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Blighted Potatoes as a Souree of Seed.





ANY farmers, in the portions of

Michigan that were affected with

that form of potato blight which



shows up by causing a soft rot or a dry

rot of the tubers, are debating the ques-

tion in their minds-~Some few have al-

ready settled it—whegher they should

plant such potatoes from their cellars and

pits as seem sound, in spite of the fact

that from one-third to two-thirds of the

potatoes stored rotted badly. In other

words, their question is, is the fact that

the disease may be carried over in the

tubers and is the extent of the rot in

the potatoes sufficient to make them unfit

for seed?



In regard to the first point as to the

carrying over of the disease from one

year to the next. it should be said that

this has been a debated point of a gen-

eration and even now, although a score

of eminent scientists have worked on the

potato blight, it is not fully established

in what form the potato disease lives ov-

er winter. It is true that Deliary, the

great German mycologist, had as far back

as 1876, demonstrated that sprouts from

diseased potatoes were diseased with the

blight fungus and that on the young

leaves and stems from these diseased

tubers, spores of the fungus were pro-

duced. From these classic experiments,





.it seems beyond question that this is one





if not the chief, method by which the

fungus winters over. Recently, the win

ter stage of late blight fungus has been

found in an artificial culture media. This

work was done by Dr. Clinton, of the

Connecticut Experiment Station. He ob-

tained on special media made from

ground-up vegetables and grains, such as





eats, a special food material on which





\Vhen

were

taken so as to avoid contamination from

the surface, etc., and placed on this

special food, the fungus produced a white

growth that is so well known on the out-

side of rotied potatoes. This white growth

was very.similar to the one which ap-

pears in nature, but along with this, in

a few cases, was produced the stage of

the fungus which as yet has not been

found in nature. This is the sexual. or

so—callevd winter stage of the fungus,

and while the existence of this stage had

been suspected and had been looked for

for fifty years, it had never been found

on diseased potatoes and its existence

never been proven until this excellent

work of Clinton \1 1s done. The discov-

ery of this winter body—definite knowl-

edge of its existence—brings another fac-

tor into the problem of





the potat‘o fungus grew Very well.





sive blighting than if absolutely clean

seed Were planted.



M50, it should be- stated in this con-

nection that even if the man does plant

absolutely clean seed on clean ground,

the chance of infection from his neigh-

bors who probably will not go to such





the opinion among grouers and many

men who have studied the disease, that

the disease is always at hand but is held

in check by weather conditions.



The most (lecisive thing with reference

to the use of blighted potatoes for seed,

cemes from the fact that potatoes af-





 





 





 





 





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precaution, is very great. This has been

proven by many experiments and. even

more conclusively by the epidemic nature

of the lateblight itself, for when late

blight comes, it usually takes every field

in a given locality. In fact, this wide

spread nature of the disease has led to





 





the wintering over of

the fungus. It may be

that in all stalks and

in the rotted tubers

themselves, this fruit-

ing is produced but it

has as yet escaped de-

tection and it may be

that from this winter

body the infection of

the' next year starts

and that this, as well

as the carrying over of

the disease in the tu-

bers is a. factor in the

disease production.

Hence, for general rea-

sons, it should be said

that blighted potatoes

are poor ones to plant

because of the chance





 

 





 





 





fected with the disease produce weak and





spindling, or in many cases, no sprouts

at all. Many times the potato rots in

the ground before the plant can gain a

foothold. -\\'hcn we consider the, cxtent

of blight, I believe it is safe to say that,

in a region seriously affected with rot





 

 





 

 





 





this Veal. only ten per cent of the po-

tatoes \\ we absolutely free from the- dis-

ease and when we. consider new easily

the disease developed in storagee by

spreading from tube-r 'to tuber. we again

see that the chance of infection in the

seed potato is very large. Now it may

be that only a small portion of the tuber

is affected. yet this rot‘, when the- tuber

is planted, may increase to such an ex-

tent that the entire potato is involved or

it may ho that the weak growth will re-

sult. l’rofeSsor Jones, who has studied

thelate blight of potatoes for many years.

performed the following experiment. Forty

healthy Green Mountain potatoes were

inocua '1:ltod with a pure culture of the

blight and the potatoes put under condi-

tions so that the fungus would develop

in the tissue. Twenty tubers were left

uninoculatcd as checks. All the unin-

oculatcd eyes were then cut out of the

diseased tubers and all except two from

the check tube-rs. These were planted.

The control tubers grew, scnding up 37

shoots, whercas only five shoots appeared

from these tubers that were infected at

the eyes. It should be stated, however,

that the shoots which came up from the

diseased tubers appeared normal and re-

mained healthy.

the recommendation that

should be avoided. Jensen, the Danish

investigator, who contributed very large—

ly to the information 011 potato diseases,

found by an experiment performed in

1883 that. when diseased and healthy tu-

bers were planted in rows side by side

that the diseased shoots were unable to

ran-h th- surface. .lle concluded that

the drop planting made it impossible for

the \\'v‘£ll\ diseased shoots to pierce the

thick l:1,\'or of soil on top of them. The

.exporlnu-utul evidence, so far, is not:

strong enough to warrant a blanket rec-

ommcmlation of deep planting.



Professor Jones holds that the proba-

bility is that if the fungus lives over

winter in the tubers that the disease

will appear on the weakened shoots the

following year and lion] these the disease

will start.



To summarize this statement of the

condition of seed potatoes, I believe that

it is unwise to plant tubers sorted from

cellars or pits where the blight produced

extensive rotting for two reasons: First,

the introduction of the disease in to the

fields the next year and, still more im-

portant, because sprouts from potatoes

affected with late blight are notorious for

their weakness and the farmer is en-

dangering his stand. It would be a good

idea, if a man be in-

terested in good seed,

to seek out very care-

fully those parts of the

state where blight oc~

curred very early, or

better, Where it did not

show up at all, to se-

cure Seed of the stan-

dard varieties forfpiant-

mg,





blighted seed





G. siliceous.



Mich. Ag. Col. ‘

In some seasdns there

are many weak, Spind-

ling plants and, missing





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REFUSE LIME FROM SUGAR . FAc- making these lengths are discarded. This

is entirely wrong. Whoever built-a house.

ham 0:- shed but what had to find‘ use

for much six. seven, eight and 10-foot

At the West Bay City Sugar Company lengths? In gable ends, around doors.

plant they, have a lot of refuse or waste windows, stalls: etc.. this is required.





lime, which they have used in making

sugar. and which they say is excellent to And why take a 12 ‘0 20-foot 108 to mill,





“put on, land. 1 can get “1m, 1he “wing, when it will have to be subsequentiy‘cut

but will have t'o draw t about sx or into shorter length lumber? I

seven miles. WOUId you think it would lengths for timbers sills t save these

pay to haul it, and if so how much would . ' ' e c., and cut

you ‘put on per acre? Would you plow-it every 51):, seven or eight—foot length pos-

under, or just barrow it in? sible, for lumber. By using fair judg-

Bay C0. G- ' ti th - .



_ ment In on t ng elogs, it is surprising



Refuse lime from a sugar factory is all to see what nice lumber may be bad





right for agricultural purposes. It will from Very rough appearing logs.





furnish what lime the growing plant

I have about com late 4 '

needs and it will correct acidity if your p d lumbering pine



. . . . On a 40-acre tract that has been a “chop-



s011 is aCld. It is Just as good as ground ,,

. . . over 1’0? the past 25 years and in the

limestone. In some respects it Is better .

, meantime fuel timber has been taken off

and does much more good than the lime-

_ yearly by a dozen or more occupants.

stone, even the best ground limestone. . . .

‘ , Sufhce It to say, We have secured In all

The degree of fineness Is very important. .

_ , , nearly 6,000 feet of good plne lumber.

If the limestone ls coarse, like kernes of . . . ,

_ , , , Much of this is strictly first gmde and

wheat, It “'1“ take a long thle before l't .



_ , _ , all of It merchantable. Many of these

Will improve or neutralize the aCIdity of . “ _ ,

th ‘1 I .1 t k l 1.1 bef pine logs were moss-covered and in many



e sm. 1 wxl a e a ong wue .ore (Vases literally buried in mud. leaves,





thiiplalit L?“ luse lt' dlf' lhotwelvfir, (it Its brush, etc.. and had to be dug and pried

exremely Iney gioun ’ Jus l e us. out; repeated forest fires had charred





the: you fwiltil get,thedbii19fl_t‘tat once. 3 them and many trees burned into but

por on 0 e gIoun Imes one Is re they were as sound at heart as the day





fine, the balance of It Is not fine enough they stood growing. We also have much

to be immediately available. Now this . . _



. , . . oak, black ash, etc, lyIng in this shape

refuse lime from the sugar factory Is all . . -

fi b t th troubl of it I it turn a good Share Of Whmh’ When an" wm ‘30

.“l‘f' “ e t of e H S 02‘} l S into logs that will make $18 to $25 per

a axt'ge tamoun £1015 ureg Ln t :1 re- thousand lumber. We save all straight

spec ,dol'coui'se, b S_ no ‘1’“: go 3.: stuff, even to Doles six inches in diam—

llgrount Imes one, tecalused e hglmutl}: etc-r, as they make dandy sills for pig

limesrfone 1S} compare rivet“ W: th e 1e houses, hen houses, etc.. and are worth

Imte 'lOI‘il 11" gut?“ ac in}, lb ex namely a dozen times as much this way as if

we Mm pro ‘1 y con alns as muc cut into fuel for stoves. This is typical





mOlst'uI‘e as the marl tukein 01” Of the of thousands of other farms in Michigan





Ilnlarl‘beds, and Itf Is no Better. than mar-l. having valuable timber logs on them, if

IeIe-Iyare lots 0 mar eds m Michigan one would but carefully sorI' them out.





and if they were worked, if the marl was Gratiot Co. G. A_ RANDALL.

Inken out. and artificially dried to drive



off the moisture so it could be handled H

without so much expense, it would be FARM NOTES-

s-plendid for agricultural purposes. “'63 _

need look nowhere else for a supply. it

costs considerable, of course, to get this \l'ould a handful of wood ashes placed

marl out on the surface of the ground in in field of potatoes be enough beneficial

the first place and then it costs consider- t0 pay fOI‘ the time it might take? HOW





I r . .. . would its value compare as with a good

abe to dry 1t artIIICIally to expel the vegetable fertilizer?





TORY. WILL IT PAY To HAUL

IT SIX TO SEVEN MILES?





 





 





Wood Ashes for Potatoes»





moisture. Now if this refuse lime from Calhoun Co. R. E. W.

the sugar factory COUI'd be artificially ITnleached hardwood ashes contain from





dried so that it could be applied with the four to

lime spreader it would be a splendid pro-





seven per cent of potash in





. . ’ . . one of the best forms for the use- of

duct to use, but It IS“ t a‘l'tlfiCla'lly dried growing plants. They also contain about

and contains a large per cent 01" mOISt' two per cent of phosphoric acid and





ure. you can't apply it economically. 17’“ about 32 per cent‘ of lime. VVherre stable





have got to spread it With a. shovel or manure is applied to the ground intended

with a manure spreader. You can’t use for potatoes wood ashes would make a

a lime spreader because if is 50 coarse it valuable supplemental fertilizer for that

won't work with that kind of a machine. crop and it would certainly pay to apply

On the other hand, it will do no harm them. They should not. however, be

to apply a good amount of it. You can mixed with the manure before applying

put on several tons per acre without in- as this would cause a loss of nitrogen in

juring the land. Nothing would be bet— the form of ammonia.

ter in fitting up a field for alfalfa thun It would, in the writer's opinion, be

to put on a large amount at this kind of the better way to scatter the ashes even-

lime. In this case part of it could be 1y over the surface of the soil and work

plowed down and part of it could be ap- them in when fitting the ground, as in

plied on top and cultivated in. If you this way the lime in the ashes tends to

put it on top of the ground and it wasn't neutralize any possible acid condition of

very well distributed with the shovel I the soil and thus materially benefits the

would barrow the ground thoroughly both succeeding crop of clove-r when the land

ways, distribute it evenly, and them plow is again seeded down. Also, if applied

it down. Then if I put on more of it I in the hills the alkaline condition which

would barrow it in the same 'way. If you would be produced by the lime in the

only make one application I wouldn’t plow ashes would tend to increase the amount

it down. W‘ait until the ground is plowed 40f scab in the potatoes where the spores

and then thoroughly barrow it and mix it, of the scab fungus were present, either





 





with the soil. Now the only question is, in the seed or in the soil.

whether you can" afford to haul this pro-

duct, containing so much moisture, six or

seven miles.





Wood ashes would not, however. be

comparable in value to a good grade of

commercial fertilizer. so far as plant food

is concerned, the plant food of the con-

tent of the latter being worth two or

three times as much, according to the

analysis of the brand used. “'ood ashes,



Vlfilth all grades of lumber soaring sky- however, are a valuable fertilizer as well

ward and in many cases hard to get at as soil corrective and where they are

that, it behooves any 'man having tim- available it Will certainly pay t0 use

her upon the farm to watch it carefully. them.

What I desire to impress by this, is that

an occasional examination of such tim- I have a piece of land about five acres,

ber should be made from time to time that is‘a creek. fialt which overflows I‘n

m... down by W... 525.55555555‘355 l5.5.z*55.55.555525

wise, also trees in which decay and serI- flowed quite frequently, How would rape

ous injuries of other kinds are manifest-do on this piece and would I have to sow





COLON C. LILLIE.





 





SAVE THE SAW TIMBER.





 





Crops for Low Ground.





, . It with some other grain, such as oats or

should be speedIIY_made “It" 1035 1"” buckwheat? What would be the best

lumber. bolts for DleetS, lath, etc.. 01‘ seed to sow for hay on this piece?





lengths for fence posts, brace poles, over- Saginaw Co. v, A. v,



lays for barns, etc. The residue left If this soil is in condition to work so

should be made into stove wood and cord— that it could be prepared for rape and

ed on poles to dry for future use. Thou- leave a sufficient growing season to pro-

sands of dollars’ worth of valuable tim- duce a crop, it might be utilized for this

her is annually going to waste on many purpose, as rape will grow under any





will go miles with the team and wagon cabbage or turnips, would grow. How~

over bad roads and purchase a grade of ever, in a season like this when it over-

lumber no better than that at home, for flows frequently, this ground would prob-.

the trouble of cutting and hauling to a ably 'be too wet and would also be too

near-by mill and pay almost a prohibitive soft to pasture profitably and get the

price for the same. ' benefit of the rape crop. It would prob-

Many in cutting logs only look to the ably be better to seed it to redtop and





 





1’2, 14, 16 or 20-foot'Ilogs. and trees not ,aislke clover as a permanent meadow.





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JAN/11, 1913.





SORTING THE SEED CORN.





 





A great deal has been said and written

about the selection of seed corn, but what

has been said thus far does not seem to

have had the desired effect upon the av-

erage Michigan corn producer, many of'

whom are just as careless in this respect

as they were some 10 or 15 years ago,

hence the excuse for this article. I for

one believe that Michigan has a. great

future as a corn producing state; if we

farmers will only set about individually

to give her her rightful place.





In the selection of seed corn there are

several very important things to be re-'

membered. some or all- of which you al-

ready know, but knowing. we must prac-

tice if we would get results. Granting

that you have a larger number of fairly

good ears on hand than you will readily





need for planting, let us look them over.





together.





Points to Consider in Sorting Seed Corn.

First, we must discard all but' medium-

sized ears, because Michigan is too far

north and our growing season is too short

to mature as large ears as Illinois, Iowa

and some of the other great corn-pro-

ducing states. Of course, this statement;

may be qualified by saying that there

will be a difference eveniwithin the boun-

daries of our own state. Those of us

'Who reside in the southern part will be

able to raise larger ears of corn than

those who live in northern Michigan.





Second, we must select the heaviest

ripe ears obtainable. The cob when dry

ought not to weigh anywhere near as

much as the grain upon it. So, by se-

lecting a heavy car you will naturally

have a good producer. Now in regard to

the ripeness or maturity of the corn, this

may be determined by the color, the feel-

ing and the solidity of the kernels in the

cob. A mature ear will have a bright

luster or color; the immature more dull.

The feeling of a mature car will be

warm; the immature cold and cl‘ammy.

(This may depend upon the storage and

dryness of the ears examined). In the

mature ear the kernels will be firm, that

is, there will be little room between the

kernels and it‘ will be quite difficult to

press them in with the thumb.





Third, we must select ears which have

well“ covered butts and tips and kernels

of a uniform size and shape. The cov—

ering of butts and tips will have a great

effect upon the yield as .that‘ portion of

the cob might as well be utilized as not.





Fourth, the kernels should run in as

straight rows as p05sible and should not

be too rough on the surface. When an

ear is very rough it indicates a late rip-

ening corn. Straight rorws give us a uni—

form product.



The fifth and last point which I will

mention is this, see that the corn which

you are selecting has not been or will

not be frozen before it is fairly dry, be-

cause a very large percentage of the corn

which was frozen hard while still wet or

damp will not grow.



The first page illustration is from a.

photograph of ten ears of dent corn of

good type. A sample like this, if kept

at hand for compariSOn while the sorting

is being done will prove helpful in the

work.



“Do It Now.”



In putting these few suggestions into

practical use, do not wait for a. more

convenient time, but “do it now,” be-

cause if you wait until next week or next

month, winter and spring will pass, the

time of planting will approach and you

will be so rushed for time that you will

plant the seed as you have done in other

seasons, that is, with hardly a bare in-

spection of the ears as they pass from

your hand into the sheller.



Ingham CO. J. M. WENDT.





THE PRIZE POTATOES.





 





GrOWn From Seed Kept in Cold Sitorage.



The Irish potatoes which drew first

prize at our farmers’ institute were

grown from seed potatoes which were

kept in the cold storage plant until plant-

ing time. The way in which we manage

to care fOr our seed potatoes has proven

'to be highly successful; it seems to be

just the right way to take care of seed

potatoes.



Our plan is as fpllows: Early in the

winter, the latter part of January or first

of February, before the potatoes begin

to throw out sprouts, they are sorted ov-

er and the medium-sized potatoes are

selected and put into new flour barrels.

These barrels are headed up and placed

in the cold storage plant until the season

for planting has come. .



The seed potatoes being kept in an un-





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- THE MICHIGAN F'ARMER





ou'sly when planted, and yield a splendid

crop of fine potatoes.



We have had wonderful results with

Irish potato culture since adopting this

plan of storing the seed potatoes in the

cold storage plant. We wish everyone

who is interested in potato culture could

know of this plan“



One point is very necessary. When

storing seed potatoes always use new

barrels and have them carefully headed

just before taking to the cold storage

plant. '



Late potatoes in this section are plant-

ed the last week in June. We always

plant our late potatoes three or four

inches deeper than the early potatoes.

By doing this the protracted drought or

excessive heat of the summer season will]

do the crop no injury.



“'e are heartily in favor of deep plant-

ing for the late potato crop. Our large

fields of potatoes are a. wonder along in

August and September. The vines are so

vigorous owing to the strong seed and

deep planting.



Indiana. S. E. B.





HAUL MANURE IN WINTER.





 





A glaring mistake is made by most

farmers when they put off hauling ma-

nure until spring. The manure, when

left exposed all winter in an uncovered

barnyard, not only loses a large part of

its value, but it makes this part of the

work come at a season when the energy

should be expended in another direction.



In the first place, manure should be

hauled to the land as fast as it accumu-

lates during the winter so as to save the

plant food that it contains. Most of the

plant food of manure is soluble. \Vhen

it is left in the barnyard every rain

washes away part of it until it loses one-

half or more of its original value. When

applied to the land this material is saved.



The average farmer has more time to

draw it in winter than he has in spring.

In the spring other farm work is gener—

ally pressing. the fields are soft and be-

cause of the warmer weather and ,con—

tinued strain it is‘harder work. \Vhen it

is drawn during the winter, the work is

hardly noticed. A few loads each week

will keep it out as fast as it accumu-

lates. Often in the spring a farmer

has to take two or three weeks from oth-

er work and devote it to hauling out

manure. It makes him late with his

plowing and general work.



Manure Deteriorates Rapidly in the Yard.



Of course, when one has a covered

barnyard, it is not so important, that is,

from the standpoint of economy. It will

make the work come at an undesirable

season, but little plant food will be lost‘.

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properly sheltered is often seen by that

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it is applied is always noticeable even

though the original quality of it was not

so good on account of the little grain

that is fed to young stock in box‘stalls.



Experiment stations have made hun-

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by exposure in the barnyard. In most of

these the loss has been more than 50 per

cent of the original value. This means

that when it is properly preserved under

cover or hauled direct to the field, that

either the same amount of manure would

cover twice the area or more beneficial

results would be had from the same

amount. Most farmers cannot afford this

loss. It is hard to understand why they

do not save it, especially when the sav-

ing makes their work more profitable in

other ways.



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Farm manure has just as great value in

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It is a. Wise plan to uSe absorbents for

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Some farmers make a practice of putting

horse manure in the trenches back of the

cows to take up the liquid manure and

to help keep the stable dry. This is not

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the place of straw for bedding.



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in which they can save :the plant food is

by hauling it direct to the field during

the winter when it can be done easier

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I would be glad to have Mr. Lillie give

me some way of knowing how much but-

ter I would have on different per cent

test of cream, testing with a Babcock

tester. Would be pleased also to have Mr.

Lillie explain about what skim-milk is

worth per 100 lbs. for calves and pigs.



Saginaw Co. SUBSCRIBER.



The yield of butter from a given amount





of cream testing a certain per cent can-

not be cold exactly because butter varies

in the amount of moisture and casein,

or curd matter, which it contains. These

two quantities are always varying quan—

tities in butter. To be sure, the creamery

buttermaker, who has experience every

day and is a careful observer of condi-

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tain, but even he, with every-day experi-

ence, cannot be sure of the amount of

moisture until after he tests the butter.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to

give the yield of butter from a given

amount of cream testing a certain per

cent. It can only be given in a general

way.



The overrun in butter; that is, the

amount or yield of butter over and above

the butter-fat, is liable to vary consider-

able. Some people make a dry butter

containing 10 per cent of moisture or

less. Others try to get up to 15 or 15%

per cent of moisture. Ordinarily, butter

will contain somewhere from nine to 12

per cent of moisture. Many people think.

that butter ought not to contain over this

amount of moisture and that the over—

run ought not to exceed 16% per cent.

This was the rule established at the Col-

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there. Many creameries try to have

their bu-tter yield a 20 per cent overrun,

but more of them fall below 20 per cent

than those that equal or exceed 20 per

cent. Now if M. W. M. has 100 lbs. of

cream testing 30 per cent butter-fat he

will have just 30 lbs. of butter-fat, and

if he made this into butter and got a 20

per cent overrun he could make just 36

lbs. of butter out of the 30 lbs. of butter-

fat. If he got a smaller overrun than

this he would have a less amount of but-

ter, and, of course, if he got a larger

overrun, which is quite possible, he would

have more than the 36 lbs. of butter.



The value of skim—milk for calves and

pigs depends quite largely upon what

kind of animals it is fed to and the skill

with which it is fed. Skim-milk is rich

in protein. It has a nutritive ratio of 1 to

2; that is, 1 lb. 0f protein to 2 lbs. of car-

bohydrates, which is a very narrow ra-

tion. Even young growing calves or young

growing pigs do not need a ration with

such a high per cent of protein, and to

feed this feed alone would be poor feed-





ing. It must be mixed with some other

food, and it should be a concentrated

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been removed from the milk in separat-

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Cook the flaxsced meal in water, using

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seed meal. Then give each calf a small

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gradually increase it, using your judg-

ment as to the amount. As the calf grows

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rich in fat. Then, again, the calf should

have roughage in connection with this

skim-milk and flaxseved gruel. He ought

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little corn silage if possible, anything of

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grain, ground oats, or cats and peas are

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you can make your skim-milk take the

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It is the same way in feeding pigs. If

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and calves, evidently ybu will not get. as

much for them as'yOu would if they were

well—bred. If they are, pure-breds and

YOU can sell the best of them for breed—

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more out of it. There isn’t any question

but what you can raise nicer calves and

pigs and healthier, thriftier and better

breeding animals if you haVe skim-milk

to feed them, because

food for young growing animals. Now if

you have got pure—bred hogs and sell a

number of the best ones for breeding pur-

poses and get breeders“ prices for them.

this makes your skim-milk all the more

valuable to you; and the same is true of

calves. And so these things must be

taken into consideration. Fed to ordinary

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ful experiments at experiment stations

that skim-milk is worth all the way from

20 to 40 cents per 100 lbs. as a food.





Fed to well-bred dairy calves or to well-l





bred pigs, skim-milk is worth more than

this. Many times a man could afford to

pay $1 a 100 lbs. for it. I have said many

times that I would hate to sell my skim-

milk for 75 cents or $1 per 100 lbs. I don’t

see how I could get along without it.

I need it in growing bacon pigs an

dairy calves. But perhaps it wouldn’t

be worth as much to someone else. The

way a great many people feed skim-milk

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WILL IT PAY TO SELL CORN FOR 50

CENTS AND BUY OlL MEAL AT

338 TO FEED WITH SILAGE

AND CORNSTALKS?





Will you give me a balanced ration for

new milch cows? I am feeding sivlage. 35

lbs. a day, and cornstalks as roughage.

I have no hay. I bought a ton of cotton—

seed meal at $30 a ton. I can get wheat

bran at $24 a ton. I have plenty of corn,

been feeding cob meal for the last few

weeks, 3 lbs. a day. My com I put in

silo, average 75 baskets per acre. Will

it be better to sell my corn at 50c a bu.

and buy oil meal at $38 a ton or cats at

$25 a ton?



G. J. L.





Allegan Co.



I am quite sure that it will be good

policy to sell some of this corn, if neces-

sary, at 50 cents a bushel and buy some

food rich in protein. I am not sure that

I would buy oil meal, at least, I would

not feed the entire grain ration of this,

but the corn silage- and the cornstaiks are

quite unbalanced, giving you a ration

with a nutritive ratio of 1 to 12 when you

ought to have it in the ratio of about 1

to 6. I would suggest that you feed for

a grain ration wheat bran, corn meal.

and gluten feed or oil meal. Mix the

grain in the proportion of 200 lbs. of

wheat bran, 200 lbs. of corn meal, to 100

lbs. of gluten feed, or oil meal. This will

make a good ration. You won’t have to

feed as much of it as you would of corn

meal alone, and you will get better re-

sults. »



Now as to the policyof selling part of

Your corn for 50 cents a bushel, that all

depends upon whether you will need all

of this corn or not. Very few farmers

in this vicinity have any corn to sell. In

fact, there has been several canloads al—

ready brought in and delivered here. If

YOU will need this corn to feed horses or

hogs at any time during the year before

the next crop comes it won’t pay you to

sell it for 50 cents a bushel. I would

rather keep it and buy these other things

just the same. I would: feed the cows all

the corn silage they would eat up clean,

and give them a good liberal feed of corn-

s~taiks but I wouldn't expect them to eat

them all up clean, give. them a, chance

to pick out the best, and then I would

feed the grain mixed as suggested. above,

‘at the rate of as many pounds per day

as the cow produced pounds of butter-fat

in a. week. Of course. if they haven’t

been receiving very much grain the prop-

er way to do would be to commence with

a smaller ration and gradually increase

it. If you think best you can feed the

corn and cob meal in place of the corn

meal and mix it just the same. Or, if

you wanted to feed corn and cob meal

you could do away with the Wheat bran

and mix 200 lbs. of corn and cob meal

with 100 lbs. of gluten feed, which would

make a good ration to feed with the

corn silage and the cornstwlks.





 





It is estimated that as many as six

million calves are slaughtered annually in

the United States, including those slaugh-

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time has arrived when every well-bred

beef calf should be reared for beef.





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Brief mention was made of the result

of an experiment at the Illinois Experi-

ment Station in feeding a balanced vs.

an unbalanced ration, in a previous issue

of The Farmer. The bulletin. since then

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talked so much through The Farmer and

from the Institute platforms about the

value of the balanced ration that it is

impossible for me to allow this bulletin

to pass into its file, where it can be used

for reference, without, again calling the

attention of dairymen to the importance

of its teaching.



In these two lots of cows one was fed

a ration of 30 lbs. of corn silage, 8 lbs.

of clover hay, 4% lbs. of gluten feed, and

31,5 lbs. of ground corn. Lot two was fed

a ration of 30 lbs. of corn silage..5 lbs.

of timothy hay, 3 lbs. of clover hay, and

8 lbs. of ground corn. Lotl one it will

be observed, received a ration which con-

tained a nutritive ratio of 1 to 6, while lot

'two received a ration which contained a.

nutritive ratio of 1 to 11. Now a great!

many more farmers feed this kind of a

ration than they do the first kind of a

ration.- They have the corn silage and the





timothy hay and the ground corn and_





they feed them. and yet we have been

preaching for years and years that they

could afford to sell part of this corn, and

they could afford to sell the timothy'hay

and buy some gluten feed, or oil meal, or

cottonseed meal to feed with a. portion of

the ground corn to balance up the ration,

thus furnishing one concentrated food rich

in' protein to balance up the carbohy-

drates. Now the results are these: Lot

one, receiving the balanced ration, pro-

duced approximately one-third more than

lot two, receiving the unbalanced ration.

Six and one-half cows on a ration with

a nutritive ratio of 1 to 6 prdduced as

much as nine cows on a ratio and a

nutritive ratio of l. to 11. Because of

the lack of protein in the ration—fed lot

the other two nut‘rients were not used to

the best advantage. This shows in a

striking manner that an excess of carbo-

hydrates cannot be made to take the

place of a deficiency of protein.



Not only this, but the quality of the

ration affects the physical condition of

thevanimal, and the physical condition

vitally affects consumption and produc-

tion. The cows on the poor ration lost

greatly in flesh during the test and ‘their

subsequent production was reduced.



Now here is the theory put into prac-

tice. This is not what somebody thinks

ought to be accomplished by feeding a

balanced or unbalanced ration, but here!

were two groups of cows fed according

to the theory and results were produced.

There can be no denying this. It shows

that the theory is correct, that it is

practical, that it will pay farmers to take

a little pains to balance up a ration rather

than to feed an unbalanced ration, and it

will not only pay with dairy cows but it

will pay with all kinds of live stlock for

the same reason. A m'an should figure

on balancing up the ration f0r the horses,.

the hogs, and the Young stock, and his

sheep just as well as for his dairy cows.





CORN AND OATS FOR COWS.





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Please tell me what I can afford to

pay per bushel for rutabagas to feed

milch cows. How docs their feeding val-

ue compare with sugar beets? Are corn

and oats mixed equal parts a good ration

for cows, or would you advise using

some wheat bran and cottonseed meal?



Ingham Co. F. R



Corn and oats mixed in equal parts

ground, do not make an economical grain

ration for dairy cows because they do not!

contain a sufficient per cent of protein to

balance up the ordinary roughage ration

which is grown on the farm. F. B. does

not say what roughage he is feeding,

whether he has corn silage or whether he

has clover hay or timothy h'zly to feed,

or simply cornstalks, and so I cannot ad-

vise intelligently the proper grain ratio-n

to feed. I am well aware that a great

many farmers heretofore have fed ground

corn and oats to their milch cows. Why?

Because it was a feed which they hap-

pened to have. Everybody grows corn

and everybody grows oats, and every

farmer has these feeds and he dislikes to

go outside and buy them as long as he

has his own grain. And while this has

been a common practice it is not so com-

mon now. Because it has been a com-

mon practice it is no sign that it! is the





'best or most economical ration to- feed.





It is useless to argue that cows will not

eat corn and oats and do well upon

them. A cow fed good hay for roughage





 





or corn‘silage and agood liberal ration of

ground corn and cats will do well. They

will give asplendid yield of milk. I

don’t know but they will give as much

milk if you feed them enough of it as

they will, give when fed any grain ration

that you can recommend or provide, but

that: isn’t the point. YOu will have to

feed so much of it in order to get a cow

to do her best that it will be extrava-

gant and unprofitable. She will have to

eat so much of the grain to get what

protein she needs to manufacture the

milk that an appreciable part of the grain

will be lost. It will not make a bal-

anced ration and therefore will not' be

an economical ration. If a cow has all

the good clover 0r aflfalfa hay that she

wants to eat, then by feeding ground corn

and oats with a little gluten feed mixed

with it—say, use 300 lbs. of ground corn

and oats and 150 lbs. of gluten feed mix-

ed together—will balance up the ration.

On the other hand, if you are feeding

timothy hay then I would mix 100 lbs. of

gluten feed_with every 200 lbs. of ground

corn and oats. You won’t have to feed

so much of these grains to get the same

results, and therefore it will be more

economical than to feed ground oats and

corn alone.





HOW TO MAKE CHEESE.





 





 





 





I would like some information about

cheese making. Could you give me some

recipe fer making cheese?



Leelanau Co. F. B.





Cheese making on the farm is getting

to be a lost art. My mother used to

make it every year in the spring when I

was a small boy. Some of this was sold

but she rarely made any more than

enough for our own us and I have quite

an idea how she used to make it. Since

then I have inspected cheese factories

and have seen professional cheese mak-

ers make cheese and know considerable

about making it, and yet I am not an

expert cheese maker and would not want

to give advice along this line. It is a

question now whether F. B. can afford to

make cheese on the farm. If there isn’t

a cheese factory within hauling distance

of his farm I think he could better afford

to make butter or sell his cream and buy

what cheese he wants than to attempt to

make cheese on the farm. It takes quite

a little equipment iio make cheese well.

There ought to be a. good curing room to

cure it in. it must receive considerable

attention for best results, if made from

a single farm herd. However, you can

get the full details for making cheese

by writing to the Michigan Experiment

Station 1at Lansing, and asking for 3.

Bulletin upon that subject, or write to

the Dairy Division of the Department of

Agriculture and they will send you a

bulletin covering this important business.

Quite a. number of dairymen have found

it profitable to make fancy club cheese

which does not need anywhere near the

costly equipment nor so large an ex-

pense for curing, as the more common

cheese, and which can be sold in small

quantities at a profit. I am sure such

an undertaking would work out better on

the farm and be more profitable than to

attempt to make the common Michigan

or Cheddar cheese.





FEDERAL INSPECTION OF DAIRY

PRODUCTS NECESSARY.





 





Dr. A. D. Melvin, of the Department of

Agriculture, recently made the statement

that there is need of inspecting dairy pro-

ducts, especially cream and butter, and

supervising their shipment. Even with-

out inspection many creameries, he said,

maintain a good standard of sanitation

and produce high-grade, wholesome but-l

ter, but this can not be said of cream-

eries in general. Cream is frequently

shipped great distances to creameries to

be made int'o- butter and is often received

in such a filthy and putrid state as to be

thoroughly unfit to enter into the compo-

sition of a food porduct. Investigations

have shown that 61 per cent out of 1,554

lots of cream received at creameries and

buying stations was of third grade—~th‘at

is, dirty, decomposed, or very sour; that

94.5 per cent of 715 creameries investigat-

ed were insanitary to a greater or less

degree; and that 72.6 per cent of these

creameries did not pasteurize the milk

so as to destroy any disease germs that

might be present. As disease-producing

germs are known to survive for long pe-

riods in butter made from unpasteurized

cream, and as butter is eaten in the raw

state, this product when made under such

conditions as prevail in the majority of

creameries can not be said to be whole-

some and free from danger to human

health.





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. There can only be two real reasons why you should put off

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your loss in dollars and cents actually is or else you do not

believe the De Laval Cream Separator will

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In either case there is one conclusive

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MICHIGAN IMPROVED LIVE STOCK

BREEDERS’ AND FEEDERS’

ASSOCIATION.





 





Twenty-second Annual Meeting, January

15-16, 1913.



The Twenty-second Annual Meeting of

the Michigan Improved Live Stock Breed-

ers’ and Feede-rs‘ Association will be held

at the Michigan Agricultural College, on

January 14-15—16, 1913.



The Michigan Holstein-Friesian Asso-

ciation will hold their annual banquet on

Tuesday evening, Janaury 14. VVednes—

day will be devoted to the meetings of

the allied breed organizations which in-

clude the Michigan Horse Breeders' Asso-

ciation, Shorthorn Breeders‘ Association.

Holstein-Friesian Association, Red Polled

Breeders" Association. Hereford Breeders’

Association, Jersey Cattle Club, Guernsey

Cattle Association, Michigan Berkshire

Breeders’ Association, Duroc Jersey

Breeders’ Association, Poland China

Breeders' Association, Michigan Shrop-

shire Breeders’ Association, Oxford

Breeders’ Association, and Merino Sheep

Breeders' Association.



All of the above associations have pre-

pared interesting programs, any one of

which would prove of ines‘timable value

to any farmer. regardless of his breed

affiliations. Aside from some of the best

talent in the state several men of nation-

al reputation will appear on the various

programs.



The show of Berkshire. Duroc Jersey.

Chester \Vhitc, I’olund China, Yorkshire,

and Tamworth barrows will also be held

“'cdnesday i‘orenoon, following which the

barrows will be slaughtered and all breeds

compete in a carcass contest Thursday

afternoon. The I’ostum Cereal Company

have put up 300 pounds of corn flake feed

for the best barrow of each breed, and

200 pounds of grapenut feed for the sec-

ond prize barrow of each breed. In addi-

tion to this the association will award a.

handsome medal to the first, second and

third prize carcasses weighing under 225

pounds, and also on the first. second and

third prize carcasses over 225 pounds.





The general meeting on Thursday, Jan-

uary 16, will be addressed by three speak-

ers of national reputation.



Prof. W. C. Coffey, of the I'niversity of

Illinois, will speak about “The Place of

Sheep on the Michigan Farm."



Mr. Wayne Densmore. secretary of the

Percheron Society of America, will talk

on the breeding of draft horses in Mich-

igan. I



Mr. H. B. Rawl, chief of the T‘uiry

Division, United States Department of

Agriculture, will address the meeting on

some phase of the dairy industry.



No Michigan farmer who desires-to

maintain the fertility of his soil and in-

ereaSe his profits by the only sure meth-

od, namely, by the raising of more and

better live stock, can afford to miss these

meetings.



. , GEO. A. BROWN, See.





 





 





 





SHEEP FARMING PROFITABLE IN

NORTHERN MICHIGAN.





 





l desire to commend the anticle of Mr.





lMcBride‘s on “Northern Michigan Agri-





culture,” in your recent issue, wherein

he notes a field still vacant in Presque

Isle and adjoining counties, but offering

numerous opportunities for those desir-

ing to engage in sheep husbandry and

the growing of alfalfa, vetches and other

legumes. To my way of thinking, Mr.

McBride accurately diagnoses the situa—

tion. I haVe had cattle actually leave the

ranch in the spring for the plains when

the snow had barely disappeared and to

remain away until the following Novem-

ber when I was even then obliged to go

after them and always sure to find them

grass fat. “Fully seven and one-half

months of free pasture.” If the milch

cows had their way, they would do like-

wise, as the settlers here will testify.

This much in favor of the plains land

that is well grassed.



An open winter up here- is a rare 0c-

currence. Snow invariably blankets the

ground in adVance of extreme cold

weather. We thus escape the alternate

freezing and thawing that plays such

havoc with the legumes elsewhere. A 65

per cent lamb crop is considered a satis-

factory return on the western ranges,

while a 100 per cent lamb crop here i

the rule. , -





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Our increased lamb crop and superior

market facilities counter-balance the ad—

vantage 'of a free range possessed by our

western brother.



In my 12 years’ experience with Shrop-

shire sheep in Presque Isle county the

fleece always reimbursed me for the win-

ter’s feed and the droppings more than

offset the expense of their yearly care.

My sheep barns are protected on the

north, east and west side from drafts.

The doors on the south side are nailed

open the entire winter. As a result, my

sheep are never bothered with colds.





The hardwood lands in this and ad-

joining counties are broken by stretches

of plains land which are in many in—

stances heavily grassed and therefore

ideal grazing land for sheep, cattle and

horses.



Fortunate, indeed, is the settler with

farm lands bordering the plains land. An

advantage as yet little realized but des-

tined to make lands so situated, the most

profitable agricultural lands in the state.





At this present writing. January 2, the

ground is but pantly covered with snow

and the grass, where exposed, is green.

As yet we have: had no real winter

weather to speak of, befitting our station

on the map. Usually the ground is cov-

ered with snow by the first of December.

I venture to say that all things consid-

ered. our growing period is fully as long

as in the lower part of the state where

the mid-summer drought is in order.



Presque Isle Co. J. G. KRAUTH.





FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.





 





 





Oll Meal vs. Flaxseed Meal.





As a subscriber to your valuable paper

I come to you for information in regard

to llaxseed. I always feed several tons

of oilmeal of which I purchase the best

grade. Now what I would like. to know

is, would it not be better to get the seed

from the west? I have a brother in South

Dakota where it is grown, and he advised

me that it sells for $1.25 per bu., while

the oil meal is at present $32 per ton.

“hat is the analysis of the whole grain?

How much does it weigh per bushel and

could it be ground at a common mill

alone or by mixing with oats? Would be

very much pleased if you could advise

me upon these questions. G. M. W.





The reason why oil meal is so valuable

a food when used in connection with or-

dinary farm growu grain, is because the

oil has been taken out of the fluxseed, or

the. larger portion of it. and theresulting

by—product, commonly known as oil meal

or oil cake, is a feed rich in protein which

can be used in combination with other

feeds to supply a deficiency. of this food

element in the ordinary farm—grown

grains. Flaxseed contains 20.6 per cent

protein, 17.1 per cent carbohydrates and

29 per cent of fat. Multiplying this by

2% to get its approximate fuell value and

adding the carbohydrates we, find that

flaXseed meal has a nutritive ratio of 1:4.

NOW old process oil meal contains 29.3

per cent protein, 32.7 per cent carbm

hydrates and seven per cent fat, or a.

nutritive ratio of approximately 121.3.



Since we already have an excess of

carbohydrates in corn and other farm-

grown feeds and what we need in a sup-

plementary feed is protein to balance up

the ration for live stock, the excess of

oil or carbohydrates in the fiaxseed would

be of no use for this purpose, hence the

oil meal is a very much more economical

feed for this purpose than would be the

ilaxseed, aside from the fact that it has

most beneficial dietetic effects upon the

animals to which it is fed.



Marterial for Hog Houses.



Kindly tell me through your columns



what you think of a field stone hog hritise





with cement floor.

Livingstone C0. VV. J. B.





There would be no objection to a field

stone hog house with cement floor, ex-

cept the item of expense, provided ade—

quate provision is made for ventilation.

The expense of such a building, however,

would be greater than if some material

were used which could be utilized with

home labor in constructing the building.

A cement floor is the only kind which

should be used in the hog house, or, in

fact, any other stable, either firom the

standpoint of economy or sanitation.





I noticed your remarkable reduction in

price in a recent issue of The Farmer,

and I told my good wife that when we

could get the best general farm paper

in our language for paying the postage

we could not afford 'to be without it.—

C. H. K., Route 1, Fenton. Mich.





 





 





 





 





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V‘JAN.’ 11.719123.





.‘AFEEDING THE BREEDING EWES.





 





Attention should be especially. directed

by flock owners during the winter Season

to maintain the ewe flock in a healthy

and vigorOus condition. Nothing is more

discouraging to a. flock owner than to

have lambs dropped weak and puny and

ewes lacking in milk and with a dispo-

sition to disown their lambs. Misman—

agement during the pregnant period is

invariably the cause of much of the difii— I

culty encountered at lambing time and

the subsequent weeks While the ewes are

still confined to limited quarters and dry

feed. Ewes properly handled throughout

the winter seldom cause much trouble at

parturition and during the suckling pe-

riod.



Farmers as a rule give too little atten-

tion to compounding the ration for preg-

vnant ewes and as a consequence mate-

rially impair the growth and development

of the unborn lambs. Feeding a properly

balanced ration to ewes carrying unborn

lambs not only sustains high vitality in

[the ewes, but promotes strong, healthy

physical development of the unborn pro-

geny. Pregnant ewes improperly fed can-

not in a full degree nurse their unborn

young through the various stages of

growth. Imperfection in the nourishment

of unborn young invariably manifests it-





few weeks immediately following. As a

general thing, weakneSS in the physical

development of unborn young makes it-

self evident at the time of birth.





Essential Factors in the Ration.



In feeding'the breeding flock a num-

ber of vital items should be taken into

consideration. First, the ration should be

so compounded that it will sup-ply the es-

sential food elements required to sustain

the ewes themselves in a high state of

health. Second, the ration must not only

meet the requirements of the first condi-

tion, but it must be so compounded that

'it will furnish all of the necessary ele-

ments to promote healthy bone and flesh

formation in the unborn progeny. A ra~

tiOn may be so compounded that it will

cause the ewes to take on flesh and main-

tain high vitality, yet not promote strong,

healthy development of the unborn young.

A ration containing a too hign per cent-

age ~‘of carbohydrates will produce this





 





 





undesirable result.





Protein Should be Liberally‘ Supplied.



The most valuable part of the ration

for pregnant ewes and upon which the)

sustenance of high vitality and proper

development of the unborn depends, is

protein. Feeds, as-a rule, are deficient

in this essential element and consequent-

ly the ration is generally low in its per-i‘

centage of this necessary ingredient. ’l‘hc:

vital problem, therefore, for flock owners

to look well to is the supply of protein

in the ration for pregnant ewes. Alfalfa,

clover and pea hay are excellent rough-

ages to feed in abundance to ewes to

promote healthy development of unborn

lambs. However, roughage alone is 'too

low in protein to be entirely depended

upon and a grain ration should be sup-

plemented.



Bran an Excellent Source of Protein.



The more I study and manage pregnant

animals of all kinds, the more highly I

appreciate the value of wheat bran as a

large portion of the bulk of the grain

ration. I am sure I am to a large meas—

ure, right in making the statement that

wheat bran is far from being fully ap-

preciated by farmers and live stock grow-

ers. It not only contains a high per cent

of protein, but it supplies a roughage in

the grain ration that adds uncom'putable

value to all kinds of feeds that it is com—

pounded with. Wheat bran at the pres—

ent price is the most valuable and eco-

nomic feed on the market for pregnant

ewes. It may be compounded in any .ra-

tio into the ration without the least dan-

ger and retain its food and appetizing

value. Other farm-grown grains can be

used in making up the ration, such as

oats, barley, pens, and some corn.





Study the Feeding Problem Carefully.





The wideawake dock owner will study

this feeding problem carefully. Neglect,

irregular and improper feeding are too

prevalent evils of the sheep growing in-

dustry of this country. More thought and

improved methods in handling farm flocks

is essential to success. Every sheep own—

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of his coming season’s lamb crop by di- ‘

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feeding of the breeding flock. Half the

battle of profitable sheep raising is won





 





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Advice through this department is free

to our subscribers. Each communication

should state history and symptoms of the

case in full; also name and a/ddre-SS of

Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

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Corns—I always read the veterinary

department of the Michigan Farmer and

hollow it is worth more than the sub-

Scriplion price of the paper. I have a,

horse that is troubled with corns, does

not go lame, but points as if he suffered

some pain. What kind of a shoe would

you advise? T. M.. Sandusky, Mich.—

Corns are usually the result of undue

pressure from shoe. either by allowing

shoes -to remain on too long or heels

being left too higher foot not being made

level. Rubber pads. a three-quarter shoe

or a. bar shoe and heels letft low are the

best methods of shoeing. Apply 131101”!

to hoof once a day.



Obstructed Teat—Bloody Milk—I have

a cow that has a small obstruction In

teat which is not painful to pressure, but

the cow gives bloody. milk. I_ am not

sure which quarter it comes from. A. H.

D., JonesvllT‘e. Mich—Apply one part

tincture of arnica and eight‘ parts water

to bruised udder twice a day. As bloody

milk is usually the result of an injury._I

suggest you make an effort to aScertam

how the cow injures her udder, then by

removing the cause she will soon recover.



Loss of Appetite—I have 16 head of

spring calves that thrived up to ten days

ago. then they began to cough and lost

their appetite. Some of my ye-arllngs are

affected much the same way. F. F. A.

Jasper. Mich—Your calves and young

cattle may have taken cold, causing ca-

trrhal fever which will be remedied by

keeping them in a warm, comfortable

place. changing their feed and giving

each one two tablespoonfuls of the fol-

lowing compound powder at a dose three

times a day. Mix together equal parts

ground gentlan, ginger and powdered

licorice.



Biliousness—I have a four-m0nths'~old

pig that is dull, dumplsh. has very D00?

appetite and is gradually losing flesh. His

ears are rough and scabby and cracked

open in several places. I am feeding

these pigs ground rye, milk and stock

food. lVe also had a March pig that

seemed to have the same disease, and

after a long sickness die-d. J. M. E.

Cora‘l, Mich—Give pig :1 tubiespoonful of

castor oil and four tablespoonfuls of olive

oil at a dose every day until his bowels

open and act free. Also give a teaspoon—

ful fluid extract gentlan and 60 grains of

bicarbonate soda at a dose two or three

times a day.



Infectious Ophthalmia.-—About 30 of my

sheep are troubled with sore eyes. This

ailment first shows itself by a watery

discharge from eyes and an inflamed con-

have never been troubled with this kind

of a disease affecting my she-ep before,

and would like to know how to treat

them. G. H.. Prescott. Mich—First of

all, your sheep should be kept in a dry,

comfortable place during storms, be-

sides their food should be of good qual-

ity. Apply a saturated solution of boracic

acid to eyes three times a day and blow

a little calomel into eyes once a day.

Salt them well and give them good care.



Thick Milky Urine—For the past four

months our Lur-yeur-old more has been

passing thick. m-ilky-coxored urine and we

are inclined to believe she urinates too

often. This mare seems to be thriving,

coat fresh and she is gaining in flesh.

She has been treated by two different

Vets. with rather poor results. Mrs. W.

0., Charlotte. Mich—Give your mare 1

oz. bicarbonate soda. 1/2 oz. ground gen-

tian and a teaspoonful powdered nitrate

of potash at a dose in feed two or three

times a day. Her food supply should ‘be

of good quality and possibly changed. I

do not believe that she has diseased kid—

neys; furthermore. I doubt if there is

much wrong with her. She should have

daily exercise.



Weak Tendons.—My ten-yealr-o'ld horse

has sore cords in fore legs and our local

Vet. tells me that his body is too heavy

for his legs. This soreness came on him

two years ago. A. P., Scottville, Mich—-

Clip hair off tendon and apply one part

red iodide mercury and ten. parts cos-ate

of cantharides three times a month. If

the horse is Very fleshy it would benefit

his legs to lighten his weight.



Partial Dislocation of Stifle.—-—I would

like to know whatJ can be done for horse

that has been stiff in spavin joint. He

stands on foot andrleg perfectly natural,

but appears to be unable to either back

or go ahead and has no power to move

leg. The hock joint seems to be per-

fectly stiff and has been in this condition

fer the past five days. G. E., Twining.

Mich—Your horse suffers from disloca-

tion of stifle joint and whenever the cap

is slipped into place he will walk all

right. Fasten a, strap or rope to pastern,

pull foot as far forward as'poesibie, push

back stifle joint as far as possible, then

with opposite hand push cap into' place.

In order to keep this bone in place tie

foot forward to collar in order to prevent

foot from extending back of body which,

when in this posit-ion, the bone slips out

of place easily. Blister joint with cor-ate

of cantharides once a week.



Cracked Heels—I have a more that is

troubled with cracked heels and I have





 





 





 





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it falls to give more than temporary re-'

lief. I might add that her heels have

been sore for the past two years. D. D.

R., Rockford, Mich—Apply one'part sul-

phur and three parts vaseline to sores

twice a day for a week, then' apply one





part oxide of zinc and three parts vase-





line once a. day.



Chronic Cough—Have a mare four-

years old that has been troubled with a

cough since mid-summer and I would

like to know what to give her. C. G.,

Thompsonville, Mich—It is possible that

a. Change of feed would benefit her; be-

Sides, her teeth may need a little atten-

tion. Put 1 oz. of guaiacol, 2 ozs. of fluid

extract opium in a pint of raw linseed

oil and give her 1 oz. at a dose three

times a day. Also apply one part turpen-

tine, one part aqua ammonia and four

parts camphoralted oil to throat every day

or tw0. '



Indigestion—Leucorrhoea—Scours.— My

horses are not thriving; they are fed cut

rye and wheat straw with some ground

oats, rye and wheat bran mixed.

have a, mare that is troubled with a.

vaginal discharge. I also have another

horse that scoured- for l‘wo weeks, but

showed no symptoms of sickness, except

this looseness of bowels. S. L., Elmira,

Mich.~—-Fee'd mixed hay and shredded fod-

der for roughage part of time and in-

crease their grain ration. Give each horse

in each feed two tablespoonfulsl of ground

gentlan, a. tablespoonful of bicarbonarte of

soda and a 'tablespoonful of ground fenu-

greek at a dose. Give your mare that

has leucorrhoea a teaspoonful of pow-

dered sulphate iron at a dose. in feed

two or three times a day and dissolve 1

dr. permanganate potash in a gallon of

clean water and wash out vagina once

a day. This. lotion should be tepid heat

when used. For your horse that scours

feed him a good quality of oats and well

cured timothy; also give him 1 oz. of

ground ginger at a dose in feed two or

three times a day.



Scratches—\Vorms.—I have a three—

year-old colt that has been troubled wl-th

scratches since last spring. During the

summer his legs healed, now they are

sore. This same colt has recently passed

a few worms. N. .I., Imlay City, Mich——

Give your colt a tablespoonfui of Fow-

ler’s solution and 1 oz. ground gentianl at

a dose in soflt feed two or three times a.

day. Apply one part oxide of zinc and

four parts vaseline to sores twice a day.



Ringworm.——I recently purchased a.





horse that has sore patches on legs.‘





These little sores when rubbed Shed hair

and I have noticed that his left knee is

slightly swollen and different fromlhe

opposite leg. W. R., Dearborn, Mich.—

Apply one part iodine and ten pans fresh

lard to sore spots three tdmes a week.

Give a desse-rtspoonful of Donovan’s solu-

tion at a dose in feed twice a day.



Perspircs in Stable~Sto<-king.~l wish

you would tell me Of a remedy for my

yearling colt that sweai‘s in the stable,

and my horses stock in hind legs. Is

corn Irritating to the kidneys? H. T. N.,

Capzic, Mich.~Corn ls fattening. but not

irritating to kidneys. Give your colt a

teaspoonful of powdered bucuh at a does

in feed twice a day. Exercise your

horses daily and keep their bowels open.



Eczema—I have been a reader of the

gtichigan Farmer for many years and

1nd the veterinary columns very useful.

Have a mare that is inclined to rub her-

self an'd on account of this rubbing she

has made sores that are raw. J. H. B.,

Millington. Mich—Dissolve 1,; lb. of borax

and 54 lb. boracic acid in a gallon of

water and apply to itchy parts of body

twice a day. Also give a dessentspoon-

ful of Donovan's solution at a dose three

times a day.



Barrenness.——-I have a mare that raised

a colt two years ago which fails to breed.

F. 0., Flint, Mich.~—If your mare has a

vaginal discharge. inject her with the

following lotion three times a week: Dis-

solve 1 dr. permanganate potash in six

quarts tepid water. If she has no vaginal

discharge, wash her out with a. soda

solution once a day; dissolve 3 023. of

bicarbonate soda in a quart of water.



l’urpura, Hemorrhagica~(Fre-nch, anag—

arca).—I would like do know how to treat

a case of purpura resulting from relapse.

after a case of distemper 0r influenza.

The prescription for rheumatism in issue

of Dec. 13. cured my colt and I might add

I have had good success in treating my

live stock with remedies taken from the

veterinary column. C. D.. Brooklyn.

Mlch.-—Purpura hemorrhaglca is an in-

fectious disease. though not contagious.

and generally proves as a sequel of in-

fiueza. However, it occurs as an original

disease in badly ventilated, badly drained

stables, and sometimes follows debilitat-

ing fevers. This disease is characterized

by the destruction of the blood elements.

the blood becomes thin and oozes through

'the pOre into different. parts of the body.

Give the horse» 1 dr. tincture chloride

iron, 20 grs. quinine and 1,42 oz. sweet

spirits of nitre in one-half pint of cold

water at a dose every four hours. If the

muzzle begins to swell, bathe it with

warm water. Some practitioners tap these

swellings, but it is a. mistake to do so.

In some cases it becomes necessary to

put a tube in wind-pipe.

should be fed generously with cats, corn,

bran. etc. It is needless for me to say

that he should be kept in a clean, com-

fortable, well ventilated stable.





Bursal Swelling—Sheep Cough.—~—I have.





a five-year-old draft horse that has a

soft bunch about the size of a hen egg“

above knee on outside of leg. I also have

several sheep and lambs that cough con-

These sheep are eating well,

but do not put on flesh and I might add

that two~thirds of my lambs die at birth.

F. B. M., Fowlerville, Mich—Apply equal

parts spirits of camphor and tincture of

kdine to bunch once a day. Mix to-

gether equal parts of powdered licorice.

ground ginger. gentflan. fenugreerk and

bicarbonate soda and give each sheep at

teaspoonful at a dose in feed night; and





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‘THE', MICHIGAN-.FARMER





Incubators—How I Run Mine Successfully.





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I have found that the incubator has

many advantages over old “biddy.” Peo-

ple who succeed in rearing from 150 to

200 chicks each season under ordinary

farm conditions, c0uld depend upon rear-

ing twice that number with half the la.-

bor if they used incubators. Some seem

to think it takes an expert and a couple

of hours each day to successfully ,run an

incubator, but such is not the case. I

figure that it takes me, on rthe average,





about 15 minutes each day (five night





and morning to turn eggs and five at

night to fill and fix lamps) to care for

two machines having a capacity of 170

eggs each. It requires but little more

time to look after two machines with

double the capacity. Now, to hatch 340

eggs under hens would require about 25

hens, and one minute for looking over

each hen night and morning would con-

sume nearly an hour each day. Then

there is the cost of feed, which would

far exceed the cost of the incubator oil.



Veiry clear and practical instructions

come with incubators of the best makes,

and if these are carefully followed even

inexperienced persons can run the ma-

chines successfully. In making selection

of a machine one should patronize a well

established company and select rthe size

most suited to his wants; then order

early, for all the factories are rushed.

The size of machine depends upon the

number of chicks you wish to hat'ch, but

a convenient size for most farmers is

one of 17:0 to 200- -egg capacitx. Smaller

machines, after the infeitile eggs are re-

moved and the others that fail to hatch,

leave an unsatisfact'ory number, while a

machine of more than 200-cgg capacity

can not be readily filled by the ordinary

farm flock in time, as eggs should not

be over a week old when placed in the

incubator.



I have found that a well ventilated,

dry cellar is the. best place for an in-

cubator. After making the machine per-

fectly level it should be run a few days

without eggs. Then it will need very

little attention until the chicks begin to

hatch. Heat it to 103 degrees before the

eggs are put in. Then put in eggs and

don’t bother them again until the third

day, except to fill and trim the lamp cv-

ery evening. Some fill and trim the lamp

in the morning. but I prefer to do this

in the evening as the» fresh flame will

hold more heat during the cold of the

night and I am taking less chances of

anything going wrong with the flame.



0n the evening of the third day I be—

gin turning Ihe cggs by hand. to air them

thoroughly; from then until the eigh-

teenth morning I turn them twice a day

and keep airing them a little more each

day. From the fifteenth day on you will

need to change the regulator just a trifle.

if the eggs run strengly fertile, as the

animal heat -tends to raise the tempera-

ture. I keep turning the eggs until about

time for them to hatch; then machine is

left closed until hatching is completed.

Unhatched eggs and empty shells are

then removed with the trays, the chicks





[being left in the machine over night.

Next morning they are taken to the

brOoder, which has been heating since





the previous day. The incubator is then

thoroughly cleaned, disinfected and made-

re'ady for the next hatch.



New York. A. E. VANDIEIBNORT.





f. ______





I

lg CURING AMERICAN FOUL BROOD.





In discussing treatment it is assumed

that hives with movable frames are in

use. Box\‘ hives are a menace and un-

profitable to modern bee culture and are

especially condemned in regions having

foul brood. Their inmates may he treat-

ed for diseaSe after first drumming the

colony into another box and then hiving

it like a‘Swarm.



The- treatment consists essentially in

the removal of all infected material-from

the colony and compelling the bees to

take a fresh start by building new combs

and gathering new stores. Most com-

monly treatment is given during a flow

of honey, so that' bees in the apiary will

not be inclined to rob.' If this is not

possible the operation may be performed

under a tent made of mosquito netting.

The best time is the middle of a. clear

day when large numbers of the bees are





‘ in‘ the field.





'A perfectly clean hive, complete with

new' frames containing foundation start-

ers one inch wide, is put in readiness;

also a tightly closed hive body to hold

contaminated, combs, ,an 'extra hive cover

to serVe as runway for the bees to their

new hive, a drone trap, hive tool and

smoker. The .hive containing the dis-





 





   





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eased colony is first lifted to one side

and the clean, hive set exactly in its

place. Its cover is taken off and a. few

frames removed from the center of the

hive. If unspaCed frames are used they

may be pushed to either side of hive.

The runway is put in front of the hive.

The old hive is now opened and the

frames, as they are removed, are pushed

part way into the new hiVe where, with

a quick downward shake, the bees are

dislodged. The frames are then put into

the extra hive body and quickly covered.

After all frames in the old hive have been

treated thus the bees remaining on sides

of hive are shaken out.



If nectar is coming in freely so that

honey is shaken out of the combs, cover

the' runway With newspaper and shake

all the bees in front of new hive. After

the operation the soiled papers should be

destroyed.



After the bees are mostly in their new

hive a queen and drone trap, or a. strip

of perforated queen—excluding zinc, is

placed over the entrance to prevent the

colony from deserting the hive. The

queen can not pass through these open-

ings, and workers will not leave without

her. The bees will build new comb and

store what honey they carried from the

old hive into cells, covering it with fresh

nectar. In four days remove the frames

from this hive and put in new ones con-

taining starteis or full sheets of founda-

tion. ll ax and honey removed in the

frames should be carefully covered.



The diseased combs containing brood

may be saved until all healthy larvae

emerge. If several colonies are being

treated at one time, stack several hive

bodies containing contaminated combs

over a weak diseased colony for 12 days

and then remove. when this colOny may

be treated. “’here only a few colonies

are being treated it will not pay to do

this.



As a substitute for the shaking treat-

ment just described, the bees may be re-

moved to one side and in its place is set

a clean hive with clean frames of foun-





dation. The queen is at once transferred

to the new hive. As the field bees re-

turn they enter this new hive. The in-





fected hive is now placed on top or close

beside the clean hive and a bee—escape

placed over the entrance so that the

younger bees, and those that emerge lat-

er from the cells, may leave the contam-

inated hive but, can not return. The-y

therefore join the bees in the new hive.

\Vhen all the healthy brood has emerged

from the infected combs the old hive is

removed. This treatment is simpler and

induces less excitement in the bee yard.

Care should be taken that the old hive

is absolutely tight to prevent robbing.

The old hive and its contents of honey

and wax can be treated as described un-

der the shaking treatment.



If is necessary to treat a colony so

late in the fall that it would be impos-

sible fer the bees to prepare for winter,

the treatment may be modified by shak-

ing the bees on-to combs entirely full of

honey so that the-re is no place for brood

rearing. This will usually be satisfactory

only after brood rearing has entirely ceas-

ed. t‘nless a colony is quite strong it

does not pay to treat in the fall, but it

should be destroyed or united with an-

other colbny.



Powerful drugs of many kinds, and

used in many ways, have not been found

efficacious in curing this disease.



The hive which contained the disease

may be saved if cleaned of all wax and

honey and burned out on the inside with





a gasoline blue flame torch. The inner

surface of walls, top and bottom should

be charred to a light brown. The care-





Iful cleaning and disinfecting of frames

costs more in labor than frames cost, so

these had beflter be burned.



If there is a considerable quantity of

honey in the contaminated combs it may

be extracted. To put such honey on the

market, although it is safe for human

consumption, is against, the law, as there

is always danger that an emptied recep-

tacle will be thrown out where bees can

have access to it, thus causing a new

outbreak of the disease. It‘can be safely

used for feeding bees provided it is dilut—

ed with at least an equal volume of wat-

er to prevent burning, and then boiled

for not less than an: hour in a closed

vessel. This should not *be fed for win-

ter stores.



If treatments are given at the. begin-

ning of a good honey flow it is practically

equivalent to artificial swarming and re-

sults in an actual increase of surplus

honey. The cost of the treatment is

N. F. Gm





 





 





 





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AN FIA'RMER





OUR MOST IMPORTANT ENEMIES.

Knowledge is power. and it. good knowl-

edge of our enemies in one of the bout

wvnpons W0. can use ill our wurmrc

against them.



It in nu undeniable fact (but many of

us fruit growers are little ucqulllulml with

the toes we lire lighting, We follow plans

of battle outllllcll by others like the pa-

tlcnt t’ollnwu llil-l doctor's prescription.

All knowledge can not be obtained from

first hand; the enlightenment of the pres-

r-rlt mm in the result of the prcsm'vutlon

of the knowledge of the ages. If we take

whnt We know of the, control of our fruit

posts from (lilli‘I'H, why not learn Wllil‘i‘,

illcy have to glva us on the pest itself?

Supplullt that with enough personal ti“-

qulllnllllll'c with our cncmlou to know

them when you we tllcm. Then the fight-

inn: will bc more intelligent and more

ctllcicllt



That we mnv trot n bclicr kllllwlmlgc of





mu most prominent i’rlllt foes, the fol-

lowing “cbllrnctvr HkflU‘llt‘H" of them ul‘e

given.





The San Jose Scale.



It in not lllw-llysl lec that (‘lllllliHl

vcr was illstcmcd down llclplce‘fl by llll-

lllcrous pygllllcs. ’l‘llc. Sun .louo (pro-

nounced elm ho zny) scnlc. it little lill'KOrl‘

than u. (lot, lll‘lH become tho fruit; Krtl\Nt‘d"S





(lul'li-





most formidable cllenly through its pro-

lIIlCllt‘SlS.

About 1870” was introduced in Califor-





Hill. on HOinO' flowering pclll-h stock which

was llllpol‘icd from Clllnll. In lieu yours

it was spread all over the state. It WHS

not found cost of tho Mississippi rlvcn‘

until 1893. ’.l‘hl‘ce ycnrs lilii‘i‘ it WliS Ill

cvcl'y Hillit‘ in tho linioll cxcopt six.



The young are born ul illl‘ rule of ll.llllllt

tcll ll any. and tho llllmbcr of (-hlldrun

each mother bus-l lotllll-l 600. The i'mllzlll-s

arc of murrinullblc like when ubout :15

days old and immediately sl‘urt llllvlllg

families of their own. A mother l)(‘(‘0llli‘.‘-l

a grandmother in a short time lllld tho

number of her gl‘fllldi‘hllilfl‘ll, including

the great gl‘ilndclllldl‘t‘ll. lllllllIX‘il’ up ill

the millions before thc season is over.



As the youlll.r llrc born they crawl out

from under the sonic covcriug of the

mother on their Six logs and, with illC‘sll'

feelers, ‘tllt‘y spend a. day or so getting

the lay of 'the land; after which they set-

tle down near their mother lll‘llOASS they

are- cun'icd oil? on the legs of birds or in-

sects to another free. They silck their

beak into the bark, start sucking sup, and

also secreting the malerlall which forms

lllcllr sczlle—likc covering. This is white

at first but turns dark until it is nearly

black.



Before the scale reaches maturity it is

about the size of a pill head. If the indi-

viduul is a female she shed-s her legs and

feelers. gets to about twice the size of a

pin head and becomes a little lighter in

color. She is permanently located. If it

be the male he takes on a. pair of wings,

leaves his scale covering and spends the

rest of his life seeing the country.



To one unfamiliar with the scale it

would be hard to notice a slight infesta-

tion or to recognize an individual scale.

“'hell the infestation becomes more seri—

ous the ashy gray color of the infested

bark is noticeable to most all. VVi-th a





knife this can be readily scraped off, and

the little yellow, jelly-like specks seen

are the insects themselves.





On the young growth of pear and apple

tree the scale will cause a reddish dis—

coloration. The. fruit which also has the

reddish discoloration is probably the first

place that the inexperienced will notice

the scale. Reddish blotcbes with white

centers where the scale: was and has been

flaked off. and reddish blotchevs with black

centers where the scale still is, will be

common on infwted apples, especially at

the blossom end. If the reddish spots on

the apple are due to the scale the black

centers can be scraped off_with the finger

nail or a knife.



The San Jose scale infests all Of our

fruits except the sour cherry; and straw-

berry. It is seldom found on the rasp-

berries and blackberry. and not very often

on the grapes, although they have been

found thoroughly encrusted with it. It

is also found on the Japanese quince,

rose, dogwood, mountain ash, flowering

quinces, plums, crab apples, and’ peaches,

and sometimes on the willow. It prac—

tically attacks all plants belonging to the

rose family to' which'all of our fruits’be-

long. The osage orange is a. favorite





 





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Horticulture.





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plant for it and usage hedges are an

important source of infectntion on other

plants. They‘should l‘Gl'GlVO immediate

llttolltlon ill all vlclnllics.



The forest trees are nol‘ attacked by

this scale an is nupplmcd by many, and

are not a, Source of (illllger ill that way.

other Hollies that do not attack fruit. trees

lull-Ht them, such us the cottouy lmlplo

scale, ollu scale. obscure ()ttk scale. The

Sun Jone Hollie has been found on many

of the towel (rm-fl. and also on Hil‘llW'

imrriel-l, corn illlil mllkwccd, but illcl-lcuro

not natural hunt [illiiliH for it. it docs

not thrive on them



This sonic. is hero to slay It.





in no





longer (enroll. lit-l (olltrol ill pllrt of Gil/(ill

_\’l'tli":«l prllgrlllll in the growing of good

l'rult. 'I‘lmroughncns ill spraying IH the

most important: t'lll'iol' in tho nucccas of





its control.



Van Buren Co. F. A. WILKEN.

BUV SEED EARLY AND FROM RELIA.

BLE PARTIES.



'i‘llc: furmel' who buys his :4an early

lt-l inking ilclm-l cllzlllcccn llltlll hill llovigll-

born who put it off until nearly planting





limo. I‘ltll'ly buying or send gollurlllly

lllmllls getting that of the frqulOHt llmi

ill-:41 quality, if reliable madame“ am

l)lli‘l"illllZ(‘ii. (lfil-n when nllc puts it otl‘

lllllll into, the supply is cxhllusteli or

only Sl‘(‘()Il(l gl'llllc. stock is oft'crelll. 'l‘hnsll





pi'tllllO‘IllH (in Hill

t'il.l‘i,\".



The importance. of buying only the bout:

grllliv of semi cannot, lw too strongly em»





confront those who buy





pllllsizcll. It is false economy to solve ll.

rl‘w ('t'llih'v ])l‘l‘ [illilll'il on the purchase of

any Hood and run a chance of losing por—





llllpo ll lilll‘Hll’ilil ()i‘ more dolllll'H at ll:ll'-

Vi'Ht lime in an lllft‘l‘lnl‘ crop us ll result.

'l‘lll- (lli‘i'crcllco lkvlwccll good and pool-

Hi‘O-(I lntly not bl) noticeable to the eye.

The only wuy illi‘ farmer has of knowing

in in tho. honesty of the Hood denim and

the prices l-llllrgcd. For this reason he

should buy only from reliable swclmnlcn

zllld tllcll plly the lllghcl-ll. prices.



One may think hes is saving money ill

buying cabbage, Ht‘Od at $2.50 a pound llt.

some grocery Riill'P or an agent, whcll

roglllnr sccd Ill‘illS are asking $3 or $3.50

per pmlllll. “’hllo one may be able to

suve u few dollars in this way it does nut

plly to take it chance of risking the whole





(‘l‘()D. Seed stores g‘t‘llt’l‘zlily buy in large

quantities from original growers, thus





gctlillg the freshest and host stock. while

the supply that. goes to the grocers and

dealcrs that handle seed as a side line,

often is old stock or of £1 quality that

would not be accepted by seed dealers.

If one wants to buy a. good watch he goes

to a jeweler instead of a grocer, even

though the latter may have a, stock of

('llcap~ wail-hos for the made. There is

nflcll as much difference in the. quality

and value of seed as there is between

watches.



Early purchasers have the advantage

eVerll when only reliable dealers are pat-

l‘oulzcd. Often their original] stock is

sold out and they are forced to replenish

it with inferior goods. The Gate purchas-

are the ours that get this stock.

Some dealers will refund the moncy rath—

er than send stock that theer know is not





(’l‘.\‘





of number one quality.

Responsible seed dealers have nearly

uniform prfccs for seed. They buy hun-





dreds of pounds at a time and in buying

such large: quantities they are enabled

to rose-ll it at about the minimum price

for good stock. \Vhen agents claiming to

represent some Cilm'pzllly or other dealers

offer the same seed at greatly reduced

prices, there is apt to be something wrong

with the seed.



A germination test might Show that the

seed had been axiwlterated and that not

over fifty per cent of it would grow. For

example, turnip seed is often used to

adulterate cabbage seed. When this is

done the former is generally boiled to kill

the germinating power so that the fraud

will not be detected by the unsuspecting

farmer. A poor stand is often caused as

much *by inferior seed as it is by other

unfavorable conditions. The law should

compel all dealers offering seed for sale

to guarantee a certain germination test.



Pennsylvania. L. J. Heme.





Winter months have been of more val-

ue to a few fruit men than the active

months of summer. The value. came- in

the new vision they got: at their work.
JAN. ‘11. 1918.





 





 





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. CURRENT COMMENT.





 





. Considerable space has been

Agricultural devoted to the discussion of





Credit. agricultural credit in our

editorial columns during the

past year. Since no subject .is of greater





importance to our readers this discussion

will be continued as new data is avail-

able upOn its different phases. The lat—

est contribution to such data is found in

the report of the Secretary of Agriculture

for 1912.



General discussion of, and interest in,

this subject throughout the country led

tto an investigation by the Department of

Agriculture. As a means of obtain-ing the

real facts with regard to present condi-

tions of agricultural credit a schedule

of questions was sent to 9,000 persons in

the- United States. Three thousand of

these were country bankers and about

an equal number were country merchants

and the balance prominent farmers tak-

en from the list used by the bureau of

statistics to collect monthly reports of

the prices of farm commodities. These

[three classes of correspondents were

chosen in order that if any class bias

appeared in the opinions given it Would

be recognized ahd make possible'an al-

lowance fer an exaggeration or deficiency

of statements». The report stated, how-

ever, that no such bias was discoverable

ahd the three sets of schedules and an-

swers were compiled together in the

making of deductions from the data thus

obtained.



This data covers so many phases of the

question of agricultural credit that it

is impracticable. to discuSS the same

comprehensively in a single comment,

for which reason different phases of the

data thus obtained will be touched upon

in succeeding issues, while this comment

will he devoted to the discussion of ag-

ricultural credit obtained in the form of

loans as disclosed by the data contained

in the report recently made by the sec-

retary of agriculture for 1912.



In this connection the first effort of

the inquiry was to ascertain the percent-

age of farmers owning their land who

are able to give good security or endorsed

notes for loans. In the opinion 'of the

correspondents, as indicated in the- sec-

retary's report. 77 per cent of farm own-

ers may be so reported and the corres-

ponding percentage for tenants is 46. It

was then attempted to ascertain what

percentage of farmers owning their land

and able to give good security or endorsed

notes are unable to obtain opportunities

to borrow. ,On this point’ about 48 per

cent of the correspondents reported that

term owners are able to obtain such loans

and the other correspondents reported

thatfisfirper cent of the farm'owners in





7 thggrmmmunlty Were unable to dose.





ifigier questions pertaining to long

"i loans "brought -' reports from 47 of





 





 





7





Ft correspondents ,ftbatfarm owners were _





THELMCHIG

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able to obtain such loans, while the-_re.-.

manning correspondents reported that 40

per cent of the farm owners" were unable

to do so, the corresponding percentage

for tenants being nearly the same. As

to the sources of such loans, it was as-

certained that of the principal sources of

agricultural loans and advancements (not

including_purchase money) local banks

supplied 57 per cent of the total agri-

cultural credit in communities where

banks, exist. Neighbors supplied 16 per

cent in communities where they contrib-

uted any-thing to the supply of credit, in—

dividual lenders in nearby cities and

towns supplied ‘12 per cent and loan agents

from outside capital supplied 16 per cent,

where such agencies exist, Whille local

stores supplied 25 per cent in communi-

ties where they contributed anything to

the supply of credits and unclassified

sources of credit supplied 13 per cent.





It will thus be seen that local banks

supply more than one-half of (the agricul-

tural credit, other than for purchase mon-

ey of farms, whiile general stores supply

one—quarter of such credit and both to-

gether more- than three-quarters. In this

connection it is interesting to note the

proportion of communities in which these

two principal supplies of credit exist.

CorrespOndents reported that in one per

cent of the communities there was no

supply of credit by banks, while in 47

per cent of the communities no such sup-

ply by local stores.





There is much food for thought infthese

figures. As a general propoé‘xtiofi’ft may

be considered as true that the local banks

throughout the country in times of pros-

perity, such as have been experienced in

recent years, have their funds well loan-

ed out. At some seasons of the year

they may have surplus funds, while at

other seasons of the year their available

monies are so closely loaned that they

are obliged to refuse good opportunities

to make loans. In most cases their avail-

able funds are practically all devoted to

local loans, including local business men

and farmers, although in some cases out-

side loans are made on commercial paper,

and in other cases quite a proportion of

their available capital is loaned on long

time real estate mortgages not included

in the above figures.



It would thus appear that less than

one-half of the farm owners who are able

to give good security are able to make

loans locally from the combined sources

above listed, and that less than one-

quarter of them are able to utilize- their

credit at the local bank. With the large-

increase in the- number of local banks

and corresponding increase in deposits

this increase in percentage is undoubted-

ly growing from year to year, but there

is apparent need of increased facilities

for making agricultural loans, hence the

desirability of added facilities through

the co-operative organization of farmers

for this purpose which has been repeat-





edly discussed in these columns.

The few- days that

The Parcels Post. have elapsed since





the inauguration of

the new parcels post, have perhaps shown

the wisdom of limiting the usefulness of

this service at its inception, since the

facilities of the post offices in many of the

larger oties have been taxed to their ut-

most in caring for this special class of

mail. Of course, there has been a very

general tendency to try out the new

plan which may have made the parcels

post mail heavier during the early days

of its trial than would be the came after

the business settles down to normal pro-

portions. It is probable, however, that

there will be a growth of business under

the new law along certain lines when the

public finds out its value and limitations

for every day uses.



From an early study of the comparative

effects of the new law it would appear

that for parcels weighing just over four

ounces, to which the new law applies,

the cost of transportation is somewhat

increased, while for parcels weighing

slightly under one pound up to those ap-

proaching five pounds in Weight the av-

erage rate for the average haull will be

considerably cheaper than under the old

plan, and while the new parcels post in-

creased the weight of packages which may

be sent by mail from four to 11 pounds,

the rate, except for local delivery, will

be generally higher than the express

rates on like commodities and, except

where the superior advantages of univer-

sal delivery are attractive, or for local

delivery only, there will be little use

made of the parcels post for the trans-

portation of the heavier parcels.



But, as before‘ noted, as experience

demonstrates the shortcomings of, the:

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taillzc to such an extent-that the short-

comings wlil be” remedied by the post-

ofllce. department or by Congress itself.

Michigan people will be in a position to

make their ideas felt upon this question

through the appointment of Senator

Townsend as one of the special congres-

sional commission to sfludy the parcels

post and make such recommendations as

its investigation warrants for the future

of this service. The first duty will nat—

urally be to obtain all information pos-

sible as to the workings of the parcels

post system as now inaugurated. While

no public announcement as to the exact

duty of the commission has been made,

it would appear that it would be a prop-

er court of appeal for those who are not

satisfied with the workings of the pres-

ent system upon a fair. trial, to the end

that the service may be improved where

improvement is practical 'to make it of

the greatest possible benefit to the peo-

ple of the whole country. a-





As noted in the last is-

sue. mistakes are the un-

avoidable accompaniment

of progress along any

line, and mistakes have been made in the

progress toward equal taxation in' Mich-

igan, notwithstanding the fact that pro-

gress in that direction has. on the whole,

been most encouraging. Many, and we

believe a majority, of the readers of the

Michigan Farmer believe that the new

mortgage tax law was such a mistake;

For many years this question has come

before the legislature at each biennial

session, and generally Opinion has been

pretty evenly divided on the proposition

of taxing mortgages on the same basis

as other property is taxed. Those who

contended that taxation of mortgages on

an advalorem basis was double taxation

have periodically had their inning, first

in the law of a few years ago which pro-

vided for an exemption, in the valuation

of mortgaged real estate to the amount

of the mortgage which was assessed at

its cash value, and again two years ago

in the exemption of mortgages from ad-

valorem taxation and the substitution of

a small specific tax on same, to be levied

at the time the mortgages were recorded.





The first law failed in practice owing

to the scarcity of money at the- time and

the failure of the law to provide a. pen-

alty for the shifting of the tax on the

mortgage to the borrower, which became

the universal practice. thus defeating the

purpose of the law. Upon the return to

the old plan of assessing mortgages, the

big lenders of money again largely es-

caped taxation by concealing their hold-

ings, so that not more than 50 per cent

of this class of property was placed on

the assessment rolls, as revealed by the

amount of mortgage loans upon which the

specific tax was paid under the new law.

And even under the new law it appears

that some who loan money on mortgage

security take advantage of the necessity

of the borrower by compelling him to

pay ‘the specific rtax to secure the loan.





But as present mortgage loans expire

and as new capital is attracted to this

form of investment under the more fav-

orable conditions as to taxation imposed

by the new law, there is hope that a.

benefit will accrue to borrowers in a re-

duced interest rate. Indeed, the friends

of this new system of taxing mortgages

contend that such a tendency is already

apparent in that interest rates have not

advanced along with the, general advance-

in other values which has been so pro-

nounced in recent years. Undoubtedly,

if this should be the ultimate effect of

the practical exemption of mortgages

from taxation under the new law there

would be an element of justice involved,

and the benefit to the country at large

might become evident in enhanced land

values and more general improvement of

farm properties.



But the large class of home owners and

farmers who have no mortgage indebted-

ness and whose taxes will be higher be-

cause of this exemption of mortgages

from taxation will hardly see the justice

of this change, and will be slow to be

convinced that any benefit accrues to the

community thereby, hence the general

demand for the repeal of the present law.

'It would appear, however, that the cor-

rection of this mistake, if mistake it be,

of placing mortgages under specific tax-

avtion cannot be fully accomplished by the

repeal of, this: law, since it is probable

that the counts would hold that having

paid a specific tax in lieu of all other

taxes for the life- of the mortgage, morti-

gages at- present in force could not again

be placed on the tax mile for advalorem

taxation. It is possible that the passage

of an income. tax law may prove the





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it would seem that: this vexed ques’tltfn‘

will not' be. soon permanently seotled to

the satisfaction of all concerned. hence

its just solution remains a profitable sub;

ject for thoughtful study on the part of

every public spirited citizen. '





, .In another column of



The lee Stock this issue will be found

Meeting. . the announcement of

the annual live stock



meeting which will be held at the Mich~

igan Agricultural College on January 15’-

16. The different breed meetings will be

held in the rooms assigned to them in

the agricultural building on Wednesday.

January 15. These meetings are each

and every one important, not only 'to





those who have heretofore been interest- ‘





ed in the breeding or feeding proposition,

but as well to every farmer in the state,

and none who can arrange to attend

'them should forego this opportunity to

secure an inspiration toward the» better

breeding and more erfi‘icient feeding of

live stock maintained upon Michigan

farms than which no other factor of their

conduct is more essential to the highest

success and most general prosperity of

our agriculture. » *





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE weak.





 





National.





haDuring thgdpiast height Weeks 200 deaths

ve occurr n t e cit of i

diphtheria. y Ch cage from



Carefully compiled statistics show that

during the year 1911, 7,093 persons died

of consumption in the state of Ohio.



Ebenezer S. Wheeler, who was engi-

neer in charge during the construction of

the Poe look at Sault Ste. Marie. and also

of the Middle Neebish channel, died at

his home in Detroit Sunday morning

from heart disease. Mr. Wheeler also

surveyed for a Nicaraguaxcanal in the

90's and for the construction of the Lake

St. Clair ship canal. He was 73 years

old at the time of his death.



The explosion of a looomotive on the

Detroit & Toledorailroad in the city of

Detroit, Sunday, instantly killed one man

and badly scalded six others. No cause

for the explosion was reported.



The Western Calvert Helrs’ Association

will make another effort to gain posses-

sion of the Calvert estate, which consists

of lands in and around the city of Baiti—

more. The lands were granted in the

seventeenth century to the fiirst Lord

{Baltimore by King James lot, of Eng-



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The Chicago Federation of Labor held

an exciting session on January 5. when

resolutions were considered touching up-

on the conviction of the 33 labor leaders

found guilty of conspiracy at Indianap-

olis. The conservative members were

unable to control the assembly, enabling

the radicals to adopt resolutions con—

demning the United States government

and denouncing the judge and jury in

the recent trial.



Dr. Louis Swift, America’s greatest

astronomer, died Sunday in Marathon, N.

Y., at the age of 92. Dr. Swift is ac-

knowledged as the disoove'rer of more

than 1.300 nebulae, or “little worlds,”

and 15 comets. He was a Fellow of the

Royal Astronomical Society of England.



Upon the return of President Taft from

Panama it is learned that he purposes

submitting to England, with the consent

of the Senate, a. proposition to have a,

special tribunal consisting of a body

ences between the two countries regard-

ing the operation of the Panama canal.



The congressional committee on bank—

ing and currency will make further in—

quiry into "the operations of financial af-

fairs as they are carried on at the pres-

ent time. Other hearings looking toward

a general revision of the currency sys-

tem, begin on Tuesday.'



A bill has been introduced in the Mich-

igan Senate which will compel railroads,

mining and express companies to pay

their employee weekly, should it become

a law.



The state board of immigration of Min-

nesota will ask the legislature of that

state for $100,000 to bring settlers to oc-

cupy the undeveloped lands of that com-

monwealth.



Charles P. Neill. has been renominated

by Bresident Taft as United States Labor

Commissioner.



Storms are raging over the western

part of the country. It is declared by

reports from southern California that low

tempeatures have probably destroyed the

orange crop of that section. the loss be-

ing estimated at about $50,000,000. San

Francisco reports the coldest weather in

25 years. In Washington and the other

northwestern states railroads are finding

itl difficult to battle with the heavy snow

which in places covers the tracks to a

depth of 14 feet. New Mexico is also clad

in snowdrifts with the thermometer regis-

tering from nine above to 35 below. The

loss of live stock has been very heavy.

Zero weather prevails at Salt Lake‘ City.

The cold at the latter place is responsible

for broken water .mains which is caus-

ing a serious Situation.



A number of New York restaurant

keepers have organized for the purpose

of bringing together the leading restau-

rant and hotel keepers of the city into a.

co-operative society which will buy- all

(lite food supplies directly from the pro-



ucer.



Senator Wflliam Alden Smith, .3: Mick-

igan, chairman of- the investigating com~

mtttee investigating Mexican and a

in conference with SenorPedro Lawn?-





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V THE MICHIGAN ‘FARMER





iv! sekcted men, to consider the differ»

ico, where they are considering conditions

in the 18.th country and the ill treat-

ment which Americans and American

property have been subjected to during

the past two years.



Highland Park, Mich., is petitioning

the government for a post office. The

city now obtains its mail through the De-

troit office.



The United States Supreme Court has

declared that the disputed counts in the

trial by government against Jas. A. Pat-

ten, et al, who are charged with violating

the Sherman Anti-Trust law in forcing

a corner on the cotton market constitutes

such a violation. The conspiracy is de-

scribed in the bills as calculated 'to yield

the promoters $10,000,000 in profits.



President Taft has appointed Senator

Charles E. Townsend, of Michigan, to

make a study of the operations of the

parcels post system for the purpose of

suggesting further improvements in the

service. The post office department

through the parcels post is doing a much

larger business than was expected. This

appears to ,be more or less true of. 'the‘

larger post offices over the entire coun-

try. In Detroit six automobiles were pro-,

vided for the service. After less than a.

week’s time it has been found necessary

to employ 17 automobiles to make deliv-

cries.



Members of the Central Fruit Growers'

Association, with headquarters at Battle

Creek, are planning for the erection of a.

cold storage building in that city. The

members expect’ to spend over $20,000

for the plant. With such accommoda-

tions the growers should realize a much

[larger profit for their produce. A sim-





 





ilar institution is contemplated by grow-

ers around Augusta.

Foreign.



Another accident occurred on a. French

battleship Monday. The main steam pipe

of the Masse-na burst, killing eight of the

crew, The boat was just leaving Toulon

as the aceident occurred.



Dr. Francisco Vasquez Gomez, former

Minister of Education of Mexico, was

arrested Sunday on a court order and is

now held at police headquarters, Mexico

City, charged with inciting rebellion

against the present administration. He

aided Madero in the revolution against

the Dlaz regime but later broke with the

Modem family and has since retired to

private life.



The peace conference at London is

slowly bringing together the representa-

tives of Turkey, and the allied forces.

The latter continue steadfast in their de-

mand for all the territory which they

have taken during the recent war. Tur—

key, on the other hand. is gradually mak-a

ing concessions which may .

bring the conferees to a basis upon which.

an agreement can be made. As 'a result

of the negotiations war is being delayed

for a considerable period of time. ,

William Rockefeller, who is being sought

by the Pujo committee of congress to

testify regarding present-day financnal.

conditions, is reported at Nassau, Ba-'





 





 

 

 





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At the annual meeting“) be held in the Cityot

Hastings on January 1913. to commence at ten

o‘clock . ..Iihenembem of thalietn’m Mutual

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Lapeer 00., Jan. 4.——Ground is covered





with about three inches of snow this"

morning. Weather colder. Some are

threshing beans, and others are hulshng





their clover seed, also the power corn

husker has lots to (10 yet. Wheat and

meadows do not appear to be damaged

as yet. Wheeling on the highways ex-

cellent. Taxes the heaviest known since

the Civil war. Labor not much in de-

mand, but flour and meats bring big

prices. Hay, $10.50 per ton; potatoes re-

main at 400 per on; corn. 60c; oats, 380.

Emmet 00., Dec. 81.—Weathe~r for De-

cember was exceptionally mild. Precipi-

taltiou light: mostly snow. Fields were

bare- most of the time, though there was

pretty fair sleighing where the roads

were smooth when freezing weather set.

in. The price of seasoned stch wood

rose as high as $3 a cord, but the large

amount that was then placed on the

market by farmers, soon dropped the

pricil.r to $2.50. In some instances wood

is being hauled a distance of 12 miles or

more. Hay selling around $15; straw,

$10; dressed hogs, $76128; eggs, 35c.



Shiawassee 60., Dec. 30.—Weather mod-

erate with strong south and southwest

winds. Very little snow on the ground.





 





 

 





 





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between a Rock Island “C.T.X." Universal

and the commonplace kind of plow. They cost

about the same. But remember, the "C.T.X."

' Universal means "fat" crops. while the com-

mon plow is apt to mean “skinny" crops.





Beware of Air Spaces





Those innocent—looking air spaces left between

topsoil and subsoil when plowing have been costing

the American farmer MORE THAN ALL OBNOX-

IOUS WEEDS. BUGS. PESTS. SCALES AND

PARASITES COMBINED. Air spaces completely

cut of! the water supply from below and cause

crops to start withering and drying up the minute a

hot, dry spell comes.





Get a plow that doexn’t LEAVE any air spares—-

e Rock Island "C.T.X.” Universal.





Note the peculiar, corkscrew shape of this plow

bottom. (Picture A.) The arrow shows how dirttrav-

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and UPWARD as in the ordinary plow. (Picture B.)

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Roads in Splendid condition and a large

amount of teaming being done. The last

of the sugar beets are being hauled to

the factory. On account of the lower

rate per ton paid by the factory for beets

the coming season farmers are very slow

to take new contracts, claiming that they





rate for 12 per cent beats and 331750, for

each per cent above. Farmers are com-

plaining of the poor keeping quality of

the fruit in cellars. Potatoes still are

rotting badly and heavy 1.03s is looked for,

especially from pitted potatoes. “heat

is coming on through the winter in fine

condition. Clover is also withstanding

the winter in splendid condition. A great

deal of human sickness, in this locality.

Live stock, however, is usually healthy.

A number of farmers are milking a large

string of cows for the local creamery

company, and are quite well satisfied

With returns. A large number of lambs,

are on feed in this section and feeders

are hoping for a good market.

Ohio.



Hardin Co.,, Dec. 31,—Butchering and

of the day through our section of the

country. Some doing odd repair jobs» on

the farm tools and fences. The weather

has been great this fall for feeding stock.

There has been snow on the ground al-

most all the time. Wheat and rye hold-





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We Acknowledge the Courtesy of Dr. H.

8. Baker. -

We desire to call the attention of our

readers to an error which crept' into our

studies under date of December 7,. when

We were discussing the function of lime

as an accessory in the human dietary.

In a very interesting letvter, Dr. Henry

B. Baker calls our attention to a. mis-

statement regarding the lime content of

milk. We had stated as follows: “At the

age of six months the human infant is

requiring about one quart of milk daily.

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ed solution of lime, contains about one

and one-fifth ounces of lime.” _



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That this 'quart of milk contains about

one-fifteenth ounces of lime. Just how

this error crept in, we are unable to say,

but when we figure, as we were then re-

ferring to cows’ milk, a. total mineral

content of seven-tenths of one per cent,

and ’then know as we discussed further

on in this same article, that between 30

and 40 per cent of this mineral matter is

lime. “'e would then have. average cows’

milk containing 21 to 28 one-hundredths

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source of annoyance to stockmen for

many years. This soil, which responds

so beautifully to orchard crops, has not

been an ideal soil for farming. It is an

example of what many mean when they

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testified. to with a. considerable degree of

force by the well known fact that clover

crops are almost unknOWn except where

special effort has been made to provide

congenial conditions for the clover plant.

Just whether these soils are acid from

the standpoint of showing an excess of

acid reacting substances has, we think,

never beensa‘tisfactorily proved. In fact,

some chemists have denied the existence

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claring that soil to be an acid soil. The

preceding statements explain in‘ a. few

words the characteristics of the soil in

this lake shore region. A few years ago

when the writer was chemist of the

Michigan Experiment Station, a great

many cases of apparent mal-nutrition,

particularly of cattle, was called to the

earnest consideration of the station. In





great many cattle in this strip of land

sick, emaciated and dying, the victims

of the dreaded lake shore or Grand Trav-

erse cattle disease, as it was commonly

called.



These animals were apparently starv-

ing with plenty to eat. They .were anae-

mic t'o a very marked degree. The hae-

maglobin content of the blood was low.

The animals recovered when placed on

new feed, particularly clover and alfalfa,

after a proper regulation of the bowels,

but when placed again upon the normal

feed of rthis territory very soon exhibited

the old familiar symptoms. In analyzing

the different forage feeds from this sec-

tion, in practically every instance we not-

ed marked deficiendies in iron and lime.

To account for the deficiency in afinatu-

ral way, we secured a great many sam-

ples of water from Surface wells, 1. 6.,

wells dug in the sand to a few feet‘depth.

This gave us a pretty average sample

of the soil water of each particular

community. In nearly every instance

an analysis showed this water do be

very deficient in both iron and lime,

the same ash ingredients which were

so conspicuously deficient in the crops

grown on these soils. The soil water

therefore was very low in iron and lime.

These two inorganic plant constitluents

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could not take up a sufficient amount of

these elements, hence the very marked

deficiency in iron and lime which we

found upon analysis.



We understand that practically all of

the surface water from this section of

the state is very soft, and the samples

we were able to obtain and analyze, in-

dicated water almost as soft as our or-

dinary rain water. The, clover plan-t rec-

ognized this deficiency in the soil and

refused to grow. It has been made to

thrive beautifully on these same soils by

liberal applications of lime.



Acids and Bases Agaln.





In a recent discussion we have’ laid.





emphasis on 'the vigilance which the ani—

mal body exerts against the introduction

of difficultly oxidizable acids.



Among these acids is oxalic acid, which

in cases of advanced mal—nutritio‘n, is

actually formed Within the body. Oxa‘lic

acid calls for immediate neutralization in

order 'to avoid its toxic effect. This calls

for a removal of a basic substance, lime,

and for an excessive metabolism of pro-

teid material to furnish nitrogen which in

turn becomes converted into ammonia in

this way neutralizing the oxalic acid with

ammonia and forming ammonium oxa—

lates. These oxaiaates of ammonia and

of lime levy severe toll upon the kidneys

and Such excretory organs and not“ in-

frequently promote concrete formations,

such as calculi (stone in. bladder), etc.

“'ithout doubt], the presence of sorrel

and such weeds in the forage of the lake

shore and Grand Traverse regions, ag-

gravated the conditions there, due to a.

deficiency of the inorganic plant con-

stituents, particularly of iron and lime.





The Relation Between Some Acids and

Bases in Some Common Feeds.



We have stated that in general we find

a preponderance of basic mineral con-

stituents in vegetable foods and in the

natural food of infants and young mam-

mals, that is, milk. Forbes, of the Ohio

Station, compiled data from various

sources showing the: relation of these

bases and acids in 48 different food ma-

terials. Taking in each instance 1,000

grams (approximately 33 ounces), of the

dry material. He found in cows’ milk

an excess of bases over acids of 293

units. In human milk he found an ex-

cess of 122 units of bases. In sheep’s

milk an excess of 510 units bases over

acids. In beef he found an excess of 125

uni-ts of acid over bases. In pork an ex-

cess of 157 acid over bases. In eggs an

excess of 133 acids over bases. This ta-

ble is so interesting from a dietetic

standpoint that we will give below in

tabular form the figures which we de—

sire to emphasize at this point.





_ Excess base. Excess acid.

Cow’s milk . . . . . 293.0 units"

\Voman’s milk . 122.5 units





Sow’s milk 337.3 units



Ewe’s milk ...... . 510.4 units



Black albumen 122.8 units

Beef .............. . 124.7 units

Pork .............. 156.7 units

Ghicken ........... 181.5 units

luggs .............. 32.9 units

\Vller of eggs ...... 428.0 units



Potatoes .......... 368.8 units



Sweet potatoes . 308.2 uni'ts



Beets, red ........ 1006.6 units



’l‘urmps ........... 849.3 units



Tomatoes ......... 3704.5 units



Onions ............ 549.3 units



Cabbage, heart ...1080.5 units



Asparagus ......... 592.4 units



Spinach ........... 2618.9 units



Rhubarb .......... 1695.8 units



Oranges ........... 618.8 units



_Apples ............. 236.8 units



Plums ............. 310.4 units



Ra1sms ... ._ ........ 259.1 units



Figs .............. 412.1 units



7.‘Rrpriccgts .......... 652.4 units



iea , grain ..... 9.1 nit



\Vheat, bran .-- ..... 84.6 units u s

White bread ...... 172.2 units

Graham bread 35.5 unifls

Gluten fiour ...... 75.9 units

Rice, hulled ...... . 8.8 units

Oatmeal ........... 42.8 units

Oats, grain ....... 18.4 units



Corn, bran» ........ 11.1 units



Pearl heminy ..... 83.4 units

Beans ....... . ..... 79.3 units



Soy beans ........ 155.0 units



Cottonseed meal .. 160.6 units - ‘

Linseed oil meal. . . 381.7 units



Corn stover ....... 590.8 units



Oat straw . . . . . . . . . 445.3 units



Timothy hay . . . .. . 474.7 units



Red clover hay. . . . .1420.4 units



Alfalfa, hay ..... ”1304.2 units





Rape, green .. . . . . 731.7 units

at 1 unitzl c. c. normal solution.

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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-

T10N OF FARMERS’ CLUBS.





President—Jas. N. McBride. Burton.

ViceoPresidenth. B. Scully, Almont.





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Secretary-Treasurer—-Mrs. C. I‘. John-

son, Melamora.



Directors——C. P. Johnson. Metamora;

H. W'. Chamberlain. White Lake; Wm.

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The- skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer's most valuable asset.

Amclational Sentiment:



The farmer, he garners from the soil

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TAXATION.

Address of Associational President Mc-





Bride. before the recent State Association

of Farmers' Clubs.





(Continued from last week).



Timber valuations are better known

generally in Michigan than some others.

The timber expert makes an estimate of

the stumpage value by count and meas-

urement. Among the largest individual

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“'eyerhouser, of Minnesota, made in tim-

ber.» One of the merits of well selected

timber land is that the year's growth on

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approximates the interest on the invest—

ment, and without involving any expendi-

ture or outlay for labor. Barring losses

from fire, there is no depreciation. but

rather a natural and expected increase

of material. Timber and mining are alike

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exists for maintenance or replacement.

They are worked until depleted. This is

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or those where the growth of years or

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however, mistake developed mining prop-

erty for prospects.



It is rather interesting to study the

basis of value of a projected railroad.

Construction bonds are based on an ex-

haustive survey of population and re-

sources. The infant in the cradle is

counted as an asset in figuring popula-

‘tlon. Agricultural area adjacent anld

tributary is the greatest asset. It may

be of interest to know that an acre of

fertile soil, cultivated, means annually

an average» of $5.00 to the railroads for

transportation purposes. The trained

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continued tonnage. But as a final and

continued source of freight, it is well cul—

tivated fertile soil. The "granger" roads

are looked upon as safe investments and

are barometers of financial conditions.



To show the basis of a country’s

strength and value, pupils are taught in

war colleges that the most irrcparabnle

damage to the enemy and not soon rc-

placcd, is to destroy the crops or subsist-

ence. It was the humanity of Gen. Grant.

and based on this fundamental principle

of wealth. that made him insist that the

Confederate soldiers take their horses

home and get the crops for the spring of

1865 in the soil. The point to these ob-

servations is that the value of railroads

and their earnings depend upon the soil.



Timber and mining operations are al-

most independent of agricultural condi-

tions. In the contention for a more

equabler System of tax burden ithelre

should be harmonious co-operalion be-

tween agriculture and transportation in

Michigan, a fact lthat not all milroad

men recognize. The Wisconsin idea of

physical valuation of railroads would show

the replacement value as distinct from

the community value derived from in-

creased population, which has been cap-

italized into stocks and bonds. As a

matter not vitally connected with this

subject is that in the analysis of prop-

erty for purpose of taxation there is be-

ing found a strong sentiment that calls

for either the abandonment of claim to

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THE JANUARY PROGRAMS.





State Lecturer’s Suggestions for

Meeting.



Song. “The Model Grange."



Installation of officers.



llrlcf addresses by newly installed offi-

ccrs.



Humorous recitation.



Reports of‘ State Grange: l. (Vlclncral

work of the Grange, by the brother. 2.

'\\’om;in’s part and suffrage, by the sister.



Prayer for the true spirit of ctr—opera-

tion. by chaplain.



Song, “There Shall be no Golden Har-

vest."



Suggestions for Second Meeting.

Song. by Grange chorus.

toll call, responded to by



from \\'ill Carleton.



Echoes from institutes,

and one man.



Recitation.



How to make parcels post a strong

bond between producers and consumers.



Recitation.



\Vhat are we asking of the legislature!

this winter? by master, followed by dis-‘

cussion of main subjects named, ‘.



“’hat is meant by the “Referendum?”i

“Recall?" “Initiative?"—-—to be answered

by a woman.



Song.



toll call and recitations selected

“'ill Carleton’s poems.





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(Concluded from last week).





Public ownership was favored by the

committee on public utilities and the

Grange concurred. Other recommenda-

tions which met approval called for en-

forced disinfection at stated periods of

public waiting rooms and conveyances,

cspecially railroad coaches, and the cur-

tailmenr of Wall street gambling through

the suppression of news of stock opera:

tions on exchanges. {l



Several amendments were offered by‘

the committee having State Grange by-ll

laws in charge, chief among which wa'sl

that affecting SectiOn 1, Article 7, ten-3

(lering all State Grange officers, except}

secretary, ineligible to more than two:

consecutive terms. Another provided that. i

the salary of the State Lecturer be in-i

creased to $400 per annum, and a third i1

made necessary changes in the by-ilawi’,

governing the advisory election of State ll

Grunge olficers. All of these amend-,l

menls met with the approval of the ll

delegates. '



Liberal appropriations were favored byi

the committee on Agricultural College. tol

be employed in extending all lines of 7

practical and scientific agricultural work. ,

.\ woman field agent for the extension‘

department was deemed desirable. The

committee commended the short courses

and asked that the college co-operate

with Supt. Wright and the county com-

missioners of schools in introducing ag-

riculture into rural schools.



The committee on transportation advo-

cated giving the state railroad commis-

sion greater power in the important mat-

ter of regulating railroad schedules and

asked the Grange to use its influence in

every legitimate way to improve trans—

portation conditions.



On temperance matters the Grange sus—

tained its committee’s contention for an

anti-treating statute, for the abolishment

of the federal liquor law in dry 'territory,

for the passage of the so-called Kenyon-

Shepard measure now before Congress,

and for co—operation with the Anti-Sa-





 





 





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loon League in endeavoring to secure

slate—wide- prohibition.



The committee on home economics.

Mrs. C. E. Basset‘t chairman, urged that





subordinate lecturers encourage the study

of this subject by giving problems in

home economy a prominent place upon

Grange programs and at farmers' insti-

tutes. It. was also deemed essential that

the scope of agriculture. as the study is

now being taught in grammar and high

schools. be made broad enough to include

home economics. The committee also

favored the appointment of a woman fald

agent by the Agricultural College.



In instructing its delegates to the Na-

tional Grange. the body explicitly fav-

orcd the liabo‘llshmdnt of the present)

Electoral College, and a more equitable

representation of the several stat‘es in

the National Grange.





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THE NOMID SYSTEM.





A Method of Distributing Farm Products.





 





CHAPTER ll.—(Continued from last

week).





Gettlng Patrons Through Friends.



Often friends or relatives are the first

patrons of a list that afterwards grows

to a considerable size. The great exodus

of rural population from the country has

left scarcely a farm home without rep-

resentatives in some large city. This sit-

uation makes it possible, excerpt irn afew

cases, for those who wish to market farm

produce direct, to do so without going

outside of their present friends. It has,

of course, been held that it is a. poor

business policy to count upon your friends

in a business proposition. It is true that





 





there are many instances where such det-

pendunce has caused a business to fail;

but out ofsthe great total of businesses

that have failed it is probable that as

large a proportion of those started among

strangers fail as thOSe Started among

friends, the latter being prominent only

for the reason that the greater number

of enterprises are slim-ted among those

whom'the promote-rs know. XVith friends

we can usually be frank in explaining

what is wanted, and can often experi-

ment to determine if a certain course of

procedure will be successful when reduc-





 





ed 'to a. business basis; all of which is

helpful in working under new conditions.

Former friends and those made through

business are usually willing to aid in se-

curing new customers for the party who

ventures into an undertaking of the kind

here considered.

Other 'Mefficds.



Several other methods are available to

the producer to start to enlarge his direct

selling business. He may have a farm.

bulletin board upon 'which he publishes

the names of articles of produce he has

for Sale. Business cards and stationery

should inform those who see them that

the party sells produce direct. General

publicity work may be done by using a.

trade or private mark upon all packages,

barrels, boxes, crates, baskets, and pa.-

pers in which fruit may be wrapped, etc.

If regular trips are made to the city with

wagon, or auto truck, appropriate print-

ing may be displayed thereon. The farm

should be named and the name used in

publicity work. Still other ways will like-

ly be found by the wide-awake man to

increase his sales.



The First Cost.



In building up a private market, the

producer when seeking his first customers

should constantly keep before himself the

fact that he is building for a long time.





 





“A'hat it costs to get these first customers

should not be charged against the first

shipment of goods any more than a man-

ufacturing company charges against the

first consignment of products the cost of

the building in which the goods were

manufactured. Such a policy would abort

any enterprise. The building may stead

for 20 years and if so its cost should be

charged against the goods manufactured

during that time. It is not an uncommon

thing for business men to spend large for-

tunes in getting new undertakings start-

ed. Experience has taught them that





 





 





 





when a market is once established the

gross profits will cover the initial cost

and leave a. handsome net profit besides.

In this same way the producer of farm

products who wishes a private market

should look upon the expenses incurred

in establishing it. If he deals well with

his customers he will continue to supply

them for a. number of years, so that the

first cost of reaching them will be re-

duced to an absurdly small amount when

charged against the total value of the

goods delivered. And the consumer who

goes out to find a source of supplies

should look upon the first investment of

time and 'expense as a’preliminary fea-

ture of a more or less permanent busi-

ness relation.



CHAPTER lll.—Settlng the Price.





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Important to Have Understanding.



It is always a wise policy under any

circumstances or system of dealing to

have an understanding :18th the price

to be paid or at least a method whereby

it can be determined. A review of cases

in, our justice courts would convince even

the easy-going person of the value of





 





such a course. There is always less trou-

ble when pains are taken to have a. clear

notion of the cost price of an article be-

fore it is delivered to the buyer. There

is an economical reason for rtrouble where

the terms are uncertain. The bhyetr de-

sires to get the goods as cheaply as he

can while the vendor aims to realize the

highest price obtainable. The conflict of

interests is therefore likely do bring the

business relations of the parties. to grief

so that it is important to have the price

set: or some definite arrangement for its

determination when the goods pass to the

vendee

Price Regulated by General Market

Quotations.



A satisfactory method of regulating

prices is to agree to have them a certain

number of cents above the wholesale quo-

tation of a. certain market. For example,

if one is selling butter an arrangement

setlting the price five cents above the

«weekly Elgin, Chicago or New.York quo-

tations for the best grade of cre-amery

butter, could be agreed upon. This meth-

od has the advantage of keeping the price

quite in harmony with those of the gen-

eral market and does away with tempta-

tions to the seller to forsake his regular

customers when values go up, or to the

buyers to get supplies elsewhere when

the general market drops below a. price

agreed upon.



1 Price Set for All or Part of the Year.



Oft‘en the consumer and the producer

agree that for the year beginning with a

particular date the price for eggs will “be

30 cents, or some other figure, and the





price for butlter per pound will be 30,





cents, or some other figure. This plan

is simple and definite and meets with

general approval because of not being

difficult to understand. But it is not elas-

tic an-d does not fluctualte with the gen-

eral market as regulated by supply and

demand. Nevertheless the plan is fol-

lowed quite generally by those engaged

in direct selling and few, if any, real com-

plaints are made. Some parties modify

the plan by making one price for winter

months and another for summer months.

The price for summer being lower, of

course, except perhaps in a resort trade.

Price Set for Each Month.



A method that allows greater fluctua-

tions and still makes definite and clear

what 'the price will be at any time, is

where the contract is made to stipulate

a set price for each month of the year.

One poultryman has the following agree-

ment with his customers as to price for

eggs: For April, May, June and July 'the

price is 25 cents per dozen; for August

and September, 35 cents; for October and

November, 40 cents; for December and

January. 45 cents; for February and

March 35 cents. Besides conforming more

or less to the regular market and being

explicit, this method encourages .the lib-

era] use of eggs when they are‘plentiful

and of a moderate use when they are

scarce so that it will be easier for the

producer to meet the requirements of his

customers.



Price Set on Presentation of Goods.



In peddling, selling on city markets and

at fairs, the vendor sets the price when

he offers the goods fdr sale. Quite gen-

erally, this is true in selling specialties

through correspondence, and also where

one is selling general goods to regular

customers. This. method permits dealing

to be done on the same price basis as

prevails in the regular market.



Sending Bill.



Another system that is popular with

some is to forward goods and then send

bill. The method is mos-t common, of

course, where the buyer and seller have

confidence in each other. Under such

conditions the plan is feasible. The us-

ual custom is to send a bill with each

shipment but it can be sent once or twice

each month for all goods delivered since

previOus bill was forwarded. Because of

a desire on the part of most people to

know just how they stand and also to

check up the shipments as they arrive

with the claim of the vendor as to quan-

tity, quality and price it is policy to send

statement of the amount, grade and quo-

tation at the time the goods are forward-

ed. This makes the adjustment oi’ mis-

takes easier. It also gives the consumer

references for checking up when monthly

bills are received.



Preliminary Arrangements



It often happens that parties do not



care to enter into any agreement for a





period of time until they better under-





products. He should know what he‘can

secure for the goods on; the regular mar-

ket“ and to this price should be added

what he estimates the additional erx-

penses may be for marketing direct, con-

sidering, of course, whether he, or the

consumer is to pay the freight. or ex-

press charges. He should also be in-

formed on what such goods are retailing

for in the city where the consumer re-

sides. This is not always an easy mat-

ter and often entails expense and trouble.

Beginning with the first issue of 1913 the

Michigan‘Farmer will give weekly‘quota-

tions of Detroit retail prices on the east.

'crn market and in the average city retail

stores, for suchproduc‘ts as will usually

enter into a business of this nature. This

will aid producers who may choose to

trade in Detroit to an understanding of

local retail prices.' With this» regular

market quotation, the probable extra; ex-

pense for direct dealing and the retail

price in the consumer’s city, the producer

should not find it a. difficult matter to

place a jhst and reasonable quotation on

his goods that will at once be satisfac-

tory to the consumer and himself as

well. Later transactions may Show the

quotation to be too low or too high, in

either event it can be changed by the

parties. After a. few sales have been

made, the advantages

confidence of each party in the other

gained, then, if some definite price seems

more desirable, it can be fixed.





 





CHAPTER lV.—Ho'w GOode May be

Delivered.





Introductory.



The average person has had little oc-

casion ‘to consider the different Ways that

products can be delivered direct to the

producer from the farm. There are, how-

ever, many ways this can be done. They

may be delivered on the farm, by the

producer’s conveyance, at; public mar-

kets, or by third parties, such as rail-

roads, express companies, electric lines,

boats, and parcels post.





'Deliverlng on the Farm.



A real satisfactory arrangement, where

conditions are favorable is to have the

consumer call at the farm for the pro-

duce. Town folks not: only enjoy but are

greatly benefited by taking trips to the

farm. The popularity of the automobile

now makes possible a wide applicationof

1this method of delivery, it being the

habit of many urban families to take

weelkly tours of the country surrounding

their town or city. To have another pur-

pose in mind while out would in no way

lessen the pleasure of such traveling and

would, 'in this instance, go far toward

defraying autoing expenses. The plan

permits the purchaser to inspect the

goods and select those he desires. It also

permits the part-lee to complete the en.-

tlre bargain before parting.



By Producer’s Conveyance.



The delivery of goods to the consumer

is customarily made in the conveyance

of the producer—this, of course, where

the dealing is direct. The plan has all

the advantages of the preceding method,

except that the consumer must content

himself to select firom what: the producer

has chosen to put upon his wagon. An

additional advantage of this. method is

that the trip to the city can include the

orders of several customers, whereas

when the delivery is made to the pur-

chaser on the farm only one family’s

supplies are taken in the load. .



Where the deiivery of goods is made

by wagon or other vehicle, every precau-

tion should be taken to give the wagon

and its contents the appearance of clean-

linese, neatmess, and prosperity, if you

please. A good wagon and horse, care-

fully oiled harness, and neat attractive

containers will help sell the wares and

enthuse customers to advertise among

their friends. It is scarcely possible to

overdo a. matter of this kind. To one

who has been a close observer of men

employed in the delivery of produce to

city people the question- of appearance

impresses itself as a. very important one,





one more valuable than the average





farmer usually believes it to be.

(Continued next week).





 





JAN. 11, 1913._ f





understood and-





The Iowa; Fruit Growers’ ~ Association ’





pose of buying supplies and of selling

fruit :in season.





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JAN 11, 19135 ,

SUCCESSFUL CO- OPERATIVE





’ CREAMERY.





 





An illustration of what may be done





along any particular line by the wide-





awake farmers of a. locality, is found in

the rapidly growing dairy business of

Litchfleld toWnship, of Hillsdale county.

Before entering upon the body of this

article, it may be well to state that WhBJt

is herein set forth, is simply a general

statement of facts, and can be in no way

considered as advertising-material for the

various movements and institutions men-

tioned. The system in Litchfield town-

ship' has already worked out its own sal-

vation. The patrons of the creamery can

hot bematerially increased, as practically

every farmer living within a reasonable

distance from the plant, is already a pa-

tron. This article is simply the setting

forth of facts which may help to solve

the dairy problem and other problems in

other farming communities.



vTo begin with, the first step taken by

the Litchfield farmers in the development.

of the dairy business was a. muItual en-

terprise. A co-operative creamery, owned

and controlled by the farmers, has proved

to be one of the best and mOSIt profitable

institutions of its kind to be found any-

where in the state. NO stockholder in

the concern can hold more than $100

worth of stock, and the profits of the

business, minus a small per cent which

goes to the stockholders, goes directly to

the patrOns. As a result of this arrange-

ment; the patrons are receiving several

cents more for their product than is re-

ceived by patrons of neighboring plants





_not similarly managed. J

But although the farmers’ co-operative





creamery proved to be a marked success,

the progressive dairymen did not stop

here. The next step was the formation

of a Jersey Cattle Club, with the object

in view of raising the standard of the

cattle kept by the. farmers and thus in-

creasing the importance and profitable-

ness of the dairy enterprise. Mos-t of.the

larger dairymen in the locality now be-

long to this club, except a few who pre-

fer some other breed of cattle for the

dairy business.





With 'the'co-operative creamery doing-





a profitable business and a thorough-

bred cattle association well organized, it

would seem that nothing more could be

needed to make the dairy business pros-

perous. But the progressive farmers of

Litchfield township are not willing to

stop here, and a movement is now on

foot 'for the organization of a cow-test-

ing association. the object of which will





,be to weed out the poor cows from each





herd, through systematic inspection by

experts. Preliminary to the organization

of such an association, a cow contest was

held recently. and amused lively interest

among not only the participants. but the

patrons of ilhe creamery in general. With

the growth of the dairy business, the

number of silos in the district has greatly

increased. Not all dairymen, however,

oWn silos, and the cow which WOn out in

the recent contest, was not a silo-fed

animal.



While this article will doubtleSS prove

interesting to dairymen in particular, the

success of the movement ought to be of

interest to all readers of this paper. If

the farmers of any given locality will

only unite and go ahead, they can obtain

for their section, the industry for which

that section is beSt filtted. Co-Operation

and progress are the secrets of success

in any enterprise of the kind mentioned

in this article. In addition to the or-

ganizations already mentioned. Littchfield

township has what is known as the Pro-

gressive Farmers’ Club, composed of in-

telligent, energetic. progressive men and

women who are striving t0 get the most

Out of farm life. It is such organizations

as this that are helping in their own

way to make farm life profitable and at—

traotive.





Hillsdale Co. J. A. KAISER.





 





RECEIPTS OF LIVE STOCK AT DE-

TROIT IN 1911 AND 1912.‘





 





The following tables are comparative

statements of the receipts at the live

stock yards at Detroit for 1911 and 1912

and shows a, total increase of 23,513 head

over 1911. In every department but hogs

an encouraging increase is shown. The

decrease in hogs is purely on account of

shortness in production and has occurred

at nearly every market in the country.

Cattle receipts were never so large as

they have been this year and it is safe

to say the quality was never so poor, the

receipts of canners and common 00ws

have. been unusually large. But the

demand for them has been good and

prices averaged from $3 00 to $3175 nearly





THE MICHIGAN FARMER‘

THE BEST TEACHER





Old Experience stIII Holds the Palm.





all the year, a large portion of these

went to the Chicago packers where they

were canned‘and shipped to foreign coun-

tries engaged- in war. The quality of the

sheep and lambs has not been as good as

in previous years and a great many of

the thin lambs and common sheep were

purchased by Michigan feeders and re-

turned to the country, the farmers hav—

ing a good corn crop being willing

to put it into this commodity as pros-

pects look bright for higher prices during

the coming winter and spring. The re-

ceipts as shown above, do not include

anything but stock sold on this market

and most of it was raised in our own

state.



Many improvements are contemplate-d

at the stock yards this coming spring

and Detroit is fast becoming one of the

foremost markets east of Chicago.





 





 





 





Cattle.

. 1911.

January ............... 7,508 5.111

February ............. 5,633 6,082

March ................ 7,852 7,003

April .\ ................. 5,958 5,678

May ................... 5,592 4,757

.Iune ................. ,.. 5,696 4,789

July ................... 5,104 3,759

August ................ 10,478 6,840

Septembei ............ 8, 634 4,910

OctOber ............... 10 794 6, 435

November .......... ’ . . .13,690 9,034

December ............. 8,280 ‘ 6,066

Total ................ 95.219 70,464

Increase for 1912, 24.755.

Calves.

1912. 1911.

January ............... 3,775 2,919

February .............. 3,113 3,193

March ................. 6.003 5,414

April .................. 6,445 6,205

May ................... 8,759 6,571

June .................. 6,254 7, 016

uly ................... 4,643 3,602

August ................ 4,126 3,606

September ............ 2,572 2,410

October ............... 2 936 3,554

November ............. 3,409 4,843

December ............. 2,352 3.607

Total ....... .7—0, 464 52,940

Increase for 1912.1 447.

Sheep and Lambs.

1912. 1911.

January ............... 39,924 32,684

February .............. 27,236 37,162

March ................ 35 888 31,273

April .................. 16,139 15,159

May ................... 18,392 11,809

June ................. 6,254 7,016

Iuly ................... 10,792 7,591

August ............... 17,268 17,057

September ............. 28,394 18,547

()ctober ................ 34.782 31.321

November ............. 48,253 44,433

December ............. 30,939 33,659

Total .............. 315,617 289,721

Increase for 1912, 25,896.

Hogs.

1912. 1911.

January ............... 14,256 22,539

February ............. 21,575 19,234

March ................. 35,888 31,273

April .................. 32,436 29,320

May ................... 40,887 32.269

June ................... 22,149 29,335

July ................... 12.245 9,571

August ................ 12,853 19,344

September ............ 19,878 20,401

October ............... 25,627 38,337

November .............52,639 73,165

December , ............. 35,231 36,905

Total ..............339,760 35,9345





Decrease for 1912, 19, 8.5

THOMAS MEARS.





CO-OPERATION AMONG FARMERS.





 





The Green River Tobacco Growers‘ As—

sociation has ordered the sale of 20.000.000

pounds of tobacco grown in the counties

of Daviess. Breckenridge, Hancock, Mc-

Lean and Ohio in Kentucky. and Spencer

county of Indiana. For this tobacco the

association will realize from $9 to $15 a

hundred for leaf and lugs, and $3 a hun-

dred for trash.



The New York fruit growers found

themselves up against the. problem. of

getting a just share of the‘ selling price

of their fruit. There was no time last:

fall that good peaches were not retailing

for less than $1.00 per basket. and many

growers sold for less than 25 cents per

basket. An investigation of city markets

by one apple grower showed that the

same grade of apples that he sold for

$2.00 per barrel were retailing in city,

stores, when re—pm-kcd in baskets, for

from $6 to $12 per barrel.





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. Be sure to

state the products you have for sale, and

the prICes you expect to receive. A form

letter that may be used in correspOndence

with prospective customers. and other

helpful suggestions will be enclosed with

thé' list of names. There will be absof

lutely no charge whatever for this service.





 





 





For real practical reliability and some-

thing to swear by, experience—plain old

experience—is able to carry a big load

yet without getting swaybacked.



A So. Dak. woman found some 'things

about food from Old Experience a good,

reliable teacher.



She writes:



“I think I have used almost every

breakfast food manufactured, but none

equal Grape-Nuts in my estimation.



“I was greatly bothered with weak

stomach and indigestion, with formation

of gas after eating, and tried many rem-

edie_s_ for it but did not find relief.



“Then I decided I must diet and see if

I could overcome the difficulty that waY.

My choice of food was Grape-Nuts be-

cause tlhe doctor told me I could not

digest starchy food.



“Grape-Nuts food has been a great

benefit to me for I feel like a different

person since I begun to eat it. It is

wonderful I10 me how strong my nerves

have become. I advise everyone to try

it, for experience is the best teacher.



“If you have any stomach trouble—

can’t digest your food, use Grape-Nuts

food for breakfast at least, and you won’t

be able to praise it enough when you see

how different you feel.” Name given by

Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read

the little book, “The Road to Wellvillev,”

in pkgs. “There’s a Reason.”





Ever read the above letter? A

new one appears from time to

time. They are genuine, true.

and full of human interest.





SAW WOOD





wood and save

time, coal;

and mono

your neig-

borc and





MAKE

0' $5 to $1.5 n DAY

Hundreds are doing it





with an APPLETON WOOD SAW





We make 7 styles—steel or wood frame

—stationarv or mounted on truck with

gasoline engine, making



Portable Wood-Jawing Rig

Rigid frame, lathe- turned arbor, running

in self adjusting, non-heating, dust- proof

boxes makes our saw frames simple.

strong. safe and succesful.



We also make the famous

FRICTION-DRIVE DRAG SAW

APPLETON CIRCULAR LOG SAW.

Ask for our complete free catalog.





APPLETON MFG. CO.





620 Fargo St" Bnhvin, I".





run SALE or Echlll6E“?.;i°‘l§‘.fii"°ls§l”lli’3§

born 'and potato cellar. Cheap}! or cull. or will ex-

change for good farm. Address ox 36. Clarion. Mich





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Breeders’ Directory—Continued.





F0" s‘LE—4 Registered Guernsey Bull Calves, 8 months

old. Descendants of Glenwooud Main Sbyéshent

Anchor blood. Geo. W. Reeves, R. No. 2, Grand Rapids, Mich.





Scotchw ShorlIIorII Ilulls and Holler: For Sale.





.KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





—Beef type, dairy strain.youn

nail, nt'd Shorlhorn: Bbulls 7 month 1! old! or sale“.

Cash or good note. J. HUMMEL. Manon, Mi ch.





”SHEEP.

“BREED UP YOUR SHEEP” t‘om"‘°“€l‘.i§e'§§





.. h ,.

PARSONS. £13.31“ .393 12.3.2. 331..





Nathan Grown Shropshire Shop“, “d m§°rk§ggg





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

service, one of the best. Jersey bulls in Mich. 3 r. old.

Blue Bells Golden La 11 86851.11 be sold 0 on if

D..0 Mogahay. R 1, Harrisville, M ch.





 





 





 





 





taken at. once.





Ilog. Ilamobuillel Sheep. Pure Bred Poland China

HUGS and PERCH EBON HORSES. 2% miles

E. Mon-ice. on G.T RR and M. ..J Q.A HOOOK





SHROPSHIRES FOR SALE





two-year, yearling and ram lambs,

50 Choice 20 you. arling ewes from i Inportod sites.





3:. R. OTTAWAY. Flushing. Mich.

"" H005.

BER SHIRE BOARS





May and June arrow. large size. heavy bone. 818 and

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





BEBKSIIIRES"333173.33263553233331.33%?



Stock guaranteed. EAVEY, Akron. Mich.

011 i in



BEIKSIIIRES ° °° @3205... ”3331 “3.3333



stock. ELMHURS lSTOCK FARM. Almont, ‘Mioh.





Quick IIIIIIII Burkshim‘il’ftl.l’mli“éu‘l?3l’eea





or money rerun d. 0. 8 BARTLETT PontiaoJlioh.





O. I. C 7:31? BOAIRSIm Rake?“ hi

‘ r O

c. .1. THOMPSON. BocIJo gs. in. [a]: ’





Improved Chute rs‘Y°‘i‘SI&‘u°°‘-L¥

Alcoa fewtriod sowotobob for: intros!

and early fall pigs. w. on 3011.0 omos .l‘noh.





0- '- cl and-5 Ixtrocholoo pgfinfilfiifflfim

l'oir winners. Avon 1.10





 





 





 





 





 





 





tats

Elam. Wayne, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





17—49





I superior quality. 17 choice young

0- II c. g o It. anti llto y young boars. Pain

no skin. FRIED IE]: Monroe. Michigan.





> , Write In t r

O. l. C. SWINE .10.... £9.13.

Pigs, airs and “Loo. not akin. drove a number

of can 00 males of “G type. Write me describing

of your wants. A. U. ORDEN. .No. 2 Dorr. Mich





 





 





0 I c Swme. both sexes. Maleooweighingloo 110223 ‘





I lbs. Herd re intend U. Associ tl

GEO. P. ANDREWS. 8Dante/lilo. Ingham 00.. 31133.





 





o I (:98 —Full I{pigsmltlher sex, from prizawinning

- Alsoz It'Mny boars left, Call or

write. Rolling t”Vikerw Stock Farm, Cass City. Mich.





° of September and Co-



0. I. C. Plgs tobor fan-ow for sale



cheap. JOHN BERNER a SON. Grand Ledge. Mich.

9 —- .



0. I. c 8 All ages growthy and large sows bred.





Males ready. 100 to select from. Attractive

1111. Jump, Munich, Mich





 





 





prices on young stock.





-Both sexes and bred lite, also



n'g; Chasm “MI" serviceable registered olstein



bul Bargains RAY REA Bronson. Mich.



D ——A line lot of last spring stock for meals big

0.1.6 3 srowthy type. either so “shin



0.1. 11110311 mile





Sired by Grand Chmpi on boat Scott

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





— ll

ounce-1111181115 assistant." in:

all ages. SPECIAL BAR Al in summer oi

Brookwoter Farm, RF. D.G N.o 7. Ann Arbor. Mic .





UIIGE TYPE ”08068—3313.? 133331;.” $2“:





 





 





 





 





open fall lbs of the right sort. Let me tell you

S‘bont any? i on only need of or call at

APLE GRO FARM, beStwkbrldge, Michigan.





 





—for sale: 20 line service boots of fancy

Duran Jerseys breedin and individual qualit.

Prices reasonable. John cNicoll, North Star. Mic





IIIlIIlIll lEIIIElS—B SI'IIIIB IlllIIS Hill “IE.





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Mlchltnn.





Duroc Jerseys for Salefii’lé‘gll’a‘fiot‘i‘sil

Friesian bull Gcalvf dmged 811th as. Wri teor come

and see. 4.Monroe, Mich.





DUROC GILT —310to :30. sum.





shire Ewoomw .

KOPE-KON FARM. Kindorhook. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





SWINE. Spring and summer for

nuroc Jersey .31.. both .9... mm”? 2:.





years experience. J. H. BANGHART. pLanoing, Mich.





Butler's Big Bone Poland Chinas.





We dJn't claim to own all the codd he in thoU

8.. but we do claim to have hr and so I! more big

type Polands in the last ten years than any two other



breeders in Miohi 11.1! you wants 3 fall boar

write J. .BUTLER. Portland Michigan.





 





30W WEIGI'IED 952L391.

A 23 MONTHS 0 D





'3

IONIA GIRL





I have started more breeders on the road to

coaothan any man living. I have thalargest and fin-

oat om“herd in thoU .8. Every one on earl y developer.





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

film one hos In each community to advertise my

]lord Writo (or my plan, "Howto Make Money from

11w 6. ‘0 IIIJAHII.I.NO.I 0 Portland. ”loll.





 





 





 





We are lining to Sell a Lliler of Boar Pigs





Eight weeks old. Sire. a son of Orion Chief. Dam

a Crimson Wonder sow. They are as fine a lot as

we ever raised. The price is $5 apiece. Pedigree

furnished. Hurry up and order ione for they won '6

last all wLinter at. thisgII-ioe.W





F. A. AMBGI 0N, Caissopolis, Mich.

POLAND CHINE-€33? 31333233113335?





Prices right. W. J HAGELS HAW, Augusta, Mich.



~—Eith d. . .

POLAND CHINA thingr ”‘ .‘l’ 2‘93... 73133.

P. I). LONG R. No. 8, Gran Rapids, Michigan.

POUND cml‘s l"Spring boars ready for business.

right. L. W. BARNErsa‘t SOefilftB93I‘IIbofiloIclfgaofi





LARGE ltyled Poland China a flu and fall pigs

from strong. hoaléhyEIpI-olific re ere, either sex

at. low prices. T,NEVE Pierson. Mich.





P c anon“ sows—[firefight App-II and May furrow.

ready for use. MaplewoollBStggl? Fagftjfilegnlg? Mtlgll:





P. C. BCAIS AND SDWS"”‘° “ipghglggé





A. A. WOOD & SON. Saline." Mic Inn.





P C BoARs—W atygie—sirngd FIJYSNESX'Lpagron





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





LARGF TYHLP C. HOGS— Largest In Mich. Bears



Id. A few fall pigs. Also some extra larg:

spring gilts to be bred to two of the best young

boars I could Ebulyvin Iowa Come or write. Free

livery, INGSTON. Poi-ma. Michigan.





MULE F001 Hons—figxlénbriiggale. From the 0ndlan





Opular rize- winning

kind. Jan. ‘ B. 1.913 Find gr 0 t. It

1.1.11.0. L. TEVIS. Box B. M11313? Indlzl'filtlg





MULE FOOT noes—Fall p.232; sari-vice poem and

quality. Price right. G. 0 KREGLOW,BX¢1:. 011333.:





A: Good A: The BestI—Yorksliires.





Gilts bred for spring famwin WAT

WATERMAN, Meadow Land Fania]. Ann ”1:31.31? 931,01:





 





 





 





‘ —P

LAIIEE lOIIKSIIIIIE SWIIIE 1.363.331.3331 1.73.21"





Geo. S. McMullen. Oltz. Phone. Grand dLedao, Mich





LARGE Yorkshires—Choice breeding 'Itock. all aces.

not akin, from tote Fair prize- -winners. Pedi

grees furnished W..0 COOK,R R,.42 Box 22,Ado, M' oh.





BHDLERA PROOF HUGS.





I keep from 4000 to 000 grade Yorkshire and Poland

China. cholera immune hose an am so ill ng rolific

brood sows, also oats wel ing from 60 130 lbs.

at prices that make them suitable on cholera in-

fected farms. Sowp weighing more an 1m lb.



.u to'tnrrow In Afril‘ and May. expect to have

several thou-and pigs mm immune cows ondbon

for Isle next up!





ALVAII BROWN’S PIB Hill, in“ lipids. ‘Ilclllxall.





tilllo Farmsload YllllllSllllltS





A “306mm!“ lot of n[all f." at Mormon.





April ten-ow. Your up“! I you are





 





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GRAINS AND seeps.





January 8, 1913.

Wheat—The bulls have been well

pleased with the tendency of the. wheat

trade the past week. Supplies have

shown a general advance of over a. cent'

a bushel. Much of the strength comes

from the war situation in the east. Ap-

parently the peace conference in London

failed in its mission, thus leaving the

one alternative of further war activities

in Turkey. TVeather conditions on this

side have also aided the bullls. Snow in

the west has interfered somewhat with

the delivery of wheat at local elevators

and in other sections exposed fields are

believed to be damaged somewhat by the

intense cold. it is probable, however,

that the last two factors have been some-

what over estimated. Millers are not

anxious buyers of cash wheat and there

is considerable of ‘the grain being ex-

ported which gives the cash deal an ac-

tive market. The visible supply increas-

ed over two million bushels. One year

ago the price for No. 2 red wheat on the

local market was 970 per bu. Detroit

quotations are as follows:

N0. 2 No. 1

Red. White. May.





 





 





July.





Thursday . . . .1.121/4 1.11% 1.16% 95%

Friday ....... 1.12% 1.11% 1.16% 95%

Saturday ..... 1.12% 1.11% 1.16% 95%

Monday ...... 1.13 1.12 1.17% 96

TueSday ..... 1.13 1.12 1.17% 96

“Wednesday . .1.13 1.12 1.17% 96





Chicago, (.lan. 7).——-No. 2 red. $1.10@

1.12%; May, 97%0; July, 811/,c per bu.

New York. (Jan. 7).—No. 2 red, $1.07%

f. o. b. afloat; May, 97%@98%c per bu.

Corn—«Business is being conducted on

practically the same basis as a week

ago. Primary receipts are reported but

a few thousand bushels short of that for

the previous week. The trade was given

a little strength by bad weather in the

corn belt for moving the grain. There

is a fairly good domestic demand from

feeding sections and cables from abroad

indicate some firmness. The strength,

however, was not sufficient to advance

prices materially. The visible supply

shows an increase of a little over half a

million bushels. One year ago No. 3 corn

was quoted at 621/20 on the local market.

Detroit quotations are as follows:

No. 3 No. 3





Corn Yellow

Thursday ......... . . . ..... 48 49

Friday ..... ..... 47% 48%

Saturday ............ . . . . . 48 49

MOnday ........ 48% 49%

Tuesday ....... '. ......... 48% 49%

Wednesday .............. . 48% 49%





Chicago, (.lan. 7).—N0, 2, 490; May,

49:340.: July, 50%c per bu. .



Oats.#'l‘hcre is a slightly better feeling

among holders of calls than prevailed a,

week ago. Prices have stiffened, ruling

a fraction higher than the closing price

before the New Year's holiday. Primary

receipts are slightly less than a week

earlier but about four times as large as

for the corresponding week a year ago.

At Detroit there is a good demand. One

year ago the price for standard oats here

was 571/20 per bu. Detroit quotations for

the past week are:





No. 3



Standard. Vthi4t1e/

Thursda ...............,. 3514 . 4

Friday y . 35% 34%

Saturday ..... ............ 351A 341/1.

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

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

\Vednesday . 35% 34%





Chicago, (Jan. 7).—No. 2 white, 42@

44%0; lVlay, 331/4c; .luly, 33‘ch per bu,



Beans—7N0 change of importance has

occurred in this deal. Values remain the

same as a week ago. Immediate and

prompt shipment and January are quoted

at $2.20 per hit.



Chicago. (Jan. 7). Peta beans. hand-

picked, $2.48fi52.55: prime, $2.:l5m>2.40;red

kidneys. $2.50 per bu. _



Clover Seed.~ .\ firmer tone and higher

price rule. in the seed market. Farmers

realize the shortage and are making

early inquiry fOr their supplies. thus_im—

proving the general demand. Offerings

are small. .



Detroit-*Prime spot, $11.55; prime al-

sike. $12.75.



Toledovl’rime cash and

$11.65; March, $11.77l/2: prime

cash, $12.05; March, $13.05.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





Jan liary,

als1ke





 





Noun—Jobbing lots in 1,4; paper sacks

are selling on the Detroit market per 196

lbs. as follows: Best patent, $5.60; sec-

ond. $5.30; straight, $5.20; clear, $4.90;

spring patent, $5.10; rye flour, $4.90 per

h l »





Feed.——T‘)etroit jobbing prices in 100-

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

coarse middlings, $23; fine middlings. $28:

cracked corn and coarse corn middlings,

$29; corn and oat chop, $20 per ton



Hay.—This trade is slightly recovered

from the slump reported last week. De-

troit trade rules about steady. In Chi-

cago all grades remain steady except a

decline in choice timothy. At New York

advances occurred. Carlots on track at

Detroitr No. 1 timothy. 314506015; No.

2, $13@13.50; lighrt0 mixed, $13.50@14; No.

1 ixed, 3313617135.



Chicago—Choice timothy, 1516506171750;

No. 1, $14(w15.50; No. 2 and N0. 1 mixed,

$126213; No. 3 and No. 2 mixed, $9@11;





clover, $7@11.





New York—Market irregular; standard

$21 per ton; No. 1, $21.50; No. 2., $20@

20.50; _ .



Straw—Car lot prices on wheat and

oat straw on Detroit market are $9@9.50

periton; rye. straw, L810@10.50 per ton.





DAIRY AND, POULTRY PRODUCTS.





Button—No price changes but firmer

feeling prevails, due to colder. weather and

supplies being well cleared up. Jobbing

prices in the Detroit market are: Fancy

creamery, 35c; firsts, 32c; dairy, 22c;

packing, 21c per lb.‘ '



Elgin.——Market firm at 34c.



Chicago—This market is very quiet as

dealers are buying only for immediate

needs. lVith receipts running far below

those of a year ago there is some-ac—

cumulation of stocks but there is little

disposition to shade prices Dairies and

some of the lowergrade-s of creamery

are, however, quoted lower. Quotations:

Extra creame-ry, 35c; extra firsts, 33@34c;

firsts, 29(u/i-ilc; seconds, 26@27c; dairy ex-

tras, 310; firsts, 270; secondS, 25c; pack-

ing, 12@21%c as to quality.



New York—Market i.nsettled; qxtra.

creame-ry a full cent lower; lower quali-

ties unchanged. Creamery extras 36@36%c

firsts, 32612350; seconds. 296431c; thirds,

276128c; state dairy, best, :l2@..‘l4c; good

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

27c; packing, 21((1220 as to quality.



Eggs—A 2c drop in values has Occurred

sin c this time last week, but colder

we her promises to check production to

some extent and is creating a firmer

feeling. At Detroit current offerings,

candled, 3nd_'L‘aSeS included, are quoted

at 240 per dozen.



Chicago—Cold weather at this point

has stimulated the market and prices

are generally %@1c higher. Demand is

strOngest for new-laid stock but all kinds

are moving well. Miscellaneous receipts.

cases included, are quoted at 19@25c; do.





 





cases returned, 18%@24%c; ordinary

firsts, 19((120c; firsts, grading 70 per cent

fresh, 25c; refrigerators, April, 19c per

dozen.





New York—Another drop of 20 record-

ed in this market; firm at the new range.

Fresh gathered extras, 29(gir30c; extra

firsts, 2701280; firsts, 2601‘26%c; sec-

onds and lower grades, 22@250; western

gathered whites, 26@320.



Poultry.——Detroit.—Receipts light; de-

mand for chickens strong enough to ad-





vance price-s very materially. Difcks,

geese and turkeys generally steady.

Dressed—Spring chickens. 15({1‘15f/JC;





hens, 14@14%c; turkeys. 190L200; ducks,

16@1’8c; geese, 14001.5() per lb. Live.—«

Spring chickens, 14@14%c; hens, MW

131/20; No. 2 hens, ,9@100; old roosters. 9

fo‘ilOc; turkeys, 18(019c; geese, 1361.140;

ducks, 1400150 per lb.



Chicago—Fowls and spring chickens

are again higher. Supplies moderate and

demand fair. Quotations on live are:

Turkeys, good weight, 15c; others, 10c;

fowls. good, 140; spring chickens, 14c;

ducks, large, fat, 15c; do.. Indian run-

ners, 12c; geese. full feathered, 13c; (10.,

plucked, 8(al10c per lb.



New York.~DreS~sed stock firm with

prices generally showing advances. Fresh

killed western chickens, 12fi1‘19c; fowls,

12@160; 'turkeys, 14@23c per lb.





FRUIT-ngD VEEErXBLES.





 





 





Apples.—Detroit trade easy; prices re-

main unchanged. Dentroit wholesale quo-

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

ing, $2.50@2.75; Spy, $2.75@3; Steele Red,

$3603.50. '



Potatoes—Deal is weaker and prices

rule 26130 below last week’s figures.

Michigan stock in car lots, 500 in sacks,

460. in bulk.



Chicago—Receipts are double the

amount of a week ago and much heavier

llllall the corresponding weeks of 1.912 and

1011. Fancy Michigan Stock sold in bulk

as high as 46c and sacked at ,48c Monday.



New York.——Michigan potatoes contin-

ue to be favored at advanced quotations.

Michigan offerings, 65@‘70c per bu.





DETROIT RETAIL PRICES.





 





 





Detroit Eastern Market.‘—Apples consti-

tuted the bulk of offerings on the mar-

ket this week. The average quality is

poor. Prices rule from 50c@$1.10 per bu.,

according to grade and variety. Cabbage

is plentiful, wlite being uqobed at 20((1)

25c pcr bu., and red at 406:!500 per bu.

()iiions are selling at 60617650 per bu; car-

rots, 25c; potatoes in fairly liberal sup-

ply, 55(g‘;60c per bu; parsnips, 40c; celery

around 20c per bunch. Pork was quoted

at $10.50 per cwt. Eggs that were guar-

anteed‘strictly fresh were soiling at 400

per dozen. No poultry was offered.



in Detroit retail stores apples are quot-

ed at 80(*m$1.15 per bu., according to va~

riety and grade; potatoes. good quality,

75c; best eggs, 36c, which is to below the

average quotation of a week ago. Best

creamery butter is quoted at 420; dress-

ed chickens, good quality, 20@21c.





 





Grand Rapids.



Potatoes are bringing around .35c; al-

tlliough lreenvillle reports 3760380, with

offerings liberal and the, market weak at

these figures. Dealers in. fresh eggs and

butter are paying the country trade 24c

for fresh eggs and 260 for dairy butter.

\N'heat has advanced to $1.10, rye is. 45c,

oats 35c, corn 49c, beans on $1.75 basis.

Hay continues at $106015. Dressed hogs

are wert'h 9%(cMOc; live hens, 10@11c;

turkeys, 1563170; ducks, 116





THE LIVE STOCK MuA—‘RKETS.





Buffalo.

January 6, 1913.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 105 cars; hogs. 125 double decks;

sheep and lambs, 60 double decks; calves

900 head.



With 105 cars of cattle on our market

here today, and 29,000 reported 'in Chi-

cago, we again quote our market from

15@25c per cwt.. higher ‘on all except the

extreme heavy ca-ttle, which were full

strong with last Monday. The day was

very disagreeable; a. cold rain falling all

through the day, and consequently the

cattle filled badly. At the close of the





 





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market everything was sold and the

market closed steady with :the opening.



We quote: Best 1350 to 1500-lb. steers,

$8.75@9.25; good to prime 1200 to 1300-lb.

do.. $8@8.50; good to prime 1100 to 1200-

lb. do.. $7.75@8.25; coarse, plainish 1100

to 1200-lb. do,, $7.25@7.75; medium butch-

er steers, 1000 to 1100, $6.75@7.50; ,butch-

er steers, 950 to 1000,.$6.50@7; light

butcher steers, $5.75@6.25; best fat. cows

$5.75@6.50; butcher cows, $5@5.50; light

butcher cows, $4.25@4.75; cutters, $3.75@

4; trimmers. $3.50@3.75; best fat heifers,

$7.50@8; medium butcher heifers, $6.25.@

6.75; light cl0., $5.25@5.75; stock heifers,

$4@4.25; best feeding steers, dehorne

$6.25@6.75; fair 10 good stockers, $5.50

5.75; light common stockers, “@4125;

prime export bulls, $6.25@6.75; best

butcher bulls, $5.50@5.75; bologna bulls,

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

ers and springers, $65@.75; common to fair

kind, $40@,55.



\Vith liberal receipts of hogs on our

market today, 125 double decks, and

heavy runs and lower prices reported

frOm the west, sellers were forced to

make concessions of a (lime to 15c com-

pared with last week‘s close. A few

scattering sales on some mixed grades

were made at $7.90, but the bulk of the

good weight offerings crossed the scales

on a basis of $7.85; best weight yorkers

sold at $7.85, with a few at $7.90; pigs

and light yorkers bought, from $8@8.l5;

roughs, 56.90607; Stags $5.50@6.50. About

everything sold at the close.



The sheep and lamb market was active

today, with prices about 500 higher than

the close of last week; most of the choice

lambs selling at $9.50. Yearling wetheirs,

$7.50@8. Look for a little lower pricw

the balance of the week unless the runs

continue light.



\Ve quote: Choice lambs, $9.40@9.50;

cull to fair do, $5.50((_L8.50; yearling wellh-

crs, $7.501“; yearling ewes, $5.50@6.50;

bucks, $2.50@3.50; wethers, $5.25@5.75;

handy eWes, $5@5.25; heavy ewes, $4.75

(915; cull sheep, $Zl@l; veals, choice to

extra, $11.50Qir12; fair to good do, $8@

11; heavy calves, $4.501L6.





 





Chicago.

January 6, 1913.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 29,000 50,000 35,000

Same day last yeai‘..15,973 22,028 23,289

Received last ' week..4:l.876 163,595 106,405

Same week last. year.60,490 137,920 128,294



This week opens with a good cattle

supply for these «times, large-1y made up

ol‘amiddling kind, and steers are selling

very slowly, prices being .at least a dime

lower on an average, and danger of a.

worse close. The demand for butcher

stock is animated at well maintained

prices. Hogs are selling nearly as well

as on Saturday, sales ranging at $7.30@

7.60. Sheep and lambs are active and 15

((125C higher, tops being as follows: Lambs

$8.38; yearlings, $8; wethelrs, $5.60; ewes,

$7.. .



Cattle started off last week active and

higher, buyers being hungry for them

after the meager offerings furnished for

Christmas week, but later in the week,

after they had supplied their most press-

ing wants, the demand was much less

urgent, prices ruling lower for most do-

scriptionS.

during the week at $7.25Qp9, with the

lower class of light weight grassy lots

going at 3358569750 and the better class

of corn-fed steers at'$8.50@9.60. Prices

were very high as compared with former

years, being at least $1 higher than a

year ago, but they compared with a. top

of $11.25 some five weeks’ earlier this

winter. Short-fed cattle brought $7.60@

8.25, and there was a good market for

butchering cattle with cows and heifers





wanted at $4.50@7.60 and scattering

sales going up to $8@8.25. Cutters

brought $3.90@4.45, canners $2.75@3.85





and bulls $4.10((_1)7.50. ~ —



Sheep and lambs have been selling re-

cently at decidedly the highest prices

ever recorded at the opening of the year,

the cause being the great shortage in

feeding districts throughout the east and

middle west and a big demand for fat

live muttons for meeting the unprece-

dented consumptive requirements of lamb

and mutt-on everywhere. Last week saw

an ear-1y sharp advance and a later slump

iii values, the rise bringing in larger of-

feriiigs.



llogs havo been showing of late a very

mucn stronger undertone than they did

for a long period, during which eastern

shippers were small purchasers, leaving

the fixing of values largely to local pack-

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m‘Ostly marketed, the eastern packers are

agalf‘i good Buyers here, and the out-

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in the future. Stockr‘nen should bear

this in mind‘and refrain from overstock-

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i DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Last Thursday's Market.

Cattle.





Receipts, 1276. Market slow at Wed-

nesday’s prices; 10@15-c higher than last

week. ,



We quote: Extra dry-fed steers, $7.50

@8; steers and heifers, 1000 to 1200, $7@

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

fat, 500 to 700, $5@6.60; choice fat cows.

$5.50@6; good do., $4.50@5; common cows,

$3.75@4.25; canneIrs, $3@3.85; choice heavy





bulls, $5.50@6; fair to good bolognas,

bulls, $4.75@5.25; s'tock bulls, $4614.25;

choice feeding steers, 800 to 1000, $6@





6.50; fair do., 800 to 1000. $5.50@6; choice

stockers, 500 to 700, $5.25@5.50; fair do.,

500 to 700, $4.50@5; stock heifers, $461}

4.75: milkers, large, young, medium age,

$50@70; common milkers, $30@40.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 2 bulls

av 1475 at $5.75, 6 co'ws av 900 at $5, 1

heifer weighing 940 at $6.50, 5 butchers

av 840 at $5.75, 9 do av 611 at $4.50, ,11

.buills av 440 at $4.25, 1 do weighing 930

at $5, 3 cows av 707 at $4.25, 1 do weigh-

ing 1100 at $5.25; to Bresnahan 10 canners

av 828 at $3.75, 1 do weighing 1000 at

$3.75, 6 do av 795 at $3.55, 24 butchers av

450 at $4.60; to Bray 2 cows av 1000 at

$5.75; to Thompson Bros. 10 do av 984 at

$4.65; to Bresnahan 3 do av 880 at $3.60.

2 do av 900 at $3.85; to Marx 1 heifer

weighing 1000 at $7.50, 9 butchers av 770

at $5.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 cows av

1123 at $5.25, 3 heifers av 753 at $6.25; to

Rattkowsky 1 bull weighing 900 at $5.50;

'to Mich. B. Co. 3 butchers av 777 at $6,

8 steers av 962 at $7, 3 cows av 887 at

$5; to Breitenbeck 9 do av 900 at $4.25;

to Bresnahan 4 do av 850 at $3.75, 2 do

av 940 at $3.65; to Fry 6 do av 986 at

$4.75, 19 butchers av 750 at $6;

to Sullivan P. CO. 6 do av 743 at

$5.25,. 7 do av 914 at $6.65, 1 bull weigh-

ing 1150 at $5.75, 1 do av 680 at $5.25,

7 steers av 811 at $6.35. 8 corws av 1022

at $5.25, 1 bull weighing 1340 at $6, 2

cows av 985 at $4.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Bresnahan 5 cows av

886 at $3.85; ‘to Sullivan P. Co. 2 do av

1040 at $5, 20 steers av 1085 at $7.25. 1

bul-l weighing 1080 at $5.50; to Kamman

B. Co. 5 cows av 1136 at $5.40, 10 butch-

ers av 687 at $6, 2 do av 600 at $5, 17 do

av-703 at $5.40; to Newton E. Co. 1 ox

weighing 1650 at $6.90, 5 steers av 1166 at

$8; to Breitenbeck 14 cows av 986 at

$4.75; to Kamman B. Co. 5 butchers av

790 at $5.50; to Rattkowsky 3 cows av

917 at $4, 4 do av 980 at $4.50; to Bres-

nahan 3 do av 900 at $3.75; to Newton B.

Co. 8 steers av 851 at $7.10, 3 cows av 870

at $3.75? to Mich. B. CO. 9 do av 1066 at

$5.25, 8 do av 1070 at $5. 2 do av 925 at $4.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Thompson Bros.

1 cow weighing 900 at $4.50, 2 do av 735

at $3.75, 2 do av 935 at $4.50, 3 do av 870

at $3.65; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 steer weigh-

ing 1050, at $7.75; to Mich. B. Co. 3 bulls

av 920 at $5.25, 9 butchers av 805 at

$6.50, 3 cows av 916 at $4, 7 do av 1073

at $5, 1 bull weighing 1080 at $5.50, 11

butchers av 790 at $6; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 1 cow weighing 1100 at $4.50. 2 do

av 1020 at $4.25, 1 bull weighing 950 at

$5, 20 butchers av 894 at $6.50; to Newton

B. Co. 16 steers av 944 at $7.50, 3 do av

633 at $6.50, 7 do av, 671 at $6.25, 2 cows

av 1075 at $4.25, 2 do av 885 at $4. 13 do

av 974 at $4.35, 2 do av 665 at $3.75, 6

butchers av 740 at $4.25, 29 do av 801 at

$6, 19 cows av 904 at $5. 14 do av 843 at

$4, 3 do av 1037 at $5, 5 cunners av 696

at $3.50, 2 cows av 1000 at $4.60, 8 do av

1005 at $4.50, 1 bull weighing 1820 at $6,

4 steers av 1050 at $6.50, 2 cows av 1055

at $5, 2 do av 1115 at $4, 1 do weighing

1020 at $5, 6 do av 970 at $4. 6 butchers

av 770 at $5.25, 5 cows av 992 at $4.75,

6 do av 800 at $3.75. _



Youngs solld Nagle P. Co. 1 cow weigh-

ing 1070 at $4.50, 1 do weighing 1096 at

$5.40.



Sandal] sold same 2 cows av 1265 at

.75.





Veal Calves.





Receipts, 442. Market steady at last

week's prices. Best, $10.50@11.50; com—

mOn, $7@9.50; milch cows and springers

dull] arid $5@8 lower.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Goose 8 av 120 at

$10) 2 av 100 at $3.50, 2 av 140 at $11;

to' Goose 2 av 170 at $8.50, 3 av 140 at

$10.50, 4 av 145 at $10.50; to Hammond,

S. 8: Co. 2 av 175 at $11.50. 1 weighing

320 at $5, 2 av 175 at $11.50; to. Parker,

W. & Co. 3 av 170 at $11.50, 2 av 130 at

$10.50, 14 av 140 at $10; to Kull 12 av 135

at $11; to Ratltkowsky 5 av 125 at $8, 7

av 135 at $10.50; to Hammond, S. & Co.

5 av 160 at $9.50, 7 av 140 at $10.50, 5 av

130 at $9.50; to Thompson Bros. 10 av 138

at $10.50; to Goose 4 av 120 at $10, 9 av

120 at $9; to Parker. W. & Co. 5 av 125

at $10, 5 av 140 at $10.50; to McGuire 17

av 150 at $11, 2 av 150 at $8, 8 av 120 at





$10.50.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 5364. Market 15@25c higher

than last week; steady with Wednesday.

Best lambs, 38.256.78.75; fair to good do.,

$7.50@8; light to common do., $5.50@6;

fair to good sheep, $4@4.50; culls and

common, $2.50@3.



Bishop, B. &_ H. sold Thompson Bros.

52 sheep av 100 at $3.75, 16 lambs av 70

at.$8; to Sullivan P. Co. 12 do av 55 at

$6.25, 36 do av 50 at $6, 14 do av 45 at

$6,17 do av 65 at $6; to Nagle. R. Co. 87

do av 77 at $8.25, 28 do av 86 at $8.50, 29

sheep at? 85 at $2.75. 21 do av .90 at $4,

34 lambs av 73 at $8.25 159 do av 75 at





$8.50, 15 (10 av 65 at $8, 92 do av 77 all





-$8.25, 21 do av 73 at $8.50, 51 sheep av





120 at $4.25, 7 lambs av 65 at $8.25, 23 do

av 75 at $8, 13 do av 75 at $8.25, 7 sheep

av 95 at $4.25, 20 do av 95 at $3.50, 15

lambs av 65 at $7.75, 66 do av 83 at $8.50,

77 do av 70 at $8.25. 203 do av 80 at

$8.60; to Mich. B. Co. 28 do' av 65 at

$8; to Hammond, S. & Co. 14 sheep av

120 at $4.25, 22 lambs av 53 at $6.50; to

Mich. B. Co. 29 sheep av 90 at $4.

Hogs.



Receipts, 6.953. None sold up to noon;

prospects look weak to 5c lower than on

Wednesday.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $7.50; pigs, $7.50; light yorkers,

$7.50: stags one-third off.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond. S. &

Co. 4,500 av 180 at $7.40.



Same sold Sullivan P. Co.

110 at $7.50.

$71586 Com. Co. sold same 725 av 200 at



Spice'r & R. sold Parker, 15'. & Co. 600

av 180 211 $7.40.



Sundry shippers sold same 760 a-v 190

at $7.40.



Hog market closed 10@15c lower than

last week with the exception of pigs,

which were 10@150 higher.





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Friday's Market.

January 3,

Cattle.





1913.





Receipts this Week. 1707; last week.

8 Market steady at Thursday’s

prices. We quote: Extra dry-fed steers





and heifers, 1000 to 1200, $7.50@8; steers

and heifers, 1000 to 1200, $7@7.50; do. 800

to 1000, $606.75: do. that are fat, 500 to

700, $5@6.50; choice fant cows, $550626;

good do., $450615; common cows, $4@

4.25; canners, $3@3.85; choice heavy bulls

$5.50@6; fair to good bologna bulls, $4.75

(oi/5.25; stock bulls, $4@4.25; choice feed-

ing steers, 800 to 1000, $6616.50; fair do.,

800 to 1000, $5.50@6; choice stockers, 500

to 700. $5.25@5.50; fair stockers. 500 to

700, $450615; stock heifers. $464.50; milk-

ers, large, young, medium age, $50@70;

common milkers, $306045.

Veal Calves.



Receipts this week, 682: last week, 353.

Quality considered, market was steady.

Best, $9@11; others. $4648.50. Milch cows

and springers steady.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week. 7.284; last week,

3545. Market dull and 2561500 lower than

on Thursday. Best lambs, $8.25@8.30;

fair to good lambs, $725618; light to com-

mon lambs, $5675.50; fair to good sheep.

$3.75@4.25; culls and comman, $2.50@3.





Hogs.

Receipts this week, 10,033; last week,





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Without exception the normal Ameri-

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in spiritual and moral riches. We want

them to grow up int-o sane, healthy, suc-

cessful men and women, citizens with

high moral fibre and the right standard

'of living. We train them carefully, watch

their reading and their companions, and

give them numerous precepts, all with a.

design to making them what we are not,

perfect.





We forget one little thing in the train-

ing, though, and that. thing the most

vital of all, that the child is‘ unconsoiously

influenced by the daily 1ife around it, by

our unguarded 'words and unstudied ac-

tions, more than by all the preaching we

could do in a life time. It is what we

live, not what we say, that is reflected

in our children’s lives. The things which

we unconsciously put first are the things

our children will consider most important.





A woman has a seven-year-old daugh-

ter whose sole thought is dress. She can

tell you the latest thing in hats, what

color is most fashionable, whether pan-

nier skirts are becoming to you or not,

and she demands the very latest in dress-

es. coats and even underwear. Her moth-

.er deplores this in so young 2. child. She

wants her to be thinking of dolls and

sports. ‘She tells her small daughter, how

foolish it is to think so much of clothes

and often looks her pretty dresses away

for a week in a vain cffont to incline the

youthful twig some other way.





But, when this mother goes out and

comes in again, the only thing she has

seen, apparently, is the clothes people

had on. She can tell you exactly what

every woman wore, how ibwas made,

whether or not the gowns fitted, how long

this one has worn her coat and what year

that one got her bonnet. She can, and

does, relate all this to her family, but

she has never heard anything worth

while, never seen a pretty sunset, a rip-

pling brook, a snow-laden tree or, in

fact, anything except clothes; The moth-

er thinks clothes and talks clothes. The

wee (laughter copies her, in spite of

wordy lectures on the enormity of little

girls’ being vain. The child copies what

the mother lives.



Another couple want their son to go to

college. They tell him that he will be

better prepared to earn a living if he has

a college education, that he can mingle

in better society and be a broader man

because of the four years’ study. They

tell these things. to the son. But they

never read a book, never study anything,

not even the things they Should know to

make their own work easier. They fre-

quently say that they always: hated

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ies to tell about school days. Study is

lrksome, is their expressed and lived

thought. The boy declares that if ’t’hey

send him to college he will break enough

rules the first week to get himself ex-

polled.



Their neighbors are anxious for their

boy to go to college, too, but they haven’t

said much to him about it, though. In-

stead, they have surrounded him with

books. They study with him, they tell

him of the pleasure they took in school

and are constantly referring to this fast

friend they made while in school, to that

bit of succeSs that came to them as a.

direct result of work done in school days.

They are making college seem worth

while, and the boy is planning his course

and saving his pennies to help pay his

way through school.



So it is with everything about the child

life. He is going to think most desirable

the things he hears talked about most of

all. If father believes money getting is

the chief end and aim in life, ,the son is

going to think the same thing, unless he

gets a strong bias' from mother. The

children will carry out in their lives not

the thin-gs the parents preach, but the

things the parents practice. If the parent

is loud-voiced and scolding, the children





 





. will be quarrelsome and overbearing. 11!





Example or Precept.





the parent is quiet and mild-mannered,

the little ones will copy.



Live what you want your child to be.

It will be much more effective than

preaching.



DEBORAH.





 





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_ BY GENEVA M. SEWELL.



The most entertaining pastime for chil-

dren is that which develops the imagina-

tion and brings out“ originality, or in oth-

er words, makes them think. The in-

stinct for play has manifested itself





 

   

   





needs. They will find many simple

things that will benefit their children

more than the most expensive me-





chanical toy, which a child is apt to have

a. burning desire to take apart to see

what makes it go.



The paper constructiOn work never fails

to be an instructive as Well as amusing

pastime. Of course,

taught this in school but there are many

more who do not have these advantages,

and if the mothers are able to give them

a little instruction along this line it will

not only amuse them but will be a. gen-

uine help to them. I know this from ex-

perience for with some pieces of paper

we have made about everything which a.

vivid imagination could think of and ac-

tive fingers manufacture. Do not always

tell the children/what you are going to





 





 





 





 





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through all post gene-rations, even reach-

ing back to our Dre-human ancestors, so

when we give. children the opportunity ’to

develop this instinct, we are providing

for the natural development of a natural

inheritance. In giving games to chil-

dren we not only give them something

to utilize their surplus activity, but we

also give them pleasure, tiraining in at-

tention,_ sense perception and rhythm.



Children should be supplied with things

to play with, but not expensive toys. The

children’s fancy will Supply everything

required. Empty spools,,pieces of col-

ored paper and bits of string, if the chil-

dren are shown how to use them, will

prove a. never falling source of entertain-

ment.



For years I have been gleaning, origi—

nating and adapting from various sources

simple amusements, which the .mother

may use in the home for the development

and instruction of small children. I al-

ways call things by their correct names.

and in this way a child learns many of

the first forms without knowing he is

learning them, simply by hearing them

spoken of as oblong, triangle, square, etc.

The sources from which I have obtained

this knowledge have long since been for-

gotten but I never show a. child how to

do something that amuses him that I do

not offer up than-ks in my heart to the

ones who, in no matter how small a way,

have taught me one more way of amus-





 





 





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Figure 2.





ing, or teaching a little child how to

amuse himself.



Mothers may receive much information

if they will send for mail order catalogs,

and kindergarten supply catalogs and

carefully study what is altered therein

and. adapt. 1t tofthetrgpwn pgrblculan





Figure 1.





make, for instance, if they are old enough

to know how to measure with a straight-

edge ruler we begin something like this:



“Choose your color.” One will choose

green, another pink, another yellow, and

so on, from paper which has been pre-

viously dampened and ironed free from





 





 





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all wrinkles, and squared so all edges are_





true.



The next command will be: “Rulers,”

and the children will hold rulers in right

hand, paper in left.



“Position," the children lay the paper

near the edge of the desk or table at

which they are working, holding it in

place with the left hand. /



"Measure six inches," the rulers come

down.



"Mark,” the rulers are held in ~place

along the edge‘of the paper and the six-

in-ch place marked.



“Turn,” the paper is turned to the

right so the next edge is in place to be

marked.



“Measure four inches,” this is marked

along that edge.



“Finish your oblong,” a line paralel to

'the six-inch line and one paralm to the

four-inch line are quickly drawn in.



“Cut,”and the oblong is cut out.



"Place two long edges together, crease

fold," this must be done. carefully so the

fold will be in the exact center.



“Fold crosswise into three equal parts, "

'this must alSo be carefully done or the

object will not be true.



“Open " the oblong is opened out flab

again, and is found to consist of six





squares, each two inches in size, marked





by the creases in the papa.





 





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sfiip go the scissors.



’ “Cut out ton Eft hand square,’ in a.

i .fiash it is done. '



I I "Fwd the single square up and the two

.2 end squa1es down. what have you?"



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Let them make all the chairs they

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Chapter lX.—“Man Proposes—"





“Well, be that as it may, Sidney, I’m

glad to see ye back,” exclaimed Brigadier

General Hornbill, pressing Sid’s hand with

faltering firmness.



“Did you think I’d gone off and left:



you for good?” smiled Sid.

.“VVell, it’s hard to tell what‘ notions

you young fellers will git. I was thinkin’

you was afraid to come back an’ face it

out.”



“Not hardly, General,” replied Sid.

“I’ve come buck to fight. Somehow, since

I’ve been away I’ve learned to like Turtle

Creek a good deal. I think it‘s really

worth while, yOu know.”



“Good! I hoped to live to the day

when I’d hear ye say that, Sidney.”



“Oh,” Sid cut him short, “I’m not ir-

revocably wedded to Turtle Creek, you

understand. I have seen places that I

like quite as well.’



“Ye’ll change your mind. Ye’ll be One

of us yet,” grinned old Hornbill enthusi-

astically.



Putting his resolution into action, Sid

having returned from his vacation with

a fine store of vim and push, an unusual

store for him, went to town next day to

find out how things were going with the

railroad. and to look around and talk with

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bigger price for that land. He also wish-

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to call. Furthermore, now that he» had

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being. The villagers would have to like

him if he made respectful and conserva-

Iive advances. He’d been holding himself

altogether too aloof for his own good.

He’d be sociable and neighborly now.



On the road to town he met Bud trudg—

ing out with his armful of Bayview

Bugles and Pike County Vigilants.



“Hello,” called Sid.



Bud looked at him for a startled mo-

ment, blushed a deep red, stummered

out, “Ha-ah-allo,” as though he were

gargling, dropped his 'eyes and walked

past. When Sid looked back at the young

fellow a minute later, wondering what

made him seem so strange, he found that

Bud had turned in the road and was

staring after him.



“\Vell, What's up?” Sid said to himsellf.

“Bud isn’t so fastidious in his speech as

a rule. Anything happened, I wonder?”



He had come in on the night train and

had seen only a few loungers in town as

he Went through. Something must have

happened. He wished he had called Bud

back and pumped him.



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shy, hesitant. kittie-got-your-tongue

manner that Bud had adopted.



By the time Sid had reached the village

store he was quite alarmed about it.



There was the reception committee,

lined up like a gathering of wise old

gophers sunning themselves on o sand

bank. Sid sauntered up and picked out

Aloisious Stimpson from the assembled

fathers. He wanted to talk with him

about the, railroad. Stimpson had been

in Turtle Creek so long his advice would

be valuable.



“Can I have a word with you, Mr.

Stimpson?” asked Sid, greeting 'the old

chipmunk with a smile.



“Can you have a word with me?“

Stimpson’s high-pitched hay-feverish

tone twanged like a Jew’s-harp and he

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“Canhe have a word with him?” chor-

used a pair of surprised, timid, old lady-

like gentlemen, who couldn’t have been

distinguished from their own corn field

scarecrows had they been stood alongside

of them.



“Yeh think ye’re fit ter converse with

a self-respectin’ citizen?” Stimpson was

so much in earnest he forgot to swear.



“Why, yes, of course,” answered Sid,

a bit awkwardly. “I have «a. clean collar

on and I challenge you to find a cigar-

ette on my person. Why not?”



“After what you done in Chicawgo?



“What did I do in Chicago?”



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snap: “You’re a nice young feller to be

allowed to associate with decent folks,

ain’t yeh? Yeli’re a 11—1 of a God-fearin'

citizen, you air." He paused and got

t‘revrnblingly‘to his feet with the aid of

his staff. His eyes seared their way

through the audience and finally rested

on Ed Humphrey. “You an’ Ed Humph-

rey here air about in the same blame

class. You’ll be u-common ditch drunk-

ard if yeh keep up them dod-blasted per-

nicious habits of a sot."



Ed Humphrey leered up very con-

sciously and interrupted. “You might a

said, Aloisious, he was too drunk to tell

a corner lamp from a high-flyin’ fire fly,

like you‘ve often said to me.”



The old gentleman snapped his neck

around to Ed Humphrey again with peril-

ous abruptness; it might have cracked off

had it been anything but an old, scrawny,

leathery, tough neck.



“That’ll be about all from you!” he

marked: t'hen turning on Sid, “But I

reckon Ed’s right. I reckon yelh was so

drunk yeh~”



“I say,” Sid interrupted quickly, step-

ping close to the old gentleman and fix-

ing him with very serious eyes, “what’s

all this about? Did you see me in Chi—

cago, drunk, or what is it?”



“No, I didn’t sce yeh, but' Sam Dunlap

did. Said yeh was drunk as: a white-

livevred lord. lie seen yeh reelin’ out of

a saloon there with a bottle under each

arm.” Aloisious paused and cailmly sur—

veyed Sid’s crimson countenance, “and

with a. breath that blame near knocked





him over. Now do yeh want a Word

with me?”



"‘No, but I’d like to have one with Sam

Dunlap, and I will," answered Sid, his





fists clenching involuntarily.



' “Well, he's right over there now, I

reckon yeh won’t have no trouble en-

gagin’ him in conversation; not a blame

bit of it.” Stiinpson turned and pointed

across the street to where Sam Dunlap

was padding his slow, fat-footed way

through town.



Sid lookcd, and stood in indecision. It

was clearly up to him.



“'ithout a word hehurried across the

street, culling after Sam Dunlap in a.

voice that contained the last bit of un-

certain wavering in his mind.



““‘ell, what do you Want?” demanded

Sam, turning sharply to thrust his. thick

neck out. at Sid like a snapping-turtle,

and taking in the village fathers in a

glare as ‘lhey stood up. all together for

once, some sauntering casually across the

street as though nothing in particular

were going on, and even if there were

they would be the last ones to cure to

see or hear if; others looking up inno-

cently at the clouds, for rain, no doubt.



“\Vell, what do you want?” repealed

Dunlap by way of emphasis.



“I want to know if you Spread the

story in this town. that you saw me in

Chicago, drunk?” uskcd Sid in a. clear

voice that carried to the village fathers,

even tho near-(loaf ones.



“You know whether you was or not,”

replied Sam Dunlap, with a very accus-

ing glare.



“But do you know?” Sid felt it wasn’t

exactly the right way to go about it

with an older man, but he wasn’t prac-

ticed in disputation,



“I certainly saw you come out of a

saloon, and you talked very foolish to me

and that was enough. I leave any man.

-to draw his own conclusions.”



It was a sweeping statement; it swept

across the street to the village fathers.





“Would you be very much surprised to

know that I had only one drink in that

sailoon?” Sid asked sharply; it was 0n the

tip of his tongue. to add that the. one

drink was milk, but that didn’t seem per-

tinent—it might as well have been some-

thing else, when his intention was con-

sidered.



‘.‘I would be very much surprised; not

only surprised, but inclined to believe

you were a liar, young man.”





Sam Dunlap continued his ponderous"





way through town, after throwing off

this glittering gem of repartee, looking

neither to the right’ n0r~left. His repiy‘

had evidently been a. clincher in the eyes

of those of Turtle Creek. ' '





Sid’s action after his departure fury





thered this conviction. He stood for ,8.

moment looking after the hulking form.





   





 





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then shrugged his" shoulders, ,, WI;

toward home, clearly beaten. _ ' _

Sid was beaten. The smacka'o‘fihat'





retort was still crimson on his cheek“. ‘37:?

There were a thousand things: he: could

have said in reply, but what goOd would 3:.





it have done? The village fathers had

heard; they were a fixed jury, anyway.

Oh, no, it had been best to say nothing.



He kept his head rather well down all

the way home, to avoid speaking to theise .

who might be confused or embarrassed

by a. greeting from him. Only pnce did

he raise his head fully, and that was at

the toot of an automobile horn as he was

crossing the street.



Susan Dunlap was in the machine. Sid

lifted his hat mechanically and smiled

eagerly, hopefully, as the auto, swept

down on him. Susan looked up and down

the road; there w'ere only two people in

sight; she glanced from left to right and

then slackened speed, leaned toward Sid

for an instant and smiled nervously. “I’m .

sorry,” she- said, “but I don’t believe it!

You didn’t—”



“‘No!’ answered Sid in a burst of hapr

piness that someone believed him. Above

all, that she believed in him.



Before he could go on she had thrown

on more speed and was some distance,

uway. ‘ '



Well, there was something to offset the

trouble. But he wanted to say more.

She had gone too quickly. Heir expressed

confidence meant a great deal more to





him. The spontaneity of her sympathy ,





expressed much. . Somehow he forgot that!

nasty scene of (lefeat in front of Niles

Pash’s store. Susan had said she didn’t

believe the story. That was a. good deal.

Yes, that was enough.



When Sid had confessed so much to

himself he felt relieved. The moment he

reached home he did a very impetuous

i'hing. Making sure there was. no one

around, to overhear. Sid took down the

receiver to the primitive party telephone,

primed it by turning the bell handle at

the side a dozen times, and then asked

for the Dunlap residence.



The “hired girl” answered, and Sid

asked for Susan. Luckily she was already

home. Her voice, quick and soft‘, came

over the phone, “Hello.”





“Hollo. This is Sidney Edgeworth,” he

breathed. “Can you mes-t me at the





grove in our private road?

see you there?”



“But 1—”



“Please.“



“But isn’t it——” .



“Nobody else believes in me. I've got

to reinstate myself and I need your help.

Besides, I——”



“I’ll come,” she answered :ibruptlly, in

an anxious whisper; Sid felt that her

father must have entered -the house at

that moment and forced her decision, and

he was convinced of it when she: went on

in an unnatural tone, “Yes, Dorothy, I’m

crazy to see your new dress. I’m just

going for a ride. I’ll stop in and see you.

Good-bye, dear.”



The receive-r was hung up before Sid

could recover his breath. How that

“dear" tingled through him! She’d said

it unconsciously as part of the play, of

course. But, oh, if she knew how it rang

through him. He stepped into his own

room and made sure. of his cravat and

hair. Then he sauntered down the Edge-

worth private road, so seldom used, to a.

place Where the grove grew thick on

either side of it and shut off nearly all

View. True,, it was getting winter and

the leaves were nearly all gone from the

trees, but‘ the place was sheltered from

observation, except from a. strip of the

main road running nearby. Sid strolled,

in and out among the trees listening for

the familiar chug-chug of the automo-

bile.



At last the machine came and Sid

sprang no the road, offering his hand to-

the girl. She seemed flushed and ill at

ease, glancing back continually, but gave

her hand in greeting and Sid exclaimed:

“It’s awfully good of You to believe in

me.”



"It isn't so much that, as the fact

that I know how it is,” She answered with

troubled directness. “The people here

won't recognize the difference in city

standards. Father thinks if a. man takes

one drink he is drunk, if he misses church

one Sunday he’s an infidel. It’s all right

to be strict that way, but I can’t- help

feeling badly for you; I’ve been a victim

of circumstances in ‘this town myself





Nobody can





more «than once, but I have- a father and .l

a life-long- residence here to fall back on. .





and yen have no one—but yOurself.”





“I gueSs. that explains it pretty weasel;

> vii-was mighty good or? ' “

you to come but here to meet mega-P1114"





answered Sid.





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The writer has not been in the habit

of paying any attention to special stock

foods and mixtures. But when he saw

the' strong testimonials of Dr. C. D.

Smead and Editor L. H. Cooch, he de-

cided that there must be virtue in Sal—

Velt. Both of these gentlemen are per-

sonal friends. The page advertisement

in Dec. 2nd issue attracted my attention

particularly. At once I sent for a quan-

tity of Sal-Vet for «trial. Ever since

then Robert has been feeding it to all

the stock on the place. “’e are unable

to see any gain to the cows. The fact

is, wevcould hardly expect any. They

were in line, healthy condition, extra

well fed, hair bright, milking well, and

nothing could be expected to make them

any better. They may the- given a. lit-

tle more milk, but one cannot say about

thiS. But about the horses there is‘ a.

far different story to tell. Robert has

one mare, 9 years old, that from a. colt

has been troubled with some» skin dis—

ease. There were itching eruptions on

skin, and she was rubbing and biting

herself often. And this condition has

all gone. Robert took her blanket of

today to Show me and she stood entirely

still. In the past she would have been

twisting about and biting herself at once.

Robert also has a. driving mare that was

troubled somewhat the same. And now

she is well. There is a marked improve-

ment in the looks of our driving mare, 29

years old. Her hair is unusually bright

and she is shedding her coat finely now

in February. There» is no question but

what Sal-Vet has done our horses good.

Robert and myself are both satisfied'on

this point. We keep no sheep or hogs.

I should presume they would show more

gain from feeding this material than any

other stock would. And.whevn cows or

young cattle are itching and rubbing, hair

du-lll in color, probably Sal-Vet would do

them much good—T. B. TERRY.





“I have given Sal-Vet a thorough trial

with most gratifying results. My herd

of Pure Bred Berkshires contracted a bad

cough, and continually got Worse, until I

gave your Sal-Vet to them. After two

weeks of this treatment not a hog was

coughing, and all are as sleek as moles.”





_ ‘—N. Dana sun-1m, Shickshinny, Pa.





"Inever invested money in anything

from.whlch I derived as much beneflt' as

I did from your Sal-Vet. My horses were

in bad shape before I began breeding it

and after using Sal~Vet a short time,

they rapidly {pickedcup- and now are'in

better. shape. than over before. I also

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