,~‘-,uazv . 1' , ’-i1r . arrangement. . and undoubtedly will be O / . HEP flfifocar 1 WEEKLY. " \\\\R\"“ 6 The Only V‘Veekly Agricultural, Horticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State. VOL. CXL. N0. 11. i Whole Number 3634. DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1913. 50 CENTS A YEAR. 32 FOR 5 YEARS. Planning and Building the Farm Barn. that of the farm house, has been Very marked in recent years. Rap- id strides have been made in the plans for the improvement of farm barns from the standpoint of sanitation as well as the comfort of the live stock housed in them and the convenience which they afford, both for the storing of the forage and grain and the feeding of the live stock in the stabling season. This evolu- tion has resulted in the development of a COnSiderable variety in types of con- struction, as well as in plans for interior Due to the greater econo- my of storage, the basement type of barn has, however, come to be generally used in all locations where the site is at all favorable for this form of construc— tiOn, and even on a level location the basement barn is very commonly used with a raised driveway to the barn floor located above the basement. In_ some sections, however, this type has been Varied by placing the threshing floor on the basement level and using it for a feeding floor or for sheep or feeding cat- tle during the stabling season. The first of the two accompanying illustrations shows a type of this barn which has some advantages, particularly in the cheaper cost of construction. In other cases the threshing floor is dispensed with en- tirely and the mow above the stable is filled from large doors in the gable ends of the barn, the track for the hay car— rier being carried out under an extension of the roof several feet beyond the end of the barn to facilitate the use of hay slings. But whatever the plan of barn in other respects, the economy of both material and space have brought about the gen— eral use of a self—supporting type of roof, one popular and commonly used form of which isshown in the second of the ac- companying illustrations,,made from a, photograph taken while the barn was in process of construction. The round or circular type of self—supporting roof has increased in pOpularity in recent years and in some sections, where builders have become accustomed to using it, it has attained considerable popularity. In this type the rafters are built up of inch material, which is generally sawed about three inches wide, the rafters being made in a circular form THE evolution of the farm barn, like vote any space to. their description in this article, the purpose of which is to impress upon the reader some of the factors which should be taken into con- sideration in planning and building the barn, rather than the presentation of specific plans or the description of de- tails of construction. Factors which Should be Taken into Con- sideration ln Planning the Farm Barn. A great many people who contemplate building barns are constantly seeking ad- the farm upon which dairying is to be made a prominent factor in the produc- t‘on should be planned with a special View to promoting economy in produc— tion and quality of the product, while the barn for feeding cattle or sheep presents very different problems for solution. In the dairy barn, for instance, the plan should be such that space can be economized in the stable to best advan— tage. There are two general ideas as to the best plan for stabling dairy cattle. One of them is to have two rows of cows Modern Farm Barn with Threshing Floor on Basement Level. vice with regard to details of plans which would be best suited to their use. This, however, is an individual problem which can be best solved by the builder himself. First, the barn should be of sufficient size to satisfy present and im- mediate future needs upon the farm. It should be planned to afford the best possible facilities for the keeping of the class of live stock which will be made a specialty upon the farm. For instance, headed toward the center, with a feed- ing alley or floor between and the other is to have two rows facing the outside with a driveway through the center, through which the manure spreader or wagon may’be driven to facilitate clean- ing the stables. From the standpoint of economy of labor in caring for the dairy herd the latter plan is probably the pre- ferable one, and in planning the barn it should be made wide enough to accom- sidered is the water supply. It modate these two rows of cows. leaving plenty of space for the driveway and a sufficiently wide feeding alley on each side. Or, if only a portion of the barn is to be utilized for cows, then the cow stable can be run cross-wise of the barn. This simply illustrates the difficulty of following out any general plan in the building of a. barn which will meet the special requirements of any farm. For the dairy and horse barn, the ce— ment floor is the only satisfactory kind . to use, both from the standpoint of ser- vice and sanitation. In the cattle feed— ing barn and sheep barn no floor will be required. but in all stables adequate pro— vision should be made for the admission of sunlight and some, adequate form of ventilation shOuld also be installed. For dairy barns there is no question but that the King system is far superior to any other system of ventilation. This system has been so frequently described in these columns that it is not necessary to de- scribe it in detail in this article. It is, however. a great mistake to build a new barn, particularly a dairy barn, without installing this syste-m' of ventilation at the time of building, when it can be done at a minimum of expense. Another factor which should be con- sidered in the building of a barn is the arrangement of the Stables and the con- venient location of a silo or two, if two are needed. No new barn should be planned without this factor, as the econ- omy of the silo for the storing of feed for all kinds of live stock has been so fully demonstrated that it can no longer be considered in the experimental stage. The silo is an essential economy for the feeding of any kind of live stock and should be planned upon in the building of a new barn. Another factor which should be con— is com- paratively inexpensive to provide for an adequate supply of fresh drinking water for all stock and to arrange it so that they can secure it at pleasure, and there Is no one feature of their care which is more important for the economic pro- duction of live stock or live stock pro- ducts than an adequate supply of fresh water. \ Material. the blinding of farm houses, lumber is and will for As in by bending these strips to a cricle and nailing them together until the rafter is' of sufficient width. The use of this type of roof has mate- rially lessened the amount of timber re- quired in the building of a barn and the elimina- tion of the tie or pur— line beams facilitates the use of modern de‘ vices for unloading hay and grain by horse power. The plank frame barn has come into more common use in recent years than ever before more generally used in the future than in the‘ past, .owing to the great- er‘ieconomyv' of mate- rial. Several types of plank“ frame barns have been previously i1- trated in the Michigan Farmer, hence it will not be necessary to de- Large Basement Barn in Process of‘Constmction, Showing a Popular Type of Self-Supportlng Roof. some time doubtless con- tinue to be the princi- pal material used. For the building of base- menls cont-rote has largely taken the place of stone walls and is far more suitable and adaptable material. Con- crete blocks and solid concrete construction also have been used ad- vantageously to some extent in the building of barns as well as silos. But even at the present advanced price of lumber, that is still the cheapest available material and for this reason will doubtless continue to be used most extensively for some years to come. The time will surely come, however, when 'steel and c‘oncrete will be substituted for lum- ber in the building of barns as it has been in many other lines of THE MICHIGAN FARMER ' l , MARCH. 15, 1913. :meere Spreader The Spreader with the * Beater on the Axle Take any manure spreader youhave ever seen, remove all the clutches and chains, all the countershafts and stub axles, do away with all adjustments and mount the beater on the rear axle. Rebuild the spreader so that the top of the box is only as high as your hips. Make it stronger. Remove some two hundred trouble-givmg parts and throw them away. ou will have some sort of an idea of what theJohn Deere Spreader,the Spreader with the Beater on the Axle, is like. The Beater on the Axle , The beater ; a 3x and all its driv- -: . l Jail ing parts are. i“ ' . -, _____ ., «it» mounted on the , ' v" ‘4 rear axle._ This . ‘ “yd {)4 construction is i The Beater on the Axle Eggiggedéet'ycfi on any other spreader made. Power to drive the beater is taken from the rear axle through a planet- ary transmission (like that on auto- mobiles). It is positive, runs in oil, and does not get out of order. Few Working Parts .I i The John Deere Spreader is so sim- . pie that there are no adjustments. It i has some two hundred 1 less parts than the simplest spreader heretofore made. There are no clutch- es to throw it into gear. The lever at the driver’s right is moved back until the Out of Gear finger, or dog, engages a large stop at chains and adjustments have been done away With. the rear of the machine. All the I: o 0 ii Only “Hip-High” l B e c ause the beater is the rearaxle, it is only “hip - high” to the top of the box. Eachforkful of manure is 1 put just where it is needed. You can I always see into the spreader. ' Roller bearings, few working parts, i Easy to Load near the horses, and the weight dis— tributed over four wheels, make the John Deere Spreader light draft. 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We know of one farm barn for which plans have been prepared for the use of 'steel and c'oncret’e construction, but this /form of construction is in its infancy and will not pass the experimental stage for some years to come. In the selection of material, however, it will pay to make a choice which will promote a desirable degree ‘of perma- nency in the building. The siding should be of material which will hold paint‘well, while the roofing should be of a quality which will give good service. Shingles are still most largely used as a roofing material for barns, but within a very 1 few years other types of roofing will of necessity be generally substituted for them. At the present time the better grades of prepared roofing are frequently used with satisfaction, while steel roof- ing, particularly of the galvanized sort, is finding an increased use in barn con- struction. _ General Considerations. Under this head might be considered the matter of location. In comparatively few cases will the Michigan farmer of today be free to consider this problem except in relation to other farm barns and buildings and yet there are many factors which should enter into the choice of the location of the new barn, one of the most essential of which is that it should be so located as to make good drainage possible about the barn and the adjacent yards Also, it should be so lo- cated as to reduce to the minimum the necessary traveling in the care of the live stock which will be housed in the barn. Lost motion is an expensive prop.- osition ‘on the farm. hence the arrange- ments of the farm buildings should be such as to reduce to a minimum unnec- essary traveling in doing the daily chores. The distance at which the- barn should be located from the dwelling is a matter upOn which there is not a little difference of opinion among farmers. Some believe in grouping the buildings very closely l l i i and others in placing them :1 consider- able distance npartf “'here there is a special hazard from fire such as where the buildings are, adjacent to a railroad, this is probnl'ny a wise precaution, but where this conditions does not obtain too great :1 distance- belwecn the house and the barn necessitates considerable un- necessary traveling during the year. Another consideration which often pre— sents itself is whether the older barns should be supplemented with a. new one of sufficient size to meet all immcdite needs, or whether they should be rebuilt and the entire plant gathered in one building. This, of course. will depend very largely upon circumstances. but Where other barns must soon be rebuilt in any event there is certainly greater economy in construction in the larger building which will serve all needs for barn room. In the matter of equipment considerable thought is requirod in order to secure a maximum of convenience and utility at a minimum of expense. In fact, the con— siderations which might arise in spccinl cases could be enumerated indefinitely and we can only reiterate that. the build- ing problem is an individual one and should be trcnlcd as such by cvery own- er of a farm when the necessity for building new burns may arise. It is- a good plan to visit a number of modern burns and got ideas from them and then spend sufficient time and thought upon the prospective plan to insure that the barn will be well adopted to the special needs and requirements. NormwThe first of the illustrations Shows the, born of \Vm. li‘. Robertson. of Macomh county, lhc second that of \Vm. “'itl', of Oakland county—— Eds. accompanying A PLEA FOR WIDER ROADS. Have not our counties and townships been waSting a good bit of our money by building nine-foot road beds on 24x20— foot wide road grades? A 24—foot wide grade is plenty wide enough for a 14- foot road bed. Then why spoil a good grade by putting on a nine-foot road when it costs less than one-third more to make a good job of it? Fourteen feet is sufficient witdth for two tracks; that would mean just one-half of the wear on the road. Then we can drive so as U0 have a wheel On each side of the- center and that makes one more track and will be equal to a nine-foot road. So you see we have three times the wearing surface on a 14-foot roadbed that we do on a nine-foot. Then we have a. chance to pass other rigs without one or both go- ing into the ditch. Now this is claiming quite a lot for one-third more expense, but _I think a. 144foot .road will outlast three nine-foot‘roads; has a handler sur- face and is better in every way. If you come up behind a. rig you have a chance to get by. If you are driving anlaucto you do not have to go outside of the hard roadbed and take chances on skidding into the ditch. - A nine-foot roadbed has but one track. Where the wheels run it gets packed perfectly solid and a heavy load will crush .all small stones into dust, and the first auto that! comes along sucks it up on the front side of 'the wheels and then blows it clear off the track when they let go. This doesn’t seem much. but when from one to 50 or more go over the same track it soon counts. Meanwhile, the horses traveling in the center with iron shod hoofs have kept that dug loose and it gradually work out, leaving the road low in the center where it should be high. Then when heavy rains come, the ridges where the wheel tracks come hold it in and it washes down the center to the lowest level where it runs off at the sides, cut- ting ditches and causing a bad chuck hole. This road is hard to keep in repair. If you use a road grader or drag to scrape the sides to the center the wheel tracks are so solid that they will hold up the blades and you will do but little if any good. If you haul on more gravel it will not pack in the center but keep working into the wheel tracks, making them still higher, when they are too high already. If our roads were 14 feet or more in width, then the driving would be all over the whole road, making a hard, smooth surface. and by going over once in a while with a road drag it would keep the center high, the rains would drain off at the sides and not wash down the center and there would not be wear enough in any one place to work or crush the sur- face into dust to be blown off by the winds or auto. In the township of Holly We have one mile of state reward gravel road nine feet wide that cost $1,763.30. They used 1,600 yards of gravel costing $1,000, which makes five yards to the rod at 621/2c per yard. Three yards more would make. a 14-foot road, or $1.871”; more per rod, or $600 more per mile. This extra five feet of gravel would take the place of just so much dirt, saving that much grading. unless it happened to be a cut. But us— uully we are short of dirt, so I think it is safe to figure one-third less for grad- ing and that would more than pay for the extra. leveling and rolling. And'now, 111‘. Reader, which do you think is the cheaper. to add $600 more .per mile and have three tracks, or 14 feet of round, smooth road, or nine feet with one track and a ditch down the center and a chance to get off the road every time you meet :l rig, or crowd the other fellow off, or both get half way off? You can repair a 14-foot road at any time and it will pack and make a smooth, hard surface, for people will drive so as to hit the whole surface. But not so with n nine-foot road. They will all follow the same track, no matter how crooked the first. pattern is. It will be better to build 14 feet or wider in the first place, than to build nine feet and then wider afterward, for it is hard to get a smooth, even surface because the new gravel will work off the old, hard surface, causing a sag on each side which will have to be filled several times beforc it will get solid enough to match the old road bcd. The stale gives $500 per mile for nine— foot gravel roads. I think if the reward was $750 for a 14-foot road that we tax- payers would get off cheaper in the long run. I, for my punt, would rather pay three times the present tax than to have any more of these towpaths made. I would like- lo have the editors’ and other taxpayers’ and owners of aultos, opinions on this wider road plan. Yours for good roads and not for paths. Genesee Co. JOHN DE ‘COU. o ALFALFA IN LENAWEE COUNTY. A well-known practical farmer who re- sides near Tecumseh, in Lenawee county, gave his experiences with the alfalfa crop before the Round—Up Farmers’ In- stitute a short time ago. This farmer is a. man who has had sever-.11 years of successful experience with the crop and ought to be able to advise at least some of the rest of us. During the course of his talk he brought out‘ many important points which the writer will endeavor to enumerate. That alfalfa is a good soil builder was quite evident from the fact that he had raised it upon one field for six years, cutting three crops each season, and the seventh year it was plowed up and Eli’s" field planted to corn without the addition of any fertilizer whatever. The yield of corn speaks for the quality of the soil. It was 130 bushels. What other crop could you repeat as many times and get the same results? Alfalfa will grow on a. variety of soils with good results, sandy or clay loams being preferable. It will grow satisfac- torily and produce a good yield on a heavy clay soil, providing the land is somewhat rolling. If it is too level it is apt to be killed out by ice fields, as al- falfa cannot withstand a. covering of ice for any great length of time. Gravelly soil will cause the crop to suffer most in extremely dry weather. In preparing the seed bed, care should be taken to have the soil as fine as pos- sible before seeding as the young plants are very tender and do not relish the idea of dodging around large dry lumps of earth in their endeavor to live and grow. If the seed bed is tilled down to 'the same consistency as the soil in your garden so much the better. The addition of lime to the soil is almost a necessity on nearly all Michigan soils. Even though your soil may not be aCid, lime will improve the physical condition enough to make it pay you well. I The seed which a farmer is expecting to sow should always be a, northern- grown variety or one which has been grown in the northwest as these are the only kinds which will thrive under our conditions. Inoculation has also been found to be very important by this Lena— wee farmer. He also believes that a. nurse crop is ordinarily very unsatisfac- tory and he terms it nothing more Or less than a “RobbenCrop.” In regard to the amount of seed to be sown, he stated that he had always sown only from four to six pounds per acre, but he stated that generally his conditions were as nearly ideal as possible and that he had used a special alfalfa drill with which he could eaSily control the depth of plant- ing. The writer has found through ex- perience on a variety of soils, that 10 or 12 pounds of seed per acre is about the right rate of seeding. However, there may be cases where everything is in ideal condition and where a lower rate of seeding would do fully as well. The time of seeding should be any time between early spring and the first of July. The middle of summer may be a good enough time, but the above rule is certainly a safe one to follow in Mich- igan and particularly in Lenawee coun- ty. By sowing early you avoid the dan- ger of damage from drought and stand :1 pretty fair chance of getting two or three good cuttings the first season. Oftentimes farmers are in the dark as to whcn the crop should be cut. Cut alfalfa when the new buds begin to ap- pear in the crown, no matter What the weather may be. Cutting too early or late is very apt to prove a serious handi- cap to the succeeding crop. After the alfalfa is cut and is wilted, it should be put up in small piles 'to. cure. In mak- ing the hay it should always be borne in mind that over 40 per cent of the food value of alfalfa hny lies in the leaves, so whatever we do let’s try and preserve that oil important part of the plant. If you wish to protect the meadow during the winter do not take off a cutting after the middle of September. 'l’st‘turing looks good to many of us, but is it worth while if we consider the great danger we are running of having the meadow killed out‘ during the win- ter. The alfalfa meadow is generally un- profitable as a pasture when that point of view is taken into consideration. On the olher hand, if you insist on pustur- ing it, look ouL' for it while the dew is on in the morning, as at that time of the day your stock is almost sure to be poisoned by it.’ Through the experiences of this farm— er, practicing the above methods, he has been led to expect a yield of at least five tons per acre. He stated that five tons is only a small yield. Just think of it! Five tons of alfalfa hay, valued at $100, raised on a Single acre of ground. 15 it worth while? Certainly it is. Let’s duplicate the results of the Lenawee farmer on our own farms. Ingham Co. J. M. W. A Word of Caution. .Should a publication, which you do not WlSh to pay for, be addressed to you and mailed to your post office, be sure that you order your postmaster or rural car- rier to have the publisher discontinue it. Should it be continued after that, then write_to the Third Postmaster General Washington, D. 0., and make complaint: You will find it will soon be stopped' otherwise you will probably get a bill for a paper you have not ordered .and do not want. i E i MARCH 15, 1913. RECENT PROGRESS IN AGRICUL- TURE. The feature of the Wednesday evening program at the recent Round—Up Insti- tute was an address by Prof. Eugene Davenport, of the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois. Prof. Davenport is a Michigan man and a product of the Michigan State Agricultural College, hav— ing been graduated in ’78. For a few years after graduation, he was Professor of Agriculture at M. A. C., but later he went to the University of Illinois as Dean of the College of Agriculture. He is one of the foremost agricultural men in the country and has written a very valuable book on the “Principles of Ani- mal Breeding.” His talk was very in— teresting and consisted in part of the following: “Although the study of agriculture was known some time prior to the twentieth century, the most of the progress in its practice has taken place since that time. As long as the farmer had to fell trees, grub stumps, plow new land, and do such other work as goes with the clearing and improvement of the land, just so long did the science of farming remain in the background but when all the clearing Was done, then agriculture came into its own and that time was not until about the close of the nineteenth century. ”There are four ways in which the recent progress in agriculture has man- ifested itself, namely: interest in the ex- periment stations, the progressive atti- tude of the farmer, the organization of farmers’ co-operative companies, and the establishment of the farm management bureau in connection with the various state agricultural colleges. The Experiment Stations have Helped the Farmer. “During the last 30 years the experi- ment stations have been doing a great many things to help the farmer but until recently he has not taken advantage of What the experiment stations were do- ing. The stations have developed the idea of a balanced ration, a proper ra- tio between the protein and carbohy- drates in the stock foods. The Babcock test has not been used as much as it should be. In the past, it has been use— ful largely in helping great breeders to test out their herds and to permit‘ ani— mals to enter the advanced registry but the majority o‘f the farmers do not avail themselves of its advantages. It‘ is a cheap and efficient test of the value of certain cows in the dairy herd and is very easily made. “We have also made great progreSS in the- breeding of farm animals. A few years ago we paid no attention to the breeding of our animals but now we are beginning to pay a great amount of at- tention to this phase of the work for we know that the parentage of an animal will determine its characteristics, There was formerly a great amount of talk about “foundation stock’ but at present we know that the value of ‘foundation stock’ lies only in the last five genera- tions. Much work has been done on the soil types. Previous to the twentieth century we knew nothing of the soil types but at present this phase of the soil study is receiving a great amount of attention. Progress has also been made in the purifying and refining of beet and cane sugar. However, we have been concerned largely with the physics of agriculture but as yet know very little about the: chemical side of this science. Progressive Attitude of the Farmer Shows Advancement. “As to the farmer, one of the ways in which we know that he has been mak- ing progress is in the number of in- quiries that he sends to the experiment stations. There are now ten inquiries received as to farm problems ‘whe-re formerly there were but one. The farm- er is anxious that his boys should go to the agricultural colleges and get an ed- ucation in farming, which he was de- nied. The farmer Views the progress of agriculture in a different light. This at- titud'e is very noticeable in the construc- tion of silos. A few years ago the ex- periment stations began to tell the farm- ers the advantages of the silos and the last five years have witnessed the largest amount of silo building that the world has ever known. IVe have commenced to realize the value of alfalfa and the legumes in general, in maintaining the fertility of the soil. Now, the average farmer can apply a simple test and tell whether his soil is acid or alkaline. All of these things mark the progress of the American farmer. He is not following the same plan of raising crops that he did in the nineteenth century. We are all aware of the wasteful practice of growing wheat or corn on the same land for many years and now this is not prac- ticed but the reason. is that the farmer has come to the full realization of the fact that this will ruin his soil in time. Co-operating Farmers Get Good Results. “One of the most interesting develop- ments of the modern era is the organiz- ing of co—operative companies among the farmers. This has taken the form of buying and selling companies. One of the farmers of the great western apple district was asked why they could get such high prices for their fruit and the reply was that they had learned the eleventh commandment which is, ‘Thou shalt pack no wormy apple.’ The farm- er has come to know that if he is to succeed he must be honest in all his dealings and the reason for all of the present distrust of the farmer is that in the past he has been guilty of much dishonesty and the consumers are afraid of him. “We have also seen progress in the establishment and the investigations of the rural credit system of the Europeans and now there are companies forming in all the large and small cities for the pur- pose of loaning the farmers money at a low.rate of interest so that they will not have to sell their crops at a loss and be at the mercy of the markets. Possibilities and Limitations of the Farm Management Bureau. “The new farm management field which has just recently been opened is’signifi- cant of the progress of the farmer. In this system, men are to come into a county and to perform experiments which will demonstrate~to the farmers the val- ue of scientific agriculture. Of course, it will be impossible for one man to an- swer all of the questions which the farmers will put to him, but he is sup- posed to be the representative of the farmers and to be working in their in- terest. If he cannot answer the ques- tions which they ask, he is to refer them to the exports of the state college, with whom he is co-operating. At the same time that this system is capable of a great deal of good, it is also very liable to be abused. There are a great va— riety of men who are applying for these positions and unless _the leaders in the movement exercise the proper guidance much danger will result from it. We cannot expect any one man to be an ex- pert in the science of agriculture. All we can expect of him is to know one line of work well. He should not be called 2 an ‘agricultural expert’ for there is no such thing now. He should be called a ‘county agent.’ This man should take the lead in the social life of the commu- nity but the farmers should not expect him to know too much. Perhaps a bet— ter way of solving the diificulty would be to have two or three men in a county 'who are specialists in the crops of that particular county. “In passing, the development of agri- culture has taken place largely in the twentieth century, and is shown by the progressive attitude of the farmer toward agricultural problems.” THE PRESENT TREND IN AGRICUL- TURAL EDUCATION. This topic was discus-Wt] by Prof. H. C. Price, of Ohio State University, at the Itu‘md-l'p Institute, who said in part as follows: “Probably the economic side of farming should interest us the most. The ulti- mate test of a good farmer, and whether his work is a success, is the net profit. It seems that now the trend of agricul- tural education is all in that direction. The agricultural colleges are beginning to realize the fact that it is as important to be able to market a crop to the best advantage as it is to be able to grow the same crop well. The recent establish— ment of the farm management bureau is significant for it has for its object the placing of a man in charge of all the counties and his work is largely to per- form experiments for the farmer and ad- vise him in such a way that he will be able to grow his crops more economically and at the same time to market them to the best advantage. We have come to appreciate the fact that the farmer is a business man and his work is viewed from that standpoint. All forces are at work towards that' end. We now have highly specialized parts of the agricul— tural curriculum. We have ceased to call a man who has» graduated from an agricultural college a “Professor of Ag- riculture.” Rural Communities Need Leaders. “The social side of the farmer's life THE MICHIGAN F'ARMER 3—331 That Necessary Inch IKE a pole that doesn’t quite reach; a rope that is a bit too short; a bar rail that continually drops out of the post; the fertility in ordinary soil lacks the ne- cessary small amount of available fertility for a bum- per crop. There is enough fertility in the soil for many years; but it is unavail- able. Only enough becomes available each year to produce small, unprofitable yields; and when all other conditions are right for a large yield the crop fails for lack of available fertility. Available fertility is the kind provided in the A. A. C. Co. Fertilizers Small Fruits—strawberries, currants, raspberries and blackberries should be fertilized with high grade Fertilizer, about 500 pounds to the acrc. Those farmers who pay partic— ular attention to market berries of the highest quality and abundant yield are in the habit of using as high as 1,000 pounds of Fertilizer to thc acre, worked in around the roots. For strawberries Fertilizer should be applied broadcast before setting the plants, or on an old bed between the rows. Fruit Trees should have a good dressing of Fertilizer in the early spring, 10 to 15 pounds around each tree, cultivated in about four inches from the surface as far out as the branches extend. The American Agricultural Chemical Co., D Detroit Sales Department, Detroit, Mich. Keep the Grain ,Out of Your Straw Pile All threshing machines are not; alike. There is one different from all others. It has a differ- ent way of taking the grain out of the straw. It beats it out just as you would do by hand with a pitchtork. All other machines depend upon its dropping out. This one different machine is the Red River Special and you should insist upon having it do your threshing. It will save all your grain and waste none of your time. It saves the Farmer’s Thresh Bill. To Whom It May Concern: I. J. Knudson. farmer, of McHenry County, North Dakota, do depose and say that durm the summer of 1908 I bought of Nichols Shepard Company a threshing outfit, conmst- ing of one 20-horse power. double cylinder traction engine and one 32x52 Red River Spe- cial Separator with wind stacker, self-feeder and weighcr attached. ., That on or about August 23, 1908, I started this outfit near a. stack of old straw that had . _ U . been thrcshcd in 1907 by a separator, and It has the Big CylindEr, the Man Behind the to stretch the belts on the new machine Gun,” the patented Grate and Check Plate, the paused asmall load of old straw from the stack greatest separating devices ever built. in (fuestion to he run through the new machine , , , . "H was surprised to get ovcr Sixteen bushels The Big Cylinder drives the intermingled of oats from this load of straw. _ straw, chaff and grain against the separating I afterward thrashed out the balance of this grate, beating the grain through where the check StaCk and 80‘ 347 bUShels 0f 81'2“"- plate catches it and delivers it to the grain pan (Signed) JAMES KNUDSON. and mill. « t Sufiscgilbcdanddstworlr’iI tfi befoge me, EN: - _ ' e ary u 1c,m an or c enry ‘ounty, ort. Ninety five per cent of the grain is taken ou. Dakota, this 6th day of Feb., 190,, right there. , . [Seal] J. LDGAR WAGAR. The straw goes over upon the shakers which Notary pubum hold it and beat it until all the grain is beaten out. My commission expires March 27’ 1914. In all other kinds the strawis hurried out of the machine and the grain is expected to drop out. It doesn‘t. Thousands of green straw stacks every year loudly say it doesn’t. The Red River Special saves all this. Insist upon its doing your work this year. It will save your thresh bill. Write for proof. NICHOLS & SHEPARD COMPANY, Battle Creek, Michigan Builders of Threshing Machinery, Engines and Oil-Gas Tractors l’ulverlzes. Never Clogs. 3-row Spread. Solid Bottom. Original and 0nly low-down Spreader. light and \A Strong, New Idea Manure Spreader Not amere unloadezbdoes not dump in piles. The only spreader with double heaters and revolving distributing paddles. which cut the manure into shreds and spread it even! over three full rows—5 to 7 feet. No choking. No bunching. Low. . down. Eas to and. Tracks with standard wagon. Easy haul for double team. Solid ‘ bottom whic never warps, breaks or wears out. No cog or bevel gears. Only perfect endless conveyor—cannot slip All power direct from rear axle. Only two levers to operate. Strong metal wheels. Absolutely necessary for every grain and fruit farmer. gmgmsga 22m New Idea Spreader (10., m Sycamore St, Catamaran-mic When Writing to advertisers vou saw their ad. ‘in The _lease state that Ichigan Farmer. MONITOR DOUBLE DISC DRILL Increases the Yield . Raises the'Grade ‘ Saves 20% of the Seed Hundreds of farmers have carefully tested out the MONITOR DOUBLE DISC DRILL and 22 every _c_as_e have found that it increases the yield, usually from three to seven bushels to the acre—raises the grade and saves at least 20 % of the seed. It will actually save its cost in a single season. THE MONITOR WAY IS THE ONLY RIGHT WAY - It deposits the seed on the downward turn of the disc—at the bottom of the furrow—in t_v_v_o rows, one inch apart and covers it with m__o_ist s__oil and not dry top earth as is done by other drills. Owing to its uniform depth the seed all comes up at the same time-— ripens evenly, 1nsuring better grade—increased yield with less seed—it pays for itself. The MONITOR DRILL cannot be clogged in any soil, mud, gumbo or in weedy or Cornstalk ground, and its draft is one-third lighter than any other. Our FREE Illustrated Book on Monitor Drills will interest you. Write for it today. The Flying Dutchman Dealer in your neighborhood sells Monitor Drills. Look him up. MOLINE PLOW COMPANY Dept. 26 MOLINE, ILLINOIS SOLD BY HOME OFFICE AND ALL BRANCH HOUSES Makes the One Nut to Plow Users Remove—— Hardest The Task Easy Job is Done John Deere QB? Shares Save You Time and Trouble 1st.— Save 80 per cent of time in changing shares. 2nd—-—No tipping of plow or lying in the dirt. 3rd-— The simplest and strongest share ever made. 4th— No lost, bent, or broken bolts or nuts.. 5th—— Only one nut to remove instead of five. 6th— Locks rigidly—Equalized strain on all parts. W means quick detachable—quick attachable, too. On and of? quick is the idea. This new and exclusive feature is the latest develop- ment in the art of plow making. As soon as you see it you will want a plow equipped with it. Only new Deere sulky and gang plows have it. Don’t waste your time and patience changing old style shares. Every up-to-date farmer will be ‘interested. We have a new free book. Write for 0—D" Book No. Q 11.3. JOHN DEERE PLOW COMPANY, MOLINE, ILLINOIS WWMWOFQUALIYV1 ‘ mama/communal: L; L” New—wonderful—powerfully effective. Only puller _ made that one man can carry, set up and operate without /" Five pound pull at the handle means ooopound ’ " ‘ pull at the stump. Pulls a stump in three minutes at \ cost of ac. Also has hundred other farm uses. andiest tool you ever owned. Absolutely guaranteed. \\Order now or send for circular. (Agents wanted.) (:7 a . t ' A. J. KIRSTIN C0. 93,4014 Lndington Sh. limbo, Midi. :being seeded to clovor THE MICHIGAN FVA'RMER has and should receive still more atten- tion. We have in the past neglected the social side of rural life. It is a well known fact that a stream never rises higher than its source and before we can expect a great deal of advancement from the men on the land, we must edu— cate their rank and file. “'e need lead- ers and it should be the business of the agricultural colleges to so train young men that they can go home to the farm and be lenders in the social realm of the community. \Ve are sadly in need of such men who can go out and lead and train the younger members of the rural population. It is just as necessary that the farmer should be an educated per- son as that his brother in the city should be educalied. The farmer needs to be educated because he is in need of a. diversity of knowledge more than any person in any other walk of life. He has a chance to become a specialist in hot- any and a great many other lines—the soil, for instance. Probably no studcnt in college comes in contact with more plant forms in a year than the average farmer but still the latter has not been trained to use his eyes and to take ad- vantage of the opportunity that is of- fered. “The most noticeable thing about (he agricultural education of today is the viewpoint which has changed very much in the last decade. The present attitude is to study intensively the social and economic problems of the farmer and then to offer a solution.” FARM NOTES. The Formaldehyde Treatment for Smut and Scab. . I would like very much to see printed 111 your paper the method of using for- maldelnde in tr:c1ti11g grains of different sorts for smut, also pot 1to seed for s( 11). Allegan Co. .\ J. M((‘. In treating seed outs for smut use a mixture of one pound of commercial for- maldehyde to 50 gallons of water. Spread the grain out thinly on a tight floor and then sprinkle or spray the mix- ture 011, stirringr the grain ovcr thor- oughly so that each kernel will be- come thoroughly wet with the disinfect- ing mixture. This will require about one gallon of the mixture for each bushel of grain. Then shovel the grain into a compact pile and cover with a canvas or blankets for about two hours. Then spread the grain to dry, shoveling over occasionally as required. In the treatment of potatoes for scab uSe a mixture of one pound of formalde- hyde to 30 gallons of water, soaking the tubers in this mixture from one and :1 half to two hours. There is also a method of treatment by the use of formaldehyde gas where large quantities are to be treated. but the water solution is probably the .best for the average grower. Applying Lime to Wheat Fields. Will you tell me what will be best to put on wheat field which I would like to put down to clover this spring? I lost, part of my clover last year. I have a sandy farm which was run down sev- eral yea1s ago. i have not got“ manure enough to go over the whole field. Iczin get land plaster at $5 per ton also two different kinds of limestone at $1. 65 and one at $3. 75 per ton. Vi hen 11i11 be the best time Vto put it 011 in the sprin"? Vtesow ou1 clove1 seed witha shoe drill. How much limestone will be needed pe1 acre? Allegan Co. (l. J. L. In order to have been of the greatest benefit in securing a seeding of clever, lime should have been sown when the ground was being fitted for wheat last fall. Lime is a soil corrective and not a plant food and simply sowing it 011 the surface of the ground would not. in the writer‘s opinion, produce immediate re- sults in correcting soil acidity, providing it existed and was a cause of the loss of the clover seeding. It is :true that gypsum or land plaster formerly produced very noticeable effects on the clover plant where sown in only small quantities in the spring of the year on the surface of the wheat fields or 011 meadows. It was not due 'to any fertilizing effect of the plaster itself, but due to the chem- ical effect produced by the application through which the unavailable potash in the soil was converted into an available form. As our soils became older and more depleted in fertility, however, the store of unavailable mineral plant food was reduced to a point where plaster no longer produced the same effect which caused its general use in earlier days. and its use as a consequence has been largely abandoned. As above noted, we do not believe that an application of lime would have an im- MARCH 15. 1913. mediate effect in correcting soil acidity if such a. condition exists in this wheat field. but if ground limestone is applied in liberal quantities it might be the means of promoting greater success with the clover seeding. At least it would do no harm, and if the soil needs lime in any event, the work would be done. The litmus paper test would help to deter— mine this need. If ground limestone is used a liberal application should be made, preferably in the spring at about the time of sowing the clover. Reseeding Alfalfa. Last fall I seeded 17 acres to alfalfa in September. I had the ground in fine shape before that1but was delayed in getting a car of lime ordered for the field. which made me very late. \Vhile the stand came up fine and thick, I fear it has winter—killed, in which case I shall either disc the ground well and seed .back in May or plow it and seed to oats and seed with the alfalfa. “'hich would you do? I want the alfalfa. Also, I have a 30—acre field that I wish to sow to oats this spring. It has been in drilled corn for two years. It is some rolling and the gullies seem to be sour, so last year the corn was very poor in them, while two years ago it was much the larger. Then last spring being very wet the gullies were soft when we planted the corn. “'ould you advise a heavy coating of lime and how much? I want to seed it to hay. Also, I have quite a lot of corn stubble ground that I want to get into spring crops and the stubble is very thick and heavy. IVhat- is the best way to get rid of it so it will not bother the- drill or lay in heaps to evap- orate the moisture? I saw an article on this in youI paper some time ago but have lost hack of it. Ogomaw Co. SUBSCRIBER, It is difficult ,to advise with regard to spring sceding without a nurse crop or with :1 light seeding of oats. In an ordi- nary season it has been well demen- strnted that a first-class stand of alfalfa can be secured in a spring-sown grain crop, provided the grain is sown rather thinly. Nit—my of the best authorities udvise sowing with Such 11 nurse crop and cutting the nurse crop for hay before it draws upon the ground so heavily for moisture as to injure the stand of al~ faifa. Much wmild depend upon whether this land is fairly free from weed seeds as to whether it would be best to sow in this way or alone without any nurse crop. Does the Land Need Lime? “'ith regard to the rolling field upon which a fair crop was grown on the lower places last year, it would be the writer‘s opinion that these lower spots would not need lime, providing the bal- ance of .the field does not. In fact. the lower places getting the wash of the higher ground might be even richer in lime than would the higher land, and it is probable that the crop failure was due to lack of natural drainage and an ex- cess of water during the wet period of last scaSOn, rather than to an acid con- dition due to the lackof the presence of lime. A litmus paper test will give some indication as to whether or not the soil needs lime. Fitting Corn Stubble for Spring Crops. Various Methods have been described for getting rid of corn stubble where stubble ground is to be sown to spring crops. Apparently it is not intended to plow this ground up. but if the ground is thoroughly disced to prepare a good seed bed the corn stubble will be pretty well cut up and will not bother as much as one would. think. Some use a heavy steel bar, such as a piece of 'I‘ rail, by hitching a horse at either end and drag- ging it over the field. claiming that this breaks off the stubble and makes less trouble in fitting and seeding the land. Others roll it, while still others use an ordinary corn cultivator, leaving the stubble in the ground and rolling them down after planting. This, however, does not permit as thorough fitting as can be done, where the whole ground is disccd. and in the writer’s opinion this is the best method to follow, Beardless Barley. Is beardless barley as good a yielder 21s the bearded kind and does it contain as good fattening qualities? The trouble in raising barley is that hired help refuse to handle it on account of the beards. liillsdale Co. B, In some sections of Michigan where beardless barley was largely grown, this grain has not compared at all favorably in yield with the bearded varieties. for which reason it is not now grown to any considerable extent. In one section of central Michigan where barley is quite an important crop. grOwers state that they did not get more than half the yield of beardless barley that was secured with the barley commonly grown the-re. In some other sections conditions might be different, but this has evidently been the experience of growers, since very little beardless barley is grown in Michigan. ‘1: i i '1 MARCH 15, 1913. , IMPROVING THE CORN CROP. On this topic Prof. C. G. “'illiams, of 'Ohio, spoke in part as follows, at the recent Round-Up Institute: “Corn is a very good crop to work with for it" is so easily» bred and cared for that the average farmer can breed the corn on his own land and take care of it without any inconvenience. Corn is influenced very much by length of sea- son, rainfall, character and richness of the soil, and the degree of temperature. At the Ohio Experiment Station we have performed a great many experiments with corn and I will give you the results of our work. Tapering vs. Cylindrical Ears. "“‘e picked out ears which were ex- tremely cylindrical and others which were extremely tapering. These were planted in different plots one year and the fol- lowing year more cylindrical and tapering ears were selected from the plots pre- viously planted, etc. After a while two plots were given the same soil condi- tions; one was planted with seed from the tapering ears of corn and the other one! was planted with seed from the cylindrical ears of corn. The yield was measured through several years and we found that, the two plots gave about the same yield. Bare Tips or Covered Tips. “Another experiment was made in nearly the same way as the foregoing with the exception that seed was select- ed from ears which had baretips and also from ears whose tips were well cov- ered. The resulting yield was the same. “Another experiment with seed from long and short ears showed in three years a greater yield for the long ears While one year the yield was the largest from the short ears. This year was one in which there was a severe drouth and the short ears were able to get more nourishment, hence gave the largest yield. in which corn kernels and “A similar experiment was. grown from smooth rough kernels showed an increase in yield of two bushels per acre for the corn of the smooth type, and the grain was also of better quality. Number of Rows on the Seed Ear is Un- important in increasing Yield. “An experiment? was performed to see if there was any advantage in selecting seed cars which had any special number of rows of corn on them. No, of rows ......... ll 16 18 Yield, bushels ..... 58.99 58.50 56.17 “This experiment shows that the num- ber of rows on the ear is a very minor affair which does not determine the yield but when the number of rows de- part very far from the normal, the re- sult is a decrease in the yield. Selection and Care of Seed Corn. “\V'here one selects his corn from the wagon at the crib or when the corn is huskcd, he is Very liable to pick out the large ears of corn and those which have had an advantage of better soil and cul- tivation conditions and these tendencies are not transmissible. You can bathe a cow in wine but her calves will be just common cattle, so we see this is not’ the proper way to select seed corn. It would be better to go into the field at theutime of maturity of the corn and select those stalks which have two good, well-formed cars and ones which show that they will mature in your season. These may be marked with a red cloth or a painted stick and left when the corn is harvest- ed. This gives the grower a chance to see all of the conditions under which the corn was grown and three years of such selection will increase the yield of the corn very materially. After this selected corn has been husked, it should be dried artificially if it contains a great deal of moisture. It is well to keep the seed corn on racks and in a room where the air is dry, the temperature even and the corn not liable to be frozen. A DEFENSE OF- FOREIGN LABOR. Being a subscriber to your paper for a. number of years and liking it ever so much, I would like to make a protest to part of an article on “The Farm La- bor Problem,” by W. D. Korb, in the isSue of February 22, in regard to his views of foreign labor. I am a foreigner and am proud of being so. I left Den- mark in 1891 and I never was, and never need to, be driven by a “big stick,” and I ‘think that foreign labor can be em- ployed to as good mutual satisfaction as the American native. You may find lots of poor help in foreigners, but you 'can surely find poor sticks of Yankees. Kent Co. L. P. JENSEN. l l’i‘ ’3 (ORIGINAL AND ‘ 9E . . p is / 77..” / Full Size of Wire, E Full Length of Roll. Put the gauge to our Wire—it is full size. Our rolls are full length. The weight of our fence is full and heavy. Test, compare and judge. Two Great Books Free “linking the Farm Puy”--a Simple and short treatise on farming. covering the things every farmer and his boy I should know—sent free on request. “The Making of Steel”—a complete account, simply and clearly pre- sented, with many illustrations. This subject never before pre- sented in so concise a manner. / ’ [7/ E k /fl/// : _ Every farmer_and his boy American. / I 7 // J should read this. Sent free Stu; \ /I /////_ - on request. 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Get posted on these new and up—to-date grain drills. All fea- tures fully explained in our latest catalog. Learn the advantages of even seeding and correct cover- ing. To get the right book be sure to 1 ask for Package VB 5 l John Deere Plow Co. Moline, Ill. VAN BRUNT FERTILIZER DRILLS Our adjustable gate force feed compels even Plants anything from alfalfa to bearded These drills have fertilizer feeds that do not choke. Knockers keep them clean. This is just what you want. Amount of fertilizer in- stantly adjusted as desired. 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State requirements and we will forward interesting facts without placing you under obligation to buy. Spramotor Ltd., 1604 Erie St., Buffalo, N.Y stands. All dealers can sell AGME . 4.».1 vemsié‘kt ~. farmers have. OTARY . can PLANTER § 107 maraarso ltl.lil\l.lil\ HOW TO GROW IT ON YOUR LAND “Alfalfa—Wonder Crop,” isihe title of a new book oka‘ iust issued by us. It contains a fund of priceless information on alfalfa growing secured from many sources: United States Government, State Experi- ment Stations, the best posted authorities and suc- cessful growers. This information was secured at a great cost of time, money and research. and yet it is yours for the asking without cost. This book will convince you that your farm has some land on which you can grow alfalfa; it tells how to get re. sults from the first planting, how to select the field and prepare the soi , including fertilizing. plowing, liming, and how to prepare the seed: when to plant, how to plant. It tells you what to do during the growing period, how to get bigger than average crops, and how to cut and cure. This book is worth many dollars to the farmer interested in growing alfalfa. but we gladly send it without cost or obligation of any kind if you answer at once. Don’t put it off—write for free book today. GALLON" Bfl08.-BOIMAI 80.. Bill 644 S WATEILOO, IA. gulch 5—9 PerBu. INVESTIGA‘I'En-Besl and cheapo-I Seedln Known. Alsike Glover and Timothy mixed. Fully 1-3 a slke, a big bargain. Greatest hay and pasture combination grown. Write for Free Sample and 76-page catalog and circulars describing this wonderful grass mixture. Beats anythin you can sow and ridiculously cheap. We handle only bes tested recleaned seed guaranteed. Write before advance. I. A. BERRY SEED 60.. Ber 53]. Clnrlndly low- PULVERIZED LIME ROCK for correcting acidity in soil. We pulverize the genuine magnesian rock and ship direct to you from our new pulverizing plant at Mus- kegon. Mich, Write today {for sample and interesting soil literature. Act NOW and double your crops this season. A postal Will do. LAKE SHORE STONE COMPANY, MILWAUKEE. WIsconsm. —8THAWBEBHY PLANTS of best quality in any quantity. also Raspberries. Blackberries. Gooseberries. Currants. Grape Vines, etc. We grow and sell all kinds oi‘ Small Fruit Plants. Send for our catalog; it will save and make you money. Bridgman Nursery (30., Box 8. Bridgman. lich. Bee-Hives. Sections. Founda- tion. Smokers. e to. Beeswax wanted. Send for fully illustrat- ed catalog. THE accurate planting by ACME ,5, Planters—at an even depth—goes a long way towards insuring good Besides that, ACME Planters are light, strong, seldom, if ever, need repairs, and often cut the labor of planting two-thirds. CORN & POTATO PLANTERS If your dealer hasn’t just the one you need, Write for our free booklet “The Acme of f, Potato Profit” and look over our big line. ' 1_ You are sure to find one there—300,000 _ '3 Make certain that your next 1 ./‘t planter has the ACME Trade Mark. ‘ . .. i\\ Potato Implement Go. - ,, . 3“ Front Street Traverse city BEE SUPPLIES and BERRY BASKETS M. H. HUNT a. SON. 400 Gondlt 50., LANSING. MIC". uni-om some are warm. Earliest mum-In; mg l'nrod- Cam in the world. lode 1‘6 bushels 3rd Guam Beedl mailed ran it you mention on. paper. IN' SEED HOUSE SHINAIDOAH. ton. goAxEEgAMISg sun coax one in Michigan TATO PLANTER $1.00. “SURE CROP”, SEEDS DON’T DELAY Free for the Asking mum...“ Mentioning this pgper and we will send you at once Lar e I I 0! Our Packgge, F R E E New BEAUTIFUL CRIMSON CLOBE ONION Know as World Beater. also our New BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED GARDEN and FARM GUIDE that tells you how to Increase Your Profits. CONDON BROS. Seedsmen, Rockford, Ill. ‘ Farm E vs W l’ 7 . #5" \ . “ :1 .3 4. . r. s. g. - dais-41;; - ., ,. LL FA We have spent $12,000 instructing over 200.000 farmers how to grow alfalfa. Our free booklet makes a certainty of this crop if our directions are followed. We receive each year hundreds of letters from our customers saying that their fields planted with our seed. and under the some conditions as other fields plant- ed with seed from other sources, have in every instance out-yielded the meadow secured from other seed than our own. \Ve could sell much cheaper alfalfa seed than we do. but: we refuse to handle any- thing but the very best, which costs us more than ‘the price at which ordinary alfalfa seed retailS. SOY. BEANS We have tested every promising variety of soy been that has been introduced into the United States. We are pioneers in this business and are glad to see today that farmers are easxly succeed- ing with this great plant, and that they are secur— ing fully as good results when our varieties are used as we have prophesied. Every day some one writes us that his soys yielded 25 to 30 bushels per acre. We have discarded poor ones and offer you simply the best there is anywhere. Write to- day for free catalog which tells all about the best. seeds that can be grown. WING SEED 00., Box 942 Mochanlcshurg, Ohio. EGENERAT-ED Swedish Select Recleaned Oats at R 750 bu. Fine 'ellow dent seed corn :2 bu. Bags JOHN LOHMAN. Sh, Hamilton. Michigan. Free. B Baskets and 16 qt. "be" 5333 Crates, the best yet. Hot- Bed Sash made of cypress. Send for basket catalog. r acre. It costs but 25 cent per acre Big illustrated on ego! seed corn and all kinds of Farm WEBB TH] WORLD.) TH_E MICHIGAN FA’RME‘R MARCH 15,’ 1913." s gllllllllll|lllllllllIllllllllIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlll||llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|lllllllll||lll|llll|IIllllllllllIlllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|IlllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllLELE E WHAT IS A GOOD JOB OF SPRAYING? From the difference in reSults that two fruit growers will get with the same kind of spray materials, with the same kind of machine, and sprayed at the same time, we can easily judge that there is considerable difference in ideas as to what a good job of spraying is. It may be, though, that two people know equally well what good work is but that one has not the determination to put into prac- tical application his knowledge. Knowl- edge not executed is not worth much more than ignorance, To my mind a perfect job of spraying is just enough spray to thoroughly cover the tree, evenly distributed over the tree so that not a spot is left untouched. “'e can only hope to work toward that ideal. There will always be some drip- ping which will be waste, and some few spots that are left untouched. To do good work in spraying requires activity and a watchful eye. The spray rod should be kept on the move all the time, the eye directing its movements to places unsprayed. The men who like to stop and swap stories while the spray is thoroughly drenching a part of the tree and then slight the other parts to make up for lost time, should be set to hauling manure or hoeing weeds out of the corn. They are likely to use enough material to do a good job but without any good results. 01’ course, a good power outfit, one which rarely balks. spray nozzles which throw a line mist and scldont clog, 41nd hose that will stand the pressure, and couplings which will hold, make a. good job easier. Spraying at its best is dis— agreeable work, and it is an economy of time and temper, when both time and temper are scarce, to have all of the con— veniences for spraying. The easiest way to do good work in spraying is to take advantage of the wind. If the wind is from the south, spray from that side, and then wait fora north wind to finish up. To get spraying done at the proper time is almoSt as es- ‘ hose to sential as getting it done thoroughly. The wind seldom changes to suit us, and to wait' would make it too late. There'- fore the work has to be finished up, even if the wind the same quarter all during the spraying time. \Ye find it convenient when spraying with a power outfit to have one man spray from the tank and take care of the horses. Another should be on the ground and have from :30 to 40 feet of give him plenty of opportunity to get well around the tree. If the wind is in the southwest, for instance, we start spraying from the south. The men on the tank covers the top and the south side of the tree. The man on the ground works around to the east and west sides of the tree as far as his hose will allow him. The east side is especially well covered as east winds are generally rare. in that way about three-quarters of the tree is covered. After that is done and the Wind still continues from the south- west the work is started on the west side of the tree, the man on the ground making special effort to work around to the north and northeast of the tree. The man on the tank touches up such places on the west and southwest sides as need it. In this way the tree can be quite thoroughly covered and the spraying done on time. The man on the ground is the main one. He has the hardest work. He should be. one who is thorough and quick and not be very particular as to whether a little spray hits him or not. If a man sprays alone he can do more thorough work from the ground than from the tank, although it is harder to handle the team. Keep :1 man who is a good sprayer. The man who will stick to a disagreeable job until it is thoroughly done has some good qualities in him, and he is almost without exception 3. good worker in other lines of farming. Van Buren Co. stays in F. A. WILKEN. PLUMS AND POULTRY. Not all succeed in raising plums who set out and tend their trees. Some sea- sons the trees bear profusely but in the main the annual crop is far below ex- pectations. For a number of years after I had planted an orchard, pruned, fer- Horticulture. , filllllllllllllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllll|IlllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllIlll|llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfi tilized and cultivated the same, my plum trees, although usually loaded with bloom and young fruit later on, failed to ma- ture the crop which would eventually drop off so that but a few of the plums ever ripened. Spraying the trees availed but little and I became disgusted finally, with their culture. About this time we had occasion to enlarge our poultry plant and yards and the plums being near this space, we utilized the plum orchard and run a poultry fence around the whole. It was sodded to June grass but the first Season the fowls killed nearly every green vestige and left the surface devoid of vegetation save- for the plum trees which that season put on a wonderful growth of trunk and branch. The fol- lowing spring it was a solid bloom but we entertained but‘ small. if :my, hopes for fruit. During the ensuing few months before the usual fall of the plums we noticed our poultry actively engaged in scratchisg underneath and near the trees. Finally, out of curiosity more than any- thing else, I quietly observed them at work and saw they were eating the small immature fruits that had dropped and were now continually falling. Upon examination I found nearly all of such fruit st'ung and in most a small larvae or grub was contained. I knew ,at once the fowls were destroying the larvae of future curculio that were the arch ene- my of my plums. That season with the poultry continually among the trees we had better than :1 half crop of nice fruit and the subsequent season, by jarring the trees mornings while the dew was Still on, when the parent curculio could not Ily, but would fall to the ground, the flock would pick them and the damaged fruit Clean and full (Tops were usually assured. A stick or club heavily bound with rags at one end, tied securely, was employed to strike sharply the plum tree trunks When the beetles and damaged fruit would fall below where the chickens cleaned them up. I have known others to succeed with plums in the same man- ner and the shade affords excellent con- ditions for poultry during the heated season of summer. G. A. RANDALL. COMMISSION MEN OBJECT TO GIV- ING BONDS. There is a fight: on in New York st‘ato over the second bill introduced by As- semblyman Roosevelt in the New York Legislature, which bill provides that commisSion merchants will have to pay a small license fee to the commissioner of agriculture and give a bond for $3.0o0. it also empowers the commissioner of agriculture to withdraw the license of any commission merchant who fails to deal fairly with shippers, and gives that official authority to establish grades. The bill was endorsed by the New York Fruit Growers’ Association at a meeting re- cently held at Foughkeepsie, N. Y. 011 the other hand, the fruit and produce or— ganizations of the state are up in arms because they hold that this measure is objectiOnable and will be a. great hard- ship to commission men. \Vhile the pres- ent bill may be modified it seems certain that some action will be taken to bet- ter protect shippers, Michigan growers are watching the legislation. MICHIGAN HORTICULTURISTS MEET AT JACKSON. The mid—winter meeting of the Michi- gan Horticultural Society will be held at Jackson, March '18—19. \\'. \\'. Earns- worth, of Ohio, will give two addresses and the list of speakers also includes l’rofs. Eustace, Pettit, Patten and Gun- son, of the Agricultural College, Supt. F. A. \Vilken, of the South Haven Experi- ment Station. T. A. Farrund, of Eaton Rapids, C. E. Bassett, of Fennville. L. Whitney iVatkins, of Manchester, Presi- dent Munson, of Grand Rapids, and oth- ers. Several of the lectures will be illustrated with the stereopticon and the program includes over 50 practical ques— tions. A large attendance is promised. OAKLAND COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ANNOUNCEMENT. The annual meeting of the Oakland County Horticultural Society will be held in the assembly room at the court house in Pontiac on Thursday, March 20. At the morning session Mr. C. E. Bassett, secretary of the State Horticultural So- ciety, will speak on “Practical Co-opera- tion.” and in the afternoon on “Modern Orchard Management.” Officers for the coming year will be elected and other business of importance will be transaet- . ed. A large attendance of members. and ‘ all interested in horticulture, is greatly desired—Addie Sly, Sec’y. , ' MARCH 15, 1913. A IN THE GARDEN. They will in- Peas may be planted early. stand quite cold weather. Without jury. The earliest varieties are lacking in quality, but they are not long in growing. Dwarf peas are popular because they take up little room and it is no trouble to grow them. The quality is good and as they require no supports there is nothing to do beyond cultivating and hoeing. The tall or climbing varieties of peas will yield much better than the dwarfs. A strip -of poultry netting makes a good support, which they spread over and bear the pods where it is easy to pick them. Sow two rows, six inches apart. set a pOSt at the ends and stretch the netting midway between the rows. Edible or sugar podded peas are not common to American gardens, though they deserve to be. The pods grow to a large size and are eaten with the peas, like string peans. They are not produc- tive of peas, but the pods make up for this deficiency, so that the total is large. In Europe these peas are commonly grown and have an important place among the garden products. A Substitute for Squash. In English gardens there is a vegeta- ble which is called “marrow,” that takes the place of the squash in America. It has never been grown very extensively in America and probably does not suc- ceed generally. In some places, how- ever, it does do well and those who have tried speak highly of the flavor. The seed companies do not list it, but: they would probably furnish the seed if asked for it. or it might be obtained from the experiment stations. Cos Lettuce Should be Blanched. Cos, or celery lettuce. does not form a compact head. but has long, upright leaves. It is not very good for use as it grows but should be blanched. To do this the leaves are gathered up over the heart and tied at the tips. In a Week or ten days the heart will be niccly blanched. ready for use. It is then tender and excellent for salads. It does not receive much atten— tion in the gardens of this country, though in Europe it is one of the. com- mon salad plants. 'Perhaps the necessity for blanching is the reason why it is not more often grown, though that really re- quires little labor. Swiss Chard Renamed. is a type that added to is the as- One of the names recently the novelties for the garden paragus beet. A suggestive name it is, a beet whose top is the main part. It is in reality our old friend Swiss Chard, who has been known as such for many years. But the name has not changed the character of this useful vegetable. The valuable part is the top, which is used for greens. The stem is broad and thick and is sometimes served like as— paragus. hence the name, though the resemblance is slight indeed. The root does not grow large, so is of little value. The tops may be removed, when other leaves will be sent up, thus keeping up a. succession. As it is very productive a. few plants will suffice to supply the family through the summer and fall. Chicory Makes Excellent Greens. To most persons chicory is best known as a subStitute for coffee, but there are other uses of more importance. By sow- ing the seed in early spring a crop of leaves suitable for greens may be had for summer and fall. The leaves have a strong bitter flavor, similar to the dandelion. In fact, the two plants are closely related. If the roots are left in the ground through the winter and pro- tected by a covering of litter to prevent hard freezing they will send up a crop of leaves in the spring which will be ready for early use. The roots are dug in the fall and stored for forcing during the winter. To do this the roots are strati- fied in sand and kept moist and in a. dark place. Leaves, blanched and ten- der, are produced which make a salad that is relished by many. In some lo- calities the forcing of'chicory is an im- portant part of the gardener’s winter work. Radishes Should Grow Quickly. For radishes to be brittle they should grow quickly. A check in the way of cold weather will make them tough and unpalatable. So those grown'in early spring are liable to be worthless. Nev- ertheless, it is advisable to plant‘ them as early as conditions permit. If" the spring'i‘s early and continues favorable there will be early radishes, but if it prove otherwise there is no loss except l .seed is cheap. \ THE MICHIGAN FARMER a little labor and the seed, but radish If a plot of ground was prepared in the fall by working it into ridges and these were kept covered through the winter so as to prevent the frost from going deep, it will be ready for planting in the spring before the gar- den can be worked. If it is on the south of a building it will be still better. Not only radisheS, but onions, beets, carrots, parsnips and several other seeds can be planted. It is surprising what even a square rod of ground can produce when given good and careful cultivation. Oakland Co. F. D. WELLS. GETTING CELERY STARTED. Celery is a crop that must be trans- planted. The plants must be started in a. seed-bed and there cared for until they _ are large enough to be transplanted, either into a temporary bed or to the field. Celery seed is very small, light, and slow to germinate, taking several days to come up, and for that reason certain precautions are necessary in starting the plants. Methods employed for starting cabbage. onions, or tomatoes, would in many cases, prove ailures with celery. The seedlings, as they germinate, are very delicate, and it takes a few days before they are strong enough to with. stand neglect. During this time one must not forget to water the little plants ‘regularly, or else sun and winds will cause many of the delicate seedlings to die. The seed-bed cannot be too well pre— pared. I have the soil in the seed-bed about three-fourths of good, rich loam and one-fourth of well-rotted and sifted manure. llowever, I never use manure that is liable to heat. Mix the soil thor— oughly, rake it to a clean, even surface, then roll, or pack, it down. As soon as it is properly dried, drill the seed in as shallow as possible. Sometimes the sccd is sown broadcast and covcrcd lightly. “'hile this method usually gives a very good germination, if the sccd bed is properly taken care of the drill method will be found preferable. Mark off the rows. one-fourth to one- half—inch deep» every three inches, and plant the seed fairly thick. ()ne ounce of seed should be enough for a frame of six by eight feet. Cover the seed one- i‘ourth to one—half inch deep with the finest soil possible. Immediately after my seed is planted the seed-bed is wat— ered, care being taken not to wash the seed out. From this time On careful management is necessary, remembering that the surface soil must not be allowed to become too dry and hard. To keep the soil from baking, it should be water- ed at regular intervals, and not too much at a time. \Vhile the ideal seed—bed is one that is open, or unprotected, better results in germination, and with less care, can be had when some kind of covering is used for a few days. Straw mats, cloth, gunnysacks can be used to prevent evap- oration aud to keep the soil from bak- ing. I have used all of these materials on the seed—bed, and in each case the results in germination have been quite satisfactory, but the stand has been more uniform from the beds covered with just white cotton cloth. In covering the beds With white cotton cloth it is" generally better to have the seed—bed made in such a way that there will be a three to six- inch space- between the covering and the soil. Bods made in the form of a. cold frame are very satisfactory. it is advisable in using the cloth cover to stretch the cloth over a light frame made from inch boards. The frame can he made, .‘le feet or larger if desired, but this is a, Very desirable size. Such cloth- covercd frames are easily handled, and when placed (Ever the beds the wind does not move them about. As soon as the seedlings are well started, the covering can be removed, and should be removed, for if left too long, the plants tend to grow too tall and spindling. After the plants are well started the seed—bed can be watered when needed, and it is very important to have the celery plants as stalky as possible for transplanting. Good stalky plants can be secured in two ways: They may be transplanted to a temporary bed and from there to the field, or they may be thinned in the seed-bed and sheared off when they become too tall. The plants may be cut back a. third or a half of their growth and still be good plants to set out. That does not mean, however, that the transplanted plants are not better, for they are. Illinois. N. M.~ RUSHING. ’M .. 6......1... , . A New, Easy and Sure Way to Better and Bigger Crops— HERRMANN’S ARSITE Arsite—the most powerful and efficient arsenic poison made—kills the bugs quicker and costs less than any other insecticide. Don’t make mistakes—they're Vital. Use Anita and save money and labor Sure death to all leaf-eating bugs—nothing better for ridding fruit and potatoes of, insect pests. It sticks like Arsenate of Lead but it is ten times stronger. . It contains no free white arsenic and therefore won’t burn the foliage. the bugs die. Spray on cc—thcn watch One pint of Arsite has the killing efficiency of 3 to 6 pounds of Paris Green and 10 to 12 pounds of Arsenate of Lead. Arsitc is in liquid form, put up in tin cans—it mixes more thoroughly, remains in suspension longer and is more convenient to Herrmann’s Arsitc mixed with . Bordeaux or freshly slaked lime, and used thoroughly, will do away with leaf-eating bugs.- If you don’t spray with Bordeaux for blight, use Herrmann’s Calite —— just another form of Arsite, ready to stir into clear water. Send for Full Information about these wonderful insecticides. You’ll use them when you know about them. Arsite is sold in 35c half—pint cans and in 65c pints; Calite in 30c pints and 50c quarts. We can supply you if your dealers can not. The Herrmann Laboratories For Insecticides and Fungicides Morris Herrmann & Co. 33 Fifth Avenue Building. New York Sole Manufacturers of Herrmann’s Hi-Gradc Pure Paris Green iernmcund* handle. It keeps indefinitely. ’) H e r r m a n n ’ s Araite destroys Po t at o B u g s, TobaccoWonns, Cotton Worms, Codling Moths, and all other leaf - eating in- sects. ifit. \ l\_._ .‘ " fr ;. are the best that nature .l':' ' produces. They are alwayl W'L’ _ esh, clean and of the strongest T . .. Vitality. We guarantee satinfnction . ' ‘ ' ‘ and sell at moderate prices. ' a) ' 5 Pkts. Choice-st Seeds 10c ‘F Send 100 for this sample collection of mi: ' a choicest. Mlchlgun Grown Seeds. . / , Packets 0! fine now Melon and splendid . Cucumber included. We’ll return your money in form of 3 Duo 8‘ ELEGANT CATALOG FREE Describes all the best. seeds. Fully . illustrated. Given valuable in, cultural hints. It’s tree Write to: \. 1.’ for all. have Irultan I" records. 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N. comp, NOW Willie, 6:10 F's SEED conu' $271.3. fail IS without real serious meaning to many thousand farmers because they think it is too hard work or it is not convenient to work a horse. So many farmers fail to understand what truly wonderful possibilities there are in modem hand tools. [RUN AG ’ do all of the sowing, hoeing, cultivating. weeding. furrowing, ruining, cum, in any garden, with better results, far less work and some real pleasure for the operator. 88 or more combinations at $2.50 to $12.00. Ask your dealer about them and write us for new booklet, "Gardening with Modern Tools" also copy of our paper “iron Age Farm and Garden News"——both are free. BATEMAN M’F’G CO. " ' Box 1042 Grenloch.N. 1. $13: Save Your Fruit Yop will more than double you] ' fnnt crop if you will spray you: " "“3 CRESTLINE j with the ‘ Bronco Double Acting Hand Sprayel New improved Automatic Agitator. Ratchet. movement. Brass lined cylin- der. Bronze ground valvu. 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OHIO ‘SOME ESSENTIALS IN PLANTING TREES. Being a. regular subscriber and a. very interested reader of your valuable paper, I take the liberty to inquire through your paper some information in regard to setting out two-year-old trees of the following varieties: Silver maple, peach. plum. cherry and crab apple. These trees are to be delivered in April. My ground is generally of a dark sandy Surface with lighter sand sub- soil but in good condi- tion, also p101lucing good vegetables I can give them all the watei they want as I have city water and plenty of chicken manure. I know nothing about trees whatever. ' ‘ Bay Co. G. C. T. , “'e take it from the correspondence of the subscriber that he does not wish in- formation on where to plant or the method of laying out the ground, but how to put the trees in the soil so they will have the mos: favorableconditions for growth. On this point there- are several precautions that. if heeded, will mate- rially aid the trees in becoming eStab- lished in their new position. A111] first, the size of the hole dug for: the reception of a tree is important. The fact‘ that the earth is to be rtaken from the hole and immediately returned as soon as the tree is placed, frequently causes men to remove as little earth as possible and then crowd the roots into small space. But Llle hole should be amply large to receive the roots Without crowding them—in fact, the roots should be spread out to give the tree a large foundation. And further. in ground that has a hardpan sub-soil the hole should be even larger than in looser soils be- cause. for a while, the tree will receive practically all its food from the loosened soil, so the more there is of this the greater the amount of plant food present for the plant. A second essential is the careful prun- ing of the roots of the trees. The bruis- ed ends should be cut back, broken roots removed, and any of abnormal, length shortened. The usual manner of cutting back the roots is to make the incision from the under side outward so that when the tree is in position the cut sur- face will rest upon the ground. Keeping the roots of the trees moist from the time the trees are dug from the nursery row until they are set in the garden or orchard, is the aim of the careful tree planter. The sun and the Wind quickly absorb moisture from the live bark of the roots and thereby rob it of vitality needed to overcome the shock of transplanting, and so the com- mon practice of scattering the trees to be plzmted over the ground and permit— ting them to lay there until a. dozen or so are planted, is not followed by men of experience. These men usually keep the trees in a tub of water and remove only (me lit 11 time from the tub and that when a hole is ready to receive it. \\'hile the details of this practice may be varied the end accomplished of maintaining moisture about the roots should be care- fully sought. Since trees remain where set for a number of years and in that time re- quire a Vast amount of fertility, it is wise to make provision for a part of the food supply when planting. One method of giving these trees ready plant food. “he 19 the sub-soil is lacking in fertility is to separate the rich surface soil from the sub—soil when digging the holes and then put the surface soil in the bottom :1bout the roots and the sub—soil 011 top. This brings the plant food and the roots in juxtaposition. Another practice that would pay well, in this instance, would be to dig the holes for the trees deeper than is t'equii‘etl to plant them then place a few shovelfuls of the hen ma— nure in the bottom of the holes, cover over with a little earth and thou plan!) the tree. This practice, however, may not be desirable for the bench trees since it may result in a 100 rapid growth. A still bettcr method for using this munui'e Would be to spread it in liberal quantity within .1 radius of five 01' six feet from the location of a tree and then plow, or spade, under. This will encourage a larger and wider growth of roots than where the manure is placed beneath the trees. Commercial fertilizers may also be used to give the trees a good start, but precaution should be taken for one can overdo the matter by forcing the trees to an abnormal growth, making them too tender to stand the rigors of winter. It is wise to encourage growth as early in the season as possible that the wood may be hardened off before cold weather in which instance there is less danger of trouble from winter-killing. Again the depth of planting the tree should be watched. While the usual rec- , MARCH 15, 1913. ommendation is to put the tree from one to four inches deeper than it was in the nursery row there may be conditions, es- pecially where the soil is light and the trees exposed to direct winds, that de- mand deeper plziiiting——it even being found advisable _iu places where these conditions are extreme to put the plants down a. foot deeper than they grew in the nursery row. Under all circumstances they should be planted a. little lower, for the earth will gradually work away from the trunk during the first season, how- ever well packed. expose the tender and heretofore protected bark and reduce the resistance afforded against winds. The replacing of the dirt in the hole around the roots, which, while it does not require any particular skill, demands a great deal of care, Probably more trees ill? the result of neglect at this point in transplanting than any other. This is because the men fail to get the soil packed closely about the roots, leaving air spaces to dry out‘ the growing tissue. thus making it impossible for the roots to perform til\ci1 functions. To properly do the work one must put the dirt back in the hole in small quantities and fre- quently distribute it in among the roots with the hands then several times, while filling, pack it down “With a long stick that is small enough to allow it to go be— tween the larger roots. \Vhen the soil has been practically all replaced it may be trampod firmly with the feet, after which a little loose dirt drawn over the surface will prevent a too rapid evapora- tion of moisture. A mulch of straw or other course material will accomplish this same end. Fin-ally, attention must, be given to pruning the top. The. average person who does not understand the damage that may result from leaving intact the Whole nursery-row top. rather resents the idea of spoilingr a shapely tree by pruning, but experience- Will change his I attitude, since 11 live tree, even though for :1 few months it has ugly stubs of branches, is more sightly than a dead one. The. reamn why the pruning is helpful is this: Between the top and bottom of the tree. as it grew is the nur- sery row, there were balanced relations —both the leaves and roots spread out into the air and soil respectively ltO meet the demands made upon them. But in digging the trees a very large part of the root system is left in the soil. thus rob- bing that part of the plant of much of its 111eans of supplying water and min- eral elements for the top. Now, should all the branchcs be left after the tree is transplanted the evaporation of moisture from them would be greater than the pruned root system (1:111 supply, and a \1'e11k._0r dead tree would be the consc- 1‘1uence. The remedy for this trouble is to prune away the top to correspond with the loss of roots from the bottom. and this. wile-1'0 ordinary methods ofilig- ging nursery trees are followed, would mean that one-half 01‘ two-thirds of the top be removed. MARKET NOTES. Fruit Dealer‘s Fined. Last week l3 produce men in Portland. Oregon, pleaded guilty to violating the Sherman Anti-Trust 121W and were liucrl the aggregate amount of, $8,450. These 111911 acknowledged that they had 11111118 a contract with brokers by which the lat- ter wore it) semi produce which the com- bination (lid not care to buy. 0111‘ of town. 'l‘hcy also acknowledged tliut they \vzu‘u— ed producers not 10 send products direct to the market except when so ordered by the The organization also enabled the firms belonging to it to ilssm-i-itlnn. keep prices of Cei‘tuiii commodities up through the above, as well as other, means, one of which was to send fruits that were in perfect condition for human use to the garbage incinerator and have it (lcS'il'Oyed. This they did to keep down the supply and thus hold up prices. Direct Selling Must be Edonomical. Commission men gave excellent testi— mony to [the advantage of producers deal— ing directly with consumers or retailers when a delegation appeared at a hearing at the senate chamber at Sacramento, (‘ul., where a bill is pending making it mandatory upon commission men to di- vulge Lille names of their customers. The commission men stated before the com- mittee that such a. provision would drive them out of business since it would en— able the farmers to know to whom goods were sold, thus opening the road for the farmers doing business direct with the consumers. This competition, the com- mission men declared they could not com- pete with. , MARCH 15, 1913. 'THE MICHIGAN FACRMER '. l ail|llllllllllllllllllllllllIllllll|llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIll||lll|||lIlllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlll=li=1:E E o l E _ Dairy. ElIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllI|llllIlllllllllllllllilllllIll|||_Il||IIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllll[IE CONDUCTED _BY COLON C. LILLIE. IS THE MILKING MACHINE PRACTI- CAL AND PROFITABLE? XVould you give me your experience with the milking machine, telling wheth- er you consider it a. success or not. I have 16 cOWs and would purchase one if I could be convinced that they were economical. Clinton Co. A. N. W. I wish I might answer this question by yes or no and say that .the milking ma- chine is absolutely practical and profit- able, or say that it is not, but I cannot do so. I confess that I do not know. I have used one now for five or six years and we like it and use it, and on the whole I am satisfied with it, and I would not begin to take what I paid for it if I could not get another one. Yet there are problems connected with the milk— ing of cows by machinery which cannot be easily solved. It would take a. long. painstaking experiment to determine Whether the- milking machine is practical or not. No farmer can make this ex— periment. It takes too much time and costs too much to make the experiment ‘and a simple farmer cannot afford to do it. IVith the attention that I can give my business I am well aware that should I undertake such an experiment that it would not be reliable, because many of the details, from necessity, would be overlooked. Here is a problem for the experiment station. The Geneva Ex- periment Station in New York have in- vestigated this question quite carefully and I understand their conclusion is that the milking machine is practical. An ex- periment station in Denmark has also given this subject very careful consider- ation and they pronounce the milking machine practical. The milking machine will milk cows and milk them success— fully, there isn’t any doubt about that. If it does not do the work well the fault ‘is in the operator and not in the ma- .chine itself. The machine is capable of 'doing it, but it requires careful manipu- lation by the operator. \Ve have never had any bad results from using the milk— ing machine. It does not injure the cows. “'hether a cow will give as much milk by being milked with a machine in a year as she would if she was milked by hand, by a good milker, I do not know, and how can you tell, because if you milk the cow by the machine you can’t'. milk her by hand. if you would milk a cow one year with a machine, and the next year milk her by hand you couldn’t tell very much about it because cows don't always do the same one year with another. “'e all know that a cow will do better one year than she does an- other Whether she is milked With a ma- chine- or by hand. If you begin to milk a heifer with her first calf with a milking machine the question is, will the milking machine develop the heifer as Well as hand milk- ing. Now I confess I do not know, and how can I tell. Some heifers do splen~ didly with the milking machine and some do not‘ do as well. Now every practical dairyman knows that this is the same when the heifers are milked by hand. All heifers do not develop into good cows' whether they are hand-milked or ma- chine-milked. I know that some heifers milked with a machine develop into good cows, and I know that some heifers milked by hand develop into good cows, and I also know that some heifers that are milked with a machine do not make good cows, and I know heifers that were milked by hand, by Very careful men, too, did not develop as they ought to. I am of the opinion that a man ought do have perhapsfiO cows to make the milk- ing machine practical. One man can op- erate two machines. Each machine will milk two cows at a time and he can milk more than twice- as fast as he could by hand, and a man with a herd of 16 cows could do it alone nicely without any as- sistance whatever, but there are other questions which come in here which a man must answer for himself. Suppos- ing the man is sick, who will operate the milking machine? If you have 16 cows and have a good hired man, he can, in- a pinch, if anything happens, milk the cows alone. It would be better to have the milking machine and the hired man. Then, if anything happened, the cows could be milked anyway. With a. herd of 16 cows it will sometimes hap- pen that only a few of them are giving » put any milk to amount to anything, then it might not pay to use the milking ma- chine for one could milk them easily by hand. “'hen the cow is nearly dry it hardly pays to put the milking machine on her. It is quite a bit of bother to wash the machine and keep it in good condition, and my opinion is that one wants a fairly good-sized herd in order to make it practical, yet I know of'men with small herds who think the milking machine is a good investment. QUESTIONS ON FEEDING. I have some heifer calves I wish to raiSe on separator milk. \Vhat can I in milk to take the place of what has been taken out? I wish to make as good cows out of the calves as I can. i am fee-ding my new milch cows equal parts buckwheat bran. middlings and wheat bran. “"0111d gluten feed be a good thing to mix with it? Roughage consists of timothy and clover hay mix- ed and bean straw but will feed clear clover in a short time. I alSO have a two—year-old heifer due in March. \Vould it be good policy to feed her the above how ration before she comes in? If so, long and how much at a feed? Montcalm Co. , R B. Grain for Calves on Skim-milk. The best grain ration to feed in con- nection with skim-milk to take the place of the butter—fat that has been removed, is ground flaxseed meal made into a jelly by mixing one part tlaxseed to six parts water and let it come to a boil. Feed a tablespoonful of this when you first begin to feed the skim-milk, then gradually increase until you have a gill or more, and it can be increaSed then as the calf grows older, but do not in- crease the skim-milk so very mach be- cause too much skim-milk is not a good thing. Not Necessary to Add Gluten Feed. It is not necessary to add gluten feed to ration. There is a sufficient amount of protein in it now and this would only make it more expensive. As a matter of fact, I think you could add a little corn meal to the grain and cut down perhaps a little on the wheat bran, or the buckwheat bran. You could cer— tainly add the corn meal when you be- gin to feed clover hay entirely as rough- age. It wouldn’t be necessary then, to have all of the grain feeds rich in pro- tein because clover hay is rich in pro- tein itself and after you begin to feed the clover hay then I would mix buck- wheat middlings, wheat bran and corn meal, equal parts by- weight, which will make you a little cheaper ration and will without doubt give you just as good results. Feeding a Heifer Before she Freshens. this It certainly will be all right to feed the heifer this ration. Now is just the time to feed the heifer and get her to develop a good udder before she freshens and don’t be afraid to give her a good liberal ration. I would begin of course with a small feed at first and gradually increase until I fed her practically as much as I would after she t'reshened. In this way the heifer, if she is the making of a good dairy cow, will develop a splendid udder and will yield much more milk the first year than she will if she is sparingly fed before she freshens. FEED FOR DAIRY COWS. RYE AS A \XYould you please tell me the compara- tive value of rye, ground tine, mixed with bran and fed to milch cows, and also as a feed for horses? Is it far from being a balanced ration to feed 2 lbs. of rye meal, 2 lbs. of bran and 1 lb. of cotton- seed meal twice a day with silage and all the clover they can eat) up clean for cows giving from 25 to 30 lbs. of milk a. day? \Vould it be advisable to sell rye for 45c a bu. and buy corn for 60c? Ottawa Co. A. D. Rye is not considered very valuable as a food for dairy cows. Cows don’t- like it as well, for instance, as they do corn meal, and yet a small amount of this in the ration works all right. \thre it is fed in the proportion giVen by A. D., two pounds of rye to two pounds of bran and one pound of cottonseed meal, I do not think that it will do any harm. I don’t know as it would do any harm any- way, and yet, as I say, it is not con- sidered .a good ration for cows. Corn meal is much more palatable and it has a larger co—efiicient of digestibility. tle like it, and more of it is digested and assimilated than of rye meal, and yet I do not believe under the circumstances, that it would pay to sell rye for 45 cents and buy corn for 60 cents. I don’t be- lieve there is that much difference, es- pecially when you take into consideration the labor in making the exchange. The ration mentioned is a good one for dairy cows. The clover hay and the corn silage for roughage is excellent. We ‘AI Ell-AMT 4.. ,. . Are in a Class By Themselves They cost but a little more than the cheapest, While. they save twice as much and last five times as long as other separators. They save their cost may six months over gravity setting systems ' .. and every year over other separators, I] While they may be bought for cash or on such liberal terms that they will actually pay for themselves. 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For barns. houses, sheds, tanks and all other farm structures Hy-Rib makes rigid concrete walls. roofs. partitions, etc., without the use of forms. Complete Silo Catalog Free. Contains useful information. illustrations. testi- monials. etc—also examples of other term build- W ings. Tell us what you plan to build and receive this valuable book, free, postpaid. Write today. TRUSSED CONCRETE STEEL CO. 693 True-ed Concrete Bldn.. Delroll. Mloh. Building Products FREE! Write us today for full lnfurmntlon tbout our Bun le Service and get Mr. James' (:1 port advice Free. KAHN can get nothing better. And then the mixture of rye and bran and cottonseed meal is the right principle. The cows ought to do well.. I do not believe that A. D. could better himself very much by making any change. RATION DEFICIENT IN PROTEIN. I am feeding my milch cows the fol- iowing ration: Ensilage, what the cat- tle will clean up; corn and oats equal parts (cob cruShed); shredded stalks about the middle of the forenoon and again about t'wo in the afternoon; silage and grain again before milking then good bright, clean bean pods after milking. Am feeding too much shredded stalks and had I better substitute mixed hay once a day? I don't know but the cows are doing as well as can be- looked for as it is not a good winter to feed, being so changeable. Is this ration good? Livingston Co. E. T. While there is a good variety of foods in this ration, and they are all good foods, yet there is a deficiency of pro- tein. Corn silage and bean pods and shredded corn fodder for roughage and corn and outs for a concentrate will not make u balanced ration. The cows are wasting some carbohydrates and the only way to balance up this ration is to add some concentrated food rich in protein, like gluten feed, or oil meal, or cotton- seed meal. I would suggest that you mix 100 lbs. of gluten feed to 200 lbs. of corn and oats; or 100 lbs. of oil meal with 200 lbs. of corn and oats; or if you choose you could feed each cow 2 lbs. of cot- tonSeed meal a (lay and feed the corn and oats as you are feeding them. This wil1 give y0u a sufficient amount of pro- tein and I am positive your COWS will do much better, at least they ought to, than they are at the present time. Of course, a feed of hay for roughage would be better than the shredded corn fodder but of course I take it that you have the shredded corn fodder and want to con- vert it into money, and therefore it is all right to feed the shredded corn fod- der and the bean pods and save the hay which may be sold lai'cr on, perhaps. The hay would help you out a little, so that yOu wouldn't have to feed SO much glu- ten i'ced, or oil meal, or cottonseed meal but it Would not help you out entirely, you ought to have a part of this ration consisting of one of these concentrates to increase the proportion of protein. SHOULD BEET PULP BE FED MOIS- TENED OR DRY. T have three new milch cows and de— sire to get the best results possible. I am feeding the following amounts of feed per day: Cottonseed meal, 2 lbs; ground oats, 2 lbs.; dried beet pulp, 6 lbs.; mixed clover and timothy hay, lbs: stock food, 4 025., and what corn— stzilks they will eat. How much of this food should I give? “’ould you advise changing it in any way? Should I feed the boot pulp dry, or moisten it? Genosce Co. SUBSCRIBER. In this ratimi where there is no suc— culent food, either corn silage, or roots. or anything of that sort. I think it would pay to moisten the beet pulp. ’ If it is wet down, say five or six hours before it is fed. it swells up and assumes some- thing,r like its former character. I be— lievo that it has some effect as :1 suc- culent food. I am quite positive that it would pay where there is no corn silage, to feed Wet beet pulp in this way. The ration, us a whole, is a splendid one. about the right proportion of the dif— ferent grains to make a good ration, and with mixed clover and timothy hay and shredded corn fodder he has a good va— riety of roughage and cattle ought to do well upon this. I think, however, you could cut out the stock food, I would not want tIo feed cows such food every day. It is simply feeding a little stimulant or condiment and will get them so that they will have to be fed something of this sort in order to have the ration normal. I would cut it out and would not feed cows anything of this sort only upon the advice of some competent veterinarian. A RATION WITH DRIED BEET PULP. .__.. I have paid particular attention to the question of balanced rations for cows, and I wish you would tell me how to bal- ance the following: I have silage (with not much grain in it). sugar beet pulp, cottonseed meal and oil meal with cut cornstalks and timothy hay for roughage. Bay Co. E. . J. I would feed about 11/2 lbs. of cotton- seed meal once a day on the corn silage and abOut 11/2 lbs. of oil meal once a day On the corn silage. Feed one at night and the other in the morning. Then I would feed dried beet pulp fer the bal- ance of the grain feed. If you are feed- ing liberally you could ,feed each cow as air "lid. .1? . mi -"' MARCH 15, 1913. many pounds per day as she producee pounds of butter-fat in a week, taking into consideration, of course, that you are feeding her three pounds of cotton- seed and oil meal, and give her enough beet pulp to make the balance of the ration, or if you are not testing your cows so that you know how much butlter- fat they produce in a. week, then have the grain ration amount to about one pound of grain to every three and one- half or four pounds of milk. You can feed the beet pulp night and morning at the same time you feed the oil meal and the cottonseed meal, or you could feed them separately. It does not matter par- ticularly about this. I would not advise however, trying to mix the oil meal, the beet pulp, and the cottonseed meal to- gether and feeding in that way because it is hard to get a uniform mixture of cottonseed meal and beet‘ pulp, and if you don’t then you are liable to feed cows more cottonseed meal than they ought to have. I don’t think any fresh cow ought to have over one and one-half to two pounds of cottonseed meal a day and she ought not to have any before she freshens. MILK MEN MEET IN GRAND RAPIDS. Price of Milk Must be Adyanced to Meet Increased Expense of Production. The Grand Rapids Milk Producers’ As— sociation met in Grand Rapids, March 5, and elected the following officers: Pres- ' ident, E. A. Hoag; vice-president, A. R. Harrington; secretary and treasurer, C. Hunsberger; executive board, H. D. Perkins, I. H. Haven, D. C. BOyltln, E. \\'. McNitt and H. Vt'ashburn. The new milk ordinance in Grand Rapids requir- ing herds to be tuberculin tested will trike effect May 1 and Dr. Siemens, city health Officer. and Dr. Schuh. of the Grand Rapids Veterinary College, defend- ‘ed the ordinance, while the negative side was presented by H. H, St‘roud, of Hop- kins, M. W. Willard, of Grand Rapids, and others. It was argued by the pro- ducers that'the tuberculin test is still in the experimental stage, that. its use ag- gravates the mild cases, that Germany and three of the states have recently modified their laws regarding this test, and that if the disease were wiped out today, unsanitary conditions would bring us back where we were before in five years. The argument: of the city health officers was that tuberculosis is not a. disease to be tritiiled with or winked at. but is a. real menace, and that every farmer should clean up his herd for his own financial gain if for no other reason. '[)r. Schuh stated that 25 to 40 per cent of the cases of garget are of tubercular origin. He argued that while there are many mild cases you never can tell when the tubercles will break down and affect the whole body and spread :the disease through the herd. In the inter—derman test there is no danger of aggravating mild eases. A 00w with tuberculosis has a fever and her milk is not normal. It was shown that tuberculosis in cattle is a barn problem, a matter of sunlight, Ventilation and cleanliness. The doctors agreed that pasturizing the. milk doesn't solve the problem, for while you may kill the germs, who wants to drink a grave— yard. Colon C, Lillie, of Ottawa county, was called on for remarks and gave an ex- cellent talk. He supported the city health board, saying that it was not only saving the babies of Grand Rapids, but was do- ing the farmers a faVOr us well in re- quiring clean herds and sanitary barns. He said that this is a fight that will not down, and while the milk producers by a strong organization, may bring about an easing-up of the ordinance the gain will only be temporary and the question will not be settled until settled right. He emphasized the fact that: milk is far too cheap as an important food product, and has always been so, when compared with meats, etc. Most of the milk sold in Erand Rapids today retails for seven cents while the price in Kalamazoo is eight cents and in some cities even higher. K’ent Co. A. GRIFFIN. Corn feed meal is the sifting obtained: in the manufacture of cracked corn and table meal made from the whole grain. Cottonseed feed is a mixture of cot- tonseed meal and cottonseed hu'lls, con- taining less than 36 per cent of protein. Good Demand for Dairy Shorthorns. Davids-0n & Hall, Tecumseh, Mich., say: “Please cut out our advertisement for dual purpose Shortho‘rns, as the six heifers have been sold. There isquite a demand for dairy Shorthorns if ”the let? ters We received are any indication.“ For? will,” . 200 lb. Cepeclty lowest Price! longest Guarantee! NO need to do without a sep- arator now. We have put the price within the reach Of all. Only $19.65 for a FULL SIZE 2001b. capacity ma- chineGuaran'teeda. Lifetime against defective material and workmanshi . Skims 1&6 narts a minute and gets AL the cream. qHas all the latest improvements -—many exclusive features. For instance. Cream Separator has a OneclPiece Skim- mlng Device made of aluminum—1i ht— rust-proof—eesy toeleen. Has no discs—no ‘ ard- to-get-st" places to wash. Easy to turn. Easyto clean. Easy to buy. 60 Days’ Free Trial [:- Write a ostol for our big 1 1:. , Frees sow. Separator Catalog L _2‘. today, hows five-sizes from200lb. ' capaci up to the big 600lb. capacity shown , here—a i sold at low prices—iii guaranteed - ‘ . ol slime. 2 months’ free trial. Thousands . in use. 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Enclose 10c in coin or postage stamps and mention this paper. Elven.- Munufacturing Co.. Salem. Ohio FRESH PURE AIR FOR YOUR BARN. will keep it dry and at an even temperature. The best and most economical way to proVide this ventilation is to place on your buildings a. Buckeye All-Metal Cupola - Ventilator The Buckeye not only does the work but lasts the longest. It is the only Cnpolo-Ventllutor made entirely of metal having a heavy metal base. A handsome weather vane mounted with horse, cow, sheep or hog free with each one. Every owner or prospective builder should have our helpful book, The Ventilation of Modern Farm Build- ings. It is iree. Write today. THE TilOMASh ARMSTRONG CO. 28 R.R.St.,London,0. Only silo made with these com- bined features. Doors on Hinges. 1 Continuous Door Frame. Refrig- l. erator type of Deer and Door Frame. Oval Door Frame to fit exact circumference. Not a bolt ‘ in entire door frame or doors. ’ Extra Heavy Hoops and Lugs Root Rafters and Anchors furnished ' FREE. Backed up by 63 years of ex per- ‘ lance. Write for catalog which explains . all. AGENTS WANTED. » ’ THE E. W. ROSS CO. Springfield. Ohio .THEVMICHIGAN FAR'MER lllSURE Yuun Cows CAN GOOD CALVES BE RAISED ON WHEY? I would like to send my milk to the factory, at the same time I wish to raise my calves (without stunting them) to good cows. Can I do this by feeding whey and giving a liberal ration of grain and Oil meal? Should uSe the ground meal containing the oil, or could I use the pressed kind? My cows will freshen about March 1 and some about April 1. Would 5like to send the milk by May 1 or 1 . May (lenesee CO. J. B. U. If you will start your calves on milk until they are three or four weeks Old and then will be careful and not feed too much of the whey, by using Oil meal in the whey you can raise very good calves. I have seen line calves raised on whey. Whey is not as good as skim-milk but it is very much better than nothing of this sort. \Vhere whey is fed the oil meal that we buy on the market is better to supplement this feed than the ground flaxseed meal because the whey is defi- cient in protein, the protein or casein of the milk having been taken out of the milk in the making Of cheese while in the l’l'lilklllg of butter the casein is left in the milk and nothing but the butter— fat removed. XVilh the. whey you want the Oil meal, which is rich in protein, and with the skim-milk you want the ground iiaxseed, which is rich in fat. Most people make a mistake by feed- ing young calves too much whcy.- They think becuiisc the whey is cheap that they can afford to food a lot of ii, but you ought not to foul ever live or six pounds to a small calf at a feed. Then encourage him to eat hay and grass and grain to get the rest of his ration but don't increase the whey. CillVBS that are not dropped until March 1 are much bet- ter kept in the barn in box stalls by themselves during the summer than turned out into the pasture. it is it pret- ty hard proposition to turn calves that are not dropped until March 1, out into the pasture to light [lies and stand the rain and thc. cold and the inclement weather. if you will keep them in the barn, not feed too much whey at a time, feed Oil meal in connection Willi the whey, and give them clover hay or green clover, then when they get Old enough give them a little ground outs and a lit— tle whole oats or shelled corn or corn meal, in fact, almost any kind of grain that is of good quality that they will eat in connection with the whey, you can raise good thrifty calves that will grow up to make good dairy cows. There is no question about this because lots of people have done it, but most people, as I say, make, a mistake in feeding too much whcy 10 the young calves. Don't iced over four or live pounds to a small calf and ihcn give him clover hay or al- fiilfa hay or grccn cut clover with some ground nuts for the balance of his ra- tion and hc will do well, but if you give him excessive quantities of the Whey your calf will have stomach trouble. There is a scarcity of prime milkers and springcrs in the markets of the coun- try, owiicrs almost invariably refusing to part with them. The dairy districts jealously treasure every high-grade COW, and they are trying to secure more, but extremely few cows worth $75 to. $85 per head are seen in the Chicago or other stock yards. Against Disease Don’t sell your unprofitable cow to the butcher until you have given her a chance. Very likely she is sick—and sick cows need medicine just as human beings do. You may not be able to name her disease, but something is sapping her life and vigor. Nature needs assistance, and with Nature’s food and proper treatment you can have a profitable cow. Kow-Kure is the one remedy that is essentially a medicine— a preventive and Cure for the ills of cows only. It has wonderful me- dicinal properties that act on the digestion, purify the blood and tone up the generative organs. Thousands of delighted customers testify that Kow-Kure is a positive cure for Securing, Bunches or Red Water; espe- cially valuable in cases of Abortion, Barrenness, Retained Afterhirth, Milk Fever or Lost Appetite. Here is a sample of the letters that come in every mail: Austin, Scott Co., lnd. 1...- MIR " ‘” :0" «seems . ‘ Dairy Association Co.. Lyndonville. Vt. Dear Sirs: l have 'found that it always paid ‘to feed Kovaure whenever my cows went down on the quantity of milk. have cured several severe cases of milk fever, one that a veterinary gave up and said would not live until morning. I gave her zi dose of Kow-Kure once in two hours all night, and in three days she was givinga pailful of milk. I have cured several cows that were down and could not get up. I recommend it as the best cow medicine on earth. WM. E. Srsuxsv. r Kow—Kure is not a stock food; it is a medicine. It does not stimulate temporarily—it repairs. Be sure you have a supply constantly on hand. Use it according to directions to cure and to prevent sickness. Sold by most feed dealers and drug— gists in 50c and $1.00 packages. Ask your dealer for a copy of “The Cow Boot”—free—or send to us. DAIRY ASSOCIATION COMPANY, Lyndonville, Vermont More and Better Milk Is what the dairymen want. More milk is secured'when the ‘ physical condition of the cows is improved: better milk follows .~ ‘ the introduction oi sanitary methods. The combination is a winner ”LayaAnimal Regulator is the best conditioner for dairy cows on earth. 25c, 50c, 51. 25-lb Pail, $5.50 ”ft/tsDiSinfeCtant makes the stables sweet, clean. sanitary. “Your money backiiii mile” 191:) Almanac FREE at dealers. or write us. Our products are sold by dealers everywhere, or PRATT FOOD COMPANY Philadelphia Chicago Makes tile 3 to :3 inches in diam.. 12% inches long. One man or boy operates it by hand or power. 500 tile per day by hand, 1,200 by power. Tile thoroughly cured by patent process. NO tamping or use of pallets. This machine and tile used by Experiment Stac- tions of Agricultural Colleges and the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 5,000 farmers have doubled the yield of land by underdrainage. and saved 75% of cost by using our Machine. You can do the same. Save cost of hauling and breaking. Make perfect tile $3 to $5 per thousand. MACHINE SOLD DIRECT FROM FACTORY TO YOU. 'I'EN DAYS' FREE TRIAL. SEND NOW for 36-page Illustrated ._ Catalogue. Tells you about great benefits of underdrainage, how to take .’ levels and get grades, make and lay your tile at low cost. ' FARMERS’ CEMENT TILE MACHINE CO.- Wh d find it hard ntor Only I've ever been able to make and I want away. I get one 0 these wonde nl Galloway Sa either-partlfior entire] FREE. No canvassing. spliciting‘. ow can I it! It’stoo long estory to I ll expl nil: in. personalletter. ”with! light away. . your money you’re spending and you decide. machine you sent me is better than I ever thought a Separator could be"-—-then I expense. Yes. I'll even pay the transportation charges both ways so that the trial won't cost you a single cent In any way. 0 I make an oli'er like that? I’ll tell on. if your own brother told you of the wonders of the new Gallows _ to believe him. _ _’ est triumph ofyny entire manufacturing Ids. my factories With the very finest and most modern machinery and _ a separator so far ahead of anything ever heard of. that there would be si would do. 1 couldn't believe them. My Ls e‘é‘ W Write for Special 1913 Offer Here’s the biggest, finest and most liberal ofi‘er _ . Eon to get it right on will write as at once I'll to '“you how you may , no work. no tell here. I otter euro. Yes Sir, I mean just that! I‘don’t ask you to buy it nor even promise to buy it. I don’t ask you to pay me one cent for the Free Trial. When I say free—l mean it. I Just want you to let me ship one of my wonderful, new Galloway Sanitary Separators so that you can Judge its superiority for yourself by actual use right on your own farm. Give it. every test you can think of—the harder the better. you aseparator, make them give you the same offer. If they won’t do it, you!" know the reason. Never mind what any dealer or any salesman says. At the end of the free trial if you can’t honestly sit down and write me, Galloway. the > it out to my own modem Just of the press—the farmer. tree together with my And 1 wouldn t blame you. I know that there is not. nnoth Four years ago I gathered together a force of the the most skilled workmen. mply no comparison. Y dair tar-mend Remember. every single piece of this Separator is made right here in my own mammoth. modern factories. under the direct supervision of the men who designed it. When you buy from me you pay me Just the actual cost of the material and workmanshimoniy, with Just one small factory profit added—that’s all. You’ll Save $25 to $50 Sure very best separator that has ever been produced, but to save you $25 to $50 on the first coat alone. Get ‘My Great $ 1.25 Cow Book FREE! Priced regularly at gln2h-Eqvglll Of handsome new separator catalog and full particulars of my remarkable otters. But write now. Wm. Galloway. Pres.. VIM. GALLOWAY co. Separators W in stock at Chicano.,K¢aeae City. Council Blufe. Minneapolis and Winnipeg. Canada. If anybody else is trying to if“ '8 want you to send it right back to me at my shape or form. Sanitary—told you the plain bare truthnycu would actually er machine in the world that is n the same class with. the Galloway. Sanitary. It 3 111 i greatest an most successful separator builders in America. 1 turned them loose :- Th gave than; absolgte. free rein but I ‘tczid them Hyatt! wan d 211 succec even cuond my cum expat: a ions. _ tried it. Now I know and I’m simply giving you arc/lance to find Mmttlwwau that l dut. Selling Direct From My Factory to Your Farm if you decide to keep the separator after having had the free trial, I’ll absolutely guarantee, not only to give you the its kind ever written. A complete manual of Practical dairying for the business worth hundreds of dollars to you but it won’ cost you a cent. I'll send it 543 Galloway Station. Waterloo. Iowa ‘..-.,.vv¢, , ”w... . \."_;I"J1,’t"'.‘.vw 340—12 THE MICHIGAN FA‘R-MER . MARoH 15, 19i3. ii ’1'!" WI fistures Green \ in January 1w, .1 N11,; J g...” We have enabled more than 25,000 farmers to have just as fresh and economical feed for their stock in midwinter as they have 1n the springtime. We have increased the milk .flow of millions of dairy cows and put tons of prime meat on an un- counted number of feeders. We have increased the net value of the crops of 25,000 farms by almost 50% and we are ready to do as much for your farm. We make the INDIANA with this object in mind. We build it to give the utmost silo value for the owner. We use only the most perfect silo material. We shape every stave so that it fits exactly and makes an air-tight seam. When we splice Indiana Silo staves we use our patented self-draining all-wood mortised joints, and we send out Indiana Silos so that you can as- semble them without trouble and with the least possible cost. All this means better silage for you. It means that you can feed your stock as profitably and as econom- RITE today for our ically in winter as in the spring. It means more catalogue and a free milk, more meat and more profit, with less expense, copy of the book ‘ less labor and less waste. “Silo Profits”, WhiCh i? the We have 700 Indiana Silos in a single county in StOF y 0f the Indiana 5‘10 as Ohio. \Ve have four great factories with a capacity wr1tten by SCWCS 0f owners for making 150 Indiana Silos a (lay. We are the 0f Ind1ana Sllos. And 33k largest Silo Manufacturers in the world. “S for .thenar’ne oflourlrtepre- Let us build an Indiana Silo to yourorder now, sentative in your oca 1 y and we will make delivery when you want it. THE INDIANA SILO COMPANY Remember you don’t need cash to buy an Indiana 6110- Factories: "It b 1.15).: itself. .. Anderson, Ind. Des Moincs. In. Kansas City. M0. 382 Union Bldg. 382 Indiana Bldg. 382 Silo Bldg. “F armers’ AGeneral Purpose Special Price $ 6 7 Saddle That Fills for March 9 Every Need. and April Seldom IS an opportunity offered to buy a good saddle at a low price and never has so fine a saddle as our Farmers' Pride’ been offered at anywhere near the price we are quot- ing. Just another example of Sears, Roebuck and Co. 3 policy of distributing dependable merchandise at prices based on production cost plus one profit. This 15 the way we make it: TREE—133, 2-inch, Morgan style. SEAT—Half leather covered roll steel fork and horn; sheepskin cantle. covered bars. mg- the sad- STIRRUP STRAPS—1% inches wide. dle easy on the horse 5 full length, to buckle; fenders, 6% SKIRTS—21 inches long. inches wide, 13%; inches long, at- RIGGINC—Double cinch rigged, tached; 3- inch Texas bolt stirrups. with 1-inch tie straps to tie; 4- Weight of saddle, about 13 pounds; inch soft hair cinches. packed for shipment, about 20 pounds. 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Q t ’5 fl ’9 is still another money i ‘22:“ Our Mansfield Farm Harness saving bargain in a f . strong, serviceable double farm harness worth almost twice the price we ask for it Following are the specifications: jBRl'DLES—J/fi- inch short cheeks, round side PADS—Flat harness leather, felt lined; drop hooks , ' reins, sensible blinds, nickel spots. andterrets- DiCkClSDO‘S; folded bellyband 5: 1’78"." 1' I lNES—l ,1; inches wide, 18 feet long. inch hip and back straps; scalloved sales. -~ , HAMES—Wood, iron bound. square staple: cmppexs buckled on; Comm 5 trace <2:- Moeller hame tugs, jointed Concord clip at- tiers, nickel spotted on outside. tachments; ll/i-inch breast straps and mar- 3%?! tingales. with collar straps. " .5; TRAC GEE—1% inches wide, Moeller clip cock- % 1; . TRIMMINGS—XC buckles Weight, owrkcd for shipment. about 80 pounds. , It" 3553774 Price, without $32 79 collarsl ............................ ~. We guarantee tln'r saddle or harm's: to give 3'!‘ you satisfactory .wr-m'ce. Sears, Roebuck and Co. Chica‘o. Ill. Ventiplex Pads keep the herse’ s neck and shoulders in good healthy condition—clean, dry and free from irritation. Ventiplex Pads are made of our porous patent Ventiplex fabric. Permits 3 free circulation of air and absorbs all sweat and moisture. Prevents sores, galls, rubbing, etc. Makes the horse more willing to throw his weight into the collar-to pull and work harder. See Ventiplex Pads at your dealer's. If he hasn’t them. write us. Ask for booklet. BlIILIIOTOII BLAIKET BOIPAIIY Makers of the famous “Stay-on" Blanket 00M. 49 Burllnglon. Ill. . Canadian Address—Windsor, Ont. 1%] A DANDY FEED RACK. Out as many sections as racks desired, 16 feet long, from the ordinary woven wire farm fencing, fencing having 12—line Wires and stays six to eight inches apart is best, now of good 2x4‘s cut lengths four feet long, spike t’hree together near the center, fonning an X, saw-buck fash- ion. Three of these crosses thus formed are‘required for' each rack. To the in- Sides and at their top ends nail 2x4’s reaching the whole length of rack desir- ed, also at the bottom in the V thus formed secure a. 2x4 the same length; cross pieces at the ends and ties across the legs of the center X hold them se- curely. Next bend the length of fencing in a trough fashion to conform to the V in the upper portion of the three crosses made and with ordinary fence staples secure it along the two edgesyand to the bottom piece with these and it is com- plete. Light wood 2x4's should be used, as pine. elm 01‘ basswood, this makes a. very light. durable and sanitary feed rack. hard to beat for sheep and young stock, when feeding hay, bean straw, en- silage, etc. The woodwork may be of dressed material and painted, when they will last for years. One man can easily carry them about in yards and, being light, they may be readily stored away in summer time 01‘ when not in use. The WIdE‘l space fenc1:1g should not be used as the opening 5 are too large and stock may thrust their heads through, bending and damaging the wire, besides endanger- ing their lives. I haVe used different racks but like these best. Gratiot Co. G. A. RANDALL. OVERFEEDING HOGS BEFORE SELLING. Since the days when the first drover “watered stock” to add to his market day receipts, there have always been men who considered the prospect of get- ting meat prices for feed and water, , lsufiiciently alluring to tempt them to “fill ,up" their animals before marketing them. Buych in the big markets would dis- criminate againSt such stuff, but in the home market there is no disposition to do this, hence some who do not know they are inviting loss in doing so, feed and water the last thing before starting to market. I have in mind a man who often loses hogs when hauling them to market, though taking all ordinary precautions against such troubles, except to desist from stufiing them with tempting food just before loading. I’nmindful of the misery which the jolt'ing of the wagon causes them, if the hogs reach their destination in a sick or dying condition. he charitably ascribes it to “overheating." I call it simply sickness and death from over-eating, and I will relate an incident which contribut- ed to this conviction. I purchaSed :1 pure-bred gilt one fall when com was just past the roasting ear stage. She was to be called for when convenient, and I drove past the place on my way home from town in order to save time, reaching there shortly after the hogs had been given their noon meal. As it was stipulated I was to have my choice for the money, which had already been paid, more com was thrown in the pasture lot to call the hogs together and much of this was eaten in the time con- sumed in making a choice. Of course, the young corn 'was tempt- ing, after a diet consisting mostly of grass and dry grain during the spring and summer, and the hogs, with their voracious appetites, did not stop because the stomach called insistently, no more, being in this respect like gluttons of the human family. The gilt was loaded in a roomy crate which afforded free pas- sage of air and was well protected from the sun’s rays. I had about three miles to drive, but as the road was rough, my progress was rather slow, and when about half way home I saw symptoms of acute distress in the animal. I did not know what to do, but stopped to see if there was anything neglected for her comfo1t. Feeling that whatever was the trouble I could do nothing till reaching home, I drove on, but before I could reach home the gilt died; or course, I ,.very much regretted the loss, but was glil'lll‘vll'm munu'l'l‘v‘n‘ I"; WWI/71H" 1‘" “ ’ , ,fillllllllllIllfllllllllllllllillllllllllllllIHlllllmllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllHflIllllllllllllllI|IllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllIllIllllllllllllllIllllllillIllllllllllllllllllg 1“,,1‘,ulvfhflfi'rwlwl“ "i", ”+1“, m ‘ e” . - E W K ”Wit . "y” alié L1 V C StOCk. 1”! 1llllllllllllllllIlllllillllllllIHIIllllllllllllIll”lllllllIlllll|HilllllHill!|”HIlllllllllllIIHIIllIIIIIHlllllllllllllllllIIHNIIHIIIll!IHllIII|HIlllllll|IllllllIllllIHill!||lHI|IHII|HIINIllllHHIIIHIIIHIIllllllllillllllli IIHIHIIIIHWF. determined to discover the cause of death if a post mortem would reveal it. I proceeded to cut up the carcass and at once found an explanation. The stomach was stuffed with coarsely ground corn, and was so large that I wondered that there was room for it, and I believe it was the over—filled stomach interfering with heart action that caused death. No doubt it was aggravated by the jarring of the wagon, like running produces a. headache in children when indulged in just after a hearty meal, as most boys and girls can testify. Later I read an account in a farm pa- per of a. man who fed his hogs finely cut alfalfa hay steamed and mixed with ground grain, and IOSt several. These too, had overfilled stomachs and it was believed there was something poisonous about the alfalfa diet. My belief ex— pressed in reply to a query relating to the case, was that the only fault was that the feed was too tempting and the hogs not being limited to a reasonable quantity, ate more than was good for them. It is with such proofs as these in mind that I assert that many losses which are ascribed to “over heating" when market- ing hogs, are due to overeating and are brought about by the cupidity of the owners themselves who do not seem to learn any better. During the warm season this is very dangerous, and they should always be handled with much care. During the cooler season it is not so dangerous, but is not exactly the right practice anyway. Illinois. R. B. BUSHING. IT PAYS TO CLIP FARM HORSES. \ I shall never forget the experience I once had with one of our old family horses. The tendency is for a horse as it grows in years to grow a heavy coat of hair during the winter time. The tendency is also for the old horse, by reason of comparative weakness, to sweat very easily when driven or worked dur- ing the early spring time. This sweat will mat the hair, when the horse suffers severely from the heat of early spring. I had that: experience. with one of my old mares; she was naturally slow, but that spring I noted that she was more than usually so. She had always taken good care of herself by never suffering herself to be overtaxed. I did not be— lieve that she was sick~I knew that she had been well fed and cared for. I took the horse clippers and gave her a good shearing, then drove her on the road as before, and the change was de- cicedly remarkable. I gave her the pro— tection that her old coat had given her by using a blanket when she needed it, and I relieved her of that old coat when it was a burden, by the clipping she had received. The experience I have stated can be applied, with some variations, to the young and vigorous work horses. \Vhe'n they have grown a thick coat of hair during the winter, and the heavy work of spring with its warm days are upon them, then take a day and clip them. They will do the work of spring much easier. They are also kept clean with much less labor, which is no small con— sideration on the farm, when the days are crowded with many things. to be done. I have done this to my own sat- isfaction. When I have failed to do it, then I think I have made a serious omis- sion. Now, in case horses have been thor- oughly groomed through the winter sea— son, as many horses are in stables where there has been plenty of help and time to do it, then this clipping is not so nec- essary. This, however, is not true of most farm horseS. They get but little grooming through the winter; they are turned out more or less, which is good for them, and that tends to produce a. growth [of heavy hair. The lack of grooming also has a tendency to an ac- cumulation of dirt. In such cases one should clip to a certainty, and follow with grooming, such as will be- given during the season of the spring work. Illinois. W. H. UNDERwoom Reports come from central Indiana that after farmers have been putting up silos, they have no cattle fer fattening, and some of them realize that the time to breed stock has arrived at last. v“ *u—r,w~ -- . l I t ”w. 4 - “,‘yr m- “ «my l l i r t m- ‘.m.,._______ ._... 0 MARCH 15. 1913. STARTING THE LAMBS. One most importanit“feature in the management of a profitable flock of sheep is starting the lambs right. Much thought and study may be directed to the care of the ewes during pregnancy and throughout the nursing period, but the greatest success can not be achieved without concentrating a great deal of attention to giving the lambs proper feed and care during the early stages of bone and flesh formation. The profitable lamb is one that is born full of life and vital- ity and never wants for physical suste— nance. A lamb may be Well born and the mother possessed of the capability of properly nursing her young, but through neglect and imprudent feeding are not encouraged to accomplish the purpOSe for which they are maintained. The flockowner who is anxious to de- velop his fleck through the transmission of parental superiority to the progeny must not only see to it that'thev young are well born, but properly started along the road of life. Ewes properly cared for during the pregnant period drop lambs DOSSessed of necessary strength and vigor to make a good start in life. Nature when encour- aged to perform her work well, never fails to avail herself of every ‘opportu- nity to further her purpose. Well—born lambs are always supplied with a sur- plus ainount of reserve energy. This re- serve energy will carry the newly born lambs along for a short time, but it is the intention of nature that before this reserve supply has become exhausted the good ilockmaster will take up his work of proper feeding to encourage muscle and bone development. A lamb can not survive long without proper care nor can its mother supply sustenance unless she is likewise provided for. It has always been my experience and observation that ewes and lambs respond to treatment in the same measure it is administered. Let us assume that the lambs have been well born, of ewes that have been properly cared for during pregnancy. The initial thing, then, is to see the young lambs receive plenty of nourishment. To supply this the ewes must receive first consideration. Ewes! that. have come through the parturition period success— fully are ready for business. As the sus- tenance of the yOung is dependent upon the mother the first few weeks of life, attention must be directed to feeding her properly and encourage her to de- velop her flill capability. Many good 'ewes are immeasurably handicapped in the performance of their work simply On account of neglect and inattentive care during the nursing period. No ani- mal of any kind can develop her full capacity fur work unless she is provided with the necessary material to perform her mission. As soon as the ewes have recovered from lambing they should be fed for milk production. Too much sitess cannot be laid upoil the importance of supplying a ration Droperly compounded with the essential ingredients to induce a uniform flow of highly nutritious nourishment for the young lambs. Some ewes respond to proper feeding more readily than others so that it will be advisable to take into consideration the average of the flock. If the ewes are thrifty and in good flesh condition it will not he as necessary to feed heavily upon flesh—forming foods. Ewes that have come through the winter in low flesh should receive a ration some- what higher in carbohydrates than ewes that are carrying a uniform covering of flesh. Nul‘Sing ewes to milk well must be in a vigorous healthy condition phy- Siczilly. \Vhile the ewes are confined to dry feed extra attention should be paid to supplying plenty of succulent matter in the ration. If the flock can be turned to pasture On a meadow field that is to be plowed for corn or beans in the spring it will greatly stimulate the milk flow. Sheep are able as soon as the snow is gone in the spring. to find a large amount of highly nutritious feed from old mea- dow lands. If a natural supply of suc- culency is not available some storage food should be supplied. Roots, of course, are first, but dried beet pulp is excellent and can be purchased at a very reasonable price. Ensilage should not be fed in large amount to nursing ewes as it is apt to cause bowel trouble among lambs of weak digestion. As SOOn as the lambs are five weeks old they should be supplied with a. light grain ration in a “creep.” either in the yard or in one corner of the barn. Little lambs at a very early age begin to nib- (Continued on page 354). o .THE MICHIGAN FARMER ‘ ‘ 13—341 / Test the Value of This Car by Close Comparison Imperial “44”— 50 H. P.—$1875 Experienced automobile buyers have learned lieved that their requirements could not be satis- that a car that measures up to the highest possi- fied in a car costing less than $3000 have found blc standard of quality is invariably the most that the Imperial more than fulfils their highest economical and satisfactory purchase in the long expectations besides saving them from $1000 to run. $2000 on first cost alone. 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All about poultry houses and how to build them. It's an encyclo- pediaof chickendorn. You need it. Only 15a. 0. C. BHOEMAKEB, Box 911 Freeport, In B E E 8 WA NT E Diflgyof‘tvéi ~any quantity. A. W. SMITH. Birmingham. Mich. FREE! The "Clean Ont" intha base of our mine does away with grease and dust and eliminates fire danger PERKINS WIND HILL &. ENGINE 00.. "335., MISHAWAKA. |llll., U. S. A. We make NO CHARGE for our ex- 54 perience of fifty years. “PERKI N S" on our goods stands for QUALITY the world over. Write us about— Farm Engines. M 1113. Hand Trucks. Tanks. Catalogue F ree- Wind Feed Grinders. Jacks. Large Output. Low Prices. allllll|IIlllllllll|lllll|llIllllllllllNIIHIlllllllllll||IlllNil||Illl|llllll|l|llll|lIIIII|llHIIIHIIHHIIHIIIHHlllllllIHillIlllllllIIIHIIHIIIIIHIHll|lll|lll|”Hill!IIlllIl|||Il”llIllI||||llllIllllllIlllllllllIIH|IIllllllllllllllllllllllllfi \Yhite diarrhoea is one of" the worst diseases with which the poultrymaii has to contend. Farmers and poultrymen alike are more or less familiar with its destructive character. The writer has visited many farms and special poultry plantsi in “'islconsin, Illinois. Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, and on every farm visited. where incubators were used for hatching, some signs of white diarrhoea were noted. The mor- talily on eight or ten farms was over 50 per cent; on some as high as 90 per cent. Some may say that I am confusing bowel trouble with white diarrhoea, but I have been in business long enough to be able to distinguish the one from the other by both appearance and smell. ' A good many poultrymen firmly believe that any of the following may cause the deadly white diarrhoea: “Teak breeding stock; improper incubation; faulty brood- ing; chilling, overheating: overcrowding; filthy quarters; improper foods and feed- ing. and improper ventilation. Any of these may affect the kidneys in such a way as to cause the secretion of a more or 1985 chalky matter, which gives the droppings an unhealthy appearance. Some have called the common bowel trouble. \\'ll('ll accompanied by a more or less whitish discharge from the kidneys, white diarrhoea. This, however, is a mistake, because white diarrhoea is :1 much more virulent disease. lut any one of the above named causes may bring on white diarrhoea, provided the specific bacterium or germ is present. Symptoms of White Diarrhoea. A few chicks generally die soon after hatching without showing much of any syiiiptuiiis. but if it becomes epidemic the characteristic whitish'diSclizirge will soon make its appearance. The discharge is of a sticky, pasty nature tlllil generally of a whitish or creamy color. The void- ings as a rule stick to the down, more or lesS, often enough to seal up the vent and cause what most of us call “pasting up behind.” The chicks soon become sleepy. and appear to be cold all the time. In daytime they can often be Sven standing or huddling in the sun, with eyes closed and wings (ll‘i)()])lllf.:‘. They will also remain under the liovm' much of the time. Their appetite appears to be nearly gone. Some individuals pccp and chirp much, the sound being shrill and sharp as that of pain. Often when voiding they can» be heard to uttersliai‘p twitlci's, doubtlch on account. of pain. The chicks become weaker and weaker until they are scarcely able to support their own weight. Dr. Prince T. Woods describes their appearance in the follow- ing way: “The weakliiig is almost al- ways big-bellied. the abdomen protruding to the rear so that it bunches out be- hind, well out of line with the vent. with the result that the Chick looks as if the. tail-piece and backbone had been pushed forward and in, just above the vent." I“l‘()ln Circular 128. of the l'. S. De— partment of Agriculture, 1 take the fol- lowing: “Vi'liite diarrhoea of chicks is an inflammation of varying severity. of the ceczi, or blind intestinal pouches, caused by the preSeiice of Coccidium ten- ellum, an intracellular parasite belonging to the lowest division of the animal king- dom. The (“89339 claims. as its victims mostly chicks between two and five weeks of age. The symptoms are dull- ness and weakness, accompanied by a white. pasty fecal discharge. Postmortem examination reveals the blind pouches, or ceca,~remarkably distended and packed with :1 yellowish-White cheesy material, which sometimes exudes into the abdom- inal cavity through perforations iii the cecal wall." Treatment and Preventive Measures. listless and Treatment of this disease in chicks is almost futile. An attempt might be made by the use of calomel, one—tenth of a grain, or a few drops of castor oil containing 1 to 3 drops of turpentine. Along with this, 5 to 10 grains of sulphate of iron (copperas) should be dissolved daily in a gallon of drinking water. The esSential work in battling with this disease, however, consists in prevention. This must begin with the eggs used for hatching. which should be thoroughly and ‘flflllllllllll|IllllllllllllllIIlllllIllll||IIHIIIHIIlllllllllllIIIllIll||Illlll|lllIlHl|lll|IllllIlllll[lllllllIIlllIll|lIIIllIlll|llllIll!llIIll|Illll|||lllllllllllllIlllll|lllIlllllIllIll|llll|llllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllll|/|Illllllllllll|||||Ill||llL_-"-'i Poultry and Bees. MARCH 15, 1913. White Diarrhoea in Chicks. antiseptically cleansed by wiping in 95 Der cent alcohol. If artificial incubation is used (and in this lies the great hope of success) the incubator, if used before. should, previous to receiving the eggs. be carefully washed with an antiseptic solution and exposed to the sun. The- egg tray should be scalded or flamed. The floor of the nursery should be mov- able, so that it may be taken out and sterilized; if made of burlap, the old piece should be torn off and :i new piece mounted on the sterilized frame. The same precaution should be used with breeders. The soil to which the Chicks have acceSs should be well covered with lime, then dug up and exposed to the drying effects of sun and air. Another good preventive, and to a slight extent a remedy, is to feed char— coal freely. Obtain from your (lruggist some tablets of mercury bichloride, 1-1000'th of a grain drug strength each. l'se 12 of these tablets dissolved in a quart of drinking water, allowing the chicks rid other drink. Give this remedy less frequently when the chicks SllOW improvement, and discontinue it as soon as they have apparently recovered. Satisfactory results have also come from the use of turpentine and vaseline. (live each chick 2 or 3 drops of turpen- tine internally and bathe the vent with Vaseline, In slight cases this treatment has often proved benefit-i211, After many ycai's’ experience, and careful study of the work of others, in- cluding several experiment stations and colleges, 1 am positive that, the virulent disease is caused by a bacterium. espe- cially where, through some faulty meth- ml of handling, the Chick's constitutional vigor has been lowered to an appreciable extent. New York. F. W. KAZMEIER. (Since preventive measures are recog- nized as about the only effective means (if combating white diarrhoea, the above article is timely just now. Time and la- bni- given now to making; the surround- ings cf the breeding stock such as will promote health and vigor, and precau- tions taken to prevent the infection of the unborn chick through carelessness or sicvenliness during the incubation pe- riod. will prove good insurance against losses late in tlie sezismi.-Eds.) HANDLING EGGS FOR MORE PROFIT. Carelessness in the production of eggs is to a great extent responsible for the low prices ruling during spring and sum- mcr. Consumers might better pay more, and be t‘llillJlL‘tl to always obtain Choice eggs. \Vlierc liens have sat upon eggs for any considerable time. (11‘ where eggs havo bceii subjected to the heat of the incubator until the first test is made. and found infertile. they have become unfit for human Ci‘iiisiiiiiptimi. Eggs not intended for batching should be unfer— tilized, as they will lizive much better keeping (pialities. ()fteii liens are, allowed to lay in un- clean nests. and otlicr places, and their eggs become filthy, and require wasn- ing. To wash them means to take the gloss off from the- slicll, wliicli kiiOcks quite a number of points from the price ~nct because the gloss is gone but. be- cause the dealer knows that where eggs have been washed the porous shell is little protection from unsanitary condi- iions, and the contents may have suf- fered deterioration. Many times eggs are kept for weeks before they are market- ml, and often in places of high tempera- ture. I'nder such conditions they must be separated into many different grades. \Vhy not provide clean, inviting nests for the hens at all times, gather the eggs carefully and often, keep them in a clean, cool, dry place and market regu- larly? “'9. can also grade them as to quality, size and color. and sell them di- rectly, or nearly so. to the consumer, to the great advantage of both producer and consumer. This, uiileSS one is a heavy producer, means co-opei'ation, either with some neighbors, or community co-opera— tion. High cost of distribution eventually must and will terminate in the “Nomid System.” - New. York. W. D. KORE. MARCH 15, 1913. ‘- 56ME ADVANTAGES OF EARLY HATCHING. While s-nowdrifts remain in evidence it seems early tothe general farmer to attempt the hatching of chicks, whether with hen or by artificial means. How- ever, from experience by which I profit- ed two years ago I consider the present month a very advantageous time for the following reasons: First, the price of eggs is about as low as at any time during the season. Sec— ond, it is a time when the feed of the layers must be of great variety and it is therefore more expensive to keep up egg production. Third, the ground is not yet in condition for outdoor scratching, so the hens may as well be inside where it is dry and warm. The fourth reason, which I consider the best one, is that vermin are not yet active or numerous enough to do much if any harm. Some may think it requires an unusually warm henhouse- to insure success along this line but I have proven the opposite, as it sometimes freezes water where I have had a 90 per cent hatch about April 1. Great care- shOuld be taken in selecting a place that is free from drafts. either from below or above. Line the nest box with heavy wrapping paper or several thicknesses of newspaper; this means on every side except the front. Now with hay make rope-like strands and lay in Closely until about four inches deep. Place the hen upon this nest about 24 hours before you give .her eggs as this insures warming of the nest: before the eggs are placed and also gives a perma- nent shape to it. About nine eggs are enough for an early sitting unless one has an extra large hen. Each day when the hen comes off to eat, place a brood—protector over the nest at once, thus obviating all risk of chilling the eggs. This protector may be made of cardboard lined with heavy cloth, like men’s coat cloth. Or a heavy piece of cloth may be used with ll, draw- string around the edge by means of which it is made to fit any nest. In case your hen is a little slow in taking her dust bath, or you forget to return and take the protector off in time, there has been no harm done. In this way one may take care of several nests at the same time with very little trouble. Another thought is that the farm work in general is not so pressing this month as it will be later and the men may have time to assist. Emmet Co. JOSEPHINE SMITH. SOURCES OF HONEY MICHIGAN. IN (Concluded from last week). Must‘ard (Sinapis arvensiS).——I’roduces a good grade of white honey, pronounced by many equal to White clover. As there is good sale for the seed. this would be profitable for the bee-keeper to raise for artificial pastures. . Beans and peas produce a good quality of white honey and where raised exten- sively are the source of considerable quantities. . Blackberry—Not a very heavy yielder. Squash and Pumpkin—Produce more pollen than honey. Touch—mc-not, or Swamp Blossom.——As this plant blossoms quite late in the fall it makes a valuable acquisition to our bee this plant pasturage. The pollen from is white, and as the bees get it dusted upon their backs in the process of get- ting in and out of the blossom it gives them the peculiar appearance of having been painted with white paint. llazlenut, radish, parsnip, sorrel, tur- nip, crowfoot, and burdock are mentioned as honey plants, but none of them is of very much importance, except perhaps in isolated caseS. Ragweed—This is classed as a honey plant, but I believe that it produces noth- ing but pollen. If I am mistaken in this I shall b very glad to be corrected. Honeysuckle—This is considered a very important honey plant where- found extensively, as it produces a large amount of honey and blossoms from spring till fall. As to the quality of the honey I am not prepared to say, as it always comes mixed with other honey in this locality. However, if I were allowed a guess I would say that it would be of good quality, but perhaps not as light as clover honey. Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum),oth- erwise known as thoroughwort.—This is in some localities a very important honey plant, blossoming‘early in the fall. Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).— Produces abundantly in the right‘ kind of a season. The peculiarity of this plant is that, to do it's best in’the pro- duction of honey, it requires just the oppoSite kind of weather from any other of the important honey plants. We bee- keepers, as a rule, pray for hot dry weather with just enough rain to keep the soil moist, but when buckwheat comes in blossom that is not the kind of weather we want at all. You have prob- ably noticed that the bees work on buck- wheat, ordinarily, only until about ten to eleven o’clock in the morning, but if we get a rain during the day you will find the bees out and at work again un- til the buckwheat is all dried off. I re- member one summer when it seemed that it rained almost continuously While the buckwheat was in blossom, and the way those bees carried in honey was a cau- tion. There would be a downpour of rain, and then the sun would come out. Away the bees would hie until it was almost as if a swarm were passing all the time between the bee-yard and the buckwheat fields. Perhaps the stuff would hardly get dry from that rain before we would get another shower, and then out would go the bees again. I had the heaviest yield of honey that year from the buckwheat that I ever secured. Asters.—There are almost innumerable species of asters and they are to be found almost anywhere along roadsides and on swamp lands. They produce \t it x“\ in this State. quite a lot of honey of dark color and rather rank flavor. Coming as it does at the same time as buckwheat and gol- den-rod, either one Of which is better fla- vored, I have sometimes thought it would be much better if we had none of it at all. Buckwheat honey in its purity, while it is dark in color and somewhat strong flavored, is not distasteful to most people; mixed, as it so often is with the aster honey, it takes on a. disagreeable flavor which very few people like. Golden-rod (Solidago).——.\s stated above, this plant. yields honey about the same time as the buckwheat and so we seldom get any of it pure, although there are places where they get it prac- tically pure. \\'here this is the case it is claimed to be of very good quality, and the product has a beautiful golden color. L. C. WHEELER. 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With the near ap- The Potato Market. proach of spring, ' farmers who have been holding their potatoes for the lute market are becoming uneasy over the situation and are wondering whether it is better to continue holding for a pos- sible improvement or let their stock 510 at present values. Hence a review of the situation at this time will be of more than passing interest. The potato market throughout the sea- son has been an unusual one in that values have been very steady, shipments having just about satisfied demands with offerings sufficiently plentiful to produce a gradual decline on the market since It Opened last fall. Nor has there been a rwide spread in prices between the figures given at loading stations and the price paid by consumers in marketing centersi, for the reason that the open winter has favored the drawing in of potatoes from nearby sections to cities in Michigan and other producing centers, including cities of even the size of Detroit, which until recently has derived a considerable pro- portion of the general supply from farm- ers who marketed their products direct -to retailers or consumers. This condition of affairs is one which should tend to stimulate consumption, as also should the obnorumlly high prices of meat products and some other of the necessities of life. Movements of pota- tocs have, however, continued to be quite general, not only in Michigan but as well from other slatcs. More particu- larly is this said to be true in \Visconsin where movements havc becn unusually free during the winter, while at the pres- out time the Minnesota surplus is being rapidly mchd. On the other hand, New York growers have been more persistent holders and Liichigzin shock at present is linding a ready sale at New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia points}3 while a good many potatoes are being placed at Ohio points, l‘hc middle Vl'cb‘lcl‘ll market not, having been attractive to Michigan shippers so far this season. Another factor which it is thought will influence the late market to a consider- able extent, is the fact that stock has rotted badly in some sections of the country, the Thumb section of Michigan being in this class while the States to the south of us have large areas in the same predicament, so that a good many potatoes will be required to supply these points which under ordinary conditions produce sufficient for home consumption and a small surplus for shipment. At the present time prices being received by shippers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and'Ohio compare favorably with those secured at any time during the present sea-sen and it is believed by many well informed shippers that if growers who hate been holding stock for the later 'THE MICHIGAN FAR‘MER market do not letx go of them too rapidly no immediately practical results. It was at this time there will be a. gradual firm- at first thought that the legislative com- ness develop in the market which will insure a little better prices from now on than have prevailed during the winter. If, on the- other hand, all who are hold- ing a part or all of their crop should be- come discouraged with market conditions and unload their surplus stock in order to get them out of the way before spring opens, there would undoubtedly be afur- ~ther demoralizutiOn of the market. Ow- ing to the reassurance afforded by the government cropir' reports, which showed a rather large surplus of potatoes in the couhtry this year, the trade has been a. strictly hand to month one during the entire year and it is conceded by all that there are no accumulations of stocks in any of the large markets. Consequently it is incumbent upon grewers to offer that portion of the crop which is left Only as faSt as the -mark’et will absorb it with- out! further shrinking of values if they are to get the best possible returns from same. \Vhelher or not there will be a residue left after market needs are supplied none can say with authority. We believe, how- mittee did not have sufficiently broad powers to make this investigation as thorough as might be desired, since the road is in the hands of receivers ap- pointed by the federal court, but the court having signified a. readiness to facilitate the investigation by granting to the in- vestigating committee authority to ex- amine all books and records of the road, this obstacle is removed. It is probable that the results of this investigation will be of an educational rather than a. remedial character, but this does not in any way detract from its importance. The policy of govern— ment control of railway rates is now an established one in both state and nation. In addition to a supervisory control of railway rates within the state our Mich- igan Railroad Commission has super- visory control over proposed bond issues on railroads within the state. Only shortly prior to the present receivership the Railroad Commission was petitioned by the officers of the Pere Marquette Railroad for authority to make a new bond issue, which authority was denied ever, that with the increase in popula- ,by the commiSSion. The trend of mod- tion in the country, the increase in con- sumption due to the relative cheapness of potatoes as compared with other foods, the loss from rot and the future demand for seed that the market will take the balance in growers’ hands at even better prices than those which now prevail, pro- vided a conservative course is pursued in marketing the balance of the crop. Very high prices should not be expected in view of the large crop last seaSOn and could only come as a, result of a reaction from it waste incident to too profuse marketing and to a dcmoralization of prices during the early spring season. Through the ac- Constitutional Amend- .tion of the Leg- men'ts. islnture a number of constitutional amendments will be submitted to the electors of Michigan at the coming spring election on April 5. The most important of those, because it is the second occu- sion at which it has been submitted to a vote of electors, is an amendment pro- viding for equal suffrage. As previously noted in these columns, the advocates of woman's suffrage began Ll. campaign for the re-submiSSion of this question at the spring celection directly after the final canvas of the November vote indicated that the proposition had been lost at the fall election. Notwithstanding the opposition of those opposing equal suffrage t0 the re-submis- sion of the proposition at the spring election, on the ground'that the spring vote would not be as representative of the sentiment of the Whole- people as the vote of a general fall election, the pro- posal to submit the question to the peo- ple again this spring was carried by a. substantial majority in both houses of the Legislature. As an evidence that public sentiment may be taken as an index of legislative action, it is stated by those who have made a canvas of the situation that, while only something like eight members of the Senate are per- sonally in favor of equal suffrage, 21 members of that body voted for the re- submission of the proposition at the spring election because they believed that. the electors of the state desired another curly opportunity to vote upon the prop- osition. The text of this amendment as well as of others pending will be given in a future issue previous to the date of the cicction. Brieiiy summarized, the pro- posed amendment differs from that sub- mitted at the last election only in that it requires the same qualifications for foreign born women as the present law demands in the case of foreign born men. Another proposed amendment of inter- est to all electors of the state provides for the initiative and referendum within certain limitations and for the recall of minor officers. These propositions will, as above noted, be given further publicity in future is- sues previous to the election, to the end that every Michigan Farmer reader may be fully advised as to their import and be prepared to cast his ballot for or against them, as he may be disposed. The investigation An Important lnves- which is at pres- tigatlon. ent being conduct- ed by a committee of the Legislature into the causes which contributed to the present financial em- barrassment of-the Pere- Marquette Rail- road may well be considered as an im- portant one, even though it may lead to em legislation, both state and national, has been to increase the supervisory con- trol of the government over public ser- vice corporations, and in view of this fact the public can not be too well in- formed concerning the financial condi- tion of such corporations or, where this condition is bad, of the causes which have led up to same. An important railroad system, traversing all parts of the state as this one does Michigan, is a very considerable factor in the business pros- perity of the stale. The state has a. right to demund that it be made to con- tribute to its prosperity to the maximum degree consistent with fair returns on the investment involved, and if this desirable end has been thwarted by exploitation in “frenzied finance,” as has been alleged in this case by those who should be in a position to know the facts, an ade- quate remedy should be hnStened by the giving of publicity to the facts. At least this investigation should serve to clear the atmosphere of conjecture to a degree in a matter in which the whole people of the state are at least indirectly inter- ested. According to our The New Secretary li’ashington corres- of Agriculture. pendent, consider- able surprise was expressed in official circles when Pres- ident Wilson sent to the Senate the nom— ination of David Franklin Houston as Secretary of Agriculture. Many names had been suggeSted for this place, but little inkling was had that the Missouri man would receive the honor, which, however, is apparently merited by his previous attainments. Dr. Houston is one of the leading edu- cators of the south. He has served as superintendent of city schools in Spar- tanbui‘g, S, 0., associate professor and professor of political science, dean of the faculty and president of the University of Tcxas, president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, and chancellor of the “rushington University. of St. Louis. He is a member of the Southern Educational Board, a trustee of the John F. Slater fund, a fellow of the Texas State Historical Society. :1 mcmber of the American Economics AS- socintion, and president of the Haiyard Graduates’ Club. He is now the chan- cellor of the Washington University, of St. Louis, from which institution he is on leave of absence to fill the position of Secretary of Agriculture. Secretary Houston was born in Union county, South Carolina, February 17. 1866. His parents were “'illiam Henry and Cornelia Anne Houston. He was graduated from the South Carolina Col- ‘lege in 1887 and five years later received his master of arts degree from Harvard. In 1903 he was made an LL. D., by Tu- lane and three years later received the same degree from the University of “'13- cousin. In the year of his graduation he became a tutor in ancient languages in South Carolina College. The following year he became superintendent of the public schools of Spartanburg, S. C. After leaving this office he went to Texas. He became an instructor in the University of Texas in 1894, associate professor three years later and in 1900 professor of political science. He held this professorShip for 'two years and then resigned to become president of the Ag- ricultural and Mechanical College of Tex- as. In 1905 he was made president of the University of Texas. He held this L ,_,.\ .._ L XML. «v-1... LTIMCRS Every farmer should have a copy of the new Buckeye Cultivator Cata- logue, and get posted on the most complete line of cultivators. on the market. After reading this cata- logue, he should go to his local dealer and insist on seeing the Buck— eye. It makes no difference what kind or style cultivator you 'want, you will find it in the Buckeye Line. Buckeye Cultivators have the ma- terials in them that insure years of hard service. Buckeye Cultivators _ do their . work right, without killing man or team. “The Buckeye—a Wise Buy.” rMake Extra Dollars Cut out the cost of some hired help by using a Rumely Automatic Baler it is the fastest and best baler, the only real automatic one on the mar et. un it With a Rumely-Olds Engine 6 11.33,. or 8 11.1). Mounted on the baler truck This engine has a reputation—simply fill and start. It runs itself, adjusts itself —any loud. Use this combination and bale your bay faster and better than you ever did before. The Rumer-Olds coma in every convenient size, and can be us all over l e arm on a hundred iobs. Portable, Stationary and Skid- ountcd. Baler comes in sizes to fit your requirements. W rile for Data-Boole, No. 344, on the Rumclu-Olda Engine, and Data—Boole, No. 245, on the Rumely Au- tomatic Baler. Ask for name of nearest dealer. RUMELY PRODUCTS CO. (incorporated) Power-Farming Machinery Battle, Creek Midi. Home Office: Mom. Ind. 558 Practically runs itself. Ver few parts, all standardized, all easily accessible. Takes little floor space. H.P. rating guaran- teed. Madeespeciallyiorthefarm. A \\ is frost-proof—no water works to freeze up. Runs smoothly and quietly. Doesn't Vibrate itself apart: makes no loud noise to drive you weary. Will be with you as long as you need an engine and solves for good the farm engine question. In all sizes. Postal brings special offer—Write today. THE BROWNWALI. ENGINE &. PULLEY to. 336 fllchlgan Ava, Lansing, lilcli. WWW/l Michigan Experiment Association Offers Seed For Sale This society is organized for the purpose of testing. growm and distr outing im roved seeds and the study 0 other local crop pro lems in cooperation With the Michigan Agricultural College. Members of the Association ofier for sale pure seeds of several varieties of cats, corn. wheat, beans. and potatoes. Most of these have been bred by the College and all have been tested by members of the association in comparison with other ,varietles. As the supply of these seeds is limited. orders should be sent in earl . When orderinfifiéve a careful descri tion of your soil. Address; SEC TARY. MICHI AN. MENT.ASSOCIATION. East Lansing. Mich. Plusomoltlen the flichlxoo For. 1 I. wrltinc to “venison. . , . w on \\\}\\\\\\\\h\\\ EXPERI- .___ - . “-0. "\1".""“" , l ~51“ «9 s ~ .“" J: .- we?» 1 l THE "MICHIGAN fFARMER 17*345 _. office for three years and then accepted . the appointment of the chancellorship of the Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK. National. The city of Chicago is asking the leg- islature of the state of Illinois to approve a bill providing for the establishment of classes in agriculture and kindred sub- jects in- the schools of that city. The condition of Hon. Levi I". Morton, I of New York. former vice-president of TI e Your Farm the United tSates, was slightly improved Monday. with a Cyclone Tile Ditching Machine and Two important personages in the his- end your ditching troubles at once. When tory of the women's suffrage movement you’re through with the work on your land in Michigan, died in the City of Detroit you can earn many dollarsbycuttingditches last Sunday night. They are Mrs. Helen fOI'YOurnelghbors. The P. Jenkins and Mrs. Mary 1... Doc. Mrs. A\. Doe was the first Vice—pi'csi<,leiit of the 01 state suffrngists' society and Mrs. .leuk- ’ one ins second. They have been connected with the movement for nearly 2:3 years. SCHOOL SilOESV ii. I "‘ i " Look Better—Fit Better—Wear Better» ‘ “TESS and Ted” school shoes have become famous for their style, finish and long wearing qualities. Four pairs will outwcar five pairs of ordinary shoes made for children’s wear. Many shoemakers yield to the temptation to use substitutes for leather in children’s shoes, because of the Dz ._,_....;......... A .0... "ARV. , V : The interstate commerce commission high_price of leather, but we have built up our enormous business by Tile Ditching Machine has instituted an investigation into the making honest leather shoes. operation of private car companies. This _ . I . ' work is regarded as one of the mosr iin- Cut up a. pair of “Tess and Ted” or any other “Star Brand’ shoes 'z' "wtsme drams QUlelyveaSlleChIeaplw nortemt yet undertaken by this commis- and you will find that they have sole-leather heels, soles and : —cuts 30f) to 400 rods ofditch in a Single day: sion. The lfnited States Steel Corpoert- counters. N0 substitutes for leather are ever used. See No_ 3130—3, new R I; ‘ —saves its costevery 10 days you use it: tion, the Standard ()11 Company. the big model for boys, —-is guaranteed to live up to all our claims Darkers. brewers, and fruit growers’ as- . . . . . & F and save enough 'in cutting drains to pav sociations are all operating such lines Pure Shoej‘eg‘shlm” ‘9 Ipendininn Congress and manystatfe: {8 for the tile you put into them' ‘Uld are greatly concerned in this in_ protect you against fraud We he.1rli;yendo..:o1t. ’lhc lights 0 t . . ' " . . million consumers are greater than those of a few hundred manu- —price places it Within reach of the average vestign tiOn. facturers farmer. An investigation is being made by a .. ' . ,. .. You know the benefits and advantages de- Congressional committee into the cause Tess and Ted” school shoes are made in a hundred differ- ----- : } rived from tile drainage. Don’t put the of the disturbance and the ill—treat- ent stylesIfor boys and girls of all Ionics 1heyarcdcs1gnedto " matter 01f any longer.DHundreds of farm- ment of women in the suffrngist parade properly ht the fOOt 0f grownig children. i eiI's are usmg Cyclone itchers to dig their at \\'ashingion which preceded the recent “Tess andTed”school Shops and over ~00 other qt leg it 31122202.: Enos: oughé Eglget bltlslydw‘tfh a C3" inaugural (‘81'811101'1i'35- I . . of “Star Brand" shoes are for sale by 20,000 glood inerchaiits. a what it is doin." for hiindifefjswdf othero‘r you Practically the whole busmcss district Don’t Just 0 into any store andIask for them, but hunt, up 1 ° 5' of the little town of Carmel, 20 miles to mt? “Stall; ranltll"d(Iaaler. or write to usfornanieof near- - the northwest of Indianapolis, was re- (‘3 mere ant w ose ls them. i erte A Postal dIucchII by flame; following 1a I1I>iIeiiiatttiIrc . The name on the sole and the “Star" on the heel for full information that explains how you L 130510? 0 ”f 0g, ““1“ .1) “f,“ 1n 38 insures honest values. can make and save money with a Cyclone post oiiice sale by robbers. lhe loss is . Ditcher. Address estimated at $00,000. Investigations of n considerable scope "Star Brand Shoes re Bett u _ THE ’ESCHKE MFG. 00. are to be undertaken in live states, in- ~ A e" I ‘37 Box 111 eluding Michigan, into the vice condi- BOYS NO- 3130 tions of thoSe commonwealths. OIne fea- ' .. . ture of the work will be .‘lll attempt to , determine to what extent low wages con- OBBRTS OHNS ON 6" AND to the 9 C tribute to vice and particularly 0‘ $T.LOUIS \ “white stove" traffic, and already such MANUFACTURERS Branch 0? ln‘ternational Shoe an inquiry has been instituted in Chi- Off, cago. i but send for In ,spite of the discourtesy of local I) k hospitals and :1 number of medical s0- 00 now' (-ieties of New York toward Dr. Fried- man, who brought to this Country 21 treatment for tuberculosis, he is now be- ing given on opportunity to try out his A va I ua ble free Bo 0k 0 n 2:21:12? £33.; ( is progressing satisfactorily. and patients ' under treatment show improvement, 210- reports. 9 . ‘ ~ cording to press , ‘~ President \Vilson has pleased the anti- . ' - liquor adherents by putting the ban on wines and liquors :it the \K'hiie House. ' ' l The disastrous explosions of dynamite ‘ V on the government transport ship in the Better Know What’s in harbor at Baltimore, which occurred last . week and killed 50 men. is believed, at- Your Next SUlt ter investigations. to have been the re- sult of spontaneous combustion in the OU can buy Clothcraft with a guarantee A gold mine of information it Wehave‘ust ublishedawonderfulnewbook . . . entitled “Clovcridheb'rcat $CashMoneyCrop$.” 00ft] bunkers “t the vessel. .- I that takes the risk Out of Clothes buying—— This book is truly a most remarkable source of 7‘ he breal‘1‘1g Of a t“ e 0" a‘ m'“ ”“c a guarantee that covers the vital points and information on the subset of clover raisin . Pere Marquette freight engine wheel :lt . . , , ~ . . . 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' 11 American border line ’llltl towns there C 0‘ ‘3 a “'90 ' proper y ’ 0t ”3 t Ston' ““tt “3 A” .' x'0111 heatIgn rou_g t. “3,38 S all about the , I _ * ‘ , ' . ‘ ' shrunk and fast in color;that we Will send you a cord of causes of clover Sickness and how‘ to deal are being: nienaccd by the”: “19591109- I11 the trimmings and workman- introduction Ito the nearest with it. These and hundreds of otherquestions other parts of the Mexman republic. shumrIefirst—clu55.an18c per lb; amber, 14@16c; extracted, 9%60100 per lb. DETROIT RETAIL PRICES. Eastern Market—This market did bus- iness Tuesday on practically the same basis of values as prevailed the previous week. The bulk of offerings consisted of apples. potatoes, and cabbage. The market is still receiving inferior apples which are sold around 400 per bu. For the better grades values range from 600 @551 per bu., selected Ben Davis selling around 700 and the best Steele Red at $1. Potatoes are easy at 50617550 per bu. Cabbage found sale around 25c for white and 35c for red. Onions, 50@600; parsnips, 35c: beets, 300; carrots, 30c per bu. Rhubarb, 3061/35c per large bunch: lettuce per basket of about 6 lbs. 6561900; butter, 35c per lb; eggs, 250 per doz. Loose hay is lower at $1’4@18 per ton. Grand Rapids. The potato market shows weakness this week. Greenville buyers have dropped prices to 35c and the market is weak at all loading points. The bean market continues dull, some of the local mills paying only $1.55. Eggs are very unset- tled and will remain so until April 1, when buying for storage purposes will begin. Meat prices are higher, dressed hogs bringing around 11c. Live poultry is scarce and firm, hens bringing 13@14c. THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Buffalo. March 10, 1913. (Special Report of Dunning & Stevens, New York Central Stock Yards, East Buffalo, New York). Receipts of stoek here today as follows: Cattle, 100 cars; hogs, 85 double decks; sheep and lambs, 85 double decks; calves 1200 head. \Vith 100 loads of cattle: on our market here today, everything sold strong and higher on an active market, and all sold at the close. The heavier cattle, weigh- ing from 1200 up sold at about 15c per cwt. higher than last Monday, and the butchers stuff strong 1561125c per cwt. higher. 0 'We quote: Best 1350 to 1500—lb. steers, $875619; good to prime 1200 to .300-1b. steers, 5585061860; good to prime 1100 to 1200-lb. do., $8608.40; coarse, plainish 1100 to 1200—lb. (10.. $775628; medium butcher steers, 1000 to 1100, $750618; butcher steers. 950 to 1000, $7.25@7.75; light butcher steers, $6.75@7.25; best fat cows, 53675611750; butcher .cows, $5.50@6.50; light butcher cows, $4.756D5.50; cutters, 354506115; trimmers, $3.7561l4; best fat heiferS, $7.50@8.25; medium butcher heif- ers, $7@7.50; light butcher heifers, $661) 6.50; stOCk heifers, $5616; best feeding steers, dehoroed, $7617.50; light' common stockers, $650657; prime export bulls, $675617; best butcher bulls, ,$6.25@6.75; bologna bulls. $550616; stock bulls, $561) 5.50; best inilkers and springers, $6561) 80; common to fair kind do., $406550. Receipts of hogs today were about 85 double decks, a fair supply and too many for general conditions. Chicago reported 70,000 and a much lower mar- ket, and it hurt our trade bad, and the consequence was a 2061,30c drop from Saturday. A few loads of heavy weights sold at $9.15; the bulk of the yorker and mixed grades at 55920611925; pigs and lights up to $9.30; roughs, $8638.25; Stags $7607.50. The sheep and lamb market was active today, with prices about a quarter lower than the close of last week. Most of the choice lambs selling from $9.15@9.25; yearlings from $7.506L8.50. Look for little better prices the last of the week, with moderate receipts. “'13 quote: Choice lambs, $9.156D9.25; cull to fair do., $66139; yearling wethers,. $8608.50; yearling ewes, $7@7.50; wethers $7617.25; handy ewes. $6.50@6.60; heavy ewes, $6616.25; cull sheep, $3.50@5.25; bucks, $4604.75; veals, choice to extra, $11.50@11.75; fair to good do., $8.50@11; heavy calves, $450636. Chicago. March 10, 1913. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Received today ...... 26,000 70.000 26.000 Same day last year..27,115 53,892 24,406 Received last week..42.795 129,766 80,020 Same week last year.53,777 174,093 105,316 Following last week’s substantial ad— vance in cattle prices, country shippers furnished a larger supply today, and buyers were slow in taking hold, so far as steers were concerned. Bids were few, and a somewhat lower market prevailed. but butcher stock sold freely at well maintained values. The unusually big run of hogs came as a surprise to many. although the boom in prices last week naturally stimulated the shipments from 6 MARCH 15, 1913. all directions. mated at 70,000 head, but later in the day it looked as though they would con... I siderably outrun that number. The gen- eral market was called 150 lower, al- though there was an $8.921/2 top for prime light hogs. Not much was done above $8.85, however, with coarse, heavy pack— ing hogs selling around $8.25. The hogs received last wee-k averaged in weight 235 lbs., compared with 232 lbs. a week earlier, 229 lbs. a month ago, 217 lbs. a. year ago, 238 lbs. two years ago and 211 lbs. three years ‘ago. Sheep were in good request at last week’s prices, but bids on lambs were 10@15c lower, with prime lambs going at $9.05. Cattle have had some liberal advances recently that landed them at the highest prices. for most kinds witnessed in a long time, and this time the choicest of- ferings participated in the boom, while selling far below the figures recorded in the latter part of 1912. The cheaper lots have been going at unprecedentedly high prices, however, and the great bulk of the steers crossed the scales at a' range of $790609, the best class of weighty beeves fetching $9609.30. while the common to fair lighter weights brought $7.15@8.15. A medium to good . class of short—fed cattle found buyers at 5582061860, and good corn-feds brought $8.656n8.95, with desirable lots of year- ling steers going at $8.40@9. Butchering cows and heifers were good sellers at $5.106b8.50, with not much offered prime enough to go above $8, while cutters brought $450655, caniiers $830,694.45 and bulls $5.156I‘17.15. The market for stock- ers and feeders has shared in the gen- eral upward trend, with limited offerings and as large a demand as could be ex- pected at such high values, stock steers going at $615608 and feeders with weight at $7.60611*8.25. Calves, too, sold much higher, the range of sales extending from $106111 for the better class of light veal— ers all the way down to $5618 for the heavier and coarser lots, and a few scat- tering sales at $11.2561)11.50. Milkers and springers were salable at $456185 per head, the demand being chiefly for choice cows, with the poorer ones taken princi- pally by slaughterers. The present con- dition of the market is strong, although prices are always subject to reactions after sharp advances, a boom being apt to bring out a temporary increase in the receipts. Reports from most feeding dis- tricts are that there is a marked falling off in cattle supplieS, and feeders are held dangerously high, besides being ex- tremely scarce. At such a time owners should make their cattle fat before mar- keting. The. general cattle market av- eraged 25c higher for-the week. Hogs have kept on their upward course recently, bringing the highest prices seen for. the season and reaching the highest level witnessed since last October. It has been all along simply a case of far too few hogs offered here and at other western and eastern markets to satisfy extsting trade requirements, and appar- ently no one thinks that the market will fail to go much higher still. The Chi- cago packers have followed the advances Willi reluctance, being forced to submit by their urgent need of supplies for their enormous fresh pork trade, to sav noth- ”1;: of the. need of increasing their stocks of pork, lard, ribs, etc., to something ap- proaching normal proportions. Eastern shippers have been lively competitors with the loeal packers, for the east some time ago marketed most of its hogs, and this outlet has absorbed much of the time 30 to 40 per cent of the offerings. the best hogs of the lighter weights being wanted to ship east. It is this class of hogs that continues to top the market With strong weight pigs also selling ex: remely Well, as these are well adapted for the fresh pork trade. Provisions have been advancing sharply in sympathy with hogs on good buying and short supplies. The close of the week saw hogs selling at $840609, the highest figures yet reach- ed, .comparing with $8.1061)8.50 a week earlier. Pigs sold at $6.856D8.65. Sheep and lambs have undergone recent sharp upward turns in prices due to greatly inadequate offerings for satisfy- ing the. good local and shipping demand. ltlven the. less desirable flocks that were totr heavy in weight to just suit the ex- acting requirements of slaughterers sold high, while going at quite a marked dis- count from the top figures paid for me- dium weights of lambs, yearlings and sheep. . Lambs have been comprising something like three-fourths of the daily runs, With the big share hailing from Colorado. Feeders sold high, 'with lim- ited offerings and a strong demand. Sheep and lambs showed advances for the week of 25@5()(-. lambs advancing the most. Lambs sold at the close at, 5567560915; yearlings at $7.25@s.3o. wethers at”$6.70 617.10 for good to prime. killers. ewes at $4.7561:6.75 and bucks at 5545069525. Aged sheep sold the highest in nearly a year, and feeding and shearing lambs brought 357.50.608.30. Horses haVe been meeting with a rath- er better demand than heretofore, al- though not until spring really opens is any large volume of business expected. Farm chunks are the most frequently called for, theSe horses selling usually at $14061>210 per head. Inferior horses go as low as $756085, drivers being slow at $100 60200 and a very fair grade of drafters taken at $175 (11225 and scattering sales of extra choice heavy draft horses reported at $260@320. A short time ago a shipment of five car loads of cattle raised on a big Mexi- can ranch owned by President Madero, the president of that country who was killed recently, was marketed in Kansas City, there being three loads of steers and two 0f COWS. The cattle were ship- ped from Colorado, where they had been fed on beet pulp, having been imported last fall. The steers brought $7 per 100 lbs, and the cows $6, the steers averag- ing 900 lbs., probably the highest price ever paid in Kansas City for such stock. The receipts were estt-' finished _ MARCH 15, 1913. THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION. 'In the first edition the Detroit Live stock markets are reports of last week; all other markets are right up to date. Thursday’s Detroit Live Stock markets are given in the last edition. The first edition is mailed Thursday, the last edi- Iion Friday morning. The first edition is mailed to those who care more to get the paper early than they do for Thursday's Detroit Live Stock market report. You may have any edition desired. Subscrib- ers may change from one edition to an- other by dropping us a card to that effect. DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Thursday’s Market. March 6, 1913. Cattle. Market strong at Wed- Receipts, 1262. 10611200 higher than last nedeay’s prices; week. 'VVe quote: Best steers, $8; steers and heifers, 1000 to 1200, $7.256117.75; do. 800 to 1000, $7@7.50; grass steers and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $612,116.50; choice fat cows, $6@6.50; good (10., $5@5.50; common cows, $4.25@4.75; canners. $3.50 ((14; choice heavy bulls, $6.50; fair to good bolognas, bulls, 315756116271; stock bulls. $5605.50; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1000, $6.50@7; fair do., 800 to 1000, $661) 6.271; choice stockers, 500 to 700. $66,116.25; fair stockers. 500 to 700, $5. 75616; stock heifers, $5@5 50 milkers, l;'11ge, young, medium age, $606070; common milkers, $350550. Bishop, B. & H, 2 cows av 925 at $4.75; 5 steers av 1054 at $7.75, 1 cow weighing 830 at $5.25; to Hammond, S. & Co. 2 do 21v 1015 at $5.75, 1 bull weighing 1010 at $6.50, 4 steers av 982 at $7.50, 2 heifers 11v 740 at $6.50, 2 bulls av 1170 at $6. 4 canners av 8.15 at $4. 6 cows av 87171 at $5.50, 4 do av 900 at $6.271; to Parker, \V. & Co. 19 steers av 1146 at $7.85, D cows av 974 at $6, 3 do av 783 at $4; to New— ton B. Co. 5 do av 912 at $4.50, 3 do av 1013 at $5.75, 2 butchcrs av 870 at $6.75, 15 (10 av 952 at $7; to Sullivan P. Co. 14 do 11v 707 at $6, 171 do av 708 at $6.40, 1 canner weighing 1.040 at $4, 4 cows av. 880 at $5.271, 14 steers av 943 at $7.50, 4, cows av 900 at $4.50; to Mich. B. Co. 4 do av 790 at $5. 85, 2 do av 1000 at $6, 6, do av 1000 at $5.25, 8 steers av 7771 at; $7: to Newton R. Co 11» steers av 1012 at: $7.50, 2 cows av 1.010 111 $5. 1 do weighing 920 at $4.50, 1 do weighing 1080 at $71.50. 1 do weighing 14:10 at $6.50, 2 do av 910 at $4.25, 4 cows 111111 bulls av 1,107 at $6. 71 steers av 966 at $7.50, 2 do av 1360 at $7.75, 2 do av 825 at $7. Spicer & R, sold Mich. B. Co. 1 bull weighing 1520 at $7, 1. steer weighinr.r 11710 at $8.75, 2 COWS av 1075 at $6; to Muson 1:. Co. 3 do av 1137 at $6, 1 do weighing 900 at' $5, 4 st'ccrs 11v 912 at $7.25: to Hammond, S. 8.: Co. 19 do av 976 at $7. 60; to LaBoe 2 cows av 8271 at $4 91:) to Thompson Bros. 2 do av 900 at $4.71. 3 heifers av 690 at $5.50. 1 cow weighing 1.120 at $4.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 steers av 915 at $7.25. Sha1p sold Mich. B Co. 8 cows av 1050 at $6.4 do av 9.217 at $4.15, 1 steer weigh- ing 1270 at $8. 25, 1 bull weighing 1040 (It $6. Young's sold same 1 cow at $4.75, 10 cows and bulls :1v $6.10. Bigelow sold Mason B. Co. 5 steers av 1054 at $7. 75,1 cow weighing 8? 0 at $5.2 .15. \Ilinglon sold Newton R Co. 17 cows av 850 at $5.710, 2 do av 8421 at $4. 710 Lowenstcin sold Murx ll butchcls av ”00 at $7, 8 do av 961 at $6. r’5. sold Thompson Bros. to Mason B. Co. weighing 800 878 at Veal Calves. ' , Receipts 525. Market strong at last wvek’ 5 prices. 16st, $10011; other.s $661. and springers steudy. Itoe Com. Co sold Mith 11011.2 av 120 at $8; to Sullivan 1’. Co, 4 av 135 at $10, 4 av 130 at $8; to Nagle l’, Co. 20 11v 110 at $10. 50 6 11V 155 at $10.50, 4 av 17171 at $10, 2 av 155 at $11, 1 vicighing‘ 200 at $8; to I". attkowsky 5 av 95 at $7.71 , to liarllge 1 neivliing 1710 at $11, 1 \Hig hing 150 at $10. Sheep and Lambs. 'leceipts, 3143. Market strong at'\\'cd- nesday’s and last week’s prices on all $9 .'10; milch cows grade-s. Best lambs, $8.75; fair lambs. $8618.50; light to common l'nnbs, $550711! 6.710; fair to good sheep, $5.27161.5.7.'1; culls and common, $4614.50. Bishop, ll. & ll. sold Mich, R. Co. 19 lambs av 80 at $8.25, 6 do av 58 at $6.50, :; shccp 11v 115 at $5.25 19 do av 1271 at $71.75, 13 do av 110 at $5.75. 11 lambs av 70 at $7.50 37 sheep av H5 at $550 28 do av 95 at $5.85: to l’atrowski 44 lambs 11v 46 at $11; to Ygoun s 13 do av 75 at $8 50 40 do av 82 at $82 5, 51 do av ‘75 at $\: to Sullivan 1’. Co. 31 do av 65 at $7, :15 do av 7171 at $7. 16 sheep av 90 at .71._.;1. 7 do av 135 at $4.50. 8 lambs av 60 at .$6.50; to Naglo 1". Co. .‘12 do av 85 at $8.710, 60 do av 70 at $8.25, 114 do av 68 .'11 $8.25; to Costello 12 do av 60 at $6.50, 24 do av 70 at $8.25, 19 sheep av 80 at $4.25: to Sullivan 1’. C0. 16 go av 90 at $4.50, 34 lambs av 70 at $7.50; to Youngs 116 do av 82 at $8.65, 39 sheep av 105 at $5 75. toe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 2 sheep av 125 at $4.710, 1 lamb weighing 70 at $8: to Nagle 1’. Co. 25 sheep av 110 $5.50, 62 lambs av 75 at $8.75; to Bar— lage 54 do av 75 at $8.50, 1 sheep Weigh- ing 170 at $4.50. / Hogs. . Receipts, 3457 Market 56.100 higher than \‘l'ednesday and 35c higher than 1:1st week; none sold up to noon, Range of prices: Light' to good butch- ers. $8.70fi'8.75; pigs $8. 75: light yorkers, $8.70@8.75; stags one- third off, Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. &: Co 1910 av 160 at $8. 75. Roe Com Co. sold Sullivan P. 00.197 av 190 at $8.75. Sundry shippers sold same 675 av 175 at $8.75. Haley & M. on Wednesday, sold same 510 av y190 at $8 70. 'ALBERTA THE MICHIGAN Friday’s Market. March 7, 1913. Cattle. Receipts this week, 1685; last week, 1529. Market strong at Thursday’s prices on all grades. We quote: Best Steers, $8@8.25; steers and heifers, 1000 to 1200, $7.25@7.75; do. 800 to 1000, $7@ 7.50; do. 'that are fat, 500 to 700. $6@ $6@6.50; good (10., 55425611475; can- 6.50; choice fat cows, $5@5 50; common cows, neis, $3. 50614; choice heavy bulls, $6.50@ 6.75; fair to good bologna bulls, $5.75@ 6.25; stock bulls, $5605.50; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1000, $6.50@7; fair (10., 800 to 1000, $6606.25; choice stockers, 500 to 700, $6026.25; fair do., 500 to 700, $57561) 6; stock heifers, $5645.50: milkers, large. young, medium age, $60@75; common milkers, $35@60. - Veal Calves. Receipts this week, 733: last weak, 747. Market steady at Thursday’s prices. Best $1062.11; others, $5619.50; milch cows am} springers steady. Sheep and Lambs. \ V Receipts this week, 4080; last week, 596-1. [Market strong :11 Thursday‘s prices. lies-t lambs, $8.75 fair (10., $8@ 8.50; light to common lambs. $5.50@6.50; fair to good sheep, $5.;5F1v5.75; culls and time. money. common, $4@4.50. ways. Hogs. Receipts this Week, 4479; last week, 4704. Market activo and 150 higher than on Thursday. Range of prices: Light to good butchers, $8.90; pigs, $8.90; light yorkers, $8.90; stags one—third off, VW‘I -_._._.-__. lifts loads tackle. Th P f Beef ! ropennd it’s e rice 0 I elevates. low '5 Iligh and so is the Price of Cattle. l 111 t ht years the Province of , e 1“ 9" Western Canada). 1 nchlng Country. 1 Many of these ranches today are ‘ immense grain fields, and the cal:- tle have given place to he cultl- 1 vntion of wheat oats, barley and . flax, the change has made many thousands of Americana, settled on these plains, wealthy, but has 1, increased the price of live stock. 1 There is splendid opportunity now to get a. 1 l l FIIEE HOMESTEAD OF 160 ACRES (and another as n pre—emption) in the newer districts and produce either cattle or grain. The crops are always good the climate is excellent schools and churches are convenient and markets splendid in Manitoba. Saskatchewan or Alberta. . Send at once for literature, the latest 41.- information. railway rates, etc.. to M. V. McInnes 176 Jefferson Ave. Detroit, Mich. or frazzled. sizes of top Ilall Hoist loch Sectional View or write Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa. Canada. FOR INFORMATION AS TO LANDS IN The Nation’s ' Th s Hoist Is Safe —It Locks Itself! Here’s a. great time saver-a great work saver! Does everything—from hoisting en- gines, wagon bodies. and hogs, down to stretching wire fence. the load-holds it up alone! Can't be bent—can’t let go. I III Safety Hoist and Wire Stretcher Earns Cost—Costs Little. The hoist But the minute you let. up on pull-rope the automatic locking de- vice oi the Jumbo grips onto the pull- with one rope! Tho heav 1er the load that can 'I: slip! alike. whether the)" re old. new, wet New Catalog—FREE! 25—353, 983 ‘ a d 8 1 near town. large Irene. two / GIGS on III I good barns, new silo, cow stable cement floor cement water tank. Good reason for selling. DrBENNETT, R. 21. Elsie. Mich. SUNNY TENNESSEE—Improved fertile farms. houses, burns. orchards on each. Rural Routes and tele hones. 86 acres $650, 295 acres 317100. 111 acres $2000, acres $700. Free list. . IENKIN 8&1 SON, Huntingdon. Tenn. VIRGINIA FARMS, IllIIIIES MID flIIIIHlIlIIS. A Splendid improved river farm of 400 acres for 86000. Zdfiil‘y farms cheap. Several splendid orchard (Pro 031- tions. We show Fprowities at. our expense au re und railroad fare. E ilder & 00.. Charlottesville. Va. TWO FARM BARGAINS mac-res. 651mproved. new cottage house. new barn 38x56 under construction. Only 4 miles from Gladwin. 120 acres, well in1prov,ed dark loam soil, suitable for sugar beets. New house and two new burns. .1 miles from Gladwin. I have many other small farms at reasonable prices. on easy terms. Write me at. once. U. G. REYNOLDS, Glndwin, Michigan. CASH FOR YOUR FARM I bring buyers and sellers together Write me If you wanttobuy. sellortrade. Established 1881. Frank Olei'ela11d.948 Adams Express Bl ldg. Chicago, Ill. saves you time and money in buyin a BUR FARM [IS 1..... 1...... T ‘ MICHIGAN FARM HOME 00.. l F0“ SALE—80 acres, 30 under plow, balance timber. close 1 to school. Joins one of the best resorts on Walloon _ Lake. 011 telephone line and R. F I) I 1~pt tiuIIy adapted to fruit and gardening: No buildings. Cheap if sold at once. Address, 0.15. UULBl-ltT, No. 211 Michigan St. Petoskey. Michii'un. —Boa11tiful location. near numerous 40lcr88F0r8an smulltowns. Sand soil adapted to all crops. school and church half mile away. Modern ten room house worth nearly my price £11 ,farm. $1800 Some timber, fences, etc. Further particulars. address Belleville. Route4, Box 24, Mich. l IIIIDP BIIIIIGS (1 VI $30 PER “RE 351?; 11%“2’1‘11‘ .163131’31‘161135’1‘1’13" ‘1: cheap Upper Vl’isconsin land districts. W ow will tell you about it (no land to sell). WISCONSIN ADV ANC “- MENT ASS'N 391 (launcll BIk. Milwaukee. “'is. whhen you can buy 1 Land in an at from an acre near Saginaw and Bay City. Write for mo and par- ticulars. Clear title and easy terms. Sts eld Bros. . (owners) 15 Merrill Bldg. Saginaw. W. S.Mlohiznn WE SELL THE EARTH and mnkc Vl' rmont Farms our specialty. They pro- (I111 c tho largest c rops and arethe cheapest per acre of 11111 in tho I nited States. Nearby Boston and New lork markets bring the highest pri( es for all produce. Send for our catalog of solectedf arm BATCHLEIDEII (1. BROWN lToCollogo 8L. Burlingltm, Vormonl. AllallaLandslorSale Michigan hardwood cut over lands, some improved, most productive virgin soil out. of doors, three bumper crops alfalfa per year, excellent for all grains and grasses and fruit. Terms and prices easy to attract quick development. Write Thad. B. PRESTON, Unaway, Mich. 1011 SALE—7W0 so ACRE FARMS. 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