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VOL; CXXXII. No. 22.
Whole Number 3453.

FARM NOTES.
Fertilizing Beans.

I have 12 acres of gravel and sandy
soil which I would like to put into beans.
It was mowed for hay last year and this
year the clover was nearly all winter-
killed. Now, I wish to put this field into;
beans and want to put fertilizer with
them. How would be the best way to
put fertilizer on, put it in with the
beans or drill on each side of, the row,
and how much fertilizer would you use
per acre?

Tuscola Co. F. KEILI'rz.

Those who have experimented with
commercial fertilizers for beans on clay-
loam soils are pretty well agreed that it
does not pay to use a fertilizer containing
either nitrogen or potash, but that it is
profitable to use acid phosphate to supply
needed phosphoric acid. This is gener—
ally applied at the rate of about 200 lbs.
per acre on fertile soils, and the best
way of applying it is to sow it thru
three drill hoes, using one on each side
of the row, as well as one tliru which
the seed is sown. From his experience
in the use of commercial fertilizers, how-
ever, the writer is of the opinion that the
best way to apply fertilizer for any crop
is to apply it broadcast or with a drill
so as to get an even distribution and a
thoro mixing with the soil before the?
crop is planted. On a sandy soil for beans
it would also probably pay to use some
potash as well as phosphorus, since sandy
land is generally deficient in this mineral
element of fertility. But this is a ques—
tion which can be satisfactorily answered
only by the soil itself, and the
best way to determine it is to put
the question direct to the soil,
by using different kinds and
different amounts of fertilizer.
However, it would probably not
pay to use a fertilizer containing
much if ' any nitrogen, as the
clover sod will leave an abundance
of that costly plant food in the
soil, and the beans are a legu—
niinous crop which have the sunn-
faculty of appropriating the nit-
rogen from the air when the bac-
teria peculiar to the plant are
present in the soil.

Does the Manure Spreader Pay?

I would like to ask your advice
in regard to purchasing a manure
spreader. “Till it pay to oWn one
of these machines on an SU—acre
farm? “’0 draw out, on an aver—
age, from 150 to 160 loads of ma—
nure every year. Any advice that
you may give along this line Will
be greatly appreciated by sub—
scriber. and some others living
in this locality.

Gratiot CO. 0. C. Munitir'r.

This is a question which an iii-
(‘l‘t‘zlSll’lg‘ number of farmers are
asking themselves each year, and
as object lessons of the bcnctit of
the manure spreader become more
common in their respective neigh-
borhoods, more of them are an-
swering it in the affirmative.
There is no question in the mind
of the writer that the manure
spreader would be an exceedingly
profitable investment for any
farmer having from 150 to 160
loads of manure to apply to his
land during the year. But let us
figure on this proposition a little
and see if we cannot prove it to
the satisfaction of the reader. it
is conceded bytwery armer that
hauling manure and spreading it
from the wagon is hard work, and
the aetual'saving of time and
labor in the hauling of this quan-
tity of manure would easily pay
a reasonable rate of interest on
the investment in a manurr-
spreader, and an excess over this
charge which would nearly, if not
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ldepreeiation of the'machine, so that it

Would be a fairly good investment to own
a manure spreader from this standpoint
alone. But this is only a minor consid-
eration. Every farmer knows that much

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of the value of stable manure to the suc.
eccding crop depends upon the evenness
of its distribution. He also knows that
it is impossible to do a first rate job of
spreading by hand without taking a gond

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75 CENTS A YEAR
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deal of time in doing the work, and that
even then it cannot be done without ap-
plying at least 20 good big loads of stable
manure per acre. And then, even under
the most favorable conditions, the hand
work will not compare with the work of
the manure spreader so far as fine and
even distribution is concerned. In fact,
a good even job of spreading can be done
with the spreader when applying only
one—half the amount per acre that must
be .‘lIlllilt‘ti when spread by hand to get

even a fairly even distribution, so that
about twice as much ground can be

evenly covered each year with a. given
amount of manure where a manure
spreader is used as where the manure is
spread by hand. Experience has proven
that it is not only much better to spread
manure evenly and thinly over this larger
area. than to apply it thickly on a smaller
area, but it has proven that owing to the
greater benefit derived from it because
of the better distril.>ution, the smaller
quantity when evenly distributed with a
manure, spreader will give just about as
good results as the larger quantity
spread by hand, even by a careful man.
X'Vlicn this fact is taken into considera-
tion, there is no doubt about the profit in

owning a manure spreader, even by the-

small farmer, if he has say, lot) or mO‘e
loads of manure to spread each year. It

means that he can .ooversfiéb‘ ages of“

land instead of five, and the increased
yield of his corn crop will, in the writer's
opinion, represent a handsome profit on
the investment, while the, saving in time
and labor will pay the interest
on the investment.
Fertilizing Worn Clay Land.
‘Vt‘ llch .1 Six—:lt'l‘c licltl of tiltlv
loam that is badly run down and
have no manure for it. How
wiwuld it be to use fertilizer?
“ould it pay to put it around
Itlltie’corn after it comes up, and
“'é‘“ll.:‘lt]'[';('hy or what brand should
Kent ("o. Si'iisclinni-TR.
\Vhile commercial fertilizer will
not. in any sense, take the pla(ro
of stable manure. in bringing up
a worn I’lli‘t'l‘ of clay land it would
probably pay to apply loo to film
lbs. per acre broadcast and har—
i'ow into the soil before the corn
is planted. Of course, the
l’tllliii ilt‘ glVi'll it

corn
good start by
applying say lot) lbs. per acre in
the hill at the tints of planting
the corn or by dropping it on the
hills and harrowing in after the
corn is planted. For either pur-
pose a standard
having a. formula of
like 228:3 would be suitable for
thisdiind of soil. But tilp troub'e
is that while. this will add avail—
able plant food to the soil, worn
clay land is gencrally in it poor
mcchzinical condition, owing to
the fact that the vegetable m.“—
tcr or humus has been depleted.
Stable manure would supply this
element, which the commercial
fertilizer will not, and while the
fertilizer will aid in the growing

grain fertilizer

something

of a better crop in a favorable
season, yet the permanent re~
suits which might be expected

from a. liberal application of stable
manure should not be expected
from it in a case like this. The
‘lilillg to do with this land is to
get it seeded to clover as promptly
as possible, which will supply it

with both Vegetable matter and
nitrogen. Then by using a little

stable manure and supplementing
it with commercial fertilizer to-
supply the needed mineral ele-
ments of fertility, it can be put
into good condition for growing
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dition and its available content of plant
food will be improved,_but.simply increas-
ing the available plant food in a. soil that
is in poor condition mechanically, Will not
insure good crops. '
Wlld Carrots.

I have a piece of swamp land that was
cleared last fall and seeded to timothy.
There is considerable wild carrot coming

up now. Is this poison or injurious to
any kind of stock for pasture or in the
hay?

Kent Co. C. B. PURpY.

While wild carrots are becoming a very
bad weed in many loealities in the state,
yet they are not claimed by any of the
authorities as being poisonous to live
stock, as are wild parsnips and some
other weeds of similar nature. Whether
these weeds which are just coming up
would seed this year or not is an open
question. Some authorities contend that
the wild species is an annual in many
sections, while others place it as a de-
pendable biennial and still others main-
tain that it will grow for more than two
years whether it produces seed or not,
showing almost perennial habits. It would
not, however, produce seeds before the
hay crop is cut, and after cutting the
plants can be dug out with a spud if not
too numerous, while if sufficiently plenti-
ful to warrant such a course, the seeding
could be plowed to destroy them. This
weed, however, is not a troublesome one
in cultivated crops, and except for the
seeding of the land with the seeds it will
do no harm to pasture the field.

When to Plant Beans.

I have ten acres of sandy loam plowed
last fall after corn crop. which I want
to plant to beans. “'ould you advise
planting early, say the last of May. The
general run of farmers plant about the
fifteenth to the twentieth of June, but
if the land is ready what would be the
object in waiting until the season is so
for advanced. I want to put the land to
whcut after the beans are harvested.

isabella Co. Srnscnrsna.

From the first to the fifteenth of June,
all things considered. is probably the
best time to plant beans. If planted
during the first half of that period they
should ripen in August whcn the Weather
will ordinarily be better to harvest them
without trouble or damage from rains,
which is quite a factor in the profit dc-
rivcd from the crop. Then the beans will
be off in season to make a thoro fitting
of the land for fall grain possible. V'Vheic
“1}? ground has been full plowed and
wéll fitted for the crop, the soil could
be gotten into good condition for planting
at an earlier date than this, but bcans
should germinate quickly and grow rap-
idly for best results. After the first of
June the ground is generally warm
enough so as to bring about this dcsir-
able result, but this is not always the
casc. The writer once planted a field
of beans early in June, and the poor
stand scenrcd owing to unfavorable
weather following the date of planting
made the refitting and replanting of the
field ncccssary. (if coursc, this 'would
not often happen, and if conditions appear
favorable during the early days of June
there would be no objections to planting
the crop at that time. In fact, it would
be better than too late, planting. Of
coursc. the planting of beans, like the
phinting of any other crop, is something
in which the judgment of the farmer
should be exercised, and in which no
fixed rule can be laid down. The writer
thot he was unfortunate this year in not
getting his oats in before the cold Wet
spell which prcvailcd during the last days
of April and the first days of May. but
to his surprise the oats are now fully as
large and look much better than oats
which were sowed undcr exactly similar
conditions nearly three weeks before. So
while perhaps June 10 may be considered
as an ideal tinn- to plant beans, either
earlier or later planting may be better
in any given year.

 

Now that planting time is around, it
should be of interest to farmers, subur-
banites and others who indulge in these
practices, to know that there is nothing
in the current superstition about planting
potatoes and other root crops in certain
phases of the moon.

It is current Opinion among many farm-
ers that if you plant potatoes in the dark
of the moon they will run to tubers, and
if in the light Of the moon they will run
to tops. This is also said to be true of
any root crop and it is planted accord-
ingly.

There is usually a basis in fact for any
superstition, and the moon superstition
was so deep-rooted that a number of ex-
ports of the Department of Agriculture,
while going around the crop, made it

their business to study the question and
see whether there might not be a germ

'of truth, or, at least, some reason for the

general belief that the moon’s phases
have an effect on .animal and vegetable
life. They have. cancluded' after patient
investigation that the moon myth is one
of the comparatively few myths that dates
back to pure savagery and has absolutely
not a scientific leg to stand on.

The field workers of the department
have found that at, least 75 per cent of
the farmers of the country put in their
crops and do a. good many other things
about the farm governed absolutely by
the moon’s phases. The agricultural ex-
periment stations all over the country
have for years been defying the super~
stition and raising just as good crops, if
not better, when the moon was one way
as when it was the other, as farmers
do when goverend by the lunar light.

Washington, D. C. G. E. M.

 

FERTILIZER QUESTIONS.

 

The black soil here is rich, giving a
heavy growth of straw which lodges and
makes a small yield of grain, especially
on new land. What kind of fertilizer will
be best to stiffen ~the straw. And how
much would it require per acre. Also,
I have some land from which the humus
was all burned off. Would you advise
using commercial fertilizer on this soil
and how much per acre.

Midland Co. J. L. SAGE.

Where a black soil grows a heavy
growth of straw and is liable to lodge
and does not fill well with grain, it is
a pretty geod indication that the soil
contains too much nitrogen in proportion
to the phosphoric acid and potash, hence
a commercial fertilizer rich in phosphoric
acid and potash would tend to stiffen the
straw and help to fill the grain. Potash
has much to do with the stiffness of the
straw and phosphoric acid has to do with
the plumpncss of the berry. I would not
use any nitrogen at all in a fertilizer
for this kind of land. You can use a.
combination of phosphoric acid and pot-
ash. One that contains 9 or 10 per cent
of phosphoric acid and 3 or 4 per cent
of actual potash ought to give splendid
results, and of course a fertilizer con—
taining only the mineral elements will
not cost as much per ion as a complete
fertilizer which contains nitrogen, be-
cause nitrogen is the most costly part
of the food elements.

On the other hand, on your land where
the humus has all been burned off this
land would be deficient in nitrogen but
would probably contain sufficient phos—
phoric acid and potash. It might be a
little deficient in phosphoric acid, but
it certainly ought to contain a liberal
amount of potash. I would use a com-
plete fertilizer, or one that contained
only nitrogen and phosphoric acid, like
bone meal. I should say that a fertilizer
that contained 2 per cent ammonia, 8
per cent phosphoric acid and 1 per cent
potash would be an almost ideal formula
for this kind of land where the vegetable
matter had been burned off, and I would
want to get it seeded down to clover as
soon as possible to get roots in the soil,
and perhaps plow under a crop of green
manure in order to put back into the soil
some of the vegetable matter which was
destroyed by fire. COLON C. LILLIE.

ALFALFA.

 

“'herever I meet a group of farmers
one subject is almost invariably brot
tip—Alfalfa.

I don’t know that I ever saw so wide
spread an interest taken in the culture
of any crop as is now taken in the grow—
ing of alfalfa.

Everyone wants the stuff if he can
grow it.

It has been tested sufficiently so that
its food value is quite well understood,
and its extraordinary power of growing
during a drouth and producing a good
crop of hay, while all our other grasses
are withering and drying up; and its
ability to grow thrcc crops in a season
in this latitude, give it an importance
second to none of all our crops.

I have been growing the plant in a
small way for five years—mostly experi-
menting with it.

I sowed a little patch (1/4 acre), with-
out a nurse crop. It came up well, and
stood the following winter well. The
plat was a dry knoll, fairly fertile.

I let it grow until it blossomed out
fully, then cut and cured it.

The leaves nearly all fell off, and I
had a bunch of dry, hard stuff resembling
ripe pig weed, very poor hay. Next sea-
son I decided to cut it earlier. As soon
as the first stems began to blossom, I
cut and put it up into small piles, leav-

ing it out two day's—then drawing to the
barn. We fed Some of it to the horses
and they ate it all, leaving no stems.

I have since fed it 120 sheep and cattle

and hogs and they seem to relish it, and

will pick it. out from other hay.

I conclude that alfalfa should be out
early, while quite green, say when the
blossoms first appear.

‘The next season I sowed another little
piece (34 acre) adjoining the first plat.

I mowed both plats thl‘es times and
secured a good large load of hay each
time. '

The stand on the plats is good-very
little of it having been killed out. It
seems to stand the winter better than
medium clover.

The land on which this experiment was
made is very dry, sandy. No crop that
I have raised on it, ever escaped damage
from dry weather.

Last season I sowed one acre more,
fitting the ground, which is also dry and
sandy, early and well, and sowing 1/; bu.
seed. After sowing and lightly harrowing
in, I rolled it. On this acre I secured
a good thick stand.

The weeds came up and threatened to
choke out the little plants. I mowed
off the tops of the weeds, leaving them
on the ground.

In a few days the alfalfa shot up and
I could have mowed a very fair cutting
of hay, but thot it would be a very good
protection from winter, and left it.

It.has been very well covered with
snow, and the plants look fine. I am so
well satisfied with it that I shall sow
five acres this spring.

The worst thing I see about this crop
is the curing. It must be cut green,
and if the weather is wet or lowering it
is very slow to cure out. A large field
of it would be rather a stiff proposition.
It \is very heavy, when green, and in
trying to lift a forkful a man will be
“up against it.”
the proper thing to cover the bunches of
hay with some sort of canvas cover and
leave it out for four or five days. What
can you suggest on this curing topic?

I see that some are advocating the use
of caps or covers. Do you know what
such caps will cost? I understand they
are made with wire pins at the corners,
so they may not be lifted off by the
wind. A ten acre field Would require a
large number of covers, but unless they
are too expensive, it might pay to get
them.

Mecosta Co. A. VAN ALSTINE.

 

DRY POTATOES FOR FOOD.

 

 

Consul Frank S. Hannah sends a, report
to the Department of Commerce and
Labor, relative, to some recent experi—
ments in the drying of potatoes under
the auspices of the German Imperial In-
terior Department, which may offer a new
field for farmers. The potatoes are re-
duced by this process to about one-
quarter of their original weight and can
be kept in a good condition in this com-
pressed form for an indefinite length of
time. The military authorities have made
thoro experiments with this product and
have become convinced that its nutritious
value is fully equal to that of corn, and
that the dried potatoes can take the place
of one—third of the former ration of oats.
The fact that the potatoes are reduced
to one-fourth of their original weight
brings about a corresponding reduction
in the price of freight, so that it will pay
to grow more potatoes than has formerly
been the case. G. E. M.

IMPROVED PEA BEAN.

 

The improved type of Pea or Navy
Bean now being introduced by the Alfred
J. Brown Seed Co., of Grand Rapids,
Miclr, is meeting with great favor among
bean growers who make a specialty of
growing pea beans for profit. As there
is only a limited amount of seed to be
had, it would be Well for those who have
not already placed their orders, to do so
at once.

“'hile the price at which these sccd
beans are being sold, viz., $4.00 a bushel,
is a dollar and a half more than common
seed beans, the. cost of seed per acre is
very little more, as it takes less seed.
A peek to a third of a, bushel will plant
an acre if planted in hills two and a
half feet apart each way, allowing four
to five beans to the hill, and a half bushel
or even less will plant an acre if drilled
in two and a half feet apart.

Quite a number of the elevators thru—
out the bean section of the state have
these seed beans for sale, or they can be
obtained direct from the Brown Seed
Co., if spoken for soon.

Perhaps it might be-

' MAY 29. 1,909.» _

Two Fm Haylng Tools.

Hay makers will be interested in the
two good haying tools the Sandwich Mfg.
Co., of Sandwich, 111., are advertising in
this paper. The right kind at a rake and
a loader to load the wagon without pitch-
ing, are very important when the hay is
ready. These are the two tools referred
to. The Sandwich people have a good
thing in their side delivery rake, a. com-
bination tedder and rake which gathers
the hay without roping or twisting.
Their clean sweep loader is claimed to
be the best thing in an automatic loader
yet brot out. Farmers highly appreciate
it because it picks up the hay and handles
it gently. There is no threshing or
pounding, no kicking, and it does not
gather up trash. It is a great thing to
be able to load clover and dry hay with-
out threshing off and wasting much of
the best part of it. The Sandwich people
have a catalog on these two great hay
tools they would like all hay makers to
see. You had better send and getyour
copy. Every hay maker ought to know
about this rake and loader. The book
is ftree, but mention this paper when you
wri e.

Apples—Get Full Value from a Large
Ylel .

With the present favorable outlook for
a large apple crop this year, farmers are
already commencing to make arrange-
ments for taking care of the yield. As
has been the case in former years, and
will no doubt continue to be, cider mak-
ing will occupy an important place on the
program, and many fruit men will soon
begin to think about buying new ma-
chinery for that purpose. The name of
Boomer & Boschert, of 472 Water St.,
Syracuse, N. Y., has been associated with
cider—making machinery for so long that
the name and the product are alike well
known, as the presses made by this firm
are famed for strength, durability and
satisfactory performance. Many of our
readers will be anxious to receive a copy
of their catalogue, which illustrates a
great variety of presses and appliances
for making cider.

 

How About Oiling the Harness.

Harness oiling is a rainy-day job on
the farm and a regular part of stable
work in the city. It's a vitally necessary
part, too. There’s no trouble about spoil-
ing a harneSs—the question with horse
owners is how not to spoil harness. A
very little use in all kinds of weathers
works a great change in the flexibility
and “snappiness” of harness leather. It
gets hard, dry, lifeless—crossed and re-
crossed with little checks which eat into
the leather and soon bring it to the
breaking point. Eureka Harness Oil is
the only oil worth using. We say that
adviscdly—“Eureka” is the most econo-
mical harness oil, and here—«outside the
fact that it never becomes rancid and
contains nothing injurious to leather——
is the real reason. Of course, if you use
oil that keeps a harness soft and pliable
twice as long as another, it’s the cheaper
of the two, and that’s why it pays to try
Eureka Harness Oil.

Hay Men Attention.

Figure what it costs each year to stack
your hay. That is money thrown away,
for you can bale your hay from the wind-
row as cheaply as to stack it, and get a
better grade of hay. If you bale 100 tons
from stack you lose $1 a ton from the
waste from top, bottom and sides of
stacks, and by handling the hay twice,
especially alfalfa. you lose the small
leaves, break it up. and lower the value
one grade. “'ouldn't you prefer to save
this money, put it in a good hay barn
and store your hay so you could be ready
for the market when at its best? For
further particulars on windrow baling
and labor saving in making hay, ask
Auto Fedan Hay Press Co., 1511 W. 12th
St., Kansas City, Mo, whose ad. is on
page 596, and they will cheerfully and
glailly answer all questions on these sub—
jcc s.

 

A Good Fence.

The Cleveland Fence & W'ire Co.,
Cleveland, 0., are manufacturing a par-
ticularly strong, serviceable fence in their
style A. The lock is put on in such a
way as not to bend the lateral wire in—
side, the lock all contraction and expan-
sion is taken up between the uprights
and the lock, therefore cannot be loos~
cncd. The uprights are hard steel wire,
very firm and rigid, making it impossible
for hogs to root it up from the ground,
or for heavy animals to crush it down
from the top. An attractive booklet illus-
trating this and other styles of farm and
ornamental fence and the London Fcncc
Machine, an old favorite now called the
Cleveland, will be sent on requiest to the
Sieveland Fence & Wire Co., Cleveland,

110.

 

_ Last season the Aspinwall Manufactur—
ing (,ompany, of Jackson. Michigan. first
Offered to thc trade gcncrallv their New
DUUMO Cylilldcr High l’rcssurc Sprayer
which has met with wonderful success:
This machine was dcsigned especiallv to
meet the requirements of the potato
growers desiring a sprayer of extra hit-$11
pressure, and among its many advan—
tageous features, has an index plate for
regulating pressure, also syphon agitator
to keep the mixture from clogging, and
the nozzle arrangement in front in con—
stant view of the operator. While pri—
marily a potato sprayer it is frequently
used for beans, cabbage, strawberries
and other plants and vines. Catalogue
fully descriptive of the sprayer. also
other potato machinery made by the com-
pany will be mailed on request.

 

Freeport Wind Mill & Gas Engine Co.,
of Freeport, 111., is a new $50,000 company
recently organized to manufacture :these
specialties and other farm machinery.

 

 

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FERTILIZER FOR POTATOES.

 

Having a desire to try some commer-
cial fertilizer on our late potatoes this
year, of which we plant from four to
six acres, will you kindly advise me as
to the proper proportion to buy. One
piece of land is “beech and maple” clay
loam in.fair condition—a clover sod, made
a fine crop of hay last season, but has
heaved out badly this winter. This soil
is not heavy clay, but contains consider-
able sand. Another piece of ground is
on the “burr oak" land of southern Case
county—an old farm, but in good condi—
tion, but certainly lacking in some ele-
ments necessary for good potato raising.

Cass Co. G. H. REDFIELD.

I would use fertilizer on both fields and
practically the same amount per acre,
but I would use brands of different form-
ulas because they are of different kinds
of soil. On the clay loam I do not think
it would be necessary to use as large a
per cent of potash in the fertilizer as on
the oak opening soil. 1 would not use
over 2 per cent of ammonia in any potato
fertilizer and I would be just about as
well satisfied with one per cent as with
two per cent. What you want is just
enough of the nitrogen to give the potato
a start and it will take care of the rest.
altho two per cent would probably be a.
a good investment. Now, on the beach
and maple clay loam I would recommend
1,000 pounds per acre of a fertilizer that
would analyze say, 2 per cent ammonia,
9 per cent phosphoric acid and 5 per cent,

actual potash. I would put this on
broadcast after I got the land plowed
and harrow it well into the soil, then

plant the crop. I do not believe in put-
ting very much of this fertilizer into the
hill. I think this is a wrong idea. Dis-
tribution is one of the principal factors
in getting results with commercial fer—
tilizer. On the other field of oak open-
ing land, I would use a fertilizer contain-
ing 2 per cent ammonia, 8 per cent phos—
phoric acid and 10 per cent potash, or
twice as much potash in proportion as
on the other field, and I think the ex-
perience of all users of commercial fer-
tilizers on different soils will bear out
my judgment in this respect. I would
use the same amount, at. the rate of 1,000
pounds per acre. If you have not used
commercial fertilizers very much, and
lack faith in using so large an amount
for potatoes, then I would make some
experiments. On a portion of the field
I should certainly use at the rate of 1,000
pounds per acre, then on another portion
you might try 500 pounds per acre, and
note carefully the results. But bear in
mind that you cannot tell the profits
by just simply the looks of the growing
crop, or the looks of the potatoes after
they are dug. In order to figure out your
profits, the potatoes ought: to be meas-
urrcd or weighed, and if you do this and
do it carcfully, and take into considera-
tion the extra amount of marketable p0-
tatoes where the fcrtilizer is‘ used, I
haven't any hesitancy in saying that the
use of commercial fertilizers will be found
profitable.

In order to get the best results in
potato culture you ought to spray for
blight because, if your potatoes are struck
with blight, then the fertilizer cannot
produce the results that it ought to. If
they have healthy vines free, from dis-
case they will have greater power for
using this fertilizer. In my opinion no
one can afford to raise potatoes now
without spraying all thru the season for
blight in ordcr to keep the. vines healthy,
because only healthy vines can appro-
priate the plant food after you place it

in the soil. If you use fertilizer on your
potatoes and then allow the blight to

«weaken their vitality, and you don’t git
the yield you ought to, you have no right
to lay this to the fertilizer. It should
be laid where it belongs, to the. blight.
COLON C. LILLIE.

MY EXPERIENCE WTTH CLOVER
ROOT-BORERS.

T'Vhen the clover root-borers first began
to destroy our crops here, (some 15 or ‘20
years ago), I learned that they did not
destroy alsike so bad as they did the
common clover and so I sowcd some of
it. The results were so satisfactory that
I have sown it ever Since. I usually use
a four—year rotation, mowing my clover
for two years, then plowing for corn 0!
potatoes, to be followed by oats and
seeded down again. Sometimes I sowed
a mixture of red and alsike clovers and
there is some. timothy in the ground so
I get a mixed hay. Often the root-borer
or the winter will kill my red clover, but
the alsike is always on hand the second
year and produces about the same as the
first year. not quite as much bulk, but

it is finer and is not full of oat stubble,
and is generally worth more per acre to
feed than the first year's crop.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

The borer does not seem to like the
alsike very well and when it does attack
a root the alsike has so many that it does
not kill easily and heaving does not hurt
it much either, so I do not fear the root-
borer much on any ground good enough

to grow alsike, and most of my ground
is all right for that crop. But I any

afraid of them on some sandy land that
I intend to sow alfalfa on, tho I hope
they won’t learn to like that either.

Isabella Co. F. G. SMITH.

THE ROAD QUESTION.

I have been somewhat interested in
noting the expressions of opinion that
have been made in the press and thru
petitions to the state legislature on the
new road law. Most of these expressions
have been of an adverse nature. They
came from two classes of people, hose
that have been forced to live under the
administration of road officers who dis-
regarded the law or were incompetent
for the office, and those who by nature
are opposed to any change or innovation,
especially if it touches their pocketbook.
The second class of kickers are hopeless
and so it is useless to discuss their
grievances, but the first class is ,up
against the real thing. In many portions
of the state it is evident that some‘ mighty
poor sticks have been elected as highway
overseers. This, of course, is the fault
of the electors, at least partly, and can
only be remedied at the next annual elec-
tion, and it is also partly due to the lack
of road education of the right sort that

has been emphasized by the attitude
of the state highway department since

its organization. ‘Vhile ihis dcpartmcnt
has done a. good work in Michigan, too
much emphasis has been laid on the state
aid road and how to build it, and not
enough on the thousands of other miles
of road that will not come within the
range of the state aid law for years to
come. I know whcrcof I am speaking
for I have had considcrablo opportunity
to watch the kind of education given by
the dcpartmcnt. Practically no advice
has becn given as to how to build up and
maintain our common roads and this has
been the case to a. large extent on the
part of the farmers‘ institutes and state
press. As is usual in so many cases,
Michigan is still behind the procession
in the march of progress toward univer-
sally better roads. I note the recent law
enacted in Iowa, showing how much more
ndvanccd education aloxg this line is in
that state.

This law is briefly as follows:

It requires, rather than permits, town-
ship trustees to drag all main traveled
roads, including rural mail routes.

Trustees shall pay not to exceed fifty
cents per mile for each mile actually
traveled in dragging.

Requircs the city councils of cities and
incorporated towns to cause the main
traveled roads within the corporate limits
leading into the city or town to be rcgu-
larly and systeIn:-ltically dragged.

Another striking i‘catuic is, it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to
drive, ride or cause to be driven, any
vehicle of any description, on or upon
the south half of an cast and wcst high—
way, or the cast half of a north and
south higlnvay, after the same has been
dragged and before such portion of the
highway shall have sufficiently dried to
pack under horscs‘ fcct, or frozen hard
(-nough to carry, providing that nothing
in this section shall apply to those in-
stanccs where it is inmossiblo to drive
with safety on the west or north side of
the road.

Providcs penaltics for violating and
provision of this act. First oi't‘cncc, win.
to ten dollars; after offences, live to
twenty-five dollars.

In other words, the state of Iowa. has

realized that the having of good roads in
that state means the systematic use of
the road drag.

A few years ago Prof. Taft sccurcd T7.
Ward King, of Missouri, to work in farin-
ers' institutes of this state, preaching
his doctrine of good roads by means of
the use of the road drag. He did a great
amount of good, but his teaching was
not followcd‘up by others in later years
and it has been even covertly laughed at
by the state highway department. Now
I am fully prepared to state that of the
two kinds of road machines, the regular
heavy road grader and any type of the
simple road drag or scraper, as we are
more accustomed to call it in this state,
the latter machine is by far the safer
one to place in the hands of the average
man to work a road with. VVhiie I wish
our state legislature would see fit to
enact a law similar to the one I have
just called attention to, yet I presume

such action is a little premature, for
judging by what men in Michigan now
do, I do not believe we, as a state, know
enough to use such an enactment before
it would die from disuse.

When the new law went into effect in
this state abolishing the statute labor tax
and substituting the money tax, it found
Michigan pretty well filled up with the
heavy road grader. We still have a large
number of these machines scattered over
the country, and of course the highway
commisisoners make use of them when-
ever possible. Now, not more than one
man out of ten really knows enough to
run one of these machines when they
should be used and apparently not more
than one in fifty knOWS when they should
be used.

After a roadbed has been properly grad-
ed, there is no necessity for using it
further, for the road can be kept in bet-
ter shape with the small scraper or drag,
than it can be with the grader and with
less than half the expense.

I have a nice illustration of this idea
right at hand. A ‘ccrtain piece of road
in our county had bczn neglected or
abused for a number of years. The high-
way commissioner put that stretch in
the hands of a man. who knew how to
run a grader. He put the road in shape.
It was not cared for as it should have
been the latter part of last season or
during the past winter, yet it was about
the best piece of road of its kind of soil
in the country till the commissioner saw
fit to work it over some time last month.
Then, instead of working it with a drag.

they pullcd out the grader again and
humped it up in the middle, l‘Hllcd in

what stone could be found by the machine
and left them in the track for the traffic
to wear out or be worn out on. In going
over the road with a load of hay tcn
miles from home, a large rock so locatcd

in the track that it could catch a whccl
just right, cnuscd thc breaking of the
rear axle of my wagon and the Consc-
qucnt upsetting of the load and all the
extra labor and delay consequent to such
an uccidcnt. This happened on a road
that, was in good shape before it was

worked with the grader this spring.
lVith the kind of weather we are having
in Michigan this year the best means we
can possibly use for maintaining the
highways is the drag used frequently,
and when it is too wet to work on the
farms. The Iowa. law instructs or directs
that the time to use the drag is when
the top of the road is of the consistency
of mortar, which is exactly contrary to

the idca of most men who work roads.
For Heaven's sake, lct us havc a fcw
more brains injcctcd into the road—mak-
ing business, and let us have a. large
amount of agitation on this matter in
the press, institutcs and whcrever it
would be propcr to take up the subject.

And lct us pray most fcrvcntly that our
ncw state highway commissioncr will lend
the full wcight of his dcpartmcnt to
making all the bettcr instead of
putting all the emphasis on building a
few one or two milo stretches of extra
good road at the expense of all the rest.
If we can have all this done it may be
possible in the not distant future to be
able to find strctchcs of road five or cy'cn
ten miles to the stretch that will be uni-
formly traversablc, a condition I chal-
lcngc anyone to show at prcscnt in Oak-
land county outside of the toll roads.
Oakland Co. E. M. Moonn.

roads

Silo and Savings Bank.

The silo is a savings bank upon which
the i'ccdcr and duiryinan can draw at oil
limcs for succulent cnsilagc. It not only
prcscrvcs tho, fecd in the, most desirable
form, but comics the feed over to the
siason \vhcn its value is cnhanccd four—
fold. Pretty good rate of intcrcst that!
And a ncw way of looking at the tre-
mcndously inn-resting and important cn—
silagc question. At the present high
priccs of land, pasturing and fccding dry
fccds during the wintcr is a, mighty ex-
pensive, proposition. The same land will
support twice the number of animals it

 

the silage systcm is employed. It will
enable the farmer and the stockman to

gct as much milk from his (:0st in
wintcr as in the best feeding season.
Twenty tons of silage is an average crop
pcr acne. It is an actual ,
amount of silage will fccd thrcc head of;

cattle a whole your. The manufacturci‘s
ass'crt that owners of the Saginaw Silo
find it cuts their food bills one-half.

Think what that would mean to the cattle
fccdcrs of the corn belt. The Farmers”
Handy \Vagon (30., Saginaw Mich” mak—l
crs of the Saginaw Silo, announce thatl
they will gladly ,send absolutely free to‘
any reader of the Michigan Farmer who
writes for it, a there, reliable and read—
able book on ensilage and silos as wealth
producers.

Dip Your Sheep
In Cooper’s Dip, used on 250,000,000 sheep
annually. It increases quality and quan—:
tity of the wool and improves amwarance‘1
and condition of the flock. See ad. in
this issue.

(3) 579

THINK HARD

It Pays to Think About Food.

The unthinking life some people lead
often causes trouble and sickness, illus-

trated in the experience of a lady in
Fond Du Lac, IVis.

“About four years ago I suffered
dreadfully from indigestion, always
having eaten whatever I liked, not
thinking of the digestible 'qualities.
This indigestion caused palpitation of
the heart so badly I could not walk
up a flight of stairs without sitting

down once or twice to regain breath and
strength.

“I became alarmed “and tried
ing, wore my clothes very loose,
many other remedies, but found
relief.

“Hearing
Nuts and
them in

dict—
and
no

of the virtues of
Postum I commenced
place of my usual breakfast
of coffee, cakes, or hot biscuit, and in
one week‘s time I was relieved of sour
stomach and other ills attending indi-
gestion. In a month’s time my heart
was performing its functions naturally
and I could climb stairs and hills and
walk long distances.

“I gained ten pounds in this short time,

Grape-
using

 

and my skin became clear and I
completely regained my health and
strength. I continue to use Grape-
Nuts and Postum for I feel that I owe
my good health entirely to their use.

“'l‘hcrc's a Reason.”

“I like the delicious flavor of Grape-

Nuts and by making Postum according
to dircctions, it tastes similar to mild
high grade coffee.”

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F BREEDERS’ PROBLEMS.
if. There is No Best Breed.

{I am a beginner in the farming busi-
ness and am interested in knowing what
are considered most profitable breeds of
hogs and sheep on a farm. No doubt
others would be interested in reading a
discussion by some successful hog raisers
and sheep raisers of the different breeds
of hogs and sheep. giving their preference
and their reaons for preferring one breed

to another.

Jackson Co. T. E. MOON

lt'hile any of the improved breeds of
live stock excels for some special pur-
pose or under some particular conditions,
and while they may vary Widely as to
their adaptability under any particular
condition in which the breeder finds him-
self, yet not even the most radical par-
tisan of any breed would maintain that
his breed is the best under any and all
conditions. If such were the case, the
public would surely, sooner or later, find
it out, and the other breeds would suffer
a decline that Would be more than tem-
porary. And even for the special pur-
poses for which the special purpose breeds
are universally conceded to be best. it is
generallytrue that two or more breeds
will be found hotly contesting for the
fresh honors that are always being ac-
corded to animals of merit.

But there is much in adaptability for
the purpose to which the animals are to
be devoted and the conditions under which
they arc to be maintaincd. Here is a
wide latitude for the exercise of the pros-
pective breedcr's judgnnnt, and this is a
oucstion which he should carcfully con—
sidcr before selecting a breed. For life.
is too short for tho llrccdcr who would
attain the highest success to mike mis-
takcs in his first scicction. The thing
to do is to select a breed and then study
the types to he found in that breed. for
thcro are many types in all of the im-
provcd breeds; lnol‘c in some than in oth-
crs of course. but no brccd is absolutely
uniform in type, nor is the standard type
of today certain to be thc favorite in the
breed next ycar or in a dccade. So the
iarincr who would invest in improved live
stock with the object in view of becoming
a breeder for the production of animals
to Sell for breeding purposes should Sill lv
all of these points closely, before selecting
the linlividuals which arc to be the foun—
dation of his future brooding operations.

liut the selection of the breed should
conic first, and in this matter the wise
farmer will exercise just as great care.
First having determiuct’i the kind of stock
which he, prcfcrs to brccd. he should
cai'cfully study the market in which he
must look for purchasers, the fccds with
which lic must produce them, the (‘nro
which ilt‘ is prcparcd to bestow upon
them, etc. llaving studied these points
carefully, he should make selection from
thc breeds which are adapted to thcse
purposes and conditions. If he finds that
two or more breeds would. in his best
judgment, till the rcuuircmcnts in this
i‘cspcct, as will morc oftcn than other-
\visc be thc case. then it will hc best for
him to cater to his fancy in this rcspcct,
as hc will be likely to succccd bcttcr with
tho brccd for which he has a natural
prcfcrcncc, other things being equal. Tc
illustratc; it Would not lo good sense for
thc man who intends to go into the (lviiry
business or the brccding of dairy cattle
to sch-ct Ilcrcfords or Angus as a bch
from which to dcvclop tltcsc animals, as
thc wholc tendency of these broods has
bot-n away from, rather than towards tho
dcvclopmcut of dairy charactcrisiles.
hike comparisons would hold good, oulv
ti a bss dcgrcc. with othcr breeds which
may be characterized as spccizil purpose
brccds. lint in the wist economy of live
stock improvcincnt the middle ground
has bccn chosen by the patrons of general
purpose brccds so callcd. and often the
farincr brccdcr will prcfcr sonic of the
breeds having thcsc characteristics to a
markcd .lcgree. For instance, a sheep
that will produce a fair fleece of good
wool and a good carcass of mutton may
be preferred by some to the special pur-
pose wool or mutton sheep, and the med—
ium grade of hogs may be more to be
desired than the special purpose lard or
bacon type. True, the uniformity of these.
brccds is generally not quite as constant-
as that of the special purpose type, and
yet they may be better adapted to the.
‘conditions under which the farmer may
be placed.

.Rut whatgver the

breed ch os en. it

should be selected with all these points
in view. and then stuck to with that con—
slancy which is a great factor in success

TfiE MICHIGAN ‘FARMER.

in the breeding, business. In case there
is a temporary change of popular sentié
ment with regard to any breed, which is
an incident in the history of practically
every breed, the breeder who has chosen
it for sound reasons should not waver
from his allegiance, for he can depend
upon it that if his reasons were good the
pendulum will again swing back and that
he will profit from the varying moods of
his fellow farmers and breeders. But if
he has not chosen wisely, the case may be
different, and in the end he may find that
he has lost valuable time and wasted
strenuous effort in trying to adapt to his
conditions a breed 'which is not suited to
them. But it is certain that all of the
improved breeds'of live stock are good,
clsc they never could have earned the
distinction of being so designated, and
that a. failure in making a success of
them is the fault of the breeder or the
result of an unwise selection at the out-
set, _the conditions under which they must.
be maintained being considered.

 

UNTHRIFTY LAMBS.

There are numerous causes of the lack
of thrift in lambs that are traceable to
some influence due to improper nour»
ishment or disease that should command
the attention of fiock owners at this par-
ticular season. One of the best and most
reliable means of determining the milk—
ing dualities of ewes is to note the thrift—
iness of their progeny during the nursing
period. Ewes, like dairy cows, vary
widcly in their milk producing qualities.
Some ewes are excellent milk producers
and capable of rearing twin lambs, while
other ewes in the same flock are incap—
able of properly nourishing one lamb.
Such cwcs as the latter are common in
many flocks and in no few instances are
the direct source of several unthrifty
lambs. lecs are very unlike other ani—
mals in that little can bc. detmunined by
their tit-sh comlition. I have several ewes
in my ilock that are capable of properly
rearing twin lambs every season and
thcso ewcs are always in good flesh.
l-Zvcn during the nursing period these
ewes apparently gain in flesh when oti
good pasture and still supply plenty of
nourishment to their growing progeny.

Evcry flock owner has unquestionably
observed individuals in his flock that “it
iambing time have large Wcll dcvclODcd
uddcrs and for a fcw days produce a
larger milk flow than consumed by the
new born lamb. Two or lhrcc weeks
later, to ones Qastonishment, these same
cw<-s are nursing unthrifty lambs. The
question naturally presents itself, what
is the trouble? It is apparent that the
causc lies in sonic form of derangcmcnt
of the milking system. '1' know of but one
Soilllitlll to the ditliculty, and that is to
punk such individuals in the flock and
disposc of them as soon as possible. \thn
a ewe drops her young and for thi- first
two weeks supplies plenty of nourish-
ment and later drfes up. it is an habitual
fault in the individual and cannot be
rcmcdicd by any mcthod of feeding.

Young lambs arc suscopliblc to numer—
Aniong one of the most

w<~ak digcstivc system.

oils ailmcnts.
common is a
Sonic lambs are droppcd low in vitality
and unable to properly digest their nour-
ishmcnt. As the lambs grow older they
take on an unthrifty appearanCc which
they scldoni outgrow. Nodular disease
is also a very common ailincnt of young
lambs and produces unthrift'incss. This
ailnu-nt is causcd by a worm that finds
its way into intcstincs and burrows into
1h,- nlucus lining of the digestive organs
where it makes its home, fccding upon
the gastric juice. 'l‘his worm multiplies
very rapidl,’ and soon consumes the vital
fluid of the digestive tract. This disease
can be allevialcd by drenching the lamb
with a prcparcd dip advertised in the
columns of The Farmer. Flock owners
should always be on the watch for nodu—
lar disease as it is one of the most deadly
of sheep parasites.

“'hcre thcre is an apparent lack of
thrift among the entire lamb crop there
is every reason to believe that the trouble
lies in not supplying the ewes with the
right kind of food. During the springr
months pastures are very succulent. They
appear luxuriant, but lack the elements
of proper nourishment. lines that: have
been accustomed to a grain ration before
turned to pasture are very apt to fall off
in the quality of milk flow unless the
grain ration is kept up. It is for the
benefit of the growing lambs that the
grain ration is primarily used and not to
encourage flesh formation on the. ewes.
An excellent grain ration for milking ewes
can be compounded from oats, peas, bar-
ley, wheat bran and a little oil meal.

All but the latter ought to be produced on
the farm.

Every flock owner should give special
attention and care to the unthrifty lambs
in the flock. A little extra feed, or per-
haps a little medicine, will overcome the
trouble and materially increase the profit
realized on the' entire crop next fall.
Uniformity in the lamb crop means a
great deal as drovers and feeders are
always ready to give a little more for
an even, uniform bunch of lambs. The
time to grow the lamb crop even and
uniform is during the nursing period when
the amount of nourishment supplied them
is regulated thru the ewes. Lambs that
obtain a good start before weaned seldom
fail to come along splendidly after being
separated from their dams.

Shiawassee Co. LEO C. REYNOLDS.

 

YOUNG PIG MANAGEMENT.

In his new work, “Swine in America,"
F. D. Coburn gives some pertinent and
timely advise with regard to the feeding
and care of young pigs, from which we
quote as follows for the benefit of Mich—
igan Farmer readers:

“A hog is half made when past the
weaning period without a stunt or kink
in its growth. Every check or halt in
prosperity thru its first two months is
more expensive than at any later period,
Too much rich, feverish milk of the dam,
causing thumps or other ailment, may
leave harmful results, perhaps as much
so as scant feeding or other neglect of
the sow. More injury may be done to a
pig's growth in two or three days than

can be repaired in a month, even if he,

is made the subject of spccial care which,

where many are raised is not the. rule’

nor easily practicable. ‘Good luck’ with
p‘gs calls for attention, and that not
occasional, but frequent and regular.
“From the first week after farrowing
until weaning time the sow will be little
else than a milk machine, and to be a
high-power machine in perfect operat‘on
she must have proper care. Nothing else
is so Well calculated to make pigs grow
as a bountiful supply of wholesome sow’s
milk, and the pigs that have plenty of
()tth' feed with the milk of a well-slopped
sow for eight wccks will ordinarily have
much .the start of those weaned at live
or six weeks, no matter how much food
and attention
may have had.
"At eight or nine weeks old most: pigs
are, or rather should be, fit to take away
from the sow; some litters are individu-
ally older at seven weeks than othcrs at
ten, and bctcr tittcd for weaning. Some-
times it is ncccssary to wcan whcn the
pigs are five or six weeks old, and in
other cases it may be advisable to wait
until the pigs arc tcn weeks or even
older. In the corn belt the period will
generally average longer than in New
England. Breeders who wean at early
ages generally do so in order to more
profitably raise two litters a year.
“Provided with and taught to eat suit-
able fccd some weeks beforehand pigs
are not checked in thcir
growth by weaning, but those that have,

noticcably

bccn depcndcnt nia‘nly upon the mother's,
milk, whcn abruptly Lakcn away from it, 1

frcrulcntly sccin to have thcir growth
partially suspcudcd for Weeks. hlany
brccdcrs succcssfuily let the Sow Wcan
licr pigs, as she will in time, and the
change is so gradual that no pause in
growth when the milk dict

ccascd. A modified application of this, in

lllxiil'ulcs

which the pigs are scparatcd from the
sow at an age suit‘ng their feeding and
thc convcnicnccs of the hrccdcr, will not
infrcducntiy bc found advisablc, but by
no incans should thc pigs be allowcd to
l'cmain with a sow until shc is virtually
dcvourcd by thcm, as is sonictimcs done.

“it is not a good plan to take away
all the pigs from the sow, unless one 01‘
two of them can bc turncd with her
some hours aftcr, to draw the milk she
will have at that time. and again, say
after a lapse of 21 hours. The preferred
way is to lcave about two of the smallest
with hcr for several days, and after that
lcave only mic for two or three days
more, by which time the flow of milk

will have been so gradually diminished
that no injury to the sow will result by

keeping them entirely away from her.
This extra supply of milk helps also to
push the smaller pigs along in growth
and put them more nearly on an equality
in size with their thriftier mates.”

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DEVELOPING THE BOARS.

I noticed in the Michigan Farmer of
May 15, an interesting article, page 539,
by W. Milton Kelly, on “Developing the
YOung Breeding Swine.” The advice
given is, in general, good, but there are
differences of opinion in regard to some
points made. To me it seems that there
is danger of getting impressions from
some of the advice given, in regard to
the age,at which one should begin to
develop, and the age at which selections
should be made, that may lead some to
make serious mistakes in the matter. I
am not going to condemn the practices
of breeders who do not follow the meth—
ods I have followed, but desire to drop
a few hints that may be worthy of c011-
sideration.

I conclude from the tenor of Mr. Kelly’s
article, that he is instructing the breed-
ers of pure—bred swine, a class of men
usually open to suggestions, that they
may consider of value to them and at
the same time ready to criticize advice
that is not in accord with their opinions
that have been fixed by observation and
experience. There are several classes
of breeders, and each and every repre-
sentative one has ways that are distinc-
tively his own, and they all have reasons
for doing things their way, which to them
seem to be better than the methods fol~
lowed by the other fellow.

There is one point in the article to
which I wish to call attention, referring
to the beginning of the developing of the
young boars, which he says “should com-
mence at weaning time.” I have for some
time had the impression, after visiting
a great many breeders of all breeds of
swine, that most breeders commence de-
veloping the pigs some time before they
are weaned. The little shallow trot‘,
separated by some kind of a partition
from the mother's, in which some daintv
feeds are given the little pigs, after tl11i_\‘
are three or four weeks old, is such a
common appurtenance, that we expect
to see it on every farm where pure-bred
swine are raised.

The advantages of beginning to d111lop
the pigs at an early age , and while they
are running with the mother, are numer-
ous and ought not to be overlooked. It
gratifies the appetite of the pigs at a
time when they need more than the
mother’s milk. It helps to enlarge the
stomach and promotes a more rapid
growth than can be obtained in any other
way. If the right kind of feed is used
that is slightly laxative like middling-A,
it is a good pricventitive of the pig dis-
ease called the “thumsz l‘. relieves the
mother, very much, and when weaning
time comes the pigs can be weaned from
the mother, and need not be checked in
their growth, in the least. It is the plan
that promotes early growth, and the
stock can be carried to early maturity,
and be kept 'in better form, than by let-
ting the pigs grow along slowly, and then
i'ecdii g them to put on fat to shape them
111). The best form is made by growing
the bone and muscle while the animal is
young and feeding well enough to have
an intermingling of fat, which insures
excellent quality.

Another point made by Mr. Kelly in the
openiig paragraph, is the statement that
“the boars that are to be tlt‘\'t'lti]11i1l for
breeding purposes should be selected at

 

weaning time." 'l‘hat :1d1'i1-1i may be in
part pretty good, but in some cases dan-
gerous. Some of the boars that have
flagrant faults can be thrown out at
weaning time, but unless Mr. Kelly can
see farther than some of the noted breed-
ers of the country, he might throw out
some that might prove to be exceptionally
good. It is not always the fat pig that
turns out best in after life. A noted case
will illustrate:

It is generally conceded by the Berk-
shire breeders of America, that N. II.
Gentry, of Missouri, is one of the most
astute, far seeing and level headed
judges, and breeders of swine, in the
United States, if not in the world. It is
well known that Mr. Gentry bred, and
developed, a hour which he called Long—
fellow 16835, that was in his day a great
show boar, and an animal that, as a breed-
er, did more to improve the Berkshires in
America than any other boar that can be
mentioned. \Vliile at East Elma, N. Y.,
in 1898, I chanced to meet the man who
011111 0111 11: utauspnou sputum) um s1:.1.1
Longfellow was bred and deVolopcd. He
told me that it was by mere chance that
Longfellow was saved. He was not an
attractive pig when young. Mr. Gentry
offered to sell him to a neighbor for $25.
He did not sell anything for less.

When Mr. Gentry was making up his
show herd for the year, he selected a pig

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. . 11,

called Handsome Prince, to fit up for
show, as the young show boar of the
year. During the period of fitting the
hogs, Handsome Prince went off his feed,
and had to be discarded. At this time
Longfellow had begun to “shape up” and
he was put on “high feed,” and started
with the herd. During the short period
of time allowed, Longfellow proved him-
self a great feeder, making wonderful
growth, and when ten months of age, and
b gun to be shown, he weighed 475 lbs.,
and won all the high honors for which
he competed. His subsequent history and
doings most Berkshire breeders have in
mind.

Another instance is worthy of men
tion to Show that seine of the best breed-
ers are unable to judge of the possibilities
in a young boar at weaning time. The
Berkshire boar Masterpiece 77000, was
not considered of great value when
young. He was sold for a moderate
price as a pig, and wa s not appreciated
until he had been sold into the third
man’s hands, and then his merits Were
not fully realized until he had been sold
into the present owner's hands. Today
he is one of the most noted animals
known to the breed.

It would not be difficult to multiply
instances. if it were necessary, to Show
that at weaning time, which is, or should
be about eight weeks’ of age, that there
is danger of making mis.:1kes in making
a sweeping and final decision in casting
out, or retaining, boars for service. A
careful and critical breeder will be con—
stantly studying the merits and demerits
of the stock he is raising, and offering
to farmers as breeders. Changes in
young stock are constantly going on, and
many of them one cannot account for.
but they should be carefully watched, and
a final judgment can be safer made after
the pig has changed to his hog form. To
Some it may seem easy to predict what
:1 pg will make, by looking at him when
following the sow, but with the careful
breeder it is safer to know just what he
is, when approaching his mature form.

“'aync Co. N. A. CLAPP.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

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was c.1l1d upon to gite 1‘11 detail his
cr-zpei‘ient-cs during the past year, and
the ‘1‘.”1'111l1i series of talks were summed
up ly Secretary “'ilson into a lesson or
ltt'llll‘x‘ on the general work of the dc-
partment. Most of the discussion was on
the plants of the l'uion Stockyards of
<‘hicago and the smaller plants scat-
tered around t‘hicago. These meetings
are considered c 111ti1h-ntial, but the see-
1‘1itary denied that the session of the in—
speciors was lik1~l_v to result in any
Change-S in the ruh-s of the department
governing the inspection of meats and
packing plants, and 1_\pr1-ss1itl himself
as well pleased with the manner in which
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how much this dcp'ii'tinent is helping
them, but there are a thousand and onti
ways where the inspectors are able to
sufifiost some improvement

'l he sentiment in the bog trade is con-
sc1‘vati1'1-ly bullish, and oporatm's in pro-
visions and 1loal1-rs in hogs at the wow.
crn stockrai'ds look for a continuance, of
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knowledge that there is a shortage in the
littg‘ Supply :1111l on lllti Continuod largo
consumption of cured hog meats 11nd
lard, despite their unusual dearncss.
'l‘hcre is also a 1'1-1‘y largt'i call for fresh
pork products, which are cheaper than
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western 11'111‘ol1ous1is, and this naturallv
grt-nlly aids in strengthening prices fol
bogs and all bog products. (torn planting
will occupy the time of the farmers for
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to further restrict 111:11'ktiti11gs of hogs
twniporarily, but no burdensome offerings
appear at all likely subsequently. F11r1n~
(-y‘s' should s11~ that their hogs are made
good and f1t l11ioie s1ndin” to n1.11l1(t

'lhose who have t1111l1d thru the cen—
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porting fat cattle well shipped out, and
it is out of the question, they say to
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WHAT GRAIN TO FEED WITH SKIM-
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What is the best meal to feed with
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Eaton Co. E. W. ‘D.

I have two fine Jersey heifer calves
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Would like a ration to be fed with sepa—
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E. W. D. will find that it is difficult
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when it comes to a fattening ration for
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make good veal at from four to six weeks
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sition. As a matter of fact, I have never
found anything that would take the place,
of the new milk. Only last year I had
four calves out of grade eovl's which I
had purchased for winter milkcrs. I un—
dertook to make veal out‘ of them bv
feeding skim-milk and combinations of
grain. We got good growth, but tht-y
were six months old before we sold them,
Perhaps others can do better. You can
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to six weeks so that he will sell for veal,
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position altogether. and your calves will
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weeks old when tlley are, fit for the
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Now, answering E. IV. D.‘s and Wm.
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that, according to lily experience, the
best meal to iced young calves with
skim—milk is flaxs‘ccd meal cooked and
made into a jelly. \\'e have had the best
SUL'CL‘SS with this of anything we evcr
tried. “7e formerly uscd just oil Illt'tlI
made into a jelly, but it is liable to give
calvcs scours, and skim-milk is all ull—
balanced food. It is rich in protein but
not rich in carbohydrates. Oil meal is
the same kind of a food exactly. The fat
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foo\ls rich in protein. If you fol-d enough
o t to given good growth you have an
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the digestive apparatus of the call out
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scours and tllccalf will not do Well.

Now, corn meal makes a very good
grain to feed with skim—milk but ths
ought to be made into mush. \thn made
into mush it is liable to sour. If it is fcd
raw, it is so heavy that it will settle,
to the bottom of the pull and the calf
won't get very mucll of it and a largo
per cent it is thus waisted. Ground
oats makes a very good lccd and if the

oats are dry and timely ground, and are
stirred ill with the lnilk, they are catch
and relished by the calf. Wheat mid—
dlings also make a very good meal. This
is very fine and mixes with the skim-milk
so that the calf drinks the most of the
middlings. You must not feed t0o heavily
of the lniddlings. howcvcl', as thcy will
cause scours also.

For the last year or two wl- hlvc chl-
fined ourselves to ground flaXSccd meal
Now, llaxsl-cd lnvai
contains about 3:0 per ccnt fat. it is rich
ill fat and that is just what the separat ll‘
lllkcs out of the milk. \Vc have had L. .~'—'
sickness among the calves, they Livi- all
Ill't‘ll thrifty and have kcpt in lwr'-: (or:
dition since feeding ilax'so-cd lnmi ‘Z'.I::.
forlncrly. So my advice is to ford liar-:—
>l-cd nlcal. For a young calf lnakc tin-3
lllt'xsccd into a jelly or mush and feel a.
tcaspoonful with tllc skim-milk, gradualy
inercasing this until you are giving a
tcacllpful of the, mush to cach calf. That
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théy would eat up elcan.

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softhat they will make the best kind of
cow's, I would give at lirst about 4 lbs.
of: skim—milk and a tablesprmnful of
ground ilaxseed mush at a feed twicc a
day, and I would encourage them to eat
roughage, such as clover hay and a little.
with silage, cornstalks. or anything that
has bulk. What you want is to develop
nil-5111c calf the capacity to consume a
bulge amount of roughage. The diet in
thi’fi respect should be unlike the diet for

”’- fattening calf. The fattening Jalf
can stuff on richly concentrated
s providing it does not injure him,

get him fat as quickly as possible,

made into a jelly.

  

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was MICHIGAN :FARMER.

but the dairy calf you do not want to
get fat. You want. to feeddt a. balanced
ration. You“simply want It thrifty, and
then encourage it to eat bulky food. Con-
sequently. I would never give the dairy
calf over 5 lbs. of skim—milk and a cupful
of fiaxsced mush twice each day. For
the balance of the ration I would give.
bulky feed, such as clover hay, corn
silage, or any kind of roughage it will eat.
After weaning from the milk ration I
would give them a small amount of grain.
but I would encourage them to eat as
much as possible of bulky rations as this
will bring the dairy heifer calf to cow-
hood in the best possible condition.
COLON C. LILLIE.

 

GRAIN FOR PIGS.

 

I have quite a bunch of young pigs and
have plenty of milk for them but would
like to know what kind of grain is best
for them.

Otsego C0. G. B.

For feeding young growing pigs that
have plenty of skim-milk there is noth-
ing better than ear corn. I have never
found anything better. You can make
a'perfectly balanced ration with skim-
nlilk and ear corn by feeding in the pro-
portion of 1 1b. of shelled corn (of course
you can estimate the weight of the cob),
to 3 lbs. of skim—milk. In that propor-
tion you have practically a balanced ra-
tion. an economical one. one that can be
digested and assimilated with little loss,
and one that your pigs will thrive on.

GOVERNMENT WORK IN HORSE
BREEDING.

'IYhile cattle breeding has had some
attention froln farmers thruout the
country, perhaps in no other one line. of
work has there, been such a lack of sys-
tematic study and in the practical appli—
cation of known principles as in horse
brccding. The methods of farmers in
this country for many years past have
been haphazard, to say the least. They
simply brcd and reared horses without
any regard to the demands of the con-
sulncr. Many farmers were taught a
lesson during the, years from 189? to
IRENE, for nearly every one had unsalzlblc
horses on his farm—horses that
sound, or
time wore cf no class, and which could
not be sold even at very low figures.
This depression caused tllc breeders to
believe that the horse malket was gone
forever. and they quit bl‘ccd'ng and dis-
posed of their surplus stOck. Ill a few
ycars these same men were in the market
as horse buyers, when horses were very
scarce and hard to secure even at very
high prices. 'l‘hc same old slipshod
breeding methods were renewed and the
oliic‘als of thc Ill'llitl‘lll'lt‘llt ol‘ Agricul-
ture saw that campaign of
education was begun history would repcat
itself.

lll view of these facts, the department
dl cidcd to undertake the development OI
a breed of carriage horses on an Ameri—
can foundation. Specific work in horse
breeding by thc I'nited States Govern-
ment was first made, possible by the in-
clusion ill the appropriation act for the
fiscal year cllrll-ll June 30, ITIOZ, of an
IIt‘III of Kimono for experiments in animal
brccding and {ceding in co-opcratiun with
flu?»- agricultural experiment s‘a.tlor.-..
\\'hcn this appropriation became aval-
ab‘l- the exact nature of the work to be

 

unless a

undertaken was decided upon on": :l‘N-r
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Elf-l "2"- 7») MIC" up work in hon brewi-
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9.”, fat- pzoriucdon of horse:

quality soils'nncc. and great endur-
carriago- bur-“- breeding;
('al‘l‘ingc
IIOII-f“! are, as a rule, the mist valuabll-
class on the market: that as a result of
Hit- strong demand tllc supply was grad—
ually diminishing and that notwithstand-
illg‘ all the importations of the carriage
type from abroad, the preferred horse
was the Alncrican horse. Most important
of all, howevcr, was the feeling that steps
should be takcn to corrtct the practice
of castratillg valuable stallions and selling
valuable lnarcs for other than breeding
purposes. Among the number of stallions
and mares purchased was the stallion
Carmen, (formerly shown as Glorious
’l‘hundcrcloud), bred by Pix—Secretary of
Agriculture Norman J. Colman.

In addition to the horses purchased by
the department, several mares have been
presented to the Colorado station and
placed ill the stud subject to the same
restrictions as the others. The entire
work is eo—operative. Tile station pro-
vides all buildings, improvements, and

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while:
practically so, at the same;

land as an offset to the cost of the stock.
All other expenses are shared equally by
the department and the station. Under
the terms of the agreement for the work
foals bred after purchase become the
property of the station, but the station
may not sell them or use them for breed—
ing except at the sf'ation, without the
approval of the department. The depart-
ment retains an option for the purchase
of any and all progeny, and any funds
derived by the station from sales and
service fees must be used in the conduct
of the work. The stallions may be used
on mares owned by private individuals
which are approved by the officer in
charge.

SILO FOR A BASEMENT BARN.

I am thinking of building a silo on the
front side of a basement barn, making it
10 feet wide and 30 feet high, the upper
22 feet to be staves and the lower 8 feet,
which will be under ground, of cement.
I would like to know whether such a silo
is practical and whether ensilage would
keep in same. How much would have to
be fed per day in summer to keep silage
from spoiling?

Barry Co. F. A. SMITH.

I think the plan proposed is entirely
practical. You can have the first eight
feet of stone or concrete. I have a silo.
built that way. The first eight feet is a
stone wall, but it can just as well be
made of concrete, and perhaps better.
because a concrete wall is better and
more durable than a stone wall. But this
stone or concrete wall must be plastered
on the inside with rich cement mortar to
make it smooth. Otherwise, the silage
will not keep. The only trouble in putting
the stave silo on top of this stone or grout
wall is that you will not be able to make
a very good joint between the staves and
the cement wall. It is almost impossible
to have the staves come even with the
wall. You could put on studding, lath
on to the studding and then plaster and
thus have a cement lined, or lath-and-
plastercd silo with the wooden portion
perfectly even and straight with the stone
portion but you can’t do that with a stave
silo.

 

MAY 29. 1909. .

What’s Inrth?

 
  

Kendall’s Spavln Cure

Luna. Ark, June 83, 1907.
Dr. B. J. Kendall 00.. Dear Sirs :—Please send me your
“Treat lso on the Horse." I havesomnles and have found
Kendall‘s Spavln Cure to be the greatest llniment ever
used. “has been worth $500 to mo In the last three
years. Yours truly, J. P. Goodwin.

No other horse rel-nod is so powerful or so generally
used the world over. ested over a enemtlon, never
found wanting. Cures, without blem sh, spun... M
Splint. Ringbono. SWcIIIn I. anonou.

Price 1 n bottle: 6 for 5. An excellentliniment for
househo d use. Sold by drugglsts. Ask them to: free
book, “Treatise on the Horse‘ or write to

DI. B. .I. KENDALL (10.. EMISBURG FALLS. V'l‘.

 

 
  

Contrast a dried Out,
weather-worn strap from
a harness ignorant of oil,‘
with the soft, glove-like
springy quality of leather
oiled with

Think how much better
the leather looks; how
. much easier it 1': for the
l horse; and how much

      
   
       
     

 

 

You will want to remove, in summer,
a dcpth of about two inches at each feed-
ing over the entire surface of the silo
in order to keep the ensilage in good eon-
‘ dition. If you don't do this part of each

feeding will not be in good condition or.

account of too long exposure to the air.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Further corroboration of the reported
increase in the consumption of beef thru-
out the country is found in the recent
improvement ill the demand for cattle in
chicago and other Western markets. The
increased dclnand has extended to all
classes of cattle, and even the commonest
steers have brot mucll higher prices than
were paid a few weeks ago. The, advance
ill the class of steers Selling at $6 and
over in the Chicago market has been
the most marked, hoWever, and chn
prime heavy becvcs have sold decidedly
higher, with a $7.31) top, altho the best
call has been for fat light-weights. Prime
little yearling steers are great sellels
these, times, and a few days ago Armour
& CO. paid $6.90 per 100 lbs. for 25 head
of choice cattle in the Chicago market,
that aw-raged but 772 pounds. At the
prcscnt time distillery—fcd cattle are be-
ing markclcd frccly at good prices, and
s; are ’l‘cxas cattle. These Texas meal~
l’wl cattle have found ready buyers at
in 100643.

I.llf:llt'fl supplies of early spring lambs
La‘w- been showing up in the. Chicago
If..r’l.frf>7>‘, recently, hailing from Indiana
at...‘ Kr-rl‘ul;ky largely, and, as is usual
alt. “any offerings, their quality was
apt * . i none too good. The spring is
I.II,>"r Man usual, in the soutllcrn states.
as. W".l is in the states farther north,
an] no considerable supplies of spring
limbs are wxpectcd from Kentucky and
'l‘l-nncssm: before Jilly. MI-anwhilc, such
limilcd sllpplils of Colorado Woolcd lambs
and sllorn slim-p and lambs as are offered
on tho- markets of the country arc bring-
ing prim-5 that look extravagant when
(-llnparcd with former ycars. Prices for
lambs of late have broken all former high
records, dcspitc reCl-nt reactions resulting
from an unwillingness upon the. part of
buyers to pay full prices. The, wool is
a big ilcln this ytar. s'nce that staple is
ill big demand at high prices, and this
explains the eagerness of the packers in-
buying wooled in preference to shorn
flocks.

The. growth, development and increased
popularity of the Grand Rapids Vetcri—
nary College, have made lleccssary Stunt“
important changes in the administrative
and teaching staffs in order to properij
care for the increased work of managing,
the college. Hon. Colon C. Lillie, whol
needs no introduction to Michiganl
Farmer readers, has been made president1
of the Board of Trustees and business
manager of the college, and assigned to
the chair of Zootechnics, which he is well
qualified to fill. Dr. Schuh has been made.
director and given complete charge of the
course of study and two new professors
will be added to the teaching staff.
new laboratory and class room will also
be provided. These important changes
should add not a little to the patronage
land support of this already popular col-
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make a harness soft and
black Ask your dealer.

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A cow’s VALUE

 

 

 

DEPENDS UPON HER MILK FLOW.

. 'l‘hat'su self-evident proposition; but how
labout it when the flow of milk ceases on
.account of sore or otherwise obstructed

teats? Then again, how about the hard
milkers? Do You not waste valuable time
with them? And time is money. Remedy
all this by sending for our solid coin sil-
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Length. Price.
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2%, inch. each.................... 550
2% inch, each.................... 670
314 inch, each.................... 780 '
3% inch, each.................... 92c
414incl}, each....................$1.05

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. Detroit.

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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.

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HOW TO GET BETTER MILK AND
CREAM FOR CREAMERIES.

 

In talking with a representative of a
large butter and egg commission house
of Philadelphia, he expressed the opinion
that Michigan creamery butter is not of
as good quality today as it was two or
three years ago. As a remedy, he pro-
poses that the State put on inspectors
enough to visit every dairy farm in the
state, giving these inspectors authority
to compel every farmer to properly wash
his hand separator, properly clean his
milk pails, properly care for his cows,
in fact, give the inspector authority to
compel the farmer to produce milk and
cream from which a good quality of but—
ter can be made when it reaches the
creamery.

I suggested to this representative that
it would be extremely difficult to get the
legislature Of Michigan to pass any such
law, or tO provide sufficient inspectors to
do this work. I pointed out that it would
be a tremendous task to attempt to visit
every dairy farmer in the state, that the
expense vould be so great the people
would not stand the taxes, that it would
'be impracticable and that it would be,
unconstitutional to pass a law of this
sort; also, that it could not be enforced
and therefore it would be utter folly to
attempt anything of that sort. You can‘t
pass a law that will compel a farmer to
wash his hand separator. You can't pass
a law that will compel Ll, farmer to wash
‘ It is: his separator and his

a milk pail.
pail, and he doesnt

cow, and his milk
have to wash them unless he wants to.
You could pass a law which would give
inspectors the right to condemn milk de-
li\'ct‘(-d from a given farm if the product
was unwholcsomc. That would be going
at the proposition in a different way and
would be entirely different from going to
the farmer’s home with authority coin-
pelling him to wash his milk pails or h
hand separator for a certain 'time or

(ti-"evil manner. That would be in-
irifigi "g on personal rights and personal
liberties, and you have no right to do it.
But if that farmer produces milk which
makes an unwholcsome food, he has no
right to Offer that food for general con—
sumption by the public.

More is where we want the authority.
“'0 want authority to condemn milk or
cream that is not suitable to be made
into butter or cheese for general con-
restrictions

is

in

sumption, and under proper
we ought to have this authority, but it
is a very important question and one that
should be gone at very carefully, because
we are dealing with valuable propcrty
and are putting one man's judgment up
against anothcr's. \\'hat one man would
consider a proper food, another might
not.

Problem Can Be Solved from the Market

End.

I suggested to this commission man
that the commission houses buying but«
tcr and cheese in I’hiladidphia and New
York and other great t'clttcl‘s of popula-
tion could do more towards conlpclling‘»
the farmer to take bettcr care of his
milk and cream, and with less fiiction,
than any law that could be passcd by
any state legislature. The whole dips—
tion could be solvt‘d by the commission
mcn showing the backbone and the moral
courage to buy butter and chccse on their
merits, paying Well for quality. If the,
butter was carefully graded, if good but—
ter received what it ought on tho markct,
and if the poor butter sold only for what
it ought to bring, this discrimination
would react back to the crcamery and
the creamcry would be compelled to pay
a lOWL‘r price for poor cream and poor
milk. Consequently a farmer would be
compelled to clean up and take better
care of his milk and cream and the result
would be that in a short time we would
have a marked improvement all along the
line. Now, why don‘t the (”Winniission
men do this? They say they are discrinn
mating. Yes, they do discriminate some,
lluttcr that grades “extra" is ({lltltt-d at
a certain price. Butter that is graded
"firsts” sells for two or three cents a
pound less, but it ought to sell for ten
cents a pound less; and butter that scores
below 90 Ought not to sell for more than
half as much as butter that scores SH or
95. If they would discriminate in this
way we would have less butter that
scored below 90.

Now, the reason they don‘t do this is

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. " (7) 588

that they want to do a large volume of
business; they are afraid that if they
score the butter too low, that if they
don’t pay almost as much for poor butter
as they do for good, they won‘t get the
poor butter to handle and consequently
they won’t have the volume of business
to make the money they would like to

make. They don't want to Offend a

creamery by telling the managament that

their butter is poor and paying them a

low price for it, because they are afraid

that this creamery will send its butter
to some other commission merchant and
he will have the handling of it. Now the
commission man gets almost as much
for selling poor butter as he does for
selling good. He gets a certain per cent
commission, and consequently he is lolh
to turn down poor butter when it is
oft'cred. He would like to have all good
butter, to be, sure, because that gives
better satisfaction to his trade, but he
is not willing to do his part in order to
bring about this improvement. He
doesn’t pay what he ought: to for fancy
butter, and he pays too much for poor
butter. By doing this he puts a premium
on the poor butter. Now, when the dairy
inspector goes out to a farmer and tells
him he ought to clean up and take bet-
ter care of his milk and his cream. so
that it; will make better butter, the
farmer simply says, “\Vhat difference
does it make?" He gets practically as
much for his cream, which is handled
improperly, as does his neighbor who
takes a lot of pains, and you are face to
face with a condition which is hard to
argue against. it you can tell the farther
that, if he will produce gilt-edge milk

or crcam, he will get five or ten cents a

pound more for his butter, then there

would be some incentive for him to
clean up.

Commission Man and Groceryman Give
Careful Producer No Encouragement.
In this respect; the commission iner—

chant in New York and Philadelphia.

stands in exactly the same position as
the country groeeryman who buys dairy
butter. Now, why docs the country gro-
ceryman pay just as much for poor dairy
buttcr as he dOcs for good dairy butter?

For exactly the same reason that the

commission merchant pays almost as

much for poor creamcry buttcr as he does
for good crcanicry buttcriilwcause he,
doesn't want to offend his customers. .\.,

II. and C‘. each bring in a crock of dairy

butlcr. (lnc crock is good butter—A. No,

l. The next is medium and the third is

rotten. Now, Mr. Groceryman pays just

the same price for each crock. It isn't
right, and yct he does it because he
wants It's trade just as well as Afs.

Perhaps ll. buys five dollars worth of

goods from his store wnere A. buys one.

He figures that, even if B. does make

poor butter, he can afford to pay a good

piicc for it because he gets the rest of
his trade. In a business way, this may
be so, but he is certainly not improving
the quality of butter that 1%. makes by
paying him as much for his poor butttr
as he docs A. for good butter, and that's
the trouble with tho connnissil'ln man.
There is no reason why every producer
could not make good dairy butter if he
lincw how and would try. Some of them
don't know how, but most of them do.

A gri at many of them don't try. I heard

a farmer's wife say one time at a farm-

«rs’ institute that she had givcn up try«

ing to make nice butter. She said she

did try to make nice butter and did,

but she took it to the store and couldn't

git any more for it than somebody clse
could who she knew didn‘t make good
buttir. (‘onscducnthz what was the use
of her trying to make good butter whcn
she wasn‘t rcwardtd for it. And thcro
is some sense in that argument too.

Now, on emit-11y the same principle, the

farmer says, what's thc use of my work—

ing from morning until night, trying to
l\'t‘t]i my scpaiator clcan and good, and

\‘t'ash'ng and scrubbing my separator and

milk pails, and keeping the cow stablo

and the cows clean. and going to all this
extra fuss wlnn I can get just as much
for my crcam now as I could if I went
to a gi'tat deal more expcnsc in producs
ing it; and, from a business standpoint,
there is some sense in this argument.
Now, the dairy and food commissioners
in the different stat-es of this I'nion have,
a hard problem when they try to get the
farmer to produce milk and cream that
will make gilt~edged butter. You can
argue with the farmer as much as you
wish, but unless you have the authority
to say that he can’t put such cream on
the market, or unless the market end
of the proposition will help out by refus-

SWEEPING
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inventions, the most of which, while

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HE BEAUTY and
. convenience of Shar-
:? ples Tubular Cream Separators stick in your eye. You
simply can’t forget them. which contains one tiny, in-
The supply can is so steady and easy to fill. It stantly removable piece very
need never be moved to take the Tubular apart. All much like a napkin ring in
separators, except the Sharples, have shape and size.
' cans :set right above the bowls---such Tubulars r u 11
cans must be lifted off before the ma- remarkably easy
chine can be taken apart, which is doub- because they are
1y unhandy if the can happens to be full. built remark-
The few, simple running parts are ably well and
all enclosed in a dust proof case in the in t h e o n I y
head of the Tubular. They are entirely riéht way. They
self oiling, skim twice as
needing only c l e a 11 because
a spoonful of t h e y develop
0 i l Poured t w i c e as much skimming! force.
right into the Avoid wishing you had bought a Tubular by 1
g C 3 1' C35 3 buyind a Tubular. Built in the world’s greatest 1
once a week. separator factory. 1908 sales way ahead of 1907— ‘0
The gear case out of sight of most, if not all, competitors combi-
C a P lifts OH ned. Our handsome I909 Tubular A iS making
' 1909 better still. Write for catalog No. 152.
W l t h 0 u t un' The top oi the supply can, on the largest .'
fastenlng any- ‘

t h i n g. This dairy Tubular, ls only 3ieet 3 Inches above The Sharples Separator C0.

the floor. Observe the plumb bob on the
t ‘ “ " kl l el-
makes Tubu- backo this Tubular A tor qulc y ev West Chester, Pa.
Iars very neat. Chicndo. Ill. San Francisco. Cal. 1

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Your wife will appreciate
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once a week. The gear wheels
throw this over themselves, and the ;
ball bearing supporting the bowl. l
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The light Tubular bowl. hung trom
a single trictlonless ballbearing. and
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bulars so light running that the medium
sizes can be turned by one who is
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"0LSTEIN —A line registered bull of excellent
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old {or $100. ;I. M. SIIORMAN. Fowlerville. Mich.

 

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Royal King. W. B. JONEB.OakGrove.R. No.3.Mlch.

BOIRDMAN STOCK FIRM, [HOISIEIII Cattle.

J A‘( KSON. MI
Hm; more imitorte?! HHolsnein-F'rieainn Cows
than any form In the Middle West. Registered
BULL (‘ALVES oi the most fashionable breeding. 30
tine. registered, Duroc Jersey sows due to {arrow soon.

 

 

Owing to conditions
SPEC I which make It
necessary for the

management to leave the State. the entire equip-
ment oi'Franclsco Farm must be sold. 3') Grand
Shorthorn cows and heliers. mostly Young J'hylliscr.
I dun]; 111m 3/3 and 1. amnias with two or three Scotch
crosses and a high class herd of P. C. swine are in the
ofl‘erlng. Come and see them and you will besurprised
at the prices made. P. P. POPE. Mt. Pleasant MlI. l1

WOODLAND SHDHTHUBNS.

Let us quote you prices on some choice cows and
heifers. We want to buy a good bull out 01' a heavy
milking dam. Red preterred.
MEYER BROS., R. 7, Howell, l’iichigan.
FOR SAL —'I‘wo choice Shorthorn bull
calves; one out of a Scotch
Mysie cow and got by a Scotch Golden Drop bull. the
othera Scotch Topped Bates Duchess.botl1 from large

heavy milking dams. Stock and price will suit you.
CHAS. F. DAWSON. R. No. 2. Central Lake. Mich.

 

 

 

HOLSTEINS—I will sell “Aggie Cornuco-
pia Pietcrtje Dekoi" No.
F7254. Born Mar 20 1908, Unquestionably the best

b1ed y earling bull in the state. 11111111 calxesZto 4 1110.

old. A It 0. dams. W rite at onceiiln need of some-

{111111.r good. L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.

1. 1. mouse 31011 111111, wetness:

Have some choice cows and heifers at right prices-

SHEEP.

 

 

 

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H E R E F0 R D 5:10? slaItE.erAI:o 1:01:55!g

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

 

 

 

 

Northern Grown Jerse s.
ROYCILOFT FARM. Sidnnw. Mic

ERSII‘ Y llull (‘alf born F1 11 El ’09 first call of a
better “hose dam gave 7314 lbs. of milk in ’08
fiire‘s Darn’s record 10060 lbs. in 10} months.
T111:M1111..\1'—W311'.111~1.1N to, Ann Arbor. Mich.

 

 

Lillie Farmstead Jerseys.
We l1a1e some splendid bull calms for rule trom
one to six months old. They are from cows “1th
retords of 300 to 425 pounds of butter last year.
Write for description and prices.

COLON C. LILLIE. (.oopcrsville. Mich.

ERDENHEIM FARM

SHROPSHIRES

EDWIN S. GEORGE, Owner.

Rams and Ewes for Sale. 1

“WRITE FOR PRICES TO

ROBERT GROVES, Shepherd,

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

SNNOPSHIIIE HALL STOCK FARM.

Will make special prices for thirty days. on ewes
from i to 3 years old. all bred to Imported Cooper,
and Mansell rams to lamb in March and April. also
on very choice ewe lambs, this is to make room for an
importation that is goingr to arrive this spring,

L. S. DUNHAM dz SONS. Concord. Michiaan.

GO INTO SHEEP RAISING

Buy of Michigan's Largest Breeder of good sheep.
Romcyn C. Parsons. Grand Ledge, liIich.

 

 

 

 

ERKNHIRL S. Three brnmi sous, giantl- dang Ill.( 1a of the
B great. Premier Ilmringtcllru also .1fe11 choiu gilta a. bawain
prices. 8" ilNE‘ALE FARM, I’t. Austin, Mich.

 

BREEDERS’ IIIIiEC'I'tIIiY.
CATTLE.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS.

Herd headed by UNDULA'I‘A BLACKBIRD
11‘" 83836. one of the best sons of PRIN NCE I'I‘o
50006. and Grand Champion Bull at the Detroit
and Grand Rapids Fun of 1907 and 1908 Herd con-
slats of Ericas. Blackbirds Prides.e c.

OODCO’I‘E STOCK FARM. Ionin. Mich.

ABERDEEN ANGUS bull. 1 Polled Durham
herd bull closely related to World’s Champion. and
ne yearling bull left. Freight and car fare to buyers
gLOVER BLOSSOM FARM . Port Austin. Mich

 

 

 

 

 

2 8
St. Lambert Jerseys, 1..311s’“s%‘if.‘l“.o2.lsy.fi?.i

11-.111ers L. It. KUNEY. Adrian Mien. Bell Phone

AM BOUILLET—Flock founded 1892 with 40 ewes
selected from one hundred registered ewes of the
best breeding possible. J. Q. A. COOK.Morrlce.Mich.

 

 

111111 I’llLLEI) BULLS, 122?.téin‘iei”.tim
sows. John Berner & Son. Grand Ledge. Michigang.
MARSTON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE.
'I‘. F. MARS'I‘ON. Bay City. Michiznn.
CHOICE JERSEYS- 5233?} 513.1“."3? 1.3123112"

CLARENCE BRISTOL. B. No. 2. Fentou, Mich.

 

 

 

Pure Bates Shel-thorns.

Poiled Durhams. A. I). DeGarmo. Highland. Mich.

 

111111111111 011116achzrshegrsasm
heifers at 850 to 375. E. Brackett. Ailezan. Michigan.

 

“068.
FOR SALE, 2,000 FIGS,

6 to 8 weeks old. at '32. 50 to $3 each: any breed’.
Will ship by express and give your money 8 worth.
UTILIZATION (10.. Grand Rapids. IVIich.

NORTHERN GROWN BERKSHINES.
ROYCROFT FAR M. Sidnnw. Mici i.
A FEW FALL GILTS bred for tall farrowlng,

also choice lot of spring pigs bred by King.
A. A.PA’1‘TULLO.Deckervllle. Mich

BERKSHIREs-SPRING ”as
sired by sons of
Premier Longfellow and Masterpiece, the world's
champions. C. D. WOODBURY, Lansing, Mich.

 

 

 

Premier.

 

 

—Bred to PRIME
Berkshire Bred Sows. BACON m BAR-
ON DUKE for Fall farrow. at prices that will sell
them. Two good young boars left. Rather than
have pub‘ic sale we will save the expense and give
you the difference. but they have got to go quit k.
Hupp Farm. (1. C. Hupp. Mgr.. Birmingham. Mich,J

 

DAMS BROS. IMPROVED CHESTER WHITES,Litchfield Mich. ,
won more premiums in '08 than any otherherd in Hichipen
Stock all ages for sale Prize winning W. Orpington, W. Leg-
horn and Buff Itock eggs, $1 per 15. Shorthorn bulls 81 heifers

IMPROVED CHESTER NHIiESfifif‘Sfi. $3121.23:
one tall boar, also March Apr. iarrow ready to ship.
W. 0. WILSON. Okemos, Mich. (Both Phones)

CHESTER WHITES Boers ready for service

' 815 cu; Gilt: bred for tall
farrow $20.011; 151111111: ples either sex. Eatisi‘actlrn
guaranteed. COLON (‘. LILLIE. Coopersvillc. Mich.

11111100 JERSEY SWINE. 13611551? 22:: E1

for 15. J. H. BANGHABT. Lansing. Mich.

 

 

 

 

I UROC JERSEYS—Bears ready for service. sows
for Spring far-row. Pigs at weaning shipped c. c.

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

 

—Nothing for
DurOC Jerseys sale at present
CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings, Mich.

 

I UROC Jersey of size and quality. 40 Boers ready
for service. 60 cows at Farmers Prices. Satis-
faction Guaranteed. J. C. Barney. Goldwater. Mich

 

() I. t‘. ’s Boars &sows all sold. I have a fine lot of
young pigs that WL l 510.1 be 1eudy to ship.
WMAN. Route 50 1. Mariette. Mich.

 

O I: C! S—ALL AGES. Thirty sows bred
for spring farrow. Shi pped
on approval. .H. JUMP.Munith.Mlch.

 

0 l C Boars ready for service. Spring pigs by
' grandson of World’s Grand Champion.
Glenwood Stock Farm, Iceland, Iichigan, R. 6. Phone 94.
O I C swine very prolific. My herd is
° ° ' headed with a grand son of Jackson
Chief. the world’s Champion and Grand Champion.
the greatest O. I. C. boar in the world also a Grand
son of 'l‘utesy second the world champion sow.

Place your order now for spring pigs
A. J. GORDEN. R. No. 2, Dorr; Mich.

 

 

EANLINGiPigs and bred Bows at barzains to
quick buy ers, from larue- stvled. prolific Poland-
China sows ROBERT NEVE Pierson. Mich.

 

, - ~Choice young boars. fall far—
‘ Paland' Ciilllas row. bred right someshow pro-

spects and herd headers. Prices right. Write today.
L. W. Barnes dram]. Byron, (Shlawassee Co.) Mich.

Poland- Chinas. $393, ”“5. "1.22.5
your order now. WOOD 1S: SONS. Saline. Mich.

LARGE ENGLISH YORKSHIRES.

Boars ready ior service :15. 00; Gilts bred for fall lar-
row $1.0. 00. spring pigs either sex. Satisfaction guar-
anteed. COLON C. LILLIE. Cooperavilie, Mich

 

 

 

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Please mention The Michi-
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MAY 29, 1909.

you are practically helpless. The com-
missioner is in a position to be criticised
by both the market end and the produc-
ing end of the proposition; he is in the
middle and gets a stone from each way.
The commission man would like to have
the dairy find food inspector do all the
dirty work and get all the curses by
compelling farmers to produce nothing
but gilt-edged milk and cream, but he
doesn‘t want to take off his coat and do
his share of it. If he would do his share
the whole problem would be solved, for
the crcaniery would have to grade its
cream and make different qualities of
butter and pay patrons according to qual-
ity, and then the patron would do his
part and the consequence would be that
in a short time we would have nothing
but good cream and good milk and, c011-
sequcntly, nothing but good butter.

AN ICE BOX FOR MILK.

Please tell me how to make an ice box
f‘hhéfift‘é‘f 811'“ E. M. n.

For keeping small amounts or small
quantities of milk, I know nothing better
than the common, ordinary refrigerator,
or a box made on that plan. The box
ought to be well insulated and there
should be a place in the upper part of it
to put the ice, and a connecting depart-
ment below so that the milk can be put
under the ice, because the cold air from
the ice will settle to the bottom. Ilut
for keeping milk in any quantities I
think that a tank which can be filled with
ice water will be more practical than a
dairy refrigerator. You simply have a
tank that will hold water enough to
come 11p to the top of the can in which
the milk is placed, and then you keep ice
in this tank of water. In other words,
keep ice water around the milk, which is
much better than cold air, and much more
practical. Of course, you can save ice
by having a cover to this tank, or you
can have the tank surrounded by an out-
side covering or house which will protect
it from the air and thus save some ice,
but: a tank of ice water is what you
want to keep the milk in if you would
keep it successfully for any length or
time.

VALUE OF PICKED SWEET CORN
FOR COWS.

 

Please tell me the feeding value of a
ton of green sweet corn cars as they are
picked from the stalk with lrusks on,
(s ante as the canning factory requires
3"oi canning purposes), the corn to be
fed to milch cows.

Ncwaygo Co. C, ‘It'Nxms.

I am frank to say that I do not know
the feeding value of sweet corn picked
from the stalk for Canning purposes. 1
have no data which will help me very
much in this respect. I am sure, how-
ever, that it is not as valuable as a food
for dairy cows as a great many people
imagine. 111 the first place, it is about
80 per cent water, thus leaving only about
20 per cent of dry matter. The sweet
corn, after it was dry, would contain
about bl) or W per cent of dry matter
and 10 per cent of moisture, but as it is
picked from the stalk ready for the can—
ncry or for the table, it contains only
about :0 per ccnt dry matter.

Now, sweet corn is a little bit richcr
111 protein aird fat than common dent
corn, but not very much. It contains so
much 111oisturc, say five times as much
moisture when picked from the stalk as
it would have when cured, that it would
certainly have only about one—fifth the
ltt'tlllléf value that it would if this same
corn was thoroly dry. Now, the husks
that are picked with the car are no more
valuable than so much stalk, or corn
silage—:just about the same value. And
the green husks on 1111 car of corn Weigh
considerable, 24) per cent Would be husk
because they contain a large per cent of
the moisture at that time.

Ear corn, or shelled corn, at the pres-
ent time is worth about 1 1c per 111., or
$271 per ton; that is the market value of
it, and, taking into consideration the husk
that surrounds the ear and the fact that
it contains only about 20 per Cent. of dry
matter while shelled corn or car corn
contains 80 to ill) per cent, I would figure
that a. ton of this green sweet corn would
not be worth over $5 or $6 for feeding
dairy cows. There is, however, another
element; which ought to be considered,
and that is, the. palatability of this sweet
corn. It is very palatable; the cows
like it very much and anything that is
very palatable is apt to do the cow more

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THE) MICHIGAN FARMER. (9) 585

good than the chemist would figure out
from its food value. I have no doubt that
a few ears of this green sweet corn would
be so well relished by the cows that they
would do better than they would if drv
corn was fed, but of course this would
not apply to the whole ration because it
would not have the food value of the
dry corn.

FISHY fLAVOR IN BUTTER.

inttermakcrs ii general have long suf-
fered heavy loss from fishy flavor, a well—
known depreciating factor in the butter
trade of different countries. It is not
uniformly present, but occurs more fre-
quently in some countries than in others.
For example, it is much more common
in butter from Australia than in the
Danish product. In the I'nited States it
is prevalent in certain sections of the
country, especially in the newer dairy
localities, and one such region is known
to commission men as the “fishy belt."
The cause of this trouble has been a
mystery and butter experts have been at
a loss to account for its appearance, altho
many theories have been advanced.
Since 1905 the Dairy Division of the
Bureau of Animal Industry has been
working on the problem, and its investi-
gations have just been reported by L. A.
Rogers, in a circular issued by the Ru-
reau, and it is believed that his conclu—
sions regarding the cause and prevention
of the trouble will be of practical value
to buttermakers.

Of the undesirable flavors of butth the
various oily fiavors may be classed as the
most objectionable and troublesome.
They range from a slight sur'grstion of
oil to a strong flavor of mathinc Oil. In
the latter case the inferior quality of the
butter becomes evident even to the in»
different consumer. Fishy flavor, which
is one of the most common of the oily
flavors, gives to butter a peculiar oily
taste suggesting mackerel or salmon.
Butter is frequently dcscribct'l as fishy
which is merely oily or otherwise of'f‘
flavor, but the typical flavor of fishy but—
ter is never mistaken for any other.

\Vhile many firings connected with the
buttermaking industry have been ascribed
as the cause, Mr. Rogers is of the opin»

Notice To All Dairymen:

WHEREAS:—— ‘ ,
One of our LITTLE competitors, calling themselves “The De Laval Co." (and
finding that the superior merits of th_1 CLEVELAND SEPARA'I‘OR have rap-
idly won the confidence of the people) have stooped to THE LI"TLEST tr1ck
known in honest merchandising, by announcing to the world at large that
they have SUED us for damages, belie11ng that they cerild I‘OOL 'l HE PEOPLE
BY

THEIR MOST COLOSSAL BLUFF

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN:—- '
That THE CLEVELAND CREAM SI‘JI’ARA’I‘OR must have won the prarscs
of the public and the preference of the people, and that THE CLEVELAND
CREAM SEPARATOR must have proven itself a vastly superior and more sen—
sible and practical Separator and

That THE CLEVELAND CREAM SEPARATOR lras by its superior merits
forced its competitor to an enormous loss of trade,

FOR THEY ADMIT IT IN A BLUFF LAWSUIT

Their Patent No. 743,438 was granted in 1902 and our Patent No. 798,324 was
granted in 190r xntrifugal‘separatm has ONLY 6 DISKS, while theirs
has OVER FOUR TIMES AS MANY. \Vlrcn ours first went on the market
they said “it was not practical,” and now they claim DAMAG CS because they
had the idea first. .

'I‘vheir petition asks the court to grant them “all the profits” ave have made,
and “damages” and then asks the Cunt to BE (ll INl‘ROUS because they
have been “so damag ed” and t0 MULIIPLY TIIOSE DAMAGES BY THREE
—most remarkable, indeed.

THE CLEVELAND SEPARATOR is made

With only 6 disks to wash—theirs hrs over foui‘ times as many to wash.

Of aluminum weighing only 10 lbs. —-thcirs of steel and weighs over twice -
as much

All ball—bearing and easy running—the only one ball bearing made.

The, lowest down and easiest tended and lightest running Separator made.
IT ONLY COSTS $25 TO START A BLUFF LAWSUIT—BUT THE PEOPLE
CAN’T BE FOOLED BY such a time-Worn LITTLE trick—WW1 dart- them to
bring the case to trial.—That will show the public conclusively \\'II\" and
\VHEREIN the CLEVELAND CREAM SEPARA'I‘OR IS SO FAR SUPERIOR
~~The public has already given the CLEVELAND the verdict‘so let the
“whipped dog howl.”

\I'rite us for full descriptive catalOg I), or ask any dealer TO COMPARE
OUR SEPARATOR \VI’I‘H THEIRS ()1: ANY OTHER.

The Cleveland Cream Separator Company
Cleveland, Ohio.

CREAM SEPARATUII F”

DISCRIMINATING BUYERS The

Among the leading breeders and discriminating dairymen

the United States Separator is ‘recognized as the Best High I 9

           

 

 

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ion that fishy flavor is not produced by
the action of any one factor but, so far
as he has been able to ascertain, the im-
mediate cause is a particular substance,
produced by the oxidation of one of thc1
combinations of the acid developcd 1111.
the ripening of the cream. In otherl
Words, it is caused by a slow, spontaneous
chemical change to which acid is essential
and which is favored by the presence of'
small amounts of oxygen.

It has been a generally accepted theory
among buttern'iakcrs that sour cream
makes the best butter. This idea is
reversed by the investigations, which
bring forth the conclusion that butter
made from sww't cream does not Contain
the elements that go to make fishy flavor.

In all the, experimental butter made in
the last three. years, there has been no
trace of fishy flavor in that made from
IlilSlt‘lIl'th'tl sweet cream churned without
the addition of a starter. I11 butter made
from pasteurized cream, with starter ud—
ded btlt without any subsequent ripening,
there has been no fishy flavor, with one
or two doubtful exceptions. (ln the other
hand, many lots of experimental butter
made from well ripened cream developed
marked fishiness.

It is evident, therefore, that there is a
direct: relation between the acidity of
cream and the development of fishy
flavor in the butter. However, as the
work progressed it became apparent that
the acidity, altho having a determining
influence tar fishy flavor, was not the sole
cause. \\'ith this factor cti1nlrollcd it was
1111possiblc to make butter with any cer—
tainly that it would become, fishy. Fre-
quently butter made from cream with a
high acidity showed no trace of this
flavor.

   
   
  
  
    
   
   
  
   
  
  
  

Grade Separator made, and 28 used by them.
We want the opportunity to demonstrate to prospective .
purchasers that the United States is cheapest m the Iong run. M 0 d e I
"II IIBII

The United States Separatoris the closest skimmmg Sepa-
rator made. It IIolds (/16 World’s Record made in fifty
. consecutive runs on milk from ten different
W5 breeds Of cattle.

United States selling agents in every dairy
section will allow free trial to any prospective
purchaser. If you do not know the add1css of
the local agent, write us for Catalogue No 111
and your request will be promptly attended to.

VERMONT FARM MACHINE 00., Bellows Falls, Vt.

It costs no more than other Separators of equaI
capacity. It lasts longer, gives less trouble and
has far greater cash value.

It is cheaper 111 the end than Separators selling
at lower prices, because there are practically no
repair bills, because it does better work, because
it does it easier.

   
    
 
  

 

 

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AMERICAN CREAM

  
 
  
   
    
 
 
   

 
   
  
   
  
  
    
 
  
 
 
 
  
 

Wand is the most easily and
, quit kIy c Icaned(‘ rcanrfii p—

1» 11111101 on the market . No ‘Guaranteed to skim closer

than any separator in the
world. Sold diret t from the
factory. We are the oldest;
exclusive, manufacturers of
hand separators In America.
Y on saic all agents dealers'
and (you mail order house
profits. We have the most.
TRIA

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satisfactory 1' r1 11111 sc purutorfi
‘. a 111 11 1111111 with a gtnuinc
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that. opens in every p. 1rt just
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height; prepaid offer Write
for it today. Our new
low down waist high

 

 

CREAM SEPARATOR

is patented in all the lead-
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world, and has 8 times the,
skimming efficiency of
other separators that sell
at, double the very rea-

separator is the finest,
highest quality mathincori
the market; no other sep-
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Our own (the manufa<tur-
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It was found that overworking the but-
ter increased the tendency to tishiness,
and this flavor could be produced with
reasonable certainty by overworking high-
acid butter. All butter contains consid-
erable quantities of air, and this is 111—
crcascd by the working, thus producing
conditions more favorable to oxidations.

Fishy flavor may be prevented with
certainty, says Mr. Rogers, by making
butter from pasteurized cream, without
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' “'ith the rccurrcncc of
the day Sct apart for the
paymcnt of a fitting trib—
utc to the nation's dcad hcrocs who
mcasurcd up to thc cxtrcmc test of hu—
man lovc and loyalty by giving thcir lchs
for thcir country in its timc of nccd—
it is both lilting and propt-r that our
minds should dwcll in rtvcrcnt mcmory
upon thcir sacrificc. the fruits of which it
is our good fortuuc to enjoy. \Yhat scutt-
mcnt could bc morc bcantit‘ul and what
ccrcmonial morc titting to thc day and
thc occasion, than thc strcwing of bcau—
tit'ul flowers, naturc's cmblcm of purity
and a future life of fruitfulncss, upon the
graves of these dcpartcd licrOcs; and
what could promisc morc for thc future
of our nation than the fact that the
childrcn usually take a promincnt part
in thc amn'opriatc scrvim- of thc day,
thus inculcating in thcm a rcvcrcncc for
thc patriots ot’ othcr days which cannot
but bc instrumcntal in thc strcngthcniuzr
ot' thcir forming charactcrs. 'l‘hcrc must
bc much of comfort to thc fricnds of tho-w-
dcad hcrocs in thc tributc thus- paid to
thcm on Alt-moral lhty, but iilt‘lt- ark
many of thcir compatriots wizow gravrs
will llilt hc tit'f’tll'iili‘li on that dry. .Itvc

iii Me'moriam.

as nature providcs hcr wild iltJ'A'PI: ll
giacc thc liailchd grutnd abou‘ lint-r
unknown gravcs. 'l‘hi-sc should nu‘ bi;
forgottcn in thc obscrvancc of til-'

Our tirst—pagc cut portrays an cxarnplc
of public tributc paid to tlicsc taKcr;
hcrocs who nc'cr rcturnt-d 1.. {pimp}; ,,.
homo Hr tircsido. ’l‘hc pocm dcdicatwl to
The l'uknown Dcad which accompanics it

- bcautifully cxpy-csscs a scutimcnt which

Should be chcrishcd on Mcmorial Day,
and which should bc cxcmpliticd in
memorial scrviccs whcrcvcr practicablc.
Tho ranks of our Grand Army arc ycarly
bcing thinncd. ’Twill not bc long bcl‘oro-
for the last of thcm, thcsc sad but loving
rites must bc obscrvcd. So lot the day
Do Obscl‘Vcd in tittiug rcvcrcucc. Lot
tho childrcn onc and all participatc in
the cxcrciscs, and gathcr as wcll as dis~
tribute fiowcrs which on that day will bc
used as an cmblcm of a nation‘s noble
sentiment. Lct the Dill‘t‘lliS join with
thcm in attcndancc at tho ccrcmonics of
the day, to the cud that thcy may rcccivc
the greater imprcssion of the day and
it's significance. Lct us all do our part
in keeping the memory of our soldier dcad
t'orevcr grccn, for whatever may have

9)

THE MICHIGAN" FARMER

been their faults, they not only atoned for
them," but made eac’h'and’ai’l'df 'us' their
everlasting debtors thru their sacrifice
to a. principle. Time has softened the
harsh differences which made their strug-
gles necessary. Because‘thousands sac-
rificed themselves to an erroneous prin-
ciple does not make them less our broth-
ers now, so in our Memorial Day service
let there be no bitterness and no censure,
but honor and homage to all the soldier
dead.

The new statisti-
lncrease of Wealth cal abstract of the

and Production. U n it e d S t a t e s,

which will be issued
in a few days, gives some interesting fig-
ures touching the increase of wealth and
production in the United States, which
make possible some gratifying compari-
sons from the farmer‘s standpoint as
will be noted from the following sum—
mary: .

The wealth of the United States in
1850, according to the figures of the Con--
sus Office. was 7 billions of dollars, speak-
ing in round terms; in 1860, 16 billions;
in 1870, 30 billions: in 1880, 4317;; billions;
in 1890, 65 billions; in 1900, 881/; billions;
and in 1904, 107 billions; the average
wealth per capita being. acco ding to the
same authority. in 1850, $ 08; in 1860,
$514; in 1870, $780; in 1880, $850; in 1890,
$1.039; in 1900, $1.165: and in 1904. $1,310.
The wealth production on farms, accord—
ing to the estimatc of the Dcpartmcnt
of Agriculture was in 1897 $4,250,000.000,
and in‘1907 $7,412,000.000. Among the
valuable articics produced on the farm
are included wheat, of which the firm
value in 1908 was sct down at 617 million
dollars. a largcr sum than in any previous
ycar in the history of our production;
cotton, of which the value in 1906, the
ycar of largest valuation. was 722 mil—
lions; hay, in 1007, 7-14 millions; and corn,
in 1908, 1.016 millions—these bcing in all
cascs values on the farm.

From these figures it will be noted
that the farm value of the agricultural
products of the country in 1907 was
ncarly double the farm value of such
products in 1897, and with the marked
incrcasc in the average price of all farm
products at thc prcscnt time in compari—
son with 1907 it is probable that the farm
valuc of the agricultural products of the
country for 1008 was more than double
that of thc some products a dccadc pre-
vious, thc cstimatcs made by thc sccrc-
tary of agriculture in his annual report.
for 19th giving the farm value of all farm
products as $000,000,000 in round num-
licrs.

The doubling of the valuc of farm pro-
ducts in ion years means the doubling
of the earning pmvcr of the farms of the
country, at lcast, sincc thc highcr cost
of labor and thc incrcascd cost of living
would scarccly doublc thc cost of produc-
tion, and would probably lcave morc than
doublc thc margin of profit in the pro-
duction of thc. farm products rcproscntcd
in this grand aggrcgatc of value. Of
coursc, thc valuc of farm land as rcprc-
scntcd in thc market includcs the Value
which atlachcs to a home. in which it
dit't'crs from oihcr industrial proportics
the value of which is based cntircly on
their prcscnt or prospective earning
powcr. But thc comparative rate of thc
illi'l't-HSO of agricultural wcalth with the
othcr wcalth of thc country, which thcse
tigurcs show to havc takcn placc during
thc last dccadc. is unuucstionably favor~
(1101- to the formcr. and the lack of any
surplus of thcso line-s of production at
tho prcscnt timc is a condition which
would scum to insure a continuancc of
high prim-s for sonic time to (-mnc, and
ill\‘t'\'illli‘llifi in agricultural lands shoull
lvc incrcasingly prolifablc. Surely the
ffillllll‘l's‘ of the country are to be con-
aratulatt-d on thcir prcscnt prospcrous
rntnditinn and their prospects for tho
{u‘uir-,

With the close of
The V»/0rk of the the lcgislative scssion

Legislature. the work which has
bccn accomplishcd and
1 . 1:. .- which havc bccn cnactcd during

tlic was-ion ltr-comc a propcr subject for
rcvicw. As has bccn notcd in these col-
umns thc scssion of the lcgislaturc just
(-I‘Iisi'tl has bccn of moro titan usual im-
portaucc to thc statc for tho reason that
thc adoptini of the nch constitution
madc ncccssary many changcs in the
statutes and many ncw laws to conform
to its provisions. Ono of thc more im-
portant instant-cs of this kind was the
provision of a largcr mcasurc of homo
Iulc for the minor municipalitics of thc
statc, which will in thc future climinato
from the considcration of the lcgislature
thc mass of JOcal hills which have de-
laycd thc ctmsidcration of important pub-
lic acts in previous Scssions of the state
lcgislativc body. 'l‘hcn, aside from this
lcgislation made necessary by the adop-
tion of the now constitution, there were
many pressing questions to be considered
and settled for the ncxt two years. One

of the most knotty of these problems was'

the liquor question, but after much dis-
cussion and the trying out of the strength
of the opposing factions 0n different bills,
this question was finally settled in a.
manner which appears to be fairly satis-
factory to the public. This law is so
framed as to accomplish the gradual
reduction of the number of saloons, and
to 'give the cities and villages or town—
shipsjn which they are located a greater
measure of power to tax and regulate
them. A provision of the law which will
be appreciated in many instances is that
providing that when a liquor dealer has
been twice convicted of violating the law
his liccnse will be revoked and he will
be barred from again engaging in the
business. Supplementary legislation
along the Same line abolishes the free
lunch and gives greater power to officers
in searching for and seizing contraband
liquors in dry counties. The most im—
portant taxation legislation enacted dur-
the session was that providing for the
taxation of telegraph and telephone com-
panies on an ad valor-em basis. This
brings all property in the state on the
same basis of taxation and will add
something like $100,000 to the amount re-
ccivcd by the state from these properties.
Another feature worthy of mention in tax
legislation is the fact that non-residents
are given the right of appeal from the
assessmcnt of their property made by
local assessors. ’l'he abolishing of con-
tract labor in the prisons of the state
is another far—reaching action taken dur-
ing the legislative session just closed. In
fact, there are a long list of those which
might be mentioned, and commented
upon separatcly did space but permit.
On the wholc, the work done and the
legislation enacted during the session
'may be considered as highly satisfactory.
The following summary includes in a
gcncral way. the objcct and iffcct of the
more important acts passcd by the legis-
lature. Spat-c docs not permit a more
gcncral discus‘si- n of them in this issue,
but sonic of tin-m may bo commcntcd-
upon in dctail in future issues, provided
there seems to be a gcncral interest in
or demand for such discussion:

Tclcphone and telegraph companies
brot undcr ad valorcm tax law: will in-
crease statc‘s rcccipts over $100,000 ycarly;
allowing non—resident taxpayers to appeal
to statc tax commissioners from action
of local asscssing oliiccrs; allowing appcal
to thrcc non—rcsidcnt supervisors from
action of supcrvisors in equalizing county
valuations; cxcmpting bonds of citics.
townships, countics, villagcs and school
districts from taxation; rc-cnactment of
railroad commission bill, broadening com—
mission’s powcrs and rcmoving doubt of
law’s constitutionality; railroad employcs
cxemptcd from construction of “follow-
scrvant" idca; allowing townships to
form unit school district: permitting
country school districts to pay tuition or
scholars who havc passed eighth gradc to
ncarby high schools; encouraging county
manual training and agricultural schools
—statc to pay $4,000 a ycar, but aid lim-
itcd for this session to but one school,
that at Menominee, bcing the only one
in thc statc; highway laws codificd. mak-
ing it easy for highway commissionor to
lcarn his duties—many obsolete parts of
prcscnt laws rcpealcd: good roads ap-
propriation sot at $150,000 yearly—$25,000
a your incrcasc: declaring tubcrculosis
an infoctious discasc and prcscribing
rigid rules for reporting and isolating
cast-s: giving state board of ltcalth super--
vision ovcr watcr supplies; allowing state
board of hcalth somc power in kccping
streams free of scwage. but exempting
cxisting city scwagc systems; making
strictcr laws for conduct of saloons, gon-
cral provision for gradual rcduction to
one to 500; “scarch and scizurc" bill, giv—
ing prosccutors greater rights in scarcit—
111g for contraband liquor in dry countics;
providing for cloction of drain commis—
sioncrs~~all drain pt-titions must bc ap—
provcd by township board and townships
may issun bonds for drains; providing for
constrtu-tion of dams in drains; codifying
military laws and arranging for root-gait-
izing of dcpartmcnt rbill carries $15,000
for armorics, not morc than two to bc
built ycarly; banking examiners may act
as rcccivcrs for banks in trouble but at
no incrcasc in salarics: savings and com-
mcrcial deposits to be kept scparatc in
banks whosc savings dcposits are lcss
than $300,000; statc banks in towns of
2,500 pcoplc or loss allowcd to rcduce
commcrcial rcscrvc from 71/1. to 3-3.1 pcr
ccnt, and savings rcscrvc from 5 to 21/2
pcr (rcnt; allowing supcrvisors to name a
county dcpository providing that, intcrcst
shall go to county, and cxcmpting trcas-
urcrs from liability for loss; abolishing
contract labor and providing for board
to dcvise mcans to work convicts on state
account; stock and bond issucs of public
utilitics corporations to bc, supcrviscd by
railway cotnmission: dcpartmcnt hcads
allowed to gradc clcrk‘s pay from $300 to
$1,200, providcd avcragc for dcpartmcnt
shall not exceed $1,000 pcr clcrk; labor
laws codificd—most important change a
provision that women shall not work more
than 54 hours per wcck and not more
than 10 hours per day; closed scason for
black bass between February 1 and June
15, size to be not lcss than 10 inches and
allows not more than 10 to be caught in
one day: primary election bill; bringing
vessels that ply in inland waters undcr
practically same restriction as vesscls
under federal control in great lakes; glv-

 

MAY 29, 1909.

mg minority Stockholders representation

on boards of. directOrs; to pay portion

of cost when cattle are killed by order
of boards of health because of having
infectious'diseases; providing that binder

twine must be labeled with name of '

maker, weight of package and quality;
making penalties for sale of impure spray-
ing compounds; making Lincoln’s birth—
day, February 12, and Columbus day,
October 12, legal holidays; public domain

commission to handle state tax lands and

reforestation matters; three bills granting

to cities, villages and counties powers of.

local legislation contemplated by the new
constitution.
Something of
Where and How the the difficulty and
Tariff Applies. detail to be en-
countered in the
revision of the tariff schedules has been
not: d in these columns, but it is probable
that the reader who has never given
particular attention to the consideration
of this subject has no very adequate c0n-
ccption as to how these schedules are
made up, the sources of greatest revenue
from them or the many classifications to
which different rates are applied in the
several general classes of dutiable goods.
To the end that the reader may be as-
sisted to a better understanding of this
complicated subject, and to better appre-
ciate the manner in which the duty is
distributed as to its final payment, We
givc below some figures relating to the
tariff history of the country, and a single
example of the application of the rates
in the schedules, as prepared by the
Bureau of Statistics of the Department
of Commerce and Labor of the U. S.
Government:

Twelve articles or classes of articles
pay three-fourths of the 300 million dol-
lars per annum collected as tariff duties
by the Government of the United States.
The duties collcctcd undcr the existing
tariff law have averaged 300 million dol-
lars per annum during the past three
ycars, the largest sum being in the fiscal
year 1907, when the total collections
amounted to 329 million dollars. In that
year, 1907, sugar paid 60 million dollars
duty; cotton manufactures, 39 millions;
lcaf tobacco, 22 millions; manufactures of
fibers, 22 millions; manufactures of silk,
20 millions, manufacturcs of wool. 20
millions; raw wool. 161/; millions, spirits,
wincs, and malt liquors, 16 millions: man-
ufacturcs of iron and steel, 12 millions;
carthen and china ware, 8 millions; chem-
icals, drugs, and dycs, 7% millions; and

‘fruits and nuts, 7 millions—the total for

these twelve articles or groups of articles
bcing 250 millions, or just threc-fourths
of the 329 million dollars of tariff duties
collcctcd in that ycar.

The amount of customs or tariff duty
collectcd in 1.921 was 19 million dollars.
in 1830 28 millions, in 1850 40 millions, in
1860 53 millions, in 1870 192 millions, in
1380 133 millions, in 1890 221. millions, in
1900 229 millions, in 1907—the largest sum
over collected from tariff—320 millions.
and in 1908 283 millions; the annual aver-
age in the past thrcc years being in round
terms, 300 millions per annum. ’The dut-
ics collcctcd amountcd in 1821 to 35 per
ccnt of the value of thc total mcrchandiso
imported, in 1830 to 15 per ccnt, in 19.70
to 23 pcr cont. in 1860 to 16 per ccnt. in
1370 to 42 pcr ccnt, in 1830 to 29 per cent.
in 1890 to 20 pcr cent. in 1900 to :28 per
ccnt, and in 1007 to 23 pcr cent of the
total value of the merchandise brot into
thc country.

The share of the imported merchandise
which paid a duty on entering the coun-
try has varicd grcatly. From 1820 down
to 1833 less than 10 per cent of the mer—
chandise cntering the country came in
frcc of duty. From 1833 to 1841 the share
admitted t‘rcc of duty rangcd from 23 to
50 nor cent of the total. From that date
to 18717 thc share importcd frcc of duty
rangcd front 9 to 17 per ccut of the total.
From 1357 to 1963 the sharc imported t‘rcc.
of duty rangcd from 20 to 27 pcr ccnt.
From 1863 to 1867 the sharc importcd free
of duty rangcd from 12 to 10 pcr cont.
From 1867 to 1873 the proportion entering
without paymcnt of duty ranged from 41/3
to 81;. per ccnt of thc total. Bcginniug
with 1373 thc sharc of incrchandisc im—
portcd frcc of duty stcadily incrcascd.
commencing with 27 per ccnt in that year
and rcaching 2'10 pcr ccnt of tho total in
1303, 59 per cent in 1894, 181/2 per cent in
1X00, 491/.) pcr ccnt in 1808, «171/13 pcr ccnt
in 1005, and 41% pcr ccnt in 1008.

Tho Shari) which tho, custmng dutics
have bornc in produc’ng thc rcvcnucs of
the country has also varied with varying
conditions. From 1701 on down to 1813
small sums wore collcctcd as intcrnal
rcvcnuc, seldom, howcvcr, rcaching as
much as 1 million dollars. In 1801}, how-
cvcr, the prcscnt systcm of intcrnal rcv-
cnue was established, the rcccipts thcrc-
front in that your bcing in round tcrms,
38 million dollars. whilc the customs rc—
ccipts wcrc 64 millions. in that pcriod
from 1801 to 1308 the int’crnal rcvcnuo
rcccipts avcragcd 217 million dollars pcr
annum, and tho customs rcccipts, 137
millions per annum. “'ith the close of
thc civil-war period internal taxes were
modificd, and thc annual avcragc of in-
tcrtuil-rcvcnuc rcccipts during the pcriod
from 1800 to 1807 was 133 million dollars
pcr year, and the customs rcccipts 131
millions pcr ycar. During tho Spanish—
American war period from 1893 to 1902
the receipts from internal revenue avcr~
agcd 204 millions pcr ycar, and the cus—
toms rcccipts 212 millions per year. With
the modification of the internal-rcvcnue
taxes following the close of the Spanish-
Amcrican war the receipts therefrom
again fell bclow those of the customs,
and the annual average of the internal-
revcnuc. receipts in the period between
1903 and 1908 were 245 millions. while
those from customs was 284 millions.

It must not be supposed, however, that

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MAY 22, 1909. ' ‘

because a dozen articles or groups of
articles pay three—fourths of the tariff
duties collected, the making of a tariff
and the determination of rates of duty
and the amount of revenue likely to re-
sult therefrom is by any means a simple
matter. The rates of duty levied are not
applied merely to groups of articles as a
whole, but apply at different rates and
in different terms to various grades and
qualities of articles forming each group,
and in many cases to the various grades
of a material bearing a single name.
Under the title of cotton cloth, for in-
stance, the rates of duty on cloths not
exceeding 50 threads to the square inch,
counting warp and filling, are 1 cent
per yard if the material is not bleached,
dyed, or colored, but 1%. cents per yard it
bleached, and 2 cents per yard if dyed,
colored, or printed. If the number of
threads per square inch exceeds 50 and
does not exceed 100 the rates are still
higher—41A, cents per square yard on that
which is not bleached, dyed, or colored
and does not exceed 6 square yards to the
pound, but 11/2 cents per square yard on,
that exceeding 6 square yards to the
pound and 1% cents per square yard if it
exceeds 9 square yards to the pound; for
that which is bleached still another rate
obtains for the various grades; and for
that which is dyed or colored another and
still higher rate.

For cloths exceeding 100 and not ex-
ceeding 150 threads to the square inch
the rates are yet higher for the various
classes, whether unbleached, bleached,
or dyed, and also in proportion to the
number of square yards per pound. For
other grades, exceeding 150 and not ex-
ceeding 200 threads to the square inch,
the rates are higher. For those exceed-
ing 200 and not exceeding 300 threads to
the square inch the rates are still higher;
and for those exceeding 300 threads to
the square inch even higher rates are
named for the various classes and grades.
On cotton cloths alone the duties col-
lected in 1907 were but 5 million dollars.
The class of cotton goods which pays the
largest sum is that of laces, which paid
in 1907, 24 million dollars, out of 39 mil-
lions paid by cotton manufactures as a
whole. This class of cotton laces includes
laces, lace window curtains, tidics, pillow
shams, bed sets. napkins, and other arti-
cles made wholly or in part of lace or'
in imitation of lace: veils and veiling,
cmbroidcries, cdgings, inscrtings, and
many other articles; and pays a duty of
60 per cent. Lace window curtains, pil-
low shams, and bed sets made on Not-
tingham lace curtain machines if they
have 6 points or spaces to the inch,
counting between the warp threads, pay
11/2 cents per square yard plus 20 per cent
of the value; if thcy contain 7 points or
spaces to the square inch they pay 2
cents per square yard and 20 per cent
of the value; and so on, the rate increas-
ing with the number of points or spaces
to the inch (or in other words, with the
increase in fineness of the lace), until
those having 18 points or spaces to the
inch payii/g cents per square yard plus
20 per cent of the value,

The above complicated features of the
“Cotton Goods Schedule" of the existing
tariff law are stated somewhat in detail
as an example of the difficulties which
confront the maker of the tariff and the
officers of the Government who determine
the amount of duty to be collected and
actually collected on the thousands of
articles and many thousands of grades
of different articles imported; and to fur-
ther indicate that while it is true that
twelve different articles or classes of
articles pay three—fourths of the duties
Collected, the details of fixing the rates
of duty, and of determining the amount
of duty which should be paid and of cul-
culating the amount actually collected,
are, after all, most difficult and tedious,
and explain in some degree the difficulties
of the task of making a new tariff, of
collecting the duties which it names, and
of stating in concrete form the results
of these operations.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

Foreign.

A member of the English parliament
recently startled that country by dc-
claring that the German government was
sccrctly placing men, arms and ammuni~
tion in London.

In the presence of many chiefs and 20,—
000 soldiers, Lidj JeztsSue, the 13—year—old
grandson of King Mcnelik, of Abyssinia,
was publicly proclaimed heir to the throne
of that country. 110 was two days before
married to 7-year-old Princess ltomunic
and it is claimed that the union has grout
political significance since it unites the.
families of two dynasties, and very in-
fluential chiefs.

A court at Paris sentenced 13 royuiists
to a short term in prison for attempting
to form a parade after 2.1 dinner given in
honor Of the Duke of Orleans.

Docks and warehouses valued at $l,~
500,000 were destroyed by fire at Lille,
France, last Week.

The Cuban government is facing a most
serious situationwthe revenues from reg-
ular sources appear in no way sufficient
to meet the ordinary expenses of the
government. The government fears to
take steps toward retrenchment as prac-
tically all of the work being carried on
is necessary for the immediate welfare
of the inhuh‘tants and for the commercial
interests of the island.

influential Jews from different sections
of the world are planning for a Jewish
colony to be located on the territory be-
tween the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
An expedition will be sent to gather in-
formation about this territory, called
Mesopotamia.

A conference will be held in London in
June to consider plans looking toward the
cslahlishing of a system of signals for
gathering information about meteorologi-
cal conditions that will enable vessels to
be forewarned of storms while crossing
the ocean. By a system of_relays it is
thot that records at different points can
be gathered by boats and sent to points
along the European coast and on this

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FI‘HE MICHIGAN VFARMER.

side, where the information can be stud—
ied and a report of same.sent back to the
vessels in the same manner.

In order to settle partisan differences
it' has been proposed to the general as-
sembly of Mexico that two vice-presi-
dents be elected.

The national geological society has pre-
vailed upon Prof. Starr of the University
of Cornell, to make another trip to Alaska
for the purpose of further studying the
glaciers of that land.

Recent vessels in the New York harbor
report great difficulty in passing the large
ice fields that are now lying in the course
of traffic between this country and Eu—
rope. _

The Chinese government will use the
revenues derived from the Pekin-Hankow
and the Northern railroad to purchase
the English road between Shanghai and
Nankin.

The Philippine general assembly last
Thursday declared a second time for the
independence of the islands.

The Italian government is planning to
build new battleships for her navy. Those
now in contemplation will be the largest
in the world.

National.

Over 500 miles of railroad has been tied
up in the state of Georgia because of a
strike by the white firemen against the
employment of negro firemen. The state
has been asked to send troops to aid the
employers but the governor states that
there are not sufficient troops in the
state to cope with the situation. _

Sunday fully 25,000 persons attended
services in Brooklyn in honor of the sol-
dier and sailor dead.

The Union Pacific railroad has just
placed an order for 100 new locomotives.

Henry H. Rogers, vice—president of the
Standard Oil Company, died May 20, at
his home in New York City. He was one
of the most influential financiers of the
country.

The assets of A. Booth & Co., fish deal-
ers, who went into bankruptcy during the
1907 panic, sold recently for $1,000,000 at
public auction.

Cattlemcn raided a sheep ranch ncur
Atchu. Col., last week and killed 3,000
head of sheep.

The 1901) session of the Michigan legis-
lature adjourned May 19.

Former Congressman Lundis, in speak-
ing of the effect of the Panama (lanai
upon the l‘nited States, said before the
Detroit Bankers’ Association that the un—
dertaking would be to the disadvantage
of the I'nilcd States unless our merchant
marine is given more support.

The national hoUSe of representalivcs
passed the Philippine tariff bill Monday.

The. steamer “'cstcrn States ran down
a tug in the, Buffalo harbor Monday morn-
ing and three men were drowned.

’l‘he sailors and midshipmcn of the Jap-
uncsc battleships Suyo and .-\.so, will be
permitted to land at Seattle and go on
parade with their side arms at the Alas-
ka—Yukon-P;1citic l-lxposition.

The Florida legislature has authorized
a committee to illvcstigutc the Western
Union telegraph ofi‘cc at, Tallahassee to
determine whether members of that. oody
have been favored with franks from the
corporation or not. This body also passed
a bank guarantee law differing little from
the law now in force in Oklahoma.

The naval department is experimenting
lo determine whether it is possible to
use fuel oil for naval purposes. ’l‘hc new
battleships will be cquippcd so that they
can use the oil in case it is found feasible
to do 50.

The Detroit common council has pro-
vided for the purchase of voting machincs
for all the precincts of the city. Tests
were made at the last general Clt‘u'tloli
and the machines were found satisfactory.

At the meeting of the \Vuyne county
medical society it was declared by Dr.
McCaskey, of Indiana, that the tubercu-
losis of cattle was identical with that of
the human being and that the disease
could be communicated from beast to
man.

The Illinois sollulc lacked a single vote
of passing a hill for woman suffrage last
week.

A war is on between the Detroit city
council and the icllc Isle. fcrry bout com-
pany because of a difference upon rates
of fare to and from the island.

Kent Co.—~’l‘he entire program at the
May meeting of the Grand River Valley
llorlicullurul Society \VilS devoted to
weeds. their beauty, uses and the money
tin rc is in some of them, as Well as means
of eradicating the harmful kinds. Mrs.
\V. K. Morley read a paper on “ Erowing
\Vecds for Money," and some of the val-

 

ucs gin‘n VVVL‘l'C‘ as follows: llobl‘lirt
leaves, 1.341 20c, per lb: good also soils
\vcll: burdock roots, 3fi8c per lb; seed,

Millie; poke weed, 5c per lb; stramon-
ium, Joo,oo0 lbs, imported annually; bone-
scl, 1.”er Sc per lb; golden seal, $1.30mlful

pcr lb. It was stated that the value of
stramoniuni per acre would be double,
that of t'olloll.

The May issue of the Dairy Bulletin,
published by the Vermont. Farm Machine,

(‘o., to make bcltcr known the merits of
the, 1‘. S. (‘reltm Separator, is an unusu-
ally intercsting and informative publica-
tion. licsidcs being well illustrated with
half-lone engravings, there are several
well written articles that will appeal to
every farmer and dulrymun, (owners of
Guernscys will be particularly interested
in this issue), besides complete descrip‘
tions of the various models of U. S. Sep-
arators. A copy of this publication may
be obtained free for a post card request
by addressing the Vermont Farm Mu-
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the Loader
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THE COST OF SPRAYING.

I have been asked by a number of per-
sons what it is worth per tree to spray
orchards, and have received seve‘al let—
ters from persons who wish to spray for
neighbors. Any one who has had expe-
rience in spraying will realize 110w im-
possible it is to give a definite answer
to such questions, especially if one is not
acquainted with the trees. The following
are a few of the variable factors:

1. The materials used. Lime sulfur
gene‘ally costs more, than the later spray-
ings, and it makes conside'ablc difference
whether one uses arsenate of lead or
Jaris green.

2. The price of materials. Those who
btty in large quantities and are located
in fruit sections can get much cheaper
prices than those having few trees and
who have to get mattrials of those who
retail in a small Way. In some cases
the latter prices are more than double
the former ones.

3. The size of the trecs. A very large
tree will take as much material as a
dozen small ones, or as much as a
hundred a year or tWo old.

i. The time of year. A tree in full
leaf requires more material than one just
starting. More spray is also used in
spraying for scale than in spraying for
scab or codling moth, as all parts of the
trunk and branches must be sprayed from
both sides to get all the scale.

I find that when we first began to spray
We used less material than we do now,
and I think this is universally true. For
example, we computed that the owner
of an orchard of 75 medium to large sized
trccs Wottld need at least 75 gallons of
commercial limc sulfur Irixturc, about 15
Fat—gallon barrels- of spray. Amateurs did
the Work and thot they did it Very thoroly
from both directions but did not use 50
g: lions, while Wc uscd nearly 100 gallons
on the same numbcr of trccs. I find that
thn Wc lirst began spraying We used
bttt‘ four or live barrels on an orchard
where we now use eight to ten, the the
trees are no larger.

0n large trees We have used as high
as one—third of a barrcl to the tree, but
“'0 avcrage about ten to thlvc gallons.
(In medium sizt’tl trccs, say go to 23 years
old, we use from live to eight gallons.
Apple trees two or three years old can
be spl‘tlyt'd thoioly with from a quart'to
a half gallon.

Now, if We compute a Tat—gallon barrcl
t-t’ spray material it will cost as follows:

lbs. bluc vitriol at Tc .‘le
lbs. arscnatt- of bad at l‘_’c...........“.t‘.c,
lbs. little at 1.2V ............ .........tt.‘lo

30 gallons ilttrdcaux—arscnate spray. .titlc
Largo grchrs will probably get these
materials some cheaper. small growers
may pay more, but I assume this a flit
avcragc for this mason. This would
bring the cost of materials for a large.
tree about 1: Mills and a medium one.
six cents in r application.

I find in looking ovcr our lcdgcr that
in spraying small orchards such as the
“go l'umwr Would ‘uvc. thc labor
that i» .lo'tt tht saint :-s the cost of ma—
‘u :iais. Fishing on this basis. this Would
lain: thc cost pr" appiwdion of llor-
tiv'ill‘im’tlft’lliilf' at 33c pt r large Il‘t'r' and
-‘w or sn..s.l tin», If
:ztc pivsn during thc swtscn this Would

It}tllil".tli"ll\

in- an foic pt r largc IIW“ and iv pcr '-III;til
ll’tt'. l'nbss lino—sulfur is usld the titst
and lust application tan In givcn mort-
chcaply, so that pcthaps Tic Would be a
fair cost of 1m four app'icativrns for a
large il‘M-, and half this amount for :t
mtdium trcc, Hf coutsc, these art- only
estimates bascd on the amount of l
rial we havi- uscd and its cost of applica—
tion pcr trcc, but l br-licvc thcy are a fair

thir—

avt-ragc for a thoro application.

If I l't‘lllt‘lllllt r rightly, Imports from :1,
lllllltll't'tl Michigan grotvcrs sent in to
Prof. 'I'aft last year gave the average
cost of four applications pt-r tree as 2:70.
This rcfcrs to trees of all sizes and is
probably fairly accurate for small to
medium il‘t‘t‘S. It‘ol‘ largt trees it is cer-
tainly too low. It is doubtful if all oi‘
thcsc growers kept an accurate account
of the time and materials used on their
trees. Our Iigurcs last year for an 0r~
chard of large trees was somewhat more
than a dollar pcr tree for four applica-
tions. These trees are very large how-
ever.

If Paris green is used instead of arse-
natc of lead these figures will be reduced
smut-what. with Paris green at 30c per
pound, and one-third pound to the bar-

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

rel, Paris green and Bordeaux would
cost about 400 per barrel, which would
reduce the above estimates by one-third.

The cost of spraying is not sufficiently
large to deter tts from the practice for
fear of loss. The 100 growers referred
to above realized $6.00 per tree for the
work.

In making our estimates we have com-
puted the price of labor at $1.50 per day
for man and $1.00 for team, not allowing
extra wages for foreman, or anything
for use of pump. Those intending to
spray for others by the tree should figure
these things in and allow a little for
profit. .

\I’ith a good—sized pump and the equi—
valent of four vermorcl nozzlt‘s two men
with one line. of hose and the nozzles on
one rod, or tlll‘t‘t‘ men with two lines of
hose and two double vermorel nozzles
will put on about eight barrels per day.
If trees are quite small fewer barrels will
be applied per day, if everything is handy
and trees are large, ten barrels might
be applied. but eight is a good day's work
with a hand pump.

Those who have not had experience in
spraying and wish to spray for others
migit spray at so mtnh per tour. and
the cost of materials to be paid by the
owner of the orchard. After a time they
can arrive at a satisfactory price per
tree and learn to estimate the material
required for a given orchard.

Thos who wish their orchards sprayed
by others- can Wcll afford to give a fair
price if they know the work is in charge
of a competent and painstaking man. but
incompetent workmen may do more dam-
age _than good.

Calhoun (",‘o.

GARDEN WORK FOR EARLY JUNE.

S. B. IIARTMAN.

 

It is a good time now to plant the late
autumn and winter squas‘hes. Earlier
plantings are more liable to attacks of
the black squash borer and they are
about the worst enemy of the squash.
The later the planting can be done and
bring them to ntatttrity before frost, the
better. The first week of June, however,
is about as late as its safe to hold them
in ordinary seasons. I have planted as
late as June 13th and brot them thru
safcly, but it is somewhat risky. \Yith
this late planting there was no trouble.
Whatever «with the bugs, \vhilc earlier
plantings wore seriously injured.

As to the soil preparation, there is no
end to the amount of fertility they will
assimilate; but it should be Wcll pro-
parcd and chicin applied in the hill before
planting. During the carlicr stages of
growth thcy will require carcful Watt-h—
ing as the striped ('tlt'llllllit‘l‘ bcotlos will
be ready for them as soon as they are
fairly up. In general, they are not so
much to be feared as the squash bugs,
but sometimes they seem never to tire
of their destructive work. Last season
they did serious damage to my crop by
Working in the blossoms, an experience.
I have never before mct. They did ser—
ious damage and the only relief I found
Was Ilordoaux mixture wcll Intuit-(l with
I’aris gre-cn. This mixture, of course,
e-t‘lVItl the double purpose of dostroylll‘:
the bot-tics and insuring against the
l-fieltt. 'I‘ht- bcst t-fft-cts will be realized
by boiling the Paris green in,
lon of Wattr to the pound. Boil for one
or two hours and stir Well and the solu—
tion can bc addcd to the spray mixture
in any sil‘t'llglll desired. It is much bct—

say. a gal-

t- .- for all purposes and will save nearly
half in amount.

'I‘hc sduash bugs do not cat but simple
irttlt‘ and suck thr- sap, so tin-y arc easiest
handlwl by a contact cf spray. Spray
with kerosene cmu'sion and the t-ggs usu-
ally tltpositrtl on thc undcr side of the
limit can wtsilv bc t]<-sil‘«|j.‘cd. 'I‘hcy art"
:tls‘ti «(tsily il’ullpt'tl by inntl'tlH Hi‘ shingles
laid ncur tin- hills. In thc late aftcrnoou
tht-y have the vines and burrow in the
ground for the night; but if boards or
shingles are laid near the hills they will
go undcr hcm.and can be easily fottnd
and tlc>'tio\'t-<I in the- 4-:lll_\' morning.

\\'ith this work begins the active use.
of tho sprayer, and tho Ilordcaux should
in all cases be used in preference to \\'.’lil'l‘
solution or dry mixture. I know of no
foliage that it injures or harms if ap-
plicd at any time. The blight and other
fungous diseases are so tl‘ottblcsolito now
that there is no safety in trying to grow
vine crops especially, without its use.
Some of us perhaps, have escaped these
troubles up to the present time and thus
come to think that our crops bear a
charmed life, but we are liable at any
time to get our eyes opened. and the
only safe way is to begin dodging before
We get hit. The Bordeaux as a prevent-
ive is worth five times its 'alue as a

remecly,.-.so its early and constant use is

greatly to our advantage. W‘ith the

hydrated lime the making is very simple

and the arsenites can be added or left

out altogether, as desired.

Early Varieties of Sweet Corn for Late
Use. '

From now up to July lst for late fall
use, corn can be planted at intervals to
suit convenience. The \Vhite Cob Cory
and Old Colony are excellent varieties
for early June and if planted at the same
time will give a good succession in their
order. The latter is one of the best sec-
ond early sorts I have ever grown, the
only fault being that it does not remain
in edible condition as long as some other
sorts, but it has excellent table qualities
and is a heavy croppcr. For the later
plantings, say frotn mid-June to July lst,
the Early Minnesota is the most depend-
able sort. It is an extra good table sort
and is a good yielder for so early a kind
and will be the most certain of any sort
to keep out the way of the frost.“ The
lateness of the season is going to make
late sorts very uncertain this year and
our safety will lie in contining ourselves
largely to quick growing varieties for
the late autumn use.

Late Potatoes.

The great bulk of this crop will be
planted early in the month, and as for
me and my house, if delayed until now
the earlier in the month I can plant the
better I like it. I prefer taking some
chance with the bugs rather titan so
many with the early autumn frosts. It
seems, however, to be the accepted time;
bttt by all means, if most of us must
wait until June let it be done early. So
the ground should be prepared and things
in general made ready. There is much
as yet unrcvcalcd in the science of suc-
cessful potato growing and what seems
to be the right way to grow them will
like enough get entirely upset this year
and our pct theories will get a setback.
There is evidently much in the. subject
that even the best growers know very
little about. It is a very broad and far
reaching subject and one which every
grower may study with profit.

\Vayne Co. J. E. MORSE.

SAVING GARDEN SEEDS.

 

 

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when I gather the \"Kt‘ltllfillt‘s I save the
largest bccts and put thcm in a box and
cover with sand; also turnips and carrots
and rutabagas that I Want for seed, and
in the spring when I plant the garden I
set them at one side of the garden so (loop
that the tops come about on a level with
the surfact- of the ground. I save the
largest parsnips when digging in the,
spring and plant the same way. Three
or four of each kind will grow all the
seed needed for a couple of years, and
all but the parsnip will germinate after
the second year quite as Wcll as the first.
\\'hcn gathcring lettuce I leave some of
the best looking plants to go to seed and
I set out the largcst onions I have and
lct them grow seed. \\'hcn gathering
the onions in the fall that I raised from
rft't'tl soWed in the spring I save all of
thc small ones and sci them out in the
large enough to
use and those not used are sure to make
large onions for next winter as thcy get
-t good growth, before the weather be—
comes so hot and dry. To grow cabbage
:a-cd bury the stumps of the cabbage just
before the ground freezes: in thc gat‘tlcn
about eight inches deep, and it Would
br a good plan to ('Hw'l' the top after
covering with earth, with straw or Icth-s.
in the spring sit thcnt like a tree vould
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SUMMER CHICKS.

Why should we not hatch chicks in
summer as well as in spring? There is
no reason that it cannot be done success-
fully if one has a shaded yard with plenty
of grass. The main objection to mid-
summer chicks is that the heat kills
them. It will if they are not protected
from the sun during the. hottest part of
the day. I have successfully raised
chicks that were hatched in the hottest
month of summer, but 1 was well pre-
pared and gave the chicks careful at-
tention. ’ ,

A grassy enclosure away from the main
poultry yard is best for summer chicks.
Here they have the yard .to themselves
and will‘ not be bothered by the grown
chickens. Feed them just as you would
the earlier chicks, but pay particular at-
tention to having their soft feed, if you
use any, sweet and clean, for this is the
time of year that bowel trouble is easily
started in a flock. Probably more chicks
die from this cause than from any other,
tho lice are also responsible for many
losses. The safest plan when growing
small chicks in hot weather, is to use
only dry feed. I have found the prepared
chick feeds sold by dealers both econo-
mical and convenient. It is also necessary
to keep the coops scrupulously clean in
summer. Mine are cleaned daily and
the dirt and sand renewed often.

Keep the summer chicks growing. Give
them all they want to eat, feeding a.
variety of food. Sometimes leg weakness
develops. To prevent it feed meat scraps,
bran and milk and keep an abundance
of grit before the chicks always.

Gapes seem to be less prevalent than
formerly. At least, my chicks are seldom
so troubled. If any chicks are affected
the tiny red worm which is the cause
may be expelled by causing the chick
to sneeze.

Give the summer chicks all the range,
you can until they are six Weeks old,
then confine and fatten as quickly as
péssible. They will grow to market size.
iii less time than early spring chicks and
at much less expenSe.

'Ohio. N. S. GREEN.

FEEDING BROODER CHICKS.

The question of what to feed brooder
chicks is often a perplexing one, and
especially to the beginner. Some want
to know about chick foods, and others
how to feed a mash of soft food, while
others want a simple grain ration. If
.a variety of food is given, chicks can
be successfully raised by any of these
methods, provided they are not overfctl
and are cared for regularly and kept in
clean and healthful surroundings.

Chicks can be, grown by the feeding of
rolled oats, cracked whca' and corn, with
the addition of beef scraps or other ani-
mal food, but probably it is not us well
as to have a chick food made of a variety
of grains, seeds, meat. etc. If one buys
a quantity of chick food at a time it is
probably cheaper than the common grains
and gives much better results for the rea-
son that the chick food is always the
same and is uniform—that is. iiiixod in
the same proportions. The one point to
look out for is that the chick food is pure,
fresh and wholesome and is not musty.

If a Simple grain ration is desired. givo
rolled oats for the. first feed in tho morn—
ing. cracked wheat in the middle of the
forcnoon, cracked corn at noon, roiled
outs in the afternoon and wheat at night.
\i'hcn the chicks arc four weeksold the
feeding may be reduced to three times
daily and the rolled oats omitted. feeding
whole Wheat, cracked corn and beef
scraps.

Some poultry raiscrs feed young chfcks
a small amount of becf scraps fronrthe
start, but I have learned that there is
danger in it if too much is given, as
bowel trouble is likely to result. The
chicks will hardly make a full meal of
btef scraps, so a. feed of grain should
precede, when the chicks are apt to be
hungry.

For those who Wish to prepare their
own chick food I have found the follow-
ing‘ to be very good: To make 100 lbs.
I divide it about as follows: Cracked
corn. 15.1bs.; millet seed, 15 lbs.; buck—
wheat, about 5 lbs.; beef scraps, 5 lbs.;
grit, 5 lbs.; charcoal, 5 lbs.; oat flakes,
20 lbs; cracked wheat, 25 lbs., and usu-
ally 5 lbs. of rape seed. This makes a
total of 100 lbs. of what I consider excel-

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THE ‘MICI—IIGAN ' FARMER.

lent food. If, however, some of the ingre-
dients cannot be had, others of the same
nature can be substituted. Cracked cow-
peas, sorghum seed, kafiir corn seed, and
others are all good to use in chick feeds
in small quantities. The grains must all
be pure and Wholesome and free from
taint and must.

I prefer making my own mixture, ad-
ding the grit at grit prices, as chick
size grit at the price of chick food is
not economy, or at least that has been
my experience. I do not feed a mash of
soft food to young chicks until they are
well feathered out, 01‘ about six weeks
old. I have found that young chicks do
better when dry fed, but after they are
well feathered nothing will make them
grow faster than a mash, properly made,
to which is added a sufficient amount of
animal food.

Whatever method of feeding is adopted,
the chicks must have a constant supply
of water, but so arranged that they will
not make a bath tub out of it. Charcoal
is very essential, as it aids digestion,
neutralizes the gases of the stomach and
helps to prevent bowel trouble. W'hen
chicks are given a grass run they will
supply themselves with green food, altho
dandelion leaves and rape are relished
by them in addition.

After chicks have left the brooder and
are placed in colony houses they are apt
to be under fed, especially if on free
range, so to prevent this many have
adopted the hopper method of feeding.
A hopper with compartments for mixed
grains and feeds of different kinds is
placed in or near each colony house. The
'work of attending to the growing stock
consists of occasionally filling the hopper,
and keeping the houses perfectly clean.
This reduces the work, of course, and
when on range the chicks grow rapidly.
Chicks in confinement are apt to gorge
themselves by this method, however.

Illinois. MRS. N. M. losuixo

HEARING DUCKLINGS.

 

There are two methods of rearing duck-
lings. tine is to keep them in absolute
(‘ontint-mcnl, where they never learn to
swim from the time they are hatched to
the time they are killed; the other plan
is to let them have entire liberty on
water, where, of course, they will grow
very well, but not so rapidly as they will
grow under confined conditions. The
ducklings that are kept shut up in lim-
ited pens will require a drink of water
two or three times a day in order to sut-
ifs‘fy their thirst and to keep their bills
cltun. They must not be fed on barley
meal and then allowed to swill as much
water thru them as they l'ke; and inst
in the same way, it is quite useless to
feed ducklings on barley meal if they
have free liberty on water, bccuusc di~
lt‘C‘Ily they have had the barley mcul they
go off to the river or pond and wash it,
thru them by drinking water liberally,
so that it pructic‘llly does them no good.
Ducklings kept on water should be fed
entirely on hard grain, and for choice
there is nothing better than good o.it<.

lhickiings can be kept on a river and
fattcncd very nicely if they have a feed
of oats about twice a day; but it needs
to be borne in mind that when they are
brot up on water they cannot be fut-
tcncd off in the same way as ducklings
which have been kept in confinement.

To bring them right off the water
would mean they Would begin to pine at
once and would be quite unfit for market.
'l‘hercfore, if they are brot up on water
they must be taken straight of‘ and
killed, without any intermediate period
for attcmptcd fattening. lincklings kept
in confinement should be ready for mar—
ket when they are about ten weeks old.
If they are not rczuly then they will begin
to moult, pin feathers will appear, and
they will not be fit for market until sev-
eral more months have clilpst'tl.

Canada. W. R. GILBERT.

I “SHAKE” SWARMING.

Entire prevention of swarming in the
production of comb honey is a difficult
proposition. Most methods do not prc-
vcnt but merely control this law of hu—
turc for increase. There are many kinds
of swarm—controlling practices in vogue.
One of them I will consider; it is known
as “shaken” swarming.

First we will consider when this treat-
ment is to be applied. There are a few,
only a very few, apiarists who shake,
that is, apply this particular method to
all colonies at about the commencement
of the nectar flow. They do this re-
gardless of whether the colonies have
made preparations to swarm or not. I

don't consider this the most profitable
way, but it does not require so much
work. If a colony does not want to
swarm I much prefer to leave it alone.
You see the largest yields mostly come
from colonies that do not swarm but
which quietly attend to their knitting. If
such are interfered with the yield is
reduced, just as with natural swarming.
Wait until the swarming season opens.
Then each colony is to be looked over
once a week to ascertain whether prep-
arations for swarming have been made
or not. Now, suppose a colony is found
with queen-cell cups, and egg in one
or more of them. If this colony still has
room in the brood nest, and of course
there must be plenty of room for surplus
storing, it may give up the idea of
swarming if the incipient queen cells are
destroyed. If such a colony at the next
examination has advanced queen cells it
should be treated, as all colonies having
queen cells ready to seal or already
scaled are to be shaken.

First, a hive is to be prepared as for
the reception of a natural swarm. Then
smoke well the colony to be treated. A
natural swarm fills itself with honey
before issuing. So be sure and disturb
the bees well by smoking so this artificial
swarm will be in the same condition as
a natural one. After the bees have filled
themselves, remove the hive, set it a
little to one side and put the prepared
hive in its place.

Now the real treatment begins. Re—
move comb after comb, shaking and
brushing off the bees in front of the new
hivc. If the bees have been induced to
fill themselves well with honey they will
run into the new hire like a natural
swarm. It is, of course, necessary to
get the queen into the new hive.

As there is brood to care for, all of
the bees must not be shaken out of the
old hive. Leave about a quart, as nearly
as this can be estimated. Another thing,
if a queen is to hatch from one of the,
cells, don’t shake the frame it is on.
llrush off the bees but be careful not to
injure the cell.

The combs of brood are returned to the
old hive and it is placed beside the new
one with the entrances at right angles.
About a week after the first shaking. this
purcnt hive is to be gone over again and
shaken as the iirst time, leaving as many
bees. Do this at about sunset. smoking
both hives well before shaking. At this
second shaking break off cvcry qtleoll cell.

’l‘wcnty-one days from the day of the
first shaking all bees will have hatched;
then they are to be united us- before.
The combs left can be used as extracting
combs or some other use will be found
for them.

The way «it"sr'ribcd does not provide for
increase. If this is wanted the ohl hive
llt‘t‘ll be shaken but once and then given
:t Separate stand so [hut the queen may
hutch and build Ill) the colony. If the
queen is old it is it good ideu, not to
shake the bees the last time, but let the
young queen become fci'liLiZt-d. Then
kill the old queen and introduce the young
one.

Now let us go back to the colony just
shukcn into the new hive. It should be
left without surplus apartments for two
(luvs so the bees may make u start at
housekeeping. Then the super of sec-
tions can be put on. if the super is put
on at once the brood host will be started
above in the sections. This makes a
bud muss, as I know from experience. A
queen cxcludcr could be used between
1hc brood chamber and the super to pre—
vent tho queen from going above, but, I
have had poor success with this. 'i‘lro
bccs \vcrc Very reluctant to commence
a brood nest below. (living :1 frame of
brood will lllzllit: tlit- lit-cs \vork, but tip-re

are objections to this, for Sullit‘li'llt‘s‘

queen cells will bc started and the boos'

swarm out, thus defeating the object of
all this work.

Now, why shake bccs instead of allow-
ing them to swarm nuturully‘.‘ \‘x'ell, by
following this plan there llw‘tl be no
watching for swarms. The swarming prob—
lem is more nearly under the upiarist's
control.
be able to do all the swarming one half-
day in the week than to hive a swarm
now and then during the whole seven
days. If a colony swarms and returns
when I am not at home, I can treat. it
by shaking at evening, or the next morn—
ing. This finishes it and there is no need
of watching for it the next day. As It
is so necessary to success I will repeat
as to the importance of getting the bees
to fill themselves with honey. If they
enter the new hivc with empty sacks they
are liable to abscond.

Wisconsin.

 

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“MAM—m4
DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

May 26, 1909.

Grain and Seeds. '
Wheat—Prices still keep climbing.
There is nothing in the reports received
that looks encouraging to the consumers
of wheat; everywhere the crop is show—
ing signs of shortage and the improve-
ment we were able to note a week ago
in the southwest has been defeated by
unfavorable conditions since. Liverpool
and other European markets have aided
the trade on this side to command the
high prices now being asked. The chief
reason for the strong ad 'ance the past
week appears to be the effort of “shorts”
to get hold of wheat to iill orders for
May delivery. After they have covered
it is probable that an easier feeling will
prevail. The visible supply is becomzng
very small. One year ago the price for
No. 2 red wheat was We. Quotations
are:
No. 2 No.1 No. 3
Red. “'hite. Red. July. cept.

 

Thurs. ...1.50 1.01 1.4. 1.163, 1.1014;
ri. ......152 1. 1.40 1.173, 1.111:
Sat. .......1o3 1.: 1.7-0 1.l.\1§ 1.13
Mon. ......155 1. 1.5'.‘ 1.30 1.1414,
Tues. ....1.55 1. 'i 1.52 1.101; 1.14
\Ved. .....1.55 1 35 1.52 1.19 1.133;

Corn.——\\'hile the Chicago market has
made new high marks in quotations dur-
ing the week la 'gel:-‘ on account of the
bullishness due to shorts covering their
May contracts, and in face of receipts
much heavier than estimated, the local
trade has been conducted on a baSIS
below the ruling values of a week ago.
The weather has been favorable for doing
farm work and the outlook for getting
the corn crop started in good shape is
much brighter than seven days ag . The
high values and small stock precludes
any large movement. One year ago the
grain sold on the Detroit market at :10

u. notations are:

per D Q No.3

No. 3 Yellow.
Thursday 763,; 731?;
Friday 761/; 771,43
Saturday 701/; 7:14;
Monday (til/2 711/2
Tuesday ..... 401/2 741/2
\Vedncsday . . . . 761,3, 77 ,4,

Oats—The advance began several days
ago continues. The ration made from
oats is so costly that the consumption is
being restricted whercyci‘ possible. The
weather has-improved and many of the
liltt‘T SO\\'I‘1 fields are liltii‘t‘ promising than
those gotten in earlier. The market is
very firm at the new figures. Last year
at this time No. 3 white Oats sold at 500.
Quotations are:

No. 3 “'hite.

Thursday......................... 62
Friday............................ 63

Saturday 031.;
Monday ..... 0113
Tuesday .. ............ 64%:

“’ednesday 641/23
Beans.~.\nothcr advance has been
made in the nominal quotations for beans.
The business is lifeless, [llc higher bids
not calling buyers to the front. The nom—
inal quotations are:
Cash. Oct.

Thursday ....... ..... . ...... $2.55 $2.05
Friday ......... 2.55 2.05
Saturday ............ .. 2.55 2.05
Monday ......... 2,57 2.07
Tuesday .......... 2.55 2.07
\Vednesday .................. 2 ’3 2.07

Cloverseed.—(‘ash St‘t‘d is being given
no attention. Futures are fairly active
with ad 'ances in values. Quotations are:

 

 

  

Prime Spot. Oct. March.

Thursday ..... .. .75 $0.43 $6.00
Friday 5A5 ti." 6.70
Saturday 5.85 0.‘ 0.70
Monday ....... . 5.35 6 0.70
Tuesday ...... .... 5.85 0,05 0K0
“'cdncsday .. . . . .. 5.85 6.65 (3.80
Rye.—On account of small supplies

there is little doing in this trade. Tho
price is StL’c for casli No, L’, zlil advance Of
2c M er last wcck‘s tillolalitlll.
Visible Supply of Grain.
This week. Last week.

\‘.'licat ..... , £3,130,000 31.100.000
(‘orn ........ 1003.000 !.t:l\.000
Huts .. ............... 7.570.000 7.::7::,000
{vc .. .............. 407,000 5:13.000
"tin-ley ............... 1.7.7.1000 11.311100

Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.
Flour.—~1’riccs arlvancv tl. Ma: i;-'. is
tirm. Quotations are as follows:

 

 

(‘leai‘ ....................... 3.7.9.0
Straight ............................. ‘1 C")
.l’atcnt Michigan ..................... 43.13
()rtlinarv ll'itcnt ................. . . (in.

Hay and Straw. el’riccs unchanged. Car-
lot prices on track arc: Nc. l timothy, new,
3114.5071‘15; No, l.‘ liliiotlly, $15M! 13.50;
clover, mixcd, Mil/11131.50; rye straw, $10
(1110.50: wheat and out straw. $0 per ton.

Feed.—~Stcady. lii'an, $511 per ton:
coarse tl‘llrltliiilfl‘“, $311: ’3ii= y-iiddlings. 33‘;
cracked corn and coarse corn meal, $3171)
3‘2: corn and not chop. $520.

Potatoes.~This market has bccn quite
active for the pist tuo wiks and while
prices have not :‘dv'iu‘cl they are firm
as given, Good stud" ‘r: (”Mimi ”1 from
05(- pci' bu. New potatoes from the south
are quoted at $1.75 per bbl.

Provisions.-—Family pork, 821632150:
mess pork, $10.50; light short clear, $10.50;
heavy short clear. $22: pure lard, 1131c:
bacon, lil-fic: shoulders, 01,40; smoked
hams, 13c; picnic hams, Sc.

Dairy and Pmdtry Products.

Batten—Better prices are pre'ailing~—
the decline noted last week having been

regained. The market is firm at the ad-
vance, Quotations are: Extra creamery,

25c: firsts, 23c; dairy, 19c; packing stock,

1715c per lb.
Eggs.—~Another

made this week.

slight advance was
Market is steady and

THE MICHIGAN FARMERI

active with receipts none too liberal to
supply the demand. For extra fresh, case
counted, 21140 is being paid. -
Poultry.—Chickens are coming in too
slow to meet the demand and figures are
marked higher. Other kinds are steady
and easy. Quotations are: Chickens,
lid/260160, roosters, 12@15c; fowls, 141/2c;
ducks, “@150; geese, 9@100; turkeys,
17@180; broilers, 28@3OC per lb.
Cheese.—New Michigan, 131/2@14c; York
state, old, 17@18c; new, 14c; limburger,
fancy old, 1760180; new, 140; schweitzer,
fancy old, 20@21c; brick cream, 16c lb.
Fruits and Vegetables.

Apples—Market steady. Best grades
are quoted at $7077.50 per bbl.

Onions—Bermudas, $1.50 per crate.

Strawberries—244d. cases, $3.50.

Vegetables.~Green onions, 100 per doz:
radishes, 15fl25c per (102; cucumbers, 60
6175c per (102; lettuce, 106;).2c per 11);
head lettuce, $2.50 per hamper; water—
ci‘css, 25c per doz; spinach, 75@80c per
bu; parsnips, 900 per bu; oyster plant,
400 per doz; asparagus, 75@80c per doz;
rhubarb, 40@50c per doz.

 

OTHER MARKETS.

Grand Rapids.

The wheat market has climbed to $1.55
this week. Oats and corn are also higher,
oats being quoted at tile. corn 770. The
batter market shows some eccentric fea-
tures. since dairy is off Z’u‘ilgc. while
creamery is up 1c. Eggs are unchanged.
Interest in old potatoes is waning, with
the advance of the season, and at out-
sside buying stations stock is moving slow
at tittfi165c. In live poultry. fowls and
chickens are off 141111430. Dressed hogs
are firm at tlmtme. Prices paid on the
city market for the new green stuff that
is coming in are as follows: Onions, 7613C
doz; pieplant, 4001500 bu; lettuce, 8c lb;
radishcs, 20c. doz. Greenhouse people
are getting 50c per box for tomato and
cabbage plants. There will be a large
acreage of tomatoes in this section, and
setting of plants is l.)eginning.
Quotations follow:

(irains.—-\\'heat. $1.55; corn, 0; oats,
61c; buckwheat, 00¢ per bu; rye, 75C.
Beans.——Handpickcd. $2 per bu.
Rutter—Buying prices, Dairy, No. 1.
17tgfiif<tq creamery in tubs, Zilgc; prints,
25c per lb.

Cheese.*l\1ichigan full cream is selling
at 16@161/éc per 1b; brick, 170; Swiss, 17c;
limburgt-r, 17c.

Eggs—Case count, 1910191,éc.
I’tiiilit'lt‘Sr-‘tiiifiiTilt‘ pcl‘ bu.
(‘attle—eCows, $2.504D4 per cwt; steers
and heifers, best quality, 3@51/_,c; dressed
mutton, Millie; dressed veal, Givflc;
dressed beef, cows, MiTc; steers and
heifers, Glgmflc.

Hogs—Dressed, fifi‘nlic.

Live Poultry.—Fowls, 13¢! Ill/fie; chick—
cns, 131,§fill-1(-; roosters, itimllc; turkcys,
1801‘10c: ducks, 1461150; broilers, 11,; to 2
lbs, 3ti@li2c per lb.

Chicago.

TVheatm—No. 2 red, $1.54@1.551;’,; July,
$11731; Sept., $11014).

Ctll'll.'—NO. 3, 75lgc; July, 7031C; Sept,
681m.

(tats—No. 3 white, Glfiifific; July, 551,-1c;
Sept, 4511,12

hams—Pea beans, handpicked,
2.6") per bu. for choice; good, $3,;;
kidney, $2012.15 for old.

humans-Steady. Crcainerics,2242241126
dairies, Stlflir-ic.

Eggs—Steady.
211;.c per doz.

1’:itatoes—Lower. (‘ar lots in bulk, 8‘0
@850 for average offerings.

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Firsts, 20c; prime firsts,

 

Plttsburg.
Potatoes—Michigan, t10@95c per bu.
Apples—Steady. King, . pcr lib];

Spy, $5015.50; Spitzcnburg, $5615.50.
l'Jggs.——\\'cstcrn firsts, 2"c; do. extras,
2213c: current receipts, 21‘; c.
Buttern—Creamery, 2659c; prints, 271,
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New York.

Batten—YVestcrn factory firsts, 20c;
('rtanicry specials, 201/361 27c pcr lb,

Eggs—Steady. ‘Vcstcrn storage pack-
ed, 22H: 231,141"; do. firsts, 311,541 Zilc; do.
Seconds, 300121c pcr doz.

Poultry—Alive, firm. “'estcrn chickens,
broilers, 33015120; fowls, 18/11 l-\1,§t'. l)l‘t-.‘~‘.>‘cti,
iirm. \\'cstcrn broilers, zbfiiiztlc; fowls,
1.77/1an pci‘ lb.

Grain—“'licat, No. 2 red, $1.45 per bu;
corn, No. 2, 55c; oats, mixed, tifiic.

Potatoes—Per 150 lbs, 2.75013.

 

Elgin.

Butter—Market continues firm at 25c
pir 1b., which is an advance of 1c since
last wcck. Salt-s for the \vcck amounted
to 710,800 lbs., as compared with 611,300
for the previous week.

Boston.

WOOL—The favorable prices that buy-
ers have offered farmers for the Wool clip
this year accounts for the unusual rapi-
dity in gitting the bulk of the crop into
the hands of traders. lioth in this comi-
try and abroad bullish sentiment prevails.
Prices are improved and competition is
getting more and more strcnuous. Quo—
iations for leading grades are: Ohio and
Pennsylvania thaw-cs: XX, 3rifi35c: X, 32
fifific; No. 1 washed, 206F10c; No. 2
washed, {WW-10c; fine unwashed, QTW‘ZRc;
tine unmcrchantablc, EilWROc; half—blood
combing, 35fi'36c; three-cighths-blotid
combing, R5fi‘36c: quarter-blood combing,
Rifi‘Bt’ic: dclaine washed, 4tlfrF42c: dclaine
unwashed, .‘llfifii’c. Michigan, \Visconsin
and New York fleeces—~Fine unwashed,
2140250: delaine unwashed, 29((P20c: half-
blood unwashed, 33fiifi5c; three-cighths-
blood unwashed. 33fi‘35e: quarter—blood
325/22 Kentucky. Indiana and Missouri
~~Threo—cighths—blood, 32@33c; quarter-
blood. 326330.

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Buffalo.
May 24, 1909.
(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, N. Y.)

 

Receipts of sale stock here today as
follows: Cattle, 120 loads; hogs, 8,800
head; sheep and lambs, 15,000; calves,
2,200 ,head.

The cattle market today was active
and from 15@250 higher on all the desir-
able kinds. One small bunch of cattle
sold as high as $7.15. Fresh cows and
springers sold from $26T‘3 per head lower
than last week.

\Ve quote: Best export steers, $6.75fi7;
best 1,200 to 1,300 lb. shipping steers,
$6.50fi76.80; best 1,000 to 1,100 lbs. do.,
$0@6.40; best fat cows, $5.25fir5.50; fair
to good, $4.50@4.75; trimmers, .2.75(d>3;
best fat heifers, $6606.50; light fat heifers,
$4.50@5.50; best bulls ,$5(«i)5.25; bologna
bulls, $4.25@4.50; best feeding steers, 800
to 900 lbs., $4.50@4.75; 700 to 750 lb. de-
horned stockcrs, “25614.50; common
stockers, $3.50GH; light butcher steers,
$5.75o6; best Cows, $45@55; medium, $35
@45; common, $30.

The hog market today opened ten lower
than Saturday on everything except pigs.
which were steady. At the close the
yards are well cleaned up and the pros-
pects look fair for the near future.

\Vc quote: Medium and heavy, $7.70
€17.80; mixed, $165011“); best yorkcrs,
$7.55Q‘T.65; light yorkers, $7.40fr07.50; pigs,
$7.25, few strong weights, $7.30; roughs,
$6.60Qi‘6.70; Stags, $5.504i‘5.75.

The lamb market today opened excited
and prices 500 per hundred higher tirin
Saturday. but the trade closed dull and
strong quarter lower. “'0 look for lOWcr
prices the balance of the week. “'0
quote:

Top lambs, $0.15W0.25; fair to good,
$950010: culls, $6'07.50; skin culls, $4415;
yearlings, $7.25Q‘7.50; wethers, $6.50@6.75;
ewes, $5.50frr6; cull sheep,“ $20115; best
calves, $8.25mk.50; medium to good, $7@
8; heavy, $4@5.

 

Chicago.
May 24, 1.009.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today .....,20,000 43,000 10,000
Same day last year ..15,708 6.0.756 11!.7‘16

Recechd last week ”40,2101 121.785 55.301
Same week last year.68,587 108,009 87,054

Cattle have been in the usual demand
for another week. but more were offered
at times than could be disposed of read-
ily, and sales on \Vcdnesday and Thurs-
day \vere mostly at least 156:;‘5c lchl‘
than on Monday, when the demand was
particularly strong for desirable offer-
ings. After Monday the bulk of the steers
sold at $5.00410Jl0, with a $7.15 top, com-
pared with $7.25 on Monday, but prices
Were still much higher than in most for-
mer years at corresptmding dates, except
in 1002, when there was a great scarcity
of cattle. Recent sales were on a bas‘s
of $5616 for inferior to fair light weights
and at $(i.5lfi_17.15 for good to prime ship—
ping becvcs, with a medium class bring-
ing $6.10mfni5 and a limited number of
1,275 to 1.400—lb. export cattle purchased
at $0.15/riti.ti0. Distillery—fed cattle were
marketed freely, and fair numbers of
Texas meal—fed cattle were shipped in, it
being regarded as a faVorable time.
Butchcring cattle were in moderate sup-
ply and in good request. cows and heifers
going at $3.000HL75, while canncrs and
cutters sold at $120611.“ and bulls at
.‘3 "5015.50. (‘alvcs were lower after the
early part of the week. selling at $3.50
(417 per 100 lbs, and there was a smaller
outlet for milkcrs and springers at $3001)
(35 per head, with few sales near the top.
The stockcr and feeder trade has been on
a restricted sale all of the time, and
lower average prices prevailed, with sales
at $22.15m5.t25 and little. im,uiry for feeders
selling near the highest figure. Future
prices for cattle are cxpcctcd to be re—
nnmerativc, as no large numbers are
reported in fer-ding districts.

Today's cattle market was fairly active
(ind Sit-i'ltly, the best stcci's selling at
$7.20 and bcsi calves at $7.35.

llogs have had their set—backs and ral-
lies during the past week, with really
little change in the surroundings of the
market and no especially large receipts.
I’riccs continucd to be controlled very
largely by the volume of the eastern ship—
ping demand, and whr-n this outlet was
not Very large the local packers \vcro
ablc to dictate tcrms to Sellers. Rcccnt
rcccipts have averaged in Wcight around
1115 lbs, compared with 210 lbs. a ycar
ago, 234 lbs. two years ago and 226 lbs.
three years ago. llog. should be Well
matnrcd before. being marketed. but
should not be held back after being in
proper shape for being sold. These are
rattling good prices and are much above
the priccs paid in most former years.
There is a short supply, according to
most reports, and the hogs will all be
needed. Today saw a steady and act’ve
market, with a good Monday .ipply,
sales being made'of hogs at $08,017.50
and pigs at, $50501 0.50

The sheep niarkct, only a few weeks
ago so buoyant, has lost its strength in
great part, altho priccs were still vcrv
much higher than in most formcr years.
The r cent prices paid were record-
brcakcrs, due to mcagcr offerings, and
no one cxpec‘cd them to last very long
or after spring l'imbs began to show up
in considerable volume. Fair numbers of
Tennessee and Kentucky spring lambs
have reached the Ohio River markets
recently. and considerable numbers have
been reshipped from Louisville to Chi-
cago packers direct. No largo supplies
of sheep and ycarlings have arrived, and
they sold relatively better than clipped
or wooled Colorado lambs. Not many
spring lambs were offered on the regular
market. Today saw a sensational boom
lliltlci‘ incae‘cr Monday receipts, prime
(‘olcra‘o wooled lambs going at $0.15.
while clipped lambs brot $6.50@8.60 and

 

MAY 29, 1909.

spring lambs ,36.75@9.25. Prime clipped
eWes sold at $6.75, the Tbest‘blipped thh-
ers at $7 and the best Cripped yearling.
at $7.50.

Horses have been offered on the mar-
ket at times recently in rather large
numbers, but most of the time for s.-v-
eral weeks the receipts have been rather
moderate as compared with recent years,
and for this reason sellers were in a.
position to maintain prices for desirable
animals. For a week past there has been
a brisk demand for eastern chunks and
wagon classes at 3514060104.) per head, and
eastern dealers have hot large numbers
of drivers and saddlers at 55150017350, with
the general demand in excess of the sup-
ply at times. Drafters were plentiful
usually and active, at $175@215 and up to
€2530for a high grade. Mules sold at $125
(1);. .

 

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LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Hogs may be expected to continue high-
priccd pl'tlptl‘ty until a new crop of pigs
can be grnvn. aliho reactions in prices
from time to true are inevitable, of
course. The unusual dearness of pork,
lard, bacon, hams, ctc., fails to check
their consumption to any great extent,
and the Sltt'ix’S of previs’ons held in
western warehouses are much smaller
than usual and rapidly diminishing. The
pure food law is an element in increasing
the demand for pure lard, for in former
times many consumers purchased adul-
terated lrtrd, not knowing that they were
really buying a CflIlCmiloii in which cot-
tonseed oil was a pro'ninrnt ingredient.
There is also an extremely large con—
sumption of fresh pork loins and pork
chops, as these are cheaper than other
meats. Of late, the quality of many of
the hogs coming to market has show/ed
a falling off, and complaints are made at
Kansas (‘ity that many of the hogs show
indications of having been fed on green
alfalfa instcad of on corn or old alfalfa.
farmers are i“'1)tll‘ltd to be unwilling to
feed corn owing to its scarcity and high
prices in many sections,

. L. llarnes, of Illinois, the owner of
two banks, a large land owner and
cattle feeder, well known to every trader
in the Chicago market, was there on
a recent Monday with a consignment
of nine (arloads of cattle and a mixed
Crirload cf hcgs and Sheep from his ex-
tensive fccd lots. .lric Sold his cattle aV-
craging from 1,086 to 1,375 pounds, at
$0.20 to $0.55 per 100 pounds, and was
well pleased with the prices paid. Mr.
iiarnes is an expert judge of cattle, and
during the year purchases a great many
stockers and feeders. He does not agree
with such cattlcmen as claim that the
year's feeding has been unprofitable, as
he has had a greatly different experience,
and furthermore he says his neigl'ibors
have all made money, in spite of the fact
that corn has been selling around 75
cents per bushel. The. majority of cattle
feeders, he says, have only themselves
to blame for the mistakes they make at
the time they buy their feeder cattle, and
such errors cannot be overcome when
the cattle are marketed as finished becves.
Mr. iarnts predicts still higher prices
and sufficient enCouragement to Cause
heavy feeding next fall and winter.

Spring lambs are showing tip in west-
ern markets in large mnnbers, and they
have been weakening in price and have
forced prices for (‘olorado \voolcd and
clipped lambs lower sympathetically.
l-lcccnt prices paid for lambs, both shorn
and unshorn, had been the highest on
record, and it was obvious that such in~
tlatcd figures could not last for any
length of time. It has been a wholly
exceptional Season for shccpmen. for so
little feeding was done last winter that
a mutton famine was brot at out, and that.
article of food has been bcy nd the reach
of most liltili—tillt‘l'S for some weeks.
(:ood numbers of 'l‘cnnessee spring lambs
have reachtd Louisville ll] recent days,
and fairly large numbers have been
shipped iron) the <>hi0 lliver Consigncd
direct to (‘hicago packing concerns.
From this time on dcc‘infng markets for
shccp and lambs may lw tj'ncctcd as the
natural o:d r of cvrni -, altho this does
not ncccssaiily nimn l'v. prices for fat
consignments- by our nicans. The future
receipts will na‘u-al‘y (“lls'st itiostly of
lambs, for viry i'cw :h (p are left in
ft‘tdilLL’,‘ sections at the pr/scnt tiu'ic.

Moderate numbers if lllllt‘il cows have
bctn offtrcd «n t?e (‘hicago market rc—
(‘cntly, and castc‘n buyers hch taken
fair numbers at got-d Di‘it't's for the bet—
ter class, but since pastures h'ivc im-
provtd and milk yields are largcr the
country demand for cows has been falling
off. Choice inilkers have been selling at:
$50605 pcr head.

Of late the eastern shipping demand
lras bten the main element of strength in
the (‘hicaeo cattle market, for (‘Illll(.
prices have remainid altogether too high
to admit of any large cxport movement,
and the \vcsici'll packers have been bear—
ish in sent'mcnt‘. The somewhat en-
largrd consumption of beef in various
parts 1f the country is a help to prices
for caztlc, of course, but after all the
principal cause of the materially higher
prices that have been obtained in recent
\\'t‘t'l\'S for cattle must be credited to the
much smaller receipts than in most reocnt
years at: corresponding periods. That
pi'it‘cs hive been satisfactory is shown
by the free marketing of distillery-fed
cattle, for owners of these are always
smart enough to sell when values are at
tbc’r best. 'l‘lnrc has also been consid-
4rablc marketing recently of Texas meal-
ftd cattle at got d priccs. High—priced
iinislnd cattle this spring are traceable
to dear feed, for the scarcity and high
price of corn in many sections led farm-
ers to market their cattle prematurely in
order to avoid fccd bills.

The recent high pr'ce of mutton has
caused many southwestern owners of
gcats to ship them to market, and more
have bctn iffcr (1 in Kansas City than
for a lcng pcricd. The goats sell high,
and thcr carcasses are. aLi'ayS worked
off on consumers as “lamb” or “mutton.”

 

 

 

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"H.129, 1909.
"rt-us IS‘ THE LAST EDITION.

In the first edition the Detroit Live
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all other markets are right up to date.
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' Thursday's Market-
May 27, 1909.
Cattle.

Dry-fed steers and

Receipts, 1,186.

butchers strong; grass cow stuff 15@25c

lower; market active.

W'e quote: Exrra dry—fed steersand
heifers, $6.25@6.65; steers and heifers,
1,000 to 1,200, $5.75@6.25: steers and hei-
fers, 800 to 1,000, $5.50@6; grass steers
and heifers that are fat,,800 to 1,000, $0@
5.35; grass steers and heifers that are fat,
500 to 700, $4.50@5; choice fat cows, $475
@5; good fat cows, $4634.25; common
cows, $3@3.50; canners, $1.50@2; choice
heavy bulls, $5; fair to good bolognflf.
bulls, $4.50@4.65; stock bulls, $4424.20;
choice feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, $4.75@
5.25; fair feeding steers, 800 to 1,000,
$4.50@4.60; choice stockcrs, 500 to 700,
$4.25@4.75; fair stockers, 500 to 700., $4@
4.25; stock.heifers, $3.50@4.25; milkers,
large, young, medium age, $40@47; com-
mon milkers, $20@35.

Warning.—-Look out for grass cattle.
Shey will go much lower. ‘

Roe Com. Co. sold Caplis 13 butchers
av 531 at $4.50, 2 heifers av 740 at $5.25,
2 do av 330 at $4; to Sullivan P. Co. 2
bulls av 1,225 at $4.50, 23 steers av 830 at
$5.65, 1 cow weighing 1,050 at $4, 5 do av
990 at $5, 2 do av 900 at $3.50; to Ham-
mond, S. _& Co. 17 steers av 952 at $6.15,
16 do av 820 at $5.85, 1 cow weighing 900
at $4.50.

Spicer, M. & R. sold Newton B. Co. 18
steers av 1,117 at $6.15, 21 do av 931 at
$6,.12 do av 900 at $5.85; to Sullivan 1’.
C0; 1 bull weighing 1,280 at $5; to Caphs
1 bull weighing 350 at $3.50, 1 cow weigh-
ing 930 at $3.50, 1 do weighing 830 at
$4.50, 1 d0 weighing 900 at $4.50; 6 butch-
ers av 703 at $4.50, 9 steers av 816_at
$5.75, 10 do av 660 at $5, 1 heifer weighing
630 at $4.50, 3 butchers av 633 at $4.50,
5 do av 706 at $5; to Hammond, S. & Co.
1 bull weighing 950 at $4, 1 do Weighing
960 at $4.50, 5 cows av 752 at $4; to Mich.
13.120. 21 steers av 862 at $5.90, 1 cow
weighing 930 at $4, 1 do Weighing 900 at
$5;4t0 Murray 12 stockcrs av 563 at $4.25;
to Mich. B. CO. 4 steers av 1,037 at $6.10,
1 bull :weighing 1,150 at $5, 5 cows av 960
216114, :12 steers av 983 at $6.15, 7 cows av
760?*‘a“t>-*"-$42.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 8
butchers av 820 at $5.50; to Sullivan P.
Colull steers av 1,125 at $6.50, 4 do av
590 at $5.90, 1 bull weighing 1,150 at $4.75,
6 cows av 1,106 at $4.40, 1 heifer weighing
840 at $6; to Kamman B. Co. 7 stccrs
av 891 at $6; to Laccault 12 butchers av
715 at $4; to Laboe 3 steers av 1.040 at
$6.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 cows av 1.0'33
$4.65; to Heinrich 1 steer weighing 1,110
at $6.25; to Sullivan 2 bulls av 1,375 at $5.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Caplis 4 butchers
av 1,075 at $4.60, 5 do av 430 at $2.25: to
Mich. B. CO. 2 do av 1,100 at $4.85, 2
hcifcrs' av 720 at $5.85, 17 butchers av 785
at $5.65, 2 bulls av 800 at $4.50, 3 cows
av .910 at $4.75, 2 do av 890 at $3; to Bres-
naha‘n 18 steers av 1,357 at $6.55, 6 heifers
av. 485 at $3.85; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows
av 1,135 at $5, 2 bulls av 1,215 at $4.75,
2 do av 810 at $4, 1 bull weighing 1,500
at $4.85; to Bresnahan 4 cows av 867 at
$2.50; to Mich. B. Co. 14 steers av 760
at $4.60.

Johnson sold Kamman 4 steers av 825
at $5.75, 2 cows av 900 at $4.50, 3 do av
850 at $3.60, 1 bull weighing 920 at $4.25.

Sandall & T. sold Regan 4 butchers av
670 at $4.50.

Same sold Bresnahan 4 heifers av 580
at $4.50.

“'ilson sold same 3 steers av 900 at
Groff sold same 2 canncrs av 835
at $2.50.

Sandall & T. sold Hammond, S. & Co.
3 heifers av 880 at $4, 1 cow weighing 950
at $4.50, 6 steers av 700 at $5.65.

Robb sold same 6 cows av 1,080 at $4.50,
2 do av 815 at $3, 3 bulls av 973 at $4.50,
7 steers av 814 at $6.

llalcy sold Sullivan 2 cows av 1,130
at $5.

Lewis sold Fitzpatrick Bros. 8 steers av

Kendall sold same 2 bulls av 1,350 at $5,
13 cows av 1,000 at $5, 3 do av 850 at $3.60.

Sharp sold Thompson 5 butchers av
680 at $4.20.

Grol‘f sold Heinrich 20 steers av 1,050
at $6.50.

Lewis sod Fitzpatrick Bros. 8 steers av
600 at $4.90.

Roe Com. C0. to Newton 1:. C), 1 steer
weighing 940 at 80.. '

. Veal Calves.

Receipts, 1,139. Market 2517035c higher.
lost. $7607.25; others. $4696.50; milch
cows and springers, $3(u>5 IoWer.

Haley sold Mich. B. Co. 20 av 135 at $7,
20 av 120 at $6.25.

Sandall & T. sold Bresnahan 18 av 140
at $6.50. '

\Vagner & Co. sold Friedman 5 av 120
at $5, 16 av 135 at $7.

Johnson sold Sullivan P, Co. 6 av 123
at $6.75.

Robb sold same 2 av 150 at $6.50.

\Vickman sold same 20 av 140 at $7.

Downing sold Gerish 10 av 137 at $7.

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 2 av
100 at $5, 16 av 135 at $6.85.

Haley sold Thompson 5 av 85 at $5, 15
av 140 at $6.50.

Lewis sold same 2 av 145 at $7.

Bergen & W. sold same 1 weighing
129 at $5.

Haley sold same 2 av 235 at $5.

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Waterman sold Fitzpatrick Bros. 2 av
100 at $5, 13 av 130 at $6.50.

Stephens sold Newton B. Co. 10 av 147.
at $7.

Smith sold same 8 aV'150 at $7.

Spicer, M. & B. sold Newton B. Co.
24 av 140 at $7, 8 av 150 at $5, 42 av 140
at $7, 1 weighing 200 at $4, 69 av 125 at
$6, 1 weighing 150 at $7-25; to Sullivan
P. CO. 2 av 135 at $5, 17 av 130 at $6.75;
to Newton B. Co. 8 av 150 at $7.25, 1
weighing 100 at $5; to Parker, W. & C0.
1 weighing 90 at $6, 7 av 145 at $7.25; to
Sullivan P. CO. 8 av 140 at $7, 15 av 130
at $6.75.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. CO.
7 av 135 at $7, 8 av 150 at $7, 24 av 115
at $4.25; to Mich. B. Co. 52 ,av 135 at
$6.50, 2 av 95 at $5, 6 av 140 at $7; to
Strauss & Adler 11 av 110 at $7, 4 av 115
at $5, 9 av 150 at $7.25, 3 av 112 at $5.50,
10 av 144 at $7.25; to Markowitz 20 av 150
at $7.25; to Strauss & Adler 2 av 135 at
$5.50, 3 av 165 at $7.25, 4 av 115 at $6.50,
4 av 150 at $7.25, 7 av 130 at $5, 41 av
125 at $7, 12 av 130 at $7, 3 av 100 at $5,
4 av 105 at $5, 20 av 137 at $7, 22 av 140
at $7; to Parker, W. & Co. 14 av 125 at
$5, 47 av 135 at $7.25.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts, 1,010. Market 50c higher than
last week.

Best lambs, $8@8.10: fair to good lambs,
$6.50@7; light to common lambs, $0.50@
6; spring lambs, $8@10; fair to good
sheep, $5@5.50; culls and common, $3.50
@450.

Robb sold Mich. B. Co. 5 lambs av 80

, at $7.25.

Johnson sold same 12 sheep av 85 at 65.

Wagner & Co. sold Hammond, S. & Co.
11 sheep av 95 at $4.25. .

Haley sold Harland 5 lambs av 83 at
$7.40, 44 do av 70 at $7.25.

Downing sold Thompson 12 sheep av
90 at $4.25, 15 lambs av 65 at $6.50.

Lewis sold same 18 do av 75 at $8,
10 Sheep av 115 at $4.

Spicer, M. & R. sold Mich. B. CO. 9
lambs av 58 at $7, 1 sheep weighing 100
at $3.50, 11 lambs am 68 at $7.50, 2 sheep
av 120 at $5.25, 4 do av 130 at $4, 5 lambs
av 93 at $8, 3 sheep av 105 at $5, 2 spring
lambs av 60 at $10, 4 lambs av 60 at
$6.50; to Sullivan P. CO. 20 do av 65 at
$7, 7 sheep av 90 at $4.25; to Fitzpatrick
Bros. 27 lambs av 70 at $7.90, 5 spring
lambs av 55 at $8.50; to Eschrich 1°. sheep
av 67 at $5; to Mich. B. Co. 18 lambs av
75 at $7.40, 11 do av 77 at $7.75.

Smith sold Sullivan 1’. (M. 5 spring
lambs av 50 at $9, 20 lambs av 70 at $7.50.

Waterman sold Newton 11. Co. 2 lambs
av 70 at $8, 2 sheep av 120 at $5.

Kalaher sold same. 3 do av 150 at $3.50.

\Vceks sold Young 33 lambs av 55 at
$8.50, 6 sheep av 115 at $5.25.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. L’. Co. 70
lambs av 80 at $7.75, 16 do av 58 at $6,
1 buck wdghing 130 at $4, 2 shccp av 90
at $4.50, 12 lambs av 73 at $7.40, 18 do
av 70 at $6.25, 2 sheep av 115 at $4; to
Hammond, S. & Co. 135 lambs av 76 at
$8.10; to Parker, IV. & Co. 131 do my 76
at 8.10; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 25 do av 83
at $7.50, 17 sheep av 90 at $5.50, 3 lambs
av 115 at $8.50, 3 sheep av 100 at $4.50,
16 lambs av 60 at $6.75, 6 sheep av 120
at $5.25.

Hogs.
Receipts, 2,579. Market 56,0100 higher
than last week.

Range. of prices: Light to good butch—
<-rs, $7.30@7.40; pigs, $6.75@6.85; light
yorkers, $7.106’U7.25; stags, 1,3 off.

Bishop, B. & II. sold Hammond, S. &
(“(1. 247 av 170 at $7.35, 351 av 160 at $7.30,
172 av 200 at; $7.40, 63 av 150 at $7.20, 210
av 160 at $7.25, 62 av 140 at $7.15.

Sundry shippers sold same 157 av 188
at $7.40.

Spiccr, M. & R. sold Parker, W. & Co.
162 av 180 at $7.40, 14 av 1.97 at $7.25, 245
av 160 at $7.35, 84 av 150 at $7.15.

Roc Com. C0. sold same 47 av 190
at $7.35.

Sundry shippers sold same 140 av 144
at $7.15, 164 av 165 at $7.35, 69 av 180
at $7.30.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Go. 89
av 160 at $7.25, 54 av 140 at $7.10, 89 av
160 at $7.30, 10 pigs av 107 at $6.90.

Roe Com. (‘0. sold same 0 av 269 at
$7.50, 37 av 188 at $7.30.

Sundry shippers sold same 1217 av 170
at $7.30, 115 av 180 at $7.40, 64 av 183
at $7.35.

 

Friday’s Market.
Lilly 21, 1909.
Cattle.

Market strong at Thursday’s prices.

“'0 quote: Dry—fed steers and heifers,
$6.40@6.50; stcc'“ and heifers, 1,000 to
1,200, 35.75.406.25; slccrs and heifers, 800
to 1,000, $550006; grass steers and heifers,
that are fat, 800 to 1,000, $5615.75; grass
slccrs and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700,
$4.50Q05.50; choice, fut cows, $1.7561‘5.25;
good fat cows, $4024.50; common cows,
$2.50@3.50; canners, $1.50@2; choice, hcavy
bulls, 1147561525; fair to good bolognas.
bulls, $4.50014.75; stock bulls, $4014.50;
choice fccding steers, 800 to 1,000, $475717
5.23; fair feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, $4 5'.)
@5; choice stockers, 500 to 700, $4.25?»
4.75; fair stOckcrs, 500 to 700, $4fir-l.50;
Stock heifers, $3.50fl4.25; milkcrs, large,

   

young, medium age, $45@55; common
milkers, $256035.
Vickery sold Hammond, Standish &

Co. 3 cows av 1,130 at $4.40, 4 do av 1,005
at $4.40, 2 steers av 1,085 at $6.25.
Sheep and Lambs.

Market steady at Thursday’s prices;
quality not so good.

Best lambs, $7.50; fair to good lambs,
$650657; light to common lambs, $56716;
spring lambs, $8; fair to good sheep,
“75605.50; culls and common, $3.5061‘4.

Bishop, B. & II. sold Parker, \V. & Co.
4 lambs av 105 at $7.50, 40 do av 65 at
$7.50, 9 do av 85 at $7.50, 15 sheep av
110 at $5.50.

Hogs.

Market 50 higher than on Thursday.

Range of prices: Light to good butch-
ers. $7.30@7.35; pigs, $6.75@6.85; light
yorkers, $7607.25; stags, 1/5 off.

Lucke sold Parker, W. & Co. 59 av
165 at $7.30.

Roe ‘Com. Co. sold same 44 av 180
$7.35

Slage & C. sold Hammond, S. & Co.
121 av 153 at $7.25.

Bishop, B. & H. sold same 236 av 170
at $7.30, 173 av 195 at $7.35.

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Advice thru this department is free to
our subscribers. Each communication
should state history and symptoms of the
case in full; also name and addrcss of
writer. Initials only will be. published.
Many queries are answered that apply to
the same ailments. if this column is
watched carefully you will probably find
the desired informat’on in a reply that
has been made to some cne else.

 

Fistula of Vi'ithers—On the right side
of my horse’s neck there is a. sore that
discharges pus and will not heal, tins
same horse passes thick urine. H. C.,
Metamora, Mich.—Apply peroxide hydro-
gen twice a day; ten minutes later apply
equal parts iodoform, ‘oxide zinc and tan-
nic acid. Give a tablespoonful nitrate
potash in feed daily until his urine
changes; a few doses will be 'all that is
requ‘red.

Spasm of Shoulder Muscles—For the
past two years my horse has been going
lame occasionally, and by close observa-
tion I can detect a little hitch or limp
most of the time; some of the time he. is
too lame to work~and his shoulder seems
to be sore. G. E. S., Shcrman, Mich.—
I am inclined to believe he suffers from
spasm of the shoulder muscles or else the
muscles are \vcak. Apply equal parts
spirits camphor and alcohol to shoulder
twice a day.

Sow Has Rheumatism.—I have a sow
which is the mother of eleven pigs that
are now live wccks old; she has trouble
getting up and walks stiff and sore until
she takes some exercise and warms out
of lameness. S. M., Shclbyvfllc. ll‘lich.—~
Feed less corn, more oats and linsccd
meal, keep her bowels opcn, givc 15 grs.
salit-yizlte soda at a dosc in food thrce
times a day for toll days. Apply soap
linimcnt to back and sol'c parts twicc at
(1.1V.

l.icc on Cattle—Eczclna.—-I have three
cows that arc covered v.'.th iicc and I am
anxious to rid them of the posts, for they
have bccn lousy for more than a your. I
also have a three-year—old so\V that has
lost the hair off her sides and back, have
failed to find lice, and she is not mangv.
.l. M., Freeport, Mich.!.\pply 1 part car-
bolic acid and 30 parts water to body

(13) p.91

stiff when he first gets 11;). The" 3 ‘ ' :
on skim—milk and corn rnd b.).li
to have a fairly good rpp. ." .. ’1‘. .4, . ,
Grass Lake, Mich.—-You lave f :1 3 1::
hogs too much skim-milk a .d co :1; ti: s
ration has produced an acid c pinion of
the blond and it is possible that tile 1) hes
are not as strong as they shout] be. f'ivo
each pig :1 teaspoonful of air slackcd limo
at a dose in feed two or three timcs a
day. ii‘ccd some oats and oil lncal and
as soon as possible let them have some
grass, also feed less corn. Also give each
pig 10 grs. carbonate potash at a dose
in feed twice a day. chp them out doors
in the fresh air and sunlight as much
as possible.

that has a diseased quarter of udder. I
dried her last 1"‘cbruary for she did not
give very much milk. About two months
ago quarter of uddcr began to swell, now
the whole udder is inliamcd :iAnd small
bunches have appeared on outside which
discharge a. wh'tc matter. Have given
her aconite and saltpclcr, also bathed
affected parts with iodine and a salve
made of kerosene and lard, but shc is no
bcttcr. She will be fresh in about a
week. Her appetite is good and to all
appearance is healthy. H. D. L., Reed
City, Mich—Dissolve 3 ozs. sulfate zinc
in a gallon of tepid water and apply to
udder twice a day. Be sure that her
stable, and bed is clean; besides, furnish
her with a soft bed in ordcr that she will
not bruise her udder. Give. 1 oz. hypo-
sulfite soda at a dose in feed twice a day.

'- HAY &. GRAIN -

We want 00 hour from shippers of Hay Ind Grain—Our
direct service to large conlumorl in this district enables
us to got top prieu for good Ihipmonll. leorll ed-
vnncu to conlignorl.

Daniel McCaIIrey's Sons (20., Pillsbury PI-
lint—Washington III'I Bunk. liuquuno hi'l Bank.
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FARMS AND FARM LANDS
FOR SALE UH EXBHANBE

Fruit, Grain and Slack Farms {350.123

Co. Write C. w. Morgan. Shelby, Mlch., for lists.

“I E SELL LAND and require no payment except
interest and taxes until end of third year.
FLINT LAND COMPANY. Limited, Flint. Mich.

CALIFORNIA Oranges. olives, deciduous fruits'
alfalfa. Sacramento Valley: pay
$50 to $1000 per acre. Several choice bargains.
F. L. SOUTHACK, Room 801, Union Trust Bldg., San Fraud-co.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

once daily or apply 1 part coal—tar disin-
fectant and 15 parts watcr or any of tho
licc killers advertised in this paper will
give. you good rcsults. Apply 1 part sulfur
and 5 parts vasclinc to bare spots on sow
three times a week.

Dog 11:15 Vertigo—About six months
ago my collie dog, which was then about
four years old, was taken suddcnly sick;
he rolled and tumbled with head drawn
to one side. for a minuto and staggcrcd,
then appeared to gct chr it. \thn he
had this attack his limbs appcarcd to be
quite stiff. M. E. 11., llillsdale, Mich——
Your dog cithcr suffered from vertigo or
«lsc pickcd up a dog button, tnux vom‘ct)
which aclcd as a partial poison. (live
castor oil or syrup of bucklhorn as u
cathartic and laxative. Also give 10 grs.
bromidc potash in i'ccd or wait-1' twice
a day.

Slomach Sluggers—Have a more cighi
years old which has workml all spring
and sccms hcalthy and will; has good
lifc, but has sick spells whcn cat ng, wi.l
stop, become rigid and go right over
backwards, got up and go to caiing again.
11st ncvcr had any sick spoils in harness.
Is there any danger of hcr growing worse
or losing her lift”? '1‘. J. S, Kalamazoo,
Mich—Your Inarc suft‘crs I'rom stomach
staggers and drugs will not do her as
much good as grass. ilcr bmvcls should
be kcpt opon and at this scason of tho
year it is not necessary to use laxatives
if a horse has acccss to grccn grass. 11'
she is Iicshy, rcduce hcr grain allowance
until she loses some of hcr I‘ai.

Roarcr.—I recently purchased a ri-year-
'oid mare; whcn excrtcd shc breathes
long and heavy, making a sharp nolsc;
this soon subsides whcn shc stands still
a. few moments. “’hcn drinking she
coughs and the water makes a noise when
running down throat. ii]. ’i‘. \V., I’cnt—
water, Mich.——I am inclincd to bchcve
that your mare has throat trouble, por-
haps of a chronic charactcr. She may
never get well until you have her 0pcr-
atcd on for roaring. Iiovvcver, apply
cqual parts turpentine, aqua ammonia
and swcct oil to throat oncc a day, the
evening is the best time. Give 1 dr. iodide
potassium at a dose in feed or water
twice a day, if this trcatmcnt fails to
help her give 1/3 dr. powdcrcd iobclizt
and two drs. muriate ammonia at a dose
ill fccd twice daily.

Indigostion.—l have a cow that has been
sick for the past two weeks; she has
been pasturcd in the woods and perhaps
ate. brush or weeds that sickened her.
By giving her epsom salts and some other
medicine, she appeared to recover, but
was as bad as ever a week latcr. She
has no fever, but has a Soft puffy swol-
ling undcr brisket. I lunced this swelling,
but it does not go down much. She has
no cough, but appears to be sore. T. ..
11., Rcdford, Mich.—~Givc her 1 dr. pow-
dered digitalis, 1/: dr. ground nux vomica
and 1 oz. phosphate soda as a drench
night and morning. Apply 1 part bichlo-
ridc mercury and 1000 parts warm water
to swelling two or three times a day.

Rheumatism.—I am anxious to know
what ails my pigs. A shoat was taken
with extreme lameness in hind leg 3. short
time ago. Now he is troubled in getting
up. 110. walks quite June, but after
excrcxsing seems to impron, A second
pig is also affected; this one is very

 

1 Good land. all improved
FAB“, 59/2 Acres, but 5 acres pasture with
few trees on, good house. bun, granary, toolhouse.
hovhouse. well and windmill, some fruit, price $3,000.
Address 0. L. BROWN. R. 4, Bellevue. Mich.

when you can buy
the Belt Land In
M Iohl an It from
$6 to 10 an acre
near Saginaw and Bay City. Write for map and par
tlcuinrs. Clear title and any terms. STA’FELD 13303..

(owners) 15 Merrill bldg.. Saginaw. W. 8.. Mich.

 

 

FOR. SALE—High grade I'll-m lands in
Osceola County. Near
’I‘uatin, Michigan. These were hardwood lands and
no pine stumps on the land. Soil is gravel and rich
clay. Well settled country with schools and good
roads. W. MARSH. Mnnistee. Mich.

SOUTH-EASTERN KANSAS

Farms and Truck Gardens, near City of 20.000, good
market. largest railroad shops west of Mississippi
river. fine climate. Money to loan, mortgages bought
and sold. Particulars. Circulars, Price. Write
MUTUAL REALTY, 1031 Main St , Parsons. Ken

IDAHO AND WESTERN WYOMING

rlzate (1, Improved lands on railroad, 316 to 330 per acre on
easy terms. Good Ichoois. Alfalfa, 4 In 5 tons per acre; wheat,
45 bushels; barley, 80 bushels, and oats over 100 bushels.
Unexcelled home market; poultry and dairy busine-s extreme-
ly profitable. Choice dry farming claims to be homesteaded.
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MEMORIA IN AETERNA.

BY BERT LEACH.

For the blood that flowed in battle

Drop for drop we give ottr tears;
For the suffering of our heroes

In those seething bloody years,
When the clouds of war and hate
Hid the heavens, when the state
Rocked and reeled and all but sundered,
While the gods of war all thundered,
And the world looked on and wondered;
For all those our tears shall fall

\Vhile eternal peace is ours,
But the memory of it all

Lies today beneath the flowers.

 

 

 

 

On the hillsides there are roses,
There are lilies in the dells,
There are violets awaiting
In a thousand leafy dclls—

Let ustwine them in a garland,
“'hile the dew is on them yet.
Let tts place them o‘er our heroes,

Those we never shall forget.

For their blood we still remember-—
Mothcrs‘ llz‘tll‘ls' are hit eding still.
There are widows” lnarts still empty.
For their places none can till,
And we ever shall retin-mber
They were brave alld they were true,
And when duty called to battle
’l‘hey their duty sprang to do.

Flolll above the field of battle.
llattle smoke has cleared away.
\‘t'inds of north and south commingle
In the crystal air today.
North winds, south winds whisper low,
And the early flowers grow
“here the bloody saber's clashing.
And the constant cannon crashing,
Army onto army dashing,
‘l‘hickly strmvcd the ground with dead,
Filling countless homes with woo:
“here this precious blood was shed
Fresh and bright the flowers grow.

Peace is in he southern valleys,
l'eaee is in the northern dolls.
From the northern woods, and southern,
Loud the wild birds‘ nlatin \vclls.
There are flowers growing freely
\\"h<le the cannon rent the ground:
There is peace proclaimed by nature.
t‘iear by sight and sweet by sound.

Never may this peace be broken.
Never lnay tho flowers fail

“hen the spring has bathcd the meadows
’l‘o perfume the hill and dale:

May the wild birds' joyous singing

Ill our woods be ever ringing;

(liltl lows peace. and llc has given

Us, the land once sadly rivcn,

Peace like that which reigns in heaven.

Let us, brethren. then forget

{All the bloodshed and the strife,
BIemories let us cherish yet

lint of peace and love and life.

Ilut we cannot quite ft'trgetm
Nay, nor would we if we could;

Let Us twine a tloral garland
Then for those beneath the sod.

Let us «lrop a tear in silence,
lAl tts chant a requiem low,

la-t us furl thr- battle standard
.\s along the street we go.

lat us pray that we lnay lit-Vcl‘
Fail to hold their mcmory dear.

Let us twine the garlands for them
.~\s year marches after year.

lat lls comfort those whose fathers,
lll‘othcrs, husbands. silent lie

Till the time for their reunion
At the portals of the sky.

“LEST WE FORGET.”
A Memorial Day Story.

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It was the evening beforn Memorial
l'ay, Quite unexpoctcdly i had bun
d~taincd in the \illagc of Hakiand o\‘tl'
night, and after I had eaten lily supper
I ‘l‘n'ltt tult Ilpoll lllt’ \'«'l‘;llltl:t Hli lil" plt'-
tuitrsstuc inn which fronted on the
street of the village.

lnain

it was an c‘.'cning worthy of all that
thc pocts have c\'cl‘ had to say of lh'tt
season when spring is merging into stun-
mer. 'l‘he sunset had been of unusual
brilliance, and bars of lid and gold and
violet still west.
Above them shone the cycning star. As
I sat musing and dreaming, while I
broathed the fragrance of lilacs and
mock—orange. in which the village.
aboundcd, the lalnps of the village hall,

stretched across the

directly across the street, were lighted
and a company of young people galln‘cd
and began decorating the interior with
flags and bunting. 'l‘hcir voices and an
occasional sound of laughter came to me
pleasantly. 'l‘hcy were deft about their
work and had the manner of being accus—
tomed to it. I could see quite plainly
thru the wide—open doorway of the hall,
and I was watching with interest, when
"Aunt Itorinda,” as the landlady of the
inn was familiarly called, came out and
took a chair near me.

“Your young people are gt’xtting ready
for the celebration of Memorial Day,” I.
remarked.

“Yes,” Aunt Dorinda answered, “Oaks
land always celebrates Memorial Day in
the letter and ill the spirit.”

THE MICHIGAN BQARMER

“I don’t suppose," Aunt Dorinda went
on, and her tone was reminiscent, “that
any town of its size sent more men to
the Civil War than Oakland, and a good
many of them never came back. Some
were killed in battle, some died in the
hospitals, and some in prison. A few
came home to die, and a good many were
crippled for life.

“One of Lawyer Tibbs‘s sons came
home with an empty sleeve and before
the war there was nobody for miles
around that could play a piano or'the
church organ as he could. The \Vidow
Emery‘s only son came back with one eye
and his right leg gone, and John Turner,
who had a wife and six small children,
had both legs shot off.

“\Vhen the war was over there was
hardly a family in the village that hadn‘t
an empty cllair or an invalid one, but,
among us all there was not one bereaved
like Barbara Trent.

"Perhaps you noticed when you drove
into town, that larfai brick house at the
upper -end of the street. It has white
pillars in front. and the yard is detp and
shady and has lots of flowering shrubs.
Ilr. ’l‘rent lived there before the war and
was known as the best surgeon in all the
country ‘round. Real often doctors from
larger towns used to send for him when
they had a difficult operation to perform.

“ tarbara was his only daughter and
her mother died when she was about ten
years old. There was one boy, two or
three years older than Barbara. Two
handsomer children couldn‘t have been
found if you‘d looked the country over.
I was about Barbara‘s age and we were
in the same class at school. She was
never a bit stuck tip because she was the
doctor's daughter, and t,-vt,~rybmly loved
her, with her pretty face and her pleas—
ant ways. Jack Leonard was old Jethro
Leonard‘s son, and lived in the cottage
at the other end of the village. (lid
.lethro didn‘t have a very good name.
Some said that he would take what didn't
belong to him, alid he was never spoken
of with any respect, but his wife was a,
good woman and a lady. The Leonards
calilc to Oakland abollt lt-n .lel‘s ltt‘l‘tll‘O
the war. Jack was about thirteen then
and as lllt't' and upright a boy as anyone
nctd ask for.

“i“roln the time they were children
«\‘try one could see that .lack Leonard
and lal'bara ’l‘rent Were lovers, or would
be when they were old enough to realize,
what their always being so happy to-
gether meant. It didn‘t dawn on Dr.
'l‘rent until tlnir last year in school, and
when it did he was terribly wrought up
to think that old .lcthro Leonard’s son
should dare even to dream of his dangli—
ter. lie didn't stop to reason that the
boy wasn‘t to blame fir his. father. “hell
I“; 'l‘rcnt really undtrstood how things
were», he forbade .lat'k c\'c1' to t'l'oFs his
thrcshhold again, or either llarbara or
his son Ilamlin, ever to speak to Jack.

"liarbara revercnccd her father as few
children of this generation do, and his
word had always been law to her, so she
obeyed as few grirls now would obey, and
didn't speak to Jack, but she knew and
he knew that they hadn‘t gchn each
other up, and that when they were older
they would do what they thot was right.

"it was about two years after this that
tl.c war broke out and Jack Leonard and
Hamlin 'l‘:cnt enlisted the same day, te-
forc .lack ‘\\'tllt away iarbara met him
and said goodby to him, and promised to
marry him when he came bar-k from the
war, and then she went home and told
lnr father what she had done. Nobody
kin w how the doctor took it, but liar—
bara was too much liko hint ‘for him to
have lunch hope that she would ever
change her mind.

“Not long after that llr. 'l‘rcnt began
to think that it was his duty to take his
nledieim-—r-ase and his surgical instru-
ments and go to the front. and so he
hit his sister, Miss Henrietta, and old
Susan, who had worked for them for
_\cal‘s, to look out for liarlrira, and he
\vn-nt away to the war. There wasn‘t a.
woman in town that was braver or more
cheerful than that girl, but one day,
when a. lot of us were at ln‘. Trent's
packing a box to send to our boys ill the
army. she put her arms around my neck,
and laid her check against mine and
said, ‘Ilo you know, Ilorfnda, that every
one I love best in this world, is away
down South to be put up as a mark to
be shot at?’ And after that I realized
how she was suffering.

“It must have been the next spring
that Dr. 'l‘rent, his son, .Iaek Leonard
and several others came home for a short
furlough. ’l‘hey came (inc Friday night.

and the next Sunday morning the church
was crowded, for every one knew that old

Dr. West would preach and pray and sing
for those men in blue, and that the ser-
mon would be one that would make the
confederates quake if they could hear it.
It was a beautiful day, warm and bright,
and the lilacs and syringes were in bloom,
as they are now.

“The chttreh was pretty well filled when
Barbara Trent came in with her father
and brother. She was dressed in white,
and her cheeks were flushed and her eyes
bright. I wondered if she had seen Jack,
and what her father thot about Jack’s
bravery, and I’d heard that he was wear-
ing lieutenant's straps. After a little
Jack and his mother came in and sat
down in a pew just across from me. Her
face was like Barbara’s, with the happy
look in her eyes, and I knew she was
proud of her son. I wondered to myself,
in a way I had of pondering about things,
if his being so handsome and good and
brave made up to her~for the trouble
and shame his father often brot. I saw
her slip her hand into Jack's, and he.
held it, without seeming to care who saw
him, and smiled down at, her like a low-r.
The sermon was what everyone expected.
for old Dr. \Vest was stirred to the depths
in those days, and his voice grew stern
and his eyes flashed, when he spoke of
those who would divide their native land
and ptlt to naught the great purpose for
which their fathers had suffered and died,
but it trembled when he spoke of the men
ill blue, those who were away and those
who had come home for a few days, and
there were lots of sobs all thru the
church, wrung from‘hearts of mothers
and daughters, sisters and wives and
sweethearts, thinking of their own dear
ones.

“The sermon was finished and they
had sung a hymn, when Dr. \Vest came
down froln the pttlpit and stood at the
altar railing as if waiting for some, one.
livery one looked surprised but there
wasn't a sound in the house. I saw .Iack
Leonard press his mother's hand and lay
it gently on her lap, then he got up and
wint up the aisle, as straight as a gen—
eral and as prottd as a king. and stepped
up and took his place beside In; “My,
facing the congregation. lip lookcd pale.
for all the tan on his face. bttt his eyes
were shining, and they were llXt‘tl on
Barbara ’l‘rent.

“What happened next nearly took my
breath away. llr. Trent, got up and
stepped out into the aisle, and llarbara
followed him, and, with her hand on her
father's arm, she went up to the altar
to meet Jack Leonard. “'hen Dr: \Yest
asked, ‘\\'ho gives this woman to this
lnan in marriage‘.” Ilr. 'l‘rent answered,
‘I do,‘ and his voice was as clear and dis-
tinct as a bell.

“i shall liever ft‘irgt-t that couple as
they looked when they came down the
aisle tttgetllt'l‘sithttlllL’.‘ and handsome, be-
loved by all, and with life reaching out
before them so full of hope and happi—
ness.

“lint the war wasn‘t over. No one
ever knew why Dr. 'l‘rent changed his
mind about Jack Leonard, but perhaps
it was simply because ho got his eyes
open when he witnessed his braVcry and
learned his real worth. 'l‘ommy \\'orton,
who was in the same regiment, told me
that the doctor wasn’t kinder to his own
son than he was to .lzok, after he and
liarbara were married. I ustd to" meet

Hrbara in those days, after all her loved
ones had gone back to the war, and
wonder at her cheerful face. My lover
was with (lrant's army and I felt that
life was dark. (nice, when I spoke about
it and the awfulncss of it all, she sail,
‘\\'e must be brave, we must Ilorinda,
thtre is no other way. Our part is to
stay at home and wait. Sometimes I
think I should sul't'cr less if I could only
light, if I. could only do something to
end this awful susptnst-l

“It was only a fetv days after tlrtt
when word came that l>r. 'l‘icnt was Very
sick. Ille had been taken to a hospital
in \\'ashington, and Barbara went to hint
Ile died an hour after site got tin-re but
knew her and blessed her. She brot hivn
homo and buried him, with only her Aunt
.Ilenrietta of her own kith and kill to ire
hear her, for her brothcr was in a South-
crn prison. They would not let .ittck
collie, but his mother came to larbara
then, and Ilarbara would never let her
go away again, for old Jethro had died
a few months before.

“Some time after Dr. Trent's death,
IIamlin 'l‘rent was exchanged alld sent
home. There wcre a good many at the
depot the day he came, and as long as
I live I shall never forget how that boy
looked when he was lifted from the train
and carried on a stretcher to the easy
spring wagon they had waiting for him.

MAY 29, 1909.

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. my 29, 1909.

There was only pity on the women’s
faces, for they weren’t thinking of any-
thing just then but the boy himself and
the way he had suffered, but there was
white rage in morethan one man’s face,
and I saw a flash in old Dr. West’s eyes
that made me remember, all at once, a
sermon that he had preached about Sinai
when I was a little girl.

“I remember how Barbara’s lips quiv-
ered when she saw her brother, and she
turned white as death, but she was smil-

ing at him in a minute, and rode away'

in the wagon, sitting beside him, his
hand in hers.

“Hamlin Trent had been a strong man,
but the hardships he had endured were
too much, and tho Barbara had the best
of everything for him, and cared for him
untiringly, he gradually slipped away, and
when the leaves fell, she laid his poor,
tired body away near their father and
mother.

“That was a dark winter for Oakland,
but it seemed as tho the whole town was
united like one family by the common
anxiety and suffering, for the papers and
the telegraph wires were bringing news
of battles and prisons and wounds and
death.

“I remember meeting Deacon Marsh
in the postofiice one day. He looked
white and worn, and his hand trembled
when the postmaster handed him a let-
ter from Washington. Every one of his
five sons was in the army, and the oldest
one had been wounded.

“Jack, Leonard came home for a few
days in February, and it was pathetic
to see Barbara's face. It seemed to be
always struggling between smiles and
tears. Jack was looking brown and well
and handsome, and no pcople could have
been prouder of a hero in Velvet and
gold lace than the people of Oakland were
of thgt boy in his Spiled uniform. It
seemed as tho everybody went to the
depot the day he Went away, and I've
thot since, it must have, lwcn hard for
Barbara and his mother, when they must
have wanted him every minute to them—
selves, When I heard the train coming,
I went into the depot and hid my face in
my hands for I couldn't bear to see liar-
bara say good—bye to Jack. Her father
and ,‘brother were (lead, and_.lack might
nevi: ,come back. I could see it all in
h: adefiitlio she tried so hard torture
bra .

“And Jack never came back—not alive.
Just when the leaves were coming out in
April, and the old town was looking as
pretty and bright and peaceful as tho
there ivcrn't So many aching hearts in it,
the ncws came one day that Jack Leon—
ard had been shot and killed in battle.

“\Ve were all at the depot again when
they brot his body home, and Barbara
was there, too, for she would come and

Jar-151s mother came with her. it's
strange what a difference the occasion
makcs in the looks and the sound of a
thing. I've heard trains that made my

heart leap for joy, as they came steaming
and panting and ringing up to the sta-
tion. but the locomotive that day looked
like some great black monster, and every
stroke of the bell was a funeral knell.
“There wasn‘t a sound, only the steam

from the engine and some stifled sobs,
when they lifted Jack‘s coffin and car-

ried it, wrapped in the stars and stripes.
They wouldn't put it into a hearse or a
wagon, but carried it all the way'on their
Slltlllltlt'l‘s to the parlor of Barbara‘s
house, whcre they set it down on a table
covered with flowers. Every one ex-
pected that Barbara would faint, tho she
had always been so strong thru all her
troublcs—but shc didn‘t. “'hcn she went

into the parlor she walked up to lh‘.
“'cst, slipped her hand into his, lookcd
up at him and smilcd and sighed and

said, ‘I shall be so glad whcn the war is
ov«~r and father and Jack and Hamlin
come home.’

“Then we all knew that the strain had
been too much and that her
gone. For a long time all
kept hoping that she would get better,
but she never did, and soniotiincs l‘vo
thot that it was a merciful dispensation
of Providence. In most ways she was
sane but for her the war was never over.
Jack‘s mother and Dr. West’both tried
to explain to her, but she would only
shake her head and smile and say, ‘No,
no, the war isn’t over. Jack and father
and Hamlin would come back to me if
it were.’ And she would always add, ‘We
must be brave.’

“In less than a year after Jack was
killed, Barbara’s hair was white, but her
face was never unhappy, and she was
always the greatest comfort to everybody
in trouble. I heard somebody say once,
‘You just can’t be miserable where Bar-

mind was
her friends

bara Leonard is; she is always so sweet

, and cheerful.’

“In all the long years since the War
there's been nobody in the town better
loged. She grew old, but not just in
the way that the rest of us did. It was
only her body—«never her spirit. Hex
Aunt Henrietta died and old Susan, and,
about eighteen years after the war closed,
Jack’s mother, but she never seemed to
miss them much. The daughter of a
cousin of mine came to live with her and
care for her.

“Last year, just three days before
Memorial Day, they went to Barbara's
room in the morning and found her lying
with her head on her arm, like a child.
a happy smile on her face, but when they
tried to rouse her they found that she
was dead. The war was over, at last,
for her.

“The G. A. R. had planned to have
Memorial services at the village hall, but
they changed and had them at the church,
and they and Barbara’s funeral services
were all in one. The church was decor—
ated everywhere with flowers that were
taken to the soldiers’ graves afterward.
I never saw anything like it, and there
wasn’t standing-room for all the people.
The bishop was there and delivered the
address, and there wasn‘t a dry eye in
the house. He spoke about Barbara‘s
happy girlhood, about her father and
brother and lover, and how the war had
taken them all away from her. He spoke
of the long years since, and 110w hcr
patience and sweetness and bravery
should be a lesson to us all in the battle
of life, and then he
were all brothers
strife of the sixties was almost forgotten,
we must not forget the great sacrifices
of the men and women who had saved
our country then."

Aunt Dorinda paused, and I noticed
for the first time that the lights in the
village hall had gone out. All the world
was quiet in the sweet May night, that
sccmcd like a personification of liarbara
liet'mard's beautiful spirit; then from a

distance, but quite distinctly, I hoard a

 

tenor voice singing, and the, words were
these:
“My country, 'tis of thee,
chct land of liberty,
(if thcc i sing."
LITTLE ESSAYS.
BY CARL s. LOWDEN.
The fall and winter days are consid-
ered the most dreary days of all the
year. But are they? And even if they are,

will not the days of spring and summer
seem more beautiful and golden by con-
trast. Remember, “there is always a
good time coming.”

Alarmists are frequently hooted at; but
the alarmist is not always in the wrong.
There is nearly always some small part
of the grain of truth in everything, and
there is some truth in the allegation that
this great republic continues to grow
more decadent morally. Numerous small
buys are really “rotten;” and it is a rare
occurrence now-a-days to discover a truly-
moral young man. The type seems to
have almost vanished. Many of our ed-
ucational institutions are impregnated
with the malevolent virus of immorality;
and the standard of civilization in regard
to morals is unloubtedly falling.

LESSONS OF LABOR.

BY CHAS. E. JENNEY.

While you can, be up and canning
im the work, then rest or plav; ’

Tlicn to—morrow brings no planning
For the might haVc of today.

Let no moment find you slighting;
Do your share and novor Shirk;

If the broad shall be inviting,
livery bit of yeast must work.

“'hon you could, had you been coulding,
You would not be now the dunce;

You would have no hasty puddingr
Had the corn not rustlcd oncc.

Let your practice always just be
Cliccrtully each task to meet;

\V’lion the things are done that must be,
lhen may Pleasure lcad your feet.

Does a squirrel in early Autumn,
Sitting up with folded paws,

Vi'ait for Winter to allot him
Scanty store for hungry jaws?

Plow and hoe, sun, rain and weeding,
Golden pumpkins may‘ imply, 7

Still there’s paring, sifting, kneading
Ere we eat our pumpkin pie.

Life will be, what we may will it:
Bright with joy or dull with care;
Shall we with complaining fill it
If our load is hard to bear?

Wave the wand of cheerful diction,
(Magic died not. long ago),

Rub the lamp of toil till friction
Sets the dark world all aglow.

said that while wcl
and sisters and thoI

THE. MICHIGAN FARMER. ,
You can make rain in the
rkansas Valley

by opening irrigation ditch.

that can’t be beat.

I am employed by the Santa Fe Railway to
help settle up the vast territory along its lines
in the Southwest.

I am an optimist about that section, but am
IEJt a partisan with respect to any particular
1 cality therein. It's my business and my wish
to tell the truth about all of them.

There is a valley in western Kansas and
eastern Colorado 200 miles long and seven
miles wide, through which flows the Arkansas
river on its way from the Colorado Rockies to
the Mississippi.

It is bordered by upland prairies stretching
many miles north and south.

The land in the Arkansas Valley proper is
all privately owned. "he owners will sell,
many of them, for a reasonable price, in order
to cut down their holdings. You don’t need
to occupy a big tract, because intensive farm-
ing is now profitable under irrigation.

 

On the uplands, where “dry farming " can
be practiced successfully, are millions of acres
of unoccupied Government land, which can be
homesteaded. you are interested in such
lands, will be glad to post you further. Thcy
5require only a small investment per acre and
trepidly increase in value when brought under
cultivation.

If you plan to become a homesteadcr, hurry
up, because 3)5,ooo acres were taken up in
lthrce years, and first-comers are getting the
choicest lands.

 

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Water when wanted makes sugar beets
Alfalfa and fruit, too

Most of the new settlers buy small tracts
“ under the ditch” in the irrigable area of the
valley, as it means sure crops and good water
rights. There are 700 miles of canals fed by
immense reservoirs. The price of land varies
according to proximity to town and beet~sugar
factory.

The sugar beet is a ready-money crop. Six
factories in Colorado and one in the Kansas
section stand ready to take the product of all
the acreage the farmers will put in, assuring
a return which the farmer can count on.
$3,000,000 were paid out in this valley for
beets in one year alone.

Alfalfa is Cut four or five times a season.
it is a better food for live stock than corn
and is the important crop here.

Fruit comes next. You know how popular
Rocky Ford cantaloupe; arcA— well, they are
raised in the Colorado end of the valley. So
many watcrmelons are produced that \‘Vater-
melon Day, in the Fall, vies with the Fourth
of July. Growing melon, squash and cucum-
bers for their seed is very profitable.

Cut out this advertisement and mail it to
me with your name and full address. I will
mail you illustrated laud folders which tcll
the story in detail and scnd you our home-
st-ckcrs’ monthly, T/rr [Em-Ht, six months free.
Questions promptly answered. ,

 

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H Qt S. F. Ry. System,

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less work.

and will save you money.
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the dingy, eye-straining, work-producing,
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A gas flame keeps cooking utensils
clean and free from smudge, and does not blacken
kitchen walls with soot and smoke.

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SOME PRETTY CUSHION DESIGNS.

BY PEARLE WHITE M'COWAN.
Here are some pretty cushion cover

designs suitable for use in the best
rooms. No. 1 is made of plain scrim
which comes at twenty—five or thirty

cents a yard, and No. 2 ribbon in any of
the light delicate shades. The scrim is
cut into the desired size for cushion, and
two and one-half or three inches from
each of the four sides, threads are drawn
to a width a trifle more than the width
of the ribbon. The ribbon is then inter-
laced thru this, first under five or six
threads, then over the same number of
threads. If desired, threads may be
drawn and a second row of the interlaced
ribbon placed two or three inches n ‘Ilrel
the center. Or, seme of the ribbon may
be Shirred very full and formed into the
shape of an initial letter, which may be
sewed neatly in the center of the pillow
slip. However, the pillow with just one
row on each side is very dainty and
sweet. Threads should also be drawn in
like manner in the rutile. Our illustra-
tion shows one with the ribbon run much
nearer the inner than the cutenedge 0f
ruffle, as is usual. This is rather a novelty
and is a very pl lasing variation from
the usual order. A bow of ribbon at one
corner, or a huge rosette, as fancy may

dictate, finishes this plain and dainty
little pillow slip.
All these pillow slips should be left

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seen, which
slip madc of

Another novelty, recently
is cxcccdingly pretty is :1
Brussels net curtain matcrial, and pink
sansilk. The old fashioned darning,
which just now is so popular, was made
usc of in this slip. One side of the rutilo

was cut in points and the cdgcs foldcd
chr and darncd down with live rows of

thc pink sansilk, which-was used double.
'l‘hc cushion itscli‘ was ('UVcI‘cd with pink
silkolcnc and the outcr covcr oi' nct was
darned as in illustration No. 2. if dc—
sircd an initial may be darncd into the
center of pillow. This nct lends itself
readily to almost any dcsign which the
maker may choose to darn upon it, anl
it makcs an unusually attractive pillow-
.slip. It is impossiblw to do justiwc to its
' beauty in a mere illustration. The rutllo

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to this cushion was laid in one-quartcr
inch plcats as it is almost impossiblo to
sucussfully gathcr lllt' matcrial. The

color of sansilk may. of toursc, be yal'iid
tasic.
pillow

according to oin's

The Clirysanthcmum
to thc woman who loyos
crv, but has littlc timc to slit'lltl upon the

will appeal

to (lo embroid-

difficult and morc intricate patterns.
ltlvcrv onc knows tlic casc and rapidity
with which shadow cmbroidcry is done,

and this is mcrcly a swccl little pattern,
which any one with ordinary ability may
draw for themselvcs. The material used
in this instance was plain white India
linon. 'l‘hc hcni to the rutlle was merely
bastcd down and then “lx'itty—stitcln-d.”

The colors may be varied accordingr to
one‘s taste. An exceedingly pretty one
had an inter-lining of pale yellow, while

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' THE MICHIGAN ,FA’RMER.

the embroidery was all done in different
shades of lavender and purple. That is,
the petals were made of a. spool of varie-
gated sansilk ranging in color from white
thru lavender to a medium shade of pur—
ple. The centers were worked in solid
purple of a deeper hue. A second was
carried out in the same manner with
pink in its varied shades, while the inter—
lining was also pink. A third was varied
somewhat, with one flower of light pink
and across on the opposite corner a
flower of a deeper pink. In the other two
corners was one of pale yellow and a
second in a deeper shade. The ruffle, was
worked in yellow and underneath all was
a light blue lining. Tho seemingly much
mixed up the effect was entirely pleasing.
Merely a blending and softening of colors,
which made them entirely harmonious.
The fourth of this quartet is another-
dainty ribbon-run affair, which is not so
easily laundered as the others of the
group. It is made of fishnet, cut so that
the strips of open work run cornerwise
0f cushion. Thru each row of this Open
work baby ribbon in one or two colors.
as desired, is laced. The ruffle may be
cut on the straight or bias according to
one‘s taste, and the outer edge is turned
over slightly and busted down. No. 2
ribbon in a shade to correspond with
center trimming, is then put on in the
same manner that a finishing braid would
be applied, and neatly stitched down on
both edges with silk of a corresponding

  
    
   
   
     

  
   
 

 

 

 

 

 

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This makes a
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if a littlc care is exercised in washing
the first thrcc of our group may be laun-
dered innumerable tilllcs without injury.

shade. very rich and

They should be rubbcd lightly between
the hands in lukewarm water to which

a little ivory soap has been added. Any
purc soap will do. Ordinary laundry soap
is too strong for dclicatc colors and
fabrics. 'l‘hcy should then be rinsed in
clcar cold watcr to which has been added

a largo handful of table salt, and when
partially dry, ironcd immcdiatcl}.'. If
(ll-sircd they may bc slightly Starr-lied

at‘tcr iinsing. They will kccp clean longer

if this is (lolll‘.

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city of Tampa, Florida, has adopt-
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mosquito and oiic that is proving highly
siiim-sst'ul. ’l‘hrrc arc many rain-watci
tanks and cistcrns turnout tho city for
supplying watcr for lavatory and var-
ious other purposcs, and thcsc arc fav-
oritc brccding placcs for mosquitoes. The
warfare against thc annoyingr pv'st con:-
sists in stocking ihcsc rcst-ryoirs with

small fish to fccd on the mosquito larvae.
This tricd in onc place
and another in Florida, and has proved
successful in cvcry case. The fish cat
the larvae grccdily, keeping the tank
water clear at all times. They live for
years, cvcn i tanks that are covered,
and their living place one of darkness.

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Questionel wish to color a white
straw hat black. (‘an some reader of The
Farmcr kindly givo directions for same.—
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Flame 0i] Cook-Stove

is the only oil stove built with a CABINET TOP for holding plates
and keeping food hot after cooking.
on which to stand the coffee pot or teapot after removing from burner.
_ Fitted with two nickeled racks for towels.
simplicity and convenience.
Sizer-with or without Cabinet Top.
with your dealer, write our nearest agency.

i ’ Just such a
n.1?aJ/oLamP 1..., ..
some enough for the parlor; strong enough for
the kitchen, camp or cottage; bright enough for
every occasion.

our nearest agency.
Standard 011 Company

MAY 29, 1909. '

When warm days and
the kitchen fire make
cookin aburden—then
is the time to try a New
Perfection Wick Blue
Flame Oil Cook-Stove.

Marvelous how this
stove does away with
kitchen discomforts—how
cool it keeps the room in
comparison with condi-
tions when the coal fire was
burning. The

  
 
  
   
  
   
    
   
  
 

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prepaid thirty (30) quart size ATLAS
E-Z SEAL JARS to any town having
Express ('o., within the States of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Indi-
ana or Michigan, or we will quote
the United States by freight or
express.

That Saves You Trouble

The Atlas E-Z Seal Jar— the best
made and most convenient fruit con-
tainer yet put on the market.

It has a mouth sufficiently wide to
take in large fruits, like peaches and
pears, w/zole.

It seals by a simple downward pres-
sure of the hand, and when sealed, _
keeps its contents perfectly for any
length of time.

is machine-made; of extra tough glass and
very strongr at top where common jars so
often break.
' lip, there are no fine glass particles to fall
into the jar, as sometimes happens when
putting cap on a hand-made jar.

Atlas Special Mason

has a wider mouth, but is made with screw

cap.

Always ask your dealer for“Atlas' ‘ jars and
take no substitute—then you have the best.

Sent free to every woman who sends us the
name oflicr grocer, stating whether or not he
sells Atlas Jars.

HAZEL-ATLAS GLASS (30., Wheeling, W. Va.’

This is the Jar

The

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Our Motto—“The Farmer is of more
consequence than the farm, and should be
first improved.”

THE JUNE PROGRAMS.

State Lecturer’s Suggestions for First
, . Meeting.
“Every fault in your child is the lack
of some virtue.”-——Elizabeth Harrison.
The Child—IV. His Growth.
Whistling duct, by two boys.

Soil Fertility—IV. Commercial Ferti-
lizers.
Fifteen minutes of pure fun (furnished
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THE GRANGE AND THE CHILD.

Odd, isn‘t it how we all get at things
in crawfish fashion—that is, backwards?-
then men invent a machine, they make
it in the clumsiest possible way at first
and then simplify it by degrees as we
come to use it. We women fill our houses
with bric-a-brac and dust—catching orna-
ments and by 'weary experience come to
seegthat simple lines and a few really
good articles are most satisfactory and
easily cared for. We concoct marvelous
articles of wearing apparel and perpe-
trate startling atrocities in millinery, only
little by little to learn the vanity and
outrageousness of most of it.

The real values of life, the things we
care most for, are the things we take
action for last. See how the history of
education illustrates this. It has begun
way up in the air and is only in recent
ycaos applying itself to the common,
bread and butter problems of living by
teaching boys to swing sledge hammers,
use tools and investigate natural qualities
of water, soil, air, electricity and all
those native forces that we must deal
with in making a livelihood It has been
a roundabout. way to get at first princi-
plcs,b1R education is headed that way
now.

Finally, in this circuitous fashion, the
human himself was rcacned and methods
of, making him_a better 'being have been
ta'awn u seriously.— What a weary way
we had 0 cement—‘0 find'tlie best physical
remedies. Death‘s door had to be held
open and many pass thru, before it was
found that the best remedies are fresh
air, rest and wholesome food.

fStill backing up, backing up to the
source of things, public interest and
efforts have at last come to the child.
It, has been a slow, difficult process to
awaken an interest, that really scemed to
care, in the welfare of little children.
Queer, strange, but it is true. Even in
our farmers’ meetings we have talked
with more or less system about every
other living thing on the farm except
the child—colts, calves, chickens, even
squash bugs. Bulletins have been issued
and studied upon the San Jose scale,
discussions have been listened to by the
hour on microbes, and the home makers’
courses in colleges have exploited all
sorts of cookery, house sanitation and
furnishing, wall tinting and papering, but
are only 110w coming to study the real
object of all this.

And on the programs of many of our
Grunges is being found this vital topic
of the child, in one form or another.
One lecturer writes that under the topic,
“The Senses of the Child," the interest
was fine and all participated in the pl‘:lC-

tical discussion of it. In this some
Grange the outgrowth of this assign-
ment is a “Mothcrs’ Meeting" to be Ilt'ltl

once a month among the Women of the
community. This ,is in a place where
mothers’ meetings had not been inau-
gurated by any other society. What a.
splendid bit of leadership this is! \Vhat
:1 vitzilly needed piece of work! Do you
not scc how the opportunities for useful-
noss 0f the Grange in a community widen
11nd multiply every day as the work de—
vclops year by year? JENNIE BUELL.

POMONA MEETINGS.

Kalkaska County Pomona Grange, in
session at Leetsvillc, May 18 gavg liberal
attention to working up interest in at—
tendance upon the coming meeting of
State (firange at Traverse City, planning
for exhibits at it and urging the benefits
that would be brot back to local Grange
work afterward. The State Lecturer was
present and spoke upon the present
mouth of the Order over the country and
of some of the great things yet waiting to
be done by the effoit of organization
among rural people

Antrim COunty.

Antrim Pomona held one of its note-

worthy meetings at Ellsworth, May 19

 

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and 20. Despite busy times, a. fair at-
tendance was out to accept the hospi—
tailty of Ellsworth patrons.- The program
was strong and well balanced, touching
each of the broad lines for which Pomona
Grange work stands. A carefully pre-
pared paper was read by R. E. Morrow
on “History of most popular breeds of
c,’attle while E. ..R Harris spoke of
“Farming in Antrim County.’ Both of
these farm topics were made practical
for the local farmers and, their needs.
“Local Option,”particularry from Antrlm's
standpoint, was presented by Attorney
Chas. S.‘ Guile, and led to a discussion
that showed the sentiment .to be strongly
convinced that the county will carry dry
next spring.

The schools were represented ‘by County
Commissioner H. M. Coldren, whoge-tooic
was “The Child—requisitions for healthy,
mental and physical development,” and
who forcibly pointed out that scarcely
a country school house is lighted, heated
and ventilated as it should be. This led
to an animated discussion. The Grange
was discussed by the State Lecturer under
the subject of “Grange Gains," and its
influence was exemplified by the giving
of the second degree by a team of young
people from Ellsworth Grange. So cred—
itably did.this degree staff manage their
:work for the brief time spent upon it
that they were invited by Pomona Grange
to repeat part of the drill in the public
meeting and were given seats of honor
with Pomona officers.

Half of the lecturers in the county at-
tended this Pomona, and at the close of
the afternoon, gathered other interested
workers in a conference with the State
and Pomona lecturers. Means of building
up stronger Granges thru lecture hour
efforts, the use of the roll call, the hand-
ling of a. Grange paper as a part of the
program attractions, and self—helps for
the lecturer, were among the topics dis-
cussed, with many good points brot out.
A business and fifth degree meeting was
held on the morning of the second day.

lngham County.

Drizzling rain did not prevent faithful
patrons from attending the Ingham Co.
Pomona meeting held at Alaiedon on Fri-
day, May 14. As one good sister said,
the children do not stay away from school
because of rain, and when we were teach-
ing in the rural districts we were at our
post regardless of weather conditions.
As the Grange is now our school and our
opportunity for progress and improve-
ment, and the county meetings few and
far between, we can ill afford to miss
even one ofgthem. Owing to the heavy
rain many were late and not much was
done at the morning session.

After dinner Mrs. Abbie Dills, secretary
of the VVoman’s Work Committee of
Michigan State Grange, offered many
good suggestions regarding woman's work
in the Grange and afterwards read a
paper that was surely helpful to all who
heard it. (“'0 hope to publish a synopsis
of this paper latch—Ed). State Speaker
T. H. McNaughton owing to pressure of
woik in the legislature, was unable to
attend.

The question, “To what extent do mo-
nopolies and trusts affect the farmer, :iiil
in \Vllflt way can he aid in abolishing tllt‘
same?" bi‘ot about a lively discussion. It
was conceded that farmers as a class do
not stick together and organize as do
men engaged in other callings and 111-1-11-
pations. Also, that more effective co-op-
ci'ative work might be done ff more f1ll‘lll—
1111s would take advantage of (lrangt’1 co—
operation. Thc subject of co—opci'utivc
selling was also discussed, the consensus
of opinion being that farmers in general
do not get the returns they reasonably
should from the sale of their products.

The subject, “Home Dairying,” was
taken up by the ladies, also, “Buttermak-
ing—thc old and the new way.” With
these topics interspersed with plenty of
music and readings, at very enjoyable
afternoon was passed.

Alaicdon is one of the old Granges of
this county. During the last your the
hall has been remodeled, SIlt‘dS built and
other improvements made. ’I 111s v1ca1 we
h'11c yum—books with advance programs.
We all like the plan very moth. It means
much work at the beginning but less
later on; it gives the idea of pcimanenry
and duration and lends a certain dignitv
that mere announcements iould not giic
to such work Caic is taken to solicit
advertising from only the most reliable
business concerns and business men are
glad to place advcitisemcnts in the year-
book. Our programs in the ye11r— book 2110
not complete, 11111151 rather outlines whu l1
two weeks pievious to mec,tings are filled
in. Our next meeting will be held with
lngliam Grange at Dansville. The stile
speaker will be L. W. Oviatt, of Buy Co.
—Mrs. E. J. Creyts, Pomona Lecturer.

 

COMING EVENTS.

Pomona Meetings.

CliarleVoix Co., with Marion Center
Grunge, Thursday, Juno 3.
lmnawec Co., with Madison (li':iiicn_

Thursday, Juno 3. lu11'liii'1-rsiiiccl in con-

ference at Adrian. 1 11.111. June 2.
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Lapocr Co. with Burnside Grange,
Thursday, Julie 3.

Ottawa Co., With Nunica Grange, Fri—
day, June 4. ‘

Wayne Co., with Flat Rock Grange.
Friday, June 4. Prof. R. S. Shaw, Slate

Speaker.
Saniluc Co.,

with Elk Grange, “'cdncs—
day, Juno ll.

Kent Co., with o‘lktll‘ltl Gr: ingc YVHI-
nchay, June 2.3 Miss Jennie Buell, State
Speaker.

. Chippewa Co., with Resedale Grange,
in June.

Cass Co., with Rcdficld Grange. in
June. -

Calhoun Co., with Convis Orange in
June.

Bay Co., at. Pinoonnin T esdav
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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-
TION OF FARMERS CLUBS.
President—A. L. Chandler, Owosso.
Vice-President—»Mrs. Clara L. French,

Pompeii.

Secretary—Mrs. W. L. Cheney, Mason.

Treasurer—D. K. Hanna_ Caro.

Corresponding Secretary—Clayton Cook,
Owosso.

Directors—D. M. Beckwith, Howell; D.
M. Garner, Davisburg; T. B. Halladay,
Norvell; E. Hallock, Almont; B. A.
Holden, Wixom; Wm. H. Marks, Fair
Haven.

Address all correspondence relative to
the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. W.
L. Cheney, Mason, Mich.

 

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

 

Associational Sentiment.— ,
The farmer; he garners from the soil

the primal Wealth of nations.

 

HOW THE LOCAL CLUBS ARE CON-
DUCTED.

 

(Continued from last week).

Col. Ives, for many years a delegate
from the Ingham County Farmers’ Club,
stated that that organization dated back
to 1872 and has come to he know nus one
of the institutions of the county. “'lietlicr
it can be successfully maintained is no
longer a question among its members.
Free use is made of the local press in
reporting its liloctingS. A feature of the
conduct of this club is the list of honor-
ary members which it maintains, a place
in which list is won by the member hav-
ing done soup-thing for the club. Speak—
ci's from a distance who respond to invi-

tations from the club are rewarded by
being made honorary members of the
organization. an honor which is very gen-

higlily appreciated by them. Obit-
uary notices of such n'iciiibcrs have men-
tioned the fact of their membership in
the Ingham County Farnici's’ Club. The
club docs not in any way cliczipen hon-
orary lllt‘ll‘lIH’I‘SIllp, but uses it as a means
of promoting the wci'ai'c of the organiza-
tion and of bestowing a worthy honor
upon those who have carried it by some
signal service to the club and the com-
munity. No topic is cxt'luded from the
discussions of the members, which dis-
cussions are broad and general, covering
a wide range of public questions.

The dclvgate from the North Newburg
Club. of Shiniiassve (‘11., stated that his
club has a membership of 2-5 families, and
bus an uvcragc attendance of from 6:7 to
7'3 members, while invited guests oftei‘
swell the attendance to 10!) or more.
(”hours are 11lt‘t'tt.‘d in June and Decem—
11111' for a term of six months, 11111 honor
bring pziss~d around among the members.
The annual inciiibci'sliip dues are 50
cents for each family.

Programs 21111 pro—
pui'cd along lines of general interest.
Political questions are

(‘l‘illly

not barred from
discussion and it has bccn found that the
members ('2111 discuss such questions
frankly and without bitterness. An an—
nual picnic is held in August and a county
club p'cnic is also a feature of special
interest to the club members of the
county. The club has proven of great
worth along social, as well as educa-
tional and economic lines.

The \Vcst Haven (11111), of Sliiawassec
Co., was reported by its delegate flS hav-
ing :1 111mnborship of 22 families, making
a total of about 70 numbers. Meetings
are held ouch month in thc year with the
exccplion of August, when a club picnic
is subsiitutld for tlic1 regular monthly
meeting. In September a tempera ncc
meeting is held, at which the piogiam is
(ii'Ytllt‘d to this topic exclusively. The
December meeting is conducted by the
young people. The officers of the club
are elected annually, and in lieu of mem—
bers'hip dues the expenses of the club fll‘11
defrayed by a pro rzitu assessnicni levied
Ill the members. The programs are Dl‘t'—
]Hll'l'1l from mouth to month foi' the suc«
(1111-1131114 meeting. General as well as
local subjects are discussed and visitor<
are invited to participate in the discus-

sions.

Tho Ellington and Almcr Furmcrs’
Club, of ’l‘uscola Co., was reported to

(if 60 lllt’lllIH'l‘S. hlonthly
1111-1-tings are held by this club, and a
picnic in August is an annual featuie.
Instead of a loczil club fair this organiza-
tion Iiiakcs an exhibit at the county fair
in coninction with tho other two clubs in
the county. l‘hc discussions aic of a.
progressive nature, both agricultural and
state topics being discussed. The ordi-
nary cxpcnscs of the club are defrayed
by an annual fee of 10 cents per 111cm—

Iltht’ :1 list

1191 595

bet, the expenses of the delegates to the
annual meeting being defrayed by a pro
.rata assessment among the members.

The Surprise Farmers' Club, of Sagi-
naw Co., was represented by Mrs. Cur-
tis, who stated that the club had been
organized eight years and had a member-
ship of 100. Monthly meetings are held,
altho the summer meetings are not as
well attended as those during the winter
season, especially by the men. Dinners
are served in the winter season when
all day meetings are held, and suppers
in the summer when the members gather
in the afternoon. An annual picnic is
held in August, which is entirely of a.
social nature, no program being pre-
pared for the day. Special meetings are
turned over to the ladies. Good meetings
are the rule and the club is a most help-
ful influence in the community.

The South Arcadia Club, of Gratiot
Co., was reported by its delegate as being
in a prosperous condition and growing
every month. The month preceding the
associational meeting six new members
were added to the list. The annual mem-
bership dues are :35 cents for each mem~
her. The membership of the club new
numbers 115. This club has done good
work in trying to interest the boys. Com-
petition is encouragcd amoig them by
offering prizes for the growing of corn,
potatoes, etc. The club is trying to ad-
vertise its work thru the use of club
stationery by the members. The farms
of the members are named. The club
holds monthly meetings and never misses
(1111'. The question box is a feature which
is enjoyed by all. Roll call is responded
to by quotations. Current events are
made a feature of the meetings. An
annual picnic is held.

The delegate from the
Center Club, of Gi'atiot Co., reported a.
membership for that organization of 73
adults, of which there has been for the
past year an average attendance of 5?.
or, with children counted, of 80 to 100
persons. T1111 club uses printed programs
prepared for the year, and believes that
any club that ll'itS this plan will never
go back to the 111011thly\programs an-
nounccd for a single meeting in advance.
This club has no summer vacation, but
holds all day meetings from October to
April, and afternoon meetings for the
balance of the year. The farms of the
lllOlllIH'l‘S are :ill lldlilt‘d. A temperanc:1
meeting is lll'itl in March. A picnic is
held in August and the members of this
club would like a county club picnic in
which the five clubs of the county would
join. The men conduct the entire pro—
gram at the April llii't'lillg‘ and the Ft'l)‘
1111'11'y met-ting is a ludics‘ meeting. This
club has been organim d for 12 years and
there has been nothing but harmony
ziiiiong the members during that time.
An inspection L'Hlllllllltt't‘ is considered a.
good thing by this club, as the prospecr
1fh;iving the farm lookcd over by them
inducts the 111011 to 01111111 111) the premises
ll't'tlllt'nliy, and especially before they are
to entertain the club.

(Continued next week).

V‘Vashingb 111

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

 

Discuss House Plants.—~Tlie Ellington-

Allllt‘l‘ Farmers’ Club held a pleasant
half-day Session at tho cosey home of
Mr. and Mrs G. S. Earle, on May 12. A

surprisingly large attendance of moinln-i's
and also a number of Eni'iird guests were
present, who also took part in the pro-
gin-1111, which was czillcd to order by Pi'csi-
dent Turner, who announced music :is a
prcuniblc to all that followed. A talk
on “House Plants and their Care," was
lcd by Mrs. Nate George and discussion
by Mrs Frost. Mrs. \Vilsoii, also Scy—
(11111 of the gentlemen gave evidence of
iiitciest in this Inattei. Following 1111 c.11—
ceiliiit piosiuin the question box 1v is in
c\idencc. Nelson H11t<h gave a 111 sciip-
tivc account of a recent trip to the l‘i'—-
union of the survivors of the ill—fated
“Sultana." Supper was lllt'll served by
the liltilt‘s undei'tlit1 supc'wision oi Mis.

l'l. J. Block, when the meeting was ad—
jouined.

Members Show Active Interest—Mr.
and Mrs. Janics Campbell entertained

the Ellington—Abner F'ii'niers’ Club at
thcir pleasant home on Wednesday, April
H. The delightful Weather prcvailing in-
duccd nearly all the members to attend
11nd take part in the splendid program
prepared. Prosidciit Turner being absent,
.lunics \\'ilson presided. The invitation to
attend 11 “Ili1<l(il'i(‘:1l 14111111111.” by lVIl'S.
Mario Ferry, secretary of tin1 Pioneer
Historical Society, of Lansing, was read
and accepted, but many were prevented
from attending this rare treat. The pro—
gram and question box gave ample proof!
of the interest manifest in this club or-
ganizzition, which was brot to :1 close, by
an address on “Words and Actions,” by
Elder Crandall. It was exemplified by
examples familiar to us all and his re—
marks were heart searching in their car-
instiicss The cider to adjourn came all
11111 quickly and the next meeting in May
with Mr. and Mis Earle, was approved.

 


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