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VOL. CXL. No.'22.
Whole Number 3645.

t DETROIT, MICH., SA

farming trade and earning school money.
The advantages of a home have made
that man a good citizen and the advan-
tages of an education will make his son
a better one. They are proving earnest,
efficient, and reliable men and work for
something beyond the realm of the mighty
dollar. The farm wages are not high but
the many sources of supplies have brought
the income above the average wages of
the city laborer and the environment has
been pleasant and hclathful.

This article does not attempt any ex-
planation of how to build tenant houses,

 

‘HE question of keeping efficientla-

The Farm Labor Home.
I bor on'the farm has been a stumb-
ling block to the average farmer.

It has been suggested that the farmers
might import foreign labor and allow the
young Americans to go to the city if
they have such desires. But no rural
life can be made happier by scattering
the ignorant classes of Europe among our

farmers and that is not the way to keep
the boy on the farm or to bring pleasant

TURDAY, ’MAY 31, 1913.

plain that they are losing money every
year on account of: a shortage of help
that we cannot wonder oftentimes that
they are disgusted with the business and
are ready to rent their farms and movo
to town. And yet, notwithstanding all
the loss and inconvenience that this con-
dition occasions I am inclined to think
that the dearth of farm help may be a
real boon to the cause of agriculture. It
may seem paradoxical but I think it will
work out that way. Farm products will
tend to keep on a higher level of prices
and no amount of drastic legislation can

50 CENTS A YEAR.
82 FOR 5 YEARS.

able for the place. And I think this would
be the experience with a good many oth-
ers (now. having difficulties) if they could
manage to hire their help the year round.
or nearly. It is the long time service on
One farm that necessary to bring out
the greatest efficiency in hirul help. The
man now in our employ has been with us
two years and he is more valuable than
he was the first year. This is not always
the case, but he is more likely to prove
his real worth than the man
Stays a few months in a place.

Ohio. ll. ll].

is

who only

\VIIITE.

 

 

 

neighbors to the wives and children.

Every young American farmer desires
a home and, by working in the factory,
he can rent a place that is his own pri-
vate abode and free from intrusion. The
farmer cannot always give his hired man
the advantage of a home. He is some-
times expected to oecupy one of the
poorest rooms in the house and his pres-
ence is a source of annoyance to the fam-
ily circle. That explains why many men
leave the farm. '

The accompanying photographs were
taken on the farm of a man who has
solved his labor problem in an inexpensive
and satisfactory manner. The problem
of keeping the man contented and happy
was simplified when that man had a.
home where he could raise his family and
entertain his friends. Many young men
have left the farm because they had no
hope of starting a home until they had
earned sufficient money to buy their own
farm. They gave up farming rather than
exist under the roof of their employer,
while with the advantages of home life
they would have :been as contented to
work in the country as in the city. If
some owner of broad acres had spent a
few hundred dollars in building a small
house, he might have hired one of these
men as the city manufacturer hired him.
The investment would have paid good div-
idends and with the privacy and content-
ment of home life the hired man would
not have. longed for the city with its high
rents and confining work. The man
would then take much more interest in
the farm because it would be his home
and he would not classify as a transient
laborer.

The small square house shown in the
photograph contains four rooms and has

proven a comfortable home for a man
and his wife. It is plain and with no
architectural beauty, but it has been the

means of keeping a first-class man on
the place for five years. He is a better
man than would ever have lived within
another man’s family circle where he
could not have been indepcndent. He
would have gone to the city but even
though the wages were higher, he could

not have saved as much money as on the
farm. House rent. butter, and eggs were
but small expense as the house fur-
nished to the man at a fair rent and he
is allowed to keep his own chickens and
cow. The potatoes, corn, and general
truck from his own garden are insurance
against a big grocery bill and thus the
Worker on the farm receives at little cost
many of the necessities that reduce the
savings of the city man. The horses are
often available on Sunday afternoons and
the neighboring lakes are pleasant spots
for holiday recreation. The clothes bill

is

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the individual farm
into consideration.

scribed, the problem
labor was the biggest handicap to suc-
cess. The method of housing the men
has proven satisfactory and the cost of
the houses has been well repaid. Almost
any farmer owning a hundred acres of
land can build a small tenant house on
that land. It will mean the greatest of
happiness, both to his own family who
may regard the hired man as an intruder

that must be taken
lipon the farm de-
of keeping efficient

 

A Desirable Type of Tenant House

the expense of the construction, as
there are many conditions existing upon

and to the hired man who has the desire
fer his own heme. It seems a far more
sane solution to the farm labor problem
than the importing of foreign labor and,
to many farmers, it will be the only way
.of keeping an efficient man in

on the farm is small compared with the
city and each month a fair per cent of
the pay check goes into the bank. If the
man had gone to the: city he would have
worked up in a trade, but he has learned

  

the trade of a farmer and will always be
a good citizen in the community.

The second and larger of the tenant
houses described, houses a man and his
wife and- their three children. Two of‘
them are boys and the larger is already
a willing worker who can spend his vaca-
tions to the finest advantage, learning the

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their

employ.

Van Buren 00. R. G. KIRBY.

THE HIRED HELP PROBLEM.

 

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Again the question of hired help keeps

bobbing up as the ever dominant issue
connected with farming.

So many com-

keep prices down so
labor continues so scarce. At

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A Plain and Cheap Tenant House, yet an Appreciated Farm Labor Home.

it seems unwise to raise such a clamor
about young men leaving the farm for it
may be for the best. \\'ho knows? l’cr-
haps it may stimulate inventive genius
so that the few who remain in the coun-
try will bt—comc expert managers, for to
be handicapped in any important par-
ticular has made many a man resource-
ful. -

Those who hire help continuously have
varied and interesting expcriences, but
nearly all agree that the permanency of

  

will Solve the Farm Labor Problem.

the job has a good deal to do in attract-
ing the better class of help. On our farm
of nearly 300 acres we used to depend on
help by the day and I spent much time
chasing around town looking for help in
haying andvarious other jobs; but for
the past few years we have been hiring
by the month and nearly the year round
and the result is that I have scarcely
Spent an hour since, in looking for help,
nor do we pay extraordinary wages. There
were three applications this spring for a
job on the farm and therefore we had the
opportunity to choose the man most suit-

long as productive
any rate,

 

ANOTHER HIRED MAN’S VIEWPOINT.

I would like to make a, few remarks in
regard to the articles written by Mr.
llutchins and also by the party signing
himself, “.\ llircd Man,” and Mr. Root.

Like “.\ llircd Man." I was not needcd
at home, so comincnccd working out and
have continued to work out
clcvcn years, and wish to
1 do not side
employcr or

for [I10
right

with

past,
say here
cutircly

ihc cinployc.

citlicr the

l have been
during that

cinployed by four
timc and in three
counties, and liaVc worked
a great many hired men and will go 11.
step further than Mr. llutchins and say
that the majority of hired mcn are care—

]lzll‘l ics
different

alongside of

less and hccdlcss, decidcdly so. and. on
the other hand, I think the majority of
employers arc careless, and I think Mr.

Hutchins will agree with me in that.
“.-\ hired man" says farmers do not pay
high enough but my observation
has been that they do and that in many
cases greater than the value reccived, but
on the other hand, 1 think many farmers
lct good men slip through their fingers
because they will not pay more than the
“going wage" when those men‘s services

“YIQW‘S,

are worth considerable more than the
average. He also says thcy ought to be:
furnished winter tniployment. I believe

a. good man will always find winter cm-
ployment. 1 cannot agrce with him when
he says they cannot save up
for 1 knmv they can t'xoin cxpcricnce.
have always drcsscd will. and
considerable nion<y
plcted the two—year
eral agriculture and thc two
course in horticulture at )I. A. (1., and
by the way, what more protitablc way
could a hired man spend l\‘V(l or thrcc of
his winters than by attending the short
Courses for

anything,
I
sciit.
home, and have con]-
short

hay»
course in ,L‘t‘ll-
weeks shoit

his own future lwnetit as well
as the benetit of his cinploytr at prcseiit.
Besides this, I could pay cash
a brand new 1111:: touring car.
Writing this to
man can
add
per

today for
1 am not
brag, but to show that a.
it' he wishes to. .I
commenced working for $13
in summer and doing chorcs
for board and going to school in winter,
and have nchr rccein-d over $30 per
month in summcr and $30 in winter.

As to irregular hours, ,1
farmers could shorten their hours to good
advantage if they would do more head
work, but it' thca'c is anything I detest it
is a man who will drop everything when
the. whistle blows no matter what 'the
result is to his employer. I remember
once I was spraying an orchard and there
was a young fellow deing the driving and
pumping for me and it was Saturday at-
ternoon, when the supper bell rang we
had about six or eight trees left and just
enough material in the tank to finish and
it would not have taken over 20 minutes
to have finished the job, but the fellow
dropped the pump handle and would not
pump another stroke. The result was,
Monday it rained and Tuesday it was
too late and We harvested a. crop of poor
apples off those trees.

Mr. Root mentions the farm help prob-
lem. I would like to give a. few thoughts

saVc
that I
month

might

think many

    


  

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that have come to my mind. during the
past year.

The majority of farms are supplied with
enough boys and girls to carry on the
farm work if they could be induced to
stay. Everyone knows that a boy well-
trained at home who is interested in his
work is the best hired man a. farmer
could have.

I believe that the boy corn contests
and other contests of farm work properly
conducted and encouraged, will do more
toward getting the boys and girls inter-
ested and finally solving the “farm help
problem," than any other one thing.

Oceana Co. ANOTHER HIRED MAN.

 

INOCULATING ALFALFA.

The growing of alfalfa is becoming more
common year after year and the value as
a forage crop is becoming more marked.
especially in some of the northern states.
Some farmers are very successful, while
others have complete failure. This fail-
ure is due, perhaps, to two things; name-
ly, improper preparation of the seed bed,
and to lack of inoculation of the seed or
soil, the latter being the greatest factor.

Inoculation of an alfalfa field a few
years ago was thought to be of very lit-
tle value, but today farmers are begin-
ning to- see that inoculation is absolutely
necessary for the best production of al—
falfa. The field may become inoculated
after alfalfa grows in a rich field eight or
ten years, this method. however, is too
slow and besides, the plant, instead of
depositing nitrogen in the soil, is taking
it from the soil. It has no power of form-
ing nodules on the roots unless these par-
ticular bacteria are present. This is not
only true with the alfalfa plant but it is
also true with the clovers, cowpeas, soy
beans and all of the legumes. They all
require a certain bacteria for their best
development. ‘

We may wonder why the legumes do
not grow Well in an acid soil, since other
crops, such as corn. oats and rye thrive
very well in this kind of a soil. They do
not grow well because the bacteria are
not able to live in an acid soil. This
difficulty can easily be overcome by ap-
plying about one ton of ground limestone
per acre to the field. The lime is a base
and neutralizes or corrects the acidity.

The most common method for inocu—
lating for alfalfa is by scattering dirt
from an old alfalfa field or from where
there is a good growth of sweet clover.
Two or three hundred pounds of such
dirt harrowed in on a cloudy day before
the bright sun can dwtroy the bacteria
is easily and economically applied. Last
year we inoculated a five—acre field by
this method. The soil was sown broad-
cast on a cloudy day at the rate of 200
pounds per acre. Three weeks ago while
going over this field I noticed narrow
strips of dark green alfalfa across the
field, and they seemed to be where we
walked as We sowed the soil broadcast by
hand. Last week I noticed that these
dark green strips were gradually becom-
ing wider and in a short time the whole
field will be of the same color. You may
think that this dark color is due to a
thicker growth on account of sowing the
seed broadcast, but the seed was sown
with a disc drill both ways, so the dark
color is due to nothing else but the ac-
tion of the bacteria. This particular case
plainly shows the excellent results ob-
tained from inoculation.

Another method which is easier and
more economical is the glue method. Dis-
solve about a pound of ordinary furniture
glue in a gallon of water. Moisten the
seed thoroughly with this solution, stir—
ring the seed for an even distribution.
then sprinkle on the finely pulverized and
dried dirt containing the bacteria. Care
should be used in drying the dirt before
applying as there is danger of killing the
bacteria. The dirt should be selected
from a place where the bacteria are
known 'to be strong and numerous and
should be dried and Sifted in a moder-
ately shady place. This method is anew
one and has proven to be very satisfac-
tory. The labor and time involved is
much less than the former method.

Prepared culture can be secured from
the United States Departmentilof.Angi‘-
culture or from some of the state experi-
ment stations. The Michigan Experiment
StatiOn prepares all kinds of legume cul-
tures and all farmers living in this state
can get them at a nominal cost. Other
farmers can secure the same from the
United States Department of Agriculture.
This method of inoculating is particularly
recommended for sections where alfalfa

. is not grown and where the sweet clover
does not grow. We used this method for
inoculatingour first field of alfalfa and
now we use the soil from the already in-

 

THE‘MICHIGANIFARMER

oculatod fields for inoculating new ones.
Soil for inoeulatlng can be procured from
the United States Department of Agricul-
ture but the expense involved in trans-
portation is such that it is best to get the
culture.

The methods of inoculating are not
necessarily restricted to alfalfa, but cow-
peas and soy beans, which need inocula-
tion in a great many sections, can be in-
oculated by these methods with success.

If your alfalfa looks yellow and sick
you perhaps have sowed it without inoc-
ulating the field. If such is the case,
the best thing to do is to inoculate imme-
diately or prepare the ground the next
year and inoculate before sowing and
your alfalfa will grow more thrifty with
a healthier looking color.

Indiana. J. C. KLINE.

SOME PROBLEMS IN TILE DRAINING.

 

Among the many interesting topics in
your paper of recent date I have been
particularly interested in the subject of
drainage. I have some ideas of different
methods that some others have perhaps
tried, and if so I would like the benefit
of their experience.

I have nearly five miles of tile drains
and I need 20. The largest drain on the
place carries the water from a half sec-
tion of land. I have 80 rods of tile be-
ginning With 10-inch, then eight-inch
tile. I have cut the surface down to take
care of the surplus or it would be of lit-
tle benefit.

I bought a 14-inch cement tile machine
and made a few rods and started the
lower end but it takes more time than I
care to use. I will take the ditch when
dry and dig the right‘depth and level.
with the bottom shaped for 14-inch tile.

With installments of cement and gravel
placed along the ditch I will make the
tile where they are to be left. I will use
the core of the tile machine, Which re-
duces its diameter one-half inch when
pulling on the handle, as the form for the
cement. Any man who has hauled. large
tile six miles and 'paid the price and put
them in a ditch knows the difficulties en-
countered.

I have a grader that will do more good
with a man and team, whether it is grad-
ing the road, makinga smooth surface
drain, or filling a. tile drain. than the
heavy road grader can do with three men
and six horses.

Livingston Co. F. L. HACKER.

LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.

 

Dlsking Land Before Plowing.

For a number of years I have been a.
convert to the theory that it would pay
to disk land before it was plowed, not
only stubble land but sod ground, too.
The theory has always been a plausible
one to me. ”VVhen the furrows are turn-
ed over in sod, for instance, there is an
air space at the bottom of the furrow
where the furrow laps. If the season is
at all dry this air Space prevents capil-
lary connection of the plowed slice with
the subsoil. consequently yOu get no sub-
soil moisture. The only way to do in
this case is to thoroughly pack the soil
down. Of course, in fall plowing the land
gets settled down. That is one reason
why it is better to plow sod in the fall
than it is in the spring. But if this sod
ground can be thoroughly cut up by disk-
ing so that when it is plowed down the
sod would not hold together there would
be no air space there because the fine
dirt thrown by the jointer would fill this
air space as it does in nice stubble
ground, and you would get better capil-
lary connection and consequently you
would get more moisture from the sub-
soil by capillarity. And again, in plowing
stubble ground ’the corn stubbles bother
some. If ground gets a little dry, es—
pecially on clay, the jointer'throws the
trash and clods of clay in the bottom of
the furrow. Now it is almost impossible
to pack this soil afterwards so that you
get the prOper capillary connection so
that you can get moisture from the sub-
soil. On the other hand, if the soil could
be thoroughly disked, pulverized fine on
top, fitted in such a way that it would
'be almost, proper for a seed bed and then
the ground is plowed, this air space is
entirely avoided, because it fills with fine
dirt. Then, when the ground is fitted
after plowing you have a thoroughly pre-
pared seed bed. I say I have been a.
convert to this idea for a number of
years but never have been able to do it.
In the first place, my ground is heavy
land, much of it is clay. Horse pulver-
izers won’t dig it up. If you load them
dovvn so that they will cut up this hard
clay then the horses can't pull it. You
haven't got the power to do the business.

. hard work.

People who live ‘on sandy soil or on
sandy' loam know but very little about
the difllculties of tillage. .

On easily tilled soils there isn’t very
much of a problem. A good pair of
horses will draw a plow all day. The soil
is loose and mellow and plows down nice-
ly. There are no clods to be crushed by
a roller. The roller being put onto .this
soil presses it down and the tillage prob-
lem is not a very difficult problem. On
the other hand, if you have heavy clay
loams or hard lumpy clays the proposi-
tion is an entirely different one. It is
hard work for a pair of horses to plow
heavy soil. It usually plows up lumpy. It
is tough. It takes lots of power to cut
this up and fine it, and when corn stub-
ble gets hard in the spring it is almost
impossible to get a. common horse pulver-
izer or spring-tooth barrow or anything
of that sort to dig it up. But I have
found something at last that will do this.
and that is the modern big engine disk
or cutaway. Implement manufacturtrs
are now making disks that cut ten or
more feet wide that weigh from 1,800 to
2,000 lbs. and are double action, one
disk following the other so that it leaves
the land level and not in ridges, and if
the ground is exceedingly hard such an
implement can be loaded with stones or
sand bags so that it will go in. It will
do the business. Now the only problem.
then, is to get the power to draw it, and
that power is solved in the modern trac-
tion engine. Horses can't do it. It is too
It wouldn’t be possible to
keep horses enough on a. farm to do this
kind of work.

This year I had a corn stubble that we
covered with a heavy coat of manure
during the winter and late spring. This
manure wasn't spread very well, it was
put on too thick in the first place, and
thrown off in forkfuls. We tried har-
rowing it with a. spike—tooth harrow. Of
course, it helped it some. Then we put
on the traction engine with the big disks.
lVe had to go over it both ways because
these big disks wouldn’t fit all of the
places going one way. But when we went
over it both ways this manure was all
torn to pieces and mixed with the sur-
face soil, and when we came to plow it
it plowed like a garden. There was
enough fine dirt on top so that it filled.
all of the air spaces. The ground didn't
plow nearly as lumpy as it does some
years, and I believe that it is the best
job I ever did upon this field.

Again, the clover sod cannot be disked
with ordinary horse tools. It takes too
long. You would have to go over it a
good many times to work it up. One
‘can't afford the time in the spring. But
the big engine disk will cut into the clo-
ver sod and tear it up in going over it
twice, and chop it all up so that when it

is plowed the fine dirt fills up the bottoml

of the furrow. We have just finished
dishing 40 acres of clover sod and I
never had clover sod plow quite so well
as this. Of: course, if the season should
be wet I don't think it would make so
very much difference, but if the season
is dry I am sure that we have formed a
better capillary connection between the
furcw and the sub-soil and we will get
more sub-soil moisture, and I am posi-
tive that we have got a better seed bed.

Home-grown Alfalfa Seed.

In my alfalfa notes last week I forgot
to say that I am making one more experi-
ment, and that is, that I succeeded in
gettinga bushel of alfalfa seed that was
grown within five miles of my farm, and
I have seeded this alongside of other
seed. The question to solve is whether
home-grown alfalfa seed is hardier and
better than that grown in the northwest.
Most people are inclined to think that
this will be better. I have a good chance
to try it out because our other conditions
will be equal. It is sown side by side
with seed purchased from the northwest.
I rather expect it will be a little hardier
and ,a little thriftler, but only time will
tell. COLON C. LILLIE.

GOOD SEED CORN.

 

 

Make no mistake, plant only such Corn
that is suitable 'to your locality. Many
thousands of acres of Corn did not ma-
ture last season simply because many
farmers planted seed that was grown too
far south. Ask your dealer for our North-
ern Grown Fire Dried Seed Corn, and if
he cannot supply it, order'direct from us
and we will guarantee safe delivery. It
costs only about 40c per acre more to
plant your land with our high grade test.
ed Seed Corn than .tf you plant your own.
Ask for free samples and prices. Alfred
J. Brown Seed 00., Grand Rapids. Mich;
-Adv. .

‘ MAY 31, 1913.1

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Practical Science. E

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NINE

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SOIL ANN FERTILIZER QUESTIONS.

 

The average farmer who begins", to

study the chemistry of the soil and how
to maintain its fertility runs up against
some problems which seem to him pretty
hard to solve. We have learned that the
three elements of the soil which are de~
pleted by continued cropping, are nitro-
gen. phosphorus and potash. We know
that nitrogen can be supplied to the soil
by growing clover, alfalfa and other le-
gumes, but in this vicinity We have had
trouble in getting good even stands of
clover on land that will grow good crop:'
of corn, wheat and potatoes. We con-
clude that the soil needs lime and per-
haps potash also, and several farmers in
this vicinity are going to sow ground
limestone this spring. Now we are told
that to supply the soil with phosphorus
and potash we must sow some form of

commercial fertilizer which contains those '

elements, but in the highest grade of fer-
tilizer of which we have the analysis
there is only 16 per cent phosphoric acid
and two per cent potash so that in a ton
we would get only 360 lbs. of those ele-
ments which the soil needs and would
have to pay for and handle 1,640 lbs. of
material which is of no benefitto the
soil, which seems to me to be a waste
of money and labor. Also the analysis of
one brand of fertilizer gives one per cent.
of nitrogen equal to 1.25 per cent am-
monia. and one per cent of potash (K20)
equal to 1.85 per cent of sulphate of pot-
ash, all of which leads me to ask the
following questions, which I hope you
will answer in the Michigan Farmer:

A.——Are nitrogen and ammonia the
same element or does nitrogen in the
soil change to ammOnia?

B.—What is the difference between pot-
ash (K20) and sulphate of potash?

C.——How many pounds each of nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash should a cubic
foot of fertile soil contain?

D.——What form of potash is best to
sow and how much per acre should'be
sown if we sow two tons of limestone
per acre?

E.-—-How much phosphate testing 14 per
cent to 16 per cent available phosphoric
acid should we sow per acre?

F.,—Is there any dangbr of sowing too
much phosphate or potash?

St. Joseph C0. ' R. B.

A.—Nitrogen is an element: ammonia is
a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen.
\Vhen ammonia. is spoken of in a. fertiliz-
er the same constituent is meant as
when nitrogen is mentioned. The ratio
between nitrogen and ammonia is as
14:17. That is, if in a fertilizer the per-
centage of nitrogen is given, then by
multiplying the percentage by 17 and di-
viding that result by 14, the correspond-
ing element in terms of ammonia will be
found.

B.—Potash is quite commonly spoken
of in discussing the element potassium
in fertilizers, almost in the same way
that ammonia is spoken of when discuss-
ing the element, nitrogen. Potash really
is a compound consisting of one part ox-
ygen to two parts of potassium, written
K20. Now, sulphate of potassium is pot-
ash (K20) plus sulphuric acid (SO3), or
K20 p1usSO3, which is K2804, which is
sulphate of potash. If the percentage of
potash is given and one desires to know
what its equivalent is as sulphate of pot-
ash, he may multiply the percentage of
potash by 174 and divide the result by 94.
The reSult will be the equivalent in terms
of sulphate of potash. One should bear
in mind that if a fertilizer guaranty states
that it contains 14 lbs. of nitrogen, 17 lbs.
of ammonia, 94 lbs. of potash and 174
lbs. of sulphate of potash, the fertilizing
value is not equivalent to the sum of all
these amounts, for 14 lbs. of nitrogen
and 17 lbs. of ammonia are the same
amount expressed in different terms, and
94 lbs. of potash and 174 lbs. of sulphate
of potash are exactly the same thing,
but expressed in different equivalents.

C.—A fertile soil will contain, perhaps,
on the average, four tons of potash per
acre, three tons of phosphoric acid per
acre, two tons of nitrogen per acre, fig-
uring on the first surface foot of the soil.

D.—We think the best form of potash
to be used, if it can be obtained, is car-
bonate of potash, the form in which pot-
ash exists in wood ashes. The amount
to be sown depends entirtly upon the
soil and crop under cultivation. If wood
ashes are obtained it may not be neces-
sary to use limestone in connection there-
with. If not we should use from 30.0 to
500 lbs. per acre in connection with the
limestone. ' '

E.—The same answer may apply to this
question regarding available phosphoric
acid as given under “D."

D.—If ground green or steamed bone is
applied there need be no apprehension”:-
gardlng the excess but lf‘acid phosphate
is used we should prefer to use it in con-
nection with'some organic manure.

F.-—-lf fertilizers are used in connection

with an organic manure there is little.

danger in using too much. «

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THE M'ICHIGAN_FARMER

   

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BORDEAUX INJURY OF FRUIT.

 

Until just a. few years ago Bordeaux
mixture was considered the best fungi-
cide for all fruit troubles of a. fungus
nature. It was Bordeaux injury which
knocked it from its pedestal of promi-
nence, and brought forth lime-sulphur as
an efficient summer fungicide.

The Bordeaux injury which is familiar
to many fruit growers is mainly found on
the fruit, although sometimes the foliage
is slightly injured. The russeting caused
by Bordeaux injury often deforms the
fruit as in a bad case of russeting where
the fruit is lop-sided, the side of the ap-
ple russeted does not grow normally. The
fruit often cracks, as in bad cases ~of
scab, and in some varieties, the Ben
Davis for instance, it will cause teat-like
protuberances which are russeted. Green—
ings and Baldwins have become so rus-
setted that they resembled Russet apples
more than they did themselves. Varieties
so injured will not keep as long as ordi~
narily because they do not have the nat-
ural oiliness of the skin Which prevents
the evaporation of moisture from the in-
side and shrinking. They will be liable
to shrivel like the Russet. The market
value of such fruit is, of course, consid-
erably below par.

The cause of Bordeaux injury is sup-
posed to be due to the action of the cop-
per sulphate or blue vitriol. It is more
prevalent when we have considerable wet
weather. Then the lime of the Bordeaux
mixture unites with the excessive mois-
ture. or rather, is washed out of the
Bordeaux on the tree and free copper
sulphate is left, and it is very caustic.

A few years ago we carried out an ex-
periment to learn something of Bordeaux
injury which gave us interesting results.
“'e tried to find out which spraying (-aus-
Gd the Bordeaux injury and we had the
experimental plots so arranged that one
of the usual sprayings of Bordeaux was
skipped on each plot, the arrangement
being so that no two plots had the same
application left out. YVe found that all
of the applications except the one in
August,would cause the injury, the spray-
ing before the blossoms being no ex-
ception.

A great many growers, thinking that
the spraying before the .blossoms would
cause no injury, used Bordeaux because
they thought it was a better fungicide
than the lime-sulphur, and they have in
many cases had serious injury. The writ-
er saw Ben Davis apples last year which
had very serious Bordeaux injury from
just the one spraying of Bordeaux before
the blossoms opened».

Two of our experimental plots were
sprayed just alike before the blossoms
opened. They were sprayed on the same
day and on the same variety of fruit and
the making of the Bordeaux was as near
the same as we could make it in both
cases. On one plot we had injury and
on the other none. The only way we
could account for the difference in the
results was in the making of the two
batches. There was undoubtedly some
slight difference in the way the two
batches were put together which caused
the one to burn and the other not. So
we may have two causes for Bordeaux
injury, weather conditions and the man-
ner of mixing.

There is considerable difference as to
the susceptibility of varieties to the Bor-
deaux injury. Ben Davis, R. 1. Green-
ing, Jonathan, VVagener, Baldwin. King,
Yellow Transparent and Winter Banana,

are quite susceptible to injury. The
Northern SDY. Duchess, Red Canada,
Spitzenburg, Fall Pippin, and Snow are

not very susceptible.

Van Buren Co. FRANK A. WILKEN.

Is A GARDEN WORTH WHILE?

At first thought, the question, is a gar-
den worth while? may seem somewhat
puerile. But anyone who will take the
journey through the
country in the last days of June or first
days of July, will soon discover that
there are reasons enough for asking the
question. Perhaps it will be well to state
In the beginning, that the term garden
as used here, does not mean a patch of
pig weeds and quack grass with a. fence
around it, neither does it mean a strip

of ground adjacent to the hog pasture,
with little or no fence between.

In considering the question as to
whether or not a garden pays, the first
point brought up in serious objection is
that of labor. When a farmer is rushed
with work and can hardly find time to
put in his spring crops, he is apt to re—
gard the garden as a sort of necessary
evil—a nuisance that must have some
degree of attention, sooner or later, and
it is generally later. In justice to a host
of successful farmers, let it be said, how—
ever, that they pay as much attention to
the garden as to any other farm work,
and consider it of as much importance.
It is true, though, that there. are good
farmers who are skeptical about the gar-
den propositios. An easy way to settle
the question is to place the figures of
labOr beside: the figures of the cost of
garden products at the local market
prices. Measured in this way, it will be
found that few, if any, crops pay better
than a good garden, and that time, labor,
and the ground can not be used to better
advantage.

In investigating the garden question,
the observer is not long in reaching the
conclusion that the successfully conduct-
ed farms and well-kept homes generally
mean good gardens, while slovenly, ill-
kept places and unprofitable farming op-
erations are apt to mean the reverse.
Ask the first-class farmers whether a
garden is worth while, and you will re-
ceive an emphatic answer in the affirma-
tive. Ask the second-class, and, of
course, you will be unable to get a sat-
isfactory answer.

In farming, as in everything else, it is

the little things that count. “'hatever
adds to the farmer's inlc‘w-ndence and
comfort is certainly worth ile. In these
days of high prices, more than ever be-
fore. the more nearly the farmer can
come to growing what he consumes, the

more nearly has he solved the problem of
subsistence and success. The man who
is harvesting early potatoes of his own
growing while his neighbor is paying 40
cents a peck for tubers at the village
store, is the man who has grasped the
full significance of the advantages the
farm affords. Likewise, the farmer who
pays 12 or 17» cents a quart for berries
during the berry season when, with a
little time and labor. he might have them
in plenty on his own farm. has not yet
attained to the full significance of the
advantage he possesses over those who
are not tillors of the soil.

In canvassing a farming community to
get the sentiment in regard to this sub—
ject, it is probable that the t‘armers’
wives, at least, would answer unanimous-
ly in favor of the good garden proposi-
tion. Theyxare the ones who have to
solve the problem of preparing the meals
from day to day, and they know better
than anyone else, what a good garden
really means. They can answer from the
standpoint of economy and from the
broader standpoint of wholesome, com-
fortable living. To buy the vegetables
and small fruit means an enormous un-
necessary expense. To go without them
means poor management and unnecessary
denial. From the viewpoint of health as
well as from that of economy and com-
fort, every farm should have a good gar—
den—a garden in which rhubarb and as-
paragus and the earliest products can be
secured, and in which throughout .the
summer, the various garden products can
be obtained in their turn. In the sum—
mer, a. good garden is half the farmer’s
living, and then some, and whether he
owns one acre or an entire section, gar-
dening is certainly worth while.

Hillsdale Co. J. A. KAISER.

LATE CELERY FOR WINTER USE.

 

Last year We had the finest lot of cel-
ery ever seen in this locality, and here is
how it was grown:

The plants were grown in very rich
soil and thinned so that none were small
and spindling. No- weeds were allowed
to grow among the plants. After the
plants were four or five inches high, the
tips of the leaves were shorn off, so as
to cause the plants to grow stalky. Dur-
ing dry weather the celery plants were
thoroughly sprinkled, every evening. The
tips of the leaves were again shorn, about
tw0 weeks after the first clipping. In
doing this, there is danger of injuring the
plants. Only the top section of the larger
leaves should be removed.

hollow celery

All this may seem to be a great deal
of unnecessary work; but it is simply
time wasted /to set out small spindling
celery plants. Good celery cannot be
grown without considerable work.

Late celery plants should never be
started in the house. That is, late varie-
ties should always be sown in open
ground. April or May is early enough
here in Ohio. When celery is wanted for
late fall and winter use, the plants may
be set out any time from July to Sep-
tember, with good results. Ours were
transplanted last year on August 21. Af-
ter the ground had been thoroughly spad-
ed, the, plants were set in double rows
about one foot apart and six or eight
inches in the row. The advantage in the
double rows is that when drawing the
earth up around the plants to blanch,
two rows are as easy to handle as one.
Plants were set in rows on a level sur-
face. Trenches have always proven un-
satisfactory here. To be at its best, cel~
ery should be grown quickly. Stringy or
is very poor eating. And
unless there is plenty of plant food and
moisture in the soil, the celery will be
full of strings. To promote rapid growth
keep the roots cool and damp. Late plant-
ing is conducive to rapid growth because
the late summer and fall months are
cooler, as a. rule, and there is usually
more rain than there is earlier.

After the plants started they were not
disturbed for about a week. Then the
soil was loosened a little. In dry weath-
er the plants require more care. I'nless
the soil is kept moist they will be very
slow to start. It is best to p0stpone cul-
tivation until after a good, soaking rain.
Then use a hoe or similar implement to
loosen up the soil.

After the surface was thoroughly cul-
tivated it was covered about an inch
deep with manure from the poultry house.
Needless to say, the manure must not
come in contact with the plants. That
is, it should be carefully spread around
the: plants, not among the stalks, YVhen
properly used it is an excellent fertilizer
for-celery as well for various other
crops. “’hen carelessly used, it does
more harm than good.

After the hen manure was put on noth-
ing more was done for about two weeks.
In the meantime. there had been several
soaking rains, which was exactly what
we wanted. \Vithout these. rains the top-
dressing would not have benefited the
plants. The soil was again loosened with
a hoe. Another good rain came and by
this time the plants were growing fine.

At this stage the blanching process be-
gan. We think it best to begin drawing
up the soil as soon as the plants get well
started. Some growers do not begin to
blanch their celery until it is nearly full
size and as a result there are more green
stalks in the bunches than blanched ones.
Plants grow very fast after the ridging
or banking process is begun.
are kept much cooler than where boards
or any light material is used. Every few
days a. little more earth is drawn up
around the plants as they grow. After
this the celery will need very little at-
tention until ready for use, except bank-
ing up a little, as the plants grow. The
Work should be done when there is no
surplus moisture. If either the plants
or the soil is wet when banking, it will
cause the celery to rot or rust. Some
growers wrap paper loosely around the
plants before beginning to draw up the
earth, to keep the stalks clean.

Ohio. ANNA W. GALLIGHE‘R.

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STRAWBERRIES PROMISE WELL.

 

May first I finished loosening the mulch
over the: strawberry plants, that the new
growth might come out with the least
possible obstruction, and still have a
maximum amount of the surface protect-
ed with the straw mulch. To be sure,
some growth had been made prior to
this time, but a close watch was kept to
make sure that no injury to the plants
was taking place, while I was attending
to some work that was more pressing. In
loosening the mulch, any surface be-
tween the rows not protected with straw
was raked loose with a garden rake. As
soon as possible more straw will be ap-
plied, that evaporation may be reduced
to the minimum. The plants covered with
forest leaves, required but little assist-
ance in pushing up through the covering,
and even under the coarse, unthreshed
rye straw, the new growth was normal in
color, so it is evident that plenty of light
was penetrating the mulch: still there
were places where it seemed necessary
to part the covering, in order that the
new leaves and fruit buds might grow up
less obstructed. M. N. EDGERTON.

 

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REARING ORPHAN COLT BY HAND.

 

Please tell me how to raise a, colt With-
out the aid of its mother.
Grand Traverse 00., R. A. W.

First of all, it should be thoroughly
underStood that nearly every new-born
colt runs a risk of losing its life from
two principal causes; namely, the bowels
are invariably costive—the first milk tak-
en from udder of mother acts as a laxa-
tive, consequently the foal that nurses
receives the benefit of this laxative and
unloads and eliminates the excrement
which usually packs the posterior bowels
quite full. It is very important that the
orphan colt should be given a tablespoon-
ful of castor oil alone; a glycerine supos-
itory or a small piece of soap be placed
in rectum to lubricate the bowel, or an
ounce or two of olive oil be injected
gently into rectum in order that this
wavy excrement might be gotten rid of.
Immediately after birth the navel cord
should be treated in the following man—
ner: “'ash the cord with a solution made
by dissolving one ounce of carbolic acid
in a. quart of clean water; or use one
part corrosive sublimate to 1,000 parts
water, then tie cord with a silk or linen

string that has been thoroughly soaked in

either of these solutions. The end of
cord should be saturated with Lugol's so—
lution. which is composed of 25 parts of
iodine, four parts iodide of potassium and
eight or ten hundred parts water. Or
you may apply a dusting powder com-
posed of equal parts powdered alum, 0x-
ide of zinc, boracic acid with a little
ClellDllOl‘ added. l have also Obtained
very good results by applying one part
iodine and 99 parts liquid collodion. There
are many other home healing remedies
that seem to give good results and if you
have nothing else on hand, use the first
mentioned lotion until the navel heals
perfectly. It is needless for me to say
that the stall where the colt is kept
should be thoroughly disinfected and kept
clean and free from filthy bedding.

Now, regarding the food supply, which
is cow’s milk. Select milk from a heal-
thy cow that has recently freshened, but
be sure and add one-fourth its volume of
boiled water. Also add a little sugar to
each meal. Kindly understand that a
very young colt should be fed every two
hours until it is a few days old, then the
time between feeding may be gradually
lengthened. It must also be understood
that feeding utensils should be kept
scrupulously clean, giving thcm much the
same attention as is given in child feed-
ing, for if this is not done the colt is al-
most certain to suffer from bacterial in—
fection of the b0wels. it is also import-

ant that the milk should be given at
blood temperature. After the colt is a
few weeks old, add some of the pulp

made by boiling beans or peas or oil meal
and remove the skins by pressing the
pulp through a sieve. At ten or twelve
weeks of age the colt will then eat cou-
sidei‘iible grass,‘ crushed oats and. when
changing from fresh cow's milk to sep-
arator milk. it is necessary to reduce
the quantity of milk fed for fear of in-
ducing too much bowel action. I have
thought that as soon as a cult would eat
enough of other food, besides milk, it was
no bud plan to discontinue the milk. A
colt reared by hand can usually and safe-
ly be weaned at four or five months. It
is also important that the colt have the
companionship of other colts, or horses;
they do not seem to thrive and do as
Well when alone. This, perhaps, is on
account of them not taking sufficient ex-.
ercise and the bowels and kidneys not
acting free enough. Besides, plenty of
exercise induces appetite.

On my father‘s stock farm in Canada
many years ago we attempted to raise
orphan colts occasionally, but invariably
lost them all; this, I now feel sure, was
for lack of knowledge, not only in feed-
ing, but the early treatmuit of the na-
vel. In some cases they (Led from joint
ill, doubtless caused from navel infec-
tion, which can now easily be prevented;
furthermore, I am sure that we were not
painstaking enough in thoroughly clean-
ing and airing their“ feeding utensils; be-
sides, we failed to dilute their milk and
did not add sugar. However, during the
past 25 years, I have raised orphan colts
in the manner which I have described and
some of them appeared to thrive fully as
well as colts raised by a. poor_milking

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mother. During the time they were fed
milk I found it necessary to give them an
occasional dose of raw linseed oil, castor
oil or olive oil to open their bowels. I
am sure it is also important to furnish
the colt plenty of clean drinking water. I
invariably added a small quantity of salt
to their food daily, besides gave them
some cooking soda. in their skim-milk.
Ohio. DR. W. C. FAIR.

 

SUMMER MANAGEMENT OF THE
BROOD SOWS.

 

On some farms the brood sows are shut
up to wean the pigs and are then kept
confined the remainder of the summer
and full. All farmers should know that
good results from the sows in the future
cannot be expected where this sort of
management is given. in order to main-
tain a strong vitality, a brood sow de-
mands exercise—all she cares to take—
and a variety 0f feed. Both of these she
will get if she has access to good pas-
ture during the summer.

As it is not desirable to feed both
brood sows and pigs together, and as
most farmers have but one pasture. some
means must be contrived for Separating
the two classes at feeding time. This:
can be accomplished .by nailing slats
across the feed floor door at such dis-
tances apart as will admit the pigs and
at the same time bur the older hogs.
Farmers who do not have a feeding floor
can accomplish the same, end by con-

structing a board or rail pen in which to '

feed the pigs while the older hogs (”‘6 fed
outside. Separate pastures are advisable,
however. when they can be had.

(‘onfincmcut and a corn ration alone
spoil more brood sows and sires than all
other mistakes combined. Far too many
farmers feed all their hogs together. It
has always been our own experience, and
neighbor farmers report like results, that
when the brood sows are permitted to
run with the fattening hogs during the
summer and full right up to furrowing
time, poor litters of pigs are farrowcd.
Many of, the pigs are born (lead and many
others do not survive more than a few,
days, The same results will follow when
the sows are separated from the other
hogs if the sows are fed largely on corn.
(live the brood sows the run of a. pas-
ture and they will pick up most of their
living and keep healthy; shut them up in
a lot or feed them with the fattening
hogs and they will lose stamina and dis~
appoint their owner at farrowing time.

For about a month previous to farrow—
lllg the demands of the brood sows are
rather heavy, and some feed in addition
to that picked up in the pasture should
be given. An all corn ration Should not
be given. however. The demands of the
sows are for material to make bone, mus-
cle, etc, in the unborn pigs. This calls
for a growing ration and not a fattening
one, such us: corn. Nothing is better for
the sows than a ration composed of oats.
wheat bran. and oil meal several times a.
week. All these are rich in bone-making
material. Oats are particularly good for
keeping up a high vitality and the sows
always relish this grain. Bran has a.
good effect upon the digestive tract and
it also contains a fair amourit of pro-
tein. The oil meal furnishes the real pro-
tein portion of such a ration, however,
and it has a slightly laxative effect that
gives vigor to the system. The best
method of feeding such .1 ration is to wet
it and place it in troughs. Don’t add
enough water, however, to make the mess
sloppy. for the sows will drink the slop
rapidly and do very little masticating.
What water the sows require should be
supplied in a separate trough.

Indiana. W. F. Punpun.

 

During the first four months of the
present year 364,256 cattle of the stocker
and feeder class were shipped from Kan-
sas City. Omaha, St. Joeeph and Sioux
City into feeding districts. an increase
of 75,632 head over such shipments made
in the like period a year ago.

Iowa’s animal health commission has
barred importation and distribution in
that state of several herds of cattle af-
fected with tuberculosis, and the com-
mission is exercising diligence in pre-
venting the dumping of undesirable stock
on Iowa from Illinois, New York and oth-
er states. Several herds have been test-
ed, and in some cases it was found that
100 per cent were bad; in others 60 per
cent were affected. while other tests have
shown smaller numbers of tuberculin-
animals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THE M‘ICHI

 

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HOW TO MILK A COW PROPERLY.

 

The old saying “That any fool can milk
a cow but it takes a wise man to feed
it,” may have something in it, but there
is much to be said about how a cow
should be milked, I’m sure. “'hy is it
some men can milk more cows than oth-
ers in a certain time, when they appar-
ently milk about as fast? What makes
some cows strippers, if not from poor
milkers? If you can put in an article on
“How a. cow should be properly milked,”
I am sure it would be instructive to many
and greatly appreciated.

Charlevoix Co. “V. M. S.

Milking is an art, and not only this.
but it is an art that it seems impossible
for everybody to acquire. There are more
poor milkers than there are good ones.
many times more. The reason why many
cows do not give more milk is because
they are improperly milked, because peo-
ple milk them who do not know how to
milk, or haven’t the proper strength in
their hands or the necessary qualities in
their makeup to do it as it ought tobe
done. The cow should be milked as rap-
idly as possible. Cxperiments go to show
that the man who can milk cows the
quickest gets the most milk in a year.
The slow milker tends to dry up the
cow or he does not in any way develop
the cow. In milking the cow one should
never strip with the thumb and finger.
This is absolutely wrong. The teat should
be grasped with the whole hand. If the
teat is rather short grasp it with the
little finger and the.next t0 the middle
finger and have the rest of the hand up
on the udder. Don’t grasp it with the
thumb and finger and attempt to milk in
that way. Milking consists of manipulat-
ing the udder at the same time the milk
is drawn from it, and unless one learns
to successfully manipulate the udder he
is not a first-class milker. The cows
with reasonable sized teats, that is, those
large enough so that a man can get a.
full band hold on the teats, are the ones
to be desired. Then, of course. one should
reach up on the quarter of the udder
with the thumb and forefingtr every time
before he Squeezes the teats to get the
milk. The thumb and forefinger working
up on the quarter of the udder tends to
bring the milk down into the teats, and
then it is squeezed out by the rest of the
hand. Just opening and closing the hand
on the teat is not milking. You have got
to manipulate the udder with the thumb
and forefinger so as to bring the milk
down into the teat before you can get
out any great amount of it, and it is this
manipulatitiin of the udder which tends
to increase the secretion of milk in the
udder. “'ith proper manipulation at the
time of milking the cow will secrete more
milk. Very little stripping should be
done. The milk should all be taken form
the udder without stripping. It is a good
plan after one is practically through milk-
ing to go around to each "teat, us—
ing one hand to press the milk out and
the other hand to manipulate the udder.
For instance, grasning the teat in the
right hand and with the left hand gently
pressing on the quarter of the udder with
a, downward pressure, will bring the milk
down into the teat and then it can be
squeezml out with the right hand. Going
around to each teat in this way twice will
take every particle Of milk out of the
cow’s udder and there is no necessity of
the thumb and finger stripping. Milking
fairly rapid and milking thoroughly and
leaving no milk in the udder encourages
the cow to give larger quantities of milk.
in miter words, it develops her,

The fact that there are comparatively
few good milkers makes the milking ma-
chine necessary. No one would think of
having a milking machine if he could get
good milkers and rely upon them. There
is no question in my mind but what a
first-class milker is better than a milk-
ing machine. On the other hand, there
are so few first-class milkers that I be—
lieve the milking machine is fully as good

'as the average milker. The cows are sen-

sitive creatures. \Vhen a cow gets used
to one person milking she gives her milk
down more readily. Continually changing
milkers is poor practice. The cow wants
the same person to milk her. If he is a.
good milker she will hold out on the flow
of her milk longer than where frequent
changes are made. “'here the change is
made from a good milker to a poor milker
it is very noticeable in the yield of milk.
The cow will hold up her milk, and not
only that but it will gradually decrease in

quantity. Many times where a. cow is
not yielding what she ought to the fault
is a poor milker, and when a good milker
takes hold of the cow he can increase
the flow of milk quite perceptibly. This
is one of the most annoying things in the
dairy business, the fact that, while men
are willing to milk, many of them are
not good milkers. They don’t seem to
understand the art and they can't per-
form the work in Such a way as to prop-
erly develop a cow or hold her to a nor-
mal flow of milk.

PRACTICAL METHOD OF PREVENT-

ING THE UNNECESSARY WASTE
OF CONDEMNED MILK.

 

It is the Custom of officials in many
cities to condemn milk because of the
failure of the milk dealers to comply with
certain temperature standards. I‘sually
this milk is disposed of by emptying it
into the gutter, though some attempts
have been made to denature the milk by
adding certain substances which would
render it unfit for use in this fluid state.
It is unfortunate that this milk, which is
valuable for feeding farm animals, should
be needlessly wasted. This loss can be
prevented if the milk is returned to the
farms, where it can be utilized for feed-
ing live stOCk. Condemned milk could
also be used in the city for making case-
in and for other purposes.~

The Department of Agriculture has re-
cently conducted some experiments in

order to devise some practical method of‘

denaturing milk so that its sale as mar-
ket milk may be prevented and yet leave
it in a condition suitable for feeding farm
animals. The work thus far has proved
that the use of a rennet solution is ef-
fective for this purpose at the usual tem-
perature at which milk is condemned.

In these experiments a three per cent
vvatersolution made from powerdered
rennet ot‘ a strength of one to 30,000 was
used, and 40 cubic centimeters of this
solution were added to five—gallon cans of
milk at different temperatures. The tests
were made in a room where the temper-
ature was 80 degrees 14“., as that is about
the temperature of the air in summer
when most of the milk is condemned. In
one test the rennet solution was added
to a. five-gallon can of milk at a temper-
ature of 50 degrees F. In one hour and
1.7 minutes the milk was slightly thick-
ened, its temperature then being 57 de-
grees. Thirty minutes later the temper—
ature had reached 50 degrees and a soft
curd formed. An equal amount of milk
at an initial temperature of 65 degrees
was treated at the same time. In one
hour and 10 minutes the milk in this can
was firmly coagulated, and it is probable
that the rennet had produced the desired
effect in much less time. At the end of
this period the temperature had bten
raised only 1.2 degree, or to 66.2 de—
grees F.

In the light of these experiments it is
believed that if a rennet solution of this
strength is added to condemned market
milk satisfactory results can be secured
under ordinary conditions without the
disadvantages of the other methods which
have been tried.

If a three per cent solution is made
from rennet, strength of oneto 30,000,
about 21/2 ounces (80 cubic centimeters)
of this solution will be required for a 10-
gaIIOn can of milk at a temperature of
3:: degrees or higher. The cost of the
material for this method of denaturing is
may small, being only about three and
one-third cents for a 10—gallon can when
powdered rennet costs $7 a pound.

It is recommended that those who con-
template using this method should test

their solutions in the \Iaboratory before'

using them in practice, so as to know
definitely the strength of each solution
1‘»reparcd.

 

 

DAIRY NOTES.

Specialists not only discard but: con-
demn soap in cleansing milk utensils.
\Vashing soda or common baking soda is
very much better. Soap makes them
sticky, and‘ does not take hold of the
dirt like either soda or some of the wash—
ing powders.

\Yater may be clear and still unfit for
use. If it is suspected that it is charged
with organic impurities, one test is pour-
ing a few drops of permanganate of pot—
ash into a glass of it. The color is at
once changed to a rich red. If this is
permanent. you may feel that it is rea-
sonably free from organic impurities—
though other tests are required before it
can be guaranteed as pure; but if it be-
comes discolored or brownish, the water
is unsafe. / ‘

 

 

 

An up-to-date De Laval separator will, on an average, save its
cost every year over any other separator. ,

In addition to the actual saving in more and better cream
there is also the saving in time of separation and cleaning, in easier
running, greater durability and fewer repairs.

\Because of these savings more than 40,000 users of inferior
and worn-out separators of various makes
(last year took advantage of the De Laval
exchange allowance and traded in their
machines on account of De Lavals.

USERS OF OLD DE LAVALS, on ac-
count of the many improvements in the
modern De Laval over machines sold 10 to
25 years ago, including closer skimming,
easier running, better oiling, etc., will also
find it to their advantage to exchange their
old De Laval for an up-to-date De Laval.

SEE THE NEAREST DE LAVAL
AGENT. He will tell you how much he
can allow on your old machine, Whether a De Laval or some
other make, toward the purchase of anew De Laval. If you
don’t know a De Laval agent, write to the nearest De Laval
office giving make, number and size of your present machine,
and full information will be sent, you.

THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO.

NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE

 

 

 

Why He Prefers The.

 

 

. I3E1Ffll?l(313

Cream Separator

Farmer Onswon says:

Years of experience have taught m
‘ one indisputable fact: There is
only one separator which combines high quality
with moderate price—that is the BEATRICE.

Most every farmer is aware that the average high-grade sep-
arator of big capacity costs from $100 to $110. My
BEATRICE, with 1000 pounds capacity, cost me $75.
Why pay more? There is no better machine.

Less than 2 minutes is all the time it takes to clean the

machine with the patented device. It will leave the

machine thoroughly clean and sanitary. Try it and see.

My BEATRICE beats any machine I ever had for easy running. Then, l

-the close skimming. Why, I‘ve let skimmed milk stand for a day and a

half and you couldn‘t find a speck of cream on it. And—I haven't done so little
repairing since I owned a separator. That's a point you want to conSIder.

The BEATRICE is a guarantee of separator satisfaction. That‘s what you want. Ask your dealer or write for
booklet to the nearest address below. 600le. capacity, $55. 800lbs.capacity,$65. 100tllbs.capaclly,$75.

THE BEATRICE CREAMERY COMPANY
Lincoln. Neb. Des Molnes, Ia.

 

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And they've been getting better every
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We prepay freight. Get our catalog; it

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forty cents worth of the former and a nickel’s worth of the latter.

a funnel. Lastly—costs but $750.

As Uncle Sam said to Mexico:
you.”

produced a motor truck answering perfectly and exactly to the needs

Write us for full description of this powerful little truck.

nearest of our 1100 dealers who can show it to you.

REO MOTOR TRUCK COMPANY,
Lansing, Michigan.

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Sendlc damp. W. E. LEOKY. Holinewille. Ohio

 

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J. E STEPHENSON. Borne .115. Michigan.

MI: in Standard Bred I. I. 3.0!. A1. m and l. I.
ducks. ‘1! 1913 brags" going at halt 'IIIII.

of the best English strains
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FOX AND WOLF HOUNDS

inheri-

years
these on sport.
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Write for prices. 1. Maid $1.60. by
apron so {at 81.“. Best pen- ‘1 per 15 poatpnid. Semi for COMO.
mesmeromray rmm- l.l.“m.mfl.lo.

COMBATING GAP'ES IN CHICKJS.

Gapes are more easily prevented than
cured. Do not wait until chicks become
infected before adopting preventive meas-
ures. If the chicks are reared on the
same small plot of ground each season,
then the ground must be treated to pre-
infection. Cover the entire yard
with air—sinked lime and then spade it
under. Lime has a tendency to sweeten
the soil. Do this each season and the
danger of gape infection will be small.

. Sowing grain in the yards is also an ef-

fective means of purifying the ground.
Rye. oats or other quick growing grain is
excellent for this purpose. The sowing
Should be done before the chicks are al-
lowed iii the yard.

Gapes are caused by small worms that
lodge in the windpipe and cause suffoca-
tion. The object of treatment, then, is
to remove the worms. Gapeworm ex-
tractors can be purchased that will re-
move them. or one can easily be made
from a piece of thin wire, forming it in
the shape of a loop. A loop of twisted
horsehair will also answer the purpose.
Insert either one of these gently into the
windpipe of the chick and pull it out
with a twisting motion. Burn all worms
removed, also all chicks that have died of
grapes. Clean out and disinfect the drink-
ing vessels; also the brood coops. Never
uSe coops for new broods in which chicks

infected with gripes have been raised
without first disinfecting them. “'hite-
wash them thoroughly, adding a little

crude carbolic acid to the whitewash.
Then spray inside and outside of coop
with a good coal-tar preparation. Also
spray all feed troughs with the same so-
lution. Keep a good disinfectant in the
drinking water. Copperas or permanga-
nate of potash is'excelient.
Indiana. 0. E. HAOHMAN.

WHEN TO SELL SURPLUS STOCK.

Success or failure in any line of farm-
ing depends on much upon the marketing
of farm produce as upon the producing of
the stuff. A good many farmers who
have been succcsflul in getting out a
bunch of early-hatched pullets, make the
mistake of marketing them as broilers
when they would be worth much more as
layai's next full. As a rule, it does not
pay to market these early-hatched. pul—
lets, even at fancy bi'oilci' prices. because
it's these that must be depended upon to
produce next wintcr's eggs.

Then. again, there are some. farmers
who do not know that there is a good
market, at fancy priccS, for early-hatch-
ed cockei‘cls weighing between a. pound
and two pounds apiece. I have in a good

many instances realized more for “broil-
ei‘” cockerels, weighing a pound and ov-
er. when marketed in\ April, May and

June, than I would have received for the
some birds had they been fed until Sep-
tember or October. 1 have raised many
a flock of early chicks, marketed the
cockerels as broilers at the proper time
and realized enough from them to pay
for their feed and that of the pullets up
to laying age.

I have always found it advisable and
profitable to sell the cockei'els. especially
the early-hatched ones, just as soon as
they can be mude to meet the require-
ments of the market at the time. Dur-
ing April and May I have realized as
much as $8 per dozen for 11/4-lb. cock~
ei‘els, and in exceptional cases more.
During June, and often until late in July,
from $5 to $6 Del‘ dozen for broilers
wcighiiig around 11/2 lbs. each may be
obtained. In one special market we are
realizing as much as 60 cents per 1b. for
2-lb. broilers as late as August. You can
rest assured that the end of the season
will see no male birds on our place, ex-
cept those intended for breeders. The
plain truth is that they will bring more
at about 2 lbs. than in the fall when
weighing twice as much. .

There is a handsome profit in rearing
chicks to two months old to sell for 60
cents or more, and but little or none at

old and selling them for‘ about 30 or 35
cents. For these reasons it behooves all
farmers and poultrymen to dispose of
their cockerels promptly.'

Then again, the pullets are thus af-
forded more room, grow better and lay
earlier. It is safe to say that a. flock of

 

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pullets from which the cockerels have
been removed before they become trou-

blesome, will come to maturity a month
earlier than will one in which the cock-
erels are allowed to run all fall and
summer.

Then, besides the cockereis, there is
always a. number of old hens. It never

pays to overstock, so enough old stock
should be sold each year to keep the flock
down to whatever size can be most prof-
itably kept. Like the cockereis, old hens
can be Sold to best advantage early, or
before the young stock is thrown freely
upon the market. After the active lay-
ing season is over these old hens will
not be doing very ,much laying, and then
is the time to market them. I have 3.1-
wuys found it advisable and profitable to
begin disposing of them as early as
May, and all that we had to sell went
before the close of June.
they are in the best marketable condition.
and bring about, ornearly at least, twice
as much as in the hits fall. Then. too.
it is very hard to get old hens into good
marketable shape in the fall when they
are moulting. During the moult they eat
more than otherwise, some are lost, they
get poorer. the market declines rapidly,
and when you dispose of them they real-
ize not nearly as much as they would
huvo if sold a few months earlier.

For
able to sell all kinds of poultry through
some reliable commission merchant, rath-
er than to local buyers, because they
cannot sell it better than you can, and
Min can rest assured, they are not in the
business for glory. It is no trouble to
get the name of a reliable commission
merchant in some large city, and a card
will bring, by return mail, shipping tags
and full directions for preparing for mar-
ket and shipping. Most commission mer-
chants always haVe some crates and
coops on hand which they will gladly ship
you.

\i'lien you come to cooping the fowls.
make it a rule never to ovei‘crowd, and
ship preferably on Vi'ednesduy or Thurs-
day mornings. Have two tags on each
coop. one on each end, bearing your name
and address and that of the commission
merchant.

New York. F. W. KAZMEIER.

CLIPPING OF QUEENS.

 

It is desirable, especially with bee-
keepers who Cannot keep close watch of
their bees during the swarming season.
to clip the queen’s wings. A hive with
such a queen may cost a swarm, but it
will not abscond to parts unknown, as the
queen will be unable to fly and the swarm
will return. The losing of swarms,
trouble of separating two or more swarms
that clustered together and the finding of
the queen for each one. and the difficulty
in hiving a swarm perched in some high
tree, are some of the reasons bee-keepers
clip queens.

No better time can be found to clip
queens than in the spring. Bees are then
fewest in numbers and the finding of the
queen is an easy task. A few hints for
the easy finding of the queen may be
helpful. Open the hive with little or no
smoke. Do not puff smoke down between
the frames; if any is needed hang it float
over the frames. Sit down with your
back t0wai‘d the hive. so that light strikes
into the hive. Take out one of the mid.
die frames after first crowding over the
others: a little. Look at the exposed side
of comb in the hive first, later on both
sides of comb in your hands. If queen is
not found, lean comb on the outside of

hive and take next frame out, always
glancing on side of comb in the hive
first. Queens may be found in most

cases the first time over the frames. If
not. close the hive and try again when
the bees have quieted down.

To clip a queen’s wing, which should
never be done until she has shown her-
self to be a layer. take hold of her
wings with the right thumb and index
finger—never grasp her body, especially
her abdomen—raise her off the comb.
place her gently on the left hand and
press on her feet with the left thumb
sufficiently to hold her. Now, with the
right hand, by use of a. small delicate
pair of scissors, cut off abOut one-half

of one of the front or primary wings.

This method is easy and quick, and pre-

vents the cutting ofl of a leg.
Shiawassee Co.

N. F. Gm

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TAGE OF LOCAL CONDITIONS.

 

The farmers of Pier Cove, Allegan coun-
ty, Michigan, are making use of a mill
dam that has survived the mill, which
now is in ruins. A steel bridge is sus-
pended across the dam and to the railing
of this structure have been bolted a.
number of force pumps. The farmers
drive their spray carts on the bridge and
then preceed to fill the barrels from the
abundant supply of water in the dam.
The water is then hauled to a mixing
shed where the spray mixture is added.

There is another service at Pier Cove
that reflects credit upon the men of that
section. It is the use made of conditions
there to facilitate the handling of fruit.
There is nothing to attract attention save
a long pier built far out into Lake Mich-
igan, and a storage house at the land end
or it. On top of the pier extends a T
rail track on which are operated a pair
of long Wide-bed cars. The cars are load-
ed with filled barrels, crates, and baskets

 

 

 

 

Steamer at Pier to be Loaded with Fruit.

of fruit, and by gravity are rolled out to

‘the lake end of the pier where a small

steamboat is tied. No fruit is rolled out
on the pier until the boat is in sight.
While one car is being unloaded at the
boat, another is being loaded in the stor-
age house, in which the floor is level
with the tops of the cars. The pier is
taken out late in the fall and replaced
before shipping time of the following
year. The fruit, when there is a. full
boat load, is run across to Chicago. “'hen
less than a full load it is given to one
of the larger boats at South Haven.

But to go back to the subject mention-
ed in the first lines. The abundant sup-
ply of water pumped up from the old dam
and converted into an insect-killing con-
coction and then sprayed on hundreds of
thousands of a great variety of fruit
trees in the vicinity, has caused this
ship loading contrivance'to become one of
the most famous fruit shipping points on
the Great Lakes. Just a few years ago

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er of the navigation months of this year.

In the rear of the storage house is a
capacious drive-way in which may be
seen at times all the way from five to 25
loaded vehicles waiting their turns to un-
load. The line of teams reaches far out
on the country roads in two directions. It
is a common thing for a. steamer to stop
.two hours to load at this pier, and there
have been occasions when the one little
pier furnished a whole ship load.

There isn’t a thing that grows on vine
or tree in this entire community that is
not subjected to repeated doses of the
stuff manufactured from the water of
this old dam. All of it is made after ap-
proved formula. It is believed to be
among the best tilled and most prolific
fruit farming regions in the great Wol-
Verine domain. '

Illinois. J. L. GRAFF.

 

ADVERTISING THE APPLE.

To the uninformed the first question
that possesses the mind when it is stat-
ed that the apple is to be systematically
advertised in all the markets of the coun-
try and Canada, is, “How will the ad-
vertising expenses be distributed properly
among those benefited by the publicity
work?” The answer is found in the stamp
plan. The details of this plan are as
follows: The stamps will be issued in
two denominations—one cent and two
cent. On every box of apples a one-cent
stamp will be placed, and for every bar-
rcl a two-cent stamp will be used. The
man who has :30 packages to market will
buy 50 stamps, While he who has 1,000
packages will buy 1,000 stamps. etc. The
entire issue of stamps will be in the
custody of a Trust Company, who will
act as trustees of the fund. This Trust
Company, through banks in the various
sections of the country, will sell. the
stamps to every grower and shipper or
dealer who applies for them, either in
person or by mail. The stamps will be
placed on sale in the various distributing
agencies on August I, 1913, in time to
create an adequate fund for advertising
the new apple crop.

There are definite purposes for which
this fund will be used. It will provide
the means for carrying on a continuous,
country-wide advertising campaign,
through newspapers, magazines, printed
matter and other media, that will ac-
quaint the masses of the Iinited States
and Canada with the great food and
health-giving value of the apple; with the
fact that it is open to a wider range of
uses than any other product. easily pre-
pared, easily digested, and appetizing to
all; and with the. further fact that, when
bought in substantial quantities, it is one
Of the most economical foods. It will
furnish the money for an educational
propaganda among retailers, convincing
them that modearte profits and many

 

 

 

Car Loaded with Baskets of Fruit Runs by Gravity form Storage seen in Distance
down to end of Dock where Fruit is Loaded on Boat.

Pier Cove shipped from this little storage
house and its pier extension, 110 less than
three million fifth-bushel baskets of
peaches, not to mention any of the other
kinds of fruit that found market from the
same place. It is a not uncommon thing
far the Pier Cove and Fennville district
to ship a quantity of apples that amounts
to 1,500 railroad cars. Pier COVe alone
shipped 1.000 car loads three years ago.
It is.estimated that not less than 100,000
barrels of apples will be rolled over Pier
Cove pier to shipside during the remaind-

sales is in the end the most porfitable
policy. The achievement of this end will
in itself remove a great obstacle to the
widespread consumption of apples. It
will obviate the necessity of making re-
peated appeals for funds to advertise the
successwe crops.

Those who have undertaken this radical
step to popularize the “King of Fruits,”
have felt for some time that the apple
is not used to the extent it should be. A
short time ago an experiment station man
watched purchases of fruit from retail

markets‘and observed that where apples,
bananas and citrus fruits were displayed
only about 25 per cent of the buyers
bought apples. General observation would
indicate that the above? is about an aver-
age percentage of apple purchases to the
sales of other fruits. Nor is the apple
used as generally in the kitchen as for-
merly, other kinds of fruits and foods
are being allowed to take its place.
Among the poorer families of our cities
apples are as much of a luxury today as
oranges were several years ago. Because
of prohibitive retail prices these people
who must economize at every turn pass
the apple by and thus lcssen the con-
sumption to no small degree. But in spite
of this decrease in the‘use of the apple
the consumption of bananas and citrus
fruits is largely increased. An economic
change of this kind necessarily captures
the attention of apple growers and deal-
ers and compels them to seek the reason
for the, new order.

Men who have made a carcful exami-
nation of the facts are unanimous in their
decision that the. ascendancy of the cit-
rus fruits and the banana to a higher
commercial level and the declining popu-
larity of the apple are due almost en-
tirely to the advertising that the former
kinds have received. A continuous sys-
tematic campaign of publicity by the
large organizations selling tropical fruits
has familiarized every household with the
variety of ways in which these products
may be used as human food and medi-
cine and this knowledge. together with
other advertising influences, has resulted
in a very appreciable increase in the use
of the tropical fruits and in a detriment
to the apple. The difficulty is not with
the apple as a fruit, but with the meth-
ods of selling it and the program of those
seeking to promote its wider use includes
a plan for improving distribution. If ad—
vertising has been of so great a benefit
to the tropical fruit industry as obsm‘va-
tion and study seem to indicate, then
these promoters of larger apple sales ap-
pear to be reasoning along logical lines.

COLD DAMAGES FRUIT.

 

“'hiledhe last report of the Secretary
of State on Michigan fruit is Very prom-
ising in that the condition of apples was
put at 83 per cnt, pears 86 per cent,
peaches 82 per cent, plums 84 per cent,
cherries 89 per cent, and small fruit 90
per cent. the cold nights since the report
was issued have worked havoc not Only
in Michigan but also in many other im-
portant fruit producing states.

In this state the damage was greatest
in the central and southern counties. al-
though many sections in the northern
districts report injury to fruits, particu-
larly on the lower land. In Bcrien and
Van Buren counties the estimates of loss
ranges from 25 to 50 per cent of all the
early fruits, and grapes and peaches.
Muskcgon, ()ceana and Mason counties
aISo report serious injury to orchards not
located on elevated positions. In the
Grand Traverse section but few reports
of damage have been made, and it is be-
lieved that less harm has resulted there
than in sections farther to the south. In
the southeastern counties the loss will
amount to considerable to all fruits ex-
cept winter apples.

The cold wave was general over the
north central and (astern slates and un-
told damage to fruit and vegetable mops
in Dclcwarc, Maryland, Virginia and New
Jersey has been done. The damage was
particularly Serious in Delaware and
Maryland, where in many places ice form-
ed. The most serious injury was to Do-
tatoes and tomatoes. Strawberries, par—
ticularly in Delaware, where shipping was
just commencing, were seriously injured.
Tomato plants, beans. peas and other
vegetables also suffered extensively. The
damage on the eastern shore of Virginia,
from all reports, was not quite so exten-
sive. Potatoes were hurt to some extent.
Growers were just setting out their sweet
potato plants. Most of these were killed,
but it is believed the growers can secure
more plants and the. freeze will only de-
lay the maturity of the crop a short
time. In New York state the damage to
fruit does not appear to have been ser-
ious. Vegetables were not far enough ad-
vanced to be hurt.

 

During a recent auction sale of prime
horses held in Macon, Mo, 143 head of
horses were disposed of in 145 minutes.
Buyers were there from Massachusetts.
Illinois, Idaho. Georgia, Missouri and oth-
er states. The horses were all Missouri
bred, and the sale aggregated over $25,-
000. Some of the horses sold for $350 per
head, $250 and $200. A matched pair
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CURRENT COMMENT.

 

Reference h a 8
been made in
these columns to
the Roosevelt bill
which was pending before the New York
Legislature. A bill somewhat similar in
its provisions; was introduced in the
Michigan HouSe of Representatives by
Mr. Follett during the recent legislative
session and was passed by both houses.
This law, known as House Enrolled Act
No. 119, provides for the licensing of
commission merchants, including persons,
firms, associations and corporations who
sell or offer for sale on commission any
kind of farm produce. The term “farm
produce" is defined in the law as includ-
ing all agricultural, horticultural, vege—
table and fruit products, nuts and honey.
but does not include timber products.

The law provides that on and after
OctOber 1, 1913, no commission merchant
doing business within the state shall re-
ceive, sell or offer for sale on commis-
sion within the state. any kind of farm
produce without a license, as provided in
the law. This license to do a commis-
sion business is obtained from the State
Dairy and Food Commissioner upon mak-
ing application and payment of a fee of
$15 in cities of less than 20,000 popula-
tion and $25 in cities of more than 20,000
population.

The law provides that such licenses
shall not be issued upon application, pro-
vided a complaint from any consignor of
farm produce to the applicant shall have
been filed during the preceding year on
any of the grounds specified in the law,
and established as true upon investiga-
tion by the commissioner. Power is giv-
en the commissioner and his assistants
to investigate all charges of unfair deal-
ings and hold hearings on same. He is
fully empowered to refuse to grant or to
revoke a license already granted where
he is satisfied that:

"(1) False charges have bcen imposed
for handling or services, or charges. other
than as by a schedule agreed on by the
parties, or other than those customary in
trade;

“(2) thcre there has been a failure to
account promptly and properly or to make
settlements with intent: to defraud;

“(3) Where there have been false state-
ments as to condition, quality or quan-
tity of goods received or held for sale on
commission;

“(4) Where there have been false or
misleading statements as to market con-
ditions with intent to deceive;

“(5) Where there have been combina—
tions to fix prices below the market level;

“(6) Where there has been a continual
course of dealings of such nature as to
satisfy the commissioner of the mobility
of the commission merchant to properly
conduct the business, or of an intent to
deceive or defraud customers; '

“(7) Where the commission merchant

Cammission Merchants’
License Law.

THE "M [C H'I'GAN“ FAR M BR

directly or indirectly purchases them
for his own account; without prior au—
thority therefor. or without notifying the
consignor thereof."

Provision is made for an appeal at dew
by commission merchants who are re-
fused licenses or whose licenses are re-
voked. Shippers of farm produce are
privileged to make an appeal to the State
Dairy and Food Commissioner in writing
within 60 days after making a shipment
with the returns of which they are dis-.
satisfied. The commissioner is required
by the law to treat such application as
a complaint and cause a. full investiga-
tion of same to be made.

A penalty clause is attached to the law,
providing, a fine or imprisomnent or

00 both upon conviction on any one of the

cOunts above enumerated. Retail dealers.
real estate dealers and auctioneers selling
farm products on commission are specifi-
cally exempted from the terms of the
law. I

The State Dairy and Food Commissioner
is required to publish the names of all
commission merchants in phamplet form
as often as he may think necessary. The
funds contributed from the license fees
are turned into the state treasury for
the benefit of the State Dairy and Food
Department.
. While this law will not be a. hardship
to reliable cummmission men, and should
bring them increased business, yet it will
be the means of protecting innocent ship-
pers from transient or unscrupulous deal-
ers. Shippers, however, should remember
that to benefit by this law they must
pack their products honestly and be rea-
sonable in their demands.

Very often the
profits in farming,
like those in other
business enter-
prises, are limited by the lack of suffi-
cient operating capital. Definite figures
on this point, however, have been lacking
until recently, when the Vi'isconsin Ex-
periment Station conducted an investiga-
tion with the idea of showing the rela-
tion of operating capital to profits in
farming. The statistics gathered repre-
sented the results upon many farms and
are thought to indicate quite plainly the
close relation which exiSts between op-
erating capital and profits.

It was found in this investigation that
when the operating capital, including ma-
chinery and live stock, as well as cash,
was 13% per cent of the total the profits
were $167.78 per farm. Where the oper-
ating capital was increased to 17.7 per
cent of the total, the profits were in-
creased to $433.68. When the operating
capital was increased to 28.2 per cent
the profits again rose to $1,628.55. When
the Operating capital was 83.3 per cent
the profits reached a. maximum of
$3,511.33.

Thus the “land poor" farmer, the ma-
jority of whose capital is invested inland
and buildings, made relatively small prof-
its, but where one-third of the total cap-
ital was in the form of operating capitlal
such as live stock, machinery and cash
with which to do business, the profits
were increased to a maximum degree.
This is another argument for 'the estab-
lishment of an adequate form of rural
credit which will enable the large class
of farmers who are unable to finance
their business properly to add to their
operating capital and thus increase their
porfits.

Operating Capital vs.
Farm Profits.

The importation
of a cargo of re-
frigerated b e e f
from Australia.
with the promise of more to follow to be
distributed in Pacific coast cities, has
been made the subject of widespread
comment and speculation in the public
press. Various economic reasons are giv-
en for this new commercial development,
chief among which is that it is directed
against the big packers of the country
who, it is contended, have been charging
exorbitant prices for their products when
distributed at' Pacific coast points.

The predictions with regard to the de-
velopment of this impcrting business are
rather extravagant, the claim being made
that capital has already been subscribed
for the purchase of large areas of north-
ern Australia land and the development
of the cattle business there on a scale
even greater than the operations of our
one time western cattle kings, while news
is also current regarding the building of
a number of new refrigerator steamships
for this trade.

Possibly the anticipation of free meat
under. the new tariff law may have some-
,tmn'g to. do with this new commercial
movement. It is doubtful, however,»if,

Australian Beef in Am-
erican Markets.

Australian meet can be brought into the
American market in quantities to have
any very material effect on the produc-
tion of *Central United States. Up until
the present time the United States has
contributed largely to the world's supply
of meats, but in recent years the produc-
tion has fallen off to such an extent that
at the present time prices are, advancing
until they more nearly approach the
world’s'price level for meets that has ever
been the case in this country since the
great development of our agriculture.
With the falling off of a large surplus
in exports from this country the Euro-
pean meat supply has been largely con-

tributed to by the frozen products from,

Argentine and Australia. Even though
the industry might be increased in these
countries it is quite certain that the
choicer products will not be sold in the
United States at a price below the world's
price level. and While meat from these
sources might compete in seaboard towns
with our own product, the added charges
would practically prohibit its distribution
in the great inland centers of consump-
tion. While this development of modern
commerce may well be watched with in-
terest, we do not believe there is occa-
sion for live stock producers in this sec-
tion of the United States to View it with
elem.

A Livingston county

Permanent Road reader sends us the

Materials. criticism of a con-

temporary regarding

the concrete and stone roads of Vi'ayne

.county and asks for our views on these

two types of roads, and gravel roads in
\Vayne county and elsewhere.

The crushed stone or macadam roads
do not wear well under heavy traffic con-
ditions in any place where automobiles
form a considerable percentage of the ve-
hicles traveling upon them. The loaded
vehicles grind up the surface to some
extent and the rapidly moving automo-
biles sweep the dust from the road,
which blows away in fine particles, soon
leaving a rough and rutty surface which
is expensive to repair and again unsat-
isfactory in wear after repairs have been
made.

The concrete roads do, however, give a
very satisfactory amount of wear, roads
that have been down two or three or
more years still being in excellent con-
dition where very little has been expend-
ed in keeping them in repair. The first
of the concrete roads laid in Wayne
county are not as good as those laid after
the policy was adopted of reinforcing the
blocks at the edges where they join with
steel reinforcement, which prevents a
chipping of the edges which produces a.
rough traffic surface. ‘

In a county containing a. large city
which pays a large percentage of the
cost and where traffic conditions caused
by the drawing of produce into the city
are heavy throughout the year, a concrete
road would seem to be well adapted and
perhaps as economic as any yet devised.
But for the roads in the interior of the
state and, in'fact, in all except those
which are adjacent to large cities where
traffic conditions are unusually severe,
gravel is undoubtedly the best material
to use. A gravel road well laid and giv-
en good care is the best possible kind of
road for all but a few weeks or months
during the year, and then it is not bad.
nor is the upkeep expensive if the road
is not neglected from the start.

 

GOOD SEE DS-

 

It is always economy to plant the best
seeds obtainable Seeds of strong vital-
ity and purity make better crops. Farm-
ers should test the Seeds they plant and
find out for themselVes if they are good.
Those who have not the time or oppor-
tunity of testing their seeds should put
their trust in those who do test them.
We are most heartily in favor of the
campaign of education now going‘on as
to how to make two blades of grass grow
where one grew before. You can make
yOur poor land good, and your good land
better by growing crops that improved
and enrich the soil. Ask fer information
about Alfalfa, Sand or Winter Vetch,
Cowpeas and Soy Beans. Samples and
prices as well as reliable information
mailed free upon request. Address, Alfred
J. Brown Seed 00., Grand Rapids, Mich.
—Adv.

HEARINGS ON NET WEIGHT LAW.

 

The net weight law, signed March 3,
1913,‘and to go into effect 18 months
from that date, requires that the quan-
tity, of the contents of food packages be
plainly marked on the outside of. each

mt 3'1. our

pachgein terms '01 weight, mm”. a
numerical, count. .The committge a".
pointed by the secretaries or the De ‘ ';
ment of Commerce. the ’Depsrtmem of
the Treasury and the Department of A33
riculture to. draw up regulations for the
enforcement of this law announces that
it is now ready to receive recommenda.
tions and suggestions in writing. The
first hearings for manufacturers, dealers
and others interested will be held in New
York during the week of June 9, and other
hearings will be held whenever and wher-
ever there is sufficient demand. Com-
munications for this committee should be
addressed to the Net Weight Law Com-
mittee, Department of Agriculture, Bu-
reau of Chemistry, Washington, D. C.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

National.

Early this week the United States Su-
preme Court settled questions of particu-
lar interest to Michigan people. The
Chandler-Dunbar water power condem~

nation case at the Soo was reversed and
the $550,000 allowed the company for
riparian rights by the lower court was
held an error since public right in the
waters of St. Mary's river is superior to
water rights of the compdny. A second
case involved the question of the Detroit
United Railway being a trespasser on
Streets where the company’s franchise
had expired. the court holding that the
company was committing a tort in refus-
ing to vacate, and that the city can com-
peL the company to discontinue service
and remove their tracks. A third case of
importance settled the point that the
holder of a patented article cannot dic-
tate what a retailer must sell it for. The
court diferentiated between this case and
the "mimeograph case," where it was
held that an inventor could dictate as to
how his invention should be used.

The jury reform bill fathered by Pres-
ident Wilson. passed the New Jersey Sen-
ate, Monday, and Gov. Fielder promises
that he will sign it immediately.

The schools of Philadelphia will experi-
ment with the plan of introducing the
study of German in the elementary
grades, and if the trial proves successful
the curriculum will be changed to in—
_clude the early study of this lanuguage
by all elementary students.

The circuit court of Marquette county,
Mich., is attracting national attention just
now through the trial of Geo. A. Newett.
a local newspaper man. for slander, the
charge being preferred by Colonel Roose-
velt, following the publication in New-
ett’s paper of a statement that Mr.
Roosevelt “gets drunk.” The statement
appeared during the presidential cam-
paign last fall just after Mr. Roosevelt
had spoken at Marquette. A jury was
completed Monday night and witnesses
were to be called Tuesday. The trial will
be semi-political in nature, due to the
fact that Mr. Newett was defending Con-
gressman Young, of that district, who
was candidate for re-election, against the
attacks of Mr. Roosevelt, when the state-
ment was published.

While celebrating Queen Victoria’s
birthday at Long Beach, Cal. last Satur-
day. 35 persons lost: their lives as the re-
sult of a. pier giving way. The struc-
ture was packed with people out enjoy-
ing the exercises. Damage suits aggre-
gating $1,000,000 will probably be brought
against the city. A grand jury is now
mgking an investigation of the wrecked
pi r.

The rapidly increasing traffic on the
electric lines of southern Michigan has
necessitated the [substitution of trolley
trains for single cars. which will be made
about the first of July.

Mining corporations at Bessemer, Mic‘h.,
have made protests against the increased
assessments by the board of review of
mining properties and the matter will
probably go before the courts before it is
settled. '

The Grand Masonic lodge of Michigan
opened a. two-day session at Lansing'on
Tuesday.

Believing that affairs of the department
of public works have not been conducted
along economical lines, Lansing alderman
are demanding a grand jury to investi-
gate the department.

At the annual meeting of the stock-
holders of the Michigan Sugar Company
at Saginaw, Monday. it was announced
that the factories would do business this
summer regardless of the disposition of
the sugar schedule .by Congress: .

Electric linemen of Saginaw haVe gone
ouItt on strike.

.is reported that the farmers’ - -
eratlve elevator at Shepherd, Michc.o 1238
failed through poor management. '

Foreign.

The Emperor or Japan is rapidly im-
pgotviggtgrotmhhis relcent illness and it is
s a e a e wi , in all '
cogmletfly irecover. probability.

pp ng Scompletely para] zed 1
_Gulf of Smyrna by the presegce of iiiiiig:
1n the harbor. The steamer Nevada sank
as the result of running on one of the
mines and 40 persons are reported to have
befin drowned.
ow t at the war between the All

and the Turks has been substantially?
settled, the former are not agreeing over
the dlvision of the spoils and engage-
ments have taken place between the Bul-
garian and Greek troops in the vicinity
of Saloniki. Losses are reported heavy
with the Bulgarians victorious. The 3.1-:
rival of King, Constantine on the scene
had a moral effect upon the contending
troops and the fighting has now ceased.

Luther McCarty, holder of the white
championship as heavyweight pugilist "of
the world, was killed in the first round in
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CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR. V. 8.

Advice through this department is free
to our subscribers. Each communicwtion
should state history and symptoms of the
case in full; also name and address of
writer. Initials only will be published.
Many queries area answered that apply to
the same. ailments. If this column is
watched carefully you will probably find
the desired information in a reply that
has been made to someone else. ~W‘hen
reply by mail is requested, it becomes
private practice, and a fee of $1.00 must
accompany the letter.

Abscess—I have a four-year—old mare
that is troubled with small boils on her
shoulder and back. I feed her corn, oats
and mixed hay. G. A. L., Shelbyville,
Mich—Give your mare a dessertspoonful
Of Donovan's solution at a dese three
times a. day. Also apply the following 10-
tion three times a day: DissolVe 1/. lb.
acetate of lead, 3 ozs. sulphate of zinc
and 3 '02s. of tannic acid in a gallon of
clean boiled water. It is needless for me
to say that the collar and saddle pad
should be kept clean. and wet every
evening with one part bichloride mercury
and 101) parts water.

Chronic Cough Surfeit—Stocking. ——I
bought a small road horse last fall that
had a cough and he is not rid of it yet.
I gave him ginge1, but it failed to re-

 

,lieve him. This same horse has a Sort of

rash or pimples on back that do not break
open, but scale; besides, when allowed to
stand in barn over night his ankles stock.
I forgot to say that lower part of, hind
legs ooze a yellow watery fluid. 1) D.,
New Baltimore, Mich—Give him 1/2 oz.
ground licorice, $42 dr. of powdered opium
and 1 dr. muriate ammonia at a dose in
damp feed there times a day. Also give
him a dessertspoonful of Fowler's solu-
tion at a dose three times a day. Dis-
solve 14 lb. borax in a half gallon of
water and wet sore parts of body twice :1
day. Dissolve 1 oz. acetate of lead and
1,4, dr. sulphate of zinc in a pint of water
and apply to sore' heels two or three
times a day.

Impure Blood—Blotches on Skin—“’hcn
I was breaking my three-year-old filly
she broke out in blotches which pretty
much covered the whole body and I would
like to know what to do for her. These
blotches appear to leave her in the fall,
to return again in the spring. O. 13.,
Jones, Mich.———Give her 1 dr. potassium
iodide, 174‘. oz. fluid extract sarsaparilla
and a teaspoonful powdered nitrate of
potash at a dose in feed twice a day.
Apply one part oxide of zinc and five
parts vaseline to blotches two or three
times a week.

Splint—I have a yearling colt that has
a splint on each fore leg situated on the
inside of leg below knee. These bunches
are quite large and I am anxious to have
them reduced. E. E. G.. Gem, Texas.—
You will obtain fairly good results by ap—
plying one part iodine and ten parts
fresh lard to splint twice a week. Kind—
ly understand, a bony bunch of this kind
is not easily reduced.

Chronic Cough—Heaves.—For the past
12 months my seven-year-old horse has

been troubled with cough, caused. I be-
lieve, by eating poorly cured clover. I
have been smoking him with camphor

gum and tar, but. it does not relicvc him
much. He breathes much the same as
a. horse with heaves. I have tried all the
remedies I can think of, but none of
them relieve him. J. H. V. A., Marion,
Mich—Feed no clover or musty badly
cured fodder, but feed him mostly grain
and grass; also give him a dessertspoonful
of Fowlers’ solution, a teaspoonful fluid
extract lobelia, a‘ teaspoonful tincture nux
vomica and a tablespoonful fluid extract
gentian at a dose in feed three times a

ay.

Obstructed Teat.~.I have a heifer that
came fresh tWO weeks ago; one of her
teats has had to be opened every time
1' milk her and I would like to know if I
can do better by using milking tube.
There does not appear to be a very good
natural opening in teat. R. K.. Capac,
Mich—I know of no better treatment
than to dilute teat opening with a silver
or steel probe: or a milking tube large
enough to dilate teat opening. Kindly
understand, instruments that are used
for this work should be thoroughly clean-
ed and dipped in a solution of carbolic
acid, not weaker than three per cent.

Inflamed Glands—VVe have a yearling
Holstein heifer that has three bunches,
one behind each eye and under ear and
I am inclined to believe the throat glands
are swollen. This heifer has lost flesh
rapidly, has a good appetite and has no
bowel trouble . F. B., Ovid Mich——
Apply one part iodine and ten parts fresh
lard to enlarged glands once a day. Give
2 drs. potassium iodide and 1 oz. of fluid
extract gentian at a dose two or three
times a day.

Mammitis.——I have a heifer that came
fresh the second day of May, this was
her first calf; since then her udder has
been caked badly part of time. The teats
seem to be clear, but the udder is quite
hard. S. A. F., Okemos, Mich—You had
better feed her less grain, keep her bow-
els open and active by allowing her to
eat grass. Give her a tablespoonful pow-
dered nitrate of potash at a dose in feed
three times a day and apply one part
iodine and 15 parts fresh lard to udder
every day or two. ,

Scours in Calves. —I am having trouble
with my calves which appear to have
seems: most of them are a few months
old and scour until they become very
weak and exhausted. I am feeding sep-
arator milk, silage whole oats and salt
and water. D. P. R., Kalkaska, Mich.—
It is needless for me to say that scours

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

is usually the result of keeping animals
in filthy places, or allowing them to eat
or drink food or water that is infected.
The feeding utensils should be clean.
Give each calf that is four or five weeks
old 80 grs. of salol at a dose three times

aday, and before commencing this treat-
ment give 2 ozs. or castor oil. Without
being able to remove the cause of their
bowel trouble, you will not succeed in
effecting a. cure.

Obstructed Teats.—I have a. Holstein
heifer which freshened in the winter that
is exceedingly hard to milk and at pres-
ent there appear to be hard cords in
teats. Part Of time clots of blood have
passed when milking her. She seems to
be all right other ways. H. G. B., Hart-
ford, Mich.~—In order to relieve this stric-
ture condition of teat canal, it will be
necessary to use force to expand this
canal and it is best done with a. teat ex-
pander which operates similar to a glove
stretcher, or use a steel sound, or you
may use a milking tube that has been
saturated in extract of belladonna. A
concealed bystoury cutting and making
canal a, little larger is considered good
practice. A hard milker is usually al-
ways rather hard to milk.

Infected Udder.—I have a. Holstein cow
nine or ten years old that dropped her
last calf April, 1911, and has given milk
until about six weeks ago. Her 'milk gOt
bad, somewhat resembled pus and I dried
her. She is on grass now and is not much
better, but as she is due to come fresh,
next August, I would like to know if you
believe her milk at that time will be nor-

mal or not. R. . B. Berville, Mich.—
It is very doubtful if she will give nor-
mal milk for any great length of time;
however, if you intend to keep her rub
her bag with iodine ointment two or
three times a. week.

Prolapsus, or Eversion of Oviduct.—-I
am having trouble with my poultry;
found a hen straining and hind parts
hanging out; they seemed, to have turned
inside out. I placed her in a coop by
herself and she recovered. I applied a
healing powder to raw parts which were
covered with red blotches. There are
cheral others of my flock affected, bev-
sides their bowels are too loose. How-
ever, their combs are red and the hens
are laying well. What is the cause of
this trouble and what can I do for them?
Mrs. J. K. A., West Branch, Mich.———Your
hens are suffering from prolapsus of the
oviduct, an ailment which frequently af-
fects old hens which have been great
layers. Over-feeding on too stimulating
food, constipation and straining to expel
large eggs are common and direct causes.
I have known it to occur as a result of
inflammation of the oviduct or it may
result from any other condition which
might prevent the passage of the egg.
Prolapsus often occurs from efforts to
expel an egg. As soon as symptoms of
prolapsus are seen, catch the bird and
notice if the egg has been stopped in
the passage; if so, remove the egg, which
is most easily done by crushing it. Give
3 drops fluid extract ergot at a dose
three times a day. and wash out oviduct
with a solution made by dissolving 2 grs,
permanganate potash ‘in a pint of clean
boiled water. The protruding part should
be kept clean and this is best done by
keeping the bird in a clean cage, which
has been thoroughly disinfected. The
sore parts should be treated three times
a day.

Distemper—Asthma—Weak Heart—I
have a five-year-old horse that had dis-
temper 12 months ago and never fully
recovered. \Vhen drinking water a por~
tion returns through head and out of

nostrils. His appetite is good, but he is
(short Of wind, and at times I suspect
heavcs. When he is working he breathes

frist and pants. H. C. M._ Burt, Mich.—
Feed no clover or musty, dusty hay, and
only a small quantity of bulky fodder.
Give him a dessertspoonful of Fowler's
solution, 1 dr. fluid extract nux vomica
and 1 (11'. fluid extract lobeiia at a dose
in»feed three times a day. Kindly un-
derstand, he should not be over exerted,
but fed a good quality of food, and nev-
cr allowed to stuff himself with too much

water 0r food. Exercise him daily
Bowels Move too Often—I have been
watching your veterinary column a long

time to find a remedy for my horse. When
driven on road his bowels move too of-
ten, but are never very loose. On ac—
count of this trouble he gaunts and looks
rather empty. He is only six years old
and is fed six quarts of 05115 or ground
feed three times a day and also has
plenty of good hay. J. H. D., Sunfield,
Micl1.——~I know of no drug that will help
your horse, which will not prove injur-
ious. It is a nervousness and the bowels
are stimulated into action by exercise.
The slower you drive, the less frequent
his bowels will act.

Swollen Lip.—-—I have a 16-year—old horse
that had a. swollen lip some five weeks
ago which Seems to hurt when he drinks
cold water. J. H., Redford, Mich—Dis-
solve 1/2 oz. potassium iodide in one pint
of extract of witch hazel and apply to lip
once or twice a day. Give him 1 dr. of
ground nux vomica at a. dose in feed
three times a day.

Heaves.——I have a horse that has had
heaves for a short time, besides coughs
and discharges mucus from both nostrils.
Have been giving him ginger and pine
tar. but this ‘fails to relieve him. H. F.,
Grand Rapids, Mich. —Give your horse 1/2
oz. Fowler's solution, 1 dr. fluid ext1act
lobelia and 2 drs. muriate ammonia at a
dose in soft feed three times a day. He
should be fed very little bulky food, no
clover or musty dry fodder.

Eversion of Vagina—“Then my brood-

mare is dawn something protrudes from
vagina and she also has a discharge that
leads me to believe she has leucorrhea.
W. B. Bayshire, Mich. ——It is possible
that she has a vaginal polypus that could
be easily removed, or a fold of vagina
may evert. Dissolve 1 oz. acetate of lead
in 1 gal. of tepid water and apply to

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YORKSHIRE PIGS. Good Stock.
HICKS GUERNSEY IAII. Saginaw, W. s.. Mich.

1° "3‘ EWING Y°:i;hi::dylm for ”Nice-31:1“?
Come or write. J HN EBELS. B. ()IaIHollancf“t Mich.

GITERNSEYS—Bull calves. reg" tuberculin tented. Splen-
did breoding. Moderate prices. WIndomoro Form.Wote1--
vliet. Mich. J. K. Blatchfcrd, Auditorium Tower, Chicago. 111.

Also Poland

HEREFORD BULLS FOR SA 01...... Hog-s.

ALLEN 133808.. Paw Paw. Michigan.

HOICE Bull Calves from A. R. 0. dams. Sired by
our herd sire whose dam and sire' s dam each made
overSOlbs. in '1an EB .Cornell Howell. Mich.

A FEW CI‘HCE Holsteailn Frigeiaéi 1381] (83:31:?

GREGORY 81. BORDEN. Howell. Michigan.

NR 51115—11015er BULL CALF

Born June 5.1912 sire a son of the King of the
Pontiaos frlom a den hter of Hengerveld De Kol.
Dam of ca. 0. daughter of Sadie Vale
OoncordinsPaul DeKol herdam 1.201 lrtempo rt.e.dcow

ED. 8. LEW l8. Marshall. Mlch.

HOLSTEIN BULLS—well bred at reasonable prices.
Barred Bock Chickens from 15 years breeding. Good
layers eggs 15 for 31. W. B. Jones. Oak Grove, Mich.
Purebred Registered
H OLSTE IN CATTLE
The Greatest Dairy Brood
Send for FREE W Booklet
Holstein-Frieda. Anon Box I“. Battleboro.Vt.

“Top-Notch" Holsteins.

Choice bull calves from 2 to 8 mo. old. of fashion-
able breeding and from demo with olflcial milk
and butter records for sale at reasonable prices.
IOPHEISON PARIS 00.. Howoll. Mlohigon.

Service Bulls and Bull calves

Slml by Johann norcordla Champion,

whose sire a dam and dam’ a dam average 34 06
lbs. butter in 7 days. average fat 4 .67 % Also cows
and heifers bred toh im. I can ofieroyou bulls at
bargain prices. Try me and see, and do it quick.

L. E. CONNELL,
Fayette.

Bigeluw’s Holstein Farms

Broodovillo, Mich.

 

Ohio.

Have for sale several fine young A

bulls out. of cows with high official
butter and milk records.
Send for circular.

FAIR LAWN FARM

Offers the following young

Holstein Friesian Bull

Prince Sarcastlc—
Fine in form and breeding. Beautifully marked.
Sure to please you.

REED & KNOWLES, Howell, Mich.
”THIS HOLSTEIN BULL

weuircd by best son of PONTIAC BUTTERBOY.
Dom hasoflicial recardD 01241 l.bs as4-vr.-old.901bs milk
a day. Price $100. .WOODBURY, Lansing. Mich.

IIA'I‘CI HERD IIOLSTEIN 10hr?“ mifiisfififi

enable prices. HATCH HERD. Ypsilanti. Michigan.

Registered Holstein Heller“ "mm.“ “3.15%?“ 2331.

markings, nice individual. A bargain at 8150 delivered
at your express office. Hobart W. Fay. Mason. Mich.

F O R S A L E‘Elfififiméffli“
R. N PORTER. R. 5. Williameton. Michigan.

FOR SALE—'HOIEWIDR Bull (Ltfits for]; BBIVice

WM. J. MORGAN. Saginaw. W. S. Michigan.

BUTTER BRED JERSEY 531%“

YSTAL SPRING STOCK0 FARM.
SilvecrR Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    
 

Butter Profits

You ought to get more butter
profits. Jersey Cattle mean
more butter profits. because
they yield more butter fat at
”ii: mi: cosdt of keep than any

THE JERSEY

excels in beauty of dairy type. She act! cull
persistent milker. Jerseysareeas -
mated. They live long and keep health
They mean steady butt er profits Wri¥e
now for Jersey facts. Free or the asking.

IOAN JERSEY OAI'I'LB 01.03
82! W.2 alt. New York

     

 

Llllle Farmstead Jerseys

wig-”3“]? Wiccaebunm (1 1:3? “in Tub“
on on ve s on on. no t f
good dnir cows for sole. No .omnles for of]: :t

 

present. Satisfaction mteed
OOLO C. . Cooper-ville. Mich.

—Begisi.eredJe1-sey Cattle. t. bero ii test-
Fgr sale odziltiiillgoa‘ngnllfofilveiog 110213130 anduTgmi‘er
o yea: oowo w r 0 or W est
Association . . IRVIN rox Hailing": 111311'

FOR. SALE—”33,511? BULL main“

his‘h close ancestry. WATER WA '1‘ U N.
Moodowlond lam. RED N A1115: Mi‘oh

 

 

 

 

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9—625

Jersey Cows and Heifers

To reduce the 11 rd we will ”11% heed of Renal
trootlve prices. Bl lkac Meadow Farm. Royal Ooh. “i011.

J.r -Builo Mandy for service. bred to!
‘pl. "and heifers
Brookweter Form. B. F. M?“ No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.

MI" "E! IflflllflflflSZilffidigd slum:

J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.
—The Shorthorn Bull Hi hland
For Sale Dukel 8h. 362238—Roan— alved
Nov. 24th. 1910. WM. 0. SMITH Rochester. Mich.
—Lnr¢e Cattle—Heavy Milken
glacSMI'ivtMflSM 11: Records of .11 cows kept.

it for solo at prosen nt.
KN.APP R. No. 4. Watervllet. Mich.

 

Scotch Shorlhorn lull: and "Ill": For Sale.

W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.

SHEEP.

l'l‘ PAYS TO BUY thoroughbred sheep of PAIGON‘.
'The Sheep Men of the R.1, Grand Ledge.
Mich. (Write for descriptive prite list. ) I pay express
charges. Oxfords, Shropshires. Rambouillet, Polled Delnlno.

ling. llambuillel Sh .Pun Brod Poland China

HUGS and PEBCHR RON HORSES. 2560 miles
E. Mon-ice. onG.'l .B. [Lend M. .J. Q.A 0.0K

Shropshires for Sale
Achoice re ster ed flock of forty hen
Address LONG EACH FARM. Augusta. Mich.

SHROPSHIRES <3 DUROCS

KOPE-KON FARM. Kinderhook. Michigan.
HOGS.

' ' —A Desirable Bunch of Bows of
Dams & “Giana: Either Breed due April and May.
M. ’1‘. Story, R. B. 48 Lowell. Mich, City Phone 55.

BERKsHIREs-Male a... fem .0...
one tOZ4mos. Register-
edor eligible. served and ready for service. Some
tine well b youn boars ready for service.

F. D. 81 H. F. H0 EY. Imlay City. Michigan.

1
BERKSHIRE 0.3%.?" ”2.2%.. b§3i§1.M3arfil'.§5§
stock. ELMHURS STOCK FARM, Almont, Mich,

Quick "alluring Borksllinrgfé‘fdigfiifi’fiu‘iifim’”
ormoneyrefu ed. C. S. BARTLETT. Pontiac. Mich.

0 I 6 -—Big growthy type. last fall gilts and this

- 0 spring furrow to ofl'er. Very good stock

Scott. No. 1 head OBI herd. Farm )6 mile west of de ot
OTT TBO .SCHULZE. Nashville. Mic

O I C’s—ASE FEW BRED SOWS FOR
EPTEMBER FARROW.
GEO. P. ANDREWS, Dansville. Ingham 00.. Mich.

0. lo Co SWINE riceon Spring

Pigs, pairs and tries. not akin. eve a number
of serum males of tDENR Write me describing
of your wants. A. J. GOR ..No 2Dcrr. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I have started more breeders on the road to suc-
cess than any man living. I have the) urgent and flu-
est herd in the U. 8. Every one an early developer.
ready torthe market at six months old. I want to
.fil ace one hosin each community to advertise my

erd. Writetor my plan, "Howto Make Money from

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an aypigeo ec owe 1

c. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. 111131113611 “3

—-Bred sows, Marchlfigs pairs and

O l C’s -
o - trms. But! [look as 81.50 per 15.
FRED NICKEL B. 1. Monroe. Michigan.

 

 

O ~All 3 es. growtln and large. Male
00 I. c ready. imminent from. Attractive rice:
on young stock. JUMP Munith, Mi lo

0 I c —March pigs ready to ship. the long
I growth1 kind with plenty oi‘ bone. at
.WNE MAN. Mariette, Mich.

 

farmers prices.

*F H d S
want-115113115 meagrrgscmr ire
all ages. SPECIAL BABGA AIN in summer pigs.
Brookwater Farm. R.F. D. No. 7, Ann Arbor, Mich.

—I“ ll G -
”Ukoc JERSEYS SSring Sign 3:12.; 2511 (11,12:
F. J. DRODT. R. 1‘0 1, Monroe, Michigan.

MALES All. 80'. ll Bill ONE “38‘ 11“” “‘1‘J“§‘Zfdi'fi

StationA, Bay City, Mich Route‘g1 80x8

BURGC JERSEYS—MED GILTS FOR SALE.

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan.

POLAND cums-Bah litigate“: 13°“?

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

Butler’s Big Bone Poland Chinas

We have a few nlce tall boars, also some blg sows
bred for fall furrow. 0111' hogs are all cholera proof.
J. C. BLTLER, Portland. Michigan.

Bi T 3 Poland China Pl 5 at “a” ”“0”
3.53m”; poi-15. ROBEBl‘gNg‘o’E, P‘ietggliil,w§lsigx. E858

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

——Lnrgest in Michigan. Bred gilts
all sold, have some good Sept
and Oct. pigs that have siz ..1 bone and quality. W rite
your wants or come and see. Expenses paid if not as re-
presented. Freelivery. W. E. Livingston, Parmu.Mich.

POLAND CllNAS—Either sex. all ages. Some~
P. .LONG. R. No. 8,thGli':n 001111113113? lfii'olflxg‘g.
P. A(I. BflARS AND SOWS““,"“E;',’,°' 313:“
A. A. WOOD & SON, Saline.y Michigan.
LARGE Yorkshires—Choice breeding stock. all uses.

not akin, from State Fair rize .
greesfurnishod. 0.00011. 11.12" alight. 1159211.

Lillie Farmstead YUBKSHIHES

Spring based alts all sold. Gillie bred for next. August

 

 

 

 

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Mention the Michigan Farmer
when writing to advertisers.


626—10

  

Markets.

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GRAINS ANb SEEos.

 

May 28. 1913.

Wheat-The past week has been fav-
orable to the bull side of the market and
prices show a general advance in both
cash and future sales. The reason for
the upward trend is practically a. reverse
of the conditions supporting the market
during the past weeks when the strong
European demand was given the credit.
At recent sessions of the market a num-
ber of reports have come in of the dam-
age to the American crop. Chinch bugs
and grasshoppers are decreasing the out—
look in some sections; in Missouri the
Hessian fly is working injury to the
plant; Kansas reports lower prospects,
while Minnesota and North Dakota are
suffering for moisture. 0n the other
hand, crop conditions in Europe show
some improvement which has eased
slightly on the demand from that quar-
ter. But altogether, conditions have fav-
ored the selling side of the trade. The
world’s visible supply is calculated at
20,000.000 bushels less than a year ago.
The local prices for No. 2 red wheat at
this date for 1912 was $1.16 per bu. Quo-
tations for the past week are as follows:

No. 2 No. 1

Red. “'hite. July. Sept.
Thursday . . . .1.081/2 1.071/2 911/2 91 14
Friday .......1.091/2 1.08%, 913,; 911/2
Saturday . . . .1.10 1.09 92% 921,5
Monday ......1.1 1.09 92% 921/2
Tueday ....... 1.101/2@1.091/2 9311, 931/,

Wednesday ..1.09% 1.08% 921/2 921/2

Chicago. (May 27).—N0. 2 red, $10861)
1.091/2; July, 91%c; Sept, 91c; Dec., 922gc
per bu.

New York, (May 27).—May, $10134;
July, 9934c; Sept, 981,4,0 per bu.

Corn.—The drift of this market con-
tinues to benefit sellers since prices are
gradually advancing to a higher level.
\X'hile the new crop is practically all in,
the weather has been rather unfavorable
for the grain‘s getting a good start“ a
matter which will probably have an in-
fluence upon the resulting crop. Prices
at Detroit and Chicago show a general
advance for the week of about 2c per bu.
The advance may have been greater were
it not expected that offerings would in-
crease now that farmers are a little more
free to make deliveries. The local mar-
ket continues quiet with the demand fair.
One year ago No. 3 corn was quoted
here at 79c per bu. Quotations for the
past week are:

No.3 No. 3

Corn. Yellow.

Thursday ................. 57% 591/2
Friday .......... ......... 59 61
Saturday . . . . . . . . ........ . 59 61
Monday . 591/2 62
Tuesday .. . ...... . ....... 591/2 62
Wednesday 591/; 62

Chicago, (May 27).—No. 2 corn, 59@

601.;c; No. 2 white, 601/260603/4c; July,

5736c; Sept, 581/60: Dec., 561/8c per bu.
Oats.—This cereal is advancing well
abreast of the other two major grains,
with prices showing 11/2c rise over the
close a week ago. “’hile the influence
of other grains was a factor in the ad—
vance, the prcsent heavy demand for oats
and the rather small stocks, together
with the unfavorable weather conditions
existing over a large portion of theheavy
oat producing territory wereprominent
in changing the values. One year ago
the local prices for standard oats was
581/2c per bu. Quotations for the past

' re:

week a No. 3

. Standard. White.
Thursday ................ 411/2 401/2
Friday ......... . 42% 411/2
Saturday . . . . . ............ 421/3 411/;
Monday .............. 421/; 4115
Tuesday ... ............... 43 42
“'ednesclay .............. 421/2 411,6

Chicago, (May 27).~—N0. 2 white, 411,4;
61413,c: standard, 411/361‘4134c; July, 380;
Sept, 37350: Dec, 3811.;c per bu.

Beans.~'l‘his market is doing absolute-
ly nothing in the bean deal. The quota-
tions published by the local board of
trade are comparatively lower thairquo-
tations from other points and holders of
beans are not shipping here. The nom-
inal quotations continue at $2.05 per bu.
for prompt and June shipment at coun-
try points. Michigan Farmer crop re-
porters state that they are receiving bet-
ter prices out in the state than are of-
fered at Detroit.

Chicago. (May 27).—Prices here have
held steady at the advanced figures giv-
en a week ago. Beans are handled al-
most entirely by dealers and not on a.
commission basis. There is a fair de-
mand and while the supply is ample. it
is not so large as to cause much bearish
pressure at the present range of values.
Pea beans, hand-picked, fancy, are quot-
ed at NAZI/26112.45; choice, $2.40; prime,

$2.30; red kidneys, $2; white kidneys,
$2.50 per bu. '
Clover Seed.—The Detroit market 15

doing nothing. At Toledo cash seed is
quoted at $13; October, $782143; and De.-
cember $7.80. all being below quotations
published last week.

Timothy Seed.—At Toledo this product
is quoted at $1.97l/3 for prime, cash and
May. and $2.121/2 for September, These
prices are below quotations of last week.

Rye.—,The call for rye has decreased
during the past few days with local quo-
tatiOns unchanged from one week ago,
cash No. 2 being (meted at 631/2c per bu.
At Chicago the so. 6 grade is quoted at
a 1c advance over last week, or at 64c
per bu. , _

Barley—This grain shows a narrowing
of quotations, the higher figures remain-

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THE 'M-I‘C/HI'GAN’ FARM-ER?

ing the same, while the lower limit is
advanced. At Chicago the range is from
50@68c per bu., while at Milwaukee it is
from 58@68c perbu.

 

 

FLOUR AND FEEDS.

 

Flour.—Jobbing lots in 1,4, paper sacks
are selling on the Detroit market per 196
lbs. as follows? Best patent, $5.70; sec-
Ond, $5.20; straight, $5; spring patent,
$5.10: rye flOur, $4.60 per bbl.

Feed.—Detroit jobbing prices in 100-
1b. sacks are as follows: Bran. $21;
coarse middlings, $21; fine middlings, $27;
cracked corn, $25; coarse corn meal,
$22.50; corn and oat chop, $21 per ton.

Hay.——Although the outlook for hay ov-
er Michigan varies greatly in different
localities, the market here rules about
steady, and not very active. Carlots on
track at Detroit are: No. 1 timothy,
$14.50@15; No. 2, $12@13; light mixed,
$13.50@14; No. 1 mixed, $12@13 per ton.

Chicago—There is a better demand for
hay at last week's advanced figures and
the market is firm. Choice timothy, $18
6t118.50 per ton; No. 1, $15.50@16.50; No.
2, $136014.

Straw.—Steady. Carlot prices on wheat
and oat straw on Detroit market are $8
8.50 per ton, rye straw, $9@10 per ton.

Chicago—Steady. Rye straw, $9@10;
oat, $7607.50; wheat. $6.50@7 per ton.

 

DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.

Button—A general decline in butter
values occurred late last week and the
present week opened with at 161120 drop
at Elgin. Increasing supplies and too
large a proportion of “off quality" stock
among the offerings are declared respon-
sible for the rather unexpectedly sharp

decline. Locally creameries are 11/2c low-
er, with other kinds unaffected. Detroit
jobbing prices rule as follows. Fancy

creamery, 27c; firsts, 251/30; dairy, 22C;
packing stock, 20c per lb.

Elgin.-—Market steady at 26@27c.

Chicago—Demand here is principally
for the superior grades. which are in
light supply and are kept well cleaned
up. Much of this stock is going into
storage despite the fact that many buy-
ers maintain that values are still too
high. All kinds and grades are lower
than last week. Quotations are: Extra
creamery, 27c; extra firsts, 26c; firsts,
250; seconds, 241/2c; dairy extras, 251/2c;
firsts, 240; seconds, 230; packing stock,
1261.211/2c as to quality.

New York—Prices here have suffered
a decline corresDonding- to that occurring
in other markets, but the market is re-
ported firm at the lower range. Quota-
tions: Creamery extras, 271/3c; firsts,
2615461271,“; seconds, 251/260261/2c; state
dairy, finest, 270; good to prime, 251/2@
261/2c; common to fair, 24@25c; packing,
2061122c as to quality.

Eggs—Good eggs continue in excellent
demand everywhere, with values very
steady at all points. In the local market
values show another fractional advance.
current offerings, candled, being quoted
at 200 per dozen.

Chicago—Nothing new in this market.
Receipts continue heavy but everything
of desirable quality sells readily at form-
er values, the supply of su‘ch stock not
being above the demand. Miscellaneous
receipts, cases included. are quoted at
161/2611181/2c; do., cases returned, 1663180;
ordinary firsts, 1631611173,“: firsts, 181,461)
1834c; storage packed, firsts, 18%@19%c
per dozen.

New York—Steady and practically un-
changed. Fresh gathered extras, 221/260
23c; fresh gathered storage packed, firsts
201//261>22c; western gathered, whites, 20
6123c per dozen.

Poultry.——Quietness rules in the poultry
markets just at present. Locally values
are lower this week on every kind and
grade with the exception of broilers. Quo-
tations are: Live.——Broilers, 30@32c;
hens, 161/363-170; N0. 2 hens, 12@13c; old
roosters, 1161112c; turkeys, 1761718c; geese,
126113c; ducks. 17@18c per lb.

Chicago—Under moderate offerings and
little activity on the part of buyers this
market holds quiet and unchanged. Quo-
tations on live are: Turkeys, good
weight, 15c; others, 10c; fowls, good,
151/2c; spring chickens. 306F320; ducks,
14c; geese, full feathered, 9c; do., pluck-
‘cd. 7680 per lb; guinea hens, $4 per doz.

Cheese.—B1'ck cheese fractionally high-
er. No other changes. Wholesale lots,
Michigan flats, new, 131/2101“; old, 161/2

6117c; New York flats, new, 141/26015c;
old. 1761'171/2c: brick cream, 14@14V_>c;
limburger. 18.63190.

Veal.——Steady; trading not
Fancy, 126Dl3c; common, 10@11c.

Chicago.——Firm and 1/26710 higher un-‘
der light offerings. Fair to choice, 8061)
110—lbs., 121/2611131/2c; extra fancy stock,
14c; fair to good chunky, 1260121/20.

Faun—s AND VEGETABLES.

active.

 

Apples.—This fruit is firm with prices

higher. Movement is greatly improved.
Detroit quotations are: Fancy, $4635;
ordinary $3604 per bbl.

Chicago.——The best grades of apples

are firm at much higher values. Stan-
dard winter varieties, $350626 per bbl.
Potatoes.—The past two weeks have
been important ones in the potato deal,
the trade having jumped from an inactive
sluggish condition to where the pressure
from buyers is high and they are anxious
for supplies. At New York prices have
advanced rapidly and the demand is keen
from all the large cities of the New Eng-
land states, with stocks in Maine and
New York farmers' hands limited. At
Pittsburg supplies cannot be secured to

supply the demand. The same is true at

Philadelphia and Baltimore. A‘t Cincin-
nati old potatoes are going around 75c
per bu. The cutting off by frosts of new
potatoes from the south and early» selling
of old potatoes by growers seems to be
responsible for the sudden advance. Lo-

cal prices are up 20c. Michigan stock in

car lots, 65@70c per bu. -

hicago.—Declded firmness pervades
this market again, due to small supply/
of new stock. The advance is calling
out heavier shipments of old potatoes
from farmers. Quotations range from 60
@700 per bu.

WOOL.

 

Boston—The conservative policy of the
manufacturers has not been altered and
they are continuing to buy as little new
wool as they can and still fill their or-
ders. In the fleece states dealers are
offering around 17@18c for medium grades
but farmers are rather slow selling at
these figures, largely because representa-
tives of some of the mills offered a bet—
ter figure than this earlier in the sea-
son. At no point in the country has any
large movement of wool toward market
centers taken place, farmers refusing the
contract at the price offered. Reports
are so conflicting and the amount of
business so small that it is impossible
to say just what the level of values is.

EEAND RAPIDS.

The city market was quiet Tuesday
morning, with only 150 rigs of sellers in
sight. Potatoes have made sensational
advances during the past week and are
selling here at 7061280c, though the mar-
ket seemed wea-ker Tuesday. _ Asparagus
continues at $1; spinach 50c. Hay is a
trifle lower, selling at $116013. Eggs are
higher, jobbers paying 18c, while dairy
butter is off a little, dealers paying 30@
31c. The mills are quoting grain prices
as follows: “'heat, $1.05; rye, 45c; corn,
62c; oats, 42c: beans, $1.50; red kidney
beans $1.60@1.75. Dressed hogs are worth
101/2@110.

THE Ll—VE srocw MXHKETS.

Buffalo.

 

May 26, 1913.
(Special Report of Dunning .& Stevens,
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo. New York).

Receipts of stock here today as follows:
Cattle, 120 cars; hogs, 100 double decks;
sheep and lambs, 70 double decks; calves
1800 head.

With 120 cars of cattle on our market
here today, all cattle weighing 1200 lbs.
and upwards sold 106Dl5c per cwt. lower
than last week; cattle weighing below
1200 of all grades sold full strong and in
many instances higher than last week.
At the close of the market, everything
was well cleaned up and we look for a
steady market at the prevailing prices.

XVe quote: Best 1350 to 1500-lb. steers,
5584066850; best 1200 to 1300-lb. do., $861)
8.25; .good to prime 1100 to 1200-lb. do.,
$175618; coarse plainish 1100 to 1200-lb.
do., $7.50@7.80, medium butcher steers,
1000 to 1100, $7.756118.10; butcher steers,
950 to 1000, $7.50@7.80: light butcher
steers and heifers, $7.25@7.50; best fat
cows, $6.75@7.25; butcher cows, $6636.25;
light butcher cows, $450605: trimmers,
353756174; best fat heifers, $750618; medi-
um butcher heifers, $76F7.50: light do.,
$650607; stock heifers. $550606; best
feeding steers, dehorned, $7.50@7.75;
light common stockers, $6606.25; prime
export bulls, $7.50@7.75; best butcher
bulls, $7.25@7.50; bologna bulls, $6.75@7;
stock bulls. $550606; best milkers and
springers, $75@100; common kind do.,
$406260.

Vt’e had an active trade here today on
hogs with 100 double decks. Light re-
ceipts at western points strengthened the
tradethere. and stiffened our market up
561710c over Saturday‘s best time. All
good grades selling at 9c generally; few
weighty kinds at $8.90@8.95. Pigs and
lights generally 9c, with a few sales at
a little more money. Roughs, $750608:
stags, $6.50@7.25; market closed strong,
and indications are that we will have a
good trade the balance of the week.

The sheep and lamb market was active
today, with prices about 15c lower than
the close of last week; most of the choice
handy lambs selling from $7.40@7.50.
Lambs weighing 85 to 90 lbs. very slow,
$7617.25. Best wethers selling mostly at
$6616.25; ewes. $5615.75, owing to weight
and quality. Look for little- higher prices
the balance of the week.

“'0 quote:
cull to fair do., $461735; yearlings, $6.50
616.75; bucks, $361,450: wethers, 336617625:
handy ewes, $5.2561/5.75; heavy do.. $569
5.25; cull sheep, $3614.50; veals, choice to
extra. $106111: fair to good, $7@10.50;
heavy calves, $4.506‘16.

Chicago.
May 26, 1913.
Cattle. Hogs Sheep.
Received today ...... 24.000 37.000 22,000
Same day last year..20,.‘i27 54,505 19,515
Received last week...40.120 133,899 84,246
Same week last year.39.966 141,159 74,955

The week opens today with a very good
demand for butcher stock and handy lit-
tle steers at steady prices, but the heav-
ier class of steers sells very slowly, and
sellers call prices about a dime lower.
Hogs are in lively general demand. open-
ing 10c higher and becoming 15®17%c
later, with sales at $8.30@8.80, small lots
of coarse heavy packing hogs bringing
$8.20 and over. Hogs received last week
averaged 245 lbs., compared with 233 lbs.
one year ago and 240 lbs. two years ago.
The big rain storm made the sheep’s
fieece heavy with water, and trade drag-
ged, with prices showing a weakening
tendency except for the better class of
sheep and lambs. Fed lambs made up
most of the supply, and they graded bet-
ter than last week.

Cattle were in only moderate demand
last .week, and all that prevented consid-
erable breaks in prices was the limited
supply. The only good sized run was
that of 21,519 head on Monday,. when

prices except for the few choice offerings.
averaged 10c lower, with some lots oi'f
15c. The scarcity of the best grade re-
sulted in their ruling steady, and on

Choice lambs. $7.40@7.50;.

 
 
 
 
     

 

. MAY 31, 1913.

Wednesday fat yearlings and choice
handy-weights were largely a dime high-
er. The most

poor showing of the choicer class of cat-
tle, few being seen after Monday. Evi-

dently most of the well finished beeves.

have been shipped out of feeding districts,
and the receipts are now running more
to ordinary to medium short-fed kinds.
The greater part of the steers received
during the week found buyers at $7.60@
8-55. with the commoner light-weights
going at $7.10@7.85 and the best heavy
kinds at $8.50@8.90. Desirable yearlings
brought $8@8.65, and medium to good
short-fed steers sold at $7.90@8.25. It is
a time when beef is having an abnor-
mally small demand, the marked declines
that have taken place in live cattle and
beef carcasses not having been followed
by reductions for beef in the retail mar-
ketS, and only fair supplies of cattle are
required to go around. Butchering lots
of cows and heifers are more active than
steers most of the time and show more
firmness, selling at $5.15@8.40, while cut-
ters sell at $4.65@5.10, canners at $3.25@
4.60, and bulls at $5.40@7.50. A dull mar-
ket was experienced for stockers and
feeders, the former selling at $6.10@7.85,
and the latter at $76118. Calves of the bet-
ter class had a. sharp advance, finding
ready sales at $9.25@10, with sales all
the way down to $5@6 per 100 lbs. for
coarse, heavy ones. Milkers and spring-
ers sold moderately at $506085, with fancy
'Holsteins and Durhams largely nominal
at $90@125. '

Hogs have been showing much more
underlying strength than was the rule
only a few weeks ago. the eastern ship-
ping demand having improved consider-
ably, while the local demand has been
more urgent, the packers being anxious
to build up their seriously depleted stocks
of provisions. The needs of the fresh
pork trade are urgent also, and specu-
lators have taken a hand in the game,
purchasing at times a good many of the
best consignments and afterwards assort-
ing them and reselling to the trade. The
week showed some good upward move-
ments, and even on Monday, when 42,760
hogs arrived, there was a firm market.
The hogs are averaging well in quality,
and owners are making them weigh up
well, the cheapneSs of feed and good
prices for finished hogs acting as strong
inducements. Choice light and medium
weight butcher hogs sell the best, these
being competed for by eastern buyers.
Provisions have undergone large advances
in recent weeks on good cash and spec-
ulative buying, and this helped to
strengthen , the hog market' perceptibly.
Hogs have been selling at the highest
prices recorded in several weeks and are
much higher than in most past years.
After prime light hogs had sold for $8.75
the market weakened, with hogs selling
on Saturday at $8.15608.621/2, with rough
heavy packing hogs taken at $8 and over.

Stags brought $8.50@8.85, boars $35060
4.50, throwout packing sows $7.60@8i
and pigs $6.50@8.'35. Prices were the

same as a week earlier.

Sheep and lambs have experienced some
sharp declines in prices within a week
because of comparatively large offerings
and a restricted general demand, packers
being indifferem buyers. while much of
the time there was little demand from
outside sources. Fed lambs made up the
principal share of the receipts, and most
of the live muttons arrived shorn, wooled
stock being discriminated against by the
buyers. Too many heavy lambs showed
up and sold to Door advantage, buyers re-
fusing to take lots averaging 80 lbs. and
over except at a good discount from
prices quoted for prime handy weights.
Southern spring lambs arrived to a lim-
ited extent, most of them coming from
Louisviile direct to the big packers. At
the week’s close sheep and lambs aver-
aged 1560250 lower than a week earlier,
weighty lambs suffering the most, Spring
lambs brought $66179 per 100 lbs., and
clipped flocks closed as follows: LambS,
$5607.73; Yearlings, $6606.60; Wethers, $5.25
@6; ewes, $350616; bucks. $4625.25.

Horses arrived too freely last week, the
good demand of the previous week being
lacking, and animals that were light in
weight and not especially attractive in
appearance sold lower very generally.
The pcorer horses brought 5585611125 per
head, with farm chunks very slow at
8140611215 and desirable pairs weighing
2,400 to 2,550 lbs. quoted_at $350@425.
Farm mares of the better class sold
Singly on the basis of $235611285, and
drafters of prime grade and heavy weight
were scarce and firm at $3006i1350. The
TltXt hes: cues of lighter weight sold all
the way down to $235, while 1,250 to
1,350—lb, chunks brought 53185611250. Liv-
ery pairs were valued at $250@350, with
Hill" demand.

 

MEETING OF OAKLAND COUNTY
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The Oakland County Horticultural So-
ciety will be entertained by Messrs. W.
J. Spicer and J. T. Miller at their fruit
farm, two and a half miles west of Bir-
mingham on Saturday, June 7.

The meeting will commence at 10:30 a.
m., standard time, at W. J. Spicer’s res-
idence. “Small Fruits on a‘ General
Farm,” will be discussed in the forenoon.
Lunch will be served at 12:00 o’clock.

At 1:00 p. m. Prof. O. K. White, of M.
A, C. will give a lecture and orchard
demonstration on “Thinning Fruit.” Con-
veyances will be at the Birmingham D.

R. waiting room at 10:00 a. m., stan-
dard time, to meet anyone who may wish
to attend the meeting.

All members and anyone interested in
horticulture are very cordially invited to
attend—Sarah E. Sly, Sec.

 

 

_A great many Texas cattle afflicted
wtth ticks have been dipped in' Texas
preparatory to being shipped to South
Dakota and Wyoming pastures, and it is
stated on good authority that some 20,.
000 head will be moved. '

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MA"! 31. 1913.
THIS IS‘THE FIaeT mm".

m the first edition the Detroit Live
stock markets are r or last. week;
all other market-are areright up to date.
Thursday’ s Detroit Live Stock markets
are given in the last edition. The first
edition is mailed Thur-thy, thelnat metam-
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aver earl than they do for Thursday’ a

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Thursday's Market.
May 22,1913
Cattle.

Receipts, 884. All grades strong at last
week’ s and Wednesday's prices

We quote: _Best steers, $8.50; steers
and heifers, 1000 to 1200, $7.50@7.75;.d0.
800 to 1000, $7.25@7.65; do that are fat.
500 to 700, $6@7;
6.;50 good (10.. $5. 50@5. 75; common cows,
$4. 50@5; canners, $3. 75@4. 25; choice heavy
bulls, $6. 50@7; fair to good bolognas, bulls
$6. 25@6. 75; stock bulls, $5. 50@6; choice
feeding steers, 800 to 1000, $7@7.25; fair
feeding steers, 800 to 1000, $6.50@6.75;
choice stockers, 500 to 700, $6.25@6.50;
fair stockers, 500 to 700, $6@6.25; stock
heifers, $5@5.50; milkers. large, young,
medium age, $60@90; common milkers,
$40@45.

Spicer'dz R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 6 steers
av 911 at $7.30. 3 do av 863 at $7.30, 1
cow weighing 880 at $6.25, 1 steer weigh-
ing 820 at $7.30, ,1 bull weighing 1200 at
$7, 6 cows av 1103 at $6.25, 1 do weighing
1020 at $6.50, 1 do weighing 1050 at $6,
8 butchers av 582 at $6.90; to Ward 2
cows av 785 at $5; to Newton B. Co. 9
butchers av 911 at $7; to Mason B. Co.
18 do av 877 at $7.55; to Rattkowsky 2
cow and bull av 1020 at $6.50, 1 cow
weighing 1100 at $5.50; to Mason B. Co.
9 butchers av 872 at $6.15.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Bresnahan 6 steers
av 695 at $6.25, 2 cows av 775 at $4.25;
to Parker, W. & Co. 1 bull weighing 1630
at $6.50, 1 do weighing 900 at $6, 4 cows
av 1137 at $5.50, 2 steers av 790 at $7. 45
do av 1044 at $7.70, 1 bull weighing 1190
at $7; to Sullivan P. Co. 10 cows av 1062
at $6.25, 3 heifers av 800 at $7.40, 2 cows
av 1040 at $6.25, 1 do weighing 830 at $5,
1 steer weighing 860 at $6.50, 5 cows ‘av
1006 at $5.35, 8 do av 997 at $6.25, 1 steer
weighing 1220 at $7.50, 1 bull weighing
900 at $6.25, 3 do av 1580 at $6.75, 11
steers av 1016 at $7.60, 4 COWS av 990 at
$6, 3 steers av '807 at $7.10, 3 cows av
970 at $6.25; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1
bull weighing 1000 at $6; to Lillie 1 cow
Weighing 780 at $5, 2 do av 875 at $5, 6
do av 891 at $5, 2 do av 800 at $5; to
Bresnahan 3 heifers av 650 at $6.25; to
Newton B. Co. 39 steers av 994 at $7.60,
9 do av 816 at $7; to Thompson Bros. 1
cow weighing 880 at $3.50; to Sullivan P.
00.. 1 cow Weighing 930 at $5.75; to Bres-
nahan 1 bull weighing 1320 at $6.60, 1 cow
'weighing 780 at $4. 1 bull weighing 1390
at $6.50; to Mason B. Co. 10 steers av 910
at $7.65.

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 5
cows av 976 at $5.50, 8 butchers av 841 at
$6.85; to Hammond, S. & Co. 26 steers
av 798 at $7.25. 3 bulls av 1333 at $6.50;
to Kamman B. Co. 10 steers av 845 at
$7.55, 1 do weighing 550 at $6.50. 3 cows
av 975 at $6.50; to Ogden 3 cows av 840

t $5.50, 3 do av '857 at $5.50, 5 stockers
av 468 at $5.60. 3 cows av 850 at $5.50
to Parker, W. & Co. 24 steers av 1260 at
$8.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 bulls av 1000
at $6.75, 11 steers av 890 at $7.40; to
Kamman B. Co. 19 steers av 940 at $7.75;
"to Newton B. Co. 7 cows av 924 at $6.75;
to Ogden 1 cow weighing 930 at $5. 30.

Haley & M. sold Mason B. Co 10 cows
av 1035 at $6; to Goose 2 cow and bull
av 835 at $6.10, 2 cows av 1005 at $5, 2
bulls av 950 at $6.35; to Newton B. Co.
22 steers av 900 at $7.50; to Sullivan P.
Co. 4 do av 960 at $6.35, 1 do weighing
880 at $6.75; to Hammond. S. & Co. 22
do av 864 at $7.55; to Chambers 30 feed-
ers av 704 at $7; to Bresnahan 3 bulls
av 677 at $6; to Bray 4 cows av 762 at
$5; to Applebaum 2 steers av 750 at
$6.85, 2 cows av 915 at $5.65: to Newton
B. Co 28 steers av 882 at $7. 20, 6 do av
866 at $7. 25, to Sullivan P. Co. 21 do av
976 at $7. 85.

Haddrell sold Newton B. Co. 1 cow
Weighing 1020 at $5, 1 bull Weighing 1140
at $6.

Groff sold Sullivan P.
1180 at $7.60, 4 cows and bulls av 870 at

.50.

 

Lowenstein sold Bresnahan 5 bulls av
1088 at $6.25, 4 cows av 1065 at $6.25, 8
do av 970 at $5. 25.

Same sold Kamman B. Co. 18 steers av

864 at $7. 45.
Veal Calves.

Receipts, 963. Market strong at last
week’s and Wednesday’s prices. Best. $9
@950; others, $5@8 milch cows and
springers strong.

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 6
av 125 at $9; to Rattkowsky 15 av 140 at
$9 25; to Sullivan P Co. 6 av 125 at $9;
to Rattkowsky 2 av 115 at $8 75, 2 av 135
at $9.9 av 150 at $8. 75. 4 av 108 at $7;
to Nagle P. Co. 4 av 175 at $9.50 12 av
160 at $9.501 weighing 90 at $7; to Bar-
lage 4 av 145 at $9.50..

Sandall sold Kull 8 av 140 at $9. 35.

Kalaher sold Sullivan P. Co. 16 av 145
at $9.25.

Spicer & R. sold Applebaum 17 av 140
at $8. 75; to Goose 12 av 135 at $9; to
Burnstine 28 av 150 at $9. 25' to Sullivan
P. Co. 25 av 140 at $8.25; to Bray 3 av
155 at $9.50; to Goose 13 av 135 at $9; to
Newton B. Co. 6 av 140 at $9.25.

Long sold Hammond. S. & Co. 6 av 140
at $..875

Groff sold Burnstine 9 av 140 at $9. 50.

Sharp sold Applebaum 11 av 150 at
$875.5 av 130 at $7.

Smith sold same 10 av 161 at $9.25.

Weeks Bros sold Newton E Co. 13 av
130 at $9.62

Haley A; M. sold Sullivan P. Go. 1
weighing 200 at $9. 50; to Applebaum 1

choice fat «cows, $6.25@ ,.—

Co. 4 ,steers av ,

THE ,MICHI

weighing 120 at $9; to Newton B Co. 14
av. 150 at $9 25 9 av 140 at $9; to D. Goose
3 av 140 at $9. 50 7 av 135 at $9.25; to
J. Goose 38 av 130 at $9.10.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. & Co.
13 av 130 at $9, 26 av 150 at $8.75; to
Sullivan P, Co. 1 weighing 160 at $9.25,
8 av 140 at $9.25; to Nagle P. Co. 7 av
150 at $9.50, 13 av 140 at $9.25; to Thomp-
son Bros. 20 av 130 at $8.75; to Goose
2 av 110 at $7.50, 9 av 145 at $9; to Ham-
mond, S. & Co. 16 av 140 at $8.90, 13 av
150 at $9.25, 27 av 125 at $8.60; to Park-
er, W. &, Co. 51 av 125 at $8; to Ham-
m'ond, S.~ & Co. 11 av 140 at $9.50, 6 av
145 at $9.50. 6 av 155 at $8.75, 2 av 170 at
$7, 8 av 140 at $9, 9 av 150 at $9.50, 1
weighing 100 at $7. 9 av 155 at $9; to
McGuire 15 av 150 at $9.50; to Burnstine
21 av 155 at $9.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 2
av 140 at $9.25, 12 av 150 at $9.50, 4 av
150, at $9.25, 6 av 150 at $9, 2 av 145

sold same 3 .av 105 at

Sheep- and Lambs.
Receipts, 1824.-

Market strong at last

week’s and VVednesday' s prices. Best
lambs, $7.50; fair do., $7@7.25; common
(10., $4.50@6; fair to good sheep, $5.25@

5.50; culls and common, $2.50@4.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co. 33
lambs av 55 at $5.60, 2 sheep av 110 at
$5, 4 do av 105 at $4: to Thempson Bros.
30 lambs av 70 at $7.50; to Mich. B. Co.
40 sheep av 90 at $5; to Hammond, S. &
Co. 204 lambs av 68 at $7.35; to Mich. B.
Co. 0 sheep av 95 at $5.50, 4 do av 100
at $ .50;-to Kull 11 do av 88 at $4.50, 24
lambs .av 60 at $6.50; to Young 44 do av
78 at $7.25; to Barlage 17 spring lambs
av 48 at $8; to Parker, 15’. & Co. 104
mixed av 78 at $6.40; to Mich. B. Co. 1
buck weighing 190 at $4.50, 27 sheep av
90 at $5.25, 49 do av 07 at $7.25; to Web-
ber 28 feeding lambs av 70 at $6.25; to
Young 36 do av 55 at $6.50; to Hayes 71
do av 55‘at $5.50, 21 do av 60 at $6; to
Mich. B. Co. 78 sheep av 85 at $5.50; to
Fitzpatrick Bros. 7 spring lambs av 55
at $8. 84 do av 75 at $7.50.

Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. Co. 4
sheep av 107 at $4.75, 2 spring lambs av
60 at $10; to Newton B. Co. 22 sheep av
105 at $4.50, 32 lambs av 67 at $7; to
Goose 11 sheep av 120 at $4.50.

Roe Com. Co. sold Barlage 13 sheep av
100 at $4; to Rattk0wsky 1 do weighing
130 at $5, 1 do weighing 180 at $5; to
Barlage 8 do av 98 at $5, 46 lambs av
70 at $7.25.

Spicer & R. sold Young 16 lambs av 65
at $5.75; to Mich. B. Co. 3!) sheep av 105

at $5; to Eschrich 43 mixed lambs av
55 at $5
Sharp sold Mich. B. CO. 18 Sheep av
80 at $5. 50.
Hogs.
Receipts, 5346. Market steady with

Wednesday; 10@150 higher than the close
last week.

Range of prices: Light to good butch‘
ers, $8.75; pigs, $8.75; mixed, $8.75; stags
one-third off.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 2500 av 190 at $8.75.

Same sold Sullivan P. CO. 310 av 130
at $8.80.

ROe Com. Co. sold same 242 av 140 at
$8.80.

Haley & M. sold same 130 av 170 at
$8. 80 240 av 190 at $8. 75.

Spicer & R sold Parker, W. & CO. 350
av 180 at $8.80.

Friday’s Market.
May 23, 1913.
Cattle.

Receipts this week, 977; last week.
1171. Market strong at Thursday’s prices.

VVeequote: Best steers, $8; steers and
heifers, 1000 to 1200, “50607.75; do. 800
to 1000, $7.25@7.65; do. that are fat, 500
to 700, $6@7; choice fat cows,‘ $6.25fly650;
good do., $5. 506135. 75; common cows, $4.50
@5; cannersm 7$3.75 @4. 25; choice heavy
bulls, $6.5 , fair to good bolognas,
bulls. $6696.25; stock bulls, $550606;
choice feeding steers. 800 to 1000, $762
7.25: fair (10., 800, to 1000, $6.50m‘1675;
choicestookers, 500 to 700, $6.25fo‘6.50;
fair (30., 500 to 700, $6626.25; stock heif-
ers, $5695.50; milke'rs, large. young, me-
dium age $60@70; common milkers, $40

@55.
Veal Calves.

Receipts this week, 1169; last week,
1393. Market strong at Thursday’s prices.
Best, $9699.50; others, $5@8.50; milch
CO‘VS and springers Strong.

Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts this Week, 1997; last week.
2939. Market steady at Thursday's
Best lambs, $7.25@7.50; fair 60.,
$6.75@7 light to common do. 94.50696:
fair to good sheep, $5.52 @5. 50; culls and
common, $2.50@4; spring lambs, $9@10.

prices.

Hogs.

Receipts this week. 6638: last week,
8217. Market 100 lower than on ,Thurs—
day. Range of prices: Light to good
butchers, $8.70; pigs, $8.65@8.70; mixed,
$8.65@8.70; stags one—third off

CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

Kalkaska Co., May 24.——Owing to cold
rain the past week only a small portion
of corn is planted; farmers generally had
their ground ready to plant but will now
be compelled to refit in order to get the
ground in prOper condition. Oats and
grass growing slowly. Farmers plowing
for beans and potatoes; some early po-
tatoes planted. Fall grain looking fairly
good. Old potatoes principally marketed,
are paying 500 at loading points. Farm-
ers feeling blue over,tariff legislation.

Shiawaseee Co., May 6.—Season cold
and backward with prevailing north and
northwest winds. Corn planting is un—
derway a large number of fields already
planted. The season has been very fav-
orable to doing farm work, being cool
to work teams, and the soil in excellent
condition for working. Meadows are look-
ing well, but show the need of warm
growing weather. Wheat is a very prom-
ising crop, having come through the win—
ter in splendid condition and|favored with
a 0001 spring. New seeding is looking

 

GAN FARMER

well. About the same, area of beans will
be planted in this section this season,
although farmers are somewhat doubtful
as to price the coming fall, believing that
the tariff legislation will lower their val-
ue. Not 80 many potatoes will be plant-
ed as uSuaI. Fruit so far has withstood
the cold, backward season well and
promises a fair crop. Very few hogs 1n
the county. A large amount of barn
building being done.

Ottawa Co., May 26. ——Unless a heavy
fall of rain comes soon. meadows that
were mown last year will hardly cut one-
half tOn per acre. Owing to lack of
moisture oats are a poor stand and are
not growing much. Some fields of wheat
are looking fairly well, but some fields
are looking very poor. Pastures are back-
ward in starting on account of so much
cold weather. There will be a larger
acreage of corn this year; about 75 per
cent has been planted but it is very
slow coming up. Farmers are doubling
nearly all their crops for the canning
factory at Coopersville. Peas that have
been sown for the above factory, now
promise to be an immense crop. as the
season has been favorable so far. Last
year it was too wet for peas. There is
a fair prOSpect for a crop of apples, but
peaches and plums have been about all
killed. There will be a few cherries and
a fair crop of strawberries of the late
varieties.

Livingston Co., May 26.—The weather
for the past week has been very wet and
cold and as a result there is probably
not more than one—third of the corn
planted, and what is planted would be
better off out of the ground for it is so
wet and cold that a poor stand is almost
certain. Farmers are taking advantage
of the cold weather and are rushing their
plowing for beans as fast as possible.
This is just the weather for hay and
wheat, both of which are doing nicely.
The frost did not do as much damage to
fruit as was at first feared. Wool nearly
all Sold at from 17 to 20c per lb. Beans
have not advanced in price as is usual
at this season and not many are moving
to market.

Genesee Co., May 22.——Farm work well

advanced, owing to favorable weather
conditions. Instead of the excessively
rainy spring months of the past few

years there has been scarcely sufficient
moisture to ensure a good crop of hay
and whcnt. Farm wages very high and
help Scarce. An alfalfa campaign is be-
ing organized in the county under the
management of the farm adviser and
corn contests are well under way in a
number of rural schools. The highway
improvement work is going briskly along
with scores of men and teams busy haul-
ing material and at construction of road
beds under stale reward plans. it is
expected that close to 50 miles will be
added to the number of miles already
completed before another full.

Lapeer Co., May 19.—Lots of rain the
past week. \V'inds northerly; cold now.
8011 cold and farmers in no hurry to put
in potatoes, corn. beans and other crops,
fearing such seed would rot in the ground.
Fall grain, oats, meadows and pastures
have a fine appearance. Spring set-dings
of clover caught good. “’e are not pos-
itive but think that the freezing of May
7-8 has damaged the peach and plum
prospects, also early apples, currants,
etc, but late apples seem to be all right.
This week is for the third spraying of
orchards. The price of 1912 bay has
dropped to $8 per ton and slow sale at
that. Spring pigs scarce and quite diffi-
cult to find, prices the highest ever
known. $36,115. Some farmers have sold
their sheep. Wool at 18c and a prospect
of still lower prices. Potatoes. 35c; oats,
36c; eggs, 18c; butter, 28c, and so on
down the scale. Lapcer county will have
the smallest acreage of beets ever known.

Mecosta Co., May 20.—The latter por-
tion of April was nice and warm but
May has been a very cold month gener-
ally. Much of the small fruit is killed.
Many of the farmers have their corn
planted. Prospects Were never better for
a good hay crop. For all of the cold
weather the oats are looking better than
uSual for this time of the season. Hardly
any live stock left for sale. PotatOcs are
mostly all out of the farmer's hands.

Washtenaw Co., May lS.—-l“urmers are
to be congratulated on the spring So far.
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cause for a time it was too cold, and for
a time too dry, the present rains have
come just in time to make pastures
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very favorable. if the politicians were
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ground for complaint. All kinds of stock
scarce and high; a large demand for pigs
and not enough to go around: the same
with milch cows, so our Canadian friends
will have a good market opened to them:
but we best be optimistic for it won’t
be for long.

New York.

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$27; cracked corn and mixed feed. $27;
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THE MICHIGAN FARM-ER

Their Memorial Day Gchts.

By MRS. F. NISEWANGER.

It was early in April that John Bran-
don, the bent commander of Morley Post,
G. A. R, called a meeting of his com-
rades to make arrangements for the com-
ing Memorial Day. There was such a.
tiny handful of them, compared to the
strong band that a few years ago met in
the hall for the same purpose, that they
almOSt shivered with the chill and lone-
liness of it.

“Vt'eli, boys, what are we going to do?”
Commander Brandon asked informally.
Someway, parliamentary usage and all
stiff formality seemed out of place here.

“Same old thing, I suppose,” sighed
Comrade \Villiams. “Get one of the
preachers to donate us a talk, and get

the teachers to learn the children some
pieces and songs, and get the women to

decorate the Opery House and make bOu-.

quets for the graves.”

The old men listened half—heartedly;
they knew the program as well as Com-
rade “'iliiams did.

“Seems like all patriotism’s dyin’ out of
the present generation,” Comrade Ellis
regretted gravely. “I s’pose they’ll do
all these things if we ask them to, but
it almost seems like askin’ for charity and

I hate to do it again.”
Comrade Brown straightened a little
and the rcst remembered that he this

spring leaned a little more heavily on his
cane than usual.

“Seems like I’m too tired to do much
of anything,” he sighed. ”It don’t seem
to be. possible to do much educatin’ of the
young, and the boys sleepin” over on the
hill know our hearts are all right.
C(luldn‘t we just get some flowers and
have the hack take us over to put them
on the graves?”

“\Ye‘il sure (in as much as to decorate
the graves us long as there are any of us
left 30 do it,” Comrade llice quavered,
“and when we’re gone 1 s‘pnse they’ll go
umle(‘-o'i'aterl.”

The old men pondered seriously and
i‘cgictl‘ully, but finally decided to follow
Comrade Brown’s suggestion.

“I guess we have earned a rest from
getting up public exercises if we feel that
way about it,” Commander Brandon ac-
quiesced. and the meeting was adjourned.

A work later a very different meeting
was held in town. The band that organ-
ized the previous season had been only
able to buy the instruments needed. This
spring they wanted new uniforms, and a
culktci'ia supper, followed by a short,
bright program, had been arranged for
their benefit by the matrons and young
women of the town.

it was patronized liberally and, at the
chse of the program Roy Sergeant, leader
of the band. requested that the young
people remain for a short business meet-
ing in which they Silullld all be inter-
ested. “'lien their elders had withdrawn,
young Sargeant called the meeting to or-
der and announced that :1 little matter in
cnnneclion with their personal honor and
the credit of the town. had just come to
his attention and he felt that he should
lay it iii-fore them at once.

“We have been disgracefully selfish and
thoughtless,” he began emphatically, then
told swiftly ;lll(l impressively of the little
G. A. R. meeting his grandfather. as a
mcmber of Morley Post. had attended the
week before. “Grandfather wasn’t com-
plaining, either,” Roy added, liaStily_ “lie
just quietly told me how they felt about
it when he got back from the meeting,
and I carelessly inquired about their
plans. it's. a wonder I thought to be
even decent enough to do that!” he railed
at himself scornfully. “I think it is about
time this vaunted ‘younger generation’
forgot band concerts and ball games long
enough to entertain our old soldier friends
a little while. “flint is your pleasure in
the matter?" and Roy sat down.

Half a dozen young fellows sprang to
their feet. “I move that we organ’ize a
‘Suirs of Veterans’,” one said promptly.

Then Bernice Howell hastily addressed
the meeting. “Not now, Mr. President,”
she exclaimed; “we girls want to be in
this, definitely, too. I move that we or-
ganize a Memorial Association, to which
all descendants and interested friends of
the veterans are eligible.”

Bernice-is motion was seconded, thus
coming before the meeting for discussion,
and, when finally put, was carried unan-
imously.

One dollar yearly dues were decided
upon, for incidental expenses and “so we
can have money to hire a good speaker

 

and not have our 010. soldiers feel that

one of the ministers is giving them an
address out of charity,” Edith Loring ‘e-x—
claimed With flushed cheeks.

Roy Sergeant, the newly elected pres-
ident of the Memorial Association, asked:
"Can’t we keep quiet about this until all
our plans are made and the program is
in the papers, giving the Post a. pleasant
little surprise?”

“We can and we will," was the answer,
and they did. ‘

Good committees were appointed on
program, decoration, transportation and
entertainment. Then they adjourned to

meet in two weeks and report.

It was ten days before. Memorial Day
that Comrade 'Wllliams, with the town‘s
XVeekly News open in his hand, met Com-
mander John Brandon on the street and
stopped to ask in surprised excitement:

“\Vhat’s all this mean?” pointing to an
unusually elaborate Memorial Day pro-
gram appearing on the front. page. “I
thought we decided not to do anything
special this year."

“So we did,” John Brandon acquiesced,
”and I don’t really know anything more
about it than you do, but I suspect our

for it.”

“Looks good, don’t it? I’ve had a kind
of gone feeling ever since we made up
our minds not to do anything. Seemed
most as bad as giving up Sunday and
worsn’n forgetting birthdays and weddin’
anniversaries. Seemed like the boys over
on the hill mightn‘t understand and would
think we had backslid.”

Tom \Viliiums openly wiped his eyes as

John Brandon put a trembling, sympa—
thetic hand on his arm, saying: “Guess
we all felt about the same over it. I

come mighty near cailin’ another meeting
to reconsider, but it'll be all right now.
If the young'folks are shoulderin’ it, all

things’ll go off better than as if we had.

tried to help."

“And did you notice who’s to speak?”
Comrade \Yilliams broke in «xcitcdly.
“Lawyer Tomlinson, the best speaker in
the cuunty! Costs money to get Tomlin-
son, I can tell you. \Ve won't feel like
paupers tlii.e year. Wonder if all the
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MAY 31, 1913.

sleephtonight till. I’ve seen ’em all and
asked- ’em, so I guess I’d better be off."

A few days later each member or the
Post received a neat invitation asking
him to be the guest of the Association on
Memorial Day, and further requesting him
to be ready to go to the G. A. R. ball
when called for shortly after one o'clock,
as exercises at' the opera house would
begin promptly at two.

So Memorial Day drew near with a. new
interest about it in a satisfied little feel-
ing of being cared for, and the fascina-
tion of having something‘in the nature
of a, surprise withheld.

Automobiles left their garages prompt-
ly, went to the homes for the veterans
and took them to their hall, where they
always met to get their badges and the
flag behind which they marched to the
opera house. A little surprise awaited
them here in the form of ‘Bernice Rowell
with a basket of flowers on her arm.

She met each old friend with a hand-
clasp and a smiling greeting, and pinned
a spray of flowers on each coat. “\Ve
have hosts of flowers for you to take to
the cemetery, but we wanted you to wear
some, too,” she explained with a gentle
smile, the shadow of the coming time,
when there would be no veterans’ Coats
to pin flowers to, darkening her bright
eyes.

Trembling lips murmured “Thank you,"

land loyal hearts beat a little quicker be-
youngsters waked up and are responsible“

cause of the loyalty of “the younger gen-
eration."

Vacancies in the ranks come fast in
these later years and it did not take
many autos to carry the little band to

the opera house, but the procession form-
ed, the band lending the way afoot, and
stopped at the home of Commander Bran-
don for the veterans’ wives who had been
asked to meet there and await them.

At the opera house they were met by
a committee from the Memorial Associa—
tion, and they marched in between adou-
blc line of the members to the seats re-
served for them in front. The crowded
house was almost as still as a vacant
building but throbbed with sympathy and
love.

Commander Brandon’s daughter, a
sweet young matron with her little ones
about her, marked the short line with
brimming eyes and hid trembling lips in
her baby’s hair as her father marched
by. (me felt that there would come a.
Memorial Day after awhile when she
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AT ANDERSONVILLE.

By MRS. M. B. “RANDOLPH.

The August sun was beating with heavy waves of heat
On scanty pine—tree shadows, and sands of village street;

\Yithouththe burning billows from

brazen heavens rolled

O’er thirty thousand soldiers in squalid prison—fold.

Merciless its arrows that

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the mystic sculptor—Death——

Had chiseled lines of beauty ere it stoic away his breath.

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rough-hewn morgue or
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was laid,
drum

Should herald his approach to trench that Served (IS tomb.

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Picturing the loneliness
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Seemed the lillle blue-cont to

And as he
The tender shoot of “chivalry”

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But youth to youth
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gazed upon him with

“yankee”
The “rebel” laddie follovveil~he scarce cOuld tell you
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Guessing at his parentage, and where his northern
“'ond’ring if his mntlicr still was waiting for her boy

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home;

his life away
“enemy"

. the suutliron’s son,
But just a homesick laddie that grief had fought and won.

years (like his) so few,
brushed from his eyes the dew;

No more was hated foeman this northern soldier lad,
But boyish friend nudvcomrade, the same as those he had.

All bitter thoughts and feelings, in that solemn hour,
All whilom animosity, were shorn of vengeful power;
Instead, the gentle teachings, learned at his mother’s knee,
Replaced his southern “honor” with truer chivalry.

boy to dismal graveyard nigh,
why—
and he walked behind the bier,
alone the tear.

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They sleeD——the northern heroes—where the winds of God
Blow their only requiems above the southern sod;

They sleep—the southern heroes—Where the pole—star’s light
Gilds their lonely pillows through

the northern night.

Both alike they struggled through the long, hard war;
Both alike they followed the flag they'd pledged them for;
Both alike we’ll laurel when the drum-beat rolls.

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celebrated it, because, herrather’s place

would be vacant.

It seemed as though the children had
never beforesung or spoken so well, and
their pretty drills and poses were with-
out a flaw, but the climax came when
Lawyer Tomlinson rose to give his ad-
dress. The veterans settled back, proud
and expectant, as ,it really did mean a
great deal to them to have a speaker
specially provided for the day.

At the close of the exercises the autos
were waiting to take them and their
'flowers to the cemetery a mile away, to
decorate the graves of comrades there
and to perform the last solemn ceremony
of the day. The guests supposed that
everything was over when they left here.
but a drive in the country, timed to last
until just about six o'clock, had been
planned and was enjoyed to the utmost.
On the return they were taken to the
largest church in town. in whOse base-
ment the young people had a tempting
hot supper all ready f0r the-m.

“I’m plumb flabbergasted with it all,”
Comrade Rice confided to his wife. “Noth-
in’ wouldn't surprise me now—~not even
to see angels.”

“Seems to me we've been seein’ them
and been ministered unto by them,”Mrs.
Rice answered softly.

“The buzz wagons again?" smiled Com-
rade Jones as they came out on the street
after supper and found the autos still
waiting.

The young drivers nodded. smiling, too.
“Just one more spree before we all go
home and go to bed."

The wives were taken to Mrs. Bran-
don's for a quiet evening together, and
then the autos headed straight f0r the
park. How old eyes did brighten when
they saw what was prepared for them
there—a splendid camp fire, with com-
fortable seats about it, a pile of wood at
one side, and rugs and blankets in case
any should feel the need of them in the
spring evening’s chill.

Then the band withdrew to the farthest
corner of the park, where it softly played
all the old patriotic airs that “the boys”
loved, and acted as a successful decoy to
lure and entertain any who chanced to
be abroad, that the veterans might be
left to themselves for a. quiet. never-to—
be-forgotten evening of exchanged confi-
dences and reminiscences.

At nine o’clock, when thelights of slow—
ly returning autos began to gleam in the
darkened streets, John Brandon rose to
his feet and commanded gently, “Com—
rades, uncover.”

The order was promptly obeyed and
heads bent reverently as a brief, heart-
felt prayer was uttered, and when the
earnest, “God forever bless our dear
yOung people,” ended, “Amen and amen,"
came in soft, trembling response.

 

 

HELPING THE SQUIRRELS.

BY JULIA RAMSEY DAVIS.

Susie and Jack loved to play in the big
grove just back of their house, for there
were so many interesting things there.
Birds of many kinds flitted to and fro
among the trees, and sometimes little
squirrels ventured out where they could
watch‘ them.

One day they saw two squirrels come
out and frisk upon the fence. They sat
there several minutes chattering vigor-
Ously.

“I wonder what they are saying,’ Susie
whispered to Jack.

“You know squirrels can’t talk!" Jack
exclaimed.

“Of course, they can talk, in Squirrel
language," Susie insisted, “or how could
they ever make each other understand
What they want? Let's be right still,
and watch, and we will learn what they
are saying."

After awhile the little squirrels jumped
from the fence, scampered up a tree,
stopped where a blue~bird had built a
nest in the early part of the season, and
again began a spirited chattering.

“Now.I know what they are talking
about.” said Susie. “They are planning
to build a home where they can live and
raise some cute little baby squirrels. But
they don‘t like that old nest. I wish we
could show them the place where the
wood—pecker lived in the hollow of that
old oak tree by the fence last year.‘ I
am sure that w0uld just suit them.”

"I believe it would make a good home
.for them.” agreed Jack, “but as we can
not speak~ squirrel language. the thing
f0r us to do is to keep quiet and let
them do their own choosing.”

After running around, and up and down
many trees, at last the squirrels reached

the hollow oak and again began to chat-

ter. one vault! run intot'the hole and

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stick his head out. then the other would
follow. "This is the place we have been
looking for,” they seemed to say, by
their actions.

“Jack, they are going to live there!”
exclaimed Susie, “and we can watch them
build their home.”

When the children went to the grove
the next afternoon, the squirrels were
very busy putting their new home in
order.

“Let’s help them,” said Jack.

“Why, we can't,” said Susie. “We
don't know how they want it built; be-
sides if we went near it would frighten
the dear little things away.” .

“But there is a way we can help, and
not frighten them.” insisted Jack. “We
can put something to eat at the foot of
the tree so they won‘t have to stop work
and go away to get their meals.”

“That is a fine plan." Susie agreed.

So. every day the children brought pea—
nuts, bread, and other things they thought
the squirrels would like, and left them
where the little workers would be sure
to find them.

While the squirrels were building their
dear little home in the wood-pecker’s
old nest they became so accustomed to
Susie and Jack that when they saw them
coming they would hasten to the feeding
place to meet them. By and by, when
the little baby squirrels came, they, too.
became quite tame. and the whole Squir-
rel family would eat from the children’s
hands.

When mother and father learned of
Susie's and Jack’s pets, they said: “This
will prove to you children. that even the
wild creatures of the forest appreciate,
and may be made our friends, by contin—
ued kindness. We, should never forget
that the same good Father placed us all
here—people and animals, and birds and
fowls. He gave people dominion over
His dumb things, and He wants us to be
gentle and patient in our treatment of
them."

Little Vi’illie‘Say, pa, why do they
stamp eagles on our coins?

Pct—Probably as an emblem of their
swift flight, my son.

“Vi"as he a good preacher?”

“N0. His s'ermon was stupid enough to
make you sleepy, but his voice was loud
enough to keep you awake.”

 

 

 

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The Wife Who Works at Home is a
Wage Earner.

‘ocrE have been hearing a great deal
lately about the chivalry of the
American man towards the

women of his family. Those opposed to

Suffrage have assured us that the Am-

erican man considers his wife his com-

panion and partner, and that he will see
she has everything she needs and that
justice would give her. The Englishwom-
an may need suffrage, we are told, be-
cause over there man is boss. But here
at home, bleSs your sweet little heart,
woman runs everything anyway, so why
should she want to vote? The American
man is just naturally so easy and oblig-
ing that he can’t help giving woman any-
thing she wants, SO there isn’t the least
reason in the world why she would want
to help make laws or decide who shall

'make and enforce them.

There is a great deal of truth in all this

in some cases, but looking over the field
by and large, it strikes me that the Ain-
erican man is generous with woman so
long as it doesn’t cost him anything. But
if it is going to make him dig down in
his pocket and divide up on the income,
‘his generosity often stops with his loud
talk. -
How many of the women who read this
column have half of the family income to
handle as they choose? How many have
one-fourth? How many have one-tenth?
How many have a dollar a month to do
with exactly as they please, and no ex-
planations demanded afterwards? Now
don’t be bashful, speak right up in meet-
ing. A few Scattered voices lay claim
to the dollar, but I‘ll wager even they
have to account for 50 cents of it. If it
was put to actual count I‘ll bet the num-
ber of women who could buy a fireless
cooker, say, without arguing and explain-
ing and cajoling and scolding for weeks
before hand, could be counted on the
fingers of my two hands. Yet our Amer-
ican men are generous to a fault, and
give their wives even too much liberty.

The trouble with us as wives is that
We have too long agreed to the idea that
we are not wage-earners. The work the
husband does is what brings in the mon-
ey. Therefore, he argues, he is entitled
to say how it shall be spent, and we have
quietly agreed to the proposition because
we abhor any fuss about money.

Would not the work we do bring in
money if we were doing'it for someone
else? It certainly would, and a good
round sum, too. Suppose every house-
keeper in Michigan were to be taken sick
tomorrow and be forced to drop every
duty. How long would it be before the
husbands would have to admit that the
wives were wage earners? \Vhere c0uld
they get another woman to .come into
their homes and do for money even a
half of what the wife does for her board
and clothes? By paying $5.00 or $6.00 a.
week a woman might be found who would
come in and get the meals and keep
things reasonably clean. But she cer-
tainly would not care for the fowls and
young st0ck, make the garden, tend the
fruit, do the mending and sewing and
darning and looking out for waste, that
the wife does. The money the faithful
wife saves in watching the little things,
would pay the wages of a good girl in
many homes. Yet how many are all un—
willing to admit that wives‘and mothers
are wage earners? .

Now I do not wish to advance the
theory that every man should begin to
pay his wife a weekly wage for doing the
hOtlSC‘WOl‘k. Wives do not want to be
paid, they want to be considered equal
partners. And a partner surely has a
right to his share of the profits without
making a fuss about it. Few men could
give the wife $5.00 a week for her own
personal use, but she should be given
her just share of the income, and given
it freely and gladly without having to ask
it or demand it, or steal it if worse come
to worst.

The faithful wife certainly helps to earn
the living, and she should be consulted

every time any large sum of money is to-

be spent. Her word should have equal
force with the husband’s and the chances
are equal that her judgment will be as
good as his.

I always admired that woman in “The
Second Mrs. Jim.” She was middle—aged
when she became “The Second Mrs. Jim”
and had become used to spending her own
money. “Jim” allowed the “butter and
egg” money would run the house and
she- could worry along with no spending
money, the same as the first “Mrs. Jim”
had done. The new “Mrs. Jim,” however,
“allowed” she would just put the money
from butter and eggs in the bank along
with “Jim‘s” account and that they would
each have a check book and draw when
they needed, as partners should. And
they did.

There would be more happy homes if
other wives followed her example. W'ifely
submission is a good idea. for lordly hus-
bands, but it doesn’t tend to make happy
wives. Equality is a better working mot-
to in this year of grace. DEBORAH.

LABOR SAVING DEVICES.

CAN any progressive farmer get
along without a, manure spreader?
Would it pay him to haul the ma-
nure to the field, unload, and then scat-
ter with a fork? This would require
twice as much time and labor and the
manure could not be spread over the field
as evenly as the machine does the work.

\Vhy does not the farmer’s wife follow
his example and do her work with ma-
chinery? “Man works from sun to sun
but woman’s work is never done.” There
is more truth in this statement than we
like to admit, and the one reason is that
man does his work with machinery while
woman performs her many tasks by
hand. When we can find an implement
that will do the work of a pair of hands
in the fraction of the time, why not
avail ourselves of this help?

If the farmer knew of a machine that
would accomplish so much in any branch
of his work as the vacuum cleaner does
in the home, would he hesitate about
buying it?

Machinery help is now almost the only
help to be had in the farm home, and
these labor-saving devices for the home
cost only a. fraction of what the farm
machinery cost. Besides, many of the
home implements are used daily while
the farm machines onlya short time dur-
ing the year. The farmer replaces his
machinery every ten or twelve years
while many of the home conveniences
last a life time.

XVoman‘s work is just as important as
man’s, although it is man’s work that
brings in the larger part of the! income.
But when the farmer’s wife is disabled
does his work go on just the same? It
is then (and often only then), that he
realizes that like the number ten, he is
the one but that she is Simply nought is
a mistake.

Can the busy farmer’s wife who is
lone handed, with bushels of cherries to
pick and can, afford to do without a
cherry pitter? Is it true economy for
her to make mince meat by chopping the
ingredients when a. small food grinder
would do the work in a third of the
time? There are very few farm homes
equipped with a mangle, though about
three-f0urths of an ordinary ironing can
be run through a mangle. As much can
be accomplished with this machine in 12
minutes as can be ironed in one hour by
hand work. The cost ranges from $6
to $25. ‘

Sewing machine, washing machine and
wringer are three time-savers that no one
tries to do without. Why not add the
mangle to this list and thus save many
tiresome tedious hours of work? Wash-
ing is a necessity and ironing is said to
be a luxury, but every woman likes to
have her tablecloth well ironed and the
mangle does this work better than by
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fact that well ironed clothes stay clean
much longer, thus saving washing.

Alcohol, gasoline and electric irons are
all labor savers, and a good ironing board
makes the work much easier than iron-
ing on a table. A carpet sweeper pays
a big interest in the saving of time and
labor. They really pay for themselves in
the saving of brooms. We have used One
a, dozen years and it still does as good
work as when new.

The fireless cooker is another conven-
ience that will help the housewife solve
many problems, as well as save fuel,
which is no small item. Many foods,
such as cereals and meats, are really su-
perior cooked by this method. When
business or pleasure calls the housemoth-
er away it is a great satisfaction to know
the men and children can have a warm
meal and no worry about the fire. The
fireless cookers with the plates made of
iron to be placed on the stove to heat
will be found the most useful.

The refrigerator is a. great help in
preserving food; physicians claim they
save much sickness. But few farm homes
have ice. A cement trough with water
pumped by the wind-pump is a common
method of cooling. The centrifugal cream
separator has done as much for the
farm home as any one invention. The
farmer and the cow are like the ['nited
States, one and inseparable. No farmer
can get along without the cow and there-
fore he needs the separator. Taking care
of the separator is no more work than
caring for the utensils of any gravity sys-
tem. Caring for just the cream is much
less work than caring for the whole milk.
Sum it all up, the separator not only
saves labor but gives superior results.

Many women, even after purchasing la-
bor-saving devices do not give them a
fair trial. “'e know one woman who
discarded her breadmixer after a couple
of trials—she wouldn’t give it a fair
chance, and thus dismissed an efficient
servant—M. C. B.

A PI(E)OUS SUBJECT.

 

BY MARY CLA'BK.

It is claimed that the “pie belt‘ of the
United States extends from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, east and west, and from
the Gulf of Mexico to Canada, north and
south. And we are all familiar with the
yarn about the city boarder who asked
his country landlady what kind of break-
fast food she had, and received the re-
ply, “Open-faced, cross-barred and kiv-
cred, all apple.”

Every cook knows how to make apple
pic, but how many know that if rich,
sweet milk is used for moistening instead
of water, that the pie will be lnuch bet-
ter, especially if the apples are the Ben
Davis variety? Ground cloves also make
better flavoring than cinnamon or nut-
meg. -

Rhubarb pies are mu‘ch improved by a
small slice of lemon, and rhubarb and
seeded raisins, “half and half,” make fine
pies. '

Gooseberries require “two sugars to
one berry,” and if a couple of tablespoon-
fuls of flour are mixed with the sugar,
they will not be so apt to “leak.”

Huckleberries make the favorite pie for
mast people, and they can be dried and
used as a substitute for the little dried
black currants we buy. The dried cur-
rants make pie that is “easy to take,”
if they are first cooked, and allowed to
cool, then well sweetened and a table-
spoonful of flour added to each pie. If
you want a substitute for pumpkin pie,
just scrape and boil a few carrots, run
through a. colander and make just like
pumpkin pies. You can’t tell the dif-
ference.

If out of all other “pie timber,” make
cream pie by mixing together, in one
crust, one small cup of sugar, half a cup
of flour, then rich sweet milk. to finish
filling. crust three—quarters full. Grate
nutmeg over top, and bake in medium
hot oven.

Make imitation lemon pie by soaking
scant cup of fine bread crumbs in pint of
sweet milk, in which has been beaten two
egg yolks. Sweeten, flavor with tea.-

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spoon of lemon extract. Bake in one

crust, when baked, cover with whites of
eggs beaten, and brown.

RECIPES.

 

Pieplant Pudding—One cup and a half
of rhubarb, three tablespoonfuls maple

syrup, three tablespoons of meltedbutter, -

one egg, one cup of buttermilk, one tea-
spoon of baking soda, one cup of flour,
sifted three times, one-quarter teaspoon
salt, one cup granulated sugar, half a
teaspoon of strawberry extract for flavor-
ing, half cup of rolled oats. Bake in cake
cups until nicely done. Serve with lem-
on sauce.

Maple Sugar Sandwiches—Thoroughly
mix one cup of maple syrup, with one
teaspoon of lemon juice. Drop in one
and one-half cups of nut meats prepared
by running shelled peanuts and blanched
almonds through the meat grinder.
Spread on slices of buttered bread.

Strawberry Tapioca—Soak one cupful

tapioca in cold water over night. In the
morning, add two well beaten eggs, one
cup of.sugar, a bit of salt, pour in hot
milk until the tapioca is covered. Flavor
with vanilla. Bake until it is clear and
soft, glazed a golden brown. When done,
remove from the oven. Have a quart of
strawberries ready when it is cool. Place
a layer of fruit in the bottom of the sal-
ad dish, dress with sweetened whipped
cream, then add a layer of the prepared
tapioca, then a layer of fruit with whip-
ped cream, and so on, until the tapioca.
has been used. Cover with a, layer of
the fresh strawberries rolled in sugar,
and serve—B. I. D.

Cream Puffs—Put one pint of boiling
water in a small saucepan, and half a.
pound of butter. When melted put in a.
pint and a half of flour. Stir in, being
careful not to burn. When thoroughly
mixed remove from the fire, cool and
stir in five unbeaten eggs. Bake on but-
tered tins for 20 minutes, out the sides
and drop in the» cream. FOr the cream
beat one egg, add half a cupful of sugar
and half a cupful of flour; boil one pint
of milk, add the egg, sugar and flour
with a small piece of butter. Stir until
thick, flavor with extract of vanilla.

Pork Pie—Cut two and a half pounds
of the thick end of a 10in of pork into
three-inch slices. Place a layer at the
bottom of a baking dish. Add a sprink-
ling from a handful of parsley and one
onion chopped finely, and a dusting of
pepper and salt, then a layer of pork, and
seasoning, until the dish is full. Cover
with a cupful of hot water and a spoon-
ful or two of catsup. Place a tin cover
over the dish and allow it to bake in the
oven for at least an hour and a half.
Baste occasionally, and when the meat
becomes tender remove from the stove
and put on a cover of puff paste. Return
to the oven and bake until brown.

Cracker Jack—One cup of molasses,
two cups of sugar, one tablespoonful of
butter, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar.
Boil until it cracks in cold water, then
take from the fire, add a half teaspoonful
of soda, beat briskly and pour over pop;
corn and chOpped peanuts.

A cough candy is made of slippery elm,
flaxseed and sugar. Soak a half-pint of
whole fiaxseed in a cup of boiling water.
In another cup put broken bits of slip-
pery elm bark until it is full. Cover this
also with half a pint of boiling water,
and let it stand for two hours. Strain
the flaxseed and slippery elm through a.
thin muslin cloth and save the liquid.
Add a pound and a half of granulated
sugar to it. Boil this syrup for ten min-
utes. Add juice of a lemon and boil un-
til it forms candy. Test it from time to
time by drOpping a little in cold water.
The moment it is done pour it on white
paper spread on biscuit tins and let it
harden. As soon as it begins to cool be-
fore it hardens, crease it with a knife,
so that it may easily be broken into 102-
enge-shapcd candies

Parsnip Pie—Boil the vegetable in two
waters, after which remove the hard
centers and mash the soft portion to a
pulp; beat up: an egg with butter and
sugar, the same as for making cake
pastry, adding to it sufficient milk to
make a custard consistency; line a plate
with rich dough, fill it almost with the
parsnip pulp, and pour over it the cus-
tard. You may strip it or leave it plain
and spread with meringue. Bake as any
ordinary pie. '

Cucumber Pickles—One gallon of vin-
egar, one cup of sugar, one cup of ground
mustard, one ‘cup of salt, andrsome horse-
radish root. Put this in a jar and when-
ever you pick cucumbers‘ stir the vinegar
before putting them in. These will- keep
a year without canning—Mrs. S. L. ‘H.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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Salmon Graduates—Equal parts, of
canned ‘salmon‘ and Irish potatoes, mash-
Ed fine and seasoned with salt and a lit-
tle cayenne. Add one egg, well beaten,
make into balls, dip in egg and cracker
'crumbs and fry a, delicate brown in very
hot grease—Mrs. J. J. O'C.

“’affles.——'Rub one tablespoon of butter
into one quar£ of flour, add half a tea-
spoon of- salt, mix thoroughly, separate
three eggs, beat the yolks, add to them
1% pints of milk and then add the yolks
and milk to the flour mixture. Beat for
five minutes. Put two teaspoons of bak-
ing powder right in the center of the
batter, fold it down, beat again and then
stid in lightly the well-beaten whites of
the, three eggs. Pour the mixture in a
small pitcher, grease the waffle iron with
a brush dipped in lard, have the waffle
iron very hot, pOur in enough batter to
cover the lower part of the iron and
when brown turn the handle and bake on
the other'side. 'Grease the iron after
each cake is turned out. Serve with but—
ter and maple syrup.

Cream Cookies—One egg, two cups of
sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, two cups
sour cream, thick; two teaspoonfuls soda,
good measure; half teaspoonful of cream
tartar, flour. Don‘t knead. .

Baked Hamburg Steak—Take one beat-
en egg, mix well with one pound fresh
Hamburg steak. Add half cup of bread
crumbs, butter size of a walnut, salt and
pepper to season. Form into a roll two
inches thick, and bake one-half hour. A
tablespoonful of water should be placed
in the baking dish and the meat basted
occasionally until done. This is fine,
either served hot or sliced cold for lunch-
eon. One pOund is enough for four per-
sons.

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BOOK NOTICE.

 

"Co—operation in New England," by
Prof. James Ford, Instructor in Social
Ethics of Harvard University, with an
introductIOn by Dr. Francis G. Pteabody.
In this volume, which is a number of the
Russell Sage Foundation Publications, the
author attempts to review the progress of
co—operation in the New England states
under two general sub-heads: Co-opera-
tive associations of working men and Co-

, operative associations of farmers, giving
special attention to the Grange and gen-
eral agricultural eo-operation co-opera-
tive sale of produce, co-operat on of dairy
industries,- toget'her with an interpreta-
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Our Motto—“The farmer 'is of more
consequence than the farm, and should be
first improved." ‘

    

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THE' JUNE PROGRAMS.

 

State Lecturer's Suggestions for First
Meeting.

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Roll-call responded to by each giving

experience with a pleasant piece of work.
Recitation, “When June gets here.”
How to make some piece of home or

school apparatus for play.
Do sugar beets increase soil fertility?
Song.

The most attractive part: 1. Of my
township. 2. Of my county. 3. Of my
state.

Pantomime or dialogue.

Suggestions for Second Meeting.

Song. ' _

Roll-call responded to by each giving
a favorite verse of poetry.

Reading, “The best will ever written."

Soil cultivation: 1. Why cultivate? 2.
When cultivate? 3. How cultivate.

Song.

Stunts in tongue twisters.

Results of teaching agriculture in our
schools this year, by an eighth grade pu-
pil, a. teacher, and school officer or
parent.

Mock School meeting, conducted by the
women.

 

WHAT IS TRUE CO-OPERATION?

 

The very air seems saturated with talk
of co-operation. Farm papers are full of
it. Agricultural meetings discuss it. The
states and nation have sent special com-
missions abroad to still further agitate
the subject.

We say, the air is full of co-operative
moisture, and, we ask, when will it pre-
cipitate itself? This is a very pertinent
and practical question and one that con-
cerns Us individually and collectively, for
it devolves upon us to condense this
vaporous co-operation into applied co-op-
eration. We are the ones who must put
some of these theories into practice—“you
in your small corner and I in mine." If
the overworked are relieved, we must
help relieve. If the 35-cent dollar be-
comes the rightfully divided dollar, we
must help in its rightful division.

It certainly rests heavily upon us of
the Grange to seek out and make known
existing cases of co-operative effort and
to encourage more of them. Very simple
instances sometimes will serve as seed
among us for this purpose. For instance.
let us tell abroad of the employes of a
certain co-operative creamery who rigged
up a barrel churn and attached it to the
creamery machinery in such a way as to
do their laundering with the surplus
steam and, power. From this grew the
formation of a co-operative laundry as—
sociation which built a neighborhood

laundry, adjacent to their creamery and ‘

did away with “Blue Monday" and at-
tendant backaches and “pick-up dinners"
in more than 200 households. 0r, again,
my neighbor, Smith, keeps chickens and
a horse and has a small field of. alfalfa
but no mowing machine. Smith's neigh-
bor Brown has a machine but does not
have a sufficient quantity of hay for his
cows; so Smith allows Brown to cut
Smith's. hay and take what he wants of
it and BrOWn leaves some of it and sup-
plies Smith with milk.

In these simple, neighborly exchanges
lie powerful seeds of co-operative possi-
bilities. Their germs are in their spirit,
but spirit here is ultimated in works. And
now we come to the gist of the whole
matter of 'co-operation. When we are
truly ready——that is», willing—to co-op-
erate we will co—operate; and to do so
truly means that everyone taking part
will desire that every other person in
the enterprise have as square a deal as
himself. Everyone must begin in this
movement over against his own thresh-
hold. Every Grange, every Club and ev-
ery other group must find its own point
of contact with its own community’s con-
ditions and; begin there to work together.

JENNIE BUELL.

AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.

 

Marketing of Fruit was given consid-
eration by Grand Traverse Grange at a
recent meeting, the consensus of opinion
being that ‘more pains must be taken
with the packing of fruit and that extra
efforts must be. made to get better rev-
turns. One grower stated that he pro-
poses the coming season to build up a
business with private customers and that

he expects to get- morethan .35. centsout.

of each dollar paid by the ultimate con-

THEI'M'ICHI‘GANiFARMER

      

sumer. Another expressed it as his be-
lief that it would be necessary for all the
small growers to combine for marketing
purposes in order that shipments might
be made in carload lots. At the meeting
to be held Saturday afternoon, May 31,
the economic geography of the Grand
Traverse region will be presented t-by
means of lantern slides bearing typical
farm and orchard scenes secured in this
region. .

Sisters Enjoy Social Side.—The ststers
of Needmore Grange, of Livingston coun-
ty, are making the most of the social side
of Grange life by meeting regularly at
the homes of members. Early in the
present month they met with Mrs. Edith
Ricker-l where, after greetings and a.
social half hour, each lady was present—
ed with three white paper napkins, pro-
vided with thread, needle, thimble and
shears, and given 15 minutes to make a
hat or bonnet. The creations of that
quarter of an hour were wonderful to
say the least. Mrs. Dolly Maxon was
awarded highest honors for the most. or-
iginal production, her work being a per-
fect representation of the old-fashioned
sunbOnnet of our grandmothers' day. A
drawing contest, calling forth much
laughter, was next indulged in with hon-
ors equally shared by all. After a dainty
and delicious supper the guests departed,
adding‘another pleasant day to be re-
membered when turning the leaves of
memory’s sketch-book. The next meet-
ing will be held at the home of Mrs.
Maria Hale, in June.

A Surprise Program featured the last
meeting of Coopersville Grange. the read-
ing of scraps of information found in the
bags of popcorn, which had been pre-
pared and distributed by the sisters,
holding the attention of all.

Church and Grange.-—An Eaton Rapids
minister, a few weeks ago, took for the
theme of his Sunday morning discourse,
"The best crop for Eaton county farms
and how to raise it." The special inv1-
tation extended to the Grange and to
farmers generally brought out a, grati—
fying attendance.

COMING EVENTS.

Pomona Meetings.
Ingham Co., with Locke Grange, VVed-
nesday, June 11.
\Vayne Co., with West Road and VVil-
low Granges. in \Villow Grange hall, Fri-
day, June 13.

Montcalm Co., with Langston Grange,
Thursday, June 19.

Eaton (30., with Northwest ‘letllll
Grange, Saturday, June 21.

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Farmers’ Clubs

    

  

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OFFICERS OF' THE STATE ASSOCIA-
TION OF FARMERS’ CLUBS.

President—Jae N. McBride, Burton.

Vice-President—C. B. Scully, Almont.

Secretary-Treasurer—Mrs. C. P. John-
son, Metamora.

Directors—C. P. Johnson, Metamora;

H. W. Chamberlain, White Lake; Wm.
T. Hill, Carson City; Jerry Spaulding.
Bedding; R. J. Robb, Mason; J. . Re-

main, Flint.

Address all communications relative to
the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C.
P. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.

 

Associational Motto:
The skillful hand, with cultured mind,
is the farmer’s most valuable asset.

 

Associational Sentiment:
The farmer, he garners from the soil
the primal wealth of nations.

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

 

Farm vs. City Housekeeping.——V‘Vash-
ington Center Farmers' Club met in reg-
ular session May 8, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Cook. In the absence of
Pres. Long, Vice—President Mrs. Crowell
called the meeting to order with a song.
Minutes were read and miscellaneous
business fOund a very cordial invita-
tion to hold the annual picnic, in August,
on the banks of Maple River, at the
pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Vi'illiam
Brown. It was to be considered until
next meeting. The re1~7ponse to roll call
was, “Name a Blessing." Instrumental
music by Miss Harp was substituted with
a song by the Club. Mrs. F. Cook read
a very good poem, which was enjoyed.
The Question, “How much harder work is
done by the housewife of the city than
by the farmer’s wife?" was led by Mrs.
Frank Himlen, who thought the farmer’s
wife had by far the hardest work. Some
others thought the same way, but Mrs.
S. L. French thought she would not trade
places with any city housewife, as there
is so much extra work to be done by the
city wife if she goes into society and her
children attended school; that the farm-

er’s wife did not have so much to do,
and city life was also more nerve rack-
ing. Mr. Allen thought there was surely
more peace and happiness in country
homes so therefore the work could not
be so hard. There were several other
g00d talks on this subject, of ~which we
cannot make mention. “Garden, poultry
and-flower hints,”~ were thoroughly dis:
cussed by all. We then visited the chick-

   

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en park, as Mr. Cook never allows his
chickens to run at large, having decided
it was more profitable and convenient to
have a park large enough so that they
could have good range with plenty of
freSh running water. After returning
to the house the Club members were
served with ice cream and cake—Re-

porter.
Discuss Agriculture and Education;-
The last meeting of the Indianfields

Farmer’s Club was held at the pleasant
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. .1. Patterson on

May 15. This is one of the homes situ—
ated on what is known as “Harmony
Hill." There was a large attendance,

notwithstanding the busy season and its
pressing work. The program consisted of
papers and music. The first topic, “Mich-
igan's Agricultural Opportunities," was
handled in a very clever manner by Mrs.
Mary Fournier. Mrs. Clara Miller read a
paper, “Agriculture in Rural Schools.” In
part she said, where would it be taught
if not in rural schools, where the boys,
and girIS, too, for that matter, live on
farms. The soil is a wonderful thing in
itself—t0 know what is lacking in the
soil, and what should be used to increase
the productiveness, and the value of seed
tests, rotation of crops, etc. It has be-
come necessary to teach our youths
methods in getting larger and better re-
sults‘ from the soil. A paper read by
Mrs. Castle Taggett, “Agriculture and the
safety of farming as a business." She
said a business farmer is one who real-
izes a profit on his labor and investment,
and keeps constantly improving his farm.
Farming is essentially a family business
in which all interested should take an
active part. The topic. “Agriculture the
true source of National Prosperity," .by
Charles Pierce, was also very interesting
and well read. He said: “In our own
times the United States, after supplying
the wants of its owu large population, has
exported upwards of five and one half

billions of dollars worth of agricultural
products, within a period of ten years.
Nearly 2,000,000 new farms. containing

over 3,000,000,000 acres of land Were ad—
ded to the agricultural domain of the
United States between 1880 and 1900. The
annual production of the United States
is absolutely without it parallel in the
history of the world." “'e would like to
give the whole of the several papers, but
space will not permit. Refreshments were
served at the close of the meeting by
Mrs. R. XV. Black. This Club was or-
ganized in 1901, by Mr. and Mrs. I. N.
Taggett, with 12 members. Now it is
limited to 25 families. A cominitguve is
appointed to prepare a yearly program.
The special features are a young folks’
tiny, gentlemen’s day. on which day the
gentlemen serve the dinner, and a picnic
in August. Meetings are held on the third
Thursday of each month. except in Aug-
use, when Wc have our picnic. \\'e own
our lap—boards and chairs, singing books.
etc—Margaret Arnold, Sec.

Want Club Song Book—The Pittsford
Farmers' Club met May 21 at the pleas-
ant farm home of E. J. Haskins. The at-
tendance was small. it being a very busy
time in this section with farmers, but
Our meeting was instructive and enter—
taining and enjoyed by it” present. The
question box is a feature of our Club
that is thoroughly enjoyed and proves in-
teresting and inStrut-tlve. It draws each
member into the discussions and I would
suggest that all Clubs try the question
box, if they have not already done so.
The reports from Farmers‘ Clubs is the
first thing I look for in the Michigan
Farmer. We would be so glad to hear
from any Club that has a good singing

book for Club work, if they would write
to the secretary personally, or answer
tlirough the Michigan Farmer. V‘Ve find

it very difficult to find anything fitted to
Club work—Sutie L, Calkins, Sec.
Economic Birds.—At a recent meeting

of the Berlin and Almont Farmers’ Club,

Mrs. \\'arren Finch read :1 paper on the
Subject: “Should the farmer take care
of the birds, and what birds?” Mrs

Finch began her excellent paper by say-
ing: “If any farmer is present who nev-
er suffered any loss from cutworms. wire-
Worms, white grubs, caterpillars or hes-
sian fly, will he please say 1." The con—
servative estimate of the annual loss in
agricultural products in the United States
from insects is eight hundred million dol—

lars. That would keep 20.000.000 children
in school a year. Nature’s scheme his
provided a strong force to protect the
world's vegetation in the insectivorous
birds. One experimenter fed a young
robin 50 to 60 cutworms a day for 15
days. A watcher saw a mother come to
her nest of four babes 103 times- in six
hours, making a round trip every 31,/.3

minutes bringing (-utWorms, angle worms,
grasshoppers. white grubs, beetles and
larvae. A man would have to eat 80 lbs.

of bcef, drink six gallons of water in one
day to equal in proportion the gastro-
nomic performance of a young robin.
There is only one robin in our northern
states where there used to be 10. The
same statement could be truthfully made
of the woodpeckers. bobolinks, martins,

pewees, wrens, larks and others. One
way to protect them is to give them com-

fort-and safety in their housekeeping by
nailing tin cans or little boxes on the
trees, providing drinking cups and bath-
lllg‘ places, is time profitably spent. A
barbed wire wrapped several times around
a tree will keep prowling cats away from
the nests, though the farmer can hardly
be expected to do much for the robber of
the corn field. The bluejay has the name
of slaughttering the innocent young of
other birdS. “'hen their good and bad

actions are laid in the balance, the scale
of Justice inclines in their favor. But all

will agree we should rid ourselves of the

English sparrow. The sentence should

be carried out by men, not children. Chil-

dren should never be trained to shoot or

poxson birdS, even if they are only Eng-

lish sparrows. Aside from the bad ef-

met on the children they might mistake

song sparrows, white throated sparrows,

or even the phoebe for the English spar- "
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