The Only Weekly Agricultural, Horticultural, and Live Stock Jou





 





 





VOL. CXXXIX. No. 23.;

Whole Number 3620..





few years no other subject has re-



ceived so much attention nor has

been given so much space in the press

as the: subject of agriculture. Now, you

ask, why is this subject being brought

so forcefully before the American people?

The answer is more simple than the

problem—to educate the farmer, and es-

pecially the farmer of the future. From

the rapid increase of city population as

compared to that of the country, as

shown by statistics. one can see that no

small'problem confronts those who are

trying to keep agriculture in the front

rank in this fast growing country of ours.



To meet and cope with this problem,

many plans are being carried out and

one of them is the introduction of agri-

culture in the high schools of Michigan.

This year saw several new Schools ad-

ded to the list, and

.among them was the

high school at Bangor,

.which is a small town

of about 1,500 inhabit—

ants, surrounded‘ by

some of the finest ag-

ricultural land in the

state. In fact, in this

section of Van Buren

county the finest of

Michigan apples are

grown. This year 40,000

barrels of this. fruit was

shipped from this town,

so one can see that its

commercial importance

to the country is no

small factor.



The farmers of this

community are prosper-

ous and, coupled with

this prosperity is' the

desire to learn more

about their art, to get

new ideas and to help

one another in every

way that will make

their occupation a

pleasurable and invit-

ing one. Consequently.

this new course which





IT is safe to say that during the- last





had been added to the Section of exhibits at an Agricu|tura| Fair Held by





curriculum was watch-

ed with a keen eye by all interested, but

at the same time all were willing to

lend a helping hand in making it a

success. ‘



To find out just how much interest was

being taken and also to diseover the

quality and quantitylof the output of

the community the instructor in that

subject organized an association known

as the Bangor High School Development

and Improvement Association, and this

organization made arrangements for an

agricultural fair. This was the first time





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY. DEC. 7, 1912.





AN AGRICULTURAL AWAKENING.





interested in live stock,

to be placed on





anything of the kind had ever been at-

tempted in Bangor and it was not with~

out the untiring efforts of this

dcsired results were ob-

The accompanying

It tells the story of what

enthusiasm and work will do.



did the association

such would be

after three hours of work in placing this

big display had passed it could hardly be

realized that what stood before them was

Placed on tables

in the school building were

27 different varieties of apples, pears and





their work and

was exhibited





tion that the





those results.

animals wcru _'

the agricultural





Close to 400 people saw the exhibits of

the real article.





fruit growers thmnsclvos wcro





like “ax figures





 





Students in Agricultural Dep’t of





In contrast with this beauti-

display of the choicest

could be found, stood a lone;

18 exhibits of yellow and

which had been grown by the

themselves from seed corn they had se-

lected and tested the year before.

arranged on other tables were vegetables

(if all kinds and sizes.





the community.

made them fool the position they occupy

in the country's

did not think would amount

Large pumpkins, much were shown what effort and work

interest among the fruit,

an extent that





at this show at once planned to take it





other freaks that are sometimes found in

the vegetable kingdom.

There were some





Nor was this exhibited fruit





in the class who





 





gsoc. A YEAR.

$2.00 5 YEARS.





to some of the larger fruit shows in the

State. Another important factor was the

competition, ,cspccially in the corn con—

test. Competition is a good thing for a.

beginner to meet.



The students elected their own clerks

and chose their superinteinlcnts, cared

for the arrangement of the exhibits and

kept account of tho awards so that they

obtained some insight into business and

also learned what respoi’lisibility meant.

'l‘hcse fat-tors, the writer believes, are

what: made the fair a success and have

hclped to pave the way for a much big-

ger proposition next year.



Van Buren Co. C. ll. CHILSON.



AN AWAKENED COMMUNITY.



On October 16. \\'atervliet, a village in

northern Berrien county, held its second

annual stcct fair‘ and

corn contest which was

alicnded by about 6,000

lulllilt‘.



Last year the fair

started with the boys"

and g‘ii‘ls’ corn ;_','l‘(l\\'lll§.,“

conic-st as a nucleus,

the interest in this con-

test being incited by S.

A, Martin, now of Syra-

cuse l'nchrsity, who

had charge of the de-

partment of agriculture

in the high School. To

show that the promi-

nent men of (be com-

munity were intcrestcd

in this work, -t is onlyr

iii-cessary to say tha'

tin-y raised $5.? to be

used as premiums for

exhibits, $33.00 for the

best ten cars exhibited,

$15 for Sl‘t‘tillil, $10 for

thc third. and $5 for

the follilh best, \Vith

this as a starting point

enough lilol‘c money

was raiscd to insure a

large exhibit of other

farm produce.





Bangor High School. The fair created so





much intcrcst that ev-

cryone seemed eager to lit-l1) for this

year’s fair, with the result that over $300

was subscribed in the surrounding ('(ml—

munity in addition to the $3,? :‘or the

corn contest, by those anxious to make

it a. success. No feature of the- fair Was

a money-making scheme, no entry fee

was charged nor admission fee. The fair

was held in tents put up for the occasion

with part of the exhibits in the SL‘llUOl

house. All available space for exhibits

was filled and as to the quality of ex-

hibits, much comment was heard to the





 





 





 





' Second Effort of Agrlcultural Students.





 





“Cloverland Special," First Institute Train Run in U. P. . (See Page 510).
510 (2)





effect that they would have done Justice

to a state fair. Especial mention should

be made of the fruit and dairy exhibits.

Due to the success of this year’s ef—

forts there is much talk of making two

days of it another year. Thus we see in

this and other like exhibitions through-

out the state, a tendency toward renew-

ing the value which the county fairs

have produced, eliminating those unde-

sirable features which have been the

death of many of our county fairs.

Berrien Co. C. S. LANGD-ON.





THE "CLOVERLAND" FARM SPECIAL.





 





 





 





The first page illustration, “The ClOV-

erland Farm Special,” shows the first

College institute train ever run through

the I'pper Peninsula. The train was run

over the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic

ltailway lines during the latter part of

October, covering a territory of about 450

miles in 15 days. It was estimated that

at least 12,000 Il})per Peninsula farmers

gathered to hear lectures and see the

exhibits carried in the demonstration

cars.



Most of the exhibits displayed in the.

cars were of crops grown in the Upper

Peninsula at the State Agricultural Ex-

pcl‘in’lent Station at Chatham, or by

farmers along the, line of the railroad.

But perhaps the feature of the exhibits

which appealed most to the farmers

present was the live stock representative

of the different breeds, since,- the speakers

gave the farmers to understand that any

farmer might own the same kind of live'

stOck and that it Would be an achieve-

ment of which any man might feel

proud. (if the live stock exhibitcd, the

sheep attracted a great deal of attention

especially two individuals which were

taken out of at 10t of 260 western wethcrs

used to clear 15 acres of brush land at

tho T'ppcr Peninsula Station. in addi—

tion to helping clear this land, the Sheep

gained enough to make a net protit of

$1.50 per head.



The farmers of this rapidly developing

agricultural section of the state exhibit-

ed a great eagerness to learn fnom the

t-xports and instructive exhibits aCcom-

p-inying the train and the after effects

are already becoming apparent. More

interest is being shown in agricultural

literature. including experiment ,station

bulletins and the Michigan Farmer, for

which many subscribed during the trip.

in addition to securing this aid from the

Agricultural (i‘ollege, the l'ppcr Peninsu-

la‘s business interests are doing much to

build up the agriculture of that section.

not alone through their development bu-

rcan, but through the railroads, soino of

which. like the one interested in this

trip, maintain agricultural departments

for this purpose. Altogether this insti-

llllc train will be productivc of great re—

sults, since it will (loubtlcss promote

many object lessons for better agriculture

which, in turn. will prove educational

centers for the improvement of the agri-

culture of the entire section.





CLOVER AND SOIL FERTILITY.





 





Success in farming depends upon var-

ious operations and practices, but the

basis of success lies, primarily, with the

fertility of the soil. \Vhatever may be

or may have been the. soil's virgin condi-

tion, or however great its richness, suc~

ccssivc cropping, Without compensating

it by adding an equivalent of what has

.bccn removed in crops. must and will

chntually bankrupt it. Tho good farmer

ifin possession of rich or girvin soil. sees

to it that the conditions with which nao

ture has provided it. be not only main—

tained. but added to by judicious hus-

bandry. it is not easy to retain the bal-

ance of soil fertility under cropping by

returning to it the refuse of the. farm

in compost or barnyard manure alone.

\\'bilc with the advent of the manure

spreader the manure is now spread more

evenly than by the. old hand system, yet,

on account of the limited‘amount made.

on the average farm the quantity avail-

able, is usually distributed to the poorer

parts of the field and, so long as the

more fertile portions giVe fair crops, they

get but little or none at all.



it is scarcely possible to maintain an

even texture and retain high fertility

without relying upon nature in the pro-

duction of some crop, to in her own way

build up the textural quality of the soil

and add fertilizing elements with which

she works. Among the many plants of

the “legume” order, all of which are

more or less soil builders. the one most

paramount in the hands of the farmer. is

clover. It's deep rooting brings to the

surface from the subsoil the various

salts that have leached from the upper





THE ‘MICHIGAN FARMER.





soil. By the decay of the roots, porosity

is established, giving better drainage. By

adding humus, the soil is made more

friable and its moisture-holding capacity

is increased. But the principle fertiliz-

ing element in clover, is nitrogen. Na-

ture has by the operations of her laws

endowed the plants of this genus with

the peculiar power to extract this ele-

ment from the soil air of which it forms

a large per cent, and by a somewhat

mysterious process store it on the roots

in the form of nodules (little galls or

knots), more or less distributed through-

out théir root system.



Much speculation was for many years

indulged regarding the formation of these

nodules. Recent investigation, however,

has now pretty well established the fact

that they are produced by bacteria, pe-

culiar to these plants,and that the qual-

ity of the soil has much to do with the

operations of these bacteria. It is known

that a soil depleted of‘ organic matter

and of an acidulous character is not con-

genial to these bacteria and that. as a

consequence, clover will not thrive on

such soil.



These essentials, then, are conditional

to the success of the clover plant. Where

land is wet, it is important that the sur-

plus moisture be removed before clover

will do well. The application of lime as

a neutralizer of the soil acid and as an

amendment of tenacious clay soil is ben-

eticial in various ways, yet it is possible to

use it to excess, and on land not in need

of it. ()n land well supplied with or-

ganic matter and especially in warm,

humid weather, there is apt to be gen-

erated an acid condition, which lime will

correct. But as lime is a great con—

sumer of humus, it should not be. indis-

criminately used, and especially upon

land of open texture Where acidity is

less liable to occur. Blue litmus paper

may be obtained of any druggist. To

test the soil place a small quantity in a

Vessel and wet it to the consistency of

mortar. Insert a piece of the paper in

this, allowing it to remain an hour. If

the paper turns red, acid is present.



tine ton of hydrated lime is usually al—

lowed per acre, but on gravel or sandy

soil half this amount may suffice. There

are many sections where clover once did

well, that will no longer produce it. This

is because of the soil having been de-

pleted of vegetable fiber or perchance is

acid. In many cases it will require time

and the additiOn of certain amendments

to rcstoro it, but with good judgment, in

adding fiber, and where indicated, lime,

where clover has once grown it may be

made. to succeed again. After the proper

conditions have been restored, care must

be, taken to so rotate the crops as to

continue the soil in these conditions, al-

ways remembering that to rob the soil

will eventually rob the pocketbook.



New York. B. F. MACK.





THE ROOFING PROBLEM.





 





 





The old shingle roots on very many

farm buildings have seen their best days,

and in many instances have practically

outlived their usefulness. In a season of

constant rains such as the past season,

these roots will leak less than in a sea-

son of alternate dry weather, but at the

same. time they deteriorate much more

rapidly and need earlier attention, if the

buildings which they cover are to be prop—

erly serviceable. for the winter season.

Many farmers, instead of covering their

roofs with shingles use one of the ser—

viccable, prepared r-oofings which are now

on the. market and which can be quickly

and economically laid with home labor

and serve a very excellent purpose in

repairing or recovering these old build-

ings as well as for new construction. These

roofings have long been in use by rail-

roads and manufacturing institutions and

even for the. purpose of covering govern-

ment warehouses, etc... but their use has

herctot‘ore been less general upon the-

farm because of the long established cus-

tom of using shingle roofs upon such

buildings. A trial of these better pre—

pared roofings would. however, be well

worth the while for any farmer and their

satisfactory use for urban construction

is practically a. guarantee of satisfaction

on the farm.



VVayne Co.





FIFTY CENTS A YEAR.





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An even $1.00 for two years, $1.25 for

three years, $2.00 for five years, are the

new reduced rates of subscription for

The Michigan Farmer. It will never be

possible to make the rates any lower but

it may be necessary to raise them.

Therefore renew now.





 

   





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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.





 





THE INDIRECT PROFITS FROM DAIRY

FARMING.





BY profitable dairying is meant the





 





use of the cows in a way that will

add most to the net income of the

farm. This net income is made, up of

cash profits and indirect profits. Natural

then, and not strange, is it that dairy

farmers, who concern themselves with

cows and cash profits, have failed to take

into account the indirect profits of the

dairy business. The gain in soil fertility,

the increased value of the. stock, equip—

ment and other items usually evade. ap-

praisement. Viewed by the cash profits

for the year, many a dairy farm appears

to be paying scant profits, while during

a decade it may show a. wonderful gain

in fertility and accumulate a. surplus in

tangible assets.



Dairying lends itself admirably to the

perfection of any system of farming that

has the improvement of the soil as a

basis. By growing soil improving crops

in rotation with corn and small grain

crops it is possible to feed the soil 3, bal-

anced ration through the dairy cows.

Legume cropswclover, alfalfa, cowpeas

and the like, not only supply nitrogen

to the soil, but they afford an abundance

of palatable and nutritious roughage and

pasturage for the cows. FolloWing a. ra-

tional rotation of crops and feeding them

to dairy cows makes it possible for the

dairy farmer to maintain and increase

the fertility of his farm. It is the only

way of eating the cake and having it.





The greatest questiOn before the dairy

farmer today is the growing of suitable

fOOd crops and its reciprocal effect upon

the fertility of his farm. How much milk

each acre of land can be made to pro-

duce is as great a. dairy question as how

much milk each cow can be made to

give. Many eastern dairy farmers have

attempted to set the milk producing end

of the business over against the crop

producing end. thus giving it an impos-

sible independence, but from the unwel-

come re'sults has coine the growing rec-

ognizalion of the-fact that plants and

animals—dairy cows_ and forage and

grziin crops——are economically insepara—

ble. Their relationship has been firmly

established in practice. In its best es-

tate the dairy farm produces food for

the cows. One cannot neglect to take

advantage of these indirect profits from

the presence of dairy cows on his farm

and find his largest returns through the

cash profits.



On the well managed dairy farm there

is an even distribution of labor through—

out the year. In this way the help be-

come accustomed to the farm and its

affairs and naturally take an interest in

pushing the work along. In this way the

dairy farmer has a. great advantage over

those who grow crops, and who are

forccd at various times during the year

to seek extra help. By hiring help for

short periods of time one is forced to

pay maximum wages for minimum effi-

ciCncy.



In dairy farming more than in many

other types of farming there is {L family

interest in the affairs of the farm. All

members of the family become interested

in the dairy busincss. Thc boys talk

dairy cows and by measuring their judg—

ment beside: that of their elders they

rapidly mature in thought. \Vhen you

get a boy interested in the activities of

the farm he is growing mentally in the

right direction.



One of the most important indirect

profits from dairy farming is the home

market that it affords for the porducts

of the farm. The dairy farmer can prof-

itably utilize such feeds as corn fodder.

straw, damaged hay, waste vegetables

and other things that cannot bc market-

ed profitably. On many farms the meth-

ods of figuring profits charge the cows

with all the roughage at market prices

for g00d quality, when they are actu-

ally compclled to eat large quantities of

very inferior stuff. If you charge the

cows with the price of good roughage,

you should credit them with the real dif-

ference in value between that which they

consume and the ‘market price of that

of good quality. Is it wrong to expect

them to pay market prices of good foods

for foods of doubtful feeding value?



The man who markets his field crops

through dairy cows is not dependent up-

on the condition of the hay, grain and

live steak markets at any one time dur-

ing the year. There are business inter-





 





 





 





seasons of the

prices of farm





ests that aim at certain

year to depreciate the

products. The dairy farmer is less at

their mercy than the stock and grain

farmer, because he has something to

sell every month during the year. The

stock and grain farmer cannot do this

with their stock and grain to anything

like the same cxtcnt.



Another indirect profit from dairy

farming is the cutting down of the: ex-

pensc of furnishing food for the family.





 





When one has plenty of milk, cream,

butter, choose, cottage cheese. etc., and

an occasional veal to kill, the cost of





furnishing food for the family is reduced

to a. minimum.



In raising young stock and keeping his

fences and buildings in suitable condi-

tion for profitable doii'ying the farmer is

gradually accumulating a. surplus of

stock and adding to the value of his

property. In no other way is it easier

for the average farmer to get together

a, thousand or two thousand dollars than

to gradually build up a. herd of dairy

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from the dairy through a series of years.



New York. W. MILTON KELLY.

A GRAIN RATION WITH MIXED HAY



AND SHREDDED CORN FODDER.





Vi'hich would you advise for the best

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connection, if any? I have» clovcr and

timothy hay and shredded cornstnlks.



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As tlic roughage part of this ration is

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consideration, it would be the better feed

in this case. And then I would suggest

that you feed two pounds of oil meal per

day per cow, and for the balance of the

ration use wheat bran and corn meal at

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the corn meal equal parts by weight, and

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pounds per day of this grain as she pm-

(luces pounds of butter—tat in a. week.

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is better. because a cow giving rich

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more grain in proportion to the amount

of milk she produces than one giving a.

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HOW MUCH SILAGE TO FEED COWS

——HOW MUCH GRAIN TO FEED.





This is my first experience in thedairy

business. I am less than 30 years of

age. I have always been on a farm, but

have never before depended on the cow

for the entire income. 1 have 20 cows

and have room for live or six more. I

have a silo that holds 130 tons which 13

nearly full. Have plenty of corn fodder

but no hay. The corn that was put in

the silo would yield about 75 bushels per

acre. I can get wheat middlings for $24

a ton and bran for $22 per ton. Hats are

worth about 30c a bushel and rye 70c.

Which of the above grains

Would be the best and cheapcst to mix

with corn. and what proportion should I

mix them? At present I am t'ccding

about 30 lbs. of ensilage a day to t‘:lt‘h

cow. .\in l feeding too much or not

enough? I have a good basement barn.

\‘\'ould it be best to keep the cows in

the barn most of thc time? Does it pay

to feed cottonseed meal”? I can get it

for $l.75 per hundred lbs.



Calhoun C0. J. I". II.



of course. it would be impossible at

one writing to go over the entire subject

of feeding and care of dairy cows. One.

could write a book upon this subject and

then not tell all about it, and in work of

this kind one must confine himself to the

principle question asked. in a general

way you can. howchr, discuss the, whole





subject very briefly and discuss it cor-

rectly, too. with rcgart'l to the care of

the dairy cow. She should be made

cotnt'ormldc. it you make. her comfort-

alulc. low-p hcr so she enjoys hcrst-lt‘, then

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comfortable she must be in :1.

Well lighted, well ventilated barn.

treated kindly She must

lu- milked clean regularly. and fed regu-

11113', and she- must be fed an abundant

ration of wholesome food. ’l‘hat's about

all there is to it, to state it brictly.



Now with regard to the amount, of en—

silage to feed cows: if you have the

cnsilage and clover hay you should feed

the cows all the clchr hay and all the

torn silage they will eat up clean every

day. There isn't any such thing as ov—

cr—t‘ecding on clovetr hay and coin silage.

The more you can gct them to eat, if

they don’t waste it. the cheaper will be

the ration. 'l‘hese ought to be the basic

foods to constitute the ration of a dairy

cow in Michigan. either alfalfa or clover

hay and corn silage. because they are

the cheapest foods that can be produced.

Now if you haVcn't got the clover hay

in sutllcicnt quantities and the corn sil-

agc then you will have to be governed

accordingly, but in the future you should

strive to produce enough of these two

so that they can be fed in this





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foods

way.



Now with regard to a grain ration. “'6

want to feed grains that are richer in

protein than either of these two foods so

as to make abalanced ration for the





cow. That is theoretically correct. Clo-

ver hay contains the protein and the

carbohydrates in just about the right





proportion, but corn silage is what we

call ,1 wide, ration; that is, it has carbo-

hydrates in excess of the protein. Now

we must have some food in the ration

richer in protein than clover hay in or-

der to balance up the carbohydrates in

the corn silage. You can’t do it with

corn meal. you can't do it with ground

oats, because these foods are not rich

enough in protein. It is not that the

cow will not do well on corn silage and

clover hay and ground oats because they

will, but the idea is that they will have

to eat so much of these in order to get

protein sufficiently to do their best that





mentioned





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





it will be an extravagant ration, it will

cost too much. Now if we will feed in

connection with the corn silage and clo-

ver hay and perhaps ground oats, some

other food rich in protein, 'like gluten

feed, cottonseed meal or linseed meal,

then we will have an ideal ration from

the standpoint of a balanced ration and

also from the standpoint of an econom-

ical ration.





Cottonseed meal probably will furnish

the digestible protein cheaper than any

other food. It is a very rich concen-





trated ration. It won't do to feed it in

too liberal quantities because the cows

can’t stand it and it would make an un-

balanced ration. Your ration would be

too rich in protein. If you feed a ra-

tion too rich in protein for any consid-

erable, length of time you are liable to

get your cows out of condition. In other

words, you are. liable to injure their

health. There is very little danger from

feeding the cows 'too wide a. ration, but

it makes an extravagant ration and they

can’t do their best. lt is all right to feed

fresh dairy cows about two pounds of

cottonseed meal a day, and 1 don’t think

that you can get any feed that will fur-

nish the necessary protein as cheaply as

will cottonseed meal, and I would sug-

gest that you feed your cows after they

have freshencd (I wouldn‘t feed any cow

cottonseed meal before she freshened,

because. it is too rich in protein), but

after they have freshened feed them, say

two pounds of cottonseed meal a day.

Then make the balance of your ration

from ground oats if you have the oats.

Or you can feed corn and oat chop, or

corn and oat meal mixed together and

ground. IVIy advice would be to feed all

the hay and corn silage the cows will

eat up clean, give them two pounds of

cottonseed meal a day, and then a suffi—

cient amount of corn and oats, if you

have them, so that each cow will get as

many pounds of grain per day, including

the cottonseed meal, as they give pounds

of butter—fat in a week. I don’t believe

you could get any better rule for feed-

ing dairy cows than this. To be sure, it

is a pretty good liberal grain ration but

it pays to feed liberally, and in this way

you feed a cow in proportion to what

she does.





A DAIRY FOOD.





Please tell me the food value of whole

ground buckwheat, and what stock it

would be. best for. I have understood it

was good for dairy cows, but have never

used it.



Benzie (‘0.





Ground buckwheat is no better as a

dairy food than corn, rye, oats, or bar«

ley. If we go entirely by the chemical

analysis we. will find that it is not as

good as some of these feeds and perhaps

a. little better than others, and yet it

will depend largely upon the kind of

roughage which is fed. And again, when

buckwheat is ground as a whole grain

the bran of the hull of the buckwheat

constitutes a part of it. and this is al-

most entirely indigestible. It takes some

of the, energy of the cow to digest Or get

rid of it and it has practically no food

value because it is indigestlble.



To compare buckwheat with a common

foodstuff let its say that buckwheat con-

tains 7.7 per cent of digestible protein

with a nutritive ratio of 1:6.9, barley

contains 9.5 per cent of digestible pro-

tein with a nutritive ratio of 127.2, oats

contains 7.7 per cent of digestible protein

with a nutritive ratio of 126.9, rye con-

tains 9.1 per cent of digestible protein

with a nutritive ratio of 1:8.3, while

corn contains 7.1 per cent of digestible

protein with a nutritive ratio of 1:10. So

you see, chemically considered, there isn’t

so very much difference between ground

buckwheat and the common grains which

are. produced upon the farm, and yet

corn is more digestible or has a larger

digestive co—etficient; that is, a larger

per cent of the product is digestible than

any one of the different foods, and buck-

wheat is one that contains a small co-

efficient of digestibility owing to the hull

of the buckwheat being indigestible.



“'hile the buckwheat ground whole

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digestible protein, when this is ground

into buckwheat flour and the middlings

separated and then the bran separated

from the middlings we have a product

known as buckwheat middlings which

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and is a splendid food to feed with the

common roughage on the farm to balance

the ration because it is so rich in pro-

tein. Sometimes this food can be bought

for less than its intrinsic value at mills

where a business is made of making

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case more than at the present time.





 





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President J. P. Prigg, of Daleville,

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is most contented, he is the most profit-

able and the summer-fed steer is the

contented steer. Last summer a lot of

34 head, weighing 1,015 lbs. on an aver-

age, were bought early in summer. The

pastures were burnt tip and they either

had to be sold or fed in the lot. They

Were fed 193 days on $10 clover and $30

cottonseed meal and returned 70 cents

for each bushel of corn fed. Another

longer fed lot on clover pasture caused

the corn to return 900 per bushel. These

results show the pasture feeding prefer-

able to the dry-lot plan.



If cattle are, to be marketed prior to

August 1, they should have grain early.

A shelter shed to protect from flies was

advocated, while a low roof under a tree

is ideal. The pasture helps on the labor

proposition in that the manure, is dis-

tributed as made. In the futurc, many

will use ensilage to increase the capacity

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pay on high-priced land is doubtful. An

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table taken from a late lllinois experi-





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





The speaker stated that he was able to

raise soybean hay for $12 per acre and

for feeding it had paid $40 per acre. He

protested against the present attitude of

the farmer toward the tenant.





J. B. Burns, the well-known feeder, of

Cloverdale, Ind., stated that it is seldom

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to summer feed cattle. Winter feeding

means a more perfect utilization of the

corn plant while in summer feeding much

of the dry matter is not utilized. Feeds

can be secured more cheaply in fall than

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ter months as during the five summer

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it will be of greatest benefit. Much is

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finished off after the cattle as they can

be given clover pasture to advantage, and

early May is an excellent time to market

the-m.



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ed that he fed both during summer and

winter. lle buys at this season, using

up the left—over grass and roughage, us-

ing shock corn, or silage, and cottonseed

meal from January 1 to March 1, giving

a full feed from March 1, aiming not to

sell until they are in the best of condi-

tion. The light, feeders are roughed

through, put on pasture and silage and

on full feed as soon as the flies appear.

lie will supplement pasture With silage

from now on. One must feed right and

be on the job all the time.



The fact, was developed that a few

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cheaper than the same amount of grass

pasture. Some have planted cowpcas

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trouble in harvesting overbalances the

added feeding value.



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for using the rations to be fed. Some

poor rations were fed the first year. At

first, a. comparison between clover and

some roughage that did not balance corn

was desired. They found that corn and

clover produced a gain of 2 lbs. daily;

corn. shredded stOVer and oat straw 1.3

lbs. daily and at greater cost. Then the

question of replacing clover with silage

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with corn and clover, profits were in-





creased $5.41 per steer over former meth—

ods: twice daily with the. same

$8.15 and silage alone $7.83. At the same

time costs of gains were decreased $1.31,

$1.86 and $2.3 per cwt'., respectively.

This winter, separate lots will be fed

corn, cottonseed meal and silage; corn,

cottonseed and clover, corn, clover, silage

and 21/: lbs. of cottonseed meal, oat straw





l‘ct'tls‘





 





 





 





 





ment. and corn; corn, soybean meal and silage.

‘Results of Summer Feeding.

10 Silage 10 Pasture

. Steers. Steers.

Initial weight ..................................... 9,050 lb. 9,480 lb,

Cost in lots Made ............................. . ...... $675.68 $677.82

AVerage daily gain ..................................... 2.15 lb. 2.5:] lb.

Total teed:

Shelled (-ol'n at 68c per bu ............ .. ..... 18.470”). 18.“:le lh

Cottonseed meal at $28 per ton......... .. ........ 4,563 lb. 4'54011)‘

Silage at $3.16 per ton .......... . ,..,..::s,4331n, 4--.“;

l’asturc at $10 per acre ...... ....... . ..... aha.-- 8 acres.

Total cost of feeds ...................... p. $350.44 $36‘.51

Pork produced ................ .. 5861b 5920 lb.

Value of pork at $850 , . _ __ $40.81 $78.20

Total receipts . ............. 1,058.76 1,075.88

.Expenditui‘e's .. 1,052.92 1,067.13

Profit ...........-..--...................... ..... ........ $5.84 $8.75





 





It does not pay to pasture clover up to





the limit of its capacity. \Vhen some

grain and roughage is fed, the danger

of bloating is reduced. \Vhen clover





pasture is used always have a canula and

'rochar on hand and do not be afraid to

use them. Never turn stock on clover

When wet with rain or dew. ”Wait until

it is dry. While the equipment for dry—

lot summer feeding is as expensive as

that necessary for winter work, the sum-

mer feeder is more certain of good prices.

The feeding of nitrogenous concentrates

is important. Two to 2% lbs. of cotton-

seed meal per steer daily can be fed pl‘of—

itably. \Vith hogs soybeans balance the

ration better than any other feed, while

for feeding they areworth $2 per bushel.





 





 





The six light lots weigh 680 lbs. and are

valued at $6.50 per hundred.



J. T. Alexander discussed the market

outlook, stating that tendencies are to-

ward the short feed. The cattle move-

ments have been liberal but are no in-

dicatitin of the supply. On the whole,

the outlook points to the continuance of

high prices.



Ilirector Thorne, of the Ohio station,

gave a masterful address on the Rela-

tion of Cattle Feeding to Permanent Ag-

riculture.



Resolutions for increased appropriations

for Purdue University were passed. Mor-

ris Douglas, of Flat Rock, Ind., was

elected president; F. G. King, of Lafay-

ette, secretary—C. A. W.





 





NEW FEATURES OF THE COMING

LIVE STOCK MEETING. '



At the meeting of the executive com-

mittee of the Michigan Improved Live

Stock Breeders’ and Feeders’ Association

held November 14, it was decided to hold

the Twenty-second Annual Meeting at

the Agricultural Building, [Cast Lansing,

January 15-16, 1913. As‘usual, the first

day will be devoted to the meetings of

the various breed associations.



It was also decided to hold a fat bar-

row contest on this day, a suitable prize

to be given for the best barrow of each

one of the, following breeds: Poland

China, Berkshire. Duroc Jersey, Chester

\Vhite, Yorkshire and Tamworth, weigh-

ing under 225 pounds. and also for the

best barrow of each breed weighing 225

and under 275 pounds. With the aid of

the Swine Breeders’ Association very

liberal prizes will undoubtedly be award-

ed for the best barrows of each breed.

In addition to the above the Michigan

Improved Live Stock Bi'eedcrs’ and Feed-

crs’ AssOeiation has put up $50 to be

awarded the hog showing the best dress-

cd carcass. The judging of the various

breeds on f00t will take place \Vcdnes—

day afternoon, January 15, after which

the hogs will be slaughtered and all

breeds compete in the carcass contest to

be held Thursday morning. Premiums

aggregating $25 will be awarded the three

best carcasses in the class weighing be-

tween 225 and 275 pounds on foot, and

a similar amount to the three best car-

casses in the class weighing under 225

pounds. \





The only expense to the exhibitor will:





be that tf Sillllllillg‘ his barrows to Lan-

sing, as conVeyance will be furnished

them to the (‘ollcge and no charge will

be made for feed, care. or

competent judge from some

packing houses will be secured to do the

judging and explain the merits of the

various entries, which will make, this

contest one of the most instructive fea-

tures that has ever been held :11 any of

our meetings. _.\rrangcmc-nts will be

made to dispose of the carcasses here, or

exhibitors may have them shipped back

home, as may be desired. Any party de-

siring to make an exhibit should commu-

nicate with the secretary at once, ad-

dressing him at East Lansing.



An illustrative lecture will be given

during the joint meeting of all the asso-

ciation‘s, which convenes at 5:00 p. m.,

‘Vcdnesday afternoon. The annual ban-

quet will be held as usual \Vcdnevsday

evening, following which an excellent

program will be rendcrcd. The program

(if the general meeting on Thursday,

January 16, should be of interest to every

farmer in the state. Mr, \Vayne liens-





. l

more. secretary of the l’ercheron Society,





of America. will have some-thing of Vital





interest to say about draft horses on the‘





farm. Professor \V. C. Coffee, of the

l'nivcrsity of Illinois, who has studied

sheep husbandry throughout this country

and abroad, will have valuable sugges-

tions to offer every farmer in the state.

Mr. B. If. ltawl, Chief of Dairy Division,

I'lairy Husbandry l'lcpartinent, \Vashing-

ion, 17. C, will address the meeting on

some. phase of the dairy industry.



No Michigan farmer who hopes to im-

prove his condition can afford to miss

these meetings. The meeting this





enthusiastic that has eVer been held.

G. A. BrilfHVN, Sce'y.





PREPARING ROOTS FOR FEEDING.





 





 





The value of roots, as a feed for live

stock is well known to every farmer, and

very many of the most expert stockincn

grow an area of roots for this purpose

each year. Those who do not make a

specialty of growing roots for this pur-

often have: a surplus of unmer-

chantablc potatoes. beets, turnips, etc..

which can be profitably utilized as stock

feed. Also pumpkins. cabbage, etc., are

a profitable source of succulcnce in the.

ration on many farms. Too often these

are fed either whole or in coarse chunks

as cut up with a. spade or other crude,

implement, incurring danger of choking

and possibly the, loss of valuable animals.

This can be avoided by proper prepara—

tion of the roots, which is easily ac~

coniplishcd by the use of comparatively

inexpensiVe machines now on the mar-

ket for this purpose. Undoubtedly it

pays to feed roots and other succulent

feed as above mentioned. but it also pay

to prepare them in such. a manner as

will eliminate all dangervof loss from

choking. Another advantage of the ma—

chine over the hand method of preparing

roots for feeding is the saving of labor.



Wayne Co. C. T. H. B.





pose





slaughter. A:

one of theI





yUfll‘ .

will undt’iubtcdly be the largest and most:





to; 513

Don’t Fall to

Get Prices on





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If you only knew

how chea ly. quickly

and easi 1] you .can

roof your buildings

With genuine Ed-

wards STEEL Shln-



les. you wouldn't. 4



001 with any more . .

prepared roofing or inflammable wood shingles.



Don't. you know Edwards sells the world‘s finest

rooting direct from factorv at lowest; price ever

known? Don’t you know dwnrds pays freight

clear to our station and guarantees prompt, safe

delivervl And don‘t, you know that. more than

100,000 Edwards roofs have. been at on and that

never it one has failed to give PF. {MANENT ent-

isfuction? Don’t. you know thatch” man can easily

lay Edwards STEEL Shingles right over old roof

or on sheathing? Don't. you know thatlEdwarda

STEEL Shingles are





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Don’t. you know Edwards uses a. secret process

which abs lutely revents rust from ever getting

a foothold? that Edwards has patented an Inter-

locking Devico which makes a permanent water-

tight, joint? Don't you know Edwards uses only

the finest open-hearth steel for his shingles; that

Edwards Galvanized STEEL Shingles never need

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against fire by lightning; that Edwards STEEL Shingles

not only make the moat. handsome roof but. outlast THREE

wood-shingle roofs and FIVE prepared-paper roofs?



Well, then—why don't you write Edwards a postal this

minute and get- hv return until his latest. catalog 126'] and

astounding factory prices? If you'll give the size or your

roof, Edwards will make you a. lump price on the job.

.Get Edwards prices at. once. (86)

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‘ You 3 Square Deal on

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It will pay you to get: my

\x Price Lists, and ways of

v 1 domg business before you

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out fail to





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Box 23, N. East Liberty, 0





 





 





 





 





 





 





HEWO

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NEW IMPORTATION





 





We have given more than a quarter

century to importing. breeding and dis-

tribution of the Belgian horse. We

handle no other breed and believe we

have now in this new importation of

stallion} and mares a class of horses

that W1“ please you, and all are for

sale at prices not equalled by anyone

in the business when merit is consider-

ed. Will be pleased to have you ask

about them and to visit us at any time.





H.& H.WOLF





Wabash, Ind.

HEWO STOCK FARM





METZ BROS,





NILES, MICH.





We have a fine lot of imported and

American bred





Percheron Stallions





on hand and we can sell them for less





money than any other importer. “'rite

us your wants.





METZ BROS., Niles, Michigan.

A. A. PALMER a sous





Open the season with the finest; aggregation of





PERBHERU Stallions





and Mares



they have ever offered to the breeding public.

60 Head to select lrom.



P. O. Beldlng. Mich. R. R. Orleans.





PERCH ERON S





bred for utility as well as she ' ‘ ‘



includes several internationalwwtii‘igialfid.. Till:

2-year-old stallion colts of uality for sale. Come

or write B. r. ANDERSON. ch. No. 3. Adrian. Mich:





 





 





 





 





 





PERCHERONS—Olne extra good dark gray, 3~year-

d St. ll ,

on. OVI‘Eh‘EOIngIBIiittibgiseMllcll?





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yoarl ing stud colts.
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CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR. V. 8.





Advice through this department is free

to our subscribers. Each communication

should state history and symptoms of the

case in full: also name and address of

writer. Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. I! this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

the desired information in a reply that

has been made to some one else. When

reply by mail is requested. it becomes

private practice, and a fee of 81. 00 must

accompany the letter.





and Back.—I have a

three— year- Old colt that has been run-

ning in pasture all summer and since

stabling him 1 find VVithe1s and back are

swollen. H. D. \V. ., 131m), Mich ——Apply

one part tinctuie iodine and four parts

camphorated Oil to swelling ovcry day or

do, but before making these applications

clip Off hair. Also give 2 drs potassium

iodide at a dose night and morning.

Thrush. ~I have 1111 eight— yae .11-old horse

that went lame in left hind leg some two





Swollen “'ithers





weeks ago and I would like to know

What V1 ill cure him. He walks sound,

but t1ots lame. The leg is stocked low





down and he is troubled with thrush. L.

ll. 1)., l'bly, Mich —1 am inclined to be-

licve that his lameness is low down and

perhaps caused by th1ush. Apply calo—

mel to diseased frog on1e a day, covering





heel with oakum It is needless for me

to sa3 that the foot should be kept clean

and 1er'. for Wct 1nd tilth is the most

common cause of thrush.



Ae1111en1i1-.—-~l have a well-bred twelve,-

year-old mare that has been out of con—

1l1ti0n for the past tour months. She





perspires too f1eely and becomes exhaust-

ed while doing only 111-111111111: work. E.



Dansville '\li1h~l111st of all you

had better clip her bod3, leaving hair on

legs, and give :1 teaspoontnl of powdered

sulphate iron, two tablespoontuls ground

gentian a tablespoonful of red 1-inch0na.

and a dessertspoonful of F1"'1VVlti s solu-

tion at 11 dose in feed three times a day.





Feed hcr plenty of oats. a flu 1oots 111111

good Well-cured mixed hay. She should

not hc overworked.



Broken \\'indv-(Heaves)-—Knuckling.m

I have 11 nine- V'mr-Old mare that has :1

hacking 1ongh and 1 11111 sure she has

heaves \\ hen she- dis1harges 1"111113 lltllll

nostrils she tints not show SVrnptoms ot

l11’11vcs. \Vhat treatment do you adviso

foI knuckling? 11.“, Mendon Cit3,

l\li1h ~~ it is possible that your mare has

(bionic catarrh or nasal gleet and not

l11111vcs. \Vhen tho nostrils and nasal

sinuses close it affects breathing. (live





11 1l1sscrtspoonful of F'oulear' s solution a

teaspoonful of nitrate potash and a tea-





spoontul powdered sulphate iron at a

dose in moist feed three times a day.

lwed no clove1, nor musty, dusty badly





cuicd fodder and the less bulky food giv-





en her, the better She should be excr-

c ised 1noderatech've113' day. Knuckhng

is not always curable: how ever, 3ou had





better apply equal parts turpentine aqua

ammonia and olive oil to f1tlo1k joint

every 11:13' or two.



Fistnlous Abscessty 20-year-old

mare was kicked by another horse. but

no “"llllltl 111111111. Leg swelll‘d twice its

normal size, shelling reduced, but lel't a

bum-l: which i lanced, allowing pus 11nd

blood to escape. The wound partially

hf‘lit‘ll, but pus continues to run from

11m diffcrolnt openings. llavc applied

1-z11'l1olic acid water and peroxide hydro-

gen. .l. 11., Goodrich, Mich—Dissolve 1

1|r permanganate potash in :1 quart of





11': 1ter and inject some into abscess thr1e

times 11 day If the opening is large

cnoush. put in one part iodoform and 10

parts boracic .11 1d This powder should





be pushed to bottom of sack through a





tube.





l’unctured Foot.-—.\ shoe became loose





on my driving mare and before she lost

it. shoe, shifted position and nail punc—

tured bottom of foot. This I did not





for some time. The: leg swelled

local Vet. tells me she had blood

poison. l have poulticed foot with Ila):-

seed meal and applied linimcnt to leg,

but she does not appear to

much. ller appetite is good. but

mains swollen. S. C. )[cmphis

Avoid making a largo hole or

through sole. Appl3 one

acid 11nd ten parts glycerine to wound

twice daily. The bottom of foot should

be covered with oakum to prevent dirt

(11"i1il'ected germs getting into foot.

is also good practice to apply one

iodoform and ten parts boracic

wound before applying oakum.

Barren llcifcrfl—Ynginal





k now

and my





leg re-





part





:1 Guernsey heifer one. year old, healthy

and well deV'clopcd that I have bred

twice, but she falls to get with calf. She

bleeds from vagina occasionally. (1. it,





may havea

if removed,

had bet-





Mlc‘ll."’"(llll' heifer

small vaginal polypns which,

she would breed. Perhaps you

ter breed her to a different bull

hours before mating her, inject her with

a soda solution made by dissolving 1 oz.

bicarbonate soda in a pint of clean, tepid

water.

Congested

lion.m\Ve have





Fremont,





l'dder’Improper Circula-

a cow that has dropped

her third calf. She is giving1 35 pounds

of milk per day, left hind quarter has

not filled up as much as the other hind

quaitor. Her udder is apparently in good

shape not hard in the least; will this be

liable to recur when she freshens again?

Can you suggest the cause and remedy?

S B., Webberville, Mich.—I)oubtless some

congestion of udder occurred before. or

soon after calving VVhich has interfered

with the secretion of milk and you will

now obtain some results from massage

treatment. Giving drugs or applying

them to bag will not do much good.

When she comes fresh again. she is quite

apt to have trouble in this quarter

There are a variety of causes which may

have led up to this condition of udder.





improve

lVIich.*





opening

part carbolic





It





acid to





I’olypus—ellave





and four





 





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' Only silo made with these com-

, hlned features. Doors on Hinges.

Continuous Door Frame. Refrig-

erator type or ,Door and Door

Frame. Oval Door Frame to iii

Not a bolt





exact circumference.

: in entire-[door fame or doors.

oo

Boo! Rafters .vanyd bigoted 111ml ed

3 FREE. Backed up by 63 years of exper-

ience. Write for catalog which explains

AGENTS WANTED.





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Springfield. Ohio





BUY AN ICE PLOW





and save the ice crop. Cut your toe



quick and cheap With my Double

row Ice Plow t equals8



saws. Pays for





T

Box 14,





 





 





 





with

. itself in I do.





.Also Tools.

- Ask for on and prices.

WM film erbank, N.Y.





 





Save Your Food Sacks





It pa 5 totake care of them. The bring good

money. Mrite what you have and we wil name price.





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Pink- Eye. Cataracts and all ailments of eyes of



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Great value to bog men. On care and dis-

eases of hogs Tells how to destroy worms,

cure and prevent disease. Sent, free Write

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Guaranteed full 41 5 protein. Selected quality. I!

you want the best. we have it. Great. milk. butter

and beat firoducer. Write for booklet and prices

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—Horsee. can]; sheep. swine and

Forsale poultry, nearly all breeds Sires

. South West Michi an Pedi Stock

avidWoodman. Sec’ .1'.- reas. .Paw w.Mioh.





DIEEDEIS’ DllEC'l'OIY.

CATTLE.





exchan

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r011 SALE—Oyearlin 31.111111.

ian Bulls. :11. 11. 0.1115010 813-3 1:33...





9"“





FOR SALE—IOLSTEIN BULL CALF





Born June 5.19 sire a. son of the Kin of the

Pontiacs from a an ter of Hengerveld eKol.

Dam of calf. anA. 0. daughter of Sadie Vocale

Concordia sPaul DeKol herdam a8l impo



E..D S. LEW .Marnhall, Mich.





Purebred Registered

H OLSTE IN CATTLE





The Greatest Dairy Breed

80.3 for FREE W

Holstein-Frisian. Am” Box I“. BrattlehoroNt-





“Top-Notch” Holstelns.





Choice bulls from 11 to 14 mos. old, of fashionable

breedingf and dfrom dams with oflclal milk and butter

breconrdslfis for sale at reasonable prices. Also young



11 caves

MOPHERSON PARIS 00.. Howell. Mlohlfln.





Lillie Farmstead Jerse s

(Tuberculin test ted. Guarantee1. free from uber-

cu l.osls) Several good bulls and bull calves out of

good dairy cows for sale. No .emales for sale at

presgnot. Satisfaction guaranteec.





C. LILLIE. Coopersvfllo. Mich.

Tvo Holstein”...





bull calves for sale. A. R. breeding.

for particulars.





. Also bull calves. 34 years hereed r.

Photos and igees on iinpglioationfl

0. J nelson. Bend.In 719 Box St.





 





 





 





 





 





individuals. prices right. Write

Barnum Bros.. Coats Grove. Mich.





bull calves

Pletertj e.





3. Oak Grove. Mich.





REGISTEBDd Holstein Cattle—Two i

n





Herd head ed by Hengerveld

Barred Pl mouth Rock ck k.erels





FLOYD “JONES R. F. D.





Jersey Cattle For Sale.





C. A. BRISTOL Fenton. Michigan.





 





 





—Bulls ready for service. bred for

Jorse 5 production. Also cows and heifers

Brookwnter Farm. ll. F. D. No.7 .Ann Arbor. Mich.





BUTTER BRED JERSEYSRHE“





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FA

mm Creek. Allegan County.





 





 





FOll SALE—Jersey lull Oall'i’é‘fi“ {33%. 332..

individual from the best of blood lines. WATERMAN

1h WATERMAN, Meadow Land F arm. Ann Arbor. Mich.





OR. Sale,.lersey Bulls, old enough’fur service. sired by a grand-

son of imp. Interested Prince and from cows that produce

400 to 5001M. butter annually. A. Newman Bl. Mariette, Mich.





Will. EXCHANGE A JERSEY BULL CALF' for a





Duroo Gilt. All kinds of Durocs

for sole.





F. A. Lamb & Son. Cassopolls..Michigan.

RED POLLED BULLS FOR SAL ‘g‘i’l‘xfi’g

strains. JOHN BEBNER 1i SON. Grand Ledge. Mich.





 





 





 





DEC.7, 1912.





0 l C -TWO BOARSi fit to head any

0 0 I herd. Fall kfigs ”“3““, ship.

C. J. THOMPSON. Rog 0rd. Ml gnu.





0 I C’s Choice its, bred or open. Fall



0 e the! sex. at farmer-11’



prices. CHAS. S RANGE. Detord. Michigan.



0. |_ c Exgra choice bred glitch. serévice boar:

' an I no a in romS



Fair winners. Avoisipdalgssgs Farm. Wayne. Mich





’ —All ages. wth nd Ilarge. sows bred.

0' I’ C s M810. rehdfolmtgsaelect from. Attractive





 





 





prices on young stock. E. ILJ Jump. Munith. Mich

oI I G! s of superior quality. 17 choice you!!!

airs





y oung boars.

no akin. FEEDa NICKEI? Monroe. Michigan





0. I. Cc SWINE Write me (or





riceo 8 tin

Pigs. airs and tries. ntot akin ave annuxi’nbe:

ct serv oe malesA of JBGOBt ERR Write me describing





of your wants. B..No 2 Dorr. Mich





0 I c Swine. both sexes. Males weighing 100 to 28

x lbs III-do registeredl n0. I. 0. Association.

GEO. P. ANDREWS, Dansville. Inghamoo ,iM the

0 l C, -—Falclkpigs.either sex. from prize-winning

0 Also 2 May boars left. Call or

write. Rollinsg mView Stock Farm. Cass City. Mich.





Bur; Ghost" VIIIilt:fifilhiféisst‘ll’éfé‘fiiliit‘él:

bul Bargains. BAY .IBronson. Mich.





 





 





 





 





o l crs—A line lot or last spring stock for sale,big



growthy type. either so airs not; akin.

Siredby Gran dOhampion boar. Scott 0.1 Half mile

west of ydepot. OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville. Mich





30W NEW"!!! 932 L33.

A 23 MONTHS 0 D





‘ IONIA GIRL





 





I have startedmo more broaden on the road to suc-

cess thani an man l slying. I have thelargest and flu-

est herdi n t S.Every one an early developer,

ready for the market at six months old. I want to

film one hog each community to advertise my



- erd Write tor my plan."Howto Make Money from

08'.” G. 8. .ENJAIIIIRcufi' 0 POP“.“. "I...





 





nun“ JERSEYS—Fall and Sprln boars from

' rlze-wlnn.1ngsralns Bows

all ages. SPECIAL B AIN in summer pi

Brookwater Farm. R. F. D. GNo. 7. Ann Arbor, Mic

that. are large





—-8 rin l

llllOE TYPE OllllOOS and“; 16...... m.

open fall 1113 of the right sort Let me tell you

about. anyt. in on maybe in need of or call at

MAPLE GRO iii FARM Stookbridge, Michigan





 





SculchW Shworllmrn Bulls and Holler: For Sale.





NAPP. Howell. Michigan





 





ABERDEEN-ANGIJS.





Herd consisting ofTroJan Erin

Prides, only. is headed!)

by Black Woodlawn, sire oft

and bull at the International in (Iii ego.

A few choicely bred young bulls for sale. ‘

WOOWFE STOCKF M. Ionian Mich.





AYR. s HIRES—One ofzfog‘rnlost $12131;





and bull calves for sale. Berkshire swine. lp

bred. Michigan School for Dent! ll.nt Mich.





. GUERNSEY BULL CALVES,

YORKSHIRE PIGS. Good Stock.

mess GUERNSEY urn. Saginaw, w. s.. Mich





GUERNSEY





females for sale





10 Registered Guernseys





Cows in milk. Bulls and bull calves. Write today

for sale list. G. A.WIGENT, Watervllet. Michigan.





REG. GUERNSEY BULLS—serviceable age; sire





Imp. Mustbesolde 15. me down and see

them. Cheap. JOHN EBELS. R. 10. Holland. Mich.





IA'I'CI HERD DOLSTEINSlfii‘B‘EZfilEeafififif





onable prices HATCH HERD. Ypsilanti. Michigan.





Bigeluw’s Holstein Falms





BreedsvilleI Mich.

Have for sale several fine young

bulls out of cows with high official

butter and milk records.



Send for Circular.

H O LST El N 5—inéii’iléé‘ifihsi‘1‘i)‘ at??? $33.;

forS'lfi delivered. and on rove it. with edigrees

and photos. HOBART W. nEPAY Mason. Mjichigan.





Holstein-Friesian Cattle“T.‘.‘.%x.'t‘“é’o.‘.3f"

GREGORY & BORDEN, Howell. Michigan.





 





 





 





—-—Bull calves from high producing an-

cestors. He tuberculin tested. No

ALLAN KELSEY. Lakeview. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





()LST EIN BULL CALVES— eSired by our 30-lb.



bull A. R. O dams Duroc vboars and gilts



of best blood lines. E. R. CORNELL, Howell. Mich.



CalfK out of rand dau ter



Holstein Bull.) 2.1.1? B... 8.3%.,

31-11. Sired by best can of Polntlac Butter Bog.

Pri1e only 550. C. D. WOODBURY. Lansing: Mic





THOROUGHBRED HOLSTEIN





Cows for Sale





Our stable is full 50 offer a few choice fresh

cows with A. R. 0. records.





Alsoa lcw Bully Good Bulls lrom 860 up.

LONG BEACH FARM,

Augusta, Michigan.





Must Be Sold By 01111.15



' ready for service. Sired by Johanna

"akin" BU": Concordia Champion. whose dam and

two grand dams average 29.32 lbs. butter in 7 days,

Avg. fat. 4.5%. You can buy a bull right. if you do it.

by the above date. Who will be the first to get a

bargain? Twenty-five cows and heifersLbred to [the





above bull also for sale.

Ll Es GONNELL. ' r.y.m1 0M.-





FOllll OHOIOE l. H. O. HOLSIEII BULL “WES





from six weeks to one year old. Price 840m 10:150. ELLIS

W. DOBIN. Brookside Farm. Sunfleld. Mich. R. F. D. 3.





 





 





 





—Beeft e,d ir at i . can

”all! Brad Shorfllom: bulls "lpmona h; 011da lOrysale8

Cash or good note. . .MHU MEL. Mason. Mich.





Large Cattle—Bea Mllkers



”all! Shorlhol'ln— Milk Records Furnis ed. Bulls;

all sold. PricesK rl ht. A square dealto 31.1



W. W APP. ..No 4. Watervliet. Mich





 





 





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—Good Yearling fF i e l d





Mord Down Slice alflages or sale.





HEY Rams of

I B. WATERB Highland Michigan.





""010 ms 10'm1rss.°'e:w1.r-.m 1'1."

F. MILLER or GEORG L. SPILLANE. Flint,Mich.





 





 





 





L.ic.st.rs—Yearlln and ram lambs from Chain ion



' . flock of humb of Mich. Also select erk



shire swme. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont. Mich.

for sale, at. reasonable





OXFORDS prices. twent -flve two.





year-old OXFORD rams; four two- -year- -ol SHR ROP-

S B rams: and five yearling Shropshire rams-

I’ARKIEIURS'I‘a BROS.. Reed City. Michigan.





“ "“08ng gm we..-

PARSONS. 11.. 11.311.111.11. Ollllll LEOOE, MIOH.





Suptrb Von Homeycr flambouillol: 32.23331 1233:

absolutely the best. Dr L. Breiaaeher, Detroit. Mich.





 





 





 





 





llorllmn 6mm Shropshire Sheep gfinfif'kififi‘f

ling and two-year- o-ld rams. two boars old enough for

service. one of the best. Jersey bulls' in Mich. 3 yr. old.

Blue Bells Golden Lad 86851 Will be sold cheap it

taken at once. D. C. Magahay. R L Harrisville, Mich.





-12u ewes, 35 rams all 1'

flag. llambuillcls 1.9.111. Come and .22 p.32 ‘15:

write for circular of breedln nmUie better. 2% miles

E. Morrice, on G.T T..}! Its M. B. J.Q. A. COOK.





 





 





THE chance of your life time m start a flock of Reg, Ram-

bouillcts. 24 Breeding ewes and 10 Elegant Ewes lambs. bred

right. Must sell. in: B. Baldwin. 11. ll. No.4 Hastings, Michigan.





SHROPSHIRES FOR SALE





‘ two-Veer. yearling and ram lambs;

50 CDOICC 20 yearling ewes from imported sires.





F. R. OTTAWAY. Flushing. Mich.

F0 R SALE—Choice Shropshire Yearling

Rams in lots of one to twenty.



Prices right. JONES & MORRISH. Flushing, Mich.

—Ten ood ewes. Yearling rams and

ShrogShireS. ram ambs. One aged Imp. Minton

ram ILLIS S MEADE, B. No. 3. Lapeer. Mich.





 





 





Shropshire Rams and Ewes

at farmers' prices. HARRY POTTER. Davison, Mich.





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THREE choice Berkshire Bears ready for service, to

.close out. Write- me your wants. we will ‘please you

with our stock A. PT'I‘ULLO. Deokerv lie, Mich





BERKSHIRE BOARS





May and June furrow. large size. heavy bone. $18 and

$20 each. GEO. E. LAPHAM. St. Johns. Michigan.





Magnificent Berkshire Sonic. Boar: Eli, gears:





Duke and Prime Bacon. Little better than pork price.

A Bargain. Bougemont Farms, Detroit, Michigan.





—B tb i

Quick Malaria Berkshires shamans...“

or money retun ed. 0. S. BABTLETT.Pont1ac,Mioh





 





 





 





 





 





Washed“? igs either sex 815

two forSZ? :bred gilts 835; bred

sows “'8850, re istered and trans-





ferred. Excellent breed lndi

c. 1:. center. New 11x.v$39111icitlig‘ix'ix‘.“L





lmpfioveg” Chesters‘Ytgoifgidt’“. .9“:

tobe bred t i

and early fall p133. "w. 0. wmsorfirdg "8 hm"





mos. Mich





 





HAVE some extra fiood DUROC males for sale.



Prices right. last la] and spring furrow. Breeding



and quality my standard. Bred sow sale this winter.

H. G. KESSLER, Cassopolis. Michigan.





 





—for sale: 8 line service boars of fancy

”um 1"”,3 breedingMand individual quality.

Prices reasonable. John cNiooll North Star. Mich.





OUHOO JERSEYS—25 SPRING OOlllS FOR SALE.





REY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan.





Duroc Jerseys for Salo’fl'll‘gx‘fiofiz‘li

Friesian bull Goal! droqeed 891311.? Write or come

and see. 8.6 . 4.Monroe. Mich.





DU ROG G l LTS‘mgmflmstiéT





ROPE-EON FARM. Kinder-hook. Michigan.





SWINE. Spring and summer l for



lluroc Jersey sale 1...... .e. .. x ”Home:



years exper1ence. J. H. BANG ART. Lansing. Mich.

from large sites.





Big Smooth Poland Ohina Ho 9111.... m... ..

reasonable prices. ALLENB BR 8. Paw Paw. Mich.





“UTLER’S Big Type. .BigZBone Poland Chlnas

combine size. bone and a reasonable

amount of quality, but size and bone come first. Here

we offer the biggest boned yearling boarlln Michigan

for 38840. Someb sgtlpring boars by him. and 50 fall pigs

at SSGach or per air: airs not akin. Pedigree

with every pig. J. UT Eli. Portland, Michigan.





POLAND CMAS‘Fhifherm sex. alt] agfs.

us a - .

P. D.LONG. 11,110.11. Grand Ring. '13:

T 1

Dig Bone, PROL 11 lO POLAND CHINA BQARS ready





for business. uality high. rices rl ht.

Write today. Maplewood took Form. All 8





 





 





 





 





 





 





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egan, Mich.

—B t W



POLAND CHINAS mini1 Exifiifimsexamiu 1111;:



Pr1cesr1ght. W. J. HAGELSHAW, Augusta. Mich.



POL‘ND Bull‘s ISiptrlng boiars ready for businea.



right. 1.. w. 1111117111? goo iinnftijafio‘ifmiaeicii’gacfi



LARGE styled Poland China sprin and fall pigs





from strong. health rolltlc bree e ,

at low prices. BEKTN NEVE. Pieifsiilfiitfi‘ighsex





P. C. ROADS AND SOWS‘IBrsetwe sired





A. A. WOOD & SON. Saline.y ‘xp‘ma‘m‘





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fife—sired by Expansion

5']. Satis-

MILLS Saline, Mich.





w PolandP GhmaS‘The ”18““





wants ENNOOK, Hastings. Mich.o





ARGF TYHLP C. HOGS— Largest in Mich. Bears

all sold. A few full pigs. Also some extra larg)

spring gilts to be bred to two of the best; young

boars could uy in owa or write. Free

livery, W. E. LIVINGSTON. Parma. Michigan.





TWO lOUllO Tllllllllllll llOlllS FOR SALE





T. F. MARSTON. Bay City. Michigan.





OHOLEBA PROOF HOOS





I keep from 4000 to 6000 grade Yorksh' P

China and Tamworth cholera immune 1101;: “gull:

selling rolific brood sows and thin shouts at: rice:

that; 9 them desirable on cholera infected Kit-ms

i ill mfurnish open sows “(tn ltzhooe bred to cholera

mmune are. 0 ave sever i th usand

pics for sale next IprrIng from immune sank. o





llllll BROWNS I’lli Flllll, Grand Rapids, llcl.

LARGE YORKSHIRE 8W|IE"§?‘6§.nfifii.fik£¥sdsm .53...

Ledge.





Geo. S. MoMullen. Citz. Phone.G Grand Mich.





ARGE Yorkehires—Choioe breedi stoc go-

not skin, from State Fair prisg-gwinngman Pedi

grees furnished. WC. COOK.R R42. Box ZZAda, Mich.





Lillie Farmstead YORKSHIRES.





A few choice Gilt. bred for September know.

ones. Sprl n: lgs. either sex. I,pairs and trios not





l“'COLON C. lIISILLIB. Cooper-ville. Mich.
’ will





DEC. 7. 1912.





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





The fact that corn, hay and other

feeds are unusually abundant and mostly

low in price tends to strengthen the de-





live stock for fattening, for they realize

that much larger profits will be made by

converting corn into beef, pork and mut-

ton than by mzirketing the grain. Silage

is being utilized to a much greater ex—

tent than ever before, many silos having

been built in various parts of the corn

belt this year, and alfalfa.is coming into

more general use than in the past. The

unfortunate fact is that there are no-

where near enough stock cattle, hogs and

sheep in the country to consume the lib-

eral supplies of feed, and this will un-

doubtedly help greatly to further dcpress

prices for feed. Of late corn for future

delivery has sold in the Chicago market

fully 17c per bushel lower than a year

ago, while oats so‘ld 18c lowor, the

shrinkage in wheat amounting to about





100. Hay is much cheaper than a year

ago, last year's short crop having been

followed by a full yield this year. Many





farmers are afraid to venture in feeding

corn this winter to cattle, however. pro—

ferring to rough their cattle through the

season and pasture them next summer,

but the have ones who understand the

business are likely to come out well

ahead, since there is sure to be a scarc-

ity of prime becves for months to come.

One great trouble is that farmers will

place great stress on the fact that feed—





sire of hundreds of farmers to purchase





these centers on November 1 were 65,000

tierces, which showed a decrease of 59,-

000 tierces from October 1. The south is

now buying more freely of side meats.

Consumpiive demand for hog products

the country over is broad and healthy.

There is good foreign outlet for both lard

and the products. Canada, with a short-

age of hogs, is an especially free buyer.



Official figures compilcd from dip rec-

ords show that the output of feeding

sheep and lambs from Chicago up to the

close of October reached only 597,531

head, a decrease of 220,132 irom the like

period last year, but the November ship-

merits will make a very fzill‘ Showing, as

the late offerings from the ranges con-

sisted largcly of thin stock on the feeder





order. It is not now compulsory to have

shecp or lambs dipped before sending

them to feeding districts from the Chi-





cago market, as the federal government

has withdrawn its rcgulations for the re—

mainder of the year. Those who desire

to have their she-op dippcd can do so,

however, as the stock yards company

will keep its dipping plant ope-n at least

-two days of every week and will make a

charge of five cents per head. Of course,

ihcre will be the usual charges for feed,

hay, etc., while stock is detained in the





yards.

Remaining supplies of wool in the

country are unusually small, as sheep—





incn sold out cai‘ly at high prices.

Published figures show that for the

first ten months of ‘lhis your shipmcnis

of feeder sheep and lambs from tho iive

loading western markets aggregated 2,-





 





 





 





 





 





Belgian Stallion of Quality Owned by H. & H. Wolf, of Indiana.





er steers are selling away ahead of for-

mer years in prices, recalling that .‘l ycar

ago sales were largely at $4.5oo5.o0 per

100 lbs., wholly ignoring that conditions

are reversed and that beef slcers are

abnormally dear. It seems :1 great pity

that at such a time so many farmers

who are feeding cattle should hasicn to

get them marketed on the approach of

cold weather, thereby depressing present

values and at the same Illlli' cutting into

the future supply of finished bcevcs. The

scarcity of cattle is brought into great

prominence by the fact that the aggre-

gate receipts of cattle at tho six leading

western markets this year have fallen

about 750,000 head behind lasl year, while

in age, weight and quality they show it

marked falling off. ' .



The two extremes in quality in the

cattle market happen to bc the scan-est

in maI‘l(etings——llie best bceves and llllll,

Old cows and bulls that are only adapted

to the cannery requirements. For sev-

eral weeks the Chicago packing estab-

lishments have been forced to send out

buyers throughout the country to pur-

chase canning cattle Wherever they were

to be found, and all the large and small

markets have been drawn upon for sup-





plies, prices rising zil times when com-

mon grass steers were weakening in

value. .



The Live Stock Report says it IS es-





are at least 15 per

hogs in the country

than one year ago. There are those who

say the decrease is 20 per cent. Swme

disease is cutting off thousands of young

hogs in Indiana. Illinois, Iowa, and 11]

sections of Nebraska and Minnesota.

There is promise of the plague spreading

to other big swine-producing states. Iowa

alone has lost 1.000.000 hogs thus far

this season. During the eight months of

the summer packing season there was a

decreaSc of 2,000,000 hogs in the western





timated that there

cent fewer sinck





slaughtering as compared with the cor—

responding season of 1011. It IS now

pretty certain that this year will close





with combined receipts of hogs at the

leading markets showing a decrease from

last year. This will come as a surprise

to many producers. On the first of this

month stocks of hog products at the five

centers making monthly returns. de—

creased 52,000,000 lbs. from October 1,

and fell off 45,000,000 lbs. from Novem-





 





ber 1, 1911. The total stocks of lard at





100,410 hcad, {1, decrease of ($64,303 from

the corresponding period of 1911. In-

tending i‘ccdcrs of sheep should make

note of this.



The last big herd of cattle in central

South Dakota has becn dispersed on ac-

count of tho lapsing of leasing privileges

on the lowcr Brulo Indian reservation.



\Vord comcs from New York that a

number of butcher Shops in that city

have, ccascd lo sell beef because of its

dcarncss, customers having stopped buy-

ing it.



Farmers in the country through which

the Rock island railroad cxtcnds are

blcsscd with such bountiful crops of grain

and roughncss that they are buying all

the stock cattle that arc to bc had, there

being more buyers than sellers. accord-

ing to M. B. Irwin, live stock agcnt at

St. .loscph, Mo.



ll. lo}. Crowlcy, general live stock

agent for tho liock island Railroad, Willi

headquarters at Fort \Vorih, Texas, says

there is more grass, buy and grain in

Texas 'ihan cvvcr before and fewcr cattle.

He believes lhcre are not cnough cattle

left in the state to cut the grass or to

consume morc than a small part of the

grain crop. ()wing to ‘ihe cxlromely high

prices for all grade»: of caitlc, thc rungcs

are being dcpopulaicd, and instead of

beef becoming chcapcr, it is sure to go

much higher, according" to Mr. Crowley‘s

observations, if cows and hcifcrs con-

tinue to be marketed.



For more than :i quarter century II. &

H. VVo‘lf, \Vabash, Ind, have been 011-

gaged in importing and brccding Belgians.

They wore the pioneers in the introduc—

tion of this draft horse to the American

farmer and they have never lost their

identity with the breed. Each your they

select and import a class of Belgian stal—

lions and mares that experience has con-

vinced them is the best adapted for Am-

erica, and they have now in their barns

horses and mares that came in two im-

portations this seaSon. Henry \Volf spent

fOur months in the breeding districts of

Belgium this scuson and they have the

strongest lot of horses on hand at this

time that have ever been seen in their

barns. The mares are the most uniform

and most desirable that have yet been

imported by the \Volfs. The accompany-

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The Sixteenth annual

Secretary Wilson’s report of the Secrw-

Report. fury of Agriculture

for 1912, just mado

public, contains the customary figures

illustrating crop production for the year,

which give every promise of a continu-

ance of the prosperity which hilS been

enjoyed by the American farmer during

recent years. The present year has been

one of bountiful production and prices of

agricultural products have remained

good, altho~ b not as high for many pro-

ducts as last year. Notwithstanding this

fact the total value of agricultural pro-

ducts for 1912 is so far above that of 1011

or any previous year that the total pro—

duction of farm wealth is the highest yet

reached, by half a billion dollars. Based

on the census items of wealth production

on farms, this report estimates the grand

ifltill for 1912 to be $9,532.000,000. Re—

garding the increase in the prosperity of

the American farmer during the past 16

years, the report says:



“During the last 16 years tne farmer

has steadily increased his wealth produc-

tion year by year, with the exception of

1911, when the value declined from that

of the preceding year. If the wealth pro-

duced on farms in 1899 be regarded as

100, the wealth pmduccd 16 years ago, or

in 1897, is represented by 84, and the

wealth produced in 1912 by 202.1. During

the 16 years the farmers' wealth produc-

tion increased 141 per cent.



Of the crops for 1912 corn was, as

usual, the most important. This year's

corn field would, according to the com-

pur.sons given in this report, cover an

area half as large again us Italy. or near-

ly equal the size of France 01‘ Germany.

This year's crop is the largest the coun-

try has ever produced. reaching the enor-

mous aggregate of 3,169,000,000 bushels,

valued at $1,759,000.000. This crop is

worth to the farmers of the country 20

per cent more than the average corn

crip of the previous five years.



Hay has returned to its old place as

the crop second in value. This year's

crop amounted to 72,425,000 tons, which

is 16 per cent above the average crop

for the past five years. The value of the

crop is $861,000,000 and has never been

equalled. .



The country’s wheat crop is estimated

to be worth $596,000,000, an amount which

has been exceeded but twice in the his—

tory of the country's wheat production.

The quantity of the crop, 720,333,000

bushels, is 11.2 per cent greater than the

average production of the previous five





years.

The cats crop is fifth in order of value.





Although the price has declined, the pro-

duction is so enormous that the value of

the crop is estimated to -be $478,000,000.

The remarkable production of 1,417,172,000

bushels was 51.5 per cent greater than





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





the average of the preceding five years.



The potato crop, estimated at 414,289,-

000 bushels, is 29 per cent above the five-

year average, but the value, owing to

cheaper prices is below that of three

previous smaller crops.



The beet sugar production of the coun-

try for 1912 will, according to the esti-

mates given in this report, reach 700,000

short tons, a gain of about 100,000 short

tons over the preceding year. Including

the value of the by—products of sugar

manufacture, the- value of this industry

in 1912 is about $67,000,000, or practically

double the value of cane sugar produced.



Other crops in which Michigan farmers

are interested were also good. All of the

cereals made a gain in production of 25.6

per cent above the five-year average.



The report contains interesting statis-

tics relating to live stock and live stock

products, and much other matter of in-

terest which will be reviewed in future

issues.



Comment has been

made in these col-

umns regarding the

appropriation by the

last Congress providing for extension

work in agriculture in the northern

states, and the steps which have been

taken to profit by same in Michigan.

There are, however, pending in Congress

other important bills providing for fur-

ther government aid to agriculture

through more liberal support of agricul-

tuml education and demonstration. The

most notable among tnese are known as

the Page and Lever bills. The former

hill covers various lines of industrial ed—

ucation. It provides for the extension of

agricultural education along extension

and experimental lines, including a. pro-

vision for a sub-experiment station in

each county. It also provides for the es-

tablishment of trade schools in the cit—

ies, schools for the teaching of domestic

science, the training of teachers, etc.

This bill is very broad in its provisions

and carries with it an appropriation of

sumoihiiig like $15,000,000. Its friends

('lllllll that it will be passed at the short

session of Congress, but those who are





Government Aid 'for

Agriculture.





Well informed consider it extremely

doubtful if, although it may pass the

scuzite. the house will vote so large an





appropriation for this purpose in the

pctir future.



The Lever bill relates more particular-

ly to the extension of agricultural edu-

cation. making possible the establishment

of demonstration farms where feasible,

but not making it mandatory. This bill

curries" with it only about one—third the

appropriation provided for in the Page

bill. The. bill has the advantage of hav-

ing already passed the house, and, as it

has received the endorsement, both last

year and this, of the American Associa-

tion of Agricultural Colleges and Experi-

ment Stations, it should not be difficult,

with the influence of lnit‘d'GSlvd farmers,

to secure its passage through the Senate

and its approval by the President.



This would not prevent the passage of

the Page bill, or that portion of it which

relates to other training schools, but

would undoubtedly be of greater immedi-

ate value to the farmers of the country,

hence the desirability of urging our

Michigan senators to vote and work for

the. passage of the Lever bill.



The official canvass

The Defeat of Wom- of votes 0n the

en’s Suffrage. equal suffrage prop-





osition dashed to

the earth the hopes which had been in-

spired, in those who championed this





innovation, by the early and unofficial re-

turns upon this proposition. It is unfor-

tilnill‘e that, due to the tardiness of offi—

ciul returns from many of the counties

contnining the larger cities, where the

vote was heavily against this proposi-

tion, the official returns showed’ larger

majorities than the earlier and unofficial

report‘s, giving rise to charges of possible

fraud. An application for a recount in

Saginaw county has been favorably con-

sidered and the outcome will probably

determine the course to be pursued in

other counties.



It may be said, however, that the wom-

en of the state who have championed

this cause have shown themselves to be

good losers, as they were good fighters,

which will undoubtedly hasten the day

when this amendment will again be sub;

mitted to the electlors of the state, which

undoubtedly will not be longer than four

years, and probably at the general elec-

tion next spring.





,MORE ABOUT THE l-TUNTING NUI-

'SANCE.





 





Supplementing the article by Mr. John

Jackson, of Ottawa county, in last week's





Michigan Farmer, regarding treSpassing

of hunters on farms, can safely say that

during the last few years over $800 in

personal property has been lost by farm-

ers of Mecosta county by trespassing

hunters, horses, cattle and poultry being

shot, besides damages to fences, ‘etc. I

believe it would be policy to petition the

state legislature to enact a. law, with

more severe penalty with both fine and

imprisonment, discretionary with the

court, for trespassing by hunting or oth-

erwise on private lands in Michigan.

Mecosta Co. A. MCLAUGHLIN.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.



The last session of the sixty—second

Congress formally opened on MOnday.

Sixty-six of the 93 senators and 275 of

the 391 representatives were present.

Practically no business was done in the

senate, that body adjourning out of re-

spect for the memories of the late Vice-

President Sherman and Senators Hey-

burn and Raynor. A few bills were in—

troduced in the House, one of which was

for the pensioning of former presidents

and widows of former presidents.



It is reported that the Equal Suffrage

Association of Michigan will demand an

investigation of alleged frauds in the

counting of ballots in Bay, St. Clair and

Gratiot counties.



A" New York Central train, traveling

westward at Hoffmans, N. at the

rate of over 50 miles an hour. was de-

railed. Only one of the 200 passengers

was seriously injured, although all were

badly shaken up.



The American Road Congress opened

its annual session at Cincinnati, Tues-

day. Michigan men will take part in the

program, and among the exhibits will be

one from the Wolverine state with many

very attractive features.



The application for a change of venue

in the trial of the Detroit city aldermen

for bribery, has been granted by the

local court and the case will be taken to

the Macomb circuit, providing the ap-

peal by the defendants' council to the

supreme court is not sustained.



A rather unique law has been drafted

by the faculty of the University of Mich—

igan, which provides for the exercise of

the elective franchise by students who

tire residents of the state without leav—

ing the precinct of the institution where

the students are attending school. Un-

der the proposed law, a student can vote

at the booth of the precinct in which he

is staying and the ballot is forwarded to

the county clerk of the county of which

he is a resident and by the county clerk

to the proper precinct in the county. The

draft will be presented to the state leg-

islature for action.



The federal government sent a propos-

ed itinerary, which included the visit of

fOur big naval vessels to Vera Cruz, to

the Madero government at' Mexico City.

The proposal is causing much comment

and does not appear to be well received

by the ofhfl‘icials at the Mexican capital,

due to the present political situation in

a number of Mexican states.



Fire in a provision house at the Union

Stock Yards, Chicago, last Friday, caused

a loss estimated at $200,000. Three fire-

men and two employes were overcome by

the smoke and ammonia fumes.



The hunting season of 1912 added an-

other heavy loss to the number of per-

sons who were killed and injured while

engaged in the sport, although the fatal-

ities were less than in 1911. The total

number killed this year was 88 and those

injured numbered 53, while a year ago

the numbers were 100 and 37 respective-

ly. Of the several states from which re-

ports have been received, Michigan leads

with 24 persons killed and 18 injured.

Wisconsin comes second, reporting 13

persons killed and 12 injured. The heavy

loss is attributed to the large number of

persons hunting, the game warden of

Michigan having issued nearly 5,000 li-

censes. The inhabitants of those por-

tions of the state where game is plentiful

find the sport not only a. nuisance but

extremely dangerous to them in their

regular employments.



In the “dynamite conspiracy” case be-

fore the federal court at Indianapolis, the

government has practically completed its

case and now the defense will reply with

many Witnesses. These witnesses are

composed of the defendants and 150 oth—

er persons who have been summoned.



The federal council of the Christian

Churches of America meets in Chicago

this week. The delegates represent more

than 17,000,000 church members.



The postoffice and electric depot at

Rockford were burglarized last Sunday

morning. But little clew of the thieves

is in the hands of officials. '



Hope that the chestnut groves of the

east may be saved is somewhat revived

through the discovery by an agent of the

department of agriculture of five differ-

ent species of insects that thrive on the

fruiting spores of the chestnut blight

which has been deVastat'ing chestnut

trees in New England, New York and

Pennsylvania.



Foreign.



Whitelaw Reid, American ambassador

to Great Britain, is reported to be dan-

gerously ill.



Indians in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico,

are aroused to revenge at the high hand-

ed methods of the government and last

week destroyed fiVe villages, the inhabit-

ants of which were supposed to favor the

federals.



Unexpected difficulties have arisen in

the effort to arrange peace terms between

Turkey and the .allied countries. The

trouble appears to be between Greece

and the other Balkan states, the con-

troversy being an old one. Roumania,

who took no part in the contest. but who

agreed to remain neutral, is also making

claims for some part in the partition of

Turkey as a reward for her neutrality.



It‘ is now understood that thousands of





DEC. 7, 1912.





persons were killed in certain rural dil-

tricts of Mexico by the earthquake that

was felt over the entire Republic a. week

ago. At Acambay, 50 miles from Mexico



ty,

ma .y are injured, while pestilence is re-

ported to be ravaging the afflicted dis-

trict. Bandits are also pillaging the

ruins.



It appears that preparations are being

made for another war in Europe. Servia

insists on holding a port on the Adriatic

Sea. Her occupation of the port inter-

feres with Austria’s interests, which, it is

anticipated, may cause the opening of

hostilities between the two countries. In

the conflict Servia is being backed by

Russia, and Austria claims the support

of Germany.



Government dispatches tell of great

loss of life and property from a typhoon

which swept over a part of the Philippine

Islands on November 25. Tacloban, with

a population of 14,000. is largely destroy-

ed. Two hundred and sixty persons are

reported killed at Samar and Leyte and

50 in other territories traversed by the

storm. Relief is being rushed to the

unfortunate people. ~



The British Islands suffered from a. se-

vere storm last Sunday. Zero weather

prevailed and snow fell heavily, especial-

ly in the northern section of the islands.

Trains were delayed and shipping prop—

erty was exposed to considerable dam-

age. It is believed that many lives were

lost in steamship and sailing vessel ac-

cidents.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





Livingston 60., Dec. 2.—The weather

has been very unfavorable for farmers

and especially this fall but winter seems

to be holding of! longer than usual and

farmers may yet get their corn secured

before winter sets in. There is probably

20' per cent of the crop in the field at

this date. It is yielding much better

than was expected and is of better qual-

ity than was thought before husking.

Bean threshing about completed and the

yield and quality was better than was

expected. Wheat and clover are going

into winter in fine condition. Not much

fall planting being done. Fewer lambs

will be fed in this section than usual.



Mecosta 00., Nov. 21.—November has

been the nicest this year that it has

been here for several years. Farmers

are nearly done husking corn. Many of

the farmers are holding their potatoes.

expecting higher prices before spring.

They are worth 45@50c now. Quite a lot

of fall plowing is being done now. Hogs

are worth 6@7c; cattle from 3@5c; chick-

ens, '8@9c; no turkeys around here at





 





all; butter, 27c; butter-fat, 31c; eggs,

280 per dozen.

Ohio.

Wayne 00., Nov. 18.-——We have been





having a‘ little winter weather, being

quite damp and cool with a. little sprinkle

of snow. Corn husking is pretty well un-

der way, some being done and others

just begun. Corn is not yielding as well

as expected, having quite a few small

cars but well matured, no soft corn to

speak of. Early sown whea't looking

very good. Late sown wheat very small.

The wheat market still hovers about the

dollar mark. Old com, 300 per basket;

new corn, 20@25c per basket; oats. 30¢

per bu; butter, 30c; eggs, 30c.





 





 





 





 

 





 





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TOY-MAKING IN G ERMANY.





T is with distinct pleasure that I re- however, which supplies their simple

call my grandmother’s garret, and if By LOUISE E0 DE ~~ 0 needs. Imagine a steady daily diet of

one thing more than another stands - rye bread, lard and potatoes!





out luminously it is the recollection of a

box of quaint o’ld toys. There were

wooden animals, queer soldiers, a bat-

tered doll or two, and best of all ajump-

ing jack. The latter was a crude me-

chanical toy which was operated by a

string somewhere in the interior of

“Jack’s” anatomy.



Of these toys I never tired, possibly

because I was only permitted to play llere toys have. been made in every

with them when I had been extra good, family for generations, and each has

or in troublous days, when mother lay The Evolution of a Toy Horse. become a specialist for some kind of toy,

ill and I needed to be diverted. And al- At. llans‘s, for instance, only sheep are

ways there were WQndepful tales of how in still greater variety also in the Ger— as they are sure, of their Weekly stipend made, 11ml (me l‘ém filil‘ll' hear the hlcnt

Grandmother brought them to her Little man capital, and in the old town of when the factories attend to the initial 01' “19 inanimate Cl‘ealllr<*8,liea1‘ictl about

Boy Blue from quaint old Nuremberg in Nuremberg, Bavaria, which became fa- part of the Work. permittingr them to do ”10 room. At l‘ctcr's they make, pins

Germany across the sea. mous centuries before Grandmother’s day the finishing. .\t various places in the and balls for howling stunts while at.



Since those nursery days I have visited by the manufacture of dolls and tin sol- Saxonian mountains. for instance, where (“THU-‘5 they (1” ”“111ng but paint glass

some of Grandmother’s old haunts which diers. Aside from these places there are there are many factories exclusively for balls for Christmas-tree decorations.

she endeared to me so long ago, and at two districts of Germany, however, doll furniture, the. factories furnish the NiChOlflS and his lli‘tllht‘l'S. Fritz and Jos-

the toy centers I lived my childhood over where toy-making has become hereditary, home workers the rough materialA-thc CD11, haVe a ship-hullding establishment,

again. While there I was astonished to and is carried on as a home industry. I boards cut in shape, the silk or cotton While Lib‘ltt‘lh :Hld Gretchen dress the

learn that toys are exported from there refer to the lower part of Thuringa, with fabrics, the wooden blocks, or whatever dolls and add the coiffures.

to the amount of about sixty million the small town of Sonneberg as its cen- else is necessary for the particular piece Not only thr- aim and mutter but

marks a year. In fact, there is hardly 181‘. and the Erzgeberge or Ore mountain of furniture they are making. While, the even slim-“filler 3nd gl‘ossmuttcr, as wcll

an object to which the trade mark ”made district in the Saxonian mountain‘s near men \york in the factories, the. women as the small “axon—haired Hans and





Further in the heart of the. mountains

there are no factories, and in such vil-

lages as Sciffcn, an hour distant from

the Bohemian frontier, the entire. town

of 1,400 inhabitants is engaged in toy-

maklng. 'l‘ruly chry house is a work

shop.





“Every house and hut is busy;

Smell of glue where-'cr you venture."





 





in Germany” is more applicable than to the Bohemian border. call for their materials, and do their Greta, lHch their til-“KR asslsnwl- Long



many kinds of toys, for which Germany The people of Thuringia are in mourn- work at home. The custom is to give before the children are old enough to go



has the monopoly. ing, however, because the big new fac- each family only one article, as each to school they may be, seen sitting before



While it is true that a great many tories are encroaching on their home in- family is supposed to be a “specialist” the WWW contributing their share of



4" toys, particularly mechanical ones, are (lustry, but the families who still look in chairs, tables. sofas. etc. the, labor. The Wooden soldier frau and





made in France, the simpler kinds, and upon it as a hereditary vocation, stolidly The pay for home work is ridiculously her brood interested me hugely, for again,

especially those carved from wood, are carry on their home work, which is their low—by the dozen or the hundred, and was i reminded of the queer soldier in

made in Germany. Mechanical toys are only means of getting a livelihood. often the combined efforts of the family Grandmother’s long since gone attic.



now being made in great quantities, and Many families welcome the innovations, mean only three marks a, day, a pittance, But of all the individual workers I be-





 





 





 





 





Making Toys In Germany.-—1. At the ship builder’s. 2. Doll dressmaking and halrdresslng. 3. Painting balls for decorations. 4. Frau Hannah making “angels.”
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came most interested in the “angel frau.”

It seems that angels have always been

her specialty, and for over half a‘cene

tury she has been evolving these celestial

beings, always after some pattern origi-

nated by her own fancy. To reach Frau

Hannah‘s shop, I followed an alley,

crossed the cobblestoned court. and

climbed a long flight of almost perpen-

dicular stairs, a rather perilous ascent.

I marveled then how one could create

angels if obliged to climb those stairs

frequently?“ particularly if an amiable

frame of mind '.was essential to suceess-

ful angels.



Frau Hannah'greeted' me with a.

homely smile and badelme to “sitzen

sie sich," which I did at the table be—

side her. I can’t say that her angels

exactly tallied with my own ideas on the

subject, but perhaps she, is right and I

Wrong. At any rate I can safely say

they looked queer. and I felt sorry for

them. Frau llannah appeared satisfied

with her handiu‘oi'k which she displayed

with naive satisfaction. Grimalkin, too,

ineowed her approval from the shoulder

of her mistress. so the majority wins.



These angels have an advantage, how-

ever. as was proven to me. They may

be utilized as Candlesticks. so they are

useful if not especially ornamental. I

blessed Frau llannah for my angel a

few nights later when I needed a candle-

stick and bethought me, of her gift.



By constant practice, in fact that, of

Inaiiy centuries, the. toy-makers have

attained remarkable perfection in their

art. Not the, entire \YHI‘k can be done

by means of the knife, as some parts

have to be “turned." The. lucky man

who has acquired a turning lathe is al-

ways glad to help his brother worker out.



In order to instruct the children and





to better prepare them for their future

work, there are special courses in craft-

manship given in the village'school.

These lessons are free to all the youth-

ful attendants. But the older people are

loath to depart from the ways of their

forefathers, and do not take kindly to

“new-fangled methods.”



The toys made in these homes are

mostly the inexpensive kind which sell

in immense quantities year in and year

out, like wooden animals, soldiers. dol’ls’

furniture, etc., and they are disposed of

by the home workers to certain agents

in neighboring towns. The agent, in

turn. assorts them, puts them up in var-

ious boxes and ships to dealers in for-

eign countries. Their profit in re-selling

the toys is about fifty per cent. By the

time the toys get into the hands of the

public, their price is about three or four

times the amount paid the original

worker.



The villages in which this strange art

is exercised are not so far away, geo—

graphically, from the big places of in-

dustry, but the bad railroad connection

makes them far, and most of these places

are difficult to reach. So there is little

doubt that in spite of our progressive

century with its tendency for mechani-

cal production, the old primitive way of

toy-making will flourish in these hidden

mountain villages, for generations yet to

come.



I am w0ndering when all the horses

and carriages, dogs, sheep, soldiers, yes,

and Frau Hannah's angels are on the

(‘hristmas trees, shining and sparkling

in their faultless coat of varnish, if any

one will think of the poor people who

made thcse things and who are receiving

for their skillful work such p_oor compen-

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BY ROBERT CARLTON BROWN.





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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.—-Na-

thaniel Edgeworth, eccentric, hard—head-

ed and well—to-do, is passing his declin-

ing years upon his 400—acre farm on the

outskirts of the village of Turtle Creek.

His household consists of Mother Hub-

bard, housekeeper, and Brigadier Gen-

eral (by courtesy) Hornbill, a fellow vet-

eran; Zeb \\’attles. an aged musician

who, with his daughter Jerusha, occupies

a. cottage (rent free) upon the farm, also

spends much time with his venerable

benefactor. letrangement and finally

death, robbed Nathaniel of his only son

some years previous, following which,





bitter remorse induced him to grant the

means of a liberal education to his sole

descendant and grandson, Sidney Edge-

irorth. In like manner he had befriend-





cd his sister' 5 adopted daughter, Susan

luinlap. The st‘ory opens with Susan’s

return from boarding school and her full

appreciation of quiet Turtle Creek as she

views it from her own motor car. Sid-

ney Edgeworth has completed his course

at Harvard and rented an eixpenswe

apartment in New York where he is

searching for a. position as diligently and

sincerely as his grandfather’s allowance

of $500 per month will permit. Among

obstacles encountered are two college

chums—Doodle, a typical case of “more

money than brains,” and Jim, of an al-

together better sort. who has found a.

job in Yonkers. Jim‘s last night in the

big city is made the excuse for an all-

night celebration. On their assembling

in Sid‘s quarters in the early morning

they find a telegram announcing the

death of Nathaniel Edgeworth of Turtle

Creek, who, in a heated argument with

Brigadier General Hornbill burst a blood-

vessel and immdiaitely passed away. Af-

ter the funeral of his grandfather Sid

yearns to get away from Turtle Creek

but remains for the reading of his an—

cestor's will, only to find that the condi-

tions imposed by that documemt promise

«to indefinitely delay his return to New

York. By the terms of the will Sid Iii—

herits the farm at Turtle Creek, and Val-

uable securities in addition provided,

that he lives upon the farm, with the ex-

ceptiOn of two weeks' vacation each year,

for a period of four years, and during

that time acquires, by gift or purchase.

an adjoining strip of rough land known

as Bramble Hill belonging to the foster

father of Susan Dunlap; or, in lieu of

acquiring Bramble Hill, he, must make

the farm earn $100,000 during the four

years. Otherwise, the entire estate re—

verts to Susan Dunlap. On serious re-

flection Sid decides to «accept the condi-

tions imposed and considers the possibil-

ities in bee-keeping as a start toward his

hundred thousand dollars. The profitable

production of wine from the wild grapes

going to waste in fields and roadsides is

also considered. He wires Doodle for a

case of his favorite cigarettes and de-

velops a determination to make the best

of his new environment. Jerusha points

out the folly of overlooking little things

and as a result Sid offers a site for the

Old Settlers’ Reunion. which is accept-

ed, and prepares to earn a small sum. by

supplying refreshments for the occasmn.

At the close of the reunion Jerusha VVat-

ties disappears, concealing herself in the

van of the gypsy family which managed





the inorry—go-round at the reunion, by

whom she is discovered the following

morning.





 





.Terusha looked intently into Zara’s

crafty face, the smile upon which was

growing more sneering as the fortune-

teller’s hand stealthily stole out toward

the purse. The girl’s gaze suddenly went

blank as she searched those practiced old

eyes. That abstraction could mean but

one thing: the girl was listening hope-

fully to some sound as yet unnoticed by

Zara. '



The fortune-teller drew closer and her

hand sneaked nearer the purse. The girl

half turned toward the hill-top and her

lips parted slowly, an anxious look on her

face.



Surely she was listening. Zara be-

came agitated, and to cover that fact

smiled the more sneeringly.



Suddenly the girl started and shot a

quick look toward the road where it

made a bend on the hill-top. Zara al-

most heard the dread rumble of wagon

wheels.



“Look!” cried the girl, her eyes posi-

tively growing larger; she swung around

and pointed toward the top of the hill,

“there comes my father now."



Zara looked. Bango fearfully followed

her glance.



In the second the pair were off their

guard the girl turned, threw the small

coins she had taken from the purse into

Bango’s face, darted through the group

of amazed children and gained the road

in a series of leaping bounds. She was

off toward the house behind the hill like

an antelope.



NOt once did she look back. And there

was no need of it. After a short, bluster-

ing sally in pursuit, Bango returned to

his huddled family, picked up the scat-

tered coins that even his Wife had dared

not touch, clouted his eldest son over

his battered head, kicked the youngest

image of himself, and commanded his

wife to haul out the food.



Though free from pursuit, Jerusha did

not slacken her speed until she had

gained the top of the hill and the nest-

ling farm houses were in sight.



Then she trudged on at an even pace,

putting back the purse carefully.



Before noon she had reached a town.

It had been a hard walk and often she

had darted into a roadside thicket to

avoid being seen from a passing farm

wagon. Her progress had been furtive

and labored; but her muscles were sound

and her mind healthy. Besides, Jerusha

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HOW TO WAIT.





BY FLOY SCHOONMAKE'R ARMSTRONG.





The things for which I’ve worked and

prayed, .



Have not all come my way; .



Still, there is time and I have faith,

They may come any day,



But, if by chance they tarry long,

0r worse, should come too late,



Through them no paltry gain is mine,

I’ve learned just_how to wait.





THE OPERATOR AT THE CUT.





 





BY EARL R. RICE.



There was a sincere attachment be-

tweenNVilliam Atkins, the special tele-

phone operator on the waterworks job,

and Burke the foreman. \Villiam had at

first looked upon Burke with a mind full

of envy, but envy had changed to ad-

miration. it is only fair to state, also,

that Burke had at first pitied \Villiam,

but out of his pity for the lad’s helpless-

ness had grown a real interest.



Burke‘s reason for pity might readily

be seen. '\\'illiam’s crutches were always

at his side, for \Villiam was a cripple.

When he first saw them Burke said:

“That’s too bat,” looking at the

crutches; and then looking at the boy’s

face: “But 1 like your grit.”



William had already looked the big

foreman over. He had seen him assign-

ing a new gang of workmen to their

places, and had heard him shout orders

to a man on the other side of the exca-

vation. He looked up timidly when

Burke put his head into the little win-

dow of the telephone booth and made

the above remarks.



But when he noted the kindness evi—

dent in tone and look. he. ceased to fear.

llis admiration began then and there. lie

did not reply to Burke‘s greeting, but

nodding toward the telephone on the

shelf said: "The chief wants to speak

to you.”



Burke was the foreman in charge of

the work of excavation for the founda—

tion for the great engines deemed ncccs-

sary at the city waterworks. A hundred

men in and around the Work were under

his charge. and he was a, busy man. The

work was being done under contract and

his orders were to push it. as fast as pos-

sible. To keep constantly in touch with

him and his progress the contracting

firm placed a telephone booth, with city

connections, at: one end of the cut. \Vil~

'liam Atkins, the crippled son of a former

empioye, was assigned to the booth as

operator.



Beginning as above the friendship of

the two was soon on a firm basis. Burke

lost no opportunity to speak kindly to

the boy. lle often brought his lunch

and the two sat side by side on a bench

during the noon hour. lie often lingered

at the park as tbc workmen wcre leav-

ing, to see that \Villiam was safe on his

car.



In return for these. kindnesscs \'\'illiam

gave the best service possible. lie stud-

ied the, work of exr-avation and became

so familiar with it that he could answcr

satisfactorily questions from the office,

thus saving both time and effort for the.

foreman. He could tell at a glance if

things were running smoothly. and could

reckon acctli‘tltCiY 110w much dirt was

being taken out each day. “is one great:

rc-grct was that he could not do the

work of a man.



As he, and Htfl‘kt‘ were at lunch one

day, \Villiam suddenly mentioned this to

his big friend.



“Nonsense. lad!” said l'lurke. “You’re

doing all you can That’s as much as

any man on the job is doing and a lot

more than some!"



They both laughed at this for they re-

membered the discharge of a shirker the

day before.



”int 1 wish I could do more,’ contend—

ed the- boy. “1 wish I were strong like

you.”



The wistfulncss in tone as he said this

caught Burke’s attention. It called out

a special effort on his part.



“Billy,” he said, for their familiarity

had gone that far. “it ain’t all in being

big and strong. You can do a man’s

work by doing what's expected of you.

Now your job's as important. as mine.

The d‘ffcrent kinds of jobs let us all in

On lht‘ same levcl.”



That was seeing things from a, new

angle for \Villiam and helped him to get

new satisfaction out of his work. But

still he longed for a chance to make his

Work count for semething big,



dust at this time some things about

the work 'in the excavation began to

trouble, \Villiam. The cut was one

hundred and fiftly feet long and sixty

wide at the, surface of the ground. It

was to be thirty feet deep when finished,

with its shelving sides held in place by





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





concrete. It was to be beautiful and

well proportioned when done, but it was

anything but that in the process of mak-

ing. There was some danger, too, in the

work, for quicksand was encountered and

cave-ins must be guarded against. In

spite of the pumps that worked almost

night and day there was always a little

water in the bottom of the cut, trickling

in from hidden nearby pockets.



And what troubled \\'illiam was the

ever present possibility of an extensive

cave—in, or sudden flooding from unex-

pected veins the shovels might at any

moment reach. He knew that the means

of escape for the men in the out were

inadequate. They came down into the

pit by means of ladders along the sides,

and these were often pulled out again

during the half-day’s work, as they were

in the way and hindered. In case of

either of the contingencies mentioned, a

panic was sure to occur, and \Villiam

had read of many lives being lost in just

such cases.



He was not afraid for himself for his

booth was at one end of the cut and

rather out of danger. But as the exca-

vation deepened, his concern for the oth-

ers increased until it grew into a, real

alarm.



And there was another source of dan-

ger. Along one side of the cut ran the

great forty-two-inch mains that supplied

the, city with water. The old pumping

station was slightly at the left of the

cut being made for the new and the edge

of the excavation was not more than a

half—dozen feet from, and for a hundred

and fifty feet ran parallel to, these great

water arteries. William knew that these

water mains sometimes burst and flood-

ed the region of the break. lie had read

that if the pressure on one side were to





he suddenly released a break might oc-





cur. \Vhether this were true he could

not tell, but as he listened to the pulse—

likc beat of the engines in the station

he sometimes fancied he could feel the

transmitted jar from the massive pipes.

\\'illiani studied the situation and he

came to the conclusion that should any-

thing happen to the main nearest the

edge of the. cut and it: should pour its

volume down those slippery banks for

but live minutes While the men were at

work they would be drowned like rats in

a trap. -



'thn he had come- to this conclusion

\Villiam resolved to tell Burke about it.

But he feared to do so lest his big friend

should laugh at him. For several days

it was on the. end of his tongue to tell

his fears, but something stopped him

each time.



At last one morning when the cut was

down twenty—five feet or more he went

out to his work, determined to speak.

'llut that morning and for several days

he did not have the opportunity. The

olllcc was becoming impatient for the

Work to proceed more rapidly, and Burke

had put on extra men. For a few days.

busy with his own affairs, the foreman

scarcely stopped to talk familiarly with

the boy.



it was a disagreeable, morning on the

day the accident came. .\ heavy storm

during the preceding night had soaked

thc half—frozen earth, and tho pumps

wcrc ovcrworkcd in getting the water

out of the cut. The men wcrc two hours

late in getting into the excavation. llurke

laid off all but the men who were to

work at the. bottom. In order to hurry

them the. foreman went down and per-

sonally conducted the morning shift. It

thus happened that. save for a man or

two, the yard above was deserted, and

that, too, at a time when a score of

men there would have been far too few.





\Villiam was in his booth at the edge

of the cut at an early hour and reported

conditions to the office. The chief was

impatient and irritated at this new de-

lay, and \Villiam was glad when the

morning’s report was done. Burke had

scarcely noticed him, but the boy turned

from the desk as he hung up the re-

cciver. and going to the door of his booth

searched out with his eyes his friend

down in the cut before him. A strange

fear was upon the lad as he noted the

slippery side and muddy bottom and the

dirty water evcrywhere trickling in and

dripping in long streamers from every

buckctful of mud hoisted out by the

cranes. lie wished with all his heart

that he. had told Burke. his fears.



At. last he could wait no longer. He

raised the megaphone in his hand to

call him, but just then the bell inside

rang sharply and he went in to answer.



He was reaching for the receiver when

a roar like the explosion of a great gun

rent the air. The Whole upper edge of

the bank outside flew out and crumpled

down like paper. It went sliding to the





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bottom of the cut and a deluge of water

followed it! The main had burst and

was flooding the cut!



The edge where the booth was stand-

ing trembled under the force. of the ex-

plosion, slid slowly out a foot or more

and hung over the very brink! 'l‘he

booth tilted forward and seemed about

to plunge downward to the bottom. it

was prevented from doing this only by

the light wires entering at the l)‘t(‘k, and

now drawn tense by the weight upon

them.



Dazed by the shock. W'illiam stagger—

ed to the door. The sight below calmed

him in an instant. At the bottom of the

cut lay a. great mass of mud pushed

from the very top of the bank, and spill-

ing down the side was the full volume of

the broken main. The swirling, muddy

torrent had already eOVered the bottom

and was rapidly rising along the sides.



The men in the out were rushing here

and there seeking to escape. .\ bunch

of them collected at the foot of the lad-

ders, two in number, by whit-h they had

descended. But: as he looked one of

these ladders broke beneath the weight

of men upon it and all tumbled back into

the pit.



llc could see Rurke trying to calm the

men and begging them to go slowly up

the, other ladder. But his efforts seemed

in vain for it was sagging frightfully, and

thus far not :1 man had reached the, top.



The ladders wt-l‘e too far toward the

other end of the cut for the buckets on

the crane to reach them. and \Villiam

saw that unless help came, from the out—

side many lives would be lost in the next

already the men had

was inevit—





few minutes, for

lost their heads and a panic

able.

llr shouted to a man in the



run for help~ but the noise of the

ing water drowned his voice. lie

ed his crutches and tried to edge his

Way around the corner of the booth. but

the edge of the ctit was right at his t‘t-ct

and there was not room enough for his

escape. He clutched the door in his sus—

pense and helplessness and the sense of

his old lament came back. Oh, that he

had the strength and agility of a man?





yard to

escap-





grasp—





The sharp ringing of the telephone bcll

at his sidc recalled him to himself and

to his duty. He could yet summon help.

lle snatched the l‘t"('t‘lV(‘l‘ and put it to

his ear.



it was the t'llll‘f calling: \Villiam cut

in on him with :1 brief statement, and a

quick request to hang up.



“Number? Number?” trilled

erator at the exvhange.



“Fire department!" said \Villiam. lie

in a second's time, A

with lad-





the op—





got his party, too,

halt’niitute latcr a iirecompany

dcrs 11. Hi rushing to the rescue.



.»\_-:1iti he called central.



"Main three-two-fourl" was his call.

'l‘hat was the chief engineer's number,

at the pumping station. The response

was immediate. The big engines groan—

ed. hesitated, and stopped.



lie had summoned aid. lie had stop-

ped the engines. ‘\\'illiam hung up the

receiver with a click and seized the met:-

aphone.



“Burke?" he shouted. “Burke!" and

Burke heard him and looked up.



“Help coming.” he called. “Keep the

men quiet.”



\Vhen it was all over and the lllt'll

safe, Burke took \Villiam in his arms

and cried: “You‘ve done a man's work

today. Billy! .\re you satisfied?”





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bad snatched some sleep in the

black hole lit-tween tilt“

the lion in the rumbling,



She stopped at a grocery

purchased ten cents worth of crackers

and cheese: then, munching the food

grecdily. for she had had nothing in

twenty—four hours, she cult-red a strange

railroad station and approached the tick—

et window.



“.1\ ticket to Chicago." she said tirmly.



The agent glanced at her, wondered

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ftuii‘cd ticket, and show-d it through the

window. “A dollar and live cents.” he

said.



“\Yhat?" cried .Terusha, her

searching tremblingly in the pockctlmok.



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ly. “Eighty dollars is the price of the

rug, eighty dollars, Madam, and I call

it very cheap at that."



Jerusha stood hesita-ting for a moment

and then placed the entire contents Of





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THE MICHIGAN FARMBR;





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ledge. The agent counted it up.



“Four cents short!” he exclaimed.



“But I’ve got to have the ticket!”



“And I’Ve got to have the money."



She looked up, puzzled, into the man’s

eyes. It was evident he would not abate

his price one cent.



“Can’t you give me a ticket then to

some town nearer Chicago?”



“You can get a ticket to Oak Park for

ninety-four cents." he answered. “It

ain't far out; it's a suburb. You can

take the elevated into the city for five

cents from there.”



“The elevated!” she repeated eagerly,

for Jerusha had never been to a city

bigger than Bayview, but had read of

everything. ”()h. give me the ticket to

Oak Park then."



The, agent grumblingly replaced the

cardboard slip he had already punched

and handed her a new ticket, pushing

back seven pennies.



.lerusha boarded the train half an hour

later and in an hour’s time arrived at.

the suburb where her ticket forced her

to alight. She left the train all trembly

and excited. It was quite a fairy land

for her. Many more stores than Bay-

view, and such a neat, clean, eitiiied

looking place. So many automobiles.

.lerusha wondered if everybody in the

city had an automobile. It was all quite

wonderful. 'l‘hen. conscious that the sta-

tion loungcrs and others were lOoking at

her wmideringly. she turned up a side

street and walked along past tine resi-

deuces——so close to the street compared

to those in Bayview, so big and new.

such startling architectural effects. She

was lost in the wonder of it, and this

was only a suburb of Chicago.



She must go to the city itself. There

was work to be had there. She didn’t

what, but surely something. All

she wanted was a start, a chance.



.lerusba’s eye was suddenly attracted

by a splendid private garage. She stood

lost in the beauty of its arrangement,

thinking how effective the. plant clumps

about it. were and how fine it would be

to liVe in such a palace, even if it were

a barn. A clock somewhere chimed four

and she suddenly remembered that even-

ing was fast coming and she was hungry

again. She pressed the remaining few

pennies in her purse and fervently wish-

e-d she had saved more before starting

out: but the little hoard represented a

month’s saving in itself and she had

treasured it secretly, as she had treas-

ured the idea. of really running away

from home.



l’oor Watts! She sighed as she thought

of him reading her farewell note. Well,

she had done, it to save him. She had

run aw;1y partly to save him the anxiety

over not being able to send her out into

the world. He would understand. She

would come back to him better fitted to

be his companion.



She thrilled with the thought of hOW

her half-formed resolution to ruu away

had taken shape suddenly in the foot-

race. She had felt so awkward and out

of place before the eyes of the villagers.

ller panic had furnished the impetus and

she had impulsively raced home, written

the note to V‘Vatts, taken her savings

and hidden in the woods until her chance

came to slip into Bango’s van.



}{er lower lip quivered down into

a drooping curve as she thought of Watts

sitting down alone to his evening meal.

Then she brightened as the hope came

that he. was dining with Sidney and the

Brigadier General. \V'atts would have

already found the» note She had carefully

pinned to his night shirt. He would un-

derstand, and he would read it to those

at the ltldgeworth's with mingled tears

and happiness and regret in his confident

old eyes. lle would admire- her spirit; he

himself had often told how he had run

away in his youth. She, wished she had

brought along paper and a stamped en-

velope to send him a letter. Already she

had a twinge of homesickness.



.\t the thought she braced herself, de-

termined not to give in to it. She lik-

ened her situation to Sid's and felt

vaguely that his adventure and the stor-

ies he had told her of the outer world

had in some, way driven her from Turtle

(Tree-k. She was glad she was away at

last, in spite of the tight squeeze in her

throat.



Feeling the, approach of evening chill

she. hurried back to the center of town,

determined to go on to Chicago at once,

never thinking but that there, as in the

country, she could find food and shelter

for the asking.



Jerusha hurried back to the elevated

station, having luckily taken landmarks

on the way. On turning an abrupt cor-

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THE MICHIGAN. FARMER. as 521





just. short of a- prancing horse, the driver , J)

nervously. jerking at ' the reins as the ' ‘ ‘-

skittish animal, flare-eyed, turned to-





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

   





   

   

   





 

 





 





 





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maneuvring by the station, the chauffeur jam , ;

keying up his engine in a series of pis-





tol—shot exhausts.



As the ripping, snorting machine

bounced back from the curb it almost

grazed the horse’s side and the animal

suddenly reared on its hind legs. It

bunched down on all fours abruptly, its

ears llattening as it kicked out with its

hind legs, one crashing through the dash-

board, and made a plungexforward that

sent the coupe richocheting.



A woman’s scream came from within.

The driver went While, dropped his reins

‘ and leaped to the pavement. As the ani-

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and sawing its head from side to side.





suspender finally twisting it in to the curb. where





the animal stood twitching and trem-





Calendar





A final toot from the auto caused the

for 1913 horse to plunge and one of its fore hoofs

crunched down on Jerusha‘s foot. She



With three dainty clung tight, wincing with pain, her lips

drawn and white, until the auto had



art panels snitable passed. The horse sawed its head and

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pranccd and finally came to standstill.

Io GENTS The driver bravely came to .Tcrusha’s

aid when it was all over. lie was just

This calendar, size 5x13}é inches, is in time, for her hmd mung dizzily. She

l printed in 8 Colors on heavy Rough Art, reeled. her grip relaxed on the strap and

Paper byanew process that faithfully she fell backward to the street.

re roduces the exquisite colors of the The lady peered out of the coupe, saw

original paintings. There i8 110 advel" the slight form unconscious on the pave-

tising 9n the an? 19313313; you can frame merit, looked long at the face and then

the!“ 31‘1le or as afletyor tank then] up with a cry stepped down and spoke to a

1n agroup on “.13 wall. They makea policeman who came up.

beautiful decoration for any room. “1‘“ take hm— home with me." she said

wggége‘yeefiglégufrigrmg9hoaq:aggrngglnég 39011 firmly. us the ofliccr turned to call an

' p- ambulance. “it's only her foot. But she-





arate addresses. Send 10 cents for each calendar

wanted. Better send today for our supply must have care."





is thigttfdc A Ed t M! C \\'hen Jerusha came to she found her

e . . gar on g. o. . 7 . , , , '. -

1 5 Main Street. Shirley. Mass. hand folded betxucn two vs'irm, thin ones





   

   

   

   

   

 





 





   

   

   

   

   





   





   

   

   

 





 





in'hlt'll gave :1 gentle pressure as her

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Jeruslm «gazed about the room, won- '

Short courses dering, trying to recollect, but as her 1.37 Thuld Street, Aurora, 1“.

In ~ o It lips moved one of the gentle hands was , fl , . .’ 3| , ‘| ,

.. fhgl’lcu ure placed ovar them and tender eyes told ‘4‘ WY‘ "1‘ ' 3 . ‘

. , her she must lie quiet. . ‘ ’ ‘

hd‘dm‘ General 53mm?“ Creamery The next day when she was allowed to ' " ‘

Management, Fruit Growing, Poultry ‘ E

Hubs-h lClIeu , talk she found herself alone again with5 p ‘

' ‘ the motherly looking woman she vaguely; ‘ ' ‘

Amofl’ered by the remembered having seen in the coupe. “ ,,

Michi nA ' It In II W . W... Sa Y es to l ‘h em

g3 gncu ura 0 age doctor says. You are a brave little.

Forth be fl girl,” . . . . . .

° ”9 t“ Jerusha only blushed. , Don’t make the children wait any longer lor tllt‘ll‘ Piano—and let it be an

Busy Farmers. “Can you remember who yOu are yet". instrument of established excellence—the

All courses begin Januaryo. 1913. Nearly dear?" ‘13de the kind voice. : .

2500 farmers and dairymen have taken this Jerusha seemed to recall having been

work in the past. . . .

questioned as to her identity, but she

NoEnhauceEn-mtiou. Expeanodente had thought so long of how she would. .

Write for circular giving full informationto keep it secret when she finally did go out , .

i . ‘ . ‘ ‘

PRESIDENTJ. L. SNYDER, JOSE; world that he? “98 had Fem’llm‘il, Own ,

EastLansin ,Michi n. ’ " . l

3 go. Now, alone With this woman whom she} Make

felt was a friend it was hard for her tol . . . .

. n ’ , ‘ H l - .4- .. \\ c build this ’iano ourselves. Its

Standard mp FRE 23:13:21,?1 E:?‘a:et: :Vziltierssi lhftl ._ principals of construction are those

m , w. ic s e {It (ecu e( o “ . .

. ' Whi 'l\ r M l ~c mr u'l. 'i ‘l at tone—-

mmm J take until she should return to Turtlel l \[ ho tl ‘. ‘p ( J“. ‘11 M 1 11:”:1.q .n

ToOnoAgontinEachLocality _ Crock. l . 7 I' ' , m "‘“H‘ .1.” " “,ml‘ ‘ 1“,;th 1 ' '

'{ggflé‘gghggggfgy-Ggfi‘gegfigg ' “Elizabeth Walters!” cried the lady. / , '4 .. 51.”? m." ”“W'mnif” .‘ 1”“ ’,' 1, if we

lampsatdne-tenthtec‘OIL!Amlnlan “I knew your face was familiar. You . 7 giic .\\ill1 ouch .l ,.li-—tiiiiu (.u.ii.inlee

( gaggaggggghfisgoggngggegg: are Elizabeth XValters’ daughter, then. ”MW“ “”1“ .“ ”f“ ',"“"‘”‘"””““S “f

’ 003??)fiméénici'll‘g'lfiiafi? But that couldn’t be. You'd have a. dif—: Calvc. mmgm' ‘Mmhm‘ and ‘man‘y

ferent name!" i . other artists ~V\'lli(‘ll place it in

wfo‘gnvignmisgz'éiunfihlfifig: “Oh, that isn‘t my name at all.” criedi ,» S‘l‘m’li“ “"H "4’“‘3 “"3”“ (j““l‘erv“'

Takeadvnn carom-special offer” .lcrusha twtstinq on the bed “My namel “WWW 3“” l“ ”1“ last ”V“ 5'0“” have

secure BT ARD LAMP FREE. ' . ’ ‘ ‘ ' ‘ ~ 1 .

725S'FANDARDLAMPCO. IS Jerusha “'altlcs. and I live in Turtle} ‘\ ,/ “all-W1 1‘ l" l’“ l'l'l“‘l“l“e‘l 1%" ”‘0

Standard 31115.. mwtmu Creek and I'd like to go back,” she sob—z music—lovcrs of Michigan in grcatcr

licd abruptly at the linisli, l iiuinlmr than Jlll olhcr high-grade

Fl SH FRESH find “You ran away, then?" was the sym_‘! makcs combined.

pathetic question. l F t t P o

s A LT En “ch. ’iul l'm sorry. It was wrong. ‘ ac cry: 0=you rlce!

If on want the choicest unlit; beam Vthn will my foot be W011 so I can g” .

Y '. . “ y . home?" she asked. rlstmas erms

to get our price list before ordering. .. , o

In a week, surely. But tell me, was

WISCONSIN FISHING CO. lGlizalictli Walters your mother‘s nulnp‘j‘" You haven’t seen the grcdtcsl musical valuc until you’ve seen this in-

Dept. Y, Green Bay, Wisconsin. “Yes,” Sm. answered slowly, ‘ ~struinent, built by ourselves; in our own Factory; \vc sell at :l price which l

“It inus' have been. You have the makes it the best of all Piano investnicnts. Its inalclilcss value, couplcdwitli :

w. some eyes, hair. manner, mlvpnmmus our spct'ial lloliday terms, warrants your giving it the most careful (-ousid- :-

1.. N0 Promise [I Guarantee spirit and everything." The lady's eyes eralion as the l’iano for your home. No gift could delight the family inox-e_ 1'

Your FURS returned without charge grew misty as she called up the years it is splendidly adapted to perpetuate the true Christmas spirit. ,

toyou shwld we (flail todgive youlslatis- of her yOuth. “liidn’i your mother mar- 5

faction. riteto ay an you wi re- ,. ,-r , E I :

ceive Honest andCorrect Quotations. nua,nmmum‘fi dedr. G RI N N I 7 -

“by, yos.’ answered .lei'iisha, won- 0 :

'ETROPDLIT‘I n‘w Fun on deringly.‘ “Did you know her?” :

- .. ' . . . . AD

IBI-183 West 25th St" New York. tth e went ‘tti: school .toaethei. Somc- “E QUARTERS, GRINNELL BLDG” DETROIT. l

mdtferin 3°)”: 3‘: lenlllt‘m‘ldnihe 0f your a 31mNogsgilctafi—w-m 1%»ng Avc,,;)etroit; Adrian, (”ppm Am, Arbor Bay

, . in mi mus a no more 'ty, .‘scanu a, l in , ancoc , s 1)c7nin(l,. ackson, li'tilanmzoo, Lu is' 5 '

60 nglinib‘gfliiofiim $33it§°tg§tiiiymi§d¥ “0W” She kissed .Ierusha's hand and 1’0"" ””0"“1’9"L"‘“c-S“Ui’m“‘a SW” *5"- Mcm'e- Traverse City. lhslllgitlllttg’éfllfgg'

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; EArngHOPKINS. Washington, D. C. softly left the room. 0nt.,ll ““1801- Ont. ,

.———— Jei‘ sh 2 ' ' ' l

l B. 0 l ll! for any farmer's son or man u a. “y. tossing }mDatiently, a 2

“lg ppor I":1 dam; 3V!“ ttgdmafke “55'“an thousand questions springing to her lipS. ;

raasaarvsom cameraman: chance had tossed her into me 1..., 0: Guaranteed 5 Years ‘

r friends. She must tell her whole story ¥-$;::‘:5::gab:::fl§:lkihewfrigid!mdiniroduaeoureunloguoofllgi.

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inventions Soul! by ”ital. Write for [recheck to her mother S mend to take the taste - s“:firskommwn'rmulately-fifrlp‘il’f-‘dpflflggfl.3'3 i

n . p. out. an: an sunset. rf l k ‘

mflflswmm'l' lof that 1:90 out of her mouth. , itigéf'filil‘w‘mmzmfix“fi%§i?&§fi§3§l

‘ ontinued next w e _ “m"“n ' “ -'- Add“

I. s. 5 Mi. Laser. Dept. 89. Wan-gm. n.c. '3 k) R. E. CHALMERS & 00.. 538 So. Dcarbom St, CHICAfio.
(14),





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Don’t Think T 00 Much of Your Children.





S the American mother too much ab—

Isorb'ed in .her children? \Ve are all



accustomed to the poetic notion of

mothers. superhuman beings whose life

is one long poem (or tragedy), of self—

abnegation, women who live for nothing

but their children and their children's

happiness, who sacrifice all their own

personal desires and ambitions to help

their loved ones realize thcirs. And un-

consciously We have come to think that

the really good mother is the one whose

sole thought is for her family, while the

mother who insists on belonging to clubs

and keeping up outside interests is a

heathen.



llut when you stop to think it all out,

hasn't the latter mother a grcat deal to

say in her dcfense‘.’ if we were to keep

our children always with us, if they

always carried out the plans we made

for them. if they even half appreciated

the sacrifices we make. thc unselfish ('2)

mother might be all right. But when

we stop to think that our children are

really only men and wonn-n in the em-

that they must make their own





bi'yo.



lives and that their interests will take

them away from us in 20 years at the

most. aren’t we foolish to let our





thoughts and lchs become so centered in

them that we are good for nothing when

they leave us‘.‘ l‘ is all Very well to be

a devoted mother, but a mother who

knows nothing. talks nothing but the

wonderful things .lolm and Niary do, is

a tiresome creature. to say the least.

The most pitiful part of the overdone

that it so often ruins the

object of it. Nlany a boy and girl who

might havi- grown into strong. self-re-

liant citizens, capable of doing good work,

haVe bccn spoiled by having a mother

always at hand to wait on them and

think for them. The mother who jumps

and runs to pick up her baby cvcrytime

he stubs his toe and falls down is doing

him the greatest possible harm. Let him

pick himself up unless he really is hurt,





tlcvotiott is





which ninc casts out of ten he isn‘t. lie

is learning his first lesson right there in

self-reliance The baby who lics

he fcll and cries until his Inothcr picks

become- the man who quits

time .he is told to do

the husband





\‘l‘llt'l‘t-





him up wifl

a, plat-ii the first





tiny paid work, and Will)

will lie in bed mornings until his wife

gcts up and builds the fire.



'l‘hcse dcvotcd mothers make even

grcati r mistakes. ’l‘hcy insist on pick-





vocations and

family

“‘ht‘ll l‘notllcl' :lllfl child don’t agree. 'l‘licy

occasionally agree on the Vocation.

though. only too often. the mother wants

her son to become a grcat lawyer or

doctor when he is better tilted to be :1

blacksmith. .‘tnd great is

latm-nzation if

tltlcb‘ lllf’





ing out their children‘s





their hclpniatcs. and woe to the





butcher or :1

her disapiointmcnt and

gmhl

tlncc in a





he shows his sense and





while, i say.





they





thing he can.

ilny agree on the. profession. but

new-r do on the choice of a life—partner.

I havc yet to Iiud the (lcVolctl mother

who approvcd of her husband’s

her daughter's husband. ’l‘hcy could al—

ways have done bcttcr. And having lived

always for the child the mother at this

time of her life has nothing~ outside the

faintly to help her forget her disappoint-

mc‘t. Mary‘s husband or .lohn's wife

remains the thorn in her flesh to the end

of llcl‘ days.



The mother who refuses to center her-

Sclf in her children has a better time of

it. She does not neglect them, so far as

caring for their bodies, minds and Souls

is concerned. but she doesn't go farther

and attempt to mould them to her pat—

tern. She givcs them their lessons. then

leaves them to work them while she gets

something out of life herself. She keeps

her friends, her church. her club. her

charities, anything that is her hobby and

gives her an interest outside of the fam—

ily. Then when the boys and girls grow

up if they don’t, do the things she has

Wished they would do it doesn’t spoil her

life. Her heart is not entirely bound up

in her children, she has only a. healthy

interest in them. If John decides to be

a grocer instead of a preacher it doesn’t





wife or





send her to bed sick. If Mary chooses to

marry a farmer instead of the village

school—teacher, she has the good sense

to know that Mary’s husband can give

her a better home and old age. free from

the haunting fear of the poorhouse. which

the teacher probably couldn’t. She

doesn‘t shed a tear because Mary has

chosen to work hard with the man she

wanted.





It is a good thing to remember that

our children have an individuality of

their own. \Ve bring them into the world

but they must live just the same lives

we do, only a. few years later. They have

the same tempers, desires, ambitions.

passions, the same future to plan for

and they must decide their lives accord-

ing to their temperaments and abilities.

Let us watch them carefully and prayer-

fully, but not to the extent that we for-

get ourselves in planning for them. De-

votion carried to this point is criminal.



DEBORAH.





 





Handkerchief With Drawn Work Border.





By Mae Y. Mahaffy.





A narrow hemstitched hem finishes the

dainty handkerchief pictured. 'l‘he bor-

der itself is half an inch wide, the threads

being withdrawn for that space along

the edges. This leaves the corners in

the form of an open square, and the

outer edges of these must be buttonholed

closely in tiny, even stitches. Also hcm-

stitch each edge of the drawn spaces in

parallel groups of live or six threads each.



For the filling design fasten one thread

in the center of one side of the open

square, and carry it across this square,

knotting it about two adjoining groups

of the. hcmstitched threads. \Veavei

around this knot a couple of times, un-

der and over the grouped threads, and

proceed to knot about the next pair of

lmnstitchwl clusters, and weave around

the knot. This process is continued un—

til onc—third of the side has been thus

ll't'llit-il. when five clusters are knotted

togv'lltcl’, the work then going on as be-

fore, until two-thirds of the space is iin-

ishcd. when another group of live clusters

must be knotted together. The knottiug

of pairs then continues to the open cor-

ncr square, and the thread is carried





across this space, as in starting, fasten-

ing it in the buttonholcd stitches.

Another filling thread is carried from a

short distance from one outer corner of

diagonally to the

space,





the square,

edge of the





opposite





drawn where it is





propriety on doilies, squares for stands.

dresser sets, curtains, waists, etc. (in

heavier material the band will be much

wider. For the fine hamllwrchict’ linen

used in the illustration, lace thread or

spool cotton No. 100 should be uscd for

the filling. For heavier work a hard

twisted embroidery or crochet cotton 01‘

linen will answer for the filling threads,

but a softer embroidery cotton should be

used for the weaving. as it works up

prettier for solid effects.





A TRIO OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS»





 





BY L. M. THORNTON.



Sometimes one‘s list of friends includes

a professional'man and for him, one of

the little “IN” and “Oll'l‘” signs for his

office door will make. an acceptable gift.

Cat from any pretty, plain-colored silk,

or front a heavy linen in neutral shade,

a strip four inches wide and 11 inches

long. l‘hnbroidcr on it the, words “IN"

and “OI‘T,” placing them in such a po-

sition that whcn the silk or linen is

drawn taut over a piece of stiff: card—

board four by five inches in size, the

words will appear one on either side of

the sign.





stitch and at the top fasten a silk cord

by which it may be hung upon a door.

At one corner suspend a. tiny pencil and





 





Showing Effect

knotted to the first cluster. It is then

knotted about each consecutive pair, ex—

('(-]lt at the points where five clusters

were joined. ilcre the thread is carried

diagonally across this group nd knotted

to the tirst cluster on the opposite edge,

and then proceeds, knotting pairs each

Another thrcad is carried along

the opposite edge of the drawn space in

the same manner. making three in all.



Additional diagonal threads are carried

across each open square in the form of

:1 cross, and all the threads are knotted

at center, and woven about a few times.

The weaving is then completed in sec—

tions, two threads for each. The figures

along the sides are made by knotting all

the thrcads and clusters together in the

center, and weaving out separately on

four divisions of four groups or threads

each. 'l‘his weaving continues about half

of the space, and is finished off on the

two central spokes in each case. Bei-

twccn these woven devices little blocks

of weaving are placed on the adjoining

threads or clusters previously dropped

from the groups of four.



This design may be used with’ equal





time.





of Drawn Work.



a half dozen small sheets of paper upon

which a message may be writte_n when

the “()l"l‘” sign is displayed.



.-\, pretty sofa pillow may be made by

the woman who has new-r done a stitch

of embroidery. l’urchase one of the

stamped tops having a single pctalcd

flower, each leaf being at lcast an inch

and a half in length. or if preferred a

scroll design is pretty. Bay, by the bolt,

baby ribbon of the shade appropriate for

the petals of the, flowers and leaVcs. or

for the design, and line sewing silk of the

same shades. Beginning at the end of

a petal fasten the end of the, ribbon, taki-

three small stitches as in gathering, and

draw up the thread. Put the needle

through the petal in the cushion cover

close up to where the first stitch was

taken. and repeat until the entire petal

is formed of the gathered ribbon. A

cover made in this way is handsome, and

the design stands out more clearly than

if embroidered.



An inexpensive and pretty sachet: for

the dresser drawer is made as follows:

Purchase a short length of any loosely

woven silk, having it just long enough





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.\itcr putting the silk over the,

cardboard, finish the. edges in button-holeI





 





 





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Burns 45 Hours on 1 gal. Kerosene

It cheaper and better light than city

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to tit into the draWer and cutting it of





,thc required width. At the same time





buy silkolene of the same length, the

body color matching the silk. The other

requisites are fine batting and baby rib-

bon of the color of the silk. Put the

lining upon the batting and fasten them

securely together. being sure that they

are just large enough to fit smoothly into

the drawer. Make a sachet powder by

mixing one-fourth pound of Florentine

orris root. mic-fourth pound of crushed

rose leaves, one pound of powdered ton-

quin beans, a few drops of musk and

dried petals of rosemary. bergamont, or

sweet clover. This is sufficient for sev-

eral sachets. Sprinkle a liberal amount

of this over the batting. then put the

silk in place. fastening it securely with

the baby ribbon.

DiET.-—No. 4.

Breakfast.



1.; all know the value of a good



beginning. How few of as real-



ize the necd of beginning the

day right with a sane and satisfying

breakfast. Many a day has been spoiled,

many a business deal failed, many a.

heart broken, because someone had a.

morning headache caused by an undi-

gestcd breakfast. For where one family

makes a breakfast of simple cereals. eggs

and bread or toast, there are a half doz-

en who sit down to half-cooked oatmeal,

pasty pancakes, greasy potatoes, poor

coffee, doughnuts and possibly pie and

cakc, Breakfast sccms to be the one

meal that the American housewife can’t

conquer. and the cry more often heard

than any other is:



“I never know what to get, for break-

fast."



Foreigners have solvcd the breakfast

problem by starting the day \xith coffee

and rolls. \Vhile wc would hardly want

to see our hardworking men start out

for a fm‘cnoon's labor on So slight a bit

of sustenance it Would be better for them

than the heavy. greasy meal they often

eat. More and more we are coming to

see that more of us suffer from eating

too much than from not getting enOugh.

and if the high cost of living has brought

to us this knowlcdge we can see the sil-

vcr lining in the cloud.



A cup of hot water should be the ‘irst

thing taken into the stomach each morn-

ing. If this simplc rule were always

followed a great deal of stomach trouble

would be avoided. As soon as possible

after rising each member of the family

should drink a cup of water as hot as it

can be taken. it is palatable hot, and

decidedly nauseating if taken luke warm.





The model breakfast for those who do

muscular twork would be “VOll-(‘Kltikotl

cereals or flakes, eggs, sort boiled or

poached. or bacon or broiled crops in

place of the eggs, rolls, bread or toast,

and for adults a cup of good coffee or

tea or cocoa. Children should be given

a glass of milk or cocoa, never coffee and

tea. For, while cocoa contains the same

stimulant. caffeine. that is foupd in cof-

fee it has not the same effect on the

nerves that it shoWs when coffee and tea.

are used.



\\'hatever the, cereal chosen. see that it

is well cooked, never less than 30 min—

utes for tlakcs, as rolled oats and the

various forms of wheat flakes, and at

least thrcc hours for oatmeal in the

form of grits. Flakes are more nourish-

ing than many of us suppose and if

crisped in the oven and servcd with

slightly warmed milk they form as good

a breakfast dish on cold mornings as the

hot cereals. The table following Will

Show the housewife the amount of energy

generated by many breakfast foods‘ and

from it she can decide what her family

needs: . ‘



Toasted corn flakes; 125 calories: puffed

rice, 45 calories; steamed rice, lit) cal-

ories; toasted rice flakes. 100 calories;

rolled oats, 75 calories: cornmeal mush,

75 calories.



These tigurcs arc for one- serving, but

as the ideas of what is enough for one

person “113-, it servgs only to show the

relative nutritive values of the cereals.



The United States government bulletin

gives the composition of boiled eggs and

chops as follows:





\Vatcr. Pro. I t. Ash. Cal.





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Whites ...... 86.2 13.1 9.3 .9 635

Yolks ....... 49.5 16.1 33.3 1.1 1705

Mutton loin..42. 13.5 28.3 .7 1445

Lamb loin. . .453 16. 24.1 .8 1315

Veal loin. .5715 15.5 9. .9 690

Pork loin. . . .43.8 14.1 25.6 .7 1340

Bacon ....... 16.8 9.2 61.8 4.2 2780





The figures for meats show the number

of calories to the pound. One calorie is

equal to the amount of heat necessary to

raise a pound of water four degrees F.



Whole wheat bread furnishes 1,675 cal-

ories to the pound; graham, 1,670, and





 





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fine white flour 1,655 calories. More of

the wheat bread is appropriated by the

body, however, than of the coarser

breads, as the coarse fibres in whole

wheat and graham flour are not com-

pletely digested. These breads are val-

uable in cases of constipation.



The question of coffee for the morning

meal is one to be settled by every adult.

If coffee distresscs you, let it alone. If

it doesn’t, drink it. Half the distress

from coffee comes from its being im-

properly made. It should be made al-

ways in an immaculately clean pot. A1-

low one level tablespoonful of coffee to

each coffee cup of boiling water. Mix

the grounds with a little egg white and

a couple of tablespoonfuls of cold water,

add the boiling water, stuff the spout

with a. clean cloth to keep in the steam

and aroma, let boil five minutes, no long-

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quarter-cup of cold water, let stand a

couple of minutes and serve at once.





BABY’S LAYETTE.





 





What is the fewest number of garments

I can buy for my baby, and s‘ill have

enough to get along without washing ev-

ery day? This is more Often the ques—

tion which confronts the expectantmoth—

er than how line a layctte can I get her?

For there are more young couples who

must count every penny than there are

those who can afford unlimited expense

.for the expected heir.



Just what are absolute necessities and

what are luxuries the new mother, who

has never been around a tiny baby, finds

it hard to decide. To her a baby is a

bundle of fine muslin and Ilanncl. ribbons

and laces and dainty jackets, the whole

delicately perfumed and rolled in an cm-

broidcrei‘l blanket and put to sleep. This

is the way her friends’ babies look on

the state occasions when she has seen

them. But what the baby actually must

have, and what loving friends have do—

nated, she does not know.



Let her know, then, that the- numbcr

of actual necessities is not at all for«

niidablc. \Voollcn shirts, woollen bands,

ilaiiiicl pctticoats, pinning blankets dia-

pers, and slips are all she must actually

liich. if she is forced to economize she

can make one set of slips do for night.

and day for the first two months, though

it is nicer to have naiiisook slips for day

and tlannels for night. As to numbers of

articles. if you can possibly afford it, buy

three shirts, four bands, three petticoats,

a. half dozen slips of each sort three

pinning blankets, and three dozen diapers.



Many insist that the pinning blankets

must be of Ihiiiiicl, for the extra warmth.

()thcrsprcfcrouting flannel or llallllelf’iie





as tlic Illtllliu'lS arc frequently soiled and

must Ilt‘ waslicd so often that lliinnel

Would lic apt to shrink and become stiff.

Still other mothers dispense with pinning





bliinkcis altogether, and put the little

t'l‘ticlit"l(~tl or knitted bootees on the baby

from the start. No stockings arc neces-

sary. and, in fact, are only a nuisance.

lv‘or diapers nothing is better than a

chcap duality of outing tlannel. 'l‘lie

birdscye diapering is not nearly so satis-

factory as it is not so warm and does

not absorb water so readily. ’I‘hi'ce dozen

is the lowest number one should try to

get along Willi as in this way you can

usually do away with washing," and boil-

ing eV<'i'_\' day. (if conrsc. they should

be rinsed daily and the soiled ones kept

in plenty of clean water, but the. extra.

work of boiling up and hanging out daily

can be dispensed With if one has plenty.

In this day of dozens of pattern firms,

patterns for a layctte are easily procur-

ed. ’l‘hc nicest garmcnts are those in

(Illc piece. both because of the ease of

making and the ease of putting on. l’at-

terns for petticoats without at waist, sim-

ply cut princess, are better than the, old-

fasliioned sort of waist and skirt. And

the little slips which draw up with rib-

bons at throat and wrists are more sat-

isfactory than the dresses of other days.

These are. the things which are really

necessities. If you can affoid more it

is nice to have three or four llaiinel ki-

monas to slip on mornings before the-

bath. For taking out for an occasional

airing before you buy the coat and boii-

net there is a dear little hooded cape

made of a yard square of flame], or,

better still, white eiderdown. You round

eff one corner of the material and gather

it up, or lay the fullness in pleats, to

form a little hood, like the hoods on the

old-fashioned golf capes and water-proof

capes. Bind the whole with ribbon

feather stitched on, or embroider in scal-

lops with blue or pink silk. You then

have a cape with a. hood and three cor-

ners, the sides to be folded across baby

and the bottom corner to be brought up





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and pinned over all to keep the little

feet warm. This is so much more con-

venient than a coat with arms for the

first few months, that every mother will

like it. The fact that the eiderdown will

cost but a. dollar and the ribbon a few

cents more, while the coat and bonnet

cost much more than this, does not de—

tract from its popularity.





 





HOME QUERIES.





 





Household Editor:—-Can you give me a

recipe for baking-powder biscuit?~—

Mrs. M.



Two cups of sifted flour sifted with

four level teaspoonfuls or baking-pow-

der and a half teaspoonful of salt. Work

in two level tablespoonsfuls of shorten—

ing and then add one cup of sweet milk

or cold water. Use as little flour as pos-

sible to roll and cut, or, better still, drop

by spoonsfuls in buttered gem tins. If

you like- your biscuit mostly crust the

last way is best. This rule makes only

eight medium-sized biscuit. You can

multiply it to meet the needs of your

family.



For “Home Nurse” in Farmer: A drop

of onion juice or any other vegetable, in

the milk while scalding relieves the taste

and :l cracker or crust of bread. or an

oyster or the juice gives the milk a flavor

which some relish. Of course. these must

be strained out before serving. This is

my rccipe for sweet cucumber pickles.

This is for one gallon of cucumbers: (hie

gallon of not ten strong vinegar. one cup

of salt, one—half- cup mustard, half

tcaspoon of saccharine. They will keep

solid for months if you keep the

liquor stirred whenever you use any. lt

gives the flavor 'gotten in the sale pick-

les so much relished—HA. L. S.



I wish everyone knew how to make my

dandy, cheap devil’s food cake: One cup

sugar, butter size of an egg, one egg,

quarter cup of sour milk, one teaspoon

smitl, one teaspoon baking powder, two

squares chocolatc, one cup flour. Lastly

add half cup boiling water. This. looks

as iliin as fudge but do not use any more

flour than the recipe calls for.



Anothcr recipe that helps me greatly





is uncooked salad dressing: One cggh





bcatcii separately, three tablespoons of

cream. sweet or sour, three tablespoons

vinegar, one teaspoon made mustard,

three teaspoons sugar. Salt and pepper.

This is fine for potatb or cabbage salad.





It helps a great deal when one has llll--‘





expected company.



The nicest icing for cake is made of

one ("11) sugar, one cup Sour cream, one

cup dates, chopped. lloil together until

it I‘fll‘ilt‘lls‘ iii watci', stir until thick and

sprcad on cakc. Chopped nuts or COcoa—

iiiit may be used instead of dates but

tlicy ll(’.‘(‘('l vaiiilld added.



I hope I haven't taxed your patience

in sending so many things, but I get a

good many helps, so pass some of mine

along.—»Mrs. (1. S. S. l’aw l’aw.



(Thank you. (‘oine again—lid.)



ll‘uinpkin and squash arc best kept

on a shelf in a dry. warm C(‘lltll‘ or closet

upstairs.





SOME SIMPLE RULES FOR SCHOOL

CHILDREN TO PREVENT

TUBERCULOSIS.





 





(From International Prize Essay).

in‘ i:. A. KNOl‘l", M. D.



Every child and grown person can help

to tight consumption. Scliiool children

can help by obcyiiig the following rules:



It) not spit cxccpit Ill :i spittoon, a piece

-of cloth, or a handkerchief used for that

purpose alone. On your return home

have the cloth burned by your mother,

or the handkerchief put in water until

ready for the wash.



Never spit on a slate, floor, playground,

or sidewalk.



Ilo not put your fingers into your

mouth.



Do not pick your nose or wipe it on

your hand or sleeve.



[lo not Wet, your lingers in your mouth

when turning the. leaves of books.



Do not put pencils in your mouth or

wet them with your lips.



llo not hold money in your mouth.



Do not put. pins in your mouth.



lio not put anything in your mouth

except food and drink.



lio not swap apple cores, candy, chew-

ing gum, half—eaten food, whistles, bean-

blowers, or anything that is put in the

11101] t h .



l’cel or wash your fruit before eat.-

ing it.



Never sneeze or cough in a. person’s

face. Turn your fact- to one side or hold

a handkerchief before your mouth.



Keep your face. hands, and finger-nails

clean. \Vash your hands with soap and

water before each meal.



".Vhen you don’t feel well, have cut

yourself. or have been hurt by others,

do not be afraid to report :to the teacher.



Keep yourself just as clean at home as

you do at school.



Clean your teeth with toothbrush and

water, if possible, after each meal; but

at least on getting up in the morning

and on going ‘to bed at night.



Do not kiss anyone on the mouth or

allow anybody to do so to you.



Learn to love fresh air, and learn to

breathe deeply and do it often.





 





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER. (17)





PRACTICAL SCIENCEJ





 





ACCESSORIES IN THE HUMAN

DIETARY.





 





BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.

The Function of Lime.



At the age of six months the human

infant is requiring about one quart of

milk daily. This milk. which is prac-

tically a saturated solution of lime, con-

tains about one and one—fifth ounces of

lime. It will be apparent that if we con-

sidered milk an example of an ideal food

for an: infant, we may safely take for

our standard an analysis of the milk,

taking into consideration the total quan—

tity of nutrients provided in that milk

at the various stages when it furnishes

a complete food for the infant. This

statement is untrue only when some

other considerations which are furnished

by nature indicate that provision is

made in some other way than through

the food to supply the growing infant

with nutrients which it needs. When we

are studying a bit later the demand that

the body makes upon the food supply for

its content of iron, we shall bear in mind

the statement that we have just made.



The Predominance of Lime in Milk.



Some interesting comparisons have

been made on the lower animals regard-

ing the importance of supplying the full

quantity of lime in the food. In dogs’

milk between 30 per cent and 40 per cent

of the total mineral matter is lime. In

the complete analysis of the young dog.

made upon a complete incineration of

the body after death. there has been

found 36 per cent of the mineral matter

to be lime. It is, therefore, very evident

that with the possible exception of phos-

phoric acid, lime is the very most im-

portant mineral ingredient. “'0 should

reason a priori if an analysis of the body

of the animal shows lime to be the prom-

inent mineral constituent, that naturally

any food which was ideal for that ani-

mal would have to contain as an im-

portant constituent, therefore a major

Portion of lime in the mineral matter. As

a matter of fact, there is one single ex—

ception to this statement and that re-

lates to the phosphoric acid content.

Phosphoric Acid Content of Milk High.



As a rule, the content of phosphoric

acid in the mineral matter of an animal’s

body is greater than is the content of

lime, and as a consequence we should

reason with a considerable degree of

force that it was exceedingly incumbent

to furnish a food containing a liberal

supply of phosphoric acid. Along this

line an analysis Of dogs' milk also shows

that its content of phosphoric acid is

high, the same as is the case with lime.

The peculiarity is that this phosphoric

acid is usually, if not always, associated

with the lime in combination. \Ve know

that in the bones of animals and in

practically all mineral matter accumu-

lations in the body the essential mineral

ingredient is calcium phosphate, thus

combining in a happy combination the

much needed phosphoric acid with the

essential, lime. We might, therefore.

reason, knowing this condition to exist

among the lower animals and knowing

likewise the exceeding prevalence of

large quantities of lime and phosphoric

acid in the mineral matter of human

milk, that the demands upon the human

system indicated very clearly that lime

and phosphoric acid should be the two

mineral ingredients which the dietitian

should very carefully regulate and fully

supply in the human dietary.



Results of Lack of Lime in Food.



As a matter of fact, we- are well ac-

customed to the knowledge that a very

common disease among infants is un~

doubtedly traceable to a deficiency of

lime and phosphoric acid in the food. It

is not known exactly that rickets is defi-

nitely caused by a deficiency in lime. It

is known, however, that among children

with whom very great care is taken to

secure a balance of the: inorganic con-

stituents of food, that rickets is an un-

common disease, if not one that is ab-

solutely unknown.



There are a few animal food products

which form an interesting study from the

standpoint of their lime content and hav-

ing under consideration the fact that

lime is a very necessary ingredient these

food products indicate how well they

may be depended upon to furnish such

an important constituent. The yolk of

eggs, for example, which we know con-

tains notable quantities of phosphoric

acid, contains in the dried material near-

ly one-fourth of one per cent of lime,





 





whereas starchy food, as potatoes, con-

tain about one-third as much lime as

the yolk of egg. Lean meat, while quite

high in its content of phosphoric acid,

is very low in its content of lime and we

therefore will realize that in this case the

lime content of meat is probably not di-

rectly associated with the phosphoric

acid content of the meat. Phosphorus in

lean tissues is one of the constituents of

the protein compound and does not, in

this instance, signify its importance as

a mineral constituent. In cow’s milk

there is only 1.50 per cent of lime in the

dried substance and inasmuch as the

ash content of the dried milk amounts

to not over about five per cent, it may

easily be seen what an important con-

stituent of the milk lime is.



The Selection of the Diet is a Very im-



portant Matter.



The lesson to be learned from this

study of milk and of the various foods is

that in selecting the proper nourishing

food material for small children, some

consideration should be given to the par-

ticular kinds of food given them, in or-

dor that the supply of lime may be suf-

ficient for all of the body need . A diet

of bread and milk alone does not contain

a sufficient amount of lime to provide for

the mineral growing requirements of

children, but We may see that with the

large content of lime that is present in

the yolk of eggs, if eggsfiand particu-

larly the yolk of eggs, were administer-

ed. in some form or other, in connection

with bread and milk diet, that the diet

would be considerably more ideal from

the standpoint of lime.



“’9 shall see a little farther on another

reason why milk diet alone for the grow-

ing children is not ideal. It is not so

much, however, from a standpoint of

lime, for we have shown that milk con—

tains a very decided quantity of lime,

but it is deficient in total mineral mat-

ter. Now, while the‘ash or mineral mat-

ter in the milk contains, as we have

said, from 30 to 40 per cent of lime, the

very fact that milk itself contains only

about .7 per cent mineral matter shows

that its lime content is not high enough

to fully satisfy the- demands of the grow-

ing child. ’



The Ten Months’ Line.



“'e take advantage of this condition by

advocating that children should not be

kept on an exclusively milk diet after

they have become able to eat other foods,

and from our observations it seems plau-

sible to place the limit of an exclusively

milk diet at about ten months. \Ve would

not have the reader infer that we think

an infant at ten months old should be

livmg exclusively on solid foods, for,'for

a number of years, we believe that milk

should form an important part of the

clzihl’s diet, but at ten months in most

cases some other foods, such as the yolks

of“ eggs, various meat juices, etc, should

be used to supplement the milk diet and

in this way begin to build up the supply

of inorganic constituents that are needed

in the child’s body.



ls Milk a Perfect Food?



'We have been advised that there have

been many instances where children

come to the age of six, seven and even

eight years of age without having access

to much food supplemental to the milk,

and our source of information indicated

that the malnutrition in these individuals

was very marked indeed. We are very

much accustomed to hearing the scien-

tists speak of milk as the perfect food,

and if we will apply that as it scientific-

ally should be applied, as meaning the

perfect food for an infant the first few

months of its life, then the statement is

correct. '



Lime a Tonic to the Soil.



Lime is one of the products we have

considered under the head of administra-

tive agents when applied to the soils,

and it does not take place directly in the

formation of organic foodstuffs except in

a very limited degree. Its application to

the soils is not advocated from the same

point of view as that of potash and phos—

phoric acid, but it is in its aspects as a

tonic or plant stimulant that we find the

most benefits from lime. M'odern meth-

ods- of manufacture of food products.

particularly of cereals, exaggerate the

deficiency in lime which many of our

foods show. The high milling of vege-

table foods, and cereal foods, whereby

most of the so-called inert, inorganic

and fibrous material is reflected, com-

plicates very materially the problems of

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RELATION OF GREEN FOOD TO WIN-

TER EGG PRODUCTION.





There is a general opinion among poul—

trymen that poultry do best when given

some form of green or succulent food

during winter. The function of green

fOOd is to supply a digestive stimulant.

From such food the fowls obtain mineral

salts that cannot be supplied any other

way. Efforts have been made to supply

these salts through other feeds, but so

far without the success attending the

feeding of palatable green stuff.



All omnivorous animals, man included,

crave and need green food at all sea-

sons. It is universally admitted that

fowls like grass and eat it, but how many

of us have any idea how much they eat?

The amount which a hardy growin~chick

will stow away is astonishing. Chickens

will trample old, tough grass, but when

it is young and tender, and growing at

a gait which calls for the lawn mower

eVery few days, it seems they cannot get

enough of it. Full grown fowls do not

seem to want so much. They eat it with

a relish, but if you give them too much

they will leave some. With young stock

it is just the rcverse.



I am sure that feeding succulent green

food adds to the number, fertility and

hatchability of the eggs laid and to

the vigor of the chicks hatched from the.

eggs. I w0uld no more think of doing

without green food for my poultry than

a dairyman would do without his silo. If

you want summcr eggs you must have

shade, and if you want winter eggs noth-

ing will help more in keeping your t‘owls

in a thrifty condition than plenty of

green fttotl.



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mer. but to have grceln feed in winter is

not. an easy task, and if you cannot meet

this requirement in winter you are not

interested enough in this line of work to

pay you to keep hens over winter.



Supplying Vegetables and Green Corn.



As for preparing for a winter supply

of grccn stuff i have several different

methods. and all are valuable, but they

require work and attention. Mangetls

have been uScd as a succulent food, bttt

sometimes they do not prove a success.

If mangcls are not ripened off and har-

vested in the proper manner they will

not keep through the winter, but will

shrivel and become unfit for use as suc—

culent food. If harvested just at the

proper time there is nothing better, but

do not feed to exeess at first, as they

act as a cathartic on fowls. I raise

mangt-ls and cabbage for the main feed

and also grow some carrots, grecn corn

and potatoes for auxiliaries. This gives

them a variety, and a variety is what

yOu want to make winter eggs.



Now some people will wonder how I

grow green corn for winter. I plant a

small patch to corn in the early

part of July. of the 'red glazcd smut nose

variety. This will be in the. roasting ear

stage just before frost comes, when it is

cut and tied in large shocks as solidly as

it can be set together. Then I can go

and get green corn for my poultry until

the middle of December. At noon I take

a sharp knife and sltaVe off the corn, let-

ting it fall into the litter on the poultry

house floor. Try this and you will cer-

tainly see a football scrimmage that will

do your poultry good and also cheer your

own heart to think how easy it is to sat-

isfy them.



In feeding mangels, cabbage, carrots,

etc, I drive a twenty-penny spike into

the studding about two feet from floor;

then I impale the mangels, cabbage, etc.,

On this spike and let them pick at their

own will. All green stuff is given prompt-

ly at noon.



Sprouting Oats for Hens.



I also have another form of green

stuff which is a success, after you have

learned how to grow them. and that is

sprouted oats. I know of nothing better,

providing you cannot or have neglected

to grow other green food during the sum-

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must be grown very quickly, and in or-

der'to get quick growth it is necessary

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moisture, and sunlight.



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THE MICHIGAN “FARM—ER.





also caution you not to purchase too

small a sprouter; I advise getting the

largest size. I am not an agent for any

company and speak from my own expe-

rience only. It will pay for itself in in-

creased egg yield and the additional food

it grows. The grain, being kept in a.

high temperature and bathed in a dense

cloud of moisture, makes a remarkably

quick growth. Producing a succulent,

tender, and snappy food which hens high—

ly relish, not a tough, stringy material

which is the result of the old home-made

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chine. Two suggestions I would offer

are that you can secure just as good re-

sults by using one—half the quantity of

oats usually recommended, and that the

oats should be, stirred while sprouting.

Possibly some people who have never

tried feeding green stuff in winter think

it useless. To convince such let them

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entirely and see if it pays with eggs at

sixty cents per dozen, for that is what

they will retail for before next spring.

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Can you tell me what ails chickens

when they tumble over and cannot walk?

They act as if drunk. They havt- good

appetite-s.



Kent CO. H. S.



I regard this a modified form of apo-

plexy, or sciatic rheumatism, or what~

ever you want to call it. It is produced

largely, in my opinion, by overt‘ccding.

with too little exercise. It is a kind of

gout. The hens are fed too much and

they are not in shape to exercise. This

can be overcome by cutting down the

ration, by having a scratching shed.





 





scattering 'the grain in the straw, and

making them work for it every single,

day. If this is done, after a, time, I think}

you will find this trouble will entirely‘

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SYMPTOMS AND CURE OF ROUP. .





 





My experience has been that if takent

in the earliest stages of the disease, or‘

perhaps before we are- really justified in

making a diagnosis of roup, we- can cure‘,

nine out of ten cases to the extent that

the specimen will still be a valuable

breeder and producer.



The first symptoms are those of a.

common cold. Coughing, wheezing,

sneezing and watering at the eyes pre-

cede thc graver conditions, when the

rattling in the throat, swelling around

the eyes. creamy looking matter, and

membranous formations prove the un-

mistakable signs of genuine roup. Some—

times there is a little bunch of air but)—

bles gathered around the eyes. It will

look white at a. little distance, but on

closer examination you will find it; as

abOVe stated. This means cold; if it

continues without relief the eye will

swell. The little tubes leading from the

nostril to the eye becomes closed and

the swelling is a natural consequence.

Efficient treatment must begin at once

or the fowl is doomed.



There can be rattling in the throat

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them recover, with a. permanent en-

largement under the eye, but who w0uld

want to purchase such a specimen for a

breeder, as it would be almost certain

to develop roup the following winter and

keep the disease continually spreading in

the flock.



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try houses and put in fresh bedding of

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tttre aconite, 2 dr.; tincture belladonna,

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ter inside of twenty-four hours, add two

drachms of tincture of iron to the above

mixture and continue its use in the same

way. If they still seem no better, dou-

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Journal. Detroit. . 2 50 2 50

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News, Grand Rapi s, M oh 2 001 75

Press. Grand Rapids ...... . 2 OJ 2 25

Courier-Herald, Saginaw. 2 50 2 25

News Saginaw................ ..200225

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pecially of the milder solution, will hurt

none of them.



In the very worst cases I would add a

tea’spoonful of carbolic acid to the above

mixture. but the chickens do not like

this and will not drink enough of. it to

effect a cure; in such case, make a little





separate solution for them and dip their .





heads into it up to and covering the

eyes; they will sneeze and cough a great

deal, but that will help expel the mucous

formation. You will find. however, that

it will seldom pay to doctor these worst

cases, as they will never be good, heal-i

thy breeders and producers again.

New York. A. E. VANimRyOR'r.





THETDOULTm—r MARKETS...





Thanksgiving has come and gone and,

locally. the-slump in poultry prices which

usually follows has not been experienced.

Right through the heavy rush incident to

the holiday the Detroit market held re-

markably steady, despite unmistakable

evidences of weakness in other big mar-

kets. This market has taken care of a

lot of stock, both live and dressed, and

the advent of colder weather this week

finds the market in excellent condition

with prices practically on a level with

those prevailing immediately before

Thanksgiving. Here, as elsewhere, the

offerings have contained a pretty liberal

proportion of ordinary stuff, but this has

been worked off without the demoraliza-

tion seen at New York and Chicago. At

both of these points the receipts of holi-

day stock so far exceeded expectations,

and the proportion of medium to poor

stuff was so great, that prices slumped

in the face of a fairly good demand. Since

the holiday, dealers in those markets

have found it hard to move the accum-

ulations of low grade poultry, and this

inability to clean up has affected prices

in all grades. A careful examinationof

conditions in these and other large mar-

kets, however, leads to the conclusion that

better preparation of market poultry

would materially decrease the tendency

toward accumulation of stocks. In all

markets there has been little difiiculty

in moving first-class poultry and growers

should consider well this fact in decid-

ing when to market fowls now on feed.

Most of the large markets are not now

in condition to absorb large shipments of

poorly fitted poultry and persistence in

marketing this class of stock at thistime

is inadvisable to ‘say the least.





WINTER WORK FOR THE WIDE-

AWAKE BEE-KEEPER.





Little work remains to be done direct—

ly with that bees for the next few months.

After seeing them snugly packed, with

at least enough stores until wamn spring

days, nothing need be done except keep

the snow from blocking the fronts of

hives and keep dead bees from filling the

entrances. A heavy wire. with end bent

in the form of a hook. can be used once

a month for removing dead bees.



However, this is the time to prepare

for next season. Get. supplies for the

coming season ready now. Clean up and

repair everything that may, by any pos-

sibility, be utilized another year. YVhen

this has been done take an inventory

and you will then be in position to de-

termine what will be needed in the way

of new hives and equipment. Theme is

another advantage in giving this order

early as you will get 'a four per cent dis-





 





count from dealers on all December or—

ders. The discount decreases one per

cent each month after December. Also





at this season dealers are in position to

fill orders more promptly than will be the

case later on, and should a mistake oc-

cur in filling your order there will be

.ample time to rectify it before the busy

season arrives, thus avoiding the loss

which usually results from such errors

in orders that have been given at the

last minute, or from the inability of

dealers to fill late orders at any price.

Hives, supers and fixings that have

been cleaned and repaired should be giv-

en a few coats of good prepared paint or

white lead and oil. Sections need not be.

put up until warmer weather. Founda-

tion is not put, into sectiOns or brood

frames at this season becase cold weath—

er makes it brittle and liable to break.

Don’t neglect to read all available arti-

cles giving the methods and experience

of practical bee—keepers and have at

least one good bee book at hand, utilizing

these to the utmost as aids in outlining

plans for the season that is to come.

Shiawassee Co. N. F. GUTE.





It is estimated that to collect one

pound of honey from clover, 62,000,000

heads of clover must be deprived of nec-

tar and 3,750,000 visits from bees must

be made.





 





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Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-oe-a





Under the

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is carefully com- .

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make a perfect mixture.





wonderfully bracing effect on steers, hogs, sheep, horses, cows, etc.





Pry Poultry Regulator





It brings the eggs because it acts directly on

the digestive and egg-producing organs, iii-

.14- ducing greater activity and increased





THE MICHIGAN 'FARMER,





wove/w» . » ' ‘

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5". n'





year. Prices are away up, but fresh eggs are scarce.





fies/i during winter instead of producing eggs.





0 Dr. Hess Poultry Pan- has been on the market nearly 20 years—it is the only egg-produc-

;:;:f$%? to A ing tonic that has stood the test of time. A penny‘s

Ellminut, ‘ ' " worth of Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a is enough for 30

uninvigmicn. A Nerve [OW] per day. If it doesn't make your hens lay more

omits. A Bitter SW eggs, your dealer will return your money; and it also

machic andAppeuzer. cures gapes, cholera, roup, Indigestion, etc.

Hypoculphltc c! Soda.

An InternalAntlsepuc. Our Pro "Ion. You buy Dr. Hess Poultry Pama-cc-a of

Iron thinks“). ABiood your dealer. If it. fails to ma e your hens lay more eggs and

Bulldef- keep your poultry healthy, he is authorized by us to refund

1108111 gig! ilgxidfll- A your money. 1% lbs. 25c (mail or express 40c); slbs.60c; n

0 b? u 1 en“ lbs. $1.25; 25-lb. pail $2.50; except in Canada and extreme

‘Antzlildi'd. oandme'shéil West. Ifuyour dealer cannot supply you, we will. Send 2:

forming. for Dr. Hess 48-pnge Poultry Book, free.





 





DR. HESS & GUIRK

Ashland, Ohio





supervision of

D.. D.V.S.) the





cereal meal to





DB. HESS STOCK TONIC. A combination of powerful tonics and mild laxatives. Increases diges-

tion—reduces food waste—puts most of the ration on the animals' bones or in the udder.

Ingredients plainly printed on every package—take them to your druggist and he'll tell you these tonics have 8.

Sold on a liberal money-back guarantee.

Send 2c for Dr. Hess Stock Book.





FREE. Dr. Hess (M.D., D.V.S.) will at any time prescribe for your ailing animals free of

charge if you will send him full details. Mention this paper and send 2c stamp.





er.





$5.00; 25-lb. pail $1.60. Except in Canada and extreme West and South.





96-pagc Veterinary Book also free.





Your Hens Lay More Winter Eggs





Your hens ought to be paying you bigger profits just now than any other time of the whole



Hens—your Item—have a tendency to put on

This is due to closer confinement, _

green stuff. Hens need a tonic during cold weather to keep the egg clusters active and turn the largest possible

amount of food into eggs. Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a will do exactly that. Itparitiwely maker lien: lay more eggs.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

   

 





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To prevent and cure

roup, colds, catarrh, use

regularly





Prgtt/SRoup Cure

25c, 50c, $1

J l: ut it in the drinking water, and these

dig-uses will not attack your flock. lGO-puge

poultry book, 4c by mail.

Get Pratts Profit-sharing Booklet





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25c, 50c, 31

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When you “lap your





harrow half”





you do





your work twice as well

If you do this you are the sort of man



~ who can understand Why it pays us to .

take double pains in making “Ball-Band’ 5" 5

Rubber Footwear.





Just as you know how to put 1 little bit of good

sense here and there—like a wide door in your horse

barn to prevent bruising hips—we know how to make

“Ball—Band” Boots and Arctics so that you will be

glad you bought them.



Look for this Red Ball in buying. It is on every article we

make and is the sign of footwear you can trust.





If your dealer can’t supply you, write us and we'll send you

the name of a nearby dealer who sells "Ball-Band" Footwear.





Mishawaka Woolen Mtg. 00., Mishawaka, Ind.

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‘ We Want Ten Million Dollars’ Worth of Furs

Biggest Prices! Better Grading! Most Money by Return Mail!





Those are the advantages you have in sending your furs to Funsten. We

are the largest in the world in our line. The biggest American. Canadian

and Euro can buyers are represented at our regular sales. Competition for



unsten urn is greatest. As we sell furs in larger quantities and get more

wot. cash. we can pay you more cash for yours 1: on you can at anywhere.



6 count on large volume of business and small margin of pro t. No travel-

ing buyers—do all our busmess direct With you. We want. ten million dol-

lars' worth of turn. lWe want your shipments. anything—from one skin up.





W Big Money in Trapping Do trapping during spare time. It’s good.





 





 

 





. sport. and aye b.'8- Mink. coon. skunk.

\ muakroti‘fox. wolf. (lying white weasel on all kinds of furs are valuable.



. o accomm ate trappers and shippers we furnish trn . incl di

\ Traps the famous VICTOR. at. factory cost. Largest stock‘iii U. S“. as



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. Baits won Grand Prize at World’s Fair in 1%. . . overnment uses

.. . Function Baits. One can of Funsten Animal Bait. bron ht one man in St.

" Michaela. Alaska. film) clear profit. Costs on] $1 a can. gDifferent: kinds for

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XMAS BARGAIN!





A beautiful 159-piece Xmas assortment

all in gold and beautiful colors, containing



100 Xmas Seals.



12 Xmas Stamps.



27 Xmas Cards and Tags.



20 Xmas and New Year’s Post Cards.





For Only 20c Postpaid.





Send two dimes wrapped in paper,

20 cents in stamps to

THE MICHIGAN FARMER,

Mich.





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Detroit,

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. 55 n Chickcncpuckc.

Goose, Turkeys.

Incubators. Supplies and Collie

Docs. Send do for large Poultry book

Incubator Catalog and Price List.

IL". HIIIIKER. Box as, Manhto, HIM.





P F l L E’S 65 Varietles





and WateEhFowlc. Farm-





 

 





 





unrated do-

scrtptive Poultry Book for 1918. Write

Henry Pflle. Box 675, human. in.



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(La-W Customers my at 5 to 6 mos. over” In“.

Battle Creek. Mich. TRY l TRIO—Special from best lino-bred,



tn merited, laying matings $6; ham some

quality $2.50; pnllets £1.50; ckls. $5; eggs and baby chicks in

season. Custom hatching ‘2 per 60 eggs in Cyphors.





 





 





MRS. Florence Howard, Petersburg. Mich. 40 Pure

, Oonil) White Leghorn liens and 20 White Rock

Hens for sale. $1 each. Fine laying. pure bred birds_





 





HITE “'i'andottcs—‘Zfi May and June hatched

. cockerels weighing from 7 totilbs. from my famous

Winter laying strain. L. M. ()LDS. Ypsilanti. Mich.





 





AMMOTH Bronze Turkey toms & hens. Silver &

. Partridge Vi yaiidotte cock'ls, 1nd. Runncrdrakes.

Prices reasonable. E. H. & J. A. Collar. ('Oopcrsville, Mich.





0 ~ —T . _

Crystal White Orpingtons 3:; G}: 23333,

Yezirlin hens, cockercls and ullets. MRS.

WILLI HUUGH, Pine Crest Farm, toyal Oak, Mich.





 





 





WHITE HOLLAND IUBKEYS. Satisfaction guaranteed

Mao Whitbeok. Montague. “fl‘lwlbnll’lihyeggfimllgifhirar;

. d h't w . a ' “

ISgrlrer, ' Golder] £51. .125 .t‘oé’k. fiZildc‘lilf.?i.?J§$ia¥}fn‘if

rowning s Wyandotto 1‘ arm. R. 30. Portland. Mich.





~B' ,. ' ' ' .

Barred Rock Bockerels frlf‘m‘m‘igi.‘eililfa.h‘ifiili.%‘§

reasonable. W. O. Coii'man. R. 6. fienton Harbor,Mich.





 





 





HITE W'yandottes-——The most ban of l

ful of American breeds. Send fgrlllilm 11:30:18:;

A. FRANKLIN SMITH. R. F. D. 9. Ann Arbor. Mich.





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S. 0. H. l. Reds. lndlan llunner Ducks 8.03,: .5315:





ityorshow. Hardy.heavy-layingstrai t

prices. Montreon Poultry Farm, Bllisllsfi'eoldfofiaigh?





Prize Winnin

Stock for sale.

EMWOOD FAR





Barred Rocks. R. I. B d



‘ moth Pekln and I. “111121631: (ills:



{Eggs $1. $2. 83 per set. Utility 35 per 1!»

. R. R. No. 13. Grand Rapids. Mich.





LILLIE FARHSTEAD POULTRY





B. P. Rooks. R. I. Reds. and S. O. W.

for sale. Iboéor 81; R for $1.50: 50 folreglfi'llm es.





LON o. LILLIE. OooDersville. Mich.





 





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for Coon. Fox and

Deer. sent on





H O U N Ds dayc' trial, be:

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(Concluded from last week).

Thursday Morning.



Robert Thompson, the Ontario fruit

expert, answered many questions at the

opening session on the last day, and

some of the information given regarding

St. Catharines conditions and prices was

as foilows: Strawberry pickers are paid

one cent a quart and the canneries usu-

ally pay four to six cents a box, though

the price this year was only 31/2 cents.

Leading varieties of currants raised are

the Cherry and \Vilder, and the “’ilder

seems to pay best. The \Villiams is the

leading strawberry and is best for can-

ning factory. We consider 7.000 quarts

of strawberries per acre a good average

yield. We take off only one crop of

berries. Stable manure is used as a

mulch. Black raspberries are not grown

on account of poor yield and low prices.

The Marlboro and Cuthhert are leading

red raspberries and bring eight cents at

the factory. '\\'ould advise following

Strawberries with tomatoes.



The. regular program of the day was

then taken up and Horace Sessions, of

Oceana county. gave a helpful talk on

“Ilow to Make a Success of l’eaeh Grow-

ing.” He said in part: “Hf tirst import-

ance is the man. He must love the bus—

iness. He must he enthusiastic and con-





tident that he will stlcct't-tl. The per—

sonal touch is all—important. l'ton't try

to raise, peaches by proxy, l'ie ‘.lohun,v-





on— the- spot.’ Then there is the matter

of right location of orchard and the prop-

er settiimr of trees. Many orchards are

set too shallow on rolling .land. liodics

of trees should be set six to eight iin-ln-s

deep on level land, while on rolling

ground two inches is sutlicient. As to

distance apart I advise setting 23x20

feet, also putting a little fertilizer in

with the tree to give it a start. 'l he-

licve in good rich land for peaches. Cul-

tivation of orchard should start early and

Stop early. “'0 cultivate orchards twice.

a week, using disk and following with

spike—tooth harrow. \Ve head the trees

let\'~~:tl>otit' two feet. \Vc have a block

of 10 acres of 23—yez‘tr-old trees that have

borne 10 consecutive crops, due largely

to heavy trimming. \Vo can pick one-

half the peaches from the ground and

all of them from a four—foot ladder with—

out reaching. \Vo harvested 8,000 bush—

els this _\'c.’tl‘. The Gold Drop has made

us the most money. (if the later plant-

ings tho lrllhcrtas lead. The Fellows has





not imp serious with us as yet. 'l‘hrcc

.Vcars as: we took out 34 trt-t-s affected

pith ~\t-liows, but this year we found

old): tour trccs and no ‘little pcach.’ For

(«\wr crop we use sand vetch and rye.

(in soil is sandy loam with clay sub-

soil. Brown rot was noticed in the fruit





it r the llrst time this ycar,



HH'HI‘ liraman. of Kcllt county, led in

the discussion, As to location of orchard

ilt' advised high. well—drained land and

prefers northern to eastern slopes. Mr.

,liraman has a three-ycar-old orchard

planted on tough .lunc grass sod that is

conct-tlcd to bc- ot’tc- ol' the tlncst in the

statc. ’l‘hc Lind has had no llifllllli'tl for

15 ycars. .\s to varieties the St. Johns.

Engcl's and l-Ilbn-rta \vcrc rccommtndcd

for shipping, while the licwcy is one of

the. lit-st t't.r (:raud ltapids local tradc.

’.l‘hC (N't‘itllit has iwt‘il ycry protitable both

for shipping and local market and might

be called a dual—purpose peach. lu prun—

ing .\lr. lzramau forms the head iii to :10

inches from ground, leaving three to ich

limbs and cuts back from one-quarter to

a. third every year. In pruning he leaves

heaviest limbs on side of the prevailing

winds. ln spraying he. advocates thor—

oughly soaking the trees. ’l‘o half do this

job is time and money thrown away.



“l’roblems that Confront the Michigan

Fruit irower,” was the subject of a

most interesting talk by l’aul ltosc, of

Bcnzie county. Mr. lose is able not only

to do things but he can tell others how

and his discussion of this big subject

was Vcl‘_\' suggestive and practical. Some.

of the points brought out were as fol—

lows: "If you are located wrong. far

from market and shipping facilities. sell

out: and start right. You've got one of

the best markets in the world right

around Grand Rapids. Mr. Braman has

just been advising us to select the high—

est land for peaches, but that would not

do in our locality. The high points are

too wind—swept and the best location is

on the slopes, just out of the winds. Don’t

buy trees of a peddler but go to a reli-





THE MICHIGAN FARMER;





able nurseryman. As to distance, apart

for planting, I’m a crank on that sub-

ject. Our sour cherries are 30x40 feet.

We got six cents a pound for sour cher-

ries this year, or more money than the

western fellows did. As to tree diseases

in our looality, we have leaf curl, that

is all—no yellows, or little peach. For

maintaining fertility in the orchard I use

commercial fertilizers and cover crops.

It pays to be radical in thinning fruit.

The slack grower is perhaps the great—

est problem, for he interferes with good

growers. The help problem is also for-

midable. We run a boarding house, put

up tents, with floors in, and furnish gas—

oline stoves for cooking. Some people

who plant trees do not think about the

help problem. Northport growers are

planning on setting 1,000 acres to Liont-

morency cherries, which ir all right if

they know where they can get 1,000

pickers to come- on a certain day each

year and stay by them through harvest.”



Charles l2. “'elch, of Allegan county,

led in the discussion and stated that the

biggest problem confronting the- grower

is that of marketing the fruit. l’eople

must needs be educated to the benefits

of co-operation. Not all of us can put up

an attractiVe package and not all of us

are good salesmen.



At this juncture J. Pomerop Manson,

of Kent county, newly chosen president

of the» society, was introduced to the

members by l\‘lr. Farrand, retiring pres—

ident. and Mr. Munson presided during

the remainder of the meeting.



“Things Learned by Renting Apple 0r—

chards." was the next topic, the speakers

being \V. S. Pnllen, of I~Iillsdale county,

and T. A. Farrand, of Eaton county. Mr.

l’ullen started in the work four years

ago and now there are at least ten men

in the business and about 25,000 trees in

that section are being cared for. He

showed that it is easy to get too many

trees~more than can be taken care of

croditably. Said he: “The averagcpriee

paid to farmers this year in our locality

was $1.75 per barrel but the orchard

renters must get a better price than this.

We must get $2.50 a barrel or got out of

business. Better grading and packing of

fruit is our only salvation.”



After six years' experience in renting

orchards, Mr, lt‘arrand says that he has

learned a lot about human nature and

has stored up far more experience than

does the man with the orchard at his

back door. “Much that we learn by ex-

perience,” said he, “and prepare for next

year, doesn’t happen, but something else

happens to bump us. One must be on

the job personally to get things done.

There is the shipping problem, the bar—

rels, the tcam work and all the details

to look after. Men going into the or-

chard renting business should pick good

varieties, the fewer the better, get their

tn'chart'ls cheap and as near a shipping

point as possible. There are two sides

to look at and the financial side alone

docs not appeal to me but rather the

satisfaction of making orchards fruitful

and protitablc for the first time and

showing others the ncglectcd gold mines

on their farms."



Closing Session.



“With good apples selling at $2 per

barrel, what encouragement have we to

go on setting out new orchards?” was

the qucstion askcd after the noon recess;

'l‘hursday. "Yes, go on setting orchards,"

rcplicd Mr. Farraud. “From the rental

basis $3 is low. but at til/75 to $2, with

a good crop, the owner is making some-

thing." C‘liarlcs \\'. \Vildc, of Kent coun—

ty. said that the grower ought to get at

least $3.1lis help is costing him twice,

as much as in former years. Many farm—

crs also neglect to tigure their own time

as worth somcthing. Mr. \Vilde describ-

ed his overhcad ice storage house at the

farm.



.1. If. llrodorick, of (lntario, showed

diagrams of his pans for preparing stock

mixtures of lime-sulphur and stated that

he prepared and used 5.000 gallons last

year.



Robert Thompson. manager of the Cold

Storage & Forwarding (1th., St. Cath—

arincs, told of its benelits. which are

more marked indirectly than directly.

This joint stock associatiox was formed

16 years ago and the price of land has

gone up in sections where the associa—

tion is working. Members get better

than the average prices. The associa—

tion has at least l2,000 acres of grapes

and received one cent more per basket

than the prevailing price this year. The

association improves the tone of the dis-

trict. In the purchase of supplies every

grower is furnished, whether a member

or not.



Rev. A. Begnall, manager of the North-

port Fruit Growers’ Association, formed





DEC. 7. 1918.





 





three years ago, described. its successful

workings. At the outset the organization

was formed simply for educational pur-'





poses, then they started buying spraying i . .

material and packages co—operatively, and ‘ I r0 I s

u . '





last year they started shipping together,

sending out 11 cars. This year’s ship- “I

Feed'ng





ments to date are 23 cars. The standard



of packing has been raised 300 to 400 per



cent. Experience has shown that it pays



to keep out of the big markets and cul-

A tremendous crop this

year in the Southwest but

not enough hogs or cattle

to feed it to, with a high





tivate trade in cities of medium size.



The net returns to Northport growers on

market begging for beef

and pork—that is the con-





Duchess apples this year was $1.85 per

dition at present. Raising





barrel.

Since the SUIZBI‘ apple law provides for

hogs at less than 2c per

pound, cheap pastures,





no inspectors. Mr. Hutchins asked Mr.



Thompson whether the Canadian fruit

cheap fattening grain, mil-

lions of acres of forage





marks law would have succeeded with-

for the silos, dry winter





OUt inspectors, Mr. Thompson replied

feed lots—such conditions





that it would not have succeeded without



inspectors. Mr. Thompson replied that

prevail in the Southwest

and stock feeders are





it would not have been successful and

growing wealthy. Along





that the number of inspectors had been

increased until now there was at least

Rock Island

0

Lines





one in every county.

Soil analysis, from the Chemist‘s Stand-

in Kansas, Missouri, Okla-

homa, the Panhandle





point was discussed by Prof, A, ,1, Pat-

Country,Texas, New Mex«





ten, of the Michigan Agricultural Ex-



periment Station. Contrary to the theory

ico, Arkansas and Louisio

ana land can be bought





that plants must take up food in its sim-

for $10, $15 and $25 per





post elements and since energy is ex-



pended in building up this food in var-

acre, as good land as you

are now farming.





ious fOI‘mS. Prof, Pattern raised the ques-

r Prof. H. M. Cottrell, Agri-





 





 





ti0n why plants may not save this en-



ergy by taking compounds that can be



built up in the laboratory, The plant



sets all its nitrogen as nitrates and Intist



spend energy in transforming its food

cultural Commissioner,has

made an exhaustive study

of agricultural conditions

and knows in just what

sections the stock feeder





into the various compounds. The speak-



er said that he has no patience with the

will find conditions best

for making money.





man who preaches soil exhaustion and

asserted that the maintenance of fertility

is a. problem that can and will be solved.



Next came the report of the committee

on fruit marketing associations and reso-

lutions, as already mention in the first

day‘s proceedings. On motion Of George

Friday the society again endorsed the

Smythc bill, which passed the last le is- -

nature and was killed by the governogfn WrithOdfiY d



Sparying problems were discussed by Low Prices: 3;: L d

l‘rofs. Eustace, l‘cttit and \Vhite, of the Low Fares ‘0 e t e an





   

   





 

 

 





 

 





M. A. C. Prof. l‘cttit spoke of the old 7—” L-M-ALLEN

time lime and sulphur, the home mixture ROW—E Passlslzénearéz:affic

with excess of lime» and sludge Put it bland l 511 La Selle Station

on hot if possible. This kills the bud l—v—MJ Chicago





 





 





 





killing scale. The sludge gives body to

the spray.





 





 





moth and plant lice and is effective in JohnSebastiam'l'hirdVicePrelidonI





 





Speaking of the prevalence





of apple scab this year even in orchards

that were sprayed l’rof. '\Vhitc accounts GE I I HE BES I





 





 





for this in one of two ways, either the A Good Spray Pump earns

siraviipr 'as r “r ' _ . .

(i {H s “t 1IlOt (“310 at the 115111 UmC bigprofxtsandlastsforyears.

)‘ ‘2 s no -( one ioroug 1 y. He still

recommends the commercial lime-sulphur THE ECLIPSE

to control apple scab. beginning when is a good pump. AS

blossoms arc three-fourths fallen. lt practicalfruitgrowcrs

will not kill the bees. Lime and sulphur imon Spszgewré‘rgnuséfig 033:;

was recommended to control peach leaf orchards—foundtheirdefccts

curl. 3 and invented the Eclipse. Its

I’rof. Eustace told of an experiment in $110033 forced ‘115 to manlu-

spraying cherrv and European plum or- acturmg on a arge 503 e.

. ‘ ’ You take no chances. We

chards of Benton (:ebhardt. of Decatur





n have done all the experi-

county. lhe trees were sprayed with menting! Large,fullyillus-

liordeaux and with commercial lime and





 

 

 

 

 





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tratcd Catalog and Treatise

sulphur for shot'holc fungus and brown on spraying Free'



rot and the result showt-d that eithpr MORR|LL8MORLEYMFG.30., BOX 2,8entonHarbor,Mlch.

may be used. There \\'as no apparent

difference in effects of the two sprays,

'l’rof. l‘lustace warned against use of cer-

tain dopcs put out by charlatans.



Last on the program came an illus-

trated lccture on the codlin moth and

aphis‘, by Prof, l't‘ttlt. Ile spoke. of the

experiments to lengthen out the spraying

period for codlin moth from two to ten

days. and says an Oregon man now ad-

vocates one spray, using coarse nozzle 21‘; , . .



O ‘ . ‘ . _ -' . -' Mail stze postpatd, safe at-

and 2u0 DOLllids presstuc, throwmg the give] nndlgsuct‘igflsc‘txingti‘aranteed. Inunonsostockof

, ,, , - ,k, _, ,, , ,, ,, ,, , Ul’lilt , 'i at oquecn of bcddin lants.

spray in pad the. (aux bats. Prevalence Acres of "5"?” perennial Plantmwhiehgliist for

of plant lice this year was attributed to FWW- 50“1101“"(‘QH(70“““39h0“Pi“ se“d3vP“"“9'

, , Rosemcte. Forl‘ruit and OrnamentalTreosaskfor

the cold weather, which held back the, Catalog No. 1, 112 pages: for Seeds. Everblooming





. .. .- ,. . ' , - Roses, Cannes. Geraniuins Greenhouse and Bedding

]i.tl(1.\ll(.\ whith feed on the, 11((. phmtsinmumml,Catniogfio.2,168puges. Both Free.





Secretary Bassett arranged to have as Directdealwillinsureyouthebestatleastcost.Tryit.59yrs.

the closing picture on the screen, that of "lestorrs8‘Harrison C0.Box 54,Painesville,0.

l’rof. Eustace, head of the horticultural

dcpartment at the. college, and paid him

a deserved tribute. saying that while he

came. to Michigan a stranger he has

“made good" in every way.



Kent Co. A. GRIFFIN.



Some time ago I wrote a. note to the

proprietor of a large number of lunch

rooms in Chicago and other places, ask-

.ing him how the wonderful craze for





 





HUNDREDS OF CARLOADS OF





nd Ornamental Trees





E vorgreon s. Shrubs.

Hardy Roses. etc.

1 , 200 acres, 60 in

Hardy Rosesmone

b e t t e r grown. 47

greenhouses of

Pahns. Ferns, Begonias.

Even-blooming Roses. Ge-

raniums. and other things

too numerous to mention.





 





 





 





 





WE TAN





. . . . Every kind of skins, Horse and Cattle hides for Bugs, Robes

1"] GCti-{lppk‘s got SUCh a start. In his and Coats. We make Ladies' and Gentleman's Fur coats. Scarfs:





 





Mulls. Gloves. etc... from skin sent. us to be tanned. We

guarantee everything we make. Send for Illustrated Catalog





TAXIDERMY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES





reply to me he made use of a paragraph



that ought to interest greatly every fruiti



raiser in the \Volverine domain. i THE PELOQUIN FUR TANNING 00_

Here 1s what he said: “Eastern apples. '386 Eu: Main St.,Rochester.N.Y.



are much better flavored than western, Esmbmhedmg‘





 





 





apples and we try to get supplied with WE BUY OLD BAGS

Michigan apples on account of this. We SOUND AND TORN

use about fifteen car-loads of apples a We Pay The Freight

year.” IROQUOIS BAG CO.

_ 724 Broadway. Butt-lo. N. Y.

Illinois. J. L. GRAFF. , Reference—Citizens yank





 





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GRANGE .





Our Motto—“The farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be

first improved.”





THE GRANGE STRENGTH OF THE

.. “NORTH COUNTRY.”





 





 





 





106 Subordinatee—SZ Permanent Grange

Halls—3V4 Millions of Patrons’

Insurance.



Much has been said of the rapid growth

of the Grange in the Upper Peninsula,

and yet only those leaders and workers

who have been engaged in the organiza-

tion and extension campaign, so vigor-

ously waged during the past three years,

fully realize the strength of the order in

that territory. With a view to showing,

at a glance, how effective has been that

campaign in carrying the Grange banner

into almost every part of the peninsula,

we have prepared the accompanying

map. Upon it are indicated merely the

county lines, the railroads traversing

that section and the approximate location

of the 106 subordinate Granges. Of these

subordinates, nearly one-third—32, to be

exact—have their owu Grange halls, 23

of which have been built Within the past

two years. These 32 Granges are indi-

cated upon the map by a circle contain:

ing an X; the remainder by a solid black

dot. Only one of the 15 counties—~Ke-

weenaw, at the extreme north—is with-

out a. Grange, while Delta leads the re-

maining 14 counties with a total of 20.

Gogebic, with only one, located at Iron-

wood, claims the largest subordinate in

the entire state, boasting a membership

of 450, and fire insurance to the extent



of half a million.



For the above and other facts contain-

ed in this article, as well as for data

necessary to the preparation of the map,

We are indebted to Bro. R. N. Seward,

who, as Deputy State Master for the U.

P. district, is in close touch with condi-

tions and in no small degree responsible

for the adVancement made in the. past

two years. His statement that patrons’

fire insurance is almost universally pop-

ular above the Straits and a potent fac-

tor in holding Granges together, is borne

out by the figures, which show 100

Granges taking advantage of this fea-

ture, with 1,933 policy holders and $3,-

235,649 of insurance in force on August

1, 1912—three-fourths of a million more

than last year and a. million and a half

gain over 1910. Patrons’ life insurance

is now claiming some attention and ap-

pears to be taking well.



In 11 of the 14 counties the subordi-

nates are aided and encouraged by a

good Pomona organization and all have





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co-operated in the holding of several suc- - ref. .

ccssful series of meetings. Among these b .12.

may be mentioned the spring series of '-, 1’: Q

1912 of combined farmers’ institutes and 5' 0

county Grange meetings, covering every ) a.

county except Keweenaw, and drawing ‘;

a total attendance of over 3,500; aim) the ’





mid-summer series, with State Master

liull as speaker, with about the same

attendance. The Pomonas and subordi-

nates have also played an active part in

encouraging and promoting agricultural

fairs, several of the past season’s fairs

having been promoted and conducted en-

tirely by subordinate and Pomona

Granges, among these being Cloverland

Farmers' fair, at Stephenson, Baraga

county fair, at L’Anse, and Pickford fair,

at Pickford. In these and. other ways

it is being demonstrated that the Grange

is to prove the greatest factor in bring-

ing about better conditions in the rural

communities of this section, as a distinct

change in this respect is already notice-

able.



From the above it should be clear to

all thinking patrons that the Grange is

in the Upper Peninsifla to flay. That it





THE ‘ MIGHIGAN FARMER.





is growing rapidly there can be no doubt,

its membership having doubled in the

past two and a half years. Its stability

and permanence are apparent from the

very large percentage of Grange halls

built and owned by the members, and

from the strong hold secured through the

co-operative, money-Saving advantages

it offers. Altogether, it is rapidly assum-

ing a commanding position among the

forces that are accomplishing so much

in the way of developing, agriculturally,

this promising region. '





REMEMBER STATE GRANGE.





Information just received from the

office of State Secretary Hutchins indi-

cates that everything is in readiness for

next week’s meeting at the “Soo.” .The

sessions will be held in the Armory, the

delegates assembling for the opening at

10 a. m. Tuesday. State Grange head-

quarters will be at the Murray Hill hotel.

Rates ranging from $1.25 to $2.50 per day

have been secured at t..e various hotels,

with ample accommodations in prospect.

A reduced round-trip fare from Macki-

naw City to Sault Ste. Marie has been

arranged for. Lower Michigan patrons

can take advantage of this only by pur-

chasing regular tickets to Mackinaw City

and there securing the special round-trip

ticket to the “Soo.” Remember the

dates and plan to assist: in making this

first meeting of the State Grange in the

Upper Peninsula a great success.





 





 





OCEANA’S WIDE-AWAKE POMONA.



Oceana Pomona held a very enjoyable

and profitable meeting Nov. 23 with Crys-

tal Grange. The attendance was better

than usual, and the program “a feast of

good things.” Brother Adams has cer-

tainly made good as lecturer during the

past year. A very enjoyable feature was

an address by Rev. N. F. Jenkins, pastor





 





of one of the largest churches in the

county. I speak of this because Bro.

Jenkins is one of those ministers who





realize their obligations to a large world

outside their particular church. He has

joined the Grange not to get before the

public for the sake of being seen, but as

-a means of getting in touch with a large

and influential class in whose success he

has a very great interest. It is our con—

VictiOn that every minister in a country

town should join the Grange if there is

one near enough. By SO doing he will be

able to render valuable service to the

community, and will receive, in turn,

quite as much as he is able to give.

Mingling with only those of our own

church or of our own particular circle,

we are limited in our possibilities for

good in the world, because we are of

necessity narrow. In the Grange we meet

people of every sort of political and re-

ligious creed, and we learn to like the

most of them, too. So it happens, after

a while, that we come to see that not

quite all the brains, and not quite all the

religion, are in our church, or our polit-

ical party. It takes years for some peo-

ple to learn this. but they will learn it.

if they keep on mingling pleasantly with

those who differ from them in opinion

about a few important things.



A year ago..we offered a flag to the

Grange that would attend Pomona meet-

ings in largest numbers, in proportion to

their membership, during the year. It

was only a flag, inexpensive, too, but it





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Grange Map of Upper Peninsula.

106 Subordinates, 32 owning Grange halls

indicated by circle containing X.





increased the interest, and next year we

will find something to keep our people

thinking about the Pomona Grange. Our

worthy master is wide awake, and this

tells to our advantage. But we have

hardly begun as yet to appreciate the

worth and the opportunity of this insti-

tution. It is of great importance that

the farmer should have some means of

making known his opinions upon import-

ant questions. It is necessary that we in

the country should meet to discuss the

matters that lie close to us in our busi-

ness, and to country life generally, and

form wise and helpful public sentiment.



In the strong progressive Pomona

Grange the farm, the home, the school

and the community all receive their

share of attention, and all are stronger

and better fitted to serve their purpose

because we of the country have gotten





together and considered these questions.

“I shall pass this way but once. Any

good that I can do, let me do it now.

Let me not defer it, for I shall not pass

this way again.” W F. TAYLOR.





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the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C.

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Associational Motto.—





The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.





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THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEET-

ING.





 





As we go to press the delegates are

assembling for the twentieth annual

meeting of the Michigan State Associa-

tion of Farmers‘ Clubs. Apparently the

same enthusiasm which has been ex-

hibited in previous years prevails with

regard to this meeting, and it may be

expected to add another to the unbroken

line of successful events which have

marked the milestones in the history of

this organization. Full report of the

meeting will appear in future issues of

this department, and a still more com-

prehensive report should be given tO'each

'local Club by its delegates at the next

regular meeting. Much 'of value to the

local Clubs can thus be gotten from this

annual event, a fact of which no local

Club member should fail to take ad-

vantage.





YEARLY PROGRAMS.

The Essex Farmers’ Club of Clinton

County.



The fiscal year of this Club begins with

the October meeting, hence the program

for the year of 1912-13 has recently been

published. It is a neat booklet with col-

ored cover, on which appears the name

of the Club, the date for which the pro-

gram serves, the announcement of the

date of the meetings, which is on the

second \Vednesday of each month, and

the hour at which the meetings are call-

ed to order, which is 10:30 a. m.



The title page is a replica of the cover.

On the succeeding page appears a quo—

tation which should make for the cheer-

fulness of the reader. On the following

page appears a list of the ex-presidents

of the Club, each of whom held office

for twa years. Next comes a list of the

present officers of the Club and of the

Standing committees, including the ex-

ecutive committee, program committee,

music committee and flower committee.



The homes of the members are named

and the farm name appears in connection

with that of the host and hostess at the

head of the program for each month. The

programs are complete, each number be-

ing mentioned and assigned to some

member. A leading question is discussed

at each meeting, and in some cases a

second question, or if not another ques-

tion, a paper, which is open for discus—

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the question box is a frequent means of

stimulating beneficial discussion. A not-

able feature of each program is a suit-

able sentiment appropriate to the nature

of the, program, or the date of the meet-

ing, which consists simply of quotations.

Club Fair exhibits are made a feature of

the October meeting, While the Thanks-

giving progrum is provided for the No-

vember meeting and a temperance meet-

ing is held in March.



This Club takes a vacation during July,

August and September, so that only nine

meetings are provided for in the yearly

program. Following the pages devoted

to these programs is a list of the de-

parted members and an appropriate quo-

tation in memoriam. Last comes the

Constitution of the Club, consisting of

but six articles. Altogether, this program

is well calculated to not only serve the

convenience of the members for refer-

ence, but to stimulate an interest in the

mOnthly meetings as they occur from the

knowledge which it gives of their char—

acter for each month during the active

Club season.





 





 





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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

December 4, 1012.

Grains and Seeds.



Wheat—The wheat market appears to

be following regular channels. l'rices do

not Vary much from those reported a.

week ago. Although general conditions

in this country are bearish, strength was

afforded the market by the small in—





crease in the visible supply. Dealers ap-

pear to have lost sight of the large

amount of wheat going abroad. Millers





are also taking cash wheat for their pur-

poses, thcrc being an active demand for

flour at the present time. l’olitical events

in Europe have become. of less import

to the trade, although on Tuesday news

to the effect that Greece had dissented

from the proposed terms of peace be-

tween 'l‘urkcy and the allied nations, gave

strength to the market. Europe is also

bidding for cargocs, and while crop con-

ditions in South America and Australia.

are favorablt» for the ncw crop. quota—

tions there appear to be. firm. One year





ago No. 2 red whcat was selling on the

Detroit market at 051,,c per bu. Quota-

tions are as follows:



No. 2 No. 1



Red





\\'hitc. Dcc. May.

Thursday . . .





 





Friday ......1.06 1.05 1.06 1.11

Saturday ..... 1.06 1.05 1.06 1.11

Monday .....1.05% 1.0411. 1.051;. 1.101]

Tuesday ..... 1.0? f, 1.04 ’,, 1.051", 1.10M;

VVednesday . .1.05-‘/.’, 1.043,; 1.05:}; 1.10%

Corn.- ~'l‘hcro is an easy fccling in corn

circlcs. 'l‘hc quotations givcn below arc





on the basis of new corn and cannot wcll

be compared with those published hcrc-

tofOre which represent quotations on old

corn. llowevcr, priccs are sliding down-

ward, dcliverics of corn at primary cic—

vators are increasing. There is, how-

ever, a good country demand for corn

and shipments from primary stations are

comparatively slow. Detroit market is

dull with offerings scarce. One year ago





No. 3 corn was selling at 021430 pcr bu.

Quotations for the wcek are:

No. 8 No. 8

Corn. Yellow.

Thursday ................ .... . . . .

Friday ................... 401,4; 501/2

Saturday ................. 40 50

lMonday .................. 40 50

Tuesday ................. 451 50

Wednesday ............... 40 50

Oats: This market shows improve-

ment. 1’riccs rule about one cent higher





chk ago. The strength of the

dcpcnds almost cntirely upon its

own merit. tln- demand and supply largc-

ly affecting tho change upward. Stan-

(lard oats :1 ycar ago were quoted at 501,131-





than a

market





pcr bushci, Quotations for thc. wcck are

as folloos:

Standard. Oct.

Thursday ................ .. ..

Friday ................... 3:5 34

Saturday ................. tit; 35

Monday ................... 30 35

'l‘tlcsday .................. 1H? 35

M cdncsday ............... 36%- 351A;

Beans—4 .\n casy tone prevails in the

bcan tradc. llut few contracts are made

on the. local market. Cash prices were

off last Tuesday. From this date, for-

ward a better class of beans will lie of-

fcrcd the trade as the poorer grades are

usually marketed early. The following

quotations are largely nominal:

Cash. Dec.

Thursday ....................... .. . . .

Friday .....................$2.30 $2.25

Saturday ................... 2.30 2.25

Monday .................... 2.30 2.25

'l‘ucsday .................... 2.218 2.20

\Vedncsday ................. 2.28 2.20

Clover Seed—"Tho closing figures of a

wcck ago are maintained with clover

seed in active dcmand and limitcd sup-

plies. Nearly all the transactitms here.

arc on a small scale. Tho leading quo-

tations are:

Cash Dec

Thursday ............................

Friday $1100 $13.00

Saturday ................ 11.00 13.00

l\'londay .................. 11.00 13.00

’l‘ucsday .................. 11.00 13.00

\Vedncsday ............... 11.00 13.00

Ryers’l‘his dcal is easy and dull with





the quotations markcd down 2c from last

rather poor in quality. No, 2 rye is now

wcck‘s reduced prides. Offerings are

quoted at tile per bushel.

Flour, Feed, Potatoes,

Flour.—-~’I‘hc market is active

grades steady.





Etc.

with all





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

Patent Michigan .............. . . . . .4 5.60

Clear ............................... . 4.90

Rye ................................. . 4.80



Feed—Steady. Carlot prices on the

track are: Bran, $23 per ton; coarse





middlings, $24; fine mi-ddlings, $29: crack—





ed corn and coarse corn meal $29; corn

and cat chop. $22 per ton.





Hay and Straw.—Supply has increased

and prices show a slight easing off, be-

ing about 50c lower except for wheat and

oat straw. Quotations: No. 1 timothy.

$166016.50; No. 2 timothy, 95145061115; clo-

rye straw, $10.50





ver, mixed, $1461715.50;

61111; wheat and oat straw, $96310 per





ton.



Potatoes.—Althou-gh the potato trade

was interrupted by the holiday last week,

the general trend of the market is about





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





' steady with a better class of goods of-





fered. Michigan stock is coming into

demand in the east because 0f its qual-

ity. Local prices for car lots‘on track

are 53c in sacks and 480 in bulk.

Provisions—Family pork, $236024; mess





pork, $19; clear, backs, $226024; hams,

1614360171/20; briskets, 111/2617120; shoulders

14%c; picnic hams, 14c; bacon, 1861120c;





pure lard in tierces, 12%c; kettle render-

ed lard, 12040 per lb.

Dairy and Poultry Products.



Button—The markets all over the

country show a shortage in the supply of

butter. Even though prices were ad-

vanced considerably above present quota—

tions receipts could not be increased be—





cause supplies cannot be secured. ()n

the local market creamery butter ad-

vanced 10. The market is strong at the

new quotation. Quotations are: Fancy

creamery, 36c; first creame-ry, 330; dairy,

22c; packing stock, 210 per lb.

Eggs—The trade is firm. There is a





great scarcity of strictly frcsh eggs with





an unusually strong demand for same.

Storage eggs are mov1ng freely. Fresh

receipts, candied, cases included, are





quoted at‘ 300 per dozen, the price of a.

weck ago.



Poultry.—The usual slump that follows

the Thanksgiving holiday is not in evi-

dence. There is a. good supply, mostly

of live.» stuff, but some kinds are quoted

higher. The weather has been unfaVor-

able for dresscd stock which is ruling

steady. Quotations: Livc.——Springs, 12

(11130 per lb; hens, 11611le; No. 2 hens,

tic; old roosters, 9671100; turkeys, 176119c;

geese, 136114c; ducks, 1561716c per pound.

.llrcissed.——llcns. 1261‘14c; springs, 136115c;





ducks, 17611.81‘; geese, 1361714c; turkeys,

216122c per lb.



Veal.-Stcady. Fancy, 1261131: per lb;

choicc, 106111c.



Cheese.——1\lichigan flats, 1614-6117c;

York state flats, 181/261‘19c; limburgcr,

171156118150; brick cream, 171/26118c; do-

mestic Swiss, 216122c.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Apples-The market continues about





stcady. Liberal offerings are coming to

the large markets so that scarcely no re-

duction in stocks is noted. The demand

shows some improvement but is not ex-

pected to be good until after the first of

the year. .\t Detroit Baldwins are quot-





ed at $2.25612.50: Greenings, $2.50612.75;

Steele lied, $3613.50: Spy, 32.75673.





Honey.»Stcady. Choice to fancy comb

1111111711. per lb; amber, 14@15c; extracted,

311561100.



Onions.~1ligher. l‘er bu., 55C.



Cabbage—$1611.25 per bbll.





0TH :‘R M‘ARKETS.





 





Grand Rapids.





Local dealers are, paying the country

shippers 28c for No. 1. dairy butter and

30c, t'or frcsh eggs. The bean market is





December being a slow month as



The price paid farmers for both

and red kidneys is on the

The mills are paying $1.06





quiet,

a rule.

white beans

$1.90 basis.





for wheat, 34c for oats and 51c for new

corn. Dressed hogs are worth 061101/gc.





quotations are as follows:

liens, 10c; ducks, 10c; geese, 8c; turkeys

15c; guincas, 20c apiece. The hay mar-

kct is steady at, $126116. '





Live poultry





 





Chicago.





\Yheat.~No. 2 red 90c61>1.01; Dec. 84c;

May, 900.



Corn—No. it old. 481,.gc; new, 461/20;

T)(‘(‘., 481/10; Nay, 4835c.



()ats.-—No. 2 white, 346134150; 1380.,

31%c; May, 32==;1-.



Butter.—«l\fnrkct firm. Receipts are

slightly less than the small offerings of





a 'wcck ago and only about tw'o-thirds of

last year’s offerings for etn'rcspondtng





wcck. Demand good. ltlxtra creamery in

light supply and 2c higher. being quoted





at 36%c; extra firsts, grading 00 or better,

in good demand at 34c; tirsts in fair de-

mand at seconds moving wcli, ow-

ing to light offerings, at 28c. Dairies in

inotlm'ate supply and meeting a fair dc-

mand at 31c for extras, 28c for firsts and

26c for seconds.



liggs.——-'l‘radc

fresh offerings





32c:





is about steady. Strictly

are highcr and in excel-

lent demand; othcr kinds are moving

slower at former valucs, Storage goods

show fractional advance. Quotations are:





Firsts, 2715c: ordinary firsts, 2ch at

mark, cases included, 2261251'; storage,

20",,61211,1_.c per dozen.



'l’otilti‘y.~—r'l‘radc casy since holiday.





chickcns in fair demand: oth-

cr kinds are not given much attention

and prices arc shaded, except for ducks.

N0\V quoted as follows: Fowls, 12c por

lb; springs, 12c; ducks, 126i‘13c; geese,

12c: turkcys, 106113c.



Potatoes—11cm shows easier feeling.

Only fancy stock selling up to last

week’s values. bulk of offerings 20 low-

cr. Quotations: Michigan, 5061530 per

bu: Blinnesota, 4561501“; \Visconsin, 4560

50c.



Beans—Little. doing in this

T’riccs steady, except kidneys

higher. Quotations are: Pc-a

choicc, band—incited, $2.55fi2.65

prime, $2.1561’2.50; red kidneys,

c) 0





Fowls and





market.

are 50

beans,

per bu;

$23061)





'irl‘ay and Straw.—Demand fair and of-

ferings smaller. Quotations: Timothy,

choice, $18.50611.0.50: No. 1. $161017.50;

NO. 2 and No. 1 mixed, $146015; clover,

RlI‘QXK'.—-li,\'0, $8618.50; wheat,

oat, $707.50.



New York.



Butter—All grades of creamery butter

are firm at advanced figures. Demand

steady and receipts lighter. Quotations:

'l'Cxtra creamery, 371/36'1‘38c: first cream-

cry, 331/260361153c: seconds, 3061321/2c; proc-

ess extra, 27%?128c per lb.



1<lggs.——Shrinkagc of receipts is forcing

a firmer trade and higher prices for fresh

eggs: while the trade in storage is not

as satisfactory as it might be, the hold-

lugs being large and quality inferior.

Fresh gathered cxtras are quoted at 3960

420 per dozen; extra firsts, 3560380; west-

ern gathered whit‘es, 3363420.



Poultry.—Dressed.—Chick‘ens and fowls

are about steady to higher with values





$6616.50;





for turkeys lower. Fresh killed western





chickens are quoted at 1163190; fowls,

121/260161/20; turkeys, 8613210. Live.—

steady; western chickens, 13@14c; fowls,





136014c; turkeys, 180 per lb.





 





Elgin.

Butter.——Market firm at 351/20 per 1b.,

which is an advance of 11/20 over last

week’s quotation.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

December 2, 1912.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).



'tecevipts of stook here today as fellows:

Cattle, 245 cars; hogs, 125 double decks;

sheep and lambs, 100 double decks; calves

800 head.



\Vith 245 cars of cattle on our market

here today and 35,000 reported in Chica-

go, notwithstanding a constant downpour

of rain here all day long, market gener-

ally was from 1061\150 higher all around,

and about everything was cleaned up

that was yarded in time for market.



'\Ve quote: Best 1,350 to 1,500-11). steers

55875611025; good to prime 1,200 to 1300‘

lb. do., $7.85618.50; good to prime 1,100 to

1,200—lb. do., $7.50617.85; coarse, plain,

1,100 to 1.200-lb. siecrs, $7617.25; medium





butcher steers, 1,000 to 1.100, $6,506,107;

butcher steers, 950 to 1,000, $6.256116.75;

light butcher steers, 51557561625; best fat

cows, $6606.50; butcher cows, $5605.50;





light butcher cows, $4604.25; cutters, $3.50

61.4; trimmers, $3.4061il.50: best fat heif-

ers, $6.7561‘7.50; medium butcher l’lOtlfO‘l‘S‘,

$550616; light (10., $4.50615,10; stock heif-

ers, $4614.25; best feeding steers, de-

horned, $050617; fair to good stockers,

$5.256i‘5.50; light common stockcrs, $4.50

(114.75; prime export bulls, $6616.25; best

butcher bulls, $5.506I5.75; bologna bulls,

$4.50615; stock bulls, $450615; best milk-

crs and springcrs, $656175; common to

fair kind, $4061.50.



With 125 loads of hogs here today, we

had a slightly lower market, but athe

trade w.ts active and a. good (tlcarance,

was made; general sales of yorkers and

mixed was at $7.75, with some closely

sortcd lots of medium weights at $7.80;

pigs and lights at $7.70617.75; roughs,

$6.75617; stags, $6610.50. Chicago had a

very heavy run today. and their closing

market Was bad; prospects arc not any

too bright for the next few days.



The, sheep and lamb market was fairly

active today, with prices a quarter high-





er than the close of last wcck; most of

the choice lambs selling for 8c. Year-

lings, $4.50615.75. Look for little lower





prices thc balance of the week.



We quote: Choice lambs, $7.0068;cull

to fair do., $5.50617.75: yearlings, $4.5061)

bucks, $250603; wcthers, $4.2561‘4.75;

handy ewes, $375614: heavy do., $37561)

3.85; cull sheep, $2613; veals, choice to

extra, $116111.50: fair to good, $750617

10.50; heavy calves, $450616.





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Chicago.



Dccembcr 2, 1012.

Cattle. llogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 32,000 53,000 45,000

Same, day last ycar..27.658 43,161. 42,151

ltcccived last week..48,560 152,158 131,523

Same week last. year.52,070 137,646 89,454

Cattle open the wcek with too gen-

erous offerings, the general demand being

slow. and at a late hour not much trad-

ing had bccn accomplished, prices being





reported as anywhere from 106125c lower.

llogs are off 56110c, with fair animation





at $7.20617.75. Hogs marketed last week

averaged 228 lbs, compared with 224 lbs.

a week carlicr. 211 lbs. :1 year ago and

232 lbs. tWo ycurs ago. Shcep and lambs

sold act‘ivcly at: stcady prices, A consign—

ment of prime lambs intended for the

stock Show brought $8 pcr 100 lbs., and

a sale was made of tcn hcad of fancy

black steers that avcragcd 1,236 lbs, that





werc intended for the show at $1.2.

Cattle were not markctcd so freely last

Wech because of the fear of country

shippers that supilliCH would be heavy

mumgh to cause a smash-up in values

that the contrary thing actually occur-

rcd. \\'liilo Tl‘hanksgiving wcck is never





a time for large demand, the small offer-

ings caused advances in prices of around

25c all along the line. and the recent

large, dccline was fully rccovctrcd, $11.00

bccvcs bcing seen once more. The, great

bulk of the steer sales took place at $7.25

610.75, with a very fair showing of

choicer bccves at $9.806fll, while the-

poorcr to pro v good grass-fed steers

brought $56011 .75. Better steers that

had been fcd for short: periods found

buyers at $7.8061'“8.60, and any cattle that

were. good sold as high as $0, with sales

of desirable yearlings at $8.756i‘10.75.

llutchcring and cheaper classes of cattle,

shared in the upward movement, cows

and heifers going at $4.45618,60, with cut-

tcrs takcn at $3.00614.40. canners at $2.75

61385 and bulls at $3.00617.25. The mar-





ket for stockers and feeders was decid—

f’tll." higher under moderate offerings,

with fecders selling for $6637.75 and

stockers at -$4.5061‘ti.75, and no desirable

offerings selling for less than $5. CaIVcs

had a fair sale for a holiday week at

$461‘10.50 per 100 lbs., while milkers and





springers sold fairly at $406011?) per head,

a fancy llolstein springer fetching $115.



llogs sold as well as could have been

Oxilected in a week broken by a holiday,

price-s undergoing the usual fluctuations,





‘with no considerable eastern shipping

demand. Prime heavy barrows sell high-

est of anything, with prime light hogs





at a discount of 10c. Thc close of the

week saw hogs sell at $7.256T7.821/_;, a

little lowcr range of prices than a week

earlier, while pigs went at $5.25@7.25.



Sheep and lambs made a great rec-

ord last week. with sharp advances in

prices for all desirable offerings, because

of smailcr offerings and competition be-

tween buyers. The close saw lambs

ed. The close of the week saw lambs

selling at $5627.75, yearlings at $5626.35,

weathers at $3.50@4.65, ewes at $2.50@

4.10 and bucks at $3@3.50. Feeders

bought lambs at‘ $6@6.80, wethers at $3.50

@425 and yearlings at $4.65@5.15.





 





DEC. 7, 1912.





 





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THIS IS THE LAST EDITlON.





In the first edition the Detroit Live

stock markets are reports of last week;

all other markets are right up to date.

Thursday’s Detroit Live Stock markets

are given in the last edition. The first

edition is mailed Thursday, the last eoi-

tion Friday morning. The first edition is

mailed to those who care more to get the

paper early than they do for Thursday’s

Detroit Live Stock market report. You

may have any edition desired. Subscrib-

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

December 5, 1912.

Cattle. >



Receipts, 1,728. Canners and cutters 10

@150 lower; all other grades active at

last week’s prices.



W'e quote: Extra dry-fed steers, $7.50

@8; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200,

$6.50@7.25; do. 800 to 1,000, $5.50@6; do.

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

fut. cows, $5.50@5.75; good fat cows. $4.50

((04.75; common cows. $3.75@4; canners,

$3@3.35; choice heavy bulls, $5.50; fair to

good bolognas, bulls, $4.75@5; stock bulls

$3.75((o4.50; choice feeding steers. 800 to

1,000, $5.50@6.25; fair do., 800 to 1,000,

$5.25@5.50; choice stockers, 500 to 700,

$5@5.50; fair stockers, 500 to 700, $4.50@

4.75; stock heifers, $3.50@4.25; milkers,

large, young, medium age, $40@65; com-

mon milkers, $30@35.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 25

butchers av 790 at $5.75, 1 cow weighing

1,340 at $4.75; 'to Bresnahan 2 do av 1,000

at $4.50. 4 do av 760 lit $3.50, 11 do av

920 at $3.75. 1 do weighing 820 at $3.25,

1 do weighing 1,000 at $3.50; to Sullivan

1‘. Co. 2 bulls av 580 at $4.50, 2 do av 555

at $4.25, 17 butchers av 580 at $5, 13 do

av 664 at $5.25; to Jerome 1 steer weigh—

ing 650 at $5, 2 stockers av 680 at $5.25,

1 cow weighing 880 at $4; to P.1rkcr, \1'.

& Co. 4 do av 1,130 at $4.25, 10 butchers

av 627 at $4.75. 3 cows av 897 at $3.75,

'24 steers av 983 at $6.75, 29 do av 921 at

$3.85, 4 do av 985 at $3.75, 12 butchers av

682 at $5.35, 9 do av 606 at $4.75, 7 cows

av 910 at $3.75, 9 (10 av 1,014 at $4, 1 bull

weighing 1.000 at 5, 4 cows av 950 at

$3.75; to Kimball 6 stockers av 690 at

$5.60, 2 do av 590 at $5; to Hammond, S.

& C0. 11 butchers av 606 at $4.75. 5 cows

av 860 at $3.60, 1 bull weighing 1,060 at

$5; to Goose 9 butchcrs av 980 at $4.50;

to 'Fromm 5 do av 744 at $4.40, 6 do av

916 at $4; to Cooke 3 do av 733 at $5.80.



Spicer & R. sold McBride 18 stockers

av 593 at $5; to Sullivan P. Co. 21 butch-

ers av 820 at $5, 4 do av 455 at $4.50, 2

cows av 935 at $5, 2 steers av 1,005 at

$7, 2 do av 800 at $4.75; to Bresnahun 8

cows av 762 at $3.50, 14 butchers av 400

at $4.25, 3 cows av 1,013 at $3.65, 4 do av

895 at $3.65, 4 bulls av 670 at $4.25, 11

cows av 852 at $3.50, 4 stockers av 575 at

$4.65, 2 do av 665 at $4.25; 'to Nagle P.

Co. 6 cows av 1,148 at $4.50, 4 do av 990

at $4.60; to Hammond, S. & Co. 3 do av

1,070 at $4.25; to Bray 1 do weighing 850

at $3.60, 1 do weighing 750 at $3.25; to

Bresnahan 3 do av 990 at $3.60, 4 heifers

av 630 at $5.25, 2 do av 550 at $4.50, 3

cows av 863 at $3.60; to Thompson Bros.

4 do av 1.105 at $4.60; to Kamman R. Co.

7 butchers av 650 at $5.20; to Mich. B. Co

2 heifers av 800 at $5.50, 1 cow weighing

1,080 at $5, 1 do weighing 940 at $4.50.



Haley & M. sold Bresnahan 6 heifers

av 447 at $4.35, 4 cows av 912 at $3.60,

4 do av 892 at $3.60, 2 do av 850 at $3.60.

10 do av 824 at $3.50. 7 do av 330 at

$3.50; to Sullivan 1’. Co. 1 bull weighing

940 at $4.75. 17 butchers av 605 at $4.75,

16 do av 840 at $5.75, 9 do av 633 at

$4.90, 1 heifer weighing 1.220 at $5.90, 8

butchers av 591 at $4.75, 6 do av 880 at

$5.65; to Mason B. Co. 14 cows av 953 at

$4; to Nagle P. Co. 6 do av 1,071 at $4.40;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 5 butchers av 856

at $5, 2 do av 550 at $4.50; to Saparo 13

cows av 911 at $4; to Breitenbeck 6 do

av 961 at $3.85. 4 do av 927 at $3.80, 7 do

av 1,053 at $4.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Bray 1 cow weigh—

ing 940 at $3.75. 2 heifers av 675 at $3.50;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 7 butchers av 923

at $5.15; to “'yness 4 cows av 1,030 at

$4.40; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 butchers av

682 at .90





 





 





Veal Calves.



Receipts, 319. Market active and 500

higher than last week. Best. $9750.11;

others, $4@8.75; milch cows and spring-

ers slow.



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

5 av 150 at $10.50, 6 av 155 at $10, 9 av

130 at $9.50, 6 av 150 at $10.50, 4 av 145

g-t $11. 2 av 150 at $9; to Hammond, S. 8:

(To. 4 av 127 at $9, 5 av 160 at $11, 4 av

140 at $9.50. 1 weighing 190 at $11; to

Parker, 1V. & C0, 2 av 140 at $11, 1

weighing 150 zit $8, 1 weighing 150 at $11,

2 av 130 at $11, 3 av 155 at $10.50, 1

weighing 200 at $11, 3 av 120 at $8, 8 av

145 at $10.50; to McGuire 2 av 150 at $11,

9 av 150 at $11, 2 av 110 at $8, 8 av 150

at $11; to Goose 6 av 225 at $4.25, 1

weighing 130 at $9.



Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 1



weighing 260 at $7. 5 av 145 at $9, 2 av

150 at $8; to Sullivan P. Co. 11 av 145 at

$10.50. 2 av 135 at $9; to Goose 3 av 225

at $4.50.

Sharp sold Mich. B. Co. 22 av 145 at

$9.25.

Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1

weighing 220 at $10.50. 21m; l60 at $9.50;

to Burnstine 2 av 370 at $7, 1 weighing

110 at $10, 2 av 350 at $5.25; to Rattkow-

sky 1 weighing 110 at $7; [.0 Burnstiue 1

weighing 140 at $10.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan 1’. Co. 3

av 145 at $10; to Thomp.1~0n Bros. 6 av

150 at $11.50).



' Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 6,216. Lambs 25@350 higher



than , last week; sheep steady. Best





lambs, $7@7-25; fair to good lambs, $6.50

@7; light to common lambs, $5606; year-

lings, $4;50@5.50; fair to good sheep, $3.25

@3.75; culls and common, $2.25@2.75.

Spicer 8: R. sold Hayes 40 sheep av 80

at $3.25; to Mich. B. Co. 40 lambs av 50

at $5.75; to 'Breite'nbeck 21110 av 55 at





 





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$6.75; to Nagle P. Co. 114 do av 65 at

$6.65, 21 sheep av 105 at $3.50, 6 do av

90 at $2, 133 lambs av 75 at $7; to Mich.

B. Co. 116 do av 55 at $5.75; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 16 yearlings av 90 at

$4.50; _to Thompson Bros. 32 sheep av 110

at $3.50, 5 do av 90 at $2; to Costello 6

do av 75 at $2.50, 31 do av 80 at $3.65.



Roe Com. Co. sold Thompson Bros. 18

sheep av 55 at $3, 6 do av 80 at $2.50, 42

lambs av 60 at $6.50; to Nagle P. Co. 53

sheep av 95 at $3.50; to Mich. B. Co. 14

lambs av 55 at $5.50; to Breitenbeck 38

do av 70 at $6.60.



Sharp sold Mich. B. Co. 33 sheep av 95

at $3.50, 56 lambs av 65 at $6.50.



Haley & M. sold Nagle P. CO. 79 lambs

av 75 at $7; to Newton B. Co. 13 do av

45 at $5, 68 do av 65 at $6.75, 35 sheep

av 90 at $3, 5 lambs av 60 at $6.50.



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

31 sheep av 105 at $3, 22 do av 100 at

$3.25, 13 do av 105 at $3.25, 6 lambs av

65 at $6.50, 12 do av 55 at $5.50, 29 do

av 60 at $6; to Parker, W. & Co. 77 do

av 85 at $7, 55 do av 75 at $7.25; to

Thompeson Bros. 21 do av 60 at $6. 8 do

av 65 at $6; to Hayes 35 sheep av 75 at

$3.25; to Nagle P. Co. 106 do av 110 at

$3.50, 34 do av 90 at $2.25; to Costello

36 do av 55 at $5.50; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 36 lambs av 70 at $7, 8 do av 70 at

$7, 28 do av 50 at $5.50; to Young 44 do

av 70 at $6; to Sullivan P. Co. 11 sheep

av 95 at $2.25, 13 do av 85 at $2.25; to

Gleason 205 do av 80 at $3; to Nagle P.

Co. 36 lambs av 75 at $6.75, 64 sheep av

90 at $3.25, 92 do av 110 at $3.50, 41 do

av 80 at $2.50; to Bush 42 do av 105 at

$3.50, 53 do av 90 at $3.50; to Young 44

lambs av 70 at $6; to Sullivan P. Co. 49

do :lv 50 at $5.60; 10 Thompson Bros. 44

yearlings av 80 at $4.50.



Hogs.



Receipts, 4.415. Market steady to 50

lower than last week.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $7.50@7.60; pigs, $6.75fir6.90; light

yorkers, $7.25Gli7fl5; sings one—third off.



Iialcy & M, sold Parkcr. XV. & C0. 250

av 200 at $7.50, 440 av 190 at $7.40, 30 av

175 at $7.35, 210 av 160 at $7.30, 150 av

150 at $7.25.



Spicer & R. sold same 200 av 195 at

$7.50, 310 av 190 at $7.40, 160 21v 175 at

$7.35.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 385

av 200 at $7.50, 150 av 160 at $7.25.



Bishop, 1%. & ll. sold Hammond, S. &

Co. 1,500 av 190 at $7.50, 510 av 220 at

$7.60, 500 av 170 at $7.45, 1,010 av 170 at

$7.40. 100 av 150 at $7.30, 110 av 160 at

$7.35.



The production of eggs at this season

of the year is greatly inadequaie for cur-

rent consumption, and prices have ad—

vanced to a point that is almost pro-

hibitory to thousands of families. At the

present time cold storage eggs are large-

ly substituted by retail grocers for fresh

luid eggs and palmed off on their cus—

tomers as fresh lots. “It is a well-known

fact among dealers,” declared I’dul Man-

deville, president of the Northern Egg

Company, “that eggs on the market dur-

ing the winter months are mostly April

eggs. Fresh eggs during the cold months

are about five per cent of the normal

supply. These are given over to private

consumption and never reach the open

market. It is a shame that retail deal-

ers are allowed to sell cold- storage eggs

for exorbintant prices by representing

them to be freshly laid.”





Beans! Beans! Beans!





We buy any_kind of beans, wet or dry. We are pay-

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in Michigan, We are working for the farmer as

regards better rices for the products he raises and

u ainst. Trust. ontrol of the bean elevators here in



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at our bid on your beans. We pay the freight and



urnish bags. You should at. with us. 066

our circulars. We dugout“! beans for feed at

$16.50 ton 1'. o. b. Detroit, sacks included.





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"You need not crack up your ‘Sal Vet’

to me. I have been using it and its use

tells ‘the story for itself. My experience

is that worms and ‘Sal Vet’ cannot live

in the same place. I am enclosing check

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horse has 'rounded to’ in splendid shape,

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pigs are in best of health—in Short, I am

well satisfied with results. I have been

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keep stock in good health, but your ‘Sal

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my stock.” ‘

W. H. SCHANTZ, Hastings, Mich.

Supt. Mich. State Agri. Society.





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DON’T let worms breed Contagious Diseases among your hogs this



year. Don’t let them kill oil the young pigs and rob you of

your season’s profits. You can prevent it if you will just take “a

stitch in time.” Now is the time when worms begin to get in their

dead/y work. Now they are breeding, multiplying by the millions in

the stomach and intestines, and if you don’t get the best of them,





they will surely get the best of you. ~ Now is the time Contagious

Diseases usually occur and worms are nearly always the cause. Get rid of the worms—

put the digestion of your hogs in prime condition and diseases can’t geta foot—hold.





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I’ll do this at my risk. In addition, I’ll put them in the Pint of Condition; make

them thrive better; bring them up to the fattening period strong, vigorous and in shape to pro-

duce considerably more Pork on the same amount of feed. In short I’ll solve your greatest

hog raising problem which causes you 90% of the losses and worry and keeps your hogs from

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is a cure—all, but simply a positive destroyer of Stomach and free intestinal worms which are the cause of 90% of

diseases among stock and also the cause of stock failing to thrive as they should. Get rid of the worms and

your troubles and losses will vanish; your stock will thrive better; you’ll save on feed, you’ll get better profits

and raise far better stock. Sal-Vet will do it and I stand ready to prove it before you pay me a cent.





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Here is my offer: Simply fill in the coupon, tell me how many head of hogs, sheep, horses and cattle you have.



I will then ship you enough Sal-Vet to last them 60 days. - You pay the small freight charge when it arrives.



Put it where all your stock can get free access to it and they will doctor themselves. They eat it as they do salt-



s just as they need it, and at the end of 60 days if you don’t feel satisfied, write me and I’ll cancel the



0 charge. How can you risk loss; how can you let your stock drag along when they should be thriving;



6‘ ’. growing into profit when a fair, open offer like this is at your disposal? You have all to gain, nothing

4.9.6. to risk. Fill out and mail the coupon now. Don’t put it off, lest you forget.





Here’s My Personal Guarantee—Read It!





I personally guarantee this generous, open-handed ofi'er right doWn to the very last wordéil

stand back of it every Single day, I’d like to have you address your letters to me personally.’





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A e, . 60-day trial shipments are based on 1 lb. of Sal-Vetfor each hog and sheep. and 4 lbs; for

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I want you to know what SAL-VET

really has done, is doing, and why I

can positively guarantee what it will

do for you. Read these letters. I have

thousands like them, not only from

hog raisers, but sheep men, horsemen

and cattle owners—all equally enthu51-

astic over the surprising results SAL-

VET produces.





”Your SAL-VET sure does all you claim

for it. We have been feeding it right along

and never saw hogs and pigs do so well. It;

sure gets rid of worms. The animals seemed

to grow faster and fatten better. Lots of

hogs died around here from cholera but my

hogs never took it. I believe it was because

of feeding them SAL-VET all the time.





0. M. Van Osdol. Nashville, Okla.





"One $5 order of SAL~VET has been worth

$50 to me. It relieved my hogs of worms by

the hundreds and they have one through the

winter on less feed and 100 better than I

ever had hogs do before. My horses and

cattle have done fine, too. I have used many

preparations but none so good as SAL-VET. ’



Chas. F. Hilton, Jonesboro, Tenn.





 





“I have tested your SAL-VET thoroughly

and must. say that it is Without doubt the best

remedy for hogs that I ever saw. _At the

time I got it, my sows and pigs were in very

bad condition. They looked rou h, would

scarcely eat and began to die. had lost

three thoroughbred Berkshire pigs. Then I

commenced feeding SAL-VET as directed, and

the results have been most gratifying.



Their costs have become sleek and glossy

their skins soft. they eat all I give _them on

are making better returns in weight than





ever before."

J. P. Hunter, Gieger, Ale.





“I did not for a, minute expect such results

as I obtained from your SAL-VET. It ex-

pelled more worms from _my hogs than it

would take to fill the keg it came in. I will





order more soon tor it is a great prepare-V





tion." G B C m b

so. . o n arger,

Shepherdstown, W. VI.





“When I received your SAL-VET my hogs

Were very unthrifty—«but they did not stay

that way long after feeding SAL-VET.

never had igs do so well. They were soon

in top con ition. My horses also improved

on it fine. It sure does get rid of the

worms. Please send me another barrel at

once.





 





D. P. Copp, Carrol, Iowa.





“My experience feeding SAL-VET to hogs '-





has been so satisfactory that I cannot recom-

mend it too highly. This year, up to the list.

of June, we lost twenty head of young hogs.

They were killed by worms. I tried all the

remedies known down here, but every one of

them failed. Finally I ordered some of your

SAL~VET and began feeding it about the 9th

0! June.



I tell you gentlemen, I have never in my

life seen such a variety of such reat num~

bers of worms as those passed rom these

hogs. Furthermore, We have not lost a. single

hog since they have had access to your-SAL-

VET. I really cannot see how any stockman

can afford to do without this wonderful rem-

edy." . Ross C.‘Abbington, Mgr.,



Durin Plantations, Durin, La.





“While I cannot state positively SAL-VET

kept my, hogs, from having cholera, I had no

such ‘sickness, .while my neighbors almost

Without exception lostho's from' cholera. I

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‘.‘I had 9. lot of sick .hogs and I lost five ‘i

of them. ‘ I‘ began feeding them SAL-VET,

my losses stopped and. the ‘hoge soon got'

into 'a fine, healthy condition. . - . i ‘ g



“SAL‘-VET‘did the same for my sheep and ‘

horses and severeloi my neighbors have had

the same experience With it. ’ '



' V. P. Underwood,

Roachdnle, Ind.





 





 





 





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