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Handling Green and Stable Manure.



I have a. twenty-acre pieceof sandy

loam soil that was planted to beans last

season, and this season is receiving an

application of 250 lbs. per acre of high

grade commercial fertilizer. Will be sown

to oats and seeded with red clover. The

clover is not to be cut for hay or feed

and is not to be pastured but is to be

plowed under. Would it be possible to

get a crop of seed and if so, what method

would you advise? I also have about,

ten acres which will be planted to corn

this season. Balance of farm is in tree

fruits. Will have manure from town dur-

ing the summer, but have no vacant

ground on which to spread it and will be

obliged to store it until fall. Kindly ad-

vise best way to handle all of the above

propositions to‘ best advantage.



_ Allegan C0. SUBSCRIBER,



Where it is desired to use clover as a

crop for green manure and get a. crop of

seed from the land, the best method of-

handling it is to pasture the clover early

in the season, or clip it back about the

first of June, or both, as may be that

advisable. In a normal season this gives

the seed crop a little better chance than

where the first crop is removed for hay,

at least unless the hay is out very early.

In a good season the blossoms will_ be

more likely to escape the attacks of the





 





clover midge, and the weather.” is mote:





nicely to be favorable





than by handling in any

' way. If a good

seed crop is secured this

would be quite a profit—

able way of handling

the clover crop on this

land. But if the field

does not bloom well, the

crop could still bc cut

for hay if dcsircd.



It is a doubtful propo»

sition, in thc writcr's

opinion, w h e t h c r it

would pay to let a good

crop of clover go back

on the land without cut—

ting it at least once,

either for hay or for

seed. If the hay crop

is cut curly the after-

math will usually be

more plentiful than if

the first crop is allowed

to stand without cut—

ting, so that a very

good growth will go

back on the land, and

that removed as hay

will be just as valuable,

for manure after it has

been utilized for feeding

stock and returned to

the field in the form of

stable manure; indeed,

it will be more valuable

if plenty of grain is fed

with it in the ration

to the live stock from

which the manure is made. In the writ-

er's opinion the ideal way to handle the

clover crop for the improvement of the

land is to cut a crop of hay from it as

soon as the blossoms begin to Come out,

the-n allow the aftermath to grow and

remain on the field undisturbed until the

following spring, when it may be plowed

down for corn' or potatoes. This will

furnish the soil )with more humus than

would be the case where a crop 'of sec-d

is harvested, and will give a, maximum

of benefit in the addition of nitrogen to

the soil. If the second crop fills well for

seed it will probably pay to harvest it

but if there’is‘not a good crop of seed

and what matures is allowed to go back

on the land and is plowed under early the

following spring much of it will lay dor-

mant in the soil and will help to make a

thick stand of clover in future years when





When the Maples Are Springing Into Lea‘





the land is again seeded. For these rea-

sons if this problem were the writer’s he

would handle the clover crop in this way,

cutting the first growth for hay as early

as practicable, and harvesting the second

growth for seed or letting it go back on

the land as might seem advisable when

it can be determined how well it has

filled. The clover roots alone will add a

good deal of humus to the land, and the.

manure which can be made from feeding

the clover hay to live stock on the farm,

supplementing the same with a liberal

grain ration will be of more benefit to

the soil when returned to it than would

the clover if allowed to go back on the

land without harvesting a crop or secur-

ing a benefit from it other than that of

supplying additional humus to the soil.

In the handling of stable manure which

must be stored over summer, about the

best that can be done is to pile it in

compact piles, with as straight sides as

possible and a flat top, wetting it'oc-

casionally if necessary to keep it from

heating and using a little land plaster-

as an absorbent, or better still, using

floats for the same purpose, thus adding

plant ,food to the manure as well as con-

serving what is already in it. Of course,

there is bound to be a considerable loss

in ”built and a‘ very noticeable loss in





plant food from any method which coull

be employed in holding manure over

summer in this way, but the method out-

lined is the best that can be used without

providing a, more or less expensive equip-

ment in the way of manure pits and cis-

terns for the purpose.





Buck-hem.



I have a field of new seeding to June

clover which has considerable buck-horn

scattered thru it. Now, would I profit

by cutting early, before the weeds had

seeded, and plow the. ground and sow to

peas or rye, then manure next winter for

corn.



Gratiot Co.





Narrow leavcd





called buck-horn, rib-grass,

etc., in different localities where it is





plentiful, is a perennial or biennial. It

was not formerly that to be a very bad

weed, owing to the fact that it is readily





C. S. LOUGHERXZS‘I-é





commonly

rib—wort,





plantain,





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eaten by cattle and other stock, but since

it has become so generally distributed

thru its prevalence in clovcr and grass

seed it has come to be considered a bad

weed. Its season of flowering is from

June to September, and of seeding from

July to September, so that few plants

will mature seed before the first crop of

clover is cut for hay. The vigorous and

early growth of the clover will hold the

plants back, but as soon as the clover

is out they are there ready to send up

seed stalks and commence the pl‘(l(?i|‘<.\‘

of maturing sceds, which is continued

until fall. If it is thot best to eradicate

it the ground can be plowed :li‘tcr the hay

crop is removed and sown to some catch

crop, such as dwarf Essex rapc for late

pasture or fitted and sown to full grain.

But this latter process will generally in-

terfere with _the regular crop rotation.

and so far as the writer is concerned he

would not break up the crop rotation to

get rid of it. Any weed that the stock

will eat is not so very dangerous and

where the cultivated ground is sown to

spring grain or rape for the purpose of

rcseeding, as is the writer’s pructiCc.

there need be little fear of its occupying

theland in the next hay crop; The same





is true Where fail grain, is sown after,-

cultivated crops pr on a summer fallow,-





 





Farm, Tuscoia Co., Home of Mrs.





’l‘hc plant sccds libcrully, and. of course,

sonic of this sccd will lic dormant in tho

ground for a considerable time and be on

hand to germinate when turned to the

surface, but it does not survive CllltiViIF

tion well, and we have never seen it very

prevalent in pastures. Some years ago

this plant was very plentiful along the

roadside in the writer's community, but

with the achnt of favorable seasons for

the growth of the June grass it prac—

tically disappeared. “here one desires





to grow clovcr seed it is, of course, the





wise thing to eradicatc it, own at the





cost of the stand of clover. If the plants

are not too plcntiful they can be. cut out

with a. sharp spud shortly after the hay

crop is removed. But for the general

farmer it is questionable if the better

plan would not be to pasture the field

after haying, thus reducing the amount





31.50 THREE YEAR

of seed matured not a little and plow

in the regular rotation for some spring





crop the following year just as tho the

weed were not present, as on most soils

it will not prove a very troublesome pest.

since it will be eaten quite freely by the-

stock. Care should, however, be taken

not to sow it in the clover or other grass

sccd, in which it is becoming more and

more prevalent.

Destroying Weevil.



I would like to know how to get rid of

thc little bugs that get in beans.



Ncwaygo Co. E. B. S.



The bcst way of eradicating weevil

from beans or grain is to fumigate with

carbon bisulphidc. This is done by pour-

ing the liquid into SilitlllHV pans on top of

a tight bin or box in which the grain is-

stored, using from one to one and a half





pounds of the liquid to each hundred

bushels treated. In case the bins are

dccp a more thoro job will be done if





some of the. liquid is introduced into the

bin by means of a gas pipe, so as to be

certain that the gas will penetrate to all

parts of the, bin. In case the granary in

which the beans or grain to be treated is

large, sufficient 0f the liquid should be

used to treat the granary if full. This is

a ‘very volatile liquid and care should be

taken to keep away fromit with a light

Elf any ‘k—indafter treating and until

thoroly aired out.‘ The

bin, or granary, should

be closed as tightly as

possible for 48 hours

after the treatment,

when it should be

Opent‘d and thoroly aired_





in case the grain is in-

a tight bin it may be





closcly Covered with pa-

pcrs to prevent the es-

cape of the gas, which

is hcavicr than the air





and will settle into the

grain. After the treat-





mcnt is concluded it

will be found necessary

to movc the grain and

fun it out in order to

prchnt heating, in case

the wccvil have

ph-nlil‘ul.



'i‘hc effectiveness Of

this rcmcdy for weevil

has bccn thoroly provcn





both at cxpcrimcut stu—

litills and in a commer-

cial way, and the use

of one pound to 1th

bushcls has generally

girl u out ircly satisfac-

tory I‘csuli‘s. S o ill 0.





ycurs ago the writer had

:1 succcssful experience





in its usc. The \vccvil

made its appearance in

u granary in which scv-





crnl hundred bushels of

Ellen Purdy. 1'.vc was bcing carried



chr. This was treated

in the bins with this liquid at the rate

of one pound to 11m bushcls of rye, the

granary beingr ncnriy full. After the

fumigation the grain was removed and





cleaned, When part of it was sold and the

balance again stored in the granary,

which has never bccn infcsted with weevil

since that time. It should be, borne in

mind, hochcr, that the granary should

be made as nearly air tight as possible,

and that the succcss of the treatment

will dcpcnd not; a little upon how wcll

the gas is confined to it during the proc-

ess of fumigation.

Winter Barley.



I scc by the IT. S. Crop Reporter that

Roumania raises Winter barley. Do we

have such a crop in Michigan or the

United States, and where can we get it?



Midland Co. J. L. SAGE.



We have no knowledge of winter barley





having been grown in Michigan. Winter





 





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oats have been tried here with varying

results. The U. S. Department of Agri-





culture is at the present time conducting-





some , experiments with winter oats in

Michigan, thru the co-operation of a

prominent Jackson county farmer, and it

is probable that valuable information

with regard to the adaptability of this

grain to Michigan conditions will be forth-

coming when the experiments under way

have been completed. This information

would also indicate whether winter barley

could be successfully grown in Michigan

or not. But in the meantime there would

seem to be little to be gained by pri-

vately conducted experiment-s along this

line, as the staple spring grain crops are

filling the average requirements quite sat-

isfactorily.

Millet as a Forage Crop.





Being a reader.of your most valuable

farm paper, would like to ask you a few

questions. I have cleared a few acres

here in Manistee which I have been

thinking of putting in German Millet, as

I have the .millet seed, but I understand

it is hard on the ground, as this ground

is of a light sandy nature and so thot

by mixing clover seed with it, it would

be all right, but don’t know how much

of each to mix. I would want this for

hay, or if you know of anything that

would be better for hay and for the

ground I would be very thankful to you

as I am a new beginner here and a little

short of cash.



Manistee CO. L. B.





While millet can be used as a hay

crop with fair results, where sown on a

'well prepared sandy loam, it is not a.

suitable crop with which to seed to clover.

If necessary to have the hay the millet

may be more profitably sown alone aftei

the cold weather of spring is past. Millet

is a little hard on the soil because it. is

a shallow rooting plant which draws its

nutriment from the top few inches of

surface soil. Oats and peas make a good

forage crop where they can be sown

early, but in a normal season they should

be sown earlier in the season than the

middle of May. This, however, is not

a normal season and there will be many

acres of this crop sown after this date.

But having the millet seed. if the hay

crop is more to be desirel than the seed—

ing it would be as well to sow the millet.

On the other hand, if it is desired to get

a seeding 0f clover it would be better to

sow to cats and seed.



LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.

———1



Another late spring, with entirely too

much rain, has prevented us fmm gottz’ne

our crops in in season. The oats are

sowed at last. “'0 finished on the 6th of

May, but we still have. 25 acres of cats

and peas to sow and the land is too wet

at this writing to work to the best ad-

vantage. Iiowever, this spring is a little

different from any other spring that I

ever experienced. \Vhilc we are late in

sowing the oats, all vegtation is late.

The trees are not lcaved out. Grass has

made but little start, and I do not see

why oats do not stand as good a show as

grass in making a crop this year. If the

season was well advanced and we had

been prevented from putting in crops

from too much rain, the case would be

different. The season is not advanced,

consequently, I shall attempt to carry out

the plan of the crops this year completely.



The criticism of Mr. Lawson and sev-

eral other farmch has influenced me to

make an experiment in the alfalfa this

season and I will sow only a portion of

the field with the other grasses and sow

the balance of the field to alfalfa alone.

I do not think 1 shall use any nurse crop

at all. l'pon reflection it does certainly

seem that this would be a better way than

to sow it all to Dr. Beal‘s mixture, but

while I think considerable of Mr. Law-

son‘s judgment on this matter, I think

more of Dr. I’wal‘s judgment in the mat-

ter of growing grasses in the state of

Michigan than of any other man in the





state. I do not bclievc he Would have

rectmimcnded this unlcss he had thol it

out carefully and unless he had drawn his

conclusions from actual experience. I





know the man too well to think anything

different. Since my t'u'ig’innl idczt of sow—

ing some alfalfa in this \.:L)', I have pur—

chased more land and I now have an

eight acre field to experiment with, conse-

uucntly I shall sow four acres to Dr. Beal‘s

mixture and four acres to alfalfa alone.

I plowed this land in April as it is sandy

and we could gct on this field before we

could on the rest of our land. Nothing

farther has been done by way of fitting

this. My intention is to put on a ton of

lime to the acre and then about 500 lbs.

of a good grade of commercial fertilizer

and sow the alfalfa as soon as we get

our oats and peas in. Perhaps we will

put in our sugar beets first. It will de—

pend something upon the weather. Then

I calculate to roll the land with a corru-





gated roller and top dress it with stable

manure. ‘ ’ *





Another experiment that I am going to .





try, is to inoculate part of the seed with

pure culture bacteria for producing the

nodules on the roots, or in other word-s,‘

inoculating the soil with bacteria which

live upon the alfalfa roots, producing no—

dules which enables the plant to get free

nitrogen from theatmosphere. Our ex—

periment station is furnishing me the

pure culture, and I am also experimenting

along the same line with pure culture for

field peas. I have noticed several times

that when peas and oats are sownon

land where peas were not grown before

in the rotation, that the peas have not

done as well as they have on other fields

and I am inclined to think that it is

because this bacteria is not in the soil.

Consequently, since our experiment sta—





tion has prepared this bacteria, I am‘





going to inoculate ten bushel of seed as

an experiment and have the pure culture

on hand now from the experiment station

and will try and give the matter my per-

sonal attention so that I will know and

be able to tell the readers of The Farmer

exactly what the results are.

’ COLON C. LILLIE.





FERTILIZER FOR RUTABAGAS AND

MANGLES.





 





What mixture or formula of fertilizer

should I use on rutabagas and mangles?

Soil is clay loam, was fall plowed, was

in peas last year. What would be the

best way to apply it, broadcast or in

drill, and how much to the acre?



Alcona Co. SUBSCRIBER.





I would use just about the same com-





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mercial fertilizer for rutabagas and

mangles as I would for sugar beets. In

a general way a fertilizer would be need-

ed that was comparatively rich in potash

and phosphoric acid. I would think a

fertilizer analyzing about 1 per cent am-

monia, 8 per cent phosphoric, acid and 4

or 5 per Cent of potash would be one that

would be hard to beat for these crops.

The best way to apply it is to put it on

broadcast when you are fitting the ground

and harrow it in thoroly. (let it mixed

with the soil. This is much better and

will give better results than to put it in

with u drill with the seed. I would not

uSe lcss than 2300 lbs. per acre and it

would be m’ueh‘ better to use twice that-

amount; 500 lbs. per acre would be a

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of crop. It must be remembered that root

nvnpc yield an irni‘nonoc amount Of matter

per acre and just a little fertilizer cannot

be expected to make very much of an

impression or do so very much good on

this sort of a crop. Put it on liberally

and get a good crop. 0





NEW PEA BEAN.





The Alfred J. Brown Seed C0,, of Grand

Rapids, Mich, well known to the VVhole-

sale Seed Trade as being extensive grow-

ers of Seed Peas and Beans, are intro-

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Bean, which promises to be worth a lot

of money to the Michigan bean grower.



Beans have proven to be a good money

crop for the Michigan farmers to raise,

and this new type is such an improve-

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l-lean that it gives farmers who make a

specialty of growing beans an opportunity

to make the bean crop pay even better.



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to two weeks earlier than the general

crop.



The price, SHIN), at which this new type

of Pen bean is being offered is not high,

for the reason that it requires less seed

per acre so that the extra cost of seed

per acre is not more than 250. Any

farmer can well afford to plant his entire

crop to this improved type of bean, as it

is not only a safe bean to grow, but pro-

dllccs a larger crop and of far better

quality. ' E



Several of the elevators thruout the

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None genuine unless bags are scaled and

contain our inside label. As there is only

a limited amount of seed to be had orders

should be placed at once or they can be

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DEVELOPING THE YOUNG BREED-

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The Boars.



The young boars that are to be de-

veloped for breeding purposes should be

selected at weaning time and all of those

that do not come up to a fixed standard

of individual merit should be castrated

and fattened for market. Breeders of

registered swine do not use the knife

feely enough among their male pigs. 1





'know from experience that it requires





nerve to use the knife freely in the pure-

bred herd; but if a strict law could be

passed and enforced compelling breeders

to unsex every male pig that failed to

come up to a required standard of indi-

viduality there would be less complaint

among farmers concerning disappoint—

ments in the results obtained by the use

of pure-bred boars in their herds of

swine. Breeders should not fail to keep

in View the real and not the fancied wants

of the practical farmers and the feeders

to whom it is a living interest to secure

breeding animals that will yield large

and speedy returns upon their invest-

ment.



The special care of the young boars

should commence at weaning time, when

they should be separated from the gilts

and other hogs and placed in a yard away

from all other hogs. Like the young gilts

they need an abundance of succulent

foods and better results will be obtained

if they are allowed the run of a large

yard or pasture where good clover, alfalfa

or blue grass pasture is available.



If their yard, or pasture, is entirely

away from the rest of the herd they will

quiet down and make the best of the sit-

uation and the danger of having them off

feed will be greatly reduced. If there

are other hogs in the yard next to them

you will be in a worse fix than ever. 1

would prefer to have them all running in

one yard than to have them separated by

a woven wire fence, for they will run

along the fence and fight thru it, stop

eating and go to fretting and chopping.

When they get to that state there re—

mainq but one thing to do, and that it to

put them in small pens, each one by

himself, away from sight and hearing of

the rest of the herd.



If they are running together and doing

nicely, do not make the mistake of upset-

ting the quietness of the whole bunch

by putting in a strange pig or two with

them, for it is sure to upset the whole

bunch and before you know it you will

have a lot of fretting, chopping and rest-

less young boars on your hands. It is

quite a simple matter for a brecdeiuof

experience to go out and‘buy a uniform

lot of evenly dcvelopcd young gilts of

about the same age, size, type and gen-

eral appearance, but where would he go

to find that many boars of uniform size?



Many young boars are ruined by ignor-

ance in feeding or by not being properly

handled by men who buy them after they

get them home. It requires skill to buy

a boar that is loaded Willi fat and re-

duce him in llcsh until he is in just the

right condition for breeding purposes. I

think that most breeders will agree with

me that a gtmd, thrifty yotmg boar just

out of a good pasture will usually give

better satisfaction than one out of a Show

herd at the country fair.



Give the young breeding boar as many

kinds of food as it is possible to provide,

but do not make the mistake of making

sudden changes in his dIct. Some kinds

of stock foods are excellent to use in

feeding to young boars in connection with

farm grmvn foods, but a good run of

forage crops and plenty of mixed grain

and skim—milk form a ration that is hard

to improve upon by supplementing any

kind of medicated stock food. All of the

present day buyers of breeding boars

demand plenty of bone, muscle and con—

stitution and if your hogs possess these,

together with flesh, and you give them

good, intelligent care and attention, you

are absolutely sure of selling them at

good prices. If there is any One thing

that shows the true index of the breed—

ers’ skill it is a bunch of smooth, evenly

developed young boars.



New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





BIG WEIGi-IT FOR LA—MBS AT BIRTH.





 





 





I have seen several articles in Michigan

Farmer concerning large litters of pigs,

and thot I would see if anyone could beat

my pair of grade Shropshire twin lambs,

dropped April 24, which weighed 34 lbs.



Saginaw C0. GEORGE FRY.





 





THE ‘ MICHIGAN“ FARMER. (a)





INCREASING PREVALEch OF ANI-

MAL TUBERCULOSIS.





 





The reports of the Bureau of Animal

Industry of the United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture, indicate that tuber-

culosis among ‘live stock is steadily in-

creasing, as shown by the number of

animals found affected at the various

slaughtering centers. The increase in the

number of cases found is due in part,

but only in part, to the increased efi'i~

ciency of the method of inspection. The

meat inspection figures show that nearly

1 per cent of cattle and over 2 per cent

of hogs slaughtered are tuberculous,

which is surely an alarming condition.



Feeding experiments conducted by the

Bureau have proved conclusively that hogs

are readily infected thru the ingestion of

feces and milk from tuberculous cows.

There is therefore, no doubt that the

prevalence of the disease in hogs could

be greatly reduced by simply eradicating

it from cattle.



Considerable testing of cattle has been

done in Washington, D. C., and vicinity

for the purpose of assisting the district

authorities in obtaining a pure milk sup—

ply, and of obtaining for the Bureau fur-

ther information regarding the extent

of tuberculosis in the locality and for

other purposes. In these tests about 17

per cent of the dairy cattle reacted.



The percentage of tuberculosis in var-

ious states, shown by tests conducted

by the officials in those states with

bureau tuberculin, indicates that from

2.79 to 19.69 per cent of the cows react,

and it is estimated that in the country at

large at least 10 per cent of the cows in

dairy herds are tuberculous.



The recent agitation against the milli

of tuberculous cows as human food has

had the eff< ct of causing many herds to

be examined, with astonishing results,

not only to the owners but to the officials

themselves. Can it be wondered at that

so many infants and children die of in-

testinal tuberculosis when so many of the

cows from which milk is obtained are

tuberculous?



\Vithout considering the matter as a,

public health question but looking at it

entirely from an economic standpoint and

as a business proposition, live stock rais-

crs cannot afford to have tuberculosis in

their herds. As an illustration, Argentina

requires that all cattle imported into that

country shall be subjected to the ttll)(‘l‘-

culin test upon arrival, and as a conse-

quence exporters from the United States

have had the test made on cattle intend-

ed for shipment. The results of these

tests showed that in some of the pure-

bred herds nearly :70 per cent of the ani-

mals were diseased and in consequence

sales were lost.



“'hcn the practice becomes general for

all buyers of breeding cattle to have ani-

mals tested before placing them in their

herds the breeder of strictly healthy cat-

tlc will be much sought after. Already

some breeders of pure-bred cattle have

established, or are arranging to estab—

lish, stich herds. As soon as the breeders

fully understand the fact that it is un—

protitable to go on breeding cattle while

tuberculosis exists in their herds, much

of the objection raised against the sale

of live stock subject to inspection will:

disappear, for it would be worth the

price of several condemned animals for

the owner of a valuable herd to know the

fact as early as possible if the, disease|

exists in his herd, as the longer he delays

in taking steps to prevent its spread the

greater will be his loss eventually. Fis—

lll't'S for the last year secured from

abattoirs where federal inspection is

maintained show that over it) billion

pounds of meat was inspected, 46 million

pounds of which was condemned, nearly;

three-fourths lu’~iI‘Ig for tuberculosis. ‘



The recent effort of the large packing,

interests to buy all dairy cows subject tol

post-mortcm inspection shows how ser-‘

ions the plague is becoming. Sooner or

later the man who raises tuberculous

animals must suffer the loss, unless the'

loss is paid for out of public funds; andl

when the loss is placed upon the producer‘

we may then know that the end of the;

disease is in sight. [I



It may at some time be necessary fori

the federal government to quarantine;

against interstate shipments of COWS from

certain states where the disease prevailsl

to a considerame extent, and require a;

strict supervision over all animals re—

moved from such states for interstate

shipment, and only remove the quaran~

tine from sections of the state when it

has been demonstrated that the disease

either has been eradicated or is under‘

strict local quarantine. 1





 





 





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I 0 YOUR OWN .

HREsHm '





ONE HALF

of your profits from beam and peas are lost if

you do not thresh them from the vines in such a

way that you save the seed in a whole, clean mar-

ketable condition. The Owens Threshers are guar-

anteed to do this. They absolutely will not split the

seed. and yet take every pod from the vines. They

will also shred the vines and take all sand, dirt and

foul stuff out of them. Handled by an Owens

Thresher your crop will yield you better both in

quantity and in price, both for your seed and hay.

Don't continue the old wasteful way of handling

your crop. Try the-—





OWENS





PEA‘aBEAN TH RESHERS





Built in 4 Sizes—Double Cylinders. Larger

Separating Space than Any Other

Thresher of Equal Size——





which has double cylinders enabling one to run the threshcr at a low rate of '

speed. preventing any possibility of splitting the seed—and yet be able to take

EVERY POD from the vines.



(A single cylinder dircshcr cannot take all the pods from the vines if the speed

‘ is reduced sufficiently so as not to split the seed.



“The Owens“ has on account of its extreme length a larger separating space

in proportion to its size than any other threshcr built. This also makes the

Owens do much cleaner work than any other so that you can do Without a

I’ecleaner.



It is built of absolute first-class material by the most skilled mechanics and



workmen. and is an all around supeIior threshcr.



w But we are unable to Izive you a true. clear description of the Owens

L in this ad. Our catalogue does that fully. besides shows you illustra-



" tions of all parts of the machine. You better send for it—it's a valuable



book for the grower of beans and peas. as it gives information gathered



from the best authorities on how to grow and cutlivate them.





The Manufacturers’ Own Proposition to You

Is the mostllbml ever made by any manufacturer. If we have no agent In

dealer in ynur locality, we will save you their ,commisslon. but you must mile

WW us so we can oxplaln it to you fully, and send you price list and full particular:

about our free trial plan, guaranty, etc. Let us hear ham you at once.





J. L. OWENS CO.

> 633 Superior St. S. E. MlNNBAl?OLI§, MINN.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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Department of Animal Industry,





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New Importation Just Arrived





Percherons,Clydesdales,

and English Hackneys.





These horses are picked from the choicest breeds in Europe. Stables right

in town. Free bus to the trains. Byron is located on the Toledo & Ann Arbor

R. R, 44 miles north of Ann Arbor and 7 miles south of Durand on the Grand

Trunk R. R. These stallions are blacks, bays and chestnuts from 3 to 6 years old.





ALL AT LOW PRICES.





CALKINS & AUGSBURY, Proprietors, Byron, Michigan





Write a Us a Postal "“43? J,

This Big Book Will Save \m, '"

You 40 to 50 Per _ ”7"





Answer this little ad and get our Big. New, 1909 Columbus Vehicle

Book Free—Shows over 75 styles of vehicles to take your pick from. ‘

Save 40 to 50 per cent at our Factory Prices. Book shows you more

variety to select from than any dealer can show. Why pay the dealer’s

big profit? Save the cash for yourself. Let the saving buy you any

high-grade harness—also shown in this book.





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Buy Direct

Don‘t fall to send us your name if you are now in the market for any vehicle or expect to be

this year. Get our Book and Prices and prove what we say. Get factory prices and save money.





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Just at this time of the year,. While“

the rush of spring work is on many of

us find that last winter we made a mis-

calculation as to the number of horses

needed for the season’s work, or, as

mishaps are bound to occur, find that we

need another horse, and what is more,

find that we need one badly. As time,

especially springtime, is money, many 01

us are apt to think that rather than

waste several days looking around the

country for a rather scarce article, it is

cheaper to hie off to some large city and

buy a-horse off the open market. Oft-

times, it is well, but other times it isn’t.

That’s where the rub strikes us.



It is a well known fact, tho we seldom;

think of it when buying an animal, thatl

hundreds of farmers make it a business?

to fatten and otherwise prepare horses

for market, and that when they get thru

with the animal, it usually takes several

weeks to get the horse down to working

condition. Also, another well-known fact

is that there are hundreds of western

horses on the market, and that, as a rule

it takes time to get them where one can

do a solid day’s work. Often it takes a

whole season to get them thoroly accli-

mated, and that on account of distemper

and kindred ailment-s one encounters an

element of loss if not of danger. Then,

hardly any other business is so filled with





ness, so it is that unless one is unusu-

ally careful he is apt to get a doped

animal.



Only this spring, a renter in our neigh-

borhood bot a team in Toledo. A few

days after buying them, he took the pair

buck and gave the jockey fifty dollars

for the privilege of returning them. An

investigation of matters found that he

was the sixth farmer so taken in, within

the Course of as many weeks. Yet, we

say that farmers aren’t easy marks. We:

ourselves have lost out. very much at1

times, both on overfed animals and on,

western horses. True, we have had

many which were in every respect worth

the money, but as I have said, there is

an element of chance which we, in the

present rush, can hardly afford to run,

and for that reason, I think we can

afford to spend a few days scouring the

country for horses upon which we can

rely. CLYDE A. \VAUGH.





 





 





SUPPLEMENTARY PASTURE CROPS-l





Because we are having a surplus of rain J

at the present time, a great many farm-1

ers will be likely to forge-z that more often‘!

than otherwise we get a summer drouth.‘l

\Vith the prospects good for an abund-l

once of pasture during the early summer

these same farmers are likely to forget.

their experience of previous years, when

the pastures have dried up under,

the scorching heat of the mid-summer:

sun, and it has been heel-ssary to feed

the meadows as Well as the pastures all

too closely, to get the stock thru the

dry time. That such a course is not pr-of-’

itable all will admit. That this is the;

season of the year when provision should1

be made against such a time of need '1”

should remember. Some rape sown for

the sheep and hogs, and a, small area‘

planted to soiling crops for the cattle‘

will make it certain that the experience

above referred to need not be repeated

this season. A little forethot of this kind

will pay in the greater thrift of the stock

during summer, and the better condition

and more profitable yield of marketable

product in the fall and succeeding winter.





   

   

 

 

 

   

 

   

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





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Chicago South Omaha Kansas City Denver Sioux City South St. Joseph





 





“Touching the _ .



.High Spot”

-That’s What You Want



-That’s What We Do





Many feeders and shippers have saved their commissions

by consigning to Clay, Robinson 86 C0.



Suppose two men each ship stock, same grade and

quality, consigned to dificrent commission firms. Suppose

one firm by better salesmanship or harder work, secures a

nickel or a dime per 100 lbs. more than the other, Don’t

you see that the extra amount would more than pay the

commission, and add just that much to your check?





We spoke above of one firm getting a nickel or a dime

per 100 lbs. more than the other. As a matter of fact we

have often beaten competitors fifteen, twenty—five—yes, forty

cents, per 100 lbs., on stock of identically same class. It’s all

in the SALESMEN.



We, of course, do not claim that in every case we get

more for consignments than another firm would do. But in

EVERY case we do get the FULL STRENGTH of the

market. If it were not a fact that some salesmen ARE better

sellers, and do habitually get better prices than others, where

would be the sense of our hiring the highest-salaried salesmen

in the trade? to We are not throwing our money away. If-



all salesmen were alike we Could save thousands of dollars annually in salaries. '

Reading about what we have done for others, or What we can do for you,





will not put a penny into your pocket, unless you ACT upon your best judgment

and consign to us.

Clay





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any of the nine mrkets where we have houses, lexpect to ship .............. cariofid .......... of

fill out the coupon, or give us the same informa_ “nu-momma

tion in a letter, and we will send you (free) our

“LIVE STOCK REPORT”—a fine twelve-page

illustrated weekly market, live stock and farm

newspaper. Write us for any special information you

want. Address us at whatever market you expect to ship

to, or, if undecided, address our Chicago office.





 





 

 





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





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Over 60,000 horse owners and farmers, and over 4,500 harness dealers who carry them, Send "a You, Fr“ an“ “HM” cw" Sen"... and Tc‘nmonm‘

say that Whipple Humane Horse Collars have revolutlomzed the horse-collar busmess. _ I



Any harness dealer will sell you \Vhipple Collars 0n15 days’ free trial .w1th money right

back without question if you are not satisfied by working your sore horses in them. I‘ry it.

If your dealer hasn‘t got them yet, just write us direct to nearest factory.

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self in a. hot day‘s sun with a blanket padded round your sore .y





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Whipple “Inna“ Day ’ Trlal or Money Back Byavcr 4 500 Harness Dealers Work and

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necked “OF-“e while um Supply You on Fifteen Davs' Trlal~ voo- 80,000 In only.





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these collars because there are 45 sq. in. of pulllng surface on _ ears by expert workmen.

each shoulder as compared with only 10 sq. in. on old-style





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Factory 1964 S. 13th St., Omaha, Neb.

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Telling About Howl Can Protect My Horses from All Collar Trou-

bles with the Whipple Humane Hone Collar. Also Tell Me the

Price of One Set.



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der joint, giving horses. chance to step without bruising joint

where most bruises come. 3.—No pressure on the thin skin and





with old—style collars 4.—-N0 pressure at all on top of the neck





' ' — ' flee ' shut otf the horse’s breathing.

1'8“ you why. 1. Pulling our 13 or on the windp-lpe to lete and ready to use. Built to last for





and of durable materials. Write

or Free Book and testimonials. Address our Nearest Factory.





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MAY 15} 1909.

LIVE s-rocK worse.





Reports from the northern ranges state

that new grass is very backward in

Showing up, and none is available except

in a limited area around Sheridan, I‘Vyo-

ming. Range cattle came thru the winter

in extremely thin condition, with scarcely

any flesh on their bones, and hence a

good many weeks will be required for

putting them in good butchering condi-

tion. It is not expected that any large

numbers will be ready to market before

September, and until this movement of

range stock sets in freely there will be

a better showing for corn-fed cattle.

Texas cattle are going in extremely thin

flesh to northern pastures as there has

been a long drought in that state.



Complaints are heard in the markets

of the middle west that every year sees

fewer good veal calves and more of light,

immature calves which are so hard to

sell for the good reason that they make

an inferior grade of veal. This is the

state of things in the Chicago market,

where the packers want calves that will

weigh from 120 to 140 pounds, with very

few of that kind offered. In former years

the dairymen paid closer attention to

finishing their calves, but since then the

milk has advanced so much in price that

the principal aim is to sell the calves

quickly so as to save the milk. It seems

a great pity to send in the calves at so

early an age, and it would probably pay

to make the calves a little fatter before

parting with them. It has become cus—

tomary to send in unduly large numbers

of calves on Tuesday, which long has

been known as “calf day,” and it would

be better to distribute the receipts over

the week more evenly, for the present

System favors buyers unduly.



Before long the last of the Colorado

woolcd lambs will have been marketed,

and there will be something approximat-

ing a mutton famine until the crop of

spring lambs is ready for marketing. As

is generally known, there is a great short—

age of sheep and lambs this season, un—

usually small numbers having been sent

last autumn to feeding districts in Col-

orado, Michigan, Iowa and other states

where mutton is largely produced. The

sheepmen who have stuck to the business

and carried it on intelligently have made

handsome profits, recent prices having





 





been unusually high. Prime unsliorn

lambs have sold quite recently in the





Chicago market at $8.75 per 100 lbs., the

highest price seen in years. Mutton is

extremely dear eating these times.



The dearness of corn, muddy feed lots

and continued unsatisfactory conditions

in the beef trade combine to make things





uncomfortable for the, average cattle

feeder. The cost of producing beef is





greater than usual, while the enforced

great reduction in the consumption of

beef everywhere owing to its high price

and hard times for thousands of families

tends to lower the ruling prices of beef

cattle. In ordinary times the present

carttle supply would be rcgardml as small,

but it is actually large for the domestic

and foreign demand, and the- popular de—

mand continues to center on cattle of a

rzitlici‘ than on the best

grade. The exporters are buying for less

cattle than in former normal yours, and

they are letting the choice bccves se—

verely alone and are taking the medium

to good lots mainly, steers selling in the

Chicago market at $1501 (1.40 per 100 lbs.,

being chiefly wanted for the foreign mar-

kets. Prices for cattle. are still narrow—

ing, and while the cheaper steers have

been selling in the Chicago market at

about the same. prices as were paid a

month ago, the top price is lower than at

that period. Kansas continues to furnish

considerable numbers of heavy gOod t0

choice beeves, and there is a fair niovc—

ment of that, class from Nebraska, while





South Dakota and western Iowa stock—

inen are marketing numerous heavy

cattle.





The western packers continue to meet

with great difficulty in thcir determined

efforts to place the hog market on a.

lower basis, for there is evidently a short

supply thruout the corn belt, and week

after week the numerous Chicago pack—

ing firms are forced to divide up the

reduced receipts with the aggressive east-

ern shippers, those, taking the cream of

the offerings. The shippers call for the

choicest droves of hogs averaging any-

where from 220 to 260 lbs. usually, and

they pay the highest prices. They also

frequently take some of the hogs Of

lightcr weights, as do the Chicago puck-

crs now and then. In fact, there is

usually a good all around demand, and

hardly anything in the hog line comes

really amiss, altlio the smallest pigs nec-

essarily have to be disposed of at very

low comparative. prices. It is a case of

the supply falling short of the demand,

and not until the pigs born lust autumn

are ready to be marketed is there cx-

pccted to be any radical break in priccs.

The only thing that could bring about a

materially lower markct would be a ser-

ious falling off in the eastern shipping





demand, and this is hardly to be ex-

pected, altho further sharp advances

would be likely to be followed by a





slower demand. liegs are wanted more

for the big fresh meat trade than for

any other purpose, for fresh pork is still

the. cheapest article in the meat line.



The state department at \Vashington

has notified Henry L. '\Vilson, the Ameri—

can minister to Belgium, that the Bel-

gian government has removed the re-

slrictions against the importation of

cattle from all parts of the United States.

The restrictions were imposed last lie—

comber as a result of the outbreaks of

the foot—and-mouth disease in several

states.



The abundant moisture from the snow

and heavy rains which fell during the

last days of April and the first days or

May, followed by warm, growing weather

have done much toward making up for

lost time in the growth of pastures. If

not too heavily stocked at the start they

will furnish abundant feed from now on,

and relieve the farmer who is short of

feed from no little anxietv





 





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Advice thru this department is free to

our subscribers. Each communication

should state history and symptoms of the

case in full; also name and address of

writer. Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

the desired information in a reply that

has been made to some one else.





Periodic Ophthalmia.—I have a 5-year-

old mare that was sick a year ago last

winter. The Vet. who looked after her

tliot she had pink eye, since then she

has had more or less eye trouble, but.

apepars to be much better at one time

than another. She had a colt this spring

and is worse since. She is worse when





working. \Vhat ails her? L. R. A., Lake

Odessa, Mich—Your ‘mare suffers from

periodic oplithalmia and will lose her





sight some time. Give 1 di'. sulfur, 1 dr.

powdered rosin, 1/2 dr. iodide potassium

at a dose in feed once a day for twenty

days.



Infected Udder.——-I let my cow go dry

March 1st; she was due on April 5th; on

April 3rd one quarter of her bag swelled.

I milked what seemed to be clear blood

from her. The. next day the whole bag

was inflamed, she had a temperature of

105°, blood coming from all four quarters,

bowels not acting, refused to eat and

drink, took spasms and died April 15th.

We opened her and found food packed

tightly in her third stomach, her gall was

five times its normal size. E. 8., Burton,

Mich—Your cow first bruised her udder,

it soon became infected; besides, she no

doubt suffered from impaction and be-

thcn the two it caused her death.



Is Congested Udder Contagious?—\Vill

a cow with one or two quarters coni-

plctely blocked or congested or inflamed

be all right when she freslicns again?





 





C. R, H., Jackson, Mich—«A COW may

have congestion of the udder, the result

of injury and not be at all contagious;

however, a great many congested uddors

arc the result of infcction and these cases

should be regarded as contagious. \thn-

ever a cow gets into a condition so that

it is impossible to draw milk from it

and she is allowed to go dry it is always

very doubtful whether it will ever restore

to a normal condition or not. in the case

of deep milkers and valuable cows it is

often worth while to lakc a chance, but

in a majority of cases it proves a dis-

appointmcnt and the quartcr rcmains'

blind. '



Cow-Pox.—I bot a cow last fall said

to be seven years old. She came fresh

onc chk ago, now her touts and udder

are quite sore. At first these parts|

looked like warts; now they have peeled

off and she seems to suffer pain when’

milked. Any information you can give;

will be greatly appreciated. J. F. M., Clif— i

ford, Michfvl'our cow has perhaps a,l

light attack of cow—pox, nothing that is

at all dangerous and i'cudily yields to

treatment. if her bowels are Costivc

give 1 lb. sulfate magnesia (cpsoni salts)

one dose only. Also give 1/2 oz. pow—

dcred nitrate potash (saltpctcr) twice a

day for three days and apply '1 part oxide

cf zinc, 4 parts vuscline to sores twice a

day.



How ,to Increase Marc’s Milk Flow—

li'idigestion.—l wish you would tell me

what to feed my 4—year-old inure to

make her give more milk. \Vc are about

to commence working her; am feeding

plenty of oats and hay. I also haVo an—

other pair of horses that are thin; had

their teeth filcd last fall and our local

Vet. gave me some powders to mix in

their food; however, they have not. picked

up. A. H., Springport, Mich—Your mare

should be fcd mixed hay instcud of clcdr

timothy, plenty of bran with her oats

and a few vegetables once or twice a

day. (in account of licr colt having to

be nourished you should increase her

grain ration and as soon as possible let

her have some grass. (live your other

two horses each a table-spoonful of the

following compound powder at a dose in

feed two or three times a day for thirty





 





days. Powdered sulfate iron, gentiaii,

ginger, fenugrcck, rosin and charcoal

equal parts by weight and mix them

thoroly.





iruin Trouble.~I have a black gelding

1-1 years old; he was a good horse up to

tcn years old; since tlicii he has been

a little, stupid, the result of a sick spell;

He has since had two or three attacks;

he has often moved in a circlc, is i'cvcr-

ish and has cold swoa‘ts. He has not

had any attacks lately, but it is almost

impossible to make him back. Our local

Vet. tliot lic might have a tumor on the

brain, another Yet. thot not; filed his

teeth and gave, a tonic saying when sum-

mer came. he would not be able to work,

but he 'was mistaken for the horse

worked and improved. B. 8., Bath, Mich.

——'l‘hese are cases that no one, can posi—

tively tell just what is cruising his illness;

however, I iiiiagino that it is due to im—





 





perfect circulation iii the brain. Give 1/2

‘dr. iodide potassium and 1/;“3 oz. hypo-

sulfite soda at a dose in feed twice a day.

His bowcls should be kept open.



Chronic Crease Heel—Stocking—I have

a 2-year-old colt that was taken lame

about the ,middle. of February with what



thot an attack of grease hecl. I had

to go away about a week and when I

returned his leg was sore on each side

and discharging an offensive fluid; be-

Sides, the leg was quite itchy and badly





swollen. I applied poultices and a lotion

from our home veterinary. His leg is

now nearly healed, but swollen, which





makes him travel stiff. iVliat do you

recommend? W. . P., Benzonia, Mich.

—Givc your colt 1 dr. iodide potassium





 





and a teaspoonful powdered rosin at a

dose in feed night and morning for ten'





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The plan adoptcd



2’ Agriculture in the by the State Board

High School. of Agriculture for

the introduction of



agricultural instruction into the high

schools of the state has been outlined in

these columns and is no doubt familiar

. to a large pcrccntagc of Michigan Fari'ncr

readers. In a bullctin just issucd by the

department of agricultural cducation of

M. A. C., Prof. \V. H. French gives some

interesting information touching thc pro—

grcss of the work which his department

is undertaking to introduce into the high

schools of the state as fast as a demand

or dcsire for such instruction becomes

apparent. Taking the high school at

North Adams, the first to establish a

course in agriculture under the super-

vision of this department, as a basis.

this bulletin shows how inexpensive this

work really is, and how it helps the stu-

dcnts in other ways aside from the value

of the technical knowlcdge of agriculture

which they gain thru the application of

the knowledge gained in their other stud-

ics to the agricultural problems. From

the statistics given in this bulletin we

dcducc the fact that forty pupils are

taking this agricultural course, at an

average annual per capita cost to the

school of less than $10. A special teacher

is employed at a regular salary of $800

a year, but this is not all added expense

for the rcason that this teacher does

othcr work asidc from the teaching of

agriculture, taking the place of a teacher

who reccivcd $300 per year. Aside from

this extra cost of $300 per year, there is

an item of $60 covcring the cost of tools

and apparatus uscd in the instruction.

in addition to this the school ~library is

cquippcd with a number of good works

trcating on agricultural subjects, the

l\lichigan Farmer, and other journals

treating on special phascs of agriculture.

In addition to thc studcnts Who are tak-

ing agriculture as a part of the high

school course, there are four boys who

are pursuing it as a spccial study who

had previously graduatcd from the school.

Another featurc in conncction with this

work which is of pcculiar significance is

the fact that tho establishing of this

course has crcatcd a demand for a short

course in agriculture by the farmers of

the vicinity. In response to this demand





the superintendent of thc school and the

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to do so were privileged to attend. The





average attendance for the entire perioa

was twenty-five, an attendance which

demonstrated the general interest taken

in the proposition by the farmers of the

community. The study of live stock was

made a specialty in this short course

work, and the work was so satisfactory

to all concerned that it is planned to

continue the short course idea next year.

There would seem to be no room for

argument touching the value and benefit

of this line of work in the high schools

of the state, and those in charge of the

high schools of the state could do no

greater service to the communities in

which they live than by giving each one

of the twelve thousand boys and girls

from rural communities who are attending

these schools an opportunity to receive

like instruction in them.

Among those who dis-

Object Lessons cussed different phases

Needed. of the country life prob—

lem »in an April number

of The Outlook, was John E. Bell, a “real-

thing farmer,” of Lapeer Co., Mich., who

treats the problem from his standpoint

as a farmer. Mr. Bell starts out with

the pertinent assertion that the farmer

should be taught 'his business in his own

school, instead of being influenced away

from it toward other callings. Admit-

ting that farmers do not get the returns

they reasonably should from the sale of

their products he has reached the con-

clusion to which most men who have

thot deeply on this subject have arrived,

in that he believes the farmers are “too

scattered, too far from centers of dis-

tribution and consumption and too much

burdened with production to take care of

the distribution end of the business."

But while he maintains that the farxncrs’

situation and environments are not adap-

tcd to trust methods, he asserts that the

influences which have in the past tended

to cheapcn agriculture as a calling, have

at the same time provided the remedy in

the conscqucnt shortage of farm products

which means higher prices for those

products, an object lesson which may

teach the world a wholesome lcsson. An-

other means to the same end is the lack

of a proper appreciation of the soil, brot

about by the gcncral low cstce-m in which

agriculture is hcld and the lack of a

dcgrcc of scicntific knowledge on the part

of the farmers themselves. The author

of the article referred to has aptly said,

“The soil is God's grcattst material gift

to man," and dcclarcs that “the indi-

vidual who dclibcratcly fails to rcturn to

the soil its fair share of the product

abuses nature, clicats and dcgradcs him-

St‘if, robs his chihlrcn, dcfrauds the future

gcncrations, and is not an intelligent,

patriotic citizen.” The Department of

Agriculture is commended for its good

work and criticizcd for its shortcomings,

while the statement is made that probably

not one-half of one per cent of the farm-

ers of the state are in touch with the

Agricultural College and experiment sta-

tion. But the suggestion of a remedy for

this condition is the point which prompted

this comment. Mr. Bell suggests that it

would be wcll for thcse institutions to

secure the co-opcl'ation and services of

say one capable, energetic farmer in each

township to demonstrate what can be

accomplished by thoro scientific methods

of farming. This suggestion is in line

with the extension work which thc Mich-

igan station has planned, and which will

be inauguratcd this scason, by conduct-

ing cxpcri-nicnts in various localities with

local co-opcration and assistance. The

Michigan Farmer has long hold that ob-

ject lessons in good farming are what is

most needed to improve conditions in the

open country. This was the point em-

phasized as most needed in our answer

to the qucstions propounded by the Coun-

try Life Commission and we are glad to

see this same point emphasized by a

Michigan farmer writer in a magazine

that is widely read by those who assume

the necessity of doing the farmer’s think-

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now that the parties guilty of the .dis-

turbanc'es and the massacring will be

punished. In a number of different places

the Armenians, are going back to their

homes.



The crews of merchant vessels at Mar-

seilles, France, have gone on. strike, mak-

ing the demand that they want ‘one day

in seven for rest.



The strike .in. France is abated for a.

time at least, as the strikers voted

Sunday to obey the orders of the federal

committee.



A company in which the Belgium gov—

ernment is the chief stockholder has brot

suit against two American missionaries

for libel, growing out of statements made

by the missionaries about the conduct of

the company in carrying on its business

in that land.



The Shah of Persia has agreed to the

recognition of the constitution and to

political amnesty to those who have aided

in the recent events. A new cabinet has

been formed.



National.





William C. Maybury, former congress—

man, and for a number of years mayor

of Detroit, died at his home in that city

last Friday morning. His body lay in

state in the city hall Sunday afternoon

when 25,000 persons are said to have

viewed the remains.



Nine persons were drowned from a row

boat while out for a pleasure trip on the

river at VVilkesbarrc, Pa.



Prof. Clayton, who recently resigned

his work as meteriologist to take up the

study of aeronautics, is planning to take

a. balloon trip across the Atlantic ocean.



The chemical laboratory of the United

States government was badly damaged

by fire Sunday.



The United States district court is in-

vestigating frauds against the government

by the sugar trust—the'charge being that

weighers have been giving wrong weights

to the officials ,Which saved to the trust

large sums annually in lessening duties

upon sugan



The superintendent of insurance of New

York can now levy upon the property of

insurance companies to secure the policy

holders when necessary. New laws also

provide that all endowment and life poli—

cies issued or delivered in the state must

be approved by the superintendent.



The Michigan house of representatives

has just passed a bill making it necessary

for any municipality, or slaughter plant





desiring to run sewage into any stream.





or lake, to first secure a certificate

from the state board of health. The pur-

pose of the bill is to keep the streams

and bodies of water of the state as clean

as possible.



The United States court found six

bucketshop men of Cincinnati guilty of

swindling customers by means of getting

inside‘rcports.



The United States government has

directed that several of? the islands of the

(Jule-bra group be set apart for naval and

lighthouse purposes and for the depart—

ment of agriculture where a preserve

will be kept and native birds bred.



The Massachusetts legislature is about

to submit a bill to the state executive

for c0mpeling telegraph companies to

issue on the telegrams the time that the

message was received, as well as the

time of filing.



A deal has practically been closed

'whcrcby telcphone property worth $20,-

000,000 Comes under the control of one

concern, at Pittsburg.



It is bclicved that the steamer Shores,

a great lakes vessel, went down off \Vhite-

fish Point last week. The boat carried

a crew of 21 men, all of whom are sup-

posed to have been lost with the vessel.



Ex-Prcsident Roosevelt now claims the

record for hunting in the East Protec-

torate—having killed five lions and one

lioness in a Single week.



It is being urged upon Congress by

farming and other industrial interests

of the central states to provide funds

to be used with funds provided by

states interested, for the building of a.

deep water canal from the lakes to the

Gulf. Among other arguments it is be-

ing heralded that in case of war with

England the United States could get big

battleships to' Chicago thru the new

watercourse.



The second national peace congress

closed in Chicago May 5 The Swedish

consul in Chicago made a gift to the

Northwestern University of $25,000, the

income from which is to be devoted to

a study of the accomplishment of uni-

versal peace.



James H. Boyle and ‘his wife were

found guilty of kidnapping little Willie

VVhitla, at Mercer, Pa., and he has been

sentenced to the state penitentiary for

life and she for 25 years.



A bill has passed both the senate and

house of rcprescntatives of Missouri for

submitting to the electors the question

of state wide prohibition at the next

general election.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





April Weather.——T'he precipitation was

generally above normal, especially in the

southern and central counties. Heavy

rain occurred on the 14th and rain, snow

and thunderstorms on the 28th and 29th.

The tcmperature averagcd from 1 to 4

degrees below normal. High winds oc-

currcd on the 7th and the last three days.



Wheat—The prcscnt wheat prospect

shows a slight improvement since the

issuance of the April report, the average

being 78 in the state and southern coun—

tics, 71 in the central counties and 80

in the northern counties.



The average condition on April lst in

the state and southern counties was 76,

in the central counties 69 and in the

northern counties 83.



The. total number of bushels of wheat

marketed by farmers in April at 108

mills is 84,673 and at 76 elevators and

to grain dealers 48,322 or a total of

132.995 bushels. Of this amount 94,245

bushels were marketed in the southern

four tiers of counties, 31,562 in the cen-





 





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The estimated total number of

bushels ofi wheat marketed and used by

growers in the' nine months, August-

April, is 9,000,000. The amount of wheat

yet remaining in possession of growers

is estimated at 1,500,000 bushels." _,

The per cent of wheat sown that will





.be plowed up because winter killed, in the





southern and northern counties is 4, in

the central counties 13 and in the state

6. The damage by Hessian fly in per cent.

in'the state and southern counties ‘15 2

and in the central and northern coun-



es 1. '



Eighty-eight mills, elevators and grain

dealers report no wheat marketed in

April.



Rye.—The average condition of rye in

the southern counties is 86, in the central

counties 81, in the northern counties 88

and in the state 85.



Clover.—T'he condition of meadows and.

pastures in the state and northern coun-

ties is 76, in the southern counties 75 and

in the central counties 80. The acreage

of clover sown compared with an average

for the past five years in the state and

southern counties is 98, in the central

counties 97 and in the northern counties

100. The acreage of clover that will be

plowed up because winter killed or other-

wise destroyed in the southern counties

is 19, in the central counties 10, in the

northern counties 12 and in the state 16.



Oats.—The acreage sown up to date,

compared with an average for the past:

five years, in the state, southern and

northern counties is 97, and in the central

counties 94.



Spring Pigs and Lambs—The per cent

of spring pigs saved, as compared with

1908, in the state and southern counties

is 89, in the central counties 88 and in

the northern counties 87. The per cent

of lambs saved, as compared with 1908,

in the southern counties is 94, in the

central counties 91, in the northern coun-

ties 90, and in the state 92.



Farm Wages.—The average monthly

wages with board, in the southern coun-

ties is $24.43, in the central counties

$22.24, in the northern counties $23.32

and in the state $23.31. The average

wages by the day without board, in the

southern counties is $1.43, in the central

counties $1.38, in the northern counties

$1.40 and in the state $1.42. The average

wages in the state last year, by the

month with board, was $22.89 and the

average (wages by the day without board

was .



Fruit—Fruit correspondents thruout

the state quite generally report the pros-

pect for the fruit crop as very favorable

at present. The spraying of fruit trees

is on the increase. The following table

will show the prospect at the present

time for a crop of the various kinds of

fruit in the state and the different sec-

tions:



SOu. Cen. Nor.





State. Cos. Cos.. Cos.

Apples ............. 84 83 82 ~ 91

Pears .1 ............ 7 79 ‘ 78 J 83

Peaches ' ........... 74 '72 ‘ ’7 83

Plums ............. 7 -. _ 79 74 85

Cherrics ........... 85 84 81 95

Small fruit ........ 82 81 81 ‘87





NATIONAL CROP REPORT.





The Crop chorting Board of the Ru—

reau of Statistics of the United States

Department of Agriculture estimates,

from the reports of correspondents and

agents of the Bureau, as follows:



On May 1 the area of winter wheat to

be harvcstcd was about 27,871,000 acres.

or 2,478,000 acres (8.1 per cent) less than

the area harvested in 1908, and 2,163,000

acres (7.2 per cent) less than the area.

sown last fall (30,034,000 acres, which in“

cludes 150,000 acres of winter wheat sown

in Montana, not included in the Decem-

bcr estimate).



The average condition of winter wheat

on May 1 was 83.5 compared with 82.2 on

April 1, 89.0 on May 1, 1908, and 86.0, the

average for the past ten years on May 1.



The average condition of rye on May 1

was 88.1, compared with 87.2 on April 1,

93.5 on May 1, 1908, and a ten-year aver-

for the past ten ycars on May 1.



The average condition of meadow (hay)

lands on May 1 was 84.5, compared with

93.5 on May 1 ,1908, and a ten-year ave-

age on May 1 of 89.5.



The average condition of pastures on

inlay 1 ylyglosq 80.1, compared with 92.6 on



ay , . and a ten- 'ear aver

May 1 of 88.0. 3 age on



64.1 per cent of spring plowing was

completed up to May 1, compared with

66.6 per cent on May 1, 1908, and a ten-

year average on May 1 of 65.4 per cent.



51.9 per cent of spring planting was

completed up to May 1, compared with

54.7 per cent and 47.0 per cent on May 1

1908 and 1907, respectively. ’





Washtenaw 00., May 8, 1909.—Condi-

tions in \Vashtcnaw county at this writing

are not very favorable, especially for

those farmers situated on the clay lands

of the county. The cold storms of snow

and ram have put the land in such con—

dition that it is impossible in many in—

stances to even gct on it. At this date

many fields of oats unsown, manure not

drawn on corn land and a general behind-

hand condItion, but fortunately farming is

a busmcss in which even the most un-

favorable conditions sometimes quickly

and favorably change. Grass is very slow

in starting and most stock is yet on win—

ter rations. Hog and cattle prices as

good as they have boon for the past sev-

eral week-s. Best hogs, $6.75; cattle, $5;

butter, 250 per 1b.; eggs, 18c per dozen.



Emmet 00., April 27.—Weather very

unfavorable for farm operations. Plenty

of rain for the month, each shower ending

in a snow storm or freeze. During the

past week a few have managed to get a.

little plowing done on fields favorably

situated. A snow storm is in progress

this morning. Peach buds have just

started to swell and grass is starting up.

but Judging from the indications, it will

”58 1liate before pastures are ready for

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This Magazine Section forms a part/oi our paper twice a month.





iest swamps and the small ponds



show many odd flowers that tempt



one to risk wet feet for the sake of a

closer acquaintance with them.



Water Arum—Wild Calla.-—-(Calla

palustrls).



Of them all, the wild calla, which claims



instant attention because of it’s resem-



blance to the larger flower so common in





DURING May and June the swamp-





 





 





Flowers of Blue Wild-Flag, or Fleur-de-lis.

claim that “lis” is a corruption of Lou‘s,

and that the correct name is Flower—of-





our winter window garden, is one of the-

most attractive.



Botanical distinctions have caused the

little Wilding to be disowned by the other

family but the resemblance of both flower

and foliage is sufficiently strong to justify

the use of a common name for both

flowers.



In this little flower the spathe is so

'Widely opened, and carried so jauntily

that it reminds one, forcibly, of a tiny

sail on a. fairy boat, floating along over

the water, but the plants are sturdy

things in spite of this appearance and are

fine for cultivating in home-made swamps

or ponds.



Get a good hold on a plant and the

root-stock will be drawn from the mud

in long sections, with plants all along

its upper side. Even if not wanted for

home cultivation an inspection of the

root will show why there seems to be

so many, many of them. The roots of the

plant yield, under certain treatment, an

edible starch, but woe to the

one who bites the raw root or

the leaves of this or any other

arum, as the stinging, blister-

ing sensation will last for many

hours.



Dreadfully burning as the

plant is in its raw state, Lin-

naeus found the Laplanders

making the starch procured

from it into some sort of bread

that was, to them, a highly

relished food. This little bit of

history dates back nearly two

centuries and so we know that

the plant is of a very old

family.





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Golden Club.—(Orontium aqua-

ticum).



This is another plant that

grows in water and is interest-

mg 101‘ its oddity, rather than

its beauty—of which it has none.



Among plants it would be

hard to find one with a more

appropriate name, for the bright

golden spadix which carries the

true. flowers is club—shaped and

flaunts itself boldly above the

water—at the end of a stem

as long as the water is deep—

but carries no shielding spathe,

as do some other flowers we

have already noticed.



The Indians call this plant





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Now carol forth their madrigals of joy

The woods and hills among.





SOME OF OUR WILD FLOWERS—3





BY EVA RYMAN-GAILLARD.





Taw-kee and make it useful by drying

the seeds and cooking them as we do

peas, and by serving the roots after

roasting, but they know it as a deadly

poison and shun it in its raw form. The

danger is from eating

and not from handling,

however, and no one

need fear to handle

them if the fancy for

an oddity should prompt

taking some of the roots

home for the aquatic

garden.



Blue Flag—Fleur-de-Lis.



—(lris versicolor).



Many sorts of “flags”

may be found in swampy

places at this season but

none are more beautiful

than the one named

above, the crested petals

of which are vaiicg ated

with white, yellow and

green, while the upright,

sword-like leaves, from

one to three feet tall.

mark the plant unmis—

takably by the way in

which they fold together

from the base to nearly

half their height.



There are those who

will insrst that Fleur-

ie-lis means flower-of-

the-lily, while others





 





Louis. Be that as it may, it is certain

that, in 1137, Louis VII. adopted the

flower for use on his seal and made it

the emblem of the royal family of France.





Looking at the flower and noticing the'





crests that crown the ‘pctals, one can

but wonder if they had an influence in

determining his selection of a flower.



Histories dating much farther back

than the reign of. Louis VII., and concern-

ing many countries, mention the fleur-de-

lis in many ways. If one prefers fancy

to facts, a picture of the goddess Juno

choosing Iris, the goddess of the rainbow,

as her favorite companion will help us

find the rainbow hues in the flower.



Among less s'iowy “tings" we find the

little blue-eytd-grass that stands up so

bravely, holding its two eyes wide open

as if on the look-out from the tops of the

narrow rush-like leaves.



Modest little plant, as it is, it is a true





iris, tho classed as Sisy‘rinchium Ber-

mudiana. IFn't that an imposing name

for a very Unimposing little plant! This

long name comes from syg, a pig, and

rychnos, a snout, referring to the fond-

ness hogs have for the roots.



Pink Azalea—Pinxter Flower.-—-(Aza|ea

nudiflora). (Rhododendron nudiflorum).

Botanists jangle, among themselves, as



to which of the above names is correct,

and they are welcllme to fight it out to

their satisfaction while the rest of us

admire and enjoy the beauty of the flow-

ers—«regardless of names.



The name of this flower varies with

the locality in which it is found, but the

name Pinxter-flower seems to be as well

authenticated as any, for in an old book

of “'l‘ravels,” published in England in





Every article is written especially for it, and does not appear elsewhere





stigma) protruding far beyond its mouth

and giving the flower a wonderfully airy

look.



The bush may, or it may not, be in

full leaf when found in bloom, for it is

characteristic of tho azalea that its leaves

and flowers develop at the same time,

and it not infrequently happens that the

flowers reach full development first.



\Vhere found at all there is no hunting

for a single bush, for there will be hun—

dreds of them, as a rule, tempting one

on and on and fairly daring the attempt

to Dlt‘k enough to be missed from the

mass that makes the WOmlS seem aglow.



Another thing that makes the flower

dearly loved is its delightfully spicy frag-

rancc~so penetrating that it is recog-

nizrd at a distance, yet never cloying

when near.



Forget-me-not.—(Myosotis).



Beside slow streams and in low, moist

lands the forget—me-nots do their share

toward making the world bright, and as





 





Luxuriant Bloom of the Beautiful, Fragr:nt Pink Azalea or Pinxter Flower.





lTTl, it is spoken of as the Pinxter-

bloom, or “’hitsunday—flower.



The plant is a shrub growing from two

to six feet tall and when loaded (literally

speaking.r with clusters of pink flowers

is a sight that will be sufficient reward

for a long tramp. The flowers are funnel-

shaped and the five lobes into which the

tube divides turn backward, leaving the

stamens and the pistil (having a black





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IN TIME OF MAY—BY ALICEJ. CLEATOR.





It is the time of May! No longer sad,

Earth casts aside its gloom,



And field and wayside once again are clad

In tender leaf and bloom.





The soul of beauty Shines in every place

Set from its bondage free.



The humblest bush is glorified with grace

Even as the mighty tree.





we note their modest beauty we can not.

wonder at the fanciful old legend which

claims that when (lod called all the

ilowers he had created into the Garden

of Eden, that he might give them names

and colors, this little one was so afraid

of being 0v<~rlookcd that it, timidly said,

“Dear Loid, forget Inc not.”



Then, seeing how frightened the tiny

flower was the Creator gave it heaven’s

own blue for its color and

named it Frli'gt-t-Iii<"—Iilit.



That legend accounts for its

color and name, but the Per—

sians account for the fact that

it is found in all lands, by

another: An angel sent to earth

on a mission saw, while here,

a maiden sitting beside a brook,

weaving forget-mo-nots into





 





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Streamlet and waterfall that lately spoke Sing, too, 0 heart, the dark was sorrow's hour!

Grief must not always stay.

New courage take from smiling leaf and flower.

It is the time of May!





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her hair, and fell in love, Willi

her. Like other lovm‘s, he. for-

got his mission and loitercd tOO

long. Then, when he appeared

at the gate of heaven he was

told that he could never again

enter until the maiden scattered

forget-me—nots over all the

earth.



Returning to earth, he helped

the maiden scatter the flowers

to its farthest. corners, after

which he clasped her in his

arms and took her into heaven

with him,



Coming down to plain facts

we find the name myosotis is

derived from mys, a mouse, and

otos, an ear, in reference to

the shape of the leaves.



Cbattered over all countries,

as they are, the species vary

slightly in both plant and

flower, but the one we will be



(Continued on page 545).





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TH EODORA.





 





BY IRMA B. MATTHEWS.

Chapter Vlll.—-A Cablegram.



Dora. was sitting at the piano running

her fingers over the keys and evoking a

sweet mino‘r melody, but the action was

mechanical. The music seemed to fit her

mood just then, but her thots were not

on'it. They were straying afar. She was





~thinking of her past life; of all she had





lost and what she had gained and she

wondered vaguely which side the scales

would balance on.



She thot of the past with less and less

regret, the loss of her parents being all

that‘she remembered now with sorrow,

but blinding tears filled her eyes when

she thot of the gentle mother and'indul-

gent father.



Mr. Clark, the minister where she at-

tended church, had been calling on her

that afternoon and it was his fatherly

talk that had sent her fancy straying into

the past.



She smiled, too, as she remembered

how She had first come to attend his

church, and how horrified Lettie was

when she told her that she selected the

nearest church bewuse it lessened their

walk.



“Why not ride, then?” demanded Let-

tie. “No one ever thinks of walking to

church.”



“Because,” Dora responded firmly:

“Those men need their Sunday as much

as we do.”



“But," urged Lettie; “your walking will

not make any difference.”



“Perhaps not, but if everyone would do

the same those men would get their Sun-

days. Anyhow, I was always taught to

never make work for another on Sunday,

ever since I was a little tot.” So they

chose the church nearest them and

walked when it was pleasant, and when

it was too stormy they remained at home.



“Dreaming?” said a voice behind, for

Lettie had entered without Dora hearing

“A penny for your thots.”



Dora turned with a start. “I was

thinking of many things,” she smiled;

“and my thots were so scattered that I

doubt if I could collect them even for

your tempting offer. I was thinking of

the past and—" she raised her eyes to

where the pictures of her parents hung

side by side.



Lettie followed her glance. “Dora,” she

said suddenly, “who do you resemble?

You do not look in the least like either

of your parents.”



“I know it, and it was a great cross to

me when I was a child. I remember

going home one night and asking mother

why I did not look like anyone, and she

smiled and told me that I looked much

like one of the sweetest, truest women

she. ever knew and that Sometime she

would tell me about her. After her death

I found a picture marked ‘Dcar Sister

)ltlrgurci.’ whom I Soon) to resemble,

and both Don and I think that it was a.

sister but mother lost when she was

young and could not bear to talk of.”





her.





A momcnt later the girls heard a

whistle outside and Dora exclaimed:

“Mercy! there is Don and I have not

started my sums-r. You stay and l;--lp

me, Lettic," and the two girls- wcic aux-

iously setting; the tillvlc and hurrying





Don came in.

” he laughed,

when you

me, just for





around when



“l perceive,

not remembered

gossiping. 'i'cll





“that I am

girls got to

curiosity‘s





sake] \Vliili‘. (It; ynll .Li‘ll'ls lllld if) llllk about

so much, anyhow?”



“Not you.” answurcd Lcttie saucily,

“for you said we had forgotten you.

leally I am afraid you would fail to





cmuprchcnd our valuable talk (Well if we

could bring ourselves to tell you.”



"If you will make the effort I will try

and bring my mind down so as to assim—

ilate it.”





“Bring his mind down! Only hear him,





Dora.”

Dora smiled, for she was accustomed to

their sparring. All thru the meal she





noticed that Leilic seemed more like her-

self than she had for some time and she

was glad. After the work was done they

all sat out on the front porch and talked.

W'aync came over to see that his sister

got home safe, he explained, and they

made a gay company. The dusk was just

turning to dark when they spied Mr.

Scntt comingr down the road.



“He is coming here, what can he

want?” Lettie said as he turned in at the





gate. As soon as he came near enough

so they could see his face they knew

that something had happened and in-

stinctively each one arose.

f‘Lettie, dztllgllt<-l‘—” he flattered,

“Lettie's face grew as white as the

face of the dead as she answered:





“Father!"





THE-- MICHIGANFA‘RMER ;; “





"I have bad news for you, child," the

father said in a voice that trembled in

spite of his efforts to be calm.



“Albert?” she formed the word with

frozen lips. '



”Albert is dead.”



With a sigh she sank unconscious, but

not before Wayne reached and caught

her in his arms. Dora, with tears of

sympathy in her eyes, sprinkled water in

her face and in a. short time she struggled

back.



Lettie Seemed dazed, but when her

father suggested 'her going home she

clung to Dora. “No, father, let me stay

with Dora tonight,” she pleaded, and so

they went and left her.



After Dora had taken her into her own

little room and helped her get ready for

bed, the lethargy seemed to pass and

she burst into such a violent fit of weep-

ing that Dora became frightened.





“Don’t, Lettie, dear,” she pleaded; “let

the dear Father help you to bear this.

You have much to be thankful for, a.

dear brother and your parents and—"



“O, Dora, you do not understand," she

walled; “I am the most misearable girl in

the whole world."



"Oh, no," she answered, smoothing her

hair soothingly as one might a child’s.





”But I am, and that is why I would

not go home? I felt as if I must tell

someone, and I could not tell the folks

at home because you know they never

approved of Albert. and I must tell it

or go mad.”



“Tell what, dear?"



“O, Dora, that I feel as tho I had mur-

dered Albert!"



“What in the world do you mean?"

asked Dora, fearing that the girl’s mind

was affected. ~



“I have known for some time, Dora.

that I did not want to marry Albert, but

my promise was given and I could not

break that now; then I prayed that God

would in some way prevent the mar-

riage, and now," with a shudder, “I feel

as tho I was to blame for his death."





“You are in no wise to blame for his

death,” said Dora firmly. “Put that that

from you forever. With God, only, lie

the issues of life and death and he would

not put such a burden as that upon you.

This would have happened just the same

had you nut grown tired of him. But

why was this?" .



“I don't know, only after he was here

I began to compare th with your bro-

ther andwothcrs, and some way he lost

i nthe comparison and then I knew my

heart had really never been in the affair

and it seemed as tho I could not bear it;

but Dora I never wished that he would

die.”



“I know you did not, dear,

you not see that -there must be murder

in the heart to make a crime? You are

no more responsible for his death than

I am. Do not think of that any more."





and can





A few days later a letter came saying

that Albert had died of cholera. He had

been helping to care for a comrade who

had the distase and had thus contracted

it. That was about all they were ever

able to lr-arn.





A flaw days after the news had come

Imra was startll-d one day to receive :1

Pull from Howard Murray. He looked so





pale and strange that she was astonished,





Wondering if he had been ill. She soon

found what was troubling him, however,

for he said abruptly: “IS it true, Bliss

Ilanrpion, what they tell me about Let-





tie's troublc?"



"it is true.” she answered, “that Albert

is dead, if that s what you mean."



“I In w you would know. Believe me

when I sav, Miss Dora, that I would will-

ingly cxr'hnnge places with him that she

might be happy."



A gr. at light was beginning to dawn in

Dora's mind and she answered: “That

might not be. the best thing for Lettie’s

happiness. Believe me, the One who is

ordering Lettie’s life knows better than

you what is for her good.”



“It may be so, I trust it is,” he made

reply; “but will you convey to her my

sympathy and tell her I would do any-

thing in my power to lessen her trouble

for her?"



To his surprise Dora shook her head.

Then looking at him she said: “I am

going to ask you to trust me and believe

me when I say that it would be better for

you not to send her such a message at

present. When the time comes that I

think it might be given I will give it.

Do you agree?”



“I can do no other way if you refuse

to deliver my message, for I cannot trust

myself to do it."



“Believe me, it is for the best." she

answered earnestly. “I hope and believe

the time will come when you will under-





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stand why I refuse to give this message '





now.’l .



He looked at her eagerly, pleadingiy,

but more she would not say, and he went

away puzzled and yet not wholly as a

person without hope.



Perhaps I should not have said that

much, Dora. mus‘ed, but I could not help

it, and I do not want to see Lettie’s whole

life spoiled thru her mistaken notions of

what she owes to Albert now that he is

dead, and I rather guess that young man

will do some thinking.



He did, but weeksand months passed

before it bore fruit. Dora, watching her

friend, was almost in despair, but he

knew ‘how to bide his time and. mean-

while, there were other things to occupy

the time and thots of our fair heroine.



(Concluded next week).





KINKS.





Kink I.—chlden Picture.

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of which the boy and the fairy can see:

()ne panther, 6 bears, 1 deer, Goddess of

Liberty. a. woman‘s face, and Theodore

Roosevelt.



Kink ll.—Conundrums.



1. What is the greatest surgical oper-

ation? 2. What is the greatest engineer-

ing feat? 3. Why is Chicago Ill?



Kink lll.—Storm Puzzle.



\Vhat two exhibitions of nature's forces

during April 21-29 may be resolved into

the words, darn, tool, thing and gin?



Prizes for Straightening Kinks.



To the first 25 who send us correct

answers to ALL of the above Kinks,

we will give choice of a package of 50

post-cards representing a trip around the

world, a copy of “Concrete Construction

on the Farm," or a bread and cake knife.

there contestant or some member of his

family is not a regular subscriber ‘a

year‘s subscription (75c) must accompany

answers. Answers must reach us not

later than June 11, as correct solutions

will be published in issue of June ill. Ad-

dress answers to Puzzle Dept., Michigan

Farmer.



Answers to April 17 Kinks.

Kink l.-——Planting Riddle.

The last week in April We put in our

oats.

The first week in May we’ll fit ground for

corn. -





During winter we harvested :1 good crop

of votes



At the, polls that has made the town

bar-keeps forlorn.



in our garden we’ll plant some early

string beans,



And in straightest of rows the Marrow-

f:lt pea;



()f early potatoes, a. good kind, which

means



Dy common opinion, ihc liarly Bovee.



’l‘he Prolific Rose for medium potatoes;



l’or into oncs, the Carinans, both one

and three.



And smooth Ponderosa, the best of to-

matoes;





Gold Queen for yellow; and Early Acme.





0f sweet corn, the Malakoff or Peep

o’Day,



.\n‘l (lolrlcn Bantam, the sw'cotcst corn

;_-,io\\'n:



And turnips and IM‘l'lS, that all of us

lilil'i'



Iluve \‘t-gelables enough when summer





has flown.





Green peppers, egg plant and squashes

with crooks;





Parsnips and pumpkins, carrots and

gourds.



Kale and kohl-rabi, then White Spine for

“cukes.”



Muskmelons, watermelons, the last





Rocky Fords.





Salsify, watercress, spinach and radishes:



Limas and mangels, and then Brussels

sprouts;



Okra and onions, cauliflower, cabbages.



Around all a fence makes the biddies

“shut-outs."



Kink ll. lfs.~—If a small boy should

hit a man on the ear with a potato, the

man should feel irritated. 2. If a retired

typesetter should return to his old job,

the change should be called reversion to

t ' e.



H) Kink lll.—Word Square.

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years. All that’s neces-

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some. OF OUR' WILD Fuowens.





' (Continued from page 543).

most apt to find‘in our wanderings is the

myosotis laxa (smaller forget—me-not)

which has small, blue flowers borne in a.

raceme.

Mountain Laurel—Calico Bush.—(Kalmla

latifolla).



The mountain laurel gI‘OWS in tall-shrub.

or tree form and, unlike the azalea, has

heavy, shining, evergreen foliage. The

flowers are produced in umbel—like clus-

ters and range in color from the brightest

pink to white, but whatever the shade

each lobe of the corolla will show a small





 





Flower Cluster of the Mountain Laurel.





black (lot that is, undoubtedly, respon-

sible for the name “calico-bush" common

in some localities.



In other places the bush is called

spoonwood, from the fact that the Indi-

ans, finding the wood very fine of grain

and almost unbreakably tough, made eat-

ing utensils from it.



One who has ever noted the pouch-like

form of the lobes of the corolla in other

laurcls will find the same thing here (two

depressions in each lobe), and the way

in which the anther of each of the ten

stamens is caught in these causes the

fiilamcnts to spread in exact imitation

of the spokes in a wheel. This one char-

acteristic feature makes it impossible to

mistake the laurel for any other flower,

or any other for it.



The leaves are very poisonous and when

placed in cold water a crystalline sub-

stance gathcrs on them that is as deadly

inffts effects as strychninc. This knowl-

edge was made use of by such Indians as

were ina hurry to reach happier hunting

grounds—if old-time tales are to be be-

lic'vcd.



Specimen bushes of the mountain laurel

are grown in some famous London gar-

dens, and at the blooming season the

people are invited (thru the newspapers),

to come and see them, and they come

from all the surrounding country to see

no finer specimens than those that cover

many a waste hill-side with beauty for us.





was: MIeHIGAN FARMER:





Its'comm'onness can never lessen its

beauty, and Connecticut chose one of our

most beautiful flowers when she chose

the mountain laurel as ‘her state flower.



Flowerlng Dagwood.—(Cornus florida).



The flowering dogwood grows from

twelve to twenty (even thirty) feet in

height and one who has ever seen a.

tree in bloom will recognize them at a

great distance, tho comparatively few

will know that the white objects they

call the petals of the flowers are merely

the, blanket in which the true flowers

(little greenish-yellow ones found in the

center of the seeming large one), were

wrapped.



These petal—like bracts, which seem so

dazzlingly white when wide open, have

a decidedly purplish tinge, on the back

and this is the reason the, tree, seems to

come so suddenly into bloom. ‘Vhile the

bracts are folded over the'flowers the

purplish side shows, but a bright day, or

a sudden shower, may start the seal

(where the little red—brown notches show)

and in a few hours the bracts spread

wide open, showing the white side, only.



As it is these bracts that cover the tree

with its snowy blanket of beauty we care

not at all whether we are admiring make-

bclicve flowers or true ones, and we know

the bracts (forming what botanists call

an involucre), are no more deceitful

than the white spathe of the calla, the.

striped one of the Jack-in-the—pulpit, or

the showy part of many other s0~called

flowers.



The flowers that can, barely, hold their

heads above water, and the ones rearing

themselves Skyward to attract attention

from afar off, are not the only ones to

be found during May and June for, dur-

these months,. every bit of old Mother

Earth is serving as nature’s flower—gar-

den and all uncultivated lands—high or

low, wet or dry—have treasures ready

for our finding.





 





CONCRETE IN THE ARTS.





BY A. A. llOUGHTON.





The average reader associates the use





of concrete, or “liquid stone,” with solid,

substantial structures and not with the

creations of the artist's brain and skill.

Yet in the melding of artstonc for many

purposes, the use of concrete is rapidly

replacing the more expensive and labor~

iously prepared hand carved stone, as the

concrete is far less in expense and can

be produced in a greater variety of col-

ors and finishes; and when the new,

quick-drying cements are used the mold-

ing occupies but a few moments time.

The model for the ornament is first

molded in the ordinary modeling clay and

is then placed in a small wooden form,

or box, and this is filled with a thinly

mixed solution of plaster of paris; when

this is dry, and consequently hard, it

makes the mold for the ornament, it is





coated with a solution of shellac to give

a smooth molding surface and the con-

crete mixture poured into same and al-

lowed to dry before removing, thus pro-

ducing a perfect and beautiful cast of the

original model in a material that has all

the beauty with none of the defects of

natural stone.



Very excellent imitations of marble are

now made by employing the white brands

of cement and combining with marble

dust as an aggregate, or even white sand,

this when cast under pressure has the

appearance of genuine marble, making it

possible that our buildings of the future

may be marble palaces without the neces-

sity of a quarry. Granite is also imi-

tated by the use of crushed granite com-

bined with certain proportions of cement

and molded in the usual manner, in fact,

the imitation is so close to the appearance

of the genuine that it can only be de-

tected by a, close examination of the

structural grain by an expert.



Many employ common glue as a ma-





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LITTLE ESSAYS.





 





BY CARL s. LOWDEN.



The man who does the greatest good

is rarely the man that makes the biggest 1

noise in doing it.



To find a lost opportunity is like hunt-

ing for a small needle in a large hay-

stack. It is very hard to find; and us-

ually the opportunity comes once, and if

not accepted, goes forever.



The difference between a wise man

and a fool is probably this: The wise

man knows his own faults, while a fool

does not.



Truth is eternal. A false statement

may survive for a Short time, but it is

the true statement that will exist always,

that will live on and on.



There is a certain sweetness in melan—

choly. To be sad and pensive and to

commune with one's inner self is really

pleasurable and intellectually refreshing.

Meditation gives knowledge.



Two types of honest persons exist: one





 





 





Closely Massed and Showy Bloom of the Flowering Dogwood Tree.





tcrial for the molds instead of the plaster

of paris, and as both are of value and

the means of securing artistic artstone

at a slight expense the difference is im-

material as far as practical results are

concerned.



The cement that is best for this pur-

pose, and which is extensively used in

Germany, Belgium and France, is very

quick in setting or crystalization, this

process taking place in from four to five

minutes so that a number of casts from

the same mold can be made in each day.



This content is regulated in the process

of burning and is produced entirely for

the purpose of molding artstone, which

is increasing in popularity every year.





 





 





 





Ponderosa Lemon.—The above cut represents the exact size of a lemon grown by Mr. Henry D. Cox, of Franklin,

Oakland 00., Mich. It weighed, when picked, 1 lb. 10 oz., and measures 14% by 15% in. in circumference. Mr. Cox states





that it requires a full year for fruit to ripen on a tree kept under the conditions





which this climate necessitates, and





that his tree is carrying ripe fruit, green fruit and blossoms at the present time.





believes honesty is the best policy, and

uses it for the furtherance of selfish dc-

sircs; the other type declares honesty is

truth, and morally right.



In the common little postage stamp

there lies a moral, or rather a virtue; it

sticks till it gets there, whereas so many

human beings are often half—ln-arted and

indifferent; they do not stick till they get

there; they let loostx too soon.



Regarding optimist and pessimist, some

wag has written, “The optimist sccs the





doughnut, the pessimist, the. hole.” The

pessimist secs dismruragcmcnt where





none exists; the optimist secs encourage-

mcnt \\‘h<-i'«' there is none.



“Swiping” is a vicci—a gontlcmanly

\‘ivc. Many persons, who “swipe" var—-

ious articles, abhor stealing. and yet this

new \‘icc -is simply the old one with a,

now name. (‘hildrcn are proud of their

“swiping" abilitits: and as an answer

to the question, “where did you get it,”

a child l'ltcs to say, “1), l swipcd it.”



At some time thwrv is a. crisis in every

man's lifc\to do or not to do. ()n a.

inonn-nt's decision til'llt‘llliS the futiii‘r‘.

and in iil‘tt moment is concentrated his

past rim-(ls which I‘ol'nn‘tl hi< character.

(me will tit't‘ilit‘ acmoding to his past



APPLE BLOSSOMS.

nY ALoNZt) lili‘l-I.

Tho Aipiln' peaks with crystal hoods of

snow,

lhc ruins cltm‘ning' heights along the.

lln'nc,

Arc \‘n-ws both beautiful and grand, I

know;



12111 tin-rw's another—closer honn-wand



mun-l

vvs- .' .

ilf< \\lll ie a brown old homestead ncsths

Ktlf'l

Against a hill, and broad fields stretch

:l'\\.l\', '

And in the maple branches, high aloft.



’l‘hc lilillil gums to all his swuctest lay;

Th“. St't‘llt‘ is one of rupture and of bliss.



“hon breezes of the curly summer



bin-“Z

And tho red lips of the apple blossoms

kiss



The lrluc cycs of the violets below!





Le-t others fare to far off, distant climes,

,l‘lnraplmcd by t‘llt‘il castle, crag and

Mgllll'.

Tho snicndors of the olden, vanished

limbs,

01' sunny scenes that sleep in isles afar;

IIIilllt'—liltllll§.§, let me wander here where.

swell

The [lowered fields whose scented bil-

lows roll

“'ith white caps of the daisies; winds

that tell

The secret of the rose whose heart they

stole;

That I for just one season may not miss

The beauties of that scene I cherish so,

\Vhen red lips of the apple blossoms kiss

The blue eyes of the violets below!
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BY ELLA E. Rocxwoorx

Insect Pests.



With the approach of warm weather

all insect life is aroused to increased ac-

tivity and vigor. Insects multiply with

amazing rapidity and frequently become

a source of annoyance and inconvenience

to the human family.



The vegetable and flower gardens have

their particular enemies of this type and

it is not uncommon to see cherished

plants wither and die from attacks which

strip them of foliage or despoil them of

blossoms and fruitage. Rose bushes are

now kept thrifty only thru persistent

effort in watching for and combating the

destroyers sure to appear. If left to

themselves sad havoc is certain to be

wrought and many a garden once gor-

geous with the popular and beautiful

flowers is now but a tangled mass of dead

and dying brlars.



Our vegetables and fruits fare even

worse and almost in an hour the despoil-

ers suck the juices of the plants or eat

the heart of the setting fruit. Indeed,

success in garden and orchard is only

won by ceaseless vigilance and the use

of such insecticides as have been proven

potent against the enemy. And all this

because the birds, insectivorous by na—

ture, have been driven out of the coun—

try or destroyed. Let us remember when

robin redbreast takes a few berries or

cherries, that he also eats worms and

bugs which prey upon the plants and

that his sharp eyes are searching for

these every moment of the day.



But to the housewife insect life in other

forms is far more annoying and some-

times equally destructive because they

enter her particular domain, the home,

often in spite of her every endeavor to

exclude them. One of these is the house

fly, which has become recognized as a

public nuisance and a menace to health.

Boards of health have. declared this agile

insect an outlaw and have traced to it



the spread of many of the diseases

with which they have to deal. That it is

a filth conveyor of the first class is clearly





evident and one need no longer be set

down as overly nice or finicky because

they protest against the food they eat





made a camping ground for these unclean

creatures.



The day will undoubtedly come when

general and concerted action will be takcn

against the house fly, as has already been

done in some places. in the meantime,

much may be accomplished by individual

work in reducing and holding in check

the numbers in and about the home.



A study of this fly, which is separate

and distinct from others generally classed

under the general heading of flies, shows

that its breeding place is almost invar-

iably in and around horse stablcs. The

eggs are there deposited and batch out

by millions cvcry season, Experiments

have proycn that it is cntircly possible

to hold this nuisance in check vcry ap—

preciably if not to exterminate it cntircly

by applyingr kerosene emulsion freely to





their breeding places, lllc horse-manure

pile. The house fly. so scientists tell us,





does not wander far from the spot win-re

it was hatched and it is altogether prob-

able that those found in and about any

particular home Were hatched and ma—

tured upon the premises.



To thoroly spray the stalls and indccd,





the whole immediate surroundings, once

or twice a Week during summer would





not be a Very great task, and to do SO

could not fail to be of material assistance

in abating the fly nuisance. Carbolic acid

in water, one to :10, would undoubtedly

have the same effect as the kerosene.

This is a disinfectant and insecticide at

the same time.



Good screens are a necessity, and with

wire cloth as well as the ready-made

articles so cheap as at present, there is

no valid excuse for their absence from

doors and windows. To be effective the

screening must be complete. not an open-

ing left where the flies may enter. <



Undoubtedly, full length window screens

are most effective. \thn framed and

hinged outside the casings so they may

be opened or shut as desired, the limit

of utility and convenience is combined

therein.



Every outside door should have a well-

fitting screen, provided with a reliable

spring. The separate spring made of





coiled wire I consider preferable to spring

hinges which may become extremely un-

reliable. If the door is thrown open a

little too far the hinges throw it still

wider and it lands against the side of the

house where it remains until forcibly

restored to its rightful position. Doors

provided with this style of hinges are

quite sure to be left open by careless

persons and children.



To keep at bay the advance guard of

the invaders screens should be put early

in position and kept in place until snow

flies. ' ‘



Swill pails and scraps of food about

the door are no doubt the means of

attracting flies to the house. Anything

of that kind draws them as a megnet

draws steel.



One woman who declared war against

the fly had her husband make a good-

sized wooden box provided with a hinged

cover. Into this the pails were set and

with the cover closed there was nothing

to attract winged visitors. Tragedies

by drowning of young poultry were also

done away with. The box was neatly

painted and presented a far more sightly

appearance than the pails did without it.

This suggestion is well worth following.

It is not surprising to learn that it was

the eontrivafice of a woman said to be

the neatest housekeeper in the neighbor-

hood and those pails were faithfully

serubbed with soap and hot water every

week.



Another pCSt with which even the most

careful of housewives may have occas-

ionally to deal, is the bed bug. Individu—

ally or collectively, this insect is loath—

some and repulsive. How a house be—

comes infested with them is often a ques-

tion surrounded with mystery. Travelers

sometimes carry them from hotels or

trains, hired help may be the medium

thru which they are introduced, children

may bring them from school or they may

come from any one of a number of





 





sources. Whatever may have been the

means, no time should be lost in search-

int.r out and destroying these worst of

all insect pcsts as soon as discovered.

With a problem of this kind there can

be no half~way measures. Beds must be

taken apart and thoroly gone over once

a week at least. If there is reason to

suspect they have gained Iodgcment in

iloors, these must be scalded time after

time. V‘l'ith all vigilance some of the

pests are, liable to escape destruction

and strays will very likely make their

appearance at intervals for a year or

more, once they become cst‘ablishmi.

(‘ertain well known remedies, if per—

sistently applied, will avail. Not a par-

ticle of surface must be overlooked or

a crevice left untreated. Corrosive sub—

limatc in solution may be applied to the

framework of the bed and to the wooden

parts of springs, if such there are. This

is rank ])1)j,<l)11 and must in: l{|‘])l out Of

the reach of children. iicroscin‘: oil, gas-

olinc or turpcntinc are also effective if

frw‘iy applied. 'l‘hese penetrate all cracks

and are dvath to low forms of life, Hot,

strong alum water is also recommended.

lnstct powder or pyrcthrum cannot be

l’4l:"4l on since it sometimes stupefies

anti does not kill.

Frorn an infested room all bedding must

l-w r-lnninscd with boiling water. For mat-

.icssws at them spraying with gasoline

carefully working under the tufting, will

be ncccssary. It may be wise to burn





an old one rather than bother with it.





Gasoline must never be used where there;





is a lire anywhere near, as it is a dan-

gcl‘fllls explosive. An infested bedstead

if of wood and not particularly valuable,

may better be burned. Metal beds are

more easily dealt with since there are

fewer places inacessible to inspection,

also all metal springs.



N0 woman should be blamed for hav-

ing an infection of this kind brot into

her home. However, it devolves upon her

to get rid of 'the pest as soon as possible.



The carpet beetle is another insect

which gives trouble to the housewife.

These insects seem to migrate quite mys—

teriously. Some years ago they were





 





 





lllll(‘ll more numerous in this vicinity

than now. The rooms where. they are,

found should have their floors washed,





with hot soap suds or hot alum water and,

all cracks filled with kerosene. Tarred'

paper is said to be something of a pre-‘

ventive by reason of its odor. The edges“





of a room are usually infested the worst.

To paint the floor all around and not havel





     





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Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove





Because it’s clean.

Because it’s economical.

Because it saves time.

Because it gives best

cooking results.

Because its flame can be

regulated instantly.

Because it will not over-

heat your kitchen.

Because it is better than

the coal or wood stove.

Because it’s the cal oil





 





 





stove made wi

useful Cabinet Top

like the modern steel

range.





,

For other reasons see stove at your dealer 3,





 





sizes.





or write our nearest agency. Made in three

Sold with or Without Cabinet Top.





“R3 0 Lamp garages:





 





with latest im roved burner.

and beautiful y nickeled.





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f, THE ~ 'M‘IC‘HIGAN FARMER.





rug or carpet come nearer than half a

yard to the base will help to hold the

pest in check. Where a carpet is found

to have the insects at work in it, no

better way has been suggested than sat-

urating the edges with gasoline or ben-

zine as far in as necessary. This must

never be done without opening all the

windows and doors to assist in evapora-

tion, and neither light nor fire must be

permitted near until the odor has dis-

appeared. Steaming by the use of wet

cloths and hot fiat irons will kill these

pests but is a task attended with much

labor of a tiresome nature. The ant is

another insect which at certain scasons

annoys the housewife by getting in her

pantry and invading any open dish which

contains food to its liking.



To keep ants out of a sugar box it is





 





only necessary to place in it a bit of clean

Cloth saturated with camphor and the

same means will avail to keep them out

of cupboards if the camphor is frequently

renewed.



Whenever the ants can be traced to

their nests much inconvenience can be

spared by drenchin‘g them at evening

time with a kettle of boning water. Ants

do not usually bother for a longer period

than a few weeks, when they disappear

for the season. Various means of trap-

ping them have been devised, such as the

sponge wet in sweetened water, the plate

spread with lard and the open dish con-

taining vinegar and sugar. Répcllants

such as the camphor, are any of the

essential oils which are effective only so

long as they retain their odor. Oil pep-

permint rubbed on shelves will often‘

keep them at bay—so also will oil of

lavender or oil of cedar.



Moths do considerable damage to up-

holstered furniture, carpets and clothing.

They must be kept out by not permitting

the female moth to dcposit her eggs in,

the fabric. This she does in spring. Fursi

and woolcns must be thoroly brushed

then put away in scalcd trunks, bags or

boxes. Oil of cedar will tend to repel

the attacks of thc moth. Cedar chests

are recommended as a depository for the

same reason. Other rcpcllants are sold

under the name of moth balls, which are

usually effcctivc, if placed among the

articles. For infcstcd carpets, rugs and

upholstery, about the only remedy is

thoro application of gasoline, used out of

f doors.





 





 





 

 





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547





~ NOTi DRUGS





Food did it. '

After using laxative and cathartic

medicines from childhood 3. case of





chronic and apparently incurable con-

stipation yielded to the scientific food,

Grape-Nuts, in a few days. V



“From early childhood I suffered

with such terrible constipation that I

had to use laxatives continuously go-

ing from one drug to another and suf-

fering more or less all the time.



“A prominent physician whom I con-

sulted told me the muscles of the di-

gestive organs were partiallyparalyzed

and could not perform their work with-

out help of some kind, so I have tried

at different times about every laxative





land cathartic known, .but found no

help that was at all permanent. I had

finally become discouraged and had





given my case up as hopeless when I

began to use the predligosted food.

Grape-Nuts.



“Altho I had not expected this food to

help my trouble, to my great surprise

Grape-Nuts digested immediately from

the first and in a. few days I was con-

vinced that this was just what my system

needed.



“The bowels. performed their functions





regularly and I am now completely

and pormancntly cured of this awful

trouble.



“Truly the power of scientific food

must be unlimited.” “There’s a Rea—

son.”



Re:1d“The Road to Wellville,” in

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Ever read the above letter? A

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time. They are genuine, true

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“The Last Best West”





The Government of Canada now gives to

over Actual Settles 180 Acres of

fihent-Growlng Land FREE

and an additional 1 60 acres

at only $8.00 an acre.

The 800,000 contented American

settlers making their homes in





Western Banada





give the best evidence of the superl‘

ority of that country. They are be-

coming rich, growing from 25 to

60 bushels wheat to the acre,

60 to 110 bushels oats and 45 to 60





 





{ Insects of various kinds are the source

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,of inconvcnienti-c and annoyance to man-, '





’ kind and we sometimes wonder why they]I

‘ wm-c cvcr crcutcd, and what purpose theyi

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COOKING RICE.





 





BY MARY FOSTER SNIDER.



Many cxccllcut Cooks fail in cooking}

rice to perfection, and it is 21 food sol

wholcsome and pulzitublc that the plain-

est chef should cndcavor to serve it at

its highest dcgrcc of pulutobility. Thoro

washing is almost as important as the

cooking, as unlcss the rim» kernels are

washed thru sufficient chongcs of water

to frcc them from their iloury cow-ring

the cooked rice will be Dusty and floury

as well. It should novcr bc consider-Ml

properly wushcd until the wotcr will

drain off quite clear. To one tcacupful

of washed rice allow two quarts of rapidly

boiling water, drop in the rice slowly.

and stir it once or twice until the water;

is again boiling fast, then lot it cook,

Without stirring until done. Add a ted—i

l





spoonful of salt when about half done.

\thn soft, drain off the watcr, and lct

it steam over the fire in a. double boiler}

for tcn minutcs. Just before scrviug stir!

quickly in one toblcspoonful of button!

' Servo plain as a vcgctnblc, or with cream;

Iand sugar or custard if for a sweet. No;

ldesscrt is more healthful and nutritiousi

for children than one of plain boiled rice.





 





 





COSTUM ERS.





 





BY E. E. BooUE.



I want to tell you about our costumers.

One of them has for a base the bottom

of an old organ stool. This bottom is

iron, and the upright piece and the pins

are of oak, stained to match the weath-

ered oak bedroom suit. Another sim-

ilarly made—but all wood—is stained for—

est grecn, and the third one enameled

white to match the rooms in which they

are used. I have mine standing by the

dresser in my dressing room, and hang

my clothes upon it at night ready to

put on in the morning, or when dressins‘

for any occasion, I get out and place UDUll

it all that I want to wear, that can be

hung up. They are home—made, incx-

pensive, and a great improvement over

throwing one‘s clothes over a chair.





 





 





 





bushels barley, besides having splendid

herds ofcuttle raised on the prairie grass.

trying is an important Industry.



The crop of 1008 still kccps Western Canada

in the lcnd. The world will soon look to it as

its food-producer.



“The thing which most impressed us was

the magnitude of tho country that is available

for agricultural purposes."-—-Natioual Editor-

ial Correspondence. 190-3.



Low Railway Rates, good schools and

churches, markets convenient, prices the

highest, climate perfect. Lands are for sale

by Railway and Land Companies. Descriptive

pamphlets and maps sent free. For Railway

' Rates and other information apply to Sup‘t

of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada.

or to the authorized Canadian Government Agt.





M. V. McInnes, 6 Ave. Theatre Block,

Detroit. Mich; 0 A. Laurier. Mar-

quette, Mich.





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The .

Tenderfoot '

Farmer





It was one of these experimental farmers,

who put green spectacles on his cow and





 





fed her shavings. His theory was that it

didn‘t matter what the cow ate so long as

she was fed. The questions of digestion

and nourishment had not entered into his

calculations.





It’s only a “tenderfoot” farmer that

would try such an experiment with a

cow. But many a farmer feeds himself

regardless of digestion and nutrition. He

might almost as well out shavings for all

the good he gets out of his food. The

result is that the stomach grows Tweak,”

the action of the organs of digestion and

nutrition are impaired and the man suf-

fcrs the miseries of dyspepsia and the

agonies of nervousness. .





To strengthen the stomach, restore

the activity of the organs of digestion

and nutrition and brace up the nerves,

use Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis-

c0very. it is an unfailing remedy, and

has the confidence of physicians as

well as the praise of thorisands healed

by its use.





In the strictest sense “Golden Medical

Discovery” is a temperance medicine. It

contains neither intoxicants nor narcotics,





and is. as free from alcohol as from

opium, cocaine and other dangerous

drugs. All ingredients printed on its out-





side wrapper.



Don‘t let a dealer deludc you for his

own profit. There is no medicine for

stomach, liver and blood “just as good"

as “Golden Medical Discovery.”





 





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Here you can grow splendid crops at





small cost. Rich soil, abundant water.

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A careful examination of apple blos-

soms in 1907 and 1908, and in other sea-

sons when the crop has been lost, showed

the flower stalks and the calyx of the

fruit to be covered with a greenish mold

or mildew. This was the apple-scab fun-

gus, a disease which later on attacks the

leaves and the growing fruit and otfen

does grcat harm. Altho the injury is not

as well understood, this fungus often

causes even greater losses when the

weather is cold and wet at the time the

trees blossom, as this condition is favor—

able for the development of this disease.

As a result of the attack, the flower

stalks shrivel and the crop may be en-

tirely destroyed. Generally, however.

some of the flowers escape complete

destruction but if the calyx is much in-

jured, the fruit may drop after it has

set and the ground may be covered with

small apples with numerous fungous

spots upon them. This is often spoken

of as the “June drop.”



Like all fungous‘ diseases, the apple-

scab can be conrtolled by the use of

Bordeaux mixture. This is composed of

three or four pounds of copper sulfate

and four or five pounds of stone lime in

50 gallons of water. After slaking the

lime and dissolving the copper sulfate

by placing it in a coarse bag and sus-

pending it in ten gallons of water so that

it will be just below the surface, the

copper sulfate solution is placed in the

spraying barrel and diluted to 25 or 30

gallons. The lime should also be diluted

and strained into the barrel which should

then be filled up with water.



The best results are obtained when the

application is made, just before the bios-

soms have opened but after they have

developed so that the individual flowers

can be seen. The spraying should be so

thoro as to give them a complete coating

and, at the same time, cover the opening

leaves. To do this, the trees should be

sprayed from at least two sides and the

pump should be one which will give a

high pressure so as to produce a mist-

like spray.



By the addition of two pounds of arse-

! note of lead, or six ounces of Paris green,

lit will be possible to also control the

iplum curculio and other chewing insects

:which foed upon the leaves and blossoms





 





at this time.

Agrl. College, Mich. L.





R. TAF‘T.





LATE MAY WORK iN GARDEN.





 





One of the most urgent demands of the

present time is the culture of the crops

already in. The soil can be worked pretty

,wet if only the work is continual and

kept going, but it will not work well with

the heavy ground to work it while wet

and then let it lie to bake in the sun.

The cultivation will assist in drying it

out if it is kept worked and fined and

made mellow as it dries. Keep the tools

running as the soil dries and there will

be little four of hard lump: or crust. It

matters little how (will or wet it may be,

the wrcds trike no vacation and if allowed

to grow they v.‘i.l rlr‘it': 5;" much fertility





 





 





from the soil :-: (lo 7?.1- 'i"-Z_""tiililf-S; and

if at all posvi‘nfr, 132: :.:;rl better be dis—

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the ln'iit‘l‘ the Quality ‘31: lmllr-r for the

(Top and the :im‘ilir-Hilnn Should he lib-

cral. l“.cq1r nt llgllt r-nlture may be given

up to l.I(' time of planting, then plow





again and deep enough to go well below

the manure. If done at Once, the plant

food will be in shape to act quickly by

the time plants are ready for setting and

the growth will be active and rapid from

the start. The requirements for cauli-

flower and cabbage are nearly the same,

except the former really needs more for-

tility and water than the latter. It then

there is choice in location, give the cauli-

flower the benefit of the cooler, moister

ground as of the two it is a grosser feeder

both as to fertility and moisture.



As to the late crop of celery, the, same

treatment as above will bring good re-

Tf ground is occupied by other

crops once plowing after their removal

will have to suffice, but wherever possible





 





LER,Portlnnd, Mich. this same general plan will amply repay





.‘I‘HE MICHIGAN ,FARMER'

' ' 'A i h ' . .all trouble. The ground should, be full





‘incorporated with the soil and also with





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of manure,‘ but well rotted and thoroly





the surface. Celery is a. gross, but shal-

low‘feeder, and in all the tillage and fer-

tilizing this idea. should be borne in mind.

Keep the fertility, of whatever nature it

may be, close to the surface, where it

will, while still covered, be convenient

and readily available to the plants. So

if possible apply the above management,

especially that of twice plowing, it is the

ideal way of fitting the ground.



\Vith all the above outline in “tow,"0

with whatever of the unexpected may

intervene, it fills the latter part of May

pretty full.



Wayne Co. J. E. MORSE.





SETTING STRAWBERRIES.





 





In setting strawberries a little planning

will save much labor in cultivation and

other labor during the season. The plants

may be set in double rows, say 6 and 32

inches apart, and an attachment fastened

to the cultivator to cultivate the narrow

row with the wide one. Or the plants

may at least be set so they may be cui-

tivatcd both ways until it is necessary

to layer the runners and thus save much

hand labor. If the rows are to be lay-

ered in double rows, three feet each way

is a good distance, if in single rows they

may be placed a. little closer; if matted

rows are desired they should be three

and one-half or four feet. The distance

apart in the row will depend upOn the

variety, those making numerous plants

being set three feet while those that are

shy plant makers may be set farther

apart.



In digging plants this season we find

that they are not as thick as usual, due

to the dry weather last fall. Still, this

may be an advantage as those that are

rooted will have plenty of room in which

to develop. »



In preparing the plants for setting we

take off the old runners and leaves and

clip the roots off the plants slightly. This

root clipping is of some value, in enabling

the plant roots to bc sprcad into a fan

shape rather than to remain in a mass

in the hole. It is also supposed to facili-

tate rooting, but of this I am not sure

so far as my observations go. We usually

leave about one leaf besides the bud,

more to show the position of the plant in

the early cultivations than anything else,

as the less leaf surface left, the better,

until tho’plant is established, and the

bud will develop as soon as the plant

needs leaves.



We follow the spade method in setting

the plants as I believe it is the easiest,

just as rapid, and just as good as any

other way, and I do not care to sit all

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and as rapidly in a standing posturef



After the plants are set the ground

should be cultivated soon to form a mulch

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Hui “Mr fruits. in my neighborhood

nu en‘- zmrl half as many apples to the,

vsm- ;;-, i Lari. I uwd the Pyrox twice

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three years old which I omitted from

the spraying, became literally alive





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the summer and had almost every leaf

destroyed before I discovered them. I

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[HANDLING AND FEEDING NEWLY

HATCHED CHICKS. '





 





 





 





 





When the chicks begin to come out of

the shell do not run to the nest every

half hour to see how many there are, and

don’t leave the nest open for other hens

to disturb the one that is hatching chicks.

I do not know why it is, but a ‘hen may

sit for twenty days Without other hens

offering to crowd into her nest, but when

hatching commences it is a common oc-

currence to find two or three layers

crowding in if' by chance they find an

opening. The result generally is that

many if not all of the chickens are in-

jured or killed in the nest. Feed the

hen well the last week of the_ incubation

period, for very few hens will leave the

nest to eat after they can hear the

chicks.



If the hen- is a quiet old biddy Just

leave her alone until the morning after

the hatching begins. If not, I visit her

early in the morning and take out all

shells and all chicks that are strong and

dry. I put a piece of old blanket or any

soft warm material into the bottom of a

box or basket, then put in the chicks and

cover them. The nicest thing for this

purpose that I have found is a felt hat

or a heavy cap. Tuck the chicks under,

set the basket in a warm room and let

them alone. If they are warm ,they will

be quiet and happy. At night, after all

is 'still, I visit the hen again and remove

all shellsand dirt that may be in the

nest. Then I tuck all her chicks under

her, putting them under from in front.

Never attempt to put a chick under a

hen from behind. Many times it is only

necessary to put them in front of her;

she will do the rest.



I usually set two or even three hens

at the same time. Then I give the chicks

all to one hen to raise. A good hen will

easily care for 20 chicks if given a roomy

coop.



Now as to feeding. Do not feed the

chicks anything until they are at least

24 hours 91d. They won’t be star.ved

Muc‘h bette lfleave them 30 or even 36

hm Mm they are a.34

hours old. «I find, for the first feed, that

dry bread finely crumbled is best. Make

the crumbs fine and scatter among them

on aclean board or. large old plate; or

the feed may be slightly moistened but

should never be wet. Be sure that their

feed, of whatever kind, is never so wet

that when taken between the, fingers it

will be crumbly. Many chicken ralsers

advocate feeding an egg boiled hard, but

personally I have had the best success

with bread for the first few days, tho it

must be the home-made article, as bak-

cr's bread will not do. Right here let me

caution against trying to save a batch





of sour bread (the best of cooks will 00-,





casionally have some of it) by feeding it

to little chickens. It is almost certain

death to them.



After the first few days I feed unbolted

corn meal, dampening a trifle and mixing

only enough for one feed at a time. Keep

all dishcs sweet and clean. Fced only

what they will eat up clean as it is better

to lack a. little than to have any left in‘

the dishes, since it is sure to sour and

then trouble begins. Feeding in this way,

my chicks have never had any bowel



. trouble. ‘



Of course, you must keep plenty of

clean, fresh water and grit of some kind,

Where they can get it. A very young

chick will pick up bits of oyster shell, and

egg shells that have been dried and then

crushed fine will be eaten readily. A

very good way to use egg shells is to

keep them in a basin by the stove. By

the time the basin is full they will be dry

enough to crush easily and may be thrown

out. Never throw fresh shells where the

hens will get them. It learns them bad

habits and an egg-eating hen usually has

to be treated with a hatchet, which is

sometimes expensive.



If the little coops are cleaned each day

it is not much trouble, but if neglected

a week it is quite a job. By caring for

them_in this way I have raised 97 out or

a hatch of 100. I once made. the mistake

of feeding some 6 or 8-weeks—old chicks

two feeds of bran. I had about 125 that

had just been taken away from the hens.





 





They were running in a large yard, going

into a large two—roomed coop at night.

They weighed one-half to one pound.

Being a little short of feed I gave them:

bran mash for dinner and again at supper. E

The following morning on opening thei

cool) I. found several dead and the rest'

drooping. The floor was literally covered





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





with 511506. Well, I saved most of them,

but it was an expensive lesson.



Another thing, don’t be led into buying

any fancy powder or paint warranted to

kill or keep off lice and mites.‘ Good

lime whitewash should be freely used. and

the coops kept cleaned. Once a week

cover all roosts with kerosene or, if the

can gets empty, take good hot soap suds.

or even salt and water, and scald the

roosts and nests and you will have no

trouble, tho I like the kerosene best as,

in a measure, it prevents rough legs. In

short, clean dry coops, plenty of light,

good clean water to drink every day, and

sweet, clean. feed will make your chick-

ens, both old and young, 3. pleaSure and

a profit to you, tho ’tis a sad fact that

you may need a padlock to insure the

profit being yours.





Ottawa Co. FARMER’S WIFE.





 





HAVE A PLACE FOR POULTRY.





 





“A place for everything

and everything in in its place,” is ap—

plicable to poultry on the farm. It is a

common complaint among farm women

that they can have no flowers, for the

“pesky" hens scratch everything to

pieces. There is no excuse but laxness

that applies to such cases. Many men

are so little mindful of the wife’s wishes

in this respect that they allow hens in

the door-yard year after year. They also

allow them in the barn. on the vehicles.

on the piazza or anywhere they happen

to go.



There are few farms so arranged but

that it would be comparatively easy to

either build an enclosure for the hens,





An old adage,





or else enclose the buildings, all but the‘

“go 1

is '





poultry house, and then let the hens

it." The most satisfactory method

to enclose the hens. True, it will cost

some more to feed them, but a part of

the extra cost of feed will be offset by

the extra eggs one gets by keeping the

hens in until they are done'laying for

the day, for they delight to lay in stolen

nests.





The hens can be let out at say five,





o’clock to get green food and exercise,

and, if stuff is not thrown out about the

house, they will keep busy until dark

without troubling the house and flower

beds.



To me it is disgusting to see hens on

the piazza and in the door. I always

calculated it was the work of a pretty

slack pair of farmers. It is too much

like old-world peasant life that we read

of where hens, horses, cows and pigs

occupy the srme building. The. peasants

are excusable, for their lot is cast in

poverty, but Americans seldom have any

excuse for such a state of things.



Try fencing your hens in this year and

give your wife a chance for flowers with-

out fighting for it. It will do her good

and you will enjoy the bright flowers.



Maine. D. J. RYTHER.





 





 





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May 12, 1909.

Grain and Seeds.





Wheat—Cash wheat has found won-

derful strength in the present demand

and supply. The government crop report

is very discouraging to buyers as 1t

shows that fully 2,000,000 acres of the

seeding of last fall has gone under the

plow. With present high prices and the

prospect that they will continue, farmers

are reluctant in destroying fields that

have any prospect of making a crop.

This, with strong market reports from

Liverpool and other foreign centers, and

with poor crop prospects in Germany

and Russia Hie position of the trade is

exceedingly stsong. This strength has

favored the cash deal more than futures

since the latter values are little changed

from a week ago—the margin between

cash and futures widening during the

past few days several cents. One year

ago the price for No. :2_ red wheat was





$1 per bu. Quotations are:

NO. 2 No. 1 No. 3

Red. “'hite. Red. July. Sept

Thurs. . . .1.46 1.46 1.43 1 171/5 1.0.Q

Fri. ......1.46 1.46 1.43 1.18 1.10%

Sat. ...... 1.46 1.46 1.43 1.15% 1.081/2

Mon. ..... 1.48 1.48 1.45 1.14 1071/...

Tues. ....1.50 1.50 1.47 1153.; 1.09

\Ved. .....1.50 1.50 1.47 1 141.. 1.081,;

Corn—This market has maintained

the high prices reached a week ago. The





dealing is being done on a strong basis

with a good demand on account of the

delayed warm weather and the. continued

feeding necessary to keep domestic ani—

mals in condition till they can get pas-





ture. ‘The national crop report shows less

plowing done for corn at this season

than a year ago. At this date in 1008

No. 3 corn was selling at 72c pcr bu.

Quotations are:

No. 3

No. 3 Yellow.

Thursday ...... 78 7‘.)

Friday ................... 78 79

Saturday . . . . ............. 79 80

Monday .................. 78 79

Tuesday ................. 78 70

\Vednesday .............. 771,4; 781,9





Oats.-Prices are advanced and the

market is firm with a good call for the

grain. The supply is limited. The out-

look for the new crop is not encouraging

as the seeding has been delayed so much

already that the most perfect conditions

will be needed to recover the damage

done. One year are the price for No. 3

oats was 551/20 per bu. Quotations are:



No. 3 \V‘hite.





Thursday ......................... 59

.Friday ........................... 59

g«'is‘aturda y ......................... 59

Monday .......................... 5.0

'i‘ucsda y ......................... 59

\Vedn esda y ...................... 60





Beans—There is nothing doing in this

deal. Prices have been advanced but

the improvement has not enticed holders

to let go of the legumes. The following

are nominal figures for the -week:





Cash. Oct.

Thursday .............. . .$2 7’ $2.01

Friday ...................... 2.52 2.01

Saturda y ................... 2.52 2.01

Monday 2.52 2.01

Tuesday .................... 2.52 2.01

\Vcdncsday ................. 2.52 2.05





Cioverseed.——'l‘rading in this division

of the market is about over for the sea~





son. Prices are on the same basis as

they were a week ago. The condition

of the seeding is slightly improved. Quo-

tations are:

Prime Spot. Oct. March.

Thursday ........ $5.75 $6.55 $6.70

Friday ........... 7 75 6.55 6.70

Saturday ......... 5.75 6.375 6.70

Monday .......... 27.7.7 655 6.70

Tuesday .......... :7.T:7 6.75 6.70

\X'ednrsday .. 5.7.7 (3.40 6.5.7

Rye.—(ln account of small supplies

there is little doing in this tradi. The





price is hoe for cash No. 2, an advance

of 1 cent.

Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.





Flown—Prices are advanced, Market

is firm. Quotations are as iofiows:

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Straight ............................. ‘1. $9

Patent Michigan ..................... ‘2 ‘27

Ordinary I’illt'llt ..................... ‘1 .70





Hay and Straw. Prices higher, ('aiiot

prices on track are: No. 1 timothy, new,

$124,125”; No. 2 timothy, 3114/1150:

clover, mixed, Sllfullfiil; rye straw, $0.50

6110; wheat and oat straw, $8.1L850 per

ton.



Feed—lligher. Tlran, $20 per ton;

coarse middlings, $110: fine middlings, $31:

cracked corn and coarse corn meal, $3171)

33: corn and oat chop, $110.



Potatoes.—~'l‘hc market continues easy

and quiet, with the average offerings go—

ing at a shade lower price than prevailed

a Week ago. Bermudas are off 25c, Good

stock is quoted at Slim/050 per bu. New

ilermudns, $7.25 per bbi.



Provisions—Family pork, 56204720270:

mess pork, $18.50: light short clear, $19;

heavy short clear, $20.50: pure lard. 113.;c;

bacon, 14c: shoulders, 90; smoked hams,

1231c; picnic hams. 0c.



Dairy and Poultry Products.



Butternfi'l‘hc past has been a quiet week

in the butter trade. It is expected that

the decline in creameries will encourage





consumers to buy more freely. Dairy

goods remain steady. Quotations are:

Extra creamcry, 25c: firsts, :f’m; dairy,





161/20 per lb.





10c: packing stock.

down a notch last





Eggs.—~Prices slid





week. The demand is strong, but re-

ceipts are coming more freely. Market

is steady at the new figures. For extra





fresh, case counted, 201,40 is being paid.

Poultry—News regarding this deal is



meagre and the tone of the market is



easy. Quotations are: For dressed chick-





ens, 16017161/2c; fowls, 16c: ducks, 1570160;

geese, 11@12c‘ turkeys, 20(021c per lb.





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Cheeu.——Mich-igan, 10@161.Ac;

cream, 17%@18c; schweitzer, 19@20c;

limburger, June, 15c; Oct., 17c per lb. -



Fruits and Vegetables.



Apples.—Market higher. Best grades

are quoted at $7@7.50 per bbl.



Onlons.—Spanish, $1.75 per bu; home-

grown at 75@80c per bu; Bermudas, $1.30

per crate.



Vegetables.—Green onions, 10c per doz;

radishes, 2060300 per doz; cucumbers, 500

per doz; lettuce, 8@10c per lb; head let-

tuce, $1.50 per hamper; watercress, 500

per doz; spinach, $1 per bu;' parsnips, $1

per bu; oyster plant, 40c per doz.; as-

paragus, $1.50 per doz; rhubarb, 40@500

per doz.





OTHER MARKETS.





Grand Rapids.



\Vheat has made a gain of 50 during

the past week, local millers quoting N0.

red at $1.46, No. 1 white, $1.45. Corn

is 20 higher, oats and other grains un-

changed. Dairy butter is off 10, jobbers

paying the country merchants 21@22c.

Creamery is off 2c. The egg market has

weakened 1,/2c, quotations now standing

at 100. Meats are steady, dressed hogs

remaining at 9c. \Vith exception of ducks,





 





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which are up 10, live poultry is un—

changed. The potato market shows

weakness, prices at Traverse City,





where $1 was paid for a short time, now

dropping to 750.



Quotations follow: .



Grains—\Vheat. $1.46; corn, 77c: oats,

57C; buckwheat, 600 per bu; rye, 750.



Beans—Handpicked, $2 per bu. ,



Butter.—Buying prices, Dairy, No. 1.

22c: No. 2, 161/2c; creamery in tubs, 24%c;

prints, 25c.



Cheese—Michigan full cream is selling

at 16@161/2c per lb; brick, 17c; Swiss, 17c;

limburger, 17c.



Eggs—Case count, 1.00.



P0tatoes.—80@85c pcr bu.



Cattle—Cows, $2.50@4 per cwt; steers

and heifers, best quality, $3@5; dressed





mutton, 8@9c; dressed veal, While;

dressed beef, cows, 5@7c; steers and





heifers, til/260%.



Hogs.——l)ressed, 90.



Live Poultry.——Fowls, 14@15c; chickens,

1501‘16c; roosters, 10@110; turkeys, 18@

19c; ducks, 14@15c; broilers, 11,4 to 2 lbs.,

30@ 2c per lb.





Chicago.

Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.461/2@1.48; May,

$12614; July, 31.12%.

Corn—No. 3, 731/2@74c; July, 683,550;

Sept., 67c. .

Oats—No. 3 white, 566058-3313 July,





5114c; Sept, 4374c.



Deans—Pea beans, handpicked, ..:7 _

2.58 per bu. for choice; good, 2.45@2.50;

red kidney, $2fii‘2.05 for old.



Button—Steady. Creameries, 22:1281/ c;

dairies, 1961,‘24c.





 





 





Eggs. Steady. Firsts, 20c; prime

firsts, 21c per dozen.

Potatoes—Steady. Car lots in bulk,

fancy, $1.02@1.03 per bu; ordinary, 08c@1.

Plttsburg.





Potatoes—Michigan, 90@95c per bu.

Apples—Steady. King, $6.25 per bbl;

Spy, $565.50; Spitzenburg, $5705.50.

Eggs.—V\7estern firsts, 220; do. extras,

2214p; current receipts, 2116c.

, bitten—Creamery, 251,430; prints,

pcr lb.





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New York.



Butter.—\Vcstern factory firsts, 20c;

creamcry specials, 27((0271/2c per lb.



Eggs—“'eak and lower. \Vestern stor-

age, packed, 22c; do. firsts, Zldi'leéc; do.

seconds, 200120120 per doz.



Poultry—Alive, dull and easy. \Vestorn

chickens, broilers, 2560300; fowls, 1701)

171/30. Dressed, firm. \Vestern chickens,

1216c; fowls, 151/261‘161/3c per lb.



Grain—\Y'hcat, No. 2 red, $1.43@1.45

per bu; corn, No. 2, 82c; oats, mixed,

606060150.



Potatoes—Per 180 lbs, $2.87fr13.





 





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Button—Market continues firm at 27!:

Der 1b., which is a decline of ‘_'r' sinw-

last Week. Salt—s fol" ti,“ VJH-lc :g'zjriinflt-i]

to 570.010 lbs. as compared with 333,200

for the previous Week.





   





     





Boston.



V3” ?.—’i‘h er I: have be t- n 1 er. :; x is

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X, 3271 33c; No. l warm-«f, 31144130! 1‘5!» 2





Washed, 3747140e1 lire 1:!1'.";a_~

fine unmcrchantallhg 2641 37:; Luff

combing, 7210132"; (winter

fil,l(rl.‘l‘_’r-; deininv- washed, tum iilr': «lelgiint:

unwashed, illl’riliZc. Michigan, \‘Visr‘onsln

and New York ilM-(ws Vino unwashed.

2341 24c; delaine unwashed, :Rmxom ha‘t

blood unwashed, Bil/1121c: three-eighths

blood unwashed, 304131c; quarter blood,

2001,1100.





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Buffalo.

lilay 10, 1909.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)





 





of sale stock

Cattle, 150

lambs,





here today as

loads; h-ogS, 11,200

15,400; calves,





Receipts

follows:

head; sheep and

3,000 head.



The quality of the cattle on sale today

was considerably better than a week ago

and a number of loads of the best cattle

sold from 3565077665. The medium and

common kinds were slow sale and a little

lower than last week. At the close about

everything is sold. ’



1V9 quote: Best export steers, $6.50@

6.65: best 1.200 to 1,300 lb. shipping steers,

$6606.40; best 1,000 to 1.100 lb. do., $5.75

@6; best fat cows, $5605.50; fair to good,

$4@4.50; trimmers. $2.50@3; best fat





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heifers, ’$5.75@6: light fat heifers, $4.@5;

best bulls, $5@5.25; bologna bulls, $4.25@

4.50; best feeding steers, 800 to 900 lbs.,

$4.75@4.90; 700 to 750 lb. dehorned stOck-

ers, $4.50@4.75; common stockers, $3.50@4.



Fresh cows and springers sold strong

at last week’s prices. we quote: Best

cows, $50@60; medium, $406250; common,

$30@35. '



The hog market today opened about

steady at Saturday’s prices and at the.

cl0se about everything is sold. Pigs were

a quarter higher today than Saturday.

Prospects look fair for the near future.



We quote: Medium and heavy, $7.553!)

to $7.65; mixed, $7.50@7.55; best yorkers.

$7.40@7.50; light yorkers, 557.20.137.40;

pigs, $6.90@7; roughs, $6.40@6.50; stags,

$5@5.50.



The lamb market today was active and





higher.



We quote: Top lambs, $8.10@8.15; fair

to good, $7.50@8; culls, $6@7.25; skin

culls, $4634.50; yearlings, $6.50@7; weth-

ers, $6.25@6.50; ewes, $5.50@5.75; cull

sheep, $2@4.50; best ”calves, $7.50@7.75;

medium to good, $6@7.25; heavy, $4@5.





Chicago.

May 10, 1909.



Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.



.....25,000 40,000 13





 





Received today





Same day last year..20,995 47,395 19,451

Received last week ..46,905 120,086 47,222

Same week last year.49,309 167,355 65,387



Cattle have been selling recently





around 40@50c per 100 lbs. higher than

,only a short time ago, owing to curtailed

receipts and. a somewhat larger con-

sumption of beef in various sections of

the country. Last week saw some weak

spots, however, and it was not difficult

to see that with any considerable increase

in the receipts of cattle buyers would

succeed in establishing a lower plane of

prices. Beef steers have been selling

chiefly at $5.60@6.85, with the-cheaper

class of light weights selling at $5@5.05,

and choice to fancy heavy beeves going

at $6.85@*7.25. Good steers found buyers

at $6.50@6.80 and a medium class at

“@645. Fat butcher stock has shared

in the advance, and cows and heifers sold

freely at $3.60@6.90, while canners and

cutters had a very good outlet at 3%?

3.50. Bulls were higher, selling at $3.25@

5.85, and sales were made of stags at

$5646. Calves were active at $6@7.40 per

100 lbs., with an inferior grade of heavy

ca-lvcs selling at $2565.25. There was

a good sale for hay-fed Montana 1,140

to 1,220-lb. steers at $5.60@5.90, and dis-,

tillery-fed steers averaging from 1,300 to1

1,380 lbs. were purchased at 3166061685.

The stockcr and feeder trade has been

materially lessened by scanty supplies

and unusually high prices, sales ranging

at $3.10fii5.85. Many farmers would very

greatly like to buy some heavy feeders

and return them to market in a. few

months as finished beeves, but extrava—





gantly high prices stand in the way.

Milkers and springers are scarce and

higher, with a good eastern shipping





demand, common to prime cows selling

at $306065 per head. ,



Today’s cattle market turned out to

be better than was at first expected, the

liberal offerings being 'well taken at

steady to 10c lower prices.



Hogs were marketed last week in mod-

erate numbers, and they met with a

restricted general demand, prices being

apt to display strength for the better

grade of shipping hogs adapted for east«

ern packing points, while the Chicago

packers were, as usual, inclined to hold

back and buy late in the day at lowvr

prices than early sales. General sur-

roundings of the trade have not changed

radically except that eastern shippers

have bot much less freely, and, of course,

a lack of active outside competition is

always a help to the local buyers in

holding down prices. The average weight

of the hogs marketed here has been in—

creasing for a gnod many weeks and now

is 21.7 lbs., or 14 lbs. per hog more than

late last February. The average a year

ago was 220 lbs. and two years ago 234

Ilvs. The strong point for sellers is the

i”: shortage in feeding sections. Corn

)iinli‘iliL’ is, expel-ted to check country

,, Wuhan“- ;, guilt] deal. Today‘s market

finitely a. nit-lull lower than last Sat-

-, we. hogs zit-live, at $6.85@7.-l0,





   





w .-, cit hogs going at $7.25 and

1m,“ taco/new.



i." Wick .aaw record-breaking prices

3" boob» tin-rt: being very small rc—

., 1J1.“ :7.’.’i an active demand. Sellers

«raw! .‘:.:;ig in their favor, and shorn

«wry» zui -.t~:2iliri;{s joined in the re-





. . boom that was caused by

.' i!,::'il'4;|l.‘iilt supplies of everything

‘7 an 3.41 mutton line. Until the spring

' wp‘ or lambs: is ready to market there

l:. hound to be a. great scarcity of sheep

and lambs, and fancy prices are assured.





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'l'm :«- ‘ l'l; further advances today, with

clipped lambs selling at $6108.50 and

woolmi (.‘olorado lambs at $8.25@0.50.





Shorn sheep were active and firm, ewes

being salable at $375062?» wethers at

$6fi16.60, rams at $4.50@5 and yearlings

at $6.506: 7.25.





 





The recent increased strength in the

provision market has been a bullish un-

derlying factor in the hog trade of the

country. \Vestern packers are credited

with owning the bulk of the stocks of

laid and ribs stored in Chicago and other

western warehouses, and not only has

pork sold not far from $5 per barrel





 





higher than a year ago, with lard and

other hog products proportionately higher, ,

but hogs have sold at the highest prices

seen in six years. The recent ofilcial‘

statements of stocks of provisions in

Chicago and other western markets on

May 1 show 'hcavy reductions resulting

from large consumption in this country,

for fresh pork and cured hog meats are

cheaper than other meats, despite their

dearness. Hogs are in only moderate

supply, and only 2,727,022 hogs reached

the Chicago market during the first four

months of this year, a decrease of 363.331i

as compared with the same period last

year. So many hogs were marketed when

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In the first edition the Detroit :Live

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Thursda '8 Market.

y May 13, 1909.

Cattle.





Receipts, 1,215. Good grades steady;

common cow stuff 10@15c lower.



We quote: Extra dry-fed steers and

heifers, .$6@6.25; steers and heifers, 1,000

to 1,200, $5.50@6; steers and heifers, 800

to 1,000, $5.25@5.75; grass steers and heif—

ers, that are fat, 800 to 1,000, $5.25; grass

steers and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700,

$4.75@5; choice fat cows, $5; good fat

cows, $4.50@4.75; common cows, $3.50@

4; canners, $2@2.50; choice heavy bulls,

$5; fair to good bolognas, bulls, $4.50;

stock bulls, $375694; choice feeding steers,

800 to 1,000, $4.75@5; fair feeding steers.

800 to 1.000, $4@4.50; choice stockers,

500 to 700, $4.25@4.50; fair stockers, 500

to 700, $3.75@4; stock heifers, $3@3.50;

milkers, large, young, medium age, $40@

55: common milkers, $25@35.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 15

steers av 1,090 at $6, 2 bulls av 1,415 at

$4.75, 1 do weighing 1,180 at $4.75, 3 do

av 1,043 at $4.50; to Hammond, S. & CO.

16 butchers av 823 at $4.75; to Fitzpat-

rick Bros. 2 cows av 1,000 at $3.50, 2 do

av 870 at $3; to Caplis 3 do nv 906 at

$4.50, 2 do av 855 at $4, 1 do weigh-

ing 920 at $3, 1 do weighing 1,010 at $3.50,

13 butchers av 468 at $4.40, 3 do av 450

at $4.50, 7 do av 914 at $5.50; to Kamman

Beef Co. 21 steers av 1,090 at $5.75; to

Sullivan P. Co. 17 do av 1,046 at $5: to

Hammond, S. & Co. 1 bull weighing 1,100

at $4.50, 1 do weighing 1,800 at $4.75; to

Newton B. Co. 1 do weighing 630 at $4,

2 steers av 675 at $5.



Bishop, B. & H. sold to Mich. B. CO.

16 butchers av .812 at $4.60, 2 cows av

1.025 at $4.50, ,1 steer weighing 780 at

$5.25. 1 bull weighing 1,250 at $4.50, 5

butchers av 760 at $5.25, 1 heifer weigh-

ing 540 at $3.75; to Bresnahan 1 bull

weighing 740 at $4, 2 cows av 890 at

$2.75; to Goose 8 butchers av 353 at $3.50;

to Sullivan P. CO. 3 cows av 976 at $4.50,

2 do av 905 at $2.75; to Mich. B. Co. 11

steers av 990 at $5.80, 8 do av 746 at

$5.40, 3 cows av 1,050 at $4.75, 3 do av

856 at $4.50, 3 do av 893 at $3, 8 steers

av 818. $5.60, 3 cows av 1.283 at $4.75,

2 bulls’it 1,240 at $5. 1 do weighing 1,170

.at $4.45 .to Hammond; S. 8'; ‘Co. ZJteers

av 13%“:"51 36.25314 (70 -av 137'4 at"$6.25,

6 do av,- ,»046 at $5.90, 3‘do av 666 at‘ $4.75;

to Schuman 10 do aV‘1,060 at $5.75; to

Bresnahan 5 cows av 896 at $3, 3 (10 av

893 at $3.50, 13 butchers av 1.940 at $4.65.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 8

steers av 721 at $5.20, 1 heifer weighing

730 at $3, 1 do weighing 850 at $3, 2 cows

av 1,025 at $4.50, 12 butchers av 700 at





$5.25, 3 heifers av 710 at $4, 4 bulls av

1,540 at $4.75.

Sp‘ccr, M. & R. sold Caplis 3 bulls





av 966 at $4.75, 2 cows av 780 at $3.75, 1

do weighing 780 at $3, 1 do weighing 860

at $3, 1 do weighing 870 at $3.25. 1 do

weighing 620 at $3.25, 11 butchers av 673

at $3.65, 1 heifer weighing 450 at $4.25;

to Kul] 11 butchers av 793 at $5.50: to

Hammond, S. & Co. 1 bull weighing 1,070

at $4.75, 1 do weighing 1,530 at $4.75: to

Sullivan P. CO. 2 steers av 1,150 at $5.75,

1 do weighing 1,060 at $6.25; to Mich. B.

Co. 5 do av 834 at $5.30, 3 cows av 1,150

at $4.75, 3 do av 926 at $3.50; to Fitz-

patrick Bros. 1 steer weighing 1,050 at

$6, 2 do av 835 at $5. 5 cows av 1,220 at

$5; to Newton 13. Co. 11 steers av 1,066

at $6.10,. 2 cows av 1,165 at $5, cow

weighing 1,150 at $3.50, 23 steers av 900

at $5.70, 6 do av 860 at $5, 17 do av 780

at $5.40, 9 cows av 935 at $4.75.



Haley sold Sullivan P. Co. 1 cow

ing 1,170 at $5.10.



Kuhn sold same 11 steers av 1,074 at $5.



Stephens sold some 8 do av 900 at

$5.60, 6 butchers av 903 at $4.70.



Lovcwell sold same 3 do av 923 at $5.00.



Lewis sold same 10 cows av 952 at

$4.50, 6 steers av 986 at $6.



Angercr sold Bresnahan 31 steers av

860 at $4.60.



Wilson sold same 3 cows av 1:200 at





weigh-





$4.45, 2 do av 800 at $3245.



Kalaher sold same 5 butchers av 1,100

at $4.75.



Bennett & S. sold Marx 13 steers av

900 at $5.65.





Adams sold Fitzpatrick Bros. 8 steers

av 887 at $5.10.



Lowenstein scld Mich. B. Co. 25 cows

av 1,063 at $4.80, 7 do av 1.045 at $4.\’l).



Sharp sold same 3 do sz 1.016 at $4.75,

>do av 960 at $3.50, 1 heifer weighing

880 at $5.40, 26 steers av 1,060 at $5.90.



Angerer sold Eckerd 19 stecrsav 1,100

at $5.90.





9





Veal Calves.

Receipts.1.285. Market

higher. Best, $650607;

milch cows and springcrs steady,

Bishop, . . sold Strauss & A,

13 av 140 at $7, 4 av 145 at $7, 10 av 125

at $6.75; to Newton B. Co. 5 av 130 at $7,

3 av 11.0 at $5. 16 av 125 at $6.50; to

McGuire 24 av 130 at $6.85; to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 17 av 100 at $4.75; to Sullivan P.

Co. 8 av 115 at $5.50, 22 av 125 at $6.25;

to Goose 13 av 105 at $6; to Parker. 17V.

& Co. 9 av 95 at $5, 24 av 130 at $6.60:

to Caplis 29 av 120 at $6; to Strauss &

A. 11 av 130 at $7. 6 av 155 at $6.75, 1

weighing 100 at $6, 2 av 160 at $7, 9





active. and 250

others, $4@6;





av 160 at $7, 1 weighing 150 at $5, 3 av

155 at $7, 3 av 115 flt'$5. 8 av 150 at

$6.75. 17 av 130 at $6.60; to Markowitz 4

av 115 at $4.75,

Hammond. S.





12 av 125 at $6.85:

& Co. 10 av 135 at $6.50.





to





. Spicer,- M. & R. sold Hammond, S. &

Co. '8 av 110 at.$5, 23 av 125 at $6.50, 3

av 100 at_$5, 6 av 145 at $6.75: to Sullivan

P. Co. 7 av 2 5 at $4, 43 av 118 at $6, lo

av 125 at $6.3 ; to Applebaum 11 av 110

at $4.85; to Mich. B. Co. 3 av 127 at $5,

9 av 125 at $6.50; to Hammond, S. & Co.

6 av 150 at $6.65, 9 av 115 at $6.40; to

Newton B. Co. 13 av 125 at $6.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 20

av 130 at $6.50; to Goose 7 av 225 at $4;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 30 av 135 at $6.85.





130er sold Sullivan P. Co. 14 av 130

at $6.75.

Smith sold same 5 av 100 at $5.50, 11





av 140 at $6.25.

Belheimer sold same 3 av 130 at $4, 21

av 125 at $6.85.





Stephens sold Newton B. Co. 9 av

110 at $6.25.



Kendall sold same 2 av 140 at $5, 14

av 125 at $6.50.



Wagner & A. sold same 16 av 105 at $5.



Noble sold same 2 av 115 at $5, 8 av





135 at $6.50.



Wagner & A. sold same 42 av 125 at $6.



Bennett & S. sold Young 8 av 125

$6.40.



Dwelle sold same 28 av 127 at $6.50.

Torrey sold same 5 av 120 at $5.75.





at





Bergen & W. sold Rattk-owsky 11 av

140 at. $6.25.



Kalaher sold Burnstine 29 av 135 at

$6 50





Weeks sold same 18 av 125 at $6.50.

Russell sold Friedman 14 'av 125 at $6.25.

Groff sold Goose 10 av 108 at $6.30.

Sharp sold Fitzpatrick Bros. 9 av 140



$6.50.

Downing sold same 4 av 155 at $6.50,

av 100 at $5.50.



Waterman sold Thompson Bros.

110 at $6.25.



Sheep and Lambs.





at

5





9av





Receipts, 1,264. Good grades 25@35c

higher; common, steady.



Best lambs, $7.50@7.65; fair to good

lambs, $6.75@7; light to common lambs,

$6@6.50; spring ‘lambs. $9; fair to good

sheep, $4@5.25; culls and common,

$3@3.75. '



Spicer, M. & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 7





lambs av 50 at $6.25; to Eschrich 10 sheep

av 74 at $3.50, 47 lambs av 70 at $7.25;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 19 do av 82 at

$7.65, 3 sheep av 95 at $3.50; to Mich. B.

Co. 41 lambs av 75 at $7.35; to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 68 sheep av 70 at $5.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. CO. 9 sheep

av 105 at $4.50. ,



Waterman sold Thompson 38 mixed av

5 at $5.75, 7 sheep av 10.} at $4.75.





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l





Boyle sold Sullivan P. Co. 3 sheep av

115 at $5. 16 mixed av 60 at $5.50.

Kendall sold same 43 sheep av 67 at





$4.50.



Dwelle sold Youngs

at $7.50.



Bergen & W. sold Mich. B. Co. 22 lambs

av 75 at $7.25.



Wagner & A. sold Hammond, S. & Co.





43





72





lambs av





3 lambs av 80 at $6, 3 sheep av 135

at $4.50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold ~Mich. B. Co. 6





sheep av 80 at $4.50; to Sullivan P. Co.

2 do av 110 at $5; to Newton B. CO. 105

lambs av 65 at $7.25, 36 do av 78 at $7.50,





 

 





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right. It works smoothly, ties

properly, and the last of the ball

feeds as freely as the first. No

knots or breaks. Fifty per cent

stronger than the strain of any

machine actually requires.





PLYMOUTH





Binder Twine





is used more than any other twine

because it is known to be the

best. Made by the oldest cord-

age establishment in the United

States, where quality and honesty

are spun into every ball of twine.

Farmers who insist on seeing the

wheatosheaf tag on every ball of

twine save money and avoid

harvest delays. Get Plymouth

, Twine of the local dealer.

PLYMOUTH CORDAGE COMPANY





Largest Rope Makers in the

world—Oldest in America.





Plymouth. Mas-o





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 

 





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Large St. Lambert; Young





mica JERSEYS. stock of either sex for sale.





CLARENCE BRISTOL. R. No. I. Fulton. Mich.

whicn ‘ m a k e





SPECIAL m-..





management to leave lhe Slate. the entire equip.

ment of Francisco Farm must be sold. 30 Grand

Shel-thorn c)ws and heifers, mostly Young Phyllis“,

Young .Marys and Lavinia: with two or three Scotch

crosses, and a. high class herd of P. C. swine are in the

offering. Come and see them and you will be surprised

at the prices made. P. P. POPE, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.





WOODLAND SHUBTHUHNS.





Let us quote you prices on some choice cowafnnd

heifers. We want to buy a. good bull out of a heavy

milking dam. Red prelerred.



MEYER BROS. R. 7, Howell. l‘IichItan.





BU LL CALF for sale‘§’§$t;},’:.l§’





with strong milk Inheritance, kept in Dairy form

for ages. Full milk records kept. Correspondence

solicited. W. W. KNAPP, Watervliet, Mich.





Pure Bates Shorthorns.

Polled Durhams. A. D. Deuarmo. Highland, Mich.

nEn mm mm 63323295323333;





heifers at .50 to $75, E.Brnckett, Allegan. Michigan.





J. ll. MOUSE STOCK HIIM HARTL‘ND- MICH-





I No bulls for sale.

Have some choice cows and heifers at right prices.





SHEEP.

ERDENHEIM FARM





SHROPSHIRE$





EDWIN s. GEORGE, Owner.





Rams and- Ewes for Sale.

WRITE FOR PRICES 'I‘O





ROBERT GROVES, Shepherd.

R. F. D. No. 3. Pontiac. Mich.





SIIIIOPSIIIIlE IIALL STOCK FAIIM.





Will make special prices for thirty days, on ewes

from 1 to 3 years old. all bred to Imported Cooper.

and Mansell rams to lamb in March and April. also

on very choice ewolambs, this is to make room for an

importation that is going to arrive this spring.



L. 8. DUNHAM dc SONS. Concord. Michigan.





60 INIO SHEEP RAISING





Buy of Michigan’s Largest Breeder cf good sheep.

Romcyn C. Parsons. Grand Ledge, Mich.





 





Owing to condition:





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





AMBOUILLET— Flock founded 1892 with 402w"

selected from one hundred registered ewes oi' the





. best breeding possible. J. Q. A. COOK.Morrlcc,Mlch.





 





 





 





BKSIIIRES. Three brood sows, grand-daughters of the

great Premier Longfell w, also a few choice gilt: a: bargain 1





SlllNEVALE FARM, Pt. Austin. Mich.





BE





pricos.





 





BREWERS’ DIRECTIIIIY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





 





 





 





3 sheep av 55 at $4. 1 do weighing 130

at $4, 14 lambs av 75 at $7.50, 40 do av

70 at $7.25, 40 do av 75 at $7.50; to Fitz-

patrick Bros. 38 do av 85 at $7.50, 9

sheep av 100 at $4.75, 22 do av 75 at $4.50,

24 lambs av 73 at $6.25; to Youngs 45

sheep av 85 at $5.





Hogs.

Receipts, 4,285. Market steady at last

Thursday’s prices.





Range of prices: Light to good butch-





ers, $7.30; pigs, 31650611675; light yorkers,

$7; stags, ‘4; off.

Spicer, M. & R. sold Sullivan P. Co.





47 pigs av 110 at $6.75.



Bishop, B, & ll. sold same 105 pigs av

100 at $6.60. 26 av 105 at $6.75.



Sundry Shippcrs sold same 48 hogs

170 at $7.25, 74 av 170 at $7.20, 147 av

at $7.30, 44 av 150 at $7.121/2.



Roe Com. Co. sold Parker, 1V. & Co.

av 185 at $7.30, 51 av 160 at $7.25.



Spicer, M. & R. sold same 228

at $7.30, 185 av 170 at $7.25, 140

at $7.20, 120 {IV 150 all $7.15.



Sundry shippers sold some 275

at $7.30, 325 av 165 at $7.25, 64

at $7.



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

Co. 719 av 190 at $7.3 , 207 av 160 at $7.20,

1.076 av 160 at $7.25, 275 av 150 at $7.15,

42 av 150 at $7.10.



Sundry shippers sold same 151 av 170

at $7.25, 43 av 180 at $7.15.





VETsRlfiEvT—





(Continued from page 541).



or fifteen days. Bandage leg in cotton

but don't use any liniment, only bathe.

it with equal parts alcohol and warm

water. before applying the cotton. Turn

him out to grass as soon as possible.



Scirrhus Cord.~—I have :1 10«yca.r-old

horse that has a bunch in his scrotum

ever since he was castrated; during hot

weather this swclling is larger than in

cold. On the same side there is a ridge

running down side of sheath. Our Vet.

gave me a good prescription composed

of iodine and other drugs, but it failed to

do much good. What would be the result

of an operation? J. Yale, Mich.—

Vthn your horse was castrated the end

of cord adhered to skin of scrotum, in—

stead of retracting back into body; con~

:seouently a tumor has since grown on

end of cord and perhaps a portion of the

cord has become diseased. The opera-





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150





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tion of removing this tumor is a simple

one and not by any means dangerous]

The horse. of course, will have to be

cast. rolled on back, then cut out tumor.

but be sure to remove all unhealthy parts

and he will heal up in ten days. This is

the only remedy for such an ailment.





The forces and inhabitants at Tabriz.

Persia. are in a terrible dilemma as the

enemy commands all the avenues where-

by food can be gotten to the city, which

means that thosands will die of starva-

tion if they do not capitulate and on the

other hand surrender will mean that

thousands will be massacred by the;

heartless invaders. ;





Herd headed by UNDULA'I‘A BLACKBIRD

ITO 83836. one of the best soul of PRINCE I'I‘O

50006. and Grand Champion Bull at the Detroit

and Grand Rapids Fairs of 1907 and 1908. Herd con-

sists of Ericas. Blackbirds, Prides. etc.

WOODCO’I‘E STOCK FARM, Ionia. Mlch.

1 ABERDEEN ANGUS bull, I Pollen Durham

herd bull closely related to World’s Champion. and

one yearling bull left. Freight and car fare to buyers

CLOVER BLOSSOM FARM, Port Austin, Mich'

GUERNSEYS‘BULL ONES

from tuberculin lest-

ed cows. ALLAN KELSEY, Lukeview. Mich.

FOR S ALE—Two Guernsey bulls aged 5 and 2

yrs; son and grandson of Prince Bos-

endnle. Prices right. M. L. Dean, Napoleon, Mich.

HOLSTEINS_A fine registered bull of excellent

breeding and individuality, 17 mos.

old for $100. ‘_I. M. SHORMAN. Fowlervllle, Mich.

' ' ' HICKORY GROVE STOCK

HOlSIIln-FIIISIIIIS. FARM. 0w") Tul.PrOprlet0r.

11. 1. Oak Grove, Lclv. 00.. Michigan. Bell phone

llolsnzmnulaswls-A ,,,, fine bu" m

sire Canary Mercerdes

Royal King. W. B. JONES,OakGrovc,R~. No.3.Mich.

BOIHDMIN 8106K FIRM, l

JACKSON. mm, Holstein Battle.





Hus more Imported IlolsteIn-Frlesinn Cows





 





 





 





 





noes.

FOR SALE, 2,000 PIGS,





6 to 8 weeks old. at $2.50 to 88 each: any breed.

Will ship by express and give your money's worth.

UTILIZATION (30.. Grand Rapids. Mich.





IIOIITIIEIIII BBOVIII BERKSHIRES.

ROYCROF'I‘ FARM. Sidnnw. Mich.

—Sows bred to

Duke. and our new herd boar Prime Bacon

98611. a great son of the noted Lord Bacon. and

of intense Masterpiece breeding. Guernseyl.





M. B. 'I‘nkeys. B. Ply. Rocks. Pekln Ducks.

Hupp Farms, Birmingham, Mich. G. C. Hupp, Mgr





A FEW FALL GILTS bred for fall fan-owing,

also choice lot of spring pigs bred by King

Premier. A. A. PATTULLO, Deckervllle. Mich.





BERKS HI RES—SPRING PIGS,





sired by sons of

Premier Lomfel'ow and Masterpiece. the world’s

champions. C. D. WOODBURY, Lansing, Mich.





DAMS BROS. IMPROVED CHESTER WHITES,LItchfl-ld,llloh.,

won more premiums in ‘08 than any other hard in Mlohlun.

Stock all ages for rule Prize winning W. 'Orplngton, W. Log-

horn and Bud Rock eggs, $1 per 15. Shortharn bulll & hoitorl





CHESTER WHITEs-bred for April (arrow.





Also fall pigs either sex. Orders booked for June

delivery. W. 0. WILSON. Okemol. Mich.

CHESTER meES Boers ready for service



' $15 00; Gilts bred for fall





flu-row $20.00; Spring pigs either sex. Satisfaction

guaranteed. COLON C. LILLIE, Coopersvllle. Mich.





 





 





 





 





A few choice young sows





 





 





UROC JERSEYS—Boers ready for service, now-



for Spring furrow. Pigs at weaning shipped c. o.



d. if desired. L. R. Kuney, Adrian, Mich. Phone 131.

Shepherd Dogs.





 





 





than any form In the Middle West. Registered

BULL CALVES of the most fashionable breeding. 30

line, registered. Duroc Jersey sows due to iarrow noon.

HOLSTEINS—I-Wm sell “Aggie Cornuco- 1

pie Platertje Dekol” No. :

57254, Born Mar 20. 1906. Unquestionably the best .

bred yearling bull in the s'ate. 3 Bull calves 2 to 4 mo. ;





old. A. R. O. dams. \VI ite at once if in need of some-

thing good. L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio. l





HEREFORDS: for sale. Also Poland-





China hogs. R. E. ALLEN. Paw Paw. Mich.





 





 





 





 





aDuroc Jerseys





I.

—Bo‘h sexes and alleges O.





DUROC JERSEY SWINE, ,9, Rock eggs, 3'





l

for 15. J. H. BANGHAB’I‘, Lansing, Mich.s





 





—Nothing for

sale at lesent

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings, Ich.





DUROC Jersey of size and quality. 40 130an ready

for service. 60 IOWI at Farmers Prices. Satin-

faction Guaranteed. J. 0. Barney. Goldwater. Mich





 





 





(1’s Bears dc sows all sold, I have a fine lot of

young pigs that will soon be ready to ship.

A. NEWMAN. Route N0. 1, Mariette, Mich.





O. I. C’s





on approval.





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—ALL AGES. Thirty sows bred

for spring furrow. Shipped

H. H. JUMP. Munlth. Mich.





Boats ready for service. Spring pigs by

' grandson of World’s Grand Champion.





 





 





 





Northern Grown Jerseys. .

ROYCROF'I‘ FARM. Sidnaw. Mic .





ERSEY Bull Calf barn Feb. 9 '09, first calf of I.

heifer whose dam gave 7314 lbs. of milk 1'1 '08

Fire’s Dam’s record 10,060 lbs. in 1012’ months.

THE MURRAY-WATERMAN 00., Ann Arbor, Mich.





 





 





 





O O

Llllle Farmstead Jerseys.

We have some splendid b'ill calves for sale from

one to six months old. They are from cows with

records of 300 to 425 pounds of butter last year.

Write for descriptlon and prices.

COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.





Si. Lambert Jerseys





heifers. L. R. KUNEY, Ad

from 6 to 15 months old.





RED Putin BULL 9 bred from good milking





sows. John Berner & Son. Grand Ledge, Michigan.





MARS'I‘ON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE.





'I‘. F. MARS'I‘ON. BI! Cl". Mlchllnll.





 





 





2 18 months, 2 1 year

bulls. some cows and

an, Mlch., Bell Phone.





 





 





 





 





 





Glonwood Stock Form, Zoolnnd, Ilchlgnn, R. 6. Phone 94.

O l C swine very prolific. My herd lo

- 0 ' headed with a grand son of Jackson





Chief. the world’s Champion and Grand Champion.

the greatest 0. I. 0. hour in the world, also a Grand

son of Tutesy second. the world champion sow.

Place your order now for spring pigs.

. J. GORDEN. R. No. 2. Don. Mloll.



Poland Chins bears and young Short-





"E‘" BONE” horn hulls at bargains. Semi for





snap-shot photos. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson, Mich.





I

Poland-China: row, bred right. some show pro

spects and herd headers. Prices right. Write today.

L. W. Barnes & Son. Byron. (Shiawnasce Co.) Mich.

ut spring





' N till

Poland-Chmas. M2,, "8m” ,5 hm

your order now. WOOD dz SONS. Saline. Mich.





LARGE ENGLISH YORKSHIBES.





Boers ready for service $15.00; Gilts bred for fall far-

row $20.00; spring pigs either sex. Satisfaction guar-

anteed. COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich





WIIEN .





 





—Choice young boars. fall far-





 





 





 





writing to advertisers just say “So

your ad. in the Michigan Farmer."
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GRANGE ;1





Our Motto—“The Farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be

first improved.”





A.A A





 





 





 





THE GRANGE AND SOIL FER-

TlLlTY.-II.





 





Those who told he the following inci-

dents wiil, I trust, pardon their repeti-

tion, since they exactly illustrate one fea—

ture of what I should like to impress

upon every Grange. i



In the evening of a busy Grange day, a.

residentwoman and I were talking over

the exercises of the day, when she rt-

marked: “1 am glad the Grange has

come to us. Before it came my husband

had grown very discouraged and was

about to give up farming to try some—

thing else. But after the deputy visited

us he changed, and now full of en-

thusiasm in his plans for the farm and

says nothing about ieaying it." It

chanced that I had visited the home

llti‘lgllbfirllOOd of this particular deputy

not long before and it did not seem diffi—

cult to me to trace the source of the

other man’s reinforced interest in farm—

ing. The one had taken into his Grange

work his own belief, from experience,

in profitable agriculture, and so strong

was it within him that the spirit of it

was contagious. Again and again has a

similar result been observed. The zea—

lous, efficient Grange deputy, who has

heart for fat-tiling, brims ovor with infor-

mation and enthusiasm along its various

branches and makes his every visitation

a “school of agriculture.”



Another woman told me of her Grange

of 1:70 members, mostly of foreign birth,

and many of them but recently come

from lumbering into farming. She said,

“I must tell you a little incident of our

last meeting when we had a. general dis-

cussion on ‘Soil lt‘crtility.’ \\'e are hav—

ing a very backward spring and so many

are down—hearted, ready to sell out and

go to Alabama or other southern points,

that during the discussion many were

the complaints made by some. At the

spur of the moment I thot about the,

many advantages we have here and I

just told them to look at the bright side

and not thru biuc i told them

some of the hardships out West, where a

friend writes me from Idaho that she had

seen the sun but twice during the winter,

etc. You should have seen the change,

as we had a good laugh. I next called

on a man who had just moved in from

Wisconsin and he gave a ringing talk

for Michigan. Since then I have met

some of the ‘bluo’ farmers and they have





is





gla sses:





kept up their spirits in spite of every-

thing.”



“'hat have these two incidents to do

with “Soil Fertility” in the (lrangc, do





you ask? It seems to me that they have

much to do in that they are the founda-

tion of the whole matter. If a man lose

heart in his or undertaking. to

what shall upon what shall

he build?



I have purposely chosen no problem of





business

he anchor,





advanced soil physics or other agricul~

tural mystery to point the question I

wish to raise, which is, is every one 01





our Oranges attempting to help its mem-

bt-rs to understand their own farms

better and how to handle their soils more

hence more contcnlcdiy?

introducing farm topics,

and leading their nit-tubers in a progres-

sively helpful consideration of them. Es-

pecially at this season of the year should

the question of Soil Fertility, in one form

or another, come in for something like

Study in every Grange. Iicips arc abund-





profitably, and

Are the officers





ant, for our farm papers are teeming

with thot—provoking articles on the soil,

its history, its properties, dangers and





I'pon it rests the welfare of all.

it is not to be escaped. If,

and James J. Hill tell

now in baby clothes

soil bankruptcy, it is

none too soon to urge that this great

farmers’ organizatitm stand for some-

thing more than dilly—dailying with this

question on its semi-monthly programs.

JENNIE BUELL.





COMING EVENTS.





needs.

It is basic.

as the scientists

boys who are

will live to face





US.





 





Pomona Meetings.





Antrim Co. with Ellsworth Grange,

TVednesday and Thursday, May lit—20.

Charlevoix Co., with South Arm

Grange, Thursday, June 3.



Lenawee C0., With Madison Grange,

Thursday, June 3.



Lapeer C0., with Burnside Grange,





Thursday, June 3.



Wayne Co., with Flat Rock Grange,

Friday, June 4. Prof. R. S. Shaw, State

Sneaker.





. erE MICHIGAN FARMER'





 





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,‘ FARMERS’ CLUBS]





Address all correspondence relative to

the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. W.

L. Cheney, Mason, Mich.





 





 





Associational Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer's most valuable asset.





Associationai Sentiment.—

The farmer; he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.





 





HOW THE LOCAL CLUBS ARE CON-

DUCTED.





(Continued from last week).





Mr. Z. \V. Carter, many times the dele-I

Club, 5





gate from the Odessa Farmers' ‘

stated that the club which he repreSentcd

was organizt‘d in 1589. and that he was1

a ct'tnstitutionai members of the organiza-





tion. This club meets monthly and the

host and hosttss do all of the entertain—

ing. The memlwrship dres have always

been :33 cents for each member. which

amount is paid annually, and this has





prm‘idcd money in the treasury to meet

all t-xpcnSt-s of running the club. The

membership fee, which includes the head

and unmarried members of the family,

is 50 cents. The meetings of this club

are usually well attended, from 60 to 100

pcople gathering each month. The young

people are largely interested in the pro‘





grams. A program committee is ap-

pointed in November for the year, and

subjects are chosen which will keep the





members thinking along beneficial lines.

It the aim of the committee having

this work in charge to select topics that

Seem certain to become important themes

of consideration

in the future, in order that the members





is





of the club may have the advantage of

their early consideration and be the

better able to melt the issues involved in '

an intelligent: manner when called upon

to do so. The interest in the l~‘armcrs’

Club is second to no interest in this

community.



Mr. iaiusha, delegate from the Nap-

oieon Farmcrs’ Club, o1 Jackson C0.,

stated that his club has a membership

of more titan 100. As special features





which help to maintain ti’is good interest

in club work a summer picnic and a club

fair are held each year. As an evidence

tt‘ the interest taken in the last named

event by the club members he said that

at the last club fair they had some

judges who officiated in like capacity at

the state fair, and who complimented the

club and its fair by saying that, as far

as it went, the exhibit surpassed that

made in the same line at the state fair.

The membership is so large that each

member’s turn to entertain comes once

in about three years. The host and

hostess do all the entertaining. The

young people are active in club work.

The annual dues are 50 cents for each

family.



The delegate from the Concord Club,

of Jackson (‘n,, stated that the organiza-

tion had a membership of over (if) mem-

bers. The annual dues are 10 cents for

each member. It is thot desirable by

some members if the club to increase

the membership dues and make the fel-

suiiice for all members of a family, and

it is probable that an effort will be made

in this direction in the not distant fu-

ture. There is a good general interest

taken in the work of the club and a good

attendance at all times except in the

hurry summer season when the farm

work is pressing.



Mrs, Tubbs, delegate from the \Vcbstcr

Club, of \\‘ashtcnaw Co, said that club

holds clovvn meetings during the year,

and an effort is made to have one speaker





at each meeting from outside the mem—

bership of the club. The programs are

prepared by a committee. The same





ofiircrs have been elected for many years.

The club has a list of 40 members, and,

has lost bttt two of its charter members.

Last year this club tried the experiment

of making out a yearly program, largely

literary in character, but the members

did not like the plan.



The Burton Farmers’ Club. of Shia-

wassee C0., was reported by its delegate

to have a membership of from 16 to 20

families, the present list numbering 18.

The annual dues in this club are 25 cents.

A temperance meeting is held each year.

The members feel that the organization

is a profitable one to them, and believes

that if farmers will not organize for their

own mutual improvement and protection

they should not grumble at conditions as

they find them.



(Continued next week).





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MONTHLY ESTIMATES vs. ACTUAL

DAILY WEIGHTS.OF MILK.





 





As is well-known, the plan of the co-

operative cow testing associations is to

have each herd visited once each month.

The man doing the testing weighs the

night’s milk and the morning’s milk, then

he estimates the monthly yield of milk





from these weights. He estimates 12)

days back and 15 days ahead. In other

Words, he multiplies this actual weight





Now the most of us

would say at once, without giving the

subject very careful consideration, that

this would be a very crude estimate of

the actual yield of the cow. In fact, you

would say that we do not have sufficient

data to make the estimates reliable at

all. Yet the Danish government has con-

sidered this question very carefully and

they believe that the estimated weight in

this way is reliable. They give figures

to show that it comes out very close to

the actual annual yield of the cow. XVhen

Mr. Helmer Rabild was appointed, by

the Dairy Division of the U. S. Depart—

ment of Agriculture, to take charge of

cow-testing work he was sent by his

chief to Minnesota to examine the re-

cords which have been compiled by Prof.

Hecker, of the Minnesota station. Prof.

Heckcr has records of the actual weight

of milk, both morning and evening, of his

herd for a number of years—the only

records of this sort in existence in the

United States. Mr. Rabild went over

these records, year by year, taking the

night’s and morning’s milk for one day

in each month and estimating the total

for the month, the way the cow tester

does, and he found that it approximated

very closely the actual total weight, there

being only about 3 per cent difference.

In the North Ottawa Cow Testing Asso-

ciation, 131112 John M. Park weighs the

milk of each cow separately night and

morning every day in the year. Last

year his herd actually gave 100,078 lbs.

of milk. A cow tester visited him one

day in... .sach month and estimated, as



RWnS to his figure; they

gave 100, 4 7 lbs, 8. difference of 399 lbs.,

or 39- 100 of 1 per cent difference.





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THE DAIRY CALF.





 





Do you study the dairy calf as much

as you Ought to? Do you appreciate that

the dairy calf is going to make the

future dairy cow and that her value as a

dairy cow depends very much upon the

care and attention that she is given

when a calf. Don't you realize that you

can spoil the future dairy cow by giving

the dairy calf improper attention this

spring? Of course, the dairy calves that

were dropped last fall can be turned to

pasture this spring and will not demand

very much attention, providing they have

a good pasture; but lots of people give

the calves a great setback in turning

them to pasture. Think of a calf that

has been in a good box stall all winter

and had a good liberal ration of skin)-

milk and some grain, and plenty of good

clover hay and corn silage, every day.

Think, I say, of this calf being turned

from this box stall into a pasture, and

being compelled to shift for itself. In

the first place, it never saw any grass

before. It doesn't know anything about

it, and doesn't know how to eat grass.

Of course, you say that the calf under-

stands these things intuitively, that it‘s

the nature. of the calf. But you watch

the calf when first turned out and you

will find that it doesn‘t know enough

to drink, and the. poor thing will bawi

for water until it learns to drink from

the brook. And, when you look the mat—

ter over carefully, you will be compelled

to admit that it is not a proper thing

to turn the calf from the well bedded

box stall directly into the pasture, even

tho the weather has become warm and

the feed abundant.



First, it should be turned into a small

yard every day. This is a great change

for a calf that has been in a box stall

all winter. At first it doesn’t know

enough to go out of doors. Where there,

are a number, you can't get them out

all at once and they should be left, with

the door open, and allon'ed to gradually

work their way out and become accus—

tomed to it. They are getting an edu—

cation every day and an education that

is neceSSary for them to take care of

themselves later on in the pasture. After

they get so that they will go out into





their exercise yard and back again, and





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





seem to understand things a. little, they

can be let into a small pasture, and here

they will learn to eat a. little grass and

drink a little water from the brook or

trof. Everything is new and they learn

slowly. Of course, if you persist in turn—

ing them out in the back pasture, the

poor things will live. They will get onto

this way of living and will, after a while.

recover from their astonishment at such

an abrupt change and will get on, after

a fashion. But you have lost consider-

able in allowing them to do all this so

abruptly. If you will gradually work

them out to the pasture, gradually take





 





their winter ration away from them and

gradually substitute the grass ration in

its place, you will have better calves.





They will do better during the summer,‘





they will do better all winter, and they

will do better all their lives and make

more profitable dairy cows than they

will if they are turned abruptly into the

back pasture and made to shift for them-

selves, because un-der such conditions

they will run down in spite of everything.



Thén this calf pasture is liable to get

short and should be looked after. The

pasture should be large enough so that

the grass will outgrow the calves at first.

Then, later on, they will consume some

of the grass which they could not con-

sume in the early part of the season.

If provision is not made in this respect,

then in the middle of the summer your

calf pasture will be short and your calves

will suffer and will never develop into

the productive dairy (‘mvs that they ought

to and which they would have developed

into had they had a liberal ration from

the start and a continuous one.



Why Pasturage for Calves Should Be

,Ample.



“'hen the cow pasture gets short. the

Cows of course, being brot to the barn

every night to be milked, can be easily

fed an extra ration. But the calves are.

in the back pasture and it is Very in—

convenient and costs too much money

to get them up. consequently we must

have a. larger calf pasture in proportion

than the cow pasture, because it is

somethingthat we cannot look after well.

It doesn’t pay to have to carry an extra

ration back into the calf pasture to feed

them every day, consequently we must

make provision fol enough pastuiage

a’rea so that We are sure there is abund-





mer. If we don’t do this we we going

to have calves that are not properly (le-

veloped. Improper development weakens

the constitution and it means lessened

production when they come to maturity

and all that, and no dairyman can afford

to have these conditions. It is easy

enough to prevent this if we only make

proper arrangements, if we only make

proper plans and then execute these

plans. If we don‘t do this We are going

to get caught in the middle of the sum—

mer with no feed and no practical way

of supplying it.



The calves should be looked after once

a week and they ought to be, salted once

a week. Don’t forget that the dairy calf

needs an abundant supply of salt. You

ought to look them all over, count them,

and see that they are. all right, at least

once a week, even tho they are in the

back pasture. You can afford to take a

half a day right in harvest to go back

and look things over and see that the

fences are right and the calves are get—

ting a proper amount of feed and water

and salt.



Of course, soiling crops can be raised

for the calves as well as for the cows

A man can arrange to have soiling crops

grown close to the calf pasture so that

they‘can be thrown over, but it is about

all the extra labor that the farmer want:

to do in the summer time to provide this

extra feed for the cows.



Now, this policy applies to fall and

winter calves that are old enough to go

on pasture in the spring and does not

apply to the late winter calves, nor the

spring calves, for these calves should

not go to pasture at all, in my judgment,

during the first summer. It is better to

keep them in box stalls in a good cool

basement. Give them their milk regu~

larly and teach them to eat grain. You

might better cut the clover, draw it into

the barn and feed them in the barn than

to put these, young calves out

weather and make them depend upon1

pasture. In the first place, they are not‘

old enough to enjoy grass very much, and'

they are not old enough to digest and

assimilate it. They should have a differ-

ent ration. They want their milk ration

regularly and some grain ration in con-

nection with it to balance the milk ra-

tion. A great many young calves, when}

they are. turned out on grass refuse to

drink milk and the farmer becomes dis-l





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





couraged. He has lots to do, and he'

allows them to go without the milk ra-

tion. He thinks that because they refuse

to eat a milk ration they do not need it.

But the calf does not know just what

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are turned to pasture when young. Keep

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I have a dairy of eight cows and have

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I am contemplating putting up a silo

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want to keep at least 15 cows.



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I think the best grain to buy to feed

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ing half and half by weight. If you were

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every year it would not matter; then

when there came a year that you wanted

to keep more cows you could till it full.

If you do not fer-d all of the cnsilugc, it





 





will keep all right until the next year.

You get your capacity clivapcr in a high

silo than you can by building two silos.





 





BEST GRAIN RATION TO GO WITH

PASTURE.





 





Plcasc tell me whether it is prm-timl to

feed cows 51min when on pasture, 2m l. if

so. what kind of grain? I have liven

fvcding ground corn—and-cob meal with

oil llll‘Hl.



Van Burcn Co. A. J. SHIRLEY.



I don‘t believe you could get anything

better to feed in conncctlon with posture?1

than corn-nnd-cob Inca], and cottonseed

mull instcmi of oil meal. 'l‘h4- oil inch]

is lwtlcr, where you have no sur-culr-nt

food in the winter timc, than the cotton-

sm-d, bccnusc the cottonseed meal is a





little constipaling. lot now when you

turn your cow's out to pasture the suc-

culent grass makes their lmwcls too loose

for best results and a little cottonsood





meal will tend to correct this. Conse-

qucntly, it will be l‘wlli'l‘ to substitute

cottonseed meal. Cottonseed mcul tends

to lililko :1 firm butler—fut. while oil mcal

has just the opposite effect. Grass but-

ter is also apt to be of a softer texture

than that made on dry feed and will not

stand up as well in hot weather. Consc-

qucnily, we. got an improved condition in

the butter if We food a grain ration that

tends to produce a hard fat, and cotton—

Socd meal will do this. Cottonseed meal

is not so good to feed in winter on this

account because it makes a butter that is

liable to crumble, but it's an excellent

“feed to correct this soft consistency of

the fat produced by the grass in summer.

So, taking all of these things into conu'.

sideration, I do not see that you can get





 





.a better summer grain ration for dairy





cows than corn-and-cob meal and cot-

tonseed meal mixed together.





       





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HOW TO .TEST 7A

CREAM SEPARATOR





If any maker, agent or dealer wants to sell

you a Cream Separator of any name, make or

price, here’s the way to test it:



RUN IT ALONGSIDE OF AN ECONOMY

CHIEF FOR SIXTY bAYS—that’s all. If the

Economy Chief doesn’t outskim, outrun and

completely outclass the other machine in daily

use on your farm, send it back and keep the





other machine.





Arie any one of the 193,000 Economy

Separator users what 126 think: aéout it





= backif not satisfied. Write today

for free copy of Economy Chief

Dairy Guide that tells you all.





SEARS. ROEBUCKé‘i’I'c’AiaQo





=to





V 60 days’ trial. 20 years’ guaran-

80 $ 1 365 tee. Money and freight charges





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Cream 4.

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Best

To Buy





Everybody knows the name

United States on a Separator is

an absolute guarantee of Superior

Quality, Long Service and Absolute Satisfaction.



That is the best sort of economy ; it means a savmg of money to

you. Why then run any risks with “cheap” makes ?





See the U. S. Separator,Dealer





Let him show you how a United States Separator is made, its

perfect mechanical construction, strong, solid,.one-p1ccc frame, no bolts

to shake loose with wear. Scientific construction

of the Separator bowl. You can readily see for

yourself how the purchase of a United States

Separator means economy for you. If you do

not know a. United States dealer let us send you





his name. ~~ _

A request by postal card for_United States Separa-



tor Catalogue No 11 I. and mentioning this paper, wxll



bring you a beautiiul hanger lithographed in colors.





VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO.

Bellows Falls, Vt.





   

 

 





 





 





We do not ask

for cash with or-

der, because Ross

Machines for the

past 59 years have

proved b e y 0 nd



he expectation

of e v e r y pur.

chaser.





EXPERIENCE MAKES





r VSILO FILLING

MACHINERY





Made in sizes to suit all wants. SOLD

ON THEIR OWN MERITS. Buy them.

try them. and only then do we expect .





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YEARS - nggr‘} buyer of

EXPERIENCE a Boss outfit is

Largest manufactur- a satisfied cus- ‘





 

 





, tomer,

Our catalogue

shows the most

. _ complete line of

Silo Filling Machinery on



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R O S S S l L 0. l -





era of Ensllage Ma-

chinery in the world.





ROSS CUTTERS ARE ..

GUARANTEED. »: ‘

. Write to-day for FREE Catalog. . -





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by feed butler int (worth 2°C to 25¢ a lb.) to your calves

when you can raise them iunt I. well on hand separator

skim milk fed in natural way by a RELIABLE CALF

FEEDER. the substitute for Naiure'l way of feeding. Saves

COM twice on every call. Send {or Folder A, 'How to Raise Good

Calves”; tells all about it. Price. $3.50: ifyour duller hlsn in sand

"I hid name and above amount: we'll ship one It once express purl.





Reliable Mannheim-ind Company .. Toledo. Ohio





more profit on’every calf:





 





This trade mark appears on every bag of the Best Dairy Feed—UNICORN



DAIRY RATION. The standard by which all others are measured. It



holds the highest World’s record for the largest milk-producing ration.

_._-,__ Send for Booklet, prices, etc. CRAPIN & (10., inc.. Milwaukee, WIS.





 





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50 to 100 times more tinware sur- ular are the “bucket bowl” kind)

face than you need tog, “1101:, why don’t you think you’ll save a lot of

not let “bucket b0W1 cream sep- work, wear and expense by letting

arators alone and get a Sharples the “b uck e t b owl” sort entirely





 

 

 

 





Washlné 42 disks, and other much ou wash? sales exceed those of most, if not all,

h"! M” mm ' duh 3.2:: $3 $718: not mailer wash a other separators combined. “Buck—

"hch‘ “Wk" ”e “M“ “a 5““ single piece, that has no more et bowl” sales have been so reduced, Dam, Tubal" bowl,

surface than the palm of a man’s hand, than to wash 40 to by Tubular popularity, that the 32:28:! 1:3: :5 '51: ‘An

60 pieces that, together, have as much surface as a piece 0f leading maker of disk machines (the few thrusts with the

' carpet two yards long and a yard wide? That’s a pretty self_sty1ed “original” disk maker)





‘ , w e 1 g h t o f , , .

The disks in the full pan belong “bucket bOWl” , .fi.

inside a “bucket bowl.” The . ,

little piece in the other pan is all c 1' e a m S (3 pa - i P . yr 8 Toronto, Canada. we“ CheStery Penna- Portland, Ore.

there is inside Shel-pies Dairy ‘ . ' » ’ -





THE MICHIGAN FARMER ‘ A . . (19) ~55;





 





3 50"‘T':nTeS More werk





Are you willing towash and dry cream separators except the Tub-





Tubular? I S t h 0 r 0 u g h l y alone and getting a Tubular?





' (1 full dr in . a . .

33:13:; 5:13;?“ yhu dfinfi It IS not surpnsrng that Tubular





 





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All there is to the





brush does it.





big contrast for sure. , has found it necessary to commence _



But 1’9 shows truly the dlf' suits against a catalog house and others that have been

terence 1n the workdo; “$152; making and selling cheap separators with disks like his

{Plfucake’f 03);? Herein se :_ for a number of years. Why? Because he has lost his



p gripfltaken a back seat—is so out of date that he’s





rator as com ared to washing .

the light, sanIitary, wear for- scrapping for trade w1th the catalog house and other





ever modern bowl used in cheap concerns.

SharplesDairyTubularCream The Tubular is made in the world’s greatest cream

Separators. 100th the two separator factory. Branch factories in Canada and

(11811 pans and you 11 see the ,, ,



Germany. It IS the world s greatest cream separator.





point. Other “bucket bowl” . . , ,

separators are about as bad. It Will give you greatest satisfactlon - greatest profits——





Considering t h e c o m p l i - greatest wear. Get Catalog No. 152 .

c a t i o n a n d





f 29 Tire Sharples Separator Co.





 





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ITS ENOUGH TOMAKE. THE COWS LAUGH.





 





 





 





“i fialloway Has The laugh [in De Laval





William Galloway laughs-—



The De Laval people make them‘Selves ridiculous—



All separator manufacturers are laughing——



The Farmers are laughing—



And it is enough to make even the cows that g‘ive the milk laugh.





President

’ th J k H ’ th L

Heres e oe eres e aw

It’s too good to keep. The Whirlwind competition that the Wm. Galloway Co. The lh-Iiavul (“ompziny seems to Ihuvo

First,





.put up and swept the country with on the new Galloway Bathed in Oil Cream {0111111 i150” ill 11 Vt'l')’ (lm‘l) 11010. _

Separator—sold on the Galloway fair and square plan dil‘t'Cl‘. to the farmers at the “1"." 1"”‘li5h‘fd i‘ “WNW 1U] ”Milt: W





I a H , , _ , ,H V , _ , , ~ . . ,1 - - lllzlko ])(‘lllli‘ lll'lit‘VQ llizll W0 infringed

”l gallelgvxdiryafttct‘kmy DlltL, was too hot a pace tor the DeLmal pktlplt‘i to iollow 11) Pan?!” an Sty-.3191!” mm that ”WY had sued

A v us tor that inlrlng‘cnlvnt. This was not

DeLaval simply can't do it unless they sell direct the same way that Galloway true and Lhoy knew it, or ought to have



does and save the li‘urincr three or four profits that they are now getting on known it.

their machine. In their blind endeavor to do something to stop Gullowny's ever- 15w“ usv of this ' :uiwrti_s«-nwnl, f‘dlsc,

growing business, they try to deceive sepm-alm- buyers by putting out an adver— Sfllgivi’l: ‘19,!)thlwhiit' 3,]u.h‘].wu‘ 51.1“} ,dmi?

tisement that was SO worded that it led people to believe that they had a suit begun :1) sh‘it iigaiiiisl BENIRUTQI. Idling; X;

against the Galloway Company for infringement on some of their patents when for $350,050. 'J‘hcn Ithov saw thoi‘nsclgos

they had none, although it was cleverly worded in a Way that would make people facing u big judgment li'or damages, and

believe they had. in a vain endeavor to nniko good, begun





:1 _blul‘i‘ suit against" us for ullogod in-

frlng‘L-mont of :inolhor paiont, which \vo

do not infringi- :11 all. This putont our

lawyers advise us is wholly without merit

and can be defeated and w.- »slmll tight





They even went so far as to post all their dealers to this (ffect. The Wm.

Galloway Co. has evidence right now in their office of some of ilu- methods thoy

are pursuing. Those methods may go all right in New York, but they do not go

in Iowa, or with the farmers. When Dehaval got out that first ad tlu-y did not

think that Galloway would do anything—but they run up against a snug. Gallo-





way has met just such people as this long ago. And so now since we sued them this “lit to a finish. 'l‘horo Lll't‘ n, numhor

for their malicious advertising, in order to maki- tho people holivvc that thoro 01 Iiillt‘llls “inch 91th than tho one in

really was something to it, they have at last come out and SUt‘d us. They evi- (illcsilon, winch. In tho opinion of our





dently are in a frenzy of desperation and had to do something. lawyers, make their claim wholly Void.





You Can’t Fool the People Or Down a Man When He’s Right





We believe that we have the American people with us. William Galloway personally and

the VVil‘liam Gallo-way C(impany can't be ,flini~flainmed or bluflTed by any vont'vrn, oven if it has

a billion dollars behind it. Neither can the American people. Let Doliuvnl (‘Ulllt‘ on with their ,V V

“bluff” suits. Let them come on with their “bluff” ads. We are going; right on selling lhof $33.50





   

 

 

 





famous Galloway Bathe-d in ()il Creum Separators and saving: formers and duiryinen from,



$25.00 to $50.00 on the price. We are going right on furnishing a $25,000 bond to protoot our t'llS~ and up



tenders on every machine. We are goingsr right on giving our customers the most liberal Accordin



selling plan and the lowest price for the highest quality math-i119 Sold in A11}f‘1‘lca today. . 9

We are gOing right on with our advertising. We u}re going right on With our damage suit to



ami s h D. 42 '2 w , " 2. t. . ‘ runs-.3 T 10 die is ('us . .



ha 11 t t c 01 u ll DL )ple tor $ 50.00) (lama d—Get our (new big Separator Book. Find CapaCIiy





Take our 30-Day Free Trial Now—Freight Prepai





out all about the William Gallowav Company and our '

' you had one of our lillt‘Sl', down—tootlio-





warmin 11. Th‘ rassi ettin reen. It is time

g p t g S g g g machines in your (lilll‘y- 360 Days’ Approval Test





Soparutors. Tho wwnthor is now





minnl/Irte, high quality, low priced Galloway t‘ f t) .. ave

or onoy Back with 6 er cont interest if not Hi! '15 “(UV-"- . . _ . 6

And always remoml’gr that I stand back of you. ()uiV' entireccnlpltal 11,120 f21(‘l0l‘lQS {mdb 13:: “£4; - ’

. { ‘ or of the V'illiam la owuy lOilllNUW- 1'113' ” - ’ on

personal fortune stand batk of every custom anything unless they have a case. . .-





can start a law suit against anybody. But that doesn’t mean





. H. . .. . .- ,. . . . n , a

The vDeLaval people know they haven’t a case andnafter the bt‘DilIzlli)1'E)ll;\lllbl season tthis

“p”lt0!ltS 0r infrmgomonls. I lit} limo hi on r} —





ifgrtgs 2%ng 0311,23? Efige‘ifugififigsafifiltygfii; an} keep prices high. Thothxllowuy Company and w

the rest of us who sell direct have got the DeL’W‘d1 DPODIP b02110“ U? f1 Muzzle. _ > ~ '



We just wanted to let you know these FACTS and 1, “"lllld “1‘0 “7 .11‘1‘“ you “"110 me

personally for my special proposition, low prices and big dandy separator catalog. “’1“ , east

you do it? w. WILLIAM GALLOWAY, Pres-idem





The William Gamma! Go. 643 Eoilony Statics, flotation, Iowa





Galloway Is also the largest minuilclum In the world sailing Manun Spmdus and Gasoline Engine: liked to the Farmer.
556





This to and not I! III; FREE Book and Son 850

Buy direct from the biggest spreader facto in

the world—My price has made it—Savedealergo her

and catalog house profit. No such price as I make

on this high grade spreader has ever been made

before in all manure spreader history. Here’s the

secret and reason: I make you a price on one based

on a 25,000 guantity and pay the freight right to

our station. You onlg pay for actual material,

abor and one small pro t, based on this enormous

quantity on a





GALLOWAY





Get my bran new proposition with proof—lowest

price ever made on a first class spreader, with my

agreement to pay you back your money after you

trfiit 12 months if it's not a paying investment.



ow‘s that for a propositionl f I did not have

best spreader I would not dare make such an offer.



20.000 farmers have stamped their 0. K. on it.



They all tried it 30 dags free just like I ask you

to try it—30 DAYS FRE . Five Sizes—ineludlng

New Complete Steel Gear Spreader—704w. Sire.



Drop me e postal. and eey—"Gellowoy. eend me

your new proposition and Big Spreader BOOK FREE

with lovv price!I direct trem your teetory."



‘, ,1». Nobody can heat It.

V‘ was. GALLOWAY co. .





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flurry-Up Holy Mokin

Two modern implements for fast, clean work.





Goes from swath to windrow work. orvice versa, without

Clean sweep Loader change in adjustment. Divides a swath—adjustable

ElevatingCartier. Loader detached without men getting oif load. It pick: up the

hay and lift: it onto the wag on without threshing- or pounding. Hay is not broken

or wadded and rolled. It gets all the hay, whether thick or thin and whether

the meadow is_ rolling and uneven or level. but it leaves the manure and .

trash. Load With the Clean-Sweep Cylinder Loader one day,and you’ll never ' '

think of gomg back to the kicking, pounding rake and drag loaders again; \ '

Sandwrcli Side Dehvery Rake 3:?gladififéofifii‘lhfed

and better than either alone. Rakes clean and needs no dump- _

ing. It handles hay gently. Doesn't rope the hay—Rides





comfortably. Get our tree‘atalog for proofs—do it NOW.

SANDWICH MFG. CO.

Sandwich. I“.





140 Main St.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Advertising

the Goodhue

”Windmill can

have in any local-

ity is a heavy wind storm

ECAUSE, although easy to erect, it is hard

for the wind to down—it has a governor

that works perfectly in all kinds of wea-

ther—the wheel has double arms of heavy

channel steel giving more than double strength

--It has a practically noiseless brake—it is

erected on a tower guaranteed against

CYCLONES AND TORNADOES—and

because in every way





Goodhue Windmills are Good Mills





So sure are we of our ground, that, for a

nominal fee, we will insure the complete

outfit, mill and tower. for five years, against





 





 

 

 

 





One man with a London Litter Carrier

on Louden overhead steel track system can

clean the barns in half the time that two men

. would take without it. That’s Loudenrecon.

omy. On every up-to-date farm—your farm

—the Louden Litter Carrier and steel track

system will earn its cost many times a. year.

Track can be bracketed to burn wall—out one door

——in at other. and in this way no switch is needed.

Manure loaded direct on wagon or spreader—its

full fertilizing value thus saved.





Loudcn Litter Carriers





are made of heavy galvanized steel—wear for years:

have improved worm geiir—l pound on chain II": 40

pounds ln box; box stands at any elevation— raised

or lowered any distance up to 25 feet; have many

special advantages not found in other makes.

Send today for valuable tree book on manure uses

and catalog of ha and litter carriers sanitary steel

stalls, cow stanc ions, etc.. for modern barns.





Louden Machinery Co.,

603 Broadway. Fan-field, Iowa





 

 

 





   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





free wind mill book. APPLETON MFG. co_





anything and everything. Write today for

20 Fargo Street. Batavia, 111., U. S. A. i





 





 

   

 

 

 

 

 





Harrow and Plow

Both At Once





The Nsylor Plow-Harrow fits any gang or

sulky; saves all the Work of harrowing. pul-

verizing the fresh soil as it ICIIVCS the plow.

“I have used the Naylor Plow-Harrow Attach-

mentwherc the ground is very “L'l nnrl covert-(l

with corn stalks. It does perfect work without midi-

IiOlllll draft. I would not have itinlu-n oh my Izirni

for twice what it cost if I could not got another."



Ernest chcpuc, l’iL‘l‘l‘Ull, Ill.

It is worth just as much to every farmer.



Prevents evaporation. makes semi Slzll‘t

quick and grow strong. Write for free

catalog and introductory discount oticr.





 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





BOSTROM’S “5'29-





Wlth Magnlfylng Glasses

In The Telescope

enables you to road the





Target at a distance of over

400 yards. therefore the problem





 

 

 

 





of a FARM LEVEL with TELESCOPE at moder- Complete

ate cost has at last been solved. Voluntary letters Onttit with

from every State in the Union show the com lete . full instruc-

satisfaction it gives for all kinds of DRAIN GE tions shipped

WORIK. IRRIGATION, DITCHING, ’I'LR- a. n y,W h e r e





RACING and every sort of farm work requiring C.O.D. 815-00





a Level. GUARANTEED to be absolutely SIMPLE, and express

ACCURATE, DURABLE and dependable in every charges.

respect.’ NOWi the time to send in your order. Subject to





Examina-

tion.





BOSTROMaBRADY MFG. 00.,

148 Madison Ave., -- - - Atlanta, Ga.





 





NAYLOR MFG. CO.

64 Spring Avenue. La Grange. lilinolo





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One Man

Operates It.





   

 





The





Stretches all kinds of wire to the last post. _

harder you pull the tighter it gi'lDS. Smooth Jaws,





cannot cut or injure the wire. (in and 01f like a





pair of tongs.





By express prepaid, $1.00.





 

 

 





STAPLE FULLER on earth. Drive hook un-

der staple, lift lightly and out it comes. By

mail. 25c. Both tools by expr. prepaid, $1.25.





Never Slin Wire Stretcher 80.. West farminoton, Oliio





Siickney GasolineEngineS'

ARE THE BEST





Why? Because of the outside igniter,

modern open cooling system, straight.

line valve motion and ball-bearing gov-

cx nor. Thousands in successful op<

oration because of our years

of experience in building the bust.

Seven sizes: 1%10 16 ll.l’.



bond for our Free Catalog and

our Catechism tollin fifty-seven

reasons why stlc nay En-

’.,—. (Inc: 8" the 8981'.



"I Agents everywhere sell them.





haries ASiiclmeyComDany





3-7 MAIN OFFICE 6i FACTORY ST. PAUL. MINN





 

 





 





 





   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 

 

 

 

 





   





 





 





 





 





 





The CLlPPERi





There are three things that de

stroy your lawns, Dan

delions, Buck Plantain

and Crab Grass. In one

season the Clipper will

drive them all out.





Clipper lawn Mower 00.,

Dixon. lll.





FIX voun RooF





—We will guarantee to put

so For Squaw. any old leaky. worn-out.

rusty, tin, iron, steel, paper, felt or shingle roof in





perfect condition, and keep it in perfect condition

for be per square per year.





I The Perteet Root Preeerver. makes old,

Root le worn-out roofs new. Satisfaction guaranteed

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or money refunded. Our tree rooting book

tells all about it. Write (or it today.





the Anderson Maouiscturiou no" Dept. 30. Eiyria. Ollie





 

 





 





 





Elkhart Buggies





are the best made. bcst grade and easiest riding A, > . .. 1

buggies on earth for the money. ~_ . .7





FOR THIRTY-SIX YEARS





f) we have been selling direct and are



The Largest Manufacturers in the World

selling to the consumer exclusively.



We ship for examinuiion rind approval, guar-

anteeing safe delivery. and also to save you

money. If you are not satisfied as to Style,

quality and price you are nothing out.



May We Send You Our

Large Catalogue?





Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mfg. Co.

Elkhart, - - - - Indiana





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With Twin ,

Auto Seat i





 





SEA GREEN “PURPLE SLATE





SEA GREEN AND PURPLE SLATE _

is nature’s own product—not man made. Quarried from solid rock—split into

convenient form foor lfilngfinNd th96_li_n Wéixufinlstfierready for the roof.

LID R C c It can’t burn.

rust, gm. crack. tear, or decay. ‘hat’s why Sea Green or Purple Slate Roofs

never wear out and never require pilinting and repairing like all other roofing.

Sea Green & Purple Slate Roofs are suitable ganyimilding. new or ol .

Give perfect protection. Reduce insurance rates ause spark and fire-proof.

t‘iord clean cistern water. Not afiected by heat or cold. First cost—only a

trifle more than short lived roofing. Sett a your. roof question for all time.

Don’t spend more money for poor roofing. Write to us for our free book

“BOOFB"—~it willsave you money. we name of your local roofer. Write today.





AMERICAN SEA GREEN SLATE 00., Box 7. Granville, N.Y.





NEW MODEL STEEl BEAUTY HAY PRESS





With or with- NEVER FAILS

out self—ice! positive

pull back without spring.





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   





     





 





 

 

 

 





 





 

 





VW‘HF'JIVIV'S

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A complete line of power balcrs, hay

paper, wool. shavings, cotton hull and

compress presses.



Our success with this machine has been simply marvelous.

absolutely correct in principle. It is built entirely of steel. Has low bridge for horses to walk over,

and no pull or team in crossing. Has large tccd opening and long halo chamber. Wurrnntcd in every

particular. We also make a full line of Balers. For full information address the manufacturers.





THE WHITMAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY, 6905 S. Broadway, St. Louis. Mo.





Please mention the Michigan Farmer When you.





 





Write for Catalogue.

Thorough tests convince us that it is





 





MAY 15, 1909.





The Saginaw Silo





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One successful dairyman says: “If it were impos-

sible to get another. I wouldn’t



sell my ‘Saginaw’ for 5 times what it cost."

Saginaw Silos cut your feed bills in half.

and double your dairy profits. Dairymen '

who are familiar with all Silos say the

Seginawis built better and gives otter

satisfaction than anyother.

It puts more and better

milk in your pails. at

an astonishingly low .1

figure. In short. the

Saginaw Silo is eco-

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convenient and

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What you save in feed

-—whnt you gain in milk

and butter — actually

, makes your Saginaw

8110 pay back its cost

the first year. Write us

for our Free Book. ”The



odern Way of Saving

Money on the Farm.’

In it experts tell on

. all about Silage. at

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could not make such an offer. Write for

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Box 64 , Saginaw. Des Moines. Minneapolis





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