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VOL. CXLI, N. 7. i

Whole Number 3656.





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1913.





Township Road Building.





NE of the most complete and up—

0 to-date outfits for the making of



good roads that can be found

anywhere in the state, is that which is

now in operation in Fayette township,

Iiillmlalc county. The outfit consists of

a stone crusher and steam roller. The

stone crusher was purchased by the town-

ship, last summer, and at the town meet-

ing last spring it was voted to purchase

the steam roller also, which the first sea-

vSon was leased by the township, with the

understanding that if it proved satisfac-

tory it could be purchased without the

payment of rental for its use the previous

season. There was no opposition to the

acquisition by the township of the steam

roller, and the entire outfit is now the

property of the township. Last summer

a mile of crushed stone road was built

and so satisfactory did the work prove to

be that three more miles are in the proc-

ess of construction this season.



In the solution of the good road prob—

lem the. experience of Fayette township

can but prove helpful and of interest.

Two years ago the township constructed

a mile of gravol road for which it re.-

ceived 35" 100 reward monev from the State.

’1‘ he gravel road was inspected by a dep-

uty of the state highway department, and

one-half of it was pronounced to be the

best the inspector had seen anywhere.

The cost of this mile of gravel road was

$1.000.



But although the kind of road just

mentioned proved fairly satisfactory, the

township board wished, if possible, to

make the roads still to be constructed

even more. satisfactory and enduring. Ac-

cordingly, arrangements were made for

putting into operation a new outfit for

making a road bed of solid rock. The

rock road, when completed, consists of

crushed stone eight inches thick and

packed hard by the use of the heavy

steam roller. The cost of this rock road

figures sometivhere between $2,300 and

$2,500 per mile. But as $1,000 reward

money is received from the state, instead

of if 00 as in the case of the gravel roai,

the expense will not greatly exceed that

of the, latter.



But while the expense of constructing

the rock road is not much more than that

of the gravel road, beyond question. the

greater durability of the former will make

it much more valuable.





visability of purchasing such an outfit as

that mentioned in this article, the abund-

ance of stone in the tOWns'hip would seem

to be the main factor. In townships where

stone is not abundant the gravel road

would, doubtless, be preferable. In Fay-

ette some excellent gravel may be found.

but not always in the immediate vicinity

of a stretch of poor road. On the other

hand, stone are abundant everywhere,

and farmers are glad to get rid of them.

To haul gravel for a distance of four or

five miles would greatly add to the ex-

pense and make this kind of road cost

as much or more than the rock road con-

structed of stone in the immediate local-

ity. Let it be borne in mind, too, that

the crushed stone road is of direct and

lasting benefit to the farmer. Indeed, he

is the one most directly concerned. Farm-

eis who have driven heavy loads of grain

or other products over these new roads

that are level as a floor and hard as rock

realize better than anyone else the real

value of the newly constructed highways.





One of the stretches of rock road con-

structed last year obliterated a half-mile

stretch of clay that was a dread to every-

one forced to use it in an open winter or

in early spring. But, asone farmer re-

marked to the writer during the open

weather of last winter, the trip to town

can be made much more easily and quick-





50 CENTS A YEAR.

$2 FOR 5 YEARS.





1y since the crushed stone road was built.

The fact, too, that the steam roller was

purchased without opposition after a six

months" trial of the new highways, fur-

nishes ample proof that the residents of

Fayette township are well pleased with

the crushed stone roads.





Hillsdale 00. J. A. KAISER.





Preparing for the Wheat.





THE wheat crop is one of the most

important crops raised on Michigan

farms In the early days of the

country it was the great cash crop of the

year, and to lose the crop meant close

times for supplies for the family. It was

raised quite extensively before, during

and after the war of the rebellion, and

on account of the good prices that pre-

Vailed during those yearS, many farmers

gathered a sufficient amount of money to

add to the size of their farms and put

them among the stable and substantial

business men.

The Summer Fallow.

When wheat was the main market crop





 





 





 





 





A Sample of the State Reward Road Built by Fayette Township, Hillsdale County.





it was quite the general practice to sum-‘





mer fallow, or let the- land lay idle dur-

ing the summer, working it in one way

or another to keep the weeds in subjec—

tion, and at the same time prepare the

ground for s0winz.,r the crop during the

early part of September.



\Vhen the land was new it was consid-

ered by some good practice to plow the

ground early in June, and let it lay with

but little attention, keeping sheep on the

field to keep the weeds down and then

cross plow in August and work the

ground for sowing. As that kind of treat-

ment did not cause the sod to rot well

dining the summer, the ground could 1'10t

be put in good condition for sowing. es-

pecially in a dry season without a great

deal of labor. The practice had the ad-

vantage of leaving thcv “getablc mold on

the surface, which e11cou1aged a rank

growth of the, wheat in the fall, and one

was pretty sure of getting a catch of

clover.



Another way of faHOWing.which gaVe

good satisfaction was to plow the ground

in June and Work it at least once in a.

week or ten days with the harrow and

cultivator until time to sow, which kept

the weeds down, put the, ground in fine

condition, packed it well, and at the same

time it 'was mellow at the surface, ready

for the reception of the seed. Heavy

yields were generally secured by such

treatment.



Wheat in the Rotation.



Since the prices for wheat have ruled

around and below one dollar per bushel

at the market towns in the state, farm-

ers have not considered it worth the

while to summer fallow and have trusted

to the plan of raising,r wheat in rotation,

making it the one crop to seed to clover

with. In fact, the wheat ciop has not

been given the consideration, and its im-

portance in the rotation, that should

have been given it. as far as attention

by working the ground and fertility is

concerned, the stress





 





Of course, the machin-

ery is expensive, but it

is bclived by the board

that the superior dura-

bility and quality of the

rock road justifies the

expense, and that in the

long run the crushed

stone read is the best

and most economical.

111 embarking in this

comparatively new en-

terprise. Fayette town-

ship has taken a long

step in solving the good

roads problem in a lo-

cality noted for poor

roads. Owing to long

stretches of deep sand,

the roads of Fayette

and some of the neigh-

boring townships, have

been marked by auto-

mobile pnrties as spots

to be avoided if possi-

ble. By the use of her

new stone crusher and

steam roller, Fayette

will, in a, few years,

possess the finest high-

ways in this section.

In considering the ad-





 





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-to-Date Outfit forBulldlng Crushed Stone Road Owned and Operated by Fayette Township.





has been laid largely on

the other crops, corn,

oats? barley, potatoes

and beans, and wheat

has been greatly neg-

lected as far as prep-

aration of the seed lwtl

may help, and what

fertility there happens

to be left after the oth-

er crops haVe taken all

they could, is all that

is left for the wheat.

In many cases it may

as well be classed

among the neglected

crops.

Preparing the Ground.

\Vhen wheat follows

potatoes and beans, if

those crops have- been

well cared for, the

ground is generally ina

condition that does not

require a great amount

of work to make a

good seed beds Those

crops are harvested SO

late in the season that

it is not considered ad-

visable to plow the

ground, but by the
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proper-«use of .the «spring-tooth \harrow

the surface can be mellowed and

the wheat sown in a. seed bed al-

ready warmed by the summer sun,._ and

the ground underneath is firm enough to

avoid the danger of heaving duringwthe‘

period of freezing and thawingsin, the

spring. When the ground is plowed it is

left loose. not well enough compactedto

withstand the freezing and thawing that

is likely to follow. Plowing also turns

under the warmed dirt that has been Well

pulverized, aerated and purified by culti-

vation, and brings to the surface dirt that

has not been enlivened by the cultivating

during the summer. ,



It is after such crops as oats and bar;

ley, that much labor is required to pre-

pare the seed bed. For reasons already

mentioned the ground should be plowed

as soon as practicable after the crop has

been harvested. Then comes the task

of compacting. reducing to a fine tilth

the surface and making it 8. Suitable seed

bed.



As soon as the ground has been plowed

it is Well '-to roll it, or perhaps better to

disk it and then roll it. The spring-

tooth barrow may be used first and then

cross with the spike-tooth burrow. The

ground should be worked every week or

ten days until sowing time to aerate and

warm it, to make the plant food already

in the soil available, and at the same

time neutralize the poison excreted from

the roots of the preceding crops. Work-

ing the ground frequently puts it in the

best possible condition for the- wheat

crop, for the small fibrous roots can pen-

etrate the mellow soil and secure the

necessary plant foods, but cannot thrive

on hard or lumpy ground.





When the time comes for sowing, it is

a good plan to go ahead of the drill with

a roller to mash the lumps of dirt. if

there are any, make an even surface for

the drill to go over. and insure a uniform

depth at which the seed is sown. It is

better to drill north and south, as the

prevailing winds in the winter are from

the west, and the snow that protects the





wheat plant in the drill mark will be

retained.

Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





BEAN ANTHRACNOSE IN GENESEE

COUNTY.





 





Bean anthracnosc is becoming an im-

portant menace to the farmers of Gene-

see. Beans are one of our important

crops, 344,000 bushels being produce-d in

1910. The. beans are becoming heavier

pickers every year, and two causes can

be assigned. One is the unfavorable

weather conditions, over which we have

no control. The other is the inroads of

disease. which condition we can control

to a certain extent at least.



Realizing this condition the Genesee

County Crop Improvement Association

has taken up the question with a view of

helping the farmers eradicate this trou-

ble. In co-operation with the Farm Crops

Department at M. A. C. two trips of in-

spection of bean fields have been made

and the representative of that department

reports that the disease is probably not

as bad in Gene-“9e county as elsewhere

in the state. However. it is bad enough.

Also two meetings of the farmers have

been held at which he discussed very

thoroughly the diseases of beans and

their treatment, before the farmers

present.



There is not a sure way at present to

control the disease by either dipping the

seed or spraying, although some authori-

ties recommend Bordeaux mixture as a.

control, used as a spray for the vines.



We are recommending two courses to

pursue. One is the securing of seed from

fields in northern Michigan which are

pronounced to be free from disease after

inspection. The other a plan of plant

selection and breeding.



Four things are to be sought after: 1,

freedom from diSease; 2, uniformity; 3.

upstanding plants; 4, heavy yielding, ev-

en ripening qualities.



It is possible to select plants free from

anthracnose; and at the same time select

those which are thrifty, upstanding. with

a large number of pods with a maximum

number of uniform beans. These selected

plants must be threshed by hand. as go-

ing through the be'an separator may in-

fect them. They are to be sown in a





 





seed plat next year away from the regu-

lar bean field. Walking from the bean

field into the seed plat may infect them.

especially in a wet time.



From the seed plat enough seed can be

secured for planting a field in 1915.



While this methodmay seem to be a

lot of trouble, the writer..beueves that





 





anyone taking it up will be welhrepaid

in increased yields and beans of *a lower

picking quality. ‘ ,_

All the bean growers of Michigan should

look to this phase of been production.

Let us maintain the reputation of the

state in the matter of beans. '

Genesee Co. ‘ W. H. PARKER.





EXPERIENCE WITH BINDWEED.





....F_



I see what H. J. H., of Mecosta county,

says about blndweed. and your reply in

the Michigan Farmer of July 26. About

eight or nine years ago I had a small

patch of it in a garden. Working the

garden did not kill it. The next year I

let it grow until June. When it was full

grown and in bloom I covered it deep

with clover chaff and horse manure, ex-

pecting to smother it out. In a few days

it was up thick through the covering.

Then I hoed it down twice a week until

cold weather stopped it growing in Oc-

tober. By this time the plants were very

few and very weak. During the follow-

ing years it still kept coming and it took

several years more to kill it all out by

digging down to each plant and applying

brine and salt.



Two years ago I had a single plant in

another place. I dug a basin around the

plant and applied brine and kerosene oil

at different times during the season.

Last year it grew up in the same place.

Then I decided to dig it out. I dug in

the ground 26 inches and broke off the

root at that depth and put salt in and

covered it up. There were no branches

to the root. Now a plant stands right

by the side of where the old plant grew.

At another place on the farm was a patch

of it nearly two rods wide. I gave it no

attention until laSt year. except to not

let it produce seed. Last year I planted

it to potatoes with other land adjoining

it. The blndweed grew thick in the po-

tatoes. I cultivated with double shovel

plow two or three times and hoed it

down about twice. This year the land

was disked and dragged for oats. I did

not sow oats on the bindweed patch. in-

tending to cultivate it to death by shovel

plowing it all summer, but to my pleas-

ant surprise I have not been able to find

a single plant of it up to 'the first of

August. The soil in each case is a sub-

stantial clay loam.



Montcalm Co. S. K. Mil-83H.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.



It seems remarkable that we have got

as good crops as we have this season

when we” take into consideration the

small amount of moisture which we have

received. As a matter 0f fact we have

not had a good soaking rain since spring

OpPlled. There have been two rains of

sufficient magnitude to moisten the top

soil to meet the moist subsoil, but tile

drains have not run or discharged any

water since early spring. There has been

no time when there was an excess. Run-

ning through a portion of my farm is

what we might call a. wet weather creek.

Of course, in a fairly moist season this

creek does not go dry, yet there have

been many, many years, if I remember

them, that it didn’t run, and sometimes

in excessive dry times every particle of

water in the deepest holes almost dried

up. A mile above there is running wat-

er all the time that comes from aspring,

but this evaporates and soaks into the

soil before it gets down as far as Lillie

Farmstead, so that ours is really a wet

weather creek. Down on the other side

of the farm this same waterway, how-

ever. is fed by another Spring which nev-

er gOes dry. This present season this

creek has hardly run all summer long.

The two rains that I speak or did cause

it to run part way. Even early in May

there was very little water in it. when

some years it would be nearly full

at that time of the year. Just the other

day I crosSed the bed of this creek and

to my surprise saw a woodchuck living

in a muskrat hole. Now when a season

gets so dry that the woodchucks forsake

the knolls and go to the'creek bed and

live in muskrat holes anyone can get

an idea of the scarcity of moisture dur-

ing that season. The probability is that

that woodchuck will go back to the high-

er ground. but he certainly seems to be

enjoying himself there now. He has the

bed of the creek for a playground and

the opening into the hill towards the

creek comes out where ordinarily it would

be two feet or three feet under water.

Many years we have an excess of water.

and much moisture is wasted. it comes

in torrents and runs away. but this year

practically none has been wasted. Every

drop has been utilized, and we have got-





AUG. 016.1913.

ten along th’flvny finedflingly- small

amOunt. It «certainly is uniting {to

know what can be grown Th so little

rainfall. Of course, we: need good ram

at the present time. Corn is just setting

and I fear that the 'ears will be‘short and:

small, that many, stalks will neverhayc

any ears unless we get rain soon. The

oat crop is no more.than half as high as

it is in normal years. but the heads seem

to be Just as long as ever, and they are

well filled. and the bundles are heavy. It

is going to yield splendidly compared to

the straw.



Many times it requires good judgment

to decide which of two or three Jobs

ought to be done first. The farmer meets

this proposition very often. In the pres-

ent season, for instance, when we were

haying there came a sudden shower that





wet the surface soil and packed it to such'





an extent on our clay that it formed

capillary attraction with the sub-soil.

Now I knew just as soon as it dried off'

that the land ought to be stirred. and the

sooner the better, but we were in the

midst of haying. The hay ought to have

been cut even before. Now the question

was. should we stop haying and cultivate?

It did not seem to me that it was prac-

tical. It would take so long to go over

all of our cultivated crops that the hay

would suffer very much indeed, and so

we kept haying andlet the ground dry

and the moisture evaporate. As luck

would have it. before it got too serious

there came another shower, which helped

matters out, and the same thing was re-

peated again. IVe didn't get the cultivat-

ing done as soon as we ought to. The

fai’rner often has to decide which 0f two

jobs he shall do first. Both of them need

attention, but he must use good judg-

ment in selecting the one that will be

most profitable to him. and do that thing

which will cause the least damage. There

will be loss—he‘ can’t avoid it~and his

best judgment is required to make that

loss as little as possible. This not only

occurs in questions of tillage, but it oc-

curs in very many other things in this

great question of farm management.

Second Cutting of Alfalfa.





This year the second cutting of alfalfa

is not as large as last. It is of fine

quality but there was a lack of moisture

and while alfalfa is a. deep-rooted plant,

it takes moisture as Well as any plant,

and we haven’t nearly as heavy a second

cutting as we had last year.



Spraying for Potato Blight.



This question of spraying for potato

blight is becoming more and more im-

portant. People who have tried it find

that they get better tubers, that they

get better crops of tubers. It not only

prolongs the growing season of the tuber,

but this causes a better quality of tubers

and it increases the yield. Where one

has the proper spraying outfit, that is, a.

horse sprays} that will spray at least

four rows‘nt a time, it is not a difficult

job to spray the potatoes for blight. A

good horse that has a good walking gait

will spray a large field of potatoes in a

half day. The question, of course, natur-

ally comes up to the farmer whether he

shall try and make his own Bordeaux

mixture for spraying potatoes or whether

he shall buy the prepared product. So

far I have bought the prepared product.

For instance, you can buy at retail 3.

preparation at $1.50 a gallon which can

be reduced 100 to one. That is, this gal-

lon of preparation is so condensed that

you can dilute it with 100 gallons of wat-

er and yet have a solution which is of

the proper strength toaspray potatoes for

blight. Now the question comes up, can

the farmer afford to make his own Bor-

deaux mixture? Perhaps the commercial

potato grower can do so where it takes

large quantities, but I am sure that the

ordinary farmer who raises from one to

five acres of potatoes had best consider

the question carefully before he attempts

to make his own mixture. The prepared

mixture certainly works nice. It does'nt

clog up the sprayer. It has been so pre-

pared that lt all dissolves or mixes with

the water in such a way that it doesn’t

interfere with the nozzle sprayer, and I

believe. taking the farmer's time into

consideration, that where he wants the

Bordeaux mixture in comparatiVely small

quantities that he can better afford to

pay this retail price for this concentrated

product rather, than to attempt to make

his own Bordeaux mixture. It is really

quite a particular job to make the Bar-

deaux mixture and get it just right and

preperly strain it so that there will be

no lime or other sediment which will c108

the nozzle: of the sprayer. But the pre-

pared product is so prepared that there

is very little. if any. trouble along this

line.





 





 





 





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BALIno HAY.





 





The season is fast approaching when

the hay balers will be busily at work and

there is scarcely a farmer in Michigan

who does not either have hay to bale or

who does not buy baled hay to feed some

of his stock during the year. I wish to

discuss in this article, topics on hay bal-

ing which will be of general interest both

to the man who buys baled hay and the

man who sells it.



Bale Only First-class Hay.



It is one thing to raise a good crop

and quite another thing to be able to

market the crop to a good advantage and

make it return some profit to the grow-

er. Some are able to raise good crops

but they fail utterly in marketing them;

on the contrary, others are better sales-

men than farmers and either condition is

not conducive to profitable farming. What

we wish to do is to strike a happy medi-

um, being able both to raise good crops

and to market them. It has been said

that if a first-class article is neatly and

properly put up, it will sell itself, which

statement seems to be very true. In no

case is this statement more true than in

that of selling baled hay.



It is no trouble for the farmer to mar-

ket top-notch products but the trouble

comes when we try to market an article

of mediocre or cull quality. In the past

some unscrupulous farmers have made it

a practice to sandwich their bales; that

is, both of the end charges were good

hay while in the center of the bale poor-

er grades of hay were placed. This has

led to a susmcion which the city consum-

er has for baled hay and, of course, when

he gets a bale that has been sandwiched

in this manner, it is immedately returned

to. the seller. In turn. the hay dealer

must make allowance for this kind of

thing happening, and consequently lower

prices are received for the hay than

would be gotten if the bales were known

to be the same grade all the way through.



The requisites of good bales of hayare:

First, they should contain only choice

hay; second, they should be of a uniform

size; third, they should have straight

edges and the ends should be square, the

bale being constructed all the way

through so that it will stand handling and

shipping. .-\ bale of hay which has straight

edges and square ends has been well tied

with wire and presents a good appearance

which aids greatly in selling it.



Operating the Baler.



The market value of large amounts of

hay is spoiled each year by the improp—

er baling and handling of the baler. Of

course, the persons handling the baler

are in a hurry to do as much as possible

but it would be more profitable for the

farmer to pay them a little more and

have nice bales turned out than to have

the work hurried through with resulting

in poor appearing bales.



First of all, the charges which are put

into the baler should not be too large.

Any charge of from eight to 15 pounds

is about the right size and a heavier

charge is too large. What the consumer

wants of the charges is that they break

apart readily and each flake be about the

right size for one feed for a horse. If

there is anything that will raise the tem-

per, it is to be compelled to tug and haul

in order to separate a large flake of bal-

ed hay into two parts so that it may be

fed at different times. Then do not make

the charges too large; a 100—pound bale

which contains from eight to 12 charges,

is about right. Be sure that each charge

is well separated by the “follower,” tak-

ing particular care not to allow the stray

ends of the previous charge to lie under

the “follower." Care in this matter makes

the flakes fall apart easily, thus pleasing

the consumer and hence, securing a bet—

ter price and market for the hay.



Of course, the wiring of the bales needs

some attention, for the bales should be

properly secured so that they will carry

up well in transit and make a good ap-

pearance at the end of their journey. A

local market is never particular about the

way hay is wired but outside markets are

often very particular. For instance, some

markets can use a two-wire bale to the

best advantage, others use three—wire

bales, while still others make use of five-

wire bales. This latter is true, especially

in the southern states while the northern

markets prefer the smaller bale with a

less number of wires. Bales weighing

around 100 pounds are usually held to-

gether very well with two wires but when

the weight of the bales approaches 150

pounds, then three wires should be used.



Methods of Weighing Hay,



Many devices are in use to weigh the

hay which has been baled but the one

which is most commonly used and abused





, ter‘ of fact, after most hay has been bal-





.THE MICHIGAN





is the weighing and then placing the

weight on a tag stuck under one of the

wires on the end of the bale. This man-

ner of weighing is in very ill repute with

both dealers and consumers. As a mat-





ed ‘for a month or so it has shrunken in

weight and does not weigh as much as

when baled. Hay may be safely baled

when it contains not more than 14 per

cent of moisture. Hay baled even when

it contains as much moisture as that will

dry out considerably after baling. If we

only allow for a shrinkage of four per

cent, that means that a bale of hay

weighing a hundred pounds, tag weight,

actually weighs about 96 pounds and that

a load of baled hay, the weights on whose

bales aggregate a ton would actually

weigh about 1,900 pounds.



But many times the shrinkage is great-

er than this. More than this, the scales

which we find with the average hay baler

are very seldom accurate, the attendant

is ruShed and cannot weigh the bale ac-

curately.



So if one bale weighs a little less than

the number 'he puts on the tag, he aims

to add this amount to the weight of the

next bale and put this aggregate sum on

the next tag. (me can readily see the

injustice of this averaging for the chances





 





 





 





are that both bales are not bought by

the same party. The one who gets a lit— I

tie more than he paid for never says any—

thing about it while the one who gets

less than he paid for makes a kick to

the dealer about it. Some may take the

stand that such little things

amount to anything but hay dealers tell

us that they are very annoying. Taken

altogether the selling of hay by tag weight

is not the most satisfactory way of mar-

keting it. All parties to the deal and

subsequent deals would be very much

better satisfied, were the bales sold on

actual Weight. Of course, it would be

necessary to get some estimate as to the

weight of the hay in order that the man

operating the baler could figure up the

bill but for this purpose the common hay-

baling scales might be used.





If we wish to get top-notch prices for

our hay, we must bale only first—class

material, being careful not to get the

charges too large, and adjusting the bal-

er so that it makes a neat appearing

bale. Finally, sell on actual weight.



Ingham Co. I. J. MATHEWS.





OUR POTATO INDUSTRY.





 





Our success in the future depends upon

the manner in which we utilize the lessons

of today. No man has greater need of

being a student than has the farmer.



As the potato crop is one of the prin-

cipal cash crops of Michigan, it should

be made the subject of careful study by

every commercial grower in the state.

This year there is quite widespread com-

plaint regarding the failure of the seed

potatoes to grow uniformly well and

make a good stand. In fact, a perfect

stand of potatoes is the exception rather

than the rule over at least a large sec~

tion of the state.





Here is an opportunity for careful study

as to the cause in order that it may be

removed to the advantage of successive

crops. It is very probable that one of

the causes at least was the quite gen-

eral prevalence of late blight last sea-

son, which contributed to the rotting of

infected Seed after planting. Among

thinking farmers who have expressed an

opinion the quality of the seed is the

most important of the contributing fac-

tors to this present condition. In some

sections the dry, hot weather at or about

planting time may have also been a

contributing factor.





But the matter of the character of the

seed is one which is within the control

of the growers and it is a good time now

to make a mental resolution to secure

potato seed of undoubted quality for next

year’s planting during the potato harvest

of the present year. If it can be selected

by the hill method from the home-grown

crop well and good, but if not it should

be secured from a vigorous and healthy

field of potatoes to the end that this

limiting factor in yield may be obviated

in future years. Fortunately over most

of the potato growing area there is a

fairly good stand of potatoes, which by

proper cultivation may be made to yield

a normal crop, but what we should aim

to do is to increase the average yield as

a means of increasing the growers' prof-

its, which is a very important item in

the aggregate in an important cash crop

such as potatoes have become in Mich-

igan.





Oakland Co. A. - R. anmnn.





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Good Land!

Good Wheat .-





Good Fertilizers





A.A.C- F ERTILIZERS produce good yields

of good wheat because they contain the

Wheat-making materials as well as the soil-quicke‘ning

elements that cause the bacteria in the soil to become

active in producing valuable plant food for the crop.





 

   

 

 





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It is a wonderful thing to observe the bountiful

results that follow even a small application of our

soluble, quick-acting fertilizers. Try them this year

at least on a portion of your own acreage, and we will

abide by the results. They are crop-producers and

soil-builders.





 

 

 





Farmers in this country are using on the average

about seven million tons of fertilizer every year

Are you using your share?





 





 





Write for further information and

tell your friends we want agents where

we have none. Let us hear from you.





The American Agricultural Chemical Co.





Dept. D Detroit Sales Department, Detroit, Mich.





 

 

 





 





   

 





 





 

   

 

 

 





 

 





My special “ONE DOLLAR OFFER” has pleased so many farm-

ers that I have decxdcd to kecp it up for another month and thus let

eveyryliody take ndvnutigzcuof 1t. ere-it is: _



on sen me one 0 or and I will ship you. ALL FREN‘HT

PAID BY M! SELF, this. my new 19H Chatlmm Grain Grader

. and Cleaner. Use the nmchine. a Inonth. 1f satisfied at end of 30



days. [my me my low cash price or give me. your note. without in-



terest. payable January 1. 1914. If not satisfied. return the ma-

chine at Itny “(eight §1x160nse (tulul’g‘ll return your dollar.



s n ma tchO‘ act, .l won’ iii. ' pay me for the frei ’ht. I onl wan

‘ the dollar to‘hold as evidence of good faith. 5 y t





Ghaiham Grain (trader and cleaner





After 41 venrs' experience. I know every grain and noxious weed grown in

merlcu. know the section where each one grows. I know every grain and

weed that grows on your farm. Experience. has shown that. 11 Grain Grader and

Cleaner should have the special equipment. for the particular farming section

Manson Campbell to winch it goes. 101‘ example. I send an entirely different equipment of

m [“0on t 0 tS(tre(lnslll(](Illo‘3it‘lndlSgtnngs t: Malinolfrlom wl‘mti I send to California. There are

- . w a men n to n .e ‘ ates o w lie 1 sent t 16 same e ul men . .



get. the exact outht to handle the grains and wood seed q p t Thus 30“



on your form. If you want. more or different screens, ‘ ’

I will send them free. Not a penny would I ask for

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extra screens and riddles.

The Chatham now handles over 70 need mlx-

titres—wheat. oats, peas, bonus. corn. barley.

flax. clover, timothy. etc. ’l‘ukes cockic. wild

oats. tame oats and smut froln seed wheat;

any mixture from flux: buckhorn from

clover: sorts corn for drop planter. Re-

moves foul weed seed and all shrunken.

cracked or sickly grains. Takes out. all

dust. dirt and chaff. It is also a bully

chatter. Handles 60 bushels grain per

hour. Gus power or hand power.

Easiest running mill on earth.

' Send postal today and receive

My wrlte FREE by next nmil my latest;





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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and grade FREE

any mixture you

send in. If you’ve

got some impurity in your

grain that you cannot get

53d 0!, don't get discouraged.

rite me. Send postal for Big Free Book.





The Manson Campbell Co.

Detroit. Mlch.

Kansas City. Mo.

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., eand manure, the plowing under



. of a crop of clover and the appli-

-.-. cation of 1,000 pounds of

Rock Phosphate per

acre once in each

our-year ro-

Nation.





the largest ~. ,

producers of

Rock Phosphate in §

America. When we be- .

gun this business three

years ago we increased the guar- .r‘

nntee on grade from 12% to 13% 1..

Phosphorous; and on fineness from 90%

through a 60-meah screen to 95 % through a

loo-mesh screen. Last year we made car-load ’ - -

shipments to 37 States, Cuba and Canada. If you

want the best in Rock Phosphate, write us for literature

and prices. Mention this paper.

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MIOHANIOAL

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will be demonstrated at the leading

Fairs throughout the country this Fall





ONE of the most important exhibits for the



farmer and dairyman at many of the big

Fairs this year will be the Sharples Milkermthe

device that is rapidly revolutionizing modern

dairyin . N 0 man who owns cows can afford to

miss this exhibit.





The big feature of the Sharples exhibit will be the daily

demonstrations of the Milker in actual operation on

real dairy cows, under conditions exactly like those in

your own dairy. ‘





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You Should See these Demonstrations





They will SHOW you, at first hand, how the Sharples ,Milker fills

every requirement better than the best hand milker. How one man

can do the work of three with it; how reliable it is—ri ht there on

the {ob every day in the year; excluding a‘ll stable air an dirt—~abso-

lute y sanitary; gentle, even-tempered and more regular in its action

than any hand milker—drawing the milk uickly and thoroughly,

and keeping teats and udders in soft, hea thy, pliable condition.





Take Your Own Time, Ask All the Questions You Want





The plain-spoken, practical dairymen in charge of these demonstra—

tions will explain to you every detail of the equipment, and will

answer every question. We urge you to spend all the time you want

in our exhibit, as we want you to become thoroughly acquainted

with the wonderful time, labor and money-saving properties of the

Sharples Milker.





Special Accommodations, If You Wish





If you want an extra good, long look at the Milkerin o eration, we-





can arrange a Special Individual Inspection for you. rite us at

Wiish Chester and we will arrange it with the men in charge of the

ex i it.





 





Sharples Exhibits at the Following Fairs: .__._.

Ogillioma New State Fair, Muskogee, 0 6-! I New York State Fair. Syracuse, N..Y. Sept. 8-13

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a. . . . . . . . . . North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh.

Texas State Fair, Dallas. Tex. . Oct. Ill—Nov. 2 N C Oct. 20-25





Montana State Fair, elcna, Mont. . Sept.22-27 Ohio State Fair Columbus, 0. . . Sept. l-5

South Dakota State Fair, Huron, Pennsylvania, The Allentown Fair,

S. Dak. . . _. . . . . . Sept. 6-l2 llentown, Pa. . . . . . . Sepi.23-26

Minnesota State Fair and Exhibition, Vermont State Fair, White Riverlunc-

am ine, inn. . . . . . . Sept. l-6 tion, t. . . . . . . . . eat. l6'l9

Michigan State Fair, West Grand Rap- Virginia State Fair, Richmond, Va. . Oct. 6-l I

i s, ic . . . . . . . . . Sept. l-6 Ma land inter-State Fair, Hagentown,

Wisconsin State Fair.Milwaultee,Wis. Sept. 8-IZ Oct. l4-l7





lndiana State Fair, lndianapolis. lnd. Sept. 8-l2 New jersey-Fonda. .lnier-Staie .Fair,





lllinois State Fair, Sprin field, lll. . Oct. 3-“ Trenton . . . . . . . Sept. 29-Oct. 3

Nebraska State Fair Ne raalta . Sept. l-5 California State Fair, Sacramento, Cal. Sept.|3-20

lowa State Fair and Exhibition, Des nadian NationalExhibition,Toronto,

Moines a. . . . . . . . Aug. 20-28 Can. . . . . . . . Aug. z3-Se t. 8

Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, Mo. Sept. 27-Oct. 3 Ottawa . . . . . . . . . . Sept. ~l3

ansas tale Fair, Topeka, ns. Sept. 8-l2 Quebec . . . . . . . Aug. 23-5ept. 2

rain State Fair, Macon, Ca. . . Oct. Zl-3l Sherbrooke . . . .. Aug. 30-Sept. 6

Kentucky State Fair, Louisville, Ky. Sept. 9-H Fredericton . . . . . . Sept. ”-20

Maryland State Fair, Timonium, Md. Sept. 2-6 Halifax . . . . . . Sept. 3-”





 





 





 





The Sharples Tubular Separator Exhibit

will be more interestin than ever this year. Be sure to make a

careful inspection of a harples Tubular while at your Fair—it will

expléin to you why this separator is used exclusively on the lead-

ing dairy farms in the country. -





Write for our books on Mechanical Milking





and Business Dairying. Be informed on

the progress of dailrying. Free on request.





Sharples Separator Company

West Chester, Pa.





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Officials of the dairy division of the

Department of Agriculture want it under-

stood by the country at large that thus

far no fixed standard for milk has been

adopted and no regulations 'on bacte-

riological count that can be construed as

a‘ standard. ' -



On the other hand, the dairy division

is attempting to co-operate with the

farmer to better dairying methods and to

improve, the quality and increase the

quantity of milk shipped to consumers in

the cities and towns. This work, how-

ever, is not done through any policing

power. and can only be accomplished

through suggestions and convincing the

farmers of better methods.



Demonstrators from the Bureau of An-

imal Industry have helped milk produc-

ers. who supply more than 200 cities. In

each city the demonstrators co-operate

with 10cal health authorities, not only to

help them procure evidence or bring

prosecutions. but to improve the local

system of inspection whereby the inspec-

tors can aid the ‘milk producers of the

territory to bring their milk up to t_he

city's own standard without being called

upon to make eXCessive expenditures.



In addithn to this the bureau supplies

tuberculin for testing cows. The demon-

strators have no power to compel the

farmer to accept or follow advice: they

merely try to show that the measures

suggested are for the farmer’s own good.

and will give them more milk and a min-

imum of loss.



A simple count of bacteria is not sufli-

cient to determine the safety of milk.

The nature of the bacteria, and whether

they breed disease, must be known as

well as the number. Consequently there

is no fixed standard of bacterialogical

count for the Department.





 





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SURFACING A CONCRETE BLOCK

SILO.





 





I have just built a concrete block silo

12x40 ft. inside. and would like to have

you let me know which would be the

beSt to put on. tar. or to wash it with

cement. The silo is plastered inside.



Montcalm Co. J. W.





If this concrete silo was plastered on

the inside with rich cement mortar made

in the proportion of one part good Port-

land cement to tw0 parts of good fine

sharp sand, I don't think anything else

need be done with it this year. and pos-

sibly next. This is all I ever do to a

1:1tcll-and-plastered silo. Then, after a

year or two the acid in the silage seems

to affect the cement a little bit and we

whitewash it with a pure cement white-

wash. I would prefer to use the cement

whitewash rather than the tar. although

if you thin coal tar with gasOline so that

it will spread with a brush and go to the

pains to paint it and fill all the crevices

in the cement with this coal tar. I think

it would make a splendid job. By not

being in a hurry in dissolving the coal

tar with the gasoline you will get a good

solution that will spread nicely with a

brush. Yon can put it on with a big

“hitewash brush and do a fairly good

job of painting, anad it will make a

Sll'~(u\tll ail tight surface, but as I say, a

(-L-mcnt whitewash will do and answer

cvery purpose. If you have a good fine

coat of mortar on the surface, however.

you won’t need to do anything further

this year.





REPAIRING A STAVE SILO.





 





What can be done to a stave silo which

has been in use a number of years and

has small air places or holes in the side?





It is standing firm and solid, in good

shape otherwise. and we would like to

make it do a while longer.



Livingston Co. E. A. N.





NOt having a more detailed description

of the injury to the present silo I feel

that it" is difficult to offer any advice

about repairing it. Sometimes an occa-

sional stave in a silo will rot off at, the

bottom and one. with a little ingenuity,

can take out a portion of a stave and

put in a new one. and make it prac-

tically as good as ever. Sometimes a.

poor place in a stave rots and leaves an

air hole. Now this can, by taking a

chisel and working the hole out in the

right shape, be filled .wlth cement, that





will make it last 'a year or twa longer,





, AUG; 16. 1918.:





perhaps longer. so times-it might be

necessary to nail tin 'o fiévpiece of board

on the ‘ outside of. time's! f and then 'flll

the hole with cement'mlxy the cement

just as thick“ yourpo‘ssi yeah and.





 





filling. the hole and smoothirig_r.lt down'





with a trowel. 'If there’ar‘e humorous

small holes in the silo it might the re-





paired by lining it, on the inside with,

Get the first quality“ ‘of.





building ~ paper.

building paper, commence at the bottom

and put a tier of paper around. tack ,it

so that there will be no danger of its

coming off. Then put another tier on top

of that, lapping it as you would clap-

board, and so on to the top of the silo.

if there are-no large holes this would

make your silo tight. The paper. of

course, would come off, the‘most of it.





-when the ensllage was taken out, but,





next year, you could line it with paper

again, which would be cheaper than build-

ing anew silo. If. however. there are





many large holes the paper would-not.

hold and they would have to be stopped;

up in some way. One could nail pieces.





of tin over them and put the paper over

that. or he could fill them with cement

and then line with the building paper.

By taking a little pains and using tacks





with a large tin head you can make this





paper stay on so that it will make your

silo efficient from one year to another.





 





 





A GREAT DAIRY SCHOOL.





 





The National Dairy Show is a great ed—

ucational institution. More practical.

useful and valuable information can be

obtained in a week at a show of that

kind than in any other way. It is a short

course for dairymen. The dairy show is

now in its eighth year and its patronage

is constantly increasing. The one notice-

able fact about this attendance is that it

is made up of the men from the larger

farms. Producers of pure~bred animals

and the large milk producers come in

large numbers but the men who are only

producing a comparatively small amount

of milk, the men who are delivering this

milk to the creamery or cheese factory

and the men who are making butter on

the farm apparently do not appreciate the

value of the show. The most good will

be accomplished when this class of farm-

ers takes advantage of the dairy show.

To them there are even more lessons to

be learned than for the large producers.

The value of meeting the most success—

ful dnlrymen from various parts of the

country and having an opportunity to

discuss difficulties and learn new methods

can not be over estimated; but besides

this there is an opportunity to see the

best stock that is in the country; to ob-

serve the methods used by the best feed-

ers and breeders and from a direct and

v'sible standpoint there is an opportunity

to see every line of equipment from the

largest building to the smallest utensil.

Building materials, silos of various makeS,

fences, stable devices, dairy house build-

ing and equipment are only a sample of

the exhibits that were on display at the

last show. Different makes would be seen

side- by side and therefore easily compar-

‘ed. NO-doubt many of the visitors more

than pay the expense of their trip through

a purchase made intelligently after com-

paring various kinds of equipment.



The dairy meetings especially designed

for the dairy farmer, lectures and demon-

strations in the handling and caring for

animals on the farm, the making of but-

ter and the milking machine in operation

are only a few of the attractions.



To the man who only has a few ani-

mals the expense of attending the show

may be prohibitive. In a case of this kind

communities could to advantage arrange

to send delegates, providing their ex-

penses, and then at meetings during the

winter the various subjects of most in—

terc t could be discussed. The dairy Show

with a following of this kind would be the

greatest dairy school in the world.



So writes Prof. C. A. Larson, of the

Pennsylvania State College, of the Na-

tional Dairy Show to be. held this year

October 23 to November 1 at Chicago.

MARKET EASY FOR MILKERS AND



SPRINGERS.





 





 





 





Dullncss has prevailed in the Chicago,





market for.milkers and spi‘lng'ez's for a

month or more, and prices have ruled

more or less lower except for occasional

offerings of prime Holsteins and Dur-

hams. Backward springers are still the

favorite sellers, and many fresh cows.

forward springers and low-grade cows

have to clear through killing channels.

Comparatively few cows have been sell-

ing for more than $70.each, with a sale

now. and then at, $75 or better. while in-

ferior cows sell down to $50 or even lower.
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AUG. 16, 1913.





TU BERCU Leela—(Continua).





 





BY Fnbrp w. ROBISON.





Sanitation.



Dark, dirty, crowded stables are favor-

able to tuberculosis. Under these condi-

tions the disease spreads rapidly and is

only kept out with difficulty.



Clean, airy, well-lighted stables, on the

other hand, are unfavorable to the de-

velopment of the disease. If brought into

such a stable it does not spread so rap-

idly and is not so difficult to get rid of

as in the first case.



A well-built, sanitary stable need not

be made of expensive material or of

elaborate design but should have plenty

of light, air and drainage.



Light is very important. Direct sun-

light is a great deStroyer of germ life.

Tubercle bacilli soon die if exposed to

sunlight. It is a disinfectant, always

ready to work without cost. Sunlight is

also necessary to the health of animals.

Men deprived of it for any length of

time, as prisoners in jail, become pale





and lose the appearance of health. Cat-

tie that are constantly confined in dark

stables become lowered in vitality and

are ready to catch any disease with

which they come in contact. For these

reasons the cow stables should have





plenty of windows, on two or more sides

if possible, so that the sunlight can reach

every part of the interior some part of

the day.



Pure air is also very important. In

badly ventilated stables the air is breath—

ed over and over again until it becomes

more or less poisonous. Animals kept in

such conditions become gradually reduc-

ed in vitality. This change may not be

noticeable to the observer but becomes

apparent if the animal is exposed to dis-

ease. It easily contracts disease and does

not rec-over from it readily.



Stables should therefore have plenty of

air space for each animal. This requires

the ceiling to be high, the stalls roomy,

and the passages wide. In addition to

this ample air space some way of chang—

ing the air in a stable must be provided.

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outside the building. No system is good

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without causing unnecessary drafts.



The usual way is to bring in fresh air

through open windows, and in cold

weather through ventilating shafts, which

may be concealed in the walls or beneath

the floor. The four air is removed by

open windows and by ventilating shafts

from the ceiling to the roof, where they

are usually protected by a. hood. 'When

both inlets and outlets are proportioned

to the size of the building there should

be a conStant circulation of air and no

sensation of closeness should be percep-

tible in the stable.



Drainage removes the liquid refuse

from the stable by suitable gutters and

drains. It cannot do this unless the floor

is water-tight, and concrete flooring is

therefore recommended. Urine leaking

through cracks in the floor until the

soil beneath is saturated is a frequent

source of foul odors and unhealthy sta~

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Cleanliness.





Since the manure of tuberculous cattle

often contains living tubercle germs in

vast numbers, the importance of keeping

it well cleaned out of the stable is read-

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may be the means of conveying the dis-

ease to children. Often cows are seen

with their flanks incrusted with dry

dung. I’arts often break off when the

cow is milked, and some of it is likely

to fall into the milk pail. The larger

lumps are strained out but the smaller

particles remain, and also the. tubercle

germs, which are small enough to pass

any strainer. These stay in the milk and

make it a fruitful cause of the disease

in the young.



Stables should be cleaned out often and

manure put where it can not be worked

over by hogs, or cattle. These animals

are easily infected in that way. Clean-

linesslalso includes keeping the walls and

ceiiings free from dirt. dust and cob-

webs. These are all good residing places

for disease germs.



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at least twice a year is a great aid to

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‘ VTHEEMICHIGAN FARMER





A NINETY-DAY ENSILAGE CORN.





A representative of a_seed company is

in this locality selling the Improved Red

Cob Ensilage Corn, claiming it will ripen

in 90 days, and that it will produce as

much tonnage as the Eureka, or any

other corn grown. Will you kindly state

through the columns of your paper the

truth or falsity of the claims made for

this corn? He shows a very fine speci-

men of corn, claimed to have been grown

near Battle Creek.



Branch Co. E. \V. T.



It is not reasonable, and I don’t think

it is possible, for any ninetyuday variety

of corn to yield as much as a larger va-

riety. A corn that will mature in ninety

days is about the smallest kind of corn

that we grow. It is pony dent or smut

nose flint, corn that doesn’t grow very

large but matures early. Now if we

want to get more tons of the corn plant

to the acre then we plant a. later or a

larger variety, and when one says that

he has an ensilage corn that will mature

in ninety days and yield as large a crop

as Eureka ensilage corn, I wouldn't be-

lieve him. He would have to show me.

Personally I don’t think, we want the

very earliest corn or the very latest corn

for ensilage, but that variety of corn

which is the latest and largest variety

that will properly mature for ensilage in

our vicinity. I have Stated before in

The Farmer that I think that the best

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corn that is grown about 100 miles

south. If you go too far south it won’t

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ensilage almost every season if the plant

is produced not more than 1.00 miles

South of where it is intended to be grown

for ensilage, and this will give us the

largest number of tons of digestible nu-

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LARGE OR SMALL COWS.





 





 





 





At the Wisconsin Experiment Station

it has been found that the large cows re-

turn more profit per cow than the small

ones. Cows, 000 lbs, and under, returned

products Worth $54.20 more than the feed

eaten; cows 001 lbs. to 1,000 lbs, $61.36;

cows 1,001 lbs. to 1,100 lbs, $66.28;





le. to 1,300 lbs, $72.01; cows 1,301 lbs. to

1.400 lbs, $70.64; cows over 1.400 lbs.

$88.01. Mr. \Varren in his book on Farm

Management, in commenting on the above

says: “The. large animals of any breed

are much more. economical of labor and

barn room and usually give as much or

more milk for the food eaten.” The

larger cows used their feed with the same

efficiency as the smaller ones. In fact.

the largest ones were a trifle more effi-

cient than the small ones.





 





 





 





WEIGHING THE MILK.





 





It is just as important for a farmer to

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weigh what he buys and sells instead of

going by guess. A. TV. Sweeton kept

track of the time required to weigh the

milk from a herd. He found that it took

a half minute to weigh the milk from a

cow for one milking, or a minute a day.

About six 'hours a year. “'eighing the

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not pay for the feed they eat, to say

nothing about the work required in car-

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harder labor than Weighing the milk.



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The successful uSe of ultra-violet rays,

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rays as a possible means for sterilizing

milk. These experiments show that the

rays do not destroy all the organisms in

milk produced under commercial condi-

tions. “’hile the experiments show that

large numbers of bacteria are killed by

the ultra-violet rays, there, is always the

poSSibility that some of the pathogenic

or disease-producing forms will survive.

The rays, it is found, also impart a, dis-

agreeable ilavor which would render the

milk unsalable.



In attempts to sterilize cream, the re-

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milk, nor could dirty milk bottles be com—

pletely sterilized when exposed to the

action of the rays. Even if the methods

of generating rays are improved it is,

doubtful if they can ever be used to any

extent as a subStitute for pasteurizing

milk because of the disagreeable fiavor

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I was well aware that pigs were very

fond of pusley, or purslane. but never re«

garded it as an economic food. But this

summer I have had a practical demon-

stration of its excellent food value on a

bunch of young hogs. These pigs were

confined in a pen and, grain being high

priced, they have been rationed exclu-

sively on pusley and separated milk as a

drink and food as well. Opposite their

pen we have a corn field. clean, except

for pusley, which at the last moment

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INSPECTORS ARE SENT TO FOREIGN

COUNTRIES TO STUDY MEAT.





 





AS a result of a misunderstanding

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try, have been dispatched to South Am-

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received many letters from farmers and

others protesting that the department

should encourage domestic production of

meat instead of encouraging foreign ship-,

pers to bring their product into competi-

tion with the local product.



David F. Houston, Secretary of Agri-

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the primary object of sending these in-

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cattle has fallen off while the population

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of meat stock. Similar campaigns are

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The work for tick eradication in single

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portant to have full information about

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United States in order that it may join

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Farmers living in parts of the country

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tremely desirous to own enough good

feeder cattle to eat it up, and those who

have not stocked their paStures yet are

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of making selections either personally or

through a first-class live stock commis-

sion firm. which is the better policy. The

high prices prevailing for such stock are

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though some farmers take the position

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Prof. H. P. Rusk, of the Illinois Agri-

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case of where knowledge would be power.





The scientists have been able to learn

little of this trouble. The whole thing is

a matter of theory. \Ve are quite sure

that the trouble is contagious, although

some doubt of it, and we are also quite

sure that the best methods of control are

to uproot and burn up the affected trees.

Experience has taught us that this is

the best method we can use with our

present knowledge of the trouble.





It is generally accepted that the dis-

ease is caused by bacteria. Some ‘nk

that mal-nutrition is the fundamen

cause. They believe that the disease may

be likened to the bacterial troubles of

mankind, and that the germs are present

all the time but that they do not take

effect until the tree becomes weak and

non-resistant to them.



It was thought that the lack of potash

in the soil was a cause, but heavy fer-

tilization with a potash fertilizer failed to

give results. The application of nitro-

genous fertilizers would make the trees

more healthy and vigorous but it only

masks the true state of affairs for a.

short time.



A deScription of the yellows is hard to

give because there are many conditions

of foliage and tree which are so similar

to the symptoms of yellows that they of-





 





ten confuse those acquainted with the

disease.



If the tree is in bearing peaches

the first noticeable symptom will 11n-





doubtedly be premature ripening of the

fruit. It may ripen several weeks or only

a few days before the normal time. There

are other causes for premature ripening

but the yellows peaches can be distin-

guished by the measle-like red blotches

on the skin and the red streaks running





through the flesh, often to the pit. The

fruit is generally high colored but in

flavor it is insipid and somewhat un-

pleasant.



The foliage of the yellows tree is of

a light grcen, verging on a yellow. The





leaves are longer and narrower than the

normal leaf and droop considerably. the

characteristic boat shape of the healthy

leaf being absent. The foliage on dis-

eased limbs and twigs ripens earlier in

the autumn than the healthy ones. The

buds are also larger and bloom earlier

in the spring than the healthy buds.



The twigs grow thinner and more wiry

than normal ones and the foliage comes

in clusters on them. A reliable symptom

is the pushing out.of newly formed buds

on the ends of apparently healthy twigs,

or thin, wiry water sprouts with sickly

yellow foliage appear. Dormant buds on

the trunk often form into feeble broom—

like shoots. ‘



The disease may manifest itself on a.

limb or two or on the entire tree. It may

show itself in newly Set trees or in old

bearing ones.



\Vintef injury and injury by mice,

rabbits, peach borers, cultivators and

other causes will often cause yellow fol—

iage'which should not be mistaken for

the yellows. Sour soil, hard pan and the

lack of plant food, or moisture, will cause

foliage conditions which are sometimes

taken for the yellows.



Regardless of what our ideas are in re-

gard to this disease we should follow the

dictates of the law when we find the

trouble in our orchard. XVe should un—

hesitatingly follow the instructions of the

township yellows commissioners unless we

are absolutely sure that they are wrong

and then we should make appeal to the

state inspector to get his final decision

in the matter. If the decision is made in

favor of the commissioners the one who

made the appeal will have to pay the ex—

penses of the state inspector.



If there are no Yellows c0mmissioners

in your townShip and there is enough

fruit grown there to warrant the town-

ship having them, appeal to the township





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board for their appointment and urge the

appointment of those who are well ac-

quainted with the various fruit insects

and diseases. The yellows commissioners

are to enforce the law in regard 'to all





dangerous insects and contagious fruit

diseases.

And, please remember that the yellows





commissioner’s job is anything but a soft

snap, so do everything you can to help

them. About the best thing you can ‘do

for them is to follow their orders and urge

others to do the same.



Van Buren Co. FRANK A. WILKEN.





 





DIFFERENT KINDS OF STRAWBERRY

MULCH.





About the latter part of August the

farmer who has a small or large patch of

strawberries to hold over winter begins

to wonder what he will use to protect

the pl. its during winter. The reason he

to do this is to keep the crop of





 

 





to keep the action of thawing and

fr czing every few days f1om heaving

e plants out of the soil.



tntraw, chaff, manure, oatS, and corn-

stalks are some of the different mate-

rials that we have used for this work.

We think that oat straw makes the best

mulch. It is spread over the patch dur-

ing the winter when the ground is solid

enough to bear up the wagon. The Whole

patch is covered, no attention being paid

to rows. Chaff is about the same. Clo-

ver chaff has the objection of having

weed seeds in it. Though clover is not

harmful at all, yet we sometimes want

it where we wish it.





Strawy manure is good. TVe think it

is better if the immediate row is covered

with the manure while the space between

rows is covered with straw. It saves

manure this way and also allows the

seeping to leach down exactly over the

row. Oats are mighty satisfactory if we

are able to judge about when the frost

will come in the autumn. \Ve sow at

the rate of four bushels between the

rows during the middle of August. This

grows exceedingly fast in this warm

weather and dies down as soon as a reg-

ular frost comes The objection being

that a late frost allows the oats to get

too big before killing them down. Corn-

stalks are good protection but they are

not easy to handle nor are they as good

preventcrs of dixt getting on the beiries

in summer.



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Excellent results are said to have been

obtained

application of a spray of whitewash. con—

sisting of from 75 to 100 ponds of lime to

each 100 gallons of water. It is stated

that the cost of the spray should not

exceed more than one cent a gallon of

prepared material. Care should be taken

to secure first-classwlime and to see that

it is well slakcd. The spray should be

applied just as the buds begin to sep-

arate and the entire surface of the tree

should he covered, one application being

sufficient. In a Missouri experiment eight





.times as many pears were obtained from





trees Sprayed in this.way as from un-





sprayed trees.

A REMEDY FOR CUCUMBER

BEETLES





 





I11 the issue of June 28 I saw an arti-

cle from F. D. IVells. of Oakland coun-

ty, in regard to cucumber beetles. Sev-

eral years ago I learned a recipe for de-

stroying these beetles and I have yet to

find a time when it has not done all it

is said to do.



The recipe is one—half gallon of air-

slaked lime, one gallon of wood ashes,

one-half gallon of flour and one ounce

of turpentine. Put this, well mixed. in





an old gunnysack and dust on the plants





while the dew is on. The result of this

treatment is magical; kills all the bugs

and does. not injure the plants. One must

use care to keep it on the vines all the

time while they are small. I have used

this remedy with success on watermelon

vines. also pumpkin and squash. I am

using it now on tomato plants with good

success.





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DETROIT, AUGUST 16, 1913.





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





 





 





Quite often when. country

people are urged to exert

an influence in govern-

. mental affairs by writing

letters to legiSiators. congressmen, or ex-

ecutives they fail to respond to such re-

quests for the reason that they fear that

it would result in no benefit—~that letters

or personal appeals are effective only

when they come from well known men

who are much in the public eye.



This, however, is a greiit mistake.

a case in point we will rcfe.‘ to

pianatiOn appearing in the Live Stock

department of this issue, in which it is

set forth at some length that a previous-

ly published report, which, however, did

not receive wide circulation, to the effect

that representatives of the Department of

Agriculture were being sent to South Am-

erica to investigate meat production was

an erroneous report.



This effort to call public attention to

the fact that the investigation is for an

entirely different purpose and may. as

a result, tend to limit rather than pro-

mote such importation. is due entirely to

the fact that a considerable number of

letters were received by the head of this

department from interested farmers and

stock feeders protesting against the gov—

ernment policy of promoting the impor-

tation of foreign food products rather

than fostering home production.



The effect that a considerable‘number

of letters had in this case is the effect

which a like expression of opinion upon

any public question will have. The in—

fluence of thinking farmers is just as

potent as that of any other class of peo—

ple and if they would develop to a great—

er extent the habit of expressing their

ideas upon important public questions to

the men who are their representatives.in

State and national capitois. they would

oftcn times have less cause to complain

of the action of their representatives up-

on puhlic queStions.



An appeal has been made to Michigan

Farmer readers to exercise their influence

in opposition to a proposed amendment

of the parcel post law and the above

illuStl‘ntion is given simply as a means

of showing the readcr the effectiveness of

concerted action of this kind from inter-

ested citizens.





The Farmer’s

influence.





As

an ex-





Recent develop-



Currency Bill Amend- ments at Vi'ash-

merits. ington indicate



our prediction to





the effect that the administration cur-

rency and banking reform bill would be

amended in many particulars, before it

passed through the committee and was

reported out for general consideration,

was correct. This prediction was based

upon the idea that, unlike the tariff bill

which is. a strictly party measure, an ef-

fort would be made to have the proposed

currency and banking reform bill made

acceptable to both bankers and business

interests, so far as possible, in order to

insure its favorable consideration by the

present Congress. That this Will be the

course pursued is evidenced by the fact





that of some 175 amendments made to'





the bill in the House committee the most

important were adopted on the recom-





 





mendations of the currency and. banking»

committee of the Chamber‘of Commerce

of the United States, .which last ‘month

met in' Washington and issued aicritl-

cism of‘the Glass-Owen bill, as the" cur-

rency bill is known in Congress, and rec-

ommended 20 definite amendments. of

these 20 amendments, 10, which are con-

sidered the most important. have been

adopted by the house committee prac-

tically as suggested, three others have

been adopted in part, while sevyn have

been either rejected or not yet acted

upon.



Briefly summarized, the amendments

recommended by the organization above

mentioned which have been incorporated

in the bill are as follows: The establish-

ment of an advisory council of practical

bankers to consult with the federal re-

Serve board: the removal of the limit of

$500,000,000 from the issue of federal re-

serve notes; identification of notes issued

by each federal reserve bankso that one

bank cannot pay out the notes of anoth-

er; specifying the powers and duties of

federal reServe agents; requiring weekly

statements from federal reserve banks;

apportionment of profits of reserve banks

permitting member banks a return' of

more than five per. .cent in divi-

dends and placing the balance in a sink-

ing’fu-nd to pay off the national debt in-

stead of turning it into the federal treas-

ury; providing for deposit and dismunt





by one federal reserve bank with anoth-i





er; eliminating “acceptances” as deposits

permitted in reserve banks; permitting

reserVe banks to buy and sell in open

market other than bankers' billsy taking

promissory notes secured by bonds out of

the class of commercial paper. ’



Other of the proposed amendments

partly acted upon include the making of

notes issued by the federal reserve banks

obligations of said banks instead of the

United States treasury; the apportion-

ment of government deposits among re-

serve banks by direction of the federal

reserve board instead of by the secre—

tary of the treasury, and the more clear

definition of _“short time" obligations.

l\io:~‘t 0f the 175 amendments were min-



changes in language and diction to

make the wording more clear and do not

alter fundamental ideas to any extent.

The tendency of the amendments may be

said to materially reduce the veryxbroad

powers of the federal reserve board as

proposed in the original bill and to make

its provisiOns more liberal toward banks,

without impairing its value to the buSi-

ness interests of the country. It is

claimed by the administration that the

bill as amended will be acceptable to the

smaller banks and will be strenuously op~

posed by only a few large financial in-

stitutions. This, however, remains to be

determined.



The above summary of amendments

made to this bill in the committee are

given with a view of familiarizing the-

reader with its terms and inciting him to

a study of banking problems which will

give him a 'more desirable degree of fa-

miliarity with and knowledge of this im-

portant factor of our country’s pros-

perity.





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EARN A PROFIT, MONEY MUST

CIRCULATE.



M iey that stands still makes no profit;



it must be kept moving to pay a. div-



idend.



Bank interest is simply a part of what

Someone is making by using the money.



No one is in a better position to realize

this truth than the farmer.



He invests in thoroughbred stock, bet-

ter seed, more land and more machinery

and equipment, and increases his year’s

profits.



Still,

a profit; money muSt be wisely invested.





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It‘s a good idea to watch the advertis-.





ing in the Michigan Farmer; the prac-

tice will help you to circulate money to

better advantage.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.



Three persons were killed and two in-

jured by the ditching of an automobile

weSt of Detroit last Sunday night.



Governor Ferris, of Michigan, has sent

Judge Alfred J. Murphy, of Detroit. to

the copper mining district as the special

representative of the executive office for

the purpose of investigating the differ-

ences between the miners and the op-

erators. This action of' the governor is

generally interpreted as the prelude to

an attempt, if necessary, to compel the

factions to meet. The news seemsto be,

welcomed by the strikers. while'the op-‘

erators are apparently'dissatisfied.



The New York assembly by’ a vote of

65 to 35 adopted the Frawley committee

report which virtually demands the im-

peachment of Gov. Suizer for making 8.





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false report» as to: his campaign - expenses,

, or engaging in'stock market specula-

tions at" a time when he was governor

'and was vigorously pressing legislation

against the New York stock exchange.

for converting to hisown use funds con-

tributed for campaign purposes, for ob-

structing investigations into campaign

contributions and for other matters.



‘ The employes of the Detroit United

Railway declare that they will go out on

strike Saturday of this week unless the

company meets their demand for increas-

ed wages. An effort is being made‘ to

arbitrate the differences and two arbi—

trators have been selected but these have

failed thus far to agree on a third mem-





xber of the board.





After much agitation by the public the

common council of Detroit has finally

agreed to the expenditure of $200,000 for

a hospital for the city's insane.



The new president of the Detroit board

of education will inaugurate a class in

sex hygiene for parents next winter and

if the work meets with approval it will

be extended to the Public schools.



Disastrous storms were prevalent over

the country last week. At several points

in Michigan much damage was done to

property by wind and lightning and a

few lives were lost. At Philadelphia a

terrific wind swept over the city, killing

three and injuring 50 persons and de-

stroying much property. ~ ,



Congress continues its work on the tar-

iff bill, lobby investigations and the cur-

rency plan. This week the Senate will

consider the sugar and agricultural pro-

ducts schedules, and the democratic

House will take up the enrrency reform

measure. ' -



The Fraternal Order of Knights Temp-

lars are holding their thirty-second tri-

ennial conclave at Denver, Colorado, this

week.



According to the federal internal rev-

enue figures the number of saloons 1n

the country has decreased 21,554. .as com-

pared with last year, the number for this

year being 194.590. VVhoiesale liquor

dealers numbered 6,452, a decrease of 600

within the past year.



A new 'high record was made by freight

shipments through the Soo canals during

the month of July of this year. The

shipments aggregate a total tonnage of

12,279,124 tons, which exceeds the ship-

merits of any whole season previous to

1894, and exceeds former high months'

record made during June of this year by

164,511 tons. The amount of ore moved

from the head of the lakes from the first

of the year to August 1, exceeds the

shipments for any previous: year and is

fully 3,000,000 tons ahead of the ship-

ments during the same period a year

ago.



Foreign. _



Conditions in China are improving and

it appears now that the revolution re-

cently started has proven a failure.



As the result of a panic in a crowded

moving picture ShOW at Grandiei, Spain,

caused by a fire, 49 persons were ser-

iously hurt, 14 of whom are believed to

be dying. .



Destructive floods are reported in In-

dia. The river Damodar has overflowed

its banks and flooded miles of country

around Burdawan to the northwest of

Calcutta. Hundreds of people have been

drowned, thousands are homeless, traffic

is suspended and the loss of property is

enormous.



Relations between this government and

Mexico are being put to a test but it is

the hope of the administration that dif—

efrences may be adjusted in a peaceful

manner. England, France and Germany

have recognized the present provisional

government of Mexico and representa-

tions were made at V‘Vashington for a

similar approval by the American govern-

ment, but the state department refused

to recognize the Huerta administration

even upon the advise of Ambassador

Wilson, who has represented the Ameri-

can government at Mexico City during

the- continued uprisings of the past few

years. Last week President “'iison ap-

pointed former Governor Lind, of Minne-

sota, as a special envoy to investigate

conditions and suggest to this govern—

ment a course of procedure. He is now

at the Mexican capitol beginning his work

of collecting information on -conditi0ns.

This much of the attitude of the state

department at Vi'ashington has been made

public, that after an election the Amer-

ican government will recognize the offi—

cials ~lcgally elected by the people of

Mexico. It has developed during the past

few' days that an organized effort was

about to be made to force the two coun-

tries into war but it is believed that

such a result is more remote than it ap-

peared a week ago.



The Balkan states have Signed the

peace treaty and everything would prob-

ably be put in order soon but far the

menacing situation caused by the .pres—

ence in Thrance of a large Turkish army.

The Turks also declare now that they do

not intend to release Adrianopie.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





Wheat—The average estimated yield

per acre in the state is 15.05, in the

southern counties 14.99, in the central

Counties 14.81, in the northern counties

14.77 and in the upper peninsula 18.88

bushels. Crop correspondents, quite gen-

erally, report wheat of fairly good qual-

ity. The estimates at present indicate

that the state yield will be very close to

12,000,000 bushels. The per cent of plow-

ing done for wheat in the state is 18, in

the southern counties 16, in the central

counties 20 and in the northern coun-

ties 19.‘ ' .



Eyes—The average, estimated yield per

acre in the state is 13.62, in the southern

13.13, in the central counties

13.54, in the northern counties 13.72 and

in the upper peninsula 18.74 bushels.

'Corn.——The condition of corn as com-

pared with an average is 87 in the state,





pared with 36.000.000 bushels





 





A{JG. 16, 1913;. ,





counties, 192' in the.

’ Quarter-them coun—





83)“ in the Souths

central counties,





 





 

 

 





 

 





ties and 89 in the upper peninsula. The:





condition one year~ag , was 70 in the

state and net-them. con ties.

southern counties, 62 in th'. central coun-

tieS‘and 72in the upper ninsula.



Oats—The estimated aver e yield in

the state is 29.20, In the sou ern coun-

ties 25.57,

in the northern counties 31.56, and in the

upper peninsula 38.10 bushels per acre.



Potatoes—The condition as compaged

with an average is 80 in the state, 71‘in

the southern counties.

counties. 90 in the northern

95 in the upper peninsula.

tion one year ago was 85

and upper peninsula, 88 in

counties, 79 in the central

86 in the northern counties.



Beans—The condition of beans com‘

pared with an average per cent is 87 in

the state, 81 in the southern counties, 94

in the central counties, 90 in the north-

ern counties and 96 in the upper penin-

sula. The condition one year ago was

82 in the state, 85 in the southern coun-

ties, 74 in the central counties, 87 in the

northern counties and 78 in the upper

peninsula.



Sugar Beets—The condition of sugar

beets as compared with an average is 89

in the state, 87 in the southern and

northern counties. 90 in the central coun-

ties and 97 in the upper peninsula. The

condition one year 'ago was 82 in the

state and southern counties, 79 in the

central counties, 86 in the northern coun-

ties and 91 in the upper peninsula.



Hay and F0ra‘ge.—-—The yield per acre

of hay and forage in tons is 0.98 in the

state, 0.95 in the southern counties, 0.94





counties and

The condi-

in the state

the southern

counties and





in the central counties, 0.97 in the north- .





ern counties and 1.41

ninsula.

Pasture—The condition of pasture as

compared with an average is 73 in the

state, 64 in the southern counties, 77 in

the central counties, 84 in the northern

counties and 98 in the upper peninsula.

One year ago the condition was 92 in

the state and southern counties, 94 in

the central counties, 91 in the northern

counties and 93 in the upper peninsula.

Apples—The weather this season has

been rather unfavorable for apples, early





in the upper pe-





in the season heavy frosts did consider— -





able damage and the long continued

drouth caused a very heavy June drop

and also caused the fruit to be smaller

in size than usual, especially in unspray-

ed orchardS. The prospect for an over-

age crop is 58 in the state. 47 in the

southern counties, 61 in the central

counties. 59 in the northern counties and

91 in the upper peninsula. The winter

varieties that promise-best, are in their





order: Northern Spy, Baldwin, Green-

ing, Ben Davis, VVagener, Russet, Tol-

man Sweet and Tompkins King. Of the





early sorts the most promising are Duch-

ess, VVeaithy, Red Astrachun. Yellow

Transparent, Maiden Blush, Fame-use,

Early Harvest and Fall Pippin.



Peaches—The prospect for an average

crop of peaches in the Michigan Fruit

Belt is 54 per cent and in the state 53.

One year ago the prospect was 18 and 11

respectively. The varieties that promise

best, are in their order: Elberta. Craw-

ford, Hili’s Chill, New Prolific, Kalama-

zoo, Gold Drop, Barnard and Crosby.





NATIONAL CR P REPORT.





 





Corn—Condition, Aug. 1, 75.8 per cent

of normal as compared with 86.9 on July

1. 80 on Aug. 1, 1912. and an average or‘

82.2. The estimated total acre-age is 106.—

884,000. acres or 99.8 of last year's

acreage. The estimated total product is

2.672.000.000 bushels as compared with

the final estimate of 3,125,000,000 in 1912.



“meat—The estimated average yield

of winter wheat is 16.5 bushels per acre,

as compared with 15.1 bushels last year.

The estimated average yield of all wheat

is 15 bushels per acre. as compared with

15.9 last year and 14.5 the average yield

from 1908 to 1912. The estimated acreage

of all wheat is 49.601.000 acres, or 108.3

per cent of last year‘s acreage. The to-

tal estimated production is 744.000.000

bushels, as compared with 730,000,000

bushels the final estimate for 1912. The

quality of the winter wheat is 93.7 as

compared with 90.7 last year and 91.0

the six-year average.



Oats.~The estimated average condition

of cats on Aug. 1, was 73.7 as compared

with 76.3 on July 1. 90.3 on Aug. 1 of

last year, and 81.5 the ten year average

on Aug. 1. The estimated acreage of, oats

is 38,341,000 acres. or 101.1 of last year’s

acreage. The estimated average yield is

26.8 bushels per acre. compared with 37.4

last year and 29.7 the four-year average.

The total production is estimated at 1,-

028,000,000 bushels, compared with {1,418.-

000,000 last year and 922,000,000 in 1911.

The amount of oats remaining on farms

August 1 was estimated at 7.3 of last

year’s crop, or about 103.900.000 ‘ bushels as

compared with 34,872,000 bushels on Aug.





1, 1912, and 67,793,000 bushels on Aug.



1, 1911. - ‘

Barley—The condition of barley on



Aug. 1 was 74.9. as compared with 76.6





on July 1, 89.1 on Aug. 1 last year and

83 the ten—year average. The estimated

acreage is 7,255,000 acres, which is. 96.3

per cent of last year’s acreage. The es-

timated average yield is 23.1 bushels, as

compared with 29.7 bushels last year and

24.5 bushels the average for. the four

preceding years, The; total production is

estimated at 168.000.000 bushels,-as com-

pared with 224,000,000 in 1912 and 160,-

000,000 in 1911.



Rye.-——The estimated yield per acre is

16.3, the estimated number of acres 2,-

134,000, which is 100.8 per cent “of last

year’s acreage. The total production is

estimated at 35.000.000 bushels, as com-

last year

and 33,000.000'bushels in 1911. ’



Buckwheat—Condition on Aug. 1 was





.855, as compared with 88.4 on Aug. 1





last year and a ten-year average of 89.9.

(Continued on page 138).





in the central counties 32.10.-





74 in the,:





86 in the central,
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Harking Back to Days of the Pioneer.





Novel Doings of an Old—Time Harvest Club.





By J. L.





GRAFF.





 





One of the oddest farm organizations in

the Middle \Vest is the "Old-time Har-

vest Club,” which has proclaimed its

function to be the harvesting of wheat

and other grain by the use of all the im-

plements that ever have been in use,

from the days of the sickle down to the

era of the modern harvester and thresher.



Really the moving cause of the organ-

ization of old-time harvest men into this

association was the fact that the original

treaper was invented in the neighborhood

in which these novel harvests are con—

ducted. which is near Sycainoxe ‘lielx’alb

county. Illinois. This original machine

was known as the Marsh reaper and by

several years, so it is claimed, ante—dat—

ed the McCormick or any other grain

cutter. ()ne of the original Marsh reap-

ers still is in existence in this county.



Two years ago tWo or three old-timers

got together and conceived the idea of

cutting ten acres of wheat, growing near

the county seat, using all of the types of

implements known in the. history of grain

harvests. Some of the wheat Would he

cut by sickle, some by the cradle, some

by the Marsh harvester, the first crude

reaper, and so on down the line to the

highly perfected harvesters and hinders

now found upon almOSt every farm.





There would be some other methods of

the olden day, and there would be a

threshing floor on which some of the

grain would be flailed out and cleaned by

hand power. The first harvest was held

two years ago.





As may be imagined there is a great

deal of social intercourse in connection

with one of these events. The entire





t-rop is harveS'ted all too quickly and put

away in the shock or stack: It is within

the range of possibility that very soon a

modern reaper and thresher will be al-

lowed to show off at this queer harvest,

and that some of the wheat will be

g~ound by hand and made to produce.

biscuits for the lilg‘ feast that always is

a feature of the event.



Old-time harvest men get together, out

under the shade of the apple tree. and

tell wonderful stories as to how they made

other cradlers take to the shade; and

takers and hinders will relate how, in the

hottest days of the olden wheat harvest.

they stuck close to the cradle and bound

so many dozen in such wonderful time.

School superintendents, county function—

aries and others are induced to make

speeches, and the whole day is spent in

carrying out the program of this novel

meeting of old and new harvesters.





 





 





 





 





 





An Old-time Hand-rake Reaper, used in

Sycamore,





I





The Passing of the Old Turnpike Hotel.





One of the last reminders of early Mich—

igan history to disappear into oblivion is

the old turnpike hotel, and while driving

through an early settled community it is

not unusual to see these old-fashioned

buildings that were once the fashionable

stopping places on the main highway.

Their value as hotel property has long

since passed away and they are now

serving the farmer, for the turnpike ho-

tel, in spite of its weather-beaten ap—

pearance, makes a very spacious dwelling

and will shelter a good-sized family.



Some of these hotels are ow desolate

and their appearance unkempt and un-

homelike. They present the wild. rough,

harsh characteristics of the wild life. in

which they Were so intimately associated.

Nearly every one contained a bar, and





it is said that many early Michigan

statesmen had to travel rapidly across

the state after election to avoid treating

every backwoodsman and Indian along

the road. The old hotel was the center

of the life of the community, and many

are the wierd stories that could be told

of stormy nights and harrowing experi—

ences while traveling across the state and

depending upon the kind attention of

these landlords for sustenance and pro-

tection.



The trader and the trapper came to the

turnpike hotel after their long weary jour-

ney through the woods, and there Were

told the hair—raising experiences of en-

counters with lndians and wild animals.

The statesman depended upon these ho—

tels for a home while making trips from





one little city to another, and many the

political scheme that was hatched by mu-

tual political friends under the shelter

of the old hotel at the bend of the road.

Many of the greatest men in American

history have. made long tours through the

wilderness, and the registers of these old

inns bear the names of many men who

have held important positions at the helm

of government. These old registers are

a history in themselves and would be a

great source of pleasure to the autograph

collector who could pore over their con-

tents, searc’hing for the name of some

man who “as prominent in the early his-

t0iy of this sttte.



The old turnpike hotel has passed away.





with all the other remnants of our past

civilization. The time is coming when





 





One of the Turnpike Hotels of Michigan’s Early Days, since Converted Into a Plain,





 





but Spacious. Comfortable Farm Houue.





the Novel Harve:ts Conducted by the





(ML), Old-time Harvest Club





——-By R. G. KIRBY.





modern development will demand better

farm houses; then the hotel structures

still remaining will be entirely destroyed,

and soon the old turnpike hotel will pass

entirely from the minds of the people.

There can be no more pioneers in Michi-

gan, and the past few years have witnessed

a great transformation which is bringing

in the new era of progress and wiping

out the old landmarks of our state’s in-

fant development.



It is well to take one passing glance at

these old buildings which were so prom-

inent in the early history of our state,

as also it is well to remember the hard-

ships that were endured by our best cit-

i7.(ns at the beginning of Michigan' s de-

Velopment. \\ hen We see the, old dingy

building, with the broken blinds. the de-

(-aying veranda and its fantastic Wood-

work, we only pause to say, “\Vhat a

desolate and bare looking place for a

home?“ \V‘hen we realize, that the old

building in question may have sheltered

the first governor of Michigan, or have





been the usual stopping place for our

great national. statesmen, we realize. the

Short distance that our generation has





been removed from the primitiVe accom-

modations of our forefathers. \Vhon we

see the shaky porch and think that Lew—

is (‘ass or Zachariah Chandler sat there

in the evening and thought of plans for

the futuri- devclopmcnt of this state, then

we can respect the old turnpike hotel and

foi‘;:i\'e its jaded look that, has ('Hl'llt' from

exposure to the storms of many years.



The meals at: the oh] hotels would km-p

the modern cook working overtime to ex-

cell. (:uests were supplied with tlu- tin-

est game from the forests. and the but

home cooking available, :lppeai'r'tl upon the,

table. Plenty of good wholcstsmc food

was the only requisiti- for pleasing the

man with till? backwoods appetito and

for filling up the traveler who gained a.

starvation appearance from jostling over

the rough turnpike.



The, old turnpike hotels are rapidly

passing away and in a few years the old-

t’ashionm] home at the cross-roads will

be no more. Then one of the last remind-

ers of old Michigan history will have

passed away forever.
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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





Quite often when country





The Farmer's pt-oplo are urged to exert





influence. an inliucncc in govern-

montitl affairs by writing





letters to legi‘lntors, congressmen. or ex-

ocutives they full to respond to such re-

quests for the reason that they fear that

it would result in no lielietlir—illat letters

or portionul appeals urt- n-l't‘cclivc

win-n they come from well known

who are much in the public eye,

'l‘his. however, is a groit ml~‘tnkc. As





only

main





:1 (nut- in point we will rote-x to an ex-

planation appvarini: in tho l.ch Stock

department of this issue. in which it is





sci forth at some length that a previous-

ly published report, which. however. did

not l'ct‘t'iVP “'lilt‘ t‘il‘i‘lililtitill, it) tho effect





that representatives ot‘ tin.- Department of

Agriculture wcrc living wnt to South Am-

crim to itht‘Sllizillt‘ lllt‘ili production was

an vl'ioliomls report





This effort to call

lllc lilt‘(





public attention to

that the inn-situation is for an





cntiri-ly dim-rout purpose and may. as

a remit. tend to limit rather than pro-

motc such importation. is due entirely to

tho {not thzit .l won~§tlotnhlo numlwr ot’





lcltc-rs \vcrc receive! by tho hood of thii

dcpnrtinent from intcrcslml furious and

stock footie-rs protvstin; ng'ilnst tho gov-





ernment policy at pvomoling tllo impor-

tation of fooign fowl products rather

than lostcting h ililo production.



'l‘lw oil'wi that .‘l considerablo number

of lottcrs had in this t‘.l.\t‘ is tho offoct

which it like expression of opinion upon

any public question will haw. The ill-

tiuence of thinking farmers is just as

potcnt as that of any ot‘nor class of pen-

plo .itnl ii’ thoy would dovclop to a great—

cr t'Xlt‘lll the habit of expre-‘slng their

tilt-as upon important public questions to

the men who .n‘e their repres‘entativcs,in

state and nxttionnl cupitols, they would

oftcn times have loss mltlSc to complain





oi lllc action of their rcpl‘escntatchs up-

on public questions.

An appeal has been made to Michigan





Farmer readers to t‘Xt‘l't‘lSt,‘ their influence

in opposition to a proposed amendment

of the parcel post law and the above





illustration is given simply as a means

of showing the reader the effectiveness of

concerted action of this kind from inter-





ested citizens.

Recent develop-

Currency Blll Amend- ments at “'ash-

ments. ington indicate





our prediction to

the effect that the administration‘cur-

rency and banking reform bill would be

amended in many particulars, before it

passed through the committee and was

reported out for general consideratio'n,

was correct. This prediction was based

upon the idea that, unlike the tariff bill

which is. a strictly party measure. an ef-

fort would be made to have the proposed

currency and banking reform bill made

acceptable to both bankers and business

interests. so far as possible. in order to

insure its favorable consideration by the

present Congress. That this will be the

course pursued is evidenced by the fact





that of some 175 amendments made to '





the bill in the House committee the most

important were adopted on the recom-'





mendstlons of the currency and banking

committee of the Chamber of Commerce

of the United States,'whlch last month

met in Washington :ind issued a criti-

cism of‘the Glass-Owen bill. as the cur-

rency bill is known in Congress. and rec-

ommended 20 definite amendments. 0

these 20 amendments. 10, which are con-

sidered the most important. have been

adopted by the house committee prac-

tically as suggested, three others have

been adopted in part, while seven have





been either rejected or not. yet acted

upon.

Briefly summarized. the amendments





recommended by the organization above

mentioned which have been incorporated

in the bill are as follows: The establish-





-ment of an advisory council of practical





 

 

 

 

 

 





bankers to co he federal re-

servo board:

$500,000.000 f

serve notes:





by each fe





issue of federal re-





bank cannot pay out the notes of anoth-





" T H E' M I c H. with ‘ranéMEh »





ficntlon of notes issued the country last week.

reign-rye bank so that one in Michigan much damage was done to





 





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also report» to his «Mn pm uses,

or 'engs in stock' market wspeculs-

ttons at a time when he in. lever-nor

and was vigorously pressing legislation

gains: the New York stock exchange,

for converting to his own use funds con-

tributed for campaign purpOses.'for ob-

structing investigations into campaign

contributions and for other matters.



The employes of the Detroit United

{mllway declare that they will go out on

strike Saturday of this week unless the

company meets their demand for increas-

ed wag‘es. An effort is being made‘ to

arbitrate the differences and two arbi-

tratorslhaVe been selected but these have

failed thus far to agree on a third mem-





,ber of the board.





After much agitation by the public the

common council of Detroit has finally

agreed to the expenditure of $200,000 for

a hospital for the city's insane.



The new president of the Detroit board

of education will' inaugurate a class in

sex hygiene for parents next winter and





of the limit of if the work meets with approval it will





be extended to the- public schools.

Disastrous storms were prevalent over

At several points





by wind and lightning and a





property

were lost. At Philadelphia a





few lives





er; specifying the pOWers and duties 01' terrific wind swept over the city, killing





federal reserve agents; requiring weekly three and

statements from federal reServe banks;

apportionment of profits of reserve banks

permitting member banks a return' of rency plan,





mm?! than five per cent in divi-





dends and placing the balance in a sink-

ing fund to pay off the national debt in-

stead of turning it into the federal treas-





injuring 50 persons and de-

stroying much property. ~



Congress continues its work on the tar-

iff bill, lobby investigations and the cur-

This week the Senate will

consider the Sugar and agricultural pro-

ducts scheduies. and the democratic

House will take up the currency reform

measure.



The Fraternal Order of Knights Temp-





ury; providing for deposit and diacount lars are holding their thirty-second tri-





by one federal reserve bank with anoth-

er; eliminating “acceptances" as deposits

permitting enue figures the number of saloons m





permitted in reserve banks;





ennial conclaVe at Denver, Colorado, this

week.





According to the federal internal rev—





reserve banks to buy and sell in open the country has decreased 21,554, as com—





markct other than hankers' bills; taking





pared with last year. the number for this

year being 194.590. 'Wholesale liquor





promissory notes secured by bonds out of dealers numbered 6,452, a decrease of 600





the class of commercial paper.

Other of the proposed





amendments

partly acted upon include the making of





within the past year.



A new high record was made by freight

shipments through the Soo canals during

the month of July of this year. The





notes issued by the federal reserve banks shipments aggregate a total tonnage of





obligations of said banks instead of the ”379.124 tons,

the apportion-





l'nlted States treasury;





which exceeds the ship-

season previous to





ments of any whole ’

high months





1894. and exceeds former





nn-nt of government deposits among re- record made during June of this year by





serve banks by direction of the federal 164,511 tons.

the secre—

tary of the treasury. and the more clear





reserve board instead of by





definition of “short time" obligations.





Mm‘t of the 175 :imcndmcnts were min-

and diction to

make the wording more clear and do not

extent.





o: changes in language





.‘tilt‘l‘ fundamcntal ideas to any





The amount of are moved

from the head of the lakes from the first

of the year to August 1, exceeds the

shipments for any previous year and is

fully 3.000.000 tons ahead of the ship-

ments during the same period a. year

ago.

’ Foreign.



Conditions in China are improving and



it appears now that the revolution re-





’l‘hc tendency of the amendments may be cently started has proven a failure.





said to materially reduce the very broad





powers of the federal





reserve board as caused bv a fire. 49





As the result of a panic in a. crowded

moving picture Show at Grandin, Spain,

persons were ser-





proposed in the original bill and to make iously hurt, 14 of whom are believed to





its provisions more liberal toward banks,

without impairing its "value to the buSi- .





Hess interests of the country. It





claimcd by the administration





posed by only a few

>tltutlons.

determined.

The above summary

made to this bill in the





gin-n with a ViPW





tender with its terms and inciting him to





that the

hill as amended will be acceptable to the Calcutta.

smaller banks and will be strenuously 0p-

large financial in-

This, hovvevcr, remains to be





of amendments

committee are

of familiarizing the have





be dying. . _

Destructive floods are reported in In-

dia. The river Damodar has overflowed





is its banks and flooded miles of country

the northwest of





around Burdawan to

Hundreds of people have been

drowned, thousands are homeless, traffic

is suspended and the loss of property is

enormouS. ‘



Relations between this government and

Mexico are being put to a test but it is

the hope of the administration that dif-

efrences may be adjusted in .a peaceful

manner. England. France and Germany

recognized the present provisional

of Mexico and representa—





government

at \Vashington for a





tions were made





a study of banking problems which will similar approval by the American govern-





give him a more desirable degree of fa-





miliarity with and knowledge of this im-

portant factor of our country's pros-

perity.





TO EARN A PROFIT, MONEY MUST





CIRCULATE.





Money that stands still makes no profit; ment a COUY‘SG 01’ procedure.

it must be kept moving to pay a div-





id end .





merit, but the state department refused

to recognize the Huerta administration

even upon the advise of Ambassador

\Vilson, who has represented the Ameri-

can government at Mexicq City during

the continued uprisings of the past few

years. Last week President “’ilson ap-

pointed former Governor Lind, of Minne-

sota, as a. special envoy to investigate

conditions and suggest to this govern-

He is now

at the Mexican capitol beginning his work

of collecting information on conditions.

This much of the attitude of the state





Bank interest is simply a part of what department at \Vashington has been made





Someone is making by using the money.

No one is in a better position to realize





this truth than the farmer.





He invests in thoroughbred stOck, bet- few‘ days that an organized effort was





public, that after an election the Amer-

ican government will recOgnjze the offi-

cials ‘legally elected by the people of

Mexico. It has developed during the past





ter seed, more land and more machinery about to be made to force the two coun-





and equipment, and increases his year's





profits.

Still,

a profit; money muSt be wisely invested.





It‘s a good idea to watch the advertis-.





ing in the Michigan Farmer; the prac-





mere circulation does not makev





tries into war but it is believed that

such a. result is more remote than it ap-

peared a week ago. g _ _

The Balkan states have signed the

peace treaty and everything would prob-

ably be put in order soon but for the

menacing situation caused by the .pres-

ence in Thrance of a large Turkish army.





tice will help you to circulate money to The Turks also declare nOW that they do





better advantage.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.‘





 





National.



Three persons were killed and two in-

jured by the ditching of an automobile

weSt of Detroit last Sunday night.



Governor Ferris, of Michigan, has sent

Judge Alfred J. Murphy, of Detroit, to

the copper mining district as the special

representative of the executive ofllce for

the purpose of investigating the differ-

ences between the miners and the op-

erators. This action of‘ the governor is





generally interpreted as the prelude to,





an attempt, if necessary, to compel the’ii‘es‘ 19.? '

The news seems to be. .

welcomed by the strikers, while the op-‘ acre in the state is 13.62..-m the southern.

’countles’ 13.13, , in the central counties,





factions to meet.





erat'ors are apparently‘dissatisfied.





The New York‘assembly’ by' a vote of-

‘65 to 85 adopted the Frawley committee

report which virtually demands, the im-'

‘peachment of ‘Gov. Sulzer for making a. pared with an average is 87 in the state,





not intend to release Adrianople.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





Wheat.——The average estimated yield

per acre in the state is 15.05,; in the

southern counties 14.99, in the central

counties 14.81,‘ in the northern counties

14.77 and in the upper peninsula 18.88

bushels. Crop correspondents, quite gen-

erally, report wheat of fairly good qual-

ity. The estimates at present indicate

that the state yield will be very close to

12,000,000. bushels. The per cent of plow-

ing done for wheat in the state is 18, in

the southern counties 16, in the central

counties 20 and in the northern coun-





Rye.-:-The average estimated yield per

13.54, in the‘northern counties 13.72and





in the upper peninsula. 18.74 bushels. ,

"Corn—The condition of corn as, com-





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who. 15‘ 19113.;





881-111 the shunt

central counties. w fie northern coun-

ties and 89 in the upp,’ peninsula. The

condition one «year a: 'awas 70 in the

state and northern. can so, 74 in the

southern counties, 62 in th central coun-

tlesnnd 72 in the upper insula.

Oats—The estimated aver" e yield in

the state is 29.20, in the sou ‘ern c0un-





   

 





 





ties 25.57, in the central counties 32.10,~





in the northern counties 31.56, and, in the



upper peninsula 38.10 bushels per acre.

Potatoes—The condition as comphged



with an average is 80 in the state, 711





the southern counties. 86 in the contra





counties. 90 in the northern counties and

95 in the upper peninsula. The condi-

tion one year ago was 85 in the state

and upper peninsula, 88 in the southern

counties. 79 in the central counties and

86 in the northern counties.



Beans.-——Thc condition of beans com—

pared with an average per cent is 87 in

the state, 81 in the southern counties. 94

in the central counties. 90 in the north-

ern counties and 96 in the upper penin-

sula. The condition one year ago was

82 in the state, 85 in the southern coun-

ties. 74 in the central counties, 87 in the

northern counties and 78 in the upper

peninsula.



Sugar Beets—The condition of sugar

beets as compared with an average is 89

in the state, 87 in the southern and

northern counties, 90 in the central coun-





ties snd 97 in the upper peninsula. The

condition one year ago was 82 in the

state and s0utheru counties, 79 in the





central counties, 86 in the northern coun-

ties and 91 in the upper peninsula.



Hay and Forage—The yield per acre

of hay and forage in tons is 0.98 in the

state. 0.95 in the southern counties, 0.94





in the central counties, 0.97 in the north--





ern counties and 1.41 in the upper pe-

ninsula.



Pastur'e.—~The condition of pasture as

compared with an average is 73 in the

state, 64 in the southern counties, 77 in

the central counties, 84 in the northern

counties and 98 in the upper peninSula.

One year ago the condition Was 92 in

the state and southern counties, 94 in

the central counties. 91 in the northern

counties and 93 in the upper peninsula.



Apples—The weather this season has

been rather unfavorable for apples. early





in the season heavy frosts did consider- -





able damage and the long continued

drOuth caused a very heavy June drop

and also caused the fruit to be smaller

in size than usual. especially in unspray-

ed orchards. The prospect for an aver-

age crop is 58 in thc state, 47 in the

southern counties. 61 in the central

counties, 59 in the northern counties and

91 in the upper peninsula. The winter

varieties that promise_best, are in their





order: Northern Spy. Baldwin. Green-

ing, Ben Davis. VVagener, Russet. Toi-

man Sweet and Tompkins King. Of the





early sorts the most promising are Duch-

ess. “'ealthy. Red Astrachan. Yellow

Transparent, Maiden Blush, Fameuse,

Early Harvest and Fall Pippin.



Peaches.~—The prospect for an average

crop of peaches in the Michigan Fruit

Belt is 54 per cent and in the state 53.

One- year ago the prospect was 18 and 11

respectively. The varieties that promise

best. are in their order: Elberta, Craw-

ford, Hill’s Chill, New Prolific, Kalama-

zoo, Gold Drop, Barnard and Crosby.





 





 





NATIONAL cnop REPORT.





 





Corn.——Conditi0n, Aug. 1. 75.8 per cent

of normal as compared with 86.9 on July

1. 80 on Aug. 1, 1912, and an average of

82.2. The estimated total acre-age is 106,-

884,000. acres or 99.8 of last year’s

acreage. The estimated total product is

2.672.000.000 bushels as compared with

the final estimate of 3,125,000,000 in 1912.



“meat—The estimated average yield

of winter wheat is 16.5 bushels per acre,

as compared with 15.1 bushels last year.

The estimated average yield of all wheat

is 15 bushels per acre. as compared with

15.9 last year and 14.5 the average yield.

from 1908 to 1912. The estimated acreage

of all wheat is 49,601.000 ,acres, or 108.3

per cent of last year's acreage. The to-

tal estimated production is 744.000.000

bushels, as compared with 730,000,000

bushels the final estimate for 1912. The

quality of the winter wheat is 93.7 as

compared with 90.7 last Year and 91.0

the six—year average. ' ,



Oats—The estimated average condition

of oats on Aug. 1. was 73.7 as compared

with 76.3 on July 1. 90.3 on Aug. 1 of

last year, and 81.5 the ten year average

on Aug. 1. The estimated acreage of cats

is 38,341,000 acres. or 101.1 of last year’s

acreage: The estimated at'erage yield is

26.8. bushels per acre, compared with 37.4

‘last year and 29.7 the four—year average.

The total production is estimated at 1,-

028,000,000 bushels. compared- with 1,418.-

000.000 last year and 922,000,000 in 1911.

Thelamount of oats remaining on farms

August 1 was estimated at 7.3 of last

year’s crop, or about 103,900,000 ' bushels as

compared with 34,872.000 bushels on Aug.

1, 1912, and 67,793,000 bushels on Aug.

1, 1911. .



Barley—The condition of barley on

Aug. 1 was 74.9, as compared with 76.6

on July 1, 89.1 on Aug. 1 last year and

83 the ten-year average. The estimated

acreage is, 7,255,000 acres, which is 96.8

per cent of last year's acreage. The es-

timated average yield is 23.1' bushels, as

compared with 29.7 bushels last year and

24.5 bushels the average for. the four

preceding years. The total production is

estimated at 168000.000 bushels,-as com—

pared with. 224,000,000 in 1912 and 160,-

000.000 in 1911. '



Eyes—The estimated Yield per acre is

16.3: the' estimated number of acres‘2,-

134,000, which is 100.8 per cent of last

year's acreage; The total production is

estimated. at 35.000.000- bushels, as com-

pared With 36.000.000 bushels last year

and 33,000,000'bushels in 1911.

'Buckwheat.‘—Condition on Aug. 1 was

85.5. as compared with 88.4 on Aug. 1





last year and a ten-year averagecf 89.9. ’





(Continued on page 138).





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Harking Back to Days of the Pioneer.





Novel Doings of an Old—Time Harvest Club.





By J. L.





One of the oddest farm organizations in

the Middle “'est is the “Old-time Har-

vest Club," which has proclaimed its

function to be the harvesting of wheat

and other grain by the use of all the im-

plements that>ever have been in use,

from the days of the sickle down to the

era of the modern harvester and thresher.



Really the moving cause of the organ—

ization of old-time harvest men into this

association was the fact that the original

rreaper was invented in the neighborhood

in which these novel harveSts are con—

ducted. which is near Sycamore, I’ielx’alb

county. Illinois. This original machine

was known as the Marsh reaper and by

several years, so it is claimed, ante-dat-

ed the McCormick or any other grain

cutter. (me of the original Marsh reap-

ers still is in existence in this county.



Twoyears ago two or three old-timers

got together and conceived the idea of

cutting ten acres of wheat, growing near

the county seat, using all of the types of

implements known in the history of grain

harvests. Some of the wheat would be

cut by sickle, some by the cradle, some

by the Marsh harvester, the first crude

reaper, and so on down the line to the

highly perfected harvesters and binders

now found upon almoSt every farm.





GRAFF.





There would be some other methods of

the olden day, and there would be a

threshing floor on which some of the

grain would be ilailed out and cleaned by

hand power. The first harvest was held

two years ago.



As may be imagined there is a great

deal of social intercourse in connectiOn

with one of these chnts. The entire

crop is harvested all too quickly and put

away in the shock or stack. It is within

the range of possibility that very soon a

modern reaper and threshe-r will be al—

lowed to show off at this queer harvest.

and that SOme of the wheat will be

ground by hand and made to produce

biscuits for the big feast that always is

a feature of the, event.



Old-time harvest men get together, out

under the shade of the apple tree. and

tell wonderful stories as to how they made,

other cradlers take to the shade; and

takers and binder will relate how, in the

hottest days of the olden wheat harvest.

they stuck close to the cradle and bound

so many dozen in such wonderful time.

School superintendents, county function-

aries and others are induced to make

speecheS, and the whole day is spent in

carrying out the program of this novel

meeting of old and new harvesters.





 





 





 





 





 





 





An Old-time Hand-rake Reaper, used in the





Novel Harvezts Conducted by the





Sycamore, (lll.), Old-time Harvest Club





The Passing of the Old Turnpike Hotel.





One of the last reminders of early Mich—

igan history to disappear into oblivion is

the old turnpike hotel, and while driving

through an early settled community it is

not unusual to see these old—fashioned

buildings that were once the fashionable

stopping places on the main highway.

Their value as hotel property has long

since passed away and they are now

Serving the farmer, for the turnpike ho—

tel, in spite of its weather-beaten ap-

pearance, makes a very spacious dwelling

and will shelter a good—sized family.



Some of these hotels are ow desolate

and their appearance unkempt and un-

homelike. They present the wild, rough,

harsh characteristics of the wild life in

which they were so intimately associated.

Nearly every one contained a bar, and





it is said that many early Michigan

statesmen had to travel rapidly across

the state after election to avoid treating

every backwoodsman and Indian alongr

the road. The old hotel was the center

of the life of the community, and many

are the wierd stories that could be told

of stormy nights and harrowing experi-

ences while traveling across the state and

depending upon the kind attention of

these landlords for sustenance and pro—

tection.



The trader and the trapper came to the

turnpike hotel after their long weary jour-

ney through the woods, and there were

told the hair-raising experiences of en—

counters with Indians and wild animals.

The statesman depended upon these ho—

tels for a home while making trips from





one little city to another, and many the

political scheme that was hatched by mu-

tual political friends under the shelter

of the 01d hotel at the bend of the road.

Many of the greatest men in American

history have made long tours through the

wilderness, and the registers of these old

inns bear the names of many men who

have held important positions at the helm

of government. These old registers are

a history in themselves and would be a

great source of pleasure to the autograph

collector who could pore over their con-

tents, searching for the name of some

man who was prominent in the early his-

tory of this state.



The old turnpike hotel has passed away.

with all the other remnants of our past

civilization. The time is coming when





 





 





——By R. G. KIRBY.





modern development will demand better

farm houses; then the hotel structures

still remaining will be entirely destroyed,

and soon the old turnpike hotel will pass

entirely from the minds of the people.

There can be no more pioneers in Michi-

gan. and the past few years have witnessed

a great transformation which is bringing

in the new era of progress and wiping

out the old landmarks of our state’s in-

fant development.



It is well to take one passing glance at

these, old buildings which were so prom-

inent in the early history of our state,

as also it is well to remember the hard-

ships that were endured by our best cit—

izens at the beginning of Michigan’s de-

velopment. “'hen we see the, old dingy

building, with the broken blinds, the de-

caying veranda and its fantastic wood-

work, we only pause to say, “\Vhat a.

desolate and bare looking place for a.

home?” \Vhen we realize that the old

building in question may have sheltered

the first governor of Michigan, or have

been the usual stopping place for our

great national statesmen, we realize the

Short distance that our generation has

been removed from the primitive accom-

modations of our forefathers. \Vhen we

see. the shaky porch and think that Lew-

is Cass or Zachariah Chandler sat there

in the evening and thought of plans for

the future development of this state. then

we can respect the old turnpike hotel and

forgive its jaded look that has come from

exposure to the storms of many years.



The meals at the old hotels would keep

the modern cook working overtime to ex-

cell. luests were supplied With the fin-

est game from the forests. and the best

home enoking available appeared upon the

table. Plenty of good wholesome food

was the only requisite for pleasing the

man with the backwoods appetite and

for filling up the traveler who gained a

starvation appearance from jostling over

the rough ‘turnpike.



The old turnpike hotels are rapidly

passing away and in a few years the old-

fashioned home at the cross-roads will

be no more. Then one of the last remind-

ers of old Michigan history will have

passed away forever.
Mrs. Bigfarm—“Well, well, well!

Come in, Anty Drudge, and

let me thank you for telling

me about Fels-Naptha Soap.

I’m a different woman since I





started using it. Allthe work

gets done so easily, and I’m so

rested and happy—and we’er

saving money by not having

to hire extra help all the time.

We’ll soon have enough to buy

that piece of woodland.”





Anty Drudge— “Just think of

that! I’m certainly glad to

hear that Fele—Naptha Soap

has proved to be such a help

to you.” '





There’s Noth-

ing you. use soap

and water for that

can’t be done bet-

ter and easier with

Fels-Naptha Soap

and cool or luke-

warm water.





For washing fine

laces or heavy ging-

hams, greasy pots

and pans, ‘mud-

tracked floors, dirty

windows, Fels-

Naptha Soap is the

best thing to use. It

saves your strength,

because it wo rks

fgryou. It dissolves

grease,makes stains

and dirt disappear.





The Red and Green Wrapper

will tell you how to use it for

hundreds of things about your



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THE‘MI‘CHIG’A‘N FARMER

The Sword " of Prayicr.





By CHARLOTTE BIRD.





Dunkirk was in a state of excitement;

in fact, it had not been so stirred since

the people had risen up and voted out

the seven saloons. Opinion, however,

was not unanimous and discussion was

marked by strong and often ill-advised





expression. Mrs. Watts, in particular, a

woman of irreproachable conservatism,

deplored the present trend.





This unwanted condition all came out

of an announcement in the local paper—

a tiny notice in an obscure corner—de-

clared the leaders, with all the pith ex-

tracted. But what better could one ex-

pect from a biased editor and prejudiced

reporters? The notice stated that on the

following Thursday evening in the Meth-

odist church a free lecture on woman’s

suffrage would be given; in any case, the

public would understand that the fight

for the enfranchisement of women was

011 in Dunkirk.



The Methodist church had not been se-

lected because it especially favored the

fight, but because it was the largest

church in town. The woman’s suffrage

club. composed of exemplary church

members, being used to meetings in the

churches. saw no impropriety in using

the sacred edifice to help further such an

important race problem as the advance—

ment of women. The securing of ample

space, however, was merely provisionary;

the chief regret of the handful of leaders

was that Dunkirk was so indifferent to

the most vital question of the hour. They

might congratulate themselves, if all

their efforts to attract, drew out more

than a corporal’s guard of an audience.





should have been selected for such dis-

graceful proceedings, as a woman, Mrs.

\l'atts was shamed: as a Methodist in

good and regular standing, she was out-

raged. She would have made any sac-

rifive to stop the desecration. But what

could she do with Mrs. Soule, the presi-





dent of the missionary society. heading

the affair and Mrs. Jennings, secretary

of the woman’s aid, helping her! “'hy,





even the pastor could scarcely oppose it.





Yet Mrs. “htts might launch forth

against it in her characteristic vigorous

way and she was fully determined that

all Who came within range of her voice,

should know where she stood. “If the

women would only stay at home and

mind their own business,” she declared





with fervor, “they would have their hands

full. But now they want to get to be

men and help them run their business.”



And Mrs. Crump. who never read the

papers and always agreed with every-

body, acquiesced now with Mrs. Watts.



“Next the women will expect the bus-

bands to stay at home and take care ,of

the baby, while they go to the polls and

vote,” she stated next to quiet, scholarly

Mrs. Lane who had never allied herself

with the movement. This remark was

uttered with withering sarcasm.



“Not so bad.” laughed Mrs. Lane With

charming good humor. “A woman’s vote

is as good as a man’s. And for a long

time women have been staying at home

and taking care of the baby. while their

husbands went to the polls and voted.”





Mrs, “'atts only stared her amaze-

ment. Then with feathers somewhat laid.

she replied: “\Vell, I can’t see things

that way." That her views. if empha-

sized with sul‘l‘lcient‘vigor, might not be

going noticeably to modify those of the

whole community, came to her with

something like a. shock. But She would

never give up.



One thing remained sure: the Metho-

dist church had been secured for a wom-

an's suffrage meeting and to the worried

Mrs. W'atts apparently nothing short of

the fall of the heavens could prevent it.

But in every perplexity she had found

one resource. Yes, she wOuld now resort

to prayer, use it as a weapon strong and

mighty to strike, to scourge, to annihi-

late. Surely in this exigency, though all

the hosts of Satan were arrayed against

Him, God would hear and protect His

own.



Early on Wednesday evening, accord-

ing to her long habit. Mrs. Watts went

early to prayer meeting. She walked up

the aisle and took her customary front

sent. This evening she carried her head

high and her shoulders thrown back and





» all her movements had an impressive de-

. cision.





On her finely chiseled face was

:a 'set look which was concentrated around

.the firm mouth. In short, she bore her-

self .like, one charged with a high mission





 





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and consciowsiy sustained by a peculiar

favor with the celestial powers.



Others came in and took their places

and the pastor stood behind the desk.

There were several hymns, 'a prayer or

two, the reading and expounding of the

scripture by the leader. Then the pastor

gave the customary opportunity to the

congregation to offer their testimonies or

lead in a word of prayer, and he glanced

a bit anxiouSly over his audience to see

who was likely to respond.



There was a short, expectant pause,

followed by the low rustle of a woman’s

garments. Then Mrs. Watts was seen

standing with closed eyes and head rev-

erently bowed. In the mental disturbance

of the moment her hat had become tip-

ped over towards one ear but the absorb-

ed woman never noticed it. There she

stood a ludicrously pathetic figure.





Her prayer began with a preliminary

circumlocution, uttered in a low, scarcely

distinct tone. Then. as her feelings surg-

ed up. she raised. her voice to a shrillness

almost like a shriek and directed it

squarely to the matter in hand. She

aSked the Lord to forgive those who were

about to profane His holy house by turn-

ing'it into a den of sin and mockery.

Yet would He not circumvent these plans

of the unseemly. the immodest? “‘ould

He not in some way prevent this unholy

meeting; in some way prevent the ar-

rival of the speaker; send storm, fire,

yes, cvcn dE‘lth. that in His sight His

holy house might not be defiled?



She raged and issued her commands.

Her mood was of a firey character, en-

couraged by neither holy writ nor by

Christian experience. She prayed with

a vehemence which brooked no difference

of opinion even in the powers above and

with a rancor which knew not human

kindness. Doubtlessly to herself she was

imbued with righteous indignation.





She- finished and sat down in a silence

which was felt; the congregation sat

shocked to paralysis. And after such a

torrential outpouring of emotion what

could anybody say which would not fall

flat with its own tameness! Mrs. Watts

herself broke the silencc with, “I shall

continue daily in my closet thus to ap-

proach the Throne of Grace. And the

Lord will hear!” This last was uttered

with an air of absolute conviction as if

she had already received a telegram of

assurance.



Realizing that the prayer meeting had

been killed, the pastor fidgeted. looked

appealingly at each of the old standbys

and then announced a hymn. But even

that failed to resusitate enthuSIasm. So

ten minutes before time he dismissed the

meeting.



On the way home some laughed a lit-

tle but others shook their heads seriously

and regretted that Mrs. Xi'atts had al-

lowed herself to become so worked up

over a comparatively small matter—as if

one meeting could put the ballot into the

hands of the women. Then they were

all used to praych which even those

making them had never expected to

shake the foundations of society. So no-

body expected any palpable result from

this. It was rather the rancorous 'spirit

which was remembered and regretted be-

cause it was so unchristianlike.





Yet the unexpected did come to pass.

Early on Thursday afternoon came a tel-





'egram that the speaker of the evening





would be unavoidably hindered from fill-

ing her engagement. At this news Mrs.

\Vatts was frankly elated. Had she not

all along reminded her neighbors that

something was going to happen? Did not

the prayer of the righteous avail in the

confounding of the wicked?



With the report of the speaker's failure

to appear spread the news of Mrs. Watts’

prayer and some began to wonder wheth-

er after all the two facts might not be

intimately connected. Yet Mrs. -Watts

was hardly showing the sweet, docile,

reVerent spirit of one breathing in daily

the atmosphere of the Divine.



Far from the woman’s suffrage club to

fly into the face of Providence but to

them the obstacle to the speaker's ar-

rival might, nevertheless, have been due

to r'altogether mundane causes. To their

judgment, therefore, it seemed no sacri-

lege to arrange another meeting and this

time, to insure success, to engage two

speakers. And to this even the more

timorous hesitatlngly agreed.



Again the report went forth that Mrs.

watts was praying. and clearly with the





' AUG. 16, ~1913‘.





old. unabated , spirit. Instead. of being

subdued and ehastdm hy-,the-.softenifl8

eflect of love for her inflows, she was

plainly lifted up and seeking out other

evils that she mightcontlnue her regu-





- lation of the community. léBy now all





Dunkirk was noticing and public atten-

tion was soorchingly ,concentrated' on

what they had all come to. look upon as

a contest. "



Every sympathizer with the cause was

going to turn out; in this firey hour of

trial all were determined to stand loyally

by their guns. The lukewarm would all

go and see for what the club stood, while

the indifferent and even the scuffing

would see- the fun. The meeting would

open at half-past seven. A little after

seven there was a fair audience of the

prudent who w0uld assure themselves

good seats. By half-past seven people

were lining up against the Walls and

presently thronging the vestibule and ev-

en the pavement in front.



In her best silk gown the president sat

regally between the two speakers on the

platform. In her introductory remarks

She could not refrain from congratulat-

ing the club on the respectability of the

audience, both in size-and social stand-

ing of the individuals. Then she intro-

duced the first speaker, a.

white-haired woman. very prettily dress-

ed. The speaker gave a plain, straight~

forward statement of the things for

which she stood. She betrayed no hys-

teria. As she pleaded for better labor

conditions, for pure food and attractive

and sanitary dwelling‘places, equal pay

for equal work, a reduction of living ex—

penses, for the abolition of the saloons

and clean politics, even those who had





come to laugh, remained to listen and

ponder.

The other speaker. at young college





woman, made her appeal chiefly to the

younger part of the audience. She also

proved herself well able to handle a

strong argument. She lacked none of

the fine womanliness of the elder

speaker.



In short. it was a most satisfactory be-

ginning so that the woman’s suffrage

club in Dunkirk glowed over their fine

prospects. As the president walked out

beside her secretary, someone overheard

her remark: “The meeting could not

possibly have been better advertised."



» “No, not possibly,” was the enthusias-



‘tic reply. '



A DAY'S RAMBLE ON THE CHICKA-

MAUGA.





(Concluded from last week).





About this.tlme I crossed the stream

and moved a little farther down. Its

beauty increased and I never failed to

take notice of it. The squirrels multi-

plied along the banks and frequently

turned their heads down a tree, allowing

their bushy tails to tapestry theirlheads,

and barked for hOurs at me while I

struggled with a stubborn mule in the

field about them.



While I was plowing the melon patch

a youngster came across the field. He

had a- proposition. It was glowing. To

me it was like the story of the diamond

fields of Africa. I stopped my horse. The

boy was exhausted. “I,” said he, “have

been trying to lift my fish basket below.

and have not succeeded. I need help

right now and it will be to your interest

to lend me your assistance.”



“What is it?” I inquired.



“Join me in raising this basket and

half the contents are yours," he replied.





The horse was left standing and we

were off. In a few moments we were at

the stream’s bank. I knew it was deep,

but, ah, those fish which were surely

mine!



In a few moments we were out in an

old wooden boat. I had a long pole with

a limb on one end for a hook. My guide

was standing in the rear end of the boat,

with one hand anchored to a dead limb.

It was an easy matter to locate the fish

basket but, in lifting it up with my long

slender pole. just the moment it was

drawn to the surface of the water off it

would slip into the creek again. Three

attempts weremade with the same un-

successful result. Sinking my pole into

the creek again, I made a desperate at-

tempt to fasten it into the basket so

nothing could disturb it. I seemed to

have succeeded, but just as the basket

was nearing the water’s'surface my host

allowed the dead limb to break off and

we had no anchor. When the limb snap-

ped the boat was hurled from under me,

and in an instant I discovered that I.

was having a pretty hard time raising

myself from the water. The water was

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:THE MICHIGAN FARMER





face, snorting like a. wild beast, in an e£~

fort to drain my nostrils. I swam ashore,

said “goodbye." as I looked back, to the





young man, and in five minutes I was

plowing, though evory thread of my

clothes were drenched.



Our long-cared, long-legged, yellow





dog, old “Tramp”—for that was his name

——-was used every day as a convenience.

We had but one- jug in which ’to carry

drinking water. It often became neces-





. sary to divide our working force, putting





some in a field on one side of the stream

and some in the corn field on the other.

It happened that Such was the arrange-

ment one afternoon in the warm month

of June. It was three o’clock and our

hired men on the other side of the creek

had not had water since noon. They

were thirsty and we had ‘the water sup-

ply on our side of the creek. It was up

to us to devise, immediately; some way

to transriort this across. About this time

old “Tramp" came flying by in chase of





a rabbit. I nailed him fast as he was

passing. The jug was tied around his

neck. I ushered him into the creek, and





pretty soon he was seen on the opposite

bank, climbing out with a jug of pure

water tied around his neck. It was a fine

scheme. When they had quenched their

thirst the jug was re-tied about the dog’s

neck and he was started back on his

perilous journey. It was a trying trip for

him. The jug floated and the current

was pulling hard against the neck. He

Was strong and managed to make the

trip successfully until he came to a long

log lying inundated; in attempting to

climb over this long log the jug got

lodged on one side and there the dog was

permanently hitched. The father of new

schemes must work them out of distress.

In an instant I had swam out to the log.

had the dog’s neck released and in a.

moment he was again chasing the rabbits

as before.



About that time my father said, “How

would you like to go fetch a load of logs

which I have purchased, fourteen miles

away?” “All right." my brother and I

exclaimed, simultaneously. Couldn’t be

any mOre difficult than what we were do—

ing every moment. The large wagon was

soon rigged up. The side—boards were

placed on the bed and a frame, made of

four-inch strips, was placed on the top

for a cover to hold the hogs in. Our sis-

ter did not fall to put the oil can in to

be refilled as we passed the- country store

on Our return. The little old Spitz dog

insisted on going, so we placed him on

the top of the wagon frame. He never

failed to bark at every passing object,

either animate or inanimate. His crite-

rion was if an object was moving, and of

courFe trees and everything moved to him.

Consequently they all receivéd attention.



We were two hours getting to our des-

tination, and two hours getting our hogs

loaded into the wagon. \Ve were sure

that we would be benighted on that trip.

The hogs were placed inea half dozen

big black sturdy fellows—and then the

corners of the frame were wired down

tightly. The hogs could only see out from

above. “'9. could constantly hear them

snapping their teeth and shoving each

other about underneath the frame. The

little dog didn’t approve of this arrange-

ment at all, as his feet were- constantly

in danger. The hogs would poke their

sharp noses through the cracks and snap

at him, which kept him constantly on the





‘Watch. He barked and stood the hogs

away until he was hoarse They all

seemed to delight in teasing the little

fellow. He took it seriously. Aboutdusk





he was much exhausted, having hardly

risked taking his eyes from the hogs be-

low, although he was continually walking

over the covering, they following every

step, snapping their teeth, and grunting,

\The dog was exceedingly fond of nab-

bing branches of trees that passed over

the wagon. We passed under a tree and

it was tempting. He forgot himself.

“’hen he released the limb he happened

to be over one of the openings and went

'sBou out Buomc umop Bulpum ‘ummlui

They all rushed upon him. He was

small, but could put up a. good bluff. The

'llogs got him up in one corner and, with

bristles raised, one would judge from

their looks that they were going to eat

him alive. He barked and showed his

teeth, and none made further attacks. al-

though they did not take their eyes off

of him. There was no way to get him

out. They chased the little fellow up to

the front’of the, wagon, just beneath our

feet. He was snapping constantly. The

hogs were doing the same, but more

Slowly.



'This was all taking place when we

passed the country .store. It was now

dark. The can of ,oil was placed upon

the wagon,.with a'potato' sticking on the.





spout. It was set at our feet, directly

over the dog and hogs. In three-quarters

of- an hour we were driving in at our

father’s home. Vt'e passed by the. house

and drove to the hog lot. Lifting the end

gate. we ushered the hogs and dog Out

from the rear. Each struck the ground

withathud. Smelling coal oil as the hogs

paSSed out, we became a bit suspicious

that something had happened, and when

the wagon had been unloaded we exam-

ined the oil can. It was empty. The po-

tato was missing and the can upset. It

had turned over just above the hogs and

dog, had run out on them and the entire





 





bottom of the wagon bed was saturated

with oil.



The team was placed in the barn and

fed. Our next problem was to'devise

some means to rid the bed of that coal

oil. We were not sure how our father

would pass upon this accident, which

might have been prevented. 'Fcaring that

we would be held to strict account, we

decided the wtscst thing was to touch the

bed With a lighted match, allow it to burn

off the oil and then extinguish the flames.

This we did. In thirty seconds the entire

wagon was a mass of flames. It was

dark and made a big bonfire. It looked

like a hopeless task to save that wagon.

It was a new one, too, costing about $75.

\Ve soon discovered that we had a more

complex problem now to solve than ever

before. It must be done and done quick-

ly. \i'e realized that. Every moment the

blaze was growing bigger and the wagon

bed was actually cracking under the heat.

“Off with your coat,” I shouted. In an

instant both coats were off our backs,

lullCd up lengthwise, and in an instant,

two youngsters had turned from hog

transporters to fire fighters. “'e fought‘

for life, we fought to save. At first woI

could get but seemingly poor results. But

not one moment was 'lost. We fought

fire and did our thinking at the same

time. At every stroke of the coats the

fire would blaze up around us and we

had to dodge the tlames in order to keep

our bodies and other clothing safe. There

was room in the rear of the wagon for

just two to stand. We were abreast and,

in a moment or two, we were able to

move forward three inches and thus ad-

vance that much on the growing and

growling flames. “'0 did not cease, for

in our two-minutcs' effort we hull driven

back the hungry flames three inches. “’8

had recovered that much territory. In

another minute we advanced six inches

further. We took heart but were becom—

ing much exhausted. In five minutes

more we had succeeded in entirely sub—

duing the wild flames. Our coats were

iuincd. but in three—quarters of an hour

we were sleeping away as soundly as if

nothing had ovor come over our pathway

to break the tranquility of the day.



Twenty long yours have. pnsscd,away

since the last incident related occurred.

Thirty—live long years have passed away

since the first was recorded. That con-

stitutcs my day's ramble- on the old

Chit-kamziuga. It has been but one (lay's

ramble to me. I go over the old [farm

home again. The water chuckles as it

(lid of yore. I see the same soil that our

young feet trod, the same spring that

lavishly threw out 1101‘ nectar to us in

time of heat; I See the old threshold

where brother, sister, and a fond mother

were once so happily and congenially lo-

cated. I View these old relics that re-

mind me of all the by-gono days. It was

a happy childhood. The waters sing the





 





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Same tune, but it sounds differently in

my cars. The birds sing ju:t as sweetly





and Inok the same, but they do not seem

to be so near and so dear to me as they"

did in childhood. I see the travelers pass

the same old trail, yet they do not: seem

as gentle and interesting as they did of

yore. The same sun shoots his glorious

beams, and the same dew falls at even-

tide. All nature I prerume is the same,

but then, this does not satisfy. In spite

of all these attempts of nature to appease

the mind of him who has wandered far

from the old homestead. there is some-

thing lacking. It will never be satisfied

on earth. .VVe visit the old homes of our

childhood. Thousands of objects and

sounds bring back a flood of memories,

sweet, but now buried in the past. But.

last of all. what is this great giant that

brings one’s heart into the uppermost

parts of the throat when the old childhood

home is visited? It is easy to answer.

We all have the same experience. If you

haven’t. you will some day if you live.

Ah, those voices that are silent; thefaces

of loving friends we see no more! These

voices we hear imaginary, as we retrace

our childhood footsteps, but they are se—

pulchrai. And we seek in vain to satisfy





 





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THE “BLUES”





, A Lady Finds Help from Simple Food.





 





Civilization brings blessings and also





. responsibilities.





The more highly organized We become

the more need there is for regularity and

natural simplicity in the food we eat.



The laws of body nutrition should be

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tem not hampered by a complicated, un-

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“I began to take a pessimistic View of

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and I feared paralysis.



“Palpitation of the heart caused me to

fear that I might die suddenly. Two

years ago. hearing Grape-Nuts so highly

spoken -of by some estimable friends of

mine, I determined to try it.



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less than miraculous. In a short time

the palpitation, bad feeling in head and

body began to disappear and the improve-

ment has continued until at the present

time I find myself in better health than

I have ever enjoyed.



“My weight has increased 20 lbs. in

the last year and life looks bright and

sunny to me as it did when I was a.

Child."



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The Girl Who





RE you the Girl Who Can’t go

A Back? The college has closed its



doors with the usual round of jol-

lities, reunions, fetes, balls, moonlight

strolls and the particular event peculiar

to your school. Excitement and happiness

have been the portion of all but one, the

Girl who Can‘t Come Back to finish up

her course. Are you that girl? If you

are_this preachlet is -for you.



Just now a college diploma \s the one

thing most important and desir able and

altogether lovely and necessary to you.

Without it life stretches ahead, a dreary

void of unhappiness and failure. So you

think. You have set your heart on ob-

taining that precious parchment and it

it like parting a mother from her babe to

deprive you of it.



But after all, that diploma will neither

make or break you if you have the ele-

ments of success. The training for which

it stands may make success come more

easily and more quickly, but success is

bound to come anyway if you deserve it.



If you are willing to work when others

play, to work when you see no prospect

of reward, to work when friends call you

a fool; if you never know when you are

beaten, but work right on in spite of ap-

parent failure and defeat; if you work at

seeming loss today because you see great-

er gain tomorrow, then you will be a suc—

cess. If you are not of this sort y0u

will be a failure though you have diplo—

mas from a'dozen schools. There is no

great virtue in luck or superior oppor-

tunity.



There is an opportunity

for her who has eyes to see. One Girl

who Couldn’t go Back found hers in a

publishing house, where she had to be-

gin at addressing wrappers for $3.00 a

week. Imagine that beginning for a. girl

who had planned to be nothing less than

a professor -of mathematics at the start

and dean of women at the state univer-

sity as a glorious wind-up before marry-

ing a college president! '



There were 40 girls in that office writ-

ing names and addresses on wrappers,

but our girl was the only one who saw

opportunity. She learned What the rest

all knew, that the firm wanted more girls

to operate typewriters, but couldn’t af-

ford to pay standard wages. Thirty-nine

girls said with one voice, “If they would

pay me what it is worth I would learn to

run a machine.” This girl quietly asked

the manager for permissiOn to practice

on a machine during the noon hour and

began bringing a sandwich for lunch in

order to devote every possible minute to

the new work.



The other girls jeered. “Don‘t you

think you’ll get anything from these

tight-wads,” said they. ‘V‘You don‘t catch

me giving up my noon hour unless I can

See something in it.’.’



But the girl kept on. It wasn‘t easy to

see the rest troop out for an hour in the

fresh air every day at noon. Neither was

it easy to hear them tell of the fine young

men they met at noon and the numerous

sodas they consumed on hot days. This

girl was still young enough to be inter-

ested in young men and to like to dally

over the soda counter. And she didn’t

know the city well enough to know that

the young men the girls met weren’t ex-

actly in a class with the young men she

had known in college.



But she had the ability of working

when others play, or a strain of obstin-

acy which made her_ bound to do what

everyone told her not to attempt, I don’t

know which. Anyhow she kept right on.

In a short time she was given circulars

to,copy and. then the manager took to

dictating simple letters to her at the ma-

chine when his stenographer was rushed.

Then she was moved into his office and

her salary went up a bit



In a few months the editor of the mag-

azine, which by this time began to con-

sider itself a success, became aware of

her existence. He gave her some stories





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to read nights and in due course of time

she found herself a sub-editor with a

really livable salary, work which she most

’thoroughly enjoyed, and a chance to go

as high as her ability would take her.



It wasn’t her original dream of an aca-

demic life. But it was a life that was

filled to the brim with broadening influ-

ences and gave ever opportunity for the

best sort of education, the study of man-

kind. Today that girl is glad she didn’t

go back.



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HOME PRESERVING VS. STORE PRO-

DUCTS.





 





BY MRS. F. NISEWANGEB,





I think all will agree that a home-can-

ned product is far superior to the best

factory-canned, and from a financial point

of view, taking the same fruits and vege-

tables into consideration, I think it is al—

ways economy to put up one’s supply of

such things at home rather than to buy

them. Of course, one might make some-

thing by selling strawberries at two dol-

lars or more a crate and filling their

place on the fruit shelves with factory

canned apples or some such cheaper fruit.



Conditions are similar the country over

and the fruit business is conducted un—

der such a system that the effect of

either a full crop or a short crop is felt

pretty accurately wherever you are, so

that the home canner will almost invar-

iably'be fairly compensated for her time

and labor, and also lay aside something

for profit. Factory prices are not gov—

erned so much by the fact that they buy

in wholesale quantities as by the general

shortage or abundance of the crop, so if

you can dispose of your fruit at a good

price, you may be very sure that you will

pay your dealer a good price, with a

margin for profit, for this same or a sim-

ilar fruit when you want to buy it for

your table.



Besides, as I haVe said, I have yet to

see the factory product that is as good

as the home—made. It looks nice enough

but lacks the flavor and richness that

careful home canning brings out. The

unsweetened fruits are watery and taste-

less unless :heated up with the necessary

sugar added, and sometimes even then,

even those goods advertised “in heavy

syrup” lack something. And there is ab-

solutely no comparison to be made be-

tween homeand factory canned vegeta-

bles. considering the much greater ex-

cellence of flavor of those put up at

home.



Experienced housekeepers know that it

is economy to sweeten canned fruit just

before it is done rather than as soon as

it is placed on the range to cook, noth-

ing being lost by evaporation and the

natural sugar of the fruit being brought

out by the cooking. .But they also know

that it is an extravagance to can the

fruit unsweetened. More sugar being re-

quired to sweeten the cold fruit, and it

is never quite so good.



Ours is not much of a grape country

and this fruit is usually so high, 25 or 30

cents for a small basket, that the- most

of us buy a few baskets to use fresh but

do not put up many. Our grape jelly and

jam are made of wild grapes and apples,

resulting so satisfactorily that -we defy

anyone to tell them from the tame pro-

°duct. ,

Other fruits run about like this from

year to year. Cherries, $2 a bushel;

pears, $2 a bushel; apples and plums 50_

cents to a dollar a bushel; strawberries,

raspberries and black-berries $2. 50 a crate;

peaches, 75 cents to a dollar for a one-

layer crate.



Cherries waste about one- -half in stems

and pits, but when a No. 2 can of them

costs 30 cents it is easy to see that one

can pay for'su'gar and make a nice profit

besides This holds good in- a slightly

varying degree, with the other fruits. The





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$2 worth of pears will make 24 quarts of

canned fruit that would cost 30 cents

each at the store. The strawberries,

raspberries and blackberries will make

about 15 quarts of canned fruit from each

crate if they are not over—shrunken from

too long cooking and at the store you

would pay 25 or 30 cents for a much

smaller can of them. A bushel of plums

or apples will easily can 24 quarts and

make a dozen glasses of jelly from the

extra juice. And so it goes, every time,

I think. Economy and satisfaction at

home. DEBORAH.





 





SOME SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES.





 





BY CHARLOTTE 131m).

A child had shoved a bean up into its





nose. The young mother tried frantically

to get it out but only made matters

worse. Then her good sense reasserted

itself; she went to the telephone and





called up a friend, the experienced moth-

er of a large family. “What in the world

can a person do for a. bean up a child’s

nose?” she asked.



”Try pepper,” the confident. answer was

waited back.



“Pepper! But—”



“Rub it on her upper lip and she will

sneeze the bean out ‘of her nose. I have

done it more than once.”



Full of gratitude, the young mother

followed directions and in a few minutes

all the trouble was removed.



And almost always there is a simple

remedy for the little common troubles

which are often happening in a family

and which may lead to serious things

with the calling in of the family physi-

cian.



For instance, a child sometimes gets a

fly or other foreign substance in its ear.

The feeling is agonizing, almost enough

so, if long continued, to throw the child

into spasms. If one knows no home rem—

edy for this distreSS, the physician must

be called- in. And yet nothing is simpler

than the cure for this trouble. Simply

tip the child’s head to one side and fill

the ear with sweet oil or olive oil. The

oil will cause no pain whatever, but will

drown the insect and cause it to float to

the surface where it may be easily re-

moved.



With a lead pencil or a soft piece of

silk, rolled to a point, any foreign sub-

stance may easily be removed from the

eYe. All previous rubbing should be

avoided, because this is highly irritating

to this delicate organ and may cause the

foreign substance to become imbedded in

the soft eye coverings. With, children it

is difilcult to secure the self-control which

«will insure a fo‘rbearance of all rubbing.





Sometimes one is seized with persistent

vomiting which it seems as if nothing

would relieve. This may have different

causes. It is said that the salty water

poured off of soaking codfish will settle

a sick stomach. Sometimes a continual

0wetting of the face with cold water will

serve the same end. If the cause is ant

acid condition of the stomach and bow-

els about a tablespoonful of lime water

in half a cup 'of milk ought to relieve it.

From time to time through several hours,

if necessary, the treatment may be re—‘

peated. . ~



Whenever for any reason a child holds

its breath, the remedy is a dash {it cold

water in the face. Sometimes this hold-

ing of a child’s breath becOmes quite

alarming and the child turns black in the

face. But the shock of the dash' of cold

water will cause him to gasp for breath,

however stubborn he may hitherto have

appeared.



A general rule for remaining well is to

keep the body clean, both inside and out.

The bath will do the one and fresh air

go a long way toward accomplishing the

other. Chill of body will cause one to

catch cold, but unless a draught is strong

and cold enough to chill the body, it need

not be feared. Instead of being a danger

to health, a draught should be looked

upon as health- -giving, because it is al-

ways changing the quality of the air by

caiiying off the bad and bringing the

good. Fresh air unassisted has been

known to cure dangerous and well-ad-

vanced cases of pneumonia. But the pa-

tient must lie practically out of doors.





For these reasons the present fad of

sleeping out of doors or on porches, is

founded on a reSpect for the laws of





health.



The health is affected strongly, also, by

the quality of one’s thoughts. This is

coming today more and more to be rec-

ognized by our best physicians. “’e can-

not live by bread alone and life in all its

departments is largely ruled by spirit.

Of this, spirit is the very life principle

which helps us to conquer diseaSe and

then keeps us well. All the m05t skillful

doctor can do, is to help this life prin-

ciple. So we must avoid fear and worry

and think kindly of our fellow men. A

fretting over life’s little things will ef—

fectually blot out all the pleasures of ex-

istence. while gratitude for our blessings

and a bright faith inthe future will keep

us not only well but nappy. In this is

the true riches of life, not the wealth

which-may be gathered into banks.



And so life's greatest blessings are the

simple things which may be cherished in

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Hurrying the Young Folks Off the Farm.





By HILDA RICHMOND.





“Why do you build up with one hand

and tear down with the other?” asked a

shrewd city man while visiting some

country relatives and hearing them la-

ment about the dearth of young people

in their community and every other farm

community. “You, yourselves, are re-

sponsible for the exodus from the farms

more than anyone else or anything else."



Of course they rose up in wrath and

pointed to the beautiful homes, the long

hours of leisure in all but the very busy

summer season, the automobiles, buggies

and pianos with which parents vainly

sought to stem the tide from the farms,

the‘opportunities for good times within

the reach of country young people, the

chances to make money, the desirability

from the standpoint of health of country

life, and all the other advantages they

daily and hourly heap up. to their boys

and, girls, and then they reproached him

for blaming them in the slightest degree

for their own unfortunate condition with-

out children and without helpers of any

kind 6“



"I’ll admit every word you say ” said

the city man without excitement, “but

still I stick to my original proposition.





You build up with one 'hand and tear

down with the other.” Then he proceeded .

to prove to them conclusively that what

he said was true and offered to let them

prove it to themselves next day. They

did so and were amazed to find out how

much they had helped to hurry the young

people off the farm. In that one day the

mistress of the farm house caught herself

17 times in the very act of saying things

derogatory to the farm and in praise of

the city, while her husband Was just a.

little behind with 13 to his account And

that when they were partially on guard,



too! “'hat might haVe been the count

if they had not been warned, they did

not like to think about.



And what did they say? Well, things

said in every farm house of the land

many times weekly. “No, daughter,'it

isn’t worth while to put on the best china.

for the Sunday dinner. The old dishes

are good enough for farmers,” when the

remaining young lady wanted to make

the dining table look nice fer the Sunday

meal. Then when something was said





about pretty clothes the mother remarked

that women in the country soon mined

their clothes getting in and out of bug-
AUG. ‘18. 1913. .





gies. f‘Nowh

care of th , things because they never

have to' s uggle with mud- and dust,”

She obsefléd, ,until she caught her rela-

tive‘s little smile, When 'she wished she

'hadn’tsaid it. ,Then the master of the

housoisaid severely that town women had

nothing to do but dress up and look nice





oh their fr_ont_porches, so they might as-





well put in the time that way as in any-

thing else. Hardly had this unfortunate

remark d-ied away when the mistress of

the house cOmmented on an item in the

daily paper speaking of a vacation one

of ‘her relatives was enjoying and wound

up with. “I’d like to visit Cousin Sally,

too, but I'm so tied down with the chick-

ens and everything that there is no use

talking of getting away for a few days.”



The list might be continued indefinitely,

but anyone who has had any dealings at

all with country people can fill it out at

length. Over and over, summer and win—

ter, wet and. dry, the same old uncon—

scious teaching is kept up from infancy

until the boys and girls joyfully turn

their feet toward the promised land—the

land of.little work, plent of money and

fine clothes—the ideal place described by

their parents since they can remember

anything at all. And all this time the

parents are drumming it in, on the other

hand, that the country is the best and

only place to live. It is certainly curious

that they never catch themselves in the

act of destroying the effect of their own

teaching, but they remain unconscious to

the last. If, country men and women

would honestly make a record of the

number of times they disparage the coun—

try and praise the city in a single week

they would be amazed. It is “here a

little and there a little” until you could

not hire the young folks to consider a

gilt edged farm proposition of any sort.

Why, they would be foolish if they didn’t

leave the farm. In the city the women

had time to sit from morning till night

on porches and look nice, while the men,

in good clothes, went to work about nine

in the morning, in a bank or office and

finished everything by four in the after—

noon, and both women and men had

many opportunities for enjoyment every

evening of their lives.



One of the most surprised young men

who ever lived was a country lad who

was taken into a bunk partly because he

was a bright and capable young fellow,

and partly because his father was a stock

holder, when bank president, cashier and

every last official remained there until

the small hours of the night looking for

a. missing five dollars in their accounts.

“I thought working till after dark in the

harvest field and doing the chores after-

wards was the limit, but I found out my

mistake,” said the boy. “I had an en-

gagement to take a girl to a lecture that

night but I didn’t dare mention it to the

worried president. I stood around and

did what they told me to and smothered

my yawns. The folks at hOme always

said bankers got through by four every

afternoon so I thought it would be a

snap."



And then there is another point fathers

and mothers bring out most forcibly and

that is that town people “look down up-

on” country folks. -A thousand times

have I heard that statement in country

‘houses but never once in town. Of

course, when young people are brought

up with the idea that town people con-

sider them—the country folks—as coarser

clay they naturally conclude that there

must be some reason for the difference

in social status. , _



“You are just as good as town folks

far all they think they are so much.” was

the oft-repeated statement of the mother

in one farm home. And actually her

sons and daughters grew up with such

a desire for town life and an inclination

to get away from people who were in-

ferior, that no inducements could hold

them on the farm. The father and moth-

or thought they were laying the founda-

tion for a wholesome contempt of town

and town ways by such talk but they

only succeeded in turning their children

away from the farm.



It isn’t necessary, to send agents into

the country to describe in glowing terms

{the advantages of the town over the city.

The country fathers and mothers attend

to that little duty themselves and work

at their tasks 366 days in the year. It

isn’t necessary to send out little book-

lets inviting the brightest and best of

the country young men and women to

leave the farms, for from childhood they

‘have heard that doctrine. When country

people stop educating the boys and girls

away from the farm the young folks will

stay on the farms, and that is the literal

truth. When the joys and advantages





”3 WOmenrcan “take good .





and 'blesSings of the farm are-exalted

above those of the city, and particularly

when people talk about the farm encour-

agingly and do not mention the city so

much. then the problem of keeping the

bright, able young folks in the country

will be solved, and net until then.





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Household Editor:—Can you give me

igmeC general rule for making ices.———Mrs.

. I .





To make the foundation syrup boil one

pound of sugar with one quart of water

20 minutes. This is the proportion to

use, but of course, the quantity will be

decided by the size of your family and

freezer.

one cup of lemon juice or two cups of

any other fruit juice you may have. If

you have gelatine, add. before freezing,

one teaspoonful which has been softened

in cold water and then melted over hot

water as you do chocolate. If you have

no gelatine add the beaten whites of two

eggs when the mixture is half frozen.



Household Editor:—-Could you please

tell me through the Michigan Farmer how

to fry potatoes so that the slices are

nice and whole, as in hotels? \Vhat is a

nice filling for a layer cake?—-H. L.



Pare the potatoes and slice in even

slices, or in eighths lengthwise, and let

stand a half-hour in cold water. Drain

and dry between a towel and fry in hot

fat, as you would doughnuts. You can

do a better job if you have a wire basket

made especially for this purpose, but if

you have not the basket. you can fall

back on a fork to dip them out of the

fat. Do not have the fat too hot. Fry a

few pieces at a time and drain on clean





paper, after which salt to taste and serve.





at once. A cake filling which is rich and

easy to make is made as follows: Chop

fine one cup of raisins and nut meats,

any kind. Put in stew pan and add one

cup of medium brown sugar and a quar-

ter cup of water. Put on the stove and

cook slowly until the mixture begins to

thicken. Then remove and stir until it

is of right consistency to spread.





 





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August 13, 1913.



Wheat—Speculative trading in wheat

has been dominated by the interest of

traders in the corn proposition during

the past week. Vi'ith reports of favor—

able rains at different points in the corn

belt it looked for a time as though this

crop might recover somewhat from the

damage done it by the severe drought,

and‘ this feeling was reflected in the

wheat market by heavy shdrt sales.

Later reports from the southwest indi-

cated that this improvement was by no

inc-ans universal and as the timid deal-

ers took alarm wheat advanced to a high-

er point than the market had held dur-

ing the past week. The cash market IS

firm and millers are active purchasers of

winter wheat. One year ago No. 2 red

wheat sold in this market for $10614.

Quotations for the week are:





 





No. 2 No. 1

Red. White. Sept. Dec.

'l‘hursday . .. . . .88 ‘87 88 ‘31 92%

Friday ........ .88 87 881,11, 92%;

Saturday ...... 871/2 861/2 881/1, 92

Monday . ....... 871/; 861/; 8814 921/},

Tuesday ....... '881/2 871/2 89 93

\\'mlnesday . . .88-"2; 87%, 891/; 93%

Chicago. (Aug. 12).—~No. 2 red wheat,





new, 861/2Gi871/2c;-N0. 3 red, new, 851/263

xii-”3.4m Sept, 8614c; Dec, 897/gc.

Corn.~-Rains over the northern portion

of the corn belt made the outlook for the

coming coin crop more hopeful, but with

the rains light in many places and with

no relief from heat or drought in the

southern portion many close observers

believe the bulk of the growing crop is

in as bad shape as ever. This makes

buying strong as recent liquidations have

been heavy. The government report

lends no encouragement to the situation

and the future of the market is consid-

ered to be in strong hands. (‘lne year

ago No. 3 corn sold in this market for

871/20 per bu. Quotations for the week





are:



No 3 No. 3



Corn. Yellow

Thursday ...... ........ 71 73

Friday . . . . . . . . ..... . ..... 71 73

Saturday ......... 2 74

Monday ....... 711/0 73%

'l‘uchay ...... . ........... 721/, 741,12

\\'cdiie>‘d:ty ....... ..... 73 75





Chicago, (Aug. 12).——No. 2 corn, 723/403

; No. 3, 721.3(073c; Sept, 7298c: Dec.

(571430 _

Oats—This market ihas retained its

strength during the past week as a re-

sult of the friendly influence of corn,

liberal cash receipts being easily absorb-

ed. One year ago standard oats sold in





this market at 331/20 per bu. Quotations

for the week are:



No. 3



Standard. White.

Thursday ................ 431/2 43

Friday ................ 43% 43

Saturday ................ 431/2 43

Monday 431/2 43

'l‘uesday ..... 431/; 43

Wednesday ....... . . . ...... 421A,» 42



Chicago, (Aug. 12).—-No. 2. new, 3934



fir40c; standard, new, 42(1542150; Sept,





42c; Dec, 44"».Qc.



Beans.——-l’<‘avorable weather for the

growth of the new crop has resulted in

another decline in this market. The

present quomtions are: For immediate

shipment, $1.75: Oct, $1.80.



Chicago, (Aug. 12).-Pea beans, hand-

picked. choice. $1.90fll.95 per bu; red

kidneys, 851.65.771.80. .



Rye.—~There has been a slight reaction

from last week’s decline in this market.

(lash No, 2 is now selling at 630 per bu.

At: Chicago No. 2 rye is quoted at 621/260

“3100.



éarley.—This market has advanced for

the better grades during the past week.





At Chicago quotations are 50fi‘70c per

bu: at Milwaukee, malting grades, 60

(ll/i380. -

Clover Seed.-Prime October and De-





(‘t‘lllhOl‘ seed was marked down 25c per

bu. during the past week, owing to more

favorable outlook for the new crop.

l’rcsent quotations on these futures $8.40;

October alsikc, $11. At Toledo October

clover seed is quoted at 88.40: December,





$8.35; October and Decembcr alsike,

$11.35.



Timothy Seed—This market remains

unchanged from last week, with prime





seed selling at $2.50 per bu.





 





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





Noun—Jobbing lots in 1,4 paper sacks

are selling on the Detroit market per 196

lbs. as follows: Best patent. $5.50: Sec-

ond. $5.20; straight. $5; spring patent,

$5.10: rye flour. $4.60 per bbl.



Feed.—In 100-lb. sacks. jobbing lots:

Bran. $23: coarse middlings, $24; fine

middlings, $26; cracked corn and coarse

corn meal. $26; corn and oat chop,

$25.50 per ton. .



Hay.——Prices have enjoyed another ad—

vance. Car-lots on the track at Detroit

are: No. 1 timothy, 5516621650: No. 2,

$12.50®13.50: light mixed, $14.50@15;No.

1 mixed. 5512601250.



New York—Higher. Large baled. No.

1 timothy, 316021.50; standard, $2061)

$20.50; light clover mixed, $19®20: heavy

mixed, $166017 per ton.



straw.——Deiroit.——Steady. Rye. $8@9:

wheat and oat straw. $7637.50 per ton.



New York—Easy. New, rye straw, $17

per ton.





 





 





 





DAIRY AND POULTRY pnoouc'rs.

Butter.——Although the market holds

steady and firm with the advanced trade





,





extra firsts,





THE'MI’CHIGAN, ,F'A‘R'M‘ER





.of a week ago the deal is somewhat ob:

.Structed by an unexpected increase in





the holdings of warehousemen which

amOunted to a 1,000,000-lb. gain for July

and makes the aggregate over 9,000,000

lbs. greater than the holdings of August

1, 1912. Quotations here unchanged. Ex-

tra creamery, 26350 per lb; firsts, 250;

dairy, 210; packing stock, 19c.



Elgin.——Market steady at 261,50.



Chicago—The advance reported at oth-

er points last week did not occur on this

market this week and values are now

advanced on nearly all grades. Quota-

tions are: Extra creamery, 26%@27c;

251/2@260; firsts, 24%@25c;

seconds, 23%@24c; dairy extras, 26c;

firsts, 231/20; seconds, 22c; packing stock,

21@211/zc as to quality.



New York.——-Creameries and packing

stock are up while dairies rule steady.

Creamery extras, 27@271/zc; firsts, 25%@

26%c; seconds, 24@25c; state dairy, fin-

est, 251/2@26c; good to prime, 24@25c:

common to fair, 22@231,§c; packing, 20%

@22c as to quality.



Eggs.——-Another advance of a cent fol-

lows last week’s higher quotations and

the trade is firm at the new quotations

because of a falling off in the supply.

Current offerings, candied, quoted at 20c

per dozen.



Chicago—A general improvement is

noted in prices with the quality of the

goods covering a wider number of grades.

Current receipts. 15@18c; ordinary firsts,

1.8c; firsts, 1961719940: extra, 22c; checkS,

llfifilzi/gc: dirties, 13((17131/2c per dozen.



New York—Good stock commands an

advance of a full cent. Fresh gathered

extras, 26671286 extra firsts. 24@25c;

firsts. 22®23c per dozen.



Poultry.———Market firm here at lower to

steady values for all grades except broil-

ers where an advance is noted. Receipts





 





are improving. Quotations are: Live.—

Broilers, 18®181/2c; hens, 15@151/3c: No.

2 hens, 1160120: old roosters, 10617110;

turkeys. 17@18c; geese, 1060110.; ducks,

14¢015c per lb.



Chicago. No changes except a 1/éc ad-

vance for fowlS. Quotations on live are:

Turkeys, good weight, 18c: others, 12c:





fowls, gOOd. 140: spring chickens. 17c:

ducks. 13c: geese, 10c; guinea hens, $4

per dozen. '



New Yorl<.——T‘iressed poultry dull and

irregular. Fresh dressed western chick—

cns, 17fi'23c: fOWIS, 16154219150: turkeys,

186T19c.



Cheese—Easy. ‘Wholesale lots. Michi-

gan flats. 133,4 @14c: New York flats, 15@

1534c: brick cream, 15@151/2c; limburger,

151/2@16c.





 





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





 





Apples—Supply is increasing rather

slowly. but market shows easier tone.

Now being quoted at $1.25 per bu.. and

83.27.612.50 per bbl.



Huckleberries.—Steady. Quoted at $4.25

“4.50 per bushel.



Currants.——Steady. $375634

per bushel.



Raspberries—The red kind are firm at

$4”N 25 per 24—nt. case.



Blackberries—Selling at $2602.25 per 16-

qt. case.



Cherries.——$3.75f(?4 per bbl. and $2 per

lfi-qt. case.



Potatoes—Trade is steady and active.

0n the markets here the offerings are

bringing around $1 per bu. Imported tu-

bers are quoted at $2.65@2.75 per 21/2 bu.





sack.

$2.50@2.75 per





Tomatoes.——Home-grown,

Ca bbage.—$2.50@2.75 per bbl.





Ordinary,





bushel.





 





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





An attendance of 610 people and 400

loads of fruit and produce was Tuesday

morning’s record on the city market.

Fruit sold as follows: Peaches. $2092.50;

apples, 40fl750: blackberries. 55125617160:

plums. 91/82. Potatoes still have a wide

range owing to size. selling from 25fi~90c.

Green corn i: worth 10c per (10%: fresh

eggs are bringing 18611181/gc this week.

Plressed hogs are higher. sellinlg‘ for

1134 @12c. Tn live poultry, fowls are

mooted at 12c: broilers, 14c: grain prices





paid at the mills are as follows: Wheat.

Pifl82c: oats, 500; rye, 50c: corn, 73c;





beans, $1.50.





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DETROIT RETAIL, PRICES.





 





 





EaSier'n Market.——There was on active

market \Vedpcsday morning with offer-

ings selling readily at good prices. Fruits





are scarce. Some peaches of ordinary

quality were selling at 81.50 per bu:

plums, $1.50: huckleberries. $5 50: pota-





toes werev in fair sunplv and ouoted at

6006791 per bu: lettuce. 50c: onions, $15-30

((91.50: butter beans. $1: tomatoes, $2 25

(02.75: large cucumbers, $1: corn. 75@

80c per 10 doz. bag. FIE-“5°. 28®30c; hay,

loose, is firmer at $1360.16 per ton.





 





THE LIVE STOCK! MARKETS.





Buffalo.

August 11. 1913.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo. New York).



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 165 cars; hogs, 45 double decks:

sheep and lambs, 22 double decks: calves

850 head.



With 165 cars of cattle on the market

here _t0day. our market on all cattle

weighing 1.200 lbs. or over is 15@25c

per cwt. lower than last Monday. All

handy weight butchering cattle. female

stuff showing any duality and light stock-

ers sold from 10@15c higher than last

Monday: good feeders sold full steady.

The market was active on all handy

weight butchering cattle. but very dull

onWexti-errtiely geavy cattle.



e ouo e: esr 1350 to 1450-lb. steers,

$8.50@8.75; best 1200 to'1300-lb. steers.

$8638.50: best 1100 to 1200-lb. steers, $7.75

@8: coarse and plain heavy steers, $7.50





 





7.85; choice handy steers, -7.75@8;.fair. to

good 1000 to 1100-lb. steers, $7.25@7.60;

grassy 800 to 1000-lb. steers, $6.50@7;

best cows, $6.50@6.75; butcher cows, $5@

5.50; cutters, $4.25@4.50; trimmers, $3.50

@375; best heifers, $7.25@7.50; medium

butcher heifers, $6.25@6.75; stock heifers

$5.40@5.75; best feeding steers, $6.75@

7; fair to good do., $6.25@6.50; scommon

light stockers, $5.25@5.50; .best butcher

bulls, $6@7; best bolbgna bulls, $5.25@

5.75; stock bulls, $5@5.50: best milkers

and springers, $70@80; common to good

do., $50@60.



Our receipts of hogs today were very

light and market considerably higher, es-

pecially heavy weights. Hogs Weighing

from 250 and upwards sold from $9.25

@950; light mixed, $9.55@9.65; yorkers,

$9.80@9.90;- pigs, $9.90@10; very few at

latter price; roughs, $8@8.25; stags, $7.50

@775; market closed strong on all grades

but a little slow on heavy hogs.



The sheep and lamb market was active

today, with prices about the same as the

close of last week; most of the choice

lambs selling from' $7.85@8; yearlings,

$5.50@6.50; look f0r about steady prices

the balance of the week.



We quote: Choice lambs, $7.75@8; cull

to fair do., $6@7.50; yearlings, $5.50@

6.50: bucks, $2.50@3.25; wethers, $5605.35;





handy ewes, $4.25@4.50; heavy ewes.

$3.90@4; cull sheep, $2.50@3.50; veals,





choice to extra, $10.75@11; fair to good,

$9.50@10.50; heavy calves, $5.50@7.





 





Chlcago.

August 11, 1913.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today .....15,000 40,000 35,000

‘Same day last year..20,001 27.804 30.173

Received last week-a..36,962 122,798 93,077

Same week last year.58,966 106,824 122,997



For the second time in two weeks the

Monday run of cattle is extremely small,

while receipts at Kansas City are report-

ed as but 15.000 head, or half the num-

ber reported Monday a week ago. The

market is as active here as the supply

will permit, with prices for butcher stock,

as well as steers largely 1061215c higher,

and prime heavy steers brought $9.20,

or 200 higher than at any time last week:

Hogs are active and a shade higher, with

an early reported $9.371/2 top. Hogs re-

ceived last week averaged 235 lbs., com-

pared with 238 lbs. a week earlier, 241

lbs. :1 year ago, 237 lbs. two years ago,

254 lbs. three years ago and 231 lbs.

four years ago. Sheep are slower today,

and buyers are bidding 1041150 lower,

without much trading up to a late hour.

but lambs are active at last week’s ad-

Vance.



Cattle were marketed much less freely

last wcek than heretofore, recent sharp

declines in prices tending to lessen the

receipts in a marked degree, and While

the general demand was not perceptibly

better, sellers were able to obtain 15@

250 better prices for, the rank and file

of the offerings. The bulk of the steer

sales took place at a range of $7.756!)

8.75, the clioicer class of heavy steers

going readily at $8.75@9 and the poorer

class of grass-fed light—weights at $7.10

(«07.85. The _latter failed to sell higher,

being discriminated against by killers.

Plain and warmed—up steers sold at $7.90

@815, medium to good steers at $82061)

8.45 and good to' choice steers at $8.50@

8.70, while common to prime little year-

lings found buyers at $7.80fd‘910, the

best being taken in preference to prime

heavy weights and outselling them.

Butchering cows and heifers shared in

the prevailing activity and firmness, g0-

ing at “90648.80, while cutters sold at

38430611485, canners at $3.357! 4.25 and

bulls at 394.7567755. \Vestern range cat-

tle showed up in moderate numbers and

had a good outlet, steers selling at $6.35

(07.45, according to quality.- There was

not much doing in stockers and feeders,

the offerings being limited and demand

not much to boast of, although prices

were much lower than a few weeks ago.

Stoekers were salable at 853007.25, feed-





c‘s at 5407560775 and stock and feeder

heifers at $5.25@6.25. Desirable veal

calves of light weight were rather

scarce and brought $10.25€£11.50. while





milch cows had a fair demand at $506275

per head. most of the common ones sell-

ing for beef.



llogs haVe shown a good deal of weak-

ness recently, and while some rallies took

place actimes, sales were made at much

lower prices than a few weeks ago, when

the market was soaring most of the

time. For some time eastern shippers

were very small buyers, whereas a year

ago they operated freely, but a few days

ago they began to take larger numbers,

and this outside competition helped sell-

ers to get advances. The average qual-

ity of the hogs marketed has undergone

great deterioration recently, due in great

part to rapidly increasing proportions of

grass-fed. heavy sows, these being

strongly discriminated against by slaugh-

terers. who refuse to take them except

on liberal discounts from prices paid for

good hogs. The best prices continue to

be paid for prime light weights, and the

spread in quotations between these and

rough. heavy lots ,has widened out enor—

mously of late. The fresh pork trade is

very large. and there is a good cash

trade in cured meats. despite the high

prices, Which are much higher than a

year ago. On August 1 stocks of pro-

visions in the five leading western mar-

kets aggregated 206106.199 lbs, compar-

pa nyifl'l 272144.996 lbs. :1 month ago and

293527.600 lbs. a year ago. A late sharp

advance in hogs left them selling at the

close of the week‘ at $7.80@9.30 for the

poorest to the best. compared with $8.10

659.22% a week earlier. Pigs closed 'at

366118.75. and throwout packing sows

brought $6.35@7.80.



Sheep and lambs were advanced last

week after the Monday decline. due to

large receipts that day. later arrivals be-

ing much smaller. The season for bring-

ing in southern lambs direct to the big

.Chlcago packing plant is‘near a close.

and this is, of course, avorable for sell-





' suffered





2, , AUG. 16, 1913. "





ers .on .the .IODen lChicaEfifigiarket. , The .





Idaho, MontanaLOregona §Washington

ranges are marketingrflocks if; increasing

numbers, Idaho leading off in mb ship-

ments, while native lambs a a. native

ewes are numerous. Most of tmerange

lambs are fat, and intending buyers of

feeders find very few for sale. the





week’s close prices for lambs were-’r25@'





40c higher than a. week earlier and sheep

15@250 higher, lambs sellingat $5.50



7-55. with feeder lambs

Yearlings sold at $5@6.15, wethers at

$4-25@5.10, ewes at $2.50@5 and bucks at

$3@3.75. . »





NATIONAL CROP REPORT.





(Continued from page 132).

The eStimated acreage is 841,000 acres,

which is the same as last year. The to-

tal production is estimated at 17,000,000

bushels as compared with 19,000,000 bush-

els last year and 18,000,000 in 1911. ,



P0tat0es.———C0nditi0n on Aug. 1 was 78

per cent of normal, as compared with

86.2 on July 1 and 87.8 On Aug. 1 of last

year and a ten-year average on Aug. 1

of 84.1. The total estimated acreage is

3,685,000 acres or 99.3 per cent of last

year’s acreage. The estimated total yield

from present conditions is 339,000,000

busheIS, as compared with 421,000,000

bushels last year and 293,000,000 bushels

in 1911.



Hay—The total acreage of hay is es-

timated at 48,293,000 acres, or 97.5 per

cent of last year’s acreage. The estimat-

ed yield per acre is 1.33 tons, as com~

pared with 1.47 tons in 1912. The total

estimated production is 64,000,000 tons,

as compared with 73,000,000 tons in 1912

and 55,000,000 tons in 1911.



Apples—Condition on Aug. ,1, 52.2,

compared with 59.4 on July 1, 65.8 on

Aug. 1, 1912, and a five-year average of

54.5 on Aug. 1.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

Hillsdale C0,, Aug. 9.——This county has

from the most destructive

drought that has been experienced in

many years. No rain heavy enough to

benefit pasture has fallen since the last

week in May, except light showers in the

ia>t few days. Many farmers are Com-

pelled to feed their stock on dry feed as

in winter, and the conditions are dis-

couraging to say the least. No crop of

any kind has been heavy, and the total

yied of farm products for the county will

be the smallest in a long time. The gen-

eral average for wheat is about 10 bu.

per ac:e. ()wing to the drought, the oat

crop is probably the lightest ever grown

in this section. According to reports

from threshers, the yield for oats is from

10 to 20 bushels per acre, and the grain

is of poor quality. So short was the

straw that, in many cases, it was im-

po.—siblc to cut the oats with a binder.

Corn which was for a time a promising

crop, _has already been injured beyond

help, and the entire crop is on the verge

of ruin. Unless heavy rains come soon,

there will be a potato famine in this sec-

tion. Potatoes from Virginia are being

Sold in the- local market at $1.20 per

bushe lt.he early potato crop here being

a failure. In townships where tomatoes

and cabbage are grown extensively, the

same discouraging conditions prevail, and

these products are at a standstill as a

result of the prolonged drought. Late

crops like buckwheat and beans. have

made little progress and stand little show

of yielding paying returns. In general,

these conditions prevail throughout the

entire county, although local showers

have relieved the strain somewhat, over

Small areas. The recent light showers

have benefited cultivated crops some-

what, but the drought is by no means

broken. and no rain has fallen heavy

enough to benefit pasture fields.





Lapeer 60., Aug. 13.——The long drought

has been broken by heavy rains that be-

gan on the night of the 8th, and it is

still raining. Ponds in potato and bean

fields, ale‘o some corn standing in water.

Hay and grains, with but few exceptions,

nearly all secured. Potato crop will be

greatly benefited and bean crop in a.

measure redeemed. Some fields of corn

are quite forward and promise well, while

in other fields the crop is behind time.

Pastures were pretty well done! for and

dried -up before this rain. which may now

revive and push forth feed. Grain thresh-

ing is well under way. Rye at some

places has yielded around 20 bu. per acre.

Not much oats threshed as yet. XVheat

fine. plump quality, but not a very heavy

yield. Little preparation as yet can be

noticed for fall wheat. Prices for live

stock rule high. Quite a lot of alfalfa in

this part of the county.



hi0.



Carrol 00., Aug. 11.—VVe had very dry,

hot weather until yesterday. when we

had a nice little shower. The hay har-

vest is about over. The threshing ma-

chines started out last week. The hay

crop was very light. Most of the oats

are very short. Wheat and rye are not

turning out very well,

pretty good stand of corn, which is need-

ing a good steady rain. The fruit crop

1S very poor. .





FOOD AND HEALTH SPECIAL TRAIN.





 





The Michigan State Board of Health

and the State Dairy and Food Depart-

ment are running a special educational

exhibit train over Michigan railroads dur-

ing August schedule for the week follows:



Grayling Aug. 18, 7:30 to 10:00 a. m.



West Branch, Aug. 18, 11:15 a. m. to

12:15 p. m.



Standish, Aug. 18, 1:00 to 2:00 p. m.



Pinconning, Aug. 18, 2:20 to 6700 p. m,



Bay City, Aug. 19, all forenoon.



Saginaw, Aug. 19, all”afternoon.



Flint. Aug. 20, all forenoon.



Holly, Aug. 20, all afternoon.



Plymouth, Aug. 21, 8:00 to 10:00 a. in.



Detroit, Aug. 21-24, till Sunday night.





at ’ $6.50@6.9 .‘





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AUG.,16. 19.13., . ; ‘





.. This l8_ 7H,E:.tA§'rME.13-llrioiv.vrl





In the firstyedition the .Detroit Live

Stock Markets: are reports, of last week;

all other ma *ets are right up to date.

Thursday's _‘Petroit Live Stock markets

are given 1' the last edition. The first,

edition is mailed Thursday, the last edi-

tion Frilhy morning. The first edition is

mailed to. those who care more to get the

Paper early than they do for Thursday's

Detroit Live Stock market report. You

may have any editiOn desired. Sub'scrib-

61's may change from one edition to an-

other by dropping us a. card to that effect.





DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

August 14, 1913.

Cattle.





Market active- at Wed-





 





, Receipts, 1110.

nesday's prices on all grades. No dry-

fed on sale.

. We quote: Steers and heifers, 1000 to

1200, $7.50@8; do. 800 to 1000. $6.50@7.50;

grass steers and heife:s that are fat, 800

to 1000, $6.50@7.50; do. 500 to 700, $6@

6.50; choice fat cows, $6; good do., $5.25

@550; common do., $4.50@5; canners.

$3674; choice heavy bulls, $6.25@6.50; fair

to good bolognas, bulls, $5.75@6.25; stock

bulls, $4.50@5; choice feeding steers, 800

to 1000, $6.50@7: fair do, 800 to 1000,

$6.25@6.-75; choice stockers, 500 to 700,

$6@6.50; fair do., 500 to 700. $5.75@6.25;

$5.25@5.75; milkers, large,

young, medium age, $65@75; common

milkers, $35®50





Bishop, B. & H. sold Kendall 22 stock-

ers av 564 at $6.25; to Parker. W. & Co.

1 bull weighing 830 at $5.50, 2 do av 905

at $6, 1 do weighing 1180 at $6, 2 do av

1190 at $6.25, 1 do weighing 730 at $5.30.

4 cows av 1005 at $5.35, 2 do av 1050 at

$5.50, 2 heifers av 750 at $6. 3 do av 666

at $6.35, 5 bulls av 950 at $5, 1 do weigh-

ing 820 at $6; to Breitenbeck 3 cows av

963 at $4.75, 9 butchers av 666 at $6.20;

to Sullivan P. Co. 4 cows av 1080 at $6.

5 do av 1000 at $5.50, 1 bull weighing 550

at $4.75. 1 steer weighing 880 at $7, 14

butchers av 662 -at $6.25, 1 bull weighing

850 at $6, 1 do weighing 1800 at $6.50, 2

cows av 1015 at $5.25; to Kendall 3 stock-

ers av 647 at $6.10; to Mich. B. Co. 1

cow weighing 990 at $6; to Kamman B.

Co. 1 steer weighing 790 at $7; to Austin

2 oxen av 1515 at $6.15; to Johnson 2

feeders av 910 at' $7; to Kull 3 steers av

587 at $6, 2 do av 825 at $7; to Schu-

maker 1 stocker weighing 570 at $5, 9

do av 509 at $5.75; to Bray 2 cows av

975 at $4.25: to Hammond, S. & Co. 3

bulls av 1060 at $6.25, 2 cows av 850 at

$4.50, 6 butchers 'av 440 at $4.90; to Park-

er, W. & CO. 8 do av 827 at $6.90, 4 bulls

av 992 at $6, 3 cows av 1010 at $5, 10

butchers av 691 at $6.40.



Spicer & R, sold Mason B. Co. 1 cow

weighing 1050 at $5.25. 1 do weighing 980

at $5.50, 11 butchers av 634 at $6.25, 18

do av 523 at $5.25; to Kamman B. Co. 6

Steers av 820 at $6.70; to Schumaker 2

heifers av 300 at $5. 4 stockers av 500 at

$5.50; to Lampkin 12 stockers av 460 at

$5.50; to Bresnzihan 4 do av 455 at $5.50;

to Kull 10 butchers av 860 at $7.25, 8 do

av 650 at $6.50: to Heinrich .23 do av

864 at $7.30; to Wyness 7 cows av 880 at

$5.75; to Bresnahan 6 heifers av 533 at

$5.50, 2 steers av 825 at $7, 4 do av 592

at $5.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 3 can-

nez's av 800 at $4.



Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 1 cow

weighing 1020 at $4.25, 9 steers av 930

at $7.50, 2 butchers av 875 at $5.85, 7 do

av 840 at $5.75. 3 cows av 910 at $5.40.

7 heifers av 781 at $6.65. 2 cows av 980

{it $5.85, 2 bulls av 985 at $5.50. 4 do av

830 at $5. 5 butchers av 962 at $6.75, 1

cow weighing 960 at $4: to Snow 21

stockers av 518 at $6.15, 3 do av 517

at $6.25, 11 do av 480 at $5.85, 7 do av

595 at $6; to Sullivan P. Co. 6 cows av

960 at $5.50, 2 do av 1075 at $5.25. 1 do

weighing 900 at $4.50. 4 do av 962 at

$5.40; to Schumaker 5 stockers av 488

at'$5.75. 2 do av 675 at $6.30. 9 do av

452 at $5.50; to Johnson 10 feeders av

812 at $7.25; to Mason 8. Co. 9 butchers

av 728 at $6.75. 8 do av 655 at $6.85: to

Breitenbeck 6 bulls av 800 at $5.65; to

Mich, B. Co. 1 cow weighing 990 at $6,

6 steers av 645 at $6.75, 2 do av 565 at

$5.25; to Rattkowsky 4 butchers av 445

at $5.50. 4 do av 430 at $5.80: to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 3 cows av 757 at $4; to

Marx 7 butchers av 736 at $6.85, 4 do av

970 at $5.65. 10 do av 732 at $6.90; to

Mich. R. Co. 7 do av 550 at $5.25; to

Hammond. S. & Co. 4 cows av 762 at $4.



Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

2 cows av 840 at $4, 1 canner weighing

770 at $4, 4 butchers av 480 at $5.50, 1

bull weighing 410 at $5. 4 do av 630 at

$5.25; to Mich. B. Co. 9 cows av 1020 at

$5; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 butchers av 777

at $6: to Heinrich 2 do av 765 at $6.75.

44 do av 990 at $8.10: to Goose 2 do av

775 at $4.75: to Parker. W. & Co. 2bulls

av 815 at $5.50; to Johnson 2 feeders av

835 at $7. 12 stockers av 610 at $6.50: to

Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows av 970 at $5.50.

1 do weighing 800 at $4, 1 bull weighing

1050 at $6; to Mich. B. Co. 15 butchers

av 697 at $6.50. 2 do av 895 at $6; to

Fromm 3 do av 517 at $5.75.





Veal Calves. .



Receipts. 560. Market strong at Wed-

nesday’s prices; few choice 250 higher.

Best, $10@11; others. $8@9.50,



Bishop. B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co.

4 av 155 at $7.50. 4.av 125 at $10. 5 av

150 at $11. 3 av 160 at $8: to Parker. W.

& Co. 11 av 165 at $11. 11 av 150 at $11,

7 av 180 at $10.75; to Mich. B. Co. 2 av

205 at $11. 2 av 430 at $6. 3 av 130 at $11.

4 av 155 at $10; to Thompson Bros. 15

av 150 at $11; to Hammoud. S. & Co. 4

av 155 at $11. 3- av 105 at $11.25: to Mich.

B. Co. 1 weighing 150 at $11, 1 weighing

400 at $9: to Sullivan P. Go. 9 av 145 at

$11. 1 weighinglzoo at $9. 4 av 155 at

$11.60. 1 weighing 140 at $9; 6 'av 150 at

$11.25.. 8317170: at $11: to Parker. W. &

Co. 12‘av 160 at $11.85: to McGuire 2 av

275 at $6. 2 av 125 at :9. 4 av 185 at

$11.50. 11‘ n 1758381135: ,to Kuil, 12 av





   

 





.155 at $11.50; to Burnstine 5 av 160 at





$11.50, 4 av 140 at $11.25, 5 av 200 at

$7.25, 9 av 140 at $9.50; to Hammond. S.

& Co. 10 av 167 at $11. ‘ ~ -



Spicer &'R. sold Burnstine‘ 3 av 215

at $8. 8 av 155 at $11.25; to Parker, W.

& Co. 4 av 155 at $10.50, 2 av 260 at

$7.25, 4 av 190 at $8, 15 av 160 at $11; to

Sullivan P. Co. 4 av 150vat $11.



Roe Com. Co. sold Newton B. Co. 8 av-

155 at $11, 1 weighing 150 at $9, 4 av 155

at $11.25; to Goose 8 av 150 at $11, 7 av

175 at $11; to Barlage 5 av 155 at $10.



Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co. 4

av 155 at $11, 6 av 225 at $10.50, 8 av 150

at $11, 2 av 170 at $10, 2 av 130 at $11,

6 av 165 at $10.75, 15 av 230 at $8.50, 5

av 150 at $10.50, 5 av 165 at $11; to Mich.

B. Co. 3 av 125 at $10; to Sullivan P.

Co. 3 av 170 at $11; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 20 av 160 at $11, 7 av 185 at $11; to

Newton B. Co. 8 av 180 at $10; to Goose

7 av 150 at $11; to Newton B. Co. 3 av

170 at $10.50, 6 av 155 at $11.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 3185. Lambs 50c higher than

last week, but 250 lower than on Wed-

nesday; sheep steady. Best lambs. $7;

fair to good lambs, $6.25@6.75; light. to

common lambs, $5@6; yearlings, $57216;

fair to good sheep, $4@4.50; culls and

common, 82.76693.



bishop, B. 8;. H. sold Hammond, S. 8:

C0. 7 lambs av 60 at $6. 154 (10 av 73

at $7, 2 sheep av 130 at $4; to Sullivan

P. Co. 33 sheep av 120 at $4, 14 lambs

av 60 at $5.50, 16 do av 65 at $7; to

Parker, W. & Co. 11 lambs av 67 at

$7.25, 78 do av 70 at $7.25, 47 do av 75

at $7.35, 16 do av 57 at $5.50, 7 sheep

av 125 at $4; to Nazle P. Co. 6 do av 120

at $4, 7 do av 105 at $3.50. 58 lambs av

78 at $7.25, 10 do av 67 at $7.10, 19 sheep

av 115 at $4.25, 38 lambs av 62 at $7; to

liayes 11 do av 65 at $6.75; to Sullivan

1’. Co. 11 do av 50 at $5.50, 27 do av 70

at $7, 1 sheep weighing 170 at $4; to

Thompson Bros. 19 do av 100 at $4.25, 10

do av 101 at $4, 18 do av 90 at $3, 34

lambs av 67 at $6.75; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 82 do av 63 at $6.85; to Hayes 13

do av 65 at $4.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 46

do av 75 at $7. 7 do av 80 at $6.75; to

Sullivan P, Co. 130 do av 75 at $7;_to

Barlage 45 do av 70 at $6.50; to Eschrich

19 do av 50 at $6; to Nagle P. Co. 41

sheep av 120 at $3.75; to Hammond, S.

& Co. 64 lambs av 75 at $7.



Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. Co, 17

lambs av 70 at $7.25, 7 yearlings av 77

at $5, 32 sheep av 120 at $4.25; to Mich.

13. Co. 32 sheep av 125 at $4, 13 do av

130 at $3.50, 116 lambs av 73 at $7, 32

do av 75 at $7, 50 sheep av 105 a: $4; to

Parker, W. & Co. 10 sheep av 104 at

$3.75, 15 lambs av 80 at $7.25; to New-

1L1) E. Co. 116 lambs av 75 at $7.20; to

iiammond, S. & Co. 28 do av 75 at $7;

to Sullivan P. CO. 34 do av 67 at $7; to

'i‘hompson Bros. 10 do av 49 at $6, 24

do av 80 at $7; to Hammond, S. & Co.

51 do av 70 at $7, 15 sheep av 78 at

$4.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 91 lambs av

.i) at $7.15; to Newton B. Co, 33 do av

55 at $6.50.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 19

Limbs av 60 at $6.50, 23 sheep av 90 at

$3.75, 21 lambs av 55 at $6; to Parker,

W, &. Co. 49 do av 67 at $7.10; to Hayes

60 yearlings av 70 at $5.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold Newton B. Co. 25

lambs av 55 at $6.50, 42 sheep av 70 at

$3.75; to Hayes 22 lambs av 60 at $6.75;

to Mich. B. Co. 14 lambs av 65 at 86.50,

7 sheep av 120 at $4, 5 lambs av 70 at

$5.50, 13 do av 57 at $6.50, 71 sheep av

105 at $4, 9 do av 140 at $4. 83 lambs

:iv 75 at $7; to Barlage 19 sheep av 95

at $4.25.





Hogs.



Receipts, 2114. Market 20c lower than

on Wednesday.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $8.80; pigs, $8.80; mixed, $8.75@8.80;

heavy, $8.50@8.75; stags one-third off.



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

Co. 1017 av 190 at $8.80. .



ROe Com.8(§8. sold Sullivan P. Co. 175



Haley &$M. sold Parker, W. & Co. 45

av 185 at $8.80. '



Spicer & R. sold same 250 av 190 at

$8.80.





 





Friday's Market.

August 8. 1913.





Cattle.

Received this week, 1152; last week,

1782. Market steady. Dry-fed steers.





$8668.50; steers and heifers, 1000 to 1200,

$7@7.50; do. 800 to 1000. $6.50@7.25; grass

steers and heifers that are fat, 800 to

1000, $6.50@7.25; do. 500 to 700. $5.50@

6.25: choice fat cows. 35.50606; good do.,

$5@5.25; common cows. $4.25@4.50: can-

ncrs. $3094; choice heavy bulls. $6; fair

to good bologna bulls, 855069575; stock

bulls. $4625; choice feeding steers. 800 to

1000. $6.50@6.75; fair do., 800 to 1000,

3625617650: choice stockers. 500 to 700,

$6796.25: fair stockers, 500 to 700. $5.50@

6: milkers. large, young, medium age,

$60@80; common milkers, $35@50.

Veal Calves.



Receipts this week. 531: last week, 787.

Market steady. Best, $10@11; others, $7

@950.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week. 2830; last week.

3726; market 15®25c higher. Best lambs

$7: fair (10.. 862562675; light to common





lambs, $5606; yearlings. $5.50@6; fair to

good sheep. $4.25@4.50: culls and com-

mon, $2.50@3.

Hogs.

Receipts this week. 1942: last week.

2293: market steady. Light to good





butchers. $9.15; pigs. ”.15; light mixed.

$9.50; stags one-third off.



The foreign trade in our live stock has

become a very small affair, and exports

of cattle from this country for the fiscal

year ending with June foot up only 5,982

head. compared with 90.105 for the pre-

ceding year. Exoorts of sheep for the

year aggregated but 88.134 head, compar-

ed with 107,611 for the previous year.





 





 





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case in full; also name and address of

writer. Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

the desired information in a reply that

has been made to someone else. When

reply by mail is requested, it becomes

private practice, and a fee of $1.00 must

accompany the letter.





 





Exostosis.-——I havea valuable Belgian

mare four years old that has a hard

bunch on coronet near heel on left fore

foot, about the size of a small hen egg.

and just lately I noticed a similar bunch

forming on inside of opposite foot. Can

anything be done to remove them or

prevent further growth without disfigur-

ing the mare? She is not lame and I

have only recently noticed them. but as

I do not drive her these bunches might

have escaped my notice. W. S.. Ifbly.

Mich.—-—Apply one part red iodide mer-

cury and six parts lard to bunches every

few days and it will soon check their

growth and somewhat reduce bunch.



Barren Mare—I bought a nine-year-

old mare last spring which falls to come

in heat, but seems to be in perfect

health. C. C. 0., Fowlerville. Mich—It

is possible that your mare has suffered

from disease of the ovaries and will nev-

er come in heat. However, you may try

giving her 1 dr. ground nux vomica and

2 drs. ground capsicum at a dose in feed

three times a day. Opening the neck of

womb gently with the hand or a Sound

or a forced service, might perhaps have

the desired effect of bringing her in heat.



Malignant Fungus in Wound—My

three-year-old colt broke through stable

floor, bruising and cutting hind leg, which

has never healed. Considerable proud

flesh has grown in wound and notwith-

standing I have applied copperas and

alum without much effect. She met with

this injury six weeks ago. W. F. Isa-

bella, Mich—Apply finely powdered sul-

phate of copper occasionally or burn fun-

gus with a red hot iron as often as nec-

essary. AlSo apply one part iodofomi

and six parts boracic acid to wound

twice a day, covering the sore with oak—

um and a. light bandage. Kindly under-





stand. the animal should be kept in a

clean place.



Collar Gulls—Have horse with collar

galls on shoulder which are about the

size of a. hand. Will medicine reduce

these bunches or will they have to be

cut out? H. 8., Buck Run, Mich.~lt is





not very good practice to cut out collar

galls or sltfaSts in hot summer weather.

Dissolve 1,4 lb. sugar lead, 54 lb. sulphate

of zinc and 2 ozs. tannic acid in a gallon

of water and apply to shoulder freely

four or five times a. day. The collar

should be kept clean and thoroughly wet

with one part bichloride mercury and

10 parts water every evening.



Swollen Tendons.—I have a stallion five

years old that has been troubled with

swollen tendons ever since last winter,

but is not lame. All the treatment that

I have given him has failed to make an

impression. C. P., Traverse City, Mich.

—Give him a dessertspoonful of powder-

ed nitrate of potash at a dose in feed

night and morning until his kidneys not

free, then give him this medicine occa-

sionally:

in a gallon of water

several times a day.





and wet his legs





every day.





Bog Spavin—Thoroughpin.~—I have a'





yearling colt that weighs about 1,200 lbs.

that has a soft puffy swelling in hock

joint. I applied an ointment composed

of 1 dr. red iodide mercury, mixed in 1

oz. vaseline. M. S., Rosebush, Mich.—

Apply equal parts tincture iodide and

spirits of camphor to bunch twice a week

and if the swelling does not reduce, blis-

ter joint with one part cantharides and

five parts fresh lard. commencing No-

vember 1. ‘



Spinal Paralysis—For the past 30 days

my cow has appeared to be weak in hind

parts and when walking her hind parts

do not follow in straight line. Her appe-

tite is good and she shows no symptoms

of sickness so far as I can tell. I. A.

P.. Howell. Mich.——Your cow may have

injured back, causing this partial loss of

power, or she may have functional spinal

paralysis setting in. Try giving her 1

dr. ground nux vomica and 2 drs. potas-

sium iodide at a dose in feed two or

three times a day. Also apply equal

parts aqua ammonia, turpentine and raw

linseed oil to back three times a week.





Indigestion—Have a heifer three years

old that fresiiened June 29; gave a good

flow of milk for about two weeks, then

suddenly failed in milk yield. giving only

a pint, and this milk is of very poor

duality. M. A. M.. Goodrich. Mich.—

Your cow, having lost her appetite, and

not eating enough feed, must fail to give

much milk. Give her 1,4 lb. epsom salts

at a dose to loosen bowels. also give her

1 oz. ground gentian. $4 02. ground gin—

ger. 1 oz. bicarbonate soda at a dose.





either in feed or as a drench three times muscle, and vital organ.





a day.





 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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In connection with the veterinary ad-

vice given in the Michigan Farmer. every

reader can use to excellent advantage one





of the Michigan Farmer Anatomical

Charts. This chart illustrates the horse,

cow, sheep. hog and fowl, the perfect





 





animal, the bones, the muscles, the blood

system and the internal organs, also giv-

ling the name and location of each bone,

'Dr. Fair, our





veterinarian, recommends the use of this





Eversion of Uterus—Some time before chart and believes it will help



. y0u reat—

my cow calved she had protruding va- ly to make your questions better ugnder-

gins. and after she calved uterus came,stood and also enable you to better im-





out. then it- would return.

raised and one week later she was al-





her hind feet derstand the anSWers.





This chart is only one of the features





lowed her freedom. But since then I no- of our six-page collection of cha t

tice she is about same as before calving. !also contain maps of Michigan, rtfiewlllli‘ll-l

I bred her and presume she is in calf. ted States and the world. and many other





but would like to know if there is dan- valuable features.





ger of her having similar trouble

(Continued on page 141).





when will be sent postpaid. for only 30c.





The entire collection

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I'I make you rtIOOd money. Come uick.

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Guernsey Bull Cali‘“i§“..§”1.:.d“.3135:

A Gee Dandy. G. A. WIG ENT. Watervliet. Mich.



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ALLEN BROS.. Paw Paw. Michigan.





HOIOE Bull Calves from A. R. O. dams. Sired by

C our herd sire whose dam and sire' s dam each‘made





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"Top-Notch” Holsteins.





Choice bull calves from 6 to 10 mo. old. of fashion:





able breeding and from dams with ofllcial milk

and butter records for sale at reasonable prices.

MePl-IERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mlehlnan.





The Reason Why!





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0F PARSONS. ' the sheep man of the east. "

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ciliaPeaggigeelilsltip OXlordsi lets do Polled- Delaines.

Kingsville, 0. July 17 1913.

Mr. R. 0. Parsons. Grand Ledge. Mich.



1) Sir I received Oxford Sheep yesterday in

goodasfhape and will say he is a peach When I got

home with sheep a couple of my neighbors came

over and looked him over. They said he was the

biggest sheep they e1er saw and the best around

here. I will kee thl? crate. f I paid the ex‘prgss



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Bigelow’s Holstein Faims





Breedsville. Mich.

Have for sale several fine young

bulls out of cows with high official

butter and milk records.



Send for circular.





DISPERSION SALE





Over 40 head Registered Holstein cows & heifers of

choicest breeding. Describe what you want or come

and see them. 0. I). WOODBURY. Lansing. Mich.





' ' ' A couple of young bulls

Holstein Frieslan Battle. 1.. 1.1.. We 1.01111 011

quality not quantity. W. B. Jones. Oak Grove. Mich.

F0“ SAL —0n Cornwell Farm, Clare. Mich. Holstein



new milch cows. A15) 400 yearling steers.

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—reasonable ri cos. choice reg-

FOI‘ Sale istered HOL TEIN smEs. ready

for service. HATCH HERD. Ypsilanti. Mich.





' ——month old. Sire has 10 A. R. O. daugh-

"013131" nu" ters his sire 9’7. 4 above 30 lbs. Dam

(.) 7 days 1". 5 lbs. , 30 days 61 lbs. at 22 months

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F s I —2- yr. -old Jersey Bull—Dam' s .'1- yr -old record

or I 3—1655ilbs. 1111111. 5113111111111 604 lbs. butter.

Sires dam‘ is record—1299711111. milk; 600lbs fat. 706 lbs.

butter. 2- yr. -old full sister‘ s record— 8610 lbs milk 435

lbs fat. 513 lbs butter. All authenticated. kind

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present. Satisfaction guaranteed.

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For Sale—4 Reg. Holstein cows bred to Sir Komdyke

Pietertje Hengerveld. No. . 55929. Also 2 bull calves

and3 heifers. E. A. BLACK. ..6 Lakeview. Mich.





F S le—Registered Jersey Cattle. tuberculin test-

01' 8 ed. bulls and 111111 calves- heifer and heifer

Register of Merit and Cow Testing





l cows with

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Association records. IRVIN



—Bulls ready for service. bred for

Jersey, pioduction. Also cows and heifers.

Brookwater Farm. R.F. D. No. .Ann Arbor. Mich.





Notton Farm, Grass Lake, l’lich.





A few young Jersey Bull Calves at 825110 $45 each.





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Enquire of ERNEST PIE'I‘Z..





SHEEP F011 SALE IN CANADA]! L0’I‘S.





PARKHUBST BROS. Reed City. Michigan.



' is otferin more and better

The Ingleude Farm dShro shiige Sheep than ever

before. All stock recorded rite us what you want

HERBERT E. POWELL, Ionifl. Mich. Citizen' s Phone.





 





' Yearlin and ram lambs from Oham ion

L'lceSlors_ flock of Thumb of Mich. Also select mBerk

shire swine. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont. Mich.





—-Good ones cheap. Write before

sillgopsmre Rams Aug. 15th. for special pr mpOsition.

OPE KON FARM. Kinderhook. Mchigan.





HROPSHIRE rams 1 and 2 years old. and some

extra good lamb rams. wool and mutton type.

..P ANDREWS. Dansville. Ingham 00.. Mic h.





The Maples Shropshires





We have to offer extra good yearling and two year

old rams. Also a few ewes tors ale. E. E. Lo] and &

Son. Ann Arbor. Mich. RH. No 9. Phone 747 one ring.





 





 





 





Bog. Bamobuillei Sheep. Pure Bred Poland China

HUGS and PERCHERON HORSES. 250 miles

E. Morrice. onG. T. R. R. and MU R..J Q. A.0 OK.





11005.





 





' ' —A Desirable Bunch of Sows of

Dumas & “Gloria: Either Breed due A ril and Ma .

M. T. Story. R. R. 48 Lowell. Mich. lty Phone .





 





' -bred for July farrowing.also a choice

A hailing sow lot of Sprin Pigs for sale. Either

sex. A. A. PATTULLO. R. 0.1 Deckervllle.Mich.





' —S rin and summer pigs write us

chBSlor “111183 year wgnts. Price and quality right.

Meadow View Stock Farm, R. F. D. No. 5. Holland. M1ch.





 





0 l 0 —Big growthyty 9. last fall gilts and this

spring farrow oofler. Very good stock.



Scott No. 1 head i1; herd Farm )6 mile west of defiot.

OTT .SCHULZE. Nashville. Mic





 





O I C —MARCH and APRIL PIGS. the long

- I gro11thy kind. with plenty of bone.

No cholera ever on or near farm. Satisfaction

guaranteed. A.NEWMAN .1. Mariette. Mich.

0C " cl —all sold. Orders booked for April

5 and May pigs of the choicest breeding.

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Michigan





9 ——Bred sows. March igs pairs and

0- I. C 5 tries. Rock 153113 8150 per15.

FRED NICKEL R.1.BMonroe. Michigan.





 





 





 





0 l C9 -—All ages. growthy and large. Males

. S ready. 00 to select from. Attractive prices

on young stock UMP. Munith Mich





 





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32W WEIGI‘IED 932 LBS.





23 MONTHS OLD

‘ IONIA GIRL





_ I have started more breeders on the road to suc-

cess than any manl1ving.I have thelargest and tin-

est herd 1n the U.S S.Every one an early developer

ready for the market at six months old. I want to

place one hog in each community to advertise my



erd Write for my plan, "How to Make Money from

H.038 " G. S. BENJAMIN. mug. l 0 Portland. Mlch.





 





 





o. I. C! —We make a specialty of 0. I. 0. hogs

s on our farm. Stock all regis

tered in 0.1. C.Ass’n. J.R W.A.Y Pompeii. Mich.





‘Nf —I am oilering ZOO-lb.

0. lo Co 5 INF; gilts. bred. due to

furrow the latter part of August and fore part of

September. All who are interested write me



A. J. GORDON. R. No. 2. Dorr. Mich.





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DUROC- JERSEYS 33121.; 31111111353251.1112" 3’33;

all ages. SPECIAL BARGAIN in summer p‘i s.

Brookwater Farm. B. F. D. No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mic .





 





 





Duroo Jerseys—Nothing Bul Spring Pigs For Sale.





CAREY U. EDMO NDS. Hastings. Michigan.





uroc Jersey s—G ilts all sold. Spring pigs of the large

and heavy boned type. Pairs not akin. Satisfaction

guaranteed. .ODR DT R. No.1 Monroe. Mich.





uroo Jerseys For Sale—Three fall boars. also spring

pigs. either sex: of finest breeding and individu

quality. John McNicoll Station A H 4. Bay City Mich.





POLAND CHIVAS—111333.? Eifiief‘éezn‘hillfé'é‘f

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

LARGE STYLED POLAND CHINA SPRING PIGS





Sowe bred for fall furrow. also Shorthorn Buli

calves at close prices. Robert Neve. Pierson. Mich





1101111111 ClllNA 11:12? in :11 211’s. 21132:

P. D. LONG. R. No. 8. Gran ltapxds, M1ch1gan.

P. 6. Milli)" Alli] APRIL PIGS—131113 183511333333

to please. W. MILLS. Saline. Michigan

LARGE TYPE P. 0. FALL PIG 31.2212. 1.13.2313 “3,?





ring pigs I ever raised. Eight sows farrowed 86.

some or write. Expenses paid if not satisfied. Free

livery from Parma. E. Livingston. Parma. Mich.





P. C. BOARS AND SflWS‘L‘trgeiiifiihiiEi‘l

A. A. WOOD 81 SON. Saline. Michigan.

350 BIG TYPE MULE FOOT HOGS—All ages for





sale. Prolific and hardy. Best breed for Michi an.

Also Ponies. J.D DU N.LAP Box M. Williamsport. 0 io





 





 





 





 





ARGE Yorkshires—Ohoice breeding stock. all ages.

not skin. from State Fair prize-winners. Pe di-

grees nfurnished. W. 0. 00011.11 R42 Box22..Ada M ch





 





ORKSHIRE Swine—We have some nice spring

pigs now ready for sale. Write for discription and

prices. OSTR ANDER BROS. Morley. Mich.





Lillie Farmstead YORKSHIBES





Spring bred gilts all sold. Gilts bred for next August

furrow Se tember pigs either sex. ppairs and trios

not akin rders booked for s ring



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WILL ENFORCE NEW WEIGHTS AND

MEASURES LAW.





 





The last legislature passed a new

Weights and measures law, placing the

operation of the same in charge of the

State Dairy and Food Department. This

law takes effect on August 15. Under the

law the State Dairy and Food Commis—

sioner becomes Superintendent of Weights

and Measures for the state and his depu-

ties become inspectors of weights and

measures. He is also given authority by

the law to prescribe rules and regulations

for weights and measures in the state.

One of the greatest abuses in the state

is the so-called bottomless peck measure.

This measure is about the size of a stove

pipe in diameter and the ostenSible ob-

ject of this small diameter is so that it

can be slipped into a paper bag and the

commodities measured will be in the bag

on the withdrawal of the measure. This

measure contains the same number of

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liar shape, in the measuring of commo-

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sible to get a peek of those commodities

in this measure. A bushel of potatoes

under the Michigan law weighs 60 lbs.

and a peek of potatoes Should therefore

weigh 15 1115., but in the bottomless peck

measure only 12 le. of average size p0-

tatoes can be placed therein. The use of

this measure gives the dealer five peeks

to every bushel. The use of this meas-

ure has been condemned by other states

and on and after August 15 its use in

Michigan will become illegal under the

regulations that will be issued by the

State Superintendent of cii‘eig'hts and

Measures. Dealers and consumers will

take notice accordingly.



It has been customary throughout the

state for grocers to sell dry beans and

like commodities in a tin quart measure.

This tin quart meaSure holds a liquid

quart which is about 10 cubic inches less

than a dry quart measure holds. As a

result a bushel of beans which contains

32 quarts when menSurcd out to the con-

sumer in a tin quart measure will meas-

ure 37 quarts and the consumer is there-

fore deprived of five quarts of beans on

every bushel he buys. After August 15

all commodities not liquid muSt be sold

by dry measure, a quart of which con—

tains 671—5 cubic inches. I'nder regula-

tions to be issued August 15 by the Su—

perintendent of \Veights and Measures,

the use of liquid measures in selling dry

commodities is prohibited and a failure

to observe this law will invite prosecu—

tion. Inspectors of this department are

notified to warn all dealers against the

use of bottomless peck and half-peck

measures after‘ August 15. and also

against the use of liquid quart measures

when selling any commodity not liquid.—

James W. Helme, State Dairy and Food

Commissioner.



ADVISES PASTEURIZING MILK AT



LOW TEMPERATURES.





 





In order to determine the best way of

pasteurizing milk so as to kill the disease

germs and yet not give the milk a cooked

flavor or lessen its nutritive value, the

Department of Agriculture, through its

dairy division, has been conducting a ser-

ies of experiments, treating milk at dif—

ferent temperatures and for different

lengths of time. According to the report

on these experiments in Bulletin 166 of

the Bureau of Animal Industry, when

milk is pasteurized at 145 degrees F. for

30 minutes the chemical changes are so

slight that it is unlikely that the protein

(muScie building element) or the phos-

phates of lime and magnesia are rendered

less digestible than they are in raw milk.



Moreover. from a bacteriological stand-

point, pasteurizing at low temperature is

found to be more- satisfactory than pas-

teurizing at' high temperatures. Accord-

ing to Bulletins 126 and 161, where low

temperatures are used the majority of

bacteria. that survive are lactic acid or-

ganisms which play an important part in

the normal souring of milk. \Vhen milk

is efficiently pasteurized at high tempera-

tures, the bacteria which survive are

largely of the putrefactive kinds, and milk

so treated if kept for any length of time

has a tendenCy to rot instead of sour.

From the standpoint of economy, the

technologist of the dairy division finds





 





 





that pnsteurizing at low temperatures

calls for less heat. It is found that it

takes about 23% per cent less heat to

raise milk to the temperature of 145 de-

grees F. than to a temperature of 165

degrees F. A similar gain is a saving of

the ice needed, because it Will require 231/2

per cent more refrigeration to cool milk

to the shipping point when it is pasteu-

rized at the higher temperature. The de-

partment, therefore, recommends that

“When market milk is pasteurized it

should be heated to about 145 degrees F.

and held at that temperature for thirty

minutes.”





THE GENERAL APPLE'SITUATION.



Public and private surveys of the 1913

apple crop seems to indicate that the

yield will be below normal and that

prices ought to range above those pre-

vailing the past season.



In the United States a variety of con-

ditions prevail. Missouri and Iowa re-

port u crop above the average; New

York, Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania

will have very small crops while Illinois.

Arkansas, Michigan and Kentucky, the

other commonwealths of importance in

apple production, indicate at fair yield

only. The following table shows the num-

ber of bearing trees in each of the 12

leading apple states as given by the cen-

sus of 1910, and the condition of the

crop for 1913, compared with 1912 and

1911, as estimated by the government

crop reporters. These 12 states reported

contain about 65 per cent of the bearing

trees of the country.



No. Rearing Esti. Yield

State. Trees. 1913. 1912. 1911.

Missouri ..... 14.35.0673 86 78 49

New York ..11,248.203 54 76 70

Illinois: ...... 0,900,627 75 47 62

Ohio ........ 8.504.886 3.1 53 7:1

i’enn. ........ 8,000,456 4] 57 73

Arkansas . 7,650.10? 68 77 47

Michigan . 7,534,343 65 69 67





Virginia ..... 7.004.548 38 80 40

Kansas . . . . . . 6,929,673 63 75 3



Iowa ...... . . 5847.034 83 28 7S

lndiann ..... 5,764,821 64 45 60

Kentucky . 5.538.267 66 67 46





According to the advices of exporters

{it New York City, the apple crop in Eu-

rope-1111 countrieS, except Germany, will

be light this year on good fruit. Eng-

land has a light crop and also France.

Germany has a larger crop than it had

last year. although the increase in that

country is not near large enough to off-

set the decrease in England and France.

The Nova Scotia crop is a shade lighter

than last year and also the Canadian

crop. The indications are that there will

be a good demand for fancy American

apples in all of the European markets

this year.



A SHORT HUCKLEBERRY CROP IN

MICHIGAN.



Through reports received from various

important huckleberry producing sections

of the state, it appears that the yield

will run below the normal output. In

VVexford county Where a large quantity

is usually gathered the crop is reported

a total failure because of lute frosts. The

marshes down in Cass county are pro—

ducing a few crates that are selling at

fancy prices. Saginaw and other coun-

ties to the north were affected by the

late frosts and there is nothing of im-

portance to harvest. The only hopeful

locality coming to our attention is over

in Genesee county where it is reported

that the bushes are loaded, but even

there the demand is so great because of

the shortage of other small fruits, that

the product will be taken almost entirely

by consumers direct.





 





 





Seasonably heavy runs of Southwestern

grass cattle in the St. Louis, Kansas City

and other southwestern markets have

been a weakening influence in the cattle

markets of the country recently, and a

good many cattle have been shipped out

from sections where pasturage was de-

stroyed by dry and hot weather.





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AUG. 16,‘ 1913;. -





(Continuon- page 189). .





she-comes, in: again. {3. E.- N., Ver-

non; Mich—Y , I beile‘v 'she is ':llkely

to have trouble at each calving time. You

managed her very well and. of course.

will know «what to do next time she

comes fresh: * . '- , , . .

gLeg Weakness—I have been a sub-

scriber to the ‘Michigan Farmer for 25

Years, and would like to know what to

dolor spring pigs that are fed, on sepg,

arator’mllk and‘ corn while they run on-

pasture. Their appetite is good, but are

weak in hind quarters. Sit down most

Jersey cow that has gone almost com-

pletely dry during the past 48 hours. She

was served six weeks ago; is perhaps in

calf and has the appearance of a healthy

cow. G. J. LaDu. Coral, Mich—Give her

1‘lb. epsom salts, onegdose only. 'Th'en

give .her 1 oz. bicarbonate soda. V2, cz.'

ground gentian, 1 oz. ginger and 1 dr.

ground nux vomica at a dose three times

a' day and feed 'her plenty of milk-pro-

1ducing food, is about all you can do for

er. , ..

.Pigs Root Each Other.—I have a bunch’

of ten pigs about three months old, which

commenced rooting each Otherabout two

weeks ago. They were weaned when six

weeks old. are fed buttermilk and mid-

d1ings.-.W S., Durand, Mich—You had

better change their feed occasionally and

it may be necessary to ring them. It all

depends upon where they run. Nearly





_ all hogsare inclined to root some, others





a. great deal.



Tuberculosis of Eye—I have some

chickens that are troubled with growths

on head affecting one eye, which results

in death of fowl. Mrs, Z. A._ Hemlock.

Mich—I am not sure but your chickens

suffer from tuberculosis and the bunches

you refer to may be tubercular. Of

course. other glands of the body may

also be diseased. You had better either

destroy the diseased chickens or cut out

diseased part8.

of the time and wabble when they walk.





I have rubbed their back and given

them turpentine and have also giVen

them a. hog remedy. H. M.. Quincy.





Mich—Instead of feeding corn, feed oats,

a little oil meal and tankage. Their ail-

ment is the reSult of eating an unbal-

anced ration. Skim-milk, oats and grass

will soon help them. Mix together equal

parts of ground gentian. ginger and cook-

ing soda and give a dessertspoonful to

each four hogs at a dose two or three

times a day.



Splint—My three-year-old filly has

gone lame in hind leg, she has a bunch

situated below hook on each side of leg.

This, I believe, caused by her kicking

stall partition. E. E. T., White Cloud,

Mich.—Apply one part red iodide mer-

cury and eight parts lard to bunches

twice a week, and she will get all right.



Barrenness.—I have a grade Jersey cow

six years old that calved September 2.

1912,- cleaned promptly and seemed to

recover quickly and has not appeared to

be sick since, but she falls to get with

calf. I have changed bulls several times.

At first she WOuld come in heat every 10

or 15 days and now sometimes goes six

or eight weeks. She will remain in heat

two days and seems to be crazy wild

through her heat period. She has had

no vaginal discharge of any kind.and is

a good cow. W. S. F., Battle Creek,

Mlch.~—I am inclined to believe that your

cow will remain barren; however, 'she

may have ovarian cysts which, by ma-

nipulation through rectal wall can be

broken, then she may conceive; this is

work for an experienced Vet.



Care of Mare Before and After Foal-

ing—Can you give me a few suggestions

in taking care. before and after, of a

mare- that is soon to have a colt? In-

formation will be greatly appreciated. H.

\V., Shelby, Mien—If your mare is run-

ning out On pasture she will perhaps

need no attention before or after foaling.

It will do her no harm to do light work

up to a within a few days of foaling

time. When she foals saturate a linen

or Silk string in one part carbolic acid

and 20 parts water and tie navel cord

one inch from body, then paint end of

cord where you cut off. with tincture of

iodine or powder it over with iodoform,

then apply one part iodoform and ten

parts boracic acid once or twice a day

until it heals. It is good practice to not

interfere with nature, and during sum—

mer weather she is much better off to be

left out doors day and night, than to be

stabled in a filthy barn.



Infected Hock—Have a spring colt with

swollen hock joint which I have blistered

without good results; now I am applying

iodine once a day. I do not believe this

colt met with an injury. E. W., Hand

Station, Mich—Give your colt 4 grs. of

quinine and 5 grs. hyposulphite soda at

a dose three times a day. Apply equal

parts tincture iodine, camphorated oil to

swelling three times a week.





DISTRICT :ND counfi'v FAIRS THAT

SHOULD BE WELL ATTENDED.





The Allegan County Fair will be held

in Allegan. Mich., Sept. 29-30—Oct.

1-2-3. Competition open. First—class

half-mile track, liberal purses; base ball;

aeroplane flights, beSides other free at-

tractions. Come and see the exhibits of

stock. fruit. grains and vegetables of the

banner county of the state of Michigan.

w~L. A. Lilly, Sec. '



-The Inter-state Fair at Kalamazoo will

be held Sept. 22-27, and will be open day

and night. There will be two days of

daylight fireworks and four nights of

"The Battle in the Clouds." There will

be a-large display of stock farm imple-

ments, etc. It will be the biggest 25c

gate fair.



The 'Chippewa County Fair will be

held at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. on the

new Agricultural Park grounds, Tuesday

and Wednesday. Sept. 23-24. On the at-

ternoon of each day there will be a good

program of horse races and other sports.

Open to the world.—J. B. McDermid, Bee.

H. A. Osborn, Pres.





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BUILDING A HOUSE FOR 100 HENS.





 





The accompanying plans show a very

good house for 100 hens.- It is 14 feet

wide by 28 feet long and is divided into

two pens for 50 birds each. This forms

a practical working unit, for a pen of 50





birds is as large a number as can be_





economically handled in one flock, and

the plan of the house is such that it may

be increased or decreased in size to ac—

commodate any number of birds by sim-

ply increasing or decreasing the number

of pens. Four square feet of floor Space

is thus allowed f0r each bird, which is

sufficient where the fowls have good





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six-inch run board for the.hens to fly

upon to enter the nests.



Nests are placed along the ends of the

pens' about 18 inches from the floor, and

should be about a foot square. They

may be built in sections of four as

shown in the drawings and should be re-

movable so they can be taken out to

clean and disinfect. If desired, one sec-

tion of four may be placed on top of an-

other so as to give more nests in the

pen. In front of each row of nests is a

is built to prevent fowls from roosting on

the nest boxes.



The estimated total cost of materials

fer such a house is between $100 and $125





 





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range, and careful attention is given to

cleanliness and ventilation.



The foundation wall should he of brick,

stone, or concrete, building it at least

18 to 24 inches deep and about six inches

above ground. This depth will ‘prevent

heaving by frost and will keep rats and

other animals from working in beneath

the floor.



The floor may be of earth, wood or

cement, but must be kept dry. Good,

dry, well drained, earth floors are cheap

but are Very hard to keep clean. Board

floors, as a rule, do not last very long

and are unsatisfactory. A good cement

floor is best. It is easily cleaned and is

very durable.



The roof, as shown, is the combination

type with one long and one short pitch.

It is a good looking and practical roof

for a building of this kind. 'The angle of

pitch is one—fourth. A good quality of

3-ply prepared rooting, over good match-

ed roof-boards, makes a very satiSfactory

covering, or the boards may be covered

with good tar paper and then Ishingled.

This will prevent all chance of draughts

through the roof, which is very essential.





The side walls may be of a good qual-

ity of matched lumber, or boarded with

rough lumber and covered on the out-

side with one or two—ply prepared roofing

secured with lathing. Such a structure

is comparatively cheap. is warm, and is

not ill-pleasing in appearance.



A combination of the open and cloth

front liouSes is embodied in these plans.

Each pen has one nine-light sash, using

leO-inch glass nes. Besides this there

are two cloth fi mes, each three feet

square, placed one on either side of the

window. The window and frames are

built two feet from the floor so as to

enable the sunlight to reach the farther

side of the house. All windows should be

covered on the outside with inch-mesh

wire netting. They should also be re-

movable so the whole houSe can be op-

ened up on warm days and in summer.





The back part of the house should be

plastered or celled up on the inside with

matched lumber over tar paper to make

the roosting compartments warmer. This

house is sheeted out five feet on the

ends, back wall, and roof, and a cloth

curtain fastened above to drop down in

front of the roost on cold nights,



The perches are made of 2x4-.inch

scantlings set on edge, with the upper

edges slightly rounded. They should be

placed about 15 inches apart and the

back one 15 inches from the wall. A

smooth platform or dropping board must

be constructed and placed a foot below

the perches, being about two feetIfrom

the floor so the space beneath will be

available for scratching purposes. 'In

summer, when the fowls are out of the

house most of the time, the dropping

boards may be removed, and the house

Will not need cleaning so often. In win-

ter; however, when the fowls are shut up





exclusive of concrete work. The follow-

ing is a bill of lumber require-d: ,

S‘ l- ft.

6 pieces 2x6. 14 ft.—sills ............. 84

8 pieces 2x4, H fl.—~front rafters 75

15 pieces 2x4, 12 ft.—-back rafters 120

pieces 2x4. H i't.—~plates ........... 75

6 pieces 2x4, 12 ft.—back studs ...... 48

9 pieces 2x4, 12 ft.—~front studs ...... 72

7 pieces 2x4, 12 ft.—ends ........... . 56

2 pieces 2x4. 14 ft.—ends ............. 19

2 pieces 2x4, 14 ft.— partition ........ 22

6 pieces 2x4, 14 ft.—roosts ..... . . . 56

525 sq. ft. of siding.





650 sq. ft. of ship-lap for roof.

. 425 sq. ft. of ship-lap for inside sheet-

mg.



140 sq. ft. of ship-lap for dropping

boards.





7 squares 3—ply roofing, or



7 squares 1-ply or tar paper and 5M

shingles.



2 nine-light sash.



74 sq. ft. netting.



9 pieces 1x6, 12-ft.

doors.



M running feet of 1x6 pine for frieze.



240 running feet of 1x4 pine for flan-

chet and casings.





Hillsdale Co.





pine flooring for





C. G. BURROUGHS.





DUCKS IMPROPERLY FED.





 





My Indian Runner ducks get to be

about four'to six weeks old then get

weak in their legs, stagger and fall over.

Then they seem better for a time but

gradually grow worse and die. They

were fed bread and scraps from table

for a While, then were put on a ration of

corn and wheat screenings.



Allegan Co. SUBSCRIBER,





I think the trouble with these ducks is

overfeeding of too fattening a, ration,

perhaps aggravated by an attack of rheu-

matism. I would suggest cutting out the

feed of corn and substituting a soft mash

mixed with either skim-milk or butter—

milk. This season I have fed a mash

composed of ground oats, barley, wheat,

alfalfa meal, and beef scrap, mixed with





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AN FARMER





has been feeding these ducks quite liber-

ally, and they have too much weight for

their legs to support. The idea in grow-

ing ducks is to give food that will pro-

duce good frame and muscle but not

fat. A little finely ground bone mixed

with the feed is beneficial, eSpecially

when they are feathering, as the growth





of feathers seems to be a great tax on"





their vitality. I think the above will

also answer Mrs. A. C. Stauffer‘s inquiry,

as I think her troubles are identical with

those described above.





Hillsdale Co. CLAUDIA BETTS.





BUILDING UP WEAK COLONIES.





 





Would like to learn,

umns of your paper, how to strengthen

my bees. I have two medium swarms

and one quite weak swarm in a lot of

four. How could I best strengthen these

so they will winter well and be strong

enough to start in good shape next

spring? I would rather not decrease the

number of colonies.



Newaygo Co. BEGINNER.





I could answer this queStion better if I

knew what caused them to be weak. in

may be that some of your weak colonies

are queenless, in which case you will

have to give them a queen before any

further steps toward strengthening them

will be of any benefit. The first thing

you do, go through them and see if there

are any eggs or brood in the combs; if

not, you can make up your mind that

they are queenless. If brood is found in

all hives, look for disease, which will be

indicated by broken and sunken cappings

in the brood, with ragged perforatiOns

here and there different from the smooth

round out the bees make when they are

hatching. If you examine this diseased

brood closely you will find some of it

dead and settled to the bottom of the

cell, a rotten maturated mess. The colOr

of this brood will be a light coffee color





through the col-





at first, growing darker as the disease

advances. A slight ropiness will be man-

ifest if a toothpick is inserted in this





mass and slowly withdrawn.



If disease is found you had better noti-

fy the State Dairy and Food Commis-

sioner, at LanSing, who will send a man

to look after it. If no disease is pres-

ent, and the bees are not queenless, the

medium colonies will in all probability

build up all right without any assistance

on your part before winter, except that

in case there comes a dearth of honey it





 

   

   

 

   

 





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syrup while they are not gathering from

outside.



The very weak colony is a harder prop—

Osition, but if you have a strong colony

that you can draw from, you can build

them up by taking frames of hatching

brood from the strong colony'and giving

to the weak one. Take only one frame

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unsealed brood as possible and in which

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buttermilk or skim-milk, and have never the weak colony’s brood nest. After a

seen ducks grow faster or appear more week this can be repeated, and so on





healthy. A mixture of equal parts sal-

icylic acid, saltpetre and common baking

soda, thoroughly mixed and given at the

rate of a teaspoonful to a hundred pounds

of poultry in their mash, once a day for

a week, will probably correct the rheu-

matic trouble. .



I infer from the query that Subscriber





bees are of the required

strength. This colony can also be fed

whenever there is no honey coming in

from outside sources, giving them a half

pint daily. or less if they do not take it

all up, of syrup made of one part sugar

to two parts water.



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Our Motto—“‘The' farmer is' of more

conseq nce than the farm, and should be

first i" proved."





 





PEDAGOGS HELP GRANGE wean.

ERS.





 





It should be possible for any lecturer

to get something of use to him in his

lecture work from an interview with a.

real teacher. It was my goodfortune, a

few days ago, to spend an afternoon with

two good teachers. At the close of the

day I felt that I had “bagged” consider-

bale “game” of genuine value to me as

a Grange lecturer~some of which can be

shared with others. .



One of these teachers last year taught

agriculture in a high school of another

state. He is a man who appreciates that





no school can do its best confined~ to the'





four walls of the school building; and so

it transpired, that afternoon while we

visited, that his talk was quite as much

about the fields and fathers and mothers

of the neighborhood as of his pupils. One

most interesting 'piece of work he had

had his class in civics do—and it is the

sort of work that any Grange might take

up with delightful and, no doubt, surpris-

ing results. The members of this civics

class made a survey of the community

surrounding the village in which the

school is located. They first drew a map

to show the location of every family in

the township; then one boy ascertained

the most distant family in each direction

which traded in that town, and connect-

ed these families on his map by a line

about the town, in order to show how far

out the village reached in a business

way. Another member of the classdid

the same thing for the families that sent

children to school in the village; another

made a similar canvass for church at-

tendance, and still another undertook to

ascertain how many depended upon the

village for their social life. Many addi-

tional facts were shown, as, for exam—

ple, what preparation the teachers of the

schools of the township had had and

what wages they received.





All of these were facts Which concern-

ed the community in one way or another

and, when put upon a map, where they

could be seen with the eye, made a deep

impression. “Nothing that we did dur-

ing the entire year attracted so much at-

tention and created so much talk as

this,” said the teacher. Placed in astore

window, where all might study it, what

silent evidence it must have given of the

town’s enterprise in this or that direc—

tion! The lines on the -map showed that

the village reached out socially least of

all, and this fact may have appealed to

the church people, or the fraternal or-

ders, as 'an opportunity. The merchants

may have seen where another village was

cutting into their territory; or the School

may have been shown to have exceeded

the church or trade lines. What a new

senSe of the reality of the community

must result from such work and a study

of such a map. How much good training

it must give boys and girls to collect

facts for such a map and what new feel-

ings of belonging to the community it

must give them. Would not the same

results in large part be'secured if any

Grange undertook to collect and set forth

such facts about its own locality?



These teachers fell to discussing meth-

ods of teaching. and one of them said:

“Miss —— makes it a rule to find at

least one point which she can commend

in every paper submitted to her, no mat-

ter how poor the paper as a whole may

be—this in order that criticism may not

wholly discourage the pupil.” Now, was

that not a good pointer for a listening

Grange lecturer? And the other teacher

made this point even more helpful when

he replied: “When I went out among

the farm fathers of my pupils I could al-

ways find something about each man’s

premises or fields which I could speak

well of, and I made it a point to do this

during my visit with him. It was the

surest way of gaining his confidence and

opening up the way for us to be mutually

helpful one to the other."



Would it not haVe been a pretty poor

sort of a Grange worker who had not

been able to gain a rich crop from that

afternoon’s opportunity?



JENNIE BUELL.





Paris Grange, No. 19, of Kent county.

extends a cordial invitation to all pres-

out and past members to be present at

a home—gathering to be held at their hall

August 21, 1913. -





 





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HOME-GATHERINGS.





 





-(Continued from last week).





With homes, as with individuals, ahigh

and holy trust islodged, commensurate

with the power of influence which they

enjoy. This trust may be set aside, but

the time will come when its lack of ful—

fillment will cause a regret, if not an ab-

solute injUStice to those with whom we

comein contact. There is no love of

home, worthy the name, which does not

reach out after those who need our aid

in the struggle of life. Consequently we

have no right to confine our social obli-

gations to those of our own family. It

is true that the home is the social safe-

guard of the family, but in keeping this

thought in View let us not forget that

there are those to whom the word

“home” is an unknown term. We coun-

try people are becoming too conventional;

we are thinking too much of what “they”

will say. whoever, “they” may be. And

so when we are about to give a quiet

little home entertainment, we “pass on

the other side” and turn away our eyes,

lest some poor wayfarer should chance

in our pathway, to whom a kindly invi-

tation might be the means of saving a

character. You've all, no doubt, read

“The Postman," by Margaret Sangster,«and

how a letter came from the country

home, just in time to save a boy from

yielding to temptation. In just that way

a whole-hearted invitatIOn has sometimes

been the means of saving a wayward one

just at the turning point. Not that un-

due freedom should be given full sway in

the selection of our home associates. but

that, with the powers of discernment

which beIOng to every intelligent man or

woman, We should discriminate always

in favor of those who are willing to ac—

cept the helping hand. We may make

mistakes: few of us do not. But if the

atmosphere of our home is pure and.

abova all. the family fireside is the most

attractive place on earth to our family,

there will be little harm done. No man

or woman ever stepped aside from the

path of virtue to whom the word “home”

meant all that was best on earth! On

the other hand, no man or woman who

is constantly thrown into the society of

good and worthy people can fail to be

benefited thereby.





YVe are dependent upon each other for

the happiness we get out of life, and in

just that degree that one nature answers

to another we receive companionship.

And thus, while we extend the hand of

fellowship to others, we simply reach out

after that which is required by our own

natures. Intellectual communion is the

sustenance of the soul! And where, let

us ask, is there a better opportunity for

intellectual communion than in the dear

old farm home. where we may still gladly

welcome to our fireside gatherings those

by whom We have lived through storm

and sunshine? Their faces, perchance,

like our own, are beginning to show deep

furrows of care, so we will make the

most of these pleasant meetings while

we can, for “We'll never pass this Way

again."



The home—gathering has been the

starting point of many an inspiration.

The soft shaded light, the glow of the

fireside. the pleasant interchange of

thought, all lend an indescribable charm

which finds its outlet in the creative fac-

ulty of the mind. Irving Bacheller’s

greatest success was founded on the

home-gatherings of. the North-Country of

New York. The book has no claim to the

great literature of the world. but from

the droll humor and homely pathos of its

pages we may learn many a beautiful

lesson. Our fathers placed great import-

ance on the country home-gathering.

I’Vho of mature years does not remember

the hearty midnight suppers and their

accompanying pleasures? And while we

would not advocate the hearty midnight

suppers, we would advocate the emula-

tion of the congenial spirit which char-

acterized those home-gatherings. Let us

throw about our home-gatherings the

charm of intellectual refinement. the

beauty of cheerfulness, and the willing-

ness to c0nstantly do our part in bring-

ing about the desired result.





It must not be assumed that wealth is

the prime requisite to successful home-

entertainment. The humblest home may

extend its hospitality to thOSe who are

accustomed to every-day luxury, and no

lack of display be felt. because of the

quiet grace and dignity with which that

hospitality is extended. And although the

country has always an abundance of

good things, the simplest fare. if served

with love, and daintily prepared, is sufli-

cient for all requirements. But, what We





     





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





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OFFICERS OF' THE STATE ASSOCIA-

TION OF FARMERS’ CLUBS.





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President—Jets. N. McBride, Burton.



Vice-President—C. B. ,Scully, Almont. ‘



Secretary-Treasurer—Mrs. C. P. John-

son, Metamora. _



Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. Wm. T.

McConnell, Owosso.



Directors—C. P. Johnson, Metamora:

H. W. Chamberlain, White Lake; Wm.





T. Hill, Carson City; Jerry Spaulding.

Belding; R. J. RobbpMason; J. F. Rei-

man, Flint.





Address all communications relative to

the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C.

1’. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.





 





Associational Motto:

The skillful hand, with cultured mind.

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.





 





Associations! Sentiment:

The farmer, he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.





 





 





 





THE FARMERS’ CLUB IN OTHER





STATES.





To those who have been interested in

the Farmers' Club movement in Michigan

the inception of this kind of work in

other states is always of interest. From

time to time during the history of the or-

ganization in Michigan reports have come

from various states, both eaSt and west.

of local interest in organizations of this

kind. In no other state has the move-

ment developed as it has in Michigan,

but even in Michigan it was many years

in getting beyond the few localities where

the firSt Clubs were organized. Later,

when the few Clubs existing in scattered

sections of the state were organized into

a state body, the development of the or~

ganization became much more rapid, and

it is entirely probable that this will be

the case in other states where the Farm-

ers’ Club is new and the advantages of

such organizations comparatively un-

known or little appreciated by the great

body of country people.



One of the latest reports of the organ-

ization of a Farmers’ Club in another state

Comes frOm South Dakota, where the or-

ganization of Prosper Township Farmers’

Club was reported in an early spring is-

sue of the Breeders’ Gazette. According

to the Gazette’s correspondent, the farm-

ers of this community came to a realiza-

tion of the fact that organization is of

social and educational as well as of mon-

ey value, and a few of the more progres-

sive men and women from the farms of

the-section in which this Club is located

gathered into a little one—room country

schoolhouse in the center of the township

and perfected an organization.





Among the leaders were a few students

of a nearby college, one or two of whom

lived in the township and through an ap-

preciation of the advantages of such an

organization aided materially in getting

it started. The people of the neighbor-

hood, however, were hearty in their re«

sponse to the proposal, thus illustrating,

as has been many times illustrated in

Michigan farm communities, that all that

is required for the establishment of bet-

ter things is a leader who will devote

some time and energy in an unselfish ef-

fort to bring good to the whole commu—

nity.



The programs of this Club are very

much like those given at Michigan Farm-

ers’ Clubs. A paper on “Birds,” by one

of the young men of the Club, is men-

tioned in this report as an item of spe—

cial interest. Corn and alfalfa have come

in for a fair share of consideration, but

the factor which is mentioned as most

important is the social feature of the

meetings. The general sociability among

the men and women who are members,

together with the musical and literary

features of the program are greatly en-

joyed by all. So well appreciated are

the benefits of this organization that it

has met twice each month without any

abatement shown in the interest from

the outset.



It is undoubtedly a matter for con-





do need is a unity of force and purpose,

for without this condition our efforts will

not avail—the country home-gathering

will be a failure. And whatever the line

of purpose followed, let it be that of the

greatest good to the greatest number.

With this object in View, there can be

no failure. It, is a high and holy aim

which reaches out even to the great

home-gathering above. .

Kent Co. HELEN P. WILLIAMS.





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gratulation-that the Farmers’ Club spirit

is abroad in other states, but this should‘

not cause us to neglect the opportunity

for effective work along similar lines

right here in Michigan, where .there yet

remain hundreds of communities in which

such an organization is needed and could

be easily-effected if a few public spirited

people in these communities would con-

stitute themselves as self-appointed lead-

ers to promote sentiment for such an or-

ganization and to take active steps to-

ward bringing the people of the commu-

nity together for the purpose of discuss-

ing the proposition.





THE FARMERS' CLUB FAIR.





 





Again the season is approaching when

preparations will be made for the Farm-

ers’ Club fair in many Club organiza-

tions throughout the state. At least in

past years there has been an increasing

number of these events. since few, if any.

Clubs which have once held a Club fair

abandon this feature of Club work.



“Vhere the Club fair is to be held, and

we believe it should be held in a ma-

jority of Clubs throughout the state. it

Will afford an opportunity for interesting

the young people in the Club work, which

should be peculiarly helpful toward this

desirable end. By giving some features

of the meeting over to{the young people,

by arranging contests for them and by

interesting them in the proposition of

getting a liberal list of exhibits they will

become interested in the organization it-

self, and it will.then only be necessary

to give them‘ places upon the program at

future meetings to make their affiliations

with the Club organization permanent.



More Clubs have failed to assure them-

selves a prosperous future because they

have failed to interest the young people

in the Club work than for any other rea-

son. There are many ways in which the

young people can be interested in this

work, but none of these, perhaps, is more

feasible than through the Farmers’ Club

fair. Any Club which has tried out this

plan of interesting the young people in

Club work through the medium of the

Farmers' Club fair would render a ser-

vice to fellow Club workers throughout

the state by reporting the details of their

methods and the success which accom-

panied their efforts in that direction for

publication in this department.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





Will Picnic in August—The Oxford

FarmerS’ Club met at the farm home of

O. E. Granger, June 25, with an attend-

ance of about 50, owing to the busy time

of the year the ladies were much in the

majority. The Club was called to order

by the president, W. Nash, about 2:00

p. m. The first two questions for dis-

cussion, “How would I run a farm if I

were a man?" discussed by the ladies;

and “How,would I keep house if I were

a woman?” discussed by the gentlemen,

caused quite‘ a bit of merriment, showing

pretty conclusively that the members

present had much to learn in regard to

both subjects. The last question, “Shall

we pension our school teachers?” was

strongly objected to by all present. Sev—

eral recitations were given by the young

people. Owing to the busy time in July

it was decided to omit the July meeting

and hold a picnic Saturday, August 16.

at Stony Lake. After the Club adjourned

the usual good supper was enjoyed by all

present—May Cowdin, Sec.



Have August Vacation.—The Salmn

Farmers’ Club held its July meeting with

Mrs. Thomas Hammond. Mr. Luwrcncc.

of Norlhville, whose work is in the city

of Detroit as truant officer, gave an ex-

cellent talk on the care of children and

the responsibility of parents. He has

had 20,000 children of different ages un-

der his care during the 30 years he has

been in this work, and says most of them

have gone wrong on account of the neg-

ligence of parents. A large percentage

of them also have parents addicted to the

use of alcohol, which is sure to ruin the

home. The Club voted thanks to Mr.

Lawrence for his most excellent talk-

The Club also voted to send letters to

our senator and representative condemn-

ing the needless slaughter of our wild

birds for milliners’ uses. Little Velma

Nelson gave a recitation on "Keep a Lit-

tle Hen.” Music was furnished on the

graphophone. Club will take a vacation

during the month of August.



Wise Farmers’ Club Picnic.-The I’Vise

Farmers’ Club will hold their fourteenth

annual picnic at Hendrle’s Landing, Ste-

venson’s Lake, five miles southwest of

Clare, August 18, 1913. G. H. Slocum,

of Detroit. will be the principal speaker.

—Frank Dalton, W. . Jennings, Asher

Knight, J. H. Seeley, Committee.





Among the lee Granges.





Clinton County POmona held a very in-

teresting meeting with Ovid Grange, on

“’ednesday, July 16. E. E. Warren, mas-

ter of Ovid Grange, was at that time

very sick and has since passed away.

0v1d Grange thus losing a valuable mem-

her and helper. It :has the sympathy of

the subordinate Granges of the county.

The next meeting of Clinton Pomona will

be the annual rally. to beheld on the

fair grounds at St. Johns. August 20.

Come and hear State Master Ketchani.——

Secretary. A
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ERE is the car of the hour!





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delivery.





Again we lower the price.

increase the value.





This new car is larger, more speedy and power-

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but in spite of this enormous value increase the price

has been materially decreased.



The motor has been enlarged to 35 horsepower

and will develop 50 miles an hour with ease.



The Wheelbase has been lengthened to 114 inches

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The 1914 Overland tires are larger; the tonneau

is longer and roomier; the equipment is better—includ-

ing such big and costly additional features as electric

lights ; the body is handsomer, being finished in beauti-

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aluminum trimmings.





Again we





The 1914 Overland is the most magnificent and.





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In fact, in every single and individual respect

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This is only another demonstration 'of how' big

production will cut costs. For, instead of building

40,000 cars as in 1913, this year we will build 50,000

cars. This is the world’s largest production on this

type of car.





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One big western dealer is begging our sales

department for an allotment of 7000' cars. Think of

this! A single allotment greater than the individual

outputs of over 50% of all the automobile factories in

existence.



Other dealers and distributors in the big eastern





and western agricultural districts want several thousand .





cars apiece. Such is the initial demand for the newest

Overland.



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