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FILLING THE SILO.





Silo filling at Lillie Farmstead has

been an annual job for so many years

that we make no more preparation for it

than we do for threshing or any other

annual task. Years ago silo filling

caused more excitement than it does at

the preSent time. Of course, with this

job as with any other, ample prepara-

tions should be made. It wouldn’t be a

good plan to how: the threshers come and

not have the granary cleaned out, the

bin boards started, and everything in

readiness. Neither would it be the prop—

cr thing to have the ensilage cutter come

and not have the silo in fit shape nor

have any corn out ahead. Preparations

must be made for silo filling just the

same as for any other job if you want

to have the work done economically. But

after several years one gets to know

exactly what is wanted. and all the re-

quired equipment is at hand so little

thought and time are needed to get

ready. If the silos are cement silos, (.1'

it it is a cement lined silo, it should have

been cleaned of all particles of ensiliigc

that adhered ‘to the walls from the pre—

vious filling and it is a good plan to

wash the walls with eeinelnt water.



One of the most business—like proposi—

tions in silo filling is to get a good ina—

cliir.e, one with plenty of capacity, and

strong, “'llh plenty of power to di'iVe it.

It has to do exceedingly heavy work si

you want a machine large enough to

take- bundles made by the ordinary corn

harvester without any trouble. Place

the bundles, butt to top, cut the bands,

and let them go through. A small ma—

chine is an expensive thing.





'l'h‘n we want to get good men. We

will have to be governcd by circumstances

of worse. it is heavy work and hard





wink to lift green corn and handle it all

day. You want good men and plenty of

them.



The. corn harvester should be started

half a day before the. ensilage cutter

comes. You want a sufficient amount of

corn cut so that you can load handily.

You can't work economically if you have

to follow the corn harvester too closely.

There should be a sufficient amount of

corn cut so that you do not have to drive

any farther than necessary to get a load.

tin the other hand, there should not be

too much corn cut ahead because. should

it rain and the corn lays on the ground

for any considerable length of time it is

liable to gather dampness from the soil

and get inouldy or musty. This injures

its quality materially.



Amount of Help Necessary.



Ii‘ the corn is heavy it will need three

to tour men in the field to load the corn.

It the corn is close by the burn you can

handle it with two teams but if it is i0

rods from the burn you want three

teams, if it is farther than that you will

Iit‘t‘tl four teams to get it to the ensilzigc

cutter and keep the machine going. Then

there will be an extra man to help nun

load at the cnsiliige cutter, besides the.

tcziiiister. and tJllt‘ good man in the silo.

making in all nine men besides the men

who come. with the machine.



I used to think that I would get low

down trucks for handling eiisilage corn

but that was before the days of the corn

harvester. Now when we have, a corn

harvester to bind the corn up in bundles

I don't care anything about the low

trucks. in fact, I don‘t. think they are

any advantage, and for this reason:

\\’Iieii you come, to unload this corn at

the ens-ilage cutter only two men can

\‘I'tirk, there isn’t room for any more.

Now they can work easier and get more

corn to the ensilage cutter from an ordi—

nary wagon than they can from a low

wagon because there they would have to

lift it up. (int in the field, on the other

hand, you have room for men enough to

load onto the ordinary wagon. The

amount of corn that you can put into the

silo in a day really depends upon the

man who unloads, because there is no

chance for anyone to help them, they

must do this work. You want to make it

as easy as you possibly can, and you can

make it easy by having an ordinary wac-

on which is as high as the ensilage cut-

ter so that they don‘t have to lift the

corn uphill at .all, it simply goes down

hill. .



Men can handle the bundles of corn

with short. handled forks easier and bet-

ter than they can handle it by hand. It

is hard on the hands to grip the bundles.

If the bundles me quite large many times

it pays to have LWO men to a bundle and

they can throw it on quite readily, but

a good stout man can handle a bundle of

corn if he has a short handled fork.



The man in the silo simply handlu th?





THE MICHIGAN FARIMER.





distributor. He carries it around the

outer edge and through the center to

evenly distribute the ensilage, keeps It.

tramped and level. That is about all

that he can do. The better man you can

get in here, the more tramping he does

and, of course, the more ensilage you can

get into your silo.

Cost of Filling.



The cost of filling will range from 35



to 50 cents per ton. It will require the





four men in the field, you could get along,





with three, and three teams with team—

sters. In many instances you can get

along with two rigs. You can get the

men for $1.75 a day, or $10.50 per day for

the six men. The teams ought not to

exceed three dollars per day with the

teamsters, making $9.00. You can get

an ensilage cutter, a good equipment, for

$1.25 an hour, or $12.50 per day, and the

cost of cutting the. corn ought not to ex-

ceed $8.00. You ought to grow from 80

to 100_tons of ensilage corn on eight

acres of ground, and this can be cut in

a day. Now this will make a total ex—

pense of running of $40 per day and any

good gang under ordinary favorable con-

ditions could put in from 80 to 100 tons

of corn silage into the silo in one day.

You may say that this is figuring theo-

retically, that it ought to be done but in

practice it never is done, but this is not

so. I have figured the cost of filling en-

silage, kept actual track of the number

of hours of work and the actual cost of

filling ensilage time and again and nev~

t'l' did i have it exceed 50 cents per ton

in filling the silo. Under very favorable

conditions you can do it for less than

that. Of course, if you have a break

down or if you have a. rain it. makes it

more expensive, but even then I do not

think the cost of filling ought to exceed

:70 cents.



Many questions are. asked usually about

taking care of the silage after the silo

is tilled. This is a simple matter. The

next morning after through filling the

silo go up into the silo and level it off,

liamp it down good. if you will do this

for three successive mornings you will

have very little spoiled silage on top. If

you will wet it good after you tramp it

you will have less spoiled. There isn’t

much made in trying to raise some green

crop to put on top of the. silo or running

chaff up there or marsh hay. You can

raise corn just about as cheap as you

can raise anything on the farm, and only

from three to six inches of this will spoil

on top if it is properly tramped a few

mornings after the silois filled.





 





PUTTING UP E’NSILAGE.



In cutting corn for the silo the

matter cf maturity is very important for

no corn will give the best results in the.

silo when placed there before it has

reached that stage. (jreen corn, or that

which is immature, will invariably make

unsatisfactory silage and right here has

“"9” the. mistake of many farmers in

their first experience with a silo. They

have used corn for filling that was not in

the right condition before it had fairly

matured and the kernels had not become

glazed and well dtnted, and consequently

lllt'll‘ silage has come out sour, as they

term it. Do not cut until the kernels

have dented and it is about ready for the

shock.



Being thoroughly prepared for any line

of farm work is of paramount importance.

In no work is this more true than in

filling the silo. I find that on my own

farm I can cut an acre of corn yielding

12 to 15 ions and put it in the silo for

$7.00, or about 50 cents per ton. The

same acre of corn would have 100 bush—

els of ears that would cost me $6.00 for

liusking, With the cost of cutting, shock—

ing, shredding and grinding, all costing

me double what it does to put the same

crop into the silo. It is usually estimated

that it costs 70 cents to $1 per ton to

put corn in the silo. but I know that my—

self and neighbors put. it in for 50 to 60

cents per ton. In what other way can

you handle a crop of corn so cheaply and

have it ready 'to feed, not only prepared

for feeding but right where you want it.

i have filled siloe when the cost was

$1.25 per ton in labor and I have filled

them when it was below 50 cents per lion.

“'hy the variation? Lack of preparation,

lack of knowledge in getting ready; lack

of knowledge in selecting a good machine

to cut up the cornstalks; lack 0f properly

constructed racks and wagons, making

the loading and unloading costly.



The first thing to get In condition is

the corn binder. W'ithout the binder we

cannot cut the corn as cheaply and the

labor in loading and unloading will be

much greater with the loose stalks. The

loaders can handle the bundles much





more easily. The man at the cutter

handing the corn to the feeder of the





machine will be able to keep the machine '





well'supplied because he can take up a.

bundle Without loss of time. If one man

is not able to keep the machine full.

there can be another load on the oppo-

site side. TWO men can deliver corn to

the table and in no way embarrass the

feeder because the, self-feed attachment

takes care of ‘the bundles with but little

help. ‘



W'agons for the work should be low

down. The best plan is to use low wheels

on the ordinary farm wagon. Such

wheels can be bought to fit the skin of

any wagon. A low wagon can be loaded

by the driver from the ground. This

saves the expense of a loader. One man

can put on a ton and a half in this way

very quickly. I have seen a load put on

such a wagon with the team walking

along the row of bundles without stop-

ping. Loose stuff could not be handled

as rapidly. The racks Should be flat and

the deck tight so that both the loader

and unloader will have a good footing.



The binder should be started a half day

before the cutter at the SllO. This keeps

the. binder out of the way of tlhe wagons

and insures an ample supply of material

at the other end of the job.



The cutter should be of ample capacity

so that at all times there is a reserve

force. A machine of greater than the

required capacity will have strength to

stand the strain and wear longer than

one that is constantly crowded to the

limit. The blower elevator is the best

method of putting the silage in the silo.

The one precaution to be constantly kept

in mind when in the silo is to keep the

outside edges well packed and higher

than the center. There is no necessity

of trainping the middle because every ton

of cnsilage that falls in the silo will be

that much weight on the mass to press

it dovxn. The edges will not pack evenly

and should be well tramped.





If you will follow theSe suggestions

your ensilage should not cost over :30





cents per ton in the silo and in many

cases not that much. Distance in haul—

ing makes a marked difference in the

cost. ‘.Vhen the load is finished a few

rods from the silo there is no lost time

in driving. One man can be saved in the

silo by attaching a distributor to we

elevator. This is made of galvanized

iron. It is a pipe section and should be

14 inches in diameter. The end attached

to the elevatm should be funnel‘shaped.

Make the distributer in sections so that

joints can be. removed as the silo is

tilled, this distributer can be led around

the silo, putting the ensilage just where

wanted. It not only saves a man but

Illso insures a thorough mixing of corn,

stalks and leaves.



Feeding may commence any time when

the grass begins to shorten, and when

cows rnce become accustomed to en-

silage they will eat as much as 30 to 40

pounds a day. Without going into a

further discussion it is conceded by those.

who use silage that it is one of the

cheapest and most satisfactory dairy

feeds that can be grown.



New York. J. P. FLETCHER.





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Treatment of Seed Wheat for Smut.



I have been an interested reader and

subscriber to your paper for a number of

years and have always found it helpful.

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tions: What is good for wheat to pre—

vent smut? I want to sow a few acres

this fall but have always been troubled

with smut.



Wayne Co. J. F.



There are a number of remedies for

the prevention of smut in wheat, the

most favored and generally used of which

is the formalin treatment. This is ap-

plied by diluting one pound of 40 per

cent commercial solution of formaldehyde

with 50 gallons of water and thoroughly

inoistening the grain by spraying with

the mixture and repeated mixing, using

about one gallon of the solution to each

bushel. Leave the grain in a pile, pre--

ferably covered, for two to three hours,

then spread and dry when it is readv

for use.



Amount of Hydrated Lime to Use.



Will you please advise me how mucn

hydrated lime to sow to the acre. I

have procured the lime and planned to

sow 1,000 lbs to the acre, but have been

told this amount Will be a damage. Will

the hydrated lime keep in good condition

until next spring? Is hydrated lime the

best form to use for agricultural pur-

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than two weeks before seeding to wheat.

I shall sow the lime to benefit the wheat,

also the clover to be seededdn wheat

next Spring.



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United States, hence in determining at

question of this kind the result of late

investigations should be accepted with

the greatest credence. In his recent work

on fertilizers, Dr. Van Slyke, chemist of

New York Agricultural Experiment Sta—

tion, states that the amount of lime

which should be applied is largely gov-

erned by three factors, viz., the charac-

ter of the soil. the kind of crop grown,

and the form 01‘ lime used. Regarding

the. factor of the character of the soil

upon which lime is used, Dr. Van slyke

says:



“On poor soils, and in cases of 118111.

dry soils, the amount of calcium com-

pounds applied should be comparatively

small, varying- from 500 to 1,500 pounds

of quicklime an acre (equivalent to about

700 to 2,000 pounds of slaked lime and

900 to 2,700 pounds of carbonate). On

heavy soils and on soils containing large

amounts of decaying, acid, organic ma-

terial, the. application may vary from

1,000 to 4,000 pounds of quicklime an acre

(equivalent to about 1,300 to 5,000 pounds

of slaked lime and 1,800 to 7,000 pounds

of carbonate), according to frequency of

application. degree of soil acidity, etc.

Soils rich in organic matter can utilize

calcium compounds, when used in large

amounts, more fully and with less dan-

ger of injury to soil or crops than soils

that are deficient in organic matter.



The second factor above mentioned is

one which needs to be given little consid-

eration here, since the prime object in

the application of the lime is to produce

conditions more adaptable to the growth

of clover or alfalfa, or other legumes.

The factor of the form of lime used is

a more important one, and should be

given careful consideration such as is

evidenced by this inquiry. Regarding

this point I‘ir. Van Slyke says:



“In applying calcium compounds, we

must keep in mind that the constituent

of value supplied is calcium. \thn we

put on a more dilute form, as the car-

bonate or hydroxide tslaked lime), we

must use more than when We apply the

more concentrated form, quicklime or

calcium oxide. “ i“ * To find out how

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amount of quicklime multiply the num-

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THE. MICHIGAN FARMER.





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erence to the larger and more infrequent

applications. Probably the safest form

of lime to u5e is the carbonate in the

form of ground limestone or marl, but

something will depend upon the economy

of application which, from the above

comparison of the content of calcium can

be easily figured out. Hydrated lime Will

keep indefinitely, or at least over winter,

but lime should always be applied when

the soil is being prepare-d for a crop so

that it can be thoroughly mixed with the

surface soil during the process of fitting.





ERADICATING QUACK GRAss'.





I notice in your paper that the farmers

of the state, as well as of other states,





the trouble with sod plowed ground in

the spring, but if it can be plowed this

fall will be overcome because the sod

will partially rot and settle down firm so

that there will be formed the capillary

connection between

Now the earlier you plow this sod and the

more you can work it this fall, the bet-

ter. If I didn’t have to neglect other

crops I would plow it at once. but, of

course. I wouldn’t neglect other 'crops.

For instance. if you want to get in some

fall wheat I wouldn’t neglect that for

plowing this sod for sugar beets next

spring. But just as soon as I could get

to it and not have to sacrifice on some

other crop I would plow this land. The

earlier the better, and if it is done in

this way there is no reason why you





 





 





Corn and Alfalfa Field on





are having a great deal of trouble with

“quack grass.”



I have as nice a piece of quack grass

as anyone would care to look at and I

am killing it root and all, in one season.

i also make a net profit of $400 per acre

while I am doing it.



My method is to run some poultry fence

around a piece of quack grass, build a

cheap board coop and stock it with a hen

for each ten feet square inclosed. The

hens are fed some grain and watered but,

no green stuff except the grass. They

pick the quack grass right into the.

ground and keep it there.



I have followed this method for two

seasons and find that the roots will never





 





the Farm of M. T. Burlingame: of Clinton Cmmty.





shouldn‘t raise a good crop cf sugar

beets on this sod ground. provided, of

Course, it is rich. If it isn‘t l'lth it can

be made so by the application of stable

manurc or commercial fertilizer.



CHLON C. LILLIE.

SUCCESS WITH ALFALFA IN OSCEO-





LA COUNTY.





 





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As I am a constant

IVIichigan Farmer,

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every reader. I will ctmtribute an item

regardng my experience with alfalfa.



The accompanying photograph of my

alfalfa field was taken on the 281i) day





 





 





 





Second Cutting of Alfalfa (July 2.8). Sown Last Year without Inoculation. on the Farm of S. Upkes, Osceola County.





ply the number quicklime

by 1.8.”





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authority quoted and

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would appear that there would be little

or no danger in using 1,000 pounds per

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which is very deficient in its content

of vegetable matter. In his owu expe-

Iience, the writer has used varying ap-

plications of both hydrated lime, ground

stone lime and ground limestone as a

preparation for the seeding of alfalfa.

rThe immediate results have been prac-

tically identical, whether a small or com-

paratively large application was made,

the applications of hydrated lime and

ground quicklime running from 300 to

1,000 pounds per acre and that of ground

limestone from one to three tons.

Probably the beneficial effects of the

larger applications will be more endur—

ing, but the best authorities advocate

rather moderate and frequent applica-





come up again as they are thor0ughly

rotted and besides, the ground is enrich-

ed by the process. My method will show

for itself.

Missaukee Co. F. H. NYE.





FALL PLoW-snisoo FOR SUGAR

BEETS





l have a piece of timothy and clover

sod which I wish to put into sugar beets

next year. \Vhen is the best time to

plow it, as soon as possible so that the

sod will rot some this fall, or would it

be best to wait and plow it late in the

fall? How will sugar beets do on sod

ground on a clay loam soil? IV. B.





If this sod ground is plowed early this

fall and perhaps worked a little and then

worked up early in the spring it will be

in good condition for sugar beets. The

greatest objection to sod ground for

sugar beets is that you can’t get the sod

packed dowu sufficiently to the sub-soil

so firmly that the capillary attraction is

not broken or disconnected below. That is





of July,

ci‘Op.





when I was mowing the second

This three and one-half acres of

alfalfa. was seeded the second week in

May, 1911, withom, any inm-ulation, with

a bushel of oats per acre as apurse crop.

The soil is good and the field was in DO-

tutoes tho 1)]‘0V0us year. The alfalfa

had a hard fight with drouth and insects

but came through all right and the first

crop was ready to cut on June 18 of the

present year, the second crop. shown in





the illustration, being ready to cut on

July 28. There is another fine crop

growing and I expect to be able to cut





it again during September. Although I

did not weigh it, I am sure. there was a

yield of ten tons of fine hay from these

two cuttings from the three and one-half

acres.



I hope this may lead some farmers who

have been afraid to try alfalfa. to make

a trial of this crop, as this shows what

it will do if one gives it a chance.



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There seems to be a great deal of mis-

understanding in regard to the meaning

of many of the terms used in connection

with live stock breeding. In fact, there

are words used that under some circum-

stances mean one thing and under others

another. The word crossbred is one of

those words and seems to confuse many.

It is a term that is used by men who are

seeking animals with which to perpetuate

the. breed, and while it may be very im—

properly used in that way, custom por—

mits its use. The term cross is common-

ly used but not well understood by the

average farmer, who has not made the

subject of live stock breeding a study.



By the word crossing, many farmers

seem to get the impression that it means

the breeding together of animals of sep—

arate breeds, and they also have the im—

pression that such a process will produce

animals superior to that of either of the

breeds used. Experience ShOWS us, how-

ever, that only under certain circum-

stances can we get; any bcnclit by cross-

breeding. \Ve will stop to mention some

cases where crossbreeding may be used

with benefit. Take. for instance, ani—

mals of two different beef breeds and

the one cross may produce a superior

animal for meat purpt‘ses, but the bene-

fits derived from crcssbreeding are all

to be found there, as a trial will surely

prth‘. 'l‘o cross two breeds of hogs of

what we call the lard type, may produce





excellent results for that single cross,

but it cannot be followed \\ith bcnclit.

in tart, the benefits derived from cross-

hl'L‘1'~lillg are so few that it is not north





the while to follow it to any extent.

()rossln‘cwilng of animals that are not

bred for the same purpose is a detriment,

and the result will not be equal to the

parents on either side. To illustrate,

crossbrocd a. beef animal with a dairy

animal and the product will be inferior

to either the sire or dam as a meat pro-

ducer or as a producer of dairy products.

The same rule holds good with all other

animals of two breeds, both of which are

not bred with the same purpose in View.





in looking over the best results ob-

tained by the breeding of farm animals,

it is invariably the rule that the/product

of tln- purc~bred animal is superior for

breeding purposes than can be produced

by t-rzissbrceding. This is true with the





draft horse, and for hl't‘tjtill‘lL’,‘ on stock

not its equal, the result is often as good

or better than the foundation stock used.

\'\’ith the race horse, the running horse,

it is those- which arc. bred the longest in

that line that} are capable of accomplish-

ing the best results on the race track.

The same is true in regard to the stand—

ard bred trottei. The grades as a rule

are not capable of accomplishing as great

loans or persistent endurance as those

that are brcd from a long line of parent-

age which have been illustrious for their

capabilities.



in regard to the beef animals which

have been bred for a long term of years

with the single object in View of the pro-

duction of meat products, better results

can bc secured than by the grades or

crossbrcds. The results obtained in the

show butcher's block

provo this statt-nrnt to be true.



W'ith the dairy breeds, this statement

is also eminently true as can be shown

by the records made by the greatest pro—

ducers of the different brccds. It is the

pure—bred animals that have made roc-

ords that have astonished the world and

attracted attention to the particular

breeds of which the distinguishcd pro—

ducer is a member. It does not matter

whether it be the Holstein, the Dutch

Belted, the Ayrshire, the inernsey, the

Jersey or any other of the known dairy

breeds, the results obtained have been

the same; the purc—breds are the ones

that haVO accomplished the greatest feats

and brought honor to their individual

breeds.



This rule holds good with all other

classes of live stock. Whether it be

sheep, hogs or poultry, the results are

the same. and prove the superiority of

pure-bred stock for excellent results over

that of the crossbreed or grade animal.

While it is not our desire at the present

time to recommend that every farmer

should secure for breeding pure—bred an-

imals on his farm, we are ready to say

that the man who has skill and good

judgment and is willing 'to be painstak-

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better results by the use of pure-bred

animals, and ultimately make more men-

ey from them than is possible if he re-

sorts to either crossbreeding or hap-

havard breeding in any way that his taste

may lead him.





Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





CARE OF DRAFT FOALS.



It is a matter of common knowledge

among observing farmers and horse

breeders that either draft horses. or

chunks may be produced from the same

breeding. There is very little likelihood

of securing great size in colts from un—

dersized mares and stallions. Even the

most liberal and judicious feeding is not

likely to increase the size to any consid-

erable extent in one generation. On the

other hand, a decrease in size is easily

accomplished. A draft colt raised on in-

sufficient rations is almost certain to de-

velop into a light weight or a scrawny

chunk, scarcely a suggestion of the

migrty weight-pulling dollar-making

horse of commerce that nature intended

him to be.



A properly nourished colt make‘s ap-

proximately one-half of his growth dur-

ing the first year of his life. That his

tender and undeveloped digestive ap—

paratus may have sufficient nourishment

to successfully accomplish this, it is ap-

parent that the best of feed must be

supplied. If this is not done the colt

falls bohind in this first'year of his life

and no amount of future care and feed

will cause him to regain all that was

lost. A limit, to a certain extent, has

been placed upon his future development.



This year's crop of foals is now. in the

making. Most of them have, before this

.time, reached the age when they need

something to supplement the nourish-

ment supplied by the dams. A colt will

early begin to nibble at grain if given

an opportunity. It will not eat much,

but should be given all that it will take.



Bt‘giliiling in this way there is no dan-

par of over-eating, and crushed oats and

wheat bran bountifuliy supplied will mar-

velously increase the rate of growth. The

valuc of all the feed a foal will eat is

almost insignificant when compared to

the extra growth it will produce.



Ton horses can be. and are, produced

in this country but their number is 13.—

mentabiy small when comparatively con-

sidered. The greatest criticism that falls

on American bred draft horses is their

lat-k of size. It is a just judgment. Not

until We furnish our foals and yearlings

with an abundance of the best of feed,

and cease practicing the mistaken eCOn-

omy of roughing them through this idle.

but most critical,» period of their lives

will we raise colts as large as their sires.

Vile are determining the rate and ex-

tent of growth in our horses by the feed

and care given during the first twelve

months of their existence.



American grains and grasses are as

nourishing, and our sunshine as invig-

orating as that lavished upon the Perche

and other noted draft horse sections

of the other hemispl'ie-re. If we took as

great. pride in growing great lusty foals

and yearlings, as we do in fitting our

four and five-year—olds, we would con»

tribute more toward supplying the. de—

mand for big drafttrs that has become

a permanent feature of horse markets of

the world



lngham Co. H. M. YOUNG.

IMPROVING THE PERMANENT PAS-



TURES.



A very important thing on the farm in

spring, summer and early fall is good

pasture. This can only be obtained in a

permanent pasture by a mixture and use

of the proper grasses. Get. the varieties

that have different root formations and

diffcrcnt habits and seasons of growth.

-\ combination of this kind will maintai-i

.1 rich, close turf throughout the entire

season. Study the varieties and unite

them. Different varieties are adapted to

different sections, but except in a few

localities no single variety will give the

best returns. This is because there is

no grass that furnishes early, continuous

and late pasture.



\Vhile it costs a little more to seed'an

acre with a special mixture, the results

will be so superior and permanent that

they will far more than offset the origi-

nal cost. Timothy should not be made

an important factor in the permanent

pasture. It will not stand tramplng and

soon runs out when heavily pastured and

at best is short lived, as compared with

more permanent grasses.



This has been clearly demonstrated by

the careful trials conducted by the, agri--.





cultural experiment stations in various

parts of the country. Good pasturage

and good hay crops can best be obtained

by sowing grass seeds in mixtures. The

mixtures should contain many varieties

of grasses which will grow and flourish

side by side without detriment to each

other, and attain their maximum growth

at different periods of the year. Such

pastures furnish continually an abundant

bite, when meadows and pastures com-

posed of but few varieties are brown and

bare. Full use is thus made of the land.



The various grasses, being of different

habit, seek the food they require at un-

equal depths in the soil. thus every strata.

of soil is used and a far greater number

of plants grow and flourish in a given

space. A proper mixture, properly

“caught,” will maintain its heavy crop-

ping qualities for many years and, if oc-

casionally top—dressed _With manure it

will steadily improve, Whereas a stand of

timothy soon becomes thin and in three

or four years must be plowed up and res

sown or rotated. .



Another advantage of this mixed

scheme of seeding is that it is heat and

drouth resisting, something very desir-

able in later years. ‘A proper mixture of

fibrous, deep-rooting varieties spread and

inter-mingle, forming a. tough-rooted sod,

free from stooling growth. The grasses

protect their own roots and are there-

'fore less suscpetibie to extremes of heat

and drouth, retaining their verdure and

succulence even through dry, hot weath-

er, when timothy is burned up.



The question of varieties is important.

The northern and eastern states, the far

west. and the southern states-make three

distinct sections so far as varieties are

concerned. In the first mentioned sec-





tion combine Kentucky blue. Canadian

blue, red-top, orchard grass, creeping

bent. awnless brome, tall meadow oat

grass, meadow foxtail, hard fescue,





shccp's fescue, red and alsike clover and

possibly add a. little alfalfa. If not grazed

so closely that the roots are injured, this

wii furnish an abundance of pasture

from early spring to late fall.



It is a well-known fact that one of the

most serious items of expense on the

farm is the labor bill. This can be large-

ly reduced and yet give reasonable pros-

pect of profitable annual returns at a

minimum of labor and expense by get—

ting a. portion of the farm into grasg in

its various forms.



Illinois. W. H. UNDERWOOD:





SEE THE LIVE STOCK AT THE

STATE FAIR.





 





 





Of the many educational features of a.

state fair thoro are none which should

appeal to the average farmer more forci-

bly than the opportunity offered to study

the improved breeds and types of live

stock. There is no one direction in which

the profits from the average Michigan

farm could be more rapidly increased

than by the improvement of live StOCK

maintained upon that farm, and there is

no better place than a. large agricultural

fair to study different breeds and types

of live stock for every special purpose.



Such a study and comparison of live

stook at the state fair will result in the

forming of higher ideals by the fair pa-

tron, so far as his ambition in live Stock

production is concerned, and in the real-

ization of these new ideals will be found

both satisfaction and profit. Every farm—

er in Michigan who will take the time to

carefully study the liver stook exhibits at

the state fair will be repaid many fold

for his trouble.





 





FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.

Sweet Clover vs. Red Clover.



“'hen is the best time to sow sweet

clover and will it build up worn land as

good as red clover? Also, should I sow

it alone or will it do to sow it in cats

in the spring or in rye in the fall?



(icncsee Co. 0. D.



If one were.tio seed a field to'sweelt

clover the spring would be a. more fav-

orable season, although it can be SOWn

in midsummer or early fall the same as

other clovers. Undoubtedly it would be

more likely to make a good stand if sown

alone or with a light nurse crop than if

seeded in the: grain CTOD. There is some

question, however, as to whether it

would be profitable to sow sweet clover

in Michigan. It is a valuable soil im-

prover but would prove no more bene—

ficial in this respect than the other clo-

vers. But the plant ‘to which it should





be compared is alfalfa, since the same'





nitrifying bacteria are peculiar to both

plants and it should be practically as

easy to get a stand of alfalfa as of the

sweét clover. .However, there would "be





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no comparison between the value of the

two plants, when once established, since

the alfalfa would make a. greater abund-

ance of much more nutritious forage.

Hence the wisdom of sowing alfalfa in

preference to sweet clover.

Alfalfa Pasture for Horses.

I have a piece of alfalfa that I pasture





my horses on a few hours each day. Now.





will it hurt them after it is frosted, and

can it be pastured after the ground

freezes, or as long as June clover? Any

information you can give me, in this re-

gard will be greatly appreciated.

Jackson C0. P. C.





Alfalfa makes an excellent pasture for

horses and those who have had consid-

erable experience in using it for horse

pasture State that they see no deleterious

effects whatever from. its use. In the

writer’s opinion, there would be no more

trouble comparatively from the pastur-

ing of alfalfa than would be the case with

clover, although an exclusive roughage

ration of frosted grass of any kind would

not be a good diet for work horses.





 





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





The digestive capacity of calves is in-

creased not by starving them but by

feeding them liberally of. bulky feeds.

Like muscles, healthy exercise enables

the intricate digestive organs to asaim-

ilate feeds to a. degree impossible without

the stimulation.





There is little complaint from congres—

sional quarters now relative to the “high-

handed” manner of the packers in boost—

ing beef prices. Apparently congressmen

have come to the conclusion that the

beef cost follows steer cost, and that

rising steer cost is merely the result of

a shortage in production. Still, agents

of the department of commerce have vrs-

ited the Chicago market recently and

made investigation into trading affairs

and will report their finding to the fed-

eral officials. Market men say it shOuid

be an easy matter for the government to

determine the relation of the record cat-

tle values now with supply and demand.

An impartial investigation of current af-

fairs should readily convince federal offi-

ciais- in search of information that the

beef trade now, as in the past, is merely

following the dictates of supply and de-

mand and market traders have long since

toreseen the coming of the present sit-

vation.



Hogs sold up to $9 in the Chicago mar-

ket within the past week, highest since

October, 1910, and there is now strong

expectancy of a $9.50 market before long.

Hogs are short of the normal demand at

this time. Packers are finding a. good

retail outlet for the produce since beef.

has mounted to war time cost and fur-

ther rise in beef cost can only be ex-

pected to bring out a bigger consumer

call for pork as a substitute which should

give the hog market further bullish force.





The tendency of the times is toward

elimination ol the domestic animals of

mixed and common breeding and the

.stock yards reports contain daily proofs

of the wisdom of so doing. The poor

steer is no longer deemed a. farm asset.‘

lle grazes on land too high in price for

him to pay its dividend, and he eats corn

which also costs too much as a producer

of beef on his carcass. Better bred and

earlier maturing steers, the farmers are

finding, pay best, and that there is a.

growing tendency to breed up herds in

many sections is well attested by the

activities in the pure-bred cattle trade

at this time.



Effective Sept. 1, 1912, there will be

imposed and collected upon each carload

of live stock received at the Chicago yards

the sum of ten cents. to pay the- pre-

mium of a fire insurance policy indemni-

fying owners against loss or damage by

fire, which premium in accordance. with

the provision of a. new rule adopted by

the Chicago Live Stock Exchange mus-t

be charged against the consignment of

live stock. The matter of fire insurance

on live stock at the stock yards has been

considered for a. long time, and the ma-

jority of patrons of the market, it is be—

lleved will readily see the advantages of

protection against fire loss at so small

a cost as ten cents per carload. Legal

luminaries have heretofore declared that

neither the stock yards company nor the

commission merchants could be held lia-

ble- for damages in the event of a. con-

flagration in the stock yards.



The abnormally high prices for cattle

because- of their remarkable scarcity are

causing many farmers to consider the

question of buying bunches of feeders, but

they are confronted with the scarcity of

well—bred lots of such cattle and greatly

advanced prices for the- best. Last year

there were sold to country buyers in the

South Omaha market alone nearly 500.—

000 feeder cattle and more than 1,500,000

feeder lambs and sheep. There seems to

be no possibility of securing anything

like such supplies this year. Shrewd buy~

ers of feeder cattle and sheep are not

putting off such purchases, but are writ-

ing to reliable live stock cmmission

houses at Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City

and other leading markets asking them

to select car loads of good stockers or

feeders, naming such prices as they are

willing to'pay. Some sales have been

made at extremely high prices where

the cattle already carried a good deal of

flesh, but the average orders call for a

medium class of steers of medium

weight that can be bought at not extreme

prices. Stock and feeder heifers of good

breeding are also having a fair sale,

many stockmen who found the business

a profitable one the last season being

ready to try it again. particularlyas good

heifers can be bought. so much lower

than steers of equally good qualitr





 





 





 





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Broken \\'in.lw-Chronic Cough—«“13

have :i soven»ycnr—old mare that had a

colt last springr which acts much like a

horse that has lit-fives; iii-sides, she has

mucus discharge from nosc. ’l‘liis mare

also has a chronic cough. (I). 8., Union-

ville, Mich.#lt‘ccd your Illiil‘t: no (:lUVCT‘.

or musty or dusty badly cured fodder,

and Wet hcr fin-d. (live her 1/2,. oz. Fow-

ler’s s tliliitlll and 2 drs. tiuid extract of





opium at a doso in feed three times a





day. She should be foil grain and grass.

Scar on Siiiir— S.ockiiig.—~I rc‘t'cutly

bought it l'our—yctir—old colt with Scar on





shin Just below hock. lie also has large

ankle joint on same lcg said to be caused





by a wire cut. This same colt is trou—

bled some with worms and his water is

thick. t), (I. \V., \NlllLCi Cloud. Mich—-

(live coil :1 tcuspoonl‘ul ol' powdered ni—

trott; ot‘ potash and two tulilt‘spoonfuls of

ground gcntiztn ttt :1 (lose in iced tlirce





timts a day Apply tincture iodine two

or tin-cc tinicz: a wrwk to cnlargcd ankle.





A swt‘lling of this kind can seldom lie

rcduccd entirely and i am not sure that





you Will obtain satisfactory results in

treating it.

ludiccstion_\\'zibliling; li‘lihm—I

mart: thit, our local \'t-t thought has

l)t"t‘il poi>oncd by eating it \iwcd. I smut

sitinplc ol‘ the need to botanical dcnai't—

nicnt «l' .\l. .\. t). and tiny informed me

that tl'w wccd is not poisonous. Shc

snows symptoms of dullncss. lcy't r, walks

with :r wulilily gait. Ins fairly muck pulse

and always has a good appctilo. \\'. Ct.

\\'., St kirk, Micli.——(}iv« your illill‘t,‘ l .lr.

pot:i>’.~‘:ini liltlitit‘r, 1 (,ii'. ground nitx \‘oini—

ca and l oz. of bicarbonatc soda at L.

dose in l'wt! two or tl‘rce timcs a day.

This intirc only itci'cr fully recover; hon»

cvc-i', tho trcdtintn‘t 1 have prcscribcd

should he krpt up loi‘ scvcral chlts.

High—up itingiuncsth'phan Colt.s-lhu'c





have a





a it‘ll—y’t'ul‘Atdd mare that hurt her right

tore lei: East April. which later developed

ii! ti hignvup iinghonc. l_)lll‘ local Yet.

has trcuttd lit-r all summer. blistering iic!‘

H'Vulul timcs \yithout good results. ()nt-

of my brood mart s dimi, leaving colt only

six “‘t‘t'kh' old and I would likc to know

how to feed iliu colt. .‘d. K. L‘... liay

Hhorc. Mich.——-\‘\'hcn lillstt-rs fail, have





ringbonc tirtd, but lic sure and givv your





inure :Lbsolutc rust. I“(ttl your colt some

ground rats l\\i(‘t) a day, also give it





cow‘s milk. adding one-«inactcr ‘.\'a.cr and





be surc that it runs in guod grass,

'l‘horouithpin.——l haVc n livactir-old

mare tlltlt has small pulls in hot-k, one

on (llt‘lt sitic. in hollow. 'l‘hcsc puffs dis-

upptnr \tln-n pressure is applicd. but re—

turn inuncdizitcly whr'n prcr'sure is off.

,'l‘his iiiuz'c has not \Vt'l‘lU-tl much, never

SlitlHt'tl lameness; thcict'orc. i am tin-





:thlc to zit'i‘oullt for it. 1 :tin contcnipléit-

Eng lllt‘ purchase of this animal at a good

sound figure and. of (‘oilrstn want a sound

horsc. (} \\'. (l._ Itzipid City. Mich.-





’l‘ht puffy swclling you rot'cr to is :1

small thoi'oughpin and is regarded as an

unsoundncss. .\ horse with a puff of this

kind is survicczilfiy sound. but critically





unsound, conscalitt-ntly north a little less

liltllh’y.



h‘tippur-ttim.r l'.ldcr.~l Would like to

know what can lw donc tor a cow that

has a cakcd uddcr and from tthis tgtitti‘lc:‘

:t thick ycllttw iluid or pus isinilkcd from





it. ()ur local Vet. has trt-atod hcrwwith

rather poor success. This cow inct' Willi

an accident, wounding Uni of this t|li1ll¥





but. this "‘»‘Ullil(l licalcd soinctiinc

hchVcr. it lcl‘t tin opt-ning thrzugh

milk lion's. .l. ‘. ltcdf'ord, Mich

Your cow's ntidcr bccttinc int'cctcd

through opening in :szidc oi' tout. Apply

iodine ointint’ntt t0 tiisezist-d ouurtcr twico

EL wock. Shc :‘lltllllt'. lie gh'cn hat-tcrin

trt-sitnicnt liypodcrinictiily, l suggt-st that

you consult your Vet. regarding this unti—

suppur'ine treatment.



Cow (lives Bloody





lci‘.

ago;





which





Milkssit‘or the past





four months my cow has occasionally

gchn bloody milk from one quartcr of

oddtr. rho set-ins to be all right tlll‘0(‘-

iourths of time. .l. L. 1)., Dowagiac.

Mich.» rYour cow must injurc hcr udder

in sonic nay. Apply tillt- part lltiid t-x—

tract urnita and six parts water to tid-

tier twice a (lily. it is possible for you

to (isccrttiin how she bruiscs uddcr.





Pigs I\'ccd “More Stiltxvl have if) shouts

that will each wcich 60 lbs; thcso pins

have :1 splcndid appetite, fwd on skiin—





corn in car, outs and wheat ground

thcy also run on rape {ind rcd clo-

Vcr, and so far its I can see or tell they

arc all right. They sccin to persist in

rooting cat-h othcr's sides and shoulders,

and have done so cvci‘ since they were

weancd. When hungry they root less

than when full. J. L. A., llcerficld.

Mich—Salt thcir t‘ood. Also give. them

some cooking soda in thcir feed twice a





milk.

and





day.



Infcctcd Siitlc Joint—WI have a colt

four months old that is lame in right

stiiie j'lint and I might add that when

this colt was three weeks old a bunch

appeared on outside lower part of stillo

joint. I applied liniment and lameness

seemed to disappear, but he has been





lame for the past 30 days. The joint is



somewhat enlarged, especially lower part.



it. W. 8., Oak Grove, Mich—«Your col:

(Continued on page 227).





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[skiers—Yearling and ram lambs from Champion





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' ——Who wants 18 good ewes and

H a I I ' pShl res ewe lambs. and a good 300-lb.

imported ram for $225.

for sale. All registered. E. A. Hardy.





For Sale, Oxiord Down





different ages.





Reg. Ramobuilleis

write for circular of breedin

E. Morrice. on G. T. R. R. an





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OXEOI'd Down Sheep Rams and ewes 5! all ages

for sale. I. R. WATERBURY. Highland. Michigan.





Also have 7 00d rum lambs

finchester Mich.





rams. yearlings,

ruin lambs, ewes,

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3 SHROPSHHRE RAMS





1 (yearling. 815' 1 2-year-old. $20; 1 4-year-old (our

her ram) 515. ll ,

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'Wi deliver Nov. 30th





' —Ten ood ewes. Ye rlin rn d

Shlres ram ambs. One caged Iigp. 318111311.

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0 - —I cried: and home

Ingleside Shropshires. 1.3.9:. Allegesforsae.

A fine lot of mm lambs for this iear's trade. See them

at: the fairs. HERBERT E. POWELL. Tonia. Mich.





I —Y 1' s at 812 and

ShrOpShiros SLgfuT‘yi'xog 93‘: fine rams at

$25 each. 0. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich.





 





 





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. '1 ' —-Youn sows due Mar. & April.

nuroc‘ .nd ““0"“ Bred t: ht; rise and chum ion





boar. Priced to move them. M. T.





BERKSHIRES for Sale—March farrowedbonrs and

gilts. sired by Han 1119 Prince 3d. out Weyeneth

Lady Francis. A. A. PATTULLO. Dockcrville. Mich.





' - ' ' --Best breedin :bestt' 6.

Quick Naiumig Berkshires 3mm“... iuaranlé’ed

or money refunded. O. B. BARTLETT. Pontiac. Mich.

BEHKSH'HE two for$ - bred gilts $35; bred



sows $50. re istered and trans-





ferred. E cellent’. breeding. 0 nice individuals.

6 x COREY. New Haven. Michigan.





tory. Lowell. ioh





 





 





Weanedgigs either sex $153





~Spring igs. either

Improved Chester: .9. A .0 1...... a

choice oung hour and a few sows bred for early fall

furrow. . 0. WILSON. Okemoc. Mich. Both phones.





' ——Both sexes and bred gilts. also

ROF' chad". WEN“: serviceable registered Holstein

bu l . Bargains. RAY PARHAM. Bronson. Mich.





O. I. C.





Fnir winners.





Extra choice bred slits. service boars

and spring pigs. not: akin from State

Avondnle Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich.





 





9 -All ages, growthy and large. sows bred.

”0 l- C S Males ready. 100 to select from. Attractive

prices on young stock. Ii. E. Jump. Munlth. Mich.





 





0 l G! —I have some very fine and growthy last

- . 5 fall pigs. either sex. mules readoyifor ser-

vice now. pairs not akin. OTTO B. 8 ULZE.

Nashville. Mich. half mile west of depot.





 





o I O! of superior quality. 17 choice young

I I s ilts and 11 to y young bears. airs

no skin. F ED NICKEL). Monroe. Michigan.





OUR Imp. Chester Whites and Tamworth swino won

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

for spring furrow of either breed that will please you

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





 





 





o I c! with size it quality. the kindIcun positively

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money. ewmnn's Stock Farm,R.No. LMarlette. Mich.



Write mo for

O. I. C. SWIN riceon Spring

Pigs, pairs and tries. not akin. ave a number





of service males of good tygilc. Write me describing

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

O I C Hogs of all ages, bred sows and gilts, ser-



0 - 0 vice males and May and June l‘arroitctl

pigs. Rolling V iew Stock Farm. (lass City, Mich.





 





 





DUROO JERSEY SVVINE—Thirty spring pigs, brood

sows. Breeding the st. prices right. Come

and see them. OBLO L. DOBSON. Quincy, Mich.





DUROG JERSEYS—One service boar; two bred



gilts: spring pigs (either sex).

Choice breeding. Prices reasonable. 'ritc or come

and see. R. (i. VIVIAN. it. No. 4. Monroe. Mich.





DUROC JERSEY SWINE‘EPMT Fifth

wants. F. A. LAMB & SON. Cassopolis, Mich.

nunoc JERSEY pectin..:2°§=i.3;:i.:2d.iii:



M. A. BRAY. Okemos. (Ingham Co.) Mich.





OUROO JERSEYS, HERO IMMUNE IO OROLERA.





CAREY U. EDMONDS, Hastings. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





SW‘INE. Spring and summer pig: for

nuroc Jersey sale both sores. 1 pay express 25

years experience. J. H. BANGHAHT, Lansing. Mich.





 





DU ROG J ER SEY _O1V9inEiaaruBoiilrlg

ready for service. Prices right for 10 days. Write or





come and see J. C. BARNEY. Goldwater. Mich.





 





from large sires.





Oig Smooth Poland Ohina Hogs 8...... .9... ..

reasonable prices. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Mich.





-—B d f .

POIalld Chinas silo enfobndthlzggxglfhEantagger:

prices. W. J. HAGELS AW. Augusta. Michigan.

—B' . l h .

POLAND OHINAS sl%ll§3:§rnfiiip.l§il§§ ailii’hii‘éi‘fi





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





 





 





 





POLAND CHINAS—Gilts and yearling sows bred

for first of Sept. farrow. a few big types

E. l). BISHOP. Route 38. Lake Odessa. Mich.





POLAND calms—$2223.33 ill] 33193.. 8‘32???

P. D. LONG. B. No. 8. Grand Rapids. ich.



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POLAND OHlNAS paraplegirzi5.2.233$213.2.

Priced to sell. E. J. MATHEWSON. Nottawa, Mich.





 





 





 





ARGE '1‘\PE P. C.—-Lnrgcst in Mich. Come and

see greatest hordot' big, prolific I’.U in state. Sows

avg. 10 (pigs to litter. Free livery. ex enses paid if not.

Hittinfie . order early and got. choice. ’rices reasonable.

quality (-onSidered. ’. E. Livingston. I’zirma. Mich.





PUL‘HD CHlu‘s—Xoung sows bred for April furrow.



.xtrii good tall pigs. either sex.



L. W. BARNES & SON. Byron. Shiawasseo 00.. Mich.

~Largo type—sired by Ex rust



Po Co 30A“ 80139 and E. M. l“. 839%? gulf:

faction guaranteed. R. W. MILLS. Saline. Mich.





Big T pe P. C. Sows PM. 33.53.?





A A. (JOB & SON. Saline. Michigan.





TWO YOUNO IAMWOHIN BOARS FOR SALE





T. F. MARS’I‘ON. Bay City. Bilchlgnn.





~30 SOWS and ('IL ‘8

MUIefoot Ho 5 bred. A‘sopigs nogakiln.

Boar‘s all ages. G. C. REGLOW’, Ada. Ohio.





' ' -—Br .1 t f2 ‘ ’

For sale, YorkShlre GENES tlitilzit‘gcrlrizgh

of August. Also pigs, both sexcs. WA’I‘ERMA &

WATERMAN. Meadow Land Farm. Ann Arbor. Mich.





OHOLEHA PROOF HOOS.





I have more than 5700 swine on niv farm and am sell

int: grade Yorkshire. Tamworth. Poland China and

Duroo brood sows. boars and shouts in any quantity

at best. Buil'alo market price for fat. yorkors on day

of sale. Bows to furrow soon included. These hogs

are not. fat. are cholera proof and prolific breeders.

Pigs that. are 6 to 10 weeks old at. $3 to S4





ALI/All BROWN’S PIG FARM,Grand RapidsMich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





' -—Stock of all ages. Will

Large YorkShu‘es exhibit at West: Michigan

State Fair. see them. W. O. COOK. R. 42. Ada. Mich.





Lillie Farmstead YORKSHIRES.





A few choice Gilts bred for September furrow. good





 





ones. Sprin pigs. either sex. pairs and tries nct

akin. Satin notion uurnnteed.

, COLON C. ILLIB, Coopcrnville. Mich.
SEPT. 14, 1912.





CORN IS THE EQUAL 0F OATS FOR

HORSE FEED. '





 





A prominent veterinary surgeon in the

state of New York, says: “The oat—fed

team, which may not carry much weight.

sometimes, as a corn-fed one, can en-

dure more work on the farm, and more

hard driving, on the road, and be ready

for business more days in the year, than

can corn—fed horses. as a whole.”





'l‘i‘e doctor must be mistaken. I have





had experence in feeding whole corn to





working horses and know he is wrong.

For ten years during the winter, I fed

and drove my own team, and hauled logs

from a timber lot in the woods to the

saw mill on the bank of the river—a dis-

tance of three and a half miles, and I

made three trips a day, six days in the

week continually, as long as the snow

lasted. which was generally two or three

months. The horses were in their prime

and weighed 1,200 pounds each. They

had good teeth, and good digestion, and

in every respect were sound.



They were fed in the morning, before

daylight, a heaping half bushel of yellow

eight-rowed, sound, hard corn in the ear.

They ate off the corn without breaking

the cubs, leaving a few kernels on each

cob. I started before daylight in the

morning so as to make two trips before

noon, at which time the horses were fed

nearly as much corn as in the morning.

After making the third trip they were

brought to the stable wet with sweat

and. alter they had rested and been wat-

ered, were given the same quantity of

corn as in the morning, which was eaten

in the same manner. They were given

hay at night, but owing to such strong

feeding with corn, could not eat much.

In the wot-(ls, where the logs were skid-

ded,‘ they had to be drawn half a mile

up hill, which in some places was so

stctp the horses had to draw with all

their might and be rested every few

rods. No more severe labor could be

found for a team than this log drawing

with. heavy loads, and long hours. The

horses in the spring, though looking

gaunt. were in good hard-working flesh,

and employed at farm work.



My father bought a mare six years old

for a. carriage horse, and he fed her 12

common sized ears of corn three times a

day, it being her sole grain feed, and he

often drove her to town and back, a, dis-

tance of 40 miles. Some of the experi-

ment stations have declared that com

was the equal of oats' as a horse feed,

and they stand on solid ground.



Corn is always a cheaper feed for





horses than oats, but I want to say right i





here that it is not economical to feed car

corn to horses, cattle or hogs. I am

firm ill the belief that all the grain fed

to animals should be ground. I fed ear

corn because I was in a hurry and did

not want to take time to make cut feeds

of cut hay and meal.





Pennsylvania. J. W. INGHAM.





 





That farm teams can be maintained in

a vigorous condition on corn as an ex—

clusive grain ration is common knowledge

among Michigan farmers. Where clover

or alfalfa. hay is fed as the roughage por-

tion of the ration, it is probable that

corn is the Inost economic grain ration,

cspct'ially in the winter season. How-

ever, there is undoubtedly a waste of

nutrients and a consequent tax on the

animals digestive system which might be

avoided by adding a protein feed to the

ration, which would often also cheapen

the ration. A horse will undoubtedly do

a maximum of work and keep in good

condition on a smaller grain ration where

tin; nutrients in the ration are reason—

ably well balanced than on a grain ra-

tion of corn alone. especially if timothy

hay 01‘ other non—nitrogenous roughage is

i‘ed~—a point in feeding economy which

should be carefully considered and stud-

ied by every farmer. There is, however,

no doubt that corn is the most econom—

ical feed for the major part of, the ra-

tion under ordinary conditions, notwith-

standing the fact that it is generally good

economy to combine a small amount of

some protein concentrate with it for

l‘”l‘b't' feeding—Eds.



l’l'llni- steers sold on the Chicago mar-

ket. in the past week at $10.65, establish-

ing another new record price, which is

45c higher than the top registered on the

market in war time. These beeves were

Shorthorns fed by Fred Holton, of Illi—

nois. Many lots have recently sold at

$106v10.50 including distillery-fed steers

up to $10.30, while prime yearling corn-

fed cattle reached $10.10. Eleven dollar

cattle are expected to materialize before

the season ends, since there is each week

a growing shortage of prime steers and

the demand for fancy cattle of these

classes shOWS no abatement because cost

is rising





[ll Rid Your Hogs





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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p ace worm- rec, or no pay. Then i disease breaks out in our nei rhborhood

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"Nei hbors all around me_ have lost hogs but

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The S. R. Fell 60., Cleveland, 0.

Ship me enough Sal-Vet to last my stock





Fill out the coupon at the right—mail it to me today. I’ll send you . _ .

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ENSILAGE—ITS ADVANTAGES AND

QUARTER of a century experience

growing, handling and feeding en—





HOW MADE.

A silage ought to equip a man with

:1 fairly good practical knowledge of silos

and eusilagc. Our first silo was built in

1885 and since that date silos and en-

silage have been a prominent feature

of our dairy and farm management. In

fact, I think I am correct when I say

that few other barns in the country fur-

nish a better example of the evolution





of the silo than the dairy barn on our

home farm. Our first silo was a large





ce'lar 20x28 feet and 14 feet high and

subdivided into two parts 20x14 feet and

14 feet high. This silo was rather of a

crude affair but it preserved the corn

crop in fairly good condition for winter

tetding, although fully one-third of its.

contents was wasted on account of the





too large feeding surface and square cor-

1‘\‘ext we built one—half of this silo

higher This gave better satis-



though there was still consid-

erable spmled ensilage and it was prac-

tictlly impossible to keep the edges and

corners packed sufficiently firm to pre—

vent large around the outside.

AbOut 12 years built two round

stuV’c silos inside of ()lll barn, one 16

feet in diameter and $10 icet high and one





11ers.

I4 tact

faction.





losses

ago we





14 feet in diameter and :23 I‘cot high and

these silos have been used ovcry year

since they were construcid and are in

good condition at the prescnt titnc. This

11111111 we have learned from actual cx—

tcricnce. 'l‘oo large a t‘ctding surface

should be avoidt-d. It is better to bttild

high and not too wide. Tht-ro should be

no squat-t: ctrncrs to pull apart. and ad—

lilit air. 'I‘Ilc Pittsiltlge packs IIIOI‘O I'II‘IIII‘V





in a round silo and it is best to have tWo

one for wintcr feeding and one to

supplcmtnt pasttn‘cs. ~



Dairy Production Cheapened.





silos,





There is no subject connccted with

dairy llllpl‘nvolllt'llt that has bcen dis—

cussed more than silos and ensilage. I

often fccls that it is like repeating old

sermons, yet, notVV'ithsianding all this,

farmers :trc slow to be converted and the

gospel lunch be prt-uchcd. \\'hen silos

tirst came into use considerable trouble

was expcricnccd in lumping the contents

in good condition for t‘ocding. Much of





more like saucrkraut

:han wholesome food. Such cnsilttge put

up from immature corn. barnyard grass

Intl tug weeds could produce no good re-

-tlts. But condtions have changcd and

5116!! have come. to know that cnsilagc is

ht only :1 good food, but it is the cheap-





the product was





~11 food we can provide for our cows. II

we r'ttccnsst'ully Int-ct the competition of

the future “(:7 will Ilt‘ forced to dopend

ttpon the. siio in our tfforts to cheapcn

the cost of milk production.



In my tI‘aVc-ls among dairy farmer and

on my own {111111 1 lin-l that more milk





can be made since the silo came into use.

’l‘his is not on.x man's opinion but univmw





sal testimony. Some may ask why so

many men have abanooncd silos. As a.

Int-utter of fact thcre are not niony silos

abandoned, unless the corn crop failed,

or by prejudice of certain milk buyers

whore poor cnsilago has bcctt used in the

past. and as Ll natural consequence thcy

had to stop the feeding of cnsiluge to

protcct themsthts. I have \‘ct to sce





lllc first pruc tic al «lair V man who I1: is built

’llic vc1y best

the who

pro—





.1 silo abandon its usc.

dairymen in the country,

are getting the most, money for their





are i'cctling cnsilage.





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ducts,



\\'ell matured corn unsilage is the

chcapest food we can put up for winter

t‘ecding. it, furnishes succulent food for

winter, without which no milch cow can

do her best. It can be raised cheaper

than root crops and it enables us to more

{ban double the food producing power of

an acre over any other crop we can

raise. Before we built our silos we had

to have about three.- acres of pasture for

each cow and from two to three acres to

raise hay and roughage enough to feed

her through the winter, besides the grain

feed she must have. while with corn, an

more will supply all the ensilage she can

eat during the year and with the addi-

tion of about an acte of clover km 01 a

half acre of alfalfa she will be \vell- fed

as far as roughage is concctned. Then

there is no better way to utilize the corn

crop than by putting it into the silo, for

there it is pIeserved in the best condi~

tion for food. It not only furnishes the





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necessary succulence. but checks the.de—

velopment of the woody fibre at just the

stage of growth 'when it is most valuable

for milk production.



Silage Increases Digestive Capacity.





Another important phase of this feed-

ing question is that the chemical action

that takes place is an aid to digestion

that enables the cow to eat more than

she otherwise could digest and assimi-

late, thus making more milk from the

same food elements than she could make

from any other dairy food product. En—

silage changes December into June for

the dairy cow. We must produce more

milk than is the common practice during

the winter. There is no reasonable ex-

cuse for allowing COWS to go dry half the

year and tending a. lot of dirty, lazy cows

all Winter with no income from them. It

is the steady income every month in the

year that puts our dairy business on a

money-making basis. What would farm-

ers say of a merchant who closed his

store in the fall and would not sell any—

thing until spring. yet how many farm-

ers are doing this very thing and then





Wondering why their profits are not

larger?



Looked at from every standpoint we.

are forced to accept cnsilage as the





chcapest food known for dairy cattle.

The evclution of the silo has come down

to us with many improvements until to-

day we are forced to accept its utility

and advantages. During June conditions

are ideal for milk production and if we

keep our cows at their best we must ap-

proximate June conditions at other times

of the year, and the only successful ap-

proximation of June food is ensilage.

Ensilage,1helieve, is cheaper than grass

and any cow that will eat grass will eat





(—nsilage. \Vith this backing up, let us

see how best to construct a silo and

till it.





Calculating the Size of Silo.





A gencra! rule can be laid down that





will answer this question with unerring

ct-rtainty. Allow one cubic foot of silo

space as a ration for one cow per day.





.\ cubic foot of ensilage weighs about 40

pounds, or an average ration for a 1.000-

pound cow. By taking into consideration

the number of cows you want to feed

and the length of the feeding pe ._riod you

(an readily 11nd out the size of the silo

or silos you ought to build, but bear in

mind that a silo full will settle nearly

cite—fourth, and make your plans ac-

cordingly.



Never cut the corn until it has begun

to iglazc. Here is where many make a

mistake by putting tip the corn

before it is ripe. There is a large i11-

crcase in nutriments between the time

of tasseling and ripcning 0f the corn.



In regard to cutting and filling the Silo

we must bt‘ govu-rucd by circumstances.

Some men prci‘er to do the work with

their own help; others want to change

Work and rush it through as quickly as

possible. So far as the keeping of the

cnsilage is concerned, it does not matter.

Some men work two or three weeks at

tilting: their silos and have good ensilage.



We change team work with some of

our neighbors and hire extra day help.

My hiring a threshing engine and cutter

and with 15 men and six or seven teams

“'1‘! can rush thct work. \Ve pack the en-

silage in the silo and keep the edges well

trumped. The only secret, of keeping en-

silage in a round s1lo is to keep the- doors

tight and the edges well packed. \Ve

have employed all kinds of help in our

silos and find that it pays to put good

faithful hands in the silo while it is being

tillcd



Certain precautions in feeding are nec-~

cssary. Evorybody knov'vs that June con—

ditions are bcst for milk production, and

with the silo we. approximate the June

t‘ccd, grccn, succulent and laxative, so we

must have the June climate, or, in other

words, don't feed your cows ensilage un-

less your stable is warm.



Another matter we must take into ac-

count, and that is, corn grown as for the

grain will have too many ears to make

a good feed for cows that. are giving

milk. The nutritious ratio is about one

to twelve, so my practice is to go through

the field and snap off about 30 or 40

bushels of ears per acre before cutting

and using this to feed pigs and other

stock during the fall. Even then we find

it necessary to feed proteinaceous feeds

with the ensilage to balance up the ration

and we use gluten, oil meal and cotton-

seed meal. We feed the grain dry’ with

the ensilage.

silo care must be taken to keep the feed-

ing surface smooth. Go over the whole

feeding surface once in 48 hours, or else

the mass is apt to begin tolmold. ‘



New York. W. Murrow Kmv.





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Johanna Concordia Prilly IleKol,





The best bred yearling Bull

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also cows and heifers bred to his sire. Johanna

Concordia. Champion, whose dam. sires dam and

dams dam average 29 57 lbs. butter in 7 days.





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daughters in advanced Registry. out ole grand

daughter of De K01 2nd Butter Boy 3rd. two

100 daughters in advanced Registr. A beautiful calf

of choicest breeding. Price 01131350.



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’ ialn Bulls. 2A. ..0 bred. me cows.

hm- Also bull calves. 34 5031's a breedowr.

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my small but choice herd ofre Jerseys.

BIOSIHE uni consisting of 4 cows 5 19811-1 013:2 cows 2

yet 111.4 old: 4 heifers. 1 year old: 1 Oxiord Lad bull (a

son of Oxford Ann. owned by Geo. L Peer); ltleord

Lad bull,1 \eul‘ old. 'lhe 12 head 1- gistercd and

transferred for $7 The cows will all be lresh in

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Silver Creek. om County. Michigan.





RED POLLED$°$€J§3§§§$i 131335,.

J. M. CHASE 6: sons, lonln. Michigan.





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SEPT, 14, 1912. 7

BUILDING UP A DAIRY HERD.





The chief function of a good dairy cow

is to produce economically a large quan-

tity of milk. She is the kind that every

farmer would like to own. As a rule,

however, if he wishes 'to procure a herd

of such he must breed them himself, as

in only very rare cases will it be possible

to buy them from neighbors. In almost

every hert there are several good indi-

viduals which may serve as a foundation.

By selecting a bull of the ‘proper dairy

type, and sticking to the same breed, a

few years will show considerable pro-

gress. In selecting a sire particular at-

tention should be paid as to what kind

of a dam the bull had. Provided, as an

individual, he is satisfactory, and has

breeding of a ‘high order, that is based

on performance, he 15 certain to get good

calves.



No cow. however, is capable of doing

her best without proper food. The feed

largely depend upon surrounding

conditions, such as the adaptability of

the land to produce the necessary crops

or the price at which they can be bought





in the market. “'hichever method is

pursued there are certain principles of





feeding that should serve as a guide in

compounding a ration, judgment being

used in applying them to suit individual

requirements. All fodders are composed

chielly of protein, carbohydrates and fat.

The first of these nutrients goes to form

hide, hair, hoofs, horns and muscle, and

also enters largely into the foundation of

milk. The other two go to produce heat,

energy and fat. It has been found by

experiment that about one part of protein

to six of carbohydrates and fat gives the,

best result in feeding. This relation is

known as the nutritive ratio. Thus, by

referring to a chart giving the composi~

tion of the various feeding materials, it

is a simple operation to figure out what

proportion of the different food stuffs

at hand are required to make up a bal-

anced ration. The age of the animaIs

must also be taken into consideration.

Young animals require food richer in pro—

tein than older animals, as they are

building up new bone and muscle. There

are many things that enter into the de-

velopment of a dairy cow, but what 1s

perhaps of first importance is to encour-

age a rapid growth without acquiring a

tendency to put on fat.



To build up a herd successfully it is





necessary to keep a record of the yield of,





each cow. Not only are we able to weed.

out the unprofitable ones by so doing,

but the utility of such records are of

great importance as a guide to the feed—

er. By their aid one is able to tell what

any pariicular cow is doing, and thus

judge the ration for each accordingly.

This will result sometimes in feeding

more economically. On the writer's farm

the cows were let out to pasture, last

Wear, in June. There being a fairly good

growth of blue grass. clover and timothy.

According to the monthly statement the

whole herd. including a number of heif—

strippers, averaged 26.2 pounds

a day. About July I we began feeding

soiling crops, and continued doing "so

until the end of October, with the result

that for July the daily average "increased

to 20.4 pounds: August was 31.5 pounds;

September 28.0 pounds, and October 24.7

pounds. By using the scales we were,

able to ascertain that extra feed was

necessary to increase the milk yield,

hence they were gradually forced up to

the point where further feeding would

have been unprofitable. A spring—balance

is placed in a convenient place in the

stables, as are also the record sheets.

“"hen a cow is milked it only takes a

few seconds to hang the pail 0n the

spring-balance, which instantly denotes

the weight of the milk, plus the pail,

which, of course, has to be deducted

before the record is made. Personally,

we have not. found the extra time re-

quired for this work to be any objection;

in fact, the increased interest it creates

results in better care of the cows, and

ultimately larger cash returns.



Canada. J. HUGH McKENNEY.





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CHANGING THE ROTATION





 





T am in the dairy business; am milk-

ing 16 cows and will milk 25 the coming

winter and seven more one year later.

1 have followed a four-year rotation,

my work land being in four fields.

NOW I have broken the rotation by plow-

ing a-field after haying and am about to

sow alfalfa. Shall I drop wheat, or how

would you advise? I have two silos, 12x

34- ft. and 16x32 ft. I have reserved a

six—acre field for shade and exerCIse.

I am feeding peas and oats which were

put in silo July 1.



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' THE MICHIGAN VFARVMER.‘ <9)





his four fields 'to alfalfa. If he succeeds

in getting a good stand of alfalfa, as ne

undoubtedly can, because we are learn—

ing to grow alfalfa now, he will increase

his yield of hay a good deal, and if he is





going to keep on increasing the cows this 3





will be a move in the right direction. He

also figures right on the rest of the ro—

tation and that is that he must keep

clover in the rotation. He will have clo—

ver in a three—year’s rotation which ought

to keep building up his other three fields

so that they will eventually produce

more than 'they do now. The alfalfa will

give him two or three crops a year af—

ter it gets well established and that and

the clover crop will make an abundance

of the best of hay for the dairy cow.

Now the proposition is, which one of

the crops to cut out, oats or wheat. From

my experience I would say, cut out the

oats and raise corn, wheat, and clover,

and I’ll tell you why. You undoubtedly

put. most all of your corn into the silo.

This Will get it off early enough so that

you can put this corn field into wheat

without plowing. Before I bought more

land and began raising sugar beets and

crops for the canning factory and things

of that sort, I had a three-year rotation

of corn, wheat and clover. I tried the

oats instead of wheat, but I liked the

wheat very much better. It made less

work, and I am sure it made me inoro

money. The cat crop is a crop that

ought to go in early. It is difficult to

get it in early, you have so much to do.

But-you have plenty of time, to plow the

ground for corn and get it in on time.

Then if you keep the ensilage corn clean

and well cultivated after the corn is in

the silo you can put this ground into

wheat without plowing. \Vith this three-

year rotation I have a five-year average

of over 30 bushels of wheat per acre.

‘\\'ith this kind of a rotation you can

compete with the great. northwest in

growing wheat. Now wheat straw is





more valuable for bedding than the oat,





straw. The wheat crop. nine times out

of ten, will bring you more cash for

your investment than the oat crop and

so I would cut out the oat crop and

stick to wheat. Another reason. With

this rotation, clover, corn and wheat,

you have no land left bare over winter.

The wheat acts as a cover crop. “here

you have oats follow your corn the

ground is left bare over winter and is

liable to wash. There is a loss of plant

food. l’orsonally, I think that a three-

year rotation of corn, clover and wheat

for the d.Iiry farm is an ideal rotation.

Of (ourse, you don‘t use the wheat to

feed the dairy cow as you would the

cats, but the wheat you raise will buy

more oats, or as many oats, as you could

raise and on a. ten—year average I bo—

lieve you would have some money to buy

other things with. You will save the

labor of plowing the ground in August,

usually when it takes a great deal of la—

bor to prepare the ground for wheat,





and if you will use commercial fertilizers .

wheat you can get as?





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good a crop of wheat on the corn stub—l





ble, after 'thc corn is cut off in early

September to put

would on a summer fallow.





GREEN CLOVER FOR THE SILO.





 





\Vill you please advise me in regard to

filling silo with June, clover. “'0 cut it

the usual way for hay and were calculat-

ing the second crop for seed.



Clinton C0. S. B. it.



As has been stated many times in the

Michigan Farmer grccn clover can he

put into the silo. It is better to run it

through a cutting—box and chop it up

fine as it will settle ard pack closer. but

it can be pitched in when it is real

green if it is properly trampcd, but re—

member, that clover does not pack to—

gether and exclude the air and make as

nice silage as a crop like Indian corn,

and it would be better to weight the 010-

ver. After you have filled your silo with

the green clover if you would put a. board

ton on and weight it down with stones

or some other heavy material to press it

down, and use plenty of water, you can

get fairly good silage. However, it is

considered better by everybody who has

had any experience to make the clover

into hay and put the corn into the silo.

Then feed the clovcr hay in connection

with the corn silage. You want to feed

some dry feed with the silage anyway

and there is nothing better than this hay.



“‘hcrc one has a liking for dairying

there may be satisfaction in feeding a

cow $60 worth of grain, hay and fodder

and then selling her milk for $60; but it

does not pay. There are many COWS that

will produce $100 worth of milk from $60

worth of feed.





 





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PRACTICAL SCIENCE.”





 





 





SPECIAL ARTICLES ON MILK.



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Responsibility for Clean Milk is Divided.



As clearly emphasized in the work

done by the Dairy and Food Department

in the years mentioned in the article in

last week’s issue, the responsibility for

the condition in Which milk reaches the

consumer is divided among the producer,

the milk dealer and the consumer. To

produce clean milk it is, oi“ course, nec—

essary that the surroundings under which

it is pr‘hluced are well kept in order that

the milk may not become contaminated

after it leaves the udder of the cow.

This means that the stable surroundings

must be kept clean, that the employes

must have clcan clothing and habits, and

that the milk after being produced in a

cleanly manner must be placed in a.

clear. receptacle and kept cold.



’ Bottled Milk Best.



The bottling of milk is undoubtedly the

most ideal way of handling the milk for

city supply because, in this form it may

go from ptoducer to consumer without

bcing opcncd. After having been placed

in (lean bottlcs which are to go direct

to the consumcr it should be transport-

ed as rapidly as possible either direct ‘.o

the- consumer or to the middleman or

jobber, as the casc may be. This mid—

dlcman in most instant-cs has nothing to

do with the production ot‘ milk and in—

decd, is not familiar with its prmluction.

l’robablf.’ most: of the milk, in fact, we

may say almost all of tho milk delivered

in cities passes through the hands of

Ihc-se middlemen or jobbers, \‘Vllus‘c busi—

ness scums to be to handle, as large a

ouantlt‘ of milk as they can without

taking any special precautions regarding

the sanitary conditions of the product or

without concerning themselves to insure

a ctcan, wholesome product to the con-

sumer.



Milk Depots Need Attention.



It has been our experience that the

milk depots opcrated by many of these

middlemen are filthy and unsanitary in

the extreme, and it is surely quite desir-

able that the inspection departments

should keep those. stations under close

scrutiny. The old custom of transporting

milk t'rom house to house in shot gun

cans is rapidly passing and should not

in any intelligent community be longer

tolcratcd. Likewise the custom of many

mill; dcalers, especially in :mall towns,

to tilt bottles from these cans who-n en-

ioute from house to house is especiallv

to be condemtn‘d.



'We have always :thocated heretofore

that th.- consumer should be very par—

ticular about thc condition of the milk

bottle when she returns it to the dealer.

'\\’e hare scen so many abuses of this

cotutcsy extendcwl by thc consumers that

we are almost inclined to doubt the wis—

dom ol' our previous position in this mat-

ter. A bottle that has bccn fairly well

clcancd is. to many milk dealers, highly

prizcd because it permits him to till that

bottle nyain without further cleaning and

to thus pass it on to the next consumer.

We an» almost inclined to believe that

the consumer should leave- somc evl—

dcnrc that the bottle is a used bottle so

that. it Wlll necessitate the dutler‘s giv-

ing it a thorough cleaning when he re-

ceives, them.



Consumers Must Take Care of the Milk.



’l‘hc, produccr's problem and the job—

bcr's problcm are important and para—

111 the problem of tho city tnilk





mount

supply. of grcat importance, however,

is the consumer's duties in this matter.





Mill; produced under very favorable con—

-:1itio‘ns on tho, farm and kept thoroughly

as desired, by thc dealer. when it reaches

the consumer‘s bands may be ruined by

being allowed to stand on the porch in

the hot sun for two Or three hours after

delivery. Some simple device, such as

the placing o.‘ .‘i bcx on the back porch

or some other simple arrangement should

be provided to prevent the occurrence of

this condition. it is imperative that the

cities give renewed attention to this ex-

tremely important problem and it should

be- handled by inspectors who know

something about milk and who have real

knowledge regarding the toad properties

of milk and the opportunities for its con—

tamination, and who have some apprecia—

tion of the dairyman’s problem on the

farm and who, by no means the least, is

endowed with a. sufficient amount of tact

and courtesy so that he may secure the

results outlined above with fullvco-op-

eratlon on the part. of all concerned.





Certified Milk.





The tctm “Certified Milk” originated

We understand, with Mr. Stephen Fran-

cisco, of Newark, N. J., and was applied

to a product conforming to certain detfl-

nite specxfiéations. The principal point

in the- specifications so far as the term

“certified" was concerned was that a.

milk to which this term is applied must

conform to certain specific requirements

and. in addition. be specially certified to

by some definite authority. Mr. Francis—

co’s idea was that this authority should

be vcsted in a local medical commission

composed ‘of representatives of the local

medical society. It will be observed at

once that Mr. Francisco's idea of having

c-crtificatiOn by a medical, milk commis-

sion anticipated that certified milk wouli

be a product used generally under the.

direction of physicians. For convalesc-

i'ng patients and for infant feeding cer-

tified milk was therefore intended. \Vlth

the advent of certified milk its use, how—

ever, became much more generally ex-

tended until at the present time—while

still, strictly speaking. under the control

of a medical milk commiSsion—its use is

more general among the people and is

not restricted to cases under medical

supervision.



Only Two or Three Certified Milk Pro-

ducers in Michigan.



There are in this country a very lim-

ited number of certified milk producers

who conform rigidly to the specifications

laid down by Mr. Francisco. There are

quite a number of milk producers who

l’rccly advertise that their milk is cer-

tified but this amounts to little more, in

most instances, than a personal guaran—

ty on the part of the producer that it is

a high—grade produce and quite generally

tree from gross contamination.



Specifications for Certified Milk.



The general specifications which apply

to certified milk aside from its certifica-

tion by medical milk commission are

that, among others, the cows furnishing

the milk must be regularly tested by a.

competent veterinary and proven free





from tuberculosis and other infectiouS*





diseases. The stable surroundings must

conform to rigid cleanliness; the milk

must be free from sediment. and unpleas—

ant odors and must contain not to ex—

ceed 10,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter.

Certain other specifications such as ap—

ply to the personal habits of the attend—

ants arc likewise included in the speci—

fications coming under the term “Certi-

fied Milk ”



To produce ccrtified milk required con-

siderable preparation and great care on

the part of thc milk producer. It is idle

to assume that a dairyman may produce

certified milk, or milk capable of certifi—

cation, who has no sense of appreciation

of the various factors involved in such

product. Fur instance, a man who has

no understanding of bacterial growth, at

lcast in a general way, or aaman who is

not in sympathy with the production of

cxtremcly clean milk, cannot successfully

produce milk capable of certification.



In this respect Wc think comment on

the. attempts of certain communities to

procurc certified milk are timcly and in-~

terestipg.



Lansing’s Effort to Secure Certified Milk.



The city of Lansing has for several

yours becn endeavoring to procure a sup-

ply ot‘ cortiticd milk. Meeting after meet-

ing of milk producers and dealers has

becn held and the various points involved

have been discussed time and again. Most.

dairymen in the vicinity of Lansing have

thus had an opportunity to_learn What

factors are involved in the production of

ccrtified milk but We are advised at the

prosent time that though this campaign

has been carried on for two to four years

there is now no certified milk supply, at

least locally, for the city of Lansing. In

a city the size of Detroit a milk concern

can well take the risk of supplying a.

certified milk because the population is

sufficiently large so that a reasonable

business is assured at once when the

product is put upon the market, but in

a city no larger than Lansing 'the great

problem confronting the producer is

whether any investment he may make,

which investment in most instances is, or

course. censiderable, will be warranted

by the demand for his product as soon as

it is produced. It is idle to assume that

the production of certified milk involves

no especial expense. Nothing is gained

by taking this position because, In the

very first attempt of a dalryman to prom





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





During the closing

Our New Parcels days of the late so;-

Post Law. sion of congress, leg-

islation was cnuctc—d

which will provide for a, more adequate

general parcels post in the United States.

This law, hOchcr, is not in line with

the ideas of many citizens who have fav-

ore-d a purccls post similar to those which

are in successful operation in other coun-

tries. The provisions of this bill have

been summririch subsiuntiully as fol~

'lows by Scuulor Bournc, chairman of the

Senate ("onmutlcie on Post Offices and

Post liozuls, whose general idea on this

subject is reflected in the terms of the

low.



Any article is mailablc if not over 11

pounds in weight nor more than 72 inches

In lcngih and girth combined. provided

.~';inic is not likelyioinjure the mails or

cqulpment. A llat rate of one cent per

ounce is providcd for parcels up to four

ounces in weight, regardless of distance.

For parcels above four ounces in weight.

for the first pound, each additional pound

and a. maximum of 11 pounds. the rate

is as follows, dcpcnding upon the- dis—

Lance:



For rural routcs and city delivery the

chargc will be 5» cents for the first pound

and l ccnl for each additional pound, Or

l5 ('CHIS for the maximum of 11 pounds,

l'E’SIHW'llVinl)’. “'ithin u 50 mile- zonc the

similar churgcs are 5 cents, 3 cents, and

3.3 cents: williin the 150 mile zone 6

cents. 4 ccnis and 46 cents; 300 mile zone,

7 cents, 5 cents and 57 cents; 600 mile

zonc, 8 ccnts. 6 cents and 68 cents; 1,000

mile Zl‘llC, 9 cents, 7 cents and 79 cents;

1,400 mile zonc, 10 ccnls, 1i ccuis find 51;

1,800 mile zone. 11 ceuis, 10 cents and

$1.11; over 1,800 miles, 12 ccnls. 14c and

$1.32.



l'mlcr the 121w lho l’ostmustm‘J:cncral

may also inzikc piovision f’cr inilcninily

insurnni’c and collcciion on delivery. \Nllh

ildillllll'iill charges for such services and

may, with the ('oliScllt of the Interstate

(‘ommcrce modify rates,

weights and zoom distances when experi—

ch0 his demonstrated the need there—





(‘A ‘lllllllHSlllIl,





for.



This law becomes effective January 1,

191:1, it’llI, wliilc as above slated it is not

JUSL such 21 law us llic majority of the

ZLdVOCHlCS of a hotter parcels post hlld

in mind. yet it will give- 3. much more

cfficent service than the old law under

which the weight. limit of parcels which

might be sent by mail was four pounds

and the cost one cent per ounce or 16

cents per pound. Under this law the ex.

ception of small parcels weighing four

ounces and under at a flat‘rate of one

cent per pound, as under the old law,

will provide for the mailing of catalogs

and other similar literature or small arti-

cles of all kinds without reference to the





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zone system which is established for

heavier parcels. Also, the cost of send-

ing parcels up to the old weight limit of

four pounds for long distances through

the mail will be cheaper than was the

case under the old schedule. For in-

stance, the cost of sending a. four—pound

package for a. distance exceeding the

largest of the prescribed zones would

under the new law be 54 cents, as com—

pared with 64 cents under the old sched—

ule, while for shorter distances the cost

would be very much less, running down

to 14 cents for the 50-mile zone.





A thorough study of these rates will

convince the reader that this parcels

post law will be of considerable benefit

to the people of the country through the

adde convenience afforded for sending

packages through the mails. The pro—

vision which permits the Postmaster-

General to revise the rates,. weights and

zones by and with the consent of the In«

tersiate Commerce Commission also

leaves the way open for a. cheapening of

the cost of service given at such time

as the growth of the business may war-

rant it. This feature of the law, car—

ried out in good faith, is a redeeming one

which will enable an efficiently conducted

post oifice department to work out a sat—

isfactory system of parcels post under

thc operation of this law, if the officers

in charge are so disposed.



When the terms of this law are com-

pared with the parcels post low of for-

eign countries, hOWever, it does not show

up well in comparison. In England.

where the parcels post has been most

highly developed, the cost of sending an

11 l‘O'Ulld package any distance is 22

cents, with a minimum rate for a one-

pound package of six cents. In Germunv,

where the zone system exists for parcels

above 11. pounds in weight, the» first 11

pounds are subject to a flat rate of 12

ci-‘uls for any distance, or a minimum

rule of six cents for ten miles, while :irl-

(lilioual cost per unit of 2.2 pounds ovcr

the 11 pounds, according to zones, varies

from one cent to 12 cents.



The argument has been made that in

these countries the distances are so short

as compared with those over which mail

is carried in the United States as to

make the comparison unfair. However,

in European Russia, with an area of over

2000000 square miles, the flat rate charge

for packages of 12 pounds as the maxi-

mum weight, is 34 cents for any dis‘

Vince, with a minimum rate of 13 cents

up to two pounds, while for packages

\i-cighing more than 12 pounds and up to

120 pounds the charge varies according

to distance. In China. with an area cf

morc than 4,000.000 square miles the

weight limit of packages is 22 pounds.

with a maximum charge of $1.00 for any

distance and a minimum of 15 cents for

one pound or less.



It will thus be seen that under the

international postal agreement parcels

may still be scnt to foreign countries

cheaper than from one point to another

in our OWn country, but we believe that

will: the general incrcst which has been

exhibited in the proposition of an ade—

quule parcels post, together with the

grcnte!‘ enthusiasm which will develop

whcn the benefits of this law become ap—

parcnt. the operation of this law will

result in the grz'idual clicapening of the

cost of transporting parcels in she

mulls until a comparison with the sys-

tems in viguc in foreign countries will

he more favorable to the United States.

Should this be the result the people of

Ihi‘ United States have every reason for

self—congratulation, as it is better to

grow into a big business such as the

parcels post business in the United

States is sure to become than to go into

it on an cxtensiw scale at the very

start.



Enough has been pub-

Rsmember the lishcd in our columns re-

state Fair. garding the» plans and

prospects of the State

Fair, which will be on at Detroit next

wcek, to convince every reader that it

will pay him to attend. It will be time

well spent in an educational way for ev-

ery member of the farm family, not to

menion the recreation and pleasure which

a trip to Detroit and the fair would

afford.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





National.





The American Bankers’ Association is

in session in Detroit this week. The del-

egates are expressing general belief in

continued prosperity regardless of the re—

sults of the coming election.



While riding a motorcycle at a speed

of 92 miles per hour, Edward Hasha

plunged over the rail of the motorcycle

course at Newark, N. J., killing himself





 





THE MICHIGAN PARMER.





and ‘flve others. A score of bystanders

were hurt. Fully 5,000 people witnessed

the accident. .



The situation at Jackson prison where

a riot recently occurred, when a. number

of disorderly prisoners endeavored to

make their way to liberty, is improved.

The board has authorized the use of se-

vere measures to impress upon the in—

mate's that the state intends governing

the institution. Three of the companies

of troops called out to prevent the escape

of 1he prisoners have returned home. A

small guard is to be retained, however,

as long as seems necessary.



During the first week that the. new

liability law enacted by the last special

session of the legislature, was in force.

1,200 employers of labor made applica—

tion to come under the act.



Complaints are being received by the

state railroad commission from autoists

regarding the condition of railroad cross-

ings. The mils often 'stand two or three

inches above the planks. This necessi—

tates slow driving and frequently causes

the autos to stop on the tracks, exposing

the machine and occupants to the duu~

ger of being run down. The commission

has issued an order that all crossings be

repaired in 60 days. The state law speci~

fies that the planking be at least one

inch above the rails.



An attempt to open the paper mills in

Kalamazoo with strikebreakers will be

made this week.



The progressive party of New York

state nominated Oscar S. Straus, former

ambassador of the United States to Tur-

key, and secretary of commerce and la-

bor. as candidate for governor.



The state of Minnesota is adopting an

innovation by taking a. complete census

of the health of her school children.



Success has attended the conduct of

the co—operative store opened a month

ago for the benefit of the soldiers and

sailors in Philadelphia. The stock of the

enterprise is held by service officers.



Attorney General Franz Kuhn has been

appointed to the- supreme bench of Mich-

igan to succeed the late Justice Blair.



Electric cars collided south of Mt.

Clemens, killing Fred Jordan and ser-

iously injuring Mrs. Henry Ludeman.



.(Jeo. M. \Vhitikeir, secretary of the Na-

tional Dairy Union and president of the

Farmers’ National Congress. died at Fort

Alkinson, \Vis., August 30.



Judge, Tultle, of the United States dis—

trict court for the eastern district of

Zillchigan, has called a federal grand jury

to sit at Buy City for the northern divi-

sion of the: district.



lion. Roscoe D. Dix, former auditor-

generul of Michigan, died last Thursday

at his home in Beri-lcn Springs.



Hon. R. L. Taylor, former state senator

and known over the state and country by

bell-keepers, died at Lapeer, Micl'i., at the

age of 72 years.



The necessary funds have been prom—

ised for the erection of the. Perry memo-

rial at Put-in-Bay, Ohio. The column

10 be erected will cost over $350,000. It

is expected lhat excavation for the f0un-

(lotion will begin next week.



The, early reports of the election held

Monday in Maine shows that the re-

publican candidate for governor, Wm. T.

llziincs, won out by about 3,000 votes 0v-

cr 30V. l’laislcd. The incomplete reports

also indicate that the state legislature

will be republican.



Bankers in session in Detroit from

praclicully evcry state of the Union are

discussing national currency reform. That

the bankers themselves are not fully

agreed upon any one system is evident

from the discussions which follow pro-

posals.



The electrical works of the city of

London. Eng” burned Monday night,

throwing the city in darkness and caus—

ing much excitement. .





Foreign.





An aeroplane got out of control at a.

meet at Gray, France, and crushed down

on a score of persons, killing four out—

right. Ten others were severely injured.



The situation in Nicaragua. is changed.

Federal troops are reported to have oc-

cupied Paguyn. and Snraioga, important

positions in the defensc of Masaya a. city

of considerable importance to the rebels.

The federals also captured the town .of

Catarina. Detachmenls of American

marines from the Philadelphia and the

cruiser Colorado arrived at Managua on

September 6. They will be ordered to

several points ’to open up railroad trans-

porlation.



Prof. Sieffansson, who has completed

a five-year exploration tour in the north-

ern part of North America. believes he

has found descendants of Lief Ericksen’s





colony who came to Greenland from Ice:





land in the year 1000. On Victoria, Island,

30 degrees east of the mouth of the Mac-

Kenzie River, he discovered a. tribe of

about 1,000 white people of whose pres-

ence, in that locality he can account for

only by believing them to be descendants

of the Danes who early discovered Green-

land and the North American continent.



The manner in which Mexican rebels

are crowding toward the American bor-

der is causing considerable alarm in the

border states. Thus far no additional

American forces have been ordered to

the front, but officers are. acuiVe in get-

[ing troops ready to move.



It is reported that between 30 and 40

thousand deaths have Occurred in Che—

kiang, Province of China. On August 29

the flood devastated portions of that

province, causing the great loss of life.

It is impossible 'to estimate the loss of

property and crops.





 





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





Wheat—The estimated yield in the

state is 10, in the southern counties 9. in

the central counties 11, in the northern

counties 14 and in the upper peninsula.

20 bushels per acre. The quality as com-





pared with an average per cent is 73 in





 





SEPT. . 14, 1912. ’





the state, 70 in the southern counties, 67

in the central counties, 84 in the northern

counties and 90 in the upper peninsula.

The total number of bushels of wheat re—

ported marketed by farmers in August at

74 mills is 81,269 and at 79 elevators and

to grain dealers, 71,476 or a total of 152,--

745 bushels. Of this amount 125.124 bush-

els were marketed in the southern four

tiers of counties, 15,858 in the central

counties and 11,763 in the northern coun-

ties and upper peninsula. The estimated

total number of bushels of wheat mar-

keted in August is 500,000.



One hundred mills, elevators and grain

dealers report no Wheat marketed in Au-

gust.



Oats.—The estimated average yield in

the state is 32, in the southern counties

23, in the central and northern counties

30 and in the upper peninsula 35 bushels

per acre. The quality as compared with

an average per cent is 84 in the state, 83

in the southern counties, 82 in the cen-

tral counties, 89 in the northern ecunties

and 95 in the upper peninsula.



Rye—The estimated average yield in

the state and southern counties is 13, in

the central ecunties 12, in the northern

counties 14 and in the upper peninsula. 22

bushels per acre. -



Corn—The condition of corn compared

with an average per cent is 73 in the

state, 79 in the southern counties, 61 in

the central counties, 71 in the northern

counties and 72 in the upper peninsula.

The condition one year- ago was 83 in the

state, 84 in the southern and northern

counties, 79 in the central counties and

89 in the upper peninsula.



Beans.—‘«The probable yield of beans

compared with an average per cent is 78

in the state, 81 in. the southern and north—

ern counties, 71 in the central counties

and 77 in the upper peninsula. One year

ago the probable yield in the state was

78, in the southern counties 76, in the

central counties 75, in the northern coun-

ties 84 and in the upper peninsula. 85.



Peas—The estimated average yield in

the state is 16, in the southern counties

15, in the central and northern counties

14 and in the upper peninsula. 20 bushels

per acre.



Potatoes-The condition of potatoes

compared with an average per cent is 88

in the stale and northern counties, 91 In

the southern counties, 78 in the central

counties and 101 in the upper pcni‘isula.

The condition one year ago was 62 in the

state, 57 in the southern and central

counties. 69 in the northern counties and

85 in the upper peninsula.



Clover Seed—The condition of clover

seed compared with an average per cent

is 79 in the state, 78 in the southern

counties, 81 in the central and northern

counties and 96 in the upper peninsula.

The condition one year ago was 64 in the

state and central counties, 62 in the

southern counties, 66 in the northern

counties and 88 in the upper peninsula.



Live Stock.»—Live stock throughout the

state is reported in good condition.





NATIONAL CROP REPORT.





 





Spring VVheat.——Conditi0n 90.8 per cent

of normal at time of harvest, compared

with 90.4 on Aug. 1, 56.7 per cent at: time

of harvest last year and 76.5 per cent the

ten-year average. Indicated yield per acre

is 15.6 bu. per acre, compared with 9.4

bu. last year and 13.4 bu. the five-year

average. Total estimated production will

be about 300,000,000 bu., compared with

191,000,000 bu. last year. and 201,000,000

in 1910.



Oats—Condition 92.3 per cent of nor-

mal at time of harvest, as compared with

90.3 per cent on Aug. 1, 64.5 per cent last

year and 78.8 per' cent the ten-year av-

erage. The indicated yield per acre is

34.1 bu. compared with 24.4 bu. last year

and 28.4 bu. the five-year average. Esti—

mated total production, 1,290,000,000 bu.,

compared with 922,000,000 bu. last year

and 1,186,000,000 bu. in 1910.



Bz.i-ley.——Condition at harvest 88.9 per

cent of normal, compared with 89.1 per

cent on Aug. 1, 65.5 per cent at time of

harvest last year and 81.2 per cent the

ten—year average. The indicated yield

pcr acre is 27.6 bu., compared with 21 bu.

last year and 24.8 bu. the five—year av-

erage. The estimated production will be

209,000,000 bu. compared with 160,000,000

l-u. harvested last year.



Corn—It is estimate-d that the total

corn yield will reach probably 2,995,000,-

000 bu., exceeding the record crop of 1906

by 68,000,000 bu. and last year's crop by

464,000,000 bu.



Potatoes—The estimated total yield of

potatoes is 398,000,000 bu., which is 9,-

000,000 bu. greater than the record crop

of 1909 and 105,000,000 bu. greater than

last year's crop.



l-lay.~~The preliminary estimate of the

total production is 72,000,000 tons, com-

pared with 55,000,000 tons last year and

69.000.000 tons in 1910. Quality is esti—

mated at 92.1 per cent, compared with

90.3 per cent last year and 91 per cent

the ten—year average.



AppleS.W-C01'iditl0n 87.9 per cent of nor-

mal on Sept. 1, compared with 65.8 per

cent on Aug. 1,_ 65.2 per cent on Sept. 1

last year and 53.8 per cent the ten-year

average.





 





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





Lapeer 00., Sept. 7.—-The past week

has been the- hottest thus far this year.

This is the kind of weather that is help-

ing to mature corn, although there are

many fields that we think will not pro-

duce any ripened corn. Many fields of

potatoes are looking fine, while others

indicate poor prospects. The same can

be said of the bean crop and also clover





' seed. Big preparations for fall grain no—





ticed, but there does not. appear to be

any grain yet sown. Quite an acreage

of sugar beets in this country and many

fields are looking splendid, while others

do not promise as well. Apple's, sprayed

or unsprsyed, are showing a liberal yield
SEPT. 14, 1912.,





of nic fruit but prices for same are low,

as their are also for potatoes. Hog prices

are advancing and the prices (at market)

for all kinds of meat are out of sight.





'~ edin this year is exceptionally

it: Wagesghold high. County road law



liked by many.

noEaton 00., Sept. 7.—The warm and hot

weather of the past two weeks has boom-

ed the corn crop in fine shape, the beans,

too, but both crops need rain now, the

beans especially. Some sprayed orchards

will give big crops, others very little.

Wheat, 98c@$1; beans, hand-”picked,

$2.30; corn, SOC; rye, 65c; oats, 28c; wool

20@250; potatoes, 500; butter, 22c; eggs,

19@24c: hogs, 7@81/_>c; calves, 511280; cat-

tle, 2%@50; sheep, 21/2@3c; lambs, 4@Sc:

hay, $8@10.



Kalkaska 00., Sept. 6.—Very warm to-



day, almost the first summer weather we

have had. It has rained three or four

' days a week since the middle of July.

Impossible to get grain in condition to

thresh. Some oats still to harvest on ac-

count of bad weather. Corn and beans

have made a good growth, but will re-

ouire 20 to 30 days to mature. Potatoes

not doing well; considerable blight and

some rot. Pastures fine. Stock looking

good, Not many hogs for market. Fruit

scarce. With 10 days of good weather

~the ground will be in splendid condition

for fall seeding.



Allegan 00., Sept. 4.—The few warm

days of late have helped to bring corn

.ilong, which is a poor crop. It has also

caused considerable blight in potatoes.

Beans are looking good and so is buck-

wheat. There is beling harvested a very

large crop of second cutting of clover.

Many apples are scabby, even where

spraying has been done. Considerable

wheat is being marketed at a little above

the dollar mark. The peach, pear and





plum crops are very small. Tomatoes

are about half a crop. Onions are good.

All stock is looking well. Considerable





wheat will be sown. .



Gratiot Co., Sept. 2—\\'et weather stlll

prevails. A few drying days, Aug. 23 to

28, allowed these farmers who were’On

the alert to secure their oats. Something

like 70 to 90 per cent were put up. Those

vxho have thrcshed report from 40 to 00

bushels yield. \Vheut is very poor; in

some cases the entire crop will scarcely

pay for the l'erterlizcr used. Fall plow-

ing for wheat is well under way. Corn

is gelling to be boiling corn, and since

we may now expect a killing frost at

any Lillie it is not safe to predict the

outcome. Four to six weeks of good

weather will give us a 25 to 75 per cent

crop_ while some fields in that time Will

be 93 to 100 per cent good. Beans prom-

ise from 50 to 75 per cent of a normal

Some fields are almost entirely de-





crop. _

str...ye;1 while others appear but little

damaged. The 'pods are filling well with





almost no blank spaces. Late potatoes

on drained soils promise a good yield.

Sugar beets appear to be getting a good

growth. The county fair was not largely

attended, as it. rained or threatened to

do so all week. Very little farm produce

was exhibited. The stock pens were all

taken and the poultry department was

well represented.



Northern Isabella and Southern Clare

Co.’s, Aug. 28.v-\Vet! \\'et! Wet! so it is





almost impossible to harvest oats and

thousands of acres stand in the field

badly damaged. Means. keep grownig





ripening and the





and blowing and not . .

late, and if this





bean harvest will be





weather continues it will be next thingI





to an impossibility to get them cured.I

But. little wheat being sown. Pastures.

good and all kinds of stock doing well.

Wheat, $1.01Q‘102; rye, 63c.



Alcona 00., Aug. 31.———VVe have had lots,

of rain all of this month and there isl

very little fall plowing done, mostly sod,





ty and a good share was put in dry, al-

though there are lots of stacks in the

field.





thrcshcd and some in the dry and a lot

rotted in the field or was so wet when

threshed that it is no good for market.

Outs :lro bcing thi'cshed in some locali—

tics, They are pretty wet and a lot'iif

oats are still standing in the field with

the ground so soft that it is impossible

to get in the field with a binder to cut

them. \Vheat, 96c; oats, 32c; eggs, 180;

butter, Zlc. Some peas are ripe and

taken can: of. The late crop will not

amount to anything, if we do not get

stun“ warm, dry weather. Beans are

drownod'out in spots and it would take

three weeks of good dry weather to ripen

what are still standing. The good roads

wore (lefcatcd in our election of Aug. 27.



Mecosta 00., Aug. 28.—August was

nearly as wet as July. Potatoes on low

land almost a failure around here, and

no potalocs that will give a very large

yield. Should it be good weather at har-

szting time, beans Will be a good _crop.

Unless we have a late fall there Will be

lots of soft corn. One of the largest ap—

ple crop this year every grown in this

section. Farmers alrer planting more

fruit trees of late than formerly and find

‘ihat with proper care we have an excel-

lent soil and climate, espeCially for ap—

ples and Cherries.



Ohio. .



Wayne 00., Sept. 2.—'l‘he weather still

continues very wet, being almost impos-

sible to get 'ony farm work done. Very

little plowing being done for wheat, the

ground being entirely too wet. Lots of

oats out in the field and spoiling in the

Shock; some. 0' ‘ bei g thrushed With

report of good (Eighty and quantity. Corn

is caring out fair, but late. Late pota-

toes looking fine. There will be very lit—

tle clover seed through these parts, it

being tOo wet for it to fill. XVheat, $1;

oats, 400; com, 680; hay, $10@15, accord-

ing to quality; butter, 24c; eggs, 200.





 





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GRAPE INVESTIGATIONS IN YORK

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The work of the Vineyard Laboratory

at Fredonia, N. Y., has been continued this

year, under an emergency appropriation

made for its. continuance by the board

of managersof the state experiment sta—

tiOn at Geneva, after Governor Dix ve—

toed the special bill for its support last

spring. The work has been very valu-

able. Three particular lines of work

have borne results this year worth men-

tioning.



First of all the level system of inten-

sive cultivation in use on the station

vineyards resulted in one of the finest

foliage growths and best settings of fruit

there is to be found in the entire grape

belt. The crop of grapes at the station

vineyards will be equal to that of last

year, Or very close to it, and this is due

vary largely to the level and intensive

cultivation. The ilrst plowing of the

spring, to turn under 'the cover crops

growing in the vineyard rows, was up to

the grape vine-s. This left a dead furrow

in the middle of the row. The use of 21

followed by spring-tooth





narrow disk.



barrow. cultivator, wheel hoe, and

smoothing barrow, leveled this down,

Frequent cull ivat it :11 during a. dry spell





in June which t‘ollchd the early wet,

cold weather, kept a dust mulch on the

top of the vineyard soil, and the unus-

ual growth of the vincs is so apparent as





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from the under side. Vines whose foliage

loses its color and life at this stage of

the game, will not properly mature their

fruit, and it has been chemically tested

out in the government laboratories that

a grape ripened on a vine seriously in-

jured by leafhopper is useless for either

grape juice or wine purposes. If offered

in the markets these grapes will only

depress the prices of all grapes offered.

And so the efforts of the vineyard labor-

atory staff to induce growers to spray,

and their demonstrations carried on co-

operatively, throughout the belt, have

been of great importance.



The package situation is very satisfac-

tory. Growers are loading up early with

baskets and crates. The price for 8-11).

baskets remains at $19 per thousand to

contract growers supplied by the co-op-

erative company, and is from $19 to $20

from independent makers. The 20-lb.

baskets are held at $40 per thousand at

all points. This is the same price as

last year. lVith a 40 per cent shrinkage

in crop below that of last year, and an

increase in the amount going into the

local grapejuice factories, for which they

supply the crates, there should be no

shortage of containers this year.



New York. A. M. LOOMIS.





 





CARE OF GARDEN PATCHES OF

SMALL FRUITS.



0n general farms are Zikcly to be "ound



small areas devoted to the growing of



small fruits for the table. Most of such



areas are neglected and are simply breed-



ing places for weed and illFOt'l pests. l





 





Marketing is Now Recognized as an





to ln- lltlllt‘t‘zlbItv from the highway pas“-

ing the laboratory farm.



The use of lime and legume cover crops

on experimental plats where last year no

results in fruit production could be noted

by szlGi'tlI weighing, have this year made

notable results in larger growth of fol—





iage, and hcavler setting of fruit. The

growth of clover on limed rows is so

much larger than on unlimml rows, that





it is apparent to a casual passer by. The

plats wlure cover crops have been used

are so much better than those where

none have. been grown as to leave little

room for doubt that the increase in fruit

yield will show up on the scales this

fall, and that by increasing the fertility

of the-soil, and the vigor of the vine in

this my the alternating of big and lit.—

tle yields of fruit may be. replaced by

constant large yields every year.



The third work done by the station

which is of importance is the continuance

of their crusade against the grape root

Worm, and the grape leat‘hopper. The

grape root worm is particularly active

"this year. The use of the sweetened poi—

son spray is proving.r effective in many

vineya1ds, but it has defects which the





vineyard entomologist, Frederick Hart-

zell is sec-king to overcome. It is not





sufficiently adhesive to remain on a vine

after a rainfall. The arsenate of lead

which is used with the molasses loses its

adhesiVQ qualities in this solution. Its

use is recommended and has been dem-‘

onstraied on dozens of vineyards, until

a better poison which will reach this

troublesome bug is being sought. The

leafhopper is under control wherever the

nicotine solution is used, but very many

vineyardists refuse, yet, to believe that

1heir crop is in danger and so neglect to

spray. The attack of the leafhopper is

partic1tla11y violent 'this year, {and a

heavy damage will be done. Some vine-

yards already show by the turning brown

of the foliage, the results of this insect

which sucks the life juice- of the leaf





 





Important Part of the Fruit Business.





am writing from our own experience. Our

time is s) taken up with the more im-

portant work that we have little time to

give the currants, gooseberries, raspber-

1ies, etc. There are odd times when we

could do this work as well as not, did We

know what to do with the little time at

our disposal. With these limited areas

tucked away in the corners of the vege-

table garden it is impossible to cultivate

them with a horse and as the hand

work required to cultivate in proper

shape is too extensive to be ever thought

of, these areas are left to take care of

themselves. In a short time there is a.

struggle for existence going on between

fruit plats and the weeds.



The other day as I was going past an

old straw stack bottom, which I intended

hauling 011 to the oat stubble preparatory

to plowing for wheat, it occurred to me

that in that rotted straw was a solution

for the question of the neglected berry

bushes. I set a man to work mulching

the currants and I was surprised at the

little time it took to mulch them thor-

oughly. As the work had to be done

with a wheelbarrow it was somewhat,

tedious but it was done quite quickly,

nevertheless. I don’t believe that mulch-

ing as late as we havo this year is the

best possible method, but it was the only

way we could think of at this time. Next

year we shall follow this plan but will

haVe it done as early in the season as

possible so as to prevent weed growth.

Of course, it is better to do it late than

not at all, as the mulch will kill out the

weed growth and grass sod so the soil

will be In better shape for the fruit next

year.



These small fruits have not suffered

from drouth through lack of cultivation

this year because the rains have been

frequent enough to keep them supplied

with moisture.



We have often thought that it would

be better to cease trying to grow small

fruits for the table and buy of someone





who grew them commercially. But after‘





one Or two dry seasons when our neg-

lected fruits were a failure and we found

it all but impossible to get a few quarts

for our own table (for it was so much

bother to both the other fellow and our-

selves), we gave up the idea of buying

and settled down to growing them for

ourselves.



There are many reasons why it is bet-

ter for the general farmer to grow his

own small fruits than it is for him to de-

pend on buying them: Usually the work

at home is so engrossing that the farmer

and his family lose track of 'the seasons

for the different fruits, and do not think

where they are 'to be had so do not have

them at. all. Again, the time to go after

the fruit can not be taken at the particu—

lar time when they are thought of so 'the

chances are that they do not get as much

of the small fruit as they would like, or

need. But by following a mulching

method the berry patches can be kept in

fairly presentable shape and quite pro-

ductive also.



Berrien Co. B. G.





INJURED TREES.





THOMAS.





SAVING





Tha last winter was very trying to

young apple trees those who set orchards

the previous spring well know. Some

trees were killed outright, others came

through with dead tops and many were

seriously weakened, as has since been

made evident. “'hat could be done wi'h

them was then the important question.



Such a problem will be solved in dif-





t‘e‘rtnt ways. depending upon the man.





 





t‘nnc who jumps at conclusions and actsI





upon





impulse will probably pull out the‘





tiers deviate. fruit growing a failure and I

1151' the ground for other purposes. The

philosopher will await further dcvelop-





menu. The lazy man—but hc wed not

be considered.



It‘ the Il‘Ot'S were not entirt ly «lead they

may have sent out shoots along the

they may have sprouted below

the surface of the ground. In either

case they are worthy of further atten-

tion. Good trccs may be made of them.



If there are Ntllllo strong shoots, along

the trunk, select the most desirable and

remove all the others. The vigor of the

tree will thus br concentrated, the result

being the production of a few stronr

shorts in place of

something like a tree instead of a bush.

Those who desire low heads will saw

three or four branches, if there. are that

many. 1N inches or more above

and start a 11(w head. The old top will

be t'lll ofl‘ cltsc to the night-st shoot,

\‘t'IlIt'Il 111m: Ill-twines the leader. if the.

new growth has started too low for mak-

ing a head. then only one is left, the

head to be dcveloped later.



Sprouts that come from below





trunk





the bud





or graft will not, of ('(lltl‘sv. lve true to

name. 1f left to thnuselyes they will

tesult in trees of natural fruit, probably





worthless. Such trees will need budding

or grafting, but this need not discourage

anyone. since neither procch offers any

serious difficulties.



Stock in 'the nursery row is budded near

the ground, but this is not necessary with

a tree that is not to be moved. Buds

may be set. where it.is desired that the

branches should start out to form the

head. To be sure, this requires more

labor,

instead of one. but geotl

claimed for the process. The compara-

TIVL‘I)’ few trees in an mchard would

admit of treatment that would be im-

practicable. in a nursery. Budding 1S

really a simple process. It is something

that every orchardist ought to under-

stand. The time for setting buds is in

the summer.



Grafting is a crudcr process than bud-

ding. As it is done in the spring it can

be ~1esorted to if the budding of the pre-

vious summer has proved a failure.



Will it pay to save such trees? That is

the question which is finally to be con-

sidered and which must be settled in

each orchard by itself. Trees which are

already in the ground are somewhat like

a bird in the hand. They are worth

more than those which are somewhere

else. If good trees can be made of them

it is better than to take the chances of

planting next spring. But they ought to

receive careful attention.



Last winter was a very severe one for

the nurseries. Thousands of trees were

killed. This means that stock for plant—

ing new spring will be scarce and high.

For that reason every tree ought to be

saved that can be. Give the tree a

chance. even though the outlook is not

very encouraging.





Oakland 00. FRANK D. WELLS.





131 Lincoln Avenue. xi"

ground ‘





since three or four buds are set;

results are'





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Plant. this fall and—get trees into bearin one year

We have a fine Stock of Peach at? 40, Apple

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All kinds of Shade Trees Ben-y Plants, etc. . at

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SOM’E EXPERJENCE lN HASTENING The same pens were used and they

.. THE MOLT. were cared for in the. same manner as

-———— xef‘ere except that for five ‘weeks pre—





Early‘molting is desirable as it ena- vious to making the comparison pen No.

bles fowl's to begin winter in good con— 2‘(corn fed) received white corn as its

dition. For some years it has been whole grain. Pen No. 5 still received

claimed that fowls may be caused to yellow corn and wheat and pen N0. 4

molt as early'in the fall as desired. received wheat.



Briefly, the method consists in Withholding Pen N0. 2 when fed white corn pro-

food frOm the fowls for a few days. duced eggs having a very pale yolk in

Which stops egg production and reduces all cases except one. Pen No. 4 when

weight, and then feeding heavily on a fed wheat produced eggs having a very

ration suitable for the formation of pale yolk in all cases except one. Pen

feathers and the general upbuilding of No. 5 when fed yellow corn and \Vheilt

the system. produced eggs having yolks of a good



I put this method to a test a few years yellow color in all cases.

ago with some White Leghorn's and some These results were so conclusive that

mixed fowls, two pens of each. One pen it was thought unnecessary to use more

of each was not given any feed for two eggs.

weeks except what they could get in -——-———————————

their runs, which had been sown in oats FALL WORK AMONG BEES.

in the early spring. There was but lit-

tle cats to be found by this time. The Colonies deficient in winter stores

other two pens werefed as usual on beef should be fed as soon as possible. Bees

scraps, wheat, corn and oats. At the may be fed as late as November. Hives

end of the two weeks all were fed liber- still having 'supers should have them re-

ally and alike. In about a month after moved. Colonies should be inspected

1he test began the pen 0f “starved" early to see if they have a queen and

White Leghorns had practically a new numerous young bees. If either are lack—

Cl'flt 0f feathers, had begun 'to lay, and ing such a. colony should be united with

within a week or so nearly half of the some other colony. Each hive shouxi

hens were laying regularly. while the contain at least. 30 pounds of honey. in

lot of “fed” fOWIS were J'U'St beginning many cases this is a hard thing to de-

t0 molt Mld the egg production had prac- termine Without going into the hives for

finally stopped. The treatment of the an examination. By lifting a. few hives.

mixed stock affected them in much the then examining ”fem, a close guess can

same way as it did the others. be made on the quantity of stores in the



For a period- of ten days, beginning remainder. This should not be considered

when the heavy feeding was begun, the an inflexible rule, as two hives may be

dropping boards in the White Leghorn of the same weight and one have plenty

houses were not. cleaned. At the eX- while the other is. in need of more win—

piration of this time examination was ter stores. Combs of the one may con—

made and a. great accumulation 0f feath— tain a large amount of pollen and be ex-

ers fI‘Om the “starved" 10t 0f fOWIS» and tra. heavy in bees, therefore requiring

a relatively small amount of feathers more honey or stores.

from the other IOt was found. The most common method of furnishing



The COUCIUSiOU is that mature hens stores is that of feeding sugar syrup.

which are fed very sparingly for about Some bee-keepers have extra frames tilled

two weeks and then receive a rich. "1- with honey during the honey flow, and

trogenous ration, m01t more rapidly and these are put into the needy hives by re-

more uniformly, and enter the COM moving the light combs. This is a sat-

weather of winter in better condition isfactory method. but honey in these

than similar fowls fed a full ration 00“- combs should be of good grade. No dark

tlnuously during the melting period. i‘all honey. or honey dew, should be giv-



Texas. A- M- LATHAM. on. Sugar syrup is even better than

honey for winter stores. Nothing but

EFFECT OF FEED UPON THE COLOR the best granulated sugar should be used.





 





 





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www purpose. These need be nothing more

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of the» best quality and show to meet me which has been put on top of the hive.

requirements of some markets, the work A large pan will enable the bee-keeper

of proving, if possible, that certain feeds to fend a larger amount quickly. This is

would produce eggs 0f CCl'lalll CUIUX'Od dexirable. as the giving of a. small amount

yolks was undertaken by the Maryland daily until the deficiency in stores is

station. made up, induces the bees to rear brood

One hundred and twenty Single comb and excites them, thus wasting their en-

White Leghorns, which had been DI‘O- ergy. Chips, shavings or excelsiOr should

rated into three lots of forty each ac- be put in these pans to prevent bees

cording to their origin, age, size, etc., drowning. I

were housed and cared for alike except Sugar syrup should be made. 'two and

that one Dell CNO- 2) received its W110“? one—half parts of water to one part of

grain in the form of corn. another (NO- sugar by ilieasurc. lf feeding is done in

4) in the form “f W119i” allll the third November or ill (fUltl weather the mixture

received a mixture of corn and Wheat. should be two pounds of sugar to one

The rations were as follows: Each quart of watclr, and should be fed warm

had a nutritive ratio of approximately in the evening. The sooner feeding is

124.1. done and the thinner the food the better

I’en N0. 2 was fed: Corn, 9 parts; bran it is, as bees are better able to chemical—

6 parts; gluten meal, 4 parts; beef scrap, ly change it to their advantage. When

2 parts. syrup is fed in cold weather, or whenI

Pen No. 4 was fed: Wheat, 9 parts; thick, 3. teaspoonful of tartaric acidj

bran, 6 part8; wheat meal, 4 parts; beef should be added to every 20 pounds oil

scrap, 2 parts. sugar which has previously been dis—'

Pen No. 5 was fed: Wheat. 4% parts; solved. Without. the acid the thick sy-

corn,41,é parts; bran, 6 parts; wheat meal rup is liable to turn to sugar in the

2 parts; gluten meal, 2 parts; beef scrap, comb. a

2 parts. A larger weight of syrup should be fed1

All pens were allowed free access to than the deficiency of Weight in the hive,

narrow yards which furnished a. very as syrup shrinks 10 to 25 per cent in

limited amount of green Sthf- All were weight on account of bees removing the

alike so far as the amount 0f green 1'006 water before it is put into the combs.

furnished was concerned. The difference depends upon how thick

First Test—Yellow corn. the syrup is when fed. I-live's to be win—

Preceding this test the corn used in ‘tered out of doors should be packed dur—

the rations of pens tWO and five was ing the early part of October and eacn

yellow Wh01e corn. entrance contracted to suit size of col-

All the eggs laid by these pens on any. Putting on an outer case which

March 23, 24 and 25. 1911. were saved. leaves a. space of six inches around all

The date, pen No. and hen NO- was mark- sides of hive fer packing material, is one

ed on the eggs and only one from each of the most successful ways of wintering.

hen used in the comparison. 31. 32 and The front of case must be arranged so

36 eggs were obtained from pens 2, 4 and that hive entrance is not closed to such

5 respectively. an extent as to prevent ventilation or the

On May 3, all the eggs were boiled, cut flying of bees. The best materials for

in ,half and placed in parallel rows for packing are ground cork or planer shav—

comparison. in' every instance the eggs ings. Chaff. fine straw, autumn leaves

from pen No. 2, (corn fed lot), showed a. and sawdust are sometimes used. Even

yolk with a. deep yellow color. Every with good packing, it is desirable to have

egg from pen No. 5, (corn and wheat fed bees in a place sheltered from the wind

100;};3‘1‘gyoik of a good yellow color. and sufficiently covered to prevent water

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savagely remarking that a woman



who brought up a family of children

ought to have a harp and crown no mat—

ter what crimes she committed in the

m'eantime. Of course, I went away be—

yond perfect orthodoxy and perhaps a

step beyond absolute liberalism, but I

will leave it to any jury of my peers if

the ideal mother isn’t worthy of the

laurel wreath?



There are so many things to be thought

of in character building, aside from the

purely manual tasks of feeding and

washing and clothing and nursing. Just

how shall I deal with this case of diso-

bedience? How shall I uproot that vic-

ious habit? 110w shall 1 implant that

virtue? These questions are forever

rearing their heads and bringing lines to

the mother‘s face.



And the ideas of child rearing are as

varied as are the- mothers with children

to bring up. There are mothers With

theories, and mothers without them,

mothers who delegate their powers to

others and mothers who insist on being

the chief ruler, mothers who make their

work a burden to themselves and others

and mothers who choose the easiest way.



But though the easiest way is often

'the best way in housework, as a rule, it

is not the best in child training. ‘l‘oo

often the easiest way is to give. up when

the child screams and kicks, with the re—

sult an undisciplined child who is cor-

dially {letesled by everyone except his

doting parents. \Ve can all see that this

is not the best way, but in other more

subtle things We do not so readily discern

that what is easiest at the time is the

worst thing for the- child and the whole

family. I



There is lite question of simple justice

in families. Illow much oftener we see

’it ignored than observed. One child is

seliish and insists on all its own rights

and the rights of some of the others.

Another child is unsellish and willing to

give up. And the parents, instead of

repressing the selfish one and insisting

lets him claim every—

go without because





I ONCE shocked my good mother by





«in equal rights,

thing and the other

it is the easiest way.



(me girl will not wear made over dress—

is faded ribbons or patched shoes. The





is given her. And so to avoid a show of

temper the first girl gets the beSt of

everything and the second inherits all

the hand-me—downs. Verily, here is a

case where virtue is its own and only

reward! For sweetness of temper one

child gets a few scant words of praise

and the cast-off clothes, while for losing

her temper and acting like a Virago her

sister gets the new frocks and the good

times.



The bad-tempered one doesn’t like

housework and shirks all she can; her

sister is glad to do anything to avert a

storm so she does the lion‘s share of

work which shOuld be equally divided.

One brother won’t stay home on a holi-

day to help with the chores, so the other

has to leave all merrymakings early to

go home and do the work, because he

had just as soon. “He is kind of a dub

anyway, and doesn’t care for a good

time," his gay brother would tell you.



Most of us do not need to look outside

of our own homes to see just such condi-

tions. We tolerate them because it is

the easiest thing to do, never thinking

that' it is the worst way possible to raise

our children. Not only is it an injustice

to the unselfish child to let him always

give up to the other, but it is developing

the woist possible character in the sel-

lish one. Carried farther to a time when

the‘family may need monetary assistance

from the children, it always results one

way, The, child who has always had his

way simply will not give up any pleasures

or luxuries to help the parents. If he

can occasionally give them a dollar with—

out giving up something he wants him—

self he will do it and then brag of his

generosity for a year. It remains to the

child who was shghted and put upon at

home. to take over the care of the old

folks, too often at the cost of depriving

his own family of actual necessities.



If you have been in the habit of letting

one child give up to the other, young

mother, stop it today. Turn about is

fair play always, .so see that neither im-

poses upon the other. It will not be an

easy thing to do now. but :30 years from

now your diseil‘lined child will rise up

and call you blessed.



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A Way To Help Solve the Rual School Problem.





By Edith Wilson McCormick.





if we are interested in where our men-

ey goes we ought to be interested in

schools, for the school revenue was near-

ly a half billion this year.



If we are interested in our children we

art- interested in schools. for there they

spend a. large share of the formative pe-

riod of their lives. Years ago when I

was a young girl just out of high school,

I heard a colleg e professor say that,

While high S(llU(JlS and colleges had pro—

gressed and improved, the country schools

had not: they were still primitive. '\\'hc-11

I stopped to think that it was the grad-

uates of these vaunted high schools and

colleges who were teachinig the country

schools I \\ onderod how both parts of his

statement could be true.



Since that time I’ve been reading ev-

ery item pertaini‘nig to schools that has

come to my notice, about conduct and

governing, methods, ideas of teaching,

courses of study and manual training.

And as 1 have had access to a consid-

erable amount of current literature of

different kinds I have read of many new

and strange things alOng educational

lines. Some seem good and practicable,

some absurd and “faddy.”



This I have seen recently, every livc

educator seems to be crying, “change.”

Therefore we may be very sure we will

get—who can tell what?



Undoubtedly it will be possible before

long to get truly wonderful things for

our country schools. But if we want the

best, quickly, we must wake up and go

out half way to meet it and lead it in.



I read an editorial in a family maga-





zine where the writer told how many

years she spent in school and how proud

and confident she was when sht- received

her blue ribboned diplonna and nentl

“forth to battle with life alone.” She-

went on to say she soon found she was

alone—alone and empty—hamled, for she

stored her formidable Weapon of a di-

ploma in the» deepest depths of her trunk

and spent as much time over again to

uniearn what she learned at school.



Now wouldn’t that take the wind out

of your sails? Do you wish to spend

the best 20 years of your life and all

your cash educating Mary if she is going

to feel like that when it's all over? I

don’t.



I am perfectly willing to “slave and

save” to enable my children to learn

Jreek, Latin, or even Sanscrit, if I can

be convinced it will make. them healthier,

happier, or more useful citizens. If,

however, it is apt to give them the big

head, empty of even enough common

sense to make a noise rattling, faced

with a pale, anemic visage. set upon a

pair of narrow stooped shoulders and

underpinned by a pair of thin, la'ly legs,

I say “they had»better learn the “three

B’s” and learn them well. the-n come

home and help me dig in the dirt. I'm

sure we can dig out all sorts of wonder-

ful things.



Healthy, wealth and books, books with

all the treasures of the world between

their covers. Here where we can work

out in a practical way all the secrets

they disclose. People don’t need to be

ignorant now-a-days even if they don't





learn everything there is to know while

in school. But the point is they must,

according to law, attend school from sev-

en years of age to sixteen, unless they

pass the eighth grade examination pre-

vious to that. age. Years ago a. boy of

sixteen who was expected to earn his

own living was apprenticed to a trade

by that time. Now we keep them in

school to “learn” them, turn them out

at that age and many of them are prac-

tically helpless. They have to begin at

the bottom and they get discontented,

keep changing about and so learn no

trade- wcll. This is what causes discou-

tent, careless and incompetent work and

—ycs—dissipalion and evil.



If we can have, instead, trade schools

I believe from what I have seen and

read We can keep those big boys and

girls who haven’t “passed” and “hate"

school. interested. Don’t you believe a.

boy who couldn‘t be interested in per-

centage would be interested in figuring

out which cow gave the most profit. on

her feed? What per cent of the seed

corn would grow and how much larger a

cmp could be raised with good seed than

pocr‘.’ Especially if he were to receive a

“per cent” of the profits thus gained?



I can teach my children to read and

write and spell. It wouldn’t take half

the time it does to send them to school

properly and do without, their help. 1

want someone for teacher who can do

better than I to'teach them thing's I don't

know, things that will help them to suc-

teed where. father and I havo failed.



IVhy shouldn’t they be taught practical

scientific housekeeping and farming or a.

useful trade, according 'to the inclination

and talents of each. as easy as to turn

them all out of the same. mold? The

world will soon wear off the corners any-

way and mar the perfect cast till they

are as unlike as possible. \Vhy wait for

protuberances 'to be knocked off at ran-

dom and the life scarred or spoiled 1n

the process. \Vhy not train and shape

them aright in school?



That is what we will doubtless come to

some time. Let us look tip—lift up—talk

tip—and hasten the -time.





THE BLESSING OF HEALTH.





 





BY ELLA E. ROCKWOOD.



Good health is. usually not appreciated

as it should be. its fortunate possessors

treat it lightly and many times overtax

beyond all reason what should be count-

ed as a priceless treasure. worthy of

every care. '



\Vhat Would not the invalid give to be

well? l‘nto'ld riches count as naught if

with it go sickness and ill health. So

long as one has health the ordinary sor-

rows of life can be cheerfully borne. Take

that away and the world becomes an al-

together different place. Life seems to

be hardly worth the living.



The health which is the natural heri-

tage of youth in an occasional instance

endures 10 the end of a. long life. period.

'l‘hose so blessed Should be thankful, for

they are enjoying something which many

of their fellowmen are deprived of.



Men and women sometimes bring pain

and suffering upon themselves. The hu-

man frame is wonderful in its resistance

but there is a limit to its endurance. W0—

nien especially are subject to nervous and

physical breakdown from goading them-

selVes on and on until finally they give

out entirely. Maternity and the cares of

a. household are more trying at the pres-

ent time than the good Lord intended

them to be. It calls for a strong frame

to perform all the duties devolving upon

the twentieth century woman.



The first duty which confronts her is

to conserve her own health. To do this

is not always possible but safeguarding

it in every way within her power will go

a long way toward it.



There is no doubt that our thoughts

are helpful or harmful in this matter of

health. To be cheerful and hopeful even

in the face of discouragement is not al-

ways easy, but by a brave effort it can

be done. A long fame, and a, dolorOus

manner will never help to accomplish any

good. A philosopher of old said, “A mer—

ry heart doeth good like a medicine,”

and it is even better than medicine in





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_ A FOOD CONVERT





Good Food the True Road to Health.





The pernicious habit some persons still

have of ielying on nauseous drugs to re-

iliove stomach trouble. keeps up the

patent medicine business and helps keep

up the army of dyspeptic-s.



Indigestion—dye pepsia—is caused by

what is put into the stomach in the way

of improper 1',ood the kind that so taxes

the strength of the digesdve organs they

are actually chipplcd.



\Vhen this slateis reached, [11 resort to

tomes is like whipping a. tired horse

with a big load. Every additimial effort

he makes under the lash diminishes his

power to move the load.



Try helping the stomach by leaving off

heavy, greasy, indigestible food and take

on Grape—Nuts—dight. easily digested,

full of strength for nerves and brain, in

every grain of it. There’s no Waste Of

time nor energy when Urapc—Vuts is the

food.



“I am an enthusiastic user of Grape-

Nuts and consider it an ideal food,” writes

a Maine man:



“I had nervous dyspepsia. and was all

run down and my food see-med to do me

but little good. From reading an adver-

tisemeni I tried Grape—Nuts food, and,

after a few weeks’ steady use of it, felt

greatly improved.



“Am, much stronger, not nervous now,

and can do more work without feeling so

tired, and am better every way.



“I relish Grape-Nuts best with cream

and use. four heaping teasptmnfuls as the

cereal part of a. meal. I am sure there

are thousands of persons with stomach

trouble who would be benefited by using

Grape—Nuts. Name given by Postum 00.,

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“There’s a reason.”





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warding off imaginary ailments which,

after all, are the kind which sOme of us

are most afflicted with.



Let us not fret over trifles, nor think

too frequently of our bad feelings. Let

us keep busy but not over—tax ourselves

unnecessarily and give as many hours

to rest and healthful sleep as possible.





HUMAN WELFARE QUERIES.



Household Editorz—If your correspond-

ent who can take niilk only, for food,

will employ koumis, practically wine of

milk, she will get along nicely and ex-

perience a decided improvement in her

comiition. Put in a quart of new milk.

a. tablespoonful of sugar, granulated, and

some ycast, set it away in a quite warm

place until it ferments, at which time a

chemical change is accomplished, result-

ing in wine. Ex-President Garfield’s

physicians gave him this, when he could

keep no other form of nourishment. In

case of necessity, every householder

should know the value of this kind of

food. For old folks who are feeble, and

whose pchrs of digestion are not as

good as they should be, try it, and see

for ycurseves how it will impart strength.

—-A.. C. M., Bay County.



Household Editor:——As I saw a request

for a carpet bug destroyer I will send you

mine. I have tried it with good success.

Take three corrosive sublimate antiseptic

tablets and one ounce of sugar of lead;

dissolve in one quart of water and spray

the carpet where the bugs are trouble-

some. It will not discolor the carpet.——

A Reader.



Here lea. recipe for the- extermination

of carpet bugs and its efficiency has been

vouched for by those who have tried it.

One ounce of alum, one ounce chloride

zinc, three ounces salt. Mix this with one

quart of water and lot it stand over

night in a covered vessel. In the morn—

ing pour it carefully into another vessel

so that all sediment may be left behind.

dilute this with two quarts of water and

apply by sprinkling the edges of the

carpet for a distance 01' a foot from the

wall. This is all that is necessary, they

will leave boxes, bedding and any ‘OtllCl‘

resort that has been sprinkled with the

solution, on the shortest possible notice

and nothing wiltbe injured in texture or

Color. L. S., Stockbridgc.



Household Editor:——1 would like to do

housework and my mother says I am not

careful enough, I should do lactory work

and I don't care for that. Would you

please give me your advice? I wish Deb-

orah would take» her subject from it and

give me her advice alsowMiss Sixteen.



My advise would be to try to overcome

your mother’s objections by using more

care and becoming a. better housekeeper.

Certainly housework is a vastly better

occupation for girls, both from the point

of view of health and the money one can

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which means, 01 ccu1sc a cold bite. The

air is invariably bad, the hours long and

the work irksomex. The giil who earns

$8.00 a. week is rare, the average being

about $5.00. Out of this the girl must

pay for room, board, heat, washing, car—

fare, clothes, sickness, and every expense,

so you can imagine how much one could

save. The girl who does housework gets

from $3.00 a week to $35 a month, de-

pending up011 her experience, and has

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her days out, so you can see the differ-

ence in her financial condition and that

of the factory girl. Just call these things

to your mother’s attention and perhaps

she will change. I should not advise

you to do anything against her wishes,

but I believe she might be won over If

you did your work better and she. saw

actual factory conditions.



Household I‘lditor:«—Please publish

some new ways of preparing endive for

table use, from early growth up.—~A Sub-

scribcr.



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sliced radishes or; diced pineapple and

mayonnaise dressing. Or the well—washed

head may be placed in the bowl, garnish—

ed with slices of hard—boiled egg and

dressed with oil and vinegar. For the oil

and vinegar dressing, blend thoroughly

six tablespoonfuls of oil with three of

vinegar and season with salt, pepper and

paprika. Tarragon vinegar is good to

use in dressings for endive salad.



Ilouschold Editor: —\Vould you please

tell me what I can clean a light colored

carpet, an ingrain, with without taking

it up?—R. . D.



Unless you have a vacuum cleaner it

will be hard to get the dust out of your

carpet. Such carpets are brightened by

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soap and rinsed thoroughly in clear

water.

Graham Bread.



W'e think thisyery nice. Half cup of

molasses, fill the cup with sugar, two

cups sweet milk, one rounding tablespoon

of butter, one 'teaspOOn of soda, one of

salt, three cups of graham flour, one

small teaspoon of baking powder. This

makes two small loaves—Mrs. T. S.



Household Editor:~—I tried the butter"

milk pie recipe and find it good; now I

would like to find if some of your many

readers could send in a potato piee recipe,

Where they use the 1aw grated potato for

thickening.~Mrs. Hardup.



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BY FRANK H. SWEET. .

Three things that every housew1fe





should always keep on hand in case of

accidents are a spool of adhesive plaster,

a package of carbolated absorbent cot-

ton, and a bottle of boracic acid.



A weak solution of boracic acid is ex-

cellent as a healing lotion for slight cuts

or wounds. Several thicknesses of cheese

cloth or old soft linen saturated with

this solution and placed over wounds is

a line antiseptic and cleanser, and is of-

ten all that is needed. ’



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bathed thoroughly with a. weak solution

of boracic acid, and 'then well wrapped

with soft cloths to prevent any dirt get:

ting into it. If you have no boracic acid

on hand, use very weak borax water. As

soon as the bleeding stops draw tnc.

edges of the wound together and hold

them in place with strips of sticking

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Anty Drudge— “Well, well, well, when I had this chance

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BY INEZ DE JATl,‘.\'.'\'l‘T COOPER.





Across the slough in the woods pasture

the frogs’ deep bass sounded the warning

of night and along the hedges the birds

were lowering tlteir notes to a twitter. A

slant of western sun sent a glow across

the tawney shock of hair as Uncle Jerry,

resting his booted foot on the lowest step

of the kitchen door, waited for his wife,

whom he had called.



“Mother," said he, as she appeared,

“here’s a preacher fellow wants to stay

all night with us. I told him it laid Witlt

you.”



Aunt Jane, black eyed, tidy and bust-

ling, glanced down from the upper step.

She was rosy from the open oven whicn

sent out a whiff of «lclicimtsness from hot

biscuit to mingle with the ham sizzling

on the stoVe. This rosiness made her

especially Oll;.',11glllg as she glanced the

stranger over. ‘



lle had a cheerful, ruddy face and

sutootlt manners. “i started to, take one

of these ten-mile English walks we read

about,“ he beganwl and fifty of my con—

gregation an camping about five miles

from hcrce?‘



“llcnton‘s

Jerry.



“I don't just rt-mtntbcr the farmer’s

named" The stranecr hesitated but a

moment “Mighty nice man, though,”

he added. “and spoke well of yott. Said

you were a worker and all that—~—owned

half a section. 01' was it a section?" be

rattled on pleasantly. looking to I'nclc

Jerry tor confirmation.



“llalf a section." replied l'ncle .lC‘l‘l’V





tutu-'3" interrupted T‘ncle





cttrtly.



’l‘lu» stranger. with a pleasant garrulity,

addressed himself to .\unt Jane. “Mighty

dit‘l'ercncc between farmers," he

"Now your next neighbor ut—





ltll of

continued.

terly refused to take me in but sent me





here. ‘Jcrry 'l‘imbtr,’ he said, ‘takcs in

all the tramps." “ and he chuckled at his

joke.





\Vith the approval of .»\unt {lane he

was admitted to thc large living room.

It was after chore tithe when the three

were sitting chatting pleasantly, that

there came a rap at the door.



Uncle .lcrry opened and peered into

the darkness.



“I tnnlctstand,” cattle a voice, "that

there. is a, minister staying here.”



l'llclt', .lcl‘l‘y hold the tlool‘ tljiil‘ tO ad—

mit tlnv caller, a sturdy countryman, fol—

lowed by a young woman. when his

.Lgllcst :tl'osc to his feet.



"How did you know it?" he asked ex-

citedly. “I trust no one is at the point

of «Math and l unable to reach them by

my ftolish wandering from the place

where l ought to be found!” Flustercd

illltl anxious, he reached for his hat.



The girl. Ullthl' her cheap mushroom

headgear. giggled. while the young man

twitchcd, entbz'ttrassed.



"Fact is,“ he tidgctcd, “\\'e—»t.~r~«w‘ell,

we want to get marricdwand the old

man’s after us. lCdnic has been keeping

house for hint six years and he‘s so int-an

to hot that she‘s been afraid to marry,

altl‘ough she is twenty—three. We came

ovcr the line because we heard there was

a church camp here and just at dark we

passed a man who said that a prcachtr

wanted to stop at his home all night

and he sent hint to .lcrry Timber.”



“Lucky he didn't let you go on to the

-amp,” commented the minister, warmly.

“I suppose you have no license. You’re

ever the line, you know.”



The young man grinned. “I looked out

for that yesterday,” he said. “\Ve were

to be married in New Lenox. only we

heard of the camp and wok the shorter

way.”



“Uh, you young people!" the pastor

laughcd indulgently.



“Stand here!” he commanded. chang-

ing front geniality to seriousness. “Clasp

hands,“ and with a few short business—

like sentcncc-s, long familiarity making a

hook unnecessary, he spoke the words,

ending with, “l pronounce you man and

wife!”



The groom shyly tendered him a bill

and turned with his bride to leave.



“I’ll declare," said the pastor, holding

his fat sides with laughter, “you said

you were both of legal age but you act

like babes. What have you,” he twink-

led towards the bride with pleasant unc-

tion, "to prove that you are married?”

and he held aloof the license which had

been laid upon the table.



“Gosh, that’s so!” replied the groom





THE- MICHIGAN FARMER.





whereupon the man who had just mar—

ried him handed him a fountain pen with

which to sign his name. He signed and

turned to the bride, who took the pen

nervously, uncertain just what to do.

“Sign right there," said the pastor.





folding it dowu to the signature lines for '





n





hcr convenience, “and be sure, he ban—

tered, “and Sign your new name and not;

your old one.”



She signed. He took the paper from

her and held it towards Uncle Jerry.

“Now,” he beamed, “if you and your

good wife will just Sign as witnesseS—"



”For heaven‘s sake!” interrupted the

girl, stricken with sudden panic. “I just

believe those dogs are barking at Pa!”

and she burst into tears.



The. groom tried to quiet her while Un—

cle Jerry’s guest handed the folded cer-

tificate to him, urging haste.



Uncle Jerry signed and the guest

thrust it hurriedly towards Aunt Jane.



“Sign just as I did, Motln-r,” comment—

ed Uncle Jerry, pointing to his signa-

ture, and she, taking the pen, did as She

was told.



.\t daybreak the guest departed and it





was a week later that a business-like

young man came to the farm home to

collect a note of five thousand dollars,

showing as proof what had served as a

certificate of marriage, now a promissory

note to be paid by the undersigned.



“That is your handwriting, isn’t it,”

argued the young man, as Uncle Jerl‘Y.

after reading it over, said he guessed he

wouldn’t pay.



"Yes,” said Uncle Jerry, thrusting his

hands easily into the pockets of his over-

alls. “It's our handwriting, all right,

but it isn’t our names. I signed my

nickname. They call me Jerry Timber

because, among several Jerrys about

here, I own the most timber. My cousin

is called Jerry the blacksmith and my

uncle Jerry is Jerry Creamery. He owns

a creamery.



"My real name,





n





he concluded, “is Ger—

ald Landon. although my grandfather

and uncle spell it Jerrold. I've been

called stuck-up for spelling it with a G.

\Vell. I’ve used the J for once. I signed

it J. Timber and I told my wife ‘to sign

it as I did. Jane,” he added, “is a. pretty

smart woman.”





 





A PARSON UNEXPECTED.





BY WILLIAM A. F‘REEHOFF.





Deacon Brown‘s face plainly showed

the intense amazement he felt.



“Just atom the parson died,” he evx~

plained to the Ilermit, who smiled quiz—

zically at him, "he asked that no one but

yott be allowed to preach his funeral

sermon. .lohn it‘arrand.”



“l was expecting it,” replied the Iller-

mit, quietly.



“You don’t mean to tell me you're a

pat-son!” ejaculated the Deacon, thunder-

struck.



“Here are. my papers to prove it."



.\nd sure enough, he was able to ca:—

tablfsh conclusively that he. was a rcgu~

lat-1y ordained minister.



The conversation then drifted to the

aged pastor of the. only church in Hope

\‘alley, who had crossed the Deep tillve'r

during the night with the tranquility of

one who had no dread of the future. The

llcacoil had just ridden up to deliver his

message.



"lie was a good man,’ declared Deacon

llrown. “No one could have done his

only more faithfully. It. required a tre—

mendous amount of self sacrifice for a.

man of his qualifications to bury himself

in these hills, when he might have ae-

complishcd vastly more in a larger field.”



“The. great tasks are those which lie

nearest at hand,” acquiesced the tier—

mit, solemnly.



"I think we'll be lucky to get anybody

at all into Hope Valley, to be his suc—

can’t pay a princely





s





cessor. We

salary."



But as at this juncture the Deacon’s

horse began to manifest marked signs of

impatience, he rode slowly down the

path.



“You can’t always tell,” shouted the

Hermit after him, with an intonation of

voice the Deacon did not note until ar—

tt-rwards.



The llcrmit watchtd the rider disap-

pear with evident admiration.



Deacon Brown, indeed, was the sort

of man everybody could not help but

like. ’l‘hroughout Hope Valley no one

was held in greater respect or command-

ed a more extensive influence. Although

sixty years of toil among the stony hills

had hammered his face into the appear-

ance of a weather-beaten cliff, callused

and gnarled his hands, bent his shoulders

and sprinkled the silver liberally in his

black hair, the buoyancy of his spirits

never declined. Even now he whistled

a hymn tune as he galloped along. in—

spired by the merry cluttering of the

birds and the, mellow sunshine radiating

betwccn the bluffs on either hand, and

did not cease until close proximity to

the house of grief brought him to a

realization of the indecorum of his jol—

lity.



The Deacon and the Hermit were on

friendly terms. although by no means in—

timate. The llcrmit was of a strangely

reserved nature. and shunned rather than

sought friends. \Vith the exception of

the dead pastor, he had taken no one en-

tirely into his confidence.



Ten years before, John Farrand had

suddenly come into the peaceful little

valley. He had taken up some unclaim-

ed land, worthless for general farming

purposes, erected a rude cabin, and led

an inoffensiVe life of seclusion.



Nobody knew anything about the Her-

mit, as he was called. He must have

been about forty years of age when he

sought an asylum in Hope Valley. but

he had all the external appearance of





being a much older man. There was

something so indefinable about his entire

bearing that one would have liked to

question hint about his past, yet never

did. His eyes were kindly and gleamed

from beneath bushy brows with the full

vigor of an undimnicd sight, but his

hing hair. already tinged with gray, and

his slow, apathetic walk. belied this one-

youthfttl evidence.



No one thought seriously of disturbing

him. while he certainty did not seek

troubli- of any sort. At first, of course.

some of the more curious ot‘ llope Val~

Icy. t‘mding time hang heavily on their

hands. kept a perfunctory sort of watch

on the lonely cabin and its strange in-

lnzllc. in the hope that they might pet'-

haps surprise some mystery. .\t length,

cycn this was abandoned.



\\’l.ilc it was but >t"‘(‘0ll(l nature with

Deacon Brown to take a neighborly in—

trrest in (v\‘l‘l‘.\‘lltltl.\' in the valley, it is

doubtful if he would have been so drawn

to John lt‘arrand had he not in "some

unaccountable manner felt from the very

first that the man had some hidden pow-

er as well as some hidden sorrow. The

Hermit was withal so intelligent. gave.

such evidence of being an educated and

cultured person and conducted himself

in a manncr that aroused the Deacon's

kcencst curiosity.



\Vhen, alter a year or two, the aged

shepherd of the llope Valley flock be—

came. a constant visitor at the cabin of

the llermit_ who itt turn regularly at—

tended the Sabbath services. not only

Deacon lirown bttt the majority of the

parishioners felt that he was entirely the

most inexplicable ('llfil'flfll“? they had

ever known. The llcacon noticed, also,

in his not infrequent calls upon the Her—

mit, that a large Riblc occupied a shelf

of honor near the fireplace. and that it

was well thumbcd.



This morning. as Deacon Brown rode,

swiftly down the valley, after his brief

conversation with John Farrand, the Her—

mit was more of a mystery to him than

ever before. That he was a minister had

come as a complctte surprise. But ltc re—

joiced in the fact. nevertheless, even if

he could not help but conjecture at the

icason that had driven the. Hermit to

abandon his life-work and withdraw him—

self almost from the sight of man in

their prosaic little section of the earth.



The aged pastor was followed to his

grave by the largest crowd that had ever

attended a funeral in Hope Valley. The

church would have been packed to the

limit under any circumstances, but the

fact that the Hermit was to deliver the

eulogy had spread with great rapidity

and brought out those who would other—

wise not have come.



As he gazed into the motley array of

faces before him, the Hermit seemed

somewhat agitated, the transition from

cabin to pulpit being rather abrupt. His

voice, too, showed the lack of practice,

although it possessed a most pleasing

quality. His audience watched his every

movement closely.



Of all those who heard the Hermit

speak that afternoon, there was not one

but felt that he spoke from the depths of

a profound personal experience. After

his momentary awkwardness had passed

away he scented to forget everything in

the absorption of his theme, the: life story

of a clergyman who had poured the full

measure of his love into the rural com-

munity of Hope Valley, -when his natural

qualifications had been such that he

might have posed among the leaders in

the civic life of a populoas city. Master-





SEPT. 14, 1912.





OLD is THE TALE.





BY MARSHALL PANCOAST.





Old is the tale, of an old intent,

Of the call of the city that farmward





went;

Of the youth who fancied he followed the

stars,

And left





them behind at the pasture

bars.





It is he_who wearlly turns "today



To an impulse caught from a, blossom-

. spray,



Far from the trees of the orchard lare

Where the cat-bird trilled a Spring—glad





strain.



Daily, perchance. from the dizzy

“heights" .



He yearns for the peace of those perfect

nights. -



Now what would he give that he might

told





On his horizon those hills of old!





Home hills and golden, so remote,

Where the swallows drift and dip and





float



Ah! never wealth’s magic gave a citY’S

tower



The dreams of the farmstead’s twilight

hour!





And many the man, when the day grows

dim,



Must reckon the cost of the call to him,



The prtce_he paid, in the end to know



That hfe is best where the daisies grow.





He would win back the. dawn-clear sky,



The breath of the wood—such a man am

I'~— .



The plash of the brook in the meadow——

ahl when



\thl the fields of ottr youth be ours again?





Old is the tale. of an old intent,

The tale of the youth who cityward





went“



0f the youth who fancied he followed the

stars,



And left them behind at the pasture—

bars.





 





t‘nl was the llermit's imagery and,tnas—

tcrful his oratory; his hearers were spell—

bound to an extent they had never been

before.



Deacon Brown had listened with ever

growing delight. The conventional obitu-

aries, an endless reiteration of plati--

tudcs, always patted upon him; he was

jealous of the fair fame of his former

pastor and would have been heart brok-

en had the llermit failed to grasp the,

significance of his topic.



"\‘Vhat's the matter with his taking

the parson’s place?" he thought, and then

his brief conversation with the Hermit,

three mornings: before, flashed into his

mind.



l‘erhaps the llermit entertained a sim—

ilar ambition!



The Deacon was right, for the app.i-

cation of .lolm .l"arrand was received at

the meeting of the trustees on the fol-

lowing weck. Someone timidly suggest-

ed that perhaps it might be better to

issue a call and have the Hermit enter

into competition with any candidate who

would r‘sponll, but, Deacon Brown would

not hear of it.



"Candidates nothing!” he splattered.

“The. Hermit can talk rings about: tiny—

body I ever heard.” And when another

hinted something about investigating the

past of John .lt‘arrand, so as to be sure

they knew what they were getting, he

snorted with indignation.



lie had his way and the Hermit was

installed. The church was packed on the

Sunday of his initial sermon. To the

surprise- of all, the Hermit did not say

a vxord about his past; he delivered the

conventional address. only bringing it

down to modern application with telling

force. It was a masterly effort, out

which produced a profound effect upon

his hearers. \Vhile he did not directly

allude to his past his discourse was of

such a nature as to leave little room for

doubt that his life had been tempered in

the crucible of spiritual suffering and

trial.



immediately after the benediction had

been given, a tall, querulous looking

stranger, who had occttpied an incon—

snicuous place towards the right, arose

and walked rapidly towards the pulpit,

as if to speak to the eloquent minister.



Instead, he raised his right hand with

a detaining gesture and, when all grew

silent from very amazement at the un»

wonted proceeding, with his finger point—

ed accusingly at the now pale parson, the

stranger addressed the wondering par—

shioners.



“This man is nothing more than a

drunkard and a thief!"



A sudden stir among his auditors, as

they owned their necks to observe the

actions of the pastor as this challenge

was flung at him, interrupted the speaker

for a moment.



“I think it my duty to warn you,” he

continued. raspingly, “that you are Khar-

boring at viper in your midst. That fel—

low who uscd such high falutin’ language
. _





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SEPT. 14, 1912.





this morning.is no more than a. common

jail bird. ”



With lips pale and tightly compressed

the Hermit gazed fixedly at his accuser,

who refused to meet his eyes.



"Ten years ago," resumed the stranger,

“he was minister at Thorpeville. Thorpe-

ville’s a little burg a couple 0’ hundred

miles to the east. 1 was deacon of his

church and the second year he got rav-

ing drunk and made away with some of

the money we had collected ‘to build a

new church. He always was rather fast

and it surprised no one to see him go to

the bad in that 'er way.” 1



At this juncture Deacon Broxvn forcibly

interrupted him, his eyes sparkling with

indignation.



“I don’t know what your name is, or

as to the truth of what you’re spouting,”

he shouted, “but you've said enough

There will be a meeting of the trustees

of this church one week from next Tues-

day night, and if you have any charges

to present, why then’s the time to make

’em. Not another word now. If you can‘t

stay in Hope Valley that long, write out

what you have to say and give it to me.”



The murmur of approval that followed

cowcd the stranger into silence. So, with

one final glance of contempt at the set

face of the minister, he strode towards

the door and waited for Deacon Brown.



“I purposely gave you next Sunday in

which to explain,” the DeaCOn had hur—

riedly whispered to the Hermit. “You

may be sure we’ll not judge you on that

i'eller’s word," he added, as he paSSod

out.



Although his dramatic appearance

among them, and his still more dramatic

assumption of the duties of minister,

was the entire talk of Hope Valley, the





denunciation from his own pulpit, follow—

ing his very first sermon, only set the

gossips to wagging their tongucs more





furiously than cvc-r.



Ilrpe Valley was divided in its senti-

ment towards the pastor. While the

great. majority were inclined to accept

the View that everything would be clear-

ed at the meeting of the trustees, there

were those who shook their heads dole—

fully and affirmed that they had always

mistruslnd that 1there was something

queer about the parson and his ways.



Dcacon Brown did not know what to

think. He had conceived an immense ad—

miration for the I'I‘crmitpit was chiefly

through his influence that the latter had

bcen accepted so unconditionally by the

congregation to have his conception of

the man come tumbling about his ears

like a house of cards, was indeed a great





shock. Gradually, however. after he had

recovered from the effects of his first

astonishment and dismay, he began to





regard lhe matter in a more philosophical

light. Ever the last to think evil of an—

other, he remembered that during the

Hermit's ten years’ sojourn in Ilope V11-

lex he was nevc r known to l11ve touchcl

a drop of liquor. If he evel had been a

drunkard, he ccrtainly was not now. The

Deacon recalled other incidents, of the

Hermit's friendship for the former par;-

ior, various Vague remarks he had let

drop about the post, which he had ill)-

pcarcd to \'iC\V with dislike, and Deacon

Brown came to the conclusion that whal—

evcr the Hcrmit's life had been, his pro»





cut was devout, and that was all 11(1

cared to know. ‘1



‘I'ilh one accord, however, all agreed

that the parson owed it to himself to

make :mlne explanation the following Sun—

day. Ifhe was falsely accused, it ought to





be an easy matter to set himself right;

if the stranger’s charges were true, then

he ought to make a public apology.



Sunday was muddy and murky, but in

spite of the unfavorable weather, the

church was crowded for the third succes-

sive time.



The interesting stranger was not pres.

ent. “business” having called him home.

But he had left a carefully preparcd

copy of his accusation with Deacon

Brown.



All eagerly scanned the parson‘s face.

Although he was somewhat pale, his eyes

mct thosc of his congregation frankly

and his demeanor aroused the confidence

of his worst dctractors.



After the preliminary reading and

singing had been dispensed with, he com-~

menccd his sermon proper.



“Brethren,” he began, his voice vibrat~

ing under the spell of his emotions, "I

owe you an apology. I ought to have

told you, before I accepted the duties as

minister of this church in Hope Valley,

that I had disgraced my manhood and

my calling at a former charge. I did take

money that did not belong to me, while

under 'the influence of a disgraceful de--

bauch."



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little valley nobody would discover me.

I have been proven wrong.



“Now that I have been placed before

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life history, so that your judgment of me

will not have been conceived in the dark.



“My father was a. minister. He dedi—

cated me to the calling when I was but

a. child and directed my entire education

towards that end.



“I had many personal characteristics

which unfittcd me for the ministry. I

was too much a man of the world. So-

cial life had a. peculiar charm for me,

while I was ambitious to compete for the

greater rewards of civil life. All this

had, perforce, to be abandoned.



“Everything went fairly well for the

first dozen years or so. I chafcd rather

severely under my restraint, but man-

aged to pcrl‘orm my duties satisfactorily.

In my college days I acquircd a taste for

liquor; I had never exceeded the bounds,

but the craving for the dcbasing stuff

was there. I never marricd, for I would

not have been able to support a wife.





“I‘Vhen 1 took charge of my fifth flock.

matters changed. It was in 'I‘horpcvillc.

a small village that could not oi‘forduo

pay its pastor but the moagcrcst salary.

I found it difficult to llvc within its

bounds. especially as I had rcccutly bc—

gun to spend rather more than i’ormcrlv

for liquor. One or two of the (IQIICOIIS

cxpcslulalcd mildly, Ilcacon Sluytcr. tic

mun who accused me last Sunday. hciig





.most abusiyc.





“Then the building- of a new

(iddcd to my troubles. I. as ll'lllll>li7,

naturally had to assume the brunt of the-

burdcu. I was even detailed the task of

taking charge of the finances of the m:-

llf‘l‘lillilllfl'.”



"llcucon Sluyl‘cr was the only lumber

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the very opportunity hc \WiliiCtl.



“it will not be neccssary for me to :o

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the church’s money in my por-kct. lie-

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in my lil‘c, and squandered every penny

I then had in my possession.



“\\'hcn the kindly police judge rcleased

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consolation was that my parents were

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“Deacon Sluytclr “as for

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protect the good name. of their church.

As 1 was able, by selling practically all

my personal property, to make good their

financial loss, they promimd to let the

matter drop on condition that 1 resign

and leave Thorpcyille forever,



"It was a lesson for me. For a while

I vowcd that I would enter busincss, in

some.other part of the world, but that

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herited some of my father’s spirituality.

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quered the craving for strong drink.



“I heard of Hope Valley and the name

pleased me. It was so very much like a

good omen.



“My life here you know as well as I

do. More than once I was tempted to

throw myself into the mad whirl of life

in the city, but gradually I became recon-

ciled to my lonely existence. Of the

greatest help to me during this trying

period was the worthy pastor who has

but recently departed from among us.

Had it not been for him it is doubtful

whether I would have won the battle.



“I “as ready to re-enter the ministry

several years ago, but I noticed that the

reverend man’s days were numbered and

h.) l‘all often expressed the wish that I

"should be his successor. So I waited.



"The reason I never told you of my

)mSt was that I thought I could do better

work among you by being silent. Tile

l-zlmwledge that I fell once could not but

have an unconscious effect upon some of

:~ou.



“I am sorry that this should have oc-

curred. Ii you feel that, in the light of

my statements and Deacon Sluyter’s ac-

l-usntion, I ought to leave Hope Valley.

i run rcady to resign.”



Herc he pauscd for brcath. Deacon

Frown was on his feet in an instant.



"(‘f course we’ve only got the parson’s

wr-wis for what he says,” he thundered,

"hm, his face looks, good to me. I guess

Inc‘ll hold his job all right. Are you with

me." he queried, turning 10 the congre—

gation. “if I call off that meeting for next

'l‘ulsdoy night?”



Nobody noticed at the time that: it “as

llsiliPl‘ unusual for i- dcocon to interrupt

t‘m- minister in the middle of his se-r-

m n, for the: hearty “ayes" that greeted

ilu question were abundant proof of the

ilgzird in which the Hermit was now

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i think. as I my acres roam,

llcjoicing that I have a home.





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Two cows, 11 host-c. and “fly hens,



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From which myself or colt might drink;

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" MICHIGAN ’5 GREAT STATE FAIR





 





IN





THE EV





year the week of September 16.





 





 





ENTTHE ANNUAL STATE FAIR OF MICHIGAN to be held‘thls





A FAIR WITHOUT A PARALLEL and the Falr of a thousand wonders,





combining more real strOng drawing attractions than any other Falr.





NEW FEATURES ABOUND ON EVERY SIDE and the agricultural and In-





dustrial exhibits have been made more interesting than ever without abat-





ing an





‘the keenest sort of competition.





AND THE AUTOMOBILE RACES take on _

entries of Louis Disbrow, the marvelous driver of the 200 H.





iota from the interest in other events of the great Fair.





THERE WILL BE THE GRAND CIRCUIT HORSE RACES with all the fast-

est horses In the world In a record breaking carnival





of speed and with





Interest this year owing to the

Jay.Eye





See, the record breaking juggernaut with which Disbrow comes to the

State Fair to lower all mlle horse track records; and also the presence of





many other great record breaking drivers In a





long list of races open to





the entire automobile raclng fraternity. '

THE WAY OF AIR SHIPS the State Fair wlIl not be short In spite of the

many late fatalities, for Lieut. Mestache. who first flew from Parts to Mad-





rld and from Paris to Rome. uslng a Bleriot monoplane,

This great flier has won International

among the air men.



AND ALL OF THE FINEST HORSES SHOWN at events of this sort will be





F‘alr.

attractlon today





will fly at the





repute and Is the strongest





at the Night: Horse Show, which has always been a leading feature of the





Michigan state Fair and will eclipse this year any prevlous show,





In size and Importance».





both





 





OF COURSE THE STATE FAIR HAS MANY OTHER INTERESTING FEAT-

URES and Is in every way a Falr worth while visiting owing to the many

remarkable innovations Introduced this year.





AMONG THE MANY STARTLINGLY





Fair School, with 150 boys in camp

Scientific farming; and then—there





be worth seeing; as city boys have





months to bring forth a

prizes offered.





IN THE FIELD OF DAIRYING there is the new dairy barn of last year and

the dairy buldlng of this year, showing throughout the most modern dairy

methods, a demonstration of modern devices to increase dalrylng and to

bring this down to a scientific basis.



THE MODEL POULTRY FARM Is Interesting and the good roads building,

the automObIle show With many of the 1913 models on exhibition and



of Mlchlgan, will serve to Interest you.



—well there is a Midway and It will be a



it shows and fake shows and refined,





other exhlbits typical

WHAT OF THE MIDWAY YOU SA



dandy this year, cleansed of all



but interesting In every way.

BUT IT CAN’T ALL BE TOLD HER





State Fair of Michlgan will not be a slde show to the

other contests, but a typical agricultural exhlblt' wlth all sorts of Indus-





trlal features added, including:





AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING In whlch manufacturlng progress will be shown

In each exhibit, every exhlblt working overtime to create the goods shown.





NEW FEATURES are the Boys’ State

and going to school In reality to learn

Is the Miniature Model Farms that will





prize crop and win the automobile and other





been working on these farms for





SpaCe Is limited. The 53rd Annual





horse races and
IEP'T. 14. 1912-:

spEGlAL-JHRTICLES ON MILK.





 





’ (Continued from page 214).

duce‘é milk capable of certification he

isat once cc‘mfronted with the fact that

certain changes of a more or less general

nature are imperative, which involves

the expenditure 'of sometimes a consid-

erable amount of money.



Physicians Have a RespOnsibility in the

Matter.



The public have an important respon-

Sibility in this matter and physicians. es-

pecially, who generally are promoting the

production of certified milk must take a

share of this responsibility upon them-

selves. In the city of Lansing We have

suggested a way previously which we

feel will secure a local supply of certified

milk to the city without delay. In a city

of no greater population than Lanslng

We felt that the dairyman producing cer-

tified milk should in some manner be

protected So that he would have at least

a definite sale of the product which cost

him cosiderably more to produce than

does 'the ordinary market milk. It oc—

curred to us, and. we suggested, that if

the local physicians interested in the

supplying of the certified milk would

make a canvass of the city, they would

be able to secure a certain number of

customers who would agree, and contract

if necessary, to take a certain amount of

certified milk daily throughout the year,

at a. definite stated price, say 12 or 14

cents per quart. With comparatively

little effort there would be at once es-

tablished a market for a limited amount

of certified milk and once a market ls

found and assured We apprehend there

will be absolutely no difficulty in securing

a thoroughly competent dairyman to un-

dertake the supplying of certified milk.

We feel that this is the physician's and

the production of





consumer’s duty in

certified milk and undoubtedly, unless

some philanthropic person is intensely





interested in it, it will be neceSSary to



adopt some such an expedient before a



dairyman will consent to take the risk



involved in the production of certified



milk in a. small city.



The Dalryman Should Not be the Only

sOne to Take the Risk.



No one in ‘the state, we apprehend, has

taken a more advanced position with re—

gard to the improvement of the- city milk

supply than has the writer. Our inept:-

tions have been severe and our specifica-

tions rigid. But still we fully appreciate

the fact that the most effectual means of

securing an improved food supply and :1

high-grade milk supply is accomplished

through the putting into actual practice

of effective co—operation. A dairyman is

slow to concede that his should be the

sole risk in the production of a food pro-

duct WIlICh practically every family in

the city is interested in. And where he

observes also that the principal interest

of the residents of a city seems to be in

keeping the price at its lowest possible

margin it is little wonder that before he

takes such a step as the production of

certified milk involves, he is naturaliy

going to ask the question, “will there be

a, market for my milk when once it is

produced?” and he needs some answer

other than the mere assertion of officials

and physicians that he is sure of a mar-

ket any time~ he can produce the milk,

He knows from experience that the pub-

lic generally are as yet not sufficiently

educated to the superiority of clean milk

so that they are willing generally to ov—

erlook the few cents increase in cost

that the production of clean milk neces-

sitates. Many a family will continue the

use of unclean milk when it can be pur-

chased f0r five or six cents a quart when

they may be. assured that by paying two

cents more a milk comparatively pure

in respect to cleanliness may be secured,

and this condition is by no means con-

fined to the poorer and less educated

centers of our cities. In some sections,

quite the reverse of this condition, the

dairyman knows that the question of.

cost per quart is the- all-ruling factor in

the milk supply. In a large city, as we

have stated before, this point may be

ignored because. there are a sufficient

number who desire the high—grade milk

to make its production a commercial suc—

cess. In a. small city it is more difficult

to‘find such a market, but we: think by

the method we have outlined here and

previously the problem can be very neat-

ly and quickly solved inSOfar as a city

'the size of Lansing is concerned.



Clean Milk ls Commercially Practical.



The production of certified milk has

égiven tremendous impetus to the im-

provement of milk and its products gen-

erally. It has been demonstrated to the





peOple that clean, safe milk is a com-

mercial, possibility and in this way has





THE "MICHIGAN ‘FARMER.





done much to remove from the minds of



people and producers generally stagnant



notions that modern scientific, sanitary



measures are impractical and impossible



of commercial exploitation.



Compared with other Foods, Milk is Not

Expensive.



When our people will stop to consider

likewise that milk retailing at from 12 to

14» cents per quart is no more expensive

than sirloin steak at 18 or 20 cents a.

pound, and get this idea fully impressed,

there will be less objection to the pur-

chasingof a high-grade clean milk, eith-

er certified or capable of certification, and

the dairyman will have his ample recom~

pense in a market for a product which

he has taken extra precaution with and

gone to added expense to produce.





i WANGE





Our Motto—“The farmer is of more

consequence than the farm. and should be

first improved."





 





 





THE SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS.





Suggestions for Second Meeting.



Instrumental music.



“Co-operation in this and other coun-

tries,” a paper.



Reading, “University

Women." .



Popular music of today compared with

that of 30 years ago, a paper or talk with





Students and





examples.

New ideas gained at the fairs: 1.

Through a man's eyes. 2. Through a.





woman's eyes.



What 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.





 





THE GRANGE LECTURER AND THE

YOUNGER MEMBERS.



The successful lecturer gives closest

attention to the hard problem of gaining

and holding the interest of the younger

patrons, since the future of the organi-

zation depends almost wholly upon them.

A Pennsylvania lecturer, who has evi-

dently given the matlter much thought,

recenJy said:



The relationship of the lecturer's hour

to the young people is certainly a most

important one and might almost be com—

pared with the importance of 'the mother

to the young people in the home. Only

enough boys and girls to prove the ex—

ception to the rule, join the Grange with

any other purpose than for the enjoy-

ment they will get: out of it.



With the lecturer largely lies the op—

portunity to furnish this enjoyment and

at the same time knowledge which will

hold these young people and make them

the earnest workers of the future. Per-

haps the hardest part of the work lies in

adapting it to all “sorts and conditions

of men,” as we find in the Grange, for

those’who enjoy the gravest subjects

must not always give way to the lighter

work. This is where the serious consid-

eraiion of each one's needs and a whole

lot of tact stand one in good stead.



A knowledge of the characters and

tastes of the members helps very much

to adapt the work SO that all may find

something of interest. The social hour

after the meetings, entertainments and

practicing for entertainments all afford

(:Xcellent (mport‘unties for the lecturer to

get acquainted, and thus gain ideas for

the work. It seems to me that we too

often pick out the work we wish done

and then try to fit' the people to it rath-

er than to fit the work to the people.



The social life of a Grange is much

more helpful with the influence of an in-

terested lecturer. Entertainments.

whether for pleasure or money, make

Grange life attractive to the young. Here

again the lecturer who has studied her

members can generally do better and

more harmonious work than a. commit-

tee appointed for the occasion. To my

mind in no other way can a lecturer les-

sen her influence more or make her help-

ers less willing to aid her than by com—

plaining to or about those who do not do

as they should.



The idea has suggested itself to me

whether-a little class work could not be

introduced mm a. lecturer’s program and

be both helpful and a novelty. Say it is

cooking for the sisters: there are so many

good books on this subject, one of which

might be selected with a different person

for each meeting appointed to lead the

work and carry out details. In many

halls where there are kitchens the actual

work could be done, each person furnish-





ing part of the materials used. A course.





of three or four lessons once a month





would perhaps be enough for one year's

work and not enough to be tiresome.



There is a variety of subjects which

would be of use to the brothers, and with

a book as a starter they could be work-

ed out in much the same way. Certainly

interesting and holding the young people

in the Grange is the most important part

of a lecturer‘s work, for the older people

generally have enough regard for the

order to stick to it, and again those who

become thoroughly interested in youth

never forget it.



Lovers of phychology would give us a

knowledge of this subject and give us

just the touch required to do the best

work as a lecturer, but after all psychol—

ogy seems to me- to be what might be

called common sense. and a physician

was heard to tell a nurse in regard to

taking a patient. out of doors, “wrap her

up well, but not enough to start per—

spiration, be careful of the damp air—

well, just use good common sense about

it.” Thus if a lecturer uses good com—

mon sense and has a love for the order

and humanity, I believe the work may

be a pleasure and an opportunity to do

the greatest good to the greatest number.



Hope Grange Rally and Picnic.——Hope

Grange, Midland county, held its seventh

annual rally and picnic Aug. 22, in Sher—

idan's grove. This is a beautiful, Well

kept piece of woods lying on the rear of

Thomas Sheridan’s farm and an ideal

spot for 'such gatherings. Mr. Sheridan.

by the way, is the hustling master of

Hope Grange and on the aforesaid date

was one of the busiest, mon in Midland

county. By noon fully 500 patrons and

their friends were in attendance, neigh-

boring Granges joining in making this a.

day of pleasure for all. A basket picnic

dinner was served, after which Bro. Jack-

son, who is well known to members of

the Grange in this state, took charge of

the program, and an orderly and inter-

est-ed audience listened to addresses, read-

ings and recitations, with plenty 0f vocal

and instrumental music, followed by ath-

letic sports including two games of base-

ball. Many prominent people from a dis—

tance attended this meeting, a large

number of automobiles being in evidence.

—E. J. C.





COMING EVENTS.





 





Pomona Meetings.





Ingham COunty Pomona, with Holt

Grange, Saturday, Sept. 14.



Lenawee Co., with Working Grange,

Thursday, Oct. .





Milli: cw. .B. 8,]





Associational Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer's most valuable asset.





 





Ass0ciational Sentiment.—

The farmer, he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.





CLUB HISTORIES.

The Ray Farmers’ Club.



Fourteen years ago, in 1898, a few

furnmrs, thinking to better the social, ed-

ucational, and moral condition of their

community, banded themselves together

and organized what is known as the Ray

Farmers Club, of Ray township, Macomb

COunty, Michigan.



How far—reaching their efforts have

been is shown by the fact that it is now

rankcd as one of the strongest in the

state, and had the distinction one year of

being one of two Clubs who answered

“Yes" to all of the questions sent out by

the secretary of the State Association of

Farmers' Clubs.



We usually start our year by holding

an oyster dinner, with good program fol-

lowing, which draws a good crowd and

starts the year right. This is followed

by meetings each month, with the excep—

tion of July, with special programs ar-

ranged to suit the seasons. This year

we had a very interesting one-day farm-

ers' institute in February. 111 April we

serve maple sugar. Then comes May as

“Ladies’ Day” with only ladies on the

program. June is given up to the chil-

dren. October is temperance day, No—

vember is Thanksgiving day, and Decem-

ber our annual meeting and election of

officers, with the report of our state del-

egates as part of the program.





The Annual Picnic. .

I skipped August, but we do ‘not skip

it as a Club, for then the great event of

the year takes place, viz., our annual

picnic, which is anOWn for miles around,

and was inaugurated soon after the for-

mation of the Club, and has been annu—





ally attended by from 200 no 800 people.‘





One remarkable thing about our picnic

is, that there never has been a single





on 225





picnic spoiled by rain, or otherwise, and

thus we feel that kind Providence smiles

upon us and the good work we are trying

to perform.



At these picnics a good program is

generally arranged to follow the picnic

dinner, and after the program a good

ball game is played between a team

picked from the young men of our Club

and another from one of the nearby vil-

lages. Last year we had as a special at-

txaction an uddres by Prof. S. B. Laird,

of Ypsilanti, and everyone knOWS that

when he speaks, those who listen will

hear something worth while. This year

our picnic was held August 29, in the

grove belonging to Mrs. S. Maria Smith,

and on the farm occupied by Mr. 'Walter





Green who each year at picnic time

proves himself a very genial and royal

host.





we expected a prominent speaker to

give us an address but for some reason

he failed to appear and thus our program





was quite badly broken up, but a few

songs by the Club, a vocal solo by Miss

Verna. Downs, a reading by Lewis





Broughton, and a short address by Mrs.

O. J. Smith, of Romeo, made up a short

but enjoyable program, after which the

people spent the rest of the afternoon

watching the ball game or patronizing

the stand conducted by the Ladies’ Aid

Society of our local Union Church, who

dispensed ice cream and other nicknacks.

This stand is one of the features of the

picnic and helps to swell the treasury of

the ladies by sums ranging from twenty

to forty dollars.



The ball game this year was between

Armada. and the‘lluy Grange team and,

though many of the players had had but

little practice a very creditable game was

played, resulting in a victory for Armada.

by the score of 8 lo 7.



After all was over the people wended

their way homewurd with smiling faces,

feeling that they had spent another very

profitable and enjoyable day and with

great expectations of attending the pic-

nic to be held in August, 1913.-—J. A.

Priest, Cor Sec.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





Gentlemen’s Day.~’l‘he North Marshall

Farmers’ Club held an excellent meeting

on their regular day, the third VVednes-

day in each month, in August, at 'the

home of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert White and

family. There was a good attendance, 51

answering present at roll call, while as

many more were visitors. An event not

tried before in the history of our Club

was that this was (icnllemen’s Day——

when e1ght of our prominent. members

emptied baskets and served the entire

dinner, while the ladies enjoyed a. social

hour. The gents did their part very cap-

ably and enthusiastically and looked fine

with big aprons on. The program was

partly a “Michigan" program. TWO

Mitliigan songs given and two papers,

one. on the “Great Lakes," and the other

“Detroit." Both were historical papers

and at the close of the latter the gentle,-

man had recently visited Detroit and

gave a description of the “CadillaquaL”

The farm topics consisted of a. paper on

“$1105," and a talk on ensilage. At our

September meeting the Club expects a

lady, Miss Estelle Downing, of Ann Ar-

bor, to speak on woman suffrage—Nettie

J. Thomas, Sec.



Discu55 County Roads—The August

meeting of the South Venice Farmers’

Club was held at the pleasant home of

Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Ryington. Meeting

was called to order by President M. Ship-

man. Song from Rural Songster No. 60.

Devotional exercises were conducted by

Mr. L. ’1‘. Stewart and the Club all join-

ed 'in repeating the Lord’s Prayer. As—

sociational topic, “County Road System,”

was taken up by Mr. Empie and a very

good discussion followed by Messrs. Bing—

ham, Cook, Chandler, VVhelan and other

members of the Club. Roll call found all

families represented with» the exception

of one. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were admit—

teld as members of the Club. After read-

ing the program for the next meeting we

adjourned for :11] excellent supper served

by our host and hostss and to meet the

fourth Thursday of September with Mr.

and Mrs. John TOby.—-Cor. Sec.



The Conway and Handy Farmers’ Club

was pleasantly entertained at the home

of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Carr, August 30

The afternoon was not one of the most

pleasant, yet the house was well filled

with members and invited guests. The

first topic, “What great benefit are the

fairs, stock shows. etc, to the average

farmer?” was presented by H. C. Benja-

mln, who said they benefited the farmers

in many ways; our own home fair is a.

benefit, it is a homecoming and one meets

many acquaintances he does not meet

any other time, sees up—to-date machin-

ery and good stock. Some men go to

these shows to buy. Gas machines are

demonstrated and every farmer will see

the need of one for his personal use soon-

er or later, they seem to be a necessity.

Clay Gordon led the discussion and he

thought the farmer was benefited sociallv

as well as financially. These shows cause

enthusiasm among the stock men, etc.

.l.‘ Snyder would not miss the state fair;

we see farm tools there which we do not

see in our home stores. J. B. Fuller

thought it does us good and cheers us up

after working hard.
226 (22)





E MARKETS 3





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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

September 11, 1912.

Grains and Seeds.

Wheat.——Tlie bears were in power in

the wheat deal the greater part of last

week. There was unusually heavy sell-

ing by farmers over a large portion of

the winter wheat section, the supply in

sight increasing over 3,000,000 bu. The

weather, too, has been favorable for the

iinishing of the spring wheat in the

northwestern states and Canada. This

condition assures a large spring wheat

crop. The government report estimates

a production of 300,000,000 bit. this year,

which is 100,000,000 bti. greater titan

either 11111 or 15110. in spite of these

bearish conditions, the market on Tues-

day of this week had an unexpected re-

action. prices advancing 1c. This was

due to a bullish condition in Europe

Where all markets showed a sharp ad—

vance. At the close on that day the

tone remained tlrm. 'i‘lic price on this

market one year ago was Horne for No.

2 red wheat. Quotations are as follows:

No. 2 No. 1

Red. \\'liite. 11cc. July.





 





Thursday . . . .1001}: 1 (151/: 1.0014; 1 111.,

Friday . ..... 1.00 1.0:. 1.0:» 1 in.

Saturday . . . .100 1.03 1.051 1123;,

LVlontlay . . . . .104; 1.0.3 1.051 11215..

Tuesday .. . 1.07 1.06 1.10 1.13%



. .1.07 1.00 1.10 1.13“;





Wednesday



C0rn.~'l‘his cereal holds about steady.

The, government estimates of the grow-

ing crop exceed the record of 11401; by

08,000,000 bu. and last year‘s t‘i'tii) by

nearly a half bil'ion l-tt. Should the

weather of the past week continue wcll

through September a Very largo portion

of the corn fields in the northern distrims

of the corn belt will mature tars. Should

‘the contrary be true inttcli mun will in-

unmarketable. Thus. the trade will do—

pcnd largely upon weather undid: its for

the. next few Weeks 'l‘ln prict- for .\'o.

It ctrn was 67c on this market "1‘1" year

ago. The. visible supply >itt\\:- a <'.~-

crcasc. ot‘ ore—third o‘ a. million lutsltv-ls.

Quotations are as i'ollmys:





No. 3 No. 3



Corn Yellow.

'i‘httrsday ... ..... . . ...... .\1 Sill:

Friday .................... 81 8211;

Saturday ........ . ........ s1 8:11;,

Monday ................. . 81 8111/;

Tuesday ................. Si 3:: 1,5_1

chncsday .............. 81 831%





Oats—Tho ofi'crlncr of nuts in liberal

quantitites has tltpt'e:-=st,1tl prices. The

visible supply increased nearly one and

one-half million bushels. lttt. this dots

not indicate the quantity of the offer-

ings because a largo: portion has been

consumed by current demand. The go\'«

crnment estimates a total pl‘t'tdttt-lion of

1,290,000,000 bu.. which is greater than

either the crop of 15111 or 13110. The stat»

raport places the. th-ranc yic‘d for A'iiCil—

‘gnn at 3:3 bu. per acrt. in... year ago

the price was ~t51/2c pcr bit. for standard





oats. Quotations are as fol‘oys:

letltdttld. ()ttl

'i‘htirstizty ...... . .......... .21“ 1:511".

Friday .. ................. .‘Hi 3:11;

Saturday ................. fit; .1531'3

Monthly ...... . ....... 15m; .:.1

Tu: sday ................. :1.»‘-._. 1.1: /

1\'cdtiesday .............. 30 3.11,.





Beans.w-'J‘he tone of tilts. trade is dull

practically no dealing being done. The

nominal quotations are rho same as a

week ago. The Michigan crop report

estimates the yield of beans at 78 per

cent, which is the same estimate made

a year ago. Private reports from many

quarters indicate that the crop has been





damaged to a considerable extent. Nom-

inal quotations are as follows:



Cash Oct.

Thursday) . . . . . . . ........... $3.70 $10?)

Friday...” ..... ......... 2.70 .. .1

. _ _ .,

Saturday;t ....... . .. ......... 2,70 2.30

Monday r‘.......... ........ ...;0 ‘20.!

l'l‘ut-sfday ....... . ........... 2,10 .37)?

AVedncsday ........... 2.10 ....1)





Clover Seed.—~~Th<-rc was a slight im-

ltr‘twcmcnt‘ in the outleok for clover seed

the past week. The hot, clear weather

iavored filling. The state crop report es—

timated the condition of tho setd at 79

in the Static, as compared with 64, the

estimate of 1911. Quotations Show a de-





-' . "ie are as follows: .

”me I 1 y Oct. Aistke.

'l‘iursday ......... ....$1t.40 $12.00

Friday . 11.40 12.00

Saturday . ....... 11,25 1.1.00

Monday ..... 10.75 11.7:1

‘l‘ucsday .......... ....... 10.:i0 11.130

\Vednc’sday ........ 10.75 11.00





Rye.fl’.l‘lie estimated average yieldr of

rye. iti Michigan is 1:} bu. pcr acrc. ,i‘ilO

market is inactive and the quotations re—

mains at 71c. per bu. for No. . .



Timothy Seed—Continued. receipts of

timothv sccd are. pushing prices down so

that now the. ruling quotation here_1s

only $2.10 per bu., 250 below the price

quoted (tile week ago.



Dairy and Poultry Products.



Butter.-~in spite of the geod pastures

through luly August, and so far into

September. the. butter situation. is firm

and higher. This condition prevails prac-

tically all over the country. Fancy

creameries are quoted on _the local mar—

ket at 29c; first creamertcs, 27c; dairy.

21c; packing stOt-k 19c pcr lb. The ad—

vance in creameries is about. 3c, while

dairy and packing stock are steady. .



Eg.gs.——F1ggs are firmer. The output is

growing smaller and the recent hot.

weather has increased-the. percentage of

the lower grades. This has encouraged

higher prices in all the: leading cities.

Current receipts, candied, cases included,

are quoted at 240 on the local ’market,

an advance of 1c over last weeks pricte.



Poultry.-—Although eastern marke s

uhow sharp advances in poultry, due to

the demand from Hebrew societies for





THE MICHI’GA‘N' FARMER.





their celebrations, the local trade shows

little change, all prices ruling about.

steady, except hens are about 1c lower

and ge se 20 lower. Following are the

quotations: Broilers, 16@17c per lb;

hens, i3’nv131/_1c; N0. 2 hens, 9Q10c; old

roosters. 90(10c; turkeys, 1501:16c; geese.

801290; ducks, 140; young ducks, 1503‘16c

per lb.



Veal.~—.—‘.li grades steady.

@14c per 1b; choice, 0@10c.



Cheese—Market lOWer. in wholesale

lots, Michigan ilats. 141/201115c; York state

flats, 161/401161/33; limbtirger, 14011130; do~

niest'ic Swiss, 171/300181/20; brick cream,

iil/gfttliiim.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Peaches.—Offered more freely at re-

duced prices. Fancy Elbertas, $1.75; AA,

$1.60: A, $1.10: 1%, $1.25 per bushel.



Pears.——Bart1etts are quoted at $5@5.50

per bbl.



Plums—Lower.



Huckleberries.~Selling at

bushel.



Apples—New apples are quoted at $2.25

01's for rainy, and $125002 for common:

ptor, $1001.25 per bbl. (300d apples by

the bushel are selling at 5001.750.



Grapes.——I\iore’s Early, per 8—lb. basket.

15c; Champion. 14c; \Vorden, 16c.



Honey.——Choice to fancy comb, 15@160

111.1' lb; amber, 12(iuisc.



Tomatoes—“Per bushel, 60119650.



Onions—Per bu., $1.



Flour, Feed. Potatoes, Etc.



Flour.~)tlarkct is active with price rui-

lug lower for all btit rye flour.





Fancy, 131/2





Per bu., $1.25011.60.

$3013.25 per





Straight ........................ .....$5.20

l'atcnt Michigan ............... . . . . . 5.80

(‘lcal‘ ......... ............... 4.50

liye ........... . ...................... 5.00





Feed.——Coarse middlings are higher;

all ct‘hcr grades steady. (,‘arlot prices on

track are: Bran, $28 per tonzcoarse- mid-

dlings, $28: tine middlings, >531; cracked

corn and coarse corn meal, $724; corn and

oat chop, $211 per ton.



Hay and Straws—Best timothy steady.

No. 2 and clover lower. Quotations arc:

St. 1 timothy, $17@18; No. 2 timothy,

$15.50?! 10; clover, mixed. $14.500r1t‘1;

rye straw. $1101.10; wheat and oat straw,

$850019 per ton.



Potatoes.—'l‘one is more bearish. The

wcetber of the. past. week has favored

the new crop, and prices i'ulc lower. litm-

.-vcr, {ht-re are some reports of damage

from blight. They are going slowly at:

itl0lz'1fu- per bit. The ruling price for

st.tt.1tcrn offerings is $2.25 per sack.



Provisions.—’li‘amily pork, $220123; mess

lt‘lk, $20: cltar. backs. $2101.24; hams,

1fylg0titit.§t'; bt'iskcts, 121/;101‘131/2c; shoul—

dcrs. izlc: picnic hams. 121/.gc: bacon, 161,53

0tl.~»c: pure la“d in tiertcs, 121/5c; kettle

rendered lard, 131/“: per lb.





OTHER MARKETS.





Grand Rapids.



Dairy butter advanctd 2c this week

and eggs are 1c higher. Fruit sold on

Tuesday on the city market as follow's:

Apples, 500175c; grapes, $1.75 doz: fancy

homegrown peaches, $4; pears, $1; Hart-

lett pears, $1.50; plums. $1.50. i'tliiit(1-"\\'

and tomatoes made up a. large part of the.

offerings on the. vegetable side, both sell-

ing at 400150c. ()ther prices were as

ltrlblws'. liet‘is, 500; btal;s, 130”! 70c; citr—

rots. 50c: cttctunbeis, 45c; corn. 10'7l‘lL’c‘.

white A-abbage. 25c: red cabbage. 45.:

cauliflower. 75c doz: celery, 121.2;th5cz

out; plant, $1011.25; kale, 25c; \\.'a.termeloo

$1 10: muskniclon, 75c0tl$1; pumpkin, 50t.

\\'ltcat is worth $1.021: oats. mic: coi'ts,

site. The new crop of beans will bc‘B'li'i

to appear soon.





 





Chicago.



'11'heat.—-No. 2 red, $1..0401.1.051,~_5; Dec,

0070c; May, 051.717.

Corn—No. ll,



May, 52mm

(i.tts.——No. 2 “shite,

:i.:l«;t‘i May. tilt/2c.

i-itittcr.——l‘ndcr moderate receipts and

active trading the various grades of both

(‘i't‘iillltti‘Y and dairy butter have made

a general advance, the gain being 1002c

for crcaniery and 10111/2c for dairy. Quo—

tations: Crcaine-ries, 2401‘28c; dairies, 22

0:24:30

l-Iggs.——t’;ood eggs are in light supply

and firmly held. The better grades show

a ic gain (our last “'(‘t‘k. Quotations:

Firsts, 21c; ordinary ilrs s. Ei'c; at mark,

cases iinludcd. 171/1101'181/gc per dozen.’

1'otatocs.~~t)fferings moving moderately

well at a. decline! of 5c from last week’s





700(771rgc; I)ec., 5415c;





341,101 35c; Dec.,





figures. Michigan stock quoted at 4501)

hoe: Jiiiincstttu, 450150; \\"isconstin, ’40

0150c.





beans—Tho probable effect of recent

wct‘ wtatlicr upon this crop was reflect-

ed in a general advance. and the market

is til‘ill(‘l'. l’ca beans, choice, hand-pick-

ed, $207003 per bu; prime, $2.85; red kid-

:ncys, 5152.0501275.



llay and Shawn—No change except on

rye straw which is lower. New timothy

hay selling about, $4 per ton lower than old.

Quotations: Timothy, choice, $210122; No.

1. 53190120; No. 2 and N0. 1 mixed, $1603

18; clover, $701110; N0. 2 and no grade,

$5007; alfalfa, choice, 53180111850; No. 1,

11170111750, No. 2, 140015. Straw—Rye,

$8018.50; wheat, $050007; oat, $7607.50.



New York.



Button—Market firm at an advance of

lo. 011 the bettter grades of creamcry but-

ter. Quotations: Creamcn',_spet~ial ex-‘

'tras, 28%(w20c: do., firsts, 2701.28c; (10.,

seconds, 25%01261/2c; factory do., June

make. firsts, 2:;c. '



Eggs—All offerings meeting a good de-

mand at prices generally l/éc above last

week’s figures. Fresh gathered extras,

2701.128c; oxtra firsts, 25(1‘26c; firsts, 2300

240 per dozen.



Poultry—i')ressed~—Firm, with chick-

ens and fowis slightly higher. Fresh kill-

ed western chickens, 17017240; fowls, 15.7,:

171/20; turkeys, 16@17c per lb.





 





Boston.



Wool—The wool market continues ac-

tive and strong. Fleece wool's are pret-

ty well sold up, especially the medium

grades. This is restricting the move-

ment in Ohio and Michigan wools. Micha





igan 14-bloods have been selling at: 300

per lb. The amount of this grade is

small. Fine fleeces are more plentiful





and so far the demand for delaines and





fine clothing wools is not large. A few

sales of fine unwashed are reported at

24c and medium clothing wools at 27c.

Dealing in territory wools constitutes the

largest portion of the transactions.





 





Einln.

Reuben—Market is firm at 271/20 per

lb. which is an advance of 11/20 overlasr.

week’s quotation.





 





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.

September 9, 1912.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle. 135 cars: hogs. 75 double decks;

sheep and lambs, 70 doublet decks: calyts

1.250 head.



\Vith 185 cars of cattle on our market.-

here. today, all the medium weights and

female stuff all sold strong to 15c be."

cwt'. higher than last Monday. The heavy

weight cattle were. in slow demand, and

sold just about 252 per cwt. lower than

last Monday's price.



We quote: Best 1.350 to,1.500-lb. steers

$901050; good prime 1,200 to 1,300—1b. do.,

5585000885; do. 1,100 to 1,200—lb. do., $8.25

01.8.75; medium butcher steers. 1,000 to

1.100, $7.100t7.65: butcher steers, 950 to

1,000, 51406001710: light butcher steetrs,

:05.750i6.25; best fat, cows, $5.500;.‘6.10; good

to best. do., $4.057I5.75; fair to good (10.,

$1014.50: common to fair do., $3.2501/3.7'1;

irinnners. $3012.25; best. fat heifers, $6.75

017.75; good to best. heifers. $ti.'10(ti.7.15:

fair 10 good do., $3015.50; light butcher

heifers. $4.75015.25; stock heifers. 554.2504)

4.7m; best feeding steers, dchorned, $5.50

01.5.75; common feeding stceis. $175015;

.stotkcrs, inferior. $4."M’l4.50; prime ex-

poit butt-her bulls, $573016; best butcher

bulls, $5.25015.50; bologna bulls, $4011.50;

stock bulls. $4014.50; best niilkers and

spiingcrs, $600; 70; common kind do., $35

0145.



ltccctipts Of hogs today was some. heav—

it'l‘ than the past few Mondays, about 75

double decks on sale. Light receipts and

stronger markets all over the west stim—

ulatcd our buyt s.1\'l:ile the oarly trade

was slow. general market was _strong to

Sc higher than \‘atiirday's average. Trad—

incr very uneven, weights more so. than

quality regulating the price. Some very

choice hogs \\'t'-i;2,liiiig around 250 lbs.

sold at $31.25: general s::“es of light mixed





 





 





.$it.40019.50. with a. few decks of very





choice yorkers that were closely sorted

up to $0.00. l‘igs geiicially $1.“; i-oughs.

#7250018: stags, Sam-"10017.25.



The sheep and lamb market was active

today, with prices about. 10c higher than

the, close of last week: most: of the choice

lambs selling for 8c: few choice at $8.110.

Yearlings, $5010. Look for about steady

piices the balance of the week.



\\'t» quote: t'lioico lambs. $018.10: cull

to fair do., 2115.50017: yearliiigs, $5016:

l-ucks, $250053: w'ethers, 314.77.01.13; handy

tttcs, $4014.25: licayy ewes. $¢::.;1;1fi>4; cuil

shot-p, $3012.: vcals, choice to extra, $11170

11.10: fair tt- good do., . .30411t1.50;'ll€fl\')’

(Hiya-i. 94.50016.





 





 





 





Chicago.

September 0, 1912.

Cattle. llogs. Sheep.





021,840 135.735

{10,0119 1 31.744

518,889 152,478





itcccii'tts for \\ cr-k...44,5157

For previous w-‘ck .11..“16

Same wcck last yew-40,769





Shipments for wcck..17.70.‘l 27,811 26,5186

For previous wm~k...17.2l28 25,878 $11.30!)

Same. week last year.18.532 151,180 70,411





(‘attlc W‘t‘cibts today were 20.000, in-

cluding 0.000 \ycstl-l‘n rangers, Choice

grade natives ill'lli steady but there was

a weak tone- in trado for medium and

plain grades of value at $7018.50, as well

as good grade handy wtigltts at $110? 0.710.

These sold steady to 10c lower titan the

close of last week. 'l‘liil'ly thousand cat—

tie at the Kansas ('ity market entered a

weakening influence in the local trade.

\\'cstcrn Kansas has lucn hit by a

drottth and a shortage of grass as well

as water thtrc was the chief reason for

the over—run at the Kansas (‘ity market.

I’i'itno iowa 1.25:1—111. Hereford steers top-

ped at. $10.70 and a fair quota of choice.

1.250 to 1,450-lb. stccrs mado “00010.50.

\A'emetrn rangers sold steady at 10c lower.

Native. cows and heifers were 10c low't-r

while bulls held steady. Calves went 50c,

lower, bulk at 35110111510. Feeder and

stock stems were steady.



110g receipts at 20.0th found a good (1(-

mand, sales at the outset being 5t: Jiiglicr

but later prices showed recession to Sat—

urday’s basis. Tops sold at $St0rtt.25, bulk

at $8.200:880. Average weight of hogs

last week “'11s 2:13 ll.s., one pound lighter

than the; previous week, and ti lbs. under

a year ago Sheep and lamb i'et-gé'its

were 38.000 and general prices slichd a.

range steady to 10c higher than last

week's closing. A top of $7.55 was made

for range lambs while wethcrs sold up

to $4.65



Cattle ‘trade last week hardened some

from the weakness shown the previous

week, despite an increase in supplies.

Beef demand has of L’llc shown some

strength and killers, having no surplus

bee-f stocks, were forced to buy more

freely. Result was an advance of 1570

250 in general prices for steers and she

stock while feeder cattle values also

scored largely 25c gain. Prime. Iowa

becves sold up to $10.70, :1 new record

price in the history of the. market. This

lot has been on full feed since February

1 last. A fair quota of choice heav-y

steers sold at 3110.15071050. and prime

974—lb. yearlings went at $10.25, a new

record yearling price. Bulk of fair ‘10

good 1.200 to 1,350—lb. corn-fed steers

made $8.75@9.85, while medium short—fed

light cattle brought $8.10@8.65‘ and light

grass-fed natives went mainly at $7.25@

7.85 with tailings dOWn to $6.25. Range

steers also closed 10@200 higher, a, run





SEPT. 14, 1912.





of 15,800 last week meeting strong pack-

er call. Top rangers made $9.25 and

bulk sold at $7.25@8.35. Native feeding

steers of choice grade cost up to 7.35 and

most fair to good 700 to BOO—lb. feeders

made 36.150.16.85 with ('Omi‘iiOn t0 300d

stockers at $5015.85 and stock heifers at;

{34 400,115. Heifers of prime grade sold at

$80119 and common to good killers at $435

vrti, Beef cows made $5.40006.50 for com-

mor to good, and calves went at highest:

prices on record, a fancy lot selling at

$12, while bulk of veal stock brought 1511

0111.75. Milch cow values declined $5

from the week before, on short eastern

demand. Few sold above $80 and a.

spread of $500! 70 took medium to good

big milking animals.



The hog market is working higher for

prime butchers and light weights and

lower for the heavy and mixed packing.

Last week light weights of prime grade

advanced to $9.10, the highest since Oc-

Libel‘, 1:110, and bulk of smooth butcher

and light bacon classes sold at $85000

:~ :10. Heavy packing grades declined 1504)

20c from the week bci‘ore and mixed

patklnc,‘ were down 100711.13. Fresh meat

demand llzts been partial to the light loins

and tenderloins and this put the. bacon

anti butcher classes in best favor with

packers. No complaint is made against

the demand for lard hogS, however, and

suited meats futures options have held in

a. fairly firm position. Thus the packing

trade has had small reason to pound the

market. Growers have no complaint to

make over market conditions. Packing

sows are selling at $7.60fi‘8 and well fat-

ttd heavy barrows at. $8.250r8.60. and

these prices are on a. quiet rcmuneraiive

basis. Bullish sentiment pervades the

trade as regards prospects for butcher

and light Weights and there is still pre—

diction of $10 hogs later this seasr‘in but

a wide Spread in values b.twc~en common

heavy and choice. light Weights is certain

to prevail. Selected packing hogs have

sold at $8.150t8.30 with fancy heavy shit)-

ping tip to $8.75 while a range of 957.0001)

8.35 took mixc-d packing grades. 1’ig sup—

plies continued liberal and sales were at

3155001825.



Sheep and lambs were marketed freely

last week though because. of the Labor

holiday the crop fell below that of the

week. before. Values were maintained at

a sttady to strong basis on the. close as

compared with the week before, though.

some previous sales in mid-week, cs~

pct-tally lamb trades were 100t=15c higher.

i‘riine range lambs sold at. $7.45 and a.

good sort at $7017.25 with the. plainer

grades at 51405001085. Native lambs went;

at $5.2507117.10 for common to choice and

a spread of $3.300tti.50 took range feed-

ing lambs. Fat wethcrs made $3.9001-l.65

and yearlings brought $4014.85 with tia-

tive and range owes at $21.250t4.‘.5. it‘ced-

ing wetlicrs sold at $3.750t4.50 and feed-

ing yearlings at $»l.;‘»0013.:‘.0.



ilorse market continued mean for all

excepting choice. drafters. There is a.

small dcntalld from the cast at this time

and the. trade is urging shippers to hold

back common equities. Country call is

limited since there is a generous supply

of work horses on the farms for the bar—

vest. flood to choice draftcrs sold up

to $25004: and a medium kind at $2300

whi'e fair general purpose: horses Were

bought at $175 and common down t'o

#4100. Farm work horses sold at $10001)

2300 and fair to good gratin of feeding

horses at; $l5001210 while wagon horses;

made 51140011110.





_LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





Another new high record has been paid

for fancy beef steers, 44 head having sold

on the Chicago market last week at

$10.70, an advance of Se over previous

banner price. and sht‘lwing 45c gain over

1'10 highest figure paid on the market

during the Civil war. The new top load

lot wcrt- Nebraska bred ilcrcfords fed in

iowa by Miller Bros., big handlers of

live stock and thet l'nited l'n-cssett Beef

(10., of New York, was the buyer. This

drove averrgcd 1.342 lbs. and had been

on full feud since 'li‘ebruary last‘. 'i‘liey

icccived ear t‘Ul‘ll and 100 lbs, of molasses

i'ecd daily while clover hay was fol as

a roughage At time of going on feed the

steers aye -gt-t1 000 lbs. and their cost as

thin stock was. $6.15. The price they

brought thus netted the feeders a hand-

some proilt.



New record average price for beef

steers was nnule in August, the average-

bciz'g $8.10 while. standing against $7.90

in July, $0.515 in August, 1011, and s .85

in .\:lj_;tl:“l, 1910. Stocker and feeder cat-

tle made. an average of $5.70 last iii-nth

against $5.40 in July and $4.45 in August.

a year ago. Hogs averaged $8.25 in the

month, an advance of 00c over July and

5m- higher than a year ago. Lambs av-

tragcd $7.10, a decline of 1.5c from .ltily

and 75c abovc August last year, while

sheep averaging $4.05 were 20c lower than

.July and We higher than a year ago.



Iowa College of Agriculture last week

ended a pork growing experiment by

selling two carioads of hugs at 137.7001)

8.00, the former load being heavy sows

which had raised a. crcp of pigs this sea-

son and have been on pasture all suin—

mtr. The higher priced load com-prised

butcher pigs which had been fed a ra-

tion of corn and meat-meal, a. packer

concentrate which is proving highly prof-

itable as a pork grower. At least this is

the verdict of the Iowa professor. John

Iii. Evvard, who had charge of the re—

cent experiment. “Feeding meat-meal

pays well in economic pork production,"

said Prof. i'vaard, “where the» proper pro-

portion is given the hogs. At Iowa sta-

tion we fed one-fifteenth part of meat-

meal in connection with corn and clnver

hay and nave made pork gains at cheaper

cost than in years past.”





 





 





 





 





 





 





I ——mnn and wife on small farm no r

WANThB Detroit, must: be exrerienoed in gencrgl





farming. Address, 15.16 Michigan Fax-per, Detroit.’
smear. 14, 1912.





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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

September 12, 1912.





 





Cattle. .



Receipts, 1087 Market 10@15c higher

than last week.



We quote: Extra dry-fed steers (quot-

able), $8@9: steers and heifers, 1,000 to

1.200, $66127.50: do. 800 to 1,000, $5@6;

grass suers and heifers that are fat, 800

to 1.000, $4.25@5.50; do. 500 to 700, $4.25

@475; choice fat cows, $5.25@5 50; good

do., $4506.95; common cows, $3.25@4; can-

ners, $2@3; choice heavy bulls, $4.75@

5.50; f'LlI‘ to good bolognas, bulls, $4.25@

4.50; 53ch bulls, $3@3.75; choice feeding

steers, 800 to 1,000, $5.25@5.75; fair feed-

ing steers, 800 to 1,000, $4.50@5; choice

stocks-1's, 500 to 700, $4 50@5: fair stock-



'ers, 500 to 700, $3.75@4.25; stock heifers,

$350604; milkers, large, young, medium

age, $4063.60; common mllkers, $25@35.



Spit-or & R. sold Sullivan P. CO. 7

butchers av 767 at $4.85, 1 cow weighing

680 at $3, 4 do av 1,042 at $4.90. 2 cow

and bull av 005 at $4; to Morgan 5 stock—

ers av 700 at $5, 3 do av 553 at $4.50; to

Fry 16 butchers av 660 at $4.50; to Ap-

plebaum 4 do av 445 at $4; to Mich. B.

CO. 4 cows av 875 at $3.80, 3 steers av

927 at $5.50,_ 1 do weighing 700 at $5; to

Newton B. CO. 1 canner weighing 670 at:

$2; to Thompson Bros. 7 butchers av 590

at $4.35, 3 cows av 1.040 at $4, 1 bull

Weighing 880 at $4.25; to Newton B. CO.

2 canners av 695 at $3, 11 cows av 835 at

$3.25, ‘2 do av 770 at $3.50; to Sullivan P.

CO. 2 bulls av 1,035 at $4.65; to Thorburn

5 stockcrs av 660 at $5, 2 do av 610 at $5.



Haley & M sold Bray 2 cows av 960 at

$3.80, 3 do av 913 at $3.25, 5 do av 970 at

$3.75, 4 do av 850 at $3.50, 4 do av 715 at

$3.25; to Newton B. Co. 2 do av 900 at

$3.50, 1 do weighing 1,050 at $4.50, 1 bull

weighing 680 at: $4; to Goose 10 butchers

av 443 ut $4.10; to D. Goose 13 cows av

940 at $4.50, 9 do av 480 at $4; to ltiley

15 feeders av 730 at $5.25; to Benz 3

steers av 843 at $6 50; to Applebaum 3

cows av 712 at $4; to Kamman 8 butchers

av 732 at $5.10; to Ratitkowsky 11 (1‘: av

730 at $4.35. 4 (10 av 717 at $4, 3 (10 av

823 at $4.10: to Marx 7 do av 753 at

$5.25; to Schlischer 10 do av 540 at $4.40;

to Thompson Bros. 6 do av 837 at $5.25;

to Sullivan P. Co. 11 (1.» 21V 836 at $5.35;

to Thompson Bros 2 cows av 980 at $3.75,

1 steer weighing 1.140 at $5.25, 3 cows av

1,050 at $4.50. 2 do av 910 at $3 75: to

Lachalt 2'0 SlOClU‘l‘s av 497 at $4.50, 8 do

av 470 at $4.50; to Mich. B. CO. 19 butch—

ers av 673 at $4.50, 1 bull weighing 1,320

at. $5, 1 do weighing 1,830 at $4.75, 1 do

weighing 1,560 at $5.50, 5 butchers av

858 at $4.50, 4 (lo av 795 at $5.50, 11 co\vs

av 865 at $4; to Riley 10 feeders av 790

at $5.70; to ’l‘helen 12 stockers av 692 at

$5, 2 do av 625 at $5.



Roe Com. C0. sold Sullivan P. Co. 7

heifers av 797 at $5.25, 6 cows av 928 at

$5.25. 3 do av 920 at. $4, 11 butchers av

732 at $5. 1.4 do av 757 at $5.40; to llam—

mond, S. & Cu. 24 steers av 1,044 at $8.

2l (lo av 866 at $6, 5 do av 784 at $1.75,

1 canncr weighing 750 at £3.50: to \\'y—

ness 16 stockcrs av 575 at $4.25, 13 do av





435 at 5’54 25, 26 do av 500 at $4.25; to

Kamman B Co. 9 butchers av 774 at

$5.40; to Newton B. Co. 16 do av 755 at

$3.50, |_ cow weighing 800 at $3.25, 1 do

Weighing 1,050 at $4.50; to ltdttkowsky

6 butchers av 600 at $4.25, 4 do av 422

at $4 25: to Parker, ’VV. & Co, 1 bull





ueighirg 810 at. $4.25.



.iishop, R. & ll. sold Goose 6 butchers

av 405 at $4; to Parker, \\', & Cl. 1 bull

weighing 1,470 at $4.50, 1 do weighing 730

.at $4.50, 2 heifers av 695 at $4.50. 4 cows

av 1,050 at $4.25, 5 steers uv 762 at $6,

10 do av 721 at $5, 1 cow weighing 930

at $4.25, 2 bulls av 1.000 at $4.50, 1 cow

weighing 1.100 at $4.50; to Greene 2

stockers av 550 at $4.50, 5 do av 584 at

$5; to ltatlkowsky S cows av 847 at $3.75.

2 cow and bull :iv 1.35 at $5.10; to

Thompson Bros. 2 butchers av 470 a: $4,

4 steers av 825 at $560; to Sullivan 1’.

Co, 3. llutcllcrs av 797 at $4.50; to Kam-

man 12 steers av 890 at $6.10: to Newton

ll. 00. 5 butchers av 748 at $3.40; to Sul—

livan 1’, Co. 2 bulls av 905 at $4, 1 do

weighing 1,150 at $4.50. 2 steers av 915

at $5.50. 2 do av 810 at $5, 3 do av 920 at

$5.50, 6 butchers av 51H {It $4: to Thomp—

son Bros, 3 cows av 970 at $5, 4 do av

960 at $5; to Regan 8 butchers av 50:: at

$4.25, 2 do av 615 at $3.75; to Schllschcr

9 cows av 852 at $3.85; to Brcsnahan 27

stockerrs av 557 at $4.35: to Sullivan 1’.

Co. 13 cows av 945 at $4.25, 2 do av 1.000

at $5, 4 do av 927 at $3.65, 11 do av 78?.

at $4, 2 steers av 630 at $6, 4 do av '890

at $6.75 7 do av 584 at $4.75, 4 do av 682

at $4.



Veal Calves.





Receipts, 424. Market active; best

grades 25c higher; common steady. Best

$10'm1125; mediums, $7659; heavy. $3.50





@450.



Bishop, 13. & H. sold Thompson Bros.

5 av 200 at $10, 3 av 160 at $10 25; to

Sharpiro Bros. 7 av 225 at $5: to Parker,

W. & C0. 1 weighing 120 at $11, 14 av 155

at $10.50, 5 av 140 at $10, 5 av 125 at

39-75. ‘1 weighing 100 at $9; to Hammond,

S. It. Co. 3 av 160 at $11.25, 2 av 145 at

$10.50; to Mich. B. 00.. 5 av 185 at $4: to





Hammond, S. & Co. .5 av 165. at $6.50, 1_





weighing 140 at $11;



Spicer & R sold Burnstine 1 weighing

120 at $10. 2 av 140 at $9; to Mich. B. Co.

2 av 185 at $4. 1 weighing 260 at $7, 2 av

120 at $8, 2~av 90 at $7; to Burnstine 1





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Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1|

weighing 250 at $9, 1 weighing 260 at $8.

:1 av ‘65 at $11; to Burnstine 3 av 135 at,

$9, 5 av 225.at $6; to Goose 7 av 200 at

$5, 6 av 195 at $5, 8 av 250 at $5.50; to;

Thompson Bros. 12 av 160 at $10.



Ilaley & M. sold Burnst‘ine 2 av 125 at

$10, 1 weighing 90 at $8, 2 av 220 at $6,





$9. 'to Rattkowsky 3 av 225 at $5.50; to,

McGuire 1 weighing 130 at $10, 1 weiglr,‘

ing 150 at $10.50, 3 av 250 at $6, 1 woigh< ‘

ing 190 at $10, 2 av 190 at $10.50, 1 weigh-

ing 200 at $8, 6 av 160 at $10 50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 5,690. Market steady with?

Wednesday; best lambs 50c higher than

last week; sheep steady. Best lambs, $7

@725: fair to good lambs, $6@6.50; light

to common lambs. $4.50@5.75; fair to

good sheep, $3.25@3.50; culls and com—

mon, $2312.50.





Roe Com. C0. sold Hayes 21 lambs aVI





60 at‘ $6; to Thompson Bros. 9 do av 92 .





at $7; to Hammond, S. & Co. 7 sheep av

110 at $2.50, 20 do av 125 at $3.25; to Sul-

livan P. Co. 5 lambs av 60 at $5.50, 47 do

av 80 at $7; to Barlage 79 do av 58 at $6,

29 do av 55 at $5.75; to Mich. B. Co. 26

do av 56 at $6.65.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Martin 15 feeders

av 55 at $5.50, 138 do av 56 at $5.50. 62

sheep av 90 at $3; to Wilson 393 lambs

av 80 at $6.65, 68 do av 73 at $6.40: to

Hammond, S. & Co. 38 sheep av 120 at

$3.25, 10 do av 113 at $2.50, 11 do av 140

at $2.50, 67 do av 145 at $3.50, 7 do av 85

at $2.50, 15 do av 100 at $3.50, 3 do av

92 at $3, 10 do av 103 at 3.50, 34 lambs av

83 at $7.25, 17 shecp av 100 at $3.50, 24

do av 95 at $3.25; to Thompson Bros. 13

lambs av 75 at $7; to Breitenbeck 40

yearlings av 90 at $4.50, 10 do av 71 at

$4, 52 lambs av 65 at $6.50; to Newron

B. Co. 128 do av 65 at. $6.50; to Sullivan

1’. Co. 44 do av 70 at $6.50; to Parker,

11'. & Co. 93 do av 73 at $6.50; to Martin

22 feeders av 60 at $6.25, 36 do av 62 at

$6; to Mich. 13. Co. ll lambs av 65 at

$6.25, 73 do av 65 at $6.50; to Nagle P.

Co. 57 do av 65 at $6.50, 24 do av 70 at

$6.75; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 54 sheep av

120 at $3.40, 1.8 do av 95 at $3.25, 15 lambs

av 65 at $6.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 44 do

av 55 at $5.25, 32 do av 55 at $5, 17 sheep

av 90 at $3; to Fitzpatrick llros. 93 lambs

av 70 at $6.75; to Nagle P. Co. 38 do av

70 at $6.65, 56 do :lv 73 at, $6.60.



Haley & M. sold Rattkowsky 7 year-

lings av 150 at $4; to Mich. B. Co. 50

lambs av 82 at $7; to Newton B. Co. 62

do av 60 at $6.25, 101 do av 70 at $6.75;

to Law 61. do av 77; at $6.75, 18 do av 70

at $6 75, 81 do av 70 at $7. 48 do av 78

at $6.75; to Eschrlch 98 do av 55 at $5.50;

to Hickey 90 sheep av 100 at $3.40, 22 do

av 105 at $3.40.



Spicer & R. sold Thompson Bros. 19

lambs av 45 at. $5; to lluyes 14 sheep av

75 at $3.25; to Mich. B. Co. 18 do av 76

at $3.25, 11 lambs av 75 at $4.85, 15 do

av 70 at $6 75, 1.6 do av 55 at $5.50, 49 do





av 60 at $6.60; to Thompson Bros. 1.6

Sheep av 90 at $2.75, 27 lambs av 60 at

$4.50; to Sullivan P. CO. 20 lambs av 80

11‘. 31' 15. 46 do av 75 at $7.25, 15 sheep





av ‘10 at $2.75; to Mich. B. CO. 28 lambs

av 70 at $5.80.

Hogs.



None sold at noon;





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let-eipts, 3.007.

lfllll{.\' 10c lower than

last \vcck's close.



linngo of prices: Light to good butch—

crs, $3.7561885; pigs, 3577561825: light

yol'kel‘lz. $3.75/rr8 85; heavy, $8.50@8.80;

Stags Ono-third Off.



Hoe t‘om. Co. sold Sullivan 1". Co. 23-5

av 190 at $8.85, 37 av 200 at $8.75, 31 av





21.0 at $8.70



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

Po. 41.0 av 190 zit $8.85, 615 21v 190 at

;3:380, av 175 $8.75, 300 av 160 at

.,'S.70.



Haley & M sold Parker, 1V. & Co. 240

".v 100 at $8.80. 140 av 170 at $8.75, 60 av





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Spit-t r & It. sold some 210 av 190 at

$8.80, 80 av 190 at $8.85, 150 av 170 at

$5.70.





Dean “'ebstcr. of the Kansas Agricul-

tural College. who has,just finishod a

1,500 mile nuto trip through 25 counties

in the Sunllowcr state declares that in

direct contrast to conditions it year 'ago

Kansas will have an abundance of feed

this full and very few cattle to consume

it. lie declares that in many sections

50 to 60 pcr cent decrease in holdings

now shown. although breeding will be

considerably increased another year.





VETERINARY.





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is now suffering from the results of navel

infection. Apply one part red iodide mer—

cury and tcn parts ccrate of cantharides

every week or ten days until a recovery

takes place.



Screness of Shin~4Ve have a gray

mare 14 years old that has worked all

right: up to about three weeks ago, when

she. was takcn lame in left fore leg and

1 am inclined to believe the lameness low

down. She starts lame and limps for

perhaps one-half mile, then seems to

travel sound. \Vhen in pasture she runs

and plays much like a colt and some-

tlmes suddenly goes lame, crippling bad-

ly until she warms out of it. She has

been kept in basement burn, cement

floor most of the the time, and I might

add she was brought from southern por-

tion of state last spring, but so far as

we know has never been lame before. M.

L. H., Fostoria, Mich.-—I am inclined to

believe that your mare strikes her shin

or fetloek joint with opposite foot, caus—

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leaVing her seen as pain ceases. Apply

one part fluid extract arnica, one part

fluid extract opium and ten parts alcohol

to shin, fetlock and coronet two or three

times a day. It is possible by changing

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