VOL. CXXXIX. No. It;

Whole Number 3609.





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SELECTING SEED CORN.





HE result of the present season’s



I planting has taught a much need-



ed lesson. Thousands of acres of

corn are carrying only half a stand or

less. The reason for this very unfortu-

nate condition is that the seed which

was used was imperfect, if not decidedly

lacking in vitality. Many fields were re—

planted and even then only a partial

stand was secured. Never will there be

another such season of short crop due to

a. poor stand of corn. Farmers every—

where are going to pick seed corn from

the field and dry it properly this year.

As much as $10 per bushel was paid for

good seed coriL last spring—and it was

easily ~worth it, as a couple of additional

bushels per acre this year will more. than

repay the extra. cost. Ilo‘wcvcr, it is an

enormous price to pay, and no farmer

should again be! caught in such circum-

stances as to make it necessary to pay

such a high price when by a few hours

work he can have corn on his own farm

that will be equally as good, if not better.



Very properly, the first point to be

emphasized in field selection of seed corn

is that the corn will dry properly and

that the embryonic, or tiny little plant

within each kernel will be properly de-

veloped and preserved. This will insure

growing vitality when the seed corn is

planted next spring. 1To be safe on this

point the seed corn must be selected early

in the fall and dried out before frost or

freezing weather has affected it.



The manner of gathering may be very

simple. A man may first decide upon the

size and type of ear that he wishes to

use as a standard. That ear he should

carry with him constantly where he can

see it. If that is not done the large and

varied number of cars of different shapes

will confuse any man and in the end he

would have many different types of ears

in his collection.

way is to use a large sack with a strap

from either end tied at one corner and

passing over the man‘s shoulder. lVVe

carry the sack in this manner with the

open end in front. \\'hen an ear is see-n

that looks at all likely to be a seed ear

it is examined by raising the husks on

one side. If this examination shows the

ear to be what is wanted, it is husked

completely and dropped into the sack.

A man will be able to gather in ordinarily

heavy corn as much as he can carry in.

a very short time. There are several

convenient ways of disposing of the corn

as the sack may become heavy. Boxes

or bags may be kept at one or both ends

of the field and the seed corn emptied

each trip. A wagon may be used in the

same way or the corn may be piled on

the ground temporarily.



A large number of very important fac-

tors may wcll be considered in field se-

lection. The kind of a. stalk upon which

the ear grew is worthy of attention. The

size of the stalk should be suitable to

the climate. A stalk with tlhe ear too

high is likely to break over in the wind.

One with the ear too low is very likely

to have an ear upon it that is under-

sized. It must not be overlooked that

the stalks surrounding the one upon

which a seed ear grew are very likely to

be. represented in the parentage- of the

ear. It is, indeed, well tlo examine the

meta?" stalks for if the ear under ex-

amination has been fertilized by ban'en

or inferior. stalks, certainly we do not

want it for seed. An ear that grows on

a. stalk in a hill where there are two or

three other stalks is to be preferred to

another that grows on the only stalk in

the hill. The latter has had a very

much better opportunity and might have

been only an ordinary specimen if it had

shared with one or two other cars. A





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good car that has grown and matured

under normal conditions is more likely to

produce satisfactorily than one which

has reached the same development under

more favorable conditions. Selection in

the field has been one of the most im-

portant factors in improving our corn to

its present standard. Men are finding it

profitable to gather their seed corn in

the field for the numerous reasons men

‘tioned, and more. \



The ideal place to dry seed corn would

be where there is a circulation of warm,

dry air. On the ordinary farm one can-

not‘ provxde: ideal (:-omliliions#ho must

make the best use of the means at hand.

Any sort of a closed building is apt to

be lacking in a. circulation of air. The

same is true of the farmhouse. In the





used. The two ends are tied together.

An ear of corn is laid in the» middle of

the doubled string. The strings are then

crossed, the two strands being held about

three inches apart. Another ear is laid

in and the strings crossed as before.

This is kept up until the end of the

string is reached. Then one open end

may be drawn through the other and the

string of cars hung up by it or handled

as dcsircd. 'l‘he strings between the cars

kc-ep thtm from touching, which is very

necessary as moulding no doubt would

occur if they were to touch. \thn it

is desired to move the corn all the cars

cn one string can be handled as easily

as a single car. which is not possible

when any other method is used.



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Seed Corn Selected from the Hill and Properly Cured will





 





 





 





Insure a Good Stand





Of Corn N8xt Spring.





cellar the air is usually so damp that

corn will not dry out: at all. An open

Shed where the wind can blow through

and which will shelter the corn from rain

has given very good results in practiCe.

For years the writer lived in Nebraska

where there was invariably a dry season

at seed corn picking time. We simply

strung the corn up in the open, flaking

care to carry it inside if rain threatened.

In the more humid regions such a plan

is not safe.



The simplest and all around most sat-

isfactory plan that can be used in hang-

ing up corn to dry is undoubtedly the

one devised by two Iowa. boy‘s. A. binder

twine string, about ten feet in length, is





 





where the corn is stored. so long as the

place is dry. Freezing does not damage

corn that is perfectly dry, at least not so

that it can be noticed. The kitchen at-

tic or an unused room on the second floor

of the house will rank among the most

desirable places. To have the place of

storage free from rats and mice is abso-

lutely essential. Last fall the writer

happened to stay with a farmer who had

in several upper rooms of his home. seed

corn several inches in depth. The corn

Was dry and of most excellent type. in

the, spring that corn gave 96 per cent

germination 'test and sold at an average

irice of $6.00 per bushel or more.’

Minnesota; H. E. MCCARTNEY.





 





4N6 DAMP GRAIN.





As a rule, it is not customary for those

who write for the agricultural press to

look upon the gloomy side of things, but

they are supposed to always have an

agreeable and optimistic outtlook before

them.



The present season has certainly been

a very unusual one, especially since the

harvesting of the grain has begun. talus

have been prevalent throughout a large

portion of the country. and it has been

almost an impossibility to secure the

grain before it has hocomo more. or less

damaged by excessive moisture.



it. may not be wise to describe the an-

noyances that confront one under such

conditions as we have oxpcricnce-d dur-

ing the present hay-Vest, but it will be

“/‘ell to avoid it‘ possiblc, some of the (UTI—

cultics that arc likcly to arise. in conse—

quence of the grain becoming more or

less damaged. To the experienced indi-

Vidual, some of the serious results are

so familiar that it seems appropriate to

offer a few words of caution that may

benefit; some, not. only this present year,

but. in years to come.



The ancient custom of putting cap-

shcavcs on the shocks of grain after it

is shocked up is not as prevalent as in

former years. ‘While it takes a little

more time to cap the shocks, it more

than repays the trouble in keeping the

grain in good condition during a rainy

season. To many the art of capping

the shocks well is a lost one, but it

would be well if it were regained again

in ordcr to insure the grain against ser—

ious damage and loss.



Putting Grain in Mow or Stack.



It is customary with many to put

grain in the mow or stuck before it is

either well cured or the moisture that

comes lrom rains has drictl out, believ-

ing that the sweating process will dry

out tho grain. and that it will be nearly

if not quite as good as if it had not been

dampcncd.



To handle grain just at that period re—

quires not only skill but excellent judg-

ment in order to secure the best rcsults.

“'hcrc thc grain, cspccially oats. is ripe

and dry, and the stalk is green or damp,

the grain can be allowod to sweat in tho

mow or stack two weeks and then thrcsii

Without injury to the grain, as the grain

itself will still be dry; but if the grain

is left longer, until it is past the sweat—

ing and heating process, it will absorb

moisture from the stalk and will not be

in as good condition for putting in the

bin as it would have been at the end of

two weeks.



Handling (lamp grain after it has been

thrcshcd requires skill and good judg-

ment in order [0 prevonl loss and damage

that may follow the use. of «lusty and

musty grain. lf grain is damp, it ought

not to be left in the bin after threshing

more than 211 hours before it. is stirred.

It should be spread on lloors or in bins

at a dcpth not to exceed 12 or 15 inches,

and then the grain should De stirred at

least. once a day until it has entirely

dried. To attend to damp oats and pro-

vent their becoming injured is a task

that very few will court after they have

passed through the ordeal once. It re-

quires much longer time to dry out damp

oats' than it does damp wheat, and the

abandoning of the stirring process is

often resorted to, and damage by must

and dust follows.



Feeding Damaged GraAn.



After oats have become Cristy and

musty, they should not be fed to houses

directly from the bin without sane meth-

0d of treatment that will prevent the

horse inhaling the dust on the brat-dual

tubes, which seems to irritate and cause-

a. peculiar cough that is the forerunner
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of more serious difficulties. Such grain

should be mixed with bran and damp-

ened before feeding, or else mixed with

some other kind of grain and ground be-

fore feeding to horses.



Those damaged grains, however. that

are injured by being allowed to become

musty and dusty in the bin may be fed

to other classes of stock without as

much serious injury as is experienced

when being fed to horses. Poultry, hogs,

sheep and cattle do not seem to be af-

fected by the use of damaged grain as

much as are the horses.



Seed Oats.



There are but few who seem to realize

that grain which has become heated in

the mew or stuck and subsequently in the

bin is injured for seed. The heating proc-

css destroys the germs in many of the

kernels. and to use. such grain as seed

will ultimately bring disappointment. It

is: by far cheaper and better to secure

seed that has not been injured in any

way Oats that have passed through the

heating process, while they may grow,

produce only sickly and feeble stalks and

diminish the ultimate yield of the grain.

It is worth the while to keep these facts





(2)





in mind in order to insure a maximum

crop the following season.

Oakland Co. N A. CLAPP.





FARM NOTES.





Seeding Clover in Buckwheat.





I have 20 ‘tt'l‘vsl of land thut is :i little

light. This l..iid was sown to wheat un.l

rye last fall and seeded to clover this

spring, but the June drought: killed the





seeding. As i have not got the time to

ill this ground this fall (or seeding I

have planned to plow the around carly

in the spring and summer fallow up until





1:) buck—

time.





about the last of June and sow

wheat and clover at the snipe

Would this be a reasonably sure way of

tolling it sccder'l? Another plain l have

in mind is to plant this ground to l‘lllll

wide enough apart O’H‘ll way so as to

cultivalc the row Willi :i riding cultivator





and than“ run a. spring-tooth barrow lic-

twccn the rows so a): to have thc ground

in the bust possiblo condition for seeding

the lattoi- purl ol‘ the summer. I wish

to get this ground seeded and at the

same time got something {or my lill)Ol"





while doing it. This is it rented ftti‘lll and

ii? I should inch off one your from ncxt

spring I would not no compi-nsation for

my work. To seed in a fall crop would

almost be certain failure in case of a

drouth. Which Would be the better

method, the former or the, latter?

lngham Co. I). W. G.





This plan of seeding: clover in buck~

wheat one which would prohzibly be

successful in a season such a“. have

had this your. since there has bcf‘il plenty

of moisture from the time. it would have

been sown. In a season when there was

a scycrc drouth, howevlir, the fate of the

sccllinc,‘ would probably be similar to that



“limit and rye this your.



The Sillile factors would largely control

the the swelling in corn, as

suggested in this inquiry This year has

been an especially t‘nvorziblo one for seed—

ing in corn. On the writer's farm a

piece of alfalfa was seeded in corn at the

List cultivation. It come up at once and

has made a rapid growth since, the al-

tali'a now being from three to six inches

high according to how much it was

shaded. The effect of the sunlight upon

this plant is especially iiotie‘ouble in this

corn field. \‘V‘lit-revc'r there hnppens to

be a missing hill the alfalfa has made

lwice the growth which it has in tho more

densely shaded portions of the field.



From this cxpcricncc it is the writer’s

opinion that the 5113.: ion made in this

inquiry of planting the corn rather wide,

zipart one way Vl'll(‘l‘(' it is to be seeded

to clovm‘ is n good one. If the- wide

space between thc rows is in a north and

south direction that the sun at mid-

day would get butler access to the ground,





is

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success of





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it would stimulate the growth of the

young clover yci‘y materially. In :1 nor—

mal season. it is he writer's opinion





that this plan would probably be worthy

of a trial, although experience has dem-

onstrated that seeding in corn is rather

an uncertain proposition, depending very

largely upon weather conditions as to

the success attained. The experience of

readers along the line suggested in this

inquiry would probnbly be beneficial to

others as well as to this inquire/r.





When to Cut New Seedings of Alfalfa.

I have about two acres of upple orchard

which 1 seeded to alfalfa in June without

a nurse crop. I cut the weeds with a

scythe in spots about the first of August.

Where I did not cut the weeds it has

got a good growth. Ought i to cut it

this fall, and if so how soon? The trees

are full of apples and I cannot cut it

very well with a machine.



Oakland Co. E. F.

So far as the future value of the stand

of alfalfa is concerned it would be un-

necessary to cut it this fall. It should

nC-t be out later than in September,





since ‘it ought to get growth enough to





be some protection over winter, and if



it must be cut by hand it would prob-



ably not pay to cut it at all this fall. In



any event it should not be out until the



new shoots have started from the crowns.

Winter vs. Spring Rye.



PleaSe advise me as to spring rye, as

there is scarcely any growu around here.

I would like to know how the yield.corm-

pares to the winter rye. Is the spring

rye as good to seed in as the winter rye?

How much would you sow to the acre of

spring rye?



Kalamazoo Co. SUBSCRIBER.



Spring rye is grown to only a. limited

extent in Michigan. This is very good

proof that it is not. so well adapted to

Michigan conditions as winter rye. .The

writer has seen it grown to a limited

extent. only, and then without any ap-

porent inclination on the part: of those

who have grown it to follow up its cul-

ture from year to year, but has no au-

thentic data as to comparative yields or

advantages.





 





SOFT DRAIN TILE VS. GLAZED TILE.





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I am thinking of drainng some sand

loam land. Would you advise using the

soft tile or the glazed tile, and will the

soft tile retain its normal condition in

the ground as well as the glazed tile?



Muskegon Co. SUBSCRIBER.





Common clay drain tile will absorb a

considerable amount of moisture and in

the winter time if they lay on top of the

ground they will absorb enough moisture

so that when it freezes they will crum—

ble, but if they are laid above the ground

so that they cannot draw the moisture

from the soil they will not be injured

by 091d weather, that is, they do not

absorb enough moisture by simply being

ruined upon so that when it freezes it

has any effect upon them at all. Now

when they are laid in the ground below

the frost line, as tile drain ought to be.

two and a half or three feet deep, they

will not be affected at all by the weath—

ll, and they will last probably just a4

long; .18 the glazed tile. It is a splendid

thing, however. at the mouth of the tile

drains, the last half dozen tile, to use

glazed tile if you use the common soft

clay for the rest of the ditch, because at

the mouth of the ditch they may absorb

moisture and freeze and crumble and it

will work quite an injury. It is quite a

job to keep the mouth of a tile drain

open, as it ought to be anyway, and you

cannot take too much pains, and I would

use glazed tile at the mouth of the ditch.

As I have said before, glazed tile break

less in handling and in shipping than do

the soft tile, and I think on the whole,

that there isn’t very much difference

whether you buy soft clay tile properly

burned, or the glazed tile.



COLON C. LILLIE.





 





 





SUCCESSFUL CULTURAL METHODS

ON A SANDY FARM.





I have the best piece of com I ever

raised and if we don't have a hard frost

)8f01‘e the first of October it will go 100

bushels per acre. The field from which

l will till my silo will be ready in

September and is cared heavily, but





here are some fields of corn in this sec-

1ion that will have very few ears on. My

land is very sandy. I plow my corn





ground in April and get it worked down

good; sometimes I -plow it in the fall.

From now on I shall put my manure on

top of the plowed ground with the ma—

nure spreader and work it, in with the

cutaway harrow.



Beans in this section will be a. gOOd

crop. I have a field that looks fine. The

vines cover the ground and will be ready

to pull in ten days. I plowed my bean

ground in April, worked it good and have

no weeds, so when I pull the beans the

ground will be as clean as a floor.



The wheat crop around here was a.

failure. I mowed mine down and never

raked it up, it was so thin. But I have

a fair catch of clover on the field. I

top-drcssed it with manure. If I had

not done so that dry spell would have

killed it all out.



This spring I top—dressed a corn stubble

field with stable manure and about the

first of June I went on with my cutaway

harrow and chopped the ground up thor-

oughly and then dragged it frequently

until the middle of July, when I sowed it

to alfalfa. I have a good stand. It is

six inches high now. I did not inoculate

the seed. I may be wrong, but I laugh-

ed at the idea of inoculation. I have a.

neighbor that has started three different

fields and he never inoculated. Now the

way my alfalfa has grown. by the last of

September it will be a. good height. Will

it be a good plan to clip it? Will Mr.

Lillie answer this question?





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SPECIAL ARTICLES ON MILK.





 





BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.

Pasteurization of Milk.



In marketing milk and its products

several expedients have been adopted by

dairymen at various times supplementing

the campaign carried on educationally

for the production of clean milk. This

campaign has been productive of slow

results, as is nearly always the case in

all educational campaigns. Business men

have not been content to wait the results

of educational propaganda work but have

been compelled to take milk as it is

produced commercially, and to so modify

it in one or another way that it becomes

at least a merchantable article of food.

Influence of Bacteria in Milk Has Been



Recognized Before.



Since the advent of a more or less

marked appreciation of the role which

bacteria play in milk it has been found

that to produce a commercial product

from milk has depended in no small

measure upon the controlling of the baa

terial llora in the milk. In the cheese

factories the cheese maker has knOWn for

some time that the activity of the var-

ious bacteria affects the finished pro-

duct. So true is this that it is now

common knowledge that certain varieties

of cheeses owe their marked characteris—

tics entirely to the peculiarity of a

specific organism which has been en—

couraged to giow in that particular

cheese to the exclusion of most other

types of bacteria.



Before the cheese maker ascertained

that he could produce certain desirable

flavors and desirable aromas by the cul-

ture of a certain specific organism in

the cheese he found that unless he had

the conditions more or less under con—

trol that very undesirable, haphazard

results were obtained in the manufacture

of cheese. in other words, tiaking milk

as it comes to the cheese facory, the

variety of organisms present each pro-

ducing in a measure its own particurar

end products, develop a variety of flu-

vors, and variety of odors, which uncon—

trolled militates seriously against the

production of any uniform cheese. ‘



Advantage of Pasteurization.



After some experimentation some

cheese makers and butter makers ascer-

t'ained that by pastdurizing the milk

early in the stages of its incubation and

then subsequently inoculating this pas-

teurized milk with certain definite organ-

isms the fermentation of the milk could

be controlled.

resort to pasteurization because most of

the nnlk produced in the country was

produced under such unclean conditions

that a very great variety of bacteria be.-

gan growing in the milk. if the milk

were pure to begin. with, that is, per-

fectly devoid of bacteria, there would be

no need of the introduction of cultures

or for the pasteurization of the milk.



L What Pasteurization Means.



Pasteurization in so far as checsepro—

duct'ion is concerned and the ripening of

milk for butter making is concerned

means simply the giving the milk a fresh

start. By employment of pasteurization

most of the bacteria present are killed

and then when a fresh culture is stirred

into the milk it begins to grow immedi-

ately and developcs along its own par-

ticular line. it may be well to state

that the practice of pasteurization of

milk arose because clean milk was not

generally a. commercial product and rec—

ognizing that it was impossible to secure

clean milk without a prolonged educa-

tional campaign, butter makers and

,checse makers found that the next ex-

pedient was to pastourize milk sent to

them and then 150 inoculate this pas—

teurized product with a fresh culture, or

starter, and continue the development in

this way. The pasteurization of milk in

so far as it may concern creameries and

cheese factories has many distinct ad-

vantages over the raw, commercial, un-

clean product. The milk, however, is not

as satisfactory after pasteurization as

before pasteurization, provided it is clean.

Gonsequently pasteurization does not

improve clean milk. It does, however,

make unclean milk more usable and In

some instances when pasteurization takes

place sufficiently early it may make

merchantable' a. product which otherwise

WOuld speedily become of no value.



Pasteurized Milk Not so Valuable in



‘ ' City Milk Supply. ,



\Vhile pasteurization of milk has a.

very legitimate and desirable field of op-

eration in creameries and in Cheese fac-





It became necessary to.





tcries, the analogy does not nece5sariiy

hold when applied to city milk supply.

in city milk supply there is practically

no expedient which will do away with

the necessity for clean milk. It is doubt-

ful if the pasteurization of milk by the

daiiyman or by the middleman is ever

a safe thing for the consumer. The. term

“Pasteurized Milk” is a vetry fanciful one

and carries with it to the consumer a

meaning of security which is not at all

real in so far as that particular milk is

concerned.



Pasteurlzation Does Not Destroy Spores.



It is the consensus of scientific opinion

that the pasteurization of milk has very

little influence indeed, on the vitality of

the spores of the spore—forming bacteria.

Consequently if the milk is not consumed

very shortly after pasteurization the

spores may go on developing and in

their turn produce a very active bacte—

rial ilora of the same undesirable gen-

eral type as existed in the parent germ.

On the other hand, if to the pasteurized

milk a certain amount of starter, or cul-

ture, is added the very activity of this

new culture or starter, elaborating its

waste product, will hold in check the de—

velopment of the spores of the undesir-

able type which wtrrc killed or whose

vitality was much lessened through pas-

teurization.



Home Pasteurization Best.



For city milk supply the ideal point of

pasteurization is in the home after the

milk has been delivered. If, then, there

is any doubt or suspicion as to the whole—

someness of the milk supply, the danger

may be minimized by resorting to home

pasteurization of the Iiiilk. TO DflStBU-

iize milk in the home, a bottle of the

product may be placed in a large can or

pnil, cold water filled around the- outside

up to the neck and the same heated fair—

ly rapidly until the water on the outside

of the milk bottle. has begun rapid boil—

ing. "he milk is then cooled down as

rapidly as possible and may then be

used with a high degree of safety, in the

home. The pasteurization of milk in so

far as the city milk supply is concerned

is not now as much in favor as was a

one time supposed it would be and var-

ious cities which have been quite insist—

ent on the subject have relinquished

their energies and are now quite con-

vinced that the pasteurization of milk

as generally performed in the city, adds

very little, if any, to the general safety

of that article.



Pasteurization Not a Substitute for



Cleanliness.



I‘astcurization is an expedient which

is of service in a cheese factory and in

the creamcry. It is doubtful if in may

be practiced with anywhere near the

same degree of satisfaction and as high

degree of safety with the milk at retail

in cities except its pasteurization be

performed at the home directly before

the same is ‘to be used in the family.

in other words, pasteturizatiion is an

expedient which is designed to, and un—

der certain conditions does, counteract

many of the evil effects of unclean milk

but does not in any sense of the word,

nor in a single instance, take the place

of clean milk. '



LABORATORY REPORT.





I would like to know which is the best

feed for horses, molasses or glucose? Glu-

cose is much cheaper than molasses.



. A. H. S.



\Ve are compelled to give our prefer—





ment to molasses over glucose. Our rea—

sons are» because molasses has been

studied in its relation to the animal ra-

tion, whereas we are not familiar with

any extended eix 'eriirents on this point

with glucose. A second reason is that





molasses possesses a higher value from

the standpoint of palatabillty than does

glucose, molasses having a much more

pronounced sweet taste and on this ac-





count we, think should be superor to

glucose. A third reason is that molasses.

especially the best molasses, possesses

a marked content of protein, which is

not true of glucose.



Prof. Thomas Shaw state's, “Molasses

has been fed successfully along with

skim-milk. Its use, however, in feeding

swine will probably be limited, as an





appetizer is less necessary for swine than

for other classes of farnranmals.”



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enter into better advantage in swine

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of more serious difficulties. Such grain

should be mixed with bran and damp-

ened before feeding, or else mixed with

some other kind of grain and ground be‘

fore feeding to horses.



Those damaged grains, however. that

are injured by being allowed to become

musty and dusty in the bin may be fed

to other classes of stock without as

much serious injury as is experienced

when being fed to horses Poultry, hogs,

sheep and cattle do not seem to be af-

fected by the use of damaged grain as

much as are the horses.



Seed Oats.



There are but. few who seem to realize

that grain which has become heated in

the mow or stack and subsequently in the

bin is injured for seed. The heating proc-

ess destioys the germs in many of the

kernels and to use. such grain as seed

wil,i ultimately bring disappointment. It





(2)





is by far cheaper and better to secure

seed that has not been injured in any

way Oats that have passed through the





heating process, while they may grow,

produce only sickly and feeble stalks and

diminish the ultimate yield of the grain.

It is worth the while to keep these facts





in mind in order to insure a maximum

crop the following season.

Oakland Co. N A CLAPP





FARM NOTES.





Seeding Clover in Buckwheat.





I have 20 that is a

light. This Lint to wheat :in.l

rye last fall and sccdcd to clover this

spring, but the June drought killed the

settling. As I have not got the time to

tit this ground this fall (or seeding I

have planned to plow tlic Lil‘lllilil carly

in the spring and summer fallow up until

about the last of June and sow t.) buck-

wheat and clover at the S‘Jll‘e time.

Would this be a. reasonably sure way of

putting it St-cdtwrl? Another plain l have

in mind is to plant this ground ti min

wide cnough apart cricli way to

cultivate the» row with '.l riding cultivator

and thou run a spring—tooth harrow lic-

twccn the rows so or: to have the ground





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in the best possible condition for seeding

the lfltlt‘l‘ part of the summer. I wish

to get this ground seeded and at the





something for my I:ll)0l‘

This is it rented farm and

one your from ncxt

no compcnszitimi for

in a fall crop would

failure in case of a

be the better

tile latter?

I). W. G.





clover in buck-





same time got

while doing it.

it" I Should move off

spring I would not

my work. To seed

almost be certain

_<lrouth. \\'liicli Would

method, the fornicr or

lngham Co.



This plan of seeding

wheat one wliich would probably be

successful in a season such as we have

had this year, since there lius lit‘f‘ll plenty

of molsun'c from the time it would have

been sown. In a season when there was

a scywrc drouth, howevi-r. the fate. of the

sccilin: Would probably be similar to that

wilt-zit and rye this your.



The same factors Would largely control

success the scciling in corn, as

suggcslcd in this inquiry. This year has

been an especially favorable one for seed—

ing in corn. 0n the writer‘s farm a

piece of alfalfa was seeded in corn at the

lust cultivation. It came up at once and

has made a rapid growth since, the al-

zalt‘a now being from three to six inches

high according,r to how much it was

shaded. The effect of the sunlight upon

this plant is especially noticeable in this





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the of





corn field. \\"horcvcr there happens to

be a IniSSing hill the alfalfa has made





lWiCe the growth which it has in tlic more

densely shaded portions of the field.

From this experience it is the writer's

opinion that the suggestion made in this

inquiry of planting the corn rather wide.

apart one way where it is to be seeded

to clovcr is ll good one. If the wide

space between the rows is in a north and

south direction so that the. sun at mid-

day could get bcttcr access to the ground,





it would stimulate the growth of the

young clover very materially. In :1 nor-

mal season. it is the writer‘s opinion





that this plan would probnbly be worthy

of a trial, although experience has dem—

onstrated that seeding in corn is rather

an uncertain proposition. depending very

largely upon weather conditions as to

the success attuined. The experience- of

readers along the line suggested in this

inquiry would probably be beneficial to

others as well as to this inquirer.



When to Cut New Seedings of Alfalfa.

I have about two acres of apple orchard

which I seeded to alfalfa in June without

a. nurse crop. I cut the weeds with a

scythe in spots about the first of August.

Where I did not out the weeds it has

got a. good growth. Ought, I to cut it

this fall, and if so how soon? The trees

are full of apples and I cannot cut it

very well with a machine.



Oakland Co. E. F.

So far as the future value of the stand

of alfalfa is concerned it would be un-

necessary to cut it this fall. It should

nC-t be cut later than in September,

since it ought to get growth enough to





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be some protection over winteo, and if



it must be cut by hand it would prob-



ably not pay to cut it at all this fall. In



any event it should not be out until the



new shoots have started from the crowns.

Winter vs. Spring Rye.



Please advise me as to spring rye, as

there is scarcely any grown around here.

I would like to know how the yield.corm-

pares to the winter rye. Is the spring

rye. as good to seed in as the winter rye?

How much would you sow to the acre of

spring rye?



Kalamazoo Co. SUBSCRIBER.



Spring rye is grown to only a limited

extent in Michigan. This is very good

proof that it Is not so well adapted to

Michigan conditions as winter rye. .The

writer has seen it grown to a limited

extent: only, and then without any ap—

parent inclination on the part of those

who have grown it to follow up its cul-

ture from year to year. but has no au-

thentic data as to comparative yields or

advantages.





 





SOFT DRAIN TILE VS. GLAZED TILE.





I am thinking of drainng some sand

loam land. Would you advise using the

soft tile or the glazed tile, and will the

soft tile retain its normal condition in

the ground as well as the glazed tile?



Muskegon Co. SUBSCRIBER.





Common clay drain tile will absorb a

considerable amount of moisture and in

the winter time if they lay on top of the

ground they will absorb enough moisture

so that when it freezes they will crum—

ble, but if they are laid abOVC the ground

so that they cannot draw the moisture

from the soil they will not be injured

by cold weather, that is, they do not

absorb enough moisture by simply being

ruined upon so that when it freezes it

has any effect upon them at all. Now

when they are laid in the ground below

the frost line, as tile drain ought to be.





 

   

   





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two and a half or three feet deep, they

will not. be affected at all by the weath-

ir. and they will last probably just as

l'illt: .18 the glazed tile. It is a splendid:

thing, however. at the mouth of the tile‘l

(trains, the last half dozen tile, to use‘

glazed tile if you use the common soft1

clay for the rest of the ditch, because at





the mouth of the ditch they may absorb‘





moisture and freeze and crumble and it

will work quite an injury.

job to keep the mouth of a tile drain

open. as it ought to be anyway, and you

cannot take too much pains. and I would

use. glazed tile at the mouth of the ditch.

As 1 have said before, glazed tile break

less in handling and in shipping than do

the soft tile, and I think on the whole,

that there isn't very much difference

whether you buy soft clay tile properly

burned, or the glazed tile.

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SUCCESSFUL CULTURAL METHODS

ON A SANDY FARM.





I have the best piece of corn I ever

raised and if we don't have a hard frost

before the first of October it will go 100

bushels per acre. The field from which

I will till my silo will be ready in

September and is cared heavily, but

there are some fields of corn in this sec-

tion that will have very few ears on. My

land very sandy. I plow my corn

ground in April and get it worked down

good; sometimes I .plow it in the fall.

From now on I shall put my manure on

top of the, plowcd ground with the ma-

nure spreader and work it in with the

cutaway harrow.



Beans in this sectiOn will be a good

crop. I have a field that looks fine. The

vines cover the ground and will be ready

to pull in ten days. I plowed my bean

ground in April. worked it good and have

no weeds, so when I pull the beans the

ground will be as clean as a floor.



The wheat crop around here was a.

failure. I mowed mine down and never

raked it up, it was so thin. But I have

a fair catch of clover on the field. I

top-drcsscd it with manure. If I had

not done so that dry spell would have

killcd it all out.



This spring I top—dressed a corn stubble

field with stable manure and about the

first of June I went on with my cutaway

barrow and chopped the ground up thor-

oughly and then dragged it frequently

until the middle of July, when I sowed it

to alfalfa. I have a good stand. It is

six inches high now. I did not inoculate

the seed. I may be wrong, but I laugh-

ed at the idea of inoculation. I have a

neighbor that has started three different

fields and he never inoculated. Now the

way my alfalfa has grown. by the last of

September it will be a. good height. Will

it be a good plan to clip it? Will Mr.

Lillie answer this question?





 





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PRACTICAL SCIENCE.





 





SPECIAL ARTICLES ON MILK.





 





BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.

Pasteuriza‘tion of Millc.



In marketing milk and its products

several expedients have been adopted by

dairymen at various times supplementing

the campaign carried on educationally

for the production of clean milk. This

campaign has been productive of slow

results, as is nearly always the case in

all educational campaigns. Business men

have not been content to wait 'the results

of educational propaganda work but have

been compelled to take milk as it is

produced commercially, and to so modify

it in one or another way that it becomes

at least a, merchantable article of food.

Influence of Bacteria in Milk Has Been



Recognized Before.



Since the advent of a more or less

marked appreciation of tlhe role which

bacteria play in milk it has been found

that to produce a commercial product

from milk has depended in no small

measure upon the controlling of the bac-

terial flora in the milk. In the cheese

factories the cheese maker has known for

some time that the activity of the var-

ious bacteria affects the finished pro-

duct. So true is this that it is now

common knowledge that certain varieties

of cheeses owe their marked characteris-





tics entirely to the peculiarity of a

specific organism which has been en—

couraged to g: ow in that particular





cheese to the exclusion of most other

types of bacteria.



Before the cheese maker ascertained

that he could produce certain desirable

flavors and desirable aromas by the cul-

ture of a certain specific organism in

the cheese he found that unless he had

the conditions more or less under con-

trol that very undesirable, haphazard

rcsults were obtained in the manufacture

of cheese. In other words, baking milk

as it comes to the cheese facory, the

variety of organisms present each pro—

ducing in a measure its own particurar

end products, develop a variety of fla-

vors, and variety of odors, which uncon-





trolled militate-s seriously against the

production of any uniform cheese. ‘

Advantage of Pasteurization.

After some experimentation some





cheese makers and butter makers ascer-

t'ained that by pastdurizing the milk

early in the stages of its incubation and

then subsequently inoculating this pas-

teurized milk with certain definite organ—

isms the fermentation of the milk could

be controlled.

resort to pasteurization because most of

thc mllk produced in the country was

produced under such unclean conditions

that a very great variety of bacteria be-

gan growing in the milk. If the milk

were pure to begin with, that is, per—

feCtly devoid of bacteria, 'there would be

no need of the introduction of cultures

or for the pasteurization of the milk.

What Pasteurlzation Means.



Pasteurization in so far as cheese pro—

duction is concerned and the ripening of

milk for butter making is concerned

means simply the giving the milk a. fresh

start. By employment of pasteurization

most of the bacteria present are killed

and then when a fresh culture is stirred

anO the milk it begins to grow immedi-

ately and developcs along its own par-

ticular line. It may be well to state

that the practice of pasteurization of

milk arose because clean milk was not

generally a commercial product and rec-

ognizing that it was impossible to secure

clean milk without a prolonged educa-

tional campaign, butter makers and

, cheese makers found that the next ex-

pedient was to pasteurize milk sent to

them and then do inoculate this pas—

teurized product with a fresh culture, or

starter, and continue the development in

this way. The pasteurization of milk in

so far as it may concern creameries and

cheese factories has many distinct ad-

vantages over the raw, commercial, un-

clean product. The milk, however, is not

as satisfactory after pasteurization as

before pasteurization, provided it is clean.

Gonsequently pasteurization does not

improve clean milk. It does, however,

make unclean milk more usable and in

some instances when pasteurization takes

place sufficiently early it may make

merchantable a product which otherwise

would speedily become of no value.



Pastedrized Milk Not so Valuable in



’ City Milk Supply.



\Vhlle pasteurization of milk has a

very legitimate and desirable field of op—

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tories, the analogy does ‘not necessarily

hold when applied to city milk supply.

In city milk supply there is practically

no expedient which will do away with

the necessity for clean milk. It is doubt-

in] if the pasteurization of milk by the

dairyman or by the middleman is ever

a safe thing for the consumer. The term

“Pasteurized Milk” is a velry fanciful one

and carries with it to the-consumer a

meaning of security which is not at all

real in so far as that particular milk is

concerned.



Pasteurlzation Does Not Destroy Spores.



It is the consensus of scientific opinion

that the pasteurization of milk has very

little influence indeed, on the vitality of

the spores of the spore—forming bacteria.

Consequently if the milk is not consumed

very shortly after pasteurization the

spores may go on developing and in

their turn produce a very active bacte-

rial fiora of the same undesirable gen-

eral type as existed in the parent germ.

On the other hand, if to the pasteurized

milk a certain amount of starter, or cul-

ture, is added the very activity of this

new culture or starter, elaborating its

waste product, will hold in check the de—

velopment of the spores of the undesir-

ablc- type which were killed or whose

vitality was much lessened through pas—

teurization.



Home Pasteurization Best.



For city milk supply the ideal point of

pasteurization is in the home after the

milk has been delivered. If, then, there

is any doubt or suspicion as to the whole-

someness of the milk supply, the danger

may be minimized by resorting to home

pasteurization of the milk. To pasteu-

iize milk in the home, a bottle of the

product may be placed in a large can or

pull, cold water filled around the outside

up to the neck and the same heated fair—

ly rapidly until the water on the outside

of the milk bottle. has begun rapid boil—

ing. "he milk is then cooled down as

rapidly as possible and may then be

used with a. high degree of safety, in the

home. The pasteurization of milk in so

far as the city milk supply is concerned

is not now as much in favor as was at

one time supposed it would be and var-

ious cities which have been quite insist—





ent on the subject have relinquishcd

their energies and are now quite con-

vinced that 'thc pasteurization of milk





as generally performed in the city, adds

very little, if any, to the general safety

of that article.



Pasteurization Not a Substitute for



Cleanliness.



l‘astcurization is an expedient which

is of service in a cheese factory and in

the creamcry. It is doubtful if ill may

be practiced with anywhere near the

same degree of satisfaction and as high

degree of safety with the milk at retail

in cities except its pasteurization be

perfori‘ned at the home directly beforc

the same is ‘to be used in the family.





In other words, pastchirizatiion is an

expedient which is designed to, and un—





der certain conditions does, counteract

many of the evil effects of unclean milk

but does not in any sense of the word,

nor in a single instance, take the place

of clean milk.





 





LA BORATORY REPORT.





I would like to know which is the best

feed for horses, molasses or glucose? Glu—

cose is much cheaper than molasses.



. A. H. S.



We are compelled to give our prefer—





ment to molasses ovcr glucose. Our reu.

sons are because molasses has been

studied in its relation to the animal ra-





tion, whereas we are not familiar with

any extended ex 'eriments on this point

with glucose. A second reason is that

molasses possesses a higher value from

the standpoint of palatability than does

glucose, molasses having a much more

pronounced sweet taste and on this ac—





count we think should be supcror to

glucose. A third reason is that molasses.

especially the best molasses, possesses

a marked content of protein, which is

not true of glucose.



Prof. Thomas Shaw states, “Molasses

has been fed successfully along with

skim-milk. Its use, however, in feeding

swine will probably be limited, as an





appetizer is less necessary for swine than

for other classes of fai‘n1_aninals.”



We think that possibly glucose might

enter into better advantage in swine

feeding but with horses and cattle we

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the quality of the hogs from the corn

belt,v and do it as economically as can

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young hogs at; four months of age, being

farrowed about April 1, have had an

abundance of grass pasture which is

ideal for the best development later in

their lives. If the feeder does what he

should for his hogs on grass he will feed

some corn or other grain along each day

to furnish the pig more nutrients than he

can secure in his grass diet and also to

hoip concentrate his ration. If this is

kept up to the time in the pig‘s life

whcn lie is six, seven, or even eight

mouths of age he is then a large pig,

growlhy. strong. but not in any condition

to market. llo has built up his frame

and muscle work large enough so that

by feeding six weeks or two months

longer he can be finished off on corn into

the prime pork the market pays the long

price for. This last period is called the

finishing or I'ut'lening period; but viliis

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been allowed to roam over a grass pas—

ture (or beii‘ur still, a clover pasture),

and been fed perhaps a pound or two

pounds of corn or other grain in the

evening just to keep him growing fine.

should be kept in an eight by ten foot

pcn and stuffed on corn. He will not do

best under these conditions. Iie wants

some good clean soil to eat every day as

he had all the rest of his life. He wants

a 50 yard straightway where he can

:scumper and shake up his intestines

which are as full as a. city boy at grand-

mother‘s on Thanksgiving Day.



Now corn alone and a. lot to scampcr

in will not be all (that is necessary for

finishing these hogs. They are- still to

grow sonic: and their growth requires

iil‘Utcin material and this protein mall:—

rial must by in excess of that found in

the corn Nothing could be belL‘er than

the clover held or the alfalfa, field, but

as ihcse are frosted or covered with snow

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should have» been tilireshed out some

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>lop would be made ol' the fresh separat-

HI milk so much the bettcr but if it

i‘zllllllli the ling is thankful for the field





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tion by laying on their carcasses a pound

to l\\'<i pounds more of fan and muscle

czich day.



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ground. and the field polls. which ought

to be ground, is very well mixed and

makes a. good ration whcn about live

parts of corn aro fed Willi one part of

pea meal, mixed in a. fairly thick slop.

Should the i'ocdcir not have the pea meal

and has only the skim‘milk, it is well

to purchase shorts and make a good slop

of the shorts and milk and feed all the

pigs will clean up without leaving the

trough. \\'e lind the pigs like the slop

of this kind Very much and we feed our

corn. if shelled on :i lloor, some 20 10 30

minutes before putting the 5101) before

them.



Some feeders overfecd hogs and do not

know why thcir hogs fail to do best for

them. llogs fed twice a day all they

will clean up of the above mixture before

they lie down to rest will usually make

economical gains and come steadily up-

ward in their weight. When the feeder

oliseerS his hogs leaving some of the

food given them and he wonders what‘s

the matter, if he is active he will think

of the dinner at Thanksgiving time and

know that too much of a good thing pre-

vents partaking of the good things for

an unreasonably long time thereafter.



So it is not most economical to keep

food before hogs all the time, but it is

conducive to best results to feed no more

than they will clean up at ‘feeding time.



N. DuAg. Col. E. J. THOMPSON.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





FEEDEBS' PROBLEMS.





 





Tankage as a Substitute for Skim-Milk.



W‘hat feed will best take the place of

skinz-milkfor young pigs? Is tanka-ge a.

good feed for growing pigs and can it be

added to their ratiOn with economy?



Wayne Co. C. T. H. B.



Several experiments were conducted at

the Michigan station to determine the

comparative value of tankage and skim-

milk for growing pigs, the results being

reported in Bulletin No. 237. The results

of these tests indicated that while skim-

milk returned slightly larger gains, the

cost of gains was relatively higher than

with tankage when 'the skim-milk was

valued at 20 cents per cwt. as compared

with tankage cesting $1.621/2 per cwt. One

of these tests was conducted during a

period of 56 days in the winter season,

two lots of five pigs each being used,

weighing respectively 313.3 lbs., and 323

lbs. Lot I was fed 420 lbs. of corn meal,

420 lbs. of middlings and 140 lbs. of tank-

age. TheSe pigs gained 307.7 lbs. during

the 56 days at a total cost of $10.67, or a

cost of 3.46 per 100 lbs. of gain. Lot 11

was fed 461 lbs. of corn meal, 461 lbs. of

middlings and 980 lbs. of skim-milk,

making a gain during the 56 days of 331

lbs., at a. total cost of $11.18, or $3.37

per 100 pounds, The pigs in LotI made a

daily gain of 1.09 lbs, with an average

daily consumption of 3.5 lbs. of feed per

head, while the pigs in Lot II made an

average daily gain of 1.18 lbs. each with

an average daily consumption of 3.29 lbs.

of grain mixture and 3.5 lbs. of skim-

milk per day. No difference was noted

between the thrift and feeding ability of

the two lots.





Two other tests were made during the

summer season with pigs from 50 to 128

days old. In this trial the amount of

middlings was double that of Corn meal

in the ration, with 10 per cent as much

iunkage by weight as of both corn meal

and middlings, while the lots being fed

skim—milk were given approximately

three pounds of milk to one pound of the

mixed grain. In both of these trials the

gain was slightly greater where skim—

milk was fed, but the cost of gains was

cheaper in both lots of taiikagc—fed pigs,

being $3 27 as compared with $3.78 per

cwi. in one trial and $3.33 as compared

with $3.71 per cwt, in the other.



In order to further verify the results

of these tests, two lots of pigs were fed

on corn meal and middlings mixed in the

same proportion as in the last mentioned

test, but without either skim-milk or

lankage. In these check tests the cost.

of gains was $4.01 and $4.18 per cwt.,

i'ospccichIy. The general conclusions





reached as a result of all of the tests





above mentioned are summed up in the

bulletin as follows:



"ln tln- three tests including iankage

and skim-milk, the average cost of pro—

duction per lOO lbs. with the tankage ra-

tions was $3.35, with the skim—milk ra-

tions $3.02, and with the check ration of

middlings. corn meal and water, $4.09. in

the three original tests the tankage ra-

tion pigs consumed an average of R.l4

lbs. of meal mixture per pound gain;

those receiving skim—milk in the ration

required 2.48 lbs of meal mixture and

5.67 lbs. of skim-milk per pound gain. In

the check ration, consisting of corn meal

and middlings, the average amount of

meal mixture required per pound gain

was 4.09 lbs. The average daily gain

from the three taiikage rations was 0.98

lbs; trom the three skim—milk rations.

1.08 lbs, and from the check ration 0.8

lbs., though the ration containing skim-

milk made a slightly greater gain than

where tankage was used, the cost of

producing this increased gain was some-

what greater.”



It will thus be seen that when tankage

is used in connection with corn meal and

niiddlings as a feed for growing pigs the

results are very satisfactory; nearly as

satisfactory from the standpoint of gains

made and more satisfactory from the

standpoint of the cost of gains, which is

the relatively most imprtant factor in the

economy of a ration. It) should be re-

membered, however, that tankage is a

nitrogenous concentrate, carrying a high-

er percentage of protein than any other

concentrate in common use, and not a.

complete food in itself. For this reason

it should be used in limited quantities in

connectiOn with other grain feeds for

the purpose of producing a proper bal—

ance between the nutrients in the ration.

It should also be borne in .mind that





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purposes which is not suitable for stock

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SELECTING AND FEEDING LAMBS.





 





Many Michigan farmers make a prac—

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Successful.



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That lambs when finished for market

should be in tho host condition is neces—

sary to bring the highest price. Not only

should a lamb be wcll developed in the

most useful parts but the covering of

flesh should be evenly distributed over

these parts and to a good depth. It is



.surprising to see how little attention

some feeders give to the condition of

their lambs at any time during the feed-

ing period. When conditions are as they

should be lambs will begin 'to show the

effects of good feeding plainly by the

end of the first month. During these





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Make Your Hogs NOW





Cholera Proof





Immunize your hogs now—make them cholera proof. The cholera season is here and .if it

is in your section, there are many ways for it to infect your herd. It isthe most contagious

and the most deadly of all hog diseases. Don’t run the chances of losmg your entire herd





when less than the price of one animal will pay your veterinarian for immunizing fifty with

Consult Your Veterinarian





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serum is up tooui’ standard it will save the lives of the Streated hogs. while the other 4 will die of cholera. If the

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BREEDERS’ DIRECTflRY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd. consisting of Trojan Ericaa Blackbirds and

Pridee. only. is headed by erton W. a. Trojan Erica.

by Black Woodlawn. sire of t 9 Grand Chain ion steer

and bull at the International in Chicago. 80..



A few chmcely bred young bulls for Halo.

WOODCO’I‘E STOCK FARM. lonla. Mich.





AYRSHIRES—One of foremost dairy



breeds: young bulls

and bull calves for sale. Berkshire swine. All pure

bred. Michigan School for Deal". Flint. Mich.





G u E R N says-Jinn ‘ iiici‘ly ninrkcd' bull

{it farmers prices. ALLAN REEL: Elli! (Uhilidiilohvrliiibh:

For sale—gcgistor‘ed Ayrshiztla Bull tt‘ralvee at

and heifers. E. A. ELISE? Wise: 6. Like‘iiei’v‘iiii’cvi:

GUERNSEY BULL’CALVES for sale.

to pay. llteg.) Vl'. W. BUSLféfiéngylzfii‘dn. ill/5‘3?

GUERNSEY BULL CALVES, YORK-

SHIRE PlGS, Good Stock.





HICKS GUERNSEY FARM. Saginaw. W. 8.. Mich.





—llegi5tored GUERNSEY CA’l‘TLlll.

For sale Largo Yorkshire hogs. either sex.

best brooding. JOHN EBELS. H. 10. Holland, Mich.





GUERNSEY -Oiic yearling bull. 1 bull cult. Im-

portoil and Adv. Rog. brceiling. (hie-

hiili' usual pricc. G. A. VVIG ENT. \Vulorilwt. Mich.





F0“ SAL —Eight (iiicrntwi' flcifors. grand-daught-



ers of (llcnivood's M ziin Stay. calves by

One nix-yciir-old cow. one tliruc-yeiir-old

It. D. Lovelace. Rockford. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





their sido.

bull. all registered.





Johanna Concordia Prilly DeKol,





The best bred yearling Bull

in the State, is for Sale.‘

also cows and boilers bred to his sire, .lohunnii





Concordia ('hiiuipioii. whose (him. sires «him and

dams dam average 29.57 lbs. butter in 7 days.





L. E. CONNELL, - Fayette, Ohio.

“Top-Notch” Holsteins.





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

able breeding and from dams with ()fllcltil. milk and

butter records for sale at reasonable prices Also

a few choice. females.





McPHERSON FARMS 60.. Howell, Michlgan.





HOLSTEIN BULLS





From 3 to 12 months old, $6010 $250 each.

You can’t buy better.

LONG BEACH FARM, Augusta, Mich.





N ‘I FOB SALE—6 yearling Holstiein Fries-

65m ’( lan Bulls. 2 A. ii. 0. bred. Some cows.

it ’3 Piimt bulldcalves. 34 yearsla tbreedaiyn

- 0 us an 1 recs on up we. ion. .

anmfiifl§ C. J ackson.‘S.:iiu€h Bond. Ind... 719 Rex St.





' — dF b.17.19" 'l h't

lldslan Bull Bag gifip‘i’guoga lgeiliérlgéi/lfil? bltérfii

- ' - . . s. u r.

dhngiioigc‘iidnagliigh. {gain-O St. Johns. Mich.e

Purebred Registered .'

H OLSTE IN CATTLE

The Greatest Dairy Breed

Sand for FREE 11114:th Booklet.

“chick-Prim Anon Box I64. Brattlcboro.Vt.





 





HIGH GRADE HDLSIEINS FOR SALE





Two cows six and seven years. one heifer two years.

one heifer cightoen months. heifer czilf six months.

The two last sired by a son of the King of the

Pontince. the others bred to him





D. s. LEWIS. Ma'rshaii. Mich.





Holstein-Friesian Cattle“T.'.l‘.’.k“.3"fo.‘.llf“

GREGOI€Y & BORDEN. Howell. Michigan.





 





‘ —'1‘en good ewes. Yearling rains and

ShroDShll'eS ram lambs. One aged Imp. Minton

ram. WILLIS S. MEADE, R. No. 3. Lapeer. Mich.



' —One and two year old rams and

ShroDShll‘eS ewes for sale from imported sires.

We invite inspecton. O. . PERRY. Clare. Mich.





 





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lngleside Shropshires. Ewflfn .33.. £0.13?

A line lot; of ram lambs for this year's tra 6. See them

at the fairs. HERBERT E. POWELL. Ionia. Mich.





. —A f ' .

UUHUC JERSEYS rorililéiahyiw‘ii‘h”SZEBSPS‘EHSE





sex. Pairs not akin. M. A. BRAY. Okemos. Mich.

—Ono service boar: two bred





DUROC JERSEY gilts; spring pi is (either sex).





Choice brceding. Prices reasonable. rite or come

and 506. R. G. VIVIAN. it. No. 4. Monroe. Mich.





llllllth JERSEY SWINE—SH}?131e,G 1515?.





wants. F. A. LAMB it SON. Cassopolis. Mich.





 





 





EGISTERI) Holstein Cattle—Jl‘wo good bull calves

R Herd headed by Hon erveld Coin Pietertie.

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





Big Bull Bargain’ff‘g‘ii geafifieiefi





ready for service. Hatch Herd. Ypsilanti. Mich.





NOTICE’I Om‘r for sale a lino three-year-old Jersey

cow. Also two young bull calves at bar-





gain prices. 0. A. ’l‘AGrG ETT. it. No. 1. Caro. Mich.





I I

Lillie Farmstead Jerseys

(Tuberculin tested. Guaranteed free from Tuber-

culosis.) chcrzil good bulls and bull calves out of

good dairy cowt-i for sale. No females for sale at

present. Satisfaction guaranteed.

COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.





Jersey Cattle For Sale.





0. A. BRISTOL Fenton. Michigan.





' my Hillflll but choico herd of run. Jemeys.

mosmg Gill consisting of 4 cows 5 years old; 2 cows 2

yciirs old: >1 hcil‘i-rs. 1 your old; 1 Oxford Laid bull (a

son of Oxford Ann. owned by (ion. E. Peer); lel'ord

Lilli bull. 1 year old. The 12 head r-giatiercd and

transferred for $700. The cows-z will all be frcsih in

Sept. but one. J. C. BUTLER. Portland. Mich.





—Bulls ready for service. bred for

Jerseys production. Also cows and heifers.

Brookwutcr Farm. li. F. D. No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.



NOR SALEwNinc lino bred Jersey Cows not regist-

eriiblc. Mostly three and four years old. Due this

lull. U. B. COOK, it. No. 1. Box 103. ()wm-iso. Mich.





BUTTER BRED JEE‘nEYSEHE”





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allezan County. Michigan.





RED POLLE —Choice lot of females any





age. also some bull calves.

J. M. CHASE 6t SONS. lonia. Michigan.





RED POLLED BULLS FOR SALE— mourn“;





strains. JOHN BERNER do SON. Grand Ledge. Mich.





‘ —Large Cattle~—Heavy Milkers.

”all! Sher-[horns Milk Records Furnished. Two

young bulls for sale. Prices right. Asquarc deal

to all. W. W. KNAPP. R. No. 4. Watervliot. Mich.





' —Who wantsIB ood ewes and

H a m DShI res owe lambs. an a good 300-lb.

imported ram for 5225. Also have 7 00d ram lambs

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





 





r. .. yearlinga.

For Sale. 0xlord Down .gfii“...mb. 0......

ilill'orcnt ages. S. E. GILLE'J‘T. Ravcnnnr. Ohio.





 





' —1‘Ai ewes. 35 rams all in perfect

Reg- llamabulllels health. Come and see me or

write for circular of br in —-—none better. 2% miles

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





—-—Good Yearlin Field

Oxford Down SheepI 3...... and 9...... fit .1, as...

for sale. I. R. WATERB RY. Highland. Michigan.





Superb Von Homeyer flambouillels genes. 11233,:

absolutely the best. Dr. L. Breisacher. Detroit. Mich.





HAMPSHIRE SHEE “Edith?

blemportod Sig: 330 “B8. Also ewes and owe:: Lambs

c a. . .





[Ml’oll'l'Ell B. 'l‘. I). M. RAMS F0]! SALE.





0.. F. KALMBACH. Grass Lake. Michigan.





 





 





Shropshire Rams and Ewes

at farmers‘ priccs. :HARRY POTTER. Davison. Mich.





' -Yenrling rams at $12 and

ShrODShlres $15. Two cxlra lino rams at

$25 each. C. J. THOLIPSON. Rockford. Mich.





"008.





' ' —Young sows due Mar. (it April.

Duroc: and interns Bred .0 m m. and an... n...

boar. Priced to move them. M. T. tory. Lowell. ich





 





 





 





 





 





ERKSHIRES for Sale—March farmwed hours and

gilts. Hired by Handsome Prince 3d. out cheneth

Lady Francis A. A. PATTULLO. Deckerville. Mich.





' ' ' —Best breeding; best type.

omck ”alunng BerkSillres Satisfaction guaranteed

or money refunded. C. S. BARTLETT. Pontiac. Mich.





Weaned pigs either sex SL5



two for $25: bred gilts $35; bred



sows $30. re istorcd and trans-

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ferred. Excellent breeding. oice individuals.

C. C. C EV. New Haven. Michigan.





BEHKSHIHEs-Choioo individuals. either sex, from

the Champion Ilcrd ot' the ’l‘humb of

Mich. ELMHUBST STOCK FARM. Almont. Mich.





—S ri ’ .. a'th

Improved Chesters 30px. “A if?“ dive“;

choice young boar and a few sows bred for early fall

farrow. W. 0. WILSON. Okemor-i. Mich. Both phones.





' —Both sexes and brcil gilts. also

Beg. ehCSier Whlies serviceable rcgistcred Holstein

bulls. Bargains. RAY PAHHAM. Bronson. Mich.





o I c Extra choice bred gilts. service hours

I .I I and spring pigs. not nkin from State

Fair Winners. Avondale Stock Form. Wayne. Mich





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

0 0 Males ready. 100 to select from. Attractive

H H. Jump. Munith. Mich.





0 ‘ C’s—I have some very fine and growthy last

I 0 fall pigs. either sex. males ready for ser-

vice now. pairs not akin. OTTO B. SCHULZE.

Nashvrllo. Mioh.. half mile west of depot.





l of superior quality. 17 choice young

OI '- c s ilts and 11 ME)! young boars. . Pairs

no akin. F ED NIOKE . Monroe. Michigan.





0. I. (:95 of March ad nApril furrow.





shi pad on a roval or c. o. d.

OTIS GREENMAN. R. 4. Bellevue, .aton 00..'Micll.





QUE Imp. Chester Whites and Tamworth swme won

24.5 let. at. Fairs in 1911. Service boars. also sows bred

for spring fax-row of either breed that Will please you

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





o I c’ with size «is quality. the kindIcun positively

- . 8 aranteo to ive satisfaction or will refund

money. ewman's Stoo Farm.R.No.1.Marle'te.Mich.





0. I. C. SWIN





Pfigs, pairs and grim. ntot akivnr. 'to d

o servroe mass 0 good y . r1 me eseribi

of your wants. A. J. GORD‘ESN. R. No. 2 Dorr. Mic'iig.





o I C Hogsofallages. bred sows and ilts.ser-

o o o vice males and May and June arrowed

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



UROO JERSEY SWINE-Thirty sprin ‘ . b od

D sows. Breeding the best. prices rigs lings 02°“

andseothem. ORLO L. DOBSON. Quincy. Mioh.





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Biwti‘liiisnonnfinéi 3E1" iii:

Brookwa'ter Farm. RF. D. No. ’l. annuu‘iigi. N532





prices on young stock.





Write me for

rice on Spring

ave a number





 





DUHOC JERSEYS, HERD IMMUNE l0 CHOLERA.





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan.





SWINE. Spring and summer pigs for

Duroc Jersey sale both sexes. I pay express. 2.")

years experience. J. H. BANGHA B’l‘. Lnufllng. Mich.





D U ROG J E RSEY ‘d9rnfe‘i‘izoiis‘i





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

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

from large sires.





Big Smooth Poland china Hogs em... 5...... a.

reasonable prices. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Mich.





-—Bred from largi type. Stock



Poland Chinas all es. both sexbii. at Farmers

pricee. W. J. HAGELS AW. Augusta. Michigan.

POLAND CHINAs—Big ty sprin pigs. other sex. also

_ Short orn Bu 1 calves and Oxford



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





OLANQ OHINAS—Gilts and yearling sown bred

for first. of Se t. farrow. u few bi types

E. D. BISHOP. cute 38. Lake Odessa. ich.





PULANB CHINAS—gither 30x1. alt] agfs. Some-



ing goo u u ow rice.



P. D. LONG. R. No. 8. Grand Rapids. lich.



POLAND CHINAs—Homcrot‘ Michigun‘utirand Chain.



ion Boar. Sown. Gilts. and Boats.



Priced to sell. E. . MATHEWSON. Nottnwa. Mich.



PDL‘UD cmu‘s—{ppng so“: i??? for Apritlhfarrow.



x ra goo :1 pigs, oi er sex.



L. W. BARNES & SON. Byron. Shiawassee 00., Mich.

—Lar e type—sired by E "



r. 0. Bonus 8...: a... E. M. 1......

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



MICHIGAN’S Great Big Type 1’. O. Horde—Boar's



weigh 22.5 lbs. at 5% 1110. old. net fut. Sold one to



head Agricultural College herd. Seeing is believing.





Come and be convmced. Ex crises paid if not. as X‘t‘ )-

resentod. Freelivery. W. E. ivuigston. Parmu.Mich.





lllll YOUNG lllllllllllll BOARS Hill SALE

T. F. MA RSTON. Bav City. Michigan.

Mulefoot Ho s—bBO SOWS and GILTS

Boars all ages. G. C. {REOefibli’i’sf) gigaaITOtOllliig:





Ffog sale vorkshire GiHS—Erod to furrow





o n t ’Also pigs 1 th W125i lilltitfirAgJag

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WATllfi‘ileAN. Meadow Land Farm. Ann Arbor. Mich.





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SEPT. 21, 1912.

SELECTING AND FEEDING LAMBS.





(Continued from page 233).





first days of the feeding period they seem

to be getting ready to put on fat, al-

though some fat is probably nearly all

the time being deposited internally. Old

feeders tell us that one of the best and

most reliable indications of progress is

for the lambs, when standing leisurely,

to assume a partially stretched posture.



Careful observation shows that fat

makes its first appearance at the root of

the tail and then seems to pass directly

along the back and over the shoulders

to the base of the neck, then gradually

from this time to extend downward and

envelop the sides. The feeder should be

a good judge of the condition of a fat-

tening sheep. There are times when. it

is of vital importance to know whether

a lamb is gaining rapidly or slowly, or

whether it is gaining at all or not. There.

are certain times when gain is made

most rapidly and cheaply and beyond a

certain time there is never any profit in

feeding.“ In determining the condition

most feeders have some particular place

they examine first, and thereon largely

base their judgment. Some rely much

upon the condition at the tail, some at

the flank, others at the purse, or the

middle of the back.



It must not be assumed that all sheep

fatten evenly in all of these parts. Some

are fairly good in one or more parts and

comparatively deficient in other parts.

In a lamb that is well fattened there is

usually a trough or crease running along

the back from the tail to the shoulder.

All lambs do not fatten smoothly 0r uni—

formly. One of the worst defects found,

as well as the most common, is a thin-

ness of the fat on the loin and a lightness

of the hind quarters. ,



By careful study and observatiOn only

can one so familiarize himself with the

market demands and the feed lot DOSSI-

bilities as to reach the highest efficiency

in feeding. It is obvious that the feeder

who desires to turn out as near a per-

fect finished product as possible, one that

will bring the top price, will, if he breeds

his feeding lambs himself, give due care

to the selection of his ewes and sires that

his lambs may be uniform and of the

desired type. If he buys his lambs on

the market he will endeavor to select

lambs in which uniformity and good

feeding type are characteristic.



Market demands are so insistent and

well defined and competition is so keen

that no feeder can reasonably expect to

achieVe pronounced success unless he

adds to his own careful study and thought

all the helps that scientific investigation

may offer along this line.



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LIVE STOCK NOTES.





According to Frank Henry, of Mon-

tana, some recent heavy rains over a

large area of Montana, W'yoming and

South Dakota, are pretty sure tn delay

the marketing of many cattle and sheep

that would oherwis-e come freely in the

next few weeks, as the late pour—downs

have made grass green and sappy and

stockmen will be inclined to hold back

until the grass cures.



Northern Colorado sheep feeders have

picked up their sheep and lambs for win-

tcr feeding as fast as possible of late and

a great many New Mexico lambs have

been contracted—in fact, most of the

stuff for/sale down there has been bought

by northern Colorado feeders, prices

ranging at $5@5.25 at loading points for

good stuff. A few very early contracts

were made around $4105. Those who were

lucky enough to get in at these figures

should make a “killing," but they are

few and far between, and the contracts

were made several months ago. North—

ern Colorado is going to feed a lot of

lambs this fall and Winter if the stuff is

available.



Iowa’s hog crop will be short this fall

and winter according to reliable reports

at market. A big Ottumwa operator says

over 75 per cent of the breeding sows

which produced last spring’s pigs have

been sold and only a slim number of the

breeding sows used last winter will again

be in service the coming season, because

prices have been too high to warrant

holding. Eastern Iowa is shipping pig

freely now and predictions are made that

Iowa will market feWer hogs in the next

year than have come from there this

year.



Edward Cudahy, president of the Cud—

ahy Packing Company, is a bear on meat

prices and has of late stated it is his

belief that lower meats will soon be

available to the consumer. "Cheaper

meats will come,” says Mr. Cudahy, “and

come soon, especially cheaper beef. The

season of grass-fed CfltUle has arrived

and the heavy run of medium grade cat-

tle will force prices down. Pork also will

dr0p, but not until about January when

there will be a decline of about 10 per

cent. By next summer pork will have

dropped one-third. This is all due to the

tremendous crops now being harvested

in the west. With so much corn and

feed of every kind meat prices are b0und

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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





With the approach of



Conservative Mar- the harvesting sea-

keting. son for the important



cash crops of beans:



and potatoes, the growers of these sta<

pies may well devote special attention to





crop and Innrkct conditions rcgurding

them. The official crop statistics of Sci)—

lumber 1. published in :1 recent issuo of





the Michigan Farmer, unfortunately, do

not include statistics with regard to

beans. Such statistics, however. would

not be of great valuc at this time owing

to the fact that the bulk of the bean crop

is yet to be secured and much will de—

pend upon weather conditions during the

harvesting and threshing season as to

the yield and quality of this crop.



Inasmuch as weather conditions will

have much to do with the yield of mar-

ketable beans in Michigan. and as Mich-

igzin may well be said i.» ho a controlling

factor in the domestic production of this

staplo crop. thesc conditions should be

taken into considcration by the bean

grower in determining the important

point as to whether he should sell his

beans on tho early market or hold them

for later sale. \Ve believc, however, that

even with favorable wcathcr conditions

there wil1 not be an oversupply of bonus

produced in the United States this your.

One reason for this br-licf is the fact

that beef and other meats are high in

price and that beans, being a food high

in protein, can most economically be

used as a. substitute for meat, for which

reason consumption of beans may be ex—

pmted to increase at a more rapid rate

than domestic production, even under the

most favorable of conditiOns.



Foreign production of beans may affect.

our market to some extent. In some

sections of Europe and far eastern Asia

beans are an important crop and in oc-

casional seasons a surplus finds 9. mar-





 





 





ket in this country with, of‘ course, the

tariff added to the foreign price; "but

thisris not a. sufficiently important factor.

to require consideration at‘ this time

since statistics of foreign production are

not now available.



W'it‘h the market comparatively bare

of old beans, and with the prospect that

a. considerable portion of the new crop

will not be of good market quality on ac-

count of its lateness and the uncertainty

of weather conditions, it would seem that

the bean grower need be in no hurry to

accept a speculative price for his pro-

duct and that conservative marketing on

the part of beam growers would add to

the aggregate revenue of Michigan

farmers from this important cash crop.



Statistics with regard to potato pro-

duction would make it appear that this

year's crop will be a large one, although

an analysis of September figures shows

that the average condition of the crop

on September 1 was 87.2 of normal, as

compared with 59.8 on September 1 of

last year and a. ten-year average of 79.6,

thus giving prospect of a yield 7.6 per

cent above normal on Sept. 1-. The matter

of acreage has. of course, much to do with

the total production, but here again we

find that the acreage for the present year

is‘ but 1.9 per cent larger than that of

1911.



When we take into consideration the

comparative high price of other food

stuffs, the rapid increase in the popula-

tion of the country and the fact that

lost your more than 10,000,000 bus’hcls of

potatoes were imported into the United

Stun-s. while there was‘a general fail-

ure in the southwest with the result that

in a. large section of the country pota-

toes were so high as to be beyond the

reach of a large mass of consumers, there

is no cause for alarm that the cheap

prices of some years ago will prevail

throughout the marketing season for this

important Michigan crop.



For this reason it would be the part

of wisdom for growers who are equippcd

with proper storage to store at least a

portion of the crop in order that it may

be placed upon the marker gradually as

noedc'd for consumption, as by this means

the best average prices will be secured

and the greatest net revenue derived

by potato growers.





The probem of the

The Prison Problem. housing and em-



ployment of short

It‘l‘lll prisoners in the county jails of the

sizito is a perplexing one to solve in a

wholly satisfactory manner. During very

rccont years the question of employment

of short term prisoners has been given

conxldcrnblc consideration by county offi-

cizils and the experiment of working the

prisoners on the highways has been tried

with n varying degree of success.



The question of the employment of

county prisoners has recently become

one of greater import due. to the fact

that county prisoners are no longer ac:

ccp‘th at the Detroit House of Correc-

tion, to which penal institution many

cumty prisoners, particularly from ad-

Juccnt counties, were formerly sent. The





Itit'l that this institution can no longer

zircmnmodaite them owing to the great

growdi of the city of Detroit and the con-





sequent increase in the number of local

prisoilf’rs. has brought the prison prob-

It‘ll) home to many counties with renewed

force, since it has been found necessary

to provide additional room to accommo-

date local offenders against the law who

are not subject to confinement in a state

penal institutiou. Thus many counties

finding themselves unable to dispose of

prisoncrs for whom there is particular

need of employment from a. reformatory

standpoint, arc confronted by another

phase of the prison problem which is well

worthy of most careful consideration.



There iv. little doubt that under a. sys-

tem of compulsory egrmloymemt "there

would be a. noticeable decrease in the

prison population of the average county.

But there are difficulties to be met with

in the employment of these prisoners

upon the highways or other suitable

work which are difficult of practical solu-

tion. A new idea which may prove of

practical value in working out the solu-

tion of this vexed problem has recently

been advanced in Kansas, where the

proposition has been put up to the gov—

ernor. by local prison authorities, of com-

muting the sentence of the prisoners who

work upon the highways or other public

work in a peaceable and satisfactory

manner one day for each and every day

which they so work.



This is in line with the modern penc-

logical theory that prisoners should be

treated in the most humane manner pos—

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THE ‘ MICHIGAN FARMERS“, ..





and be amply rewarded-for ' good be-

haviour during their term of imprison-

ment. Society has advanced to aystag‘e

in which there is a well defined senti-

ment for the more humanitarian treat-

ment of those who are guilty of infrac-

tions of the law, and a more general

tendency than ever before to look upon

this class as unfortunate’s rather than as

outlaws. This sentiment has become so

general as to result in a. demand for the

’abolishment of corporal punishment in

the state penal institutions.



The recent mutiny at Jackson prison

would seem to indicate that this senti-

ment may in reality be somewhat in ad-

vance of the times, so far as the attitude

of the criminal class incarcerated in that

institution is concerned. Obviously dis-

cipline must be maintained in a prison

even though public sentiment may be

strongly opposed to corporal punishment.

Public sentiment is, however, undoubt—

edly right in the idea that every induce-

ment should be held out. to a prisoner to

be industrious and orderly, to the end

that such habits may be established as

will make him a more desirable citizen

at the expiration of his term of impris-

onment.



The prison problem, however, is one

which is not so easily settled by those

who are confronted with its immediate

and practical solution as it is by theo—

rists. chce the wisdom of conservatism

in the expression Oif opinion as to how a

penal institution should be conducted,

and u more careful study of the problem

by the public rather than the assumption

of an off-hand knowledge upon the

subject.



HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

National.



Citizens of Dulutlh have appealed to

Governor Ebe‘hart, of Minnesota, for

troops to quiet the riotous outbreaks in

that city. About 5.000 street car men

and sympathizers compelled the company

to suspend service and the police were

wholly unable to give the public protec-

tion.



Last Friday. Edward H. Schrieter, for-

mer clerk of the common council com-

mittee of Detroit. testified before the

police court of the city, giving in detail

the facts concerning his connection with

the boodle cases against 17 of the city‘s

aldermen. ‘



Aviator Paul Peck, of Washington, D.

C., holder of the American duration flight

record, was fatally injured in a. fall from

his biplane in Chicago last Wednesday.



A military court has been called to in—

vestigate the slaying of John Eisy, a

Syrian who it is reported, was killed by

Captain Bluckman, of the Michigan Na—

tional Guard, near Jackson prison last

Friday night. The victim was suspected

its a Il'll‘IY to a. conspiracy to blow up the

walls of the prison.



Wm. Haywood. general organizer of

Industrial Workers of the World, was

arrested at Boston, Mass., on a, warrant

issued as the result of an indictment





 





charging him with conspiracy in connec-





tion with the strike of the textile work—

ers at Lawrence, Mass.



Six persons were drowned near Chica-

go, Sunday. and five others are missing.

The victims went for a pleasure sail on

Lake Michigan and were caught in a lake

squall. They, however. returned to with-

in 100 feet of the shore before the trag-

edy occurred.



Three persons were killed'and 150 in-

jured by a tornado near Syracuse, Ix'.

Y. The storm ain't) caused a, property

loss estimated at $25,000.



Captain Bartlett, of the Steamer N11!)-

tune, who headed a gold-hunting expedi—

tion to Baffin Land, has returned to St.

Johns, Newfoundland, reporting the loss

of one of his ships and the discovery of

extensive coal deposits. No gold, how-

ever, was discovered.



Three persons were killed and two oth-

ers probably fatally injured in a. railroad

wreck at East Rochester, N. Y., last Sun—

day morning.



At the power boat races at Buffalo last

Saturday, 'the 20—foot hydroplane, Baby

Reliance II, made a. new record by main-

taining 21, speed of 46.15 miles for over a

35-mile course.



The Methodist Episcopal Conference for

the Detroit district of Michigan complet-

ed its session at Alpena, Mich, Monday.



In a statement made public by the cen—

sus bureau there was a. total of 13,345,-

545 foreign-born white persons in the

United States at the- time the 1910 census

was taken. Of that number 595,524 were

living in Michigan.



Farmers along the river Raisin are

much agitated over the destruction of

fish in that stream by the sugar com-

pany at Blissfield dumpingrefuse con-

gaining strong acid therein. The acid is

killing thousands of large Whitefish.



On Monday the federal authorities be-

gan taking testimony in Chicago in a

suit started to dissolve the International

Harvester Company. ,.



Farmers’supplying milk to Detroit pa-

trons are dissatisfied with present prices.

The demands made by the local board of

health for improved quality adds to the

cost of production to a degree that no

margin of profit remains. Many dairy-

men declare that the output will be de-

creased unleso better prices are paid.



Foreign.



General Count Maresuke Nogi, supreme

military councilman of Japan. and his

wife. killed themselves last Friday night

in accordance with an ancient Japanese

cushom as a. final tribute to their, de—





parted Emperor, Mutsuhito.;_. The mgedy

created a profound sensation and expres-

sions of sorrow have come from every

quarter. . ' ‘ \



The funeral of Emperor Mut'suhito was

held on September 13. Unusual prepara-

tions were made by the country in pay-

ing their last rwmcts to the dead mon-

arch. The entire route from Tokio to





'Yokohama was electrically lighted. War-





ships in ’the harbor fired salutes and

enormous crowds were gathered.



Maneuvers between the Mexican rebels

and the federal troops have been reported

in northern Mexico near the border line

this past week. Early news indicated

that the United States government had

agreed 00 an arrangement whereby the

fedcral forces of Mexico would be allowed

to pass through this Country in order to

gain advantage over the rebels. It Is

also stated that the rebels captured and

burned a. passenger train on the Southern

Pacific railway at; Nogalcs, Arizona. The

town of Oginaga, directly across the bor—

der from Presidio, Texas, was gallantly

defended by the federals last week, but

(very hour it. was anticipated that a rebel

victory would result. On Sunday the

federal troops won a. costly victory at

Oaxaca, the rebels in retreating sacked

the- town of San Felipe and Elba,



Terms of peace are practically agreed

upon between Italy and Turkey. The

terms are understood to be an accept-

ance by Turkey of Italy’s occupation of

Tripoli, the retention of a. Mediterranean

port by Turkey and a. strip of territory

reaching to the interior, the ce'ssion to

Turkey of some portion of Italian terri<

tory near the Red Sea in exchange for

Tripoli, and the rccognition of the spirit,-

ual suzerainty of the Sultan in Tripoli-

tania.





THE WEST MICHIGAN STATE FAIR.





 





 





Perfect fair weather during. the entire

week contributed to an unusually large

attendance at the West Michigan State

Fair. The grounds were thronged with

visitors from both city and country, the

crowd being exceedingly large on both

\Vedncsday and Thursday. The show it—

self was of the usual high standard which

has been set by this fair in previous

years. Although the exhibits in the live

stock department were not as numerous

as has sometimes been the case. perhaps

owing to the earlier date of the fair and

probably also to some extent to the se-

verely hot week which preceded the fair.



In the horse department the elimina-

tion of harnesg classes decreased the ex-

hibits to some extent, although there

was a. very good showing of horses, big

exhibitors from outside the state were

not attracted to the same extent as in

previous years. The quality of the ex-

hibits, however, was very good and the

exhibition space was very well filled.



In the cattle department the dairy

breeds showed up strongly with a. fair

exhibit of beef breeds, the exhibits av-

eraging very good in quality.



The hog exhibit was not; large owing

no doubt to the very unfavorable weath-

er conditions which have prevailed in the

high price of grain which has not stim-

ulated the fitting of hogs to a. great ex-

tent. The. several breeds were, however,

well represented. many of the good

Michigan herds being seen and a few

from outside, including an exhibit of

Mule F001 hogs by an Ohio breeder, the

first that has been seen in Michigan and

an exhibit which attracted a great deal

of attention from fair visitors. Consider—

able comment. was heard from live stock

men who are well informed with regard

to the breed characteristics and type of

this comparatively new breed of pure—

bred hogs, the individuals averaging

much finer and smoother in type than

the average live stock man “had in mind

as the type of this breed. This herd

showed gOod uniformity with-smoothness

and rather fine bone, the type being in—

termediate between the bacon and large

types, which are characteristic of the

better known. breeds.



The sheep exhibit was rather larger

than the swine exhibit, an overflow tent

helm: used for that portion of the ex—

hibit which the regular space would not

house There was a goodly sprinkling of

the old Merino types, a fairly good show-

ing of itambouillets, a. good exhibit of

the middle wool mutton breeds and rep—

resentative exhibits of coarse wools. The

bulk of those exhibits were from the

state, although there were some show

flocks present from the big circuits, mak-

ing competition keen in nearly all classes.



The poultrv exhibit was especially fine,

the two ‘argo buildings assigned to the

housmg of this exhibit being insufficient

in capacity and making it necessary to

use a tent for the overflow. Notwith-

standing the fact that this fair came at

an unfortunate! time so far as making

poultry exhibits of good appearance is

concerned, due to the moulting season,

it was a grand exhibit in appearance as

well as character and did great credit to

West M'chigan farmers, as well as to

the management of this department of

the show.



The machinery exhibit was large and

well placed, a new feature in this exhibit:

being a. number of different makes of

farm tractors, which attracted consider-

able attention notwithstanding they were

at the extreme end of the machinery ex—

hibit. As usual at the big fairs in re—

cent years, the gasoline engine was in

evidence everywhere in its many types

and sizes. suitable to different uses upon

the farm. and not a few of the machin—

ery exhibits were illustrated in action

by the use of this power.



The horticultural and agricultural ex-

hibits were a credit to Western Michi-

gan, the commodious building in which

they were housed being of all times per.

vaded with a. delicious aroma. of ripe up-





 





‘ pies which have given Western Michigan





its effective slogan, “'VVhere fruit.with

flavor grows." The Western Michigan

Development Bureau had a fine exhibit'of

apples in boxes and jars of knit. The

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JUST FOR A NIGHT—BY HELEN l.,__CA..S_T.EL_LIA.g





Of course, if it was to do over again

—but that’s no way to start the. story.

We all know that. if we had the power

of second choice, or the right to recall

our hasty acts, we would do quite differ-

ently the second time, and without a

doubt the world would be a very com-

monplace, prosaic old place indeed with—

out any of the startlling climaxes which

invariably follow upon our indiscretions.



To this day nobody knows just who to

put the blame on, or the praise either,

for that matter, although I must‘ cont‘css

that every one of the family was quite

willing to assume their share of thc

latter.



But to start at the beginning, Nina sit

all through breakfast with an open lct-

ter before her and cried. Salty tears

flavored her orange, they trickled down

into the oatmeal, they added their piquant

flavor to the bacon, and still they were

not exhausted. Finally, after mopping

her eyes for perhaps the twenty-fifth

time, she got up and spread her hand-

kerchief over the chair back to dry. l’hil

then pushcd back his chair and made a

noisy preitense at departure. “W'ell, sor—

ry I can’t suggest anything to help you

out. So long, sis. Good-by, everybody."



Nina didn’t even deign him a parting

glance. Brothers were horribly devoid

of sympathy. It was to Aunt Katherine

that she turned her tragic, tear—stained

face. ”Do tell me what I am going to

do!”



“It seems dreadful,” began mother, in

a half shocked, half indignant voice, “to

be so ashamed of onel’s home.” But her

yfiung daughter interrupted her.



“It's not that at all! You know your—

self that I have plenty of fricnds, and

they all know that we haven’t any mou—

cy, and that it’s a mighty hard pull for

you and Aunt Katherine until I get,

through college, but of course they are

the people who have known me all my

life. You don’t suppose that I am going

to have Evelyn Markham come here, do

you? She and her mother? To this lit—

tle, sixteen—dollar-a—month house, in a

side street—back street, I should say!

\Vhy mother, Evelyn is an aristocrat!

She is the one girl in college of whom I

stand in awe! Her mother sends her,

every month, a check for one hundred

dollars, just for spending money. Think

of it! One hundred dollars!"



“Well, I think it’s a sin,” said mother,

bluntly. “That’s what I think of it. And,

IIlfl-l'OOVEI', 1 don’t think it shows good

judgmentl on your part to pick out such

:1 girl for your particulm’r friend. I

thought I brought you up more sensibly!"



"Oh just listen, Aunt Katherine.” Nina.

turned toward the aunt who had a warm

place in her heart for her pretty young

niece. “As if I picked Evelyn out! Why,

I wouldn’t havC dared! N0, dear mother,

it. was Evelyn herself who tirst showed

a. partiulity for me, and all the girls in

our particular set are just a little bit

jealous, let me tell you. But what in the

world she and her mother want to stop

off here for, just over nightt, on their

way home from Canada, is more than I

can tell. And she writes that they will

be delighted to spend the night with me,

so that her mother will have an oppor—

tunity of meeting my mother and the

rest of the family. Ot‘ course, to Evelyn,

this isn’t a bit out of the way, fOI‘ Sh":

lives in almost a palace. I‘ve seen lots

of pictures of their place.”



“And what does she suppose you live

in?” Perhaps mother’s voice was just a

trifle sarcastic as she asked the question,

for Nina flushed clear up to her eyes.



“Well, mother, of course she knows we

are not rich, and that I am going to

teaching right away next year, as soon

as I graduate, and I'Ve never really lied

about anything, but you know you can

make things sound a little better than

they really are if you tell it right. Why,





mother, our house isn’t anything like as

large or as handsome as their garage!

If I only could get word to her in some

way, but they’ve already started, and

they will be at the station tomorrow ev—

ening by seven, and what in the world

am I going to do?”



"hat was Nina’s cry all day long.

“\V'ha-t am I going to do? What will I

do?" It seems the-re are times when

mothers fail to rise to an emergcncy. It

was so in this case. By the end of the

day mother was saying quite tartly,

“\Vell, I don’t sec‘that you can do any-

thing but let them come. They can have

my bedroom, and I-—” but at that Nina





 





they would have to hunt up a hotcl, and

maybc luvclyn would think, they, too,

could come to my cousin's. Most prob-

ably all her relatives are wcaltliy.”



“Probably," sotto voice from mother.



“\Vcll,” said Aunt Katherine, This

time her face brightened up consider—

ably. "Couldn’t we get hold of onc of

those yellow signs. scarlet fever. or

something like that, and then about half-

past six I’ll paste it on the front door,

and we’ll pull all the ‘shadps down,

andi”



“\\'cll, my father's Abraham! Kath-

crine .Ieunison. are you losing your mind?

Nina, don't l smell the bonus? And the





 





 





THE DRAUGHT OF NATURE.





BY CORA G. CARREL.





Up from the heart of Mother Earth,

Straight. from the source of its mystic

birth,

Pure as the offspring of the cloud,

Dimpling, gurgling, laughing aloud.

17p, straight up for the thirsty soil;

Up, straight up for the sons of toil.

Up for the weary, laden beast;

Up for the greatest, up for the leastf

Up in its beauty, up in its power;

inexhaustible, hour by hour

Over the brink of the earthen bowl

Pouring the wealth of nature’s dole;

Rainbow tints in the. shining day,

Silver pure when the Skit'S are gray,

Slipping away by the shades of night,

Rollicking on in the sun’s bold sight;

Singing the song that the sirens sing,

Luring life to the living spring.





 





 





Freely it gives though the. drouth be

grcat;



Volumes it pours when the storm clouds

mate.



Be a hard drinker, if you willw



Come to it often, take your till!



Never the strcam of the laden vine



From the lcrraccd hills of the vaunted

ithinc,



\Vith its tingling spur to sluggish brain



As it courses madly through pulsing Vcin,



(lives to the eye the radiant light,



(lives to the arm thc strength and might.



(lives to 1h.» soul thcv sense of power,



That thc draught of naturc holds in

den or.



Nothing it takes for what it {INC—‘5',



ltlxacts no pcnalty, but he lives



Long and Well who drinks of it decp,



And fair are the drcams of his restful

sleep.





 





wrung her hands and wailcd again, “Oh,

don’t. tell me any more! How can I ever

face Evelyn and her mother in this little

box of a house? \Vhy, my tongue would

stick to the roof‘ot‘ my mouth! I would

not be able to say a word! 0h, Aunt

Katherine, do suggest something!”



“Suppose you meet them at the station

and say that the family are all out of

town, and that you are staying with a

cousin, or something," said the aunt

thus appealed to, not daring to look at

the mother.



“I wouldn’t. have "the nerve," replied

the girl, with a. shudder. “Why look,





 





irons are hot if you want to press your

pink lawn.”



Nina cast a. despairing glance at hcz‘

aunt. The front door opened just then

and Phil came in whistling mcrrily as

though the world were a very pleasant

place to live in, with no calamities or

troubles of any kind floating through the

air. Phil was always hungry, and as

soon as he came in the family sat down

to supper. Mothcr passed the stew,

which today consisted of more vegetables

than meat. Frankly, mother had eco.t—

omized on the menu, not knowing just

what might be expected of her tomor-





row. l’hil stole several glances in the

direction of his down—hearted sister, and

then he bcgan to talk. ”is conversation

was chicvlly about a house he had taken

a prospective customer through that day

—its elegant furnishings, its complete-

ncvss, ready for occupancy, although the

present owner was abroad, where he had

berm for more than a year.



“\\'e have it up for sale, just as it:

stands, furniture and all,” said the bow

enthusiastically, “and l belichc l’ve got

a customer for it. The man I took

through today. if he buys it I tell you

it’ll mean something for me, because

Jellinghause is away. lle won’t be back

until Friday, and l’ve boon tending to

the business of the office all ulonc. I

was wishing today I could take you folks

thrcugh the house, just so’s you could

see what. a dandy place it is. I’ve got

the keys here in my pockct.” He took

them out and laid thcm casually on the

table. The brothcr's and sistcl"s eyes

met. The some thought was in each.

Nina bcnt ovc'r hcr plate with a peculiar

look.



It was after supper whcn she and Phil

got together on a corner of tlic porch to

\Vhispt‘l' over what: at lirst seemed to

Nina to be a diabolical plot. “Uh, Will,"

she half breathed, it slutdc of hope in

her whole voice. “It Would bc lovcly, but

1 don’t bclieve we could ever persuade

them to do it!”



“'Coursc we can.” said Master I’hil,

relianlly. ‘I'll put it to thcm. You

wait!"



If anyone had told Mrs. George \Vash—

inglcn lt‘i'amingham that lictore_she re-

tired to bed that night shc would have

corscntcd to remove licrsclt' and family

and conlcnts of her lardcr on tho follow-

ing day, and occupy unothcr pct-son’s

properly ovcr night just tor the purpose

of satisfying her young daughlcr's ideas

as to the proper way of cntcrtuining her

gucsts, that lady would straightway have

inl‘ornictl them that they wcrc crazy.

Nor yet would shc Lave bclievcd anyone

who told 11ch that she and .-\unt lx'athcr-

inc would sptnd the grcater part of the

next day in roastingr a pair of chickens,

in prcpuring duinlics which could be cas—

ily wurincd up, and yet dccoivc onc's

palatc into supposing lhcy had just pop-

ped, first—hand from the ovcu. in making

Iflyl‘l‘-r'll|\‘t", fresh pcuch pic, and grape

preserves.



It, was live o’clock whcn shc and Nina

and Aunt lx'uthcrinc turned the key in

the lock of thcir own tiny habitation and

started forth with baskets, a suitcase,

and Aunt Kathcriuo's black lczither bug

which she insistcd on carrying hcrselt‘.



“i guess I have to lukc my toilet

things," shc snappcd, whcn I‘cmonstrated

with for burdening hcrsclt‘ with so much.



'l‘ltcre was a walk of about two min—

utcs after thcy alightcd from the cur,

and thou, just, us tl.c,\' rounded the cor-

ncr. thcy saw l’hil standing on the front

steps, and mothcr cast agonizing glances

around, and Nina's knees hogan to trom—

blc and Mullah-heath hcr. Hill was

talking to a policeman!



“()h, wherc will we go?" hogan mother,

excitedly. “And what will \Vc do'.’ Just

when i thought I could put this heavy

suit-casc- down! (lit, to think that it’s

come to this! That 1 am running from

a policeman! Uh, if I had only done

what my conscicncc dictated!"



But. l’hil, at that moment catching

sight of them, bcclmncd with his bunch

of keys, and .-\unt Katherine took the

lead, saying grimly, “Come on. Remem-

ber Joan of Arc, and' Mary Queen of

Scots, and Stephen!"



The policeman moved off as they near-

ed the steps, and Phil swung the heavy

door back and ushered them in. They

were all quite weak. They flopped down

in the hall on anything which came

handy. and the boy's smile widened into





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an expansive grin. “Say. you want to

keep up your nerve," he said, genially.

“I though t Id tell him the house was

going to be occupied, over night. in cast:

"they suspected burglars. don‘t you know,

so I showed him my cards and things

from the real estate cfiice, and told him

I was expecting some prospective lu1yers

who wanted to test the house before pav-

ing any money down."



Mother got up and took. a. long

searching- look at herself in the hall

mirror “I belong to a respectable fam-

ily,” she said, sternly. “And I've been

a church member in good standing all

my life. Of course, I’m not. telling these

lies, but you two are my own flesh and

blood. It wouldn’t surprise me a mite

to find myself bianded like Cain! You

show me where the kitchen is, Phillip, and

if I live through tonight and tomorrow

morning, I want the rest of you to let

me alone and not speak to me for a.

wee f.”



Phil’s remark, as he led the. way to

the dining-room and kitchen was enig—

matical. “Well, you wanted me to go

into the real. estate business,” was what

he. said.



Aftcr her brother had departed to the

station to meet the Markhams, Nina and

her aunt hurriedly made up the beds, for

some reason assigning a lovely bedroom

up (in the third floor to the Markhams.

Nina said afterwards that sometimes

Providcncc puts it. into our heads to do

certain things. but- her mother empha—

sizes emphatically that Providence had

nothing to do with this affair, first or

last. “The Evil Ono started it," she will

say, stcrnly, “by putting a desire into

Nina’s head to appear more than she

was.”



“Yes, but who ended it, Mom?“ Phil

will ask, with a. twinkle, and to this

question his mother is strangely deaf.



The Markhams were delight-111 with the

rcccptlion which was accorded them, and

they were delighted with the dinner,

anyone could sue that. If they thought

that the Fruniinghams were a particu—

larly nervous family, of course they made

no comment. lf they thought it strange

that out of the half dozen clocks scat-

ttrcd round On mantel-pieces. etc, not

one was going. it is presumed they

thought this was a. family who took no

account of time During the course Of

the evening it grew so oppressivelv warm

that Mrs. Markham did sug gest aftcr

looking around and seeing that every

door and window was closed tight as a

drum, that they have a little air. But no

one moved to act on the suggestion, and

number threw such an appealing glance

at Ann: Katheiine that l"1l felt called

(«11 to explain.



“You see, next door to 11s there’s a

private asylum." he bcgau, lowering his

voice just a littlc. “It's very private, of

course, but some of the cases are quite

dangcrous, and we don't ope-1n the win-

dows aft-or dark. \Ve think it‘s better to

he. a little uncomfortable and feel sure

that we’re safe"



“Oh, yes, to be sure!

open them for the wm'ltll"

ltlvclyn and llCl' mothcr.



Mrs. i(‘t1l‘ c \’\ ushington 1'1 raminghmn' s

lips moved, but whclhtl in prayc: flr

hersolf or her son it would have bcen

hard 11- say.



It was shortly after

)Iurkhums rctirctl. They said they were

very tlrcd. and they would have to get

up early to make their train. c.tc., but

Nina, who went up with them. came

down and reptutt-d that they lookatlen-

dcr lil.‘ bod, and in 110th Meets, and brick

coming





Please don’t

begged both





that when the





of the bureau, and as sho was

:lr~wn stairs she heard something like a

hcuvy object bcing dragu‘cd across the

Hour to the door.



l\loll:-.~r urns-.3 and with a stately

“(mod—night" rollied to the room which

1121.! Pct-11 zilfcttctl her. “Come on. Aunt

Ix’atbcrinc,” said Nina, “Let's you and I

go 1.1 1104‘: You. too. l‘hil, because you

know we ought to get up very curly in

the 111111111-«1 and lose no time in gl-tiing

off ou1>t lvcs uftci‘ they no."



Aunt Kuthcrino didn’t look like an un-

derhanll woman, or one who was deceit-

ful in any way, but I have heard of crim—

inals who, having started or. a caiecr Cf

depravity. found it hard to stop, and pos—

sibly it was some niystcrittus influence

like that which forced the. lady into the

complication in which she seemingly

involved herself. ‘In tho first place, she

went upstairs peaceably with Nina and,

as the girl started to undress. she daw-

dled around, investigating bureau draw.-

ers, and drumming nervously on the win--

dow-sills. Finally she said, with a much

exaggerated yawn. “I believe I'll go sleep

in that: little room at the end of the hall.





THE. MICHIGAN PARMER; f

«while she. and 1111‘

sister would do plan: sewing to help





It won't be. so warm ‘as here, two in a

bed."



"‘But you won‘t have any covers," ro—

monsirated Nina.



“0h, I'll do all right. I won't need

much this kind of a night. I‘ll run down

and get that red tableclorh that was 01?»

or the basket, and put under me. I can

put it in the. wash Monday. and ’twon't

be harmed a mile." ,



Nina didn't make any objections, and

with a grim look of satisfaction on her

face. Aunt. Katherine took her black bag

and departed from her niece’s room, clos~

ing the door carefully behind her



It was no secret to the family that the

middle—aged spinster aunt had a revol—

ver, but. had Mrs Framing‘nam imagined

for an instant that her sister was pre-

pared to- add murder to the category of

crimes of which she already stood con-

victed. she would flatly have refused to

come. The litt‘ve woman now, weapongin

hand, sped down the stairs and along the

hall to a small room in the rear, which

the owner evidently used as a den, Hor

plan. which had reached maturity before

she ever set foot 1n the house. was to

sit up all night, in case that something

unforselen should turn up. But first she.

went into the kitchen and procured for

herself the red tablecloth, in case her

niece should be poking around and dis—

cover that she had not come up to bed.



Hour after hour she sat there, her

nerves too much on the alert to doze. and

she had just gotten up to move her

limbs, which were cramped from sitting

so long, when, what. was that? Surely

she had heard a sound, as though somtu

one was fitting a key in the look In an

emergency like this mother would have

prayed, but Aunt Katherine forgot hcr

prayers; she. even forgot the revolver,

her brain was paralyzed with the one

thought that the catastrophe which she

had both dreading had come—here was

the owner of the house!



llc switched on the electric light and

deposited his two large suit-cases on the

floor. Peeping through the crack of the

door the half—frantic woman saw him,

a typical traveler, with a Slouch hat pull—

ed down well over his eyes, and a raglan

overcoat. Taking a. few steps forward,

be surveyed himself in the mirror and

gave a sigh of relief at finding himself

again under his own vine and fig tree.



And so they were to be exposed just

when the hour of victory was so near at

hand! Was there any way to save the

situation? Aunt Katherine’s lips came

togcther in a grim line. She could try it,

anyway, and if She failed, well, there

werc worst» places than jail, she sup-

poscd. Ilpon a chair, just back of the

door, she climbed, red tablecloth in hand.

It wasn't likely that anyone, be he man

or woman, would return to his house, af-

ter an absence of a year, and g0 peace-

ably to bed without at least investigating

each room 011 the main floor. Nor was

she mistaken. Along came Mr. Owner,

humming softly to himself, turning on

the light in each room as he entered. He

smod on the threshold of the den, and in

an instant the red tablecloth descended

«n him like an angry cloud, completely

cnvcloping him in its folds, and some~

thing, wirey. determined, (to his imagi-

nation he felt as though he were in the

clutches of a huge spider). pushed him

rapidly across the floor and into a com-





- partmcnt, Where he was released, and the

door slammed to and locked and bolted”





'l‘he excitcll woman leaned against the

wall for support, thcn, gctl‘tiug down on

her knees, she put her mouth to the key-~

hole. "Mister," she called, doing her

best to keep the quake out of her voice.

"litan‘t bu alarmed, I beg of you. I give

only using the house over night. I give

you my word we will depart peaceably in

the morning, leaving yOu in possession of

the house. I deeply regict that I had to

do a thing of this kind, but under the

circumstances—"



But the language which greeted heir

made her hold} her hands to her ears in

horror. She sped down the hall after

'he suitcases, carrying them to a place

of concealment behind the parlor door.

“At any rate," she said to herself grim-

iy when, after having turned off the

lights, she went back to her place in the

den, “he may own the house, but: he

don’t know how to talk to a lady!”



Now what was going to become of

them? Phil would lose his position, of

course, and there would be that much

gone from the slender resources of the

family, and perhaps the boy couldn‘t get

anything else to do, for Mr. Jellinghause

certainly wouldn’t give him 'a recom-

mendation. Perhaps, oh horrible thought,

perhaps Nina. wouldn’t be able to go back

to college and finish her last year, but

instead would have to go out and take





 





a position ln‘a. sto





along! All these. thoughts

lightninglike rapidity

Katherine's brain as





flew , with

through, Aunt

she sat there, listen—





ing with bated breath for a. sound from'





the little pantry alongside the kitchen,

and again listening to the weird creak-

ings and rustlings which seemed to come

from everywhere, above, below, outside

and in.



But. her long vigil was nearly over. The

morning light was just: breaking across

the sky when the second'thing happened,

and this time Aunt. Katherine stiffened

in her chair and her arm fell limp and

helpless acres 3 the table, until her fingers

coming in contact with something cold

restored her scattered senses, and she

ben:r forward where she could be sure to

a certainty.



Someone was again coming in the front

door! Not quietly, cautiously, as' had

the owner, but. puffing and blowing with

the exertion of carrying his heavy valise

up the stops, this individual worked his

way through the door and felt all around

the wall for the electric button. When

he touched it the light flooded the hall,

and he straightened up and looked di‘

rectly into the barrel of as pretty a little

revolver as any woman would want to

handle. “Bell!" said the newcomer, and

he took a. step backward. Of course,

that isn't a nice word to use. and I

oughtn't to put it in, but it’s what he

said. and if there‘s anything else ex-

presses the same meaning, I don’t know

what it is.



Outwardly Aunt: Katherine was stern

and judicial Inwardly she was quiver—

ing like the proverbial “bowlful of jelly,”

but her words were rattled off so glibly

that. one might almost have supposed she

learned them by rote.



“I am a desperate woman!”



"So am I. lady," said the fat man, tak-

ing out a large silk handkerchief and





mopping his perspiring brow freely.

“Very desperate. So put down that there

toy, and git! See?" ,



”No, I do not see," firmly. "And





moreover, I am using this house at pres-

entt, and it seems well that; I am, if I am

the means of preventing a robbery. I

will permit you to take yourself off

quietly, sir, if you go at once."



The fat man’s eye's nearly popped out

of his head. “Say, are you crazy?" he

yelled. “Things have come to a pretty

pass when a. man can’t come into his

own house near morning without being

held up by a revolver! I'll have that

.lellinghause strung up for this, sure’s

my name‘s Jimmie Powdermakerl"





Aunt Katherine weakened just the

least mite, but her hold on the revolver

never relaxed. “This is not your house,"

she said firmly. “The rightful owner is

at prescnt in hiding until morning, when

we are going away, and he will take

possession. You can go down the cellar

and hide until morning, but you’ll have

to give me your word that you won’t

make any noise."



At this, Mr. Powdermakezr fairly danc-

ed up and down on the floor in his rage.

“You impudcntl hussy!” he shouted. “So

it's not my house, isn‘t it? It’s your

house, I suppose! Who are your we?

Bring on your gang! Bring a. dozen of

them! Fifty of them, I’ll fight them all!

Yes, and I'll fight you, too; I'm not afraid

of your penny gun!" He made a sudden

movement toward her, and the poor lady,

whose overwrought; nerves were already

giving way, dropped in a heap at his

feet, and the revolver hung limply in her

hand. Thus relieved from the uncertainty

of ga7ing into cold steel, the man began

fussing around the parlor and kicked at

the suit—cases which stood behind the

door.



“All ready to skip, were you?” he said,

sneeiingiy “I wonder how much of my

valuables vou’ ve got: stmed away in you1

bilgh.‘



Aunt Katherine arose to her feet with

dignity. “Those, sir, belong to the right—

ful owner of this house, who is at. pres-

ent in the pantry, waiting for morning

when I have promised to release him."





The fatj man turned around and looked

at her, a new light dawning on his face.

"Sufferin' cod-fish,” he said, under his

breath. “I sure had one narrow escape!

Because the law don’t hold thcm respon-

sible!” His' tone now changed toward

the lady. He addressed her as though

he were soothing a baby. “Yes, yes,

rightful owner of the house, of course!

Come on, let’s you and I see what’s in

the bags! Don’tt want to? All right, you

watch me, and I'll show you.” He kept

one eye warily on her, but as the cover

came off the first suit—case, disclosing to

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"I’ve got you now!” he roared. "Burg-

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lot they must be to use you as a hold-up

for a .man’. Oh, you’re a wonder, you

are!”



Just then a. voice was heard, descend-

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you up? I thought I heard you singing.





Let’s get breakfast and have it all ready, .





so that we can go away right after.”



Aunt Katherine jumped for the man’s

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I’ll give you one of the best breakfasts

you ever ate! Come here, Nina dear

This is Cousin Jimmie, from the west'

fore. He just came, an hour or so ago,

fore. He just came, an hour or so ago,

and he’s hungry, so we must see about

breakfast.”



Nina shook heartily the hand which

Cousin Jimmie feebly held out. ”Why,

isn’t that nice!” she said, with enthusi—

asm, “Are all these bags yours, and

these things your mining tools? ‘Vcll,

the idea, and you carried them all your—

self! My, I wish Phi] could go west and

learn how to do things!”



Cousin Jimmie went along out in the

kitchen with them and sat down in the

rocker which Aunt Katherine moved out

to the middle of the floor. She enveloped

herself in a big gingham apron and start-

ed in to fulfill her promise about getting

him the best breakfast he had ever

eaten.



Poor mother! She might as well have

been eating ashes as the delicious ham

and eggs, the hot muffins, or the coffee!

Who was that fat man sitting there in

the chair but some-one who was to lead

them all to the station house when this

miserable: farce was over? His eyes

roamed around the table as though he

were trying to unravel a complication,

but he was afraid to speak, for every

time he looked at the lady in the white

shirt-waist with the wilted collar and

her frizzcs out’ of curl, she laid her hand

on her lips and motioned him to silence.

That is, when they were unobserved. If

anyone was looking in their direction,

however, she made some pleasant remark

about Texas!



It was not. until the Markhams had

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into explanations ~



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THE‘ MICHIGAN FARMER. ’





MY GRANDPA.





BY RUTH RAYMOND.





My grandpa is my oldest friend,

And when he walks with me



We‘re just two boys, so we pretend,

And everything we see



We talk about, for grandpa knows

How birds build little nests,



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Jimmie, pausing to wipe the perspiration

from his face. lie opened the door on a

crack and pe'cped in. Than he opened it

a little wider and stuck his head in.

Aunt Katherine. her curiosity getting the

best of her. wriggled under Mr. Powder-

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of white paper, pinned to the table. A

broken window told its own story. The . . _

lines contained in the note were brief: ‘ ,





“Dear Lad)"



I'd like to wait until morning, but on

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“On your way to the office you better

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would lead to better things, but which

she was now afraid he would lose because

of the threats Mr. Powdcrmakcr had

made against the firm of Jellillghausc for

not guarding his property in a more se—

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tragically, (no one had spokcn a word

during her recital), “what is to become

of that man locked in the pantry?”



“Son,” said Mr. l’owderlnaker, address—

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white now, now that he realized into

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I think you and I, between us, can tie

the fellow up before we hand hiln over

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They were eating their supper that1

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face.



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They know what makes a car



_ comfortable—know it bet-

ter, perhaps, than any other

engineering staff in the

country.



They know that a car with the

wheelbase of the “Olympic”

should have 34-inch wheels

to be most comfortable.



They know that full elliptic

springs ride from 33-% to

100 per cent easier than any

other type, so they put four

of them in the Jackson,





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mings, black and nickel.





 





They know that a Certain

slant to the seat cushions‘

and shoulder-high .seat

backs are most comfort-

‘able; so we use them.





They knowthat 10-inch up-

holstery adds to the seat

comfort; so we make it that

thick.





But .they haven't overlooked or

all hted the mechanical details

at er, as you’ll see by the

smooth, silent running of the

car, and by its pulling power and



[good speed. .



We want you to write for the 1913

Jackson literature, and the name

of the nearest dealer, so you can

ride in the new car and see what

a splendid production it: is.





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Jackson “ Olympic ”-— $1 500





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body, With IO-inch upholstery. Casio inc tank under dash. supplied from stor-

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Total capacity twenty gallons. Equip-





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side of this Presidential Contest.

It’s a mighty important deciding factor

after all. '





I ET’S look for a moment upon the Man





Platforms may be' built and policies framed _





that are full of glowing promises.



But a platform, after all, is only words.



The man behind the words either gives them

living action or proves them a hollow mockery.



The great American privilege is to discount

assertions which lack the proof.



And, in this matter of before-election

promises, the public has become a pretty

critical judge.



“Who is going to do it?”——and “What has

he already done to prove that he will do it?”—



These are the questions the people of America

are asking seriously right now.



You, Mr. Farmer, want an answer to that

question.



Yen are used to dealing man-to—man—out

in the open places—Where you can read in the

other fellow’s eye what he is, and where he

stands. .



You know that the prettiest reading platform

ever written, the finest future-administration

program ever mapped out, is worthless unless

there is a straight-seeing man, with a steel-

baclcbone to carry it out.



A man with the courage to do his own think-

ing—to fight his own fight—~—without bluster

or buncombe~without chasing moonbeams.



That man in the present contest is William

Howard Taft.





* * *





And that you may know him better as a

Man—that you may decide from that knowl-

edge whether or not he is your kind of a Man

for president—these personal facts are given.



For thirty years Mr. Taft has been active

in public life.



But with him public life and publicity have

meant two entirely different things. .



He not only refuses to seek notoriety, but

be continually avoids it.



He hasn’t any desire to see his name “on

the front page,” nor his portrait in colors on

every dead wall.



He is not the man behind the megaphone.



This is not from mock modesty—but

because Mr. Taft prefers to let the things he

does stand on their own merits and prove

in their results.



And because he has some “old-fashioned

ideas” about the dignity of his office.



He doesn’t send for reporters to tell the world

of his greatness—nor for camera men to catch





his latest pose.

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Mr. Taft frankly admits that he is not a

politician—which is true.



He is not a politician, but he is a states-

man and a born judge. His grandfather and

his father were bothjudges. His father left

the Superior Court‘Bench to become a mem-

ber of Grant’s cabinet.



S0 William Howard Taft came by his

judicial temperament, and broad, intelligent

vision on public and corporate matters by

,inheritance.



Beginning with the practice of law, he was

made Judge of the Superior Court, then Solici-

tor General at Washington, and after that

Judge of the Sixth Federal Circuit—~in direct

line for the Supreme Bench.



But it was what Mr. Taft did in the Phil-

ippines that proved more than anything else

in those early days, his real manhood, his

courage, his sympathy and patience, his

judicial fairness, his gift of leadership.



When President McKinley asked him to

give up the bench and his prospect of pro-

motion to the Supreme Court, and to

“shoulder the white man’s burden”——to go

and teach the Filipinos self—government—



He put his own ambitions aside, and took

up the thankless task.





The Filipinos were hostile, suspiciOus. They -'





gresented his coming. At first he was in serious

personal danger.

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His three years’ work on the islands would

have taken the heart out of a weaker man.

But he remained.



How Taft won the Filipinos’ friendship and

confidence—how he convinced them that he

was working unselfishly for them, and not

against them—is history.



He gave them schools ;honest courts of justice.



He secured for them the rights to buy lands

on easy terms. _



He was the Big Father to all the Islanders—-

and when he left, after starting them so well

in the way to self-government,—it was to

become Secretary of War and of our Insular

Possessions,where he could still guard over them.



In Cuba, Mr. Taft restored peace between

the warring factions and directed the reorgani—

zation of the self—government there on a

practical, successful basis.



His work in connection with the Panama

Canal showed his wonderful foresight. As

Secretary of War he made the peaceful com-

pletion of‘ the Canal possible by pacifying the

Panama Government and people, who were

suspicions that our Government had gone to

the Isthmus to build a rival State, instead

of a Canal.



As President, he has advanced the work

upon the Canal more than anyone before him,

and he now looks forward to its completion

in seventeen months.



His whole administration has been a record

of doing things.



Mr. Taft during his administration has cut

out every needless governmental expenditure.

He has introduced economies wherever pos-

sible. Has added to the country’s income.



Under his administration the shortage of

nearly fifty-nine million dollars in the U. S.

Treasury at the end of Roosevelt’s administra-

tion was changed to a surplus of over forty-

seven million dollars in 1911.



Taft’s record as a Man and as an Executive

is clean.



It stands for sincerity and justice—better-

ment of conditions for every one.



It stands for Progress.



'-——Without regard to popular applause.



* * $



The Third Term Candidate has been touring

the country preaching the gospel of a “change.”



He has attacked Mr. Taft from every angle.



His pet charge the shot that he fires again

and again—is that Mr. Taft is “boss-rid-

den”——that he is clay in the hands of others.



From what Mr. Taft’s record proves him to

be, this is the most foolish of charges. t



No Sir, lVIr. Taft is certainly not “boss-

ridden," nor driven by any interest but the

people’s interests.



There never was a president who stuck

straighter and truer to his own ideas and

principles.



There never was a president who more

completely and positively refused to be in-

fluenced against his own convictions.



And nobody knows this better than Mr.

Roosevelt. '



For if Mr. Taft had been weak—spined,

docile, a puppet in Roosevelt’s hands,—lhere

would never have been a new party.



* * *



President Taft does not “play politics.”



His political advisers, who have urged him

to do this thing and that for policy’s sake,

have found him not to be moved the fraction

of an inch.



That he would “rather be right than Presi-

dent” is not a mere saying with him. He lives

up to it in every action every day of his life.



Like Lincoln, he does the thing without

fear, on his own decision,—“as is given him

the power to see the right.”



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President Taft knew when he asked for a

Tariff Board that he would injure his political

chances. But that didn’t stop him.



It didn’t prevent him from lifting the Tariff





investigation clear of politics, and appointing





a commission of competent men of all

polltlcal creeds to get at the heart of the





         





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e Real Taft





actual net costs of production and manufac-

ture, at home and abroad.



Mr. Taft fought for this Board almost

single handed, and against his political friends,

—against Congress. But he won.



He was the first President to lay his hand

upon real Tariff needs. _



The first President to show the nerve to

go into the Tariff in an absolutely scientific

way.



For example, his Tariff Board has given the

government the first thorough’ and complete

report on wool and cotton that was ever

secured.



Such a body must be maintained. For

without it there cannot be a just and safe

revision that will consider equally and fairly

the interests of everyone.



* * *



President Taft proved himself not a poli-

tician when he made a working weapon of

the Sherman Law, which his predecessor had

used for oratory and effect, but not for action——



When he brought to time The American

Tobacco Company, The American Sugar

Refining Company, the U. S. Steel Corpo-

ration, The Standard Oil Company, and many

other corporations that were in Violation of

the “Anti-Trust” Law.



Mr. Taft secured forty-five indictments

during his first three years in office, as

opposed to a total of thirty—three indict-

ments secured during the administrations of

Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley, and Reese—

velt———or all the imlictments secured since

the Sherman Law went into effect.



President Taft did not talk on the Monopoly

Question—he acted on it.



And the result is, that independent manu—

facturers in all of these different lines today,

have a fairer show than they ever had before.



He protected the Wool Industry in America,

by his veto—in the face of loud popular

objection—of the Democratic Wool Bill.



Under his administration agricultural study

and development increased every year, till

last year the farmers had the benefit of the

greatest amount ever spent by the government

on agricultural work—Sixteen Million Dollars.



But, note please, this year the “farmer-

loving” (2’) Democrats, represented by a

Democratic House, cut down the agricultural

approl’n‘iation, instead of giving it a well

warranted increase.



3 That’s a sample of the vaunted Democratic

“friendship for the farmer.”

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hir. Taft saw the Weakness in the present

Patent lav.‘s———the opportunities they give

for monopoly in manufacturing. He recom-

mended laws that would tend to control

special patent privileges.



* * *



Yet Mr. Taft had always supported legiti-

mate busincss—large or small.



His wise and just Tariff policy-—his protec-

tive Amerieanism,——has given a confidence

to National industries they have never felt

before.



hlills, mines, and factories, are running

full time; there are no financial troubles.

The farmer’s market—the home market——

is right at his door ready to consume prac—

tically his entire production. And his prod—

ucts bring a higher value than ever before





in the history of the country.





 





These things all prove the standard of the

man.



They prove his sterling personal worth,

his keen judicial sense, his broad—gauge policies,

his business understanding.



And they certainly prove that the country

is safe with Mr. Taft at its head—-



——And they prove that there is an even

better and bigger Prosperity ahead, under

the policies of this quiet, firm and forceful

man, who knows his mind, and is not to be





turned from his own Wise de01s10ns.

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

CHARLES D HILLES, C airman

JAMES B. REYNOLDS, ecretarv
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HARVEST HOME FESTIVAL and FROLICS





BY MARY MASON WRIGHT.





FTER the fruits of the earth have

A been garnered, and all are rejoic—



ing in nature’s bountcous gifts, it

is an excellent time for the country host—

ess to entertain friends and neighbors.

These harvest-home festivals and parties

should be informal affairs. All imita—

tions are bad, so the country hostess

should be original, and not strive to copy

the formal receptions, lunclieons and din-

ners given by the city hostess, which are

usually expensive, and take several ser-

vants to carry through successfully. Har-

vest home festivals, corn and pumpkin

carnivals or Jack-o-lantern parties are

all delightful ways in which to entertain

one’s friends whether from the farm or





, the city.





Nature during the autumn months has

provided lavishly in way of material for

decoration of house, porch or barn. Noth—

ing can make more appropriate or

effective decorations than the gay au-

tumn leaves, the pretty grasses and gol—

den grains, late vines and berries, corn

husks with ‘their red and yellow cars,

branches of oak with acorns, the decora—

tive varieties of vegetables and fruits,

mllkVt't'Pd pods, cat—tails, and the golden

rod. wild~as1ters and other late ilowers

that may be found by many country

waysidcs. There are great artistic pos—

sibilities in theSe common things for the

bright'hostcss. if the festival is to be

held on Thanksgiving day select the best

material. and that which is richest in

color, and lay aside for your scheme of

decoration. Vines wiLh their bright ber-

ries may be gathered in October and

suspended in the cellar where they will

keep nice until used; autumn leaves can

be preserved for the occasion by running

them over with an iron that has first

been passed over paraffin wax. 1n us-

ing fruit for decoration choose- the bright—

cst and most pcrfert red and yellow ap-

ples, russet pears, and purple, red and

white grapes. l‘olish the fruit with soft

llannel until they shine. Vegetables

should be thoroughly cleaned, and also

polished



A great. roomy barn is just the place

for a harvest—home t‘tstival that is held

in September or October, or before the

need of a tire is felt. The Iirst step in

party is to

as





the preparation of a barn

make the barn as spotlessly clean

possible; then decorate lavishly with

bunting, ilags, branches of autumn

haves, \ines stalks of corn, sheaves of

grain, glowing pumpkins and other vege—

lillJltS. fruits of I‘td and \ellow (10111 and

such like. Be sure everything unsightly

is well covered. A continuous divan can

he made around the walls by using baled

hay or straw, and covering it with rugs

and cushions. if the barn is roomy and

you wish to divide it into two depart-

ments—one for the games, and one from

which to serve the refreshinentsre—it can

be. readily done by making portieres of

autumn leaves, sewing yellow or brown

leaves on a red muslin or cambric foun-

dation. Or a temporary framework can

be made of lath for the partition, and

autumn leaves or with





covered with

the-





vi11<1s,g1ape vines with (lusters of

pu1p‘1e fiuit hanging on them 01 the bit-

te1—stht vine with its b1ight berries

make a nice covering. Even cornstalks

can be, arranged to make an excellent

paitition. .1]a(k- o- lanterns and carriage

lamps, 01 o1dinary lanterns deceiated to

suit the fa11c,y should be used for illumi-

nation. Too much light will detract from

the scene, so the light should be sub—

ilucd. A red lighti can be obtained by

pasting rcd paper over the openings in

the Jack-o-lanterns.



At a harvest—home festival there

should be. a harvest queen to preside ov-

er the games, and crown the victors. All

sorts of games. old and new, can be

played If liked the guests can be ask-

ed to COme in costume to rep1esent cer

tain vegetables 01 fiuits A mine or two

could be awarded for the best costume,

or the best representation, or the guests

can be asked to come dressed in red and

yellow, the autumn colors. The skirts of

the women can be made of turkey red

calico or cambric, and the blouses out of

yellow calico or cambric; while the men





(an be diessed in khaki trousers, or else

khaki leggings over their m‘ousers,wl11to

blouse shirts with red neckties, and red

caps.



Rake, corn and pumpkin drills are all

appropriate for such a festival. Harvest-

honie songs can be sung, and some will

not consider the entertainment complete

without instrumental music and danc—

ing. The refreshments for such an 0c—

casion should be of the homely, substan—

tial sort, such as sandwiches of various

kinds, or else buttered rolls with cold

meats, doughnuts, nutcakes. gingerbread,

tarts, fruits, lemonade, sweet cider and

buttermilk. The refreshments can be

served in buffet style if likcd. Decorate

the table by nailing lath to the four legs

which should stand about: four feet above

the top. On top of these wire Jack-o-

lanterns. Place in the center of the ta-

ble a bowl filled with golden—rod or wild

asters. Have pumpkin Shells and Wooden

trcncliezrs piled high with sandwiches,

cakes, fruits, and such like; also a stack

of wooden planes, or paper ones, and

plenty of Japanese napkins, and let the

guests help themselves. If preferred the

guests can be seated and served by wait~

ers. 11' tables are used it is best to ini—

provise long narrow tables out of pin-:1

boards, and barrels arranged along the

sides of the barn.



A pumpkin frolic or Jack—o—lantern

party can be made a very jolly affair.

A bolt or two of green and yellow cheese-

cloth or bunting will be needed for dec~

oration, fostoon it about the veranda,

parlor and hall, and suspend and place

.lack—o-lanterns wherever they will prove

most effective». A row of pumpkin jars

should be‘filled with golden—rod or wild

asters and arranged along the edge of

the veranda. Pumpkin jars or vases till—

ed with autumn flowers should be placed

here and there in hall *and rooms. ln

each corner of the room place a corn

shock, and pile. pumpkins of various sizes

around the base of them. You can haVe

at this party “Old Lady Bountiful and

Her Pumpkin l’lcntiful.” The “Pumpkin

l’lentiful” is made by selecting a huge

pumpkin, "cutting Off the top, and hol—

lowing out to a thin shell. Place in it

small souvenirs of various kinds Wrapped

tip in pumpkin colored crepe paper tied

with green ribbons. “Old Lady Bounti-

ful” can be dressed in a yellow and

green costume, a mask on the face and

a sunbounct on the head, and preside ov—

er the “Pumpkin l'lrm’iful.” Each guest

is asked to select a ribbon and pail, then

there is much merrimcnt while the pack—

ages are being opened and the contents

revealed.



'I‘he old game of “B113ttlon, Button,

\Vho’s Got the Button?" can be changed

for the Occasion to “l‘umpkin Seed,

l’umpkin Seed, \\'l1o’s (lot the Pumpkin

Seed.” Guessing contests such as, guess—

ing the weight of a large pinupkin, or the

number of seeds it contains are always

popular. If liked, part of the evening

can be spent, in carving .lack—o—lanterns.

To make. this more interesting each one

can be asked to carve out a, particular

face, or to have the .Tack—o-lanterns to

represent certain characters. After all

have finished arrange them in a. row, and

let the company vote on which is the

best representation.



A table spread with white, and dec—

orated with yellow and green may be

placed either in 'the house or on the

porch. The centerpiece for the 'table

should be a large pumpkin bowl filled

with fruits or vegetables, and surrounded

by parsley. If liked, the supper can l)-:1

served in pumpkin dishes lined with par-

atlin paper, or if you wish something

more informal and jolly the refreshments

for two can be placed in hollowed out

pumpkins, with lids put back on. Burn

in the top the initials of a girl and boy,

then let, the partners find the pumpkins

decorated with their initials. Have at

each plate a little Jack-o—lantern made

out‘ of an orange, if a table- is used. The

ice cream can be served in small pump-

kin shells lined with paraffin paper.



A corn party is an appropriate form of

entertainment for the autumn months,

and is easily arranged for. Decorate the





 





 





 





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rooms with a. dado of cornstalks Wi'ththe

ears left on and the hu'sks turned back.

Have pumpkin jars filled 'with tips. or

cornst'alks and with cat—tails. Huge, ears

of' red and yellow corn make attractive

decorations, and can be suspended here

and there about the rooms, and from the

plate rail ill the— dining-room. Maize-

colored cheesecloth, draped here and

there and caught tip with bunches of

golden-rod, or with ropes of corn adds to

the artistic effect\. Corn kernels can be

dyed any color desired by soaking in dye

water for several days and then may be

strung to make prettyportieres.



0n the table use napkins and doilies

made out of corn husks. There is a

beautiful blending of colors in the inner

husks, and pretty baskets, cases, and

such like may be woven out of them. A

woveln corn husk basket over a Wire

framework, or a pasteboard fOundation

can be filled with yellow apples, pears,

bananas and oranges, and makes a. de-

lightful centerpiece for the table. Corn

husks can be colored any color desired,

and we have scen flags made entirely out

of corn husks.



At one corn party a. corn drill was giv-

en by the girls and boys. The girls were

dressed in beautiful corn husk costumes

over a foundation of cheesecloth, with

strings of red and yellow corn around

their necks and shoulders; while the

boys carried a cornstalk in one hand and

a yellow or red car of corn in the other.

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wipe and soak six hours in one gallon of

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general horticultural display was fine.





some unique exhibits being made which

would be well worthy of extended de-

scription did space permit.



The agricultural division of this exhibit

was Equally good, showing the numerous

products of \Vcstern Michigan farms to

good advantage. Even the corn exhibit

was creditable, notwithstanding the back-

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fair, numerous exhibits of ripe dent corn

being seem, including bushels of cars of

excellent quality.



N01 the least interesting section of

this important division of the show was

that made by the Michigan Agricultural

College, “Where at all times a representa—

tive was on hand to serve the fair pa.-

ti'on‘s in any way possible. This includ—

ed exhibits from the agronomy depart-

ment, including samples of grain with i11-

teresting daia concerning same, samples

of soil for comparison, etc. Likewise the

department of botany had an interesting

and educational exhibit, including live

specimens of the ten worst weeds of the

state, also poisonOus plants, mushrooms,

etc, with regard to which information

was furnished to all who were init rest—

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nature, as well as an exhibit illustrating

plant diseases.



Tho vehicle cxhibit include a number





of makes of automobiles and large ex-

hibits of horse vehicle's, harnesses. etc.

In this building was also housed the





special dairy exhibit which was good as

usual. There were. also a number of

special exhibits which were attractively

and iasiiily arranged.





As 11311211, the Grand Rapids merchants

put up an attractive exhibit in the art

hull, Willli' lbe second lloor was devoted





to educational exhibits from the schools

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The en.-erlainmeni features of the fair

were good, including fast automobile

races in which the H‘Ctil‘d for the track

was lowered. 'l‘he midway was quietly

conducted and the fair was a clean and

attractive one. Altogether the manage-

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are to be congratulated upon this sea—

son's event.



The Marquette County Fair, held. at

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weather and visited by

While this county is not

speak, it has





blessed by fine

record crowds.

a farming county. so to

been denmnsii'alcd that some lines do

fine how. The fruit was exceptionally

line, also a {40141 exhibit of poultry. Some

good llolstcins from the Michigan State

Hospital at Newberry, and a. flock of

good Hampshire Downs Shown by S. B.

Carrol, of Trout Creek, were among the

best in the stock line.



The Chenoygan County Fair will be

held Sept. 23—27. at \Volvei'ine. This

event is purely agricultural and horticul-

tural and we invite all to see what can

be grown in this part of our great state.

We want to invite especially that class

of men who are expecting to locate a

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ma.theCaroli11as.





other wet and cold month, but Septem-

box has cume in ve1y hot, with no rain

up in dale and it looks as though .51 p—

lember will be favorable for maturing

the coin crop as well as beans Lots 11‘

potatoes and beans ruined on the low

grounds. Threshing is progressng with

a poor yield (if wheat. Oats are fairly

good. A large second crop of clover just

cut. Hay is high in mice for So eaxly.

The cucumbei crop is not as good as

usual owing to the cool weather. Local

prices: \Vheat, old, 970; oats old, 40c;

new, 300; corn, shelled, 80c; rye, 600;

eggs, 20c; bul’ter, 250; pork, 6'§/.((1)91/_»c

chickens, 100.



Mecosta 00.. Sept. 11.——Seplcmber has

not to date been quite so wet as July

and August, yet we have had plenty of

ram. Crops are growing better now th in

they have any time this summer Should

frost stay away until the first of next

month we will have a good corn crop

and fairly good potato crop. Wheat was

almost a total loss owing to the wet

weather which would not permit of gel—

ting it in until most. of it was sprouted.

Rye was also damaged, and the oals

was a short crop owing to dry weather

the fore part of the summer. No horses

0n the maikct hcrc. There has been

about five car loads of horses brought in

here during the past year. Cows are

selling for from $20@50; feeders and fat





catltlc from SEMI/ac: hogs up to 81/50:

butter-fat, 28c.

Sanilac 00., Sept. 13.-—The rain of





September 1 concluded Our wet weather.

Since that date we have had some very

hot weather. The results are the corn

and bean fields are making rapid pro-

gre5s toward ripening. The dry weather

also aided in clcaring up the harvest

fields, which has been such a. long drawn

out task. Clover fields have made a.

grand growth. Pasture is good. Butter

has made an advance of 2c, 260 being the

present price. Farmers are buying feed-

ing cattle to fill their stables but pros-

pects are that rough feed will be plenti-

ful so few are willing to sell. Markets

for all produce are quiet and dull.

Genesee 00., Sept. 5,—After the depar-

ture of August uiih its 27 days on which

rain fell this county has had two weeks

of fine weather. This will probably ma.—

ture the corn crop as so far.no frosts

have visued this section. Many silos

will be filled, the yield promising to be

very good in spite of the gloomy Outlook

earlier. in the season. Beans are about

ready for harvesting. Wheat seeding

now being done under particularly favor—

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crops is extremely scarce. Pastures are

excellmt and live stock is looking well.

Potatoes promise well, digging not yet

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ALFALFA OR CLOVER FOR SILAGE.





 





I shall be short on corn for ensilage

this year on account. of poor seed, and

I should like to know if the third cutting

of alfalfa and the second cutting of June

clover would be all right to mix in With

the corn fodder?



Kent C0. P. M. D.





Both alfalfa and clover can be success-





them when they are green and placing

them in the silo. It is better to run them

through a cutter box and chop them up

fine so that they will settle down close

“together and exclude the air. They can

be put in, however, with a fork and by

taking a great deal of pains to train!)

them you can make fairly good ensilage.

However, if the weather was at all fav—

orable I would prefer to make the second

crop of both the red clover and of alfalfa

in‘to hay and then put what corn 1 had

into the silo. I believe you would get

fully as much feeding value out of the

alfalfa and the clover if it was made

into hay as yoa would the other way,

and it would handle much easier. Of

course, if the weather was bad and it

was impossible ‘to cure it into hay then

put it into the silo. If you haven’t got

i corn enough to fill the silo, why you can

I feed what you have, ft-cd a less amount





{fully made into good silage 'by cutting





_THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





as you possibly can cut it and put it

into the silo and you will never know

the difference in the feeding value of the

silage.



Cabbage and cabbage leaves would

make very good silage. I think they

ought to be cut up or you would not get

them packed close enough to exclude the

air and probably a large part of 'them

would spoil. Of course, if you had any

considerable depth in the silo it would

only spoil on top because they would

heat up and settle down and exclude the

air, but it would be much better 'to cut

them up. I think you could run cabbage

heads through the ensilage cutter, and

this would chop them up so that “they

would be fine enough to settle down and

make good ensilage. This would be gen-

uine sauer kraut for the cows. Now a

crop like this one can save by putting

into the silo and he can’t save it in any

other way, but oats and peas you can

save, in another way, and have already

saved them, and I would not think of

putting them into the silo. The corn

crop is the best crop for silage. It. is a

(rep hard to cure late in the fall, es—

pecially if the weather is bad. By put-

ting it into the silo you get it out" of the

way of the inclement weather and save

it with the least possible loss.





FEEDING THE DAIRY CALVES.

In growing one’s own dairy cows a



very important part of the program is



to give the calves the right amount and





 





 





 





 





The Wisconsin Station has found that as a rule the ‘Larger Cows within 3 Breed

Yield the Greater Net Returns.





each day and supplement with the clover



hay and alfalfa hay. You don‘t add “to



the food value of a plant by putting it



lllli, lilt‘ Silo.



OATS AND PEAS, ALSO CABBAGE,

FOR SILAGE.





 





 





As I am just about to cmct a silo and

this will be my first experience in tillingr

lone, I thought I would write to you foI

a little advice as my corn is rather lit-A

and 1 do not think it “'1” mature.’ If

understand it right, the ensilage WIll not

be so good when tlzc torn ls too green.

1 am just (utting sonIe oats and peas

Inixul, and as Iht silo is not l(2t(l\ 1 am

IIIakiII:r l zIy of it \'\4‘l2 in win ad'yis( me

to mix this \‘lllll llll (Olll “hen I till it.

1 am going to have lots of hose cabbage

heads and lea.,vcs will it be. all rIL'III to

put then. on top of coin in silo? if so,

will it have to be run through cnsIlage



cuttcr or not?



Alger (lo. ]9. B.



It Wouldn’t do to put the oats and

peas, after they have been dry cured,

into the silo and mix with the corn. It

would make the mass so dry that it

would not keep well. Of course, if you

took particular pains to wet this it

would probably keep hut aftcr you have

cured the oats and peas for hay what is

the use then of putting them intio the

silo and curing.r tlIeIII oVor again into an—

other form of food. You want some dry

feed to food with the corn silage, so keep

the oats and pens for hay. You can put

oats and peas, when you cut them green,

into a silo and make pretty good ensil<

age out of them. but it don’t keep as

well then as corn because the stems are

hollow and they llou‘t settle down and

pack close enough to exclude all of the

air. I don’t think you will have any

trouble in keeping your corn. It will

'probably get mature enough so that it

l'will make good silage. I would not cut

it until after the ears have glazed and

some of them have begun to dent unless

lit was touched by frost. In fact, I would

lleave it and run the risk of getting it

Inipped by the frost. Be already to cut

lthe corn and then leave it until the

[frost comes. Just. as soon after the frost





quality of feed. Habits of life are early

formed and these may pertain as well to



mastication and digestion as to conduct.

By giving the calves food that will en-

courage a large digestive capacity one: is

more certain to get cows with this de-

sirable dairy quality. Hence the import—

tance of looking after the feeding of the

calves.



\Vhen the calves are a few months old

particular attention should be given to

their roughage feed. If they do not have

a sufficient amount of grass or good

nitrogenous hay, of which they are like-

ly to take liberal quantities, the calves

will not grow a large pannch at a time

when it can most easily be developed.

It is better to supply them with the

necessary nutrients by feeding more of

the bulky feeds and less grain, since the

former tends to produce this vigorous

digestive system.



Milk ought to be continued at: least

for six months. After the first two weeks

skim-milk may be substituted gradually

for the whole milk. \Vhen the calf is

four weeks old skim-milk may be fed

entirely and continued until the animal

is six months or older. Grain is neces—

sary to supplement the skim—milk. As

soon as the skim—milk is started the calf

should be tempted with a little grain.

Oil meal is a good grain for tlhis purpose;

bran. ground oats and even ground corn

are often used with success. Gradually

increase the grain so that when the calf

is receiving a full ration of skim-milk

it will get about one-half pound of grain

per day. Should one change from one

grain to another the change should be

gradual.



The calf will be greatly benefited by

exercise. The functtions of the alimen—

tary canal cannot properly be‘ carried on

unless the muscles are called upon to do

work. By giving the calves plenty of

range their natures will cause them to

take what exercise is necessary to keep

their bodies in a healthy condition. But

in giving them range, one should not fail

to provide protection against storms.



Wayne Co. A. H.





‘ _ sum. 21; 1912.





 





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MAKING CRATES FOR SHIPMENT OF

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An attractive shipping crate has much

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product. The old saw. “appearances are

deceptive,” seldom applies to attractive

packages of farm products. The person

who will take the trouble to prepare a.

neat package may be depended upon to





be equally careful and painstaking about .





the quality of the- goods which he puts

into it. Buyers know this instinctively.

A good product is worthy of an attrac-

tive package. It is unfair to good hens

that lay good eggs to put their product

into a rickety shipping box. The box

alone will be sufficient to class them with

the, ordinary, every—day store eggs. thus

reducing their selling price; therefore, a.

suitable package should always be sub-

plied. If a shipping box that costs only

a. few cents in money and a. few hours in

time will increase the price of eggs even

a fraction of a. cent per dozen, and if

such a crate holds several dozen, not

many shipments will have to be made in

order to pay for the package. Then the

satisfaction of knowing that a thing is

done right is worth much.



Everyone who has had much experience

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chased at the Store for from five to fif-

teen cents each, including the paper fill-

ers. Be particular to select crates which

have solid ends. The material for the

sides, top and bottom should be first

quality i';—im-h Georgia pine coiling. For

iho bottoms of the small crates, the sides

of the purchased crates can be used, if

wcll nailed. If a 30—dozen crate is to be

made, one side of the purchased crtile

should be removed, and a now side made,

using the Georgia pine ceiling. Then the

other side is rcmoved and rcnowed: then

thc bottom, aftcr which the lid is

“18.118. This is held solid by clcats of the

some material nailed on the upper side

at each end. The lid is hinged with 3—

inch strap hinges and held down by a

3-inch hasp. The hinges should be

screwed into the cleats in ordcr to give

greater strength. One and onovhalf-inch

finishing nails should be used for the

sides, ll/z-lllcll box nails for thc bottom,

and No. 4 wire nails or screws should be

used on the cleats. Cleats should be

nailed across the top and bottom on ell-3h

end to fortify and to stiffen the crate.

The upper cleats serve as side handles.



After the crate has been completed it

should be sandpapei'cd in order to smooth

off the rough edges and the ends, and

then oiled. The crates are much ncatel‘

in appearance and are more easily clean—

ed if they are oiled and shellackcd, in-

stead of being painted. They can be

made in sizes holding multiples of three

dozen each, that is, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, up to

30 dozen. Therefore, a. 3-dozen case

would be one filler deep, a G-dozen case

two fillers deep, and so on, all the crates

holding up no 15 dozen being of the same

length and depth and differing only in

height.





 





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CLUB-ROOT IN CABBAGE.





I have 131 acres of cabbage, some plan‘—

ed early on land which had been cropped

for years. Those planted later are on

drained muck land which had been in

pasture for years. Many in both pieces

are affected with stump rot. The earlier

planted are the worst. All looked very

thrifty until this came. What is the

cause and what is the remedy? By an-

swering you will confer a great favor,

not only to myself but to others who also

have the same trouble.



Eaton Co. J. V.



It must be stated that the presence of

the disease in this cabbage field is a sur-

prise. Having been in pasture and other

crops for several years previous it would

be supposed that no live germs could be

in the soil. The best informed biologists

tell us that in two or three years after

infection the germs will have died. But

they also point out that. plants allied to

thc cabbage, such as mustard, cauliflow—

er, rape, turnips, etc., may also be hosts

of this disease; and if the ground has

grown these plants the infection may

have come through them. Or the disease

may have gotten into the patch by the

planting of diseased plants, or the spread-

ing upon the ground of litter from plants

that were discascd.



one hclpful practice of truck gardners

and cabbage grth-rs is to starve the dis—

ease out. This is done by a rotation of

crops, the rotation being so planned that

cabbage or allied plants does not occupy

the soil oftcner than once: in three years,

prcfarably longer. \thi'c the strictest

attention is given to this phase of the

work much less damagc occurs. But the

care should reach to the wild mustard

that grows in waste places it it is to be

of the greatest value».



A supplementary practice is to add lime

to the soil. For some years nicn have

known the retarding effect of lime upon

the discasc. Many growers have gained

considcrable faith in the treatment where

the lime is applied in quantities ranging

from tlwo to live tons per acre. More cx-

pcriincmtation should be done with this

practicc, but the evidcnce at hand leads

to the conclusion that lime is helpful,

and when used liberally in a proper rota-

tion the results are quite certain to be





 





 





 





 





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PRUNING PEACH ES—GRAFTING

PLUMS.





 





t‘an you tell me ii‘ 1 should cut back

this ycar’s growth of peach trees that I

scl out last spring, that is, 1912'? 'l‘hcy

have made a growth of about two feet,

sonm oi the branches bcing not over 18

inchcs long. ol’hcrs possibly 30 inches. A

fruit trcc agent told me the other day

that i should cut these back right away

in order to harden up the Wood. lwould

like to know for sure, befcre I do so.

Also, I have on my place a, hedge-row of

plum trees bearing plums yellow in col-

or, very swcct and about an inch in di-

ameter. They appear to have been cul-

tivatcd at some timc now past, and it

has (iccurrctl to mc that I could perhaps

graft them with some more desirable

varicrics l have, and transplant some of

them. (Jan I use the tips that I cut from

my young plum trccs this fall after the

lcavcs have fallen. as scions'.’ 'l‘hcy would





bc this scu‘lson's growth. (Jan I expcct

sllcccss fiom l'~ml grating them this win—

tcr'f (lrnlinary clcl‘t gratis :.nd buddini—T





r‘ould sci-m to be rather hard in this

cusc. sincc I can‘t gct at the stocks to

cultivate them and thcy do not make

vcrv vigorous growth.



.lac‘kson (‘o. F. D.



The general practice is to cut back the

1H ach trccs latc in the winter or carly in

thc spring. 'I‘ho terminal buds of the

pcach are more vigorous than are the

lalcral buds. 11' the lcrininals arc per-

inittcrl to grow nnhampcrcrd the rcsult is

a. little bushy growth on the cnd of long,

barc limbs, (lUt‘ to the weak lateral buds

dying out to the advantage of thc ter—

minals. Hy cutting back the growth

from one—half to thrccvquarters of that

madc during the prcvious season. it is

possiblc to have a compact rop with vig-

orous shoots throughout. \th-re head-

ing-in is done during the fall many of

the shoots are apt to be partly winter-

killed, thus making it necessary to prune

them back again in the spring. There

could be no harm resulting from pruning

back these branches this fall, but you

would perhaps save time by leaving the

work until late winter or early spring. ‘



One could expect a fair degree of suc-

cess by handling the plum trees as is

suggested by the inquirer. Stone fruits,

however, are not quite as successfully

grafted as are the pome fruits like the

apple; but with the work carefully dOne,

the result. should not be discouraging.

You should cut the scions late this fall





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER-





for use in grafting next spring. Roo‘t

grafting on whole roots in the winter is

practiced quite generally and in the same

manner as root grafting of apples, but

it does not appear to be as reliable for

the plum as crown grafting. When root

grafted the plants appear to start Slowly.





AUTUMN GARDENING.





 





If partial to young onions, now is the

time to set out the top onion for supply—

ing the table with this fresh vegetable

almost; as soon as the melting snows re-

veal the location of the bed. These on-

ions are perennial, increasing from the

roots, but very much more through the

clusters of ”sets" which appear at this

season from the ends of the leaf stems.

A bed of them once started will continue

to flourish for wears, but the product is

more tender and appetizing if renewed

every fall, the small bulbs being planted

or sowed in rows in the same way that

the spring ”sets” are started.



These top onions never mature large





bulbs, but are more like the scullions,





though the base of the stern, which is

blanched for a considerable distance, is

appetizing to anyone fond of young on-

ions. The early ones displayed on the

market are quite likely to be of this type

unless grown under glass. They are

slightly stronger in flavor than the tender

varieties, but if soaked in salt water

for a couple of hours before serving this

trouble Will be remedied.



We are apt to forget the weed destroy—

ing in our labor to save the fast matur—

ing vegetables, forgetful of the fact that

every weed allowed to mature seed ren—

ders the work of another year very much

greatcr. If there are vacant spaces where

the wheel hoe can be used, good. A

single working with the weed cutting at—

tachment will finish hundreds of weeds.

and with very much more Case than the

work could be done with the common

hoe, besidcs saving much time.



Chickwecd comes as a simple and

harmless~ wced, and yeti if allowed to have

its own way it soon monopolizcs the sur—

t'acc of the ground, creeping along where

nodignilied plant would strive for position,

and eventually choking out everything

in its path. It will continue» to tshrive

long after the frosts have cut down all

vegetables, and is the first thing to ap-

pear in spring. It mallures seed quickly,

and all in all, it is a, decidedly bad weed.

The only way to get rid of it seems to be

to wage war against it at all seasons.



if the beans gct caught in an early

frost, those large enough tlo use as shell

beans yet not mature enough to dry,

may be saved by parboiling and then

drying as usual. Tomatoes may be pick-

cd from the vines and ripened in the

window. But a more satisfactory way is,

when certain that? they cannot longer ex-

ist outside, to pull the plants up by the

roots and hang them in the woodshe-d or

cellar. They will then ripern a few at a

time, and one may in this way have

fresh fruit for weeks after the natural

scason is cndcd. Melons may be packed

away in thc haymow wheln not: fully ripe,

and thus aid in the celebration of the

'l‘hanksgiving l‘cast.



.\ large pailtul of fertilizcr from the

stable should be placcd over each root

of rhubarb after the tops die down. This

will protcct. it from t‘rcczing, and during

thc first warm days of spring it may be

worked into the soil. and thus help to

hurry on the lender stcms which are so

appc'tizing. ’arsnips are better left in

the ground, the frcclzing ncvcvr injuring

them in the least, but giving to them an

added sweetness. The same may be said

of salsit‘y.



Save only the best. of any vegetable for

sced, and there are some varieties which

it is cheapcr to buy than no raise. As a.

rule. any secd—raising which calls for

extra work on the part of the plant is at _

least a questionable economy. Thus ther

cucumber exerts more enelrgy in mat;ur-.

ing a single fruit than in furnishing many;

«if pickling size, while the ripe tomato'

or squash does duty for seed without in'

the least increasing the drain upon the;

plant, or interfering witlh its food pro-

ducing work. As a rule, it is cheaper to

buy seed of cabbage, bee-t, turnip, and

other biennials rather than go to the

extra work of planting out the second

year.



Pennsylvania.





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The chief requirement of a. cooling

room for the. storing of fruit upon the

farm is thorough insulation. The air in-

side the room maintained at a low tem—

perature and low humidity is in the right

condition for preserving perishable pro-

ducts. Dead air spaces on all sides, in-

cluding top and bottom of the room, are

most economical in construction and give

the highest insulating efficiency.





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“MEMORY DAY.” ..





.Memory Day is a day set aside by the

Michigan Legislature for the decoration

of the graves of loved ones of our fami-

lies without regard to their membership

in any association or order. The date

is September 30, which is just ' four

months from the observance of Decora-

tion Day. It' is hoped that the National

Congress will soon. comply with the re-

quest made and thereby extend the idea.

by declaring the day as applied to the

whole country. It is not a legal holiday

and does not in. any measure affect com-

mercial or manufacturing life.



The intent of the observance of this

day is to extend the sentiment connect-

ed with Decoration Day to the recogni-

tion of the claims of all the dead. It is

fitting that it should be placed at the

close of the summer, as it thus in no

manner detracts from the interest right-

fully belonging especially to the soldier

dead; and since it affords a fine opportu-

nity for the cleaning up and beautifying

of the cemeteries in which dear ones

rest, before the autumn frosts make

totally unsightly the abundant verdure

of summer, and before the winter snows

shall have spread their blanket of white





.over the seared vegetation.





The thought of thus caring for the uni-

versal dead on MemOry Day. grew out of

the affectionate care of a public minded

farmer of Clinton count‘y, Michigan, Who

has for years devoted himself to the

memory of a dear wife, who in an early

day left college with him, and entered the

Wilderness where they made theAhome

farm, on which he and she long resided

happily, and where he now lives. waiting

for their happy reunion. The little rural

cemetery in which she lies buried, is,

next to the pleasant farm-home made

possible by her long years of devotion to

it and him, the pride and care of this

gray old lover. The effort which he is

now making to extend the tender senti-

ment of care for the loved departed, is

in a measure a tribute to her memory.

He is hoping that he may, by the~frce

use of means afforded by a successful

farming career, so interest others as to

induce "them to offer commensurate

tributes to the dead Whom they cherish

dearly in memory.



Starting fro-m the thought of the in-

terest of the originator of “Memory Day,"

this should be a fitting opportunity for

starting an interest in rural communities

especially, which shall result in the year—

ly autumnal decoration of rural come—

te'ries, which are in many localities sadly

neglected. The sweetly cherished mem—

ory of their personality should prompt

the observance of the day in many local-

ities in which there is a good public





spirit.

Do you cherish the memory of a loved

one lying in a more or less neglected





cemetery by the side of the road? If so,

why not be the first in your community

to suggest the cffort at observing this

“Memory Day?" Make a. simple program,

talk with your neighbors about it, and

give them a copy of this appeal which

will be sent you free of charge for the

purpose. and arrange for the afternoon if

no more, to be spent at the cemetery by

its many of the community as can be in-

terested. The result may not be striking

at the outset, but it will be better as the

thought grows on the public mind. If

the enterprise is entered upon with in-

i‘crest, all will feel better for knowing

that the resting place of the dead has

received the care which the sentiment

associated with death Suggests—~that

these are not dead dead, but living

dead.



Mr. John T. Danielle, the originator of

“Memory Day,” will be glad to receive

enquiries concerning the project, and to

offer such suggestiOns covering the mat-

ter as may seem helpful. He has had

prepared by the Michigan poe't, Will

Carleton, a beautiful poem, entitled,

“Memory Day;” and a song with the

same title, written by the great song

writer, Eden Reeder Latta, and set to

music by Professor Charles H. Gabriel.

TheSe will be furnished free of cost to

any who are interested, and who would

use them in simple exercises connected

with the observance of "Memory Day."

Address John T. Daniells' R. F. D. No.

39, St. Johns, Mich. 'Thls and all mate-

rial to be used in connection with ”Mem-

ory Day," is for free distribution. is not

for sale, and there is no financial scheme

connectedwith it.





Clinton Ce. REV. J. E. GREGORY.





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' some GOOD SUMMER MEETINGS.





Ingham Pomona patrons have held two

rousing summer meetings during the sea--

son, the first, contrary to all precedent.





being held outside the county—in Living-W

ston county by special invitation of West

Handy Grange, in which Grange a num-





ber of. Ingham Pomona patrons hold

membership. This meeting occurred in,





June and in

about 150 members were in attendance.

Caring ‘for farm animals, cultivation and

care of corn, canning cooked and uncook-

ed fruits and equal suffrage ,were some

of the subjects receiving attention.



The August meeting, at which social

and entertainment features wholly‘ oc—

cupied the time. was held by LeRoy

Grange. The lines at the head of the

program were faithfully adhered to, es-

pecially those which read,



"A cordial welcome we are sure to find

With feast prepared for body and for

mind "



The feast for “body" was all that the





most fastidious epicure could desire,

daintily served on small tables with a

Suffrage napkin at each plate. After





dinner the patrons joined in singing suf-

frage songs and Miss Ida Chittenden,

who has charge of the State Grange

equal suffrage campaign, gave a very

convincing talk, alluding to woman's

condition upon the farm, ranging from

the practical slavery of primitive times

to her comparative emancipation of the

present day. Miss Chittenden gave many

reasons, which her hearers accepted as

valid and sufficient, why women should

be given the ballot. After another song

Bro. E. A. Holden presented the subject,

“Do farmers send their boys to the Ag—

ricultural College as generally as they

should, and if not why not?" which was

quite generally discussed. Homer Murphy,

Jr._ of Locke Grange, gave an excellent

talk on the progress of the state, citing

the apparent progress being made in the

right solution of the vexed liquor prob-

lem. Bro. Huston discussed the progress

of the nation during the present adminis—

tration, and Bro. John Mathewson gave

some observations on the progress of

Germany—due to co-operative effort on

the. part of her farmers—Tgleaned during

a recent trip to that country. He made

the point that there is great need of more

effective co—Operatinn on the part of the

farmers of this country. The next meet—

ing of the Pomona will be held with Holt

Grange on Saturday, Sept‘. 14. where a

warm welcome Will be extended to all

patrons—Mrs. E. J. Creyts, Lect.





Clinton Pomona's Annual Picnic.





The annual picnic of Clinton County

Grange was held at the fair grounds, St.





Johns, with a very large number of

patrons present. The state speaker was

George B. Horton. chairman executive





committee of the State Grange, who gave

one of his Characteristic talks, pointing

out ways in which the farmer may im—

prove his condition. He spoke in part

as follows: “At the present time it is

the duty of every farmer to give atten—

tion to the tariff, informing himself as

well as he can on this intricate subject.

He shouid also pay considerable atten-

tion to the matter of good roads, lending

his inlluence‘ to the betterment of the

loads in his community. Another mat-

ter to which all farmers who are in the

least progressiVe should give careful

thought is the schools, seeing that good

teachers are employed and that the

school buildings are well equipped with

all things that are needful in this age

to the best education of the child. Tax—

ation is one of the big questions which

should occupy a. grunger’s thought, and

It. matter that should be thoroughly dis—

cussed at Grange meetings.”



It was the opinion of the speaker that

the farmers of Michigan are impoverish—

ing l‘he soil to their own detriment and

that of coming generations. The farmers

of Clinton county were urged to consider

more carefully the maintaining of the

fertility of their fields. More intensive.

farming was advocated.



He believed that. the tendency of farm—

ers to leave their rural homes. after they

have given up active farm work, and

move to town is wrong. After long years

of rural living farmers can gain small in-

tcrest in the affairs of a town or city,

and for this reason Should continue to

live in the community they have assisted

in building up. He believed that it would

be more natural for men who have con—

cluded their business careers in the city

to move into the country where life is

quiet, to spend their declining years in

peace. Mr. Horton concluded his address

by enumerating some of the things that

the Grange has accomplished for this

country, and he has much faith in ,the

future possibilities of the organization to

accomplish reforms and make our state

and .federal government better servants

of the people. '





The Annual Plowing Match conducted

by Marion Center Grange, of Charlevoix

county, is announced to occur on Thurs-

day, Oct‘. 17, the committee in charge of

the event having been appointed at one

of the August meetings.





COMING EVENTS.





 





Pomona Meetings.

Lenawee CO., with Working Grange.

Thursday, Oct. 3.

Kent CO., with Cascade Grange. Wed-

nesday, Oct. 23. N. I. Moore. state





spite of the busy season;





THE? MICHIGAN PARMER.





   





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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.





September 18, 1912.

Grains and Seeds.





Wheat.——'1‘he wheat market is slightly

stronger than a week ago. Most of the

bearish neWs is from this side which

consists of large crops. being gathered in

the different wheat sections and the de-

livery of large quantities of wheat at

western grain centers. The bullish news

is made up of the strongvdemand for

flour, causing millers to seek cash grain,

and the urgent request. coming from

abroad due to a shortage on the Euro—

pean markets. South America is ship-

ping in little wheat and most of the

European countries report a smaller crop

than has usually been produced. Alto-

gether, conditions have caused cash

wheat to advance while futures remain

about the same as a week ago. The

visible supply increased nearly 4,000,000

bushels. One year ago the price for No.

2 red wheat on the local market was 900





 





 





 





per bu. Prices for the past week are as

follows:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. Dec. July.

Thursday . . . .1.061,é 1.05%, 1.0914 1.13

Friday ....... 1.07%; 1.06% 1.1014 1.13%,

Saturday ..... 1.07 1A9, 1.06 1/2 1.1014 1.14

Monday ...... 1.071/2 1.061/2 1.09% 1.13%,

Tuesday ..... 1.07 1.06 1.09% 1.13%





Corn—Tho improved outlook in this

crop has lent the trade a bearish tone.

Recent weather conditions have encour-

aged the crop and increased the prob—

ability of a larger portion of it maturing.

As a result prices have declined about

six cents during the week. Early this

week indications of frost offered a little

strength, but as little or no damage result-

cd from this source, prices dropping 30

on Monday and 20 on Tuesday. A year

ago the. price for No. 3 corn was 681/20





per bu. Quotations are as follows:



No. 8 No. 8



Corn. Yellow.

'l‘hursday ................. 81 831,41

Fridav .......... . ........ 80 82

Saturday ................. 80 82

Monday .................. 77 79

Tucsday .................. 75 77





Oats.~(.)at offtrings continue liberal,

thus giving an easier tone to the trade.

l’rices show a half cent decline from

last week. A large crop of outs in Eu-

rope is curtailing the trade from that

quarter. One year ago the local price

for standard oats was 451/30. per bu., or

100 above present quotations. The vis-

ible supply shows an increase of over

1,000,000 bu. Following are the quota-

tions for the welck:



Standard. Oct.





Thursday ................ 35% 35

Friday .................... 35 1A; 35

Saturday ................. 351/2 35

Monday .................. 351A; 35

Tuesday .................. 351/2 35





Beansr—But little activity is apparent

in this trade. Cash beans were marked

down 20c last Saturday. Although much

damage has been done this crop by ex-

ccssivc rains this season the past sev-

eral days has improved the, outlook. Fol—

lowing are the nominal quotations for

the week;





Cash Oct.

Thursday $270 $2.30

Friday .................... 2.70 2.30

Saturday ................... 2.50 2.30

Montle .................... 2.50 2.30

'l‘uesday ................... 2.50 2.110





.. . .. ._. ,_ 0...... —~.---



Clover Seed—"The tone of this trade

has improved. The few days of hot,

clcar weather favored filling, but the

rains since have made the outlook ap—

pcar more discouraging than it h'as been

thus far this season. As a result prices

have advanccd front the. low level reach—

ed last wccl:. Alsike shares in the higher





values. Quotations arc as follows:



Oct. Alsike.

Thursday .............. $10.75 $11.75

Friday ................... 10.75 11.75

Saturday ................. 10.75 11.75

Monday .................. 11.00 11.75

Tuesday .................. 11.00 11.75





Rye.—7An improved demand for this

grain advanced prices last week 20, N0.

2 rye now being quoted at 7.'lc per bu.



Timothy Seed—Tile gradual decline in

quotations for timothy seed has finally

been checked and the price remains the

same as one week am», it being $2.10 per

bu. for piime spot.



Flour, Feedl. Potatoes, Etc.



Flour.~~Market is active with prices

unchanged.





Straight $520

Patent Michigan .................... 5.80

Clear ................................. 4.50

Rye ................................ ’.. 5.00



Feed—All classes of feed continue





steady with last week. Carlot prices on

track are: Bran, $28 per ton;coarse mid-

dlings, $28; fine middlings, $21; cracked

corn and coarse Corn meal, $34; corn and

oat chop, $141 per ton



Hay and Straw.‘vl*lay is weaker and

rye straw higher. Quotations are: No.

1 timothy, 316506017; No. 2 timothy. $15

6016: clover, mixed, $136016; rye. straw,

$10601050: wheat and oat straw, $8609

per ton.



Potatoesm'l‘hcre is promise of a good

crop of potatoes in mostl sections of the

country and prices are depressed in most

cf the large markets, Detroit’s decline

amounting to 150. They are going slow-

ly at 8560400 pcr bu. The ruling price

for southern offerings is $2 per sack.



Provisions—Family pork, $226023; mess

pork, $26; clear, backs. $216024; hams,

15156016140; briskets, 121/20; shoulders,

120: picnic hams, 121/20; bacon, 161,5

60180; pure lard in tierces. 12%0; kelttlo

rendered lard, 13340 per lb. ‘





 





Quotations:





THE MICHIGAN

Dairy and Poultry Producto.

But'ter.——The advanced price in cream-

ery butter noted last week has been

maintained, with first creamery a. half

cent higher. The condition of the trade

appears to be on a firm basis of supplv

and demand. Dairy stock remains stea. y.

Quotations are: Fancy creamery, c;

first creamery, 271/,150; dairy, 210; pack-



ing stock, 190 per lb.



Eggs.——This pro-duct continues firm.

There is little change in the output and

the demand is given strength by the in~

crease in meat prices. Current receipts

candied, cases included, are quoted at

240 per dozen, the price given a week

age.



Poultry.—The tone of this trade is

easy. There is very little activity due

to the supply being sufficient tocare for

an inactive demand. Broilers are down

a little as is also true of ducks. Quo-

tations are as follows: Broilers, 160 per

lb.; hens, 1361)131/,;c; No. 2 hens, 9@70c;

old roosters, 960100; turkeys, 1560160;

geese, 8@9c; ducks, 1260130; young ducks

1460150 per lb.



Veal.-—All grades steady.

60140 per lb; choice, 9@100.



Cheese.——Market steady. In wholesale

lots, Michigan flats, 1411260150; York state

flats, 161460161/20; limburger, 1460150; do-

mestlic Swiss, 17106018140; brick cream,

Jill/260141340.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Peaches—Offerings restricted and

prices advanced under a good demand.

Fancy Elbertas, $2.50; AA, $2.25; A, $2;

B, $1.50 per bushel].



Pears.—Bartletts are quoted at $15060

1.75 per bu.



Plumo.——Steady. Per bu., 3512560160.



Apples—New apples are quoted at $1.75

602.25 for fancy, and $1601.50 for com-

mon; poor, 75060$1pcr bbl. Good ap-

ples by the bushel are selling at 4060600.



Grapes.——More’s Early, per 8-lb. basket,

150; Champion, 14c; Worden, 160.



Honey.—-Choice to fancy comb, 1560160

pcr lb; amber, 1260130.



Tomatoes.——l"er bushel, 4060500.



Onions.—-Per bus‘hel, 750.





Fancy, 131/2





OTHER MARKETS.





 





Grand Rapids.



Four hundred loads of fruit and farm

produce were offered on the city market

Tuesday morning. Tomatoes were in

good supply but sold readily at 600. Fifty

loads of potatoes went at 4060500. Other

produce sold as follows: Cucumbers, 40

«(500; corn, 10c; cabbage, 2560350; cauli-

llowcr, $1 per doz; celery, 150; water—

melon, 400; muskmelon, 50060331. Fruit

brought the following prices: Peaches,

$2.25ml250; pears, $1.50; plums, $1601.75;

apple:;, 506065c; grapes, $1.25 per bushel.

Bay is worth $126015; dressed hogs, 101A;

6110. 1..ive fowls are quoed at 100.





 





Chlca



VWheat.——No. 2 red,

90,740; May, 951,40.

Corn. No. 3, 681460691/20; Dec., 52%0;

May, 520.

f)ats.~iNO. 2

521,“); May, 341/20.

l-lutl'rr.--«lteccipts are somewhat. lighter

than usual at this season, 'holding the

market very firm at last week’s advance.

Creameries, 24@280; daiNcs,





go.

$1.05@1.07; Dec.,





 





white, 356035140; Dec.,





221/3 61,241,140



i‘ig‘gsur’i‘he better grades of eggs have

madc a further gain of 1&0 during th:

past wcck. Market firm. Quotations:

Firsts, 2151.0; ordinary firsts, 191,60; at

mark, cascs included, 171660181420 per doz.



1‘(lini(l(‘“.—“ Gradually increasing receipts

is lowering values, the loss for the week

running; from 20 to 5c. Michigan stock

duott-d .lt 4560480; Minnesota, 4060450;

\Yisconsin. 40.60480.



Beans~’l‘hcre is an undertone Of

strength in this market and last week’s

outside quotations are. being firmly main—

taincd. l‘ca beans, choice, hand—picked.

$2: ilt'l‘ bu; prime, $2.90; red kidneys. $2.50

(”2.75.



[lay and Straw.»~i\ll grades of hay ex-

t't-pt’ clover are lower. Oat straw higher;

other kinds lower. New timothy hay

>‘(-iilll§; about $2 per ton lower than old.

Quotations: Timothy, choice, $106020;

No 1. $176:18; No. 2 and No. 1 mixed,

$146116; clover, $76,012; No, 2 and no

grade, $50i7; alfalfa, choice, $166017; No.

l. $146013; N0 2, $106013. Straw—Jive,

327.608; wheat, $650617; oat, $7.5060850.





New York.

Butter.—-—Markct firm under another ad—

vance of 1c on the better grades of

creamcry. Quotations: Creamery, Spe-

cial extras. 2915;60:011 do., firsts, 271,960

290; seconds, 251/360270; factory (10., June

make, firsts, 2::61231/30.

nggs.——-All offerings meeting a good de—

mand at prices ranging from 1 to 30

above last week‘s figures. Fresh gath—

ered extras, 296031c; extra firsts, 26@280:

firsts, 2460250 per dozen.

Poultry.—l‘)rcssed—Firm, with prices

practically unchanged. Fresh killed west.—

ern chickens, 1860240; fowls, 1560171/20;

turkeys, 1660170 pe'r lb.





 





Boston.



“fool—There continues to be an ac—

tive market for wool. The volume of

trading past week was less than for the

former week, but still of sufficient size

to indicate a strong interest' in the trade.

There continues to be an insistent de-

mand for fleeced wools. there being in-

dications that the supply will be short

of the wants of manufacturers. A con-

siderable quantity of Michigan 1/2-blood

was solo at 281/40. Michigan mediums

are quoted at 30c and fine unwashed at

211/260230. There is a moderate demand

for all kinds of territory wools. Pulled

wools are quiet.





' Eloln. I

Button—Market is firm at 28c per 1b.,

which is an advance of 100 over last

week’s quotlation.





 





- FARME‘R.‘

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.

September 16, 1912.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).



Receipts of stock here today as 'fol-

lows: Cattle, 225 cars; hogs, 102 double

decks; sheep and lambs 110 double decks;

calves, 1,500 head.



With 225 cars of cattle on our market

here today, and with the weather very

rainy and warm, and without a load of

stricly good cattle in the whole day's

receipts, we quote the market 10@15c

per cwt. lower titan last' week.



Vl'e quote: Best 1,350 to 1,500—lb. steers

$9609.50; good prime 1,200 to 1,300—1b. do.,

685060875; do. 1.100 to 1,200—1b. do., $8.25

((08.65; medium butcher steers, 1,000 to

1.100, $7607.50; butcher steers, 950 to

1,000, $650607; light butcher steers, $660

625; best fat cows, $550606; butcher

cows, $450605; light butcher cows, $3.50

@4; trimmers, $3603.25; best fat heifers,

$7607.50; medium butcher heifers, $660

6.50: light butcher heifers, $450605; stock

heifers, $4604.25; best feeding steers, de-

horned, $6606.50; common feeding stleers,

$475605; light stockers, $450605; prime

export bulls, $575606; best butcher bulls,

3552560550; bologna bulls, $4604.50; stock

bulls, $4604.50; best milkers and springers

$606070; common kind do., $356040.



Receipts of hogs here today were very

liberal, something over 100 double decks,

and the general run of the hogs poor in

quality, lacking much in weight, and a

Scarcity of choice ZOO-lb. hogs was noted

here today. Supplies at western markets

were- not excessive, but with so many of

one kind here, market suffered a severe

setback, general sales being 2560350 be-

low Saturday's best time. Best hogs sell—

ing at 90 generally, with a few decks of

selected yorkers a little more, with a

good many of the ordinary hogs from

5118.7360890. l‘ig's, as to quality, sold from

$8.2i361850; reughs generally, $7.50; stags

$650607. The closing market was ex—

tremely dull on anything but the best.

Good many pigs and full eight or ten

double decks of yor'kers going over un-

sold. The prospects not very favorable

on the ordinary grades of hogs.



The sheep and lamb market was fairly

active today, with prices about a quarter

lower than the close of last week; most

of the choice lambs selling from $75060

7.60. Yearlings, $5605.75. Look for about

steady prices the balance of the week.



We quote: Choice lambs, 5575060760;

cull to fair do., $550607; yearlings, $560

5.75; bucks, $250603; wethers, $475605;

handy ewes, $4604.25; heavy ewes, $3.75

603.85; cull sheep, $2603; veals, choice to

extra, 5510756011.; fair to good, $75060

10.50; heavy calves, $450606.





 





Chicago.



September 16, 1912.



Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts for week....50,777 101,250 130,725

For previous we-ek...45,098 98,679 134,629

Same week last year.57,488 91,766 165,856

Shipments for week..16,935 27,212 28,878

For previous week....17,643 28,605 27,894

Same week last ycar.22,260 11,817 77,543

' The cattle run today embraced about

8.000 head from the western ranges, and

a new high record was made for the best

range steers by the sale of a consign-

ment at $9.65. The top for natives was

$10.85. choice bcchs remaining firm, with

no large supply. Otherwise the steer

marl-:01 was slow, weak and partly a

dime lower. although early sales of fat

cons and heifers looked a little higher

in several instances. Hogs broke 560100

with fair animation. sales ranging ac

$7.!l0615.1~0. The average weight of the

rcccipts for two weeks in succession has

bccn 2225 lbs. which compares with 225

lbs. a year ago and 259 lbs. two years

ago. s‘hccp and lambs Were in aetive

general demand at former prices.



New record for prime heavy beeves,

$10.90, and $10.35 for yearlings, also a

new price, were stellar features of last

week's market. All below prime grade

bechs, howevcr, sold lower, .lcwish hol-

idays, which shut off the Kosher dema'ni

for big steers and generous runs of im—

mature cattle in the west bcing bearish

factors. Market for the common to cholco

stcei's closed 156/25c lower in most in—

stances and bulk showed a 25c decline

while some light steers went at 306140c

decline. Range cattle run of 11.000 on

the other hand, had strong demand and

sold 106/150 higher. .l’rime rangc beeves

equalled previous record price of $9.50

and bulk of 1,100 to 1.250-lb..westerns

went at $7.2360‘8.10. These were kinds

which came in direct competition with

the medium to good handy weight na—

tive steers, latcr of value at 88.106092").

liulk of the good 1,?00—lb. steers sold at

559506010, while for native grassers it was

a $6.506t7.85 deal, but kinds below $7 had

a small claim to killing quality. Feeder

catitle market was weak on a big sup—

ply and influenced by heavy runs of

feeders at western points. Thin steers

of class below choice declined 15.60250

from the week before, selling at $5606.50

While the choice 800 to 1,040—lb. feeders

held at stationary rates, these making

$6.75607.45. Stockers went at $4.75@5.’o‘5

for poor ‘to fair and selected stock steers

landed up to $6.60. Fat COWS sold at.

$550609, latter being a record, and most

heifers made $5.7560750. Canncr cows

brought 3325060325 and cutters $35060

4.20. Bulls declined 2560350, selling at

3137560660. CalVes were also off $1 at

the, close, choice. making $11 against a.

top of $12'recently. Milkers and spring-

ers were $3605 lower tihan the week be-

fore and $10 off from top point this sea-

son, selling at $356085. a bulk of good

cows at $556070.



Hogs declined last week, the light and

butcher weights going down mostly 250

from top levels recently, but there was

packer partiality fer heavy and mixed

packing classes and these were maintain-

ed On a price basis little different from

levels shown at the start of the month.

More generous receipts have been had

since the market tiurned higher a. short

time back, but now that packers have

punished prices a shut off in the runs





SEPT. 21, 19121?"





is expected. The good call for packing

hogs is significant of free action in lard

trade and there is no complaint of dull

consumer call for loins and hams. The

hog meats are moving freely into con-

sumer channels by reason of the public

having cut down on beef consumption

since price of the latter commodity has

gone to new record high level. Matured

hogs are scarcer than usual at this time

of year and the trade is looking for

small supplies in'the next two months,

which strengthens belief in the final ma.—

terraiizationof much higher prices. The

government report on stock hogs for

Sept. 1 stated that there are 9.2 per cent.

fewer of them now than a year ago and

hog condition as to health is 92, against

95.7 a year ago and 95.2 for the past ten-

year average. Light hogs sold at a pre-

mium over other grades, topping at $9

and common lights going down to $8.40.

Mixed packing made $8.10 and $8.50, me—

dium and butchers at $8.55@8.95 and

the heavy packing kinds went at $7.90@

8.35 with pigs at $6.10607.75 and light-

lights up to $8.2560850.



Lambs had decidedly the best demand

in ovine trade, advancing 2560400 in last

week while yearlings went 250 higher

and the ewes and wethers declined 1060

150 from the previous week's

Range stock continued to predominate in

the supply and quality was good. Only

a small run of feeder stuff has been at

market thus far in the month and for

the year to date there is said to be a.

shortage of 180,000 feeder sheep and

lambs received at the five principal

western markets. Prime range lambs

sold at $7.50607.75 with a fair to good

kind at $7.15607.40 while feeders paid

$6606.70 for a small crop of thin western

lambs. Native lambs sold at $5607.60 and

native and range yearlings at $5.50@

5.75. Plain to fair wethers brought $4.25

604.65 and culls sold down to $3.25@3.75.

Native and range ewes of fair to good

grade sold at $3 50604.35 and culls at

$250603. Feeding yearlings made $4.75@

5.50 and feeding wethers $3.9060450.



ln horse trade some improved general

demand was shown for all above common

work and animals and strong prices were

paid last week, although the trade did

not quote sales materially higher. Call

continues firmest for the heavy drafters

which go at $26060300 While fair draft

horses have made 5520060225. Chunks

weighing 1,250 to 1,400 lbs. sold at $15060

200 and general purpose horses weighing

1.050 to 1.300 lbs. brought 3516560200.

Choice heavy feeders went at $21060260

and medium weight feeders made $140@

200, with 1.100 to 1,450—lb. farm workers

at 3510060200.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





John Clay, Chicago commission mer-

chant, who keeps close tab on western

range conditions, and has just‘ returned

from a survey of the range country,

says he has never seen more luxuriant

growth of feed or better conditions for

making beef. \Vhile the 1912 range beetf

supply will be short in numerical sense,

cattle will come to market in generally

good killer condition, and much superior

to that of last year. The northwestern

hay crop, Mr. Clay says, is the largest in

history, a condition calculated to expand

hay-feeding operations and keep thin

cattle away from eastern markets. Sec-

tions that haVc never given winter feed-

ing any attention heretofore are. now

considering it. Mr. Clay found a con-

spicuous shortage of good young cattle

available for distillery and, other feeding

purposes everywhere in the northwest.



“Montana has a generous crop of aged

wct'hers and they are for tlhe most part

fat,” said (.2. B. Traub, a big sheepan

of that state, who recently marketed a.

shipment of ovine stock at Chicago.

“However, market conditions recently

have not been such as to cause flock-

mast'crs to send in rush orders for cars.

There is a general impression among

sheepmen in Montana that sheep will be

worth more money later this season.

They are selling 500 higher now than a.

few weeks ago, and if they do not ad-

yance more it, will not be because fur-

ther advances are not warranted by the

high low-l of cattle and hogs. The Mon-

tana lamb crop last spring was a short

one and the lamb delegation to come

tlus fall from that state will be smaller

than of late years because of the short—

ncss of supply. since winter fecd will be

abundant and there is also an excellent

ho-me demand for lambs. as Well as

young ewes from Canadian buyers. A

great many stock ewes and some lambs

have been shipped from Montana into

Canada and Wyoming this fall.”



Hog cholera is hitting sections of Illi—

nois, Iowa. and Missouri to an extent

which givcs the trade cause for no little

alarm. Many sick pigs are coming into





the. markets. particularly at Chicago and .





East St. Louis. it is a usual thing at:

this time of year for hog cholera reports

to come with more or less regularity but

not in recent years has the direct evi-

(it'ilce of sickness, (generous shipping

of pigs), been as noted as now. Feeding

of new corn has developed a colicky con-

dition among many pigs which owners

have evidently thought was due to the

cholera and this accounts for a part Of

the big shipping of pigs, although it is

not the only reason by any means.

Hog prices have recently gone to new

high levels and the trade is destined to

go still higher, according to market ex—

ports. It is a logical trend of affairs at

this time. since shortage is looming up

and the big marketings of pigs only serve

as a drain upon future supply of matured

stock. Hogs have been worth the money

to packer‘s for a long time past, and they

are finding a good demand for fresh

meats, lard, and the salted pork parts.

An $8@9.25 market for hogs recently is

expected to give way to a $96010 trading

basis before many months have passed.

and the big corn crop this season sho‘uid

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all other markets are right up to date.

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday’s Market. .

Septembe 19, 1912.



Cattle.



Receipts. 2.254. Market 10@150 lower

than on \Vedncsday; canners very dull;

general market about same as last week.



We quote: Extra dry—fed steers, $84))

9; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $661)

7.50; do. 800 to 1,000, $5696; grass stecrs

and heifers that are fat, 800 to 1,000,

$4.25@5.50; do. 500 to 700, $4.25@4.75;

choice fat cows, $5.25@6.50; good fat.

cows, $4.50@5; obmmon cows, $3.25@3.95;

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

$5.25; fair to good bolognas, bulls, $4@

4.50; stock bulls, 21532500375; choice feed-

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

do., 800 to 1.000, $4.50@5; choice stockers

500 to 700, $4.50@5.10; fair stockers, 500

to 700, $3.75@4.25; stock heifers, $3.500!)

$4; milkers, large, young, medium age,

$40@65; common milkers. $25@35.



Haley 8.: M. sold Rattkowsky 4cows av

812 at $4.15; to Hammond, S. & Co. 3

bulls av 1,000 at $4.35, 2 steers av 835

at $6, 7 cows av 930 at $4 40; to Newth

B. Co. 2 butchers av 685 at $4.10, 2 (10 av

850 at $4.25; to Morgan 2 stockers :lV 690

at $5; to Thompson Bros. 6 butchers av

663 at $4.30; to Hills 7 stockers av 633 at

$4.75, 8 do av 630 at $5, 5 do av 588 at

$4.85, 1.0 do av 640 at $5, 4 do av 467 at

$4.50; to Breitenbeck 1 cow weighing 880

at $3.50, 5 do av 944 at $4.40; to Hirsch-

leman 4 butchers av 700 at $5; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co 1 bull weighing 1,000 at

$4.35; to Kamman B. Co. 18 butchers av

580 at $4, 13 do av 673 at $4.75; to Brcs—

nahan 16 do av 524 at $4, 5 COWS av 830

at $3.30, 7 do av 821 at $3.25, 8 do av 781

at $3.25, 3 do av 953 at $3.40; to LaBoe

6 heifers av 630 at $5; to Hills 15 stock-





'ers av 644 at $5; to Goose 12 butchers





av 500 at $4.10; to Rattkowsky 5 cows av

910 at $4.50; in Hammond. S. & Co. 2 do

av 945 at $3.60; to Lachalt 12 butchers

av 750 at $4.90; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 bull

weighing 1,070 at $5, 6 butchers av 648 at

$3.90; to Mich. B. Co. 5 bulls av 820 at





~ $4.10; to Regan 6 heifers av 526 at $4.35;





to Sullivan P. CO. 9 cows av 950 at $4.10;

to Kamman 16 steers av 740 at $5.25.



Roe Com, Co. sold Bray 5 cows av 302

at $3.50, 1 do weighing 700 at $3. 5 do av

888 at $3.50, 1 do weighing 820 at $3. 13

do av 829 at: $3.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 11

do av 1,000 at $4.25, 15 stockers av 548

at $4.25, 2 do av 385 at $3; to Morgan 1

feeder weighing 930 at $5; to Mich. B.

CO. 5 steers av 1,170 at $6.75; to Kam-

man B. Co. 7 do av 745 at $5.50, 5 cows

av 932 at $5; to Parker, \V. & Co. 2 bulls

av 1,065 at $4.50, 4 do av 945 at $4.50. 4

COWS av 835 at $4.25, 1 do weighing 1,280

at $4 50, 26 steers av 820 at $6.25; to

Kamnlan B. Co. 5 do av 744 at $5.50; to

Bray 3 cows av 923 at $3.75, 1 do weigh-

ing 1.000 at $3, 3 do av 873 at $3.25: to

Thompson Br0s. 3 steers av 683 at $5.25,

4 butchers av 470 at $4.25; to Parker. W.

& Co. 2 bulls av 830 at $4.50, 10 butchers

av 915 at $4.25; to Morgan 5 stockers av

490 at‘ $4.50, 11 d0 av 523 at $4.90, 17 do

av 440 at $4.25; to Rattkowsky 2 cowsnv

800 at $4.15; to Havlin 1 do \~.'l.-ighlng

1,050 at $4.75, 1 heifer weighing 680 a-t

$5.25; to Fisher 1 cow yeighing 1,160 at

$5.25, 2 heifers av 710 at $5. 2 cows av

705 at $3; to Prucka 5 stockers av 530

at $4, 1 heifer weighing 730 at $4.50; to

Rattkowsky 2 cows av 950 at $5.25, '8

butchers av 436 at $4.



Bishop, B. & H. sold. Breitenbcck 24

butchers av '800 at $4.85; to Bresnahan

7 COWS av 750 at $3.25, 6 bulls av 629 at

$3.75, 8 stockers av 552 at $4.25. 2 do av

590 at $3.75: to Parker, W. & Co. 4

butchers av 712 at $4, 1 bull weighing 900

at $4.50, 7 butchers av 744 at $4.25, 5





steers av 836 at $5.75; to Hill 8 stockers,





av 430 at $3 90. 7 do av 600 at $4.75. 7 do

av 640 at $4.75; to Fry 12 butchers av 67!

at $5; 10 Mason Bros. 4 stockcrs av 680

at $4.87»; to Kuchta 16 steers av 1,004 at

$7; to llattkowsky 4 do av 900 at $5, 2

heifers av 750 at $4; to Bray 5 canners

av 866 at $3.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 11

butchers av 720 at $4.60, 1 hull weighing

1.1.80 a1 $5.50: 10 Hammond, S. & (To.

11 butchers av 884 at $4.15, 2 covvs av

945 at $3.25, 27 butchers av 852 at $4.85.

6 do av 001 at $4.35: to Hill 3 stockers av

600 at $5; to Applebaum 2 covvs av 875

at $410; to Fishcr 9 stockers av 622 at

35,10, 2 do av 505 at $4.50; to Newton B.

Co. 11. butchers av 1,015 at $4.75, 5 do av

506 at $3.75, 2 cows av 910 at $3.50; to

Thompson Bros. 9 butchers av 730 at

$4.85; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 bulls av 533

at $3.75, 1 do weighing 1,300 at $5. 11

butchers av 720 at $4.80; to Heinrich 32

do av 580 at $5, 14 steers av 732 at; $5.90.



Spicer & R. sold Bray 3 canne'rs av 753

at $3, 1 cow weighing 790 at $3.50. 2

cows av 790 at $3.40, 2 do av 855 at $3.50:

to Gerisch 1 do weighing 1,400 at $6.75; to

Morgan 11 ,stockers av 441 at $4.50, 3 do

av 450 at $4.25. 2 do av 525 at $5; to

Geriseh 14 steers av 1.060 at $7.50; to

Parker, VI. & Co. 5 do av 944 at $6; to

Sullivan P. Co. 3 bulls av 1,320 at $5, 3

do av 610 at $4; to Bray 3 cows av 880



' 3.25.

atcgmpbell & W. sold Hill 8 feeders av

801 at $5.30.



Same sold Bray 2 cows av 950 at $4. 3





av 760 at . .

doCoon sold same 1 heifer weighing 880

at $6.50. 5 cows av 828 at 33,25

Campbell & W. said Bresnahan 11

butchers av 670 at $4.60.

Veal Calves,





Receipts, 471. Market steady with last

week: qualityfl‘éegy common. Best, $10.

' hers. - .

@Itloeoéom. 00. add Hammond. s. 82. Co.

1 m 330 at W. .1 weighing 210 at.





 





 





 





 





$10. 4 av 200~at $11, 3 av 120 at $8; to

Goose 6 av 200 at $4.75, 7 av 155 at $4.75,

4 av 180 at $4.75; to Hammond, S. & Co.

1 weighing 110 an $8, 5 av 140 at $10.50;

to Thompson Bros. 2 av 175 at $10.50, 2

av 175 at $10.50; to BurnstineZav 150 at

$7, 3 av 150 at $10.50.



Spicer & R. sold Schufel 2 av 205 at

$5.50; to Bu'rnstine 1 weighing 120 at $9,

1 \Vcighilig 130 ata$10; to Applebaum 2

av 130 at $8.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 3

av 150 at $10, 1 weighing 250 at $5; to

Thompson Bros. 2 av 100 at $8, 6 av 140

at $10.50. 1 weighing 160 at $11; to Mc—

Guire 5 av 150 at $10.



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

7 av 125 at; $10, 3 av 130 at $10, 1 Weigh-

ing 250 at $7, 1 weighing 120 at $9.50;

to Goose 1 weighing 140 at $11, 10 av 227

at $4.75, 15 av 225 at $5, 11 av 230 al‘.

$4.50, 7 av 240 at $4.50, 1 weighing 140

at $10.50, 2 av 200 at $8, 1 weighing 130

at $11: to Hammond, S. & C0. 5 av 145

at 10.50, 3 av 350 at $5.50; to McGuire 3

av 170 at $11; to Parker, \V. & Co. 4 av

155 at $10.50, 2 av 1.80 at $10, 3 av 21.0

at $7, 4 av 170 at $10.50: to Newton B.

Co. 6 av 145~at $10.50, 6 av 165 at $10.50;

tooMcGuire 3 av 250 at $6. 6 av 155 at

1





Haley 8r. M. sold Newton B. Co. 2 av

105 at $7, 10 av 135 at $10; to Burnstine

1 weighing 220 at $7, 6 av 153. at $10; to

Sllaparo 8 av 210 at $5; to Sullivan 1’.

Co. 12 av 225 at $4.50, 6 av 180 at $4.50;

to Burnstine 11 av 140 at $10; to New-

ton B. Co. 1 weighing 150 at $10, 2 av

130 at $5, 2 av 205 at $7.25.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 5,004. Market steady at Wed-

nesday, and prices 1.5@250 higher than

last week's close. Best lambs, $6.756!)

'5; fair to good lambs, $6.25@6.50; light

00 common lambs, $5005.50; wethers, $4.25

@450; fair to good sheep, $3@3.75; culls

and common, $2602.50.



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

3 sheep av 80 at $2, 10 lambs av 48 at

$4.50, 5 yearlings av 70 at $4, 18 lambs av

70 at $6.50; to Newton B. Co. 38 do av

79 at $6.85; to Thompson Bros. 31 do av

65 at $6.25; to Parker, W. & Co. 18 do av

55 at $5.50, 50 do av 70 at $6.75; to Llam-

nlolld, S. & Co, 18 shccp av 150 at; $3.50,

:1 do av 100 at $2370, :15 do av 115 at $3.50

128 lambs av 85 at $6.90, 20 lambs av 60

at $5.50, 23 sheep av .05 at $3, 39 do av

125 at $2.25, 13 do av 110 at $3, 12 year—

lings av 100 at $1, 12 do av 80 at $4; to

Brown 70 sheep llV 1.00 at $3, 15 do av 80

at $3, 63 lambs av 55 at $5.75; to Sullivan

1‘. Co. 80 lambs av 80 at $7, 81 do av 75

at $6.65; to Parker, \V. & Co. 30 do av

60 at $6, 50 do av 52 at: $5; to Nagle P.

Co. 138 do av 80 at $6.90, 46 do av 70 at

$6.75. 44 do av 73 at $6.85: to Newton B.

Co. 35 yearlilllgs av 75 at $5 31 lambs av

65 at $6.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 35 do av

70 at $6 75: to Young 35 do av 95 at $5;

to Fitzpatrick Bros. 11 do av 85 at $5, 28

do av 105 at $3.50, 31 do av 115 at $3.65.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 25 Lambs

av 53 at $5.10, 16 sheep av 110 at $3.35,

22 do av 105 at $3.25, 42 lambs av 75 at

$6.40, 46 do av 75 at $6.40; to Sullivan 1’.

Co. 6 do av 75 at $6.50, 46 do av 75 at

$6.50, 11 sheep av 100 at $2.75; to Hayes

19 do 111' 80 at $2.50.



Sharp sold Mich, B. Co. 68 lambs av 63

at $6.40, 48 sheep av 120 at; $3.35.



Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond, S. &. Co.

40 lambs av 70 at $6.50, 8 do av 55 at

$5.50.



‘ Kendall sold 1\Ticll. B. Co. 14 sheep av

120 at $3.25, 67 lambs av 75 at $7.



Mclmchlin Sold Newton B. CO. 1.8 lambs

av 55 at $6, 14 sheep av 95 at $3.50.



Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co. 65 sheep

av 120 at $3.50; to Newton B. Co. 7?,

lambs av 73' at $6.:‘0, 1.44 do av 70 at

£56.50, 15 do av 80 at $6.50, 124 do av 73

at $660, 31 do av 80 at $6.60. 60 do av

70 at $6.25; in Mich. B. Co. 55 sheep av

115 at $3.50, 21 do av 05 at $3.25; to

llnycs 29 lambs av 55 at $4.50, 26 do av

50 at $5.50.



Taggart sold Hammond, S. & Co. 47

lambs av 70 at $6.50, 1.3 yearlings av 100

at



Hogs.



Receipts, 3.326. Market looks 100 high-

er than on \N’cdnesday, 01‘ 25c lower than

last week: llollc sold up to noon.



lange of prircs: Light to good butch—

ers, $8.257i:8.65: pigs, $7007.85; light york--

crs, $8018.03; heavy, $867,365; 'sta-gs onc—

thil'd off.



Tishcp, 11. & IT. sold Parker. \V. &

Co. 520 av 200 at $8.60, 1,010 av 155 at

$8,I.5,.1.060 av 1.60 at $8.50, 500 av 140 at

$8.40, :50 av 130 at $8.25. _



l‘lnc Com Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 250

av 24:0 at. $8.60, 240 av 190 at $8.55. 150

av 1.80 at $350.



Spicer & Ii. Sold“Halnlnond, S. & Co.

61 av 180 at $8.50, 12 av 200 at $8.60, 109

av 140 at $8.40.



Haley & M. sold same 125 av 200 at

$8.60, 140 av 190 at $8.50, 160 av 140 at

$8.40.





 





Friday's Market.

September 13, 1912.

Cattle.





Receipls this week. 1.950; last week,

2,143. Market steady at Thursday’s

prices. \‘I'e quote: Extra dry-fed steers





$8629; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200.

$6 75@7.50: do. 800 to 1,000, $5@6; grass

steers and heifers that are fat, 800 to

1.000, $4.25@5.50;do 500 to 700. $4.25@4.75;

choice fat cows, $5.25@5.75; good do.,

84.50605; common cows, $3.50@4: canners

$2@3.25; choice heavy bulls, 847565550;

fair to good bologna bulls, $4.25@4.50:

stock bulls, $3.25@3.75; choice feeding

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

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

stockers, 500 to 700, $4.50@5.25; fair do.,

500 to 700. 53.75.634.25; stock heifers, $3.50

@4; milkers, large, young, medium age,

$40@60; common milkers, $25@35.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week, 7.102; last week,

6,259. Good steady; common 250 lower.

Best lambs, $7607.25; fair to good lambs,

$6@6.25; light to common lambs, $4@





4.75; fair to good sheep, $3@3.25; culls

and common, $2@2.25.‘

Hogs.



Receipts this wee, 3,902; last week,



4,298. Market steady at Thursday’s





prices. Range of prices; Light to good

butchers. $8.75@8.90; pigs, $7@8.25; light,

$8.50@8.85; heavy. $8.50@8.80; stage one-

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Chronic Cracked Heels—Stocking—I

have a seven—year-old mare that is per—

haps pregnant; her hind leg has had on

it a few cracks which pretty much ex-

tend across whole hind part of leg. The

lcg is also stocked considerable but she

is not lamc. I showed her to our local

Vet, he gavln me medicine that we have

used both externally and internally with—

out seemingly doing her much good. She

seems to play, eat and drink as well as

she ever did. I have been feeding her

oats and bran mash three times a day.

I have also given her three tablespoonfuls

of epsom salts and some sulphur with

each meal. She runs on pasture daytime

and is stabled nights. A. R. A., Kings

Mills, Mich—Apply equal parts tincture

benxoin and glycerinc 1'0 sores twice a

day. AISo give her a tablcspoonful of

Donovan’s solution at a (lose three times

a day for 30 days. if her kidneys do not

act well, give her a tublospnonful of pow—

dered nitrate potash oncl- or twice a day.



Chronic Coughaflavu :ln cighl-ycar-old

gelding in good condition that has been

troubled Willi a cough all summer and

seems to be gradually growing worse.

He is fcll good oats and hay daytime

and runs on grass nights. Can you pre—

scribe something llul will stop this

COugh? E, 8., Mt. Pleasant. Mich—Give

your horse a desscl-lspoonful of fluid

extract opium and 1 oz. ground licorice

at a dose in feed two or three times a

day. You will Illlll it no easy task to

correct a chronic cough.



Loss of Appelilc «Indigestion—Have

been a reader of the Michigan Farmer

for some time and have derived some

benefit from Illc veterinary columns. I

haVO a more 1: years old that does not

"thrive, she slll’l'cl-s from loss of appetite

and is in a run-down condition. She is

lifeless and 1 would like to know what

10 give her. C. \IV. .l., Lakeview, Mich.

——11er teeth may need floating; also give

her 1 dr. ground nux vomica, 1/3 oz. of

ground gontian, 1/2 oz. powdered cincllona

and a dc‘ssertspoonful of salt at a dose

in food lhl‘ee times a day. llcr grain

ration should perhaps be increased.



Barren Cows.——1 have three heifers

that have been coming in heat regularly

since April, but none of them have. yet

gotten with calf. I would like to know

if there is anything That I can do that

will insure their chance of becoming

pregnant. I forgot (50 say that I also

have two cows that fail to breed. I

have had my cows served by four differ—

ént bulls. F. Bil-1,, ()rtonville, Mich.—

\Vllen your cows come in heat inject

them with a soda solution made by dis-

solving 2 ozs, bicarbonate soda in 3 pls.

of water. 1m nol breed the cow for three

or four hours after she has been trcat—

ed. An occasional treatment before heat

period will have a good effcct.



Sore on Coronet—d have been a reader

of the Michigan Farmer for nearly a

year and have been quite illtcrcslcd in

the veterinary columns. One of my cows

has a sorc foot, just noticed it a few

days ago, and am not able to state how

long it has been in this condition. Th:-

lcg is conshlcl'alne swullen, and she shows'

some Illllll‘llt”SS and it must annoy her

for she licks il a great: deal. The sore

is covered with small pustules and must

itch for sllc is inclined to lick it. I. B.,

Sleurns, Mich—Apply one part iodnform

and tell pal-ls boracic acid to sue twice

a day, covering it lightly with oakum

and a cloth. If the wound appears in be

maligl'anl apply one part cal'bolic acid

and live parts water carefully with the

point of a i‘cathcr twice a day,



Casil'nting Ruptured Pigs—“How shall

I proceed to castrate young pigs when

a I‘up‘lul'c appears in one side of scro-

tum? I have several such cases in One

littcr. W 1“. F. Oltcr Lakc, Mich—.—

Tf the hernia is inguinal protruding into

scrotal sack with testiclc, then operate

by the covered operation. which means

to cut through the skin and cxpose tes-

ticle, applying either a clamp or ligature

to slough oft‘ testicle and covering tunic,

Thereby preventing protrusion cf bowcl.

H0wever, it is not necessary to use

clamp, if you use stitches or ligature.

Kindly understand cleanliness and septic

measures should be used in order to in—

sure a. recovery in all cases. If you have

never done surgical work of this kind, I

am inclined to believe you should secure





 





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the services of a competent veterinarian

to demonstrate how the operation should

be performed. To castrate a ruptured

hog in the ordinary way, is apt to prove

fatal. In ventral hernia, open sack,

bring edges of museles together with

heavy catgut, stitching wound and leav-

ing the catgut in, but remove silk stitches

from skin.





 





 





 





 

 

 





 





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BlIiELIJW’S HOLSTEIN FARM





BREEDSVILLE, MICHIGAN.





Have for sale a five months old bull, 1} white. His dam has an official record of





25.50 lbs. butter and is a granddaughter of Hengerveld DeKol.

an official record of 26.73 lbs. butter, and is a. grandson of De K01 Burke.





check for $125 takes this fine youngster.





His sire’s dam has

First





Another—same sire from a 22.83 lb. dam, 6 months old—$90.

Another—same sire from a 20.27 lb. dam, 9 months old—$85.

Another—same sire from a 20.41 lb. dam,:7 months old—$80.

And two 4and5 months old by same sire $35 and $45, out of good milking dams.





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September 18, 1912.

Grains and Seeds.

Wheat.~The wheat market is slightly

stronger than a week ago. Most of the

bearish neWs is from this side which

consists of large crops. being gathered in

the different wheat sections and the de—

livery of large quantities of wheat at

western grain centers. The bullish nesWs

is made, up of the strong demand for

flour, causing millers to seek cash grain,

and the urgent. request. coming from

abroad due to a shortage on the Euro-

pean markets. SOuth America is ship-

ping in little wheat and most of the

European countries report a smaller crop

than has usually been produced. Alto-

gether, conditions have caused cash

wheat to advance while futures remain

about the same as a week ago. The

visible supply increased nearly 4,000,000

bushels. One year ago the price for No.

2 red wheat on the 10cal market was 90c

per bu. Prices for the past week are as

follows:

No.2 No.1

Red. White. Dec. July.





Thursday “1.06% 1.05%; 1.09%, 1.13





.Frit'lay ....... 1.071/2 1.06% 1.10%, 1.13%

Saturday ..... 1.07%; 1.06% 1.1014 1.14



Monday ...... 1.071/2 1.061/2 1.09% 1.131/2

Tuesday ..... 1.07 1.06 1.09% 1.131/2





Corn.~-Tho improved outlook in this

crop has lent the trade a bearish tone.

ltecent weather conditions have encour-

aged the crop and increased the prob—

ability of a larger portion of it maturing.

As a result priccs haVc declined about

six cents during the Week. [Early this

week indications of frost offered a little

strength, but as little or no damage result—

cd from this source, prices dropping 3c

on Monday and 2c on Tuesday. A year

ago the. price for No. 3 corn was 68%}:





per bu. Quotations are as follows:



No. 8 No. 3



Corn. Yellow.

"l‘hursduy ................. 81 831/2

l“ridav ................... 80 82

Saturday ................. 80 82

Monday .................. 77 79

T u csday .................. 75‘ 77





Oats—(lat offrrings continue liberal,

thus giving an easier tone to the trade.

l’rices show a half cent decline from

last week. A large crop of oats in Eu—

rope is curtailing the trade from that

quarter. One year ago the local price

for standard oats was 45l/gc per bu., or

100 above present quotations. The vis-

ible supply shows an increase of over

1,000,000 bu. Following are the quota—

tions for the week:



Standard. Oct.





Thursday ................ 35% 35

Fri-day ............... . . . . . 351/2 35

Saturday ................. 35l/g 35

Monday .................. 35%; 35

Tuesda y .................. .‘l 5 1/2 35





Beanawliut little activity is apparent

in this trade. Cash beans were marked

down 20c last Saturday. Although much

damage has been done this crop by ex-

ct-ssivc rains this season the past sev—

eral days has improved the outlook. Fol—

lowing are the nominal quotations for

"the Week:





Cash Oct.

’l‘hnrsday ..... .............$2.70 $2.30

Friday .................... 2.70 2.30

Sat urday ................... 2.50 2.30

Monday .................... 2.50 2.30

Tuesday ................... 2.50 2.30





....._... _. -.........-v--



Clover Seed.~J.l‘hc tone of this trade

has improved. The few days of hot,

clcar weather favored filling, but the

rains since have made tilt' outlook ap-

twill‘ more t'liscouraging than it h'as been

thus far this season. As a result prices

have advanccd from the. low level reach—

ed last chk. Alsike shares in the higher





values. Quotations arc as follows:



Oct. Alsikc.

Thursday . ..............$10.75 $11.75

Friday ................... 10.75 11.75

Saturday ................. 10.75 11.75

Monday .................. 11.00 11.75

'l‘uesday .................. 11.00 11.75





Rye.—vAn improved demand for this

grain advanced prices last week 2c, N0.

2 ryc now being quoted at 720 per bu.



Timothy Seed.—-’l“hc gradual decline in

quotations for timothy seed has finally

been checked and the price remains the

same as one week ago, it being $2.10 per

bu. for prime spot.



Fleur, Feed. Potatoes, Etc.



Flour.-~-Market is active with prices





unchanged.



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



Patent Michigan 5.80



Clear ................................. 4.50



ltye ................................ ’.. 5.00

Facet—All classes of feed continue





steady with last week. Carlot prices on

track are: Bran. $28 per ton;coarse mid—

dlings, $28; fine middlings, $31; cracked

corn and coarse corn meal, $34; corn and

oat chop, $31 per ton



Hay and Strawrvllay is weaker and

rye straw higher. Quotations are: No.

1 timothy, $165060 7; No. 2 timothy, $15

@162 clover, mixed, $136016: rye straw,

1510601050: wheat and oat straw, $8609

per ton.



Potatoes.~—There is promise of a good

crop of potatoes in mostI sections of the

country and prices are depressed in most

cf the large markets, Detroit’s decline

amounting to 15c. They are going slow-

ly at 2560400 per bu. The ruling price

for southern offerings is $2 per sack.



Provisions—Family pork. $226023; mess

pork. $26; clear, hacks. $216024; hams,

15156016140: briskets, 121/20; shoulders,

13c: picnic hams. 1215c; bacon, 16%

6018c; pure lard in tierces. 1295c; kettle

rendered lard, 1336c per lb.





 





THE. MICHIGAN





Dalry and Poultry Products.





Butter.——The advanced price in cream-

ery butter noted last week has been

maintained, with first. creamery a half

cent higher. The condition of the trade

appears to be on a firm basis of supplv

and demand. Dairy stock remains stea y.

Quotations are: Fancy creamery, 0;

first creamery, 271/20; dairy, 210; pack~

ing stock, 19c per lb.



Eggs.—This product continues firm.

There is little change in the output and

the demand is given strength by the in--

crease in meat prices. Current receipts

Candied, cases included, are quoted at

24c per dozen, the price given a week

age.



Poultry.—The tone of this trade is

easy. There is very little activity due

to the supply being sufficient to care for

an inactive demand. Broilers are down

a little as is also true of ducks. Quo-

tations are as follows: Broilers, 16c per

1b.; hens, 136013ch; No. 2 hens, 9@70c;

old roosters, 960100; turkeys, 156016c;

geese, 8609c; ducks, 1260130; young ducks

1460150 per lb.



Veal.~—All grades steady.

6014c per lb; choice, 9@10c.



Cheese.——Market steady. In wholesale

lots, Michigan flats. 14%6015c; York state

flats, 161/;@161/2C; limburger, 1460150; do~

mesttic Swiss, 171/260181/20; brick cream,

141/26014iiic.



Fruits and Vegetables.





Peaches—Offerings restricted and

prices advanced under a good demand.

Fancy Elbertas, $2.50; AA, $2.25; A, $2;

B, $1.50 per bushel.



Pears.—Bartletts are quoted at $15060

1.75 per bu.



Plums—Steady. Per bu., $1.25601.60.



Apples—New apples are quoted at $1.75

602.25 for fancy, and $1601.50 for com-

mon; poor, 75C60$1.pe-r bbl. Good ap—

pies by the bushel are selling,r at 406060c.



Grapesr—More’s Early, per 8-lb. basket.

15c; Champion, 14c; Worden, 16c.



Honey.—Choice to fancy comb, 1560160

pcr 1b; amber, 1260130.



Tomatoes.~wl’er bushel, 4060500.



Onions—Per bus‘hel, 75c.





Fancy, 13 %





OTHER MARKETS.





 





Grand Rapids.



Four hundred loads of fruit and farm

produce were offered on the city market

Tuesday morning. Tomatoes were in

good supply but sold readily at 60c. Fifty

loads of potatoes went at 406050c. Other

produce sold as follows: Cucumbers, 40

«time; corn, 10c; cabbage, 256035c; cauli—

tlowcr, $1 per doz; celery, 15c; water—

melon, 40c; muskmelon, 50(360$1. Fruit

brOught the following prices: Peaches,

$2.256r2.50; pears, $1.50; plums, $1601.75;

apple:;, 506065c; grapes, $1.25 per bushel.

Bay is worth $126015; dressed 'hogs, 101A;

«pile. Live fowls are quoed at 100.





 





Chicago.



Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.05@1..07; Dec.,

Mike; May, 951,40.



Corn—No. 3, 681,4@691/2c; Dec., 521/30;

May, 520.



OatseNo. 2

32544:; May, 341/20.



liutt'rr.»—»—lteccipts are somewhat lighter

than usual at this season, ”holding the

market very firm at last week’s advance.

Quotations: Creameries, 24@280; dain‘cs,

221/3602}ch



ltlges.» The better grade-s of eggs have

made a further gain of 1/zc during th:

past wcck. Market firm. Quotations:

Firsts, 211/:c; ordinary firsts, 191/20; at

mark, cascs included. 171/360181/3c per doz.



'l‘ot'atocsfeGradually increasing receipts

is lowering values, the loss for the week

running from 2c to 50. Michigan stock

(liltllt'tl .tt 456048c; Minnesota, 40@45c;

\Viwonsin. 4060480.



Beans.» Tin-re is an undertone of

strength in this market and last week’s

outside quotations are. beings,~ firmly main—

tained. l‘ca beans, choice, hand—picked,

$3 pcr bu; prime, $2.90; red kidneys, $2.50

(”2.75.



Hay and Sl‘l'fl.\\'.—~z’\ll grades of hay ex-

cept clovcr are lower. Oat straw higher;

other kinds lower. New timothy hay

selling about $2 per ton lower than old.

Quotations: Timothy, choice, $196020;

No. 1. $176118; No. 2 and No. 1 mixed.

$146016; clovc'r, $76012; No. 2 and no

grade, $56i7; alfalfa, chOice, $166017; No.

1. $146015; No 2, $106013. Strawatye,

$7608; wheat, $650607; oat, $7.50608.50.





New York.

Butter.—-~Markct firm under another ad—

vance of 1c on the better grades of

creamery. Quotations: Creamery, spe—

cial extras. 2013460301": do., firsts, 271/360

29c; seconds, 251/36027c; factory (10., June

inakc, tirsts, 21561231/3c.

ngusn-Al‘. offerings meeting a good de—

mand at prices ranging from 1 to 3c

above last week’s figures. Fresh gath—

ered extras, 296031c; extra firsts, 266028c;

firsts, 246025c per dozen.

Poultry.—1‘)ressed~Firm, with prices

practically unchanged. Fresh killed west»—

ern chickens, 186024e; fowls, 1560171520;

turkeys, 166017c peer lb.





white, 356035140; Dec.,





Boston.



\Vool.—There continues to be an ac-

tive market for wool. The volume of

trading past week was less than for the

former week, but still of sufficient size

to indicate a strong interest' in the trade.

There continues to be an insistent de—

mand for fieeced wools, there being in-

dications that the supply will be short

of the wants of manufacturers. A con-

siderable quantity of Michigan 1/J_»—blood

was solo at 281/20. Michigan mediums

are quoted at 30c and fine unwashed at

21%6023c. There is a moderate demand

for all kinds of territory wools. Pulled

wools are quiet.



‘ Elaln.



Batten—Market is firm at 28¢ per 1b.,

which is an advance of I;éc over last

week’s quoflatlon.





 





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THE LIVE STOCK MARKET-8.

Buffalo.

September 16, 1912.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).



Receipts of stock here today as 'fol-

lows: Cattle, 225 cars; hogs, 102 double

decks; sheep and lambs 110 double decks;

calves, 1,500 head.



With 225 cars of cattle on our market

here today, and with the weather very

rainy and warm, and without a load of

stricly good cattle in the whole day’s

receipts, we quote the market 10@15c

per cwt. lower than last' week.



’VVe quote: Best 1,350 to 1,500—lb. steers

$9609.50; good prime 1,200 to 1,300-lb. do.,

$8.50@8.75; do. 1,100 to 1,200—lb. do., $8.25

608.65; medium butcher steers, 1,000 to

1,100, $7607.50; butcher steers, 950 to

1,000, $650607; light butcher steers, $660

6.25; best fat cows, $550606; butcher

cows, $450605; light butcher cows, $3.50

604; trimmers, $3603.25; best fat heifers,

$7607.50; medium butcher heifers, $660

6.50: light butcher heifers, $450605; stock

heifers, $4604.25; best feeding steers, de—

horned, $6606.50; common feeding stleers,

$475605; light stockers, $4 50605; prime

export bulls, $575606; best butcher bulls,

3952563550; bologna bulls, $4604.50; stock

bulls, $4604.50; best milkers and springers

$606070; common kind do., $356040.



Receipts of hogs here today were Very

liberal, something over 100 double. decks,

and the general run of the hogs poor in

quality, lacking much in weight, and a

s-cavrcity of choice ZOO-lb. hogs was noted

here today. Supplies at western markets

were not excessive, but with so many of

one kind here, market suffered a severe

setback, general sales being 2560350 be—

low Saturday’s best time. Best hogs sell—

ing at 9c generally, with a few decks of

selected yorkers a little more, with a

good many of the ordinary hogs from

$8.75608.90. l‘igs, as to quality, sold from

$8.25618.50; rcughs generally, $7.50; stags

$650607. The closing market was ex-

tremely dull on anything but the best.

Good many pigs and full eight or ten

double decks of yorkers going over un—

sold. The prospects not very favorable

on the ordinary grades of hogs.



The sheep and lamb market was fairly

active today, with prices about a. quarter

lower than the close of last week; most

of the choice lambs selling from $75060

7.60. Yearlings, $5605.75. Look for about

steady prices the balance of the week.



M’c quote: Choice lambs, $7.50607.60;

cull to fair (10., $550607; yearli‘ngs, $560

5.75; bucks, $250603; wethers, $4.75@5;

handy ewes, $4604.25; heavy ewe-s, $3.75

603.85; cull sheep, $2603; veals, choice to

extra, $10.756i‘11; fair to good, $7.50@

10.50; heavy calves, $450606.





 





Chicago.



September 16, 1912.



Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts for week....50,777 101,250 130,725

For previous week...45,098 98,679 134,629

Same week last year.57.488 91,766 165,856

Shipments for week..16,935 27,212 ,

For previous week....17,643 28,605 27,894

Same week last. year.22,260 11,817 77,543

‘ The cattle run today embraced about

8,000 head from the western ranges, and

a new high record was made for the best

range steers by the sale of a consign—

ment at $0.65. The top for natives was

$10.85. choice bcevcs remaining firm, with

no large supply. Otherwise the steer

market was slow, weak and partly a

dime lower, although early sales of fat

cons and heifers looked a little higher

in scw-ral instances. Hogs broke 560100

with fair animation. sales ranging at:

3570060850. The average weight of the

receipts for two weeks in succession has

bccn 235 lbs, which compares with 225

lbs. a year ago and 259 lbs. two years

ago. Sheep and lambs were in active

general demand at former prices.



New record for prime heavy bceves,

$10.00. and $10.35 for yearlings, also a

new price, were stellar features of last

week’s market. All below prime grade

beetvcs, however, sold lower, Jewish ltol—

idays, which shut off the Kosher demanl

for big steers and generous runs of im—

mature cattle in the west being bearish

factors. Market. for the common to choice

stcc'rs closed 156‘125c lower in most in—





stances and bttlk showed a 25c decline





while some light stccrs went at 306040c

decline. Range cattle run of 11,000 on

the other hand. had strong demand and

sold 106115c higher. Prime range beeves

equalled previous record price of $9.50

and bttlk of 1,100 to l,250—lb..westerns

went at $7.25608.10. These were kinds

which came. in direct competition with

the medium to good handy weight na—

tive steers, later of value at 5581060025.



:ttlk of the good 1,200—lb. steers sold at

$0.506010. while for native grassers it was

a $6.50607.85 deal, but kinds below $7 had

a. small claim to killing quality. Feeder

catztle market was weak on a big sup—

]lly and influenced by heavy runs of

feeders at western points. Thin steers

of class below choice declined 1560250

from the week before, selling at $5606.50

while the choice 800 to 1,040-lb. feeders

held at stationary rates, these making

$6.75607.45. Stockers went at 9547560585

for poor to fair and selected stock steers

landed up to $6.60. Fat cows sold at

$550609, latter being a record, and most

heifers made $5.75607.50. Canner cows

brought $2.50603.25 and cutters $35060

4.20. Bulls declined 25@35c, selling at

$3.75606.60. Calves were also off $1 at

the closet, choice making $11 against a

top of $12‘recently. Milkers and spring-

ers were $3605 lower tthan the week be—

fore and $10 off from top point this sea—

son, selling at $356085, a bulk of good

cows at $556070.



Hogs declined last week, the light and

butcher weights going down mostly 250

from top levels recently, but ‘there was

packer partiality for heavy and mixed

packing classes and these were maintain-

ed on a price basis little different from

levels shown at the start of the month.

Mere generous receipts. have been had

since the market tlurned higher a short

time back, but now that packers have

punished prices a. shut off in the runs





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SEPT. 21, 1912.?

is expected. The good call for packing

hogs is significant of free actlion in lard

trade and there is no complaint of dull

consumer call for loins and hams. The

hog meats are moving freely into con-

sumer channels by reason of the public

having cut down. on beef consumption

since price of the latter commodity has

gone to new record high level. Matured

hogs are scarcer than usual at this time

of year and the trade is looking for

small supplies in'the next two months,

which strengthens belief in the final ma.—

terializationof much higher prices. The

government report on stock hogs for

Sept. 1 stated that there are 9.2 per cent.

fewer Of 'them now than a year ago and

hog condition as to health is 92, against

95.7 a year ago and 95.2 for the past ten-

year average. Light hogs sold at ,a. pre-

mium over other grades, topping at $9

and common lights going down to $8.40.

Mixed packing made $8.10 and $8.50, me-

dium and butchers at $8.55@8.95 and





the heavy packing kinds went at $7.90@





8.35 with pigs at $6.10@7.75 and light-

lights up to $8.25@8.50.



Lamb's had decidedly the best demand

in ovine trade, advancing 2560400 in last

week while yearlings went 25c higher

and the ewes and w-ethers declined 10@

15c from the previous week's basis.

Range stock continued to predominate in

the Supply and quality was good. Only

a small run of feeder stuff has been at

market thus far in the month and for

the year to date there is said to be a.

shortage of 180.000 feeder sheep and

lambs received at the five principal

western markets. Prime range lambs

sold at 3375060775 with a fair to good

kind at $7.15607.40 while feeders paid

$6606.70 for a small crop of thin western

lambs. Native lambs sold at $5607.60 and

native and range yearlings at $5.50@

5.75. Plain to fair wethers brought $4.25

604.65 and culls sold down to $3;25@3.75.

Native and range ewes of fair to good

grade sold at $3 50604.35 and culls at

$250603. Feeding yearlings made $4.75@

5.50 and feeding wethers $3.90604.50.



in horse trade some improved general

demand was shown for all above common

work and animals and strong prices were

paid last week, although the trade did

not quote sales materially higher. Call

continues firmest for the heavy drafters

which go at 1526060300 while fair draft

horses have made 5520060225. Chunks

weighing 1,250 to 1,400 lbs. sold at $15060

200 and general purpose horses weighing

1.050 to 1,300 lbs. brought $16560200.

Choice heavy feeders went at $21060260

and medium weight feeders made $140@

200, with 1,100 to 1,450—lb. farm workers

at $10060200.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





John Clay, Chicago commission metr-

chant, who keeps close tab on western

range conditions, and has just' returned

from a survey of the range: country,

says he has never seen more luxuriant

growth of feed or better conditions for

making beef. \Vhile the 1912 range beetf

supply will be short in numerical sense,

cattle will come to market in generally

good killer condition, and much superior

to that of last year. The northwestern

hay crop, Mr. Clay says, is the largest in

history, a condition calculated to expand

hay—feeding operations and keep thin

cattle away from eastern markets. Sec-

tions that have. never given winter feed-

in'g' any attention heretofore are now

considering it. Mr. Clay found a con-

spicuous shortage of good young cattle

available for distillery and other feeding

purposes everywhere in the northwest.



“Montana has a generous crop of aged

wethers and they are for tthe most part

fat,” said G. B. Traub, a big sheepman

of that state, who recently marketed a

shipment of ovine stock at Chicago.

"However, market conditions recently

have not been such as to cause flock-

mastcrs to send in rush orders for cars.

There is a general impression among

sheepmen in Montana that sheep will be

worth more money later ‘this season.

They are selling 50c higher now than a

few weeks ago, and if they do not ad-

vance more it, will not be because fur-

ther advances are not warranted by the

high lchI of cattle and hogs. The Mon—

tana lamb crop last spring was a short

one and the lamb delegation to come

this fall from that state will be smaller

than of late years because of the short—

ness of supply, since winter feed will be

abundant and there is also an excellent

home demand for lambs, as well as

young ewes from Canadian buyers. A

great many stock ewes and some lambs

have been shipped from Montana into

Canada and Wyoming this fall.”



Hog cholera is hitting sections of Illi—

nois, Iowa. and Missouri to an extent

which gives the- trade cause for no little

alarm. Many sick pigs are coming into

the markets. particularly at Chicago and

East St. Louis. It is a usual thing' at:

this time of year for hog cholera reports

to come with more or less regularity but

not in recent years has the direct evi-

dence of sickness, (generous shipping

of pigs), been as noted as now. Feeding

of new corn has developed a colicky con-

dition among many pigs which owners

have evidently thought was due to the

cholera and this accounts for a part of

the big shipping of pigs, although it is

not the only reason by any means.



Hog prices have recently gone to new

high levels, and the trade is destined to

go still higher, according to market ex—

pert-ts. It is a logical trend of affairs at

this time since shortage is looming up

and the big marketings of pigs only serve

as a drain upon future supply of matured

stock. Hogs have been worth the money

to packers for a long time past, and they

are finding a good demand for fresh

meats, lard, and the salted pork parts.

An $8@9.25 market for hogs recently is

expected to give way to a $96010 trading

basis before many months have passed,

and the big corn crop this season should

prove a great stimulus to increased pork

production. '





 





 





 





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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday's Market. «

Septembe 19, 1912.



Cattle.



Receipts. 2.254. Market 10@15c lower

than on \Vednesday; cann'ers very dull;

general market about same as last week.



We quote: Extra dry—fed steers, $841)

9; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $6@

7.50; do. 800 to 1,000, $5006; grass steers

and heifers that are fat, 800 to 1,000,

$4.25@5.50; do 500 to 700, $4.25@4.75;

choice fat cows, $5.25@6.50; good fat

cows, $4.50@5; obmmon cows. $3.25@3.95;

canners. $2@3; choice heavy bulls, $4.75

$5.25; fair to good bolognas, bulls, $4.41)

4.50; stock bulls, $3.25((Il3.75; choice feed—

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

do., 800 to 1,000, $450695; choice stockers

500 to 700, $4.50(w5.10; fair stockers, 500

to 700, $3.75@4.25; stock heifers, 513.5001)

$4; milkers, large, young, medium age],

$40@65; common milkers, $25@35.



Haley & M. sold Rattkowsky 4cows av

812 at $4.15; to Hammond, S. & Co. 3

bulls av 1,000 at $4.35, 2 steers av 835

at $6, 7 cows av 930 at $4 40; to Newton

13. Co. 2 butchers av 685 at $4.10, 2 do av

850 at $4.25; to MUrgan 2 stockers av 690

at $5; to Thompson Bros. 6 butchers av

663 at $4.30; to Hills 7 stockers av 633 at

$4.75, 8 do av 630 at $5, 5 do av 588 at

$4.85, 1.0 do av 640 at $5, 4 do av 467 at

$4.50; to Breitenbeck 1 cow weighing 880

at $3.50, 5 do av 944 at $4.40; to Hirsch-

leman 4 butchers av 700 at $5: to Ham—

mond, S. & Co 1. bull weighing 1,000 at

$4.35; to Kamman B. Co. 18 butchers av

580 at’ $4, 13 d0 av 673 at $4.75; to Bros—

nahan 16 do av 524 at $4, 5 cows av 830

at $3.30, 7 do av 821 at $3.25, 8 do EtV 781

at $3.25, 3 do av 953 at $3.40; to LaBoc

6 heifers av 630 at $5; to Hills 15 stack-





'ers av 644 at $5; to Goose 12 butchers





av 500 at $4.10; to Iiattkowsky 5 cows av

910 at $4.50»; to Hammond, S. & Co. 2 do

av 945 at $3.60: to Laclmlt 12 butchers

av 750 at $4.90; to Sullivan 1’. Co. 1 bull

weighing 1,070 at $5, 6 butchers av 648 at

$2.90; to Mich. B. Co. 5 bulls av 820 at

$4.10; to Hogan 6 heifers av 526 at $4.35;

to Sullivan 1). Co. 9 cows av 950 at $4.10;

to Kamman 16 steers av 740 at $5.25.



Roe Com. Co, sold B-ray 5 cows av 802

at $3.50, 1 do weighing 700 at $3. 5 (10 av

888 at $3.50, 1 do weighing 820 at $3, 13

do av 829 at‘. $3.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 11

do av 1,000 at $4.25, 15 stockers av 548

at $4.25, 2 do av 385 at $3; to Morgan 1

feeder weighing 930 at $5; to Mich.

CO. 5 steers av 1,170 at $6.75; to Kam-

man B. Co. 7 do av 745 at; $5.50, 5 cows

av 932 at $5; to Parker, 11’. & Co. 2 bulls

av 1,065 at $4.50, 4 do av 945 at $4.50, 4

cows av 885 at $4.25, 1 do weighing 1,280

at $4 50, 26 steers av 820 at $6.25; to

Kamman B. Co. 5 do av 744 at $5.50; to

liray 3 cows av 923 at $3.75, 1 do weigh-

ing 1.000 at $3, 3 do av 873 at $3.25: to

Thompson Bros, 3 steers av 683 at $5.25,

4 butchers av 470 at $4.25; to Parker. W.

& Co. 2 bulls av 830 at $4.50. 10 butclnh‘s

av 915 at $4.25; tn Morgan 5 stonkers av

490 at.‘ $4.50, 11 do av 523 at $4.90, 17 do

av 440 at: $4.25; to Rattkowsky 2 cows‘av

800 at $4.15; to Havlin 1 do \‘Cvlghllig

1,050 at $4.75, 1 heifer weighing 680 at

$5.25; to Fisher 1 cow yeighing 1.160 at

$5.25, 2 heifers av 710 at $5, 2 cows av

705 at $3; to Prucka 5 stockers av 5:30

at $4, 1 heifer weighing 730 at $4.50; to

Rattkowsky 2 COWS av 950 at $5.25, '8

butchers av 436 at $4.



Bishop, B. & l'i. sold. Breitenbcck 24

butchers av 800 at $4.85; to liresnahan

7 cows av 750 at $3.25, 6 bulls av 629 at

$3.75, 8 stockers av 552 at $4.25, 2 do av

590 at $3.75: to Parker, W. & Co. 4

butchers av 712 at $4. 1 bull weighing 900

at $4.50, 7 butchers av 744 at $4.25, 5





steers av 836 at $5.75; to Hill 8 stockers.





av 430 at $3 90, 7 do av 600 at $4.75, 7 do

av 640 at $4.75; to Fry 12 butchers av 67]

at‘ $5; to Mason Bros. 4 stockcrs av 880

at $4.85; to Kuchta 16 steers av 1,004 at:

$7; to llattkowsky 4 do av 900 at $5, 2

heifers av 750 at $4; to Bray 5 canncrs‘.

:Iv 866 at $51.25; to Sullivan P. (‘0. 11

butchers av 720 at $4.60. 1 bull weighing

1,180 at $5.50; to Hammond, S. & (To.

11 butchers av 884 at $4.15, 2 cowg av

945 at $3.25, 27 butchers uv 852 at $4.85.

6 do av 901 at $4.535: to Hill 3 stockers av

600 at $5; to Applebaum 2 cows av 875

at $410; to Fisher 9 siockers av 622 at

$5.10, 2 do av 505 at $4.50; to Newlnn B.

Co. 11 butchers av 1,015 at $4.75, 5 d0 av

506 at $3.75. 2 cows av 910 at $3.50; to

Thompson Bros. 9 butchers av 730 at

$4.85; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 bulls av 533

at $3.75, 1 do weighing 1.300 at $5, 11

butchers av 720 at $4.80; to Heinrich 32

do av 580 at $5, 14 steers av 732 at $5.90.



Spicer & R. sold Rray 3, canne'rs av 753

at $3. 1 cow weighing 790 at $3.50, 2

(ows av 790 at $3.40, 2 do av 855 at $3.50;

tn Gerisch 1 do weighing 1,400 at $6.75; to

Morgan 11 stockers av 441 at $4.50. 3 do

av 450 at $4.25, 2 do av 525 at $5; to

Gerisch 14 steers av 1,060 at $7.50; to

Parker, W. & Co. 5 do av 944 at $6; to

Sullivan P. Co. 3 bulls av 1,320 at $5, 3

do av 610 at $4; to Bray 3/c0ws av 880





Campbell & W. sold Hm I; feeders av

801 at $5.30.



Same sold Bray 2 cows av 950 at $4, 3

do av 760 at $3.50.



Coon sold same 1 heifer weighing 880

at $6.50. 5 cows av 828 at $3.25.

5. Campbell $70 W; 3:21;! Bresnahan 11

‘ . . av a . .

bUtChWS, Veal Calves.

. Receipts, 471. Market steady with last

week: quality very commen. Best, $10

@11; others, $4@9.



Roe Com. Co. said Hammond, s. &. Co.

1 finishing 330 at $6. 1 weighing 210 at





 





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$10. 4 av 200 at $11, 3 av 120 at $8; to

Iobse 6 av 200 at $4.75, 7 av 155 at $4.75,

4 av 180 at $4.75; to Hammond, S. & Co.

1 weighing 110 at $8, 5 av 140 at $10.50;

to Thompson Bros. 2 av 175 at $10.50, 2

av 175 at $10.50; to BurnstineZav 150 at

$7, 3 av 150 at $10.50.



Spicer & R. sold Schufel 2 av 205 at

$5.50; to Bu'rnstine 1 weighing 120 at $9,

1 Weighing 130 at«$10; to Applebaum 2

av 130 at $8.50; to Parker, W, & Co. 3

av 150 at $10, 1 weighing 250 at $5; to

Thompson Bros. 2 av 100 at $8, 6 av 140

at $10.50, 1 weighing 160 at $11; to Me-

Guire 5 av 150 at $10.



Bishop, B. S: H. sold Parker, W. & CO.

7 av 125 at. $10, 3 av 130 at $10, 1 Weigh-

ing 250 at $7, 1 weighing 120 at $9.50;

to Goose 1 weighing 140 at $11, 10 av 227

at $4.75, 15 av 225 at $5, 11 av 230 at

$4.50. 7 av 240 at $4.50, 1 weighing 140

at $10.50. 2 av 200 at $8, 1 weighing 130

at $11: to Hammond, S. & Co. 5 av 145

at 10.50, 3 av 350 at $5.50; to NIcGuire 3

av 170 at $11; to Parker, 1V. & Co. 4 av

155 at $10.50, 2 av 1.80 at $10, 3 av 210

at $7, 4 av 170 at $10.50: to Newton R.

Co. 6 av 145 at $10.50, 6 av 165 at $10.50;

to McGuire 3 av 250 at $6, 6 av 155 at

$10.



Haley 4". M. sold Newton B. Co. 2 av

105 at $7, 10 av 135 at $10; to Burnstine

1 Weighing 220 at $7, 6 av 1.53 at $10; to

Shaparo 8 av 210 at $5; to Sullivan 1’.

Co. 12 av 225 at $4.50. 6 av 180 at $4.50;

to Burnstine 11 av 140 at $10; to New-

ton B. Co. 1 weighing 150 at $10, 2 av

130 at $5, 2 av 205 at $7.25.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 5.004. Market steady at Wed-

nesday, and prices 15@25c higher than

last week’s close. Best lambs, $67560

'5; fair to good lambs, $6,256,116.50; light

00 common lambs, $5005.50; wethers, $4.25

@450; fair to good sheep, $311,153.75; culls

and common, $2602.50.



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

3 sheep av 80 at $2, 10 lambs av 48 at

$4.50, 5 yearlings av 70 at $4, 18 lambs av

70 at $6.50; to Newton B. Co. 38 do av

70 at $6.85; to Thompson Brits. 31 do av

65 at $6.25; to Parker, W. & Co. 18 do av

55 at $5.50. 50 do av 70 at $6.75; to llam-

lilOlltl, S. & Co. 1.8 sheep av 150 at $3.50,

:I do av 100 at $2.50, 35 «lo av 11.5 at $3.50

128 lambs av 85 at $6.90, 20 lambs av 60

at $5.50, 2:; sht-cp av 95 at $2 39 do av

125 at $3.25, 13 do av 110 at $3, 12 year—

lings av 100 at $1, 12 do av 80 at $4; to

lirown 70 sheep .Iv 100 at $3, 15 do av 80

at $3, 63 lambs av 55 at $5.75; to Sullivan

1‘. Co. 80 lambs av 80 at $7, 81 do av 75

at $6.65; to Parker, \‘V. & Co. 3‘.) (1:) av

60 at $6, 50' do av 52 at. $5; to Nagle P.

CO. 138 do av 80 at $6.00. 46 do av 70 at

$6.75. 44 do av 73 at $6.85; to Newton B.

(To. 35 yearling-s av 75 at $5 31 lambs av

65 at $6.50: to Fitzpatrick Bros. 35 do av

70 at $6 75:

to Fitzpatrick Brus. 11 do av 85 at $5, 28

do av 105 at; 33.50, 31 do av 11-5 at $3.65.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 25 lambs

av 53 at $5.10, 16 sheep av 110 at $3.35,

22 do av 105 at $3.25, 42 lambs av 75 at

$6.40, 46 do av 75 at $6.40; to Sullivan 1’.

Co. 6 do av 75 at $6.50, 46 do av 75 at

$6.50, 11 Sheep av 100 at $2.75; to Hayes

19 do 11V 80 at $2.50.



Sharp sold Mich. R. Co. 68 lambs av 63

at $6.40, 48 sheep av 120 at; $3.35



Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond, S. 8; Co.

40 lambs av 70 at $6.50, 8 do av 55 at

$5.50.



' Kendall sold Mich. 1:. Co. 14 sheep av

120 at $3.25, 67 lambs av 75 at $7.



McLuchlin sold Nc'xvti'm R. Co. 1.8 lambs

av 55 at $6. 14 sheep av 95 at $3.50.



lluley & M, sold h'lich. B. Co. 65 sheep

av 1.20 at $3.50; to Newton B. Co. 73

lambs av 73 at $6.70, 1.44 do av 70 at

$6.50, 15 do av 80 at $6.50, 124 do av 73

of. $6 60, 31. do av 80 at $6.60, (50 do 11V

70 at $6.25; to Mich._B. Co. 55 sheep av

115 at $3.50, 21 do av 95 at $3.25; to

lluycs 29 lambs av 55 at $4.50, 26 do av

50 at $5.50. ,



’l‘aggart sold Hammond. $.61: Co. 4.7

lambs av 70 at $6.50, 13 yearlings av 100

at



Hogs.



Receipts, 3.326. Market looks 10c high-

er than on \v’t'cdnesday, or 2.50 lower than

last week: none sold up to noon.



Range of pritos: Light to good butch-

ers, $8.257i»8.65; pigs, $7007.85; light york-

crs, $8418.65; heavy, $8498.65; stags onc-

third off. -



'lis‘mql, l} (\’: Il'. sold Parker, \\. &

Co. 520 av 200 at $8.60, 1,010 av 155 at

$8.55,.1060 av 1.60 at $8.50, 500 av 140 at

$8.40, 150 av 130 at $8.25. _



“we Com Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 250

av 200 at. $8.60, 240 av 190 at $8.55, 150

av 180 at $8.50.



Spicer & Ii. sold Hammond. S. & Co.

61 av 180 at $8.50, 12 :Iv 200 at $8.60, 109

av 140 at $8.40.



llaley & M. sold same 125 av 200 at

$8.60, 140 av 190 at $8.50, 160 av 140 at

$8.40.





 





Friday's Market.

September 13, 1912.

Cattle.





Receipts this week, 1.950; last week,

2,143. Market steady at Thursday’s

prices. \Ve quote: Extra dry—fed steers





$86119; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200.

56 7549750: do. 800 to 1.000, $5@6; graSs

steers and heifers that are fat, 800 to

1.000, $4.25@5.50; do 500 to 700. $4.25@4.75;

choice fat; cows. $5.25@5.75; good do.,

$450695; common cows, $3.50@4; canners

$2(d3.25; choice heavy bulls, 347569550;

fair to good bologna bulls, $4.25@4.50;

stock bulls, $3.25@3.75; choice feeding

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

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

stockers, 500 to 700, $4.50@5.25; fair do.,

500 to 700, $3.75@4.25; stock heifers.>$3.50

@4; milkers, large, young, medium age,

$406360; common milkers, $25@35.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week, 7.102; last week,

6.259. Good steady: common 25c lower.

Best lambs, $7637.25; fair to good lambs,

$6@6.25; light to common lambs, $4@

4.75; fair to good sheep, $3@3.25; culls

and commOn, $2@2.25.‘





Hogs.



Receipts this week. 3,902; last week,

4,298. Market steady at Thursday’s

prices. Range of prices: Light to good

butchers. 387569890: pigs, $7698.25; light,

$8.50@8.85; heaVY. $8.50@8.80; stage one-

third ofl.





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ChrOnic Cracked Heels—Stockingn-«I

have a seven-year—old mare that is per-

haps pregnant; her hind leg has had on

it a few cracks which pretty much ex-

tend across whole hind part of leg. The

log is also stocked considerable but she

is not lame. I showed her to our local

Vet, he gave me medicine that we have

used both externally and internally with—

out seemingly doing her much good. She

seems to play, out and drink as well as

she ever did. I have been feeding her

oats and bran mash three times a day.

I have also given her three tablespoonfuls

of epsmn salts and some sulphur with

each meal. She runs on pasture daytime

and is stabled nights. A. It. A., Kings





Mills, Mich—Apply equal parts tincture

benzoin and glycerine to sores twice a

day. AlsI) give her a taiilcspoonful of





Donovan's solution at a «lose three times

a day for 30 days. if her kidneys do not

act well, give her a t:1I)I(vsp(umfIll of pow—

dered nitrate potash once or twice a day.



Chronic Cough.~Have an ciglIt—year—old

gelding in good ('Oiltlllllm that has beon





troubled with a cough all summer and

seems to be gnu l uu ll): growing worse.

He is flu good mils and hay daytime





and runs on grass nights. Can you pro.

scribe something tint will stop this

cough? 141. 5., Mt. l‘lcasunt, Mich—Give

your horse a drsscrlspmmful of fluid

extract opium and 1, on. ground licorice

at u Cose in food Iwo or three times a

day. You will lind it 11:) easy task to

correct a Chronic cough.



Loss of .\ppetilo~Indigestion—Ilave

been a reader of the Michigan Farmer

for some time and have derived some

benefit from tho veterinary columns. I

haVo a more 12 years old that does not

thrive, she sum-rs t‘rom loss of appetite

and is in a run—down condition. She is

lifeless and 1 would like to know what

to give her. C. \V. .l., Lakeviow, Mich.

——l*ler teeth may‘necd floating; also give

her 1 dr. ground nux vomica, 1/; oz. of

ground gcntian, 145 oz. powdered cim'hona

and a dcssertspoonful of salt at a dose

in food three times a. day. llcr grain

ratiOn should perhaps be increased.



Barren Cows—«1. have three heifers

that have been coming in heat regularly

since April, but none of them have yet

gotten with calf. I would like to know

if there is anything that I can do that

will insnrc their chance of becoming

pregnant. I forgot to say that I also

have two cows that fail to breed. I

have had my cows served by four differ-

ént bulls. 1". Mil, ()rtonville, Mich.—~

\Vhen your cows come in heat inject

them with a soda solution made by dis-

solving 2 091s, bicarbonate soda in 3 p15.

of watt-r. ]m not breed the cow for three

or four hours after she has been irrat-

ed. An I'Jccasional treatment before heat:

period will have a good effvcl.



Sore on t,,,‘nl'<Illt.‘l.-l IIaVc been a reader

of the Michigan Farmer for nearly a

year and have been quite intcrcstcd in

the veterinary columns. One- of my cows

has a sore foot, just noticed it a few

days: ago, and am not able to state how

longr it has been in this condition. Thu

log is copsialcl‘al)le swollen, and she shows

some Inmt‘lli‘ss and it must annoy her

for she inks it a great deal. The sore

is (-ovcrell with small pustules and must

itch for slu- is inclined to llt‘k it. I. 13.,

Sleurns, Michv~Apply one part iodnform

and ten pill'ts boracic acid to sore twice

a (lay, covering it lightly with oakum

and a cloth. If the wound appears to be

maligrant apply one part carbolic acid

and rive parts water carefully with the

point of a feather twice a day.



Castrating Ruptured Pigsrsliow shall

I proceed to castrate young pigs when

a rupture appears in one side of scro-

tum? 1 have several 'such cases in one

litter. V! F. 19.. Uttcr Lake, Mich—.-

lf the hernia is inguinal protruding into

scrotal sack with testicle, then operate

by the covered operation, which means

to cut through the skin and expose tes-

ticle, applying eithm‘ a clamp or ligature

to slough off testicle and covering tunic,

thereby preventing protrusion (If bowel.

However, it is not necessary to use

clamp, if you use stitches or ligature.

Kindly understand cleanliness and septic

measures should be used in order to in—

sure a. recovery in all cases. If you have

never done surgical work of this kind, I

am inclined to believe you should secure





 





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the services of a. competent veterinarian

to demenstrate how the operation should

be performed. To castrate a ruptured

hog in the ordinary way, is apt to prove

fatal. In ventral heinia, open sack,

bring edges of muscles together with

heavy catgut, stitching wound and leav—

ing the catgut in, but remove silk stitches

from skin.





 





 





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CURES‘ SCAB





A DIP THAT DOES THE WORK

WITHOUT INJURY





TO THE ANIMAL OR FLEECE

NO BURNING OF THE FIBRES;





NO STAINING: NO POISONING:





NO SICKENING.





WHY USE DIPS THAT HAVE THESE DESTRUCTIVE

AND DANGEROUS QUALITIES? WHY EXPERIMENT

WITH UNKNOWN PREPARATIONS?





KRESO DIPNQI

STANDARDIZED

INEXPENSIVE,EASY TO use





PERMITTED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE FOR THE OFFICIAL DIPPlNG

or SHEEP ron SCAB 4’s“





FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS

WE HAVE BOOKLETS GIVING FULL DIQECTIONS

FOR USE ALSO MANY VALUABLE HINTS ON

HANDLING SHEEP. WRITE FOR FREE copIEs.





PARKE, DAVIS &Co





DEPARTMENT or ANIMAL INDUSTRY

DETROIT , MICH.





 





 





 

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

 





 





Pratts Animal Regulator





has for forty years been the standard live-stock

50





conditioner. 25c, 50c, $1. $3.

W Colic Cure



(Veterinary)

Sure cure for colic. and indigestion, $1 '

“Your money back if it fails" -'

Sold by dealers everywhere. or

PRATT FOOD C0.

Philadelphia

Chicago





AM E





mg “I Will accomplish more work in re-





 





 





1,{Iggxnoving stumps, rocks, etc, also

., 1'" planting trees, digging ditches,etc.

“Ithnn twenty men. It's effective,

safe and easily used; guaranteed

‘ ‘Standurd Brand: shipped direct

',_,~ from Mill in this state; lowest

Vorices. Nosalesmen. Established

. over 80 years. Write for full putioulnn.

a BRUNS POWDER co.

, - TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.





We Want HAY& SIRAW





. We get the top price on consignments, make

liberal advancements and prompt remittances.





Daniel McCaflrey’s Sons Co.





PITTSBURG, PA

Morena. Wishington Trust Company, or any bank in city





,, If you have car lots for sale it. will ay

you to write The E. L. RICHMOED

COMPANY. Detroit, Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





BIGELIIW’S HOLSTEIN FARM





BREEDSVILLE, MICHIGAN.





Have for sale a five months old bull, {E white. His dam has an official record of





25.50 lbs. butter and is a granddaughter of Hengerveld DeKol.

an official record of 26.731be. butter, and is a grandson of De K01 Burke.





check for $125 takes this fine youngster.





His sire’s dam has

First





Another—same sire from a 22.83 lb. dam, 6 months old—$90.

Another—same sire from a 20.27 1b. dam, 9 months old—$85.

Another—same sire from a 20.41 lb. dam,:7 months old—$80.

And two 4and5 months old by same sire $35 and $45, out of good milking dams.





\
Model “691‘”





Self Starter 1 10—inch Wheel Base

30 Horsepower Timken Bearings

5-Passenger Touring Car Center Control





Warner Speedometer

Remy Magneto

Prestolite Tank Shield





Completely Equipped





M ohair Top and Boot

Clear Vision Wind





In 24 Hours the Demand for this Car

Was Greater Than Our Annual Supply





of it! Nearly 1000 cars a week, and still the public refus—



ed to be satisfied. We could ship 500 cars a day and at



that we could not wipe out our immediate orders. But

150 a day is the very best we can do just now. That is our present

production limit. Later on when our new factories are swung into

working operation we can improve this condition; for this season we

will make 40,000 ()verlands, which nearly doubles our production

of the season that just closed.





AND yet we are shipping better than 150 cars a day. Think





We announced this car to the general public the latter part of

last month. The instantaneous effect took our breath away. Inside

of twenty—four hours we heard from practically every corner of the

globe. It seemed to jar the entire automobile universe. Cables

from abroad were almost as thick as American telegrams. Distrib—

utors, dealers and the appreciative motor buying public alike, tele-

phoned, wired, wrote and traveled from every direction. ‘Our head—

quarters in Toledo were swamped with requests, demands and,

threats. Everybody wanted a model 60 at the same time. Nothing

could curb the demand. \Ve simply had to close our doors and ears

to the riot and allot the cars as best we could.





This car took the country by storm. The very fact that a

car of this size and power, a car of this magnificence, strength and

comfort, a car so fully equipped with the very best of everything,

could be had for $985 was beyond all belief.





Everyone said “\Vhy that car is identical with lots of $31,200

and $1,500 cars I have seen.” And so it is.





The self starter, big wheel base, powerful motor, rugged rear

system, the unusually large brakes, the beautiful finish, rich up—

holstery, and the complete equipment, which includes practically

everything made for an automobile, are specifications that square

up with cars that cost twenty and thirty per cent more money.

These specifications are all 351200 specifications.



Then there is the cold rolled pressed steel frame, the selec-

tive transmission—three speeds forward and reverse, fitted With

annular bearings; the well known Remy magneto; the I section

drop forged front axle which is forged in one heat and is fitted with

the famous Timken bearings; the three quarter floating rear axle

fitted with Hyatt bearings. This car is finished in that superb

Overland blue with gray wheels, trimmed in black and nickel plate,

making a most striking and stylish car of rich design. You can—

not duplicate this car from any other maker for less than $1200 and

some want $1500.



We have but one suggestion to make. (let your “69” or—

der in early. Don’t delay, put off or stall. Just get busy. If you

want to enjoy your automobile this fall you will have to step pretty

lively. HFirst come first served,” is an old expression but it fits.

The demand right now is treble the supply. We never in the Wide

world will be able to catch up with the orders, so if you want one

of these world’s record cars, act quick.



(let in touch with our dealer in your locality. If you can-

not find him, wire us. There are over 2,000 of them delivering

these cars right and left just as fast as we can ship them. Don’t

you get left.



Write us for a catalogue describing this model—the car that

broke all preceding automobile values. Please ask for Book AG} 39.





The Willys-Overland Company. Toledo, Ohio