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THE MICHIGAN

Maintaining Farm Fertility.

Investment and hold his farm up

to a fair standard of fertility
should be every farmer’s foremost ob-
ject. It is easy to tell how soil should
be fitted and fertilized to produce large
crops, but to tell how it can be accom-
plished while the farm is furnishing a.
living for the owner and meeting operat-
ing expenses is one of themost perplex—
ing questions of the day. Much of the
available literature concerning the fer-
tility question has been written by men
who have had more scientific training
than practical farm experience. Facts
and theories furnished by these experts
have been of untold value in establishing
a basis of soil improvement for farmers
to work upon, but how far these facts
and theories can safely be applied to his
owu farm and conditions must be deter-
mined by the farmcr himself. Each farm
presents new problems. Each problem
must be worked out by putting the ques—
tion to the crops and soil. In other words,
every farmer must study his soil and
lind out what is needed to bring about the
desired conditions. lie must bring the
work of the scientist right to his own
farm and make his own deductionsl.
Science and practice are- tending to a
common end. Actual liehl tests are tak-
ing the place of lalmratory work. Thus
the science of handling the soil is becom—
ing sort of a co-operaliyc work between
the Scientist and the farmer. -\s a result
all thinking men look upon the. scientist
as a friend who is willing to haul his aid
in working out t'hc problem of what the
roll newts and whore it may bc purchas-
cd in thc cln-apcsl forms. How much he
may protitibly use and the system of
crop growing best adapted to his farm
are problems which must be worked out
by the individual himself according to
his farm, location, markets and his likcs
and dislikes.

To make a reasonable profit on the

Manure and fertilizers are precious
things, that cost us either money out-
i.';l~.t. or else labor, liVe stOck food, and
t'tl'l'. in abundant measure. ()f first im-
portance is to have the soil, so far as
possible, profitably prepared for the re-
('tjllitlil and economy of fertili/ing mate—
rials. lt is easy to throw away plant
food. or to waste it upon ill-conditioned
land, and there is no doubt that the. great
want of our agriculture is not so much
more plant. food as the proper uSe of
what We have.

if We hare a farm on which we are
contcmplating to apply manurc and fer-
tilizers tor a long series of years to come,
it is obviously a matter of iirst conse-
([tlt'llt‘t‘ that the soil on which that fer—
tilizing material goes shall be such as to
make it tell directly and evcry time upon
1 a- crops. We do not pay enough atten—
tion to bringing the land into proper
i'tJlltlltiOn. if we have land that is sandy.
;;;~avelly or cold tough clay, and we leave
it just as we find it, year after year,
putting manures and fertilizers on it, and
taking crops off from it, in a great, many
cases a large portion of the value of the
fertilizing materials is wasted. This idea
is one which cvcry farmer understands,
yet it is one which is not acted upou so
thoroughly as it should be.

\‘Vhat kind of soil produces the best
crops‘.’ It is not a coarsc gravel, mere
sand. nor a deposit 0f heavy clay, by any
means; it is what we commonly call a
good, rich loam, something with qualities
between the extremes of sand on the
one hand and clay on the other. There
is something in the texture of the soil
which indicates its quality, its adapted-
ness to crop growing. If we have a s0il

which is porous and open. with coarse
sand and gravel below through which

water runs away as fast as it falls upon
it, we will lose more fertilizing materials
during a term of years than the land is
worth; and yet, such soil. if one does not
have too much of it, he can, by a proper
course of treatment. a course which is
not expensive, considering its good mate—
rials, make it over so that the proper
application of fertilizing materials to it
will always be. profitable. tin such land
it is wrong to continue using costly ma-
nure. without seeing what can be. done
to improve its moisture holding capacity.
If one could incorporate a quantity of
swamp muck with such land it would be
a great improvement but it might cost!
more than the value of the land. a thing
always to be considered. If one can grow
green manuring crops on such land, it
probably is one of the quickest methods
of improving its water holding capacity.
If we incorporate green manure crops

with such soil, we not only fill the too
open pores with absorbent material, but
at the same time we put there the ma-
terial which through; decay dissolves the
grit of the soil, and gradually make it
into fine earth. Ashes, clay and similar
fine materials put on coarse sandy or
gravely soil, at a reasonable cost, is an
improvement up to a. certain limit. One
of the benefits of wood ashes on light,
porous soil consists in the fact that their
presence in the soil keeps the moisture
from being lost. If one has land of this
sort he should devote his energies to
putting any fine material that is avail-
able upon it, in order to make it retain
moisture. Land of this kind should at-
ways be occupied by a grewing crop. If
for example, a crop is harvested in the
summer or early in the fall, instead of
leaving the land to bleach and waste, a
crop of winter rye, or some other cover
crop which would occupy the soil may
be sowed to furnish vegetable matter to
be plowed under the following spring.

()n the other hand, if the soil is a
tough and compact clay, one must cor-
rect this condition before plants can pen-
etrate the soil in Search of plant food.
(in such soils thorough drainage although
it may cost nearly as much as the value
of the land, is the cheapest thing one can
do to prepare the land for tillage and the
economical reception of fertilizing mate-
rials. Many farmers are not situated so
that they can do what would be the best
thing for them. That is the great trou—
ble with our farming. We have not the
capital to invcst in these improvements.
or if we have We are not willing to ex—
pend it. upon them. lut to make these
improvements is true economy if we can
bring it about. if a man lacks capital to
put into condition a large farm he had
better sell half of his farm and use the
money to prepare and fertilize the other
half. \Ve have generally an insufficient
amount of capital invested in our active
agriculture, and if we would take half
thc amount we have invested in land.
instead of letting it lie dead, or worse
than dead. if we Would concentrate our
means upOn a smaller area, we should
produce more products. and make more
money instead of just holding our own.

Thousands of acres of land cannot be
made profitable for farming purposes.
However, there are thousands of acres of
moderately good or moderately bad land
which only needs a little judicious im—
provement to make them very good, or
at least not bad. Allowing this naturally
productive land to stay year after year
in a half-productive state when a com-
paratively small outlay would double its
value, and prepare it to show the full
benefit of fertilizing materials. is a re-
proach to our ability and intelligence as
farmers.

The prairies of the western states owe
their fertility not so much to anything
which an analysis of the soil can reveal.
for those soils do not ocntain more pot-
ash, phosphoric acid and lime than soils
in the eastern states which require ma-
nuring and fertilizing material to yield
good crops, but to the fact that they
hold moisture during long periods of dry
weather. They present a medium which
the roots of plants delight to be in. They
are always moist, and have great depth.
Now if we could make some of the run-
down soils of the east into the mechan-
ical condition of the prairie soils of the
west, so that they would have the same
loamy, retentive character, the proper
texture, then we would have a sure basis
to work'upon in carrying on further im-
provement. It is a great deal better at
the outset of Our treatment of unpro-
ductive land to devote our efforts to im-
proving its mechanical condition and tex-
ture. than it is to try to exact crops from
it by the use of valuable fertilizing ma—
terials. There are many instances in
which high—priced fertilizers will produce
good crops in favorable seasons for a.

FARME R.

few years, .but when we have gone

through that operation for a certain
length of time we find ourselves at the
end of our rope, and we are worse off
than when we started. That is not' good
farming. Fertilizing materials should be
used to improve the fertility of the soil
and not to stimulate crop production. We
should endeavor to build up permanent
systems of farming.

New York. W. MILTON KELLY.

The Meaning of Strain.

Its Value to the Grain Grower.

Type and strain are two big words in
the grain grower’s vocabulary. Live
stock breeders have long made use of
both type and strain for the improve-
ment of their stock, but only recently
has the average farmer come to realize
the supreme importance of such things.

We hear much ttalk now-a—days about
the adaptation of crops to soil, and to
other conditions. But when corn, for ex-
ample, is well adaptable, there may be
types many of which are still better
adapted to all conditions. And it is just
possible that with some considerable at-
tention to seed selection and such things
a strain might be developed which would
be almost perfectly adapted to the soil
and climatic conditions.

Many of our high yielding, new kinds
of corn are nothing more than perfectly
developed strains of some of the older
varieties. They often fail to produce
high yields outside the. pale of their na-
tural brceding grounds. Of course. it is
quite an accomplishment for one to build
up such a strain of seed of any kind.
And the man who does so is doing a vat—
uable service to his fellows. But any
farmer can do much along the same line.
It is very often the case that a prolific,
thrifty strain may be developed from the
sccd already at hand that will thrive
better in your particular locality than
any that might’ be imported. This thing
is worthy. in our own estimation at least.
of the farmer's most serious thought and
attention who does not for any reason
import new seed to give vitality and
thrift to his old varieties of seed.

It is easy enough for even an inexperi-
enced person to select from a p11e of
corn several different types of ears, and
to notice that there. are innumerable
types in almost any lot that comes with-
in his observation.

lt‘rom any one of these types a strain
might be developed. For strain is type
intensified and fixed. But the first one
or two generations cannot properly be
termed a strain. We should not so des—
ignate a thing until it has been repro-
duced enough times to prove that it will
breed true: that the qualities of the
parent will be reproduced in the succeed-
ing generations.

It is doubly important then that we
select a worthy type to begin with.
Probably only a very small percentage of
the first generations will produce as well
and retain the characteristics of the pa-
rent as well as might have been antici-
pated. But if the selection of seed for

 

 

each succeeding year is given careful
attention, and the original method of

selection is adhered to strictly, the per—
centage of desirable cars will soon begin
to increase. Then it is a short step to
the time when it breeds true, and the
strain is developed.

Many of us will want to go a step far-
ther, however, and develop a more per-
fect strain. Now, type is never lost no
matter how perfect the seed is. But the
great variety Of type of a good strain is
materially less than in seed of inferior
quality. Let the seed corn be what is
called pure-bred, pedigreed or whatever
you please, the type is still evident.
There may not be any great variation in
shape, size, color and all such points,
but it’s there just the same.

Just as type once afforded a basis upon
which to build a strain, now the type
affords a basis upon which to build a
more perfect strain. Simply proceed as

NEW

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To THE MICHIGAN FARMER

One ~Year 50 cents

Three Years
Five Years

$1.25
- $2.00

or for convenience send a $l bill
for Two Years.

DEC. 21, 1912.1».-

and- more
in seed selection

before, being more careful
particular if possible
and cultivation.

It is a fortunate thing for us that type
cannot be lost. Without it, the im-
provement of our seeds and live stock‘
W0uld be very difficult, if not impossi-
ble. With it, there is no limit but man's
abilities and endeavors.

This is undoubtedly a big question.
For methods that proved immensely suc-
cessful a generation ago are now impos-
sible and out of the question. The law
of the land of 25 years ago is now a
dead letter. The grain grower of today
must be alive- to everything that will
contribute its mite toward increasing the
yield without increasing the cost of pro-
duction. And we firmly believe that
proper attention to the supply of seeds
is one of the best of ways to do this.

We have in mind two particular cases
that will serve to illustrate the thing we
are, trying to drive home.

One of our good neighbors, who has
ideas of his OWn concerning seed corn,
selected according to his infallible meth-
od until he has produced a distinct strain
that is not at all profitable to grow. And
now he wonders Why corn “runs out" so
quickly. In selecting his seed he forgot
to consider the one all—important point
of production.

Another of our neighbors, who we hap-
pen to know rather intimately, has in-
creased the average yield of his corn 10
bushels per acre by selection for pr‘oduc—
tive ability alone. lie has built up a
strain, which is not so very beautiful to
look upon, being pied and striped and
just about all colors, that is almost per—
fectly adapted to the peculiar, local con-
ditions of climate, season and soil, and
will produce more bushels of good corn
per acre for him than any other that
could be obtained.

He once used several kinds of corn.
most of it being mixed varieties, and
noticed that one of these kinds always
did better than any other, no matter
where planted or how cultivated. Plant-
cd side by side with other kinds on thin
land or rich and cultivated much or lit-
tie it outdone all others with the same
chance.

lle began by selecting an arm load of
the most desirable. ears of this corn.
planting in a small isolated patchmnot a
breeding block—and giving it every pos-
hible attention. Each year the fields
were planted with the best of the corn
from this patch. A few ears of the very
best being retained each time for plant—
ing in the. seed corn patch. The patch is
always, of late years, planted an ear to
the row and seed saved from those that
produce best. But this seed is not run-
ning out. It seems to be running the
other way so fast that we believe that
100 bushels per acre as a general thing
is not impossible after all

Indiana. E. l’. H. GREGORY.

FARM BUILDINGS.

 

Modern farm buildings constitute at
present a. comparatively large and in-
creasing investme-nt. This is desirable
as it marks progress and development.
However, it adds to the problem of the
farm manager, who is confronted with
the necessity of making the farm pay on
all investments put into it.

\\'hen a building is being erected to
serve for from 40 to 100 years, and when
one stops to censider that a door, an al—
ley, a window, or hay chute improperly
placed may add each year many at those
unnecessary steps to the work of caring
for the stock, the importance of making
suitable plans for buildings, and carefully
working out every detail before they are
constructed, is apparent.

Materials which are quite permanent,
such as concrete, stone. brick, and steel,
are now being used for building and at
prices not greatly in excess of the cost
of wooden buildings, the problem of de-
ciding whether to use permanent or tem-
porary construction confronts one when
any type of farm building is to be erect—
ed. If a building costing $100 can be so
erected that it will be practically perma-
nent. the annual cost of the building will
be represented by a reasonable rate of
interest, or from $5 to $6 per year. If
$100, a year is invested in a building
somewhat temporary in character, so
that an annual depreciation of from three
to four or five per cent must be provided
for each year, the annual cost of the
building must be from $10 to $32 or more.

It is apparent, therefore, that a con—
siderably larger original expense in per-
manent construction may be more prof-
itable than a comparatively small ex-
pense'in temporary work.

t niv. of Minnesota. A. D. WILSON.

 

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DEC. 21, 1912.

SOFT VS. GLAZED TILE.

 

\Vill you kindly give me your opinion
as to the durability of soft tile as com-
pared with the glazed tile? I am just
starting to tile and would like to start
right. Any information on the subject
will be gladly received. My soil is very
level with plenty of fall. Would you
censider 3-in. tile large enough and how
close should they be laid?

Shiawassee C0. G, L, K.

After the tile are laid and laid below
the action of frost where they should be
I don’t think there is any difference in
the value of the tile; that is, I think the
soft burned tile will last just as long as
the glazed tile and will answer every
purpose just as well, with the exception,
however, of the tile to be used at the
outlet of the drain. The soft tile if used
at the outlet of the drain will absorb
moisture, then when freezing weather
comes they will scale off. The moisture
or water absorbed freezes and expands
and this causes the tile to flake and the
end tile will soon crumble and decay. The
first winter there Will be one Or two of
them, the next winter there will be more,

and t'hey will keep gradually working
back until the outlet of your ditch is
well nigh ruined. This can be, obviated

by getting some glazed tile to be used as
the last half dozen tile at the mouth of
the ditch.

But, on the other hand, you will have-
less breakage in handling the glazed tile.
The soft-burned tile many times are
broken in hauling from town and in dis-
tributing them along the ditch. They are
softer and break more easily, and the
breakage is considerably less in handling
the glazed tile. \ththcr it is enough to
warrant the extra lll‘l('0 .VOU llflVC 10 pay
for glazed tile or not I am unable to fig-
ure out, but I can frankly say that I
prefer to buy the glazed tile even if they
(10 cost more. Another thing, glazed tile
are more uniform in size and shape. They
are most always perfect tile. 1\/Iany times
the soft tile are not cut off squarely 01‘
they warp when they are being burned
or something of that sort, and they don’t

lay quite as nice as the glazed tile. Tak-
ing everything into consideration, per-

prcfer to pay the extra
tile, and yet I am
more valuable
than the soft

sonally, I would
price of the glazed
satisfied that they are no
after they are once laid
tile.
Size of Tile to Use.

Three-inch tile are all right for what
we call lateral or branch ditches, but
they are not large enough for mains. If
you have one tile emptying into another
one, then from there on you want larger
tile if you have any considerable length.
Of course, in draining just a small area
you can use all three-inch tile. but if you
are going to lay out a field of ten acres
have one or two main ditches and
have laterals running to them you
want larger tile for your main ditches.
Use four, five and six-inch tile for the
mains, then use three—inch tile for the
lateral ditches. You not only want a tile
drain to absorb the water from the sur-
face as soon as possible but you want it
to run off and get it out of the way, and
if your outlet or your main tile, drain is
laid with too small tile it can’t flow away
as fast as it ought to and consequently
there Will be more or less washingabove.

Conon C. LILLIE.

and
then

WHEN TO APPLY THE MANURE.

()ne bears and reads quite often, pro
and con, the loss or benefit to land and
crops to be derived by distributing fresh-
ly made manure directly to the Soil_
Many contending that on the lighter sand
and [gravel soils much will be lost by
leaching, etc. After an experience of six
years in actual practice of applying ma-
nure by the three main methods, i. e.:
Surface distribution, letting it lay sev-
eral months or longer, before plowing it
under; top—dressing with manure and
harrowing it in, and spreading the same
and immediately plowing it under, I find
in manure, that more fertility is added to
the soil and that crops start quicker and
maintain growth throughout the season
better, ripening up evener, by applying
manure fresh, directly to the fields and
letting it lay through the winter than by
either of the other methods. This would
not apply to high or extremely rolling
soils where loss by washing would re-
sult, but to level or comparatively level
lands. The experiments were conducted
on sand (pine), sandy gravel, and heavy
clay soils. Manure on sand soils, tends
to solidify them and on heavy clay soils
to loosen them.

Everyone familiar with the subject
knows that horse manure heats quickly
when piled only a very short time. What

THE

The vapor arising assails the
nostrils, impregnated heavily with am—
monia. Now as nitrogen, when purchas-
ed commercially, costs twice as much per
pound as either of the other two essen-
tial elements, (phosphoric acid and pot—
ash), we are thus losing the best portion
of the manurial elements. Then We find
by applying manure freshly made to the
soil in an even manner, no heat results.
consequently nearly all the ammonia is
retained. Phosphoric acid also loses by
continued heat in the dung heap. So.
comparatively all of the value of manure
is retained and saved by a. direct applica-
tion to the soil when freshly made.

results?

Now as to leaching; if manure, or
rather, the soil did not permit of leach-
ing, in other words, if the soil were not
open, but compacted so that the soluble
elements of the manure could not pen-
etrate freely, then there could be no pos—
sible benefit by the application of any

fertilizer whatever. It is the universal
distribution of the three elements
throughout all of the soil particles that
determine soil fertility. “'e also learn
that nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash
and lime, also other chemical elements,
have an affinity for soil particles and

while
an extent in the soil by water, still they
at once coallesce, fix themselves with
the soil grains as constituents of the
no matter how applied, while water
itself may drain or leach and run freely

soil,

from or remain in the soil if not draincd
away by tho or dilchcs not carrying
away to any

extent the nutrients-of the
manure. .

I am satisfied by my own experiments
on soils, personally treated as outlined,
that direct applications of freshly made
manurcs to soils, comparatively lcvel,are
better for the land and crops than any
other method. Many other inanurcs lose
even more heavily in tho heaps, of nitro—
genous compounds, by heating, than horse
manure, as hen manure. Sheep manure
is slower acting but eventually loses
heavily
and cattle, slowest in

manurcs arc the

decomposing. I aim to combine them all

as much as possible.

Gratiot Co. G. A. RANDALL.

A PRODUCTIVE BEAN STALK.

 

I don’t know as it will interest you,
but I am going to give you the yield of

a single ‘ bean stalk that grew in my
corn field, probably not‘ over 12 or 18
inches from a hill of corn, and escaped

the cultivators and wecders and came. to
maturity.

The stalk was pulled the 24th of Octo-
ber. There were 11-1 pods, big and little,
on the same. I personally counted them
and shelled each pod, except one, which
was shellcd before pulling, with the fol-
lowing result:

No. beans in each pod.

l pod shelled, 0 .............. 0 beans
5 pods shelled, 1 .............. 5 beans?
5 pods shelled, Z .............. 10 beans.
H pods shelled, 3 ........ . ..... 42 beans ‘

'23 Pods Shelled, 4 .............. 112 beans

38 pods shelled, 5 .............. 1.00 beans
22 pods shelled, 6 .............. 132 beans
1 pod shelled, 7 .... 7 beans
114 .............................. 498 beans
The land where the bean stalk grew

probably had been used for a lane for 40
or more years. No fertilizer was used as
Wc (lid not consider the virgin strip of
land required it.

Oakland Co. SoLoN BURT.

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EXPERIENCE THE BEST TEACHER.

 

I have taken the Michigan Farmer for
many years and expect to take it many
more. I noticed in a recent issue an
article entitled, “Why Young Men Leave
the Farm.”

1 'want to say, first, it is through a.
lack of experience, or not being willing
to profit by the other fellow‘s experience.
I have farmed in different counties in
LIichigan and have been in different kinds

of business at different times, in both
Michigan and Ohio, and I want to tell
young Isabella County Farmer that I

saved the most of my capital on two Isa-
bella county farms. As has been said,
no farmer that expects to make a suc—
cess will sell his oats at 270 when he
can feed them and grow horses worth
$400 to $600 a span; neither will he sell
his corn for $25 per acre in shock when
he can grow hay at present prices.

But I must say that a young farmer
who is dissatisfied with the farmer’s lot
for the past three or four years has, to
my mind, only one way to learn and that
is by experience. The proof of the pud-
ding is in eating it

Ohio. C. R. HOFFMAN.

MICHIGAN FARMER. <3)

perhaps carried here and there to‘

in nitrogen by heating, while hog

N0. beans shelled. ,

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one subject should be
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of the soil. To do this the fertilizer should contain at least as much

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

MY TRIP TO THE STATE FAIR.

 

BY TED. R. ATCHISON.

My trip to the State Fair consisted of
a. trip from Fremont, my home town, to
Grand Rapids over the Pere Marquette
railroad and from there to Detroit over
the Michigan Central via. Juckson. I
was gone just a week from, September
1.6 to 21, and had the best time of my
life. Except for a deluy of four hours at
Grand Rapids, going down, everything
was enjoyable and before 1 arrived in
Detroit, which was about ten o'clock p.
m., 1 had succeeded in finding three other

boys who displayed green ribbons like
myself. As for sightseeing, we saw the

Muskogon river, the State Fish Hatchery
at Mill Creek, \\'est Michigan Shiite Fair
grounds, the Grand River, the furniture
city, lrand Rapids, and Jackson prison.
I'pon reaching Detroit, we experienced
no great trouble in reaching the fair
grounds, the Grand River, the furiiiture
quarters in the State Fair School tents,
of Which school We were very proud to
be members, and put in a good night of
rest.

Tuesday morning we .uwoke about five
o'clock and were surprised to see alurge
number of boys at work. You can ima-
gine how quickly we dressed for we did
not want to be‘anywhere but with the
crowd. After making our toilet and pick-
ing Lip the papers about our tent, we
joined the “Broom Brigade." Some were
stutioned on the grand stand, some were
sent to the Michigan building aim] for
ubout an hour, it being then 6:30 o‘clock,
we swept various buildings about. the
grounds. Then all the seventy-live boys
formed it straight line in front of the
tents numbered and marched to break-
fast in groups of two. We took our meals
at a big eating hall about twent‘y rods
uwuy. After breakfast we all assembled
in a big tcnt nearby, put up for the pur-
pose, and lislcncd to short talks by our
captains, Saitler and Fields, of
Jackson, and Swift, of Eden. They guve
us many (lllU(‘llUllS and good udvicc.
Then, after dressing up in street attire,
getting acquainted with the Y. M. C. .\.
buys \\'llO {It'it‘d :lS llllI' Sqll‘rld masters, \VL’:
visited the fuir l‘or about three hours.

l‘irsi we visited the display of agricul—

Messrs.

turul products underneath the grand-
slund. There were products from all ov—

er the l'nitcd States, chiefly the: north
and west, and showed very nicely what
could be accomplished by irrigation.
Passing on we came to the great' Agricul-
turul Building. llore wcre exhibits of the
three great dcyelopment bureaus, u num-
ber of county exhibits and scores of ex—
hibits by individuals. The \Vestei‘n Mich-
igan iureuu boasted of their fruit, and
cerluinly hzid the nicest packed and most
attractively arranged display of that pro-
duct on the ground.

The Northeustcxrn :md l'pper l’cninsula
Bureaus showed a variety of products
which were neatly arranged and de-
served attention. chl in order was the
Main Building and hcre we saw the build-
ing of automobiles uctually going on, the
munul‘ncltiringr of cigirs, letter puperund

letter mchlopes, ihc knitting of stock-
ings, exhibits of stores, watches, at fa-

mous launch. molors. pianos, etc. This
certainly was us much of on cducutional
building as the cduculion building itself,
which we visited. llcre were :1
large number of :illi‘uclive cxhibils show-
ing the progress attained by kindergarlen
and the manual training and druwing de-
purtmcnls of our schools of today.

also

It was now noon and again we lined
up, learned some new orders and march-
ed to dinner in groups of four. After
dinner it begun to rain and continued
more or less throughout the week with
the exception of Friday. So, on this af-
ternoon, we went where we- plevuscd. AS
for my partner and I, we visited the
Horticultural Building and the. live stock
and poultry exhibits. In spite of the
many unfavorable conditions existing
this summer for growing prize fruit, the
mammoth Horticultural Building was full
of fine exhibits. Every display was so
wonderfully arranged that it was hard
to tell which county had the best, but
finally decided that Oceanu’s was best.
The live stock exposition was also large
and we spent much time here. A sepa-
rate barn, so far as possible, was given
to each particular breed of cattle, and
among the beef breeds were Shorthorns,
Polled Durhams, Aberdeen Angus and
Red Polls while in the dairy class were
Jerseys, Holstein—Friensians, Guernseys,
and Ayrshires. The sheep were next and
we saw the finest of Southdowns. Ram-
bouillets. Hampshires, Horned Dorsets,
American Merinos and Delaine Merinos.
Of course, you probably would like to

 

know the number of entries in each ex-

hibit or the number of people attending
the fair but we must leave something for
you to find out when you come down
next year. “'8 will tell you this much,
the attendance, if put in figures, would
startle you, the exhibits are of gigantic
proportions, as well as the quality, and
let you come down and verify our state-
ments. .

The exhibition of hogs did by no means
depart from the general hig. standard of
exhibits and consisted of all the leading
kinds, such as Berkshires, Victorins, Ches-
ter Vl’hites, Poland Chinas, Duroc Jerseys
and many others. The record breaking
poultry exhibit was reached at last and
the number of entries we were told was
close to 2,500. There were excellent
Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth Rock, VVy-
andottc, Orphingtons, Leghorns, besides
Minorcas, Brahmas, and others. Also,
we saw at least eight breeds of ducks,
several breeds of turkeys, and exhibits
of Bantams, pigeons, and Belgian Hares,
but what surprised us most was the 10p-
eured rabbit.

We then went to supper, after which
the most of us went: to our tents and
spent the evening visiting, or writing
home to relatives.

Wednesday morning as usual, we arose,
dressed, helped sweep the grand stand
and other buildings, and ate our break-
fast. Assembling in the big tent‘ after
this meal we listened to Mr. Hull. Mus-
ter of the State lrange, Mini a lady offi-
cer, who gave us short talks. The rest
of the.time L'hat morning i spent at the
horse-judging ring. This is what Igain-
ed. Points of a good draft horse are:

Good shoulders; large feet, rather than
small; large around the “‘{ll§{,\an(l flanks:
short legs; good action; not too long a
body; quite a round body; legs that how
:l little back. not straight under them.

The points of a good trotting horse are:

Not too big feet: straight legs: fair
length of legs; fair length of body; good

heart girth, which shows constitution;
good action; some width between front
legs.

After dinner we viewed the Boys' Mod-
cl Forms and declared they were good.
considcring the sensor) and the dampness
of the ground. The rcmninder of the- of-
tcrnoon we spent among the mammoth
machinery exhibits, or watching the
races, which were exceptionally good
considering the wet track. Aguin, in the.
evening we all marched to the grnnd
stand to watch the night horse shtw and
lircWorks, :is we also did 011 Friday night.
The horse show for \Vc-dnesdziy evening
consisted of a display of Shetland Ponics
under saddle, ponies hitched to buggies,
police mount, rosidstcrs, high sleppers.
and saddle horses. Of course, we on-
joyed it all, but the police mount cer-
tuinly took the prize in our eyes. Then
come the fireworks display. List‘cn! Did
you ever have the privilege of seeing a
city built your eyes, a volcano
formed, see the capture of :1 fort by our
own American troops, the eruption of a
volcano and hence the destroying of that
city? \\'ell, that is what we saw in the
[5:11] of Old Mexico. Again we saw Roost—-
volt shoot 21 bcar, a rose bloom. an acro-
bat perform, all in lire. This constituted
the night fireworks .lispluy but those in
the day were fully us good. At that time
we sow the dischargc of a shell and bc-
hold, there was {Ill clcphnnt floating in
air, a flock of doves. another a cow. a
cloud with :1 silver lining. and do you
wonder why we say, ”Great is the in-
vention of’ man.”

’l‘hursdaymorning,after the usual pro-
gram, we again took up the march with
our squad masters. I‘Ve began our trip
by visiting the Auto Building where we
Saw a grand display of autos on the first
floor and buggies on the second. llere
were the 1913 models of most of the au—
tomobiles. Next we went to the Dairy
Barn, where the cows were fed silage,
milked by milking machines, the milk
separated, and the cream churned and
worked into butter. There also We heard
addresses by prominent dam‘ymen. Then
we went to the new Dairy Building. Here
were all kinds of modern dairy machin—
ery, a lecture department On tuberculo-
sis, and a display of honey and bees.
This was all excellent and one thing I
will always remember in connection with
this building is what the bee-man told
us, “Yen will never have rheumatism
if you become a bee-man.”

Thursday after dinner we boys all as-
sembled in the big tent to listen to Pro-
fessor W. H. French, of the Agricultural
College. The thing I shall remember him
for is the definition of success he gave
us. He said success was “Persistent,
consistent, systematic application to
Something worth while.”

Then the rest of the afternoon was

bci’ore

DEC. 21, 1912.

spent among the machinery, or watching
the stone road building. Again at five
o'clock we listened to a lecture by Pro-
fessor Sanford, of the- Forestry Depart-
ment of Agricultural College, followed by
an actual demonstration among trees
planted on the grounds by‘ that institu-
tion. Among other things. he said that
the locust and catalpa trees were not a
success and proved it by showing us trees
planted six years ago.

Thursday evening was spent around a
camp fire for the boys and we enjoyed
ourselves telling stories and eating marsh-
mallows.

Friday morning we were released from
the sweeping duty and went up to the
city with our squad masters and culi-
tnins. From there we went to the bean-
tiful spot of Belle Isle, going by boat up
the river and coming back to the fair
grounds at one o'clock. On the island we
viewed the many, many animals, includ-
ing bear, deer and bison, the birds, in-
cluding the eagle and huge ostrich and
the fish, which was the largest collection
we had ever seen.

Friday afternoon after we had all got
back from our trip, we went to a plow—
ing contest on a nearby farm. Among
all the plows drwan by engines, none did
better work than the Emerson, drawn by
:1 R90 automobile. Coming back we vis-
ited the catile-judging'ring, where they
were judging for the best breeders’ herd
among the Pulled Durham breed. “'9
learned these points in connection with
the head of the herd:

He must be square built: not too long
:1 body: have short legs; have a good-
sized head and neck: must have a large
he-zfirt girth.

Friday evening was spent watching the
fireworks, which were about the same as
the display \Vednesduy evening...

Saturday mm‘ning was the time we had
to say hood-bye. To say what I thought
of the S‘zite Fair, I say this: The man
or boy who goes on your after year with-
out seeing this magnificent fair, which is
right within his reach, has indeed miss-
cd :1 golden opportuniy.

“'e left for home on the IVTichignn Cen-
tral train at 8:25 o’clock, which gave us
:1 fine chance to see the country.

Nothing happened in the way of delayS
and we sped Onward toward “Home
chci‘ Home.” A fcw things we noticed
in regard in farm crops, that there is a
pretly good crop of apples, no peaches,
a fair corn cropuand a great acreage of
poor bonus.

I reached Grand Rapids about one
o‘clock, changed curs and by four o’clock
was at “'hite Cloud, my county seat.
Then I waited for the evening train to
Fremont, my home town, arriving there
about eleven o'clu-k.

So I am hOnie again from a trip which,
if I bud the privilege to again ('hnogo be—
tween this and other trips in Michigan.
I would say, give me n, trip to the State
Fair.

 

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LIVE STOCK

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THE HOG CHOLERA PROBLEM.

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In view of the fact that hog cholera
has been prevalent in certain sections of
Michigan during recent months, with the
usual heavy losses to bog owners and a.
failure on the part of farmers to take
the proposition in hand as soon as the
difficulty is discovered, by not only clean-
ing premises but administering the Serum
treatment to the individuals which have
not yet come down with the disease, a
further discussion of this treatment will
be timely.

In the last issue appeared an article on
hog cholera in Iowa, in which Prof. W.
J. Kennedy, of Iowa State College, is
quoted with the statement that the loss
this year in Iowa from this destructive
disease would aggregate fully 80,000,000
pounds of pork. In this connection the
discussion of the control of hog cholera
by Dr. Gibson, Iowa state veterinarian,
before the recent meeting of United
States Live Stock Sanitary Association,
held at Chicago during the International,
is of interest. He expressed it as his
opinion that in order to successfully com-
bat hog cholera it would be necessary to
have a staff of field veterinarians, es-
pecially equipped and competent to deal
with the disease. Jack of this organiza—
tion, he stated, it would be necessary, in
his opinion ,to have. at least one person
in each township who would act as an
informant to the veterinary department,
and upon the appearance of the- disease
in any herd of hogs notify the depart-
ment. Upon receiving such notification
the state veterinarian could then dispatch
one of his field staff to take charge of
the outbreak, destroy the hopelessly sick
hogs, treat the balance of the herd with
serum and establish a rigid quarantine
of the premises. Then, by thorough dis—
infection of hog lots and pens, burning
of all dead carcasses and all contaminat-
ing litter, eradicate the outbreak by the
use of serum on all adjacent herds.

In addition, as a means of insuring the
control of the disease, even under these
favorable conditions, Dr. Gibson advocat-
ed the government inspection of all ser-
ums manufactured in or shipped into the
state. The opinion of Dr. Gibson that
hog cholera can be successfully combated
by the use of the serum treatment is
shared by other competent officials in oth-
er states, includmg Dr. Giltner, state
veterinarian of Michigan, who has had a
wide experience in the use 0fthis treat-
ment since it was first successfully de-
verlopcd.

It is quite probable that the Michigan
law is adequate to the control of hog
cholera if those who suffer an outbreak
in their herds, or who know of such out-
breaks in nearby herds, would co-operate
with the live stock sanitary officials to
that end. Fortunately. hog cholera. is not
as prevalent in Michigan as is the case
in the corn belt states, yet there is
enough of it every year to cause a very
considerable loss to hog growers in some
sections, a lOss which might be largely,
if not entirely, obviated by the use of
prompt: measures whenever and wherever
such outbreaks occur. It would be the
part of wisdom for every hog owner who
lives inascction where cholera has made
its appearance to immunize his hogs by
the serum simultaneous treatment, which
has proved most eeffctual in the control
of this disease.

That. this treatment will successfully
immunizc hogs from cholera has been too
well demonstrated to admit of a reason—
able doubt. On this point the experience
of owners of large herds kept undcrcon-
ditions peculiarly favorable to the devel—
opment of this disease. is of undoubted
value. Such an experience was related
by Mr. Alvah Brown, of Michigan, in an
address recently delivered before the
American Public Health Association at
“'ashington, I). C. Mr. Brown maintains
a herd of several thousand hogs on his
Kent county farm which are. fed largely
upon garbage collected in Grand Rapids
and delivered to the farm each day in
specially constructed railways ("211‘s adap-
ted to this purpose. Speaking of his ex-
perience with hog cholera, in the address
above mentioned, Mr. Brown says:

“This farm has been established less
than six years and previous to that time,
industries of this character have been of
a very hazardous nature because of the
great risk of loss of stock through the
ravages of hog cholera; since the govern-
ment process of hyper-immunization has
neen perfected, this disease can be con-
trolled with slight losses if the rules are

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

systematically followed; cleanliness is
essential from a sanitary standpoint but
the lack of it has apparently no effect
upon the prevalence of cholera in event
the stock has once been made immune;
the pigs are treated at the age of from
four to ten weeks and while nursing; a
pig is held in position by one man and
by hypodermic, virus is injected in the
inside 'of the left ham which- furnshes.
the disease germ; serum is injected into
the right, which furnishes the combative
qualities in the pig’s system; this is
known as “the simultaneous treatment,”
and is not always practical because of
the danger in handling the virus on the
part Of the operator; my losses in pigs
from this treatment in the summer
months will not average abOVel five per
cent, but in the other months which are
not so favorable to the pigs, the losses
are considerably greater and the per cent
depends on the weather conditions. I
treat pigs at this age because of the
lesser amount of material required as
this is regulated by the avoirdupois of
the animal; all our stock must be im-
mune, otherwise the animals are quite
sure to contract the disease early in life;
if any animals are to die through vac-
cination or through the disease we want
it to happen while they are young and
before any investment of consequence in
their development has been occasioned.
lVIy experience indicates that treatment
by this process makes the animal im—
mune during its natural life which does
not often exceed four or five years and is
generally much less. My pigs being from
immune sire and dam makes them less

 

 

HOG KILLING ON THE FARM.

Hog killing is an operation that claims
attention on most farms during the days
of late fall and early winter. Of late
years, most of the hogs are marketed on
foot and it is only those set apart for
home consumption that are slaughtered
at home. Various farmers have various
ways of going about this work and a
few notes from the writer’s experience
may be of interest to others similarly
engaged at this season.

For 24 hours previous to killing, food
should be withheld from the hogs. When
this is done- the entrails are less likely to
be ruptured than when full and the work
of removing the fat adhering thereto is
more conveniently done.

In securing the hog all undue excite-
ment should be avoided. This will aid a
freer discharge or' the blood, any of which.
if retained in the flesh, prevents success-
ful curing of the meat and causes it to
spoil during hot weather. Some men
knock their hogs down with a club be-
fore sticking, others think it more hu-
mane to sh()ot them with a. rifle before
they are stuck. I have some doubts if
they will bleed out completely when eith-
er method is employed. \Ve catch our
hogs in the pen, put a rope around one
hind leg and drive them to the place of
slaughter. The roping is done by the
person who has regularly feeding
and caring for them. (if such a person
they are not suspicious and will usually
go quietly where desired. The one who

been

is to do the sticking should use a knife
lcngth

of medium with a keen edge.

 

 

 

 

Grand Champion Fat Wether at the international, a Yearling (pure-bred) Shrop-
shire, Shown by J. & D. J. Campbell, of Ontario.

susceptible to the disease if not vacci-
nated, and loss liable to death through
the vaccinating process; it has llccn cs-
timated that pigs from stock where im-

munity extends back several ycar- on
both sides have about 40 per cent of
immunity though no treatment is given

and I believe this is a fair estimate.”

it will be noted that in his experi-
ence, Mr. Brown has St't'lll‘ml a far
longer Ilel‘iOd of immunity than is claim-
cd for this treatment by state or gchvrn-

incnt officials. liut the main point is,
that by immunizing all his stock when
they are small pigs it is arcmllblished at
a comparatchly small expense. [inques-
tionably, the farmer who lives ill a SOC-
tion where- therc are known or suspected
cases Of hog cholera Would find it cheap
insurance against loss from this disease
to immunize his small png from the dis-
case, at a cost not exceeding 2.” cents
The cost of treating older hogs is
proportionately greater, but will, after
all, be found a cheap insurance where
there is more than an ordinary hazard of
infection by this disease.

(Jood work has been done by the live
stock sanitary oliicials 0f Blichigan along
this line and no farmer who feels that
there is more than ordinary danger of
cholera infection in his herd is living up
to his economical opportunity for takng
advantage of the research Work which
has developed this treatment if he does
not at once con'imunicate with the state
veterinarian, or the state live stock san-
itary commission, or employ a competent
veterinarian on his own behalf to admin—
ister this treatment which will immunze
his herd against this deadly disease and
take such prccautons as are essential to
maintain a desirable sanitary condition
in and about the premises upon which
his hogs are maintained.

each.

\\'hcn the hog has been thrown down and
rolled square on his back, the knife is
inserted just. forward of the breast bone
and close to it. Then turn the blade and
thrust it full length toward the tail,
turning it quickly from right to left to
sever the veins of the neck and avoiding
a. side or shoulder stick. Let the hog
rise to his feet to finish bleeding. and if
his head is kept. ‘rn lowcr ground than
his tail it will be done more cleanly. In
thcgrcatslaughterhouses in Chit-ago thc
hogs are never stuck until after being
hung up by one hind lcg on an iron track
overhead. After being stuck they slide
slowly down the track to the place where
they are lowered into the scalding tank.

(if course, it is assumed that before:
killing everything has been made ready;
water heated, platform built, gambrcls
and spreading sticks ready. ll’ is very
important to get a good scald so that
the hair can be easily and quickly re-
moved by the scrapers. First, bring the
water to the boiling point, then put in a,
small quantity of wood ashes, which
will help to loosen the hair and remove
scurf from the skin. Boil briskly for a
few minutes and remove the water to the
scalding barrel. l'sually this will make
it about the right temperature. llOW-
ever, I am not in favor of guessing. By
using a. thermomelcr one can secure the
right temperature every time. For large
hogs weighing around 300 pounds 170 de-
grces l“. is about right: for smaller ones
the water should not be above 150 or 160
degrees, and then they should not, be kept
in the water long. Any farmer who has
had much experience knows that it is
better to have the water too cold than
too hot, for in the former case it can be
remedied by adding hotter water, while
in the latter case the hair becomes set
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We have given more than a quarter
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have now in this new importation of
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sale at prices not equalled by anyone
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about them and to visit us at any time.

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Wabash, Ind.
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THE MICHIGAN PARMER.

It is the best horses
that are particularly adapted for a spe-
cial purpose, either for heavy draft, car-
riage use, or track, that are the ones

ordinary scraping the skin comes off
with the hair. It is necessary, therefore,
to shave off the hair with a sharp knife,
iequiiing much time and doing a poor
j.0b

In scalding place a hook in the hog’s
mouth and by means of this swing the
rear half of the body into the scalding
barrel. Churn up and down three or four
times and pull it out to air. This churn-
ing and airing may be repeated several
times, and then the hog should be re-
versed. This time cut open ham strings.
insert gambrel and scald the bend end
the same way. If the hair comes off
freely from the legs and ears the scald
is sufficient. Pull the carcass up onto
the platform, and, beginning with the
legs and bend, scrape off the hair quick-
ly. The water may be rclurned from
the barrel to the kettle to be reheated
for the next scald. After the water has
been used or tempered, subsequent sculds
Will be, more succcssful.

The hair having been removed hang up
the hog by means of :1 rope and pully
blocks, to any firm support previously
prepared. \Vush the carcass by drench-
ing it with hot water and remove all
scurf and stray hair by scraping it down
with a keen knife. This done, give a
dash of cold water and continue the
scraping until thoroughly clcnncd.

To remove the entrails with dispatch
and cleanliness reNIuires some skill. \\'ill1
a sharp knife, open up the front of the
body from rectum to sticking point, us—
ing the greatest care not to col into the
intestines. As the entrails are rcmovcd
have a tub ready to receive them 21nd
the fat may be taken off whilc w\‘l':ll‘lll.
Cut out, together if possible, the heart,
liver, lights, windpipe and tongue. llav-
ing plziced a cob or piece of wood in the
mouth to keep jaws apart, and the spread
stick half wny down the belly to open
the sides, dash in plenty of clean, cold
water until pcrfcctly clean. Allow the
carcass to hang until cold and firm. it:
will then be ready to cut up and sail.

Canada. .1. llUGII MCKENNEY.

Profit in Draft Mares.

FACT patent to every thoughtful
A obServcr of modern agricultural

husbandry is the increused neces-
sity for heavy horses to secure the great—
est possible returns for the labor expend-
ed on the farms. It is true that much of
the recently made. farm machinery has
been evolved in response to the high price
and great scarcity of farm labor, but
this does not, make the necessity for
powerful tennis and heavy inuchinei'y any
the less.

It is an established fact that one man
with four good heavy horses and the
most modern form implcmcnls will do
more and better work than two men with
six lighter horses working with less mod—
ern tools. The precision with which heavy
horses furnish the power to do the work
of tillage is just what is required, Where-
as lighter horses can not, in the very
nnluieof thin: ,pciloi'm such :1 good job.

Just this (undilion of things has turn—
ed the, attention of funny :1 shrcwvd and
llloughlful farmer to lb.- pilssillilities in
the breeding :1nd growing: of animals to
mcct the dcmund thus created. There
can be no doubt 11>: to the money to be
made in the, bi'ccding of good drnft
horses. Of all types of horses the draft
type 15‘ in most conslnnl 21nd sure de-
mand. The supply is very plainly less
than the. mnrkel cull. .\ good draft ani—
mal is almost, as good as legal tender
anywhere 11nd undci' :1ll conditions.

All a former has to do is to let il‘ be
known that he has :1 draft horse for sale
and plenty of buyers will present the-m—
selves. Especially is this true if the
former has been so fortunate 11s to have
acquired the repul‘nlion for raising good
horses of this desirable type. He may
then set his own price, and not be long
in disposing of his surplus horses Among
men reaonubly well adapted, by natural
inclination and surroundings, there seems
to be a fairly good profit in raising just
ordinary horses, as many men make the
mistake of doing. But when extra good
horses. or those, better than the average,
are produced, the profit received increases
in pnoporlion as careful painstaking ef—
fort is coupled with the lhlmghtful ap-
plication of good business principles that
govern successful breeding operations.

It is plain that for horses of nonde-
script character, without the ri 't form
or weight for any particular purpose, are
not in special demand in any market or
in any community, but the producers of
such animals are usually easily satisfied,
and seem to feel that they are reason-
ably oompensated for the cost incidental

to the production.

that find ready market, at prices worth
While. The former has not much busi-
ness dabbling in other classes than the
draft breeds. It is this class that he
needs on the form, and in all probability
the only one he will have any success in
producing. It is a very small per cent
of light horses that are bred that sell
for exceptional prices, while good draft
animals are always in demand.

One reason that the general stock of
farm horses over the country show such
poor quality, especially with regard to
any uniformity of draft type, is because
so many farmers, a [6311' years ago tried
to produce marketable cells of the road-
ster type by breeding their farm mores
to sires of lighter breeds. This was very
noticeable in the writer's locality some
years ago. A roadster of splendid type
and quality was brought in, 21nd to him
were bred hundreds of farm mares. lie
proved to be a remarkablc sire of his
kind, and became noted throughout the
state. But the experiment of breeding
farm mares was a. failure in :1 grout ma-
jority of cases, and a decided failure and
set back to the improvement of form
horses in this locality.

Farmers have become convinced that it
is the. dr'aftcr that he should breed. too,
for the best selling colts and for stock to
be used on the farm as well. Also. it is
plain that the more the more confmms
to the draft type of the sire the better
and more valuable the offspring. The
opcrulion need not take the proportions
of :1 special business, but it may be con-
ducted merely as a side line, and result
in increasing. very materially, the annual
inrome from the fmm.

In working: out this idea, nothing but
mares should be kept} on the farm. With
careful bundling and oversight, mares
will do about as much work as geldings
nnd raise a colt besides. \\'hcn rightly
managed draft mures may be used for
ordinary kinds of farm work at all times
of the year without interfering in any
way with their foul raising. In fact, it is
a quite. prevalent feeling among breeders
that :1 reasonable amount of work us
exercise, aids a great deal in keeping
the mare in a thrifty, healthy condition.
which is :1 very important factor in the
production of a strong foal. If proper
cure and good judgment is exercised they
may he worked up to the day of fouling
without injury to either more or foal,
and in a few days more they are ready
to resume their place on the, regular farm
work. The colts produced in this way
can be 1:,ir'ed at a comparatively less fig-
ure, demand no great amount of care,
and only :1 limited amount of attention
other than some handling at odd times.
On the wrihr's form have bccn numer-
ous exmnplcsof this kind. Some of these
mares have bccn rcluincd until 15 and 16
years of age, raisin}: from 10 lo 15 colts
up to this 21.1.1 :1nd all the time doing
their share of the f:11'm work. These
colts have sold from $1271 to $2271 each
when from two to four years old. “'1?
fccl that mares of this kind are :1 good
investment. As we, look back over these
experiences, we see wbcn perhaps we
might have done better by :L liillcdiffei‘—
cnl management but, on the whole. the
pl:1n and results hnvc been very satis-
f:1ctory indeed, from :1 commercial point
of view. The draft more is us profitable
an animal us the farmer can possess 11nd
Inny be depended upon to make :1 good
showing in the w;1y of interest and of
profit on the investment represented.

“'eight, counts for more than anything
else in a draft horse. T0 class 11>; such,
the horse must weigh 1,400 pounds or
over, and the more in excess of this lip;-
urc. the more the, value will be. In fact,
thcrc is little danger in getting a draft
horse too heavy if he is well boned. and
right in general conformntion and mzikc-
11p. The popular 21nd useful type pos-
sess. heavy bones and a short, closely
coupled back, a heavy front with a full
breast and medium straight shoulders.
The legs should be well apart with wide.
strong hocks, and moderately short pus-
terns.

A good covering of flesh, a smooth fin-
ish, and a docile and kind disposition,
with plenty of willingness to work, are
essentials.

Good breeding is, of course, essential
in producing such a horse. Good blood
always tells in the mating of horses as
well as in all other kinds of farm stock.
And here is where a. great many farmers
are making a. great mistake in not exer-

cising more care and judgment in the.

choice of the sires they use. Suppose- the
cost in getting the mares in foal was

DEC. . 21, 1912. ‘

doubled, either by trouble or a large ser-
vice fee, the extra expense would more
than be made up in the increased value
of the offspring.
on the part of mare owuers would very
soon reSuIt in a better class of sires be-
ing offered for use throughout the
country.

By the use of a pure-bred sire that
possesses extra quality as an individual
colts may be secured that may be de-
pended upon to bring fancy prices, pro-
viding the mares are desirable and well
cured for. Of course, it must not be ex-
pected the best results will be obtained
by mating a first quality sire with any
kind of a mare. While the sire may be
said to be of chief importance in the
matter of successful draft horse breed-
ing, the- type and quality of the dam en-
ter largely into the result secured. A
pure-bred draft more will, beyond ques-
tion, offer greater assurance and larger
possibilities in the production of off-
spring, than one of poorer or no known
breeding. But it is not at all necessary
1l1;1l a more be pure-bred to prove a.
wonderfully good investment to the farm-
or. Let her be of drnft type and a good
individual and any farmer who manages
wisely may find good profit in colt or
horse production.

Ingham CO. H. M. YOUNG.

 

THE YOUNG PIG IN WINTER.

So much has been said regi‘irding the
cure of young pigs during the winter
one would think nothing new could be
offered. Now if this were the case, good;
for it would Show that the exact science
of winter pig management had been at-
tained and all one had to do to success-
fully raise them would be to follow old
and well defined rules. While there is no
royal road 1o successful hog raising,
there are certain things one must observe
11nd practice to be fairly successful with
winter pigs. All of us make mistakes
and the worst of it is we quite Ofl‘cll for-
get the ideal condition for pigs, during
spring and summer are not consistent
with the mode of procedure we should
give them during winter time. in other
words, many making an invariable suc-
cess with pigs during the warmer months
full down dismally when they undertake
the winter care of pigs. Others make
:1 success with winter pigs as well and
why so? Here is the main secret (2’) of
i'czu'ing Winter pigs, a repetition, quoted
for years, but “lest We forget,” let me
emphasize the fact; “they must be
warm," never mind the feed or breed.
the first rcquisite is warmth, not partial
but all the time. They must have easy
access at all times to :1 wind-proof, wui'm.
well—lighted next or bed. This does not
mean an expenditure of dollars in up-Lo-
dute wood or concrete houses, although
this is always money well spent to those
who can afford it. \Voodcn pens may be
battcned cheaply, the floors raised so
the little follows are up from the mud
and water. They simply can not thrive
bumped up, shivering in filth and frozen
slush, no mutter how much milk, 111.11
fw-d, etc, they may be fed. Give them
then, it warm house, with ample range
and .1 dry bed of grass, chaff or straw
renewed at least once 21 week, with fresh
material first; after this look to the feed.

(.‘oi'n is a bug’s seemingly indispensible
food (fattening food) but in my estima-
lion a poison for young pigs; hogs and
pigs are different: here, is where many of
us forget again, and provide for the young
poi'kcr, rations for topping a 200 or 300—
pouud hog for 111111'kcl. The. aim is not
to fatten pigs but to grow them. \Vnrm
separator milk fed often, say four times
«111in in Skimped rulhci' than in too lib—
eral quantities once or t'wice a day. is
bcst. Apple parings, polnto peelings from
the kitchen, scraps in small amounts,
beet tops 01' roots fed in sparing quunli-
lies once. each day are quite essenlinl. A
box or low bill Of course dry sand and
gravel to which add 21 peck of ashes and
charcoal, a little salt and :1 pound or so
of copperas, if possible, should be in easy
reach of them always. Copperas, salt,
charcoal and grit are all cheap and easily
procurablc, see to it they have a box and
keep it filled; they will do the rest. W'hen
the pigs are. two months old, corn in
small amounts may be fed once a day,
middlings, mill feed, etc, may be added
us a thin sl-op to their milk. Warm slops,
too, are much better than cold feed.

I think it costs more to raise winter
than spring pigs, but late May and early
June hogs usually are the highest in price
of the season, too, and the difference in
cost of winter and spring-fed hogs with
me does not nearly offset the profit in
raising the former.

Gratiot Co. G. A. RANDALL.

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DEC. 21, 1912.

FINISHING THE LAMB CROP.

 

The flock owner who aims to secure
maximum profits from sheep husbandry
should not overlook, at this season the
vital importance of finishing the lamb
crop before marketing. The fall thus
far, in Michigan and the central states,
has been unusually favorable for pasture
growth, thereby causing lambs to make
excellent bone and flesh development.
However, despite the favorable paslturlng
season, it is imprudent to depend ent'irely
upon pasture to finish the lambs for
market, as the succulent condition of the
forage will produce a quality of mutton
that will shrink heavily. Pasture, prop-
erly and judiciously used, is most eco-
nomical in preparing lambs for market,
but should not be relied upon alone,

It is quite a prevalent practice among
farmers to market the lamb crop directly
from pasture during October and Novem-
ber. This has several advantages. First
it minimizes the cost of production. See-
and, pasture always produces unusually
rapid gains when supplemented by a high
grain ration. Third, keeping the lambs
on meadows is a means of holding in
check obnoxious weed growth that other-
wise would produce seed. Stubble fields,
new seeding and old meadows can be
profitably utilized in this way if judg-
ment is exercised, since such fields must
not be pastured too closely.

Another common practice is to carry
the lamb crop along on pasture until
winter sets in and then finish it on dry
feed during the early winter months.
This has proven very satisfactory and
profitable among farmers who are in po-
sition to hold the lambs. It is an eco-
nomical way of developing the animals
so that, as soon as put on dry feed, rapid
gains are made. “here large quantities
of roughage and grain are grown upon
the farm, and it‘ is the desire to return
it to the soil. finishing a good crop of
lambs during the early Winter months is
a sure way of increasing the productiv-
ity of the land. No manure made on the
farm excels that from a pen of feeding;
lambs.

It is quite impossible, where a large
number of lambs are reared in one flock,
to market them most profitably in the
fall off pasture. The variation in age
and milking qualities of ewes are factors
productive of a wide variance in gl‘UWIh
among the lambs. Some lambs make
very rapid growth during the pasturing
season, while others, with seemingly the
same opportunity. grow much slower and
take on flesh less easily. In every flock
however, there are lambs that can be
sorted out early in the fall and market-

ed to advantage without consuming a
large quantity of grain. I have found
that it is advantageous in some years

to dispose of the well grown lambs early
in the season, and especially when over—
stocked, or when pasture conditions are
unfavorable.

No matter how good the pasture may
be, or when the lambs are to be market—
ed, it is advisable to feed some grain
during the fall months. Some, owners
feel that when the flock has plenty of
pasture it is wasteful to feed grain, but,
experiments conducted at several stations
show that a better quality of mutton can
be. produced and greater gain of flesh and
bone secured. when a grain ration is sup-
plicd. Fall pasture, stimulated by exces-
siyo rainfall, is exceedingly succulent and
does not constitute a balanced ration. A
light grain ration not only counteracts
the succulency of the pasture but sup-
plies additional flesh and bone-forming
clements essential to economic produc-
tion. \thn salvage grain can be. pur-
chased for $20 per ton it makes very
cheap feed and, if fed judiciously along
with other farm-grown grain compounds,
an excellent ration for finishing lambs
that are yet on pasture.

Shiawassee Co. LEO C. REYNOLDS.

SOY BEANS IN GRAIN RATION FOR
LAMBS.

The “'iseonsin Agricultural Station re-
cently conducted some experiments to
determine the, feeding value of soy beans
for lambs with oats fed as an adjunct to
corn, Iiecause of their high protein con-
tent, it was assumed that soy beans
would be of great value to balance the
corn raton. As the lambs to be used in
the experiment were to be kept as breed-
ing eWes it was not aimed t'o feed for
large gains but to maintain them in good
growing condition. The grain ration of
one lot was composed of equal parts of
soy beans and shelled com, the other re-
ceiving oats in place of the soy beans.
The amount of grain fed each lot for the
first three weeks was one pound per lamb

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

per day. After this time they received
11/1, pounds per day. About one pound of
cut corn stover was fed to both lots each
morning. For the evening meal they re-
ceived approximately one pound of clover
hay, for a month and a half and then
they received as a substitute June grass
hay.

It was found that the total gains made
by the lot fed soy beans was 163 pounds
rWhile the other lot made a gain of 137
pounds. The lot fe-d soy beans did not
take to their grain during the first few
days, but after that time they appeared
to relish this grain. While it was not
practicable to determine the cost of the
soy beans, the experiments showed that
one pound of soy beans is equal to 1.19
pounds Of oats in feeding value.

Washington, D. C. G. E. M.

 

IN-BREEDING AND CROSS-BREED-
ING.

It is clear that the preventive of free
crossing and the intentional mating of
individual animals are the very corner-
stones of the breeders’ art. No man of
ordinary sense or ability would expect to
improve or modify a breed in any par-
ticular manner, or keep an old breed true
and distinct, unless he separated his an-
imals and mated them with some skill.
The killing of inferior animals in each

minishes the constitutional vigor, size
and fertility of the offspring, and occa-
sionally leads to malformations, but not
necessarily to general deterioration of
form or structure. The failure of fer-
tility shows that the evil results of in-
breeding are independent of the augmen-
tation of morbid tendencies common to
both parents, though this augmentation
is often no doubt highly injurious.

\Vith some animals. among which may
be mentioned certain herds of Shorthorns
well known in the past, it has been pos-
sible to carry on close breeding for a
long period with impunity, by selection
of the most vigorous and healthy individ-
uals, but; sooner or later evil follows.
The evil, however, in such cases, comes
on so slowly that it easily escapes atten-
tion for a time. In such cases a cross
will, however, produce. so to speak, in—
stantaneous effects, and renewed remark-
able appearances of vigor becomes at
once conspicuous, as well as greater fer-
tility.

It is very remarkable that many breed-
ers, who realize that animals and plants
profit from a. slight change in their con-
dition of life, have run riot and injured
their herds by sticking to iii—breeding for
very long periods. They overlook the
important fact that the germ is more
effectually stimulated by the male ele-
ment when taken from a. distinct indi-

 

Prize-winning Chester White Sow shown

Bros., of Hillsdale County, who Won

generation would correspond to the same
thing as their separation.

It. is a great law of nature that all or-
ganic beings profit from an occasional
cross with an individual not closely re-
lated to them in blood, and that, on the
other hand, long continued close in-
breeding is injurious. ’,I‘he belief that
evil follows from close iii—breeding rests.
to a large extent, on the experience of
practical breeders, especially those who
have reared many animals of the, kinds
that can be propagated quickly. For cx—
ample, breeders of pigs have found that
close. breeding not only produces infer-
tility but the young are sometimes born
idiotic and without sufficient sense even
to suck. Furthermore, when attempting
to move some have been found unable to
walk straight.

Calves of closely related parents have
been born with brain disease, staggering
in their gait, and have had to be slaugh—
tered, as it was a hopclcss cndcavor to
1')1'(')loiig their consc-
(iiienccs of long-continucd close in—brecd-
ing are not so easily recognized as the
good effects from crossing, for the de-
terioration is gradual.

It often Occurs that offspring descend-
cd from the nearest blood relations are
not; deteriorated in structure to external
appearance; they are, however, liable to
malformations, because everything that
lessenS the, vital power acts in this man-
ner. “'hen one considers the various
facts adduced, which plainly show that
good comes from crossing. and that evil
follows from close in-breeding, and when
it is borne in mind that throughout the
whole organic world elaborate provision
has been made for the occasional union
of distinct individuals, the existence of
a great law of nature is, if not proved,
at least rendered highly probable—name-
ly, that crossing animals which are not
closely related to each other is highly
beneficial and even necessary. and that
iii-breeding prolonged during many gen-
erations is highly injurious.

As life depends on, or consists in, an
incessant play of most complex forces, it
would appear that their action is, in some
way, stimulated by slight changes in the
circumstances to which each organism is
exposed. The system of long—continued
close in-breeding between relatives di-

livcs. The evil

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November 30. by 1.). II., of
county, in regard to purchasing a private
outfit: for silo filling and seeing the an-
swer, very good but a little discourag-
ing if he is in the same predicament I
was, and it seems to me that, he is, I
venture to give my experience. “’hen
I came to the silo I had to buy the whole
outfit for filling, as there was not a cut-
tcr for miles, and I could not get it then.
and as far as interesting my neighbor
farmers within distance to own a. cutter
and co-operat‘c, it seemed impossible, so
I went at it alone. I had a two-horse
gasoline engine which I used for sawing
wood, grinding fer-d, washing, separating
milk, and a. hundred.othcr things. but I
thought the same. as the answer to this
inquiry, that it took a great deal of pow-
er to run an ensilagc cutter. lint an
agent came to me one day and offered to
put his cutter up and if my little engine
would not run it and fill my silo. which
is 12x28 ft.. and do the work perfectly.
I need not keep it, so I tooIe him up. and
to my surprise I still have it and could
not get along without it. “'0 filled our
Silo at the, rate. of 21} to 25 tons per day
and when it had scttlcd wc refilled it,
and I also had some corn shocked that
was very soft so, on Novcmbcr 22 we
hauled that in and put it in the silo and
it made as good ensilage as the green
corn. \Ve filled our silo with just our
own crew, teams. etc. That made a big
saving in expenses which was no small
item] when I had to buy the whole O'Itil't
alone. The answer speaks of wanting to
exchange a small cutter for a. larger one
in a, short time. There would be no oc-
casion for this. I can put in eight tons
per hour as well as two.

So, if E. H. is thinking of getting a
four-horse engine anyway, I see no rea-
son for him not owning a. silo and cutter
as a four-horse engine of most any make
would run cutter nicely.

VVexford Co.

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BREEDERS’ MEETINGS AT THE
TERNATIONAL.

IN.

American Polled Hereford Association.
The annual meeting of the Polled Here-

ford breeders was held at the Great
Northern Hotel, Chicago, on the evening
of December 4. Twenty-eight breeders
from eight states were present. The

board of directors reported that the first
volume of

the Double Standard Polled
Hereford Record is now in the hands of
the printer and Will be issued within a.
few weeks. During the past year there
have been 215 new herds of pure-bred or
Double Standard Polled Herefords es-
tablished, which is an increase of over 50
per cent over all the previous ten years’
history of the breed. Thcre are now 625
estublishcd herds of l’ollcd Hercfords in
the l'nifcd Slates, located in 34 states,
Old Mexico, llnwali and Canada. The
year just closed has shown a gain in
mcmbcrship of the association, of 112.
while the cnlire former membership gain-
ed in fen years was 120. thus making a
gain of‘ 103 per cent in one year over the
combined growth of’ ten ycars.

Mr. .l, 1‘}. lz'ccn, ol' Muncic, lnd., was
rel-elected president of the association.
ll. U. Gammon. Des Moincs, 1.1., was re-
elected .sccl'cfury—treasurer all. lhe di—
I‘ectors' mcclipu‘.

American Oxford Down Record Asso- .

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ciation.

The members of this association met
on the evening of December 3, with a.
goodly number of breeders in attendance.
The old ofliccrs were re-elecfed for the
cnsuing year. There is a strong scnli—
ment among the, members of this asso-
ciation to have ncxf yeci’st meeting hcld

on thc cvmli'ig following the judging of

Oxfords. tiuc to n belief that lhe mem—
bers gnlhcrctl nt the judging ring will

receive an inspiration which would -mnkc
mccling and that fills
larger nt-

Vl'll'lttl slimululc u

lNTERNATion—XL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Breeding Cattle Championships.
Shot-thorns. 'SVlll'ill :unl grand cham-
bull, lockwood Farms, Ames, 1a.,
on (‘ounf Avon: junior champion bull,
l'llmtlorf lt‘urm, Levinglon, Ky. on King’s
Sccrcl. Senior and grand champion fe-
male, \K'hilc & Smith. St. Cloud, Minn.,
on Roan Queen. Junior champion. I). R.

llunnn, llnvmnni, 0.. on \‘illngc Primrose
3nd.

llCl‘llll‘tll'llSw Scnior :llltl grunt]. chum-
pion bull, .l. l’. l‘udzlliy. l{;t11sns (lily,
Mo” on lt‘aii'fux llilll. .lunioi' champion
bull, L). Harris, llzlri‘is, Mix, on chcntcl‘
7lh. Scnior lllltl grand champion female,
.I. l’. ('Judahy. on Scottish Lassie. Junior
chumnpion female. 0. Harris. on Miss
llcpcnlcl' lllh.

Abc‘rdccn .\nuus.~~Scnior 11nd grand
champion bull, (l. id. l-trondfulc & Sons.
Xl‘lllll, 0., on lrcroy 3rd. of h’lezldow
Brook. Junior champion bull, ll. M. An—
dcrson & Sons, .\'cwell. 111.. on I’rovo
2nd. Junior and grand champion female,
\\'ilson Bros, .‘Inncic, Ind. on Queen
Mother Johnson 81h. Scnior champion

James I). Mctircgor. Brandon.
on Violet 3rd of (‘ongash

chum. bull; Slraub
on f‘hoicc Master.

l'cmulc.
llzlnilobzl.
(inllowayS—‘Scniol'
Rims, Avoca, Nob.
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Sit right down now and mail us
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year
cattle,

In lhc western porfion
corn is bringing only 33617350 per bushel,
and as
for storing surplus,

future.
sulled in

business

 

Trslgott Schmidt & Sons, Detroit, Mich.
Dear Sin :----I want to ship my tun where I can be
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Will you send me priceliu. up. etc, and put me on
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have been ‘
unry and February

attached to his father’s parsonage,
duced 228

 

 

corn,

 

Scnior clmmpion f'cmnlc. Slrnul) Bros” On
Lutlylikc. .Iunior champion l‘cmulc, same
on .\'<‘.!ic Mclville.

I’ollml lmrhamsuwSenior champion bull,

I. ll. Millcr. l’cru. 1nd,. on Sultan's
l‘rcctl. Junior champion bull, same on
Valiant Victor. Scnior champion femulc,

Miller on Lntly (‘l'leciL Junior champion

l'enmlc. sumc on (lepncious Sultan.
licd l‘olls. Scniol' clmmpion bull, (loo.
lncichcn. tlcncvn, lntl.. on lillgin. Junior
cinimpion lmll, l“l‘illll( .l. (llunss. Barnum,
In., on l’Jllll. Scnioi‘ champion female,
lncichcn on (,‘osy 3nd. .Innior chumpiou
T’cmnlc. Chris. (ll'uff', llnncroft, Nob, on
liosnlie.
Breeding Swine Championships.
l’olnnd (VlllllLlSmw(il‘iillll champion b01112

.l‘llllll S, (lootlwin, Naipcrville, lll., on (,‘ol—

onndc. (lrnnd champion sow, MilllOll
Bros, Osborn, 0., 0n Fancy King Lady
‘) .

and.

.lil’l'lisllli‘l‘b'r'(il‘alld champion boar, XV.
lil. Spiccr, Bushnell. 111.. on Artful Duke
40111. ('lrnnd clmmpion sow. same on Art‘-
ful Bclle 114th.

Largo SYDI‘kSllll‘(¥S.~—‘(}l'allll chain. boar
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LIVE STOCK NEWS.

 

been
this
few
this
low.
new

Iowa, farmers who have
with fine. large corn crops
are sorry that they have so
hogs and sheep for feeding
winlcr, since lhe price of corn is so
of that sldte

Many
favored

is utterly inadequate
large quantities will
be forced upon the market in the near
The unusually mild autumn re—
21. much smaller consumption of
feed than usual. Cash
in corn has been quite large in
markets of late, and there
liberal transactions for Jan-
shipment. Speaking
of corn. many farmers will be interested
in hearing about Jerry H. Moore. 'the

crib room

corn and other

ihe western

seventeen—yenr-old South Carolina. youth,

on a single acre of land
pro-

bushels and two peeks of
in so doing broke the world’s

who this year

and

~ ’ -an-«u ,...,,....,..;.l~..v,,..‘ . g.

MICHIO A'N FARMER; ‘

corn record. The legislature of that
state recently adopted resolutions thank-
ing Jerry for his distinguished services to
the commonwealth and also passed a
special act giving him a scholarship in
the university’s agricultural college. So.
Carolina. is not making much of a show-
ing in its corn record, the average yield
to the acre last year having been but
18.5 bushels, with an aggregate crop of
29,646,000 bushels, yet there has been
much imprOVement since 1900. when the
crop aggregated 17.429,610 bushels, with
on average yie.u of only seven bushels
per acrc. The president of the largest
land and credit company in the country
recently remarked that he and bankers
generally were anxious to do business
with farmers who can obtain first—rate
results in growing corn and other crops.
adding that many more boys like Jerry
Moore were'needed in the corn belt.

At the recent sixth unnual convention
of the Indiana Cattle It‘ecders’ Associa-
tion at Lafayette there were cattlemen
present from all parts of the state. and
those who attended furnished statements
showing the extent of cattle feeding in
their respective districts. From the state—
mcnfs made it was gathcrcd that in
southern lndianu only (>0 per cent of a.
normal crop of cattle is now on feed. In
the second flflh supplies run 75 per cent
of" normnl feeding, dividing the state into
five sections, north and south, while in
central Indiana about 75 per cent of hor-
mal feeding was reported. in the north
cenl‘nl and extreme northern sections
it was found that supplies ran from 50
to 122') per cent of normal, according to
localities. Mcn who have lrnVclcd through
the northern portions of tho stifle con-
fended that only 75 per Cent of :1 normal
supply is now on feed for next spring's
murkel.

Short feeding of cattle is now far more
popular than the old-fashioned long feed-
ing, and skillful stock feeders have made
liberal profits by feeding cattle a few
weeks or a few months. in n recent
week a stock feeder mnrketcd :l consign—
ment of cattle that brought $8.25 per 100
lbs., after paying $6.50 for them as feed-
crs and fee-ding for only 42'» days. Cattle-
mcn generally seem to be skeptical about
lllt‘ pcrnmncncy of the prevailing cxccp-
fionully high prices for finished culllc,
:llltl they are in most instances inclined
lo lukc fair profits rather than wail for
Inrgcr returns. This explains the unus—
pnlly small pcrccnlngc of strictly prime
lwt-Vl‘s offered on the Cliicngo and other
markets week af‘lcr week. A well—in-
formctl calliemau who :1 short time ago
frzivcrscd the best cattle territory of Ill-
in-ois :fnd lowu said that 65 per cent of
lhc culllc taken out of wcslcrn markets
within a period of 100 days had been re-
lurnctl already to market, despite the
grcat abundance of feed everywhere.
This slulc. of things may be said to be
quite general, as shown by the half—fat
cattle that comprise the grcutcr part of
the daily market offerings. Observers

have remarked that 83 per cent of the
market, offerings need longer feeding to
rendcr thcm fat. 'l‘his premature mall‘—
keling points plainly to a scarcity of
good cattle by next spring. and it ulso
means a serious shoringo in weight for

is known that most

the winter supply. It .
in feuding dislrlcls

of tho fleshy cattle
were bought at high prices by owners
and this furnishes a powerful inccntive
for unloading them whenever a reason-
able profit appears in sight. Many cal-
tlc ll'th‘ bccn bought in wcstcrn markets
thzlf will not be fed corn until after New
Ycar's.

“Ohio will food more catlle than last
year, yet fln-rc will not be :1 normal
lolnl. 'l‘hcrc will be fully 50 per ccnt
fcwcr sheep and lambs fed in hcre this
season than last.” This is what lI.
Ensign; of Jamestown. Ohio, szlys, and

he should know, us he is very prominent
in Ohio f‘cct'ling :lllll forming affairs. lie
was recently in lhc (‘hicago market for
the purpose of buying :1 large number of
feeding calllc, and rcporlcd the corn
crop of his slow us larger and holler
than last year. whilc tho hay crop was
not us good. “If is my prediction that
those who have paid $7 and higher for
fl'Otllllg steers will nol come out even
where they havc lo murkcf them from
lhc middle of December to tln- middle
of February,” commcnfcd Mr. Ensign.
“indications are for a i—{H‘tll many half-
f‘:il cufflc beingr thrown upon the murkct
(luring that period. 'l‘hosc who am in
posilion to hold their Gallic and got thcm
in good fut condition, necd not, in my
opinion, have cause to worry. 'J‘lich. will
be wnnlcd right along at rclutivcly high
priccs."

'l‘hccalllcmnrkcts of the country have
been suffering from the greatly lesscned
consumption of beef everywhere and the
unusunlly small percentage of prime
heavy and yearling beeves, a. combina-
tion of low-grade bcef and extremely
high prices acting detriment-ally lo the
intercsts of the trade. It is evident
from the grading of cattle coming-to
market that farmers are carrying unus-
ually few well-bred fat steers and heif-
ers on their farms at the present t1mc,
recent marketings having ran largely to
grass cattle and warmed-up stock that
is seeking a market before the Winter
sets in. Farmers as a. class appear to
be wary about fecding cattle through the
winter. and those who will do so arc. In
many cases going to rough them through
and pasture them the following summer.
The deurness of feeders carrying con-
siderable flesh is causing many farmers
to try their luck with light-weight stock
steers? owing to their being Cheaper, and
considerable- numbers have gone: from
western and southwestern live stock
markets to various parts of the corn
belt. On the whole. the promise for
choice beéf cattle for a. long time ahead
cannot be considered as bright. Mean—
while the packers find it no easy matter
to dispose of 'their stocks of beef in
coolers. and several reductions have been
made in prices. but, unfortunately, the
retail meat markets are apt to be slow
in making corresponding reductions in
prices.

 

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Indigestion—Brittle Hoofs.———I have a
lhree-year-old filly that is losing flesh.
appears dull and dumpish, but is not

gelling as much good out of the feed she
cuts as she should. She has been work-
ed hard all summer and 1 have noticed
that her boots are brittle. T. O'N., Hur—
bor Beach, Mich—Examine her mouth
and you will perhaps find a tooth or two
that are interfering with mastication; the
crown of a temporary tooth may require
extracting. (jive her 1 oz. ground gen—
fian, oz. bicarbonate sodu, 1 dr. of
ground nux vomit-a and a teaspoonf'ul of
Fowler's solution at a dose in feed three
times a (lily. She should be well fed and
groomed twice :- day. Apply lanolin to
hoofs once a day.

Indigestion—Chronic Lymphangit‘iss—I
have u mare nine years old that is not
thriving; her hair is rough, lcgs stock a
little, but her appetite is good. “'9 nlso
have zinolhcr horse that had an attack
of‘ lymphungilis one year ago, since then
his lcg remains stocked. It. S., l)ei‘ord,
Mich.» Your mnre‘s tccth may need flout-

1/i:

log. (live her a leuspoonf‘ul of powdered
sulphate iron, two lublespoonf‘uls ground
gentiun, th) tablespoonf‘uls ginger and

l dr. ground nux vomicu at a dose in feed

threc times it day. Chronic lymphum
gills is incurablc, therefore you will ob-
tain unsatisfactory results from treat-
ment. However. iL is Well to keep in
mind that the same cause-s which pro-
duced it once will do so again. .lluily ex-
crcise and avoid ovcrf‘ceding on grain
whcn idle, will usually prevent this dis-
case.

killeulllillih‘lll.*“l have a six-year-old
mall‘c, weighing about 1,500 lbs., that

slif'feiis in both hind legs when allowed

to slund still ll few minutes. There is
no swelling, no f'chr {Hill 1 might add
that some days she. is worse in one 1c:
llmn thc otln r. .\. (I... Ii‘orsyth, Mich.w
(live hcr .‘i drs. sodium sulicylule at a

«ltlsc in feed fhl'cc, limes a day. Also give

her 1/._. oz. powdered nitrate potash at a
dose in feed night and morning. Keep
hcl' dry and warm. AV'oid driving her
whcn cold rain or snow falls on her hind
qunrtcrs.

Chronic, Scours—li‘or the past three
yours my six-year—old mare has been
troublcd with scours. 11:ch given her

different remedies which were
by lWo different Vets. without doing her
uny pcl'm'rlnenl good. \\‘hen she is work-
ed and not (lrchn faster than a walk she
is run so had, but when (lrchn fast she
scours badly. ’l‘. 8., Llincu, Michf—l am
inclined to bclieve this an incurnb-le case.
However, you will obluin l'zlif'ly good re-
sults by giving 1 dr. powdcrcd opium and

prescribcd

from 1_to 2 (lrs. sulol at u (lose in feed
three times :1 day. .You may also try
givmg a feuspoonf‘ul of' powdered sul—

phnlo iron, 1 oz. ground gingcr at a dose
in feed three. times a tiny. Onls and well
cured timothy is the best fccd for n. case
of this kind, and drive slow.

Acute Indigcsffion.--~I have. a 12-year-
old mare that first had a bad attack of
:icule indigestion two weeks ago. \Vzls
fronted successfully by our-.local Vet.
She has had three utlucks since. In
cvcnt that she has :mot'her what would
you advise me to give hcr‘.’ l']. 'F., Cum—
(len, Mich.-—In treating acute indigestion
the first step to be taken is to arrest for-
mcntahion. (live ’4 ‘ozs. hypo—sulphife
soda dissolved in :1 pint of wafer its a
drench and repcate in 30 minutes if rc—
lief has not been obtained. Or give 3
drs. salicylic acid, 1 dr. boratc, of soda
in a quart of warm water at Ll dose every
30 minutes. There are muny other rem—
edies that are suitable. such as sulphlfc
of" lime, imlgncsium sulphate. boracic
acid, crcsylic ncid, curbolic acid and coal
tar disinfectants that are all useful
controlling acute indigcsfion. It is need-
less for me to say that it is always good
practice to wash out rectum with soup—
suds. In some cascs it is necessary to
puncture, bowcl lln right flank to allow
the gas to escnpe; however, this should
not be resorted to unless it is seemingly
justifiable and necessary.

Poor Appetite—43ml Calf with One Tes—
ticle—l have a ill-month—old heifer that
I wish to beef this winter and I would
like 1.0 have you prescribe a tonic forher.
’l‘his heifer is gelling thin. but appears
to be well. i also have a bull -alf that
i wish to castrate but find only one tes—
ficlc in scrotum. \\'ill the other one come.

down later? ,\_ C. S., Benzonia, Mich.—-~
(l1vo your heifer 1 oz. ground gentian,
1,1. oz. powdered cinchona, 1 oz. bicarbo-

nate soda and 1 dr. ground nux vomica
of a dose in fcctl or us a drench three
times it day. Also give her a dessert-
spoonful Fowler's solution at a dose three
times a day. It is possible that the miss—
ing testicle will descend through ring
into scrotum. If you did not care to
wait, he can be castrated now, but, of
course, the risk is a little greater than
if he was in normal condition.

Thin Cow—Light Milken—I have a cow
that has a very good appetite, but she
neither produces much milk or lays on
flesh, but is gradually losing flesh. She
has been giving milk since May and I
would like to know when to dry her. I
feed corn stover and good clover hay
twice a day. She has also run of straw
stack in good weather, and for grain I
give her from 4 to 5 qts. of ground oats

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, of iron

DEC. 21, 1912.

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. THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘

 

 

PRACTICAL SCIENCE. .

 

 

 

 

THE ROLE OF IRON.

BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.

Iron occupies a very unique position in
the animal economy. Iron rarely if ever
occurs on the earth’s surface in its me-
tallic condition but chiefly in the form of
oxide—that is, a union of the metallic
iron with the oxygen of the air. and
when metallic iron is exposed to atmos-
pheric action it vcry soon becomes coat-
ed with a film of oxide, or, as it is some-
times stated, it very quickly rusts.

Iron is a Carrier of Oxygen.

In the. soil, iron is important because
it is a carrier of oxygen and by subse-
quent reduction in the soil and following
oxidation again when exposed to the
air, it plays an important. role in the
chemical activity of the soil.

In the animal organism the office of
iron is exactly the same as in the soil,
that is, it is a carrier of oxygen. One
of the most important functions of the
body—the function of respiration—is im-
possible in the absence of iron. The
small red corpusclcs of the blood are the
agents through which oxygen is distri—
buted throughout the body. Their facul—
ty for holding and carrying the oxygen
seems to depend very intricately on the,
iron which is a constituent part of their

composition. The haemoglobin of the
blood when it becomes oxygenated, or
charged with oxygen, becomes what is

known as oxy—haemoglobin, in which oxi-
dized condition. because of the content
there present, oxygen is trans—
ported throughout the. blood to the var-
ious tissues of thc body, where the oxy-
gen is given up. The carbon dioxidc gas
in the tissue is in turn taken up by the
haemoglobin and is transported back to
the lungs where it is discharged. The
presence of iron in the blood, therefore
we may readily see, is very vital indccd
to the normal respiratory process. In—
deed. the haemoglobin of the. blood which
we may consider as a typical protcid con-
tains as a constituent part iron in ex-
actly the same way that all proteid ma-
terials contain nitrogen. This is one ex-
ample, showing an inorganic. plant con-
stituent, namely, iron, to be a typical
food material.

Iron is a Plant Food.

To a certain extent, therefore, it is
possible to refer to iron as plant food.
It will be recalled that we have asserted
from time to time that the major ac-
tivity of the mineral nutrients in the, soil
was to be construed in the light, of their
administrative capacity rather than as
plant foods. liy administrative. capacity
it. will be recalled that we considered
their major office to be in assisting in the.
creation of the various organic products
such as starch, sugar, etc., assisting by
their presence only with-out becoming an
integral part of that organic substance.
Iron, we say, is in part an exception to
this statement, and to the cxtcnt that it
is an exception it becomes a typical plant
food.

Iron, then, is necessary in the food. It
is peculiarly necessary because as We
have heretofore stated, it is associated
in the body with the rcspiratory process.
It is a direct carrier of oxygcn in the
blood.

iron Stored up in the Body at Birth.

A study of the composition of young
animals at birth and at various stages in
their early life history has revealed the
fact that at birth there seems to be an
excessive amount of iron stored in their
bodies. Mammals relying for their food
entirely upon mothers’ milk are limited
thus in their food supply. Now the only
iron that could be obtained from outside

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sources would be the iron which is a
natural constituent of mother’s milk.
“'hen it was discovered that at birth

many young mammals contained a con-
siderable supply of iron, certain scien-
tists began to inquire why this surplus
of iron was present in the young ani~
mal’s body. An examination of the milk
——the natural food of that’ animal-showed
that it was rather constant in its con-
tent of iron and from the time of its
birth until the time when milk ceases to
be its total diet, there is practically no
change in the per cent content of iron in
the milk. It is very evident, therefore.
that if in a young animal living entirely
on milk, for the first few months of its
existence, an excess of iron is stored in
the body at the time of birth, it! seems
reasonable to assume that nature has
thus wisely provided for an all import-
ant substance which the milk—the natu-

ral food for the animal—must be defi-
cient in, and the evidence seems to bear
out this statement.

Milk is Deficient in Iron.

In other words, to make it perfectly
plain, milk does not contain enough iron
to make it even a perfect food for the
infant and young animal except it be
supplemented in some way as far as con-
tent of iron is concerned. Nature has
beautifully provided for this by providing
a suffitficient store of iron in the body to
thus supplement the milk for a certain
period of time in the early history of the
animal. It has been estimated that in
the human infant this period will, on the
average. be about ten months. '

The Ten Months Line Again.

In other words. at the end of ten
months after birth, we may safely as-
sume that the excess store of iron in the
infant’s body will have been exhausted.
A priori reasoning again would convince
us that this is the time in the life of the
child when some food other than milk
should be given it. It is interesting to
note in this cOnnection that this time
seems to tally very nicely with the time
indicated by the exhaustion of the ‘lime
supply, which is another indicator which
we have used in this study in food ma.-
terial.

Our Modern Living.

I‘Ve' have mentioned from time to time
that the abnormality of modcrn living
tends to exaggerate the. natural deficien-
cies of our food in various materials.
l\’lodcrn machinery and the perfection of
food manufacturing have lowered thc in-
organic constituents of’ food. “'e will
take for example, one of the most nota-
ble illustrations, that ismwhitc wheat
flour. Modern methods of milling have
gradually reduced the amount of inor-
ganic matter contained in flour until it
is very low indeed in our modern white
patent flmir. The removal of the. cixtc-
rior of the bcrry and the fine, sieves
which prevent cvcn the smaller particles
of bran from passing through have re-
duced the inorganic. matter in white flour
until there is present, in the highest
grades not more, than .4 per cent? of to-
tal inorganic matter. This would not be
a matter of so much concern were it not.
for the fact that bread is even now the.
most stable article of food on the table
and we. feel that some effort should be
made to provide among our daily articlcs
of food those constituents which are nec-
essary to carry on the, actual vital proc—
esses of the. body.

Anaemia Caused by Deficiency in Iron.

One of the most comm-on diseases of
persons living specially in the cities, is
anacmia, and in the larger cities thoper-
nicious cases of anaemia are by no
means uncommon. These cases. physi-
cians lay directly traceable to the lack of
iron in the blood, caused primarily
through the lack of iron in the food, or
to a. disturbed metabolism which pre-
vents possibly the absorption of iron
Whipll may be present in tile food. It is
an interesting thing to note that an im-
pairment of tho iron-absorbing power of
the blood seems to be onc of the first in-
dicat'ors of a seriously disrurbcd
bolism and thus we- may sco nature
llOlllting again to the Vital role which
iron plays in human and animal nutri-
tion.

mcta-

Iron Tonics.

Various preparations containing iron
have been on the markct from time, to
time in order to overcome the food (le-
ficiency in this product.

These have been of doubtful value. The
iron occurring in food products, seems to
be in a considcral’ilci degree in organic
combination, that is~built into the or-
ganic molecule in the food, and the. hu—
man body—thc animal body~scems to be
capable of utilizing those inorganic con-
Stituents which are. an integral part of
the organic molecule to wetter advantage
than inorganic constit'uents which are
present in the food possibly in inorganic
form.

Iron High in Peas, Beans, Etc.

Tron, for example, is present in the
protein of peas—legumeswmost of which
class of food are. peculiarly high in their
content of iron. Iron is present, in the
yolk of eggs, in organic combination.
Most of the preparations of iron on the
market are some solutions of various in-
organic salts of iron and it seems rea-
sonable to suppose that they are not of
so much value to restore the bodily de-
ficiency in iron as those products which
contain iron as a. constituent part of

'to be found in the catalog.

their makeup. So we say that arranging
the diet to include in large quantities
those food materials which contain large
amounts of organic iron is the most ra-
tional method of overcoming and combat-
ting those diseases which are due pri-
marily to inadequate amounts of iron in
the body.

We shall take up some of those foods
and attempt to show some dietaries bas-
ed on these statements.

L'ABORATORY REPORT.

Will you please tell me if there is
enough goodness in sour apples to pay
for picking up and feeding to milch cows
or to any other stock? I would like to
make some use of them. have been feed—
ing about a peck to a cow; they have
failed in milk. I thought it was due to
taking them off from grass. Am feed—
ing hay, evergreen sweet corn, gluten
and bran; will feed silage in about a
week. I am sending the analysis of the
gluten that I am fccding: is it,‘ all right?
I would like to ask how to make good
cider vinegar from tho cider of sour ap-
ples. The cidc-r is just made; have tried
it a number of times and never had any
success.

Sanilac Co. E. L. T.

(1). Several times in these columns
the method of manufacture of cider vin-
egar has been outlined. Sour apples
make very dcsiralilo cidcr vinegar if they
are clean. The bcst way to handle the
cider in small quantitics is to keep it in
a rather warm place. add a yeast cake,
(one of Fleischman‘s compressed yeast:
cakes), whcn the sugar in the cider will
very rapidly change to alcohol. In spite
of the fact that thc applcs arc sour they
will be found to hayc a good deal of sug-
ar in them, just thc same. and this sugar
will quite rcadily fcrmcnt to alcohol whom
it has bccn trcatcrl with ycast and kapt
in a motlcratcly warm place.

After lhc sugar in the cider has been
changcl'l into alcohol the slowest part of
the vincgar—inaking proccss bcgins. Place
:1 vinegar barrel on its sldc, add two 01‘
three gallons of vinegar and then fill it
about onc~lifth full with the fermented
cidcr. at the. cod of a coupl or three
wccks add anothcr fifth of the cider stock
and so on until the barrel is full. The
bung should be left opcn or-pluggcd
looscly with raw cotton. To make the
vinegar of proper strength will take two
or three months, but its flavor will be
fine if thc cidcr is from clcan, nice ap-
plcs. Good cider vincgar cannot be made
from poor, decayed apples

(2). Sour applcs. if ground or chopped
in ratlicr small pieces, are a good ad-
junct to thc ration for milch cows. They
would bc classcd in with silagc and oth—
er succulent fccds, although they do not
hayc the value that. good corn silage
would have, but with plenty of apples on
the ground there is no nced of wasting

them and thcy may, with perfect pro-
priety, and with decided advantage, be

worked in as a supplemental feed. l‘rob-
ably 10 or 15 pounds per day would be
as much as should be given, and care
should be takcn that tlicy are cut up so
that there will bc no danger of the stock
choking on same.

(31). The card showing the analysis of
gluten fccd indiactcs that: same is about
a normal glutc-n l‘ecd. Notice, also. that
this gluten fccd is uncolorcd. It has been
quite the custom to add a yellow coal
tar dye to glutcn food, but, the writer is
plcased to note that this feed is uncol—
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SHALL THE DAIRYMAN KEEP PURE-
BRED COWS?

T HIS is a. question which until quite
lately, possessed comparatively lit-
lie interest for the average farin—
eer, but so rapid has been our-progress
within the last few years, in the Science
of dairying, that now, not a few men
would say yes, without any hesitation
whatever. The majority, however, still
feel fur less interest in this subject than
its importance warrants, and I am writ-
ing now to present the subject briefly, in
the hope that it may induce someone to
think of the great advantages of the
pure—bred herd.

The first advantage that occurs to us.
is that of selection. Of course, there are
poor cows that are pure-bred, but the
conscientious breeder ‘will not ship them
if he knows they are poor. There are
exceptions, of course, but most of the
pure—bred cattle sold by responsible deal-
crs :11'c good, and the average of pure—
brcds is much higher in respect to qual-

i1y. than the average of the bcsl. cattle
not registered.
Tho-re, is more hope for the future of

its own-
:111d cure

an animal that is registered, for
or will take better care of it.
always tells.

The man with a
that he has more in
will give more thought
it. “Where your freasure
your heart I111 also," said
Teacher." and the s:1yi11g is ever truc.
Show 1111‘ :1, 1111111 who has little or noth-
his herd. and I will SlHHV
little faith in the busi-
lilfle, reason for fuiih
practicrn I used to
feed grain, to their
cows, 11nd wondcr how they ovcr expect—
ed to gel their money buck. if any 111:111
had told me that :1 cow should have, more
I should h 1V0 lh-ouL. ht
utter a few years of
trial. if is quite 115‘ they for me, to fccd a.
(low. :1,»- I11 f‘ccd :1, horse. for l know I am
just us sure 111 get it back, if not surcr.

herd fecls
11nd

pure-bred
the business,
11nd attention to
is, there, will
the “(lreuf‘

ing invcnlcd in
one who has
and will have
changes his

you
ness,
1111f i1 11c

which somo pcople

grain than :1 horse
him crazy. but now

I would not advise who does
not like :1 cow, [11
unilnuls‘, l'm' lhcy will
money invesvled in the-111
care and utlcniion.
Thc- man who has
pure—bred cows. should start right. He
should 1141f anything in this line. be—
cause it is chcup. He should not buy at
the beginning. of :1, man of little or no
exporience in breeding. Heshould rath-
er go to an experienced breeder of the
animals he wants to llui'cllaSc. and then

the man
invest in pure—bred
not pay for the
without proper

decided to breed

buy

rely 1111 the judgment of that breeder.
"Yes, I know he, might not be Square with
you, he. might sell you something that is
not of much value, just because he sees
ytm are 1111 ensy mark, but if 1 Were you,
and know little, or nothing about. the
scicncc of cattle brceding, 11nd wanted

to improve my herd 11nd 1.11:1 :1 pure—bred
herd of high q1111hfy us soon as I could,
I would go to some reputable breeder,
and ask his advice. 11nd pay his price for
stock unless i believed it too high. For
I should not be, very likely 1111 mourn «1V9?
the price, and second. that if that breed—
er gave me the advice which he. followed,
and if l follow1 1] ii. some d-1y I might be
just as sucr-cssi‘ul a breeder as he.

Render, l something
in confidence: My success in life, has
been only ordinary. but whenever I have
done, :111,_v‘1l1i11;_: well. it has generally been
by following the example of some other
mun who has succcmlwl. The way of
life is strewn with failures, because. men
Will not consent to be led.

I shall never forget my first winter
with :1 silo. T read the Muhig 1n Farmer
with great care every Blother
Lillie, did not wirile :1 winter
that was lost on 1110.

I said to myse‘f’, now, ii‘ i feed those
cow's just as Lillie tells me to. and if he
tells the, best he knows, then 1, can feed
cows quite as well as he. I was right.
for once, at any raf‘e. So here is a mot-
to for the beginner in dairying: “Follow
the successful man.” Put this motto up
where you can see, it. and read it, until
it rings in your ears Say it over to

want to i1-ll you

w eck.
word tho 1.

yourself while you are milking. And let
it regulate your dairy practice. If you
do this, your neighbors will soon be

coming to you for advice, and you can
return the good that other people have

done you.
Time flies very fast, and it is surpris-

ing how soon the calf gets to be a. cow.
It will not take long fer us to grow a
pure—bred herd of considerable size, 'if
we- only make the start. But‘ let me
again emphasize the importance of start-
ing right.

I would by far rather be the owner of
one good cow, than to have a whole barn
full of poor ones. The cow that will
merely pay for what she eats, furnishes
you a market for the feed grown on the
farm. but she makes you work hard and
long to market it. The Cow that does
not quite pay for her feed, is running you
in debt, and the more cows you have,
that are like her, the poorer you are.
When you invest in pure—bred cows, you
have a right to expect something better
than the average, and if you do not get
it. you are losing out. No intelligent man
would put money into registered stock if
he did not think the value was in them,
11nd it is not in them, unless they will
make good when put to the tcst. There
are COWS that Will do this. and we can
get them, if we, buy wisely, but if we are
beginners. we need the advice of an ex-
perienced breeder.

Last year our association paid $110 for
a male calf that was not more than six
months old. Yes, that was 11 good price-
for a calf. \i’e could have gotten regis-
tered male calves of that age, and size.
for less than one-quarter of that sum.
\Vhy did we pay the price for our bull?

Because, we could not: get him for less,
and we could not afford to do without
him. If all goes well. he has yours of

Scl‘Vicc before him. and if he sustains the
reputations of the great animals whose
blood runs in his veins, he will be worth
many times what we paid for him. There
are nearly as many male culvcs dropped
:11; there are heifers; you can get bulls,
11nd bulls, but reader, there are only a
very few truly great sires and when you
one, for your herd, your pure—bred
mean, you can not afford to slop
for a few dollars It will make the ani-
mul no better to pay a long price for
21111] I 11111 not writing in this man-
.elp the breeder of pure-bred cuf-
upon his customers, but the

Hclcci

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him.
nor lo 2
lie to fatten

root of the whole. matter is to get ani-
llllllS at the beginning that are: full of
111-1111115111 11nd, if we get such animals, we

them.
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BUCKWHEAT BRAN—BALANCED RA-
TION—RUSK CRUMBS FOR
CALVEs

I enclose a sample of buckwhclt bran

which I ‘Illi buy 21L $21 a top. is it
worth that price? \Vill you 1.7, V11 me a.
balanced ration of the following feeds:

Buckwheat bran at $21 a ton; ground

outs 111 $271 11 fun: cottonseed meal :11 $34)
11111111; willlcr whcut b1'1111 at $24 :1 11111‘.’
This fccd is intended for milch cows.
some fresh some gch :1 little milk. and
others 11111 «hr: the roughage consists of

Hulv in tho morning, ell—
gilage at 8 11‘11111k, straw at 11111111, e11-
silage at 5 111-1111-k. and mixed hay at
night. Must dry cows have the same
kind of feed 11s WHYS giving milk‘.’ Are
l'llSk crumbs worth $1.710 a hundred? Are
they good for young calves? How much
is good for a calf to start on and gradu-
:1lly increase if: also, how much milk?
l have a. Sf'purutm 11nd put the crumbs
in tho skim-milk.

Ottawa CO. ll. V.

The sample of buckwheat brzm is what
is commonly known as buckwheat mid-
dlings and buckwheat hulls. Rupkwheat
hulls in themselves are practically worth—
less as a feed, but lhe buckwheat mid—
dlings are quite valuable, containing over
20 per cent of digestible pron-in. \Vith
the price of other foods at the present
fime,f11r instance, oats at $271 per ton, I
could say that $2] is all that: this bran
is Worth. The middlings themselves
might be considercd worth more. but I
would rulhcr have the bulls bollcd out,
or scrccncd out, than to have. thcrm in
there. There is one thing about if, 1hey
are, light and consequently don’t add very
much to the weight. Possibly they are
worth the price. I believe the chczipcsl,
ration you could get out of the foods
you have, named would be. to mix the
ouls and the buckwheat bran ill equal
parts by weight. say 100 lbs. of each,
mix them together thoroughly. and fccd
the cow this grain ration in connection
with your roughage Your roughage, of
course, is deficient in protein. You have
no clover hay, simply one feed of mixed
hay is given a day and cornstalks and
ensiluge for the balance. consequently
you should feed a grain ration compara-
tively rich in protein. and the ground
oats and buckwheat bran will make a
good grain ration to feed with them. You
could feed less of this and feed, say one
pound a day of cottonseed meal if you
prefer to do that, but I believe I would
as soon have the buckwheat middlings
and the cats. as any feed. On the other

cornsta l ks,

DEC. 21_. 1912.

hand, wheat bran will take the place of
the ground oats. You could mix your
buckwheat middlings and wheat bran,
equal parts by weight, and make a good
ration.

I am unable to say about the value of
rusk crumbs for calves. I know that the
rusks make very good food for 980918.
but whether these crumbs would make a
good food for calves or not, I do not
know. I have heard of their being used.
I should not think that they would do
any harm to the calves when mixed with
the milk, but I hardly think that they
are rich enough in fat to balance up a
ration of skim»-milk, and I would prefer
to have linseed meal gruei. If you can
get these crumbs at a. bargain it might
pay to try them in a small way and see
what effect they would have.

COST OF PRODUCING MARKET MILK.

A very careful investigation made by
the Dairy Department of the College 01'
Agriculture. of Ohio State University,
shows that the average cost of producing
11 gallon of milk in Ohio is about 25
cents, or 61,4 cents per quart. This al-
lows 3,200 pounds per year as an average
milk production. It: really takes the pro-
duction of the average cow in the state
of Ohio. This cost, of course, takes into
11‘111sidel'utio11 the cost of feed, labor, in-
teresu on investment, maintenance, in-
surance, tuxc's, etc., just as the manufac-
turer would figure his business. When
the average milk production is increased
the cost of producing the milk, of course,
is decreased. Now the average cost of
distribution is 31,43 cents per quart, mak-
ing a tot/1.1.1 of 51% cents per quart as the.
cum of producing milk and delivering it
to the customer. ’l‘hercforc, this means
that when 11.ilk retails at 10 cents aqullrt
the “vol-age, producer or distributor is
making a little or no profit in the- tran-
saction. then cows above the average
produce the milk, of course. there is a.
profit, 111111 when we hzlve cXcepiionally
lgood cows the profit increases so that it
ls 11 respectable business.

The city customer who is complaining
constantly about: the high price of milk
if it gets above live cents a quart ought

in take these things into consideration.

They ought to be willing to pay the
farmer at learn the cost of production,
and yet we learn 111111 the, women of

some of the larger cities are thinking of

boycotting the milk proposition because
milk sells for eight or nine cents a,
quart, and this also from women who

are abundantly able to pay for 1‘he food
which they consume. Certainly if they
would study the cost of production and

distribution of good clean milk they
would not object to paying,r nine or ten
cents :1 quart for it, because I believe

that they would be wilhug that the man
who produced the. milk and the man who
dislribulcs it should make a little profit.
The only reason why they can take the
attitude which they do with regard to
this necessary product is because they
think the farmer and the distributor are
making cXcessive profits out of it. Now
they are not. The overagc man who
produces milk and sells it for less than
11111 cents a quart is producing it at a.
loss if he takes into consideration all of
the expenses which go into production.
llc muy not do it 113 economically as he
should do it. And yet, if we haven't
any better vo must. get along with these
and they must make :1 living, 111111 the
only way to have cheaper milk 111' cheap-
er food products of any kind for the city
consumer is 110 have some of the people
in the: crowded cities come- out onto the
farm and show us how 101110 it. If we
could get labor cheaper we could pro-
duce foodstuffs cheaper. If some of the
people in the cities who are complaining
about the. high cost of food products
would go out into the country and pro-
duce for a time there would be less com—
plaint about the high cost of them» pro—
ducts, and this change would be benefi-
1-i:1l, both from thc standpoint of health
and ,of cducution.

TEACHING A CALF TO DRINK.

It is no small accomplishment to be
able to take a young calf that has only

been allowed to nurse his mother once
or twice, away from his mother, teach

him to drink milk, feed him about the
right amount, and get him started on
skimmilk, substituting flaxseecl jelly for
the butter-fat which the separator takes
out; of the milk, gradually getting him
onto roughage, and make a nice animal
out of him. It is an accomplishmentthat
any person ought to be proud of. There
isn’t only now and then a. man that can
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BEAN PODS VS. CLOVER HAY.

 

Having no clover hay will it do to feed
bean pods to cows once a day, With
cornstalks, and ground oats and corn

twice a day?

If you would plant your beans real
early and then harvest them before the
beans ripen, just as soon as they are
nicely set in the pods, and make them
into hay, you would have a hay equal,
probably, to clover hay; but when you
allow the beans to ripen, the straw gets
ripe and dry and it becomes unpalatable
and undigestible to a large extent, and
yet there is a good deal of value to it.
If you have no clover hay bean pods
make a fairly good substitute. Much de—
pends upon the quality of the bean pods.
If the beans were pulled before they got
dead ripe, cured and gotten under cover
without getting wet and (lid not heat in
the m0w nor get musty, in other words,
if they are palatable and digestible, they
make a fairly good substitute for clover
hay and you need haVc no hesitancy in
feeding ‘hem. But the most of the bean
pods this year are almost worthless for
feed because they were damaged by rain
and many of them were absolutely unfit
for food.

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FEEDING RUTABAGAS.

 

Can we, feed our cows rutabagas where
we send the cream to the crc-ainery?
Kent Co. ll. L. D.
You can feed rutabagas with entire
safety to milch cows and have their pro—
ducts in good marketable condition if
you do not feed too many of them at
once, csi'lccially when you first begin to
feed them. There is where the trouble
comes in feeding these. rank growing
roots and other foods. If we give the
cow all she wants at first it throws her
system out of normal condition aiid a.
taste will be imparted to the milk, but
on the other hand, if we begin gradually
to feed them and never ovcrfccd it will
have no particular effect upon the quality
of the milk, and they can be safely fed.
lutabagas are a splcndid root to be fed
to cows and furnish a splendid succulent
ration. I would begin to feed the cows
only one or two rutabagas at a time,
then gradually incrcasc until you get
them so that they will eat a licck, no
more, at a feed. That is sullicient. There
is no great amount of food value in the
rutabagas, of course, there is some, but
the cffect on the digestive tract is splen—
did and enables the animals to digest
more of the dry feeds which are con-
sumed. If care is taken in feeding the
bagas at first, and due care taken not to
overfeed at any time, there will be no
trouble whatever with the milk. The
creamery will not know that you are
feeding rutabagas.

COTTONSEED MEAL FOR COWS.

 

One of my neighbors was telling me
that you had quit feeding cottonseed to
your cows. They saw it in The Farmer.
I take The Farmer but must have over-
looked that articlc. I read your writ—
ings with a great deal of interest. lwant
your advice if it is not asking too much.
My reason for writing is this, I have
had three cows that have each lost, one
teat each, and last summer one of my
cows lost her calf. She was four months
along. I have ncver had any trouble in
this way before with my cows. I begin
to think it is the cottonseed that we
fed last Winter. \\'c feed 5% lbs. a day
this winter. “'0 are only feeding 2 lbs.
per day with good silage, clover hay and
cornstalks. A few days ago I got out of
cottonseed, did not have any for four or
live (lays. My cows did not shrink on
their milk at all. and when I first began
tofeed it they did not increase the flow
of milk at all. I am beginning to think
that it is money thrown away to feed
cottonseed. Am I wrong? ‘\\'e left all of
our corn in the silage so it is rich feed.
Our corn that we huskc-d went over 100
bu. per acre. '\\'hat kind of feed with
silage, do you think buckwheat middlings
and wheat bran would make?

Kent Co. E. IV. S.

I don’t like to express my opinion about
the effects of cottonseed meal in this
particular instance. because the evidence
is not complete enough so that. one can
form anything like a satisfactory opin-
ion. In a former article in the Michigan
Farmer I did say that I was suspicious
that where one fed too much cottonseed
meal, especially to a breeding herd, that
it in some way interfered with the regu-
larg breeding of the animals. I stated
plainly the fact that I could not prove
this. It is simply a notion of mine, and
I have got that notion from feeding cot-
tonseed meal for quite a long time to my
herd of cows. I have discontinued the
feeding of cottonseed meal entirely,
largely because I was suspicious that it
did interfere with the regular breeding of
the animals, and since I have discontin-
ued the use of cottonseed meal we are

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

not having the trouble We formerly did.
Yet I may be entirely wrong, it might
have been due to something else. 1 am
simply giving you my suspicion.

My experience in feeding cottonseed
meal, however, is different from E. W.

S.’s. I could always get results in feed-_

ing it, and I think, theoretically, that
cottonseed meal is a splendid food to
feed in connection with corn silage be-
cause it helps balance the ration and
when I fed cottonseed meal I could al-
ways get results so far as increased milk
flow was concerned. I think you could
get the same results with buckwheat
middlings and wheat bran, and perhaps
better results, but I doubt at the prices
which feeds sell on the market you could
get results as economically, because a
pound of digestible protein costs more
furnished by wheat bran and buckwheat
middlings than it does in cottonseed meal.
and if I didn‘t have a breeding herd of
cattle where. the, calves were one of the
important products of the herd, I would
not object at all to feeding two pounds
of cottonseed meal a, day. I don’t think
that would do any particular harm. But
the calf crop is quite an important one
with me, and as long as I believe the
cottonseed meal does have, a little influ-
ence. upon the breeding of the cows and
possibly upon the progeny, as long as 1
can get results, even if it does cost a.
little more, by feeding other foods, and
certainly as long as 1 am having better
results since 1 discontinued the use of
cottonseed meal, I am not going to feed
any more cottonseed meal, at least, for
some time to come.

Now with regard to the injury of the
udder. I am quite positive in my own
mind, that excessive feeding of protein
is liable to cause udder trouble. ,l"ossibly
three pounds of cottonseed meal per day
might liaVe a tendency to do this, but I
doubt this. A cow's udder can be ill-
jurcd from so many different causes that
it is not advisable to lay this bad result
to the feeding of cottonseed meal without
knowing more about conditions. It might
have nothing to do with it, and it might.

I cannot understand why you do not
get results from feeding the. cottonseed
meal. You say that when you‘stop feed—
ing the two pounds of cottonseed meal
per day your cows do just as well, and
that when you begin feeding again there
is no increase in the flow of milk. This
is certainly unusual. Most everybody
else reports that they get best results
when they feed a feed like cottonseed
meal, rich in protein. if fed in connection
Willi corn silage and ordinary hay or
straw as roughage, because such rough-
age lacks the necessary amount of pro-
tein to have a cow do her best and the
cottonseed nical supplies it.

Now, with regard to your cow losing
her calf, or aborting. Here again, abor-
tion is many times due to some external
injury. This cow may have been hooked,

or may have slipped in the field, or been'

crowded or jammed in a way to produce
abortion. Or it may be contagious abor-
tieii has started in your herd. There are
so many things to be taken into consid-
eration that I wouldn’t want to, for a.
moment, think that cottonseed meal was
the cause of this. I doubt very much if
it was.

\Vith regard to the value of buckwheat
middlings and wheat bran, it is the judg-
ment of all dairymen who have, tried
these feeds that there is nothing better
for the cows than these two feeds. If
you will mix up these iniddliiigs and the
bran together in equal parts, for a grain
ration, I don't believe you could find a
better one. The only question is as to
the price. \\'liat we, want is a certain
amount of protein in the grain ration to
help balance up the carbohydrates in the
roughage. Other things being .equal, we
'will take that food which will give us a
pound of digestible protein at the lowest
price. At the present prices of these
commOdities I think you can get a pound
of digestible protein cheaper in cotton-
seed meal, but if i was suspicions that
cottonseed meal didn‘t agree with my
cows I would try some other feed for a
spell at least, and see what the effect
would be. Because your corn that you
put into your silo was Wcll cared, it is no
sign that you should not feed a grain ra-
tion rich in protein. In reality, it is all
the more necessary to have an econom-
ical ration, that you mix some food with
this that is rich in protein, otherwise:
your cows will have to eat too much of
this corn silage to get the protein which
they desire and need. My judgment
would be, if you have good dairy cows,
that you can afford to feed them a small
grain ration of some feeding stuff rich in
protein.

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DETROIT. DEC. 21. 1912.
MERRY CHRiSTMAS.

AS the first Christmas morning. which
suw the dawn of the Christian era. gave

to flu world :tl HllI‘c tho greatest elelllltlu
and thc grcutcst incontivc, not alonc in
right living Within t'nc application of thc
[mind to“, but 11H Wt‘ll in accordance with
thc Holden ltult- :iH npplicd to the good-
1"clloqutip of man, so cztch rcturning hol-
itlziy marks a rcncwul of the
t‘liristmns sphit within the hearts of all
('hristiun niunkind. ’l‘ltcn, HS :11 no othcr
()lll'

St‘iib‘lill

Sidb‘tll], Lll't‘ “'0 \’\'tllll it) l‘i‘lllt‘llllii‘l'

friends with little gifts which, regardless
of their intrinsic value. typify our kindly

fort-ling 10\\';il'(l thcm, .\t, the Christmas—
tidc as at no other pcriod of the ycur,
wc urc also wont to remembcr the un—
fortunzttc and in many ways to exhibit
:t spirit of good i'cllowship lowurd mun-
kind in gcucral, which might wcll bc
t'lillllzt‘ -.1 throughout thc ycur.

’l‘hn f_',t"ll(-l‘lilly used Salutation, “Mcrry

t‘ttristmns,” is :1 happy cxprcssion which
should bc glycn its {111ch moaning as (in
axpi'tmsion of “good will toward mcn,"
tuc giving of the best and noblest Scull—
lili'llin' within us for thc good of (ill mun-
ktnd, its hUlliS thc truo Clll‘ih‘illldS spirit.
Thus we wi>‘l1 cvcry mcmbcr of thc Mich-
igun Farmer family 21 Hwy Mcrry Christ-
lililS, and limit with thc grcittcr satisfac-
tion because we know that tiny will paws
thc Word along within tho split-rc of thcir
uctivities with the true Christmas spirit
which will make for thc, pcrmuncnt bet-
wcll as thc temporary good
mankind.

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CURRENT COMMENT.

llLfl't‘lHl‘tn'Ul our efforts

The Business End in behalf of thc form-
of Farming. crs of Michignn have
bccn largcly dircctcd

toward ucquuinling our rcznlcrs with the
lll'lllt'lplt‘h‘ of scientific agriculture which
hch been dcvclopcd so rapidly in rc-
ccnt yczirs. \Vc have bclievcd thctt ncw—
1y dOVcloped scicntilic truths us applicd
t0 pructicul agriculture Were not, sogcn-
erally understood or lhcir importuncc so
generally apprcciutcd by the avcruge
farmer as should be thc cusc», whilc the
experience of practical formers as to the
bcst methods of production held a lesson
of scarcely lesser importancc. But. while
the application of scientific principles and
economic methods in thc production of
crops is an important itcm in the- busi-
ness end of farming, the marketing of
those crops in a manner to secure to the
farmer the greatest income is a. matter
of no less importance.

For this reason we have planned for
the coming year, without lessening the
value of the Michigan Farmer from the
standpoints above mentioned, to place

special emphasis upon the problems of
marketing farrr‘

“‘oducts in»a manner

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

whicl will secure to the producer the
greate possible proportion of the con-
sumer's dollar. To this end we shall not
only amplify our market reports in {3.
manner which will give to producers the
widest possible knowledge of market con-
ditlons but, under the head of a new
department of Farm Commerce. publish
in each issue articles which are the dc-
vclcpment of practical experience on the
subject of marketing farm products in
a manner which will greatly increase the
producer's revenue and at the same time
prove an advantage to the consumer,
which is a necessary factor in any suc-
cessful scheme of direct marketing. It
is a matter of common knowledge that
there is far too wide a margin between
the price received by the producer and
the price paid by the consumer for prac-
tically all farm products, but no prac-
tical remedy for this condition has been
applied.

Herctofore commerce in farm products
has becn entirely separate from the bus-
iness of production.
production the commerce
intimately associated with the business
of production and controlled by, if not
actually engaged in, by the producers. In
this fact lies an‘ economic lesson for pro-
ducers of farm products. The products
of the farm should be directed into chan-
nels of trade by the farmers themselves,
the same as the products of our manu-
factories are directed into channels of
trade by their producers, who in every
case, retuin control of their distribution.

The word “commerce" means thc trud-
ing in or distribution to the trade of any
kind of products, hcnce the hcuding of
Farm Commercc has been selected as the
comprclicnsivc title of this ncw dcvpnr-
ture in ugricultural journalism, and wc
Shall endeavor to make this new depart-
ment so practical and COIDDI‘C‘hOI'lSlVC‘ us
to be worthy of its name. To this cud
we have prcparcd a Series of special arti-
cles on markctiug by what we have
styled the “NHMID” system, meaning. as
thc title implics, no middleman, which is
the rcsult of actual experience and many
months of paticnt investigation in suc-
ccsst‘ul methods of the direct marketing
of form products, thc first installment of
which will appcur in the issue of Decem-
bcr 28. in addition to practical articles
of this nature, we shall make this do—
partment on cxpcricncc exchange forour
rcadcrs, as wcll tzlS the medium for ad-
vice upon specitic promems. In addi—
tion, comment will be made upon the
situation as it exists with rcgard to var-
ious products: in the leading markct cen—
ters, drawing logical conclusions where
these are obvious, in such a manner as
is cnlculutt-d to aid the reader in exer-
(‘lsing good judgment as to the time and

in products is

manner of murkc'ting such products as
he is unrthlc to sell direct to the con-
sumer and must, market through regular
chnnncls.

In doing this, howcvcr, wo shall not
attempt, as have some market writers
who pose as possessing supernatural
knowlcdge with regard to future murket
conditions, to make accurate: prcdictions

\vith rcgurd to the future- trcnd of mar—
kct vnlucs. which evcry thinking man

knows is beyond the pole of human :ibil-
ity, but rather to furnish accurate infor-
mation upon which the reader may base
an intelligent, opinion. “'0 do not aim
simply to tell our reudcrs that they are
being robbcd by othcr “interests,” with—
out offcring an effective remedy. but
rather to point out to them a way by
which an increasing proportion of their
porducts may bc marketed under the

In all other lines of."

.to that commerce,

“NOMID” system, which will not only
afford them a. greater revenue from the
products so marketed, but will enable
them to so control the marketing of those
products which must be distributed
through estublished channels of trade. as
to materially lessen the rmount of toll
Which will be taken from them in the
channels of distribution.

Ultimately, also. this plan will acquaint
the producers of farm products with the

consumers in a manner which will be
helpful to both and in a gradual and
natural manner lead to organized direct

marketing on a larger scale, and thus
effect by natural and logical means that
most desirable end which promoters with
a. selfish interest have so for failed to
bring about. The student of economics
will bear testimony to the fact that those

who are successfully conducting large
enterprises have in practically every case
grown into them. rather than gone
into them, and it is with the idea.

in farm commerce of the right kind,con—
trolled by the farmers who are the pro-
ducers of the products which give rise
that we have decided
upon this new departure in agricultural
journalism. To this end, and to the end
that the business end of farming may be

given that general attention which it
merits we be-Spenk the co-operation of
our readers in this new move for the

betterment of the Michigan Farmer dur-
ing the coming year.

On Saturday of last
week suit was
brought by the. De-
purtmcnt Of Justice of the l'nitcd States
government against the Elgin Board of
Tradc, sometimes referred to as the
“Rutter Trust," and the American Asso-
ciation of Creamery Butter Manufactur-

The “Butter Trust.”

c-rs, whose memlwrship is largely made
up of big crcnmcry interests. commonly
designated as ccntrnlizers. In this suit'.

sweeping churgcs are made by Attorney-
}cncral \R’ickcrsl'ttlni, that a conspiracy
exists to arbitrarily fix the price of but—
tcr in the interest of big manufacturers
and cold storage concerns and to the det-
riment of farmers. other small producers
and the consuming public. Asidc from
petitioning for the dissolution of the two
organizations above named the govcrn-
mcnt ofiiciuls seek to enjoin the defend—
ants from appointing a price—fixing com~
mittcc, from fixing prices, from quoting
or publishing figures purporting to be
"market prices,” unless thcy are based
upon bona tide sales of butter. from de-
munding that iClgin prices be used as a
basis for making contracts for butter
and from making fictitious sales of but—
ter to llllSll“‘l(l the public as to the uctual
DI‘lCc at which butter is being sold.

ln this connection the result of the
meeting hcld by the directors of the El-
gin Board of Trade on Monday of this
week is intcrcsting. For some years a.
bitter fight for control of this organiza-
tion bus been waged betwccn the com-
mission or selling interests and the pro-
ducing interests represented in same.
From currcnt rcports of thc rcsult of this
meeting, it appears that thc selling inter-
ests secured control of thc organizt-tt‘ion,

abolished the quotation committee and
made a number of other important.
(rhanPS, one of which Wits to lower the

standard of butter to 92 points in sum—
mer and 90 points in Wintcr, instead of
93 points the year through, us has been
the case.

In connection
oilicially claimed
has. through its secret

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tives, determined that there are now 60,-
000 tons of'butter in cold storage, con—
stituting practically a corner in the mar-
ket, which is Said to be 25,000,000 pounds
more than was in sight at this time last
year. It has not been stated. however,
that the men named in the government
suit are parties to the storing of this
vast quantit‘y of butter.

The principal inerest of our readers in
this suit lies in the- alleged claim of the
government that Elgin prices are held
down in summer for the purpose of se-
curing control of the product, .below the
point warranted on a supply and demand
basis, and forced up to a higher level in
Winter when the storage butter is mar-
keted. As the Elgin price has been made
the basis for fixing the price on butter-
fat at local creameries throughout Mich-
igan, this point is of no small interest to
Michigan producers. In other ways the
methods of the big centralizers have been
deemed to be. detrimental to the best in-
terests of the small local creameries, al-
though these points do not' appear to be
involved in this suit.

In any event, it would appear that the
dairy interests of the country. including
the- local creameries of Michigan and
other states, have little to fear from the
result of this civil suit, the outcome of
which will be awaited with interest by
everyone engaged in the dairy business.

Tuesday of lust week
was designated by the
secretary of agricul-
ture as t‘he day for a.
hearing on the regulations to be promul-
gated in the enforcemcnt of the seed im-
portation act, so—callcd. This is an act
to regulate foreign commerce by prohib-
iting the admisgion into the United States
of certain adultcruicd grain and seeds
unfit for seeding purposes. The act pro-
hibits thc importation into this country
of all seeds of alfgtlt‘a. Canadian blue-
grnss. Kentucky bluegrass, awnlcss
bromc, grass, clover, nitradow fcscue, mil-
let, orchard grass, rupc. red—top, and
timothy when adulterutcd or when con-
taining more than three per cent by
weight of wecd seeds. It also prohibits
the importation of alfalfa and red clover
seed containing more than 90 dodder
seed per pound. In grains it prohibits
he importation of the sced of barley,
buckwheat, iicld corn, kailr corn, flax.
outs, rye sorghum and wlieut intended
for seeding purposes when such seed is
zululteratcd or contains more than three
per cent by weight of weed seeds.

To Control Seed
lmportations.

Legislation of this kind has long been
needed to kcep low grade seed and seed
containing a large proportion of weed
sceds off our markets. The importation
of this class of sccds has been very gen-
eral, especially from Canada Where the
“Seed Marks Act” prcvcnts such inferior
seed from being marketed in tho Domin—
ion. It is doubtful if this act is as
stringent in its terms as it ought to be.
as no good farmcr who was advised of
the fact w0uld care to plant see-d con-
taining three per cent of weed seeds.
The enforcement of this law may, how—
cvcr, relieve the situation. which has too
long prevailed, to some extent.

It has been said that
Imagination and imagination is the in-
Success. ccntive that has spur-

red modern investiga~
tors to the highest scientific effort. U-n-
questionubly imagination or optimism. or
by whatever name We may call the day—
dreams of those who are often called
eccentric by their followmen, but who
later achieve- noted success. is undoubt-
cdly a valuable asset in progress of any
kind. Only a few years ago. easily within
the memory of the present generation,
many of the accomplished facts of this
age of progress were considered visionary
by those who came in contact with the
c-xperimcntors who aided in their devel-
opment. Perhaps the best illustration of
this is the. development of the automo-
bile, which was first the product of im-
agination and optimism of early experi-
menters with motor vehiclcs. No less
notable are the telephone, telegraph and
the many modern electrical wonders, as
well as the somewhat older but no less
remarkable development of steam power.

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who is searching for the great truths of
nature and seeking to understand na-

ture's laws as applied to his everyday
work? Truly, a. reasonable degree of op-
timism is a valuable asset. The man

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A SUMMERLAND CHRISTMAS TREE.

By ELLA E. ROCKWOOD.

Glen, “can’t We have a Christmas

tree this year. It won’t seem one
bit like Christmas if we don’t. We have
always had one before we came to Cali-
fornia.”

“Where would we get it, dear?” replied
his mother. “Don’t you see that Christ-
mas trees do not grow in this warm
country? Of course, in a big city like
Los Angelcs they have them shipped in,
but we are too far away, here in Impe—
rial valley to get one. They cost a lot
of money, too, because the freight on
everything is so high down here.”

The boy's face fell and his mother
hastened to add: “But We, will haVe
Christmas just the same. You children
can hang up your stockings, and Santa
Claus will find them. Maybe he comes
in an airship in this country where there
isn’t any snow.”

At this both children began to smile,
for the thought of Santa in an airship
was a new one. Mrs. Wallace had been
arranging little Jessie’s hair. This now
being completed, and the clean gingham
dress buttoned ready for school, (,llcn
was dispatched to the corral to saddle
the pony while the mother put up the
lunch.

“And don’t forget Dolly’s nose-bag with
the barley for her dinner, and be sure
that you lead her down to the ditch for
drink of water at noon,” was her in-
junction as he started to do her bidding.

Going to the corral, which in the west
usually takes the place of a barn, Glen
put the saddle on the pony and drew ‘the
girths tight. It was quite a .lift, for the
saddle was heavy, but he managed it by
leading the pony up beside an empty to-
mato box. Mounting, he rode to the
door, where his sister was Waiting. Her
mother helped her up behind, hung the
dinner pail on the saddle horn beside the
noscbag, and with a “good-bye" they
were off to the schoolhouse two miles
away across the sand.

It was mid-December,
neither frost nor snow. The sun, a few
hours above the eastern horizon, shone
from a cloudless sky, sending his warm
rays to be reflected by the sands as the
pony jogged along. To the west rose
the precipitous outline of the Coast Range
Mountains twenty—live miles away. In
that clear air it appeared but a short
distance. To the, south, over in Mexico,
the blue haze peculiar to mountainous
districts hung against the sides of a
similar range, while in the foreground
loomed big Mt. Signal, set squarely on
the boundary line between lower Cali-
fornin and the, United States.

Living in this land of perpetual sun—
shine less than a year, the '\\’allace chil-
dren found their surroundings still inter-
esting With the novelty which belongs to
anything new. Overhead a flock of peli-
cans were, winging their slow flight and
uttering their harsh cries. On a fence-
pOst at one side of the road a big turkey
buzzard sat sunning himself. He paid no
attention whatever as they passed but
slowly raised, first one wing then the
other, in the warm air.

“There’s a road-runner!” exclaimed
Glen. “I’ve watched him running ahead
of us fer half a mile. There he goes
hopping across the ditch, but he. will be
back again in a minute. I’ve heard papa
say it takes a fast horse to beat one, and
he doesn’t fly like other birds, but just
runs.”

“Watch how he. jerks his tail When he
stands still a minute, and how he pokes
his head forward when he runs,” said
Jessie. “His bright eyes are on us every
step of the way.”

“I think the road-runner is the fun—
niest bird in California,” said Glen as he
drew the pony down to a. walk so they
could see better. “He looks like a great

BUT, mamma,” pleaded ten-year-old

,but there was

big jay, only he is brOWn speckled in-
stead of blue and gray.

What a long

tail he has, and such a funny top-knot.
lle never makes any noise but just keeps
trotting along the road ahead of a team.”

“I’d like to see a robin redbrcast or a

bluebird, WOuldn’t you, Glen?” asked his
sister.
“Well, there aren’t many robins here,

but I saw one the other day in the top
of one of our eucalyptus trees. Papa,
said it had come, from the north to spend
the winter away from the, cold.”

“And I saw a meadow—lark, but it
didn't sing just the same as ours," re—
turned the little girl.

“‘()urs’,” repeated her brother, mis-
(hicvously. “\\'hy, we don't live in
Michigan any more. goosie, and these are
our birds now,” and he urged llolly to a
faster pace.

Meanwhile Mrs. \\'allace was thinking
about the approaching holidays and won-
dering what she could do to make it

Then came the distribution of the gifts,
with father playing Santa in a fur coat
and cap. This was always followed by
a bountiful dinner around the long table
in the big dining-room, a happy joyous
day for old and young.

'\\'ith a little sigh she recalled her
thoughts to the present and looked
around the little room. it was a. Very
humble home, built in the simplest man—
hcr, in the midst of the great imperial
\"Ialley desert, a dI-scrt which was fast
bting converted into farms of Wonderful
l'trtility under the magic influence of
water from the (ifolorzulo river brought
nearly 100 miles in huge canals for this
very purpose. The house consisted only
of two rooms. one a living room, the oth—
er a combination dining-room and kitch-
en. .\ll summer the family ate their
meals and did the cooking in the broad
screened porch on the east side of the

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FOR SANTA CLAUS TO FILL.

By T. C. HARBAUGH.

How often do the wintry winds, the fleecy flakes of snow
Recall the merry Christmases of Childhood’s long ago—

When little eyes grew brighter at the thought of doll and drum
And peeped above the spread to see if Santa Claus had come!

We heard the bells that jingled

’neath the heavens cold and gray

And to their sound to Slumberland we softly stole away;
The winds that left their dark retreats and swept the snowy hill
Would gently stir the stockings hung for Santa Claus to fill.

Oh, what is sweeter than the thought of Childhood’s happy times
When angels rang within our hearts the holy Christmas chimes——
When round the sacred hearth of home Wt gathered, one and all,
And laughed to see our shadows as they danced upon the wall?
Despite the years behind us we’ re but children older grown,
And rosy little cheeks today we press against our own,

We count the lIttle stockIngs hung for Santa Claus to fill

Tonight the reIndeer and the sleIgh wdlskIm acrOSS the snow
That sparkles as It dId for us In moments long ago,

’Mid the glory and the beauty of the landscape robed in white
The little ones will sweetly dream of Santa Claus tonight;

A smIle Is on their faces by the doors of Slumberland

And peepIng oer the coverhd is many a daInty hand

A row of pretty st0ckings for Old Santa Claus to fill.

0h, Christmas of Childhood!

Time can.never quite efface

The memories that gently cling to cherished time and place,
And tiny stockings in a row, expectant—hopeful—prim—

In memory are hanging by the chimney old and grim—~

This for Joe and this for Ben, and these for Maud and May!

I stop to think a moment where the children are today;

Where is the heart that would forget, no matter if ’t is chill,
The boys and girls who hung their socks for Santa Claus to fill?

The snow lies like a blessing on
And unseen hands at dawn will

the hills and in the dells,
ring the holy Christmas bells,

As first they rang the sweetness to the stars with love aglow
And told of Judah’s'Christmas in the golden long ago;

In many a home a little child with bright, expectant face

Will hang a tiny stocking by the dear old chimney place,

And we who see it hanging there; when all around is still,
Will think of those we used to hang for Santa Claus to fill.

And when the children are a-bed and all the house is still
. , . . . ;
They helped to hang upon the wall with eager, childish skill

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seem Christmasy. It appeared as if ev-
ery element of the season was lacking in
a land where it Was always like summer.
Christmas seems to call for cold and
Snow, for sleighbells and furs. She had
not been in California long enough to get
over a tiny feeling of homesickness once
in a while, and as she went about her
work now she thought, with a little
pang, of the family home-comings when
all the relatives for miles around gath-
ered at the old farm house for Christmas.
The big spruce tree reaching to the ceil-
ing was set in the parlor and upon it the
grown-ups hung the gifts while the chil-
dren begged in vain for just one peep
before it was ready for them to see.

house. while a similar one on the west
served as a sleeping apartment the year
around.

l’rospcrity had come as a result of the
move to the west, yet pioneering has its
trials in any climate and they were not
entirely lacking, even here. On the
whole, hochcr, the “'allaces’ rejoiced
that they had come. The eucalyptus
trees which they had set out about the
house were, growing fast and even now
tOWt‘l‘Gd over the llllnllile roof, supplying
a grateful shade, and all the year round
they could have fresh fruits and veget-
tables from the garden. The barley and
alfalfa grew vigorously, in winter faster
than in summer, and their income was

twice what it had been back east; on the
same number of acres.

“'hen Mr. W'allace came in to dinner
the, parents talked over the Christmas
matter together.

“(lien ‘is getting to be a, big boy,” said
his mother, "but he is going to be great-
ly disappointml if he, can't have a, tree.
You know we have had one every year
since he can remember. i told him this
morning that it was out of the question
this your, but 1 wish we did not have to
disappoint him. These eucalyptus are
graceful and pretty as they grow but
they are too big and would not answer
at all for ("hristmas trees. 1 guess we
will have to give it up and be content
with filling their stockings,” she added,
after a pause.

“Barney Brothers, in town, are going
to have in some trees,” remarked )Ir.
\Vallace, “but I declare I don‘t feel as
if we could afford to pay tivo dollars for
one, and that is what it Would cost. You
see.” he added in ("Xlllflllfliltlll, “they have
to be shipped in from the north part of
the state. where the. chrgrccns grow.”

“No," returned the wife in a tone‘
which implied that the matter was set-
tled, “we won't pay five dollars, for there
are too many other things wc need more
than a (‘hristmzis tree"

After dinner, which the two ate alone,
Mr. “'zlllace shouldered his long—handled
shovel, picked up the little wooden pad-
dle which every rancher carries in the
irrigating season to clean the mud from
his shovels, and slartc back to his
work. “Mary.” he called back, “Don’t
you want to cmne, out and see how fast
the barley is growing since we turned the
water on the last time?"

“\Vhy, yes." was the response. “I’ll
let the dishes stand till I get back. It
will do me. good to get out in this glor-
ious air. l guess it would seem good to
the folks back home to be able to get out
in the sunshine the way we do ‘all Win-
ter'.”

“I never saw things grow
they do here," r(markod the
they walked down the lane leading tothe
back eighty. “Why, l declare, those Wil-
lows are big enough for t‘IrI-wood already
and it is only a little over a year Since
1 stuck the cuttings in the ground here
:It the side or lllc ditch 1o low-p the soil

as fast as
rancher as

from washing.”
“'l‘hose willows!" exclaimed his wife.
“'l‘hose willows,” she ll"l)t‘;llt'|l with her

eyes fixed upon the glowth of
green just ahead of them. "Why. there's
one that, would make a lowly t'hristmas
tree. \\'hy didn‘t i think of that before?
See how perfectly pointed the top is, and
they have not shed their Ichs yet
either as the cottonwoods haVc. Aren’t:
we in luck? (llcn can have his Ircc after
all. You shall cut it and we will set it
up the day before Christmas while the
children are. at school. i will trim it
with popcorn and some ('oiitill from
neighbor '\\'ilson‘s lield across the, road
will rcmind us of snow. I can make
some chains out of red and green crepe
paper, and I’ll cut a big star out of card—
board and gild it for the top. .\ tree is
a tree. whether it be of spruce or of
willow, especially when, as in this case,
it is willow or nothing.“

The short December day was drawing
to a close, when (lien and Jessie rode into
”10 home yard the,

silvm'y

afternoon before
Christmas. The front room was myste-
riously closed and the shades were drawn
chr the windows. Supper was waiting
and without giving them :I chance, to ask
any questions the children were hurried
to tho tahlc. By the time the meal was
finished it was quite dark.

Suddenly a sound of bells was heard
approaching the house—sleighbells, too.
Soon mysterious footsteps were heard to
'enter the closed room by way of the out—
side door. Glen’s eyes began to open
pretty wide but he said not a word. Both


 

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children were listening to every change
of these unusual sounds.

“It must be. Santa Claus,” exclaimed
.lessie suddenly. Just then their mother
opened the door and motioned for them
to enter.

Thcre stood the willow tree in all its
brave array, while at its side was Santa
rapidly tying to its branches packages
from out his huge pack. The only dif-
fcrencc that the children discovered be-

THE MICHIGAN, FARMER.

tween this Santa. Claus and the Santa of
previous years was that in place of a fur
coat he wore a long linen duster, which
certainly was far more suitable to the
climate.

As (lien was preparing for bed after
the tree and his gifts had been duly en-
joyed he cont’idlngly remarked to his
mother, as he kissed her goodnight, “I
think California is most as nice as
Michigan after all, don’t you?”

THE ARRIVAbe COUSIN BILLIE.

By T. A.

Rillio VVinklcr had left home in New
York and come to ltockazoo to visit
Aunt Susie, whom he had not seen since
he was a very little boy. He knew she
had no photograph of him. so of course:
he could pass as a stranger.

llc asked a policeman ofthelittle city
where 44 \\'ashington street was. The
policcman lookcd for a momcnt at the
tall young man carryin; a suit case be.-
fore answering. “You scc the trolley-
track there?"

”Yes."

“\Ycll. young man, follow that.
first street whcrc it turns is \‘Vashington,
number 1, think you will lind on

'l‘he

and the
the house."

"Thank you."
on.

As he. Was following the
which the policctnait had given him, be
attracted the :ittcution ot‘ people on the
street by frequently laughing to himsclf.
putx‘nt medicine.- man.

said ltillic, as, he started

(lircctitnis

"i guess it is a
I will pretend to be." he muttered to
himsclt‘. “i can’t do like lllt‘ l'cllow I
was reading ol‘ in thc magazinc i had on
the train, who protendcd he was a long
lost son, and had the old couple tuako a
will, lt‘thllllI him all thcir propcxvy I'm
just for the fun of the thing.

doing it
Then that was only a story anyhow.’

lit,- soon came to \\':tshinglon strcct.
and it was not far to where he saw the
numbcr 44 on the doorpost of a large
brown house.

“Who will come to the door?" he ask-
cd himsclf as he wont up the walk. “it
would be about my luck to find Cousin
'l‘om home, and then. l would have to he
just myself. But if there is nobody at
home except Aunt Susie and Cousin Mar-
garet, I will work my little game all
right."

\Vl'tcn he reached thc door, he, pnustd
a moment. thcn pushml the, hcll. it was
neither Aunt Susie, nor Cousin Margaret
that opened thl- door. bill a vcry lai'gc
colored woman. who wore a, vcry small
White apron.

“is the lady at the house at blunt-ff" he
very poliuvly nskcd.

“No, :ht-rc he no lady of do housc homo

horn." .‘llilllllt‘il the colorcd woman.
".\ww lot the think a minutc," said
lrzillo‘ It is surcly Friday, and it is near-

ly two o'clock. Strangc, for this is the

lililc she- said to come."

“\i‘cll, lands, you conic right in. You
st-c. i thought you was one Of dcm book
”Swill.“- that be hanging round," smiled

the colored wutnan. “l'll go and call

\lrs. Gray at onco"
'{illil' entered into the

down, and closed tihc door.

Aunt

hall, sat his
suit case
Soon a lady whom hc thought was
Susie dcscendml the stairs.

“1 am an ngcnt for the lx'ill-all—paln
l’ill Company," bcsan Millie, before she
had not, to the bottom. “Uncot'i'hese lit—
tle pills." and he hv-ld out toward her it
box containing breath candy, “will
cure» ~ "

“There is nobody sick in this house."
intcrrupto’l the lady.

“You might ho takcn sick
box 01' theso wondcrl‘ul little. pills

any time,

and a
by your hcd might do

“I do not care for any.” interrupted
the lady again. “if any of us are taken
ill wc can send for the doctor: he lives
on the corner."

“But he might be out,” ret'orted Billie.

“I do not want any.” said the lady.

.\t that momcnt Billie was conscious
that somebody was at the top of thc
stairs watching him. He looked and
saw. dressed in pink, a girl, “That is my
Cousin Margaret,” he said to himself.

“Perhaps you could make use of almx
of Dr. Garbison’s Kill-all-pain Pills?"
said be holding the box toward her.

The girl in pink shook her head.

“Didn't I tell you we don’t want any?"
demanded the lady.

“0, yes, for yourself," laughed Billie.
“But perhaps you have a cat or dog that
is sick If you have one of these little
pills. mashed and served with hash and
two drops of lemon juice, will certainly
cure them of all troubles they have.”

TEFFT.

The words flashed out from the lady.
“Perhaps you think that was a very good
joke.”

“0, no, indeed; no joke at all; just try
it," said Billie.

“I have becn holding the door open for
you quite a while. Please go out so I
may close it,”

“Certainly. I suppose I may call the
next time I'm in town?”

The door shut with a bang, and Billie
with his suit case was on the outside.

“\Vell, I'll take a walk and look the
town over, then I'll try and find the office
Where Cousin Tom works. He will bring
me home with him tonight and introduce
me to Aunt Susan and Cousin Margaret.
This old suit case—.wliy didn‘t l manage
to leave that at 44 \Vashington, somehow
or other? (‘t-rtainly I'm not going to
take it all over town with me. l'll stop
into the drug store and have a, hot, choc-
olate, thcn back to 44 with it."

Billie quenched his thirst. Then back
to ~14 \Vashington steel he went.

He proceeded as he had done before.
presscd the door—bell, and waited.

It was the lady hersclt‘ who opened the
door. A surprise covered her face when
slic saw who it was.

“You you back again?" she muttered.

“Yes,” sinilctl llillie. “Something told
me I would he doing a great‘ crime
against humanity if I did not try and
soil you at ycast, one. box of Curbison's
wondcrful pills."

“I don't think you’re quite right,” dc-
clarcd tht- lady.

liillio procccdcd as if he had not been
interrupted. “As I was going away from
your house l saw that you had a parrot.
Now one of my little pills given to a
parrot beforc brcakl‘ast will make him
sing more swectly than evcr before."

“If you don’t leave this house at once
i will lclophouu {or a policeman." declar-
cd tho lady.

“Uh! don't do that: don't do anything
likc that. l will go and go quickly: but
if you have no objection I would like to
lcavc my suit case in your ball for an
hour or so, whilc I continue my work for
humanity. This will be just the place
for it." he said, soiling it down.

"litll I (hi (ilrit‘t‘l.H Salli l'llt‘ lady.

“Will call for it this evening," shouted
llillic, as he wont down the path.

llc did not hear, after the door Shut
with a’bang, a voice from the top of the
stairs asking who it was, nor after the
question had lit-(‘n answm'cd, and the, lady
had dm-larc-d she would sct the suit case
on lhc sidctz'alk, did he hcar thc girl in
pink advise hcr inothct' not to touch it.
“For something might be in it that would

 

go off."

int till, with his soul full of happin-
css, wandcrtwl up and down the strccts
of ltot-kazoo. till he found the olfice where
Cousin 'l‘oin worked.

“Sty, but this is a great surprise," ex—
claimed 'l‘om, when ho saw who it was.
“Vl'hcn did you conic'.’ You have becn
over home to see the folks, of course?"

Then liillio, with his face covered with
smilcs, rclatcd his joke of the. afternoon.

“Say, that is a good one on Ma and
His. You can llC‘l your life. they’ll be
surprisml to find who yoti are."

"I rather think so too.” agreed Billie.

'l‘oin soon closed the office, then arm
in arm he and his cousin started for
\Vashington street. As they went, they
talked of the coming surprise.

“You don’t think your mother and sis-
tcr will feel bad about it?" asked Billie.

“(‘crtainly not: thcy’ll laugh about it
for the next ten years."

\Vhen they came to 44 Vi’asliington they
entered unobserved.

“You go in there. said Tom, pointing
to the reception room. “I’ll call the
folks.”

“0, mother," he called, “I've brought
home somebody to dinner. Margaret you
come too."

“Why, Tom! Is that you? You are
home early this afternoon,” came the
reply from above. “We will come. right
down."

A peal of laughter came from Tom,

u

when he saw the expression that came to
his mother's face, as she, followed by
Margaret, entered the room.

“Let. me introduce you, mother, to Cou-
sin Billie."

“What, then you—why, you are not a
patent medicine man after all," exclaim-
ed Aunt Susie.

“Not yet,” replied Billie.

Then they all laughed.

”You must be hungry. l’ll hurry and
have dinner as soon as possible," said
Aunt Susie.

“I am not starving", but think I’ll be
able to eat all right," returned Billie. “If
you will eXt-use me I’ll change my clothes
before dinner.”

“Your—your suit case isn’t here!”

““‘hy, mother; he left it here didn’t
he?" asked To‘m. looking first at his
mother, then at Billie.

“Yes, but you see we didn’t just know
what to think of a person that was so
extraordinarily anxious to sell his pills:
so we sent for a policeman to come and
take it away. I am so sorry. You will
go and get it, won’t you Tom?”

“After dinner." replied Tom.

”But you’ll have trouble in getting it?"
asked Billie.

”0, no. You see, in a small .town like

 

DEC. 21, 1912.

Rockazoo, everybody ,knows everybody. so
there will be no trouble about it at all.
I'll explain how it happened.

“Hadn’t I better go with you?”

“No. You stay here and tell mother
and sister all the news. They will have
a thousand questions to ask you."

After dinner Tom departed for the D0-
lice station. An hour passed before he
returned.

“Get it all right?” inquired Billie.

“Yes, Billie, but Bill, you see—well—
they opened it.”

“0, I don't care about that," said Billie.
“VVasn‘t anything in it I wanted to hide.”

“No." went on Tom, “but you see, be-
fore opening it they put it in a tub of
water. They thought there was a bomb
in it."

“Put it in a tub of water!” that Was
all Billie said.

That night after Billie had retired to
his room he could hear someone laughing
in Aunt Susie's room, and upon listening
he surmised that he heard more laughter
coming from a room his Cousin Margaret
occupied.

“ lee, I wonder what they are laughing
about,” he- murmured to himself, as he
hung a wet shirt across the back of a
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BRAMBLE HILL.

BY ROBERT CARLTON BROWN.

(Book Rights Reserved by the Author.)

Chapter Vlll.—-—(Conllnuedl.

“\Vliy. General, it‘ll look just as though
I was staying here for the purpose of
marrying Susan Dunlap. It'll be all up!
i couldn't stay in this town another min-
ute. it means the Iinishwmy finish.
That's all!”

“it do seem that way, , answcred the
old follow pet‘plcxedly. “You sec. it's
sure cnough, too. I——thcy've decided to
cut through the property here, an’ the
fcllcr l was talkin' to the other day was
an authorized agent. an’ he offered six
thousand dollars for the hundred acrt-s.
But we don‘t have to take that offer, you
know. That‘s Why I didn‘t say nothin’
about it to you; it'd only worry you.
“'heu thoy condcinn the property they’ll
have to give us more money. ’cztuse the
land is worth it. But don't look so
1icrcc,Sidney;sit down an’ talk it over
st-nsiblc. I didn’t know you could get
rilcd like that. I hadn‘t the heart to tell
you beforc. But it ain’t so black out,
You still got three hundred

n

Sidney.
acrcs."

“Yes, and half of that is barren land,
or, like thc grove, good for nothing,”
cried Sid. "l‘his is no stage Gibraltar,
made out of paper pulp, that l'Ve bump-
ed up against this time. It's the real
thing."

“It do seem so.“ admitted the gcneral.
“But if you marry Susan Dunlap you got
the whole thing right in your hand."

“But, confound 11'. i can't marry the
girl till «we love cach other, can I?” cried
Sid. “If that will \yfi'uldn‘t kcl-p crop-
ping to the surface we might-“Uh, you
don’t think I'm an idiot, do you? '1th—
cryhody in town will know about it. and
they'll all say I‘m just hanging around
hcrc, living on the thousand a ycar the
farm will pay after the land is sold, and
waiting for a chance to marry Susan.
’l‘hink l'd relish that? Of Course. 1 like
her; slic might even learn to like me:
but a follow can‘t pui‘poselcssly remain
in the ridiculous position l'll be in, with-
out any land left to offer even a chance
of nit-cling: the money provision of the
will. That‘s the only hope I've had to
cling to and now——"

“\\'ell, it’s got to bc,” Hornbill inter—
rupted tremblingly. “I suppose they‘ll
bcg‘in condemnation proceedings early in
the winter or spring, unless we come to
terms out of court.”

“Well, I‘m going to pack up and light
out for New York thcn.”

“Now, boy!” Old Hornbill had totter-
ed to his feet, his lips quivering. He put
an unsteady hand on Sld’s shoulder.
“You just think it over an’ don’tt do
nothin’ rash. It’ll all come out right in
the end. “'hy. I seen Miss Susan drivin’
her nautomobill through the private road
this afternoon an’ she was lookin’ toward
the house all the time.”

“Oh. please don’t!” Sid broke in im-
patiently. “You’re all right tending to
business and I know you’ve got my best
interests at heart and all that; but don't
mix in matters of—please don’t try to
arrange the rest of it. A fellow can’t

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stand the thought of anybody—well, you
untlcrstand.”

llornbill seemed Very dubious. He
stood for a moment looking squarely at
Sid then blurted out: “\Vell. be that as
it may, you got to marry the girl."

“011. l say. don'tss” Sid shook Horn-
hill's hand from his shoulder and strode
down the stcps, walking straight on, out
into the dark.

’llornbill startt-d to bobble after, stopped
abruptly, emitted a sharp grunt and set-
tlcd down dcspairingly on the stairs,
mumbling, “Be that as it may. he‘ll have
to marry the girl. There ain't no other
way out of it now.”

Sid was driving that nagging thought
before him as he strode through the
grove. The will was pushing him hard.
It didn't accord with his ethics; he didn't
think it manly to deliberately plan to
marry a girl to safeguard his own fu-
ture. Marriage should be something more
than that. He did like Susan; he felt that
he could love hcrand that she might love
him if things were allowed to follow their
natural coursc. But this forcing! It
made them both strange in each other's
pl‘cScllt‘t‘. It imposed a barrier. 01’
course, he hadn‘t overlooked any oppor-
tunity to see Susan, especially since he
had been deprived of .Icrusha‘s compan-
ionship, But the, times had been few, and
they'wore so seldom alone together. The
whole thought of it was distasteful. It
was a shame to put such a yoke on two
young people. The more Sid thought of
Susan thc more he likctd her. She was
such a jolly sort and stood out from all
tho rest in Turtle Creek as a difl'et'cnt
kind. She was more. his type of girl.
Oh, well what was the use of all this
bcuting about the bush? He'd have to
marry hcr. That was all thcre was left.

No, he wouldn’t. There was some, path
our of this right—of—way business. There
must be. lie recalled the tow dry chap-
ters of Blackstone he had read in the ab—
Si‘llt‘t‘ of anything more to his taste, and
realized that barriers are imposed bylaw
which can not be overridden by mere
will.

\\'ell, he could always go back to New
York. There was something in that. But
tht-n, it wouldn‘t be a very pleasant thing
to do, either. He couldn't go back and
work for twenty dollars a week; he’d be
unable to keep up his end with the. fel-
lows he knew. It was all very rotten.

He had reached, in his walk, the very
lane through which he had strolled with
.Icrusha that day the 01d Settle-rs’ Re-
union idea had been conceived. Yes,
there was the very stump he had been
standing by when she ran off and left
him, telling him to go on to the village
and heard Stimpson in his den. He had
done it. He liked her spirit. as he re-
called it. Too bad she had gone away.
He really missed her. She had such de-
termination. Think of a girl dashing out
as she had, fearlessly. to run the gaunt-
let of life. Well, he hadn’t that much
nerve. How he wished she Were back
to tell him what to do, and make him do

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DEC. 21, 1912.

IN EXCELSIS.

BY CHAS. E. JENNEY.

Look up to the skies on this calm Christ-
mas Eve,

Fill soul to the
plative awe;

Their limitless bounds He alone can con-
ceive

Who set there the Stars and Who laid

them the Law.

brim’ with contem-

Look up from the depths of your follies
and fault;
Look up from the darkness of sorrow
and sin;
A gleam thou mayst gain from the heav-
enly vault,
A breath from above will inspire thee

within.
Look up! All the day you have plodded
in earth
And sought the frail treasure of moth
and of rust, . ..
Nor dreamed that above thee are prizes
of worth—

There are diamonds other than those
in the dust.

Look up, and be humbled before the vast
scheme;
Insignificant wholly the Now and the

an,
But perhaps of high purpose thou mayst
catch a gleam,
And perhaps be vouchsafed a
glimpse of the Plan.

small

Don’t forever go blindly below;

Look up! .
Constellation may lead

Somel bright
thee afar,
For ’twas Christmas Eve- in the long,
long ago
That the watchers on high saw that
wonderful Star.

STUDYING_—THVVE#fi\w/VIN'r—ER BlRDS.-—ll.

BY omN E. cnooman.

The Woodpeckers and Their Cousins.

N all probability the first visitation
I that one’s “bird tree” will receive af—

ter it is made attractive by several
pieces of suet and a bone or two will be
from a downy womlpccker. “]')owny”re-
mains in the northern states through the
Winter and seems to be equally at home
in storm or sunshine. lie is an indus—
trious little fellow, going over the trees
in his path one by one and searching for
the grabs and other insect food that is
buried in the crevices 0f the bark or un-
der its surface.

Industrious as he is, however, the pres-
ence of a free supply of heat—forming
fat in the form of suet will bring him to
the bird tree repeatedly during the day,
once he has found it out. The writer
has found him to be the most regular of
visitors—lunehing no less than five or
six times a day at the free stores pro-
vided. The directness with which he
flies to the point of attraction will eas-
ily convince one that he has been there
before. A new comer is more timid and
approaches the suet in a hesitating man-
ner. The regular visitor will also utter
an excited little “squeak” as he pounces
upon the food awaiting him.

The writer has also observed that when
a particular “downy” gets in the habit
of visiting the bird tree regularly he
never pauses to examine the trunk or
branches for grubs. He seems to re-
member that he has searched this par-
ticular tree. before and contents himself
with visiting it simply for the suet that
he knows he will find there.

“Downy” is an attractive little fellow
in modest dress. For the most part he
is clothed in bars of black and white,
giving him a sort of streaked appear-
ance. A scarlet spot on the back of his
head is the only extravagance in dress
indulges. The female is
lacking in even this. In size he is some—
what smaller than the common English
sparrow and is always seen clinging to
the side of a tree, usually the trunk. 17n-
less engaged in hammering away at an
insect under the bark he is usually on
the move, scldon‘l being Still for an in-
stant.

A less frequent visitor to the bird tree
will probably be “downy‘s” big brother,
the hairy woodpecker. lie is almost an
exact counterpart of “downy” with the
exception that he is larger and at the
same time more shy. He will not prove
as regular a visitor as his smaller rela-
tive. Probably he is more of a. rover
through thewinter months and just stops

in which he

as he passes by.

A still rarer winter visitor than even
the hairy woodpecker is the yellow-
shafter flicker or “high holder”—one of
the largest and most common of the
woridpecker family. Ordinarily the flicker
goes south in winter but occasionally an
individual or two will remain through
the cold months. He is the bird s0 fa—
miliar to everyone in summer, seen usu-
ally perched at the top of some telephone
pole or sending out his “long roll” by
pounding with his bill upon some es-
pecially good sounding board in the way
of a dead limb or tree. He is more quiet

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

in winter and quite subdued—as though
he realized his mistake in not going
south with the rest of his kind. It is
somewhat of a serious matter for him
to get a living in winter for he gains a
large share of his food from insects in
the grass. However, he manages to get
through somehow and is among the first
of the birds to give notice of spring by
his “holler” from some. point of vantage.
During the winter he will not visit the
bird tree with any regularity, but he
may make an occasional visit.

Probably the most cheerful individual
that will happen along—and he is quite
likely to come on a stormy day when his
visitation will be all the more welcome
———will be the‘black—capped chickadee. He
seldom travels alone. I'sually he has six
or eight companions on nearby trees. It
is a pleasure to hear them call back and
forth to each other, “Chick-a-dee—dee-
dee.” It is the very essence of cheerful-
ness, particularly if the snow is falling
thick and fast.

The Chickadee is very active and, while
not a woodpeckcr, his habit of searching
the bark and crevices for food is very
similar. He is a handsome creature in
his dress of slaty blue, his darker head
cove-ring and his little cap of glossy
black. It may be one's good fortune
some, winter day to hear him give his
“phoO-be” call. It is almost identical
with the call of the. ”pa—wee” that builds
his nest on a rafter under the open shed
or barn in summer. “l’hoc-bel phoe-bc”
——it sounds plaintivcly across the snow
and makes one wonder for a moment if
some member of the, flycatcher family
has, by mistake, been left behind by its
companions.

Another bird that will undoubtedly visit
your tree. and perhaps with regularity,
will be the white-bellied nuthatch. One
cannot mistake him. for he has a reck-
lcss way of going about over a tree——

now right side up and now upside down.
in fact it seems as though he prefers the
lie will dine off the piece

latter position.

of suet while standing on his head and
with no concern for the looks of things.
He is about the size of a chickadee; has
slate—colored plumage, and a rather long
black bill. He is by no means a friendly
bird but he is not afraid of human kind,
appearing rather indifferent to their
presence. Come up to a tree upon which
he is feeding and he will not fly away.
He will simply slide around to the op-
posite side and go on looking for grubs.

One of the most dainty birds that will
pay one’s bird tree a visit is the little
brown creeper. He is the “humming
bird” in point of size of the winter birds,
and even more shy and rare. It is diffi-
cult to gain more than a fleeting glimpse
of him, and should he suspicion that you
are really looking at him he will be cer-
tain to put the turnk of the tree between
you and himself.

The brown creeper is a distant cousin
of the Chickadee and nuthatch. He is
beautifully dressed with brown on his
back and a creamy breast. He creeps
over the trunk of a tree like a nuthatch
——with the exeeption that he usually be-
gins at the base of the trunk, creeps up
to the lower limbs, and then usually flies
to the base of another tree and repeats
the process. There is no mistaking him
for any other of the winter birds, and
fortunate indeed is the observer who re-
ceives visits from this interesting and
diminutive chap with any degree of reg-
uiarity.

PIN-MONEY FROM MlSTLETOE.
How BOysl. and Sometimes Girls, Net
Neat Little Sums.

BY FELIX J. Kocn.

You Who think you can climb like a
squirrel, ‘you who pride yourself on how
you can withstand any and all semblance
of dizziness you who are sharp of eye,
JJill our company and be out to the woods
after mistletoe. Every approaching
Christmas season, when the other work
of the farm is done, or when the call of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03" Trees Upon Which Large Quantities of Mistletoe Are Growing.

(in 571

THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS.

 

BY CORA A. MATSON DOLSON.

Cheer and good-will for those around,
Not haste and worry hour by hour;
Love-words for all by kinship bound,
\Vith simple gift, as lies in power.

Through work, and waste of strength and
store,
The spirit of the Day is lost;
The thought-gift of the heart means
more,
Ofttimes, than one of greater cost.

A blue-print to the eyes may bring
The vision of some bygone day

\\'hen life, was in its happy spring,
And orchards wore the bloom of Biay.

The. Christmas card, with holy word,
The landscape-pictured calendar,

The letter that had been deferred,
The lover's ring of gold for Her,

Thc stitchcs by some child—hand wrought,
May seem the fairest upon earth;

For ’tis the, underlying thought
That lends to every gift its worth.

Park was the manger where the Gift,
The first great (,‘xif't. was givcn to men,

th light enough to pierce each rift
'l‘hrough all the centuries since then.

 

the woods is great with the city boy,
great scores of men and boys, and somc~
times girls, flock to the country to gather
mistletoe. If they’ve been wise they've
done their exploring long before this.
\\'hcn first the leaves begin to turn, and
on the oaks the natural foliage is russet
or brown, then the great balls or bunches
of waxy-leaved mistletoe stand out by
contrast. Boy Scouts, on their cross-
country marches, will jot into the. notc-
book. that such and such tree, reached
from such and such place, is heavy with
the mistletoe. Again, folk out for an
afternoon’s walk will make the, same
In em oran d u m.

Then, later, these young folks will 01‘-
ganize mistletoe parties. Some great
farm wagon is engagcd to mcct them at
the end of the cur line, or else at the-
wayside station of railway. The girls
prepare lunch and the men provide hot-
tled gingcr mic or othcr liquid rcfresh-
ments. Hut to the chosc-n oak forest
they go, singing. jesting, making merry.

Arriycd at the woods. the women, for
a time, make ready the. Iirc for the COf—
fee. spread the lunch and otherwise pre-
pare things. The men attach climbers to
their shocs, put long coils of rope over
thcir shoulders and tighten the saws to
these. Strz‘ngely enough, the mistletoe,
likc an oriolc's ncst. seems always to
grow far, far out on a limb, boyond the
point where it is sufc climbing. Fre~
quently. therefore, a mistlctoo gleancr
will climb as far as he dares, thcn saw
the rest of the limb before him. Down it
clattcrs, only to bc caught in branches
beneath. Then the rope is lowered in the
form of a noosc, the boug'h is caught,
lifted, swung and inoorcd. until finally it
can ilc caught by [illisc lwlow. At other
times an especially line hit of mistletoe
is not to be taken that way. Then a saw
is dropped under and about the limb
and, by means of the ropes at its ends,
it is workcd back and forth, forth and
back. until thc piccc of bough is cut frec.

Still again they will polc the mistletoe,
breaking it off by simply knocking, but
ncxerihclcss lhcy managc to bring choice
balls down.

That,
their

then, is whcrc the girls get in
work. With aprons spread thcy
dart about under the trees to catch the
clusters as they fall. The impact is not
ncurly so great when coming into an
apron as it is upon the ground. .\ccord-
ing to thc strcngth of the fall, one, gets
or loses the bcrrics, and this is, ofcourse,
what determines the price.

Once they have all the mistletoe the
wagon has room for, and the men are-
tircd. the women faggcd,
Served.

Brought to the rallying place of the
crowd, the mistletoe is barrclcd and
shipped to some man who has contracted
for it long bcforc.

Away back in l‘liny’s time, it seems,
folks rcycrcd the mistletoe. Pliny spoke
of three spccics of it, and a contempo—
rary told how one variety was used for
fatlcning cattle if they \vcre hardy
enough to withstand certain cffccts pro-
duccd by it.

l‘liny, Wc are told, is also the source
of our information for the reverence in
which the mistletoe, when found growing
upon the oak, was held by the Druids.
The oak, it seems, was their sacred tree,
and whatevm‘ was found growing uponit
they regarded as sent from heavetn and
as the mark of a tree chosen by God.
“Calling it their ‘all he-al‘," says one
writer, “after their sacrifices and ban-
quets have been duly prepared under the
tree, they bring near two white bulls,
whose horns are then for the first time

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bound. The priest, clothed with a white
robe, ascends the tree and cuts the mis-
tletoe. They then slay victims, praying
God to prosper His gift to them unto
whom He has given it.

“Prepared 'as a draught, the mistletoe
was long used as a cure for certain ills
and as a remedy for poisons. The mis-
tletoe figures also in Scandinavian legend
as having furnished the material of the
arrow with which Baldur. the sun—god,
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HOW TO STEER A SINGLE SLED.

BY THALEON BLAKE.
That boy is fortunate, indeed. who
is reared where the weather is cold in
winter, and the snow gives frequent op—

DEC. 21,1912.

you will observe how a rubber band may
be slipped over the end and tied to this
screw. Another rubber band is fastened
in like manner over the handle to the
bolt on which it lies. This prevents. the
lever from bouncing up when the flying
sled goes over a bump.

If the levers are metal, they may be
flattened. both to facilitate drilling the
axles or bolt holes, and to offer a larger
surface to the blocks of wood, 5/2 to 1 in.
thick, between them and the sled run-
ners. The ends that are to serve as
even to turn 180 degrees, and descend
backwards.

In Fig. 1 is shown a. means to contlol
:1 sled mechanically. Two levers, one on
each side. about two feet long for a
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1111111, (11‘ of wood shod with a steel foot;
you could use :1 hoe handle. with the
blade cut off and the handle» shortened.
The handle is marked (a. Fig. 1); the
bolt on which it turns ise lettered (b).
then not in use it rests on the small
bolt or screw (0). A screw is partly in-
serted at (c). If you will look at Fig. 6,
brakes would better be widened and
roughened.

In Fig. 2 the steering lever is shown
as it should appear when looking from
above down at the sled. On the upward
side is drawn a hand-hold rod. A sec-
tional drawing (Fig. 3) shows in detail
how such rods may be attached to sleds
whose tops 1111 not extend over the run-
ners. If a boy has to hold his steering
levers all the. time, as well as to keep
himself on, he may soon become tired of

his mechanical wonder. But hand-hold
rods (1‘, Fig 2 and Fig. 5). or extending
tops. 111' slots sawed in tho runners (g,
Fig. 5), will give him means to stay on.

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hinges the lever is to be seen in Fig. 4,
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portunities for coasting. The little fel—
lows having “scooters.” and going"‘bell_1'-
buster," ought soon to learn to guide by
Shifting the weight“ of their bodies from
side to side, while the medium-grown
boys usually use their skates as aids to
keep in the paths. There is some art in
using a skate; one skatle is sufficient. for
the foot without the skate, when laid
over the one with the skate. tends to
steady the skate, as well as weigh it eas—
ier into the snow. Then, too, if the hill
is covered with a packed snow, the
swinging of the skate from side to side
need seldom be beyond the runners; a
slight motion sidewise commonly being
all that is necessiiry. When the art is
mastered, a single thrust beyond the
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nut Screwed tightly on it. iVashers should
be Strung on the bolt next to the head
and next to the 11111. The block, about
one inch thick and two inches wide, if
out six 01' more inches in length, will
furnish 21 111111-11 for the lover to rub.
rather than to have it wabble against
the side of the sled. If a sled has neither
band—rods nor an extended top, a, piece
of iron may be. 14111111111] inllo an extra
wide staple to limit me upward move-
ment of the steering rod as shown in (d,
Fig. 1).

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which a stout single sled may be coupled
11) a. smaller sled, making an excellent
bob. A new top is set On the rear sled
and extends partly over the forward one.
.\ comfortable seat may be built for the
sleersman. .\ steering wheel assists the
feet in controlling the direction; supports
for the feet are attached like horns to
the front of the forward bob. This style
11f bob-sled is not recommended for small
boys to coast with on steep, icy hills,
particularly if the surface is unerv1n, full
of angling bumps or “thank yous,” be-
cause the twisting to which this style of
bob is always subjected requires strength
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BRAMBLE HILL.
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it. He was without a. helm, drifting. He
knew it. He must pull up.

He couldn’t somehow separate the
thought of Jerusha from the spot. She
possessed just what he lacked—that
spirit, that: determination to do. If she
were only here to impart a. bit of action
to him. '

Then suddenly by a trick of memory he
recalled her words on that day when he
had been driven to his first and last’ real
accomplishment; in Turtle Creek. V‘Vhy,
by George! She had said something about
a railroad being cut through Bayview!
The words came back to him now. She
had said if she only had his chance. Well,
she would have done something with it.
She had said something about going to
Bayvicw—and then he had cut. her off.
He remembered now. It was by the gate
in front of her house, and old Vl'attles’
music had interrupted the thought. \Vhat
was it she would have done about the
railroad? (if course, it must be the same
railroad; he had heard rumors of it off
and on now for some months.

Probably she only meant if she were
a, man and had his chance she would have
gone to Bayview and got the officials to
run the road through Turtle- Creck, and
sold the strip of land to them for the
right of way. “'ell, if that had been her
idea she wouldn‘t have profited much by
it. Still, that was a thought. Probably
if he had gone to Bayview and called
Turtle Creek to the attention of the rail-
road peoplc, and proved it advantageous
for them to run through his land, he
might have had a better price. He knew
they paid well for suggestions and ad-
vice. \

Still, Jerusha was very clever. She had
thought up that plan of renting the land
to the Old Settlers. l-lcr mind had al-
ways been full of schemes. It didn’t
seem likely that she would l)(' foolish
enough to consider selling the land for
right of way. She must have had some
other idea.

Absurd! “’hy, the girl hadn‘t the mer-
est conception of one hundred thousand
dollars; she had never spent chn a ten-
dollar bill. Still, it was remarkablc the
way she had manic that old cow support
herself and \V'attles before Nathaniel
Edgewortli had left that income of ten
dollars a. month. There was something
strangc about .lcrushzi. Sid wished he
had cultivated her more when she was
there. He didn't even know a fellow,
except Jimmy, who had the same sense
for business.

But then, why shouldn’t a girl think of
business! “'eren't there Wonderful wom—
en lawyers and all that! Or, if Sid only
had that gift! (if course, a woman could
have businoss ability as well as a man,
but a mail ShOuld have a bit more of it.

\Vcll, anyway, he wondered what {llu
rusha would have done if sho had bccn
face to face with his dilemma. There
was nothing insurmountable to her. She
would have scrambled over the bunker
somehow. Buthow? Oh, of course there’s
a way out of every maze.

The upshot of it all was that Sid went
home late that night, took off: his shoes
on the doorstep and walked noiselessly
past watchful llrcrnbill‘s door, entering
his own chamber and shading his light
over a little writing dcsk in the corner.

There he poured the whole thing out on
paper in an effort to ease his fcciings.
lie told it all to his old chum Doodle.
Of COurse Doodle was as impractical as
he. There seemed a. sort of subtle humor
in that.

It was such a relief to tell somebody
the whole thing; somebody different. from
those in Turtle Crcielcfia nice. irrespon-
sible person who had enjoyed the same
careless up-bringing. Sid wont back and
gloatcd over the details, how the damna-
ble will had been reaching out, 'icntacle
after tentacle, until the horrid octopus
had him now clutched to its bosom with
a thousand arms. There was no way of
release but to cut through the Gordian
Knot. He loved to tell nice, foolish old
Doodle how many lovely little stumpling
blocks had been slipped before his unsus-
pecting feet by that Skulking will. And
the railroad! That was clever. To think
a railroad should come along and decide
to plow its way through his land. over
his dead body. That was a good line; it
sounded so melodramatic. lle had wit-
nessed a. tank play with Doodle once; in
the big scene the hero was bound to the
ties and the engine was puffing up terri-
bly (terribly enough for an engine made
of cardboard) and the heroine, lingering
in the wings, flirting with astagc hand,
had rushed in like a leader of an Ama-
zon war sociable, dashed headlong at)
him With a. knife between her teeth and

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severed the— “Oh. Doodle,” he walled in'

the last line, “I wish there were heroines
in real life and that one would come
along, cut the ropes and save me from
this impending engine."

About a week later Sid received a com—

miserating note from Doodle. It didn't
help cheer him much. Doodle had begun
by telling his tl'oublcs with a three—

thousand-dollar polo pony that had lost
all form and simply wouldn't get into
shape. Then he had worked over a re-
view of Broadway as he had last sewn it,
before retiring to Newport for the sum—
mer. Every word, in spite of the slight
petulancy and chronic cynicism of the
man, breathe-d freedom. The thought
swept over Sid suddenly, how nice it
would be to be back in the old .fohnstone,
with Roberts, and nolhing but cabinet
kcys and invitations to worry about.
lle’d never bccn face to face with real
vital worry before. It wasn’t pleasant.
\Vhen a man's bread and butter is im-
periled he loves to think back of the
joyful times when he had only to worry
whether he would choose tenderloin or
squab for dinner. Of course, a man must
Worry, but the worries one makes to his
own order are so much more pleasant
than those thrust upon him. Nice com-
panionable worrics, these little ones.

Doodle finished his tantalizing letter
with a few choice rcmarks concerning
Sid’s position in thc cncircliiig arms of
tho octopus. “it’s too bad you‘re not
more fascinating to the ladies, (lid Sid—
crai. llad I becn in Turtle Creek a year
i'd have a swarm of lici‘oincs ready to
rush in and save inc. But I gucss you‘re
right; heroines are only on the stage.
Bcsides, nowadays, when mcn will go
into business and all that sort: of rot, it's
no fun saving them. lint, say, if there
worc a heroine that could drag your body
from bcncalh thc whccls of that engine,
i know her and I’d try to interest her in
your case, only shc‘s travcling in Paris
with my auniy now. YOU remember Aunt
llaimcr at Harvard? You used to like
hcr so well. \Vell. this girl is great, just
the kind you’d imagine aunt would pick
out for companionship. Aunt says she’s
always thinking up schemes to cut down
traveling cxpenscs and that sort of
thing. Even washcs out her own hand-
kerchiefs and dries thcm on the window
pane. She‘s a wonder. Aunt says she’s
as full of schcmcs as French coffee is of
chickory. She‘d find a way out of your
ti'0uble all right, you can bet. No, I‘m
not in love, that is, she doesn’t know I
am. But it docs make a fellow think he's
pretty small when a girl like that breezes
up on the horizon and knows more about
practical things in ion minutes than he’ll
cvcr know in ten ycars. Wish I could
send her along to hclp you break loose
from that octopus, but Aunt says she
doesn’t know how she’ll ever do without
her. For my part. I hope she never lcaVcs
uunty. unless it’s for
permanent. l ncvcr knew the Clendcn—
ning was such a jolly place to live until
she came there; and I never saw such a.
dismal hole as it is now.”

“Nice sort of heroine,” smiled Sid.
“Just like old Doodle, though, to fall in
love with a girl like that. Always taken
in by some queen who amnm-s his im—
practical mind by some practical stroke,
like taking a horse cab to snvc taxi fare.
Probably some young Fifth Avenue lady
who jollies Aunty Raimcr by making a.
silvcr purse do for a gold nci onc. She’d
be a lot of help to me down here, doping
out an idea to fight a railroad. She may
do on substitute smclling salts, but, oh,
these practical ladies that inspire Doodle!
If he’d ever seen Jcrusha \Vattlcs make
a shirtwaist out of linen salt sacks, beg-
ged from the Turtle Creek creamery!
\l'ell, that's being practical!”

(Continued next week).

A CHRISTMAS PRAYER.

 

BY BER'i‘A H. NANCE.

I pray for those who feel no lack,
And every heart of stone

That sees another’s sin as black,
But spotless views its own;

Oh. send the light, the gleaming light,
V‘Vhose beams no man can mar,

And let the blind receive thcir sight
\Vhile shines the Christmas star.

I pray for those who wander on
And dread to look before,

Poor erring ones, whose hope is gone,
“'ho see no open door;

0 Father, grant to such the grace
To see a light afar,

And may love shine from every face
\Vhile shines the Christmas star.

1 pray for every lonely soul
Throughout our joyous land;

Grant that we all may reach the goal
And somehow understand

That none, with selfishness or pride,
Thy loving light shall bar.

Grant all a happy Christmas—tide

 
  

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DO YOU PAY

THERE is an old saying that he
who dances must pay the fiddler.
But did you ever see anyone who
insisted on dancing in season and out
that was willing to settle the bill when
the fiddler demanded his pay? I never
have, and I am well acquainted with sev-
eral people who have had their fling. And
though they had promised, when friends
remonstrated with them, to pay when the
time came, one and all cried out f0r
someone to come to the rescue when it
was time to stop dancing and square ac-
counts.

The-re was one girl who had tubercular
tendencies. She was not in a serious con
dition and sane living for three or four
years would have made her a strong
woman. All she need do was cat plain,
nourishing foods, breathe always fresh
air, wear warm comfortable clothing,
avoid late hours and not over exert her-
self in any way. Yet, in spite of the fact
that physicians and friends warned her
she paid no attention to any health rules.
She atc what she pleased, kept her win-
dow open if she felt like it, wore thin
clothing and low shoes in wet, cold
weather. and danced three nights in the
week if opportunity offered. To all re-
nionstrances she only laughed and said
she would dance if she felt like it, she
would be. the one to pay the fiddler.

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But. of course, she wasn’t. \Vhen the
old man demanded his pay the burden of
settling came on her father and mother
who for a year had to care for her when
her health failed utterly, as, of course, it‘.
did. And they went on paying up for
three years after she died, for it took
them that long to settle the bills with
nurses and doctors.

A young man liked to dress well and
run around with flashy acquaintances.
Friends tried to tell him he (night to stay
in nights and devote himself more, to bus-
iness if he wished to succeed, but he

 

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YOUR BILLS?

the mortgage. Who paid the bills in the
end? .

So it always is with the ones who will
not listen to advice, but insist on making
life a playground. They are always
quick enough to tell us they can manage
their own affairs when everything is go—
ing smoothly, but: so soon as there is
trouble how quick they are to crawl out
from under and leave the. ones they have
insulted to straighten things out. I of-
ten wonder what would happen if family
and friends, instead of coming to the
rescue, simply stood back and let them
get out of the scrape the best way they
could. “'ould it be a lesson to them. or
would they simply go farther down? There
is no way of telling, for the experiment
has never been tried. There is always
someone to hold out the, helping hand, no
matter how little the culprit deserves it.

Sometime ago a reader rem‘onstratcd
with me. for writing about. subjects of
this sort. She wrote that it only awoke:
sad memories in hearts and (lid no good.
I’crhaps she is right, but when I look
around me» and see so many men and
women struggling along, paying up for
friends who danced and slipped out when
the hills came in, 'I. can not keep still.
Here is hoping that this may stop some-
one before the bills get too large» for SClt'
tlemcnt, or that those who have been
called on to pay may have the manhood
or the womanhood not to ask for help.

DEBORAH.

A Simple QEI—t—fiattern.

In the Michigan Farmer of November
2, Mrs. G. S., of South Branch, asks for
quilt patterns. I send one which I think
pret'ty. She can vary it in several ways,
thereby making it do for two or three
patterns.

For instance, make the whole quilt like

 

told them all he would do as he pleased
so long as he paid the bills. He did, but
the trouble was he paid some of hisbills
with his employer's money. Of course,
he was caught. They always are, and
yet others will read of it and go out and
do the same thing. Then his father had
to mortgage his home and pay the bills
over, and his sister had to leave school
and go to work to help her father pay

the pattern, either of mixed pieces, or
having the dark all of one color, say all
dark blue, or light blue. Or the blocks
can be set together with squares or
strips. Then again quarter this pattern
and you will find a pattern for a small
square. Taking a row of the pieced half
squares from the top and bottom of the
pattern, there are two squares, making
another pattern. The half of a four—inch

We);

DEC. 21. 1912.

 

 

 

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At Home ant)

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square would be as small as my con-
cience would let me cut up cloth to
make a quilt.

If you want to be real economical try
this way. Take a sheet of newspaper and
fold straight and smooth, cut apart on
the fold. You can use the whole leaf, or
fold over and make a square from it. On
this paper baste your pieces crazy quilt
style. Fold under all the overlapping
edges and baste down. \\'hen the paper
is covered trim the edges even with the
paper, then stitch on the sewing ma-
chine, all the joinings, after which the
paper can be easily removed, and your
blocks can be» sewed together.—J. E. H.

(If Mrs. G. S. will send her full name
and address other patterns willbe mailed
hen—Ed.)

ATTRACTIVE HOME-MADE CHRIST-
MAS PRESENT.

BY ELISABETH n. LITTS.

This dainty and useful little Christmas
gift, which would be acceptable to any
woman or girl. is a holder for a bolt of
ribbon and is easily made. The cost, too,
is Very slight and when it is finished it
makes a worthy remembrance for your
most fastidious friend.

Take two pieces of cardboard and cut
them heart'—shaped, making them about:
four inches across at the widest point
and about five inches long. Of course,
the size can be smaller if the maker dc—
sires. but I find that this size is the
nicest and makes the best appearance.
After getting the cardboaid the right
shape, prepare to cover both pieces. For
the covering procure a good grade of
Persian ribbon with bright, delicate col-
ors, either pink or blue predominating.
(let one-third yard of ribbon, plain rib-
bon. to match, to use for the linings on
the inner side of the hearts, as only the
edges show and the plain ribbon does
just as woll and is not so expensive as
the Persian.

Select the cardboard heart that you
wish to use for the top and cut a piece
of sheet wadding the same size, as it is
prettier to have the top slightly padded.
Sprinkle a little sachet powder in the
padding and stretch the, ribbon over it,
having it turned neatly over the edges.
Hold this securely in place by sewing
backwards and forwards until the cover-
ing is perfectly tight and neat, then cut
a piece of the plain ribbon and sew it
over the back, hiding all of the edges
and stitches of the front cover. Now
cover the other cardboard in the same
way, only omit the padding. as it isn’t
necessary on the back. Your two pieces
are now ready to fasten together, but
before doing so make a little loop of
ribbon on the outside of the front piece,
to stick the ribbon tape through, as
shown in the illustration. For this you
must have some narrow ribbon of the
same shade. Buy at least a yard and a
half of this size, which should be no
wider than a half inch. narrower if pos-
sible, as you will need it to make the
hanger at the top when it is finished. In
making this loop, punch a couple of holes
a half-inch apart on one side of the»
heart. The. location can be determined
by the illustration. Pass the ribbon
through from the back. and back through

the other hole, pull tightin and fasten

the ends securely on the back.

Buy a. bolt of baby ribbon, white pre—
ferably, as it can be used for anything.
Make a large hole. through the center of
the bolt. punch two holes through the
center of each heart and tie the two
pieces together, fastening the bolt be—
tween thcm by passing the ribbon
through the hole, this will allow the bolt
to turn around when the ribbon is pulled
off. I'se some of the narrow ribbon for
tying the two sides together, making the
ends come in front where they are fast-
ened by a pretty bow. Then make your
hanger and fasten it to each side of the
back, on the inside, and it will hang up
evenly. Place a full bow at each end
where the ribbon is sewed onto the card-
board. For one or two cents you can

buy a white bone ribbon tape needle.
Place this through the slip made for it
and your present is complete.

It can be made easily in one evening
and makes a pretty and unusual gift.
I have made several and everyone to
whom I presented them said they had
never seen one like it, and they seemed
greatly pleased, and as the entire cost

 

is only 60 or 70 cnts, according to the
value of ribbon used, I have been very
well satisfied with this little Christmas
remembrance.

TWO MILLION RED CROSS SEALS

FOR MICHIGAN.

Michigan’s consignment of 1912 Red
Cross Christmas seals has been received
at the office of the Michigan Association
for the 'l’revcntion and Relief of Tuber-
culosis, in Ann Arbor. Two. million seals
were shipped in this consignment. Twen-
ty local and county agents have already
been appointed.

The seal this year is more attractive,
than ever before. The total number of
seals sold in this state last year was
754,210, or $7,512.10 worth. of this
amount, $942.76 was sent to the National
Association to cover the expense of se-
curing the scals and advertising mate-
rial, $4.(i81i,73 was used for anti—tubercu—
losis Work in various cities and towns
throughout, the state. and $1,909.61 was
turned into the treasury of the Michigan
Association to help further the campaign
for the organization of local societies and
committees, and the education of the
people in Michigan. The State Associa—
tion. expects to sell at, least one million
seals this year, and is aiming to sell the
entire two million.

'\\'orkcrs are needed who will help with
the local work. Some of us have little
time to do active Work, but everyone can
help financially in this great cause as the
seals sell for only one cent each. Agents
are, wanted all over Michigan. If you
will help in this work write to the secre-
tary, Carol I“. \Valton, Medical Building,
Ann Arbor, Michigan.

THE CHRISTMAS REMINDER.

 

 

BY BESSIE L. PUTNAM.

\\'ell it is, with the multiplicity of hol-
iday rcmembrances, that more and more
does the same principle prevail that the
gift with the giVer is the essential. Lit—
tle reminders which haVe with them a.
loving thOught may mean more to the
truly appreciative than elaborate pres-
cnts which mean painful economies for
months to come.

Never was fashion more prolific with

suggestions easily adapted to one of mod-

erate means but with a little skill with‘

needle or crochet hook. Just now the
fancy is for the fine handkerchief with
a quarter-inch hem. and bordered with
some dainty edge. It may be one of the
numerous choehet patterns in a very
narrow edge. This must be worked with

      
    

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fine thread and a very fine hook, for the
completed work should never~be inclined
to be loose. Or the old-fashioned narrow
tatting is another simple edge sure to
please. -

Flowers of silk, satin, or ribbon find
'many places for their use, and are quick-
ly ,made from very small scraps which
would otherwise go to waste». Just the
other day we saw some dainty models in
a. store with the fishtail bow of black
velvet riobon finished at the center by a
row of three of the tiniest of pink satin
roses, set in green baby ribbon. Those
having a faculty for crochet, will find
buckles of Irish crochet another way of
finishing up-to-date neck'wear.

Wild roses of pink or white are made
by gathering a double: strip of satin of
suitable length to a little more than meet
in a circle. Bring this gathered strip
around to simulate the blossom, and fill
in the center with French knots done
with yellow or gold silk. Two of the
sweet brie-r rose size are a. very hand-
some substitute for a brooch, while the
tiny ones may be used in all sorts of
decorations.

The shops just now are full of sugges-
tions, and if your scrap bag is fuller than
your purse, consult the stores only for
models. Then go home. and use your
own skill. '

A NOVEL CHRISTMAS CAKE.

 

BY E. RUSSELL.

Make a. white or yellow batter, quite
stiff, put a layer of it in a pan, then
place slices of cold dark cake on it, hav-
ing trimmed off the crust: then another
layer of batter and more cake, finishing
with the batter.

Pink cake may be used for “blocks,”
or both dark and pink, or a dark batter
and white cake. to suit llic fancy. \Vhen
cut it will look very unlike the common
marble cake.

Those not in the secret will wonder
how the batter can be kept that shape;
as mysterious as “how the apple got into
the tltiiiipling," which once puzzled a
king.

Now for “mother's way” of cutting a
large round cake. avoiding the usual
“small end of the wedge.” This consists
in cutting each wedge of cake nearly to
the center leaving the, central part to
support the decoration. It is especial-
ly nice whcn the cake is to be placed on
the table whole. or apparently so. This
leaves the middle intact, and does not

 

interfere with any control decOration.
This was one of the delights of our child-
hood, ‘thc piccc left for manners." when
we donned g-ood behaviOr on company
days.
HOME QUERIES.

Discouraged.—«I think your trouble
comes from excessive shyness. Your let-
ter is very well written. Your words
are Well chosen and your thought ex-
pressed in good, concise English. For

that reason I believe you do not talk
well because you are afraid of criticism.
If that is the case the only thing to do
is to forget yourself completely. I
should read the best magazines, and
the very best type of women's journals
These and other journals touch on
live topics which should be of interest to
everyone. Read them carefully and inform
yourself on questions of general interest.
Practice imaginary conversations aloud
when you are alone so you will get used
to the sound of your own voice. Perhaps
some of your trouble comes from the,
fact that you are not used to meeting
many people. If that is so, go out 4.1]
you possibly can, to church, grunge and
farmers‘ club, and make, yourself talk to
everyone there.

Household lCditorvaVhat is mean by
pasteurized milk‘k—Young Mother.

Milk that has been heated rapidly to
about 155 degrees F. and kept at that
temperature for :50 minutes, then cooled
rapidly to 68 degrees. It is not so hard
of digestion as sterilized milk. in ster-
ilized milk a temperature of from 212 to
220 degrees is reached and maintained
f0r a half hour. Sometimes this tempera-
ture is maintained for one and a half

hours.
Household Editorz—J’Vould .Vou giVe
cocoa to young children. say three or

four years old?—.\nxious.

While cocoa contains the same stimu-
lating principles as tea and coffee. and
some authorities say a larger per cent,
it doesn’t affect the nervous system as
does the caffeine in the other beverages.
It contains a fair proportion of all the
food principles and is not only nourish-
ing of itself but on account of the milk
added to it. Chocolate is about 50 per
cent fat and cocoa is chocolate with a

  

 
  
  
  
 
 

 

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large part of the fat removed. It is
thought to be a valuable food for chil-
dren.

Household Editorz—Can you suggest a
way to use barley for an invalid7—Home
Nurse.

Soak three tablewpoonfuls of barley

over night in cold water. In the morn-
ing drain off the water. add a quart of
cold water and a quarter teaspoonful of
salt and cook down to one- pint. Use a
double boiler 0r simmer on the back of
the stove. Then strain and set away to
(-001. Add two table-spoonfuls of this to
a. cup of warm milk.

 

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COLLAR BOW WITH BUCKLE IN
IRISH CROCHET.

 

\Vind No. 24 thread 25 times around
the forefinger. Make. 68 dc in this .ring,
join wilh s1 sliich.

Ch 1, *, 13 dc in ncxt 13 do through
both loops of'slitch, ch 7. Take hook
out of work, and insert in 5th do back,
and draw last loop of 7 ch through; ch 7
skip 3 dc and draw lust ch through next
dc; 5‘. dc over this loop of 7 ch: picot of
1‘. ch, 6 dc in same loop, 5 dc under

DEC. 21. 1912.

of ring, a small picot of ch five and catch
in side petal of next rose. Repeat from
* three more times.

This completes the jabot. When pretty
ribbon, of suitable size is drawn through
and neatly fastened, it is very pretty.

Plaln Jabot.

Ch or wind thread around two fingers.
fill with sc. * Ch seven, miss four so, join
to next sc, repeat from * nine times.

Eight so in each of two, ch seven, four
so in next, turn, ch seven, catch in cen-
ter of eight 50, ch seven, catch in next
eight sc, turn, ch four, catch in sc, fill
ch seven with eight sc, four so in next,
ch seven. turn, ch seven, catch in cen-
ter of eight sc, turn, ch four, catch, w-ork
five so in top ch seven, ch four, catch
four so in remaining half of lop ch sev-
cn, ch four, catch, four so in half ch, ch
four catch, four so in half ch.

The ch fours are for picot.

Now till the next three ch sevens in
exactly the some way, then the other
three of the nine ch sevens. This com-
pletes one half the bow holder.

Make ch, or wind cord, and work an-
other half eleclly the same, and join the

 

 

 

 

 

ncxi loop: ch 7, draw through 2d dc from
picot in firstdoop. Make 3 dc, picot, 5
dc, picot, 2% dc over this loop: 1 do in
ncxti unfinished loop, picot, 3, dc. 4 dc in
next 4 dc on ring; ch 15, pull through
ccntt-r dc of top loop: ch 13, pull lhrough
1st do in 2d row; make 20 do over each
1;? ch.

llcpczli from * to * three times, catch-
ing each 2d ch of 1:7 in the do next, thc
last 15 ch before. it.

Last row: Four dc, picot, 4 dc. picot,
4 dc, picot, 6 dc, ch 4; take hook from
work and insert in iilh dc back, pull last
st of ch 4 through, 2 dc on ch 4, picot, 2
,dc 0n rcnminder of ch 4; 4 dc, picot, 4
\dc, picot, 4 dc, picot, 4 dc. Repeat:
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around remaining lbrcc motifs.

Connect lllc croohelcd buckles by lap-
pinr.r two motifs, and insert black velvet
ribbon bow in the lllfllllH-l' illustrated.—
Cora Relic Williams, Seneca Co., 0.

IRISH CROCHETED JABOTS.

 

 

liY n. wtiLVmVM‘nns.

Having l‘l‘t‘l'llll)‘ nuldc several of the
ribbon holdcrs. i will scnd my directions.

I'Sc ll. I\l. (‘. No. .‘l or tho silko, any
color prcfcrrcd, although white, or cream
is the usual color usml,

Crochet a chain long.r cnough to reach
around ihc four liner-rs lightly, or wrap
the lhrcnd iwicc around lhc lingers, join
and covcr this ring with sc. .loin with
sl 51 lo first so, ch, 10 or 1:. null join at
opposilo point of ring. (‘chr this ch
with sc. Now work ('1 picot around the
lnrgl- ring of so as follows:

(“h sown, catch back in third st from
beginning for {L Iiit'Ol: (‘ll flilll‘, llliSS l‘ullI‘,
so, catch in next, rcpcat twice more, lhcn
sl st in ihrcc Sc, thrcc more lilWIlS
joim-d in the iirst three ihcn lhrcc sl st
(those three sl st (”'0 to join the four
small l'oscs iol, lhrcc more picols. lln'cc
sl sl, thrce more picols, tln‘ce more SI sl,
i‘nstcn thrcnd and cul.

loscsz~~0h live join. ch four sc in ring.
ch three, so in same ring, (-11 three sl .sc in
iirst ch 01' ch four. This iichs i‘our
splices for petals. Ono sc, one half dc,
ihrce dc. one half dc, one so. all in iirst
space. \Vork three more petals some
way; ch four, sl st in sc of petal at back,
ch four, sl st in so of next pctnl, ch four,
sl st in sc of next petal. ch four sl st
where, first ch four began. Fill each of
iheso ch four spaces with pcials as fol-
lows: (me so. one half dc, four dc, one
half dc and onekc.

The last four petals. join with sl st,
or with thread and needle to the three
sl st over the sc of ring. This will give
one small rose at each of four places
equall}n distant from each other. *Join
thread to side petal, a picot of fine ch,
catch back in third st; ch two, fasten in
first picot on ring, a picot as made
around ring, catch in next picot, another
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Irish Crochet Collar Bow Buckle.

sc with s1 st, where there are no ch sev-
en loops.

These are pluincr, and quicker worked
and many prol‘cr ihcm to the rose holder.

FASHIONS BY MAY MANTON.

 

Our large Fashion Book for fall of 1912
mcontaining 92 pages illustrating over
700 of the season’s latest styles, and de-
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No.7566—Scmi-fitled Coat with Robes-
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cuffs and bcli: on back. Four ynl‘ds of
material :37 in. wide is needed for medium
SiZl‘.

N0. 7550777~ancy Collars, One Size. VVith
or wilhout frills. (.zuaricr yard is nccd-
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yds, of lace 8 in. wide and 11,; yds. of
handing for No. l, 1 _\'d, of lace 6 in. wide
for NH. 2.

No. 756977l‘rinccss House Gown, 36 to
46 bust. With high neck and fancy or
stock collar or with square neck, with
elbow or long sleeves, perforated for
walking lcnglh, with inverted plait or
habit back.

No. 7567—»(lii-l‘s Dress, 6 to 10 yenrs_

\Vith round or high neck, three-quarter
or long slccves. For the 8-year size, the
dress will require 31,}, yds. of material 27
in. wide with fur—yd. 27 for the trimming.

No. 7568—Tucked Blouse. 3-1 to 40 bust.
\\'ith or without chemisetie and peplum
that is perforated for shorter length,
threcqunrter or long slceves. For the
medium size, the blouse Will require 31/2
yds. of material 36 inches wide with 5/3
yd. 18 inches wide for the collar and
cuffs, and 1/2 yd. 18 for the chemisette
and stock collar.

The above patterns will be mailed to
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who dOes not know when he is whipped
is recognized as the greatest soldier and
general. Likewise the farmer who will
not admit failure, but who still seeks to
solve the problems of success to the best
of his ability will be the most successful
in his business.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

National.

President-elect Woodrow Wilson has
returned from Bermuda where he has
been resting for the past month. His
first duty is to continue his reform pro-
gram by directing legislation in New Jor-
sey. where he still holds his office as
governor. .

Six people were killed and stx others
we missing as the result of a collision
between a street car and a Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern coal train at Ashta-
bula, Uhio, Monday night. ' . .

Society over the counory is givmg con-
siderable attention to the announcement
of the engagement of Finley .J. Shepard,
a. high oiiit-ial in railway circles, to Miss
lie-ion Gould, famous for her philanthropic
enterprises.

United States internal revenue agents
raided a large oleo factory in St. Louis,
Monday. The officers of the company are
held, charged with conspiracy to defraud
the government by evading the oleomar-
garine tax.

A disturbance was caused in the but—
ter tirade by an action brought against the
right butter board t't) dissolve the board
as a trust. it is claimed that 117,000,000
pounds of butter are held by the 1nter-
tsts controlled by this board. The plac-
”'33; of this amount of butter upon the
market will in all probability cause a de-
('lillt’" in prices.

Large delegations from all over the
country are in session at \\'ashington.1n
the interests of the Kenyon bill which
came up in that body for consideration
Monday. The bill provides for the pro—
hibition of shipments of liquor from wet
states into dry states. Bills of this na-
ture have been brought to the attention
of congressmen at a number of sessions
in the past, btit until now the subject
has neVer been considertd seriously by
those who oppose the measure.

Search has been made for Horace
Kearney, a. young aviator who attempted
to fly from Los Angeles to San Francisco
in a hydropiane. lie was accoinl‘utnied
by a newspaper reporter. A portion of
his machine has bet-n found and it is al-
most certain that the men and the re-
mainder of the craft haVe been lost.‘

The government believes that it has
gained a. partial victory in the deciston of
the supreme court in the anthracite coal
case. The court held that the Temple
iron Company is an unlawful combina-
tion in restraint of trade. The govern-
ment hopes through this decision to de—
stroy a combination that apparently con-
trols anthracite coal prices.

President 'i‘aft has selected Dr. Carl A.
Alsberg. of New York, a chemist biologist:
of the Bureau of Plant industry of the
Department of Agriculture, to succeed
in'. Harvey XV. “'iley as government pure
food expert. Dr. Alsberg was closely
associated with Dr. \Viley and it is be—
lieved he will support his predecessor in
practically all pure food decisions.

Yeggs secured $17,000 from a bank at
Kyle, Texas, Monday morning.

The department of agriculture esti—
mates the past season's eleven leading
crops to be worth nearly $4,000,000,000.
This is about $30,000,000 greater than the
value for 1911.

The federal government has organized
a bureau for adapting educational meth-
ods of rural schools to the interests of
the respt-ctive communities. There will
be a chief and three assistants.

Paul Lockwood was drowned near
h'lichigcin Center by breaking through ice
on a pond above the darn at‘ that place.

it is estimated that the garbage of the
city of Detroit is worth $1,730 for each
day's waste, in fertilizer value. The in-
shllation of an incinerating plant to de-
stroy the garbage is being opposed on
this ground.

Foreign.

Dr. Edouard Miller has been chosen by
the electorate of Switzerland as presi—
dent of that' republic for the coming
term. The constitution of Switzerland
fixes the term of president to a single
year.

The fourth attempt of the Federation
of Labor of France, to force a general
strike and thereby paralyze the resources
of the government, has failed.

Preliminary arrangements hays been
completed for the negotiations of peace
between Turkey and the allied forces. The
wide difference, however, beLWeen the
claims of the two parties prompts the
belief that considerable time will elapse
before the final terms are agreed upon.
It is the opinion of delegates to the con-
ference that the Vulted States is the only
great power absolutely disinterested and
impartial in the matter, and if it were
possible to bring about something of the
same intervention which in 1905 led to
the Portsmouth conference and conclud-
ed peace between Russia and Japan, that
a settlement of the present trouble might
be affected.

VVhitelaw Reid, American ambassador
to Great Britain since 1905, died Sunday,
at Dorchestler house, London, after an
illness of only two weeks. Death was

'due to pulmonary trouble. His wife and

daughter were present when the final
summons came. He was born at Xenia.
Ohio, October 27, 1837, of Scotch paren-
tage. He graduated from Miami Univer-
sity in 1856, became principal of graded
schools at S0uth Charleston, 0., after
which he bought and edited the Xenia
News. Later he became editor of the

'Cincinnati Gazette. At the outbreak of

the Civil war he enlisted. During his
service he acted as war correspondent of
the Cincinnati paper. In 1862 he became
war correspondent in WashingtOn and
attracted such attention that he was
asked by Horace _Greeley to accept 3.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. an 577

place on the New York Tribune. which
he did, becoming editor—in-chief when
Mr. Greeley was nominated for president
in 1872. He married a daughter of J.
Ogden Mills, of California, who inherited
a large. fortune. In 1878 he was made
regent of the New York University, two
years later was called upon to represent
this county at Paris, and in 1892 he was
nominated for vice-president by the re-
publican party on the ticket with Gen—
eral Benjamin Harrison. in 1897 he rep-
resented this country at the queen's ju-
bilee in London and was made a member
of the commission which negotiated peace
with Spain a year later. He was special
ambassador to represent the United
States at the coronation of King Edward
and three years later, 1905, became Am—
erican ambissador to Great Britain.

CROP AND MARKET Norse.

Shiawassee 00., Dec. 1.0.——Strong pre-
vailing winds from the southwest and
west. Il‘armtu'si busy hauling sugar beets,
manure and logs to saw mill. A great
deal of timber is being cut in this local-
ity. Many of the old woodlots are ready
to harvest and unless done the winds are
going to destroy their commercial value.
Farmers cutting timber are Very careful
to preserve the young growth as timber
is being more highly appreciated each
year. Wheat is looking well going into
the winter with a good top and root
growth. Rye is also doing well. Bean
threshing about over. The crop is below
the average. Many farmers were too
hasty last fall to secure the crop and
put it into the barn before thoroughly
dry, conse-riutintly a large number of
farmers have p acticaliy lost their crop,
from overheating in the barn. Cows are
commanding a high price. A number of
good animals changed hands today at
prices ranging from $60 to $75. Lamb
l‘cedcs are- filling up their barns. Very
few cattle going on feed. Plenty of corn
standing in the- fields unharvcsted. Clover
seed is yielding from a. half to two bush-
t-ls per acre. i’otato rot is infesting pits
and cellars.

Washtenaw 00., Dec. 11.—The- first!
really cold weather is here; a strong gale
and the thermometer at 30 degs. Seems
quite late winter. Farm work is mostly
done. Some corn to be threshed by the
power huskcrs. A good deal of plowing
has been done. “heat and clover going
into t'he winter in excellent condition.
There seems to be more feed in and
around farmcrs' barns than usual. and
consequently more demand for milch
cows and pigs to turn it into cash. Milk
and butter prices are doing extremely
well. Milk for the Detroit market bring-
$1.80 per hundrcd on a 31/2 per cent basis.
Creamery butter selling for 36c; easy
money to those who are fixed for it. The
numerous silos that have been crccted
and filled promise to be a paying invest-
ment.

Emmet Co.—r’l‘he \‘ccalhcr for the first

 

half of Novcmber was fairly favorable—

for the prosecution of farm work, yet
the snow that came about the middle of
the month caught a small area of pota—
toes still in the ground and much corn
standing in the shock. The first fall of
snow remained only a few days, but
more has now fallen, sufficient to make
the running of sleighs possible, and the
larger share of the traffic is carried on
by this means. New hay, loose. is sell—
ing at $140116; straw, $8@10; eggs 35c.
Feedstuffs are much lower than for sev-
eral seasons. Corn is 73c. per bushel and
other feeds in proportion. \\'hilo it is
improbable that slcighint,r is here to stay
thus early in the season, still such con-
ditions are not without precedent.
Newaygo 00.. Dec. 12.——-—November was
a better month than usual, which gave
the farmers a chance to get their farm
work done. Some colder now, with a
light fall of snow. A good bit of fall

plowing done and lots to do yet if the
Weather Will permit. Lots of stumping
being done. Bean thrcshing all done in

this locality; beans were a prctty fair
yield. No potatoes moving at the pres-
ent low price. Not many auction sales
so far this winter. l’riccs paid by local
dealers: Wheat, old, My; oats, 40c; new
35c; corn, shelled, pci‘ l)il., 00c: eggs. 33c;
butter, 25c; pork, live Gigc; dressed, 81/gc;
chickens, 90; turkeys, 15c; beef. live, 2dr
4c; shccp, Zl/zfimlAgc; veal, :l/(jl5l/gc; hay,
loose, $12; baled, $14; beans, red, $1.85;
“'lilUC, $1.75; potatocs, 30c.
Ohio.

Hardin 00., Dec. 0.-—-'l‘his finds farmers
nearly through with their corn for this
season, more shredded corn this year
than i ever knew of before. we learned
a. good less‘on last fall, but this has been
a line time to shred or to husk by hand.
\Ve have not had any snow yet and not‘
very much freezing weather. Wheat and
rye sowed this fall are making a fair
showing. llogs are selling for 70 per
1b., live weight: cream, 350; eggs, 320
per doz; hay around $10 per ton; oats,
300: corn, 38(ri‘400.

lelngston 00., Dec. 16.—1Ve have been
haying ideal weather conditions for the
past two weeks and as a result nearly
all of the corn crop has been secured.
The open fall has saved considerable
feed, as most farmers have not had to
feed their sheep very much yet. Farmers
are getting their work along nicely and
Will be better prepared for winter than
has been the case in several years. They
are also busy cleaning out their barn
yards and getting up the winter’s wood
supply. Feed will be quite plentiful this
Winter.

_Lapeer 00., Dec. 14.———Weather moder—
ating after a hard freeze. Bean thresh-
ing not yet done and some grain to
thresh yet. Lots of corn in shock in the
fields. Wheat and meadows need snow
protection. Stock has a chance to feed
on postures yet. Quite a lot of plowing
done this fall. Lots of potat'oes yet to
sell and farmers seem to be holding their
bay for better prices. Beef high; pork
lower and mutton favored with better
prices. Potatoes are selling at' 400; rata-

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are already asking, “What will be the big 1913
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which Silo Makers have been attempting for three years.
An invention which brings the silo to final perfection.

Men will never build a Silo essentially superior to the
1913 Saginaw.

On account of patents still pending. we deem it uh
wise. as yet, to publicly describe the new lfllii Saginaw
feature. But this information will be sent you free in a.
personal letter if you want it.

Always in the Lead

The Saginaw has always led. It was famous first as
“The Silo With the All-Steel Door Frame.” Then foiiowed
the Saginaw Inner Anchoring Hoop. cht came the cele-
brated Saginaw Base Anchor. And now comes another
new feature—the most surprising of all.

Flve Mammoth Factories

Owners of Saginaw Silos have told so
many friends and neighbors about the
Saginaw that it is new wanted in every
farming section. So five mammoth fac-
tories have had to be built to fill orders on
time. Last season we received orders for
587 Silos in a single day. Yet the Saginaw
has been on the market only seven years.
Other silos not One-tenth so popular have
been in the field almost twice as long.

“Solid as Gibraltar”

The Saginaw Silo stands as solid as the
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LP OULTEflnBEEsi

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FOUL BROOD OF BEES.

 

 

 

Origin, Contagiousness, Cau3e o'f infec-
tion—Precautionary Measures.

The origin of foul brood is not known
to scientists or bee men. It is thought to
come from a certain condition of the pol-1
len in the hive. There are two distinct
classes of this disense——American, and
the less destructive European.

American foul brood is caused by a
germ called Bacillus alvei, and European
by the germ Bacillus larvae. These dis-
eases require about the same treatment
and, generally spcnking, are both given
the general name of foul brood.

It was first found in the eastern States,
about twenty years ago, and since that
time has spread rapidly until the ma-
jority of the states now have it in nearly
every county. Many of the best honey-

cappings and scales. Position of comb
lie on bottom wall of cells.

producing states are worst affected.
Michigan, which is one of the leading
lioncy—pi'mlu«ing states, has had it Willi-
in its boundaries for the past fifteen
years but, owing to the fact. that bee
yards wcre {It first so isolated, it was not
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season. Custom hatching $2 per 50 eggs in (Iyphers.

 

HITE VVyaiidottos—25 May and June hatched
cockurels weighing from 7 to bibs. from my (unions

llt‘OS in the slate and bee yards closer
together, the danger of foul brood has
come to be drczidcd. Forty-six counties
hnve it at present, with its existence
suspcctcd in srvcn others, all in the
lower peninsula. The disease» appears to
be cntei'ing counties and places which
have not, been previously visited and
many bee owners, when told of their boos
having the disease, burn swarms and
hive-s in a frantic effort to get rid of it.
Such drastic measures, howcver, are not
necessary. Bacillus larvae» and Bacillus
alvei germs find :1 brooding place in hon—
ey, old and young larvae. The way in
which many colonies become infectcd is
through honey containing the germs.
which is gwncrnlly obtained by :L strong

 

winter laying strain. L. M. OLDS, Ypsilanti, Mich.

AM MOTH Bronze ’l‘urkcy toms & hens. Silver A’
Partridge W'yaiidotto cock’ls, Ind. Runnt-rdrakvn.
Prices reasonable. E. H. A1 .I. A. Ctrllltl‘, t‘oopcrsvillu, Mich.

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Dear, sent on ten
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colony robbing a. diseased one which IS
too weak to dcfcnd its stores, or through
carelessness on the part of the bee-keep—
er. Ono drop of infected honey from
American foul brood contains enough
germs to infect, hundreds of colonies.

Preventive measures should be used as
soon as :1 single cell of foul brood is
found. Colonies having the disease should
have ‘thcii' cnii'nnces contracted to {lg-x5
in. for a colony of medium strength; for
weaker the entrant-0' should be still
smaller. Disclosed colonies should not be
allowed to swnrm. Those in box hives
or hives having immovable frames should
be transferred to frame hives so that
hives may be opencd and frames looked
over from time to time.

Precautions should be used at all times
to prevent robbing while inspecting or
doing work around diseased colonies.
Combs or supers should not be transfer-
red fi‘om one hive 'to another in an apinry
known to contain disease. No honey
should be bought or used in feeding the
bees. The best grade of granulated sugar
is safe and also much better. Tools and
clothing should be'kept clean of wax and
honey at all times by using water con-
taining disinfectants made by putting
one tablespoonful of pure carbolic acid,
either in liquid or crystals, into one
quart of water, or by putting one-eighth
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of water. If the latter solution is used

it should be kept in an earthen dish as
it is destructive to a metal one.

Queens obtained from breeders should
not be introduced in the cage in which
they were shipped. Each queen should
be released from the old cage in front of
a. window and recaged in a new one
without candy or honey. Then she must
be put where she may obtain honey from
the hive soon.

YVax from diseased combs may be sav-
ed and melted, if done carefully inside
of 2L building which bces ('illl not enter.
\Vax thus obtained should be thoroughly
cleaned with cold water of any honey
liable to be clinging to it. Refuse is
buried and frames burned or buried. Care
should be taken that no honey or sweet—
ened water reaches the bees. Remember,
when rendering wax in buildings, that it
is very inflammable. \\'hc1‘c only a few
hives are affected no effort need be made
to save wax. The work in every par-
ticular must be carefully done or no
good will be accomplished. One Utah
bce man who had 600 colonies in Salt
Lake valley had this number reduced to

 

C‘omb containing American Foul Brood. showing irregular patches of sunken

indicates best way to View scales which

40 within two years because lof employing
various ineffective methods in his at-
tempts to eradicate the disease.
Legislation, and co-opcrntion among
bcc-kccvpci‘s, will put an end to this dis-
‘cusc if properly carried out. Nearly ev-
ery state has foul brood laws and in-
SIM'ClOl'S. Sonic have inspectors for cv-
ei‘y county. Michigan has foul brood
laws that ni'c being.r given :1 little atllc'n-
tion by one inspector from the Dnii‘y and
Food Department, As soon as $500, the
amount sct {isido by this department. has
been expended, inspwtion ceases. This
is not enough Io insure much effective
work. One of the bills passed by the
last legislature and vetoed by tho gover-
nor carried an appropriation of $1,500 for
hoe inspection nnd dis-misc control. l‘cnn—
sylvnnia recently pnsscd u now foul brood
law with ample provisions for inspection.
The annual bonny (Top of the l'nitcd
States has a value of ovci' $25,000,000.
Foul brood causes a loss of $1,000,000 from
decreased production, besides the loss of
bees and depreciation of pi'oi’uei'ty. Thc
government, realizing the importance: of
this industry, is appropriating more and
more money each year for the study of
bee (liscdses and for the general benefit
of the honey-producing industry.
Shiawusseo Co. N. F. GUTE.

KEEPING DOWN FEED COST.

A very important (-onsidci'ntimi in mis—
ing poultry upon the farm is that of
keeping expenses as low as possible and
yet not fail to give good care to the
stock. From experience I find that the
secret of profitable egg production is
hatching,r the chicks early, in keeping
them growing and in making the pullets
lay early. And it is not alone due to
feed. If you do not keep their quarters
clean you will encounter lice and mites
at every stage and when the laying pe-
riod has been reached the results will be
disappointing. Provide for your hens a.
good dust bath; whitewash their house
with lime, carefully filling all cracks with
the thick lime; sprinkle- lnsect powder
over the hens while they are on the
roosts and they will soon more than re-
pay you for the extra care.

The feed must be considered if you
expect a profit from the flock. Sprouted
oats makes a cheap green food and is a
good egg producer. In my opinion it is
the best green food obtainable. Feed,

DEC. 21, 1912.

once a day, as much as they will eat up
clean. By sprouting them the pavlatabil-
ity of oats is increased considerably. The
ordinary method is to soak the grain in
water about 10 hours, drain off the wat-
er and empty outs into a box having
small holes in the bottom. Sprinkle them
night and morning with hot water and
when the oats begin to sprout spread
them into other boxes, having them about
two inches deep in each box and sprinkle
twice a day with warm water. '\\'hen
the sprouts are two inches long I begin
feeding them and also begin sprouting
another lot so us to have them ready
when the first are all gone.

I also feed wheat, corn and buckwheat.
After the hens have gone to roost I
scatter the grain in the litter, then turn
the litter over. The straw is then on
top and when the hc-ns got off the roosts
in the morning they begin digging out
the grain which keeps the-m busy all
forenoon. .

At noon I feed the sprouted oats, with
a change occasionally to manglcs. cab-
bage or clover hay. The evening feed
consists of whole grain fed in troughs.
and what they do not cut is removed.
I find sour milk an excellent drink for
them but of course I keep plenty of fresh
water before them all the time, also
charcoal and grit.

Wayne Co. J. P.

GETTINGVREADY FOR THE SPRING
CHlCKENS.

 

 

 

It is none too Soon to begin making
plans for the chickens one expects to
raise next year. and to get the yard and
coops ready. If an incubnioi‘ is used to
hatch the eggs, :1 broodm- will be requir-
ed to take care of the young chickens;
and if they are set" undci‘ hens one. will
need a lot of small «cops to keep them
and their little ones in.

Home-made broodcrs Will often answer
ihe purpose. Anyone who can snw boards
and drive nnils can make. one in a. short
time at very little. expense, The main
thing to look out for in making a. brood-
er, as well {15‘ the small (-oops for the
separate hens with their broods, is to see
that it can bc easily clcnncd. If the
broodcr or coops are made separate from
the “coins on which they are to stzmd it
will be an cosy matter to clean for the
houses can be turned over, the floors)
scrubbed and left to dry and air for a.
whole day in the hot; sun.

The floors for the coops will insure the
safety of tho little chickens from rats 01‘
other animals that might dig under the
coops and destroy ihcm, as well as to
keep them dry during rainy Weather. It
is not {1 Vci‘y pleasant thing to get out of
bcd some stormy night, go out and galhcl‘
up :1 hundred. or more, half—drowned
chickens and take them into the house
where a tire must be built to warm and
revive them. Later in the season when
the chickens get. larger it will not be
necessary to keep the coops on these
platforms but they can be simply moved
from one place to another when the
ground under them becomes unclean.

If one is raising the little, chickens in
the some yard where: the old ones are
kept, :1 feeding pen will be indispensible.
The old chickens will not only gobble all
the feed in sight but will also trample
the little chickens under their big feet.
mid often kill them. The feeding pen
should be made with slat sides and top,
and the slats will have to be placed quite
close together for the little chickens. The
Sluts (on be so arranged that every oth-
er one can bo taken out, when the chick-
ens gct laii'gcl'. \Vith an arrangement of
this Sort it is no trouble to feed the. lit—
ile chickcns for they can exit inside the
pen as long as they want to and are
safe from interference by the larger
ones.

he not, by any means, neglect to pro-
vide proper drinking troughs or foun-
tains. The little chickens got so thirsty
Over night. that, they will often leave
their morning feed to get a drink. The
water vessels should be located in the
shade in order to keep the water as cool
as possible in summer.

There is plenty of hard work connected
with chicken raising. Even if all the
comps are made now and everything is
gotten ready several months before the
chickens are hatched there will be plenty
of daily 'work to do and one will be glzid
that this much has been attended to
during the slack days in winter. '

Ohio. MARGARET WHITNEY.

 

Regularity in the cure of poultry is of
much moment. Sudden changes of hous-
ing conditions, of feed, of time for eat-
ing, may result in a. cessation of egg
production. .

‘ l

 

 


 

 

DEC. 21, 1912.

VETERINARY.

 

(Continued from page 564).
twice a day and at times give her mint
hay. J. W. L.. Decatur, Mich.-—-Give
your cow 1 oz. ground quassia, 1 oz. of
powdered cinchona, 1 oz. cooking soda at
a. dose in feed three times a day. You
are no doubt milking her at a loss and all
' things considered, I believe you had bet-
ter dry her. _

Pneumonia—I have recently lost two
lambs which took sick soon after they
were placed in pen to fatten them. They
had considerable discharge from nos—
trils, soon became weak, had to help them
up, and after a few days sickness died.
Some of my other lambs are too loose in
bowels and I would like to know what to
give them. W. J. B., Howell, Mich—The
lambs that died perhaps took cold and
died of pneumonia. You should have ex-
amined them after death. Give your

.lambs some of the following compound
powder at a dose in each feed: Ground
gentian, fenugreek, anice, ginger, cook-
ing soda and salt. Give each one a tea-
spoonful at a dose in meal tw1ce a day.
You should avoid feeding them much
'musty, second growth clover; shake the
dust out of it before you give it to them.

Knuckling.—I have been watching the
veterinary columns to get a remedy for
cocked ankle, but failed to notice a pre-
scription for that ailment. I have a two-
year-old colt that knuckles badly when
he Walks and I would like to have him
cured. C. D. W., Brown City, Mich—You
will obtain fairly good results by apply-
ing ce'rate of cantharides to fetlock joints
once a week. Light blister such as I
have prescribed, will assist in strength-
ening the ligaments of jointand make
the colt nearer sound.

Rheumatism—Spinal Disease—I have a
mare that is stiff and sore, more so in
hind than fore quarters; she is hardly
able to get up alone. Our local Vet. has
been treating her for the past four
months, with poor results. She has good
appetite and is with foal. \V. 10., \Vood-
land, Mich.——Give her 2 drs. sodium sa—
licylate, 3 drs. nitrate potash and 1 dr.
ground nux vomica at a dose in feed
three times a day. Apply equal parts
alcohol and spirits camphor to back and
sore parts twice daily. Don‘t feed her
too much corn, and exercise her daily.

Mange.-—Ever since last June my six-
year-old work horse has been troubled
with an itchy condition of the skin. Our
local Vet. has been treating him 'for
mange but fails to relieve him much.
1This horse is in agony during hot weath—
er, but not nearly so had during cold
weather. \V. G. L., ’l'nionville, Mich——
Apply one part sulphur, half part car-
bonate potash and four parts fresh lard
three times a. week. GiVe him 1/2 oz. of
Donovan’s solution at a dose in feed
three times a day. In my practice I find
it a good plan to clip such horses, the
skin can be healed much more quickly
when hair is short; besides, less medi-
cine is required.

Surfc'it—Indigestion.~l have a seven—
year-old mare that is all broken out on
shoulders, neck and thighs. The hair on
these blotches shed out and she seems

gaunt. Have been feeding new corn and
huskcd fodder and straw. \V. S. C.,
Litchfield, Mich—Salt her feed, change

glVing her some roots and mixed
hay. Give her 1 oz. bicarbonate soda, 1,9
oz. gentian, 1,4 oz. Fowler’s solution at
a dose in feed three times a day. Groom
her twice daiIY.

Indigestion—Impactiou of Bowels.—I
have a six-year—old mare that has been
sick for the past five days, but she has
been unthrifty for several weeks and for
the past few days shows uneasiness, as
if sufferng some pain. She appears to
be uncomfortable after eating. Her ap-
petite for food is not good and she is not
thirsty. G. \V. B., \Vest Olive, Mich:—
She should be fed a good quality of food
and not too much at a time; her bowels

feed,

should be kept open and active and a
short walk daily. would do her good.
Give her 1 oz. cooking soda, 1 oz. gen-

tian, and 1 oz. ginger at a. dose in feed
three times a day. Give her 1/2 oz. of
salicylic acid at a dose in each feed until
she ceases to show pain after meals.

Loss of Appetite—~Six weeks ago I
bought four calves that were seven
months old and in poor condition. Two

of them do not have much appetite for
food and none of the four are thriving.
Their bowels are costive, they are fed
cut corn fodder and nubbins of corn. .T.
w_ E, Alderson, Micli.——Give each of
them 4 ozs epsom salts at a dose daily
until bowels loose-n; one dose may be
enough. Also give 1,5 oz. ground gentian,
yg dr. ground nux vomica and V2 oz. of
cooking soda at a dose in feed or as a
drench three times a day. A change of
feed will do them as much good as
drugs.

Nasal Catarrh in Cuts—Have some
nice fat cats that have spells of sneez-
ing, blowing and discharging mucus from
nose. and I might add, they had a sim-
ilar sickness last winter, but recovered.

\K’hat is this sickness and what can be
done for them? Mrs. J. R., Peck, Mich.
——Sleeping in damp places and a. cold

wind blowing on them is perhaps the
cause of their catarrh. Wash out nos-
trils with a salt solution made by dis-
solving 1 oz. salt in a pint of clean, tepid
Water and apply twice daily. Give them
some cooking soda in their feed, or give
it in water.

Crop—bound—My chickens refuse to
eat or drink more than enough food and
water to keep them alive. They exer-
cise very little; are fed corn, oats, wheat,
buckwheat, millet and oyster shells. A.
D. 13.. Prescott, Mich.——Give your chick—
ens enough castor oil or olive oil. or ep-
som salts to 'clean the crop and bowels
out, or it may be necessary to operate
on crop and remove contents; this is
done by opening drop and removing its
contents and sewing wound. Their feed
should be soft and of a laxativo nature.
Keep them in- a dry, warm, clean coop.

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

 

1.0 head our herd.
Pauline Count No. 70120.

26-lb. cow, Ina Aaggie,

us send you pedigrees. Price, $250.

Having Purchased a

$1,000 Son of Frend Hen=
gerveld De Kol Butter Boy

We offer for sale our 3—year-old herd bull, Sherlock Lilith
We had prided ourselves on having one of the beat
young sires in Michigan, and well worth $500, but as we have a number of
cows worth over $500 each we decided to own the best sire In the state.
record of his five nearest tested dams average 25.73 lbs. each. His sire is from the
by a son of Canary’s Mercedes (25.16 lbs.)
the noted 27-lb. Lilith Pauline Countess . .
cow) is from a 21-lb. dam. He is a grand show animal, nearly white, weighs
a ton, and has taken prizes at a. number 01' state agd county fairs.
h i icture and edi ee b droDl’llng us a car ._
ffo‘hei 3.3111). 0. dams, fgomgg to 1y2 months old, from $75.00 to $175.00 each. Let

LONG BEACH FARM. FRED S. KENFIBLD.

The

His dam,
Carlotta (a thousand dollar show
You can
\Ve also have several

 

Prop.. - - Augusta. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

luo mom: WET on com new I

 

Try a Pair of our famous (Health Brand)
‘ FELT-LINED CLOGS

as illustration, leather tops,
wooden soles, lined felt,
Mons or Women,

ONLY $ 1.60

Express on-
paid to your
home. on re-
GGlPtOIMODIK
order or on
(no checks)

Higher 3 buckles . . . . . $ 2.25
High legged Wellingtons $2.75 & 3.
Childrens Lace 7’s to 2’5 . . 1.25

11193113an Felt- Lined Clog Store
Dept. L. 403 Broadway, Buffalo, N. Y.

 
 
 
  

 

 

Why Are You Satisfied

to leave your money where it earns little or no

interest when you will receive

5% Fail or Compounded semi-annually

ll dc osited with this Society.
Full portion are on request.
The industrial Savings Society,
219 Hammond Bldz.. Detroit, Mich.
I. ROY WATERBUBY, Pres. AUSTIN N. KIMMIS, Secy

PATENTS that PAY BEST

Facts about szus, REWARDS, INVENTIONS WANTED.
etc. Send 100 postage for Valuable book.
R. S. & A. B. LACEY, 89 Washington, D. C. Est-braked 1869

——Horsec. cattle. sheep. "vine and
For sale poultry, nearly all breeds. Sires
exchan ed. South West Michigan Pediareed Stock
Asa'n.. avid Woodman. Sec'y.-Treas..in Paw. Mich.

BREEBEIIS’ DIRECTORY.
CATTLE.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS.

Herd. consisting of Trojan Eri Blwkblrds and
Prides, only. is bonded by non . a Trojan Erica,
by Black Woodlown, sire of t a Grand OhmBlon steer
and bull at the International in Ohio-co. 90.. 1910.
A few ohoioely bred young bulls for sale.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionln. Mich.

AYR S H I RE —One of foremost dairy

breeds: young bulls

and bull calves for sole. Berkshire swine. ll pure
bred. Michigan School for Deaf. Flint. Mich.

GUERNSEY BULL CALVES,
YORKSHIRE PIGS. Good Stock.
HICKS GUERNSEY FAR“. Saginaw. W. 8.. Mich
GUERNSEYS‘BESELS?‘$323.33???» 5333623.?“ lit;
females for sale. ALLAN KELSEY, Lakeview. Mich.

10 Registered Guernsey:

Cows in milk. Bulls and bull calves. Write today
for sale list. G. A. WIGENT. Watervliet. Michigan

liEG. GUERNSEY BULL CALVES—large imp ved
Yorkshire hogs sows bred of the best. bree n3.
Jouh EBELS. R. 10. Holland. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Price cheap.

 

FOR SALE—5 registered Guernsey bull calves] mgig.
old. grandsons of Glenwood'u Main Stay. In A. .
daughters. Geo. W. Reeves. B. 2. Grand Rapids, Mich.

HATCH III-1RD I0ISTEINSZCil‘8iTa‘LfilE?’ 1322.33

onable prices. HATCH HERD. Ypsilanti. Michigan.

 

 

OLS'I‘EIN Bull Colf——ll mo. old. Dam and Grind-dam has

A. R 0. records of 18.14 lbs. and 24.98 lbs. butter in 7
days. Will sell for B. B. REAVEY, Akron, Michigan.

—Mn.chine on Iii speed now.

HOLSTE'N I am selling 51 'l bull calves

for 3'15 delivered. and can rove it with Lpedigrees
and photos. HOBART W. AY, Mason, ichigan.

liolstoin-Friosian Cattle—ngktmgofifif’t
GREGORY & BORDER. Howell. Michigan.

 

 

HOLSTEIN Bull ready for service. Also bull calves.
Sired by 30.“). bull, A.B.0. damn. Duroo Jersey
boars of best. breeding. E. R. Cornell, Howell. Mich.

Bigeluw’s Holstein Farms

Breedsvillo, Mich.
Have for sale several fine young
bulls out Of cows with high official
butter and milk records.

Send for circular.

Service Bulls and Bull calves

Slred by Manna Corcordla Champion,

Whose site‘s dam and dam’s dam average 34.06
lbs. butter in 7 days. average lat 4.67 % Also cows
and heifers bred to him. I can offer you bulls at
bargain prices. Try me and see, and do it quick.

L. E. CONN ELL,
Fayette. - - - Ohio.

0 If. t f d
"Olmeln BU" 693031120 , B W32;
3rd. Hired by best son or Pontiac Butter Bo .
Price only $0. 0. D. WOODBUBY. Lansing, Mic

 

 

 

F01! SALE—IIMSTEIN BULL CAIF

Born June 5. I912 sire a son of the Kin of the
Pontiaos from a daughter of Hengerveld eKol.
Dam of call‘. an A. ll. 0. daughter of Sadie Vale
Ooncordia's Paul DeKol, her dam aZOIb. imported cow.

D. 8. LEWIS. Marshall, Mich.

Purebred Registered

HOLSTE IN CATTLE

The Greatest Dairy Breed
Sand for FREE [1th Booklet.
flolstciml‘rioaion, Atom. Box l64, Brottleboro,Vt-

“Top-Notch” Holsteins.

Choice bulls from 11 to 14 mos. old, of fashionable
breeding and from dams with official milk and butter
records for sale at reasonable prices. Also young
bull calves.

McPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell, Michigan.
Lillie Farmstead Jerseys

(Tuberculin tested. Guaranteed free from Tuber-
culosts.) Several good bulls and bull calves out of
good dairy cows for sale. No females for sale at.
present. Satisfaction guaranteed.

COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.

F0llll CHOICE A. ll. 0. HOLSlElll BULL BALVES

from six weeks In one your old. Price $40 to $150. ELLIS
W. DORIN. Brookside Farm, Sunfield. Mich. R.F.D. 3.

BULL CALVES‘“‘°""““ Home
b e di ‘l l l ' f '“EKOII anglgé’lrflgl‘lklg
r 6 ng. L pen at prices or quit: ’ sa 0. .

FARMS, Ypsilanti. Mich. (‘olo Brothers, ()wnch.

 

 

 

 

EGIS'I‘ERI) Holstein Cattle-Two 00d bull calvea

Herd bonded by Hengerveld oin Pietertie.
Barred Plymouth Rock Cockorele.

FLOYD F. JONES. B. F. D. 3, Oak Grove. Mich.

Hereford Bulls For Sale, Also Poland China llogs.

ALLEN BROS, Paw Paw. Michigan.

JERSEYS CHEAP.

I havent my (lliristiancy Farm at; Dundee, some
40 Registercd Jerseys. all ages. for solo. Cows $75.
two-year-olds SN), yearlings $35. ht-il'cr calves 325.
I have been sick for two years past, unable to see to
anything This herd was started in 17516. The dam
of the first. male was Brownie 103.3 Imp. Judge
Marston. of Bay i‘ity. started his herd from this cow.
B..E. Bullock. No. 433 Delaware Aux. Toledo, Ohio.

Jersey Cattle For Sale.

(J. A. BRISTOL Fenton. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

—Bulls ready for service, bred for
Jefse S pioduction. Also cows and heifers
F. D. No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.

JER
BUTTER BRED mfifiysgflgm

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.
Silver Creek. Allexun County, Michigan.

IOR SALE—Jersey Bull Ball—$13? 2:3,, 332,;
individual from the best of blood lines. “'A’J‘ERMAN
& WAT l‘.‘ RMAN. Meadow Land Farm.Ann Arbor. Mich.

Brook water Farm,

 

 

 

FOR Sule,.lerscy Bulls, old enough for service. sired by a grand-
.wn of lmp. luterostwi l'iiuco unit from cows that. product:
400 to .500 lbs. butter annually. A. Newman ill, Mariette. Mich.

nu) roman BULLS FOR SALE‘S‘i‘l‘k‘l“:§

strains. JOHN BEBNER & SON, Grand Ledge. Mich.

ScotchWShorlhorn Bulls and Heller: For Sale.

W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.

 

 

I —Bceftype,d ir' t. ' ,
llalry 0nd Shodhorns hulls. 7 monatill 2,2,“,132315
Cash or good note. J. B. IIUMMEL. Mason. Mich,

 

- ~—Large Cattle—Heav Milke .
“a", Sherman“ Milk Records Furnished. Bulls
all sold. Prices rl ht. A squnro deal to all.

W. W. K APP. R. No. 4. Watervliet. Mich,

YWSHEEPJ

. —Yearling and ram lambs fro Ch ‘
LCIWSIQTS flock of Thumb of Mich. Almlnselef-lllnlllegfi
shire swme. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Alniont, Mich.

.. MD, ., . _
(lXFlllllllllllllle 31"? EMF“ .1 "implllfiue’fa‘gnc ‘33:.
PARSONS. .h. ...;.,~ 3. N... ., lilllllll LEllliE, HIGH.

OXFORD RAMS ELrBIHIIYOII‘IASdewlfirszd by and bread

‘ ‘ for sale. .

F. MILLLR or GEORU L. SPILLANE, Flint.Mich.
OXFOR D8 gcr saleé at treltilfifinhblfi
7 ricos: w . ~ ' ~ .

year-old OXFORD rams; four two-yonrf-gltl Eggs;-
BHIRE rains: and five yearling Shropshire rams-

PARKBURST BROS" Reed City, Michigan.

llorlhern Grown 8h opshlre Sheep gaglnfifrkghlm

. r eur-
ling and two-yeor-old rams, two hours old enough for
service. one of the best Jersey bulls in Mich. 3 yr. old.
Blue Bells Golden Lad m1 Will be sold cheap if
taken at onoo. D. 0. Magahay, R 1, Harrisville, Mich.

ling. llamobuillol Sheep. Pure Bred Poland China
HUGS and PERCHERON HORSES. 2% miles
E. Morrice. on G. '1‘. R. It. and M. U. R. J.Q. A. 000K

HE chance of your life time to start u flock of Reg. Rank

houillets, 24 Breeding ewes and lo Elegant Ewes lambs, bred
right. Must sell. Ira B. Baldwin, B. R. No.4 Hastings, Michigan.

SHROPSHIRES FOR SALE

' two—year, yearling and r l -
50 ChOICC a) yearling ewes from impggtedzlixlgz.

F. R. 0 l1 AWAY. Flushing. Mich.
ron SALE'fit‘at‘lE’lzfpth‘" 3......
u o 8
Prices right. JONES a monnisn.°ri‘l.'§§mgfwfillctill
HOGS.
BREE choice Berkshire Boar-s ready for service. to

T301089 out. Write me your w nu, ‘
With our stock. A. A. PATTULLO. 1)...."0 11211-5: lifm‘l.“

BERKSHIRE BOARS

Moy and June furrow. large size. heav bone. :18 and

 

 

02) GE). E. LAPHAM, 8%. Jo ns. Michigan.

 

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579

‘ ' ' —Bostb eedin :lestty e.
Qulclt Malunn Berkshires ....,,.;.,,,.,, “g“;m,”
or money refnn ed. 0. S. BARTLETT. Pontiac. Mich.

 

 

—-Y breedin
Improved Chesters “83.1%”... m?
Also a few tried sows to be bred for spring [arrow
and early fall pigs. W. 0. WILSON, Oxomos. Mich.

O l C —TWO BOARS fit to head or}!
0 o . herd. Fall igs ready to ship.
C. J. THOMPSON. Rock 0rd. Michigan.

0 I 0 Extra. choice bred gilta, service hours
I I I and spring pigs. not. akin from State
Fair winners. Avondole Stock Farm. Wayne, Mich.

9 —All ages, wthy and large. cows bred.
0. I. C s Males rendgfoloo to select from. Attractive
pricel on young stock. . II Jump, Munith. Mich.

l of su erior quality. 17 choice young
OI '- c s ilta :nd 11 tripy young boars. . Pairs
no akin. F ED NICKE . Monroe, Michigan.

0. I. C. SWINE .tceonspflng

Pigs, airs and trios. not akin. ave a number
of sci-v 00 males of good ty 6. Write me describing
of your wants. A. J. GORDE‘JN, R. No. 2 Dorr. Mich.

Write me for

 

0 I c Swine. both sexes. Males weighing 100 to225
- . - lbs. Herd registered in 0. 1.0. Association.
GEO. P. ANDREWS, Dansville, Ingham 00.. Mich.

 

o I (9 —Fallpigs.cithersex,frcm prize-winning
I I stock. Also 2May boars left. Call or

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

' —Both sexes and bred giltw, also
“0 - chcder WIHI'S serviceable registered Holstein
bul s. Bargains. RAY PARHAMJ Bronson. Mich.

 

0 i c, —A fine lot, of last spring stock for salabig
. I s growthy type, either sex airs not akin.
Sired by Grand Champion boar, Scott. 0. 1. Half mile
west of depot. OTTO B. SOHULZE. Nashville, Mich.

 

\THIS

sow WEIGHED 952 L35.
A 23 MONTHS OLD

    

I have started more breeders on the road to our;
case than any man living. I have thelargest and flu-
est herd in the U. S. Every one an early developer,
ready for-the market at six months old. I want to
glance one hog in each community to advertise my

ord.Writc for my plan ,“How to Make Money from
H088." G. $. BENJAMIN. R.No.l 0 Portland. Hlo‘h.

 

”UROC_JERSEY —-Fall and Spring boars from

prize-winning strains. Bows
all ages. SPECIAL BARGAIN in summer pigs.
Brookwater Farm, R. F. I). No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.

LARGE TYPE DURocs—Sprlng pigs that are large

boned and lengthy. Some
open fall gilts of the right sort. Let me tell you
about anything you may be in need of or call at
MAPLE (illUVlu' FARM. Stccltbridgc. Michigan.

 

 

HAVE some t-xtra food DIJROC males for sale.

, l’riu-s_right, lost. fa l and spring furrow. Breeding

and quality my standard. Bred sow sale this winter.
ll. G. KESSLER, (lassopolis. Michigan.

 

——for sulc‘ 20 line service boars of fanc '
uuroc JERSEYS breeding and individual quality).

Prices reasonable. John McNicoll, North Star. Mich.

nunoc JERSEYS—6 SPRING BllAllS FOR SALE.
CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan.
Duroc Jerseys ior Sale‘iflfifr‘i.33.33%..1‘32‘33
Friesian bull calf dropped Sc )0. 26. 'rito or come
and see. R. G. VIVIAN. It. 0. 4, Monroe. Mich.

D U R O C G l L T5733 shill msfi'ih‘

KOPE-KON FARM. Kinderhook. Michigan;

 

 

 

 

SWINE. Spring and a '
00m “[80! mile. both sex .s. phylgfgrglgafqg
J. H. BANGHART. Lansing. Mich.

Butler’s Big Bone Poland Chinas.

Vt'e dyn't claim to own all the good ho in th U
S.. but we do claim to how bred and H54: moreobig.
type Poland: in the last ten years than anytwo other
breedors in Michigan. I! )0“ want a good fall boar
write J. O. BUTLER. Portland, Michigan.

PolANB CRINAS~Either sex. all ages. Borne-
P. D. LONG. nudges. 88331.: tk‘hpli‘d‘av, rig:

I PROLIFIO POLAND CHINA BOA R
Blg Bone: for business. Quality high, .ricegsr'?:g€
W rite today. Maplewood Stock Farm. Allegan, Mich.

Pom» CHINAngLl? M... and Home

. ' Either s‘ , zll ' ..
Prices right. W. J. HAG: ELSIIA W, All‘flflsltii, M1233:-

PUUND CHINA: ESptriiig boars ready for business.
right. L. W. BARI‘II‘l-SiEgogllfiftgytpodnlmlfiaicgfglac:

years experience.

ARGE styled Poland China a rip '
In from strong. healthi}. ircliiic Brecgegdeiiihgrpgg:
at. low prices. ROB ET NEVE. Pierson. Mich.

P. Ac. BilAllS AND sows—gym..........

. A. woon & SON. Saline. Ml‘gil’i'filfin'

-—large ty e—sired b ‘
Po CI BOARS 80439 ant? E. M. F.yg‘l91§’lx.pan:lfi’:
faction guaranteed. R. W. MILLS. Saline, Mich.
AHG lt‘ ’I‘YHE P. C. EGGS—Largest in Mich Boa
, .all sold. A few fall pigs. Also some extra largr:
spring gilts to be bred to two of the best. young
hours I could buy in Iowa. Come or write. Free
livery. W. E. LIVINGSTON, Parma. LllchAznn.

TWO lllllllG lAMWlllllll BOARS F0ll SALE

T. F. MABSTON. Bay City, Michigan.

GHOLERA PROOF H008

I keep from 4000 to 0000 grade Yorka i
China and Tamworth cholera. immune 1:10;: 5:313:13
gelling prolific brood sows and thin shoots at. rioes
that make them desirable on cholera infected anus
Will furnish open sows or those bred to cholera
immune boars. I expect to have several thousand
pigs for sale next Spring from immune stock.

ALVAH nowus PIG mu, Grand llaplds, in...
unannntsmni smut-Pairs not mu. 9....

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(180. S. McMnllen. Oitz. Phonz. dggdafieldg? m3:

ABGE Yorkshires—Ohoice breed' oboe ages.
L not akin, from State Fair prihg-‘winngrsfn Pedi-
grees furnished. W. 0. 000K, B. 42, Box 22,Adn, Mich.

Lillie Farmstead YURKSHIRES.

As lendid lot of tall pin at red ocd ri i
2111,13; film? nykin. 10“?)ng 82d .tl’u‘fi' an:
. our money you are not ontisfl‘ ed.
COLON C. LILLIE. Cooper-ville. Mich.

Please mention the Michigan Pal-nut when
writing to advertisers.


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MARKETS

MLMMM

Realizing the importance to our readers
of reliable market quotations we spare
no trouble or expense to Insure the cor-
rectness of the quotations in our col-
umns. Special representatlves at all
leading market centers lnsure the sub-
scriber accurate market reports, unin-
fluenced by any factor of trade. All quo-
tations are correct for the dates on which
they are made.

 

 

GRAINS AND SEEDS.
Dec'eimber 18, 1912.

Wheat—On Tuesday the trade occu-
pied a stronger position than it had in
any session during the past two weeks.
Until this date the market had remained
on a steady basis with the exception of
fractional changes in a doZen sessions.
The strength on Tuesday was due to
European demand. Agents were inquir—
ing for wheat in this country to send
abroad. Reports that Turkey had rel-
jecte-d the proposed peace terms, that
poor weather for harvesting prevailed in
South America, and that a falling off in
the European visible supply, led to the
bullish tone of the. trade. In this coun-
try bearish conditions still exist. 'A
steady flow of grain from the- farmers is
coming in primaryelevators, receipts be-
ing three times as great as they were
at this time a year ago and there appears
to be no sign of a reduction in these, of-
ferings. The immediate demand for flour
is not large and stocks of wheat are in—
creasing. So the most faVorable factor
in the market is the large foreign de-
mand. One year ago the price for No. 2
red wheat was 9612c per bu. Detroit

quotations are as follows:

No. 2 No. 1
Ited. \\'liitc. May. July.
Thursday ....1.05‘/2 1.043;; 1.101,, 92%

Friday ....... 1.0511, 1.04:};1 1.101: 93
Saturday ..... 1.051/2 1.04%; 1.101., 92%
)1Lllltitl_\' ......l.031A3 1.041/2 1.101., 31215:;
Tuesday ..... 1.061/2 1.05%; 1.111., 9:;
\\'eiine.<1i.-iy .. 1.071/2 1.061/2 1.12 5131/;

Chieago,t1)ec. 17).——No. 2 red, 951.0601
1.07{:_-; May, its-kc; July, 870 per bu.

New York, tllec. 17).74No. 2 red, $1.07
at elevators; May, 9513.101 960 per bu.

Corn.—'J‘he corn trade has held about
Steady during this past week. The move-
ment of this grain from the farms is in-
creasing rapidly and has already attain-
cd large proportions. It is probable that
but for the excellent demand from abroad
prices would have declined. . In spite of
these. heavy offerings at primary eleva-
tors the visible supply l1]t‘l‘C‘dS€d\-b’flt a
little over half a million bushels. There
is also a good demand for corn in feed-
ing sections which prevents a consider-
able Volume of the receipts from getting
to large market centers. At t‘he Detroit
market trade is slow. One year ago 1\o.
3 corn was quoted at 6:10 per bu. De-
troit quotations are:

No. 8 No. 8
Corn.8 Yellltgw.
r~a 4
Liig‘iiicliaifI y 481/2 491/2
Saturday . . .............. . 481/2 491/2
Monday .. ......... . ..... . 481A; 4!th
Tuesday . . . . . ......... . . 481/2 491,0;
VVt’tlnt‘sday .......... 48%; 4932;

Cliicttgo.v41\'o, 2 yellow, 48011490 for new;
Dee, 'i71,;-('; May, 485330; July, 49(- per bu.

Oats—«This deal has held steady With
the market of a. week ago. There con-
tinucs to be a healthy demand from all
sectiions. The large crop has placed
prices on a, level that Stimulates a Wider
use of the cereal than usual. This, With
the natural demand, gives the market
splendid support on its present basts. Re-
ceipts are of comparatively small propor-
tions and the visible. supply shows a de-
crease of several thousand bushels for
the week. One year ago standard oats
were quoted at 510 per bu. Detrmt quo-
tations are as follows:

Standard. White.
No. 3
Thursday . . . . . . . . ......... 36% 36
Friday . . ........ . ........ l 36
Saturday ................. ‘1 .16
Monday ................... :37 36
Tuesday .. . ...... . ........ .. 36
\\'e(lnesd:iy . ............ 37 31)

Chicago. No. 2 white, 21-11/30135131‘; Dec.
321.111': Alayriliic; .luly, 331/30 per bu.
Bheans—Jl‘his market is higher locally
but lower in Chicago. A better demand
prevailed 1at Detroit on Monday and
’l‘uesday and the price there- shows an
advance of :10 for the actual deals. Quo-
a ions are: _
1 iietroit.—e.\ll shipments, $2.18 per bu. _
Chicago—Jain beans, hand—picked, $2.4.)
012.571: red kidneys. $2.25012Ji5.
\ Clover Seed.~~~’l‘he general trend of the
Seed market is upward, both at :l)etr01t
and Toledo. There is a good demand
with offerings limited. Quotations are:
l)et’roit.— l‘rimc spot, $11.30; prime al-
‘ike, $12.60 101‘ bu.

S '1‘()l(‘(i(').——i’ll‘il‘ilt’ spot, $11.45;
$11.52; prime alsikc, $112.90.
Rye.—'l‘his market is
about steady with a week ago.

i .‘ . "I
1li1:tlrrtlili‘t~.——Cash No. 2 rye, 62c per bu.
Chicago—Cash No. 2, 6201631110 per bu.

 

March,

inactive and
Quota-

 

 

FLOU; AND FEEDS.

Flour.—-Jobbing lots in 1A, paper sacks
are selling on the Detroit market per 196
lbs. as follows: Best patent, $5.60; sec-
ond, $5.30; straight, $5.20; clear, $4.90;
spring patent. $5.10; rye flour, $4.80 per

l.
bbFeed.~-Dctroit jobbing prices in 100-
lb. sacks are as follows: Bran, $23;
coarse middlings, $24; fine middlings, $29;
cracked corn and coarse corn_middlings,
$29; corn and oat chop, $22 per ton,

Hay.*Carlots, on track, Detrmt: No.
1 timothy. $16.500017; No. 2, $150015.50;
light mixed, $15.50@16; No. 1 mixed,
$14.500015.

Chicago—Choice timothy, $190020; No.

THE MICHIGAN ‘FA'RMVER.

1, 160017.50; N0. 2 and No. 1 mixed, $14'

0015; No. 3 and No. 2 mixed, $100013;
clover, $70012.

New York—Market steady; standard
$22 per ton; No. 1, $22.500023; No. 2, $21;
No. 3, $180019; No. 1 mixed, $180020; No.
1 clover, $18.

Straw.-—Car lot prices on wheat and
out straw on Detroit market are $90010
per ton.

Chicago—“meat straw, $650007; oat
straw, $7007.50; rye straw, $7008.50.

DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.

Butter.——Creamery stock lost a full cent
early this week. it is evident that prices
had reached the point at which many
consumers turn attention to dairy and
packing stock or to substitutes. In con-
sequence crcamcries are materially
weaker in all markets. Jobbing prices

.in the Detroit market are: Fancy cream-

ery, 35c; firsts, 320; dairy, 22c; packing
21c ]lti‘ 1b.
lGlgin. Market firm at 34c.

Chicagofv\\'eakness reigns in this mar-
ket. With prices on the down grade,
buyers are looking to immediate needs
only. Creameries generally 20 lower than
last week and all but lowest grade ex-
tremely hard to move. Dairies in fair
demand at 10 reduction. Storage cream-
e-ries and packing stock very dull and
weak. Extra, creameii'y, 34c; etxra firsts
32011330; firsts, 300031c; seconds, 2600270;
dairy extras, 310; firsts, 270; seconds, 250;
packing, 1200220 as to quality.

New York—Market irregular; all kinds
materially lower. Creamery, extras, 3200
35c; firsts. 330.0350; seconds, 29001110;
thirds, 2701.280; state dairy, best, 33002140;
good to prime, 2800320; common to fair,
230127c; packing, 2000230 as to quality.

Eggs—No change in values on high-
grade offerings. Tone of market a lit-
tle less firm, however, due to heavy of-
.fering,r of storage. supplies. Current re-
ceipts, candied, cases included, selling at
30c per dozen.

Chicago. This market is in a most
unsatisfactory condition. The proportion
of fresh eggs in shipments is so variable
as to malm a wide range in values nec-
essary. Receipts fully up to normal;
business slow and prices lower. Miscel—
laneons lots, 1901240, cases included;
cases returned, 181001723100 as toqualit‘y;
ordinary firsts, 1800200; firsts, 230022.100
llel' dozen.

New Yorlc—lVIarket firmer. 'lt‘rcsh
gathered extras. 3500360; extra firsts, 33
0134c; firsts, 3001320; seconds and lower
cr grades, 2501‘29c; western gathered
whites, 3001360.

Cheese—Quiet with values unchanged.
Quotations: \Vholesale lots: Michigan
flats, 161,.g0’i‘117c; New York flats, 181/300
19c; brick cream, 171000180; limburger,
171201181§m imported Swiss, 28011290; do-
mcstic Swiss, 21011220; block Swiss, 191/20!)
20c pei‘ 1b.

Chicago.-Dcm21nd slow and trade dull
but dealers refuse to make price conces-
sions. Quotations: Twins, 15c; daisies,
1601161/20: young Americas, 1601161/20:
limburger, new, 151/20; brick, choice, 15
01151.50 per lb.

Veal.———I)etroit.—Steady, fancy, 121/200
131/131'; choice, 1000110 per lb.

(Thicago.~—Quiet. Fair to choice, 8000
110 lbs., 1201112100; extra fancy stock, 130;
fair to good chunky, 10011111150 per 1b.

 

 

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

 

Apples.wDetroit trade easy; prices re-
main unchanged. Detroit quotations are:
llaldwin, $2.2.nu‘22.50; ireening, $25001)
2.75; Spy, $275013; Steele lted, $3003.50.

Grapes. Detroit. Catawbas, 150 per
4—lb. basket.

Potatoes.—Detroit.—Little improvement
is noted, especially in the carlot tran-
sactions. Trade is fairly active at last
week’s prices. A better quality of offer—
ings is now reaching the trade than ear-
lier in the season. Michigan stock in
car lots, 530 in sacks, 480 in bulk. .

t.‘,hieago.——Markevt a shade easier, With
receipts lighter than a week ago and
also a year ago. Fancy stock sold in
bulk as high as 47c, and sacked at 480
on Monday.

New York—VVeak and in increased
supply. \Vestern offerings, $1.25011.75 per
bar.

SnionsseConditions are unchanged
with most.’ of the important markets ov-
Orstocked.

.l)etroit.—55c per bu.

New '1'ork.-—\\'estern, per crate, for
white, 40e01$1; 1110-113. bags reds and yel-
lows, 7501800.

Chicago.—-\\'eak. Home-grown .Vellow,
3501450; fancy, 750 per 65-11). sack.

Cabbage.——t)fferings are liberal in'all
large markets of the north and prices
easy. Demand moderate.

Detroit—Per bbl., $1011.25.

Cliicago.~—llolland bringing $4006 per
ton. lied cabbage is scarcer and quoted
at 75c01$1 per bbl. Common kinds, 60
0165c per bbl.

Poultry.~l)e'troit.wMarket is normally
active with receipts on the increase. ()f-
.feriiigs mostly live stock, due to weath-
er conditions. l’riccs practically tin-
changed except on turkeys which are in
light supply and higher. Dressed——
Spring chickens, 1100150; hens, 1200140;
old roosters, 10011110; turkeys, 180121c;
ducks, 1601190; geese, 1300140 per lb.
Live. Spring chickens, 1300131/3c; hens,
1201121,th No. 2 liens, 90; old roosters,
9011.011 turkeys, 1701200; geese, 1301‘140;
ducks, 1501160 per lb.

Chicago.—Receipts increasing but trade
is good and market pretty steady. Quo—
tations on live are: Turkeys, good weight
15c: others, 100; fowls, good. 110; spring
chickens, 10%0; ducks, large, fat, 140;
do., Indian runners, 12c; geese. full
feathered, 120; do., plucked, 800190 per

 

 

pound.
New Y01‘l<.—-—Dressed stock firm and
generally higher. Fresh killed western

chickens, 1201190; fowls, 1200150; turkeys
140123100 per

MISCELLANEOUS.

WOOL—Increased activity was noted in
wool circles this week with prices well
maintained. A good demand prevails for
domestic stock. Quotations:
Chicago—Medium, unwashed, 24@260:
goarse do., 21@23c; tubs, washed, 27@
5c.

Boston—Mich. fine, 2000210; do., 1&-
blood, 28011290; do. %-blood combing, 29@
300 per 1b.; (10.. 14-blood, 2900300.

Provisions—Ruling prices are lower
than those of last, week. Quotations:

I)etroit.——-Family pork, $220023; mess
pork, $19; clear, backs, $220024; hams,
141/201161/2c; briskets, 1100120; shoulders,
131,430; picnic hams, 13c; bacon, 1601!]8c;
pure lard in tierces. 111/20; kettle render-
ed lard, 121/20 per lb.

Chicago.~Mcss pork, Jan., $17.95; lard
do., $10.25; sh-ort ribs, do., $9.671/2.

Honey. Detroit.~Steady. Choice to
fancy comb, 1601170; amber, 1400150; ex-
tracted, 91/201100 per lb.

 

Grand Rapids.

Local dealers are paying 280 for both
butter and eggs, the markets continuing
to show weakness. llay receipts are
large, farmers getting $130115. The po-
tato market is weaker, prices paid at
outside stations ranging from 3000350.
The apple market continues dull, with
no movement of stock.

THE LIVE STOCK—MARKETS.

Buffalo.

December 16, 1912.
(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens.
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, New York).

Receipts of stock here today as follows:
Cattle, 250 cars; hogs, 160 double decks;
sheep and lambs, 115 double decks; calves
800 head.

'With 250 cars of cattle on our market
here today, and 40,000 reported in Chi-
cago, our market was in an almost de-
moralized condition, except for a few

'handy, fancy, light weight butchers’ cat-

tle; all others sold from 25011500 per cwt.
lower, and the worst take off was on the
cattle weighing 1.200 lbs. and over. The
market closed dull with at least 25 cars
going over unsold.

We quote: Best 1,350 to 1,500-1b. steers
$8.75019.25; good to prime 1,200 to 1,300-
lb. do., $7.75018.25; good to prime 1100 to
1200-lb. do., $7.2501.7.75; coarse, plain,
1100 to 1200-lb. do., $7017.25; medium
butcher steers, 1000 to 1100, $625007;
butcher steers, 950 to 1000, $6006.50; light:
butcher steers, $5.25015.75; best fat cows,
$550016; butcher cows, $450015; light do.
$3.75014.25; cutters, $3.50013.75; trimmers,
$3.2501»::.::5; best fat heifers, $7017.50; ine-
diiiiii butcher heifers, $5.750116.25; light
do., $450015; stock heifers, $4004.25; best
feeding steers. dehorned, 2562501675; fair
to good stockers, $5015.25; light common
stockers, 3,43,34,450; prime export bulls,
$6016.25; bcst butcher bulls, $5.50005.75;
bologna bulls, $150015; stock bulls, $4.50
015; best milkcrs and springci's, $650175;
common to fair kind, $400155.

Hui-cilitS of hogs tloday were Very heavy,
160 double decks on sale, the largest one
day's supply of the season. The market
was a strong dime lower than the close
of Saturday, and fully 200 lower than the
best time of the day. It was generally
a one-priced market\ for everything ex-
cept rouglis and sings, $7.40 taking the
bulk of the offerings from the- best down
to the pig weights. ltoughs sold at $6.50
006.60; stags, $550016. The close was
rather tame, but about everything sold.

The sheep and lamb trade was slow.
and prices a strong 500 a hundred lower
than the close of last week; most of the
choice lambs selling for $8.50. Yearlings
.,‘5.500116.75; look for about steady prices
the balance of the week with moderate
runs.

\\'e quote: Choice lambs, $8.40fi8.50;
cull to fair do., $5.5001:8.25; yearlings,
$5.500116.75; bucks, $2.5001i3.25; wethers,
$5015.25; handy ewes, $4.25004.60; heavy
ewes, $4.3l501-t.50; cull sheep, 11925000325;
veals, choice to extra, $10.500011.50; fair
to good, $7.500110; heavy calves, $4.50
006.50.

 

Chicago.
December 16, 1912.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Received today ..... 41,000 37,000 65,000
Same day last year..31,851 58,520 30,320
Received last week..62,697 169,449 140,088
Same week last year.72,746 166,230 149,472

The week starts off today with fiber-.11
receipts of live stock of all kinds and
generally lower prices. In the cattle
market there was some activity early in
the' day, but it was restricted to butcher
stock, which avelraged 1001*15c lower.
Steers were neglected, and at a late hour
little had been done, buyers bidding 250
or more lower. It was certain that a.
lower scale of prices would be- establish-
ed, and the only question was how great
the drop would be. In the hog market
there was a fair animation. with prices
about 5c lower, sales ranging at $611000
7.40. Current receipts are running light-
er in Weight, last week's arrivals having
averaged but 222 lbs. per head, compared
with 228 lbs. a fortnight earlier, 213 lbs,
21. year ago, 224 lbs. two years ago and
216 lbs. three years ago. The market was
glutted today with lambs and sheep, and
prices aVeraged 25c lower, the best lambs
going at $8.25, but feeders were steady.
.\ sale was made- of 1,000 Montana feed-
ing wethers at $4.40, a higher price than
was paid last week.

Cattle buyers got so well stocked up
with beef, particularly good to choice
carcasses, wiuring _the .previous week,
When the International Live Stock Expo-
sition was running its big fat stock show
and disposing of the fine exhibits, that
the trade requirements in the cattle line
last week were rather restricted. The
cattle receipts were much smaller, and
such a small number showed up on Mon—
day that prices were mostly a little high-
er, some sales showing advances of as
much as 150. By the middle of the week,
however, the market was dull and con-
siderably lower, the \N‘ednesday run
reaching 26,276 head, and thereafter t'he
demand was apt to be better for the
cheap and medium-priced cattle than for
the choicer and higher-priced offerings.
The bulk of the beef steers sold during
the week brought $7.25009.50, with moder-
ate numbers of the choicer class of cat-
tle purchased at $9.600010.70 and a few
sales of fancy heavy beeves at $11, while
grass-fed lots brought $5.80@7.65. Short-
fed steers sold at $7.70@8.60, and the
commonest steers were not more than $1

DEC. 21, 1912.

higher than a year ago, while the best
steers sold $1.65 per 100 lbs. higher than
then. Butchering cattle had a very good
outleit, cows and heifers selling at $4.350!)
7.25, with scattering sales of fancy heif-

ers at 3375000850. Cutters sold at $3.900!) ’

4.30, canners at $2.75011:1.85 and bulls at;
$4008, yearling bulls topping the market.
The stockeir and feeder branch of the
market exhibited considerable animation
at times, stockers selling mostly at $5@
7, with inferior weights at $4.30 and over,
while feeders carrying much weight
brought $6,250,117.50, a few extra heavy
well-bred feeders selling up to $7.75. The
stock show appears to have exerted a.
healthy influence on the feeder trade, as
numerous visitors have sent in buying
orders. Calves have sold freely at $9.50
01110.75 per 100 lbs., with sales all the
way down to $150009 for the» commoner
to medium lots. Milke-rs and springers
had a slow sale at $400090 per head, or-
dinary cows being decidedly lower than
a short time ago.

llogs have received Some mighty hard

bumps recently, the local packers taking
advantage of the abSence of a fair east—
ern shipping demand to bring about
sharp declines in prices for all kinds. In
fact, the drop reached such a large figure
that Milwaukee packers had buyers here
bidding for supplies. Trade in hogs as well
as in cattle and sheep, was seriously im-
peded with by the slow movements of
stock trains, which caused a slow traffic
at times and weak prices late in the day,
as many as 11,000 hogs being carried over
at night to swell the offerings for the
following day. l’rime barrows of strong
weights continued to sell the highest, al-
though choice lots of light hogs. averag-
ing around 185 to 195 lbs., sold not far
from the top, there being a large demand
for young hogs and pigs to satisfy the
extremely heavy call for fresh pork, Late
advices from various parts of Iowa say
that hog cholera has been carrying off a
great many hogs and forcing thousands
of hogs on the market, owners fearing
their hogs will become affected. At the
close of the week hogs sold at $7007.45,
against $7.25017.75 a week earlier, pigs
fetching $5.25007.15 and stags $7.40007.80,
while boars sold at $3014.
. Sheep and lamb owners who are mak-
mg their flocks good and fat are making
no mistake. recent sales having been
made extremely satisfactorily. Prices
have- undcrgone liberal advances within
a short time, with fat lambs of the pop-
ular weights leading off, and all other
kinds of fat live muttons sharing in the
upward movement. Fat little yearlings
that can be substituted fOr lambs in the
retail markets have gone up sharply on
good buying orders, and the few consign-
ments of belated range lambs on the
feeder order sold extremely well. Com-
parisons of prices of sheep, yearlings and
lambs with quotations of a month ago
show surprising advances. while prices
are far above those paid in recent years
on corresponding dates. especially for
lambs. The consumption of mutton
throughout the country is enormous. Last
week saw advances of as much as 750
in fat lambs, and matured sheep and
yearlings rose 250050c, closing sales of
lambs ranging at $5.5(l01>8.50. while feed-
er lambs brought $6.40007.35. Yearlings
were salable at $535007, wethei‘s at $400
5.25, ewes at: $3014.75 and bucks at $3
013.50.

Horses were marketed in moderate
numbers last week, and the best heavy
business horses brought steady prices,
although the local and outside buying or-
ders were only fair. ()thcr kinds moved
off slowly at not any too well maintained
values. Drafters were salable at $260
per head for the best down to $95 for
the poorest offerings, while delivery wag-
on horses were slow at: 31120011210, with
little doing in loggers and feeders at $90
@225 as an extreme range. Drivers were
neglected at 337501.180, and farm horses
were dull at $9000180.

 

LlVE STOCK NEWS..

Visitors to the recent big fat stvock
show in Chicago remarked on the van-
ishing big steer, once so prominent in
stock shows everywhere. It was decid-
edly the smallest show of big cattle ever
seen since the International was estab-
lished 13 years ago.

Corn handlers have been a good deal
surprised of late at the lack of offerings
from .the country. It is remarked that
in Spite of the fact that the prices paid
for corn in farming districts are, relative
to the May option, the highest seen in
a number of years, purchases are small.
Iowa, farmers have parted with consider-
able- of their surplus corn, and lack of
crib space has been and promises to con—
tinue an important factor. in compelling
sales, but farmers who have plenty of
cribs will undoubtedly store-their corn to
full capacity, hoping for higher prices
in the future. Illinois, Missouri and Ne-
braska farmers have shown from the
start a general unwillingness to sell their
surplus corn and have sold sparingly as
a general rule. Recent bids in the coun-
try for No. 3 corn have been about 21/20

per bushel under Mayfor‘D‘ec‘ember-Jan- '

uary shipment, whereas the usual dis—
count ranges from five to eight cents
under. ()n a recent day corn was sold
for export at a price» equivalent to 23/40
a bushel free on board Chicago, and much
more could have been sold at the same
price, says a market report. Receivers
have not been looking for any more‘corn
at Chicago than would be needed for the
filling of December contracts. In fact.
It. is evident that notwithstanding the
big crop raised this year, farmers are by
no means disposed to sell at prices
that are about half as high as they can
obtain by feeding out the' corn on the
farm. Prevailing prices for corn are
away below a parity with all kinds of
live stock. Of course, the weather is a.
factor to be reckoned with in marketing
corn, and a continuance of cold, crisp
weather will favor the market. move-
ment. It is extremely unfortunate that
so many .farmersare short of live stock
at this time.

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DEC. 21-, 1912.

THIS IS THE—LAST EDITION.

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
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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

 

Thursday’s Market.
December 19, 1912.

Cattle.

Receipts, 1941. Bulls, stockers and
feeders steady; all others 156L300 lower
than last week.

We quote: l'lxtra dry-fed steers, $7.50

608; steers and heifers, 1000 to 1200, $6.75
((07.50; do.. 800 to 1000, $6606.75; do. that
are fat, 500 to 700, $4.256I4.75; choice fat.
cows, $5.50@5.75; good do., $425605; com—
mon cows, 953256174; canners, 836113.50;
choice heavy bulls, 35.50606; fair to good
bolognas, bulls. $150615; stock bulls.
313.7561425; Choice feeding stecrs, 800 to
1.000. $575616; fair (10.. 800 to 1000, $561)

5.50: choicc stockers, 500 to 700, 315561)
5.50; fair do.. 500 to 700. $4604.75; stock
heifers, $3.75@‘4.25; milkers, large, young
me um age,'$40fi'70; common mitlkers,
$306140.

Bishop, B & I-I. sold ire-snahan '8

butchers av 576 at $5, 12 canners av 804
at $3.40, 4 do av 747 {it $3.50, 4 cows av
1080 at, $4.25, 5 do av 1048 at $4.25, 1. do
weighing 820 at $3.40, 7 do av 867 at
$3.50. 4 do av 955 at $3.50; to Parker, \V.
8: Co. 30 stcers av 772 at $5.75, 22 do av
784 at $5.90, 9 do av 760 at $6.50, 26 do
av 950 at $7.35, 1 bull weighing 1094 at
$5.25; to Nagle 1’. Co. 4 cows av 945 at
$4.10. 4 do av 1195 at $5.25 2 stccrs av
850 at $6.50. 11 cows av 970 at $.35. 2
do av 1155 at $4.40, 1 do weighing 1030
at $4, 1 do weighing 1260 at $5.50 7 do
av 947 at $4.10; to Hammond, S. & Co.
9 slcers av 764 at $6, 3 do av 877 at $7,
28 do av 1011 at $7.10, 16 butchcrs av
823 at $6: to Regan 6 do aV'571 at $4.75,
2 do av 580 at $1.25: to Strong 3 feeders
av 870 at $5.75; to Schlischc-r 3 steclrs av
743 at $5.50. 9 cows av 925 at $3.90: to
Sullivan 1’. Co, 3 str-crs av 997 at $7. 6
cows av 825 at $3.40, 1 stccr weighing
760 at $6. 4 cows av 1025 zit $4.50. 6 stccrs
av 783 at $6.40, 3 cows av 900 at $5.25,
2 do av 840 at $4.

Haley & M. sold Naglc P. Co. 2 cows
av 1165 at $4.25, 6 do av 1013 at $4.60: to
Hammond, S. & Co. 2 steers av 1370 at

$7.75. 2 cows av 1000 at $3.50. 8 stccrs
av 800 at $6.10, 1 bull weighing 930 at
$4.50; to Snow 2 stccrs av 660 at $5.80:

to Knit 4 heifers av 700 at $5.25, 4 cows
av 880 at $3.75. 2 slcc-rs av 91?» at $6, 1
bu’ll weighing 1020 at $5.25. 2 heifers av
665 at $4.85. 4 do av 750 at $5.25; to
Strong 30 fcedcrs av 880 at $6.60, 4 stock-
ers av 632 at $5.25: to Iircsnahan 11
butchers av 550 at $1.35, 8 cows av 820
at 3.50; to I’Vyness 1 bull weighing 1080
at $5, 5 cows av 1095 at $5.25; to Mason
B. Co. 16 butchers av 792 at $4.20. 11
cows av 973 at $1; to Naglc 1". Co. 3 bulls
av 870 at $4.85: to :rcsnahan. .lr.. 11
butchers av 673 at $5.40: to Snow 3 cows
av 090 at $3.60. 4 do av 1050 at $4, 4 do
av 1000 at $4: to Brcitcnbeck 23 butchers
av "825 (it $6.20.

Spicer & It. sold Bresnahan 4 cows av
930 at. $3.50. 1 do weighing 930 at $3.50.
1 do weighing 610 at $3.25, 3 do av 957
at $3.75, 1 do weighing 720 at $3; to
Strong 9 stockers av 622 at $5.25, 5 fced-
ers av 744 at $5.25, 2 cows av 965 at
$3.60; to Sullivan 1’. Co. 21 butchers av
600 at $4.75, 1 bull weighing 1430 at
$5.40, 7 heifers av 620 at $4.30. 4 cows av
892 at $4. 5 heifers av 730 at $5: toilein—
rich 2 steers av 805 at $8. 2 do av 760 at

86.50; to Nagle I". Co. 1 cow weighing
1020 at $4.50. 1 bull weighing 1580 at
$5.85; to Mich. B. Co. 1 do weighing 1490

at $5.50; to Mason R. Co. 16 butchers av
793 at $4.20, 11 cows av 972 at, $4; to
VVyness 5 cows av 1090 at $3.25; to Kiill
2 do av 910 at $5.25, 2 heifers av 730 at
$4.50; to Brcsnahan 9 cows av 920 at
$3.50. 5 do av 920 at $3.50. 12 do av 902
at $3.50. 3 do av 803 at $3.50; to Fry 7
butchers my 760 at $5. 7 do av 726 at $4.40.

Itoe Com. C0. sold Sullivan T’. Co.
bull weighing 960 at $5.50, 1 cow weigh-
ing 900 at $3.50; to Ilcinrich 12 steers av
936 at $7: to Bresnahan 4 cows av 805 at
$3.40, 2 do av 830 at $3.25; to Naglc P.
Co. 7 do av 1093 at $4.90. 6 do av 961 at
$4; to Mich. R. Co. 1 bull weighing,r 1390
at $5.50: to Goodwin 6 cows av 816 at
$3.75: to Fry 2 steers av 950 at $5.50, 2
do av 810 at $5: to Ra-ttkowsky 3 heifers
av 700 at $4.

Torrey sold Heinrich
at $7.

Weeks sold same 3 do av 773 at $6.75.

Weeks sold Bray 7 com: av 990 at $3.60.

Torrey sold same 3 canners av 773 at
$3.25. 2 cows av 1015 at $4.50.

Haddrell & Co. sold same 6 do av 716
at $3.50.

Weeks sold Rattkowsky 4 cows av 1060
at $4.30, 4 do av 985 at‘ $3.70, 1 do weigh—
ing 1360 at $5.25.

Veal Calves.

Receipts, 483. Market dull at last
Week’s prices. Best, 39.506211; others,
milch cows and springers steady.

Spicer & R. sold Rattkowsky 1 weigh-
ing 330 at $4.50. 1 weighing 140 at $9.50,
1 Weighing 110 at $9.50.

Sharp sold Mich. B. Co. 18 av 140 at
$9.50.

Sandalll sold same 6 av 125 at $9.50, 2
av 140 at $9.50.

Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 5 av
165 at $10; to Thompson Bros. 2 av 125
at $7, 1 weighing 310 at $6. 1 weighing
110 at $6.

Roe Com. Co. sold Thompson Bros. 1
weighing 140 at $10.50; to Goose 28 av
300 at $4.50, 3 av 115 at $8.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. & Co.
3 av 135 at $10. 8 av 135 at $9.50. 2 av
115 at $9.50, 4 av 135 at $10, 3 av 170 at

11 steers av 853

THE MICHIGAN FARMER;

‘118 19 071 A? 9 ‘09’018 1'3 081 4'3 8 ‘09'68
3 av 110 at $8; to Sullivan P. Co. 5 av
115 at $8,.6 av 145 at $10.50. 5 av 150 at:
$9.50; to Hammond, S. Co. 5 av 160
at $9, 1 weighing 160 at $11, 5 av 140 at
$11. 5 av 150 at $11, 1 weighing 120 at
$8.50, 3 av 145 at $8.50, 2 av 140 at $11;
to Parker, W. & Co. 9 av 140 at $10; to
Goose 9 av 115 at $8.50.

Sheep and Lam be.

Receipts, 4,892. Sheep steady; lambs
25c lower than last week. Best lambs,
$8; fair to good lambs. $7.506j)7.75; light

to common lambs, 84.50605; fair to good
sheep. $3674; culls and common, $2.756v3.

Roe Com. Co. sold Barlage 70 sheep
av 105 at $3.50. 38 lambs av 85 at $7.

Sharp sold Mich. B. Co. 11 sheetp av
100 at $3.75, 3 lambs av 80 at $7.75.

Sandal] sold same 40 lambs av
$7, 37 do av 60 at $7, 37 sheep av
$3.25.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Costello 33 lambs
av 65 at $7.25, 17 do av 55 at $5.50, 31
do av 48 at $5, 39 do av 40 at $5; to Sul-
livan 1’. Co. 8 do av 80 at $7.75, 46 do
av 77 at $7.50, 14 do av 80 at $7.75, 3‘.)
sheep av 115 at $3.50. 7 do av .115 at
$3.50, 23 lambs av 68 at $7.40. 31, do av
60 at $6; to Thompson Bros. 29 do av 70
at $7.50, 32 shccp av 115 at $3.75, 13 do
av 1.10 at $3.75. 12 lambs av 42 at $5; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 1.4 do av 65 at $7.50,
97 shecp av 138 at $4, 16 do av 110 at?
$2.75. 7 do av 160 at $4; to Hayes 58
lambs av 55 at $6; to Fitzpatrick liros.
:12 do av 57 at $6. 58 sheep av 125 at
$3.75. 63 lambs av 70 at $7.50; to Newton
R. Co. 21 do av 75 at $7.75; to Nagle I’.
Co. 184 do av 80 at $7.35, 154 do av 78

at $7.75. 192 (10 av 83 at $8.

Spiccr & It. sold Nagle 1’. Co. 18 lambs
av 70 at $6, 19 do av 60 at $6. 14 sheep
av 85 at $3.75. 4 do av 90 at $2.50, 11 do
av 105 at $3.50. 13 lambs av 75 at $7.50;
lc Sullivan 1’. Co. 5 shcep av 80 at $2.25.
12 do av 100 at $3.75; to Thompson lros.
14 do av 80 at $3.15. 7 lambs av 55 at
$5.50, 7 shcep av 95 at, $3.75; to Nagtle I’.
(‘o. 21 lambs av 70 at $7.25; to Mich. 13.
Co. E) shecp av 100 at $3.25.

Ilzilcy & M. sold Ncwton I}. (30. 6shcep
av 1l5 at $3, 12 lambs av 50 at $5, 34 do
av 75 at $7.50; to Naglc. l’. (in. 125 do
av 81 at $7.75, 84 shccp 21v 120 at $3.50.
55 do av 120 Lit $3.50, 49 lambs av 75
at $7.50.

Hogs.

Receipts, 4.107. No hogs sold at nOOn;
prospccts are as follows:

ltangc of prices: Light to good butch-
crs, 3571561725; pigs, $690617; light york-

crs, $7617.10; stags half off.

Bishop, B. & ll. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 510 av 220 at $7.20. 1015 av 180 at
$7.15, 807 av 170 at $7.10.

Spiccr & It. sold Parker. \V. & Co. 300
av 200 at $7.20, 100 aV 190 at $7.15, 106
av 160 at $7.10.

Ilaley & M. sold same 340 av 210 at
$7.20. 480 av 185 at $7.15, 280 av 160 at
.,‘7.10.

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan 1’. C0. 225

av 200 at $7.20, 150 av
Noi'c.—v’l‘liere will be
Christmas Day.

180 at $7.10.

no market here

Friday’s Market.
Docembcr 13,

Cattle.

week. 2,323;

1912.

Receipts this last wcck,
2,667. Market steady at ’l‘hiirsday’s
prices on all grades. \Ve quote: Extra.
dry—fed steers. $961.12; steers and heifers.
1000 to 1200, $750618; do. 800 to 10000. $6
617; do. that are fat, 500 to 700, $450685;

choice fat cows, $550616; good (10., $4.50
616; common do, 35061.4; canners, $361)
3.50; choice heavy bulls, $5.50@tl; fair to

good bolognas, bulls, 34.506125; stock bulls
$3.756'I4.25; choicc t‘ccding steers, 800 to

1000, 35550611625; fair (10., 800 to 1000. $5
6115.50; choice slockcrs. 500 to 700. $561)
5.50; fair (10., 500 to 700, $4614.75; stock

hcifers, $3.7561)4.25; milkers. large, young,

medium age, $456175; common milkers,
$306140.

Veal Calves.
Receipts this week. 9,002; last week,

Market steady at Thursday's I)l'il'cS. Best
$950611]; othcrs. $5609. Milch cows and
springcrs steady.

Sheep and Lambs.

teccipts this week, 9,002; last week,
10,226. Market. steady at Thursday’s
prices. Best lambs. 876561.825: fair to
goml lambs, 36.5061750; light to common
lambs, $5616.25; fair to good sheep, $361)

4; culls and common, $2612.75.

Hogs.
Receipts this week. 11918; last week,

10,972. Market stcady at Thursday's
prices. Range of priccs: Light to good

11371561725; pigs, $675617; light
$7617.10: stags one-third Off.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

butchers,
yorkers,

Choice lilies of creamery buttcr have
had numerous advances in recent weeks,
and prices have reached the highest fig—
ures seen in December in a number of
years. Eggs. too, are away up in price,
and large amounts of cold storage eggs
have been taken out by owners and sold
at large profits, having been purchased
when eggs were plentiful and compara-
tively cheap.

Colorado is feeding fully its usual quota
of sheep and lambs this wi'nter, although
the San Luis Valley. famous as a mutton
producing region. is not doing much in
this line because of the failure of the pea
crop. It is the common custom of the
sheepmen in that section to place bands
of lambs in these fields, and lambs get
fat as butter by eating the peas from
the vines. Utah and Idaho are reported
as doing more lamb feeding than usual,
and these flocks are expected to be most—
ly needed for supplying the mutton mar—
kets of the Pacific coast, although some
may be shipped eastward. All over the
east and middle west much smaller num-
bers of lambs and sheep are being fed
than usual, and owners expect to reap
substantial profits. an abundance of cheap
feed being an important factor this being
considered as an offset to the greatly in-
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was a year when range sheepmen had
every inducement for waiting until their
flocks were fat before parting with them,
and they Were highly favored by gOOd
grass and plenty of water, so that the
percentage of feeders was abnormally
small. In various places farmers who
are in the habit of feeding lambs for the
market are beginning to buy good breed-
ing ewcs and bucks with the view of be-
ing independent of range shcepmen.
Texas reports say that there is a great
cattle shortage down there, and one feed—
er who usually begins the winter season

with 8,000 head of cattle has now but
2.000 head. Another fccding firm that
usually owns 2,000 cows now has but

1.000 head. The northwest can no longer
look to Texas to replenish its depleted
ranges, and neither can the corn belt
look to that state 00 fill its food lots,
there being a homo demand for all thc
available cattle for breeding and feeding
purposes. Silos are being built by the
hundreds in many parts of the stale, and
stockmcn haVc «liscovcrcd that, kafl‘ir corn
and silagc fed With cottonseed meal is
an cxcellcnt ration for fattening their
cattle. The result is that fccd lots are
being starmd. makingsr a lively local de—
mand for feeder czittlc. During the past
season fcedcr calves sold at $206035 001'
head, and primc two—y.-ar-olds sold up to
$50 per head. (Inc firm is handling 1,000
grade cows and 300 piil'c-brcd cows, be—
sides thousands of stc-crs on the rangc,
being brccdcrs of llcrcl'ord cattle and
cxtcnsch ranchmcn.

Adviccs from thc 'l‘cxas l’anhandlc are
that there will be no losscs of cattle this
winter, band fccding being the rule. Feed
is abundant, but clith- arc l'cw, and aged
stccrs arc so scarcc that Kansas pasturcs
will havo to takc oncs‘ and two to mcct
their requirements w-hl-n the timc comes
to stock up.

B. 1:. Lewis, hcad of (‘l‘l_\', Robinson 8;
Co.‘s hog soilingr ilcparlmcnt at lilast
Buffalo, N. Y.. \xzis a visitor at thc rc—
cent International l.i\'c Stock Exposition
hold in the Chicago Stock Yards. and

paid high complimcnts to tho tlnc display

of swinc. llc rcrnarkcd that thc castorii
markets will rcccch fairly large supplics
of hogs wcll into ncxt month, these be—
ing of licai'icr wcight than usual for this
season of llu- ycai'. and this will kccp
the eastern shipping llcmand for hogs at
Chicago liiniicd for a while. He stated
that Indiana, Uhi.» and Michigan have
more cattlc on t'ccd than usual. and lint-
falo has I't‘t“'l\'t’(l fair supplies of fat
Canadian stccrs that brought consider-
ably liiglxcr priccs rclatchly than wcre
obtainablc in Toronto. Buffalo has for
many ww-ks bccn gctting largo supplies
of low-gradc t'e-inalc cattle from I‘cnnsyl—
Vania and .\.'t-\\' York, and Chicago pack-
crs havc lwcn buying 100 cars of this
caniici' stock w‘cckly, Iiufl‘zilo ncvcr hav-
ing recciycd such large- suppllcs of such
cattle. \\'ilh relatchly good‘ prices. own-
ci‘s havt: bccn frcc sollcrs, and castel‘n

scctions have bccn prctly well cleaned up
of low—grade cows.

The demand for
growing,r in volume.
mcnts of the fresh pork trade being an
important factor, and thcy are selling
closer in price to the heavier hogs than
was the rule a short time ago.

CROP AND MARKET NOTES-

hogs is
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bagas. ::.'.c; carrots, 50c; butter, 28c; eggs,
28c pcr «loxcn.

Oakland Co., IJcc. 17.‘Atlood wcathcr

conditions during most of Novc-mbei' and
curly llcceinber has cnabled farmers to
sccurc the corn crop in fairly good shape.
Home corn remains in the shock yet, but
lliis is thc exception rather than the
rule. Not much live stock on feed as
feeding stock on farms has been deplet—
cd by the unusual scarcity of t‘ecd last
year which induced liberal selling. The
dairy industry is growing rapidly in many
sections of this county and this year has
seen more silos built than chi‘ before.
The pota‘uo crop was not as largc as was
anticipated, but set-ms to bl‘ keeping
fairly well. Consequcntly thc bulk of the
crop is being held for possiblo- imprch-
ment of prices later in the scason. Lit-
tle hay is going to market and with the
exception of small grains and the hog
crop. marketing is not very general for
this season of the year.

Wayne Co., Dec. 16.—The unusually
favornblt» weather has not only cnablcd
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of considerable importance. No.wi.l-
standing a slight increase in thc 1.1‘ii'.‘
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the requirements for producing marlm‘

milk and the price received for same.

which is now around $1.80 per cwt.
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IMPROVING OUR FRUIT STOCK.

 

 

 

The severe winter of 1911 and 1912
caused the destruction of thousands of
young trees in orchards all over the.
country, but the damage done is but one
of the many problems which the horti-
culturists have to meet each year. The
orehardists of the upper Mississippi Val-
ley have made urgent demands upon the
Department of Agriculture for cold-re-
sistant fruits, and in response to these
requests Explorer Frank N. Meyer was
sent to Asia to search the cold and bar-
ren slopes of the- Tien Shan Mountains
and the desert regions of Chinese Tur-
keslan for wild apples, pears, peaches,
apricots, plums, cherries, currents, and
other fruits, and after two ycars’ work
he reports the presence- there of forests
of wild apples, apricots, and almonds,
and the existence of remarkable bush
cherries which are promising for the
breeders of cold-resistant forms to work
with.

In discussing this subject, Prof. David
Fairchild, of the department, who is in
charge of the corps of explorers, called
attention ‘to the Chinese wild peach,
trials of which have already shown that
it can stand as much cold as the Chili
peach in Iowa. It promises to be the
earliest stock yet introduced into Cali-
fornia, and it has stood the. extreme heat
of the southwest in a remarkable way.
Whether it can be hybridized with the
ordinary pouch remains to be seen, but
certainly it is deserving of a. place in the
home collection of every fruit breeder.

He continued by saying that it is a
recognized fact that the Chinese pairs
and their American descendants, tho
Kicffer and Le Conte, are. not affcclcd
Willi the pear blight which attacks and
destroys whole orclmrds of the more
delicate varieties that have come- to us
from Europe. \Vith the possibility of
creating superior blight-resistant varic—
tics which shall be -of better quality than
lhcsc cooking pours, all of the best va—
rietios which 'can be fmind in China and
Central Asia are being assembled for ex’
perimental work.

Incidentally attention was called to the
Japanese chestnut which is resistant to
the chestnut-tree discasc and to varic-
tics of walnuts which are also disease-
resistant. Much progress is also being
made in the improvement of the per-
Simmon.

TURNIPS AND RADISHES TROUBLED
WlTH MAGGOTS.

 

\i'hat can be done to avoid wormy rad-
ishcs and turnips? Cun anything be done
this fall or should the preparation be
made in the spring? Does the immediate
sowing, after the manure hus been turn-
ed under, cause wormy lund'.’

Wayne Co, SUBSCRIBER.

Because of the gcncnnl destruction of
radishes, turnips and allied crops by the
larvae of the hairy, two-winged lly known
to biologists as I’egomya brussicu, var-
ious remedies and pi'chnlivc measures
have bcen discovered and devised by
gardeners. Among the more. important
we! may mcntion the following: (I) In
the full the garden should be cleaned of
all refuse of r'adishcs, turnips, cabbagcs,
cauliflower and other plants belonging to
the mustard family and this material
either burned or compostcd in such a way
that any insect life prcscnt may be dc-
stroyed. ‘ (2) Plowing the garden in the
fall disturbs the eggs, lnrvac, or adults
that may be wintering.r in old stumps of
czibbagcs and other places, and, if the
plowing be deep, the posts will be buried
so thoroughly that they will not survive.
(fl) Stirring the soil also exposcs maggots
that may be in the ground, to the ele-
ments, birds, poultry, etc. (.1) Another
practice that should not be neglected is
the rotzition of the garden crops. The
ideal scheme is to have i'he cruciferue
plants, (those mentioned above), grown
on soil that did not produce such crops
the previous season, since the pest will
live over and prosper on any of the crops
named. (5) An effectiVC specific for mag~
gots is carbolic acid emulsion. It is pre-
pared by the use of 1 ‘lb. soap, 1 gal.
water and 1/2 gal. crude carbolic acid.
Emulsify by vigorous agitation—use a
force pump and force the liquid back up-
on itself. Dilute with 35 parts of water.
This mixture is app-lied a day or so after
transplanting, or, in case of radishes: and
turnips, not over three days after the
plants are up, and repeated every week
or ten days till the first of June. The
mixture will corrode and needs to be
handled with care. (6) Finally, it should

.THE MICHIGAN" PARMER.~"

be stated that a preventive measure lies
in the liberal use of plant food, especially
of phosphate fertilizers. Rapidly matur-
ing plants are. less severely attacked by
the insect under consideration, than
plants suffering for want of food. These
suggestions ought to be helpful in the
control of the insect and by the use of
several, or all, of them the inquirer
should be able to keep the damage down
to small proportions. '

KENT GROWERS WILL ORGANIZE.

 

Kent county farmers and fruit growers
met in Grand Rapids December 6 at the
call of J. H. Skinner, farm demonstrator
for that county, and Voted in favor of
the formation of a co-operative associa-
tion for growing and marketing more and
better fruit. The articles of association
will be broad enough, however, to include
all farm produce. Mr. Skinner was chair-
man of the meeting and J. Pomeroy
Munson, president of the Michigan State-
Horticultural Society. was secretary. A
committee composed of Henry Smith,
Chas. XV. Wilde, \V. A. \Yatts, Thomas
Graham and H. D. Perkins, was aDDoint-
ed to consider articles of association and
another meeting was called for December
1.3 to pcrfcct the organization. It will be
an incorporated body.

Talks on the pressing needs of organ-
ized effort and co-opcration of farmers
and fruit growers were made by Eben
Mumford, of Lansing, director of all farm
demonstration work as outlined by the
govcrnmcnt in Michigan, and by 0. ll.
licnson, of \Vashington, in charge of the
work of organizing boys‘ and girls’ clubs
in rural districts throughout the United
States. Among other speakers were John
1. Gibson, manager of the \Vestern Mich-
igan Development Bureau, and Edward
llulchins, the well known fruit grower
of Allegan county. I\Ir. Gibson placed
emphasis on the need of growing better
fruit by more thorough spraying and bet-
tci- cultural methods. Mr. Hutchins said
also, that thc production of good fruit
was of first importance, but Closely fol-
lowing this was the urgent need of bus-
iness-like mcthods in packing and mar-
keting the orchard products. He urged
especially :1 fraternity of all local organ-
izations, with competent SHIPS managers
in the field, having knowledge of condi—
tions in different markets, so that? there
may be wise distribution and gluts pre-
vented. In regard to the operations of
the Fennvilie Fruit Exchange this year
he stated that it had been satisfactory,
the fruit having sold at fair prices con-
sidering market conditions. Most Of the
apples went to dealers in smaller mar-
kets in one to ten car lots.

Mr. Mumford spoke of the tremendous
waste that attends selling under current
methods, or lack of method, and 0f the
necessity of organized and federated ef-
fort among Michigan growers, following
the notable example that the citrus fruit
growers of California has given us. The
object in vicw is not to raise the price
of fruit to the consumer, but to do away
with the waste of selling. Knowledge of
markets is needed, and men of ability at
the head capable of corrcctly analyzing
complex market situations.

Kent 00.

MULCHING BERRY PLANTS.

A. GRIFFIN.

 

 

 

Certain characteristics of berry plants,
especially strawbcrrics, which have low—
growing vines, require, upon the part of
the grower, extra care and attention,
otherwise than would be bestowed upon
taller growing vines, as raspberries, cur-
runts and others. The strawberry, un-
like other berries and Similar to the
pcach, starts its fruit buds in the fall
previous to the season of bearing. These
embryonic, buds are in compact form,
enclosed tightly in the base of the crown
and ordinarily secure from damage by
light freezes and normal wet spells; but,
from the fact of these immat‘ure fruits
being dcpositcd so low within the crown,
often below the surrounding surface soil,
necessitates care in the future site of
the bed. Low lying ground annually sub-
merged 'or whereon water lies for long
periods, or sags in which it will collect
for periods, should be rejected as berry
ground. They love a. higher, airer, deep,
rich soil, free from excess of water, but
one very retentive of moisture also a soil
which ordinarily does not heave by freez-
ing and thawing.

The mulch does not prevent freezing
as many suppose, though it does prevent
excessive frost from injuring the imma-
ture fruit buds; on the» contrary, it serves
the purpose of keeping the frost, or a.
portion of it in the soil contiguous to
the plants until all danger of freezing is

DEcnzi, i912.

past the following spring. Were it not fer

this, during ordinary thaws in winter and
especially early spring, the plants Would
warm up, growth would start, and when
another cold snap came the berries, so
far as that season was concerned, would
be mostly ruined. The mulch should
therefore be heavy enough to- prevent
undue freezing of the plants; one able to
hold them in a. dormant condition even
till all danger of frost the next season
is passed. Although, however, in the case
of real early varieties and early fruit,
one may omit the mulch, or if mulched
rake it off early and thus run a. chance
on very early berries, but the dependable
paying crop for northern states, are the
later, lai'gcr and firmer berries.

In an experience of 25 years I have
fruited hundreds of, varieties and experi-
mented with different mulches and dif-
ferent systems of mulching galore, but
ordinarily, the. clean straw mulch (so far)
is more satisfactory and cheaper than
others by long odds. One may mulch
with hay, clover chaff, shavings, etc., but
ordinarily many of these are carriers of
obnoxious wee-d seed which are always
sure to grow and elntuil extra labor in
the removal. In winters of heavy snow
at: intervals, I have used the ordinary
land roller, as an experiment, to firm the
snow in a hardened, packed form over
beds with excellent results; for a mulch
is a mulch, nevertheless if the purpose
for which it is intended is fulfilled. I
never had any plants smother by such
procedure and if no sudden and extreme
thaws occurred the beds bore heavily the
subsequent season. I would be pleased
to have others try this out and report.
My attention was called to this method
by observing in fence corners where snow
lay very late in the spring those berry
plants (wild) that were covered longest,
were larger, thriftici- plants and bore
more and larger berries than those that.
were further l‘(f‘lllOV0tl. This was new
land pasture and the soil equally good
one place. as another so I could not lay
it to the diffcrcnce in soil content of ele-
mcnts suited to the. growth of the- plant
and its fruit that made the marked vari-
ancc.

(iratiot Co. G. A. RANDALL.

A NEGLECTED FRUIT—THE MUL-
BERRY.

The ravages of the San Jose Scale have
been discouraging. Many who formerly
kept a few apples, pears or plums about
the house or garden, enough to supply
the family needs, will not do so now.
Spraying is too troublesome and expen-
sive. They arc willing to leave fruit
culture to the horticulturist who has the
time and the facilities for it. This is a.
misfortune to many families, however
it may be to the fruit grower.

lut while the scale is eating the com-
mon fruits there is another which has
thus far proved immune. This insect
does not find the mulberry congenial,
neither do the other common pests trou-
ble it seriously. \Ve are not claiming
that the mulberry has no enemies and
We w’i-ll‘nqt promise that some- will not
be developed Hater, but at present it is
remarkably free from enemies and there
is no reason 10 expect anything serious
in the immediate future.

The mulberry is not {L fruit of high
quality. In flavor it is so sweet as to be
insipid. As a dessert fruit it is not to
be reconimcndcd in comparison with oth—
er products of the orchard. But it has
culinariy possibilities, whcn used with
tart fruits. It can be used as the
basis of jams, jellies, sauces and that
distinctively national product of the
kitchen which appeals to every Ameri-
can, ple.

The scason for the mulberry is long,
During three months they are to be had
from the tree. Even when green they
can be used and when they begin to
ripen they yield a fairly uniform crop
day after day.

No fruit is more easily harvested.
Spread sheets on the- ground, then shake
the limbs. Down will come the fruit.
after which the rest is easy.

There is no serious difficulty about
growing the tree's. All they ask is to be
planted. They are quite capable of tak-
ing care of themselves. The one re-
quirement is to choose a variety hardy
enough for the locality.

Few varieties of the mulberry have
been developed and of these only four
are of much prOminence. These are the
Dowmng, New American, Russian and
Teo’s Weeping.

The DOWning produces an abundance
of large berries, more sprightly than the
Russian in flavor, but" the tree is less
hardy. Trees of this kind are met with

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DEC. 21. 1912.

in the southern part of Michigan, though
it seems a. little tender in exposed local-
ities. On low ground it is hardly to be
recommended,' though worth trying on
high lands. "

The New American lays claim to more
hardiness than the Downing. The fruit
is large, black and of good flavor, the
tree vigorous and productive.

When in doubt, however, it is safe to
plant the Russian. The tree succeeds
well through a wide range, north, south,
east and west. It grows rapidly and
loads itself with fruit. It may be set
alone in waste places. It may be p'lant-
ed in rows for windbreaks or about the
fruit orchard to protect cherries and
plums. For the birds like mulberries
and so long as the fruit can be had they
will leave even cherries to ripen in par-
tial peace, at least. The timber is also
of value. The berries are small and too
sweet for the palate of most fruit eat-
ers, but they are to be had with so little
labor and at such small expense that its
defects should be overlooked. ’

Teo's Weeping mulberry is neither tree
nor vine, but one of thOSe “betwixt-and-
between” creations which frequently find
a place on a. lawn. The original Teo's
was a sport from the RuSSian variety,
brought to public notice by the man
whose name it beam. The trees now sent
out by nurseries are made by grafting
this trailing Teo’s upon Russian stock
five or six feet above the ground. A
tree-vine is produced which is used for
covering arbors, or may be allowed to
grow at will. It bears freely, but is of
most value as an ornamental, for which
purpose it has become quite popular.

A mulberry which once attracted un-
merited attention is the W'hite Chinese.
Many years ago it was quite extensively
planted in the hope that it would be u‘scd
for feeding silkworms, but neither the
tree nor the industry which was to go

with it have flourished. The tree suc—
ceeds in the south, but is too tender for
the north. The reason for mentioning

it is to warn possible victim's against un—
scrupulous tree agents who may offer it
for sale with high claims for imaginary
merits.

Most any soil is suitable for the mul-
berry. Even sandy, rocky places may be
utilized. Then why should it not be
more commOnly planted, since it requires
little attention and no care? Give the
birds a chance, the children, too. They
both will eat the mulberry if it is to be
had.

Oakland Co. FRANK D. WELLS.

CARE OF SPRAYING OUTFITS.

Like many of the farm machines that
are used for but short seasons of the
year, the spraying outfit is apt to rust
out before it wears out. Many of the
parts of a spraying rig require to be in
perfect order and unless they are the
machine will not do its work. These parts
corrode or rust during the long season
when no spraying is done, with the re-
sult that the life of the machine, or
many of its most expensive parts, is short
—much shorter than it would be with
proper care.

In leaving spraying pumps for the win-
ter, see, in the first place, that they are
stored under cover where they will be
kept dry. Clean them thoroughly, taking
particular pains to drain out any water
which may remain in the pumps and
from the jacket of the gasoline engine
if power pump is used, bearing in mind
that a valuable engine can be practically
ruined by water being left in the water
jacket and freezing. A liberal applica-
tion of engine oil to all the working parts
of the engine in the fall will do much to
keep off rust. Nozzles and hose should
be cleaned out and dried. Any wooden
barrels or tanks used as reservoirs
should be put away from the sun, pre-
ferably in a moist place.

 

PROPAGATING BUSH FRUITS.

raspberries propagate only by
means of stolons. A stolen is a trailing
branch, butt in this plant, .the branch
reaches the ground only after describing
a wide arc, and the new plants form at
or near its outer extremity as these por-
tions come in contact with moist soil.
Both black raspberries and blackber-
ries propagate by means of suckers, the
young plants springing from the lateral
roots, which correspond to runners in
some plants. Both the black raspberry
and the blackberry, sucker in great pro-
fusion, hence there is usually no difficulty
in securing new plants of these sorts in
generous quantities. Much stronger black—
berry plants may be obtained by means
These are made by

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securing roots the size of a. lead pencil,

or larger, and cutting them into two=inch
lengths, when they~ are buried in the
ground where they will be safe from
freezing, or kept in damp sand in a cel-
lar. Callousing takes place more freely
in sand. As early in the spring as the
ground can be worked, the cuttings
should be planted in rows four to six
inches apart and covered with two inches
of soil. If good cultivation is supplied,
these cuttings will make nice plants in
one season, much better than sucker
plants because of the development of a.
more extensive and compact root system.
Emmet Co. M. N. EDGERTON.

TH E SOOTY BLOTCH.

 

This disease has been quite prevalent
this year, even on many sprayed orchards
and has caused fruit—growers who wish
to grow perfectly clean fruit considerable
worry.

The sooty black spots, most often about
the size of a dime, are familiar to most
all apple men. This trouble and the fly
speck are fungus troubles very similar
in character.
cates the general appearance of the lat-
ter disease. Neither one of them effect
the skin of the apple as the scab fungus
does but subsist entirely on the oily se-
cretions of the skin. Therefore they are
troubles that do not seriosly effect the
keeping qualities of the fruit, nor do they
effect its shape as scab often does. Com-
mercially, however, the fruit is injured.

This trouble is worse under moist or
wet conditions either of location or sea-
son, therefore the prevalence of it this
year. In s-omc scusons it is seen very
little and in some favorable locations
even in wet seasons it is not often no-
ticed.

The control of the trouble consists in
pruning and spraying. A good thorough
pruning to open the tops of the trees and
lot, the sunlight in will help considerably.
The usual sprayings for scab will in
many orchards also control the blotch.
Although some authorities recommend a
wcukcr i'ungicidc at the time of spraying
for the second brood of the codlin moth
which is usually done in August, it is
advisable to use the samc strength as is,
used in the earlier sprayings on account
of these diseases. in some places thor-
ough applications of lime-sulphur as a
fungicide does not control these trou—
bles. Then Bordeaux mixture is advised
and one application at the time when the
apples arc about the size of hickory nuts

will often prevent most all of the
trouble.
Orchards wcll pruned and in locations

of air seldom
‘those for
the

having a good circulation
need other sprayings than
scab, and full strength fungicide at
August spraying.

The Spy is quite susceptible to the
blotch. However, it is a variety on which
it can easily be controlled as Bordcaux

mixture can be used without causingrus—
seting. Baldwin, Greening, Belmont.
Maiden Blush, and Grimes are also af-
fected.

Besides attacking the apple the sooty
blotch sometimes attacks the Anjou and
Lawrence pears.

Van Burcn Co. F.

HOW TO GROW STRAWBERRIES.

A. \VU.KEN.

 

 

For the beginner With limited or mod-
erate means, I think there is no branch
of farming quite as profitable us the cul-
ture of small fruits. and especially straw-
berries. It is not a very difllcult task
for the person who likes this kind of
work, and is willing to attend strictly
to details, to make a not profit of from
$100 to $250 per acre.

Truly, the strawberry is a mortgage
lifter, because of quick returns. Plant
and care for them one season and you
can reasonably expect a bountiful har-
vest the next. '

The best soil for strawberries is an
elevatled, well-drained clay loam. It
should have bcen previously well ma-
nured and planted to a hoed crop.

Before plowing, give a good dressing
of fine manure. Plow to a medium depth.
TV-ork the soil thoroughly, until you have
a fine, compact bed.

Plant varieties which are adapted to
your own locality. Get the plants from
near your hOme, if possible. Get strong
plants. The first the parent plant pro-
duces is the most vigorous.

Spring planting is to be much prefer-
red, because plants set in August are
very hard to get started on account of
the hot, and dry weather which gener-
ally prevails during that season of the
year, and besides, the plants will not
make enough growth that they can be
expect to read much this year.

The name flyspeck indir

THE » MICHIGAN. FARMER;

Plant as soon as soil is dry enough.
The soil need not be warm. If possible,
plant before the first of May. The spring
rains and late snow flurries will do them
good. Thcy should start growth before
the sun gets very warm.

If the varieties you select are not self»

fertilizing, plant in alternate rows varie-
tics which are; otherwise, they will not
bear.

Plant in rows 31/; feet apart, and 18 to
20 inches apart in the rows. Use a hand
potato planter, or a garden trowel to
make the holes. Set the same depth the
plants were before they were dug. Be
sure not to set too deep, for then the
crowns will decay and the plant speedily
die. If set the stated distances, about
8,000 plants per acre will be required.

Press the soil iirmly around the roots.
Leave a little loose soil on top as a
mulch.

After planting is done, hoc in around
the plants a liberal amount of a good
fertilizer. Ir pays to fertilize each year.

Cultivate and hoc frcqucnlly to con-
serve moisture, and frcc. from
weeds. This must not be neglccted.

Clip all blossoms. Do not allow them
to bear fruit the first ycnr: also cut all
runners off during the lirst summer, un-

kccl)

lcss you may wish a fc'w for layering
whore plants are missing. in this way,
and only in this way. can you expect to
grow very vigomus plants.

If you wish to culliVutc during fruit-

ing period, the following ycar, oats
broadcast at the rutc of about four bush-
cls per acre, about the middle of August
which will frcczo. down and make a good
mulch for the wintcr. You may, if you
like, mulch with wheat straw or Wild
hay, which is frcc from wccd seeds: this
is to be done at'tcr the ground freezes.
In the spring. as soon as warm weather
comes, rake lhc straw or buy in between

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the rows, trcnd it down, and you will
control moisture. keep down weeds and
assist in kccping thc bcrrics clcan. Af-
ter the picking" scuson is over, remove
the mulch and cultivate at frequent in—
tervals till full.

You may cxpcct two or three good
crops: thou a ncw patch should be in

Some have quite good success
in rencwing tho old patch. The princi-
l‘al objcct in mulching is to hold the
snow, protcct the plants and ground. and
cspccially prevcnt alternate freezing and

readiness.

thawing in early spring. \Vithout the
mulch the plants are liable to heave,
which will work injury or ruin to them.

New York. W. D. KORE.

CONTROLLING ASPARAGUS RUST.

Brccdcrs and growers of asparagus are
advised by the l'nitcd States Department
of Agriculture, to takc up pedigrce breed-
ing and to use careful methods of pro-
duction, in order to keep rust from the
plant. On the subject the Department
says:

Although the brccding work carried on
with asparagus will evcntunlly lead to
the control of rust in commercial plant~
lugs, several years must elapse before
this result will become effective. Mean-
while it is necessary to take all meas-
ures practicable to prevent the destruc-
tion of existing fields of asparagus by the
rust. To this end the main factor is to
keep the rust away from the. fields in
summcr just as long as possiblc.

\\'ild asparagus growing around the
borders of tho ichdS. along fcnces and

ditches, is one of the worst enemies of

the grow-or. These wild plants act as
infection ccnlcrs and thcir influence can

be easily traced latcr in the season when
the cutting beds have grown up. \l'ild
plants whcrcvcr found, should be dug up
and burncd. Ncw beds should be plant—

ed at only rare intervals of time and
then if possible, where they will be to
windward of a cutting bed. Keep the

seedlings out of the cutting bcd, at least,
let none stay in at the time the bed is
allowed to grow up after the cutting sea-
son. Allow no poor shoots to grow up
in the cutting field. Kcep down every
shoot of asparagus until the middle of
June and see the neighboring farmers do
the same. In the fall the tops should be
removed carefully from one-year-old beds
that are not to be cut the next year, This
will in a large measure, reduce the lia-
bility of infection from this source.

Since this has been a poor fall for
keeping fruiti under ordinary conditions
these who have stores in their cellars, or
storages, should watch carefully to see.
that conditions are made as favorable as
possible. Ventilation, humidity, tem-
perature, and the removal of decaying
fruits are the important things to con-
slder.

  

 

 

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‘ FARMERS’_ owns

THE ASSOCIATIONAL _MEETING.
(Continued from last week).

In addition to the resolutions adopted
on the report -of the committees, which
were published in the last issue, the com-
mittee on honorary members reported the
names of Mrs. J. L. Snyder and Mrs.
Mary C. Spencer, state librarian, whose-
namcs were added to the roll of honorary
members of the Association by, a rising
vote. The committee on general resolu—
tions made a report in a resolution which
miibotlied thanks for all who had labored
for the success of the meeting, particu—
larly Mrs. C. I". Johnson, associationa‘l
secretary. The committee on temperance
reported a number of resolutions which
were adopted by the convention as fol-
lows:

 

 

Temperance.

Resolved, That we favor a law by Con-
gress of thc United States, prohibiting
the transportation of intoxtcatlng liquors
into dry territory. -

Resolved, That We favor statew'ide pro-
hibition, and for the re-submission of
the equal suffrage amendment if lost.

Resolved, That the Michigan State As-
sociation of Farmers’ Clubs, in session
at the capital, most heartily endorse the
great work of Superintendent G. W.
Morrow, of the Michigan Anti-Saloon
League, during the past year, and that
We extend to him our hearty support, as
he enters his ncw field of labor.

Resolved, That we urgc the annual tem-
perance meeting in local Clubs, conducted
by the young pcoplc of the Club.

Election of Officers.

This was the last order of business in
the morning session on \Vednesday and
the election was quickly consummated
by there being but one candidate for
each office, which permitted a suspcnsion
of rules and the casting of the vote of
the convention by the secretary in cach
case, with the following results: l‘i‘csi-
dent, .las. N. Mciiridc, Burton; yicc-
prcsident, C. ii. Scully. Almont; sccrctary
and treasurer, Mrs. C. 1’. Johnson. Mct-
amora; new directors, lifessrs. Ii. J.
Robb, Mason, J. i“. l-tciman, Flint. Tho
power to appoint a corresponding secrc-
tary is vested in the president and the
namc of this officer will be announced
later.

Wednesday Afternoon Session.

This session was opened by music fur-
nished by pupils from the School for the.
Blind, which was ‘Wcil i‘cndcrcd and much
appreciated. At this point the report of
the committee on state affairs was made
and the resolutions adopted as published
in last issue. Following this, the report
of the committee appointed to draft
amcndmcuts to the constitution of the
Statc Association was received. and thc
propositions outlined were discussed at
length by delegates present. ’l‘hcse pro-
poscd changes, which have been pre—
viously published in The Farmer, were
adopted with only one amendment, which
was a matter of compromise after much
discussion, the changed sections of the
constitution rcading as follows:

Article VI. .

.\ny Farmcrs' (Tlub in Michigan desiri
ing membership in the State. Association
must endorse by a majority vote of its
mcmbcrs, attestcd by the signaturcs of
its prcsidcnt and sccrotary, the consti-
tution and by-laws of the State Associa-
tion and file application with thc secre-
tary of thc State Association. said appli-
cation to be. accompanied by a member-
ship i‘cc of two dollars. I’rovidctl, that.
any (‘lub whose docs for 'lfllZ have bccii
paid shall bccomc a meinbcr of thc State
Association and cntitlcd to a chartcr up-

on filing an cndorscmcni ot' tin-_consti-
lotion and by—laws as abch provtdcd.
Article Vii.

lecry ‘li‘armcrs’ Club shall pay to the
State Association the sum of twcnty ccnts
per family membership thcrcof. on or
bcf‘orc thc first day of Noycnibcr in cach
and evcry ycar. Provided, that no
(‘lub shall pay a total of lcss than tWO
dollars or more than fch dollars.

Article VIII.

Any Club failing to pay its annual dues
for one year shall stand suspended and
bc required to pay a reinstatement ice
of $1.50 before reinstatement shall be
made.

Article VI is to replace the Article of
thc- samc number in the present consti-
tution and Articles VII and VII of the
prescnt constitution arc to be numbered
l.\' and X.

I'pon the completion of the business of
the scssion,Mrs. C.A. Bullock, of Mad-
le,’ and lillba Farmers’ Club, rcad a most
interesting paper entitled, “Does the Col-
lege Education I‘nfit Girls for Farm
Life?" From the home word pictures
presented in this paper it was made evi-
ident that' a college education does not
unfit girls for farm life, but that it may
haVc a most wholesome influence in rais-
ing the standard of farm life. This in-
teresting paper will be reserved for pub-
lication at some future date as space

may permit.

THE MICHIGAN EARMER.

Following a, musical number and read-
ing by J. W. \Voodwort‘h, of Battle Creek,
Dr. Eben Mumford, of M. A. C., in charge
of government field men in Michigan,
delivered an address on “One Phase of
Rural DeveIOpment,” the substance of
which we shall undertake to present to
readers of this department in a. future
issue.

The Wednesday Evening Session.

A most interesting feature of this
meeting was an address by Dr. R. E
Doolittle, chief government chemist,
\Vashington, D. C., on “The National
Food Law.”

In opening his address, Dr. Doolittle
touched upon the necessity of good food
and proper nourishment, not only of
brain and body workers, but of children
as well, and in summing up this feature
of his address, said that it has been
most aptly and truthfully sail that “pure
food is the basis of health, and health
the basis of happiness, vigor and even
morality.” The doctor stated that, while
science has done much to show the im-
portance of proper food, there are many
problems, both educational and commer-
cial, to be solved before we are assured
of a pure and wholesome food supply.
The educational problems are being rap-
idly solved by our schools and colleges,
but the commercial problem of a. pure
and wholesome food supply is a. most
difficult one, and it is with this that the
pure food laws have to deal.

Dr. Doolittle outlined the opposition of
greed which has been made upon every
hand, both in the passage and enforce-
ment of the pure food and drugs act,
which governs interstate commerce in
food and drug products. In speaking of
the terms of this act, be defined adultera-
tion and misbranding of food within the
meaning of the act, which definitions
have been previously summarized in this
paper. In speaking of the more simple
forms of adulteration, Dr. Doolittle said
that, while at first sight it does not seem
a grave misdemeanor to reduce the cost
of that product, as for instance, milk, by
rcmoving the cream, or by increasing the
Volume by the addition of a little water
or by similar mcthods of adulteration
which do not, make the food product es—
pccially dcleterious to health, yet these
forms of adulteraiion have a most im-
portant interest to the consumer. Such
adulteration is a commercial fraud of the
worst character, is securing money un-
der false pretenses and the guilty man is
as much a thief as is tne highway rob-
bcr. Furthermore, the man who prac-
tices these adulterations is not particu—
lar as to the ingredient which he may
add, whether wholesome or otherwise.

Continuing along this line, Dr. Doolittle
cnumcratcd many of the more common
forms of adulteration or misbranding en—
countered by the officials in the enforce-
mcnt of the pure food and drug act, mak-
ing it clear that anything and everything
is permitted to be used for food purposes
in the preparatirn of same, until some
official can secure sufficient evidence to

 

convince a judge and jury of twelve men
without technical knowledge, that the
product is injurious'to health.

In speaking of more ideal conditions of
affairs, Dr. Doolittle said: “How much
better it would be if such substances
were prohibited in foods until the manu-
facturer could demonstrate to a commit-
tee of properly qualified physicians or
nutrition experts that his product was
wholesome and conducive to good
health.” Next Dr. Doolittle took up the
subject of chemical preservatives, dis-
cussing their harmful nature, and later
in his address devoted considerable- at-
tention to a discussion of drugs coming
under the food and drugs act. In speak—
ing of their all too common harmful na-
ture, he. said: “It is remarkable how
many ills apparently affect the American
people, and how pr-one we are to- seek
remedies therefor. Drugs and medicines
when prescribed by physicians are neces-
sary for the restoration and preservation
of health, but the medicine taking habit
as it exists today is to be condemned.
Fresh air and Sunshine, a careful and
judicial selection of wholesome foods,
exercise in the open air, sufficient sleep
and a cheerful spirit are much better
antidotes. “’hen these fail the physician
should be called."

In closing, Dr. Doolittle called attention
to the misrepresentation of products not
covered by the food and drugs act and to
the 'wholesome sentiment favoring legis-
lation to control interstate commerce in
such products. Many other valuable and
interesting lessons were drawn in this
address which space will not permit us
to dwell upon in this report.

Another most interesting feature of the
evening program was an address by Prof.
\V. H. French, on “Agriculture in Rural
and Secondary Schools," of which the
following is a brief synopsis:

The public Schools of our country are
ogranized for a definite purpose—that of
training our children physically, mentally
and morally. At least this has been their
function. \\'e now add to this vocational
training. XVe do not need a new system
of education, but we may re—organize
and revitalize the old.

The viewpoint of the old system was
classical and aristocratic. The viewpoint
of the new must be social and demo-
cratic.

it is becoming more and more evident
that in the elementary and secondary
field of industrial or vocational educa-
tion the. public school can give to the
people the best service. Private and
special schools cannot solve the problem
of general skilled labor.

Agriculture is a basic industry, and,
therefore, should be the first taught. It
can be inaugurated most easily and with
less expense because of the ease of cor-
relating the agricultural subjects with
those already taught in the public
schools.

In the rural school there are two phases
of work:

First, what we may call the essentials,
consisting of reading, writing, arithmetic,

DEC. 21, 1912.

the elements of grammar, history, civics,
physiology and geography. These con-
stlitute the working tools of the child
which will unlock .for him the world’s
accumulation of literature, science, art
and industry.

Second, the elementary principles and
practice in the fundamental industries.
This will include the elements of agri-
culture, manual training, domestic science
and domestic art.

The largest purpose in including the
second division is to arouse an interest
in and respect for the home, the farm,
the shop. The State Course of. Study
provides for the teaching of the elements
of agriculture and home economics. The
practical work will consist of gardening,
elementary cooking and sewing, and shop
work. In ordcr to promote the work in
rural schools we are planning the- organ-
ization of Junior Agricultural Associa-
tions, or boys’ and girls’ clubs.

During the past year agriculture has
been taught? in 1,135 rural schools, and in,
28 COunties, corn contests, have been
conducted for the boys, and in 15 coun-
ties, potato contests. Garden work and
domestic science exhibits have been plan-
ned for the girls.

In order that the home may be more
directly interested, the Junior Agricultu-
ral Associations are organized. This will
give the children home projects to which
they may apply the principles learned in
school, and at the same time arouse the
interest and guidance of the parents. In
the high schools we have arranged a.
course in secondary agriculture which
consists. of that part of general agricul-
ture corresponding to the science of work
already done in our high schools. It
consists of one unit in each of the high
school grades. An average of 60 per cent
of the boys in the high schools elect the
agricultural work as against the lan-
guages.

The aim is not merely hand or voca-
tiOnal efficiency, but also intellectual effi-
ciency, for we believe that there can be
no industrial efficiency without intellec-
tual efficiency. The trained mind is as
essential to the manual worker as to the
brain worker. “'e aim to make the work
in farming attractive, and to teach fun-
damental principles and practices in or-
der that We may produce better farmers,
better farming and better farm products.
“'e aim to set up an agricultural and
industrial ideal toward which the boys
and girls may move as the-y develop in
their educational course. We aim to
press home to the student the idea of his-
responsibility to the community, and to
utilize the great forces found in farmers’
organizations, such as the Grange and
Farmers’ Clubs.

XVe believe that the boy represents the
potential man, and that he should be ed-
ucated for his day and generation.

Thus closed the twentieth annual meet-
ing of the Michigan State Association of
Farmers’ Clubs, which the enthusiastic
delegates declared to be the most inter-
esting and beneficial of any yet held by
the organization.

 

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FORTIETH ANNUAL STATE GRANGE.

Last week’s gathering
Husbandry at Sault Ste. Marie marked
the- end of four decades of Grange en-
deavor in Michigan. With the thought
that it has required forty years of loy—,
alty and determined effort to bring the
organization to the proud and powerful
position it now occupies, comes SOme-
thing of a realization of the difficulties
encountered and the obstacles necessarily
overcome by the order’s sturdy pioneers.
That they laid the foundation well has
been proven by the manner in which the
organization weathered early storms and
has withstiood attacks and misrepresen-
tations from without and within in more
recent years.

A royal welcome awaited the more
than 400 delegates, the pat‘rons of Chip-
pewa county and the residents of the
city uniting their efforts in providing en-
tertainment. From the time that Gov-
ernor Osborn greeted the delegates at
the opening session until the officers for
the ensuing two years had been installed
in the wee small hours of Saturday morn-
ing, there was not a dull or unoccupied
moment. Tuesday afternoon was given
over to the Master's address, which is
reviewed farther on in this report, and
to reports of minor officers. \Vednesday
morning to further reports, introduction
of resolutions and their reference to com-
mittees, etc.; the aftenoon and evening
to the State Lecturer’s program which
included an exhaustive consideration of
the principles of co-operation; Thursday
morning to election of officers and re-
ports of standing committees; the after-
noon to degree work, in which two Chip-
pewa county \dcgree teams exemplified
the fourth degree in competition for a
handsome silver cup; the officers of State
1range acted as judgrs. awarding the
cup to the team representing Pine Grove
Grange. Thursday‘evening the fifth de-
gree was conferred upon a. class of 78
and the sixth degree was given to a class
of 140. Friday, as usual, was the busiest
day of thewoek. the work of hearing and
acting upon the reports of the numerous
committees carrying over to the evening
which closed with the installa-
tion of officers. This, in brief, covers the
week’s work, but the State Lecturer’s
program, which developed unusual inter-
est in the subject presented, and the
work of the important committees must
be presented at length in later issues.

Innovations, in the way of entertain-
ment features which greatly relieved the
monotony of routine convention work,
consisted of an illustrated lecture by L.
C. Holden on the history and resources
of that section of the state; a most ex—
cellent and advantageously situated ex-
position of Upper Peninsula products, not
only natural products but manufactured
articles as Well. Here Were seen agricul-
tural displays which had been shown at
state and county fairs, practically all
grains. grasses and vegetables being rep-
resented. An interesting feature was an
exhibit of dressed beef, mutt‘on and pork
from animals fattened solely upon the
grasses, which include alfalfa, of that
region. In connection with this exhibition
of products the poultrymen of the county
held their annual show, having advanced
the dates to make them coincide with
this meeting. The splendid quality of
this show was the subject of much com—
ment. All in all, this free exposition of
products was thoroughly enjoyed by all,
beside-s proving a fruitful source of in-
formation to many. Another feature
which proved entertaining and educa—
tional as well, consisted of a parade of
draft-horse teams which took place on
\Vednesday afternoon. The number and
quality of the animals shown was such
as to raise the question of whether any
other county in Michigan can make a.
showing superior to this one.

Master Hull’s Address.

The State Master's review of the past
year showed quite satisfactory growth,
the actual figures revealing a steady and
‘consistent, gain during the winter months
andthe usual falling off in the busy sum-
mer. During last winter the membership,
as indicated,,by dues paid, reached the
highest point in the organization's ex-
istence. It, however, seems impossible
to prevent a falling off in number of
meetings and in attendance and interest
when the busy season on the farm ar-
rives. . This condition he held to be due

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THE“ MICHIGAN FARMER.

largely to the scarcity of farm help, and
it is not peculiar to the Grange alone, {as
it has been the history of eivery perma-
nent movement for the betterment of
mankind. With this condition in mind.
he advocated special efforts at the close
of the busy season to re-awaken active

interest. To this end, during the past
seas-on, every Grange in Michigan was

asked to hold a. rally or home-coming in
November. He referred also to the ef-
forts of the deputy force to prevent this
decline each season, and stated that it
costs more to maintain an efficient dep-
uty force in Michigan than in other
states. The reasons are that Michigan
has more Granges—-more even than New
York whose total membership is nearly
twice that of Michigan. In the second
place, the state is so divided and ex—
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John C. Ketcham.

Elected Master of Michigan State Grange
at last week's meeting.
expensive to cover the ground. Also, our
Oranges being small, a material falling
off in attendance so depletes the ranks as
to invite discouragement and disaster.
The present force of deputies was pro-
nounced loyal and efficient and the sys—

tem of dividing the state into sections,
with a deputy in each section and one

in each county. where possible, was deem—
ed the best that can be had at present.

Speaking of Grange influence upon
state legislation, he held that Grange

agitation for a tonnage tax upon the
products of Michigan mines led to the
special appraisal of mining properties
which has been made and which has re-
sulted in increasing mine values for taxa-
tion purposes about 300 per cent. The
Giles law for interchange of telephone, mes-
sages, in securing which the Grange fig-
ured prominently,-is still a victim of the
court‘s delay. The Grange also strongly
supported the efforts to secure a pref-
erential primary for nomination of pres-
idential candidates, and gave valiant sup-
port to the cause of equal suffrage
DiScussing taxation maitcrs the Mas-
ter cited the exemption from taxation of
corporations by cities. the slight taxes
levied upon valuable franchises and the
various ways in which money and other
forms of property escape assessment, as
agencies which tend to shoulder an un-
due preportion of the tax burden upon
the farmer. \Vhile separation of state
and local taxes would undoubtedly cor-
rect some abuses, he believed that this
remedy could as easily lead to even
greater abuses. The corporate excess plan
has some commendable features, in his
opinion, but the revenue from it might
vary from year to year. Also it would
require the services of industrial and tax
experts, and he held that with the em-
ployment of such experts corporate hold-
ings can be made to pay their just share
of taxes under the present system. Ad-
ded authority may have to be given to
the state commission in order to reach
such cases, but at present that seems
the best solution of the taxation prob-
lem. Michigan's mortgage tax law, prior
to 1911, was held to be very unjust and,
while the new law can hardly be said to
have had a thorough test as yet, he be-
lieves it worthy of further trial. That it
will lower interest rates to any appre-
ciable extent was doubted. however, and.
the Master recommended the investiga-
tion of the New Hampshire law, which
exempts from taxation farm mortgagee
drawing a rate of five per cent or less.
Federal aid for road improvement was
held to be on the way, and reference
was made to the recently enacted Shack-
leford bill giving $10 to $201‘per mile for

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the maintenance of certain classes of
roads used by rural mail carriers. The
activity of other powerful interests in
endeavoring to secure federal appropria-
tions was regarded as threatening to the
best interests of farmers and the rec-
ommendation was that the latter should

be constantly on guard to secure the
most practical use of the funds which
the government will surely appropriate

for road purposes in the near future.

All boys who want to practice agricul-
ture should be taught agriculture, and in
order to do this to best advantage the
Master held t‘hat the common school cur-
riculum should be unloaded by dropping
some subjects that are of minor import-
ance as compared with agriculture and
home economics. He, asked endorsement
of the so—called l’agc—\\'ilson bill which,
he explained, provides for the co—op‘era-
tion of federal government and the states
in promoting instruction in agriculture,
the trades and industries and home eco-
nomics in secondary schools; in preparing
teachers for these vocational subjects in
state colleges of agriculture and in state
normal schools; in maintaining extension
departments in state colleges of agricul-
ture and mechanical arts and in main-
taining branches of state, experiment sta-
tions.

The Southern Commercial Congress,
Which met at Nashville, 'I‘cnn., during
the year, proposed an investigation of
rural credit systems of European coun-
tries and voted to ask each state to ap-
propriate $2,400 for the purpose of send-
ing two delegates to Rome to attend the

International Institute of Agriculture,
then to visit other countries, studying
their rural credit systems, and report

their findings with recommendations. The
Grange, at iis recent meeting,
gave this movement its approval on con-
dition that (mo of the two delegates from

each statc bc a practical farmer and

Master Ilull requcstcd the dclcigutczs to

consider the maltcr at this meeting.
Admitting that the parcels post law,

which goes into eff'cct wiih the ncw year,
is not all that the. Grange wished. and
that it was impossible to secure the pas-
sage of ih(- postal exprcss measure which
the Grange favored. it was recommended
that the new law be given a full and im-
partial trial. feeling sure that when once
in full swing the possibility of reducing
the rates and increasing the wcight limit
will become apparent,

The section of the address devoted m
ole-omargarine legislation was :1 Vt'i‘y
strong one. It explained how the cheap
grades of animal and vegetable fats are
usGd in the manufacture of oleo to such
an extent ihat the iirst cost: of the pro-
duct is about one-half that of good but~
ter; also, how through the Grout law the

 

 

 

 

T. E. Nilesc

The popular Steward of State Grange.
after many terms of service, was re-
elected without opposition.

dairy interests have tried to prevent its
substitution for butter. and how the ar-
gument that the ten—cent tax imposed
by the Grout law affects the cost of liv-
ing for the laboring man has led to the
introduction of the Lever bill, which
provides for the removal of the ten-cent
tax, and how the dairy interests, in turn,
have drafted a bill designed to do away
with the ten-cent tax but at the same
time protect the consumer and producer
more fully against fraud. In this bill
difference in color is made the test, the
Department of Weights and Measures
having found a way of accurately meas-
uring color. The proposed law fixes the

(29) 585
standard for oleomargarine at a tint pro-
duced by the admixture of 55 per cent
of pure white with yellow. This is a.
rim lighter than that of ordinary butter
made from cows on dry feed. but allows
enough color so that 0100 manufacturers
need not bleach the ingredients of their
products. It was recommended that the
legislative committee support this meas-
ure. which is now before Congress, in
every possible way.

The address reviewed brie-fly the work
0f the recent National Grange meeting
held at Spokane, the proceedings of which
were given in this department last week.
charding the much-discussed question
of proportional representation in the Na-
tional Grange, Master llull expressed the
opinion that the adoption of the plan
proposed by the Michigan State (Qange
at former sessions is superior to the one
rejected by the National Grange i..is
year, but that either plan would so in—
crease. the expense of the National Grange
mceting as to render an'increase in dues
to the National Grange necessary. lie
also explained that it is difficult to amend
the constitution of the National lrange,
as amendments must first be passed by
two-thirds vote of the delegates at a Na-
tional Grange meeting and then receive
the approval of two-tiliirds of the Grange
states.

Recommendingthatthe tenure of oilice

in the State Grange be limited to two
terms, Master Hull closed with a bzief
review of his two-term administration,
during which time 200 subordinate

Granges and 50 l’vomonas have bccn ad—
dcd to the roster. the funds of the or-
ganization steadily increased, and the
membership and inilucncc of the order
materially strcnglhcncd.

Membership and Finances.

The figurcs submitted by the secretary
and treasurer made a satisfactory show-
ing for the year. Based on dues reccivcd.
Secretory llutchins placed the present
total mombcrsl‘iip well above 50,000. which
number was excccdcd by only a few
hundrml lasl' year. This gain resulted
largr 11‘ from the growth oi" old establish-
ed subordinatcs rather than from the
organization of 11cw onus, the. number of
ncw Hrangcs formed being less than half
that of the preceding year. Treasurer
Coward again issued a detailed financial
report in pamphlet form for distribution
to the delegates. The sunimarics showing
the assets of the organization and the
year's cash receipts and disbursements
are as follows:

Invested Securities.
Howls & sccuritics. 11cc. 1, 15111.$-10,000.00
lionnls paid 500.00

Bonds t\'-. si-curitic's, Dec. 1, 1912. 15050500

Cash on hand Ilcc. 1, 1912 ...... 1,070.21
Total illVi'SiHl funds . . . . . . . . . .$;Tji"‘l~3l—
Cash in gcn'l fund, licc. 1, 1912 1,404.16
Total 134888.317

Invested Funds. Cash Items.

_(‘;1sh on 11111111, 1m. 1. 1911 ..... '. $1,859.31

Jun-rest rcceivcd ............... 2,320.00

Bt'nds p:1id ..................... 500.00
'I‘olttl ................... . ...... $4,679.31

'I‘I'unsi'ci'i'ml to l.if'c [11s.(‘o $1.300

’J'ransfcri‘ml to gcn. f1111d.. 1,200 2,700.00
Cash on hand lbw. 1. 1012 ...... 31-17717—31-
Receipts, Including Cash on Hand Dec.
1. 1911.
Cash on hand ................... $ 1,017.86
Fifth and sixth llcg‘rcc i'ccs ...... 222l.00
1:1;(illl co-opcration (contract sys-
cin) .......................... 0.17529
Dues, etc ........................ 11,112.32
Total .......................... $529.} 1 £5.77
Less oi'dcrs drawn for the _\'c211'.. 21,781,211
Cash on hand Doc. 1, 1912 ..... 1.1074710

Pi‘oi‘ninont itcms in thc «lctailcd snitc-
ment of disbursements from the general
.fund arc. $6,070.22 ('HVcl‘ilig' expenses of
State. Grange meeting of 1911; $2,488.54 in
fees to National Grange; $1,821.68 cover—
ing expense, of conducting the contract
system, which, by the way, is somewhat
less than the cost of the system last year
while the returns, aggregating $6,875.29,
are more than $800 greater than for the
preceding ycar; $1.500 was given to the
support of the life insurance company
and more than $500 was expended in sup-
port of equal suffrage. The remainder of
the year‘s disbursements were mainly for
organization, supervision and rally work,
the total paid out during the year, for
all purposes, being $21,784.31. The year’s
expenses are thus seen to have been
rather heavier than usual, but this was
nearly offset by the gain in receipts, the
cash balance on Dec. 1 of this year be-
ing only $200 lower than on the corres-
ponding date last year.

 

I find the Michigan Farmer far supe-
rior to many of the farm papers of the
day-in size, quality of paper and, best
of all, selection and high standard of its
contents. Best wishes for the success of
The Farmer.———Mrs. W. D. Ripley. Lectur-
er Pomona Grange No. 4. Erie C0.. Pa.


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will pay you well for your trouble.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

Premiums in Exchange fora Little
of Your Time

As recently announced we discontinued giving premiums with each subscription to The
Michigan Farmer and greatly reduced the subscription price.
these premiums on hand we have decided to give these to our friends who will secure for
us two or more subscriptions to The Michigan Farmer.
an easy matter to induce your neighbors and friends to subscribe with you and the premium
The premiums will be given according to the number of
points credit and below we give a table showing how points are credited.

 

As we have a great. many of

At the new reduced rates it will be

 

Price to remit for The Michigan Farmer

and how the points are counted.

I Year 50 cents counts I point
2 Years $1.00 counts 12‘: points
3 Years $1.25 counts 2 points
5 Years $2.00 counts 3 points

These conditions should be read
carefully:

1. No premium is given for less than two subscriptions
for The Michigan Farmer. '

2. Your own subscription will count for points provided
at least oneother subsbription for The Michigan Farmer is

 

 

 

sent at the same time.

 

count for points the same as if the

ordered alone. No credit of points is given for others papers.

3. New and renewal subscriptions count alike.

 

6. Orders can be sent as taken and points will be placed to
4. Clubbing offers containing The Michigan Farmer will your credit. When you have the requ1red number of points

Michigan Farmer were premium Will be sent.

5. Points will count only on subscriptions sent by yourself they Will be sent you.
' Address all orders and correspondence to—

and sent direetto us.

 

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“Presto” the “All-in-One” Razor Strap

This strop is made from the finest horsehide leather, tanned
by special processes, then chemically treated with “all-in-one”
solution. This preparation is so thoroughly incorporated in the
leather that it, is guaranteed not to peel, wear, scrape or wash
off. Any man can strop a razor with as keen an edge as can
the most expert barber. A few strokes on the sharpening side,

followed by a like number on the linishing side does the trick.
The lot we have purchased are "lixtra Strong" and it requires
but little stropping to bring.r a dull blade to a hair splitting edge.

Alt mun premium No. 211. Free for only two points. Postpaid.

 

 

    

Reliance Plate Berry Spoon

Made, by the Oneida Community in the beautiful TVildWood
pattern. Extra heavy plate. guaranteed for 35 years. Length
8"}; inches; Bowl Zngill/z inches. Mention ‘l’remium No. 195.

Free for only three points. ,l’ostpaid.

7. If you wish sample copies to distribute request them and

The Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

Six Reliance Plate Tea Spoons '

For those who are exacting and wish a high-grade silver
plated teaspoon we have a large quantity of Oneida Community
Reliance plate spoons in the beautiful \Vildwood pattern. These
spoons are plated by a special Oneida Community process and
are guaranteed for 25 years. They are sold by all leadlng‘
jewelers at the protected price of $1.00 for a set of s1x. Men-
tion premium No. 218. Free for Only tWo points. Postpaid.

 

 

Six Rogers German Silver Tea Spoons

These spoons are made of the same metal throughout and
are guaranteed to last a life time. They can be kept looking
bright by cleaning them with a good cleanser. The design is
beautiful and the spoons are gogdenougfhwtg ESQ on all occasions.
Mention premium No. 216. Free for only two points. Postpaid.

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Every boy, young ‘or old. would be
proud to carry one of these watches. It
is 16 size with nickle case. Stem set and
wind. Regular watch movement with
hair spring. Keeps good time. Guaran—
teed by the, makers and repaired free of
charge for one, year it‘ given ordinary
care. Any boy who really wants a watch
can easily earn one in one afternoon.
Mention I’remium No. 175, Sent postpaid
for Only three points.

 

 

Myers’ “AwI for All ”

LOCK STITCH SEWING .-\\VL, with
straight and curved needles. Makes a,
lock stitch with one thread and one op-
eration. For harness, sacks. canvas or

any heavy sewing. Regular price of this

aw] is $1.00 in most stores. Mention l’re-
mium No. 123. Sent postpaid, free for
two points.

 

 

A Genuine German Razor

Not a cheap razor such as is generally
used as a premium. It is made of best
steel, black handle, hollow ground, 53/3—in.
concave blade; honed and stropped ready
for use. Guaranteed to give satisfac—
tion. Mention Premium No. 210. Sent
postpaid, free for tWo points.

 

 

Made by the Herman Baker 00., of the
very best material. Just the thing to
clip the boy’s hair with and save the
barber expense. Guaranteed to giVe sat-
isfaction. ' Mention Premium No. 223.
Sent postpaid, free for three points.

 

Patent Tension Shears

Good quality of material. 8 inches long, with
patent adjustable spring tension bolt, preventing
the- blades from spreading and giving a. clean
cut the full length. '\\'e have sent out thou-
sands of these with excellent reports from us-
ers, and they have been one of our most popu-
lar premiums. Mention I‘remium No. 159. Sent
postpaid, free for two points.

 

 

SPECIAL COMBINATION 0FFERS.

FEATURE OFFER No. 1.' .
NIICHIGAN FARMTCR to Jan. 1, 1914.
C()SM()P(')LI’I‘AN, regular price, 1.50.
\VOMAN’S HOME COMPANION, regu—

lar price, $1.50.

All For $2.65

 

FEATURE OFFER No. 2.

lViICI'IIGAN FAILVIICR to Jan. 1. 1914.
INCLINEA'I‘OH, regular price, $1.50.
AMERICAN BOY, regular price, $1.00.

All For $2.25

FEATURE OFFER No. 3.

MICHIGAN FAliMER to Jan. 1, 1914.
lhgéYI‘IIICIt’S MAGAZINE, regular price

 

BOYS’ MAGAZINE, regular price, $1.00.
All For $1.90

FEATURE OFFER No. 4.

YOUTH’S COMPANION. new subscrib-
ers only, regular price, $2.00.

MICHIGAN FARMrAt to Jan. 1, 1914.

\VOMAN‘S \VORLD, regular price,. 250.

All For $2.20

FEATURE OFFER No. 5.

MICHIGAN FARMER to Jan. 1, 1914.

POULTRY POINTERS, regular price,
50 cents.

THE HOUSEVVIFE, regular price, 50c.

All For $1.00

FEATURE OFFER No. 6.

I\IICI«IIG.-\N FARMER to Jan. 1, 1914.
MUSICIA N, regular price, $1.50.
VVOMAN’S WORLD, regular price,

25 cents.
All For $1.65

FEATURE OFFER No. 7.
MICHIGAN FARMER to Jan. 1, 1914.
WOMAN’S HOME COMPANION, reg-
price, $150-

BOYS’ MAGAZINE, regular price, $1.

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Farmers Ideal Combination Wrench

Six Handy Farm tools in one. A pipe wrench, a nut wrench,
a screw driver and three dies for cleaning up and rethreading
rusted and battered threads. Dies fit all standard bolts used on
standard farm machinery. Requires no adjustment, never slips.
Will work in closer quarters than any other wrench. Every
farmer should carry one of these handy little wrenches on a
binder, reaper, mower, etc. They are light, strong, compact and
easilv carried in hip pocket Mention Premium N0. 222. Bent

free for only two points. Postpaid.

 

 

New Combination
Reference and Anat-
omical Wall Chart

 

 

Consists of 3 sheets and
6 pages, sheets are 28x36
inches. Virtually 6 charts
combined.

Map of Michigan.

1910 Census.

25 Live Stock Plates.
Farmers Handy Manual.
Atlas of the World and

a mprH

. Charts of Panama Canal.

This Wall chart must be
seen to be fully appreciat-
ed. ‘It is the best collec-
tion of charts ever brought
together. The' anatomical
feature will save many vet—
erinary bills. Mention Pre—
mium No. 215. Sent post-
paid For only two points.

 

 

 

 

 

Farmers Extra Quality Pocket Knife

Made by the famous Valley Forge Cutlery Co. Two blades
made of best razor steel. Ebony handle. Brass lined and well
finished throughout. Guaranteed to give satisfaction. Mention
i'remium No. 21!. Free for two’ points. Postpaid.

 

 

Solid l4-K Gold Point Fountain Pen

This fountain pen is not one of the cheap. plated point pens
Usually given as premiums, that will corrode in a short time
and then are worthless. This pen has a genuine 14k gold point.
The barrel and cap‘are made of hard rubber. The manufacturer
fully warrants it for one year, and repairs during that time due
to defect will be made without charge or pen exchanged. The
guarantee slip is packed with each pen. Ask for Premium No.

221. Free for only two points. Postpaid.

 

 

Silver Plated Carving Set

Consists of Knife 10 inches long, and Fork 7% inches long.
Blade of knife and prongs of fork are made of best cutlery
steel. Handles are silver plated and stamped with a beautiful
design. The plating is on white metal. therefore it cannot wear
through and show brassy. This set is easily worth $2.00. Men-
tion Premium No. 224. Free for only four points. Postpaid.

 

 

Handy Combination Knife

“Six handy tools in one. Contains large knife blade, screw
canver’ tack puller, patent bottle cap remover, punch blade and
was???“ Made of the very best steel. Guaranteed to give
'Tlgree $033“ Mention_Premium No. 225. Bent Postpaid for

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@ 424nm; DINNER srr @
_ inomw GOLD AND eLu: riucacc BORDER
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42=PIECE DINNER SET FREE.

A new set of dishes are always welcome, asthe old ones will break and spoil the set.
We are here offering an opportunity for every woman to secure a, new 42-piece set of
extra fine china in exchange for a few hours work. The ware is good and is fully guar~
anteed not to check. The border decoration is a beautiful roman gold and blue filagree.

OUR OFFER.

We will send this 42- piece set by freight, charges paid, to your nearest railroad station

FREE" FOR ONLY 14 POINTS

or for 10 points and $1.25 in Cash.
or for 8 p ints and 1.75 in Cash.
or for 5 p ints and 2.50 in Cash.

This is certainly liberal as you only need 14 one-year subscribers, or seven three—year
subscribers, or live live—year subscribers, or you can get some of each, just so that the
points amount in 14.

Be the first to start in your neighborhood.

A $50 Sewing Machine Easily Earned

We have made it possible for any woman in Michigan to
secure one of our New Model Drop Hcad Sewing Machines, in
exchange for a little time spent in getting subscriptions to The
Michigan Farmer. The sewing machines offered are of the
best quality obtainable. Automatic lift, oak or walnut table.
“'0 sell this machine f0r $19.00 cash. and machines no better
are sold through agents for $50.00.

OUR OFFER

We will send one of these machines, freight prepaid, to
your nearest railroad station. FREE FOR ONLY 60 POINTS,

or for 50 points and $ 3.00 in Cash.

40 points and 6.00 in Cash.

30 points and 9.00 in Cash.

20 points and 12.00 in Cash.

10 points and 15.00 in Cash.
Start in at once~~get the [lien folks and children to help
you-7 you will find it easy to get subscriptions at the new re-
duced rates. Send for our illustrated catalog fully describing

 

 

the machine, also for sample copies to use in getting sub—scribers.

LADIES’ or GENTS’ GOLD WATBH

Easily Earned in a Few Hours.

Almost every person has a desire to own a good gold
watch but some do not wish to or cannot afford to
spend the money for one. Here is a splendid oppor—
tunity to own a high grade gold watch without
spending one cent of your own money.

GENTS WATCH

An excellent American movement in 10 size gold
filled case, guaranteed to wear for 20 years. Fully
warranted to be an excellent time—keeper. This
watch sells at retail jewelry stores for $12 to $15.

LADIES’ WATCH. R $—

‘ High grade, Elgin movement in size gold filled case, guar-
anteed to wear 'for 20 years. Plain or beautifully engraved
case. Sells ordinarily for $15 to $18.

OUR OFFER.

Gents Gold Watch will be sent postpaid free for onl 25 lnts-
Ladies Gold Watch will be sent postpaid free for on]; 30 33mm.

_ Subscriptions to The Michigan Farmer at the new reduced rates are
easfly secured, also there are many thousand whose subscription has or
will expire soon and as renewals count the same as new ones no difliculty
Wlll. be experienced in getting the required number of points. By
getting 3 and 5-year orders you greatly reduce the number of
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illustrate two fields of corn—one adjoining the ot/zer. The scene at the left shows
an average corn field. The scene at the right shows a field in which stumps
stood last year. It took no more Seed, no more labor, no more investment of
time or money, to raise the field that will probably produce a 90 bushelper-acre

Here are two actual photographs taken the same day the same hour. They crop than the average field that will probably produce a 35 bushel-per-cre crop
The climate was the same for both fields—and the rainfall was the same.
We merely want to show you how much money you are losing by leaving

the stumps stand, when you can so easily turn those stumpy acres into dollars.

  Pull Out The Stumps

   
 
  
  
 
 
 
  
  
   
 
  
 
  
   
 
  
 
  
  
  
  
    
 
 
  
 

I Hercules Mfg. Co.
837 2131: Street
Centerville, Iowa

 

Plant on Virgin Soil—And Reap a Double Harvest

ULL out the stumpsl Stump land eats up half the money
yOur land is worth if cleared—and a]! the money you
would get if you raised crops where the stumps now stan-

besides the taxes which now return you not/Zing! Land is too
high priced to be wasted that way. Crops bring in too
much money to be passed up that way. ~ You‘have paid for
all your landwwhy not form all of it? .

HERCULES
Stump Puller

has the single, double and triple power features, giving
you three machines in one. There isn't a stump, green tree
or hedge grown that the Hercules won't pull out without
straining or breaking any castings. It’s the only low-
down constructed puller that has self-anchoring and

  
 
 
 
 
  
   

  
  
  
  
  
   

 

All Steel—
'lriple Power
30 Days
Free Trial

3 Year
Guarantee

B. A. Fuller

President

Says to You:

 

 

 

Let me send you my new. fine, free book at once. I
want to show you proof of how you can make $1.281
profit on forty acres the first year and $3750 every year
after. in extra crops and added value of land —— by
pulling stumps with the Hercules—and how you can

Coupon

Gentlemen: Please send me all
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make big money in your spare time by pulling stumps for
your neighbors or by renting your machine at a nice proht.

Clears an Acre of Land a Day

My book shows actual photographs and prints actual
letters from owners, telling of the remarkable feats of the
Hercules-410w it pulls any size stump, green tree or
hedge in less than five minutes—how it easily pulls an

acre or more a day. Read how one man increased his
land value from $25 an acre to $125. Read how easy
it is to clear an arm: or more of lamta day. The fastest
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Hercules pulls the biggest stump in five minutes-—an
acre or more a day—and three acres without moving
the machine. Settle the question of stumpy land
once for all. My book will tell you how—the quick-
est. cheapest, surest. safest way.

Special Features

The Hercules is the only all steel triple power
Stump Puller made. It is the on'y puller that

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stump-anchoring features—the only one with double
safety ratchets, that insure the absolute safety of men
and team. Its all steel construction means 60 per cent
less weight and 400 per cent greater strength than any
cast-iron or “semi-steel" puller made.

New Low Price

My special advertising offer will enable me to quote
you my new low price—a figure that saves you at least 50
per cent of the regular price, and which will make you a
Hercules owner if you have the least use for a machine
that rids your fields of all standing stumps. I can con-
tinue this offer only a short while longer—to first buyers

'in each locality.

Mail Postal or Coupon

just simply your name and address on the coupon or on
a postal is all I want so I can send you the facts. my book,
30 day trial oifer, 3 year guarantee and special price prop-
osition. Send now before you forget and see how easy
you can clear your land—and what it means. Address

I
B. A. Fuller, President, HERCULES MANUFACTURING CO.
837 let Street, CENTERVILLE, IOWA
' Iwant you to mail me the coupon or a postal. It will give me an oppor-
Get My Flne Free 800k tunity of sending my grand free book about pulling stumps. It will enable
you to read all about the Hercules—its features, the 30 day free trial offer and my remarkable 3 year guar-
antee which insures the replacement of any broken casting for 3 years—whether the fault zs yours or the machine.

 
    
 

 

 

E sure to mail me
E the coupon at once.

When you read my
fine free book you will
know what it means to
pull out the stumps and
how easily it can be done
with the Hercules.¢You
will see what others have
done with the Hercules
and what you can do.
And my Special price will
interest you. I’ll save
you big money if you
write me now. Stop
rots/ling the stumps were
out— get busy with a
Hercules and they’ll be
oat—big profits for you.

Mail Me the
Coupon or a
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It is this Yellow strand wire rope that won
first prize at St. Louis Exposition proving
twice 8 good as next best cable. It is this
Yellow strand wire rope that is being used by
the U. S. Government at Panama on the
real important work of building the- canal.
And experts say this Yellow strand rape is

one of the big helps that will enable Uncle
Sam to complete the canal & whole 'year
before expected

Don’t forget—it‘s the Yellow strand cable
that is showing such wonderful strenirth. the
Yellow strand rope that is beating all others
on every test out to it, under all conditions

all over the world. And it is the Yellow
strand wire rope that is used exclusively on
the Hercules Stump Puller—not a green
strand, blue strand, while strand or red
strand—but a. YELLOW strand—don’t forget
that-and don’t let any unscrupulous person
or company confuse you.