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VOL. CXLI. No. 12. ‘

Whole Number 3661.





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 1913.





50 CENTS A YEAR.

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vesting the Michigan corn crop



simplified as more Michigan farmers

build and use silos for storing this most

important of our forage crops. There is

no doubt whatever that the silo is not

only the mOSt economic storage that can

be used for corn. but that it is as well

the most profitable way of harvesting and

feeding the corn crop upon our farms.

The silo has long since passed the ex-

perimental stage, at least so far as the

feeding of dairy cows is concerned, and

yet, strange as it may appear, there are

still some who keep cows, who believe

that silage is injurious to the health and

permanent usefulness of the dairy cow.



Frequently one hears of one or more

farmers in some community where silos

are a comparatively recent addition to

the farm equipment, who have reached

this conclusion and decided to abandon

the use of the silo. But investigation will

prove that in every case where this is

found to be true. it will be found that

the farmer in question is not a dairyman

of long experience who has been success—

ful in building up a herd of high-pro-

ducing cows and feeding them in such a

manner as to secure maximum produc—

tion. The trouble in every such case is

with the farmer and not with the silo.



When experiment stations all over the

country have demonstrated in production

tests that the dairy cow cannot only be.

more economically fed and made to pro-

duce more milk when fed silage, as com—

pared with other feeds, but as well that

beef and mutton can be more cheaply pro-

duced where silage is made a factor in

the ration, and when thousands of dairy

farmers and successful stock feeders all

over the country have learned this same

fact from their own experience. it seems

strange that a man who has once used

silage should. reach such an erroneous

conclusion as that it is injurious to the

health of animals to which it is fed.



Of courSe, silage cannot be made the

Only roughage factor in the ration with

the very best results in its use; nor can

it be made a substitute for a suitable

grain ration with even a less degree of

satisfaction. But where cut at a proper

stage of maturity and properly supple-

mented with clover or alfalfa hay and a

suitable grain ration there is no doubt

but that it is one of the most healthful

as well as one of the most economical

feeds which can be fed any kind of cat—

tle maintained upon the farm. Hence the

man who has a silo and does not utilize

it for storing the corn crop when it is fit





EACH year sees the problem of har-





Harvesting The Corn Crop.





vesting it under average conditions.

\Vhere labor is available to get the’ corn

husked by hand this will prove more sat—

isfactory in some seasons, especially if

the weather should be unfavorable for

machine husking, but where there is more

corn than can be husked in this manner

with the help available and where weath-





er conditions are unfavorable for machine

work or a machine husker cannot be se—

cured, it is certainly much better to draw

the corn without husking than to allow

it to remain exposed to the weather in

the field. \Vhere slings are available for

unloading, it is not a difficult task to

draw and store a considerable acreage of





 





 





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A Big Crop for the sum Farm of James Harris, Grand Traverse County.





corn in this way and where store cattle

or sheep, or even horseS, are fed corn as

a grain ration, it will be found more eco-

nomical to feed it without husking in

many cases. XVhere the practice of feed-

ing shock corn, is follovved, some farmers

leave the corn in the field in big shocks

and depend upon hauling it up during

the winter as needed. The writer has

tried this, and in comparison with having

it drawn at a suitable time in the fall

and stored in the mow, has found it a.

much less pleasant and profitable way.

But no matter What method is used in

harvesting the corn crop, there is one

thing that Should not be neglected, and

that is to save an adequate amount of

seed corn in a suitable condition to insure





a high germinating quality. Years ago

practically every farmer had a quantity

of carefully selected seed corn “traced





up‘ and hung away in some dry place.

Now there is scarcely a season passes in

which there is not a scarcity of corn of

high germinating quality and many farm-

ers are obliged to secure seed from some

source other than their own supply. This

is in itself a handicap to the growing of

a good corn crop and is a condition of

affairs that should not prevail upon any

Michigan farm where a variety of corn is

grown which yields Well and is'other—

wise satiSfactory under prevailing local

conditions. So by whatever method the





corn is harvested every reader should

make certain of a good supply of seed

corn. I'ndoubtedly this is best selected





from the standing corn. but it is far bet-

ter selected in any manner and cared for

in such a way as will insure its germi-

nating quality than not selected at all.

So much importance is attached to this

proposition of seed corn selection in at

least one state on the northern boundary

of the corn belt that a special campaign

is being waged to promote the selection

and storing of an adequate supply of

good seed corn by the farmers of that

state. This campaign was inaugurated

by the Minnesota College of Agriculture

and has received the active support of

public men as well as interested farmers,

iov. [Cberhart having issued an official

proclamation calling the attention of the

farmers of the state to the importance of

the work and setting apart the week of

September 15-20 as “Seed Corn “leek,”

and urging;r every corn grower in Minne-

sota to-devote at least one day during

the week to going through his corn field

and selecting for seed the best ears from

his sturdiest stalks and storing them in

the manner recommended in an extension

bulletin recently published by the College

of Agriculture and cir-





 





 





to cut, certainly exhibits poor business

managment, and the



man who keeps dairy



cows or feeder cattle , ,-

and does not erect a . M



Silo for the, storing of 3,3.»





the corn crop is not us-

ing the best of business

judgment in this de-

partment of farm man-

agement.



But all have not silos

in which to store this

season’s corn crop,

hence they must har-

vest and feed this

year’s corn crop in

some other manner.

Some farmers will cut

and husk corn by hand,

as was the common

practice years ago. But

with the increased

scarcity of labor for

this kind .of work, by

far the larger portion

of the corn crop will

be cut with the corn

binder, and this is

doubtless the most eco-

nomical method of har-





 





The Economlc Way of Harvesting the Corn CI‘OP-





 





     





Scene on the Farm of J. Kl. Johnson,





 





Kent County.





culated widely among

Minnesota farmers.

Such work as this.

cannot but have highly

beneficial results, but

it should not be neces-

sary. it will never be

necessary in Michigan

if every Michigan Farm-

er reader will make

next week “Seed Corn

Week” on his farm, or

even if he will make

this month “Seed Corn

hlonth,” during which

he makes it his busi—

ness to properly select

and store where it will

dry out properly, a, sup-

ply of seed corn ade-

quate to his needs for

spring planting. In ad-

dition to that it will be

both profitable to him-

self, and an act of char-





 

   





ity as Well, to save

. some to sell to the

~——‘ neighbors who may neg-





 





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‘ PRCGRESEIVE FARMING.





 





There should be progressive ideas along

other lines than political ones. and none

appeal to me SO strongly as those which

relate to the farm. We know there have

been many changes since the time of our

youthful days when we had to swing the

scythe and cradle, endeavoring to keep

up with the rest of the farm hands.



Very few now could handle the rake

properly in gathering the hay into win—

drows, or keep up to the cradler in bind-

ing the grain, as it is nearly a lost art.



I-well recollect how heavy the sheaves

were when we first began harveSting. so

as to be done before the straw got too

brittle to make the band, and, of course,

the grain had to be shocked and capped

properly so as to protect it from most

any kind of weather until it was suffi-

ciently cured and fit to be stored or

stacked.



The hay was very carefully put in

cocks when partly dry and left until well

cured. Indeed I know of a prominent

farmer and writer Who advocated the use

of covers so that hay can safely be left

in cocks for a length of time or until

convenient to- handle or until the weather

is favorable.





I 'think with the advent of the side de—‘





livery rake and the loader We can safely

do away with putting hay in cocks at all.

The grass can be left until the sap has

partially dried up or the timothy is in

the second blossom, then cut and the

mower closely followed by the loader,

thereby preventing much loss through

handling or unfavorable weather.

hay may not be so bright as when out

at an early stage, but surely makes up in

the cost of handling in a less advanced

stage, and it will not be so liable to be

dusty when taken out of the mow. We

have found where hay is a good crop and

not left in bunches by the mower, it can

be taken frOm the swath with the loader.

thereby reducing the cost of raking to

the litterings. Another advantage is that

the after growth is not injured by the hay

being left on the ground too long.



I mentioned in the beginning of this

article that it was formerly necessary to

commence harvesting the grain before it

was fully ripened so as to insure its be-

ing suitable for binding. That is not

necessary now. as the binder takes care



' of that. That being the case. it obviates

the necessity of shocking the grain at all.

The bundles can be left in windrows in

a much more convenient position to pitch

than if shocked. The butts will dry out

better than standing up, besides it saves

the expense of two men for each day's

cutting and the inevitable shelling

through the extra handling. Should wet

weather overtake the farmer he can more

easily turn over the windrows with the

fork than repair the shocks.



I think the scarcity of labor and the

efficiency at machinery should teach the

farmers to turn the corners more shortly

by getting grOundin good condition be-

fore planting the seed, by the use of pul—

verizer and roller, so that the crop can

be nearly cleaned by the use of harrow

or weeder, thereby saving many a back-

:iching job with the hoe.



Arenac Co. PETE‘R, GILBERT.





FARM NOTES.





 





 





Seeding Wheat in Dry Weather.





\Ve would like to have your opinion on

the advisability of sowing wheat on

ground that was in oats. that was plowed

as soon as oats were off and firmed down

immediately. “e have worked up the

ground and packed it so that it is in fine

shape. but owing to the drought we are

in doubt as to the advisability of sowing.

There is no moisture in the ground what-

ever. iVill the wheat remain in good con-

dition in this soil? Or would you advise

to wait until a good rain?



Ottawa (‘0. H. S.



It is undoubtedly much better to have

the ground in condition to insure the

quick germination of seed wheat and the

rapid development of the young plant

when the wheat is sown. Where it is

sown on ground that seems to be perfect;

ly dry there is some danger that there

, may be just sufficient moisture to start

the process of germination or there may

be-a light shower which will just accom-

plish this result and then permit the ker-

nels to again dry out, thus killing the

germs. if the ground were perfectly dry

and not enough moisture present to ac-

complish this result until a good rain,

then it would be safe to sow the wheat.

Of course, too late seeding is not advis-

able, but on ground of this kind if there

is not Sufficient moisture to. bring the

wheat up at once it would. in the writer’s

opinion, be wiser to risk a rather late

seeding than to sow it in that condition.

' There are many acres of stubble ground





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THE MICHIGAN FAR‘MER-





high yield. Possibly this particular strain.





in just this condition this year. much or

it being so dry and lumpy that it will be

impossible to fit it well before rains come.

However, a late summer drouth rarely

ever lasts through September. and there

is more than an even chance that condi-

tions may yet be favorable for getting a

good fall growth on this wheat.



Cutting the Second Crop of Clover.



I have a very fine patch of red clover

that I cut for the first time August 7. It

is now half-knee high and very thick and

growing finely. I want to leave it for hay

next year; some tell me I ought to cut

it again; others say to leave it. that it

will winter through all right even if it

does get large and head out. My idea is

that it would be better to cut it not later

than this month and give it time to start

up and make small growth before win-

ter. If you could giVe me any advice in

this case I shall appreciate it Very much.



Mason Co. . J. L. B.



The management of a clover meadow of

this kind is a matter for personal judg-

ment and in which it is difficult to ad-

vise at long range. In the first place, it

is an uncertain proposition to depend up-

on the clover meadow for hay the second

year. Clover is classed as a biennial, and

while it is not strictly so its usefulness

after the second year from its sowing is

problematical. Under very favorable

weather obnditions much of it will live

through and make hay the second season

of cutting. If the second crop gets suffi-

ciently matured so that it bears seed then

the plant is more likely to die. having ful-

filled its mii-‘sion. If, on the other hand.

it does not reach this stage of growth it

is more apt to live through the winter if

not cut, but as this is an uncertain prop-

osition in any event, it would, in the

writer's opinion. be better policy to bar-

vest the crop which is on the ground this

fall.



Deepening a Well.





“'e have a well on our farm which we

would like- to deepen. It has a quicksand

bottom; would like to go down to clay. It

is a brick well in good condition, about

three feet in diameter and 12 feet deep.

If there is any way it can be safely done

would like to know.



“'ayne C0. G. S.





Probably the most satisfactory way to

deepen this well would be to put down a

tubular well from the bottom of the old

well, Or in case there is a certainty of

reaching a good vein of water at a mod-

erate depth a drive well could be put

down from the bottom of the old one. It

would be possible to put in a deep tub

of staves in the bottom of this brick well

and deepen it temporarily, but it is doubt-

ful if the quicksand could be held back

permanently in this manner. Perhaps

some reader has had experience in fixing

up a well of this kind and could give us

a more helpful suggestion.





IN WHEAT BREED-

ING.





EXPERIMENTS





 





A series of wheat breeding experiments

which has been carried on by the De—

partment of Agriculture and the Nebras~

ka Agricultural Experiment Station in

co-operation since 1902 is an example of

the patient investigations which govern-

ment scientists have worked out. Even

with these 11 years of wheat-breeding

testS, with many hundreds of small plats

planted each year and the yields weigh-

ed and analyzed. only partial conclusions

are yet possible. There must be fur-

ther investigation. planting, testing and

breeding before the sought-for goal can

be attained. namely, a wheat type which

will be a heavy yielder. high in nitrogen

content. The investigations have shown

at least one singular thing about wheat.

that is, that different heads vary in nitro-

gen content from a little over one per

cent to nearly six per cent. Wheat plants

containing this most desirable feature of

richness in nitrogen. do not, singularly

enough, tend to transmit this character-

istic; the progeny of a six per cent nitro-

gen wheat plant may contain only two

per cent of nitrogen or less. Further in-

vestigations and research are necessary.

The great advantage of such long—time

investigations being in the hands of the

government is shown in these wheat ex-

perimentS. The scientist who began the

experiments. after four years of tests

was forced to give up the work but it

was carried right along by another man.

He now in turn has turned his attention

to another field, yet the work will con-

tinue on.



In the course of these breeding tests,

however. at least one promising strain

was developed. This wheat showed a

high yield per acre, 8. higher than the

average nitrogen content, a strong straw.

a large berry of good appearance and

has also proven to be very winter re-

sistant.‘ Asa. rule the tests show that

high nitrogen, content is antagonistic ”to





of wheat will, after further breeding,

prove to be the wheat of the future, a

grain which shall increase our wheat

yield from 25 to 40 per cent and perhaps

double its nutritive—bone and muscle-

making—properties.





 





 





THE WEST MICHIGAN FAIR.



More than 100,000 people visited the

West Michigan Fair at Grand Rapids

during the week of September 1—6. This

places the Grand Rapids show on a par.

so far as attendance is concerned, among

the great fairs of the country. Many

State Fairs would be glad to record as

large an attendance as this. This is not

a mere success. It is a triumph. And

the management of the West Michigan

Fair have a right to congratulate them-

selves upon the success of the enterprise

this year.



Of course, there were several causes

for this large attendance, the first of

which may be stated as excellent weath-

er. No fair could ever have any better

weather than the week of September 1 in

Grand Rapids. Thefirst two days were

rather hot, but Thursday, the big day.

was a model day for a fair, neither too

hot nor too cold. and the peeple appre-

ciated this and came out and made it the

banner day in attendance. It is claimed

that over 40,000 people visited the fair

On that day. ,



Then. again, the management of the

fair this year made a hit when they op-

ened it on Labor Day and invited the

labor unions to use the Grand Rapids

Fair Grounds as a place for entertain-

ment and celebration. The. labor unions

took advantage of this and swarmed to

the grounds. This gave them a place

to go and it gave them something worth

seeing. And so it made it profitable to

both the laboring men and the associa-

tion as well.



Another cause of the increased attend-

ance this year was the evening openings.

Up to this year the fair grounds have

not been wired so they could be lighted

up properly for evening entertainments.

This year. however, the management ex-

tended the public lighting system to the

fair grounds and lighted it up in splendid

shape, and then opened the gates in the

evening, This also proved to be a winner,

especially for many of the citizens "of

Grand Rap‘ds who would not attend and

did not attend in the day time. And the

management of the Grand Rapids Fair

this year is a case where being progres-

sive certainly panned out well. Taking

the initiative and setting thefair the

first week in September, opening it on

Labor Day. and inaugurating the evening

entertainment, is responsible for part. at

least, of the success of the fair.





Entertainments.



The management of the fair should be

congratulated also upon their good judg-

ment and good ‘luck in getting a high-

class of entertainments to amuse the peo-

ple. This, in a measure, was responsible

for the large attendance. especially the

evening attendance, because people from

the city came night after night to see the

magnificent fireworks. The enttertain-

ment was certainly of a high class and

instructive and entertaining. The so-

called “Battle of the Clouds" was enjoy-

ed by everyone. and many farmers stayed

two evenings to see this wonderful diS-

play of fireworks again.



Some of the departments this year did

not have as many entries as some pre-

vious years. This was noticeably so in

the fruit department. On the other hand,

the total number of entries was equal to





“the total number of entries of‘any pre-





vious year, so the falling off in one de—

partment was more than offset by the

increase in other departments. The art

hall and the school exhibit were unusu-

ally well filled and there was a splendid

display. The school exhibit and the ed-

ucational feature connected with it was

one of the high—class affairs of the expo-

sition. Great credit should be given to

those in charge of the educational ex-

hibits.

Horses.



In the horse department there was a

splendid display of the different breeds.

The barns were fairly well filled, and the

quality of the individuals has never been

surpassed, if equaled, before. Of course.

draft horses. principally Percherons, con-

stituted the largest number of entries,

but there was. a splendid representation

of light harness horses, and they Were

almost invariably of high grade.



Beef Cattle.



The cattle department was exceedingly



interesting. All of the important breeds





of both beef and‘ dairy type, were repre-.





SEPT. 20, 1913.





sented. There were more dairy cattle

than beef cattle, which shows that West-

ern Michigan has larger“ interests in

dairying than it has in the production of





beef. Which would naturally be expected. .





But in the beef division there were herds

of beef cattle, of Polled Angus and Short-

horns that were splendid representatives

of the breeds, and individuals of marked

excellence were in these different herds.

In fact, it would be difficult to find indi—

viduals anywhere that excel individuals

representing the beef breeds at this at—

positiOn. Perhaps the Herefords led in

the number of individuals. and they were

most excellently represented. By uniform

quality in all the different breeds repre-

senting the beef type of animals. it would

be difficult to get a better bunch together

than was at Grand Rapids.





Dairy Cattle.



Notwithstanding the merits of the beef

animals the real cattle- exhibit was with

the dairy type of cattle. Holstein Fre—

sian, Red Polled, Br0wn Swiss, Guern-

seys, Dutch Belted. Ayrshires and Jerseys

all were represented. and Well represent-

ed. In point of numbers the Jerseys had

the smallest number of entries, but while

they lacked some in numbers the quality

of the individuals was most excellent.





'There‘were some specimens of the Jersey





breed there that would make a fine show—

ing in any Show ring in the world. Hol-

stein Friesians led in numbers by all

odds. As a matter of fact, there prob-

ably Were as many Holstein Friesians on

exhibition as all the other individuals of

the different breeds combined, and what

cows, larger than Shorthorns. And what

udders. It was not necessary for an at-

tendant to tell one that that cow

gives a large flow of milk. Anyone that

knows anything about Such things would

know that by the looks of the animal

and the size of the udder. Holstein Frie-

sians are certainly the largest cattle. the

largest producers of milk of any breed of

cattle in the world. Guernseys were well

represented. so, also. were Red Polled and

Brown Swiss, and Dutch Belted. a com-

paratively new breed in Western Michi-

gan was well represented. There were

quite a number of individuals and it was

interesting. of course. to note the uni-

formity of belting. It certainly must be

quite a task for the breeder to breed





cattle that will throw belts of white

around the. body as uniformly as they

were on theSe individuals. Of L course,





this belt of white adds nothing to the

value of the animal, it is simply a breed—

er’s fad or fancy, and if good individuals

of high merit as producers have to be

sacrificed in order to keep this belt intact

around the body, it is really a pity. Up

to the present time this breed has made

no particular marks of excellence so far

as production is concerned.I and it may

possibly be that too much attention has

to be given to keeping this white belt

around the body intact. and that selec-

tion is done more for this than for the

dairy qualities of the animal. Neverthe-

less. the white belt around the body is

interesting, and no class of cattle in the

world create more interest in a show

than a herd of these peculiarly marked

animals.



' Sheep.





The sheep barn was well filled. the

preponderance of mutton sheep shows the

tendency now days of breeders. The idea

of growing sheep largely for the wool is

going out of date. People' begin now to

breed sheep for the mutton and take

what wool they can get to help out. but

mutton is the primary object. If one is

to judge the popularity of sheep from the

exhibit. it would seem that Shropshires

and Oxfords, and that sort of sheep, are

becoming more popular every year. The

exhibition at a fair, however, can hardly

be taken as a gauge to the popularity of

any breed. It is taken more as the en-

terprise of breeders who own these dif-

ferent breeds of live stock. They take

this means of advertising.



Swine.



In the swine department there was a

good representation of nearly all the dif-

ferent breeds. both the American type.

or lard type. of hogs, and the bacon type

were well represented. There were more

individuals; however. representing the

lard type of hog than the bacon type. It

seems to be slow work for the American

farmer to give up the type of hog which

has been developed in this country by al-

most an exclusive diet of corn. The mar-

kets, however, are discriminating against

this type of pork at the present time. and

eventually this will have an influence.

Without any doubt. upon the breed of

hogs, and the time will undoubtedly, come

when the American type of hog will be

changed by selection and feeding sothat





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it more nearly resembles the bacon type

bog of today

Poultry.



There was a fine dismay of poultry at

the fair this year. Practically all of the

different breeds of poultTY, not only from

the farmer's standpoint, but from the

fancier's standpoint, were on exhibition.

BOth land and water fowls. The poultry

industry is increasing in popularity. All

farmers are taking more interest in poul—

try than they ever did before. They are

beginning to learn that. poultry will bring

in more net profit on the investment than

any other kind of live stock. Then, too,

poultry products are easily marketed and

poultry products bring in cash. It is one

of the best sources of income to meet the

everyday current expense-s 0f the family.





Farm Products.



In farm products there was a splendid

d'ir-‘play of all the different kinds of grain

and vegetables, which did credit to the

enterprise and industry of the farmers of

I’Vestern Michigan. No better specimens

of wheat were over shown at any fair

than were shown here. This has been a

splendid season for the quality of wheat

seed and other grains as well. \‘Vhile in

many sections the drought has cut the

crop short the quality of the crop has not

been impaired, and although the show was

held the first week in September. very

much of the corn was ready to crib.



Fruit.



Everybody expects to see an unusually

fine diSplay of fruit at the Grand Rapids

Fair because Grand Rapids is located in

\Vestern Michigan, the greatest commer-

cial fruit section, almost, in the whole

country. In no place in the world are

fruits developed with as good flavor and

appearance. In no place in the. World is

there a more favorable location so far as

(limatic conditions are concerned, for the

growth of fruit. than in \Vestern Mich-

igan, which is favored by the influence

of Lake Michigan on the west and the

trade winds which blow from the south-

west, and so everybody expects to see a

splendid exhibition of fruit. There were.

many misgivings on account of the fruit

mcn this year. because the fair was held

the first week in September. Much of.

the fruit was not matured sufiiciently so

that it could be on exhibition, and a

great deal of complaint was made along

this line. Certainly this did interfere with

the exhibition somewhat. Many of the

later varieties of apples and other fruits

could not be shown at all because it was

too early. in the season. Nevertheless,

there was a splendid, even a grand ex-

hibition of fruit. To a person especially

interested in fruit, thereywas a chance

to spend one whole half day in juSt view-

ing this exhibit. One of the finest ex-

hibits was made by the West Michigan

Development Company, and this particu-

larly was of apples. This showing of ap-

ples would do credit to the great Chicago

Fruit Show or to the Grand Rapids Fruit

Show in the winter time, when all of the

late varieties could be had in their prime.

Here were. hundreds and hundreds of

boxes of fancy apples that were packed

and put up in an attractive way, which

certainly obtained and held the attention

of everybody who entered the hall. Ad—

vertising \Vest Michigan as a fruit sec-

tion like this cannot help but eventually

boom this section as a fruit producing

section. No one who knows anything

about advertising but what must admit

that this is effective work. It is work in

the right direction. The management of

this organization ought to be congratu-

lated upon the manner in which this ex-

hibit was arranged and the enterprise

shown all through. 'Another thing, the

\Vcst Michigan Development Company

exhibited stereopticon views of farms and

crops and lands throughout western Mich-

igan. This was given under the grand-

stand. was free, simply to show people

the conditions which exist in IVestern

Michigan Some people are going to the

Bitterroot valleys in Montana, others are

going to Colorado, and that sort of thing,

to get favorable fruit locations and they

are leaving one of the most favored fruit

sections in the world to do it. And

this is largely because in the past the

advantages of VJeStern Michigan have not

been called to the attention of the cit-

izens of this community. This is cer-

tainly work that will bring results in the

future



Machinery Exhibit.



Probably this year the machinery ex-

hibit was the best that was ever held on

the fair grounds. The space allotted to

'it was really crowded to the limit. All.

kinds'of farm machinery of every descrip-

tion was On exhibition, and exhibited in

an attractive manner. Some of the ex-

hibits were large. notably that of the In-

ternational Harvester Company, one of





THE





the largest exhibits that was ever on the





' grounds, showing almost a complete line





of all their various farm tools.



In buggies and automobiles the number

of entries were less than uSual. It is hard

to understand why there would be a less

number of entries of automobiles because

one would think that the present time is

just the time for automobile manufactur—

ers to make exhibits at the large agricul-

tural fairs, because farmers are buying

automobiles freely. But nevertheless it

was a fact that there were not as many

on exhibition as in former years. So far

as carriages. buggieS, and wagons are

concerned, the small number on exhibi-

tion was very noticeable. 0n the other

hand the exhibition of harness and horse

goods was extremely large.



To a visitor at the Comstock Park

Crminds it is very noticeable that the

grounds are assuming a permanent ap-

pearance. Things that are being done

now for the improvement of the grounds

are made with a view of having them per—

manent. “'ith a little more remodeling

and rearrangement of the buildings this

can be made one of the most attractive

fair grounds in the whole country. The

new grandstand recently built this sum—

mer is a model. It is up-to-date in every

respect. “Vest Michigan Fair and the city

of Grand Rapids ought to be proud of it

and.they undoubtedly are. Many people

did not appreciate the beauty of the

Grand Rapids Fair Grounds until they

Saw them lighted by electricity in the

evening. In fact. a great many people

attend the fair and pay no particular at-

tention to the buildings or their arrange-

ment with a general landscape gardening

idea of the fair grounds, because they

hurry from one exhibit to another and

pay little attention to it, while they ought

to at first take a general bird's eye view

of the whole situation to get the beauty

of location and arrangement. \Vhen,

however, they saw the, grounds lighted

by electricity then they realized for the

first time that Comstock Park" was one

it" the most attractive places to hold an

exhibition of this sort in the whole coun-

try. This year certainly has placed the

\Vc-st Michigan Fair on the map right.

It stands now on a par with the great

fairs of the country. This management

has provcd that Grand Rapids can sup-

port a fair of equal magnitude to any

city in this country, and this {air has

also proven that the territory of “'estern

Michigan can supply an exhibit that is

second to none in the whole country.





BROADCASTING Feariliz—ER BEFORE

sowmc. WHEAT.





Would there be any advantage in drill-

ing fertilizer some time ahead of wheat

sowing, and mixing thoroughly with the

soil by harrowing? l have noticed that

in drilling fertilizer with wheat, the wheat

did not come up as quick nor grow as

fast as on strips where I shut up the

fertilizer, yet I could see a marked dif-

ference in favor of the fertilizer at bar-

vest time.



Eaton Co. A. E. C.





I thoroughly believe that thorough dis-

tribution of fertilizer has more to do

with the best results than very many

farmers seem to think. Distribution is

a great factor in the proper utilization

of fertilizer. \Ve only put a little bit of

it into the soil and what we want to do

is to get that qut as thoroughly and

evenly distributed in the soil as we pos-

sibly can, so that the plants will get it.

\‘Vhen we sow wheat with the fertilizer

drill and distribute 200 to 300, and per-

haps 400 pounds of fertilizer on an acre

it really, is pretty well distributed. Un-

less we put on large applications of fer-

tilizer I never noticed that it injured the

wheat about germination. I have no-

ticed in the spring time, with a crop like

beans. for instance, where ruite a large

application was put on that the fertilizer

seemed to injure the germinating power

of the beans, but beans are very suscep—

tible to anything like potash or phos-

phoric acid. As yet I never have no-

ticed anything of this sort with oats or

rye or wheat, and I hardTy think it

would pay to sow the fertilizer before

one sowed the wheat and harrowed it in.

and yet if one does this with a good disk

drill he is fitting the ground at the same

time, and this drill run over the land will

do almost as much good as any other

tilling will do. and there would not be

very much time lost. I am sure that it

would giVe just as good results, but I

am not sure that it would give better

results because I never tried it. But I

am sure that fertilizer does not want to

be used in handfuls, but it wants to be

evenly distributed through the ground.

Now the better we can do this the bet-

ter the results will be. I am positive

about this from observation and expe-

rience. COLON C. LILLIE.





 





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he succeeded mightily, for he made $4,000,000 in the business of farm-

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“It is the most efficient money-maker on the place."



It’s warm praise to be ranked above all other farm machines, but it

is in keeping with what all the agricultural world has been recognizing.

Soils rebel when crop after crop is taken from them, without return of

fertilizer. Witness the abandoned worn-out farms of New England.

Return every bit of manure to the soil by the spreader method. The

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FREE MILK AND CREAM TESTS.





 





Pursuant to the announcement pub-

lished in last week’s issue of the Mich—

igan Farmer, to the effect that we have

planned to make tests of milk and cream

free of charge for our subseribers, we are

now giving simple directions to be follow-

ed by those availing themselves of this

service.



Taking the .Sample.



The milk or cream should be sampled

in the same manner as it is sampled at

the creamery, that is, preferably with a

sampler, or what is known as a “milk

thief." In this way a uniform sample

will be obtained.



If a milk sampler is not obtainable then

the milk or cream Should be poured from

pail to poll two or three times to thor-

Oughly mix the butter-fat. making the

bulk uniform throughout, after which

a small bottle is filled and forwarded to

The Michigan Farmer Laboratories, 674

“'oodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich.



In sending samples of cream use a wide-

moutlied bottle to facilitate the removal

of the cream.



The bottle must be inclosed in a wood,

metal or papier-mache tube or block.

with a cushion of cotton. felt. or other

absorbent. between the bottle and the

walls 0f the tube or bIOck. We can fur-

nish containers that meet the require-

ments of the port ofiice department to

our subscribers at nominal cost.



Be sure to give on the outside wrap-

per your name and address as the pack-

age will not be received {is mailzible mat-

ter unless this bc done.



In order- that the greatest good may

result from this service the sample of

milk sent for testing should be satisfac-

toi‘y to both the farmer and the buyer,

hence, one of the requirements we feel

obliged to make is that an agreement

made after the following form be signed

by both the farmer and the buyer.



Form of Agreement.



We, ....................... farmer, and

................... buyer, have taken the

sample being forwarded by parcel post in

a manner satisfactory to both, and desire

to have it tested for butter-fat. The sam-

ple is marked “From........... ...... _



.............. . . . . (Farmer),

..................(Buyer).



Date...................



Caution—Do not enclose the letter with

the bottle as it cannot be legally forward-

ed by parcel poSt. The letter can be en-

closed, however, if parcel is sent as first-

class mail.



N0 agreement. of course, is necessary

or pOSSible where sample is being sent

to determine the butter-fat content of the

milk produced by certain cows for pur—

poses of gaining information regarding the

value of the animals.





 





FLY REPELLANTS.





It is a good thing to spray the COWS

every day with some fly i‘epellant, but I

don't believe. in paying fancy prices for

these fly repellauts. My opinion is that

any good sheep dip which can be bought

for a dollar a gallon is just as good a fly

repellant as you will get. This sheep dip

or disinfectant is not only :1 fly i‘epellant

but it is also a mighty good thing to use

in a stable as :1 disinfectant. One could

afford to use it liberally. not only to re-

pel the flies but also to purify conditions

in the stable. My opinion is. and it

comes from experience. too, that 21 lib-

eral spray every day. of a good sheep

dip or disinfectant, will go a good ways

toward preventing and even curing con-

tagious abortion in cows, and I believe

it will pay :my man to be prepared with

a. good hand-sprayer and a supply of this

material and disinfect his stable and the

cows every day.



Feeding Immature Crops.



Soiling crops should be fairly mature

I would rather

feed dry forage than to feed rye too

green, or corn too green, 01‘ peas and

oats too green, or anything else, before

it has fairly well matured. It doesn't

coutain the proper food nutrients when

it is in a too green and succulent state

before it is mature. I don't believe. it

ever pays to feed real immature forage





crops.





SOY BEANS FOR THE SILO.





 





This hot, dry summer the soy beans

are a better growth than they were last

year. Hot, dry weather is what the soy

bean plants want. And I am going to

have quite a big amount of soy beans to

put into the silo with the corn silage. As

an experiment last spring I mixed the

soy bean seed in with the ensllage corn

on one strip in a field. Now where the

ensilage corn happens to be a. little thin

there are plants of soy beans that stand

three and a half feet high and they have

got nice leaves. They have done very

well, better than I expected. In other

places, of c0urse, where the corn stands

thick they shaded the beans so that they

are certainly poor. I am at a loss to

know whether it would pay to mix soy

beans in with the silage corn right along

or not. This hasn’t been a good growing

season for ensilage corn. It has been too

dry. It has been just the right kind of

a season f0r soy beans. Had we had

more rain early in the season so that the

corn would have made a larger growth

I am afraid'the soy beans would have

looked quite sick in the cornfield. They

are none too good as it is. But where I

planted them by themselves in rows

28 inches apart and cultivated them

two or three times they have done well.

Those that I put in on a portion of the

pea ground where I took the peas off the

first of July and sold them to the canning

factory are nearly as large as those that

I planted a few days earlier, but, of

course. they are not quite so far along in

maturity, but they are going to make a

good growth and be mature enough to

mix with the corn to make corn Silage.

and my idea is to mix them in with the

corn. cut them perhaps with a binder. If

the binder will stand the racket. Then

we can feed in some soy beans in with

a bundle of corn Silage and make succo—

man, as it were, for the cows. We did

this in a limited way last year and the

cows certainly relished it. They liked

this mixture, the man said, better than

they did the corn silage, but there was

hardly enough of it so that we could tell

for sure, but at any rate, they ate it and

they seemed to like it. There isn’t any

question but what soy beans have a con-

siderably larger per cent of protein than

corn silage, and with soy beans mixed in

with the corn silage the grain ration could

be changed a little bit and not have it so

rich in protein. As protein costs the

most money this would cheapen the ra-

tion somewhat. I’Vhether it would pay,

however, to grow soy beans on a separate

field and mix them with corn silage I am

not prepared to say. The protein can be

bought very cheap in by~products in this

country, and it would be some little both-

er to make the mixture. Not only that

but you can't raise anywhere near the

number of tons of soy beans as you can

of corn, and possibly it would pay better

to have the entire acreage into corn. and

then balance up the ration with a. little

richer grain ration of protein.





Every Farmer Should Have a Silo.





I was favored with a visit the other

day from Ex—Governor Fred M. Warner,

and I was talking with him about the

soy beans and the desirability of mixing

soy beans with corn silage for this pur-

pose, of increasing the per cent of protein

in the roughage. He believed in this and

he said it was-all right for me to raise

soy beans and tell the farmers of Michi-

gan about them in the Michigan Farmer,

that was all right, but be said to not

forget to tell the farmers who keep cows

to build silos. It may be possible for

them to grow soy beans to mix with corn

Silage but what they want first of all is

a good silo, and they want one large

enough. or else they want two so that

they will have silage for the summer

time when the drought comes. Of course,

I flatter myself, and I told the ex-gover-

“01‘ that I thought I had done my duty

'in telling the fai‘mes of Michigan tllllt

they ought to have silos. Not only the man

who keeps cows but the man who keeps

cattle. ought to put his corn into the silo.

I am getting to be of the opinion that

here in Michigan we can't afford to i'aiSe

corn to huSk. We can't compete with

people in the corn belt proper for husking

corn. In other words, a Michigan farmer

would not think of growing corn to sell

as he sells wheat or rye or oats the way

they sell corn in Indiana and Illinois and

Iowa. Some of them down there claim

to grow 75 to 100 bushels of shelled corn





to the acre. low it is very rarely that we,





could do that. On an average we Could

do nowhere near it unless we make spe-

cial preparation. So I say. we would not

think in Michigan of growing corn in a.

commercial way to sell to get an income,





 





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but We can raise it' as a stock food, and

when we raise it as a, stock food we can

get the most out of it by putting it into

a silo.



Very few, if any, farmers in Michigan

have more mOney invested in dairy farm-

ing than Ex-GovernOr Warner. On his

large farm in Huron county and his farm

in Oakland county, he has Something

over 100 cows. Not only that, but Mr.

Warner is interested in cheese factories

and creameries. His observation is good.

He is a man who figures in a business

way on business propositions, and his

indgment on this question of a silo for a

dairy farmer is as good as any man’s

could be. There is no doubt about that.

Few men think about such things any

more logically than Mr. Warner. Now he

knows from his own experience in feed-

ing cows that the silo pays. When he

gets out of ensilage he has figured on the

proposition and he knows it costs more to

keep those cows. Corn silage is as cheap

a ration as you can grow. Of course.

you want this clover hay and a little

grain. Mr. Warner has not only noticed

this on his own farm, but buying milk

for his cheese factories and creameries

he notices that the man who has a silo

is the man that furnishes the milk. He

has noticed that the man who has a silo

is satisfied with the returns from his

cows. Now this observation in this way

is worth a good deal in giving us an idea

of the real value. of a silo for the dairy-

man. Whether a. drought .comes in the

middle of summer or not, pasture isn’t

as good the latter part of the summer

as it is the first part, and cows won’t do

as well. They need something to supple-

ment it. There is nothing so good as

good corn silage. ,And when Mr. Warner

says, tell them all about soy beans and

that sort of thing, but don’t forget to tell

them about the silos, every man who

keeps cows or keeps cattle in Michigan

ought to have a silo. If you haven’t got

one go out and build one now, and put

this year's corn crop into it. You can

make money by doing it.





MICHIGAN CREAMERY MANAGERS

AND OWNERS MEET.





 





 





A well attended and particularly en-

thusiastic meeting of the Michigan

Creamery Managers & Owners’ Associa-

tion was held at the Agricultural College

at East Lansing, September 1.



Meeting was called to order by Presi-

dent Frary. Prof. A. C. Anderson was

called on and spoke at considerable length

on crcamery conditions in general in Mich-

igan, with particular reference to the

work of the Agricultural College. He

spoke of the fact that when the Michigan

Creamery Managers & Owners Associa—

tion was organized that a great many





people held up their hands in horror in‘





fear of a powerful element to fix prices,

but that these same people had now come

to realize that this was an organization

aimed to better.eVery creamery owner





and manager and in doing this were, of





course, bettering conditions for the pa-

tions. He spoke of work being done by

the Michigan Agricultural College in get-

ting buttermakers started along right

lines, and this with the excellent train-

ing which they receive when they go out

into factories, was giving Michigan some

A 1 buttermakers. Prof. Anderson’s talk

alone was well worth the time of any

creamery manager or owner to go to

Lansing to hear.



Secretary Eldridge then read the finan-

cial report of the Association, showing

that all debts were paid and that there

was a balance in the treasury of $274.47

and that there was a gain in membership

of seven since the last meeting.



State Dairy and Food Commissioner,

J. W. Helme. then gave a talk on the in-

terpre ation of the new dairy laws. He

gave the owners and managers to under-

stand that each and every creamery and

cream station must pay its $5.00 license

fee, and stated the fact that several of

the largest centralizers in the state had

already paid.



He next took up the new insanitary

cream law which went into effect August

15, 1913. He informed the owners that

this law would be vigorously enforced and

that all insanitary cream would be very

promptly destroyed when found either in

the possession of the creamery or the

farmer, and he also gave a very good talk

along the lines of how the State Dairy

and Food Department might assist the

creameries and the creameries assist

them in securing a better grade of raw

material and in consequence, making a

better grade of butter.



After his talk it was voted that the

Association furnish each of its members





with a, copy of this law to mail out to

each and every patron and cardboard

copies to tack up in their places of busi-

ness. Mr. Helme volunteered the use of

the name and influence of his department

on these circulars and the secretary was

instructed to have them printed at once

and sent to the membership.



It was voted by the association that

the next quarterly meeting should be held

in Saginaw in December.



A pleasant feature of the Lansing meet-

ing was dinner at the cafeteria on the

college campus, which Prof. Anderson

had arranged. It was the unanimous

opinion of the membership that he is

some hand at arranging dinners and he

has certainly created for himself a warm

Spot in the heart of every member for

the many courtesies he extended to us.—

Fred L. Eldridge. Secretary.





BUILDING A CONCRETE SILO.





 





I notice in the August 30 issue of the

Michigan Farmer an inquiry from “R.

\V. R." relative to building a concrete

silo. As I built one last fall I think that

Bro. Lillie has not had much experience

with cement work or he would not advise

the use of .old junk for reinforcement of

a concrete silo. Better throw that old

junk into some swamp and get new wire

fence, which can be made taut with the

ends tied together and thus get the ten—

sion in the wall evenly distributed.



The reason why so many cement walls

crack is faulty construction and, as a

circular concrete silo is no stronger than

its WeakeSt part, great care should be

taken to get the stress evenly distributed

and this cannot be done with old junk.

I suppose that R. \\'. R. has a competent

man to build the forms and one who un—

derstands cement work. otherwise he had

better let the concrete silo alone, or he

will get a botched job.



The part of silo in the ground can be





 





 





 





 





Concrete Silo Built by Jeseph Emery, of

Oakland County.



built with cobble stones and cement if

care is taken in digging the pit so that

the sides are plumb and the pit large

enough to have a nine-inch wall. One of

the inside forms should be set up in the

bottom of the pit and be sure to get it

plumb and level and a true circle. Now

have the cement mortar very wet. pour

in two or three inches of it, then place a

layer of cobble stones and ram them

down solid, then some more cement and

more stones until the form is filled. Set

up the next form on top of this one and

fill it the same way. The forms should

be each three feet high, this is the height

that is generally used around here. Now

take out the bottom form, which should

have one bevel joint Or else you w0n’t

get it apart, and set it up on top of the

other one. The wire fence should be put

in before it is necessary to put on the

outside form, also the door frames.



We used only four doors in 24 feet.

The frames should be 2 ft. 4 in.x2 ft. 10 in.

with a 2-in. square strip nailed on the

outer and inner edge. This must fit the

curve of silo top and bottom and it makes

a J'amb for the door to rest in. I do not

believe it neceSsary to have a contin—

uous door opening as it would weaken

the silo. We plastered our silo with ce-

ment one\to three of sifted sand. wet up

with strong alum water. This makes the

cement more waterproof and gives a fine

surface.





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Shall We "‘SaVe the Calves?”





THE press of the nation declares that

we are close to a beef famine, that

production is low. and that prices

are higher than ever before.



It seems that there is a grave problem

to be solved. Yet all you have to do is

to inquire for a solution and-—



“Eat more lamb and mutton!” answers

the packer.



“Raise more beef!" replies the statisti-

clan.



“Save the calves!” declares the U.

Department of Agriculture.



That last answer is 'as familiar to us

as the question. It is an old friend. Very

well!



\l’e'll not presume to include ourselves

with the Packer, the Statistician, or the

Department of Agriculture. We shall re-

frain from handing out, with a modest

Smile, a guaranteed XXX cure—all with

the name blown in every bottle.



But perhaps the following impartial

bird’S—eyc View of the situation may as-

sist some less modest person to figure out

a solution:



There were 16,000,000 fewer cattle in the

l'nited States in the early part of 1913

than in 1907. Those are strong figures

and offer food for considerable thinking,

cepecially when we. Consider that during

the same period of time our population in-

creased, in round numbers, from 76,000,000

to 92,000.000.



Average steel; prices, at Chicago, were

22 per cent higher in 1912 than in 1911.



And our beef and cattle exports! “'here

are they? There was a time when the

sun never set on American beef. When

the Englishman sung songs to “the roast

beef of Olde England." it would. in most

have been more fitting to whistle

a great part of the

Englishman’s roasts came from our 'west-

ern plains



But now our beef exports have. dwind-

led to unimportunce In the eight months

ended with February, 1913, we exported

12.256 head of cattle. In the correspond-

ing months of 1907, our exports number-

ed 270.219 head.



The fresh beef exported in that period

of 1913 was 4,750,000 pounds; in 1907 it

was 176.000.0110.



“'ith these figures it is interesting to

compare the shipments into the- United

States. In the eight months ended Feb-

ruary, 1913, we

cattle. and back in 1907, only 12,500 head.



It doesn't rcouire an expert statistician

to figure out that if.the present state of

affairs continue. it won’t be long until

this country. which once boasted of “feed-

ing the world." will be importing her

beef and exporting none.



The foregoing are pessimistic figureS.

\‘i'ith them in front of us, let us consider

the following sidelights on the situation:





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\l'e Americans. we arc told, are strong

for veal. \Ye eat more of it than does

any other nation. The past year we ate-

niore veal. in fact. twice as much. as we

did ten years ago.



The 17. S. Department of Agriculture

s:1\s:“ln 1911 8.,000 000 calves Were





slaughtered. They represented 560. 000 000





pounds of meat. Had the calves been

permitted to live one year longer, they

would have given to the country 4,800.-

000.000 pounds of beef.”





Does the Departmcnt of Agriculture 0f-

fei the real solution? Shall we “Save the



hives?" And if so, how? By legiSlation?



Smne of our South American neighbors

faced the same situation and they re-

sorted to legislation. “LaWS were enact-

ed.” we are told, “making it an offense

subject to a severe penalty to slaughter

females calves, heifers or (’OWS under six

years of age. The purpose waS. of course,

to increase the breeding herds. The re-

sults have been altogether beneficial and

in no sense deleterious. Veal and baby

beef are still found on the menus in South

America. In fact, there is a greater

abundance of those meats because the law

has 110w been in effect long enough to

produce him or three times as many

calves as there were formerly.”



The beef packers are making strong

pleas 'for similar laws in the United

States. ' Swift & 00.. in their 1913 Year

Book. say: “We wouldlike to see some

such laws enacted in the‘ United States

for there is no denying the fact that one

of the most effective methods of increase.





imported 222.000 head of-





ing the beef supply of the country, and

thereby lessening the prevailing high

prices of beef, would be the restriction of

the sale of veal.”



It is only fair to add that the packers

also suggeSt that immediate relief may

be obtained, by using more lamb and mut-

ton instead of going in so heavily for our

nation-wide favorite—beef steak.



Now there are some among the “Save

the Calf” adherents who think the farmer

is foolish to veal his calves at 70 pounds

instead of letting them grow up to sev-

eral hundred pounds of beef. Also, they

dwell on his “short-sightedness" in con-

tinuing to raise feed but killing the young

animals that should be eating the feed.



This sounds well: but it does not hit

the point. As long as the demand for veal

exists, with the reSultant high prices, and

as long as this demand and high price

makes it more profitable to veal calves

than to raise them. just so long will the

stock-raiser, the dairyman, and the gem

era] farmer continue in his so-called

“shortsighted” way.



This salient fact is being recognized.

Missionary work is being done in various

parts of the country by the Department

of Agriculture with the idea of teaching

the farmer that it pays to raise beef and

showing him how to do it. If this suc-

ceeds, the calf will be allowed to grow 11p.



Also, the International HarveS‘tcr Com-

pany is said to have appropriated a mil-

lion dollurs for agricultural experiments

tending to increase crop production, fig-

uring that this will in time increase the

production of live stock.



Similar experiments have been conduct-

ed along the line of the Great Northern

Railroad. The results show a very grat-

ifying increase in yield and a superior

quarity of gram. This increased produc-

tion. it is argued. will tend to hold grain

at a moderate price and lead the farmer

to make his profit on live stock.



Thus far. experiments in increased crop





and live stock production along these

lines, have been in the west and north-

west. But lately, the farmers of the





south have been taking more interest in

the‘raising of cattle to such an extent

that there will be an increased supply in

those sections.



The packers who tell us that the rem-

edy will be found in an increased con-

sumution of lamb and mutton do not in-

form us as to how we will persuade the

consumer to adopt this policy. We have

the lamb and mutton to serve him if he

will ‘take it. The United States is fast

becoming a great sheep raising country.

Scientific feeding and handling of sheep

are producing a finer grade of mutton.

Yet, despite the fact this this is being

sold at cheaper prices than beef, the con-

sumer continucs to cut expensive beef

cuts and veal cutlets.





Can we make the consumer eat “ram,

lamb, sheep, or mutton.” when he wants

beef? Is it practicable to pass a law that





will deny him his veal?



\Vhile we are grappling with these ques-

tions, government representatives are

trying to airange 1‘01 m01e beef importa-

tions from South America. Australia is

already getting a foothold in our coun—

try for her beef and beef products, and

beef prices stay at record breaking

heights 01‘ go higher.



And when we do apply calf—conservation

ideas through the clumsy machinery of

the law, if we ever do, we may find out

that the demand for choice cuts will still

be. greater than the. supply.



Yet it is :1 beautiful theory——this “Save

the Calf" idea. 011 the face of it, it seems

reasonable to suppose that if every farm-

er in this broad land of ours would save

the calves until they are grown cattle

1eady for the slaughter, the problem

of beef scarcity would be solved.



. Perhaps it would: but when it doesn’t

pay a farmer to raise calves, how are you

going to bring about this calf conserva-

tlon scheme?



I.’“dunno



iust as this article was about to be

mailed to the Editor. my attention was

called to a Washington dispatch in this

morning’s (Sept. 8) San Francisco Exam-

iner. The dispatch reads in part:



“Washington. Sept. 7.——Representative

Fred A. Britton, of Chicago. will intro-

duce tomorrow 9. bill prohibiting the kill-





 

 





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There you are! Britton “should worry!"

He won’t have to raise ’em! ‘

,California. L L. DEBRA.





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Among the numerous ailments to which

horseflesh is heir, the so-called colics are

probably the most common at this sea-

son of the year. The term colic has long

been used to designate an abdominal pain

caused by some disturbance of the stom-

ach or inteStines, and as these organs

are quite complicated in the horse. it is

obvious that the word does not signify

any special disease. Many stockmen are

prone to 'think that all colics are alike

and may conclude that because one horse

recovers from an attack without treat—

ment, all other cases have 21 like chance.

This, however, is not the case, as the

severity of an attack depends largely on

the variety of colic and usually requires

an experienced man to make :1 differen-

tiation.



The common cause of colic at this sea-

son of the year is the sudden change

from old to new hay. This is so relished

by the animal that the stomach becomes

overloaded. causing a fermentation and

resulting in a (“Mention of the stomach

or intestines, or both, by gas. This type

of Colic is one of the most dangerous and

rapidly fatal forms of the diseases known.

The construction of the stomach and in-

testines is such that once distended it is

impossible for the accumulated gas to

escape unless it is aided either by the in-

troduction of a stomach tube or trocar.





It is well to keep in mind that horses

are apt to overload on new hay and ev-

ery feeder should be very cautious and

give only a small amount at a time until

the animals become accustomed to the

change. It is also well to give every

horse that receives dry feed a bran mash.

either wet or dry, containing a handful

of linseed meal and a little salt. at least

twice weekly. Such slight precautions

when neglected often result in the loss of

a valuable horse.



The symptoms of colic are no doubt

familiar to all horse owners, although the

symptoms differ somewhat with the var—

ious forms of the disease, which may be

summed up as follows:



Pain. which may come on suddenly or

gradually. If in harness the home goes

”short,” gives way in the hind quarters.

stops, becomes restless. paws the ground

and stamps. shakes himself, and can be

prevented only with difficulty from lying

d0wn. Later on, he often totterS, groans,

picks with the hind legs at the abdomen,

looks round at his hind quarters. WlliSkS

his tail, stands over at the knees, arches

his back, stretches the head and neck,

and places the hind feet under the body.

As a rule, the animal lies down very

carefully and slowly, -or makes attempts

to lie down, but sometimes may throw

himself recklessly on the ground. He may

lie still or roll and kick violently. He

may sweat profusely and mum 21nd die

within four or five hours from the outset.



During the onset of an attack of colic

it is well to give one quart of raw linseed

oil, to which has been added one ounce

of spirits of turpentine and two drums of

fluid extract of nux vomica. Feed should

be entirely withheld for at least twenty-

four hours, but allow plenty of water. If

bloat is excessive it should be promptly

relieved with a trocar by an experienced

liand.——J. 1V, Kalkus, Assistant Veteri-

narian, Washington Exp. Sta.





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





 





Out of the west has come a tremendous

crop of thin steers for feeding in the corn

belt. In recent Weeks whole trainloads

of feeding cattle emanating from Kansas

and Oklahoma pastures have been 11n-

loaded daily at many points in Iowa, Illi-

nois, Minnesota, South Dakota. as well as

in Indiana and Michigan. Last week Kan-

sas City received nearly 90,000 cattle. a

new record for one week's marketing at

that point and three-fourths of the ar-

rivals were thin Stcers fit only for feed—

ing purposes. It is well that the eastern

states are in better shape for feeding cat-

tle than west of the Missouri river. There

is room for the thousands which the weSt

is forced to liquidate. Even though the

east is certain of paying high prices for

feedstuff confidence a plenty is being

shown in the stability of the future mar-

ket for fat beef steers to reward fatten-

ers with a fair profit.



Live stock men the country over will be

pleased with the Senate action in remov-

ing the cattle duty to balance free entry

of foreign meats. Free cattle will enable

feeders in the‘ United States to have ac-

cess to thousands of both Canadian and

Mexican bred steers for finishing on corn.

Under the duty existing for years the

American feeder was practically barred

from both the Canadian and Mexican

market.
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Post-mortem (after death) examination

of a hog dead from cholera may reveal

certain abnormal appearances, or condi-

tions of organs or parts of the body. The

intestines may suffer extensive inflamma-

tory changes, the outer coat showing

small hemorrhages while the lining of the

large bowel may have the characteristic

ulceration. The lymph glands draining

the intestines are swollen and dark, some-

times almost black. Lymph glands in

other parts of the body show the same

thing, especially those at the angle of the

lower jaw and those between the lungs.

Normally these glands are gray.



The kidneys show numerous small hem-

orrhagesnboth on the surface, beneath

the capsule or surrounding membrane, and

in the substance of the organs. This con-

ditiOn is spoken of as the “turkey-egg”

kidney, on account of the speckled ap-

pearance produced by the hemorrhages

and it may be observed more readily af-

ter the capsule has been stripped off. The

' hemorrhages are quite small, and appear

as dark specks from about the size of a

millet seed up to the head of a pin.



The lungs are frequently the seat of

extensive changes. Dark areas are no-

ticed, especially on the anterior lobes

(that part of the lungs extending up into

the front of the chest cavity). To the

touch these feel firm, more like liver tis-

sue than normal lung which is somewhat

elastic, and pink in color. The lung may

also have a speckled appearance due to

the numerous small hemorrhages scat-

tered over the surface and throughout the

substance of the organ. Other organs

may be affected. as, for instance, the

heart, which may show a few of the hem—

orrhages on the surface, similar to those

on the kidneys. The spleen may also

show some of these, or this organ may

be very much enlarged, and be very pulpy

on cutting it. The bladder may show

hemorrhages, on either the inner or outer

surface.



Disposition of Carcasses.

Autopsy.



The carcasses of all hogs which have

died from cholera, lung worms, or tuber-

culosis should be so disposed of that none

of the infection can be scattered to un-

infected premiseS. The best way to dis-

pose of the carcasses is to burn them.

\Vhen this is not possible they should be

buried at least three feet in the ground

and covered with quicklime. If this is

not done prowling animals or scavenging

birds may carry parts of the carcass to

healthy herds. Pens in which there has

been cholera should be thoroughly disin-

fected, and no hogs should be introduced

into the herd unless they have been ren-

dered immune by treatment with serum.



Disinfection.



A few general conditions concerning the

disinfection of hog houses, pens and yards

might be in order at this time. Before

we had any means of successfully com-

bating the hog cholera, it was the cus-

tom to clean up and disinfect the prem-

ises after cholera had carried off most of

the hogs, and then start all over again.



The belief has become very widespread

that freezing will kill hog cholera germs.

This is not true, even in a state like

Minnesota, where the winters are some-

times unusually severe. The only effect

which extreme cold appears to have on

these germs is that it weakens them

temporarily or seems to hold them in

check for a while, until the appearance of

warmer weather.



The following general rules are offered

for disinfecting premises where hog chol-

era has existed:



1. Burn all dead hogs, as near the

place where they died as possible. or at

least bury them. Burning is better.



2. As soon as the last victim of chol—

era has either died or recovered, burn all

the litter that has been contaminated

with discharges from the sick animals.



3. Spray the pens, inside and out, with

a. strong disinfectant solution. using a

force pump if same is available, so as to

get into all the cracks and corners.



4. Apply a coat of whitewash contain-

ing five per cent of carbolic acid to the

walls of the hog houses, pens and fences.



5. Sprinkle the floors of the pens and

yards with slaked lime.



6. Scald frequently with boiling water

all buckets and troughs used in feeding

the hogs—H. Preston Hoskins, Asst. Vet-

erinary, Minnesota Ex. Sta.



(Continued next week).





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There’s more fraud in shoes than in almost any

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Nearly 90 % of all shoes retailed for less than $4.00

have paper, composition, or other substitutes for leath-

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" Star Brand " isIthe lsrgest. selling brand of shoes in the

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We have built. up this vast business—23 big factories em.

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If "Star Brand" shoes were not. better than other shoes.

we could not have grown from a. smell start. to a. business of

over 815.000.000I a year. outstripping all other shoe makers

in this short time.



We make more shoes than any other shoemaker. Our cost

per pair is less. It costs us less to sell them. We give you

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The "Patriot", our line dress shoe for men. is made in

50 different. styles at. $4.50 to 85.00. As good a. shoe in other

brsnds would cost. you $1.00 more.



The ”Society". our beautiful dress shoe for women. is

made in many styles and sold at. 83.50 to $4.00. It. is better

than many other shoes sold at 85.00.



The "Stronger-Than-Thc-Law". our heavy work shoe. is

the strongest. and longest. wearing shoe made. Its value has

never been equalled. Made Ior men. women and children.





The “Our Family ” shoe is made of fine box calf and

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member of the family.



Last year 646,448 people bought this famous shoe.

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Every " Star Brsnd ” merchsnt has one of these shoes out

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The "Our Fsmily " sells at prices ranging from $1.36 for

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All the shove are "Star Brand“ shoes with our name on

the solo and our star on the heel. Every pair is made of good

leather. We do not. use substitutes for leather.



During the last six months Pure Shoe Bills have been inc

croduced into Congress and several states. requiring that when

substitutes for leather are used the fact. must. be stamped on

she sole.



Many manufacturers and s few merchants are bitterly

lighting these bills. From the start. we have freely and

openly endorsed these bills. We believe in this legislation bo-

causc it gives you a. square deal.



_ Our business has been built up on honest leather construc-

tion. We believe that this is one reason why we have grown

so rapidly. If substitutes for leather were better than leather

there would be lots of other shoe makers larger than we are.





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Ask" YOUR dealer if he is in favor or 3. Pure Shoe lsw.

Every Star Brand " merchant believes in this great. move-

ment for pure leather shoes just as we do. because it. insures

that the wearer gets what he pays for.





The Oldfield Pure Shoe Bill now pending in Congress

should be enacted into a. law. The victory should be made

complete. because it is a. good low. Write your Senator sud

Congressman and urge them to vote for it.





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





 





In another col-

umn of this iSSue

will be found a

discussion of the relation of the veal calf

problem to the future beef supply under

the heading, “Shall we Save the Calves?”

from the pen of a man who has devoted

much thought to the problem and points

out some phases of same .which those who

advocate legislation to prevent the killing

of calves for veal have apparently over-

looked.



Legislation has come to be considered

by many as a. panacea for all economic

and social ills, yet in very many cases it

falls far short of being such, and the dis-

cussion. of the particular problem above

referred to would indicate that this would

be one of these cases were the solution

of this problem to be undertaken through

legislation. Production is bound to follOW

economic lines and just so long as farm-

ers who keep cows believe that they can

market their calves more profitably as

veal than by converting them into ma-

ture, Or even baby beef. just so long they

will follow that policy.



If it were possible to enact a. law which

would be within constitutional limita-

tions to prevent the carrying out of

this policy the result would be proble-

matical. Instead of accomplishing its pur-

pose it might tend to bring about a de-

crease in the number of cows kept upon

the farms of the country. and thus react

to the disadvantage of the buying public

through a decrease in the dairy industry,

which is constantly struggling to keep

pace with the demand for dairy products.

More than likely it would simply mean a

re-adjustment of ecOnomic production to

meet the new conditions, causing at least

temporary loss to the producers involved,

and that without any permanent gain to

the consumers affected.



There are. of course, some farmers who

keep a few cows and raise the young cat-

tle without carefully figuring on the cost

of production or the profits derived from

this branch of their farming. which is

simply incidental and not a special line

of production, but this class of farmers

is constantly becoming fewer in number

and it is very certain that no legislation

which might be enacted could cause any

progressive farmer to lose sight of the

economic factor in planning his business.



It is probably true that most of the agi-

tation along this line may be traced di-

rectly to legislators and congressmen who

have a city constituency and desire to

strengthen their DODularity by furthering

schemes which on the surface would ap-





The Veal Calf Problem.





THE MICHIGAN FA‘RMER





much good by turning their attention to

the attractive possibilities of beef pro-

duction under the advanced prices for

beef which now prevail and which in the

opinion of all well informed men will go

higher rather than lower in the not dis-

tant future. .1





In a. recently pub-

Shlpplng Produce by lished interview.

Parcel Post. Supt. Washer, of

the parcel post de-

partment of the Detroit postofiice, com-v

mented upon the fact that‘ the parcel DOSt

in Detroit has been used very little by

farmers in shipping farm products to city

customers. It is entirely possible under

the reduced rates for carrying parcel post

packages in the first and second zones.

which are now in force. that the parcel

post could be utilized profitably in mak-

ing many kinds of shipments Which were

impractical under the old rates. The reg-

ulations with regard to packages, how-

ever. are somewhat of a handicap even

where the consumer's trade is enjoyed by

the farmer in any of the products of his

farm.



But such a. trade does not spring up

over night, nor in the short time in which

the parcel post service has been in effect.

It has been many times pointed out that

the parcel post as at first established was

not designed to be of the greatest pessi—

ble use to country people in this regard.

\Vith its improvement. however, as at

DreSent indicated, it will doubtless be-

come more generally useful for the ship-

ment of farm products as well as'other

commodities of merchandise. But in any

event this will be largely a special kind

of business which will be developed by a

special class of small farmers rather than

by the general farmer who is accustomed

to market his products in a wholesale

way. -



It is, however, a matter for congratu~

lation that parcel post ofi‘icials are inves-

tigating this phase of the problem and

seeking to learn why the country people

who were most anxious for the establish~

ment of a parcel post are not using it

more freely for the purpose indicated. It

will mean the further improvement of this

service so that it will better meet the de-

mands and needs of the country people if

more ofiicials of this class interest them-

selves seriously in this problem.





Health. the most pre-

cious of all human

possessions, s a v e

only life itself, is too

little valued by adults until it is lost and

a matter of too little solicitude so far as

the children are concerned. Not that

parents are not solicitous regarding the

ills of their children and careful of their

health when at home, but rather that

Lucy have, not in many cases a correct

understanding of hygiene in the home and

give too little attention to this important

problem as related to the school, where

the average child spends so much of- his

time.



Occasionally there is a school teacher

who has a proper appreciation of fresh

air and an even temperature in its rela-

tion to the health of the school children.

but too often this is not the case. It is

lil‘nhlhiy a safe assertion that most of

the schools are not properly ventilated.

and the majority of them are not proper-

ly heated. Generally the big room is

heated by a single unjacketed stove in

the center of the room and often in cold

weather there will be found an equator-

ial temperature near the stove- and a

frigid atmosphere in the corners of the

room. Under these conditions what won-

der that children suffer so generally from

colds during the Winter.



Country people generally do not appre-

ciate the. necessity of admitting plenty of

fresh air to their homes during the cold

weather, to say nothing of appreciating

this necessity with regard to the school-

room where their children pass the ma-

jor portion of the day. This is a mat-

ter, however, well worthy of their atten-

tion and is a subject which should be

discussed and placed in the hands of a.

committee of citizens to work with the





Health of Country

School Children.





pear to be in the interest 01’ reducing the ‘school board and insist that the stoves in





high cost of living. Yet when a proposi-

tion of this sort is given the SeriOus at—

tention of officials of the Department

of Agriculture it is one which merits pub-

lic discussion. It should not be forgot—

ten. however, that it is an exceedingly

difficult, if not an impossible, proposition

to write laws upon the statute books and

bring about their rigid enforcement for

any considerable length of time without

a fairly united sentiment among those

who are affected thereby, for Which rea-

son the farmers of the country need not

be greatly exercised by this propaganda.



On the other hand, it may accomplish





schoolhouses be properly jacketed, that

provision be made for the adequate venti-

lation of the schoolroom and that pure

water as well as pure air be supplied to

ll“ “Hulls.



But the responsibility so far as the

schrcl children's health is concerned. does

not end here. Investigations recently

made by Dr. Hoag, of Minnesota, indi-

cate that fully 40 per cent of country

school children in that state are in need

of treatment by a dentist, that 12 to 14

per cent suffer from earache, that four

per cent have adenoids and attendant ills

which requireexpert treatment by a phy-





sician in order that the child may not be

handicapped in his studies in a manner

which will permanently prevent him from

keeping up With his studies.



It is true that the larger percentage of

country peOple have become educated 'to

the. necessity of giving attention to these

formerly little understood or appreciated

details which mean much to the health

of the child and consequently to his nor-

mal development. There is, however,

great need of more extended education

along the same line, particularly in the

country. Many of the larger city schools

have an official physician who has the





children under observation at frequent.





intervals and is able to advise their par-

ents with regard to the presence of these

minor ills which they might fail to notice

themselves. Such an arrangement would

at present, perhaps, be distasteful to

country people. but it would undoubtedly

be of benefit to the children. Lacking it,

parents should direct their attention to

these little matters affecting the future

as well as the present welfare of their

children more assiduously than has been

their wont.



While the installation of

labor saving devices is

rapidly becoming more

common in the farm

home. yet most of us do not improve our

opportunities in this direction to the ex-

tent which we should. W'hile much has

been said and written on this subject. it

remained for President Cook, of the Mis-

sissippi Normal College, to call public at-

tention to this fact in a peculiarly force-

ful manner.



He has simply applied a few simple cal-

culations to the common dome‘stic prob-

lem of supplying water to the farm home

where it is secured from a well outside

the house. Estimating that a bucket of

water will weigh 20 pound-s and that it

has to be handled six times in lifting it

from the well, carrying it to the kitchen,

pouring it into the kettle, out of the ket-.

tie into the dishpan and from the dish-

ban out of doors, making in all a total

weight of 120 pounds which must be lift—

ed in providing and disposing of one buck-

et of water. Estimating that ten such

bucket-s are used in a day, he figures that

this necessitates the lifting of 1,200 pounds

by the housewife each day. W'hen to the

ordinary family needs in this direction

are added the water to do the family

washing, scrubbing, bathing, etc.. he es-

timates that the quantity of water used

would bring the “lift” well up toward a

ton a day.



This may perhaps be a. slightly over-

drawn illustration, and yet there are un—

doubtedly many cases in which these fig-

ures would apply, all or a large portion

of which labor could be saved by piping

the water into the house, and this could

he done at a small expense by the farmer

and his regular help this fall after the

crops are secured. And this is a good

place to start in the installation of labor

saving improvements in the farm home

where it has not already been done.

There are few farmers today who think

of supplying water for their stock by the

"old oaken bucket” or even by the hand-

pump which succeeded it in general use,

and there should be fewer yet who de-

pend upon these means of supplying wat-

er in the home.





Saving Labor In

the Home.





When statisticians re-

Productlon and corded the apparent fact

Prices. that the average farm

price for agricultural

products had started to decline after a

long period of uninterrupted rise, some

mnglvings were felt, even by careful stu-

dents of the situation. lest the-high point

had been reached in the prosperity of our

farmers for some years to acme. It is,

however, quite apparent that the change

in price levels was due to a record pro-

duction last season in many lines, mak—

ing the total of our staple crops above

the average in previous years.



With the advent of a season in which

drouth has been unusually prevalent over

a large section of the best agricultural

territory of the country, with the inevit-

able effect of shortening the aggregate

production of many staple crops, it ap-

pears certain that the reaction will be

but temporary. Truly, agriculture is on

a different basis at the present time than

has ever before been the case since the

development of the new agricultural em:

pire in America and the old conditions of

over production and cheap prices, which

made soil robbing anecesslty, can scarce-

ly recur under present conditions.





 





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If you are interested in anything ad-

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to use the correct address.



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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.



Mayor Wm. J. Gaynor. of New York,

died of heart failure on the S. S. Baltic,

en route to Europe. on Wednesday of last

week. He had never fully recovered from

the shock of his attempted assassination

three years ago. His funeral will be held

with public ceremonies on September 20.



Operators of the copper mines in the

Upper PeninSula continue to refuse to

treat in any manner with the representa-

tives of organized labor. The issue was

clearly drawn when the president of the

Michigan Federation of Labor sought to

call upon the manager of the Calumet &

Heels. 00., with a view of submitting 'a

plan for the possible settlement of the

strike. This is taken to mean that the

fight will be to the finish between the un-

ion and the operators. The strikers will

be given financial as well as moral sup-

port by the federation.



Timothy D. Sullivan, one of the strong

personal characters in what is known a3





theOTammany organization of New York _





city is dead. He was buried on Septem-

ber 15. That this late leader was popular

is proven by the fact that vast throngs.

embracing all walks of life, attended the

funeral services.



The forty-seventh annual encampment

of the Grand Army of the Republic for-

mally opened at Chattanooga, Tenn., Sep-

tember 15. It is estimated that 35.000

people are attending the sessions. Mon-

day was occupied by sight seeing tours to

historic battlefields in that vicinity.



Nearly 400 delegates from 34 states in

the Union are in Detroit this week at the

biennial convention of the National Pro-

tective Legion.



The American Road Congress will be

held in Detroit during the week begin-

ning September 29.



The Detroit Conference of the M. E.

Church completed its sessions at Ypsi-

lanti, Mich, Monday. In the matter of

appointments fewer changes were made

than had been anticipated. The Michigan

conference of the same denomination is

holding its seventy-eighth session at Bat-

tle Creek this week.



The verdict of a coroner’s jury blames

three New Haven employee for the kill-

ing of 21 ‘persons in an accident on the

New Haven & Hartford Railroad at North

Haven, Sept. 2. The jury claims that had

rules been obeyed the accident would have

been avoided.



The frequency of accidental poisoning

through the administration of wrong drugs

in tablet form has prompted an earnest

effort on the part of some of the council-

men of the city of Cleveland to pass an

ordinance providing that all poisonous

drugs in tablet form put on sale in that

municipality be made in the form of a

coffin. This. it is the belief of the legis-

lators, would furnish warning of the dan—

gerous qualities of all tablets of this

shape.



Railroad Commissioner James Scully,

of Ion-la, died last Saturday and his fun-

eral was held in his native town Tuesday

morning. Mayor' Green, of Ionia, issued

a proclamation on Monday calling upon

the business men to close their stores and

all manufacturers to stop their factories

for ten minutes out of respect to the

dead commissioner. Mr. Scully was the

type of statesman of which there is al-

together too few and of which Michigan

can well feel proud



An epidemic of typhoid fever is report—

ed at Ubly. Mich” and vicinity. Poor

water is given as the cause of the spread

of the disease.



The cost of living continues to increase,

according to experts of the government

who have been investigating food values

in 40 different cities. From the informa-

lion gathered on June 15 foods cost three

per cent more than they did a year earlier

and 15 per cent more than in 1911. All

products except sugar‘have advanced over

the average value ruling between 1890 and

1900. Bacon leads in .the increase by

showing an upward trend of 128.5 per

cent since the nineties



Foreign.



The explosion of a gas main at Co-

burg, Germany, demolished a. tenement

house, killing 14 persons last Sunday

night. A number of bodies were badly

burned by fire following the accident



As would be expected, the American

policy toward Mexico is finding unyield-

ing critics in that country, and so a few

days ago when a number of Americans

were seized by rebels near Torreon, the

present provisional government, through

Senor Gamboa, foreign minister. took oc-

casion to announce that this act was tin-

doubtedly the result of the attitude of

neutrality taken by the government in

ii ashington.



Much suffering is resulting from the

extensive strike at Dublin, Ireland. Thou-

sands of men have quit work in .order-to

forcetheir demands upon employers. and

this has so interfered with the dist ibution





of food that thousands are suffering from'





hunger.



Two cruisers and several torpedo boat

destroyers have been dispatched by the

Japanese government to the Chinese

coast. This has been done in spite- of

the fact that China has conceded Japan

the demands made by the latter country

in connection with the recent fighting at

Nanking where Japanese interests were

being jeopardized. The ships were dis-

patched to inbure order while adjust—

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Taking Money From the Frog—Pond.





their neighbors over the line in the



Canadas, have taken with unwont-

ed vengeance to the bullfrog as a tit-bit

for the table. As result, up in Minnesota,

and in other parts of the States where

the swamps and creeks abound in bull-

frogs, wily farmers are netting neat for-

tunes from their hitherto neglected frog-

ponds.



It is a fact not generally recognized.

that at present the ‘environs of St. Paul

supply the greater part of the United

States with frogs. Frogs of every size,

from the succulent King Bull down to

wee little fellows that go to make up a

pound’s weight by courtesy, are here in

the marshes in “schools,” and it is up to

the professional frog—hunters to go out

and get them.



in the l‘nited States frog-eating has

not yet become quite so much the habit

that it is in France. As one of our con-

suls recently took occasion to remark,

“France is generally known to be the

country in which the use of frogs for

food first became. general and has been

most largely developed”





l ATTERLY the American people and





Naturalists have identified and de—

scribed 117 species of frogs, some of





which are found native in every part of

the world except New Zealand and the

southern portion of South America. There

are in France. for example, beSides the

rainette. or tree frog, two edible species,

the green and the red. Of these the

green frog is by far the more important

as material for human food. The so-

called red frog is of a reddish-brown col-

or. with green and brown spots as mot-

tling. It is found in great numbers, at

certain seasons, in woods, pastures and

meadows, especially in damp locations and

near ponds and water courses. it lives

mainly on land and takes to the water

only on approach of winter and during

the spawning season, which comes some—

what later in the spring than that of the

green variety.



Although eaten, especially in rural dis-

tricts and by people of limited means in

cities and towns, it is smaller in size and

its flesh is so inferior to that of the green

frog that it is not grown or fattened arti-

ficially in that country. The large Amer-





By FELIX





marshes, pools or scdgy margins of rivers

or bays that contain fresh or slightly

brackish water. it feeds on worms, the

larvae of aquatic insects, small mOIIuSkS.

insects of various species and especially

the spawn and small fry of fish, which

renders it an enemy of fiSh-culture and

exposes it to the wrath of fishermen. It

is an outlaw, for which the law provides

no protection outside of privately owned

waters.



The supply of frogs for the markets

comes from the marshes and stagnant





 





Armed with Pole, waiting for Frogs to Come Out.





waters. Most of the frogs today are

caught wild, but the demand is so con-

stant that during recent years some effort

has been made at various points to pm-

pagate them by more or less artificial

methods.



The process is exceedingly simple and

the best outfit for frog—raising is one or

more shallow ponds or reservoirs, filled

with grasses and other aquatic plants and

so situated that the water can be partial-





 





 





Shooting is Sometimes Practiced





ican bullfrog is unknown in France ex—

cept as an imported product from the

United States and, although larger, the

French gormets find it inferior in succu-

lence and flavor to their native species.

The green frog exists very abundantly

throughout France wherever there are





 





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where Water is Clear and Shallow.





ly drawn off to facilitate the labor of

catching.



Old, abandoned quarries and excava—

tions, along railway and other construc-

tions, are sometimes used for this pur-

pOSe. If, as is frequently the case, the

pond already abounds in frogs, they are





J.KOCH.





simply protected and left a year or two

to propagate. If food does not prove

abundant, the owner throws in living

earthworms. for the frog is a carniverous

animal and prefers his food, whether

worms, larvae or insects, fresh and in a

normal living condition, without previous

preparation,



If no frogs exist in the water they are

planted—either living or in the form of

eggs which hatch as the water becomes

warm in April and May. The green frog

spawns during the early days of spring;





the female depositing from 600 to 1,000

eggs. surrounded with a gelatinous sub-

stance which holds them together. \Vith

no further care from the parent, the eggs

hatch at the end of a week or ten days,

according to the temperature of the wat-

er, Each egg produces a tadpole. which

is at first a fish, having a long flexible

tail and respiring by means of gills. Sub-

sequently the binder, then the forward,

legs appear, the tail shrinks and disap-

pears, and the creature develops into a

frog with the lungs and respiratory ap-

paratus of a batrachian reptile capable of

torpid hibernation. The hatching and





transformation take place Within a pe-

riod of about four months, so that a frog

hatched in April or May, although not

fully grown until the following year, is

ready for the market by the end of 0c-

tober.



When the frogs are taken by nets, or

any other method which leaves the animal

alive and uninjured. they are put into a

tank or box, without water, in which

they must be kept dry for at least two

hours. During this time they exude a

frothy. acrid liquid. \Vater is then pour-

ed in to wash away this secretion. leav-

ing the frog clean and ready for market.





 





 





Another Way of Taking them, Popular with Boys.





For shipment they are put into bags,

boxes or other packages. with sufficient

space so that they are able to move, and

are not piled in masses, or crushed

against each other; otherwise they again

exude the frothy secretion, which fer-

ments and renders them stale. The ship-

pers, as a rule, buy no live frogs.



The animals are skinned by making a

slit down the back. Then they are iced

and set in pails. A hundred dozen will

be put in a pack, water and crushed ice

being added. when they are shipped the

country OVer. to the profit of the keepers

of the ponds.





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The Deferred Reward.





By H. F. GRINSTEAD.





 





If it were possible for an Ozark village

to sigh. Utopia did that very thing as she

nestled between smiling, grass—covered

hills. Not for greatness did she sigh—

but -with content.



Aunt l’olly Andrews, as she sat on her

front porch perusing the mail order cat-

alog. yclept “Ozark Bible.” was the very

picture of content. With not a railroad

in the county, she nor her neighbors had

ever come in contact with the great un-

der world. nor experienced the pangs of

hunger for worldly Wisdom. The cows,

as they were being driven along the nar—

row street lolled along, likewise contented.



So content were these people with their

surroundings that Sanders’ Great In-

structive and Entertaining Shows, con-

sisting of half a dozen more or less ex-

perienced artists, had stranded in their

midst and were even now striking back

doors for handouts. The people had re-

fused to be either inStructed or enter-

tained.



\Vith seemingly no cause for a yearning

toward the great outside world, yet at

least one man had built castle upon castle

in the sun-warmed air. He had a life-





long ambition that was destined this day

to be almOSt reached.



Ben Hawkins, twice elected constable

of the bailiwick, held his oth‘ce in high es-

teem, and it was through this same offi-

cial standing and the emoluments thereof

that he hoped to reach the dizzy pinnacle

of his ambition. \Vith only a wife to sup-

port, Or rather only one wife to support

him, he lived in the house his grand-

father had built, and which Ben had

“heired,” according to the vernacular of

the hills.



On this particular and glorious spring

morning, when even Hayden’s old mule,

Sighed with content as he pulled the mail

cart toward Dellsburg. Ben Hawkins, eas—

ily the leading 111:1“ 0f Utopia, wended his

way along the oft—traveled path from the

postoffice to his own back porch. In his

hand he held a postal card which he was

most laboriously reading.



As he approached his own domicile,

however, he was brOught from the pin-

nacle of his castle in the air to grim

reality. A lanky female addressed him in

no uncertain tones.



“Ben Hawkins, you can just trot along
new





back to Andersons and git that carpet

chain. If I ‘have got to .make a iivinl: fer

you,'it‘s time you helped a little.” And

she emphasized her remarks with a wave

of the rug she was dusting. .



“Oh, don’t git wrought up Martha,”

replied her spouse. “1 just got a card

offerin’ a reward of a thousand dollars

for the arrest of the man that robbed the

bank at Spring City a few days ago, an’

they think he is up in this neck 0’ 'the

woods. Like as not I’ll git him and the

reward.” .



“Of all the fools,” retorted the woman.‘

“Like you didn't already have enough of

them reward cards stuck up in the shed

room to burn a wet mule.‘, Yougo galli—

vantin' around with a tin star on your

coat; and just tell me how much you

ever made out of your office? Tried to

arrest old Zeke Miller oncet. an' got a

iickin', leavin’ me to do all the work while

you was laid up. And that is about the

nearest you ever come to gittin’. a re—

ward."



Ben realized the truthfulness of his

wife's remarks, but stubbornly continued

to read the card aloud:





$1000 REWARD $1000,



The above amount will be paid for the

arrest of Sam Purdem, with several

aliases, better known as Blue Sam, who

on April 10th, burglarized the Spring City

State Bank. Description: age 25 years,

.siender, weighs 130 paunds, light hair,

blue eyes, has a deep blue spot on left

cheek bone caused from powder burn.

Communicate with C. M. Guffey, Sheriff

of Wood county, M0.



The irate housewife was out of hear-

ing long before Ben had completed the

lengthy description.



Neither of the-m had seen a figure glide

away from the corner of the house as

Ben finished reading the card.



Twenty minutes later, after Ben had

returned from the store with the carpet





warp, Martha, in answer to a timid

knock, confronted a young man at the

back door.





“Something to eat, please ma'am," he

asked.

“Well, Martha Hawkins never yet turn-





ed a human bein' away hungry, but I

think the like of you ought to be put

where they would have to work," 'she

snapped. “Here’s cold vittles, un' milk.

\‘i'ant to wash?" she'asked as an after-

thoughts



“Thank you, ma’am, I don’t care to

wash.”





“I guess you are one 0’ them show

people that come here to take some 0’

the money out of town. Guess you didn't

git much from the looks of you. Utopy

people don't hnnker after spendin' their

money on chcap shows."



The young man neither denied nor ad-

mitted; but while she talked, he ate.





Ben, hearing the loud voice of his Wife,

came slowly back to the kitchen and

peeped in. \Vnat he saw almost took his

breath as he backed away toward the

front porch. There sat at his table, un-

concerncdly eating a cold snack, a young

slender man with light hair and blue

eyes«—and a blue spot on his left check!



The worthy peace oflice: had longed for

this moment in his career; but now that





the time. had come. he wished that it

might have been postponed until a more

('onvcnicnt time. He was without expe-

rience in apprehending bad men, and

there would certainly be trouble if he

tried to take this bold desperado. After





he had reachcd the quiet precincts of the

front porch he turned the matter over in

his maul, finally reaching the conclusion

that as an officer of the law it was his

duty to make the arrest. He would need

'help, though; and .lolm Mitchell, next

door, would be the very man to assist.

John had once helped the sheriff catch a

hog thief over on the Niang’uu.



llaukins stepped across the yard and

'quietly laid the matter before the ex—

deputy, who was pruning a plum tree in

the back yard. Mitchell had seemingly

been waiting for this same opportunity,

for he ran into the house and soon ap—

‘peared with an ancient pistol a foot long.



Both men, armed to the teeth, reached

Ben’s back door just as the wayfarer had

stepped outside and, with hat in hand,

was thanking his kind benefactress for

the cold breakfast.



“Hold on thar!" shouted Mitchell. “In

the name of the suvrin state 0’ Missouri,

hold' up yer hands!"



Up went the hands 0f the man with the

blue cheek, and with such little concern

that Hawkins, who had remained in the

background, approached him and. with

the least trace of exoitement, searched

him for concealed weapons.



"Now, young man." said Hawkins,

when he had satisfied himself that there

was not a whole arsenal cencealed be-





THEiMICHIGAN





neath‘ the garments of his prisoner, “I

guess-'taint no use to ask your name.

The law says it‘s Sam Purdem, but you'd

likely deny that. Anyway, whatever you

say now will be uSed agin’ you in court.

So 1'11 warn ‘you or that much, it bein'

my duty. Have you anything to say agin

startin' for Spring City right away?"



“Not a thing,” responded the young; man

drily. "It seems that you are going to

have your way about it, and I don't

know but I am tired of the whole busi—

ness; I'm willing to return to the parental

roof."



”Huh!" grunted Mitchell, “If yer think

the penitentiary at Jefferson City is a

parental roof, yuh got ’nother guess

comin’.”



All Ut0pia was astonished a few min-

utes later to see Ben Hawkins actually

running across lots to Bill Stokes’ livery

burn. Not many people had ever seen

Ben run, and they thought a hive of bees

was in pursuit. Stokes himself was dis-

appointed when he found that Ben only

wanted a buggy and team to drive to

Dellsburg, the nearest railroad station,

which was twenty-two miles distant.



“Goin' over on official business," Ben

imparted to the inquisitive Stokes, as he

waited for him to hitch up the team. “I

will pay you when I come back," he call-

ed over his shoulder, to the liveryman. as

he drove on to the house where he had

left his prisoner in charge of Mitchell.





Finding that the prisoner was tractable

and, seemingly perfectly willing to be

taken back to the scene of his late crime,

Ben felt no uneasiness as he took him in-

to the buggy with him.



The young man with the blue cheek did

not seem inclined to talk on any subject;

he had evidently taken the advice of his

captor to keep a close tongue. Hawkins

noted, however, that he lacked the hard-

ness of countenance usually asoribed to

the hardened criminal, and when he did

speak his tones were those of a timid lad,

and not what he would imagine from the

notorious Blue Sam.



“'hen they arrived at the railroad sta-

tion late in the afternoon, Hawkins took

his charge to the hotel for supper. Here

the young man held aloof from the crowd

in the toilet room. and ate his supper

without washing his face, though covered

with duSt.



Hawkins was not anxious that anyone

in Dellsburg should recognize his prisoner

until he was safely on the train or at

Spring City.



When the two men boarded the train

no one would have recognized the pair as

an oflicer with his prisoner, but rather

as two friends traveling together. “’hen

they were safely seated in the smoking

car, and the train was puffing out of the

station on its southern journey. the pris—

oner seemed to drop his taciturnity, and

became more cheerful. He even smoked,

with apparent pleasure, the cheap cigar

which Hawkins had ostentatiously prof-

fered.



The constable was sure that he and his

prisoner would be the cause of great ex-

citement when he stepped off the train at

Spring City: and the thought pleased him.

\Vith this in view he brought his dis-

lirguishcd captive fully within the glare

of the electric light.



It was. therefore, with a feeling of dis-

appointment and hurt pride that Hawkins

e‘corted the silent prisoner, whom no one

seemed to know, up the street to the

Alamo hotel. Here he asked the clerk to

telephone to the sheriff to come' at once

and receive a prisoner that had been

brought in by a country constable. No

names were mentioned.



The individual of the blue cheek had

rimnined in the background as much its

possible, turning his back to any passerby

that come near him. While waiting in

ll'c hotel lobby. he quictly asked Con—

stable Hawkins if he might step into the

toilet room and remove some of the dhst

and grime from his face.



“Just help yourself, Sammy, boy. I'll

stand here at the door so as you can’t

escape ’thout you go through the water

pipe," and Ben took a position where he

could watch the door of the toilet room.



As Hawkins stood thus contemplating

the rosy future, when he had received the

reward and enjoyed the notoriety that

would be thrust upon him, a small wiry

man, with a grey mustache, came in from

the. street. Approaching the clerk, he

asked, in a business-like way, “Ed. where

is the man with the prisoner?"



The clerk pointed to Hawkins, and that

individual approached the newcomer smil-

ingly, with outstretched hand.



“I reckon You are the high sheriff," he

said stifl’iy. “I am Ben Hawkins, con-

stable of UtODy tOWnShip, Lindiey county.

Maybe you've heard of me. I got the

fellow you want so bad; that Blue Sam





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boy." Hawkins pointed toward the half-





‘closed door of the toilet room where au-





dible splashings. betrayed the presence of

the young bad man. . I



Sheriff Guffey* straightened up and

started to speak, but was interrupted by

Hawkins.



“Oh, there is no need to be uneasy; he

is a tame young chap—didn't give me a

bit of trouble. He seemed kind 0’ anx-

ious to come along with me.”





“There must be some mistake,” the

sheriff quickly put in. “Blue Sam was

captured yesterday in the Yoakum hills,

after shooting a couple of deputies, and

is now safely in jail.”



At this juncture the prisoner quietly

stepped from the toilet room. With the

washing of his face five years had fallen

from his age and, instead of the taciturn

prisoner, Hawkins beheld a. smiling boy—

ish face; and the blue spot on the left

cheek had disappeared!



“Hello, Dad!" exclaimed the supposed

bank robber, as he held his hand toward

the sheriff. ”You was right all the time;

that Sanders outfit was bum. No more

shows for Bobbie. I will hang on to any

job you’ll get for me."



Both of the older men were speechless

for a moment. Hawkins thought be dis-

cerned a trick.



“Here. what's this game you are work-

in’. Tryin’ to beat me out p' the reward,

are you?” ,



“This is my boy," the sheriff retorted

angrily. “And I want to know what you

mean by arresting him as Blue Sam, and

claiming a rewart.” He pointed his fin-

ger accusingly at Hawkins.



“Hold on, Dad,” protested the boy. “Mr.

Hawkins thought I was the real article.

I overheard him reading the card, and I

tried my makeup kit."



“Well, you don't look a bit like Sam

Purdem, if you did paint a blue spot on

your cheek," grunted his father.





“You lowdown sneak," exclaimed the

constable, advancing threateningly toward

the young man. “You let me think all

the time that I was takin’ the genuwine

Blue Sam, and had me go to all this ex-

pense fetchin’ you home."



“But, Mr. Hawkins,” expostulated young

Gut'fey. “you didn’t give me a chance to

tell you who I was; and you wouldn’t

have believed me if I had told you. Then

it was too good a chance to get home

without walking fifty miles through the

hills." Turning to his father he contin-

ued, “Dad, lend me a ten—spot. I want

to reward Mr. Hawkins for his kindness

to a poor prisoner.”



“What'll Martha say now,” chuckled

Ben that night, as he tucked himself in

the best bed in Sheriff Guffey's spare

room. “It's not like gittin’ a thousand

dollars: but it's gittin' experience and

notoriety."





 





KNOWLEDGE OF NATURE.





 





BY W. F. WILCOX.





An intimate knowledge of nature is es-

sential to one’s symmetrical development.

An understanding of nature, her wards,

moods and laws will make life more

pleasant, tranquil, patient, enjoyable and

hopeful.



The first man was placed in a garden

where he had wofk to do. He gave the

animals and plants their names. It is

significant that the first man lived near

to nature and that not a number were

created at first and placed in a city. From

time immemorial the country and its in-

habitants has been typical of purity, hon-

esty and righteousness, while the cities.

from the time of Sodom and Gomorrah,

have been centers of vice, sin, crime, un-

righteousness and immorality.





Contemplation of nature leads to God.

For as Goethe says:



“Nature is the living visible garment

of God." and Chaucer puts it thus: “Na-

ture, the vicar of the Almighty Lord."





“In contemplation of created things,

By steps he may ascend to God."—

Milton.





“Stand still and consider the wondrous

works of G0d."—Job.



Come with me to my mountain home in

the shadow of the eternal snow-capped

hills, isolated twelve miles from the cen-

ters of civilization. so-called. See, with

me, the gorgeous Rocky Mountain sun-

setS, the beautiful sunrises; behold the

charming flowers that carpet the earth;

commune with the billowy fields of luxu-

riant alfalfa: go out into the hills coVe-r-

ed with sage. pine and. cedar and study

nature; be a companion with her wards,

the animals. birds, insects and reptiles;

enjoy nature's paintings, her music, her

society. Let nature sink into your very





soul and tell me, tell me truly, can man

accustOmed to such things go forth and

do gross evil? How much more inspiring





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than filthy city streets, black walls. smoky

chimneys, ‘roarlng mills, revolving wheels,

the clatter and'bustle of selfish business-

centered humans, all bent on the same

mad impulse, the accumulation of wealth

at whatever cost of ‘life, soul or eternity.

How much more inspiring to right living

and sane thinking are thevmountaln

breezes sweeping down from the eternal

snows, laden with incense of fir, sage,

pine and mountain flowers than the

Stench from saloons, sewers and garbage

cans. Yes, indeed, “here the heart may

giVe a useful lesson to the head, and

learning wiser grow without his books."



The lessens of nature are of great val-

ue as examples to the young and cheer

to the aged.



“Nature i< man’s best teacher. She

unfolds her treasures to his search, un—

seals his eye, illumes his mind, and puri-

fies his heart; an influence breathes from

all the sights and sounds of her exist-

ence; she is wisdom’s self."—Street.





“One impulse from a vernal wood

May teach you more of man,

Of moral evil and of good,

Than all the sages can.”—VVordsworth.





“Read nature; nature is a friend of truth:

Nature is christian; preaches to mankind;

And bids dead matter aid us in our

creed."—Young.

Nature is restful, quells our fears, in-

spires our hopes, keeps man from becom—





ing chaotic, impulsive, nervous. Those

worn with the struggle, unnatural, in

counting house, market, shOp, oflice,





drawing room, do not hie themselves to

other centers of strenuus congestion, but

seek nature, the sea, the woods, the

mountains, the lake, the isolated regions,

to be alone. if man would keep in touch

with nature, health would be more cer-

tain and life- longer. Spasmodic returns

to nature cannot compensate for regular

intercourse with her.



“The more a man follows nature, and

is obedient to her laws, the longer he will

“live; the farther he deviates from theSe,

the shorter will be his existence."—Hufe-

land.



”Surely there is something in the un-

ruffled calm of nature that overawes our

little anxieties and doubts: the sight of

the deep—blue sky, and the clustering

stars above, seems to impart a quiet to

the mind."——Edwards.





“if thou art worn and hard beset



\Vith sorrows. that thou wouldst forget.



If thou wouldst read a lesson that will

keep .



Thy heart from fainting and thy soul

from sleep,



Go to the woods and hills! No tears



Dim the sweet look that nature wears.”



——Longfellow.





The man beset with unnatural cares of

business, society and politics, may return

to the old farm home and forget all.

There, in the springtime, the sap ascends

the same old sugar maples; the adder

tongues and spring beauties peep again

through the leaf mold among the beeches

and birches. the swallows circle the same

as of yore and dart with Sudden swoops

under the barn eaves to their mud nests.

The robin sings the same old matin at

four o’cltck in the morning, in the tree

tops that swish against the. room under

the eaves of the farm cabin where you

used to sleep. .



In summer, the same old swimming

hole (not pool) awaits you; the fishing

creek just the same as years ago when

you pulled out the suckers and bullheads.

The fields are dotted with buttercups and

daisies, which in Childhood's innocent

days you gathered in great armfuls for

mother. In autumn, the same- old intoxi-

cating aroma arises from the'ripening

fruit of the orchard; the nuts are falling

from the frost-opened burs on the hick-

ories and the squirrels are‘busy. In win-

ter, the same old wood fire crackles on

the hearth and the popcorn and nuts and

sweet cider and apples are better than

ever. The skating is good and the coast-

ing as fascinating as in the days when

you knew nothing of “electrics," flying

machines or even steam cars.



Doesn’t it seem as if you would never

have grown old had you remained there?

And what, after all, has been gained by

leaving nature and playing the prodigal?





Money, wealth, society, position, dress.

honor, that's all—and what are they

worth? They cannot give enjoyment that





is lasting. Are you a better man than

when nature was your teacher? If not,

you have failed.

with such a heritage. what of those born

in the city who have never known the

influence of nature?





No wonder they are on the wrong road.

Little wonder they feel no compunction

in immorality by night and slothful idle-

ness by day. No wonder there are brut-

ish lives in the uttermost regions of deg-

radation without the influence of nature.

"Nature—faint emblem of Omnipotence!



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BY RALPH WOODWORTH.





Just to be always kind, my friend,

Is such an easy thing to do.

But when the day is at an end,

And With its duties we are through,

Our souls are chastened and refined





'If We have been sincerely kind.





For kindness is the child of love,

And where love has a dwelling place

The light that shineth from above

Illuminates both soul and face;

And sweet contentment we shall find

If we will be sincerely kind.





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BY ISAAC MOTES.





Wild deer are about the wildest animals

known to American hunters, yet they can

be easily tamed in public parks. private

game preserves and On deer farms. To

the country' boy or man accustomed to

seeing wild deer in the woods, in the

newer states of the. south and west, it is

a curious sight to see deer walking

around in parks and game preserves. They

seem at home only in the deep woods and

valleys, remote from human habitation.

But despite this strange out-of-placeness

in parks and upon village greens, deer soon

become accustomed to association with

man, and even with dogs in the older

states which protect them at all seasons

cl" the year.





So it is the hunter with his gun that

deer are afraid of, not the inoffensive

man who never molests them. If (leer

were never shot at, nor chased by hounds.

they would become as gentle in the

course of time as ordinary range cattle,

for this is exactly their conditiOn in the

states where they are protected through-

out the year.



Not only do deer in parks and game

preserves seem strange to people accus-

tOmed to seeing them occasionally in the

woods, but they act differently in these

domeStic surroundings. They appear to

be quite different animals from the wild

deer in the forest. A deer seems much

smaller and lower when feeding in a pub-

lic park than when wild in the forest.





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,head high, in order to see you over -the





tops of bushes. It is the buck which

stands guard most watchfully over the

does and fawns in the woods, He is more

afraid of a hunter than is the wild doe.

because it is the bucks which are shot

at during the. hunting season in states

which permit the killing of deer, for does

are protected with more stringency in

these states than the bucks. Being shot

at so often, sometimes wounded more or

less seriously, or perhaps .only scared

badly, the bucks have been rendered

wilder than does. The latter have not

learned through such painful experience

to fear the report of a gun. In the same

way a seasoned old fox is more afraid of

the rattle of a chain in the woods than

is a hog or calf, for foxes have teamed

to associate the rattle of a chain with

steel traps in which they have seen some

of their number caught and struggling to

get out.



That wild decr would not be afraid of

man were it not for his murderous rifle,

and that it is not natural for deer to be

afraid of man, is shown by the fact that

under stress of great fear. danger or pain

deer lose their fear of man and come

into his presence unafraid. This is some-

times proven during floods, when deer are

driven out of bottom lands by high water

and forced to go up near towns surround-

ed by water. l‘nder such circumstances

a cold, wet, hedraggled deer will often-

times exhibit but little fear of man.





Forest fires can also terrorize dcer un-

til they will be driven to a moist river

bank or lakeside where men have also

taken refuge from the fire. In such cases

the deer act as if they had lost all fear

of human beings.



It sometimes happens that during wet

springs, when buffalo gnats are bad, wild

deer will be driven so frantic by the

gnats that they will rush into towns and

villages, even into houses if permitted to

do so, and rub against people in order to

get rid of the gnats sticking to their bod-

ies in black clusters or layers as thick as

a woolcn blanket. So it is not remark-

able that when deer are, treated humanely

by man they Should cease to be afraid of





 





 





 





 





Feeding the Frogs. (See “Taking Money from the Frog-Pond).





\Vild deer almOst always have their heads

held high, looking about or staring at you

fixedly until they run, and when they run

they go with high leaps, and with their

heads up, jumping over bthes, brush and

fallen tree tops.



A big buck deer looks twice as large in

the woods, staring at you with his ant-

lered head raised, as when grazing in a

park, while an average sized doe of the

Virginia deer, grazing in a park, may

easily be taken for a half—grown fawn.

If you have been accustomed to seeing

wild deer in the woods occasionally you

can hardly believe that the drove of tame

deer which you see in some public park





,are really Virginia deer, they seem so





low, so diminutive and so unconcerned

about your presence. They seldom deign

to look at you. and so they are not as

tall as when their long necks are raised

in the woods



A tame deer has somewhat the ways of

a sheep or goat in its manner of holding

the head while grazing Or walking. It has

little of the character of a wild animal

which stands and gazes at You for a brief

moment before vnishing in the dim

wooded valleys or deen'fore'st. "A wild

buck eSpecially is accustomed to hold its





 





him. God never put it into the nature of

any animal to be afraid of man.





Does having the run of woods and

commons in the older states which pro—

tect them at all scasons, lose most of

their wild ways and often come to the

edge of villages and towns in daytime

and graze in sight of human beings the

same as cattle or horses. They also visit?

farm hOuScS, gardens and orchards. doing

(-mISiderable damagc to crops, fruit and

“garden truck.” The hucks especially

are sometimes troublesome in attacking

Women, children and even grown men and

domestic animals, so in states \\'hcrc they

have been Drotcctcd t'i‘tm hunters for

many years they become a real nuisance

to farmers and fruit growers, for no or-

dinary fence stops them from going wher-

ever they wish.



In western Massachusetts especially,

farmers declare that the, protected deer

are worse than potato bugs for destroying

CTODS. Town and county officials are be-

sieged with damage claims. for according

to the laws of the state. farmers may re-

cover damages from the. sclectmen of the

towns for any damage done to crops, gar-

dens, etc.. by deer. There are said t0 be





 





 





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arises to tell us what this world

needs to 'set it right. I am here

to speak for honesty. Just plain, simple

honesty of the kind mother used to make,



Mother’s brand of honesty, as impressed

upon the minds of her children, was that

you did right because it was honest and

decent and the only thing to do if you

wanted to be able to look yourself

straight in the eyes when you went to the

mirror, and to drop off quietly to sleep

at night. Her honesty Was not concerned

with the other fellow except secondarily.

Of course, y0u were honest with him, but

lonly because you had to be honest with

yourself.



Honesty went right into the kitchen

with us girls and out to the woodpile with

| the boys. It wasn't honest for us to leave

lstreaks of egg on the breakfast plates or

drops of water on the knives. or to slip

the kettles out of sight somewhere and

pretend our work was done. Neither was

it honest to dust the furniture that show-

ed and leave the things out of sight un-

touched. The honest thing was to haul

everything out into the light and clean it

off. It was dishonest to take thick par-

ings off the potatoes, because we were

robbing ourselves of valuable food, and,

of course, throwing out perfectly good

bits of meat and vegetables was beyond

the pale. Occasionally we tried the ef-

rect of ironing only the front of a night

dress and folding the back out of sight,

but when mother quietly pointed out our

oversight and mentioned the blow to our

self-respect, we hung our heads for very

shame.



The boys weren’t exactly desirable citi-

zens unle-“s they split good, even sticks

of wood and piled the box up high. A

garden bed with so much as one weed

growing didn't speak for honest work, and

:1 rug that came back into the house





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So many homes are destitute of the

cheering and refining influence of flowers

during the winter months. This is be-

cause they are thought to be a luxury for

the wealthy and others must be content

with a passing glimpse at them through

the fiorist‘s window.



Winter flowers. the most beautiful, are

Within reach of the avorage household. A

very small outlay for bulbs of choice va-

rieties, planted properly. and brought in-

to the light at stated intervals, will in-

sure beautiful growing plants which will

furnish blossoms from Thanksgiving until

Easter time.



Hyacinth bulbs will prove most satis-

factory to many housewives. but there is

no reason why those who can afford it

may not have narciSSi, freesia, lilyof the

valley, Bermuda lilies, januils and daf-

fodils. Tulips are not so successfully

growu in the temperature of the living-

rooms.



Good soil is necessary, leaf loam from

the woods or rich garden soil. Just dirt

will not do. By dirt is meant what may

be scraped up where coal ashes have been

thrown m' the washed out dirt below the

caves of the house. A twenty-pound mar-

ket basket of soil is enough for eight or

ten pots of bulbs. To four parts soil add

one of sand. Mix thoroughly by sifting

through a piece of wire screen.



linglazed flower pots and fern pans

should be used for planting. Five-inch

i‘crn pans will hold three of the larger

sized bulbs and from five to eight free-

sians or Roman hyacinths. Groups are

more effective than the single plant. Use

even sized bulbs. This insures uniform

growth and graceful beauty when in bios-

som. If pots are used instead of pans

those four inches in diameter are right

for single plants. For groups and for

one Easter lily bulb use five and six-inch

pots. .



Order the bulbs early from any reliable

house. Plant half of them the first of

October if possible. The Easter lilies





 





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without every speck of dust having been

beaten out, was a sign of crookedness

somewhere.



\Vhen we went out into the world to

work, honesty was our fetich and self-

respect our slogan. We worked thorough-

ly and well, not beca1uSe the boss was

looking, or we expected more money, but

because it was the only thing that en-

abled us to hold up our heads among

men. We looked with astonishment on

fellow-employes who pitched in like mad

when the boss walked through the office.

and gossiped and flirted the rest of the

time. And they looked with wonder and

derision on us and quite openly styled us

dubs. They told us we wouldn't get any-

thing by it, but whether we would or no,

we couldn't help ourselves. That old

war-cry of mother’s, “Honesty,” drove us

to it. It did get us something in the end,

though. After weary months the powers

found us out. each in his place, and we

found that honest work occasionally wins

something here below besides self-respect

and a nice epitaph.



Since I have married and wrestled with

the help problem the idea of honesty has

haunted me more than ever. It doesn’t

seem to enter into the mind of domestics

and laundresses that honesty could apply

to work. They would have you arrested

if you said they were dishonest, they do

not steal your money or your valuables.

But, oh, how they do steal your time.

Dawdle. dawdle, dawdle over tasks that

might be accomplished in a half hour,

and then they leave the task'half done.

And the food they waste and the dishes

they smash and the corners they leave

untouched! A dirty corner was to mother

as heinous a thing as burglary.



I wish I could find a washwoman and

a cook like mother used to make. I wish

the world would adopt her standard of

honesty. DEBORAH.





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Home in Winter.





By SUSAN M. KANE.





should be in the first planting. Keep the

remainder in a cool, dry place until No-

vember.



Place a piece of broken dish or bottle,

curved side up. over the hole in pot or

pan for necessary drainage. Fill the pots

for Easter lilies one-third and for all

other bulbs two-thirds full of the sifted

soil. Press gently and make the surface

even. Set the bulbs, pressing them} in

sufficiently to make them keep their

places. Cover the lily bulbs, but do not

fill the pots until the plants are about six

inches high. Lilies throw out surface

roots and larger blossoms are produced

if these are covered as they form. The

tip of the crown of all other bulbs should

show above the soil pressed firmly about

the bulbs, leaving an even surface at

leafit one-half inch below the top of the

pot to allow for water.





After the planting, water until every

particle of the soil is wet. Drain thor-

oughly and set in the coolest place to be

had and keep perfectly dark. A cellar is

a good place. Better still is a trench in

the yard. Set the pots in it, fill in the





'soil about them. cover with leaves, hay,





or excelsior, then throw dirt upon that.



If cellar or trench is not available, place

in a closet or on a porch, turn a box over

them and cover all with some heavy cloth

or paper. Those kept on a porch or in

a closet are apt to dry out. Water should

never be given. however, unless the soil

has become dry and must be well drained

before placing in the darkness.



After from four to six weeks of dark-

ness, begin to bring out the bulbs, the

Easter .lily among the first as it takes it

several months to mature. The Roman

hyacinths came on quickly. If they have

been planted early in October they will

be ready for Thanksgiving. Bring a pot

into the light and heat every three weeks.

If the temperature falls below 50 degrees

at night make paper caps and slip over

them. * '



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watering than any other way. Plants

Suffer from an over supply of water as

much as from an under supply. When

the surface of the soil begins to show dry

the plant needs water, and not until then.

Immerse the pot in a pan of tepid water

and let stand in it till the bubbles stop

forming above it. Drain and replace in

the light. -



Bulbs produce larger flowers if a good

fertilizer is used in the right way. As

with persons, over feeding is disastrous.

Excellent fertilizers are on the market in

small packages and if used as directed

will produce the results claimed. With

good soil to begin with, fertilizers are un—

necessary. The Easter lily does better,

however, if, after the blossom crown is

formed, a tea5poon of fertilizer be given

once in two weeks. Never o‘ftener.





Growing Bulbs in Water.



The Chinese lily, jonquils, paper white

narcissi, and daffodils may be grown in

a dish partly filled with water,.sand and

stones. Pack the bulbs in sand, place the

stones around them to hold them firm

when the roots begin to force them up.

The roots grow very large and care must

be taken in planting if a graceful growth

is desired.



Hyacinths do nicely in water, but the

bulb must never be immersed. Obtain a

bottle made for the purpose from a florist,

or use a half-pint milk bottle. Fill it with

water and set the bulb on top. See that

the water just tenches the root end.

Bulbs grown in water do not have such

large flower-S, but they have the fragrance

and all the delicacy of texture and color

of soil-grown bulbs.





Lilies of the Valley.



To grow a box or pot of dainty lilies of

the valley is the acme of amateur bulb

culture. One success fosters a desire to

always grow them in spite of-the care it

requires. They come in bundles of 25

pips each. Cold storage pips must be

bought for house culture.



An apple box is the best receptacle in

which to grow them. Get enough spag-

num moss from the florist to fill the box

half full. Separate the pips and set them

in the moss, taking care that the roots go

down into it. Keep the entire crown

above the sand, which must be filled

around the pips, entirely COVering the'

moss. Set in the warmeb‘t place in the

furnace room. above or behind a radia-

tor. or Wherever an even temperature may

be kept. Bottom heat at 85 or 90 degrees

is right. They will grow in a lower tem-

perature but come on more slowly. Keep

very moist. One' slight drought means

failure. everything else being all right.

Cover the box with a board and all with

some heavy material. In from three to

five weeks the blossom stalks will have

reached the top of the box and are ready

to bring to the light. When four or five

bells on the stalks are white the plants

may be removed from the moss and plac-

ed in a jardiniere, using the sand for

support.



Pots or jardinieres may be used for

planting in the mess, but the greater ease

in keeping the temperature even. the

moist space for head room, and the more

rapid growth are advantages gained with

the use of the box which offset the trou-

ble of transplanting.



WHEN OUTDOOR SLEEPING is



ORDERED.



To remain healthy a constant supply of

pure, fresh air for the lungs is vitally

necessary. This has been so generally

recognized during the past few years that

few people nowadays sleep without ven-

tilation to their bedrooms and many peo-

ple sleep outdoors. either for a part or the

whole of the year. Many people have





been dissatisfied with sleeping outdoors‘





because they have not made the proper

arrangements, either with regard to

clothing or bed arrangement.



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cold nights it is necessary to dress for

bed. VariOus methods are used in order

to sleep in comfort. and the clothes sug-

gested here Should be tried by beginners.

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sleepers usually devise their own Way of

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until a. Comfortable costume is found. At

first, try a. suit of warm underwear, with

pajamas and ordinary short length cotton

stockings into which the pajama legs can

be tucked; over the stockings use eider-

down boots or heavy lumberman’s socks;

and protect the shoulders with a sweater

or shoulder cape made of double—faced

eiderdown. Those who do not like pa-

jamas should try a woolen undershirt, a

sweater, a long outing flannel nightgown

or bathrobe, and knitted slippers



A shoulder cape may be made in five

minutes from a rectangular piece of flan-

nel or a half yard of double-faced eider-

down. Cut the cloth to be used twenty

inches wide by thirty inches long and

fasten two ends of each of the short sides

together with a stitch or a safety pin;

then slip the arms through the holes thus

made and pin the upper edge around the

neck. ‘



The head covering should be light. por-

ous. and without a tight rim that presses

upon the scalp and interferes with the

circulation of the head. A knitted Skull

cap, long enough to be pulled down to

the end of the nose and over the ears.

gives good protection; or a knitted helmet

covering the whole of the head, face and

neck. with the exception of a small open-

ing for the nose and mouth can be used.

Never cover the head with the bed clothes

or allow any cloth to interfere with the

inhaling of fresh air. If the breath. as it

is expelled from the nose or mouth, comes

in contact with the bed clothes on very

cold nights. it will form icicles. Chap-

ping of the face during the night can be

prevented by using cold cream or vaseline

about the nose and lips.



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from the cold wind, which will otherwise

find its way under the bedclothes The

head of the bed should be shielded from

the wind or a strong draft by placing it

close to the protected end of the shelter,

hr by boarding up the end of the bed.

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STITCHES IN TIME.

____

BY LURA WARNER CALLIN.



It is no mean test of the housemothers’

resourcefulness to be able to keep in good

c0ndition linen, underwear, and hosiery,

and get the most service out of them.

In spite of the advice in columns of

household helps, euch problem is prac—

tically in a class by itself and for it we

must Work out a new solution.



Many a brown study is caused by the

queries. “what to do” and “what not to

do.” with a table cloth. lunch cloth or

pair of fine hosiery which seem for too

good to cast aside and yet seem almost

beyond repair. Tablecloths are probably

the most baffling articles to mend, having

a tendency to wear thin along the border

where it touches the tzlbie edge. Before

these places get too thin, the selvedgc

Edges can be overhanded togetherand the

cloth cut lengthwise along" one thin linc.

the very thin strip cut out if need be and

the edges hemmed. This brings the other

thin place. which may be darned if need

he, on to the. center of the table. Another

way is to cut U. cloth which is about twice,

as long as it is wide, exactly in two in

the middle, hem the edges and lay both

pieces end for end on the table, using a

center piece or table runner to cover the

hcms in the middle of the, table.



licmstitching has shortened the useful-

ness of many dainty linen articles. A

handsomely embroidered lunch cloth with

two strips of hemstitching about two

inches apart soon wore out along these

lines while the center was perfectly 800d.

it was made as good as new by the use

(if lace inFe-rtion a little wider than the

strip between the hemstitching. The lace

overcasted to the hem was then stitched

ilat onto the linen above the second row

(If hemstitching, the corners being care-

fully mitred. Then the worn strip was

cut away and the linen hemmed down in

il very narrow hem to the lace. The same

idea would restore pillow slips and per-

haps sheets if a very narrow torchon edge

were used.



Frayed hems on sheets may be avoided

if, when laying the hem the end is turn-





 





 

 





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along the fold of the hem for an inch or

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fold of the towel hem should be as deep

as the hem is to be. Counterpanes that

are past reclaiming may be \cut into

splendid bath towels.



One of the puzzling features of mend-

ing is the care of stockings. Some of the

“stitches in time” is the stitching around

the top of new stockings below where the

garters fasten, sewing with a short stitch

on the machine and stretching the stock-

ing. This prevents railroading. Darning

with fine thread the places where experi-

ence has shown that the first holes are

likely to come is another stitch in time.

But with all these precautions the favor—

ite hose are apt to become so much darn-

ed that they are paSt mending. Then

with the aid of a pair of new stocking

feet. which can be bought in different

grades, the stockings may be renewed

again.





Slip the new foot over a small shoe. or





a shoe last, then draw the‘stOcking over

it and with fine thread sew through both

of them so that all the worn places on

the smoking may be cut out. Then cut

out the lower part of the stocking, leav-

ing an edge deep enough to hem down on

to the foot. Then turn wrong side out,

cut the extra material from the foot above

the seam, catch the raw edge down and

behold, a new pair of hose.



Sew a strap of some heavy cotton cloth

onto the children’s elastic waists to fast-

en the garters to. All stockings are not

the same length and it is eaSier to change

the place of the garter than to try to

adjust the little buckles which do not

pretend to stay adjusted anyway.



When cutting children’s clothes from

pieces or a limited amount of goods, first

lay the pattern on newspaper and cut the

parts to be cut on a fold of goods, on :L

fold in the paper and you have the pat-

tern double as it should be. Cut two of

each part so directed to be cut, mark

each piece on the side which should be

uppermost in cutting, then by placing all

the pieces on the goods every inch can

be made to count where it is needed.



Do not throw the old ”chip" or tape

hat away. If it is really tape, as it is apt

to be nine times out of ten, wash it, it‘

white. and then rip it apart by finding

the end of the chain stitch with which it

is sewn. V‘Vhen you want a linen tape

for your underwcar help yourself to the

ball of “chip" which you have thus saved.





 





 





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HA'BITS» OF DEER IN CAPTIVITY.

(Continued from page 246).





about ten thousand deer running at large

and protected in the four western coun-

ties of Massachusetts. and the number is

increasing every year.



The animals graze contentedly in the

vicinity of farm houses, and every once

in a while they make a plunge into the

towns and cities. Recently one dashed

down the main street of Holyoke and

jumped through a plate glass window of

:1 department store. It was so badly in—

jured by the broken glass that it had to

be killed. Near another town a farmer

found one of his cows dying from a wound

which looked as if it had been made by

plunging a bayonet into her side. Inve:—‘—

tigation showed that she had been at-

tacked by a buck.





At another time a milkman had just

stepped down from his wagon to deliver

milk at a suburban home when a deer

sprang into the road and frightened the

horse so that it ran away, uDSetting the

wagon with its thirty cans of milk. From

another town comes a complaint by a

farmer that three deer consumed a whole

bed of green peppers. all that his garden

contained. In \Villiamstown three deer

visited a certain farm every morning, and

now the board of selectmen of the town

has been asked to pay the owner of the

farm {02' the loss of a patch of beans and

a field of oats.



Near Durant, Oklahoma, a farmer has

:1 large deer park in which he keeps a

number of the animals. Recently a party

of surveyors locating a line for a railroad

were surveying through this park. \‘i'hen

they were leaving, one of the surveyors

fell behind the others and just as he was

approaching the fence a large buck at-

tacked him. knocking him down. The

man got up and ran for the fence, but

just as he reached it and was climbing

over. the deer attacked him again. He

become entangled in the wire and would

have been killed by the vicious buck had

not the other members of the party seen

him. They rushed up. grabbed the deer

by the horns and held him until their

comrade. bully cut and bruised, was dis-

entangled from the fence.



Near Winthrop, Connecticut. a buck

deer had been seen cavor'ting about the

woods close to a path along which chil-

dren went to school. One little six-year-

old girl failed to return from reboot. and

a searching party found her on the limb

of a tree. where she hurl climbed out of

the way of the brick. She was nearly

dead of fright in the darkness. The door

was pacing back and forth under the tree

when the searchers arrived, but tied at

their approach.



So, although a drove of sleek. graceful

deer feeding by the roadside or in agame

preserve makes a pretty and interesting

sight. they are troublesome animals in

those states where they are protected by

law at all seasons, for they do much dam-

age to crops and occasionally manifest a

cruel or mischievous disposition toward

domestic animals and human beings.





 





KNOWLEDGE OF NATURE.

(Continued from page 246).

Shap'd' by His hand—the shadow of His





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The veil in which He wraps His majesty,



And through whose mantling folds He

deigns to Show.



Of His mysterious, awful attributes



And dazzling SplelldOUI‘S, all man's feeble

thought



Can grasp uncrush’d. or vision bear un-

quench'd."—Street.





0b, the unnatural and unsuccessful

quest for happiness in artificial pursuits.

How unsatisfying the struggle of the

baseball “fan” to keep posted on the na-

tional game: of the ”fight bug“ to'keep

up on pugilistic matters; of the bridge

fiend to maintain her p0sition in the

strife; of the society bud in the mad rush

.for social triumph; of the business man

plunging on to wealth; of the politician

trampling underfoot everything for pow-

ei‘. How nauseating .‘ll‘e all. God never

meant man to be so “busy" that he could

not commune with nature. When the

time comes for dissolution and for the

mortal remains to be laid away in na-

ture’s bosom whence they came. do these

artificial “joys" satisfy? When old age

comes do they bring peace. comfort. sat-

isfaction to the palsied hand. the waver.

ing limbs. the forgetful mind?





“All things are artificial, for

Nature is the art of God.”

—Sir Thos. Browne.





“Scenes must be beautiful which daily

view'd



Please daily, and whose novelty survives



Long knowledge and the scrutiny of

years.”—Cowper.





Nature never tires. Nature is full of





 





variety. Nature satisfies.





“Nature gives '





to every 'time and season some beauties

of its own."-—Dickens.



Nature is herself. She is no flirt, no

hypocrite. She is the same to your face

as to your back. She is open, not dou-

ble—fared. She is impai‘tia-l. When yOu

are tired of humanity's cant, hypocrisy,

affectution, formalism. pretense and sham,

go to nature. for she is the essence of

honesty and truthfulness, Your compan-

ionship will be pleasing in every way.



“Nature is impartial.





And in her work of man. prefers not

names



Of ancestors; she sometimes forms a

piece





For admiration from the basest earth,



That holds a soul: and to a beggar’s

issue



(liVes those pei‘fections which make a

beauty up; _ ' '



When purer moulds. polish’d and glOSSd

with titles. .



Honours and wealth bestow upon their

bloods



ller'orm'd impro‘sions, objects only fit



For sport or pity."—Nabb.



“There is a pleasure in the

woods.



There is rupture on the lonely shore.

There is society where none intrudes



’r)’ the deep sea, and music in its roar;



i love not man the less, but nature



1nnr‘e."—Ryi‘nn.

“To him who in the love of nature holds

Communion with‘her‘ visible forms, She

speaks

.-\ various larirzuage.”—Bryant.



Man needs to learn the lessons of na-

ture’s laws. cause and effects. He needs

to know her economy. her frugality, her

thrift, her unselfishness.



“Erich moé‘s.

l‘lach shell. ear-h crawling insect, holds a

rank

important in the plan of Him who framed

The scale of beings; holds a rank which.

lust.

\\'0uld break the chain, and leave behind





pathless





. :1 gap

\\'hioh Nature’s self would rue."





——Thomson.



“Nature is uvai‘iciously frugal; in mat-

ter. it allows no atom to elude its grasp;

in mind, no thought or feeling to perish.

It gathers up the fragments, that nothing.r

be lost.”—-l');ivirl Thomas.



"Nature is the most thrifty thing in

the World; she never wastes anything;

she undergoes change, but there's no an-

nihilation; the essence remriiiiSHmatter

is ete"ri:il."-Biiiney.



Then why should man fear dissolution?

Study nature. “'9 plant a grain of

wheat; it (lies but has life more abund-

rmtly. a humiredfold. The flowers perish

each autumn but come again in renewed

beauty in spr‘ingtime’s resurrection. The

egg perishes that the Chick may have

life. So with man. nature teaches .1 sure

resurrection that must inspire him.



Communion. study and companionship

with nature. her wards. moods and laws

are absolutely necessary for the fullest

development of man. physically. mentally,

spiritually. in her we find knowledge.

inspiration, hope, pleasure to be found

nowhere elFe in the world.



“Man's rich with little, Were his judg—

ment tr‘ue:



Nature is frugal, and her wants are few;



These few wants answer’d bring sincere

delights;





But fools create themselves new appe-

tites."——Young.





A BOOK FOR BOYS.





 





This office recently received a booklet.

from the publisher:<. which bears the sue;-

gsstive title. “Short (‘uts to Good Cur-

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which contains 48 pages, together with u

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or elsewhere, who are handy with tool's.

it contains 12 «lctziil drawings showing as

many rather difficult operations in car-

penti‘y. especially in house and barn

framing. rind in thetext is full explana-

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heavy framing, light framing. outside fin-

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difficult jobs of carpentry, such us mak—

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and simple style and may easily be un-

derstood by :1 farmer boy or 14. And if is

free. If any reader of this paper“ cares

for a copy of it, he may have one by

writing to the Southern Cypress Manu-

factures' Association. Room 110 Hibernia

Bank Building. New Orleans. La.





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Selling For Future Delivery.





NE often feels that if he knew

0 what he could get for a farm pro-



duct after it was produced and

ready to market, much of the speculative

factor would be eliminated from the

buSin'ess of farming and it w0uld be a.

more desirable and more stable business.

In certain lines of farm production one

is practically assured of what he will re-

ceive for his products, as for instance, in

dairying. In this department of farm

production, taken one year with another,

prices are fairly even and it is possible

to figure with some degree of accuracy at

least what the gross returns from the

Output of the farm will be.



Certain crops are also grown on con-

tract, such as sugar beets, cucumbers and

sometimes beans, or a crop produced for

a canning factory, and here again the

farmer is able to figure quite accurately

on what his income will be, provided he

is so fortunate as to have climatic con-

ditions which will enable him to grow a

good crop. Of course, the matter of cli-

matic conditions is one which cannot be

controlled and which will to some degree

prove a handicap and a speculative fac~

tor in the business of farming, no matter

what method is taken of marketing the

product grown.



Perishable Products Most Speculative.



But there are a good many crops grown

upon the farm. and especially upon Mich—

igan farms, due to the great diversity of

our agriculture, for which the farmers

can have no idea what price he will re-

ceive when he is preparing the ground or

planting the crop. Let us take for an

example the potato crop, which is per-

haps the most extreme illustration of this

fact which could be cited among the sta-

vple cash crops grown on Michigan farms.

It appears that each year there are po-

tatoes enough planted in the country so

that if they all produced a normal crop

there would be an over supply of this

commodity upon the market, which fact

would be known as soon as official crop

figures were published, with the conse-

quence that prices would be compara-

tively low. Again, in a year like the

present, when a large section of the coun—

try has been drouth stricken during the

greater part of the growing season, the

conditions may be just reversed and po-

tatoes may bring a comparatively high

price, as crop estimates at present indi-

cate they will do this season.



In some years and in some localities

some buyer has conceived the idea that

he might make a profit by assuming this

speculative chance and has offered to

contract potatoes at planting time for de-

livery after harvest at a fixed price, gen-

erally at a price lower than the average

price which has prevailed in a series of

preceding years. In some instances farm-

ers have availed themselves of this op-

portunity to eliminate the speculative

feature of potato growing—sometimes

with profit to themselves if it happened

to be a large crop year, and sometimes

with profit to the buyer if climatic cou-

ditions happened to favor his side of the

deal.



Undoubtedly if a standaid price for

farm products? which would leave the

farmer a fair profit, could be fixed in ad-

vance, as is the case with the raw ma-

terials which are now contracted for by

manufacturers, it would add to the sta-

bility of our agricultural prosperity, and

there are some who believe in price fix-

ing of this kind for all staple farm pro-

ducts. This, however, is contrary to the

system which has grown up as a result

of natural trade conditions and seems 11n-

practical for anything like general adop-

tion, either at present or in the near

future. Hence, so far as this discussion

is concerned, we will confine ourselves to

a consideration of the advisability of sell-

ing products already grown on contract

far future delivery.



“Future” Contracts Generally Favor



Buyer.



Generally Speaking, we do not believe

this is a wise course for the average

farmer to pursue, since in most cases the

man who is buying for future delivery is

in a position to better judge as to the

supply and demand, and consequently the

future trend of the market than is the

s.eller Of course, in many cases the

buyer will be mistaken and the deal may.





and often does result in profit to the sell-





er above- what he would have received

had he sold for immediate delivery, either

at the time the sale was made or at

specified date of delivery. Notwithstand-

ing these exceptions, however, it is a safe

conclusion that as ordinarily consummat—

ed, deals of this kind are in favor of the

buyer rather than the seller, where con-

tract is made for delivery at some com-

paratively distant date.



There are cases, however, where com-

modities of some bulk are involved, for

which delivery cannot be made immedi-

ately, and here again the potato crop will

serve as an adequate illustration. A farm-

er may have one, two or more carloads

of potatoes for sale and offer them to a.

buyer at a certain price, or accept a cer—

tain price which is offered him by the

buyer. While the deal is based upon the

immediate market it may be impossible

to secure cars in which to ship the pota-

toes, or labor to handle them at the ex—

act time, and a few days or a week or

perhaps more may intervene between the

date of sale and the date of delivery, al-

though it is essentially a cash transac-

tion. Or the buyer may have a gang

sacking potatoes and it may be several

days before former purchases could be

sacked and the latest purchase given their

attention.



“Future” Contracts and the Speculative

Buyer.



At times when there is a tendency on

the part of buyers to secure an amount

of a perishable product of this kind which

they cannot handle at once there is very

likely to be a fluctuating market. The

purchases are, of course, made on the

theory that the market will advance dur-

ing the intervening time, which from the

nature of the case, as above illustrated,

11111St elapse before the delivery can be

made. But here, again, the buyer is of-

ten mistaken in his judgment and the





market may go the other way as has.





often been the case in a time of scarcity

when there is a fluctuating market for

potatoes. A purchaser may buy a man’s

crop at say 75 cents per bushel and at

the time of delivery the prevailing price

may be $1.00 or it may be 50 cents per

bushel or even less.



\Vhile in a way this is not selling on

contract for future delivery, yet in effect

it is. and in all such cases the seller

should either be certain that he is deal-

ing with a reputable business man or

should insist on a cash payment on the

deal, of which a memorandum should be

made in writing at the time of the sale.

The writer is constrained to urge the im-

portance of this precaution through a

c0mparatively recent experience of his

own. Having for many years grown quite

a quantity of potatoes and repeatedly

sold potatoes to reputable buyers at times

when the market fluctuated violently be-

fore the stock could be delivered, it re-

mained for him to learn in this experi-

ence that where a deal was simply a

matter of the honor of the two partici-

pants there is Valways a chance of mis—

understanding or loss. Last spring, for

instance, the V'riter sold a carload of po-

tatoes to a dealer, whom he supposed to

be reputable and honorable, at what hap-

pened to be the high point in the mar-

ket, the price being 65 cents per bushel.

It happened that several other growers

in the community did the same thing at

the same time, and before the potatoes

Were sacked, or delivered, in fact. within

a day or two, the market had become de-

moralized and the price dropped beyond

the point of recovery during the market-

ing season for old potatoes. As a conse-

quence the buyer, having a large number

of these contracts on hand, forsook his

previOus reputation for integrity and re-

fused to take the potatoes. Not having

had a cash payment the sellers were help-

less and unable to force him to take them

Or file damage suits with a prospect of

successful issue. As a result they were

compelled to sell these potatoes at prices

varying from 15 to 20 cents per bushel

and pocket the loss, which both legally

and morally belonged to the speculative

buyer.



Guard Against Losses ln “Future” Deals,



Consequently, in transactions of this

kind it is the part of wisdom for the

seller to be absolutely certain of the in-

tegrity of the buyer, and if he has any

doubt upon that point. to make certain





 





of his financial responsibility, and then

make the bargain legally binding by in-

sisting on a cash payment, of which a

memorandum is made at the time of the

sale.



Of course, no dealer can continue to do

this kind of business for very long, but

it is good business management on the

part of the farmer to be reasonably cer-

tain that he cannot do it at all and un-

less his products are sold for immediate

delivery, which is almost always the bet—

ter way, it is well” to take adequate pre-

cautions against financial loss from the

failure of an unscrupulous dealer to keep

his verbal contract.





FRUIT CROP MARKETING IN WEST-

ERN NEW YORK.





 





A week of travel by auto throughout

the fruit growing districts of western

New York reveals the fact that this

year’s fruit crop is far below the average.

In Niagara and Orleans counties and in

the valley of the Genesee river the peach

crop is about 70 per cent of the 1912 yield.

Early varieties are moving readily and

the Elbertas and Late Crawfords will be

ready for market about the 20th of this

month. The prices are somewhat higher

than last year and the transportation

companies are making every effert to co-

operate with the growers and avoid the

severe losses so many shippers met with

in handling the 1912 crop. Several ex-

tensive buyers would have lost fortunes

last year had it not been for the cold

storage houses being able to hold their

fruit for a few days until refrigerator

cars could be secured for shipment. The

apple crop promises a 50 to 60 per cent

yield. The fruit is of exceptionally fine

quality, but somewhat backward in col-

oring, altho‘ugh plenty of sunshiny weath-

er may cause a great change before har-

Vesting time.



Some large orchard owners have con-

tracted their entire crop at $3.00 per bar—

rel picked, packed and graded at the or-

chard. At this price many growers (X-

pect to clear more than $500 per acre

from their bearing trees. The har-

vesting of Baldwins, Greenings and

Northern Spies will begin about the

first week in October, at which time

the apples are what commercial growers

describe as “hard ripe.” This-means that

the apples haVe developed their full size

and redness but have not yet begun to

soften or to show yellow, except in a few

specimens. Varieties that do not develop

red are ready for harvesting when Occa-

sional specimens begin to soften or to

drop from the trees. Picking much ear-

lier than this damages the appearance of

the fruit and injures the fruit spurs; while

picking appreciably later results in a loss

of keeping quality and often in losses

from severe winds or hail storms. As a

general proposition the commercial or-

chardist finds it necessary to begin pick-

ing early so that he may have his fruit

safely stored before winter comes. The

problem of getting hired help in this sec-

tion is a serious one. Frosts come early

and great haste must be made to secure

the large crops before the snow covers

the ground. Last year fully 25 per cent

of the crop was left in the orchards, be-

cause helo could not be secured to har-

vest it.



A careful estimate of the grape crop

conditions throughout the Chautauqua

grape belt indicates about 60 per cent of

a normal crop. That means approxi-

mately 4,000 cars of grapes will be ready

for market between September 20 and

October 25. The 1912 grape crop amount-

ed to between 7,000 and 8,000 cars. The

same conditions prevail from Silver Creek,

N. Y., to North East, Pa. This year's

fruit is of the choicest quality. The grape

juice plants will use fully 40 per cent of

the entire crop, leaving only about 2.000

cars to supply the outside demand. _This

means that many large markets will be

short of Chautauqua grapes this fall.



At Fredonia. Brocton and \Vestfield, N.

Y., it is claimed that these fruit juice

plants have c‘ontracted for a large portion

of the Concord crop at $50 per ton. A

few prominent growers have refused to

sell at that price. This would mean that

this year’s crop Will bring more money.

than the larger crop of 1912. Help is

plentiful in this grape growing region.

Chautauqua grape growers have never

had much difficulty in finding good help.

Thousands of girls and women from sur-

rounding villages and cities look upon the

grape harvest as a sort of outing. The

increaSing demand for grape juice and

the demand for waste grapes and dam-

aged fruit from the Italian wine trade

has been the salvation of the Chautauqua

grape growers. Years ago when the full

crop of from 6,000 to 8,000 cars of fruit





was placed upon the market it meant a.

heavy loss to many shippers, but when

more than one- -half of the crop is utilized

at home it means better prices for every-

one concerned in the growing and mar-

keting of the crop.



Many of the ChautauQua grape growers

are setting _out small fruits, such as

peaches, pears,.plums and bush fruits and

find that it supplements the grape crop

nicely. The trolley system that goes

through the heart of the grape belt is

proving a great factor in developing the

fruit growing business along its line. It

has required several years for the grow-

ers to adjust themselves to new condi-

tions created by the trolley system, but

now that they have begun to ship pro.

duce direct to the city trade they are be-

ginning to take advantage of the situa-

tion and are going more and more into

the- growing of small fruits. Such fruits

add many dollars to the income of the

vineyard owner and help distribute the

labor and income more evenly over the

year.





New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





SELLING THE CIDER APPLES.





 





With a good demand for pure cider

vinegar in both local and foreign mar-

kets, it is hard to understand why more

of it is not made on the farm. It is a.

product that requires very little attention

and one that proves a profitable market

for small, unsalable apples that generally

go to waste. It is not an uncommon ex-

perience to go through orchards in the

fall and find bushels and bushels of ap-

ples simply rotting away. Often by hav-

ing these made into cider and keeping it

until it reaches the vinegar stage a great-

er profit can be realized from windfall

apples than is received from saleable

ones.



One bushel of average apples will make

about three gallons of cider and approxi-

mately that much vinegar. If the vinegar

is sold for twenty cents a gallon, it means

sixty cents a bushel for the apples. It is

possible, however, to get a higher price

for the vinegar by putting it up in indi-

vidual bottles or jugs.



While the method of most farmers is

simply to let the vinegar make itself by

letting it age, there are a few precau-

tions that should be kept in mind if it is

to pass legal requirements. The law is

getting very strict in reference to this,

and heavy penalties are attached for sell-

ing vinegar below standard. It must con-

tain a specified amount of acetic acid

and also of solids



If ripe apples are used and the cider is

not diluted with water the vinegar result-

ing from same is pretty sure to more

than pass the legal requirements.



It was found by the New York Experi-

ment Station in a test including 100 an-

alyses that apples would average about

121/2 per cent of sugar. As 100 parts of

sugar will make about 50 parts of acetic

acid, vinegar from pure apple juice would

contain between six and seven per cent

of acetic acid. In order to pass ’most

state laws it must have 4% per cent of

acetic acid which would call for nine per

cent of sugar in the apples. No apples

will contain so little sugar as this, so if

the juice of any apples is not diluted it

will deVelop into a legal vinegar in time.



During the first fermentation the sugar

is changed into alcohol. This may be

hastened considerably by the addition of

yeast cakes at the rate of one cake to

each five gallons of cider. By keeping

the barrels of fermenting cider in mod-

erately warm rooms, the, fermentation

will be more rapid than it would be in a

cool cellar. Too warm a temperature,

however. should be avoided as it will

cause a loss from evaporation. It is best

not to have the barrels more than half

or two-thirds full during the alcoholic

fermentation.



When this has ceased, which will be in-

dicated by the absence- of bubbles an-

other kind of fermentation begins to

change the alcohol to acetic acid. It

continues until all the alcohol disappears.

IVhen this process begins it is a good

plan to draw off the ”hard cider” and

strain it into a clean barrel, which can

be filled nearly to capacity. As a proper

fermentation is dependent upon a proper

Supply of oxygen from the air the bpng-

hole should be left open or covered with

a gauze piece of cloth that will exclude

dirt. The acetic fermentation also may

be hastened by the addition of full

strength vinegar or a quantity of "moth-

er.” A warm temperature will hasten the

fermentation, which will be complete in

from one to two Years.



A profitable market for the vinegar can

be established by putting it up in indi-

vidual bottles or jugs. On each of these

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farmer’s name and his personal guaran-

tee that it is pure cider vinegar and will

conform to pure food laws. Put up in

this way a much more remunerative‘

price can be had from grocers and the

advertising on the bottles will create a

steady demand for that particular vine-

gar. The bottling can be done on rainy

days or at odd times so that the added

expense will be practically nothing out—

side of that for bottles and labels.



In this way the revenue from a by—

product of the apple crop can be very

materially increased over that derived

from selling the cider apples. Why not

get the manufacturers’ and jobbers’ prof-

it this year?



Penn. ‘ L. J. HAYNII.





CROP AND MARKlET NOTES.





 





Gratlot Co., Sept. 15.——The farmers of

this country are generally satisfied with

the present outlook of crops although in

some instances conditions could be im-

proved. Good. corn fields are met with

frequently and the crop will be gathered

in unusually fine shape, due to the ab-

sence of killing frosts and the compara-

tively earlineSS of the ripening period.

The present week will see a large per-

centage of the acreage harvested. A

larger portion of the crop than usual is

going into silos. There are two sides to

the bean crep: While weather conditions





of the past two weeks has enabled almost‘





every grower to get the legumes up in

ideal shape threshing returns show the

fields to be yielding less in almost every

instance than was anticipated. There a11-

pears to be anxious inquiry for the offer-

ings on the part of buyers, which fact is

leading farmers to believe that a fair

price will be realized. Wheat seeding is

perhaps a third done. Some fields are up

and there seems to be sufficient moisture

011 well prepared soils to give the plant a

promising start. Seeding is poor. Many

fields will have to be plowed up. Alfalfa

acreage has increased and good stands

are quite common. The quantity of sugar

beets is greatly reduced as compared with

other years and the outlook is only fair.

There are some fields of June clover that

promise a harveSt of seed. While the

stand of straw is rather light the heads

seem well filled. Apples will be a small

crop, particularly Spies, Baldwins and

Russets. Brood sows are producing fairly

large litters and losing a smaller per cent

than usual. All stock looks well.



Oakland 60., Sept. 15.——Dry weather is

prevailing at present, although much of

the county had a good rain last Sunday.

Present weather conditions favor the

ripening of the corn crop which will be

a fairly good crop. Silos are being filled

in some sections although the bulk of the

crop remains to be harvested. Late po-

tatoes promise a fair crop and were not

injured by a light frost on the night of

September 12. Beans are being harvest-

ed, some fields good, others only fair.

Apples generally a light crop. Ground in

good condition for fall seeding, most of

which is done on bum and corn gzound.

Little live stock for sale except hogs.

Many new silos have been erected for

storing the corn crop.



Livingston Co., Sept. 15.—A hard frost

on the night of September 13 cut stand-

ing corn badly and blackened the potato

tops. which will materially shorten the

yield of late potatoes over a large portion

of the country. Bean harvest is well

along toward completion, with a rather

light crop due to the prolonged summer

drouth. Ground is too dry for seeding

wheat. Clover seedings generally poor,

due to same cause.



Wayne 00., Sept. 13,—Timely showers

have continued to favor the farmers in

the neighborhood of Detroit, where late

crops promise a normal yield. Corn cut-

ting now in progress, with the crop fully

up to the average. Many farms on main

roads from Detroit are changing hands

at speculative prices in anticipation of

the demand for small farms from city

people.



Maine.



Waldo 60., Sept. 10.—.—Hay harvesting

fully completed, with result one—third

short owing to drouth. Oats and other

grain were fair; not heavy straw but well

headed, promising an extremely good

yield. The berry crop was very short and

of inferior quality, owing to dry weather.

What was marketed brought extra large

returns. Potato fields in this section of

the state show effect of the continued dry

weather and in some fields the fact is

much more noticeable than others, the

different soil conditions being accountable

for this. On August 20 quite a Severe

frost struck and killed quite a large

amount of garden truck in the low land

in the northern part of this county.

While the sweet corn crop is rather back—

ward a fair yield is expected.



New York.



Niagara 00., Sept. 10.—Fine working

weather, with plenty to do. Have had a

frost but nothing much injured. Peaches

thOugh but half a crop are plenty to care

for 011 account of the great number of or-

chards in this county. Niagara and Early

Crawfords in JerSey baskets selling at

50c; Missouri Crawfords, 300; Eloerta's

Jersey, 55@60c; Elberta’s Bushel, fancy,

$2.25; Elbertas. per bushel. fair, $2. Lo-

cal buyers came down to $1.15 on account

of glut on the market. Apples in general

are scarce. Buyers talking $3 a birrel

for winter fruit. Fall fruit brings good

price on account of scarcity of winte1 ap-

ples: Duchess. $2. 25 per bbl; Lady

Blush, $2.75; fancy, $1.35 per bushel; fair,

$1.20 per bushel; Jersey baskets, 45@55c:

wheat, 90c; rye, 56c; beans, $1.70 per bu;

cracked corn, $1. 80 or $35 a ton There

is .1 big crop of. Dears: Bartletts, lléc per

pound; Kiefers $2 per bbl,



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September 17, 1913.

Wheat—Although the average values

for the week are below those of the pre-

vious period, the wheat market has shown

unexpected strength in the face of "de-

pressing news. Reports of a slightly larger

yield than had been formerly expected,

the possibility of Canadian wheat being

sent into this country free of duty. ex-

cellent Weather for the preparation of the

ground for receiving the new crop, an in-

crease in the world’s visible supply and

heavy offerings from Russia, all made the

bears confident that prices would decline

rapidly. This, however, did not prove

true, as is shown by the quotations given

below where the figures last Thursday

have not only been maintained, but on

Tuesday of this week a fractional ad-

vance was made, and the reason for this

strength is credited to the farmers them-

selves who appear to be confident of bet-

ter prices and are holding the grain on

the farms. Primary receipts are running

considerably behind those of a year ago,

both in the winter and spring wheat sec-

tions. One year ago the price for No. 2

red wheat was $1.07 on the local market.

Quotations for the week are as follows:

‘ No. 2 N0. 1

Red. White. Dec. May.

Thursday .....941/,, 9414 97% 1.02%

Friday ........941/§ 94% 97% 102%

Saturday .....94% 9414 971/; 1.02%

Monday .....9414 94% 971,4.» 1.02%

Tuesday ...... 941/2 941/2 97% 1.03

Chicago, (Sept. 16).——No. 2 red wheat,

Sim/269931603 No. 3 red, 90@921/2c; Sept.,

88%c; Dee. 907,430; May. 9594c per bu.

Corn—This past week has been a bear-

ish one in corn circles. Prices have de-

clined over 20. Recent rains have fav-

ored the crop, where it Could be helped

by moisture and weather conditions gen-

erally have matured the corn well,.so

that prospects are excellent for a yield

that will grade above the average. At

present the demand for this cereal 13

Small. The only state report made pub-

lic this week is from Iowa, where the

authorities report that the crop will be

smaller than was expected. One year

ago the price for No. 3 corn was 75c per

bu. Local quotations are'as follows:





I\o. 2 N0. 3



Yellow Yellow

Thursday . ....... 77

Friday . . . . . ...... . ........ 78 77

Saturday ..... . . . . . ....... 77% 76%

Monday . . . ........ . ...... 771/2 77

Tuesday 77 76%;





Chicago, (Sept. 16).—-No. 2 corn. 73%@

741/20; No. 3 yellow, 73%@74%c; Dec.,

7199c; May, 7340 per bu.



Oats.—The market for this cereal has

followed that of wheat, remaining steady

since last Thursday. Farmers are slow

about selling and primary receipts are

running below the average. One year

ago standard oats sold on this market

at 351,4c per bu. Quotations for the week

are as follows: -





No. 8

Standard. White.

Thursday 441/2 44

Friday ...... 45 44%,

Saturday ........ 441/2 44

Monday ........ 441/2 44

Tuesday .................. 441A; . 44

Chicago, (Sept. 16).—No. 2 white oats,

431/163431/2c; Standard. 42%@43c; Dec.,





443/30; May. 471/,cper bu. _



Beans.——Although no change is made in

quotations at this point it is known that

where bean threshing is in progress yields

are not measuring up to what was ex-

pected, many disappointments being re-

ported. The qua-lity of the beans, now-

ever. is high. ’Nominal quotations for im—

mediate and primary shipments are $1.80

and for October $1.85 per bu.



Chicago. (Sept. 16).——Market steady and

trade quiet. Only a~fair supply of old

beans in stock. Pea beanS, hand-picked.

choice, are quoted at $1.90@1.95; com-

mon, $1.25@1.65: red kidneys, choice, $1.65

@1.75; common to fair, $1.25@1.50 per bu.



Rye.—Rye values rule a fraction lower

on this market than last week, quota-

tions for No. 2 rye being 691/2c per bu.

At Chicago the same grade is quoted.at

67c per bu.. which is also a reduction

from last week's values.



Barley.-——There appears to be a fair de—

mand for this grain and values are bold-

ing about steady. At Chicago prices

range from 6067/81c per bu., and at Mil-

waukee from 6762800 per bu. .



Clover Seed—Common seed enjoyed a

slight advance. while alsike remained

steady with a week ago. Quotations at

Detroit are: FOr prime October. $7; Dec.

$7.10; March, $7.25: October alsike. $10.25

per bu. While some sections of the state

promise a large yield of clover seed, other

sections will not have enough to meet

the local demand. At Toledo prime Oc-

tober seed is up to $7.05 and March to

$7.30, with cash seed quoted at $7.25;

prime alsike, $11: October do., $10.60; Dec.

and March, $10.30 per bu. ‘



Timothy Seed.-—Contracts are being

made at last week’s quotation, which is

$2.60 per bu. for prime spot.





 





 





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





Float—Jobbing lots in 1,5 paper sacks

are selling on the Detroit market per 196

lbs. as follows: Best patent. $5.40; sec-

ond, $5.10: straight. $4.90: spring patent.

$5.10: rye fl0ur. $4.60 per bbl.



Feed.—-—In 100-lb. sacks. jobbing lots:

Bran, $26; coarse middlings. $27; fine

middlings. $29: cracked corn, $33; coarse

corn meal, $31; corn and oat chop. $27.50

per ton.



Hay.———Condition of deal i_s.unchanged.

Carlots on the track at Detroit are: No.





 





T H F.“ M Iic H r-GA N we M E R





1 timothy, $16@16.50; standard, $15@15.50;

No. 2, $14@14.50; light mixed, $15@15.50;

No. 1 mixed, $13.50@1~i.



' Chicago—Although values are near the

level of last week the arrivals of hay are

smaller and the demand is good. Choice

timothy quoted at $1861.19 per ton; No. 1,

$166017; No. 2, $146015. ‘



New York—Market continues firm for

best grades, lower kinds easy. Large

baled, No..1 timothy, $21@22; standard,

$20@20.50; light clover, mixed, $19@20;

heavy mixed, $176919 per ton.



Straw.—Detroit.——Steady. Rye, $8@9;

wheat and oat straw, $7637.50 per ton.



Chicago—Quotable lower as follows:

Rye, $7@7.50; oat. $6606.50; wheat, $6@

650





' New York—Dull.

per ton.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.



Button—The better grades of butter

are very firm at all points, due to rather

limited supplies of such qualities. Elgin

advanced 10 on Monday and creameries

and dairies in the local market made a

similar gain. Extra creamei‘y, 31c per

lb; firstS, 30c; dairy, 22c; packing stock,

20c per lb.



Elgin.—Market firm at 31c per lb.



Chicago—Fancy makes in light supply

and firm at figures averaging 1c higher

than last week. Under grades barely

steady. High quality packing stock shar—

ed in the advance. Quotations: Extra

creamery. 31c; extra firsts, 281/2617291/2c;

firSts, 26617271,“; seconds, 241/2@25c; lad-

ies. 2395692“; packing stoek, 22%«9230.



New York—All kinds and qualities in

this market are higher. best creameries

advancing 1%c. Market very firm.

Creamery extras. 326il321/2c; firsts, 281/661)

31c; seconds, 2661727'1/50: state dairy, fin-

est, 3064731c; good to prime, 27@29c; com-

mon .to fair, 246i:26‘/_»c; packing, 20@24c

as to quality.



Eggs.—Eggs continue. firm in all mar-

kets with values showing;r a general up-

ward tendency. The local quotation on

current receipts is l/Jc higher than a week

ago. Current offerings, candled, quoted

at 24c per dozen.



Chicago—No change in quotations on

current offerings here but complaint is

still made of the dearth of strictly fresh

laid stock. That dealers are compelled to

draw on storage supplies is evidenced by

the fact that April firsts have advanced

a full cent. Quotations are: Miscellaneous

lots. cases included, 1561‘22c. according

to quality; do., cases returned. 141/261)

2135c; ordinary firsts, 1961721c; firsts. 2360')

231/20 Refrigerator stock in good demand

at 23c for April firsts.



New York—Good eggs comparatively

scarce and strongly in demand. Values

average 26L3c higher. Fresh gathered ex-

tras. 3261.534c; extra firsts, 3061;31c; firsts,

276y29c; western gathered whites, 27@36c

per dozen.



Poultry.~—The range between springs

and hens continues to lessen. the former

having an advantage of only %c this

week. Other kinds unchanged. Market

steady. QuotationS: Live—Springs, 160;

per lb; hens, 15%(‘t No. 2 hens, 116012c;

old roosters, 1061‘11c; turkeys, 17@180;

geese, 1161712c; ducks. 146?]5c. .



Chicago—Market well supplied but buS-

iness is sufficiently active to hold values

steady. Fowls and geese quoted a trifle

higher. Quotations on live are: Turkeys

good weight, 19c: others. 120; fowls, gen—

eral run, 14c; spring chickens, 160; ducks

14c; geese, 8617120; guinea liens, $4@5 per

dozen.



New York—Market continues irregular,

with tendency toward slightly higher val-

ues on chickens. Fresh dressed western

chickens, 181/26024c; i‘owls. 141/2@19%c;

turkeys. 1860200..



Cheese—Market steady, last Week’s re-

vised figures ruling.- Whole sale lots.

Michigan flats, 131/2601“; New York flats

16@16%c; brick cream, 17@17l/20; lim-

burger, 141/2617150.





New, rye straw, $17





 





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples—Fair supply and demand. Now

being quoted at 50ch per bushel, and

$2633 per bbl. At Chicago values rule

from $1.50@5 per bbl., the latter price

being quoted for fancy .lonathans. At

that point there are no accumulations and

the feeling is firm.



Grapes.—Supply is increasing. Dela-

wares and Niagaras quoted at 14@15c per

4-lb. basket. At Chicago market is easy

with liberal offerings. General quotation

146Dl7c for 8-lb. baskets.



Peaches—Supply somewhat disappoint-

ing as to quantity. Market firm. Prices

range from 5515060175 for choice and $2

602.25 for fancy West Michigan stock.

Chicago prices rule from $125622 per bu.



PIums.—In rather light supply and are

higher. Quoted at $1.30@1.75 per bu.



Pears.—Plentiful and selling at $12560

1.50 per bu. for Rartletts. Clapp's Fav-

orite 75c@$1 per bu.



Potatoes.——Market is firm. Supplies

show no material increase and many of

the offerings are small and undesirable.

Prices rule at 900. per bu. Receipts at

Chicago are below last year’s. Trade

there is fairly active with Michigan stock

going at 900 per bu.



Tomatoes.—Supplies only fair. Demand

good. Home-grown, 90¢ per bu. ‘



Cabbage—Steady. Good quality quoted

at $2.25@2.50 per bbl. - ’





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





.Peaches Were in good supply on the

City market Tuesday morning and ranged

from $1.50@2.50 per bu., Elbertas bring-

ing the top price. Grapes soleLJifell at

$1631.25 per dozen 4—lb. baskets. and 806i

900 per bu. Plums ranged from $1691.25:

pears. $1.25: apples. 60c@$l.. iPotatoes

brought 8062900: muskmelons. $1691.75 per

bu; tomatoes, 70617850. Jobbers are pay-

ing 24c for eggs and 230 for dairy butter.

The mills quote grain prices as follows:

Wheat. 90c; corn. 79c: oats. 40c; hand-

picked, beans, $1.60.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

. September 15, 1913.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, 'New York).



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 180 cars; hogs, 100 double decks;

sheep and lambs, 93 double decks; calves,

800 head.



With 180 cars of cattle on our market

here today, and 15,000 reported in Chi-

cago, we report the best heavies, quality

considered, as steady with last week. The

good butcher grades 10@15c per cwt.

higher. Stockers and feeders were from

156025c lower and draggy. Market was

slow, but at the close about everything

was sold.



We quote: Best 1350 to 1500—lb. steers,

$8.75@9.10; best 1200 to 1300-lb. do., $8.50

8.75; best 1100 to 1200-lb. do., $8@8.50;

c‘oarse and plain heavy steers, $7.50@

7.75; choice handy steers 1000 to 1100, $8

@850; fair to good do., $7@7.50; grassy

800 to 1000-lb. steerS, $7@7.35; best cows,

$650657; butcher cows, $5.50@6.25; cut-

ters, $4.25C4.75; trimmers. $3.75@4; best

heifers, $7.506v8; medium butcher heifers,

$6.50@7.25; stock heifers, $5695.25; best

feeding steers, $7@7.25; fair to good do.,

$6.25@6.50; common light stockers, $5.50

@6; best butcher bulls, $6.50@7; beSt b0-

logna bulls, $5.50@6; stock bulls. $4.75@5;

best milkers and springers, $70@80; com-

mon to good do., $506960. '



Receipts of hogs today were fairly lib-

eral, 100 double decks, including what was

held over from Saturday. Good weight

hogs Were a little bit draggy and did not

show so much advance, but all light

grades were 15@20c higher. Packers

bought their kind at $9..10@9.15 generally;

yorkers sold at $9.15@9.20; pigs gener-

ally $8.50; few strong Weights a little

more. Heavy hogs, as to weight and





quality, $850609; roughs. $7.50@7.75; stags.

$6@7.





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 $7.50@7.60: yearlings,

$5.506h6. Look for about steady prices

the balance of the week, with moderate

receipts.



We quote: Choice lambs. $7.50@7.65:

cull to fair lambs, $6697.40; yearlings,

$550696; bucks, $3623.50; wethers, $563

5.25: handy ewes, $4.506M.75; heavy ewes

$385694; cull sheep. $3603.50; veals, choice

to extra, 3312601250; fair to good, $10@

11.50; heavy calves. $550628.





Chicago.





September 15, 1913.



Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today . ..... 16,000 31,000 53,000

Same day last year..20,961 29.995 43.988

Receipts last week...53,583 146.716 175,774

Total year ago ...... 50,891 102,087 129,988



OnYy 16.000 cattle for the Monday mar-

ket prOVed a surprise, a run of 21,000 hav-

ing been expected. There were 4,000

western rangers included but the short

native crop sufficed to fill demands. Val-

ues went up 10@15c over the close last

week, but were only, steady with high

point last Wednesday. A lot of'choice

steers arrived, both yearlings and heavy

grades Prime heavies topped at $9.20

and yearlings at $9.15. Bulk of fat bul—

locks went at $850609. and medium to

good made $8608.40 while a'common light

class of native grassers sold down to

$7.50 and lower. Range steers topped at

$8.65, a new high point for the season

and bulk made $6.806177.35.' Native cows

and .heifers sold 10@150 higher than the

preVious week's close and feeder cattle

showed a like advance. Calves were

steady. topping at $11.50.



Hog marketings of 31,000 fell below ex-

pected volumeand prices were 5@10c

higher than.the close of the previous

week. A- prime grade- of light butchers

brought $9. Mixed packing made $7.60@

8.10; mediums and butchers $8.‘10@8.45

and prime heavy butchers we'nt a‘t"$8.85617

8.90. Poor to good heavy packing brought

$7.55@8 and common to good light bacon

grades $8.20@8.80, with fancy assorted

light at $890609. Choice heavy shipping

hogs cleared ‘at $8.60. Average weight of

h0gs last week. 231 lbs. previous week

228 lbs, and a year ago 232 lbs.



Sheep and lamb receipts were 53.000.

Former classes were in shorter supply

than lambs and sold only 10c lower While

most lambs went at 25c decline. Lambs

topped at $7.40 and wethers made $4.75.

Feeding lambs sold at $6.50@6.65, these

showmg at least 15c cut from the close

of the previous week.



Too many common and medium grade

steers forced lower prices in the trade

last week. these classes selling down 10617

150 before the close and showing 2567340c

break from rates current late in August.

Prime grade heavy and yearling steers,

however. held well up, these topping at

$9.25. equal to the best prices of the sea-

son but showmg a far lower basis than a

Year ago when $10.90@11 was paid for

prime: big steers. Kansas City’s excessive

supplies of steers have ceased, Kansas

and Oklahoma having had good rains

lately and there is expected small runs

from that territory later this season.

Chicago will be the fat cattle center of

the country for months ahead since the

western states will have few fat beeves.

due to' shortage " of corn this year. A

Spread of 386138.75 took medium to choice

native steers and the common to fair

grassers and warmed up grades .went at

$7.25@7.85. Western topped at $8. bulk

at_ $6.75@7.25. Range run‘was 7.000 and

prices held strong all week. Cows and

heifers went at the previous week’s range.

the bulk of fat lots at 7362560750 and

prime heifers makiéig $8.80. Common to

good cows sold at 5 , and canners and

cutters brought $3.25@4.75. Bulls ad-

vanced 1569250 selling mainly at $5.506”

7, Calves were @750 lower at $10621

113510, common ‘to .choice.‘ Excessive

supply of feeding steers broke prices 1561)

25c from‘the week before and a decline

of 35@50c_ was in force from August

rates. Choice feeders sold at 37.310617765.

good grades $7637.25 and common down

0 $6.25. Stockers went at $5.50@7.25,





tion of beef up there.





I





SEPT. 20. 1913.





though $6.25@6.85 took fair to strictly

good 550 to 700—lb. kinds.



The hog market closed on the bottom.

declines of 50@75c from high point last

week being shown at the finish. At the

start value‘s went a little higher but lat-

er packers hammered the market severely

and the biggest declines were made on

the best sorts. Tops declined from $9.65

@890 for light. and best heavies went at

$8.50 while choice butchers sold at $8.756»

8.85. Common heavy packers dropped to

$7.40@7.60 and a fair to good heavy and

mixed packing class sold at $7.75@8. Pigs

declined sharply also, showing a 50@75c

break from recent high spot. Most pigs

went at $5.75@7.50. The government in-

spectors are now tagging all boars and

this has resulted in some wide declines in

value for them, recent sales being at $1.50

@4.75.



The largest receipts of sheep and lambs

of the season came last week and it was

the first opportunity in many weeks for

buyers of feeder lambs to get them at

lower rates. These declined -25@40c, sell-

ing at $6.50@6.80 while feeder sheep held

steady. Fat sheep were firm Sellers but

fat lambs went 10@25c lower. Decline

for feeder lambs brought out a big de-

mand. most offerings going into Indiana,

Michigan and Ohio and total shipments to

the country approximated 57,000. Fat 'na-

tive and range wethers sold at 554.6061)

4.75, culls at $3.25@4. Range yearlings

went up to $5.40@ range ewes made $3.25

@425, with best natives at $4.10, culls at

$2.50. Feeding yearlings brought $5@5.40

and breeding ewes $3.85@5.85. Feeding

ewes went at $2.25@3.75. Native lambs

topped at $7.60 and a plain to fair kini

made $6.25@7, while common to prime

range lambs went at $6.85@7.65 With a

cull class at $5@6.





 





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

(Continued from page 257).

not get them at that. Milch cows are

very scarce. Prices, 36061380. Potatoes

are a. good yield. Hay crop was also

large, mostly tame.

Colorado.



South Weld Co., Sept. 8.——~The weather

is nice and cool; a good shower fell yes-

terday. about three inches on the 2nd.

The ground in good shape for fall plow-

ing; farmers are cutting cabbage, gath-

ering tomatoes and cucumbers. Beans

all gathered; alfalfa good; also sugar

beets. Plenty of rain and water in the

ditches all summer for irrigation. Prices:

Cabbage, $1.50 per cwt; tomatoes, 6OC@$1

per cwt; eggs, 25c; butter-fat, 36c. Wheat

and oats good, also corn; wheat, $1.221/z

per cwt; oats. $1.35 per cwt. Potatoes

good at Greeley.



Iowa.



Osceola Co., Sept. 5.—-The past season

has been very dry, with a steady heat. In

spite of all this we are having a pretty

fair crop. Oats yielding from 40 to 60

bu. per acre, heavy and bright. Barley

yields from 12 to 35 bu. per acre; fair

quality. Spring wheat yields from 17 to

22 bu. per acre and winter wheat from 21

to 31 bu per acre. Corn looks promising.

Pastures very short; silo filling finished.

Clover boiling in progress report is one

field yielded one bushel per acre. Need

moisture for fall seeding. Potatoes are

not very good. Fruit crop is light except

apples. Hog cholera prevalent, some sav-

ing only two or three out of a herd of 100

head. ,.



Indiana.

_ Shelby Co., Sept. 15.—Clover hulling is

in prOgress; the yield is light. Corn is in

good condition and should be a bumper

crop. Pumpkins are large and well-meat-

ed. Wheat sowing is about half finished,

but farmers are afraid to put in a large

acreage and most that is put in is heav-

ily fertilized. County fair was good, state

fair excellent, Purdue agricultural ex-

hibit at state fair was a center of in-





terest.

‘ New York.



Columbia Co., Sept. 15.——Drouth still

continues. Wells, springs and brooks are

dry and many farmers drive their stock

to, or haul water, several miles. Frost

on the 10th and a freeze this morning,

the 15th, forming ice a quarter of an inch

thick. has killed all tender crops. Late

corn, potatoes and buckwheat as well as

garden vegetables are a loss. Late cab-

bages are almost a total failure, for want

of moisture and are- selling at from 10 to

200 per head. Potatoes retail at $1.40 per

bu. Everything is expensive to the con-

sumer and the poor’will see a hard

winter.



Daviess Co., Sept. 15.——Still having dry

weather. Rains fell on August 21 and

September 11, but not as much as need-

ed. Corn came out wonderfully during

the latter part 0f,August and first part

of September. \Vill,p‘robably have 75 per

cent to 80 per cent 0f average crop. Hogs

and cattle scarce. Cowpeas. one of our

main crops. almost failed. Horses and

mules cheaper. All kinds of hay scarce

and high. Corn, 900 a bu; wheat 90c;

hay $156020 :1 ton; potatoes. $1.30; bu't-

ter 250; eggs 20c; chickens 12%c. Pas-

tures dried up and all kinds of growing

stock on full feed. same as winter. Farm-

ers. commenced cutting corn and filling

silos in August. earlier than ever befOre.

)Vheat sowing cannot be commenced un—

til we have a good rain.



C. H. Baldwin, Minneapolis banker. who

is interested as well in the cattle busi-

ness. has been buying a lot of thin stock

in dry pasture territory of Kansas and

shipping it to North Dakota.‘ “As I look

at thiscattle situation and the growth of

our cities, and the rapid increase in the

con3umption of meat products, I regard

this as an opportune time to get into the

cattle'rais'ing.” said Mr. Baldwin. “In

North Dakota they have many large

farms and ’a good cattle raising country.

I have been over the ground recently and

have consulted with bankers, and the

way’isopén for a big increase in produc-

Several ‘hundred

silos; will, be built in North Dakota this

season since farmers realize that they are

cheap feed producers."





 





 





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onraorr LIVE STOCK MAnKizre.





» Thursday's Market.

Cattle.

September 11, 1913.



Receipts, 1365. Bulls 25@35c lower than

laSt week; all other grades steady.



We quote: Best dry—fed steers and

heifers. $8.25@8.50; steers and heifers.

1000 to 1200, $7.50@7.85; do. 800 to 1000,

“@750; grass steers and heifers that are

fat, 800 to 1000, $7@7.50; do. 500 to 700.

$6.25@6.75; choice fat cows. $6@6.25; good

do., $5.50@5.75; common do., $4.50@5;

cannerS. $3@4; choice heavy bulls, $6@

6.25; fair to good bolognas, bulls, $5.50@

5.75; stock bulls, $4.50@5; choice feeding

steers, 800 to 1000, $7@7.25; fair do., 800

to 1000, $6.75@7; choice stockers, 500 to

700. $6.50@7; fair do., 500 to 700, $6@6.50;





 





stock heifers, $5.50@6; milkers, large,

young, medium age, $60@85; common do.,

$35@50.





Bishop, B. & H. sold Barnes 13 stock-

ers av 650 at $6; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 cows

av 823. at $5.50. 4 butchers av 742 at

$6.50, 1 steer weighing 960 at $7.25, 1 cow

weighing 880 at $5.50, 3 do av 960 at

$4.75, 1 canner weighing 900 at $3.75. 3

cows av 777 at $5.25, 1 bull weighing 1500

at $6.35; to Mich. B. CO. 7 steers av 874

at $7, 15 bulls av 1146 at $5.75; to Goose

2 cows av 925 at$4.40; to Sutton 10 stock-

ers av 542 at $6, 19 do av 520 at $6.25; to

Heinrich 18 steers av 910 at $7.40, 1 do

av 990 at $7.50; to Parker. \V. & Co. 2

cows av 905 at $4.15, 2 do av 1030 at

$4.25, 15 steers av 1114 at $7.85; to Kull

23 butchers av 880 at $5.50; to Schumak—

er 7 do av 786 at $6.40; to Schaack 11 do

av 890. at $7; to Brown 20 feeders av 1130

at $6.17; to Breitenbeck 34 steers av 905

at $6.90, 6 do av 853 at $7, 4 do av 862 at

$7; to Hartung 18 butchers av 812 at

$6.75, 3 do av 733 at $6.75, 3 do av 820 at

$6.75; to Newton B. Co. 4 do av 600 at

$6.75, 2 bulls av 685 at $5. 1 do weighing

1580 at $6.50. 3 cows av 937 at $5.50; to

Austin 2 bulls av 830 at $5.50; to Payne

28 stockers av 650 at $6.50, 7 do av 550

at $6.50; to Parker, 11'. & Co. 2 cows av

950 at $4.50; to Schuer 2 bulls av 960

at $5.60.



Haley & M, sold Kull 3 steers av 1003

at $7, 1 bull weighing 860 at $5.75, 1 do

weighing 650 at $5.25; to Mason B. Co.

11 butchers av 623 at $6.25, 4 cows av

920 at $4.75, 1 do weighing 800 at $4. 4

bulls av 640 at $5.25, 9 butchers av 792

at $6.40, 3 do av 800 at $5.50; to Torrey

8 stockers av 510 at $6.10, 7 do av 551 at

$6.20; to Newton B. Co. 9 butchers av

914 at $5.50. 1 cow weighing 1250 at $6.

2 steers av 865 at $6.60. 3 do 11V 720 at

$6.75, 1 bull weighing 1230 at $6, 2 do av

905 at $5.25; to Applebaum 3 'cows 2iV 917

at $4.75, 2 do av 1175 at $5.25; to Sullivan

P. Co. 1 steer weighing 1070 at $7.50. 1

row weighing 1030 at $6, 2 steers av 850

at $7; to Parker, W. & Co. 2 do av 1105

at $8.10. 2 cows av 665 at $4, 4 do av 1020

at $5.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 6 do av 1181

at $6, 2 do av 1010 at $4.25; to Lachalt

7 butchers av 634 at $6.25, 5 do av 692

at $6.25: to Goose 3 cows and bulls av

647 at $5.30, 2 cows av 820 at $4.50; to

RattkowSky 2 oxen av 1515 at $6.50; to

Lachalt 5 butchers av 720 at $5.90: to

Hirschleman 5 do av 842 at $6.05. 4 do av

702 at $6.60; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows av

1075 at $6, 4 heifers av 850 at $7.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 15

butchers av 915 at $6.40, 1 cow weighing

1070 at $5.50. 1 bull Weighing 1490 at

$6.25, 2 steers av 1065 at $8.25. 9 do av

888 at $6.50, 12 do av 893 at $7.40; to Ratt—

kowsky 1 cow weighing 720 at $4.50. 2

butchers av 410 at $6; to Hammond, S.

& Co. 1 cow weighing 900 at $4; to Low-

enstein 8 stockers av 507 at $6.20. 1 feed—

er weighing 820 at $6.25: to Sullivan P.

Co. 2 cows av 1315 at $6, 2 do av 1190 at

$5, 5 do av 900 at $4.50; to Breitenbeck

6 bulls av 900 at $5.90; to Converse 9

stockers av 491 at $6.10; to Rattkowsky

5 cows av 928 at $5.50, 2 bulls av 775 at

$6. 2 butchers av 335 at $5.50. 2 cows av

885 at $5; to Kamman B. Co. 9 steers av

826 at $7; to Grant 3 bulls av 793 at

$5.65, 2 cows av 880 at $5, 2 bulls av 835

at $5.75, 2 do av 765 at $5.65; to Ratt-

kowsky 4 butchers av 687 at $6, 1 cow

weighing 1120 at $5, 1 do weighing 1080

at $5.25; to Converse 2 stockers av 535 at

$6. 9 do av 585 at $6.25; to Heinrich 15

steers av 986 at $7.35. 1 cow weighing

1050 at $6; to Laboe 11 butchers av 760

at $6.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows av

915 at $3.75; to Marx 3 steers av 900 at

$7.25; to Bowerscx 1 do weighing 840 at

$7: to LowenStein .3 stockers av 953 at

$6.20. 8 do av 562 at $6.20.



Spicer & R. sold ConverSe 2 stockers

av 625 at $6. 1 cow weighing 1040 at $6;

to Mich..B. Co. 10 butchers av 968 at

$6.75: to Bracey'l canner weighing 920 at

$4, 1 do weighing 1050 at $4; to Sullivan

P. Co. 1 cow weighing 1280 at $5.50; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 4 do av 867 at $4;

to Kamman B. Co. 27 butchers av 901 at

$6.65; to Converse 7 stockers av 684 at

$6; to Grant 2 bulls av 740 at $5.75; to

Sullivan R Co. 3 do av 1117 at $6; to

Converse 3 heifers av 617 at $5; to

Schuer 2 butchers av 835 at $5.60. 5 do av

674 at $550, 4 do av 550 at $5.50.-



RatthW 301d Stump 28 stockers av

682 at $7.



Same sold Barnes 20 stockers av 629

at $6.80.



Groff sold Schuman 5 steers av 848 at

$7.25. 2 heifers av 710 at $5.25.





Weeks sold Buscoe 13 stockers av 514.





at $6.75, 5 do av 438 at $6.50.





THE MaICHIGAN- .FARMER





Veal Calves.





Receipts, 412. Market steady.-

$11@12; others, $6@10.50.



Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 2 av

175 at $12, 8 av 170 at $12; to Mich. B.

Co. 2 av 140 at $11, 4 av 155 at‘ $11. 7 av

180 at $12, 7 av 170 at $10; to Newton B.

Co. 1 weighing 140 at $9, 9 av 165 at $12,

3 av 170 at $12, 3 av 155 at $12.



\Veeks sold Goose 4 av 225 at $8.



Adams sold Burnstine 3 av 155 at $12.



Candall'sold same _7 av 300 at $6.50.



Spicer & R. Sold Parker, W. & Co. 6

av 155 at $12, 1 weighing 270 at $9.50. 3

av 230 at $9, 1 weighing 160 at $12, 1

weighing 190 at $9, 2 av 160 at $12, 4 av

135 at $11,



Roe Com. Co. sold Goose 3 av 130 at

$8, 6 av 155 at $12, 4 av 155 at $12.50, 1

weighing 210 at $9; to Rattkowsky 2 av

125 at $12.50, 6 av 190 at $7.50.



Kalaher sold Mich. B. Co. 3 av 175 at

$11.50.



Bennett & S. sold Newton B. Co. 1

weighing 170 at $11.50.





Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 7275. Market steady with

W'ednesday at opening and same as last

Thursday; few choice higher, Best lambs.

$7607.25; fair to good lambs, $6.25@6.75;

light to common lambs, $5@6; yearlings,

$5625.50; fair to good sheep, $4@4.25; culls

and c0mmon, $2.75@3.25.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 11

sheep av 110 at $4. 14 do av 90 at $3.50;

to Nagle P. CO. 54 lambs av 65 at $7, 88

do av 70 at $7.25. 140 do av 75 at $7.25,

48 sheep av 110 at $4: to Bray 66 lambs

av‘75 at $7.10. 28 do av 80 at $7.25, 86 do

av 78 at $7.35. 69 do av 65 at $6.75; to

Sullivan P. Co. 42 lambs av 53 at $5.50,

6 sheep av 115 at $3.75, 19 do av 77 at

$3, 39 do av 75 at $4.25. 22 do av 90 at.

$3, 60 lambs av 58 at $6, 36 do av 47 at

$5. 12 sheep av 105 at $4: to Kull 33

lambs av 70 at $7: to Parker, \V. & Co.

64 do av 70 at $7; to Aldrich 20 do av

50 at $6; to Thompson Bros. 30 lambs av

70 at $6.50, 16 do av 55 at $5.50. 9 sheep

av 90 at $3; to Sullivan P. Co. 41 lambs

a_v 75 at $6.75, 21 yearlings av 115 at

$5.23, 20 sheep av 52 at $3.50; to Fitzpat-

rick Bros. 10 lambs av 73 at $6.75, 11

sheep av 100 at $3.75; to Sullivan P. Co.

13 sheep av 105 at $2.75, 21 do av 110 at

$3.75; to Hayes 17 lambs av 58 at $5.75;

to Parker, W. & Co. 47 do av 76 at $7.

46 do av 65 at $6.75. 21 sheep av 120 at

$4; to Hammond, S. & Co. 104 lzimbs av

70 at $7, 42 do av 50 at $5.75.



Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co. 35 sheep

av 105 at $3.75, 20 do av 93 at $4, 59 do

av 67 at $6.85. 26 do av 71 at $7, 22 do

av 50 at $6, 104 do av 75 at $7, 91 do av

75 at $7, 11 do av 55 at $6, 12 sheep av

95 at $4. 31 lambs av 55 at $6, 12 do av

51 at $6.30, 36 do av 73 at $6.50, 5 sheep

av 90 at $3.75; to Newton R. Co. 80 lambs

av 75 at $8; to Sullivan P. Co. 12 sheep

av 105 at $4: to Hickey 26 lambs av 73

at $7; to Newton B. Co. 8 do av 65 at

$6. 27 do av 80 at $7.



Spicer & R. sold Parker, W. & Co. 33

lambs av 63 at $7; to Sullivan P. Co. 11

sheep av 77 at $3. 8 do av 75 at $3; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 58 sheep av 100 at

$4.25 26 sheep av 95 at $3. 18 lambs av

45 at $5.75. 20 do av 53 at $6: to Newton

B. Co. 218 do av 70 at $7; to Mich. B. Co.

52 do av 67 at $6.75. 18 do av 75 at $7. 25

do av 60 at $6.



Roe Com. Co. sold Bray 90 lambs av

75 at $7; to Mich. B. Co. 33 do av 65 at

$6; to Thompson Bros. 33 sheep av 80 at

$4.25; to Newton B. Co. 14 sheep av 85

lat £3; to sgliiyes“; do av 115 at $4. 29

am s av at 5; to Barla r

av 57 at $6.25. ge 92 Iamb°



Kalalier sold Mich. B, CO. 48 la

70 at $6.75, 3 sheep av 100 at $3. mbs av

thgennett 18r.1r S. tsold Newton B. Co. 16

. ep av o a 3.75. 4 ' ‘ I

at $6.75. $ 0 amos av 0





Best,





Receipts. 3112. 3.72%: sold up to noon'

looks 35@40c lower than on Wednesday:

333953393823? $353 $3? 752.??- 33-33;

”£33533;$533.93; {V & 'c. ‘1...

avH221212yat&$9M80 52:1 22313;,528636av 185 at

$9Bilsllgo§,v132.00&atHl58s%(ld Hammond, S. &

220% 81,0 22% 1818? $agtgg9, 215 av 200 at $8.90,

aerlkseoCaptmsgtJo. sold Sullivan P. Co. 525





Frltky's Market.





September 12, 1913.

Cattle.

Receipts this week.

1172’. Market steady.

. e quote: Rest dry-fed steers and

heifers, $8.25@8.50: steers and heifers.

1000 to 1200, $7.50@7.85; do. 800 to 1000,

$7@7.50; grass steers and heifers that are

fat. 800 to 1000, $7@7.50; do. 500 to 700.

$6.25@6.75; choice fat cows, $6@6.25; good

do., $550626; common do., $450795: can-

ners, $3@4; choice heavy bulls, $6626.25:

fair to good bolognas. bulls, $5.50@5.75:

Stock bulls, $4.50@5; choice feeding steers

800 to 1000. $7@7.25; fair do., 800 to 1000.

$6.75@7; choice stockers, 500 to 700. $6.50

@7; fair do. 500 to 700. $6@6.50; stock





1591; last week.





heifers, $550626: milkers. large, young.

medium age. $606385: common milkers.

$406250.



Veal Calves.





Receipts this week. 493: last week.429:





market steady. Best. $11@12.50; others,

$6@10.50.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts this week. 8194; last Week.





6811. Market 250 lower than on Thurs-

day and dull. Best lambs. $7: fair to good

lambs, $6.25@6.75; light to common lambs

$5@5.90: yearlings, $5515.50; fair to good

sheep. $3.75@4.10; culls and common.

$2.50@3. .





Hogs.



Receipts this week, 4193; last week.

3267. Market strong; 10c lower than on

Thursday,



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers. $8.95; pigs. 882551850: mixed, $8,906.17

8&5: heavy. $8.75@8.90; Stags one-third

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case in full; also name and address of

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Many queries are answered that apply to

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Garget.—I have seen quite a number

asking through your columns what to do

for cows having affections of their bag

or udders, but don’t see any affected ex-

actly like mine. About two months ago

we saw a littleblood in the milk from one

quarter of her udder; after a while there

was no more blood, but it seemed to hurt

to milk her. After a few days We could

see a swelling in that quarter of her bag

and she gave but little milk out of that

portion of her bag, and the milk had a

watery look. Then I began to treat her;

I bathed bag with a solution of salt and

water, the water being as hot as she

could stand. Milked out all I could get

and then greased bag with fresh lard, sul-

phur and carbolic acid. rubbing it for ten

or fifteen minutes. The swelling all left

her bag but there is :1 lump in the upper

portion of the udder. It was quite large

at fir-“t and I did not know but it might

gather and break. Now all the soreness

and swelling is gone, but there is a small

lump in the upper portion of the udder.

l steeped mullen leaves. bathed her bag

and for about two weeks have given her

a half teaspoonful each of soda and salt—

petre dissolved in hot water, also greased

bag with turpentine and lard. Since I

began to use the turpentine and lard I

can get but a few streams of milk and

the lump seems to be getting smaller.

Two weeks ago I would get as high as

180 streams of strippings, and now I do

well if I get a dozen. Mrs. D. C. M., Har-

risville, Mich.~.\pply one part iodine and

ten parts fresh lard to obstructed part of

udder every day or two. This ointment

should be rubbed in gently by hand: also

give her 2 drS. potassium iodide at a dose

in feed or water three times a day. Her

udder has perhaps been injured or infec-

tive germs gained their way into udder

through teat canal.



Mange in Cats.—\Vhat is the cause of

mange in cats and can anything be done

to cure them quickly? J. A. 0., Grand

Rapids, Mich—Mange is a parasitic trou-

ble and is not easily cured in cuts, un-

less clipped before treatment is com-

menced. Dust on some powdered sulphur

or apply sulphur and lard, one part sul-

phur to five or six of lard. Give cats 3

drops of Donovan's solution of arsenic

at a dose in feed two or three times a

day.



Barren Mare—Abnormal Heat—I pur-

chaSed a mare two years ago that was

said to be 12 years old; she had raised

colt and I bred her, but she fails to get

with foal. She seems to be in heat nezir-

ly all the time and has never refused

horse since I bred her. Her heat period

appears to be more severe the longer I

keep her. Do you believe she will ever

get with foal? A. R. P., East. Lake. Mich.

I am inclined to believe she will never

again bleed. Her ovaries are in an ab—

normal condition. Have you always bred

her to same horse? If so, change.



Lump-juw.~1 have a cow with a hard

bunch on jaw just above teeth. I first

noticed it in March as I was drying her.

At firrit it was painful. but after applying

liniment a few times the soreness left

and since she freshened it has never

seemed to annoy her. The bunch is grad-

ually growing larger. I first suspected

that one of the other cows had hooked

her, but may be. mistaken. This cow

Seems to be perfectly healthy and giving

plenty of milk. F. G. B.. Croswell, Mich.

—Apply one part red iodide mercury and

four parts lard to bunch once a week;

but before applying this ointment clip off

hair. Also give her 2 drs. potassium

iodide at a. dose in feed two or three

times a day.





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NE of the very important phases

0 of apple culture is the harvesting



and there is no phase of the work

which requires more careful consideration

and attention than this one. In fact, if





all the other operations have been done





with care, the profit and usefulness of

the orchard depends upon the manner in

which the fruit is harvested; picking at

the proper time, receptacles for picking,





etc.





Fruits for Storage Should not be too

Ripe.



If the apple-grower

for a nearby market,

them on the tree until

ripened for this ripening is what gives

to the fruit its color and quality. But in

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tion that an experiment which was car-

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so as to determine the relative amounts

of sugar' and other essentials of the ap-

ple which go to make for quality.



If the grower has in mind the supply-

ing of a commercial market, then the

fruit should not be allowed to ripen to

too great a degree on the tree but should

be picked before it has fully matured. It

is in the last few days that the apple

remains on the tree that the carbohy-

drates are turned into sugar. “'hat we

wish to do is to pick the apple at such

a time that this turning will be delayed as

long as posSible, for as soon as an apple

ripe, it begins to deteriorate and get

soft and when this stage arrives, rots and

diseases will soon do the reSt. Probably

as good a rule as any is to pick the up-

ple when it comes off easily by taking it

in the palm of the hand or fingers and





is raising apples

it is well to leave

they have fully





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giving it a gentle twist upward. \Vhen

fruit is intended for storing, it is highly

important that the stem is left on the

apple and not pulled out, as is often





found to be the case with apples on the

local market. “here the fruit is to be

consumed in 21 short time after picking,

it does not matter so much about the

Stem being on it, but where the apples

must be stored until midwinter, the ab-

sence of the stem at harvesting time will

probably mean a rotten apple when the

barrel is opened up in the winter which,

of course, means that the seller will get

21 lower price for his product. Apples

having a sound stem and an unblemished

Skin will usually open up in good condi-

tion. provided they have been kept in a.

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\Ye often hear it said that if a rotten

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vided there are no bruises on the sound

apples. The roots of the fungi which

cause the fruit rots cannot enter the skin

of a perfectly sound apple. They do not

seem to have the power of burrowing

through the tough epidermis, but the mo—

ment the skin is bruised, just so soon is

there provided :1 paseageway through

which the roots of the fungus may enter

the pulp of the fruit and decay is the im-

mediate result. Stemmed apples and ones

with an unblemished skin do not present

a passageway for the fungous roots and

hence they are not attacked. If a rotten

apple is taken from a barrel of storage

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skin has been damaged. The spot may

only have been the Size of a pin but even

such a hole is enough to allow the fun-

gus to enter.



\l'hen the fruit is handled with the

greatest possible care, it often reaches

the market somewhat damaged while the

fruit which has been carelessly handled

reaches the market in a useless condition

and results in a partial or entire loss to

the owner. It would often be a good les-

son for the fruit grower to follow his

fruit to the place where it is to be sold

and see how it opens up. This will show

him how important it is that the fruit be

handled with the utmost care—in fact, it

should be_handled like eggs.



There are many devices on the market

for picking fruit, many of which are very

useful and handy while others seem to





the rotten spot there is a place where the,





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present no merits at all. _Many pickers

prefer to use a bag. With‘ this there is

not much danger of bruising the fruit by

dropping but there is a serious danger of

bruising its skin by rubbing against the

branches or ladder. On the other hand,

other pickers prefer to use a basket or

pail. The pail does very well if the prop-

er care is exercised when the fruit is put

into it and also when the fruit is emptied

into the barrels. When using the pail or

basket, each apple must be carefully

placed in the utensil. With the bag the

problem of dumping the apples into the

barrel solves itself for the sides of the

bag break the fall of the fruits, but with

the open basket or pail, much injury is

often done by dumping 'the fruit into the

barrels. \Vhen this is to be done, holding

the apples back with the hand will break

the fall and leave the apples uninjured.



Handllng the Fruit After It has been



Picked.



After the fruit has been picked, what

is usually done and what cold storage

really does is to delay the maturing of

the apple as long as possible, for after

maturity is reached, the apple soon gets

soft and unpalatable. What cold storage

does is to make the ripening process as

slow as p05sible and the right time to

pick the fruit will depend very largely on

how soon it is to be consumed and how

far it is to be shipped. Oftentimes, how-

ever, the packer does not reckon with the

ripening of the fruit which takes place

on account of the apple barrels being

headed up in the middle of the day. Many

fill their barrels and then head them up

the same day It often happens that the

barrel holds a great deal of heat and the

center of the barrel does not get cooled





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off for three or four days; while, if we

are trying to retard the ripening process-

es. the fruit should be cooled off as soon

as possible after picking. For this rea-

son, many growers find it advisable to

put the apples in the barrel late in the

afternoon and to get out early the fol-

lowing morning and head them up while

they are still cool. This gives the fruit

in the barrel a chance to cool off before

it is headed up, which is most desirable.

It is a practice which' all good orchard-

lsts condemn, to leave the apples in piles

under the trees for two or three days and

then barrel them up.



After the fruit is picked it should be

sorted into the standard grades and pack:

ed. The common way of packing apples

is to face the lower end of the barrel

with two layers of choice apples. This

process is termed “facing” for it is this

end that is inspected by the buyers and

commission men. The remainder of the

barrel is then filled loosely and when

about half full, the apples are gently but

thoroughly shaken down and the refilling

is reSumed. When the remainder of the

barrel has been filled and the top round-

ed up, it is ready for heading. The head

is put on and pressed into position with

a lever or screw and the hoops are put

on and nailed in place. If the fruit has

been thoroughly shaken down while the

barrel was being filled, the last pressing

and clamping will not injure or mar the

first layer of fruit. The main object of

the packing is to thoroughly compress the

fruit and thus keep it from rattling when

on its way to market. If not tightly

packed in, the fruit can not be shipped

without danger of serious injury. “'ith

boxes, the same care in packing is neces-

sary as in the case when barrels are used

for packing. ‘



The value of a barrel of storage apples

bought by the consumer in the Winter

depends, to a large extent, upon the ripe-

ness of the apples when they were pick-

ed, the manner and care taken when the

fruits were harvested, the packing of the

barrels and the efficiency of the cold

storage in retarding the ripening proc-

e-sses.





Ingham Co. I. J. MATHEWS.





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WINTER PROTECTION FOR VINES

AND ROSEBUSHES.





 





When the first real winter weather

comes, a layer of coal ashes shOuld be

put about the roots of vines or fine rose-

buSheS. If one is not absolutely sure

about the hardiness of the vine or bush.

one should take extra precautions. Just

one Stake driven into the ground beside

a rosebush may keep it from perishing

from the cold of midwinter. One should

drive several stakes about it and tie pa-

pers around in such a way as to keep out

heavy rain and yet not exclude the air.

The driving in of small quantities of snow

will do no hurt. If the vine or rosebush

is tall, instead of the paper, and in addi-

tion to the ashes, it should be wrapped

about with straw and tied together.



In the spring great care must be taken

not to remove the wrappings too soon,

for even after the buds have started, a

cold snap may come which will kill the

plant and undo everything. A plant thus

protected throughout the winter will be

more sensitive to the cold than if it had

no protection whatever.



But after the warm weather is once on,

the wrappings may be safely removed

and the growth will be found to be al-

ready well advanced. Old stems should

be care-fully cut away to stimulate new

growth and those left should be trained

into place. The 00:11 ashes, in addition

to some well rotted manure, should be

spuded into the soil about the roots.





After the leaves of rosebushes have well

Opened, even if there is no sign of slugs

or insects, it is a good idea to spray

thoroughly to prevent their coming and

to ward off fungous diseases. The spray-

ing should be repeated from time to time

throughout the spring. The very best

spray to use is the lime-sulphur solution,

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will insure a healthy growth and the per-

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Washtenaw Co. CHARLOTTE BIRD.





TREE SURGERY.



Tree surgery consists of proper prun-

ing, together with care of cut surfaces,

of bracing and bolting trees and of cav-

ity excavation and filling.



It is a mistaken idea that shade trees

need pruning. The wanton clipping of

the ends of branches is only useless and

dangerous. Where cutting is done, no

stubs should be left. That is, all cuts





must be made flush with the limb and

these should be painted over with good

lead paint.



Bracing is done by chains or wires

carried between screw eyes or lag bolts

on the large limbs“. \Vires must not be

wrapped about limbs, since the growth

cf the tree would soon cause the wire to

girdle the branch.



Cavities are opened with a chisel or

hatchet, cleared by a gouge down to

sound w ood, disinfected with creosote and

then filled with cement or concrete. In

order to make the cement hold the wood

is studded with nulls, or wires are wov-

en across the cavity. In order that the

concrete may not drop out, the mouth of

the cavity should be smaller than the

excavated part. For fiillings‘, a cement

made of five parts sand to one of dry

cement may be used, while the outer face

should be covered with a two to one

mixture. Bring the cement exactly flush

with the wood.



The cement has no curative powers. It

serves merely to shed water, brace the

limb or trunk, and to cause the tree to

complete the cylinder which has been

cut into by rot. ,



The bark should be carefully handled





in order that the wound may heal over.

The covering growth, wound calluS,

comes from the cambium—the tender





cells just outside the wood. If the bark

is bruised, or if the cement projects be-

yond the wood the cambium activity is

checked by the pressure induced.





Each tree is a problem of itself. Skill

with tools, familiarity with cement and

mechanical judgment is needed. Tree





surgery is on important thing and to be

encouraged. If the house-holder under-

stands the principles outlined here he can

repair his own trees. Rather than no

treatment, I advise the hiring of a com-

petent tree surgeon. They charge about

60 cents an hour. .



Far better 'than tree surgery is pre-

vention of cavities.





Mich. Agr. College. G. H. COONS.





The fruit farmer is realizing more fully

that the success of his business is going

to depend on the skill in marketing. The

proper methods of handling the fruit

crop are receiving increased attention

from the Department of Agriculture, but

every grower has individual problems to

solve. The attractive and honest package

will be the big selling factor in the fruit

business and the growers are rapidly

learning that poor packing pinches profit.
surrl':2o,"'mx.





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. Ha .was about medium and $0

$3.33. rye ind wheat; oats about half a

crop. Chol'ce timothy hay, 70c; meadow,

40c per cwt; wheat, $1; rye, 670; oats.

52c; com, 880; potatoes, 90c. ,



LancasterCo" Sept. 10,—Part of county

has suffered from drought, affecting corn,

hay and potato crops. Rest of the county





enough rains. in which hay crop heavy.~





potatoes average. Wheat generally poor

in quality and yield. oats normal, not

much grain. Tobacco below average in

acreage and'quality and badly cut by hall

in many sections. Much now housed.

Dairying good; cows $40@125. Registered

stock higher. Hogs scarce and high in

price.

Ohl





, o.



Ashtabula 00., Sept. 10.-——Dry and dusty;

no indications of rain. Farmers supple-

menting pasture with green feed. Milk

$1.50 per cwt., with skim returned. Many

new silos being put up. Threshing about

all done. Oats a good crop. yielding frOm

30 to 60 bu. per acre. \Vhe-at about a

failure. About half of wheat sowed. bal-

ance waiting until the 15th of the month

on account of grasshoppers. Some pieces

of early planted corn ripe and ready to

shock. Silo corna heavy crop. Early

potatoes a failure, selling at 800 per bu.

A big outlook for late potatoes. Apples

failure. About half of wheat sowed. bal-

tion. few sales and not much property

changing hands. Balers paying $10 per

ton for hay. Veals, 9%,,0; milch cows, $50

@125; hogs, 814m: butter, 32c; eggs, 260;

chickens, 11@150; few turkeys.



Highland Co., Sept. 8.—Our wheat crop

was fair, about 15 bu. per acre. Corn

about an average, 40 bu. per acre. Hog

crop light; cattle scarce. Friut a medium





crop. Hay good. Clover seed a good

crop. Very dry at present. Pastures all

dried up. Potatoes hardly half a crop.





Green 60., Sept. 10.-—Hot and dry. Corn

has suffered in some parts of the county

and in other parts local showers helped

out. Corn is being put in the silo and

Shock now. about ten days to two weeks

early; about 75 per cent of an average

crop. Wheat was of good quality and

fair yield. Few oats sown. Potatoes al—

most a failure. Clover seed a good aver-

age, about three bushels to the acre. One

man hulled 102 bushels in nine hours.

W'heat. 85c; oatS, 400; corn, 70c; rye. 54c.



Columblana Co., Sept. 15.—VVeather has

been dry and nights cool; have had sev-

eral frosts. Threshing is nearly all done.

Wheat was a. p00r crop and oats just fair.

Most of the wheat is sowed and corn

cutting is well started and it is good, con-

sidering the dry summer months. The

late potatoes look fairly good but will not

yield more than half a crop, the prices

here are from 85c@1 per bu. The apple

crop is fairly good but the market is

slow. Local markets: Wheat. 950; oats.

450; com. 70c; hay, $8.50@10; Butter, 28

@34c; eggS, 28c.



Falrfield 00., Sept. 15.——-We had some

good rains late in August. and plenty of

it; September grass has taken a good

start; quite a number of fields are plowed

for wheat; corn cutting is the order of

the day; corn will be about half a crop.

Wheat crop was good: threshing about

done; oats about 20 bu. per acre; rye

good. Clover seed quality good but not

much acreage. about 2% bu. per acre.

Hay crop light. Potatoes almost a fail-

ure. No buckwheat sown: apple crop is

light; peach crop light; pear crop light.



Carroll Co., Sept. 12.—Most farmers are

done threshing. Some have sown their

wheat already. It has been very dry

down here this summer. Many new grass

sets are burned out. We had a nice rain

here last Monday, Sept. 8. and it is rain-

ing here today. The fruit crop is short.



Indiana.



Wayne Co., Sept. 9.——The weather has

been very dry here for several weeks past,

threatening rain but only a few light

showers received. Our fine prospect for

corn hasbeen hurt some by the drout‘n.

Many fields of corn are dry enough for

fodder, and farmers who have silos are

filling them now. Clover seed is being

hulled. the yield being about two bushels

per acre. Potatoes will not be more than

half a crop and are selling high. Pastures

are badly burned but all stock is in good

condition. Preparations for fall grain are

at a standstill owing to the dry condition

of the ground.



Kansas.



Finney Co., Sept. 8.~Have had one inch

of rain over practically the whole county.

Though it is dry and warmer than usual

for the time of year farmers are cutting

feed and prairie hay. Hay is good; feed

short. No grain to speak of but milo

maize, except in the irrigated districts

where they always have good crops.‘



Nebraska.



West Scott's Bluff Co., Sept. 8.—August

has been a very warm month but no hot

winds. It has been the most prosperous

yevr for five or six years. Small grain is

very good, corn fair, but acreage very

small. Alfalfa is our main crop here and

we have three fine crops of hay. A good

deal is being shipped out; some will be

fed to sheep. Potatoes are a small crop

and few will be shipped out. Rough feed

is plentiful; milch cows are high.



North Dakota.



Foster Co., Sept. 8.—Harvest is over.

the weather has been fine, not much rain

this summer, but had a good rain last

night. Wheat is an average yield of 10

to 20 bu. per acre. Barley is going from





25 to 35 bu. per acre: cats 15 to 40. Our

corn looks well but is too late to mature.

Hardly any cattle and hogs through here.

Cows are selling at 6c; hogs. 8c. and can





(Continued on page 254).





 





THE M I’CHIF-GAN "-FARMER





roofings—we guarantee it





 





E. St. Louis, lll.





 





IDO'n’t confuse this with ordinary “make-shift”





roll furnish modern ideas fOr laying it artistically.





' ' R f'



ertam- teed 0° mg

' ' Rolls Shingles

When ready roofing was first put on the market, the public de-

manded that it must prove its value by actual wear on the roof. Certain-teed

Roofing has stood the test for years—it has made good in Ell climates

and under the most severe conditions.

makes a roof you can well be proud of.

roofing will wear by looking at it—~so for your own protection, acce t

no substitutes—be sure the Certain-teed Quality Label is on each r0 1.



Sold by dealer: werytwlure at a reasonable price.





General Roofing Manufacturing Company

York, Pa.





15 years and inside each





When artistically laid it

You can’t tell how long





Marseilles, lll.





 





 





 





 





 





 





THE OCTOBER SALE.

125 Registered Holstein-Friesian Cattle. 125





Sixth Annual Sale Michigan





Consignment Sale Company





Slain Fair iimunds, Detroit. Del. l6, l9i3.





Send for catalog.





I1. W. NORTON, Jr., Sale Mgr., Howell, Mich.





m WATCH FOR OUR AD. IN OCT. 4th ISSUE.





150 - HOLSTEINS AT AUCTION - l 50

At Gustavus. Trumbull Co., Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1913, 10 o'clock A.M.





Consisting in part of 100 band Registered Cows and Heifers. 20 head being granddaughters of the King





' t randson of

of the Pontiacs. 6 of which are bred o a of the Pontiacs. which now stands at the head of our





Kin Pontiac Orm-by No. 53672. a son of t 8 King





Pontiac Korndyke. 2.} Cows and Heifers in calf to





her . 60 head of heavy- roducin young cows, heifers. and heifer calves. bred along lines that .produoo





malts. 50 chowoly-b





young olstein grade cows. fresh or nearby sprinxors.





Gust-vu- ll reached by Youngstown branch of L. S. & M. S. Ry. Stop at Kinsman. Free back will meet you there.

Train 215 leaves Ashtabula. 0.. 'l .05 a. m. Train 240 leaves Youngstown 7:46 a, in. Catalog on request.





B. E. TOTTEN, Gustavus. Ohio.





Post OIfice-Farmdale, Ohio.





""21 ——’2‘5'I





'Sllill’ 'l-‘Oli VSALEAIN CARIGAD [.0'I'S.





PARKHURST 3808.. Reed CRY. Michigan.





lid}; limobuiliti Show, Pm Brod Poland 0th





S and PEBCHEBON HORSES. 2% miles

E. Morrioe. on G. T. R. R. and M. U. B. J. 0. A. COOK.





The Ingleside Farm S.‘:§°’i?§.§fl§2pa€£.fi°§32§





before. All stock recorded. rite us what you want

HERBERT E. POWELL. Ionia. Mich. Citizen's Phone.





 





HBOPSHIRE RAIS. Registered. Sirod by imp. Minton ram.

Quality for grade or registered flocks. Also some young

ewes. Prices right. WILLIS S. MEADE. Lapeer. Michigan.





 





Prize two-year-old Shropshire Rams 1912.

1“ .lld 2“ Also cod yearling Rams and Ewes for

sale. E. E. LELA D & SON. Ann Arbor. Michigan.





liEiilSlEliEli Shauna-spam? “352::

Breedingot the boot. Harry Potter. Davieon, Mich.

SHROPSHIIIE lilliS Mill EYES FOR SALE.

DAN BOOHEB. R. 1. Marion. Michigan.

Shropshire Rams—23°d12é‘t".%t°:"'...lv‘.‘§° 3.23;"

norm KON rAnni'.‘ Kinderbptfok. pMfiaohlcnn;



HROPSHIRE rams 1 and 2 years old. and some





extra. good lamb rams, wool and mutton t po.

GEO. P. ANDREWS. Dnncvillc. Inghom 00.. ich.





H005.

' ' ——A Desirable Bunch of flows of

Dunc: & “dorms Either Breed dueA ril and Ma .

M. T. Story. B. R. 48 Lowell. Mich. ity Phone 5g.

' Choice Spring Pigs. either sex.

l’lll’li Brad Berkshires of Finest. Breeding. Write for

descripfiion and prices. A. P. Kuhn. Lakeview. Mich'

BERKSHIRE Choice spring boars and gilte.

riced to move quick. Farmers

stock. ELMBURS STOCK FARM. Almont. Mich.

‘ Y'aflmg sow—bred for July farrowmg.a.lso uchoice





lot of Sprin Pi s for sole. Either

sex. A. A. PATTULLO. R. 0.1 Locker-ville. Mich.





' —Spring and summer pigs. write us

cllOSl'l' Will“, your wan“. Price andqunlity right.

Meadow View Stock Forum. R.F.D. No.5.Holland.Mich.

o I C —BIG GROWTHY TYPE. Last eprin



0 - - stock. either sex. pairs not akin. Verya





stock. Scott No. 1 head of herd. Farm 56 mile west.

of depot. ~OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville. Mich.





0 I C —MARCH and APRIL PIGS. the long

0 0 - crowtby kind. with plenty of bone.

No cholera ever on or near form. Satisfaction

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





0- I. C’s-all sold. Orders booked for April

C





 





 





 





 





 





and May pigs of the choicest breeding.

. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Michigan





 





H06 FEED GHEA .‘fl‘déiif‘flii"

Wanted—inlfl‘im’iflfi‘i‘fié?'iq’éga‘rsdfsi'fgz;





advanced registry cows but must be of good breed-

ing and reasonable. W.K. Brainerd. Blacksburg. Va.





lllflllEIS’ llllEC'l‘flllY.

CATTLE.





Aberdeen-An us.





Herd. consisting of Trojan Erlcoe. B wkbirds and

Prides. onl . is headed by Ecertcn W. the GRAND

CHAMPION bull at the State. West. Michigan and

Bay City Fairs of 1912 and the alreof Winners at these



THE INTERNATIONAL. Chic . of

DCOTE WK





{£2113 v‘iib'd FARM. Ionla. lch.





‘— ' h . n. eod‘ .



Guernsey Bull Calf iii? .énhé‘... .35 it'll.

A Gee Dandy. G. A. WIGENT. Watervliet. Mich.



UERNSEYs—Rea. Tubercul‘ig Tostlla‘d. . Viadu-



JG. K. BLATcnronh'Tudieh'r'i'un T33: ofiimoi’ii.





arm-moan BULLS l-‘(ill SAL draws:





ALLEN BROS" Paw Paw. Michigan.





Bigelow’s Holstein Farms





Broodcvllle, Mich.

Have for sale several fine young

bulls out of cows with high official

butter and milk records.



Send for circular.





A FEW Clolcn 1101 in Erie-inn Bull Calves

for ale. A. B. 0. Stock.



GREGORY O BORDEN. Howell. Michigan.

S100 —Buyl two choice high grade Holstein heifers, 2 and 4

I months old. and one registered bull. 4 months old. not

skin. all nicely marked. is white. 3.3. Reavey. Akron, Mich.





- able ricce. choice reg-

For $3 0 i533}: HOLil’TnIN SIRES. ready

for service. HATCH HERD. Ypsilanti. Mich.





Buy A World Record Holstein Bull

NEXT TIME. go 112ng wit&;5%.:ol.lgoblemof €8,193

BEAIgHmER‘RMSteAuguzxtgo? (Kalamazoo 00..) Mich.





FUR SALE-Jersey null Call





Dani's 2-year-old re d 88101ie. t

milk.d 513 lbabsbugter‘liknafilmonthc.00r8ire's <1)..sz

recor . 0 mi . be. butter in ne 9 .



WATERMAN a WATERMAN. Ann Arh‘br. Bligh.





Lillie Farmstead Jerseys

(Tuberculin Noted. Guaranteed free from Tuber-

culosis.) Several good bulls and bull calm out of

good dairy cows for sale. No females for solo at

present. Satisfaction aran



COLON C. LILLE.





awoken Inch.

“Top-Notch” Hoistoins.





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

able brooding and from dams with oillcial milk

and butter records for sale at reasonable prices.

MoPHEISON FARMS 00.. Nowell. Michigan.





Purebred Registered

H OLSTE IN CATTLE

The Greatest Dairy Brood

Send [or MI ”W

flolstcin-l‘riuion. Auc.. Box I“. Btntflcborth.





"oLSTElu—Bull Calf sired by best can of

Pontiac Butter Bo . Dam in slate!

by some sire to 8 cows who have oflcin butter record-





averoai over-211M. butterin'ldays. Prloe$50 for

quicko or. C. D. WOODBUBY. Lancing. Mich.





REG. HOLSTEIN BULL—Month old. Modlywbite



v03 pmttily marked. Fine individual with excellent

A.R. . bucking. SfiOdelivered. Chen. at ‘1‘00. Write for

pedigree and photo. Robert W. oy.





 





ason. Mich.





liaisioin Friuian Gallic. 3.93531 °'w’.°“£‘.f.li“'§i

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

"ULSTEII BULLS ”.‘i‘éa'°ii§ii‘°°w§.i%d'.‘i“‘i§.t§fi

come and see. E. g. CORNELL. Howell. Michigan.

Fol saw—3mg!) Form. “(11:30“ I’ligfin‘fiohhin

“lamb-lumen wontod. India!” 02 13311131le





 





Bull Ready For Service.





A grand son of Pietcrtje Hanger-voids Count. .





DeKol, and out of Bertha Josephine N udinc.

This is an almost faultless individual. Guaranteed

right in every particular. and “dirt" cheap to a.

quick buyer. Also 7 good cows, one fresh—the

others yet tOIfreshen. The above would makes

fine herd for some one. 81950 will buy the bunch.





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio.





The Jersey





The Jersey gives richer

milk and more butter than

any other known breed. at a





lower keeping cost. She does it



continuously and rsistently.



Ider milk and butter ring better



prices than the product of any other



dairy breed. That's where quality



does count. Jersey facts free. Write

now. We have no cows for sale.





i‘. AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB

334 W. 23d 88001. New York





 

   





 





BUTTER BRED “Ens“ BULLS

FOR SALE

CBYSI‘AL SPRING STOCK FARM.



Silver Creek. Allegan County, Michigan.

JERSEYS—Bulls calves bred for product-

ion. Also cows and heifers.

Brookwnter Form. B. F. D. No. ’1. Ann Arbor. Mich.

-— m cred Jersey Cattle. tuberculin test-

For sale 03:11:] a and bull calves: boiler and heifer

calves: cows with ‘chister of Merit and Cow Testing

Amociotion record‘s. IRVIN FOX. Allegon. Mich.





 





 





 





 





Notton Farm, Grass Lake, Mich.





A few young Jersey Bull Calves at :25 to $45 each.





RED Pilllfl cows and HEIFERS‘E‘Six‘i’il2'3‘253i’fi’f





John Roma!- a. on... Grand Ledge. Mich. smite 42





--Bulls from 8 tolZmontln

9' ShOHhOI'I'IS old. Best. of brooding.

Write for pedigrees. W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Mich.





mm liliEii suonmonlsmsszf‘ sixes:

J. B. HUMMEL. Macon. Michigan.





Fun s‘lE—G Shdorthollll’g‘iltmh 'lntvé lfimos.‘ nitric! by

ran echo 0 a n i

females. w’ln. McQuillan. Howell (Er 333.32; if}?





——2 Reg. Shorthorn Bulls by Vi to Bob'

For sale a Son of Victor Linwood an Intfbrilationlall

Winner. JOHN SCHMIDT. Reed City. Michigan.





3 Choice Shorthorn Bulls For Sale.





6 toBmos. old. Bates bred. Registered. 0 ll

J .E. TANBWELL. Maple Ridge Farm. fiagyrlriZh‘l





SHEEP.





The Reason Why!





T PAYS TO BUY PURE BRED SHEEP

‘ 0P PARSONS. “the sheep man of the out. '

I sell and ship everywhere and 3y express

chorus. I will start one man in one township.

Write for club oil'er and descriptive price list.





OXFORDS Shropshires. Ramboulllets

9 and [’01le Delaineo.

PARSONS. Gram! Ledge. Michigan.

Kingsville, 0. July 1’1. 1913.

Dear Sir: I received Oxford Sheep yesterday in

good shape and will say be is a peach. When I got

home with cheap a couple of my nei hbora came

over and looked him over. They sai ho was the

biggest sheep they ever saw and the best around

here. I will. ke the crate. I paid the on. you

agent 32 for it. anklng you for your romp do-

livery. I remain. Yours truly. Arthur L. Peck.

At one time non drove many miles In

search of null: nowdnyc PURE

BRED Sheep are ordered by letter of





“The Sheep Man of the East”

Maxim-0M «gaugunmmu Rm.





'0: cheap. .. Reed City. men.





 





 





   





‘T‘THIS





80W WEIGHED 952 L35.

A D





23 MONTHS 0





" lONiA GIRL





I have started more breeder- on the mod to onc-

oeu than amen living. I have tholnrgcet and tin-

oat herd in U. 8. Every one on early developer.

ready forthomu-kot at six months old. I wont to



loco one box a each com munity to advertise my

crd. Write for myplon,“fiowto Make Money from

Hogs.” G. t. IIIJAHII. llJlo. l 0 Portland. “lob.





 





 





—Bred all“ allS sold.





0- II c- SWIN haven, o.of pring





pigs on hand. WilLbook orders for Sept. pin.

got my Knee on pairs and trios not akin.

. J. GORDON R. No. 2. Don, Mich.





ll.l.0's.~—Taldn Orders for Sept. Pigs. ”twat.“





FRED NICKE B. No. 1. Monroe. Michigan.





Duroc Jerse llo 5‘3"” ‘-'°" N“ “m“

winning strain. yw. cgru‘iib' fin 13.3%. If“.

Duroc Jerseys—25 Spring lam Bullyiio Ship.

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. lchlzon.



-25 H' h 01 s ‘ . -

DUVOCS celled: qualizinnsréggedliaggnwgtle

or come and see. J. 0. BAR BY. Goldwater. Mich.





—8prina beaten-om rico- i -

”little-Jerseys ninfi strains. Sow: all also

Bmkwntcr Farm. 1!. P. .N0. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.





BIG TYPE DU [COOS—March and April Boats. ready





for service. Pain not akin. A 8!:

ttnms for sale. F. J. DRODT, B. No. Lliloonrote‘filtldhe





Dun-cc Jcmye Forflolo~Throo toll boars. also lpl'i

pics. either nor of finest. breeding and individua

quality. John IcNicoll. Station A. 8 they City Mich.





PolANli cams-m $335,931 a...





l .

Prince right. W. J. HAGELSKAW. Alumna.l film.





Choice lot at S rln l'i S—Em‘" m

1.. w. menus a SON.pBy'r0198hingncsEl-&ef iiiliii

anon STYLE!) POLAND CHINAS—Bprin and





summer pigs. Alto Oxford buck

at close prices. ROBERT NEVE.’ Fixingskhdizhl.“





Butler’s Big Bone Prolific Poland China:





Biz boon ready for cervicc. weigh up to 250 lbs. not



fat. from big prolific cows that not. only fnrrow big



litters but raise them. Write for what you want.

J. C. BUTLER. Portland, Michigan.





POLAND ClllNAS—Em‘” ‘9" ‘" "°‘ 3°!“

P. D. LONG. a. No. 8.thd§§n5°°i'i.3ids;' 370.2933:





5; c. mm m mm mania. areas





prom. R. W. MILLs. Saline. Michi‘m





UflEE "PE P. ii. nu PIGS $335, 3mm





5 ring pip I ever raised. Eight cows (3:313:22! é:





 





 





 





 





   

 





pine or write. Expenses paid I n t t.‘

livery from Perms. W. E. LivinugnflPrfnfig: Mlihl:





P. A(I AllilAllS AND SOWS‘}."“°§{°°- “ml





. woon a son. Sauna.y handrail."





YORKSHIRE Swine—We have some nice 3 ri

pipnow ready for sole. W ‘ I ' ' p

prices. WIRANDFJ! BROHS‘.° giro‘l-ilsggpgl’lndhfi





BIG TYPE MULE FOOT FOGfl—Ali

3500.10. Prolific and land . Boot breed for Mix? 211..

Also Ponies. J. DUNLAP. ox M.Williamsport. 0 i0





ORKSHIRE SWINE—Young boars ready for u '

i spring farmed (ilk Mid MIK- firmed Mani; ail?

aw. a salivary. onua m“. Mich. '





lMPRflVEll IARGE YORKSHIRE





Bows and all“ bred for September d Ootobo

furrow. Service bo . p on r

and prices upon g. a“ “I“ all 3880. Breeding





Nicotion.

W. C. COOK. R. 42, Ada. Mlchllln.





Ellie Farmstead YfllilSlllllEs





brad silicon cold. cm. budfio It not

w. , either sex. _ 1:1,“: utrio:





”akin. 8rd be: for till I:

601.0135. uws. Mil-nus. ma.





Pain not akin.
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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





SEPT. 20, 1913.





 





 





 





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HOW ONE MAN MAKES WINTER

LAYERS PAY.





 





Experienced poultrymen, as a rule,

have no difficulty in getting a good sup-

ply of eggs throughout the winter mouths,

when the high prices prevail. It is the

amateur who usually experiences disap-

pointment in not getting a full egg bas-

ket. As there is a new crop of beginners

each season, and as no more perplexing

problem confronts them than the getting

of winter eggs, I will outline my method

of feeding and housing my winter layers.



There are some who still argue that

winter is an unnatural season for egg

production and that we need expect very

few, if any, eggs during cold weather,

however well the hens are provided for.

This, of course, has been disproven long

ago. A hen, if fully matured and in good

health, will when given prOper rations,

produce eggs in winter, and in abund-

ance.



The laying hen must be happy and con-





tented and she muSt be kept busy. Idle

hens contract bad habits, such as egg

eating. feather pulling. etc. Therefore





do not let them sit around because of the

lack of something to make them active.

Keep the floor well littered So they can

scratch all day, if necessary. Have this

litter from eight to twelve inches deep.

covering the entire floor. .Light, coarse

straw is, in my opinion, one of the best

materials for liticr‘. straw is not broken

up so quickly as leaves and can there—

fore be worked over better by the hens.

Fork the straw over often to allow the

fine dirt to sift through. This makes it

nice and light again. \Vhenever litter be-

comes damp and soiled it should be re—

moved and replaced with fresh.

Keeping Quarters Clean and Healthful.

Cleanliness plays an important part in

the getting of winter eggs. Cleanliness

promotes health, and as healthy stock is

absolutely necessary if the best of results

are to be obtained it will at once be seen

that cleanlineSs is no small consideration

in housing hens. I see no reason why the

poultry house should be the damp. foul-

smelling, disease—breeding place that it

often is. If the ventilation is right and

the house is cleaned often no foul odor

will be noticed as soon as the door is

opened. Clean the droppings platforms

at least once a week. To facilitate clean-

ing by preventing the droppings from ad-

hering to the platform, spread sawdust

over the platform immediately after clean—

ing. Air-slaked lime may also be used,

but it is advisable to first dust the boards

with the lime and then cover with saw-

dust or earth, as it is my belief that

fowls are liable to contract sore feet by

walking on lime—covered surfaces. Spray

the droppings board occasionally to de-

stroy vermin that may be hiding in the

cracks. Coal oil is very good f0r this

purpose and crude carbolic acid may be

added to make it more effective.





Keep the hens free from lice. A lousy





hen is not a laying hen. Provide dust

boxes in each pen so they may dust

themselves at will. The boxes should be





well filled with road dust and placed in

the sunniest part of the house. This is

nature’s way of holding vermin in check

and it also helps the hen to keep her

plumage clean. The nest boxes are also

harboring places for lice and mites. Re-

move the nesting material and spray ker-

osene into every crack and crevice. A

hand spray is excellent for this purpose.

Do not allow soiled nesting material to

remain in the nest for any length of time.

Eggs are sometimes broken and the con-

tents run out on the straw, and often the

nest is fOulcd by the hen. In such cases

remove the material and replace with

fresh; otherwise the flavor of the egg

may be affected.



Various Forms of Green Food Used.

should be provided every

day throughout the winter. It is advis-

able to give this after each feeding. No

doubt many have noticed that at such

times fowls will forage for green feed.

Take the hint and follow nature in pro-

viding green food. Alfalfa and sprouted

oats are two of the best varieties of green

food I know of and can be provided at

any time, winter or summer. Alfalfa can

best be fed when in the mealed state, as

it will readily mix with the mash. It

will remain green indefinitely. Sprouted

oats are relished by the hens and help

wonderfully. They can be sprouted in





Green feed





most any cellar, as there is usually suffi-

cient warmth to start germination. Pro-

vide a half dozen small boxes, the size

depending upon the number of f0wls kept

and the amount intended to be fed. Fill

a bucket partly full of oats and let them

Soak for 24 hours. Then place them in

one of the boxes, spreading out until they

are about two inches deep and sprinkle

them night and morning with warm wat-

er. In the bottoms ‘of the boxes should

be bored small holes to let the water drain

out. At intervals of five or six days start

oats in other boxes. As soon as one be-

comes empty fill it as before and in this

way a constant supply of green food is

made available. The oats, roots and ”all,

should be fed when from‘ four to six

inches high. Caution must be exercised

to prevent them becoming moldy, which

sometimes occurs when allowed to sprout

too long, this, of course, making them un-

fit for feeding. A block of the oats about

six inches square is enough for every

twelve fowls.



Vegetables can usually be stored to last

the hens all winter. Mangels, small po-

tatoes, carrots, etc, are usually relished

and are a great help in keeping the hens

in good health. I usually grind the small





potatoes in a food chopper and feed them

with the mash eVery other day. The

mangels are either split in two and





thrown into the pens for the hens to pick

at, or are ground up and fed with the

mash each day. Carrots, turnips, etc.,

are fed raw or cooked, but not so often

as the other vegetables.





A Satisfactory Mash—Whole Grain.





A mash that has produced excellent

results for me is comp0sed of the follow-

ing in the proportions given: Bran, 100

lbs; middlings, 50 lbs; coarse corn meal.

50 lbs; ground oats, 50 lbs; alfalfa meal,

50 lbs: gluten feed, 50 lbs; linseed meal,

30 le; beef Scraps, 50 lbs; salt, 37 lbs.

The ingredients must be thoroughly mix-

ed. This mash is fed at noon. 'Taking

one quart for every 10 hens, I pour on

boiling water and allow the mixture to

steam all morning on the back of the





stove in a tightly covered kettle. It is

fed just warm and moist, not hot or

sloppy.





Of the whole grains, I prefer wheat,

oats and corn. After dark at small

amount of wheat is scattered in the litter

to induce the hens to exercise immedi-

ately after leaving the roosts in the morn-

ing. About eight o’clock in the morning

more wheat is scattered in the litter, and

about 11 o’clock whole oats is given. Not

enough wheat and oats are fed to satisfy

the hens, but just enough to keep them

busy. At 1:00 p. m. the mash is fed,

while the last feed at night consists of

whole corn. I prefer corn at night be-

cause it lasts longer than other grainS,

and as it is heating it tends to keep the

fowls warm. The corn is fed about an

hour before dusk to give them ample time

to pick it up, as a good bit of it is hid-

den in the litter and muSt be worked for.



Indiana. 0. E. HACHMAN.





POULTRY HOUSE.





A “MADE-OVER”





 





It was made originally of rough oak

boards that warped and shrunk until the

shelter they offered the hens was little

better than a bare 'treetop. There was a

good shingle roof over it. and the fram-

ing was good. It “as to utilize the bet-

ter parts, and at the same time make a

house that would answer the purpose for

winter quarters for a hundred hens, that

prompted the owner to remodel the build-

ing. A concrete house was wanted, and

in order to get it as quickly as possible,

and with minimum expense, it was de-

cided to build a. six—inch concrete wall

inside the board wall, and make a con-

crete floor. The wall was well braced by

setting two stringers along the full length

of each wall, and resting braces against

them at intervals of two feet, the braces

being well established in the ground. Also

several strands of s mooth wire were twist-

ed across the building from one wall to

the other in order to prevent bulging.





The size of the hOUSe was only 10x12:

since plenty of creek gravel and flint rock

was to be found nearby, the expense

consisted mainly in lumber for the inside

forms and the cement. It required nine

loads of gravel, each load containing

about a cubic yard. Since this contained

about the right Dr‘Oportion of ”sand, three

sacks of cement was used for each load,





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and» three extra sacks for the smooth.

coat on the floor, making 30 sacks in all.

This is less cement than is usually rec-

ommended for such work, but the finished

wall is solid and seemingly strong enough

,to last for ages. .



When the walls were finished, thick

building paper was tacked to the rafters

above, making it snug overhead. The

floor was first filled‘in to a depth of six

inches with .fiint‘stones, then four inches

of Coarse concrete and lastly a smooth

coat of cement and sand. In winter this

floor is kept covered with straw.



There had been only a door in the old

house, but two sash were placed in the

south- wall of the concrete house, a part

of the boards being sawed out for the

purpose and framing put in the forms

previous to filling with concrete. The





 





floor was made after the walls had driedj





and the forms had been removed.

old wooden walls were allowed to remain

in place, since the work of removing them

and setting the roof on the concrete

would have involved considerable labor,

and the old rough lumber had little val-

ue. The lumber bought for the





The ,





inside 3'





forms was of sliiplap. and was afterward:





used about the farm. Since galvanized

nest boxes were to be uSed,

nails were imbedded

that the heads protruded half an

and the nest boxes were fastened to

these. As supports for the roosts, some

old harrow teeth were likewise set in the

wall when the concrete was put in.



Arranged in this way, with only sani-

tary nest boxes, and roosts that can be

easily removed for cleaning, the bother

from lice and mites has been reduced to

a minimum, and this man has a poultry

house that is comfortable both summer

and winter.





Missouri. H. F. G'RJNSTEAD.





TRANSFERRING BEES TO MODERN

HIVES.





 





Assuming that your hive is in readi-

ness, with frames containing wired foun-

dation, light your smoker and put on a

bee veil. Move the old hive back four or

five feet and put new hive in its place.

Prepare a small box about eight inches

deep. with one side open, which will just

cover (not slip over) the bottom of the

box hive. Turn it upside down, set the

hiving box over it and then drum on the

sides of the hive for 10 or 15 minuteS.

The bees will fill themselves with honey

and go up into the box. Gently lift the

box containing the bees and dump them

in front of the entrance of the new hive.

Make sure that the queen is among them

by watching for her as she passes with

the rest into the entrance. She can be

readily seen, as she has a long slender

body and is of lighter color than the

workers. If you fail to find her, drum

out bees from the old hive again until

you get her, for to make the plan a suc-

cess she must be in the new hive.



Return to the box hive, turn it right

side up and set it down a few feet back

of the new one, with the entrance turned

at right angles. Allow the old hive to

stand 21 days, at the end of which time

the brood will be hatched out, with the

exception of a little drone brood which is

of no value. Again turn it upside down

and drum the bees out into the hiving

box. Next, put an entrance-guard of

perforated zinc over the entrance of the

new hive. Smoke the bees of the hive,

then those in the hiving box, after which

dump the latter in front of entrance to

new hive. The smoking is to prevent

fighting on the part of the bees at the

second drive, and the entrance—guard is

to catch the queen or queens that have

been raised meanwhile in the old hive.

These virgin queens may be \given to

some queenless colonies or used to make

increase if desired.



The job of transferring is now com-

pleted, and all you have on hand is a box

hive containing a lot of crooked old comb

with, perhaps, a little honey in it. The

honey can be extracted, or used as chunk

honey on the table if it is fit for use. The

rest can be melted into beeswax and the

hive .split up for kindling.



If bees are obtained in modern hives

this work is not necessary, but bees are

not often so obtainable, and those who

do have them find them so profitable that

they ask a high price for them.



Shiawassee Co. N. F. GUTE.





Nearly everyone can keep hens but can

everyone make the hens keep them? Hens

do not pay unless you give them suitable

care.





Keep a. good cat or tWO around the

poultry plant as it .will save y0u lots of

trouble with'mlce and rats. '





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-

TION 0F FARMERS’ CLUBS.

President—J85. N. McBride, Burton.

Vice-President—C. B. Scully, Almont.

Secretary-Treasurer—Mrs. C. P. John-



son, Mctamora.

' Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. Wm. T.

McConnell, Owosso.



Directors—C. P. Johnson, Metamora;

H. W. Chamberlain, White Lake; \Vm,

T. Hill, Carson City; Jerry Spaulding,

Belding; R. J. Robb, Mason; J. F. Rie-

man. Flint.



Address all communications relative to

the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C.

P. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.





 





Associational Motto:

The skillful hand, with cultured mind.

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.





MEMORY DAY HISTORY.





 





 





Perhaps every Farmers' Club member

who is a reader of this department is fa-

miliar'with the history of Memory Day,

yet there may be some among the young-

er generation of Farmers’ Club workers

whose attention has not been specifically

directed to the origin and purpose of this

designation, which has been given Sep—

tember 30.



Memory Day will become a permanent

institution in Michigan through the me-

dium of the Farmers’ Clubs of the state

and upon the initiative of one of the old-

est and most enthusiastic supporters of

the organization and its development,

viz., lax-ASSociational President J. T.

Daniells. The Memory Day idea came to

him nearly ten years ago upon the occa-





. sion of the greatest bereavement which





falls to the lot of man to endure, since

which time he has devoted himself with

untiring energy to the cause of making

Memory Day a permanent institution, not

only in Michigan but in the country at

large. In 1904 the idea was presented to

the State Association of Farmers’ Clubs

at its annual meeting and also to the

State Grange, receiving the unqualified

endorsement of both bodies. The resolu-

tion then presented asked that September

30 be designated as Memory Day and be

devoted to caring for our cemeteries and

making beautiful with flowers and loving

care the graves of our dead.



The following year Mr. Daniells secured

favorable action by the Legislature in a

resolution officially recognizing September

30 as Memory Day. Upon Mr. Daniells'

request, Hon. Fred M. “’arner, then Gov-

ernor of Michigan, issued the first procla-

mation inviting the people generally to

obServe Memory Day.



Not yet content with the good work

done along this line, Mr. Daniells is striv-

ing with untiring energy to bring about

national recognition of September 30 as

Memory Day, through an act of Cmgz‘ess,

and with flattering prospects of success.

In his efforts to promote public sentiment

for the more general observation of the day.

Mr. Daniells has secured the aid of noted

writers, including the late “'ill Carleton,

whose poem on Memory Day was pub-

lished in the Michigan Farmer, al o other

poets of note as well as writers of song.

The latest contribution of this kind is by

Emily Stuart Lawrence, of Kansas, a lady

now nearly eighty years old, yet actively





intei‘ei~te(i in uplift work for the public

good. This poem is published in this

issue.





In behalf of the beautiful sentiment of

Memory Day, as well as of the man who

has so tirelessly promoted its wholesome

and general observance, we bespeak on

the part of the Club members special at-

tention to its proper observance in 1913,

which will mark the passing of the first

decade Since the origin of the Memory

Day idea.





MEMORY DAY.





 





BY EMILY STUART LAWRENCE.

In that beautiful land where the glorified

dwell

There are friends whom our hearts hold

most dear;

There are voices that join, Heaven's chor-

us to swell,

Thatl once charmed, with their melody,

ere.





There are loved ones who gather around

the Great Throne

\Vith the hosts that the Savior adore.

Whose lives were so closely entwined

with our own

That they left us bereft evermore.

There are fathers and mothers, whose

wonderful love

Made life, Oh. so sweet, long ago.

There are brothers most dear, in those

mansions above.

And sisters ’t-was Heaven to know.





There are deal little forms that went out

from our arms, -

And left them to ache evermore

For one warm Loving clasp, such as grant-

ed us' charms,

The pain from the heart, sick and sore.





There are husbands and wives who left

sorrow to dwell

In the homes they had gladdened for

years.

There are dear ones whose courage no

hardships could quell,

Who never struck colors to fears.





There are friends, only friends, with no

blood-tie, to hold

Us close through life’s smiles and its

tears,

But tried, true, and faithful.

cious than gold,

They are ours through Eternity's years.





more pre-





Death’s gate closed behind some of them

long ago,

And some have but lately passed thru;

Some long have reoiced, Heaven’s glories

to know; '

To some, all thOSe glories are new.





Some friends, in a moment were hurried

away,

By the Storm King’s terrible breath,





And some, through long years of suffering.





lay.

,And went willingly, gladly, with Death.

went when Life’s was

bright with the rays

That Hope shed o'er the years yet to be,

And some tarried long, till the burden of

days

Grew heavy, ere they were set free.





Some morning





God lent these dear friends, to be here

for :1 time,

’1") brighten and gladden our waY:

But they left us to go to a sunnier clime.

And long, Oh, so long, is their stay.

at 1k * II: *





Oh, ’tis meet that a day of remembrance

we keep,

Each year. as the years hurry by.

For those we have laid in the church-

yard to sleep,

And for all who there quietly lie.





’Tis meet by each mound to plant flowers

to bloom

Through the long Summer days, and to

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hi



The air with the sweetest, most precious

perfume



That nature and love can distil.





It is meet that we gather with beautiful

flowers

On their low resting—places to lay;

That we sacredly keep for these

ones of ours,

Year by year, a “Memory Day.”





loved





A day to recall many pleasures we knew,

In the days, or the years of their stay;

To think of their lives, ever faithful and

true.

A comforting “Memory Day."

A day to read gladly, while Memory

turns,

Leaf by leaf. her own book, and to say.

“To honor our dead, while the lamp of

life burns,

“'e will keep a ‘Memory Day.





In





let us meet. then, ’erc Winter’s first

token appears.

“'hile Autumn still holds her mild sway,

And ever. through each of the oncoming

years,

Keep, as sacred, this “Memory Day."





Let us thank God for each dear life we

have known,

And that. in the land far away.

When our life-work is done, we shall find

all our own,

And hold one long “Memory Day."





There the sweetest of all to remember,

will be,

The plan of salvation for aye,

And the wonderful love that has brought

us to see

Heaven’s long blessed





“Memory Day.”





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Our Motto—“The farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be

first improved.”





 





THE OCTOBER PROGRAMS.





 





State Lecturer's Suggestions for First

Meeting.



Song. ‘



A story—told by a woman.



How can we help blot out the great

“\Vhite Plague," Tuberculosis? Diseus—

sion based on experience in sleeping out

of doors.



Prayer, “A Tuberculosis Day Prayer,”

by Chaplain.



Humorous recitation.



Violin solo.



A. sold rye for 80c a bushel to the vil-

lage merchant. who in turn sold it to IL.

who lives on a farm leSs than two miles





from A. \Vhat remedy would you sug-

gest? Discussion. .

Appointment of committees to visit

schools.





Some of the. things I liked in this pro-

gram today.

Closing song.





THE FIVE-COUNTY RALLY AT TRAV-

ERSE CITY.





 





Strong talks by prominent educators

and Grange officials were the big feature

of the recent five-county Grange rally

held on the Grand Traverse county fair

grounds. About 1.000 patrons and their

friends were in attendance, many Granges





ideas and new points of view that will be

of value both- to them and their home

community for his suggestions were con-

structive and wholesome.



Another good talk was that by Dr. Eben

Mumford, the present leader of the farm

extension work in this state. He told of

the aims and methods of the agricultural

extension work. He has 15 men under

him. Three of these are district men and

12 are county men. New men will soon

be added to the force as Muskegon and

Jackson counties are now planning upon

having federal county agents. The pro-

gram was given variety by selections by

the Archie band and by the readings by

Mrs. Arvilla Gardner and Scott \Vood-

ward. The rally as a whole, was a suc-

cess. The day, from a climatic stami-

point, was as fine as has ever been

known. There was a clear sky with a

cool north wind. The attendance was as

large as was expected. There were many

patrons from the surrounding counties.

not a few of whom get to Traverse City

only on such Occasions as this. The fair

grounds furnished an abundance of room





for the celebration. in fact were ideal.

The transportation problem, however.

proved to be a serious one. and unless





this is satisfactorily solved it is doubtful

if another rally of this kind is held here.



There is one phase of the rally that is

worthy of commendation and that is the

fact that it was held without the iner-

chants or business men being solicited

directly or indirectly, for funds to meet

the expenses.





 





Petitions for Highway Improvement.—

“'etmore Grange, of Alger county, at a.

meeting late in August. passed resolu-

tions, addressed to the village council of





Munising and to the township board, call-

ing attention to the condition of the high-

ways of the township and to the fact that

little repair work has been pexformcd in

the past two years. Certain improve-





 





 





 





 





Grange Speakers and Officials at Five-County Rally in Grand Traverse Region.





being repreSented by their entire mem-

bership. The early part of the day was

given over to a lecturers' conference, con-

ducted by the State Lecturer, the lectur-





ers of about half of the Oranges in the

five counties being present and joining in

the- discussion of questions of mutual in—

terest. Miss Buell sought to impress up-

on :ill the importance of educational ac-

tivity in the Grange. A Grange must

progress intellectually just as surely as

an individual must do so; when it ceases

to advance along this line stagnation and

dormancy follow.



State Master Ketcham gave a forceful

address which had for its purpose the

teaching of better farming, better busi-

ness methods. and better living. He drove

his points home with the aggressiveness

that characterizes all his speeches. Anec—

dotes that were pat to his general theme

were used as barbs for his points. He

made a talk that gave his hearers new





 





 





ments and repairs which the Grange con-

siders very necessary were designated,

and the respective authorities earnestly

petitioned to take immediate steps look~

ing to the improvement of conditions.





 





 





Larvae lden‘tified.-—At the Pomona rally

held by \\'ayne county patrons late in

August two very beautiful worms were

found upon a prickly ash bush. None of

those present had ever seen this larva

before and as all were curious to know

more about it the specimens were sent to

the Agricultural College. One of the

scientists there informs me that the worm

is the larva of a large butterily Scientifi—

cally known as Papilio cresphontes; that

is also feeds up hop trees and upon the

orange in the south. It develops into a

very showy butterfly, which is rather'

pretty and very large. I send this infor-

mation for the benefit of those who at-

tended the rally and others who may be.

interested—H. 1). Smith.





 





the Archie Band, an Organization of Young Boys.
1 0,000 ordered in 30 days





UR 1914 model was announced last month.

Thirty days after this announcement we

had on hand immediate shipping orders for

more than 10,000 cars. This represents a



business of over $10,000,000.00. Such an instantan-

eous demand can only be attributed to the sheer

force of superior merit and greater value.





The newest Overland is in every essential re-

spect the greatest automobile we have ever pro-

duced. But in the very face of an unusual value

increase, the price has been '

materially decreased.



Now “get ” these funda-

mental value facts.



The motor is larger and





$950





Brewster green, edged with lighter green striping

and neatly trimmed in polished nickel and aluminum.

It has a full cowl dash.



More comfort, beauty, style and elegance for less

money than ever before.





The equipment is finer and more complete.

It includes one of the very best electric lighting

systems. All lights are electric.





More costly equipment for less money than emf





before.





These greater and newest

value additions are made pos-

sible by an enormous increase





Completely Equipped





more powerful. It is rated at f. o. a. mm





35 horsepower and will de-

velop 50 miles an hour on an . .

ordinarily good road. , h“ “mm "‘1‘"

Storage battery

M 073 power and speed f 01' 35' horsepower motor

less money than ever before. ll4—lnch wheelbase





. Timken hearings

The wheel base has been Splitdorf magneto

increased to 114 inches. Most Cowl dash

$1200 cars have a shorter Schebler carburetor

wheel base than this.

More wheel base for less

money than ever before.





The tires have been made larger. They are

now 33x4 inch O. D. which means greater comfort

and less upkeep expense. ,



More tires for less money than ever before.





The tonneau is roomier. The upholstery is

soft, comfortable and luxurious. The car’s ap-

pearance is handsomer than any of our pre-

vious models. It is _ richly finished in dark





Three-quarter floating

rear axle





With Gray 8‘ Davis Electric

Starter and Generator—£1075





33x 4 Q. D. tires



Brewster green body with

light green striping, nickel

and aluminum trimmings





' Turkish upholstery





Mohair top and boot



Clear vision windshield

Stewart speedometer

Electric horn ‘



Flush U doors with disap-





pearing hinges





in our annual output. For

1914 we will manufacture

50,000 cars, the greatest:

production of its kind in the

world. Operations on such

a gigantic scale permit the

consistent use of more money

saving manufacturing equip-

ment and enlarged factory

facilities. As suCh opera-

tions and additions bring the

manufacturing costs down,

they, in turn, bring the retail





 





price down.





Go to the nearest Overland dealer. Inspect

this car from a mechanical standpoint; from an

efficiency standpoint; from an economical standpoint

and from an artistic standpoint, and then you’ll

realize and acknowledge this car to be the world:

latest and greatest automobile value.





Handsome 1914 catalogue on request.





Please address Dept. 86

‘The Willys-Overland Company; Toledo, Ohio





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