc scien—

tific work to htlp thc individual farmer

was carried on then than now.





were three

directors, just





Can we not advance a little and take

up one or more steps along,r Club exten—

sion by which the ingham (‘ounty Farm-

crs‘ (fiub will hold to its motto: “Growth

is lletlcr than pcrmancnce, and perma-

ncnt growth is better than all."



The family of H. A. Hawley was the

best reprcsented at the anniversary Club

meeting at the M. A. C., the-re being

eight relatives in attndance, including

two daughters, a grand-daughter and a.

great grandson.





NOTICE TO GRANGES AND FARMERS'

CLUBS.





We will be pleased to publish in the

Michigan Farmer the dates of picnics

and gatherings held. Secretaries will

kindly advise with date and place at

least 10 days in advance.





 





 





 





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‘HORTICULTURE?





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GRADING APPLES SHOULD BE GIV-

EN MORE STUDY AND

ATTENTION.



The matter of proper grades of apples

is one well worthy of agitation and thor-

ough discussion. There seems do be

quite a wide divergence of ideas regard-

ing the matter, Michigan growers 'to a

considerable extent not being willing to

accept the standards prescribed and

largely governing in the general market.

The fact of the matter is that Michigan

is so favorably situated respecting the

general markets and freightrates are so

low that most everything in the way of

apples can be disposed of at some price,

and if we scratch sufficiently below the

surface we may find that the reason for

this disposition on the part of farmers is

that they are too largely inclined to

crowd the different grades up higher

than conditions will warrant. In the

west, where high transportation rates

prohibit the shipment of anything but

the very best grades, the matter of grad-

ing is carried to an extent not thought

of in barrel stock, and the growers are

the decided gainers by their exact sys—

tem of grading. The same is true as

well in putting up the citrus fruits. But

Michigan farmers in their solicitude to

dispose of all their fruit are reluctant

to accept even the rather loose system



established for barrel stock.



This penchant for breaking away from

established system is illustrated in a

scale of grades which an organization of

growers is presuming to set up. It Is

this:



“No. 1 grade apples shall be picked

fruit without bruises 2% inches or above

in diameter for small varieties and 21/2

inches or above in diameter on large

Varieties, free from rot, cracks, scab,

scale and worm holes, fruit spots or fun—

gus. No. 2 grade apples shall be 21/4

inches or above in diameter with few





outs of scale, small scab on blossom end,

small cracks. one pin worm hole on sxde





 





 





 





 





'or in blossom end, a little fruit spot or





fungus, dropped apples while picking with

small‘bruises allowed in this grade, all

free from rot. No. 3 grade apples _shall

be two inches or above in diameter,

picked or windfall with bruises, skin not

broken or slightly so, three worm holes,

if not too large, with scab, if apple is

not deformed and large apples .with.

smile, fruit spot, or fungus all free from

rot.”



In the regulations made by the Inter-

national Apple Shippers’ Association, and

which has become so well established

that the system has been recognized in

a court decision. a No. 2 apple is one

that is perfect and between 214 and 2%

inches in diameter, of the larger varie-

ties. This is a wise provision, as large

and small fruit together does not present

nearly so good an appearance as to have

the specimens run nearly uniform in size.

But these growers leave this grade out

entirely. There is a demand, too, in or-

dinary years for a grade that is Slightly

scaliby, and this grade will go into stor-

age, but it must be without scale, crack

or worms. In fact, the skin must not be

broken, as this affords an opening for

the rot fungus to enter. In some sea-

sons when apples are scarce there may

be a demand for some that are below

.his grade, but in ordinary years very

many are of the opinion that it is unwise

to put such stuff into barrels. From the

present outlook this may be such a year.

Barrel stock is high and the government

crop report indicates that the crop

throughout the country is slightly above

the average. It is a question, therefore,

if there will not be more profit by put-

ting only the best grades in barrels and

sending the balance to the dryer or old—

er mill, or perhaps shipping in bulk.



The second grade which these growers

are preparing to make, which is really a.

very low grade, is quite indefinite and

may be widely construed. For instance.

how large may a “small scab” be? From

the fact that a “small crack" is permit-

ted We may conclude that it may be of

considerable size, for a crack is uSually

caused by a scab, and a scab spot large

enough to cause a crack has gained some

proportions. Again, admitting apples

with pinworm holes is sure to let the

grade down, for a hole of this kind means

that a small worm has entered the apple

and is at work there and in a short time

will emerge, leaving a worm hole of

healthy proportions at the point of

egress, and discrediting the packer.



There is no one that is more highly in-

terested in maintaining the very highest

grades and building up. a reputation for

quality in the fruit than the growers

themselves, and doubtless the very best





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. «m





way to do this is through organization.

The most Serious criticism with the

grading these people are presuming to

establish is that they propose to disre-

gard established and recognized stan—

dards and dignify all their scaly and

wormy and bruised and cider and cull

stuff generally by the term “grades.” It

is simply an indication of the atitude of

farmers in general respecting the mat-

ter of grading and serves to emphasize

the importance of agitation along these

lines.





Allegan Co. EDWARD HUTCHINS.





WHY PLANT LICE ABOUND AND,





HOW THEY MAY BE CON-

TROLLED.





 





I notice in your issue of the 3rd inst.

that some people are interested in the

reason for the present difficulty with

plant-lice. There is a reasonable ex-

planation for ,their presence this year and

their absence last year. Ordinarily plant—

]ice- on apple and many other trees are

held in check by small wasp-like para-





 





sites which lay their eggs inside the‘





bodies of the lice themselves.





The young .





from these eggs .feed on the living bod—3





ies of their hosts, and eventually each





one spins its cocoon inside the louse on;





whichit has fed,

These parasites are about half as big





as the lice and are very quick, active and . '





waspish in their motions. Ordinarily

when we have a fairly early Spring with

quite a little warm weather, early in ill/e

season, these parasites will multiply along

with the lice and keep them dowu to





such small numbers that no injury will:





result.

the lice are usually bad. This is due to

the fact that the parasites are more sen-

sitive to weather conditions than are the

lice. The lice will go on multiplying

when the weather is around about 40

degrees, while the. parasites require a

much higher temperature to develop. In

this way the lice get a start on the par-

asites and the parasites sometimes do

not catch up with them all summer. This

year has produced, conditions of this

kind. Last year the lice were present in

just as great numbers to begin with, and

the eggs were present on the trees -in

large numbers but the warm, dry spring

boosted the parasites at the some time

that it stirred up the lice, and the par-

asites gained control.



Now the same thing happens with

army-worms and cut—worms. These in-

sects are always worse after a cold, wet

spring. A few years ago we knew this

was so, but did not know why. A study

of the influence of temperature on the

parasites has made plain the reason why

these results obtain.



Now as to the control of these lice. It

is, of course, getting late now to do

much. Nicotine is the most reliable of

all the sprays in use against plant~lice.

For green-house work the common nico-

tine which vaporizes and passes off into

the air is very effective. For tree spray—

ing a. salt of nicotine called nicotine sul-

phate has the advantage that it does not

pass off into the air nearly so quickly as

does the common nicotine. This nicotine

sulphate can be diluted a number of

hundred times, but as with all contact

sprays, the insect must be hit to be kill—

ed This is sometimes difficult where the

leaves are badly curled.



In the article on page 90 of the number

referred to, Mr. Geismar is (muted as

recommending one pound of tobacco

stems, steeped and diluted to eight gal-

lons of water. I feel sure that Mr. Geis-

mar meant one pound of the pure, dry

leaves to eight gallons of water, since

We have used this strength successfully

many times. The tobacco stems which

one gets from the factory are very weak

indeed, and one must use several pounds

to a gallon. The stems have very little

nictotine ‘to begin with, and most of this

has been sweated and leached before one

gets it. It smells strong when cooked

up, but the smell does not come from

the nicotine since absolutely pure nico-

tine is almost without odor. If I were

to use tobacco stems I would pack them

into a. wash boiler and just cover them

with water; steep half an hour and spray.

Perhaps this tea will stand a little dilut-

ing but not very much; furthermore. it

must be freshly made, since it breaks

down easily on standing. If one cannot

get nicotine or tobacco tea. conveniently,

whale-oil soap, one pound to five gallons

of water, will kill all that. are hit.



Mich. Ag. Col. R. H. PE'r'rrr.



Give the late sowings of radishes, let—

iuce, turnips, etc., good care "that growth

may be steady and continuous.





However, after a cold. wet spring; j





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If all roads were brick-

paved streets the wonder-

ful superiority of the Ford

for the farmer would not

be so easily demonstrated.

But bad roads and bad

weather have made the

undaunted and economical

Ford the farmer’s friend—

under all conditions.





 

   

   

   

   

   

 





 





 

   

 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





75,000 Ford cars already sold this season

—one-third of America’s product. Five

passenger touring car $690—three passen-

ger roadster $590—torpedo runabout $590

-—-de1ivery car WOO—town car 3900 f.o.b.

Detroit, complete with all equipment.

Get catalogue N o. 313 A from Ford Motor

Company, Detroit, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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The New





Opportunity

Where Farming Pays Big Dividends





Farmers work no harder—but soil and climate do. Boun-

tiful crops are a matter of months not years. $20 to $40

an acre land is raising twice the size crops that $40 to

$100 an acre land produces in the middle west or east—

of a quality that carried off the prize cups in competi-

tion with the entire country at the recent New York

Land Show.



These prosperous conditions are prominent in the Mussel-

shell, Gallatin, Jefferson, Yellowstone, and Smith River

Valleys, Judith Basin and other rich districts tributary to

America's newest transcontinental line—the





’ \ Chicago, Milwaukee BSt. Paul





and

Chicago, Milwaukee 8? Puget Sound

Railways

Now is the time to look over this wonderful new

country. The trip can be made at low cost. On the first and

third Tuesdays of each month low round trip homeseekers’

fares are in effect via “St. Paul” and “Puget Sound” Rys.

Write for descriptive literature and full particulars,



0. E. Shaner, Immigration Agent, 750 Marquette Bldg.

F. A. MILLER, General Passenger Agent, CHICAGO
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FLORAL WORK FOR AUGUST.





BY EVA RYHAN—GAILLARD.





 





HE hot days of August make win-

tcr seem far away, yet it is the





month of many duties that can

DOt be shirkcd by those who would have

a. line display of floral beauty during the

winter. Space will not permit mention

171‘ many. but a few hints as to the most

important duties will suggest others.



The last of this month should see all

pots and plenty of soil ready fer instant

use when needed for some of the most

tender plants will need to be taken up and

potted betore there is even a sign of

frost. If pots wcre not thoroughly scrub-

bed and clcansed when the. plants wcre

bedded out in the spring, lose no time in

doing the work now. If new ones are to

be. purchascd gct them soon cnough to

allow a liltlltillfil soa king in water to re.

move the dust of the kiln and the odor

0t burned clay. as the first is injurious

to plants and thc second disagreeable to

those who must iuhalc it in closcd looms.



it till cr woodcn 1cccptac‘cs are to be

used paint them s1 111.1 inconspicuous col—

1.1' that will harmonize with the plants,

and not right with the colors of thc blos—

soms. llull moss or leaf green, or the

trcani or tcrra cotta shades usually found

in the porous clay pots are always sat-

isfactory and ceitain shades of brown are

very plcasing but an array of brilliant

red pots that pioclaim their presence

fltllil as far as one can see a window are

never so.



It is possible to dctidc during this

month as to which plants will be given

place in the winter collection and their

rare, from now on, should be such as

will fit them for luxuriant growth or free

ilowering during the wintcr, regardless of

their flilllt'fll‘llllt‘t‘ iii thc beds. lx'ccp all

buds pinched out and branchcs pin lied

back to once. the formation of as many

side branches as possible and whcre 1‘0th

have spread out until they chcr can be

put into a pot of suitublc sizc b. gin thclr

trt’atmcnt by cutting. with a sharp spade

11- knife, down through the. roots all

11111111101 the plant. The scvcrcd roots

will heal and when the plant is lifted the

untial ball will be in tinc shapc tomakc

iapid growth just when it is most de-

sired. chcr crowd a mass 11f roots into

a pot too small for them.



Plants that have bcen kept. dormant

«luring a resting period should be given

iicw soil and watt-1‘, about tho last ot

this month to get. them ready for (aily

winter. If thty tan be lit‘ttrd from the

pots. much of the old soil may be 1‘e111<,;V<

cd, but if that is not practicable rtnim‘

as much as possible from tho top and re-

iliatt‘e with new. in cithcr casc, the drier

the soil is. thc more may be shaken out

and the plainer the. condition of HM: roots

may be sub. if the roots l1 ok rcd and

btirnctl 1cmcve those that >‘t‘t‘lll injured

and tlicn replacc tile old soil with new.



Vci'y rich soil is not 11cccssai'y for pot—

tcd plants. fcr the reason that many

t‘titllit'fifi and easily {tillllitti plant foods.

atc available but a warm, friable soil and

pcod undcr drainage are essentials and

with titcsc at hand the worker should

kccp tiil'tO facts in mind while doing the

actual work of potting:



l1‘irstwl'lants grown for the beauty of

their foliage iictd illenty of root—room

“.hile those grown for their free-flower—

ing quality produce more and finer

blooms if the roots. arc restricted to a

smaller space and become “pot bound."



sccoiid—l‘: ants having woody stalks

me not injured by having the soil sligh.-

lv lcwcr at the ccntcr than around the

ulgcs of the pot but with those. throwing

all leaves from the center of a. crown the

soil must be higher at the center and

allow the water to quickly run to the

edges. If all owed to stand in the crown

of the. plant the disease known as “crown

rot” will soon destroy all flower buds

and probably kill the plant.



Third—Never fill a pot. full of soil un—

less it has a very large saucer, or can

be set into a pan of water to absorb

moisture from the bottom. Leave an

inch, at least, of space above the soil

where water can stand until it soaks





down among the roots. Hundreds of

plants make an insignificant appearance

merely because the pot is so full of soil

that most of the water applied runs off

without doing the plant a particle of

good, and this is particularly true in the

case of hanging pots and baskets.



Leaving plants out until they are

chilled almost to the point of actual

freezing and then hustling them into

pots, any old way, and bringing them di—

rectly into the house is fatal to early

beauty in the Window garden. The chill,

the rough handling, or the sudden change

ftom the open air to a fire—heated atmos.

1~l1cre Would cause a loss of foliage and

a gcncral backsct but when a plant is

{cited to endure all three it takes weeks

tor it to overcome the effects of the

treatment.



Every plant intended for the winter

collcction should be taken up and potted

early enough to permit keeping it out-

sidc for a time or. at least. in rooms

whcre doors and windows may be «111911

to make the change from outdoor condi-

tions as gradual as possible. A week

sooner than absolutely necessary is bet—

ter than one l;our too late. ,



Plants from the garden, or those pur-

chascd from oven the bcst of dealers,

should be kept in quarantine for a time

and a. strict watch kept for mealy-bug,

scale or other insects for, in spite of all

t-aie, such plants are very often infested

with insetts that quickly spread to oth-

er plants if placed near them.



The suggcstion was made. in a former

t‘i'tic‘e. that Easter and Candidum lily

bulbs should be in tho soil this month

but if thc order for them has not gone

get it away sun and include in it an

order for l‘lC‘t'vSl-als', paper—white narcissi

and other fragrant, free—flowering bulbs

that may be forced into bloom in timc

(111 Christmas decorations and gifts.



The chi-ysanthcnium is quccn of the

gaidcn, indoors as well as out, if cared

ft 1' l'l a way to bring it to perfection.

llircct1ons for pinching out buds wcrc

given iii the .lunc article but the work

must be kt pt 11p thiough this month and

soot—tca or liquid fertilizer of some kin.l

should bc given every Week, the soot-tea

bcing (E‘Flwt‘ltliiy good in that is is also :1

powerful enemy of all root—working iii—

rl‘t'lS, Allowing but few buds to develop

and giving food for their rapid develop—

1:1c:it is the only way to secure flowers

of exhibititn duality, and that is the only

quality worth aiming for.



l‘lantain is described by great botanists

as bting “found near the abode of civil—

izcd man in all parts of the world.” and

we who have to fight it in our lawns

icalizc that it is not only found there but

.11 :cimincd to remain tbcre. lluring cer—

tain seasons it must be dug out with :1

knife or other sharp instrument but dur—

ing the hot dry days of this month the

inots seem to be very near the surface

and may be. quite casily pullcd out, the

tntirc root coming out unbroken. Since

lcarninic,r this peculiarity of the plant 1 do

all my lighting of both the common va—

riety and thc black plantain (which is a

11inch worse pest), while. i can remove

tacit plant entire by giving it a, slight

pull.



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'l‘hrsc who {He obliged to live in houses

with looscly fitting doors and windows

will find His plan a. profitable one from

the standpoint of fuel expense, and a

gratifying one when the dull days of

winter make it desirable to sit near the

window. Measure the width of the win—

dcws and make narrow bags of the need-

cd length, from strong material. Oil cloth

is good because the sifting snow and 1ain

will not affect it, but muslin 01 dcnim

are more easily manipulated. Sew up

one end of each bag and fill with salt,

bran, sawdust or sand, and overcast the

otter end closely. As occasion requires

one of these. rolls may be laid along the

still or on the ledge made by the jointure





of the upper and lower sashes, thus clos-

ing the cracks through which the wind

blows. The same plan may be utilized

for the. doors, a loop of tape being at—

tached to each end of the rolls made for

the sides of the door and the top, if one

is needed there. Place small hooks or

nails at each corner of the door frame,

and hook the tapes over these, thus

kceping the rolls suspended. These rolls,

if properly cared for, will last for years,

and far more than pay for the slight

trouble of making them.





HUMAN WELFARE QUERIES.





 





Household Editort—A convalescent has

to take a “great ‘deal of scalded milk as

she can digest little else. She does not

likc the. taste and thinks it makes her

bilious. Can you sugegst any help?—

Home Nurse.



If you chill the milk quickly after

scalding it loses a little of the cooked

taste most of us dislike. Be sure, to

scald always in a double boiler where it

will not boil nor burn. Add a, little salt

to prevent its causing hiliousness. You

can add any flavor the patient likes to

hide the taste which is objectionable. lf

thc milk tauscs constipation gin :1 lit—

tic magnesia. '\\'thi the milk is removed

from the stove beat for several minutes

with an egg beater '10 whip the‘ scum into

thc milk. it contains food elements which

should not be thrown away.



Household ICtlitoi';~ \\'ould you be kind

enough to reprint the recipe for carpet-

bugs. It was in out- of last year's papers

and .I have lost it. it contained chloride

of zmc, salt. and alumerrs. ll. T. B.





I have been unable to find the recipe

mentioned. Mix one tablespoonful red

pcppcr with one pint wood alcohol. Spray

baseboard and all cracks and thoroughly

drench the edges of the. rug with the

mixture. Leave the room closed for 24

lion's after using.



Household l'Idiior:—-If “Northern Star”

uscs spoonfuls as I wrote it she may

spoil her pic. it calls for two heaping

tablespoont‘uls for a large pic. I have

some other choice recipes that, I can send

if you intend to publish a cook's column.

some are original and some, old ones. A

pinch of salt; improves this, as well as

all other pies—Mrs. l]. A. (I.



t\‘.'e plan to print only remieF-‘tcd recl-

]\l{‘H.-fil‘:('l.)



llcuschoid iCditorkwIicre is a chowder

rccipe that Mrs. l]. A. C. asked for in

the Farmer of July (3: (me- quart of raw

cabbagc chopped line, one quart boiled

bcets chopped tine, two cups sugar, table-

spoonful salt. onc tcaspooni‘ul black pep—

pcr, quarter teaspoont'ul red pepper, one

teacup grated horsciadish. Cover with

cold vincgar and put in cans. It will

keep a yeat'.—~Z\lrs. \\'_ ll. 8., Ionia.



Household liditor1~I saw a request In

The Faimer for a. recipe for a chowder

made of red beets and cabbage. Perhaps

this will do: Two quarts beets after

they are cooked and chopped, one, quart

of chopped cabbage, one cup of sugar.

one teaspoon (if pepper, two tablespoon-

t‘uls of salt. with vincgar to cover all.—

M1s. C. L. .I



Iii'ltlsehoid lCditm-:—\Ve have taken the

lyiichigan Farmcr ncarlv ever since we

started hou ekccping 28 yae is aco. Have

been somcthing like a sponge, absorbed

all the g1 od. llave been especially in—

tcrcsted in the. Household Department.

llave a few years of them when they

were in pamphlet form. I miss many of

the old contributors, “A. II. J." “Sim-

on‘s Wife,” “Ell. See,” and wonder where

they are. Rut I did not come to tell all

this. I saw a request from 11}. A. C. for

chowder made from red beets. Here is

something we like very much. It was

given me for bect rclish, possibly may be

the samc she mcans. The bright red

beets make it look better. Beets, cooked

and chopped, one quart; cabbage, raw

and chopped, one (111:11‘1; horseradish root,

chopped. one cup; sugar, two cups; salt,

one teaspoon. A little pepper and enough

vinegar to moisten. I use a food chop-

per for all and put it in cans cold. Keeps

well.



Here is :1 very simple buckleberry pud~

ding: One egg, one cup of buttermilk,

two cups iiour, Ono teaspoon soda. a. lit-

tle salt First a layer of batter then betr-

ries. etc. Str-am one hour. Serve with

cream and stigma—A Reader.





 





 





 





 





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“Coffee has been used in our family of

eleven—father, mother, five sons and

four daughters—for thirty years. I am

the eldest of the boys and have always

been considered the mat of the family

and a coffee toper.



”I continued to drink it for years until

I grew to be a man, and then I found I

had stomach trouble, nervous headaches.

poor circulation, was unable to do a full

day’s work, took medicine for this, that,

and the other thing, without the least

benefit. In fact, I only weighed 116 when

I was 28.



“Then I changed from coffee to Post-

um, being the first one in our family to

do so. I noticed, as did the resr of the

family, that I was surely gaining strength

and flesh. Shortly after I was visiting

my cousin who said, ‘You look so much

better—you’re getting ‘fat.’



“At breakfast his wife passed me a.

cup of coffee. as she knew I was always

such a coffee drinker, but I said ‘No,

thank you.’



“‘Whatl’ said my cousin, ‘you quit

coffee? What do you drink?’



“ ‘Postum,’ I said, ‘or water, and I am

well.’ They did not know what Postuni

was, but my cousin had stomach trouble

and could not sleep at night from drink-

ing coffee three times a day. lie was

glad to learn about Postum but said

he never knew coffee hurt anyone."

(Tea is just as injurious as coffee be—

cause it contains caffeine, the same drug

found in coffee).



“After understanding my condition

and how I got well he knew what to do

for himself. He discovered that Coffee

was the cause of his trouble as he never

used tobacco or anything else of the

kind. You should see the change in him

now. ‘Ve both bclieve that if persons

who suffer from coffee drinking would

stop and use l'ostum they could build





back to health and happiness.” Name

given by Postum C0., Battle Creek,





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BY WILLIAM A. COREY.



“If you will pardon me," began me

visitor, accepting the proffered rocker by

the window, “but I-—we—have never had

much confidence in mental healers. But

we have tried all the regular practition-

ers without success and we are at our

wits’ end Now—”



“No offense at all, Mrs.——er—Mr5. Mc-

Kain,” put in Dr. Graville, glancing at:

the visitor’s card in his hand to make sure

of the name, “No offense at all. Mental

science is always the court of last resort.

First the family doctor and the various

specialists. And the mind healer is usu—

ally the last called in. Perfectly natural

and there‘s no prejudice in it. But I in—

terrupted you. Please prOceed.” And

the doctor, a kindly looking man with a

round, boyish face,_ folded his hands

across his ample front and looked at his

visitor.



“The mind of my sister, Mrs. Lannon,”

the lady went on, “is, we fear, giving

way. It is purely a case of grief;—grief

through the loss, first of her husband and

then of her home and child, a. boy of ten.

The husband. a boiler-maker, was killed

by an explosion in Los Angeles three

years agor The shock of his death nearly

killed her for she. at best, is a frail body,

poor thing. Tnen lasc February, seven

months ago, she came up here to attend

to some property she has here, leaving

the little boy in the care of a nurse.

While here—Oh, how I regret it!——I per-

suaded her to stay a few months with

me. I thought the change would do her

good. Yt'ell, she decided to stay and sent

the nurse and boy steamboat tickets to

cmie to San Francisco. The night after

the nurse and child left, the house took

fire in some mysterious manner and was

burned to the ground with everything in

it. Then—Oh, how true are Longfellow's

words, ‘Misfortunes come not slngly.’

Then, when tie steamboat bearing the

nurse and boy reached a point a mile or

so outside the heads by the Golden Gate

she Wientudoun.n And among the lost

were the nurse and my little nephew.”





At this point the visitor’s emotion over-

came her and it was some moments be-

fore she could continue, while the doctor

sat in sympathetic silence. Finally the

lady regained herself-control and was

able to continue her narrative.



"There is little more to tell,” she sob-

bed. “My sister’s life for a long time

hung in the balance. The boy, a sweet

little fellow, had been her very life. We

did everything for her imaginable. She

was never left alone for a moment, for

we feared suicide. “'e provided her with

the best of medical attention. We took





her cast. liut in spite of it all she grew

worse. You see the loss had been so

complete. Not only the tWo nearest and





dearest to her were taken, but absolutely

nothing to remind her of them, not a.

thing, was left; not a tangible article;

not a garment, not a keepsake, not even

a photograph. My husband visited the

ruins of her home in Los Angeles and

searched them in the hope of finding

something, even an old, half-burned shoe,

a toy—something for her affection to





cling to. But he could find nothing, ab-

solutely nothing. \‘i'e tried to get her

occupied. But she will do nothing but





mope, with dry eyes partly closed, and

her lips silently forming words of en-

dearment for her boy.”



“I fear," said the Doctor, after a mo-

inelit's thought, “that your sister's mind

is not in a condition to respond to the

ordinary methods of mental healing; to

either auto or hypnotic suggestion. Her

emotional condition seems to have reach-

ed an acute stage that threatens to per-

manently dethrone hcr reason. We must

think of something else, some adroit and

skillful movement. Is her physical health

otherwise normal?”



“Certainly,” Mrs. McKain assured him,

“though one can’t be entirely well physi—

cally and suffer mentally as she does."



“Exactly." agreed Dr. Graville, “the

body and mind are interdependent and

react upon each other. Will you be so

kind as to step this way a moment?”



And the Doctor, as though suddenly

changin the subject, arose and ,led his

visitor into an adjOinlng room which was

lighted by a broad skylight and ample

windows on two sides. The other two

sides of the room were lined with shelves

bearing a numerous assortment of large

and small bottles containing liquids of

diiferenn‘ colors. There Jwere retorts.





glass tubes, bell glasses, pestles, mortar





bowls, etc. All these, as well as the

odors that hung upon the air, plainlv

indicated a. chemical laboratory. There





was also a photOgraphic camera and, in

a corner, a, small photographer's dark

TOOm.



“This," explained the Doctor, waving

a. hand about, “is my work room. For a

long time I have been carrying on ex-

periments designed to solve one of the

riddles of the centuries, viz., the power

of mind over matter.”



The Doctor took up a small bottle con—

taining a colorless liquid and carefully

let a drop of it fall upon a perfectly

clean glass slide. “This liquid," he went

on, “is a solilion of phosphate of iron

which is one of the twelve inorganic

mineral substances of which the human

body is composed. This slide is an ordi-

nary photographic slide used in making

negatives. Now I hold the theory, and

have lOng bccn experimenting to estab—

lish its absolute proof, that the human

mind works with these mineral com—

pounds, of which this phosphate of iron

is one, as truly as a mason uses brick

and mortar to build a. wall. Now to es-

tablish this fact—”



“But really, Doctor,” interrupted the

visitor nervously, “I called to advise with

you about my sister. I am worried about

her and have no time for abstractions

however—3’



The Doctor smiled as he held up his

hand. “Don't be hasty, Mrs. lVlt‘Kain,”

he deprecated, stooping to pick up her

handkerchief which had fallen to the

floor, “I have not forgotten your sister

nor your anxiety for a single moment.

1’“ come to the point in a second. To

establish the. fact of the mind’s influence

on matter I have for a long time been

trying to prove that an image held in

the mind can be photographed as actu~

ally as the material face. Now we come

directly to the case of your sister. \Vhat

she needs to relieve the emotional strain

that is destroying her reason is some

outward object suggesting hcr boy, upon

which she can lavish her affectionfisomc-





thing to cry over, something to cherish.

Supply that and we. save her. if we can

compel her mind to give up the image





it holds of her dcad boy, to cxternalize

or body it forth, it will become a healthy

object of love and not an inner poison or

canker, eating out her heart. If, in other

words. we can make what I have named

a psychograph of her vivid mental pic—

ture of her bry and then present it to





her as a finished and enlarged photo-

graph, we will have accomplished our

object. VVe—”



“Uh, Doctor,“ exclaimed the visitor,





the tears springing to her eyes as she

caught his meaning, “if you do this you

will be well paid I assure you. But—”

and her expression changed to despair

again—“but Oh, I’m afraid we are too

late. I am afraid my sisicr is past being

able to, co—operatc with you with sulfi-

cient intelligence to make such a difficult

process possible. She is past clear think—

ing. She can do nothing but feel, but

suffer.”



“On the contrary,” replied the Doctor,

“that very condition forms the main

basis of my hope of success. It is not

the intellect and reason that acts upon

these compounds, but the feelings. the

emotions. The intellect plans, but the

emotions execute. The fact is, as I was

about to say, my difficulty has been to

find subJects who will hold the given

mental image with sufficient depth of

feeling. The natural tendency is, as the

subject looks at the photographic slide,

to think about the image rather than

feel about it.”



The Doctor stepped to a shelf and pro-

duced a. number of photographs. “These.”

he said. “are attempts to photograph

mental images. They were first formed

in the- chemical substances on the glass





slide, then photographed and enlarged

under the microscope. They are recog-





nizable, as you see, but are far too im-

perfect to be of use in our case. The

photograph of your sister’s mental image

must be perfect enough for her to recog—

nize readily as a photograph of her boy.

This will be difficult to do, but I am de-

liending upon the intensity of her feeling

to do it.” .



The Doctor bowed his visitor out after

an appointment had been made to call at

the latter’s r'ecidence at ten the follow-

ing morning.



The next morning, as per appointment,

Dr. Graville called at the number he had

been given and was ushered at once into

his patient’s room.



He found the woman's condition very

grave. She sat, either staring vacan'tly

into space, seeing nothing, or with her

eyes half closed and head bowed, whis-





THE " MICHIGAN FARM-ER.





pering words and phrases concerning her

lost boy.



The Doctor addressed the patient in a

strong, cheery voice, calling attention to





the beautiful morning and saying, “Are

you feeling better this morning, Mrs.

Lannon‘?"





The woman did not answer at once but

presently, looking at the Doctor, she

said, “Oh, if I only had something, some-

thing.” ‘ .



Quickly catching at her meaning. Doc-

tor Graville said, “Perhaps we can sup—





ply you wiih that something, Mrs. Lan-

non, if you will do exactly as we wish.

\\'ill you do it?"





n





“I can see him all the time, she said,

irrelevantly, “see him in the door—in the

door." And then she dropped her hands

into her lap.



A photographic slide, treated with a

mineral solution, was placed upright up—

on a table a few feet in front of the

patient, while the camera was placed

behind and to her right and trained on

the glass slide. ,



The woman was told to think of little

“.oy and then look directly at the glass

upon the table. But there was no re-

sponse. The dry eyes were not raised

from the folded hands in the lap. Again

and again she was bogged to look up but

she paid no attention.



Presently. after a whispered conference

with the Doctor, Mrs. McKain seated

herself in a chair behind the table and

directly in front of her sister. “Zelda,"

she began, “right bcfore you is the front





door of your house in Los Angeles. It is

a hrautiful day. 'l‘licrc is a honey—suckle

growing up over tho porch. There is a.





row of calla. lilies along the walk in front

of the porch. 'l‘hcy are, in full bloom.

There is a dog coming around the- house

and a cat sits on the window sill sunning

herself. And scc! \Vho is that standing

in the half-open door and

waving kisses at his mamma as she goes

away? lie has been playing.

bare—towed and~~~"



“Oh, little Roy! Little- Roy!” suddenly

cried out the bereaved mother, throwing

out her arms as though to clasp him and

looking directly inward her sister.



lnsra'ntly the camera behind snapped.

One psychograph, at least, the Doctor

felt certain, had been secured.



Other efforts to get results failed and

the Doctor decidcd to wait until the nega—

tive could be developed and the result

ascertained before trying again.



He was more than pleased with the

outcome of this trial. The film, on de—

velopment, showed a remarkably clear

reproduction of the scene described by

Mrs. McKain. The mother’s intense emo—

tion at the right instant had thrown her

mental image on the sensitive surface

of the chemically prepared glass slide on

the table and the camera behind had

caught it.



To develop. retouch. enlarge and mount

the picture only required a few days and

the moment came to present it to the

bereft mother.



Shc\had failed rapidly in the meantime.

Apparently hcr sudden rousing under the

stimulus of her sister’s suggestive word

picturc, and the cxccss of emotion with

the inevitable realization of disappoint-

ment, had weakened her and she was al—

most past help.



The picture, bcautifully finished and

framed in gold, was brought in and plac-

ed directly before the poor woman. She

was told to arouse up and see her little

Roy‘s face; that she now had something

she had longed for. But she only Shook

her head and moved her lips in voiceless

despair.



“Oh, Zelda,” pleaded Mrs. McKain,

"please look up. Little Roy's picture is

before you. Little ltoy, you own——”



The tircd eyelids Wcre partially raised.

They had been raiscd so oftcn with noth-

ing to reward the effort. (in, why

wouldn’t they let her die in peace and go

where her boy and husband were? Per—

haps this thought surged through the

tired brain



Slowly the eyes began to open, slowly

the heavy head was raised. “If—I—only

——had—something.” And then the mir-

acle- took place, the miracle of science,

the miracle of love. The eyes saw the

strange object on the table, the massive

gold frame, the beautiful coloring and

then—



For one instant, just one instant, the

woman sat spellbound, eyes open, mouth

open, breathless, motionless as a statue.

And then, half laughing, half crying, she

sprang forward. seized the picture and

kissed and pressed it to her bosom and

the first tears she had shed in months

coursed down her cheeks. She had

“something" on which to lavish her love

and to anchor her to life.





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