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VOL. CXL. No. 1. 3

Whole Number 3624.





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JAN. 4, 1913.





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N many sections of the country, cu-



cumbers and muskmelons are planted



in large areas but now in some 10.

calities the growth of these two, ordi-

narily profitable, crops has been diScon-

tinued. The chief cause for (liScontinuing

is that in certain years, the cucurbits

(a name applied to plants of the gourd

family), died and the crop was a failure.

In a large part, the failure ofcucurbits

is due to plant diseases. The farmer is

apt to ascribe the failure to the weather

but even in the cases where the weather

has been especially unfavorable, the ul-

timate causes of the loss of the crop are

the plant diseases which have been fav-

ored by the weather, that is, there are

certain conditions of the weather that are

not favorable to the plant, but neverthe-

leSS these conditions are at the same

time favorable to the parasite and hence

the- plant, which is weakened by the sur-

rounding conditions, is more rapidly at-

tacked by the parasite and the growth of

the parasite is much more vigorous. So

in certain years, when the rain is es-

pecially plentiful, we find a cucumber





disease a great deal more prevalent and‘





much more important as an economic

loss. The farmers will say, “there was

not rain enough at the time the pickles

were growing,” or, “there was too much

rain,” but as a matter of fact, the pick-

les have been formed but one of the

plant diseases have stripped the plant of

its leaves and attacked the fruit as fast

as it developed and hence there was no

crop.



It is my purpose, in this series of arti-

cles, to take up the various diseases Of

cucurbits and the one which I wish to

handle in this particular article is the

wilt. \Vilt has been found in many parts

of the I'nited States extending from Mas-

sachusetts to Nebraska and Colorado and

is especially important in Michigan. The

symptoms of the disease- are indicated by





the name since the effect of this disease





on the plants is to produce a wilting

which'may take in a single leaf or it may

affect an entire plant. The disease gen-

erally starts at the center of a hill. It

is therefore, most common on the older

leaves and the disease progresses in the

leaf, down the stem and into the main

runner, immediately causing a wilting of

all parts of the plant beyond the dis-

eased part. The first sign of the disease

is a. yellowing‘ of the leaves of certain

runners or this may even include all the





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leaVes of the plant of a certain bill. This

yellowing of the affected' parts is un—

doubtedly caused by an interference with

the water supply.



- Cause.



The cause of the wilting of cucurhits

is a, bacterial organism which is speciiic

in that it works only on those plants, so

far as is known and occurs in nature

only on this series of hosts. This germ

works especially in the water tubes of

the affected plant and the symptoms that

have just been described are all

able to thc filling of these watcr tubes

by the, germs. Right here may be de-

scribed the very interesting test which

may lw applicd which will enable, the

farmer to tcll readily whether his plants

have hcen killed by wilt or not. The

gcrms which cause the wilt, are very

sticky and hence if the, mass of germs

can be t0uched with the final-r. long cob-

webby threads of the ll‘lllltfl'lnl can be

pulled out. If one cuts across a wilted

cucumber stem and waits about one-half

minute for the bacterial slime to ooze

out of the cut walertubes and then

touches this mass with the finger. he can

draw out the material in a long cobwebby

thread——a thing which can not he done

with cucurbits unless they are killed by

this sticky gc-rm. Since there are several

other causes which will cause. the wilt

of runners and here'might be mentioned

the attack of certain insects 0n the run-

ners near the base or even injury by

tramping on the runners, it is well for

the farmer to know this test since he

can by it decide whether the plants arc,

affected or not.



Practically all of our knowledge of this

disease has been given us by Dr. Erwin

F. Smith, of the Bureau of Plant lndus~

try, and he has been able to [ii'mlucc lhz:

disease from purc culturcs a great num-

ber of timcs and he has succeeded in

spreading the discasc by means of the

common loaf-cating beetlcs. Obscrva—

tions in the tichl bcar out this statement

of Dr. Smith's and no doubt the source

of infection in the field or any spread of

the trouble from one plant to another is

due to the small striped cucumber beet’le.

Other insects, of course, may assist in

this work but the chief factor in the

spread of the trouble is this common de-

structive insect.



There is an interesting connection be-

tween the weather and the amount of

the disease and such a growing season





trace-





led and Burnid ‘
Takeany manure spreader youhave

ever seen, remove all the clutches and

chains, all the countershafts and stub

axles, do away with all adjustments

and mount the beater on the rear axle.

' Rebuild thespreader. so that the

top of the box is only as high as your

hips. Make it stronger. Remove

some two hundred trouble-givmg

parts and throw them away. You

will have some sort of an idea of what

theJohn Deere Spreader, the Spreader

with the Beater on the Axle, is like.

The Beater'on the Axle



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a”; ‘ ”“5 rear axle. This

{‘1' = f M M: construction is

The Beater on the Axle EggirdttedgoethiLtl »





on any other spreader made.



Power to drive the beater is taken

from the rear axle through a planet-

ary transmission (like that on auto-

mobiles). It is positive, runs in oil,

and does not get out of order.





Few Working Parts





The John Deere Spreader is so sim—

ple that there‘are no adjustments. It

has some two hundred .

less parts than the

simplest spreader

heretofore made. _



There are no clutch-

es to throw it into

gear. The lever» at

the driver’s right is

moved back until the

finger, or dog, engages a large stop at

the rear of the machine. All the

chains and adjustments have bee

done away with. .





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therearaxle,

it is only

“ hip - high”

to the top of

the box.

Eachforkful

. of manure is

put Just where it is needed. You can

always see into the spreader.



Roller bearings, few working parts,

the center of the load comparatively

near the horses, and the weight dis-

tributed over four wheels, make the

John Deere Spreader light draft.





Spreader Book Free—-Tells about manure.

when and how to use it, how to store it, and a

description of the John Deere Spreader. Ask for

this book as Package No. Y. 5.





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lawn and out

_ 100 each. Crates eon-

sist of 8 side slats, 8end slots. 5 bottom slats, 4 corners.





exact lengths ready to nail up,

Post. out so as_to ma 8 round corners and when crate

is nailed up 3 crates Ill nest in two. These slats

are y. inch. x 2 inches,‘ except the two bottom slats on

the end to which the bottom is nailed, these are out

‘ on a bevel of 5‘ x 55 in. at bottom. making thg strong-

est kind of a crate. All. material used ini making

t one antes lsout from live timber and is free from

knots and all detach. When cratels nailed up it is 17

in. x 14 x 1]. will hold one bushel vel ful

. 0 will let on top of another. .

. date one crate in ‘a bundle,

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I. ‘idvertlsement will not pneu- again.

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as, the past summer, is especially favor-

able for the disease) Moreover-git is he‘-





‘ 1 ,lieved that the hot. dry summers such as





the summer “”1911. do much to check.

the spread of. this disease. 'It ‘muy 'be

that the dry conditions dry out , the

wounds “made by the insects so that the

germs which are carried cannot gain a.

foothold, Or it may be that the tempera-

ture conditions alone are suflicient to

check the growth of germs. "

Control.



So far as the present evidence goes,

the chief factor in the spread at this

disease are the insects, and hence fol-

lowing the prompt removal of diseased

plants, the next important step is the

destruction of the insects which feed

upon the cucumber plants. With a small

bed, and in my opinion, even with a.

large acreage, it will pay the grower to

practice the removal of wilted vines. Pull





 





 





 

 





them up root and branch and burn them.

It will not do to pull them up and pile

near the ends of the rows because it has

been observed that the insects att‘apk the





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diseased :plantsl .much more: vigorously

than, they 'do thelhealthy ones, and hence

the, pile' of diseased vines would be a

very dangerous” source of infection. Pro-a

fessor PetUlt, in the pages of the Michi-

gan Farmer. has recommended the. use

of slaked lime and sulphur, (1-1), as a.

method of controlling these oucurbituce-

ous insects and I believe. that this meth-

Od is a. very common practice in Michi-

gan. Bordeaux mixture, while valuable





for other diseases, does not seem to give





results for this.

, , Loss.



Whole fields in Michigan have been

destroyed by‘this disease and in many

cases in the-past year, half of the vines

died through the wilt. It can be readily

seen that this trouble, while in some

cases producing small loss, cuts down the

yield i'n affected districts from one-fifth

to one-third. Dr. Erwin F. Smith places

the loss to different plants at not less

than five hundred thousand dollars an-

nually.





Mich. Ag. Col. G. H. CO0Ns.





 





 





 

   

 





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





where the soil and climate are so well



adapted to growing _ potatoes, that

such light crops of early potatoes are pro-

duced year after year. Instead of plant-

ing early varieties to sell in the marked:

before the general crop comesrgrower‘s

seem to be giving their attention to the

late varieties, neglecting the early ones,

and leaving the early market to the

southern growers who secure high prices

for their potatoes, which are generally

of inferior quality.

‘ A score or more of years ago the crop

of early potatoes was one of the things

to be depended upon each year as surely

as the main crop. At present the buyers

in the counties where large quantities of

potatoes are grown, say that? it is a diffi-

cult matter to get early potatoes in paying

quantities. Farmers who used to boast

of raising 200 bushels per acre do not get

.more than 75 to 100 bushels. Such facts

make the outlook for profits on a crop

rather discouraging, and attentiOn has

been pretty generally given to later and

what are called more reliable varieties.

Errors have been committed that should





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,be known and corrected.

Fault in Many Varieties. ‘



It is safe to assert that very many po-

tato growers are prone to change varie—

ties .without a just consideration of the

natural characteristics of the varieties

selected for growing. The fact that a va-

riety is new is not a sufficient recommend

for one to venture very far with it. I

apprehend that not a few growers do not

comprehend what constitutes an ideal

variety of early potatoes, and are working

by the chance and guess plan.



One of the first essentials for a good

variety is a. tendency toward a rank. rap-

id growth. An early potato has but a.

short: period of time to grow, and there—

fore should be of a kind that grows rap-

idly, and can take from the soil all of the

plant food required for a crop in from 60

to 80 days’ time. In order to do that,

there must be a great root growth. A

variety that throws out small, fibrous

roots, as feeders, and sends up but spind-

ling stalks, can not be a great producer

of tubers. Select the growthy varieties

for other reasons: they are less suscep-

tible to summer blights and are not so





 





 





 





quickly injured by bug's. Rank, thrifty

growers can be heavy producers, while

those of feeble growth can not. Prdlifi—





cacy can be improved upon by careful se-

lectionpf seed inclined in that direction,

and by \making the conditions under which

the potatoes are raised favorable for a

heavy crop. In other words, supplying an

abundance of the necessary plant foods

in an available form. ~

Smoothness of surface of early potatoes

is not emphasized so much as with the

late varieties, as they are quite generally

cooked without being pared, and there is

no waste on account of deep eyes. Neith-





 





 





er is the matter of fine quality, or good

flavor. looked to as closely as with late

varieties. The conditions that usually

prevail during the early part of the sea.-

son produce a potato of acceptable flavor,

yet. ,there is a great difference in the

quality and flavor among the early varie-

ties .grown. They all sell at the same





price, in market, a fact that does not en-





cOurage the production of potatoes of ex-





 





cellent quality.





thgkmul SEEIE 30ml? of the old unease bad all the





characteristics of a. good potato. ' The





 





EeriyiRose. developed in the sixties, and





the .‘ uty at Hols-en, developed- in the





, . were ideal varieties. They were

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Early Potatoes in Michigan.





vigorOus growers, heavy yielders. were

of good shape, with smooth surface. and

were of excéllent quality of table pota-

toes.



improving Conditions.



When our land was-first cleared and

cropped there was an abundancy of de—

caying vegetable matter in the soil. The

early potatoes grew quickly and were of

excellent quality. In order to secure pay-

ing crops again it will be necessary to

make the conditions of the soil as nearly

as possible what. they were when first

taken from the hand of nature. Plowing

under barnyard manure and a clover sod,

will make- a wonderful change in the phy-

sical. condition and the necessary plant

foods in the soil. By the intelligent use

of these agencies the old-time heavy

yields of early potatoes may again be

secured. ‘



Planting the Crop.



Among the prime essentials to secure

a heavy crop we will mention that the

ground must be well prepared and the

seed planted early. The early potatoes

require the moisture already in the soil

from the melting snow and spring rains.

In all but the very heavy soils the seed

should be covered about four inches deep;

heavy clay soils are the exception. Some

of the best growers, who wish to do most

of the work of caring for the crop with

the cultivator, plant in check rows three





feet apart. Those near market, where

land is expensive and labor is “cheaper

than dirt,” mark the rows three feet





apart, and plant the bills 18 inches in the

row. With the check rows Whole- potatoes

around the size of a hen's egg are gener—

ally planted, one in a hill, while in the

“drill rows” larger potatoes are cut,

‘leaving two eyes to the piece, and one

piece is considered sufficient for a hill.

“'e have reason to believe that by giv-

ing the early potatoes the proper condi-

tions, using vigorous varieties for seed.

and attending the crop well, the early

varieties can again be grown in Michigan

with profit to the producers. It would

divide the work of harvesting the crops

info two periods instead of compel-ling

the growers to labor hard and long gath-





ering a large area of late potatoes late

in the fall.

Oakland Co. N. A. CLAPP.





 





CLEARING MARSH LAND.





 





I have taken the Michigan Farmer for

some time and enjoy reading it. I have

recently purchased a. farm of 160 acres.

I Would be pleased to have Mr. Lillie or

some other good farmer fell, through

your valuable paper, the best way to

handle marsh land that is well drained.

but is covered with willows, elders, and

wild raspberry bushes, and, after getting

rid of the bushes, the best crop to grow

to subdue the wild grass. Can anyone

give me information relative to draining

swamp land with tubular wells? The

marsh has a foot or so of muck under

which there is clay or sand. .



Ingham Co. F. G. M.



Most of {he briers, willows, and elders

can be cut with a good stout brush hook

and then raked 'up and burned. If some

of the bushes are 'too large to be cut

with a brush hook or, being cut, the

stumps or roots would be too large to

plow to a good advantage then these may

be pulled out by the roots by using a

good pair of horses 0!‘ oxen. or if the

ground is dry enough the best thing I

know of would be a. good traction engine

that will pull a. fairly good-sized tree.

After the brush is cut and burned then

therlahd can 'be plowed with o. good:~heo‘.vy

breaking plow. ‘Now if it is well plowed





- the wild grass.





there is not much trouble in" subduinS"

, Best Crop to Raise.



If the land is drained sotbat' it would

be proper to plant corn there. I, know of

no better crop than corn to grow on this

raw, rich land. It could be 's'own to oats

next spring but the probability is that it

is rich in, nitrogen and the oats might

lodge, but you can’tget any land too rich

for com. If you do a. good job of plowing

and take a. little pains to do this you can

raise a good crop of corn with a mini-

mum amount of cultivation and at the

same time entirely subdue the wild grass

on the marsh.



However, if the land isn't properly

drained then the first thing to do is to

drain it. Corn won't grow inr'a field

where it has wet feet and neither can

you grow any kind of a crop profitably on

such a. field, so if it needs draining that

is the first thing to do for any crop.

When this land is properly tile-drained

and properly cleared and broken up it.

makes some of the best land we have.-

COLON C. LILLIE.





 





FARM NOTES.





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Preparing Soil for Alfalfa.



‘I have a. plot of ground two acres in

Size which I wish to put into alfalfa next

spring. .Most of it is rather light ground.

I had it into corn this season and it

brought a fair crop. I have it ploweo

and will put it into good condition before

sowing the alfalfa. \Vould it be best to

use commercial fertilizer or top-dress

with a light coat of manure and when"

would be the best time to apply one or

the other? Also, would you sow the al-

falfa. with or without a nurse crop, of

say buckwheat?’ There is a lake about

a mile distant from my place- that has a. .

good bed of marl in bottom, which could

be easily and cheaply obtained this win-

ter: Vi ould this marl take the place or

lime for applying to the land, and if so.

how much w0uld you apply to the acre?

Anyfother information you may be able

to give me concerning getting a stand of

alfalfa Will be greatly appreciated.



Mecosta Co. ‘ W. H. W.



As between applying a top—dressing of

stable manure or giving an application

of commercial fertilizer before. sowing the

seed. the writer would prefer 'the latter

for the reason that the application of

stable manure- Would add more weed seed

to the land, which would perhaps offset

the beneficial effects of stable manure.

A light application of commercial fer-

tilizer before sowing would stimulate the

rapid growth of the plants and the top-

dressing 0f stable manure could then be

delayed until fall._ If applied in the fall

or even in the early winter after the

ground is frpzen, a light top-dressing of

stable- manure would help to hold the

snow.and would be considerable protec-

tion to the alfalfa plants. aside from the

plant food which‘it would furnish and it

would, in the writer’s opinion, be a very

much better time to apply stable manure

than at the time of seeding.





Now with regard to the use of a nurse

crop. there is a. great variety of opinions

among successful growers. In a, favor—

able season, and on land that is in good

condition very good stands of alfalfa have

been repeatedly secured when sown in

barley or oats. Barley is probably the

best nurse crop of any grain crop which

could be used for this purpose, and can

be cut for hay if desired, provided the

beardless variety is sown, and it would

be much better in the writer’s opinion,

than buckwheat.



A new plan which the writer will try

next year is sowing fall rye as a. nurse

crop with spring seeding of alfalfa. The-

oretically, this. should be a good nurse

crop as it will make a good early growth.

thus keeping back the weeds, and will

stop growing with the coming of warm

weather and give the alfalfa, a. chance

during midsummer, when it needs all the

moisture available. If the ground is rea-

sonably free from foul weeds, however, a. '

nurse crop is not essential to the securing

of a good seeding, and in some seasons

greater success will be attained without

the use of a nursecrop than with.



Unque-stionably. it will pay to haul this

marl and give a very liberal application

to the land. It would be difficult to ad-

vise just how much to use as the water

content of this marl will probably be

high, but there is no danger of getting on

too much and the larger the application

the more lasting will be the effect. The

marl will be just as valuable as any other

form of 'lime, and on the sort of soil

which you mention liberal applications of

marl will undoubtedly be a great help in

getting a successful stand of alfalfa. In-

oculation may also be needed and would:

help to insure success. Inoculation may

be secured by applying soil from a. sue-v '

oessfui alfalfa. field or using pure cul-

ture on the seed. * ' - -
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~ north a little. If we only had some plant seed. One now has to pay $3 or. $4 a . For particulars and prices write to ‘

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yet they have been grown Successfully in ons why I am interested in soy beans.

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__ only tried them two years, several years during the heat of the summer months.

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i get them planted until way along past. mediate present to dream even of putting

' the middle of June. The ground had “D the fl‘OSt-V cakes “I a “me When ex'

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and in fact they did not germinate and is intense is the time to prepare for heat.

come up until after we had it heavy rain A great many, too, put off the ice har—

'On July 2. They grew even in this cold vest until too late and the ice gets spongy

season, three feet and three and one-half 01‘ DOI‘OUS and is then DOOI‘ in quality and

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I ‘ any more pods or set any fuller than thickness—that is, ice not having a crust

. ' _ these plants. But being planted so late 0f slush ice and snow frozen to it, which

f, h 3 the crop did not ripen. I cut them and is of no account—then we may plan to

.' {33:31 _. _‘:::" mixed them in with corn silage and put fill the house. Any outbuilding having

" .. " them into the silo, but I am going to the required size and covered by a good

( 'try them again.V roof will do. It need have no floor, and

. I have been reading considerable the sides only tight enough to hold sawdust.

! ' last few years about the SOY bean. 1 un- Many cut blocks of various dimensions,

A; derstand that the soy bean is proving to quite often depending upon the depth Disc

be a wonderful crop in Manchuria, the frozen, bull 18x24 inches makes a good— Castings Bearings

‘ northern province Of China. Since the sized cake and one that packs and keeps Warranted warranted

Russia—Japanese war the farmers of well. On a frosty day the ice should be Free from Flaws. for Life of Drill.

that province have devoted themselves placed in the shelter, filling all in, in One “Even Sowing Means Superior Drills are

quite extensively to the growing of soy day if possible. Build up into a solid Even Growing.” at home in any field on

beans, and it is said that it is putting block the full height and witdh required. Superior Drills sow all known earth.

the farmers of that country On their The cakes should be sawed with true seeds—none too large; none too small. “The name tellsatrue story.”

feet. This plant iS a wonderful plant in iface-s so they fit snugly, the 010801‘ the You run’no risk in buying a. SUPERIOR Drill. Strongest Warranty ever placed on

many ways. The beans are very 1.ich in better and over every cake before the a grain drill, The Superior will do your] work the way you want it done. The

, protein and also in oil. They are used noxt be laid, spray with water, the whole England; 31:13 lxlvbfiylrgcgllzgeirigr ihgyilsltsiis‘ta. onsggecinfgrthlbeSigggidgig¥gho§15me geelalg

' ,» in that country to quite a large extent then when finished will have the appear- aTrue Story.”

fOI‘ human fOOd. The Oil is also used f0? once of one block. This extra film of ice .

numerous commercial purposes and then between keeps out air, and that is the THE AMBMCANSEEDING MACHINE 00.‘NC°“P°RATED

the residue, like oil meal or oil cake, the chief destroying agent to guard against SPRINGFIELD. OHIO , U.5.A.

residue 0f ilaxseed, makes a splendid fOO‘d in preserving ice. As ice always contains

rich in protein to mix with foods not so air and as these air ducts or tubes extend





rich to balance up a ration. perpendicularly through the cakes as they



Then again, not so very long ago I were originally frozen, we- aim to Sent the

came across a paint man, a representa- cakes on edge, instead of flatwise, as this

tive of one of the largest palint manu- prevents air circulation and drainage in With our famous patented Variable Device there’snostop-





. . ‘ . ' i r . I was , i- , thus hellin its kee lin (uulitieS. pins or moving from seat to change number of grains dropped.

facturlng firms m th S count y h the t e f I f gt 1_ g It t the You can plant more kernels where soil is richest and less where

informed by him that the 011 of t e soy The space 0 a 00 or mele nex 0 soil is thin. Thus, you willgetZto 10 bu. more com per acre.





bean was being used largely in the place walls should be firmly tamped with saw- yet waste no seed and do no extra work. These extra bushels

of linseed oil in the manufacture of paint dust all around it and about two feet are all gain’ In one season they more than pay for planter.

of all kinds. He said it made a valua- packed over the top. The bottom should ROCk ISland NO. 1 Planter



ble substitute. , His opinion was that in be of such a depth that the natural heaut changesinstantlyfrom edgetoflatdmp andviceversa. Makes





a oil woul be used from the soil will not cause the ice to straight, even rows, regardless of horses’ speed. Has positive



the future soy be 11 . d .1 b It t b dee) enou h t )rovide and trouble-proof clutch. SpeClal flexxble connection to front



largely m the place 0f linseed 01 ’ 9- me ’ land mus e I_ E? O I , frame. Adjustable seat. Adjustable Width. Discs or runners.



.‘ V cause he said you couldn’t get‘ the farm- for the drainage which Will result in 30 or 36-inch concavegiat or open whiels. Now used by 110,000 farmerS.

‘ . . . , , ,. 7 - ~ and no ex er ment. osts no more t an commonplace anters. et worth a lot more.



. ers 1n the brutal States to grow enough “ .lrmer weather. A string Of small tiles Don’t. ygu make the mistake that. some have made and mgr-fitted. by fi’liling to investigate this re-



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industry, and we have got to haVe a sub— er, running length.w1se‘ of the building on ROCK ISLAND PLOW 00-: 245! Second AVON“. ROCK ISLAND. ILL (120)

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thing and soy bean oil was the best subi- the ice.



stitulle for linseed oil, and, as I say, in Many claim that ice in houses should

his opinion the oil of this bean is going have an open space above for free circu-

to be USGd largely in the future. _ lation of air at all times. This air circu-





h ' t t ' h 1a t l t' b orbs all moist’ure arisin from ,

. Id bfcjvgftergugo krhoewessgfndtnhihge :bogt tzlllelorbugllsbelow and also duringg warm dare no. ObStaCIe .t0 the SUCCESSI‘UI use Of a LEADER FARM TRACTOR.

an , . . Plowmg, disclng, seeding and harvesting with a tractor is recognized as the

this plant consequently I raised some spells keeps a cooler-temperature in the ‘ . . , ,

' . . . . . . . . most profitable method of work, but the LEADER TRACTOR is e only one ,

last year and I intend to keep on ralsmg house. I am inclined to believe this would .. adapted to rolling country andsoft round. heLEABER - ‘

them until I know for sure whether this be plausible where the amount packed. TRACTOR weighs but 2% tons and asta‘dra bar 811110! e , ,fl

plant can be grown successfully in this was small. gflgohgpsélggg¥aar$$rwe hi‘gi‘égfi’hfi, (331213623: 7?.

vicinity or not. I believe from what I By all means those within convenient LEADERtractorwillstilp‘ " _. man lows whereas. _-1

. have already learned alb-ut the plant that hauling distance of some lake, pond or a 9-ton tractor oonrbarel $6 “self, :11 the heflVY

.1 it can, that in will be a’ luxuriant grower. river should at least pack ice for home afiégoglslvsgfilfirgfi e'g'rnde“ ens . . gyoylngrggg

It Would be, from what I'have learned, use. There are often parties who cut Ing'cornparison an theippportun

a’ much more valuable plant to grow than and help load cakes at a cent or 1% cents W833? :9 t-Imgaotlteunf

flax because the soy bean straw, even per cake, which is cheaper than cutting 6 0.81111 wot .

c after you have harvested the bean crop, it one’s self, besides the attending botlher.

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HEN you start out to make- your



dairying pay by any other meth-



od than cutting down expeu' em

you have a. ticklish road to travel, unless

you can get more efficient work done for

the same money, in which case you are

cutting down expenses by short cuts dis-

guised. Cutting out expenses is only

half the game; knowing what to do and

how to do it is the other half. Net profit

is what is left of the selling price after

all costs and expenses have been de-

ducted.



Dairying is becoming more complex ev-

ery year and the man with all muscle

and no brains cannot keep in step with

the times. Plenty of gray matter is what is

needed. Lt is true that a willingness to

work and put in long hours is a requisite

to a. successful dailryman’s make-up, but

this isn’t what worries him. Rather the

dairyman’s troubles today are the little

things which are not On the schedule. I

am a dalryman and I am putting it

straight when I say that hard work isn’t

one, two, three with the real problems of

putting a dairy farm on a. money-making

basis.



Buy Feeds lntelligently.



The indiscriminate- purchase and feed-

ing of various rfeedstul’fs stands as a bar-

rier across many a dairyman’s path of

success. Much of the money invested in

these feeding materials is wasted because

they are used to piece out, not to sup-

plement tlhe home-growu foods. Where

one has succulent feed like silage there

is no doubt that the most eCOnomical ra-

tion that can be bought now is cotton-

seed and oil meals, to be mixed and fed

not to exceed five pounds a day to cows

in good yields of milk. To-buy a tOn of

wheat bran at $30 that, if pure, contains

only 240 pounds of protein, when a ton

'Of cottonseed meal contains nearly 800

pounds of protein and costs $35, is to part

with one’s money without reasoning. In

the bran the protein costs about 131/2

cents a pound, in the, cottonseed meal

4% cents, and in oil meal less than five

cents. Confining the cow to her 'two and

one-quarter pounds‘of protein a day—all

that she can use profitably, these two

concentrates, fed with silage, fill every

requirement of the ration. and, as oil

meal and cottonseed meal counteralct each

onher’s peculiarities, there is no reason

why one should continue to buy for midch

cows the diluted grain feeds when they

are selling for practically the same prices

as the valuable concentrates. Then the

fertilizing value of these feeds must be

taken into account. “'hen a ton of wheat

bran is fed there is a credit as fertilizer

due to it of $4.80, to be‘ deducted from

the cost price. “'hen the oil meal is fed

the credit is $6.75 and with the canton-

seed meal $8.50, the latter being a. pretty

good rebate on the $35 investment. In-

telligent feed buying will help to cut

down dairy expenses more than any one

thing we can do.



Be as Independent as Possible.



In reference- to feeding the cows, I be-

lieve that in the dairy business the soon-

er we cut down the feed bills we are

paying to the manufacturers of commer-

cial foodstuffs and grain dealers the bet-

ter. The nearer we can live within our-

selves the better. The more food we can

raise 'on our farms that is adapted to

milk production thevlarger profits we will

have at the end of the year. This leads

me to say, if we are going to raise our

own feed, the short rotation of crops,

corn, clover and oats and peas, will ena-

ble us to go into the market and buy

very, very little grain, and that only of

a. concentrated sort. On farms wherre al-

falfa will thrive :1 few acres should be

set aside for this crop.



Suppose some time the clover does not

catch, there are other crops we can put

in, as millet, and I am confident than

alfalfa will eventually help us out on this

proposition. I believe we can raise al-

falfa. anywhere that red ClOVQlI‘ can be

raised. There is the same trouble that

farmers had with clover, but it is com;

ing. I notice more of it in my travels

than I used to five or ten years ago and

it will not be long before it will be com-

mon in dairy loealities, and it comes as

a, splendid substitute for redcllover, with

double the yield.



Economlcal Concentrates are Necessary.

We have raised the field crops and find

that we must purchase a limited quan-

tity of concentrated feedstuffs to in-

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mohlnery it is possible to raise crops

for less money than formerly, and with

intelligence in selecting suitable feedstui'ts

in the market we. can make up efficient

rations at a. reasonable cost, but when

we come to feeding these foods we often

find that instead of realizing, a‘proflt,

there is a balance on the wrong side of

the ledger. The value has somehow

shrunk away. Too many of us under our’

present system of feeding for milk or

butter production support our cows from

the farm, rather than make the cows

support us. We are like the retired

financier, who when asked what line of

business he followed, replied: “I am

keeping ‘a colored men’s boarding house

on Fifth Avenue, but instead of the col-

ored men paying me I am paying them.”



The number of dlairy farmers. who real-

ize the market value of the home-grown

feeds and purchased concentrates by feed-

ing them to dairy cows is comparatively

few. It is no this department of our bus-

iness that we need to give greater at-

tention, and make it more of a. study, for

in this direction there is most room for

improvement and better profit. But how

shall we do differently that we may real-

ize a larger profit from our home-grown

feeds and purchased concentrates.



Feed Only Profit-produclng Cows.



The answer to this question, to be

specific and definite, would have to be

varied to the surroundings of each indi-

vidual, farmer. I will only attempt to

answer them in a general way, leaving

you to apply only such as will fit your

individual case. The first step in cutting

expenses is to save what feed is being

consumed by inferior COWS and feed it to

the ones that can return a profit. There

is scarcely a farm in the: country upon

which may not be found animals that are

kept at a positive loss. While it is not

possible that each animal be of the best

type and quality, yet we should see that

each one is a. profitable one. The best

is none too good. We should keep in

mind the better the animal the better

the pay—and the animal that is bred for

a specific purpose is most likely to give

the best results.



Accommodate Your Blane to Your Labor.



Another important factor in cutting

dOWn dairy expenses is to plan the. num-

ber of cows kept on the farm according

to the amount of labor that is available.

Two men can handle a 20 to‘ 28-cow dairy

and do the larger part of the farm work.

It makes a bad mess of the farm work to

keep too many cows. On’ the other hand

three men can handle a 34 to 40-xcow

dairy and do the farm work to better

advantage than two men can for the

smaller number of cows. If we keep a.

third hand we should plan the size of our

dairy so as to realize the maximum prof-

it from his labor. This also applies with

equal force (‘0 'the number of horses em-

ployed on the farm. It costs considerable

to keep horses, therefore, one must plan

to keep his teams busy every day when

there is profitable work to be done. By

managing the] whole farm on a far-see-

ing basis it is possible to reduce the op-

erating expenses of the farm and dairy

several hundred dollars each year.



Another plan to cut down the expenses

for labor and horse. power is to grow a

cash crop in connection with the, crops

that are grown to supply food for the

dairy cows. This crop can be handled

with the same labor, horsepower and ma-

chinery required for the other farm work

and if intelligently managed it should go

a. long way toward paying for the sup-

plemental grain feeds needed to balance

up the rations of the cows. My cash crop

is potatoes. and I figure that it pays more

than enough to pay my help and feed

bills. Various other crops may be grown

that will pay good returns.



Gr0w Your Own Cows.



Another way of cutting down dairy ex-

penses is to breed and raise the: young

cows needed to replace those discarded

from the herd. With well-bred, cows

selling about us for from $80 to $100, and

ten wanted where only one can be had,

it looks as if the dairyman had best stop

buying common scrubs with which to re-'

plenish his herd and get into the game

of rearing his own cows of the kind and

breed best adapted to his needs. The

Common 01- mixed bred cow, with no

claims to dairy excellence or prepotevncy,

has no longer any valid‘ claim to further

consideration as a profitable cow for the

dairy. The Cow twhouse yearly average is

only 150 pounds of‘butter or 4,000 pounds

of milk, cannot support herself, not to

mention her unfortunate owner. She

must be able todo twice that, and one
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has no surety that she or her progeny

will ever be any better than the common

scrub, because she has no high source

of dairy excellence.

with the ability to transmit the desirable





characteristics of her descendants, must,





come from a breed trained for genera-

tions to do the best'th'in‘gs all'the time.

Even withfthe ,bestl‘of breedinlg there

will be many, low producing cows. The

selection of {the best cows and mating

them twith-pure-bred dairy bulls of the

leading dairy breeds will be a step in the

line of cutting down dairy expenses and

will gradually add to the productive qual-

ities of our dairy herds. Mistakes in

breeding and the care of the heifer and

ignorance of how to feed and develop her

will cause disappointment, but the man

who will take hold of these problems in

earnest, who will study and move cau-

tiously as he goes along, will in the end

be rewarded with a herd of high-produc-

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any he could buy for the same money.

New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





WHAT GRIITV RATION WITH CORN

SILAGE, CORN STOVER, AND

TIMOTHY HAY?





 





I put up a silo this year and as this is

myvfirst experience in feeding silage I

would like advice as to the best grain

ratiOn to feed with it. I want a bal-

anced ratiOn to produce milk with profit.

For roughage I have corn stover and tim-

othy hay.



Jackson Co. A. E. B.



I have given my opinion many time-s in





the Michigan Farmer as to the best kind .





of a grain ration to be fed with just such

roughage as .this; corn silage, corn stov-

er, and timothy hay, but I will give it

again. All of the roughage in this ra-

tion is deficient in protein and in order

to give the cows a sufficient amount of

protein the grain ration must accordingly

be rich in this fo'od element. There is

no use in feeding corn meal or ground

barley with a ration like this because

these foods are not rich enough to bal-

ance up such a wide nutritive ratio as

we find in these three roughage foods.

Consequently you have got to feed cot-

tonseed meal, oil meal, gluten feed, wheati

bran and those kind of foods which are

rich in protein. As A. E. B. doesn’t say

that he has any kind of grain on hand

that he wishes to feed I take it for grant-

ed that he will have to_buy all of his

grain. That being the case, I would buy

either oil meal or gluten feed, gluten feed

will be the cheapest, and wheat bran and

also cottonseed meal.. I would feed the

cottonseed meal separate and the bran

and gluten feed together. Mix the bran

and gluten feed in the proportion of 100

lbs. of gluten feed to 100 lbs. of bran. I

would feed one pound of cottonseed meal

night and morning, putting it on the

ensilage after I had put the ensilage into

the cow’s manger. Then I would feed as

much of the gluten feed and wheat bran

as the cows would make a profit by so

doing. You can commence to feed a

small amount and gradually increase.

With the best cows you can probably

feed a pound of grain, including the cot-

tonseed meal for each pound of butter-fat

produced in a week, or a pound of grain

to every three and one-half or four

pounds of milk produced in a day. Per-

haps some of them, if you are a careful

feeder will stand more than this. You

want to observe each carefully and grad-

ually increase the feed. When you find

out she no longer responds to the grain

then you must drop back a little, be-

c use it will not be profitable. If you are



testing your cows so you know what

they are producing, then that will be the

first thing to establish. It is simply a.

business proposition to know just how

many pounds of milk each cow is pro-

ducing every day and how much butter-

fat she is producing, in order to know

something about how to feed them. I

would feed all the corn silage and all the

corn stover that they would eat up clean

and feed the timothy hay in such quan-

tities so that I would have a. sufficient

amount of it to last during the winter.

If you have an abundance of it I would

feed them twice a "day of timothy hay

what they would eat up clean and corn

stover once a day. Don’t try to make

them eat the corn stover up clean, you

will want to save some of it for bedding

and it is not a good tlhing to make them

eat all of the corn stover, part of it is

not digestible. Give them a chance to

pick out the best part of it and let the

rest go for bedding. '



I can not tell you whether this notion

will make you a profit or not because I

do not know the capacity of your cow's.

I am sure that if you have“ got good dairy

cows that you will have no trouble in

making a. good profit out of this ration.





The ideal dairy cow’





THE MICHIGAN FA‘I‘RME'R





Some cows do not have the capacity to

take good food and convert it into milk

at a. profit. If you have got -many of

those cows it would be impossible to com-

pound any ration that will make .them

pay, but if you have good dairy cows

and a well lighted, "well ventilated stable,

you will have no trouble in making

them pay.





TH E COW STABLE.





 





I think that every dairyman now will

concede that if he wants his cows to

produce milk economically in the winter

time they must be kept in a warm, well

ventilated, well lighted stable. We have

learned from experience that a cow can-

not produce milk economically in the win-

ter time unless she is kept comfortable,

unless she is kept somewhere near sum-

mer condition. She won’t do it in a cold

stable; she won’t do it outdoors without;

any protection; she must have a warm

stable. It shouldn’t freeze in the cow

stable. ‘No cow is comfortable that is

kept in an atmosphere that is below 45

degrees, and if you keep the cow in a.

stable for a considerable portion of the





time then this stable must be well vein:





tilated and well lighted. A great mistake

is made in keeping the cow in a stone

basement or banked barn that is poorly

lighted and poorly ventilated. This sort

of a stable will keep her warm, but we

must have something besides warmth, we

must have health as well. The cow must

remain vigorous and she can’t do it if

she lives in an unwholesome atmosphere

away from the sunlight. No plant, nor

animal, can thrive for any considerable

length of time unless it has sunlight, and

therefore the stable must be well sup-

plied with windows. Of course, some

people will tell you that in days gone bY,

in pioneer days if you please, the cows

were not pampered as they are now, they

were not babied. The cows could be

turned out in the morning and left ouli

until dark, and then put in the stable,

and these stables were none too warm.

The barns sometimes Were not battemed.

the snow would blow through the cracks.

And they will tell you that those cows

lived through the winter and were ap—

parently healthy. There is no question

about this. Nobody denies but what a

cow can stay out in the cold every day

all :winter long, if she is fed a sufficient

ration, and keep healthy, but she won’t

give very much milk. There is where

the trouble comes. We don’t keep a

dairy cow in a warm barn because she is

tender, because a good vigorous cow isn’t

tender. We keep her in a rwarm barn

because it is more profitable to keep her

there, because she will produce a good

quantity of milk if she is kept ina, warm

stable, and she won’t produce a good

quantity of milk if she is kept outl doors

in the cold. Perhaps fewer cows had

tuberculosis then than they do today.

There is no question but what tubercu-

losis is a barn disease, and, on the other

hand, there is no reason why cows Should

not be kept in a barn and not have tu-

berculosis if the barn is properly venti-

lated and properly lighted. They can be

kept just as healthy in a warm burn as

they can out of doors, and you can get

more for your feed and your invest'ment

if you will provide this shelter for them

than where. you allow them to combat

with the cold.





 





MICHIGAN DAIRYMEN MEET FEBRU-

ARY 4-7.





 





Announcement has been received that

the annual meeting of the Michigan

Dairymen’s Association will be held at

Saginaw, February 4—5-6-7. All the allied

dairy associations of the state will also

convene at that time and place. Secretary

Bechtel writes that a Splendid program

is being completed. There will be import-

ant and interesting features from the

opening to the close. Every sign indicates

a better exhibit than was ever brought

together for Michigan dairymen. The hall

secured for the display of exhibits is

larger than any ever had for this purpose

and at this early date exhibitors have 'es-

tablished a new record in the am-ounti of

space secured. Every dairyman should

plan to be present at this gathering.





 





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‘MICHIGAN'FARMER





Why the “Mortgage ”Lifter?”





applied to the American hog the

cognomen,‘ “mortgage lifter." Was

there a good reason for giving the hog

such a name, and if so, why? These are

certainly questions of interest to every

farmer. To some the hog has himself

given a satisfactory answer. Others have

apparently never put the question seri-

ously, either to the hog or to themselves,

else there would be no occasion for this

discussion. If the reader should chance

to be one of these there will at least be

profitable food for thought in the follow—

ing suggestions which are offered as a.

means to the end of securing for th

long suffering and much abused hog a

fair chance to answer these purely eco-

nomic questions for himself.





The question as to whether there was

a. good reason for giving the hog such a

name is fairly answered by the fact that

the name has stuck. This fact in turn.

implies that the hog’s answer to question

number one was unaffirmative answer—

an answer of such a positive and con-

vincing character as to leave no doubt in

the minds of those who have observed the

hog’s “lifting” ability at close range and

under reasonably favorable conditions. By

reasonably favorable conditions we mean

conditions that did not handicap the hog

in his task of lifting the mortgage, as

the boy was proverbially h ,' icapped in

trying to lift himself over. he fence by

his own boot straps. This, in fact, is an

apt illustration of or parallel to the hand-

icap that‘ many men have placed on the

hog when they have really put these

questions to him and failed to get a posi-

tively affirmative answer.



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they would more probably put it—«the

writer will endeavor to present some of

the “lifter’s” arguments, although far less

forcibly than he could do for himself if

given a fair opportunity.



The First Requisite of Mortgage Lifting.



The man who is most interested in this

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mum investment and will yield a. quick

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to have put the important questions which

inspired this article to the hog under fair

conditions, have taken the only other

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than after lifting the mortgage they have

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form of cash crops to pay the mortgage.



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which live stock is made an important

factor, can we derive a maximum income

from the soil in general agriculture and

still maintain its maximum fertility. Here

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initial investment than any other branch

of live stock production, and a‘conse-

quently smaller “overhead” or mainte-

nance charge. Due to the extraordinary

prolficacy of the hog the initial invest-

ment in breeding stock is small, while

the cost of adequate housing facilities is

far less than with any other class of live

stock. Experience has demonstrated the

practicability of the cheap, portable house

to be so great as to make a heavy in-





vestment in permanent houses unneces-

sary.

Quick Returns Cut Down Interest





Charges.



Next to the size of the investment re-

quired the point of greatest interest to

the man with a mortgage to lift is the

length of time required to secure returns

on the investment. Here again the hog

excels all rivals in his class. He will

yield cash returns on the investment in

breeding stock within the year, and on

the feed consumed within the 90 days as

an average. Even the banker would call

that a quick return. The hog is also

what the banker would term a “liquid

asset.” He is always easily convertible

into cash—more easily under all condi-

tions and in all seasons than any other

kind of live stock, and at less sacrifice in

price.



Economy In Hog Production.



Another important requisite in the

mortgage lifting ability of any product





 





of the farm is economy in the production

of that commodity. . In this respect the

hog excellsall other live stock as is read—

ily proven. by authentic statistics. In his

work on ”Feeds and Feeding,” Professor

Henry has .c0mpiled all of the available

data concerning the feed required for 100

pounds of gain, as shown by the official

records of experiments conducted at many

stations throughout the country. All of

this available data is compiled into a

single table, in the compilation of which

six pounds of skim-milk were considered

as equal to one pound of grain, accord-

ing to Danish calculation.





According to this average of results it

was found that for pigs from 15 to 50

pounds in weight, 293 pounds, of grain

were required to produce 100 pounds of

gain; for pigs from 50 to 100 pounds in

weight, 400 pounds of grain were required

for 100 pounds of gain; for pigs from 100

to 150 pounds in weight, 437 pounds of

grain were required for 100 pounds of

gain, and for pigs from 150 to 200 pounds

in weight, 482 pounds of grain were re-

quired for 100 pounds of gain. Taking an

average of these requirements for 100

pounds of gain for pigs of the different

weights up to 200 pounds, We find that

the average requirement per 100 pounds

of gain for producing a ZOO-pound hog is

403 pounds of grain or its equivalent in

other feeds. Bringing these entirely pos-

sible results, as demonstrated at many

experiment stations throughout the coun-

try to 8. dollars and cents basis, and al-

lowing a reasonable sum for the mainte-

nance of breeding stock we find that the

hog returns to his grower approximately

$30 per ten for the grain or its equivalent

which is fed in its ration.



If this grain were all of the value of

shelled corn it would represent a price of

84_cents perbushel for that product. But

since some of the feeds required are more

costly than corn, this price would be

somewhat reduced, although as corn may

be made to form the bulk of the ration

this reduction would not be large. Com-

pared, however, with the gain made by

any other class of live stock upon a given

amount of, feed, the hog will show an

economy of production which is most

surprising. ' ~



' The Hog as a Forager.



But it will be argued that the hog re-

quires a wholly concentrated ration which

necessitates more labor in production than

that required by other live stock. This

is an argument, however, that will not be

subStantiated by the facts. Experience

and experiments have proven beyond a.

doubt, that the hog is a great forager and

can be most economically produced only

where forage of some kind is a factor in

the ration. In his work on “Swine in

America,” Coburn shows that where

green alfalfa is substituted for a portion

of the grain feed it has a pork producing

power as high as 1,333 pounds per acre,

while clover has a pork producing power

of 800 pounds of pork per acre, provided

all of it were utilized. As this, however,

is impractical, experiments are cited to

Show in actual practice, where hogs were

pastured upon clover a profit from the





pasture of $44.36 per acre was received,





In trials made at the Utah station it was

shown that good pasthre saved from 43

to 209 pounds of grain per 100 pounds of

gain on different rations, the greatest

saving being where between one—quarter

and one-half the ordinary grain ration was

fed upon pasture. Other green forage

crops, such as rape, have an almost equal

forage value for hogs. For winter feed-

ing alfalfa bay has in some trials re-

duced the cost of gain very materially,

while- roots and other coarse forage have

a legitimate place in the ration for hogs.

The Labor Investment.



Another factor in mortgage lifting abil-

ity is economy of labor in production.

Here, _again, the hog excels where the

yards and equipment are reasonably well

planned. But in this respect, as well as

in the matter of a properly balanced ra-

tion for economic production, the hog has

often been abused.



Regular feeding on a suitable and well

balanced ration, with comfortable but not

necessarily expensive housing. with a

proper opportunity and incentive- for ex-

ercise do not, however. require as much

labor as that demanded by other live

stock with a like "lifting” capacity.



It will thus be seen that if the hog is

given a fair chance he will answer these

questions in the affirmative forall, as he

has already answered them for thousands

of successful hog growers throughout the

country. " _- .
JAN; 4,;1’913.





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muscled well in the back and loin; short

and thick in the middle, with muscles,

not fat, beneath the hide.



Size, to a certain extent, may be sac-

rificed for strength and conformation, but

only within certain limits. A difference

of 100 pounds or so in weight doesn’t‘mat—

ter much when a pair is being matched

up, but if much more than that the dif-

ference in size will be too noticeable and

detract from the value of the team. Size





 





THE MICHIGAN FARM-ER





without an accompanying draft in cold

weather“and if a portable gate is at hand

to confine the sheep within the stable- in

stormy'weather the results will be most

satisfactory. If an- excepionally warm

spell of weather comes, circulation of air

can be provided for by opening a window,

but under ordinary conditions thi will

not be required. if



Sheep comfort is an important factor

in the economic care of the flock. The

accompanying cut is suggestive of sheep

comfort on a winter day. The sheep

lying inside on a winter night with plenty

of fresh air to breathe, but protected from

wind and draft is equally suggestive.

Sheep comfort means sheep profits and

sudden changes from close, damp stables

to winter air are not comfortable.





 





ECONOMY IN FEEDING ROUGHAGE.



There is no farm roughage that is so

generally wasted as is corn fodder. This

is a cheap and a coarse food, and hence

many farmers use it while it holds out,

as if it was of little consequence. But

along towards spring when. the winter

supply of feedst‘uffs begins to give out

many of these men wish they had been

a little more saving of their fodder early

in the season, for they then find that they

must go into the market and pay good

prices for extra feed, or else they must

sell off some of the stock or put the ani-

mals on short rations for several weeks

until the new grass is ready for pastur-

ing.



A reserve amount of feed should always

be kept for these times. Feed less waste-

vfully when the fodder is plentiful and

there probably will be sufficient to meet

all requirements. Because a food is cheap

and plentiful is no reason why it should





 





 





 





Sheep Comfort Makes for Economy In Flock Maintenance.





is an important matter, but it comes

after strength, just as strength and con-





formation follow action in relative im-

portan‘ce.

Color comes last of all in the: major





points to be taken into consideration. A

difference in color, however marked, is

among the least objectionable features in





a team. Yet, strangely, some men be-

lieve it' the all-important consideration,

and will match up horses so unlike in





action and temperament that one’s whif-

fle-tree is always scouring the wagon

While the other is drawing ahead keen

and strong to the bit, so unlike in

strength and conformation that one is

fagged out hours before the other shows

fatigue. Only teams which match in ev-

ery respect command the real fancy

prices at this time.

Illinois. W. H. UNDERWOOD.

IN THE SHEEP STA-

BLE.





VENTILATION





 





Ventilation is an important factor in

the health of all animals confined in sta—

bles. Undoubtedly the ideal ventilation

for the sheep stable, as well as the cow

barn, would be the King system. But

most sheep barns will not be equipped

with any elaborate system of ventilation,

hence the desirability of securing as good

ventilation as is possible, without dele-

terious effects on the sheep, under aver-

age conditions and in an ordinary sheep

stable. Having a warm covering of wool,





the sheep are not easily affected by cold,





temperatures. Hence, up to lambing time,





about the best method of ventilating the-





stable is by means of an open door into

the yard, with a southern or eastern ex-

posure. This affords \plenty of fresh air





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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By mixing it into your hog feed—you

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TRY Kendall’s Spavin Cure. It has saved

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_ the merit of





KEN DALL’S





Spavin Cure





It is the old reliable remedy for splint.

spavin, c11rb,ringbone. thoropin. bony

growths swellings, sprains and lameness

from many different causes.



Its cost is so small a. matter, compared to the

value of a. horse that you cannot ajford to be

without it.



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be wasted or slovenly fed to the animals.



Corn fodder shold never be distributed

around the yards for the stock to trample

upon until they have mussed up a big

portion of it so badly that it will not be

eaten. Not even the claim that what is

lost in this way goes to make good, coarse

manure justifies such a course. Fodder

is an article of food primarily, and it

should therefore be treated as such. The

economical way of feeding fodder in the

yards is in racks where each animal will

have a fair chance at the food. Find out

just how much the stock will eat“ at one

feeding, and then give them that amount

and no more. They will have a better

appreciation of the food if it is not' kept

before them in too great an abundance.

It is a demonstrated fact that farm ani-

mals will eat much more fodder or other

roughage when it is fed to them regularly

in normal amounts and cleaned up after

each mcal than when it is thrown into

the yard faster than they care for it. Yet

the fodder will last fully as long, or even

longer, no matter how much they eat,

provided wastage is avoided.



Late in the season many farmers feed

out what fodder they have on hand with-

Out first husking the ears of corn. This

method of feeding saves considerable work'

and, when the ears of corn are rather

small, it is a. safe method of feeding

small quantities of this roughage. But

if waste would be avoided the fodder

must be fed in suitable racks. If the

fodder is spread on the ground the ani-

mals will run over it searching for the

ears of corn, and by the time they have

secured these the fodder itself will be

mussed up and soiled so badly that they

will refuse to eat much of it.



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a big knee like this, but your

horse may have a bunch 'or

bruise on his Ankle, Hock,

Stifle, Knee or Throat.





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case in full; also name and address of

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Many queries are answered that apply to

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Wounded Arm.——'l‘hls fall my two-year—

old fillie was on pasture; she cllher' rolled

on a. piece of glues or WHH accidentally

shot in the arm. which conned .21 large

wound. This caused her considcrnl‘flc pnin



Whn‘ “I. Gl'ldll- and lameness, wound has nearly healed.



.‘e' [have ”one but muscles of ni'm haVc lessened in size



ProfJgeer'nOtiflvouden considerable and i would like to knittiw



"3° 11 "‘9‘ “n“ 9" what U0 apply. \V'. S. (L, 'l’ravorsc .3 y.

giléggmfiififig ’lfif‘ls’éfi‘; Mich—Apply one part turpentine, one

'01‘1‘1- Thousandsothlsgmdn. part aqua. alnmoninn and {'onr parts rnw

“9' “9 reaping‘the 9’0““ linseed oil cvcry day or Uwo to waolcd





333$?“fi‘fi‘fim £312,315}; muscles and it will have u tendency to

make them grow.





use of Emmett White. Kalonn.

% Enlarged Stine Joini.~l have. n colt

it





own. now a prosperous fire-

it"é‘iivgmi'i‘iv'clii‘fxih tnkré three months old that has been lroublcd

forw'hnt you have taught with an enlarged stifle joint cVer Hincc

me. Yhoulim"“‘l8°‘,‘rmh“°' birth. Our local Vet. tells me that tho

mn',.figm‘gn;g“figge 3'33 ligaments of stifle nrc Wcuk. i have ap-

anautomobilesolelyt rough plied five or six light blisters: which full

to do any good. i“. H. ll. l'lulon Rapids.





earnings from training orses

gettli‘dd’eiifi by "m” excellent Mifihr}; am flnclimlwl tofibclievri‘ ilmi 1your

.. co su crn rom lie c ccis o mth ill-

Buye“Mnn-Klllere fection conirnclcd while vcry young. You

Cheap. “I'll. CD“ will obtain the best results by applying

Ute-Sells I. “In one part iodine and ten parts fresh lnrd

no“. 30 stifle enlargement cvery two or three



’ ays.



A.Lchkineon Friendship Abscess—l have a coil coming lWo-

years-old that had a .éwclvling nppcnr on

side of head and neck which some. time

"a." laicr opened and dischnrgcd and our lo—

cal Vet tells me that ii is the. result ol‘

distemper and others linVe told me (but

these abscesses would keep forming un-

til] all impurities of blood were thrown

She cats and drinks wcll and is

growing. W. H. \V.. Uwosso. lVlicli.~~

Your filly sufi’ers from an irregular form

of distemper (stranglcs) and ii‘ the un-

scesscs do not form in the iniernul vilul





Bot them for 5110, gave them a ew





n. at a large prodt.’





practice i give the scrum trcoirnent and

usually meet with good results. it“ your





“““efismw edy, give 1 oz. doses of liyposwlpliite of

soda, 2 drs. iodide poilnr-xsium nt :t dorm

in feed tWo or ihrcc times :1 day. The

abscess should be. opened up freely to al-

low drainage, then apply one part iodo-





Indigestion—l have, on old more that is

steadily failing, shc cuts good, seldom

works, and is fed iii cars of corn daily





 





 





 





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Should try the NELSON. Ra“ this heater in water

tank. no heat going to w 1 under water. Now

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If after two weeks free trial you do not think it is

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240 Page Book on

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Most complete work on this subject

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man A ricultural Colleges. Gives

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know. 2‘0 pages-indexed—over I)

mustraflons. a vast amount of useful infor-

iled down for the practical farmer.





   





and all the good ltlmothy hay she wants,





 





 





but her bowels keep too loose and food

comes through her only partially digest-

ed. N. 0. N., Standish. Mich—You had

better examine her teeth. they may need

flouting; if so file off sharp edges of onl-

side of upper rows and inside of lower

rows of grinders. Give her 1,4,. oz. Fow-

ler‘s solution, 1 oz. ground geniian and

1 dr. ground nux vomica at a dose three

times :1 day. Better feed hcr mixed buy

and equal parts by weight ground corn.

oats and wheat bran.



\Vcnlmcsss-wll'ly 11-year-old more does-

not appear to be sick, cuts, drinks and





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





works well, but sweats profusely and all,





Less Work. Cleaner night after she is through eating im-





spircs considerable in the flanks and be-

Cows, Cleaner Barn, hmd fore legs. She raised a colt lust





summe'. has bee ill all f ii, i. fed

Bigger PrOfitS! and calls three tillneisnalda: butq the (All:





are rather “WSW She H‘cemcd to suffer

D ourmm torthetwo booketbat , . ;.' ' ‘ - .

Segowiiigwhundrehsotothershaveobmn- from surfed, (lUH'Il-‘i the summer and our





“mo” .dvnntagee—and how you can lOcal Vet. thought she had an attack of

havetbem. Keepallcowsllnedllpovel' acute inflammation of the kidneys. .l.

tson the cows. That makes cleaning easy— , .

eepecows healthy,increasesquslityundquan- Clip your mare. csllcclzllly hm' body.

fluid extract gcniian. 1 oz. fluid extract

icu at a. dose in feed lhl‘cc. times a day.

Increase her supply of oats.

can apply thnt will remove warts: fur-

Eneblesyou to water cows in stall, feed them On. R. L-. Attica, IWiClL—WHHHY 'di‘Oili‘

1ndivldually,save laborbgime. money and help acid to flat warts every day or two until

ailments. All facts fully explained and proved

Bull Pens Cow Pens CaltPene,or Box Stalls ask SOl‘eIS 1 r. . , . , \

fox-Book 250.10. ItinterestedlnManureCarrlem, once 8' d1) CUt Off “105'” that hdv‘

Carriers or Feed fui of powdered sulphur at a dose in feed

NO- 11-“ lgggflggnlgfg: FREE Lump~jaw.—I have a four-year-old cow

own. Address 5 . first made its appearance som th ‘

ervice . ~ 9 ”e 0’

JMES MFG. cm K four weeks ago. This «bunch has grad-

Send use en- C





”198mm?”"omm‘l‘l‘emlls‘llth‘lamm’none A., Breedsville, Mich—You had better

uwotmilkandboosts yourprofitsl Give her 35 oz. Fowler’s solution, 1 oz.

cinchona and 1 dr. fluid extract nnx vom-

\’l'arts.——I would like, to know what I

. -

Sanitary Barn Eqmpmellt thermore, I would like to know what to

give my horses to prevent warts coming

Prevent tubercmo‘ls ‘ m0“ and 0m" °°w they are removed, then apply one port

inourbooks.IflnterestedinStnlls,8tanchions, KI'OdOfOl‘m and tell Darts bol‘aclc acid to

Feed carrierauilszn a neck and give each horse a teaspoon-

Trucks, ask for Book night and morning.

number of cows you Barn Plan that has. a bunch on lower Juw which

cnsketchot 0°, ually eniarged since it came on. J.





Ftbfltkinson,Wis. plan 0'! bzrnJyflg C..i Redford, Mich—Apply one part red

fiqinatorsofthe "680118 0 ll iod de of mercury and four parts lard to

samm'vmlrfl °" "mafia"; bunch once a week; also give 2 drrs. of





Bmflfiz‘fpm“ gs?! ritenov. potassium iodide at a. dose in feed three

' times a day.



Contagious Abortion—Last winter I

had contagious .abortion in my herd of





 





Save Work,

Time, Money





By using our low down





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cows and sold all of them, except one.

She Slipped her calf in February, 1912.

I then cleaned my stable out once a

week, using a strong solution of creolin,

whitewashed stable, kept cows out:‘ of

barn nearly all summer; of course, I

bought good cows which carried their

eaveshlghutting.li¢hten calves full period and I have had no dis-

doumfigwgggagfitmflgfifof eased cow in the stable, except the one

wt“, (ormmok on Wm.“ “n...” I kept and she cleaned out all right last





 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 





 





nos-some... as “Immfl. winter. She has been in pasture all sum-





mer, came in heat regularly every three





 





Vmawmdl°'M“mfit°m weeks, but I did not breed her. Now I





ontorne. prerioaeenotnmee—





 





.27. Nothing toseil. soon PAY. send stun rot-pa. would like to know if I am running any

W Address





I...laA..M ndlsne ,risk to breed my sound herd bull to this





JAN. 4. 1m.





cow and a few or my, neighbors cows?

I would not like to spread any diseaea in

the neighborhood; therefore, I am con-

suting you to ascertain if I would be

justified in breeding this cow. G. ..

Hudsonvlile, Mich—All things considered

I do not believe that I would-use your

hull on this cow you mention or your

neighbors’ cows, unless: he has been

treated and is free from infection. Your

Vet. could determine that by a micro-

scopical examination. Infectious abor-

tion should not be regarded other than a.

serious ailment in a herd of cows and

furthermore it is no cosy task to stamp

it out. What you should do. is to per-

haps sell your diseased cow; however, a.

heifer is much more apt to abort than

an aged cow. Clinglng afl‘c'rbirihs in a

dairy nrc an indication of contagionFl

abortion and a dalrymnn should lose no

time in having the after-birth pmpcrly re—

moved very soon after calving: further-

more. the case should be filllilwi‘d up and

ircnird until the cow is pcrfclclly well.



Acute. ll’rrligc:<llorr.—~~I have it three-

year—old cow that Inlontn nfter eating and

shr- mth have pain for she grunts EL

great deal. \thn lhcse spells arc on

she. shrinks in milk and 1 might ndd she

showsit us much on dry iced us when on

grnrsn. (inn 1 giVe her something with

her i'ccd lhnt will afford her some relief?

.\. l.. 1’... Fremont, Mlch.—»('live ii ozs. of

hyposnlphim of soda in a (mart of water

n14 :1 dr'cnch ovr'ryvhour‘ until bloating

subsides. ”We -1 drs. salicylic ncid in

'tcd nt :1 dose two or three times: :1 day

:;nd it will pcrhnpn prevent these ai-

tnclrs; her-ides this is a very good rem-

c-Ily to give in acute. cases of indigestion

where bloating occurs in bowels, instead

of stomach.



\‘criigir~leilcpsy.—i bought a. six-

yeur-old cow four months ago, six weeks

[214m 1 found something wrong with her.

She has spells ihni begin by trembling.

then she falls down. hwbd goes up and

in one Hidc», eyes: twitch and mouth ill()V(‘H

us though she was chewing. 'l‘hcse spells

last. from live. to ten minutes, then sh"

mm up nnd goes to outing and acts all

right. She has a good appetite nnd shown

no symptoms of sickness only When tho

:«pcll in no. “'0 were quietly informed

lhvri she had liccn troubled with lhcso

l~prjliH (rl'i‘ilSiHllillly for the pawl tWo or

lhl‘cc, years. She is ufi’ccted most when

pregnant. She should come fresh in

April. This is a good cow, therefore i

would like to have her cured. llaVe been

a rcndor of the. Michigan Farmer for Hcv-

crnl ycnrs and always rend tho voter-L

nary column. but, fail to find {1. case like

mine. i). ‘\'. 3.. lloync City, Mich.-~

1‘nr'ci'ul i'ccdlng, keeping the bowels open

and active. daily exercise and cher ov-

erlond the stomach, will pcurhnpu prc'vcnt

:i recurrence of this sickness. (live her

1,2 oz. bromide of potash and 2 drs. of

salicylic acid iii a doe-re in feed three

times :1 day. You should give her 1 lb.

of custom omits occasionnlly to open her

bowels.



l.,\‘mph:lngitis.— Some. six weeks ago a.

swelling nppcnrcnd on inside of hind leg

of my i'onr-yc-ar-old more and the limb

has remained swollen evcr since. Exer-

cisc partially reduces this swelling. I

took her to a Vet. and he gave her a

dose. of physic, also medicine to purify

the blood. “or heels are also cracked

but most of the trouble is high up and

on inside of leg, but the whole limb is.

swollen. Shc is not lame, 'l‘. B., Sulli-

vnn. Michr- (live. your more- 2 drn. potas-

sium iodide. :ita dose in feed three

times it day and apply spirits of camphor

lo swollcn leg and (mpeciwlly inside of

thigh twice a day. Her dict should be

luxnllve and not overly healing and too

nutritious: besides, it Should he laxu~

live. l‘lunduging leg in cotton while she

is in stable will have it good efi‘cct.



(‘JorijunciivitiH.—I have a pair of mares

nine nnd ten years old that have a. war-

(‘l‘Y fluid running from the eyes that

gathers and burdens on face. ii. 14}. M..,

llcl‘oc, lllichsellissolvc 40 grains bornto

sodn :ll'l(i 40 grains: lmrncic acid in 4 ozs.

oi‘ clcun water that has been boiled. and





“only 10 eyes three. times LL day. Uccu-.





xionnlly blow a little culomcl into eyes,

inn it will not be necessary to do itmore

than three. times a Wee-k.



Chokcd CirculationwLoss of Appetite.—

i have n iilly six months old that has

to bc hclped up whenever she lays, on

right side. ller left hind lcg appears to

gct stiff and cold, but after she is helped

on {out and walks a short ways, see-ms

to got all right. 1 also have Ll. young

pig. not more than nine weeks old, that

sleeps most of the time and appears to

have no appetite. A brownish fluid comes

from cyes and he breathes short. J. it.

ll., Port Huron, Mich.——A partial dislo-

cation of stiller may take‘ place, or a

choking of the large blood vessels may

occur. Give 1/2 dr. carbonate of ammonia.

at a dose in feed three. times a. day. Ap-

ply equal ’parts turpentine, aqua nmmo—

nia and olive oil to stifle three times a.

week. Her bowels should be kept open

and the leg hand-rubbed. Give pig 3

drops of tincture gentinn (compound) at

a dose three or four times a day. Keep

it in n dry, warm place. .



Injured Teat.——I have a valuable cow

that was stepped on, injuring one teat.

causing us to use milking tube, and I'

would like to know if she will lose this

quarter during time she is dry? She will

freshen next February. E. H., Coopers-

ville, Mich—When she freshens it may

be necessary to continue the use of

milking tube, but, of course, the tube

should be either boiled for ten minutes

or dipped in antiseptic solution of some

kind every time it is used. This prevents

infecting udder. xx



Cow Gives Bitter Milk—I have a cow

seven years old that seems to be per-

fectly healthy, but she gives bitter, strong

smelling milk. She will be fresh about

April 10. E. S. S.. Muskegon, Mich.—

Give your cow 1,5 oz. salicylic acid and

1 oz. ground ginger at a dose in feed

two or three times a day.
JAN}, 1913.





 





 





" HOME cunmo or: PORK.



It is a. poor financial policy for a. farm-

er to sell his hogs to a. butcher for seven

or eight cents a. pound and buy them

back in small pieces at from 15 to 20

cents a. pound. Many, therefore, prefer

to salt down enough pork in the fall to

supply their families with smoked bacon,

horns and shoulders for a year. Unless

a large quantity of lard is desirable hogs

weighing from 160 to 200 pounds are pre-

ferable to heavier animals.



When the carcass has been hanging

long enough to become cold, (not froz-

en), remove to a chopping bench, laying

it square on its back. Before cutting up

it is a good plan to block out the pieces,

then trim the lard and sausage meat off

till the pieces conform to the proper

shape of a. ham, side or shoulder. In

taking off the head make a out just back

of the ears and thence down through the

sticking hole to the» throat. Then with

a. sharp axe split the backbone down

through the center from neck to tail;

be careful to cut only through the bone.

using a knife to cut the meat. in doing





‘ this part of the job some people prefer





to cut on both sides of the- backbone. and

take it out by itself for roasting, like the

spareribs. Having. however, split open

the carcass as indicated. 'we take one of

the halves and proceed to take out the

sparerib. This is the most difficult part of

the operation to perform, properly. (in

t'he one hand one. is apt to make it too

spare, on the» other, too generous, or in





I the case of both spoil its appearance by





haggling. The hams and shoulders are





,next taken off, cutting smoothly in an





oval shape. 'ltemcmbcr that food which

tastes well must, with many people, look

well. The side pork, or bacon, is cut in

strips from back to belly ~about four

inches wide. l’ackers usually cut them

wider than this, but for farmer's pork

this is quite wide enough. The pier-cs

are more easily packed when placcd on

rthe edge and coiled around in the- banrcl.



Pork cannot. be kept sweet and pala-

table unless the barrels in which it is

packed are in a clean condition. lnlnss

new, they should be- thoroughly scrubbed

and scalded. ' Then. again, do not put

the hams and shoulders in the same bar-

rel with the side pork. When this is

done the barns and shoulders become: too

salt. for eating and soaking or parb‘oiling

causes them to lose their finest flavor.

A very good way of curing these parts

is to use only a strong brine prepared as

follows: For 100 pounds of meat, take

eight pounds of salt, two pounds of sug-

ar, one pint of New Orleans molasses,

and two ounces of saltpctre. l’ulvcrrize

the saltpetre. dissolve it in water, and,

mixed with the sugar and molasses, stir

into the brine. 'I‘hrce gallons of water

in proportion to the amount. of salt men-

tioned will make the brine strong enough.



\Vhen dry salting is practiced we have

followed this formula: ltub onto each

piece salt, sugar and salt'petre in the

proportion of 10 pounds of the first, two

pounds of the second and two ounces of

the last. The ilcsh side of each piece is

made white with salt and is packed away

for two or three weeks, by which time

the moat has become permeated with it.

Having “taken salt” remove and dip each

piece into boiling water for half a min-

utc. This cleans off all salt and hardcns

the surface so that it cures nicely. After

a few days it may be smoked and put

away before warm weather and danger

of ilies. \Ve arc. partial to wrapping

tightly in paper and burying in the oat

bin. Dryncss, however, is the main es-

sential and the grain will absorb moisture

and is convenient.





Canada. J. HUGH MCKENNEY.





Lambs had such a remarkable boom in

prices a. short time ago that. the move-

ment to market was stimulated, and the





increased offerings served to bring about,





reactions, although prices were still much

higher than in former years. Doubtless,

the calling of over—due loans made on

sheep and lambs has had something to

do with the large marketings, the banks

of the country being desirous of entering

another year with a good showing of de-

posits. As is generally known, large com-

mission firms handling sheep or cattle

are in the habit of making loans 'to their

country patrons, and such firms are ac-

customed to borrow money from the

banks and then reloaning the money on

liVe stock, the usual rate east of the

Missouri river being seven per cent, while

west of the river loans are made largely

at eight per cent or higher.





The export movement in sheep from

our shores is a small affair these times.

Such exports amounted to only 157,263

head for the last fiscal year, although

larger than a year earlier, when they

were but 121,491 head.





Increased receipts of sheep and lambs

this year at western markets are largely

attributable to theliquidation by owners

in Montana, where the ranges are invad-





ed by _ settlers.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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One big advantage of a tractor is this—you can work it hard at the right time

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that it can stand this pace without danger of a breakdown. it's value in a rush

will .pay you for having it. The





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You can use it profitably 365 days a year.

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fits any machine. it will run any but the largest separators.



It has plenty of power for ordinary work—pulls 4 bottoms in ordinary breaking—4 to 6





If i in plowing, it will plow and disc 10 to 14 acres a day. Two boys and this tractor will do

the work of 4 men and l2 horses all the time—as much more atgnight with another crew.





The big part about this tractor is that it is easily handled and will go almost anywhere. it

is fine for slow, steady work, and is equipped with two geared speeds, for heavy hauling and

quick return, harvesting, hill-climbing, etc.



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l' .

list," 7;}. {fa The business of the steer-raising farmer is to turn feed

,.“. Levi , 7%,,» Into beef at the lowest cost and in the shortest time. But

iv . the fattening steer wastes a good portion of his ration, which

Is the reason why you let your hogs follow the steers to get the whole

grain which they pass off as waste.





   

 





   





   

 

 





 

   

 





The cause of_ this waste is poor digestion—the inability of the animal to ex-

tract from Its ration, in proportion to the large amount Consumed, those nutrients which

make for beef, blood and muscle. Tonics are needed to strengthen and invigorate the

digestive organs of the steer—to sharpen its appetite and keep the system generally toned up.





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





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di . =\ produce these results. Its actions are manifold. Bypactring directly oii vill”:

gestivc or ans it helps the steer turn more food into flesh. It helps the animal to vigorous maturity and

wards 0 disease germs. The U. S. Dispensatory remarks on the ingredients of Di). Iicss Stock Tonic

printed to the right, speak volumes for this guaranteed flesh and mill; producer. Now read '

Our reposition‘ Procurc of your dealer Dr Hess Stock Tonic Use it ' '

. . . . . all Winter a l .

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FREE. Dr. Hess (M D D V S )will at any time prescribe for our aili '

_ . _. . . . animals-

chargc if you w11 send him full details. Mention thispzpcrandggnd 2c stair-31¢ 0f

96-pagc Veterinary Book also free. .





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Sulphate of Iron. Blood ;,

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Cleanser. '



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dormant egg organs, brings back the scratch and cackle, takes the hens out of the loafer and puts

them into the layer class, and you will plainly see the results of feeding Pan-a-ce—a in the egg basket.



The cost‘is hardly worth considering—n penny’s worth feeds thirty fowls. Sold on the same money-‘

back guarantee as Dr. Hess Stock Tonic. 1% lbs. 25c (mail or express 40c); 5 lbs. 60c; 12 lbs. $1.



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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





On pages 16 and 17 of

The New Parcels this issue will be found

Post. a. zone map and de-

scription of the main

features of the new parcels post, which

went into effcct on January 1. While the

parcels post, as provided for by the new

law and at present in force, will not

prove as great a benefit to country peo-

ple as they may have anticipated or de-

sired, it will be an entering wedge to a

more satisfactory parcels post in future

years. Any measure of parcels post has

been vigorously opposed by various in-

terests, foremost of which were express

companies doing business in U. S. That

very opposition has directed attention to

express rates and at the present time a.

general reduction of express rates has

been ordered by the Interstate Commerce

Commission and a certain length of time

given the express companies to show

cause why the reduced rates should not

go into effect as prepared.





So far as the shipment of farm produce

is concerned, the regulations are 'such as

to make the parcels post of little use ex—

cept for local delivery, where. the par-

cels are mailed for delivery from the 10-

cal post office or mailed on a rural route

for delivery from the post office whore

the rural route originates. For this pur-

pose the new parcels post will be of con—

sidci'able value to country peop‘e. Those

living On a rural route at considerable

dislancPs from their local trading point

will be able to order goods by telephone

and have them delivered by parcels post,

thus saving many trips to town. For dis-

tant shipments of farm produce, such as

butter and eggs, tlic regulations are too

cxacting as to packages and packing and

the rate too high to make such shipments

practical. For such shipment butter must

be enclosed in a hermetically sea-led metal

package, and that in a wooden box. and

eggs must be wrapped in excelsior or oth-

er material and enclosed in a double

corrugated paper package to avoid break-

age and its consequent results. Thus,

except for local delivery farm products

can still be more cheaply shipped by ex-

press, even at present rates, and with the

contemplated reducthn of express rates

the disadvantages of the new parcels

post in this regard wll1 be still more

marked.



Consequently before making shipments

of goods of this class it will be to the

advantage of the shipper to ascertain the

express rates and requirements as to





'packages, etc., and compare same with





But for the se~

om nearby trad-

. dlSta‘iit' potnts.

' are light in

ll be of con-

" people as

lee, gifts,

- of the





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0 TH EMICHIG





saving along ‘thieline, is at hand in the

advantage which will accrue to the state

in sending'out auto licenses from the

Secretary of State’s office. If we esti-

mate that the increase in the number of

automobile licenses is. as marked as has

been the case in recent years it is prob-

able that 50,000 sets of these licenses will

be required during the current year. The

average cost of sending them by express

was about 30 cents each, while the es-

timated average cost of shipping them by

the new parcels post is 10 cents, making

a saving of 20 cents ‘each, or a total

saving of $10,000 to the state.



It will thus be seen that by studying

the parcels post rates and requirements

and comparing them with express rates,

using the cheaper and more advantage-

ous in each case, a considerable saving

will result for country people. At the

same time the defects of the system

should be studied in order that needed

improvements may be suggested at such

time as public opinion shall become crys-

talized upon the subject, which we be-

lieve will be at no very distant date.





In the last issue some of the





Taxation. important propositions which

are certain to be considered

by the legislature during its session,





were made the subject of editorial com-

ment. Continuing in our purpose to dis-

cuss the more important of these prob-

lems in our editorial columns in as non-

partisan and unbiased manner. to the

end that public thought may be stimu-

lated and public sentiment crystallized

and expressed regarding them. let us

briefly review the vexed question of tax-

ation.



No governmental question or policy

has ever been or ever will be of greater

interest to all the people than this mat—

ter of taxation. Indeed, it was a matter

of unjust taxation that led to the revolt

0f the colonies which gave birth to our

nation. and even under our representa-

tive government the question has never

been satisfactorily settled, but has ever

been a paramount issue in the legis-

lative halls of the nation as well as the

several states. Michigan,has had her

share of difficulty and turmoil over this

question. The campaign for “equal taxa-

tion” has extended over many years and

much progress has been made toward the

equalization of the burdens of taxation.

The semi-public service corporations of

the state, such as the railroads, tele-

graph, telephone and express companies.

long favored in the matter of taxation

during the period of their development

and the development of the state, have

been placed on the tax rolls of the state

upon a basis of physical valuation, the

same as the farms and homes, while still

later the physical value of the mines in

which the state is rich has been taken

into consideration in fixing their valuation

for assessment purposes. But the end is

not yét, and in view of the ever chang-

ing conditions it is a safe assertion that

this vexed question will never be- finally

settled. The best for which we can hope

in this direction is constant progress

along right lilies.



The interest of our readers in taxation

legislation is a double one, since their

burden of taxation is affected by such

legislation in a two-fold manner. That

burden may be increased either by the

of other classes of' property or the over

assessment of their own property. In

either case the result is the same, an

unequal distribution of the unavoidable

cost of modern government. All the

{armors ask, or should ask, in this con-

ncclion is a “square deal.” In this con-

n('cii0n there is need for sober second

thought on their hurt. as there is ever

a class of self—styled “reformers,” with

selfish interests to serve, who would make

the country voter believe that he is

abused on every hand, and it is import-

ant that we learn to differentiate be-

tween real and specious facts and argu-

ments.



It is probable that the tax bills which

will come before the present legislature

will embody a wider range of ideas upon

this question than usual. The report of

the special commission on taxation, au-

thorized by the last legislature and ap-

pointed by Gov. Osbohn will doubtless

contribute to thaat end.



Earning power has come to be recog-

nized as a just factor in determining the

value of property. In a large class of

property, other than farm porperty, the

earning power of the propety itself is.

in‘ the vey nature of the case, separated

from the earning power of the individuals

operating thy. property. In a manufac-

turing institution, for instance, salaries

of executives as well as the pay of the





 





AVN FAR M ER‘ '

workmen donut appear in the earnings

of {lie propenty; This fact was recos~

nized by the s’p‘edal‘ commission in its

report, as wellqas the fact that the farm-‘

er’s efficiency does appear in the assessed

valuation of farm property. '





In defending .the plan for an excess

corporate tax, advocated in’the tenta-

tive report of this special commission'of

inquiry, by denying that such a. tax upon

the earning power of corporations would

be a tax on efficiency by comparison with

farm property, the following language is

used: “When a farm is assessed at its

cash value, due allowance being made for

the physical personality used in farming,

there is nothing left to assess." While

still recognizing the justice of consider-

ing the factor of income in the assess-

ment of property for taxation purposes,

the particular plan of a corporate excess:

tax was not so strongly recommended by

this special commission in its final re-

port. But that there is still reason to

believe that the eai‘nng power of the

property should be taken into account in

fixing its assessment for taxation pur-

poses has so many adherents that it will

be made the basis of much preposed

legislation during the coming session of

the legislature. Regardless, however, of

whether this idea may prevail, the report

of this special commission showed that

very many classes of property in the

state are assessed at a very much less

percentage of their actual cash value than

are farm properties, a condition of affairs

which should undoubtedly be corrected.





Also there is no doubt that propositions

will be presented for the enactment Oif

a law providing for an income tax in

Michigan. Wisconsin has such a law and

is this year collecting a state income tax

for the first time. The merits of such

propositions cannot, of course, be dis-

cussed in detail until they are presented

in concrete form. It would appear, how-

ever, that such a. plan would be more

feasible in correcting any inequalities

which may exist in the assessment of all

physical properties on the basis of their

cash value as nearly as can be ascer-

tained. Also such a law would tend to

the more equable distribution of the bur-

den of supporting the government by in-

cluding many who now enjoy its protec-

tion and advantages without, directly con-

tributing to its support, as for instance,

the large class of professional and sal-

aried people who are not property owners

and contribute to the support of the gov-

ernment only indirectly through the pay-

ment of rents and perhaps a slight but

indeterminable amount of added cost of

goods which they buy through the "load-

ing” due to the incidental expense of

taxation which must be borne by the

producer. “'e believe, however, that this

would be an almost infinitesimal item.

Certainly this would be the case as far

as farm products are concerned.





This would certainly be a profitable

subject for investigation and to theend

that data may be at hand by which prac-

tical comparisons can be made. we should

be glad to have as many of our readers

as can give reasonably accurate figures

upon this proposition. provide us with a

statement showing the not returns from

their farms during the year of 1912. In

such a. statement the farm should be

credited with the total products sold and

on hand, produced during the year, and

improvements which have been made. and

charged with wagesfiand expenses, includ-

ing depreciation if any. Also make a.

reasonable deduction for salary at a rate

which coqu be earned elsewhere, speci—

fying the amount of same in statement.

Also indicate on the statement the total

of taxes paid on the farm and personal

property incidental to its operation. but

not upon any personal property earning

an independent income.





Such data, should the response be gen-

eral to this request, might be of value

at an opportune time in the shedding of

needed light upon this vexed question, for

which reason we are asking interested

readers to send us such statements. What

is desired is plain facts which may be

used at: an opportune time toward aiding

in the securing of simple justice for the

farmer taxpayers who are Our readers

and patrons. ,



As above noted, it! is a. matter for con-

gratulation that progress toward a just

equalization of taxation has been so

marked in our state during recent years.

Many errors have been made. but on the

whole progress has beenSatisfactory. Pro—

gress cannot be made without mistakes,

but mistakes can be minimized by a

general public interest in ,and discussion

of proposed legislation. .r “In a multitude-

of counsel there is window”





 





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National.





Both houses of federal Congress were

monvening on Thursday Of this week,

following the holiday recess.



The government internal revenue re-

port shows a falling of! in the amount of

beer consumed in Chicago during the past

year, there being a. discrepancy of

224,985 barrels, as compared with the re

port of 1911. - '



Fire claimed many victims and caused

heavy loss in property in Detroit during

the past year. A review of the tWelve

months shows that 18 lives were lost and

46 persons hurt in fires that occurred in

homes and business places. The loss in

property exceeds a million dollars.



Thirty-eight: of the 40 men tried at

Indianapaolis by the federal government

in the dynamite conspiracy case Were

found guilty by the jury last Saturday.

The trial, which had continued over

many weeks, was one of the most import-

ant ever tried in the U. S. The testimony

revealed the methods employed by the

leaders of 'the Iron Workers’ Union to

intimidate. open shops and employ only

union men. It is probable that the case,

because of its importance, and also be-

cause of'the large number of men found





guilty. will be appealed to the higher fed- ‘





eral courts. Sentences have not asyet

been announced. The maximum sentence

according to the number of counts against

some of the men, would agrgegate 391/2

years imprisonment, which, of course,

may be modified by Judge Anderson, in

whose court the trial occurred.



The executive committee of the United

Male Garment Makers of America, of New

York, ordered a strike to begin Monday.

The order affects 150,000 tailors and 14,-

000 shops. The workers are asking that

labor in dark tenements and also the

employment of children, be abolished.

They also ask a. 20 per Cent wage in-

crease with a minimum wage scale of

$10 per week for women and $16 per week

for men, and overtime work to be paid

for at time and a half rate. They also

ask for clean and sanitary workshops.



Arrangements are being made by the

department of commerce and labor for

contesting the admittance of former

Presulent Castro of Venezuela, who is

now enroute to this country from

France. General Castro will be held at

ldllis Island until a decision in the case

is made.



Two lites were lost and 16 families

were 'drwen from their homes .when a.

fire visited Newport, R. I., early Monday

morning. Ten buildings were destroyed

and the property damaged amounted to

between two hundred and three hundred

thousand dollars. .

eigmw bureau of insular affairs reconsid-



s for congressional action a bill looking

toward biennial inspection of insular pos-

sessmns .by representatives of both the

executive and legislative branches of gov-

ernment. The bureau also believes ap-

propriations to encourage vocational

training should be provided. ,



A‘street car jumped the track on the

central bridge across the Ohio river at

Cincinnati and was precipitated into a

vacant lot on the Ohio side. Two men

wereneriously injured and seven others

sustained more or less serious injuries.



President—elect Wilson was entertained

by the people of Staunton, Va., his native

town, on December 27.



During the year of 1912 permits for

buildings in Detroit increased 20 per cent

gver tthose of 1911. The aggregate



moun o rmits reac -

000,000. pe bed to over $25,



Senator Wm. Alden Smith, of Michi-

gan, left Washington for the Mexican

border in connection with his duties as

chairman of the Senate committee inves-

tigating the Mexican revolution.



The fact that during the- special session

of Congress demands will be made for

free wool and free beef makes it of inter-

est to know that cattle are admitted when

less than a year old on a specific impost

of $2 per head; provided they are valued

at less than $14 per head, the duty is

3.75. \‘i'here the value is over $14 there





.is an ad valorem duty of 27.12 per cent.





Foreign.





Terms of peace have not yet been

agreed upon by the allies and Turkey at

the conference in London. It appears

that the allies are determined to hold on

to the tcrritory they have won up to this

time. It was expected that this attitude

would defeat the attempt to arrive at an

agreement, but Turkey appears to mod-

ify her demands, which action gives in-

creased hope for settlement without fur-

ther use of arms.



In a test to determine the efficiency of

aeroplanes for carrying freight, Morris

Farmen, at Toussus-le-Noble, France.

with a powerful machine, easily carried

a. cargo of 880 pounds, together with him-

self and a passenger.



It is stated that the German authori-

ties haVe discovoared a number of Russian

spies who have been arrested and charged

with spying in behalf of Russia. Fulilv

30 men and women of both German and

Russian nationalities, are implicated.





 





 





NOTICE TO CORN GROWERS.





The Hon. H. E. Krueger, of Beaver

Dam, Wis, will score the corn at the

coming corn show at Kalamazoo. All

entries must be in by 12:00 o'clock, Jan-

uary 6, 1913. By-laws and score cards

furnished on application to J. L. Bradley,

secretary, Augusta, -Mich. " ’





 





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.Sanllac 00., Dec. 27.—Be-autiful winter

weather, not much snow, ground frozen

hard. *Fields slightly protected.

are in fine condition for marketing pro-





duce,‘ .. but not much "being moved but'_





beans and hay, the latter being so chea

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The Country and the People of the Philippines.





By E. A. Coddington.





LITTLE more than a decade ago

A the Philippines 'were a. very vague-

ly located territory in the south-

western quarter of the Pacific Ocean,

which was known as the Asiatic or East

Indian Archipelago. \Ve knew not wheth-

er there were a dozen or many islands;

their inhabitants were always pictured in

primitive apparel, armed with spears and

shields and they were supposed to be as

wild and even more savage than the In-

dian tribes scattered over our own. coun-

,try; many associated them with the can-

nibals of the archipelago; but few real-

ized that Spain and the church of Rome

had presided over the destinies of these

people for more than three and a quarr-

ter centuries. About all we did know was

that Manila. was the principal city and

port of entry of this





Kobe and Nagasaki and direct to Ma-

nila. Formerly passengers had to go

from Nagasaki to Shanghai (450 miles)

and Hong Kong (852 miles), then back

645 miles across the China Sea to Ma-

nila. The United States Army transports

go from San Francisco to Honolulu, then

to the Island of Guam (3,397 miles), and

through the San Bernardino Straits to

Manila (1,506 miles)—the most direct but

by several hundred miles the longest route

to the Islands.



The time usually taken is from three

to four weeks and the trip is a delightful

one, especially in early spring or au-

tumn. It is difficult to overestimate the





usually a day or .more is spent in this

Paradise: of the Pacific; from Honolulu to

Yokohama is 11 days, where a. stop of

one or two days is made; one day more

takes one to Kobe, the great commercial

center of Japan; another day through the

Inland Sea of Japan to Nagasaki, one of

the greatest coaling stations in the world.

Here all of the great steamships from

both Europe and America take on coal

for their long voyages. and here the great

struggle for supremacy in foreign trade

is going on all the way up and down the

eastern coast of Asia. From Nagasaki

to Shanghai, the great commercial cen-

ter of China at the mouth of the Yangtse





silk, tea, and other industries of Japan

and China, and the hemp, sugar, cocoa-

nut and tobacco industries of the Philip-

pines. In some of these products these

countries are already our competitors,

and tiny need many of our products for

the improvement of their methods of

production and the development of their

ITE‘OUI‘C‘QS. In a short time the Canadian

Pacific line will put on steamers which

will make the voyage from Vancouver to





Yokohama in 10 days; the time from

Yokohama to Manila is from five to six

days. A line connecting with these:





steamers, running from Yokohama to Mad

nila. would enable passengers to mako

the trip from the l'nitcd States to Manila.

in 15 or 16 days instead of from 24 to 25

days as at present.



Climate, Seasons and





 





distant and little under-

lstood country. Now,

tthis has all been chang—

ed. President Taft has

'served a term of years

v’as Civil Governor of the

Philippines; as Secretary

of “’ar under President

Roosevelt he opened the

first Philippine assem-

bly and made a trip

around the world which

,was significant in our

lrelations with other na-

itions; many of our peo-

lple, from every state in

lthe union, have answer-

'ed the country’s call to

serve the Philippine gov-

ernment; many of our

foremost citizens and

weull-to-do people have

:in their travels visited

inot only Manila but the





 





1princlpal cities of the

Islands; the leading po-

litical party 01f our

country regards the





‘Philippines as being 'of

such importance as to

warrant making our pol-

icy of dealing with them

an issue during the

next presidential term.

But of What importance

are these far-off islands

and their people to our

people and our govern-

ment? Why are we con-

cerned about them?

Routes and Distances.



The usual route to the Philippines by

commercial streamers today is from San.

Francisco to Ilonolulu in the Territory

of Hawaii, (2,060 miles), thence to Yoko-

hama (3.445 miles), Kobe (350 miles), and

Nagasaki in Japan (387) miles, ’then dis

rect .to Manila 1,318 miles; at‘ least one

steamer makes this trip each month. One

may go direct from Seattle to Yokohama

(4,269 miles), change steamers and go to





Wise?





plat-it"sw





nila’s population

of them are many of the Inter-island Steamers which do the carrying trade of the country.





The 'Escolta—Manlla's Principal Business Street.





wt:- ”5





Along the Muelle—lnter-island Shipping in the Pasig River.

in these boats and handle much of the cargo that comes to the Philippines.





live





agreeablcncss, during these seasons. of

sailing away from indescribable varieties

of climate which are endured in almost

every part of the United Statics. Day

afiter day one travels on and on into a

land of continuous spring and sunshine,

where the halo of moon-lit nights vie

with the soft, luxurious and restful at-

mosphere stimulated by sea breezes dur-

ing the day. Honolulu, the Cross Roads

of the Pacific, is reached in seven days;





 





In front are cascoes or lighters;





Kiang river, is two days; to lviong Kong,

the great distributing center for the Far

East, is three days, and from ilong Kong

to Manila is two days, while from Naga-

saki direct to Manila is only four days.

I know of no more delightful trip on

southern seas than this. To one who

loves travel, 12 or 15 weeks could scarcely

be spent more profitably than on this

trip, enjoying the natural scenery, study-

ing the sugar industry of Hawaii, the





 





This picture shows the narrow

styles of vehicles in use.





 





 





hundreds of Ma-





streets of the city, some of projecting second stories an,

The Filipino caballo (horse) I: a real study. '





Storms.



A matter of great

concern to those who

Visit the Philippines, and

about. which there are

many erroneous ,no«

tions. is the icmpcl‘u-

ture, the climate», and

the baguios or storms.

As we travel toward the

Islands many of our

early notions regarding

thc intt-nsc heat of the

tropics are completely

changed. In tho begin-

ning it should he stated





 





that no such high tem-

peratures are ever re‘

corded in the Philippines!

as in Michigan. One

does not ordinarily iind

the ln-ztt of Honolulu

or Manila oppressive;

going direct from San

Francisco 1 o those

points in early spring

or late autumn tho

change is like our

changc from spring to





summcrzat Honolulu one

can usually (:hango win-

ter woolens for spring

ihmncls, and a week or

two later these may be

changed for summer

ducks or linens; those

changcs, with :1. daily





Back showcr or plunge, give

pert‘cct health and ("Xll‘

bcrancc of spirits. After



one arrives in the islands, ospt-t-iallydur-

jug the rainy season of July and August,





for a short time sleep may he accompa-

nied by pcrspiratitim and a slight nausea.

for a. few moments after waking: this is

about the only acclimating' sensation one

cver expericnces. The sea breezes are





almost constant, ranging through the your

from southwest to northeast. The change

of the seasons is very gradual and the

only well marked seasons are the hot and
" pcrate climate.





12—12





4 I THEMICHIIGAN FARMER,





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* dry Season .in March and April, and the





rainy and humid season. The average

annual varia-tiOn of temperature in Me.-

nila is 6.3 F., and the variation for the

Islands during the year is from 71.6 to

86 F. Variation in temperature in-

creases with the latitude and distance

from the coast'; there are some quite

marked regions of high, intermediate,

and cool temperatures. While the ther-

mometer never goes .as high in the Phil-

ippines as in the United States, the rays

of the sun are more penetrating and ev-

eryone tries to keep out of the mid-day

sun asmuch as possible. If one remains

long in the country the tropical heat

takes from him more or less of the en—

durance and hardness acquired in a tem-

The average number of

hours of sunshine a day for each month

ranges from 4%, hours in September to

8 hours and 50 minutes in April. The

nights are almost always cool, and the

climate from November to April is equal

to the best ever known in southern Cali-

fornia. As compared with Michigan the

climate of the Philippines is more regular

and steady. They are free from the rad—

ical changes which we experience; much

less care is required to make one com-

fortable in dress; the luxury of an al-





' most even spring or summer temperature





the year around, and the almost constant

sunshine during the days, contribute

largely to the health and joy of life

there.



. The typhoons. baguios or storms do

much less damage than the cyclones of

,the United States; shipping is well pro-

tected by the meteorological obscrvai‘ory

in Manila and its stations in all parts of

,the Islands which give out warnings sev-

:'eral hours before therc i any danger; the

,eral hours before there is any danger; the

'cheap unprotected houses of the poor

people along the coasts: the loss of life

is almost wholly by natives who are

reckless or disregard the warnings which

are always given; rarely does it happen

that any considerable number of Euro-

peans or Americans lose their lives in

these storms.



Area and Population.



gHaving reached Manila we are inter-

ested to know something of the number

’of islands, thcir'size, the people, their

industries and importance. If we call at

5the Ayuntamicnio or Palace (the Insular

Government Building) in the walled city,

or at' the Merchants' Association on the

Escolta. the principal business street, we

can gct almost any information desired.

The Philippines include a triangular—

shaped territory the base of which is

bounded on the south by Borneo and the

Dutch East Indies, on the west by the

China Sea and on the east, by the Pacific

Ocean, while the apex. in the north is

only a short distance from Formosa. The

landed area of the Islands is 115.000

square miles, ncarly as large as Michb

gem, (ihio and lndiana. Including their

lakes and inland sees. the Philippines are

larger than Now England, the British

Isles or the empire of Japan. ,YVhile the

principal landed areas are on 'a dozen

islands. which are commercially import-

ant. there are more than 3,100 islands

in the group. The. scenery in most parts

compares favorably with the beautiful

Iliiiinll Sea of Japan. while the country

and the life of the people abound with

myths. legends and history which make

thcm most interesting. The country has

a population of nearly 8,000,000, approxi-

mately that of Michigan, Ohio and Indi-

ana. larger than Pennsylvania and small-

er than New York. The principal cities

are Manila, with a population of 220.000.

lloilo (lC-lo-e-lo) 10.000, Cebu 18,500. and

Zamboanga 13.000.



Importance of Location.



The importance of the location of the

Philippines is leadily understood when one

learns of the number of great steamship

'lines which run north and south through

this part of the Far East. To and from

Europe there are five of the world‘s

greatest lines; the English Mail. German

Mail, and the Japan Mail, from London,

Bromerhaven and Antwerp, pass through

the English Channel and Straits of Gib-

raltar to the Mediterannean, from which

waters they take the same course as the

Spanish Mail from Barcelona and the

French Mail from Marseilles through the

Suez Canal and Malacca Strait t‘o the

ports of China and Japan, except the

Spanish Mail which goes direct from

Singapore to Manila. Six great lines

from the United States travel over the

same :- ‘ ‘ ohama to Shanghai

and turn. Four great



nila to German

V, A number of

: lg. to Hong

, while the

amboanga





 

 





 

 

 

 





 





and the southern Philippines with Mena-

do in the Dutch East Indieo,'Borneo and

Singapore. It is plain to beseen that

Manila and‘the (Philippines are situated

on the world's highway of trade and

travel. - ,



The trade of Manila compares favorably

with the ports of the Uni-ted States.

Freighters .from England, Scotland,

France, Spain, and the United States

through the Suez Canal, and sailing ves-

sels from around the Horn are always

found in Philippine ports. During the

fiscal year 1911 nearly 900 foreign vessels

entered and cleared the ports of the Is-

lands; 577 st-eam and sailing vessels are

engaged in the inter-island carrying trade.

or 1.135 including those employed in har-

bor duty. One can readily understand the

congested appearance which the Pasig

river and the harbor of Manila usually

present with all of this shipping. From

these conditions it is clear that the Phil-

ippines is a country of steamships rather

than of railroads.



Origin and Resources.



Perhaps the most important part of

this brief account of. the country is its

resources, its products and industries—

what keep the shops, factories, railroads

and steamships of the country busy. The

Islands are of volcanic origin and form a

part of a chain of islands or upheaval of

the earth’s surface east of the China

coast, ranging from less than 100 miles

in some parts of Japan and Formosa to

several hundred miles from the mainland

in the Philippines and Borneo. Practical-

ly all of the islands are covered with

grass, palms and tropical vegetation—

some of them with immense forests. While

much of the coast is high and rocky, in

many places it is low and sandy; about

the mouths of most of the rivers the land

is low and swampy, and the soil mostly

alluvial, as the streams are generally

short, crooked and very swift. The great

river valleys are found on the larger is-

lands of

(Pan—i). LuZOn is about the size of the

state of Ohio, Mindanao of Indiana, and

Panay of Connecticut. “'hile the coun-

try is mountainous. nearly all of the

ra'inges run north and south and the

mountains resemble the Alleghanies; some

sections remind one of parts of Pennsyl-

vania and Virginia. The rich valleys of

'the Cugayan River in northeastern Lu-

zon, the Agno, the Pampanga and Pasig





Luzon, Mindanao and Panay.





produce a.- variety of, products. in such





abundances; to .sunplYailor’ge amount'





of the markets of both Europe and Am-

erica. The principal products are copra,

hemp, sugar, and tobacco, but the num-

ber and variety of the products of the

land are almost unlimited. All, kinds of

plant life grow almost steadily the year

around without the retarding effects of

winter or the severe changes of temperate

climates; about the only hindrances to

continuous plant growth are occasional

drouths in March and April, and too

abundant rains in July and August; some

plants mature and yield their harvests

two and even three times in a single

year.

Forests and Minerals.



Fully one-half of the area of the Phil-



ippines, about 30,000,000 acres, is cove-red





with forestagsthe fiaountalns are mostly.

forested and, on may Of them there is a

large variety ortiié‘nne‘st hardwood trees.

More ‘ than "650 treée,‘ several 'times as

many as areV'found'in' the 'United Stata,

heme ' already~been~ identified and listed.

while' specimens ‘of' many' more await

idenjtificatiit'an.~ These forests include‘ai-

most every variety of soft and medium

grade woods as well as hardwoods which

are valuable for building and construc-

tion‘ purposes, boat building, paper pulp,

cork-wood, carvingwood engraving, also

furniture, cabinet and ornamental woods,

including ebony, camphorwood, sandal~

wood, incense woods, dyewoods. etc. It

is claimed that, few countries, if any of

equal area, have such valuable forest

lands. From explorations already made

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BRAMBLE HILL





By ROBERT CARLTON BROWN:





(Book Rights Reserved by the Author.)





Synopsis of Preceding Chapters—No.-

thaniel Edgeworth, eccentric, hard-head-

ed and welsl-to-dO. is passing his declin-

ing years upon his 400-acre farm on the

outskirts of the village of Turtle Creek.

His household consists of Mother Hub-

bard, housekeeper, and Brigadier Gen-

eral (by courtesy) Hornbill, a fellow vet-

eran; Zeb Wattles, an aged musician

who, with his daughter Jerusha, occupies

a cottage (rent free) upon the farm, also

spends much time with his venerable

benefactor. Estrangement and finally

death, robbed Nathaniel of his only son

some years previous, following which.

bitter remorse induced him to grant the

means of a liberal education to his sole

descendant and grandson, Sidney Edge-

worth. In like manner he~ had befriend-

ed 'his sister' 3 adopted daughter, Susan

Dunlap. The story opens with Susan’s

return from boarding school and her full

appreciation of quiet Turtle Creek as she

views it from her own motor car. Sid—

ney Edgeworth has completed his course

at Harvard and rented an expensive

apaptment in New York where he is

searching for a. position as diligently and

sincerely as his grandfather's allowance

of $500 per month will permit. Among

obstacles encountered are two college

chums—Doodle. a typical case of “more

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

together better sort, who has found a

job in Yonkers. Jim’s last night in the

big city is made the excuse for an all—





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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islands to Oceans -~-CAPITALS

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Cities ------------- “-—

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Map of Philippines—Principal lslands,iwl h Chief Cities and Products of Each.





in central Luzon, and the Panay, Aclan,

Jalaur and Jaro (Har-o) in Panay, the

Aguean in eastern and the Rio Grande de

Mindanao in centre-1 Mindanao, numerous

smaller rivers in Negros, together with

the abundantly watered and rich slopes

along the east coast of the Archipelago,

about the lakes, "and the coastal plains





night celebration. On their assembling

in Sid’s quarters in the early morning

they find a telegram announcing the

death of Nathaniel Edgeworth of Turtle

Creek, who, in a heated argument with

Brigadier General Hornbill burst a blood-

vessel and immdiaitely passed away. A‘f-

ter the funeral of his grandfather Sid

yearns to get away from Turtle Creek

but remains tor the reading of his an-





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

tionsimposed by that document promise

to indefinitely delay his return to New

York. By the terms of the will Sid in-

herits the farm at Turtle Creek, and val-

uable securities in addition provided,

that he lives upon the farm, with the ex-

ception of two weeks' vacation each year,

for a period of four years and during

that time acquires, by gift or purchase,

an adjoining strip of rough land known

as Bramble Hill belonging to the foster

father of Susan Dunlap; or, in lieu of

acquiring Bramble Hill, he must make

the farm earn $100,000 during the four

years. Otherwise, the entire estate re—

verts to Susan Dun'lap. On serious re-

flection Sid decides to accept the condi-

tions imposed and considers the possibil-

ities in beekeeping as a start toward his

hundred thousand dellars. The profitable

production of wine from the wild grapes

gomg to waste in fields .and roadsides is

also considered. He wires Doodle for a

case of his favorite cigarettes and de-

velops a determination to make the best

of his new environment. Jerusha points

out the folly of overlooking little things

and as a result Sid offers a site for the

Old Settlers’ Reunion, which is accept-

ed, and prepares to earn a small sum by

supplying refreshments for the occasion.

At the close of the reuniOn Jerusha VVat-

tles disappears, concealing herself in the

van of the gypsy family which managed

the merry-go-round at the reunion, by

whom she is discovered the following

morning. Eseaping from them she makes

her way to a Chicago suburb where,

through an accident, she falls into the

hands of Mrs. .Raimer, a schoolgirl friend

of her mother. With the knowledge and

consent of her father she becomes this

wealthy lady's traveling companion, as-

suming her mother’s maiden name——

EiélazrabenththWaflters. Meanwhile Sid's first!

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reduce its earning power

Olthetitlers' Reunion Sid l

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He rang the bell and a large, matronly

woman opened the door to him. The

rich, contented set to her precise cap

spoke the word. “Housekeeper.”



Sid bowed and asked for Miss W



“There’s nobody here of tha

was the reply.



“A young girl," said Sid, rather per-

plexed. “A companion or governess or

something, possibly?) ’



The woman looked at him blankiy.



“No.” she said, “my husband and Iare

alone here. Mrs. Parker. her mother and

the children are abroad.”



“Oh!” It was Sid’s turn to be blankly

astonished. “'Well, could you tell me if

there was such a young lady he're'ii Je-

rusha VVatt’les was her name.”



“I never heard of her if there was.

There’s only one maid traveling with

Mrs. Parker, and she’s been here for ten

years—her name is Mary.” The reply

was rather curt. Evidently the house-

keeper wasn’t greatly interested in any-

body who inquired for a servant at the

front of the house. She eyed Sid sus-

piciously and started to shut the door.





"You're Quite sure yOu don’t know of

any such young lady being here at any

time?" he faltered.



“Quite!” The door closed.



’Sid’s, bubble had burst.



Sid hunted’up the policeman. who had

pointed out the house and «questioned

him; but he was new to the beat and the

Parkers had been gone for two months.





So Sid turned back to the city. It

seemed grimy and lonesome. There was

Only one thing‘to do; he’d go on to New

York' and see Doodle and Jimmie and the

other fellows. He quickened at the

thought of it. He must find a friend.

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R‘ETHOSPECTION.





BY G‘R‘ACI AGNES THOMPSON.





Anotherye-ar has gone toflits rest; one

","fmore pearl ," “ ' .

Is‘slipped from' the necklace. of Time;



And the days. that are numbered are lost



in the'wh'irl, ‘ .

UnknOWn in the pathless Sublime.





The. hours—alas. that some should be

, lost,.and for aye!—



Alre sunk in the deep vast of Time;

And the minutes, once ours, we have let

- pass away



Neglected, unprized in their prime.





But we know that some few were im-

proved, and they shine,

Like lamps through the dim, distant

Past;

They are gems that are priceless, some

thine and some mine-—

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BY EARL R. RICE.





The offer of a prize of fifty dollars for

‘a little skill and effort has put many a

boy on his mettle. Especially is this

rtrue, if the prize has been one in gold.



“I even dream about that prize,” said

John Williams to his mother, one day,

“and I am going to get it if I can.”



“I think you can win it, too,” said his

mother, encouragingly. “I am sure you

will do all you can. Even if you do not‘

win, .the effort you male to get a good

picture will be worth all your pains."



The prize in question was one offered

by the promoters of a camera club in the

little town of II—-—. The conditions were

few and simple. The picture must be

original, a landscape view, and taken, of

course, with a camera of a certain maker

and size. As usual, all competitors must

hand in their work before a given date.

All The young people of H——— were very

much interested and. no doubt, made

just as earnest resolutions to win the

gold as that indicated by the abOVe bit

of conversation between John Williams

and his mother. ' ,



It is safe to say, however, that none

had so thrilling an adventure, with al—

most its tragic ending, as the one through

which John’s quest! led him.



The opportunities for good pictures

around H were numerous. Coming in

from the north the River Raisin makes





 





.. one of its beautiful curves. The bank





on one side was abrupt and bold, the

other was overarched with drooping wil—

lows. In the near perspective was the

high-arched urailroad bridge, and in the

background a white church spire, flank-

ed with maple green, pointed aloft. John

thought of selecting this view, but be-

fore he wcnt out to get it a half dozen

or more of his competitors had been

ahead of him. A beautiful lake, a mile

away, with its forest guard of oak, and

pebbly beach, tempted him. But it, too,

already figured in the plans of his rivals.



“I want a. view of my own.” he said to

himself, over and over again. The op-

portunity for such a view came in an un-

expected way.



An invitation from his Uncle Jim, in

the city, came to him late in June.



“Come and stay a. week rwith us,” he

said. “I can promise a pretty good time

now, for I am not very busy at this

season.”



John was all eagerness. “I‘ll work

hard to make up for it when I get back,"

he assured his father.



The coveted consent was given and

when John went he took along his cam-

era.



It is not any part of this story to tell

of the delights awaiting the boy in the

city. They were all that a thoughtful

uncle could provide, and would be well

worth our description. But the one event

that came near the close of the week,

the one that John will never forget, is

our centre of interest here.



When John came to [the city he by no

means forgot the contest of the camera.

cl’ub. Still in his mind, it made him ob-

serving and keen. Everywhere he went

his eyes were open for the covetbd View.

And the day he went to the park he

found it.



In the center of the park stood a great

tlower 185 feet to the top of its weather

vane. In its center was a standp-ipe six

feet in diameter at the base and three

at the top and reaching to a height Oif

150 feet. Formerly used to regulate the

pressure in the city water mains, it had

been unused for some years. But the

tower, shapely and majestic by day, and

crowned with beautiful lights by night,

had been preserved as a noble ornament

to the park. A spiral stairway led to a.

platform ten feet above the top of the

standpipe, and from this vantage point

a. magnificent view could be obtained. A

city of 500,000\sprea.d out in front; at





   





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the side-flowed a majestic river, and in

the distance the sparkling expanse of a.

lake added its touch to the beauty of the

Boene.



John and his uncle visitedthe park and

climbed the tower. 'wuh his first‘view

from the highest windows an" inspiration

came to the boy. ‘



“It’s‘just the view I want,” he thought,

“and I’ll getsit if I can.”



He resolved to come to the park the

next afternoon and lay his plans, and, if

possible, take the picture on the follow-

ing morning. But when he arrived the

next day, an unexpected difficulty pre-

sented itself. He found the tower in the

hands of a number of workmen engaged

in repairing a damaged terrace near the

tcp. The lower entrance was closed and

a sign across the entrance read "No Ad-

mittance.” .



John was told by the foreman in charge

of the work that the tower would be

closed at least a week.



“My orders are to keep everyone out

but the workmen,” he said. “On such a.

job as this we have all we can do to





open during the work of repair. One of

the ladders at the base of the tower

would reach this Window. Once inside,

the rest would be easy.



The early dawn had scarcely broken





Ithe'follow-ing morning when John slipped





into the park. ’All was quiet, not a

Watchman in sight, and he went directly

to the base of the tower. Putting the

ladder in place he mounted to the win-

dow, which, to his joy, he found still

open. A little thrill «of adventure flashed

over him as he passed quickly in.



As he climbed the winding stairs, pass-

ing successively the windows of the tow—

er, he noted the ever-enlarging scene op—

ening before him. He was satisfied with

the beauty of the scene and the ideal

conditions for a picture.



I'p and up he climbed and stopped only

when he had reached the top of the

standpipe, 150 feet above 'the ground. It

was from one of the windows opening

outward from this platform that he de-

cided to get his negative.



But John met his first real difficulty at

this point. The inside window-ledges





 





 





 





One of the most artistic Gates of Old Manila. Back of it is Fort Santiago, Military

Headquarterspln front is Plaza Moriones, the Military Plaza, named for Domingo

Mortones Murillo, Lieutenant General of Spanish Army and Governor of the





Philippines from 1877 to 1880.





keep our men safe. They work 150 feet

from the ground. Anything that attracts

their attention means danger.”



“No. I can’t let you up, not even for

that," he, continued, when John had ex—

plained the situation. “You come back

in a week and then take all the pictures

you want. That’s the safest way.”



That was good advice and John knew

it. But his heart was set on having

that View. His week’s visit would end in

a couple of days and he knew he could

not return when all was safe. He watch-

ed the work awhile from a distance, and

the more he watched the more he re-

solved to try for the coveted view. Sud—





at the top of the tower were higher from

the floor than he had supposed them to

be. And then, too, they were narrower

than those further down, thus shutting

off the View he so much desired.



John had conic too far, however, to

give up easily. lie looked about forsomc

new way of securing what he wanted.



The floor of the platform on which he

was standing was littered with the tools

of the workmen. In the center was a

wiindlass securely fastened. The ropes

from it ran to blocks and pulleys fixed to

the woodwork overhead. These ropes ran

out through the upper windows, and

down on the outside of the tower. Rais-





 





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The Ayuntamlento, or Palace, containing offices of the Governor-General of the

Philippines, the Vice-Governor. the Philippine Commissioners, and the

Marble Hall or meeting place of the Philippine Assembly.





denly he saw his plan in a clear light.

It was this:- Fifteen feet from the ground

was a row of windows running round the

tower. John remembered that the nar-

row staircase inside had its first landing

directly‘behind the third window at the

right of the entrance. These windows

had been removed and would probably be





ing himself up to the window-ledge to

see what they were used for, John saw

a swinging platform hanging six feet be.-

low the casement. It occurred to him

that he could get out on this, and,

though a little risky, get just the covet-

ed view.



But theplatform was too far below the





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window for him to reach. He- turned to

the ropes and gently pulled on one of

them. To his joy he found he could raise

the swinging shelf, and he soon brought

it up to the window ledge. As he did so

he thought he heard a sound at the base

of the tower, and for a moment he hesi-

tated. But it was not repeated, though

he realized that the workmen would soon

be coming. He must hurry!





Hastily making fast the ropes._he shah,





ed his camera through the window and

placed it upon the shelf outside. Then

he stripped off his coat and leaped up to

the window. His first attempt was not

successful for his foot caught in the ropes

that littered the floor. But he kicked off

the clinging folds and tried again. His

success was better this time and a mo-

ment later he crept out on the platform.



Not until that moment did he realize

his position. He was alone, no assistance

at hand. He was on a workman's plat-

form barely four feet wide. with a

straight fall below him of 150 feet. S'afe

enough, indeed, for men used to such

places, but decidedly unsafe for him!



lie looked down and the height made

his head swim. A momentary dizziness

came over him and he grasped the win-

dow-ledge with a convulsive clutch.



But the dizziness passed. in a moment

and, taking courage, he looked out once

more upon the scene he had come to

photograph. The look steadied him and

for a few moments he worked with his

materials, getting them in readiness. lie

adjusted them carefully and then raised

himself upon his knccs, with his camera,

tightly claspml in his hand. Glancing at

the plate before him to see that all was

well, he waited. But as he waited some-

thing puzzled him.



As he- looked the distant scene seemed

to be changing. It would not remain still.

The towers of the city were rising, and

the treetops were coming pc-rceptibly

nearer. \Vhat could it mean? John but'

his hand bchind him and then he know‘.



The narrow platform, under his weight,

was slowly settling and was already much

below its original r‘es‘ng place.



In some way, perhaps when he climbed

into the window, the ropes holding the

platform had become loosened and were

slowly paying out. How far the platform

would sink John could not tell. He could

only wait. Fascinated, he watched the-

sieady running out of the .rope. Would

it never stop? Dizzy and almost sick

with the suspense be for a moment“. near—

ly despaired.



Then With a rally of his courage he

glanced below, seeking some way out of

the perilous posit-ion. llo doubted if the

ropes were long enough to lower him to

the ground. And then, with a shudder,

he thought, “\Vhat if the ropes‘ ends

should not he lied to the Windlass!"



This he knew was possible, and it, was

plain that the platform might, at any

moment plunge to the ground below. The

sense of his utter helplessness to prevent

the catastrophe overwhelmed him with

horror. in desperation he peered over

the end of the platform and watched the

steady descent with bated breath.



As he looked, the tops of the windows

next below came. into View, and then an

inspiration seized him! Could he reach

one?



if the platform continued its descent

in a straight line it 'would pass directly

in front of one of these windows. If only

the rope held out he might yet escape.



Suddenly the platform stopped with a

jar. That is, the inside edge stopped. It

had s‘truck the top of the window and

was held fast' by it. But the outer edge

continued its descent and in a moment

the platform was tipping dangerously.

With all his might John tried to push the

inside edge ofi.’ from the window-top. It

resisted all his efforts!



Ten, twenty, thirty degrees, the plat-

form tipped. The camera slid to the out—

er edge and shot down to the ground. A

loose piece of board started to follow it,

but John reached out one hand and seized

it. \X'ith a desperate effort he thrust it

between the edge of the platform and

the tower, prying out with all his might.

The platform was forced out until it

cleared the ledge and slid slowly down-

ward before the window.



Only a moment longer did John cling to

his precarious support, new tilted at an

angle of forty-five degrees. The rope was

running faster now, and the downward.

motion more rapid. He must act quickly.



He slid over the edge of the platform





 





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THE ‘MICHIG'AN FAR'MER'

When the foreman of the repair gang Miss Yerkees—everybody. Their life did

mounted the winding stairway, he found seem a. little artificial after Turtle Creek

John, weak and exhausted, unable to de- ',—-—-all afternoon teas and things—but it

scend. The foreman needed few explana- was good. It was the same old fascinat-

tions, and he asked few questions. He ing round to which he was used. ,



helped the boy to the foot} of the tower, Doodle was the only. thing in New York

and when John departed with his wreck- that hadnit changed somewhat. He was





ed camera under his arm he said, not un- the standard, remaining fixed like the

kindly: “Our rules on a. job like this sun. Jimmie had become more serious





I mean?” take a. taste of beer now and then; but

“I do see what you mean,” said John, Doodle was unsullied by the business

“and I thank you.” world. Still, it seemed he would never

——~———————_——— leave off talking about Elisabeth “falters,

BRAMBLE HILL. telling Sid something more about her ev—

(Continued from page 12). ery day, reading an extract or two from

What is a vacation without a companion a. letter he had from her (she was Still in

of some .50”? Now that vJerusha. had Paris with Aunty Raimer) that made- him

failed him he would go on to New York. even more erratic than usual for the last

Chicago seemed sordid anyway. week Sid was there. She had said she

Sid left the elevated station at Madison was coming home; Doodle inSiSted on Sid

Avenue and hunted up a telegraph sta- waiting to meet her, but Sid was con-

tion. There he sent the following message: corned With his own thoughts 3130‘” the

“Fitzdun Raimer, girl back in Turtle Creek; he did hope

The“ Clandenning, Fifth Avenue, New that Sam Dunlap wouldn’t mix in again,

ngout fer a month on parole. Have on.account (if what he had imagined in

to go back and serve three more years; Chicago. Things had been gomg so nicely

but I’m going to make the most of my as far as Susan was concerned. He- hoped





elusive liberty. Meet me Grand Central, v . -

VVesi'ern Limited, Thursday. Am sick Dunlap wouldn t drop down on him again.

for a sight of Broadway. Sideral.” Sid had severallong, serious talks with





Feeling much relieved, the- message Jimmie about the Edgeworth estate and

written, Sid stood on the street corner for his prospects. Nothing came of them,

ten minutes, wondering how to put in aside from Jimmie’s promise to run out

his time until dinner. Well, he could at next summer and cast his professional

least have a cocktail. He hadn’t‘ tried eye over the land With the purpose of

that; maybe it would go better than the seeing what his practical mind might

beer. He was a bit thirsty; a cocktail, suggest.

a martini, would just fill the bill. Clap- Sid, harping back to the- octopus will

ping his hands together to express the almost daily and making much mention

joy of anticipation, he turned into a busy of Susan» Dunlap, Doodle would invaria-

corner cafe and ordered the drink. bly remark, sucking at the ends of his

His mouth was all made up for it. He mustache thoughtfully: “Why don’t you

hadn't tasted a real drink for over a. marry the girl?” Then he'd dilate. as

year, but his memory still served him. Doodle always did: “You know. when a

He knew that elusive flavor. fellow describes a girl’s face by saying

“Confound it!" the drink hit his lips it’s a good deal like some picture he saw

the instant he touched it' to them. Sid at the Louvre and can’t remember it





 





swallowed mechanically, but his throat except when he sees her, and says her

was dry; the cocktail was bitter and way of hair dressing isn’t in the style

wouldn’t go down. book and would be the envy of queens if



Slipping it back to the bar he stated at they could see it; I say, when a man

it biliously for a moment, then shoved it comes to such a sad pass, Sideral, the

over to the bar-tender with a. faint smile. only proper retort is, ‘Why not marry

“Give me a little milk and seltzer.” the girl?’ ”



That smacked good. The drink rang “The same to you,” Sid would answer.

true. ,H‘c‘ hated the, thought of having "But your path is easier. Your Miss

become a mollycoddle through feeding for Walters has no foster father to awe you

a year on fresh milk. He pushed through into a serious consideration of your soul.

the revolving door to the street with no Besides, I haven’t any reason to think

small disgust at himself, and yet a sort Misg Dunlap cares any more for me than

of sneaking satisfaction. ——well, lots of people.”



He hadn’t more than reached the side- “Oh, neither have I about Miss Walt-

walk when he was suddenly confronted ers, you know. But she’s such cor-king

by a large stout man with one of those company. She’s got so much nerve. Why,

little black satchels, a bit rusty at the Sideral, that girl isn’t even awed by an

edges, affected by out-of-town men lnak- airship; she wanted to go up with me,

ing hurried business trips to the city. but Aunty, of course, thinking of the

The man had stopped in the middle of the thoughtful newspapers and everything.

walk and was looking straight at Sid. wouldn’t allow it. Think of' sailing



It was Sam Dunlap, of Turtle Creek. through the-empyrean with a queen like

Sid was sorry he hadn’t remembered that that at one’s side! Oh, well. maybe it

Susan’s foster father made occasional looks foolish t0 you, Sideral, but when 61.

trips to the city. man’s in——"



“Oh, how do you do?” .cried Sid, step- “Oh, cut it,” Sid would usually inter-

ping down from the cafe entrance and rupt, his eyes very vague and far away.

extending his hand. his manner very easy Jimmie had no such sentiment; he was





 





 





 





. in spite of the fact that he was facing wooing business, and served as a. balance





Fate and it looked fatal.

joying the- city? Interesting place; so full

of people and things.” He felt it was a. pectations. It gave him change and

very asinine- finish, but Sam Dunlap was mental rest. He was determined to go

looking at him keenly and he had to say back to Turtle Creek and do something.

something. _ It would be glorious to earn that hundred



“So this is the way you spend your va- thousand dollars and lay it at Susan's

cation?” remarked Sam Dunlap. feet. There was the way out of it. Then



“Yes, you see, there's so little to do.- he'd feel like a man in proposing to her;

I’m going on to New York tomorrow.” not like a cad. The change of scene. had



“Well, I hope you have a fine time, 3. also brought out a thing very new and





“Are you en- between the two.

The vacation did come up to Sid’s ex-





 





 





 





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fine time." replied Sam Dunlap in a. very strange to Sid; he found, almost to his

chilly tone, overlooking the hand Sid had horror at first. that he had become at-

tWICe thrust toward him, “I hope yOu tached tic Turtle Creek and didn’t half

have a fine time,” he added in italics; mind going back. In fact, sometimes at

then looked Sid up and down from the sunset he really wanted to, longed to.

brass nails in the soles of his new blu- Sid slipped down to the Johnstone one

che'r shoes to the enamelled brass ventl- afternOOn and looked things over. It was

lating holes at the 00p of his modish fall the same select, snug place.

derby, gave a. grunting laugh, and bur- were no willow trees nodding breezily

rl'ed on. outside the windows and shaking their

“Funny old gentleman,” smiled Sid, silver Spangles in a happy dance. He

looking after him. “Wonder if his ethics remembered when he had called that tree

don't admit of mixing seltzer with milk?" beside his room in the old Edgeworth

Doodle was there to meet the Chicago house, a "WeeDY” willow. It wasn’t that

train and Jimmie had taken an afternoon -—not now. Still, distance lends enchant-

off to come along. ment—and at home, in Turtle Creek, he

They fell on old Sideral and slapped his 'had been enchanted by the thought of

back till it was sore, solueezed his hand New York.

till it ached, and shouted greetings above Yet, when the time came to go home

' he wasn't ready, he wasn’t .willing. He

Oh, it was a. great reunion Everything was slipping back so easily into the old

would be the same, they’d have a good order of things; the hot and cold water,

old time in memory of past days; they’d day and night life. .

out- do themselves, restamping the old Twice he put off the date of departure.

ground ‘ Then, only two days remaining of his

And they did have a big- time; Sid’s time, he secured a berth and determined

every minute for a week was occupied, to start, just in time to reach Turtle

filled crammed. He got back into the Creek in accordance with the terms of

thick of things in amazingly short: time, the will.

calling on the Van Mstyns, the 30111111 3. Doodle, much excited and run of entici-





 





are always for a,.purpose. You see what and had stopped drinking. Sid could only"





But there 2





JAN. '4, 1913. ‘ .





pation over the home-coming of ElisWh;

VVaIters, tried to delay Sid at the last-





minute, and made it as hard as he could.





“Just Stay ever till tomdrrow night, old.

Sideral, and see,‘ Aunty Raimer again. She -





lands tomorrow, Do stay.‘ Then you can





meet Elisabeth “'alters. She’s worm,





waiting over to see.’



“Your description of her always makes

me think of Jerusha Wattles, but you ’re

not lucky enough to fall in love With a

girl like Jerusha,” Sid answered. “She

is pract'ical; used 'to save the feathers

carelessly dropped by her white turkey,

treasured them and trimmed a. mighty

fetching hat with them. I’d like to stay

and see Aunty Raimer, Doodle, but I’ve

got to getl back. As for Elisabeth Walt-

ers, I don’t think she’d be much help to

me. You keep on mooning over her.

Doodle, and pop up and marry her some

day. Then she can exercise that cham—

pagne economy of hers with your gilt-

edge income. I dare say she’d find it

easier than solving traffic problems.”



(Continued on page 17).





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THE PHILIPPINES.

(Continued from page 12). ,

it is believed that Manila is destined to





 





become the future lumber center of the'





Far East.



‘ The principalmlneral products are gold,

copper, zinc, coal, marble, gypsum, pe-

troleum and salt; gold has been mined

near Baquio in Benguet, in the Camarines

southeast of Manila, and in the northern

end of Masbate; considerable coal has

been mined in Albay province on the east

coast near Mayon volcano and in northern

Cebu; Cavite province produces some salt,

and marble is found in Romblon, a. small

island north of.\Panay.



Products and Manufactures.





The importance of the rich valleys, pro-

ductive slopes and fertile plains of the

Philippines is better appreciated when

one learns the value of their products.

Careful estimates ShOW that the Islands

furnish about one-third of the copra for

the world’s market. The report of the

Insular Collector of Customs for the fiscal

year 1911 shows that 115,602,012 kilos (one

kilo about 21-5 lbs.) of copra, valued at

$9,899,457, were exported during the year;

of this amount 72,006,406 kilos were ship-

ped to France, 12,240,551 kilos to the

United States, and 10,372,700 kilos to

Spain. Philippine abaca, or Maanila.

hemp, is unquestionably the world's best

fiber for making rope and twine; fiber

growers the world over have sought to

find something to compete with it' for

these purposes but without success; its

superiority and scarcity have made it so

expensive that sisal and other fibers are

substituted wherever possible. The same

report shows that 165,549,626 kilos of Ma-

nila hemp were exported during 1911; of

this amount 78,002,464 kilos went to Great

Britain, and 66,545,219 to this country; the

hemp exports were valued at: $16,141,340.

Besides hemp there were nearly 4,000,000

kilos of maguey, and 100,000 kilos of ka-

pok (tree cotton) exported during the

year, so that the fiber exports alone

amounted to nearly $17,200,000. The ex-

ports of raw sugar for the same year

amounted to 149,376,454 kilos, valued at

$8,014,360; over $7,000,000 worth came to

this country and the remainder was about

equally divided between China and Japan.

The exports of Philippine tobacco were,

12,487,152 kilos of leaf and other tobacco,

33,662,000 cigarettes, and 132,217,000 cig-

:lrs, valued at approximately $4,000,000.

Some of the other exports were nearly a

million hats valued at $307,987, mother of

pearl, tortoise and other Shells valued at

$274,540. gums and resins valued at near-

ly $100,000, and nearly $90,000 worth of

unmanufactured woods. VVhe-n one con-

siders that practically all of. these pro-

ducts are manufactured by methods

which are centuries old, the waste and

lack of system in production, the general

inefficiency of lab0r and machinery, he

can get some idea. of the absolutely mar-

velous possibilities for the products of

these agricultural sections.



With the exception of the cigar and

cigarette factories, a match factory, a.

distillery, two chocolate factories, and a.

small rope factory in Manila, a small

sugar refinery in Malabon, a suburb of

Manila, 3. large modern sugar plant on

the San Jose Estate at the southern end

of the Island of Mindoro, and a few rice

and cane mills and distiller-lee scattered

over the country, the Philippines is not

a country of factories like Europe or

America. It is truly an oriental country,

and production by families and groups of

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clearer understanding of the provis-



ions of the new parcels post law,

which went into effect January 1, 1913,

‘we have reproduced on the opposite page

a section of the zone map of the country

by which the postal rates are determined

on parcels, and present the following de-

tailed information in order that the read-

er may gain a clear understanding of

the provisions of the parcels post regu-

lations and thus be saved time and an-

noyance in learning them from experi—

ence.





[N order that our readers may have a.





The Zone System.



As has been previously explained in

these columns, the postal rates on par-

cels under this new law are graduated

according to the- distance between points

of origin and destination by what is

known as the zone system. The map on

the opposite page will enable the reader

to get a clear understanding of this sys-

tem. For the purpose of facilitating the

making and finding of rates between giv-

en points. the entire country has been

divided into what are k110wn as parcels

post'units, the small squares on the map

illustrating these several units, which are

one-half degree of longitude east and

west and one-half degree of latitude

Each of these units is

given a number, the numbers running

down from the top in blocks of 50 or

less, as may be required, in order to

facilitate the easy location of any given

unit as will be hereafter explained.



The circular lines in the map are zone

lines, and all of the units included within

the circle which marks the limit of any

zone in whole or in part are within that

zone in the application of the rate. For

illustration, on this map, which is for

postoffices in zone No. 1664, in which De-

troit is located, all of the nine units

through which the first circle passes are

included in the first zone. and all of the

units through which the circle marking

the boundary line of zone two passes,

ulthough only a portion of those units are

within the circle, are included in zone

two in fixing the rate from Detroit.



Each postmaster has a map with the

circles arranged so as to mark the limit

of each zone from the uni'l in which the





. post office is located and each rural car-





rier is provided with such a map. Only

four complete zones out of eight provid-

ed fovr in the law are shown on this map.

As will be noted, most of the lower

peninsula of Michigan will be within zone

two from any given point in the penin-

sula. and all will be included in zone

three, while portions of the upper penin-

sula from any point in lower Michigan

Will be in zoue four.



The method of determining the rate

is very simple. Each postmaster is pro-

vided with an index of all postoffices

showing the units in which they are lo~

cated. Beginning with the next smallest

number shown in the guide line at the

top it is only necessary to follow down

the map between the meridian lines 'to

quickly locate the given unit and the

zone in which it lies. I



The New Rates.



The new rates of post-age on parcels

under this law are as follows for each

point or fraction thereof in weight up to

the limit of 11 pounds.





The New Ijarccls , Post.





exceeding 11 pounds in weight or greater

in size than‘ 72 inches in length and girth

combined, nor





ishable within a period reasonably re-



quired for transportation and delivery.

Space will not permit



of the many regulations





character of maflablc matter. It will be





in form or kind likely to1

injure the person 0f any 905““ employeljurious because it contains caffeine, the

or damage the mail equipment or OtheT‘same drug found in coffee).



mail matter, and not of a character per- ‘





the enumeration ‘

regarding the:





of interest to renders to know that chick- 3





ens, or animals of any kind are not mail-





able and than perishable matter, or a_rti-,





cles likely to be broken, such as eggs,





(lieute the nature of the contents. All





parcels must be so packed as to be easdy l The Change was wrought fOI‘thwith, my

postmaster and must,_





examined by the

in uddition to the address. bear the name





of the sender. preceded by lhe

“From.”





stumps,





not with ordinary 110511180 . Postum now comes in, concentrated,

they will be held for postage in the office powder form called Instant Postum.

of origin. ._ [It is prepared by stirring a. level tea-



’l‘hez'e is a Dl‘OVISiO“ by “‘hiCh all mail- “ Spoonful in a cup of hot water, adding

able parcels on which postage is fully15ugar to taste. and enough cream to





paid may be insured aguinst loss in

amount equivalent to actual value, but

not *to exceed $50, on payment of a fee





stamps to be affixed to the parcel. In

view of this provision fourth class mat-

ter is no longer admitted as registered

mail. .. .



In preparing parcels so that they Will

comply with the regulations as to size,

it should be remembered that if u parcel

exceeds either the weight 01- size limit

by even a small fraction it is not mail-

able. In measuring the length of a pack-





age the greatest distance in a straight.





line between the 'two ends of the parcel

is taken, while the girth, as measured

by the postal officials, is the actual

measurement by tape encircling a parcel

at its thickest part. In addition to the

name and address of the sender, which is

permissible to write or

print on the cover of a parcel or

tag or label attached to it, the occupa—

tion of the sender. also inscriptions Such





required, it is





as ‘Mcz-ry Christmas.” “Please do not



open until Christmas.” “Happy N.

Year,” “\Vith bcrt .wishes,” and tho 1.1“? '

muy be placed on the covering of 1H 5'





purcel in such manner' as not to interfere

with the address or space required for

the necesai'y stamps. Care should be

taken not to include in parcels matter of

a higher class, as such parcels are not

mailuble at the same rate. .



The value and limitations of the new

parcels post, are further discussed on the

«lditorial page of this issue.





BRAMBLE HILL.





(Continued from page 14).



“But you’re underestimating her abi'li-

ties, Sidernl; and, as for me, I guess she,

thinks I’m a painted tin soldier or some-

thing stamped out with a cookie-cutter,‘

and much too fragile for practical daily

purposes.”



“KVhy not get over looking wistful and

reform. “'in the girl on your own mer-

its,” advised Sid. “I’ve got a notion or

two of my Own on this love business.

‘I’ve a. neater, cleaner sweetheart





 





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local zone. Second Third

Weight. rate. rate. zone. zone

1 pound $0.05 $0.05 $0.06 $0.07

2 pounds . .06 .08 .10 .12

3 pounds . .07 .11 .14 .17

4 pounds . .08 .14 .18 .22

5 pounds . .09 .17 .22 .27

6 pounds . .10 .20 .26 .32

7 pounds . .11 .23 .30 .37

8 pounds . .12 .26 .34 .42

9 pounds . .13 .2 .38 .47

10 pounds . 14 .32 .42 52

11 pounds . 15 .35 .46 57





Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth

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$0.08 $0.09 $0.10 $0.11 $0.12

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.20 .23 .28 .31 .36

.26 .3 .47 .41 .48

.32 .3 .46 .51 .60

.38 .44 .5.) .61 .72

44 51 .64 .71 .84

50 .58 . 3 .81 .96

.56 .65 .82 .01 1.08

. 2 .72 .91 1.01 1.20

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twelve hours things might have turned

out far differently and Turtle Creek might

never have~—but that’s skipping pages,

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caused by the crossing of the threadlike

wires of Fate.



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windows so as to satisfy the wom-



an‘s love for artistic effects and

the man's demand for light and a good

Vl0\V of the road is the one problem in

domestic economy which has never yet

been solved satisfactorily. The man of

the house invariably insists that windows

were made to look out of, while the wife

quietly but firmly, contends that they

were made'for her to hang curtains over

so that the neighbors can‘t look in.





THE subject of how to drape the





question in a manner pleasing to both,

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sides of this sheer one. \\'hile this mode

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When You Buy New Curtains.





any one woman to use cretonnos or

chintz for all theSe purposes, a judicious

use of them in the sleeping'rooms or even

the living room wOuld brighten up every

house. In the question of drapes it is

always well to remember that too much

is had. not only from the point of taste

but of sanitation. Dust and germs find

a lurking place in the folds of curtains

and portieres, and the only sane kind to

use are those which can be easily taken

down and cleaned.



TWO PRETTY BOWS.



13v MAE Y. MAHAFFY.



Many of the new bows and jabOts for

blouse and shirt waist wear now. found in

shops are of such simple and readily con-

struction as to tempt the home needle-

worker, even though her time is quite





 





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means so widely followed as it deserves,

partly because it demands a curtain fin-

ished alike 11f both sides, while most of

us have them finished with lace dowu

one side and across the bottom; and

partly because we are afraid if we- tried

' ”the neighbors who didn’t know it was

‘ thing,” would think we couldn’t af-

. to buy two Ciutains.



Iloiicver if you are planning to buy

ncw curtains soon, 100k for those which

can be put up one at a. window, or make

them yourself. A very effective combina-

tion can be obtained from plain white

scrim, filet lace and madras for the over—

drapes. Make a plain, straight curtain

of the scrim trimmed down both sides

with a border of narrow 121cc, and with

a deep border across the bottom, either

of the lace- and insertion to match, or of

drawn work. Be generous with the bor-

der, two feet deep is not too much. Hang

this straight across your window, and

over it arrange your drapes of madras

in any color to match your room. You

can got it in deep browns. blues, reds,

maroon, or any color you need to har-

monize with the wall coverings.



If scrim, filet lace and madras are too

expensive for your pocket—book, make

your curtains of cheesecloth and home-

made- lace and the drapes of cretonne or





 





 





 





 





voile. You can gct window voiles in the

same patterns and colors as the cre-

tonlncs, and Illc cfl‘cct will be as artistic





as the mndras 11nd scrim. Many women

who can well afford expensive curtains

use cheesecloth in the bedrooms because

the smoke and dust rots them so quickly

that it seems like throwing away money

to buy good mic-s.



So many and so cheap are the drapery

, fabrics that it see-ms too had not to make

‘ especially as their bright





 





 





 





‘the rooms so wonderfully. There are

cretonncs, and chintz for the slceping-

rooms, and tapestry and rcpp for the





living rooms, .in stripeS, wreathed effects,





Deep pinks





every case remember the general color

scheme of your room before making





choice.





seems no end.





limited. Two of this type are illustrated,

neither of which will require more than

a half hour’s work, and a trifling outlay

for materials.



Number one, in delicate blue velvet rib-

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and of the soft satin variety. Fifteen

inches will be required. Cut off five

inches, and turn back each end of the

remaining length an inch and a half,

gathering each end to the main strip at

these points. Divide the five inches in

halves, turning the corners back to form

a point in each, and gather at the oppo-

site ends. Tuck one of these points over

each of the loops on the larger piece of

ribbon by wrapping it around the pink

ribbon over the gathers, and then over-

casting it together on the wrong side.

HaVe two quarter-yard lengths of inch-

wide satin ribbon, either the same shade

of pink as the bow proper, or a trifle

lighter 01- darker. One may be lighter

and the other darker, as in the bow

shown. Fold the ribbon through the cen-

ter lengthwise, and roll it closely to form

buds, which are then tacked upon the

black velvet. Inch and a half lengths 01’

inch- wide green ribbon are then gath-

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THE MAGAZINE CORNER.





 





BY PEARLE WHITE M'coWAN.

Every woman who has a. family that

does much reading, knows the tediousness





of picking up and sorting the various

magazines and papers which have been

subscribed for by the members of her





household. In spite of her diligcncel the

library table usually presents an untidy

21nd cluttered appearance. because 0f its

constant over-loading. If the magazines

and papers are carried to the garrct ev-

ery few days, as tidy house—wives are apt

to think necessary, there are sure to be





frequent complaints, such as “Mother,

where is my last ‘Week’s Companion?”

and, “Wife, did you carry that last





Tradesman up stairs? Didn't you know

I hadn’t had time to read it yet?”



These difficulties are easily settled by

the use of a generous supply of paper

hooks. Nearly all families use one or

two of these, but seldom does one see a.





 





~

Pairs of the medallions com-

colors for popularity, but you must in posing the braid are looped and caught





together securely at center to form six-

your Detailed daisies.



then covered with a tiny round of the

And of the uses for these fabrics there Velvet.





The central fastening is





The remaining velvet is cut in





They are used fer bed two parts, the ends slanting, and the WW





covers, window seat covers, skirt box cov- pieces are gathered slightly through the





ers, waste baskets, shoe





laundry and center.-





At this point one of the daisies





work bags, pin cushions lamp and candle is stitched, while the others hang from





shades, screens,

and portieres,

for library, dining and service tables.





dresser carfs,





While itwould be decidedly overdone for "a half inch ribbon, pink in this instance,





curtains ends of the braid of varying lengths, from

chair covers and runners 'three to five inches.





,The second bow is made of three and





 





special magazine corner. Needless to say,

this should be either in library or living-

room, whereever the family gathers round

the evening lamp to bore over the books

and magazines. There should be a. hook





for the daily papers, another for the local -





weekly, one or two for the papers or

magazines belonging especially to the

young folks of the family, one for the

trades paper and another for the. favorite

weekly of the man of the house, one for

the religious magazine of the family, and

two or three for the various woman’s and.

household publications.





 





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The-hooks should be placed as near to-

gether as possible and'not have the pa-

pers, , when hung upon them, over-lap

those of another kind upon another hook.

Theeffect far from being untidy, gives

one a sense of neatnessand compactness,

w‘hilethe cover designs of the various

magazines present a harmony of colors

against the more somber background of

the walls. .



It is but. a moment’s work, just before

retiring or early in the morning, to place

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OLD STOCKINGS.



BY ELLA L. LAMB.

What am I doing with such a pile of

old stockings? Getting out all the good

these is in them, of course. I am not so





 





lfoolish as to try lto mend those raggedest‘





ones. There is such a thing as economy

of time. These men’s socks I just slash

from top to toe and they make fine

cleaning cloths, mops. etc.



I'll out these over for myself after this





 





 





 





 





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pattern of mine. (Fig. 1). It takes too

long to sew them by hand so I’ll use

a, fine needle and stitch them up on the

machine. being careful, of course, to

keep the edges stretched as far as pos-

sible so the stitches won‘t break the

first time I put them on. Then I open

the seams and fell them down by_ma-

chine, if I can or by hand, if I can’t.

They will last a long time if I use this

firmest pair of better quality for the

feet, and longer yet if I buy some of

those feet that are all ready to sew on

at the ankle.



This bunch of stockings have such un-

sightly dams at the knees that I will

just cut them out like Fig. 2, and reverse

the upper portion, which brings the un-

worn back to the front, and sew it 110—





. 5:”

gather on the machine. I must keep the

edges stretched well or I labor in vain.

That looks better than dams and the

child who objects to mended stockings,

for everyday wear at least, should learn

to keep off his knees while playing. Un—

derwear may be mended in the same way

when it is Ilong enough.



These fine ribbed stockings have the





making of some stockings fOr Tiny-tot in

'them if I cut them out just as in Fig. 3,





 





 





. run them up on the machine, then open





the seams and fell them down by hand

50 they 'will be as flat and smooth as pos—

sible.



These heavy woolen stockings of Sister

Susan’s and these fleece—lined ones of

mine will make some warm drawers for

two of the younger children. I will cut

off the wornout feet and open the back

seams, from the flop down, ten inches or

so, cut from a. third stocking a large

diamond shaped piece whose sides are

aslong as the openings in the tops of

the first two stockings and sew in place

with the long poinbs at the top like Fig.

6. Finish the tops 'gwith side openings,





THE MICHIGAN" FARM EgR





bands and buttonholes, and . crochet

around the bottoms with cotton.



I won’t have to ‘make but-,tonholes on

these this time as I made’them last year

of number 30 thread in bands of strong,

new cloth and the-y are sewed with a.

long stitch and loose tension, onto the

drawers I made then. It will be a sim-

ple -matter to rip them off and sew them

on these.



Before I appreciated creepers and

rompers for small children, my babies

wore pants made like these, only I cut

feet on the bottom of the legs and in-

stead of bands I run elastic into the hems

at the top. The kiddies wore them in

place of stockings. They came up over

the diapers and kept them clean and the

little fat legs warm as the children crept

and played about‘the: floor.





CONCERNING STALE BREAD.





 





BY EVA BfYMAN-GAILLARD.





Making toast for breakfast, a pudding

for dinner, and using crumbs in a few

ways seems to be the limit of some

housewives, resourcefulness in the matter

of utilizing stale bread, yet‘ hundreds of

ways of using it might be named.





If serving dry toast for breakfast con-

sider the appearance of the toast and the

teeth of those who will eat it. and trim

off the crust edges before serving. For

a hot dinner dish dip the slices of bread

in a very thin batter, or merely in hot

milk, and fry on the cake- griddle, well

greased with butter. For supper, toast

in the usual way and pOur over it a. very

thin boiled custard, or scalding milk, put-

ting butter in milk or spreading on toast

as is most convenient.



The “sippets” and “croutons” served

by the famous chefs of wealthy people

are stale—bread products made to take

the place of wafers with the soup course.

The sippets are merely ob'ong strips of

bread, minus the crust, toasted in the

usual way, While the croutons are small

cubes or triangles of bread fried on a.

buttered griddle. or brushed over with

butter and browned in a very hot oven.

The sippets are piled on a plate. as waf-

ers would be, but the croutons are drop-

ped into the soup when served. Another

way to use the stale bread is to cut very

thick slices and then cut these into

squares or rounds. Scoop out the center

into box or cup forms; brush with butter

and brown in oven, then fill with creamed

or bashed meats or vegetables while both

bread and filling are hot. The bread may

be prepared as long in advance as one

cares to do the work but should be fresh-

ly crisped before filling. The crusts trim—

med from any of these toast-like arrange-

ments Should be rolled and added to the





 





 





crumb supply so there is no waste about

the methods.



Bread puddings and stuffings are stan—

dard uses but many times a pan of de-

licious “stuffing" can be made when

there is neither roast or, fowl to “stuff.”

\Vhen cooking a soup bone or mince-meat

take some of the stock when at its best

and pour, hot, over scraps of bread. using

'enough to thoroughly soften it. Season

the moistened bread as for any stuffing

and pack in a basin. Baked and served

hot for either dinner or supper, it makes

a delicious and hearty dish, and as it may

be prepared a day or two before baking

it is a convenient supper dish.



VVhen' scraps of bread are left and

there is no present use (for them dry them

thoroughly in the oven and keep in pa-

per bags until there are enough to roll.

After rolling put through a collander and

keep course and fine crumbs separate, for

different uses.



“'he-n the supply of potatoes for frying

is a little short of being enough, the ad—

dition of a few of the coarser crumbs

adds to rather than takes from the pala-

tab‘eness of the dish. Used in griddle

cakes, either wheat or buckwheat. the

crumbs take the place of a part of the

flour needed, without detriment to the

cakes.



Many a cook who makes a delicious

Brown Betty with bread crumbs and ap—

p'les never thinks that a can of peaches





 





offers a still more appetizlng combination

when baked in the same way, and that

the juice from the can makes a delicious

sauce for it by merely heating and ad-

ding a. little butter and a spoonful of corn~

starch. Cherries, raspberries, blackber—

ries and other fruits may be brought from

the cellar and all or a part of the can

used in this way. '



Evey recipe for "scalloped" fish or veg-

etables calls for its layers of bread

crumbs; wherever the words “breaded"

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two spoOnfuls of sugar. Stir in enough

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spoonful of baking powder with the flour.

Bake ‘in quick oven to get a crisp brown

crust. Serve hot.



crumb Cakez—Soak a scant cupful of

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cupful of sugar and one of currants. Use

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or similar things that may be at hand

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Don’t let us disparage man’s efforts in

the culinary art. “'hy should not 'a man

be able to make jelly if he tried? Many

chefs are famous as cooks and lots of

men are able to prepare meals. \Vhen

his wife has the sick headache, the man

who can’t at least boil or fry an egg and

make a cup of coffee is a poor illustration

of the superiority of the male sex.



Let us not criticise too sharply, those

who have the time to study subjects from

a scientific standpoint, especially when

they choose to experiment with things

that concern the housewife. so closely as

the preparation of food. Thank goodness,

we don‘t have to adopt every suggestion

they may make. There. are just as many

ways of doing housework as there are

housekeepers and doubtleSS there is not

one of us but could learn something of

anyone of the others. Though it may

give us an unpleasant jar t‘o see someone

bring as good or better results by a

method that makes ours seem like a

meaningless ceremony, don’t let it have

to take the combination of a visit from

your husband’s ri-ch great aunt, who dis-

likes ‘children, u teething baby, and

thrcshers on two hours’ notice, to make

us change our way of procedure.



Am I brave enough to tell of my meth-

ods in jelly manufacture? Though I can

Claim nothing as to its originality, I will

tell how I do. I place the prepared fruit

in strong muslin sacks, 25-pound sugar

sacks do nicely, filling them but half full,

and tie securely, leaving a loop by which

the bag may be suspended. These bags

I put into a large kettle, taking care not

to crowd overmuvch, and pour in water

until they are, nearly covered with liquid,

cover closely and cook until soft, taking

care to shift the sacks of fruit from time

to time. My jelly never burns While I

am doing up my work.



One must use reason in making jelly as

in everything else. Juicy fruit, rich in

peptin, such as currants, need no previous

cooking at all. Wash the fruit, press out

the juice. boil three minutes, add the

sugar, pound for pound, bring to a boil,

skim and strain into your molds, and

your currant jelly is never a failure.

Firmer fruits, like apples, need enough

cooking to break down the cell structure

and enough water to make the juice thin

enough to drain. Small would be the

amount of jelly made by me if I had to

squeeze out the juice myself. It is done

much easier and far better by hanging

up the bags and letting them drain over

night. I make no boast, but I need not

be ashamed to serve my jelly on any oc-

casion. It has one defect, however, that

I would not remedy it I could. It does





 





 





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not keep long—there being no lock on the

cup-board door. . .- ,



Since reading the article in the Mich-

igan Farmer, I ‘boll these bags of fruit

the second time and obtain from a, third

to- a. half as much jelly as I do from the

first boiling. -Don’t~think it‘is not good

flavored, right-colored jelly, for the most

critical could find no fault ‘letl’l it. Just

try it yourself and see. It saves time if

economy of fruit is unnecessary.



It; is somewhat difficult .for me to store

a. year’s supply of jelly for a large fam-

ily, so instead of adding sugar to the

whole of the juice. when boiled sufficiently,

I can it as I would fruit, or seal up hot

in bottles, the greater part of it, saving

only enough to make jelly for immediate

use. Later when in need of it, it is only

necessary to bring the juice to a boil, add

the sugar and proceed as usual.



The bottled juice .is easier stored from

dust, mold and vermin, than the finished

article. and is very convenient to use In

making fruit punches, sauces, sherbets,

'etc.





andgtoo, one does not notice the amount

required to do a little, so much as when

there are so many demands for sugar.



A pound of sugar to a pint of the- boiled

fruit juice is not absolutely essential to

the making of splendid jelly of light 001—

or and sparkling transparency. Of course,

it requires more fruit juice, but for years

I have only used from one-half to two—

thirds of the quantity of sugar, according

to the tartness of the fruit. To serve

with meats I think it superior to that

made with the full amount of sweetening.



It is possible to make jelly of apples

Without the addition of any sugar, as the

gallons and gallons of “jell” made by

mere men. in the steam vats especially

for that purpose at almost every cider

mill in the country, bear witness. Per-

haps it is not relished by all, as it is

of darker color and stronger taste than

the home—made article, but it is usually

of good consistency and is especially nice

to serve with fresh pork. We have some

on hand made from one-third sour apples

and two-thirds sweet, that is not to be

despised for tarts or jelly-roll.



As to the much discussed “jelly-point,”

my most reliable test is to watch the

drops that form on the stirring spoon.

When they seem to be torn from the edge

of the spoon by their weight I remove

from the fire.





HOME QUERIES.





 





Household Editor:—Will you please tell

me how to rid my children of head lice?

The hair was full. I discovered them and

it seems impossible to get rid of them.

—Mrs. R





Wash the heads thoroughly with strong

tar soap and then rub in kerosene oil.

Comb with a fine comb, night and morn-

ing and use the oil once a day until the

trouble is over, Eternal vigilance is the

price of cleanliness here.





.Household Edi-tor:—I have a little girl

eight months old and she has no teeth

yet. Do you think her rather slow? She

is cross a good deal and seems to be try-

ing to get. some teeth. Could someone

tell me what to do for constipation in a.

child? She was raised on a bottle and

seems healthy—Mrs. C. B





Some children out their first tooth at

six months, but others are as lateas one

year. Anywhere from six months to a

year old is all right, and there are ba-

bies who do not cut teeth until 15 months.

Rub the bowels round and round, begin-

ning at the upper right hand side of the

abdomen and press very gently. Give a

little orange juice or a bit of scraped ap-

ple. If the bowels do not move every day

use an enema of water and soapsuds, a

good white soap should be used. It is

not wise to give any sort of physio.



Household Editort—Will you kindly in-

sert 1n the Michigan Farmer the formula.

for “Sugar Curing Pork?” The formula.

I refer to contains light brown sugar,

saltpetre, black pepper and salt. I be-

lleve that was all and have forgotten

correct amount of each.—VV. C.





I believe this is the formula you mean,

though there is no saltpetre used: Mix

together one gallon of clean sa'lt, about

one pint of brown sugar and not over a

half cup of black pepper. Thoroughly mix

these ingredients together and apply by

rubbing in by hand. Rub one-half of

this mixture into every part of the meat;

possible, the rind side as well as the

rest. It is better to have a pan large

enough to hold the ham or shoulder and

put it directly into the salt and sugar.

After you have rubbed it thoroughly, put

the meat in a cool place and leave a week

or more before applying the rest of the

mixture. It is better not to allow the

meat to freeze before finishing the appli-

cations. Let the meat lie and seasou for

several weeks, then transfer to the smoke-

house for the final curing.





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CROP AND MARKET NOTES.



(Continued from page 10).

few are willing to sell. Oat market’aiso

very dull. Bean threshing about wound

up for this season; returns were a little

better than expected. Some potatoes

shipped in at 750 per bu; home supply

about all done. Markets for cattle and

hogs are brisk. Farmers can feel satis-

fied, inasmuch as taxes are not so very

high, and a good supply of feed in the

barn—just do chores and visit until the

summer comes again. Hay, $10; wheat.

96c; oats, 28c; beans, $1.95; butter,

creamery, 340; eggs. 25c.



Kalkaska 60., Dec. 26.-——The ground

slightly covered with snow. Fall grain in

good shape; considerable fall plowing

done in December, something unusual in

this vicinity. The corn was principally

put in the silos, as there were several

carioads shipped to Fife Lake last spring.

Farmers busy cutting wood and thresh-

ing beans. which were not a good crop

on account of cool, cloudy weather at

ripening time. Potatoes have been quite

freely marketed. Prices low, ranging

from 25@35c. Rough feed quite plentiful.

Surplus hogs and cattle are marketed;

good demand at fair prices.



Mecosta 60., Dec. 20.-—The appearances

are now that we will have some sieighing

the first approach of the season. The

roads are such that it will only need a.

very little bit to give us good sieighing.

The lowest the thermometer has been

this winter here has been 10 degrees

above zero. Farmers have their fall work

better this fall than in years. Quite a

lot of fall plowing has been done here.

Most of the farmers are holding for bet-

ter prices for their potatoes. They are

quoted at 3363350 now. Hay, $12®13 50

per ton. Fat cattle around 7c. Hogs,

61/2c. Chickens, 8mm. Eggs, 28c. But-

ter, 28c; butter-Tat. 34c.



Genesee 00., Dec. 18.w\\7eather mild

and favorable for finishing up late fall

work: much fall plowing has been done.

Dairymen are getting higher prices for

thcir products but state inspection is

"rigid and by some deemed a hardship.

Others welcome the officials, believing

the law a good one. The great handicap

is tlhe hired help question. POll’lO‘l'lal

Grange working with the Flint Board of

Commerce has been successful in secur-

ing a farm expert for this countyh



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Wayne 60., Dec. 30.#V\'e have had a

very pleasant fall, still some farmers are

not through with thcir fal work, there

still being some corn to husk. A gloat

deal of fall plowing has bccn done, more

than in previous years. The weather has

been fine up to a fcw days ago, having

had a snow fall of between two and three

inches. then clearing off and having fine

weather again. H:1y, No. 1 timothy, $11;

wheat, $1; oats, 30c per bu; corn, 50C;

butter, 30c; eggs, 30c.





FARM EFlS’ INSTITUTES.





 





County Institutes.



Alcona, Harrisville, Jan. 8—9,.



Ioscc, Whittemore, Jan. 10—11.



Giladwin, Gladwin, Jan. 13—14.



Eaton, Charlotte. Jan. 15—16.



Ogemaw, \cht Branch, Jan. 15-16.



Montcalm, Sheridan, Jan. 16-17.



Clinton, Ovid, Jan. 17—18.



Gratiot, Ithaca, Jan. 20-21.



Isabella. Mt. Pleasant. Jan. 21-22.



Clare, Clare. Jan. 22-23.



Osceola, leart, Jan. 23—24.



Grand Traverse, Traverse City, Jan.

23-24-25.



Manistee, Bear Lake, Jun. 23—24-25.



l\’[idland, Coleman. Jan. 2412;“).



inghzim, Mason, Jan. 24-25.



Huron, Harbor Beach, Jan. 24-25.



Kalkaska, Kalkaska, Jan. 27—28.



Leelanau, Sutton's Bay, Jan. 27—28.



Lapcer, Im'lay City, Jan. 27-28.



Bay, Auburn, .lan. 27-28.



St. Clair, Avoca, Jan. 28—29,



Anti'im, Alba, Jan. 28-29.



Shiawassec, Owosso, Jan. 28-29.



Tuscola, Caro, Jan. 29—30.



Van Buron, Bangor, Jan. 29-30.



Charlevoix, Charlevoix, Jan. 29-30.



Sunilac, Mariette, Jan. 30—31.



Ottawa, Cpopersville. Jan. :ll-Feb. 1.



Allegan, Fennvill‘c, Jan. ill-Feb. 1.



One-Day Institutes.



Alllegan C0., Moline, Jan. 6; Plainwerll,

Jan. ’4'; Allegan, Jun. 8: Monterey, Jan.

9; Burnip's Corners, Jan. 10; llamilton,

Jan. 11.



Lenawc-c C0., Medina, Jun. 3; Lime

Creek, Jan. 4; Fruit Ridge, Jan. 6; Mad-

ison, Jan. 7; Hudson Center. Jan. 8; Cad-

mus, Jan. 9; Rome, Jan. 10; Adrian

Township, Jan, 11; Ridgcville, .Tan. 17;

Blissfield, Jan. 18; Addison, Jan. 20; On-

stedc Jan. 21; ’l‘ipton, Jan. 22: Tecumseh,

Jan 23; Macon. Jan. 24; Holloway, Jan.

25; Ogden Center, Jan. 27; Morenci, Jan.

8





Newaygo C0., Sitka, Jan. 6; \Vhit‘e

Cloud, Jan. 7; Big Prairie, Jan. 8; Ne—

waygo, Jan. 9; Oak Grove, Jan. 10; Ens-

ley, Jan. 11.



Ottawa C0., Holland. Jan. 6; Zeal-ind,

Jan. 7; Jamestown, Jan. 8; Hudsonviilc,

Jan. 9; Allendale Centre, Jan. 10; Her-

rington, ‘Jan. 11; Nunica, Jan. 13; Conk-

lin, Jan. 14.



Van Buren Co, Glendale, Jan. 6; Law-

rence, Jan. 7; Hamilton, Jan. 8; Keeler,

Jan. 9; Covert, Jan. 10; Lacota, Jan. 11.

. Gratiot C0., \lorth Star, Jan. 7; Sumner

Township, Jan. 8; Arcadia, Jan. 9; Breck-

enridge, Jan. 10; St. Louis, Jan. 11.



Saginaw C0., Bridgeport, Jan. 9; Frank-

enmuth, Jan. 10; Freeland, Jan. 11;

Lawndale, Jan. 13; Hemlock, Jan. 14;

Chesaning, Jan. 15.



Grand Traverse C0., Monroe Center,

Jan. 14; Kingsley, Jan. 15; XVilliamsburg,

Jan. 16.



Bay C0., Munger, Jan. 20; Bangor. Jan.

21; Bedell, Jan. 22; Linwood, Jan. 23;

Pinconning, Jan. 24; Bentley, Jan. 25.



Charlevoix (30., East Jordan, Jan. 22-

23; Boyne City. Jan. 24-25; Boyne Falls.

Jan. 27; Bay Shore. Jan. 28.





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and living water. 4 A. orchard. 70 A. timber. 210 A

under cultivation. sandy loam soil with clay sub-soil

good drainage. woven wire fences, only $50 per A.





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Pride? only.“ R‘m eedyedb 11W a Trojan Erica. as,

by Bl not Woodlgrn. sire of t 0 Grand Ohm ion steer

and bull at the bInternational in Chicago,





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d b ll l f 1- sale. Berkshire swine pure

aged. u Callahan School for Deaf. Flint. Mich.





GUERNSEY BULL CALVES,

YORKSHIRE PIGS. Good Stock.

mcrs GUERNSEY um. Saginaw, w. s.. Mich





10 Registered Guernseys





Cows in milk. Bulls and bull calves. _ Write today

for sale list. G. A. WIGENT. Watervliet. M1oh1gan





 





 





 





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HATCH IlERll ll0lSTElNS"°h8‘cif,i:?“1§g‘;§E





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OISTEIN‘éull Calf—ll mo. old. Dam and Grand- dam has

HA. ads of 18. 74 lbs. and 24. 98 lbs. butter in 7

days. Willo sell r300. B. B. REAVEY. Akron, Michigan.

H OLSTEIN -‘\iachine on hi h speed now.



I am selling $1 lbull cakes





f 5 delivered.B and can rove it with edigrees

ngldflphotos. H0 BART W. lgAY, Mason. Michigan.





ilolstein-Friesian Cattle—ngk‘glnfogfi?‘

GREGORY & BORDEN. Howell. Michigan.





OLSTEIN Bull readfier service Also bull calves





Si ed b 30- lb. bull. A. .0. dams. Duroc Jeri-1e)

boars df best breeding. E. t. Cornell. Howell Mich.





Bigelow’s Holstein Farms





Breedsville. Mich.

Have for sale several fine young

bulls out of cows with high official

butter and milk records.



Send for circular.





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3rd. Sir-ed by best son of Polnflnm: Butter Reg.

Price only $50. 0.1). WOODBURY. Lansing. Mic





Service Bulls and Bull Calves





'Slred by Johanna Corcordla Champion,





whose sire’s dam and dam’s dam average 34.06

lbs. butter in 7 days. average fat 4.67 % Also cows

and heifers bred to him. I can offer you_ bulls at

bargain prices. Try me and see. and do it qu1ck.





L. E. CONNELL,

Fayette. - - -





1011 SALE—HOLSTEIN BULL CALF





Born June 5,1912 sire a son of the Kin of the

Pontiacs from a daughter of Hengerveld eKoi.

Dam of calf, an A. R. 0. daughter of Sadie Vale

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

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recordslo for sale at reasonable prices. Also young

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Lillie Farmstead Jerseys





(Tuberculin tested. Guaranteed free from Tuber-

culosis.) Several good bulls and bull calves out of

good dairy cows for sale. No females for sale at

present. Satisfaction guaranteed.



OOLO C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.





 





FOUR CHOICE A. ll. 0. HOLSIEIN BULL GALVES





from six weeks to one year old. Price $40 to 8150. ELLIS

VV.D0 RIN. Brookside Farm. Sunfield Mich. R. F.D





BULL CALVES‘WM“ H.........

DeKol and Korndyke



breedin Special pri(es for uick sale. YPSILAND

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REGISTERDd Holstein Cattle—Two

in Pietertje.





Herd head ed by Hengerveld

Barred Plymouth Rock Cookerels.

FLOYD JONES. R. F. D.





Hereford Bulls For Sale, Also Poland china Hogs.





ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Michigan.





.Oek Grove. Mich.





 





 





—Bulls ready for service. bred for

Jerse s producticbn. Also cows and heifers





Breakwater Farm. R. F.D N.0.7 .Ann Arbor. Mich.





BUTTER BRED “Ens“; BULLS





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM

Silver Creek. Allem County. Michigan.





F03 SALE—Jersey Bull Bali‘l’é’fi“ 11.3fm 322.





individual from the best of blood lines. WATERMAN

aWATERMAN. Meadow Land Farm.Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





 





 





0R Sale.Jersey Bulls. old cnough'for service. sired by a grand-

son or Imp. interested Prince and from cow: that produce

(0010 50011.1. butter annually. A. Newman R1. Marlette. Mich.





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THE NOMID SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUT-

ING FARM PRODUCTS.-





Chapter l.——(Continued).



The Aim of the Middleman System.



The system of distributing farm pro--

ducts, known as the middlemen system,

has shown a tendency in recent years to

direct the trade of these products into

as few channels as possible. That this

has been intentionally brought about by

organized effort can hardly be denied.

The system so centralized works decided-

ly to the advantage of the dealers. By

having the trade pass through few chan-

nels it becomes amenable to the control

of those having charge of these channels.

This control enables those in charge to

dictate to the producer what he may re-

ceive for his products and also to arbi-

trarily set the price at which the same

products are to be sold to the consumer.

Of course, this control is ’not absolutely

as above stated for it is rtempered by

minor factors, but in general terms it is

substantially as stated. which, naturally,

places the middlemen in an enviable po-

sition and encourages them to guard that

position jealously.

The Nomid System Corrects this Fault



of the Middlemen System.





channels, then it appears that a proper

remedy would be to increase the number

of channels to a point where it would be

impossible of control other than by the

legitimate factors of supply and demand.

This remedy is supplied by the Nomid

system. By it a direct channel of trade

is formed between the producer and the

consumer, the products do not leave the

control of either. IVirth such a system

more or less generally established there

would be: a handicap placed oven the





 





 





 





 





middleman, compelling him to make only

reasonable charges for the services he

does in bringing to the consumer the

products wumled. As soon as his charges

became unreasonable products would be

diverted to the direct avenues because of

the economy afforded producers and con-

Sumers by direct dealing. On the other

hand, if only reasonable charges are

made for the services of the middlemen,

then trade would probably pass through

their hands. In this manner direct deal-

ing would have a very salutary effect up-

on our present methods of distributing

farm products.



Some Other Advantages of the Nomid



System



Aside f1om its immediate economilc ef-

fect, the Nomid system has ceitain other

advantages that should not be overlook—

ed. In the first place, it will teach the

producer and the consumer that they are

not so far separated from each other as





 





 





 





they have grown to believe under our

present methods of distribution. They

will also learn the extent of the exac-

tions of the middlemen, and, since by

this system products will be delivered to

the consumer in better condition, he will

learn that the producer is often not to

blame for the inferior stuff so often re-

ceived. The system will also have a ten-

dency to break down the prejudices that

frequently exist in the minds of many

persons of either of these two great

masses, against the other, and instead of

that prejudice will have a tendency to

promote a mutual] interest between them,





 





 





their problem being a common one. Fur—

thermore, the present dependence of these

two classes upon middlemen would be

changed to an attitude of independence

because of a feeding that it is not neces-

sary to go to middlemen for supplies.





- There is also a good foundation laid for





the organization of co-operative associa-

tions by this direct method of dealing.

This foundation is largely dependent, of

course, upon the advantages above men-

tioned. It would, nevertheless, be a. de—

cided advantage and one that should not

be overlooked when considering the sys-

tem. , ,



These and other features s‘l‘iould en-

courage men who ai'e not only working

to better their own conditions, but‘also

those of the future generations, to care-

fully study and undertake the disposition

of~at least a. portion of their products by

the direct system.



Chapter II.

Brlnglng Producers and Consumers .To-

gather.



Necessity. for .Closer

Nomid system requires





Relations—The

that: the seller





If the control of the markets is due to /

the fact that trade is restricted to a few‘





and buyer become acquainted. It has

been and is to the interest of the ‘mid—

dlemen to keep the men from whom they

buy and the men to whom they sell.

strangers, for their acquaintance would

weaken the position of the middleman.

But when a farmer sells his eggs, or

poultry, or butter to a family in the city

the. farmer and the family must establish

some means of communication to learn

each others’ wants. This they can do by

personal solicitation, by advertising, by

correspondence, through friends, and by

other means.



By Personal Solicitation—“mere the

prospective sellers and buyers are near

each other a desirable way of getting

together is by calling personally and

soliciting. This plan is quite generally

followed when the parties are not more

than 15 miles apart. One reason for the

satisfaction that results from meeting is

that the parties form a personal ac-

quaintance which tends to bning confid-

ence into the relationship and which goes

a long way towaids making business

successful. The goods themselves must

be the final criterion and future business

will depend on their quality and quan-

tity, nevertheless in conversing about a.

contract of this kind it is apt to be un-

derstood b'ettler [and undertaken (more

quickly than where a. personal meeting

is lacking



I‘Vhen possible the solicitOr should car-

ry samples. The: buyer upon seeing the

goods will be more able to decide wheth-

er he wants them or not. To a certain

extent, the ability of the solicitor to pro-

duce a good sample argues that he can

produce such quality regularly. and, too,

a willingness on the part of the producer

to show his goods indicates his confidence

in them.



\Vhile in a large majority of cities and

towns there are ordinances against ped-

(iling goods without a license, there are

seldom if ever restrictions against solicit-

ing orders, especially where the goods

being bargained for are produced, or man-

factured by the solicitor.



Most large cities and many smaller ones

have in relcent years added transporta-

tion conveniences to get people to and

fro from the surrounding country. These

conveniences furnish additional means

for the producer and the consumer to get

together. The introduction of the auto-

mobile has increased the number of con-

sumers who go into the country to se-

cure special and regular consignments of

farm produce, as well as the number of

producers who come to the city to con-

tract with consumers to take their pro-

ducts. It is probable that as the auto-

mobile becomes more common, our cities

grow and greater demand is made upon

the soil surrounding them, that the busi-

ness done in farm products by the aid

of the auto-truck will be tremendous. I



By Advertising—If it is impossible or

inconvenient forgeithcr the consumer or

the producer to solicit personally. the es-

tablishment of business relations may be

done through advertising. The farmer

desiring to secure city customers can run

a small advertisement in a. newspaper of

the city in which he desires his patrons.

Ordinarily it will require but a single

insertion of a short “ad” to secure the

required number of patrons. The rate

for the popular .liner advertising is low,

so this method is probably a less ex-

pensive onel to the farmer than personal!

soliciting mentioned above. It would

lack, however, the personal element which

is an important feature of the other

method, but this disadvantage would be

overcome in part, at least, by the inex-

pe-nsiveness and the convenience of the

advertising. Then, too, after having made

a start under the Nomid system the pre-

liminary influences will soon give Way

to the newly established relations result-

ing frOm actual business transactions. If

the consumer, on the other hand, wishes

to get in touch with farmers 21 three or

four line advertisement in a live agri-

cultural publication circulating near

the city of the consumer, will get his

name before producers and in all proba-

bility will bring him responses. The

metropolitan dailies are quite generally

subscribed to by farmers in the immedi-

ate. vicinity of cities and so these pub-

lications also furnish a. good medium for

securing the names of farmers who are

interested.



It is not possible to give forms of ad-

vertisements that will meet every occa-





 





‘v . JAN. 4, 1913





sion but thefollowin‘g may be suggesthe ‘-



to the consumer who wishes to use this



means of approaching prospective ven-

dors:



EGGS AND BUTTER WANTED. —A pri-

vate family desires Weekly supply direct

from producer. Goods must be first-

class'. Richard Roe. 1006 Blank Street,

Chicago. ‘





And the following advertisement is

merely suggested to aid the farmer to

get in touch with city patrons:





POULTRY AND APPLES DIRECT FROM

FA RM .—Can supply familes in larger

or small quantities. Goods are choice.

glflrite John Doe, R. R. No. 9, Medina,



10





Where a grower wishes to dispose of a

quantity of fruit or vegetables or any

other product in a short time he would

find that time and expense of correspond-

ence would be saved if he included in the

advertisement a description of the pro-

duct by grade, or in such manner aS’the

ordinary reader may understand, and the:

price asked for each kind and grade. The

temptation to overstate the merits of

one's products should not be yielded to.

\Vhere one desires continued success he

should deliver goods that measure: up to

his claims. It is the experience of men

who have private customers that the

greatest satisfaction in the way of re-

turns comes when they send out con-

signments that are every bit as good as

,the description in their advertisement.



\By Correspondence—Oftentimes the

consumer has a list of names, or can se-

cure same, of persons who are in a po-

sition to supply products that he wants,

or the producer has a list of needly con-

sumers; where such is the case direct

merchandising of one’s products could be

ara‘anged for by corresponding with these

parties. Usually a personal letter will be

accorded greater attention than a circu-

lar or an advertisement,

ent of a letter soliciting co-operation in

such a cause is almost certain to make

reply. The character of letter sent to

parties, as above mentioned, should be

clear and carefully worded and arranged

as it is a. business message.



At Fairs.~Since there is scarcely a. city

of any size where agricultural fairs are

notl held, the wide opportunity afforded

farmers and city people to arrange flOI‘

the sale of farm products at these gath-

erings, is unexcelled. In spite of the

fact that these fairs are‘usually denomi-

nuted agricultural fairs they are attend-

ed quite as fi-eely by city people as by

farmers, and the commingling of the par-

ties and the presence of a. sample of the

goods that the farmer may have to sell,

makes the occasion an opportune one for

the transaction of this very kind of bus-

iness. Our fairs would do well to en-

courage this feritui‘e. One Michigan man

who annually exhibits quantities of honey

disposes of practically all his product in

filling orders taken at the few fairs.

which he attends, while he pays his ex-

penses with the prize money in most in-

stances. Breeders have made good use

of this method of selling surplus animals,

but the practice has not attained a wide

range in other lines, not as wide as the

opportunities merit.



On City Markets—It is probable that

the major portion of direct selling has

been carried on by those who patronize

the public markets of cities. Most mu-

nicipalities of any considerable size have

some provision for the offering and buy-

ing of products as brought in [by the

farmers and gardeners. but it is a fact

to be lamented that these places have

not been given more attention. In spite

of the opposition of many merchants and

wholesale organizations, these institu-

tions have gone on with a considerable

degree of success ,even with an inferior

equipment and now that living has be-

come so high that consumers must turn

their attention to every possible way of

reducing the cost, more interest is being

‘manifested in the public market, and in

some instances greet strides have been

made toward cutting the cost of getting

products from the producer to the con-

sumer. Such an instance is that of Des

Moines, Iowa, where the'inauguration of

a city market almost revolutionized the

method of trading in farm produce, The

city market’furnishes an excellent place

for the farmer and the city man to get

together.



Through Peddling.—-Another method of

meeting customers is through peddling.

To many, however, this method is more

or less distasteful, particularly When there

is no set route to travel and no regular

customers, making it necessary to call

out the products carried and depend up-

on the patronage of persons that may be

interested while driving along on the

other hand, where one has an established

route and regular customers so that the!

necessity of disturbingthe public by call-





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ing out is eliminated, this means of get-g





ting together loses its chief objection and

becomes quite as pleasant as selling to

middlemen.



(Continued next week).





THE NEW YEAR EGGS.





 





 





The egg market at the present time is

a variable quantity. Strictly fresh eggs

sell at a high pricee in jobbing lots as

well as at retail, notwithstanding the fact

that quotations are not what might we

termed high for the season of the year.

This is due to the indifferent quality of

eggs which are coming in to the markets

at this time. Most of the current receipts

in the various markets grade from 30 to

40 per cent fresh-laid stock, others be-

ing eggs held either by producer or mer-

chant in order to get an expected ad-

vance in price for fresh eggs. Conse-

quently, while the market for fresh eggs

may be quoted as ,30 cents, strictly fresh

new-laid stock will sell from the jobbe-rs

at say 33 cents, while the sorts from same

receipts would sell down as low as 20 to

25 cents.



Stiorage eggs are still on the market

although they move very slowly and at

a, comparatively low price, the price in

Chicago being around 183/2 to 19 cents

for April firsts. It is alleged by the trade

that this is about the grade of eggs which

in the sales Conducted by

the Housewives’ League of Philadelphia,

the claim being made that the broker

who is supplying the eggs is unloading a.

surplus of held eggs at a good price,

quality considered, by this means.



The st’rict‘ly fresh egg market, however,

is certain to be maintained at a com-

paratively high level. Their production

is stimulated by the warm spring. South-

western eggs are being quoted in increas-

ing quantities at the present time, but

there are not enough first-class eggs to

supply the demand in this line. The

popular method of collecting eggs from

producers and distributing them to con-

sumers occupies too much time to per-

mit of consumers getting a first-class

article, except during the season when

the average quality of the eggs are ex-

ceptionally high, as frOm the middle of

March to the middle of May.



There is, however, the best of oppor-

tunities to market the New Year‘s eggs,

especially until the time when produc-

tion increases to a point beyond the de-

mand for immediate consumption, direct

from the farm to consumers in the large

cities and it would not be at all difficult

to get a trade of this kind. Or, if the

producer does not care to go to the extra

trouble of getting consumers’ trade, eggs

which are freshly gathered and shipped

direct to distributors or to retail dealers

in distributing centers will command a

good advance over the price which can be

received from-them in the ordinary chan-





nels through which this product passes.





between the farm and the consumers.

In the egg trade as in the butter trade

the middleman is a necessary factor to

care for the surplus, at least until such

time as producers are thoroughly organ-





ized and equipped to do this on their

own account, which will not be in the

very near future. However, there are





too many between the producer and the

consumer at present. On part of the

fresh eggs produced upon the farm dur-

ing the early part of the year all of these

extra transactions and attending commis-

sions in connection with their sale can

be readily eliminatled and many of them

In fact,

this will apply to all except the season

of flush egg production, as above noted,

and it is well worth the while. of every

farmer or farmer’s wife who is in the

egg producing business to take advantage

of this opportunity of increasing the rev—

enue from t‘ is source of production.



YEAR’S. BU INESS AT GRAND RAPIDS



CITY MARKET.





 





Supt. Keri/in, of the city market, has

PPeDared his report for 1912, which shows

that the 38133011 was bad for fruit. About

one—third of the farmers did not rent





stalls, but ( trance fees were larger. This

is to the sadvantage of farmers, says

Mr. Kerwi' since it is better for them to





nd have permanent location

where their cus-





rent stalls

throughout the season,





tomers ca- always find them. The num-

ber of st: 5 rented was 368, at from $5

to $28 a all. Total receipts from stall

rentals, 6 rance and weighing fees were

$9,117 75, 11' about $300 less than last

year. A otal or 17 387 persons paid on-





trance f. .3 during the season.



W S. Stevens, one of the yellows in-

spectors for Kent county, was engaged

by the Grand Rapids Association of Com-





_cucumbers and radishes, $25,000;





THE MICfiIGAN FARMER





“merce to gather statistics as ii) the

amount of fruit and produce sold on the

market during the season and the total

amountyaccording to his figures, Was ap—

proximately $150,000. Some of the lead-

ing items as given in‘ the reports are as

follows: 2,307 bu. peaches, $4,614; 12,000

bu. apples, $5,400; 2,756 bu. pears, $1,378;

3,916 bu. plums, $4,000; 12,481 bu. grapes,

$6,241; 764 bu. crabapples, $764; 326 bu.

quinces, $652; cherries, $7,500; small fruits

$26,810; celery, $15,000; 16,833 bu. pota-

toes, $7,374.85; 12,000 bu. tomatoes, $5,000;

500,000

lbs. hothouse lettuce, $40,000.





KENT FARMERS ARE ORGANIZING.



The Grand Rapids Fruit Company held

another meeting in Grand Rapids Dec.

27, presided over by J. H. Skinner, gov-

ernment farm expert for the county, and

further steps were taken toward perfect-

ing the organization. The capital stock will

be $10,000, divided into 1,000 shares, with

par value of $10 each. Already nearly

$1.000has been sub-scribed, very largely

in the city, practically no soliciting hav—

ing been done outside. The company will

be incorporated, .with power to buy, sell

and handle all kinds of fruit, dairy and

farm products, fruit packages, spraying





material and all things needed on the

farm. The idea in the main is as fol-

‘lows: To employ a manager the year





round, who Shall keep .in close touch with

markets and direct all pa'cking and ship-

ping operations. . W'hile Grand Rapids

will be headquarters, with a central pack-

ing house, there will be outlying packing

stations or warehouses at Sparta or any

place that is most convenient for a group

of the members. Inspectors will be sent

to orchards to supervise grading, pack-

‘ng and shipping the fruit. The associa-





~tion will adopt a trademark or brand and





fruit bearing the company’s mark will be

uniform and up to standard.



The company will hold its next meet-

ing January 11, at which time it is ex-

pected the necessary stock will be sub—

scribe-d and the organization perfected.

The growing of better fruit is one of the

main benefits to come from this move-

ment, The company will look aflter the

marketing end so that the grower may

give more time to the producing end, and

the system (If grading will also stimulate

growers to raise a larger percentage of

fancy apples and other products.



Kent Co. A. GRIFFIN.

MARKETING THE GREAT PROBLEM



BEFORE APPLE PRODUCERS.





 





At the recent meeting of the ‘Vestern

New York Horticultural Society at Ro-

Chester, N. Y., Mr. Loomis, president of

the International Apple Shippers’ Asso-

ciation, was given unusual attention while

addressing the society on the topic, “Leg-

islation and Marketing.” He spoke in

part as follows:



The middleman may be either a dealer

in apples, or he may be a commission

merchant. As a dealer, he generally is

held in but, slight regard by the growers,

because in the opinion of the grower he

generally tries to steal the apples. His

supreme disgrace comes, however, when

he dares to act as commission merchant.



It is time that the horticultural socie~

ties appreciated the exact function that

the commission man performs in distrib—

uting a crop of apples. The growers of

western New York have made the entire

section. from Buffalo to Oswego, a great

factory for the production of apples. It

is estimated that upward of fifteen mil-

lion barrels were produced this last sea-

son in the state of New York, including

packed apples, evaporated apples and

cider apples. Today there are in storage

in the state of New York, 1,500,500 bar-

rels and 585,000 boxes in cold storage and

702,000 barrels in common storage.



Growers of New York have done- mar:

velous work in building orchards which

can produce so large an output. They

have done marvelous work in the devel-

opment of those orchards, capable of pro-

ducing splendid quality. They have de-

voted years of time and study to the

diseases of apples, and how to prevent

them. They have become chemists in

apple culture.



The growth of apples has become one

of the chief industrial businesses of the

countrY; it has attracted to its support

many of the best minds of the young

men of our COuntry. College men have

gone freely into this industry, and today

all over the land, from the Atlantic to

the Pacific, there are centers of produc-

tion, like western New York or Hood

River, Oregon, where the men who have

taken up the culture of apples are among

the representative citizens of our country.





 





While the apple grower has shown

so much wisdom in the development and

the growth‘of apples, he has shown very

little intelligence in the —marketing of

the apples. He has bowed down to wor-

ship the apple. The apple has become

his God. As the Israelites who bowed

down to worship the golden calf in the

wilderness, so the grower has bowed

down to Iworship, as a center of all

things, the apple which he has spent so

much time to produce. He has lost his

balance, in the sense of proportion, and

in doing so, he has committed two great

errors.



He has forgotten that great economic

truth, that any crop at the place it is

produced is worthless. You cannot eat

the apples that you produce on your form.

They are not produced for that purpose.

Thep are produced for the purpose of

turning them into money,» so that money

may provide the support and happiness of

your family. I say again any crop at the

point of production is worthless. It must

be moved from that" point to the various

centers of consumption before it can

reach people who are willing to pay any

value for that crop. Consequently, when

a grower has produced his wonderful

crop of apples, his work and his purpose

is but half accomplished.



From now on the attention of the

growels of apples must be turned in a

businesslike way to11ard the marketing

of apples. Organizations must be formed

at each producing center 'to study the

best standard for packing and grading

the fruit, the best methods to distribute

the apples and obtain the largest amount

of money possible.



There is bound to be an overproduction

of apples if the- pl'escnt‘ methods of pal-k-

ing continue. In fact. that period of ov-

erproduction has already been reached,

and prices are becoming lower and lower,

because the quality packed is not equal

to the amount shipped to our markets.

There is one way, and only one way, in

which we can prevent and remedy this

overproduction. Raise the standards of

packing and permit no No. 2 apples to be

packed wlllltsoeVel‘.



The next subject was, “The Monmouth

County Farmers’ Exchange," by NY. H.

Ingling, of New Jersey, general manager

of the Exchange. The Monmouth County

Exchange takes the place of the middle-

man. It is an

with a large capital. The exchange buys

supplies for farmers and sells their pro-

duce for them. They are in ‘tOUi'h with,

all the great markets by telegraph and

by telephone. Their orders often exceed

the supply of the day. The producers are

paid the average price for each days'

sales. In five years the total business

saved over $500,000 to the members, mak-

ing over $100,000 per. year. (The Michi-

gan Farmer has arranged for articles de-

scribing l'hls exchange which 11'illl appear

in the Farm Commerce Department of an

early issue).



“The Genesee County Fruit Growers’

Association,” was discussed by Roy

Shepard, the secretary of the Associa-

tion. The following are selections from

his address: “Experts are sent from the

general office all over the country on their

motor cycles, to report on the general

condition of the growingr fruit to be of-

fered. The organization is incorporated

under the laws of the state. A fee of $10

is charged for membership, and also a

per acre tax. Expert advice is given as

to spraying and care of the orchards. The

spraying material and other things are

bought through the association. at very

low rates. The grower who signs the

contract loses control of his fruit. and

cannot sell it unless he pays the Asso-

ciation the handling charges. Mr. Shep-

11rd said the handling charge was ten

cents per barrel, and that the prices re-

ceived for the apples had been close to

$3.00 per barrel on the track. We have

a good packer and place our brand on

all] the packages, and the number of the

grower. We have opened up an office

and employed a sales manager, and made

good sales, but we do not sell to local

buyers. W. H. JENKINs.





NOTICE.





 





To Farmers Who Wish to Sell Produce

Directly to City Consumers.‘



A list of names of Detroit people who

desire to get farm products direct from

producers will be furnished to any reader

of the Michigan Farmer who requests it

on a post card or letter, to the Michigan

Farmer offices at Detroit. A form letter

that may be used in correspondence with

prospective customers and other helpful

suggestions will be enclosed with the

list of names. There will be absolutely

no charge. whatever for this service.





incorporated aassociation ,





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Breeders? Directory—Continued.

OFRS SALE





HIILSTEIN BUWS and BULLS.





2 Fine A. R. 0. Cows $400.

1 3-year-old Herd Bull $250.





Very choice and good enough for most an

1113 DIIm Calf 12 mos. old $1

as 19- lb. record in ‘7 days,

LONG BEACH mFARM, Alumni (Kai-moo Co. .) Mich.

ED 8. ’KENFiELD, Prop.





HOLSTEINS’EI‘érmnfif’” tl‘dsc’éilf‘ififfiili?





W. J. MORGAN, Saginaw, W. S,, Michigan.

SHEEP.





' —Yearling and ram lambs from Chain ion

LCIGDSIWS flock of Thumb of Mich. Also select. erk

Elmhurst. Stock Farm. Almont, Mich.





 





herd.





 





 





shire swine.

“ OXFORDWN SHEEP "“3fii%3“§illile“§§m ‘33?

PIIISIIIIS, LETS?” "12°: GRIND LEIIGE, HIGH.





OXFORD EWES 2.er to Impprted 11111311898 for ssaBIIe Int



armors rces

MILLER or GEORGE L. PILLANE, Flint. Mich.

for sale, at reasonable





OXFORDS prices: twent. -flve two.





year- -old OXFORD rams; four tw-o year-01 SHB 0P-

rams; and five yearling Shropshire rams.

PA KBURST BROS.. Reed City. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





Northern Grown Shropshire Sheeps and 3%,”:

ling and two-year-old rams. two boarss ' ouch for





service, one of the beat Jersey bulls in M y. .

Blue Bells Golden Lad 86851. Will be sold choc if

taken at once. D. O. Magahay, R 1 Harri-ville. M ch.





ling. Bamobulllci Sheep. Pure Bred Poland China

HUGS and PERCH 0N HORSES. 2% miles

E.Morrice. onG.T .R. It. andM. U.R R.J. Q. A. 000





sunopsmnes FOR SALE

50 Choice assesses arsenals:





F. R. OTTAWAY. (flushing. Mich.

H008.





BERKSHIRE BOARS





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

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





BERKstESnBoars ready for service 816; sows

readii3 to breed 818:901111 bred 520.

Stock guaranteed. B. .ItEAVEY, Akron. Mich.



' ' ' ~Best. breeding, bestty e.

Qulck Malunng Berkshlm ammo“... gamma.

or money refunded. O. S. BARTLETT. Pontiac, Mich.

O I ~TWO BoaAIRS fit to head any



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"herd. tpoigs 1‘83in to ship.

C. J. THOMPSON. Rock rd. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





-Youn breedin



Improved Chester: so... gm... ,9:

Also a. few tried sows to be bred for spring furrow

and early fall pigs. W. 0. WILSON. ()Kemos. Mich

o I c Extra choice bred gilte, service boars

l I and spring pigs, not akin from State



Fair winners. Avondale Stock Farm, Wayne, Mich.





 





 





o I C’s—All ages. growthy and large. sows bred.

0 Males ready. 10060 select from. Attractive

prices on young stock. K. H. '





o. I. 0" of super-101; quality. 17 choice young

FEED'SN andI CKmE’y young boars. Pairs

no at: in.





Monroe. Michigan.

19' I. C. SWINE





airs and trioo. not akin.

of serv ce males of good

of your wants. A. J.





Jump, Munith. Mich.





 





 





Write me for

rice on Spring

ave a number

RIEEN Write me describing



.No. 2 Dorr. Mich.





 





o I c Swine. both sexes. Males weighing 100 to 225

- lbs. Herd registered in 0.1.0. Association.

GEO. P. ANDREWS. Dansville. Ingham (30., Mich.





 





o l Cis~Fallpigs,leithe1-sex. from prize winning

0 stock. Also J'Ma) boars left, Call or

write. Rolling View Stock Farm, 0.188 City, Mich.





O. I. C. Pi





cheap. JOHN BEBNE





 





of. September and Oc-

tober farrow for sale

& SON, Grand Ledge. Mich.





—- Both sexes and bred ilte. also



“3%: choshr WIIHUS serviceable registere Holstein

a. Bargains. RAY PARHAM. Bronson. Mich.



0 1 C!s —-A fine lot of last. spring stock for sale big

o O growthy type. either sex 0airs not akin.





Siredby Grand Champion boar, Scott Half mile

west of depot. OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashlville. Mich.





 





 





 





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50W WEIGHED 952 L83. . ,

A 23 MONTHS OLD ,





" IONIA GIRL





I have started more breeders on the road to auc-

ceeo than angmans living. I have thelargest and flu-

est hard in ELEvery one an early developer,

ready forthomarket at six month a old. I want. to

film one 110th name och community to advertise my



erd.Write for my pian,“£[owto toMake Money from



Hogs.” o. 8. autumn. 11.111140 Portland. 11.1.11.





 





 





 





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assassin

Brookwater Farm. B. F. D. No. 7. Ann ArborJIfic





1111111 1111: nunocs’sssgs “1:22:11.” 1:11:





 





on fall ilts of the right sort. Let. me tell you

gout. anyt you be in need of or call at

MAPLE GRO E FAn‘R Stockbridge. Michigan.





 





DUBOC males for sale.



Prices right, last. 1‘11. and spring fax-row. Breeding



ndqualliity my standard? B sow sale this winter.

.G. KE EBSLER. Canopolio. Michigan.





I HAVE some extra





 





—for sale; 20 line service been of fancy

numc JGTSBIS breedingMand individual qualit.





Pir can reasonable. John cNiooll. North Star. Mic.





 





,IIIlllIIIl JERSEYS—6 SPRING IIIIIIIS FOII SALE.





REY U. EDMONDS. Hastim Michigan.

Duroc Jorse





Friesian bull ‘.

and see. B.‘
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of reliable market quotations we spare

no trouble or expense to Insure the cor~

rectness of the quotations In our col-

umns. Special representatives at all

leading market centers Insure 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.





December 31, 1912.





Wheat—The trend of the wheat mar-

ket the past week has been entirely fav-

orable to the selling side of the trade.

Prices have shown an advance of a cent

over the- advanced figures reported a

week ago. The strength comes largely

from. Europe where there is still rumors

of war, the market tihe-re taking large

quantities of American and Canadian

wheat'.".“i‘*. ussia, who earlier promised a

good suxfi of the cereal for European

trade '18'3 ot exporting heavily, and be—

cause of this an increased demand is

made for Wheat from this side. There

was improvement in weather conditions

in Argentlin'e, but the showing did not

offset other bullish neWs and prices in

Liverpool made advance in the face of

these better weather conditions. On this

side the offerings continue to be small

from country pll s and the demand for

flour is active, due: ‘0 small stores in the

eastern states, a..,h vy consumption and

an excellent foreign demand. The visi-

ble supply increased 1,841,000 bu. One

year ago No. 2 red wheat was quoted on

the Detroit market at 961,4.(2 per bu. Dei-

troit quotations are as follows:





No. 2 No. 1

Red. White. May. July.

Thursday ....1.111/2 1.10% 1.15% 951/,

Friday ....... 1.11% 1.10% 1.151/2 95%,

Saturday .... 111% 1.10% 1.15% 951/,

NIonday ...... 1.1154,, 1.10% 1.151/2 951/,

Tuesday .....1.11%, 1.10% 1.11% 1.16





Chicago, (Dec. 30).'—No. 2 red, $1.09@

1.10; May, 931/80; July, 88%‘c per bu.



New York, (Dec. 30).—-No. 2 red, $1.07;

May, 97((1‘973/30 per bu.



Corn.—-C0rn failed to follow the course

of wheat and values suffered a decline

of 10 during the past week, due largely

to the heavy delivery from farming sec-

tions. 'On Monday, however, rains in

sections of the corn belt. gave a firmer

tone to the market because of the pro‘flfi.

pect of receipts being restricted but the

condition did not last.





to be well filled with corn and the move-

mom is limited by the number of cars

available for carrying the grain to larger

centers. One year ago No. 3 corn was

quoted at 631/2c per bu. The visible sup-

ply ShOWS an increase of about a million





bushels Detroit quotations are:



No. 8 No. 8



Corn. Yellow.

Thursday 49 50

Friday ....... 48% 49%

Saturday 1 .......... 481/3 491/2

Monday ........... . ..... . . 48 49

Tuesday . . . ..... . . . ..... 48 49



Chicago, (Dec. 30).——No. 2, 471,50; No.





2 yellow, 4835c; May, 4‘81/8c; July, 49¢ per

bushel.



New York, (Dec. 54140

per bu. f. 0. b. afloat.



Oats—The oat trade gradually declined

to a lower basis during the past Week.

Offerings of this cereal have been rather

heavy, the primary receipts for last

week being 1,136,000 bushels, against 1,-

069,000 bushels for the previous week.

Most of the markets report a good sup-

ply with the demand ordinary. One year

ago standard grade was quoted at 501/20





30) .——Export,





per bu. The visible supply increased

about half a. million bushels. Detroit quo-

tations are as follows:

No. 3

Standard. White.

Thursday ..... , ...... . ..... 36 35

Friday .................... 36 35

Saturday . . . . . ............ . 35% 34%

Monday ........ . ......... 35%, 34%,

Tuesday ....... . .......... 35 34

. hicago, (Dec. 30).———Standard, 331/461)





3 l/zc; May. 3234c; July, 32550 per bu.

Beans.——There is no change in the con—





‘ diiion of this tirade, prices remaining on





the same basis that ruled a week ago,

with the market firm but inactive. There

are still many farmers who have not

threshed their. beans, realizing that the

quality of the legume will be improved

by delaying threshing. The quality of

most yields is very low, it being an unus-

ua-l, thing to find beans running well to a

good grade. The quotation a year ago

was $2.32 per bu. They are now quoted

at $2.20 per bu. for both immediate and

prompt shipment. January beans are

quoted at $2.22.



Chicago, (Dec 30).——Pea beans, hand-

picked, $2.48@2.55; do. prime, $2.35@2.40;

red kidneys, $2.50 per bu.



Clover Seed.-—Seed values have advanc-





‘ ed during the past week, due to an im-





provement in the general demand. Offer-





, ings are light.





Detroit.——Prime spot, $11.50; primeval-





sike, $12.75. ,.

; February





Like, $12.90; do., $9.60; short ribs, do., $9 60





. quiet and

nominally, ~ qu ota-





tions,





' fineness—cash ) ~. bu-

..(}hicago.e—C ‘ g per





bus ..





Country elevators;

throughout Iowa and Illinois are reported:-





-.TH'E MICHIGAN :‘FARM’E'RI





'FLOUR ANDJ-‘EEDS.





Flour.—Jobbing lots in 34, 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;

:gring patent, $5.10; rye ilour, $4.80 per



Feed.-——Detroit jobbing prices in 100-

lb. sacks are as follows: Bran, $23;

coarse middlings, $23; fine middlinlgs, $28;

cracked corn and coarse corn middlings,

29; corn and oat chop, $20 per ton



Hay.—Market rules lower in most of

the markets. The restricted consumption

due to the excellent fall weather for pas-

ture, has favored a lower basis of values.

Car-lots on track Detroit: No. 1 timothy,

$14.50@15; No. 2, $13@13.50; light mixed,

$13.50(w14; No. 1 mixed, $13@13.50.



Chicago—Choice timothy, $17@18; No.

1, $14((L'15.50; No. 2 and No. 1 mixed, $12

@13; No. 3 and No. 2 mixed, $9@11; clo—

ver, $761111.



New York—Market lower; standard,

$20.50@21 per ton; No. 1, $22; No. 2, $17

((1)20; light clover, mixed, $19@20; No. 1

clover, $19.



Straw.—Car lot prices on wheat and

oat straw on Detroit market are: $9@9.50

per ton; rye straw, $10@10.50 per ton.



Chicago—Wheat straw, $6@6.50; oat

straw, $7@7.50; rye straw, $7.50@8.





 





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





'Butter.—Fancy qualities still contin-

ue firm in, all the markets. Locally

there has been no change in val-

ues during the week, Jobbing prices

in the Detroit market are: Fancy cream-

ery, 35c; firsts, 32c; dairy, 22c; packing

210 per lb.



Elgin.-—-Market firm at 34c.



Chicago—Top grades of both cream-

‘ery and dairy are very firm at an ad-

vance of a full cent over last week. Low-

er qualities barely steady at former val-

ues, while packing stock is quoted slightly

lower. Quotations are: Extra creamery,

35c; extra firsts, 33@34c; firsts, 30@311/zc;

seconds, 26((1270; dairy extras, 32c; firsts,

27c; seconds, 250; packing, 12@21léc as to

quality. ‘



New York—Last week’s advance is be-

ing well maintained, with all kinds steady

to firm except packing stock which is

quoted 10wer. Creamery, extras, 37@371/,;c;

firsts, 32617350; seconds, 29@3lc;‘thirds,

276128ic; stai‘e dairy, best, 326034c; good

to prime, 28@31c; common to fair, 23@

27c; packing, 21@22c as to quality.



Eggs—Demand generally good for fancy

qualities at falling values. The storage

situation remains somewhat unsettled,

and offerings of fresh stock are increas-

ing sufiiciently to affect prices. In addi-

tion weather conditions are favorable. to

heavy production. At Detroit current of-

ferings, candied, and cases included, are

quoted at 260 per dozen, which is last

week’s quotation. . .



Chicago—Prices declined sharply at

this week's opening, fresh goods going off

a full cent and storage stock 11/2@20. A

good increase in receipts of fresh stock

and continued mild weather were strOng

factors. Quality of offerings is still very

Variable and quotations cover a wide

range. Demand is principally for new-

laid stock. Miscellaneous receipts, cases

included, arequoted at 221/2@231,éc; do.,

cases returned, 22%@23c; ordinary firsts,





221/2i@23c; firsts, grading 70 per celml

fresh, 23@24c; refrigerators, April, 180

per dozen.



New York.—~All grades 2@4c lower;





market fairly steady at the lower range.

Fresh gtlie-red extras, 31612320; extra

firsts, 29@300; firsts, 27@28c; seconds and

lower grades, 22@260; western gathered

white-s, 28@36c.





FRUITS AND ‘VEGETABLES.





 





Apples—Detroit trade easy; prices re-

main- unchanged. Detroit wholesale quo-

tations are: Baldwin, $2.25@2.50; Green-

ing, $2.506l2.75; Spy, $2.75@3; Steele‘ Red,

$3503.50.



Potatoes.—The trade is slightly firmer

with top quotations ruling two cents

higher than last week. Michigan stock in

car lots, 55c in sacks, 48c in bulk.



Chicago—Market is improved with val—

ues established at 3@5c above the level

of last week. Receipts are less by 94

cars than a week earlier and by 139 cars

as compared with corresponding week of

1911. Fancy stock, sold in bulk as high

as 42c and sucked at 520 on Monday.



New York—Michigan offerings contin—

ue to be favored at last’ week’s quota-

tions. “'estern offerings, 60@62c .per‘bu.



Onions..-Conditions are unchanged

with m-ost’ of the important markets ov-

elrstocked.



Detroit. 550 per bu.



New York—Western, per crate, for

white, 50c(u$1; 100-lb. bagsred and yel-

lows, 40,6175c. ‘



Chicago.——\Veak. Home—grown yellow,

400: fancy white, 750 per 65-lb. sack.



Cabbage—But littl_e improvement can

be noted and trade continues weak.



Detroit—Per bbl., $1621.25.



Chicago—Holland bringing $7 per ton.

Red cabbage is scarcer and quoted at

$1.25@1.50 per bbl. Common kinds, 70c

per bbl.





 





MISCELLANEOUS.

Provisions.——Ruling prices in Detroit

are steady to lower. Quotations:

Detroit.—~Family pork, $22@23; mess

pork, $18; clear, backs, $21@23; hams,

151/2@161/_,c; brisketis, 11%@121/§-c;shoul-

ders, 121/2c; picnic hams. 120; bacon, 10(6)

180; pure lard in tierces. 11%;c; kettle

rendered lard, 12%.,0 per lb.

$17.45;





Chicago—Mess pork, Jan., lard





   





 





Honey.—Detroit.——Steady. Choice to

fancy comb, 16@17c; amber, 14@15c; ex-

tracted. 9'%@10c per lb. . '



Poultry.—Devtroit.——Supplies have not

cleaned up as well as expected and the

market is rather dull; prices generally

lower on all kinds and grades. .Dressed.





—'Spring chickens, 13@14c~; hens, 12@

121/530; .old roosters, 10@11c; turkeys, 20@

220; ducks, 16@18c; geese, 14@16c per 1b.

Lives—eSpring chickens, 12@12%c; hens.

11@111;§c; No. 2 hens, 9c; old roosters.

9@10c; turkeys, 18@19c; geese, 12@130;

ducks, 15@160 per lb: ‘ ‘



Chicago—Fowis ,and spring chicken-s,

also good quality ducks and geese, are

higher. Supplies moderate and demand

ample. Quotations on live are: Turkeys.

good weight, 150; others, 10c; fowls, good

121/2c; spring chickens, 13c; ducks, large,

fat, 15c; do., Indian runners, 120; geese,

full feathered, 130; do., plucked, 8@1OC

per lb.



New York—Dressed stock irregular

with prices generally showing sharp de-





clines. Fresh killed western chickens,

121/3@*17c; fowls, 12@14c; turkeys, 14@





23%0 per lb.



Cheese.——Market steady; value-s un-

changed. Quotations: \Yholesale: Michigan

flats quoted lower; business fairly active.





Quotations: Wholesale lots: Michigan

flats, 16@161/éc; New York flats, 18%@





19c; brick cream, 161éfill7c; limburger,

171,é@181/zc; imported Swiss, 28(029c; d0-

mestic Swiss, 21@220; block Swiss, 191/2@

200 per lb.



Chicago—Business very light and the

market slow. Prices nominally unchang-

ed. Quotations are: Twins, 151/2@16c;

daisies, 16(0161/3C; young Americas, 16@

16%c; limburger, new, 151,50; brick, choice

15@151/gc per lb





Veal.—Detroit.;—Steady, fancy, 12%@

131/2'c; choice, 10@11c per lb.

Chicago—Firm at a. good advance





induced by‘light receipts. Fair to choice,

80@110 lbs., 13@14c; extra fancy stock,

14@14%c; fair to good chunky, 12@130

per lb. '





DETROIT RETAIL PRICES.

On the Detroit eastern market there

was a good movement of produce Tues—

day, the activity no doubt being animat—

ed by th.e holiday demand. Apples were

offered liberally at prices ranging from

500 to $1.25 per bushel, depending on

grade and variety. Cabbage was plenti-

ful and generally selling at 25c per bu.

Chickens were selling at 17@18c peir lb;

geese around 200; ducks, 22@24,c;‘ turkeys

25(i‘>28c per lbl. Pork was quoted at

$10.50 per cwt. Onions were sold at 60c

per bu; carrots, 35(740c; potatoes, 60c;

parsnips, 45c and celery 25c per bunch.

In Detroit retail stores apples are quot-

ed at 750 to $1.15 per bu.,' depending on

grade and quality. Potatoes, good qual-

ity, 75c; fresh eggs. 400 per dozen; best

creamery butter, 42@43c; chickens of

good quality, 21¢ per lb.





THE LIVE STOCK—MARKETS.





Buffalo.

December 30, 1912.

(Special Report of Dunning &. Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).

- Cattle.



Receipts, 100 cars. \Ve quote our mar-

ket 1561,:20c higher on all grades except

best heavy grades. Best 1350 to 1500-lb.

steers, $8.75@9.25; good to prime 1200

to 1300-1b steers, $861850; good to prime

1100 to 1200-1b. steers, $7.50@8; coarse

plainish 1100 to 1200-lb. steers, $7@7.50;

medium butcher steers, 1000 to 1100 lbs.,

$6.50@7.25; butcher steers 900 to 1000,

$6.50@6.75; light butcher steers, $5.50@6;

best fat cows, $5.75Gi‘625; butcher cows,

$4.75615.25; light butcher cows. $4604.50;

cutters, $3.50@3.75; trimmers, $3.25@3.50;

best fat heifers, $7.50@7.75; medium

butcher heifers, $6616.50; light do., $5@

5.25; stock heifers, $4674.75; best feeding

steers, $6.25@6.75; fair to good stockers,

$5@5.25; light common stockers, $4@4.25;

priime export bulls $6.25@6.75; best butch-

er bulls, $5.50@5.75; 'oologna bulls, $4.50@

5; stock bulls, $450605; best milkers and

springers, $65@75; common to fair kind,

$40@55.





 





 





Hogs.



Receipts. 110 cars; market opened slow,

closed firm. Heavy, $7.75; yorkers, $7.70

@780; pigs, $7.80@7.90



Sheep and lambs





Receipts, 60 cars; strong; top lambs,

$9.40@9.50; culls to fair, $5.50@8.50; year-

lings, $6@8; wethers, $5.25@5.75; eiwes,





$4.50@5. Calves, $56112.





 





Chicago.

December 30, 1912.





Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received, today ...... 21.000 39,000 38,000

Same dfiy last year..17,036 30,677 21,048

Received last week..24,516 102,890 74,609





Same week last year.43,477 121,678 86,378



“'ith

Monday, it was thought early this morn-

ing that a higher scale of prices would

be seen, but this expectation was hardly

realized, at least so far as bee-f steers

generally were concerned, although one

owner of prime—fed Iowa steers was so

fortunate as to get $9.60 for a car load

that ayeraged 1.600 lbs. However, fat

butcher stock was active and about a.

dime higher, some sales looking as much

as 15c better. Most of the si'eers sold

slowly. Hogs were up a nickel, with ac-

tive general buying and a $7.70 top for

prime. barrows of good weight. Hogs re-

ceived last week averaged 219 lbs., the

same as a week earlier, comparing with

228 lbs. a month ago‘, 212 lbs. 21 year

ago, 223 lbs. two years ago and 210 lbs.

three years ago. Sheep and lambs were

actiiVe at firm values. and there [was an

urgent demand for prime stock. Fancy

lambs brought $8.85, a further advance

of 100.



Cattle were marketed so sparingly last

week, especially on Monday, which is us-

ually the day of largest receipts, that

prices shot upward at a lively rate. the

sales for that day being mainly 25@350

higher. There was less snap to trade

Tuesday, as it was the. eve of the Christ—_

mas holiday, no business being transact-

ed'in ,the Stock Yards Wednesday. By

Thursday trade was moderate in volume,

with poor steers slow of sale. The con-





 





 





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sumption of poultry- during the‘Christmas

and New .Year holidays is always. ev-

tremeiy large, and all that made such a

high _ma.rke.t last week for beef cattle

was the light offerings. Prime beeves

such as sold. a week earlier up to $9.85

and a short time ago up to $11, were not

offeredhand the best steers brought $8.50

@950, with the: bulk of the steer sales at

$7.15@8.60. The cheaper class of light-

weight grass—i‘ed steers brought $5.75@7,

and there was'a good trade in fat butch-

er stock, most of the beef cows and heif-





ers selling 250 or more higher and can- '





11ers and cutters about a dime higher.

Cows and heifers brought $4.30@8, with

very few selling as high as $7, whi-leicut-

te-rs brought $3.85@4.25, canners, $2.75@

3.80 and bulls $4.10@7.10. The stocker

and feeder traffic was checked a. 8‘00d

deal by the limited offerings, and prices

averaged a little higher, with the former

goingat $4.85@6.75 and the latter at $6.25

@775 for weighty lots, but not many

feeders were shown prime enough to fetch

over $7.25. The stock steers selling down

to $5.50, were inferior in quality, and

selected lots of feeders of extra weights

went at $7.35 and upward. Calves sold

very well on the whole at $4.25@10.50 per

100 lbs. for coarse heavy to prime light

vealers, while milkers and springers had

a limit‘cd outlet on the basis of $40@90

per head, averaging at least $10 lower

than in October, although prime- Hol-

steins would have sold as high as ever.

On Monday six car loads of Montana

range cattle arrived on the market and

found buyers at $5.25@7.50 for cows, hleif-

e-rs and steers.



Hogs advanced in a. single day last

week as much as 171,50 for the best of-

ferings, the greatly reduced receipts and

increasing eastern shipping orders re-

sulting in much greater competition

among buyers than had been witnessed

in a long time. The general Conditions

look much more promising for, sellers

than of late, the most encouraging fea-

ture being the growing demand for hogs

to supply eastern packers, due to the

fact that most of the eastern hogs have

been marketed. The best droves of light





hOgs, averaging around 174 to 196 lbs."





sold 10€4l15c below the best barrows of

strong weights, although light hogs and

the heavier lots of pigs were in excel-

lent deimand for the liberal fre'sh pork

trade. fresh hog meats being especially

popular, as they are, now much cheaper

than any other meats. "With renewed

bright prospects for the future trade in

hogs, owners who are so fortunate as to

have healthy young hogs following their

cattle should consider twice before, they

market them premaiiurely for the. abund-

ance of cheap feed cannot be put to bet-

ter use than by converting into beef,

pork and mutton. At one time last week

prime- hogs brought $7.60, but the week

closed with sales at $7.10@7.55, compared

with $6.80@7.40 a week earlier. Stags

went at $7.25@7.65, boars at $3@4, throw-

out packing sows at $6.50@7.10 and pigs

at $5.50@7.10.



Sheep and lambs followed the general





trend of live stock prices last week,

prices undergoing sensational advances

because of the meager receipts. There





was an urgent general demand, and the~





greatly inadequate offerings of the best:

grade forced many buyers to take the

poorer lots as substitutes, these, too, ad—

vancing sharply. There was the usual

good demand for feeders, with offerings

greatly inadequate, although on Tuesday

a. goodly number of Montana. feeding

lambs that averaged only 31 to 47 lbs.

found buyers at $5@7 per 1.00 lbs. The

worst feature of the boom in killing flocks

was the danger that many sheepmen

would misinterpret the advance and rush

in enough sheep and lambs to glut the

market and thereby bring about a slump

in values. The advance for the week

amounted to 25617500 in lambs and- 40@500

in handy—weight sheep, both wethers and

ewes, heavy weights showing smaller ad—

vances. Lambs went at $6((D8.75, few

selling below $6.50, and choice feeding

lambs would have brought $7.50. Thurs-

day saw good sales of thin Montana

feeding lambs at $5.50@6.90. Yearlings

went at $6607.50, wethers at $5635.50, ewes

at $3.25@5 and bucks at $2.50@3.75.



Horses were not traded in duringthe

past week, dealers preferring to abandon

the customary auction sales rather than

to have horses sacrificed, for iherei is

scarcely any demand just now. Business

is resumed this week, but country ship-

pers should act very conservatively, as

no marked improvement in trade is ex-

pected much before February.





 





LIVE STOCK NEWS. ,



Regarding the Outlook for beef cattle,

the men who are the best informed are

confident that with the population of the

United States increasing from immigra-

tion alone at the rate of a million to a

million and a quarter a year, in addition

to the natural increase. and a marked

shortage of all kinds of live stock, the

chances for unsatisfactory returns are

extremely small}, to say the least. It

does not seem possible that the produc-

tion of beef cattle can catch up with, to

say nothing of overtaking, our consuming

capacity of beef for a long time.



H. G. Fulkerson, of Colorado, who has

been prominently interested in iihe sheep

feeding industry of the Arkansas Valley

for many years, has 20.000 wethers and

4,000 lambs on his lands this winter. He

says that he has faith in the future to

the extent‘ that he believes sheep prices

will be high enough to make feeding pay.

He adds that the few sheep he nas mar—

keted so far this winter have paid out

satisfactorily, with feed a little cheaper

than it was a year ago.



The fact that the annual assessments

for Uaxes are made in Iowa in January is

held responsible for many marketings of

cattle, hogs and' sheep by the farmer—

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS»,

Thursday’s Market.





December 26, 1912.

Cattle.





Receipts, 494. Bulls and canners steady;





other grades 10@25c higher than last

week.

We quote: Extra dry-fed steers, $7.50





@8; steers and heifers, 1000 to 1200, $6.75

@750; do. 800 to 1000, $6@6.75; do that

are fat, 500 to 700, $425615; choicefat

COWS, $5.50; good (10., “25634.75; common

COWS, $3.75@4.25; canners, $3@3.50; choice

heavy bulls, $5,50rg.5,75; fair to good- bo-

lognas, buIIS, $4.75@5.25; stock bulls, $3.75

@4.25; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1000,

$5.50@6.50; fair feeding steers, 800 to 1000

$5@5.50; choice Shockers, 500 to 700, $5@





5.25; fair d0., 500 to 700, $4@4.75; stock

heifers, $4654.50; milkers, large, young,

medium age, $456175; common milkers,

$30@40. '





Haley & M. sold Thompson Bros.‘4 cows





av 921 at $3.60. 15 butchers av 702 at

$4.60, to Mason B. Co. 16 do av 800 at

$5.15, to Sullivan 1’. Co. 10 do av 854 at'

$5.75; to Breitenbcck 6 cows av 870 at





.3.90; to Bresnahau 4 do av 1017 at $3.85,

7 cows av 900 at $4.25.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Goose 10 butchers

av 477 at $4.25, 19 do av 380 at $4.40: to

Thompson Bres. 2 do av 810 at $3.50, 6

do av 1050 at $4.50, 4 steers av 11.00 at

$5.50: to Parker, KY. & Co. 17 butchers av

700 at $4.63; to Newton B. Co. 2 bulls av

1150 at $5.25, 4 cows av 850 at $4, 2 do av

900 at $3.50; to Sullivan 1". Co. 7 do av

050 at $3.40, 1 heifer weighing 790 at

$6.25, 1 bulrl weighing 1100 at $5.50, 1 steer

weighing 1000 at $7.50; to Nagle P. CO.

18 cows av 750 at $4. -



Roe Com, Co. sold Thompson Bros. 10

butchers av 562 at $4.85, 2 stcers av 1085

at‘ $5.50: to Sullivan 1’. Co. 5 cows av 852

at $3.60.



Young sold Mich. B. Co. 5 steers av 914

at $6.75, 2 do uv 685 at $5.30.



Adams sold same 2 rows av 920 at

2 steers av 000 at $6.5.‘.



Sandall sold Brcsnalian 7 cows av 924

at $3.50.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 3 cows

av 900 at $3.60, 1 hcifcr weighing 1060 at

$7, 1 bill] weighing 11.60 at $5, 1 do

weighing 620 at $1.50: to Kamman B. CO.

1 do weighing 1400 at $5.75, 1 do weighing

710 at $4.50, 2 heifers av 840 an $5; to

Rattkowsky 1 cow weighing 1000 at $4, 3

do av 820 at $4; to Brown 5 do av '876

at $4: to Sullivan 1". Co. 1:; butchers av

888 at $5, 4 cows av 920 at. $3.75.



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 208. Market steady at last

week's prices.» Best, $9.50@11; others, $4

(($7.50; mllch cows and springers strong.



Bishop, B. & H. sold McGuire 12 av 135

at $10.50, 2 av 130 at $8, 5 av 125 at

$10.50; to Goose 1 weighing 120 at $10.50,

1 weighing 230 at $5.50: to Goose 12 av

150 at $8; to Mich. B. Co. 1 weighing 140

at $10.50, 7 av 140 at $10; to Sullivan P.

Co. 3 av 160 at $6, 4 av 145 at $11, 3 av

140 at $10.50; to Thompson Bros. 12 av

120 at $7.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 8 av

120 at $9.60, 1 weighing 390 at $6.50, 2 av

155 at $10.50; to Parker, W. & C0. 1

weighing 120 at $10.



Youngs sold Bui‘nstine 3 av 150 at

$10.50.



Sandal] sold Mich. B. Co.

$9.25, 2 av 255 at $4.50.



Kalaher sold same 2 av 120 at $9.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 1,835. Market 25@50c higher

than last week. Best lambs, $8.25@8.50;

fair to good do., $750608; light to common

lambs, $4.50@5.50; fair to good sheep, $3

@4; culls and common. $2.75@‘3.25.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Nagle P. Co. 125

lambs av 65 at $7.50, 23 do av 68 at $7.75,

12 sheep av 90 at $3, 8 do av4115 at. $3;

to Thompson Bros. 19 do av 110 at $3.50,

5’. do av 120 at $3.50; to Chapman 5 do av

75 at $2.50, 129 do av 75 at $3.50: to Ham:

moud, S. & Co. 13 sheep and yearlings av

120 at $4; to Sullivan 1’. Co. 20 lambs av

47 at $5; to Chapman 18 sheep av 105 at

$3.50; to Parker, W. & C0. 5 do av 75 at

$2, 43 lambs av 67 at $8; to Sullivan P.

Co. 2 sheep av 105 at $3-



Hogs.



Receipts. 1935. None sold up to noon;

looks 20(i30c higher than last Thursday.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $7.40((L7.50; pigs, $7@7.10; light york-

ers, $7.25@7.35; stags one—third off.



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

507 av 200 at $7.55, 410 av 180 at $7.50,

250 av 150 at $7.45..



Roe Com. Co. sold Surllivan P. CO. 14 av

150 at $7.40, 17 av 180 at $7.50.



Bishop, B. & H. sold same 193 av 190

at $7.55.



Spice‘r & R. Sold same 60 av 140 at $7.40.



Spicer & R. sold Hammond, S. 0.

310 av 200 at $7.55, 110 av 180 at $7.50,

100 av 140 at $7.40. .



Haley & M. sold same 160 .av 200 at

$7.55, 460 av 180 at $7.50, 240 av 150 at:

$7.40.





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Frlday’s Market.

December 27, 1912.

Cattle.

.680;





Receipts this week, last week,





2511. Market strong at Thursday's

prices.

We quote: Extra dry-fed steers, $7.50





@8; steers and heifers. 1000 to 1200, 376)

7.50; do. 800 to 1000, $6@6.75; do. that

are fat, 500 to 700. $5.25@6; choice fat.





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coWs, $6.50@6-; good do., $4.60@6; com-.

mon cows, $3.75@4.25; canners. $3@3.76;

choice heavy bulls, $5.50@6; fair to good

bolognas, bulls, $4.75@5.25; stock bul’ls,

$4@4.50; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1000





$6@6.50; fair do..' 800 to 1000,. $5.50@6;

choice" stockers, 500 to 700, $5@5.50; fair

(10., 500 to 700, $4.50@5; stock heifers,





$4.25@4.50; milkers, large, young, medium

age, $50@75; common milkers, $30@45.

Veal Calves.



Receipts this week, 347; last week, 735.

Good grades 50c higher. Best, $10@12;

others, $4@9.50. Mivlch cows and spring-

ers steady.



Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts this week, 3498; last week,

7711. Market 10@15c higher than on





Thursday on lambs; sheep steady. Best

lambs, $8.50@8.60; fair d0., $7.50@8; flight

to common lambs, $5.25@‘5.75; fair to

good sheep, $3.50@4; culls and common,





$2602.75.

Hogs.



Receipts this week, 3616; last week.

7478. Good grades 5@1.0c higher; pigs

and common grades steady. Range of

prices: Light to good butchers, $7.55@

'71.:52; pigs, $7.35; light yorkers, $7.40@

.o.;





Stags one—t‘h ird off.





 





Iowa sheep and lamb feeders have been

highly favored with line and mild autumn

weather, and many shipments have been

made to market, owners being disposed

to take the good profits available for fat

Stock rather than to wait longer. In

parts of Iowa the numerous dogs render

the sheep industry nearly or quite im-

possible, und one farmer had 145 lambs

killed by dogs. .





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It is generally understood that food is

only one factor affeclling the production

of eggs. Hens, in order to lay well, must

be of the right age; that means not too

young nor too old. They must be kept

in neither tloo cold nor too warm houses,

and they must be free) from any kind of

vermin or disease. Then again, it must

be remembered that some breeds lay bet-

ter than others, and that some sttrains of

the same breeds lay better than others.

Everybody admits that overcrowding, im-

proper feeding, lack of exercise, improper

housing and unsanitary conditions always-

decrease egg production. It is also true

that some individuals do not possess the

strong constitution needed to stand heavy

egg production.



It appears to me that in a good many

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to us to furnish the essentials to health

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sues and organs and keep them in repair,

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To show what actually is needed there

is probably no better way than that of

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cording to the feeding standards, 100 five-

pound fowls require daily to maintain

them in good condition, without produc-

tion, 16.5 lbs. of dry matter, 2.25 lbs. of

protein and 14 lbs. of carbohydrates and

fat. Twenty pounds of wheat will sup-

ply 2.02 lbs. of protein and 14 lbs. of car-

bohydrates and fat. A little meat would

make up the deficiency in protein. But

it would not be giving the best results if

only wheat and meat were fed, becausel

hens want a variety.



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fat by 21/, and add to the carbohydrates,

thus giving the total carbohydrates.



Protein is that constituent of foods

which supplies the organic part of the

bones, tendons, internal organs and mus-

cles of a fowl’s body. “'hite of the egg

and lean meat are examples of protein.



Even though you should feed a ration

providing plenty of carbohydrates and

protein, if it did not also contain some

ash the hens would not develop or lay

eggs. The production of bones and egg

shells requires ash constituents.



In feeding laying hens, then, there are

three classes of nutrients which we must

keep in mind in order that the fowl may

be nourished properly. 1. Protein to build

up and keep in repair the various organs

and muscular system of the fowl, and to

furnish material for the formation, par-

ticularly, of the white of the egg. 2. Car—

bohydrates and fat to furnish heat and

energy and to supply a, considerable

amount of fat which enters intlo the

composition of the yolk of the: eggs. 3.

Ash constituents for the formation of the

bones, egg shells, and to enter more or

less into the structure of all the various

organs and tissues of the body. Water

is also very essential, as more than one-

half of the weight of the fowl, or an egg,

consists of water.



In round numbers, the body of a. hen

is made up of 55 per cent water, 3.8 per

cent ash constituents, 21 per cent protein

and 17 per cent fat. A fresh egg is com-

posed of 65 per cent water, 12 per cent

ash, 11 per cent protein and 9 per cent

fat. Now if we should go to Work and

multiply the fat canstituent’s by 21/. so

as to get the same thermal equivalent as

a carbohydrate. and then divide the pro-

duct thus obtained by the respective per-

centages of p'rOtein in the body of a hen





 





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FEEDING FOR EGG PRODUCTION.





was about one part of protein to two

parts of carbohydrates. The nutritive

ratio of the body of a hen, and of an.

egg, is, there-fore, as 1 to 2.



Now in examining the composition of

some of —our common grains we find as

follows: Corn has a nutritive ratio of 1

to 10; wheat’, 1 to 6; barley, 1 to 7; oats,

1 to 6; buckwheat, 1 to 7; peas, 1 to 3;

wheat bran, 1 to 4; wheat middlings, 1 to

41/2; gluten meal, 1 to 2%»; meat scraps,

1 to 0.4; skim-milk, 1 to 2; mangels, 1

to 4. ~_



A well-balanced ration for laying hens

and growling chickens has a nutritive ra-

lie of 124.6, and of the above feeds the

ones that come nearest this ratio are

wheat‘ middlings, [wheat bran, mangels,

peas, oats, wheat and barley. For the

reason that all kinds of stock, especially

chickens, like a varied ration, we go to

work and mix such proportions of several

kinds of feeds as to give a balanced ra-

tion. The following is a well-balanced

mixture for laying hens and growing





chickens:

p—A -1 OJ 0: m g 8 Lbs-

y A A

9 v-w ’1 ’1 Q 21 Q '11 N

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3 "' 2; SD in :7 g. S.

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In finding the nutritive ratio, the car-

bohydrates are] divided by the protein,

the result giving the desired ratio, thus:

41.58 lbs. divided by 8.72 <lbs.:4.79, or

protein: carbohydrate'szz 1:4.79—nurtritive

ratio of 1 to 4.79. You will see that this

comes very close to. the standard ratio

for laying hens and growing chicks.





Of course, it will be necessary to add



some mineral matter and green food to

this ration. Oyster shell will be neces-

sary for the: manufacture of egg shells

and for supplying other mineral needs of

the fowl. Cabbage, mangels and alfalfa

make excellent green food in winter and

should be fed if the best results are want-

ed. Green grass is best in spring and

summer.

. Grit is absolutely necessary to make

it possible for fowls to digest hardg'rains.

If this is not fed a large part of their

food will be expelled undigested and thus

wasted.



Exercise, plenty of fresh air and sun-

shine, well-ventilated quarters withouti

drafts, early-hatched pullets and Well-

moulted hens in good condition, sanitary

and comfortable surroundings, proper

feeding and intelligent care are all es-

sential to profitable egg production.



New York. F. W. KAZMEIER.

FOUL BROOD LAW OF STATE OF



MICHIGAN.



Having, [in preceding articles, shoWn

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in Michigan and enough of its character

to enable the average bee man to recog-

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seems desirable that the law of the state

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Section 1. The people of the state of

Michigan enact; The dairy and food

commissioner, upon receipt of a, certified

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said inspector to inspect bees, honey or

appliances, said owner shall, upon con-





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liable to a fine of not less than $50 nor

not more than $100, or not less than one

month’s imprisonment in the county jail

nor more than two months' imprisonment.



Section 5. In addition to such individ—

ual reports as are required under this





. act, by the inspector of apiaries, he shall '





make an annual report to the dairy and

food commissioner, giving number of api-

aries visited. the number of diseased col-

onies found, the number of colonies treat-

ed, also the number of colonies destroyed

by fire, also an itemized account of his





transportation expenses with afflidavit

annexed therein.

Section 6. There is hereby appropriat-





ed out of any money in the state treas-

ury, not otherwise appropriated, a sum

of not exceeding $500 a year, for the sup-

pression of foul brood among bees in

Michigan. The inspector shall receive $5

per day and actual transportation and

expenses for actual time served, which

shall not exceed the money hereby appro-

priated, to be paid by the state treasurer

upon orders drawn by auditor general and

approved by the dairy and food commis-

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incubator marks the

boundary between the conditions under

which poultry grOWing may be made

profitable and those under which it can-

not, normally, be made to pay actual ex—

penses. Of course, it must not be as—

serted on the strength of this that at all

times and under all circumstances it is

impossible to make a profit out of poul-

try without the help of the incubator. One

man may have_a particular strain of

fowls for which he can be sure of ready

sale at fancy prices; another may be lo-

cated in a place where poultry products

are sure to bring extravagant figures;





while still another may have such a low '





cost of living, Such a total 'lack of other

employment and such an overflow of help

in his own family that he can make mon-

ey out of his hens by the old-fashioned

methods of poultry production; but these

will, after all, prove to be exceptions.



The incubator is to the poultry raiser

what the horserake or the self-binder is

to the hay and grain grower, and all who

have given it anything like a fair trial

willingly bear testimony to this. One

good—sized incubator will do the hatch-

ing, which, if done by hens, Would take

up the time that would represent! the

laying of over nineteen dozen eggs,

worth, in round figures, from $3.50 to $4

at moderate market rates for good, fresh

eggs for table purposes, while it .pro-

duced by high-class, pure-bred fow1s they

would be worth double or treble that sum

at a. low computation.



Then again, the life of a. good, well-

made incubator, properly taken care of,

is such that it need hardly enter into the

farmer’s calculations, and the cost of

furnishing it with oil for one hatching of

eggs is also very trifling, so that it is

sat-e to reckon that the time spent by the

hens dOing the work of one incubator,

alter the farmer had furnished them with

the eggs, would cost the equivalent of

200 chickens already hatched. From all—

most any point of view the employment

of hens for hatching and brooding chicks

is. a. waste of capital and energy, while





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During the fall days in many places in

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mould are hauled out of the woods. The

material is used for mulching, not for

any standard crop of the farm but‘ for

root gardens. For the growing of roots

has assumed such proportions in Vihe

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more about fighting root disease. Rel-

cently there gathered at Saugatuck 40

members of the Michigan association for

the purpose of discussing root disease

and the cure. The agricultural colleges

have taken up the subject, have made

valuable experiments which have been

communicatd to the different growers.

Roots nowadays are treated before being

transplanted and with as much care as

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bly the largest and most modern root

garden enclosure in the middle West.

Neither is it widely known that were is

probably the most thorough organization

of root growers in illichiuan that we hear

of now-a-days. There are over 150 mem-

bers of the association representing many

sections of the state.



It is claimed by the head of the: Saug-

atuck root growers association which is

composed of four members, one of which

manages the garden. that the depletion

of our woodlands has caused the home-

growing of roots which from ages back

have been used for medicinal purposes.

Natural beds of roots have been put to

other branches of agriculture, and the

root digger of other days pas lost his

job. Roots which in earlier times sold

for less than a dollar a pound are now

worth $4 and even more. Snake, golden

seal, pink, and ginseng are now being





 





of the cnclousre which has been contriv-

ed as near as possible to correspond with

the characteristics of a woodland root

bed. Instead of making the enclosure of

brush, second-hand p'lasterers’ lath, cost-

ing $2 :1. thousand free on board, has been

used for the fencing and the canopy. The

top is so constructed that the whole of

it s in movable sections four feet square.

These are called shades, they may be

partiall;r lowered, or they may hang in

perpcndlcular position, thus leaving the

lop of the enclosure entirely open. In

this position the shades are left from N0-

vcmber to May, so that all of the snows

of winter are permitted to cover the leaf

mulching. During the summer months

the shades are adjusted so that the grow-

ing plants get about the same amount of

sun that a woodland bed would get. The

shades are hung on spike. pinions and

may be hooked in several different posi-





 





 





 





 





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raised in greatly increased quantity. In

the last five years not including 1912, ac—

cording to government statistics, 804,538

pounds of ginseng alone has been pro-

duced and sold in this country. It sold

for $5,722,832. Despite the fact that

there has been an increase in production,

the price a pound has increased. The

reason for this is that root growers ‘are

producing better roots,_they know more

about them, the- roots are growing older

and better in quality. The growers know





 





for Mulching and position of Frames for

Admitting Sunlight and Snow.





-tions. The overhead frame work is built

of rough two by fours and the frame

work is supported by steel posts set in

concrete foundation.



The beds shown in one of the pictures

are ready for the leaf mulching which is





obtained free of charge for the handling 1





The entire garden shown in the picture

is tile drained, the tile sunk under the

oval walks.

their summer function, are hung so that

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whole enclosure has been built so that

any weather-worn section may be taken

out and renewed. The “lath of the fence

are nailed on in twoleng'ths. about a.

quarter of an inch apart. The lath sec-

tions are fastened by crossing 'a section

at top, bottom and center by pairs of

lath, one over and one under, nailed

through to one another. They are all

built in a form and, of course, are uni-

form in size. ‘By the use of this descrip-

tion of enclosure and shelter, conditions

very close to those of the woodland beds

may be maintained.





Illinois. J. L. GRAFF.





 





GROWING ASPARAGUS FROM SEED..





 





Growing asparagus from seed, without

transplanting, is not only a much cheap-

er method, but in my opinion it is the

best method if the operator can have pa-

t‘lence to wait a year longer for a crop.

The plan is very simple. and can be.

done by anyone having even a slight

knowledge of farming or gardening work.



Prepare the land by manuring, deep

plowing and harrowing, making it as lev-

el and smooth as possible for the recep-

tion of the seed. Strike out lines three

feet apart and about two to three inches

deep, in which sow the seed by hand or

seed drill, as is most convenient, using

from five to seven pounds of seed to each

acre. After sowing the seed and before

covering tread down the seed in the rows

evenly with the feet, then draw the back

of a rake lengthwise over the rows, af—

ter which roll the whole surface.



As soon as the land is dry and fit to

work in spring, the young plants of as-

paragus will start through the ground

sufficiently to define the rows in two or

three weeks. At once begin to cultivate

with hand or horse cultivator, and stir

the ground so as to destroy the embryo

weeds, breaking the soil in the rows be-

tween the plants with the fingers or hand

weedcr for the same- purposc. This must

be repeated at intervals of two or three

weeks during the summer. as the success

of this method is entirely dependent on

keeping down the weeds, which, if al-

lowed to grow, would soon smother the

asparagus plants, which for the first sea-

son of their growth are weaker than most

weeds.



In two or three months after sowing,

the asparagus will have attained ten or

twelve inches in height. It must now be.

thinned out so that the plants stand ninc

inches apart in the rows. By fall they

will be from two to three feet high, strong

and vigorous, if the. directions for culture

have been faithfully followed. “hen the

foliage dies (but not before), cut the

stems down to the ground and Cchr the

lines for-five or six inches on each side

with two or three inches in depth of

rough manure. As the spring again rc-

turns. renew the same process of cultiva-

tion to keep down weeds the second year

exactly as was done for the first,- and so

on to the spring of the fourth year, when

a crop may be cut that will reward all

the labor that has been expended. Some—

times, if the land is particularly suitable,

a crop may be had well worth marketing

the third year, but as a rule, it will be

better to wait until the fourth year with-

out cutting much as it would tend «to

weaken the plzmts. '



To compensate for the loss of a year in





time in thus growing asparagus from

seed, such crops as cabbage, lettuce, on-

ions. beets, or spinach, all of which will





be marketable beforc the asparagus will

have grown high enough to interfere with

them, can be sown, or planted, between

the rows of asparagus the first year of

its growth with but little injury to it;

and as the ground for the asparagus has

been heavily monured and well prepared,

such crops will in a measure, make up

for the year’ 5 loss in time, provided there

is a marketi near enough for their sale.

New York. T. A. TEFFT.





THINNING APPLES ON THE TREES.



Most people know that the scientific

culture of the apple orchard means right

pruning when the trees are dormant, cu'l-

tivation from early spring to midsummer,

then sowing a cover crop of clover, rye,

or vetch, that will feed the areas, and

thorough and timely spraying; but the

up-tO-date orchardist who wants mostly

the No. 1 grade, or nearly the whole crop

of fancy apples} must do more than I

have mentioned, he must thin the fruit

on.the trees that bear heavily. It is a.

fact that some of the most successful

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tice a systematic thinning and find lt'

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subject at the convention of the Western

New York Horticultural Society, in Ro-

chester, N. Y., in December.



Prof. Wilson, of the College of Agri-

culture, Cornell Unlversity, read a pa-

per on “Thinning of Apples." He said

that formerly the grower was able to

dispose of all grades of apples, but com-

petition has compelled the growing of

better fruit, and thinning is one of the

means of doing this. First, hand thin—

ning is the most practicable(remove all

wormy fruit, then thin to four or six

inches, if trees are heavily laden, but in

the actual doing of the work much judg-

ment must be used for no definite rules

can be formulated. Thin in June, July

and sometimes August, or when the ap-

ples are one inch in diameter. The re-

sults are larger apples, and a larger pro-

portion of first-grade fruit, and an in-

crease in the crop of marketable fruit,

10 per cent or more.





Mr. Taylor said he thinned and had 90

per cent No. 1, no No. 2, and 10 per cent

No. 3. The thinned tree yields slightly

less in bulk. Thinned fruits are better

in color, as proved by the New York Ex-

periment Station, only on heavily lOaded

trees. Fruit growers who have thinned

say the average cost' of thinning imature

trees is about 50 cents each.





The value of the crop is enhanced.

Prof. Beach estimates an increased value

of fruit of 15 per cent by thinning. Prof.

Fraser says the increase is more than 50

per cent since thinned fruit can be pick-

ed and packed from 20 to 30 per cent

cheaper.



Mr. Case said he believed it paid to

thin twice. He does not thin any until

the June drOp is over, and does not thin

heavily at first until he knows something

about how much the wind will do. Take

hold of the stem with one hand, when

thinning, and push the apples off with the

thumb and linger of the other hand. Prof.

Wilson said pay no att'ention to the June

drop, but to the size of apples when thin-

ning. l’rof. Herrick said it does not pay

to thin some varieties, because they are

'light bearers. We must use judgment

and consider the factors of varieties, sea.-

sons, etc. George Powell said that with

some varieties annual thinning will pay,

especially with the Wealthy. Such ap—

ples sell for $3.00 per barrel when ordi-

nary apples sell for $2.00 per barrel. Mr.

Catchpole said he knew it paid him to

thin everything in his orchard.



New York. \V. H. JENKINS.





TESTS OF SUMMER SPRAYS ON

APPLES.





 





A report of spraying experiments at

the Connecticut Station shows that Bor-

deaux has, on the whole, shown the best

fungicidal value. of any of the sprays

tried. In the work with apples it was

found that three sprayings having lead

nrsenatc in the last two keep most of

the fungi and insects under control. In

the control of black rot on the leaves

complete removal of the diseased branches

should be combined with spraying. The

prevention of rust requires a. continuous

coating of the llcuvcs from the timc they

first appear until all danger of infection

from the cedar apple stage is over. To

reduce the russeting or burning of apples

that occurs with Bordeaux used alone,

the officials advise using the 4:4:50 formu-

la in the first spraying before the bios-

some. have opcned at the critical time for

scab. In the second and third spraying

a 1:4:50 formula may be used. Compar-

ed with the commercial lime—sulphur

sprays, however, even weak Bouleuux is

apt to produce more: russeting on such

susceptible varieties as Baldwin and

Greening. No recommendation is made

of a substitution of lime-sulphur solu-

tions for Bordeaux 0n thosc varieties not

seriously liable to russcting or Oh those

very susceptible to fungus attack.





When commercial lime—sulphur is sub-

stituted for Bordeaux, however. it should

be used at'the rate of 114 gallons per 50

gallons of water for all three sprayings.

For the insecticide lead arsenate at the

rate of three pounds of paste or 1%

pounds of powder per 50 gallons of mix—

ture may be added to the last two spray-

ings. The treatment, recommended for

the pear and quince is similar to that for

the apple. For peaches, cherries and

plums, where there is always danger of

burning from Bordeaux and also often

from commercial lime-sulphurs, especially

if used with lead arsenate, self-boiled

lime-sulphur appears to be the best

fungicide since it produces On the whole,

the least injury of any spray tried. The

8:8:50 formula for all three sprayings. has

given the best results.





 





 





 

 





 

 

 

 





 





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THE ROLE OF" ACIDS AND BASES





JAN. 4.1918. , _ I





 

   

 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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frcnucntly consiuin of units of these un-





   





(ALKALIES). oxidized orgunic acids.

evzarignae :ggg‘:§2ig‘llgc::.k “irked by -—~—~ Careful Restriction of Diet is the But

It tis go to your dealer tad-1y “Y "mm W' “0mm”- ’ Safeguard.

.nd ask'him to show you his line In our discuHHI-on regarding the role \\ 61 should like to Impress vory strongly

0f Richards Wilcox Tubular and effort: of acids 11nd ImHe-H, or nlku- upon tnlieri-ndcrthoimportanceot‘11.(-(11-o_

Steel Frame Grind Stones. The lieu. Wc lulvo touched upon tho dollcuto t'ui udjnstmtxnt of the diet to ppm/(mt the,

kind that takes a” me drudgery bnlancv which tho humnn body (the uni- IllII‘tNIlit‘IIUn of any ”mp." amount (,f 1111-

at‘d hard work om 0f sharpen- mnl body) innintnlun with regard to tho oxidizzuhic acids. ltight at thin point:

in“ axes.acytl1es,mower fiche]. Introduction of olihcr tho ucidn on tho should we Htlllltd n wurning rognrding tho





     

   

 





‘nd heavy tools. one hand. or this 11lkniicx~1 on tho oi'hor. lu Introduction Into tho dint, of dilllculty

Sitar ening an ax on a Rich- 111111 wo htth- min-n 111111 whilo tho body HHIltliIo minornl salts which ”mug“ new

ards. “cog Tubular Steel docs cxorcisc I-ltlllltl' conccrn ovcr tho ln~ irui in that notion call upon tho ronurve-

Frame Grind Smne is easy For troilucilon ot' itlknlii-n, or bunch. into tho Ui' tho body for thcir (instruction 11nd

the ballbearingjournals cause the/ Hystmn. tlult It In cH=peciuIIy muzrding cilminntion. 'I‘ho 11110 which Impronucn

none to revolve easily and noise- /‘ ugnlnst thc. can'csnlvo introduction of tho iimn‘lt' IIIUHI nirongly upon our mind at:

Iessl while the operator lite on a nci-d conutliucntu. ’i‘hin stuicmcnt ut‘(‘c,H- this timc I11 culicum Hulphutc. 'l‘hc uctlon

com ortable springy seat. Both NIIItIct-t Homo cxpluuutlon on our part. In of ('llIt'IllIII Hulphuto In IIlt‘,‘ body is 11.11

seat and stone can be adjusted/1 urticr thut un erroncouH opinion will not inicrcutinu ”It“. I'i‘sti'tit'fllly noutrul until

‘0 suit convenience 0‘ “Permor- ho Int’crrcd by tho rcurdcr. It rout-inns tho IllitlHIItit'H It ihcn but-omen

The Bil htIy flexible. but aub- ‘ . Fruit Diet Beneficial. split, Itu sulphuric 11cid withdrnwlng Homo

3““ “y hm“ tramc “ding“ //: ‘5": ‘V (inc. of tho most licullhi'ul diets no fur nnturul uikuii or bone from tho. intcnilnul

its“ uneventioors or sur- as tho humun Individual In concorncd, tluids, IIttlH cutting down tho Hupply ot‘

(a? N0 Grind Stones“ an uud one which “'11 huvc obnorvod from tho the body in Hull ro-Hpcct. Not only dons

price.” “I“,her‘e' Cfinhhal I standpoint of honith 11nd nutrition 'thoro this dluudvuntngu cxist, but tho limo, or

:Vcii‘créixf ‘0 he IC 31' s. I K is nhunduni Ht‘It‘llIIII(‘ ground for Its urto. tho culcium. i'rom this suit I11 turn in-

1 You' II say the same—yon 'II I14 tlun libcrul use of fruits" In tho dlot. In tori‘crcs with tho propor ubHorpiIon of tho

be as enthusiastic as we arcw vlicw lni' lIIltl‘ Minimum}:l which we. 1"unto Hotllm lnlthu ili‘tcntinlolby 111-1-1-ipii:;tiin}g '11.

. t 111i tic 1111 y v own w 1 u nrm t 1c 11 ro- Honp sin-1 [IN to on c um Honp w 1 (‘I n

312:21332‘gg‘2‘ll‘eggiennéonmmtcsits many advantages over the ordinary ductinn or proscnco ot‘ cxccssivo ucid In utmost Inuoiublo 11nd thou-fore bccomcs

Apostalcardwillbringyou ourlatest Grind Stone Cataloguczmdnvery thc dict. it nuty Ht‘iClII stlnngci thut wo tl.\(:lt‘It~d In tho tuccn Inntcud of taking



interesting Iittlc booklet. Send for them today—they to well worth sbou-id Innncdlnirly on “to other hnnd, Illl'i‘I, In the nutrition. of tho‘body.

reading mlvisn ihc use oi iurgc quuut'ltlcu of truit ihc ct‘t‘c-ct oi' cnlcium nuiphuto, thoro-

. , In tho dict, i‘or Hurc-ly tho rcndcr Wi'll i'oro, while ncutrul whcn Introduced into

R‘Chards Wilcox Mfg. CO. ,. t : say Hi onco thnt, tho introduction of fruit. tho nyslmn, oncourngcn acidosis in those

. l‘ 4 into ihc dict' i1-1 uddtng this vury 11cld two puritculnrs: 'It‘irnt. by withdrawing

'37 Th"! su‘et‘ ' ’ AURORA: ILL. ' n which “‘1‘ “1th‘ rcnsoncd ugnlnHt. Wu ulknli for tho ncutrnlizntion oi’ tho ncid



. must tht'n‘cl'm‘c, horn ('iii’l'orcnttuto hotwocn nnd HI-comi, by inking tributc on Homo of '

We also makeanaceuettgtio‘ngrgflsizinothatcan beattached thc :11'IdH. tho introduction of which uro the fully ilt'ItIN which uro In tho soups,

olricctiouubic nnd thosc llt‘ItIH which 1111) tho rosuit of tho nttc'mpt of thc iilchtivo

pul‘llliHSlIiIt' ycn. indi-cd, cvmt \vclcomc. HyHtcm to utilizo thc fut In tho i'ood.





Acid of Fruits Can be Utilized. Majority of Illa Due to Malnutrition.





 





'l‘hc ucld ilutt cxlsts in fruit In 1111 or- \\'i11-n Wo- tukc Into (‘onHIdct‘utIon tho

gnnic ucid. 'i‘ho :1cld of Iclnoni-l, for cx- wuil known t‘uct tlutt. by for tho muJor

nnmlc. Ix citric ucid. 'l‘lic ncld oi' orunm‘fl Ills ol' munkind 11nd of unlmuIH 111-1 wcll





11nd grupo i‘rnits Is citric ucld. ’I‘lm ucid





IH tul'turlc.





urn duo to t‘uully nutrition, cii'ln-r dircictiy





Factory Prices for the Asking—





   





 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 





. - I of grupcs ‘ 'l‘hc ucid of upping or Indlrcctly, wc muy form Htilllt‘i nppro-

Is mullc 11cid. 'l‘thc ucidu wc cull or- ninth-n of how serious 11 muttcr It IH to

on GenUIne W'tte Englnes gnutc ucids. \\'l1cu ihcy ul‘c iukcn Into disturb the moinbollc functions oven

the systcm thcy do not cull for 11 with- though It mny Ht‘t'lll In HUIIH‘ InH'tunccs-l to



' HE genuine \Vitt'e—concedcd the best form engine In America—mm of— druu'ui ot‘ thc 11lkull, or buslc. supply of bu only it minor leiurluincc.

IRE tcrednt actual wholes ole prices. Yes, this Is tho cngino tlmthnslcnd thc body. for tho)” nrc IIIlHtlI‘IH‘ti Into tho. 'l‘hc. uormnl l'(‘L‘i(‘IItlil of tho blood is



highest will:iii?Iiié‘ix'iii’iinenfiggftgi32113.53{bonoDnLinzliccrczziidiig‘rirupii‘ttyli1.11:: body und couvcricd into’ normul food SILL: 'hily 11|k.1linc 'l‘lun uppcnrunco of cur- I."



'0“ thedcalcrpaid—andlmvcthefincstengincIn)mlr county compounds 11nd tlnully climinutcd In (in hon dioxide In the blood which In the

our Gas well saves You Many Dollars More oxidizcd condition through IIlt‘ lungs. body's grcnt puriilcr, Hocms to dcpond

Lt‘t US tukc Silillittll‘It‘ acid. fill‘ tnxtlltlllit‘. Vcl‘y mutcrlnlly on mnintuining this slight;

\Vedo111omtl1nngi\'es'(}\}1ordinarytoctoryprfices.‘\'\'e3r§('1;?n:,év3:,‘3F1,‘fncmmrs‘yho on tho oihcr hnnd. Sulphuric Ilt‘ItI rc- condition of nIkulinIty. At nu. ruto any

i‘.‘.‘.)"é§'2‘i1.‘l~“ifliiéiii.l‘.°"1'm$3.:253?.iii‘i'aiiifiit11;“.‘itviiiiii‘yoi‘iié‘r‘“&..§i.‘..;‘$$li‘.§iisii‘SK'Iv‘i‘i’fé nnlin mnn nn aniinn nt‘ 1111- nmtnm 1.. mm «Mm-1mm or this kunnny. or

nos: twice as much—boo nmse 1111 m crnno of 1 cent for every horse-power per hour cuts the body or from sulphuric ucid dlrcctly quulino condition, caused y the Intro-

.*_*.~..,..... in ~01 1.1.1.1.... ... nnnnnn nnnwnn nrn-nn n mama

Bmltm .111 sizutromlatomh p,cxcryonolrsrrdloldw0110111111! “’IHlIt‘Vt‘l‘ “'tll’ its l'l‘t‘gt'tlt‘t‘ IS ilt‘t'illlllICd M’ R (‘UHIIIINU (“Stilllmurunce of the cur-





WRITE FOR 60 DAYS FREE TRIAL OFFER 101 In tho 1.11111. 11 wins intuiotiluimy 111nm iron dioxide.

thc rcscrvo store of alknlics or buses Acidosis Common Among Artificially Fed

and complete. direct. factory price proposition with catalog and which arc stored III) in ”m systcm and Infants.

special offer bulletin. \\ e expose 0111:1110 secrets In this bulletin . . ‘ ii . ,‘ i 1 .. ,

thatwilismrttcyou.Re1110111ber.it‘syouriirst thus ucutiuli/md Is c illlllttiiui. It s t to I 1obubly ono oi the most freducnt dit-





chameatnn cugincctozz zility. standing and acid which culls for 11cutruiizntion by tho Ilcultlcs with Infuni‘s is the result of one

reput .1tion at :1 5111 iii price. Mention siz i





   





neededorwork to be done “rite at once E alkuli or busic supply of tho body that or thc other of two conditions of acidosis

' the body is cspcctnily guarding against. that. we hnvo just described. It, Is woll



mm "‘0“ WORKS co' Kidney Diseases Frequently Marked by known that with infants that are fed

2192°akland AV Excess of Unoxldized Acid In Diet. urtlilcinlly, that is. primarily on cows'



In conncction with tho common kidney milk, that thc uppcnruncc of the symp—



dlscnso cul‘lcd dinbctcs mollitis, the cx— toms of this discnsc is more frequent and





cess of acids is very mnrkod, and it was lllt)l‘t‘ mnrkcd than in those tcd on human

through :1 study of this discuso that thc. milk. Cows' milk contuins at tlrst hund,

term Acidosis firsr arose. And, as we more protcid than docs-x human milk. 7

have stu.tcd hcrctotorc, it may bc infcrrot'l 'i‘his mc'nns that the» amount of unoxi-

that" this condition may arise either dized acids common In the body must be

IIII‘UHHI! 1110 Inl‘t‘txlut‘tion of acid from grcutcr than would bc that case with an

without thc body, or by the withdrawal infant fcd on a natural diet. In the sec—

Of tho alkali or bases within the body and place, cows' milk 11s 11 ruic, contains

which, of course. amounts ultimately to more fut than does human milk. Espe—

the some thing. Thtn presence, therefore, ciunlly is this apt to be- true among the

0f 11 considerable quantity or an excess nverngc families because some effort is

of mineral acids or of any non—oxidizable usually made to scvcure a grade of milk

organic acid contributes to this condition, that, from a standpoint of cleanliness, is

which we call “acidosis" which, in plain above the nvciragc of the city milk sup-

langungc, is nothing more or less than an ply. Accompanying this. clean milk is

acid intoxication. If the intoxication is sunily found to contain a high fat con-

caused by the administrution from with- tent. Now a. high fat content of milk re~





 





 





 





“BALI.DWAY“MEANS “BARGAIN”





And I Prove it TOY You





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   





$50

To $300

CHEAPER !





This

Time It’s

On ENGINES





—me most substnntmliy con-

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Willem“ Herman 0mm. than Sign P080 buy out, it may be called direct acid int‘oxlca— suits in a removal of the alkali from the

mgrzm‘n‘yuk‘ffi‘mfixbg £238 111511155513: tion. If it. is caused by the withdrawal intestine in attempting to utilize the fat.





It starts at n touch—cost: only 0

penny or so for gasoline on 1 big



job — never goes

mug—develops more





of alkalies from within the body to neu-

tralize an excess of acid there formed.





house, jobber or deal-

er anywhere of equal

quality — and better





The calcium present in the milk becomes

converted in the intestine into the cal-





 

 





 





mflm‘ H. P “a than the best of them we may call it indirect, or auto-intoxi- cium soup the same as we have des'crim

sold mgmgfi Eall.. That's a Galloway cation. Such acids as lactic acid, uric cd under cnlcium sulphate and thus with-

than ngzne.





 

 

 





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Guarantee of Permanent Satisfaction or

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acid, oxalic acid, acetic acid, and oxybu-

tyric acid contribute to this condition

called acidosis.



The presence of non-oxidizable organic

acids in the syst'em is the signal for the





drawing the alkali calls upon the body

to furnish in its place ammonia for the

neutralization of the acids formed.

Dietitians have observed this point and

In our modified milk for infant feeding





Get the book and see the bargains I’m offering. There isn’t a house In the country



tint I don t beat for price oombined with quality. Write now for my special 1913

proposition md price.



». WI. GALDOWAY, President:



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excessive oxidation of the proteid matter

in the body in the effort of the body to

furnish enough nitrogen in the form of

ammonia to prOperly neutralize these





the fat content is considerably lower than

is the case with ordinary cow’s milk. It

Is a significant fact that so apt' is this

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acids of excretion. This brings about an-

other undesirable condition for the oc-

currence of urinary calculae which are

exceedingly prone to form in ammoniacal

urine or a urine in which the presence of

ammonia salts are especially prominent





 





delicate in this respect, that dairyme-n

have observed that the progeny of a Jer-

sey cow will develop more advantageously ‘

in the early stages of. its life upon the

milk of a Holstein cow or other breed 10W

in fat than on its mother's milk,





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ngine will develop as much power

on a gallon of kerosene as on a gallon

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Kerosene (Coal Oil;

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





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§Farmer§ Clubs “5





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TA X A T l O N .





Address or Annot'iutlotitil 'l'roHidl-nt Mc-

ili'tdo, before the recent. Slate AHHtlt'itliiill‘i





oi' Fliriimrs' (tiuim.



'i‘hc lust til't‘t'llillfli ('t'llHlli-i Hll'lWH, Hilli'i‘.

tililtl to 1010, Unit tillilil :ii'rongo illlJ-i iii-

m'mmod l‘litlr pl-t' (.‘tiiil. litlil improved





i-icrvligo 15 per cent: the productivity of

licroligo om- per (vi-lit. while population

hall till-roili-iod during the. some period. 2]





per cent. 'Wlibort‘ort-e. the l'liigllnh

HinitsHlllilll. wild l'hlit the dtt‘torcinoo iii"

twm-ii ti. good liildre-l-ii-l ii lid n poor oiio





Willi lliut in iilt‘. former (‘ttite iili'l‘i' wilH tho





um-cuully of Honitvthing to be wild; in

this itliii'l‘ i'tlHi', ilio li0(!(*nHHli'y oi' HilyillK

something.



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l'rot‘. Sumner boglnii n. clitipior in his

polilll-ul economy by slitting that mun

t'ri-litou nothing. lliu work in simply to

bring rill‘t't'fi lind olmnontn together. Now

the (‘liutlnguiuhing i‘r-uiuron or t-oinnivrl'loi

lind lndtmtrinl til'o il-i the rapidity oi" move-

"lt‘llii-i. illiring ti lii‘l'iilti ol' dcprrvt-lHloti

lliovolncntu lirro uiow: dul'l timrw Wu 9013’.

Homowhl-ro itioug thin line ot’ lill'Ht', bunt-





llt'HH cluirigon in tho ('4th of gth-rnnu'nt.

A” (th'l'ili‘Hti t-hurgo, our bituliil-HH :inlilynt,

would i'ilii ll. “howling" Would tit'Ht-l‘iiin

it to our inroirmu-e people. \No unlinr-

thnd it better by Htiyllig illiti it, in lilis

rout oi' the uupi-i'vlulon by government of

illlHillt'HH l't‘illiiilllH, :ind thin lliliil'fli is met.

by whzit Wt! ('llli tum-.14. The word tux





till-lo lnt'illlH .” hindrance, n. burden. n. otrnln.

lt' Wl~ would do away with government, or

ilnlll‘i'ily, We might. avoid tum-H. How-

over, something lilo-:inor limp :iiiorrhy in

that ol' l't't‘i'ivill]: iiit" bout-til derived from





govornnii-nt niid iii-ting Will‘HI' iiltln lin

tllllll't'ilit-(i in avoiding iiit' pliyinr-nt. An

:intirrhlnt, oven though lilitlilii(it.ll., in the

more hoiiortl.

fl ‘ fl



The soil to tho lliIYHil'it-ii. :ind t-lit-iritut

in not iii'ttit’til-i. but. full of l'ili'lflil'lli :ilid

[lilyHii’fli a'H‘iiViiit'H. ’l‘lilH i-ilorml up lilo

mzly luv. quickly “Hod up_ or depicted no

slowly lhtil, with Hillllte i'XlltitlHlt, it may

lit», liltllilltilllt'li tilllltlHl innit-finitely. An

example of huntonml dvplotlon in in loin-

lng und lilinbl-ring. Michigan htul mag-

llllli'i'lll flirt'HiH ot' Wililit! pints. ’l‘l‘ieno ll‘trt'fl

hliw- i't'ill't'ti (-ontly monuments to their

donlroyt'l‘u, wliilo tht'lr him-imuml HtumpH

illlll lilt' llidift'l-rt-ut Htlilt-i roliititn, in dumb

lit-(situation of ti, inthukt'n policy oi" taxa-

tion. in tho inllilliiilllH of chemical and





physical life, under llllltit'l‘ll iildiiHirilil life,

”10!": in. going on it (:onutunt iiiovomoiit

toward the cities. \Vhilo ptiHHitig the

Hartford liilllding in Chit-ago, in company

with a northern Michigan mining man.

he rcmzirkrd. “l furnished the money to

build llllli building.” That is, the wealth

derived from iron ore was-i used to take

the granite and l-itcolfand the labor fed

from the soil was concentrated in that

building.



it in interesting to know how values

are determined upon various forms of

property. A well developed mine, aurch

as is bought by the American Exploration

Company, or the English Venture Com-

pany, is examined by competent engi-

nccru. Hammond and Beuttie, the prin-

cipal (-XflnlilH'Ft-i for the (luggenhcims, are

men who l‘t’t't'ini ill‘illt't’eiy salaries, be-

cause of their knowledge, and integrity.

\\'hen Slrutton's indepcnl‘lcnce mine {it

Cripple Crook was sold to the English

Venture Company, it was found to have

been worked out. and the. examining vil-

gineors were long under suspicion of dis-





honesty in their reports. To arrive at

the value of a mine the ore must be

blocked out on four sides, drafts and





shafts at lilo-foot intervals.

ten feet of vein





From every

is taken a clipping, or





sampling is made to obtain an average

sample. These samples are marked,

sealed and assayed. The measurements





are made to determine the tonnage. and

these, with the assays, determines the

Value of the ton of ore. The cost of min-

ing,- reducing and marketing the ore is

calculator] and then we have the value of

the developed mine. The hypothetical

value of the undeveloped portion is not

even guessed at. English companies fig-

ure annual depreciation or. as it is de-

termined, an amortization fund for re-

placement of the original investment, so

that when the mine is worked out a new

mine may be purchased, or the invest-

ment returned to the investors. Gov.

Osborn’s contribution to Michigan in mat—

ters of taxation was the physical valua-

tion of mining propertly.

(To be continued).





 

 

 

 





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_ Grange.





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FORTI ETH ANNUAL STATE GRANGE.





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Important Committee Reports.





l'l'illllillt‘illi. liliioiig the i'ommii’ioou to

which it grout illllliiii‘l' ot' l‘t'HllillllUllH liml

iltii‘ll rct't-ri'l-d Wilt-i that oil ltsgtHiullvo lio-

tion, at" Wllii‘il lion. l.. l.. Kl-iily wait





the lllllllt'l‘ililfl propo-

iii" (ironw- voted to

incoming leginluturo





l'illlil'lllilll. Among,

Hitioiiu tittbmitlml

l'tli'illllintWHi to Hit!

the following:



A low compelling rutlrondu to mulnttiln

:i Ht'ht-dulo livortigiiig not ll-iui liilln l5

lliilofl [)i'i' hour in worrying iivo Hilli‘k.

Amendment" milking ri‘l‘m-tiw- thi-

luw prohibiting the pollution of rivers-1 tind

Hti'oliinH. 'l'ho i'l‘i'iliitlll horti—

l-ulturol t'tllllll’liHHiilll. l‘it—tillilllliHHillll





"Hil't-





of :i, Hill t l:





'l'lit;





of tho univornni uiit‘l'rttgn ninondnirnt to

‘iilt: oloutorulie, A law limiting the ruin-

p:i.lgn t'Xllt'lliliilll'i'l-i ot' t'illlliiliilil'H for





office to it) per (‘i'lli ot‘ the opium] urilriry





of tho oiiir’o. ',\ low prohibiting i'l‘t~‘1l”l-

I’l'y lil'lllii doing bunlnrmi lit, two or litoro

potiitu or Htotioim t'roni dini'llminliliiig

:lHHillHi :iny ulotion in other wordu. util-





mo ‘hodH of Homo big lruntu and

A more

bunting,

”lit-l—

. it)





izilig the

inonopolten in killing competition.

iii of

illillit'l'H





i"'.Hii'ii’iiilii

Iiy

Ainondiiil-nis:

Illroiigtlitn :iiid liiiprovo

iiitiry hi4~i'iiilli lliw unit

to ilit'llillo till

A goliornl

pinning “ii

iii tuitliiioli

t'ormi'r





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out] looking





«iomtm lioi'.





il‘ttHllllHH ll.

liltHiKlli'li

lilo





to extend list Hi-opo





iiiiliiii lil'i-





Hini‘: :ilili I'lllllliy tliii.i‘l'l'H.





Hillillil‘, oliililiiJiiiiil: Thou





t-oilnly oli'ilwi'g on n

tho (lining!-

poHilion





tux :ind





.’-',;li-'l.l"\'.

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iilt'





wombat-iv” t lulu





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l‘i'lflltlih‘

till-

it til} wont

oppowrd to the mitilztmlmt

't' which ‘thil prevent or

farmi‘rn liiSl:il.l'!lig rind

linen.





JiH

tonluigi:

litltlli'ul

M'Ii We strongly

oi" :iny -' “

liilvi'forl:

opt-ruling



'l‘hl:

i’u.HHt:li,





I‘HHl)ii!"'t';i, Hi till





   





with

toil-pilot”;

If. it}.

iiy. i"?ill}l'i Wiih

l"'t'illlllll(‘.lliill.ililn to the effect,

of lil‘: iiiilnolims

iii building bottle»

ill otherwis—io promiring for l-oli—





commit tm- 4:“ rt-sloiu l ioiiu,





i'ililil‘lllv’lll, opt-nod

ti. gt-ilit-i‘ul

that. large

Hunts-l now oxpmulod





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"AYES Four-Wheel. gu nrantee

surer germination and

ulcker growth. Wheels pack the dirt

rem the olden to hold moiilture and leave

a loose ridge on IUD-l") that com sprouts

iiickl rind comes up aoverai dnyil sooner.

’ he rit’ige given greater nut-lace tor sun s

heat and preventn WilHilOlllH in hilly fields.





Hayes F our-Wheels





regulate depth of planting to the frac-

tlon of an inch—~thc only planter made





 





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tilt-t. might in: utilized for ;irtv:in-

tugoouuly illiitl'tllll‘ill.iPly

the culture of iiiith-riuit

lug its





on record





lll'li “

:iiiti ill .‘lIlVIIJH'llii:

in giv—

Wont

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llilligst. The:





[warm

iiilt

will-:trur-t ion





:Ilili

tziidoernt-u t.

In" fuvming





(thingi-





tor than destruction in “ii





This in an important factor in the

suceeim of the corn crop. Corn all comes

up at the name time. allows eliriiercultivn-

tion and guards against missing hills trorn

uneven planting.



"AYE Four-Wheat]. cover

where all art :7 open

wheels fall. They spread. at top and

clean themselveii. Guaranteed not to clog

or carry the corn over oven in wet and

Micky noli. Inoureu :1 stand in low wet

spotii of field and allows earlier planting.





Never Misses a Hill





The HA Vi'lfx' Drop never tulle. it in the

nirnplwit. iliotit durable and motit etholrznt

ever llilullt. Fewer ports than any titlilir.

Hm. no clutch to mill.“ and give trouble.

Ni,V'tl‘t:i’711;i<’-t or grind“ the semi. Will drop

acriirmely any size or shape kernel.



’i‘he HAYES leaves no burr; epota in



our fields. lncrciwort yields: noon pay for

ii Farmers who have been dl<iappointoll

with edge drop plnnloru me now buying

the HAYES never-tall drop.





Leads All Other Planters





Over mum in nan. Mofit. perfect. checking pinn-

m made. Short, coupled, light. draft. and turn; in

nhortmet comm. Twenty-five yearn hurl-1:33. Bully



uarnnteml ' . ‘

g (hm he t'ornlilhed with porter-4'. workin Fertiliz-

e1 nod (low l‘en Attachmenta, also Stu ) ltunnora





' . it referred.

mzzcgtmrpnoighbor and rionll'r nbout: the HA YE?!





glut lantii every kernel exactly the name

ept i.





and lumd pmml for free booklet Av containing

valuable planter fat-m.

HAYES MP I: PLMTER 60.. CAL", ill...





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t-undotliTH-d lili:

int,r and currency bill and

by this «ibis-gully. 'l'iit-i

curred in the following

Hubrnittcd: 'l'htit tlu- timings: t-nrtorsu; tho

Page-Wilson ligriI-iiliuril extension

urn now before (i'IHLUV’HF

the Lever-Smith bill; the laws ro-

ntrlctiiig lotterioH be amended its to

prevent gambling in all Him-ks and bondH:

that the franking of mail, a privilege

which all recognize as grratly abuslod, be:

strictly limited to official bilHEncs-iu of dirt

l'nlted States; that railroads be compelled:

to pay domiirrttgo for delay in furnishing.

to shippers. the idea. being to offsuxtfi

ilmiiilrrnge charged against shippers for

delay in unloading freight; that tho

Grunge oppose the HU-Citiitni Lover oil-o—,

mal‘gurilm bill and in its; atom] rel-om-

mend the passage of a law Silt'il n:

lim'd by Master Hull in his annual ad-

dress. (Such a measure, known as the

liausen bill, has since been introduced

rind is now bc-f‘oro Congress); that the

reciprocity law now upon our statute

books he Y‘t'lit'tlit'ti by Congress; without

delay; that tho Electoral (foil-gr: be dis-

pensed with and the president, and vice-

prosideiit of tho l'nited States be elected

by direct vote of the people; that the

Grange re-emphasize its well-known op-

position to the liquor interests of the

state. l‘tesolutlons warmly expressing the

thanks and uppreoiation of the Grange to

the citizens of Sault Ste. Marie and the

patrons of the entire upper peninsula

were included in this report.

The committee on education

the present plan of centralizing

and its position was endorsed by‘the

Grange. It'recommended that prospec-

tive rural teachers be required to have

at least six months of normal training;

~that the state be required to furnish uni-

form text books at actual cost; that

Superintendent of Public Instruction

\Vright be asked to reverse his recent

ruling which practically eliminates the

ninth and tenth grades from country

schools. The delegates concurred and

voted to add to the report a resolution

favoring a statute permitting the utiliza-

tion of public schoolhouses as social cen-





i-omniittr't: Aldrich blink-

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Exceptional Jmum 3'"

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Economy awn...- _

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in Operation .— u... '

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_T_.&M.F arm Engines





are howled—17 years of good-engine

MIMI-x, and a T. & M. Iron-dad guar-

anu. back of Olch engine. An engine

that's built right—sold nght~and guaran-

teed to the limit. if you want. more real

dollar-for-dollar engine value than you

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EAR N about thiswonder-

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of steel. Saves health-strives $5 to

$20 a year of shoe mo ey. No

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no corns. no bunions. no caucuses.

. Over 600.000 men new wearing

them. lyeslight,springy.comfortahlestep.

Uutlaeta 3 to 6 pairs of. old faahioned all-

leather shoes. Sales are of lighL thin,

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will gladly ship on 106 t con-

delivered direct to your cm it than:

any delay ll v parcels post. Send today for

my at. free "The Sole ofSteel”

an learn all aboutthia wonderful shoe.





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to leave your money where it came little or no





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Sale in the history of this

Company. , An excellent

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Corrugated Steel Rooting -





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Here is the chance of a lifetime to buy the best roofing in the world.

at a mere fraction of it's rcal value. ()ur enormous buying power on-

abled us to pick up for spot cash a. stock of this brand new. perfect





corrugated. ‘V” erimpcd and Standing Seam Roofing and Brick





Siding. at a tremendous sacriiicc~ 'way under what it is t :1] , - -

worth. Immediate cash Iii-eded made possible this purchnsgf: [illiis’t ' The Chlcago House Wrecking Company anW11 to

‘ the commercial world as the “Great Price Wreckers" is easily





another chapter added to the long list of our famous bargain sales.

acknowledged the bargain house of the earth.





' Our M In th 1 t e s 40 s and our l'st of

corrugated Steel ROOflng customers iaiiIEnuOmbexPeduby flioevhtindredglbg thousands. alnd in-

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V' ' Sil.k' .,'d'

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at prices, in many instances even less than the costo manufacture.

There is nothing else that compares with corru ated We u EV thln N de

steel roofing for real protection. It makes a ‘long. — 5, pply ery , g ee d

iiifiénfréé’é‘f“alrflrre'iiat'ihif‘rm Windham zmd lighti- Our stock includes everything for the farm, home

’ 7’ ' ./ '1 ” _"°0 0 ”1 summer: “’1 and personal use Building Material—Lumber. Roofing. Doors.

1:31:21. lflg‘gk‘éfifi oggui‘filtglistemcgs dogs “‘3‘? 10“!“er 01' Millwork. Fonciiig. Hardware. Plumbing, Heating Apparatus.

u 05"", that O rri tddnStl-uln' wélher‘b 3“ can .9 end Furniture. Household Goods. Clothing. Shoes. in fact. every single

rp fin aid 0 1133169}. 89 ‘3 e 8“ materia for article needed to clothe a man. woman or child. Sporting Goods,

0° 3' ”‘3 an L l ”13‘ . Harness and Vehicles. Jewelry. Sewing Machines. Groceries. etc.

At 1X0 per square foot. we furnish our grade AB-700 You cannot think of a single manufactured article but what we

Steel Roofing. in sheets 22 x 24 inchch 134 inches.’l‘his can supply it to you at a saving in price.





 





price is delivered on board cars at Chicago.

Galvanized Steel Roofing [1 “I fill” m‘ ll N I EE

# — — our capital StOCk iS $2y000)000' Ally bank 01‘ Com-

v mercial Agency. or any ublisher will confirm our responsibility.

23/ c Per 5 “are Foot We have advertised in t is apcr for many years. Ask its pubish-

4 q or what he thinks of the C icago House Wrecking Company; get

— —- _— — his personal opinion of the values. and our square methods of

doing business. We guarantee each and every article that we sell





Another big Steel Roofin Bargain. Several thousand squares of the to be exact] ~ . -



. . . . y as or our re resentations. Should ou bu anythin

very h.”>'.h°3t‘ 317319 specie .y floated. corirugtat‘eid. galvanized roofing from us that fai s to comepup to our representations, gr does no%

and siding. ““1 e 0 9990'“ lin‘ifii’am s e" v 0 superior qualityé agree with your expectations. we will take back such unsatisfac-





Best roofing. and will last inde v. We will furnish it in suitab

lengths for any purpose. Only a limited quantity on hand. so we urge

you to send us your order immediately. Don’t wait to write us again— —

order today. while this stock exists. Price only 2%:

or square foot. and will outlast 4 to 1. Just drop us a.

inc. and tell us the size of your studding and general

facts. and we will help you to select proper sheets. If

you are not ready to use the materia now. we will re-

serve it for future delivery. if you will give us a small

de osit on account. This price of 2%c per square foot

is gor our Lot AB-800 corru ated material. and is

delivered on board cars at (l icugo. If you prefer

some other style. we will furnish it.We have this same

rade in “V” crimped. Standing Beam and Brick

iding. Samples on application.





Read! Roofing will Sugglies

i - 620 Per 108 Square Feet





tory merchandise at our freight expense. We want satisfied patrons.





 





 





 





 





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Never again will Such

remarkably low prices

exist. Don’t delay —-

Send your order at once

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Brand New Wire Fencing l_._g_ss 'l'li__§i_i

19 li_’_e_r Running Eggt





Big est of all ofl’ers of the past. We come to on with the most won-

derful proposition ever known. and offer you t 9 very best woven wirel

fencing at a fraction of it's real value: low-

er in price than ever before. not withstand-

ing that all other merchants and manufac-

turers have advanced their prices on fenc-

ing. We are determined to simply get all

the business in sight. and with that in view.

we bought up from manufacturer's sales. 150 carioads of High

Grade Woven Wire Hogh Cattle. Field and Poultry Fencing. Barb

Wire and Nails, in quantities sufficient to take care of our regular

customers and those who Will quickly respond to this advertisement.





Barb Wire Less Than _2__c_ £e_r Rod





Galvanized. two-point Barb-Wire. full weight (not the light kind) put

“F regular on Spools. containing about 100 lbs. to a s on]. It is made

0 No. 12% wire. with good weight barbs. Price or 1 lbs. during this

sale. only $1.95. Order by Lot No. All-6 0. Several thousand.

spools of this Barb VV'iro. Painted. rice pcr lOOlbs. $1.75. Order

by Lot AB-500. Also have in stoc 1000 spools of light wei ht. new

galvanized barb wire. put up 80 rods to the spool. made 0 N0. 14

galvanized wire. No. 15 barbs. herbs 5 inchcs apart; price per spool of

80 rods $1.45. Lot All-4005 We also have several other bargains.

You never had a chance like this before. and we advise that you send ‘

us your order today. Don't wait until the material is sold—we can-l

not hold this quotation open.





Galvanized Hog Fencing





A! a Material Reduction in Price





100.000 rods of 26 in. Galvanized Steel Spring Wire. 26 in. high. hog

fence. put up in 10. 20. 40 and 60 rod rolls. made with '7 bars. spaced

in. apart with No. 9 top and bottom wires. No. 11 intermediate wires,

heaVier than the regular fencmg offered. Price per rod. during this

sale. only 150. Order by Lot Ali—900.



Same fencing spaced 6 in. apart. per rod during this sale. only 210.

0rder_by Lot AIS-1000. Other heights at proportionately low prices.





 





 





 





 





48 in_. High, Per Rod 27c





A complete stock of all

heights of Woven Wire

Fencing for every purpose.

Do not ( elay your order. but

send it in at once, even it

you are not read to have it shipped. We will hold

the material res y to deliver when you want it.





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We have several thousand squares of a Complete houses and barns at an enormous saving. Never before in the history of Building Material has Galvanized Wire Shorts





‘ are offering in our AJAX BRA VD, l—ply. at needed for t e construction of houses and barns at lower prices than ever before.





   

 

 

 





 





 





superionquality Ready lioofln which we such an op ortunity existed. We offer high grade. brand new complete lumber and building material





 





This is smooth wire put up 100 lbs. to a coil. first-





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a price 015 6 0 per 5‘11””) 0 108 square ee 20,000,000 Ft. 0' New Lumber at Our Yards and warehouses Ready for OUIOk Delivery glass fomral use. omcs in sizes fromG tolfigaugo.

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including necessary cement and caps to lay .

. it- This is undoubtedly the 11108“: remarkable We have u warifi of. twenty million feet of first-class. brand new lumber for the construction of buildings , {31139. $1.2 DPI‘ 100 1b8- LOt AB-

‘ bargain ever oil'ered in Ready Roofing. T11“? of every kind. A nderful stock of the very finest miliwork. interior trim. etc—enough material to com 1200- Other BlZes In proportion.

‘ famous brand is put up 3or4 pieces to a roll. struct cities and vil lages everywhere. It is our determination that 1913 will be the "Banner” year in the

The price of 62c per square of .108 square history of our Great Lumber and Millwork departnienthand the way we will accomplish this. is by quoting some Big Bargains in Nalls

'_ feet is oaded on board cars at Chicago. We prices that Will undersell any possziblc competition. The proof of this is in our catalo and literature. —- — -—

~ will. however. make a freight. prepaid price Write today and tell _us what {1011 contemplate improving or building during this firming — talk to his At, last we have the bargain of b-ir sins 10 000 has!

on this same grade of roofing. includin plainly, and we promise you t ,e adVico straight from the shoulder. No other concern in the world is of penning galvanized wire “any {vi outlast another

nailsand necessary cement of'lfic per roll of} equipped such as we arc. Right in our main yard and warehouses. at Chicago. we can load you out com- kinds Put. up in regular kegs ' Price per keg of

. square feet. and at this remarkably low price House plctatel. at one “1‘11“? am]! in one cariozid, ever single lbs 55 follows'— '

. I ar ic e requirc "or t is im rovcmciit of t o biiil- H ' o '

we Pay the Frelght "03A ding you have in mind. 0 where else can you 10 pengynglg¥&9?§iflo$2 10

; {5 1 ' $ 00 go and get such HOI‘VICO. 6 pennywelght $2 15 '—

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A In full to any point east of Kansas and Nebraska and ' Shingle Nails $3.00

North of the Ohio River. _ - — Persona, serv'c'e To you Also 5.000 kegs of Nails. mixed all kinds in a keg:

We will also furnish 2-ply. at 900: 3-ply. at $1.0). Buys t]. 9 You can gct the kind of service that will give good assortment, handy to have around your workshop.

' This Ajax Roofingis guaranteed to wear as long. .. . I you absolute satisfaction;— satisfaction from the Eur-int; this sale only per 100 lbs.. $1.45. Order

i. and give as good service as any Rubber Surface roo - .maferla_ to , word. go. lf.you have ideas of your own as to by Lot AB-1100. We have other bargains in nails.

i ing on the market. . . build Hus 2- the kind of building that you wantuwe will ive Also. in this same job. we have 5.000 kegs of Fence

We have other grades of roofing which we offer .tofy mod- you the benefit of the Greatest Architectural ‘e- Stapleg' galvanizod; per kcg' $2.00, Lot AB-1400,

30 per cent lower “1.8411 0‘11““ Q‘mt‘“ 'Samplcs em. 8-room partmcnt m. the world. “ l.“ fl‘rmsh you “”1 Orimped wire for reinforcing cut to any desired

free. Get our free Rooting Book before buying roof- rec idence plans according to your own ideas. and will quote length~ per 100 lbs $2 25’ L’ot Ali-1360

ing of any kind. ThiSJS a. chance to lay in your W' . f - you a price on the material that Will make you a W h, . l . ." .' ' ‘1 Vi'~'t t .d 'f

roofing. You must scnd in your reservations at once—— I"! I}? . O r wonderful savmg. Dollars saved are dollars earned. our 5;; “223%,.‘3fif-llnfinid‘ioe‘ 0|th $2058“ “:9" eggs ‘3" ind or

use the coupon shown in this advertisement. or mere- descrwhon- erte today fm" 0111" B00“ Of Plans and Latest NOT Tiiepsmv iiii'i‘ smile IN Y UR oncsiiz. andyWE ‘ivfiid

Catalog of Building Material and Supplies. HOLD FOR SHIPPING INSTRUCTI NS.





 





1 write us a. letter and tell us where you saw this ad.

v’ertisement. While the stock we have on band would

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will quickly take advantage of our ofl'er: therefore.

we urge you to at in your order at once. even though

you are not re y to have the material come forward

today. Send us our order and tell us when you want

it shipped, an we will ship it according to your

requirements. Do not overlook this chance—take full

advantage of this offer while it lasts. .





We have hundreds of thousands of customers who are A TA

waiting and watching for these bargains. and who

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shown in this advertisement. .We will undet- ' ‘ ' - " Building B Catalog of Lumber and Book of House and ,

:toupgtlhat you simply want‘ full infiffimggion. snugglent nfggfilgogam‘gls Wifsgfiiafi 92'1" gngth-szrs £82351“ Catall‘o Building Materials. . Barn Plans. ' ‘>

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Without any obligation or romise to buy. please send me the following

catalogs and full information ree:





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