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VOL. CXL. No. 5. i

Whole Number 3628.





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY FEB. 1, 1913.





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Developing Dairy Quality in Cattle.





HAT our domestic animals have



I bee-n plastic material in the hands



of skillful breeders who have mold-

ed them into special purpose types With

marvelous efficiency for the purpose in

view, is attested by the economic results

attained along many lines by the pure-

bredIherd's and flocks of this and other

c0untriés.‘ In no other line has this been

more". apparent than in the development

of high” efficiency in the special-purpose

dairy breeds of cattle.



Our breeders have taken the material

which came to them as a result of many

generations of pure breeding and selec-

tion in other countries and have devel-

oped strains and individuals in these sev-

eral breeds with phenomenal records in

dairy performance. In fact, performance

has been made the basis for the accep-

tance of animals in the advanced registry

which has been adopted during recent

years by the patrons of the leading spe-

cial purpose dairy breeds of cattle, with

the result that today the thousand-pound

butter cow is no longer a rarity, while

the.requirements for admission to this

inner circle of bovine royalty includes a

degree of efficiency which in time will

become an inherent characteristic of the

progeny of the increasing proportion of

individuals in these special purpose

breeds that measure up to therequire-

ments, since such a standard of efficiency

contemplates the constant elimination of

the unfit.



Thus the patrons of the leading special

purpose dairy breeds of cattle are ac-

complishing a great work in improving

the dairy quality of their cattle, notwith-

standing the fact that their average

quality is already very high as compared

with the average quality of the .material

with which the average dairyman has to

work. And their example should be emu-

lated by every man who keeps cows,

whether he makes a specialty of dairying

or whether it is but one of several de-

partments of production upon his farm.



Very many examples of this rapid im-

prove'ment of dairy quality as evidenced

by the almost phenomenal production of

cows of the special purpose dairy breeds

might .be cited, but this is not necessary.

Such examples are before the common





farmers and dairymen of the state

through object lessons in almost every

community. Hence it would better serve





our purpose ot‘ encouraging the rank and

file of Michigan dairymen to cite What

has been done toward improving dairy





 





 





quality in common stock and in breeds

which have been for the most part de-

veloped along other lines of production.

Statistics show that of the total of our

dairy cattle only about two per cent are

included in the pure-bred cows of special

purpose dairy breeds, and eight per cent

are high grades, the other 90 per cent

being of common stock and of a nonde-

script character. It is for the purpose of

holding out some hope to the owners of

these 90 per cent of common cattle that

we cite these examples of what has been

done with both common stock and pure—

bred stock, Which has been largely de-

veloped along other than dairy lines.

Perhaps one of the most striking ex-

amples of the development of common





concerning the recently recognized breed

of cattle called Columbian, possibly a

brief account of the breed will be wel-

comed by other farmers and breeders,

generally. I'ntil recently the department

had little more authentic information on

this breed, than the inquirers had—if in-

deed, as much. A' short time since the

Writer made a trip into the locality of the

breed’s origin, to which territory its

breeding is still largely confined. I in-

spected herds of the breed,observed their

characteristics, yields and traits and talk-

ed with the farmers and breeders who

are keeping herds of this breed, and

learned the history of the breed's origin

and development.



“As already implied,





the Columbians





 





 





 





 





 





Columbian Cow, Typical





stock by the simple process of selection is

found in what is known as the Columbian

cattle which have risen to the dignity of

a pure breed in this country, the first ex-

ample of such development in the ['nited

States. Regarding this new breed which

has been styled the “Columbian,” Mr. Joel

Stanwood, an agent of the Department of

Agriculture, says:

Characteristics of the Columbian Cattle.

“in view of the evident interest—0r

curiosity—manifested by inquiries ad-

dressed to the Agricultural Department,





 





 





 





 





of this Recently Developed Dairy Breed.





are an American breed being the direct

and selected descendants of common cat-

tle brought into New York state by the

early settlers. Back of this their origin

is unknovvn. Many of these early nine-

teenth century cattle, though having dif-

ferent body color, had a white stripe

along the back with some white about the

upper shank and along the belly, and be-

came known as “linebacks.” And it is

a notable legend that these oddly-marked

cows were invariably the best producers

in the herds~gave the largest flow of





milk and of

quality.

ancestry.



“Certainly the Columbians of today are

pronouncedly a dairy breed and of thc

butter-producing sub-division of dairy

cattle, their breeding for years back hav—

ing been solely with an eye to increas-

ing their butter yield. Such records of

milk-yields and butter-yields and butter-

fat tests as have been kept (all such lat~

‘tcr are within the last few years) seem

to bear out the claims made by the

breed’s admirers that they are large milk

and butter producers.



“The Columbians are a medium—size,

animal, cows weighing about 5000 pounds

—bulls heavier according. They are deep

and wide of barrel. rather short and slim

in logs. Their hind legs are generally

rather long in proportion from hock to

hip. The head is clean—cut and small,

with slim, upturned horns and clear,

bright eyes—«the. cye that invariably goes

with animals having a high degree of

nervous energy. There is something of

an Ayrshire-like appearance in the gen-

eral set-up of the animals of this breed,

particularly about the head—its shape,

placement and “expression.” It seems

a reasonable deduction that Ayrshire

blood contributed largely in the making

of the remote, antecedents of the pres-

ent—day Columbians, probably away back

in the latter end of the eighteenth cen-

tury_0r earlier.



“To the caSual

odd markings probably seem it’s most

distinctive characteristic; however, the

breeders claim that this marking has al-

ways been of but secondary consideration

-—secondary to buttcr-production——in gov-

erning the line of breeding followed and

the selection of the calves to be reared.

Nevertheless. I found the markings to be

very uniform, in the main, in all the herds

I looked over, though there was some

variance in the body color~scarlet—red,

bay-red and brindle. Their markings are

best described in the Columbian herd-

book, from which I will quote:



“ ‘Color, red and white; markings, head,

red; neck and body, red; back, white

from point of shoulder to and including

tail; u'ddcr and belly forward to brisket,

white; legs, red with white band about

upper shank where it joins the body.’



Development of Breed is Recent.



“It was not until about 1870 that these

‘lineback’ animals of the Central New

York dairymen-farmers began to be se-





the heaviest cream-rising

So much for the breed's early





observer the breed’s
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lected and bred with any real method. At

this period Mr. Anson T. Gregory, of

Otsego county, New York, having come

to realize the superiority of the ‘lineback’

strain over the other common stock in

his herd, began to build up an entire

herd of the strain, and encouraged others

to do the same. But, apparently, the

other farmer-breeders did not breed with

the care and persistence, (or perhaps: had

not as clear an idea of just what they

were striving for), as did Mr. 'Gregory,

for the Gregory sub-strain of the ‘line-

backs’ became recognized as the heaviest-

milking and butter-producing sub-strain

of this particular strain of common stock.

So this early ‘lineback’ herd of Anson

Gregory’s may be fairly considerd the

‘foundation—stock’ of the Columbian breed

and Mr. Gregory credited as being the

developer of the breed, if not exactly it’s

originator. It would seem that it was

not ~Mr. Gregory’s aim to originate a

breed, but instead simply to further de—

velop the exceptional butter-producing

tlaits of the stock constituting his herd.

There was no straining after ‘linelback’

markings, I am told, but this marking

was a characteristic of this butter-pro-

ducing strain of stock that perpetuated

itself, (like the fifth toe in Dorking fowls).

and at first was taken because it went

along, and finally became recognized as

an indication of ‘quality’ blood in the

animal.



“At this time the breed is kept as the

business-herds of a. number of dairymen-

farmers in south central New York. two

of the foremost of the breed’s admirers

being sons of Anson Gregory, the founder.



“From what I saw of this breed I am

compelled to credit 'them as being heavy

milkers and butter-producers, rivaling the

Jersey in total output. yet having the

vigorous digestive system of the Holstein

and much of the rustling ability of the

Ayrshire. I consider them a promising

breed for the dairy-farmer—especially the

butter-making dairy-farmer whose farm

is better adapted to producing pasture

and roughage crops rather than grains—

to consider in the future.”

Encouragement for the Owner of Common



Cows. ..



This is an example of the development

of common stock after years of natural

selection by the skill of the breeder who

is a. master of the art. It is but a. repe-

tition of what has been done with other

breeds in other countries and shows that

the same thing can be done right at home.

It does not fdllow. however that this is

the logical course of procedure fOr the

Michigan dairyman who has a herd of

common cows. Quite the contrary, in

fact. There is no call for the introduc-

tion of new breeds of dairy cattle in our

state. We have a great center of pro-

duction of Holstein-Friesian cattle of the

very best families. and many herds of

Jerseys and Guernseys of the right sort. as

well as some Ayrshires. Very many of

our common cows are grades of these

breeds, or at least carry the blood of

some of them, and pure—bred sires of

quality from these breeds should be used

in improving the dairy quality of our

cattle in most instances. And this im-

provement should be carried on on a com-

munity basis, which has proven so suc-

cessful in many Michigan dairy commu—

nities through the medium of breeders’

associations which have been organized

for the purpose of purchasing and keep-

ing pure-bred sires of some one of these

breeds for the improvement of the dairy

quality, of the members’ herds and the

community in general. The introduction

of mOre breeds and the further mixing of

the blood of the common cows of the

state would retard, rather than promote

development in average dairy quality, and

the improvement of common stock by

selection alone is a slow and profitless

task, hence the above conclusions. ‘We

have the material right at hand for the

accomplishment of this needed work if

intelligently used.



But there are cases in which this course

may not be the most desirable. Michigan

was formerly a state of considerable im-

portance in the breeding of pure-bred

Shorthorn cattle. There are still many

pure-bred herds of this breed in the state

and with the revival of the beef produc-

ing industry these cattle, and the high

grades carrying a preponderance of

Shorthorn blood, are good material for

many farmers and small dairymen to

work with in increasing the profits of

their business. Of late years the patrons

of this breed have made long strides in

rehabilitating the dairy quality of cattle

of the breed and where a dual purpose

animal best suits the needs of the small

dairy farmer perhaps no better material

is at hand for the accomplishment of





their purpose. This tendency toward the

development of this useful breed of cattle

along dairy lines is well illustrated in the

paper prepared by Mr. B. O. Cowan, and

read before the recent meeting 0f the

Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’ Associa:

tion, as follows:

Shorthorns as Milk Producers.



“From the very origin of the breed.

Shorthorns have had two qualities) to

commend them to the favorable consid-

eration of farmers and stock men, and

it is this dual Capacity for beef and milk

production that has made them so DODU-

lar. As beef producers they are known

over the civilized world, but their dairy

qualities, though excellent when properly

developed, are not so well recognized and

so need advertising and further devel~

opment.



“The early history of the breed furnishes

many instances of cows that were great

milk producers. One of the earliest

breeders to develop milk production in

his herd was Jonas Whitaker, and in

consequence his cows were known all

over England for their excellent dairy

qualities, and at the same time he had

a good trade in beef bulls with other

herds in the .Kingdom. 'Sir Charles

Knightley developed a tribe known as

Fawsley Fillpails that did much to eS-

tablish the fame of Shorthorn cows- as

excellent at the pail. The herd of Thos.

Bales was bred for beef form and soon

became the fountain head of bulls for

both English and American herds, yet the

milking qualities of this herd were so

carefully cultivated that the cows had a

reputation as milk producers that was

second only to that of their beef quality.

As a result of this intelligent treatment

cows in Mr. Bates’ herd gave from 24 to

34 quarts of milk per day, and their de-

scendants proved good milkers for sev-

eral generations. In consequence of this

the opinion gained currency that only

cows of Bates blood are reliable as milk

producers, and this belief is pretty gen—

erally prevalent at the present time.

\Vhile this opinion is founded on fact,

there are notable exceptions. Even Amos

Cruickshank, who did more than any man

of his time to develop the fleshing quality

of his cows, and in that marvelous herd

of beef cattle were many matrons quite

good at the pail.



“Numerous instances can be given of

excellent milkers among Scotch cows of

other herds, both in Great Britain and

America. The writer bred Shorthorns

for 25 years and had some good milk cows

in the herd, but the best one was a twin

daughter of an imported Scotch cow.This

cow was a winner in the beef rings when

she was young and when she became a

matron she would give two to three gul-

Ions of milk per day more than her calf

could take when it was four to eight

weeks old.



“A notable example of a good dairy cow

of this line of breeding was recently giv-

en by English papers. The Shorthorn

steer, Golden Arrow, was champion at

the Smithfield and Birmingham shows.

His dam was the Cruickshank- cow, Bea-

trice 22d, also dam of the noted bull,

Bandmaster, winner of first prize at the

loyal. Beatrice 22d sold when nine years

old for 220 guineas ($1,100) and at the

time of sale her daily milk yield was 57

pounds. .



“At the present day the large herds that

supply the city of London with milk and

butter are composed largely, and in some

cases exclusively, of Shorthorn cows, eith-

er pure—bred or high grades. To some

extent this is also true in New York

and New England. The dairy qual-

ities of English Shorthorn cows have

been more widely advertised than those

of American herds, and in consequence

it is generally believed that the former

are superior to the latter. But it is the

expressed opinion of Mr. F. W. Harding,

who has visited and carefully studied

nearly all herds in Great Britain, that the

leading dairy Shorthorn herds of Penn-

sylvania and New York are better than

those of England. But as general state-

ments unsupported by specific evidence

are apt to be regarded as “glittering gen-

eralities," it will be necessary to give a

few of the available records.



“Pansy of Stanton, at the Michigan Ag-

ricultural College, produced 10,058 pounds

of milk and 456.5 pounds of butter in one

year and during the same time gained 324

pounds in weight. At the Iowa State

College, Ames, Iowa, College Belle 2d gave

7,554 pounds of milk in ten months, show-

ing 4.3 per cent butter-fat; and College

Moore produced 517 pounds of butter in

one year. Florence Airdrie 6th. owned

by Nebraska Agricultural College, pro-

duced 10,438 pounds of milk and 494



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FEB. 1, 1913.





ICE ON THE FARM.





A supply of ice during the summer

months is both a luxury and a. necessity.

In these days (if keen competition it is

made possibleto maintain in the best

condition various products destined for

the market or for home consumption. For

the keeping of meats, vegetables and

fruits it is of inc'alcul‘able value. It places

within easy reach of the dairyman a

means of stopping one of the leaks in his

business. By preventing an occasional

return of a sour or over-ripe can of milk

the monthly income will be augmented;

besidcs maintaining a corresponding





sweetness of disposition in the “boss.”





The first requisite for an ice supply is

a suitable place for storage. It need not

be expensive; in fact, the whole cost of

building and, harvesting the ice will be

a mere bagatelle in comparison with the

benefits to be derived. Queer places are

sometimes utilized for this purpose, such

as in the silo, sheds, barn-mows and un-

der gangways. For convenience, hOW-

ever, it is better that a special structure

be erected where the contents may be

gotten at With the minimum of trouble.

Choose the site on a slight rise of ground

so that the drainage will be good. To

support the framework forming the walls





THE MICHIGAN-FARMER





Harvesting ice is_not a one-man job.

Two farmers can work together to much

better advantge. In sawing out the blocks

try and have the sides exactly straight

up and down, as they will pack closer

and consequently keep better. It is a

good plan to have a lot of blocks cut out

ahead, and employ a small derrick to ele-

vate them into the sleigh box. After

one man with the tongs fastens onto a

block, the other operating the derrick

quickly and easily lifts it into the sleigh.

and so on, till the load is complete.



Filling in the ice house requires some

little care. By having the first layer of

blocks perfectly level, each of the others

will be so as they go up. Pack all the

blocks as closely as possible, filling all

crevices with broken ice or snow, well

rammed. Between the ice and the walls

there should be a. space about one foot

wide. This should be filled in and Well

packed with perfectly dry sawdust. \\’hen

the full supply of ice is in place the top

should be covered at least a foot deep

with the same material.



Plenty of ventilation will contribute

very largely to the keeping qualities of

the stored ice. If this point is overlooked,





it is very probable that one—half of it

may have disappeared when the time

comes to begin taking it out. there





 





 





 





 





 





Round Type of Dairy Barn on the Farm of Wm. Mills, of Isabella County.





This barn. shown in process of const





and accommodates 33 head of cattle facing alley around silo.





in diameter and is built without timbers.

joists 2x8.





kind are used on the interior. Mr. Mills





ning this building from the Illinois bulletin





saw or knew of a dome- roof of this type

ently an innovation in barn building.





The dome roof is of the self-supporting type and





ruction, has a silo 13x50 ft. in center,

The barn is 54 ft.

The studding is 2x6—in. material and the

no braces of any

states that he got much help in plan-

on round barns, but that he never





being used on a. barn. This is appar-





 





a number of posts six or eight inches in

diameter may be sunk into the ground.

Three posts on each side will be sufficient

for a building 12 feet square, and in

height should extend about eight feet.

This will afford space for a solid block

of ice lele6 feet or approximately 15

tons. Of course, the dimensions may be

mouified to suit different conditions, but

the amount indicated will be ample on

the average farm. The walls should be

of two-inch plank, nailed on the inside of

the posts, in order to resist effectually





any pressure from the interior. How—

ever, if the blocks of ice are properly

packed there should be no danger of





sliding outward. If plank are not avail-

able in an emergency, inch boards answer

the purpose very well. I used such last

winter for this purpose. They will need

a few more nails this winter. but other-

wise are all right. Plank, though, will

be more permanent and need less repair-

ing. An opening for entrance should be

left and a door constructed of short

pieces of plank or boards kept in place

on the inside by the posts. As the ice is

used these may be taken down one after

the other. Any style of good light roof

will do; the shanty fashion being perhaps

the cheapest. A depth of about 12 inches

of the floor space should be filled in with

loose stones or bricks. Besides improv-

ing the drainage facilities, they form an

air space that breaks the connection be-

tween the lower layers of ice and the

ground, thus preventing considerable

waste from melting at the bottom. This

material covered a foot deep with saw-

dust, the house is ready for storing the

ice.



The tools required fOr cutting the ice

are simple and inexpensive. A good sharp

axe, ice saw, tongs and spud comprise

the necessary outfit. The last named,

which is a sharp, broad piece of steel

three inches wide and half an inch thick,

is used for splitting the cross sections,

saving a lot of labor in sawing. This

work should berdone directly after as-pell

of cold weather, as the ice is, then sure

to be'sound and solid. “Rotten” ice is

filled with air spaces which greatly de-

crease its lasting qualities.





   





the ventilation is good and other things



being equal, no difficulty will be experi-



enced in keeping a supply until fall.

Canada. J. HUGH MCKENNEY.





 





QUESTIONS ABOUT TILE DRAINING.





is the best size tile to use for

branches, three or four-inch? W'hat is

the best size to use for main ditch?

How far apart should they be laid in

muck that is eight feet deep, also how

deep? \Vill tile drain a wider area than

an open ditch? How far will they draw

the water from 'the ends? ls a strctch

of 100 rods just as good as one of 400

rods? \l'ill tile that are two feet deep

draw the water just as far as if they

were laid deeper?

one dare have?

Tuscola Co. SUBSCRIBER.





It is not necessary to use four-inch tile

for laterals, three-inch are large enough

where no other drain flows into it. If,

however, you have a large latcral of five

or six inches and then want a branch of

four inches and have three inch branches

run into this, of course there would be a,

lateral in a way that would need to be

larger than three inches, but‘ in this case

what is a lateral to one ditch becomes

a main in another system.



In heavy clay, tile ought to be laid at

least every four rods. In muck land per—

haps you could put them a little further

apart because water circulates through





What





muck land more readily than it does

through clay. Tilc drain will drain no

farther than an open drain. The only





reason for water going into a tile drain

is because water runs down hill to its

otztlet. In one instance it is a tile and

in another instance it is an open ditch.

Consequently the deeper the ditch the

farther apart you can lay them and in

this muck land I would not think of put-

ting in the drains shallower than three

feet. Of course, if you have a. very long

ditch even with no laterals it may be

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FARM NOTES.





Stable Manure vs. Fertilizer.





I am a subscriber of your paper, and

would like your advice as to whether it

would be better to pay 500 per load for

stable manure to put on sandy soil that

has been run, or whether it would be

better to buy fertilizer? I wanted to get

it in shape for a crop of corn this year.



Allegan Co. L. E. D.





In this inquiry an important economic

factor was not stated. That is the dis-

tance which it would be necessary to

draw this manure which can be secured

for 50 cents per load. This, however, is

not as important a factor at this season

of the year, provided the manure is

available and can be drawn at this time.

Undoubtedly where good stable manure

can be secured at 50 cents a load it is

the most economic means of securing

both plant food and humus to apply to

the poor soil, which could be used. The

vegetable matter which would-be added

and the bacterial activity which would

be promoted by the application of liberal

quantities of stable manure would both

be factors which could not be secured by

the use of commercial fertilizer alone.



It would, however, in the writer‘s opin-

ion, be- profitable to give a light dressing

of commercial fertilizer in addition to the

stable manure. as by using a formula

containing a liberal percentage of min-

eral element of plant growth these would

be supplied and in available form and a.

bettcr balanced “ration" thus provided

for the ensuing corn crop, and it is just

as important that. proper balance be

maintained between the plant food in the

soil as between the elements of nutrition

in the ration fed to our animals, since a

deficiency in any one of the essential ele-

ments of plant nutrition will be a limit-

ing factor in production.



In the writer‘s opinion a liberal appli-





‘cation of stable manure, if it can be ap-





plied without too much expense in draw-

ing, supplemented by a dressing of four

or five hundred pounds of standard grain

fertilizer would be far better so far as

results are concerned than the use of

either alone. and more apt to pay out in

the succeeding corn crop.





Why Did the Alfalfa Fail?





There has been much written and many

questions answered about alfalfa as to

how to get a catch, etc.. so that we have,

many of us, got it “by heart” almost, but

there is one phase- of its success or fail-

ure that is much of a puzzle to me yet,

although I have succeeded fairly well

with three plots of alfalfa. My neighbor

sowed a small'plot of ground to alfalfa.

as I thought, an ideal ground for alfalfa.





‘a strong, sandy, gravelly loam that had





never been cropped much, a part of an

old dooryard and chipyard, land that

could be plowed next day after a heavy

rain. He sowed it withoutinoculation

and got a firm catch and the plants came

on finely and made a growth of about

eight or ten inches the first season and

seemed to do well as long as the dry

weather continued. After the rainy sea-

son commenced it began.to look sickly

and go back, and here is the puzzle, as

this land is high and never any water

stands on its surface, no subsoil and

about 16 feet to the water level. “7e had

seen it stated in ‘The Farmer that many

times when alfalfa did not do well it was

for the want of lime in the soil so there

was sown a liberal supply of limestone

the- next spring but this did not seem to

revive it. The plants did not seem to go

out, but did not thrive and it was last

season turned into a temporary pasture.

\Ve are told by a man with some expe-

rience with alfalfa that undoubtedly if

this plot was sown again it would be a

success, which will probably be tried.

(Tan you give me a solution of the failure

of this plot of alfalfa?





Allegan Co. H. H. Goopnrcn.





So many factors enter into this prob-

lem that it is impossible to be certain as

to the difficulty. It would certainly ap-

pear that this was ideal ground for al-

falfa and the trouble may be lack of the

presence of nitrifying bacteria in the soil,

although it does not follow that inocula-

tion would have. been successful without

the use of lime. nor is _it surprising in

view of experience upon this point that

the application of lime the following

spring did not produce immediate.results.



The. writer has experimented for sev-

eral years upon similar soil, except that

it was probably not so rich in plant food

as this particular piece. Some four years

ago one plot was prepared for alfalfa by

thorough fertilization and the preparation

of a fine seed bed and at the time of

sowing, to make sure of thorough inocu-

lation, soil was sown from another alfalfa

field on the farm where the nodules were

well developed on the roots and the seed

was also inoculated with the pure cul-

ture. Yet the results were 'very disap-

pointing as only scattered patches in the





plot were found to be inoculated and the

stand was consequently not successful.

The following spring lime was applied

and the ground was planted to‘potat-oes.

It was again seeded to alfalfa in oats

following potatoes and a good even stand

was secured, notwithstanding a very dry

season. Due to this cause, however, it

did not get sufficient size to withstand

the severe winter which followed and

last year it was again manured heavily

and planted to corn, alfalfa being sowed

in the corn in July and a very fine stand

secured with thorough inoculation in all

parts of the field.



This experiment seemed to prove that

inoculation will not prove a succesg un-

less the soil is in a condition to be a fit

home for the bacteria and when this

condition was brought about by the ap-

plication of lime further seedings were

entirely successful.



Last spring the writer sowed a mix-

ture of alfalfa and alsike clover in oats

on a 14-acre field to which lime was ap-

plied when the land was prepared for

sowing. While a fairly good seeding was

secured all plants were not inoculated and

the alfalfa was much thinner than it

should have been from the amount of

seed sown when it went into the winter.

This and other similar experiences would

seem to prove that the effect of lime is»

not immediate. e8pecially where applied

in moderate quantities. These and other

experiences also support the argument that

where alfalfa is not a complete success

at the time of sowing at the first seed-

ing. it may be at the second, as the bac-

teria peculiar to the plant have time to

establish themselves in the soil. Then,

too, there is much in the seed which is

sown which may or may not be of a

hardy strain which will do well in our

climate.



The vigorous early growth of this al-

falfa may have been due to the unusual

amount of available plant food in the

soil and its later failure to a lack of

inoculation, which could, of. course, be

determined by examination of the roots.

It certainly is not a cause for diSCOurage-

ment, however. that this seeding did not

come up to expectations and the same-

ground should certainly be seeded to al-

falfa again, as Michigan experiences all

point to the fact that when a soil is once





.placed in a proper condition to grow this





legume it VVlll succeed as well, if not bet-

ter, than the commonly grown varieties

of clover.

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FEB. 1, 1913.





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CEREAL BREAKFAST FOODS.





 





BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.

In the manufacture of the so-called





breakfast foods, while the different

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characteristics the general proceSS of





manufacture is in the main the same.

They have depended so far as their ad-

vertising matter indicates, in general, on

the so-called predigestion of the starch.

Many People Cannot Assimilate Raw

Starch. >



There are a large number of people who

seem to be unable to assimilate raw

starches such as are found in wheat

bread, for instance. If this bread is

properly toasted, or thoroughly browned,

much of this difficulty seems to be re-

moved in many instances and it is this

idea which probably first gave the clue

to the pre-treatment of the cereal which

finds voice in the modern breakfast food.



The common method of manufacturing

a. breakfast food is by the mixing of dif~

ferent proportions of wheat flour and malt

flour—that is, barley which has been malt-

ed and ground to a flour. These two are

mixed in the different proportions, and

as in making bread, with a certain

amount of yeast. The dough is then

baked hard and the loaf cut in slices and

dried in a reel oven and then granulated

by running through a coarse mill. The

method of grinding of this rather brittle

product, it may be seen, will produce

besides the coarse granular particles a

considerable amount of fine flour. This

is usually sold as a stock food.



The Starch is Changed to Sugar.



An analysis of the granular portion

which is put in packages as a breakfast

food will show a considerable portion of

soluble carbohydrates; in other words,

during the mixing of the malt with the

flour, a larger or smaller percentage of

the raw starch will have been converted

into maltose, which is a sugar, and

which is soluble in water. According to

the amount of this c-opversion depends

the degree of preparation of the break—

fast food. There is no change, of merit,

in any of the other compounds in the

food except the starch. Usually break-

fast foods are designed to be eaten with-

out any further cooking and as they are

primarily manufactured and advertised

to eliminate difficulties in digestion in

which the presence of raw starches in

the diet are particularly objetcionable, it

is naturally expected that such breakfast

foods should be entirely free, or approxi—

mately free, from raw or unconverted

starch.



As a matter of fact, in our examination

of some 48 different breakfast foods on

the market in Michigan, we did not find

a single one which did not contain as

high as about 30 per cent of unconverted

starches. The approximate percentage of

total starch in wheat we may place at

60 per cent, so that if there were 30 per

cent of unconverted starch, 0r raw starch,

in a finished product, or breakfast food,

then it will be apparent that approxi—

mately one-half of the original starch

content had been changed during the

process of manufacture.



Why Cereal Should be Well Cooked.



For individuals who cannot take raw

starches into the system without suffer-

ing impairment of digestion, dieticians

usually prescribe the thorough cooking

of the cereal foods. For example, in the

preparation of oatmeal as a breakfast

porridge, it should be cooked for a very

long period until the cellulose wall sur-

rounding the starch granule has become

thoroughly disrupted and the starch con—

tent ailowed to flow out and in this man-





' ner become soluble at once in the di-





gestive juices.



Our greatest argument against the sub-

stitution of prepared breakfast foods for

such a food as well cooked oatmeal, is

that, while a portion of the starch in the

breakfast food has been converted be-

yond the stage of soluble starch and into

maltose, a sugar, fully half, and in most

instances, much more than half, of the

starch remains entirely unacted upon,

whereas in oatmeal if it is well prepared,

practically all of the starch has been

rendered soluble and in a condition which

is easily acted uDOn by the digestive

juices. ,



The difficulty in starch digestion does

not seem to lie in the lack of power of

the enzimes to convert starch intd' sugar,

but in the fact that lack of thoroughness





in the cooking and preparation of the



food precludes the possibility of the en-'



zimes getting easy access to the starch.

lnadvisable to Call them Pre-digestted.



So-called prepared breakfast foods are

guaranteed to be thoroughly cooked and

because of their pre—treatment a're sup-

posed to be in a condition in which the

starch is completely exposed to enzime

activity and in part entirely converted.

It will be apparent then. we think, that

much mischief may be done through the

supposition that such foods are peculiarly

fitted for cases of faulty starch diges-

tion, whereas as we have here tried to

show they themselves fall short of the

condition they were created to fulfill. We

desire, therefore, that the reader should

take note of this great fault in modern

prepared breakfast foods which, as far

as our knowledge extends, will cover all

of the foods in this class. They have,

however, disregarding this point, a very

favorable place in the diet. This place

is the place which entire wheat bread

should fill.



In our previousydiscussions we have

emphasized the peculiar deficiency which

high-grade patent flour has, in the min-

eral and cellulose content.



Breakfast Foods Contain More Fibre and

Minerals.



\\'e have attempted to show why bread

made from the entire wheat is superim-

in the diet, to bread made from high-

grade patent flour. Cereal .breakfast

foods are made from the entire grain as

a rule, and when so manufactured pos-

sesses distinct advantages in so far as

the mineral and cellulose content are

concerned. Especially is this true of the

many flaked breakfast foods on the mar-

ket. The general method of the prepara-

tion of the flaked breakfast foods is as

follows: The cereal is treated in a moist

atmosphere, either by cooking with steam

or by allowing it to remain for a time in

a moist warm atmosphere in such a way

as to thoroughly soften the berry and

permit of its expansion, when it is then

tempered and passed through hot steel

rolls whereby the berry is flattened out

into a very thin fiake. These soft flakes

are then carried to a, reel oven where





 





they are baked to a crispness, in which

condition they are packed into packages.



It will be seen that in this simple pro-

cedure the final product must have the

exact composition of the original grain

except that a portion of the starch may

be changed slightly by the toasting or

baking process, which it undergoes; but

the mineral content and the cellulose con-

tent is approximately the same as that

of the whole grain and therefore this fea—

ture renders the breakfast food of a dis-

tinct advantage. In addition to this fea-

ture undoubtedly a greater percentage of

the starch is actually rendered soluble

than is the case with ordinary bread, so

that persons who are able to eat ordi-

nary bread without a. disturbance- of di-

gestion should be able to eat the flaked

breakfast foods, without any discomfort

and with the further knowledge that they

are actually receiving the benefits of bread

made from the entire grain.



Breakfast Foods Better for Healthy Per-

sons than for Invalids.



We do not believe the ordinary cereal

breakfast foods are desirable to intro-

duce into the diet of an invalid suffering

from faulty starch digestion but if they

are used, they should be used by persons

in health who are perfectly capable of

digestion of raw starches and to our

minds used in the diets of such persons

they contribute a distinct advantage be-

cause of the cellulose or fiber and the

mineral matter which they contribute.





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German Nurseries & Seed House. Bea-

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104 pages listing a full line of garden and

flower seeds in addition to a large num-

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Burpee’s Annual for 1913, sent upon re-

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





interesting address by Prof. W. C.



Coffey, of the University of Illinois,

at the recent meeting of the Michigan

Improved Live Stock Breeders" and

Feeders’ Association. In opening his ad-

dress Prof. Coffey traced the history of

the sheep industry from the early im—

portation of Merino sheep in about 1800.

The Melrinos were then very popular ,be-

cause they yielded heavy fleeces of wool

which then brought a high price and be-

cause of their adaptability to the agricul-

tural conditions of the country at that

early date. Vl'ool was a suitable product

in the sections where agriculture was be-

ing developed at a distance from mar-

kets, because it was a comparatively light

product yet valuable for its weight and

more easily transported to a distant mar-

ket than any other product. For this

reason. too, the popular Merino became

widely distributed over the country, rup-

idly pushing westward and across the

Mississippi into thegsouthwest and on to

the Pacific coast. »



This industry, pushing westward ahead

of transportation facilities. was a. prom-

ise of business to come which aided not

a little in developing the projects for

transcontinental railways and hence the

wool industry of early days was a factor

in the developing of transportation as

well as in the development of agriculture.

Prof. Coffey recounted the manner in

which the sheep industry thus hastened

the development of better transportation

facilities. These in turn brought about a

diversity in agriculture, until diversified

farming throughout the middle west be-

come the rule rather than the exception.

\Vhere diversified farming was introduced

the sheep indusl‘i‘y declined in a propor-

tionate degree and thc larger enterprises

in sheep production were carried on in

the more western sections.



Prof. Coffey told how. as the agent of

thc tariff board in its investigations re-

garding the cost of wool production in

this country, he traveled through these

different sections of sheep production in

the west and found many Michigan men

there engaged in the industry which hrm

earlier been their favorite line of produc-

tion in Michigan. Prof. Coffey noted an-

other result of the development of di-

versified farming in the rising of land

values, which. with the decline in the

pricc of wool made the keeping of sheep

for wool alone an unprofitable industry

as compared with former years. At the

snlnc time a demand for mutton was de-

veloped in the centers of population in

our country. all of which causcs operated

to bring about a transition from the type

of sheep which were kept for the pro-

duction of wool alonc to a more dual pur-

pose animal which would profitably pro-

ducc both wool and mutton.‘



Michigan Once Noted for Her Flocks.



After having traced the history of the

sheep industry in the United States as

above outlined. l’rof. Coffey took up the

proper place of sheep on the Michigan

farm. He. stated that while Nlichigan

was noted for her large flocks of Merino

sheep in early days, that nearly all the

large flocks have gone and on the small





THIS topic was the subject of a most





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





ifarms of the slate small flocks are. made

la side issue in farming, rather than a

lspccial line of production. In looking to

the future, the speaker stated that we

could hardly expect anything else and.

asking the question. “Is there a. logical

placc for tho small flock upon ihe farms

of Michigan?” he answered it by saying

“yes. if reasonable attention is given to

this department of fa m production." In

speaking of his own 5 ate of Illinois, he

stated that while grain produclion was

the, rule upon Illinois farms. one large

grain farmcr of his acquaintance was au-

thority for the assertion that a. small

flock of sheep will pay for its cost in

one year. That is, that the lamb flock

will pay the cost of the breeding ewes,

while the. crop of wool will pay for their

keep.





 





.\s an explanation of this case, Prof.

Coffey said that small flocks can profit-

ably be utilized to consume feed which

would otherwise go to waste and at the

same time keep the farm in a cleaner

condition and freer from weeds. As il-

lustrating the possibilities of small flocks

he referred to one phenomenal case which

had come under his observation in south-

ern Illinois where the wool and lamb

crop had returned nearly three times the

first cost of the ewe flock, and asserted

that the investigation of the tariff board

revealed the fact that almost without ex-

cepion wherever sheepv'ere kept in small





 





flocks upon small farms they made mon-





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Sheep on the Michigan Farm





ey for their owners. One Illinois farmer

was referred to who had been a sheep

feeder for 20 years and declared that on

the high—priced Illinois land he had been

able to make a profit of ten per cent per

annum for the entire period, or 20 per

cent per annum, including the rise in

the value of his land. Prof. Coffey made

the reasonable deduction that if this rec-

ord can be made on the high-priced land

of the corn belt there is ce-trainly a logi-

cal place for small flocks of sheep on

Michigan farms.



In speaking of the value of sheep as a

means of keeping the weed pest down

upon the form, Prof. Coffey referred to

an experiment of Prof. Thos. Shaw while

he was connected with the Minnesota

Experiment Station. In an effort to de-

termine how many varieties of weeds

sheep would consume, Prof. Shaw col-

lected some 600‘ varieties of weeds and

offered them to sheep and found that they

would eat only about 580 of the 600

kinds.



in touching upon the advantages of

keeping a small flock and keeping them

well, Prof. Coffey referred, to the grow~

ing demand for the best lambs. As an

example of the epicurean taste which

has been developed along this line, he

rcferrcd to one Chicago club, the stew-

ard of which will purchase only the best

wethcr lambs. because in the opinion of

the members the “eye" of mutton. or

the choice portion aCI‘OSS the saddle, is

just a little larger in wether lambs. Since

the best lambs can only be produced from

the small flocks, here lies an opportu-

nity fer profitable production.



The Passing of the Range.



In touching upon the restriction of the

western ranges. of which not a little is

head in these days. Prof. Coffey stated

that in the investigations ’of the tariff

board it was found that in eastern Col-

orado whcre formerly sheep were run in

bands of 2,500 in the care of one herdcr

it is impossible to run them in bands

larger than 1.500 at the present time on

account of the encroachment of settlers

who have fenced areas in the ranges,

thus handicapping the border in moving

a large band from place to place, as well

as limiting the pasturage.



In touching upon the future of the

ranges, reference was made to the quite

prevalent opinion that many of these

scitlcrs would not make good and that the

land would be brought up in large tracts

and again converted into ranges for pas-

turing stock. Prof. Coffey thought that

while this was perhaps true, that under

present conditions the land would be far

more likely to be stocked with cattle than

with sheep for the very good reason that

cattle are more. easily and cheaply hund—

lcd in i'cnced enclosures, us a herder is

necessary to protect shccp from the rav-

ages of predatory animals This perma-

nent abandOnment of the ranges for

sheep production is still another reason

why shcep should ge kept in small flocks

on the farms in the middle west.



Notwithstanding these facts, the speak-

er stated that the sheep industry is not

in a satisfactory condition: First, be-

cause the flocks are not sufficiently prc—

valent upon our farms; second. because

of a lack of experience which makes

many farmers loath to go into the sheep

business; third, on account of a system

of farm tenantry which does not average

of sufficient length to warrant a tenant

to invest in sheep; fourth, because of the

growth of the- dairy industry and the

idea which dairymen have gotten that

the sheep is a competitor of the dairy

cow for the graSScs grown upon the farm

and hence cunnot be profitably kept on

the same farm with dairy cows. Refer-

ence was made to experiments conducted

by the Wisconsin Station along this line

which indicated that by not grazing the-

pasture too closely with cows that sheep

could follow them and a greater profit

be thus derived than if the cows alone

were kept, and the statement was made

that many Wisconsin dairy farmers ad-

mit this fact.



An'other reason adduced for the compar-

atively small number of flocks kept upon

our farms is the fact that farm people

are not particularly fond of mutton, their

taste having been better'educated to a

liking for beef and pork. The speaker be-

lieved that a. campaign of education to

teach the people how to dress and prepare

mutton would be most beneficial along

this line.



In touching upon the methods employ-

ed with the average farm flocks, Prof.

Cofley took occasion to criticize average

methods and to mention a few of the





FEB. :1, 1913.





essentials of profitable sheep husbandry.

These included reasonable care in the

selection of breeding ewes, which should

be thrifty, uniform and regular and prof-

itable producers. Only a pure—bred sire

of the correct market type should "be

used. Better methods are imperative





and they will come with a better realizu- .





tion of the merits of the small farm

flock. This could be brought about by

organization, both in breeding and mar-

keting.



Touching the advantages of organized

marketing on this line, Prof. Coffey re-

ferred to the Goodlettsvllle Lamb Club.

This is an organization of 50 members

who produce about 50 lambs each. They

aim to have their product of the highest

and there are thus available about 2,500

lambs of a standardized type and quality

for which buyers compete, thus making

*ihe undertaking a profitable one.



In closing, Prof._ Coffey urged the de-

velopment of methods adapted to local

conditions and he again asserted that





.there is a profitable place for small flocks





of sheep upon the farms of Michigan.





 





 





SILAGE FOR HORSES.





 





“'e are now‘ in the midst of the winter

feeding. Many of us who have silos may

he a little short on dry feed for roughage

for feeding without piecing out with the

silage. I find that many men with silos

have not as yet fed silage to their

horses. for the reason that they did not

dare do so, believing that it was not safe.

The fact is, however, silage is just as

Valuable for horses under all conditions

except, possibly. while- at steady or heavy

work. as it is for the dairy cow. I make

the one exception in case of work horses

for I have: not tried it out very much

yet, but I am beginning to believe that

for work horses it will be a profitable and

beneficial ration to be fed in part. at

least, and maybe it will largely take the

place of hay at all times. For the sec-

ond season we are now feeding horses of

all kinds. brood mares. colts. and work

horses, silage twice a day. giving all they

will cat of it, feeding no grain. and

roughage such as dry corn fodder. oat

straw or a little hay once a day. They

are all doing as Well as 'one could pos-

sibly wish and bid fair to be almost too

fat for the spring work. One thing nec-

essary to emphasize. however, is that the

silage shall be good. made out of mature

corn and put in before the fodder begins

to turn to woody fibre. I would be afraid

to feed poor silage, either that made from

too ripe fodder, and that has moulded

more or less, or that made from too

grecn fodder and that is too acid. :oml

silage will not hurt any kind of a horse,

and is moSt cases is as good as a tonic

fed with much more expensive feeds.

Many a horse out of condition. wormy,

inclined to colic or otherwise out of tho

normal, has been put in the finest condi-

tion and quality by feeding silage. So do

not be afraid to feed it to the horses,

providing it is good silage.



Oakland Co. E. M. Moons.





HOGS DIE FROM EATING TOO MUCH

SALT.



I have read several articles in the

Michigan Farmer and other farm papers

recommending the feeding of salt, sul-

phur. charcoal, etc. to hogs. These arti-

cles did not state that these commodities

should be mixed together and fed or lh-lt

thcrc was any danger in feeding any (mo

of them alone. I have always fed char-

coal and soft coal cinders to my hogs,

but have never fed salt until about two

weeks ago. _



I had 16 hogs. ten that would weigh

about 150 lbs. and six that would weigh

from 200 to 225 lbs. One evening I fed

the 16 hogs a pint of salt thrown lOose

in the trough. The next morning when

I went out to feed I found one of my

largest hogs dead and two more sick.

One of them could not get up. I called

the local Vet. and after telling him what

I had done, he told me that it was the

salt that killed the hogs. He explained

the action the salt would have on the

pig's stomach and he then opened the

dead hog, removed the stomach and

found the condition just as he said it

would be. He gave the two sick hogs

some medicine and saved one of them;

the other died. So I lost two hogs that

would weigh over 200 lbs-., just to find

out that salt is not only unhealthy but is

poison to a hog when fed alone.



I think the person or persons writing

these articles relative to different things

to feed stock should be careful to give

a word of warning in case there is dan-

ger of feeding any one kind of feed alone.



I am giving you my experience, think-
FEB. 1. 1913.





mg perhaps there maybe others that do



not know the danger of feeding salt to



hogs and a word of cau‘tion may save



them a. heavy loss.

St. Clair Co.





FEEDING RYE THAT HAS BEEN IN-

JURED BY HEATING IN THE BIN.





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I have about 100 bu. of rye which has

heated in the bin and as it will not sell

on the market I thought of feeding it. I.

have horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. I

would like to know if I can feed it safely

and how much to the various animals.



Montcalm Co. E. H. S.





The food value of this rye is undoubt-

edly much greater than the market price.

In fact, at the present price of rye on

the market a man who has a large crop

can well afford to feed it. It is worth

more to feed to all kinds of stock than

it is to sell. I cannot understand why

rye should be so cheap while wheat holds

up fairly well in price. The rye should

be ground. I would not want to feed it

to any kind of stock without first grind-

ing it. Then, like wheat, I would prefer

to have it mixed with some other feed. I

don’t like to feed ground wheat. pure.

Then, as this rye has been injured by

heating I would much prefer on that

account also to feed it in connection with

some other kind of grain.



I would suggest that you feed it in

connection with wheat bran and corn

meal. If the rye is ground and you feed

equal parts of wheat bran, corn meal,

ground rye, and gluten feed it will make

a splendid ration for dairy cows, while





E. J. RICE.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





developing great breadth, and I might

well emphasize this statement by saying

that I was offered this past summer $60

per ”head for all my female cattle of

three years of age. Some years ago that

would have been considered a' fabulous

price, but not now when a beef shortage

faces the country.” , ,



Lambs have sold recently at the high-

est prices ever recorded in December, in

contrast to the unsatisfactory market

for live muttlons usually seen in the last

month of the year. In past years Janu-

ary and February have both made high

record prices, as well as March, April

and May, but never December. It prov-

ed a. favorable autumn for feeding sheep

and lambs, and flocks put on flesh very

satisfactorily where plenty of feed was

given them, enabling their owners to

make good profits. Unfortunately, there

are always numerous farmers who take

up feeding sheep for .the market when

the outlook is extra good, but who fail

to carry on the industry properly, and

these inexperienced she‘epmen are very

apt to return stock to market nearly as

thin as when first purchased, the result

being that the sheep or lambs are bought

by other feeders and sent out to be

made really fat and suitable for convert-

ing into mutton.



A. E. De Rieqles, general manager of

the American Live Stock & Loan Co., of

Denver, states that the entire country

irom Denver to Canada has had the tin-

est autumn weather ever experienced,

and cattle have shrunk Very little,as.a

rule. He saysthere is great interest in

Texas ever the coming National Live

Stock Association meetings to be held in

Phoenix, Arizona, in January, and alarge

delegation is going there. A great fight

is expected at \\'ashington over t‘he pro-

posed admi-ssion of meats from South

America. free. and the association is get—

ting ready for it. ”A little tight money

will not injure cattlemen,” said Mr. De

Ricqlels, “rfolr they have more money in

the banks than ever before, and they





 





 





22-yr.-old Percheron Mare and Six of Her Col-ts.





to feed them entirely on ground rye

might get them off feed. Also, if it is

mixed with corn meal and ground oats

or wheat bran it can be Safely fed to

horses and also to sheep and hogs. It

is not necessary, I think, to mix it with

other feed, although I believe it will pay

you to mix it with wheat middlings or

corn meal and make into a slop to feed

pigs. In this way, as long as you

haven’t enough rye so but what you

would have to feed other feed, you might

just as well mix the rye with your other

food and the cows and all kinds of stock

will relish it much more and you will

obviate entirely any injurious effects

which might be caused by feeding your

particular rye entirely alone.

COLoN C. LILLIE.





LIVE STOCK NEWS.



Conrad Kohrs, of Ilelena, Mont., pres-

ident of the Pioneer Cattle Company, and

a widely-known rangeman of experience

covering half a century, who attended a

recent meeting of Illinois» live stock men,

pointed out the great necessity of far

more breeding by farmers living in the

corn belt states. Montana, he said, will

market few fat beeves this year that are

under three years of age, and breeding

herds of that State are much smaller

than in past years, range cattle being

fe'w compared with a. decade ago. The

once vast paStures occupied by cattle and

sheep are mostly farmed by new settlers,

dry farming being largely carried on. It

will be years before the farmers of the

new northwest will begin to market large

supplies of cattle, and farmers of the

middle west must start in at once to

breed their own beef cattle if they ex--

pect to remain in the cattle business.

The corn belt'can no longer place any

hope on getting considerable supplies of

feeder cattle from Montana, North Da-

kota, South Dakota, Wyoming or Color-

ado, .said Mr. Kohrs, or for that matter,

from the southwest, and two years more

will wind up the Pioneer Cattle Company’s

once great strings of range cattle, while

already most of the old-time big outfits

have closed their holdings. He added

that “in Montana the rangmen are fac-

ing' a serious condition. Cattlemen there

are making a real effort to produce

greater beef supplies in future years, but

they will not have an ope range to graze

upon. The demand for b ceding stock is





 





Owned by M. Speer, lngham Co.





are so comfortable and satisfied over

their condition that I fear they are not

going to make much effort to increase

the cattle supply by either stocking up

or feeding stock.”



In some parts of Iowa and other sec-

tions of the corn belt: it has been impos-

sible to get sufficient. crib space for the

immense crop of corn that has been grown

the past year, and corn has been heaped

up in the open awaiting delivery of cribs

that have been ordered. With good corn

selling there for 30 to 35 cents per bush-

el and soft corn available for 20 cents

for 80 pounds, and the young hog crop

greatly depleted by hog cholera, an ur-

gent demand for young cattle to feed has

developed in various quarters.



Late: advices from Iowa say that hogs

have been pretty well marketed from

various sections, particularly from places

where hog cholera has prevailed during

the autumn, and higher prices are ex-

pected to prevail next summer, as much

of an advance of $2 per 100 pounds being

predicted by some men. Corn has been

sold freely by farmers around 35c per

bushel.



\Vord comes from Madison, \Vis.. that

the farmers of all parts of that state are

making complaints to the state veterinar-

ian regarding the new tuberculosis law,

which provides that after June 30 next

no further payments of money win he

made by the sl’ate for such cattle as may

be condemned for tuberculosis. After

that date all cattle condemned must be

shipped to slaughtering points, and the

owners will receive only as much as the

carcass will bring as salvage. Under the

present law a. condemned cow may bring

as high as $60. The tuberculosis law that

was enacted two years ago resulted in

the testing of 12,000 cattle a year. Un-

der the compulsory law repealed at the

last session of the legislature 150,000 cows

were tested annually. It is stated on

good authority that a determined fight

will be made at this session to again

enact a compulsory law. Should this be

done without extending the time at which

the state will cease payments for con-

demned cattle, losses by farmers will be

heavy.



Frank Hanson, of Wakefield, Neb., says

the farmers in that part of the- country

are abandoning breeding Poland-China

hogs and are breeding Duroc-Jerseys. He

says the two breeds sell at the same

prices on the market and have numerous

points in common, but the Durocs do the

best in the feed lots. Most owners of

the Durocs claim that the red hogs are

more prolific breeders as a rule than

Poland-\Chinas, and Mr. Hanson says his

experience bears this out.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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PROVIDING ROUGHAGE FOR DAIRY

CATTLE.





SPECIAL attention should be direct-





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(‘il toward providingr grind rough-



:Ige rations for dairy mltle during

the» winter IIIIIIIlIIs. (me of lllf‘ greatest

misinkes t1 I'iIIiI'yIImII can make 15 that

of investing in the high-priced concen-

lI'nles‘ to piece out. not; supplement. his

I-Iuppiy of lIIIIIIe—grnwu roughage. \Vhen

possible I plan to utilize the odds :IIIIl

ends of rougbngv during the curly win-

for: holding llili‘k the clover and mixed

buy until later. Such feeds as corn

shiver. clover much and out and pen bay

lll'(‘ Ill lwllm‘ condition to feed early in

the winter. besides. the (‘0st and heifers

need the window buy during the period of

frosheuiug and “Immediately after. V‘Ve

iilIIId IIIII- lnrze burn floor with corn forl-

tli‘l', Ht-i‘tlnil (‘l‘illl (‘IilVI‘l‘ and out and pea

buy out and mlxvd together. A little

I‘lll‘ll meal or mill-feed udded to the

roughage when It is placed before the

(‘HIIIQ will imparl an agreeuble flavor and

induce the nnlmIIlsI to fill ilIeIIIselves,

\VitlI good management it is possible to

(‘ITt‘i‘l :I big RHVIllE‘ in the amount of

mug/huge needed to (‘HY‘TY the cattle

through the winter in good flesh condi-

lion.



No matter how well the: HIIOS :Ire pro-

I'f‘t'lOil from the weulhm' there will be

considerable froze-II silage. This in sure

to bpvnmo hunt): or lees mixed throughout

the whole muss when feedingr IIIIIl If fed

to tho units is apt in (VIIISI‘ trouble. VVlIilII

I have lli‘Vt‘l‘ lmd any losses among my

cattle llllll were (‘I'lllSt‘tl directly by frozen

silage. l huve always felt guilty when

large chunks of frozen siluge dropped

from the buultels info the lllflllgP-Y‘Fl. This

full we partitioned off a room opening

from the stable- lIIio which WP throw the

silage a fi‘VV hours before feeding so that

tho bout from ”10 stable Will slightly

raise Ibo temperature of the mass before

it is fed to the cows. This plan is not

exactly in accord with tho I‘eIII-hings of

”1" sunimrian. but i do not think it will

cause {my trouble if cure is exercised not,

to stir up the mass just before milking

lime. in feeding cnlvos and fatteningr

Stork IIH‘II‘O‘ is little danger from feeding

frozen silage but i bszII nlwuys felt a

little tiI-kllsli about feeding it to cows

that are. llilVfllli‘i‘Il Ill III‘I‘IrIIIIIII‘y.

hairy fill‘lllt‘l‘h‘ who lIIIvo IIIIIIlo II su-

perficial study of milking—up balunved ra-

tions lmve frequently neglected to lake

Info Hi‘(‘illllll the economical HIiIl‘ of the

quvsiiou. It is quite busy for Fill export





‘ mIIllIIIIIIIIiiI'iIIII to figure, out II, bulmu‘ed





I‘.’lll0ll Kliill‘llllli‘f‘il to produce II lli‘ilvy

flow of milk, but It: l‘Oi[llli‘t'H more lIIIIII

an ability to juggle II row of figures to

make up efficient l‘i'lllilllh‘ that will make

the most profitable use of“ the home-

grown I'ouu‘lIIIue. For exumple. I am go-

ing in lilt‘llliilll :I ration that is frequently

:IIleII-IItI-d by IlIIiI‘y experts as nearly

ideal for I-ows that are producing heavy

yields of milk. It is a very efficient ru—

(ion. but 1 think llllll ii (‘flll be greatly

llllill‘ith‘II upon in t‘t‘illlOllly. by olheI‘SiIII-

llle rations I‘oIIIIIiIIiIIIIr more roughage.





 





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(libs. (Imm Ilil\. 8.50 .68 3.960 5

." lbs. llllt‘l{\\ll(‘{ll

IIIiIlIiliIIgs . .2 ) .63 1.268 4. 5

2 lbs. “heal bran. ..176 ."44 .906 ‘i

Zlbs. (orn meal. 1.78 .188 1.528 2.5

11b. eol’n'sIl III'l.. .02 .2272 .444 2

Total ........... 23.37 2.474 13.366 230





Nutritive Ialio 1:5 . .



This ration accord: with the generally

recognized standards in variety. dry mat-

ter. nutritive ratio and efficiency. but

from the standpoint of economy let us

place it along side of the following:





 





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3-: I: :3

E :2 3.. .-

:3 S is? 8

H». O c: O

0 lbs com silage. 6.30 .270 3 870 4.5

8 lbs alfalfa ha\. 16. 56 1 980 7. 614 9

2 lbs corn and

cob meal ....... 1.70 .088 1.330 2

Total ........... 24. 56 2. 338 12. 814 15. 5c





Nutritive Iatio 1:54.

So far as nutritive ratio is concerned





this Iation gives the same reSults but

it would requiIe a greater expenditure of

energy to digest it. The ration is pala-

table and would prove very efficient so

far as the health of the animals is can‘-

corned. To make the quantity of protein





and carbohydrates and fat more satisfac-

tory let us substitute three pounds of

corn meal for 'the two pounds of the

corn and col) meal:





. I'vI

{if .5 €23

1: 3 f“ 4:

3'32 2 n? e

. Dr. C. O a: O

.:0 lbs. corn silage. 6.30 .270 3.870 4.5

18 lbs. alfalfa hay.16 56 1.080 7.6” fl

1’. lbs. corn meal. . 2.67 .237 2.292 4

Total ........... 25 53 2.452117 13.776 17%.“





Nutritive ratio 1:...5.



In this ration the dry matter is :I little

above the feeding standard but not

enough to OVeI'welgh the argument I‘hni

ii is ehnaper and more economical when»

alfalfa mm be grown. ()ilmr simple I‘I'I—

lions can be compounded, substituting

clover hIIy. eowpeu buy :IIId other pl‘n-

ieinat‘eous fodderst for the nlfnlfu bay.



1 lmvo mentioned these rations srlmplv

to show the necessity of reducing llIII

cost of dairy foods by growing hellt'l‘

vurietieu 0f roughage. It is not my bill'—

poso to disparage the use of grain feeds-

nIIIl commercial by-produI-III: they baw-

ilIeiI‘ plum- III the eeonnmy of femilnguml

mth be used to n certain i‘XlV‘llt, but

there Is a fine fleid for study in comput-

ing the (‘Oi-ll, IroIIIposltion and eiTieimu-y of

those rations. Aside from the mailer of

nriglnnl (Inst. ‘tho rations I-oIIIIIIniIIg the

better gI‘IIdn of I‘ougbuge ill‘i‘ exceedingl‘:

“'I‘II adopted to pI'oIIIoliIIg the lu~I1lllI of

the cattle.



(‘lnsely related to the question of pru-

vidlug an abundance of suitable rough-

ugo is that of providing sufficient maln-

Hill to absorb the (liquids in the stable

Busing its workon the assumption that

the average vow when slubled Voids

about nine pounds of urine. ouch day. and

IIlI’ll she Il-i sinblml iii houru MIMI Ilny.

IIllll-l depositing two—thirds of flu-amount

\\“Il(‘l‘i‘ it must be, absorbed by bum-ling

material, lllt" laboratory lot-Its of absorp-

tion at the Maryland Station showed that

2.8 pounds of (‘lli corn Mover per day

would be sufficient and equul to the fol—

lnwlng nmounls of other materials used:

Wheat straw, out or uncut. 3.3 pounds:

sawdust from green logs. hauled directly

from exposed out-door piles and quite

moist. 8.3 pounds, and shavings from dry

pine. three pounds.



For convenience. cost and sanllntion

I prefer sawdth when It CIIII be obtain-

ed. If mIIkos ideal bedding, being quite

true of dust and inclined to slay where

it is placed. It has been claimed that

it has :In injurious effect upon tne soil,

but the Nfarylund omt‘lalu say that the

use of ten bounds per head per day

would lInVI- no injuriousv effect on ordi~

bury soils receiving the: manure. (in stiff

"Iii." ROI-1:4 It would be Ili‘lleIlUIIII. \‘i'lIr-II—

(‘VI‘I‘ one can obtuln sawdust at a. mod-

0min (‘tlHI It makes :In economical and

(‘Illt'lt‘lll bedding material.



in most Ilalrying localities, shrouded

(‘fll‘ll slovrr has too high :1 fer-ding value

to use for'beddlng; however, many dairy

farmers are (‘OllVlnt‘t‘d that ii is worth

:Ilmosl {Is lllll(‘ll for budding as for feed-

ing. especially when they IlllVI‘ an alumni-

lllli‘t‘ of buy and Hiluizc for winter fut-Il-

lug. Shredded fodder has all the pith I-x-

posed to the IIIImmllalo action of the

lll‘lllil in Illev gutter. and the general fib-

rous ('lIIII-III'l‘I‘I' of ”10 W'Il()Ie masts gives

If: sumo :Idvunluge over common short-

('lll fodder for use on hard floors. .\H :I,

goIIII-I‘uvl proposition, other things brim.r

equal. if is more profitable for (I. (lilll‘_\'

farmer to grow (-orn fodder for bedding

than to depend upon small grains primar-

lly to furnish bedding material. if his

land and crop I‘olations' require the smull

grain crops, the by-produel. stI‘IIu'. will

furnish godd material for bedding. GI-II-

erally speaking. I do not think it will

pay to gather forest leaves for beddinq.

that is. if a man has other farm Work

that demands his immediate attention:

The same may be said of hauling: dry

soil to the barn to use in the gutters, for

outside of the absorbing qualities in the

gutters there can be no possible benefit,

unless it helps to introduce and propo-

gate helpful soil bacteria. In the case

of inoculating soils for alfalfa it seems

that it would pay to haul a few loads

of soil from an old established field of

alfalfa to the stable and mix a few bush—

els in the gutters each day so that the

manure would be thoroughly inoculated

with these tiny helpers before it is ap-

plied to the soil. The- experiment, at

least, seems worth a trial on farms where

this crop is being started.



The main factors that govern the bed-

ding question are that of saving the

liquids and getting them on the soil with

as little loss as possible. “There labor

is high and scarce the application of

liquid manures with any degree of effec-





 





 





 





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Test Your Dairy Salt





The salt you use in butter-making

should not be bitter. Test it thus :





Make a little salt brine from the

salt you are using and taste it. If it

leaves a bitter flavor in your mouth,

change your brand.





Mrcerter Salt leave: no bitm- taut.

That’s why it’s best for butter.





WORCESTER

SALT





The Salt with a Savor





Worcester Salt is also best for both

Cooking and on the table. Its grain is

fine and even.





For farm and dairy use, Wotcester Salt



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bags are made of the best



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bag from your grocer.





 





Send us your dealer’s .

name and address and we

will mail you free of charge,

our booklet “Butter—mak-

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dairymcn. ~»





WORCESTER SALT COMPANY





Lanes! Producers of Hills-Grads

Salt In the World





. NEW YORK

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The

standard medicine

for cows. used by dairy-

men everywhere for the preven-

tion and cure of the diseases pecul-

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experiment ; for sixteen years it has

proved its great curative value in thou-

sands of cases of Scouting, Bunches, Red

Water. Milk F ever, Lost Appetite: also a

itive cure for Abortion, Barrenneu and

etained Alterbirth. its occasional use,

according to directions, will prevent disease

and keep cows healthy and productive.





Farmers and dairymen should have

Kora-Kare on hand constantly; it is the

beat cow insurance. Sold by» feed

dealers and druuists in 50c and $l.00

packages. ree publication, "The Cow

Book,” by writing

Dairy Association Co.





Lyndonville,

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tiveness is out of the question. If these

liquids are bold in absorption with the

solids it furnishes a more evenly bulnncod

plant food which can be readily and

evenly ('lisiribuii'd. l doubi if we can

work out any economical and efficient

system of hnndling the liquid and solid

manure Hcpurnioiy.





New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





DEVELOPING DAIRY QUALITY IN

CATTLE.





(Continued from page 114).

pounds of butter in 12 months and her

culf of that your sold for $200. During a

four—your lost. from 1903 to 1900, in-

clusive. slu- producml 35.57?» pounds of

milk nod i.70.”..7 pounds of butter. an {iv—

orngo of $13911}? pounds of milk nnd 440.!)

pounds of bulls-r durlni.r this period.

Mamie (tidy, owuod by innis & May. has

n. record of 12.232 pounds of milk in one

yr-nrmul on nvorugool’ 'll.l27 pounds dur-

ing :1. four-your lost. At the Now York

Hinlo Fair. 15:09. during 1: lwo-dnys' lt'Hl

conducted by l’rof. H. H. \Ving. Julici.

.iwo yours and live months: old.





 





fpounds of milk. showing 4.22 per couli





 





 





gnvv 7R ‘





i





gbuiti-r-fni. Slur won Hl‘i'illlll prize in oom— .

[petition with llm dniry broods and lacked f





lonly .02 per cool of first plat-c. Lulu.

Eownwl by Missouri Agricultural (loilogc.

my official lost of 12 monlbs,





Iundor

12.341 pounds of milk and 005





ltlut-od

Epoumli-t of builol'.



of (ilVlle‘llll', mode

l’onnsylvnnin.





is that of ilosv

.ibo nuspiN-H of tho

lr-ulturul (follcgo, During :1

months lll'fulllf'i'll H.075 pounds of





milk and 735 pounds of builor. on aver-





silo





jiilfi pounds. of' milk. 'l'bis' row is: oWqu





iby Moy r‘s’z. (lllH, (lrnnvillo (Tl-nior, l’mi‘u—l





lsylvoniu.

“During.r ihrv your lfIlZ :1. now buitor rec-

.ord nuulc- and it is the best orvc-r

iscori-d by :i Shorihorn cow. ll was-i mndt'

lily :1 (WW HWilWl by hi". AVt'l‘y.

gka, erd i think in bm‘

‘lZ mouths le produced 15,502 pounds: of

’inilk {ind Rill

.hl'r milk to lw vm'y rich in bultor—fni.

l “The (-szsl'ntiul whorm-icrisllv of Short-

:horns is bm'f, but u lil'f'f breed that con

Eshow n bowl with mom» than 40 cows with

milk records running from 10.000 to 13.232

pounds in worthy the cart-fill considera-

lion of men who want cows that will pay

lhoir way he dairy onimnls. aside from

ihoir nbiiily to produt-o profitable bot-f

animals. Such rows are well

Di‘t-Sf‘lli-(ldy form conditions and

mom] for such is; rapidly

tho men who ore, producing:

good milking qualities and {im'opinblo llf'f'l‘

form will lump, :1 pi'ofilablo markrrt for

their surplus. The motto of Shorthorn

breeders should be beef and milk and not

milk at tho oxponso of her-f.”

Other Dual Purpose Breeds.



There are other dual

which merit mention in

Of those the

represented in Michigan. with the Brown





\‘Vll .‘4





”In”:





ll’lf'





this:





once. As noted.

those breeds or high—grades of them will

serve a useful purpose upon Michigan

farms whore doirying is but one of sev-

eral lines of production. But where a

spm-iaily is made of duirying,

some one of the special dairy breeds of

high grades of those. broods will better

serve as a foundation for the doveloping

of dairy quality in the entire herd, and

that development can best be carried on

on a community basis.

Get Rid of the Star Boarders.



A prime essential in improving the av-

erage dairy quality in any hr-rd is the

weeding out of the poor individuals,

sometimes spoken of as “star boarders."

In order to know which cows come in

this class and which do not it is essen—

tial that accurate records of production

be kept. With this, as with improvement

by better breeding. the best results will

be attained where the work is conducted

on a community basis. The cow-testing

associations which have been formed in

Michigan have demonstrated the feasibil-

ity and the profitable nature of this work.

There should be many more of them, as

they wil1 be helpful as a means of solv-

ing the feeding problem as well as a

means of weeding out the poor individu-

als from the hard. But the work can be

done by the individual if he cannot get

his neighbors interested in it, and the

natural result will be that they will be-

come interested when they note the re-

sulting increase in the figures on his milk

or cream check.





 





Program of State Dairymen’s meeting

appears on page 133.

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I "The bi-si record of":in .‘n‘borihorn cow?

uiulor ‘

AHri- 3

lost of 12‘,





of New.

llllll’lf’. In





pounds of butlor, showing”





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Selected





smiled to,

dr- "

int-rousing, and

cows with:





purpose breeds;

connection. ‘





led Polls are most largely;





Swiss next in order of numorical import-v

under some conditions





cattle of .





pro- ‘





logo of two pounds of butter pr-r day. and .





 





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holes to fill up with dirt or perhaps to be neglected altogether,





The new





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in other, so-called, automatic





 





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There are no oil

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oiling systems some of the parts





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There is no doubt that we, here in Am-

erica, fail to realize the food value of

nuts. Besides the popular peanut, which

is really not a nut, and a few nuts and

raisins during the holidays, we use little

of this condensed food nature puts up

for us.



In Europe the nut is a staple article of

diet. The poor of France and Italy often

make two meals a day out of chestnuts.

and the rich use them prepared in dif-

ferent ways and also as dressings for

meats and poultry. In Korea the chest-

nut takes the place that the potatoe does

here and in Ireland.



The farmer is wise who invests a little

in the ornamentation or beautification of

his place. It is a matter of busmess

principle to present a good appearance

of yourself and your place of business.

The farm is both the place of business

and the home. There are two reasons

for beautifying it. The farmer is wiser

still who makes his landscape effects

bring him direct financial returns, mak-

ing it useful as well as ornamental. Two

puts that have been successful with us

would greatly help him in doing this.

They are the Paragon, a European chest-

nut. :md the Kentish Cob, a filbert.



The chestnut is probably used as a

staple article of food more than any oth-

er. I'ndOubtedly this is because it is one

that is improved by cooking. The Ameri-

can. although of good quality, is too

often too small to sell well. The Paragon

is one of the few European varieties that

do well lici‘e. It is undoubtedly one Of

the descendants of the chestnuts import-

ed by ire'ne du Pont de Nemours. the

founder of the famous du Pont powder

mills It has both flavor and size.



“'ith us the tree grows to about the

size of a full grown peach tree. It starts

bearing when about six years of age and





will bear when in full bearing a half a

bushel to :1 bushel of nuts.



This variety can be grafted on the

native stock or can be bought already

grafted. The young trees need a little





care to get them started but the older

trees have done well with us without

any care but mulching. When set as an

orchard they can be placed about 30 feet

apart but 40 feet is preferable. How-

it is better to set them out in single

rows along the farm lane or to serve as

shade and ornamentation around the

house. In this way they are not nearly

as liable to disease as when set in or-

chard form.



The price paid for chestnuts is good,

being all the way from six to sixteen dol-

lars a bushel. Ten dollars ought to be a

good average for nuts such as the Para-

gon. The commercial possibilities might

be hinted at by the following: At 30 feet

there would be 48 trees to the acre. half

a bushel to the tree at $10 a bushel, and

no care or expense—well, that sounds like

raising chickens on paper. However. it

would be safe to set out trees of this

variety in several appropriate places on





the farm. They would supply some for

roasting at the fireplace during the long

Winter evenings. and considerable pin

money besides.





The filbert is related to the hazel nut

and is an improvement on it. They grow

in bush form and about 12 feet high. The

KentiSh Cob variety has done very well

with us. They have not the commercial

standing that the chestnuts have but they

bear good crops of large—sized nuts that

are my favorites in the assortment of

nuts when we have a nut-cracking bee.

The kernel is about twice the size of the

haze] nut and the fiavm- a little better.



The bush form of the filbert Will be e8—

pecially adaptable for screens to hide

the barn and other outbuildings from the

road. There are many other places where

this bush could be both ornamental and

useful.



Both of the above varieties of nuts

see-m perfectly hardy, having passed safe-

ly through the 25 years we have had

them. Last winter. when the mercury

dropped to 21 below, it had no effect on

them.





Van Buren Co. F. A. WILKEN.





EXPERIMENTS WITH BLUEBERRIES.





 





Prof. Frederick V. Coville ‘of the bu-

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blueberry-growing industry.

found that seedlings grown from very

large-berried bushes produce small ber-

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budded and grafted plants continually

send up new and objectionable shoots

from the stock. The desirability of de-

vising some method of propagation by

cuttings is therefore obvious. The prob—

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study was necessary before the various

causes of failure could be understood and

eliminated. Three successful methods of

reproducing blueberry plants have now

been devised, and berries exceeding ele-

ven-sixteenths of an inch in diameter

havc‘been grown in the greenhouse. Mr.

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RUSHING RHUBARB AND ASPAR-

AGUS.





Rhubarb and asparagus may be “rush-

ed" in early spring and brought, steam—

ing to the table from two to four weeks

earlier than is usual with the home—

grown product. Set a half barrel, with

both ends out, over a clump and force

it into the ground slightly. Pile fresh

stable manure, steaming hot against the

outside of each half barrel, and lay hot-

bed sash across the top

is still freezing cold. A four-sided box,

smaller at the top than at the bottom,

is used for the same purpose, and, though

more convenient is not always so avail-

able as the half barrel]. Cover the barrel

with old bagging ol‘ straw. During March

three weeks will give a crop of excellent

tender rhubarb. The plant is not in-

jured by this mild forcing. and can be

used for the same purpose next year.



if the plants are thus protected by

boxes or barrels in fall before freezing,

and packed loosely inside and Solidly out-

side with litter, good. tender stalks may

be had even earlier. Then the litter should

be cleared away in February, and fer-

menting manure used as described above.



Cold-frames, hotbeds, greenhouses and

mushroom cases are all used for forcing

rhubarb, but lacking these, one may

utilize an ordinary root cellar. The only

requirements 01‘ this hardy plant are

warmth and moisture. It will grow best

in a temperature of from 45 to 60 de-

grees. The less light they have the ten—

derer the stalks will be. The acidity also

is less in cellar—grown Dieplant. and less

sugar is required in cooking.



For cellar forcing, plants should be dug

any time after frost from beds three or

four years set. They should be lightly

covered, to prevent alternate freezing and

thawing, and allowed to remain outdoors

until] frozen. The roots may then be

packed closely in a box or even on the

cellar floor. Soil should be filled in be-

tween the roots, and the crowns buried

from four to six inches. The tempera-

ture should be even and the soil motst.

If the cellar be a little too cool a lighted

lantern placed near the plants often sup—

prlle-s enough heat.



A dozen strong roots will supply a

small family with these vegetables, so

delectable in earliest spring. The roots

once forced in the cellar are thrown

away. The family asparagus and rhu-

barb beds that have had good care- for

several years ought to be able to spare

a few Well-stored roots for this purpose

every Winter.





New York. T. A. TEFFT.





EXPERIENCE WITH‘ SCALLION

ONIONS.





 





 





In a late issue of The Farmer and in

several other farm papers, I have noticed

inquiries as to the cause of so many

scallions in the onion crop this season

and what could be done to lessen the

trouble.



It has been our experience that late

onions, grown in mucky soil] with too fre—

quent rains, are almost sure to develop

an over-supply of scallions, while earlier

varieties on lighter soil and a dry season

are practically free from the trouble.



As to cutting off the tops, to overcome

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worse, since the new tops will soon





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tilme, while it pulled

left on they will





grow again every

and dried with tops

keep indefinitely.



Our method of stopping top growth and

throwing it into the bottom is by what

is termed “bending down,“ by which

method the top is simply bent over in—

stead of being cut off. For field culture

this is done by going over with a roller,

while the family garden may be helped

by simply going over with a. pole heavy

enough to bend the. tops. A handle or

attachment is nailed on each end of the

pole by which it can be easily drawn by

two persons.



XVe think the earlier onions can be

made to ripen, the less will be the danger

of trouble with scallions.



\thn we wish for sets of our own rais-

ing for early garden planting we, save

them from the thinning of the onion beds.

thn the onions are large enough to thin

we: save these thinnings which are gen-

erally about the size of the common sets.

These- are thoroughly dried and stored in

a. cool place, the tops being left on. They

rub off easily when wanted for planting

in the spring. '



If one is short of sets and has old on-

ions left over in the spring us is often

the case, each onion may be cut in pieces

and plantcd like it potato, giving each

piece an equal share. of the roots. You

will get as many onions as you plant

pieces, whereas, if you planted the whole

onion, you would get but one onion ‘in

return. When told this I did not credit

it; but by experimenting I found it to be

so, which proves that we are never too

old to learn.





Oceans. Co. JENNIE M. WILLSON.





SWE ET PEAS.





Though many complain of failure, the

sweet pen is easily grown. And what

dainliei- or sweeter flower does the gar-





dcn afford? To ensure a good supply of

choice flowers the first step is to secure

choicc sccd from some reliable house. The

next stcp is special, but not difficult cul-

ture. ‘



Sweet peas should be planted as early

as the frost is sufficiently out of the

ground to permit. In fact, it is not fatal

to plant, them on a bed of ice, though

this is not especially recommended. The

object of early planting is, that in the

long cold weather after this time thc top

growth may be deterred and the strength

of the plant (lircctcd to the development

of the roots which Will grow on just the

same. And it is the deep, strong rooting

of the plants which will insure luxuri-

ance of bloom, large flowers and a long

blooming season. This with plenty of

moisture is thc grand secret of the suc-

cessful raising of swect peas.





The row or rows should be so chosen

as to run north and south because this

insures the best exposm‘c to the sun-

light. The soil preparation is: a very

important element. To grow success-

fully swcct peas must have a rich,

porous soil. A deep trench should





be dug, a foot wide and if it is two feet

deep, :11] the better. In the rich earth

put back into the trench old, well-rotted.

pulverized manure. should be incorporat:

ed. The trench should be filled up to

about six inches of the level of the

ground. Then plant the peas two or

mice inches apart and cover with from

one to three inches of earth. If there is

to be more than one row, plant about

four feet apart.



As soon as the plants are well up.

which will not be for several weeks. they

should be provided with a. support.

Strings will do if they are tied close to-

gether, or brush stuck close together in

the ground. But the neatest and bcst

support is a three-foot chicken wire net—

ting stretched the full length of the

sweet pea row and fastened firmly to a

post at each end.



As the plants grow, the trench in which

they stand should from time to time be

gradually filled level with or higher than

the ground. Or there is another way not

quite so good—the depression may be

utilized for the liberal application of

liquid stimulants, such as weak manure

water, or nitrate of soda in the propor-

tion of one ounce to five gallons of water,

applied to a 15-foot row every two weeks.



The dry, hot weather is the sweet pea‘s

greatest enemy. Then the- soil about the

roots should be mulched with dry grass

or weeds or straw. This will help to re—

tain the moisture about the roots.



When the flowers begin to bloom, they

should be kept closely picked that the

strength of the plants may be preserved

for more blooming. This is a case where

liberality in giving flowers away carries

a. double reward.





Washtenaw Co. CHARLOTTE BIRD.





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In the winter the fancy turns to

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garden; thence to a hot-bed. And surely

a hot-bed is a good thing. There should

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ly there are many, but not yet enough to

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boy, in making a short cut from some-

where to some other place, occasionally

finds the hot-bed in the way. That may

not be bad for any of these animals, but

it is embarrassing for the sash to keep

on smiling after such an experience.



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attached. Over this is fastened the pa-

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paper may be used alone, but the wire

protects it from accidents and prevents

the wind from loosening it. The oil will

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broken they can easily be mended.



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is that they were not made long before

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3 \Vith us, mulching operations began

,November 15, with a half day employed

iln gathering leaves from the near-by

“woods, in baskets, carrying them directly

to the patch and spreading them over the

rows of plants. There was a brisk Wind

from the west at the time, which would

have interfered with the proper applica-

tion of the leaves, perhaps prevented. al-

together, the work done, but for the

protection afforded by the woods; as it

was, it was necessary for one hand to

follow closely, and, with a six-lined fork,

scatter a. light sprinkling of earth on the

leaves. A force of four working about

three and one-half hours, covered about

one—third of the plot of an acre. Taking

everything into consideration, the gath-

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ing; any more leaves. and so the remaind-

er of the bed was mulched with rye

straw. supplemented by a load of stable

manure. and some buckwheat straw.

which, being threshed while yet green,

and pretty well chnwed up by the ma-

chine, had become much like manure.

This material spread nicely, a. small

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use of leaves for a mulching material.

held in place by carrot and beet tops. He

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way for several years. but with poor re-

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his plants winter protection; and. al-

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season, because of the winter protection

given, still, mulching is one of the es-

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right direction has been made.



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too late to get profitable returns from

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till sugar weather is here. The grower

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length of life depends largely on this

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“'eak trees succumb more readily to in-

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THE MICHIGAN F‘ARMER





BRAMBLE HILL





By ROBERT CARLTON BROWN.





(Book Rights Reserved by the Author.)





Watts shuffled on into the house and

directly to the piano, not bothering with

a light. “Don’t stay out too long, Jerry,

it’s damp,” he called through the window

to her before sinking into utter forgetful-

ness of all in his music. \Vatts was a

drunkard of harmony. Music had been

his hope, his realization and his reward

in life. - '



Jerusha knew that his music had made

up a great deal for her absence. yet her

throat throbbed as she heard a new note

of lonelineSS in his playing. \Vell, she]

was home at last, and it had been worth

while. She slipped back to her seat on

the mossy boards, tucked her skirt well

around her ankles and leaned against the

pump with a luxuriating sigh, listening





.to the loving, lingering touch as Watts





soothed the instrument into crooning a.

soft melody. It seemed more as though

he stroked the piano then played it.



Jerusha slipped back comfortably to

the thought of a night a year and a half

before, when she had sat with Sidney and

dreamed of Venice. Yes, she had had

her Venice; she knew San Mar-co and the

Bridge of Sighs. She had sifted romance

slowly through languid fingers, gliding at

night through weird, wavy canals, listen-

ing for the notes of those ghost love-

Vserenaders of the past. She had sat on

the marble balcony of an old color-crazy

castle and gazed at the elfine lights danc—

ing on the waters below and wondered

and wondered. Ah, yes, she could pic-

ture» it all out So easily niiw. The tall

green grass at the side of the “TH was a

shady canal, all streaked with the quiv-

ering shadows of palaces in pastel. The

moon was twinkling up through the haze

across the silent fields. Here was Venice

indeed; she mentally revelled in the babeil

of color. The soft tints, the melting tones

her thirsty-eyes had drunk down to the

last drop were real before her now. For

she had been to Venice and seen. Watts'

music was coming from a gondola over

there. She recalled how she had played

the scene with Sidney. She had said she

was hiding behind a pillar peeking out

to see if he were coming—”



At that moment the staggering front

gate lurched open and Jerusha peered

through fingers she had put before her

eyes to aid in «recalling fairyland, to see

what had sunk her gondola, shattered

her dream.



It was Sidney. He had already seen

her and was coming toward her, walking

absently, listeningto the melody Watts

was pouring out.



Sidney stopped as he reached the well.

Sitting down beside the slight form, they

heard \Vatts through to the finish with-

out a word. Then by some strange mag-

netic influence each looked straight into

the eyes of the other.



“Venice,” said Sid.



“Yes.”



“You were there.”



"It was more than my dream.”



“Then you haven’t forgot?”



“Have you?”



Sid’s eyes shifted quicnly to a less per-

sonal look. XVatts drifted on, hand in

hand with poppy-eyed Memory. in an—

other field filled with songs of sun and

birds.



“I wanted to talk with you alone,” Sid

began. “I wouldn’t have tagged after

you like this if you'd been inside with

\Vatts. I wouldn’t have spoiled your be-

ing together. Something 'sort of pulled

me out of the hOuSe and down to the

cottage here, and when I saw you sitting

out here alone.‘ Selfishly monopolizing the

moon, I just had to jump over the fence

into your peaceful precinct and bother

you.”



“I thought you came in by the gate,”

she said.



”Oh, confound it. I’m feeling poetic

tonight. Can’t you humor me? You don’t

understand; Jerry, I’m more or less in

love.”



“Indeed?” She looked at him with sur-

prise, and something strangely primitive

and plain crept into her expression, tight-

enirg the muscles about her mouth, nar-

rowing her eyelids the least bit, as though

in self-protection.



"Jerry, you don’t know how I’ve missed

you. I thought I couldn’t get along with

out you. I—I—” the slight sound of a

pent-up breatih came from Jetrry; it

seemed like a sigh. “You haven’t for-

gotten the good times we had?"



"No,” she said, in a. level tone that





would turn up the least bit at the end,

try as much as she did to keep it straight

and direct.



“But I won’t bother you with my story.

You’re probably in love yourself,” he con-

tinued falteringly.



“With Venice, yes." She felt the same

tightening of her lips that had come un-

consciously when she had gone to school

and peered sometimes into the brimming

lunch basket Susan Dunlap always open-

ed at noon hour.



“Oh, Jerry, confound it! I might-as

well tell you everything. There’s some-

thing about you that inspires confidence.

I think I’m in love with Susan Dunlap.”



\Vith care she succeeded in relaxing

the museles that had tightened her lips

defensively. They allowed the utterance

of a few measured words. “I’m so glad

to know it, Sidney. But you must do

better than think you are in love."



“Oh, I suppose so. But there’s a purse-

proud person by the name of Harold

Ewer, a supernumerary; and besides, Mr.

Dunlap imagines I mixed something more

deadly than seltzer and milk in Chicago

and he won’t allow me. to call on Susan.

\Vith these two beautiful bunkers between

me and the hole of proposal, what am I

going to do?"



“Tee off again and see if you can’t

clear both at once. You can if you are

really in love. But you don’t seem to

know. You ought to be very careful in

anything like that, you know.”



“But how can a man be sure he’s in

love until he actually proposes?” queried

Sid.



“I haven’t an idea, I’m sure. My ex-

perience has been very limited. But I

always thought a man knew he: was in

love before he proposed.”



“So did I,” answered Sid reflevctively,

"and I dare say he does; now six months

ago, when I came back from my vacation

in New York I seemed sure that I was

in love with Susan. She believed in me

and the rest of the town didn’t. I al-

most proposed and that. made me sure I

did love her. But I can’t be certain, 1—”



“Oh, you’re as coy as a young girl,”

.Terusha cut in. “Does she lOVe you,

that‘s the point?"





“Oh, certainly not. I wasn’t thinking,

of that; you see, that’s what I’ve got to’

find out and I must propose in order to?>

know. I’m looking for another chance“

to propose to her now, and if I pull it off i





all right, if she should be foolish enough

to really accept me. why then I’ll be

quite sure that I’m in love with her."



“You’re getting too self—centered. Be-

ing alone has made you look too deep

into your soul. You must get over this

absent treatment you give yourSelf. Find

out the facts. If you are in love with

Susan I’m glad, but if you aren’t, don’t

try to fool yourself into it in order to—”



“That’s just the trouble! You see, if

it weren’t for that confounded will I’d

know for sure that I'm head over heels

in love with her. My doubting doesn’t

come entirely from being self-centered.

I can’t help thinking that I’m trying to

fall in love with Susan so I can benefit

by the will. With that will in the way

h0w can I be sure it isn’t prejudicing

me?”



.Ierusha’s eyes drifted away, then came

slowly back to Sid and addressed him

soberly for some seconds. Confused by

the constant gaze he flushed and de-

manded, “\Vell, how am I to know?”



“There’s a certain language of the

heart,” she said, “an esperanto of the

eyes. The vooabulary is limited to three

words. Love holds the key to those, Sid-

ney.” She looked at him so strangely

that he was forced to drop his gaze.

“\Vhen you meet Love and kiss his hand

and ask his aid he gives you the key to

those three wordS. He teaches you to

say them with your eyes, to show them

in your manner—your every move, to

speak them with your lips, and to liVe

them.”



”I guess you’re right, Jerry,” admitted

Sid thoughtfully, as the plaintive piano

within began again to croon, “Ich lieube

dich.”



Hard days for Sid! He «was torn be-

tweenascore of desires, needs; possessed

with a hundred doubts.



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old comrade. He had been ready to pick

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FEB. 1, 1913.





close to the real girl as formerly; there

seemed to be a psychic barrier between

them. Probably it wasn‘t her fault. The

change in her bearing, the modish clothes

she wore; those things put her on a par





with girls he had known in New York

and at college. \‘Vhatever it .was, she

didn't seem the Same to Sid. The old

comradery \vus missing. Each had a.

strained and unnatural manner in the

presence of the other.



Then, too, Jerusha was busy those

first days of her home-coming. A big

box had followed her by freight. It was





full of things she had picked up abroad.

The bulkieSt and most cherished of all

was a bundle of old weather-toned sails

she had bought for a. few guilders from

an old Zeilmaker at Volendam. VVonder-

ful richness of red tones in them :ill,

weather—ripened color she could not re-

sist. “'ith these she had hunt,r the five

rooms of the cottage. Idcal tapestrieSS

They gave their warmth to everything in

the- rooms; they formed a wonderful

background for the prints JQI‘tlShtl had

bought. ‘



She had not stopped with the “walls.

but had worked on daily with the needle.

saw and hammer. Jerusha was no dainty

work-lady. She knotted up her hair on

top of her head. rolled up her sleeves

tied an apron and waded in. The place

for her was in the thick of things, on

the firing line.



“It’s just what I’ve wanted to do for

so long.” she exclaimed enthusiastically

to Sidnery one day as he loitcred past the

house. lingering for an invitation to come

up and talk. “I never had the money to

do it before. But now that I’ve saved a,

little that’s all my own it’s—well. it‘s {IS

good to see this dream come true as the

Venice. one. And Watts takes such dc-

light in the changes: he doesn‘t overlook

a thing. not even that bit of heather in

the corner there. He does enjoy every-

thing so, and he’s as happy as a boy.

Just look at that choir! “'atts hasn't

seen that'yet. Can't you imagine him

sitting in it? It seems just built: for him.

And it only cost two dollars and forty

cents.” She pointed to a mission owood

Morris chair that had come from a take-

down furniture factory and been put to-

gether piece. by piece by her clever

lingers. Sid approached it admiringly.

but she warned him off. “Don’t touch

it! The glue isn’t dry yet!”



He stopped and turned his appreciative

gaze to her.



“You put' me to shame!" he cried.

“Here you come home from Paris. Ven-

ice, Holland, New York. London and

heaven knows where. You come back

looking like Cinderella going to the bait

and first thing you do is to take- off your

finery, put on a varnish—daubed Skirt and

go to work like a carpenter and joiner.

It's like a fairy story- How'd you learn

all these things? How’d you manage to

got along so well in the other life. and

learn so much? Tell me again about

those Parke-rs in Oak Park: that mother

of Mrs. Parker must be a wonderful witch

to work such a miracle with you: but I

suppose you did it all yourself.”





“No. She did it. She was like a real

mother to me. But I haven't changed

much. I’ve just grown. I was so happy





to try and climb up to her expectations.

It took time. but I was so busy the

whole while. it doesn’t seem more than

a month.”



This was the most JeruSha had said to

Sid about her benefactress. She had

been slow to say much for fear Sid

would guess that she had been with

Amity Raimer. She: had merely cxplain-'

0d sketchily about the l’urkcrs and her

travels with Mrs. Rainier, whom she did

not name. The whim of keeping the sc—

cret from Sid was half her reason for not

telling him, but more important than that

was the fact that she didn't want Doodle

to follow her to Turtle Creek. She knew





he would come if Sid wrote him that he

had learned at last that Jerusha \\'attles

and Elisabeth “'alters were one and the





She enjoyed the novelty of a dual

and Doodlc’s interest in her

intense that it worried





same.

personality,

had become so





her. She had adroitly managed to keep

him from DVODOSinE-r until she should

know her mind better, and she could





not have him follow her to Turtle Creek.



“But you're such a marvel,” Sid en-

thused, as Jerusha turned abruptly to

saw a board length for a. kitchen cabinet

she Was making. “Here!” Sid reached

for the saw. “Let me do that!”



She jerked the saw away from his

grasp and threw back her head, laughing

at him in the same droll, boyish way‘

she had the first time they ever saw each

other.



“You!” she exclaimed. .



He smiled guiltily, recalling their first
FEB. 1, 1913.





meeting and seeing in her eyes that she

had referred to it.





“Oh, I’m not so ineffectual as I was





then. I’ve carried two pails of milk and

worked at two Pike County Reunions

since.”





0





"‘You’d get your hands dirty,” sh

echoed up the past. “Besides, the saw

might slip and cut your thumb.”



He grinned, reached over and took the

saw from her.



“History will repeat itself without your





aid,” he replied. “I will rise to this

emergency as manfully as I did to the

other. Watch!” He successfully sawed





the piece of wood, though somewhat on

the bias.



Meanwhile Jerusha had turned to braid

some heavy rough twine into a hanger

for a little Japanese flower-holder she

had decorated herself. She started under

Sid’s admiring gaze, which he had turn-

ed on her as soon as he had finished.



“You are industry personified,” he smil-

ed. “The Modern Minerva! The original

Mrs. Robinson Crusoe. Mrs. Dr. Jekyl

and Mrs. Hyde, I think you went rob-

bing automobiles of the gentry on the

public highway.”‘



“That’s as good an explanation of my

abSence as any. I only wish AIOiSi'OuS

Stimpson thought as charitably. Watts

says Stimpson asks a new question ’every

day about what I did while I was away.”



Jerusha dismissed Sid half an hour lat-

er. As he Iwalked away the blanket of

gloom he had lately gathered settled down

over him again. He wasn’t happy. He

couldn’t place the feeling. but something

seemed to stifle him. He had forgotten

it while talking with Jerusha, but now it

returned to bother him. He took a deep

breath and tried to square his shoulders.

He was depressed. Vaguely he felt i

was something about‘ Susan, or Jerusha,

he didn't know which. Jerusha bothered

him; he didn’t feel on the old intimate

footing with her any more. Her mind

seemed to be on other things; he always

felt she was bothered by his presence

and that she was not as frank with him

as before.



Possibly it was only the morbidity of

his thoughts that made it seem that way.

He remembered her warning about being

self-centered. He had thought too much

about himself recently. But then, those

thoughts had been forced in on him and

had registered of their own weight. He

had lost out in Turtle Cree-k. That was

something to brood about. He hadn’t the

nerve to tell Jerusha that the railroad

had beaten him, that he was only re-

maining in town because he had no idea

what else to do, and because he was

really dumbly attached to the old farm.





Yes. the railroad had begun to cut

thrOugh the Edgeworth farm. Already

nearly a quarter of a mile of track had

been laid at the upper end of the land.

There was no way to stop it, and with

half 0f the available land gone thefarm

would hardly pay expenses and there

would never be a chance for Sid to make

more than twenty thousand altogether of

the hundred thousand required before

he could inherit his grandfather’s estate.



Of course, marriage with Susan Dun-

lap was now almost out of the question.

Sid had lost. He admitted it. 'It was

the beginning of the end.



As he strolled along the Edgeworth

private road toward home Sid came sud—

denly upon Late Turner. Sid nodded and

would have passed on, but the little old

fellow stopped him with a querulous

squeak: “Ol' Stimpson tells me you're-

goin' ter have company.” He licked the

words around lovingly in his mouth, gos-

sip being golden honcy to him, and to

call Aloisious Stimpson “olc” behind his

rheumatic back was nearer to a sense

of utter intoxication than the Rhesus-

faced usually came, out of hard-cider

season.



“Is the minister going to call—or the

sheriff?” asked Sid.



“Neither. It’s a young fellow from N00

York,” and he ogled his eyes out of the

safe, deep pockets they usually rested in.



“It’s news to me.”



“News to you? News! Why, everybody

in town knOWs it by now. 01’ Stimpson

says he seen the teleygram himself. They

had it up to Niles Pash’s store. It's true

enough, all right.”



“The telegram?”



“Yep. I reckin you know what a tel-

eygram is, after the scandalous one you

yourself sent two year ago to this same

young feller, or one well nigh as worth-

less.”



“Doodle! Coming down to visit!” cried

Sid. “Fine! Jerry’ll be glad to meet

him. We’ll have a—” he cut off abrupt-

ly, conscious of Turner’s interest in his

exuberant soliloquy.



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CURRENT COMMENT.



There appears to have been

an awakening throughout the

civilized world with regard to

the importance of this science, or at

least that department of it which applies

to the human race. The ultimate aim of

modern eugenics as defined by Prof. “lil-

cox, the well known Cornell Sociologist,

“is to modify in desirable ways the in-

heritance of the future generations.” This

modern realization of the faults that

have existed throughout the history of

the human race, is perhaps largely due

to the research of Francis Gallon, the

English Anthropologist. The idea has

been persistently advanced, however, by

modern educators and sociologists. in—

cluding Governor Ferris, of Michigan, who

recently issued a proclamation designating

February 9, 1913, as Eugenics Day. The

Governor’s proclumation follows:



“lilvcry child has the divine right to be

decently born. It is worth while to rec-

ognize the laws of heredity and variation

in producing the highest and most profit-

:ihlc types of flowers, fruits, grains and

live stock. They have a marketable val-

uc. Man has a money value five times

that of all other forms of wealth. We are

busy enlarging our prisons and hospitals.

because we ignore one great source of

crime and disease.



“On eugenics day. Sunday. February 9,

let every patriotic man and woman in the

great state of Michigan give his best

thought and most earnest prayers to the

welfare of coming gencrutions. The great-

ness of every slate lics in clean. robust

fulhcrhood and motherhood. The state

has a right to demand a better race. has

a right to eliminute the causes that dc-

generate and to establish firmly working

principles that will {Jive to everyone a

fair chance to bcg'in life at a. decent an-

gle and then make progress.”



’l‘hcrc can be no doubt that much good

might result from all the people of the

stall» giving special attention to this sub-

ject, particularly in rclation to promoting

titling marriages among the young p00-

plc of their '(imily or so’ciril circles and to

providing proper environments for the

childrcn of the family or neighborhood.

\Vhilc such consideration cannot but be

beneficial among country people. there is

far greater need of it in the more con-

gested centers of population.



It is, however, a mailer for congratu-

lation that the rural sections of our

country have been able to furnish young.

healthy, vigorous blood and clear, active

brains to help elevate the standard of

citizenship and maintain the industrial

progress of our commercial centers. It

was eStimated by Prof. Wilcox, after

an investigation of the subject, that ev-

‘ery hundred men who graduated from

Harvard 25 to 30 years ago havo among

them only 75 living sons. from which the

conclusion may be drawn that good old

American stock is being supplanted by

recent immigration and by the children

of less desirable parents, reared in en-

vironments not the best for their future

development into valuable citizens.



It is, however, an undeniable fact that





Eugenics.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





there are less young people in the rural

communities of our state and country

than for generafions past. True, this is'

somewhat due to the fact that a large

element of our boys and girls drift to the

commercial centers and go into lines of

work other than agriculture, yet the de-

creasing school population as reflected in

the many small rural schools of the state

and country shows that this is not the

only reason. Hence the conclusion that

the general direction of public attention

to this important question of eugenics has

been already too long delayed.





Several inquiries

haVe recently been

received asking for

information regard-

ing the workmen’s compesation law,

particularly as to whether it applies to

farmers or not. The provisions of this

law are too complex to permit. space be-

ing given to a complete digest of same.

Briefly summarized, however, the law

applies to all employes of the State. coun-

ty andother municipalities, except offi;

cials, and workmen of other employers

who elect to‘come under the act. Em-

ployers may elect to come under the act

by giving notice in writing to the state

board administering the- law. Employes

who do not give notice to their

employers that they do not intend to be

bound by this law come under the act

and in case of gross neglect on the part

of the employer or his violation of any

safety statute an employe may elect un-

derpihis act or at law.



The law is administered by a non-par-

tisan industrial accident board of three

members who have broad powers as to

the method of administration. The law

also provides for the arbitration of claims

for compensation where disputes arise.

The compensation for death by uccident.

to be paid to tlmse who were wholly de-

pendent upon the dcceased, is fixed at 50

per cent of the wage of the workman for

a period of 300 weeks with minimum and

maximum weekly limits of $4 and $10

respectively. \l'here survivors were only

partly dependent upon the workman the

compensation provided is in proportion to

the contribution of the deceased to the

dependent within the same limits. XVhere

there are none dependent, compensation is

provided for last sickness and burial not

to exceed $200.



There is also a compensation for total

disability amOunting to 50 per cent of the

wages for a maximum period of 500

weeks, the maximum amount not to ex-

ceed $4,000, with a minimum and maxi-

mum weekly limit of $4 and $10. Total

disability under the law consists of lobs

of two members, or brain or spinal

trouble.



For partial disability the law provides

for a compensation amounting to 50 per

cent of the difference- in wages before

and after the accident with specified

times for loss of different members. a

weekly limit of $10 and a maximum time

for compensation of 300 weeks.



Another provision of the law permits

the state insurance department to ad-

minister accident insurance aguinst losses

to employers electing to take advantage

of this phase of the law, which a. consid—

erable proportion of Michigan employers

coming under the act have chosen to do.



There are SDQClfll cxemplions from com-

pensation liabilities which include domes-

tice service, agriculture. casual employ-

ment and that not for the purpose of the

employer‘s busincss. ThuS, under no cir-

cumstances can the law be applied to

farmers.



This law appears to be an exception to

most statutes in. that it has proven ac-

ceptable and satisfactory to both em-

ployers and employes. It affords the em-

ployc positive assurance that in case of

an accident conillGnsatiOn will be award-

cd to him or his family with a waiting

period of only two weeks. or none at all

if disubled for eight weeks or more. be-

fore tlie period of compensation begins.

and that without the uncertain or costly

litigation nccessary for the securing of

anything like adequate compensation un-

der the old plan where the only recourse

was a court of law or an unfair settle—

ment. Likewise, employers find that it

is better for them. both in the. better

satisfaction it gives to their employee

and in the matter of avoiding litigation

or undesirable publicity which always re-

sults when damages are sought through

the courts.



In fact, about the only source of dis-

satisfaction with the law is the indemnity

insurance companies who have made a.

business of insuring employers against

loss from accidents to their employes.

Naturally these companies do not like the

state insurance phase of the law, but





Workmen’s Compen-

sation LaWi





the law has not been in force long enough

to permit them to make a readjustment

of this business and this opposition may

not be permanent. Undoubtedly the class

of attorneys who made a business of

industrial litigation are also opposed to

the law, but their opposition will have

little weight in any quarter. There are

bills before the present legislature pro-

viding for the amendment of this law.

It is, however. probable that in view of

the very satisfactory working of the law

as between employers and employes no

radical change will be likely to be made

in its provisions.



The law was drafted by a special com-

mission appointed by Governor Osborn,

who dcvoted considerable time to the

study of the proposition, and the results

have fully justified this means of formu-

lating legislation so important in its ef-

fect upon a large class of people and

many important industries.





The unusually mild

Preparing for the winter wOuld appear

Spring Campaign. to be a promise of an



early spring, in con-

sideration of which fact it is time to be

making preparations for. the spring cam-

paign. Materials which will be needed,

such as seeds, fertilizers and lime, where

the latter is to be used as a soil cor-

rective. should be ordered early so that

they may be at hand in season to avoid

delay in the advancement of the spring

work. Likewise the implements which

will be needed should be secured and

those already at band should be placed in

the best possible condition for effective

use.



If a farm ,shop is at hand which is

equipped with simple but effective tools,

much home repair work can be done. and

if a good tool grinder is included in this

equipment the repair tools can be kept

in condition to do effective work and

many of the implements used about the

form can be placed in much better con-

dition than if such a shop is not main-

tained. A simple repair shop of this kind

is an important part of the equipment of

any farm. ,.



In the selection of new equipment for

the farm it is an excellent practice to get

catalogs and literature from the firms

advertising in your agricultural paper, as

much valuable information can be se-

cured which will be of value in the selec-

tion of implements or equipment best

suited to the particular needs of the

farm. A little attention given to these

matters at this season of the year will

be time well spent and will be likely to

save both time and moneyin the coming

season's campaign.





While other industries

Personal Equation have been commer-

in Farming. cialized and largely

concentrated during

recent years, yet agriculture has remain-

ed :in individual or family business. It;

is true attempts have been made to con-

duct the business of agriculture along

broader commercial lines. concentrating

large special industries under a single

management. but generally with much

poorer results than are secured when the

personal equation enters into the ac-

complishment of the work as well as the

planning of the campaign.



One need not look very far for illus-

trations of this fact, but perhaps the

failure of attempts to conduct big fruit

enterprises along this line would appeal

more forcibly to Michigan readers than

some others with which they are not so

familiar. Some years ago a number of

Successful Michigan peach growers de-

cided to pool their interests and produce

peaches on a large scale in a favorable

locality in the south. Notwithstanding

the fact that they were fully conversant

with the business it never proved profit—

able, even in seasons when good crops

were secured. because the personal equa—

tion in the accomplishment of the work

was lacking as compured with the same

kind of business conducted upon an in-

dividual or family scale. ~



Farming is essentially a family busi-

ness in which the home which the farm

provides is no inconsiderable part of the

compensation afforded, while the neces-

sities and luxuries which are derived

from the form also figure in the matter

of compensation. From the attempts

which have been made to commercialize

agriculture, of which the above incident

is but one of the many examples which

might be cited, it would appear that the

economists who predict the passing of the

small farms and the centralization of ag-

ricultural management have made an er-

ror in their calculations. The histories

of older countries would seem to prove

the same thing, since in most of

these countries the large estates are be-





 





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ing broken up into small farms, and the

small farm with the owner living on the

land is conceded to be the best solution

of the agricultural problem.





In the Grange de-

Agriculture for the ,partment of this 15-

Young Man. sue will be found





. ‘ reference to a. cen~

5115 taken in Kent county under the di-

rectiOn of the government field man,

which revealed the fact that the average

age of the men who are doing the farm

work in the county is above 50 years. It

is not uncommon to hear men remark.

upon visiting an old community with

which they were familiar in their boy-

hood, that there are far less young men

than was formerly the case. either own—

ing farms or working upon them. True,

many of the young men have entered ag-

riculture in some newer field, yet many

of them have sought other occupations

which in all probability will be less re-

munerative and a source of lees satis-

faction in years to come than the oppon





.tunity offered them upon the farms of





their home neighborhood.



. _“’ith the advancement [which has been

made in scientific agriculture and the op-

portunities which have been afforded for

agricultural instruction in ‘our high

schools and colleges, including the spe-

cial short courses, there is certainly plen-

ty of opportunity along this line for all

who may desire to fellow agriculture as

a calling and, in very many cases, these

opportunities are far superior to those

Which seem to young men to be more

alluring. These are opportunities which

no young man should neglect to consider

when choosing his life work.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





 





National.





The hotel workers of New York city

do not appear to be meeting with suc—

cess in the strike now on. Reports have

it that during the present week they ,will

likely go back to work without having

gained the demands for the refusal of

which they walked out.



Differences between 54 eastern railways

and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire-

men and Engineers have not been ad-

justed. The workingmen are now taking

a strike vote to determine whether they

will walk out or not. Both parties have

signified a willingness to arbitrate their

differences but the cannot agree on the

methods of arbitration.



Because of the increased danger to

workmen in the blasting of mines when

there is a marked fall of atmospheric

pressure, the weather bureau is arrang-

ing to notify mine owners when condi-

tions-are most favorable for doing this

part of the mine work, thus helping to

reduce the number of accidents from this

cause.



On the morning of January 26, with

appropriate ceremonies, the body of John

Paul Jones the first great naval fighter

of this nation. was laid away in the

crypt especially prepared at Annapolis.



Memorial services in honor of the late

Congressman “Z W. \Vedemeyer were

held at Ann Arbor, Sunday. Many prom-

inent national and state officials and ed-

ucators spoke at the exercises.



The Detroit police department seized a.

large amount of opium. morphine, cocaine

and other dangerous drugs in a raid on

a pharmacy in this city last Sunday.



A fire in the upper stories of a hotel at

36 “'oodward avenue, Detroit, early Mon-

day morning. drove 40 guests into the

street and did damage estimated at $50,-

000. The origin of the fire is unknown.



In the number of violent deaths in New

York city during the year 1912, the fig-

ures are appuling. There were 3,712 such

casualties. One hundred and forty—six of

the deaths were caused by automobiles,

which was 55 greater than for the year

1911. On Manhattan there were 11-! hom-

icidles, which was an increase of 21 over

191 .



The Twelfth Annual Automobile Show

is being held in Detroit this week.



Orders -for steel rails the past week

were large; aggregating 150,000 tons.



Cleveland, Ohio. is working for legis—

lation that will enable the city to‘take

over the electric car lines within her

limits.



Foreign. I



Dr, Friedmnnn; of Berlin, who claims

to have discovered a cure for tubercu-

losis, has arranged to come to this coun—

try and demonstrate to the medical pro-

fession here the merits of his discovery.

The demonstration will take place in

New York city.



Rebels are again active in Northern

Mexico. The Mexican Central railway has

been cut off a short distance below El

Paso and the rebel General Marcelo Car-

avei‘o, with about 500 men, is reported to

be operating south of Juarez.



According to reports there may be trou-

ble between Bolivia and Peru. The for-

mer country is anxious for a port on the

Pacific ocean and in order to get this she

must obtain te-rrllory either from Peru or

Ohili. Her attitude toward Peru suggests

that an effort will probably be made to

secure territory by the use of arms. War

preparations are now being made, Slut)-

posedly with this purpose as the ob-

jective.



A dispatch from Barcelona is to the

effect that an attempt was made upon

the life of Archduke Louis Salvator of

Tuscany, by a workman.



The American gunboat Wheeling, which

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American government arrived in that place

last Sunday morning. Judging from the

reception given the ship and its officials,

theywere not welcomed by the Mexi-

cans.



Although it seemed certain that war

would be resumed between Turkey and

the allied forces last week, since there

has developed a possible hope for recon-

ciliation which caused a continuing of the

conference between the representatives

by the attitude of the agents of the

Balkan states. They are, however in-

sistent in their demands for the sur-

render of Adrianople and the Aegean IS-

lands.



Under pressure of the opposition of the

yOung Turks, who are anxious to prose-

cute the present war, and are against

the surrender of any part of Turkish ter-

ritory in Europe, the Turkish cabinet re-

signed last week and during the excite-

ment the former prime minister was as-

sassinated. It is generally considered that

this tragedy was a distinct loss to Tur-

key since the leader of the government

who had personally gone out and reor-

ganized the remnants of 11 badly defeated

army into a fighting machine that suc-

ceeded in staying the march _of the allied

forces on Constantinople, was considered

the most able man in Turkey.



The British government has announced

that the bill providing for woman suffrage

will be withdrawn, thus defeating once

more the attempt of the suffraglsts to

secure the privilege of voting. From the

demonstration following this announce-

ment it is apparent that the militant

campaigns heretofo1e 1eported will be

eclipsed in the coming fight tor political

equality.





CROP 7311.1 MARKET NOTES.





 





Livingston CO., Jan. 27.—The weather

this month has been very peculiar, thaw,

rain and freezing, and then repeat. It

has been very hard on wheat and seed-

ing, sleet and ice being on the wheat at

this writing. Not much grain moving to

maiket, farmers waiting for the after—

holiday raise in price Stock is being

ma1keted quite ferely and prices paid are

good.



Shiawassee CO., Jan. 22.-—Ground cov-

ered with about five inches of snow. On

:1cc0unt of the thawing roads in bad

condition, there being neither sleighing

or wheeling. Teaming at a stand still.

Fa1me1s busy getting up winter supply of

wood. A large amount of water stand-

ing 0n wheat and rye and undoubtedly

will cause considerable damage. A large

quantity of hay being 1n.11keted. Live

stock of all kinds commanding a high

Horses changing hands at a high





price. _

figure and good annuals in strong de-

mand. Very few hogs in the country.





Live stock of all kinds in a healthy con-

dition. A large amount of building will

be done in this locality the coming spring.

A number of new houses and barns will

be erected. Lambs are being constantly

shipped out for maikct and so far have

been giving feeders fan returns for their

labor and feed.



Lapeer CO., Jan. 22. -—Mild period again.

Faimers are selling their potatoes vshith

are at present bringing 40c per bushel;

also baled hay is being seen on the high-

ways every day on the way for shipment

prices, $10@12. This mild weather is

saving us feed and is also .1 slight let- up

on fuel for our dss ellings. Live stock is

biinging good prices. It is coming just as

we expected, in that the bulk of the

--reat crop of apples is now in the hands

of the dealer 11nd prices a1e now high

While in selling last fall the farmer had

to accept the almost give away pr1ces or

1t1ke them back home The average

samples of beans in this locality was not

up to the standard. 'lhey picked heavy,

leaving but a very small “price for the

faimei 011 account of the “g0uge.’ Local

deale1s pay about 90(11950 for 11 heat; oats





40c; corn, 600; those having 1utab11gas,

beets carrots, parsnips, etc., get good

prices





Isabella and Southern Clare Co.’ s, Jan.

20.——No snow so far this winter for

sleighing Just had a Janna1v thaw;

froze up the 18m and the 1oads aie verv

rough. No vv'o1k being done on the farm

to speak of except buzzing up the year’s

wood. No hay being sold at pIcsent and

the buyeis do not get many beans that

are dry enough to ship and the sugar

beet men are not kept very busy writing

contracts, as the farmers do not think

they get a square deal this fall. One

farmer lacked $180 of paying expenses

011 his mop. The beet station man tared

his from 22 to 70 per cent to the load,

yet they say the beet industry must be





pi otected.





Ohio.

Wayne CO., Jan. 2l.—We have been

having a very open winter so far ss'ith





beginning with a snow bliz—

.111d on the 31d, about three inches of

snow having fallen. w: 1rming up on the

fifth and having heavy rains causing quite

a flood and continuing for about two

weeks “heat prospects looking good at

present being quite nice and green. Hay

No 1 timothy, $11.50; wheat, $1.10; oats,

320; com, 50c.





MICHIGAN FARMERS’





County Institutes.





Mecosta CO., Big Rapids, Feb. 3-4;

Newaygo CO., Fremont, Feb. 4-5; Mus-

kegon CO., Muskegon, Feb. 5-6; Oceana

CO., Shelby, Feb. 6—7; Barry Co, Hast-

ings Feb. 7—8; Berrien CO., Benton Har-

b01 Feb. 10-11; Cass CO., Cassopolis, Feb.

10- 11; Kalamazoo CO., Vicksburg. Feb. 11-





lots of rain





INSTITUTES.





12; St. Joseph CO., Sturgis, Feb. 12-13;

Jackson C0,, Grass Lake, Feb 12- 13;

Branch CO., Coldwater Feb 13- 14: Hills-

dale CO., Litchfield, Feb 14 15; Calhoun





C0, Marshall, Feb. 14- 1.1; Monroe CO,

Dundee Feb. 17- 18; Livingston Co , How—





ell, Feb. 18- 19; Lenawee Co. . Adrian,

Feb. 19- 20; Wayne CO., Romulus, Feb, 19

20: Oakland Co. Pontiac, Feb. 20-21;





VVashtenaw CO., Saline. Feb. 20—21; Kent

(Continued on page 133).





 





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Fred Ruthardt, Mt. Vernon, S. D. I must say the engine

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all. I use it for shelling corn and grinding feed. ‘ ‘

My Galloway Gasoline

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Frank Peck, Dorchester, Neh.

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‘DcrHEN I was seventeen I started

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At the same time a. classmate,



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A ZERO WASH DAY.





BY ELLA L. LAMB.





Dropping her clothes brisket beside the

tub, Sally Gunn plunged her stiffened

fingers into a wash basin of cold water it

the sink and gritted her teeth at their

ache.



“\l'here are those roomy white wool

mittens I knit for you to hang up in?"

queried 'Gmndma from her mending; at

the south window.



“Up there.” and Sally waved

the cupboard.





toward





“I didn’t think it was so





“This child don’ t pay that price again,”

exclaimed Sally (.unn, as, with the free-

dom engendered by frequent calls be-

tween dear friends and near neighbors,

she took up a cotton line and went out

on the porch.



Passing the end, on which was a loop,

around a pillar she fastened it with a.

clothes pin and measured the length re-

quired to stretch the line to the next

post and around it, allowing for a. loop

in the end.



Coming into the house she cut the line

and, measuring off three similar lengths,

tied loops in both ends of each While the

other women watched her curiouSly.



Taking up one of the lines and glanc-

ing around. the kitchen, she: passed one

loop over the hook beside the door where

hung the door key and the other one

over the book ‘which held the kitchen

towel. 0n the line thus suspended across

the corner of the room she began quickly

to hang the wet handkerchiefs. When one

line was full she carefully took it down

and placed it in the basket, and filled the

second line, crowding them shamelessly.

it must he confessed. \Vhen all were

filled she carried them to the porch and

again hung up the lines, with the clothes

fluttering on them, between the pillars,

securing the ends by clothes pins through

the loops in each end of the lines.



“And we never thought of doing it that

way!” laughed'Mrs. Jones.



“Poor Grandma,” remarked Sally from

the doorway, “she has never been uble

to decide whether I am afflicted with

laziness or ingenuity. I think Henry will

put up some sticks across the ends of the

porch us Mr. Jones hns'andJ will have

him screw in some strong wire hooks so





 





 





cold. But they are too clumsy to wear

when I hang up those little thin-gs,” she

said, glancing at the piles of handker-

chicfs, towels and the dozens of small

things that help make up the wash of a.

large family.



“Where are those white canvas gloves

you got by trading at Mills’?"



“\Vorn out; and being cotton they were

worse than nothing when they got damp.”



“Did you ever try dipping your fingers

into vinegar before: you hang up clothes

in freezing weather?” asked little Mrs.

Jones who had run in from across the

road.



“That might be a good thing if only I

could dip my toes too,” remarked Sally,

dancing on them to restore their Circu-

lotion.



“In winter I used to hang our clothes

in the attic at home,” said Grandma,

reminiscenily.



“I put my small things on the clothes

bars and stand them over the register on

days like this,” put in Mrs. Jones’s sister

who was visiting her.



"Bob put up some sticks across the

ends of the east porch this morning,” be-

gan Mrs. Jones, “and I have put up some

cotton lines. I shall hang my clothes there

this winter though I do dislike seeing the

lines up there 'all the time. Bob growls

every time he forgets to duck his head

and loses his cap but he prefers it to

making paths under the lines in the yard.

Since I dip the corners of my handker-

chiefs, napkins, 'etc., in salt and water

they den’t freeze to the line and tear.

(“othes do seem so much cleaner when

they dry out in the sunshine and fresh

air.”



“Even at the ’expense of nipped fin-

gers,” added her sister.





it will be an 'easy matter to take down

the lines when we are through with them

for the week.”





OUR GRANDMOTHERS' HOMINY.





 





 





BY CHARLOTTE BIRD.

N colonial days and even as late as

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readily. As it cooks. keep adding more

water as is necessary, for the corn will

swell to about twice its original size.



Drain off the lye, pour over other wat-

er and rub off the bulls. Keep this up

till the hulls are all gone. Boil another

hour and drain again. Fill up with more

fresh water and then cook slowly till the

corn is tender. Salt it before it is taken

from the stove and see that the salt is

well incorporated. Then it will be ready

for the Several dishes which may be

prepared from it.



It can be served plainly with sugar and

cream for breakfast, but this has always

seemed to me almost :1 waste of choice

food stuff.





“Hog and Hominy."



After the ham or bacon has been trik—

en from the frying pan and most of the

nice drippings poured off, put the do-

slred amOunt of prepared hominy into

the frying pan and warm through. You

will have an ideul breakfast food. nour-

ishing, delicious, and it will stay by one.

This is the colonial form of preparing it

and the most satisfying.



Baked Hominy.



Into a cupful of cold hominy work a

ia‘biespoonful of melted butter. the yolks

of two eggs beaten light, and a tea-

Spoonful of sugar. Add two cups of

milk, the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs

and, boat all thoroughly together. Turn

into a buttered pudding dish and bake

covered for half an hour. Then uncover

and brown.



Hominy Croquettes.



Into a pint of warm hominy stir a ta—

blespoonful of melted but'tier.,'t.‘1\'o of

sweet cream, a well beaten egg, :1 little

nutmeg and salt to taste. then cold,

shape into croquettcs 11nd roll in flour.

’l‘hen place in a Wire basket and fry in

deep hot lard. The lard should be as hot

as may be without scorching. if desired,

left—over bits of (-old veal. 111mb or chick-

en may be put through the meat grinder

and mixed with the warm hominy in the

start.





 





Boiled Hominy.



Hominy may be prepared very accepta-

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place a pint of hominy and over it a tea~

cup of sweet milk, and salt to taste.

Cover tightly and steam one hour.



Hominy and Cheese.



Take a. pint of cold cooked hominy.

salted to taste. Into a buttered baking

dish place a. layer of the hominy. Over

this strew a layer of grated cheese. Re-





 





 





 

 

   





peat till all is used and finish with the

cheese. Into the baking dish Pour enough

sweet milk to come up well around the

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Anty Drudge Decries Home





Soap Making





Mrs. Oldtimer—“Anty Drudge, I remember you used to

have a good recipe for making hard soap with lye.



I don’t like my soap recipe; will you tell me yours ?”

Anty Drudge— “Mercy on us, woman, I haven’t used a.

soap recipe for a long time, and I forget what it

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soap as good as Fels-Naptha Soap, and you can’t.

find anything to do the work as well as that does.”





Don’t let your husband talk about his

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Hominy with Left-over Meats.



This is especially nice for cold roast

pork, but if there are several different

kinds of meat, the dish will be all the

better. Into a buttered baking dish which

can be brought to the table, put a cup

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around the sides. of the dish. Fill the

center with the meat. cut up into cubes.

Over the moat, not over the hominy,

place some very rich white sauce. Then

put in the oven and bake. Bring hot to

the table without removing from the pan.

To make the white sauce, stir a table-

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melted, not hot. butler, and thin with a

cup of rich sweet milk. This is nice

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BRIGHTENING THE DINING-ROOM.



BY HILDA RICHMOND.



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added must always be treated from the

inside, and artificial means used to in—

crease the cheer. A bright dining-room

is conducive to good health and good

digestion.



Putting on a bright wall paper with a

great deal of gold in it will do much to

lighten the dark room. At the close of

the season a gilt paper can be selected at

moderate cost and the home folks can

put it on themselves if they want to

save still more. A rich border of bright

grapes or autumn fruits or bright flowers

even though it be not exactly the latest

style, will do wonders to help out the

gleam of the gold in the design and also

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rather cheerless, though lighter than gold

er cream. so it is well to avoid the whites

and select a warm tint that brings to

mind the idea of sunshine.



A few bright pictures help out won-

derfully, too. A little plate rack with the

gayest dishes arranged on it and bright

cups hanging from the rail will also help.

It is never well to crowd the walls of any

room with ornaments, but beautiful, warm

tinted china is always appropriate in the

dining-room.



It is always possible to have a bright

bit of color on the table even if flowers

are out of the question. A bowl filled

with bitter sweet or other gay winter

berries, a fern dish with its pretty green

fern, a thrifty plant, a dish of rosy ap-

ples, or even the old-fashioned “ever-

lasting" flowers can all be used in turn

and all be bright and effective. Colored

embroideries for the dining—table are out

of style at present, but for dark days a

bit of bright needle work in the shape of

yellow roses or Christmas holly may well

be used.



For very dark days there is always the

soft light of artificial illumination which

is easy and inexpensive. Almost every

country home boasts a. hanging lamp or

some sort of overhead system of lighting

in the dining-room, and the mellow glow

over the table is very gratify-Eng when 'the

weather is dark. The light helps out the

gold of the wall papcr, and makes the

fruits or plants appear at their best, so

many country housekeepers nre lighting

their dining—room lamps every dismal

day. For a formal dinner or for some

special occasion candles are very beauti—

ful and when shaded with delicately tint-

ed shades give :1 festive air to tho simp-

lest feast. Candles are more artistic than

lamps but for everyday use the lamps

are more easily managed.





OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN.





 





Open—air schools are becoming popular

in i\[ichig:1n. The first open-air school in

li'lichignn was without shelter of any

kind. and was conducted under the ap-

ple trees at the Grand Rapids sunzitori-

um. The sccond open—air school, and the

first one which was under shelter, was

opened for anaemic children in Grand

Rapids in the summer of 1911 under the

direction of the Board of Education. This

was so successful that it was dccided to

continue the open-air work during the

cold weather. The results Were excellent

and the open-air school will be a perma—

nent feature of the educational work in

the city. At the beginning of 1912 an

open—air school for consumptives was

opened in one of the shacks of the suns.-

torium at Grand Rapids.



Until this summer Grand Rapids has

borne the sole honors. However, the

opening of the, open—air school in Detroit

in September robbed her of this boast.

Detroit claims the distinction of being

the first city to ere-ct a building solely for

an open-air school, most such schools

having been conducted on the roof of

some building, in a room with the sides

knocked out, or in a tent or portable

building.



The August Bulletin of the Michigan

Association for the Prevention and Relief

of Tuberculosis is largely devoted to the

subject of open-air schools, and urges

upon Michigan citizens the necessity Of

opening such schools in cvex'y city in the

state. The experience of Grand Rapids

is given in detail, as wcll as the. reasons

why we should have open-air schools and

the obligation which rests upon the peo—

ple of Michigan to provide surroundings

which will help our children to keep well

and strong even while they pursue their

studies. Copies of this Bulletin will be

sent free to anyone interested in leorn~

ing about this work. Address Miss Carol

F. “’alton, Medical Building, Ann Arbor.





HOME QUERIES.





Household Editor:~“'hat are “albu-

minous drinks?"~liome Nurse.





Drinks made with raw eggs. as egg-

nog, albuminized milk, albuminized wat—

er, orange and egg, or albuminized

orange, :ilbuminized lemonade, etc.





Household Editors—How do you blanch

almonds?——Cook.





Cover the nuts with boiling water and

let stand on the stove abOut ten min-

utes, or until the skin will slip off in

the fingers. Then drain, cover with cold

water, and keep under the water while

removing the skin.



Household Editorz—Many of my recipes





speak of blanching vegetables. How is

this done?~May M.





Blanching is another name for par-

bolling. - Put the vegetables in boiling

water and boil from five to 15 minutes ac-





 





 





 





FEB. 1, 1913.





cording to the length of time required to

cook the vegetables Then drain, rinse

with cold water, and continue cooking

according to recipe.



Household Editorz—VVhat is the. fif-

teenth wedding anniversary called?—

M. B. '



The fifteenth wedding anniversary is

commOnly known as the crystal wedding.



Household Editor:—\Vould you recom-

mend a correspondence course for young

fellow who is anxious to get an educa-

tion?——Ed.



If he is anxious enough to study alone,

a correspondence course will help him.

It will not help him, though, unless he is

able and willing to do a great deal of

hard work. MoSt reliable schools give

individual help, but getting help by mail

is. a slow process and the student must

be willing to study hard by himself.



Household Editorz—I have learned a

goOd many good things from our part of

your valuable paper. “’hen I saw the

request of Mrs. R. B, I said I must

write. A few years ago I discovered a

member of our family had :1 bad case of

hood lice. I remembered my mother used

Indian cockle. so I got five cents worth

and steeped part of it. After it cooled I

soaked the hair and scalp good. One

application is enough as it kills nits and

all. The nits will be :1 long time com—

ing off from the hair but will not hatch.

I learned afterward it could be soaked in

cold water, anything to get the strength

out. Tell Mrs. C. B. I curcd my daugh-

ter of constipation when a baby by giv-

ing her well cooked oatmeal with cream

and sugar. The cure has been perma—

nent. I know a young mother that giVes

her little one, a few years old, at least

one slice of bran bread a day. It is rec—

ommended highly for grownups with

stomach trouble. and pretty good for

those that do not complain of anything

but .-1 good appctile. Here is the recipe:



()ne.egg, hulf scant cup sugar, one

tulilcspoonful lard, one pint sour milk,

two and a half cups bran, half cup flour,

onc rounding tcaspoon baking powder, one

level teaspoonful soda, salt. it must be-

slirrcd quite thick and generally requires

more flour. Bake slowly about one hour.





——MI'S. .A . J.





 





DI ET.—No. 7.





Uses of Protein.





 





“The uses of protein in the body are

to repair the waste of those tissues which

contain nitrogcn, that is, the muscles,

nerves, brain, etc, and to reconstitute

the secretions and fluids of the body and

the digestive juiccs. to control, stimulate

and support the vital prooesses of func-

tional :ic'tivty and nutrition, and to con-

tribute to the development of muscular

and nervous energy by splitting up into

nitrogenous and non—nitrogenous elo-

mcnts, by the production of heat and

under certain conditions by the formation

of fat.”—Pa.ttee.



\Ve can readily see how important it is

that the body should have protein and

blow disastrous to health and physical

perfection to deprive it of this valuable

food principle. Milk and eggs are the

animal foods most easily obtained by

the farmer's wife. and these she should

lirccly use in the daily diet. The follow—

ing dinner is one easily secured and pre-

pared:



Cream of Corn Soup

Fried Ham Boiled Potatoes

Creamed Carrots

Boiled Beets with Butter Sauce

Bread and Butter

Baked Apples and Whole Milk

Cocoa.





The analyses of these foods shows the

following results:





\Vatelr. Pro. Fat. Car. Ash.

Cream of corn. . .86.8 2.5 1.9 1.0

Fried ham . . . .366 22.2 33.2 . . .. 5.8

Potatoes ........ 75.0 2.5 0.1 20.9 1.0

Creamed carrots 3.5 7.7 3.6 80.3 4.9

Bcets ............ 88.6 2.3 0.1 7.4 1.6

Bread . .......... 35.0 9.1 1.6 53.3 0.2

Butter ...... .....11.0 1.0 85.0 3.0

Baked apples . . . .61.1 0.2 0.8 37.2 0.7

Milk .......... . . .87.0 3.3 5.0 4.0 0.7

Cocoa ............ 4.6 21.6 28.9 37.7 7.2





The; analysis «of cocoa is for the po - .





der alone. This shows it to be. rich in

protein and with the addition of milk it

becomes a still more valuable food.

Whole milk is given for use with the

apples instead of cream, which is: richer

in fat.



The» cream of corn soup is made by

stewing canned or dried corn until it is

soft enough to go through a strainer.

Then put it through and finish as for

cream of tomato soup. These cream soups

make a. valuable food and where fresh

meat can not be obtained would help out

materially in furnishing a well-balanced

meal.
FEB. 1‘. 1913.





MICHIGAN FARMERS’ INSTITUTES.





(Continued from page 129).



Co., Grand Rapids, Feb. 20-21; Saginaw

Co., Saginaw, Feb. 20-21; Macomb Co.,

WaShington, Feb. 20-21. .



The State Round-Up Farmers‘ Institute

will be held at the Agricultural College,

East Lansing, Mich. Feb. 25-28. Amonlg

the speakers from other states will be:

Dean and Director Eugene Davenport,

University of Illinois, Urbana; Dean and

Director H. C. Price, Ohio State Univer-

sity, Columbus; Prof. C. G. \Villiams,

Ohio Experiment Station, Wooster; Prof.

O. F. Hunziker, Purdue University, La-

fayette, Ind.; Prof. L. A. Clinton,‘U. S.

Department of Agriculture, “'ashington,

D. 0., and Miss Lena Bailey, U. S. De-

partment of Agriculture, \Vashington,

D. -



One-Day Institutes.



Kalamazoo Co., Damon Church, Feb. 1;

Cooper, Feb. 3; Portage, Feb. 4; School—

craft, Feb. 5; Comstock, Feb. 6; Climax,





Feb. 7.



Kent Co., Cedar Springs, Feb. 3; Sand

Lake, Feb, 4; Grattan, Feb. 5; Paris

Twp, Feb. 6; Carlisle, Feb. 7; Kinney,

Feb. 10; Alton, Feb. 11; Ada, Feb. 12;

Caledonia, Feb. 15.



Calhoun Co., I’enfield, Feb. 3; East

Leroy, Feb. 4; Rice Creek, Feb. 5; Stan-

ley. Feb. 6; Ceresco, Feb. 7; Eckford,

Feb. 8





Oakland Co., Holly, Feb. 10; Clarkston,

Feb. 11; Ortonville, Feb. 12; Troy, Feb.

13; 'VValled Lake, Feb. 14. '



Wayne Co, Plymouth, Feb. 10; Red-

ford, Feb. 11; Dearborn, Feb. 12; Canton,

Feb. 13; West Sumpter, Feb. 14; “'il-low,





Feb. 15; Eureka. Feb. 17; Flat Rock,

Feb. 18.



'Washtenaw Co., Salem, Feb. 10; Supe-

rior, Feb. 11; Ypsilanti, Feb. 12; \Yillis.

Feb. 13; Vt'ebster, Feb. 14; Sylvan Twp.,





Feb, 5; Dexter Twp., Feb. 17.





Monroe Co., Sentield, Feb. 13; Erie,

Feb. 14; Azalia, Feb. 15.



Sanilac Co., Shabbona, Feb. 18; Ar-

gyle, Feb. 10.



Newaygo Co., Hawkins, Feb. 20.



Livingston Co., Tyrone, Feb. 1.





 





PROGRAM STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSO-

- CIATION.





 





The following is the program for the

state dairymen‘s meeting at Saginaw,

February 4-7, inclusive:



Tuesday, February 4, 10:00 A. M.



Invocation; address of Welcome. Mayor

of Saginaw; response, N. 1’. Hull. Dimon—

dale; president's address and report of

secretary and treasurer.



1:30 P. M.—Dairy Farmers’ Session.



Silo and Silage. C. A. Bullock, Lapee-r;

discussion, H. W. Kinney,'Saginaw.



How to Build a Dairy l—lcrtl, l’rof. A.

C. Anderson, M. A. 0; discussion, D. D.

Aitkin, Flint.



The Economy of Alfalfa and Silage for

Dairy Cattle, Prof. G. A. Brown of Ani—

mal Husbandry Department, M. A. 0.;

general discussion.



What shall be done to get the average

dairy farmer to have a more just and in-

telligent idea of the superior value of

good cows over poor ones‘? H. B. \\'attles.

Troy; discussion, Bert Mascott, Breck—

enridge.



8:00 P. M.—Milk Consumers’ and Produc-

ers’ Session.





The Advantage of Clean Midk, Mr.

Ernest Kelly, Department Dairy Hus-

bandry, Washington, I). C





Some Mutual Problems of the Producer

and Consumer, I’rof. A. C. Anderson, M.

A. C. (Moving pictures).



Wednesday, 9:00 A. M.-—Market Milk Pro-

ducers’ and Dairy Farmers’ Session.



The Dairy Farmer’s Place in the World,

B. H. Raw], Chief of Dairy Division,

Washington, D. C.; open discussion.



The Dairy Outlook in Michigan, Prof.

A. C. Anderson, Department Dairy Hus—

bandry, M. A. C.



Is the Producer to Blame for all the

Bad Results in Milk? T. F. Marston,

Bay City.



1:30 P. M.—Buttermakers’ and Creamery

Managers’ Session.





The Buttermaker’s Opportunity,

Stafford, Galesburg; discussion,

“'endt. Big Rapids.



Illustrated Creamery Accounting, Mar-

tin Seidel, Saginaw; general discussion.



Should the Creameritxs Employ a Dairy

Expert? F. V. Bennett. Elsie; discussion,

C. E. VanSlyke, Durand.



Milk Feeding of I‘oultry, J, Oliver Lin-

ton, East Lansing.



7:30 P. M.





Raw Material and its Relation to the

Finished Product, M. Jenson, VVhitemore;

discussion, C. V. Jones. Detroit.



Ice Cream as a Side Line to Butter.

Glen Overton, Allegan; discussion, George

Yetter, EauClaire.



Can the Quality of Michigan Butter be

Improved? \V. Lockin, Shelby; discus-

sion, C. M. Emerson, Detroit.





F. E.

H. D.





Thursday, 9:00 A. M. to 12:00 M.——Ex-

hibitors' session in Exhibit Hall. Audi-

torium, and annual election of officers,





Michigan State Dairyinens‘ Association.

From 10:00 to 11:00 A. M.——Scoring of

starters and lecture on same by Prof.

S. Hagerdorn, in banquet hall.

At 11:00 A. M.—Illustrated lecture from

Life: “The Good Cow vs. the Scru

Cow,”,by Prof. A. C. Anderson, M. A.





C., in Exhibit Hall.

At 1:30 P. M.—Michigan State Butter-

makers’ Association meet in banquet





hall, Auditorium. Michigan Cheese Mak-

ers’ session in Parlors A and B. Michi—

gan Creamery Owners’ and Managers‘





annual meeting in balcony hall, Auditor-l





ium.



At 8:00 P. M.—Michigan State Dairy-

mens’ Association annual banquet in

banquet hall, Auditorium.



Friday, 9:30 M.——Announcement of

scores and awarding of prizes, and at

1:30 P. M., special entertainment.





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





 





 





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Self Powered





Wherever ten or more cows are being milked

No up-to-datc dairy-

man will put up with the drudgery and expense

of cranking a separator when he can have it

done quicker and better with gasoline power

compactly built into the machine itself. He

won’t burden his family with a backbr “Liking

grind, if he can help it; and he won’t hire

extra help—not at present Wages.





hand power is doomed.





have to tell him about the

gasoline power.





 





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Separator;





The “Automatic” 2': the one great stride forward in dairy

appliances since Babcock’s invention. It overshadows

all others. The idea of combining in one efficient unit

the separator principle and gasoline power, to skim

more evenly, more closely, more quickly, with no effort

—was a big one. It startled the whole dairy industry.





In all parts of the world dairymen installed the Automatic to

test it. Agricultural colleges and Experiment Stations tried it

thoroughly. Everybody saw its possibilities, if successful. And

it has been wonderfully successful. For over two years Auto-

matics have been in steady operation in all parts of this country,

in Europe, Australia, South America-*wherever cows are being

milked and butter made.





Cream.

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In point of operation the engine has worked without a hitch.

It has been trouble proof. In point of close skimming, the Auto-

matic has broken all records. No hand crank machine can pos-

sibly skim so close, because the speed of hand power varies. The

Automatic skims even, absolutely even, the speed being main-

tained without variation. The result is more butter fat and smooth-

er cream; to say nothing about a great saving of time and labor.





: Engine and Separator In One»





lem was to build into the separator itself an

efficient gasoline engine. This has been

done. The AUTOMATIC is a perfect combina-

tion of the two. It is a smooth running unit,

with a self contained motor specially designed

and adapted for separator use. The design

is patented: nothing like it on the market.

The bowl Spins without a trace of vibration.





You don’t This is a very different matter from the

advantages of makeshift of hitching up a hand cranked

The prob- separator with any ordinary gasoline engine.





When the Milking Is Done, Skimming Is Done





The Automatic will handle over





in an hour, for any number of hours. It skims

faster than ten men can milk, at a high even

variations.

engine requires not the slightest attention;

runs continuously for six hours without re-





speed. No hitches or





700 lbs. of milk plenishing of fuel. Starts by the pulling of a

cord. No chance to kick. The separator is

simplicity itself. Crankless and gearless.

No complicated parts to get out of order.

Little to wear out. With ordinary care it





should last a lifetime.





The t





1913 Model Equipped With Magneto





This is our latest improvement.

well—given universal satisfaction.





been to design a. suitable magneto for THE “AUTOMATIC."





Makes ignition more certain.





. . _ The battery and coil system has worked very

But it is not as sctentific as a. suitable magneto. The problem has

This has been done. The magneto per-





petuates itself—never needs recharging. With this latestimprovement the Automatic has been rendered more





completely automatic.





Not even a battery to renew, nor a coil to adjust,





We are also manufacturing bat—





tery equipped machines and selling them with a. Special Trade Allowance of $15 for old separators taken in exchange.





If you are milking eight to ten cows or more you ought





to know about the AUTOMATIC Cream

in actual operation. Then you won’t

hand machine any longer.





You cannot afford to.





By writing us you can obtain full information by

mail. .VVe will tell you where you can see the ma-

chine in operation—of what dealer you can buy one.

Give us the name of your dealer.





Separator. See it

go on cranking a





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Friction brake.

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A N ccd for. (Io-operation.





 





By W. H. Ingling, General Manager Monmouth Co., N. J., Farmers’ Exchange.





THE national and state governments

have been endeavoring to educate

the farmers for years how to pro-

duce larger and better crops. Now their

efforts are being directed to the training

of the farmer in the next essential prob-

llem of what he shall do with them after

they are grown, how they shall be pre-

pared for market, and in what manner

they shall be distributed and placed eco-

nomically in the hands of the consumer,

for whom they are grown. Individual elf-

fort has accomplished much, and will con-

tinue to achieve great things. but greater

and larger affairs have been done when

man has worked in union or co-opera-

tively with others. This has been dem-

onstrated so often that it is a familiar

fact, and yet it seems not to have been

accepted as a truth nor put in general

practice by our farmers and fruit grow—

ers. They have been over jealous of

their rights as individuals, and many of

them are unwilling to unite in any ef-

fort of co-operation for fear they will be

giving away some of their privileges.

Present System is Expensive.



The market end of this great problem

has been generally neglected until recent

years, and the farmer. because he had no

better way, has been unconsciously build-

ing a system of distribution that is both

expensive and iiiiSatisfactory. This sys-

tem is largely responsible for many of

the ills that beset the producer. For ev—

ery dollar the consumer pays for fruit

and Vegetables, the farmer seldom gets

more than an average of 40 cents, the

balance going for transportation and the

profits of the middlemen.



' In the manufacture of any other line

of goods there are no such disproporti0n~

ate results. The reason for this is that

the farmer allows five sets of dealers to

handle his products before they reach the

consumer, while the manufacturer has

but one, except in rare instances. The





 





 





 

 

 

 





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AUCTION





The Fairfiold Stock Farm. Burton, Mich. are Ofi'ering

4 High Class Percheron Stallions. ages 1 to 4

years. 20 Select Slim-thorn Cows. 5 Bulls and

25 Oxford Down ewes. bred to Imp; ram





Al Public Auction on or before March Isl.





Catalog February 15th.

FRED REPPERT. Decatur. Indiana, Auctioneer.

H. B. PETERS, Burton. Mlchlgan. Proprlator.





BliEDERS’ IllllEC'l‘ollY.

CATTLE.





—Eorses. cattle. sheep. swine and

Forsale poultry, nearly all breeds. Sires

exchan ed. South West Michigan Pedigreed Stock

Asa'n., avid Woodman. Sec’y.-Treas..Paw Paw. Mich.





Aberdeen-An us.





Herd, consisting of Trojan Eric-as. B ackbirds and

I’rides. only. is headed by Egcrton “I, the ORA D

CHAMPION bull at the State, 'West Michigan and

Bay City Fairs of 1912 and the sire of winners at. these

Fairs and at THE INTERNATIONAL, Chicago. of

1912. \VOODGOTE STOCK FARM. Ioniu. Mich.





AYRS mans-One .. m... d...



B kbill-cede: iyouni“ bulls



b 1] l s f r sale. or s ire sw ne. pure

Iii-13d. u Cldighiggn School for Deaf. Flint. Mich.





GUERNSEY BULL CALVES,

YORKSHIRE PIGS. Good Stock.

HICKS GUERNSEY FAR“. Saginaw, W. S., Mich.

IiEG' GUERNSEY BULL CALVES—large improved





Y R hire ho s sows bred of the best breeding.

Priceiiiigap. JO ”N EBELS. R. 10. Holland, Mich.





— ’ . ' f

HATCH HERD IIDLSTEINS A‘ifd‘fiifiiéf’sné‘ifi

onable prices. HATCH HERD, Ypsilanti. Michigan.

OLSTEIN Bull ready for segviioe. Also bull calves.





Sired by 30-Ih. bull, A.R. . ams. Duroc Jersey

Boers of at breeding. E. R. Cornell, Howell, Mich.





Service Bulls and Bull calves





. Slred by Johanna Corcordia Champion,





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

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

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

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





L. E. CONNELL,

Fayette. - - -



Calf. out of r ndd hte

Holstein Bl!" De Koi 2nd? hutda‘igno;

3rd. Hired by best son of Pontiac Butter Bo .

Price only $50. 0. D. WOODBURY. Lansing. Mic .





Ohio.





 





Bigelow’s Holstein Farms





Braedavillo. Mich.





latter has cut out the jobber, and places

his goods with the retailer direct. He

was forced to this course because of the

sharp competition in his line of business.

and in doing it he was able to retain part

of the profits the jobbers were making

and still get his goods to the consumer

at no greater, if not a lesser price.

How Price is Often Divided.

It lies within the power at the average

farmer to make a shorter road to the

consumer. and he of necessity must do it.





 





Have for sale several fine young

bulls out of cows with high official

butter and milk records.



Send for circular.





Holstein Bulls.





I 3-year-old Herd Bull, $200.

Very Choice. Gentle and guaranteed.

1 I2 Months old. --------- $150

I 4 " " ......... 75





 





'1 3 " ......... 60

LOIIG BEACH FIRM, lugusla,(|talamazoo enamel.





FRED I. KENFIELD, Prop.





NR SALE—HOLSTEIN BULI. CALF





Born June 5. 1912. mm a son of the Kin of the

Pontiacs from a. daiighter of Hengerveld eKol.

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

Ooncordia'a Paul DeKol, her dam a 20 lb. imported cow.



D. 8. LEWIS. Marshall, Mich.





Purebred Registered





1'! OLSTE IN CATTLE





The Greatest Dairy Breed

Sand for FREE Illuatmtod Booklet

Holstein-Frieda]. Auc.. Box [64. Brattlcboro.Vt.





“Top-Notch” Holsteins.





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

breeding and from dams with official milk and butter

records for sale at reasonable prices. Also young

bull calves.



MoPHERSON FARMS 60.. Howall. Mlohlgln.





REGISTERED IIOLSTEIN CATTLE—03:55;





Herd headed b Henfierveld Ooin Pietertje.

FLOYD F. JO E8. . F. D. 3. Oak Grove. Mich.-





Lillie Farmstead Jerseys

(Tuberculin tested. Guarantee! free from Tuber-

culosis.) Several good bulls and bull calves out of

good dairy cows for sale. emales for sale at





resent. Satisfaction aranteed.

p COLON c. 1.111%. Cooper-ville. Mich.





FOUR CHOICE i. ll. 0. HOLSTEII Bllll BALVES





from six weeks to one year old. Price 840 to 8150. ELLIS

W. DORIN. Brookside Farm, Sunfleld. Mich. R.F.D. 3.





BULL cALVEs-szesr..§°asa°tt

breedlnsg. Special prices for uiok sale. YPSILA

FARM . Ypsilanti. Mloh.. 16 Brothers. Owners.





A FEW CHOICE fi?‘“§°§f..r’l‘i°‘“ii‘ BB" 33.3?





 





 





 





 





 





 





He can not afford longer to encourage a

system in which he pays most of the ex-

penses. To illustrate: Suppose potatoes

were selling in Chicago at $1.00 per bush~

e] to the consumer. The retailer will

take at least 20 -per cent of it for his

profits; the, wholesaler. from whom the

retailer purchased them, will take 10 per

cent: the jobber, from whom the whole—

saler bought, must have at least five per

cent. There is still another jobber and

local or resident buyer, who must have

five per cent each. In addition, the

freight is 18 per cent, making a total of

63 per cent, andleaving the farmer anly

37 per cent for his share of the dollar.

Is not this a pernicious system? Ought





 





 





 





GREGORY a BORDER. Howeu. 'mémcan.'





there not to be a readjustment of this

plan of distribution, so that the. grower

'will get his share of the consumer’s dO-l-

lar? th0 will furnish the remedy? “'9.

can not‘ go, of course, to those who are

benefited by the present system, but sure-

ly the one most interested in a change

should be the one to bring it about. The

grower has the cure in his own hands,

and has only to apply it to receive the

benefits.

Hope in Co-operation.



YVe believe co-operation offers great

possibilities to our farmers and fruit

growers. and is the best medium by

which the farming industry can success-

fully cope with the problems that face

the producers of farm products. It is our

conviction that organized co-operation.

whenever honestly and unselfishly applied,

and loyally supported, will bring to the

farmer, through proper‘ distribution, the

highest market value for his crops that

is obtainable, providing he grows the

best quality of produce,‘ properly grades

it and puts it on the market in the most

attractive manner. More than this he

can not ask or hope to obtain.





Proper distribution means the farmer’s

placing his goods as near to the consum-

er by his original sale as is possible, and

in the market that will giVe him the best

returns. If he does not do this he does

himself an injustice», and he can not do

it unless he has his OWn organization to

make the distribution. Our conclusion,

therefore, is that it is necessary for the

farmer that he organize a co-operative

exchange that will be entirely under his

control and management, so that he may

be able to place his crops in the hands

of the dealers that are nearest the con-

sumers if he desires to secure the full

market price for his products.



This is becoming more and more im-

perative because of the continual increase

in the quantity of good stuff grown in

this country every year. The immense

crops produced in 1912 are almost stag-

gering in their magnitude. The early

government estimate as given out for

1012, was as follows: Corn, 3,016,000,000

bu.; wheat, 720,000,000 bu.; oats, 1,417.-

000000 bu.; barley, 225,000,000 bu.; rye,

35,000,000 bu.; potatoes, 401.000.000 bu.;

hay, 72,000,000 tons, beside the immense

quantities of oranges, apples, pears,

beans, and other fruit and vegetable pro-

ducts. the total value of which is over

$.t.000,000,000.



Notice.



In next Week’s issue Mr, Ingling will

tell the Michigan Farmer readers how

farm produce is successfully distributed

through (‘t)-(l1)(—.I‘.’lllV€ associations under

widely different conditions.





 





THE NOMID SYSTEM—A PLAN FOR

MARKETING FARM PRODUCTS.

(Continued from last week).

Chapter VIl.—-Some Important Legal Top-

ics of Interest to Direct SelleI‘SL

The purpose of this chapter is to set

forth some of the rights and obligations





of parties entering into transactions such '





as have been considered in the preceding

chapters. its object is to inform readers

and thus prevent difficulties arising from

misunderstandings.



Sales—Definition.



A sale is the transfer of the absolute

or general property in a thing foraprice

in money, or other recompense of value,

according to Blackstone. An agreement as

to price is an essential part of tne sale.

Both buyer and seller must assent to the

sale and both must be obligated by its

conditions. The persons must be legally

competent to make the sale, an agree-

ment must be reached. and the subject

matter of the sale must be ascertained

and identified. The intention of the par—

ties when entering into contracts of sale

is important when courts attempt to in-

terpret such instruments. It often occurs

that the courts must look to the sur-

rounding circumstances to determine

whether the title of the goods in ques-

tion has passed from the seller to the

buyer. “'here the contract is for the

selling of goods in the future then the

title of the- goods does not pass and the

contract of Sale is known as an execu-

tory one; but where the title of the goods

pass to the buyer at the time the con—

tract is inade then the- contract is an ex-

ecuted one. There is a fundamental dif-

ference here for, should the goods be-

come destroyed the loss is that of the

party who held title to them. Usually if

anything remains to be done to the goods

to ascertain the identity, quality 01"quan-

ti'ty, to fix the price, etc.. the title still

remains in the seller; but if everything

has been done to determine these things

then title generally passes to the buyer.

Contracts of sale may be made by mail

or telegraph. If an offer to sell by one

party is accepted by another, then the





contract of sale becomes binding, no mat- '





ter how the offer or the acceptance was

communicated. If, however, the offer

has been withdrawn before the accept-

ance was made then the minds of the

parties failed to meet and no contract ex-

ists. An offer, however, cannot be with-

drawn after it has been accepted.

Selling of Goods in Mass. -

It often occurs in the selling of farm





porducts that so many bushels of grain-
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HEWO

BELGIANS





NEW IMPORTATION





We have given more than a quarter

century to importing breeding and dis-

tribution of the Belgian horse. We



. handle no other breed and believe we

’ have now in this new importatioh of

stallions and mares a class of horses

that will please you. and all are for

sale at prices not equaliedby anyone



in the business when merit is consider-



ed. Will be pleased to have youlask

about them and to visit us at any time.





[1.8: H. WOLF





Wabash, ind.

HEWO STOCK FARM





METZ BROS.





NILES, MICH.





We have a fine lot of imported and

American bred





Percheron Stallions





on hand and we can sell them for less

money than any other importer. Write

us your wants.



METZ BROS., Niles, Michigan.





A. A. PALMER 6: SONS





Open the season with the finest aggregation of





PERcHERU Stallions





and Mares



they have ever offered to the breeding public.

60 Head to select lrcm.



P. O. Balding. Mich. R. R. Orleans.





DUNHAMS’

PERCHERONS





are today as for the past

forty-seven years the





Fresh importation. Cat-

alogue F REE.

DUNHAMS. Wayne. Du Page County. Ill.





PEBBHEBOIS—BLAGKS and EHAYS





We can show more bone and muscle than any breed-

er in Michi 11. Young stock for sale from mares

weighin to 2000 lbs. Imposant 79406 (79835)

lbs. at head of stud. .



CHAS. 050000 6’: SONS. Mendon. Mich.





PERCHERGNS—One extra good dark gray, 3-year-

old Stallion. a ton horse, also

yearling stud colts. R. OVERHOLT. Dutton. Mich.





llsgkahrclrsron Stallion and Mm Golf: for Sale.





. A. BRAY. Okemos. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





Im orted and ure bred Shu' We make a s eci-

Belgian it IPeroheron wns- alt of Qua ity.

Bone andJWeight. G. it E. LOCKER. lnfi'ton, Ohio.





PERCH ERONS





bred for utility as well as show quality. Stable

includes several international Winners. Young

stock for sale. Come. or write



B. F. ANDERSON, R. No. 1. Adrain. Michigan.





 





OME fine mm re istered Clydesdale Stallions

S for Sale gromi to years old. In the spring some

will make ton horses with lots of quality and good

action. Must be sold before the first of April.



F. A. PETZ. Capac, Michigan.





~Registered Perch-

Maple Grove stock Farm gran Sta]]ions_

Mares and Colts for sale. with size. bone and liai-

ity. EARL W. BARNARD, R. No. 13. Saranac. ich.





lion SALE—an extra good high grade. two- 'ear-

old Percheron Stud. Weigh l 75.

W. E. HOADLEY. Niles. IMichignn.





JACKS and MULES





Raise mules and get rich.

18 Jack and Mule farms un‘

der one management.

where can be seen 420 head

tine larfe Jacks. J ennys and

mules. 4 to 17 hands high.

2 Good ones. Stock uaran-

iteed. Write for pr ass to-

‘ day. Address

l KREKLER’S JACK FARM

. West Elkton, Ohio.

Branch barns: Clinton, 1nd





 





 





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





out of a certain bin, or so many barrels

of apples from a certain pile or sacks of

potatoes from a pit, are bargained for. The

general rule is in such bargaining that

the title does not pass until the amount

bargained for is separated from the mass.

Chancellor Kent has declared it to be a

fundamental principle that if goods are

sold by weight, measure or number, the

sale is not complete until they have been

counted, measured, or weighed, and the

specific property separated from the

stock and identified as the subject mat-

ter of the sale. There is a line of cases

that holds :1 different View in certain in-

stances. \Vhen the mass is of uniform

quality throughout so that every parcel is

alike and the buyer and seller agree, the

title of a. portion sold may pass to the

buyer without separating and identifying

it from the mass. This would be- so

where wheat of a certain grade was sold

from a. bin or pile of uniform quality.

This doctrine is called the f‘American”

doctrine. In spite of these holdings it is

the safeSt practice for one who has sold

goods under the conditions mentioned to

weigh. measure. or count out the required

amount and set .the same aside as the

subject matter of the sale. Then in case

of damage the loss will be the buyer's.





Delivery of the Goods.



A sale of goods or chattels is complet-

ed only by the delivery of the subject

matter of the sale. This delivery may be

nctual‘Or it may be constructive. Ac-

tual delivery means the change of posses-

sion of the goods or chattels, from the

seller to the buyer or his agent. Con-

structive delivery is when the title of the

property goes to the buyer without his

taking possession thereof. If the prop-

erty is so situated that the purchaser

may take possession when he wishes and

his rights entitle him to do so, then there

is a constructive delivery. Any act that

changes the control over the property

and is intended to pass the title consti-

tutes a delivery. By the delivery of the

keys of a trunk the buyer transferred the

title and the act constituted a delivery

of the trunk although :rclual possession

was not taken. there goods are held in

storage the transfer of the warehouse re-

ceipt to the vciidec is generally consid-

ered a delivery of the goods. \Vher‘e live

stock is sold from a number it is essen-

lial to point out the particular animals

since all animals are not of the some

value. In this instance the “American"

doctrine noted above docs not operate

for the reason just mentioned, that the

animals are not equal in value. When

the buyer designates the shipment of

goods by common carrier, a delivery 'of

the goods to the carrier constitutes de-

livery to the buyer. The delivery is still

more certain when the buyer states the

particular carrier he desires the goods

sent by. Although this delivery to the

carrier constitutes delivery to the buyer,

yet the seller may stop the goods before

they reach the buyer should the latter

become bankrupt or insolvent. This is

known as the right of stoppage in tran-

situ. Should the undertaking of the seller

be to deliver the goods to the buyer at

his, the buyer’s, place of residence and it

it is understood that the title does not

pass until it is so carried then the deliv-

ery is not accomplished until presentation

is made at said designated place. When

the agreement is that the goods are to

be delivered “f. o. b.” then the liability

of the shipper ceases when the goods are

delivered to the carrier.





Acceptance of Goods.



If the goods are of the kind ordered by

the buyer he is obliged to receive them

if delivered at the specified time. Should

the buyer receive goods that are so dif-

ferent from those ordered that he would

at the time of delivery have had a right

to refuse them, then he may by accept-

ance be precluded from afterwards re-

fusing to pay the price. unless by reason

of some defect that was not apparent he

can show good cause for not returning

them sooner. “here an order has been

given for a variety of things the buyer

may refuse to accept a portion of what

isdelivered; but where this is done it is

considered that a separate contract was

made for each item ordered. Again, the

contract agreed upon may give the buyer

the option of re—delive-ry should the goods

fail to be of certain quality, or to meas-

ure up to some standard, then it is upon

the buyer to show that they are defec—

tive, or different in quality. If the buyer

misuses the goods while in his hands so

as to impair their value, he is bound to

retain them and becomes liable for the

price. If the bargain is for a certain

article the buyer cannot be compelled to

_take- another even though it be identical.



(Continued next week).





 





 

 





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Breeders’ Directory—Continued.





 





' I —Will sell at private sale what

‘uchon Po'lponed we 0501' in our auction adv’t

this issue, page 22. H. B. PETERS. Burton. Mich.





 





—two and nine months old.

Guernsey 8"" calves S lendid breeding. $60and$¥i0 if

taken at once. J. K. latchl’ord. Watervliet, Mich.





 





23—135

ounocs or QUALITY Aim esteeme-





Wlll hold in br sow sale the last of February-



Will sell 30 sad of extra good_ones. ‘Watch for ad



latter. Just one last of April boarofor sale.

H. G. KEESLER. Cassopolis. Michigan.





0 I 0 Extra choice bred gilts, service boars

, I I I and spring pigs. not akin from State

Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne, Mich.





 





Fair winners.





[3' of September and Co-

O- '0 C0 lgs tober farrow for sale

cheap. JOHN BERNEB & SON. Grand Ledge. Mich.





 





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

0 0 Males ready. 100 to select from. Attractive

prices on young stock. H. H. Jump. Munith. Mich.





' —Both sexes and bred gilts, also

B.§I GBBSIBI While: serviceable registered Holstein

bul s. Bargains. RAY PARHAM. Bronson. Mich.





 





0 I C, -—A fine lot of last spring stock for sale.big

- I s growthy type. either sex airs not akin.

Sired by Grand Champion boar Scott 0. L'Half mile

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





I. C's—Bre ' ows all sold. choice young sow pigs

0. and boars. olstein Bull Calves sired by Pontiac

Burke 2nd. FRED NICKEL. R. No. 1. Monroe. Mich.





nunoc JERSEY ——Fall and Spring boars from

' rize-winning strains. Sowe

all ages. SPECIAL B RGAIN in summer pi .

Brookwater Farm. R. F. D. No. 7. Ann Arbor,Mlc .





 





 





—i’or sale: 20 line service boars of fancy

nuroc JOTSBYS breedingMand individual quality.





Prices reasonable. John cNiooll. North Star. Mich.





 





. ooiroc‘irrrrsers—A Few orrrs for Sale





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings.





D U R O C G l LT "33.3231; smsr'é'i’ali'





KOPE-KON FARM, Kinderhook. Michigan;





Michigan .





 





 





SWINE. Spring and summer pigs for

our” Jill-W! sale both sexes. I pay lexpress. 26

years experience. J. H. BANGHART. Lansing. Mich.





Butler’s Big Bone Poland Chisas.





We don't claim to own all the good hogs in the U.

S.. but we do claim to have bred and sold more big

type Polands in the last ten years than anytwo other

breeders in Michi an. If you wanta good fall boar

write J. . BUTLER. Portland. Michigan.





POLAND GHINA





Brood Sow Sale





Friday, Feb. 7, 1913





35 Sows, 5 Boars. Drop Postal tor catalog.

WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater, Michigan.





 





 





 





' ' ' —young bulls out of A. R. 0.

HOlSllln FrlISIIH all“. dams and sired by a hull with

a. 31 lb. dam. W. B. JONES. Oak Grove, Michigan.





 





EGISTERED HOLSTEINS—Quality counts and

after quality it‘s price that counts. 100 bulls zit

$.30 each. delwered. 2 to 3 months old. only 4 left. Get

pedigrees and photos. Hobart W. Fay. Mason, Mich.





Hereford Bulls For Sale, Also Poland China llogs.





ALLEN BROS.. Paw Paw. Michigan.





—Bulls ready for service. bred for

JOI'SGYS pioduction. Also cows and heifers

Breakwater Farm. R. I". D. No. 7, Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





 





 





FOR Sale..lersey Bulls. old enough for service, sired by a grand-

son of lrnp. interested Prince and from cow; that produce

400m 500 lbs. butter annually. A. Newman R1. Mariette. Mich.





JERSEYS—Five heifers (three fresh) coming three

and four years old and one bull two

years old. ALEX. FORSYTH. Standish. Michigan.





JERSEYB

BUTTER BRED Fonsnihlo‘m





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Alleges: County. Michigan.





Scotch ihorllrorn Bulls and Heifers For Silo.





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





 





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50W WEIGHED 932 LBS.

A 23 MONTHS OLD





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I have started more breeders on the road to sue-

oess than any man living. I have thelargest and tin-

est herd in the U. 8. Every one an early developer.

ready forthe market at six months old. I want to

filace one hog in each community to advertise my



erd. Write tor my plan .“How to Make Money from



.Hogs." G. I. IENJAMIN,n.uo. I 0 Portland. melt.





 





 





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PoiANIr CIIINAS ere Eerieeanenfisee

Prices right. W. J. HAGELSHAW, Augusta, Mich.

roiirro ClilNAS‘filil‘Z’ oer.- :l‘ 28:93.. less:





P. D. LONG. R. No. 8. Gran Rapids. Michigan.





 





' —Two yearlin heifers for

Barry Brod Shorilrorns gar... pa... 100 each. Bulls

all sold. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason, Michigan.





' —Large Cattle—Heavy Milkers.

all” ShorlllllfllS Milk Records of all cows kept.

No stock for sale at presen



W. W. KNAPP.





 





t.

. No. 4. Watervliet. Mich.





 





 





SHEEP.





SHROPSHIRES





AT AUCTION

0n WEDNESDAY, Feb. Hill. 1913,





I will sell at the 10 cent barn at Flushing, my entire

flock of Registered Shropshires consisting of 75 bred

ewes. 35 ewe lambs, 25 yearling rams. 25 ram lambs

and 2 Choice im‘ported stock rams.



FRED B. 0 TAWAY. Flushing. Michigan.

[awashm—Yearling‘ and ram lambs from ChamEion





flock of humb of Mich. Also select erk

Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont. Mich.





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PIHSEIS. .h?£.§.‘.‘3°iz."§2,‘i’. Gliilll lEllllE, MICH.



OX FORD5—?ci}°i§.fiey°i‘r”iufe§i?§7°d we"

B. B. REAVEY. Akron, Michigan.





ling. llamobuillol Sheep. Pun Brod Poland China





HUGS and PERCHERON HORSES. 2% miles

E. Morrice. on G. T. R. R. and M. U. R. J.Q. A. 000K.





OOL—MUTTON Shrop. Ewes bred to imported

rain. Bargains. Also P.C. rood sows. W'rite today

for price list. Maplewood Stock Farm. Allegan.Mich





H008.

BERKSHIRE BOARS





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

520 each. GEO. E. LAPHAM. so. Johns. Michigaalh.





' ' ' —Best breeding; best ty e.

Quick "Ihnn B.rk8h'm Satisfaction guaranteped

or money refun ed. 0. S. BARTLETT. Pontiac. Mich.





O l C —TWO BOARS fit to head any

. o - herd. Fall igs ready to ship.

C. J. THOMPSON. Rock 0rd. Michigan.





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improved Chester's “30:.“ Srd’ifiifil‘f

Also a few tried sows to be bred for spring (arrow

and early fall pigs. W. 0. WILSON. Okemos. Mich.





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O. I. C. SWINE rioeon smut;

Pfiggrvpggrs z3nd grloshngit akiviev. Ifave a number

0 m as o goo e.' rit ' ‘

of your wants. A. J. GORBEN. R. N‘s. Ti)??? 133:3.“





0 | Swinahoth sexes. Males weighing 100 tom

. u c- lbs. registered i 0. I. . A .i t' .

GEO. P. ANDREWS. Dansvilllel. Ingham 33°. ia'r‘éii





shire swine.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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8 ' . 'd' f ' .

Willi” CHIN“ Ef.’;:§.%‘hi:.;€o a’nd géngf‘ii’r’f’iess

right. L. W. BARNES & SON, Byron, Michigan.





 





LARGE styled Poland China sprin and fall pigs

from strong. healthyfprollfic breeders. either sex

ROBE TNEVE. Pierson. Mich.





r. c. Boirrs AND sows~rzrsee;gg.gggge

A. A. WOOD & SON, Saline, MIChigan.

Porirro orrrrri sows-seemsieeeéiee?’ soot:





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





at low prices.





 





 





ARGE TYHE P. C. HOGS~Largest in Mich. Boars

_all sold. A few fall pigs. Also some extra large

spring gilts to be bred to two of the best young

boars could buy in Iowa. Come or write. Free

livery. W. E. LIVINGSTON. Parmn. Michigan.





MULE FOOT HMS—$2.33: ”355;.”{3'3353mfi’3‘a‘l





quality. price right. G. C. KREGLOVV. Ada, Ohio.





Mule Foot Hogs





At Public Auction





SALEiFEBHUARY 15m, 1913





‘lFifty head of bred gilts. Young stock for sale at all

times. Breeding Stock. recorded in the National Mule

Foot Hog Record. Write for catalog and information.





lOHN‘AiWIlLlAMS, n. n. 6, Box 1, Eaton Ohio,





LARGE Yri'rkshires—Choice breeding stock. all ages

not akinnfromlState Fair prize-winners. Pedil-

grees furnished‘W. O. COOK. R, 42. Box 22.Ada. M’ch.





GHOLEHI. RRODF H068.





I keep from 4000 to 6000 grade Yorkshire an



China cholera immune hogs and am sellingd Pigl‘ixilg

brood sows. also sheets weighing from 50 to £30 lbs

at prices that make them desirable on cholera in'.

fected farms. Sows weighing more than 100 lbs are

supposledtilto farrolw i‘n A ril and May. I expect tohave

severa ousan p gs rom mmun



for sale next spring. 6 sows and bears





ALVAH BROWN’S Plli FARM. Irand Rapids, Michigan.

A: Good As The Bail—Yorkshire;





Gilts bred for spring farrowi . W

WATERMAN. Meadow Land Fail-Ins). “$231331 idler:





URGE YORKSHIRE SWINE—$33” “"0"“ 8““ ‘30





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Lillie Farmstead YORKSHIBES





A s lendld lot of fall pigs at red oed

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.

January ‘29, 1913.



Wheat—This trade is conducted on a.

lower basis than a week ago. Prices

have declined about 30. Since Saturday,

however, quotations have been steady

and it appears that the bulls have a.

chance to at least hold Values where they

are. The bearish features are the large

world’s supply, the removal of the Bal-

kan trouble as a price-making factor, the

free selling of South American wheat and

the large amount afloat; while the bulls

are effectively using the reduced primary

receipts of this country, the exposure of

the new crop of winter wheat and the

decreasing supply in America, There is a





fair cash demand and flour is enjoying

an ordinary trade. One year ago the

price for N0. 2 red wheat was $1 per

bu. Detroit quotations are as follows:



No. 2 N0. 1



Red. White. May. July.

Thursday ....1.12 1.11 1.16 95%

Friday ...... .1.11 1.10 1.1414. 95%

Saturday ....1.10% 1.09% 1.14 9514

Monday 1.10%; 1.09% 1.14 9514

Tuesday ..... 1.101/2 1.091/2 1.14 95%,

‘Vednesday . .1.101/2 1.09% 1.1414 95%

' Chicago, (Jan. 28).~—No. 2 red, $1.09@





1.12; May, 92%0; July, 90%0 per bu.



New York, (Jan. 28).——N0. 2 red, $1.10

1“. o. b. afloat; May, 961,90; July, 96%0

per bu.



Corn.—This deal is a little easier. Vial-

ties are off a fraction from a week ago

and trade is not conducted on a very

large scale. The foreign support has

weakened, prices offered from Europe be-

ing slightly lower and crop conditions in

Argentine being much improved by rains,

a drouth having recently threatened the

crop of that country. Primary receipts

last week amounted to 1,736,000 bu., as

compared with 1598,000 a year ago.

\\'heat. of course, had a dcpressing ef-

fect upon this cereal. One year ago No.

3 corn sold on the local market at 661/20





per bu. Detroit quotations are as fol-

lows:



No. 3 N0. 3



Corn. Yellow.

Thursday ................ 50 51

Friday .................... 50 ' 51

Saturday ................. 50 51

Monday .................. 50 51

Tuesday .................. 491/; 501/2

\Vednesday . . . . . .......... 491/2 50%



Chicago, (.lan. 28).——No. 2 yellow, 490;





May, 513/30; July, 52140 per bu.

Oats—Business has been maintained

at prices on a level with the closing fig-

ures of last week. The influence of the

wheat was felt here, but the inside sit-

uatiOn was such as to overcome the ln-

iluences from other grains. Receipts of

oats at primary elevators amounted to

816,000 bu. last week, which is over 50,-

000 bu. less than for the previous week

but neariy 200,000 bu. more than for the

corresponding week a year ago. Ship-

ments were 250,000 bu. greater than for

the corresponding week last year. One

year ago standard oats were quoted at





530 locally. Detroit quotations for the

week are:

No. 3

Standard. White.

Thursday ...... . .......... 35 34

Friday ................... 35 34

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

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

Tuesday .................. 35 3

\\'ednesday .............. 35 34





Chicago, (Jan. 28‘).—No. 2 white, 351/2@

36140; May, 3354c; July, 33340 per bu.



Beans—Farmers are not altogether sat-

isfied with the condition of the bean mar-

ket. This, of course, comes partly through

the poor condition of the product, there

being Scarcely a consignment that grades

high. There is also complaint of the

rules adOpted by the buyers’ association

for picking'and settling for consignments.

The. deal is very slow. Prompt, imme-

diate, January and February are quoted

at $2.10 per bu. on the local market.



Chicago, (Jan. 28).—Prices have de-

clined here 5c for pea beans. but ad-

vanced for red kidneys. Pea beans, hand-

picked, are quoted at $2.30 per bu; do.

prime, $2.20; red kidneys, $2.30602.35 per

bushel.



Clover Seed.—There is a splendid de-

mand for clover seed which, with the

small supply, is strengthening the trade

and forcing prices upward. The change

on the lOcal market amounts to 200 over

last week's values. Prime spot quoted at

$12.35; prime alsike', $13.40.



Toledo, (Jan. 28).—Prime cash and Feb.

$12.45; prime alsike, $13.40; March,

$13.50.



Rye.——This grain is inactive with the

price advance-d one-half cent over last

week’s quotations, cash ‘No. 2 now be-

‘ing 621,60 per bu.



Chicago, (Jan. 28).—~N0.'2,'63@64c per

bushel.



Barley.——-Chicago.——This grain is quoted

at 5060700 per bu.





 





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FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





FIour.—-Jobbing lots in 1/8 paper sacks

are selling on the Detroit market per 196

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

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

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

bbl '





F-eed.—Detroit jobbing prices in 100-

lb. sacks are as follows: Bran, $24;

coarse middlings, $23; fine middlin'gs, $28;

cracked corn $24: coarse corn middlings,

$21.50; corn and oat chop, $20 per ton.



Ham—Holders of hay are not having an

easy time disposing of the product ,at‘

satisfactory prices. The surplus is larger

than the crop would ordinarily warrant





 





 





 





'THE' MICHIGAN. ,FARMfER





because of the open winter and late fall.

No change in the deal. Carlots. on track

at Detroit. No. 1 timothy, $14.50@15;.No.

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

1 'mixed, $12.506013 per ton.

Chicago—Prices unchanged; movement

slow. Choice timothy, $17.50@18.50; No.

1 $14.50@16.50; No. 2 and No. 1 mixed,

$125060“; No. 3 and No. 2 mixed, $1060

12; clover, $7@11; alfalfa, choice, $15@16;





do. No. 1, $13.50@14.50; do. No. 2, $10@

12 per ton.

New York—Market steady; standard





$20.506021 per ton; N0. 1, $22; light 010-

ver mixed, $206021.



Straw.—-Car lot prices on wheat and

oat straw on Detroit market are $8.50@9

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



Chicago—Steady. Rye, $6.50@7.50;

wheat straw, $6@6.50; oat straw, $6607

per ton.



New York—Rye straw, $19@20 per ton.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





Butter.—Thc downward trend noted

last week has been‘checked and the sit-

uation everywhere see-ms more favorable

to sellers. The Elgin quotation is 10

higher. The local market is steady at

values which have ruled several weeks.

Jobbing prices in the Detroit market are:

Fancy creamery, 33c; firsts, 310; diary,

220; packing stOck, 21c per lb.



Elgin —Market firm at 33c.



Chicago—In this market prices show

a little improvement, but the change is

confined almost entirely to the better

grades. In fact, the poorer lots of al-

most any grade are moved with more or

less difficulty. Receipts holding up well

and demand just about sufficient to pre-

vent accumulations. Quotations are: Ex-





 





tra creamery, 3315360340; extra firsts, 3060

32c; firsts, 2660280; seconds, 240; dairy

extras, 30c; firsts, 26c; seconds, 230;





packing, 1260210 as to quality.



New York.——Values generally about 10

higher than last week. Market reported

firm. Creamery extras, 34%60350; firsts,

31@34c; seconds, 2760300; thirds, 2560260;

sta‘te dairy, best, 3160340; good to prime,

2760300; common to fair, 2460260; packing

1760211/20 as to quality.



Eggs._Conditions everywhere continue

favorable to unusual winter production,

creating an easy feeling in all markets.

Only a marked change in the weather

can now stop the gradual decline in val-

ues. Locally the loss since a week ago

has been a full cent. At Detroit current

offerings, candied, and cases included,

are quoted at 230 per dozen.



Chicago—A weaker feeling rules here

and prices are off 156010 or more. Ordi-

nary receipts are still extremely variable

as to quality. Miscellaneous receipts,

cases included, are quoted at 1560220; do.

cases returned, 1560211/20; ordinary firsts,

1760200; firsts, 2261122140; refrigerators,

firsts, 1660161/20 per dozen.



New York—Irregular;

showing a loss of a full cent. Fresh

gathered, extras, 2660270; .‘extra firsts,

241560250; firsts, 2360240; seconds and low-

er grades, 2160220; western gathered

whites, 26@300.



Poultry.—Detroit.—Receipts are com-

paratively light and market not very ac-

tive. The satisfactory values which have-

ruled of late are still in force. Quota-

tions are: Dressed—Spring chickens, 151/2

60160; hens, 156015150; turkeys, 2060210;

ducks, 1860190; geese,15@160 per lb. Live.

—Spring chickens, 1560151/20; hens, 14@

150; No, 2 hens, 1060120; old roosterS,

960100; turkeys, 1860190; geese, 1260140;

ducks. 1660170 per lb.



Chicago.—-Chickens are fractionally

higher while ducks are up a full cent. De.-

mand only fair. Quotations 0n live are:

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

fowls, good, 131/20; spring chickens, 131/20;

ducks, large, fat, 160; do., Indian run-

ners. 140;.geese, full feathered, 130; do.

plucked, 860100 per lb,



New York—Dressed stock steady.

Fresh killed western chickens, 1460200;

fowls, 13@17c; turkeys, 14@23%c per lb.



Cheese.~Market steady; values un—

changed. Quotations: \Vholesale lots:

Michigan flats, 16@161/20; New York flats,





most qualities





18%60190; brick cream, 16%60170; lim-

burger, 176460180.

Veal.——Detroit.—Easier. Fancy, 13%@





14c; choice, 1060120 per lb.

Chicago—Fair to choice, 80@110 lbs.,



1114360130; extra fancy stock, 13@131/20;



fair to good chunky, 101/260111/20 per 1b.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples.—~A general improvement in all

the leading apple markets of the coun-

try brings cheer to the growers who are

holding. Detroit prices are a little higher

for good grades. Fancy, per bbl., $2.50

603.50; ordinary, $1601.50.



Potatoes.—This deal is slow and easy,

due to the fine weather fOr moving the

tubers and the good supply. Demand is

fair. Michigan stock in car lots, 50c in

sacks, 460 in bulk.



Chicago.-—Receipts this week steady

with last week but over 100 cars less

than a year ago. Fancy Michigan stock

4860500 per bu.



New York.-——Should the strike on the

B. & A. R, R. continue, shipments of

Maine potatoes will be hindered and a

larger demand for western stock result.

Prices about steady. Michigan potatoes

are quoted at 61@620 per bu. .



onions—Local market is dull with quo-

tations for home—grown at 50@550 per

busheL



Chicago—Market over-supplied and de-

mand slow; Reds and yellows quoted at

3560400; whites, 7560800.



New York—Nothing is being done to

relieve this trade and prospects are 'rath-

er discouraging. Good western reds .are

selling at 40@500 and yellows at 65@750

per bushel.





MISCELLANEOUS.

Provisions—Ruling prices in Detroit

are higher. Quotations:

Detroit.-——Family pork, $236024; mess





pork, $19.50; clear, backs, $20@22.60; hams





15%@16%c; briskets; 116012440; shoulders

121,420; picnic hams. 111,60; bacon, 15@17c;

pure lard in tierces, 11140; kettle render-

ed lard, 12140 per lb.



Chicago.-—Mess pork, May, $193734;

lard, do., $10.30; short ribs, do., $103296.



Honey.-Detroit.—Steady. Choice to

fancy ,lcomb, 16@17c; amber, “@150; ex-

tracted, 9%@100 per lb.





DETROIT RETAIL PRICES.

Detroit Eastern Market.~—Apples, cab-

bage and potatoes made up the bulk ‘of

the offerings on the market this week.





 





Apples rule from 500612$1.00 per bu.,

according to grade and variety. Cabbage





is plentiful, white being quoted at 2060

250 per bu., and red at 500 per bu.

Onions are selling at 500 per bu; car-

ro-ts, 250; potatoes in fairly liberal sup-

ply, 50c per bu; parsnips, 350; celery

around 200 per bunch. Pork was quoted

at $10.50@11 per cwt. Eggs that were

guaranteed strictly fresh were selling at

350 per dozen. Poultry, live, 150 per lb.

Loose hay is selling slow at $16@20 per

ton.



In Detroit retail stores apples are quot-

ed at 800@$1.10 per bu., according to va—

riety and grade; potatoes, good quality,

.750; best eggs, 350. Best creamery but-

ter is quoted at 420; dressed chickens,

200 per lb.





 





Grand Rapids.



Potato receipts are very light and

prices at buying stations range from 30

@380 this week. Farmers are not free

sellers at these prices. Jobbers are pay-

ing 220 for fresh eggs and 240 for dairy





butter. In live poultry "hens are worth

11@12c; ducks, 110 and turkeys 1560170.

Dressed hogs are bringing 9%@100.





“'heat at the mills is worth $1.10; oats,

36c; corn, 510.. Beans are off to $1.70

basis to farmers.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

January 27, 1013.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).



Receipts of stock here today as follows:



Cattle, 150 cars; hogs 100 double decks;

sheep and lambs, 82 double decks; calves

1000 head. .



\\'ith 150 cars of cattle on our market

here today, and 17,000 reported in Chica-

go, the market is dull, sluggish and lower

on all grades weighing over 1,150 lbs.

Butcher grades of all descriptions are

selling steady to strong, and in some in-

stances 100 per cwt. higher than last

Week.



\Ve quote: Best 1350 to 1500-lb. steers,

$8.256118.50: good to prime 1.200 to 1300-1b.

do., $750608; good to prime 1100 to 1200-

lb. do., $7.25@7.75; coarse, plainish, 1100

to 1200-lb. do., $6.7561‘7.50; medium butch-

er steeis, 1.000 to 1100, $6.50607.25; butch-

er steers, 950 to 1000, $6.50607.25; light

butcher steers, $5.756I=6.25; best fat cows,





 





$550606; butcher cows, $450605; light

do., $4604.25; trimmers, $3.6!l603.80; best





fat heifers $7607 25; medium butcher

heifers, $6606.50; light do., $550616; stock

heifers, $450605; best feeding steers, de-

horned, 35625612650; light common stock-

ers, $4.50@5; prime export bulls, $62561)

6.75.; best butcher bulls, $575606; bologna,

DUIIS, $5605.50; stock bulls. $5605.50; best

milkers and springerS, $656075; common

to fair kind do., $406050.



Receipts of hogs today were about

100 double decks; demand good and all

graes strong to shade higher than the

close of last week: bulk selling at $7.75.

Some heavy grades from $7.50@7.65;

yorkers, $7.75607.80; pig stuff up to $7.85.

Trade active and a good clearance was

made, and the close full steady.



The sheep and lamb market was active

today, with prices about 15c higher than





the close of last week; most of the

choice lambs selling at $9609.15; few at

$9.25; yearling wethers, $750608. Look





for about steady prices the balance of

the week with moderate receipts.



We quote: Choice lambs, $9609.25; cull

to fair do., $6609; yearling wethers, $7.50

608; yearling ewes, $650607; wethers, $6@

6.35; handy ewes, $5.25@5.50‘; heavy ewes,

$5605.25; cull sheep, $3.75@4.50; bucks,

$3614; veals, choice to extra, $11.506012;

fair to good do., $86011; heavy calves,

$450606. ,



Chlcago.

January 27, 1913.



, Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 18.500 50.000 25,000

Same day last year..23,193 68,645 35.298

Received last week..52,258 198,129 95,961

Same week last year.65,970 212,905 85,223



It was thought by most traders early

this morning that the meager Monday

run of cattle meant stiff advances all

along the line, but buyers were slow to

bid for beef steers, preferring to purchase

butcher stock. and these cattle averaged

higher, with a demand from speculators.

as well as from slaughterers. Stockers

and feeders also sold higher under small

offerings and a good demand. In some-

instances sellers thought desirable killing





steers sold a little higher, but the gen-‘





eral report was a rather slow and merely

steady market. Hogs were active and

only a nickel lower at best, with sales at

$7.10607.60 and one car load at $7.62%.

Hogs received last week averaged 226

lbs, compared with 213 lbs. one year ago.

228 lbs. two years ago and 209 lbs. three

years ago. An early sale was made of

prime lambs at $9, but the' sheepand

lamb market was extremely slow, pack-

ers bidding much lower priCes than pre-

vailed .at the close of last week, although

the Buffalo market was decidedly higher.

There was a very fair showing hereof

Colorado lambs' of prime grade.



Cattle are 'much more inclined to go

lower in price than higher, and after the

occasional little rallies, they quickly slip

off again, this applying 'far more to the

better class than to the cheaper kinds of

steers, cows and heifers, which are—de-





cidedly the favorites with the packers and





FEB. 1, 1913.-'





other butchers. ' At the same time prices

of cattle are much higher than in former

years, as is almost inevitable, with an

estimated reduction of 1,838,000 head in

the supply of beef cattle in theUnited

States from the number owned a year

ago, and while the best beeves are lower

than several weeks ago, the commoner

lots are higher than then. A similar

comparison with a year ago shows that

the advance is much heavier in the rank

and file of the offerings than in choice

kinds. Beef steers sold last week largely

at $7.25@8.40, the best steers going at

$.8.50@9.15, and the commoner to fair

light-weights at $6607.25, while short-fed

steers brought $7.30@7.95, good steers

selling at $8 and over. Good to choice

yearlings brought $8608.65, and there was

a good trade in butchering cows and heif-

ers at $4.60@6.60, a very few fancy lots

selling at $6.75@7.50. Cutters sold at

$4@4.50, 'canners at $2.7u@3.95 and bulls

at $4.35@6.85. The demand f0r stockers

and feeders was, on the whole, as large

as could have been expected at the high-

prices asked, although values averaged

lower than a short -time ago, stock steers

going at $5@7.25 for inferior to prime of-

ferings, while most feeders carrying

much weight went on the basis of- $6.50

607.70 for ordinary, to prime kinds. The

catltle market suffered from slow railroad

service, partly arising from storms and

cold weather, and packers complained of

unsatisfactoryconditions existing in the

dreSSed'meat trade. , Choice beeves sold

at the lowest prices Seen for a long time,

and common and medium stockers sold

much lower. There was a good market

for calves at $46011 per 100 lbs. for coarse

heavy to prime light vealers, but milch

cows were slow sellers on a basis of 35

@850 per head. The close of the week

saw the bulk of the cattle selling around

250 lower than a week earlier. stockers

and females included. .



Hogs were in good local and shipping

demand last week, and prospects contin-

ued excellent for the future. about the

Only temporary unpleasant factor being

storm-delayed receipts, which enabled

buyers at times to force declines in prices.

PubliShed statistics showing a decrease

of about 5,560,000 hogs in the country’s

supply compared with a year ago could

not fail to exert a strengthening influ-

ence, with the decline mostly in the sev-

en great corn states. and it is believed

that most farmers will realize the abso-

lute necessity of breeding every sow pos-

sible in order to reStore as soon as it

can be brought about the normal hog

supply. Hogs coming to market have av-

eraged well in quality, and packers have

continued to show a marked preference

for prime light medium weights. The

enormous consumption everywhere of

fresh pork absorbs a liberal proportion of

the hogs marketed, and there is also a

big demand for hogs to maintain the

stocks of cured meats and lard, so much

depleted at the present time. The week

closed with hogs selling at $7.10607.60. and

rumors of a few sales at 557621560765.

Prices were nearly the same as a week

earlier.



Sheep and lambs have fluctuated back

and forth, advancing and declining dur-

ing the past week, in accordance with the

volume of offerings and the demand, but

always sold much higher than in former

years, due to the liberal consumption of

mutton throughout the country and the

reduced production. According to relia-

ble estimates the sheep and lamb supply

of the country is 2,373,000 head less than

a year ago, and Colorado, Utah and Ida-

ho are\§he only states. where more feed-

is carie on than last winter. Sheepmen

are-still anxious to buy feeders, but very

few are offered, and even then the killers

are apt to outbid country buyers. About

the only disturbing element that seems

to loom up in the near future is the

gradually increasing receipts of Colorado

lambs, most of which are of a high grade.

Killers still want lambs more than any-

thing else .in the live mutton line. and

they discriminate severely against heaVy

weights of both lambs and yearlings. Af-

ter prime lambs climbed to $9.50 last

week there was a big break in prices all

along the line, closing values being much

the same as a week earlier. Lambs clos—

ed at $650609, yearlings at $6.50@8.20,

wethers at 5555060625, ewes at $3.25@5.75

and bucks at $3.50@4.25. Feeding lambs

sold at $7.75@8.40.



Horses were in fairly good demand last

week. but buyers were discriminating and

cared little for the inferior animals, even

when they were offered at lower prices.

The spread in prices was wide. with a

low grade quoted down to $7560100 per

head, while good to prime heavy drafters

brought $225@275 and now and then

more. Farm mares were in good demand

at $14060215, with sales mainly at $18060

200. Recent sales at the smaller markets,

such as Galesburg, Lafayette and Oska-

loosa, havedrawn a good many farmers

and this drew trade away from Chicago?





LIVE STOCK Mas. .





Charles Escher, president of the Iowa.

Beef Producers’ Association, said recently

that some time ag0_he invested in 200

pure-bred cows at an average price of

$200 per head, and they are producing a.

profit for him on high-priced land. He

believes thoroughly in growing high-grade

beef cattle.



Our meats are too dear to render them

acceptable to John Bull, and of the 19.-

000,000 cwts._ of foreign meats imported

by Great Britain in 1912, 83 per cent of

the beef and 34 per cent of the mutton

came from Argentine, Australasia supply-

ing 13 per cent of the beef and 61 per

cent of the mutton.





 





MICHIGAN FARMERS’ INSTITUTES. ll-





 





_ Announcement of the following one-day

institutes were received from Supt. Taft

too late to be included in the list pub-





lished on page 129 of this issue: |





Jackson 00., Springport, Feb. 3; Tomp-

kins Center, Feb. 4; Henrietta,'Feb.."5:

Horton, Feb. 6; Brooklyn, Feb. 7; Han-





over, Feb. _8. 1





 





   





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FEB. 1, 1913. .





THIS is THE LAST EDITION. fair to good sheep. $4.50@5; culls and

. common. $3103.50. .



In the first edition the Detroit Live Bishop, B. & H. sold Costello 113 lambs

stock markets are reports of last week; av, 81 at $7.35. 16 do av 55 at $7, 24 do

all other markets are right Up to date. av 75 at $8, 20 do av 65 at $8; to Mich.

Thursday's Detroit Live Stock markets B. Co. 82 sheep av 97 at $4,110, 98 do av

are given in the last edition. The first 100 at $4.50, 34 lambs av 92 at $8.50 23

edition is mailed Thursday. the last 8111- do av 52 at $6.50, 55 do av 43 at $5.50; to

tion Friday morning. The first edition is Thompson Bog_ 3 sheep av 85 at 34m); to

mailed to those who care more to get the Chapman 49 do av 125 at $4.50; to Ham—

paper early than they do for Thursdays mond. s. & Co. 12 do av 95 at $4.50, 13

Detroit Live StOCk market report. Y9“ do av 120 at $5.25; to Hayes 35 lambs av

may have any edition desired. . Subscrlb- 50 at $6.50. 9 sheep av 115 at $4.75, 48

erg may change from one edition to an- lambs av 57 at $6.50: 10 Sullivan P. Co.

other by drODDmg us a. card to that effect. 11 sheep av 100 at $4. 17 do av 80 at $3.

30 do av 82 at $3.50: to Bray 166 lambs

DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS. av 73 at $8.25, 204 do av 63 at $7.75. 67



a“ do av 67 at $8; to Parker, KY. & Co. 84





 





 





ThUF‘SdEY'S Market. do av 70 at $8.25; to Thompson Bros. 13

January 30. 1913- sheep av 100 at $4.75: to Hammond. S.

Cattle. & Co. 6 do av 125 at $4.75; to Eschrich 8





Recei ts, 1540. Market steady at VVed- lumbs av 75 at $7. 9 do av 50 at 355; to

nesday Dana laSt week’s prices; trade a, Newton B. CO. 112 do av 65 at $1.3m

trifle slow. Sundry Sales—To Foung 63 lambs av



\Ve quote} Etra dry—fed steers and 55 at $6.75, 35 do av 13 at $8.25. ,

heifers, $8618.25; steers and heifers, 1000 Roe Com. Co. sold Bra)" 2 lambs 31V 80

to 1200, $6.50@7.50; do. 800 to 1000. $6@ at $6. 41 d0 av 7' at $340- 16 do 3" 7” m

7; do. that are fat, 500 1.0 700, $5@6; $8, 6 sheep "av 110 at $4.50; to Barlage

choice fat cows, $5.50@6:25; good fat 50 lambs 3V ‘0 at $8-

cows, $4.75@5.25; common cows. $45251?) Hogs.



4'50; canners, $3@4'25; choice heavy u S Receiits, 4200. Market steady at VVed—

$6@6.50; fair to good bolognus, bulls, $4.50 nesday’ls prices; ”@200 higher than last





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





 





@525; stock bulls. $4.506i_5: milkers, week.



large. You“? medium age, $°0@60; com- Range of prices: Light to good butch-



mglilinrdillylmxéaleigothlbh B Co 1 steer 631‘560357'606127‘75: pigs' 371701. l‘iufght yorkers.

. . “ '_ _ ' ‘ ' $. 607.75; stugs one- irc 0 .



351%??? 1130goa2138-72érg :tbgécgerz 3.1% 92113 mm, Com. co. sold Sullivan P. Go. 42:.

' -0- ~ My _ a 20 at 7.r5.



370 atiggb‘w' 34C§0W5t 3317‘], 11127 PatC$5.7Al)'13 vBisl?op, If. h H. sold Hammond. S. &

0 av a . ; 0 ii” '. U. ( ) ,- ,- . ' F' .3; . i

av 1140 at $5.t75$; to Sulliva; ‘33. Co. 2mm; mow” av 1‘5 at l“ " 10“) “V 2“) ”

ago 13225$3tr36é0tov3713émi38s goblglcclzfir': :3 Sundry shippers sold Parker. W. & (go.



~>- ., . - - ' . "r - ."...

090 at $5.00; to “'fness 7 do av 810 at 328 33,, 210800 aitggfifgf)’ "0 av 190 at ‘5‘ )'

$5.90; to Bresuahan 5 heifers av 666.at

$5.35; to Mich, B. Co. 1 cow weighing

1200 at $5.75, 2 do av 775 at $4.65; to

Mason B. CO, 4 steers av 980 at $7.10. 16 Cattle.



Sundry SaleS.v—’l‘() Mich. B. CO. - . . . —. .



steers av 864 at $0.10, 3 oxen av 1660 at ., “909106.: 531318.“e‘fé‘it1.3181fm,_l‘flesé 3:55:12

" v v 1 , . 7 l" V ' . .. s .- . >

3"" 11Vcows ‘1nlil::selltd¥6_10‘t’0 aV‘tV :$‘)"’0;‘ % and heifers. $7.50;stecrs and heifers, 1000

0“” “eighi’lg ‘6}.0 “t “4.004 Pnfmbav to 1200. $6.50m7; do., 300 to 1000. $6.25@

“82" We‘fi“”g\.,’,,l 3]. $6 '2 (1‘0“ 88,. $6.75; do. that are fat, 500 to 700, $5.50@

111233433; $36 :12! 30126“: 15")“:0 gullifgn P0 0.25; choice fut cows, $530616; good d0.,

(‘0 4’ butchers r1v 535 at $5 50 9 do av $120005: common do., $«i‘fi1/4.25:_ canners,

11,-. . .. 70 7*(1‘ ,04 at $0 ’2 bulls '1V 33.15614: choice heavy bu,ls,_$6@6.50, fair

83.1511. $011. 0 5:1V _‘ 0;) . -.— [:0 ‘ , to good bolognas, bulls, $5.25fim.75; stock

littgersnhvw7753atmli?:10d: .11.}"ngi[0«;l"£)t'$n hun‘l 35450015255 milkers, large, young,

5 cows av 1004 at. $5.50. 3 do av 9:37 at $122112? age, $00@6D’ common milkers,

‘3425, 1 bull weighing 1570 at $6.10, 2 (l0 ' ‘ " Veal Calves.

av 1300 at $6, 8 cows uv 1077 at $5, 10

l’ftcflefioazvngfii'a'lb'l?’ Effigy“! 9%? it Best grades. $9.50mo.50; others. $4019.

34:75; to Mason ll. Co'. 3 steers av 932 at Receiits illiiepwao'l‘l’ Limfis' last week

.".;' "52 6. 7; ). < l * V ' "3-, '_ _- ' '

12,53 ff Sgwiva‘v 822‘; it 1; 2051123111333 6080. Best lambs. 38.2561350: fair to good

‘ ‘L' ,_ - . ' ‘ 9 lambs, $750018: light to common lambs.

.it $4.85, to Breltenbeck 8 do av 9.7 at ,_ H . . ,._ . , »

$4.30 4 do av 930 at $5.25. to Goose 5 $64100“: yearlings, $7701.50. fair to good

butchers av 746 at $4.75: to L. Rattkow- 8;]:91)‘ $4"56"5-"0; “”13 and common.

sky 5 cows av 1016 at $4.65. 4 butchers av $‘ “ '

402 at $4.65; to .l. Rattkowsky 11 do av

076 at $5; to Hirschlcmun 14 steers av

770 at $6; to Kumman B. Co. 4 do -





 





Friday’s Market.

January 24, 1913.





Hogs.

Receipts this week, 6194; last week,

6400. Light to good butchers, $7.50; pigs.

932 at $6.50, 11 do av 812 at $6.50; to $7.45fri7.50; light yorkers, $7.50; stags one-





Mich. B. Co. 8 do av 812 at $6.35. “1de ff _



BIShOD’ 13' & H'G 501d Newton .B'-CO'8.21 Large quantities of adulterated butter

steers r53" 330$: E ’75’ gvb1§27wetgh$l§§0 )2 stored in Chicago cold storage ware-

‘ft $")"’ ’ 86‘" “to 4ers1 d ”If. 0' 7290' t houses have been discoverer] by agents

(03:5 av ." a $ ’ 0 WE: Em? ", a of the United States internal revenue.

$3“"’ 2 heifers av 795 'at .$b' rsteer: ,5." Eight storage houses have been under

1.000 at $6'7D’ 1 COW weighlng 9-10 at 3”“9‘3; 'Scrutiny, and the twenty million pounds

" do?" 880 at $5! 10 do fills)“; at 3545““ of butter stored in that city are to be

to Mich. B CO. 2 d0 av 1-1:) at $$).i5, ll) tested. According to Internal Rev-





 





Nagle P- CO- 4 d“ 3" 1032 at 34-75; 1" enue Commissioner Cabell, the production‘





Sullivan P. CO. 6 do av 1030 at $:.:_ ‘0 of butter and oleomargarine is passing

Mason 13- CO‘ 4 steers 3" 712 at $63“ 1 into the control ofa powerful trust, which

bull weighing 1060 at $6, 2 steers av 070 is dominated by the oleo packers. Mr.

at $7.25, 1 cow weighing 000 :11 2...: to (‘abell says this trust, taking advantage

'l’arker, W. & Co. 1 bull weighing 1650 of imperfect laws, is reaping millions of

at $6.25; to Hammond, 8- & C0. 1 hrife!‘ dollars in profits from selling adulterated

weighing 690 at $6. 6 COWS av 1065 at $5. butter and is putting the small cream-

1 heifer weighing 690 at $6, 6 cows av eries out of business by the hundreds.

1.065 at $5; to Nagle P. Co. 1 do Weighing The trust, he adds, is opposing legislation

1220 at $6.25, 1 do weighing 1170 at $5.75; regulating butter and oleo making.





lo Bre'snahan 7 butchers av 614 at $5.75,

DUNCANS EARLY YELLOW DENT





11 do av 583 at $5.40; to Goose 8 cows av



000 at $4.65, 6 do av 070 at $4.73: to Sul-



livan 1’. CH. 3 steers av 827 at $0, 2 do



:«v 045 at $0, S cows av 840 :ll $4.50; to



Mich. 1%. Co. 2 bulls av 955 at $6, 1 cow



weighing 920 at $5.75 6 butchers av 610 , , . . .



$5.75, 4 do av 765 at $625: ... Hw- in,“ 32211193130110‘5.l’..“::.“.§..¥.l:“ll‘gl‘if’mw‘i'i‘i





li‘ltf‘l‘ 4 COWS av 1007 iii 334.-.); to Blich. is an early corn and matures before the frosts come.

l3, C0. 3 steers av 860 at $6.50, c0wg av ’rico $3 per bushel. l'. o.h. Vicksburg, Michigan.





 





 





 





   

 

   

 

 

 

 

   





 





l

,— Blue Mountain Enslluge. Grownin Vir i i., am-

10"? at $4'70' . j 9 0th forage—ripons earlier than ordinary gngilllglg.

toe Com. Co. sold Sullivan 1. (To. .. T

steers av 910 at $6.50, 2 Ctill'llOI‘S av 710 OATMA" 5" MONFOR , cleveland, 0M0-

al $4, 2 cows av 1170 at $4.75, 2 hnifcrsl



av 810 at $5; to Nagle P. Co. 8 steers av Alt If Bo k

037 at $7.25. 7 cows av 1060 at $5.40: to We are a a 0 l

\Vyness 4 do av 1035 at $4.25: to Goos.- FREE

av 816 at $4.60: to mm P. insisting“... '—



do av 1062 at $5.25; to _Newion B. Co. ] andare thelargesthandiersof



do weighing 740 at $31» 2 fl” 3" 805 at alfalfa in the U. S. We sell best grade



$11.75, 8 butchers 8V 083_3t'$4190»'10 ”0 1V seed at low price. Ask for Free Altalfa Book-

7g4 at $4.21). 1 bull weighing 1M0 :1t_ $02 let. Itgivcscompleteinstructions howtogrow

in Sullivan P. Co. 5 butchers av 71.. 21! Alfalfaitoinslure engignolus prgfits. F



3;; 6 cows av 808 at $4 4 do “V 837 Ht Aso )gcataogo a or enau FleIdSeeds ree.

$3 2 (l0 av '897 at $4. 22 lnltPhPI‘S av 7l‘3 GdawoldSoodCo..253$n.10th$t.,l.lncoln Nob.

at $6.15; to lViich. B. Co. 5 cows av 1108 S df . t . h' d ii

iii “~65; to I‘amma“ .13 Cf" .1 "“‘1‘§'f.§g“; SWEET ofifiivanécll"i.1%§.i‘llx‘“fil£l..li$“§c tiling;

lllg 600 at $6-50’ 10 )UtC 1815 {IV " a cLOVE" rices. Circular how togrow‘T‘lthE.”

$6.60: to Thompson Bros. 5 cows av 1028 ohnA. Sheehan. B.D.No.4. Falmouth. Ky.

at $5.25.





 





Veal Calves. ..



Receipts, 514. Market strong at last

week’s prices. Best. $0.50n‘111; others

$4619.



Sundry Sales—To Sullivan P. (To. 2 av

125 at $9.25, 5 av 120 at $3.50. 3 av 140 at

39.50: to Goose 4 av 155 at $11: to Mich.

B. Co. 5 av 120 at $9.





Bedar Rapids Speed Governor





$3.00 more butter





from each cow per year when

separator is operated by

our Governor. ‘ Ask your

dealer or write direct to





Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker. YV. & Co. Cedar Rapids Foundry

1 weighing 150 at $10.50. 2 av 130 at , . .g, l-Machlne 60.,

$10.50, 1 weighing 15% at $10.050, 4$uv 155 " . ' "‘ Cedar Rapids, - low-

:xt $10.50; to Goose av 15 at .11; to

Hammond. s. &, Co, 3 av 140 at $8. 5 av WANTED SALESMEN and SALESWOMEN

1,45 at $10, 1 WBlghlng 200 at $1050. 4 av Hundrgds of good positions now onenpuying from 31,000.00

135 at $8. 1 welghlng 130 at $8501 5 av to 35.000.003yenr. No former experience requiredtrogetone





 

 

 

 





 





 





Receipts this week. 575: last week. 605..





160 at $10.50; to McGuire 9 av 140 at $1], of them. We will tench you tube abiuh grade Traveling





3 av 150 at $11, 9 av 140 at $10.25, 4 av

140 at $11; to Hammond, S. & Co. 2 av

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Feeding C.atlle.—~\\'e have 19 head of

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clover hay for roughage; oats and Corn

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Partial Paralysis of Hind Quarters—I

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Give him a teaspoonful of lluid extract

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Nervous Spasm.—-I have a. sheep that

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Unthrifly Horses—Barren Mare—For

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age and roots. She should also have

more exercise andbekept in a dry, clean

comfortable place. Give her 10 grs. sodi-

um salicylate at a dose in feed three

times a day.



l Indigestion—A litter of pigs which we

raised the early part of last summer.

began, when young, to grit their teeth

and did not seem to thrive; the sick one

‘would elevate head, holding it over back

of well one and grit teeth. These pigs-

were in a clean, dry pen which opened

out into a nice pasture, with plenty of





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





What SAL=VET is and DOGS Proof That Proves

Sal-Vet is a wonder-working medicated salt which completely From Actual use”





- - - - H ' i l t u

rids farm animals of their greatest enemies—the stomach and throfigh“t’filsh‘s’gfitffé’,lef‘h.3e pig: igemig

. . , ' - '11 Si . iii ,1

free intestinal worms. These deadly pests are the cause of 90 percent of $1336.51" fillboftfi‘ militia. i3 59111133?



' . ‘ ‘ , , the fact that all around me the cholera is

all_li\e stock-diseases. They keep farm stock in a poor, weakened money- , carrying them on by the hundreds..._w‘

losmg condition—they are the first step to hog cholera, swme plague, horse 1- BROOKS. Biggie. Va-





e ll 11 i i e , Sal-Vet will do all you claim for it.

plagu 3' d Other CO taglous dlS ases My pure-bred Berkshire hogs are doing





. fine, and have appetites so keen that they

How SAL=VE' I ' Prevents Diseases ram: o... .3321:





were dull, listless and without appetite.





, . . ,. . - . ~ - They take to the Sal-Vet keenly. Hogs

Sal—Vet prevents heaxy losses wnen disease breaks out in your neigh- a” over 0m. county are dying m large





borhood because it kills and expels these deadly, life-sapping pests and puts numbers, and many right here in my own





pure water. Now. lately. my shouts seem ever animal on our farm in a health , vi orous worm—free condition -— to“ have 1°" ”055.fr°m 30"“ “1159' but

to be developing this same habit of hold- . Y_ l y ‘. h ‘ d ydl g1 ,‘ I ll ‘ h I could not wish mine to do better than

. . . - . cnabhng tiem to better resist t ese ea y p agues. t s arpens t e appe- they have done since feeding Sal-Vet.—

iug up head and gritting teeth. \\ hat is . . . . - ' D E KNIGHT P t S



the cause of this ailment and how should tite, improves digestion and makes all stock grow into prolit fast because - - ’ Hm” “ h- - C‘



it be treated? W. 0. H., Big Rapids. it helps them get the good of all their food. Being a salt, animals like it “ChOlel‘a attacked my neighbor’s hogs,





. . and one of them died. He started to feed

and run t0 It freely—and Sal-Vet and has not lost any since. I





THEY DOCTOR THEMSELVES 1 sizes. 1382‘s.. iti‘lfiiczflflmna‘f





FERRELL, Vandorn, Ala.





Mich—I am inclined to believe your

pigs and shoats have worms. Give each

hog a teaspoont‘ul of fluid extract of spi-

gelia and a teaspoonful of fluid extract





senna at a do r ' ~ ' ’ « ' ' ' __ ' _ '



days and theys‘iyiliniio: iii; ifiii oLf ftehv: It reqlutireslno {aiming—i110 (Illrenching i301- d051tngk nofltlroutble at C21111. Leading ‘l‘A 1011. or hogs dif‘i m thiss Gaunt? flmm



, ’ . rlcu ura co e es ant a rominen ive—s 0c ' an on 165 on orse 1 . “Vile vague 01‘ 0 001‘8- 0006 0 “em



“(ggéssjpghclomlrnafirgce to thrnie.b it ag g I) t were within three miles of me, but I

‘i. .— 5 summer ougi a m . nd 60_d u ' r . ‘ . have been feeding Sal-Vet and have not



horse that had a bunch and scar on in- Let e se you a ay 8 pply Wltllout a penny Of pay in ad\ance. lOSt a slngle hog. They'll": all doing





Side of hind leg which our local Vet.

calls blood spavin. but it causes no lame—

ness. W. G, M., Muir, Mich—Apple one





well, eat all I give them and have good





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{32222111033358 acriirrlllesteg p.213; fresh laid to u A1111 ask you tr}: dolisfto tfillkout the coupozli, telll “Sal-Vet has been of great service to

. __ , - _ mo. 10w many ea 0 soc you lave, an mai us; it has ke t our hogs and. i s free

foiiflliigghitelsiah‘i: %.Séallllon that must itch SIDNEY R. FEIL, President 1; to me today. I'll shipyou enough Sal-Yet to from worms ariid. in addition. [iigved to

nail O f h' 12-, egs a ”‘9“ contin- THE 5. n. FEIL co. 0 last all your stock 60 days. You Simply pay be a splendid tonic.”—J. B. ESPY, Agri-

b y.f he 0 1s 1nd legs stocks. Have . the freight charges when it arrives and at culturist, Southeast Alabama Experiment

38%“ befidmg some molasses to my horses Dept. Mg 2.1.13 Cleveland, 0. ‘ the end of 60 days rcport results. If sai. Station, Abbevllle. Ala-

hiive iielevetllti isthdointg them good. but Ship the enough Sal-Vet to last my stock ‘ Vet does not do what I claim you won't “For their own good, I would recom-

lo 't en, 01: b at .1 it has kept up 60 days. Iwillpay the freight charges when it. owe me a penny. Send the coupon mend Sal-Vet to all sheep men. It will

Wng, I ,, vsou ( ' e harmful. F. L. M.. arrives, report results in 60 days and will then . 30W. Address destroy every stomach worm in the flock

ESt Branch, IVIlCll.—~l)lSSOlVP. one-quarter pay for it, if it does what you claim. If it does not. and keep your sheep and lambs free from

pgund acetiatge of load.l 3 ozs. of sulphate you are to cancel the charge. ,9 SIDNEY R. FEIL, Pro." itheir:1 “dial: thfe same time keep the [lock

0 Zinc an ozs, car who acid in a gal- ‘ n t e pn 0 condition and health."—

lon of water and wet his hind legs twice . THE S. “. FEIL co'PAHY ROBERT 8' BLASTOCK’ Mgr. Sheep

3. day. 1 regal-a molasscs. it‘ fed in mod- wome . Dom. mi CLEVELAND. 0. gm" walnut H3” smel‘ Fm” Donemu'

crate quantities. and of good quality, a ' ‘ y.





 





good food for horses and not at a” lll— ‘ 60sdayshipmentsarobuodon1 lb. of Sal-





 





 





qu‘lOUS. Unlhrifty hOl‘Ses Shtluld be fed P.0......................------........................-....u. Vetforeachhogoraheep, nnd4lbs.for PRICES 401b8., $2.25; 100 lbs., $5.00:



molasses with their feed twice a day. each horseot hand of cattle, as nenrag ————-—-— 200 lbs-1,3990: 390 lbs» 313-003

Indigestion—Surfeit.MI have a hair of Shipping Sta........ ........ . ....... . ..... State... .... "mew" “mm“ ”mm“ ”g“. aognizij,133.1%.”33525303 giillhd- iiiilsieiisi



horses five and SIX years old that are 1” ”any" Trade-Marked Sal-Vet packages. '



not thrivmg. I had thcir teeth floated Number



last July and our ‘lonal Vet, who done oib‘heep...............Hogs............Ca.ttle........Horses.........,,.





 





 





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In Western Ganada’s

Free Homestead Area





‘l'llo Province 0! has several

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For Brain Growing

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the work, said I would soon notice a

difference in them. One of them has a __ __._ _

rev; pimplels on skin which cause them to ”—‘ ‘

ru a litte. J. I... Monroe. Mich—Mix ' '3 ‘-

together eiaual parts powdered sulphate The on!) Spreader V‘Ilth ‘

iron, groun gcntian, winger, bicarbonate . \

soda tand dcharcoal andbg'ive a tablespimn- TVVO Beaters and ‘VIth 3 ~.

u {l a osc in feed three times it day. ’ ‘ ' m .

Groom them well twice a day and in- DIS'rlbutlng AttaCh ent' \

crease their grain ration. I . ' 7' ‘\

chema.—llavo a three~year-old filly PUIVQI‘lzeS alld Spreads ‘xlder‘ \‘



that has an itchy condition of skin and L_.__—_.__..-—»—»iw———————sfl——**"‘*'“;“

some pimples. A. B. C., Buck Run, Mich.

gGsrdiihmpilretI-s well twitceb’ahday and apply



3 . one par ‘0 Ol‘lde mercurv manure into shreds and distributes it evenl '

. ». , . . . _ y. No choking. No

1111113!) lggglypaorlt: “agile! ugtil sores heal. bunchmg. Guaranteed to do this with all kinds and conditionspi'

qjx parts vaselinei) Gig/:1: (1%: q gilt]: 0and i’artgl’and single fianure; ailso limgalashesigompost and commercial

. . ‘. .‘ on- I . . ' '

ful of Donovan’s solution at a doge in er izers ee esprea ingpa es in eptcture





feed or water three times a day.





_.M New Idea Manure S reader

year-old horse is generally troubled with





s ollen sh i iii a d a. . z ‘ . social conditions most deaimbl . l

23:... ms; melt: memenarWow-«Hmmcm strong urnflhndamea° an...

5 to be all right. His leg 00 cas'i o n allypiiains Far ahead of any other on the market. Simple construction. Light , :Jderafitiigtgxigcdg mnyulg‘blza 13:13

' him. E. L. A., Seney, Mich—The sheath fim‘itggnggfifigdgfie'n"? 00% or bezelllgearfiafizy mfimféngfig ‘CVCI' (“NH l regaongb: prices. 3

. V» . _‘o a one 1 er. c s W] s : 1 I . . or u hfir P3rt‘cuhm. “drag.

of a horse frequently 5“ ells for want of wagon. Solid bottom which never warps, breaks or wears out. Only ‘





exercise and it is Often cause 0f the hind perfect endless conveyor—cannot slip. All power direct from rear





legs stocking. Give him 175 oz. nitrate axle. Onlytwoleverstooperate. Stronzmetalwheels. [NW-Dill”!



gotasih, 1 ‘dr. ground nux vomica and 1 50”" d .M. Allcxpla‘ d' N‘ Catalo gév' McInnes



. r. uid extract digitalis at a dose in m???“ ' m‘. "' W - i . , . Jefferson ~

;feed two or three times a day and keep £l§n2?335m$lofis#h&%{oumdamdzr ‘ illlill allllr’i‘al it, Micfi'e. i





‘ up this treatment until relief comes. ‘ ‘

Bandage hind leg in cotton, but remember NEWMSPREADERCO., 1‘6 Sycamorefireet, Cellular. Ohio





rthe bandage should be left loose. The o'mmmnt‘mdmmumintmno

l horse should haVe plenty of exercise and l «aw-"Gum.





: the bowels kept open. When writing to advertisers please mention the Michigan Farmer. .





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Money‘From Poultry By-Products.





A source of income to the poultry keep-

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ly, or at least partially, lies in the by-

products. The extent to which these yield

good returns varies with the locality in

which the poultry farm is located, but

as a. general thing the two chief ones—

dropplngs and feathers—can be relied

upon to add materially to the income.



There is much misconception as to the

fertilizing value of poultry droppings.

Much of this is due to a lack of knowl-

edge as to how to handle them, as well

as ignorance as to how and when to use

them. A well-known writer recently gave,

in a. paper, what he said was their chem-

ical analysis, and, on the basis of this

analysis, placed them last in the list of

barnyard manures. I would not dispute

his analysis any more than I would an-

other’s figures as to the amount of drop-

pings received per bird per year, and for

exactly the same reason, viz., that the

character, analysis and amount of drop-

pings vary with the feed. As a matter

of fact, fresh poultry droppings from‘ pens

in which an extensive and well balanced

ration is fed, are many times as strong

as the best and richest of all barn ma-

nures. By the most advanced market

gardeners they are eagerly sought. From

experience I can say that no other ma-

nure will produce as sweet or ju-icy green

stuff, particularly during droughts, or

grow clover so well as poultry droppings.

In the east, where the grower is within

reach of good city markets for garden

truck, droppings are worth $1.50 per bar-

rel, by which I mean tie-ut a market gar-

dener can, and many do, pay that price

for droppings in preference to commercial

fertilizers 0r barn manure.



My experience has been that each 100

fowls will produce about 25 barrels of

pure droppings in a year. That quantity

has been collected annually from the

dropping boards in my pens, making no

allowance for the amount that goes into

the bedding 0n the floor. That would

make a cash value, per 100 fowls, of

$37.50 per year. One frequently hears the

question, “IVill hens pay $1.00 per year

each?” Here is part of the answer.



I think that many poultry raisers are

throwing away an opportunity to save a

dollar by neglecting to utilize their hen

manure. The best way to save it is the

question that confronts many, so I will

tell how I do it. My henhouses are all

equipped with dropping boards under the

roosts, from which the manure is shovel-

ed every few days and placed in a large

dry room. Here it is shoveled over oc-

caSIonally and land plaster mixed With it.

This process is continued until the ma-

nure is well dried, when it is placed in

barrels or boxes and left until wanted.

Plaster is applied to the dropping boards;

besides drying out the manure it makes

a good fertilizer in itself.



I use the manure for many purposes.

It can be put in the grain drill and ap-

plied to oats, buckwheat, etc.; it can be

used in the garden or spread on the

meadows, and as a potato fertilizer I find

it the best I can use.



Next to hen manure, feathers form the

bulkiest by-product of the larger poultry

plants. In the Boston feather market,

dry-picked white broiler and llen’s feathers,

minus the wing and tail quills, bring from

20 to 30 cents per lb. Many liens of the

VVyandotte type will yield as high as 7

to 9 cents worth of feathers; especially is

this true of fowls housed for generations

in open-front houses.



I have been told by one of the largest

manufacturers of Philadelphia that he

generally can buy western feathers, mixed

as to colors, in earload lots, at about six

cents per lb. I do not believe. however,

that dry-picked, well-cured hen’sl feath-

ers can be purchased at so low a price,

and even my Philadelphia friend said it

would not always be wise to examine

them too closely. But, in any event, we

have, under eastern conditions, a return

from by-produets of over 40 cents per

fowl per year.



For those who have a summer retail

trade in dressed fowl and broilers there

are several extras, especially if they are

near a city in which is located a render-

ing plant. Nearly every such plant is

glad to buy, 'even in comparatively small

lots, the heads, feet, and “innards” or

offal from poultry. The fat is rendered

out for soap grease and the residue eith-

er used for tankage (fertilizer) or in the

cheaper grades of beef scrap. They gen-

erally pay from 140 to lo per lb. for this.



I‘had one woman customer who liked

chicken fat for use in general cooking in





place of olive oil in some salad dressings.

Consequently, I now remove the layer fat

surrounding the lower abdomen from all

birds drawn. This is tried out (it is

nearly pure) and is sold at.15 cents per

1b. This year fowl br0ught as high as

25 cents per lb. dressed, and as my old

hens had been well fattened, I was sat-

isfied to remove this fat, and the other

customers were more than pleased, for to

mOSt of them that fat would have been

a waste.



Besides these there are a lot of other

little things that can be turned into cash,

and, although seemingly small, they count

up fast, especially in a large flock.



New York, A. E. VANDEIRNORT.





 





INCREASING BEES vs. BUYING.





 





This is an important question to those

who have but a few colonies and wish to

secure'a larger number as soon as pos-

sible; also to those who wish to make

more of a specialty of bee culture. And

well this might be, for honey the past

year has been higher in price. than ever

before and indications point to an extra,

good crop of clever honey for 1913.



Bees of a good honey-producing strain

of Italians are hard to obtain at a fair

price and, in most cases. not at all near

home. Bees owned by farmers are in

hives of various sizes and shapes. having

immovable combs. Variance in size

makes interchanging of hives and supers

impossible. Disease, too, is liable to be

in some of these hives. The way to buy,

when need be, is to send to a. supply

dealer who can furnish standard hives

and any kind of queens you care for.



The best way, however, is to increase

from bees you have. Following is an

excellent plan for early spring increase

that will bring both :1 good increase and

a good honey crop. I give it at this time

so that hives and supplies may be ordered

and put in readiness by those who care

to increase: Colonies should be kept

warm in spring and everything done to

build them up. Feed 3 little thin warm

syrup every day for 30 days after bees

commence to fly. "



XVhen colonies are nearly full enough

to swarm naturally, and you wish to di-

vide them so as to make two from one,

go to the colony you wish to divide, lift

it from its stand and put in its place a

hive containing frames of comb or foun-

dation. Now remove the center comb

from the empty hive and put in its place

a frame of brood, either from the hive

you wish to divide or from some other

that can spare it. Put queen from re-

moved hivet on this comb in new hive,

first seeing that frame contains no queen

cells. If it does, destroy them. A queen

excluding or honey board is put on top

of new hive, and the old queenlcss colony

on top of this. Put the empty frame

from new hive in the vacant space in

the old.



Leave this way for five days, then look

over and destroy all queen cells, unless

they are of good strain that you wish to

breed from. Leave for ten days, during

which time a fine lot of brood is started

in the lower hive and every egg in the

upper is capped. Then separate them,

putting old hive on a new stand. It will

be full of young bees and capped brood,

and in about 24 hours will accept a ripe

queen cell, virgin or laying queen. \Vould

advise giving them a laying queen, as

brood rearing will start that much sooner.



In this way you have made two strong

colonies from one. lost not a particle of

brood nor checked the laying of your

queen. The old hive that has been set

away can usually spare 15 or 20 lbs. of

honey, which can be taken with an ex-

tractor, giving the queen plenty of room

to lay. N. F. GUTE.





 





ARE YOU GETTING WINTER EGGS'Ia





 





The winter thus far has been unusually

favorable to egg production and if you

are not getting a paying yield there must:€

be some good reason for the failure Are

your hens in comfortable quarters to

which fresh air and sunlight have access?

Are they free from lice?





lice; successful feeding for eggs and lice





at the same time is an utter imposrsibil-I





ity. It is an unpleasant sensation to feel

chicken lice playing hide-and-seek in

your hair every time you go into the hen-

house, but hold! How do you suppose

the fowls that stay there all the time

like it?



Filth and its animated attendant,

are responsible for four-fifths of our poul-





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You cannot ex- ‘

poet winter eggs if they are annoyed by,





lice.
«ran. ,1. 1913.





THE MICHIGAN FAR‘M‘ER





Here’s What I’ll Do — For





Every Michigan Farmer Reader

Who Writes Me a Postal Card





F you write me a postal card I will send you the most remarkable hatching facts ever published. I will



make you the lowest priced proposition you ever heard of. I will show you how to make champion-



ship hatching records and prove to you that you can make greatest success right from the start with a



' World’s Championship Belle City-prove with facts and res its money-making power. I will send



you the reasons why the Belle City won six World’s Championships and why no other hatcher has equalled

its records. Won’t you write me? I will send you my valuable collection of





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I have been advertising in Michigan Farmer eight





29—141





 





Mrs. Laura ‘J.

Clark of lllmoie,

winner in the Mis-

aou r1 Valle y

Farmer and Ne-

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years. I am proud to number thousands of Michigan

Farmer readers among my 195,720 customers,

which also includes the U. 5. Government. The re-

markably low price I am making this year is sure

to bring me hundreds of new Michigan Farmer

customers, because you can’t buy a better hatchet

or a-better brooder, no matter what you pay.





I am proud of the fact that Belle City

customers have won so many World’s

Championships; that the Belle City has

won in contests totaling 10, 000 hatches,

against every other incubator made,

many of them costing from two to live

times more than my ow price.



I am not asking you to take my word for it. Just

write me and I’ll put the facts, proof, figures and all





 





yourself. I want to tell you about the folks who

won the World’s Championship prizes—send you

their letters telling how they did it and what they

think of the Belle City.



I want to tell you how to be in a posi-

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and the prizes and benefits that go

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in your mind as to the remarkable hatching

value of the Belle City. I will tell you the secrets of

construction and the advantages in design, that have

made my Belle City-the Championship Hatcher of





the World. I leave nothing unsaid. I tell you every-

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Belle City. I will send you all of these astounding facts,

proofs and information so you can compare the Belle City,

point by point, feature by feature, and record by record With





information right in your home SO you can judge for any other incubator 1n the world.





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Has Everything Worth Having In and On an Incubator





Yes, the World’s Champion Belle City is a double-walled machine, with dead air Space all over.

Yes, it has the best self-regulator money can buy. Yes, it has a pure, cold-rolled copper heating

tank and boiler. Yes, it has a real safety lamp. Yes, it has a big, roomy nursery. Yes, it has the

famous “Tycos” thermometer. Yes, I furnish a strong egg tray, a reliable egg tester and a complete

book of instructions. What more can any other incubator possess? What else can be put in or on an

incubator that will help it hatch more eggs? Nothing! I’ve proved it. My World’s Champion-

ships were won with 100 per cent hatches—by people who never owned any incubator before they

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I will explain my manufacturing, selling and shipping plan, that cuts out all the frills and fancies, cuts out all the

useless expense that makes it necessary for others to charge from

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I’ll tell you about my World’s Famous Belle City U

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Then, after you haveread allthe facts—shOuld you decide to try

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One, Two or Three Months’ Test in Your

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And 10 Years Absolute Guarantee.





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Mrs. M. J. Clif-

ton of leahoma

winner in the 1916

Successful Farm-

ing Contest b y

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' man of Ohio, win-

her of the‘ ‘Ty-



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1’ b e l o w offered

participants in

contents by man-

ufacturers of Ty-



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. F. E. Bennett

, of Ohio winner-in

the 19lé Success-





of three 100 per

cent perfect

hatches.





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have read etching Facts. My sensational low price offer goes with my K8115



letter. Write me now—before you forget. Address Jim Rohan, Pres. 8

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.. .Your Winter Harvest m Eggs Ell

There’s not the slightest reason why every poultry raiser shouldn't have a harvest in eggs





right now when eggs are high. Hens, your ovum Item, have a tendency to grow fat and lazy and

the egg organs to become sluggish. This may be due to lack of exercise, the absence of green food and





 

 

 





try‘ not being profitable, Prevention is

much more simple than cure, and so, as

a matter of fact I think it inhuman and

disgraceful to have dirty, lousy coops.

Lice and absolute cleanliness nelver‘exist

at one and the same place, so, if your

fowls are lousy, you are at fault.





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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red up by the hens dusting themselves,

is just what you want to enter every

crack and crevice of the building. Then

assist them by giving two hand dustings





.3. if." y to other causes. Butwhatever the cause, remember that house clean and dry, and supply a good



,_,;- dust bath. I find sifted coal ashes, placed



12;“; in a receptacle in the house‘in'the sun-



. , . ry n. - e-a shine, cannot be beaten. The dust stir-

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positively tones up the dormant e g organs and takes the hens out of the loafer class and {fr'hfirf' ‘

' makes them ay eggs for market right when prices are the highest. ~





 

     

 

 





 





 





 

   

 

 





 

 





Dr. Hess Poultry‘Pan- It keeps hens hungry for their grain,'so they remain busy all the time , h ‘ ,

“'°°‘a°°"mm5’ scratchin fora livin —and it's the bus hen that does the cacklin Wlt some good prepared hoe DOWdel‘v

Potassium Nitrate. An g . g y g t ' t 1 f 1



Eummam. and the more cackllng the more eggs. 2” 1“ erva S 0 a wee ‘ or ten days.

Nurfixtgmica. A Nerve glofite the for‘mu-la for Pan-a-ce-a in this advertisement; the The All-important Feeding Problem.



e nitions 0 ingredients are taken rom U. S. Dispensatory

Qfiféfiic afidfi‘figflfiéfi and our best writers. With the formula on the label there I, _. I do not want to suggest What you shall

Hypoaulphite of so“. can be no exaggeration of claims. You can look up the ; . feed, f0!“ most every poul‘tryman has his



Anmtemamfltisepuc, ingredients in any medical dictionary, and besides every (.5 own formula“ If you expect your hens to

Iron (Sulphate). ABlood Hess &. Clark preparation is guaranteed. , la th In St hav th , ht 1 ,’ f



Builder' Our Propositionz—Feed your hensPoultryPan-a-ce-aright ll" ., y ey u ' e e “g {,md 9

Itg‘l‘oognglmggdfl' A 30w wtlien eggs are scarce; if you halve the least shadow of l. (4'. ., _, food to make eggs from. A variety 13



' c oubt lat it hasnot madeyour hens aymoreeggsand kept . ' a. what it takes. You 0ft n hear 0 1

0‘ gag: ataxilciimo'shéi‘l ; them free from disease at a cost of only a penny a day {or \zitt. ‘\\\-}_ ‘.\\\ 1 f3 . . pe p e

forming. 1 30 hens—take to the dealer theemptypackage and he is com- \\\\ \\ " 37 say t 193’ do not get eggs in Wlnter bin

Sodium Chloride. 'An A,» i’ pegedég refutnd your moritey. 1‘514;bs. 25c; maitlloréxprelss 40% \\\\\\\ “4,77" .c ‘\ . have plenty of them when eggs are low-

etizer and Cleanser. , s 5. ; n s. 1.25; 25- . pal 2.50; exccp n 8113} a an “ -. ‘ .—’-. “ ‘ u. . . .



3nd" me supemsqon of extreme West. I our (lealercanuot supply you, we wxll. .u‘gr/ ‘ \. ." ,_"‘ “it , . est durlng the spring‘ and summer. Y0“



Dbr. Hess; (M.D.,Piys.) the 1., send ac to: r. Hess 48-pagc Poultry Book,{ree. 7.../ ”w, .-:.-= — . as. ask them what they feed and almost all

n . 1‘ - ' . (V :— ¥ ‘ ‘ . ' . " ' I. 4' u > .

fogggedsaflg {fegfeym 21:21]: , r.- , DR. "£83 & CLARK 3” A: .«d-V - ‘ . (~74; ' answer, I feed all the corn they Will



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muikcfiioplegrfectml‘xture. - Ashland, Ohio .9 T. :r-" §.,«/ eat' Well, 0011’1 lS_the bQSt DOUItry fond



, - “ . ' , l we can find, but if we feed corn and





 





nothing else we cannot expect much in

the way of egg production.



At present there are two general meth-

ods of feeding, known as wet and dry

mash feeding. I am somewhat in favor

of the latter, for I find it much easier

than the former and, from experience, I

know it to be just as good. The» follow—

ing is a good formula to feed from h-op-

pers at all times; Bran, 100 lbs.; linseed

meal, 50 lbs; corn meal, 50 lbs.; mid-





INSTANT LOUSE’ KILLER KILL$ (JOE 2:11;.:ga;;::::“;.:gsg.:ir. 3.32:;

. . . . as, w eat, oats, millet, etc, scattering

10h ’ sm limtor'muslmls 3

"$0" 3 _~\- 1m; Hatching eonmssrs





same in litter on the floor and making

Winnerin Mo. Valley Farmer Contest in 1910. Also





them work. If it is not well covered by

the litter, take a fork and throw litter

a. winner in the Successful Farming Contest in

1911 and 1912. Read the record of results below,

.Tells Why l-‘arm Folks

I

Make Big Money With The





into piles and see how vigorously the

then bear in mind you can get this Prize Winning





hens will work to tear them down. h.

At noon I feed green foods, such as

Incubator and the genuine Wisc0nsin Breeder-both for 510.

400,000 people—

most of them





cabbage, mangolds, potatoes, turnips,



sprouted oats, etc. If you have sour



, milk give them a pan of same at noon;



‘FOI‘ only ._- . if not, try some beef scraps.



- The evening meal is fed about two



hours before sundown in winter and con-



§ sists mostly of shelled corn, wheat and



' oats, this also being thrown in litter to

farm folks,

have made big

moueywlththe

()ld Trusty.

The Johnson’s

new book tells

why. It also

tells why the





WHY PAYMORE? - . , WHY TAKE CHANCES? make them exercise before going to roost.

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DR. BESS STOCK TONIC improves digestion, increases the appetite, expel; worms. Bulletin No. 22, U. S.

Department of Agriculture, says: ‘Only 60 per cent. of the food taken by stock is digested.” You know yourself that you can

fatten hogs on the corn that passes through the steers undigested. “The Dr. liess Idea” is to save a part of this wasted feed by increasing

digestion. The formula is on every package and the U. S. Dispensatory, or even a medical dictionary, will tell you whether the ingrcdnm

cuts will produce the results claimed. And, besides, it's sold only on a written guarantee. 100 lbs. $5.00; 25-lb. pail $1.60. Except

in Canada and extreme West and South. Send 2 cents {or Dr. Hess Stack Book.





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

you will send him full details. Mention this paper and send 2—cent stamp.

96-page Veterinary B001: also free.





 

   

 

 





   

   

 





   

 

 

 





 

 

 





   

 

   





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e my low price. I stand rea y o e you prove t n your own ome— 0 your own sat s 9.0- - . , , z ,



item (not mine), and pay the freight charges both ways. You take no risk—no chances. I m bel’ara‘e hOIWU'S‘ “firm \xater should

will ship you one of my 125 Egg Hot Water Wisconsin Incubators and a 125 Chick Brooder on be given at least four UmeS a day, the

30 days trial, and if you don’t find ”the best hatching outtit_after 30 .days trlal, ship it back, receptutle being placed high enough so

and back comes your money. Machines that Win In the Big Hatching Contests year after th _ t h l'tt . t 't



year, surely must have unusual merit. But remember, they must wm your satisfaction or I ey cannot 50m 0 ‘ er m 0 1 -

take them ack—return your money—pay all freight cost. Here’s my offer. Never feed anything but good sound





 





 

   





 





gfé’tfréffilttfiéf 12 £99 Wiscon9inlncuba‘o" Both Freight $10.00 grain; food that is the least bit mouldy ,

3333‘532Te‘i’3’2 , $10 NOW . Cluck Wlsconsln Broader Prepaid —— will cause you to have sick hens sooner

' ‘ i - . . . . Amita e Atwater, Mrs. J. W. Mi Vau hns Mill A, ‘.

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hatching 125 chicks from 126 eggs Coatlfst, making two 1 0 Der cent full egg basket.

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30 to 90 Da 3 Free Tr-al With her Wisconsm Incubator. ha 6888. ‘ . _ ‘ .

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Our Motto—“The farmer

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THE FEBRUARY PROGRAMS.

State Lecturer": Suggestions for First

Meeting.



Song by quartette.



Roll c,all responded to by a valentine

sentiment.



“Sing as You Work,” a paper.



“'hat are the essentials of co- oper tt1on

in business?~—a talk or pape1.



Ten minutes in charge of

Committee.”



Saving strength: 1.

In the house



Recitation



Question box on “Duties of State Offi-

cers. ” conducted by lecturer



Song.





“Surprise





On the farm. 2.





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PASSING OF “FATHER OF THE

GRANGE."





 





known to- farmers

throughout the entire country as the

“father" and founder of the Patrons of

Husbandry, died at his home in VVash-

ington, D. C., on Monday of last week,

after an illness lasting but 24 hours.



Our Washington correspondent had the

pleasure of calling on Bro Kelley in Oc-

tober last at which time he pronounted

him a very well— preserved man for one

of 87 years. While no longer actively en-

gaged in work of the Grange, Bro. Kel-

ley’s interest in the order never dimin-

iShed. In fact. but two years ago he

began the task of writing a ritual for its

highest degree that would embody his

earliest ideas upon the subject. His last

appearance at a meeting of the National

Grange was at its session in the Capital

three years ago.



Bro. Kelley was a man of indomitable

will and energy. Today he is affection-

:tlly called, by the members of the big

order which he founded, “Father Kelley.”

Many times has it been remarked that

for so old a man he was very conversant

with the trials and tribulations that be-

set him when. he was attempting to in-

terest agriculturists all over the country

in the formation of a secret agricultural

society. He was not a theorist, but a

practical farmer—a pioneer farmer of

Minnesota during the trying days when

the Indians roamed freely over that "far

northwest territory.”



In 1864 Bro. Kelley accepted employ-

ment in the Department of Agriculture—

then only a bureau of the Department of

the Interior—and, while on an official

tour. found conditions in the south which

actually exist to this day<~the use of

crude implements for tilling the soil and

of crude ,-methods in planting and caring

for crops. He was a firm believer in

farm demonstration as a means of edu-

cating the farmer and may be said to be

the pioneer of the plan of holding farm

institutes where agricultural scientists in

the employ of the government could lec-

ture on modern farming. This was one

of his purposes in organizing the Grange.



Bro. Kelley was born in Boston. Jan. 7.

1826. When twenty years of age he was

a newspaper reporter and later moved to

Minnesota and engaged in farming. He

was the first person in that state to op-

erate a reaping machine. Three daugh-

ters and a brother survive him.





Oliver H. Kelley,





MORE THAN 100 NEW SUBORDINATES

FOR PAST QUARTER.



National Secretary Freeman reports the



number of Granges organized and re-





organized fiom ()ct.1, 1912 to Dec. 31,

1912. both inclusive as follows:





Organized.



California ........ 1 lIla/Ihuiesota ....... g



- issouri .........

£1213360UCU1: """ (15 Nebraska ........ 16

. . """""" New Jersey ..... 1

Il11n01s .......... 1 New York ...... 15

Indiana .......... 2 Ohio ,,,,,,,,,,,,, 7

IOWa ............. 1 01‘3an .......... 2

Kansas .......... 3 Pennsylvania . . . .14

Kentucky ....... 2 South Dakota 6



Mame ........... 1 Wisconsin .......

Massachusetts 7 ——

Michigan - . - . - 6 Total ......... 106



Flo-organized.



Kansas ......... ‘. 1 Michigan ........ 1





Average Age of Farmers.——At a recent

meeting of Barry County Pomona the

fact was emphasized that a recent cen-

sus of the farmers in the adjoining coun-

ty of Kent showed that the average of





 





,the men who are doing the farm work in





that county is abOVe 50 years. This so—

called census was taken under direction

of the government agricultural expert

recently assigned to that county, and the

surprising tact disclosed appears to prove.

indisputably, that the modern system of

education is turning the boys away from

the farm.





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Favor County Bridges—The Peach

Grove Farmers Club at their regular

meeting, Saturday evening, Jan. 18, ren-

dered a, very good program of music and

recitations, with talks on the re-submit-

ting of equal suffrage at the spring elec-

tion. At the business session of the

meeting they brought up the question of

bridge building, by townships or counties

and worked out the following resolutions:



“Whereas, many townships in the state

are overburdened in the building and

keeping in repair of necessary bridges

for public use; and,



Whereas, many of these are of more

benefit to other parts of the county than

to the townships building them; and,



Whereas, some other states, as Ohio

and Indiana, have laws making the build-

ing and repairing of public bridges the

business of the county; and,



\Vhereas, that plan seems to be the

just solution of the bridge question;



Therefore, be it resolved that Peach

Grove Farmers’ Club use its good influ-

ence and labors to the end that a state

wide bill, providing for the building and

maintenance of bridges by the county,

be presented to the present legislature

for enactment; and be it further



Resolved, that we ask and urge the

co- operation of the State Association of

Farmers’ Clubs and all local Clubs in

u1ging this on our legislature.



Gentleman's Day. —~The January meet-

ing of the Indianlields Farmers' Club was

held at the pleasant home of Mr. and

Mrs. J. L. Truax, their farm being

known by the name of ”\Valnut Corner."

About 65 members and invited guests

were present. This date being known

as “Gentlemen‘s Day.” they took entire

charge. A sumptuous dinner was served

by S. G. Ross and his able assistants,

promptly at 12:00 o’clock. After a brief

social hour the Club was called to order





by President \Villiam L. Eldridge. Meet-

ing opened by members singing, and

prayer'by Rev. E. \Varren. A good lit-





erary and musical program was-then giv-

en. A paper by S. G Ross, “Can our

pieseut system of agricultural credit he

impioved upon for the farmers?" The

tupit for debate was “Resolved that

special farming is more profitable than

general farming,” was led by R. W. Black

for the affirmative, and R. Park for the

negative 11 ho \\ ere ably assisted by oth-

ers 'l he judges as to the best argu-

ments were Mesdames Ida Smith Mary

Park and Lovey Taggett, who decided

in the negative. The question box was

well patronized. The gentlemen closed

the meeting by singing Annie Laurie. and

by an enthusiastic encore gracefully re-

sponded by singing Auld Lang Syne.—

Mrs. Margaret Arnold, Sec.



Discuss Bonding for Good Roads—The

first meeting of the year of the “'aSh-

ington Center Farmers‘ Club was held at

Elmwood, the pleasant home, of Mr. and

Mrs. S. N. French. The president—elect.

Mr. W. C. Long, brought out some very

important subjects which will take effect

during the year, such as giving premi—

ums at the Club fair to make it worth

while for the younger element to take

more interest in raising different crops,

such as grainS, vegetables, etc, also

poultry. At about 12:30 p. m. the host-

ess. assisted by the waiters, served an

elaborate dinner. to which everyone did

more than ample justice. The program

included a paper. “Township highway

problems,” led by C. N. Curren. Question.

“Bonding the county or township for good

roads. VVOUld it be best?" bV .

Long. This 'was followed by a lively dis-

cussion from other members Mr. George

Long expressed his ideas very forcibly as

to bonding the township and let the com-

ing generation pay for it, while others

were not in favor of the plan. The next

meeting will be held at Old Homestead,

with Mr. and Mrs. James DeMott, Feb.

13. Everybody come.



Favor a Farm Expert—The January

meeting of the North Shade Farmers’

Club was held at the residence of Mrs.

Nettie and Valois Todd. A goodly num-

ber were in attendance and much inter-

est was taken in the subjects presented

for discussion. The question of securing

an advisory expert from the department

of agriculture was discussed at some

length at the morning session. A sump-

tuous dinner was enjoyed by those pres-

ent and added to the inspiration of the

afternoon program. The music by the

male quartette was greatly enjoyed by

those to Whom muSic hath charms.

Among the many fine numbers on the

Dmgram was the paper by Mrs. Edward

Edwards on the subject, “What kind of

company should young ladies keep?” Ev—

ery yOung lady and her mother should

have heard it and its truths would not

hurt the fathers of the young ladies and

the young ladies’ ”best fellows." C. E.

Bond discuSsed the question. “Should the

farmers of Michigan organize a bean

growers’ association?” The following offi-

cers were elected for the- ensuing year:

I’resident, Ray Salisbury; first vice-pres-

Ident, Wm. T. Hill: second vice-president.

C. E. Bond; recording secretary, Mrs.

Ray Salisbury; corresponding secretary.

Mrs. Bert Stonebrook; organist, Mrs. E.

Edwards.



Organize New Club.—A banquet, at

which the enthusiasm ran high, was giv-

en at the W. and A. hall in Climax, Jack-

son county, for the farmers surrounding

that village. Mr. Jason Vl'oodman, of

Kalamazoo, agricultural expert for Kal-

amazoo county, also gave an address

in which he outlined his future work. L.

J. Bradley, secretary of the Michigan

Corn Improvement Association, addressed

the assembly on “Corn Improvement.”

Following the banquet; 8. Farmers’ Club

was formed. to be known as the Climax

Farmers' Club. A temporary president

and secretary were elected. viz.: Jud

Pierce and J. W. Sherman, Jr.





 





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ball floors, where a painted surface is

desired. It is a paint that dries hard over

night, and possesses remarkable wear-

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up a chair as by the farmer himself with

the problem of house painting before

him. You will be surprised at some

of the effects made possible by the

many Sherwin-Williams Finishes—and

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boulder blasting. drainage, ditching,

breaking up hardpan or tree planting.



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Provo at our expenm that. than are no groom not

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Illgholt first "11119.11“ Agricultural Station-

wnrn you agninst store needs which loy around on

lholvos Ind got stale. Buy fresh from growers and

get live «odd—Hoods tint put I" money into your

bank .1011. Every union owner and fomier needs

OUR m SEED 800K

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with other-needs. It tells you 'Ir] our Goods are genuine,

pure bred. trueoo name. tested. lure to grow. A great

nddjfimolfesturo is found in the field articles by 3

(not notions] export. Prof. H. 1.. Romeo. .

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and mailing and we will seudyon Fm the mogulllcono Mn.

collection of to ~11th Vegetable Seeds. now—don t woit.

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imiats on seeing it can be sure of



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You can order a complete car-

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Lumber Prices S-m-a-s-h-eal



‘ ~Yes, we mean smashed. Absolutely

busted to pieces. That‘s our policy. We Quote

prices on lumber that will positively save

: you big money._ It you will send your lum-

ber bill we Will‘seild you a freight paid

estimate that Will mean a saving to you

of from 30% to 50%. Every stick is abso-

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door for the price. This

is only one of our many

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‘. rand Building Material

‘ i atalcg and Bargain

. Sheets will show a full'

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ouse in the

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ef1913 is going to be the Banner

ear in our great lumber do art-

ment. We have on hand . ,

feet of high-grade lumber suitable

for the construction of Buildings. no

matter for what purpose intended

Come to our great yards in Chi-

cage and let us show you this stufl'

actually in stock. 0 other con-

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uild. whether Lumber Shingles.

tructural Iron. Piumbin . Heat-

lng. Doors or anything e so that

you may need. Do you know that

umber is getting scarcer and





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———— — —— ———_ Including Paints.

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1.000. 000 omposition Roof-

6 to 2 ing. Hardware

Carpenter's an ‘ .

Blacksmith's Tools. Wire Bencing.

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Smash Go WIRE and FENCE Prices





BARB WIRE Less Than gg‘ggfgg





New galvanized. heavy weight barb wi . put u

on reels about 100 lbs. to the reel. Lot 2-33.23

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rods to reel. 2-point barbs. Lot 2-w-28, per reel. $l.40.





Wire Nails, Per Keg, 51-50 um I‘





10.000 kegs. put up 100 lbs. tothe keg mixed. all kinds to. 43

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of $2.47. Other grades at lowest prices.





 





 





‘ n Us. 100 lbs. to the hog. whi a they ~

mitfilefiefg'lfgi‘f’s‘iw‘h‘v’mi for our free Wire and Fence will ,

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so received. unloaded an





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Why We Are Called the “Price Wreckers"





ONSIDER what becomes of the stock of goods when



a manufacturer. jobber or bi retail merchant



goes bankrupt. or “busted" as t e saying goes. n



he year 19 1 ten thousand merchants 113% with



financial distress—that's why the Chicago House reck-



ing 00. exists. If the stocks offered are sufiicicntlylarge.



if the goods are new. clean and desirable they find their



way naturally to our 40 acre liint for distribution. at a



sma added profit to our hun reds of thousands of cust0~

mere. who. in this way get wonderful bargains.



In man cases our prices do not represent the original



cost of pro uction. There is not another concern on earth.



that can meet our prices. simply because no other con-





‘cern has the buying and economical distributing facili-





ties which we enjoy. It is only natural therefore. that

we have become known as ”Price Wreckers”.





r Where Your Dollar Does Double Duty



Every time ou buy from us your dollar takes on an

increased pure iasing power. '9 are the safety valve

between the public and high prices. We recognize no

Trusts or Associations—our methods are along original and

uni ue lines. o are not plodders—we are merchants in

the ullest meaning of the word. and the wise public have

not been slow in realizin our position in the wor .



Our great plant at '35t and Iron .Sts. is a Mecca for

the eagle of Chicago and surrounding country. Thou-

san so visitors from every part of the country make a

yearly pilgrimage to our institution. and buy their yearlg

supplies. Are you getting all the benefit that you shoul

from this exce lent opportunity? We urge you to learn

more about the wonders of our plant. and the opportuni-

ties thnt we afiord when on deal with us. You at full

value for your money. T ore is nothing) fancifu about

our methods—we are Just straight. clean usiness men.





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Our stock includes practically “everything under the

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can uy from us to a decided advantage. The (mm or



on learn to recognize this fact. the sooner you Will be

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Our stock includes Building Material. Lumber. Roof-

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Plumbing Material HeatingRApparatus and Supplies.

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It inc udes Groceries. Clothing. Dry oods. Boots and

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Fishing Tackle HuntingSOutfits ‘ents. Guns. Harness

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structural iron needed in the construction of buildings.

bridges. etc. Machinery. gasoline. gas and electric power

outfits. In fact you cannot think of a single manufac-

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‘I'lilo Is Our House No. 6A.

‘A beautiful up-to-date full 2 story 7

rooms and bath. home. Has been sold

over 400 times. Copied and imitated all

over the U. 8.. but our price and qual~

ity cannot be equaled. The price is

easily 25X to 50‘ below local dealer's prices.

Immediate shipment right from our (f‘hicago

.stocks where you can come and no t on .

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Blue Print Plans. complete specification. and

detailed descrl tive msterisl list. with I re-

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on new galvanized roofing. We are onerfng prices lower than ever be-

fore od’ered in the roofing business. Galvanized roofing at $2.50 per

a uare and up. Ask for free samples. *

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for roofing of quality. ’.1‘h_is smooth sur aced 1:35; 1:33:22 7";

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