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Whole Number 3606.





DETROIT. MICH” SATURDAY. AUGUST 31. l912.





SILOO A YEAR.

($2.75 5 YEARS.





Caring For and Storing Farm Machinery.





person that some farmers get much

longer and more satisfactory service

out of farm machinery of all kinds than

do others. The machinery and imple-

ments required to equip a modern farm

represent a very considerable investment,





IT will be conceded by every observing





and the economy of their use in the op-.





eration of the farm will repay this in—

vestment with interest if a degree of

care is given them which will insure

that their period of usefulness will be of

normal length.



But the higher the rate of interest

which one can get upon an investment

the better, and if, by bestowing upon the

farm machinery and implements a de-

gree of care which is not accorded them

by the average farmer, the investment

may be made still more profitable

through an added saving in the lessened

depreciation of the value of the farm ma—

chinery or implements, it is a source of

gain which the business farmer cannot

afford to overlook. A careful study of

this problem would seem ‘to establish the

fact

given enough consideration 'tc' this prob—

lem to fully understand or appreciate the

meaning of good care as applied to farm

machinery or implements in the best

sense of the word.



To illustrate this point let us refer 'to

the investigations conducted at the Col-

orado Experiment Station to arrive at

some conclusive data with regard 'to the

influence of housing and other care of

the farm machinery upon its life of use-

fulness. As a result of these investiga-

tions some surprising facts were devel-

oped The average man will agree that

if the machinery is properly housed as

soon as he is through with it in the field

it is being given good care. The con—

clusions reached from 'these investiga—

tions conducted at the Colorado station,

however, seem to show that the housing

of machinery under any condition and

not properly caring for it otherwise con—

stitutes very poor care.





that the average farmer has not,





house machinery is a great saving, as it

not only adds a great deal to the life of

machine but it aISo adds to the general

appearance of the farm. It was gener—

ally found that where a farmer was in—

terested enough to properly house it, he

was also interested enough in it to care

for it otherwise.



“The investigation showed that the

life of farm machinery depended a great

deal upOn the owner. Individual farm-

ers were found who took very good care





of their machinery and left it in the

weather when not in use. A great deal

of housed machinery was found which





the importance of its being well selected

at the start, kept in good repair and ad-

justment, oiling thoroughly, cleaned be—

fore housing, and have all wearing parts

wcll greased when not in use, and paint—

vd when necessary, as well as that it be

properly housed. All this in the estima—

tiOn 0f the investigators constitutes about

half of the proper care Of the farm ma-

chinery. The other half of the good

care, in their estimation, consists in

keeping the machinery properly repaired.

in good adjustment and thoroughly oiled

when in use.



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A Cheap But Convenient Type of Tool House, Easily Built with Home Labor.

had done no more work and was no bet- reached by these investigators, that most





ter nor older than some which had not





been housed but which had been well

cared for otherwise.



“Cultivators, shovels, plowshares, and

attachments, which have been removal

and greased, should be placed where

there is no chance for them to get

damp. It is a good plan to place them





in a gunny sack and suspend them from



the rafters of the shed or barn.”

Regarding the proper care of farm ma-



chinery these, investigators emphasize





of us could protitably pay more attention

to the care given all farm machinery

other than its proper storage during the

season of the year when not in use. This

proper storage, however is an item in

the cure of farm machinery which we

cannot afford to neglect, and if there is

no available place for the convenient

storage of all the farm machinery upon

the reader's farm, he would do well at

this time to consider the advisability of

providing n cheap tool house for this





purpose before the arrival of winter. One

frequent trouble with the available stor-

age for tools, when there is such stor-

age available upon the farm, is that it is

not as conveniently arranged as would

be. possible. “'here new storage room is

to be provided this difficulty should be

avoidcd, although, of course, where there

is plenty of available room it will often

be necessary or expedient to get along

with the inconvenience of its poor ar-

rangemcnt, provide it cannot be so re-

modeled as to be more convenient.





A tool house to which one has access

only from doors at the end is bound to

be more or less inconvenient. But where

this condition prevails this inconvcnience

can be reduced to the minimum by the

arranement of tools as they are stored

away for winter, placing those which will

be needed first nearer the doors, and

those which will not be needed until lat-

er. in the season, in the less accessible

portion of the shed. But, where a tool

shed is to be constructed to provide

room for the storage of tools, it is a far

better plan to arrange it with the doors

at the side. .



For those who desire cheap storage for

machinery, a shed built on the plan of

the accompanying drawing or some var-

iatiOn of it, which can be easily arranged

to suit the conditions or needs of the

builder. will be found inexpensive and

satisfactory in use. ’-ut where this, or

any similar form of tool shed is used the

space inside of the foundation of same

should be filled with dirt to raise it sev—

eral inches higher than the level of the

ground adjacent to it, so that the floor

may be dry. Sufficient windows should

also he provided to give a good light in

all parts of the shed.



Where a litte more elaborate building

is desired and where there are more ma-

chines or implements to be stored than

a building of this type will house, it may

be found desirable to build it wider and

cover it with an ordinary double pitch

roof, and ihcn by mak—





 





On this point Messrs.

Bainer and Bonebright

present the following

conclusions in a bulletin

giving the results of

their invostgations upOn

this subject:



"To house machinery

does not always do as

much good as is com-

monly supposed. in

making the investiga~

tion, the following ques—

tion was asked many

times, ‘liow should

farm machinery be car-

ed for?’ It is usually

answered by the farm—

er: ‘Everyone knows

that it should be hous-

ed.’ This is a good :11]—

swer as far as it goes.

but to house machinery

under any condition,

and not properly care

for it otherwise, consti-

tutes very poor care.



“Machinery may be

J'USt as well cared for if

it is allowed to stand

in the shade of a tree

as if it is stored in

some of the leaky sheds,

poorly drained sheds, or

combined machine sheds

and hen roasts, such as

were found during the

investigation.



“There is no question

but: that to properly





 





 





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, ing the posts a, little

higher and putting a.

tloor overhead, space

will be available for a

convenient Workshop,

storage for small tools,

seed grain,



In fact, there are

many uses to which

room of this kind can

be put. and this is prob‘





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ably the most desirable

type of tool house to

build when- the- cost

must not be too care—

fully considered. But





the cheaper building,

such as is illustrated in

tho acconnmnying cut,

will Itl‘otect the farm

machincry and imple‘

moms, and is certainly

within the reach of cv-

cry farmer. If we have

heretofore been negliu

gcnt in this matter if

the proper care of farm

machinery and tools it

is a good time. now- to

turn chr a new leaf,

provide room for their

proper storage, and give

them the proper care

before the arrival of the

winter season. Next to

the farm itsclf this

equipment represents

your largest investment

and it should be cared

for accordingly.





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FARM NOTES.





 





Eradicating Dodder.



I would like to ask how to get rid of

clover dodder without destroying the clo-

ver. I seeded a field last spring and

there is a lot of dodder all over it.

would like to cut the field for hay next

year. Will the dodder live over winter

or does it come front seed each year?



Lake Co. G.



Dodder is a parasitic plant which seeds

liberally and reproduces itself from the

seeds the following year. Soon after the

seeds have germinated and the plant en-





twines itself about the clover or other

host plant, its connection with the

ground is severed, and from that time





on it is merely a parasitic plant, draw~

ing its nourishment from the plant

around which it twine-s and spreading

from this center as the tendrils reach

out and attach themselves to other

plants. As noted, it seeds liberally and

where a field is badly infested with dod-

dcr it would be the better plan to plow

it up, returning any manure made from

the dotldelr-iiifested hay to the field, in

order that the whole farm may not be

seeded to this pest.





There are some- varieties of dodder





which, under favorable conditions, will

live near the ground on low plants all

winter, among which is the lesser clo-





ver dodder, so-culled. Vi'here a field is

infested the practice of clipping it early,

before much growth has been made. and

burning the clippings on the ground has

sometimes pr-iven successful. If the

plants are not too numerous they should

be out with a sickle or scythe and burn-





ed. The best method of procedure will

dcpcnd upon how thoroughly the dodtlcr

is distributed over tho field. and it will





pay to watch it closely next spring and

act in accordance nith conditions as

they are found.



Liming in Fall vs. Spring.



Last spring I bought a piece of sandy

land. 10 acres of which is in bcaiisiat

the present time and the crop is doing

fairly well. Now I wish to sow this field

to oats next spring and seed to clchr.





In this nt-ighborhotul clover does not

catch good. 'l‘lio scct'l seems to lie,all

right but the clover dies after it is up.





This ground in question _is acid, accord—

ing to the litmus test. I schd broad-

cast. ITO lbs. of IO per cent phosphoric

acid and 8 per cent potash fertilizer per

acre when I planted the beans and ex-

pect to put on ground limestone before

I plant it again. Now which would be

best. to put limestone on this fall or wait

until spring befort- 1 put it on? What

do you think of my chances for a catch

of clover? I do not intend to plow. it

for oats \Vlicn I plowcd it this spring

it was nearly all meadow eight or 10

years old . _‘



Sagiiia'w' CO. D. L. E.



There is no doubt in the writer's mind

that very much of the land of Michigan

upon which clove-r docs not catch well

is in need of an application of lime and

that the chances of gctting a good seod-

ing Would be grcatly improved by making

Such an application.



In a case like the one cited in this in-

lllHt- is to be applied, the

bean ground to be sown to oats the fol-

lowing spring without plowing. it would

undoubtedly be better to apply the

ground limestone in the fall than to wait

until spring, since it would afford it a

bottor opportunity to ncntrulizc the acid

condition of the soil than if appliod just

before the cloVer set-d is sown. If ap—

plied soon aitcr the beans are harvested

and Iiari'owctl or diskcd into the soil so

as to bccome well incorporated with the

its action in this respect





quiry whcrc





surface soil,

would be i‘acilitatwl.

Fall Seeding of Alfalfa.



I have a lield of six acres that I wish

to get sccdcd to alfalfa. This field was

sown to oats and peas for hay the first;

of May. it being too wet to get. in

shape warlier I have recently harvested

lll\' crops and. owing to the reccnt rains,

I think a good scul bc-d could be obtain-

cd by discinf: it a number of times with

a good disc harrow. I want. to know if-

you recommend sowing this time of year,





if so, how much should bc sown per

acre? Should lime be sown and if so,

now much should be :tlillllf‘d and how





Should it be applied? The soil is of clay





gravel loam, well drained and in good

shape. .

Inghnm Co. V F. R.





As bct‘orc noted, tiie sum of our knowl—





edge with regard to alfalfa culture in

Michigan would make a small book as





compared with that which We do not yet

know. As to time of seeding, however,

the writer would prefer early spring or

midsummer seeding to seeding in Sep-

tember, although when conditions are

particularly favorable, as they are at

this time so far as moisture is concerned,

and as the prospects of a late warm fall

would seem to be better than usual, ow-

ing to the fact “that the season has been

cold and late, and that in view of na-

ture's law of compensation we might





reasonably expect a late fall, late seed-





ing may prove entirely satisfactory. Of





THE MICHIGAN FARME’R.





course, no one can prophecy with any

degree of accuracy with regard to what

the weather may be like. but it is cer-

tain that present conditions are more

favorable for the sowing of alfalfa than

is ordinarily the case at this season of

the year. Hence, it would, in the writ—

er’s opinion, be well worthy of a trial to

seed the field to alfalfa.



Now, as to whether lime should be

sowed or not. This will depend alto-

gether on the condition of the soil. It

the soil ls acid in its reaction by the lit-

mus paper test, or if it has been difficult

tr. get a stand of clover upon it, it would

be a wise precaution to sow lime, using

either ground limestone at the rate of

about two tons per acre, or using a light—

er application of caustic lime. The ap--

plication may be made in any way which

will insure thorough distribution, al-

though a lime distributor, manufactured

for the purpose is the most convenient

method of distributing it.



As to the amount: of alfalfa seed which

should be sown per acre opinions vary

considerably. Formerly 25 or 30 pOunds

per acre was recommended by good au—

thorities. Now few sow more than 10 to

15 pounds per acre, and the writer has

seen excellent stands of alfalfa seeded at

the rate of six pounds per acre, but

probably 10 pounds per acre would be

sufficient for fall seeding if a good seed

bed is prepared and good seed is sown.



Commercial Fertilizer for Clover.



I have a piece of sandy loam soil, that

I am about to seed to clover and I would

like to know if 500 lbs. of good commer-

ciay fortilizcr per acre would insure me

a good seeding. A year ago a light clo-

ver sod was turned dowzi for corn and

produced a fair crop. This season the

sod was turned up and the. field was

FoWn to oats, which were a very poor

crop. It is not low land, but a gently

rolling piece at least 20 feet above the

creek bottom. Now my plan is to plow

this again early in August and let the

volunteer oats come up to shade the

young clover plants, applying. as I said,

fci'lilizer at the rate of 500 lbs. per acro.

Im yiu think this will insure me a seed-

ing of clovci")



Ncwavgo Co. F. J. A.



There is no doubt that the use of 500

pounds of commercial fertilizer per acre

would materially better the prospect for

getting a good stand of clover on this

land. It would give the clover a good

start, and it cannot start any too quick—

ly or grow any too rapidly, sown at this

se-asOn of lilo year to get sufficient size

to withstand the winter. It would be a

rash statement, however, to say that the

11st- of this fertilizer would insure a

stand of clover. It would undoubtedly

supply the needed plant food to give the

clover a good start and rapid growth as

above Slillttl. But there are other fac-

tors essential to getting a good stand of

clover aside from the presence of plant

food. For instance. if the soil is in an

acid condition which makes it an unsuit—

able home for the baCIeria which find a

home in the clover roots, and which are

essential to its best (it-velopment by pr»-

viding it with nitrogen which is ap-

propriatctt from the air, the stand of

clover may fail with pienty of plant food.

This could be determined by making a

litmus paper test for acidity, but inas—

much as a partial seeding of clover was

plowed down for corn in tlic i'otatiOn this





acid condition is not probable. In the

event that tho soil has an acid reaction

lllllt' Should be applied to correct this





condition the same as is often necessary

for success with alfalfa.

SEEDING CLOVER ALONE.





Could I get a good stand of clover by

sccding it now? Would it make Seed for

next year? I would disk and harrow it

and could top-dress some of it. Would

you sow it before disking it or would

you disk, thon sow it, then harrow'? I

would like to seed and not sow any

wheat if I was sure of a good stand, or

could one sow timothy and have it seed?

Don‘t want to sow timothy if I can get

along without it, as clover is the thing.

Which would you sow, alsike or June

clover? I have about half an acre of

alfalfa sowed on June 6. It is blossom-

ing—has been for two weeks. Should it

be cut now? It is very thick, also very

weedy.



Barry CO. C. G. B.



The best way to sow clover is to sow

it alone. We sowit with wheat, using

wheat as a nurse crop, but really it is a.

robber crop instead of a nurse crop. We

sow it in this way so that We can get

the land back to clover and make the

wheat pay the expense of getting it back.

If you will prepare this stubble ground

thoroughly, put it in just as good shape

as you would if you sowed it to wheat,

and then seed the clover alone, there isn't

any question but what you will get a

better stand of clover and the clover will

do better in a, given length of time than

it will if you sow it with the. wheat.

There is this much about it. On certain





kinds of land if the clover is sown in

August or early September, if the fall is

cold and not very favorable for plant

growth, the clover may not get a sulfi-





. 1mm

eient root to stand the Winter and may chipped on 15 day-'mn Tflll,provon





winter-kill, largely by heaving. On rath~

er light sandy soil this rarely occurs but

on our heavier soils it does. Usually it

is better to seed the clover early in the

Spring. Then it gets a foothold

will enable it to stand the winter. Burl

on all ordinary soils if you would pre-

pare the bed in August and sow it the‘

clover would get a sufficient growth so

that I don’t think there would be any

danger of winter-killing. As a 'matter

of fact. alfalfa sown at this time gets a

foothold, and that is a much more tender

plant to get started than common red

clover.



You could also sow timothy in this way

if you choose, and the timothy would do

much better than it would If it were sown

in connection with the Wheat plant which

will crowd it out and rob the soil of both

plant food and moisture. The only rea-

s-‘n that can be given for not sowing

grass seed alone is that we want to get

all we can out of the soil and don‘t like

to wait to allow the grass to grow alone,

but we want to get a wheat crop and

take what we can of the grass. Clover

sown in August, as intimated above, will

probably cut a good ctop of cloxer hay

late next season. Certainly if the land

was rich and in good condition, and the

same with timothy.





When to Cut Alfalfa.





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This alfalfa ought to be cut just as

soon as the second growth starts from

the crown. If the second growth didn't

start I wouldn't clip it. I am of the

opinion that I practically ruined a young

seeding of alfalfa by clipping it before

it might to be clipped, and even though

the weeds are crowding it at this late





season, unless the alfalfa started out a

second growth at the roots I wouldn’t

clip it. I would leave it on the ground





for mulch. COLON C. LILLIE.





WlNTER VETCH.





 





“'ill you kindly advise me as to the

probable result of sowing winter vetch

now in standing corn. that is clean and

on rather low sandy soil? It is no doubt

somewhat sour, but sods over with June

grass readily. I wish to build this soil

up as soon as possible and thought of

sowing the vetch now to plow down next

spring. Do you think it would be likely

to make much of any growth sown in

this way without any fertilizer? The

corn on this soil is small and rather

puny. and of course. I feel sure it would

be of no use to sow it to clover in the

condition it is now in, and I am anxious

to know if chh will thrive on sour,





cold. sandy soil without a lot of doc-

toring.

\Vayne Co. J. H.

Y’i'intcr vetch produces wonderful re-

sults as a cover crop on the lighter.

sandier soils in the state. In fact, it





will grow well on almost any soil. One

trouble is that people don't sow it early

enough in the year. You don‘t want to

pit; off sowing vetch until too late. It

ought to be sown :13 soon after the mid~

die of August as you possibly can. Sow

it in the last cultivation of the corn.



Vetch wants a warm soil. A cold. sour

wct soil will not grow good vetch or any

other leguminous crop. If a man has a

wet, cold soil the preparation

leguminous crop, including Votch or 010-}

yer or alfalfa, or anything else, the fii‘stl

thing to do is to tile drain it, and money

expended in trying to get a good growth

of any leguminous crop of this kind of

soil is practically wasted.



Tile draining it will draw off the sur-

plus water at the bottom and the air can

strain through with a tendency to sweet-

en the- soil, but if it is acid in reaction

by the litmus paper test then in addition

there ought to be lime upon it. Then

you can get hairy vetch to grow, or any

other legume as well. If you seed this

field with vetch I would sow it in con-

nection with rye. Sow about a bushel

of rye to the acre and sow it just as

soon as you can. Get it in early. Vetch

seed is pretty expensiVe and if you are

a little bit skeptical about its success

you could simply get a half bushel of it

and start it on this soil and then you

w0u1d know more about it than anybody

can tell you.



COLON C. LILLIE.





WINTER VETCH.





This legume is the greatest land re—

storer. Thrives on poor sandy soil and

doubles and trebles the value of the

land. If interested ask for full informa-

tion. September is a most favorable

time to sow. Address, Alfred ‘J. Brown





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IDEAL‘CONDITIONS FOR THE HIRED

MAN.





 





How the Best Help Can be Obtained and

Retained.



One of the most difficult problems for

many farmers is how to obtain good

men. He sees good profits in increasing

his acreage of farm crops, or in keeping

more live stock, but is limited by the

amount of work he and his family can

do. He knows that competent men only

can do his work so there is a profit in it

for him. At the present time of more

progressive and scientific farming, more

intelligent men are required—men of good

lilOlal character that are dependable.



The best hired man or farm superin-

tendent is a college educated man, hav—

ing a home on the farm. Many who haxe

employed students of agricultural col-

leges say they are the best help. If I

could not get one of these students to

work for me, I would hire one of the

most intelligent men having good habits

I could find, and try to make a student

of him. 1 would furnish him with good

literature, and ask him to read it, and

not to read the low—class newspapers and

fiction. I would insist on his being tem-

perate and not using profane or unchaste

language.



There are certain conditions that on

any .farm will enable one to hire good

men. Everyone wants a home. or a.

home-like place to live, and the better

home one can make for a man, the more

interest he will have in the work and the

longer one can keep him. If an unmar-

ried man. is employed on the farm, let

his room he made so nice and comfort—

able that he will enjoy staying in it. See

that the bedding is good and clean, and

that there is a comfortable chair and

stand or table. on which there are good

books, magazines and papers. All men

appreciate cleanliness and tidiness, and

a nice room is a help and education to

the uncultured.



I would provide the married man with

a good tenant house. Generally, if a

married man is employed, and he has a

good, comfortable house, garden, poultry,

etc., and the prospect of retaining these

for some time, he is more contented, and

it is the best thing a farmerxan do to

provide a house on the farm.



Many do not like to Work on the farm

because of the long day‘s work and the

isolation of the country and lack of rec-

reations. These are questions which

many farmers need to see differently.

’I‘hev can get better help, and more and

better work done, by bringing the work-

ing days as near to ten hours as pos—

hible. Unless there is some special work

to be done, the farmer who asks his help

to work longer is making a mistake. If

an emergency calls for extra hours, con-

sider it as a favor and not an obliga-

tion for the hired man to help you, and

reciprocate by giving him a few hours of

sometime when especially desirable.



The fact should be fully appreciated

that when a better class of employers

are developed, we should have a better

(lass of employes. In this way the prob—

lem of obtaining better help can be solv-

cd. I know that 1 shall receive from my

hired help the best service in proportion

to the way in which I respect their rights.

if I see him as a man having good qua'-

.ties that can be. brought out by right

treatment, and do my duty, I know he

will respond by doing good work for me.

This point I would bring out, that I my-

self must possess the good qualities I

desire in those who work with me, and

this is the ideal relationship that a man

shall work with me and not. for me, and

it shall be more in the way of a partner-

ship in business. .



A playground on the farm is a good

investment from a financial point of View.

it pays to furnish our employes time and

opportunities for recreation, tennis, cro-

quet, etc. We. do not want the man who

seeks for his recreation at the saloon.

Farmers owe a moral duty to their help.

To make a better man morally is to make

a man who will serve you better,



I remember seeing one hired man who

worked on a farm in New York, who was

typical of a large class. This man had

worked for several years on a farm. He

reminded me of some horses kept for

what their owner could get out of them.

This hired man's disposition had been

ruined, like the horse which has always

received unkind treatment, and for self

defense has become a biter or kicker.

This man had lost faith in man, and had

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New York. W. H. JENKINS.





SOD GROUND FOR WHEAT.





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ued paper as to the advisability of put;





ting a timothy, clover and red-top mea—

dow into winter wheat. The soil is a

medium heavy sand, fairly well drained.

How much seed should be drilled to the

acre and what would be the best variety

for this land? Just when is the best

time to sow for best results? i have a.

field of corn on mealy muck that 1 wish

to seed to timothy and alsike. Would it

be better to sow the seed before or after

the last cultivation and how much of

each to the acre?



Viln Buren Co. L. W. A.



Sod ground is not considered an ideal

location for winter wheat. The principal

reason is because it is difficult to get it

plowed early enough and work it enough

so that it makes a good firm seed bed,

that is all the trouble. There is no rea-

son why you can’t get a good crop of

wheat on sod ground if it is plowed early.

It ought to be plowed as soon after hay-

ing as possible, and worked thoroughly

during the summer time, well worked

down and rolled down with a heavy roller

to pack the soil. You want ‘to get this

sod packed down to the subsoil so that

there will not be air spaces between the

furrow and the subsoil, and it should be

well worked up and a good seed bed

made. Most people, however, plow 'the

ground the first of September and bar-

row it over a couple of times and SOW

the wheat. This is no condition for

wheat. A proper seed bad has not been

made.



Seeding Corn Ground to Grass.



I take it, from the way this question

is asked, is, whether the seed shall be

sown and then the ground cultivated or

whether it shall be cultivated and then

the seed sown on top without being cov—

ered. If this is what is meant then I

would say. by all means sow the grass

seed before you cultivate the ground. in

dry weather in the summer time, by sow-

ing the grass seed on top, much of it

never would germinate at all, and it

ought not to be very deep; This should

be done with spring-tooth dultivators and

set the teeth so that they will just nicely

stir up the surface soil, or you can put

sweeps on your five-tooth cultivators so

that you can gauge the depth and not

cultivate it very deep. If you cultivate

it too deep you are liable to do so much

root pruning that it will do as much

harm to the corn as it does good, and by

shallow cultivation in this‘way the grass

seed will be none too well covered.



If. the corn would come off the last of

August and the firstr of September I

would certainly cut the corn and go to

work and fit the ground with a disk har—

row and cultivate the corn stubble up

and level off the field and then seed to

grass, but probably the corn will not

come off early enough to do this. Other-

wise, unless some pains are taken to roll

this land down with a heavy roller when

it is somewhat: soft, you will have aver]

rough meadow. The cornstalks will both-

cr considerable. It can be rolled down.

however. If you will go on them with a

heavy roller you can press the stubble

down into the ground and the ridge

where the corn hill is down so that you

will have a comparatively smooth mea—

dow. COLON C. LILLIE.





 





BEES FERTILIZE BLOSSOMS.





A salting station has been built here

this spring, and a lot of cucumbers are

being raised for pickles. A neighbor

thinks that bumblebecs get in the blos—

soms and blight them. as some of the

blossoms set no cucumbers. Others

think the bees are a benefit and help fer-

tilize the blossoms. It is claimed that

the bumblebees are a great benefit in

fertilizing clover blossoms for seed. Do

they benefit the farmer by fertilizing

the. blossoms of cucumbers, melons, etc.?



Kerrien Co. G. I. W.



Bees are beneficial in fertilizing blos-

soms of all kinds, since in their visits to

the flowers for honey they are instru-

mental in scattering the pollen and thus

fertilizing the flowers, often with pollen

from other blossoms. As mentioned in

this inquiry, bumble bees are of great

value in fertilizing clover blossoms, due.

to the fact that; the clover bloom is of

such form as to make. artificial assist-

ance in distrbuting the pollen essential

to the setting of a good head of seed.

This is not true to t'he same extent of

cucumbers, but it is a safe conclusion

that bees would be beneficial rather than

otherwise on these or any other blos-

soms. Cucumbers, however, do not set

Well in cold weather, and the cool weath—

or, particularly the cool nights, is doubt-

less the cause of the blossoms blasting

as described in this inquiry.





 





 





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ECONOMICAL HOG FEEDING.



When hogs are bringing as good a

price as at present and feed of all kinds

expensive, there are possibilities of mak—

ing or of losing much‘ money in handling

them.



Many a feeder who has not an abund-

ance- of home-grown feed in sight is un-

certain whether to count himself fortu—

nate or unlucky because of his hogs.



With due recognition of all the light

that has been shed on the subject by

experiment and scientific investigation,

thoughtful and careful feeders feel that

there is much to be learned of the eco—

nomical growing and feeding of hogs.

One of the great difficulties of the aver-

age feeder is to know what information

he can safely rely on and what he can

not.,



Many experiments have been made in

recent years by both experiment sta-

tions and individuals to work out an

economical and efficient system of hog

feeding. The German \\'olff—Lehman

fceding standard, because of its high pro—

tein cohtcnt, has always seemed too cost-

ly for corn belt feeders to follow. Here.

protcin feeds are generally expensiVe,

compared with corn.



It has been shown with reasonable cer-

tainty that a start-liter ration than the

Gcrman authorities advise will not only

make gains much cheapcr but very much

more rapidly. Especially is this true af-

ter the hogs are well grown. Most feed—

ers have proVed to their own satisfaction

that at no time in a hog‘s life can the

greatest gains be madc on corn alone;

but they are also satisfied that com is

the best feed for the principal part of

the grain ration.



At ordinary prices of feeds a liberal

use of corn is the most profitable. It is

ncarly always cheaper per pound than

any other grain feeds that are suitable

for hog feeding, and as a rule, the most

economical gains are made by using it

frecly.



in regard to the feeds rich in protein

that are needed to supplemt-nt the corn.

it is a question for each feeder to de-

cide, whether he will attempt to raise it

on the farm or buy it in some of the

nitrogenous by-products on the market.

Soy beans and peas are both well adap—

ted to till this need but are not success—

fully raised in all localities. For small

pigs skim-milk is most admirably suited

to this purpose, but older hogs can not

drink chough of it to supply their need

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”from tlic- corn.



In the summer the supplementing of

corn is a compaiatiVely easy matter, be-

cause clover or alfalfa pasture can gen-

erally bc easily furnished. Careful tests

have shown that pigs gain ncarly three

times as fast on clover pasture with

corn as on the same dry feed without





pasturc.

This qucsiioh of summer pasture is a

most important oilc. it furnishes a





chcapcr and bctter fccd than can be had

in any othcr way.



With higher priced corn there is al-

ways a chance to cheapcn the cost of

production b“ using a limited quantity of

some protein feed cven though there be

an abundancc of clth-r pasture. .



The greatest singlc itcm of economy in

summcr hog feeding is tht- providing of

clover or alfalfa pasture. Next to thosc

Come pasture of other kinds. No one

who realizes the advantages to be de—

rived from it will neglcct to provide

abundance of growing forage for his

hogs.



'i‘hcse are. two things that every hog

raiser must carefully consider, viz., the

rapidity of gains, which gives early nia—

turity, on one hand, and the economy of

gains, on the othcr. The breeder is most

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farmer in thc sccond. A wise combina-

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satisfactory.





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A HARNESS CUPBOARD.



If a fine set of harness is to be kept in

the stable, it is well to provide it with

protection from dust. mice, etc. For this

a, cupboard can be provided.



The writer has such a cupboard, three

and one—half feet wide and five feet

high, made of inch boards. It has a

single door. though a double door would

seem to be more convenient. To prevent

the entrance of dust, grooved or ship-lap

boards should be used, thus making close





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contact. If the cupboard is made deep

enough the pegs may accommodate two

sets of harness.





The market supplies a. variety of iron





harness-hooks, though very efficient ones

may be made. by using the crotch of two

diverging limbs. The crotch should con—

stitute an angle of about 60 degrees. The

main limb should be the stronger and

should be severed a few inches below the

protruding limb and about a foot above.

The protruding limb should be as long

as the peg is desired to be. The rear

side of the main limb is then flattened

and the hook nailed in position to the

back wall of the cupboard.



Ofttimes at a farm auction an old

house-cupboard may be purchased for a

small sum. Relieved of its shelves and

supplied with pegs, such a. piece of fur-

niture makes a cheap harness—cupboard.

If the cupboard is located where the

mice can gnaw through, it is precaution

to place a lump of salt inside. Mice

chew harness for its salty flavor.



Ohio. P. C. GaosE.





 





BUYING FOUNDATION STOCK.



Old breeders of the various types of live

stock die and do not always leave sons

competent to carry on the business. Oth-

eis fail to win the success they antici-

pated and sell out. Some for various

reasons see fit to change or move to

twn and it is therefore necessary for

row breeders to take up the work which

thc others have laid down. Many new

herds will be established this season and

l venture to giVe these new breeders

some unsolicited advice.



I do not think it wise for any man to

engage in handling pure-bred live stock,

and especially cattle, unless he has kept

his farm up to a high degree of fertil—

ity. It is only fertile farms, those that

are increasing in their fertility, or at

least maintaining it, that can grow big

though grass to produce a fine type of

bcci‘ cattle. Improved breeds. especially

of beef cattle, are the result of improved

ct itditions; and one of the essential con—

ditions is land that will grow big grass

and big crops of grain. Nor do I think

it is wisc for any man to undertake the

establishment of a herd of pure-bred cat—

tle unless he has been successful in grad—

ing up his herd of comnmn cows. If a

farmer, by buying a pure—bred sire, can

bring, up the grade of his cattle from the

scrub or low—bred cattle of the neighbor—

hood until, for beef purposes, they are

practically purc—breds, he is then readv

to rndertakc tho more difficult task of

producing a uniform herd of beef cattle.



l speak of uniformity because it has

been my observation that most founders

of new herds fall down in their first. pur-

chases. They buy a cow herc and there

of different brooding and often of widely

different types, and the-n hope to pur-

chast- a sire that will nick well with all

these various individuals. This can

scarcely be hoped for and therefore my

suggestion is to take a good deal of time

and spcnd some money in fixing upon the

type of cattle that is to be: bred. Then,

if possible, purchase females from one

brecder or with similar or closely relat—

t‘d blood lines and of the same type.



I would not pay much attention to dif-

fcrcnces in color, in breeds that have

different Colois, as in the Shorthorn

\vhuSo colors are red, white and all pos—

sible combinations of red and white. Of

course, in breeds like the Aberdeen An-

gus, the Galloway or the Hereford, a dif-

ference in color suggests a possible im-

purity in the blood and is seriously ob—

jectionable. For my part I would be

quite as well pleased with a good roan

Shotthorn as a red, and would not ser-

iously Object to red and White, nor even

to white. These are all Shorthorn colors

and all have, or should have, equal

standing among breeders.



I would then give special attention to

the sclection of a sire to mate with these

cows and heifers. It is not essential to

have one of exactly the same breeding,

neither is it desirable to have One whose

breeding is so far removed from the oth-

ch as to make a somewhat violent cross.

Nor, on the other band, would I inbrecd

under any circumstances for, while in-

breeding is a most efficient means of im-

proving a claSS of cattle of no particular

breeding it is not a work for the begin-

ner, but for the man of wide experience.



It is a great thing to be able, after

conducting a breeding herd for eight or

ten years, to maintain a uniformity of

type that will mark the animal as one

of “Smith’s” or "Brown’s” sort. As a.

matter of course, absolute uniformity is

not possible, nor is it desirable. No two

men have ever been exactly alike, even





if twins. .The close observer would find

a difference between two leaves from

the same tree, apparently similar. The

law of variation is quite as important in

breeding operations as the law of here-

dity, but there should be a family like-

ness in every individual in the herd.

Why do 'I give this advice? Partly be-

cause I have had experience and made

a mistake which I fear many others will

make—that of buying a cow from this

herd and another from that, entirely dif-

ferent in their breeding, and it was

found to be impossible to develop a herd

with any sort of uniformity except as

the result of a long series of breeding

operations which might have been avoid-

ed by a proper selection of breeding

stock to begin with and on the lines

above suggested. One of the best ways

to secure uniformity is by first securing

uniformity, or at least close similarity.

in blood line's.

Illinois. W. H. UNDERWOOD.

FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.

Sweet vs. Sour Feed for Pigs.





Will you kindly inform me which, in

your judgment, is best for hogs, to put

their middlings or other grain in with

their swill and let it sour before feeding,

or to feed their grain fresh and sweet at

each feed? It is inconvenient to measure

their grain ration if put in the barrel

with the swill. '



Calhoun C0. 0. B. H.





There is no experimental data con--

clusively showing the relative value of

sweet and fermented feed for pigs. in

some experiments conducted to deter—

mine the relative value of sweet and

sour milk for pig feeding little difference

has been noticed, although in some in-

stances the sour milk seemed to give

slightly better results. The acid devel—

Opcd in sour milk, however, would be a

diffcrent acid to that developed in for—

inehtcd fer-d, and where the slop given

is to substitute the bulk of the feed in

the ration it is the writer’s opinion that

it would be better ecoonmy to feed it in

a sweet condition. mixing the slop, how—

ever, from 12 to 36 hours before feeding

in order that the meal may become there

oughly soaked, as there is plenty of ex—

perimcntal data to Show that soaked

meal or grain feed will give about seven

per cent better results than that which

is fed dry or mixed just at feeding time.

\Vhere the slop fed constitutes only a.

part of the grain ration the sour 5101)

would not, in the writer's opinion, be as

objectionable as though it constituted the

bulk of the ration. The proposition 0f

measuring the grain is not a particularly

important one. since, for best results the

hogs should be fed about all they will

eat of a fairly thick slop, and the hog’s

appetite and, condition should be made

a guide in feeding. rather than the

amount of grain consumed.





 





RAPE AS A FORAGE CROP.



In the August 17 issue of the Michigan

Farmer I noted a piece upon Dwarf Es-

sex or English rape, by l. H. W., of

Branch county. If more Michigan farm-_

ers realized the value of rape as a fora?e

crop and made it a yearly practice to

sow more rape for supplementary forage

in their spring crops, more of Michigan

farms would be mor.gage free, and their

owners would live in homes with con-

Vcniences that would put many a city

home to shame, possess larger bank ac-

counts and own means for rapid country

transportation-the automobile.



Rape as a forage and a cover crop has

many money—making and money saving

features, whether sowed with cats, corn

or alone 1. H. Vt'. wrote how eight

acres saved him three tons of hay, which

was no small amount at the price of

hay last spring. ,



Rape may be sowed in oats with as

satisfactory results. The growth of the

oats hOlds the rape back until after the

oats are harvested. The rape then comes

on and in a few weeks at the most an

abundance of valuable pasture is to be

had for swine, young cattle, sheep and

lambs. Lambs can be pastured very

profitably upon rape after weaning, The

rich, succulent rape SUDDlinig the loss of

milk, especially when a grain ration is

added. As the rape plant will endure

quite severe cold weather, and thus will

last after the ordinary pasture grasses

have succumbed to the frost, it can be

pastured until snow files. By the use of

this late pasture stock can either be

gotten in good condition for the winter

market, or for winter quarters.



We have for several years sowed rape

in oats and seeded with a mixture of red

clover, alsike, and timothy, with very

satisfactory results. We are yet to have





 





. AUG. 31, 1912.

our-- first total failure of the seeding

where. rape was sowed, and. the success—

ful Seeding after oats without rape is

rare indeed, .in this locality. __ We have

tried mixing the rape and grass seed

anchspwing with a. fiddle aheadgf the

drill, with the drill grass seeder, and a

few days after drilling the "cats. on

some soils as good, if not better, results

can be obtained .by sowing a few days

later as it gives the oats more time'to

get started and to hold the rape back

from making too large a growth. How—

ever, upon our land we can secure better

results by sowing ahead of the drill. This

year satisfactory results were secured by

sowing with the drill seeder.



Some may think that the rape in the

butt of the oat bundle makes the oats

hard to cure. \Ve have not found it so.

3y cutting the oats high only the top

leaves of the rape are cut off. Although

rape is exceedingly succulent, it withers

very quickly after being cut and the

bundle cures rapidly.



Others may ask if the rape does not

decrease the cat yield. It may, but I

have noticed that where the rape is the

rankest, there is where the best oats are

to be found. If there is any decrease in

the yield the fall pastire compensates

for the diminished oat yield many times

over, while the successful seeding and

the protected ground are extra gains

that will show forth in profitable crops

the following season.



Oakland Co. C. S. C.





THE AGE LIMIT FOR BRO‘OD SOWS.





 





_VVe have a Poland China sow, now

eight or nine years old, that we still

keep for a brood sow. She produces each

year 11 or 12 pigs. What age could they

attain at a profit? How long have they

been known to live? SUBSCRIBER.





Vite have no data at hand regarding

the normal length of life of the average

hog. Nor would it be particularly use—

ful in answering this question if we had,

for the reason that the “personal equa—

tion” is the great controlling factor in

the length of the period of usefulness of

brood sows or other breeding animals.

For instance, the average cow is old at

ten or twelve years, but we know of in-

stances where cows have been profitable

producers to twice that age. In like

manner breeding ewes have generally

passed their period of greatest usefulness

at six years of age, but individual ewes

are not infrequently profitable produce-rs

at twice that age1 In like manner, some

breeding sows will retain their virility

and prepotency much longer than others.

In fact, the old sows are generally the

best producers, and if a breeding sow has

been retained until eight or nine years

of age it is doubtlcSS because she is a

particularly good one, and she should

not be, discarded as long as her good

qualities are apparent, simply on account

of her age.





 





AVOCATES PAVED BARNYARD.



A few weeks ago I noticed an inquiry

in the Michigan Farmer wanting to know

what to do to remedy a muddy barn—

yard. I haven’t noticed any remedy giv—

en as yet, so I will give one.



The nicest way would be to pave with

concrete, but this would be quite expen-

sive. A much cheaper way would be to

pave with stones. Sort out Stones with

a flat or ilatish side and place them close

together with the flat side up. Car.)

should be taken to keep the top level and

not: use too small stones. The holes be-

tween the stones can be chinked up with

small stones. Care- should bc taken to

use good-sized stones at places where a

loaded wagon would be driven, so they

would not: be crowded out of place. it

would be a good plan to have the out-

side tier 0r row a little lower than the

rest of the yard and fully as low as the

ground around it. In paving one would

not have to use all one-sized stones, as

the larger ones could be settled into the

ground to make the top level with the

others. I have tried this plan in front

of stable doors and find it very satis-

factory. ‘



Grand Traverse Co. E. R. Fox.





 





 





A report was recently received from

the Oklahoma Station on the value of

alfalfa forage for hogs with and without

grain. Pigs averaging about 57 pounds

in weight were turned on an alfalfa field

in April. At the end of 100 days the av-

erage daily gain Was 0.26 pounds per

head when on alfalfa. alone; on alfalfa

and all the dry corn chop they would eat

the gain was 1.28 pounds per head and

day; on alfalfa and a. half ration of corn

chop the gain was 0.70 pound.





 





 





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Hernia—W'e have a four-months-old

filly that has a small rupture located in

navel opening; this hunch is soft and not

larger than a hickory nut. We should

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Scrotal Hernizt.——V\'e have a ten-weeks-

old colt that has a soft bunch in scrotum

that can be pressed up and out of sight,

but as soon as pressure is taken off the

bunch returns again. What had I better

do? J. K., Fremont, Mich—if the en—

largement is doing no harm and colt is

in good health. leave him alone until

November or December then have him

operatcd on by Lt competent \‘cl. Other

treatment is impractical and not suc-

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Luccv'atcd Vagina—I llth‘

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llowed to remain. V'Vithout bcing able to

funile the ulcerated parts she can never,

the made well. I

1 Swamp lv‘evcr.—VVe haVc a

lohl mare, that was taken sick

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thl he? callcd the ailment swump fever.





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She. has partially recovered, but is in-

clined lo pcrspire too freely without much i

exertion. \\'c. have used to good advanfi

tune prescriptions taken from the Mich-l

ignn I":trnici~ and would like to liaVQ youi

prescribe for this mare. C. ll. L.. Shel—

byville, Mich —2Youi* mare is in a debil-

ilated condition and will bc benefited by

feeding her plenty of outs and giving

her 1 dr. doses ground nux vomica. 1,9

oz ground gcntian. 1/; oz. powdered cin-

chonu and 1. dr. powdcrcd sulphate iron

at a dose.- ‘in feed three times a day.





“an on x\l'lll.‘”l have 1.1 twti-year—old

colt with wart on fore arm. large as a

silver dollnr and have tried different





rcmc-lics to Hike it off, but the wut‘t con-

tinucs to grow larger. B. B., l’ort llur—

on, Mich."'l‘he quickest and best way to





uct rid of :1 w:trt is to cut it off: they urn

only skin dccp and the Wound will soon

hell, it you will apply equal parts pow-

dered aluin, oxide of zinc and boracic

acid.





Eczema—“c have a black mare that-





right during the cooler





is seemingly all

months of the year, but has an itchy

Condition of skin during summer. J. M.,





l’llltlfillllVlllt‘_. Mich.~Give her 1 oz. of bi-

carbonute soda and a dessertspoonful of

Donovan's solution at a dose in feed

thi'cc times it (lily. Apply the following

lotion which is made by dissolving 14 lb.

lmrax in two or thiee quarts. of water;

these applications should be made, twice

sub-nitrate of bismuth





a duy and apply

to itchy parts of body after using the

borux wutcr.





Poisoncd by Eating \\'ecds.—About two

months ago my i'oiir—yearf-old mare had

an ititnck of sickncss «etusmi from eating

poisonous weed, this is what our local

Vet. thought. She seemed to recover,

but is dull and dumpish part of time.

W. G. “Y, Selkirk, Mich—Give her 1/2

oz. ground ginger, 1/2 oz. ground gentian

and 1 oz. of salt at a dose in feed three

tiincs a day. If her appetite is not good





 





give her 1 dr. ground nux vomica three

tiliios it day.



’l'brush lx’nuckling—I have a two-

ycnr—old filly that had thrush in front





feet lust spring and before she was cured

knuckled forward on both fetlock joints.





Her chest is sunken and the muscles of

shoulder are hard. G. H. W.. Moline,

Mich—«Apply one part aqua ammonia,





one part turpentine and four parts olive

oil to fetlocks and shoulder three times

a week.



Barren

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have twtw cows that

in heat since last

April. Both of them freshened the lat-

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know wlutt can be done for them. G. 13.,

Hamilton. ll'llch.—»Ulve each of them one

and one-half drums of ground mix vom-

ica, 15 grs. powdered cantharides at a

dose in feed two or three ,times a day.



Chronic (:ai'gcl.—~I have a six-year-old

cow that, had an attack of gnrgot last

year, but seemed to make it fairly good

recovery. This summer she has had

scverul attacks and now one quarter of

her udder is almost entirely blOcked. She

is a cow that I would like to keep for

dairy purposes. G. P. Fenton, M'ich.——

Give, your cow 1/2 oz. powdered nitrate of

potash and 2 drs. potassium iodide at a

dose in feed twice a day. Apply iodine

‘ointmeni to diseased quarter every two

or three days.



in various quarters the demand for

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World's Cham ion Junior t-yoor-old.

Seini-Omcis Yearly Record :——-

Lbs. of milk . . 21,718.33

Lbs. of butter fat . . 962.795

Lbs. of bulter, 80 percent fat 1.203.403

Average percent fat for year 4.43





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FEED’S AND FERTILITY.





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In evolving a system of crop growing

adapted to the dairy farm, experience

shows that the two foremost questions,

feed and fertility, are economically in-

separable. They are so intimately re-

lated that it is difficult to say just where

one begins and the other leaves off. Soils

must be fed in order to produce feed.

Variety is relished by soils as well as by

animals. Where 'many crops are grown

to serVe the appetites of the dairy cows

rotation is unavoidable. ‘When proper

crOp rotation is practiced the soil itself

is fed a variegated ration. The legumes

(nitrogen gathering crops), figure promi—

nently in all dairy rations as well as in

the most profitable crop rotations Hav-

ing the peculiar power of appropriating

their nitrogen from the inexhaustible sup-

ply in the atmosphere, they not only fur-

nish digestible nitrogen, (protein), to the

dairy ration but they feed the soil with

nitrogen at the same time. Following a

systematic rotation of crops and feed-

ig them to dairy cattle, increases the. soil

residues, and causes a natural increase in

productivity.



The blightin-g effect of the prohibitive

feed bill and the waning fertilty of thou-

sands of dairy farms is convincing proof

that many dairymen are buying too much

and growing too little, both of feeds and

fertility. This is no new subject, yet I

hope to present some facts in a different

Way from what we, have usually consid-

ered them. I want to Show as well as I

can how some of these matters in rela—

tion to the question of feeds and fertility

present themselves to me. It is not my

intention to discourage the feeding of

supplemental feeds if a man has cows

that can consume them and pay for them

and return to him in the increased value

of the'manure 60 or more per cent of the

first cost of the feed. My word is more

of a caution against the absurd claims

made by many men who annually buy

tons of these feeds to piece out, not sup-

plement, 'their dairy feeds. The fault is

that may men pay $30 a ton and upward

for the very elements that they should

grow on their own farms, not alone for

the ration’s improvement but for the sake

of the land.



Theoretically, the purchase and feeding



of large quantities of these feeds of com-

merce will increase the fertility of the

farm; they bring more fertility to the

farm from other lands than is removed by

the sale of dairy products. The man

thinks that he is safe as long as he is

buying more fertility than he is selling.

In addition to this preachment of the case

there are many half-baked, so—called

dairy teachers. who have it figured (on

paper) that the only loss of soil fertility

from the dairy farm is crystallized sun-

p'shine (butter) and consequently a man

is safe as long as he keeps cows and buys

the feed from other lands. All of these

arguments sound superficially pleasing to

the man, whose early training fails to

measure up to the present—day require-

ments in crop growing and soil handling.

It has created an indifference on the part

of dairymen to study closely the many

things that modern experiments and in—

vestigations have proven in relation to

feeds and fertility.



In common farm practice the man who

neglects to grow fertilizing and renovat-

ing crops and relics upon the manure

heap to maintain tho fertility of his soil,

finds his productive area growing smaller

year by year. The supply of manure

from his cows, as compared with the size

of his farm, seldom reaches beyond a few

acres about the stables, and while a few

acres “hold their own” the many stiffer

for the few. This removal of fertility

from the pastures and far ends of the

farm makes a gradual contraction in the

size of the productive area until only a

small portion of the land is utilized for

profitable griculture.



The growing of proteinaceous forage

and fodder crops as a source of protein,

(the only element a dairyman has a good

excuse for buying), also brings to the

farm large amounts of fertility from other

sources and leaves it within easy reach

of other crops. They also possess the

manifold advantage of distributing this

fertility over the whole farm and not on

a few acres about the barns. I believe





and I can say with a fair amount of ex-

perience, that the time has come when

' every acre of tillable land should be util—

ized in growing feed for the cows.





The





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





man who grOWS only roughage for his

cows on his own farm and- buys all of his

grain food is farming along narrow lines.

Loafing acres and robber cows are equally

unprofitable. High-producing cows and

rich soils are a money-making combina-

tion.



In addition to the fact that home-

grown feeds cheapen the cost of the ra-

tion they are better suited to the natural

needs of the cows than the feeds of com-

merce that have been manipulated and

put through various processes of manu-

facture which has removed more or less

of the nutriments and disturbed the pro—

portion of the constituents. When we

feed thcse by—product foods care must be

used to properly balance the ration with

other feeds if good results are obtained.



In connection with our efforts to grow

crops that passess higher feeding and

fertilizing value we should study the lim-

itations of such domestice rations and

the good effects of these purchased feeds

toward increasing the value of the ma—

nure. It is hard to break away from an

old practice and establish ourselves in a

new line of work. Tension of years hangs

firmly and when habits are broken and

changes come we are apt to carry to the

other extreme. We should avoid this

tendency and make the change gradually

without decreasing the size of our herd

or experimenting too extensively with





 

 

 





   

 





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ask it





\1

11 1h

‘ AW 2/2» /





Illustrates Method of Teaching Calf to

Drink.



new crops for which extravagant claims



are made by dealers and seedsmen.





Alfalfa, clover, peas, soy beans, corn

and cats are all standard crops for fecd

and fertility and we should try to im—





prove these crops to their maximum feed

and fertility value before experimenting

with a new set of crops to fill their places

in our rations and our rotation. There is

as'much difference in the quality and

value of our home—grown feeds as in the

feeds of commerce, and it should be our

aim to grow, harvest and feed these crops

in the best possible condition. Feeds and

fertility go hand in hand. Those crops

which should be grown on the farm to

maintain and improve the. fertility of the

soil produce that class of feed necessary

to furnish a properly balanced ration for

milk production. In short, we must pro-

vide succulent fced during the whole of

the year, cheapen the cost of protcin and

increase the productivity of the soil. If

we grow better food and fertility crops,





as I See it, we are to grow better corn.

alfalfa, clover and oats and peas, the

alfalfa, clover and mixed crop to take





the place of the high—priced wheat bran.





If we look to the alfalfa, clover and mix—

ed cereal and legumc crop for cheaper

protein, these crops must be cut and





harvested whcn they have reached their

greatest feeding value and handlcd so as

to insure a maximum feeding value.



The growing of maximum crops of feed

for the dairy herd requires good seed.

plcnty of available fertility, a well pre—

pared seed bed and approved methods of

cultivation. "This brings us down to an-

other important qucstion. All of our feed

crops are bulky. There is a limit to the





capacity of a cow’s runien and the energy

she must employ in keeping it working.





If we choke the machine we cut down its





capacity. To reach the digestive and as—

similative capacity of our cows thcy

must be supplied with the required





amount of fats, carbohydrates and pro-

tein in about the right proportions. The

excessive amount of dry matter contained

in our standard feed crops renders it im—

possible, without the aid of concentrated

feeds, like linseed oil meal, cottonseed

meal and similar feeds, to reach ‘the di-

gestive and assimilative capacty of our

cows. In other words, the cow is not

capable of eating, digesting and assim-

ilating a sufficient quantity of these do—

mestic feeds to enable her to produce a

maximum flow of milk. Cowsdiffer in

their abality to convert various feeds into

milk, each cow being a propostion within





herself. When buying feeds for our dairy

cows it always pays to buy those that

will bring the most fertility to our farms

and supply the greatest amount of pro-

tein at the least cost. Such feeds as are

worth almost as much as a fertilizer as

for feed are always the cheapest feeds

that we can buy to supplement our home-

grown feed'stuffs.

New York.





W. MILTON. KELLY.





TEACHING CALVES TO DRINK.





 





There are farmers who claim to be

able to teach calves to drink without

ever having to put their fingers in their

mouths, but I, for one, was never able

to teach them that way. Perhaps they

do as one farmer I know, who starves

the calf for a couple of days, or until he

comes to time and drinks without help.

I don’t want to do that with my stOCk if

I do have to let the calf suck my fingers

once or twice. But I have. found out a

very simple little trick which makes the

operation very much easier and more

satisfactory.



A few years ago I uscd to reach down

over the top of the calf‘s nose and allow

him to take my fingers in his mouth and

then, by main force, try to force that

balky head of his down into the pail.

“”11, I usually got it there but

times it was only after we (the calf and

I) had accomplished several gymnastical

performances of a highly exciting nature,

in some of which I was riding the calf,

and in some the calf was walking on me.

I usually went out of the barn looking as

if I had just taken a shower bath in milk

and muttering strange things, neither

complimentary to the calf nor becoming

in a Metrodist.



Since I got the tip, (which, by the

way, came from my young brother, who

believes it to be original with him), I go

calmly to the calf's side, set the pail in

front of him, and slide my hand under

his undcr jaw and my iingcrs in his

mouth, he makes a duck with his head

to get a better hold and finds his head

in the pail. The sensation being pleas-

ant, he usually decides to let it stay

there. Since I began this method of

teaching them to drink I have never been

troubled with calves determined to drink

their milk with heads pointed 11p, and

moreover, once or twice at the most is

all I ever have to give them my fingers.



Mecosta Co. L. C. WHEELER.





 





WESTERN MICHIGAN HOLSTEIN

BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION.

About half a hundrcd members of the

Western Michigan 'IIolstein Breeders’ As—

sociation, accmnpanicd by their wives

and families, held their second annual

basket. picnic at “Farmer" Fred S. Ken—

field's beautiful Long Beach Stock Farm,

on the eastern shore of Gull Lake, three

miles from Augusta, Mic-11., on Wednes—

day, August 7. Not among Michigan's

hundreds of famous lakes is there one

that has more natural attractions than

Hull, and Long Beach Farm, with its big,

shady grove, offered an ideal place for



this delightful event.



The association has a membership of

nearly 100 in 10 counties—Kent, Allegan,

Ottawa, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Barry,

Ionia, Montcalm, Shiawassee, Berrien—

and is the largest of any organization of

brccders in Michigan. outside of the

State Holstein Association. Present at

this picnic were membcrs from Kent, AI-

lc-gan, Kalamazoo, Calhoun and Barry

counties, each and evcry one of whom

took an active intcrcst in the proceedings

Cf the day and enjoyed “Farmer” Ken-

field's unbounded hospitality to the ut-

most.



Preceding dinner the breedcrs paid a

visit to the spacious Long Beach stock

barn, whr-re Mr. Kent‘icld has one of the

most superb herds of pedigreed I'Iolstcins





in the state, numbering nearly 60‘18

cows of milking agr- and the balance

calves, ranging in age from five months





to a year and a half. The cattle Wcrc

given a thorough inspection by the breed—

ers, who had only words oflpraise for

their excellent appearance and for the

splendid “front” which the herd as a

whole made.



At two long tables undcr the trees the

guests sat down to a typical picnic din-

ner, tempting and delicious. The tables

were presided over by the gracious host-

ess, Mrs. Kenfield, her charming daugh-

e1, Ruby, and several other young ladies.

During the dinner hour Haas’ band play-

ed a number of choice selections, which

were greatly enjoyed.



As the opening feature of the scheduled

program Mr. Kenfield in a felicitious

manner extended a hearty greeting to

the assembled guests, extending to them





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER. .





' AUG. 31. 1912.





 





Michigan State Fair, Oeiroii, Septlb‘ih lo 2lsi IN'OL.





THE FAIR OF INNOVATIONS—~THE FAIR SO DIFFERENT





 





e The management of the



There 3 a reason Michigan State Fair. dc



' " 'n to or etuate in



and here it Is. 1:;th gnemory poipthe Mich-



igan people a standard for Fair promotion deVised



many innovations for 1912. innovations in fair pro-

moting.



One of the most im-



Radical departures Wm... eh”... m.



the tale madfi inddFair pfroriiotion



' is t e a ition 0 tie in-



dustral features including the Progress Building





with every exhibit in active operation manufactur-

ing the goods made in Michigan.





h th 1 f the

BOYS, St‘te Fair sch‘bo‘ln for 81.033ch 8e con.

school a winner (“mg “11.3. .3“: “3.:

° was roac e i me wi

hearty response and eighty-three boys_ will “attend

this agricultural and industrial exhibition With all

expenses paid.

dd' ' lnd sh

Only Fair to pro— .53. house“... .33:

mote a land show railrgads ofteveryh sagging;

' o t is coun ry. 9‘

Fair brings to Michigan a View of the products of

the entire country. North. East. West and South.

After inspecting the

New demonStarflon dairy l”buildings Math six

ther airs the ic igan

dairy building. State Fair ado

Ded all

good points of the others and has just completed a

structure to be proud of. ,





r There'll be the horse



There s amusement r8399. 01d... feraxnd Ci;-



cut ve ays o te wee .



Also, 10“ 0f it the night horse show every



night. and both will be even greater events than in the

past. providing that is possible.





 





 





 





 





_ From every city and town



Educational Exhib °€ t... 8'33 3...!!me i‘h‘”



i s preps. y t e scho are in



it promises mucn' competition for the liberal



prizes which are offered. and some extraordinarily interest-

ing exhibits are promised.





In the remove] of the



segregation 0f the oldd Midway, now 1cleansed

an ma e WlO esomey



real Midway. clean to a spot in the

far corner of the grounds. the Fair management has





taken a radical step which will doutless earn commenda-

ion. *





 





 





9 Real live ponies to ride

Children 8 Midway merry—tglo-rounds and numeig

' one 0 er attractions wit

a “king Idea. 8. play ground especially for

their use will make this the Fair of Fairs to the youngsters

of the entire State of Michigan.





 





V Several professors of the

valuable SOII teSt Milclhigan 1Sitate kAgricultural

co ege wi ma e 2. out 200

for farmers. tests of soil each day of soil



to be brought in by the farmers.





 





In spite of the mumerous



Price Of AdmiSSIon added attrgictions. tljic enorm-



ous expen ture ma e necess-



remains the same. ary by these. the price of



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and 25 cents for children.





 





Good roads 81'8 hiihhggahllerzowrlStheigegooid





roads standing in the United



muCh needed. States. The demonstration



of good roads building carried on exclusively by Mich-

igan's Fair will be continued this year.





 





’Recollect that Michigan’s

Latest mOdCIS at a“- aufomObiF bulilding ids thg

on y exc usive y con ucte

tomObfle Show. automobile show building at

any Fair and remember also that the earlist view of the

latest models will be found here. .





 





Thirty boys from Detroit



MINIature made! took ugsfarmirég atsthe Fair



groun in e pring to



farms a feature' bring forth crops for ex.



hibition at the Fair and the results of their work will be

viewed with interest by the country cousms.





 





T“, Louis Disbrow. with his



enty stars in a“- flhgrie fecEer djfiggernaut.



n u 10 an is minis.



tom0bne races. ture appearing. but record-



breaking Ford car. Farmer Bill Endicott and a score more

great drivers are in the races Saturday afternoon.





 





This gentlemen was th



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WI“ fl high OrleanstoBaton Rouge. first

y 0 to fly. also from Paris to



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' Everyone pronounced th



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. qua, e greatest ever. and



exll'aordmal'y. the same company has the



State Fair contract and will put on the Fall of Old Mexico

in fire and the battle in the Skies.





 





 





IT WILL BE THE ONE FAIR





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horse. Sound. A (‘olt getter or will trade for ood auto.

J. C. BUTLER. Portlapd. Michigan. Bel phone.





PERCH ERONS





bred for utility as well as show quality. Stable

includes several international winners. Three

2vyear-old stallion colts of fiiality for sale. Come.

or write B. F. ANDERSON. . No. 3. Adrian. Mich.





—Horses. cattle. shee . swine. poultry

For sale and dogs. nearly all breeds. Sires

exchan . South West Michigan Pedigreed Stock

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BREWEIS' DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd. consisting of Trojan Erioos Blackbirde and

Prides. only. is headed by non . a Troian Erica.

by Black Woodlswn. sire of t Grand Chain ion steer

and bull at the International In Ohicsao. 00.. .

A'few choicely bred young bulls for sale.



W'OODCO’I‘E STOCK FARM. Ionla. Mich.



AYRS mans-One .. ......... n...



breeds: young bulls



and bull calves for sale. Berkshire swine. ll pure

bred. Michigan School for Deaf. Flint. Mich.





G U E R N 5 EV 5‘35'393‘3‘Y‘ngpéhai’i‘fiai’é’ii}

at farmers prices. ALLAN KELSEY. Lakeview. Mich.

For sale—Registered Ayrshire Bull Calves at





farmers' rioes. Also a few cows

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GUERNSE BULL CAEVES for sale.



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HICKS GUERNSEY I’ARN. Saginaw. W. S.. Mich.





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6 HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES





From .50 to 330. Send for pedlfiees.

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Breedsvllle, Mlch.

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IIOLSTEIII BIII. filiicifidii’étififtnfl. 23.23





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100 aughters in advanced Registry. A beautiful calf

of choicest breedin . Price on y 850.



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12m M FOR SALE-6 yearling Holstiein Fries-

£5 ’ ian Bulls. . . O. bred. Some cows.

- - Also bull calves. 34 years a breeder.

i}, w, ‘5 Photos and pedi rees on application. W.

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Iam offering three bull calves from 5 to 6 months old.

aired by a son of the KING OF THE PONTIACS.

Dams are choice cows. practicaly full bloods. Here is

a chance to get some of the best blood for little money.





ED. 8. LEWIS. Marshall. Michigan.





Jerse Cattle For Sale.

C. A. B ISTOL Fonton. Michigan.





BUTTER DRED JE$¥2YSXEEIS





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver





Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.

—— h i f f .

RED POLLED Senses... seine:

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





RED rotten BULLS FOR surname:





strains. JOHN BEBNEB a SON. Grand Ledge. Mich.

SHEEP.





lfiShrS-Yearlin and ram lambs from Chain ion

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" —Who wants 18 d ewes and

H a m p3," res ewe lambs. an a good 300-lb.

imported ram for 8225. Also have 7 00d ram lambs

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For Sale, Oxiord Down ¥§$“i.§;i.§"ét§.§:

difi'erent ages. S. E. GILLETT. Ravcnner. Ohio.

Reg. Hamomllels—izé’a‘ii’i? 330333.51 £1. ”32‘?

write for circular of breeding—none better. 2,36 miles

E. Morrice. on G. T. R. R. and M. U. B. J.Q. A. COOK.

Oxford Down Slice E‘ifié‘m’éfifléffiifii‘ile‘i

forssle. I. R. WATERB RY. Highland. Michigan.

— d 2- ' f

SHHOPSHIRE IEAIILIIO $11110 besiesgofhgidrgfilztgn





type. Geo. P. Andrews. Danaville. lngham 00.. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Ingleside Shropshrres.‘i.¥2,%?"§i’i $3.033;

A fine lotpf ram lambs for this year’s trn e. co them

at the fairs. HERBERT E. PO‘VELL. Ionla. Mich.





 





“Top-Notch” Holsteins.





Choice bull calves from 7 to 10 mos. old. of fashion-

able breeding and from dams with ofijcinl milk and

butter records for sale at reasonable prices Also

a few choicc females.





McPHERSON FARMS CO.. Howell. Michlgan.





' —-dropped Feb. 17. 1912. nearly white

IIOISIOIO Bl!" ca” 3734 salami Hengorveld Do Kn

dams; record Senior 2-mar-old. 15.37 lbs. butter.

GEORGE E. LAPHAM. ll. 8. St. Johns. Mich.





Holstein-Friesian Cattle’flfiflfiifi?‘

GREGORY & BORDER. Howell. Michigan.





 





 





 





Purebred Registered

H OLSTE IN CATTLE

I The Greatest Dairy Breed

“ Semi for FREE Illustrated Booklet.

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EGISTEBD Holstein Cattle—Two good bull calves

Herd headed by Hon orveld (.oin Pietertje.

FLOYD F. JONES. R. I“. d). 3. Oak Grove. Mich.





 





 





noes.

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Weaned igs either sex $15

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saws $50. re istered and trans-





ferred. Excellent breeding. oxce individuals.

C. C. COREY. New Haven. Michigan.





 





 





 





—S . . ' .

Improved Chesters whim‘iii’éfisn‘ifié‘“;

chmce young boar and a few sows bred for early fall

furrow. W. 0. “'ILSON. Okemos. Mich. Both phones.





' —Both sexes and bred ilts. also

Heg- cIICSIGI-WIIIIOS serviceable registeredgHolstein

bulls. Bargains. RAY PARHAM. Bronson. Mich.





 





Big Bull Bar ain‘3‘3°fi’s°§iiséei°§





ready for service. Hatc Herd. Ypsilanti. Mich.





o I c Extra choice bred gilts, service boars

I ." I and spring pigs. not skin from State

Fair Winners. Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich





 





NGTICE—I ofi’er for sale a. fine three-year-old Jeree y

. . cow. Also two youn bull calves at bar-

gain prices. 0. A. TAGGETT. . No. 1. Caro. Mich.





Llllie Farmstead Jerse s





(Tuberculin tested. Guaranteed free from uber-

culosis.) Several good bulls and bull calves out of

good dairy cows for sale. No females for sale at

present. Satisfaction guaranteed.



COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.





 





JERSEYS AND DUROG JERSEYS

FOR SALE





A few high-class boars from such champion boars as

Orion Ohief. Instructor. and King of I know. Also

w bred sows. we and belt





a to Jersey bulls. cc ere.

BROOKWITER FARM. Mill ABOOB. IIIOII.. ll. F. O.1

NONE BE I“ I ‘ER.





ll‘orS le: Jersa Bull Drop ed Oct. 15th. 1911. Dam

ia‘m‘Bswsym-is- °Y 'i’i‘ sad nineteen:

. 're 11 one a . .

.ugfi'iinii'ddlnnccec‘ Bi ifnusone of fin. Probes-t s best

bulls. This calf is so id color and a very promlsi

youlng bull. First ch:c§ flor $50 mt; i213. calf. on

t rain a s em. 0 .

an ”.13?“ MUNN a son. Salem. Mlchlcan.





 





 





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

0 0 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 growthy last



f ‘ fall pigs. either sex males read for ser-

vice now. pairs not akin. ’l‘TO B. SOlIULZE.

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





 





o I of superior quality. 17 choice young

I 's c 8 tits and 11 to y young boars. P ‘

no akin. ohm) NICKEIE ms





Monroe. Michigan.

UR Imp. Chester Whites and Tamworth 1

24.5 let at Fairs in 1911. Service boars. aleossg::ixgld

for spring farrow of either breed that will please you

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





o swine and Bull Bock cockerels f

a Is c- right ty 9. best of breed' 0

down for quick sale. ‘6. D. SCOTT. 0331333315317





I with size dc quality. the kind I '

IL”: 8 uarsntee to ive satisfaction gfivlii'g‘rifii

money. ewman s Stoc Farm.R.No. l.Marlette.Mich.





0. lo Cs SWINE Write me for





' Spring

Pigs, pairs and trios. not akin 1:ng gunnmber

of sermoe males of good t . W. i'te

of your wants. A. J. GOBDEN. BfNo.gll)gg?lliidllhlIi‘





 





O. I. C.——Ordors Booked For Spring Pigs.





C. J. THOMPSON. Rooklord. Mom





Hogs of all ages. bred sows d 'l -

Col-Co vice males and May and Jill-‘16 £532,331

pigs. Rolling View Stock Farm. Cass City. Mich.





DUROC JERSEYS—()ne service boar; two bred

. . . gilts;spring pi (eithersex).

Ohmce breeding. Prices reasonable. 'rite or come

and see. R. G. VIVIAN. R. No. 4. Monroe, Mich.





IIIJIIOC JERSEY SWINE—WEE? Elm





wants. F. A. LAMB A: SON. Oaseopolis. Mich.





vaoo JERSEY SWINE-Thirty spri -

D sows. Breeding the best prices gigghltgs' 5201::

and see them. ORLO L. Dotson. Quincy. Mich.





nunoc JERSEYS-figmailgeood choice ho s and pigs





also Shr i

M. A. EBAY. Okcmos. (Ingaani’ pcfio.)r $133.8





(OOIIOO JERSEYS. HERO IMMUNE IO OHOLEHI.





AREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan.





SWINE. S rin a d '

IIuroc Jersey sale‘both slime: [Ill 3:?glxerfrgdgs fig

years experience. J. H.- BANGHART. Lansing. Mich.





URUO-JERSEY SUWS bred for J l '

farrow. Choicel' bred sprint;l ’pi‘gg APli‘sirgg

reasonable. JOHN chOOLL. North Star, Mich.





DUROO JERSEY ‘10 F8“ and





. _ . Winter Boars

ready for BetVlCB. Prices right for 10 ’ '

come and see J. o. BARNEY. ooii‘itiitell‘i’iifcfi'.





POLAN D-CHINA SWINE





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





Bi Smooth Poland Ohina Ho 3 “mm‘a’gesim

regaonable prices. ALLEN BR S. ngePaffixillch?





—Bred from lar t' .

POIaIIII cmnas all gas. both aegis. it“, arsrli‘gl:

prices. W. J. HAGELB AW. Augusta. Michigan.





POLAND CHIN‘S—Bigtypo sprin pigs. ether sex. also

bucks. Prices rIghtghaglfi‘lflrfiTBfiE€E|.v8?efignf)fifighd





GLAND CHINAS—Gilts d ' '

P for first of Sega fafrlbw383rlflgg ‘33:” 23%

E. D. BISHOP. ute 38. Lake Odessa. Mich.





PolANIp CHINAS—Either sex. all ages. Some.





thing good at l '

D. LONG. a. No. a. Grand Rind: ri'ccii’f





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dig. 10 ms to litter. Free livery. ex ensee paid if not

satiiifi ' . order early and gfit choice. Prices reasonable

qua ll.) considered. W. ‘. Livingston. Parma, Mich:





POLAND OHIIIIS‘YW’“ 90" bred f9” April fan-ow.

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fall . '

. W. BARNES & SON. Byron. Shiavghgs'eeeegg?lhiisglt





Big lune P. c. Saws £5.23. $3.93.?





001) & SON. Saline. Michigan.





IIIOTIIOOLI‘OMEII‘IXIOHIH BOIIIS FOH SILE





N. Bay City. Michigan.





—30 sows

MUIGIOOI "0 3 bred. Also pigdngfifig

Boar‘s all ages. G. c. REGLOW, Ada, Ohio:





For Sale Yorkshire Gilis‘fig‘idtiamw





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of Au ust. Also pigs. bith ' a

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I have more than 5700 swine on my farm d

lng grade Yorkshire. Tamworth. Polanda'lblti£113.l Zedili

uroo sows. boars and shoots in any quantity

at best Buffalo market price for fat yorkers on day

2:612:12} Saws to li;arl-row soar; inc‘Iiudedlu'iThese hogs

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ALVA]! BROWN’S PIG FARMJirnnd RapIdSMiCII.





A few choice Gllts bred nor September tarrow.





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the freedom'of Long Beach Farm and

expressing the wish that they would be

frequent visitors in the future. In the

absence of Judge Frank H. Williams, of

Allegan, who was down on the program

to speak on “Our Boys and the Citizens

of Tomorrow,” Mr. Kenfield introduced a

Long Beach neighbor, Prof. J. A. Scott,

of Northwestern University, stating that

the professor's topic would be, “What I

Don’t Know About Holsteins.”





Professor Scott spoke in a happy vein.

proving himself to be an ideal postpran-

dial orator. He related a number of hu-

morous anecdotes, recited some laughable

homespun verse and his witticisms cans-

ed much merriment.



TV. TV. Willard, of Kent county, presi-

dent of the association, spoke on the sub-

ject, “Kindred Spirits and the Black and

“finite," saying in part:



“A common object or a special result

to achieve makes people kindred spirits.

If I were asked what result our associa—

tion should aim to achieve I would all--

swer, ‘To develop the best all-around

dairy cow of the age.’ The Holstein cow

seems to be taking care of herself.



“Our National Holstein Association has

grown from a few hundred to nearly 4,000

members. Organizations like ours are

springing up all over the country. The

Holstein does well in cold or hot cli-

mates, is able 'to use all kinds of coarse

feed and her products are commanding

attention, whether taken to con-densary,

crcamcry or the city milk supply.



“I congratulate our members on the

fact that it is one of our number who

developcd the Ill—pound champion cow of

Michigan; ‘that'it is one of our number

who is a member of the firm producing

three of the. championship butter cows

for one year; that it is one of our num-

ber who bred the cows that lately made

the astonishing record of over 41 pounds

of butter in seven days. Surely, we haVc

championships to spare.”



“Michigan is one of the banner states

0f the Union." said H. H. Stroud, of Hop-

kins, in introducing his subject, “XVcst

Michigan. the Land of Promise, and the

Holstein Cow." “It has the soil to grow

every known thing in grain and vege-

table-s. It is known the world over for

its celery, which is the finest grown any-

where. It is now becoming noted for the

growing 'of alfalfa. Certain sections pro-

duce corn equal to the best grown in the

greatest corn state in the Union. We

can truthfully say we have the best Hot-

Steins in the country. General farming

can be carried on in Michigan the, best

of any of the states. The peach belt of

Michigan is noted in every country on the

globe. Of course, we have difficulties to

ovcrcomc in all our crops. but no more

‘than they do anywhere.



“Our climate is One of the grandest to

be found anywhere and is adapted to

every kind of fruit, except those grown

in tropical climes. Michigan is the sec-

ond applc-grcwing state and its ‘fruit

with fiavor’ is in great demand all over

the United States, as well as in England.

Michigan lakes are acknowledged to be

the finest in America and nowhere is

there better hunting and fishing. l’cople

comc ht'l'e from for and wide to be cured

of hay fever, catar'rh and pulmonary

troubles.



“Nowhere are finer people to be found

than in Michigan. XVe also have sourccs

of education that cannot, be excelled in

the United States.



“Holstein cattle do exceptionally well

in this state. There is no reason why

Michigan cannot take the lead over ev-

ery other state in thc breeding of Hol—

steinswin fact, we should lead the world

in the near future in the breeding of

these kind, gt-ntlc and intelligont cattle.”



In referring to the June sale of Hol-

steins at Grand Rapids. conducted by the

association, Secreary W. R. Harper, of

Barry county, said:



“The sale was an

proved highly successful. \Ve believed in

order to promote 'the interests of the

Holstein breeders in western Michigan

that a sale should be held in Grand Rap-

ids in June. Vt’e got together 75 cattle

and much to our surprise sold 72. We

established a record for a consignment

sale, conducting it at an cxpcnse of five

per cent, lowering the Detroit associa-

tion’s record. We hope to make each

annual sale in the future better than the

preceding one and in order to do this

will keep out all cows 'that are in any

way defective. Breeders have promised

us to make an extra effort to have their

cattle in the pink of condition for these

sales.



“‘Vestern Michigan breeders allowed

outside buyers to come in last June and

select the choicest of the consignments.





experiment, but it





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THE' MICHIGAN FARMER.





There is not a surplus of Holstein cattle

in western Michigan and our breeders

should make- an effort to keep outsiders

from carrying off our choicest Hol’stelns.

1 was informed by one buyer who paid

$195 for a cow, that he and others had

paid $265 each for four cows at another

sale, not as good as this one. You are

letting Holsteins get away from Michigan

at What seems to you to be fancy prices

but which in reality are cheap.



“It was a Michigan—bred cow that car-

ricd off the world's record in New Jersey

recently, for seven days, her record for

that period being 695.5 pounds of milk,

418 pounds of butter (80 per cent fat),

and 33.5 pounds of butter—fat."



Upon motion of the country's champion

Holstein breeder—G. A. Dimoc, of Kai-

amazoo—Mr. and Mrs. Kenfield were ten-

dered an enthusiastic vote of thanks for

the hospitable manner in which they had

entertained the members of the associa-

tion.



Mr. Kenfield is an eminently successful

business man of Chicago, being the head

of a big Imblishing house. He is also

the owner of “Brick,” and a number of

other widely known trade journals.



Long Beach Stock Farm consists of

more than 2:30 acres, somewhat rolling,

sand and clay loam soil, and since Mr.

Keniield purchased it he has made many

improvements in a decidedly practical

way. While Long Beach Farm is essen-

tially a stock farm, still a large “slice"

of it is devoted to fruit culture~peachcs,

plums, pears, apples, etc. During the

last three years thousands of trccs and

vines have been set out and the act-cage

is being increased constantly. The owner

looks for a bumper grape and apple crop

this year. His peach crop, like that of

hundreds of other growcrs in Michigan,

is practically a failure.



'\Vhether in the oltice or on the farm,

Mr. Kenfield studies out the principles

and dctails of everything now, and as a

dairyman, blooded stock raiser and fruit

grower he is thoroughly well posted and

is getting excellent results from his ag-

ricultural efforts along various lines.



’thn Mr. Kenfield bought this farm he

decided to keep Holstein-It‘riesian cattle

and was determined to buy and breed

into the best families, which he has suc-

cceded in doing. All his cows are thor-

Oughly tested and stand on their indi~

vidual merits. It is confidently predicted

by those who have watched his progress

in this particular, that it will not belong

before he will have a herd of Holsteins

that will rank with any in the United

States.



Kalamazoo Co'. H. E. BABCOCK.

THE AUTUMN AND WINTER FEED-



ING OF THE DAIRY COW.



The natural food of the dairy cow, and

the one most fitted for the production of

the richest milk, is grass, which has its

food constituents present in such pro-

portions that it may be considered in it-

self a perfectly balanctd ration. This is

not only so in regard to the relative val-

no of tho several food constituents it

may contain—tho digestible albuminoids,

carbohydratcs and fats—but also in two

other very important inatters~bulk and

moisture.



'l‘hcse remarks, however, apply only to

prime. and, of course, to

grass of good quality; for the quality (if

grass varies with the richness of the

land, and the variety of plants of which

it is made up, which in their turn are

influenced by the quality of the soil. lood

pasture grass in June has an albuminoid

ratio as narrow as 1 to 4, which two

months later is widened to 1 to 7; and

from this it will be seen how cxceullently

adapted grass is for milking cows dur-

ing the summcr, and how desirable it is

that it should be improved for them lat-

cr on by the addition of more albuminoid

matter. Up to the middle of July, good

pastures supply food sufficiently high in

albuminoids to enable the cow to milk

at her best, but by the end of July, the

albuminoid ratio of grass is only 1 to 7,

and later on still wider, instead of 1 to 5

or 6, about what is required for a cow

in full milk, and the addition of some

concentrate is neccssary to bring up the

albuminoids t0 the right standard for

summer and autumn calving cows soon

after they have calved.



In practice, now that the value of ar-

tificial foods, such as protein concen-

trates, so-called, is becoming recognized,

a supply of such feeds is often allowed

on the pastures. Burnt pastures, and

those poor soils that grow herbage of in-

ferior quality, really necessitate at all

times, some additional feed to keep up

and prolong the supply of milk; for the

addition of concentrates—especially one





 





 





rich in the nitrogenous constituents of

food—supplies the albuminoids which

such grass is deficient in, while, at the

same time, there is a. very marked im-

provement noticeable in the pasture; as

(although an animal producing 'milk is

very likely to make the utmost value of

the cake), the undigested portion, which

must always be present in any food,

gives manure of good quality. But, as

I have shown, even the very best grasses

deteriorate in feeding value as the sea-

son advances, and an addition of some

food is essential to enable the cow to .10

her best.



There exists considerable difference of

opinion as to the time of year at which

covvs should be taken off grass and

housed. Climate, which varies consider-

ably. must, of course, be taken into con-

sideration, and it would be absurd to ad-

vocate allowing full milk dairy cows to

remain out all winter in some districts

because there are sheltered valleys where

this system of management is found to

answer. But there is no doubt that

‘lhcre is generally too much hurry 'to

yet the COWs in, and especially to begin

to shelter them at night. It is argued

that of the food we: give an animal, part

is required to repair the waste of tissue,

part goes to maintain the animal heat,

and the surplus remaining is expended,

in the case of the dairy cow. in filling

the milk pail. This being so, it is con-

tended that to allow a cow to remain out

in all weathers is to make a greater

draught upon the food for the mainte-

nance of the animal heat, leaving less to

convert into milk, and that when there

is such a drain on the cow's system as

the production of scveral gallons of milk

daily entails, she is not in condition to

icsist chills like the dry boast or youngr

stock.



This sounds well in theory, and yet

experience and cxpcriment demonstrate

that the milk yield is adversely affected

by bringing the cows in early, or even

keeping them in at night.



Some limo ago, an experiment was de—

scribcd as having been conducted, as to

the housing of milk cowg in autumn.

The regular practice had been to bring

all cows into the house at night about

the end of October, a proceeding which

entails extra labor, and extra feed, and

extra bedding. The object of the ex—

periment was to ascertain the advantage

or otherwise, of bringing milk cows in

at night during the late autumn. Two

lots of cows, as closcly alike as possible,

five in each lot. were selected, special.

care being taken that each lot corres—

ponded as to date of calving, length of

time in milk, and weight of beast. The

two lots of cows were treated in exactly

the same manner, with the sole excep-

tion that one lot was kept in at night af-

ter milking, and not turncd out until

after milking the following morning. This

lot of cows received 8 lbs. of hay in the

racks the last thing at night. The sec—

ond lot were milked and then turned on

to the same pasture and brought up for

milking the following morning. Milking

was commcnced at 6:30 a. m. and 4 p. m.



The cxperiments demonstrated that

the effoct of keeping cows in at night is

to decrease the milk yield at a greater

rate than by leaving them out on the

pastures, that the effect of quality, as

shown by the percentage of butter-fat

in the milk, is practically the same, any

advantage being with animals turned out

at night, and that they do not suffer in

live weight by being kept out.



Experience confirms experiment as to

falling off in the milk yicld when the

cows are kept in, and the inference is

that, of course, with proper provisions for

supplementing the deficiency of the grass

in albuminoids, the cows. should be kept

out as long as possible.



At no time of the year do stock need

more watching than just now, and dairy

cow/s especially need care. It is not de-

sirable that cows should bc allowed to

sink in llcsh when facing wintcr, and the

farmer should have a certain standard of

condition below which his cows should

never be allowed to get.



There comes a time, of course, when

the pastures must, be abandoned, and

the cows brought in for the winter. Then

we have to consider that ruminant ani-

mals must have bulky matter in their

diets, such as hay or straw, and are

well capable of dealing with the crude-

fibre contained in them.



Also that cows require a diet that is

somewhat relaxing ‘to the bowels, and

that when grass is not available, roots,

bran, linseed, small quantities of molas—

ses or other laxative food material has

to be relied upon for keeping them right

in this respect.





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.‘POULT'R’fiIBEEs‘,





HOW DO YOU MARKET YOUR POUL-

TRY PRODUCTS?



A large part of the“ profits in poultry

keeping depends upon the- marketing of

the products. The poultryman musi' be

a‘good salesman as well as a good raiser

of poultry. Either he must have good

markets to begin with, or know how to

make thcm. High—priced trade is not

found “ready made,“ nor can it be “made

to order“ by others, 11nd transferred.

The poultryman must make it himself.

To build up a high—class trade requires

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that somebody wants and that most peo-

ple will not take the trouble to supply.

Such a trade is worth working for The

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livech at the right time to the right

market. ‘



The nearer the producer can come to

the consumer in selling his products the

higher will be his prices and the greater

will be the labor and expense of murk—

cting, but it pays. The highest prices

can be obtained and the largest profits

are made in supplying a rclail trade.

This is also one of the must salisfactorv

lradcs to cater to and is easy to gel.

There are hundreds of families in every

largo town that are looking for the per-

son who will furnish eggs regularly éacu

wee-k the year around at a cent or two

cents per dozen, or more, above the re-

tail store price. The stores in large

towns and cities are frequently willing

to pay several cents a. dozen :Ibove the

highest wholesale price for the right kind

of eggs delivered with regularity

throughout the year. But the best pay—

ing customers. whether retail or whole-

saler—Linnse who are willing to pay five to

ten cent;: per dozen above the highest

wholesale quotation-are hard to secure.

Such trade, which should be the ultimate

goal sought by all Commercial egg-pro-

ducers. must first be educated up to an

appreciation of high—class eggs before it

will pay the highest. price.



There is a fair profit, but no more, in

producing eggs at regular market prices.

The largest profits must come from su-

perior marketing and from special mark—

et advantages in selling eggs and stock.

A difference of only a few cents per doz.

en makes a large increase in Ihe income

when several hundred fowls are kept.

101 example. the avelage highest market

mice per war fOI eggs in New York city

is .1bou1 21. cents per dozen. A I-eIlain

poultryman who has 1,000 hens sold his

eggs last year for an average of seven

cents per dozen above the highest mark-





et. Assuming- that he sold from each

fowl ten dozen eggs, which is a fair





but not a high average. we find that at

seven cents per dozen he received 70

cents per hen over and above what he

would have received if he had sold the

eggs at the highest wholesale. quotation.

Therefore, from his 1.000 hens he re-

ccived the very comfortable sum of $700.

This was all clear-cut profit, due entirely

to good business methods, neat crates,

careful grading of eggs. cleanliness, qual-

ity of products and regularity of ship-

mcnl throughout the year. Is this worth

trying for?

Making and Keeping Customers.



It is an almost universal experience in

poultry raising that the “best advertise-

ment is a satisned customer.” Trade

grows by one satisfied customer recom-

mendingr you to another. Poultrymen

who can reach the rich guests at summer

resorts. and tllusc who live in communi—

ties where summer boarders are taken on

the farms. have a good opportunity to





secure customers for eggs. Frequently

a large hotel, restaurant, sanatnrium.

hospital, and occasionally large retail





dealers, will pay nearly or quite: as much

as private families. This wholesale trade.

howewr, is harder to secure, but easier

to serve.



In order to adjust claims for breakage

with the express companies it will be

found more satisfactory to have the pur-

chaser pay the express charges, even if

it should be necessary—which usually it

is Rot—to have the express charges de-

duried from the bill at the end of the

month The consumer will then hold the

express company responsible for rough

handling. The one who is on the spot;

and finds the eggs broken can deal direct

with the man. who delivered them much

more easily and satisfactorily than

through a third party living at a dis—





tance. With strong, handy, conspicuously





stenclled crates the breakage is not ser-

ious, If possible, avoid shipping to points

where the eggs must be handled by two

expreSS companies. Each company lays

the breakage to the other.



It is advisable to have a. regular 'ship-

ping day each week. This economizes

labor by bunching the work of cleaning,

packing, and delivering at the express

office. It also simplifies the keeping of

accounts. Once a. week delivery will sat-

isfy most customers. If all eggs are sold

each week and the shipment lasts the

customer a week, it is plainly possible

that some of the eggs may be two weeks

old when the last eggs are eaten. If they

have been kept in a proper pl'acc, how-

ever, they Should be perfectly satisfac-

tory. By shipping l0 certain customers

each day of the week, eggs can be deliv—

ered bcfore they are two days old, bul‘

usually this system is wholly unnecessary

and multiplies the work.



The Price Problem.



There are three ways of fixing the

price. The first is to agree upon a single

price per dozen for the year and the

number of eggs to be delivered each

week. The latter clause is necessary III

order to insure fairness and not leave to

either party the temptation to take ad-

vantage of the other. This might easily

be- done by a dishonest purchaser who

\vciuld sell eggs to outside parties when

he could get more than his contract price,

or to the dishonest buyer who would pur-

chase elsewhere when he could get eggs

cheaper than the COIItraCt price.



The second plan is to decide upon a

certain fixed percentage increase; for ex-

ample, five to 50 per cent. to be paid

above the highest market quotation each

week. as quoted in the wholesale murk-

el. By this sliding scale there will be

less incentive for either party to the

contract breaking faith.



The third plan is to name a fixed price

per dozen for the different mouths, vary-

ing the price a certain number of cents,

according to the demand which usually

maintains at that particular season. A

good scale of prices on this basis, which

is being paid to a certain poullryman, is

25 cents per dozen for April, May, June

and July; 35 cents per dozen for August

and September; 40 cents per dozen for

October and November; 45 cents per

dozen for December and January; 35

cents per dozen for February and March.

By this system there is an incentive for

the customer to eat more eggs when they

are abundant and cheap. and to find less

fault if he should not get his full supply

when they are scarce and high.



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Extract each variety of honey by it-

self, if possible, but it is not always pos-

sible, for the bees will persist in working

on sumac when we would like clover

honey. I prefer to do the extracting in

its season as soon as it is fit. One must

be guided by the thickness of the honey

—it should be left with the bees until

ripe enough to keep. I believe all bec-

kecpers should be very particular about

this, in order to be able to have a re-

liable article. If honey is extracted

while raw or very thin, it will soon take

on a. rank, strong taste, and really is not

worth over half price.



My honey is all left on the hives until

the middle of Scptember or later. By

this time the bees have thoroughly ripen-

ed it and it has become so rich and

thick that it takes a good right arm to

swing it out of the combs. W'hen the

combs are taken from the bees they are

curried to the honey house, and left

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stopped flying we drive to the yard and

haul home the honey. Before beginning

10 extract; it I put a. keen edge on the

uncapping knife. This will prevent tear-

ing the combs to a. great extent when

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water which greatly expedites the work,

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turned rapidly for a. minute or so and

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over it to catch the bits of capping which

frequently get into the extractor. The

honey is then poured into five-gallon tin

cans for the- wholesale trade and some in

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THE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN

DAIRYING.





RY FLOYD w. ROBISON



In the last few years dairying has

come to be an important factor in Mich-

igan agriculture. Certain stalwarts have

for years cast about them with the pur-

pose of favoring the introduction into

farming of certain methods and proce-

dures which would tend to the ultimate

good of agriculture in the state. During

the life and activity of the late Dr. Rob-





ert C. Kedzie, of thc'Michigan Agricul-

tural College. the sugar bet-t was devel-





oped and added to the crops produced on

Michigan farms, which introduction tend-

ed very materially indeed, to the farm-

ers' advantage. A number of personage‘s

have lent their influence and time to the

building up of dairyiiig within the stat-3.

We are pleased to pay special tribute IO

LIX-Governor Fred M. V’arner in this

matter as having. through a peculiar in-

sight”, become conscious that through

the development of dairying, the farm-

crs of Michigan had in their hands

an industry which would place them in-

dcpendcnt of the conditions Which so

Closely encompassed them as a rule. Our

sister states to the west of us. VViscon—

sin and Minnesota, with climate no more

favorable than ours, have developed won—

dcrfully along the lines of dairying. The

state has rccognized the value of the in-

dustry of farming and the dairyman has

been encouraged by favorable laws and

been given assistance in various ways

through the cxecutivc departments.



Warner’s First Message Called for the



Fostering of the Dairy Industry.



When lovernor ‘Warner was inaugu-

rated in 1.005 his first message to the

legislature was an appeal for recognition

for dairying in the state, which appeal

was Wise-1y met by the legislature and

during his entire administration of six

years the energies of the Dairy and Food

Department were bent to a remarkable

degree to the tip—building and fostering

of this industry in the state. There are

many reasons why dairying should be

fostered among our people in preference

to certain other animal industries. Among

these reasons is the fact that the dairy

industry is a cash industry,



The Dairy Business is a Cash Business.



It is not necessary to wait one. two.

three or four years for financial returns

from an investment in dairying, ncither

is theft“ the same hazard of chance in

the dairy business that there is in the

production of bcef, for example; or the

raising of pork, or horse raising or other

avcnues of live stock husbandry. In the

production of milk. there is financial rec-

ompense week by week, or month by

according to the market condi»

with tho tremcndous market

for dairy products which exists in this

country, and the unfailing demand. thero

is no risk from that point whatever. and

the dairyman is assured from the time of

investment. of a market for



Not so with the raising of

horses or the. production of bcef, for

thcic tlic question of supply and demand

is constantly below 'the farmer. Let Us

Consider for example, thc raising of

Aside from the fact that the

have a considerable amount

of capital to start lltlI‘Sc raising with on

any prominent scale, there is the ques—

tion of an investment of tWo, three or

four years bcl‘orc there can be. any reali~

financial way on this invest—

is Vcry evident at the start

that the farmcr must be, well equipped

financially in order to take this chance

and bcsidcs he must bc possessed of con-

sidcrablc intuitive knowlcdgc regarding

what market conditions may be three or

four years hence. In the dairy business,

meanwhilc, he has disposed of the pro—

ducts and is receiving financial returns

week by week therefor. In raising horses

he. may by Him bold coup d'etat acquire

a fortune but we should remember that

fortunes are lost in just the same» way

and we would therefore conclude that

horse raising is too hazardous a busi-

pass to warrant directing the energies of

the people generally along this line.



Beef Production is Not so Safe as

Dairying.



In a similar degree though, the change

is not so great, would we cla5s the pro-

duction of beef. The farmer may go

upon the market and purchase one to

several car loads of steers with the idea

of feeding them and in this way turning

the results of his summer’s work into





tions, but





making his

his product.





horses.

{a ruler must





zation in a

inciit. It





money through the sale of the steers

when the feeding season is over. The

great hazard in this procedure is that

Ihe farmer has no control of the market

and while he may btiy On a rising market





he has no assurance that he may in

turn sell on a rising market. In fact,

as is too well known by many feeders,





combinations in the various packing cen—

ters and elsewhere too often so _c0ntrols

tho market at the time his beef is ready

that he actually sells at a loss. Obvi—

ously, beef production is too hazardous

for the general farmer to stake his in-

terests in. Regarding dairying, however,

the dairyman is always sure of a market

and no matter how much or how little

he produces, that milk always finds ready

sale if he will give it any consideration

whatsoever.

Profitable Dairying Depends

Dairyman Himself.

A very unique feature of dairying is

that as a rule, the dairyman gets in re-

turn l'cr his work according to the intel-

ligence of the effort he puts into it. Care

and skill go hand in hand in dairying.

The dairymait’s mind is his most valu—

able asset. “'hcn he has mastered the

few fundamental principles of daii'ying,

he has at his command the key to tho

store-house of a profitable industry. The

state has done considerable for the dairy—

man and has benefited in rcturn matc—

rially there-by. It is the duty of the

dairyman to produce butter or milk or

cheese. as the case may bc, as perfect

and clean and wholesome as modern

science and human ingenuity can produce

it. The dairy industry is not an easy

business and the State is not interested

in the selection of a business which can

be carried on without cffort on the part

of the. farmer but if an industry can be

established which will yield according as

the energies of the farmer are exerted,





Upon the





tin-n that industry is One of promise in

'.Il(‘ lurid.

\\'hen the legislature of 1905'), acting





upon the message of the governor, wrote

into the statutes of the state of Michi—

gan, “It shall be, the duty of the Dairy

and Food Commissioner to foster and

encourage the dairying industry of the

slate,” they meant that the activities

of the Dairy and Food Department

should be dii'ccted in a searching manner

into tho general conditions of crcame-rics,

factories, condensed milk fac—

skiinming stations, and milk sta-

tions and farm dairies and by inspection,

policing and systematic instructoiis se—

curc a more valuable food product to the





cheese

tories,





consumcr and put this legitimate and

valuablc industry among the farmers of

the state thoroughly upon its feet. That

this was done is throughout the slate

universally accepted, and the standing





of dairying as a business within tho state

in the last few years is a. living testi-

monial to the wisdom and foresight of





the governor in advocating it. The

farmcr has become acquainted Willi

int-thods of increasing his profits in

dairying and thc consumers liaVo benc-





litcd to a markcd degree in the lllt‘l'C'rlHt-ll

intrinsic value of dairy products throug'i

luctlcr manufacture and through the iii-

iroduction of sanitary reforms. The iii—

stal‘ation of competitch contests among

the buttcr makers of the state was pro—

vocativl- of much pleasant rivalry. The

installation of cow—tcsting associalicdis

was the means of inciting a. more careful

study of the feed problem.





Economical Feeding Usually Spells Sues

cess in Dairying.





It is well known that the dairyman who





would succeed financially in the daiiy

business must fced economically. This

does not mean that cows should not be

given their full complcment of feed but

that the ration must be selected with

care and upon a scicntific basis. The





feed bill is a. bill that is the dairyman’s

greatest concern and it should be, re-

duced to the lowest possible margin

through the scientific combination of ra-

tions. \Ve have already stated' that

economy in feed does not anticipate cut-

ting down in the quantity of nutritious

feed given to the cow but it does con—

template that the feeder must selcct his

nutrients in that fecd in which they may

be obtained at the lowest price. This

means that so far as possible it is gen—

crally expedient to raise the roughage

portion of the ration on the dairyman’s

own farm and purchase such an amount

of true concentrates as are necessary to

supplement the home ration. One of the

best classes of feeds at his command is





the leguniinous feeds, Such as clover and

alfalfa, also the succulent, such as corn

silage. In. some sections of the state

corn silage is being supplemented by en—

siloed peas and beans and in this way

the protein is appreciably raised. The

dairyman must cast about him with a.

studious eye to select just that combi-





nation of feeds which, first of all, will

satisfy fully the physiological require-

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made bclwccn a normal plant and a race





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which, when grown gave only normal

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The farm labor prob-

The Farm Labor 1cm is conceded to be

Problem. one of the most diffi-

cult to solve of the

many perplexing problems with which

the average farmer is confronted. Too

often when one hears this problem discuss-

cd it is in a rather one—sided manner.

Occasionally, however. one hears an ex-

1)l‘i3s<i0n from a man who has had con-

sidcrablc cxperience in iiil'lllg‘ labor for

farm work. who has come to look at the

problem from both angles. that is from

the viewpwint of thc cmployc as well as

that of the employer.



In such cases one is quite apt to learn

that the cmployer has retained his help

for consecutive periods of moro than av-

crngc length and speaks of his einployes

as men who are faithful to his own best

interests. in another column of this

issue will be found an article from such

a man; a man who has apparently

reached the best solution of the farm

labor problem, and a solution which the

average reader may well peruse with

thoughtful care.



if we are to have the best help upon

the farm we- must give constant employ—

ment to nan under conditions which will

promote a degree of satisfaction on the

part of the men. Otherwise, we will be

more than likely to be dissatisfied with

ihe character and extent of the services

which are rendered. Undoubtedly, the

bcnt solution of the farm labor problem

is 10 so plan the farm work as to be

:iblc to hire the men the year round, and

then provide suitable tenant houses for

them. This affords permanent employ—

ment at fair wages: which is always an

attraction for the men and establishes

them in u more or less permanent man-

ncr upon tho premises.



'l‘hcn.‘ the arrangement of the work so

that it may be accomplished within rea-

sonable hours, the granting of reason—

ablc concessions as to home privileges

and l‘cm-rez‘iiions and the promotion of

iiilcresi in the work by making it edu-

caticnnl to such a. degree as is possible,

will put into it a dcgree of mutual good

feeling on lilr‘ part of the employer and

employe which will make for a maximum

of satisfaction on the part of both.



Vl’hcre unmarried help must be em-

ployed, student labor is undoubtedly a

more desirable source of help than any

other. There was recently published in

these columns on article on the subject

of student labor which included many

testimonials from men. particularly fruit

growers throughout the state, who had

employed students from the agricultural

college, with the best of satisfaction. But

this is not the only claSS of helpers

which might properly be included under

the term of student labor. We have re«

centiy received from a young man in the





THE‘ MICHIGAN PARMER.





city, a. letter which is typical of many

which are received from a. similar class

of young men. This young man has had

no previous experienCe in farming, but

has decided that he would prefer agri-

culture as a business and sought a posi—

tion upon some farm where he might

study the business in a. practical way and

could earn a fair wage at thesame time.

Such a man would be excellent help and

would take a greater interest in the- op-

eration of the farm than one who ap-

proached the tasks in hand simply from

the standpoint of wages received.



There are a great many young men,

both in the city and country who, with

a little encouragement of the right kind

would make the most valuable kind of

farm help, and at the some time be

studying the problcms of agriculture ill

a manner which would equip them for

future success in this field. To all of

this class we can well afford to extend

ihc hospitality which will include rea—

somible home comforts and a. degree of

encouragement in the way of good liter-

aturc and helpful suggestions. since to

do so is a true philanthropy which, how-

ever. in the doing will afford us an im-

mediate rind profitable return upon our

investment.





The official figures

Our Export of Man- touching the ex—

ufactures. portation of manu-

factures from the

United States in the last fiscal your as

prcpared by the Department of Com-

merce and Labor show that the total

vulues for the first time passed the bil-

lion dollar line. The aggregate value of

manufactures exported in the fiscal year

is placed at $1,021,753.918. Of this total

$674,302,903 was the value of manufac-

iures ready for consumption and $347,-

451,015 that of the manufactures for fur-

Lher use in manufacturing.



This total does not include food stuffs

which have undergone a. process of prep-

aration or manufacture, which class of

articles are grouped under the general

ilt‘illllilg of food stuffs. exported.



Something of the significance of this

total of manufactures exported is real-

ized by way of comparison. For instance,

ibis 1.022 million dollars‘ worth of manufac-

inres exported during the last fiscal year

is more than double the amount of our

exports of manufactures in 1903, or nine

years ago. It is also more than three

times as great as the total of our ex-

ports of manufactures in 1898; four times

as great as the exports of 1896; five times.

as grout us the exports of 1894; six times

as great as the exports of 1890, and 10

times as great as the exports of 1876.



i’l'evltlilS to the ycar 1873 the value of

manufarlurcs exported in a. single year

had never reached as much as $100,000,-

000. Comparing 1912 with 1902, a decade

earlier, ihe total is 1.022 millions against

454 millions, m- an increase of 125 per cent

during the decade.



The official figures are alsointeresting

from the fact that they show the exports

of manufactures to have increased more

rapidly than the exports of othcr classes

of merchandise. manufactures forming 47

per cent of the exports of 1912, as com-

pnrcd \viih 331/; per cent in 1302 and 18

prr ccnt in 181:2. This apparent increas:

in the percentage of manufactures is.

however, largely due to the falling off

in the exports of food stuffs which formed

but 20 per cent of the total of the ex-

ports in 1912 against 38 per cent in 1902

and 50 per cent in 1892.



This increase in the total of manufac-

tures exported is a very important fac-

ior in the continuance of our national

prosperily, since without this increaSQ in

ihe exports of manufactures the balance

of trade in our favor would inevitably

have been greatly reduced, if indeed, it

had not turned against us. For this rea-

son the great growth in our manufac—

tures and exports thereof is a matter for

sincere congratulation to the farmers of

this country, inasmuch as it has added

io our prosperity, not alone by main-

taining a large balance of trade in our

favor but as well in stimulating the

home market for the products of the

farm through the increased number of

laborers employed in our domestic man-

ufactures.



In another column of

What Is Success? this issue will be



found an article on

the great value of ambition and de-

termination which is opened by this

question. In this article the writer com-

menis upon a statement which he had

heard a well informed man make to the

effect that personal satisfaction with





one’s attainments in life constituted suc-

cess. and took issue with this statement.

Inasmuch as this is a most pertinent





question for every man'to ask himself,

a brief supplementary discussion of.whe.t

success really is will not be out of place.





Obviously, what may be succeSS for

one man would be accounted as failure

by another. The personal equation is a.

great factor in all the affairs of life. The

writer of the article above referred to

has well said that ambition and deter-

mination are necessary factors of suc-

ces, as measured by our standard. But

he has also well said that ambition is

subject to growth. The ambitions of

today, when realized do not necessarily

mean satisfaction with our personal at-

tainments. On the other hand, the real—

ization of our wishes of today give birth

to the larger ambitions of the marrow.





This progression is too often a con-

tinuous one, and the man who attains

what might seem like a brilliant success

as measured by the standard of the av-

erage man, may feel that his life has

been more or less of a failure because he

is unable to realize his latest ambition

which is the product of progression. Like

Alexander the Great. having conquered

ihe whole world he may weep because

there‘are no more worlds to conquer.



In searching for the true definition of

success we should remember that the

accumulation of wealth does not neces-

sarily mean success in the highest sense

of the word. Few people ever realize

their ambitions in this direction, and too

few are satisfied with their attainments

to this end. even though they may be

great. Success in life in the best sense

or the term, means rather a benefit 10

mankind than the gratification of

selfish ambitions and we anticipate that

there is more satisfaction for the man

who has helped to solve the problems of

immunity than for the man who has

gratified his own ambitions in a more

selfish manner. In other words, we be—

lieve that there is a common ground up—

on which ambition and satisfaction might

well meet with the average man.



The successful farmer is ambitious to

have a fine form, well stocked, 'and many

a. man has worked himself and his fam.

ily beyond their capacity in the accom—

plishment of this end. when it would

have given infinitely greater satisfaction

to have enjoyed the fruit of their early

years of labor in their old age. Like-

wise the accumulation of wealth is not

so great a satisfaction in itself. or

should not be. as the wise use of the

wealth accumulated.



Truly. We cannot have too much ambi-

tion, nor too much determination in

working out the realizaion of our whole-

some ambitions, but we may well pause

in the pursuit of happiness to consider

whether the gratifying of those ambi-

tione~ constitutes success in the best sense

of the word, and if not we will reap

greater satisfaction in life by modifying

our ambitions to conform with a sane

and sober conclusion as to what will

constiutte success in the sphere of life

in which we are placed.





Our readers are fu-

Agriculture in the miliar with the phin

Rural Schools. under which agricul—

ture has been intro-

duced into a number of the high schools

of the state during recent years. When

the plan was adopted by the state board

of agriculture and Prof. French was so-

cured as the head of the department of

agricultural education at M. A. C., it was

with the idea of preparing teachers for

the primary schools. as well as for bet-

ter equipping high school graduates to

go back to the farms.



That this plan was a. wise one has

been fully proven by the results which

have been attained in the high schools

where agricultural courses are given.

That it was beginning in the right place

is evidenced by the fact that many teach-

crs will be available who have some zig-

ricul‘tural training for. primary schools in

which agriculture will be gradually in-

troduced.



Under a law passed by the last legis-

lature, agriculture must be taught in

the primary schools of the state where

there are eighth grade students. Under

the law, the superintendent of public in-

struction has prepared :1. course of study

to be persued in all district schools

in the state. This course of study has

been prepared and is now available for

distribution in printed form. It contains

some important changes, among which

is the plan for introducing agriculture in

the primary schools. This course of

study requires one-half year of intensive

work with a text book for the eighth

grade and recommends work in nature

study leading up to this subject.



As a consequence of the introduction

of agriculture in the primary schools, it





AUG.- 31, .1912.





will be included in the list of subjects in

which the rural student must pass an

examination in order to complete .the

eighth grade. This study will necessar-

ily be of an elemental nature, taking up

some of the underlying principles of

scientific agriculture in a. simple way, in-

cluding the testing of soils, the testing

of seeds and other primary essentials.



The introduction of this subject in ihe

primary schools must necessarily be

through a small beginning and a gradual

growth. This kind of instruction is un—

questionably a beginning in the, right

direction and will undoubtedly interest

many boys and girls in the subject of

agriculture. thus directing their atten-

tion to the possibilities of farming in a.

manner which would otherwise be un-

likely. if not impossible. This is a.

change which should be welcomed by

country people instead of being received

with Suspicion or criticism.



Experience has demonstrated that vo-

cational training is of great value and

part; vocational training is recommended

by the most practical of our educators.

since the training of the mind may just

as readily be accomplished while im-

parting useful information, as under a

system in which mental and vecational

training is entirely separated, as has

been the trend of educational work in

the past. .





The special features of



Attend the State the Michigan State



Fair. Fair, aé announced by



the management, make



if certain hat this year's fair will be



far more attractive from an educational



standpoint than any which haVe preced-



ed it in the history of the State Agricul-

tural Society. .



These educational features will include

the Boys' Model Farms. which have been

previously mentioned in these columns

and the Boys’ State Fair School, in con-

nection with which 83 boys from the sev-

cral counties of the state will attend this

agricultural and industrial exhibition with

all expenses paid. The new dairy build-

ing which was. planned last year, but

not completed, is now approaching com-

pif-tinn, and is a model of its kind.



But perhaps the most interesting of

the many educational features which will

be staged at this year's fair. will be the

new industrial feature in the Progress

Building, in which exhibits will be made

of manufactures in active operation,

where many of the classes of goods made

in Michigan will be manufactured during

the fair, under conditions which will af-

ford every opportunity for visitors to

inform themselves regarding manufac-

turing methods in these lines.



The educational exhibit proper will

comprise exhibits prepared by the schools

throughout the ‘Stilie in competition for

prizes which are offered, with the result

that some extraordinary exhibits are be-

ing promoted.



Another addition to this year's fair

will be a land Show, with exhibits by the

great railways of every section of the

country in which the products of many

sections of the country will be grouped

in attractively arranged exhibits. The

removal of the old midway to one corner

of the grounds where it will be segre-

gated from the rest of the fair. will be a

feature of arrangement appreciated by

many who do not care to patronize this

amusement feature. Tho free amuse-

ments will be fully up to the character

which has been afforded in previous

years and will include Blue Ribbon races,

monoplane flights. elaborate fircworks.

automobile races, etc.



There are other attractive features

staged' for the fair which space will not

permit to be enumcraicd in full, but it

is ccrtain that, with a good agricultural

fair proper, and all of these features ad-

ded, that it will be a profitable place for

all who can do so to spend :1. day or two

during the week of the fair. from Sep-

tember 16 to 21. inclusive. The State Fair

should be given the liberal support of

the people of the state, as should also'the

local fairs and the larger district fairs.



There is no better place than the ag‘

ricultural fair for the farmer to keep in





touch with progress in agriculture and





the time expended in attending state,

district and local fairs cannot but be time

well spent if the most is made of the

educational opportunities afforded, to say

nothing of the amusements and recrea-

iions which can be derived from this

source.

This year the first

The West Michigan of the big Michi-

State Fair. gall fairs will be

the West Michigan

State Fair at Grand Rapids. which will

be held from September 9 to 13 inclusive.

As all Michigan Farmer readers who





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have had an ‘oppOrtunity to attend this

fair in- previous years well know, the

management have well earned the right

‘to designate it 'as a state fair by the

character of the exhibitions which have

been presented. The exhibits in every

department at this fair are always of

the best. The commodious quarters for

live stock are generally filled to over-

flowing, while the horticultural exhibit

fully maintains the reputation of west-

ern Michigan in the production of the

“fruit with flavor."



The general exhibition of farm ma-

chinery and implements is also each year

a very complete one, affording patrons

an excellent opportunity to get ’in touch

with the latest improvements in this line

of manufacture. The business men of

Grand Rapids give this fair most liberal

support, making the art building an at‘

tractive spot, while the educational ex-

hibits which are shown on the upper

floor of the art building are especially

creditable to the work done in‘ the schools

of western Michigan. The amusement

features of this fair are plentiful and of

a. high class.



In fact, every department of the fair

is such as to have stimulated an attend-

ance which has made possible the repe-

tition of this excellent fair with added

features of atttracion from year to year.

The space recently added to the grounds

will this year be available for use, as

well as the new and commodious grand-

stand. There is every reason why there

should be till increase in the patronage

of this fair by the farmers of western

Michigan and in fact. of the entire state

who are able to attend it.



What is true of this fair is also true

of the district and local fairs which fol-

low it. There is too little appreciation

on the part of many {armors 0f the

fact that a well conducted agricultural

fair is an educational institution, as well

as a place of amuscmcnt and recreation.

Start the fair season right by attending

this first. of the larger Michigan fairs,

and keep up the record by giving support

to the state. and local fairs which fol-

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THE GREAT VALUE OF “AMBITION

AND DETERMINATION.





 





“'hat is success, or why do some men

succeed and others fail? Must a man

be a failure because of the fact that he

is a farmer, or that he has no wealthy

relatives or friends to start him in lifel‘.‘

Do you realiZe that a- goodly share of the

biggest failures come from those who

hth‘ fortunes bequeathed to them? It

is true neverthelcss.



I heard a well~informcd man make the

remark not long ago that a successful

man was one who was satisfied. I have

given this subject much thought. but I

am not able to see any true merit in the

statement. Have you not heard it re-

marked by many people that if they

had as much money as some other more

fortunate person has, they would not do

another day’s work? This means that

they would be pcri‘ectly well satisfied, to

lie down. like a hog, perhaps in perfect

idleness and let the great world of op-

portunlties roll by as they were satisfied





with their lot, Now look at this matter'





squarely in the right light and suppose

we all had enough to live on without

work. It would be a queer world would

it not? Nothing doing! Just, think of

it; we wull know what, becomes of the

droncs in a busy swarm of bees. They

“won‘t work." consequently they are

taken out and killed by those who do

work. .



Such is the law of existence. We are

Supposed to exercise our ambition, and

in ordcr to have strength and good health

we must “forge ahead." The treasures

of this life that are most dear are those

which axe hard to find. They all come

EiIO“’--aS "Rome was not built in a day.”

\Vhat everyone can have, no one wants.

If all our farms contained great deposits

of gold, it would be no more- valuable

than the sand. Hence if we want valu-

able gold or great crops we must work

faithfully and honestly. and our effons





Lwillh sooner or later. be rewarded.





People generally make their lives what

they are. 1f they are continuallylooking

for trouble, they generally find it. If

they are looking for poverty, they always

have that, and this class of people are

looking on others who are better off

than themselves with hatred and malice.

The keen desire of a person's life should

be within their OWn power and skill. A

man that builds his own house or his

own boat is “sure" to have one. But

the fellow who has no resolution and de.

pends on his “so-called" friends is quite

liable to lie out in 'the cold, ‘or sink.





There is no excuse for any able-bodied

man today to fail to succeed. He. may

have to shovel sand to get a start in

life, but let him do that with good cheer

and determination. He will land sooner

or later in a much better 'field if he sticks

to his job. A man that goes to war and

tries to dodge the bullets, generally can't

do any effective fighting. and always

gets hit.



I heard Prof. Brown. of the Valpariso

College. say that any many could reach

his desired goal if he thought so. He

said his ambition was, when he was a

boy, to ”teach school" and he thought

if he could ever teach a certain school

in his vicinity it would be as far as his

desire, and ambition ran at that time.

But when he reached this victory he

was not satisfied. of course, and at the

time I heard him make this .statement

he was at the head of one of the best

and largest educational institutions in

the land. He could look upon over 3,000

bright young people who were 'only too

glad to be guided by his helping hand.

Is this not a good example of determi-

nation and pluck for the benefit of the

world at large? This is only one out of

thousands and millions of energetic men,

who have. brought the world to its pres-

ent high standard of wonderful develop-

ment.



Is it right to condemn and envy great

men, who are honest, moral, and upright,

simply because they have made fame and

fortune by their hard, faithful labor

which has taken years to accomplish,

while the less ambitious and progressive

fellow is idling away valuable days.

months and years, by having what he

calls a ”good time," while he lives in

this world"? No, indeed. We all have

cqual rights to fill these positions of hon-

or and trust. But we never can expect

to Without energy and great courage.

which enables us to reach the highest

rungs in life's ladder.



It is the man with “true aim” either

behind the gun or behind the plow, who

hits the right mark. He may sow “red

clover." haul "barnyard manure," carry

brick and mortar, or fill the most humble

vocations in life that must be filled, but

without “ambition and determination”

his works are fruitless.



“'ashtenaw Co. B. F. WASHBURNR.





HAPPENINGS OF' THE WEEK.





National.





Three young men were drowned and a

fourth narrowly escaped when a canoe

capsized while its occupants were at-

tempting to cross the Detroit river last

Saturday evening.



A search is being made on the waters

of Lake Michigan for a pirate boat which

is believed to have stolen property val—

ued at $10 000 and to have been respon-

sible fer the death of one man. A, police

boat has been armed with machine guns

and rifles for accomplishing the purpose.



Sunday night during a storm six per-

sons were badly injured when a_I)etroit

street car hit a derailer while going at

full speed, smashing into a telegraph pole

and afterward being run down by a

passenger train.



Missouri was visited by severe- storms

Sunday at several points. Seven persons

were killed by lightning and several oth—

ers were shocked during the downpour.

Considerable property is also reported to

have been destroyed.



An organization has been completed by

a number of influential Jews of Michi-

gan to provide land for establishing rural

communities for thosc of their people

who are not prospering in the cities.



A fire. estimated to have entailed a loss

of nearly $25,000 occurred in Ziattle

on Sunday. A food storage house and

contents were burned. Three firemen

were caught under falling walls and

painfully injured. It is also rumored that

two tramps were in the building and are

supposed to have been burned.



A 14—year-old Flint boy, while wading

In the Flint river near Flint, was drown—

ed by being caught in the swift current.



Ezra E. Carson, a prominent account-

ant of Port Huron. died in that city

Sunday.



Taxpayers of Kalamazoo. Mich., are

protesting vigorously against the valua-

tion placed upon the property of the

city by the state tax commission. A

ma-ss meeting was recently held and at~

tended by thousands of citizens. who un-

animously voted to instruct the city as—

Sessor not to acccpt the new valuations

fixed upon the Kalamazoo property own-

crs. The supcrvisors of Kalamazoo coun-

ty have also been asked to act in the

,same manner as;the city assessors,



The 18 pension oflices throughout the

country are to be abolished and. begin—

ning with the December payment of pen—

sions payment will be made by checks,

(except those 10 be paid by vouchers).

sent to pensioners at their last known

post office address. l’ostmastcrs will not

forward letters containing pension checks

and to prevent their return and insure

prompt delivery pensions paid without

vouchers must give notice of any change

in post office address before the time for

mailing the check.



Detroit grain shippers are protesting

against the $2.00 charge of reconsigning

cars in the city, their claim being that

since it is necessary to inspect the cars

all shippments made to the city must be





 





' THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





reconsigned, and therefore subject to the

$2.00 tax. Conferences are being held in

Chicago with reference to the matter.



The extension division of the Depart-

ment of Agriculture of the University of

Minnesota will begin operations on dem-

onstration farms beginning next March,

the purpose being to place model farms

closer to the farmers from which modern

agricultural practices can be observed

and compared.



Claims aggregating $600,000 and a pro-

vision for an extra month's pay for the

employes of the house and senate are

the two points of the general deficiency

appropriation bill upon which an agree-

ment could not be reached. with the re-

sult that congress has finished its legis-

lative work but has not been able to

technically adjourn, since a. number of

the members have left Washington.

making it impossible to secure a quorum

to settle upon a date of adjournment.

The situation is unprecedented.



The state board of health of Ohio is

preparing a statewide campaign against

rats. The danger of the spreading of

bubonic plague to the United States is

the reason for the special activity against

those rodents.



The federal department of agriculture

has come in for criticism by the Moss

tommittce appointed to investigate and

.liscovcr if possble. the reason for the

suppression of information gathered by

engineers of the department regarding

certain land in North Carolina and Flor—

ida. It is intimated that had the infor-

mation been published certain real estate

men acting in the states mentioned would

have been unable to dispose of cheap or

worthless land‘s under their control.



Foreign.



Former President of Columbia. General

Reyes, was severely injured in an auto-

mobile collision near Lourdes, France,

last Sunday.



Tung Chow, a Chinese city located 12

miles from Pekin. is reported to have

been looted and partly burned by a num-

ber of discontented Chinese troops.

Twelve persons are reported to have

been slain.



In an effort to cxterd the fullest pos-

sible protection to American property

and lives in Nicaragua, it has been de-

cided by the state department at Wash-

ington to land marines in the troubled

Central American country. Re-enforce-

ments to the men already along the

shores of Nicaragua will be sent this

week.



Small towns are being looted by Mex-

ican rebels who are traveling about in

the northcrn states of Mexico in small

gucrrilla bands.



The strike of the British masters and

mates, which has been on for about two

years. still remains unsettled. Renewed

efforts on the part of the men to secure

the demands they are making of the

large boat companies, is being attempted

and a better organization is reported.

with the probability that some compro-

mise may be agreed upon that will be

satisfactory to the mcn.



General William Booth, commander of

the Salvation Army. died at London last

week. His body laid in state in London

last Friday and Saturday. His son. Gen.

liramwell Booth. succeeds to commander—

ship in the organizations.



THE SOUTHERN MICHIGAN STATE



FAIR. .



This fair, which was held at Benton

Harbor. August 13—16, proved that the

old saying. “The. early bird catches the

Worm." still holds good. This year the

association came out even and had a

small balance on hand. The reason for

the small display of farm and garden

truck was no doubt because of the early

date at which the fair was held, for one

thing, and another reason was that the

bad weathcr the first of the season had

put the farmcrs so far behind with their

work that they could not spare the time

to arrange their displays. Otherwise they

Would have been there, for the farmers

of Berrien county are not the kind to

shirk their part when it is possible to

do it. Had it been possible for them to

have spent the time and made their us-

ual display, denton Harbor would cer-

tainly have carried away the laurels by

the best fair in the state. as the outside

free attractions were fine. Everyone

who attcndcd felt that it was time and

moncy well spent and that much credit

was due the members of the association.

Especially to A. ll. Peters, the president,

A. S. Miles. secretary, and J. W. Lucas.

concession manager. These men were

hard at work. while there was another

class of men known as the ancient order

of knockers, as well.—C. E. S.





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achievement of the Thumb District Fair

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ed, is really remarkable. This year the

managers of the fair are in hopes of

making it even better than the two pre.

ceding years. John S. \Vittliff. Sec.



The next annual fair of the Fowler-

vllle Agricultural Society will be held at

Fowlervillc, Mich, Oct. 8-9-10-11. Geo.

A. Newman. Sec. '



The Fifth Annual Northern District

Fair will be held at Cadillac, Sept. 17-18-

10-20. There will be a splendid exhibi-

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During the next few weeks, there will

be a great many fruit growers of the

state collecting and 'exhibting their choice

fruits at the several state and county

fairs. The writer has seen many such

c-xhibts in past years and has no fault to

find with them, but realizes that while

much advancement has been‘made in

recent; years, there is still tnuch room

for improvement. The object of ‘this

article, then, is to give a. few sugges—

tions as to how exhibitors may collect

and display their fruits more properly

and them, when the judge has given his

awards, they may know why they have

won a prize or why their fruit has failed

to receive his approval.



01’ course. to be really successful in ex-

hibiting fruit or any article, the first

step is its proper production. The or-

chard should be pruned and sprayed,

thinned and fertilized, so that the trees

and vines may be healthy and able to

produce fruits of good size, Quality and

color and frce from blemishes, due to in-

sects and disuascs.



The next step is to examine the pre—

mium list carefully to determine exactly

wltat the general rules of the fair man-

agement are and also the requirements

of the department and several premiums

offered. Noticc particularly as to the

purposes mcntioncd. for instance, if the

premium offered is for a. collcction of

several plates of wintcr apples for mar-

ket purposes, every \aricty selccled for

the exhibit should be. known to bc a.

winter varicty, especially adapted for

commercial uses. Any plate or speci—

men includcd that does not conform to

those qualifications had llettcr bc lcft

out than allowed to compete. It is bet-

ter to lack one or two varieties than to

have duplicates or a plate not adapted to

the purposo mentioned.



After tho rules and regulations are

clearly understood, then the exhibitor is

ready to select his specimens. In this

lies the most difficult part of the whole

task and it should be done with great

care and forethought. Specimens should

be chosen that are free from all blem-

ishes. especially those that are caused

by insects and diseases and other agen—

cies controllcd by spraying and other

good care in the orchard. Such blem—

lshcs include scale, scab, decay, insect

Inincturcs and wotm holes, twliich are

positivcly prohibited). A plate containing

a Wortny apple ought to be disqualified

cntircly. The specimens should have ex—

ceptionally good color for the varicty.

Thcy should be abch the average size

for the variety but not excessively large

for excessively large apples as well as

excessively large varieties are known to

be poorer in quality and will be scored

down by any good judge. They should

be typical in shape for the varicty and

it is well to remember that many varic—

ties vary somewhat in this respect in

different localities. Then. in addition to

beingr of good size, color, shapc, and frce

from all blemishcs, all specimcns in a

plate. box, or other package should bc {1:1,

uniform in shape. size. and (oior as pos—

sihlc, A study of the following apple

score which is used by a protnincnt judgc

in Michigan gives an idea of the relative

importance that is given these different

points. cspccially uniformity:



Size. 15 points; form, 10 points: color,

110 points: blemish, 35 points, and uni—

formity 20 points, making a total of 100

points.



It should be noticcd that size or form

arc not ncarlv as important as either color

or uniformity and that “freedom from

blemishes is much the most important.”



in picking the specimens of cherries,

apple-s, plums, ctc., the stem should al<

ways bc left on because they appear

much better. keep longer and give the

judge an impression of extra care.



After the fruits are picked, the next

problem is to so handle, pack and trans—

port them as to prevent bruising in any

way, rubbing off the bloom, dislocating

stems, etc. If the fruit tnust be shipped

or hauled any considerable distance or

kept for some time in storagc, each

specimen should be W‘apped separately

in soft paper. This avoids the bruising,

etc., and also delays and prevents the

spread of decay. If the fruit must be

kept for several days or weeks before dis-

playing, it should be put into storage

just as soon as possible after picking.

The storage temperature should range

from 31 to 34 degrees.



Having taken care in all these matters





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





there is still the task of placing the fruit

on exhibit. Here again it is well to refer

to the premium list to be sure: of its re-

quirements so that no mistake 'will be

made. The premium list should, and us—

ually does, specify the number of speci-

mens that a plate or other package of

apples, plums, grapes shall contain, and

this provision should be followed to the

letter. If more. specimens are put upon

a plate, for example, than required, that

plate has an unfair advantage over oth-

crs having the correct number, and this

cannot be allowed. The judge, in most

cases, will disqualify the plate entirely.



The- exhibitor must be careful that all

specimens on a plate are the same va-

ricty and that all plates are plainly and

correctly labeled. AboVe all, an exhibitor

should never allow his display to appear

7added by exhibiting a number of plates

of unknown varieties and labeling with

most any name that occurs to him. The

judge is quick to detect such tricks and

concludes that an effort is being made to





grower to learn. Naturally, he is today

a strong advocate of the value of thin-

ning apples.



Another fruit-grower purchased an or—

chard two years ago; sprayed and culti-

vated his orchard and harvested his first

crop the past fall. During his last spray—

ing, the weather was exceedingly hot.

and he noticed that where the sun struck

the sprayed fruit, it caused a dry rot to

form. Fearing that he would ruin his

entire crop if he continued, he ceased

Spraying when only about half the trees

had been covered, thinking the burning

was more serious than the injury from

the codling moth worm or apple scab

would be. Before very long, the injured

fruit fell and it seemed as if little fruit

would be left on these trees for harvest-

ing. W'hen the picking season arrived,

there was‘one great surprise awaiting

him. The trees that had missed the last

spraying were very heavily loaded with

small wormy fruit of very little value.

The sprayed trees, upon which very little





 





 





Striking Example of Apple Tree Permanently Ruined by Overbearingv.





get the premium money easily, and this

he heartily disapproves.



Finally, it is necessary that the ex—

hibits must be correctly entered or else

they cannot be considered by the judge

\‘cry frequently excellent exhibits lose

out on account of failure in this matter.



To conc'ude-, I would say that careful-

ness in looking after these details and

many others not mentioned, will go a

long ways in improving displays at our

fairs, will make judging more simple and

satisfactory and will give a more general

distribution of the prizes.



Mich. Agri. Col. 0. K. VVHI'I‘E.





THE VALUE OF THINNING APPLES.



For a number of years, the most ag-

gressive fruit growers have appreciated

the value of thinning some kinds of

fruits. In fact, there are few intensive

fruit growcrs today who do not realize

that they will get larger and better

pcachcs or plums if the fruit is well thin--

ncd early in the season. This often means

tln- picking of one—half to three-fourths

if the, crop and yet thcy know that it

more than pays for all the extra labor

and expense that it requires. To thin

apples, howcvcr, is a different proposi-

tion, and most of us have hesitated to

t1ll'l'_\' this [)l‘ztcllt'c of thinning to the

apple crop. ‘



The value of thinning apples, however,

has been very forcibly impressed upon

my mind by cxpcric'nccs of the past fall.

Uur crop in Michigan was very heavy

with most varieties of applcs except

Baldwins and Spys, although in a few

scattered orchards even these varietics

bore heavy crops



in one. of the best orchards that Ihave

secn in this state, consisting of some (if.

acrcs of excellent trees just in their

prime, 8. very heavy crop of fruit was

set. The owner started thinning the ap-

ples in the summcr but due to lack of

help and a lack of general confidence in

the valuc of thinning, the fruit was only

slightly thinned. During the harvesting

period, a visit to his orchard revealed the

fact that a. large number of his trees

had broken down with their excessive

loads of fruit. Many of the trees had

split dcwn right through the trunk per-

manently ruining them. These trees had

such an excellent bearing surface that if

properly thinned, they could have easily

carried a crop of from 12 to 15') barrels

of first—class fruit. The loss of such ex—

cellent trees, therefore, is many times

greater than the value of a single ex-

cessive crop. The» value of thinning, if

for no other reason than to save the

trees, has been a dear lesson for this





had been cxpected, matured a good crop

of large, well colored apples, absolutely

free from wortns or apple scab, that sold

for better than a dollar a bushel on a

well filled market. The spray had thin-

ned the fruit just enough to stimulate

the growth of the fruit that remained on

the trees.



To quote the owner of this orchard,

“This experience has taught me the val-

no of thinning. Next season the fruit on

every tree in my orchard is going to be

well thinned, and I‘ll apply that last

spray whether it burns or not.”



Mich. Agri. Col. C. P. HALLIGAN.

CULTIVATING THE NEW STRAW-

BERRY BED.



After eight weeks of dry weather, a

few light showcrs only have fallen dur-

ing that titnc, we were treated to a gen—

erous downpour during the night of Aug.

1. While our licw strawberry bed was

not greatly in need of this rain. it will

still be of great service to the plants.

An eflicicnt eatth tnulch had been eon-

stantly maintained over the cntirc surface

of the field, hence there has been a con—

tinual supply of moiSIurc a few inches

belcw the surface. This has enabled the

spring set plants to thrive luxuriantly.

And, too. by taking propcr measures to

place the new plants. as they have fortn-

ed on the runners, these have rooted

promptly, and those set earlier in July

have already attained considcrable size.

Except for vacancies caused by the de-

predations of the white grub, the hedge

rows are now completely filled in with

plants. Now while these- plants were

making a creditable growth in the ab-

scnce of rain, the generous showers that

have just fallen will give these plants an

extra boost. \Vhercas they would have

bcen large without these rains, they will

now be extra large. “'0 shall not, how-

ever, relax our vigilance in the matter

of maintaining the carth mulch. The soil

will still get a stirring after each show-

er, as though we» knew it was to be the

last that was to reach us this season.

we shall take no chances in the. matter

of maintaining idcal soil conditions for

plant growth and developmcnt.



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a practice to continue cultivation until

late in the. season, or as long as the con-

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question the wisdom of this practice,

whether itx may not be labor to no pur-

pose, or it. may even be that this late

cultivation works injury to the plants by

inducing vegetative growth at a. time

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undergomg a. process of‘ripening. It is

true that .these plants have no woody

fiber to ripen as do the cane fruits and

trees, nevertheless, it may be that late

cultivation does interfere with certain

necessary ripening processes that the

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ANOTHER YEAR IN THE CHAUTAU-

QUA GRAPE BELT.





 





 





Michigan grape growers will be inter-

ested in the condition of the crop and

prospects in the Erie and Chautauqua

districts.



Last year this belt produced a grape

crop which approached very closely to the

8.000 carload mark which has been con-

sidered high water mark for the belt,

and which has never been reached since

a satisfactory annual compilation of the

statistics of the crop was, begun. This

year,-the concensus of Opinion, based on

reports from every township in the belt,

verified by growers, wine buyers,‘ and

representatives of the city commission

firms who have been here, places the

size of the crop at least 40 per cent be-

low that of last year, or not far from

five thousandcarloads and less than that

number, if there is a variation in either

direcnion. Five, thousand ‘carloads of

grapes means not far from 60,000 tons or

15,000,000 eight-pound baskets.





In addition to this falling off in size of

the crop, the belt has been and still is,

experiencing unseasonably cold weather,

with cold rains, such as will delay the

ripening, and may delay the beginning of

the harvest quite materially. “'hile it is

still possible that a few carloads of cart;-

grapes will be shipped the first week in

September, it is still more likely that the

big bulk of the Concord crop will not be-

gin to move from western New York be-

fore September 30.



The falling off in productivity this sea—

son is due to three distinct causes. First

and most important is that the big crop

of 1911 drew so heavily on the vitality of

the vines that the usual quota of fruit

buds were not formed and matured last

season. This is the common cause of

alternating light and heavy yields of

most fruits. It is a situation which re-

quires the best attention of every fruit

grower to prevent, and correct. The sec-

ond cause was one perhaps unavoidable,

and not fully understood, namely, winter

killing. Why some winters cause severe

vine injury, and others, with lower tem-

peratures cause little, is still to be scien—

tifically explained. The third cause of

the short crop is found in the severe at-

tack the present season of the two still

serious insects pests, the grape root

worm, and the grape icafhopper. com—

bined with a wet spring, which prevented

sufficient vineyard tillage. and while de—

laying thc start of the foliage, and caus-

ing poor pollcnization. was favorable to

the development of these insects.



Not only is the local grape crop small,

as stated, but the peach crop is also much

below normal. This crop, too, was in-

jured by winter killing, the most scr-

iously of recent years, and the buds

which survived the winter, suffered from

poor nollenization, because of the wet

weather of bloss0ming time. The peach

crop will be the smallest sinCe- the be-

ginning of the development of the peach

industry here on a commercial basis.



The outlook for grape prices, which is

the most important matter of all, is of

the very best. General reports from all

other grape growing sections do not indi—

catea normal crop, not enough anywhere

to make up any part of the shortage which

will exist here. Last year the prices for

bulk grapes kept well below $20 a ton,

and for baskets did not get far from 10

cents per eight-pound basket. There is

very small profits in growing or handling

grapes at either of those figures. This

year there is ample evidence today that

it will take an almost impossible change

in conditions to keep the price less than

15 cents per basket, or less than from

$36 to 40 for bulk grapes, the latter price-

for select stock, such as the grapejuic;

makers must have.



The demand for grapes for the manu-

facture of unfermented grapeciuice is

growing year, by year. and has come to

be an almost controlling factor in the

price situation. Last year two concerns

used respectively about 5,000 tons, and

11.000 tons. These are the two largest

concerns in the business. Both report to

your correspondent that their cellars are

practically empty. of last year's stock.

One has built'another cellar this year,

doubling the capacity and will be in the

market for not far from 8.000 tons this

years. The other larger company which





used last year 11,000 tons, will this year

buy not far from 14,000 tons, if that

many No. 1 grapes can be bought.

two concerns contract ahead for entire

Vineyards, agreeing to pay "market

prices." This will take, out of a total of

not far from' 60,000 tons, the very large

quantity of 22,000 tOns, or more than one-

third the entire crop out of the price

competition in the. city markets, where

the “market price” is established by the

daily sales. It is the personal opinion of

the writer, that if the bulk of the crop

is evenly divided over the season, there

need be no grapes sold at a price less

than 15 cents, net, F. O. B. grape belt.

At this price there will be a small de-

mand for grapes for sour wine here in the

belt. Sour wine makers say they can

not sell their product at a price which

will afford them profits if they have to

buy their grapes at above $30 a ton. They

will, however, buy the waste. and the

culls, at a better price. thus making a

market for what last year was thrown

away at a clear loss.

New York. A. M. Loomrs.





ABOUT JAPANESE PLUMS.



If a motto were to be chosen for the

Abundance or the Burbank plums, it

should be, “Never say die." Surely, no

tree in the orchard more. obstinately re-

sists being sent to the brush pile. The

Burbank has proven more vigorous than

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A small orchard of these varieties l

have had occasion to notice. Several

years ago they were nearly destroyed by

the San Jose scale before the owner was

aware that there was one, of the insects

on the place. He gave them up for lost

and expected to dig them out. Not so

with the trees. They sent out new shoots

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ing are considered. both the Abundance

and the Burbank can give the Domestics

object lessons. They bear too

much. Unless the fruit is severely thin-

ned it is small. Even the curculio is

obliged to work overtime in order to keep

up with these two Japanese varieties.



The Domestics are. at a disadvantage.

They do not bear as early as the Japs

and when they do produce a heavy crop

they are apt to die as a result.



\\'hen the Japs were introduced it was

claimed by Stine nurserymen that they

were proof against the curculio, but this

is not the case. No cultivated plum is.

Possibly a variety will yet be found which

will produce a fruit in a leather case

that the curculio cannot bite through

nor penetrate with its oripositor, but

what will it be good for?



Another claim was that the black knot

would keep away from the Jap, but. time

has not proved it. The disease seems to

be more prevalent upon them than on

the European varieties. But they have

one advantage: They will endure more





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amount of cutting and sawing that would

be fatal to the. latter may be merely a

wholesome check to the former.



The shot-hole fungus I have fund less

severe- on the Japanese plums than on the

Europeans. The former have escaped

with little or no injury when the latter,

standing alongside, have been seriously

affected.



But the Domestics are free from the

peach yellows, while the Japs are not.

This disease, though supposed to belong

‘to the peach, attacks the newcomers

from across the Pacific.



V‘Vhé'n the Japs were introduCed great

claims were made for them. Nursery

catalogues described them in such glow-

ing terms that they were supposed to

possess all the good qualities and lack of

all the bad of plum creation. They have

fallen short, of course. In some locali-

ties they have proved of value, while in

others they are not wanted. They have

a place in American horticulture. a much

humbler one than was at first expected,

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HAVE YOU TRIED SILENT WARFARE.





0U have all heard the story of Pat,

I who, when the donkey kicked him

across the street. got up and re-

marked that the. best way to treat such

fellows was with silent contempt. (irant-

ing that discretion is the better part of

valor, Pat: had the right of it. And his

philosophy would apply equally well to

some of the two-footed “fellows" that we

meet with.



Iiow many of us have had a neighbor

that was just bent, bound and determined

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A certain woman kept a. vicious bull

dog because her husband was gone a

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alone. Now there were a great many

children in that neighborhood and they

played outside of their own yards. Mr.

Dog nipped one and the combined moth-

eurs petitioned the dog‘s mistress to keep

him shut up. She promptly asked them

why they didn‘t keep their children shut

up, and his dogship continued to roam.

The mothers took her advice and kept

the youngsters in the yards. Doggie

walked into a yard where a group were

at play and bit a. little girl. The girl’s

father asked the woman‘s husband to get

rid of the dog and he confessed that he

didn’t dare. The. dog still was master of

the street and the offended father took

the matter into court.



Then began a reign of terror for the

mother of the child who had been bitten.

and in fact, for practically every family

around. The woman who owned the dog

was past mistress at the art of petty re-

taliation and she certainly made things

interesting. Let two women stand at

the back fence and talk and she imme-

diately suspected they were talking about

her. Such a flood of innuendoes would

pour forth that there would be either a

three-cornered squabble or the original

duo would have. to flee to their homes to

escape the virago‘s tongue. Nor was this

all. Shrubs would be found of a morn—

ing mysteriously trampled down. Choice

flowers would be broken and hacked, tin

cans would adorn doorsteps and the wo—





men on either side of the dog's home

would get up of a morning to find their

enemy’s front walk and porch neatly

swept and an astonishing amount of dirt

and leaves adorning their own premises.



The woman on one side retaliated in

kind, and it was a. pretty sight to non~

combatants to see tin cans and old shoes

and bottles fly out of one yard and into

the other and then back again with a

speed that would be the envy of an auto

tester. This neighbor was determined

that the. Virago would not run over her

and would not listen to the advice of the

woman on the other side who counseled

Pat‘s method of “silent contempt.” So

it happened that the neighborhood row

soon settled down into a drawn battle be-

tween tliese tWo, which lasted until tbc

offended neighbor got tired and moved

away, leaving the dog and his owner un-

disputed masters of' the field. The war—

fare on the other side of the f€llt'€ died

out for lack of incentive. There was no

pleasure in throwing rubbish into the

yard of a woman who quietly disposcd of

it, and paid no attention whatever to

taunts and jibes. So when the neighbor

who would fight moved away, the dog

was disposed of. The woman who fought

by ignoring her enemy’s presence had

won the battle.



So most of us can win such battles by

simply forgetting the pesterer exists. The

things such people do really can’t

hurt us unless we let them. All they can

do is to annoy, and nothing can annoy

usif we do not choose to let it. flow

much better to laugh at the crude 3(-

tions of such people than to lose our

tempers and bring ourselves to their level

by uuarrelling with them. Rubbish thrown

into your yard will not hurt you but the

rubbish you throw into someone else’s

yard is what does you the injury. The

things a quarrelsome woman says to you

will not hurt you either if you promptly

shut your soul's ears to it. But the thing

you say back to her are what will sear

your soul.



If you have an irritating neighbor,

then, try this method of warfare. Just

shut eyes, ears and mouth and live as

though the pesterer didn’t exist. She

will Soon tire of her attempt to annoy

you and you will have peace.



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Chemists Dabbiegin Jelly-MakingflPoint Way





to Save Fruit.





By Mella Russell McCullum.





 





One would not expect men to know

much about making jelly, but men are

beginniizg to sit up and take notice more

than they used to of the way women do

things. So it isn’t surprising that they

should look into jelly—making. along with

Vacuum—cieaning, dustlcss dusting, and

other c<-ononiical devices. I refer to the

chemists whose experiments were chron-

icled in the.» Journal of industrial and

iflngineering Chemistry. from which I

quote broadly.



Of all domestic processes, cooking is

known to be the most stubborn about

ctmforming to scientific principles. It is

full of knacks and superstitions which,

far be. it from me to disbelicve. (Con-

scientious study of one of the best cook

books, has never made my cakes come ‘up

to those of a bride friend of mine who

doesn't even measure. things.) And jel-,

ly—making is a most inexact phase of an

inexact art. How many of you have

stood in the hot kitchen, the air redolent

with sweetened fruit-juice, and gazed

sadly at a row of glasses whose contents

were not up to par in spite of all your

pains and lab0r~—and wondered why? Or

beheld‘in dismay that the boiling mix-

ture had passed the “jelly—point" and

gone to syrup—and wondered why? Or

shaken your head over a woefully small

yield from an expensive and excellent

kind of fruit? It was with a view to

improving such discouraging conditions

as these that the chemists went to work.





Not that they succeeded in clarifying the

process entirely. But they gave much

light, which, together with my own ex-

pcricnce, runs as follows:



in makingr jclly best results are ob-

tained by cutting the larger fruits in'o

small pieces. Cover it with watcnt~about

a pint to each two pounds. (That‘s prob—

ably too much trouble, so just cover).

Let it simmer gently until thoroughly

cooked. Strain and let drip, without

squeezing, through double cheese-cloth.

'i‘wo strainings are advisable for grapes.

Then. do not throw away the pulp, for

the chemist-men proved—and I back

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that first boiling. Cover the pulp again

with water, boil, and strain as before.

No matter if the pulp is colorless and un—

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jelly as the first lot. Then boil it a third

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scarce and of rare flavor it will b‘e well

worth your time.



I actually made plum—and-apple jelly

seven times from thesame pulp! I was

trying to see just how far I could go

anyway, and it was an interesting ex-

perience. Starting with five medium sour

apples and a quart of sour blue plums

(don’t laugh, please), I got, first. two

and one—quarter glasses of jelly—large

glasses, tumbler size. The second boil-





ing yielded one large glass; the third,

three—quarters of a glass; the fourth,

one—half glass; the fifth, one-third glass;

the sixth, one-fourth glass; the seventh,

(lllt‘-.\‘lell glass. The first four lots were

excellent, and scarcely differed in bril-

liance. The fifth was a little weak in

color and flavor. The sixth was decid-

edly weak, but its jelly—texture was so

good that I added a little strawberry jam

to give it character. The seventh was

useless except as an experiment. It was

colorless and flavorless. but was still

fairly good in jelly-texture.



I have found that four extractions from

the same pulp are as far as it is prac-

ticable to go.



Perhaps you imagine that the second,

third and fourth extractions are not so

pleasant to eat as the first, but that is

not the ‘ase. They are more delicate in

flavor and texture, and, as a rule, clearer

in color. My own family really prefer

them to first extractions. Especially is

this true in the case of grape. The first

extraction of grape jelly is apt to be a

little uneven in texture and so strong in

flavor as to be cloying. As it ages crys—

tals of acid potassium tartrate are apt to

form. So I have adopted this plan with

giapcs. 1 bottle the first extraction for

grape—juice, and make my grape jelly

from the second, third, and fourth boil-

ings.



For instance, one peck of grapes made

five quarts of grape-juice. The second

boiling made two large glasses of jelly;

the. third, one and one-half glasses, the

fourth, one—half glass—all of it good jel—

ly, dark and clear.



“'here so many extractions are carried

on great care is necessary with the jel-

ly—bags. They must be thoroughly ster—

ilized between strainings.



Likewise, I always extract four times

from currants and crab-apples. and see

no reason why it cannot be done with

any jelly-producing fruit. Evcn if you

don't care about the “saving" (which I

do!) it is mighty satisfying to feel that

you are. actually getting “something for

nothing."



The chemist‘mcn tell us that fruit, to

make jelly must contain two things—acid

and pectin. They say that the reason

peaches. pears, and sweet apples do not

“jell” well is because they contain pectin

but not ('lltillgll acid. They advise the

addition of .5 per cent of tartaric acid.

1 have nchr tried this, but it would un-

doubtedly open an interesting field. The

fruit best adapted to jellysmaking is the

crab—apple. It contains acid and pectin

in the most nearly correct proportions.

Did you ever fail with crab-apples I

never did, and I never heard of anyone

else doing so.



The quantity of sugar required in jelly

depends on the amount of pectin and the

thickness of the juice. The time—hon—

orcd rule of “cup for cup" has been bad-

ly jarred. \Vith crab—apples and sweet

apples the best proportion is three—

fourths of .a cup of sugar to cach cup of

juice. \Vith grape, piuin, and curranl,

and ineditun sour apples, the rule holds,

however.



The custom of “boiling twenty minutes

before adding sugar” is absurd in prin-

ciple, although it is a safe rule to fol—

low in most cases. Probably in olden

times the housewife boiled the juice un-

til it was about right, which happened to

be twenty minutes! The best plan is to

judge the thickness of the juice. If it is

watery, it stands to reason that it should

be boiled down a good deal, and vice

Versa. Experience is the only guide.

There is more danger in under-boiling

than in over-boiling, however, for if‘tliere

is too much water in the juice jelly will

not‘form quickly enough after the sugar

is added, in which case you are liable to

miss the “jelly-1)0iiit-” The only light

the chemist-men have to offer here is,

“Boil sugar with juice not to exceed one-

half the time of total boiling.” Oh, they

haven‘t fathonied it all by any means,

with their high-sounding chemical terms.

But I’m distinctly grateful to them, for

all that. They have made a blind, cus-

tom-encrusted old art more interesting

and useful to me than it ever was be-

fore, and paved the way toward accurate

jelly-making. '





AUG. 31, 1912.





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Chance'of Food Brought Success and Happiness





An ambitious but delicate girl, after

failing to go through school on account:

of nervousness and hysteria, found in

Grape-Nuts the only thing that seemed

to build her up and furnish her the

peace of health.



“From infancy,” she says, “I have not

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at any cost I finally got to the High

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studies on account of nervous prostra—

tion and hysteria.



“My food did not agree with me, I grew

thin and despondent. I could not enjoy

the simplest social affair for I suffered

constantly from nervousness in spite of

all sorts of medicines.



“This wretched condition continued’

until I was twenty-five, when I became

interested in the letters of those who

had cases like mine and who were get-

ting well by eating Grape-Nuts.



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and after the first dish I experienced a

peculiar satisfied feeling that I had never

gained from any ordinary food. I slept

and rested better that night and in a

few days began to grow stronger.



“I had a new feeling of peace and rest—

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joy, the headaches and nervousness le.'t

me and life became bright and hopeful.

I resumed my studies and later taught

ten months with ease—of course using

Grape-Nuts every day. It is new four

years since I began to use Grape-Nuts.

I am the mistress of a happy home, and

the old Weakness has never returned."

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HUMAN WELFARE QUERIES.





 





Household Editor:—~\Vhat can We do to

cure chronic constipation? We have an

adopted daughter living with us the last

six months who is troubled with consti—

pation. Her age is about 13 years.—



Constipation may be helped by eating

laxative foods, drinking plentiftilly of

cold water and taking outdoor exercise.





(live your daughter oatmeal porridge.

brown bread. plenty of vegetables and





some fruit. A dish of stewed prunes for

breakfast. three prunes, perhaps. and

plenty of juice. has corrected» constipa—

tion for many. A fig folded over two

scnna leaves and eaten just at bedtime

is recommended by some doctors. See

tltat site takes a walk every day

and does not eat candy. pastry and much

white bread. Anything made from gra—

ham flour will help her. Some recommend

eating freely of fruit but too much fruit

does harm in other ways. I'lain, whole-

some food with exercise is the best cure.

Sitting down a good deal causes consti-

patioti.



Editor llottsehold Departmentmllow

may one best spend a day‘s vacation?



2. \\'hat is the cans. of great discour-

ageineuts in life?



3. \Vhat is to be done with anyone who

looks so inttch on the dark side of life?



4. How may we help such?



5. \Vhat is the cause of melancholy?



(3. in what way could a person over-

come a grt‘at trial? M.



.1. 'I‘ht best way to spend a vacation

must be decidtd by the individual, for

what one consider a good time

would be \7t'l)' unpleasant to another. it“

you have been working,r indoors the best

way to you would probably be a day in

the 0])(m, whilo one whc has worked Out-

doors might like simply to go for a visit.





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2 I could scarcely answer yottr second

question unlet‘.s ,l kiitw the person who

was discouraged.



3. A poison who habitually looks to

the dark side of life had better go to a

good doctoi and tind out it' he has some

organic trouble. A bad liver is mere

ot'toii responsible for a gloomy frame of

mind than any other thing.



i. The best way I know of to help such

felks is to ignore their laments or make

so much fun of them that they are

ashamed to complain.



5. lllr‘lancholy is usually caused by il‘—

health and lack of will power to' control

(inc’s thoughts.



(3. The best way to get around a great

trouble is to make up your mind to for—

get it, and thcn do so. if you do not talk

about it and resolutely till your mind With

other things it will soon pass away.



Household IGditor:~\Vill you please give

recipe for ctldcrberry wine and quantity

of salt per gallon for sauer kraut in the

columns of your paper? \\'e think it is

the best paper our—Mrs. ll, l’., Wayne.



l‘ick, wash and gently mash ripe bet-

rics and lot stand 1‘.’ hours to settle. Then

.L-tiatn off" the juice and add one pint of

water to every pint of juice and four

pounds of sugar to every gallon of liquid.

Ur add the. water to the berries after the

clear juice has been strained off, let

_stand two hours and then strain this off

and add to clear juite. Stir until the

thoroughly dissolved and then

’l‘ht-n put iii a





strain is

let stand until it works.

keg or in Imttles and MN: r the bunglioie

bottles wit}. r-‘can gauze

tn \‘Hlk.

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or months oi"

until the \‘xinc ccztws t‘ork

tightly and put in ths ('vrllar

you [an add r-nc gill et al! dull to (,t‘viy

gallon ot liquid. The linglisii use brow-

ers‘ yeast in making the wine but this

is a longer process.



.-\ Herman advises using only a half—

cup ot salt to L’th‘)‘ six gallons of kraut.

Too much salt iiiakcs the kraut strong.



Thank you for ytur kind words about

the paper.



Household

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lit adcr.



l have been unable to find the poem.

llayo looked through all the catalogued

pot-ins in the. public library. and asked

at music stores. thinking it might be a

l’ethaps some reader can





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popular song.



help us.

‘ Household leditor:w\\'ltat is the mean—

ing of thc word “ioux‘f'V (Wok.



ltoux is the term applied by French

chefs to the cooked flour and butter used

to thicken gravy and sauces.



illittsohold Editors—How do you make

coffee? lVIy mother is sick and mine is

not fit to drink, the boys say—vMay.



See that your coffee pot is perfectly

clean and scalded. Then put one table-

spoonful of coffee. even. for every cup

you will need. If you have a large fam-

ily add a beaten egg, if you only make

three or four cttps a part of the egg will

be sufficient. and about a quarter~cup of

cold water. Shake vigorously to wet all

the grounds. and add as many cups of

boiling water as you will serve. Stop the





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spent with a clean cloth and boil gently





for five minutes, remove to the back of

the range for three or four minutes and

just before serving pour a tablespoonful

of cold water (10th the spout.



Household Etlitorz—My baby is slow

about teething. She is ten months old

and has no sigs of a tooth. Is there any,

thing I can do?—Mother.



It you have given her nothing but milk

tiy giving her bits of thoroughly toasted

bread or crackers to chew on. She is

old enough to have some starch and it is

better to give it to her this way than to

soak it up and feed it to her with a

spoon. Watch her carefully to see that

she does not .get a piece in her mouth

large enough to choke her. I would not

worry if she is slow about teething.

There is an 'old saying that the longer

a child is about cutting teeth the better

the teeth are.



llt‘tsehold Editorz—V'hat is wrong with

this sentence? “There isn’t nothing the

matter with me?”—James. _



You are using two negatives, “not" and

“nothing.” It should read, “There is

nothing the matter with me.”



Household Editors—“In answer to Mrs.

II. T. B., I would say, use a tablespoon—

tul of carbolic acid to a large teacup of

‘urpentine and dampen the carpet all

around the edge for fottr or six inches.

11 may need two or three applications

but it is good.



Household ltlditorz—Can you give me a

recipe for making tomato relish? There

was such a good one in The Farmer four

or live years ago bttt I lost it in moving.





The tomatoes were not cooked and would

keep all winter. Also. please. a recipe

.‘or sweet cucumber picklesiMrs. F.





l. S.



J Who Can Give Elderberry Recipes?



llousehold Editor:ACan you 54ch me a

good recipe for using and canning elder-

Ilt‘l‘l'l05'3-W teader.



\Vhen washing a cotton rug which is

too large, of course. to put through a

wringcr. use an ordinary rolling pin and

run it several times over the rug, which

may be spread on the grass. The water





will rttn off. in little streams, and the rug

will dry quickly afterward—Mrs. J.

J. O’C.





FASHIONS BY MAY MANTON.





No. 7539.—Blouse or Guimpe for Misses

and Small Women. 14. 16 and 18 years.

with tull sleeves in three-quarter or full





length. or with plain, long one—piece

slot-yes. with or without peplum. Per—





forated for round or square- yoke facing.

or for round or square, low or Dutch

net-k 13;, yds. 36-inch material with 3,1. yd.

18in. wide for yoke facing and cuffs is

required t'>r 16-year sizc.



No. 7532.—-B|ouse with

34 to to bust. “'ith





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long shoulders.





sleeves, with or without chemisette: 21,4.»

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wide for round collar and cuffs, 1/. yd. any

width for t‘rill. 34. yd. 18 in. wide for

cltcmisctte and stock collar is required for

medium size.



No. 7538.——Semi-princess Dress for

Misses and Small Women, 16 and 18 years.

Four yds. 30 inches wide with 71/. yds. of

handing, 51/: yds. lace, 31A: inches wide to

trim as shown in large View. 174. yds. 18

in. wide for yoke and under~sleeves. 2

yds. ruffling to trim as shown in small

front view is required for 16—year size.



No. 7283.—-—Twopiece Skirt for Misses

and Small Women, 14, 16 and 18 years.

\i'ith high or natural waist line: 21/1; .Vds.

tilt-inch matcrial is required for 16-year

size. \\'idtli of skirt at lower edge is

174; yds.



No. 7297.——-Four-gored Skirt, 22 to 22

waist. \Vith high or natural waist line.

33/1, yds. 36—inch material is required for

medium size 'VVidth of Skirt at lower

edge 3 yds.. 2%, yds. when plaits are laid.



The above patterns will be mailed to

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for Washboilers 7





Mrs. Farmer—“Well, for land’s sake!

Old Speckle

eggs in my old washboiler, that I threw away when

I started to use Fels—Naptha Soap, and here’s twelve

little chicksjust hatched out!”





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LAURA TILDEN KENT.





“Hasn’t she got eye-s, though?” Fred

asked me rapturously.



“I suppose so. Most people have,” I

returned coolly. Fred is too susceptible

at best and it is frequently my clear duty

to disc0ui-age him a little. Now my well-

meant efforts were met with a growl and

a silence that lasted for almost ten min—

utes, but Fred finally began again.



“You can see that she wasn’t educated

in Arizona, can’t you? Hasn‘t she. a way

with her? Did you ever see a pret-

tier—‘3”



“Oh, Freddie!” I yawned—though I had

felt enthusiastic on the same subject

when we first came home to our tent.

“You make me tired! I should think

you’d have more sense than to get keyed

up like this so early in the game. That

young bookkeeper seems to be on pretty

good terms with the family, and as near—

ly as I can see, Miss Thornton—-”



“011, do shut up, you blockhead!” grum-

bled Fred. “Cant a fellow look at a

pretty girl but you’ve got to begin deal—

ing out your advice? Haven’t I got eyes

in my head? Can’t I see that Daniels

dotes 011 the ‘Supt’s’ daughter? What.

kind of an idiot do you take me to be?”



“Humph!” said I.

languished.



It was our first day in the Arizona min-

ing camp where Fred, a very young-en-

gineer, had been sent by his uncle, one

of the company's directors, to do some

surveying. Our first surprise had come

when we found ourselves landing in a

mountain snow storm instead of in the

desert’s heat. I had not realized before

that there was anything but sand and

sun in Arizona. Our second surprise had

been the superintendent’s daughter. I

hardly know what of “wild and woolly"

we had expected in the girls of the coun—

try. Certainlv we had looked for noth-

ing like Miss Thornton.



We had seen her at dinner, first, in an

alcove where the superintendent's family

dined at little apart from the crowd of

miners who also ate in the camp board—

ing house; and we: had seen her later in

her own house, to which we were invited

for the evening by the friendly father.



On the next day, while we waited for

‘the snow to melt under a bright sun,

Fred' and I sat in our little doorway and

gazed downward at ’the camp. Fred, I

knew, had an eye upon the superintend-

ent’s quarters, of which we had an es-

pecially good View from our vantage

point, but instead of seeing the beautiful

Miss Thornton emerge, we presently look-

ed upon a little scene which added mys-

tery to the surprise which we had ex-

perienced the day before. It was a tame

thing to watch, too, but—what did it

mean? ' ,



The superintendent came around the

corner of his house armed with several

boards and a hammer. He approached





And conversation





THE. MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





‘ one of the windows that looked toward





us and began to nail the planks over it,

at intervals, like the bars’b'h a cage.



"Now tell me what he’s up to?” quer-

ied Fred as the man disappeared. “Looks

like a prison, doesn’t it?"



1 “It does, a little. I’m sure I don’t know

what he was doing."



“You don’t suppose he has a. demented

relative, do you?" hazarded Fred. He

put on a melodramatic air, “Tom, old

boy, here’s adventure in the land of ad-

venture! Here’s—”



“Bosh!” I sneered. It is always my

way to seek a reasonable explanation for

things that puzzle me. Presently I clap-

ped Fred on the- shoulder.



“I have it!" I chuckled. ”There’s noth-

ing uncanny about it. They've put up

these mysterious bars to keep the ice

from smashing the glass when it falls!”



For one minute Fred looked convinced.

Then he turned. triumphant.



”But, Tomi—the other three windows

side by side with this one! Why aren’t

they protected?”



There was a question. We had begun

the inquiry idly enough, but now we

were getting interested. We spent a

good half hour in puzzling over the enig-

ma, but we could hit upon no solution of

it, unless we were. to accept Fred’s pre-

posterous theory of the demented rela-

tive.



That evening, late. to make matters

still worse, we chanced to be gazing down

at the Thornton house when a light

gleamed in the grated room and we saw,

through the bars, that it was Miss Thorn—

ton who came to lower the shade.



“Well, there goes the lunatic idea.” I.

hastened to let Fred know, “unless you

think Miss Thornton is a little mad."



Fred glared at me, and after .1 few

wild guesses, we let the matter drop.





On the next evening, h0wever, after we

nad again watched the light ilash into

Miss Thornton’s room and seen her' pull

down the curtain, Fred turned to me with

a curious expression on his face.



“Tom,” he demanded in a low voice,

“Do you notice that Miss Thornton

seems never to be left alone for a min-

ute? She's always attended by her fath-

er or her mother—or both."



I stared at him.



“Great Caesar, Fred. You don’t mean

to say that you seriously think—”



“I don't mean to say that I seriously

think anything! But had you noticed?”

he insisted.



“No, I hadn’t!" I snapped. “Didn't her

father say that she'd just come home

from a visit?—that they were so glad to





have her back—1’”

“From a visit.” Fred nodded signifi-

cantly.





“Now look here, old chap." I exploded.

“Out with it! What fool notion have

you got into your poor little headpiece

this time? Go on.”



“Vi"ell—, it would be a thundering

shame, of course—,” (Fred looked as if

he felt it). “But—{lo you suppose she

could have broken down from overwm-k

or something—she graduated frOm college

last June, they said, and she seems aw-

fully young to do that—and that she

could have been in some private institu-

tin, you know, and——of course. she'll be

all right now, but——. Don’t people who are

——not insane you know but awfully her-

vous—.” He stammered and stutterod

and finally blurted, “Well, don't they get

notions of wandering around the country

sometimes? And don't you think they

might be sort of anxious about her?"



“Humph!” I snorted.



Then as I thought about it, it began to

seem as plausible as any solution that we

had yet hit upon. I was determined,

though, not to be baffled longer.



“I’m going to get to the bottom of this

thing, Fred,” I declared. “We can't very

well ask the family whether or not Miss

Thornton’s a little off, but we can ask

young Daniels. He seems to room at

the Thornton’s and he'd be sure to

know.” I had given up ‘the idea that

Daniels was Miss Thornton’s lover.





 





The next night Daniels came to our

'tent to visit us, and after we‘d talked on

general subjects as long as we could

stand it, I came to the point.



“Say, you stay with the Thornton’s,

don’t you?”



“Why, yes.” The young fellow seemed

rather surprised. “You see, I——”



”Well,’ I interrupted eagerly, “We don’t

like to seem curious, you know, but—. I

suppose you know a good deal about the

family?"



Daniels

ever.



“Why, yes,” he repeated blankly.



“Well, could you tell us—? You see, we

saw Mr. Thornton nail up Miss Thorn-





looked more astonished than





ton’s bedroom window—and we were

wondering whether she-that is—”



“Nail up her bedroom window?” stam-

mered Daniels.



“Yes, and we didn’t know—we- thought

—. Say, there isn’t anything wrong with

Miss Tho1nton' s mind, is there?”



“‘nything wrong with her mind?"

shouted Daniels; and I began to think

that he was her lover after all. But his

anger changed to amusement and he

roared helplessly for a minute.



“Don't fret yourselves about her

mind,” he gurgled finally. “You’ll find

her mind’s all right. I guess.”



We felt a little crestfallen and I could

see that Fred was congratulating himself

that I, and not he. had asked the ques-

tion. He left me to get out of the mess

as best I could.



“You know, it looked queer to see her

window all barred like that. Why did

Mr. Thornton do it?”



“I don't know. I wasn’t aware he did

it." Daniels had grown serious now, and

he began to puzzle over the problem too.

At last comprehension dawned on his

face. Then his lips were twisted with

some emotion that We could not read. He

rose abruptly.



“I rather think I know why he did it,

but—don’t say anything about it, will

you? I—I’ll have to leave you now.” He

spoke in a low, choking voice—and then

he was gone.



Fred and I gazed at each other.



“The plot thickens." I murmured.



Fred said nothing.



“Can you see any brilliant solution for

this difficulty?" I persisted.



“Shut up," snarled Fred.

was wrinkled with thought.

while, “Daniels

he ventured.



“He certainly did.





His forehead

After a good

seemed quite affected,”





It looks as if there





must be. something peculiar about this

business."



“There is. You mark my word, there

is.”





Three minutes later, a sudden compre-

hension of the situation burst over me.



“The family fears an elopment.” I

whoopcd. “Daniels and the girl are de-

voted to each other—we noticed that the

first thing, you know—and naturally it

would go hard with papa to marry his

only daughter to the camp book-keeper

-—he he ever so good looking.”



“I was just thinking of something of

the sort myself," Fri-d admitted. “But

if they were planning an elopment, why

shouldn't Daniels know of the barred

win-(low? She’d surely find means to tell





him."

V\'e put our heads to this additional

problem, feeling like a. pair of Sherlock





Holmses, and again I was inspired.

“Eureka!" l cxultetl. “Iler pcre- is a



suspicious Old curmudgeon, and he fears



an elopment that the young people have





never planned. Daisy is a good girl and

would never think of marrying without

her parents' consent. Daniels, knowing





would never think of ask-

ing her so to do. She shrinks in maiden-

ly confusion from informing him of her

father's foul suspicion."



“Tom you're :1. genius,” cried Fred.

admiringlv. “You'd make big money '18

a privaiu detective."



His praise was half banter then, but

011 the next day. my conjectures were

surprisingly confirmed by the behavior of

Daniels and Miss Thornton. It was evi—

dent that he must have told her of his

knowledgo of the barred window, and

that. an ertd by the old man‘s distrust,

they had decided to do the very thine;

ho was Working so hard to prevent. in.

the moonlit winter’s evening, we even

saw Daniels and the girl come stealing

around the houso, look at the window,

glance suspiciously about them, talk ea"—

ncslly for :1 minute, and theme—after the

exchange of a lingering kisseflgo stealing

back. “’lien we- entered the house a

few minutes later, on the invitation of

Mr. Thornton to spend another evening

with the family, though all was outward-

ly cheerful and calm, we seemed to de-

tect under the light—hearted laughter of

Miss Thornton, and of Daniels, too, a

nervous quality that sometimes bordered

0n hysteria. Mr. Thornton was also

aware of it. Once especially he shot

them a questioning glance and growled,

with an effort at good humor in our

presence, that he’d be glad to know what

ailed them tonight.



Fred and I were thoughtful as we went

to our own abode.



"They’re going to do it, sure enough,”

I mused. “And it’ll serve the old man

jolly right. too—hard-hearted old repro-

bate. I wonder if we couldn't help the

lovers somehow? Say—that would be

an adventure, Freddie! That ought to

appeal to your sentimental soul.”





her quite well,





167





“Humph!” said Freddie, and I began to

think that he’d sooner elope with Miss

Thornton himself than aid another fol-

low to do it.



During the- next few days, Fred and I

were hard at work at the surveying,

daytimes, and we had no chance to ob-

serve the progress of this interesting love

affair at night. but.as we spent nearly

all of our evenings with the- Thorntons

now, that was a good deal. We knew

well enough that something was going to

happen soon.



Then one afternoon we returned early

from work—just in time to see Mr.

Thornton drive up to the door and to

hear him shout to Mrs. Thornton and

Daisy. They both appeared, dressed for

an outing, and thou Daisy seemed to

change her mind. Her parents seemed to

coax and argue with her. but they finally

drove off without her. And almost im-

111ediatcly young Daniels appeared, flush-

ed with hurry.



“Great Caesar’s ghost. You don’t sup-

pose they'll dare do it today, do you?” I

gasped. '



“Don’t know.” Fred’s air was singu-

larly dejected. Then he flung back his

head with a kind of desperation.



“Let’s put a stop to it,” he cried.



I was really sorry for the poor old boy.



“Hold on, Freddie,” I advised. “I

don’t see what we can do. Let's watch

them a minute anyway. Maybe they

won’t dare. Everybody’d see them go,

and old Thornton could‘get them before

they got started.”



We waited, peeping from the little win-

dow of our tent; and instead of seeing

Daniels and Daisy flee together, we saw

them sneak into the woodhouse and re-

turn with an ax. This they took around

to the barred window and with it Daniels

carefully pried loose every one of those

planks.



“So that’s the caper,” I exclaimed. “Of

course, that would be. the thing to do.

Now they'll probably leave tonight before

papa finds out that the grating has been

loosened.”



“VVe‘ve got to prevent it.”

distractedly. “VVe'ver got to prevent it.

The idea of her going off with a penni—

lc-ss wretch—a girl who‘s had everything.

Why, it’s abominable. Vi'e've got to do

Something."



“Oh, Freddie, you make me tired. If

t118'3"1‘e bound to elope, they'll do it

sometimes and if papa can't stop them,

you can’t. If we inform on them, we'll

get the lasting enmity of both the elop-

ers and papa'd be likely to turn on us

too He’s a proud old fellow, and he

won’t be too fond of anybody who tells

him that his daughter's going to run

away.”



“I didn’t mean that. But we could go

there tonight and stay as late as we dare.

Maybe We could hang around until they'd

think it to.) late to do anything about it





, as)





cried Fred





tonight. And we could take turns watch-

ing up and just happen to stroll along





when he comes to get her.

something,” insisted Fred.



“Well,” I assented. “Still I think it

would serve the old man right, if~—”



“Don’t think of the old man. Think of

her! Think of her!"



I was, after all, willing enough to do

as he said; and that evening We strolled

over to the Thornton’s to begin our good





We could do





work. We were both pretty highly

wrought when we arrived and there was

an electrical feeling in the air, too. Dan—





iels and Miss 'l‘lnn‘ntun were ilushcd and

excited, though they were both vcry evi-

dently trying to hide the fact. Mr. Thorn—

ton seemed suspicious and ill—at-caso.

The evening began strainedly and it grew

more and more painful. I was beginning

to feel :hatl couldn't stand it any longer

but would have to take Ficd away, when

an amazing thing occurred. hIr. Thorn«

(on who had been talking—about what I

have no idea—put his hand suddenly on.

Daniel’s knee and smiled up at him very

good nuturcdly.



“As my son here, says." I'caughf

those words. It flashed through my mind

that they had just gotten pater’s consent

after all. That accounted for their agi-

tation.



This idea. hadn’t reached Fred, though.

He gasped and blurted, “But he hasn't

married her yet?”



“Married—what on earth ?" The irasci-

ble lines between Thornton’s brows Were

strongly in evidence.



“Your daughter—~she——"



“Oh, he!" The smiling lines around

his mouth appeared suddenly. “That’s

true. You didn’t know that Jim is my

stepson. Now, Jim, the murder's out.

Why didn’t you want ’em told? What

devilment have you been up to anyway?"

twinkled Mr. Thornton.





“But—the barred window?" choked
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168 (20)





Fred, looking straight at his puzzled host.



“The barred—put up to keep the ice

from breaking Daisy’s window.” Mr.

Thornton stared at him.



“Just as I told you,” I hastened to tell

Fred.



"But what in Sam Hill are you driving

at? Jim, what on earth ails you?" ex—

ploded the bewildered Thornton.



Fred went right on as if he were

doomed to do it.



“But the other windows weren’t nailed

up.”



“Had screens on ’em.

earth-J"



Fred turned from the excited Thornton

to the sputtering Daniels.





But what on





“Just explain what you meant by

mooning around and making us think

that you—that Miss ’l‘horiiton—that—

that—s”





"I—why, the night you informed me of

Daisy’s insanity. l-I thought I'd let you

puzzle your heads over the window busi—

ness and when I thought better of it

and went back to tell you—~l hoard you

talkingr about an elopment. Oh, it was

'too rich. ‘I let Daisy into the thing——

and told (lad not to own me for awhile

—(>h. ha! ha! halfl‘Adventure. in the

laitd of adventurel'—‘Mysteryl'—~llo! ho!

ho!"



lianit-ls. who had been gasping through

his laughter. bccamc helpless altogether.





illitl l‘otti'trtl.



I lookml from him to Miss Daisy who

lead bccii trying to smother her mirth in

a. sofa pillow l gazcd from her to Mr.

Thornton, who. ai‘tt-t a puzzled minute,

began to haw! haw'. as if he wore in a

tit. From him 1 turnml to Mrs. Thornto‘i

wlto was growing put-pic in the face and

gurgling”.



My angry

\\'h.tt blithcriiig‘ idiots they must take us





passions tosc and soared.





to be. it occurred to me that a violent.





departurc was tho only dignified thing

ls-t‘t to l“l't-4l and me, since we could hard-

ly slap Thornton and Daniels in the pres,—

once of the ladies.



1 turned to lt‘rcd

iowcd up in amazement.





 





and anger was swal—

it‘red‘s expr-:s—

sion was bctttiilc.



He finally came to himst stifliciently

to realize that l was gaping at him in—

sant'ly, and he leaned over and grasped

my aim.



“(lid ft-llowf"

ly, “she isn't in ltiVo with him at all!”



And gazing from his blissful counte-

nante to the hclplcss. writhing family, I

iotgavc cvci'ybotly. To this day, though,

Fret; cannot sce why I laughed too.





ho murmured. rapturous-





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BY A. LAYMAN.

“.\ titan is known by the company he

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formulaic an opinion of all persons in

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known by the company lic kctps."



hit is not this saying sonictubtit asidc

fruit. lllt' truth and shouid it not bc dual-

itlt'd'.‘ t‘aii a

which dots not contain lu'l‘SHllS of charr

actor? lilycn llit‘ burglars claim such .a

t‘iic in lllt‘ pcrsonaliiy of a Philadelphia

councilman who btit rccontly has bccn

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initiating of Abraham liincolii with com—

mon souls has hcightcncd rather than

dwarfed his standing illlltllig‘ men. ltlvctt

the Master sat with publicaiis and siti-

tit-rs.



’l‘htre is anothcr way in which the quo-

tation may bc uiidcistood and which

would include thc illustrations just incit-

tioncd. Thc man of cliai'actcr associates

With tltc bcst that is ill his companions.

The Master did itot prattlc over the vul—

gar when with the pttblicans and sinners.

although they may have done so when

out of His prcrcncc. Every man has

some cotntncndablo qualities. Men of

character st ck to kctzp company, as it

wcie, with thtsc qualities: they see the

host in other lllt‘ll. in this way their

rcptttation remains ii'rettrout-liable, a]~

though duty and ptrhaps pleasure may

cause them to mingle freely with those

W.‘.I):;(‘ standards of life. are not high.





 





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'Our Motto—“The "farmer is of more

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TH‘E SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS.





State Lecturer's Suggestions for First

Meeting.





Opening songs.



Are the Michigan Development Bureaus

helping or harming this section of the

state? How?



Dialect song. ,



What treatment of the meadow gives

best results?



The Referendum vote as proposed at

State Grange, 1911.



Instrumental music.



Book review, by a woman.



Character song, "Mary Aim,” in charge

of Equal Suffrage Committee.



Current events in Equal Suffrage cir-

cles



Refreshments, “My wife's favorite

treat,” furnished by the husbands.



Suggestions for Second Meet-ing.



Instrumental music.



“Co-operation in this and other coun-

tries," a paper.



R'eading, “University

VVOmen.”



Popular music of today compared with

that of 30 years ago, a paper or talk with

examples.



New ideas gained at the

Through a man's eyes. 2.

woman’s eye's.



\\'hat men most desire on a farm, by

a woman, discussed by a man.



‘What women most desire on a farm,

by a man. discussed by a woman.



Refreshments, “My husband’s favorite

dish,” furnished by the wives.





GRANGE LEVERAGE.



Through long association with rural

work one phase of it has grown more

attractive to me than any other. It is

suggested in the question, “How can a.

Grange take a neighborhood by its four

corners and lift it up?"



Vt'hy not? Listen a moment. Over

the line in Ohio the other day some of

us Were discussing ways and means of

improving district Schools, when a group

of three or four men drew near with ac-

tive interest showing in their faces and

offered some information about a seven-

year struggle they had just had in their

community to secure a new school build-

ing. Bit by bit they gave the details and

then one of them exclaimed significantly,

“The Grange got us that schoolhouse all

right. We would have been discouraged

long ago if we had worked separately."



Again, listen to this about a little

Grange that had a most precarious life

for a number of years and then began

to pick up: “Our Grange had a picnic.

with many present from three other

Granges and a number from our own

township who were not patrons; we felt

that it paid many times over for the ef-

fort. The Sunday school organized

through the Grange is flourishing. Some

of us thought for various reasons it

might be best to close the Grange for a

time during the summer, so we made an

extra effort to notify the members of

what we were thinking and that we

would vote upon it at the next meeting.

A goodly number came out and voted to

continue the meetings. \Veltwere so

glad that, though it is sometimes hard

to arouse interest, the members do ap-

preciate what it means to the township.

Looking back over the things the Grange

has accomplished for us here, we are

not discouraged."



Ah, there are “corners" and “corners”

in every neighborhood, and it only needs

to take hold of the right ones to do

away with the undesirable!



JENNIE BUELL.





Students and





fairs: 1.

Through a





 





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





Successful Joint Picnic.——The Grange—

Gleaner picnic in Gray’s grove on the

shores of Elk Lake, Grand Traverse Co.,

was well attended. The dinner was fol—

lowed by a program made up of muSical

numbers. recitations and speeches. The

orator of the day was State Master Hull;

the other speakers were Hon. "Frank

Lesher, of Mancelora; Webster Wilson,

of Kewadin Arbor; R. H. Elsworth, as-

sistant secretary of the Western Michi-

gan Development Bureau, and George L.

Crisp of Williamsburg‘ Grange.

Successful Eaton County Picnic.—We-st

Benton patrons were hosts to Oneida,

eedmore and Charlotte Granges at a

picnic in Lipsey’s grove, Wednesday.

Aug. 14, and 0f the many Eaton county

Grange events of the summer, this was

the most successful. The attendance

was large, the music of the best, the ball

game all that could be desired. and the

speaking away above par. And the din-

ner—well, no one ever saw a poor Grange

dinner, so what’s the use. The proceed-





 





ings were opened by Mrs. John Lipsey.

lecturer of Benton Grange. Leonard Cole

delivered an able address of' welcome,

which was responded to by Archie Ken—

yon, master of Oneida Grange, and Wm.





 





 





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Huber, master of Charlotte Grange. J.

C. Nichols,,on whose farm the grove is

located, bade the .guests welcome and

assured them that the grove was at the

disposal-.of the Grange t all times and

asked‘athem to come. ften and make

themselves at' home. Mrs. Peter Turo,

of. Charlotte, gaVe a reading on the wom—

an suffrage moveme‘nt, and Elmer N.

Peters delivered a splendid address on

the same subject. John Ketcham, of

Hastings, the speaker of the day, was

detained and it was late when he ar-

rived on the scene, but he delivered a

Splendid address. The ball game be-

tween West Benton and Needmore re-

sulted in a score of 7 to 0, in favor of

W'est Benton. The proceedings were

brought to a close late in the evening,

and all present joined in declaring that

West Benton Grange was composed of

royal entertainers.





Granges Prove to be Good Entertainers.

——An unusually pleasant time was had

by the members of the local order who

gathered in Traverse City last Saturday

to enjoy a banquet and program. De—

spite the rainy day a large attendance

turned out and the- banquet tables were

full, 3. condition which always makes for

a pleasant and profitable session. The

uay was set aside for honoring Ceres.

the goddess of the grain, and the hall

was tastefully decorated with the dif-

ferent cereals and flowers for the oc-

casion. During the hour several grang-

ers were giVen their final instructions as

to the secrets of the order. A program

consisting of several well selected read-

ings. a story and songs, were ably ren—

dered and thoroughly satisfied ~ those

present that they had spent a day that

never will be regretted. At its next

meeting this Grange will deVote the ses-

sion to the consideration of what the

organization will exhibit at the coming

fair, and the manner in which the ex-

hibits will be displayed.



Consider Woman Suffrage—Regular

meeting of Arcada Grange No. 500 was

called to order by “'orthy Master Hub-

bell. Grange opened in form and regular

order of business taken up. Two new

members were obligated. The program

consisted of a song. a select reading by

Sister Esther Smith, and the discussion

of the question of woman suffrage by

several members. Some very good ideas

were advanced in favor of the question.

Penny march Meeting closed in form,

after which the young ladies treated all

present to peaches.



Wilson Grange, of Charlevoix Co., is

in good condition notwithstanding light

attendance at some of its summer meet

ings. At the last meeting in July the

Grangc's receipts for the preceding quar—

ter were shown to be nearly $50, about

one-half of which remains in the treas-

ury, One application for membership

was received. The lecturer’s hour was

largely given over to an experience meet-

ing in which the brothers discussed the

mistakes they had made in farming dur-

ing the past year. '



Day of Leisure.—Tecuinseli Grange

held its annual picnic at the home of

Mr. and Mrs. Newton Bryan. Saturday.

July 27. 136 people being present. A

sumptuous picnic dinner was served at

noon. There was no regular program,

but the guests spent a most enjoyable

afternoon telling jokes on one another

and having a general good time.



Debated Suffrage Question—Members

of Baraga Grange, one of the hustling

subordinates of the upper peninsula, re—

cently held an open meeting in their hall

at which the question of granting suffrage

to women was debated. Messrs. C. .

Anderson and J. J. O’Connor spoke on

the affirmative. while Messrs. H. A.

Brennan and Dr. Von Zelle'r took the

negative. The question was thoroughly

debated and immediately thereafter a

vote was taken, resulting in 31 for and

30 against the proposition. The ladies

present were given the honor of voting

first and they practically cast a unani-

mous vote for suffrage, 25 to 5. The

gcntlcmen were then allowed to do like-

wise the result being 25 to 6 against.



The Coopersville-Nunica Oratorlcal Con-

test, announced some weeks ago, was

held Saturday evening, July 27. The

friendly rivalry existing between these

Grangcs made the occasion a notable one

and the success of this new and novel

undertaking in Orange endeavor speaks

well for the lecturers who planned it.

The attendance was near the 300 mark,

both Grangcs being well represented. The

program was opened by singing “Ameri-

ca,” after which the contestants deliv-

ered their orations in the following or-

der: “Optimism.” by Frank Hambleton;

“The Keynote to Progress," by Cassa

Weaver; “The principles of Agriculture,”

by Dorothy Lillie; “Society and its Rela—

tion to Mankind," by Andy Peterson:

"Corners," by Clare Dunning; “Obstacles

to Stepping Stones.” by Edgar VVyman.

The orations as a whole were very cred—

itably delivered, and the judges had no

easy task in choosing the winner. The

standings of all were good, but someone

had, of course, to be the highest. The

oration, “Corners," by Miss Clare Dun—

ning, of Coopersville Grange, received the

highest percentage. and she was awarded

the gold medal in a neat presentation

speech by Dr. F. D. Smith. The oration

by Edgar Wyman was a close second.

there being a difference of only two

Points in the judges' markings. The- ora-

tions were interspersed with violin and

piano selections rendered by Henry Rank—

ans and Mrs. Harvey VValcott. At the

close of the. contest the young folks in-

dulged in dancing.





COMING EVENTS.





Pomona Meetings.



Grand Traverse Co., with Silver Lake

Grange. \Vednesday and Thursday, Sept.

4 and 5.



Ingham County Pomona. with Holt

Grange, Saturday, Sept. 14.





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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.

“foodruff. Blanchard; C. P. Johnson,

Metamora; H. W. Chamberlain, White

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

Spaulding, Beldlng. -



Address all communications relative to





the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C

1’. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.,





 





Associational Motto.—



The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.

ASSOCiatlonal Sentiment.—



The farmer, he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.



THE FUTURE OF THE FARMERS’



CLUB MOVEMENT.



The origin and growth of the Farmers’

Club movement in Michigan is perhaps

without precedent in any agricultural

state or country. With a small beginning

of a few Clubs, whose organization

dates so far back that therc has been

some discussion as to which was first

organized, this movement spread gradul

ally at first from the examples afforded

by these Clubs of the bcneiits to be de-

rived from such a local organization.

Practically a score of years ago repre-

sentatives of these few Clubs ‘met t0-

gcther for the purpose of organizing a

State ASSOClzltIUll of Farmers' Clubs.

From that iime on for some years the

giowtli of the li‘armcrs‘ Club movement

was rapid. it has been continuous up to

the prcscnt time, although its growth in

recent years has not been as rapid as

during the early ,chtl's following the or-

ganization of the state association.



All this has been accomplished spon-

taneously and without any special effort

toward the promotion of Club organiz. -

tion by the central body. V’Vhile th‘

slate organization lias,"like most of the

local Club organizations, been a success

from the very start and. while each of

its meetings have been well attended and

most profitable from the standpoint of

the deliberations of delegates assembled,

yet at no time have all the local Clubs

been represented at this meeting or

affiliated in a suitable way Willi ihc state

organization.



While the latter has accomplished

much good in various ways it has not

been the power which Would be possible

had it been differently financed. Thcre

has bcen no accumulation of funds which

might be usod in cases of emergency

where the iniluence of a well financed

Faimers' Club of this kind could be

properly brought to bear upon public

questions of importance to its members.

Nor have the funds been available to

(dill-ill". a systematic campaign of Club

extension in order that the benefits. of

those locll fariiiers' organizations might

be briuilit to the attention of other

whose citizens are unac—

ouaintwl with their advantages.



It has been well said that a season of

prosperity is not well suited to the dc-

Vvlopiziciii of permanent organizations

amnig l'ur'nicrs, particularly along busi-

iics‘s liiics more than any other one thing.

That the Farmers' Club movement has

survived a period of the greatest ugricul-

lui'al prosperity that this country has

ever knowu is evidence that those who

have identificd thcmselvcs with the

movement find in it much of benefit to

themselves and their families from a so-

cial and local standpoint alone, else the

liiuidreds of local Clubs which have

bccn organized throughout the state

would not be maintained, and their

numbers would have gradually diminished

instead of increasing. as has been the

case. But that the growth of the move-

ment has not been vcry considerable in

recent years would seem to indicate that

the future holds little more in prospect

for the organization than has already

been realized, unless its field of useful-

ness be enlarged or its units be more

closely held together by a strong central

body.



In our issue of August 7 was publish-

ed the report of the committee. appoint—

ed at the last meeting of the state asso-

siation to consider this subject and pro-

pose amendments to the constitution and

by-laws of the association which would

strengthen that organization and place





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it in 1 position to be of greater service

to the Incal Clubs and their membership.

The local Clubs were urged to discuss

this proposition at an early date and be

prepared to act on it through their dele-

gates at the next associational meeting.

This is t~.:0 important a matter to be neg-

lected or to be acted upon hastily, since

it has a most important relation to the

future of the Farmers‘ Club movement

in Michigan. It is worthy o.‘ early and

serious attention from every local Club

in the state, to the end that their joint

conclusion may be a wise one in further-

ing the interests of the local Clubs and

their membership.

FARMERS' CLUB PICNICS.

Napoleon Farmers' Club.



The- annual picnic of the Napoleon

ll‘armers‘ Club was held at Eagle Point,

Clark's Lake, Saturday. and was enjoyed

by nearly 100 members and friends. Tie

usual bountiful dinner was first on the

program, ‘ and although a “pot—luck"

nothing was lacking from chicken—pie Lo‘

ice cream. Following this several selec-

liUnS were rendered by the kill“? band,

which, by the way, constitutes the great-

er part 0.' the Napolt on cornet band. The

program of sports which was a new in-

novation at the picnic was then taken

up, and to make it more interesting and

amusing small prizes were given as fol—

lows: Potato race for boys, toy aCcordi.

on, won by Clyde Lester; potato race for

men, half pound salted peanuts, won by

F. M. Andrews; potato race for girls,

Chinese doll, won by Mabel Lester; nail

driving contest for ladies, hammer, won

by Mrs. Zaida Stephenson; nail driving

contest for men, his fill of ice cream,

Clyde Lester; umbrella and apron race.

box of candy, won by Clyde Lester;

needle—threading contest, shaving mug

and olive- dish, won by Claude Cole and

Mrs. Clara Richardson; raisin-eating

contest, box raisins, won by Lora Car—

penter; girls' running race. box station—

cry, Olive Richardson; shoe and stocking

race, box stationery, Claude Cole; sack

race, half-pound salted peanuts, Harold

Nichols; ball—throwing contest for girls.

fancy plate, Mabel Lester; ball-throwing

contest for boys, ball, Harold Nichols.

The September met-ling of the Club will

be held ai Many \Voods, the home of

Mr and Mrs. G. \\'. Butler, the roll call

to be answered by vacation experiences.





 





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





Question Box Feature of Meeting.-—Tlie

August meeting of the \Vixom Fai'mei's'

Club, of Oakland county, was ciitc'r-

mined by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kinney.

at their home in Milford. A large crowd

gathered lilL‘I'e and as the day was fine

the tables for dinner were placed on the.

lawn under the beautiful maples. After

ilie usual social hour the president called

to order. \Ne listened to a good program,

consisting of vocal and instrumental mu—

sic, recitations and readings. As there

were a number of questions in the ques—

lion box to be answered, the one the

program committee had prepared was

carried over and will be discussed :it the

September meeting.——Mrs. R. I), Steph—

ens. Cor. Sec.



The Future of Farming.-The August

meeting of the Howell Farmers‘ Club, of

Livingston county, was held at the genial

farm home of Spencer Tooley, a 'large

company being present, including visitors

from the Gcona Club. After the usual

opcning exercises. followed by a num—

ber oi‘ excellent musical and literary

numbers, Mrs. It. It. Smith road a pa—

per on “The Fuliiro of Farming." The

article said that the fill‘nl was in the

stage of great transformation. That the

little farm has had its «lay. Thai farm-

ing on cotton plz‘iniaiioiis had already

passed out of individualism. The farm

being the last stronghold of individualism

to enter the industrial revolution. The

discussion on [his article was taken up

by S. M. Yerkes, A. M. \Vells and oth<

ers. who dill not think such :1 thing

would occur and that socialism was not

best for our country, to take away man's

individuality.



The Question Box is always an import—

ant factor in the program and this mew—

mg was no exception. In response to

the questions which it contained, the fol-





lowing answers wore given: Spencer

,



[‘oolcy thought the tclt‘lphone merger

would be cheaper fur those who now





have two phones, unless they raise the

price. S. LI. Yerkes favored a bona—Iide

sale, while opposed to combinations. He

thought that a stale commission would

be best to regulate price. ”ls Socialism

the Result of Evolution?" assigned to RV.

W. Crittenden, who thought not, while

Mrs. Smith said it was. That other na-

tions should have the privilege of going

through the Panama canal without toll

was ansvvercd by W. W. Crittendeu, who

did not think they should. “Is Alfalfa a

Paying Crop, and when is the Best Time

to Sow it?” Discussed by A. M. VVellr-i,

who thought it was and believed in iii—

rculation of soil. “For the nation which

is the better, to dissolve the trusts or

to regulate them?" Tooley and Critten-

den thought if they could not be regulat—

ed thevy would grow worse. A variety of

opinions were given as to the best meth-

ods of control. “Are you in favor of the

tactics employed by the English suffra-

geite to obtain the ballot?" assigned 10

Mrs. Smith, who decidedly said no. The

Club then adjourned to meet ‘at the S.

M. Yerkes home the first Thursday in

September.
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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.





August 28, 1912.

Grains and Seeds.





Wheat.—This has been a week_of

strength in the wheat market, prices

gradually advancing since last Wednes—

day. Among the reasons for better prices

are the general demand from abroad, ac—

tive buying by millcrs who are finding an

excellent outlet at present for flour and

the failure on the part of the farmers

to deliver wheat at the elevators. Usu-

ally at this season deliveries are heavy

from farmers who need the money, but

this year appears to be an exception.

This last week the increase in the visible

supply amounted to only 419,000 bu. Ship-

ments from South America to Europe

are small and there is competition be-

tween the markets of England and these

of the continent for the cargoes, which

gives buying on the opposite side of the

Atlantic much impetus and encourages

higher values. One year ago the price

here for No. 2 red wheat was 871/20 per





 





bu. Quotations for the week are as fol-

lows:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. Sept. Dec.

Thursday ....1.09 1.08 1.09 1.101/2

Friday ....... 1.09 1.08 1.09 1.1039

Saturday .....1.091,/z 1.08% 1.09%; 1.111/2

Monday ...... 1.0992 1.08%; 1.091/2 1.111/2

Tuesday ..... 1.10 1.09 1.10 1.12



Corn—The corn market has improved





the past Week from the standpoint of the





seller. The advance in wheat was no

doubt influential in giViiiga firmer tone

to the corn deal. This past week the





weather has bccn favorable to the grow—





ing crop. but tlic. improvement has not

been such as to stampede the market

from its present high position. Condi—





tions will nccd to be unusual to give the

country a yield that will bring prices to

the usual levcl this coming scason. A

year ago the price for No. 3 corn was

57c pcr bu. The Visible supplydecreased

over one-half million bu. Quotations for





the week are as follows:

No. 3 No. 8

Corn. Yellow.

Thursday ......... . ...... 801/5 83

Fi ida y .......... . ........ '81 1/2 84

Saturday ............. . 811/2 84

Monday .................. 81 83%

Tuesday ................. 81 83%

Oats—With the two former grains,

oats has also shown an advance. While





supplies are coming to many markets in

libcral quantities there is disappointment

in the quality of the grain offered. Re-

cent wet weather colored a large per cent

«if the crop, and reduced the grade. _At

this date in 1011 the market was paying





44c for standard oats. The visible sup—

ply increased over one million bushels.

Quotations are as follows:

Standard. Sept.

'1‘ h it rsd ay ......... . ....... 3 (i 1A; 36

Friday ................... i7 361/2

Satin-(lay ................. 37 361/:

Monday .................. 37 361/“,

Tuesday .................. 37 361/2

Beansrs'l‘hcre is scarcely any activity





Nominal quotations were

advanced tie a week ago and have re—

mained at the now figure the present

wcck. llamage is being done to the crop

by excessive rains, and, while it is yet

early to predict the size of the crop. the

probabilities are that it will be cut short

of the usual acreage yield by the unfav—

orable weather conditions. Nominal quo-

tations are as follows.





in this market.





Cash Oct.

Thursday .................. $2.68 $2.90

Friday .................... 2. 68 2.3.0

Saturday ................... 2.68 2.30

Mond'iy .................... 2.08 2.in

Tuesday ................... 2.68 2.30





Clover Seed.——.\ little activity has crvpt

into the cl'iver seed n‘arkci this week.

A few small contracts havt bceu report-

(d at priccs comparing with the nominal

quotations recently published. ()n Tues-

advance of





day, October seed showed an

101-, while alsike remained stcady. Quo-

tations are:

Oct. Alsikc.

Thursday ............... $10 00 $11.00

Friday .................. 10.00 11.00

Saturday ............... 10.00 11.00

Monday ................. 10.00 11.00

Tucsday ................ 10.10 11.00

Rye.——This market is dull and steady,

with the quotation for No. 2 rye un-





changed at 710 per bu.



TimO'thy SeedrA-vtifi‘crings of this seed

arc on the market fl‘ld transactions have

been made the past week at $2.50 per bu.

4,”. prime spot, which is 100 below the

quotations of a Week ago.



Fleur, Feedt. Potatoes, Etc.





 





Fl0ur.—7Prices unchanged except best

patcnt is up 5c. Market is active.

Straight ............................. $5.60

l’atent Michigan .................... 5.85

Clcar ................................ 5.00

Rye .................................. 5.00



Feed. Feed values about steady with

last week. Carlot priccs on track: Bran,

$26 per ton: coarse iniddlings, $28; fine

midttlings, $3]; cracked corn and coarse

corn mcal, $31; corn and oat chop, $31

per ton.





Hay and Straw.—~Ma.rket rules steady.

Quotations are for new hay. They are:

NC, 1 timothy, 381761118: No. 2 timothv,

816631650; clover, mixed. 8145061117;

rye straw, $961710; wheat and cat straw,

$850609 per ton.



Potatoes—Michigan tubers are moving

in increased volume but the wide demand

is maintaining last week’s quotations.

They are selling at 75@85c per bu. The

ruling price for southern Offerings is

$2.50 per sack, a decline of 25c.



Provisions—Family pork, $226023; mess

pork, $19.50; clear, backs, $216022; hams,





151/261716iéc; briskets, 12%6313c; shoulders

13c;





picnic hams, 13c; bacon, 16@18c;





THE , -MICHIGAN FARMER.





pure lard in tierces, 1214c; kettle render-

ed lard, 13c per lb.

Dairy and Poultry Products.





Button—There is a large quantity of

butter being made throughout the coun-

try but the current demand appears "to

be sufficiently liberal to hold prices

steady. The local market is unchanged,

with quotations for extra creamery 26c;

first creamery, 25c; dairy, 21c; packing

stock 19c per lb.



E,ggs.——The.advanced price of last week

is maintained, largely due to the shrink

age in output, a condition that is being





felt all over the country. Current re-

ceipts candied are quoted at 22c per





dozen, which is last week’s price.

Poultry—A. steady tone marks the poul-

try deal. The only change in price not-

ed is a slight decline in the quotations

for turkeys All other prices remain

steady with a. week ago. Quotations are:





Broilers] 166117c per lb; hens, 136014c;

No. 2 hens, 961110c; old roosters, 9611mm

turkeys, 1561116c; geese, 1061.?11c; ducks,





14c; young ducks, 15fi116c per lb.

Veal.'—All grades higher. Fancy,

@140 per lb; choice, 9611100

Cheese—Market steady. Michigan flats

1061:17c; York state flats, 17@18c; lim~

burger, 17@190; domestic Swiss, 22617230;

brick cream. 171/261‘118c.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Peaches.——-I'caclies from Lake Erie dis—





13%,





tricts are selling at 20602.5(: per one-fifth

bu, basket. '



Pears..-~—Bartl.ct,ts are quoted at $5605.50

per bbl.





$1.25@1.50.

at -o o





' 0.9





Plums—Per bushel,



Huckleberries.—Selling

per bushel.



Apples.——-I\'ew apples are quoted at $2.50

$21 for fancy. and 91.25612 for common;

pcor, $1611.25 per bbl. Good apples by

the bushel are selling at 50611750.



Honey.—-Choice to fancy comb, 15@16c

pcr lb; amber, 12611130.





633.50





OTHER MARKET—S.





 





 





Grand Rapids.

hogs are selling

calves are worth 10((1.»111/2c.



delivered, is bringing the

following prices: Fowls. 10c; broilers, 12c;

ducks. 8c; geese, 7c; turkeys, 10c. Eggs

arc worth 20611210; dairy butter. 2061122c.

llay is selling at $126015. The potato

market is lower, the tubers now selling

around 50c, with liberal offerings.





Dressed around 11c

now. Veal





liivc poultry,





 





Chicago

No. 2 red,

943310.

3, 79-3.;60801/1c;





\that. 331.05.601.06;

Mimic; l'lerm

Corn—7N0

Dec, 551/110. _

Oats.——No. 2 white, old, 341/2611350; Sept.

323;.tc; Dec, 33100.



Butter.~Crcainery

provemeiit while dairies

Quotations: Ci'camerics,

ies. 21612230



Eggs~A very firm

offcrings on the decline. Prices are ad—

vanced. Quotations are: Firsts, 20c; or-

dinary firsts, 18c: at mark, cases includ-

ed. 17140 per dozen.



T'otrtu>cs.—--increascd shipments depress

prices. Decline amounts to about 100.

Minnesotas are down to 45611500; Illinois

to 5061‘55c: Wisconsin, 45611550



i-tcans.-~(,‘.lioicc hand-picked is the only

grade showing change, which is 2c lower.





Sept.

731/20;





 





Sept.,





shows price im—

remain steady.

221/261125c; dair-





tone prevails with





l'ea beans. choice, hand—picked, 82.8561)

2.88 per but prime, 827860280; red kid—

iicds, $2.50612.60.





Hay and Straw.——Prices unchanged from

a week ago, with trade steady. Quo-

tations are; Timothy. choice, $216322; No.

1, $190120; No. 2 and No, 1 mixed, $1660

18: clovcr, $76110; No. 2 and no grade,

$56117; alfalfa, choice. 8186111850; No.

517611750, No. 2, 1461715. Straw—Rye,

99.506110; wheat, 86.5061‘7; oat, $7607.50.





 





New York.

P1ittei'.——-l\’iarket steady with

scarcely changed. Quothtions:

cry. spccial extras, 2014611261,.éc; do,





values

Cream-

firsts





2361251114 do seconds. 24611241110; factory

do. June. make firsts, 2214c.



C::gs.—~Markct firm. Best grades are

s‘lewd)‘, lower grades higher. teceiipts

aw dccrezising. Fresh gathered extras,

23"12tic: extra firsts, 23611240; firsts, 211/2

.61 221,2c per dozcn.



Poultry—1iressed~Broilcrs and {owls





killed western broilers.

1461110c; turkeys, 16@17c





Fresh

fowls,





wca kcr.

1,7112%;

pcr lb.

Boston.



activity characterized

the Boston woo] market this hast week,

over 12.000.000 lbs. bcing reported as

having changed hands. This large move-

ment is probably the direct. outcome of

the removal of the uncertainty, for a time





“Wot—Unusual





at least, as to federal legislation affect—

ing thc wool market. The trading con-





sists principally in fleece wools. A large

block of Ohio “Al-bloods went at 30611310;

some Michigan 1/4-bloods sold at 301/20.

and ifA-bloods from the same state at 300.

The demand for Michigan wools has been

only moderate to date, with the proba-

bility that in future weeks heavier sell-

ing will be the order. Territory wools

are quiet. Foreign offerings are larger

than usual, and in quite active demand.

Elain.



Button—Market is firm at 250 per 11).,

which is the quotation for the past sev-

eral weeks.





 





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.

August 26, 1912.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 195 cars; hogs, 55 double decks;

sheep and lambs, 45 double decks; calves

1,250 head.



With 195 cars of cattle on our market

here today, and only 18,000 reported in

Chicago, we quote our market on all

grades of cattle showing fat, and on





stockers and feeders, from 1060150 per

cwt. higher. There was not a. single load

of really good cattle on the market, and

our quotations would have been held

strong with last week on the best grades.



We quote: Best 1,350 to 1.500slb. steers

38.75617940; good prime 1,200 to 1,300-1b.





steers, $8.50@8.75; do. 1,100 to 1,200-1b.

do.. $8.156i‘8.40; medium butcher steers,





1,000 to 1.100, $7607.25; butcher steers,

950 to 1,000, $6.406116.65; light butcher

steers, $5.35‘@5.85; best fat cows, $55061)

6.23: good to prime do., $4.50@5.50; fair

to good 110., $3.756I‘450; common to fair

(10., $3.25@3.75; trimmers, 92.506113; best

fat heifers, $6.75@7.50; good to prime





heifers, $650617; fair to good (10., $4.75:ch

5.25; light butcher heifers, 53425611475;

stock heifers, 846114.25; best feeding steers

dehorned. 53525611550; common feeding

steers, $4.406114.60; stockers, inferior, $4611

4.25; prime export bulls, $5.75@6; best

butcher bulls. $4,756,115.25; bologna bullS,

$4614.50; stock bulls, 83.75611425; best

milkers and spriiigers, $50.61.;65; common

kind 110., $256135.



Receipts of hogs today were again

light, there being but 55 double decks on

sale. Light receipts at all western mar-

kets and a strong demand here forced

prices 1060150 higher than Saturday’s av-

erage; pig stuff in some cases sold 2060

350 higher than Saturday’s best time.

The quality of the hogs here today was

not the best; buyers picked out lots that

suited them, paying $9.50 for this kind.

Anything a little off in quality, or a. lit-





tle on the light order ‘sold from 89.2561)

9.40; pigs and lights, $8.506118.75; roughs,

$7 50618; stags. $6637. Market closed full





steady here today, and We look for a

good trade on the good hogs, b'ut com-

mon hogs must be bought to sell lower.

Buyers are going to make a big differ-

ciice between the strictly corn—fed and

just the fair kind.



The lamb market was active today,

with prices about the same as the close

of last week; most of the choice lambs

selling from 557.501.717.60; yearlings, $5.25

61717.75. The sheep market was active on

the handy weights but dull on the heavy

kind. Look for a little improvement in

lambs and about steady prices on sheep.

the balance of the week.



\‘t'e quote: ChoiCo lambs, 5575060760;

cull to fair do, 85.50615 25; yearlings. $5

(113.75; bucks, $250613; wethers. $5615.15;

handy ewe-s, $4614.25: heavy ewes. 83.35

(113.50; cull sheep. $26133; veals, choice to

extra, 9510.506111]: fair to good, $7.506L‘9.50;

heavy calves, $450606.





 





Chicago.

August 26, 1912.



This week's cattle trade opened with a.

run of 19,000, including 8,000 western

rangers. in spite of a. scant quota of na-

tive steers prices were advanced only in

trade for the choice to prime grades.

Latter sold 100 higher, topping at $10.55,

with a meagre crop above $10, while oth-

er grades dragged at last week‘s closing

rates and western range stcers sold 10

6125c. However, two loads of prime Mon—

tana rangers made a new record price of

$9.50. Butcher stock sold steady with

last week as did feeder cattle. Hogs ad-

vanch 1th on the early market. a. run of

27.000 being below the expected number,

but before the day was ovcr values had

receded to last Saturday's basis. Several

loads of butcher and light weights went

‘dL $9. highest since October, 1910. Aver-

agc weight of hogs received last week,

241 lbs, against 243 lbs. the previous

week and 242 lbs. a year ago. Sheep re-

ceipts wcre 35,000 and ewes and wethers

sold strong to 10c higher while lambs

wcnt 106115c lower, topping at $7.15.



Cattle have reached a point where the

consumption of beef everywhere in the

country is so materially lessened on ac-

count of the unprcccdente-dly high prices

outside of Civil war timcs that it is im-

possible to maintain cattle prices for the

bulk of the offerings at the recent high

level except when supplies are held down

to meager proportions. The small per—

centage of strictly prime hceves may go

higher still. as they did last week, the

top being a (lime above the previous high





rccord of the year. but otherwise it

sccn'is doubtful whether it will be pos-

sible to maintain recent high prices. The





bulk of the steers sold last wc_c.'k brought





$7.5061i10.10, with choice heavy bceves

seeiing at 5810601060, While the lower

class of little yearling grass—fed steers

from feeding districts brought $58061)

7.75. A good class of steers sold at $9

and upward, with medium grade cattle

going at $8 and over. and cattle below





the $10 line were 5061175c lower than the

recent high time. Yearlings with quality

sold at 88.506010, and COWS and heifers

sold at $435608, butcher stock partici—

pating in the1 decline noted in steers.

OCcasIOiially a heifer sold above $8, and

there was a sale of 16 prime 732—11). heif-

ers at $9.50, the highest sale of the year.

Cutters sold at 835060430. canners at

82.356134?) and bulls at $3.7560725, VVest—

cm range cattle were received much

more liberally than a week earlier, but

less freely than a year ago, and their

quality was not so good as during the

previous week. They averaged 25®35c

lower. steers going at 86.506088?) and

cows and heifers at $4.606D7.50. The de—

mand for stockers and feeders was im—

proved, and good lots were largely 250

higher under limited offerings, stockers

selling at $4.2560650. feeders at $5.756?

7.50 and feeder heiftrs at 546561.525.

Calves were active and higher, selling at

846710.25 per 100 lbs., and milkers and

springers had a good sale at 84060110 per

head.



Hogs have remained in a firm position

on the whole, for still another week,

with the inevitable reactions after ad-

vances, fluctuations being within narrow

limits. There appears to be no danger

that the markets will receive too many

hogs for sometime ahead, for the require-

ment‘s of the fresh pork trade are greatly

increased by the decreased consumption

of beef throughout the country because

of its unusual dearness. Furthermore.

there is a large dem nd for lard and

cured pork, bacon and ams on domestic





lward





 





.AUG. 31, 1912.





and export account. The extreme range

of prices for hogs continues extremely

wide, as is usual at this season, when

grass hogs‘and rough, heavy sows on the

packing order comprise so liberal a per-

centage of the offerings. The demand

for prime light hogs that average around

180 to 200 lbs. for the requirements of

the eastern packing trade is still a big

iactor, these offerings topping the mar-

ket. with late-sales at the highest prices

recorded since October, 1910. Speculators

have operated freely and contributed

greatly to the strength in the market.

The week closed with hogs selling at

$8.85 for the best, the highest price yet

attained. Receipts for the week were

much smaller than a year ago.





Sheep and lambs were traded in last

week extensively, prices fluctuating much

more than usual, prime lambs selling up

to $7 30 on Wednesday and aftcrwards

weakening under smaller buying orders.

There was free marketing of range lambs

from Idaho, and range wethers and year-

lings arrived in very fair numbers from

Montana. Native lambs, too, showed up

freely, and native ewes sold to a fair ex-

tent, but supplies of Louisville- lambs con—

signed direct to packers were much re-

duced. The poorer lambs sold at $5 and

uyward, with late sales of the best range





lambs around 87.15611730. Yearlings

brought 5450611555, wethers $3.606n4.35.





ewes. $2@4, and bucks $250603. Feeders

were good buyers at stiff prices, the of—

ferings from the ranges being inadequate

and lambs brought $6.35606.50, yearlings

$4 356114.85 and wethers 533.6061‘425. Breed-

ing ewes Wcre active at $461153. The mar-





-ket was mainly supplied with flocks from





the ranges. and fat lambs were much

the most active at a liberal premium ov-

er everything else. Prices for Sheep and

lambs were much higher than a year

ago.



Horses were

days last week,





in good demand on some

there being a fair num-

ber of eastern deztlcrs present, and they

took hold wcll whenever good business

horses were offered in fair numbers. The

demand centered in horses good enough

to bring from $200611300 pei head, with

the class quoted at 3910061190 not espec-

ially animated. Desirable wagon horses

were in excellent-demand at #200611285,

and a limited inquiry prevailed for the

class offered at 160 and upward. Infe-

rior animals were quoted as low as $75.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





Every year there is more or less hog

cholera in parts of the corn bclt states,

and some years ravages of the malady

are extremely severe, resulting in mate-

rially lowering the supply of matured

hogs, for at such periods thousands of

farmers hurry their pigs to market in

fear that sickness in their neighborhood

will extent to their holdings while the

moment sickness attacks any pigs own—

ers waste no time in selling everything

they possess in the swine line. Last year

Ohio, lndiana and Illinois were ravaged

by swine plague, with disastrous rcsiilts,‘

and this year the disease has been

spreading westward, but it has not pro-

vailed anything like as much as it did in

1911. It has broken out in lowa at dif-

ferent points in recent weeks, forcing

many sick pigs on the Chicago market

from infected districts, while St. Louis

has been "receiving lots of sick pigs from

Missouri. A wide prevalence of the

plague this season would be extremely

disastrous, for pork is the poor man's

meat these timcs, particularly so when

beef is reaching prices that are prohibit-

cry to thousands of families that in for—

mer years were regular beef eaters. The

spring pig crop of the country has been

estimated as from 25 to 30 pcr cent short

of that of 1911, and lzad it been equal to

last year, it would not have been in the

least excessive. Receipts of pigs at the

stock yards of the country are always

looked upon as an infallible barometer

of the state of health of the pig crop of

the country.



Hogs have soared still higher recently

under the influence of an extraordinarily

large demand from packers and butch-

ers, and in the Chicago market speculat-

(irs have taken a free hand of late, mak-

ing good-sized purchases and afterward

sorting out the hogs. For a coiisiderz‘tble

time the exceptionally high prices real~

izs-d for hogs two years ago have been

looked backward to as unlikcly to be

duplicated for years. but recent sales

have been made nearly as high, and hogs

in the Chicago market have been selling

at the best figures recorded since No-

vember, 1910. The light hog-droves av-

craging in weight considerably under 200

pounds—sare market toppers still, and

there is the biggest kind of a spread in

prices betwecn these and rough, extra.

heavy old packing sows. .



The stockmen who have been making

money on the cattle selling in the 3m-

cago market all the way up to $1061‘10.60

per 100 lbs. are men who stay in the

business year after year, no matter how

1he outlook may be. These men figure

that good years overbalance the bad

ones “C Bragg, of Illinois, who has

been topping the Chicago market with as

fine heavy beeves as were ever seen any-

where, says he has lost money on only

three crops of fat cattle in a continuous

series of 35 seasons.



Grass cattle have been moving market-

from the vast region of country

west of the Missouri river from Okla—

homa to Montana, and their good aver;

age grading reflects the g00d pasturage.

It is expected that fairly good shipments

of desirable grass-fed range cattle W111

show up in the Chicago and other west-

ern markets during September, October

and November. After then look out for

a renewed scarcity of beef cattle and

rallies in prices for medium grade cattle,

as well as‘in other kinds.



The extremely high prices current in

the Chicago market for fat beer cattle

are drawing fair supplies from the Can-

adian ranges .notwithstanding the im-

port duty of 27% per cent ad valorem.
AUG. 81,1912. " ,





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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday's *Market.

. August 29. 1912.

Cattle.



Receipts, 1,822. Canners and bulls ac-

tive and trifle higher; other grades IUc

lower than last week.



We quote: Extra dry-fed steers (quot-

able), $8@8.50; steers and heifers. 1,000

to 1,200, $6.25@7.50; do, 800 to 1,000, $5@

6.25; grass steers and heifers that are

fat, 800 to 1,000, $511625; do. 500 to 700,

$4@5; choice fat cows, $4.75@5.25; good

do, $4@4.75; common cows, $3.50@3.75;

canners, $2.50@3.25; choice heavy bulls,

$4.50@4.75; fair to good bolognas, bulls.

$3.75@4.25; stock bulls, $3.50@4; choice

feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, $5@5.75; fair

do., 800 to 1,000, $4.50@5; choice stockers

500 to 700, $4.50@5; fair stockers, 500 10





700, $3.50@4.25; stock heifers, $3.75@4.25;

milkers, large, young, medium age, $40

@553; common milkers, $256,035.



Spicer & R. sold Bresnahan 1 bull





weighing 1,110 at $4.50, 3 do av 607 at

$3.60, 1 cow weighing 660 at $3.50, 4 do

av 1,007 at $3.75, 9 butchers av 621 at

$4.35; to M )rgan 1 stocker weighing 560

at $4.35; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 bulls av

890 at $4.25, 7 hclfers av 707 at $5.25,; to

Gerisch 2 steers av 810 at $6 10; to Aus-

tin 8 stockers av 520 at $4.60; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 10 cows av 1,144 at $4.60;

to Bresnahar. 4 cows av 860 at $3.75, 1

do weighing 1,080 at $4; to Parker, W. &

Co. 2 bulls av 835 at $4.25, 1 stecl‘ weigh-

ing 870 at $3, 2 do av 700 at $4. 3 do av

1,083 at $4.50; to Goose 2 heifers av 385

at $3.75; to Kamman B. Co. 30 butchers

av 832 at $5.25; to Rattkowsky 6 cows

av 940 at $4.25, 8 butchers av 425 at

$3.75; to Show 2 stockers av 685 at $3;

to ltattkowsky 2 cows av 970 at $4.25; to

Kull 5 butchers av 636 at $4.25, 1 cow

weighing 900 at $5.25, 1 steer weighing

1.270 at $5.75; 1 do weighing 870 at $6, 2

cows av 1,000 at $5; 'to Rattkowsky 2

cows- av 975 at $4.25; to Schlischer 3

butchers av 473 at $3.60, 6 do av 575 at

$4.25.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Goose 11 butch-

ers av 380 at $3.75; 10 Sullivan P. Co. 11

do av 605 at $4.20, 4 do av 757 at $5.25.

2 cows av 930 at $4.50, 4 butchers av 612

at $3.25, 1 cow weighing 1.050 at $4.50:

to Bresnahan 3 do av 880 at $3.50, 4

heifers av 025 at $4.50, 2 cows av 875 at





$3.50, 3 do av 907 at $3.50, 2 do av 870

at $3.50, 1 do weighing 1,010 at $3.75, 1.4





stockers av 486 at $4; to Greene 3 do av

563 at $4.75; to Gerisch 8 steers av 820

‘at $5.75; to Parker, 1V. & Co. 2 bulls av

895 at $4.25, 5 butchers av 900 at $4.25,

10 steers av 1,178 at $7.25; to Fry 8 do

av 690 at $5, 2 d0 av 680 at $4; to Goose

11 butchers av 463 at $3.75; to Greene

3 stockers av 666 at $5, 2 do av 730 at

$5; to Applcbaum 6 butchers av 691 at

$4.15; to Parker, 1V. & Co. 2 cows av 995

at $4.50, 2 do av 800 at $3.25, 3 do av

990 at $4, 3 do av 1,126 at $4.25, 9 steers

av 691 at $5, 3 cows av 933 at $4.25, 3

any. av 970 at $4.40, 2 steers av 835 at

$5.50; to Regan 19 butchers av 490 at $4;

to Fromm 5 steers av 864 at $6.15; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 2 bulls av 1.325 at

$4.75; 'to Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows av 970

at $5.10, 1 do weighing 1,370 at $6. 2 do

av 925 at $4.75, 2 do av 970 at $3.40.



Roe Com. Co. sold Parker, W. & Co. 3

bulls av 1,020 at $4.50; to Bresnahan 1

cow weighing 1,000 at $3.50; to Eerisch

9 steers ax 960 at $6.40; to Sullivan P.

Co. 2 cows av 910 at $3 50, 10 butchers

av 087 at $4.60.; to Mich. B. Co. 13 d0

av 881 at $5 25, 1 bull weighing 1,300 at.

$5, 2 steers av 1,190 at $7.25; to Bray

14 cows av 822 at $3.50. 17 stockers av

574 at $4.25; to Newton B. Co. 3 cows av

800 at $3.25, 2 bulls av 980 at $4.25; to

Austin 3 stockers av 440 at $4.





Haley & M. sold Fry 10 butchers av

685 at $4.60; to Rattkowsky 7 do av 490

at $4.15, 1 cow weighing 870 at $3.50, 3

do av 960 at $4-50; to Hammond, S. &

Co, 1 steer weighing 780 at $6. 1 do





weighing 840 at $6.25, 2 cows av 1,050 at





$4.50; to Applobaum 6 butchers av 515

at $4.10; to Kamman 6 do av 743 at

$5.25; to Miller 3 feeders av 740 at $5;





to Newton B. Co. 9 butchers av 809 at

$4.90: to Schlischcr 12 do av 620 at $4.75;

to Breitenbeck 27 do av 795 at $5 50, 1

cow weighing 800 at $4.25; to Goose 6

butchers av 395 at $4; to Kamman 3 do

av 837 at $4, 2 do av 560 at $4.50: to Sul-

livan P. CO. 4 cows av 990 at $4.75, 1 do

weighing 780 at $3.75, 2 heifers av 630 at

$4.15; to Parker 1 bull weighing 1,320 at

$4.75, 1 do weighing 870 at $4.25; to Bray

’l stocker weighing 620 at $4.75, 3 cows av

1.047 at $3.25 3 stockers av 623 at $3.75,

5 feeders av 734 at $5; to Miller 8 stock-

ers av 647 at $5, 5 feeders av 736 at $5;

to Newton B. CO. 1 bull weighing 1,270

at $4 50, 5 canners av 906 at $3.25: to

Hammond, S. & Co. 2 bulls av 1,220 at

$4.50, 1 do weighing 1,440 at $4.85; to Sul-

livan P. Co, 18 steers av 892 at $5.50; to

Lachalt 5 butchers av 736 at $4.85, 5

heifer weighing 620 at $4.25; to Miller 10

stockers av 677 at $5; to Kamman 12

butchers av 732 at $4.75, 10 do av 535 at

$4.25; to Alanzo 7 stockers av 480 at

4.40.





S

Johnson sold Morgan 17 stockers av



581 at $4.75.



Weeks sold Parker. W. &‘ Co. 5 bulls

av 1,072 at $4.60.



JOhnSOn sold Hill 12 Stockers av 676

at $3.70, 3 do av 440 at $3.50.

Weeks sold Heinrich 32 steersav 870

at $6.





 





. 'TH‘E ' MlCHlC-AN FARMER;





Veal Calves.

Receipts,»500. Market strong at' last

Week's prices.





Best, $10@11; others,

$4.50@ 9.50.





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

3 av 170 at $10.50. 11 av 175 at $9.75, 14

av 250 at $8, 8 av 150 at $9.50. 1 weigh-

ing 160 at $10, 2 av 150 at $9.25, 5 av 225

at- $6. 3 av 315 at $7, 2 av 145 at $11; to

Hammond, S. & C0. 2 av 160 at $8,» 5 av

165 at $11, 3 av 150 at $10, 2 av 175 at $6,

4 av 155 at $7, 7 av 165 at $10, 3 av 180

at $7.25, 3 av 155 at $9, 2 av 145 at $10,

5 av 150 at $11: to Goose 2 av 125 at

$8.50; to J Goose 11 av 190 at $5.50; 1.0

Mich. B. Co. 6 av 215 at $7, 9 av 150 at

$9.50; to Nagle P. Co. 4 av 145 at $8.50,

6 av 155 at $10, 3 av 200 at $6.50, I weigh—

ing 140 at $10.50; to Hammond, S. & Co.

7 av 145 at $10.50, 1 weighing 120 at $10,

2 av 140 at $10.50.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 5 av

150 at $10.25; to Rattkowsky 2 av 250 at

$8 50. 1 weighing 290 at $5; to Parker, \V.

& Co. 1 weighing 120 at $8.50; to Mich.

B. Co. 9 av 160 at $9.50. 3 av 165 at $9.

1 weighing 140 at $10.50, 2 av 170 at

$10.50, 1 weighing 110 at $8.



Mich. B. Co. sold Roe- Com. Co. 6 av

.130 at 810.



Adams sold Parker, W. & Co.

185 at $10.50.



Sheep and Lambs.

Market steady at last





7av





Receipts, (4,741.

week’s prices. Best lambs, $6.50@6.75;

fair ,to good lambs, $5.75@6.25; light to

cunmon lambs, $4@5.50: yearlings, $4.75

€05.25; fair to goorl sheep, $3@3.50; culls

and common, $1.75@J2.75.





Roe Com. Co. sold Barlage _6 sheep av

95 at $3, 40 lambs av 60 at $6, 12 do av

75 at $6.50, 15 sheep av 110 at $3.25.



Haley & M. sold Breitenbeck 10 sheep





av 123 at $3, 56 lambs av 63 at $6; to

Sullivan P. Co. 24 do av 73 at $6.50, 6

sheep av 115 at $3.50, 9 do av 115 at





$3.50. 5 yearlings av 80 at $4.50, 22 lambs

av 75 at $6.50, 50 dz) av 63 at $6.25; to

Mich. B. Co. 58 sheep av 110 at $3.25,

107 lambs av 65 at $6.50, 182 do av 70

at $6.40, 14 sheep av 115 at $4, 12 do av

:15 at $3.25; to Newton B. Co. 13 lambs

av 55 at $5.50, 62 do av 75 at $6.75, 15

do av 77 at $6.50; to Hayes 22 do av 62

at $6.50; to Pratosky 58 sheep av 85 at

$3.25.



Spiccr &, R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 43

lambs av 63 at $5.50; to Newton B. Co.

25 yoarlings :lv 70 at $5. 53 lambs av 65

at $6.75; to Mich. B. Co. 36 sheep av

90 a $3.10, 9 do av 83 at $3; to Sullivan

1'. Co. 22 lambs av 47 at $5, 6 sheep av

95 at $3.40; to Mich. B. Co. 70 lambs av

65 at $6.40. 45 do av 55 at $5.50.



“‘eeks sold Newton B. Co. 39 lambs av

70 at $6, 19 sheep av 115 at $3.50, 20

yearlings av 75 at 85.





Campbell & W. sold same 10 sheep av

99 at $3.50.

Adams sold Sullivan P. Co. 29 lambs





av 50 at $5.25.



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

16 lambs av 75 at $4.25; to Sullivan P. Co.

7 (‘In av 80 at $7, 33 do av 70 at $6.65, 6

sheep av 110 at $3.50, 21 lambs av 52 at

$5.25, 7 do av 45 at $4.50; to Hammond,

S. & Co. 19 do av 60 at $6.25, .62 do av 75

at $6.75, 38 .10 av 70 at $6.50, 13 sheep

av 110 at $3.25: to Thompson Bros. 22

lambs av 60 at $6.50, 23 do av 80 at $5.25,

18 sheep av 125 at $3.50; to Nagle P. Co.

35 lambs av 65 at $6.60, 45 do av 70 at

$6.25, 1 buck weighing 150 at $3.50, 8

sheep av 125 at $3.50. 6 do av 90 at $3, 9

do av 120 at $3 50; to Hayes 20 lambs av

50 at $3.75, 12 do av 62 at $4.75; to

Thompson Bros. 15 yearlings av 75 at

$5, 17 sheep av 95 at $3.50: to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 54 ‘ambs av 75 at $6.75, 49 do av

60 at $623, 18 sheep av 105 at $3.50, 13

do av 110 at $3.25, 21 do av 80 at $3.25,

10 lambs av 75 at $6.75; to Sullivan P.

CO. 17 (10 av 80 at $6.75, 31 Sheep av 65

at $1.50; to Thompson Bros. 25 lambs av

60 at $6; to Harland 54 do av 60 at $6.25;

in Young 17 do av 70 at $4.50.



Lamb market closcd very dull and 250

10“ er than the opening prices.



Hogs.

Receipts, 2.268. Market 25(130c higher

than last week.



Range of prices: Light to good butch—

crs. $870618 80; pigs, 5137.7561825: light

yorkcrs, 558.6561 8.75; stags mic—third off.



Bishop, B. 8.: H. sold Hammond, S. &

Co. 150 av 200 at $8.90, 210 av 190 at

38.85, 400 av 180 at $8.80, 320 av 160 at

$8.75, 210 av 140 at $8.50. 207 av 160 at

$8.60.



Haley & M. sold Parker, 11'. & Co. 70

av 190 at $8.85, 90 av 180 at $8.80, 140 av

160 at $8.73.



Spicer & R. sold same- 156 av 175

$8.40, 50 av 190 at $8.75.





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LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





Dissolution of the National Packing

Company indirectly had the effect of im—

parting to the Chicago horse market a.

temporary activity. The Hammond Pack—

ing Company and the Anglo—American

Provision Company auctioned off 64 head

of horses and mules. and opening sales

were made at $45051600 per head, bul‘

late sales were not so good. and the av-

erage prices realized for horses and mules

was $208 per head. Armour and Swift

were the principal buyers, closely follow-

ed by the Independent Packing Company

and Libby, McNeil & Libby.



The ruling high prices have been draw-

ing great numbers of begs to western

and eastern markets prematurely for

some time past, until now there is a

shortage of matured swine, while a

greatly increased eastern shipping de—

mand in the Chicago market has resulted

in a remarkable boom that carried prices

to unexpected heights. Of course. such

booms: in a short space of time. such as

that of the recent week, when hogs shot

up as much as 60c per 100 lbs. for the

best grade of light shipping hogs in the

Chicago market. are followed by in-

creased runs temporarily and reactions

in values, but the owners of thrifty hogs

need have no fear as to the future, for

hogs are the very best of property and

are sure to sell high for months to come.





autumn,





The scarcity of beef insures a good de-

mand for fresh pork and cured hog pro—

ducts, and it will pay farmers well to

convert their corn into hogs. It has been

estimated by good judges that disease

killed off fully a million hogs during last

and the shortage in western

packing operations for the present sum-

mer season is known to every farmer

and stockman. NC big runs of hogs con-

tinu0usly are expected at Chicago before

along in November, the old crop of hogs

having been closely marketed.





A firm located at the Chicago stock

yards that handles sheep and lambs ex—

clusively advises its country patrons as

follows: “We advise our friends in the

feeding belt to go on the markets and

buy the fat sheep at present prices, take

them out and put them on grass, as they

are cheaper than anything else they can

buy. Fat ones are cheaper than the thin

ones, as you cannot put the fat on as

cheaply as you can buy it. We hope our

friends who can handle some sheep will

not overlook this fact, as wethers posl~

tively cannot sell so much out of line

with other products very long. We be-

lieve that everyone that goes to the

country will make money. There never

was a time when sheep were selling so

much out of line with other meats, and

ww are unable to explain why. Wethcrs

should be selling 101‘ $5.50 per 100 lbs.

here to be in line with beef, pork and

lamb. Breeding ewes are very scarce,

and choice young ewes are almost im-

possible to get.”



t. W. Brow}, of the Galloway Breed-

ers’ Associatjon. says; “There is more

or less trouble in getting pure-bred cat-

tle to fill up association sales this fall.

The reason is that breeders who have

stock to cull out are doing so on the

market at these war-time prices, and the

promising cattle 'of breeding value they

want to hold onto themselves."



Advices received from Peoria. 111., say

there are lots of young hogs left in that

part of the country and a bumper corn

crop can be put to good uses in fattening

hogs Similar reports come from differ-

ent parts of Missouri.





 





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





Livingston 00., Aug. 26.—The weather

seems to be one shower after another and

it has been almost impossible to get the

cats in fit condition to draw. Oats that

have been threshed arc yielding well and

they are plump and heavy. Corn is mak-

ing a good growth but a large percentage

of it will not get ripe, owing to the poor

start that i. got earlier in the season.

Wheat is a very poor yield and the qual-

ity is very inferior. It will be difficult

to get seed of good quality to sow this

full. Rye is yielding well and, of fair

quality. Not much plowing done yet ow-

ing to the fact that farmers have been

unable to get their oats off the ground.

A large acreage has been left for clover

soed but unless we get different weather

it will probably not fill well.



Washtenaw 00., Aug. 23.~—One of the

most strenuous oat harvest that farmers

have had in years is drawing to a close.

Outs have, been wet continuously for the

last three weeks and are very consider-

ably damaged in straw and grain. Oats

that have been threshed are turning out





fairly we! . Corn is also making good

growth a nd v.‘ i t h a In t e and warm fall

will make ncarly an average crop. A





large amount of stubble plowing done for

so early in the year. A large acreage of

fall grain will be sown, the moisture in

the ground making especially favorable

cznditions. Hogs making a high price

l't‘cord, $8 per cwt. being now offered on

foot. Good beef steers worth $6.50fi7.

Unfortunately farmers in this vicinity

have Very few of either. No doubt cheap-

cr fecnls will encourage greater produc-

tion in both lines.



Ogemaw Co., Aug. 20,—V‘Veather has

been rainy two weeks, causing some grain

to thV badly in the shock, but as a

lule wheat and oats are pretty well tak-

en cure of and threshing is in full blast.

mats :m- turning out much better than

was expected a few weeks ago and arc.

of gtllnl quality. Prices on hay arc up in

the air and buyers are not contracting

for future delivery. Potatoes look fine





and beans will be a good crop if the frost

holds off for a few VVUekS. Eggs are not

plenliflll, stores paying 180; butter, 18c,

with cream around 230.



S. E. Mecosta Co.—I‘asiures are fine,





best in yours. I-lay made a good growth

but owing,r to poor sccding in past years,

not as much of it as common, also much

of it got wet in curing, some spoiled en—

tirely. Oats a fair crop, would have

been better but for smut. which has causu

el a loss of 25 per cent in some cases.

Corn is very backward, some not caring

at u'l. Very litile'likely to mature good.

“heat acreage small. less than half a

crop, quality poor, and some grown. Ear-

1y potatoes good; late potatoes and beans

not very good. Stock of all kinds pretty

well sold out of the county. Berries have

hem a fair crop. A few cherries and

puns. A fair crop of apples. Butter,

20c: eggs, 20c; potatoes dropped from

$1 to 750.



Branch Co.——Threshing progresses very

slowly, weather wet and many oats still

in shock. Wheat very poor, much was

plowed up more did not yield enough to

yay for the seed sown, very few good

fields. Oats a big crop. yields of 50, 60,

70 and even 100 bushels per acre being

reported. Outs SOWn as late as May 20

yielded a good crop. Hay a fair crop

but much of it very weedy and the

acreage was light. Corn generally late

and uneven. Poor seed and wet, cold

weather have kept it back. A late, hot

fall would result in some good fields but

average is low. Second crop of clover

growing finely, too wet for it to fill well.

Wheat. $1; oats, 28c.



Sanilac Co.. Aug. 23.——It has been al-

most impossible to get anything done in

the line of harvesting on account of so

much wet weather. Some farmers just l





(23) 171 ,

finished haying. Not so very heavy rain-

falls but no drying weather. Oats and

barley haVe been cut and in 'the shock

for more than two weeks and are- badly

damaged. inside, very few are stacked or

in the barn at this date. Beans have

made a rapid growth but have made no

progress toward ripening. Nothing less

than 30 days of dry, sultry weather with-

out frost will make any beans this sea.-

son. Great weather for preparing fall

wheat ground. Corn 3. good crop; culti—

vating finished. Late potatoes doing

well. Price of new bay has started at

$10 per ton. Clover not well filled. Al)—

ples are plentiful; no market for them

yet. Berries, red, $3.25; black, $3.50, de-

livered.

Ohio.





Carroll 00., Aug. 20.—We have had

plenty of rain lately. Most farmers are

done harvesting. Threshing is begun

now. Oats turning out fairly, but rye

and wheat were poor crops. Most of the

corn is late but looks good. Timothy

seed is cheaper than for some time.

Prices are from $2.50 to $3; wheat, $1.10

per bu; corn, $1; rye, $1; oats, 55c.





SEED WHEAT.





“Pride of Turkey” hard winter wheat,

exempt from Hessian fly, yields 30 to 40

bushels per acre. “Harvest Queen” soft

Winter, early, stiff straw, yielded 35

bushels per acre this year. Ask your

local dealer for samples and prices.



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NeshvnlIe, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway

is rich in natural resources, and its climatic con-

ditions and'the fertility of its soilsofl‘cr unexcelled

opportunities. for the profitable production of

grams. grasses. live stock and truck crops. Fertile and al.-

tractlve farm lands may be had at very low prices.

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Michigan ‘40”





Completely

Equipped





 





 





. Extra effective brakes—16x2V inches





 





Some Features





Four-forward-speed transmission

Oversize tires—35x06



Electric lights and dynamo ,

Center cont'rol—left-side drive

Motor 4%x5% inches





Big. comfortable springs



Large over- capac1ty, g1v1ng big factors

of safet ty



Pressed steel. full floating rear axle



Wheel base 118 inches



Firestonedemountablerims—extrarim



Adjustable pedals



Adjustable steering post



14- inch cushions



Hand- buffed leather upholstering.

filled with best curled hair



50-inch rear seat—inside



Nickel mountings



Genuine cellular type radiator



Electric horn



$50 Jones speedometer—four- -inch dial



Best mohair top.s side curtains and

envelop e



Windshield built in



Foot rail— robe rail



Complete tool equipment—tool chests

under running board



Axles sufficient in strength for 80-

horsepower car.





 





 





 





 





The Fight of the F ortles

A War That Is Bringing Out Cars and Values Unmatchable





The greatest contest ever known in Motor-

dom is raging now among the 40-hors‘epower

cars. There are 72 makers, each doing his ut-





most to outdo the others.





Six of these cars,





Prices Cut in Two





This war comes about because

the demand is now turning to

“Forties.” in an overwhelming

way. Men are finding out that



uForty” alone combines

economy with sufficient room

and power. '



So 72 makers have entered this

field. Hundreds of the ablest

engineers are working now on

”Forties.” And this rivalry is

bringing out the best cars ever

built. Also the greatest values.





 





Since this war began some

makers’ prices have been cut in

two. “Forties” are selling, with





splendid equipment, for what

stripped”Thirties”sold for when

this war began.



For this fight will hinge on

price. Better cars can’t be built

than the best of the “Forties.”

Better equipment is out of the

question. There are six or

seven cars in the uForty” field

which'no man can claim to excel.

The best brains in the industry

have built them.



So the main question is: Who



an give most for the money!

The result is such values as never

before were offered in automo-

biles.





The Michigan ’3 Offer





After four years of prepara-

tion the Michigan ”40” now

takes the lead in this fight. Year

after year the best men we know

have worked at perfecting this

car. Since the start they have

worked out 300 improvements.





They have sent out in test

cities 5,000 cars, and watched

each car’s performance. Now

they all agree that nowhere, at

any price, is there a better car

built than the Michigan.





W. H. Cameron is designer-

in-chief. For years he was

chief engineer for the Willys—

Overland Co. John A.

Campbell is our body designer.

His body designs have been

used by kings.



Each part and detail is in

charge of an expert—the ablest

man we know for the purpose.

And the car they have built is

perhaps the finest example of

modern motor car engineering.





Note the Rare Features





To this perfect car we have

added all the late features, some

of them rare and very expensive.





For instance, the four-speed-

forward transmission, as used

today in the best European cars.





backed by millions of money, are in a fierce race



for supremacy. The Michigan “40” is one.

This means cut priCes on wonderful cars,



and you should be careful to get the advantage.





None but the highest-priced

cars in this country yet have

over three.



The electric lights and dyna-

mo—a feature which costs you

$125 when offered by others as

an extra. Oversize tires—35x

4%. Those tires, as an extra,

would cost you $50 more than

the tires on most ”Forty” cars.



The cushions are 14 inches

deep. The rear seat is 50 inches





wide inside. The springs are

extra wide and long. The brakes

are extra strong. The axles are

twice sufficient.



There is center control and

left-side drive, like the best of

next year’s models. The uphol-

stering is hand-buffed leather,

filled with the best curled hair.

The body finish calls for 22

coats of paint.





All This for $1,585





This. splendid car, with all

these rare features, this unusual

and costly equipment, is offered

for $1,585. We defy any maker

to meet it.





It now remains for you to

make your comparisons. Com-

pare every feature, one car with

another. Find out in this way





[who gives most for the money.





Compare only cars built by

able men—men of great reputa-

tion. Those cars are bound to

be right. Then measure up

what each car gives as com-

pared with the Michigan ”40.”





We have made these compari-

sons~made them with each of

the 72 cars which compete with

us. We have found, as you will,

that no other offer in the uForty”

class begins to compare with the

Michigan.



The Michigan “40” is simply

bound to win out with any man





who makes any sort of compari-

son. It is due to yourself that

you make it.





Get Our Book





The way to begin is to write

for our catalog—a very remark-

able book. Compare the speci-

fications—compare the equip-

ment-with any rival in this

class. Compare the fame of the

engineers.



Then see the car and test it.

Our dealer in your town is now

ready to show it. And the car

will be a revelation.



Mail this coupon now.





 





Michigan Motor Car Co.

Kalamazoo, Mich.





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Michigan Motor Car Company, Kalamazoo, Mich.





Owned by the owners of the Michigan Buggy Company—for 30 years builders of

Michigan vehicles; over 500,000 of them. Everybody knows them.





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