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VOL. CXL. No. 25. 3
Whole Number 3648.

DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1913.

50 CENTS A YEAR.
82 FOR 5 YEARS.

 

N all farms where the growing and
O feeding of live Stock is a leading

branch of agriculture the quan-
tity and quality of the hay crop is an im-
The hay crop forms the
basis upon which we must figure in com-
puting the rations of the various kinds of
animals that are to be kept on the farm.

We have too many farmers who are
feeding out their hay on their own farms
Without deriving its full feeding value,
and it is along these lines that I desire
to present a few thoughts and make a
few suggestions. The time is past when
we can afford to feed live stock at an
actual less and make good this loss in the
amount-of manure made from unprofit-
able feeding operations.

The most common mistake is made
when the grass is allowed to stand until
it becomes over-ripe before it is out.
When the hay is out early the. feeding
value will more than make good any loss
that there will be in the total yield. The
early out hay is more easily digested and
more palatable than the late cut hay.
\Vhen we compel our animals to waste
their energy in masticating, digesting and
assimilating coarse woody hay it is un—
reasonable for us to expect them to util—
ize their energy in storing up animal
products for use. '

After we have done everything possible
to make the grass yield a profitable crop,
the whole feeding value should be pre-

'served, and right here is where the great

secret of success lies. It requires good
judgment, skill and prompt action to se-
cure the hay crop at the right time and
save all of the rich and good properties
of the grass.

One of our most prominent statesmen
made the assertion that if he had but
five minutes allowed him in which to

, shave he would spend three minutes in

preparing his razor. It is the same with
the management of the hay crop. lVe
must have everything ready to push the
work with a vengeance. Every tool
should be in condition to do its- most effi—
cient work. The racks, forks, ropes,
rakes and other tools should be ready
for business, and we must plan to keep
everything moving while the weather is
favorable. It is fully as important to
have everything-ready as it is in the ac-
tual work of handling the hay. _

With clover I believe that the best
time to begin cutting is just before the
field is in full blossom. Then it contains
more juice, fat and richness. These are
the substances that make the hay; with-

out them there is little left except wood.
They should never be allowed to wash out
with dew or rains nor be dried out by
the sun and winds. Success in handling
hay depends upon retaining these sub-
stances until the hay is cured and ready
for the animals to consume.

With clover I believe that almost with-
out exceptiOn the best results will follow
the practice of cutting in the morning af-
ter the dew is off. Then, if the day is
sunshiny and favorable, the tedder may
be started after one o’clock and kept go-
ing until toward evening; then the clo-
ver may be raked and cocked and allowed
to cure for two to four days, and opened
up the morning of the day it is to be

 

erly handled with
that are available.

If we allow the clover leaves to become
dry, there will be a large loss and the
feeding value of the crop will be greatly
lessened. In many cases a loss of half
the feeding value of the crop comes from
allowing it to become too dry by exposure
to the Sun and wind, or from becoming
wet and musty from long exposure to the
rain and cloudy weather. Hay caps are
an excellent thing to use when there is a.
large'amount of clover left over night in
the cooks.

There is another gain in cutting clover
early, and that is, the plant starts a vig-
orous second growth that protects the

the teams and help

 

Cured in thls Way, ‘the Early Cut Clover and Alfalfa will Make the Best Hay.

hauled to the barn, and allowed to air
out until afternoon before it is to be
hauled to the m0w.' \Ve should bear in
mind that it is the air, and not the sun,
that cures hay best. Now, I do not lay
down this rule for all occasions nor for
all hay growers to follow, but it must be
along these lines if the clover is secured
in the best possible condition with a min-
imum loss of leaves and food value.
There are certain conditions, such as
weather, help, and the like, over which
we have no absolute control, that may
cause us to change our well-laid plans.
but generally speaking the method out-
lined will be found the most satisfactory
of any method that we may follow. It
will be found a good plan not to mow
down more at one time than can be prop-

roots during the hot summer weather that
usually follows haying, and in many in-
stances a good second crop is assured.
In the cutting and curing of the tim-
othy hay the management is less difficult,
as the grass will require less curing be-
fore it is in condition to go to the mow.
Timothy should be cut while in full
bloom, and the best time to cut it is in
the afternoon, as the plant’ contains less
moisture at that time than at any other
time during the day; and if out in the
afternoon a rain the same night will.not
do it serious harm, eS-pecially if the ted—
der is started early the next morning.

The earlier we loosen up the swath and
give the air a chance to dry it, the soon-
er it will be in shape to go to .the mow.
After it has been tedded a few times it

 

,» _ Cutting And Curing The Hay Crop.

should be raked into windrows and ted-
ded in the windrow two or three times,
and the windrows turned and tedded un—
til fit to go into the mow. Timothy
should be all ready for the mow the
second afternoon after it is cut if the
weather conditions are favorable, and it
should not be cocked up in the field unless
it looks like rain the day after it. is cut.
\\'hen unloaded in the mow care should
be exercised in keeping it well spread and
tramped down, especially if unloaded with
a hay fork or slings.

The time for cutting timothy hay may
be governed largely by the kind of ani-
mals that are being fed and by the 'uses
that they are to make of it. Cows that
are being milked should have early cut,
sweet hay. Horses that are being work-
cd will thrive fully as well if not better,
on timothy that is cut later, while a. lit-
tle out of blossom. Thus first cuttings
will make better Cow hay and the later
cuttings will make good horse hay. liany
good farmers still cling to the old idea
that because the hay will analyze better
than early cut hay it has a higher food
value, but it is a great mistake for us to
consider the matter in this light.

Take late cut hay and feed your cattle
on it during the winter and they will be-
Come thin; then turn them out to pasture
in the spring and they will shed off their
old hair and take on a look of prosperity.
How is this to be explained? Not that
the grass contains more protein or that
it is a. more nearly balanced ration. The
difference is due to the mechanical condi-
tion of the grass being better adapted to
supply them with nourishment. it is
green, succulent and more easy to digest.
Grass is nature's food for cattle, and the
more nearly we can approach preserving
our fodders in that natural condition the
nearer we will come to obtaining an ideal
food for our live stock. When we pre-
serve that rich succulence that nature
puts into our grasses we will get the
higheSt development that our animals are
capable of reaching.

There is no question of more import-
ance than that of preserving our grasses
in a condition so that they will be the
most palatable and digestible. If not pal-
atable they will not be eaten, and if not
digestible, they will not produce good re-
sults. It shows that something is wrong
when one-third of the feeding value of
our grasSes is lost because the animals
will not eat the hay or because they could
not digest what they had consumed.

New York. W. MILTON KELLY.

 

 

 

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MAKING ALFALFA“ l-lA'Y.

 

In making alfalfa hay we do 'not use
the same method as in making ordinary
red clover hay. We found that it had to
be cured with greater care in order to
get the best kind of hay. It takes some-
what longer to cure it properly.

The exact time to cut the hay depends
on the vitality of the plant and the
length of the shoots at the base of the
plant. If the plant looks yellow and does
not seem to grow the best thing to 'do is
to cut it. A certain fungus known as the
alfalfa leaf spot causes a disease on the
leaves of the plant. It is particularly in-
jurious during dry weather. When this
fungus once gets started in the field it
seems to hinder the growth of the plant.
This disease is very common and about
the only thing that can be done with an
infected field is to cut the alfalfa, wheth-
er it is ready to cut for hay or not. In
all cases the alfalfa should be cut when-
ever the growth seems to be checked, no
matter wh‘at the cause may be.

Provided the alfalfa looks healthy and
dark colored and is not diseased the time
to cut depends entirely on the length of
the new shoots at the base of the plant.
They should be at least one-half inch
long before cut for hay. Some farmers
claim that if it is cut before the shoots
appear, the plant may be killed or in-
jured quite materially. Some time ago
the blossoms were used as a guide for
cutting but this is not a very good guide
to follow.

We find it a good plan to mow the al-
falfa in the afternoon, providing the
weather is favorable. The next morning
as soon as the dew is off the field it.
should be gone over with a tedder if the
hay is very heavy. In the afternoon it
should be placed in small cocks and left
for a few days to dry. The hay does not
need to be dry before put up into cocks.
In fact, it is an advantage to have it
rather green, since the leaves fall off
very easily when dry. Never ted alfalfa
hay or any other kind of hay when the
leaves are partially dry.

In making alfalfa hay we found that
the main things to be taken, into consid-
eration, besides good dry weather, to be
the proper time for cutting, guided by the
length of the shoots and the right time
to handle the hay, to avoid a loss of
leaves.

Indiana. J. C. KLINE.

HAYING PROBLEMS.

Ballng Clover Hay from the Wlndrow.

Please inform me if clover hay can be
baled from windrow. the bales weighing
about 80 lbs. Will they mold? \Vhat is
the weight of a commercial bale? Is
there any standard size?

St. Joseph Co. ‘ G, B. z_

I do not think it‘ practical to bale clo-
ver hay from the windrow. Clover hay.
as the old saying is, has got to sweat
somewhere. If it doesn‘t sweat in the
cock it has got to sweat in the mow. If
you put it in the bale before it sweats
then you are liable to have mouldy clover
hay. If you get the clover hay dry
enough so that you can bale it direct from
the windrow it Will he so dry that it will
break up and won’t come out in gOod
shape. If I were going to bale clover hay
from the lot I should certainly put it in
cocks.
it was thoroughly dried, when it was
nicely wilted. Let it stay in the cocks
two or three days. Then when it is open-
ed and aired and baled it would preserve
its qualities.

I do not think there is any standard for
the weight of bales Some machines make
larger bales than others. Most all ma-
chines can make two sizes of bales. On
the average they run in the neighborhood
of 100 pounds per bale, but you can have
it bale-l, I think. in bales running some
smaller than this.

Platforms for Curing Alfalfa Hay.

In vonr address here last winter you
spoke‘ot‘ making platforms for alfalfa hay
cocks. Please inform me as to how large
to make them and how close together to
put six-inch boards that I can use.

Branch Co. E. W. F.

My idea is to make these platforms four
feet square. Cut 2x4's four feet in length
and then nail boards across four feet
long. YOur six-inch boards will be all
right. Just simply leave openings be-
tween the boards of about four inches,
just so that the hay won’t go down
through and will simply allow the air to
pass up through the cock and help cure
- ‘i’t. ,Others advise having these platforms
" as, large as six feet square. It will not
take so many of them, but making much
larger cocks you will have to leave the
hay’out longer in order to get it cured.
I cannot speak from experience, which

 

   

I would put it up in cocks before.

 

is the better way, but it "strikes me that
the smaller ones would be just as valu-
able. If you are making some as an ex-
periment it‘might pay to make both sizes
and try them. Some good farmers say
that it will not pay to do this with al-
falfa, that they can cure it all right with-
out. I agree that they can if you have
the best kind of weather to cure it in.
The only trouble comes when we have
bad weather, which is always liable to
occur. Then there is so much in pala-
tability that it pays, I am sure, to make
good alfalfa. hay or clover hay. If the
weather happens to be bad, the ground
wet, you cock up the alfalfa and if it
has to stay there two or three days be-
fore it is cured up it will mould or get
musty on the bottom, and is not so goo-d
hay. Now I am not prepared to say that
theSe platforms would be profitable, be-
cause no one knows just what kind of
hay he would get in a given year with-
out the platforms, but I can see that they
will not cost very much, because they
will be exceedingly small. The greatest
expense will be the cost of labor in hand-
ling them, and this with a. little syste-
matizing can be done, it seems to me,
very cheaply. COLON C. LILLIE.

HARROWING CORN.

I have been harrowing my corn today,
June 10, a nice, clear, bright day, ideal
for this 'work but too cool for corn to
grow rapidly. When the ground is in
condition, and that is when it is dry

 

 

and mellow, I like to harrow the corn be-

fore it is up, giving it a thorough drag-
ging with a 50 or (SO-tooth harrow. I
prefer to harrow with the rows the first
time over, beginning the harrowing when
the corn has made about an inch of
growth, just so that it is well rooted, and
then again in a few days when it is
coming through the ground and not more
than a couple of inches high I go over it
the other way if the ground is in suit-
able shape to permit it, and that is when
the ground is dry enough so that it will
not. stick to the harrow teeth.

To harrow the corn when the ground is
not in this condition is hurtful to both
the corn and the land, and one had bet-
ter be repairing the fence about the corn
field so as to keep the stock out of it
after it has made a luxuriant growth. I
know a great many do not believe in har—
rowing corn, but I believe if done at the
proper time it is a. great help to the
corn. It loosens up the ground and gives
a free circulation of air in the surface
soil and helps materially in pushing the
growth of the corn when it is small. Also
it is a great saver of labOr as one can
do much more and better work with a
harrow in two hours than can be done
with a two-horse cultivator in a. day.

Monroe Co. J. M. TUTTLE.

FARM NOTES.

 

Fall vs. Spring Seeding of Alfalfa.

I have seven acres of land that was in
alfalfa last year. It is real poor and
full of plantain and dock. I am plowing
it for ensilage corn. Can I re-sow it to
alfalfa this fall, or would it be better to
fall-plow it and sow in the spring with
barley as a nurse crop? \Vould you ad—
vise clipping part of a clover field early
as a preparation for seed, or would you
make the hay early and run the chances?

Lenawee Co. E. R. C.

In a favorable season alfalfa can be
Successfully seeded in standing corn,
where the corn is planted for a grain
crop. The writer experimented very suc-
cessfully in this direction last summer.

Three acres, which had been previously
seeded to alfalfa, on which a good stand
was not secured, was reseeded in corn
about the middle of July, last summer.
Owing to the very favorable growing
weather a profitable stand was secured
which wintered well, and which is now
very thrifty.

Except in a Very favorable year. how-
ever, this method of seeding would prob—
ably be no more successful than it is
with clover, and many farmers can ad-
vise that this is not‘a very certain way
of getting a good stand of clover.

This seeding in ensilage corn would not
be as certain of good results as the corn
would probably be planted thicker, and
would shade the ground more than would
the thinner planting for'a grain crop.
When this fact is taken into considera-
tion, it would, in the writer’s opinion. be
a better plan to seed the alfalfa,~either
with a, nurse crop of barley or alone the
following spring. _

In the experiment above referred to,
lime had been applied to this field after
the first unsuccessful seeding of alfalfa.
excepting a small strip left for the pur-
pose of checking the experiment on one

THE, MICHIGAN FAa‘ME‘R‘

side of .the plot. On this unlimed strip
the alfalfa is nowhere near as good as
on the portion that was limed.

The whole plot was inoculated with the
bacteria peculiar to alfalfa, by sowing
some soil from a successful alfalfa field
prior to the first seeding. Only an im-
perfect inoculation was secured, however.
in the first seeding. The application of
the lime remedied this difficulty, and al-
though no inoculation was used in the
last seeding, all of the plants are inocu-
lated, and the growth is a very thrifty
one.

This fact is mentioned in order that the
inquirer may determine as best he can
from the present stand of his alfalfa,
whether lime is needed on his ground to
insure the success of the crop, as it seems
to be on many-Michigan soils.

Without knowing what‘ the weather
conditions will be, it is impossible to ad-
vise whether it would be more profitable
to clip the clover early as a preparation
for the seed crop, or to cut the first) crop
as early as practicable for hay.

I’Vhere weather conditions are right, the
latter method is sometimes just as suc-
cessful, and you would be the hay crop
ahead.

In an ordinary season, however, it is
considered a. little more certain to clip
the clover back early as a preparation
for seed than to harvest a crop for hay,
even though it is cut as early as prac-
ticable.

Fertilizlng Corn In the HI".

Please advise me in regard to distribut-
ing hen droppings mixed with wood ashes
around hills of corn. Is it a paying prop-
osition? If so, how should the two be
proportioned and would it be all right to
do so before corn is up? Also, how much
could be safely placed on each hill with-

out injury?
Ingham Co. B. B. R.

The method of fertilizing corn in the
hill suggeSted in this inquiry, was for-
merly quite extensively used. Science has
demonstrated, however, that it is not a
method to be approved.

Where ashes and hen droppings are
mixed together for the purpose of making
a fertilizer to apply to corn in the bill.
a chemical action is set up which results
in the loss of much of the fertilizing value
of the hen drOppings. The lime in the
ashes converts the nitrogen in the ma-
nure into the form of a volatile ammonia
gas, which is lost in the air, thus the
very purpose of mixing this fertilizer is
defeated. -

The better way to use these two valu-
able fertilizers is to distribute them thin-
ly and evenly over the soil, and work
them in when the loss occasioned-by
mixing them will be avoided.

 

LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.

 

The Seed Corn Plat.

My seed corn plat is wide enough for
23 rows of corn and it is half as long
again as it is wide. Every kernel in
each row is from a single ear of corn, in
other words, it is ear to row planting.
Of course, I tested the corn so that I
knew that it would all grow, but. that
isn't the whole philosophy of the seed
corn planting. The reason for planting
the seed in each row from a. single ear,
the best ears from the best plants that
your judgment allows you to select. is to
find out if there is individuality in corn
the same as there is in animals, and to
find out how strong this individuality is.
This corn will be properly taken care of,
it is on a good fertile piece of ground,
and it is up. and at this date has been
cultivated, June 10. It was injured just
a little bit by the frost the nights of
June 8-9-10, but not seriously. This plat
is planted to Wing’s White Cap. I be-
lieve this to be a very vigorous corn. It
Seems to have good vitality. It grows
vigorously, and has good—sized ears and
good healthy corn. If in these 23 rows
I find that one row grows corn that has
superior qualities to any other row then
I shall select corn from this row for the
seed plat next year and the, balance of
the corn will be.used for the main crop.
And so on, year after year, it may be
that there will be several years that there
will be no evidence of superiority of the
corn from one ear over another. and then
there will be superiority which can be
readily noticed. Where the seed is all
mixed together one cannot ascertain this,
and the 'only way is to plant in plats
where a single row contains kernels of
corn from a single ear so that you can
test the individuality. Then, if you find
superiority. tithis superiority can be pre-
served and perpetuated. Where the corn

is all mixed together it is impossible to

distinguish it and impossible to preserve
it and perpetuate it. Of course, this sort

 

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of farming is a little bit: slow for the“~av-

erage young fellow, but as We get farther ,
along in life there is more pleasure in _

amusing ourselves with something,“ this

sort. It helps to make farming inter-

esting. .
Harrowlng Corn.
For some reasons it is certainly better

to check row corn so that you can culti- '

vate it both ways. You can give the land
much better tillage. For other reasons I
would rather have it in drills, especially
ensilage corn, because ’I like to get’it
thicker than you would get it in hills if
it was planted good and thick. Then,
too, when you have a great big hill with
five or six sltalks in it it is a severe strain
on the corn harvester to cut this, while
the same amount 'of seed distributed ev-
enly in the row with the planter, it
handles it nicely without any particular
strain. But when corn is drilled in there
must be favorable weather at about the
right time else. it is difficult to keep it
clean. If the weather is favorable so
that one can harrow the corn ground af-
ter the corn is planted before it gets up,
then again after it gets up most of the
weeds will be killed so that the rapidly
growing corn will smother the rest of
them and you can have clean corn even
in drilled corn. But if the weather is un-
favorable, it‘ just as soon as you get a.
field planted you have a soaking rain and
you can't get on to harrow it, the corn
comes up, the ground is packed hard;
perhaps another soaking rain comes so
that you can’t get on till' the corn gets
large enough to cultivate, then you are
bound to have a weedy ,corn field. A sea-
son like that one wishes that he had
checked the corn so that he could culti-
vate both ways. But on the ensilage corn
of late years I have taken the risk of
this anyWay, because I like to have it in
drills.

This year it has been very favorable
for harrowing the corn. Corn was late
planted in this section at least. Very lit-
tle corn was planted before the first of
June. The earliest planted corn now,
June 10, is barely large enough to be cul-
tivated. The most of the corn is not yet
out of the ground or just coming out. In
the meantime we haVe hada shower, it
formed a crust over the land. We had
our corn all planted and have been able
to harrow the ground thoroughly before
the corn got up and break this crust and
orm an earth mulch to preserve the
moisture. The ground is moist and the
corn is sure to sprout and come up, and
yet it is a very dry time. The creek in

the pasture is nearly dry, as dry as it -

usually is the first of August and here it
is only the tenth of June. The grass in
the meadows is at a standstill, it hasn't
had a good soaking rain this spring. I
care little about this so far as hoed
crops are concerned, because I feel we
have got the upper hand this year. We
got the ground plowed before it got too
dry; we had time to thoroughly work it;
weogot the crops planted and were able
to keep an earth mulch on the surface,
and there is moisture enough from capil-
lary attraction from the sub-soil so that
I am positive that the hoed crops will do
well, eVen though we have little rain,
but, of course, pastures and meadows are
suffering.

I planted the ensilage corn very thick
with the idea of cross harrowing it
enough after it comes up so that I will
root out part of it and thus have a means
of killing all the weeds which may grow
in the row. 'For harrowing com I think
it is better'to have the corn'pla'nted in
rows than in hills.

 

VITALITY 0F POTATO SCAB.

It is almost generally known that the
applicatiOn of fresh stable manure to the
soil immediately before planting often
tends to increase the amount of scab on
the resulting potato crop. This theory
brought up the question in the mind of
an investigator whether it is safe to feed
uncooked potatoes or potato refuse to
animals in stalls without taking precau-
tions to prevent uneaten portions from
becoming mixed with the litter. Experi-
ments carried on for two seasons with a
horse and a cow fed infected potatoes,
and the results indicate that the germs
of potato scab are able to pass through
the digestive tract of both species and
go into the manure pile without being
destroyed. This was much more readily
the case with the horse than with the
cow. The manure of horses fed on raw
potatoes is very likely to carry the germs
of the disease. On. the other hand, that
from cows fed a moderate quantity of
potatoes is probably not a serious source
of c'Ontamination.

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. 3m 21, ‘1913.

IA VISIT TO some FINE MICHIGAN
' . FARMa

 

Thirty—two of the studentts in agricul-
ture, accompanied by Prof. J. A. Jeffery,
returned to the Michigan Agricultural Col-
lege last week after spending some inter—
eSting days in visiting a few of the larg-
est and best Michigan farms. The first
farm visited was located in Saginaw coun-
ty and censisted of 1,000 acres of fine
land owned by A. P. Bliss and managed
by E. C. Walker. Mr. Walker gave the
men some good practical information on
farm management, and presented many
figures to show the results from the
proper tillage of the soil and the right
handling of farm labor. The tractor has
proven a labor-saving machine on this
farm and the actual results shown in the
field prove that the original cost can be
saved in very few years because of the
great capacity for rapid work, both night
and day. Mr. Walker is out of the dairy
business at the present time owing to the
difficulty in obtaining good men to look
after the stock, but: the results of the
field work show that the keen manager
does a lot of thinking and knows well the
problems of the big general farmer.

The next stop was at the (home of L.
W. Oviatt, of Bay county, and Mr. Ovi-
att with his usual genial smile, which is
backed up with earnestness, enthusiasm,
and common sense, gaVe the fellows an
inspiring recital of his experiences in the
farming business. He is an inventor of
more ways of doing a thing right without
spending any money, than any farmer
the writer has ever visited. Mr. Oviatt
is primarily a sugar beet farmer but is
making money from raising colts and
general farm crops and is now running a
ranch in the northern part of the state
as a side line. The home farm has been
cared for this spring by his son Milo, and
the outlook for beets has not been bet—
ter in many years. Milo is certainly
showing up the Oviatt trait for making
good and is an example of the results
when the man brimming full of good
Stuff sticks to the farm and likes the
job. Mr. ()Viatt’s method of selling horses
can well be followed out and his admoni—

tion is as follows: “Be honest, never Sell
a horse without telling the buyer every-
thing about the animal.” The buyers

around that region will pay Oviatt more
for a horse when they have his word for
the habits and condition of the animal,
than they will give for an unknown quan-
tity that is offered by the man with a
checkered reputation in his horse deal-
ings.

The third farm visited was the big
10,000-acre tract owned by the Owosso
Sugar Company and managed by Jacob
De Geuss, who' is a Hollander and a bus-
iness farmer, that has combined the best
methods of both the old and the new
world agriculture. The dyke system is
the big feature of this enterprise and
10,000 acres of fine soil have been re-
claimed by this method. Mr. De Geuss
hires 260 men on the place and they all
live on the farm in a small village. The
men are furnished comfortable tenant
houses free, and earn enough money so
that nearly every man has a deposit in
the bank and all of them are depositors
before working there any length of time.
The company provides a weekly dance
for the men and outside ball teams from
Saginaw and nearby towns are brought
in to combat the local aggregation. A
band is always brought out on the. Fourth
and everything possible is done to keep
the men contented and happy on the
place. This farm is never troubled With
a scarcity of farm labor as there is noth-
ing lonesome about the work and the men
seem well satisfied with the wage returns
and the provisions made for their enter-
tainment by the company. They are
raising sugar beets, mint, and all gen~
eral farm crops. The railroad has run a
spur track into the farm and the com-
pany also has- its own elevator and mint
distillery, which are both big factors in
the profit making of the business.

The last farm inspected is owned by
A. B. Cook, of Shiawassee county, and
is of unusual intereSt because of Mr.
Cook’s method of keeping up the fertility
of his land without the combined business
of stock raising.

Prof. J. A. Jeffery, Who has been with
the college for fourteen years, originated
the idea of taking the students on an-
nual inspection trips, and for the last
three years this trip has been a regular
feature cf the agricultural course. One
of the most enthusiastic and interested
students of the party was Mrs. Sturgis,
of Illinois, who is a graduate of North-
western University, and is taking the ag-
ricultural course preparatory to buying

 

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a farm in Michigan. The students were
all greatly benefited by their insight into
the business methods employed on these
farms and the hospitality with which they
were received gave every man an increas-
ed enthusiasm over his future work in
the business of the agriculturist.
Ingham Co. R. G. KI'BBY.

PUMPING WATER FOR IRRIGATION.

 

I would like a, little advice with regard
to an irrigation problem. I have a pond
on my land from which I wish to pump
the water some 20 rods and to an eleva-
tion of 30 feet, fOr irrigation purposes.
Could I get: pressure so I would not have
to use an elevated tank?

Calhoun Co. G. H. C.

It is practical to use a force pump to
pump water to the height and distance
mentiOned in this inquiry. The exact ar-
rangement in this particular case will de-
pend somewhat upon the system of irri-
gation used. If the water is allowed to
flow over the. land, a. somewhat different
arrangement should be made than where
it is to be supplied under pressure, as is
done with the sprinkler system. In the
first case a wind mill and force pump
might be used and a storage tank of con-
crete might be located on the ground at
the top of the elevation. A storage tank
constructed in this way would be com-
paratively inexpensive and would store
the water which the wind mill would
pump during periods of wind.

If presSure is required, however, it Will
be necessary to use other power, as a
gasoline engine or motor. In this case it
would also be advisable to use a pump
adapted to this particular kind of work.
I refer to a power driven, double acting
pump with horizontal cylinder with a
capacity of 1,000 to 1,500 gallons per hour.
The power required to operate this pump
and force the water the distance men-
tioned through a 11/2 inch pipe would re—
quire about 11/3 horsepower. To provide
reserve capacity in the engine and for
future needs, however, it would be ad-
visable to use an engine of 21/2 to 3 horse-
power. .»\ pump of the description I have
mentioned Would cost from $30 to $40. A
proposition requiring the investment
which this outfit would represent should
be carefully considered as to the area of
land to be irrigated and the possibilities
cf future (leVelopment.

Mich. Ag. Col. H. II. MusSELMAN.

ABOUT THE POTATOES.

 

 

In a recent issue of The Farmer, friend
Clapp gives some directions for the grow—
ing of seed potatoes that are somewhat
misleading, from my point of View, back-
ed by ycars- of experience. ‘

My theory is that the continued fine
division of the seed is largely responsible
for the extinction of old varieties. But
theory alone is very unsatisfying, and
without experience to hack it, may be of
very little value. By selecting seed for
next year’s planting of the seed plot, at
the time of digging, as many as 300
bushels to the acre may be produced with
marked improvement in the quality. Save
only hills of approved size, type, and
yield, and plant these in a plot from
uhich to save seed for planting. In the
seed plot plant whole potatoes only. Of
court‘e. the general, or main, planting,
must be from out seed, as to use Whole
seed there is entirely impractical, aside
from the item of expense.

The theory that after seed is cut it
should be left to sear over the cut sur-
face. if correct, must be practiced under-
standingly. Seed thus treated germinates
much more slowly than whole seed, so if
you desire an early crop you may be
sadly disappointed if you treat your seed
in this manner.

It will pay big to select your potato
seed with at least half the care you ex-
ercise in the selection of seed wheat,
corn, and other grains, and not plant
runty, immature culls, as many do, and
then expect bumper yields.

Barry Co. SUBSCRIBER.

HOW TO KILL DANDELIONS.

 

Here is a. cheap and easy way to get
rid of the king of laiwn-pesrts. Dr. H. P.
Knight tells of it in a recent communi-
cation to the Omaha Bee: “Thinking that
it will be of benefit to the public in clean-
ing up the dandelions in Omaha,” writes
Dr. Knight, “I have tested out a: prepa-
ration and find that it will destroy the
plant, root and all, complete. Take Kreso
Dip, which can be obtained at any drug
store, and drop five drops into the crown
of each dandelion. This can be done
with a common oil-can with a long noz-
zle. One dose will kill the plant in three
days.”

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Farmers in this country are using on the average
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Are you one of them?

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TUBERCULOSIS AND HOW IT
SPREADS.

 

BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.

 

Postmortem Appearances.

When the carcass of a cow affected
with tuberculosis is opened the disease
may be found in any part of the body.
Lumps (tubercles) may be present in the
substance of an organ such as the lung
or the liver, or they may be growing on
the surface. These lumps may be so
small as to be scarcely noticeable, or they
may be as large as the closed fist or even
larger. If one of the lumps is cut open,
the inside is yellowish and grits on the
knife like sand, or else is of a cheesy na—
ture, soft and creamy, or hard and dry.

The lungs is the favorite place for tu-
bercles, and should always be examined.
Lymph glands are often the seat of tu-
berculous changes. When healthy a lymph
gland is a little rounded body not much
larger than a, good-sized bean, the larg-
eSt only the size of one‘s thumb. They
are found all through the body, and
when healthy are so small as to attract
very little attention. Tuberculosis may
cause them to grow to an enormous size.
sometimes as large as a child’s head. In
this condition they are similar to the tu-
berculous lumps already described. Those
lying between the lungs and in the throat
are the most frequently affected.

Tuberculosis may be found in any part
of the body-glands. lungs, liver, bowels,
kidneys, womb. udder, and even the
hours. The muScles and the skin are
seldom affected. \Vhen tuberculous nod-
ules in the lungs break down, the mate-
rial of which they are composed, and
which contains millions of tuberculosis
germs, is coughed up. Some of the
germs are sprayed from the mouth and

‘others are swallowed and discharged with

the dung.

One reason why tuberculosis is so com-
mon among persons and cattle is that
many persons and cattle pass tubercu-
losis germs from their bodies before any-
one knows’ or suspects that“ thcy have
tuberculosis and can get the disease to
others.

A tuberculous udder may contain only
a. single small swelling through which the
milk becomes dangerously infected with
tuberculosis germs.

The germ of the disease, the tubercle
bacillus, is a tiny. slender rod—shaped
body. Several thousands of them placed
end to end would be needed to measure
an inch, so that they are quite. invisible
to the naked eye. A powerful microscope
is needed to see them.

The Way Tuberculosls Grows In the

Body.

Once the bacillus has gained lodgment
inside the body of an animal, it may be-
gin to grow and multiply. It gets longer
and when full grown divides crosswise,
making two out of one. Each of these
goes through the same process, the two
become four, the four eight, the eight
sixteen, and so on indefinitely.

The Body Defense Agalnst Tuberculosis.

This multiplication takes place quite
rapidly when conditions are favorable,
only a few hours being required for the
birth of each generation. Nature, how-
ever, does not permit this process to con-
tinue long without offering some resist—
ance. The forces of the body are roused
to action and a battle begins between the
tissues 0f the body and the army of the
invaders.

The first line of defense is composed of
the white cells of the blood, which hurry
to the scene of actiOn and endeavor to
destroy the invaders by eating them up.
Sometimes they are successful and the
bacilli are destroyed, the infection check—
ed. Often they fail in their object and
are themselves destroyed and the multi-
plication of the germs continues.

The second line of defense is formed
by the cells of the tissue invaded by the
germs, These cells arrange themselves in
a circle around the germs and try to
form a living wall between them and the
rest of the body. This barrier gradually
becomes thicker and thicker and forms
a little hard lump or tubercle. from which
the disease gets its name. If this wall
is complete and successfully imprisons
the bacilli, these gradually die and the
disease in that particular spot is arrested.

The Triumph of the Dlsease.

Frequently. however. both these safe-

guards,are overcome. The germs break

 

JUNE 21, 1913.

through the barriers and are carried in
the blood stream _or lymph channels} to
other parts of the bOdY.. New points of
attack are selected and the proceSS be-
gins again but with less chance on the
part of the animal. As the tubercles in-
crease in number the power of the body
to grapple with them becomes less and
less, and gradually the animal falls a
prey to the disease. ’

The tubercle bacillus does not usually
multiply outside the body of an animal.
It can live for a long time in favorable
surroundings, such as dark and dirty sta-
bles. Sunlight soon destroys it. Freez-
ing does not hurt it', but it can only stand
a moderate amount of heat. Exposure,
Of 149 degrees F. for 20 minutes kills it.
Protected by a layer of dry mucus, such
as is coughed up from the lungs, it with-
stands drying. light and ordinary disin-
fectants, but is readily killed by steam or
boiling water.

How the Disease Spreads.

Sooner or later the tuberculous cow be-
gins to give off the germs of the disease,
The germs escape by the mouth and
nese, the bowels, in the milk, and in dis-
charges from the genital organs. When
the germs are being given off in any of
these ways, the disease is known as open
tuberculosis.

Germs discharged from the mouth and
nose are coughed up from the lungs and
are sprayed over the food in front of the
cow or are carried in the air for a time
until they fall to the ground. Cows in
adjoining stalls may take in there germs
in the air they breathe or in the food
they eat and so contract the disease.

How Hogs Contract Tuberculosis.

Germs diseharged from the bowels are
mixed with the manure, and may infect
cattle and hogs that are allowed to pick
over the dung heap. The practice of
having hogs and cattle together in the
same yard is sure to result in the infec-
tion of the hogs if any of the cattle are
affected. The germs in the manure come
from matter that is coughed up and
swallowed, and in some cases from tuber—
culosis in the bowels themselves. Manure
containing tubercle germs may easily in-
feet the milk. Particles of dried manure
may fall into the milk pail from the skin
of a dirty cow or he accidentally flicked
off from the tail and fall into the milk
straining the milk afterwards only re—
moves thc larger particles. The smaller
ones; including the germs, remain in the
milk.

“'hen the udder is tuberculous the milk
contains the germs in vast numbers. Such
milk may look and taste perfectly good.
but readily transmit the disease to young
animals. It is very dangerous to chil-
dren. Hogs and calves are very readily
infected by it.

SCORING CONTEST IS A SUCCESS.

The educational scoring exhibition of
dairy products made at Detroit May 26,
brought together a goodly number of ex-
hibits of high quality. In the cheese
classes, cheddar exhibits averaged 95 per
cent and soft Michigan 961/2 per cent,
Halpln Cheese Company, of Perry, get-
ting the highest score in the former, and
D. A. Jenkins, of Monroe, the highest for
soft Michigan. In the whole milk class
of butter, only two exhibits were mark-
ed at 90 or. above. Between the whole
milk and cream class and the gathered
cream class there was a close rivalry,
with honors divided about even—the high
mark for both being 96 per cent, H. L.
Chandler, of Grant, taking first award
for whole milk and Thomas Stacey, of
North Branch, winning out in the
gathered cream division. Altogether there
there were 39 exhibits of gathered cream

 

and 11 of whole milk and cream scored

at 90 per cent and above.

The response of the buttermakersand
cheesemakers of the state to the official
invitation to participate in the exhibi-
tion indicates that this work will again
attain the popularity accorded it a few
years ago when Michigan dairy interests
were greatly benefited by the scorings.
The next exhibit will be held in Detroit
June 30.

BOOK NOTICE.

 

A Manual of ChemiStry, by Herbert
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is a b00k of 400 pages. which in this third
and revised edition is a most complete
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FIARPLE

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Men have milked by hand
since the dawn of husbandry.
Yet in four years over 2,000
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IS THERE ANY MONEY IN DAIRYING?

 

One is asked this question every little

/ while by people who are contemplating

going into this field of agriculture. Dairy-
ing is like any other business in agri—
culture. it depends very much upon the
man whether there is any money in it or
not. The average dairyman today is
making very little, if any, money. The
man above the average is making good
money, and the man below the average
is working for the fun of it. But this can
be said of anything else in agriculture as
well. It is only the man above the av-
erage who is making any money in rais-
ing wheat, or corn, or outs. Or potatoes.
The average man is just getting a liv-
ing. The man below the average is mak-
ing a failure. '

In the first place, to make some money
in dairying you want good cows; You
can only get those cows by careful se-
lection and breeding. Of course, you can
go out and buy a good profitable herd of
cows, but they cost a. lot of money, mak-
ing a heavier investment than most men
can provide. Then, after you have got
these cows you have got to reproduce
your own herd, and to do that one must
be a breeder and a feeder. It requires
close observation, careful selection and
some knowledge of breeding to produce
heifers which will be the equal or the
superior of their dams. lot it 021)] be
done. Thousands Of men are doing it.
Then these cows must be Well takcn care
of, made comfortable in every respect,
and well fed.

Besides this the products must be mar-
keted intclligcntly. The former has not
as much control over‘ this part of it as
he has over the others. Today dairy pro—
ducas are sold with as little loSs to the

-produccr as any agricultural product put

upon the market. The aVcrage dairymun
is getting more than 35 cents of the con—
sumer's dollar. This cannot be said of
everything pertaining to agriculture.

Again, :1 man with good cows, who knows
how to take care of them in order to
make very much money must grow his
own food, and he must. be a good farmer
as well as a good diliryman. His profits
in dairying dcpend vcry largely on the
kind of corn he can grow for the silo,
how much and how good alfalfa or clover
boy he can put into his mow to feed his
cattle in the winter time. Very fcw men
today can afford to go out and buy all
of the food which thcy feed their dairy
cows and make anything out of dairying.
Of coursc, there are hcrds that will show
a profit even when the cows are charged
with market prices for everything con-
sumed and credited for what they pro-
duce, but very few men Would be in the
dairy business if it wasn't for the fact
that they owned farms, grow crops upon
them, and then sell thcsc crops to the
dairy cow instead of in the opcn market
and got more out of them than they can
to scll them in the open market; and if
one has good dairy cows he. can get a
better price for his crops by feeding them
to the cows than by selling them on the
market. Then, if one is' a. good dairy
farmer, raises big crops of silage corn
and big crops of clover or alfalfa hay,
and gets good prices for those product;
with his dairy cows,” he ought to be pros-
perous. “'hcn he does this he simply
makes two profits; one profit in produc-
ing the crop, and that is the only prollt
which a man can got who does not keep
live stock, zmd the other profit, the prom
in selling these crops to his cows rather
than selling them off fro mthe farm. 11‘
he charges the same price to the cows
that he could got for thc, crops if he sold
them on the market he not only saves the
hauling of the crop to market but he also
preserves the fertility of his form. By
keeping dairy cows and fecding the crops
grown upon the farm to thc dairy cow,
this question of fertility is simplified Very
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Fat yearling beef cattle are always
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smaller butchers, and of late thcy have
been cspccially popular, frequently out-
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ling cattle is not carried on extensively
enough in the corn belt states. but such
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press themselves as highly pleased with
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tor in this work, and it vastly cheapens
the cost.

There is a large local demand in the
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GUARDING AGAINST ENEMIES OF .
CHICKS IN SUMMER.

 

Late-hatched chicks often become the
special prey of rats, weasels and hawks
unless proper precautIOns are taken to
avoid losses from this source. These en-
emies seem worse in late summer than
early in the season. In the case of rats,
this is accounted for by the fact that as
soon as hot weather arrIVes many of
them desiert their hot quarters around the
barns and sheds and take to the old board
and rail piles. as well as to the patches
of thick weeds and grass. Here they
lurk, ready to pounce upon unsuspecting
chicks. '

As to preventive meaSurcs; first, all
harbors near the chicks' runs should be
banished and the rodents destroyed be-
fore they have had time to do any harm.
Until this is done the best preventive
measure is the free use of wire netting
about the coops such as screening ven-
tilation holes and providing screen doors.
Nor must it be forgotten that rodents
can burrow. hence when these enemies
are present floors in the coops are neces-
sary if losses would be avoided.

It is when chicks run in an open field
that hawks and crows do the most mis-
chief. When there are trees or shrubbery
in the yardS, with a few convenient shel-
ters of boards or boxes under whichihe
chicks can speedily seek protection when
:1 bird of prey swoops down. the losses
will not be great. When a. hawk or crow
gets the habit of visiting the poultry
yard regularly, however, as some of these
birds often do, the only remedy is to take
one necessary time to exterminate it by
the gun route.

Indiana. W. F. Possum.

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JUNE POULTRY WORK.

 

 

 

Clean up Incubators and Broaden.
By this time it is doubtful whether it
will pay to hatch more chicks, and, un-
less you have not anywhere near enough

 

 

chicks, it is my opinion that it is un—
profitable to hatch any later than the
latter part of June. I have had excep-
tional success this year, both in hatching
and rearing. having closed up the incu-
bators by the seventh of June.

Vi'e took out all removable parts and
scrubbed them .thoroughly with scalding
water, as also the entire interior of the
machine. All soiled muslin and burlap
was torn off and burned. After all dirt
has been removed, the windows cleaned
and polished, we take a small sprayer
filled with a coal-tar solution and disin-
fect the interior thoroughly, closing the
doors and ventilators to give the fumes
a. good chance to work. All removable
parts are kept in their respective ma-
chines. The lamp ls disconnected frOm
the heater. emptied and turned bottom
side up. The burner is placed in scald-
ing water for ten minutes and well
cleaned. The heater part is cleaned of
all soot. In the case of hot water ma-
chines the tank is filled with water and
covered up, air tight, to prevent evap-
oration. Then we hang a cheap muslin
cover over the entire machine. If the
incubator stands on a dirt floor, the legs
are blocked up to prevent rotting. The
same work is performed on the brooders
as soon as they are no longer needed. I
have found it a paying investment to
thus take time each season for cleaning
and storing away the incubators and
brooders.

Shade and Water.

During these hot days fowls. both old
and young, suffer more from the exces-
sive heat than they do from the severe
cold in winter. I make it a rule to watch
carefully and as soon as they are dis-
covered standing aroundfirooping their
wings and panting, I endeavor to give
them more fresh air by opening wide all
windows, doors and curtains, Have found
it necessary, during summer, 'to have
openings in the rear wall of the poultry
house as the only means of supplying a.
proper change of air.

Another thing. all kinds of chickens are
badly in need of water at this time of
year. Besides having a large supply of
fresh drinking water before them, I go
one better and have a. dishful of sour
“milk before them. It is healthy and they
appear to relish it. '

I keep everything in the poultry house
and yard in a sanitary Condition, disin-

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fecting weekly to guard against disease.
I bury or burn all dead (owls immediately
and guard against feeding tainted beef
scrap or mouldy corn, which feeds spoil
very easily during hot weather.

The warfare against lice and mites we
started about two months ago is being
kept up and will be continued up to
Christmas time. All we have to do to
keep the fowls free of lice is to spray the
interior of the house with a. good lice
killer, and provide a good dust bath for
the fowls. I challenge anybody to find
any kind of vermin worth mentioning on
our chickens.

New York. F. . W. Kszumsn.

 

 

DRIVING MOTHS FROM HlVES.

 

We are having trouble with millers de-
stroying bees. Last year we lost several
swarms, and have lost one this year. I
have gone through the bees and killed
the moths but some of the swarms are
very weak. Have one strong swarm; the
miners are in it but have not harmed it
much. Last year we put the swarms into
another hive, then sprinkled sulphur on
the bottom, leaving it there for three or
four days This was to kill the eggs If
you will tell how to prevent the millers
from enteiing hives, also how to keep
ants out, I will be glad.

Clare Co. J. A.

The principal cause of your trouble is
the weak colonies. IVhere all colonies
are kept in good strong condition, moths
very seldom molest them. Also, I shall
make the guess that you have the com-
mon or black bees, as these are very
much more liable to let the moths get in
than the Italians, although even these
will not always resist them. But if you
have good strong colonies of any race
there will be very little to fear from the
ravages of the wax moth. You will see,
then, that prevention is very much better
than cure, but as it is too late in this
case you want a remedy that will apply
now.

Go to every hive where the moths are
and remove all frames infested with
them. I believe you, will find there are
none right among the cluster of bees, so
you will in all probability not have to
remove any brood to get the combs which
are infested. If you have frames and
foundation, better replace the combs with

these in part, but the hive should be
closed down by means of a division
board, to just about w hat the bees will

cover, so they will be better able to care
for themselves in the future. This space
can be gradually enlarged as the bees
need it until. you have a full colony again.
\Vhen you are removing the combs clear
the hive. thoroughly of all loose particles
of comb or other dirt in the bottom of
the hive, since the moths will make use
of this to breed in again if you do not.
Sort out such combs as are not too
badly used up by the moths and place
them in extra hive bodies, set them over
a sulphur box and give them a thorough
fumigation. If you haven’ t a box for this
purpose use three extra hive bodies on
top of each other, setting your coals in
the bottom on the ground. Sprinkle on
the sulphur and set on the hives to be
fumigated as high as you can reach, plac-
ing a cover on ten. They should be
made as nearly nir tight as possible or
the work will not be effective. Repeat
this two or three times, or more if nec-
essary to keep the combs for a long time
before using them. To keep the moths
from getting in again, never allow the
bees to have more combs than they can
cover. If you have done a good clean job
in getting rid of them there will be very
few to start trouble anyway. The worst
of the combs which you removed from the
hives should be immediately rendered into
wax, as all moths in them will be de-
stroyed in this operation.
.Mecosta Co. L. C. WHEELER.

 

 

HOUSING POULTRY ON THE COLONY
PLAN.
.,__._.

A certain proportion'of poultry keepers
have no alternative but closely to confine
their fowls, owing, as a general rule, to
limitations of space. When this is so
there is nothing more to be said. Those
who possess a good deal of land how-
ever. are strongly recommended to give
the colony system a. trial, if they have
not done so already. since it possesses so
many and such striking advantages over
the permanent house and run. I know
many poultry keepers who, after consid-

erable persuasion, have been induced to‘
try the colony house system, with {hék
result that they would not now willingly '.
resort to the old method.

There are some excellent types of pert;
able heuse in more or less common use
at the present time. Among the chief
requirements of a good portable» house
are that it shall be well and strongly
constructed, afford sufl‘lcient protection
to the inmates from cold and heat. pos-
sess a. good system of ventilation, and be
easily movable from one place to an-
other. Owing to its constant removal.
oftentimes over rough ground. it must be
substantially built, and the framework
should be made of quartering not less
than 11/2 inches square, While a. few of
the principal supports should be 2-inch
stufi. The boarding should not be more
than 974 inch in thickness, since lightness
is an important feature in this type of
house. A heavy portable house defeats
its own purpose. Good ventilation is ex-
tremely important. for unless the fowls
are always able to breathe pure and fresh
air their health suffers. Personally, I am
a great believer in the open-air type of
house. The 'fowls are healthier and
stronger, while the egg yield suffers in
no way. The house should be fitted with
two, three. or four wheels, not less than.
two inches-wide, which enable it to be
moved easily from place to place. There
is a considerable saving in capital ex-
penditure When the colony plan of hous-
ing is adopted, for the cost of wire net-
ting, posts, gates, and erecting the same
is dispensed with.

Apart from the advantages already enu—
merated. there is still another point in
favor of the colony plan of housing,
namely, the benefit the land derives from
the presence of fowls. An adult hen of
average Size, produces roughly, 100 lbs.
bf highly concentrated manure in the
course of 12 months. This is to say that
a couple of dozen hens yield a ton of
manure per annum, thus explaining at
Once how a meadow shows so great an
improvement after fowls have been run-
ning over it for a year or two. Poultry
moreover, have the effect of encouraging
the finer grasses at the expense of the
:-oarser. I have on several occasions
known a. plot of comparatively pear land
transformed into quite a good meadow in
the course of three or four years through
heavily stocking it with poultry. It is
sometimes anerted that cattle will not
graze land over which poultry have been
running, but this has never been my ex-
perience, except when the land has been
stocked too heavily.

Canada. .W. R. GILBERT.

EASY METHOD OF GETTING BEES
INTO MODERN HIVES.

 

 

 

For the bee-keeper who has bees in
box hives, barrels, hollow logs, etc.. the
best time for transferring them is at
swarming time or shortly after. After
blowing a little smoke into the hive.
sufficient to alarm the bees. we set it a.
little aside and put in its place the mod-
ern hive, full of wired foundation. We
now turn the old hive, or whatever it
may be, bottom side up and place a box
over it. If the bees are smoked suffi-
ciently it will make no difference, even
if the box is not close fitting to the old
hive. Then. with a stick or hammer. rap
on the hive from 10 to 20 minutes. The
bees will fill themselves with honey and
go with the queen into the upper box
and cluster. If toward the last we care-
fully set the box aside once or twice and
vigorously Shake the hive, i'hen 1eplacing
the box, we will hasten the emigration
of the bees and make it more complete.
A, few yOung bees may still remain in old
hive, but these will do no harm.

Next take the box which contains the
queen and nearly all the bees and shake
the bees all out in front of the hive al-
ready placed on the old stand. The bees
will at once take possessitm and draw out
the foundation in a surprisingly short
time. Should they be unable to gather
any hOney for some days, which at this
Season is not likely to occur, you must
feed them

Set the old hive aside for 21 days,
when the young bees will have all hatch-
ed from the cells Should the weather
be cool it would be Well to put old hive
indoors so the brood will not chill. but
this is seldom necessary. We now drum
out "these bees as before, kill the queen
which they have reared, and unite them .
with the others; or, if you care for in—
crease and enough bees have stayed.
leave the queen alive and form a sepa-
rate colony by putting them into a new
hive.

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THE LIVE STOCK AND MEAT SITU-
ATION.

The shortage in the supply of meat—
producing animals in the United States
is steadily‘becoming more pronounced,
and it is evident that the country is fac-
ing an era of short production of meat,
according to a recent report issued by the
United States Department of Agriculture,
which follows: In the last six years there
has been a decline of over 30 per cent in
the number of beef cattle in the coun—
try, while the population and the conse-
quent demand for meat have increased.
According to estimates of the Depart~
ment of Agriculture the beef cattle in the
country on January 1, 1907, numbered 51,-
566,000, and at the beginning of the pres-
ent year the number was. only 36,030,000.

More than half of the meat produced in
the United States is slaughtered under
government inspection. A. decrease of
over 13 per cent is shown in the num-
ber of animals killed under this inspec-
tion in the first three months of this
year as compared with the same period
of last year.

The year 1912 was a year of high prices
for all classes of food animals, as is evi-
denced by the greatly increased average
prices of live stock at Chicagofthe rep—
resentative market of the country. Thus,
the average price of cattle (native steers)

for 1912 was $7.95, as against $6.50 for
1911, or an increase Of 22.31 per cent,
while the advance in range steers was
still greater, being 31.58 per cent. The
average price of hogs in 1912 at the

same market was $7.55, as against $6.70
for 1911, which is an increase of 12.09 per

cent. Similarly the average prices of
sheep and lambs rose from $3.95 and
$5.90, respectively, in 1911 to $4.55 and
$7.10, respectively, in 1912, 'which is an

increase of 15.19 per cent for sheep and
20.34 per cent for lambs.

Unfortunately, when prices of live stock
rule high, as the case in 1910. there is a
natural tendency for farmers to rush ev-
erything salable to market, including im-
mature animals and, worst of all, breed—
ing animals. This inevitably brings about
a future shortage, and so the country
suffers from alternate periods of compar-
ative and real stringency, while producers
often lose heavily through the instability
of prices.

With our diminished production in the
face of the heavy demand and high prices
of the home market, we no longer have
a surplus for export, and it is no won-
'der that our export trade in meat animals
and products has declined heavily. Our
once great trade with England in cattle
and fresh beef has disappeared, and the
only corisiderable items now shipped to
foreign markets are prepared hog pro-
ducts such as bacon, hams, and lard.
England is now drawing its imported
beef supply mostly from Argentina, and
its supply of mutton and lamb from AUS—
tralia and New Zealand as Well as Ar~
gentina. The Australian colonies are
sheep rather than cattle countries and
export probably more than four times as
'much mutton and lamb (by weight) as
beef. The number of cattle in Argentina,
showed a decrease at the last census
(1911) as compared with the preceding
one (1908).

For the first time in our- history the
exports of animals and animal products
of all kinds in 1912 fell below the imports
in value. However, the imports are very
large only in two items, both of them
raw products~hides and wool. The for-
mer were admitted free of duty, while
the large importations of wool were made
notwithstanding a considerable duty. The
import trade in hides and skins has as-
sumed enormous proportions, the total
value of the shipments in 1912 being con-
siderably over $100,000,000.

The total value of the imports of an-
imal origin in 1912 was $203,444,633. Com-
pared with/ the previous year this is an
increase, in rOund figures, of no less than

$60,500,000. The greatest single. increase
occurred in cattle hides, which almost
doubled, while all the other classes of

hides and skins showed substantial ad—
vances. The second largest increase was
in wool, the quantity imported in 1912
being 238,118,350 lbs., valued at $42,210,—
377, as against 155,922,510 lbs., valued at!
$25,479,422 in 1911.

It may be noted that the majority of
the imported cattle hides come from Ar-

'has never lost a hog from overheat.

gentina. Europe supplies a. good many,
as well as most of the calf skins. East
Indies is the largest contributor of goat
skins, while most of the sheep pelts are
from England. The latter country also
Sends us most of the imports of the fine
wools. The inferior -grade:‘;——the carpet
wools—originate in Russia, and China.

There was a largely increased importa-
tion of cattle in 1912, the number being
323,717 as against 252,413 in 1911, and
211,230 in 1910. These animals were near-
ly all brought over the Mexican border
for feeding purposes. They help a little,
though not very much, in «our beef
supply.

The importations of cheese continue to
be large. the quantity in 1912 being 48,—
928,857 lbs., valued at' $9,368,573. This
cheese comes mostly from Italy and Swit-
zerland.

The domestic exports of animals and
animal products in. 1912 were valued at
$185,434,196. This is the smallest total
since the trade became established on a.
large scale subsequent to the Civil “far.

The principal items were: Lard, 552,-
648,777 lb.\'., valued at $58.58G,150; bacon,
192,021,059 lbs., valued at $23,483,949;
hams and shoulders, 176,058,810 lbs., val-
ued at $22,235,899. lildch one of these
was many millions of pounds less than
in 1911.

 

HAULING HOGS

 

IN HOT WEATHER.
to see or know of Valu-
from overheating while
market during the hot
Suthiner months. Men who have hogs to
market during the hot Weather should
make proper preparations for getting them
to the market. It is almost every sum—

It is Very bad
able hogs dying
being hauled to

mcr that I know of some farmcr losing
one or more hogs while'hauling to the
market.

Last summer I met a farmer on his way
to town with two hogs in his wagon, one
was dead and the other nearly so. The
hogs were very fat and it was a hot af-
ternoon, although the man had waited
until nearly night to deliver the porkers,
which had been contracted to the butcher
at so much per pound on foot. The farm~

er was yet cheral mile; from town and
he knew the butcher would not receive
the dead lug as it would be a. violation

of the law to sell it for food. Ile asked
my advice as to what disposition to make

(if it as it had died almost before he
knew it was hot. There was nothing to
advise under the circumstances only to

sell to the soap maker. This meant con-
siderable to the farmer, and could
have been aVoidcd, had he made arrange-
ments to keep the hogs cool while hauling.

loss

The most of hogs that die from over—
heat while being hauled to market are in
wagons with nothing about thcm to keep
them cool. The jolting of hauling and
the Worry of loading, added to the intense
heat of the» road on a. summer day is
more than the fat hog should be expected
to stand.

I know of one farmer who hauls fat
hogs without regard to the weather, and
He
has a wagon with a tight floor and a
shallow box. He puts sideboards of slats
above this box and covers with slats. On
the bottom or iloor he puts a. lot of hay
or straw that has been wet thoroughly
with water. He usually has the bay to
a depth of six or eight inches. \After get-
ting the hogs loaded he turns on thehose
and wets the hay again. "Then he waits
a short while to allow the hogs to get
quite cool a little before starting to town.
The evaporation of the water from the
wet hay keeps the hogs cool, while the
hay serves as a cushion to lessen the
jolting as the wagon rolls over the coun-
try roads.

I was about to forget to add that above
the slat covering of the wagon he puts
up regular wagon bows and stretches
over these a canvas to furnish shade. All
theSe precautions may seem a, bit trou-
blesome, but when we consider the safety
which it assures, it really pays.

This farmer never has his hogs crowd-
ed in the wagon, usually hauling not more
than three large hogs at a time when the
weather is hot. Also, he manages to load
them with just as little excitement as
possible, as he attributes the loss of a
great many hogs to the worry of loading
instead of the temperature. He never
puts any water on the hogs, but turns the

hose on the hay only. To put cold water
on a. hot hog means death to the animal,
in a. great many cases.

I regard another point of safety which
might be added. That is the use of a
set of wagOn springs to lessen the jolt-
ing. In fact, no farmer should use a
wagon without springs when hauling live
stock and perishable vegetables and fruits.

Texas. A. M. LATHAM.
ERADICATION OF HORSE 0R STABLE

FLIES.

During the last four or five years, the
public have been making great endeavors
to subdue the house fly. Cities have
made their slogan, “swat the fly,” and
other phrases which have the same mean-
ing. The house fly is known to be a car—
rier of disease and hence he should be
killed. Moreover, aside from the fact
that house flies carry certain infectious
diseases, the very nature of their mouth
parts enables them to carry other dis-
cases which are not. of a contagious na-
ture, as the word “contagious” is used in
the popular sense. The house fly cannot
bite. Ills mouth is so formed that he
gets his food by lapping in somewhat the
same manner as the cats obtain their
food. Flies love 90 feed on carrion and
refuse, decaying animal or vegetable mat-
ter. Now if these flies would consent to
disinfect. their mouth parts before they
light on humans and animals, we would
not object to their presence but the Very
fact that they do not do this, makes their
presence a menace to humanity and the
whole animal kingdom.

\Vhile it is proper to kill the. hottSc fly

and thus exterminate him, it is no leSs
essential that the horse or stable fly
should also be destroyed. This ily has

mouth parts which are unlike those of the
house fly. The sl‘able- ily bites while the
house fly does not, although the stable
fly resembles the house fly in appear—
ance. In the summer time the stable ily
annoys cattle and all other animals vcry

greatly. Before storms these flies seem
to have an instinctive fear of the storm
and so, on such occasions, they ilock

arOund the houses and buildings and at-
tack people more at those times than at
any other. Aside from the annoyance
that they prove, they are also accused
of being the carriers of infantile paraly-
siS. This is not conclusively proven
against them but they are suspected of
being the transporters of this dread dis-
ease which causes a great deal of suffer—
ing and misery each year. The young of
the stable iiy live in. fresh horse manure
and. as is the case in combatting any
other insect pest, the first point of at-
tack should be its breeding places.

Inasmuch as this same stable fly is very
G‘lSll)’ killed, there is not much excuse
for not killing him and thus ridding both
ourselves and our animal friends of his
annoying habits. It is a well known fact
that cows give more milk when not an-
noyed by flies, and other stock put on
fiesh faster when the flies are subdued.
This is easily seen during a cool spell
in the summer when the cows maintain
a steadie-r flow of milk and other animals
ilesh up more rapidly.

Here is a remedy which has been tried
with great success on a. number of Mich-
igan farms: Make a cover for a barrel
and put the covered barrel in some safe
place convenient to the stable. Now fill
this with water and throw into it four or
five pounds of white, arsenic. Stir well
and the next day put in one-half pint of
molasses. Each morning dip out a
sprinkler full of this mixture and sprinkle
over the stable floors and manure heaps.
Fill the sprinkler with pure water and
put.‘ in the barrel again. This keeps a
constant supply of the mixture always on
hand and once in a while a. little more
white arsenic and molasses is all that
will need to be added to make the liquid
effective in killing off the flies. The
theory of the practice is: The white
arsenic will not all dissolve in the water,
only enough to saturate it. Some will be
left undissolved in the bottom of the bar-
hel. Now when the sprinkler full of
freSh water is dumped into the barrel,
more of the arsenic will dissolve. So the
process goes on each day until all the ar-
senic is dissolved. Needless to say, this
mixture is very poisonous and stock must
be kept from getting into the barrel, also
hogs and poultry from having access to
the manure pile. This remedy has prov-
en efficient' and is one which is easily ap-
plied and the extra profits derived from
the herd and other animals will more
than repay the owner for the time and
expense involved, to say nothing of erad-
icating this possible menace to children.

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The Interest in Road t h 9 country one
improvement. sees in almost cv—
ci‘y Joczility .cvi-

dence of an increased and wholesome
sentiment in the matter of highway im-
provement. Long-stretches of road are
being graveled and roads previously im-
proved, or ordinary earth roads for that
matter, are being kept in good condition
by the use of the King drag at opportune
times. In some sections of the state
there is still greater evidence of the
present trend of public sentiment in the
matter of road improvement. On the
east side of the state, leading north from
Bay City, through the important towns,
the main highway has. recently been im-
proved by public bees. in which the citi-
zens of the cities and towns as well as
the farmcrs in the territory traversed by
the highway, have donated freely of
their services, while the farmers’ wives
and daughters have aided in the serving
of needed refreshments to the workers.
011 the west side of the state there is
great interest in a through highway fol-
lowing the lake shore all the way.
IAll these things are evidences of the
interest which is being taken in the gen-
eral betterment of highways at them-es-
ent time. They also Show that the coun-
try people are adapting themselves to
the new highway system better than has
heretofore been the case, and we antici-
pate that, although in recognition of a
certain expressed demand along that line
the Legislature paSscd a law permitting
townships to go back to the old path-
master plan of highway organization
where upon referendum a majority of the
voters so decree, that there will be few
cases in which the voters of a township
will avail themselvesxof this permission.
“'iih a number of the counties in the
state having recently adopted the county
road system, the trend of public senti-
ment appears to be in the other direction
at the present time.
.Just now it is
Buslness Men’s Interest the popular thing
in Agriculture. for everyone to
be interested in
agriculture. With consumption rapidly
overtaking production in our own coun-
try and with the application of science to
the solution of problems in agriculture
there has been a. more general recognition
among all classes of citizens of the im-
portance and dignity of agriculture. Bus-
iness men are everywhere exhibiting an
intense interest in agriculture from an
economic standpoint and at meetings of
business men’s associations agriculture is
nearly always an important topic of dis-
cussion. For example, it was given more
time than any other topic discussed at
the recent meeting of the State Bankers?

Association. .
This is true, not alone in Michigan, but

the country over, and in some sections of g

T HE M I C H ‘I-‘G'AFN': ‘F A R M‘E-R‘

in. price which has contributed to the
high cost of living during the past ten

the country the business men have do-
nated liberally toward the promotion of
agriculture in their state. As an exam-
ple of this kind of promotion work it is
stated upon good authority that in Texas
something like a quarter of a ,million
dollars have been expended in the form
of prizes for the best products grown by
the boy and girl farmers of that state.
As noted in the last iss‘ue, an important
farmers’ organization in Texas has, after
an investigation, officially deplored this
method of promotion work and suggested
other methods by which those who de-
sire to aid theegriculture of the state
could render it a. much greater service.
In giving their views of what the farm-
ers need, the committee of this organiza-
tion having this matter under advisement
stated, “It’s prices, not prizes, we want.
Only one farmer can be benefited by
prizes, but a half-million profit by in-
crease in prices.” In other words, this
committee made it plain that production
is not a problem which farmers would
from choice submit to the business inter-
ests for solution, but indicated that bus-
incss interests could render a, valuable
service by co-operating with the farmers
in the matter of caring for the surplus
products and placing them upon the mar-
ket in the manner which will best aid
them in improving their homes, giving
their children better educational advan-
tages, etc.
' There is somcthing of truth in thissug—
gestion and of wisdom in this attitude.
The business men of the country cannot
have too great :m interest in its agri-
culture, but they should realize that in
order to rcndcr to agriculture the great-
cst service thcy Should co—operate with
the farmers in the matter of making
available their own business knowledge
and judgment in the solution of the bus-
iness problems of the farm, rather than
Seek to teach them with regard to tech-
nical factors of pmduction, concerning

which the up-to-date former has agrcvat€

or store of valuable knowledge

A report issued by the

The Middleman’s Department of Agricul-
Profit. ture last week touches

on the oft discussed

question of the responsibility of the mid-
dlemen for the increased cost of living
This report apparently clears the middle-

men of that indictment by stating that
during the last 30-years of advancing
prices 'the margin between the Selling

price 01' the producer and the purchasing
price of the consumer has not widened
much if any.

Detailed comparisons are given of the
average prices for the last 20 years with
those of the 10 years preceding that pe-
riod. It was determined that wheat in
Chicago advanced 32 per cent while the
wholesale price of flour advanced 29 per
cent and the retail price of flour only 28
per cent. Hogs advanced about 33 per
cent, the wholesale price of hams ad-
vanced 24 per cent and the retail price
but 32 per cent. The two items in this
line of production which showed a large
advance were the retail price of smoked
bacon, which has advanced 55 per cent
and the retail price of pork chops which
advanced 45 per cent, while the wholesale
price of lard advanced but 31 per cent
and the retail price only about 30 per
cent. ,

Steers on foot in Chicago advanced 24
per cent as compared with 23 per cent
advance in the Wholesale price of beef.
3 19 per cent advance in sirloin steak and
23 per cent advance in rib roasts. Sheep
advanced 19 per cent in the same mar—
ket while the wholesale price of mutton
advanced 36 per cent, figures not being
given for the retail price of this product.

Figures relating to the margin in the
price of potatoes during the last ten
years Show on December 1 the average
price was but 26 per cent higher than in
the preceding ten years, while for the
same period the retail price advanced 29
per cent. ,

These figures are. of course, not con-
clusive as many factors enter into the
making of prices on products of this
kind, but the variations in advances not-
ed show that the law of supply and de-
mand has not a little -to do with the mar-
gin in prices between those paid by the
consumer and those received by the pro-
ducer. Take, for instance, in products
such as bacon and chops. which form only
a small percentage of the total products
from the hogs killed, yet the demand for
these products has-caused a. marked in-
crease .in the retail, price as. 00mpared
with the other products from the 'same
animals.

From these figures it would appear that
the farmers of the countryhave been
largely getting the benefit~ of the advance

“years.

—..1

They would, however, undoubt-
edly receive a larger proportion of that
increase by more judicious methods of
marketing which would contribute to a.
more even distribution of products
throughout theyear, as has been brought
aboutto a. considerable degree in the two
products of butter and eggs. particularly
through the influence of the cold storage
business upon the marketing and dis-
tribution of these commodities to the
consumer.

As noted in a com-
Price Movements ment appearing in the
and Prosperity. last issue, the down-

ward tendency o f
prices for agricultural products during
the past year has doubtless been a con—
tributing factor to the present apparent
shortage of money and the consequent
curtailment of loans by bunks. In this
connection another factor of general bus-
iness proSperity which. is worthy of con-
sideration is the effect of a gradual, but
somewhat long continued, decline in
prices of agricultural products upon the
business men who are engaged in hand-
ling those commodities.

From the statiStics quoted from the
Department of Agriculture report in our
comment of last week it appears that the
average price of agricultural products
declined something like 28 per cent dur-
ing the year. Obviously when a general
average decline of this nature occurs the
dealers who are handling agricultural
products will inevitably meet with a loss
upon some of their holdings during the
period in which quantities sufficient for
cui'lot Shipments are being purchased.

In the aggregate this loss would be
:onsiderablc and would result in :1 cor-
responding shrinkage in the avaiahlc cap—
ital or surplus accumulations of this class
of business men during the year, thus
creating a further demand upon the sur-
plus capital represented by the financial
institutions with which these men do
business. Yi'hen this factor is considered
it will be seen that :1 substantial and
somewhat continued decline in average
prices for agricultural products would
have a still greater influence upon gen-
eral business prOSperity as indicated by
1119. availability of surplus capital than is
represented by the lOSS to the producers.

However, as previously indicated, there
are evidences that prices have reached
the low level and that a reaction al-
reudy begun, if continued, should make
this condition temporary and allow it to
puss without any serious effects on the

general business prosperity of the
country.
Census statisticg are
Rural Telephone ordinarily rather dry
Development. reading, but they; af-
ford some interesting

sidelights on the development of the coun-
try along other lines than those which
are represented by mere figures. A case
in point is the recent census report deal—
ing with the wooden poles purchased in
the United States in 1911 for the various
purposes for which such material is used.
These figures show that the number of
oak poles used increased rapidly from
1907 to 1910, but decreased greatly in
1911. Oak poles, which are marketed in
relatively short lengths, have been used
extensively‘in the building of" rural
ephone lines, the development of which
was at its maximum point in 1910, as in-
dicated by these figures relating to the
use of oak poles which decreased, con-
siderably in 1911. Of course, in some
Sections other timbers are used for this
purpose. but undoubtedly this is a good
index of the relative development of the
rural telephone service which is now the
general rule rather than the exception in
the up-to-date"farm community.

A bill recently in-
troduced in Congress
designed to regulate
the cold storage bus~
iness, illustrates the change (of sentiment
which has resulted from previous inquiry
into and discussion of this problem by
Congress. This bill would provide for
the labeling of cold storage edibles with
the date on. which they were placed in
storage and provides that the merchant
who sells such goods shall sell them un-
der the original label. Under the terms
of the proposed law the length of the
storage period of foodsauffs would be
limited to ten months and would also
restrict the transportation of cold stor-
age food products in interstate commerce.

This billls mild in its proposed terms
of regulation as compared with others
Which have been before the body in pre-
vious years, thus indicating that those

Proposed Cold Stor-
age Legislation.

tel-A

‘waters of the Great Lakes.

,ticularly at Tirnovia and Grabovia.

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“1’

. :{fiu'NE 21, ms.

proposing cold storage legislation in Con-
areas are looking at the proposition from
a little different angle than Was the case
a few years ago.

 

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HAPPENINGS or THE WEEK.

 

N at! anal.

Nearly a block of business property
was destroyed by fire at Hillsdale, Sun-
day. The loss is estimated at $46, 000,
with a total insurance on the property of
but $6, 000.

Forest fires are threatening at a. num-
ber of points in northeastern Michigan,
and unless rains come soon the situation
“’1“ be critical. Alpena and Presque Isle
county are suffering the most. Every
precaution is being taken to keep the
fires under control, but weather condi-
tions will be the greatest factors in the
fight.

Two lake steamers the William M.
Snyder and Je8se Spaiding, collided near
Keweenaw Point Lake Superior, Sunday
during a fog. The former boat was lost
in the fog and it became impossible to
locate her because the distress signals
ceased. There is apprehension that she
may have gone down

Two costly fires visited Detroit Sunday
night and Monday morning Lumber
,21rds at Bellevue and the Michigan Cen—
tral Railway were partially destroyed at
midnight, the loss being estimated at
$50.000. while three hours later a chem-
ical laboratory and store-room at Lafay-
ette avenue and Tenth street burned,
causing an estimated loss of $25,000.

The workcf the national senate com—
mittee in the probe of conditions in the
mining diStrict of “'est Virginia, is re-
vealing a startling situation. It appears
that it will be up to the mine owners to
prove that they did no back the action
resulting in the firing of machine guns
fiom trains into camps of miners and
their families, during the strike there.
ghe probe of the operators began Mon-

fly.

it is anticipated that through the visit
to this country of' Dr. Muller, minister
of'foreign affairs of Brazil, that improve-
ment in the business relations between
the two countries will result.

A rear end collision between two inter-
urban cars near St. Louis, M0,, Sunday
night, injured 24 persons.

Fire Sunday night deStroyed 40 of the
stock yard Sheds at the Union Stock
Yards. Chicago.

Four persons weie hurt, one perhaps
fatally, when 2111 automobile crashed into
a buggy in Leroy township Calhoun
county, Sunday. '

Miners in 'the Point and Cabin Creek
mlning diStricts of V1 est Virginia, have
voted to continue the strike which began
theie a year ago and has 1esulted during
that period in the incidents which we
now furnishing material for investigation
by a committee of the lnited States Sen-
ate. The vote. according to reports, was
not taken under orders of any union,
but was the result of a ballot taken at
independent meetings.

As a issult of the high temperature on
Monday many lives were lost and pros-
trations weie numerous

The board of education of Battle Creek
has taken a rather unique pesition with
regaid to honors in the class now grad-
uating from the high schools of that
citv, no class honors being awarded. The
board declares that these honors have
always gone, to “bookworms” who have
neglected every other phase of high
school life for the scholarship awards.

A. D. l\ oodruff, a Civil war veteran.
74 years old. died, the effects of the heat“.
and heart trouble. while sitting on the
porch of his home at Saginaw, Mich.

The condition of the strike in the Pere
Marquette shops at Saginaw remains the
same as when the men walked out three
weeks ago.

The state encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic convened in Lans-

ing..Tuesd:1y. It is anticipated that this
gathering will be the largest of recent
years. Spanish war veterans and other

allied organizations hold their annual ses-
sions at the same time and place

.The state board of health will co- op-
eiate with the. federal government in
making a study of the pollution of the
For this
Durnose a laboratory is to be established
at Port Huron for a month, in charge of
one of the state officials.

Foreign

The German people are celebrating the
twenty- fifth anniversary of the accession
of Emperor \‘i’illiam this -.week

Earthquakes extending over many
parts of Bulgaria and lasting several
hours, resulted in many fatalities, par-
It is
ieported that many churches and public
places have been shaken to the ground
at the former point.

Mexico is still in disorder and the fed-
eral government is given concern by the
uprising of residents of the state of
Campeche under the leadership of Gover-
nor Manuel Briton. The rebels also
threaten the town of San Louis Potosl.
the key to communication with Tampico
and the oil fields.

A freighter jammed the locks of the ‘

Welland canal at Peit Dalhousie Ont”
Sunday. and three of the locks were
carried away. It will be some time be-
fore trafl'icc on the canal can be resumed.

Mrs. Pankhurst, the English militant
suffragette leader, has again been re-
leased from prison because of ill health

It appears that the Japanese are pro-
ceeding sanely in the effort to inform
themselves regarding the feeling in this
country on the land legislation passed by
the Legislature of California. On Mon-

day four prominent Japanese arrived at.

Washington to ascertain the sentiment
heie regarding the relation between Jap-
an and America with special reference to
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This Magazine Section forms a part of our paper twice a month. Every article is written especially for it, and does not appear elseWhere

 

 

Adobc——The Poor Man’s Brick.

ico live in mud houses. The houses

of the well-to-do residents of the
cities are made of stone, but out' in the
open one finds mud houses everywhere.
They are very comfortable houses, too,
warm in winter and cool in summer, not
being easily affected by changes in tem-
perature. The material of which they
are made is the native clay, or adobe,
which is remarkably plastic and cohesive.
The use of adobe is not confined to
Mexico, however, for
our OWn country this peculiar clay has
been employed for centuries. There are
some very old adobe buildings in Califor-

PROBABLY half the people of Mex-

in many parts of

By E. I. FARRINGTON.

When adobe is also put on the
roof it must be supported with strong
timbers, for it is very heavy. One of the
illustrations shows a New Mexican Indian
builder at work. The way in which the
roof, is supported by posts and cross-
pieces is plainly seen. The house is very
nearly completed, the front wall remain-
ing to be finished. The work goes slowly,
as the clay must have plenty of time to
dry.

In New Mexico and Arizona, the indus-
try of making adobe bricks is quite a

terial.

material which was written by the sup—
erintendent of the Plains sub-station.
Some of the advantages of adobe houses
were cited in that bulletin, the claim be-
ing made that they are superior to ce—
ment and concrete block houses in that
they are non—conductors of heat and cold.
that they never sweat or become frosty
on the inside, that they do not settle
after they become dry and that they can
be made as permanent, comfortable and
attractive as a. house need be.

The adobe buildings at the Plains sta-

open space near the Water supply and
spread in a wide circle about eight inches
deep. Enough water to wet the pile t0
the bottom is thrown on, after which
horses: are made to tramp round and
round in the mud, more water being ad-
ded as necessary, until a soft', sticky mass
has been secured.

When the grass is short, straw or hay
is sometimes mixed with the adobe dur-
ing this tramping down process to act as
a binder. The work of tramping and wet-
ting and mixing is kept up until the mass
can be handled nicely with a manure
fork. Then it is ready for use.

The wall is built up slowly, often at the,

 

 

Mixing Adobe Preparatory to Making into Bricks.

nia and New Mexico, and the Pueblo In-
dians have whole villages constructed
of it.

As a matter of fact, adobe is too (valu-
able as a. building material to be over—
looked or given up. In sections where
there is but little rain it gives great sat-
isfaction; where the rainfall is heavy and
long c0ntinued the clay gradually dis-

general one and tw0 of the illustrations
show men at work in a brick yard of this
character. The clay is made wet and
mixed on a small platform with handles,
on which it is carried to the molds. After
being molded the bricks are spread out in
the sun to dry. They are commonly made
in two standard sizes, 18x9x4 and 16x12x4.
From one to two weeks of exposure to

 

An Ancient Adobe House Having a Tile Roof.

tion have concrete foundations, which
provide adequate protection against rats
and mice, the rodents never working in
the wallS. The adobe is not made into
bricks but built up in layers, work on all
the sides being done at the same time.
The process is interesting, for the plains
farmer who desires to erect a new house,
or barn, or shed, simply plows up suffi-

rate of a layer from six to twelve inches
thick 3 day. “'hen a layer is in place on
all four sides, aboard is placed on top and
the overlapping adobe trimmed off with a.
hayknife. The trimming has to be done
before the clay has hardened.

- When the weather is warm and dry the
workmen get along pretty rapidly, but in
late fall and early spring there is much

 

 

 

A New Mexican Indian Building an Adobe House.

“solves and one finds his house melting

away

Among the Mexicans, and the Indians
farther north, adobe bricks are made in
very crude fashion, being shaped in wood-
en molds, earthen jars being employed to
carry the water needed. To smooth the
tops the bare hands are used.

Often only the walls are adobe, the roof
being thatched with straw or similar ma-

the sun is required, and the bricks must
be turned every other day so that they
will be properly baked on both sides.
When they are hard enough, they are
stacked away under cover until needed.
Adobe is commonly used in the west
even as far north as Colorado, especially
on the plains, and a few years ago the
Colorado agricultural experiment station
issued a bulletin on adobe as a building

Placing Adobe Bricks

cient ground, wets the soil and proceeds
to transform it into adequate building ma-
terial. First the foundation is laid. Then
posts are set at each corner and at in-
tervals along the proposed wall, care be-
ing taken to have them perfectly plumb,
for they are to serves as guides.

Next a patch of prairie land. where the
grass is thin and tail, is selected and a
thin sod plowed. The sod is hauled to an

in the Sun to Bake.

delay. Often it is deemed wise to wait
two or three weeks before resuming the
work. The frames of windows and doors
are set in place as the work progresses
and the mud walls are built firmly against
them. If effect is considered, the walls

may be covered with cement when finish-

ed and then marked off into blocks.
houses of the

and occasionally

Sometimes the adobe
plains have iron roofs,

 


  

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682—10
BEGAN YOUNG ,.

Had "Coffee Nerves" from Youth.

 

very young I began using cof-
continued up to the last six
,writes a Texas girl.

”I had been exceedingly nervous, thin
and very sallow. After quitting coffee
and drinking Postum about a month my
nervousness disappeared and has never
returned. This is the more remarkable
as I am a Primary teacher and have kept
right on with my Work.

“My complexion now is clear and
rosy, my skin soft and smooth. As a
good complexion was something I had
greatly desired, I feel amply repaid
even though this were the only benefit
derived from drinking Postum.

“Before beginning its use I had suf-

“When
fee and
months,"

fered greatly from indigestion and
headache; these troubles are now un-
known.

“I changed from coffee to Postum

without the slightest inconvenience, did
not even have a headache. Have known
coffee drinkers, who were visiting me. to
use Postum a week without being aware
that they were not drinking coffee.”

Name given by Postum 00., Battle
Creek, Mich. IVrite for booklet, “The
Road to VVellville."

Postum comes in two forms.

Regular (must be boiled).

WPostum doesn't require boil-
inmed instantly by stirring
a level teaspoonful in an ordinn—ryTup
of hot water, which makes it right for
most persons.

A big cup requires more and
people who like strong things put in a
heaping spoonful and temper it with a.
large supply of cream.

Experiment until you know the amount
that pleases your palate and have it
served that way in the future.

“There’s a Reason" for Postum.

“1111311111 r1111 1111113
run SALE on some:

Foil SALE—

 

 

 

ty acre farm. sand and clay loam.
barn

new nine room ouse.hoti air furnace. neat
near railrogd. with or
without farm oimglggnen Will sell cheap naooonnt
of age. KAN WIGGINS. Emma; Mich.

 

MICHIGAN FARMING LANDS

Near Saginaw and Bay City. in Gladwin and Midland
Counties. Low prices: Easy terms: Clear title. Write
for maps and particulars. STAFFELD BRO TH Km
15 Merrill Building. Saginaw. (W. S. ). Michigan.

and unim roved lands in Delaware.
FUI'IIIB FII’II” divereifle farming live stock, de-
licious fruits and ideal homes. For information
address. State Board of Agriculture. Dover Delaware

FOR SALE—Farm of 160 acres. 12min from

Detroit 1 mile ficmvéalfictrlfii
Ii 8, lots of bulldin , si 0, owing we . 1 so
all]1 or part. in. 0.0LURE Birmingham. Mich.

EXAS STATE LANDS—81.50 to 5 acre; one- -fortietl1

some ,

THE MICHIGAN 'FARMEa

shingles are used. Adobe or sod‘roofs'are
common, however. and with a little care
may be made perfectly tight. In Califor-
nia adobe houses with tile roofs may be
found.

Adobe houSes may be plastered within.
divided into as many rooms as deemed
desirable and be quite as cozy and oom-

“ By Janet T.

The sound of a boy’s’ cheery whistle
floated upon the still summer air. Mrs.
Childs smiled as she heard it and, stoop-
ing forward in her chair, she drew aside
the white curtains of the cottage window
that she might better watch her boy’s
approach. Ah, there he was, and already
he had seen her, for he was waving his
cap in greeting. And he must be in a
merry mood for now he was tossing the
cap up and catching it as he ran En-
tering the gate, Robert threw another
quick salute at his mother, turned a rap-
id succession of handsprings, followed by
half a. dozen somersaults, and landed up-
right at the steps of the porch.

“Ten dollars a week, mother,” he cried
before he had fairly entered the cottage.
“Now what would you say to that? Oh.
you wouldn’t say, would you? You'll
just let your eyes shine like stars and do
the talking. Well, then, talk all right and
I can see you won’t do any crying over
my leaving a job that pays $4.50 a week
for one that pays $10. Oh, no you won’t.”

“My dear boy, that seems so incredible
that I can’t say much," answered Mrs.
Childs. “Who in this town would pay a.
boy like you ten dollars a week? Not
that yOu're not worth it, but business
men don't see it. They count so much
on years." ‘

“Well, this job is juSt as good as got,
thOugh I'm not put on the pay-roll yet.
And it isn't in this town either, though
it's most as good. It’s in the State Bank
of Ashton. They’re willing to pay ten
dollars because only a boy who can fur-
nish the best recommendations and can
put up a cash bond can have the job. Mr.
Morris says he will go bond for me and
I sent recommendations from Mr. Schmidt
and Mr. Curtis; This morning I got a
letter from Mr. Pett‘ingill, the president
of the bank, telling me to call tomorrow
at two o’clork' sharp. Mr. Curtis knows
Mr. Pettingill's ways to a '1‘, because
years ago they were in the grocery bus-
iness together, and he says two o’clock
means two o'clock with Mr. I’ettingill and
if it was one minute after two when I
got there the job would be canned for
me. But no such chance! I'll be on the
bank steps at five minutes before two, at
four minutes of I’ll walk up the steps,

 

Tdown balance fort ”our; infoormation and Texas
map free. JOURNAiP 0. Houston, Texas.

UR NEW YORK IMPROVED FARMS-are gram
bar sins at present low prices. Send for free list.
McBURNEY &OO., 703 Fisher Bldg. Chicago. Ill.

mkmlkiu “F —13 Staitejsiaoak $10 to 850

am an acre "attack
tools 0 n included $0th '3uigkAl BAGW
Station 1m. Pittsburg. Pa.

We have direct buyers Don‘t
FARMS WANT£1,-pay consul-ions. Write
scribing Hmmperty. inglowest rice. Wehol buy-
ers locate pdeairablo rfiertyF American weat-
mont Association. 0!? ace Biting“ Minneapolis. Minn.

CASH FOR YOUR FARM

rings”: and sellers . Write me it
rhwttcbu. sell ortrade. liahedm. Funk
Iagl‘l'e‘vtfland. Adam- Inue- Bldg. Ch

 

Alfalfa $240 Per Acre.

I k Californ asdono this for

mwyrhe mason u I RIGATION and 5 woeka of

wing weather. Ifyon would like to investigato.
I“) Marrow Wand

To California for $10
railroad will sell a tiigfitgugrzpag
ianformliigggmabou I will tgmll‘s’: g%:l‘3;rnia.

[RM 2! WW magnum,

Alfalfa and live Stock '—

Is the combination that ins made wealthy
many a rancher and farmer out West.
Alfalfa affords the W amount of feed
with the leastnmonnt of labor: cattle and
hogs keep busy day and night turning it
into money. In many sections of the West
for alfalfa you don’t have to lime or inocu-
late the soil.

I will give you reliable information con-
cerning tracts of fine alfalfa Jami which
may be had at reasonable prices along
the lines of the Union Pacific System in No-
braska and Wyoming. Write to me My
um- 31' W 111:: 'U-in Padfic
Railroad Co" Room 264 Union Pacific filling.

OM AH A, NBBR.

—

Mention the Michigan lax-moa-

at three in the door, at two minutes up
Ito Mr. Pettingill’s private office, at one

minute I enter and at two o’clock sharp.

I bow to the president. I’m just starved,
lmother.”

“Yes, I know, dear, and I have every-
thing ready. Just hand me my cane and
I'll go out and dish things up."

"Dish nothing! You'll sit dowu in your
chair at the table and I’ll do the dish-
mg.”

Mrs. Childs complied readily enough,
for since her illness following upon her
husband's death she had been far from
strong and was able to get about only
with the aid of a cane. During this time
Robert had been the sole means of sup—
port. Before his father’s last illness he
had worked in Mr. Curtis' grocery store
out of school hours. But when he saw
that he must become the provider for the
home he gave up school and took a. full-
time position with Mr. Curtis. It was a
small store in a little town and held no
prospect for the future. So Mr. Curtis.
knowing of the responsibility that had
been placed upon Robert's young shoul-
ders, advised him to keep a'lookcut for
something better in Ashton, a thriving
young city about six miles distant from
Coiegrove. Robert followed this advice
and the result was his present prospect
of a. better position.

There was a hard shower during the
night but the next day dawned clear and-
cooL Robert was grateful for this, as he
Was planning to ride his wheel over to
Ashton. The shower would have settled
the dust and beaten down the sandy pike
into prime shape for a wheel. Then, too,
after a. cool and dustlcss ride he would
be more presentable when he appeared
before Mr. Pettingill than after a hot,
dusty six'miles. Though ordinarily no
more particular about _ his appearance

 

when writing to fiver-tum.

 

than are most boys of his age, on this

forbable as houses made of other mate-
rials; Many of those in actual use are
of generous proportions, conveniently ar-
ranged and attractively furnished—real
homes, in all that the term implies. Even
the public buildings in some of the Mex—
ican towns are constructed of this won-
derful and useful mud.

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Robert’s Promotion.

Van Osdei.

occasion Robert was most anxious to look
his best that he might make a good im-
pression on Mr. Pettingill, as every boy
can understand who has seen the likeli-
hood placed before him of stepping from
a futureless, poor~paying job into a prom-
ising, Well-paying posit’ion.

Robert was up early. After doing the
chores about the house he spent half an
hour tinkering with his wheel putting it
in good shape. Then he dressed in his
best suit. He wished to start for Ashton
at twelve o'clock which would amply al-
low for any delay that might occur and
make certain of his being before Mr. Pet-
tingill at two. So he planned to have a
lunch of crackers and cheese at' the store
and leave from there instead of coming
home to lunch.

"then you see me again, I'll know for
sure, though for that matter I just as
good as know now," he said as he mount-
ed his wheel and rode away.

The morning passed slowly enough, for
Robert was anxious to get the matter
settled. At a. quarter of twelve he weigh-
ed out half a pound of crackers and a.
quarter of a pound of cheese for his
lunch and dropped eight cents in the
cash drawer in payment. These strictly
business—like ways of Robert sometimes
amused Mr. Curtis a little. but they also
pleased him and led him to place the
strictest confidence in the boy. It was
the strength of his recommendation that
had given Robert the encouraging letter
from the bank.

While Robert was eating his lunch Mr.
Curtis had a telephone call from his wife.
urging him to come home at once, as
Betty. the three-year—old baby, had swal-
lowed some poison.

“I'll have to go right up, Rob. You just
hold down the business until Nathaniel

gets back. Oh you had that engagement
with Mr Pettingill, too. Well—

“Don’t bother a second about me, Mr.
Curtis.” cried Robert. “Just you hurry
home to Betty. Nate’ll get back in time
and my wheel’s in line shape and so are
llhe roads.”

It was'one o’clock when Nathaniel re-
turned from dinner and so Robert was
fully an hour later in starting than he
had planned. He rode away without any
misgivings, for he was Sure of himself
and of his wheel.

He was within a mile of the limits‘of
Ashton when he saw some distance
ahead of him, the figure of a boy or
young man headed in the same direction
as himself. He paid little attention to it.
however, except to notice that the pedes—
trian was going along at a rapid gait.
About a quarter of a mile farther on a
roadster whiz-red past Robert. So quickly
did it approach, and so close upon him
Was it when it gave a hook. that Robert
barely saved himself by swervlng so sud-
denly to the right that he was thrown
from his wheel. Neither he nor the wheel
were injured and he remounted and rode
rapidly on. Then he gave a cry of hor-
ror for he had looked up just in time to
see the big car ahead knock the walking
figure to the side of the road and then
tear on without stopping.

Filled with indignation, Robert put on
all speed and in a moment dismounted by
the side of the prostrate form.

“If it isn't Lute Randell. .Lute Run-
deli of all fellows!" And he looked scorn-
fully enough at the boy lying before him.
Many a taunt had come from those now-
still lips as the dandy or Colegrove had
met Robert on his errands for the grocery
store. The jeers had ceased after Robert
had had an impressive interview with
him in a deserted alley, but Lute still
aSSumed high airs when he came in con-
tact with Robert at his work.

The accident had taken place near a
bridge, and Robert knew there was a
spring of water just to the side of the
viaduct. He looked at his watch. Ten
minutes of two and he was still half a
mile from Ashton! Well. he certainly
didn't owe any good turns to Lute Run-
dell! He would draw him to one side of
the road and ride on to Ashton and have
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no one had taken care of Lute mean-

while, he would hols him as. he cattle '
back He mounted his wheel and start.-

ed. but it was only to circle. and come

back. No, he couldn't leave anyone. not

even his old enemy, lying there helpless

by the road.

He set his wheel against the bank and
went. to the spring, whence he returned
with a can of cold water which he dashed
on Lute’s face. It brought the boy to
instantly and he sat up. sputtering.

“Hello, Lute," said Robert. “Got
knocked down, didn’t you? Get up and
see whether you’ve got any broken
bones."

Lute got upon his feet. “Just weak. I

guess.” he said. after trying his limbs
rather unsteadily. ”How’d you get here,
Rob?"

“Just riding back of you on my wheel
and saw the whole thing. That crazy
driver came near getting me, too, but I
dodged just in the nick of time. All
right now?”

“I guess so if only I had a. drink of
water. Would lt—J’

But before Lute could finish his 3611-.
tence Robert was off for the drink.

“Oh, I guess the fall hasn't hurt me
any,” said Lute after he had drunk some
of the water. “But what does hurt is
that I had an appointment in Ashton at
2:15. I was going after a position. I
had a chance at a big opening, one that
you’d give your eyes for, I bet."

“It's five minutes after now," said
Robert and he swallowed a. big lump in
his throat as he said it, for he had plan-
ned that at this time he would be coming
down the bank steps with the position
secured. The coincidence of Lute's being
so near missing an appointment regarding
a position, just after he had missed his
own, gave Robert a kindlier feeling to-
ward his erstwhile enemy than he had
ever known before. At last he said, “You
couldn’t make it walking, but you could
on my wheel. You can take it and I'll
walk in. I'm late anyway, and ten min-
utes more or less won't make any differ-
ence now.”

Lute rode away and Robert sat by the
roadside for several moments pondering
what he should do. Finally he decided
to go on to Ashton. There was just a
possibility that Mr. Pettingill himself had
been delayed in some way. or perhaps
he might give him a. chance anyway if
he' understood the reason for his delay.
He quickcned his steps to a run, almost
wishing that he had kept his wheel and
let Lute do the sprinting. He arrived at
the bank steps, warm and persplring.
just in time to see Lute swing through
the wig door and come down the steps.

“Hello. hobo,” he called as he caught
sight of Robert. “I nailed it all right. I
am now a member of the staff of he
State Bank of Ashton and earning more
in one week than you do in nearly three.”

“Yon got that job!” cried Robert.
“That’s mine by every right and I gave
it up to help you."

“Easy, now, easy! Just you trot on in
and ask Mr. l’ettingill what his opinion
is of a young man who can’t keep an
appointment. Much obliged for your
wheel. Anne Lee is going to drive over
this afternoon and I’ll ride home with
her."

Robert, so angry he could scarcely see,
mounted his wheel and rode away. And
the last item of news did not tend to
lessen his anger, for Robert would have
given more for a smile from sweet little
Anne Lee than from all the other girls
in Ashton and Colegrove combined. It
was not until many months later that
Robert learned that Lute had heard by
accident that Anne was to drive ovei
and had simply resolved to ride home
with her.

The real secret of the popularity of
merry Anne Lee, with her mop of curly
hair, her rosy cheeks and her freckled
snub nose, “as that she was a good.
friend to every boy of her acquaintance
and she was wholly unconscious of the
fact that she was popular. The girls who
smirked and coquetted, consciously proud
of their monstrous bunches of hair piled
up high on their little heads, their pow-
dered and sometimes painted faces their
thin waists, their silk stockings, were
sure they were very modish indeed, and
wondered why the boys so willingly turned
from all their charms to that little Anne
Lee, who still were her curls tied back I
with a bow of ribbon, who had never
owned a silk stocking nor a high—heeled
slipper and who wasn't the least bit of a.
young lady even though she was nearly
seventeen.

As Robert neared Coiegrove he strove
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before he must meet Mr. Curtis and his
mother. To the former he said as soon
as he entered the store, ‘fI-Iow’s Betty?"

“Oh. she’s coming on all right now.
But we certainly did have a scare. And
I suppose you’ re a young banker now?”

“No sir.” answered Robert, measuring
out two-pound packages of sugar with
assumed indifference. “An accident kept
me from getting there in time, and you
know Mr. Pettingill.”

“You bet I do! But pshaw! if you
hadn’t had, to wait for Nathaniel to get
back you’d have been off at twelve
o’clock and that would have allowed for
any accident, seems to me. Pshaw! to
think of my standing in your way like
that when I wanted so to see you get
ahead."

But it was his mother whom Robert
dreaded most to meet. He lingered as
long as there was any excuse for so do-
ing at the store, but at last he was com-
pelled to start homeward. No whistle an-
nounced his approach tonight and he was
already within the gate before Mrs.
Childs saw .him. He kissed her soberly
and then came to the point at once.

“Mother, will you be dreadfully disap-
pointed when I Uell you that I didn’t get
the bank position? I want to tell you
just how it happened. I didn’t explain
everything to Mr. Curtis, but I_want' to
to you.”

“I’m prouder of you because you felt
you couldn’t have done anything else than
if you had been made president of the
State Bank," said his mother when he
had finished his narratiVe. "And now I
'wish to tell you that I have found a way
of helping out a little with the income.
Myra Nelson stopped in this afternoon on
her way from the postoffice and brought
me a letter from Uncle Aaron. He says
that he does so well in the horse—radish
buSiness that he doesn’t see why I can’t
make a little right here at home putting
up the radish for market, and he sends
advice as to how to do it, saying that
you can probably give me a hand at it,
too VVe’ve got a lot of it growing down
at the end of our yard and it’s growing
all over the neighborhood.”

“That’s a good idea, all right, moth-
er,” said Robert. forgetting his own trou-
ble in‘ the new idea. “There wouldn't be
much of 11 market for it here in Cole-
grove, but there would be some, for there
are always a few people who} would rath-
er buy anything ready prepared than to
get it ready themselves, and then we’ll
try to make ours such a go_od relish that
it will be the best in town. There will
be a good market for it in Ashton I am
sure and Mr. Curtis will let me take the
store wagon a couple of evenings a week
So I can drive over there and deliver
orders.” ‘

Thus it came that Robert soon supple-
mented his wage at the grocery store
with a neat sum from the horse-radish
business. The combined income was
more than he w0uld have had at the
bank though he put in longer hours.
Twice a week he borrowed the store wag-
on and drove over to Ashton where he
delivered supplies to the hotels and
stores. It was dusk one evening as he
was returning from one of these delivery
trips. Just beyond the edge of the town
he saw a stylish turnout approaching
Ashton. He recognized in the rig Lute
Rundell and Anne Lee. Had he not been
so near that he was sure they had al—
ready seen him, he would have turned
back, for his old working clothes and the
rattling delivery wagon were a combina-
tion which made him dread a meeting
with his young companions in their best
clothes and stylish equipage. For the
moment he failed to remember that Anne
Lee never noticed clothes, good or bad.
and that he didn’t really give a conti-
nental what Lute thought of him. They
were still several rods apart when Anne’s
clear voice rang out in greeting.

“Hello Robert! Are you going'right
back to Colegrove?”

He heard, but heeded not, ,Lute's “Ah,
there. peddler! Sell all your wares?" In-
stead he answered Anne.

“Yes, Anne, I’m going right home. Can

1 do anything for you?”

“Yes, you can take me along. I must
go home, and Lute has an engagement
in Ashton.”

“Anne Lee—" began Lute angrily, but
Anne paid no attention to him and, with
Robert's aid, jumped nimbly from the
buggy to the wagon. '

.“I'll get even with you for this you can
just believe, Rob Childs,” called out Lute
angrily as he lashed his horse and drove
rapidly away toward Ashton.

“Whatever made you do, that, Anne?"
asked Robert. _ _ _ —

“He did," answered‘Anne, indignantly.

THE" MICHIGAN FARMER

"Iw couldn't haVe stayed in his buggy an-
other minute and I’ll never ride with him
again, and you ’won’t blame me eitJher
when you know. What do you think,
Rob? That whole business of the accident
was planned that day when you had the
appointment with Mr. Pettingill. Lute
found out in some way that you were the
one who had first chance at that position.
Mr. Pebtingili wrote him that it was only
in case you failed to appear that there
was any chance for him. Judge Ken-
yon‘s chauffeur is a chum of Lute’s and
Lute fixed it up with him that if he’d
queer the game with you he’d pay him
ten dollars. The plan was to knock you
dOWl‘l as he rode by. If he failed he was
to brush up againSt Lute so that you
following behind couldn’t help but think
that Lute had been struck. Lute wasn’t
even stunned. He was just pretending
all the time. Of course they chose a time
when there wasn’t anybody else in sight
on the road and yOu fell in with their
plan and did exactly what they hoped you
would do.’

For 3, long while Robert said nothing.
Then Anne became alarmed at the silence
and at what she could see of Robert's
white, tense face. At last she touched
his hand to arouse him and said softly,
“You aren’t angry with me are you,
Robert?”

“No.” he said. “But such things make
a fellow feel as though he never wanted
to go out of his way to help anyone
again."

“\Yell, you’re not responsible for Lute's
lying and deceiving, and you won’t have
to take his punishment for those. You
did the right thing just as it showed
itself to you at the time and you couldn't
have done anything else and been true
to your best self. Just don't regret for
a second that you did what you did.
Anyway, you wait until you get home to
your mother and you'll learn of something
better than two bank positions. I've told
part of a secret, I know, but I‘couldn't
stand the look on your face, and not an-
other word will you get out of me, sir!”

Robert burst in on his' mother like a
young tornado. ““’hat's the news, moth-
er?” he cried. “Anne Lee told me that
it was something wonderful!"

“I’ll let you decide what to call it,”
said his mother. smiling fondly upon him.
“Mrs, Lee and Anne called on me this
afternoon and they stopped to bring my
mail just as so many of the kind neigh-
bors do. The letter was from Uncle
Aaron. He says that telling us to go
into the horse-radish business was really
his plan to get us ready for something
else. Uncle Aaron is quite an old man
now and for a couple of years he has
been thinking of turning over his little
horse—radish factory to someone else. He
longs to spend the reSt of his days pot-
tering about among his roses and his
fruit trees. He thinks that now you un-
derstand the business: well enough to run
it for him. Upon his death the business
will be yours. While he lives you are to
turn over 50 per cent of the profits to
him. but he says it clears'never less
than two thousand a year and there's a
chance for a young man to‘ extend the
business. That’s your end of it. Mine
is this. I'ncle Aaron’s daughter Minna
is to be married. so I'ncle wants us to
make our home with him in that charm-
ing little bungalow, and I'm to superin-
tend the house with a little Japanese to
do all the hard work. But he says that
most of the time I’m to spend just get-
ting well among the roses. And what
seems to so beautifully complete our plan
for going is that Mrs. Lee and Anne will
go to California at the same time we do.
If the climate agrees with Mrs. Lee they
will live with her sister in a town less
than fifty miles from Uncle Aaron‘s. Mrs.
Lee has been wishing to go for the last
year but dreaded to start on the trip.
But with us for company she seems de—
lighted at the prospect. Now, is it won-
derful?”

”Oh. mother!” was all that Robert
could say. But the mother understood——
understood perhaps far more than the boy
himself could, and she was satisfied.

“Here I am," said the returned wan-
derer, “back with the fortune I said I
would make, and ready to pay the mort-
gage off the farm!”

“Ef that ain’t hard luck!” exclaimed
the father. “As times are goin’ now that
mortgage ain't botherin’ nobody. I'd a
heap ruther have seen you broke .311"
ready to do regular work for wages.”

“Every time I meet that fellow he tells
me a hard-luck tale.”

“The same old story?”

“No; he runs it as a serial.”

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THE MICHIGAN. FARM'ER '

  

‘a‘rE are inclined to laugh at the
chap from the city who goes
out to the country with a head

full of theoretical farm knowledge, but
without actual experience, and attempts
to wrest a. living from the soil. “A book
farmer,” we call him, and talk about the
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actual work over that gained from books.
In a. measure. this attitude is right, mere
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ey than lilUScle alone. It is the judicious
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I talked the other day with a prosper-
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$10,000 apartment house in the city and
has a $15,000 farm in Oakland county, be-
sides various and sundry other gilt-edged
investments which he has earned unaided.
His experience is worth passing on.

“I was one of a large family,” he said,
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land when I was born, oldest of the fam-
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\Ve were poor, of course, not so poor that
we ever went hungry or naked, father al-
ways managed to get enough to feed us
and clothe us well enough to go to school,
but he didn’t get ahead. Every cent he
made was by hard, grinding, manual
labor.

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we began to Watch other people.

into lads
“'e saw

that the farmers around us who got
ahead were the ones who used their
brains. They studied conditions and plan-
ned how to meet them. They were al-

ways studying farm bulletins and market
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the best and cheapest way to supply the
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to rise at four o’clock, sometimes even at
two o’clock in the morning, and work till
late at night, never looking around to see
if there was not an easier way.

“Brother and I decided to emulate the
neighbors. We were willing to work, but
we were determined to work with our
wits as well as our hands. My first busi-
ness venture was such a success it en-
couraged me to keep on. Uncle gave me
$1.50 and I bought a sheep. I let it out
to double and in three years had $25 all
my own from my original capital. The
interest was so good I'reinvested the
whole in sheep, and by the time I was
old enough to set out for myself I had a
snug little bank account to back me.

“That policy of wise investing I have
followed through life and it has been a
good one. It isn’t the farmer with the
most muscle who makes the most money.
It is the on with a well-trained mind who
is willing to profit by the experience of
others that gets ahead.”

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A little Polish girl in the city schools
‘had the same idea. Her young friends
were dropping out of school in the fifth
and sixth grades to be cash girls, dish-
washers, or factory girls. They were
large enough to make a few dollars a week
and the money looked big to them and
their parents.

“I’m going to stay in school and learn,
oh, so much,” she confided to her teacher.
"You know much and you get big money
nOw and have an easy time and pretty
clothes. 1 You not scrub floors and wash
every day. The ones that know, they the
ones that get money and not WOl‘k. That’s
what I’m going to do.”

And while the teacher would not agree
that she had an easy time and no work,
yet she had to admit that the child had
the right idea. The ones who know are
masters of the situation. Not mere book-
learning, but knowledge is the magic
key that unlocks the door of success.

DEBORAH.

ing a thin piece of raw beef and placing
it between two slices of pineapple and
observing the change which takes place
within a few hours.

In diptheritic sore throat and croup-,
pineapple is very valuable, and is often
given as a medicine. The false mem-
brane which causes the closing of the
throat, seems to be dissolved by the acid
of the fruit and relief is almost immedi-
ate. It will also act as a preventive in
diphtheria and where a child is taken
with it suddenly, and a doctor cannot be
procured quickly, it will frequently save
the life of the child,

had died with this disease and the fin;

dertaker mm the mother if she ever had

a case of diphtheria in her family again

to get pineapple and feed it to. the child:

not matter what the cost of the fruit. It
is a good policy to can several quarts of
them when they are in seaSon, and keep
them in the cella1 fol just such emel-
gencies. Pineapple. also acts as 'an appe-
tizer and will coax an unwilling appetite
to more readily relish food.—

Hot milk is a nourishing food and a
glass of it sipped when one is greatly
chilled and fatigued will warm the body
quickly and revive the strength. Milk
should always be sipped slowly, not swal-
lowed hastily, as it is liable to form in
curds in the stomach and become almost
indigestible. For those suffering with in-
somnia,
retiring is soothing to the nerves and
will produce sleep. It is 'claimed that
milk will make flesh if taken regularly
and systematically every day.

Some people never serve carrots at all
upon their table, never realizing that they
are spurning a good blood purifier and
beauty giver. Carrots drive out impuri-
ties and cleanse the whole system. They
make a smooth, clear skin and give the
complexion a healthful glow. Many ob-
ject to the taste and therefore they are
not cooked, but there are many different.
ways in which they can be prepared so
that the strong flavor is lost. A woman
famous for her beautiful complexion said
she used carrots in some way every day.
A jelly form she found most delectable. ,

if given at once. I,
know of a case whe1e a six- ye ar- old boy

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JUNE 21, 1913.

Spinach and all kinds of greens act as
cleansers to the body and are very ben-
eficial, especially in the spring

Apples are considered good for the
nerves, a splendid cathartic, and uSeful
in carrying off waste matter. It is said
if you eat an apple every day you will-
have no need for a doctor. They are es-
pecially good when taken at bedtime, and
are supposed to help produce sleep.

While bananas have a certain amount
of food value and some flesh producing
qualities, they are hard to digest and
should seldom be given to children, as we
in the United States seldom get them in
a proper condition. ‘

The much despised and ridiculed prune
is also a blood purifier and producer and
is considered most healthful by all phy-
sicians. Grape-fruit will take malaria
out of the system and is good in all fev-
ers and bliious cases. Black currants
contain 'a peculiar acid which is good in
doctoring a cold. The English housewife
keeps several cans of the cooked currents
on hand and uses the juice as a drink
when any of the household is afflicted
with a cold.

Few people know the many medicinal
values that are contained in that com-
monest table supply, salt. Almost every
day we hear of some new use for it.
\Vhere one is troubled with a weak
throat, having sore throat frequently, the
practice of gargling salt water would
strengthen the throat a great deal and
the soreness would be much less fre-
quent. “’eak and inflamed eyes are
soothed quickly by washing them with a
mild solution of salt water. In the case
of dry and inflamed lids this will prove
a great comfort, as it supplies the neces-
sary brine which the inflamed tear duct
refuses to give.

For nasal catarrh there is nothing bet-
ter than salt water to keep down the ir-
ritation and keep the head passages clear.
Ilse it either in a nasal douche or a sy-
ringe daily to obtain best results.

A pinch of salt placed 011 the tongue
will often settle‘an upset stomach and
rllieve nausea. Salted popcorn some-
times keeps a person from getting sea-
sick or car sick.

Common rock salt, pulverized and mix-

ed with an equal palt of spirits of tur-'

pentine will cure a felon it is said, if a
cloth is_ soaked with this solution and
kept Wiapped about the afflicted parts.

' Another cure for a felon, which is very
simple, yet celtainly effective, is to take
a fresh, raw egg, b1eak away enough of
the shell to allow the finger with the
felon on to stick down in the egg.
be felt to draw almost immediately and
within a few hours the egg will congeal
and harden around the finger. When this
takes place withdraw the finger from the
egg and after thoroughly cleansing it
place it in another fresh egg. The sec—
ond one is generally sufficient to draw all
the poison and soreness from the felon.
I have seen very bad felons completely
cured in this manner in from 15 to 24
hours.

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June 18, 1913.

Wheat—The decline in wheat values
was checked a week ago. since which
time prices gradually advanced until
Monday. Weather conditions are the im-
portant factor in molding present prices.
Both the winter and spring wheat sec-
tions were beginning to feel the effect of
a lack of moisture and in many of the
important wheat producing states as well
as in Canada the crop was on the de-_
cline; general rains, however, on Monday
night and Tuesday, over certain portions
of the spring wheat belt, created an eas—
ier feeling and cause the first reaction in
prices since starting on the upward
trend. Other bearish features of the
trade were favorable crop conditions in
Europe, heavy receipts at some of the
larger markets in this country, especially
Chicago, and a number of cargoes await-
ing orders from abroad as well as a de-
cline in the inquiries 'for forward ship—
ments. On the other hand. the decrease
in the visible supply was large, and un-
less rains are abundant their effect on
prices will probably be only temporary.
One year ago the local price for No: 2

red wheat was 351.11% per bu. Local
quotations for the past week are:
No. 2 N0. 1

Red. \Vhite. July. Sept.
Thursday . . . .1.04 1.03 92% 92%
Friday .....
Saturday . . .1.04% 1.03 3,4 93% 93 1A;
Monday ...... 1.06 1.05 941/2 94%
Tuesday . .1 05 1.04 92%, 9314

\Vednesday”..105l/_, 1041/2 93 93%,

Chicago. (June 17).—No. 2 red wheat,
31.026106; July. Sill/26191940; Sept, 911ch
per bu.

New York, (June 17).—-July, $10114;

Sept., $1 per bu.

Corn.——Corn has repeated the history of
the previous week by advancing in spite
of the decline in wheat on Tuesday. A
total of nearly 3c has been added to the
quotations during the week. The posi-
tion of the market is made strong by the
fact that the rains affecting the spring
wheat sections did not reach the corn
belt where continued hot weather and
lack of moiSture are making the outlook
for this crop less hopeful than it has
been. Besides, the cash situation is fav-
orable to advances, supplies being re-
stricted and the demand urgent. One
year ago the price for No. 3 corn was
761/20 per bu. Quotations for the past
week are:

No.3 No. 3

Corn. Yellow.

Thursday .........._...... 591/3 611/2,

Friday .............. .....
Saturday ..... 61 63

Monday ............ ...... 611/.) 631/;
Tuesday ...... 62 64
“'ednesday . . ...... . . . . 62 64

Chicago, (June 17).—N0. 2 corn, 6261)

621,12c; No. 3 yellow, 621/20; July, 631/80;

Sept. 64140 per bu.

Oats.—Although there was a slight re-
action in this market on Tuesday due
to the lower values
wheat department and also to the iii-
crease in the receipts at different grain
centers, the cereal has enjoyed a bullish

week, prices having advanced over three
ccnts during the period. The crop is
suffering for lack of moisture over a

wide area and already growers are of the
opinion that permanent damage has been
done in many sections. This condition
has urged many liouSes to take hold of
the deal, while the current demand is
good and absorbs the receipts readily at
nearly all times. One year ago the sell-
ing price for standard oats on this mar-
ket was 55%c per bu. Quotations for the
past week are as follows:

No. 8

Standard. White.

Thursday ....... 411/; 401/2

Friday ....... .........
Saturday ......... ....... . 43 42

Monday ...... . . . . ..... ,. . . 441/2 43 1/2

Tuesday ..... 441,-; 431,4,

\Vednesday ~. . .. ........ 441/2 431/3

Chicago, (June 17).——N0. 2 oats, 409461)
41c; standard, 4215613143140; July, 417/8c;
Sept, 42c per bu.

Beans.—Thc nominal prices for beans
at Detroit are the same as those publish-
ed a week ago. For prompt and .Iune
shipment the figures are $2.05 per bu.
and for August. $2.10. There appears to
be an abundant supply of beans. while
the demand is light.

Chicago, (June 17).—No changes have
been made in bean quotations at this
point and conditions appear to be the
same as those prevailing for several
weeks paSt. Pea beans, hand-picked, are

quoted at $2.35; choice, 2.50; prime,
$2.20; red kidneys, .‘2; white kidneys,

$2.50 per bu.

Rye—There is a fair demand for this
cereal on the Detroit market while of-
ferings are light. The price remains the
same as a week ago. No. 2 rye being
quoted at 640 per bu. The Chicago price
has improved slightly during the week,
now being 61c for cash No. 2.

Barley.—Practically no change is made
in quotations for this grain. At Chicago
the range is from 50@65c per bu. and at
Milwaukee 58@68c per bu.

Clover Seed.—B0th common and alsike
seed have improved in price at Toledo
during the week. October is now quoted
at $8.30, which is a 50c advance, and
December at $8.25. October and De-
cember alsike are 5c higher and are
quoted at $9.30 per bu.

Timothy Seed.—At Toledo prime cash
timothv seed advanced about 18c during

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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-
lb. 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.-—Market rules easy at unchanged

prices. Carlots on the track at Detroit
are: No. 1 timothy, $14.506Dl5; No. 2,
$126013; light mixed, $13.506014; N0. 1

mixed, $12@13 per ton.

Chicago—The trade is
week's reduced values. Choice tim-
othy, $16@16.50 per ton; No. 1, $1461)
15; No. 2, $126013; N0. 3 and clover mix-
ed, $7@11; clover, $861312; alfalfa, choice,
$166017; do. No. 1, $14@15; do. No. 2, $11
@13 per ton.

Straw.-—Steady. Carlot prices on wheat
and oat straw 0n Detroit market are $8
8.50 per ton, rye straw, $961110 per ton.

Chicago—Higher and firm. Rye straw
$9.5061310; oat, $7627.50; wheat, $650607
per ton.

DAIRY A‘NB—POU LTRY PRODUCTS.

Butter.——There has been little change
in butter since this time last week. El-
gin advanced on Monday but the local
market is steady with former quotations
ruling. Detroit jobbing prices as follows:
Fancy creamery, 271/2c; firsts, 26c; dairy,
22c; packing stock, 200 per lb.

Elgin.—Market steady at 28c.

Chicago—No change in this market
except in packing stock which is lower.
Quotations are: Extra creamery, 271/20;
extra firsts, 261/2c; firsts, 251/;c; seconds.
25c; dairy extras, 26c; firsts, 24c; sec-
onds, 22c; packing stock, 12611210 as to
quality.

New York—Firm and unchanged. Quo-
tations; Creamery extras, 286112814c; firsts
271/261127%c; seconds, 2661.270; state dairy,
finest, 2761271/20; good to prime. 26612715;
common to fair, 2461/251/20; packing, 206i)
211/2c as to quality.

Eggs.—The egg market in general is
steady under heavy receipts. Local quo-
tations show no change, current offer-
ings, candled, being quoted at 18940 per
dozen.

Chicago—Good grades steady at prac-
tically unchanged figures. Miscellaneous
receipts, cases included, are quoted at
161/2611171/50; (10,, cases returned, 1661.17c;
ordinary firsts, 1713:“); firsts, 18c; storage
packed, fii'stS, 22c per dozen.

New York—Steady and unchanged.
Fresh gathered extras, 2261123c; western
gathered, whites, 20612.3(? per dozen.

Poultry.—--()i‘ferings in the local market
fairly liberal this week with sales large-
ly at last week's figures, ducks alone be-
ing quoted lower. Quotations are: Live.
—Broilers, 27611‘28c; hens. 176i1171/20; N0.
2 hens, 12611130; old roosters, 1160120; tur-
keys, 1761180; geese, 12@13c; ducks, 1561)
16c per lb. ‘

Chicago.—Spring chickens.
geese lower, while turkeys are
higher. Quotations on live are:
good weight, 156117c; others. 10c; fowls,
good, 16c; spring chickens, 2310240: ducks.
12617121,,éc; geese, 961'91/zc; guinea hens, $4
per dozen.

Cheese—Steady. “'holesale lots. Mich-

easy at last

ducks and
quoted

igan flats, new, 13%6Pl4c; old, 161/:
61170; New York flats, new, 141/_.@l5c;
Old. 17611171,!ch brick cream, 146pl4%c;
limburger. 186fl9c.

Veal.—Fancy quoted 1/gc higher. Fancy
1.3%6r14c; common, 106111c.

Chicago—Fair to choice, 80@110-lbs.,
1360140; extra fancy stock, 14%c; fair to
good chunky, 121,4361130.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

 

 

 

 

Apples—Supplies are scarce and values
are firm. Detroit quotations are: Fancy,
$4615: ordinary, $3604 per bbl.

Raspberries.—~Rcd, $475615 per 24-pint
case.

Strawberries. Recent frosts have dam-
aged the crop and prices are higher and
firm with average stock going at $46?4.50
per bushel. The prospects are that this
fruit will not be very low during the
season.

Potatoes—The decline in potato values
has been quite as sensational as the re-
cent advance. Prices are now lower than
they have been at any time this spring.
Michigan stock now selling at 256300
per bu. in car lots.

Chicago—Potatoes were sold in this
city at less than 20c per bushel the past
week. The low values have moved many
of the spuds, thus helping the. situation
to clear up a little which it has done.
The regular sales now rule. from 2061250
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WOOL.

 

Boston—The sales of wool to manu-
facturers have considerably increased dur-
ing the past week. although the volume
of the. business is yet too small to allow
any general conclusions with regard to
the trend of the market at the present
time. There appears however, to be an
impression among dealers that the situ-
ation has slightly improved from the sell-
ers’ standpoint largely because these
manufacturers are taking hold of the
trade more freely. Prices have not chang-
ed sufficiently to note. Dealers in the
fleece states. which includes Michigan.
are paying producers from 18@20c for
medium wools. Sales in Boston since
January 1 have aggregated 20.419.300 lbs.
of domestic wool and 7.997.000 lbs. of
foreign wool, Or a total of 28,416,300 lbs,

Turkeys.

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ponding period last year.

 

GRAND RAPI DS-

Of the 300 loads of farm and garden
produce and fruit offered on the city
market Tuesday morning there were not
to exceed 70 loads of strawberries and
the fruit went readily at $1.75@2.50 per
crate. The berry crop in this section is
Very light on account of frosts and dry

 

weather. Cherries are just beginning to
come in, with about 25 crates in sight
Tuesday, which sold for $2.25. First

home-grown peas of the season sold for
$3 per bushel. The few old potatoes
brought on the market brought 356D40c.
Asparagus sold at ’80c@$1; spinach at
50c. Two local hucksters were suspended
and ‘denied market privileges for buying
and reselling on the market. a violation
of the rules. Old hay is higher, selling
from $126315. The new crop of hay will
be very light here. Eggs are worth 170;
dairy butter 22c.

DETROIT RETAIL QUOTATIONS.

 

Eastern Market.—There was a good
market on Tuesday, considering the sea-
son. V‘i'hile supplies did not cover a
wide range of varieties they were offered
liberally but to a comparatively large
buying audience. Lettuce was retailing
at 60c per basket; carrots at 20@25c per
dozen bnches: beets. 30@35c per dozen
bunches; asparagus. $1 per dozen. Straw-
berries of fair quality were offered freely
at $3.75 per 24-qt. case. Potatoes, 550
per bu. for best grades. Loose hay $13
6016 per ton.

THE LIVE STOCKI MARKETS.
Buffalo.
June 16, 1913.
(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo. New York).

Receipts of stock here today as fellows:
Cattle. 155 cars; hogs, 100 double decks;
sheep and lambs, 30 double decks; calves
1600 head.

\Vith 155 cars of cattle on our market
here today, and 18000 reported in Chica-
go, all cattle weighing from 1200 up sold
from 256140c per cwt. higher than last
Monday. and in some instances where
the cattle showed prime quality 50c per
cwt higher. .\11 dry-fed butcher stuff
sold strong 1561>25c per cwt. higher. and
in some instances 35c higher. Quite a
number of grassy cattle showing up;
while they showed some advance over
last week, there is a wide range between
them and the dry—fed kinds, and we are
looking for them to sell lower from now
on unless extra good and fat. Sto-ckers
and feeders and cow stuff sold just about
steady with last week’s prices. At the
close of the market, everything was Sold
and the market closed strong.

\\'e quote: Best 1300 to 1500-lb. steers,
$875639; good to prime 1200 to 1300-lb.
steers, $8.50618.75; good to prime 1100 to
1200-lb. steers, $8.25618.50: coarse and
plain weighty steers, $7.5061‘8.15; good to

choice handy steers. $8.25618.40: medium
butcher steers, $8618.25; light common

butcher steers and heifers, $750608; best
fat cows, $6.50616.75; good butcher cows,
$5.756ii6.25; light do.. $5.25615.75; trim—
mers, $461425; best fat heifers, $750618;
medium butcher heifers, $7.506117.75;light

and common heifers, $6,506,675; stock
heifers, $5.756?6.25; best feeding steers,
dehorncd, $7.50617.65; light and common
stockers. $650607; prime heavy bulls,
$7.25617.50: best butcher bulls, $650657;

bologna bulls. $6616.50; stock bulls, $5.50
6116; best milkers and springers, $756090;
common kind do.. $506LGO.

Receipts today about like last Monday
——100 double decks. Market was but lit-
tle changed from the close of Saturday;
bulk of the mixed and medium grades
selling for $9.15, with-a few lights and
closely sorted lots at $9.20619.25; roughs,
$7.5061‘8;stags,$6.506117.25. ’l‘rade closed a
little slow and late sales were a little bit
lower than the opening.

The sheep and lamb market was active
today, but prices about a quarter lower
than the close of last week: most of the

choice handy yearling lambs selling at
$7,406,117.60: spring lambs, $850619; best
wetliers. $5.7561‘6:; ewes, $425615, owing

to weight and quality. Look for about
steady prices the balance of the week.
\Ve quote: Choice spring lambs. $8.50
619; cull to fair do.. $6618: yearlinglambs
$7.2561.7.60; bucks. $36M: wethers, $575617
6; handy ewes. $475615: heavy ewes. $460

4.25; cull sheep. $36,174; veals, choice to
extra, $1061?10.50: fair to good, $76110;
heavy calves, $4.506? 6. “’e advise cau-

tion buying heavy calves. buyers discrim-
inating against that kind.
Chicago.
June 16. 1913.

. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Received today ...... 18,000 45.000 23.000
Same day last year..22.543 45,375 16.454
Received last week..41.950148.170 90.127
Same week last year.34,193 152.956 86.134

This is a. notable Monday in the hog
market as. according to all accounts.
more dead hogs were taken from the
stock trains arriving here than ever be-
fore, great numbers succumbing to the
extremely hot weather. Some of the cars
contained from 45 to 60 dead hogs, and
losses were enormous. Hogs were in
much poorer demand than usual. largely
because'of the extreme heat, many hogs
dying after being unloaded. and prices
were 5@10c lower. with the poorest to
the best going at $8.256r'8.90, with the ex-
ception of a ’car of hogs taken at the
opening at $8.95. The hogs received last
week averaged 248 lbs., against 244 lbs.
a week earlier, 236 lbs. one year ago. 238
lbs. two years ago and 242 lbs. three
years ago. Cattle are active. with amod-
erate Monday run. and prices are firm
to a dime higher, butcher stock being the
most active. Packers had 1000 Kentucky

- TUNE 21, 1913.~ ‘

distillery cattle consigned to main di-
rect. With large sheep and lamb receipts
at other western and eastern markets,
demand here was very poor, and prices
Were mostly 500 lower, although some
sales were called not more than 25c low-
er. The best spring lambs sold at $8, and
up to a late hour' no fed lambs had gone
higher than $7.50. Omaha received the
first shipment of Idaho range lambs, and
a railroad feeding station- near Chicago
received about 5,000 Washington year-
lings. ; fl

Cattle have undergone wonderful and
unexpected changes of late, the former
dullness and weakness in prices giving
place to active general buying and fre-
(1uent advances, until desirable kinds are
on a materially higher basis. Last week

witnessed the best market seen in a.
considerable period, with $9 paid for
prime heavy beeves, as well as for

choice. yearlings, for the first time since
the middle of May. By the middle of
the Week beef steers Were selling chiefly
at $7.90@8.75, the best class of heavy
steers selling at $875609, while the com~
moner offerings of light steers brought
$750658, a few scattered sales at $7.10
and over cutting no particular figure.
Fair to middling steers brought $8.10 and
over, with sales of good steers at $8.40
608.65, common to prime yearlings going
at $750609. Butchering COWS and heifers
were in lively request and participated
in the upward movement, selling at $5.10
6118.65, while the cutters biought $450605,
canners $3.5061J‘4.~i5 and bulls $5.606’117.75,
There was no break in the demand for
stockers and feeders, but advancing
prices resulting from limited offerings of
desirable kinds and competition for the
better class of heavy feeders from pack-
ers resulted in curtailing transactions a
good deal. Stock steers brought $635611
8, while feeders carrying much weight
sold for $7.35@8.15, and tnere were a few
sales of prime yearling feeders that av-
eraged from 615 to 772 lbs. at $8.25. Sales
of stock cows were made at 3552565625,
and as many feeding heifers as could be
purchased were taken at $6607.15. Light
stock steers that sold at $7.50 were only
fair in quality. Calves brought $550657
for the cheaper class of heavy ones, while
the better class of light vealers sold at
$9.506rlO.75. Milch cows sold fairly at
$50611100 per head. and prime Holsteins
were scarce and worth up to $125. The
week's advance in cattle of various kinds
was 156135(:, with sales of plain to good
lots largely 4061 50c higher than a fort-
night earlier. '

Hogs, like cattle, have changed re-
markably in the way they sell, former
deprerion having given way to brisk
general buying and frequent good ad-
vances in prices. The demand has‘sliown
improvement so far as the best hogs
weighing arOund 200 le. are concerned,
and these have been selling at top prices,
averaging higher than prime lighter
weights, although the call for the latter
was good also. The spread in prices was
very wide and promises to be even
greater with increasing offerings of big,
fattened, heavy, lard sOWs as the sum—
mer advances. Hogs are selling far high—
er than in past years at this season, 1910
excepted, and stockmcn who own heal-
thy young hogs should make them prime
before marketing. as every one will be
needed. The greatly depleted stocks of
provisions in western packing centers is
a powerful bull argument for both hogs
and products, and there is all the time a
very large call for hogs of the lighter
weights, as well as for pigs, for the
fresh pork trade. l‘rime hogs have sold
at $9 for the first time since- April. with
closing sales of rough heavy packing
hogs at $8.356ii8.45 and the better class
of medium weights at $8.906D8.95, light
hogs bringing $8.656}8.85. Prices closed
on Saturday 2561300 higher than a week
earlier. pigs bringing $6.756})8.45 and
throwout packing sows $7.95@8.35. Boars
brought $46,175.

The main feature of the sheep and
lamb market last week was the greatly
increased supplies of spring lambs con-
Signed direct from Louisville to the big
Chicago packing plants, removing that
much demand for offerings on the open
Chic-ago market. However, much smaller
receipts than a Week earlier made a much
better Show for sellers. and good ad—
vances brought out larger supplies later,
but too many of these comprised poorly
fattencd stOck that was discriminated
against by killers. More spring lambs
are expectI-d in the near future. and
ldaho will soon begin shipping its lamb
crop. Spring lambs closed Saturday at
35550608510 per 100 lbs., while fed clipped
flocks sold as follows: Lambs. $5.256128;
yearlings, $6606.50; wethers, $4.856i)6.25;
ewes, $3.256’115.60; bucks, $4604.25. "

. I‘lorses were in fairly large supply and
in quite ~1noderate general demand last
week, with scarcely any outlet for un—
desira‘ble ones. even at shaded prices. In
the auctions the most active sellers are
good 1400 to l500—lb. horses. The cheap—
or class of thin animals are quoted at $85
60120 per head, while few of the best
class of heavy drafters that sell for $300
617350 are. i'iffci'ed. Farm horses are large-
ly nominal at 1512565225, while medium
gé‘éide idrafters are fairly active at 318561)

w .n good ones selli . ‘

and $300. , ng between $240

The recent course of the hog market
was an agreeable surprise to stockfeed~
ers after the previous bad breaks in
prices, an excellent demand in the Chi-
cago stock yards bringing about good ad-
vances. On some days a falling off in
average quality of the hogs was observ-
ed, and slaughterers found so compara—
tively few strictly prime lots of the light-
er and medium weights that they paid
an increased premium in order to fill
their buying orders. It will not be long
before the run of big, fat, heavy lard

 

sows will be on. and by that time a
large spreading out in prices between
these and the better class of bacon hogs
may be expected. ‘

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Thursday's Market.
June 12, 1913.
Cattle.

Receipts, 1162. Market active at Tues-
day's and last week's prices.

We quote: Best dry-fed steers and
heifers, $8@8.25; steers and heifers, 1000
to 1200, $7.90@8.15; do. 800 to 1000, $7.50
@8; grass steers and heifers that are fat
800 to 1000, $6.75@7.50; do. 500 to 700, $6
$6.75; choice fat cows, $6.50@6.75; good
do., $5.75@6.25; common cows, $5@5.50;
canners, $4@4.50; choice heavy bulls, $6.50
@7; fair to good bolognas, bulls. $6@6.50;
stock bulls, $5.50@6; choice feeding steers,
800 to 1000, $7@7.70; fair do., 800 to 1000.
'$6.50@6.75; choice stockers, 500 to 700,
$6.50@7; fair (10., 500 to 700. $6@6.25;
stock heifers, $5.50@6; milkers.~ large,
young, medlu‘m age, $.60@75; common (10.,
$30@40.

Roe Com. Co, Sold Mich. B. Co._22
steers av 1140 at $8.15. 1 bull weighing
1370 at $7: to Parker, TV. & Co. 39 steers
av 1120 at $8.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 3
bulls av 1023 at $6.60, 2 do av 785 at
$6.30, 2 cows av 1000 at $5.75; to Bray 2
do av 945 at $5.25, 1 do weighing 930 at
$5, 3 stockers av 460 at $5.50. 1 steer
weighing 1000 at $6.60. 3 canners av 690
at $4.75; to Mich. B. Co. 1 bull weighing
970 at $6.25; to Newton B. Co. 2 heifers
av 485 at $6.25, 13 butchers av 662 at
$5.50, 12 do av 720 at $6.75; to Kamman
B, Co. 17 do av 865 at $7.25. 9 do av 964
at $7.60, 3 cows av 1007 at $6.50; to Wy-
ness 2 canners av 760 at $3.75; to Brei-
tenbeck 6 cows av 983 at $6, 2 do av
1055 at $5, 12 steers av ’812 at $7.65; to
Kamman B. Co. 17 do av 891 at $7.50; to
Hammond, S. & Co. 11 do av 1173 at $8;
to Parker, W. & Co, 28 do av 970 at $8;
to Grant 6 cows av 960 at $6.10, 2 do av
955 at $4.50; to Sullivan P. CO. 2 steers
av 1240 at $8.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 3 cows av 953 at $5.75, 1 bull weigh-
ing 900 at $6.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 cow
weighing 920 at $6.25, 2 heifers av 705 'at
$6.85, 1 bull Weighing 990 at $6.50, 1 heif-
er weighing 700 at $6.85, 2 steers av 1020
at $7.60, 3 bulls and heifers av 883 at
$6.25; to Newton B. Co. 24 steers av 1266
at $7.90, 10 do av 1090 at $8.10; to Ander-
Son 2 bulls av 930 at $5.50, 3 cows av
853 at- $5.60, 2 do av 915 at $5.50; to Kam-
man B. Co. 14 steers av 1100 at $8; to
Mich. B. Co. 1 bull weighing 1500 at
$6.70, 1 do weighing 1490 at $6.75, 3 cows
av 900 at $5.50, 4 heifers av 665 at $6.50;
to Sullivan P. Co. 1 bull weighing 1210
at $6.50, 3 cows av 1100 at $6.60, 3 do av
1147 at $5.50, 1 steer weighing 910 at
$7.60, 4 cows and bulls av 1017 at $6.60,
1 bull weighing 1270 at $7, 1 do weighing
1510 at $6.75, 3 cowa av 1120 at $6.50, 5
do av 802 at $5; to Newton B. Co. 2 do
av 930 at $6.40, 1 do weighing 1210 at
$6.60; to Converse 2 do av 740 at $4.75;
to Hammond, S. & Co. 2 canners av
1000 at $4.50; to Breitenbeck 13 steers av
920 at $7.75, 1 heifer weighing 720 at
$6.75; to Anderson 12 cows av 982 at $5.75,
2 steers av 900 at $7.50; to Bresnahan 2
canners av 610 at $4.25, 2 heifers av 485
at $6; to Kamman B. CO. 4 steers av 875
at $7.75; to Mich. B. Co. 1 cow weighing
1080 at $6.

Haley & M. sold Snow 2 stockers av
590 at $7; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 butchers
av 935 at $6.25; to Newton B. Co. 3
steers av 763 at $7.25. 8 butchers av 807
at $7, 1 bull weighing 1640 at $6, 1 cow
weighing 770 at $4.25, 6 butchers av 800
at $7, 1 canner weighing 760 at $3.75; to
Bresnahan 7 heifers av 674 at $6.75, 3
bulls av 557 at $5.50: to Kull 4 steers av
760 at $7, 2 do av 825 at $6.10; to Mich.
B, Co. 2 bulls av 1150 at $6.75, 12 steers
av 1046 at $8; to Heinrich 5 do av 1024
at $7.75, 19 do av 846 at $7.85; to Selm-
man 13 do av 973 at $8; to Hooper 3
stockers av 523 at $6.50; to Mich. B. CO.
1 bull weighing 1150 at $6.50, 1 do weigh-
ing 730 at $6, 2 do av 1190 at $6.65; to
Snow 2 stockers av 625 at $6.50; to Hoop-
er 5 do av 446 at $5.50, 11 do av 415 at
$6; to Sullivan P. Co. 10 butchers av
1014 at $6.35. 1 steer weighing 1010 at
$7.75; to Bresnahan 8 butchers av 644

Spicer & R. sold Breltenbeck 1 cow
weighing 810 at’ $5.50, 1 do weighing 930
at $6.75, 6 butchers av 663 at $7, 2 do av
920 at $7.40; to Newton B. Co. 4 cows av
1030 at $6.25; to Mich. B. Co. 2 bulls av
825 at $6.50, 2 do av 1215 at $6.75, 4 do
av 732 at $6.40, 1 do weighing 1110 at
$6.75, 17 steers av 880 at $7.40; to Sulli-
van P. Co. 2 do av 915 at $7. 2 cows av
1060 at $5.50, 3 do av 960 at $6.50; to
Baldwin 2 stockers av 590 at $5.50; to
Willimore 2 cows av 765 at $5.25; to
Bresnahan 8 butchers av 466 at $5.50, 4
do av 700 at $6.70; to Snow 4 feeders av
837 at $7.25, 2 stockers av 705 at $6.90; to
Heinrich 10 butchers av 782 at $7.25; to
Hammond, S. & Co. 8 do av 485 at $6, 4
cows av 920 at $6, 2 steers av 045 at
$7.50, 10 do av 760 at $7.25: to Sullivan
P. Co. 6 cows av 1033 at $5.85, 12 do av

1102 at $6.35.
Mllch cows.

Bishop, B. 8:. H, sold Breamahan 3 cows
and calves at $225, 2 cows and one calf
g: £30,250cows 13nd lcalf at $325, 1 cow

, c was an caves
and calves at $100. at $110, 2 cows

Same sold Converse 2 cows and calves

at $120, 1 cow and calf at $45, 3 cows

THE MICHIGAN FARMER‘

3.111221} calves at $200, 2 cows and calves at
‘Same sold Hely one cow and calf at $48.
Veal Calves.

Receipts, 849. Market steady with Tues-
day; 25c higher than last week. Best,

$9.75@10.25; others, $5@9.50. -

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co. 6
av 150 at $10, 13 av 130 at $9.50, 4 av 155
at $10.25, 5 av 135 at $9; to Hammond, S.
& Co. 3 av 155 at $10, 7 av 165 at $10.50,
21 av 130 at $9.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 5 av
160 at $10, 4 av 155 at $9.50, 3 av 190 at
$7.50; to Nagle P. CO. 12 av 145 at $10.
17 av 145 at $10; to Thompson Bros. 5 av
120 at $8.50, 15 av 140 at $9.50; to Parker,
W. & Co. 46 av 135 at $9; to Hammond,
S. & Co. 5 av 150 at $10. 4 av 150 at‘ $8;
to Friedman 4 av 100 at $7, 3 av 115 at
$8.50; to Mich. B. Co. 8 av 155 at $10, 8
av 135 at $10, 18 av 140 at $10; to Apple-
baum 21 av 150 at $9.90, 26 av 155 at $10;
to Newton B. Co. 9 av 150 at $10; to Mc—
Guire 32 av 155 at $10.25; to Goose 16 av

150 at $10.
Sheep and Lambs. -

Receipts, 1779. Good lambs steady with
Tuesday; sheep 50c lower. Best dry-fed
lambs, $7@7.50; fair lambs, $6@6.50; light
to common lambs, $5@5.50; fair to good
sheep, $5@5.25; culls and common, $3.50@
4; spring lambs, $8@8.75.

Bishop, B. 8:. H. sold VVoss 15 spring
lambs av 60 at $8.50; to Hammond, S. &
Co. 9 sheep av 150 at $5.25, 12 do av 130
at $5.25, 6 av 115 at $5. 3 spring lambs
av 60 at $8.50, 12 sheep av 115 at $5, 4
do av 105 at $4; to Sullivan P. Co. 7
lambs av 100 at $6.75, 6 do av 90 at $6, 96
sheep av 70 at $5.50, 11 do av 80 at $4.50,
11 lambs av 50 at $7; to Parker, 11'. &
Co. 293 do av 73 at $7.25; to Harland 10
spring lambs av 48 at $8, 16 sheep av 100
at $4.75; to Hammond. S. & Co. 20 do
av 120 at $5, 6 do av 85 at $3.50, 21 do
av 115 at $5; to Harland 14 do av 105 at
$4.50; to Hayes 18 spring lambs av 55 at
$7, 7 do av 57 at $8; to Fitzpatrick 141
sheep av 83 at $5, 33 do av 105 at $5; to
Battkowsky 3 bucks av 180 at $4.50; to
Fitzpatrick Bros. 29 spring lambs av 58
at $8.50, 17 do av 55 at $8; to Youngs 10
do av 61 at $7, 41 do av 68 at $6.50.

Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 30 sheep
av 90 at $5, 5 do av 100 at $4, 41 do av
110 at $5, 11 do av 95 at $5, 15 spring
lambs av 55 at $8.

Smith sold Newton B. Co, 5 spring
lambs av 75 at $8.50, 15 do av 55 at $4.50.
Hogs.

Receipts, 4075. Market 5c higher than

on “'ednesday.

Range of prices: Light to good butch-
ers, $8.80; pigs. $8.80; light yorkers, $8.80;
sl'ags one-third off.

Bishop, B. & H, sold Parker, TV. & Co.
2600 av 180 at $8.80.

Haley & M. sold Hammond, S. & Co.
580 av 180 at $8.80.

Sundry shippers sold same 450 av 150
at $8.80. ,

Roe Corn. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 225
av 200 at $8.80.

Sundry shippers sold same 210 av 180
at $8.80.

Friday’s Market.
June 13, 1913.
Cattle.

Receipts this week, 1387; last week.
1031. Market steady. Best dry-fed steers
and heifers, $8@8.25; steers and heifers,
1000 to 1200, $7.90@8.15; do. 800 to 1000.
$7.50@8; grasa steers and heifers that are
fat, 800 to 1000. $6.75@7.50: do. 500 to 700
$6@6.75; choice fat cows, $6.50@6.75; good
do., $5.75@6.25; common (10., $5@5.50;
canners, “@450; choice heavy bulls. $6.50
@7; fair to good bologna bulls. $6616.50;
stock bulls, $5.50fi6; choice feeding steers
800 to 1000, $7637.50; fair do” 800 to 1000,
$6.50@7; choice stockers, 500 to 700, $6.50
@7; fair stockers, 500 to 700, $6@6.25;
stock heifers, $5.50@6; milkers, large,
yOung, medium age. $60@75; common
mllkers, $30@40.

Veal Calves.

Receipts this week, 1128; last week.
1405. Market strong. Best, $10@10.50;
others, $7@9.50.

Sheep and Lambs. -

Receipts this week, 2616; last week,
2323. Market dull at Thursday's close.
Common spring lambs and fat sheep very
dull. Best lambs. $7.25@7.40; fair to good
lambs. $5.50@6; light to common lambs,
346115.25; fair to good sheep, $4@5; culls
and common, $250623.

Hogs.

Receipts this week, 6162: last week,
7057. Market 5c higher. Light to good
butchers. $8.85: pigs, $8.85; light yorkerS.
$8.85; stags one-third of. _

The Chicago and other prominent‘ sheep
markets of the country are receiving large
supplies of grassy stock, the demand for
which is extremely poor, and slaughter-ere
purchase these flocks under protest, in-
sisting upon and receiving liberal conces-
sions in prices. Sheepmen who pursue
this policy are making a serious mistake,

 

 

 

for they are'cheating themselves out: of,

good profits that they might derive by
holding on until these grassy muttons be-
came properly matured. Inferior mutton
is a menace to the mutton consumption,
since it cauSes buyers in the retail mar-
kets to fight shy of mutton after having
poor stuff worked off on- them a few
times. The Chicago market has been
getting its sheep and lamb supplies re-
cently largely from the surrounding coun-
try, and probably 50 per cent of its re-
ceipts have come from home territory.
the stock from feeding barns being far
better as a rule than the country fed
stock, which was very apt to be grassy
and only half fat. The packers are re—
ceiving southern spring lambs from Louis-
ville in increasing numbers. but the early
supplies have been much under expecta-
tions. Heavy fed lambs, as well as heaVy
yearlin-gs are bad sellers, and heavy na-
tive ewes have in recent weeks undergone
a slaughtering of prices.

Owing to belated grass early lambs in
Idaho and other parts of the northwest
have done poorly, many dying. Raising
lambs on grass is not a. success, milk be-
ing needed.

CROP AND MARKET NOTEs.

 

Lapeer 00, .June 14.—The frost of the
first of the week that did. considerable
damage to gardenS, early potatoes, oats.
and some early beans, was followed by
a temperature of' 90 degrees yesterday
and today. Wheat and rye look good,
but the acreage is small. There will be
about the usual amount of beans and
potatoes planted. Alsike and timothy
very short. Alfalfa was badly damaged
by the ice storm the last of March. Fat
cattle and hogs scarce and high. Spring
pigs are in good demand.

Genesee Co., June 12.—Cold weather is
retarding the growth of field crops, Frost
as late as June 10 have nipped tender
plants, including early potatoes and corn.
Some gardens have suffered severely from
this cause. Some hay is being marketed
but the bulk of Genesee’s crop has been
sold earlierin the season. It brings
about $12. Old potatoes are mostly out
of producers’ hands. What remain are
slowly moving at 40@50c per bushel.
Dairy products are keeping up well.
Dairy butter brings 30c, and scarce. Veal
is not over plentiful on the local market
and commands 12c wholesale. Poultry
retails at 20c and eggs at the same
figure.

Emmet Co., June 10.—The weather for
May was all that could be desired, so far
as facilitating the progress of farm work,
just about enough precipitation to main-
tain an equablc supply of soil moisture,
but the temperature was too low to pro-
mote the germination and growth of
spring sown grain. Potatoes planted four
weeks ago are just appearing above the
ground. Corn is slow in germinating, in
fact. all kinds of vegetation is making
growth slowly. In spite of the numerous
frosts, cherries and plums have set a
satisfactory quantity of fruit, and apple
orchards are full of bloom. Quite a little
interest is being manifested in alfalfa
growing. Rain is now needed.

Kalkaska Co., June 12.—Conditions have
been very unfavorable all spring, quite
heavy frosts occurring frequently. \\'e
are very much in need of a good warm
rain. The hay crop will be short. Corn
just beginning to show in the row. Pm
izitoes about all planted, early planting
coming up. Fall grain looking fairly
well. Quite a number of horses have
died and the price is almost prohibitive.

New York. .

Niagara Co., June 12.‘Continued cool
weather with cold nights‘. A scarcity of
peaches and apples is predicted owing to
Weather. There were lots of blossoms
but few set. Berries Seem promising
now. Tomatoes have been touched by
frost. Several new state roads are under
construction. Beans are selling at $1.95
per bu; corn, 70c; wheat, $1; bran, $23
a ton; middlings, $27; calves, 9c; hogs,
8c per

Ohio.

Carroll Co., June 13.—YVe had several
frosts this week which hurt some of the
corn. The strawberry crop is rather
light this year. Barley is growing fine.
XVe need some rain now, as everything
is getting very dry. The hay crop will
be light. theat, $1.05; oats, 42c; com.
650; butter, 26c; eggs. 16c. Nearly all
the sheep are shorn, but no wool sold yet.

Hardin 00., June 16.——Corn planting has
lasted well this spring; some still plant-
ing the 12th of June, yet I think the
corn is making slow progress. W'heat is
in the ground, too, and a good many
poor stands of corn, too. Clover is going
to make a good crop, the best in several
years. theat and rye have come out
wonderfully and will make a fair crop.
“'e had some frost here a week ago and
froze some corn and potatoes, but think
they will come out all right. Butter, 18c;
eggs, 170.

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In a short time the crop of southern
spring lambs grown in Kentucky and
Tennessee will be moving in steadily in-
creasing numbers to northern markets.
Louisville is always the great primary re—
ceiving market, and the Chicago pack-
ers every year station their buyers there
for the purpose of purchasing large num-
bers of the lambs for shipment to their
packing plants. This means the elimina-
tion of middlemen to some extent, and it
always acts against the interests of oth-
er slieepmen who are in the habit of
having consignments of lambs on the
Chicago market at that time of the year.

Recently J. F. Miller. of Atlanta, Mo.,
marketed 20 head of steers that averaged
1,139 lbs. at $9 per 100 lbs. in Chicago.
They were grade Herefords coming two-
year-olds, having been purchased last
July in Omaha. They were fed for about
10 months, running on grass for the
grazing period and fed out on car com
and cottonseed meal, with plenty of tim-
othy hay. The cattle made a highly sat-
isfactory gain and made a good profit for
the owner.

The average quality of the hogs now
being marketed in Chicago and other
packing points is extremely good, and the
great bulk of the offerings sell within a
narrow range, going near top quotations
daily. The packers are exercising in-
creased discrimination. however, and in
many instances they insist upon having
the rough, heavy sows thrown out of the
cars before buying the remainder of the
hogs. Packers have no reason to com-
plain about the high prices they are forc-
ed to pay fer hogs, as their profits in re-
cent weeks have been running as high as
from $1 to $2 per hog.

Reports come from the western central
portion of Indiana that there is a normal
supply of cattle on feed. Some of them
are ready for marketing now, and others
will be shipped from this time up to the
last of August. Fat hogs are rather
scarce. and the pig crop is below an av-
erage, cholera having destroyed many
herds of hogs last fall, while many stock—
men had hard luck with.their spring lit-
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keted. Stock farmers are looking at stock
cattle prices with wistful eyes and are
disposed to wait in hopes of lower prices
later on.

Muddy feed lots are held in great meas-
ure responsible for recent excessive re-
ceipts in the Chicago market of poorly
finished cattle, and as they were wholly
undesirable for slaughtering, while farm-
ers were only limited buyers of stockers
and feeders, the prices paid were ex-
tremely low in all cases. Farm work
has been exacting since real spring weath—
er set in and farmers have had little time
to devote to other matters. Besides, the
work of tariff revision by Congress has
helped to complicate the situation and to
deter purchases. It cannot be denied
furthermore that recent prices asked for
a high grade of cattle adapted for feed-
ing for the future market were relatively
much higher than the prices paid for
choice, finished. corn—fed steers, and con-
servative farmers have not 'thought it
prudent to take such chances. There are
always some who will try their luck, no
matter how high the price may be. but
of late the average buyer has preferred
to take chances on medium-priced feed-
ers or st0ck steers. There has been a.
large demand for well—bred heifers and
cows for feeding, farmers having made
good profits in this way for a long time
past, but very few are now offered on the
market. As it is, there are more than
there‘should be, for in such times as
these every good breeding heifer or cow
should he kept on the farm for breeding
purpOFeS. Fortunately, the number of
farmers who realize this fact is increas-
ing all the time, and from various parts
of the middle west and west there is a
constant call for female cattle, as well
as for high—grade bulls. To restore the
supply of beef' cattle of this country to
normal proportions Will requireyeam,

There is a large demand for choice ba-
con hogs in the markets of the country,
and it shows every promise of continuing
through June. Naturally, light-weight ba-
con hogs command a good premium at a
period when a season of great abundance
of low-priced feed tends to make owners
make most of their hogs fat and heavy.
As the summer advances light hogs are
likely to become much scarcer, particu-
larly by the time when the 01d sows that
have weaned their litters of pigs become
fat and ready to market. Lard hogs are
expected to become plentiful later on, as
is the yearly custom. and in all probabil-
ity light lots will bring a larger premium
than ever. A Chicago live stock paper
sayS: “As the summer works along feath-
erweights promise to be even more scarce
than at present and only slight increase
in eastern demand will make the hog

market a two-sided affair. By the time
the summer run of “grass widows" sets
in u dollar spread between prime light

and lard hogs is not improbable. Demand
for bacon is broad and insistent, as in-
diczitcd by activity on the part of small
houses which cure it. The present heavy
movement of eastern bugs will subside in
June—in fact, there is evidence of it in
increasing shipping demand now, and
speculation will get better action. There
is much difference of opinion in market
circles as to what June will develop, but
nine years out of ten the low spot is un-
covered between the 10th and 20m of
that month. There is some skepticism
that the rule will work this year, al-
though the trade knows of a lot of fat
hugs to come during the next 30 days."

Patrick Cudahy, of Milwaukee, the
widely known packer, is still a believer in
higher prices for provisions. He says the
cash trade is good, with a big export
business, and while hog receipts may be
liberal for a time, there will be a steady
outlet for the manufactured product at
good prices. He expects to see 'light
stocks by the first of next September.

Late reports from the region in South
Dakota west of the Missouri river state
that more cattle will be summered there
than for years, and their quality will be
excellent. Grass was never better. and
already fair numbers of young cattle are
being marketed. '

.lohn Kelley, of Illinois. appeared in the
Chicago stock yards recently with a car
load of hogs and two cars of cattle. He
reported a fairly large supply of matured
stock throughout central Illinois and did
not look for any improvement in either
cattle or hog prices in the near future.

The Chicago packers have advanced
rOund steaks two cents a p0und since the
first of January, raising the price to 13840,
while they have lowered the prices for
the best ribs of beef and the best loins.
This is explained by the general curtail-
ment in the demand for the higher priced
cuts of beef in the retail meat markets
because of their unusual dearness, while
the cheaper cuts are in much greater
relative demand. Best ribs wholesale for
16c per pound and best. loins for 18c, the
former being seven cents cheaper than
on January 1 and the latter eight and a
half cents lower. Meanwhile the retail
markets maintain prices where they were
at the beginning of the year. This tends
to lessen the consumption of beef mate-
rially, and to a great extent eggs are
eaten as substitutes, being low-priced.

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Developing 3 Co—op

CERTAIN community in a. small
A New England town has evolved a

scheme of co-operation which,
when fully developed, will, we have no
doubt, make it one of the most prosper-
ous in the country. As yet the system
planned is only partially in force but the
results have already been so obvious that
everyone is entuhsiastic to continue and
extend the system to other lines.
This- community is a collectiOn of 15 or
18 small farmers engaged in diversified
farming, situated some four miles from a.
thriving village. The village affords a
good general market but in the past much
of the produce used there has been ship-
ped in from some distance. As one of the
farmers stated, “\Vhile our fruits and
vegetables were rotting on the ground,
the same kinds of produce were brought
in on the trains to supply the demand.”
The idea of co-opcrution in marketing
was born in the brain of one of the farm-
ers’ wives. She talked the matter over
at the sewing circle, with the result that
u. “gcntleman‘s night" was arranged.
Meanwhile the husbands had been “up-
proache(” on the subject, so when the
meeting was called to order by the chair-
mnn of the board of selectmen, a mutual
bcnefit and co—operative Society was im—
mediately formed, with every farmer in
the community a member.

Dairying is Improved.

There was one man in the community
who sold milk in the village every day.
This man could handle more milk than
he could produce on his own farm, conse-
quently be readily ugrecd to take the milk
of his ncighbors’ herds and sell it in the
Village for 11 small commission. He in-
sistcd that cvcry quart he sold should
tcst up to a certziin standard, with the
l't‘Flllt that the milk busincss, from being
a side line of doubtful profit. has become
a thriving industry. He now handles ten
timcs us much as he formerly lmndled and
the commission he receives from his
neighbors enables him to hire help to
carry on the buFincss properly; while sev-
eral who formerly allowed much to go to
waste now rcccive considerable income
from the few cows they kccp. Another
result has bcen the introduction of better
blood through the co-operutive purchase
of a thoroughbrcd bull.

Fruit Growing Prospers.

One fruit grower in the community had
attempted to introduce modern mcthods
into his orchard. That is. he had pur—
chased a hand sprayer for his hundred
trees and was producing apples of much
better quality than his neighbors. This
matter was discussed at one of the meet-
ings, with the result that a power sprayer
was purchased. each member paying in
proportion to the number of trees he had
to spray. The men who (lid the work
were paid a regular daily wage. Approv-
ed methods of pruning and cultivation
wcrc discusscd in the meetings and now,
in only two seasons, every orchard in the
community Is in first—class condition. No
onc mcmbcr hud more than 100 trees, some
less than :30, and no individual could af-
l‘ord to purchuSc n powcr sprayer, but by
wise co-(nicration, the same cure the large
oichardisl givcs his trees were available
to the owner of 50. \V'hcre but one man
was producing fruit of good quality. 18
are now selling in the best markets”. This
one man. too, handles all the apples
grown. selling for the other members on
u commission basis. All are sold to the
retail trade of the nearby village and
top-notch prices arc the result. A year
or two ago the moot of the apples raised
were of such poor quality that there was
practically no market for them.
Vegetables Are Handled More Econom-

2,1

ically.
It was the practice formerly for each
farmer who raised vegetables to drive
into town two or three times a week

with a small loud and sell to the dealer
for any price offered. Now two men are
making a business of selling their own
and the products of their neighbors? gar-
dens. Nothing is sold to the stores. but
the better class of buyers in the village
look to these two men for their daily
supplies. ’l‘heir teams may be Seen al-
most daily throughout the year heavily
laden with vegetables, a large part of
which is handled on commission. Instead
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erativc Community.

men and four horses now do the same
work with much better results.

Last spring the matter of co-operation
in seed buying was brought up in one of
the meetings with the. result that each
one made out a list of his requirements.
Prices were obtained from several re—
liable growers and the seed finally pur-
chased at wholesale prices, making a con-
siderable saving to each member. An-
other item of saving was in the freight.
Fertilizers were purchased in the same
way. It is proposed to extend this mat-
ter of co-operative buying to embrace
feed for stock, many (if the groceries for
household use and may ultimately mean
the establishment of a co-operative store.

As yeti the plan is only fairly launched
but all are enthusiastic to extend it to
embrace many other lines of buying and
selling. One result has been to obtain
for the individual farmer almost all the
profits of his labor, instead of giving “the
lion’s share to the middleman. It has also
reduced the cost of marketing in certain
lines to a minimum and has raised the
standard of production to a considerably
higher level. Ultimately it will mean the
still further raising of these standards, if
the plan is continued.

Each member of the organization is an
experienced farmer and 'is vitally inter-
ested. There are no side“ issues, or out-
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JUNE 21, 1913.

deal with several at once than with one
at a time. In working tOgether in mar.-
keting a great deal will be learned as to
the needs of the market.

The fruit growers of the west, when
they began to co-operate in marketing,
soon learned the demand of the market
and sent out only the fruit that was up
to standard. In some cases where or-
chards had been planted to inferior vari-
eties the growers were compelled to de-
stroy them and put in varieties that were
up to standard. In this way a reputa-
tion was made for the locality. The same
can be done with potatoes, hogs, cream,
Or nny other product as well as with
fruit. ' . .

‘A start must be made. The way to
make the start is to begin working with
one or two neighbors. More will join
when they see you do something. When
Several small beginnings have been made
a large organization will be possible. The
small beginnings must come. first—and
don’t wait for the other fellow to start.
Do that yourself.

North Dakota.

MICHIGAN HAS THE PRODUCTS AND
THE MA‘RKETS.

W. C. PALMER.

The accompanying picture combination
“cherries and steamboats—holds out a
wonderful future for the great ”Wolverine
state. Thousands of acres of the former
in the upper end of the lower peninsula
are now being cultivated and in season
will be transported over a water route to
the great markets ,of the Great Lakes
without incurring a cent of expense for
refrigeration and at lower rates than
rail rates. Compare the promise with the
situation in which the far distant or-
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perity of Northwestern Michigan—Steam boats and Cherries.

bers from the main object. At each meet-
ing something is discussed which means
dollars and cents to the members. Some
such plan as this adopted in many com-
munities of small farmers would mean
better methods, more profits, and might,
perhaps, change the wail of so many that
"farming does not pay.”
New Hampshire. C. H. CIIESLEY.

 

BUYING AND SELLING.

The pchOn who lets the other fellow
not both the selling and buying price, is
nct getting his fair share. The farmer
is in Just about that kind of a fix. How
can it be remedied? Labor was in just
that fix until they organized. \Vhen or—
ganized in unions they could bargain as
to the thing they had to scll~their labor.
The farmers. will have to 'co-operate if
they want to have something to say in
fixing prices. The fruit growers of the
west have become prosperous through the
fact that they are organized. They no
longer put their wholc fruit crop on the
market the day it ripens and so glut the

mzlrket. They hold their fruit until the
market needs it. In this way they gct a
good price all the time. They do their

own selling so no one can manipulate the
market. .
Some seem to think that a. big organi—
zation is necessary. It is advantageous
but the beginning must needs be. small.
Three or four farmers can very well start

coooperating. Thcy can grow the sumc
kind of hogs and market together. They

can buy their groceries together from the
grocer. It will be worth the while of the
grocer, the hardware dealer, the machine
agent, the banker, to make some conces-
sions when dealing with several persons
at once, whether it be buying or selling.
Three or four working together can do
better than each one aIOne. It will be
cheaper for the business men in town to

markets are required to ship their pro-
duct in iced cars over a haul of two or
three thousand miles. It ought to be an
interesting picture to every citizen of the
big fruit raising state of Michigan.
Illinois. J. L. GRAFF.

 

THE SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION.

Had I the power to build an ideal rural
neighborhood I would place every man on
a good form. not too large, and on every
form I would put a good duiry herd. I
would induce them to build'a co-operative
creamcry, and form :1

brccdcls’ associa-

tion, and u cow testing association. In
every home I would have a good dairy
and farm paper. I would ask them to

come together twice each month in Some
sort of farm organization, to study their
business and its relation to life. \Vith
this good start they would build the
school and the church. They would place
in their homes those modern conven-
iences that make life easier for the fam-
ily, and would develop a love for the pure
and the beautiful in nature‘und art. Life
wmild mean vastly more to them than to
those who have never learned the mean-
ing or the worth of true co-operation. and
who, living for themselves, find the ob-
jects of their toil ever eluding their grasp.

Oceana Co.

The undertone of the Chicago hog mar—
kct in recent weeks has displayed unmis-
tukubly firm symptoms. and it is no long—
cr possible for anyone to doubt the anx-
iety of the packers to get hold of every
hog possible. The situation is such that
owners of thrifty. healthy young hogs
should use the utmost pains to finish
them off in first—class shape, as there is
every reason 'to expect continued high
prices for months to come. The stocks
of provisions in western warehouses are
still unusually low. and the work of re-
storing them to normal proportions has
been of the slowest, last month’s increase
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to ’our subscribers. Each communication
should state history and symptoms of the
case in full; also name and address of
writer.
Many queries are answered that apply to
the same ailments. If this column is
watched carefully you will probably. find
the desired informs/flan in a. reply that
has been made to someone else. When
reply by mail is requested, it becomes
private practice. and a fee of $1.00 must
accompany the letter.

Umbilical Tumor.——Have been a sub-
scriber to your paper about five years
and don‘t see how I Could get along With-
out it. Would be pleased to have you
inform me through the; veterinary column
what to do with bunch on the navel of a
two-year-old colt. I do not believe it a
rupture, for bunch is not soft and this
swelling has not always been quite as
large as it is now. G. M. P., Bear Lake,
Mich—You will obtain fairly good results
by applying one part iodine and eight
parts fresh lard every day or two. If it
is a case of hernia the bunch would be
soft and pressure would crowd sack into
abdomen.

‘ Contagious Abortion.—Have a cow that
has dropped her three calves, either the
seventh or eighth mouth of gestation—
has never gone full period. The calves
die. She is a thoroughbred Jersey and I
believe would be a good cow if she would
carry the calf full period. Is there any-
thing I can do for her? H. B., Berrien
Springs, Mich—Contagious abortion in
dairies is almost as serious an ailment
as tuberculosis. It is no easy task to
clean up a herd, for there is no certain
remedy. From now on your cow will
perhaps carry her calf full period. If she
has any vaginal discharge or even if she
has none, I advise you to inject her care-
fully with a tepid lotion made by dis-
solving 1 dr. permanganate potash in a
gallon of clean boiled water. She should
be treated every day for a few days‘,
then every tWo or three days, for not
less than three or four weeks. If you
keep other cows, mares, sows or eweS.
ydur stables should be thoroughly disin-
fected and cleansed; this, of course, yOu
understand how to do.’

Swollen Leg~—Pin Worms.———Some two
weeks ago my mare cut leg on barb wire;
I applied blister; since then leg swells
considerable. I have been afraid of this
leg remaining thick. I have also no-
ticed that she has a few pin worms. L.
A. (3., Shelby, Michs—You made a mistake
inapplying blister to wound. Dissolve 1
oz. acetate of lead, V2 02. carbolic acid
in a quart of water and apply to wound
and swollenleg two or three times a
day. Also give him a teaspoonful of
powdered nitrate of potash at a dose in
feed once or twice a day. He should
have daily exercise. Boil one pound of
quassia chips in a gallon of water for an
hour or two, then inject some of this tea
into bowel three times a week.

Lumbago.——I have a sow that was all
right until I weaned her pigs; since then
she wabbles behind and sometimes drags
her hind parts. C. E. D., Ashley, Mich.
——Feed less corn and if you feed her
grain glVe her a few oats, oil meal and
grass. Also give her one-sixtieth of a
grain of strychnlne and a teaspoonful of
cooking soda at a dose in feed three
times a day. Apply one part turpentine,
one part aqua ammonia and four parts
olive oil to back and hind quarters every
day or two;

Deafness..—-A gun was discharged by a
young man who was riding a horse and
since then the animal has been deaf. The
horse accidentally turned his head just
as vhe gun was fired: consequently the
explosion was very close to his ears. XV.
H. C., Grant, Mich—I am inclined to be—
lieve that your horse will always be deaf;
however, by dropping 30 or 40 drops of
olive oil into cars two or three times a.
week, his hearing might be partially re—
stored, but it is doubtful.

Swollen Glands—Incipient HeavesflAb-
mess—Have an elght-year-old more that
has a very bad cough, am inclined to
think she is coming down with heaves:
her glands are swollen some, has no nasal
discharge and is working every day. I
also have a turkey gobbler one year old
that has a soft bunch under wing which
is soft and flabby. Mrs. L. G., Attica,
Mich—Feed your mare no clover or
musty dry fodder; grain and grass is the
best feed f0r her. Give her a dessert-
spoonful of glyco-heroin (Smith) at a.
dose in feed three or four times a day.
Also give her a dessertspoonful of Fow-
ler’s solution at a dose two 0r three
times a day. Open abscess and allow its
contents to escape, then apply one part
bichloride of mercury and 1000 parts of
water twice a day.

Sprained Knee—I have a two-year-old
Shetland .pony that dislocated knee joint
which I have put back in place. but since
then he is very lame and dislikes to
move joint, but stands with considerable
weight on it. W. F.. Columbiaville, Mich.
~—Your nony sprained ligaments of knee.
but did not dislocate joint. Apply one
part iodine and ten parts fresh lard to
joint three times a week. You had bet-
ter turn him out to pasture nights and
cloudy days.

Leucorrhea.——Whenever my more i8
worked hard she has a heavy mucus do.
charge from vagina, but when rested
this discharge lessens. Would you advise
me to breed her? N. A. F., Paw Paw.
Mich—Your mare will not get with foal
until she is pretty much cured of leu-
cor-rhea. Give her a teaspoonful of pow_
dered sulphate of iron and a tablespoo"-
ful of baking soda at a dose in teed two

Initials only will be published.

,tine.

 
  

or-three ti es 9, day. ,Dissove 1, dr...of
p‘ermanga‘ te of potash 'in a gallon of
clean boiled water and inject her with
some of this lotion at tepid heat once a.
day. Remember it is easy to injure a
more while making these applications.

Septic Infection—Had a colt which was
foaled May 28, and died ten days later.
Twenty-four haurs after birth I noticed
colt breathing short and heart was best-
ing rapidly and he became weaker and
weaker until he died. Do you think death
resulted from a weak heart, or what was
the trouble? A. E. E., Romulus, Mich.—
I am inclined to belieVe that your colt
died from septic navel infection and per—
haps colt also had a. weak heart.

Injured Stine—One year ago my four-
year-old horse dislocated stifle; I put it
back in place; kept him in box stall for
several months and he seemed to re-
cover. Lately hc handles the leg much
like a horse that has stringhalt. H. G.,
Mariette, Mich—Apply one part turpen—
one part aqua ammonia and four
parts soap liniment to stifle once a day.

Bunch on Knee—A bunch appeared on
knee of horse last winter. is now the
size of a hen egg and has never produc-
ed lamenesg until lately. A. H. H..
Kingsley, Mich—Apply one part red io-
ide of mercury and eight parts lard to
bunch every few days.

Foot LamenesS.—I have a ten-year—old
horse that I have always owned that has
a soft bunch on top of Withers which Is
painless, but he shows a little lameness,
He is flat-footed in front, was lame sev-
eral months ago and is now inclined to
point foot and show a little lameness
E. L., Coleman, Mich.——Apply tincture of
iodine to bunch on withers daily. Also
apply one part red iodide of mercury and
ten parts cerate of cantharldes to cor-
cnet in front every five or six days. Dur-
ing hot weather it will help hlS feet to
stand in wet clay for two hours a dam.

Acidity of Stomach—My three-month-
old calves do not care to eat dry hay;
they seem to be fond of licking and
gnawing wood, are fed skim-milk and
prepared calf meal. I have not yet
turned them out to grass. A. G., For-
syth, Mich—Give your calves a teaspoon-
ful of baking soda with each dose of
skim-milk and feed them green grass or
fresh cut hay. inStead of dry fodder.

Septic Navel Infection—J have two
sows that were kept in clover and alfalfa
pasture all spring until within a week
of farrowing, then they were fed slop and
middlings. When the little pigs were
about five days old sores came on their
forelegs. then around eyes, ears and nose
and later spread all over thell‘ body.
TheSe pigs acted dumpish, shivered a
great deal, some of them died when eight
days old and others when 13. Iapplied
stock dip and have only four llvmg out
of 12. C. A. E., Morley. Mich.—~Wet pigs
with one part» bichloride mercury and
2000 parts clean tepid water two or three
times a day and keep the sow and little
pigs as clean as possible. You Should
have applied a healing remedy to .navels.
If they are yet sore apply b0rac1c acxd
twice a day.

Indigestion—I would like to know what
to give my cows to prevent them eating
wood and bones. G. H.’ DeW.. Zeeland,
Mich—Mix together equal parts gentlan,
baking soda and salt and give each one
of your cattle tw0 tablespoonfuls at a
dose in feed twice a day.

Scrotal Hernia—I have a colt a week
old today that is ruptured and the bunch
is in scrotum. Is there any cure for
this young colt? A. M., Kenton, ‘Mich.——
If your colt suffers no pain or inconven-
ience from this hernia. leave him. alone
until next November, then have him 0p-
erated on. He should be castrated at
same time that hernia] operation is per-
formed. Remember, 'he can be operated
on in five or three weeks, provided the
testicles are in scrotum.

XVeakness—Worms—Enlarged Glands——
Our elght-year-old mare has a good ap-
petite, eats plenty of food, but is in—
clined to tire in the middle of the after-
noon. ‘Ve have another horse with en-
larged glands. the result of distemper. J.
F., Lake City, Mich—Give 1 dr. ground
nux vomica and 1 dr. fluid extract digi-
talis at a dose in feed three_ times a dam.
YOu should avoid over-working her. Ap—
ply to enlarged glands one part iodine
and ten parts fresh lard every ten‘days.
Also give him 1 dr. potassium iodide at
a dOSe in feed twice a day.

Goitre.——0ur colt was born May 27. and
has under the skin on each side of its
throat a movable lump about the size of
a small hickory nut. What are they and
how should they be treated? R B., Har-
risvllle, Mich—Give colt 3 grs, potassium
iodide at a dose once or twice a day,
then the bunches will soon disappear.

COW Gives Stringy Milk—I have a nice
heifer'glvlns strinsv. lumpy milk and 1
would like to know what can be done to
improve the quality of the milk. W.
A. G., Lansing, Mich—A change of food
and water should be made, then you may
remove the cause. Give a teaspoonful of
powdered nitrate of potash in feed twice
a day and diSsolve 2 drs. of hypo—sulphit'e
of soda in a pint of water and inject some
through teat canal into udder twice a
day, after milking. ‘ .

Cow Gives Bloody Milk.——-I have a cow
that gives bloody milk: she came fresh
last October and is apparently in good
health. C. 0., Monroe, Mich—Your cow
has bruised her udder and will soon re—
cover lf she is milked carefully. Apply
one part tincture arnica and four parts
water to bruised udder twice daily.

Diseased Chickens—We have a pecu-
liar trouble 'among our chickens. the
first symptom noticed is a swelling on
right side over thigh and this swelling is
puffy, filled with air and soon spreads
over most of body. Whatever the all-
ment is, it runs its course rapidly for it
produces death in some cases in 24 hours.
These chickens are about six weeks old
incubator hatched. and have a large run.
I feed cracked corn and wheat screen-.
ings mixed. I haVe never had anything

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

like this ailment attack my chickens be—
fore and the hens are all healthy as far
as I can tell. Mrs. A. 8., Mt. Clemens,

.Mich.—You do not furnish me with suffi-

cient symptoms before and after death
in order to assist me in arriving at a
correct diagnosis. I suggest that you
clean and thoroughly disinfect their roost,
also feed them some ground ginger, gen—
tian, and bicarbonate of soda in their
feed two or three times a day. It is
possible that those which die have never
been perfectly healthy.

Sow Does Not Come in Heat—I have
been benefited greatly by what I have
read in veterinary department, and as I
have a sow that does not come in heat,
would like to have you tell me what to
do for her. F. J. M., Petersburg, Mich—-
Feed your sow plenty of grain and give
her small teaspoonful of powdered capsi-
cum and a dessertspoonful of whiskey at
a dose in feed two or three times a. day.

Registered Holstein

WANT To BUY heifer calves of cod

breeding. W. H. H. WERTZ. Wooster. 0 lo.

BIEEDEIS’ DIRECTORY.
CATTLE.

Aberdeen-An us.
.Herd, consisting of Trojan Ericss. B ackbirds and
Prides. onl . is headed by Egerton W. the GRAND
CHAMPIO bull at the State, West Michigan and
Bay City Fairs of 191?. and the sire of winners “these
Fairs and at E INTERNATIONAL, Chicago. of
1912. W00 STOCK FARM. Ionla. Mich.

GUERNSEY BULL CALVES,
YORKSHIRE PIGS. Good Stock.
IICIS Gurus" nan. Saginaw. w. s.. Mich.

GUERN SEYS—Rog. Tubercul‘i; ’It‘gsttladt‘ mirac-
not . .
J. K. BLATOHFORD, Aouditti'r'i‘un Toawei'YCilcsgoJclli.

I Have 2 Reg. Guernsey bulls left. Ready for service.
the very been breeding, cheap it taken soon. Guar-
antee satisfaction. John Ebola. R. 10, Holland. Mich.

HEREFORD BULLS F011 SALE “’0 ”'8'”

China Hogs.
ALLEN BROS.. Paw Paw. Mlchlggn.

HOICE Bull Calves from A. R. O. dams. Sired by
our hard sire whose dam and site's dam each made
over 30 lbs. in 7 days E R. Cornell, Howell. Mich.

H l t ' F ' '
A FEW CIOICB o 5 em [188"); Ball (Biggie

for Sale. A. . . .
GREGORY & BORDEN. Howell. Michigan.

OLSTEIN BULLS—well bred, at reasonable prices.
Barred Rock Chickens from 15 years breeding. Good
layers eggs 15 for $1. W. B. Jones. Oak Grove, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR Sale—Two reg. Holstein bull calves. 16; 7 months
old from good A.R.O. dams. Fine individuals. Price
reasonable. Floyd F. Jones, R. 3, Oak Grove, Mich.

“Top-Notch" Holsteins.

Choice bull calves from 2 to 8 mo. old, of fashion-
able breeding and from dams with oflicial milk
and butter records for sale at. reasonable prices.
MOPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Michigan.

Purebred Registered

HOLSTE IN CATTLE

The Greatest Dairy Breed
80nd [of FREE 111W Bookish
Holstein-Frisian. Auo.. Box [64. Brattlehoro.Vt.

 

 

Service Bulls and Bull Calves

mm by Johanna Corcordla champion,

whose site's dam and dam’s dam average 34.06
lbs. butter in 7 days. average fat 4.67 % Also cows
and heifers bred to him. I can oifer you bulls at
bargain prices. Try me and see. and do it quick.
L. E. CONNELL,
Fayette. - Ohio.

Bigelow’s Holstein Farms

Breedsvilla. Mich.
Have for sale several fine young
bulls out of cows with high official
butter and milk records.

Send for circular.

HOLSTEIN COWS FOR SALE

Brod to a bull that is more than a half b th 1'. th

310:5; “racer? crow Ben no Belle De Krgl. 6” on is
uni y or some one 1: st. ' '

stock at a moderate cost. 0 art m Registered
ED. 8. LEWIS. Marshall. Michigan.

THIS HOLSTEIN BULL

w red b best son of PONTIAC BUTTERBO .
Darn haao' dial record of 24 lbs. as4-yr.-old. 90 lbs. nigh
a day. Price 8100. C. D. WOODBURY, Lnnsing.Mich.

EGISTERED HOLSTEIN B H 2 '
R Grand Son-of Dekol 2nd. greenest 11:33:15: gidaiilbe
cows. Dun traces twice to Paul BeetaBekol. 104 A.B.O
daughters. $50dellvered. Hobart W. Fay.Mason.Mich.

lA'l'Cl IERD MLS'I‘EINS .3332?“ {123:

enable prices. HATCH HERD, Ypsilanti. Michigan.

HOLSTEIN BULLS.

 

 

 

 

 

StoBmonths old. 375 to 83(1). Don't bu until you
mt our pedigrees and rices. LON B '
FARMS. Augusta. mam (30.. MlclfAcn

 

BUTTER BRED JEfr‘SiEz‘éi’fii‘m
cnvsrlu. SPRING STOCK rAriM.
Silver Creek. Allegan County, Michigan.

Lillie Farmstead Jerseys
(Tuberculln tested. Guaranteed free from Tuber-
culosis.) Several good bulls and bull calves out of
good dairy cows for sale. No lemalea for sale at
present. Bat action anteeds

00 C. . (boner-ville. Inch.

F” sale—Registered J arse! Cattle. tuberculin teat-
cal

 

 

ed: bulls and bull calves: heifer dh if
Bogiator of Merit “a 00?T§ti§§
IRVIN FOX. Allegsn. Mich.

JERSEY 'HHBs-giving milk. Bullsold one for
shire use? A. amfilffnni'brimiiglfigsfi. it'll:

vea; eon wi
Association records.

 

 

 

 

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- SHEEP.

mum-Yearling and ram lambs from Oham ion
_ flock of harsh of Mich. Also select erk
slurs swine. Elmhurst Stool Farm. Almont. Mich.
'l‘ PAYSTO BUY $010qu sheep of PARSONS.
"The Sheep Man of the ." R. 1. Grand Ledge.
Mich. (Write for deseriptivelprice list.) I pay express
charges. Oxfords. Slump-hires. Bambonillet. Polled Delaiuo.

Hog. Mimi Sim . Pm Brod Poland China

HUGS and PEBCH 0N HORSES. 2% miles
E. Morrice. on G. T. B. B. and M. U. B. J.Q. A. 000K.

SHROPSHIRES Cd DUROCS

ROPE—EON FARM. Kinder-hook. Michigan.
HUGS.

' ' —A Desirable Bunch of flows of
our” & Victorias Either Breed due A til and Mg.
M. '1‘. Story. B. B. 48 Lowell, Mich. ity Phone .

BERKSHIRES‘M" .n. m... .m.
one t024mos. Register-
ed or eligible. served and ready for service. me
fine well bred youn boars ready for service.

F. D. a H. F. HO EY. Imlay City. Michigan.

' ' ' —-Best. breeding: bestty .
on“ ”ah". M3hm Satisfaction anarantd’gd
0! money ref ed. 0. 8. BARTLETT. Pontiac. Mich.

' --bred for July furrowingmlso aohoice
‘ hiding sow lot. 0t Sprin Pl for sale. Either
sex. A. A. PATI‘ULLO. R. 0.1 kerville.)flch.

o I 0 —Big growthy type. last fall elite and this

a 0. - spring farmw to 0381'. Very good stock.

Scott No. 1 head of herd. Farm )6 mile west of de 1:.
OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville. Mica?

0 l C 9s—A FEW BRED SOWS FOR
0 ' SEPTEMBER FARROW.
GEO. P. ANDREWS. Dansville. Inghsm 00.. Mich.

o, I. C. SWIN Write me for

rice on Spring
Pigs. pairs and trioa. not skin. ave a number
of servroe males of good ty

Write me describing
of your wants. A. J. GORD . R. No. 2Dorr. Mich.

 

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23 MONTHS OLD
" IONIA GIRL

I have started more breeders on the road to suc-
ooaathanany manliving. Ihavethel and flu-
est hard in the U. 8. Every one an early developer,
ready forthemarket at six months old. I want to _
filace one hog in each community to advertise my

erd. Write for my plan,“How to Make Money from
Hogs.” G. l. “Alumna-.10 Portland. Mich. 1,

 

 

o I c I —all sold. Orders booked for April
I I s and May plant the choicest breeding.
C. J. THOMPSON. Rockfordk Michigan

0 I C’s—Bred sows. March pigs pairs and
o 0 trios. Bufi' Rock Eggs 8150 per 15.
FRED NICKEL R. 1. Monroe, Michigan.

 

 

9 —All a co. growth and large. M l
0- I- C S ready. 00toselect rom. Attractive ricg:
on young stock. H. H. JUMP, Munlth, Mic .

 

o I 0 —March pigs ready to ship. the long
I I - growthy kind with plenty of bone. at
farmers prices. A. NEWMAN. R, 1. Mariette, Mich. '

lllllilC-.IERS|7.YS‘]L'SL.I i’iifr‘i’fi‘éifi‘i” $13;
all ages. SPECIAL BXBGAIN in summer pigs.
Brookwater Farm. R. F. D. No. 7. Ann Arbor, Mich.

 

 

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BUR“ JERSEY Sgring [pigs gifigs 101:1: (1)1153.
F. J. DRODT. B. No. 1. Monroe. Michigan.

 

slits for sale.

"HES All 80'.” Bi” DIE—F‘Rgfitfi” McNICOLL.

Station A. Bay City. Mich. Route 4. Box 81.

DUROC JERSEYS—BREE GILIS FOR SALE.

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan.

UROC JERSEY SPRING PIGS of either sex for
sale, Pairs not akin. also 2 Reg. Percheron mares.
2 years old. both greys, M. A. EBAY. Okemos. Mich.

-Bo
”LAND CHINAS motif Elfii‘imwfininfi‘l‘é‘e‘.’

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

Butler’s Big Bone Poland Chinas

We have a m nice fall boars, also some big sows
bred for fall farrow. Our hogs are all cholera proof.
J. C. BUTLER. Portland. Michigan.

at close prices. E 8

Big Im Pound shill! Hg: from big business B. .

Rocks. 81 per 15. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Mich.

—Largest in Michi an. Bred ‘
Lame I,” P. c- all sold, have scams good Seem:i
and Oct. pigs that. have sue, bone and quality. Write
your wants or come and see. Expenses paid if not as re-
presented. Freelivery. W.B. LivingstomPammMioh.

ram» cums—Placid; :l’ as. is:

P. 1). LONG. R. No. 8. Gran Rapids, Michigan.

P. C. MARS AND SOWS‘i?“1i§§2¥.§iS§d

A. A. woopason. Senna. Mic an.‘
BIG TYPE MULE FOOT HOGS—Al ages

350 sale. Prolific and Hardy, Bmtfliroed :3;
Michigan. J. DUNLAP. Williamsport. Ohio.

ABGE Yorkshirce—Choioe breedi took, ages,
L not skin. from State Fair prizg-‘w‘innersglPedi-
gree- fumlshed. W. 0. 000K. R. 42 Box ZAd; M‘ch.

CHESHIRE Swine-We have so ’ '
. pigs now ready for sale. Write 1'0;n (fingdfiiggna:
prices. OSTRAN DER BROS. Morley. Mich.

—-Yorhshlm boar '
5.8 RwfiékFullnssfli’m
Meadowland Farm. Ann Arbor. Michigan.

Lillie Farmstead YORKSHIHES

Spring bred gilta all sold. Gilts bred f0
furrow. Se tember pigs either sex. psi-gogdAum
not akin. (galor- booked for 8 ring pigs.

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CULTIVATING AND HARVESTING
ONIONS.

 

\\'ill you please tell me how to culti-t
vate onions. i. e., do you hill them up,
'work the earth away from the onions, or
do you keep the earth level? How do you
harvest them?

Ix'alkaska Co. I. D. \V.

To keep the soil of the onion field in
condition for the best development of the
onion plant requires exacting cultural
meihods. Because the crop is usually
grown on expensive land, where it is de-
sirabic and economical to place the rows
close. together, hand cultivation is gener-
ally followed instead of horse cultivation.
Then, too. the tendency of the roots of
this plant to grow near the surface of
the. ground necessitates that the cultural
tools will run shallow, which, too keep
the soil so it will acmnmmmlate the plants
with the maximum of moisture that falls
upon the land. demands that the cultiva-
tions be. frequent. Another condition, and
that the one specifically requested in I.
D, \V.'s inquiry, is that the soil should
be worked away from the plants under
most circumstances. Onions do best
where the bulbs can develop on top of
the soil. and wherever there-is a ten—
dency for them to grow beneath the sur-
face the, soil should be gradually worked
away so that the bulbs will develop above
the ground. Pulling the soil away should
start when the, bulbs begin developing. On
muck and alluvial soils the onions should
be. cultivated from eight to a dozen
times, depending upon the season, while
on sandy soil fewer cultivatings will do.

The. usual method of harvesting the
onion crop in the north may be briefly
stated as follows: After the plants are
matured. the tops and the outer skin are
dry. providing~ the season is such as to
allow them in get in such condition, they
are pulled. This is usually done by hand,
but in the chnt that they have grown
beneath the surface of the soil at one-
liorsc plow may be ur'cd to loosen them
after which men gather and throw them
into windrows by hand. In these wind-
‘i-owg they are allowed to remain for sev—
eral days, being stirred occasionally with
a common wooden rake to aid in curing.
\\'hen the. moisture has sufficiently evap-
or-at'cd the tops are removed by twisting,
or by cutting with an ordinary pair of
sheep shears, and the bulbs are put in
crates for drying. 'I‘hese. crates are fre-
quently left stacked up in the field for
some. time where the free circulation of
the air hastens the drying process', or
they may be taken to some. open shed and
piled so that numerous air spaces will
assist in bringing about the. same results.
\thn thoroughly cured they are sold. or
put‘ away in some dry storage place, with
a comparatively low temperature but with
provisiOn made to prevent freezing.

A TOMATO PATCH IN NORTHERN

MICHIGAN.

 

 

 

Setting tomato plants in the field was
completed May 30. There are something
over 3.000 plants, set in rows four feet
apart, with plants about 18 inches in the
should not consider it wise to
number of plants thus
early in the season, if the location had
not been sheltered from the wind, and
the plants thoroughly hardened; but, as
it is, the plants are entirely safe, unless
a. general frost should occur and this is
not likely, after this time, in our locality,
which is well protected by the close
proximity of large bodies of water; any-
how, it seemed advisable to accept pos-
sible risks in this way, rather than to
lOnger delay the work of transplanting to
the open field, for many of the plants
were crowding in the plant beds, making
transplanting at once necessary. To re-
transplant them in beds would not only
have occasioned a- great deal of extra
work, but would have delayed the ripen-
ing period as well, and this meant lower
prices with reduced receipts, so, all things
considered, it was decided to take addi-
tional chances with the Weather.

Taking the plants as a whole. and the
conditions under which they were trans-
planted and the favorable condition of
the soil at the time, the prospect for good
results at harvest is very bright indeed.
Nearly all of the plants show buds, and
many of them blossoms. As the method
of culture to be used will insure the set-
ting of fruit with a large per cent of
these, there seems to be no reason why

row. I
risk setting this

' Horticulture.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

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there should not be a considerable quan—
tity of ripe fruit to place on the market
at a time when the only competition will
be hothouse products from Grand Rapids
and Texas and other southern grown to-
matoes. Prices realized on these early
tomatoes are determined solely by the
condition of southern crops, and the sup-
ply of shipped in hothouse fruit. In the
season of 1911, the first tomatoes market-
ed was on July 8, which brought $1.10
per 8-lb. basket. The plants that' grew
these tomatoes were set in the field May
26. The weather that prevailed at the
time was much warmer than that which
has prevailed during the last week of the

present May, and the weather during
June of that season was exceptionally

favorable for the growth of the tomato
plant. llow results of the present season
will compare with those of 1911 is largely
problematical. The plants used this sea-
son are superior to those used in 1911,
but it is extremely doubtful if weather
Conditions of the present season will
equal in favorableness those prevailing
during that season.

()ne of the first difficulties to contend
with this season is the cutworm. The
first morning after the plants were in the

field, an examination showed 24 plants
cut down. Twenty-two of the enemy
were hunted out and destroyed. Daily,

morning examination is the only means
that will be used to combat this pest;
but even with the most painstaking care,
it seems likely that quite a few plants
will be destroyed in this manner.

Emmet Co. M. N. EDGERTON.

CONTROL OF TOMATO FLEA-BEETLE.

 

Many farmers this spring have noticed
a tiny dark colored beetle upon the to-
mato plants and later the leaves have

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taken on a shot-hole appearance due to

the depredations of these beetles. They
have abo been found on other plants,
such as the turnip, cabbage. radish, mus«
tard, potato, and even strawberries, and
are very destructive to young plants
which are just coming through the
ground. There are several different Spe-
cies of there beetles, all of which have
different distinctive colors and nearly all
of them are injurious to the same plants.

The flea—beetles which do so much dam-
age in the @‘ape vineyard by eating off
the young buds are steel-blue in color and
about one-fifth or one-sixth of an inch
in length. On the tomato and potato and
other related plants, we may find either
a black flea—beetle or one which has 'a.
broad, wavy, (lull—yellow stripe upon each
wing-cover. This beetle measures about
one-tenth of an inch long. He eats nu-
merous little. pits or holes in the thicker
leaves of the plants and the young, or
larva, are tiny white worms which feed
either on the roots or mine in the leaf.
\\'hen these tiny beetles are found on the
plant and are disturlu-d, they jump off
onto the ground and curl up their legs
and lie still, somewhat in the same. man—
ner as the. adult Colorado potato beetle.
’i‘hey chew or bite their food. hence they
may be killed by poisons. It is a good
plan when transplanting the plants which
are attacked by the flea—beetle, to dip
them in a strong solution of arsenate of
lead. Bordeaux mixture liberally applied
to the, plants acts as a preventive and in-
sures them against the attacks of these
minute creatures. However, Bordeaux
mixture does not kill the pests but mere-
ly acts as a repellant and drives them
away. “'hen the plants have grown
larger, the beetles do not seriously injure
them as the tiny creature seems to pre-
fer more tender leaves.

Ingham Co. I. J. MATTHEWS.

 

BORDEAUX MIXTURE FOR GRAPES
AND POTATOES.

During the past year or two, grape
growers have met with serious losses from
black—rot and mildew, and many thou—
sands of bushels of potatoes have been
destroyed by potato “rot” and “blight.”
All of these troubles are due to fungous
diseases, but while they can be readily
controlled by spraying with Bordeaux
mixture, they cannot be held in check by
lime-sulphur solution, which is generally
used for spraying fruit trees.

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7.1mm in preparing it do not fall to
dilute the ingredients before they are put
together. Thus, four pounds of copper
sulphate and four or five pounds or lime
are used to make 50 gallons of Bordeaux
mixture. The copper sulphate should be
dissolved and diluted to 25 gallons, and
after the lime has been slaked it also
should be diluted to 25 gallons, and the
two solutions should then be poured to-
gether, stirring vigorously at the same
time.

If this mixture is thoroughly applied
from three to» five.tlmes, at intervals of
two weeks, beginning when the potato
plants are eight inches high, and when
the blossom clusters on the grapes first
show, the various fungi can be held in
check. It will generally be advisable to
add two to three pounds of arsenate of
lead to each 50 gallons for the first two
applications, to destroy chewing insects.

The second point is, that Bordeaux
mixture must be freshly prepared, 515, if
it is allowed to stand for a day or two,
its efficacy is practically destroyed. While
stock solutidns of the ingredients may be
kept for considerable periods, they should
not be put together until they are to be
applied.

For this reason, although the commer-
cial'brands 0n the market may be care-
fully prepared and of the proper strength,
their use cannot be recommended. Dur-
ing the past season vineyards and potato
fields upon which they were used suf-
fered severely, while others sprayed with
home-made Bordeaux at the same time
and in the same manner gave crops prac-
tically free from fungous troubles.

L. R. TAF‘T,
State Insp. of Nurseries and Orchards.

CARING FOR THE GARDEN

 

I was very much interested in J. A.
Kaiser’s article which appeared in the
Michigan Farmer for May 31, 1913, and
he has clearly shown that a. garden is
worth while. Probably there is no spot
on the average farm which pays better
for the time and money invested in it
than the garden. Probably there is no
spot on the average farm which is more
generally neglected than the garden, and
still this spot, when properly cared for,
prov-es a source of profit and pride. But
in order to realize the greatest returns
from the truck patch, there are two main
points which should be kept in mind when
caring for it. '
Plant Food and Moisture Limit the Crop.

The limiting factors in growing a gar-
den are plant food, moisture and temper—
ature. These are of equal importance but
one readily sees that we can not control
the last factor. To a slight degree, the
temperature of the garden spot may be
controlled by the application of barnyard
manure. Very early this spring corn was
planted on a little spot' near the Michigan
College and it has attained a very good
growth. Now under ordinary conditions
this corn would not have grown at all
but this spot had been heavily manured
and this controlled the temperature of
the soil to an extent that the corn grew
very vigorously. With the factors of
plant food and moisture we can exercise
a greater control than over any other
physical factors. The care of the ground
in the garden will not control the plant
food contained in the soil only to a very
limited extent.

Kill Weeds Young—They Steal Water and
Plant Food.

In regard to plant food, the gardener
can only strive to make all of it' available
to the growing seedlings. We should
keep the weeds from using up any of the
plant food. The only food materials to
which they are entitled to in our consid-
eration is that which they have previous-
ly used in maturing their seed and if we
are Wise we will allow them to spend this
in the growth of their young seedlings
but when the weed seedlings call on the
surrounding soil for food, then it is time
to destroy them.

The best time to kill a weed is shortly
after it has started to grow and when the
young weed has spent the stored up food
which was in the seed. If the plant is
disturbed at this time’, it dies very quick-
lyand is of no’more annoyance. A slight
disturbance of the young growing roots
throws the root hairs out of balance and
the plant soon dies because there are so
few TOOt hairs and they are all ne'eded'in
order for the plant to make a, continuous
growth. This injury to'the root hairs
soon starVeS the plant and kills it. It is
very important that these weeds be kill-
ed before they have taken very much of
the Plant food from the soil and havo
made much of a growth. for the larger
they are before they are killed, the more

.food and moisture.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

food they have taken from the soil. Even
if the dead weeds, are left on the garden
they will not decay sufficiently in a. sin-
gle season to furnish, the young seedlings
of‘ the garden plants with any of the
food materials which they have taken
from the soil, and so the growing plants
are deprived of a possible source of food.

Moreover, the loss of plant food which
the weed takes from the garden soil is
not such a serious menace to the growing
truck as is the loss of water which the
plants take up and which is very readily
evaporated from the leaves when they are
exposed to the drying effects of the at-
mosphere. This is an enormous loss for
just as soon as a weed has attained sufl‘i-
cient growth to expose some of its
leaves then what botanists call “trans-
piration" is continually going on. That
is, water is continually being taken in
by the root hairs of the plant, pass-es up
through the stem and. is evaporated from
the leaves. In this way the weed is in-
strumental in assisting a great amount
of water to pass from the Soil to the at-
mosphere which might. profitably be kept
in the soil.

Have a Continu0us Soil Mulch.

I have a‘smal] garden which helps very
materially towards lessening the expenses
of the table and I had this garden plowed
early and thoroughly harrowed. It Was
raked free of stonesand large clods of
earth and the early crops, such as on-
ions, lettuce and radishes were planted
early. Since then I have been planting
other truck at intervals so as to have
lettuce, radishes, peas, and beans con-
tinuous throughout the season. This last
is merely an item which I did not intend
to mention in this discussion but the
point I wish to make is that only a. very
small portion of the! garden was planted
as soon as the ground was plowed but af-
ter each rain and when the ground was
dry enough so the soil would not puddle,
I have gone and raked the garden over
with a garden rake, thus destroying the
young weeds and creating a soil mulch.
The different rakings did not take more
than an hour each and the results have
already been very noticeable at this early
date. At different times I have planted
other seeds and now when hoeing it is
very easy to notice the absence of weeds
and greater growths of the truck which
was planted on those portions of the gar-
den which were raked over two or three
times before planting.

The successive rakings seem to make
the soil more moist, which is evidenced
by the rapid growth of the seeds and
absence of weeds. The last bai‘ch of
seeds which I sowed are well up and
there is hardly a weed to be seen. So I
am thoroughly convinced that this early
care of the garden will prove a great
labor saver during the coming summer
because not much hoeing will have to be
done and I find it much easier to kill
weeds with the rake before the garden
stuff is planted than to try to kill them
by hoeing between narrow rows of plants
after the crops are in.

The early care of the garden, probably
more than any other factor, answers the
question of what the harvest will be and
whether the garden will prove profitable
or not. Kill the weeds—this saves plant
Keep a soil mulch——
this prevents losses of moiSture and kills
weeds. \Vith the observance of these
two rules and with sufficient heat, any
garden in Michigan will be a great help
to the family, provided it has been judi-
ciously planted.

In this connection, I wish to state that
I am keeping a strict expense and cost
of prOduction account with this garden
and next fall, after all the truck has been
harvested, I will make known through
these columns the exact amount of profit
or loss. ‘ I. J. MATHEWS.

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different breeds. In addition to full de-
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also a chapter on diseases. Published by
the MacMillan Company, of New York,
price $1. 50 net.

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State Lecturer's Suggestions for First
Meeting,
Song, “Hail to the Harvest," No. 124,
Grange Melodies.
A new machine that interests me.
Recitation.

COmmon inconveniences about farm
homes.
Song, “Lightly Laugh and Gaily Sing."

No. 180, Grange Melodies.
A rural co-operative laundry.

Reading, “Consumer——Producer."
What qualifications should a rural
school teacher have? Discussion.

Roll call responded to by each member
giving his experience with or observation
of parcel post, or suggestion on its im-
provement.

Suggestions for Second Meeting.

Song, selected by Ceres.

Review of one number of National
Grange Monthly, by Secretary.

Reading or declamation, “The country
boy's creed."

\Ve have contests fOr blue ribbon corn,
pigs and cattle-why not fox “better ba-
bies?

Song, selected by Flora.

What could the authorities of our near-
est town or village do to make the town
more attractive, or more convenient. or
of more financial advantage to country
people who trade the1e? Discussion.

Are the town people or the farmers to
blame for the late hours tne stores are
kept open on Saturday nights?

“Chip basket,” prepared by
\Vork committee.

Song, selected by Lady Assistant Stew-
ard.

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GOGEBIC’S NEW POMONA.

 

‘For several years Gogebic county, at
the western extremity of the upper pe-
ninsula. has boasted the largest subordi-
nate Grange in the state.
That Grange, too, known
as Ironwood No. 1300. has
been the only subordi-
nate in the county for
nearly six years, it hav-
ing been organized by
Deputy John Wilde about
six years ago. It now
claims a membership in
the neighborhood of 500.
and early in the present
year Deputy ‘Wilde re—
turned to the county and
organized subordinates at
M o n t r e a1, Bessemer,
“Takefield and \Vaters-
meet. He then complet—
ed the organization of
the county by bringing
about the formation of a
Pomona Grange. Bro.
\\'ilde has always em-
phasized the two Grange
principles of giving the
young people a working
terest in Grange affairs
and of having the sisters
share the honors and re-
sponsibilities of office.
In the new Pomona prac-
tically all of the officers
are young people and the

three principal officers
are w0men. In the ac-
companying photo-en-

gravure are pictured,
reading from left to right,
the l’omona’s secretary,
Tynne Nilkula; master,
Minnie Vanderhaegen,
and lecturer, Hilda Mars.
The remainder of the
officers of this new Po-
rmona are: Overseer, N.
1). Murphy; steward, M. Krall, assistant
steward, \Vill Karding; lady assistant
steward, Emma Lahti; chaplain, Mrs. M.
L. Kane; treasurer, M. L, Kane; gate
keeper, Hjalmar Randa; Ceres, Josephine
Roberts: Pomona. Mrs. P. Donovan;
Flora, Mrs. J. McGrath.

 

 

A Grange Ladles’ Aid Society was or-
ganized by the sisters of North Kalamo
(flange, of Eaton county last week, the
purpose being to raise money for build-
ing a new Grange hall The society’s
officers are: President, Mrs VVilllam
Brundige; vice-president, Mrs. Seymour
Hartwell; secretary, Mrs, Alfred Baxter;
treasurer, Mrs. C. N. Leedy.

To Declare Offices Vacant.—Marion
Center Grange, of Charlevoix county, at
its laSt meeting adopted a resolution de-
claring that where any officer of the
Grange is absent three successive meet—
ings his office Shall be deemed Vacant and
the vacancy shall be filled by appoint-
ment of the master. The Grange will
give special attention to alfalfa at its
next meeting.

COMING EVEN-rs.

 

Pomona Meetings.

Shiawassee 00., with Center Grange at
the farm home of Mrs. Julia. H. Hender-
son, Friday, June 20.

Genesee and Lapee'r Co.’s (joint meet-
ing), at. Thread Lake park, Flint, Friday.

June 20. Picnic dinner.
EatOn Co.. with Northwest Walton
Grange, Saturday, June 21.

 

 

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Will Hold Basket Picnic in August.—
The Rives and East Tompkins Farmers'
Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Stringham, 81:, Saturday, June 7.
Over 50 were present. The meeting was
opened by singing “Pass Me Not,” by
the Club, followed by prayer by Rev.
M. Andrews. It was decided to hold our
August meeting at Pleasant Lake and to
have a good old-fashioned basket dinner.
A good literary and musical program
was rendered. The program was con-
cluded by a question box which brought
forth many discussions.-—-—Ina Stringham,
Cor. Sec.

Beautlfy the Home Grounds—The
Thornapple Farmers' Club met June 5
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Pen-
der. An interesting literary program had
been arranged ahd an enjoyable supper
was served at the close of the exercises.
The topic for discussion was, ”Beautify-
ing our Farm Homes.” The discussion
was informal. all agreeing that a neatly
kept lawn. a few nice shrubs and shade
trees, added much to the looks of any
farm. A few dollars expended for paint.
often transforms an old shabby looking
house into a nice “homey” looking resi-
dence. The roadside should be as free
from Weeds as the meadow, and under no
circumstances should old tools—or new
ones—~be left lying about. .A neat wire
fence around the lawn would not de-
tract from the looks, and would keep
chickens from running around the door.
N0 piles of old boards or rubbish should
be tolerated around the barns», nor weeds
be allowed to grow along the fences. Not
only does it pay :1 farmer in dollars and
cents when he beautifies and makes at-
tractive his home, but it is a duty that
he owes to his family. —Cor. Soc.

A Prosperous Club Season.-'l‘he How-
ell Farmers’ Club has been gaining
strength, interest and benefits. Being one
of the few Clubs that do not meet for
dinnei, its results fo1 social betterment
and educational benefits cannot be esti—
mated. At its annual meeting a banquet
is held this year the committee decided
for less work for the ladies and it was

held at the Hotel Livingston in the vil—
lage and several new members were ad-
ded to the list. The April meeting was
given over to the suffrage qucstiml. The
anti’s secured Miss Price, but 011 ac-
count of fixed dates she could not be
present. In her place was sent Attorney
A. B. Hall, of Detroit, Rev. Brooke, of
the Presbyterian church, speaking on
the suffrage side. The May meeting was
also a very successful one, being given
over to the discussion of the FarmerS’
Credit System and current events. The
June meeting was held at the home of
the president, A. M. \Vells, in the village.
Roll call was responded to by quotations
and an excellent program of music,
tations and readings was given.

question box contained several numbers.
Those of special interest were: “Is the
philosophy of Henry George preferable to
that of Karl Marx?” assigned to PreSi-
dent Wells. Some did not fav0r either,
while some thought that by these two
men «will be settled the land, labor and
wealth questions. The California alien
land laws were again 11p for discussion.
Also the RooS'evelt-Newett case in which
all who discussed it thought Roosevelt
justified. ”VVill future generations com-
mend or condemn the business methods
of Rockefeller and Morgan?” The ladies
who discu ssed this question thought they
might, while Mr Wells believed the fu-
ture generations would see more equal
distribution of wealth. After the pro-
gram committee and question committee
were appointed, the Club adjourned to
meet with Mr. and Mrs. Silas Munsell
for the August meeting ———M1s. Joseph S.
Brown, Cor. Sec.

 


 

 

 

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automobile that the DETROITER does not afford you for $850 or $900?

You must [pardon the

makers of this splendid car if they seem to boast a little bit—but you know how it is with those things
of your own that have just clean passed way beyond your expectations—that yearling colt—that stand
of wheat—that field of big onions down in the lowland—that orchard on the hillside—that blue ribbon
herd of yours; for everybody has something that is better, that stands for his hard work and high

ambition. And with us it is the DETROITER car.

You Will Be Proud. Too.

When you get a Detroiter you, too, will be justly proud.
. The Detroiter is no makeshift—not a skimp, not a covered—
over weakness, not a false economy in any part of it.

We built this car on the assumption that its very goodness
would sweep the country from end to end; that men would
everywhere demand it because all owners said it was right.
And our record shows we hit the nail square on the head.
Honest building and beauty of line and finish, not surpassed
at any price, have given the DETROITER its success.

Other Makers Said We Couldn’t.

When the Detroiter first appeared two years ago, manufac-
turers everywhere said we couldn’t build the car for the price.
They didn’t take into consideration that the very quality of
this car made the sale of it so easy that our sales expense per
car is next to nothing When you buy a Detroiter you pay
no heavy .. selling overhead,” just as you pay the lowest

ufactory overhead.” Our net profit per car is less than many
manufacturers expend in “selling overhead” alone. And so
we did it—although the manufacturers said we couldn’t.

The Nine Big Features.

6. Enclosed valves, all on one
side. _

7. Left side drive,center control.

8. Extraordinary braking sur-
face.

9. Ball bearings throughout.

1. Long stroke motor.

2. Platform rear spring.
3. Multiple disc clutch.

4. Full floating rear axle.
5. Extra capacityIradiator.

What Such Construction SaVes You.

It is such construction that makes possible the Detroiter
rocord,—20 to 25 miles to the gallon of fuel—and over 100

miles to the quart of lubricant. No five-passenger auto-
mobile made surpasses this record. Other cars with such
features average in price $3,555.80—The Detroiter costs
you $850 or $900.

A Car For Hardest Use.

Naturally a car with ball bearings that cannot wear out
and never need adjusting—with the costly platform type of
springs that absorb every jolt-with the long stroke motor
that works without depreciation—w ith the extra large radiator
that keeps the motor cool under all e ircumstancesflwith the
full floating rear axle that is three times as strong as other
types-with such a light car weight (1,900 pounds) and
oversized tiresfsuch a car lasts. Not one season, nor two,
nor three is the life of a DETROITER~but with any reason-
able care, less care than you give a! good horse, it will
live as long as tough steel can endure.

This Is The Day.

' So get in touch with our nearest dealer, and do it now.
The DETROITER has no seasons. The car you choose today
has every latest improvement. Nothing is held over till
‘ next season. There isn’t a single experiment in the
whole car. Every detail is tried and proved.

Five Models For Your Choice.

Any one of five models-~touring car or roadster-at $850
for standard equipment, pr $900 for special equipment. All
with the same 25 h. p. long stroke motor, 104-inch wheel
base, 32 x 3/ inch tires (oversize for long life), Speedometer,
Prest- 0- Lite or battery lighting system, quick detachable,
demountable rims, etc., at the $900 price.

If you are not going to town this week, send us your.
name and receive a Detroiter catalogue.

Dealers Almost Everywhere.

The Briggs-Detroiter Co.
604 Holbrook Ave. _
Detroit, Mich.

 

Barber Motor Sales Co.

Distributors

799 I. Woodward Ave, .Detroit.