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FARM NOTES.





 





Sowing Fertilizer Broadcast.





'I have a piece of land which I wish to

sow to oats this spring and use commer—

cial fertilizer also, and I can not easily

geta fertilizer drill. Will you kindly

answer thru the columns of your paper

how is the best way in getting the fer-

tilizer sowed broadcast, whether it ought

to'be sowed and worked into the ground

before sowing oats, or just before sowing

the oats, with a shoe drill.



‘VVexford Co. SUBSCRIBER.





Commercial fertilizer may be sown

broadcast in the same way as plaster or

salt is usually distributed, but the writer

has found a more convenient way as

follows: We simply put three salt bar-

rels On our platform wagOn, one at the

rear and one on either side, tacking

them down securely, then by placing a

common washtub on each barrel, a sack

of fertilizer may be emptied "into each,

and as the team is driven across the field,

one man at each barrel distributes the

fertilizer with both hands so as to get

on'the quantity desired. Where sufficient

help is not available one man could dis-

tribute from the rear of the wagOn, using

both hands, and sowing much more easily

and rapidly than by walking. We de-

vised thls plan where a larger Quantity

was desired to be sown than could be

distributed thru a fertilizer drill, but

have used it with equal success where

a'smaller duantity was applied. The fer-





tilizer should ‘bexeown previous to "the





seed grain and \harrowed in so as to get

iti‘thoroly mixed; with the soil. We be-





‘ iiéve; than, experience, that, the earlier





it? can be "afi’iill‘éd' the better, as the soil



moisture will act upon it and convert it



into a readily available condition for the



growing plants.



Treating Seed Grain and Potatoes with

Formaldehyde.





W’ill you please publish the formalde-

hyde treatment for seed oats and pota-

toes. I remember the amount but I for-

get the length of time the seed is im-

mersed.



Tuscola Co. SUBSORJBER.





As previously noted in those Columns

the usual quantity of formaldehyde for

treating seed oats is 1 1b. to 50 gallons of

water, and for seed potatoes, 1 lb. to 30

gallons of water. In treating seed oats

the solution should be sprinkled on the

grain which should then be lhoroly

shovelled over to insure

thoro mixing and left

in c0vered piles for

several hours, after

which it should be

spread out to dry.



The seed potatoes

should be soaked from

one to one and a half

hours, depending on

how badly they are af-

fected with scab. In a.

recent issue the writer

gave his experience in

treating potatoes by

‘the gas method for the

prevention of scab.

The proportion of in-

gredients used were

those recommended as

the result of experi-

mentsatexperimentsta-

tions with this method

of treating the tubers.

A recent publication, in

the Press Bulletin of the

University of Wisconsin

advocates the use _of

4 lbs. of formaldehyde

and 24 ozs. of perman-

ganate of potash for

each 1,000 cu. ft. of

space in the cellar or

room in which the po-

tatoes are treated. The





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A FEW LEADING ARTICLES OF THE WEEK.





‘SOme of the Problems of a Farmer.—The anticipation of future needs and

the purchase of staple articles in quantities will prove profitable ....... 470

A Pig and Chicken Proof'Fence.—-An illustrated description of and directions

for the use of cement for the foundation and posts of such a fence...471

Raising Cosset Lambs—Practical advice on how to handle the lambs that

cannot be raised in the natural Way, for best results

Some Theories Exploded—Pointing out the fallacy of theories published re-





The Value of High Producing Cows.—The farmer with twenty ordinary cows

wastes time, labor and stable room when

might be obtained frbm ten good cows



Wlnd a Factor in Spraying.—Two methods are given which may serve to

overcome the disadvantage of adverse winds .................... . ...... 482



The Narrow vs. the Wide House.-—Some advantages claimed for the deep

or wide poultry house ............-.



Getting Bees Out of Box Hives.———Why frame hives are desirable, with timely

hints for those who would transfer their colonies





.................. 472

how same may be promoted ........ 473





the same yield of product

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potatoes should preferably be placed in

cram-s and exposed to the gas for from

36 to 48 hours before the room is opened.

This Press Bulletin also advocates the

use of 1 quart of formaldehyde to 30 gal-

lons of water for the treatment of seed

where it; is soaked in the solution, recom-

mending that it soak in the solution one

to one and a half hours. These propor-

tions are larger than the writer ever

used, or seen advocated heretofore, which

would indicate .that' it is safe to use

plenty of formaldehyde where fungou





'diseases are apparent in the SW apt ..-





Com After Sugar Beets.





I had ten acres of good icorn land in

sugar beets last year. Would it be ad-

visable to plant corn‘on that same land

this year? I have been told that it would

not be advisable. W



MaComb Co. SUBSCRIBER.





As before noted in these columns corn

does not generally make .a good crop

when planted .after sugar beets in the

crop rotation, even where it is well fer-

tilized. This is attributed by some scien-

tists to a certain toxic poison which the

sugar beets leave in the soil. Probably

the best way to handle the sugar beet

land is to sow to spring grain, or oats

and peas if the soil is suitable for the

lallor and seed to clover. Corn is best

adapted to the first place in the crop

rotation after grass, as it has a longer

growing soason than any of our other-

cultivated crops, and will utilize a larger





R. A. Woolsey, of Lelflwee Co.-





Note the Use of





proporition of the nutrients made avail-



able by the decomposing vegetable mat—



ter in tile sod turned down in the spring.

Spraying Potatoes to Prevent-Blight.





The time is at hand to deal with the

potato question. In portions of this sec-

tion the blight is ruining the crop. Two

years ago I undertook to save my pota-

toes by spraying with Bordeaux mixture.

The first application to the early potatoes

was made when the blight first began to

show on the edges of some leaves, to no

purpose. The disease spread rapidly over

the whole tops and ruined the crop. With

the patch of late potatoes I began before

.the blight appeared, sprayed every week,

or as Often as rains washed the mixture

off; also to no purpose. The blight de-

stroyed the crop. I made a barrel full of

the mixture and used from it thru the

season. Is that where I failed? Must

it be mixed fresh for every application?

If so, what is the fitness of giving direc-

tions for making several barrels of it

to farmers who use, perhaps, 10 gallons

at one time? Please give us, thru your

valuable paper, more light on this sub-

ject. Does the proper use of Bordeaux

prevent or keep off the blight, if properly

and faithfully applied? If so, give us

directions for making it in suitable quan-

tity for our small patches, when and how

often it should be applied, and greatly

oblige a host of your readers.



Lenawee Co. C. A. JEWELL.





Spraying potatoes for any fungous

disease with Bordeaux mixture is simply

a preventive and not in any sense a

remedy. If spraying is delayed until the

disease is apparent or until the spores

have lodged upon and entered the plant,

it will be to no purpose. The only safety





 





to be derived from spraying with Bor-

deaux mixture is to begin early and do

the work thoroly tllruout the season so

that the blight will not have a chance to

get a foothold. If the spraying is not

commenced until the blight appears, as

was the case with the early potatoes

llli‘lllliillOil; it might us well be Omitted

oniiroly, and it is probable that the late

potatoes were not sprayed soon enough

to prevent the disease getting started in

the plants.





The experience at various experiment

stations has demonstrated that spraying

potatoes for blight with Bordeaux mix-

ture serves to an available degree in

protecting the crop and in an ordinary

season will prevent any serious damage

being done. But to so benefit the crop

the mixture must be properly made and

properly applied. It will not answer to

'mix it ready for use and let it stand

from one spraying to another. It should

be mixed fresh each time and this is very

easily accomplished, provided “stock

mixtures” are used. These may be pre-

pared and kept ready all thru the season

withOut ally loss of efficiency. The fresh

stone lime should be slacked in some con-

venient receptacle and kept in the form

of a thick paste ready to be mixed with

the other ingredients. For this purpose

the writer uses a large cauldron kettle,

but a box or large barrel will answer the

purpose Just as well and will save the

trouble of slacking the lime each time it

is desired to make up some of the mix-

ture. The copper sulfate solution can

also be prepared by taking a tight wooden

barrel and dissolving the copper sulfate

in water by suspending it in a coarse

sack at the top of the barrel. The water

will dissolve about 3 lbs. of copper sulfate

to 1 gallon of water. A wooden barrel

should be used because the copper sulfate

will corrode iron and the copper sulfate

should be suspended at the top of the

barrel because the solution is heavier

than the wate‘ and will settle to the bot-

tom, consequently the crystals will dis-

solvo much more quickly if suspended at

the t0p of the barrel.



Having this stock mixture on hand it

is a comparatively small task to mix the

Bordeaux mixture as needed. Since the

onppol‘ sulfutc solution contains 3 lbs. of

copper sulfate to 1 gal-





 





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Cement in Canstruction of Porch and Chimneys.





lon of water you have

only to measure it out

to get the desired

strength. Tile writer

llus always used a suf—

lloiont quantity i 0

make 6 lbs. of copper

sulfate to 50 gallons of

the mixture.



Recent tests seem to

indicate that 4 lbs. is

sufficient. XVc have,

however, Continued to

use 6 lbs. for the reason

that our sprayer, \Vllli'll

is an old lypo, (l(N'S

not apply a very heavy

coating to tho vim-s.

it is host to mix the

desired quantity of this

stock solution in about

25 gallons of water be—

fore adding the limo.

Then add sufficient

lime, also diluted in

water before adding,

to neutralize the vit-

riol, straining the lime

solution thru a coarse

suck so there will be

no lumps to clog the

spray nozzles. ‘Various

quantities of lime are

used, varying from four
470 m . , «

to six lbs. to 50 gallons of the mixture,

" but‘ where the‘stock solution is used the

more convenient way is to‘apply a simple

test to determine when the lime content.

of the mixture is sufficiently high. A

very satisfactory test, and one which the

writer has used with success, is what is

known as the ferro-cyanide of potassium

test. Get ten cents worth of this drug.

commonly known as yellow prussiate of

potash» and dissolve in water. When it

is thot that sufficient lime has been ad—

ded, dip out a little of the solution and

add a few drops of this test solution.

If no discoloration of the liquid occurs,

it ‘contains sufficient lime to neutralize

the copper sulfate so that the foliage

will not be harmed. If a discoloration

occurs more lime should be added and,

as the addition of the lime has no harm-

ful effects, .- it is best to add enough to

be sure, altho the mixture Should be kept

of the“ right consistency so that it will

work Well in the sprayer.



In'our practice we have the stock mix~

'ture on hand thru the summer and the

Bordeaux mixture is made each time the

spray‘barrel is filled. In this way an

absolutely fresh mixture is had at all

times without any additional labor in

the making. The process would be just

as simple for the small grower as the

large one, and it will pay him even bet-

ter to keep a small quantity of the stock

mixture on hand than it would the larger

grower who uses larger quantities of the

material at each spraying. Our practice

has been to begin spraying as soon as

the potatoes are about eight inches high,

provided the weather is such as seems

favorable for the development of blight,

and continuing at varying intervals, de—

pending upon weather conditions, until

the crop approaches maturity. The effi—

ciency of this preventive depends on keep-

ing the vines covered at all times. The

writer has never seen any appearance of

blight in his potato fields since he began

spraying several years ago, but the blight

has not been very prevalent in his neigh-

borhood during that time. However,

where this proposition has been thoroly

tried out at experiment stations it has

been determined that the increased yield

of potatoes would about pay the cost of

spraying even tho no blight were present.

and with this evidence of profit in spray—

ing potatoes at hand we shall continue

to apply .iordeaux mixture in the ex—

pectation that it will save our crop from

destruction should the blight develop at

any time.



The Line Fence Problem.





Can you kindly state in the columns of

your valuable paper if there is any way

to compel an adjoining land owner to





build his share of the line fence, or to

stand the expense of the same.

Midland Co. R. BAKER.

If the adjoining owner occupies his





land for agricultural purposes he can be

compelled to erect his share of the line

fence or to pay the cost of building it.

Under the law the overseers of highway

of the township are fem-e viewers by

virtue of their office, and in cases of dis-

pute can be called upon to make a legal

division of the line fence. The new

highway law has not entirely abolished

that office, as there is still one overseer

of highways in each town, who can pre-

sumably act in the same capacity. After

the fence has been divided, if the owner

of the adjacent land does not build his

fence within a reasonable time, the party





demanding the same mu y build it and

collect for the work, but legal advice

should be taken before, this is done so





that the required forms of procedure



may be followed to the letter, thus leav-



ing no chance for the delinquent party



to escape payment on minor technical-



ilies.



EXPERIENCE WITH TRANSPLANTING

FOREST TREES.





 





It is true that a small tree will more

readily adapt itself to the change, and

is therefore more likely to live, yet with

the proper care in digging and setting

such of the desirable Shade trees as hack-

berry, elm, box elder and maple I have

set when four inches in diameter with

equal success. A tree this size may be

easily handled and can be removed from

the ground with a spade and axe. A

hole two feet in diameter will accommo~

date it as all roots should be cut back

to not more than a foot long, removing

all bruised part-s. All the branches should

be removed leaving the trunk cut down

to six feet. Set the tree but little deeper

than it stood in the forest, leaving a

slight depression around it, keep the

ground stirred and a mulch of leaves

about it in dry weather. It would seem

to so.--e that much would be lost by cut—

ting off all the branches, but such is not





the case, as a tree of this size' will send





out branches several feet long the first'





year, and in two years will make quite a

nice shade tree. The hackberry and

box elder, while not such rapid growers

as the maple, are great favorites in the

southwest, as they have a beautiful, sym-

metrical top requiring but little trim-

ming. H. F. Gmns'rnan.

SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF A

- FARMER.





 





 





During the active period of Gen. Al-

ger’s lumber operations there was com-

petition among his camp managers as to

the lowest cost of getting in logs as

measured by the thousand feet, board

measure. Several lumber operators were

discussing the various reasons why one

particular manager invariably accom-

plished the work at the lowest cost. The

reason given was that he seemed to anti-

cipate every needed supply and had the

necessary equipment provided. He re-

versed the idea that a close figurer was

always the man who had just enough

but said the successful calculator always

provided a surplus of standard goods, i.

e., material that would not depreciate in

season, for no man was wise enough to

exactly calculate, nor was it desirable.

There was no exact middle ground, but

either hand to mouth, or a sufficiency

condition.



I have often thot that farm manage—

ment might profit by the result in 10g-

ging. For example, the use of coal for

threshing purposes as well as heating is

:1 product that is standard, i. e., always

of value. Coal can be bot in carload

lots and a reasonable saving to the dealer

when unloaded (ill‘l'Ct by the farmers, also

a saving in storage and securing a whole~

sale price instead of the retail is another

added item of bcnciit to the consumer.

The farmer has the teams for hauling,

storage room, and can pay cash, and on

the season‘s use save the interest on

$100, or $51 to $7, at no particular loss to

the dealer, who is simply saved an item

of expense and prefers a wholesale to a

retail business. The same is true with

rgard to fertilizer, and probably cement,

the uses of these heavy farm supplies

depending on conditions in different

neighborhoods. The farmer whose bank

deposits are a source of delight to him is,

in many Cases receiving 4 per cent and

the money is used to stock up the deal-

crs’ supplits, to furnish him later these

same supplies .‘n a retail way at the

maximum cost of labor and storage. In

other words. the farmer receives retail

prices for his money and pays retail

prices for his supplies. Mill feeds are

another standard item of farm USU that

can be hot in quantity and used advan-

tageously. XVhen the president of one

of the larger coal companies brot out the

plan of cheaper prices for anthracite coal

in the summer, with an advance each

month, he said that production and dis-

tribution were simply different parts of

the same problem. If the farmers be-

come. the warehousemen for the necessary

heavy supplies they reduce the cost of

what they consume. In the long time

ago some of the farmers carried their

surplus over till near the close of the

season to distribute among those less

forchanded. The practice is now quite

rare and farmers have largely ceased to

act as warehousemen for their neigh-

borhoods. YVith this condition farmers

must become more and more purchasers

in quantity of standard goods.



The average price of farm products is

generally the lowest immediately after

the crop is ready for markdt. and most

naturally, for that is the period when it

is crowded on the market. At the same

time there is a minimum price season

for farmers goods to be purchased. Coal

is lowest in the summer season, cement

cheapest in fall and winter, mill feeds

in the late summer or early fall are us-

ually at the minimum price. Storage,

interest and insurance are not as heavy

items to the farmer as to the dealer, or

at least not so considered. Township

treasurers have repeatedly said that very

few farmers allowed the penalty percent-

age to be addd to thlr taxes, and this

has gotten to be rather a mark of punc-

tuality than of actual saving. However,

in point of merchandising in season and

in a provident way the saving on taxes

is comparatively a small item.



It is more generally believed that farm-

ers cannot buy direct than the real facts

warrant. The Standard Oil Co. will sell

any farmer a case of axle grease or a

barrel of machine oil if he will pay for it.

President Roosevelt summarizes in his

“uplift” commission‘s report, that What

the farmer needs is greater co-operation





THE MICHIGANFARMER .5”





in bu'ying‘and‘s‘ellins. As a first step in





that direction I . would suggest buying

in quantity and in season.

Shiawassee Co. JAB: N. Mcanm.





 





A YOUNG FARMER’S EXPERIENCE

WITH FERTILIZERS.





 





As I notice quite a number of articles

with reference to commercial fertilizer,

and as I am using them, and have made

them a study for two or three years, and

have watched the experiments of others,

I would just like to say a few words.

Our experiments have been mostly on

light soils. ‘My opinion is that to properly

fertilize, it should be put on broadcast

for any crop, for then you have the land

better fitted for the next crop. Of course

the combination hill planters are all right,





‘if you are sure of sufficient moisture to





decompose your fertilizer; but should it

be so dry as not to, then you have your

ground irregularly fertilized. Of course,

it is much less expensive, or takes less

fertilizer for the hills only, than to broad-

cast. If you broadcast, and you get a

very dry season, your fertilizer is there

just the same ready for the next crop.

in which you are certain of good results.

Your fertilizer is more apt to decompose

when broadcasted than when put in in

handfuls or with planters. However,

there is more fertilizer used in this part

of the country for corn, fertilized in the

hill, only than in any other way. Last

year I noticed a farmer purchasing some

commercial fertilizer for com. I ex-

pected to see ,him use a combination

planter. On the contrary, he put it on

broadcast about 400 lbs. to the acre and

on a very light and well run piece of

land. He had a splendid crop of corn

and his land 'was also in good mechanical

condition for the following crop. The

sum and substance is just this, that if

you have plenty of means to spare and

want to bring up your land and keep it

up, I believe that broadcasting is the

best way. The expense of fertilizing corn

in the hill only is nominal, and the extra

stalks you will ordinarily get will more

than pay for the fertilizer. It will take

about 80, and perhaps 100, lbs. to the

acre. Some planters let out more than

others. One man told me that he used

50 lbs. to the acre last season with good

results. For oats and wheat we find

that 200 to 250 lbs. to the acre is about

right and that the extra straw we get

will pay for the fertilizer. For potatoes

we ordinarily need a good strong potash

fertilizer, and I have seen good results

with 300 lbs. to the acre, but I would

rather put on 1,000 to 1,500 lbs. as the

Maine potato farms are doing for I am

ccrtain it will pay unless potatoes should

be exceptionally low in price. There are

splendid implements for handling fer-

tilizers with, and the time has now come

for us all to make this fertilizer question

a study and find out as near as we can

what our land is most deficient in. You

can purchase commercial fertilizers

blended just as you want them, and when

we know just what the land needs, then

we can get good results, and can mix

it: with what barn manure we have. I

notice an article signed by H. J. as to

the analysis of fertilizer. “'0 use on our

heavier, as well as light soils, for grain

and corn a fertilizer containing about 2

per cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphoric

acid and 2%. per cent potash.



For potatoes we use 2 per cent nitro-

gen, 10 per cent phosphoric acid and

about 12 to 14 per cent potash. One thing

is .certain, wevmust look out for cheap

trash, as there are lots of fertilizing con-

cerns. Good fertilizers are high, but far

the cheapest to use. And altho some

concerns will offer you equal analyses at

less money than good, solid, reputable

concerns will, we must look out for them

for they might be deficient in just the

element that we need. The writer is only

a young farmer, but I have lpoked into

this fertilizer business as best I can, and

I am well satisfied at the results I haVe

had in using them. I can raise as good

corn on light land with a little good

commercial fertilizer as some can on a

good strong piece of land, and have done

it with only 60 lbs. to the acre, but just

the same I would prefer to broadcast it.

I want to give you the opinion of a

neighbor and prosperous farmer who has

a good farm of clay loam soil. He says,

"I propose to use commercial fertilizers

and keep my land up for I can keep it up

easier than to try to bring it up when

it is starved.





Leelanauvcp. N. C. MORGAN.





 





I received my machine in good condi-

tion and must say that I am well pleased

with it.——Mrs. Artltlr Fleming, Lansing,

Mich.





' . To coaascr AN sateen.





 





In our issue of the 17th an error oc;

curred in setting up the advertisement





of Hirth-Krause 00., shoes, on page 453..





The second shoe was described as an

elkskin bicycle shoe, whereas the second

shoe illustrated. was the "Hardwear."





l





The third shoe is thebICycle shoe, andg





while once used for this purpose it 'is

not now confined to riders of wheels, but

is largely worn by farmers in all kinds of

work, plowing. harrowing, etc.- It is

made' with a Bellows tongue, and is a.

very pliable and easy shoe on the foot.

as any and light as going barefoot.

Farmers make no mistake in calling for

Rouge Rex shoes.





How to Make Sheep Dipping Pay.



To the sheep raiser, the dipping of

sheep is always an unpleasant task and

one which is invariably avoided when it

is possible to do so. The expense of labor

and dip appears too often to him as an





unnecessary one and an added cost to'





the raising of sheep. It is often delayed

until a. great deal of damage is done, and

frequently action is not taken until the

law compels it to prevent the spread of

disease. The question arises, 'will the

dipping of sheep pay, leaving out the

possibility of a virulent disease? We

decidedly think it will. There are a good

many reasons for it. The first and fore-

most is that any animal, no matter what





it is, treated to an occasional bath, will «





do better, and sheep will produce more

wool and mutton than if they were never

washed or bathed. Naturally, there is a.

great deal of discussion as to the effects

of dips on wool, and this is rightfully so,

because there are a number of dips that

do the work as far as killing parasites or

insects is concerned, when at the same

time they do a good deal of injury to the

sheep and also to the wool. It requires





some judgment in the selection of a dip. »





When this is done, the facts to be care-

fully considered are: Will the dip stunt

the growth of the sheep? Will the dip

harm the wool? Will the dip prove of

value in the growth of the wool and the

sheep itself? The wool is affected ad-

versely by a number of dips. Take the

much lauded lime-and-sulfur dip. «r This

will cure scab, but it does not kill ticks;

and further, the lime almost invariably

checks the wool in its growth, leaves a

kink in it where it will break easily, and

this makes short wool and low-priced

wool. Therefore, it seems that these dips

should be avoided. Now, the best (lips

that are brot out—those that do not harm

the sheep nor the wool—are the so-called

coal-tar dips. The basis of these dips

are the best germicides and insecticides

known to science today. There is an

added value to a dip that will kill insects

and parasites, such as ticks, lice and scab

mites, and at the same time prove to be

a germicide, because in the case of shear

'wounds and abrasions of the skin where

the fly often deposits the egg that brings

the maggot, an insecticide is curative and

keeps away the germs of disease and

prevents the wounds from being fly-

blown. Further, this class of dips does

not spoil so easily, and what is left in

the vat is always good for disinfecting

purposes about the premises. Take, for

instance, Kreso Dip No. 1, sold at a reas-

onable price, its use permitted by the

government in a dilution of 1 part of

dip to 72 parts of water for scab. In

this strength it is a strong disinfectant,

one that increases the growth

and does not: harm the sheep or wool.

It is a reliable product, not only for the

above, but in the treatment of leg and

lip ulceration, wounds, etc. It can be

given internally for stomach worms and

used in the treatment of screw worms.

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A_ PIG AND CHICKEN PROOF FENcE.





 





In building the hog yard the need often

arises for a. fence that will make it abso-

Jbtely certain that the small porkers

cannot root under the wires and es-

cape to do damage in the crops. In

building the chicken park it is desir.

able to have a fence that will keep the

chickens in and keep out the animals

that are the pest of the chicken yard,

as well as one that is neat and orna-

mental



In this plan as illustrated, the mold

casts in concrete the entire fence post

and also a wall around the yard to any

height desired; as the posts are set solidly

in the concrete there is no need for brace

rods and the posts need not have the

strength of a post that must be set in

the ground. For the mold, out two

boards 9 in. wide and 12 ft. long, for

each side of the mold; this is for a wall

18 in. high and 12 ft. between posts. You

can change this as you wish in building

mold. Fasten each two of these boards

together with cleats on sides as illus-

trated. In the center of these sides set

a 6 in. board at right angles and fasten

to the' wall form with a cleat; this 6 in.

board should be 41/2 ft. long if you want

the fence six feet from the ground to

top of posts, but can be of any height

desired to suit your needs.



Cut another 6 in. board and fasten to

this with hinges on one side and with two

hooks on the other side, this door, or

side of post form, is made the same

height as the upright attached to sides.

Both sides of wall form are fitted with

this upright and door so as to make a





 





 





The Form In Place.





square mold for casting the post, this is

fastened together at two corners, as per

illustration, with hooks so that when the

post is molded the doors can be unhooked

and folded back from the completed

work. This avoids all danger of breaking

the concrete while “green” in removing

the mold or form.



If the wall is to be 6 in. thick (5 inches

is a very good thickness for average use)

cut two pieces of board notched on each

end, have the notches 8 in. apart, on the

inside. These are to be placed over the

two side wall forms, as shown in illustra—

tion, to keep them from spreading when

filling the mold 'Wltll the concrete mix-

ture; When a 5 in. wall is desired you

can place a one inch strip between notch

on one side and the wall form, thus “set-

ting in” the form on that side one inch,

in the same manner you can adjust it for

a wall of any thickness you desire.





Now bore 1/2 in. holes tlll‘d the two

doors on each side of post mold. Bore

six inches apart having them the same

distance apart in both doors; before you

mold the post place 1/2 in. iron rods

about 1 ft. long thru holes and when the

concrete is tamped down around them it

molds a hole of this size thru post, for

which you will have need in attaching

fencing. Also bore the same size holes

thru the top edge of the two side walls

of mold and place rods in same to mold

the holes for tying the fencing to the

side walls.



In attaching the fencing to the walls

and posts, pass short lengths of wire

thru the holes in walls and posts and

twist these around the fence wires, thus

holding same securely. 1f plain wires are

used they can be strung thru the holes in

posts and tightened at the end, which

makes a very good fence if the posts are

set about 12 ft. apart.



The best mixture of concrete to use for

this work is made of one part of Port-

land cement, two pai'ts of clean sharp

sand and four parts of small gravel aver-

aging about one-half to one inch in size.

Mix all together while dry and after it is

thorcly mixed, dampen well so that it is

like moist sand, but not soaking wet;

fill the mold with this mixture and tamp

it down as much as possible, as the





 





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more it is tamped or packed in the molds,

the greater density or strength it will

have when dry.



After you have filled the mold let it

stand a few hours or until it begins to

dry, then pull out the iron rods and by

taking off the catches on the side walls

and unhooking the hooks on post part of

mold the form can be folded back from

the completed work and removed without

danger of breakage. The work should

stand for at least two weeks before the

fence is attached as it will require that

time to ”cure” ‘sufl‘lcient to bear the

weight of the fence strain. During that

time it is advisable to wet it several

times as, by thus retarding the drying

or “curing” process the concrete is

strengthened.





As fast as one section of the fence is

finished and mold removed,

should be moved on and another section





east, so as to make a solid wall of the.





height and width you wish all around

the yard. . The work can be reinforced

with No. 9 wires, using four to six the

length of the post set upright in mold

and tamping the concrete around them;





the wires on the wall part of mold can.





be imbedded in the concrete as the mold

is filled, and if slightly longer than the

section molded will extend over into the

next section and bond sections together

stronger.



In clay soil a foundation of six inches

is enough for the weight of the sections.

This can be increased in lighter soil to

meet the requirement of a solid founda-

tion. This part of the section is best





 





 





A Finished Section.





when filled with small stone and the con-

crete mixture tamped down on top, as

enough of the concrete will be forced

down between the stones to bind them

strongly together.





Wayne Co. A. A. HOUGHTON.





 





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There is a scarcity of capable farm—

laborers all over the country. Many

farmers are finding it difficult to get

enough men to work all their ground.

This is a serious situation, for if less

farm products are grown it means great

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ing for every family. After the work is

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the men to forget about their hard work,

and the hot sun, and their tired bodies.

It will make the next day’s work easier,

and there will not be half the disposition

to com lain. This is not an experiment;

it has already been proven by many

farmers. But that is only one of the.

Victor’s accomplishments. It is full of

joy for the Whole family. Think of how

it will entertain company when they come

for a visit! The Victor is certainly a

wonderful musical instrument. There is

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Will brighten the home like sunshine, and

do it every day in the year.



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manufacture of Hydraulic Cider Presses

and cider and vinegar makers’ supplies,

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discoveries regarding the production of

refined and clarified cider and cider vine—

gar and have from time to time issued

literature bearing on the subject. They

have recently issued the second edition

of two ESQ-page bulletins treating of plans

and processes for manufacturing Cider

Vinegar, cider jelly, etc. This company

has recently established an analytical

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The Ration for the Farm Teams.



When prices of all feed stuffs are as

abnormally high as they are at present

it pays to figure carefully on the ration

fed to the farm horses, as well as to the

other live stock maintained on the farm.

In thus figuring on a ration which will

be both efficient and cheap it is neces-

sary_for the farmer to have at hand a

good feeding table which gives the anal—

ysis of the different feeds which may be

available. and to have a fair knowledge

of feeding standards or of the require-

ments of the animals to be fed. Fortu—

nately the requirements of the horse are

pretty generally known and understood

by the average horse owner. Nature has

provided a. grain feed which seems to

fill all of the requirements admirably, in

the form of cats. This grain gives good

results when fed with timothy or mixed

bay for roughage, and while the ration

so formed does not contain as much pro-

tein as the‘feeding standards which have

been evolved as a result of long continued

experiments advise, yet the judgment of

the horse may well be accepted in this

matter, with the certainty that he will

keep in the best of condition if fed a.

liberal ration of oats and hay, even when

working to his maximum limit. So if

this were the only consideration the

problem would .be settled at once.



But other censiderations enter into the

problem, the cost. of the ration being a

very important item for consideration by

the average farmer. Generally when oats

are scarce or high the average farmer

solves the question for himself by feed-

ing an exclusive corn ration to his horses,

wllci'c plenty of that grain is available

on the farm. In doing this he reduces

the cost of feeding the horses, but at the

c-xpense of the efficiency of the ration in

maintaining the condition of the horses

and affording a maximum of satisfactory

service from them. But in a great many

this alternative will provide no

easy solution to the problem this year,

as tho average farmer has neither the

cats required for his horses, nor the sur-

plus of corn which will make practical

the usual alternative mentioncd above,

and having to buy the grain for making

up the ration might as well choose such

11 combination as will prove both efficient

and economical. Many writers upon this

subject appear to live near large markets

where they can get a great variety of

feeds conveniently and in as small lots.

as desired, but as far the larger number

of rcaders are not so situated, the writer

will confine his recommendations to thosc

feeds which c2111 be most easily secured

in the average locality. As ever. in mak—

ing up a purchased ration, corn is the

cheapest basis, even at the present high

prices which prevail for that grain. Let

us then see what combination, with corn

as the basis, will correspond most nearly

to the favorite oat ration and compare





('aScs





the cost of the two at present market

prices.



The horse of avcrnge size at average

farm work in the spring rwill require

about 14 lbs. of oats per day to do his

work and keep in good condition. At





pl‘cscnt prices for outs in llll‘ l>1ilroit

market these 14 lbs. of oats would cost

:1 fraction over 25 ccnis. Now, by :1 little

figuring we find that a mixture containing

9 lbs. of‘corn and 2 lbs. of old process

oil mcal contains alniOst exactly the same

amount of digestible nutricnts as the 14

lbs. of cats, and at present prices on this





market would cost :1 fraction under 15

cents. True, this is :1 far more concen-

irntcd ration and will not be as rcudily





digcstcd and assi-milalml as the oats, but

this can be remedied citbcr by substitut—

ing 2 lbs. of bran for a portion of the oil

meal which will not materially incrcaso

the cost of the ration, or by grinding the

corn and feeding: it mi.\'cd with the oil

meal and incorporated with a little moist-

cued cut bay. The saving to even the

small fnrmcr who kccps soy thrco horses

as between those two rations is too ob-

vious and too important to need furtln-r

comment. Even with a bin full of oats

the average farmer will not think he can

afford to feed them as an exclusive grain

ration at present prices.



After some figuring the writer has de-

termined to use the corn and oil meal in

about the propOrtions :ibovc noted with

a little bran substitutcd for a portion of

the oil meal to incrcnsc tho palatability

and digestibility of the ration. Possibly

a cheaper and better ration Could be fig-





.which might be obtained-





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tired out for the man so situated as to

have a larger list of feeds to select from

in the. local

market. In such cases the Michigan

Farmer will be glad to assist the reader

in any way in suggesting cheap and effi-

cient combinations, to the end’ that this

necessary fixed expense may be reduced

to as great a degree as possible without

detriment to the health of the horses

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IMPROVING ANIMALS,AND PLANTS

BY SELECTION.





 





In animals and those plants that are

propagated from seeds there is a con-

sistent tendency to reversion induced by

transmission from remote ancestors. If

we wish to establish particular qualities

of the animals or plants, all we have to.

do is to intnoduce those animals and;

seeds of plants that have the qualities

nearest to what we wish to establish. by

successive selection. This will. in the

course of time, ovemome reversion, and

ihc successive future offspring will be-

come more and more uniform in those

particular qualities. .



Ingham Co. 0. F. Gama.





 





CARE OF THE HORSE’S SHOULDER.





 





You know how tender your hands are

when you have done but little work for

several months. Remember that the

shoulders of your work horses are not as

tough and hardened after running in the

yard or standing in the barn most of the

winter. When you hitch to the plow the

first warm days of spring they are apt to

scald and if not properly cared for result

in sore shoulders. Before you do any

heavy plowing bathe the shoulders inl

warm salt water twice a day and keep,l

this up. It is needless to 'say that it

would be well to continue this thru the

summer as nothing keeps the shoulders

clean and firm like a bath of salt water!

as soon as the harnesg is taken off. If;

a well—fitting leather collar is used and?

tho linir kept free from dirt and sweat.l





 





you will never be troubled with sore:

shoulders. ‘

Missouri. H. F. G.





REARING COSSET LAMBS. d





 





The flockmaster who has given his

ewes good care during the pregnafifipe-

riod is very apt to have some ewes that

bring forth more than they can properly





nurse. This is not a fault in manage-

ment but rather an unfortunate occur-

rcnce due to nature. It is something





beyond explanation why such a condition

should come about when the management

of the ewe flock has been in perfect ac-

cord with natural law. However, it is a,

question for the flock owner to solve

rather than to debate. When it is pos—

sible to induce other ewes to adopt the

unfortunate young an easy solution has

been brot about. But in case a ewe drops

more lambs than she can properly rear

with no such alternative available the

question must be solved in some other

in a n n c r.



In some parts of the dairy

of England the problem of rearing moth—

vrlcss lambs is easily solved by confining

them near the cow stable and feeding

them upon new milk. The fact that many

flock owners are glad to dispose of this

surplus stock at a very moderate price

induces many dairymen to take up with

tho busincss of roaring cossct lrimbs as

an adjunct to dairying. During the few

weeks of early summer while the herd is

on good pasture the increase in the milk

flow warrants taking a few cosset lambs

to roar as a side issue. I believe that

our English brothers have thus solved

the problem in a way that every flock





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The rearing of cossct lambs is not so

serious an undertaking as one might sus-3

pcct if the work is properly handlcd and,

looked after. A cossct lamb should be

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calf than a family pct, as is the general

practicc. I do not know of another ani-

mal that will take more advantage of





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be reared artificially it should be removed:

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pen in the barn where it rwill be easily

accessible. No time should be lost in

getting the unfortunate lamb well started

in lifc, Every hour that the lamb is al-

lowed to go without nourishment weakens

its digestive system. .

The great danger to be averted in the

rearing of cosset lambs is over-feeding.

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ture intended this lamb to, obtain [its

nourishment-from its mother as the ewe’s

milk is much more easily digested. Fresh

cow’s milk at best is not as easily digested

and if given direct to the young lamb

will produce indigestion. It is safer to

reduce cow milk from twenty to thirty

per cent before being fed to lambs under

ten days of age. As the youngster gets

older the per cent of water may gradually

be reduced until fed without reduction.

I consider it very essential to feed the

young lambs at least six times daily for

the first four or five weeks.



As the young lambs grow older the

nipple should be dispensed with and the

youngster taught to drink. It is a very

easy matter to teach a young lamb to

drink and this materially reduces the

labor of feeding. It is not advisable to

turn the cosset lamb in with the flock

in order to give him pasture and exer-

cise. A small yard should be enclosed

with wire netting where the clover and

grass is tender and the youngster kept

by himself until well along into the sum-

mer. As soon as the lamb begins to

require supplementary feed a light grain

ration should be supplied consisting of

ground oats, bran and a little oil meal.

Under good care a cosset lamb will make

as good growth as any lamb in the flock

and by fall will be a source Of a little

profit for time and labor involved.



Shiawassee Co. LEO C. REYNOLDS.





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I have before me a farm magazine that

is made up largely of clippings from agri-

cultural journals. It seems to be the

plan to clip and comment. It is very

evident that the one who clips is not a

good judge of what should be accepted

as correct statements for some of them

are far from right. I have one as an

example:



“Upon the food the brood sow is given

a month or so before she is bred, and

during the period of pregnancy depends

to a very large extent, the size of ller

litters.”



This is one of the most flagrant errors

I have seen put in print, to pass from

one paper to another, and be spread over

a large portion of the country. Those





'Iwho have given the subject careful study





understand that it is not the feed that

the sow consumes that has to do with

de‘giding the size of the litter, but it is

her condition.





:. We all know that in the corn belt





more grain is fed to brood sows, than

in any other part of the world, and it is

in the corn belt in these United States

that the hog has been bred nearest to

perfection in c'onfOrmation and in prolfi-

cacy.



As to size of litters, selection has had

much to do with that. Ancestral influ—

once, or the transmitting of the charac-

teristic of fecundity, is handed down from

the stock to their progeny. \‘Vith some

families prolificacy is what is termed

a family characteristic. Or, in other

words, all the members Of certain families

are preinclined to the production of large

litters. .



Some facts may be of interest. The

ancestors of the swine were once what

is called oviparous, or produced eggs from

which the young lwere hatched. By

changes in condition, during some remote

period, they acquired the characteristic

of being viviparous. 'or carrying the eggs

until the time to deliver the young. TO

this day the swine have the ova, or egg-

like sacks, and the number of pigs pro—

duced at a litter depends on the number

of those ovum sacks that are fertilized

at the time of copulation.



The question sometimes comes up as to

which, the slow or the boar, should be

accredited the greater influence on the

size of the, litter. It ought to be plain

to the ordinary thinker that the sow can

not produce any more pigs than the num—

ber Of ovum sacks she carries at the

time she is bred, and can produce only

as 'many as are fertilized. The number

of these sacks that the sire can fertilize

depends on his condition as to constitu~

tional vigor, which is, also, in a great

measure inherited, as well as influenced

by several phases of condition.



In regard to the condition of the breed-

ing animals, it is safe to assert that to

overload either sire or dam with fat will

have a marked influence toward sterility.

It does not matter whether the excessive

fat is made of one food or another, for

as it interferes with the fertilization of

the ovum sacks,.rwith the darn, it will

reduce the size of the litter even to the

hindrance of conception at all. The ener-

gies of the system of the sire may be so

directed toward the production of fat that





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the reproductive process is hindered even

up to the point of sterility. A fat sire

is too prone to remain quiet, and not

get the needed exercise in order to keep

in a. healthy condition, which is very

necessary in order to transmit life and

vigor to the progeny.



The saying that “a sow will follow the

path She marks out by her first litter” is

not correct. It is a fact well known by

experienced breeders that a young sow

may produce but a small litter, of rather

inferior pigs the first time, and after-

ward be a prolific breeder of pigs of ex-

cellent quality. Very much ought not to

be expected of a young sow, as she is

growing and undeveloped herself, and

can not be expected to throw the large

pigs that will be the rapid growers that

she will be able to after she has reached

mature years.



Another fact should be borne in mind

in regard to the sire. While the young

animal may be capable of begetting pigs,

he should not be condemned if the litters

from his first year’s service are not large,

or the pigs so uniformly good as some

from an older sire. It is always safer to

use the young sire rather sparingly the

first season and watch results. If he

does well the first season he can be ex-

pected to do better the next year.



These are some of the things that ought

to be considered in breeding swine. Do

not be taken with the special food theo-

ries. Remember that there is a multitude

of things that have a bearing on the stock

at breeding and delivery time. The man

who gives the breeding stock a variety

of feeds, makes them comfortable, com—

pels them to take a sufficient amount of

exercise to keep them healthy, and does

not over-fatten them, is kind and consid-

erate in regard to their treatment, keeping‘

them tame and tractable, is more likely

to succeed in raising the desired number

of pigs than the one who depends on

“patent feeds,” or the one article diet.

Grass and grain in summer and grain

and forage in winter, is a good rule, that

can be added to according to what one

has and can be manipulated so as to pro-

duce results quite satisfactory to the

average swine breeder.



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Udder Hemorrhage—My neighbor has

a cow that came fresh about a week ago.

She gives milk which is mixed with

blood. What can be done to prevent it?

J. K., Hamilton, Mich.-—-It is possible that

your neighbor’s cow met with an injury,

breaking a small blood‘vessel in udder.

Careful milking, plenty of bedding, and

the removal of the cause, if it can

found, will overcome the trouble. Apply.

acetate of lead and water, 1/. lb. to one

gallon water three times daily.



Mare Leaks Milk—I have a black mare

four years old that foaled last May; she

leaked her milk a long time before she

had the coil; and it only lived three days.

We failed to move his bowels, could not

dry mare and she is giving milk now and

it runs away from her as fast as it is

secreted. She keeps thin and is out of

condition. J. S., St. Louis, Mich.—

‘Feed her timothy hay and oats and rub

her udder with camphorated oil twice a

day; also give her 1 dr. gum camphor at

a. dose in feed twice a day.



Breeding Mares—I have six mares that

I shall breed this season and would like

to know how you would cross them in

order to obtain the best selling produce?

Two of them are roadsters, two coach

and two Clydesdale. Had I better mate

them with their own kind or not? C. B..

Howell, Mich.——I have owned a great

many thousand horses and raised several

hundred and am familiar with the horse

market, therefore I believe you should

now raise a heavy horse for the demand

is not only good now. but will always

be good for draft horses. If your light

mares are good roadsters, have high knee

and hock action, breed to their own kind.

if not to draft stallion of good quality

and not less than 300 lbs. more than their

own weight.



Obstructed Teat.——My 6-year—old cow

came fresh 3. short time ago and appcurs

to be all right except she has a bunch in

one fore teat. When I.first commence

to milk this obstruction scems to be sit-

uated high up in quarter, but soon de-

scends into upper portion of teat. W'hat

treatment do you advise in such cases?

C. J., Vestaburg, Mich.-Bunches of this

kind do not yield readily to treatment

and are quite difficult to reduce. Fairly

good results follow giving 1 dr. doses

iodide potassium in food night and morn—

ing for 20 days; also apply a small quan-

tity of iodine ointment directly over bunch

once a day. This ointment should be

rubbed in thoroly.



Seed Wart.——I have a yearling colt that

has a. seed wart on his nose. I also have

a two-year—old colt that I am breaking.

How much grain should be fed and does

it benefit him to be groomed? \V. H. Y.,

North Star, Mich—Apply acetic acid once

a day and if this docs not remove it in

the course of 10 days, apply 1 part

chromic acid and 3 parts water every 2

or 3 days. Groom your two—ycur-old colt

twicc a day, give him 3 or 4 curs of com,

2 quarts of oats, 1 quart of bran at a.

feed 2 or 3 timcs a day when he is driven.

Thrush.—I have been told that my

horsc is troubled with thrush. He is

inclined to paw when standing in barn.

'What had I better do for him? R. E. Q.,

Van Rurcn (30., Mich—Keep foot dry

and clean and apply calomel once a day.



Absccss on lIind Leg—Have a colt that

had nbsccss on hind log. The discharge

has mostly coascd but them is quite a

bunch lcft. L. S., Kulvmuzoo, Mich.—

Apply equal parts iodoform and home acid

to wound twice a day, then apply tinc-

lurc iodine oncc a. day.





Impcrfcct chili.—A Durham heifcr

that I purchased recently droppcd licr

second calf about a wcck ago. She has





{L good shaped udder and tools appear to

be all right but \vhcu milking a spray

comes from two of the teats. I fail to

find any obstructions in tcnt 0r uddci‘.

V. K., Plainwell, MiclL—Dilutc cxtcrnai

opening of tcat by means of a milking

tube, dull probe or a sound.



Canker. —— M y yearling lambs are

troubled with sore lips and sore nose. I

first noticed this trouble about a month

ago, on a few of them, but. now nearly all

of them are affected. E. H., Lcslic, Mich.

—Apply 1 part coal tar disiufcctant, 5

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imorning for 10 days.





two-ycur-old colt took sick, showing the

lfollowing SylnplOlllS: Eyes almost shut,

which lasted for two days. quite a num—

lbcr of small bunches appeared on body.

which also left him in a few days. NOW

my yearling colt is trouhlcd ihc sumo

way. 14]. A. S. 'l‘ckousha. Mich—Alf ho is

feverish givc 15 drops lincturc liCOlllll‘

cvcry 2 or 3 hours, also givc a tcaspoon—

ful of powdcrcd nitrutc potash at a dose

.2 or 3 timcs a day. Keep him in a dry

'comf-oriablc place and avoid getting them

5 chillcd.



l (‘ongcstcd TTddcr.*-Tlolstcin cow frcsh—

cncd April 10. I have not been able to

get any milk from right fore quarter of

udder since. She was all right when 1

dried hcr up last F‘cbruary. Is this an

ailment that her calves will inherit. I

have a milking tube that I have used to

draw off milk from diseased quarter, but

failed to reach any. J. L. H., Mt. Pleas-

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.doubt badly congested, or it may be com—





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will be fresh in about two weeks. She

leaks milk from both hind teats. Is there

E. F., Reese, Mich.

——Milk her 3 times a. day and if only twice

you had better apply elastic rings. until

she gives less quantity of milk.



Stifle Lameness.—I have a five-year-old

horse that goes lame at times in the

right hind leg. Part of the time he

travels all right then goes lame quite

suddenly and in a short time will recover

again. I never had him shod behind

until about three weeks ago, since then

he has shown his lameness: he was al-

ways a. free driver until I had him shod.

What ails him? E. L., Rapid City,

Mich.—It is possible that the weight of

shoes bother him and he may interfere

occasionally, striking either fetlock or shin.

This, of course, would make him quite

sore when he struck and might perhaps

get over it in a few minutes; or possibly

his stifle may hurt him. Watch him

closely and try to locate the trouble. Ap-

ply equal parts tincture amica, extract

witch hazel and alcohol twice a day.



Dropsy.—Something is wrong with my

sheep. A swelling appears on under jaw

of a dropsical nature. I out these bunches

open and water ran out. Have lost one

and twelve or fifteen more are affected

out of a flock of forty. Have been feed-

ing clover and cornstalks and for the

last month have fed ensilage in place of

the corn fodder. A. L. B., Vradly, Mich.

—Feed your sheep some ground oats and

give each 1/2 teaspoonful of the following

compound powder at a dose twice a day:

Powdered gentian root, powdered cin-

chona bark, ground ginger and powdered

rosin; these should be mixed thoroly and

made equal parts by weight.



Paralysis—We have a brood new that

had milk fever when her pigs were three

weeks old. We had the Vet. for her but

she don’t seem to get along; her milk all

dried up and she seems to have lost all

the use of her hind parts, but she eats

well and acts well every other way. We

still keep doctoring her; she has bccn

sick about 10 days. Is there any help for

her? S. T.. Hastings, Mich—If her bow-

els are constipated give 1 oz. castor oil

every day until they move; this amount

may be too small a dose if she is large;

however, you must use your own good

judgment about quantity. Give a tea.

spoonful hypo-sulfite soda and 10 drops

tr. nux vomica at a dose twice a day.

Apply to back equal parts sweet oil and

turpentine every two days. She should'

be fed some oats. oil meal, middlings and

vegetables 3 ct in a dry place.





Unthrifiy Colt. "‘ld like to know

what is the matter Vin ~ ll-Y‘r‘rr’fis-

old colt. Last fall she had chum.“ c- out





got over it all right, but was poor all

winter; now she is getting poorer all the

time. She breathes hard thru the nose,

but has good life and eats well. I give

her 1 qt. oats twice a day and three

handfuls of bran and one teaspoonful of

condition powder twice a day, and turn

her out every day. S. W., Auburn, Mich.

Give colt a tablespoonful of the follow-

ing compound powder at a dose in feed

twice or three times a day: Powdered

gentian root, powdered ginger root, bicar-

bonate soda, fenugreck and powdered

charcoal, equal parts by weight. Feed

the colt plcnty wcll salted bran mash or

vegetables to keep his bowels open before

he is turncd out on grass. It is possible

that he may hnvc a nasal polypus that

will have to be cut out; however, this is

doubtful. If his throat glands are thick

apply iodine ointment once a day.

Pncumonia. I am having trouble with

lambs dying. They are smart when born

but after a week or two, and in some

cases three «weeks old, they begin to dump

and stand with legs sprawled out and

head down. with tongues hanging out.

After a little they refuse to eat, and lie

down, then they pant till they die. The

fore part of winter the sheep had no

grain except what they got out of corn—





stalks. Later they were fed barley and

oats with a little corn. Late this spring

they were fed bran and middlings, also

small potatoes. They are in fairly good

condition but some of them are very

ticky. W'. A. M., Mason, Mich.~—I am





inclined to bclicve that the lambs die of

congcstion of the lungs, followed by

acutc pneumonia. As you know we have

had a grcat many changes of tempera~

turc, therefore I would suggest when the





wcathcr changes from hot to cold that

you sliclicr them, for by doing so I be—

licvc you will save some of their livcs.





Ycry little can be done in line of medica-

tion for such young animals; however,

you had bcitcr apply mustard and water

ovcr chest and back of shoulders on each

sidc. Also givc three drops sweet spirits

nitrc and fifteen drops whiskey 0r brandy

in a little cold water four or five times

:1, day; also wash the mother‘s uddcr

twice a week with soap and water, but

of course rinse off all tlic soap with a

little borax and water. If their bchIs

do not move cnough give two—thirds of

a teaspoonful of sweet oil.





 





 





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Century Dip. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture

has pcrmittcd its use in ofiicinl dippings

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portion of 1 gallon of Century Dip to 101

gallons of watcr. \Vhile it is the greatest

of cleansers it is pcrfcctly harmlcss to

sheep and wool. it contains no carbolic

acid nor other injurious agent. It adds

bi'illiancy to the wool and promotes

growth. The proportion of 1 to 101 makcs

Century Dip the cheapest as well as the

best. The dip fluid costs less than 1 cont

a gallon. Write Sears. Roebuck 6’: (‘70.,

Chicago, for circulars, and mention Mich—

igan Farmer.





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A. C. Freeman, Ypsilanti, Mich., who

has been advertising Scotch Collie pups,

writes: “My pups are all sold. The ad-

vertisement got better results than I an-

ticipated. In fact, at first I hardly be-

lieved it would pay to advertise them."





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Cf‘ArRIL 2451909.

my: srocx NOTES.





For some time western cattlemen have

been getting rid of their heavy longfed

cattle, knowing that with the advent of

warm. weather the popular demand turns

strongly to the lighter cuts of beef. Most

of the heavy beeves have been marketed,

and only small numbers are now appear--

ing in the Chicago and other western

markets, these consignments hailing us-

ually from Kansas and Nebraska, the

two states that now prepare the best

heavy cattle for the market. Theprem-

ium for such stock is gradually shrinking,

and buyers are turning more and more to

fat little yearling steers and prime‘ fat

heifers. Week after week there 15 a

lively demand for fat butcher stock, with

only occasional bad breaks in prices, and

it seems a little strange that so few cat-

tlemen 'go in for fattening cows and

heifers for the market. These cattle can

be bot low as feeders, and usually they

sell to advantage when well matured.

The one great obstacle to an active cattle

market is found in the inability of a ma-

jority of consumers to pay the unusually

high prices asked for beef in the retail

markets of the country, and butchers

want more handy little steers that do

not come too high, than in most former

years. If the export trade was better this

would afford a good outlet for a good

many cattle, but. unfortunately, high

prices have greatly curtailed the foreign

demand for American live cattle and beef,

and the same is true of our hog meats,

as well as of sheep.



The recent course of the hog markets

of the country has been steadily upward,

subject, of course, to reactions, With a.

'strong undertone, and further high rec-

ords have been made in prices. The rise

in prices is based on the shortage in the

hog supply in the corn belt and in great

measure on the extremely good eastern

shipping demand for the better class of

'hogs at the Chicago stockyards. So long

as there is a good eastern outlet the law

of supply and demand regulates trade

and prices. For some years the east has

failed to breed enough pigs to meet the

eastern demand, and every year the West

has to make good a big shortage. VVcst-

ern hog growers persist in marketing de-

cidedly too many underweight hogs and

pigs, but less of this is done than a few

weeks ago, and the country consignments

are embracing a good share of hogs of

good butchering weights, weighing around

210 to 220 lbs. ()omparatively few old—

fashioned heavy hogs weighing upward

of 400 lbs. are seen these times, but when

heaVy lard hogs do show up they are cer—

tain ofsselling extremely well. A note-

worthy feature of the hog market is the

way stags are selling, there being a lively

demand for them to satisfy the sausage

manufacturers. Ordinarily, one expects

to see stags selling at a big discount from

the prices paid for good barrows, but for

some time past choice heavy stags have

been selling at the top of the market,

with frequent sales at a good premium.



Colorado advices several days ago were

that the last train of lambs from that

famous feeding section had been loaded.

For several weeks the Chicago market

has depended mainly on Colorado for its

lamb supplies, and these wooled flocks

have been selling extremely well on the

whole, some prime consignments of wooled

Mexican—Colorado lambs having been sold

recently as high as $8.40 per 100 lbs.

There are a good many Colorado lambs

at feeding stations ncar Chicago, and

these will find a good market without

much doubt. As is generally known, far

less sheep and lamb feeding than usual

was done during the past winter, and

around St. Paul, where as many as 500,—

000 head have been fed in recent years,

only about 10,000 head were fattened dur-

ing the past winter. Taking the western

country as a whole, 30 per cent less sheep

feeding was done the past season than

a year ago, and skillful feeders have only

themselves to blame if they failed to

make money in the business. The St.

Paul feeders abandoned the industry be-

cause of dear labor and high feed, mill

-waste selling unusually high. More Mex-

ican lambs have been marketed from

Colorado this season than usual, as no

large numbers of northern—bred lambs

were sent last fall to the feed lots. Later

on southern early spring lambs from

Kentucky and Tennessee will show up

in the markets of the country, and a big

demand is confidently counted upon, as

usual. At a still later time the. distant

northern ranges will market their spring

lambs. and feeders will supply their food

lots with range stock, as usual. Only a

few spring lambs have come to market

so far this season, and their quality was

usually inferior, as might be. expected so

early in the year. \Vord comes from

Idaho that early lambing was successful,

more being born in March than ever be-

fore. Providing sheds for these new ar-

rivals has been found an excellent pro-

vision. Fat Sheep and lambs are sure

of a large sale. for the future, and the

Chicago packers have been contracting

wethers for future delivery. Owing to

the scarcity of grass sheep promised from

the southwest, fat sheep are bound to sell

at high figures.



The inferior quality of a large part of

the cattle sent to market this season is

explained by the fact that feed has been

dear everywhere. More farmers have

used corn too sparingly, altho they had

a sufficiency on hand, while in cases

where stock feeders ran out of feed they





were unwilling to buy fresh supplies of

corn at the prevailing high prices.

Butcher cattle have dressed a smaller





percentage of beef than usual, and many

stock feeders have actually cheated them-

selves.



Prime feeder cattle weighing 1,075

pounds have been purchased recently in

the Chicago market as high as $5.60 per

100 lbs. Not many prime heavy feeder

cattle are offered, and when they are

marketed the chances are good that they

will be picked up by killers at higher

prices than country buyers feel like pay-

ing. Fewer cattle than usual have been

sent to various feeding districts, but it





 





is stated that'abo’ut'ioofioo head will be ,





sent from the Texas Panhandle and New

Mexico to Kansas pastures, where grass

costs the highest price on record, $4.50

per steer being paid.



Stocks of cured hog meats and lard in

Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Joseph

and Milwaukee when April opened stood

at 330,254,941 lbs., an increase last 'month

of 5,580,538 lbs., compared with an in-

crease of 20,397,394 lbs. in March, 1908,

and practically the same increase in 1907.



Horses have not been in as good gen-

eral demand as they were a few weeks

ago, and many recent sales have shown

reductions of $5@10 per head in prices.

There is no longer a rush to buy farm

chunks and mares, and these are less

active at $125@165 and upward. Good

1,400 to 1,500-lb. expresg chunks are hav-

ing a moderate sale at $160@200, a few

well / matched pairs weighing 3,200 lbs.

going at $420@450. Southern chunks are

slower at $60@110, while drivers are fairly

active at $140@350. Prime 1,800-lb. draft-

ers are selling at a range of $230@260.





Making Dairy Barns Modern.





There is located at Fort Atkinson,

Wis, a manufacturing concern which it

would pay dairymen everywhere to be in

touch with. We say this because this

concern, to put it conservatively, is doing

at least as much as any other in the

country toward the establishing of sat-

isfactory conditions among dairymen and

making sanitary, convenient and up-to-

date barn-s the rule instead of the excep-

tion. We refer to the Kent Mfg. 00.,

whose advertisement (with illustration)

of the James Sanitary Cow Stalls is now

running in our paper. Mr. W. D. James

is so 'widely known in dairy circles as to

require no special mention. They are

all your kind of people if you are a cow

owner. Get in touch ,with them and with

the advanced ideas they represent. At

any rate, be sure to write and get the

40—page book on modern cow barns.



Up-to-Dat impr0vements



Separators.



Cream separators come and go—every

year some new names and some that are

heard of no more—but all appear to have

little effect upon the firmly established

prestige of the “World’s Standard” De

Laval machines, which were first in the

beginning and which their makers have

spared no effort or expense at any time'

to keep in the van of all attempted com-

petition. A new feature which appeals

to every housewife is the drip shelf com-

ing between the frame and the stool and

catching any oil or overflow of milk and

water, that might otherwise run to the

floor. In the reconstruction of the ma—l

chines every part has been carefully de-

signed with reference to its extreme

simplicity, not only of itself but in its

assembling with the other parts with

which it must fit, and it is said that the

new machines have been completely un-

assembled down to the last part within

five minutes of time, by persons who had

never touched a separator before, and

then completely reassembled again within,

ten minutes without the slightest trouble.

The new machines have been the subject

of much favorable comment by Experi-

ment Station and other authorities and

many experienced users of separators,

have come to appreciate some of the dif-

ficulties they had to contend with before.

and some of the new features which it

seems hard to be without once it is

known that they can be had. More than

15,000 users of Old machines—various

other makes as well as antiquated De

Laval—arc said to have availed during

1908 of the small “trade” allowances

which the. De Laval Company makes for

such old machines, and it is confidently

expected that a still larger number will

do so this year. The accompanying sec—

tional view of one of the machines

illustrates some of the new features men-

tioned.





in Cream





 





A Splendid Record of Loyal Service.





“7e have received an interesting photo;

showing Hon. J. M. Studebaker, Prcsidcnt‘

of the Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co., and

only surviving member of the famous

five Studebaker brothers, and about him

grouped eighty-three employes who have

been continuously in the Studebaker em—

ploy for twenty-five years or morc. Mr.

Studebaker recently celebrated his 75th

birthday, and in honor of the occasion

all employes of twenty-five years’ stand—

ing, were his guests at a reception given

in his beautiful South Bend home. Of

those eighty-three cmployes thirty—throt-

haye been with the Company for thirty

years or more, and the aggregate em-

ployment of all is 2,429 years, or an aver-

age. of thirty years for (‘:l(‘Il. Aliho sev—

eral have passed the forlieth your mark

to Mr. Studebaker himsclf belongs the

honor of the longest continuous conncc~

tion with Studcl‘mkcr Company, dating

back to 1859, when he became associated





 





 





with his brother, the late lion. C‘lcm

Studebaker. In ihosc forty-nine years,

Mr. Studebaker has seen a little shop





grow to be the largest vehicle factory in

the, world, cmploying five thousand men.

He has seen the sons mid sons-in-law

and grand—childrcn of Studebaker broth—

ers step into Studebaker harness and

apply their inherited knowledge of vc-

hiclc building to the achievement of even

greater things. He has also seen the em-

ploycs, who entered the service in early

days of the business, remain loyal to their1

first employer all these years, and he has

seen their sons follow in their father’s‘

footsteps. Many of the men seated about

Mr. Studebaker are foremen and super—

intendents who started ,in as apprentices

and learned their trade from Studebaker.

brothers, and they in turn. have impart»1

ed their knowledge to their shop mates'

and to their sons who are following in

their father’s footsteps. As Mr. Stude-

baker says. “These men are the edu-

cators in our plant, and while 'we have

young men under their training coming

along in every department, we still de-

pend upon this advanced class to keep

our product up to the highest possible

standard.”





 





 





 

 





 





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OTTAWA. ILLINOIS.





American Bred Percheron & Shire Horses





We are offering a high-class bunch or sound young stallions

of the real draft type, with big bone, size and quality. We can

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other contraptions inside the bowl.

the fact that the workl famous Sharples Dairy Tubular Cream

Separators are built without such bowl contraptions and yet

skim two to ten times cleaner, skim faster, run smoother, turn

easier and wear longer than any disk or other style of separator

made by any of our competitors.





Why the Other Fellows Use Disks





Tubulars are entirely different from all other

Tubular construction is the only

mechanically and scientifically correct method

All other separators are

still built in the old time, incorrect “bucket bowl"





set above their bearings and fed through the top.





Other makers can't

build Tubulars, because our patents prevent them.

So they stick to the old time way——use disks or

other bowl contraptions because their machines

are no good at all without them—and ofier them

to you as an excuse for buying their antiquated,





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Shorples Dairy Tubular





The Sharples Separator Co.

West Chester, Penna.

Chicago. Ill.





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We don’t believe you want a work making, uncleanable, butter

tainting, expense creating “bucket bowl,” filled with disks or other

If you don’t, then get a Tubular.

remember that “bucket bowls” are all about alike — all in the same

class—as is confessed by the maker of the “original” disk filled

separator. This maker admits that a catalogue house has been build-

ing a disk separator, like his, for a number of years. and he now ad-

vertises a patent infringement suit against this catalogue house



machine and asks the Court to make the catalogue

The real trouble with our disky

friend is that the farmers have learned what he

now admits—that anybody can build disk sep- “

arators, and build them cheap, and that the

catalogue house separator is the same as the old

disk separator. Farmers are wise enough to knew

that any man or woman who will put up with the

inconvenience and expense of a disk separator had

better buy it as cheap as possible, then when they

throw it away they haven’t lost so much. Several

new disk separators are more modern and satis-

factory than the much advertised “old original”





contraptions.





house stop.





and sell for half.





If -you want your money’s worth— want

your separator to last a life time — don’t get any

disk machine— get a Sharples Tubular.

farmers are getting Tubulars.





logue No. 152.





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HERD BULL-Imp. Lordly Archer ru: .n cannot

use him longer, but in the state. sure

and gentle. BEINEVALE FARM, Pt. Austin. Mich.





BREED“? DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd headed by UNDULATA BLACKBIRD

l’l‘o 83836. one of the best sons of PRINCE ITO

50006. and Grand Champion Bull at the Detroit

and Grand Rapids Fain oi 1907 and 1908. Herd con-

sists of Erlcas. Blackbirds, Prices. etc.



WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionic. Mich.





1 ABERDEEN ANGUS bull. l Polled Durham

herd bull closely related to World’s Champion. and





one yearling bull left. Freight and our late to buyers.

CLOVER BLOSSOM FARM. Port Austin. Mich.





GUERNSEYS‘Kt’rl‘hhegfiifig‘E





ed cows. ALLAN KELSEY. Lakeview. Mich.





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old for $100. LI. M. SHORMAN. Fowlervllle. Mich.

' ' ' HICKORY GROVE STOCK

Hold'lfl'Fmfl'M- FARM. Owen Tnit.Proprieto r.





B. 1. Oak Grove. Lsiv. 00.. Michigan. Bell phone





lIOLS'I‘ElN FRIESIAN fiftiffil'i‘i'lfilfifi





Royal King. W. B. JONESDAK Grovc.B. No.3.Mlch.





TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS.





“Top Notch" registered young Holstein Bulls.

comblnlng In themselves. in excellent proportion,

the blood of cows who now hold. and In the past have

held Worlds Records for milk and butter-{at at fair

prices. McPHERBON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mich.





BOiBDlilll 8100K FARM.



“mm. mm |Holslein Battle.

“as more imported Holstein-Friesinn Cows

than any form in the Middle West. Registered

BULL CALVES of the most fashionable breeding. 80

due. registered. Duroc Jersey sows due to furrow soon.





HOLSTEINs—I will sell “Aggie Cornuco-

pia Pistertje Dekol" No.

57254, Born Mar 20. 1908. Unquestlonably the best

bred yearling bull in the state. 3 Bull calves 2 to 4 mo.

old. A. 11.0. dams. Write at once it in need oi some-

thing good. L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.





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H E R E F0 R D 5: $25313.“ 1:01:35?





China hogs. B. E. ALLEN. Paw Paw. Mich.





JERSEY BULLS READY FOR SERVICE.





Three young bulls ready for spring service. out of

good cows with records of 400 to 500 pounds of butter

In a year with only ordinary care. Also a fine lot of

young calves. Write for descriptlon and prlcel.

COLON C. LILLIE. Cooperlvllle. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





F‘R" E“ The Chicago Special Cream

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distinctly original patented

skimming device simply gets all the cream. It

is the easiest running separator ever made, and

the most convenient—in fact. every desired

feature in a cream separator is found in the

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GALVE Raise Them Without Milk

Booklet Free.

J. I. BARTLETT 00. Jackson. Mich.

Owl Brand Pure (lotion Sud ideal

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IBSEY BULL CALF. born March lo.'08. Dam"



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2 .

Si. Lambert Jerseys di.f“§.’§.‘é'.&3.’2°£i

heifers. L. B. KUNEY. Adr an. Mlch.. Bell Phone.

an) Pom» Bill. . t§?.°.é°.:imnl‘:€.‘ill





sows. John Berner a Son. Grand Ledge, Michigan.





MARS'l‘ON FARM JERSEY CATTLE.





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HOICE FALL GIL'I‘B and boar pigs. Bight breed-

ing and prices right. Also a few aged sows bred

for spring furrow. A. A. Pattullo. Dcckervllle. Mich.





BERKSHIREs—m b... ..

Loncfoilow’s

Duke. and our new herd boar Prime Bacon



8611. a great son of the noted Lord Bacon. and

of Intense Masterpiece breeding. Guernsey-o

M. B. 'l‘ukeys. B. Ply. Rocks. Pekin Ducks.

Hu pp Farms. Birmingham. Mich. G. C. Hupp. Mgr





 





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CHOICE JERSEYS. Itoc oit 01th: saving:

CLARENCE BRISTOL. B. No. I. Fenian. Mich.





Pure Bates Shel-thorns.





Polled Durhams. A. D. DeGarmo, Highland. Mich.





m PouEn commas: assists:

heifers st 850 to $75. E.Brackett. Allegan. Michigan.





WOODLAND SHORTHORNS





Apricot. Alrdrlc Duchess. Hudson Duchess.

nnd Roan Duchess families.

Both sexes and all ages for sale. Priced to sell

and sell quick.

MEYER BROS.. R. 7,Howell. l'llchigan.





J. a. clause sioci Flflli. summarise:





Have some choice cows and heliers at right prices-





 





 





IOll'l'llEllI OliOWli BEBKSHIBES.

BOYCROFT FAR.





M. Sidnnw. Mich.





DAMS BROS. IMPROVED CHESTER WHITES,Litcli£lsld,Iich.,

won more premiums in '08 than any other hard in Michigan.

Stock all ages for sale. Prize winning W. f0rpington, W. Log-

horn and Bull Bock eggs, $1 per 15. Shorthorn bulls t heifer!





CHESTER VIIIlTES‘tfiW.$?°‘X°.¥8“?E.i%‘§‘

Also [all pigs either sex. Orders booked for June

delivery. W. 0. WILSON. Okcmos. Mich.





CIESTER “HES Bonn ready for service .

° 015.00; Gills bred for tall



{arrow 820.00; Spring pigs either sex. Satisfaction



guaranteed. COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersvllle. Mich.





nunoc JERSEY SWINE. we: 22%: t





for 15. J. H. BANGHABT. Lansing, Mich.





 





 





 





Francisco Farm Shorihorns





Our foundation stock comes from several of the

best herds in the country. Nothing for sale at

present.



P. P. POPE. Ml. Pica-ant. Michigan.





sneer.

ERDENHEIM FARM





SHROPSHIRES





EDWIN 8. GEORGE, Owner.





Rams and Ewes for Sale.

WRITE FOR PRICES TO





ROBERT GROVES. Shepherd.

R. l‘. D. No. 3. Pontiac. Mich.





SlillOPSlllllE HALL STOOK FARM.





Will make special prices for thirty days. on ewes

from i to 3 years old. all bred to Imported Cooper,

and Manse" rams to lamb in March and April. also

on very choice ewe lambs, this is to make room for an

importation that Is going to arrive this spring.



L. S. DURHAM £80118. Concord. Mlchigcn.





60 [NW SHEEP RAISING





Buy of Michigan’s Largest Breeder of good sheep.

Romcyn 0. Parsons. Grand Ledge, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





AM BOUILLET— Flock founded 1892 with 40 ewes

selected from one hundred registered awe: of the

best breeding possible. J. Q. A. COOK.Morrlcc.Mlch.





8065.

FOR SALE. 2.000 FIGS,





6 to 8 weeks old. at 02.50 to 08 each: any breed.

Will shl by express and give your money’s worth.

U'l‘lL ATION 00.. Grand Rapids. Mich.





—SP N PI

BERKSHIRES s.,.%‘.,,9.....°31

Premier Longfellow and Masterpiece. the world’s

champions. C. D. WOODBURY Lansing. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





D u roc J c rse ys:§.§‘.“.‘“§e.§g§

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Ich.





DUBOC Jersey of sins and quallty. 40 Boots ready

for vervlcc. 50 sows at Farmers Prices. Batis-

ioctlon Guaranteed. J. 0. Barney. Goldwater. Mich





O I. C. 50-11). sprlng plgs; express prepaid. 810.

. Buy one and yoa’ll want another. We guaran-

tee to please. Mallory a Burlingame. Laoota. Mich.





 





 





 





I. C.'s Bears own all sold. I have a fine lot of

. young pigs t at will soon be ready to ship.

A. NEWMAN. Bouts No. l. Marlette. Mich.





 





O I C’s—ALL AGES. Thirty sows bred

0 - for ring furrow. 8h!





ID Dped

on approval. 11. H. JUMP. Munlth. Mich.





 





o l C Boats ready for service. Spring pigs by

0 0 ' grandson of World's Grand Champion.

Glsnwood Block Farm, ballad. Ilohigon, I. 6. Phone 96.





 





O I C swine very prolific. My herd is

o 0 0 headed with a grand son of Jackson

Chief. the world’s Champion and Grand Champion.

the greatest 0. I. C. boar in the world. also a Grand

son of 'I‘utesy second. the world champion sow.

Place your order now for spring pigs.



A. J. GOBDEN. R. No. 2, Dorr. Mich.





Poland China b d -

"E‘" EDIE“ horn bulls at ogsrapmyouggnahotgtr

snap-shot photos. ROBERT unv Pierson. Mich.





—-Choice young boars. fall far-

POland-chlnas row. bred right. some show pro-

spects and herd headers. Prices right. Write today.

L. W. Barnes &. Son. Byron. (Shlawassee Co.) Mich.





P°'a"d-°hinas- sauces-1e:

your order now. W001) & SONS. Saline. Mich.





FRANCISCO FARM POLAND-CHIN“.





Boar: and sows all cleaned u . Am booking orders

for spring plgs. P. P. POP . Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





LIIIOE EIOLISII VOIKSHIIES.





Boon ready for service 015.00: Gila bred for fall lar-

row 020.00; spring'pigs either sex. Batistaction guar-

anteed. COLD C. LILLIE. Coopcnvllle. Mich.
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APRIL 24, .1569.





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it THE DAIRL





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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.





 





 





THE VALUE OF HIGH PRODUCING

DAIRY cows.





 





How few dairymen we find who ever sit

down and figure the difference in money

value between a dairy cow that barely

pays for her food and care—or perhaps

not even that—and one that pays a sub-

stantial profit. Let us do a little figur-

ing. Suppose a dairyman is buying

foundation stock for a dairy herd.

Twenty cows are offered him, all from

four to five years of age, and Which

might be serviceable for ten years to

come. \Vith the same food and attend—

ance the first ten will yield him 30,000

lbs. of milk during the year and the

other ten will yield him 100,000 lbs. of

milk of equal value. What is the com-

parative value of each bunch of ten

cows? The difference in yield is 70,000

lbs. of milk.



. For the purpose of calculation we will

suppose that the milk is worth one dollar

per hundred lbs., or‘even $700. Are not

the second cows, as long as they hold out,

as valuable as the first bunch and more

than $11,000 at 6 per cent interest? If

the first ten cows pay for their food and

attendance, the second ten, yielding 70,-

000 lbs. more milk annually, pay a clear

profit of $700 a year. How many dairy-

men do we find who WOuld pay more

than from one to two hundred dollars

difference for the ten high producing

cows?



During ten years the man with the ten

poor cows would be simply marketing his

farm crops at their actual value. The

man with the ten high producing cows

would be making a profit of $7,000.



Would not the seller, if he had to keep

one lot, have been wiser to have given

away the poor cows for nothing, than to

have sold the ten best cows for $2.000?



Let Us figure the question from another

standpoint. Suppose each dairyman has

a ten-acre field of alfalfa. The man

who owns the ten poor cows secures a

return of five dollars per ton for cutting

and harvesting his crop, by feeding it

to his ten cows. He is selling his crop

at cost and makes no profit. The man

with the ten profitable cows derives more

than fifteen dollars per ton from the same

number of tons of alfalfa.



How much more are the good cows

worth than the poor ones? They have

tripled the value Of the farm crops and

increased the profits of farming from

nothing to $700 a year. Except the fact

that the manure is not tripled, could not

the man as 'well afford to pay the price

of his farm for ten high producing cows

as to accept ten poor cows as a gift.



Does not the usual course of procedure

among dairymen too nearly parallel the

case supposed? The fault is not that

dairymen do not keep more cows; oftener

they keep more than they can feed to the

most profitable point; but too many neg-

lect to devote proper study and attention

tO the selection of animals for breeding

and fail to appreciate the difference be-

tween such as are profitable and such as

are profitless.



Many a dairyman is keeping twenty

cows and barely making ends meet, who

could make a nice profit by properly car-

ing for ten high producing COWS. Among

many dairymen who are ignorant Of what

goes to constitute merit in a dairy cow,

there is an inclination to treat as imagi-

nary and unreal the high value placed

upon a high producing cow over one that

is larger and handsomer, and more in-

adapted to the economical production of

beef. The sums paid for inherited qual-

ities which are not at once apparent to

the eye are stigmatized as fancy prices.

Many times a low producing cow may

look as well to a casual Observer as the

cow that is capable Of producing two or

three times as much milk or butter. It

is only by the use Of the Babcock tester,

a pair of scales and pencil and paper

that we can determine with accuracy

which cows are making the most profit,

in other words, determine the actual

value of a cow for use in our dairy herd.

The Distinction Between'Bulls is Equally



Marked.



Let us suppose another case. Two

farmers need a bull. They go to seek

and two are Offered them, both two years

old, of similar color, form and general

appearance. One is Offered for $20 and

the other is held for $100. Satisfactory

evidence is afforded that the hundred-

dollar bull is no better than any or all





I





of his ancestors for many generations

back on both sides; that he is of a pure

and distinct breed; that he possesses well

known‘hereditary qualities; that he is

adapted for a. definite purpose.



He may be an Ayrshire, a Jersey, a

Guernsey or a Holstein, whose uses, ex-

cellences and deficiencies are all well

known. The twenty—dollar bull is of no

breed whatever. The man who bred him

had rather confused ideas, so far as he

had any, regarding breeding. He had

tried to combine all sorts of good quali-

ties in one animal. His intentions were

of the best, so he worked in a little Short-

horn, to get size, and a little Holstein

for milk, a little Jersey for butter, a little

Ayrshire for vigor and hardiness, also

mixing in a fair proportion Of the scrub

element because some Of his frie ds thot

that it was best after all. Am g the

ancestors were some good and some bad,

some large and some small, somepfat and

some lean, some profitable and some

profitless. The bull now offered is a

great deal better than the average of

them. He looks, for all that we can see,

about as well, if not better, than the one

for ‘which $100 is asked. Perhaps he

served forty cows during the past year

and earned his owner forty quarters,

while the higher priced bull only served

ten cows and made his owner ten dollars.



The question arises, which is the better

bargain? After thinking the matter over

one man buys the low priced bull and

the other man leads home the hundred-

dollar bull, being ridiculed by his friends

and neighbors for investing so much

money in bull beef.



“'hat did results show? The twenty-

dollar bull served that season perhaps





 





100 cows more than he ought to have

done, so many came the second time.

Having been overtaxed as a yearling,

he lacked vigor. The calves came of all

sorts—~some good, some good for nothing,

a few like the sire, more like the dams—~

all scrubs, and showing scrub origin more

than he did. There seemed in many of

them a tendency to combine the defectsl

of the grades from which he sprung!

rather than their good points. In some

the quietness of the Shorthorn had de-

generated intO stupidity, and in others

the activity of the Ayrshire into vicious-

ncss. Take them all in all, they perhaps

paid for their rearing, or nearly so. After

using him another year he was sold to

the butcher, having become uncertain

as a breeder.



The man who bot the hundred-dollar

bull allowed him to serve a reasonable

number, never more than one a day.:

Few came a second time, and those for;

no fault of his. The calves bear a strik-y

ing resemblance to ,the sire. Some from

the better cows look even better in some

points than the sire, and a few much

worse. There is a remarkable uniformity

among them; as they grow up they thrive

better than those from the low-priced

sire. They prove better adapted for the

special purpose for which they were in~

tended. Taken together they are quite

satisfactory, and each pays annually in

its growth a profit, over and above the

cost Of its food and attendance, of five

or ten dollars or even more.



If given proper exercise to insure health

and vigor, and no accident befalls him,

the bull may be used successfully for

six or eight years. Meantime he will

beget 400 to 500 calves, which, as they

mature, will become worth from ten to

twenty dollars a head more than those

from the other bull.



Which now seems the wiser invest-

ment? \Vas the higher Value placed on

the well-bred animal based upon fancy

or upon intrinsic value?



New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





 





NATIONAL DAIRY SHOWTASSOCIA- i

TlON ELECTS OFFICERS. E





 





At an adjourned meeting of the stock-j

holders Of the National Dairy Show Assn., ;

held at the Briggs House, Chicago, Mon-J

day, April 12, the board Of directors was

increased from seven to nine. ‘



The proposition to increase the capital,

stock was voted down, but the par value'

of the shares was fixed at $25, instead

of $100.



A resolution to change the name of the

association to the International Dairy

Association was tabled until the next

meeting, which will be held on May 15.



The following officers were elected:

President, Colon C. Lillie, Coopersville,

Mich.; vice-president, Prof. Van Norman,

State College, Pa.; secretary, T. Suden—

dorf, Clinton, 111.; treasurer, J. Gilbert

Hickcox, Milwaukee, W'is.



The next, or fourth, exposition of this

association will probably be held at Mil-

waukee, in November next.





n‘J





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.’ 1(9)





the manufacture and sale of cream





. and; . 1





477





Suits Againstlnfringers of

DE LAVAL





Bream Separator Patents





Affecting the Standard Separator Co.,

the Iowa Dairy Separator Co., the Peerless

Cream Separator Co., and all others who

have or may be making, selling or using

Cream Separators containing “Disc”

bowl construction infringing United States

Letters Patent No. 892,999.





 





 





We have previously announced the bringing of suit

by THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR COMPANY

against the STANDARD SEPARATOR CO. for in-

fringement Of LETTERS PATENT NO. 892,999 in

separators covered

by the claims of said letters patent, and the fact of

infringing separators made by the STANDARD

SEPARATOR CO. being sold by various other concerns

under several different names.





We now beg to announce, for the information and

caution of all Whom it may concern, that further suits

for infringement of this patent have likewise been

begun in the UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT

against the IOWA DAIRY SEPARATOR CO. and

the PEERLESS CREAM SEPARATOR CO., both of

Waterloo, Ia.





Separators made by one or both of said IOWA and

PEERLESS Companies have been or are being sold

under different names by the RACINE-SAT‘TLEY

CO. of Omaha, Neb.; the HANFORD PRODUCE

CO. of Sioux City, 1a.; the: L. A. IVATKINS MER-

CHANDISE CO. of Denver, COlO., and several other

concerns whose names are not mentioned either because

conclusive evidence has not yet been Obtained against

them or because of their expressed determination to get

out of the separator business.





All separators containing such infringing Disc con—

struct-ion sold by any of these concerns, or anyone else,

equally infringe said letters patent as if actually sold by

the STANDARD, IOWA or PEERLESS Com-

panies under their own names, and all of these concerns

are equally liable for such infringement.



Likewise is EVERY USER of any such infringing

separator bought of any of these parties or anyone else

liable to the DE LAVAL COMPANY for all income

or profit derived from the use thereof.



The caution is again repeated that there are STILL

OTHER CONCERNS infringing this and other

DE LAVAL owned patents who will be held accountable

in due course.





THE DE LAVALM§EPARATDR on.





173-177 WILLIAM STREET





 





42 E. MADISON STREET





CHICAGO General Offices: MONTREAL

1213 & 1215 FILBERTSTREET 14 & 16 Pmncmss STREET

PHILADELPHIA 165 BROADWAY: WINNIPEG





107 FIRST STREET





PORTLAND, ORE.





DRUMM dz SACRAMENTO S'rs.





SAN FRANCISCO





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f’l‘hat the mere flushing of the bowl of

the modern hand separator is not suffi-

cient to prevent the accumulation of

matter which quickly proves deleterious

to the milk that is run thru the machine"

should be apparent to anyone who ap-

preciates the importance of keeping all

dairy utensils absolutely clean and sweet.

A few years ago the Kansas station

undertook to determine. thru a series pt

careful tests, the extent to which _mil‘.e

is contaminated thru the various prac—

tices of farmers in treating the cream

separator. A comparison of results ob-

tained from flushing out the separator

bowl with water, and from thoroly wash-

ing every part of the mechanism. was

made, three different makes of separa~

tors, of the average size used in that

state, figuring in the tests. The conclu-

sions reached led the station authorities

to make the following recommendations

touching the care of the farm separator:





A cream separator should he thoroly

Washed every time after using. A brush

should be used on every part and piece.

using 5 per cent solution of borax or

other good washing powder. Rinse in hot

water, or steam if possible. They Should

then be left to dry while hot. Wiping

with an ordinary clean cloth contaminates

utensils with innumerable bacteria.



The bacterial contamination in milk is

increased from three to five times by

running it thru a separator bowl which

has been use and only flushed and left

standing several hours. If only flushed

while using for several days, the contam-

ination increases several times more, and





such milk would be likely to be detri-

mental if fed to calves.

The use of washing powder in flush





water reduces the number of bacteria in

the following batch of milk that is run

thru, and cleanses the separator nim‘e

than hot water alone, but not sufficiently

to warrant that method of cleaning.

The use of :1 cream separator that is

thoroly washed reduces the number of

bacteria in milk one-fifth to one-fourth.





detrimdnml to a

separator on account. of the rust that

accumulates on dirty or damp places.

This may shorten the life of the machine

many months, dcpcnding on the degree

of cleanliness employed.

Running milk thru a dirty

is similar to running it thru a dirty

strainer, with all of the filth of the pre—

vious milking lcft in it from twelve to

twenty—four hours. The millions of 1m—

desirable bacteria from thc dirt, manure-

and slime lodged in the separator bowl

spoil all the milk, to a greater or less”

degree, that passes thru the machine.





Impropcr clcaning is





“'hcn properly used, a cream separator

is a clarifier and to 11 certain extent a

purifier of milk. but when carelessly used

it is unquestionably a source of filth and

contamination.





 





THAT SMOOTH STABLE FLOOR.





 





Some -»:~:1«'.»r.rlv1.'. vmtc





about a





wccks ago a (or!

cement floor in his cw:

which is too smooth to be ‘tili‘f’lCiOTY.

This ('Ullld have bid-11

of laying the floor by sweeping the .111:

face gently with a coarse broom aftcr

trowwling and before the cement has set.

This will leave the iloor likw :1 large flat

file. I have one that was treated in this

way and my horses and cattle run our

it without slipping a particle.



Eaton C0. Jonx B. “'ELLs.





Siai’l"





reinvdiv-l :11 if





GRAIN FOR DRY COWS.





 





Is a feed Poniposcd of bran and oilmcal,

half and half. 21 good food for cows that

are now dry, giving say 1‘ lbs, :1 day'.’ .



Mnskcgon (To. ll. J. \.



Vthat bran and oil meal, mixed half

and half by weight, would make a very

good ration for dry cows that are coming

in in a few 'ww-ks, but as both are rich

think you could substitute

meal and have :1 little bit





in protein, I

a little corn





bettcr ration. Suppose you mix one—third

corn mcal, one-third wheat bran and

onc-lhird oil 1111-:11 and then fccd just a





2 or 3

clover





little of this every day, probably

lbs, if they are getting all the

hay that they want, and corn silage or

other forage crops. This would make an

excellent ration for a dry cow and it will

depend somewhat upon the roughage you

are feeding as to whether it would be

policy to mix corn meal with the wheat

bran and the oil meal. If your roughage

is cornstalks and straw, then I would

stick to the bran and oil meal. but if it

is clover hay I think you could use corn

meal to good advantage in making up a

grain ration for your furrow cows.





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WHE MICHIGAN FARMER.





.MEETING OF. NORTH OTTAWA COW





T ESTING ASSOCIATION .





 





The members of the North Ottawa Cow

Testing Association meet monthly at the

farm residence of some one of its mem-

bers. The member furnishes lunch at

noon, and a short literary program is

carried out. The members have an. op-

portunity of looking over the farm of'th‘e

member, inspecting his herd, his system

of feeding, his stables and everything of

that sort. This makes a very interesting

meeting for the members for they can

compare notes and derive much profit.



The March meeting of the Association

was held at the farm of Mr. A. S. Haw-

ley. There was a good turnout of the

members and all spent a profitable day.

After a sumptuous lunch given by Mr.

and Mrs. Hawley, an inspection of the





farm, stables and dairy herds, the fol-

lowing program was rendered: '

The first subject was, “How early





should we turn our cowe to pasture?"

Mr. Milo Edison led in the discussion.

His advice was not to turn the cows to

pasture until the grass gets good. It is

just as cheap to keep them in the barn

and feed them until the grass gets good.

for, if turned out on the pasture when

the grass first starts. they get little or

nothing from it and it is a detriment to

them rather than a gain. Not only this,

but it is very injurious to the pasture

to crop it off short at the very beginning

of the season. Mr. Edison advised hav-

ing two fields and changing the pasture

occasionally. Don‘t let a pasture get too

closely cropped before the cows are turned

into the other field.



Mr. Oliver advised waiting until the

cows could get a full feed. Mr. Lillie

recommended that if possible one have a.

special pasture for turning the cows

into early in the spring. After the cows

have been confined in the stable nearly

all winter they want to get out of doors

when warm pleasant weather comes and

if one had a small pasture so that they

could get out and get some exercise, it

would be lwncliciai to the cows and the

main pasture could be held until it had

developed a good growth before the cows

were turned in. This might be rather

hard on the preparatory pasture, but it

would be convenient and good for the

cows.



The next subject discussed was, “Will

it pay to feed a grain ration when cows

are on pasture?" Mr. John M. Park, Jr.,

1rd in the discussion. He did not believe

it would pay if the cows had good pas-

ture, but just as soon as the pasture

began to fail it should be supplemented

with a grain ration, or some other ration,

and part 'of this certainly ought to be

grain to have it well balanced. It was

The opinion of the majority of the mom-

bcrs present that when the cows 'had a

luxuriant pasture it did not pay to feed

a grain ration. Mr. Lillie stated that

some experiment stations had demon-

strated that feeding grain to cows on pas-

ture had a residuary effect. That is.

a 111-rd of (-HWS running on good pasture

were experimented with. Half of the

herd were fed a grain ration. the other

half none. \Vhilc the cows fed the grain

ration, when the pasture was good, di!

11.1 at that time give enough more milk

to pay for the grain, those same cows the

11-Axt your gave more milk and did better

than the half of the herd having no gran.





’l‘lsis SilHVS'S concluschIy that the grain

ration had an effect on the cow in the

next season. and his belief was that a





(-ow should i'llivv grain every day in the

year for the very best results.

The unit subject was, “Will it pay to

fer-d cnsilagc the year around?" Mr.

Vl'm. Oliver, who led in the discussion,

believed that it would pay to feed silage

the year around. While no member

present had ever practiced this, there

are people in this locality who have done

so and have been Well satisfied with rc~

sults. \thre one has enough ensilage

to feed the year around he can reduce

his pasture fields to the minimum, and

every one agreed that pasture, unless

one had land that could not be devoted

to any other kind of crop, is a very ex—

pi-usiw- fowl, and that 'much of it is

wasted by the cattle. The fact was brot

out in the discussion that :1 considerable

number of farmers in different parts of

New England are beginning to feed on-

silage the year around, and only furnish

permanent pasture for their young grow-

ing stock. Mr. Spillman, of the Depart-

ment of Agriculture, has made investigay

tions along this line and claims that a

sixty-acre farm in New England, where

cnsilagc is fed the year around, will sup—

port 30 cows besides the necessary young

stock. The same (SO-acre farm, with feed-

ing cnsilage only in the winter time, and





OUR

SIDE OF

THE QUESTION





The United States Separator has

built up are utation for efficiency

and dare]: ty that makes it the

foremost machine from every standg

point of separator requirements.





liable separator has been

retained.



Every improvement that has

been made has been made with the

object of building up and adding

that reputation.



We have added “working

Points” and not



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YOUR

SIDE OF

THE QUESTION





You buy 8. Cream Separator,

not on account of some ‘ ‘tancy talking

points ” but because it will enable you

to handle your dairy product more

easily and with greater profit.





A machine that will handle more

milk. That will skim it more thor-

oughly. That will lose least in bowl

flushing and that can be kept clean

and sanitary with the least trouble. .





These are your requirements. and



a trial will convince you that the



latest model U. S. embodies all ot‘



these essential features, to a.



greater extent than has ever before



been reached in Separator

construction.





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FOR EFFICIENCY AND

DURABILITY FOR DAIRYMEN WHO KNOW

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are not dealingzwmi amalgam“ middleman or catalogue house when deal-



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AMEEICAN nut High Separator is the fluent and big

on the market [’6ng our own (the manufacturer’ s)e%lu:rantee protects on





filled from Western points.

camelogu on our New Low DownA





The Upper leek Bearing and Spring





is a mighty important point of the Separator. Always

In the National it. has only two

parts—the bearing sat per, amiss spring collar. both

her separators have as high as

do. adjustments. etc”

nobody but. a machinist understands. The





National cream Separator





per bearing gives the bowl all the flexibility need-

eg to 10. 00.) revolutions :1 minute.

It never sucks or binds. It is the only upper bearing

that can be got at for perfect cleaning—11nd is ever-

lastinfiin service. Insust on your dealer demonstrnti





Catalog of full particulars roe on request.

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NICORN DAIRY RATION





every Farmer and Stock Raiser should know all about. Holstein cow Lundn Korndyko

J. J. Larrabee. Dempster, N, Y., made 102 lbs. milk in one day feeding Unicorn Ration.

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price only 03.50, upsets paid. A In dairy that

moment given with 0.011 chum. Write to—dsy for

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. COIiUMBIAN MAIL CRANE O.

‘90? Factory Street, Columbus. 10





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





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the price I'm making dir to farmers and dot

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THE BOSS BBEAM KAISER





liaise the cream

between milking. and

give you sweet skim

milk for house and

stock. loo not necessa-

ry,cold well or spring

water will do the

work. No skimming,

no crocks and pans to

handle.





 

 





of these machines in usetoday. Send tor Free “sawing.

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direct!“ the nakerhyoa. Fem _

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1...... 24.1909. ~ - mHE MICHIGAN. FARME‘R. . , m. 479 1

having sufficient of the land in grass _to ' ,1 - . , . . _ , _ ‘

maintain the herd on pasture, will only

'keep seventeen cows and the necessary

young stock. This is a. question Well

worth considering. It is a question that

is going to be of great~interest to the

dairyman in’ the future, and everyone

present agreed that the pasture fields

were going to be smaller in the future,

on the dairyman’s farm, rather than

larger. .



The next meeting of the Association

will be on April 24, at Mr. Milo

Edison’s.





 





 





   

 

 





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andwe send ifEREEi





It is called “Concrete Construction

About the Home and on the Farm”

and consists of 128pages.



It goes about the subject of concrete

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giving illustrations and diagrams of con-

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etc., and tells how to make them. The

. instructions are clear and complete and

the diagrams are easy to understand. As you read this book you will see

the necessity of using the best cement in all your construction work, or

else your labor may go for nothing.



ATLAS is the highest grade of portland cement manufactured.

There is but one quality, the same for everydody. ATLAS makes the

best concrete because it is alike at all times in composition, color,

fineness and strength. .



4,500,000 barrels of ATLAS were ordered by the United States

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Ask your dealer for ATLAS. If





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RESULTS FROM CREAMERY.





 

 





 





 

 





I am sending a report of milk and

cream delivered to a. certain creamery

here from February 15 to March 15.

wish you to figure the amount that it

should bring, also to give in The Farmer

the results and the rule for figuring, so

that we may know whether we are get-

ting a square deal.



, Milk delivered from Feb. 15 to 28, 1,552.

lbs.; test, 4.2; cream, 121 lbs., test 21 per

cent, price, 300; 134 lbs., test 27 per cent,

price 300, and 48 lbs., test 28 per cent,

price 30c. I reserve the totals figured

by the creamery to compare with yours”



Lenawee Co. F. L. 1



This question, as presented in F. L.’s

letter, is simply a plain business propo-

sition but he does not say that the price

of butter—fat in milk is the same as the

price of butter—fat in cream. However,

the supposition is that it is the same.

Now, if the patron delivered 1,552 lbs.

of milk that tested 4.2 per cent, then he

would deliver 65.18 lbs. of butter-fat,

which at 30c per lb. would be worth ‘

$19.55. Multiplying 121 lbs. of cream byi‘.

21 per cent, the test, multiplying 134 lbs.

of cream' by 27 per cent test, multiplying,

48 lbs. of cream by 28 per cent test, and'

adding it all together would give 75 lbs.

of butter—fat in the cream delivered.

This, multiplied by 30c per in. would

equal $22.50, imaking a total of $12.15. If

the data is all given there is little chance





. O

to make a mistake. Creamery patrons

make very little complaint about the. ac- Wlll i on Spend a I enny I: or

tual figures. \V‘liat they complain about:

usually is that their cream or milk does‘ P t l B

not test as high as it ought to, or, in as a I o 6 ur 00

other words, that they do not receive the .

test at the creamery that they should. Wh h S Y 25 t 40

But after the test is lmade it is a plain 1c aves on 0





mathematical proposnion and the only BE sure to get our lowest direct-from-factory-to-you prices on high-





   

 





 

 

 

   

 





 





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   





   

   

 

 





 





 





 





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way anybody COUld be defrauded would est quality vehicles before you buy a buggy of any kind. We

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positively save you big money and give you a better buggy than





you can get anywhere else for :25 to $40 more money. Deal “0' 0' -1 v ‘ i . ‘\

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l a v ' . ' v i - . i ' w, "M ‘ i ‘ '-

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SOME FEEDING QUERIES.





 





_ money at home—in your own pockets, where you want it.

Beans Preferable to Oats for Use W'th} We beat them all on quality and price. All our vehicles are sold

Meals. l on 30 Days' Free Trial—and long-time guarantee of good service and

\Vhich will have the greater feeding all-time satisfaction. You take no risk when you deal direct with us—

valuc, bran or oats. when mixed with the manufacturer. For 20 years. our watcliword has been Highest

(orn-and—cob meal and cottonseed meal? Quality at Lowest Prices. Compare our prices with anybody's, then





   

   

   

 





Also would like to know whether com- you will know the remarkable values we offer you. \

niercial fertilizer, when sown broadcast Get our book at once and become a judge of buggy “1ng We .

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summer? ‘ ‘ ‘ This book Will make it plain to you how we are saving thousands of _ i _

Oakland C0. F. (3. dollars for buggy buyers every year. Remember. all our vehicles are sold ‘ . '





I should use neither one. if you have

corn-and-cob meal you can make a good,

ration without either of the others aiid'

they are too expensive to feed in this}

connection. Bran, however, would be the.

most valuable.



Fertilizers sown on top of the ground

will not evaporate and will not low: their

strength. They should, however, not be

left on top of the, ground but should be

cultivated into the soil because they must

be mixpd 'V‘Vllll the soil and dissolved in

the soil moisture before, they can be used

by the plant. They will not depreciate

from being stored in a dry place. You

can keep them indefinitely.



Oats and Peas vs. Oats Alone.



How does a combination of oats and

peas compare, in feeding value, With oats

alone for cows? How does the straw

compare in feeding value with out straw'."

“'ould you advise sowing a small amount

of flaxsced, with oats to help make a bail—

anced ration for cows as recommended

by a writer in a recent issue of The

Farmer?



Livingston Co. SUBSCRIBER.



Oats and peas are much more valuable

than oats alone as a grain ration for

cows because the peas are rich in pro-

tein and help balance up the other foods

in the ration.



Oat and pea straw is more valuable

than oat straw because the pea vines

are rich in protein, comparing favorablyl

with clover hay.



I do not think that flaxsced would help

balance up the ration because ilaxsecd

itself is not so very rich in protein. It,

contains abOut 30 per cent of fat. FlaxU

seed meal helps to balance up a ration;

because they take the fat out and make;

oil of it. The residue is rich in protein,





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DETROIT. APRIL 24. 1909.





 





 





 





 





 





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





In accordance with



Arbor Day and its a vwell established

Celebration. custom first inau-

gurated by Governor



John J. Bagley a generation ago, Gover-

nor Warner has issued a proulamation

designating Friday, April 30, as Arbor

Day. In that proclamation attention is

called to the growing need for the general

observance of Arbor Day in our state,

and a plea is made that its observance

be state wide to the end that the day

may leave its influence and impress upon

the minds of those upon whom the bur-

dens of the future will devolve. Par-

ticular mention is made of the importance

of the general observance of Aibor Dav

in the schools of the state a}: a means of

developing in the minds of the p'.p.2!-: a





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love for the forest, field and iiuwcr :1"-





ference was made to the sugar-tion my."

taincd in the rcport of President [to «5,--

Velt's Country Life ('_';mi:li:~,.'-;.z.:_ 1:.31 the





people in rural communities: come Yogi-flier

in their schoolhouscs on All)”: Day and

form an organization with the School a!

a center and mccting place, for the pun

pose of developing and moi-ring better the

general life of the community.



As a means of promoting a general 0b-

servance of Arbor Day in the schools of

the state, Superintendent of Public In-

struction Wright has addressed a com-

munication to the teachers in the rural

districts of Michigan urging that Arbor

Day be observed by appropriate exercises,

embracing the f(‘iillll‘i‘ ri-commcnded by

the Country Life Commission, as wcll as

the needs of tho district in the way of

equipment and the uccds of the pupils in

the way of organization for the improvlL

ment of both mind and body. and any

other topics which may be timely and of

particular interest to the people of the

local community. County school commis-

sioners are also addressing the teachers

of their respective counties on the same

subject, and it may be expected that the

celebration of Arbor Day will be more

general and more appropriate to the oc-

casion in the public schools this year

than ever before. The support of the

people of every community should be

given to this movement, which means

their presence at the exercises as well as

the encouragement of the boys and girls

in their preparation for them at home.



Nor should the interest of the farmer





' and his may in Arbor Day cease at





this point; It is an appropriate time tor





‘ decorative planting about the lawn and.





farm. and the whole family may well be

interested in this 'home celebration at

Arbor Day. By interesting the boys and

girls in this work you will be interesting

them in the farm, and the result of the

day's work and celebration will make the

home life ms well as the home 'imore at-

tractive to them. Make the day one to

be long remembered by them, as was the

case with the writer of the article on-

titled, “An Arbor Day with Uncle Ben,"

which appeared in the magazine section

of our last issue. This is one of the little

things in life which is too oftcn neglected

by the over practical farmer. but it is

well worth while, and we trust that the

appropriate celebration of Arbor Day may

be as common in the homes of Michigan

Farmer readers as it seems assured that

it will be in the rural schools of the state

on Friday next.





The sensational ad-

vance in wheat during

recent weeks has caused

no little comment and

discussion not only between individuals

and in the public press. but in official

circles as well, as to whether the advance

is a legitimate one caused by a shortage

in the available supply of and prospec-

pective crop of the cereal, or whether it

is due to the manipulation of the bull

interests in the market under the leader—

ship of Mr. Patten who has operated ex-

tensively on the Chicago market. The

opinion is strongly held by dealers who

have not been on the bull side of the

market but who are thoroly familiar with

market conditions, that the advance in

the grain is not due to the so-called

“corner," but is the result of the opera—

tion of the great law of supply and de-

mand. On the other hand no less an au-

thority than Secretary Wilson, of the

U. S. Department of Agriculture main-

tains that the government’s figures touch-

ing the available supply of wheat do not

warrant the present market values, and

thcre is talk of an investigation and pos-

sible legislation by congress for the abol—

ishing of speculative buying and selling

of “futures" in wheat. ‘



Time alone will tell with certainty who

is right in this contention, but it is prac—

tically certain that consumers of bread

will be obliged to meet the advance for

the present. A leading grain broker

of Detroit contends that even if the gov-

ernment figures as to the available sup-

ply of wheat in the country are correct.

present prices for the grain are justified

in View of the increased and constantly

growing population of the world, who

must be supplied with bread. Others

contend that the source of information

open to the trade is more reliable than

that upon which the government figures

are based, as dealers who are in the trade

the year around have a more accurate

knowledge of the available supply of

grain than the farmers who are crop cor-

respondents for the Department of Agri-

culture. This contention, however, will

be practically settled on May 1, when

the May option will be cloged, since the

’ will make a scramble for wheat

for delivery on that date rather than to

settle their accounts on terms dictated

by the “bull" element of the market,

which effort will naturally bring to the

surface a large percentage of the wheat

now on hand in the country. The future

trend of the market will, of course, be

affected by the condition of the growing

crop in this and other countries. “’0 be

licve, however, that the season’s crop

will be in demand at good values, as even

the present price of wheat is not high in

comparison with other products in which

tlu-rc is no “corner” claimed, as the other

staple grains, potatoes, beans, etc.





The Corner in

' Wheat.





“sports?





In another column of

this issue will be found a

description of an organiza-

tion effected by the raisin

growers of California to overcome the

dcprcssion in their industry caused by an

accumulated surplus of the product and

consequent low prices. A notable feature

of this furmcrs’ organization is that it is

seeking to find new outlets for the pro-

duct instcad 0f resorting to the usually.

advocated plan of limiting production.

That the producers will succeed in this

effort and thus make their organization

of value in extending the industry and

increasing the profits of growers thereby

cannot be doubted. This movement is

right in line with the plan of local organ-

izations which the Michigan Farmer has

advocated. to promote community pro-

duction, better the quality of the product

and standardize shipments, which will go

far toward making any product sought





A Profitable

Organization.





 





for in the’market,_thus making'it a com-7





paratively easy "matter, to market. the

product grown by the members of the

organization in o co—operative way at

materially better prices than the individ-

ual growers are now receiving for the

same kind of goods. At the some time it

would enable them to secure needed lup-

plies used. in growing the product at a

lower price as orders could be bunched

and distributed among the members as

needed without the extra expense in-

volved by the usual methods of distribu-

tion, which must be added to the price

of the goods.



Aside from these advantages the

friendly competition which would be on-

genderedamong the members of a co~

operative organization of this kind would

stimulate a greater interest among the

growers which would be reflected in the

increased yields secured and in the better

quality of the product grown. Then the

community publicity which would result

from the well directed efforts of such an

organization in any locality would so adver-

tise that community that the trade would

be attracted to it when in search of the

product grown, as there would be a cer-

tainty that its needs could be satisfied as

well as an assurance that the product

secured from that locality would be 0!

standard _quality.



There is ample room for many such

community organizations in Michigan. and

there is every certainty that the organi-

zation of Michigan producers on this plan

would ultimately result in more extended

organization or co—operation which would

add greatly to the prosperity of Michigan

farmers. Already the advantages to be

derived by this kind 'of organization have

been appreciated by the farmers of Otsego

county, who have recently organized 8.

Potato and Clover Growers' Association,

of which a full description will be given

in an early issue. As before noted in

these columns what is most needed in

this campaign of education toward co-

operative organization among farmers is

object lessons, and a. few pioneers in this

field will be of the greatest possible aid

-to the agriculture of the state by demon-

strating in a practical way what can be

done in a co-operative way along lines of

community production for the betterment

of the agricultural conditions in the com-

munities where such organizations exist.





Of course, it cannot be expected that

all of the possible benefits from such an

organization in any community will be-

come apparent at once. It takes time to

perfect a business organization of any

kind. It requires experience to conduct

such an organization to the best advan-

tage of its members, but with the raising

of the standard of the product a. prime

object of such an organization, and the

profitable marketing of the same always

in View, the stability and success of such

organizations cannot be doubted. Cow

testing associations and co-operative

breeders’ associations are no longer an

experiment in Michigan. where this move—

ment for better dairy cows was first in-

augurated in America. and already a.

number of states are following rapidly

in our lead. Cannot we truly prophesy

that in the near future co—operative po-

tato associations, bean associations, fruit

growcrs' associations and many other

types of organization of a similar nature

will be springing up all over Michigan?

Unquestionably the fulfillment of such a;

prophesy would augur well for the future

of Michigan agriculture.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.

On last Tuesday an attempt was made

to overthrow the constitutional govern-





ment of Turkey. There followed an im—

mmliaic uprising of those favoring the

(-mstitution and a large force of young

Turks, who have fathered the reform

movement, assembled outside the capital

city where they demanded that the gov-

ernment be rcstorcd. They then marched

toward the city and the ruling sultan,

Abdul Humid, abdicated the throne and

fled to his yacht. The last reports stated

that the head of the church was pl‘epar-

ing a statement calling the sultan’s office

vacant. Thus far there has been no

bloodshed at the capitol and the advanc-

ing army marched in perfect order. The

peril in which the city was placed was

grave as the strength of the opposing

forces was large, while the protection

afforded the city could not long With-

stand the attack, cspociaily when there

were so many inside who favored the

action of the troops without.





There is another conflict between the

Armenians in Asia Minor and the Mo-

hammedans. The center of the massacre

is at Adana, an administrative division

near the eastern extremity of the Mcdi-

terranean Sea. Thousands of Armenians

are said to have been killed in the attacks

made upon their homes and thousands

are starving because of their being unable

to get food to the seat of trouble.





The second of the trio of dreadnaught





 





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dips orboeti m ‘ under . on metro ‘



t a; French W rngdient was“ hatchet

I y. The (bird '11!"er launched this

week. Each of these battleships cost'th‘s

French people $10,800,009.



Preparations have been arranged for

the reception of Err-President Roosevelt

at Mombasa, British East Africa. where

he will arrive within a. tew'da’fl;



Holland and Venezuela have spread. upon

conditions which it is hoped will bring





about harmonious relations between the-





oountrie‘s again. Both countries malts

concessions in the agreement.





Colima Volcano, of Mexico, is in violent

eruption and earthquakes are attending

the disturbance. No property is said to

have been destroyed and no lives as yet

are in peril.



As a result of the constitutional reform

in Persia a bitter warfare has developed!

The reformers recently took the city of

Astrabad but the tribesmen afterward

re-entered the place and the report‘is

that fully 2,000 of the inhabitants were

killed in the massacre. Russia has sent

a detachment of troops to the scene of

trouble.





The Netherlands government will pre-

sent to the United States a ship named

the “Half Maan" to take part in the

Hudson-Fulton fetes in New York city in

commemoration of the discovery and in-

vention of Henry Hudson and Robert

Fulton. The boat was launched this

week.



The University of Leipsig will celebrate

its 500th anniversary the latter part of

June. Invitations have been sent to all

the principal university schools of this

country. - -



A campaign was recently started in

Venezuela to oppose the removal of duty

from goods imported from the West

Indies.



The Russian war department is about

to make experiments with balloons and

has ordered one ‘from France for that.

purpose.



The government of Venezuela is mak-

ing an attempt to arrest former President

Castro upon the charge of being a prin-

cipal to a murder.





Military activities are reporte‘d in the

territory of Nicaragua and San Salvador.

Two detachments sent out by the former

government have been turned back by

the activity of the latter.





National.





President Taft will attend the unveil-

ing of a monument erected near Peters-

burg, Va., in memory of Pennsylvania.

soldiers who fell there during the civil

war.



The medical board of Oklahoma, has

decided not to license physicians who

have consumption or tuberculosis.



A bill has been filed in the United

States circuit court for preventing the

manufacturers of fiber and manila paper

from combining.



Former Vice-President Fairbanks and

wife are enroute to Japan from San Fran—

cisco. Before returning to this country

the party will make a trip around the

world.



The treaty covering the relations be-





tween this country and Canada. as re-





gards interests in and about the St.

Mary’s river will be approved by the

Canadian government.



A number of steampships are fast in

the ice about the upper waterways of the

great lakes.



The residents along the Niagara river

below the falls are apprehensive of dan—

ger from the great jam of ice now in the

channel above the whirlpool rapids.

Cables of the suspension bridge have

broken and engineers report that the

structure is in danger. An ice breaker

has been ordered to the mouth of the

river to clear the ice at that point.



The fight between the vessel owners

on the great lakes and the labor unions

is far from settled and it looks now that

a strike would be called.



Railroads are fighting the constitution»

ality of the law passed by the New York

assembly compelling the roads to pay

their employees every two weeks. The

interest accruing to one company from

holding the pay till thc end of the month

amounts to $14,000 each month.





Indictments have been returned by the

federal grand jury against the Cudahv

Packing Company for the use of coloring

in buttcrine contrary to the conditions

of the internal revenue law.



Two government officials are said to

have been suspended as the result of

investigations of the business of a dis-

tillcry at Baltimore, Md.



Muskogee, Okla... has been designated

by the comptroller of currency as a re»

iscrve city under the national banking

aw.



Training of army men in aeronautim

will be carried on this summer at Fort

Meyer, Va... and Fort Omaha, Neb.



The two—cent railroad law of Missouri

was declared unconstitutional by the fed—

eral court some time ago. The railroad;

then moved to charge three cents per

mile when the. state secured an injunc—

tion against such an action. Now one of

the roads has amended its tariffs charg-

ing two and one-half cents per mile. It

IS expected the other roads of the state

will folio/W.



Labor leaders of the country were in

conference with President Taft the D351

week considering matters pertaining to

child labor, the employment of Americans

on the Panama canal, and other ques-

tions.



The interstate commerce commission

will have, a hearing in May for considering

the right of railroads to sell commuta—

tion tickets to one class of school chil-

dren and withholding such tickets from

other classes.



The eighteenth annual convention of

the Daughters of the American Revolu-

tion opened in Washington last Monday

with 1,400 delegates present from differ-

ent parts of the country.



One of the largest wire concerns of the

country has announced its intentions to

lower prices ten cents a hundred, or him

dollars a ton on all. classes of wire





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LOCAL. CORN CLUBS AND ASSOCIA-

' TIONS.





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Since the last annual meeting of the





'Michigan corn Improvement Association,





held at Mt. Pleasant late in February,

several local corn improvement associa—

tions, or corn clubs, have been organized.

Grasses, Farmers' Clubs, County Insti-

tute societies, and the Agricultural Col-

lege are actively co—operating with the

officers of the state organization in en—

couraging the formation of such local

associations, while partial reports and in-

quiries at hand indicate that a large num—

her will have been organized before the

close of the year.



The first of those which have recently

come into existence is the Kent Co. Corn

Improvement Association, organized at

Grand Rapids, on March 13, with the fol—

lowing officers: President, Jesse W. Pick-

ett; vice—president, O. W. Braman; sec-

retary, Wm. Malloy; executive committee,

David W. Dunlop, Milo Edison, H. D.

Perkins and Kenna Hankinson.



On April 12 a strong local association

was organized at Litchfield, Hillsdale

Co. Mr. Fred Curtis was elected presi-

dent and Mr. “"11 Sheldon secretary-

treasurer. This association starts with

35 or 40 members.



Some 20 or 25 Jackson Co. grOWers met

at Jackson, Saturday, April 17, and or-

ganized an association, of which Col.

Davis was elected president and Mr. W.

L. C. Reid secretary.



Previous to this year there had been

organized three local associations which

have affiliated with the state organiza-

tion—one in" Lenawee 00., one in Ingham

Co.~ and one in Mason Co.





 





A FARMERS' PUBLICITY CAM-

' PAIGN.





 





Publicity advertising is not less appli-

cable to farm methods than to lines of

commerce and is becoming more and more

prevalent, especially since it parallels the

principles of the pure food laws. A not-

able instance of this is seen just now in

the California raisin business.



Market conditions became such, toward

the end of 1908 that the raisin growers

found themselves with practically half

of their crop left on hand after the first

new crop demands had been supplied.

The crop of 1908 was a very large one—~

over 60,000 tons, and the 1907 crop was

also large, amounting to nearly as much.

Added to this was the sudden depression

in all the markets of the United States

right in the harvest season of 1907, owing

to the bank panics. The results were,

'an accumulation in the hands of the

farmers beyond the normal, at the end

of the distributing season and a. conse-

quent fall in prices until they barely paid

the cost of production. For months the

price of raisins offered to the growers

did not exceed 11/4, cents per 111., and the

general estimate of cost of raising and

curing is about 11,5 cents per lb.



As the raisin business is one of the

most important industries of the San

Joaquin Valley, amounting to several mil-

lion dollars annually, and the vineyard-

ists are compacted in a small geographi-

cal region within reach of two or three

daily papers, the agitation over low prices

resolved itself into a concerted movement

to advertise and promote the disposition

of the crop. It was decided to establish

a ‘fRaisin Day," making it as universal

as possible thruout the United States.

This day was set for the 30th day of

April and is already universally recog—

nized thruout the state of California, al—

tho only a small part of the state is

directly interested in the raisin business.

By means of extensive advertising it is

hoped, thru every grocer in the country

to call attention to Raisin Day. It is in

no sense a begging appeal for help. The

raisin growers are far too independent 3.

class of farmers for that. It is an effort

to call the attention to the low prices

at which a staple and healthful article

of food may be purchased at present and

so promote the sale of the article.

Wherever raisins, seeded or unseeded,

are sclling for more than ten cents per

lb. retail, someone is making more than

his share of profit. The grower is not

getting over 2c per 11). today for his crop.

It costs about 10 to grade, stem, pack,

and 20 more if seeded. Thefrl-ight to

any part of the country is not over 1 1—5

cents. It will be understood that certain

large grades or clusters will bring higher

prices, but the average unseeded raisins

ought not to cost the consumer over 754C

per 1b., and seeded not over 10c for the

next few months, no matter how far he

is from the market.



Circulars are being distributed all over





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER 1' (1:).





the country containing recipes for dishes

that contain a large pertion of raisins.

These have been carefully tested and the

housewife who follows any of them will

have a relishable dessert. The expense

of this advertising is stood largely by

the growers, a. tax of 25 cents per acre

being contributed. Moreover, the mer-

chants and business men of the cities and

towns wherein the raisin growers do their

trading, being directly interested, have

contributed largely and the different

chambers of commerce aid in conducting

the campaign. The railroads, having

raised the freight rate from $1 to $1.20

per cwt. on the 1st of January of this

year, have also been made to feel that

it is to their interest to help advertise

the product and are doing so. In short,

every known channel of advertising is

being worked to aid this industry and

something about raisings will doubtless

be read by everyone able to read, before

the 30th of April.



In addition to advertising, the farmers

have not sat still but have established

co-operative distributing agencies, and

sent agents thruout the east to look up

new territory not hitherto purchasing any

quantity of raisins, and to open up new

markets. There is small doubt but their

efforts will result in working off the sur-

plus before the new crop comes in, so

that conditions will be favorable for the

usual steady market. And in the mean—

time they have educated more people into

the steady habit of using raisins and so

extended their market as to keep pace

with the natural increase in acreage of

the industry.



California. C. E. JENNEY.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





Osceola 00., April 15.—Spring is slow

coming. Hardly any farm work done yet

except hauling manure. Snow all gone

but ground freezes hard nearly every

night. Ground was protected most of the

time during March by a light covering

of snow. All grain not looking very good.

but clover is looking fairly well. The

potato market got pretty lively toward

the end and the price went up to $1 per

bu. Nearly every one that had any are

letting them go at that price, many thou—

sands of bushels are being marketed.

The farmers feel good when they are

hauling dollar potatoes. The roads are

bad but are drying up quite rapidly.

Cattle and hogs are scarce. Cattle selling

at $3%@4c 1b.; hogs, dressed, 88c; butter,

220; eggs, 17c per dozen.





Genesee 00., April 19.—After a cold

snap about the middle of April which

lasted but a few days the weather came

off warm and nice. Warm rains brot the

grass out and at this writing it makes

quite a showing of green. From_present

indications pastures will be fully as well

advanced by May lst as usual, if not a

little more so. Of course, the most of

our farmers realize the importance of

allowing grass to get a good start in the

spring befOre turning stock into it. Most

farms now have their help engaged for

the season.

compelled to pay big wages as the im-

mense factories at Flint exert a powerful

influence, and many men are

thcrcto in preference to doing farm work.

This undoubtedly helps to keep wages at

a high point. Live stock wintercd well:

Some reports place the damage to clovcr

seeding and wheat considerable by heav-

ing of the soil from the action of frost.

Quite a few report oats seeded already,

altho the general crop has not yet been

put in. Large acreagcs of sugar beets





have been contracted. and the acreage of.

beans and potatoes will also be a largej

one. The boom in wheat finds not muchi





of last year's crop in farmer’s hands,

altho a few have been fortunate in hold-

ing. But the rise of price does not mean

anything to most of them as the crop has

been already disposed of. Potniovg are

soaring to the dollar mark. Wool is com-





ing into market quite freely at prices

right around 25c. Some. has commanded

a trifle more. It is rather difficult to





secure shearcrs. The bulk of this work

is still done by hand in this county. Auc-

tions are numerous and prims at such

places good.1):111v cows Ilillll(lll1 lily are

.:elling 1-\trcmcly well as duilyingr is be—

coming more and mom populm c. 1(' )1 war.





Ilorses are selling about the 51.11110 as

last year. Following .111: nulikct rail-s

at our county seat: \that $1. :7; outs,

55c; beans, $2.25; corn 70c; ry c 75(:b:1r-

lcy, $1.30 cwt.; butter, crcamery. 271/211;





dairy, 24c; eggs, 180; potatoes, $1; apples,

5516?].25 per l1u.; old (:hickm1s, feathers

off, No per 1b.; turkeys. feathers off. 17c;

dressed hogs, $8.50 cwt.; dressed bccf,

$6(g1.8.50; veal. $8.50 mutton, $8: June

clover sccd, $5 per 1111.: alsikc, $7.50; iim-

othy, $2.50; presscd hay. $7.50fi18.50; loose

hay, $8@9 per ton; wool, 261/20.



What a Contributor Says.

The Law1encc Pub. C‘,o,



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Mich.





Gentlemenz—Please deduct amount ofj





my subscription from next remittance;



The farmers of that section of ihe‘

country are to be congratulated on hav—

ing so good a paper as the M. F‘. and

those who do not read it do not know

what they are missing. It is certainly

up to date, and helpful.



Yarmouth, Maine. D. J. RYTHER.



I received the sewing machine and have.

tried it in every way and find it a finel





machine. It arrived all right and in good

fignrthtion. ..-—Mrs H. C. Tanner, Munith, ,1

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A factor which must always be taken

into account in all spraying operations

is the wind. When it blows in the direc-

tion in which we want to spray it is an

advantage, but when, perhaps for days,

it persists in blowing in the opposite

direction from that in which we wish to

throw the liquid, it is a positive disad-

vantage. As we cannot anticipate ,any

time in advance what direction this fickle

factor is going to take we have to do the

work as best we can without regard to

this opposing force if need be.



Of course, early in the season, before

any growth has started, it is not feasible

to try to spray against the wind. But

at this time there is plenty of time to do

the work, so that when one side of the

trees have been thoroly covered one can

wait a few days, if need be, for a Wind

from the opposite direction. In western

Michigan the prevailing winds are from

the west, but usually there are enough

east Winds so that the trees may be cov-

ered 'when these winds are blowing. But

at the time when the apple blossoms are

beginning to show and there is need of

going over the trees from both sides,

and there is a likelihood of having no

change of wind during the time when the

work must be done, we are confronted

with a different proposition. How may

the spraying be thoroly done on both

sides of the trees with the wind con-

stantly in one direction?



While it may not be possible to do the

work at this time as thoroly as one

might wish, yet there are two 'ways that

may be adopted in order to partially

overcome the difficulty. One is to go

over the trees with some kind of fungi-

cide before any growth has started. In

our practice we like to do this in order

to kill off the spots and clean up the

trees in anticipation of rains and unfav—

orable winds that may prevent a thoro

job just at the right time before the bios,-

soms open. If the lime-sulfur has been

used this answers the purpose, but in

case this has not been required then a

spraying of copper sulfate, 5 lbs. to 2th

gallons of water, is what we use. No

lime is called for in making this appliea~-

tion. A second way to partially meet

the difficulty is to drive the spray rig

with and against the wind and spray

from both sides of the wagon. If the

wind is blowing from the west we drive

east and west. .Zy this means the spray

is thrown farther into the trees than

could be done if the spray were thrown

from the windward sidc alone, and the

wind carries the fine mist and deposits

it more thoroly.



But when growth has started and the

foliage is getting considerable growth,

as is the case when the applications are

made subsequent to bloSsoming, different

conditions are again met. The foliage

checks to an extent the force of, the wind

and the spray is not carried so far. if

the trees are not too large the work can

still be quite successfully performed, but

where they are so large and high that

a 30—foot ladder will not reach the tops,

as are many of the older trees of the

state, no nozzle of the V(rmorel type will

reach them and completely cover them.

Nor can this difficulty be wholly over-

come by means of any raised platform

and long extension rod that it is at all

feasible to use. In our own practice we

find that nozzles of greater carrying ca-

pacity are required than anything in the

way of a vermorcl. The writer has met

several experienced apple growers and

has asked them what nozzles they use in

such trees and has found those who are,

“going to” use some different make, but

he has not yet found the nozzle that will

carry the liquid to any considerable dis-

tance and still make a fine mist like

spray. In our own practice we have

found nothing that does the work better

than the Calla nozzle. \Vith the pressure

on the pump gauge showing not less than

100 the liquid is quite finely divided and

it carries to all parts of the trees. The

spray is not so mistlikc as one might

desire, but we prefer to reach all parts

of the trees with a coarse spray than to

have them only partially covered with

the ideal mist.



And we find still another advantage

with these nozzles, and that is the ability

to force the spray partly against the

wind. When the trees are in foliage the

force of the wind is checked by the leaves

and by driving with and against the -wind

we can spray on both sides of the wagon,

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-four trees and spraying a quarter of

each from this-point. Two of these quar-

ters will be sprayed diagonally against

the wind, but the foliage checks it suffi-

ciently so that the spray can be forced

to a considerable distance among the

branches. The other two quarters will

be sprayed with the wind and the spray

is carried thru the trees so that as

complete a job as is possible is done

without any waiting for a change. The

writer has known men to spray from

one side and then wait for the wind to

change before spraying the other 'half

of the trees, and before the change came

the time for spraying had passed and

hundreds of dollars were lost because the

work was not done. It is necessary,

therefore, to plan to do the work as

thoroly as possible when the time comes

for a given application of spray without

regard to the direction of the wind or

any other opposing force.

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‘ THE GARDEN.





 





This is the season of the year when we

plan for a garden that will supply our

table with fresh vegetables during the

late spring, summer and fall, till Jack

Frost comes around. It would have been

better if we were more forehandcd. The

garden should have been given a good

coating of manure last fall so that the

fertilizing elements would have been





. 'washed into the soil, making it at once





available for plant food. Manure that is

applied to the soil and immediately

plowed under will supply very little plant

food for crops this year because it will





‘ erE .‘MICHJGAN FARMER.





hadn’t been askedfor advice, I concluded

to let experience be the teacher. I no-

ticed later that there were no melons

in that patch that year.



Don’t tuck your garden off in some

small corner where a horse can not turn

around without treading on both ends of

the rows at once; such small patches

are a nuisance. Have good long rows

even if you have to utilize one side of

your corn or potato field. It will be

easier, and there will be less chance of

neglect if the early potatoes, beans, peas,

onions, radishes, lettuce, and all such

things are where the team and wheel

cultivator can get at them, for it will be

an easy thing to run over the rows sev-

eral times a week, and will take but a.

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CARING FOR THE FOLIAGE.





 





The accompanying cut shows a vineyard

With good foliage} \Vhy do we spray?

To kill insects and to prevent the attacks

of fungous diseases. Why do we wish to

kill insects or prevent the spread of fun-

gous diseases? To protect the bark, fol-

iage and fruit from damage. Perhaps the

greatest direct and indirect benefit of

spraying comes from the protection given

the leaves. They are essential to the

proper development of the fruit.



The leaves are the workshop of the





 





 





 





 





 





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be beyond the reach of most of the roots.



The garden ought to be plowed as soon

as the soil is in condition in the spring,

and kept well cultivated until the soil is

well warmed. It is wise to make haste

slowly in planting many garden seeds.

There is no advantage in putting seeds

in a damp, cold soil, where they may lie

for a week or two before germinating,

and meanwhile the weeds will not be

idle. “'eed seeds are sure to grow, and

by the time the lagging-vegctables have

pushed their way to the surface they are

in a fair way to be hidden by the growth

of weeds. it will be much better to go

over the ground frequently with the har-

‘how, and thus encourage the gcrn‘iination

of most of the weed seeds that are near

the surface so they may be out of the

way of the vegetables later on. It is

much easier to kill a lot of weeds with

a, team and harrow than to get after them

with a hoe, or pull then by hand.





\Vhen the weather is settled and the

soil warm, then plant good seeds that

you have tested and know will grow. A

sack of conunercial fertilizer is a good

investment for the garden, as it will give

the young vegetables a good, vigorous

start in life: but: commercial fertilizer

should be used with judgment, rem-em-

bcring that it is a concentrated plant

food, too much is worse than not enough,

especially if it is applied in the hill. A

few years ago I saw two men setting out





melon plants 'which had been started in





pasteboard boxes; they ‘had a sack of fer-

tilizer on the wheelbarrow, and after dig-

ging a hole one of the men scooped up

two double handfuls of the fertilizer and

dropped it in the hole where it was

stirred into the soil 3. little and the melon

plant set. I t-hot they were putting on

too much, but they said “no,” and as I





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'plant. Food in its raw state is brot from

the, roots and breathed in thru the. sto—

mata of the leaves. The leaves prepare

the material for the different parts of

the plant. The circulatory system of the

plant then carries it to the roots,

branches, twigs and fruit where it is

used. If insects cat off half of the leaves

from a tree these functions are impaired,

the food cannot be, prepared in such large





quantities as nature had planned and‘

consequently the plant must go hungry.





to a certain degree. Smaller growth is

made during the season and, if the tree





is growing a crop of fruit, the fruit will?

be smaller than Where all the foliage was,





present to do the work. The same is

true if the functions of the leaves are in-

terfered with by fungous diseases. It is





therefore imperative. to keep the leaves:

healthy and able to do their work. A:

large part of the plants food comes thru





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food is done there whether its source is

the air or the soil.



Arsenate of lead, I’aris green and other

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chanical harm to the leaves by eating.

Bordeaux mixture prevents fungous dis—

eases from getting started on the surface

of the leaves, the tender growths and on

the bark. If these two sprays are used

together so they will catch the different-

cnemies when they are apt to be present

then the caretaker will have gone a long

way toward protecting the leaves. Take

another look at the vineyard and see what

excellent opportunity there is for supply—

ing the bunches with the food they will

need before they are matured and ready

for the harvesters. Killing the bugs and

destroying or preventing the fungous, are

merely incidentals. The purpose is to

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GARDEN WORK FOR EARLY MAY.





 





Old Probabilities and your humble ser-

vant are directly at sword’s point regard-

ing early garden work, and in fact, we

have been all the spring. The seeding

that I had planned for. mid and late

April, he insisted should go over until

early May, and then some, perhaps. Jack

Frost has the call and whenever he sticks

his nose into the business of the garden

craft, said business will have to wait,

and that is all. I like early sowing and

planting but the term early must be con-

strued or defined by the state of the

weather rather than by the calendar of

days and weeks. .



Regardless of backward spring the

hardiest early sorts must take preference

in the order of sowing, and fortunately

some of them will endure considerable

cold and even some frost. What to do

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terest to some, so we shall endeavor to

throw some side lights along the way.

The lettuce, radishes and onions will not

mind the cold but if in the ground are

ready to take advantage of the first warm

days. For all these'the ground cannot

be made too rich and for the two former

nothing will induce the early growth as

will liquid cow manure or nitrate of soda.

in liberal amounts. The former can be

applied with profit before ‘the seeding is

done by drenching the ground and after

surface drying for a day or two, rake up

and sow the seed at once. The nitrate

of soda is better applied previous to the

seeding as the distribution can be more

evenly made, but if put on afterward it

.is easiest to do so by spraying. They

‘will require careful watching in early

spring to prevent the onslaughts of the

cabbage flies. They are so small as to

be hardly noticeable, but are very de«

structive in the early spring and about

the only notice you will receive of their

presence is the sudden disappearance

of your plants just after growth has

started. Dusting liberally with soot, good

wood ashes or air slacked lime will pre-

vent their work, but should be done as

soon as the plants appear above ground.



For green onions the sets will give

much quicker returns than the seed. If

only for home use, they can be stuck two

inches apart in the drills, which need nor

be more than six to' eight inches apart.

If larger quantities are to be grown then

the rows should go 12 to 14 inches apart

in order to keep up thoro cultivation.

They will stand large quantities of poul-

try manure and in its absence will thrive

with the wood ashes or nitrate of soda.

The important point is to induce rapid

growth at the start and I know of noth-

ing equal to the above to give this early

result.



Transplanting the lettuce can be start-

ed as soon as the leaves are half an inch

in breadth, and can be continued even

when the plants have grown to consid—

crable size. In transplanting, thin out

so as to give more room to those remain-

ing and the earliest heads will come from

the plants left standing in the bed. It

is waste of time to attempt to grow any

of the above on poor soil. The' radishes

will be rank and strong in flavor, lettuce

will be tough and leathery and the on—





, ions will be too tough and puny to be





easily found. So when you think you

have made the ground rich enough just

feed it some more and the returns will

be according to your faith and practice.



Nearly all seeds will be much hastened

in germination if thoroly soaked before

sowing and besides, they will be much

more sure to grow, especially in cold,

backward weather. Use hot, but not

boiling water,’ pour in and let stand until

cool, then drain off and fill up again.

Two or three repetitions will be all the

better, and a much better stand of plants

will result.



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sown in open ground. If Well hardened,

they will be safe at almost any time now.



Parsnips and salsify. which will require

nearly the entire season at best, had bet-

ter be delayed until soil and weather

are warmer and more settled. These

seeds are slow to germinate at best and

the quicker the growth the less the

trouble to keep down the weeds.



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well started before risking it in 'the

ground. - *



The tools should be in good repair and

ready for use at any time. “See/that

handles of hoes, shovels, ferks, etc., are

well oiled. They will last much better,

besides being far easier to handle. Blades

should all be free from rust and well

sharpened, and a few cents invested in

a file for this purpose will bring large

returns. A double wheel hoe and attach-

ments will amply pay in a garden of al-

most any size, and in large operations

will many times save the wages'of two

or three men.



Wayne Co. J. E. MORSE.





STRAWBERRIES FOR THE FARMER.



Every man owes it to his family to

provide fruit for their use and if he does

not grow it he should buy it. The cheap-

est and most satisfactory way for the

farmer to pmcure a supply of straw-

berries to use fresh and for canning is to

grow each year a few rows of strawberry

plants in the garden.



Any soil that will grow good garden

truck, corn, potatoes or wheat will grow

good strawberries.



It is best to plant a new patch every

spring as the first crop is generally the

best in quality as well as quantity.





The spring, as early as danger of hard





freezing is past, is the best time for

transplanting strawberry plants.



The plants are then dormant and are

not shocked as when transplanted in

August or September; also. as a rule,

there is more moisture in the soil then

and the plants can get firmly established

before hot weather comes on.



For the busy farmer tlhe matted row

system is likely to prove best. In this

system rows are made 3% ft. to 4 ft.

apart, with plants 18 to 30 inches apart

in the rows.





Vthn the plants begin to send out

runners layer them so as to have all

plants occupy 6 to 8 square inches of

space.





Only plants which have never borne

fruit should be used to start new beds.

All dead leaves and a part of the green

leaves should be cut off before planting

and when the fruit buds begin to show

above the ground cut them off, thus

conserving the vitality of the plants for

runner making. Never cramp the roots

of a. plant when transplanting. l’sc a

trowel or spade to make holes. Spread

out the roots in a natural position, then

press moist soil firmly around the roots.

If the roots. are very long it is much bet-

ter to cut them off than to cram them

down into a hole that is too shallow.



As soon as the plants are set they

should be cultivutcd and hood whenever

it is necessary to kccp down weeds and

provide a dust mulch upon the surface.



The strawberry is a shallow rooted

plant and to do wcll must have moisture

near the surface of the soil, thcn they

must be cultivated shallow and often

without milling or ridging up.



In the fall after the plants have quit

growing and before tho ground has frozen

very hard, thcy should be given a good

cooling of straw, marsh hay, Corn fodder

or strawy manure to protect thcm from

the bad effects of freezing and thawing

during the winter.



This mulch should be raked off the

plants into the space between thc rows

when the plants begin to grow in the

spring, where it will not us a mulch to

the soil, retaining moisture for tho plants

and also serve to hold the fruit: up out

of the soil and to keep the soil from

splashing upon the fruit when it rains.



Aftcr the crop is grown it is not nccos-





sary to say much about what to do with i





it. Just turn the wife, boys, girls and

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selves, go out into it yourself ihcn you

will be qualificd to answer the question,

“Does It Pay.”



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EPOULTRYM BEES

THE NARROW VS. THE WIDE HOUSE.



Regarding the question of desirable

width for poultry houses, the Michigan

Farmer of April 10 recommends that the

width, be not over 10 to 12 ft. The Maine

experiment station has tried out different

width houses, beginning with the old

style narrow house and gradually widen-

ing until 20 ft. was reached, and this

width is now preferred to any narrower

house.



There are some distinct advantages in

the wider over the narrower house, and

not the least important of these is the

fact that a considerably greater number

of hens can be housed for the same outlay

in the wide as compared with the narrow

house. In building a wide house you have

to have a little more flooring and roofing

than in the narrow house, but the siding

is about the same, with a little more

lumber required for the ends. As lumber

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siderable, provided other things are

equal.

The most advantageous point, in my





experience, in the wide over the narrow

house is the simplifying of ventilation. In

any location where one‘s buildings are

exposed to the strong cold winds of win.

ter, it is nearly impossible to open up a

narrow house without exposing the fowls

dangerously, and still leave them any

amount of available protected floor space

to scratch over, on These cold days.





I have one house 20 ft. wide by 30 ft.

long, and one 10x20 ft., and when I en-

large the plant, which I hope to do next

year, it will be by building to the end of

the 20-ft. wide house, as I consider it far

and away ahead of the narrow one from

every standpoint.



In the 20x30-ft. house, which I plan

to divide into three pens, each 10x20 ft.,

there will be twin full two-sash windows

in each pen. ‘T'hQ'past winter this house

always seemed‘light, so that the hens

worked under the roost boards, which

are arranged along the north side oppo-

site the windows There is also one

similar window in west end of house.





A number of commercial poultry plants

have been recently started in Maine, and





I think, without exception, the wide

houses have been adopted. One of the

largest of these plants has room for





about 4,000 layers. There are two houses

430 ft. long by 20 ft. wide, and one house

100 ft. long cut up into mating pens.

This farm has been in operation a com-

paratively short time, but has been a

success from the start.



The advantage of housing 2,000 hens

under one roof is apparent. It reduces

the labor of feeding, watering and re-

moving the droppings to a minimum, as

there is room in the wide houses to erect.

tramways or tracks for distributing feed

and taking out the droppings, Besides

the labor of shoveling in the winter is

comparatively little.



I firmly believe that the day of narrow

housws is passing and that the Work (lone

by the experiment stations along the line

of more economical housing and better

conditions of ventilation will prove of

great value to poultrydom.



In connection with these large houses,

the system is in most cases to bring the

young stock up on range by means of

colony houses distributed about the farms.

This insures pullet layers of rugged con-

stitutions when they are put into their

laying quarters in the fall, provided the

parent stock was sound and rugged.



Maine. D. J. RYTHER.





 





HOUSE FOR 50 OR 60 HENS.





 





A simple and comparatively inexpcn~

sive poultry house is one dcseribed in a

recent Department of Agriculture publi-

cation. The author of the publication

holds that where 50 or more hens are

kept in one flock an allowance of nearly

or quite five square feet of floor space

should be made for each hen. For a flock

of 50 to 60 he would make the house

14x20 ft.; front elevation 61/2 feet, back

elevation 51/2 feet, with double pitch roof

of unequal span. The roof, if it is

shingled, should have not less than one-

third pitch. If roofing paper is used,

one-quarter pitch will answer. In the

front, or south, wall there should be

placed two windows about one foot from

the top and three feet from the ends:

8x10 inches is a good—sized pane to use

in a twelve~light sash, making the sash

about 3 feet 9 inches high and 2 feet 5

inches wide. A door 21/2x6 feet may be





   





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made in one of the.end walls, and also

_a small door in' the front wall. for the

fowls to pass in and ,out of the building.



The roost platform should be placed in

the rear of the house. extending the

whole length. The platform should be

about 3 feet wide and 3 feet above the

floor. The perches should be placed about

8 or 10 inches above the platform. The

nests can be placed against the end of

the house opposite the door, or under the

roost platform, but whatever their loca-

tion they should be darkened. A good

earth floor is preferable, but if cement or

board floor is used dust baths must be

provided.





 





GETTING BEES OUT OF BOX HIVES.





If one thinks of keeping bees without

ever looking inside 'the hives, box hives

are all right. But I don‘t approve of such

a course. There are too' many times

when the life. of a colony can hardly be

saved if the combs are stationary as

in box hives. In fact, the whole subject

of keeping bees in box hives may be

summed up by saying that they are gen-

«rally unprofitable.



Quite often btes can be purchased cheap

in box hives. By transferring the combs

and the bees into frames, 8. good profit

may be made from them. Sometimes the

profit is even greater than the first cost.



“'hen hauling home such box hives,

be sure to have all openings closed. Run-

aways have occurred thru some of the

hives leaking bees while moving them.

The. large or main entrance must be cov~

cred with wirecloth. Any smaller cracks

large enough to let bees thru can be

closed with cotton batting, or good, sticky

clay. Sometimes box hives are so full

of holes that they can hardly be made

bee tight. I always consider it too risky

to haul such during the daytime. The

bees may come out, too, even if it is

dark. Smoke, if used in fair amounts,

may quiet them, but I don’t like its use

as the bees, being shut in, cannot venti-

late the hive as it should be. I have

pulled a ZOO-pound bran sack over such

“ramshackle” hives and it worked all

right for moving them at night.



The transferring is best done during

fruit bloom. Then the combs are about

as empty as at any time of the year and

can, therefore, be easier fastened into

the frames. ,



First, tip the hive upside down and set

another box onto the top. Now drum the

sides of the box hive with your fists.

This will make a good many of the bees

run up into the box. Put a screen over

the box and set it somewhere in the

shade. Then, with a long-bladed knife,

cut the combs loose on all four sides.

Next pry the boards apart.



A piece of board about a foot wide and

two feet long, a basin of water and an

old tablecloth, as well as a sharp knife,

are necessary for the transferring. You

also want a dish for holding chunks of

filled comb. Now fold the tablecloth and

lay it upon the board. Then lay a comb

from the box hive upon it. Hold a frame

over the comb and mark where to cut.



Be' careful not to cut the combs too

small. Rather have them a little large

so they will fit into frames tigthly.

Some wind string around the frames to

hold the combs. I have had better suc-

cess from tacking strips of wood on each

side.



As soon as one or two frames are filled

with comb put them into the hive and

dump the bots from the box in front of

the hive. 'l‘hc hive should be put where

the box hive stood.



Fill as many of the frames as you

can, always cutting the combs as large

as they can be made. Small pieces of

comb are hard to fasten into the frames

so they will not fall out. I would not

use them unless there, is worker brood in

the cells. The small pieces of combs

containing worker brood may be fixed

into a frame to stay until the brood has

hatched, which will be in 21 days. Then

cut it out and melt into wax, as combs

from so many small pieces will be crooked

and full of drone cells and therefore un-

desirable.



Never mind the‘ drone brood as it is

of no value. It can be thrown among

the combs that are to be melted into

iwax. Also try to avoid getting any

drone comb into the frames. There will

be too much of it anyway.



If not all of the frames in the new hive

can be filled with comb, use full sheets

of foundation in those left. To give start-

ers, only, will not do at this season.



If there are chunks of nice clean honey,

it can be used on the table the same as

any comb honey. If some honey is in old

black comb it can be pressed out, the





 





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will have. some real old-fashioned

“strained” honey. '

In about a.‘ week the bees will have

fastened the combs so the little sticks

can be taken off. I happen to think of it

t at a goose or turkey wing comes handy

for brushing off bees when fitting the

combs. F. A. STROHSCHEIN.





 





IN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES.





 





 





Hens Are Crop Bound.





Quite a number of my hens appear to

be crop bound. The crop is full and re-

mains that way. I have tried different

remedies but they mope around awhile

and then die. I feed cracked corn, wheat,

some oats and clover chaff, with oyster

shells and old mortar for grit. They have

plenty of good water and a clean house





to live in.

Otsego C0. J. W. N. .

There is nothing in the feed that should,

produce the condition you describe, un-

less, perhaps, the clover chaff, and that

only in case they eat considerable quan-

titles of the coarser particles. Crop

bound usually results from fowls getting

hold of such indigestible matter as long

dry hay or grass, feathers, strings, etc.,

but it may come from simply gorging. !

An effort should be made to relieve the

trouble without operating, and this is

best. done by giving a teaspoonful of

sweet oil, or a teaspoonful each of castor j

oil and hot milk, and then kneading the

crop well. If the maSs refuses to grad-

ually pass into the digestive tube the

fowl should be suspended by the legs and

an attempt made to remove the contents

of crop thru the mouth. If successful In

emptying crop give nothing for 36 hours

except a little drinking water containing

about 20 grs. bicarbonate of soda to a

quart of water. Then feed sparingly on

soft food for several days and endeavor

to prevent the fowls from overeating

when they are returned to full feed.

When the above treatment fails to re-

lieve, a simple operation is generally per-

formed. An incision about an inch long

is made in the outer skin near the upper

part of the crop. A similar cut is made

thru the wall of the crop and the im-

pacted contents removed thru the apera-

ture; The organ is then washed out With

a 1 per cent solution of carbolic acid

and the incisions are sewed with white

silk, letting ends of threads hang out-

side s-o they may be drawn out when

wounds have healed. Withhold food for





 





 





several days, giving only water containing

a few drops of salicylic acid to the quarl‘,

then feed as described above.



Placing Hives.



I would like to know whether it makes!

any difference which way bee hives are

faced. It is almost necessary that I set

my hives facing north and some tell me

that the bees won’t do well with hives

so placed.



Mason CO. F. B. D.



Most apiarists prefer to avoid facing

hives to the north where possible, and

the instances in which it seems absolutely

necessary to so place hives are extremely

rare. However, there are a few promi-

nent apiarists who, in grouping stands

under trees in orchards, do not hesitate

to face some of them to the north. The

practice, where bees are kept in'the or-

chard, is to place stands on the north

side of a tree where they will get the

morning and late afternoon sun, with

ample shade during the heat of the day.

From two to five hives or stands are

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and they are usually grouped or arranged

to best suit the convenience of the at-

tendant. It should seldom be necessary

to face any of these stands to the north

altho there is really no great objection

to doing so unless the plan is to winter

them on their summer stands, in which

case it would be better to have them

face some other way even tho a good

windbrcak has been provided.





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-APRIL 24,11909u~

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ready, It’s free. Big Birds—Greatest Layers. 15

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'osmc‘e’ns OF THE STATE asso'cm-





. TION OF FARMERS CLUBS.

v.hmidwtkm L. Chandler, Owosso.



Vice-President—Hrs. Clara L. French,

Pompeii.



Secretary—Mrs. W. L. Cheney, Mason.



Treasurer—D. K. Hanna Caro.



Corresponding Secretary—Clayton Cook,

Owosso.



Directors—D. M. Beckwith, Howell; D.





M. Garner, Davlsburg; T. B. Halladay,

Norvell; E. C. Hallock, Almont; B. A.

Holden, Wixom; Wm. H. Marks, Fair

Haven.





Address all correspondence relative to

the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. W.

L. Cheney, Mason. Mich.





Associations! Motto.—

The skillful hand. with cultured mind.

is the farmer's most valuable asset.





 





Aucclational Sentiments-F

The farmer; he garners from the ”I!

the primal wealth of nations.





YEARLY PROGRAM.



One of the most complete of the printed

programs which come to our desks regu-

larly, is the One of the Washington Farm~

ers' Club, Gratiot county. This club's

printed program for 1909 is fully up to

the standard of prevous programs from

this club which have been described in

this department.



On the title page appears, in addition

to the name of the club and the date of

the program, the motto and sentiment

which appears at the head of this col-

umn; also the announcement of the reg-

ular meetings of the club which occur

on the «second Thursday of the month.

One page of this little booklet is devoted

to the program of each meeting, contain-

ing an order of the business for each oc-

casion; announcing a question for dis~

CUSSiOI’l, generally a paper by some of the

members of the club upon a topic which

is given, and other features which are

to be given prominence at the meeting.

The farm name, as Well as that of host

and hostess, is given in each case. At

the bottom of each page is some quota-

tion which may well prove an inspiraton

to the club members as it generally has

a bearing upon the program which is to

follow. Special features are the Men‘s

meetings, the Young People’s meetings,

an August picnic and a Farmers’ Club

Fair in October. All day meetings are

held up to May from which time until

September, the club meetings are called

at 1:30 p. m., when all day meetings are

again in order. A committee for farm

inspecton is maintained in this club and

a roll call is answered in a variety of

ways, giving additional interest to the

program.



On the last cover page appears the list

of officers for the current year, together

with the names of the members of the

executive committee. Altogether this

printed program is one of the best and

most complete that we have seen. and is

without doubt of no little value in main~

taining 21. general interest in the meetings

of this progressive farmers‘ club.





 





CLUB WORK FOR THE SUMMER.





 





With the opening of the active season

on the farm some of the clubs commence

the holding of half-day meetings, while

others omit their meetings entirely until

the fall work is practically over. While

the farm work should come before pleas-

ures, yet the two can be profitably com-

bined in the case of the farmers’ club,

and we believe it is a great mistake for

any farmers' club to omit their summer

meetings entirely. It not infrequently

happens that in the practical discus~

sions which occur on farm topics, the

member will get some pointer which will

benefit hiIn in a practical way far more

than the day or half day which he spends

in attending the club would benefit him

if applied on the farm. This is an age

of progress, in which the most successful

farmer must use his head as well as his

hands in accomplishing results, and there

is no better way in which to get new

ideas and inspirations once each month

than by attending a good live farmers

club meeting, and it is the club that holds

meetings all the year round that has that

kind of meetings. Of course, in the long

summer days it is possible to have a

good half day meeting, and where the

members think they can hardly spare the

time for all day meetings the half day

meeting is very much better than no

meeting at all, and it is to be hoped that

fewer clubs will take a summer vacation

this year than ever before.





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Will Farm corn Au‘oclatloh.—-The April

’meeting of Columbia Farmer-5' Club was

held at Lake View, the pleasant home

of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Nash. Owing

to much sickness the attendance was

The president and vice-

president both being absent, Jay Reed

was called to the chair. After the open-

ing exercises George Friedrich presented

the subject of forming a corn association

and a meeting with that end in view was

arranged‘and held in. Jackson, which has

resulted in the organization of a corn

association. Roll call was responded to

with current events, the principal subject

being the various phases of the local op-

tion question. Committee on the pur-

chase of chairs for the club reported fav-

orably, and the report was accepted and

the committee discharged. After a

bountiful dinner the meeting was called

to order, and the club sang “The Dear

Old Farm.”



Marketing Live Stock.—The subject for

discussion, “Rules and regulations of

stock yards in relation to shippers," was

introduced by Geo. Friedrich. He said

he had corresponded with the stock yards

in Buffalo and Chicago, asking them

questions concerning the rules. From

Buffalo the only reply he got was "Are

you a shipper?” From Chicago he re-

ceived a very courteous reply. As to

inspection, the shiper has no appeal from

the decision of the inspector. They can

throw. out as many as they see fit. 0n

the subject of tips he said, the buyer

has a secret source of information in re-

gard to prices which the farmers do not

have. He gave a number of reasons why

the farmer is at a disadvantage in trying

to ship for himself. so that it is usually

better to sell thru a commission man.

The commission for selling is single deck

stock $8, double deck :12, for yardage,

cattle 25c, hogs 8c. sheep 5c, for shunting

cars, from $1.50 to .00



The Egg Basket—The subject of “The

Egg Basket" was to have been presented

by Mrs. Griflis, but she being absent,

Mrs. Halliday opened the discussion,

making us all feel that hens were about

the most profitable property on the farm.

Her hens last year yielded an income

of nearly two dollars apiece, besides all

the eggs used in the family and for batch-

ing. The question box was in charge or

Will Randall. The Club will next meet

with Dr. and Mrs. E. N. Palmer, May 8,

at 1:30 p. m.



Hold Temperance Meeting—The March

,meeting of the Washington Center Farm—

ers' Club, at “Eimcroft,” was a temper-

ance meeting, and the question for gen-

eral discussion was the “Progress of

Temperance.” “Notable events of the

past year,” was the next topic and here,





 





too, temperance events were discussd,

and Mrs. W. C. Long sang a temperance

solo. “Do we need the commission to





inquire into country life," was also the

subject of a brief discussion.



Young People’s Meeting.—The April

meeting was young people's meeting and

was held at the “Willow Dale." “Why I

like a farm home,” from a boy’s view-

point, and from a girl's viewpoint, was

an interesting topic. The girls furnished

the music, and the boys the recitations

for this meeting. “Current events in

Washington township" was given by Ros-

coe Commet, and the club discussed

“What to do on rainy days. The senti-

ment selected for. the young people's

meeting was “Girls we love for what they

arc. young men for what they promise

to be." Next meeting at the Evergreous,

the second Thursday in Maya—Mrs. O. J.

Campbell, Cor. Sec.



How to Train a Wife.——Thc Southwest

Vernon Farmers’ Club held its March

meeting at the pleasant home of Mr. and

Mrs. Amenzo Wright. The club was

called to order by President John S.

Smith and opened by singing “Columbia

the Gem of the Ocean.” Devotional ex-

ercises were followed by roll call, which

found seven families absent. After a

short business session we adjourned for

the dinner hour and social chat. At the

afternoon session we took up unfinished

business again, after which we listened

to an excellent piano solo by Miss Inez

Reed, which was so heartily applauded

that she kindly responded with another

number. We then listened to our long

looked for paper, “How to train a wife,’

by Martin Harrington. He said he would

rather see a smile on a wife's face than

to see it full of frowns and tears. Just

let the wife have the pleasant smile and

cheerful look and let the husband praise

his wife's kind acts and show that he

really appreciates her good cooking and

not be afraid to let her know he Will

share the pleasant home with her. “Am-

ericans of today and tomorrow," was the

subject of an excellent paper given by

H. B. Smith in his usual pleasing man-





ner. We next listened to awpaper open

for discussion, under the head of “some

problems.” led by Martin Harrington.'





The question box consisted of seven very

interesting questions, led by Wm. Cook,

“Would you favor parcel post?” Thomas

Cooling was in favor of it. Martin Har—

rington think our mail carrier would

be rather late and there would be kidk—

ing because he didn't get along earlier

with out mail. “Should a farmer's wife

neglect her housework for flower gar-

dens?” by Mrs. Floyd Owen. She thot

it paid to have flowers as they always

make a cheerful spot in the home. “Docs

the farmer take interest in politics?” by

Thomas Cooling. He said no, not until

after the officers are elected. “Does it

pay to sow commercial fertilizer?” by

Cass Reed. He thot it paid, from expe-

rience. “Do you believe in the county

road system?" by Moses West. He does

not seem to be in favor of it and rather

likes the old way. Martin Harrington

and Floyd Owen think the county road

system may be all right. “How are arti-

chokes produced for hogs?” Wm. Cook

thinks they are just the thing for hogs.

and Martin Harrington thinks they are

a regular nuisance—Mrs. Fred G. Curtis,

Reporter.





 





grim MICHIGAN FARMER.





GRANGE 3





Our Motto—«"The Farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be

first improved.” '





 





 





 





THINGS THAT ARE NEAREST.



Dear Brother Hardwork and Sister

Littleplayz—One word wivh you! Does

not Arbor Day mean something to you

and me beyondia few recitations and a

little discussion, at Grange meeting, on

the virtue of planting a tree or two on

April 30? Let’s be honest and confess it.

What have we done for that home (1001‘-

yard in this Arbor Day connection? Are

there any more trees or green things

growing in it this year than last? or five

years ago? Aren‘t the debts -well enough

in hand by this time to allow us to spend

a half day, or an hour, in adding some-

thing permanent to that dooryard—some—

thing that shall make the boy and girl

think, “I'm glad our house isn’t bleak

and plain on a bare piece of ground like

some folks’ are!”



Listen to this: "What a child sees

makes the most lasting impression. We

may tell him of the pleasure and inde-

pendence of the farmer’s life; but if his

daily intercourse with us shows it to be

tedious, irksome, laborious, without any

recreation of body or mind, they will

soon lose all interest in it and seek en-

joyment elsewhere. Therefore, strive to

make your homes pleasing. to make

them more and more attractive. Adorn

your grounds with those natural attrac-

tions which God has so profusely spread

around us."



Familiar? Oh, yes, you have often

heard those words in the Grange, but

now, with Arbor Day coming near, Con-

jure up a picture of your home, which

you do love and wish your children to

love. Try to see it as a. stranger sees it.

Try to see it as your girl sees it when

she comes home from high school or the

Normal. Next, imagine a clump of thick-

leavcd bushes cutting off the sharp angles

at the corners, and picture a vine soften-

ing the glare of the noon sun _on the

porch. I know you like the second pic—

ture better, for your deep—down hearts

love comfort and beauty and home!



What Shall you use to make such a

picture as the sccond one a reality? The

common things of nearly every Michigan

neighborhood will answer. Usually “we

look too far for things close by,” when

we begin to think of “improving the

home grounds.” We go to the nursery

catalogs, when we had better go to our

own swamps or fence-rows. You know

somebody has called a weed “only a plant

out of place," and there are five—leavcd

ivies running to waste, I'll warrant, on

scores of premises of readers of this

papcr. Thcro are elms and maples; there

arc rod willows, thornapplc, crab, sumac,

bitter-sweet vine, spircu, dogwood and

wild grape vine, just waiting to be put

in places where they will be useful. The

reason you have despised and neglected

these wild growing things, and laughed

at people who have admired and dug

them up to put bcsidc their homes, is

that you had not yet come to know their

uses. But now, at this Arbor Day. bv

all the precepts of the Grange that stands

for making home the best place of all, I

beg you to take up some of these nog—

lcclcd and (lcspiscd chihlrcn of the soil

and put them noxt your bare houses, next

your hot, blistering porches and around

the edges of your dooryards.



If you have done something of this

sort in other springs, add to it this your;

do not stop until your picture is “framed"

and “tied" to the grass by arms of grow,

ing, grccn, livc things. Beautiful things

they arc—quite as beautiful, and as use-

ful in their way, as that bedroom suite

you but for the guest chamber and that

carpet you laid upon tho parlor floor and

shut the door upon! How docs the cost

compare? JENNIE BUELL.





 





‘POMONA MEETINGS.





lngham County.



The, March mccting of lngham Countv

Grange occurred at VVheatfield. Sutur-

(lay, April 10. The meeting was held in

\Vheatficld Gmngc's fine new ball that

was dedicated two years ago. Tl 's

Grange has continued to advance in cve y

direction since that time. its members

believe in paying as they go, and. besides

building and furnishing their commodious

hall, they have built large sheds so that

horses are well carcd for. So well have

they managed that they have at all times

been free from debt



Saturday morning was devoted to busi-

ness, of which there seemed to be a large

amount on hand. After a bountiful din-

ner served by the ladies of Wheatfield





(-17) 485

Grange, a literary-and musical program

was given. Mrs. Ella Morrice, Flora of

Michigan State Grange, read an excellent

paper on "How to interest the young

people,” giving many suggestions thatr

might be successfully carried out in al-

most any Grange. Mrs. Richard Rande-

baugh gave a fine and comprehensive

review of _Ray Stannard Baker’s “The

Spiritual Unrest," or “The Emmanuel

Movement.” State Speaker H. F. Baker

gave a rousing talk on the business end

of Grange activity, and the Grange and

its influence on legislation. Alth‘o the

farmers were busy, the meeting was well

attended. The next meeting will be held

with Alaiedon Grange, May 14,—Mrs.

E. J. Creyts, Lcct.

Ottawa County.



Western Pomona Grange met in Hud-

sonville, March 25-26. After a bounteous

dinner Grange was called to order by the

Master, with a goodly number present

and was opened in the fourth degree.

Program opened with roll call, nearly

every one responding with the name of

their favorite tree and giving some char-

acteristic of it. The maple and apple

seemed to predominate, altho many oth-

ers were mentioned as favorites.



The first question, “How can we en-

hance the attractions of country life?"

was well and quite thoroly discussed.

Many suggestions were made, but it was

thot that each one might begin by im—

proving his own home surroundings.

“Some needs to successful Grange work

in my home Grange," was responded to

by members from each Grange repre-

sented. Mrs. Ida Alward gave a few min-

utes talk on “The farmer's hours,” fol-

lowing which the last subject of the

afternoon, “Home reading," was present-

ed. This subject was divided into four

subheadings, and the different divisions

were prcSentcd in well written papers.



The evening session, which was public.

opened with a wcll filled hall. “The

rural school problem" was first discussed

from the Patron's standpoint and also

from the teacher‘s. Several suggestions

were made for the improvement of rural

schools, one being that parents should

take more interest in the school and the





work of both teacher and pupil. Mrs.

O. J. C. Woodman, chaplain of State

Grange, was present and gave an excel—





lent address on the subject ”Open Door}. "



Friday mmning after the regular busi~

ncss was transacted, the time was de-

voted to answering questions from a well

filled box.



Mecosta County Pomona met with

Millbrook Grange. Thursday, April 8.

After a short business meeting all pat;-

took of a delicious dinner. An open {'95-

51011 was held in the afternoon, the lead-

ing speaker being Bro. ‘V. F. Taylor,

who gave a valuable talk on “the care

of the orchard.” Others u-ho ii’elpcd to

make the meeting a success were.Bros.

Hartcr and Hill, who considered the

question. “What the farm orchard should

contain," and Sister ii. A. Decker who

gave a paper, “The farm garden.” The

meeting was enlivened {rum time to time

by music in charge of Sister Munn. The

evening meeting was addressed by Bro.

Taylor, who gave his lecture. "The nec-

essity of organization and the Grange

social plan,” which impressed all favor-

ably.—Sec.





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





Easter Grange.—wl\iondny night, April

1‘3, Deputy John “'ihlo organized a. new

Grange in the northern part of Marquette

township. Mackinac (‘11.. at the school-

house ono and a half miles west of Rock





View. The following are the officers:

Master. “'illlum Brown; overseer, Joseph

Smith; lecturer. Charles liill: steward,

Chas. Bumstcad: asst. steward, Keri:

Bumstcad; chaplain. Mary Bumstead;

treasurer, James \Villiums; secretary.

George Slator; gatckccpcr, John Haber-

kort; Ceres, Barbara Brown; Pomona,

Sarah Bumstead: Flora, Flora Brown;





L. A. 8., Frances Bumstead.



Butternut Grange, of Montcalm Co.,

had one application for membership at

last mccting. The time of holding meet-

ings during the summer was not changed

and v1 111 be the same as last summer, tho

first and thi1d Saturday in each month.

In a discussion of farm crops, Bro. Neu—





man, who has raised beans and sugar

heels for several years. declared beans

the most profitable crop for the farm and

farmer. It was conceded by all that

beans were the most profitable. Mrmy

farmers hero have gone back on the beet

crop on account of labor and becauso

they hurt the land more than any other

crop. Eli Muck recommended that for-

tilizcr bc sown in drill, 200 to 1,000 lbs.

to an acre about an inch below the

grain when put in the ground. It was





thot to be a good plan for Grange to own

a fertilizer drill, to be let to Patrons on

account of the smircity of those imple-

ments. Hog raising was discussed with

considerable interest. J. l). Puttcrsou

believes to grow hogs profitably they

should be fed skimmed milk whllc they

are pigs, followed by whcat middlings.

clover and foods rich in protein. The

sisters compared notcs on poultry. their

preferences as regards breeds, including

Minorcas, Plymouth Rocks and Leghorns.

Sister Johnson said R. I. Reds and Ply,-

mouth Rocks lay best in winter and

nghorns in summcr. Tran nests and

securing eggs from the earliest layers

were the moans suggs-sfcd for propagat-

ing good layers. ltm-ipcs for cookies will

be a feature of tho next meeting, each

lady to pass a plate of sample cookies

made by her rccipc.



Clark Grange—Deputy John Wilde, on

Saturdav ovcning organized a Grange at

Ccdarvillc, in Clark township, Mackinac

(‘.o., with the following officers: Master,

Chas. \Vcston; overseer, John Pollock;

lccturer, Lizzie Cudmorc: steward, W. A

Smalc: asst. steward. Arthur Peterson;

L. A. 8., Mary Wcston; chaplain, Jennette

Reach: treasurer, R. V. Pavlat; secretary,

Joseph Cudmorc: gatekeeper Victor Shoe—

burg: Celes. Julia Pavlat: Pomona, Susan

Smale; Flo1a, Hulda Weston.
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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.





April 21, 1909.



Grain and Seeds. '

Wheat.—The wheat trade has attracted

more than usual attention the past week

because of the high level to which prices

climbed. A controversy in which officials

of the national administration took a

prominent part awakened the public to

realize the unusual prices being paid for

cash and future wheat and to discuss

whether these figures were the result of





-supply and demand, or of conditions





created by speculators. Without the

shortage it would be impossible for spec»

ulators to secure a control of the visible

supply. Since the highest level was

reached on Saturday a reaction has taken

place. It is yet to be determined whether

it is only a temporary reaction or

whether the market is being fed from the

farmers’ granaries where supplies have

been waiting for such an opportunity and

the news from the growing sections which

give the conditions of the new crop as

more promising than a few days ago and

the corrected reports from Argentine put-

ting the amount of surplus there at about

double what the bulls contended it was.

Liverpool is and has been bearish and

from Russia the buyers say there are larger

exports than the trade was counting on.

Altho these factors are having an im.

mediate depressing effect upon the

market it is certain that prices will rule

high for some time to come. A year ago

the price for No. 2 red wheat was 980.

Quotations for the week are:



No. 2 No.1 No.3



Red. White. Red. May. July.





Thurs. ...1.39 1.39 1.36 1.39 1.111/2

Fri. ...... 1.40 1.40 1.37 1.40 1 1834

Sat. . ..... 1.41 1.41 1.38 1.41 1.2014

Mon. .....1.391/2 1.391/2 1.30%, 1391/, 1.181/z

Tues. .....1.39 1.39 1,30 1.30 1131/,

Wed. .....1.41 1.41 1.38 1.37 1 15





Conn—Altho the chief factor in the

making of higher corn prices was the

strength in wheat the market was not

without direct support as the. wet

weather in the corn belt has delayed

preparations for the new crop in those

places where the ground is being fitted.

(in Tuesday when the bears had the.

wheat market coming their way the corn

deal rallied with the receipt of the dam-

aging news above noted. One year ago

the price for No. 3 corn was 67c. Quo-

tations for the week are:





No. 3

No. 3 Yellow.

Thursday ....... .. 70 71

Friday .......... 71 72

Saturday . . . . . . . . . ........ 711/2 721/2

Monday .................. 711/2 721/2

Tuesday ....... . .......... 73 73

Wednesday . . ............. 721/2 73%





Oats.—The limited supply of oatslias

prevented any fluctuations in quotations

to be in harmony with the wheat and

corn changes. The market is firm and

reports that in Iowa and other sections

where seeding is progressing, rains have

delayed work, gave the bullish feeling

added strength. One year ago the price

for No. 3 oats was 551/;c. Quotations for

the week are:



No. 3 White.





Thursday ............... . . . ...... 571/2

Friday ................... . . ...... 571/;

Saturday ....................... . . 57%

Monday .......................... 57%

Tuesday .......................... .7715;

\Vednesday ....................... 571/3





Beansr-«Thc feeling in the bean trad-

ing is firm but practically no changing

of holdings have taken place at advanced

quotations. The following quotations are

only nominal:



Cash. May.





Thursday . . . . ............... $2.44 $2.48

Friday ...................... 2.44 2.48

Saturday 2.44 2.48

Monday ..................... 2.46 2.43

Tuesday .................... 2.10 2.13

Wednesday 2.50 2.50





Cloverseed.-In many sections of the

state reports have it that the growing

clover plants are badly hurt by the spring

freezing and thawing and many pieces

of seeding that ordinarily would have

been left for med will be plowed up for

other crops. Prices are ruling on about

the same basis as a week ago. Quota—

tions for the week arc:



Primchot. Oct. March.





 





Thursday $6.77 $0.90

Friday ............ 7.. 0.60 6.7.7

Saturday 6.00 6.75

Monday 6.00 0.7.7

Tuesday . (:00 6.77

“'cdnesday ....... 5.85 6.50 6.75





Rye.—~M:lrkct is firm and «lull. Hffcr-

ings are small. ’l‘ln- price i; 56c for cash

No. 2, an advance of 1 cont,



Visible Supply of Grain.

This week. Last week.





TVheat ............... 32.023000 34,874,000

Corn 5.051000 6,311,000

Oats ................. 8,910,000 9,403,000

Rye .................. 522,000 602,000

Barley ................ 3,170,000 3,143,000





Flour, Feed, Provisions. Etc.

Flour.--~Priccs are unchanged at last

week's advance. Quotations are as fol-





lows:



(‘lcar $000



Straight ............................. 6.15



Patent li'Iichigan .................... 6.50



Ordinary leicni’ ..................... 6.2;;

Hay and Straw. —Priccs unchanged.





Carlot prices on track are: No, 1 timothy,

new, $1050.60“: No. 2 timothy, $9.50fi10;

clover, mixed, $06710; rye straw, $8603.50;

wheat and oat straw, $7607.50 per ton.

Feed.~I'nchangcd. Rran. 9:23 pcr tin:

coarse middlings. $2.0; fine middlings, $30;

cracked corn and coarse corn meal, $29;

corn and oat chop, $27. .

Potatoes.~4Vhile there are davs when

the market feels easier the holders all

over the state are bullish and will not

sell at values lower than the recent high





 





 





figures reached. Good stock is quoted at

$1 per bu. New Bermudas, $7 per bbl.



Provisions.—Family ‘ pork, $18.50@19;

mess pork, $18;.light short clear, $18.50;

heavy short clear, $19.50; pure lard, ill/ac;

kettle rendered lard, 12%,c; bacon, 131/29;

shoulders, 81/20; smoked hams, 12c; picnic

hams, 81740.



Dairy and Food Products.



Butter.—No changes have occurred in

this market. Orders are being filled at

last week‘s prices. Consumers are not

loading up as they think that in a short

time they can get the product cheaper

than now. Quotations are: Extra creame

cry, 28c; firsts, 26c; packing stock, 150;

dairy, 18c.



Eggs.—The appetite of the consumers

of eggs keeps up regardless ofpassing

of the spring holiday, and now the price

paid for eggs is three cents above the

price for Easter week. Supplies are

short. Fresh stock is being quoted at

310 per dozen.



Poultry.—This deal'is inactive. Sup—

plies are short with prices slightly al-

tered. Quotations are: Live—Spring

chickens, 151/4361‘16c: fowls, 1411260150;

ducks, 1667170; geese, 11611120; turkeys,

206722c per lb.





 





Cheese. Michigan, 1667161120; brick,

cream, 171261‘16c: schweitzer, 19@200;





limburger. June. 15c: Oct., 170 per lb.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Apples.—.\I;irkct firm. Best grades are

Quoted at 5370115574“ per bbl. \Vcstern

apples in bus? '2‘ \x-‘=s. $743.75.

Onions—Sp: .. $1.“ per bu: home-

grown at 71“sz yer 35:1: Bermudas, $3

per crate,





Vegetables—Green onions. 10c per doz;

radishes, 20c per doz; cucumbers. $1.25

per doz; lettuce, 10c per lb: head lettuce.

$5@6 per bbl; watercress. 40c per den:

spinach, $1 per hamper; parsnips. $1

per bu; oyster plant, 40c per doz.: a8-

paragus, $1.50 per doz; rhubarb, 40@ 50c

per doz.





 

 





OTHER MARKETS.





Grand Rapids.



The potato market has weakened since

last week, prices sfipping off as low as

80c in some places. Loca'l jobbers are

selling new Florida potatoes at $2.75. Hot

house lettuce has declined. the growers

getting only 561‘6c in wholesale lots, while

radishes grown under glass are selling to

the trade at 180. Hothouse pieplant is

selling from first hands at Go; parsley,

20c; green onions, 66730 per doz; vege-

‘table oysters, 106E121/2c; parsnips, 750

per bu. Old cabbage are out of the

market. In meats dressed hogs are

higher, bringing up to So this week. In

poultry, broilers are worth 3060320, an

advance of 20. In dairy products dairy

butter is 2c higher, creamery unchanged.

Eggs are léc higher. Wheat is 2c higher,

while corn is now worth 72c.



Quotations follow:



Grains—“’heat, $1.37; corn, 72c; oats,

55c; buckwheat, 000 per bu; ryc, 75C.



Beans.—~Ilandpickcd, $2.25 per bu.



Butter—Buying prices, Dairy, N0, 1.

23c; No. 2, 161/2c; creamery in tubs, 261/30;

prints, 27c.



Cheese.——-Michigan full cream is selling

at 16@161/zc per lb; brick, 17c; Swiss, 17c;

limburger, 17c.



Eggs—Case count, 181/20.



Apples.—-New York, $5606 per bbl.



Potatoes.~85cfl$1 per bu.



Cattle. Cows, $250604 per cwt; steers

and heifers, best quality, $36175; dressed

mutton, 3679c; dressed veal, 66110c;

dressed bccf, cows, 5@7c; steers and

heifers, 61/261012



Hogs—Dressed, 9c.



Live Poultry. —— Fowls, 121/2610131/20;

chickens, 13611140; roosters, 060100; tur-

keys, 186019c: ducks, 13@14c; broilers,

11,4 to 2 lbs., 30@32c per lb.





Chicago.



“meat—No. 2 red, $1.401/2@1.42; May,

531.21%; July, $1.12%.



(‘orn.—-—No. 3, 716071140; May, 70%; July,

633.4.



Oats—No. 3

5.753; July. 4374,.



Beans—Pea beans, handpicked, $2.44

612.47 per bu. for choice; good, .2276?

2.30: red kidney, $2612.10.



Butter—Steady. Creamcrics, 22@28c;

dairies, 1061250



liggs.—Firm and higher.

prime firsts, 2‘20.



Tintaitms.—Stcady. Car lots in bulk,

fancy, $1.05@1.07 per bu; ordinary, $1.02

611.04.





 





 





 





white, 54 l/2@56c; May,





Firsts, 21c;





 





Pittsburg.

Potatoes—Michigan, $1.10 per bu.

Apples—Steady. King, $0.25 per bbl;



Spv, 356115.50; Spitzenburg, $5675.50.

Eggs.—V\’estcrn firsts, 210; do. extras,

22c: current receipts, 20c.

Butter.——Creamery, 291/20; prints, 301/2c

per lb.





 





Eigin.



Button—Market continues firm at 28c

per 1b., which is last week's pricc.

Sales for the week amounted to 471,900

lbs. as compared with 458,000 for the

previous week.





 





New York.



Fulton—li'csicrn factory firsts, 19c;

crcamcry specials, 17W23c per lb.



lilggs.—Firm. VVeslcrn storage, packed,

221/2c; do. firsts, 211é6r22c; do. seconds,

2061‘21c per doz.



Poultry.-A.\livc, dull. “'ostm‘n chick—

ens, broilers, 256131lc: fowls, 1567100.

llrcsscd, firm. \Vcsicrn chickens, 12c;

fowls, l~l6ll.7c pcr lb.



(lrain.~~\\'hc:it, No. 2 red, $1.40 per bu:

coon, No, 2, Mic; oats, mixed, 571/2615813c.





 





Boston.



\Vool.—Values show a tendency upward

in both the domestic and foreign trades.

Altho the trade here is light owing to the

shortage of supplies the feeling is strong

and dealers generally are looking for a

better market the coming season than

they have had in some years. Shearing

is progressing over an increased section

of the southwest and west and Michigan





flockmas‘ters are now giving attention to

this duty. Contracts are being made in

increased numbers specially for territory.

offerings, altho dealers are not asleep in

the fleece states. The following are the

ruling quotations for domestic grades:

Ohio and Pennsylvania. fleeces—XX, 34@

35c; X, 32@33c; No. I washed, 38@39c;

No. 2 washed, 23@24c_; half blood comb-

ing, 30@31c; three-eighth! blood combing,

30@3Lc; quarter blood combing, 2963310:

delaine washed, 39@40c. Michigan, Wis-

consin and New York fleeces—Fine un—

washed, 22@23c; delaine unwashed, 28@

29c; half blood unwashed, 29@300; three-

eighths blood unwashed, 29c; quarter

blood unwashed, 28@29c. Kentucky, Indi-

ana and Missouri—Three-eighths blood,

29@30c; quarter blood, 28@290.





Other Potato Markets.

New York.—-—Per 180 lbs., $2.62@2.87,

which is last week’s quotation.

St. Louis.—-Northern stoclcquoted at

$1.10@1.15 per bu.

Phlladelphia.—For good offerings, 93@

$1 per bu.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





 





Buffalo.

April 19, 1909.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)





 





Receipts of sale stock here today as

follows: Cattle, 15610ads, hogs, 12,800

head; sheep and lambs, 20,000; calves,

”"00





With 22.000 cattle in Chicago today and

lower prices there our market opened

slow and prices were steady to a shade

lower than a week ago. Our packers

claim the demand for the meat is Very

light and it is hard to get any advance

in prices. One fancy load of cattle on the

market today brot $6.60. At the close

about everything is cleaned up.



XVe quote: Best export steers. $6606.50;





'best 1.200 to 1,300 lb. shipping steers,





$5.75@6.25; best 1,000 to 1,100 lb. shipping

steers, $5.50@5.75; best fat cows, $450605;

fair to good, $3.75@4; trimmers, $25060

2.75; best fat heifers, $5.50@5.75; light

fat heifers, $4604.25; best bulls, $4.75@5;

bologna bulls, $375604; best feeding steers

800 to 900 lbs., dehorned, $4.50@4.75; 700

to 750 lb. dehorned stockers, $4.25@4.50;

common stockers, $3.50@3.75.



The cows today sold about steady with

last week’s prices.



We quote: Best cows, $45@55; com-

mon, $306035. '



The hog market opened about steady

at Saturday’s prices and about everything

is cleaned up, market 010sing steady at

the opening. Prospects fair for the near

future. ,



We quote: Medium and heavy, $7.356?

7.45; 2 or 3 decks choice, $7.50; mixed,

$7.30@7.35; bcst yorkers, $7.25@7.30; light

yorkers, $6.906v7.10, as to weights; pigs,

$6.65@6.S5, as to weights; roughs, $6.30@

6.40; stags, $5635.25.



The lamb market today was very slow

but most of the handy weight lambs are

cleaned up, a few heavy coarse lambs

going over unsold. Prospects look about

steady the balance of the week.



We quote: Best clipped lambs, $6.35

@690; fair to good do., $6.25@6.75; culls,

$5.25@5.75; skin culls, $3.50@4.50. The

best wool lambs sold from $8608.10.

Yearlings, $5.75@6; wethcrs, $5605.25;

ewes, $4.50@4.75; cull sheep, $2603.50;

best calves, $7.506F7.75; medium to good,

$6@7.25; heavy, $4605.





 





Chicago.

April 19, 1909.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Rcccivcd today ...... 21,000 24,000 20,000

Same day last year ..15,600 30,477 17,423

Received last week.. 42,143 117,538 62,731

Same Week last year.42,047 112,529 57,857



Cattle were marketed last week in quite

moderate numbers once more, Supplies

being on a smaller scale than in most

recent years at a corresponding period,

but there were as many cattle as were

needed, and most of the time there was a

weak undertone, Monday‘s advance being

followed by a corresponding decline on

\Vedncsday. liccl' steers have been sell—

ing chicfiy at $5.50616.65, with the com-

moner class of light-weight steers going

at $4.75615.75 and the bcttcr class of

heavy shipping becvcs taken by shippers

at 55650611715. A good class of cattle sold

at 5562560645, with a medium grade. going

at 3558061620, and exporters hot :1 limited

number around $6616.30. Fat light steers

were the most popular with buyers, heavy

cattle being 1discriminatcd against

strongly, and butcher stock was espio-

ially active and firm as a rule, cows and

heifers selling at $3.30mfi.25, while a sale

'was made of a consignment of 40 head

of Nebraska heifers averaging 1,270 lbs.

at $6.50. Canncrs and cutters were fairly

active at $2613.25, with bulls selling at

$3675.25, While calves were marketed in

liberal volume from the dairy regions

and declined sharply, going at $3670.77.

Milkcrs and springcrs had a, fair casicrn

demand, selling at $236105 per llt‘ilzl.

There was a moderate trade in stockcrs

and feeders. and a few prime lots with

good killing quul'ly brot $7.006:;7.7.7, or

the highest prices vet touched. but the

general market ruled ccuisidcrably lower.

Siockmcn should lose no further time in

marketing their heavy cattle and should

think twice before rcsiocking with high-

priced feeders. It is apt to prove a losing

game, altho i may pay out.



The. receipts of cattle today wcre large

for these times, and while purl of the

offerings went at former prices. the

heavier steers were apt to go at reduc—

tions of .76110c. The. best grade was shi—

able at, $035677.



Recent fluctuations in prices of bogs

have been remarkably wide, and thc rc-

ccnt daily rise lasting for seven days

without interruption was something ex-

trcmely rare. During that period prime

hogs 'of strong weights rose from $7.25

per 100 lbs. to $7.60, there being active

local and shipping buying all the time.

Then there was the inevitable reaction





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that had been locked forfor seVerai days





,--be‘-fore ,it actually occurred, and «prices





fell much‘faster than they had previously

advanced. From now on it is going 'to

be a question of how high prices can be

carried without greatly lessening the con—

sumption of hog.pr ducts, which are al-

ready selling unus ally high everywhere.

Of the hog shortage there is no reason-

able doubt, and heretofore country-ship-

ments of hogs have been greatly curtailed

after every sharp decline in prices. Aver-

age weight of hogs marketed here has

been 209 to 211 lbs. recently, compared

with 201 lbs. the last week of February,

218 lbs. a year ago and 236 lbs. two years

ago. Prices for the best hogs dropped

late last week to $7.20, rallying at the

close a dime and showing a further ad-

vance under small offerings today, with

good sales at $6.70@7.37%.



Sheep and lambs were extremely good

sellers last week on the whole, altho

inevitable reactions in prices took place

at times. Sheepmen who marketed fat

stock got good prices, and values were

much higher than in most past years,

owing to the fact that less feeding was

done in nearly all sections last winter

than usual. Colorado lambs comprised

the principal share of the daily offerings,

and they were usually much better in

quality than the native lambs offered for

sale. Shorn flocks of both‘ sheep and

lambs were discriminated against invar-

iably by buyers and averaged $1.25 per

100 lbs. lower than unshorn flocks. Buy-

ers also showed a marked preference for

light weights owing to the popularity of

the lighter cuts of mutton, and Mexican

lambs for this reason were the best sell-

ers. The market was a little lower today

under larger receipts, wooled lambs going

at $7@8.15, and clipped lambs at $5.50@

7.05. VVooled wethers were salable at

$6.10@6.50, ewes at $3.50@6.25, yearlings

at $6.50@7.25 and rams at $4@5.50.



Horses have been selling rather freely

recently, and the weakness in prices has

received'a check. With the approach of

the out-door driving season light harneSs

horses are finding a broader outlet, sales

being made at $150@350 per head and up-

ward, with a good part of the horses





going to New York, Boston and Philadelg





phia. Commercial chunks weighing 1,300

to 1,500 lbs. are having a larger outside

demand at $150@200, and heaVy drafters





are fairly active at $175@220, with better_





animals going for $225@250. Small south-

ern chunks are slower at $60@110. Farm

chunks and mares are selling moderately

at $130@175. F.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





The Kentucky distilleries are now

marketing their slop-fed bulls and steers

in fair numbers, and Montana hay-fed

cattle have been selling in the Chicago

market with considerable freedom at

$5.306EG.25 for steers. Preparing these

hay-fed cattle has become a regular in-

dustry in recent years, and the custom

is growing, as it has been found profit-

able on the whole. According to all ac-

counts, fewer cattle than usual are being

fattencd in the middle west, but plenty

of cattle are being sent to western mark-

ets to satisfy all requirements of buyers

for western and eastern consumption.

The approach of grass causes farmers

to look around for cattle to eat it, and

whenevcr prices for stockers and feeders

look good to intending purchasers good

numbers are taken and sent out to feed-

ing sections. Of late there has been

quite an urgent inquiry for fleshy heavy

feeders that can be returned to market

as finished beeves by .Iune and July, but

too high prices have checked sales.



“The ultimate consumer" is getting the

worst of it at the present time, with

about everything that goes to make up

the cost of living greatly enhanced in

value. The boom i'i wheat brot about

by the famous James A. Patten bull clique

operating on the Chicago Board of Trade

has sent the price of flour sailing sky-

ward, and now the bakers are either ad-

vancing the price of loaves of bread or

are making lighter weight loaves. Pota-

toes are selling unusually high as a re-

sult of the partial failure. of the last crop,

and “pratccs” grown in Ireland are being

shipped into this country and sold at a.

profit after paying the high duty. All

kinds of Vegetables are very dear, and

meats of all descriptions are extremely

high. Mutton sells so high that it is

beyond the reach of most people, and beef

is selling at such unusually high prices

that its consumption is materially les—

sened in most parts of the country. The

purchasing power of the people is much

less than a few years ago, great numbers

of workmen having had their wages re—

duced, while there is a great army of

the unemployed in the manufacturing

states. All these things are important

factoran the live stock trade as a. mat-1

ter of course, and it would not be pos-

sible to maintain the recent high prices

for sheep and lambs under large offerings.

Neither is it possible to dispose of normal

cattle supplies in the markets of the

country at steady prices, and buyers are

showing a decided preference for moder-

ate-priced fat light—weight steers and

heifers. As for hogs, the strongest fea—

ture in trade is the fact that fresh pork

is having an enormous sale, everywhere

owmg to the fact that it is cheaper than

any other meats. There are no burden-

some stocks of provisions held at the

present time in Western warehouses, and

wlulc sweet pickled hams are much more

plentiful than a year ago, fne stocks of

other hog meats :‘rc much smaller, and

there is a reduced lard supply.



14‘. 1.. Bishop, of Colorado, one of the

old settlers in the San Luis Valley, who

recently marketed in Chicago the last

of his pun—fed lambs, fed 5,000 head last

winter, There were fed in the Valley

last winter. says Mr. Bishop. approxi—

mately 200,000 lambs, as compared with

twice as many in some past years. Sheep

feeding on peas has given the Valley a

wide name, but farmers are now going

in for diversified farming and are raising

more grain and potatoes. It is regarded

as a garden spot for farming.





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

April 22, 1909.

Cattle.





Receipts, 1,012. Market active and 150

higher than last week.



We quote: Extra dry-fed steers and

heifers,, $5.75@6.30; steers and heifers,

,000 to 1.200, $5.50@5.75; steers and heif-

s,800t01,000, $5@5.35: steers and heifers

that are fat, 500 to 700, $4.50@5.1t); choice

fat cows, $4.50@4.65; good fat cows, $4@





4.30; common cows, $3@3.75; canners,

$2@2.25; choice. heavy bulls, $4.50; fair

to good bolognas, bulls. $4@4.25; stock





bulls, $3.50@4; choice feeding steers, 800

to 1,000, $4.55@5; fair feeding steers, 800

to 1,000, $4@4.50; choice stockers, 500 to

700, $4.25@4.65; fair stockers, 500 to 700,

$3.75@4; stock heifers, $3.25@3.75; milk-

ers, large, young, medium age, $45@55;

common milkers, $25@40.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 4 cows

av 825 at $3.50, 6 steers av 1,040 at $5.75.

3 butchers av 866 at $5, 1 cow weighing

920 at $7; to Newton B. Co. 16 steers av

944 at $5.60, 2 do av 1,325 at $6; to Mich.

B. Co. 1 cow weighing 960 at $4. 5 butch-

ers av 1,140 at $4.65, 4 do, av 730 at $5;

to Sullivan P. Co. 13 do av 1,130 at $4.75,

11 steers av 933 at $5.75, 7 cows av 1,093

at $4.50, 8 steers av 1.106 at $5.25, 2 cows

av 1,015 at $4.25, 1 bull weighing 1,420 at



50, 3 do av 1,450 at $4.50; to Newton

B. Co. 15 butchers av 747 at $5.10.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co.

10 steers av 805 at $5.35. 1 cow weighing

1,050 at $4, 12 steers av 1.107 at $5.70;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 6 do av 1,293 at

$6.25; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 17 butchers av

880 at $5.50; to Mich. B. Co. 2 do av 840

at $5, 1 steer weighing 1.090 at $4.75, 1

cow weighing 1,070 at $3.50; to Newton B.

Co. 3 steers av 920 at $5.25, 1 steer weigh-

ing 1,320 at $6.30, 1 cow weighing 680 at

$2, 8 steers av 1,016 at $5.60, '6 do av 1,066

at $5.60, 1 do weighing 1.160 at $5.85. 27

do av 890 at $5.50, 6 cows av 1,050 at

$4.10, 4 do av 1,100 at $4.75; to Mich. B.

Co. 1 canner weighing 760 at $2, 1 do

weighing 780 at $2.50, 21 butchers av 917

at $5.35; to J. Greene 3 cows av 816 at

$2.25. 3 do av 1.223 at $4.25; to Snow 6

stockers av 616 at $4.65; to Hammond. S.

& C0. 1 bull weighing 1.330 at $4.10, 1 do

weighing 1,220 at $4, 1 cow Weighing 1.130

at $3.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 bull weigh-

ing 1,520 at $4.25, 3 do av 993 at $4, 2 do

av 1,375 at $4.25.



Spicer, M. & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 26

butchers av 1,020 at $5.65, 17 do av 991

at $5.50. 1 bull weighing 1.500 at $4.25, 1

d0 weighing 750 at $3.75; to Hammond. S.

& CO. 1 cow weighing 980 at $3, 2 do av

905 at $3.75: to Mich. B. Co. 3 butchers

av 613 at $3.50, 2 cows av 840 at $3: to

W. Rattkowsky 2 butchers av 440 at

$3.90; to Randall 6 stockers av 483 at $4;

to Bresna‘han 2 cows av 1,000 at $4. 3

bulls av 590 at $3.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros.

2 bulls av 1,030 at $4.20. 1 cow weighing

650 at $3.50; to Sullivan P. (To. 2 bulls

av 1,450 at $4.50, 1 do weighing 1.720 at

$4.40; to Kamman B. Co. 8 steers av 955

at $5.50, 9 do av 813 at $5.25, 6 do av 961

at $5.50, 10 do uv 1.024 at $5.50; to New-

-t0n B. CO. 16 (10 av 1,132 at $5.75, 8 butch-

ers av 1,031 at $4.85, 4 do av 725 at $5.25;

to Lacealt 10 do av 887 at $5; to .1. Cook

5 do av 930 at $5.25; to Bresnahan 7

COWs av 1,104 at $4, 1 do weighing 1,000





at $4; to Mich. B. Co. 5 do av 974 at

$4.10; to Hammond, S. &, Co. 3 heifers

av 1,310 at $5; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 7

butchers av 736 at $4.25; to llcinrich 8

steers av 1.200 at $6.25, 3 do av 946

at $5.25.



McAninch sold Dombetka 6 butchers

av 485 at $3.50.



Same sold Regan 3 butchers av 760

at $4.30.





Kendall sold FitZDutI'ick Bros. 8 butch—

ers av 812 at $5.25. .



Lewis sold Ncwtm R. Co. 2 butche-

ers av 390 at $1.25. 1. hc'fer weighing 48:)





at $4.50, 20 steers av 885 at $5.50. S cows

av 815 at $4.50.

Robb sold Sullivan 1’. Co. 29 steers av





87?. at $5.40.



Carmody sold some 6 do av 800 at $3.40,

2 cmvs av 1.065 at $3.50, 1 (lo weighing

1.100 at $4.50.



H. N. Johnson sold Hammond. S. &

Co. 1 bull weighing 1,500 at $4.50, 2 cows

av 1.085 at $3.50.



McAninch sold same 1

1.300 at $4.10.



H. N. Johnson sold hIiCh. P.

steers av 916 at $5.20 .



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 839. Market steady with last

Friday, 500 lower than Thursday.



Best, $6.25@6.75; others, 33.50016; milch

cows and springer-s Stcmly.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Newton E. Co.

12 av 125 at $6.50; to XV. Rattkowsky 11

my 135 at $6; to Newton B. CO. 9 av 115

at $6.60, 1 weighing 120 at $6.60; to Mar-

kowitz 4 av 125 at $6.50. 8 av 125 at $6.50;

to Goose 5 av 125 at $5.75: to Hammond,

S. & C0. 21 av 133 at $6.75, 2 av 115 at

$5, 21 av 130 at $6.35, 7 av 125 at $6.35;

to Parker, W. & Co. 11. av 120 at $6.50,

23 av 128 at $6.65; to Rattkowsky 8 av

125 at $6.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 15 av

135 at 6.75.



Spice; M. & R. sold Sullivan P. Co.

1 weighing 310 at $3.50. 3 av 135 at $5.

24 av 130 at $6.50, 3 av 130 at $6.75, 2

av 135 at $4; to McGuire 18 av 130.at

$6.50; 14 av 125 at $6.50; to Burnstine

31 av 135 at $6.50; to Hammond, &





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' Co. 22 av 130 at $6.50' to Newton B. Co.





 





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14'av"182 at $0.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 1

weighing 150 at $4, 4 av 115 at $6.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Goose 22 av 133 at

$6.50, 15 av 125 at $4.50; to Caplis 26 av

128 at $6.



G. J. Smith sold Mich. B. Co. 9 av

135. at $6.75.



Adams sold Sullivan P. Co. 2'av 125

at $6.25.



Wickman sold same 6 av 120 at $6.



Mertz sold Newton B. Co. 15 av 135

at $6.50.





Weeks sold Markowitz 9 av 125 at $6.25.

NicAninch sold Bresnahan 9 av 135

at 6





Carmody sold Burnstine 3 av 155 at $6.75,

H. N. Johnson sold same 15 av 130

at $6.25.



Torrey sold Friedman 5 av 110 at $6.

Groft sold Barlage 12 av 105 at $6.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 1,368. Market steady at last



Thursday’s prices.



Best lambs, $6.60@6.80; fairto good

lambs, $5.50@6.25; light to common lambs,

$4@5; wool lambs, $7@8; fair to good sheep,

$4.50@5; culls and common, $2.50@3.50;

best fall clips, $7; spring lambs, $13 per

hundred.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Nagle 131 lambs

av 68 at $6.50, 8 sheep av 100 at $5, 4 do

av 120 at $4.50, 265 lambs av 72 at $6.50;

to Newton B. Co. 23 wool lambs av 69

at $7; to Sullivan P. CO. 114 (10' av 69 at

$8, 3 sheep av 110 at $4.50; to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 7 do av 100 at $3, 6 lambs av 75 at

$6.50, 26 sheep av 105 at $5, 110 wool

lambs av 70 at $8, 22 do av 85 at $5.50,

15 do av 72 at $7.75, 10 sheep av 91 at

$4.50; to Newton B. Co. 21 lambs av 87

at $6.75; to W. Young 53 wool lambs av

77 at $8; to Mich. B. Co. 101 lambs av 65

at $6.75, 20 do av 75 at $6.25: to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 2 sheep av 140 at $4;

to W. Young 14 fall clip lambs av 80 at

$7, 14 wool lambs av 65 at $7.25, 2 sheep

av 140 at $5.



Spicer, M. a R. sold Mich. B. Co. 5

lambs av 110 at $5.75, 5 do av 57 at $6.75,

2 sheep av 110 at $4.50; to Thompson

Bros. 3 do av 55 at $3.50, 28 lambs av 60

at $6.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 14 do av 55

at $6.60, 5 sheep av 110 at $4.75: to Mich.

B. Co. 2 do av 110 at $4.50, 3 lambs av

70 at $6.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 24 wool

lambs av 80 at $7, 2 spring lambs av 60

at $13.



H. N. Johnson sold Mich. B. CO. 1

sheep weighing 130 at $4, 16 wool lambs

av 85 at $7.



Bennett & S. sol-d same 16 lambs av 80

at $6.60.



Adams sold same 66 do av 77 at $7.



Wickman sold same 30 do av 78 at $6.80.



Hogs.



Receipts, 3,544. Market 10@15c higher

than last Thursday.



Range of prices: Light to good butch—

ers, $7.25@7.35; pigs, $6.50; light yorkers,

$6.85(d7.20.



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

Co. 115 av 160 at $7.20, 147 av 155 at $7.30,

95 av 148 at $7.15, 74 av 175 at $7.25, 121

av 140 at $7, 138 av 190 at $7.35.



Bishop, B. & H. sold same 139 av 160

at $7.25, 30 av 170 at $7.20.



Sundry shippers sold same 65 av 175 at

$7.30, 78 av 185 at $7.35, 105 av 160 at





$7.25.

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

248 av 180 at $7.35, 234 av 165 at $7.30,





244 av 160 at $7.25, 302 av 150 at $7.20.



Sundry shippers sold same 82 av 175 at

$6.85. 222 av 150 at $7.15.



Spiccr, M. & R. sold Sullivan P. Go.

29 pigs av 116 at $6.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold same 86 hogs av 180

at $7.25, 97 av 160 at $7.20, 6:") av 17.7 at

$7.30, 28 pigs av 115 at $6.85.



Bishop, B. & H. sold same 80 hogs av





 





136 at $7.

Friday’s Market.

April 16, 1909.

Cattle.

The cattle market opened up Friday





morning with all grades bringing steady

prices with Thursday and all arrivals

were disposed of early. Milch COWs and

springers active at Thursday's prices.

We quote: Extra dry—fed steers and

heifers, $5.50@5.85; steers and heifers,

1.000 to 1,200, $5.50@5.75; steers and hcif-

ers. 800 to 1,000, $5695.50; steers and

heifers that are fat. 500 to 700, $4.50@5;

choice fat cows, $4.50@4.60; good fat





cows, $4694.25; common cows. $3@3.50;

canners. $150602; choice heavy bulls,

$1.50; fair to good bolognas, bulls. $4;





stock bulls, $3.506’zi4; choice feeding steers,

800 to 1,000 $4.50@4.75; fair feeding steers,

800 to 1,000, $4694.50; choice stockers,

500 to 700, $4.25704.50; fair stockers, 500 to

700, $3.50@4; stock heifers, $36,173.50; milk—

crs, large, young, medium age, $50@55;

common milkers, $206140.



Same sold Sullivan P. Co. 13 steers av

942 at $5.50. 1 do weighing 1.090 at $4.



Same sold Hammond, S. & Co. 1 steer

weighing 870 at $5.35.



Some sold Thompson Bros. 3 heifers

av 7:13 at $4.25.



Same sold Caplis 7 butchers av 750 at

$4.50, 5 do av 805 at $5.10.



Sheep and Lambs.



The sheep and lamb trade was steady

with Thursday. Quotations hereafter will

be for clipped stock. Very few wools





coming now:



Best lambs. $6.70; fair to good lambs,

$6696.50; light to common lambs, $5@6;

wool lambs, $750698; fair to good sheep,

$4605; culls and common. $3693.50.



Bishop, B. & H. sold E. H. Young 15

lambs av 90 at $6.50. 103 do av 80 at $6.40.



Spicer M. & R. sold same 20 lambs av

75 at $6, 2 sheep av 150 at $4.



Lucke sold Parker, W. & Co. 20 wool

lambs av 73 at: $7.25, 1 Sheep weighing

140 at $5.



Bishop, B. & H. sold same 86 clip

lambs av 85 at $6.70, 1 sheep weighing

130 at $4.50.



Hogs.



In the hog department the trade was

dull and 5@10c lower than on Thurs-

day, the very best grades bringing

but $7.15.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $7@7.15; pigs, $6.50@6.75; stags 1,4; off.



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





 





 





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154 av 160 at $7, 68 av 200 at $7.15, 144 av



175 at $7.10, 56 av 150 at $6.90, 125 av 160



at $7.05. ‘

E. Chase sold same 70 av 165 at $7.10.

Lucke sold same 69 av 160 at $7.10.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





Wheat.—~The condition of wheat on

April first in the state and southern

counties was 76, in the central counties

69 and in the northern counties 83.



The average depth of snow on March

15 in the southern counties was 0.29, in

the central counties 0.62 of an inch, in

the northern counties 6.20 and in the

state 1.79 inches.



On the 3lst of March there was no snow

in the southern and central counties,

in the northern counties 2.85 inches, mak-

iinghthe average in the state 0.67 of an

no .



The number of weeks protection to

wheat by snow in the southern counties

was 0.40, in the central counties 0.73, in

the northern counties 2.78 and in the

state. 0.99. In answer to the .questlon,

“Has wheat during March suffered in-

jury from any cause?" 247 correspondents

in the southern counties answer “Yes”

and 75 "No." in the central counties 103

answer “Yes" and 35 “No,” and in

the northern counties 37 answer “Yes"

and 75 “No.” The total number

of bushels of wheat marketed by

farmers in March at 120 flouring mills

is 128,422 and at 78 elevators and to

grain dealers 63,173. or a. total of 191.595

bushels. Of this amount 131,256 bushels

were marketed in the southern four tiers

of counties, 52,941 in the central counties

and 7,398 in the northern counties. The

estimated total number of bushels of

wheat marketed in the eight months Au—

gust—March, is 7,750,000 and the amount

of wheat yet remaining in possession of

growers, after deducting 2,000,000 bushels

used for seed and home consumption is

2,000,000 bushels.



Seventy-eight mills, elevators and grain

dealers report no wheat marketed in

March. The amount of wheat in farmers’

hands in per cent as estimated by crop

correspondents at the present time is as

follows: State, southern and central

counties 9 and northern counties 8. This

estimate is considerably less than given

by this department.



Rye—The average condition of rye is

83 in the state and southern counties, 78

in the central counties and 88 in the

northern counties.



Meadows—The average condition of

meadows in the southern counties is 77,

in the central counties 83, in the northern

counties 86 and in the state 81.



Live. Stock—The average condition of

horses in the state is 96, cattle and swine

94 and sheep 95.



Fruit—A large percentage of fruit cor-

respondents claim that the mild winter

has been favorable for fruit and the pros—

pect at the present time indicates a good

yield, howvvcryit is too early in the

season to predict just what the outcome

will be.



The following table shows the prospect

for an average crop of the various kin'ls

of fruit in the different sections of the

state:





Sou Ccn. Nor.



Slate Cos. Cos. (Vie.



Apples .......... 87 86 88 89

Pears ........... 82 82 82 S3

Peaches ......... 77 76 7) 80

Plums ........... 82 82 81 8':

("berries ......... 86 84 86 92

Small fruit ...... 84 83 88 K7

In regard to the question “Arc pouch

orchards living spt‘uycni for curl lcnf'?”

59 corrcspondcnts answer "Yes" and 121





“No."



it seems that the time, is not far off

when we will see nothing but motor

driven vehicles travel over country roads

and thru city streets. Thousands Of

horse drawn vehicles are being replaced

by motor driven cars and even in the

country the farmer of today is beginning

to use motor cars to run errands or 3:0

to town, the some as he is now using

power driven implements instead of those

drawn by horscs. The improvements of

country roads and public highways that

are being carried on all over the country

make it possible today to travel hundreds.

of miles without striking what may be

and this fact. coupled





culled “bud roads"

with the vcry infrequent 1min scrv1cc

in many loculitics has causcd large num~-





bcrs of trnVcling men to use, motor curs

instead of railways or ‘horse and buggy,

and as a traveling salesman generally

must be positive of “getting there" he

has to have, a car that will do his work

satisfactorily and give him rthe smallest

amount of trouble. The high wheel,

solid tire type of machine, apparently,

has tilted this demand and seems to give

good satisfaction as we find that type of

motor cars used by a lurgc numlwr of

salesmen all over the country. A popu~

1211' car of this type is The Black Model





112, made by the Black Mfg (‘o., Chicago.‘





This firm issue a beautiful catalog every

year which they will gladly mail free to

anyone interested in this type car.





The Extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee

& St. Paul Railway to the Pacific

Coast.



With the completion to the Pacific co

in the

the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail-;

way (called the Chicago, Milwaukee 8:}

Puget SOund Railway) one more of the‘

great railroad systems of the west will’

rank as a transcontinental line. For the

beginnings of this great railway system

we must go back to the year 1865. when

the Minnesota Central, now known as

the Iowa and Minnesota Division of the

Chicago, Milwaukee &. St. Paul Railway,





was completed to Fartboult. Minn. This

road reached the Iowa line in 1866, and.

was completed to St. Paul in 1867.





Since i

that time the growth of the system has:





been rapid, the total mileage reaching i

4,721 miles in 1884, 6.065 miles in 1892. l

6.382 miles in 1903, 7,264 miles in 1907, '





and 7,451 miles in 1908.





ast farming and sheep and cattle raising. Best

near future of the extension of,





The total length ,





‘ (15,) 487‘





of the extension now being completed

from the Missouri River to the coast is

1,400 miles, and by the time it'i-s opened

the total mileage of the wholesystem will

have reached 9,000 miles. Altho for ‘a

considerable portion of its distance the

new line traverses approximately the

same country as the Northern Pacific, for

the greater part of the distance it will

open entirely new sections, in which are

included some large areas of fertile agri-

cultural country, and extensive districts

that are rich in mineral and forest

wealth. The development of the country

thru which it passes. and the carriage

of freight and passengers to and from

the large areas which will be tributaries

to the line, are not by any means the sole

objects for which it has been built. Its

promoters are looking beyond the broad

Pacific, in the expectation of sharing that

large and ever—accumulating trade, which

has already assumed considerable propor-

tions, between the Orient and the leading

ports of the Northwest. Traffic arrange-

ments have already been made with lines

of steamers to operate in connection with

the new transcontinental route.





 





 





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nothing up to the great





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That’s what potato grower-

say, and they know. Book free.

Getitondseehowwel . , ,

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ASPINWALL MANUFACTURING CO.

439 Sabin Street Jackson.‘Mlch.

' Canadian Factory: Guelph, Canada





United States Rubber Company





42 Broadway, New York, April 1. 1909.



The Board of Directors of the United

States Rubber Company has this day de-

clared from its net profits a quarterly div-

idend of Two Percent on the First Pre-

ferred Stock (including all outstanding old

“Preferred" Stock), and a quarterly div-

idend of One and (me-half Percent on the

Second Preferred Stock of this Company,

to Stookholders of record at 3 P. M. on

Thursday. April 15th, 1909, payable, with-

out closing of Transfer Books, April 30m.

1909. JOHN J. WATSON, JR., Treasurer.





HAY &. GRAIN





We want to beer from Ihlpperl of Boy and Groin—Our

direct union to large eon-union In this district eublu

us to [at top price: for good ahipmenll. Liberal od-

vmcu to connignorl.





Daniel McCaflrey'I Son: 00.. Pillsbury Pa.

net—Nubian” lli'l But. "I'll!“ lll’i Int.





FARMS AND} FARM IANDS

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE





FOR SALE—Exclusive bottlelng dairy '

business in town 3,000. 80-11.



farm, 30 cows, 2 silos. cement block stable, 60 gel.



daily. W. H. BOARDMAN, Vassar. Mich.





when you can buy

the Belt Land In

Mlohl an at from

M to 10 on not.

near Saginaw and Bay City. Write for map and per-





ticulars. Clear title and easy terms. STAFFILD Bio...

(owners) 16 Merrill bldg.. Saginaw. W. 8.. Mich.





EASTERN GOLORADO RAIGII





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THE ROSE ON THE WATER.





BY HATTIE WASHBURN.





I launched a rose upon the wave, .

That had Withered o’er my heart,



And watched it long with fancies grave

As I saw that flower depart.





I wondered, as it rose and fell—

Slow receding from the shore—

Or lingered on some gentle swell,

When its voyage would be o’er.





Would it be washed upon the strand

By the waves that ceaseless ply,



And found all fresh upon the sand

O’er some stranger‘s heart to lie?





I cast a hope upon life’s sea

That had died within my heart,

And wept at fate’s most stern decree

As I saw that hope depart.





The angry waters onward bore



The treasure my heart had known,

Unto a far and unseen shore



Where other fond hopes have flown.





But as the waves refreshed the rose.

Withered hopes again may shine,

And some tried heart forget its woes



As it holds that hope of mine.





TH EODORA.





BY IRMA B. MATTHEWS.





Chapter lib—Westward Ho.



The days following their decision were

very busy ones for Don and Don. Their

friends sought no more to dissuade them

from their course; in fact, the doctor

abetted them in it from the start. There

were others who talked of the matter

to themselves, but they merely said, with

a shrug of the shoulders, “Too bad

Hampton left those youngsters in such

shape! They say the young felloxv’s

health has failed, too, and then dis-

missed the matter from their minds.



There was much to be done in those

last days. First, they selected the few

pieces of furniture that they wished to

keep and were indispensable to house—

keeping and shipped them. There was

not much. A four-roomed cottage would

not hold much; besides freight charges

count up, as they soon found. Don set

his foot down firmly when the question



of Dora's piano came up.



“\Ve will keep that at any cost," he

said firmly; “it will pass many a lonely

hour for both of Us and, besides, I fear

Dora may not have many pleasures, and

she must not be deprived of that."



lVIr. Dingingham felt he was wise in

this decision. Then there was one or

two pictures, a. few books, some of the

smaller rugs and chairs and things that.

they must have. It looked like a small

outfit, but they were determined to do

without luxuries.



“’hcn everything was disposed of Don

found that they had just fifteen hundred

dollars. It looked like a small sum to

him; he knew that it m‘ght have to last

for months, and trembled at the thot.

Dora added another thousand to it by

selling some jewelry that was left to her

from the wreck.



“O, Dora, you should not have done

that!” her brother exclaimed.



“\Vhy not? I will have no use for such

things now," she answered. “I kept the

little watch father gave me and the ring

you bot me last ("hi-istmas. That is jew-

elry enough for :1 WWW :ii‘i.



Their little ail may seem like a small

fortune to some of you. but to them it

was beggary, and yet they faced it with

stout trusting hearts.



One day lion found lioia curlid up on

a couch with a book that shr- was ins

tently studying



“‘Vhat in the world have you there?”

he asked.



“A book on poultry, and it is real in—

teresting I assure you." she answered,

holding it up.



Don laughed merrily as he took it from

her hand and read, "Guide for Poultry—

men,” but in spite of the laugh the little

book was really of much practical help

to them later on and they both consulted

its pages often.



Partings came at last and the hardest

thing for them was the last visit to the

place where their parents lay. “'hen they

turned from that spot they felt that they

left the old life forever behind them, and

that the new, filled with what trials they

knew not, stretched out before them.

Strive as they might, they could not

pierce the veil that enveloped the future.

They must walk blindfolded, and yet by

faith, trusting where we may not see.

When Don showed Dora their tickets he

said: “Second class, little sister! It is

the first time, but it made quite a differ-

ence in our fare and we must count our

money.”





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"Never mind, ” she answered cheerfully;

“I dare say many nice people travel sec-

ond class,” and, in fact, they were greatly

delighted with their traveling compan-

ions. All were sociable and friendly.



“Why, Don,” Dora whispered at the

end of the first day; “some of them are

much more refined and educated than

some of the people we have met all our

lives. I wonder if it is such an awful

thing to be poor after all?”



Don smiled and wondered also if he

would ever have really known the true

gold in Dora’s nature if adversities had

not come.



\Ve will not follow them on their jour-

,ney, for it was but like many another,

and they were very tired when they

reached their destination and went di-

rectly to a hotel and to rest, with all

thots of further investigations left until

another day.



They retired early and Don awoke the

next morning much refresh-ed. He went

out and made inquiries as to the loca-

tion of their land before Dora had her

breakfast. “'hen he returned she was

waiting for him.



“Yen naughty bm. she cried, shaking

her finger at him: “haye you been trying

to steal a mi 1-rch on me?"



“No 0, l have only been trying to learn

which way to go. To tell the truth, Dora,

my heart almost fails me now that we

are. so near. I could not face that fu-

ture home of ours alone.”



It 'was said half in fun, half in earnest.



“Well, I am ready to face it with you,”

she laughed; "or will be as soon as I get

my hat. This air is glorious! Do you



know, Don, I fancy you look better

already!"



“I do not doubt that; a good night’s

rest has done much for both of us, and

life seems more worth living than it did

last night.”



“Have you noticed the roses, Don? I

was talking with a lady at the hotel be-

fore you came and she told me that they

bloomed here every month in the year.

That will be one luxury we need not

go without. “'hat do you think my flow-

ers cost a year?"



“No small sum, I dare say; but here

is our car, now, for what?”



“Home. "ie it ever so humble," she

answered bravely.



Don explained to the conductor where

they wished to go.



“I think I know the place, 110 an—

swered: “a good location, only somewhat

neglected.”



For a. time both were quiet as they sped

by groves of fruit trees that neither of

them could name, and acres of vineyards,

with here and there a flower-covered cot~

tage nestling among the green trees. At

length Don spoke: “thy, Dora,” he said

in a low tone, “it is beautiful!"



She turned toward him with shining

eyes. “Yts, I lit-yer knew the country

was so pretty befoie. i don't think I

ever noticed.”



“Your stop,” the conductor said;

“straight up the road, first place to the

right.”



Tho y walked along until they came to

a tiny cottagt set well back from the

road and over—run with vines of various

kinds. Over the tiny front porch, and

completely screening it. elambered a rose

bush filled with great crimson blossoms.

All around weeds and grass grew high,

snowing neglect.



Hora felt :1 lonesome, homesick feeling

surrep over her that one often feels when

in the presence of :1 neglected place. \Vhat

1:: there about it that always gives, one

a fer-ling of sorrow, they know not why?



"That must be the place," said

lion, rloubtfully; “it looks neglected

enough.”



"Yes,” critd ltora, pulling him along

eagerly, not daring to stop and let her

feelings have sway. “ilo hurry, Don.”



They went up the neglected path and

Doia stopped in the little porch to pull

some of the beautiful blossoms. Then

they pushed open the door and entered.

The room they entered was evidently the

living room. (in one side was a huge,

iireplacc made of Cobblestone with a low

bookcase at each side. \Vall paper hung

in strings here and there, loosened by the

damp, and the place had a musty smell.

Dora went into the next rooniwa dining

room with a pretty china closet. built in,

one corner and a bow window at the

side. The other two rooms were sleeping

rooms, with a bath between; everywhere

was (lust and dirt.



Don looked at Dora. “I wonder,” she

said, “where they cooked?”



He smiled at this. “Maybe we shall

find a fairy kitchen," he said; “or, better

still, maybe people can live without eat-

ing here.”



She looked at aim





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opened the back door. A small porch was

enclosed here, and geing dOWn the back

steps she spied a door opening 'into. a.-

basement. She pushed ‘open .this door.

and found a room of good size. An old

rusty stove still standing there showed

where the cooking had been done.



“See, Don,” she called; “they have left

the stove for us. This is the secret of

the house standing on stilts. I wonder

why they build their houses so high? It

seems as if they built them two stories

and then lived in the top one.”



Don did not answer. He was looking

around the yard. Evidently there had

once been a. fine garden but it was choked

with weeds now. Grape vines and fruit

trees were struggling to live and roses,

refusing to be beaten, were running

everywhere.



“It is rather a dreary looking outlook,

isn’t it?” he asked.



“Yes,” she answered; “but, Don, I can

see it as it will be and then—why, just wait

and see what a little paint and paper

will do in there, and the removal of some

of this trash here. Don, I feel sure it

will make a lovely home by and by.”



“We had better make sure it is really

ours before we plan too much. I see

another house just thru the trees there;

supposing we inquire.”



Dora consented, and they set out. A

motherly-looking woman answered their

rap.



“The place belong to people in the east,

I believe?” She said in answer to Don’s

question. “It has long been neglected.

I wish someone would buy it and come

there to live; it is lonesome now, and so

near to us.”



“We are coming there to live,” began





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Dora, eagerly, for there was something

in the motherly face that attracted her

at once; “the place belongs to us but we

wanted to be sure it was the right one."



The woman’s eyes took in the man’s

pale face and the girl’s black dress as

she exclaimed: “Going to live there!

\Vell, I am glad! I am afraid you found

a miserable looking place, but a good

cleaning will do wonders, and we do not

need big houses here. We have all of

outdoors to live in.”



“I wonder if you could tell me some-

one that I could get to help me clean and

paper and do what must be done," said

liora wistfully: “I never did such things

and I do not know what to do at all.”



Like the twinkling of an eye Hrs. Scott

made a guess that came very near the

truth concerning the young people before

her, and she said cheerfully: “I rather

guess I can. Lettie, my daughter, will

be glad to help you; she always does our

papering and will be glad to lend a help—

ing hand to new neighbors. You come

right in here and stay to dinner. Lettie

has gone to town and when she gets

back she will tell you just what you need.

No, don't refuse.” as she thot she saw a?

negative answer in Donald’s face. .



“We haye no idea of refusing,” said

Dora gratefully. “It is so kind of you,

and—” the red lips quivered as she con-

tinued: “we are so alone and ignorant.”



Mrs. Scott led the way into a cool liv-

ing room, and again Dora. was surprised





at the quiet elegance of the place. It was

simply furnished, but everything was so





harmonioux liora decided at once that

they were people of refinement, while the

books and magazines scattered around

showed that they kept up with the

world's progress.



liettie came soon, and Dora, who had

pictured to herself a big, strong, middle-

:1ged woman, was again surprised. She

Was hardly so tall as Dora herself, with

a lithe, well-built form. One glance at

the laughing brown eyes and tip-tilted

nose and Dora immediately and without

compromise fell in love With Lottie Scott.



“'l‘hese are our new neighbors. They

have come to live at the place across the

way;” she hesitated, and Don said, with

a smile:



“.Fo 'give my thotlessness. I/Iy name is

Donald llampton and this is my sister

Theodora, called by her friends, Dora, for

short.”



Lettic smiled and decided at once that

she would like Dora. As for the brother,

she was not sure; she would decide that

later. Mrs. Scott explained to Lettie

the help that Dora, wished and then left

them to get acquainted while she went to

get the dinner.



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were introduced to the remaining mem-

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soft ‘ brown discs are h‘is‘ffiiothez m ‘ as:

ter. Dora felt sure as she looked at him

that he would prove a, power of streh‘gth’

where his friendship was given and she

coveted that “friendship at once for her

brother.



“‘I learn from my wife that you have

come to be our neighbors," Mr. Scott re-

marked as they seated themselves at

the well-filled table. '



“Yes,” answered Don; ”we have come

to take possession of the little place we

own here, but it is rather a forlorn look-

ing place at present.



“It is, but a little hard work will rem-





edy that. What do you intend doing?”

“I do not know,” Don answered

frankly. “The truth is, I do not know a





thing about the country or the work,

but I am anxious and willing to learn

and hope to make a living for myself and

sister.” 1' .



“You have a fine place for fruit and it

has been partly set“ out but is so sadly

neglected that it will take some time to

make "anything much from that. Still

the trees are there and that is much bet-

ter than having to wait for them to

grow. The former owner began what he

thot would be an earthly paradise, but he

was not to enjoy it for long.”



“How was that? I understood from

our lawyer that father bot the place from

a lady."



“No doubt. A man named Holmes bot

the place and built the house. He came

here from the east with his wife, a. pretty

young thing, and after building the house

went to work for the electric company

here on the cars. As fast as he could

he began to set out his trees, saying that

he would quit work when they got to

bearing. Well, they lived happily for four

years then an accident happened one day

and the husband was killed. The heart-

broken little 'woman went east with her

husband’s body and her baby. She wrote

back to us once saying that she reached

there safely and she had sold the place

for what they put into it. I have often

wondered how she found anyone to buy

the place who had never seen it.”



“Our lawyer said because father had

more heart than brains,” smiled Don.



“The bread he cast upon the waters is

certainly returning to hig‘schildren," said

Dora softly, and Wayne cott gave her

a quick look of sympathy and under-

standing. ,,_. .__,_



“You will perhaps keep on with the

fruit,” he said, turning his eyes on Don,

“and I am sure father can give you many

pointers.”



Don looked troubled. “I do not know,”

he said; “I hope too; meanwhile we must

live.”



“Just so,” declared Mr. Scott who,

While this conversation was being' car-

ried on, had been studying his guests and

had made a pretty close guess concern-

ing them. “I should advise you to begin

with poultry. The poultry houses and

yards need but little repairing to put

them in good shape, and a good flock

ought to keep you going,'with what you

can raise, and give you time to get your

orchards into bearing trim.”



“Do you really think I can make a.

living that way?” Don asked eagerly.



“Sure thing, and much more than that

if you have the right stuff in you, and I

am inclined to think that you have.”



Then the conversation became more

general and drifted into other channels.

Don soon found that this farmer and his

son were as well, if not better informed

than he was himself on many of the

questions of the day, and it would have

been hard to say which feeling predomi—

nated in his mind, astonishment or ad-

miration.





 





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each,” said Lettie.

time and I am as hungry as a bear."





sure nothing

before.

appetites Lettie asked Don if he knew

how to varnish and he replied that ‘he

could learn.

set him to varnishing the wood work.





hands. {Missy Scott you are certainly a



‘.‘.‘Miss Scbtt is not,” answered her com-

'panion ‘saucny, “but Lettie may be. Now,

let's settle this question right now. If I

am to live next neighbor to you and run

in every day and help you get settled I

cannot be dignified Miss Scott. Call me

Lettie, please.”



The quick tears sprang to Dora's eyes

at the friendliness expressed fully as

much by the girl’s voice‘flas her words.



“Dear Lettie, if I only may, and if you

will call me Dora. You cannot know

what your kindness means to me.”



“Kindness to myself you mean. Well

then, that is settled. Now, see that you

are on hand bright and early with all of

the things I have written down here and

I will soon show you'and that brother of

yours how to transform a house into a

home.”



“The brother does not need to be shown.

He believes without seeing,” declared

Don with a low bow. “Your power is but

too manifest. Do you only use it for the

good of those who come under its in~

fluence?”



“Wait and see,”

him.



When Don and Dora arrived the next

morning they found Lettie already there

and at work. In the basement. instead

of the rusty stove of the day before stood

a shining black one.



“Why—where—” began Don





she laughed back at





in aston-





ishment.

“Magic,” laughed Lettie saucily. “The

truth is this is a good stove. I mis-





trusted as much yesterday. Mrs. Holmes

had no time to dispose of it and it was

much too heavy to ship. so she left it.

Now, with a small gasoline stove in the

enclosed porch above you will be all

equipped for cooking. Now for the paper.

My paste is ready and we had better get

to work.”



The paper Dora had selected was very

pretty. She watched Lettie as she. pre-

pared and hung the first strip. Then she

said eagerly: “I can put the paste on."



“If you can we will get along much

faster,” Lettie answered.



Dora had enveloped herself in a big

apron like she used at the cooking school,

and Lettie looked at her approvingly.

She handled the brush deftly after a little

showing.



“What am I to do?" asked Don.



“Just keep out of the way,” laughed

Lettie, and thus dismissed he set out

to have a good look around the place.

When he came in at noon he was aston-

ished to find one room nearly done. He

stood gazing at the two flushed faces in





amazement and admiration for a minute,





then Dora discovered him.

“Just see, Don—1’ then she stopped;

“where did you get those?" pointing to

a number of lemons which he held in his

hands.

“One question at a time, please.

been having a look at our





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and I found these out here on a tree, also





some trees that look suspiciously like





orange trees.”





“Oh, good! Lemons and oranges of our





own !” cried Dora.





“Yes, Mr. Holmes put out some of





“But come, it is lunch

“Lunch!





Oh, I forgot!” cried Dora in





dismay.





“Never mind, I did not," said Lettie





merrily.





'l‘hey ate picnic fashion and Dora was

had ever tasted so good

After they had satisfied their





She showed him how and





After the meal was finished Lettie got They had a merry time and night came





a pencil and some paper and told Dora z

she was ready to look over the house

with her and tell her what was needed

to make repairs.



“I will write down the amount of paper

you are to get for each room." she, con~

tinned, “and you can take it. with you,

then there will be no mistakes.” ‘



“Will it be very expensive?"

Dora timidly.



“Indeed, no. You can get something

for the living rooms for two bits a roll

and the bedrooms even less. Insist on

what you want and you will get it. Now,"

she continued, critically, as they sur- t

veyed the living room: “I think a paper

in soft brown shades would be pretty for

this room, with a cream ceiling. and

green would harmonize well for the din-

ing room, as the.two .rooms open,to—

gether so. Then in the bedrooms white :1

background with pink flowers“ scattered

over one, and blue or yellow ones over





asked





said a voice behind her, and there sure

enough was a dray loaded with furniture

turning into the. yard.





and

Wayne came over to help when he saw





case and carried

Lettie. gazed at it admiringly.





gether,” replied Dora, as she saw many





IlmOSt before they knew it, altho Dora





was very tired for the work was all so

new to her.

the house was finished and

their furniture.





At the end of the third day

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“I wish it was here," sighed Dora.

“Which wish shall be gratified if by

It' you mean our worldly possessions."





Both girls were excited and delighted,

watched eagerly the unloading.





he load. The piano was taken from its





into the living room.





“You play?” she said to Dora.



“Yes, do you?”



“Nothing but a guitar and V‘Vayne plays

violin.” » 0

“That will be nice; we can play to— c





the other." pleasant days ahead.





“Splendidl".\cried Dora, clapping her





(Continued next Week).





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ing sight of an outgoing car he boarded

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“Maria," said Mr. Blake When he had

finished luncheon, ”where is my“ over-

coat? I hung it upon the hall rack when

I came in last night.”



“I have been housecleaning today.

John,” answered his wife, “and I carried

your coat up to the garret, as the season

for wearing overcoats is about over.”



“I’ll just run up and find it,” he said,

“as I left a. check for fifty dollars in the

side pocket. I endorsed it last night and

forgot to take it along this morning.”



He hurried up two flights of stairs and

searched among the various garments

that lay scattered about but failed to find

his overcoat among them. His daughter

came up with an armful of odds and ends

to store away for the summer.





“Jennie.” he asked, “have you seen

anything of my overcoat in this junk

shop?"





“Was it the black one with the shabby

sleeves?"



“Yes, it was,” he answered impatiently.



“Oh, I carried that old thing to the

basement this morning and hung it upon

the rack down there."



“Confound it all,” he muttered as he

turned to retrace his steps, stumbling

over a broken chair and crashing into

a basket of glassware.



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basement where another array of confus-

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my overcoat among this trash?"



”W'as it a black, thin-like coat?"



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“Lend my overcoat!” he exclaimed in

dismay as he thot of that check for $50

which he had left in the pocket. “\Vho

in creation did you lend it to? Where is

the man? Speak quickly, I tell you."



“He is me cousin,” she answered in a.

frightened voice, “one Jimmy O'Toole,

an’ he lives at No. 19 Gavin Alley.”



He waited to hear no more but dashed

up the basement steps and boarded a

passmg car.



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lie hurried to the door and rang many

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small boy peeped out at him.





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fellow named Jimmy O‘Toole, who has

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“Where is he now? Tell me quick or





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“Where does this Terry kit-Shane live?"

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to the office that afternoon,‘ so he went





to the nearest store and telephOned that-





he was unavoidably delayed.



Once more he started in pursuit of that

coat, in the direction of a distant grave-

yard. He reached his destination late

in the afternoon but found, upon much

inquiry among the assembled crowd

there, that the much sought after gentle-

man, a certain Jimmy O’Toole, had been

sent, at the conclusion of the burial, home

in charge of the disconsolate widow of

the deceased. The undertaker was a, very

obliging man, and listened to his com-

plaint patiently, offering him a seat be-

side the driver of the hearse which would

convey him directly to the McShane resi-

dence.



He was growing desperate in his chase

and felt there was nothing left for him to

do but accept the offer. It happened just

the hour that several offices closed for the

day, and, as Blake was a well-known

business man, he passed several of his

acquaintances who looked at him in won-

der perched beside the driver of the

hearse.



Jimmy O’Toole was at last found but



“could not produce the coat.



“Sure, I jist ripped the sleeve a trifle."

he explained, “and sint it to the tailor for

repair, and he will return it to your

house immediately—”



The exasperated man wheeled away

from the door without listening to the

string of apologies that followed. He had

a look upon his countenance that boded

ill for anyone who dared to approach

him. The children he passed in the

street scampered out of his way after one

look at his face, and a policeman startel

to follow him when he caught the sound

of his fierce mutterings as he strode

along.



He reached home to find the much

sought garment hanging peacefully over

a chair in the dining room.



“A boy brot it home a few minutes

ago." explained Mrs. Blake.



lie did not answer her but went for

the coat. With frantic haste he dived

his hand into each pocket. the wicked

look deepening at each withdrawal of the

empty hand.



“There! It’s just as I thot!" he cried

as he, flung the coat from him. “The

check is gone and I am fifty dollars out!”



“Was the check between the leaves

of a little notebook?" his wife innocently

asked.



“Yes,” he shouted back at her.



"Why, here it is dear, I took the

notebook out of the pocket before I car—

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THE CARE OF A CARPET SWEEPER.





 





BY E. E. E.



An article of great convenience is 1hr-

carpet sweeper. In daily use it results

in an immense saving of time and

strength, also of wear and tear upon

floor coverings. Furthermore, it reduces

the labor of dusting since it gathers up

all loose dirt and particles of lint and

deposits them safely in its interior. To

be sure, it is followed by some dust but

nothing compared to that occasioned by

the use of a broom. A sweeper costing

from two to three dollars will last almost

a lifetime if taken care of, and nothing

about a house will better pay for a sim—

ilar expenditure.



There is little about such a machine to

get out of Order, yet it frequently is sadly

nrgiectcd. Perhaps the most common

form of neglect consists in leaving it until

it is mwrfiowing with lint and dirt be-

fore emptying. It should never be put

away after a morning‘s use without

dumping. Also the brush should be com-

pletely freed from hairs. threads and

other bits which are sure to cling to it.

The ends of the roller are apt to become

wound round and round with these, too,

and nothing hinders lhc free action 01

the machine more than such a condition.





The outer covering often becomes-





marrcd and battered and the handle

loose in its socket. Keeping the outside

wiped free of dust, and an occasional

application of oil and turpentine such as

would be given a chair or a table assists

wonderfully in preserving the fresh and

new appearance. If the handle becomesj

loosened or will not stay tightened in the;

screw of the socket take it out entirely‘

and put in a little plaster of paris or‘

portland cement, wet to a paste with cold

water, then insert the handle and screw

down tight.



A sweeper should never be emptied

directly over an open fire. There may be}

something in the pans which is too val-

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over the floor the brush may have picked

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,ssnnli article unobserved by the operator,

and which might be searched for long and

diligently. Besides, that the blaze is

liable to come closer to the brush than

was anticipated and burn it. By dis-

charging the dust upon a; newspaper an

opportunity for inspection will be afford-

ed and it will be easy afterward to lift

the whole and drop it in the fire.



For clearing the brush of its entwined

a‘ccumulation one dislikes to use the bare

fingers. An old comb, if very course,

will answer every purpose. By breaking

off a. short length this will work between

the dust pans in the bottom of the

sweeper very effectively.



At the ends of the brush where it en-

ters the framework a. sharp cutting in-

strument like a. knife is useful in sever-

ing threads and hairs should become

wound around them. In fact, that is

about the 03“ way in which to release

them so firmly do they sometimes become

lodged in this small space.



The wheel axles of the sweeper should

occasionally be oiled to ensure ease in

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HOUSEC L EANING.





 





BY R. B. R.



In heusecleaning do not hurry to finish.

We still have many cold damp days to

contend with when fires and flanncls are

both, needed for health and comfort.

Neither would I put off the beginning till

warm days are here, for then the longing

to get out doors makes the work a bur-

den hard to bear. A. way I have found

helpful is to begin early with rooms least

used. The guest room is perhaps as good





as any. This may be thoroly gone over,

carpets takcn up, painting, papcriug, ctc.,

done Without any interruption to the





family. With this room in perfect order

you will draw a long breath of gladuess

when John’s wealthy old maid aunt

descends unexpectedly at the most in-

convenient time. cht, take the closets

one at a. time placing all garments (both

good and bad) on the liuc for a good air-





ing while you scrub and air to your

hearts content. I like to bum a little

sulfur on a few coals in the closet. Just





take a long handled shovel with a few

coals, sprinkle with a little sulfur and

pass it into each corner and around thru

the closet a few times after you have it

all clean, leave the door open an hour

or two and see how fresh and sweet they

Will smell.



After you bring the garments from the

linc, go over (:H‘ll unc carefully, fasten

all buttons, llzuill, NC. This is a gOOd

time to decide what clothing can be used

another winter. Some, of course, Will be

utterly unfit for further use. Tin-.m-

should be disposed of at once—keep noth-

ing that has no use either to yourself or

someone else. Place all that are only

fit for rugs and such things by them-

selves, and if you have no use for such

do not hesitate to offer them to smuc

friend who does make such things. To

not destroy shabby garments, but lay

aside till you have finished your lmusc-

cleaning thcn pass all such things on to

someone less fortunate. For the furs,

nice coats, etc, do not seal up tightly.

Air thoroly, place in clean boxes, where

you can easily reach their“ then two or

three times thru the summer take them

out and shake in the fresh air, let them

lay exposed to the sun and wind a few

minutes, replace and you .will never be

troubled with moths. But if you are

doubtful procure a. small bottle of oil of

cedar, place a. few drops on cotton and

lay in the boxes. This is sure to rcpel

the intruders and has no disagreeable

odor. However, while harmless to gar—

mcnts it is a. poison and the bottle should

be labeled and kept out of the reach of

children. Next take the sleeping rooms

one at a time, and take your time doing

each one thoroly and get everything in

each straight bcfore beginning the next.

By the time these are finished the parlor,

living room and dining room may have

their turn, still doing one at a. time and

before you, or at least, the rest of the

family, scarcely realize it you will have

finished and be ready to enjoy the bright

days with an easy mind, and the fceling

that onc’s home is in order is in itself

a rest.



The cellar should be attended to as

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the door and windows open. Have it

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pure at one time it may become un-

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A simple test is known as the Meisch

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three-quarters full of the water to be

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this time it becomes cloudy or milky it

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clear it is probably safe. Be careful that

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No. 4---Buy Your Fence Direct





" REIGHT is something of an item in

F buying wire fence. But it is not

nearly as big an item as a good

many people think it is.

I have heard some good, level—headed

farmers say, they do not buy

fence direct from the factory

because they are afraid of the

freight. '



But freight must be paid

anyhow. These p e o p le

should consider that whether

they buy their fence from

their local hardware dealers

or whether they buy it direct



from the factory, they have the

freight to pay just the same.



It is one of the items that go to

make up the total cost of the

fence.



The trouble is that with local

- dealers, “freight” covers a multi-



tude of sins.



The fact is that fence bought through local dealers comes to you in

a very roundabout way.



You have not only one “freight” to pay, but two, sometimes more.

For the factory that jobs its wire fence, ships to the jobber. There’s one

freight, also a jobber’s profit.



The jobber sells to the local dealer, and ships to the local dealer.

There’s another freight to pay, and there’s the dealer’s profit to pay.



When you buy from the local dealer, never doubt it, it’s all added on

to the price of the fence.



I choose to take the short cut on it and buy from the factory myself.

I know I am paying the freight, but it’s only one freight, and I am

sure of cutting out two unnecessary profits.



The Bond Steel Post Company at Adrian, Michigan, sells farmers

their Empire All No. 9 Big Wire Fence direct from the factory at factory

prices.



And they ship it to you freight prepaid.



There’s no chance for you to get caught on the freight, for it is

included in the price they make you on the fence.



They sellyou the fence for so much (it’s a very low price, factory price)

and deliver it to you at your own railroad station.



If you know this Empire All No. 9 Big Wire Fence, you know there is

nothing better made. If you do not know it, you ought to send for a free

sample and get acquainted.



There are no little wires in it to break and rust away

quickly. The wires are all big and all same size. They

are not only big, but they are made of the strongest,

toughest kind of steel, with no pores to draw mois-

ture and start rust.



I say, test out this direct fence-buying

proposition. My word for it, you will be

more than satisfied with its advantages.

You will be dealing with your own kind of

people when you buy Empire All Big W'ire

Fence, direct from the Bond Steel Post

Company, 16E Maumee St., Adrian, Mich.





Farmer Jones





 





 

 





 

 

 





   

 

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 





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A Farmer is Known b His Fences

If you are a GOOD Farmer you want the B ‘ST FENCES. CLE‘V L-

LAND WIRE FENCES are the BEST. They come in any height

and an size. LOOK FOR THE CLEVELAND LOQP and SPRING.

EVOU’ ATERAL WIRE has a SPRING which prOVides for contrac—

tionin Cold Weather and for expansion in Warm Weather, so that

the CLEVELAND WIRE FENCE IS ALWAXS TIGHT.

The TOP WIRE makes the CLEVELAND YVIRE FENCE STAND

UP against Heavy Animals, Snowdrifts or Wind Storms. The. many

Cross Bars to the rod prevent hogs or other animals from raising it.

So itrequlres no repairs. Horizontal wires of Special High Grade

Hard Steel. Uprights one iece. Steel Farm and Ornamental

Gates in all sizes. Write for REE CATALOG AND SAMPLES. ‘1

Cleveland Fence 6 Wire 00.. Dept. B Cleveland. 0-





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GET TO KNOW





THE “ALAMO”





The Gasoline Engine that combines QUALITY,

DURABILITY and ECONOMY. A perfect farm

power. It will lessen your work and increase

your income. It will pump water. grind feed,





   

   

 

   

 

   

 

   





 





   





 





   





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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out of a farm,

. every square f0 01:

must be either tilled or else

. , made to produce feed for live

stock. A fence all around the farm,

then cross fences, making more and

smaller fields—permittin g rotation of

_ a. crops and change of pasture—are first



essentials in making possible maximum earnings.





9' Here are two great fences—the best square mesh and the best diamond mesh.

We selected these two styles years ago. after careful study and advice from many of

the most experienced and successful farmers. the correctness ofwhich has been veri-

fied by actual results in the field. These fences are the simplest in construction;

are made of any size or weight of wire desired and perfectly adapted to all uses

and conditions.



If you want square mesh. buy American; if you like diamond. buy Eliwood.

You can safely take the verdict of the millions of farmers who have tested and

tried out these two great fences. Dealers everywhere, carrying styles adapted

to every purpose. See them. Catalogue for the asking.





AMERICAN STEEL 8: WIRE CO.

Chicago New York Denver San Francisco





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There are reasons why farmers and stock-raiscrs bu it. and then



buy more of it. It is manufactured of the right kind 0 material—the

best that can be bought. It is tied as no other fence. The Anthony knot



shows its pomts of su eriority _at a glance. A prospective fence buyer does

not need to be persua ed to believe _ e sees good oints—he SEES them. An-

thony fence not only has good material and a 00 knot. but is built by work-

men who know how to build fence. Every b_un_ le of wire is inspected when it

goes in the actory, and ever roll of fence lS_ inspected in course of manufac-

ture. The oundation_of Ant ony reputation is based on protectin cu tomers

against inferior material and workmanship. Improved mechanism Tian les Am

thony Wire Without injury or removm the galvanizmg. hence Anthony fence is

more nearly rustless than any other ence.



Steel Wire Gales





Semi for Hand Sample

All gates. both double and single. have





Send for free sample Anthony_Fence. It

ShOWS the Anthony knot as It actually high carbon tubular steel frames; the

fil ing. or mesh, is of galvanized steel





a pears in the Fence. It and Booklet

wire; all fittings of_for ed malleable





ree. Write for them. Then we want

YOU to compare Anthony With Others iron. Furnished in Sing e or double.

what dealers think of Anthony Fence.





Let us send you a folder ehowin

They could not sell so much i farmers did not want It, and farmers





would not want it if Anthony fence were not the best.





The Anthony Fence Co..

19 lichi‘an St, Tecumseh. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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We make an extra heavy fence in which every wire—both strand and stay—are No. 9 an e. Those fences are

“94° of the best fence material In the world—Hard, Hi Ii Carbon “Double Strenggthg' coiled Spring Steel

Wire, thickly galvanized. I more substantial and durable ence was never stapled to oats. 15 to 350 or

Rod delivered—4h pay freight. Semi for our free sample and catalog showing 150 sty es offences. Send I].





THE BROWN FENCE a. WIRE 00.. Del“- 49 CLEVELAND. OHIO.





 





 





 





 





churn,run a separator, saw wood, bale hay, shell



corn and is adaptable to many other purposes.

In Stationary from 3 to 50 H. P., Portables. all



sizes. Send for our Picture Book Catalog—Fr“.





THE ALAMO MFG. (30.:

HILLSDALE,‘ MICHIGAN.





 





 





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