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VOL. CXLI. N0. 15. ;
Whole Number 3664.

DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, OCT. 11, 1913.

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Echoes Of The American Road Congress.

niﬁcance of good roads. In every

department of her life she is ﬁnd-
ing improved means of transportation di-
rectly and indirectly helpful. She is con-
ﬁdent that they will give her better doc-
tors, better lawyers, better bankers, bet-
ter manufacturers and better farmers.
Her homes will be enlightened. her
schools improved and her business con-
ditions placed on a higher plane.

Such possibilities enlist the support of
big men. The beneﬁts are, in most in-
stances, so directly traced that few men
can resist the appeal to co-operate in the
effort to get better roads. That men of
large caliber have joined the ranks of
those who are ﬁghting, and will ﬁght,
for a more adequate system of wagon
roads for this country and these several
states, was evident at the session of the
American Good Roads Congress held in
Detroit last week. Brainy men repre-
senting every walk of life here convened
to confer on the important question.

And in the conferences, papers'and dis-
cussions, there were

a MERICA is awakening to the sig-

where it is plentiful. It is in this pre-
dicament, therefore, that the men who
would aid the common people by improv-
ing the common roads, ﬁnd themselves
placed.

The farmer, too, has been conservative.
While his city cousin readily takes up
with new ideas and experiments with
nearly everything that is offered, the
American husbandman is less forward.
He thinks and studies and observes long
before he tries. This no doubt in many
instances has cost him advantages, but
on the whole we look upon the American
farmer as the balancing power in our
national, state and local political organ—
izations, as well as in our social and bus-
iness activities. And that Missourian
spirit of “wanting to be shown” in order
to be informed of the nature of things
that he may hold fast to those he finds
good, till now, has retarded to some extent
the effort for good roads in rural com—
munities, because until very recently but
few American farmers have been con-
vinccd that the money put into road

'from the beneﬁt to be derived from this
comparatively inexpensive implement. The
road commissioner of Alabama stated
that in his opinion, if the common road
drag could be offered by a manufacturing
concern and at considerable price that
it would be more liberally used.

“'hat is needed is a system of impar-
tial education that will reach into every
community. The exploitation of tools and
materials should be on a rational and
economical basis. Governor Ferris made
a strong plea for a service that will carry
prOper knowledge to the COmn‘lUl’l people.
Others expressed the opinion that the
state and federal governments should un-
dertake experiments, gather information
and bring this to the people that they
may know the best plan to follow in re-
gard to their own roads. cheral statcs
have already begun such work. Farmers
organizations are welcoming the oppor-
tunity to scrve their mcmbciships and
communities. The press is active, and in
all it secms that what knowledge of
roads we have, will lind way to every

tons? YVhat is the waste when prices for
the stored potatoes, apples, etc., are
soaring and you cannot reach the market
at all because of impassable roads? \Vho
can figure out how much theman in the
harvest field has lost when he is delayed
in. half day for repairs instead of an hour,
especially when the grain should have
been cut the week before? In an at-
tempt to audit these accounts the farmer
is convincing himself of the direct ﬁnan-
cial gain coming from improved wagon
transportation.

.-\nd then, how many times throughout
the year does he stay at home when he
would like to attend Grange, the Farm-
aers’ (‘lub, lodge, the theater, and other
social functions. but can‘t or at least does
not fccl that he cares to travel through
the mud for the beneﬁts, especially when
thcrc is a possibility of neighbors staying

lhomc on the same account. And this he.

charges up to bad roads.

Then the country churches, each with
its handful of faithful worshipers, how
they might flourish if two or three con-
gregations could amal-

 
many things having spe-
cial signiﬁcance to the
farmers of the state
and nation. All through
the former tendency of
the congress to conﬁne
its deliberations to the
question arising in con-
nection with the secur-
ing of main thorough-
fares, w a s crowded
more and more into its
proper place that the
common r o a d s , the
roads of the masses
might secure some of
their merited attention.
As was declared time
and again on the floor
of the Congress, the
common road is the big
road problem of the
American people. From
90 to 95 per cent of the -
roads of the country be-
long to this class; yet
it is the condition of
these roads that in-
creases the cost of get-
ting products to the
consumer, obstructs the
progress of the rural
school, restricts the re-
ligious. social and
pleasure activities of

 
the country and the
proper relations of the
country and the city.
But the question that is confronting
the local political subdivision, the state
and the federal t‘ongrcss, is how shall we
put these common roads, the roads of
the masses, into condition that the in-
terests enumerated may be fostered? The
trafﬁc over these roads is usually light.
Too few travel over any one of them to
make it pay to use cement, macadam,
or even gravel. And if the cheapest of
these materials was used and the ex—
pense borne by the neighborhood farmers,
they would in many instances be bank-
rupted by the expenditure. Then, too, it
is a far more difﬁcult taSk to improve a
system of roads where the available cap-
ital is small than where it is large and
money needs to be less considered. And
in the very 'face of this unpromising con—
dition there stands the other difﬁculty of
ﬁnding a man, or men, qualiﬁed to lay
out and execute the work. Men who
have given the construction and main-
tenance of roads scientiﬁc study are to
be found, not vmere money is scarce, but

 
It is in the Betterment of the Common Road that the Masses are Most Interested.

building and repairing has been well
spent.

The idea that the wrong type of edu-
cation has been general throughout the
country where the common road is the
one needing improvement, was frequently
expressed in the Congress. Among the
rural classes have been advertised the
$3.000 to $10.0th roads. These the farm—
ers cannot build only for their main lines.
but the teaching has led thcm to belich
that it is USeless to build any other type
of road or do anything unless it demands
a lot of money. .\11 of which is wrong.

For example, the inexpensive King road
drag is given a very limited use. Yet
there was not a section of the country
represented at the convention, (and the
representatives came from practically ev-
ery state in the I’nion and Province of
Canada), that has not proven the road
drag to be the one implement upon which
We must depend for bettering the un—
surfaced road. But the attention of the
rural road maker has been distracted

h‘ome. But, as Mr. N. P. llull slated. we
must see that the information is rc-peatcd
again and again that men may not only
be impressed, but convinccd and con-
verted.

Notwithstanding the things that have
been said, and will be said, it cannot be
denied but that the large step forward
cOmes, not from what the rural people
are being told but from what they are
thinking themselvcs: and as they are
reaching a stage in the history of Amer-
ican agriculture where of necessity they
must devote thought to the economics of
their business, that constant waste due
to bad roads is daily observed and some-
thing of its true signiﬁcance is becoming
apparent.

The ﬁnancial waste caused by poor
highways is difficult to even estimate.
How much does it cost in horseﬂesh, re—_
pairs, time, etc.. when a team becomes
stalled with a load? “'hat does it add
to the cost of marketing when a man can
draw only a ton of hay instead of three

gamatc, put their bud-
gets together, secure a.
better {.ISIOI‘ and in-
spirc him to his best
efforts with large at-
tendances. But this
move would be fatal so
long as poor roads cou-
ncct their homes with
the churches.

And finally them is
that other argument
which our chief execu-
tivc impressed upon the
lncmlvcrs of the Con-
gress, that the useful-
ness of thc rural school
is limited by faulty
roads, Hov_ Ferris paid
trib u t c to the good
country school by say-
ing that up to the ninth
giadc it “as perhaps a
bcttcr school in which
to dcvclop the child
than the city school. but
beyond this tlic country
school, as now consti-
tuted, is almost usclcss.
To overcome the lault
the country schools
should ln- consolidatcd.
livery boy and cvcry
girl should be given the
advantage of a high
schmd training. This
school is the people’s
college. But good roads
are ncccssary to makc it so. And be-
causo the farmer is anxious about the
education of his childrcn, hcrc thv ad-
vantage of good roads appeals to him.

These are the reasons the common peo-
ple of the country are becoming serious
about the road question, and the tendency
of the great Congress held at Detroit to
give increased attention to the road of
the masses leads to the general belief
that rapid strides will be made in the
coming few years towards the solution of
this present vexing problem. This belief
is also supported by the activity shown
by the federal and state governments, by
counties and townships, as well as by
the interest manifested by general asso-
ciations that are now giving much study
and careful consideration to ways and
means of road betterment.

In another article we shall hope to give
some of the practical suggestions on
building and maintaining roads and ad-
ministrating road work offered by the
Congress.

 
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OBTAINING SEED POTATOES FREE
FROM BLIGHT.

 
The potato is now one of the most im-
portant crops of certain portions of Mich-
igan and without doubt this crop will be~
come even more important in the future.
While it may be grown almost anywhere
in the state, the crop is at its best in the
newer lands of the northern sections, on
account of the favorable combination of
a good climate and favorable soil condi-
tions. A point which adds greatly to the
sale of these northern potatoes is the
fact that.they are comparatively free from
disease. This makes it possible to get a
maximum yield with a minimum of care
and it also makes the potatoes of these
regions especially deSirable for seed pur-
poses.

The most serious of the diseases of the
potato are introduced by planting con-
taminated seed and once the disease has
been brought into the ﬁeld, it may per-
Sist in‘ the soil. It seems, therefore, to
be highly important that the potato grow-
' ers of the favored sections double their
endeavors to plant only seed which they
know to be free from the serious potato

diseases. In this manner they may Se-
cure the greatest net returns from the
crop and, at the same. time, keep their

soils free from potato diseases and keep
up the reputation and demand for Mich-
igan-grown potatoes as especially free
from disease.

The most serious disease of potatoes is
late blight. This dir‘ease, as indicated
by the name. causes the tops to blight in
the late summer and autumn, and this is
followed by a rotting of the tubers in the
ﬁeld or in storage. In other words, the
disease ﬁrst attacks the tops and then
runs down the stems and attacks the tu-
bers. Oftentimes, farmers think their po-
tatoes have ripened when the willing of
the vines is caused from the attacks of
blight. The disease enters the tubers
where it runs its course in about ten
days. If the potatoes are dug before the
ten days are up, many of them will rot
in storage. causing a loss due to the ad-
ded expense of sorting out the decaying
potatoes and reliandling which will be
necessary. If the potatoes are not dug
until after ten days have passed since
the tops were killed, the blight will have
run its ecurse in the tubers and the af-
fected ones will be completely decayed
and consequently not picked up with the
others to contaminate those otherwise
free from blight.

This waiting until the disease has com-
pleted its work offers a way, by which
clean secd may be selected for 'next
year's planting. Of course. it will be nec-
eSsary to plant this seed on ground which
has not grown potatoes for from three to
ﬁve years. Some authorities say not to
plant potatoes on ground which has grown
a blighted crop until ﬁve years have
elapsed. Other equally as good authori-
ties say that no harm will result from
planting potatoes on ground which has
raised a blighted crop, after three years
have passed.

Ingham Co. I. J. MATHEWS.

HUSKING AND STORING FODDER.

 
Every farmer has his personal prefer—
ences as to the methods he shaTl employ
in husking and storing the corn fodder
that is not shredded. '\Veather conditions
also affect materially the solution of this
problem. But the fact is generally recog—
nized that the one great loss of corn fod-
der occurs in the licld. where it deteri-
orates rapidly in feeding value from the

time it ‘is in a thoroughly cure-d condi—
tion. \I’hen gOod shocks are constructed
the fodder will keep fairly well in the
ﬁeld for at IP'ISI two months, but after
that time the loss is great, especially if
any of the shocks get down. In any
case the leaves. the, most valuable por-
tion of the fodder, soon become leached
by the snows and rains of winter and
they then pOssess little feeding value.

Some farmers prefer to husk their fod-
der in the ﬁeld as soon as the corn is
dry enough to crib; the fodder is then
hauled up as needed for feeding. Field
huSking should be done in early morning
or_ during damp weather in order to
avoid any unnecessary waste of the
blades. Other farmers haul the shocks
of fodder up as needed for feeding during
the fall and winter and husk the corn at
the barn. And still another class of men
aim to get all, or nearly all, of their fod-
der to the barn and stored away before
winter arrives, when it has to be shoveled
out of the snow and Ch0pped loose from
the ground if still in the ﬁeld. The win-
ter hauling of fodder is disagreeable work

.THE MICHIGAN FARMER

at the best and for this reason, to say

nothing of the waste which occurs when
the fodder is long exposed to the weath-
er, an increasing number of farmers plan
every fall to avoid such work.

In any case it is always advisable to
haul at least a part of the fodder from
the ﬁeld before stormy weather, for use
at those periods during the winter when
the weather is unfavorable for siuch
work. Oftentimes a. large- amount of fod-
der can be stored in the barns. A high
and dry loft is the best place to store it,
for unless the fodder is very dry when
hauled to the barn it_is almost sure to
sweat and mold where a large amount
is stored together. Although the moldy
fodder is often eaten well by cattle, it is
not desirable feed and it may cause bad
ﬂavors in the milk when fed to milch
cows. By storing small quantities in a
place. where there is good ventilation, the
tendency to sweat and mold will be
greatly reduced.

If there is no mow or shed room avail-
able for the storage of the fodder, a lot
of it can be set up around the buildings
where it will keep just as well, if care- is
taken to set the bundles up carefully, as
in shocks out in the ﬁeld but it will be
much more convenient for feeding. The
barns and poultry houses can be made a
great deal warmer by setting up a gen-
erous quantity of fodder on the north and
west sides of the buildings.

Another method of storing this rough-
age where it will be convenient for feed-
ing is to stack it. As soon as the fodder
is dry enough so that a large bulk will
keep without molding, it may be hauled
in and stacked much the same as other
ﬁeld crops. The Stacks should be made
high and conical so as to shed water well
and they should set upon foundations of
boards or rails. In stacking the bundles
they should be laid flat and packed close-
ly together. In some sections of the c0un-
try the stacking of fodder is considered

an ideal way of storing it for winter
feeding.
Indiana. W. F. PU'B,D.UE.

SOME SOURCES OF LOSS IN FER-
TILITY. ’

 
The ﬁrst great loss is wasted manure.
Just how much manure we lose cannot
be realized until you haul it out once a.
week for one month, then let it accumu-
late for one month, haul out and note the
difference. \\’e have advocated storing
manure when it wasn‘t convenient to haul
it out as fast as it is made. We have
tried both ways fairly this summer and
never realized until now that we were
losing at least one-fourth of our manure.

FirSt there is the wasre of liquids. This,
the best part of manure, will get away
in spite of all you can do, no matter what
facilities you have at hand for storing it.
Then there is the leaching when manure
is at all exposed, for very few people have
places to store it where it may be kept
dry, where it cannot be rained on. And
the heating process cannot be. prevented.
When heating occurs ammonia passes
away in the combustion. This contains
the valuable nitrogen, the most costly of
all fertilizer elements. \Vhen you see the
manure has turned white then may you
know that this has happened and that
you have lost money by not spreading the
manure sooner. One of my neighbors had
a big pile of manure to sell and offered
it to me for a certain price. I thought
it easily worth the money but on exam-
ining it found that much. probably two-
thirds, of it had gone through 'the heating
process and turned white. I then offered
just half of the price asked, and got it.
Then, stored manure gets scattered and
wasted. Yen just can't help it. Better
scatter it as fast as made so that it can’t
get away excepting what washes down
the hills. This will be almost insigniﬁ-
cant if there is anything at all growing on
the ground to hold it.

Manure, liquid wasted, leaching, heat-
ing, scattered by chickens, pigs and
things, and the rest hauled out when we
get time after it has lost all its strength!
No wonder our soils are getting poorer
each year.

The green manures, too, are being neg-
lected by most of us. These crops create
humic acid which changes the physical
condition of the soil and lliberates valu-
able plant food. besides making the soil
light and porous, which facilitates drain-
age and admits air. Manures and fertil-
izers are much more effective when ap-
plied to land in such condition, and such
land is much easier to work than dead,
sad soils.

A heavy crop of cowpeas turned under
and a light coat of manure increased the

., hitch to my

yield of wheat 10 bushels per acre. The
cost of both, including labor, was $6 per

acre. Clear proﬁt $2 per acre plus the
fertility left in the soil for succeeding
crops.

Semetimes we lose money on fertilizers.
Not because fertilizers are no good. They
are good, we could hardly get along with-
out them. But we lose sometimes by
buying what is not needed and by apply-
ing to the soil when it is in such poor
physical condition that it is not effective,
the growing plant possibly cannot use it.
The ground may pack and hold too much
water or it may bake so that air and
moisture cannot circulate. It’s a waste
of time and money to put good fertilizers,
or any kind for that matter, on such soil.

And then there are the cover crops.
Too much of our land is being left ex-
posed to the action of the elements to de-
stroy fertility. So much freezing and
thawing, burning, baking, erosion and
leaching is allowed when a simple cover
crop, even if it’s nothing but crab grass
0r fox tail, would save any amount of
fertility for us. And‘most all of us now
religiously believe that cover crops both
preserve and libeiate plant food. We are
leaving something on all ground not plant-
ed to crops this fall for winter protection.
\Vhere cowpeas and beans are mowed off
we raise the cutter bar so as to ,leave
plenty of stubble there, and after pota-
toes are dug the crab grass is allowed
to grow. It can’t possibly go to seed now
before frost. and even if it does I should
prefer ﬁghting crab grass next summer
to leaving the ground bare all winter.

Indiana. E. P. H. GREGORY.

FARM NOTES.

Cutting Vs. Shredding Corn Fodder.

I have a ﬁeld of corn of ﬁve acres on
which I do not think there is over 75 bu.
of corn, but the fodder is ﬁne. IVill it
pay best to cut this corn up, ears and
all, taking off the best corn, or run it
through the husker and shred it? I can
cut ears and all. Am feeding it that way
now and all of my stock like it. Can
almost buy a 21/2 horsepower engine to
cutter to do the work. for
it, but to

 
what it would cost to shred
cut it by hand is quite a job. Shredded
fodder is ﬁne if you get it good. But
how often can that be done? My experi-
ence hasbeen, not often. My idea is to
out enough at once for one or two days
at a time. In trying it out I ﬁnd it heats
up quickly and then stock does not like
it as well. Kindly let me hear from you
along these lines.
Hillsdale Co. IV. S. C.

There would not. in the writer’s opin-
ion, be very much difference in the feed-
ing value of cut and shredded fodder, and
for the small amount of corn which the
stalks contain it would hardly be more
proﬁtable to shred it than it would to cut
with a small outﬁt, ears and all, as sug-
gested in this inquiry. There is gener-
ally a suitable time in the fall when the
fodder can be safely shredded, that is
when it is dry enough so that it will
keep, provided a shredder can be secured
at that time. This gets the job all done
with and in that way is preferable to the
necessity of preparing to cut the feed of-
ten during the winter. It can, however,
be safely made a matter of preference,
as either method will give good results in
the feeding value of the forage obtained.

The Machine Husker for Farm Use.

I wish to learn through your “F‘arm
Notes" if the small or light power husk-
ers and shredders are a desirabie imple-
ment for a farmer growing 15 to 25 acres
of corn per season?

Ogemaw Co. I. C. L.
Very much will depend upon circum—
stances and local conditions whether it

will be proﬁtable to own a corn husker
or shredder on the farm where only a
moderate acreage of corn is grown, or
not. One of theSe conditions is whether
the power required to drive such a ma-
chine is available and can be used on the
farm for other purposes. Under ordinary
conditions such a power is proﬁtable up-
on the farm. Often two or three farmers
in a neighborhood can purchase such a
machine jointly and by‘changing work
in its use can get the corn husking done
cheaply and more satisfactorily than
would be the case by depending upon
commercial huskers to do the job. Often-
times it is impossible to get a husker and
shredder just when the corn is in the
best shape to shred, and where a small
machine is owned on the farm or by a
community of farmers this difﬁculty can
be obviated.

Where corn is to be husked by a power
huSker and the fodder shredded it would
appear that the individual or neighbor-
hood machine is the solution of the prob-
lem and a good many Michigan farmers
have found it to be so. Where only 15
to 25 acres of corn are grown per season,
however, a considerable portion of'this

 
OCT, 11, —-- 3-

at least should be taken into considera-
tiOn in reaching'a correct solution of this
problem, since no farmer who keeps liVe
stock of any amount can afford to do
without a silo under present conditions.

The Serum Treatment for Hog Cholera.

Would like information concerning the
uSe of vaccination as a preventive of hog
cholera. I have known it to be used
very successfully in the west but have
never seen anything of it in the east.

Saginaw Co. SUBSCRIBER.

The development of the serum treat-
ment for the prevention of hog cholera.
was as early in Michigan as in any of
the other states, and for a niimber of
years very many herds have been treat-
ed with serum furnished by the Bacte-
riological Department of the Agricultural
College at East LanSing.

Where there is an outbreak of cholera
the owner of the herd should at once
communicate with Dr. Ward Giltner, State
Veterinarian, East Lansing, with regard
to the administration of the serum treat-
ment for its prevention, since it has
been demonstrated that this treatment is
effective in a large portion of cases in
immunizing herds against hog cholera.

 
DEEPENING A BUG WELL.

 
I size in the Michigan Farmer of Sept.
20, G. S., of Wayne county, wishes to
know how to deepen a well.

I had a stone-walled well 14 feet deep.
The water supply failed in dry weather.
I took a two~ineh well augut' and bored
nearly 14 feet in blue clay and struck
water under it in sand. Water raised 11
feet. I took 11/1 in. galvanized pipe with
two—foot point and drove until the top of
the screen was one foot below the clay,
put on an iron pump and had a. very
superior drive well that never failed. In
putting it down through clay keep the
inFide supplied with water or it; may be
hard to stait the water.

Montcalm Co.

«mt—s »«-..—.,

S. K. MARSH.

SOIL AND FERTILIZER QUESTIONS.

Marl—Its Value and How to Apply It.

We have a part of the marl bed owned
by the Cement Company at Union City.
on our farm. and I would like to know
how to use it on our land, as I think the
land needs it. I lose much of my seeding
and there is considerable sorrel in the
land. There is a small lake in the part
of the beds on our farm and as it is low
water now the marl is bare and I have
drawn off about 50 wagon loads and have
covered my alfalfa with a part of it by
taking the beater off the manure spread-
er and putting sufﬁcient straw in the box
so that it was about six inches deep af-
ter it was packed down with the marl,
then ﬁlled the box with marle. It spread
it nicely and does not clog or stick to the
spreader. Now am drawing off the
beds with the spreader and spreading it
as drawn, but don’t know how much to
put on to the acre or when is the best
time to put it on the ground, before or
after plowing. There are thousands of
tons on the farm and I understand that
it tests 95 per cent lime. \Vhat is its
value on land, compared with the lime
generally used? Will it help the seeding
if put on wheat this fall and sown to
clover next Spring? I intend to sow a.
piece to alfalfa next year. IVould it be
better to cover the ﬁeld this fall or not
until the ground is plowed next year?
\Vill it do any harm to cover a ﬁeld of
clover that was mowed this year and in-
tended for hay next year?

Jackson Co. C. O. W.

Marl that contains 95 per cent of the
carbonate of lime is just as good as any-
body’s ground limestone. In fact it is
beter, because it is ﬁner and more read—
ily soluble in water. The fact is, marl
has already been dissolved once in water
and washed away by it and deposited in

beds. Ground limestone containing the
same per cent of carbonate of lime is
just as good as marl, provided it isas ﬁnely

ground. It is almost impossible, in fact,
it is impossible, to grind limestone rock
as ﬁne as marl. A portion of it, of
course, is as ﬁne as dust and that will
give immediate effect. The co‘a‘rser por-
tiOn will not give immediate effect but
they will become available later and can
be used in that way. If you make heavy
applications of crushed or ground lime-
stone it does very well and you wouldn't
have to apply it so often then because
the coarSer parts would become available
after the ﬁne parts had been used, but
with marl it is all, every portion of it,
ready for business.

There is very little danger of putting
on too much of marl. In fact, I think it
would be impossible to put on enough
marl to do any harm. The richer a soil
is in the carbonate of calcium, the better
soil it is, the longer it will keep in good
condition, the longer it will be produc-
tive. Carbonate of calcium is a wonder-
ful thing in the soil. While but very lit-
tle of this product is used as plant food,
yet it has a wonderful effect in keeping

 
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OCT. 11, 1913.

the soil in good condition to grow crops.
In the decaying of organic matter acids
form. Now when these acids form in
the presence of lime
cium, they are neutralized at once and
the soil is kept sweet, and this goes on
until the lime is used up or washed away.
Then, when organic matter decays in the
soil it generates organic acid and there is
no carbonate of calcium there to neutral-
ize it and the soil gradually becomes sour
and when it gets sour then it is not as
productive. If it gets sour enough you
can’t grow leguminous crops because the
essential bacteria need a sweet soil in
order to thrive. They cannot thrive in
an acid soil.

I don’t think there is any better way
of putting this marl on the land than the
way that C. O. W. is now doing. Put it
in the manure spreader and take it at
once to the ﬁeld. You can put on as
much as you care to without any danger
of injuring the soil. You might put on
more than would be proﬁtable, or some
of it might wash out of the soil before
it" was used, but at any rate, with marl
as handy as you have got it you can af-
ford to be liberal with it.

The best way to apply marl is to put
it on the ground after it is plowed. The
tendency of the marl and lime is to go
down through the soil and be washed
away, consequently it wouldn’t be good
philosophy to put this on top of the soil
and then plow it under several inches
deep. It will get down seven or eight
inches deep soon enough. What we want
is to have it mixed with the surface soil
when we harr0w and work the land and
neturalize the free acid that is in this
soil, so that the soil will become a gen-
ial home fOr bacteria and their host
plants.

A good way to handle marl when it is
pretty wet is to throw it out during the
dry time of the year, dig trenches, for
instance, through the marl bed and throw
it up in long piles. Then the freezing
and thawing in the winter time will help
to pulverize it and will also allow it to
drain off and you don't have to draw and
handle so much water. But where the
bed is dry enough so that you can drive
on as you can with a manure spreader
then there is no better way of handling it.

Kind of Fertilizer to Use on Different
Kinds of Soil.

I have used some commercial fertilizer
on three different kinds of land and the
results were different. It was a standard
formula. On piece No.1 thele was plenty
of straw, while the heads were of fair
length but poo1ly ﬁlled with wheat. Piece
No.2 “as sandy and the wheat not much

good l‘iece N03 was heavy, rolling
land, and produced a good crop, which
was helped by the fertilizer Now will

Mr. Lillie answei some questions about
fertilizers and tell us 11 hat helps to pro-
duce the straw and what the grain on the
different kinds of land. I would like to
have it made plain so as to know what
kind of formula of fertilizer to buy for
different kinds of land.

Eaton Co. N. B.

This question goes to the bottom of the
whole problem of artiﬁcial fertilization.
N. B. has started right. Different soils
require different formulas of plant food.
Economic artiﬁcial fertilization consists
in balancing up the plant food that is in
the soil. In other words, it is making a
balanced ration for plants, just the same
as giving the right amount of protein and
carbohydrates makes a balanced ration
for our animals. The only trouble is we
do not know the amount of aVailable

nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash
that our soils contain. One soil is rich
in available nitrogen; another may be

rich in available phosphoric acid, and
still another in potash. Then again, a
soil may be rich in phosphoric acid and
potash but deﬁcient in nitrogen, and so
on. We can’t tell by chemical analysis
what our soils are deﬁcient in, because
chemical analysis will not tell us the
available plant food. It will tell us the
total plant food. For instance, the chem-
ist can tell you how much total nitrogen
you have got in a given amount of soil,
or how much total phosphoric acid or
potash. but he can't tell you how much
is in shape to be USed by the plant, be-
cause when he makes the analysis he has
to make it all soluble.

Now the farmer or the plant grower is
interested in that portion of plant food
in the soil which is available, which is in
such shape that the plants can use it,
and so the chemist can help us but little
On this score. The only thing to do for
the farmer is to experiment. Ask the
soil what it needs, and it will tell you in
unmistakable: language. That is, try
nitrogen on a strip of soil. Try phos-
phoric acid on another strip of soil. Try
potash on another. Try combinations on
other strips of soil. Note the results;

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That is just what N. B. is doing and
he is going to win out if he will stick
to this question and follow it. Now, if
your soil is deﬁcient in nitrogen then
where you apply the nitrogen you ought
to get splendid results because it bal-
ances up the plant food in the soil and
enables the plant to get the right propor-
tion of the nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and
potash to make a maximum growth. So,
too, with phoSphoric acid and potash.
But the farmer must ﬁnd it out for him-
self. Nobody else can do it for him.

Now in all probability lot No. 1, where
fertilizer was used was woefully deﬁcient
in phosphoric acid. You had plenty of
nitrogen to grow a good straw and good
heads, you had potash enough to stiffen
the straw, and that sort of thing, but it
lacked phosphoric acid to develOp the
grain. ConSequently the fertilizer used
should have been supplemented with ex-
tra phosphoric acid. Again, strip No. 2
was a poor, sandy piece. This probably
was deﬁcient in all three of the essential
elements of plant growth and undoubted—
ly also in vegetable matter or humus. A
sandy soil is quite liable to be deﬁcient
in potash. And so I would say that the
fertilizer used probably did not contain
a sufﬁcient amount of potash for sandy
soil, or for soil that is abnormally deﬁ-
cient in potash. Then again, on strip
No. 3 you had good results. Now this
soil is up-land timbers-d land. It is de-
ﬁcient in all three elements, nitrogen,
phosphoric acid, and potash, and a com-
plete fertilizer there 'helped out the sup-
ply of available plant food and gave the
plants just a little bit more to enable
them to grow better. By experimenting
one can ﬁnd out On this soil how much
it will pay to use, whether it will pay to
use 200 lbs. or 400 lbs. or 500 lbs. per
acre. In this way by experimenting he
is not using fertilizers in the dark, he is
using them intelligently. No one would
advocate the use of more fertilizer than
would be proﬁtable. but at the same time
the farmer can’t afford to use less than
is proﬁtable.

To correctly judge the results secured,
one has to know what element in the fer-
tilizer grows the straw and the grain. and
so on. This can be told in a general way.
Nitrogen goes to produce a luxuriant
growth of foliage. Where plants do not
grow luxuriantly it is a good indication
that there is not enough available nitro-
gen in the soil. Where corn, for instance,
or wheat, comes up and then makes a

puny growth and turns yellow it is a
good indication that that soil needs
nitrogen.

Phosphoric acid goes to produce the

Seed. \T‘lien seeds mature they store up
a considerable amount of phosphoric acid
and there is great demand for it. Unless
you have it available in the soil you are
not going to get good seed development.
\\'heat that grows on soil deﬁcient in
phosphoric acid is not as plump as that
where there is a sufﬁcient amount of it.
MOSt all of the soils, the soil experts tell
us, east of the Mississippi river, are de—
ﬁcient in available phosphorous, so that
almost any farmer is warranted in buy—
ing phOsphoric acid to put on
And this is why those best
would advocate that we
phate in the stables to absorb the am-
monia and to also absorb liquid manure,
becauSe our stable manures are deﬁcient
in phosphoric acid, our land is deﬁcient
in this element, and it will pay to add
phosphoric acid in the form of acid phos-
phate in the stable to balance up the
plant food in our soil. ,

Potash goes to produce a good, sound
stalk or the ﬁber of the plant. It takes
lots of potaSh to produce cellulOSe tissue.
If wheat has a weak straw it is an indi-
cation that there is not enough available
potash in the soil. Of course, if wheat
is sown too thick it can’t grow normally.
TVheat or any plant grown a little bit
thinner on the ground has a. more nat-
ural develomnent, and it might be that
you would have a sufﬁcient amount of
potash in the soil and yet the straw of
the cereals would be weak on account of
using to much seed. But under normal
conditions if the straw is weak potash
will stiffen it. The fruit growers are in-
terested in potash because it goes to pro-
duce the ﬂeshy parts of the fruit and
gives color also to fruit.

N. B. requests me to tell him this so
that he will know just what fertilizer to
use on his land. But, as I said before,
this doesn’t tell the whole story. N. B.
must experiment and ﬁnd out what he
has got in his soil and then supply the
deﬁcient elements. That is the only way
to do. COLON C. LILLIE.

 
his soil. .
informcd ,
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MAINTENANCE OF FERTILITY AND
THE'WASTE OF FARM MANURES.

 
BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.

It has been determined by various ex-
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such as bone meal, tankage, and the pot-
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must ﬁgure it from the standpoint of its
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to the liberal application of artiﬁcial ma-
nures. This condition is interesting and
worth inquiring into. Taking Henry's
computation we ﬁnd the following re-
garding the nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash and constituents of various plant
and animal products. He ﬁgures the fol-
lowing, on 1,000 pounds:
Plant Products.
Nitro. Phos. Acid. Potash.
, lbs. lbs.
‘Strziw 5.0 6.3
Timothy hay .. 94
Clover hay .....19.7
Corn ........... 6.5
90
4 6
4 2

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, lbs. 1
-Fat ox .............233 1
‘Fat hog ...........17.7
Milk ...............5.8
Milk ..... 5.8
‘Butter 1.2

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lVVheat bran 2
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in removing 1,000
pounds of wheat straw there would be
removed 2.2 pounds of phosphoric acid,
Whereas in the removal of 1,000 pounds
of milk there is only 1.9 pounds of phos-
phoric acid removed, and only about one-
third as much potash as is removed in
the wheat straw. With clover hay, how-
ever, the amOunt of phosphoric acid re-
moved by selling the crop of clover hay
would be 5.5 pounds per 1,000 p0unds of

G o d w m h clover hay and 18.7 pounds of potash per
I'm 5 3t Gram t Ollt 1.000 pounds of clover hay. In a fat an-

MQWudﬂ, Oat Cl 0 imal being fattened upon the crops on
balls tog.i No é’éif'fhignil? ogg‘ng the farm practically all of the fertilizing
.d net-ad
results

elements which are consumed by the au-
imal as feed are voided likewise by the
animal as manure. In other words, a.
maintenance animal, full grown, does not
retain in the body any very great amount
of the fertilizing constituents of the
feed. Generally speaking, it may be said
that if one sells from the farm a ton of
the various hays or other produce on the
farm he sells from that farm as much
fertility as would be sold in disposing of
animal products worth ten times the val-
ue of that crop. If a truck gardener were
able to feed his products upon his farm
and return those fertilzing elements to
the soil, undoubtedly he would not have
to purchase the large quantities of fer-
tilizers that he now buys. Of course,
this is impossible for him, consequently
to offset the terriﬁc drain upon the soil
:he must purchase more and more each
year of artiﬁcial fertilizers, or manures.
:In general farming it will be found that
ithat farm upon which stock are kept and
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the products of that farm fed or sold to
the stock upon the farm, and the proper
lconservation of manures practiced. there
‘will be the least expense for the addition

of foreign commercial fertilizers.

The Fertlllzing Value of the Crop.
Let us follow Henry's computation a
little further. He states that in 1,000

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pounds of bran, acceding the same value
to nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
as given to commercial fertilizers, we
would ﬁnd that one ton would be worth
about $13, as a fertilizer. In other words,
if a ton of brain is sold off the farm and
we deSire to replace with commercial
fertilizers the exact equivalent of the
1,000 pounds of bran removed, it would
cost the farmer $13 to replace that ton of
bran. If, then, we deduct from the sell—
ing price of the bran, which we may say
is $23 per ton, the $13 represented by its
fertilizing equivalent, we have the real
value of a ton of hran when sold by the
farmer, say $10.

Suppose now, that this bran, instead
of being sold, is fed to the stock upon the
farm, mature animals retainifg migheir

bodies none, or practically none, of the

fertilizing constituents of the bran, the
manure equivalent of the bganVLrer-noved
is therefore compensated for and“ -..is
$13 value we may add the increased value
given to that food by stepping it up from
its plant value to its greater ammal val-
ue. \Ve ﬁnd, as a rule, bran in the form
of animal products to have a. much high~
er equivalent than dr" “Ta; ' " f‘orm
of a plant c0nstituent. with the fertilizer
equivalent of the bran compensated for
besides.

Manure Value of Various .Stock.Excre-

ment.

According to Roberts, in his “Fertility
of the Land,” the amount of manure from
various animals is estimated as follows
per year:

Nitro. Plios.,{lcid. “otash.
lbs. ‘

AUS. lbs.
From the hog 12 11 12
FrOm the cow ..'.171 20 " 108
From the horse ..125 48 43
From the sheep .. 8 6 14

The total valuation figured‘atﬁthe rates
given above, of theSe manures, would
therefore, be as follows: The manurial
value of the excrement fro mthe pig
would be worth $3.25 per year; ,from the
sheep, $2.50 per year; from the cow,
$37.50 per year, and from the horse, $27.
The Increased Value to Feed Consumed

on the Farm.

We might consider then, that if we
accord equal values to the various crops
when sold from the farm as wh..n con-
sumed by stock upon the farm. the in~
creased value to the farm of having the
hay and grain fed upon the farm, if one
horse, one sheep, one cow and one hog
were kept, would be $70.25. N

But it is quite common knowledge
among stockmen that as :,_ riulc more
money can be gotten from a bushel of
corn or a ton of hay by feeding it to live
stock than by selling the product directly.

The New York Experiment.)Station has
estimated the value of the different ma-
nures about as follows. based upon one
ton: FrOm a horse, $2.50; from a cow,
$2.26; from a hog, $3.73; from a. sheep,
$3.75. ~

Let us remember another point in this
connection, and that is that crops all rep-
resent manurial constituents of the soil
which are the most available in that soil,
and consequently of the greatest value
and most essential to that soil.

 
BOOK» NOTICES.

The New Agrarianism, by Chas. W.
Dahlinger. This volume undertakes a
Survey of the prevalent spirit of social
unrest and gives consideration to the
campaign in the adjustment of agricul-
ture with industries and commerce. The
volume contains 250 pages, is bound in
cloth and sells for $1.00 per copy, net.
Published by the G. P. Putnam’s Sons,
New York.

The Principles of Agriculture, by C. A.
Stebbins, of. Chico State Normal School,
California. The purpose of this book is
the use of the garden for the sake of the
garden itSelf and that it may lead the
children into the life of the state. Here
are brought together over 40 lessons cov-
ering a wide ﬁeld of interest that will aid
the child in developing vital relation with
numerous facts and phenomena connect-
ed with farm life. The book contains
nearly 400 pages. is printed on excellent
paper, thoroughly illustrated, and iS
bound in cloth. The price is $1.00 per
volume. Published by MacMillan Co.,
New York.

The Corn Crops, by E. G. Montgomery,
Professor of Farm Crops at Cornell Uni-
versity. This is the latest addition to
the rural text book series edited by Dr.
L. H. Bailey. Here a careful analysis is
made of the different factors entering
mto the production of corn and sorgh-
umS. The volume is planned for the
student, but will prove highly valuable
to the farmer. It contains 350 pages, is
bound in cloth and sells at $1.60 per
volume. MacMillan, Co., New York.

 
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Horticulture.

  
THE MICHIGAN FARMER

   
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SPRAYING VS. SPURTING.

 
We are hearing the usual complaints
about leaf curl on the peach trees and at
the same time are asked what can be
done for it. The answer is, spray, thor-
oughly in March with lime—sulphur at
winter strength. Then comes the infor-
mation that such work was done at the
proper time and thoroughly, too. This
information can not be doubted as the
spraying was not witnessed but what is
more than circumstantial evidence gives
us the absolute knowledge that the man
who did the spraying did not have a.
thorough knowledge of thoroughness.
For, we know that lime-sulphur sprayed
as above directed, will absolutely control
the c .1. We also know that un-
spraved trees are very liable to have the
leaf curl and when a bud or two or more,
Or a men or two or more are skipped
they are not sprayed and are therefore
very'liable to have the leaf curl. An ex-
tra heavy application on one bud will not
help that unsprayed bud next to it in the
least. .

We also hear of the prevalence of scab
on in; ;;. is" a’ 7"‘pears and are asked
what is the trouble with the formula we
are recommending. If lime and sulphur
is used as a summer fungicide that is
found fault ‘with and hints are given of
going back to Bordeaux, or possibly the
partirular brand of lime-sulphur was
not as good as it was last year. No, it
could 'not be the spraying because .that
was done thoroughly.

Here1 's a ‘ “role of thoroughness. The
grower complained about the prevalence
of scri‘ and_conse<1uently about the efﬁ-
ciency of the mixture he was using. He
said he got a good job done, but he was
delayed :;bc'it a week in getting the sec-
ond spray after blossoming on because
he was getting his corn in. Then he could
not get it‘sprayed from one side because
the wind was against him. And the
Spraying in the pink of the blossom he
(lid not get time to put on at all. Any
wonder he had scab?

Often, however, a man who does quite
thorough work in spraying will have
good success for several seasons and then
have poor results. The seasons of suc-
cess were undoubtedly those in which
therewa: a comparative scarcity of scab
or he happened to just get the spray on
at the right time, and the season of fail-
ure was due to not enough spraying,
carelessness in application, or the season
may have ’ ten one very favorable to the
development of scab. The latter state-
ment must not be taken as an excuse for
poor results because scab can be con-
trolled in :‘uy season. However, it is
harder to keep in check in some seasons
than others and it will require more ap-
plications to get the desired results.

It is hard to tell the exact time for
spraying for scab. It can not be deter-
mined like the spraying time for the
codling moth can. The weather condi-
tions early in the season may be so that
the scab will develop but little, and then
later favorable scab weather may come
and cause scabby fruit. Often a matter
of; two or three days will make the dif-
ference between clean fruit and scabby
fruit. But, as long as the fruit and fol-
iage is covered with spray there need be
no fear of scab, no matter what the
spray be as long as it is one of the ap-
proved fungicides. It is not a matter of
Bordeaux mixture or lime-sulphur, but of
having the spray there before the scab.
Bordeaux has this one advantage: It
shows up better and one is more liable
to do a thorough job. “‘ith thorough
work in the use of both fungicides our
experience is that lime-sulphur is fully
as good a. fungicide as Bordeaux, if not
better. This year we have some Bor-
deaux men complaining, while others us-
ing lime-sulphur are having excellent
Success. It is not so much a matter of
dope as it is of doing.

The old saying that a poor workman
blames his tools well applies to the com-
plainer in spraying. It is the same the
world over. The man who thinks the
world is going to the dogs is generally
going to the‘dogs himself, and the man
who thinks the world’s troubles are put
on his shoulders will ﬁnd that the trouble
is with himself if he makes a proper in-
vestigation.

There is considerable difference be-
tween spraying and Spurting. There are

quite a few spurters in the spraying bus-
iness. A little Spurt here and a little
spurt there and the spurter calls the job
done. Spasmodic work rarely brings good
results. It is the thorough, constant
rwork that gets there.

Spraying is not a wholesale job but
rather a matter of details. It is not a
matter of spraying orchards or trees but
of spraying buds, twigs, leaves, and fruit.

Now, as a matter of consolation, failure
will occasionally come to the best of us.
But, as a moral to this artcle, don’t
blame the stuff you are using until you
are absolutely sure that it was used
right.

Van Buren Co. FRANK A, WILKEN.

POPCORN FOR THE HOME.

 
There is magic in the music of popping
corn. For affording a. pleasant and health-
ful treat for the family during the long

winter evenings and the holiday season‘

pop corn probably has no equal. The
crisp, ﬂaky pop corn is dear to the chil-
dren's palate and the “pop corn and
ChriStmas hemlock spurting in the ﬁre”
has been enjoyed by both old and young

for many generations. Besides being a'

source of entertainment for rhe children,
pop corn has considerable value as a food,
and when properly prepared for the table
it is superior to many of the breakfast
foods now on the market.

It is for this reaSon that the Depart-
ment of Agriculture will issue shortly an-
other of the series of cook books for
which the department has become fa-
mous, in the shape of Farmers’ Bulletin
553, “POp Corn for the Home,” by C. P.
Hartley and .T, (l. “'illier. The bulletin
gives recipes for “Chocolate Pop Corn,"
“Sugared Pop Corn,” and ”Pop Corn
Balls” In addition to these recipes the
bulletin contains direction for caring for
and harvesting the crop.

Attention is called to the fact that if
every farm home would keep a supply of
pop corn and a popper convenient, fewer
nickels would be spent for less wholesome
knicknacks and more enjoyable evenings
would be spent around the family hearth.

It is customary on m‘lny farms where
it is not desired to grow pop corn as a
market crop to plant a few rows of it in
the garden for home use. This phase of
farming usually interests the children
and it is well to let them help do the
planting. Pop corn readily mixes with
ﬁeld corn and sweet corn planted near it,
and as this mixing renders it unsuitable
for seed purposes some of the old seed
should be saved for next year’s planting
or good seed should be procured from
some other source.

If it is desired to gr0w pop corn as a
ﬁeld crop, the Surplus stock that is not
wanted for home use can usually be sold
to local merchants at a fair price or a
proﬁtable local trade may be built up by
supplying it direct to c0nsumers. This
practice should be encouraged, as it en-
ables consumers to make their own pop
corn confections and thus have them
fresh, in which state they are at their
best, and when it is considered that $30
Worth of popped corn in the form of ﬁve-
cent packages represents an outlay of
only about $1 or $1.50 for raw material it
can be seen that there is money in pop
corn. Sufﬁcient pop corn to make $30
Worth of ﬁve-cents packages of popped
corn can be grown on a piece of land 40
feet long and 20 feet wide.

Of course you know how to pop corn.
Of course you do, yet the department
calls attention to the fact that to obtain
good results the main requisites are good
corn and a good hot ﬁre. Too much corn
should not be taken at one time~not
more than enough to barely cover the
bottom‘ of the popper one kernel deep.
'Hold the popper high enough above the
ﬁre or heat to keep from burning the ker-
nels or scorching them too quickly. ’The
right degree of heat for best results in
popping should make good corn begin to
pop in one and one-half minutes. To
preserve the snowy whiteness of the pep-
ped kernels, the ﬂame must be kept from
striking them, as by having a hot plate
if using a wire popper, or a pan if pop-
ping over a ﬂame. If the pop corn is in
ﬁrst-class condition and the heat properly
applies, one pint of unpopped corn should
give 15 to 20 pints of popped corn.

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ln Actual Number “Elephant Head” .
Rubber Boots Out-Sell All Others

There are more “Elephant Head” rubber boots on the American farm
to-day than all other makes combined—this lS proof that thesefamous
and popular boots are giving satisfaction. It
means that these boots made by the largest
. ; ' Rubber Company in the world, are the tough-
' est, strongest boot made. The toughness of
our pure gum rubber with the ﬁnest cement
known to science and extra strong duck rem-
forces “Elephant Head” Rubber Boots agalnst
the roughest usage.

.N‘S O C ‘ E T ‘ '
an BOOTS

Insist upon “Elephant Held" Brand Rubber Boots.
Made of the Best Grade of F me Para

Rubber.

—made of extra strong duck.
--reinforced at every point.

All the best dealers carry “Elephant
Head” Brand Rubber Boots in all
lengths and you can depend on them
to carry the best of everything.

. . . ._;::- WOONSOCKET
RUBBER CO.
Woonsocket, R. l.

 
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L CUTAWAY dealer in your town to show you a

CUTAWAY (CLARK) barrow. If we have no dealer

there, write direct to us for catalog. Don’t accept a substitute.

THE CUTAWAY HARROW COMPANY. 992 Main St. HIGGANUM. CONNECTICUT

   
Duplex Mill 8. M g. 00.. Box 308 Springfield, Ohlo

—Our prices are the

MILLS of Apple, Peach. Pear. Cherry, and other ’l'rees

Only mill made with a. double set of andl plfallilts. Send for catalog at once ﬁd order 31'
z 'nders or burrs. Have a grinding ear y . a,

sill-face of just double that. of any Planting. ErnSt Nmserles,80x 2) oscow’ '

other will of equal size, therefore,

9° TW‘°°,;:H':’_'"°" Pulverized Lime Rock

- . Woven ship in carload lots in two days after ordor
71$th am“ ‘3‘“ cormshlelletdI is received from Muskegon and Benton Harbor.
I ' corn, ('“u’ ”8’ w lea ’ Write for prices direct to you.

Alal‘rr of the original CLARK Dirk barrow: andplow:

 
Free *
Catalogue

    
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shut-ks, sheaf outs, or
power than any other mill. SEED WHEA I
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any kind of grain, course, me-
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and price.

 
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The one great virtue of Cypress wood
is that it does not rot, like most other
woods. When exposed to all sorts of
weather it goes on lasting, just as if it
were tucked away in a clean.dry place.
That is true of CYPRESS SHINGLES
and CYPRESS LUMBER.

There are plenty of reasons why it is called

the “.lVood Eternal’L—5000 years of history
establzshes the tztle.

Just Three Instances

The Thomas Lyon House, Greenwich,
Conn.,was covered with Cypress Shingles,
and they lasted 250 years without renewal.

An old Church at Greenhill, Md, had a
Cypress Shingle covering that lasted 153
years. Sound to the last. if

The House in which Commodore Stephen
Decatur was born, Sinepuxent, Md, had a.
Cypress Shingle roof that lasted 110 years,
and then it took a cyclone to dismantle it.

And there are hundreds of like instances
to be cited. -

Cypress Shingles do not color the cistern
water, nor do they give to it a “woody”
smell.“ Those two splendid qual'ties of
the. Wood Eternal” make ypress
Shingles especially desirable for use on
the farm, where cistern water is so strong
a factor in the daily life.

 
A spanking administered with at
Cypress Shingle is said to last a. boy
for years. He NEVER forgets it.

 
Farm Books! Shingle Book! So. Cypress Mfrs’ Ass’n.

Vol. 7. Cypress Pocket Library. is the Shingle 11“ Hibernia Bank Bldg,New Orleans. la.
Book. full of facts. It tells about different grades Please sell“. me bOOk marked in
of shingles. Then‘we have 4farm books. full of square, FRbh'
plans for farm buildings. They are absolutely free. Shingle BOOk‘ V01- 7.

Silo Book, Vol.37, (Lots of Plans)
Carpentry Book, Vol. 36. (lZplans)
Barn Book Vol. 4. (PlansEnough)
Farm Needs Book,Vol.20. (8 plans)

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This is the Strnog Worm

Gear and Pin Wheel of

the Louden Litter and

Feed Carrier’s Lifting
Device.

It Will Lift Your Load
With Ease

This is a model of the strongest
type ofgears known to mechanical
science—the worm gear—and the
parts on the Louden Litter and
Feed Carriers are four times as
large as the illustration shows
them.

The pins or lugs shown ﬁtting
into spiral or screw on the shaft
and the threads or teeth of the
spiral are nine—sixteentlis of an
inch in diameter. They have the
strength and the Wearing quali-
ties and will last for years.

All the weight of the load in the
carrier falls upon these pins and the
spiral and by means of these the load
is raised or lowered. In all the years
the Louden Carriers have been on the
market no report has reached the
company of this section of the car-
i-icrs being broken or worn out—yet
those parts are used more than any
other part. of the carriers.

Louden Carriers are
Built for Service—

and They Give It

 
OOD Enough for the United States
Government; Good Enough for Agri-
cultural Schools in All Parts of this

Country; Good Enough for the Largest

Farms; Good Enough for the Greatest

Dairies; and Surely Good Enough for You.‘

Modeled according to plans and suggestions of men
who have devoted their lives to the Study and perfec—
tion of barn equipment,and made of material proven
to be best and most lasting for each individual part,

Louden Litter and Feed Carriers are marvels for com-
pleteness, wearing qualities and labor saving features-

They will save enough time,
labor and feed to pay for
themselves in a9 few months

Operated on a steel. track or cable, the carriers are
always ready for use, yet up out of the way. Besides
being labor saving with regard to the manner of

conveyance the carriers may be raised or lowered
very easily. The gearing of the lifting device gives
the operator great liftingpower,the ratio being40tol.

Many users have written: “Don ’t see how we ever
got along before the carriers were in vented by you.
We would not know what to do withouMhem now.”

 
Louden Feed Carriers contain all the desirable
features. They are made so they may be emptied
from one or two ends, or from the side. The boxes
are of selected woll seasoned wood, strongly re-
inforcedat all points where there is wear and
give lasting satisfaction. A New Jersey dairyman
writes his feed carrier paid for itself in the sav-
ing of labor and feed in less than three months.

FILL IN THIS FREE COUPON AND MAIL

checked below:

Catalog of Feed and Litter Carriers.
Catalog _39 on Hay Tools.
Interestin Facts on Manure Values.

§ E Dairy Barn Equipment.
Hanging 9 Barn Door.

can

Name

Louden Machinery Co., 235 Broadway. Fair-field, la.
Send me free of charge and without any obligations whatever the booklets

(Fill in blank at left ”yes” or “no.")

*Give, in letter, all information possible and in case of remodeling,
give sketch of present barn and indicate changes preferred.

Will you build a barn? ...............
*Please give size ........ x ........ ft.
*Will you remodel old barn? ........
Keep how many cows ........
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The Louden
Carrier W ay is
the Cost Reduc-

ing, Proﬁt

Increasing, Labor
Saving W ay.

300 Time
and Labor

; Savers

. at; F or the Barn
For 47 years Louden’s has led in
the production of ham equipment.
More than 300 different articles are
manufactured, each a time, labor,
and material saver. Haying tools
of every kind are made, barn door
hangers, ventilators, power hoists,
slings, pulleys, etc. Every article

manufactured has stood the most
rigid tests—gives lasting satisfaction.

 
This is the “Emancipator” and true-to its name it will free the ‘man of
the barn from many of the disagreeable features of thework of cleaning and
at the same time be his constant companion in keeping the barn in a per-
fectly sanitary condition. This is but one of the many Louden Carriers.

Louden Barn Equipment Will
Help to Keep Boys on the Farm

Every farmer’s boy in the land welcomes every new
improvement on the farm and every one will receive
Louden Litter and Feed Carriers with open arms.
Not only because the carrier will be an improve-
ment but it will greatly reduce the work of the lads
in the cleaning of the barn and the feeding of all
animals. And carriers save the valuable elements
of the manure and much of the feed that is scattered
over the barn ﬂoor where the old basket method is used.

On this subject a Bangor, Mich.,patron writes: “I
am most sincere in saying I believe the more general
use of Louden goods would be a strong factor in
solving the problem of keeping the boys on the farm.”

Tie Your Cows With Louden

Tubular Stanchions
Comfort giving, sanitary, and strong enough to hold
the biggest bull, the Louden Stanchions, made with or
without wood lining, will prove an improvement for
your barn. Any stanchion is as strong as its hinge.
The Louden Stanchion is made exceptionally strong
by the tubular malleable connections which form the
hinge, ﬁtting snugly into each‘ other and a strong rivet
passing through the sides of each. The bearing points
are as far apart as possible. The hinge is 2%" in diameter.

 
The National Short Course

Dairymen and farmers will ﬁnd the National Dairy Show at
Chicago, October 23 to November 1, very instructive. The lectures.
demonstrations, and exhibits make this event the greatest of
its kind in the world. The money and time it costs you to attend

 
will be well e nt. Visit the Loudenjxhibit.
ACT AT ONCE. Look up the Louden dealer in your

 
Act Now and Economlze_town or ﬁll in the coupon at the left: Why do ou
continue with the methods of generations past? It’sa losing matter for you. Equipment Qf to av
in your barn adds great value to your property. F1.” in the coupon.

LOUDEN

MACHINERY COMPANY

Makers of 300 Time and Labor Savers for the Barn

235' Broadway,

F airfield, Iowa

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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.

RAISING CALVES WITHOUT SKllM-
MILK.

 
Is there any way in which I can raise
my young calves and leave the skim-milk
out? I mean to give them some whole
milk. I can send my milk to the con-
densary every morning. This will save
me and my wife considerable work, both
in and out of doors. I wish to raise these
calves well and keep them growing all
the time. Can you tell me some way to

do it?

Clinton Co. B. H. S.

Good calves have been and can be
raised without any skim-milk and with
a very small amount of whole milk, just
a sufﬁcient amount to give them a good
start. When the calf is ﬁrst dropped it
needs whole milk and its mother’s whole
milk at that, and it ought to have whole
milk for the ﬁrst two weeks of its life.
This regulates the bowels and gets the
calf started in good condition. Then some-
thing else can be Substituted for the
whole milk. It isn’t proﬁtable to feed
whole milk for any considerable length
of time because the butter-fat is worth
so much, and if the whole milk is sold
one can’t afford to feed it long. The best
substitute for milk that can be given a.
calf is a thin gruel made out of a variety
of grain. We want a variety of grain be-
cause their combination will give a bet-
ter ration than any one grain alone. For
instance, if you mix together oil meal,
rwheat middlings, ground ilaxseed, corn
meal. crushed oats, and perhaps ground
wheat, this will make a more complete
ration for young growing calves than any
one grain alone. Mix as many grains
together as you can get handily in equal
parts, and then make this into a thin
gruel. Then age a pint of the mixed
ground grain to six pints of water and
let it come to a boil. Now, at the end of
two weeks begin to substitute some of
this gruel for the whole milk. That is,
give the calf a. whole milk ration until he
is two weeks old, then gradually diminish
the amount of whole milk and substitute
in its place this gruel made out of this
COmbination of feed. Gradually cut off
the whole milk and increase the gruel
until your calf is eating the gruel alone.
If you get the gruel too thick so that
you think the calf is getting too much
grain, you can tell by the way it is di-
gested, and the fault can be easily rem-
edied by thinning it with warm water at
the time of feeding. YOu must have bulk
and not too concentrated a feed for
calves. Besides the gruel: you must set
the calf to eating ground oats 0r barley,
ground oats are splendid, just as soon as
yOu possibly can. When he gets through
eating his gruel give him a handful of
crushed oats. He will soon learn to eat
them. Also get, him to eating clover hay
as soon as possible. Now increase he.
amount of gruel as the calf grows and
develops the same as you would any
other ration, and you will ﬁnd you can
raise nearly as good calves in this way
as you can with skim-milk. Of course,
it is a little bit more bother to make this
gruel, but it makes a very good ration
for the calf.

HOLSTEIN BREEDERS HOLD PICNIC.

 
The second annual meeting of the Cen-
tral Michigan Holstein Breeders’ Associa-
tion was held on the farm of Mr. George
H. Gillespie, of Ingham county, Septem-
ber 23.

The entertainment of the 185 members
and friends of the association was so
ordered as to secure for each and all real
pleasure and beneﬁt. Besides the social
recesses in which 01d friendships were
nurtured and new ones begun, a proﬁt-
able and entertaining program was ren—
dered, after which an inspection of the
equipment, herd and premises, of the
host was made, all of which aroused in-
terest and admiration and provided help-
ful instruction.

Prominent men took part in the pro-
gram. Hon. Lawton T. Hemans address-
ed the assembly upon the subject,
"Farming and Living,” whereupon the
pointed out how that the farmer was ex-
cluSive from other businesses and pro-
fessions in one regard, and that is that
it is the only business in the world which
combines the home and the factory. Liv-
ing and production are here brought un-
der one organization and because of this
the tiller of the soil is usually very prac-

 
tical, earnest and reverent. Mr. Hemans
also contended that the problems of the
farm differ from those of the city. The
farm home must appeal to the boy and
girl. “The farmer should raise humanity
as well as Holsteins, good citizens as
well as good corn.

N. P, Ilull, secretary of the National
Dairy Union proved an interesting speak-
er. He conﬁned his address largely to
the great problem of the American hus-
bandman, the restoration of plant food in
Our land. That this will be dOne, the
speaker manifested real hope, since the
history of the. efforts and accomplish-
ment of the farmer on this continent
proves ability and an ambition that is
not easily daunted. The Welfare of the
nation rests on the shoulders of the
farmer, and the time is here when he
must and, we believe, will, cease to be a
soil robber and become a soil builder.
This end will, in a large measure, be
realized through animal husbandry and
e1<pecially dairying.

The inspection of Mr. Gillespie’s splen—
did herd of llolsteins proved an interest-
ing part of the day’s program, since
among his cows is one that holds an
oilicial state record.

 
ENSI LOING CORNSTALKS.

 
As I have been delayed in getting a
silo and the corn now being ripe 1 would
like your opinion through the Columns of
the h’liehgan Farmer as to whether it
will pay to ﬁll with fodder after it is
husked. or should a part of the corn be
left with the fodder? Any suggestions
you make. will be appreciated.

Ncwaygo C0. J. W.

I am positive, and I speak from expe-
rience, that where one has the silo room,
the most economical way to care for the
cornstalks is to cut them up after they
are hushed and put them in a silo.
\thn one. does this he must use water
liberally, and wet them up so that they
will settle down and make good ensilage.
Of course, no one will argue. that this
corn fodder, where the plant has been
allowed to ripen and the corn husked off,
will make as nutritious a food as corn
that was raised for the silo and put in
cars, stalks and all. It would be foolish
to make any such claim as that.

On the other hand, we all know that
where We feed the dry cornstalks that
only a portion of them are eaten. All
that part of the stalk below the ear is
not eaten at all. Much of the stalk above
the ear and lots of the dry husks are not
eaten. In fact, the upper portion of the
stalks and the leaves are all that are
eaten, the rest is wasted as far as food
value is concerned. Now an argument
for the silo is that you cut up the corn
when it is just mature, before the dry
fermentation in the stalk has changed
the, starch and sugar to cellulose, or
woody ﬁber, when it becomes partially,
at least, indigestible. and it also be-
comes partially unpalatable. ‘On the oth-
er hand, when this is put into the silo
and changed by the fermentation and
heat generated in the silo the cows eat
practically all of it. Nothing is wasted.
The. fermentation in the silo aids in the
digestibility of dry corn.

Just last year i didn’t have enough
regular silage corn to fill the silos and
one ﬁeld had ripened. “'0, drove. through
Straddling the rows and husked the corn
off and then cut up the smlks and put
them into the silo. Now these eornstalks
were all consumed by the (sows. They
ate them up just as clean as they did the
regular silage. Of course, when we were
feeding this we. fed a little more grain,
but it made a fairly good food. I also
raised a few soy beans last year, and we
cut them and mixed them in with the
cornslalks, and it made good silage.
“\Vhen cnsiloing dry cornstalks great
care must be taken to use plenty of wat-
er to get the stalks wet. You want to
use a sufficient amount of water to take
the place of the orignal juice. in the corn
plant. You will want a nice little stream
of water running into the silage cutter
all the while that you are running stalks
through. This will make it none too wet,
and it may be then that additional water
poured on top of the silo after you are
through, a censiderable quantity of it,
will be necessary to make the dry stalks
settle down and pack closely and exclude
the air so that they will ferment to make
good ensilage.

 
Pasteurizing kills the most of the bac-
teria in milk and injures the rest so they
do not become active again for some
time. It also cooks the albumen which
gives an undesirable ﬂavor to the milk if
heated at too high a. temperature or for
too long a time. The best way to pas—
teurize is to heat the milk at 140 degrees
F. for 15 minutes.

 
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OCT} 11. 1913.

 
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DETROIT, OCT 1],, 1913.

CURRENT COMMENT.

 
That
“The Proof of the the
Pudding.”

“the proof of
pudding is in
eating it, and not in
chewing the string,”
is probably as applicable to the recent
tariff legislation, as to the edible itself,
were this time worn maxim literally in-
terpreted. Therc has, however, becnless
“chewing of the string" in connection
with the administration tariff hill just
passed and signed by the President, than
has been the case with any other similar

important event in the history of the
government. It has been :1 forcgone con-
clusion that the success of the demo-

cratic party at the last general election
would be quickly followed by a general
tariff revision downward, in accordance
with the time-honored tenets of the party
and the provisions of the platform upon
which the successful candidates made
their campaign. Also there has been suf-
ﬁcient discussion in and out of Congress
so that the public was fairly well advised
regarding general lines along which this
downward revision would be consummat-
cd, consequently those of the American
people in all classes who have believed
that the c0untry would be bcncﬁtcd by a
general downward revision have awaited
the outcome with calm expectancy, while
those who have opposed this policy as
detrimental to the public Welfare, have
been equally calm and unexcited, and
have looked upon this outcome as inevit-
able, although they believed it would be
dctrimental to ‘the country‘s prosperity.
Consequently while public hearings have
been held and different intcrcsts have
been heard, there was a gcncral fceling
that the dye was cast and the zu'iminiS-
trution tariff bill would be passed, and
become a law without any material
changes from the form in which it pass—
cd the \Vuys and Means and the- Finance
Committees of the two houses of Con-
ngHS. This bill went into effect as soon
as it had recechd the signature of the
President. It reduces the averagc per-
centage of the tariff rates, as compared
to the value of all imports of mer—
chandise, as cstimaicd by experts of the
treaSury department, by about 10 per
cent, the average rate under the new law
being 27 per cent, as compared with 37
per ccnt undcr the old law. In addition
to the reduction in rates, the value of
annual imports added to the free list is
cstimutwl at $147,000,000. The estimated
revenue from all import rates is estimat-
ed under the new law to aggregate $249,-
000,000 as compared with an aggregate of
$305,000,000 under the old law. This deﬁ-
cit is, however, more than made up by
the increase in the revenue from corpor-
ation and income taxes which, under the
new law are estimated to aggregate
$122,000,000, as compared with $37,000,000
under the old law.

It is estimated that this law makes a.
reduction of nearly one-half in the aver-
age tariff on foodstuffs and farm pro-
ducts. As every Farmer reader knows,
besides making this general reduction in
duties where same are still levied, many
important products of the farm have been
placed on the free list. including wool,
live stOCk and meats, ﬂour, potatoes, etc.

The sugar schedule is also of interest to
the farmers of Michigan for the reason
that the raw material for this manufac-
ture is an important product of Michi-
gan farms. Here the tariff is substan-
tially reduced with a provision for the
placing of sugar on the free list in 1916.
There are, however, some compensating
features of the law from the farmer’s
standpoint, including a general reduction
in tariff rates on all important articles
of common use which might be classed
as necessities, a reduction of nearly two—
thirds in the rates on woolen clothing of
the cheaper grades and of about one-
third on cotton clothing, while lumber,
coal, iron and many classes 01’ farm ma-
chinery are placed on the free list.

So, notwithstandingkthe fact that the
farmer seems to be discriminated against
in this tariff law, due to the democratic
adherence to the principle of free raw
materials, it would be the part of wits-
dom for the farmers of the country to
await the outcome of the "proof” in this
case calmly, secure in the knowledge
that their industry is too great and too
important to be permanently handicapped
by any legislative policy which is inimical
to its best interests. Let the “proof” be
a fair one, to the end that we may add
something to the sum of human know1~
edge regarding the true economics of this
vexed question from the experience gain-
ed through “eating” the pudding.

Those who followed
Lessons from the the sessions of the
Road Congress. Third American Road
Congress, held in De-
troit laFt week, could not but be im-
prcsScd with the educational value of
meetings of this kind. Here were to be
found enthusiasts favoring every form of
road improvement by every municipal
division in the country from the nation
to the township. Here were also to be
found experts in the construction of dif-
fcrent types of roads, highway ofﬁcials
and laymen, all interested in the perma-
nanct betterment of the highways, but
from different standpoints. There were
advocates of a national system of trunk
highways to be built and maintained by
the federal government, advocates of na—
tional aid for state built highways to be
built on a similar plan, advocates of dif-
ferent types .of permanent roads, etc.,
and, last but not least, strong men who
spoke for the farmers living on the 95
per cent of the roads which can never be
improved within their time by any of the
methods above outlined. And it is a.
matter for congratulation that in this
great meeting there was such a strong
undercurrent of sentiment favorable to
the betterment of the earth roads along
with the main or trunk roads to a state
of cconomic efﬁciency, rather than the
reverse.

In this connection, there is no question
that the sentiment of the country people
throughout the States and Canada was
reflected in the attitude of the highway
Ofﬁcials who were their official spokes-
men at this meeting. Nor is there any
question but that the voicing of this
sentiment in no uncertain manner will
have its effect in modifying the views of
cxtrcmiFts who have looked upon the
highway problem from the standpoint of
the development of a system of main
traveled or trunk roads as the only prop-
er beginning and the main object of road
improvonicnt in this country. On the
other hand, the participation of big men
in this movement for the improvement of
the highways of the country on a big
scale cannot but have a liberalizing in-
ﬂucnce on those who have held a narrow
View of" the relation of better highways
to the pi'O’spelitY of the country and its
lesser municipalities.

Thus the great road congress held here
last week cannot but have a harmonizing
as well as educational inﬂuence upon all
who participated in its deliberations and
pan into history as an important factor
in bringing about the solution of this
vexed problem of improving and main-
taining our vast mileage of country roads.

Over in the state
SOclaI Center Work of Wisconsin, school
In Wisconsin. principals of 72
towns have agreed
to adopt the plan of a state-wide social
center organization proposed jointly by
the State Department of Education and
the University Extension Division. We
have not at hand the details of the plan
but the general scheme as announced, is
to get the adults of the community to the
school buildings for the purpose of arous-
ing their interest in topics of community
and social welfare.
With the changing conditions of coun-
try life has arisen the apparent necessity

for work of this kind, especially in com-
munities where voluntary organization
has not developed to any considerable ex-
tent. Where the Grange and the Farm-
ers’ Club have becomé’ strong, as has
been the case in Michigan, this need has
not been. so noticeable as has been the
case in less favored localities. Yet there
are dozens and hundreds of rural com-
munities in Michigan which would be the
better for an awakening along social
lines, and the social center movement,
whether it has its origin in and centers
about the country school or the country
church or both, would be welcomed by
the thinking people of these communities.

In the stage of transition from the old
conditions of country life to those which
will mark future generations of our farm-
ers, we are passing through a period
when there is need of a general awaken-
ing along social lines. The better way
for this to come is through the initiative
of the people themselves, but in case this
deveIOprnent is not sought or promoted
by the people Of any community, outside
agencies such as that above noted, may
do much good.

When one travels out
from any of the big
cities of the state in
any direction on any of the'numerous
trolley lines, he is impressed with the ex-
tent to which city people are locating in
the country on small parcels of land. Nor
is it the wealthy or high-salaried city
man alone who is getting out into the
country, but the wage earner as Well,
who buys perhaps an acre lot sufﬁciently
near the car line to enable him to get to
and from the city and thus follow his
occupation there as a, wage earner, While
his family have the advantages of the
country, Truly, agriculture is coming in-
to its own when town-tired people of ev-
ery class are seeking a home on the land,
as is the case today.

And in the country there is employment
for all who have not land of their own,
at remunerative wages. During these
busy harvest days of autumn farmers are
looking for help instead of workmen for
a job. Yet, while the city industries are
prosperous‘.and labor is generally well
employed, ."almost any day throughout
the your one may see thousands of men
seeking emploment at the various fac-
tories or employment ofﬁces, while the
high cost of living remains for them,
temporarily at least, an unsolved problem.

In theFe facts should be food for
thought for the observing country boy,
who is just facing the choice of an occu-
pation. All cannot be farmers nor are all
ﬁtted for the firm by inclination or abil-
ity. But, other factors being equal, the
country boy will do well to carefully
consider the relative- advantages of town
Vs. country opportunities before deciding
on a. city occupation.

Town vs. Country.

The passing of
The Agricultural Fairs? another season

brings reports of
Successful agricultural fairs, not alone of
the state and district fairs, but of the
county and local fairs as well. It is a.
matter for congratulation that the coun-
ty dud district fairs are better attended
ihan was the case in former years. Pos-
sibly the larger attendance is due to the
fact that thef-‘e fairs are made more en-
tertaining than educational in character
and in very many instances they have
become more general meeting places of
people of the community where sports are
enjoyed than really typical agricultural
exhibitions.

But a good crowd is the ﬁrst requisite
for a successful fair and a little effort
expended by the management of {Any of
these fairs during the coming year will
rcmedy whatever educational defects they
may have had in previous years. The
revival of interest in local and county
fairs is a matter for congratulation and
an improvement in their educational val-
ue should be made the next step in their
rehabilitation.

A MILLION PEOPLE AT ONCE.

 
By putting an advertisement in the
Michigan Farmer and the other standard
farrr’igqaansrs, an advertiser may reach,
simi’iitanecusly, a million farmers’ fam-
lilies.

Think or speaking in a million homes
at one time—of telling them all at once
of a better piano, or plow, or engine, or
automobile, or any one of a thousand

articles that nowadays are being adver-
tised in the farm papers.

Is it any wonder that advertised goods
are well known and popular, and that the
manufacturer who advertises can well af-
ford to give better value for the price?

HAPPENINGS OF ”THE WEEK.

 
National,

Mine operators of the copper district
of Michigan will ask the Supreme Court
at Lansing for an injunction prohibiting
the strikers and the Western Federation
of Miners from doing acts of violence,
intimidation and picketing. An injunc-
tion was dissolved last week by Judge
O’Brien, of the circuit court, and it is
from this decision that the operators are
appealing.

The case of Harry K. Thaw has been
further postponed by Governor Felker, of
New Hampshire.

On her ﬁrst trip from New York to
Hampton Roads, the Battleship Arkan-
sas made a. new record for speed. aver-
aging 21.41 knots per hour for a period
of four hours. The battleship averaged
19 knots per hour for 20 hours without
extra effort.

A delegation of 1,000 men from the dif-
ferent states of the union will make a.
personal call on President Wilson to De-
tition the chief executive to urge an
amendment to the federal constitution to
prohibit the trafﬁc in alcohol in America.

The impeachment courtcf New York
state is proceeding with the trial of Gov.
Sulzer, the defense of the executive now
being made. The outcOme is difﬁcult to
guess because of the conﬂicting testimony
and the large number of factors entering
into the trial.

The National Committee of the repub-
lican party will meet in Washington on
December 16, to confer on party matters,
and take any action which may seem
advisable.

The seventh annual convention of the
Society of InduStrial Education will be
held at Grand Rapids, October 19-25.
Prominent educators from all over the
country will be present and will address
the session. '

After eight days' imprisonment in a.
mine near Centralia, Pa., a. miner was
rescued by _his fellow workmen, Sunday.

Dr. James B, Angel] of the University
of Michigan, has been resting easily since
an attack of pneumonia last week. His
chief difﬁculty now is the annoyance of
a persistent cough.

The bureau of mines of the federal
government reports that during the ﬁrst
seven months of this year the number of
fatalities number 1,437. as compared with
1,419 of last year. The state of Pennsyl-
vania leads the list with 763 deaths and
Ohio 99, Illinois 97, and Alabama 55.

Ernest Kemp, an aeronaut, was drown-
ed in Thunder river. at Alpena, Mich,
October 3, while making a. balloon as-
cension from the fair grounds.

Detroit is likely to become a more im-
portant city for the distribution of meats
than it has been. The effect of the new
tariff law has already encouraged one
large Chicago packing company to secure
a site for a large meat packing plant at
this place. This is largely the result of
the new tariff law, since live stock will
reach the Detroit market from Canadian
points as well as from Michigan and oth-
er points.

The Senate currency committee has
voted to continue the hearing on the
currency bill until October 25, when the
committee will take the bill under con:
sideration.

On Monday night of this Week social
center openings were held in several of
the Detroit schools, the movement is to
give the students wholesome amusement.
It is estimated that 1,000 were at the
opening sessions.

The news has gotten out that plans are
well under way for the construction of
an electric line connecting Detroit with
Grand Rapids byway of Lansing.

Foreign.

It is reported that the rate on foreign
money has advanced, the Bank of Eng-
land now charging ﬁve per cent as their
diseount rate.

VVirele-“s messages indicate that the
steamer Spokane has been wrecked off
the coast of Lazoo, B. C.‘

Thirty persons are believed to have
been drowned by the sinking of a mili-
tary tug at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Former President Theodore Roosevelt
left for an extended tour of South Am-
erica last Saturday, He will lecture at
several points on “Democracy."

The effect of the new United States
tariff has been to advance prices of meats
in Canada and already the packers have
notiﬁed their patrons that meat prices
will go higher, owing to the opportunity
of sending meat into this country where
Quotations rule above those in Canada.
Besides much live stock has been gath-
ered up for export to Buffalo, Detroit and
Boston markets,

It is reported that Nome, Alaska, has
been almost completely destroyed by a
Storm. Fully two miles of the territory
alongr the coast was devastated. The
electric light plant and telephone service
was demoralized. The loss of propert
is estimated at one million and a half.
No loss of life was reported. Aid is be-
ing rushed to the unfortunate people.

The International Law Congress re-
cently held at Madrid, Spain, has rec-
ommended the standardization of Com-
mercial Laws, especially as regards in—
ternational bills of exchange and checks.
. Fourteen persons were killed and 20
injured when the express from Kieve,
Russia. to St. Petersburg, collided with
a locomotive near Dvinsk.

.Prof. Henry C. Adams. of the Univer-
sxty of Michigan, will leave Thursday of
this week for China, where he will assist
in straightening out the ﬁnancial difﬁ-
culties in which the, treasury of that
country has found itself.

Yuan Shi-Kai has been elected Presi-
dent of the new Republic of China. There
were 21 other candidates campaigning for
ofﬁce. Under the constitution of the new
Republic it is necessary to have two-
third votes of the united houses of the
parliament and this the successful cans
didate received on the third ballot. The
term of office is for five years.

 
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This Magazine Section forms a part of our paper every week.

Every article is written especially for it, and does not appear elsewhere.

 
ECENTLY the Illichigan Farmer
R gave its readers a story and pic-

ture of a relic of the days when
wheat and corn in Michigan Were ground
by water power. Here is one that has to
do with an old-time ferry having one of
the most unique records in stream-cross-
ing history.

This ferry is operated, and has been,
for ﬁfty-six years, across the Kalamazoo
river at Saugatuck. In a period covering
more than half a century it has been run
under the management of less than ten
men. In that time it has had more queer
accidents, with fewer fatalities, than is
experienced, usually, in handling human
and animal life.

In its time this ferry has carried at
least three growths of hard and soft tim-
ber from a strip of country between the
Kalamazoo and Lake Michigan. The
original town that commenced witlrthis
ancient ferrying contrivance is now bur-
ied in sand from human sight. For build-
ing Operations, the ferry carried hundreds
of thousands of feet of lumber back
across the stream whence once it re-
moved it. It has handled the farming,
road building, and resort business of
probably ﬁve generatiOns of people, in-
cluding their funerals, weddings, reun-
ions, equestrian schools and artists’
classes. Upon this ferry have been rolled
houses which have been ferried from one
side of the river to the other, and a now
lively little fellow narrowly escaped being
born in the middle of the Kalamazoo as
one of the results of house-moving feats.

It is told by one of the oldest living
ferrymen that originally the craft was
poled across the stream when there was
thirty-six feet of water in the Kalama-
zoo, but in nearly all of the time it has
been pulled by a rope stretched across, or

The Old Saugatuck Ferry.

By J. L.

GRA FF.

 
The Old Saugatuck

’by the chain method which is in use to—
day. This chain is strung across the
river. but with one turn around the
drum of a. Windlass. The turning of a
Crank at the side of the boat winds the
craft back and forth, the eight hundred
pounds of chain resting on the river bot-
tom when not in use.

In ﬁfty-six years one man was killed
by fractious horses and his body dragged
into the river, but out of a great num-
ber of other accidents no other human
life was lost. One man drove his team
clear off the boat; the wagon box floated
off the running gear, carrying the driver

Ferry In M id -Stream.

with it. The man was rescued but the
horses were drowned. Twenty-ﬁve years
after this accident the running 'gear of
the wagon was fished out of the river
without a vestige of the harness of the
horses. The tug cock—eyes had become
detached from the Whiffles, and the
horses had carried away the neck-yoke
with them.

A, woman drove a. colt, hooked to a
buggy, upon the boat; the colt jumped
(o'er the rail and hung by its harness; it
was cut loose and swam to shore un-
harmed. One man unthinkingly caught
hold of the chain and the boat was pulled

frOm under him, while another drove a.
team down the inclined approach clear
over the end of the boat. One ferryman
died at his post in the ferry shack. the
unanswered ferry bell causing the shack
to be broken into where the ferryman
was found dead upon his couch.

The ferrymen who have had charge of
this quaint- old contrivance since 1857 are.
in the order of their service, named as
follows: Darias Billings, Solomon Stan—
ton, Elijah Mayhew, ll‘arvey Fuller,
“'alter Billings, Oliver Stanton, Samuel
“'heelcr, \\'illiam Slater, Randall &
Adams, and Jay D. Myers, the present
ferryman. The franchise covers the en-
tire village of Saugatuck. which extends
clear across the river and 800 feet out
into Lake Michigan. Today this ancient
fcrry is earning the village over $500 a.
year. All above that amount goes to the
t‘crryman.

The. present ferryman, .Tay Myers, says
that some people have approached him
with the. proposition of substituting gaS-
oline for hand power. lle declined, say-
ing that that would 'rob the ancient craft
of its chief charm. People ride across
the river for no other purpose than the
novelty of being wound across. \thre
once the-re was but a single boat and one
chain there are now two boats and two
chains. Some people wme afraid to go
across with horses: others were too timid
to ride in row boats. so Jay built a.
SccOnd boat and now ferries his people!
any way they please to have it done.

At one time Myers had a dog,r for a
fare. The animal belonged to an old sol-
dier who lived alone. The canine would
not swim, but when he wanted to cross
he’d sit up on his haunchcs and howl so
dismally that .lay would have to go and
get him to preserve quiet in the village.

 
Ferryman Myers and his granddaughter, the little Mascot of the Ferry.

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Zeke. lle failed to come for his
feed last night. and I can’t see

’1

BOYS. look around the place for

anything of him now, Mother called to
us from the open kitchen door.

Zeke was a fair specimen of the “razor
back” hog 0f the southwest, and with the
cow and team of ponies constituted the
sum total of our live stock. Ile was a.
lank, grizzled barrow three years old, and
had never yet manifested an inclination
for fattening.

W’e had sold our little Missouri home
the year before and, on the advice of
friends and the family physician, had
moved to New Mexico, where Mother had
taken up a homestead. This move was
not altogether for Mother's health; but
with three boys, one of them large
enough to do a man’s work, it seemed to
her the best thing to do.

Our experience on the new hemestead
had been similar to that of other settlers.
Water had been hard to get, and not of
the best; coyotes had caught the chick-
ens, jack rabbits had eaten the garden

§

 
TWO of the Row Boats and a Little Bather at the Ferry.

The Ezekiel Strike.

By HUGH F.

vegetables as fast as they came up, and
in a section where farming had never
been considered a decidcd success, we
were all beginning to regard the venture
as a failure. Yet the fact that Mother
was improving in health compensated in
a large degree for all the difﬁculties We
had encountered.

‘With three robust boys, the oldest
twenty years of age and the youngest
fourteen, Mother had felt no fear of be—
ing unable to c0pe with any difﬁculty
that might present itself, though now
had come a time when our little surplus
had dwindled to nothing; there had been
nothing added to it the ﬁrst year, and
one misfortune after another had over-
taken us.

My oldest brother, Henry, was at Ala-

GRINSTEAD.

niogordo, sixty miles away. at work on
the new railroad that was being: built
through the country, and at this time his
earnings constituted our sole means of
support,

\Vith Ben, my yOungcr brother, I had
been left at home to take care of what
little we had left of the stock, get mes-
quite roots for the winter wood supply,
and to help my mother.

The life on a prairie homestead had not
been without its pleasures. There was
plenty of sport. I had killed a wolf,
while Ben had shot his ﬁrst antelope, and
there were always new things for us to
see on our long trips over the prairie or
in the foothills.

Once or twice We had been across the
divide west of our cabin, and had come

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across the abandoned “dry diggings”
camp where several hundred dollars in
gold had bot-n taken out, sc-Vcral years
(12,0, There. were three old miners‘ shacks
here. There were no sluice boxes or
other equipment, for the gravel and sand
had bccn carried on the backs of burros
ﬁve miles to a spring on Salt creek where
it was washed. These laborious methods.
and the fact that placer gold had never
been found in paying quantities, even
with an abundant supply of water. led to
its tinally being abandoned. There were
prospect holes all over the, hills in the
neighborhood, but the quartz lode. sup-
posed to be the source of the placer dig-
gings, had never been located. There
were some who bad faith in the existence
of such a lode. and every year Or so some
prospector would try his luck in the can-
yons and hillS.

One of my most pleasant day dreams
had been the ﬁnding of that quartz lode,
and a trip to the old dry diggings held
more than ordinary interest for me. I
had learned what gold-bearing rock was

 
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who lived in Colorado. ~ .

Our homestead was on the bench land.
with the rough foothills of the Capitan
mountains to the west, and the undulat—
ing prairie south and east. A few miles
south of us were the headwaters of
Spring river. On this bright spring morn—
ing when we started out in search of old
Zeke, we took the cattle path to the
scrub oaks on the foothills back of the
house. Here grew a few stunted walnut
and oak, and we reasoned that the hog
would be likely to go in this direction if
he had strayed, and if he had been taken
by wolves or a cougar, we might see
tracks of the‘ beast. W'l1en on top of the
little hill we could see all about us for
miles east and south as far as the Ilondo
breaks. Away to the north El Capitan
stood like a sentinel in the bright sun-
light.

A little farther on we came to bog
tracks leading down the slope to the west
and, keeping on in this direction. we
would at intervals catch a glimpse of the
impression of Zeke‘s foot in the dry sand.
He was apparently headed for the ravine
near the old mining camp so, without
looking for more tracks, we hurried on
and found. in one of the cabins, signs of
where he had made his bed the night
before. For an hour or more we scoured
the prairie to the south, and up the slope
toward the canvon, without catching a
gllmDFe of hog or tracks.

When we had about given up the chase,
Ben called my attention to upturned sod
that seemed to be the work of Zeke's
snout. It was almOSt in the bed of the
ravine, so we followed up the dry bed
and were soon rewarded by seeing unmis-
takable hog signs leading toward the
rocky ledge above.

It was now after noon, and the sun was

warm, so we concluded that our hog
would be somewhere in the shade of a.
bush or rock. most likely up the branch

21 piece where the rocky ledges came near
together on either side.

\‘l'e came upon the hog‘s trail where the
rocky slopes came down sharply, and
from there on were able to follow it. He
had turned up the slope obliquely, in the
direction of a cleft in the rock where we
had once trapped a coyote, and where
there were a number of other dens which
we had taken for the habitations of
wolves or maybe Wildcats.

Stepping from rock to rock, and in-
tently examining the ground for hog
signs. I became suddenly aware of a.

commotion netzrby but was unable to lo-
cate the direction. I called to Ben, who
was further down the slope, and after he
came up to where I was we both listened
for a few seconds, hoping to hear the
noise again. “'e had but a short time to
wait, and this time there was no mistak-
ing the direction. It seemed to come
from beyond a clump of mesquite, and
was a combination of growls and squeals.

Making our way quickly toward the
place, we fOund, instead of the level
ground we had expected, a large hole-
about twelve feet deep. about the same
length, and scarcely a yard wide at the
top. There was more room at the bot-
tom, since the side walls of rock were
overhanging.

At the bottom of the hole we beheld a.
sight that is not easily forgotten. At one
end, his bristles raised, small eyes danc-
ing, and jaws champing, stood Zeke. Op-
posite him, and as far away as it could
get, crouched a lithe body of a tawny
color. It was lashing the ground with
its long tail, all the while watching every
move of the hog. It took no second look
to tell us that our 110g was in close quar-
tors with a couvar.

This trap into which the animals had
fallen seemed to be a continuation of one
of the, large cracks in the ledge a few
yards above us. and had partly ﬁlled with
earth near the top. The. hog had prob-
ably fallen through, and the coirg'ar, see—
ing him so effectually trapped, had gone
in for a meal of frcC-h pork.

However, it cows any animal to ﬁnd
that it is trapped. and the beast had
evidently been making efforts to escape
instead of eating Zeke. “'9 could see
where it had struggled to climb the slip-
pery overhanging wall, and at one place
had almost reached a ﬁrm footing.

As soon as the cougar saw us it made-
one mad leap toward freedom, missed its
footing, and fell back on the hog. This,
and the knowledge that help was at hand,
gave Zeke courage, and the cougar was
no sooner down than he was upon it, at-
tacking it furiously with his sharp tusks.

The hog had taken a grip on the shoul-_

der of his assailant, but the big cat was
soon loose and away in' its end of the
pit, getting ready for a spring.

I saw that it would soon be over with
t

\

Zeke unless we interfered. The cougar
now seemed to have forgotten our pres-
ence,' and before we could make a move
it had landed on the hog; but, in such
close quarters it had not been able to
hold him. so that Zeke was now in the
other end of the pit, backed against the
wall.

If we had brought a gun along the ﬁght
would soon have been over. I called to
Ben to bring some large stones, at the
same time pulling up a half-buried mes-
quite root and running to the lowest place
in the wall. I' thought We could amp the
rocks on the cougar and kill him that
way, but SOOn saw my mistake. With the
ﬁrst stone that struck him he made
straight for us with the velocity of a.
cannon ball, and came very near getting
out.

Zeke made another pass at the cougar
as it fell back and this time succeeded in
getting one of its paws in his mouth.
For the next few minutes we could see
nothing but bristles and the tawny fur.
On account of there being no room for a.
spring, the cat was at a disadvantage,
and as soon as they came apart we be-
gan pelting‘ it: with stones, this time with
better effect. \Ve succeeded in stunning
the cougar so that Zeke, emboldened by
the help he was getting, made a rush on
his adversary that took the ﬁght out of
the big cat for awhile.
ready to give up the ﬁght in the face of
such odds, or it was waiting to make
another rush on the hog. While it was
crouched with its head on its paws I
dropped a. big stone. weighing at least
ﬁfty pounds, right upon the bulging head.
This was all that was needed and, as the
long muscular form stiffened in the last
struggles of death, 'Zeke buried his nose
in the damp earth and with a grunt of
satisfaction rolled over on his side as
he would if he had been in his pen at
home.

“'hen we were sure that the cougar
was dead we went up the hill at short
ways for a scraggly dead scrub oak: with
which we began digging down the earth
bank at one end of Zeke's priSon. It was
hard work, and took us two hours to get
down near the bottom on an incline so
that the hog could walk out.

Zeke was pretty sore, and it was with
difﬁculty that we could induce him to
make an effort to move. Finally, by one
cf us going before, we got him to the
top, whence he limped off toward home.

“'0 now turned our attention to the
cougar. It was not a large one, but we
were as proud of the catch as if it had
been done in tsue sportsman style. We
took the beautiful sleek skin off, and I
was just climbing out when Ben, who
had been scraping away the dirt in the
bottom of the hole called me back with
an exclamation.

“Why, look here, Julian!” he cried, ex—
citedly, "this rock is like the specimens
Uncle Bob sent us from Colorado last
summer!“

Sure enough, here was gold-bearing
quartz of high value, and a. hasty exam-
ination showed that the lode was ex-
tensive. Zeke had discovered the mine
that hundreds had been searching for!

We still live on the homestead, and the
proﬁts from the "Ezekiel," as we named
the mine, has made of it a home that is
all we could desire. Zeke still roots
around the ranch, has never grown fat,
and never again has ShOWn any inclina-
tion to leave home.

BREAD UPON THE WATERS.

 
BY GRIN E. CROOKEB,

When the late Charles Kendall Adams
was inaugurated president of the Univer-
sity of \Visconsin some twenty years ago,
a little incident oCCurred which well il-
lustrated how a kind deed‘like the pro—
Jcrbial “broad upon the waters”—may re-
.urn in later years to gladden the heart
if the individual who performed it.

Toward the close of the inaugural ex-
ercises, which included speeches from a
number of men of national reputation,
Professor John C. Freeman extended the
welcome of the Wisconsin faculty to the
new president. Dr. Freeman, who died
recently, was a distinguished Shakespear-
ian Srholar and man of letters. He also
possessed rare oratorical powers, which,
had they been developed in the halls of
state or on the stump would have brought
him wide renoun. During his masterly
address on this oceasion his audience sat
spell—bound, but it was not until the close
of his speech that he began to tell of the
incident in question.

“Over a. quarter of a. century ago,” he
said, “a young man in a faded uniform
applied at the University of Michigan for
admission. The war between the states,

It seemed about

0C2. 11, 1913.

UNCLE Hi’S PHILOSOPHY.

BY WALTER G. DOTY.

"It is plain," says Uncle Hi,
“Life is jest a. school fer livin'.
What we learn here we'll apply
When we git along to Heaven.
Mnkin' blunders ain't no crime;
VVe’ll do better 'nother time.

“Ef you think this world is all,
Go outside and scan the stars.
Makes 11 teller feel some small——
Like a pimple up on Mars.
l‘hink they peopled jest this styful,
When they had a. whole blamed skyful?

“Life’s a everlastin' force,
Same es heat or gravity.
You kin stop my breath, 0' course,
But you can't nohow hurt me.
Life’s the steam the engine feels,
Death, the rust thet clogs the wheels.

“Tell you. sonny, what it is:
Old Experience ain’t no fool.
I've learnt more from rheumatiz
Then I ever learnt; to school.
\Vhen you’ve learnt to ache an’ smile.
YOu‘ve 1 llearnt somethin' thet‘s worth
W11 8." '

As I see him sitting there—

One arm gone since sixty-four—
Patient, in his easy chair,

Where the ﬁrelight ﬂecks the ﬂoor,
Somehow it agrees with me,
Uncle Hi's philosophy.

 
from which he had just returned, had
made sad havoc with his educaton. He
was unable to pass the required examina-
tions, and the doors of the institution of
learning at which he had timidly knocked
requed to swing open to allow him to
enter. He turned away, disheartened and
crushed.

“At this hour of utter discouragement
a young instructor, who had learned of
the young soldier’s hopes and ambitions.
interested himself in his behalf. In ways
be'St known to those familiar with the
workings of a great educational institu—
tion, he gained a. re-consideration of the
young man’s case. As a result, the doors
which had refused to open at his own
knock now swung wide enough to permit
him to enter. To the soldier boy it was
the beginning of life, the fulﬁllment of
his clieriEhed dreams.

“Years have passed since then," Dr.
Freeman continued. “After graduation
the young man went his way, never again
until recently to clasp hands with the in-
structor who befriended him. But now,"
he added, turning to Dr. Adams, “the boy
in the faded uniform welcomes to the
presidency of the University of WisconSin
his benefactor of over a quarter of a. cen-
tury ago.”

There were few dry eyes in that as-
sembly of people when they realized that
in the polished man of letters upon the
platform they beheld the soldier boy who
would have been denied the opportunity
of gaining an education had itnot been
for the new president who was being in-
augurated that afternoon.

Both men are now gathered unto their
long rest, and sleep not far apart on the
same sightly hill from which can be seen
the dome of the main building of the
state university at Madison. The little
deed of generosity and kindness, exempli-
ﬁed in the incident here given, consti-
tutes an imperishable memory that time
cannot eiface. It lives today in the heart
of every individual who witnessed that
inaugural ceremony. It has pleaded its
cauSe in a thousand lives, and in ten
thousand ways has undoubtedly repeated
itself.

"Why ain’t you at school, little boy?"

“I stayed away on account of sick-
ness.”

“W'ho is sick?"

“The truant ofﬁcer.”

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-How to Train Dogs.

By CARL SCHURZ LOWDEN.

‘HE secret of training a dog to do
I little tricks is kindness and pa-
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patience and kindness accomplish most.’

“Of c0urSe I remembered this and, as
I grew older, I plainly saw that all ani-
mals are best controlled by those two
virtues.”

Generally speaking, a trained dog is
much more desirable than one that is
comparatively untrained. A trained dog

can entertain his master and help him to
pass away hours of depression. It is also
a great pleasure to teach tricks to the
puppy. While it requires some skill to do
this as it should be done, anyone with pa-
tience and kindness and some under-
standing of how a dog thinks can ac-
complish a gratifying result.

Probably the little trick most easily
acquired by the puppy is that of jumping
when the command is given. To teach
him thiS, place him in the corner of the
room. Then you kneel down in such a
way as to pen the little animal. Then,
with a bit of meat or some choice mor-
sel in your hand, command the dog to
jump. He will be over you and have the
meat before you can say ”Jack Robin-
son.” Now don’t stop here. If the dog
has done reasonably well for the start,
pat him on the head and speak reassur-
ingly to him, letting him know that you
are pleaSed. It is natural for him to
wish to please his master. Try it again.
If, after several trials, the dog seems
tired, do nothing more until the next
day. But remember that when you have
taught the dog his ﬁrst trick, and he
knows it thoroughly, you have one-half
the battle, for all the other tricks are
merely supplementary. Getting a start is
the hard thing. Every time the dog sat-
isﬁes you, lavish praise on him. Finally
by persistence you will have him trained
so he will attempt to jump anything.

There is an old maxim that was true
when it was written and is true today:
“One cannot teach an old dog new
tricks” Furthermore, one cannot teach
an old dog old tricks; one cannot teach
an old dog anything, unless the animal
is an exception. The time to train a dog
is as soon as he reaches the age at which
he is strong enough and physically able
to do what the nature of the tricks re-
quires. A young dog easily assimilates
an idea, is very sensitive, and conscien-
tious. An old dog cannot remember.

When certain elementary tricks have
been taught a dog he is ready for those
that are cOmplicated. For instance, it is
great fun for children to have a certain
dog I know come into the loom and
“take off his hat and stay awhile.” To
the dog this command means to sit down
behind the stove, and it is really mar—
velous how quickly the dog catches the
command. His master may be sitting at
a desk and never look up when the
canine enters, but when he hears those
words the dog complies.

There is a certain chair in the house
the master uses for a certain trick. No
commands are given. When the chair is
brought the dog leaps upon it and as-
sumes an attitude of prayer. He knows

the meaning of that particular piece of
furniture.
Shaking hands is easily taught.

Place

 
him in a sitting position. Give him the
command “Shake,” speaking it clearly
and distinctly and without any show of
temper. The dog will not comply. for he
does not yet know the trick, but this is
the way to teach him. Ask him to
“shake” again, and repeat. If too much
of this is done the dog will become con-
fused, but if just enough is done you will
have his closest attention and he will be
in a frame of mind eager to please but
ignorant of the speciﬁc nature of the
thing demanded. In this condition he
will most quickly grasp the knack of the
trick. Now is the time to give him the
command and forcibly lift his paw up and
shake it. Then do not fail to pet him
effusively as if he had saved your life.
Now repeat, and his paw will come up
much easier when you lift. He is mas—
tering the trick. Be sure to stop before
he is fatigued. A dog tires quickly. But
keep on trying the next day, the next
day, and so on. You will be both sur-
prise-d and delighted at the progre-rs made.

The trick of shaking hands can be made
very amusing. \Vhen the dog becomes
accustomed to your command of “shake,”
you can-discard it and substitute “right,"

“left,” and “both,” and teach him the
meaning of each. Another method is to
teach him that the ﬁrst command is for

either foot but that he must alternate.
I‘Vhen he knows what you wish him to
do you can ask him to “charge,” “ﬂank,"
“march," “preSent arms.” etc, and he
will alternate perfectly just as if you
were saying “shake" each time. How-
ever, such variations as these should not
be attempted until one has the dog well
under hand.

I will tell you how one dog was taught
to snarl, when commanded to “make a
face.” He was placed in a sitting posi—
tion and his paws grasped by the train-
er. Sufﬁcient force was applied to the
dog's paws to make him uncomfortable
and of course the outward expression of
the dog was a snarl. He had been made
to do the trick. Then he was petted.
Gradually the command was sifted into
the hroccss and gradually he associated
the command with his own snarl. But
it took some time to teach him this trick,
and that is probably due to the fact that
the method was itself cruel.

Do not be disgusted bcc.1u~'e the dog
does not learn fast. There are several
factors that enter into that—breed, en-
vironment, climate, health. disposition_
etc. Be patient and quick to appreciate:
the dog's capacity. 'Be kind, fer a dog
does not forget a kindness, and never
cause a dog to distrust you for he will
never forget it and thenceforth you canl
scarcely teach him anything.

(me amateur trainer found great sat—
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variety of tricks that, no matter where,
he would go with the dog. the animal
was a continual amusement to his mas-
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ordinary tone, juSt as if he were walking
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prayers, sit up, beg, wag his tail, pick up
Objects, eat, run, run faster, rats, chick-
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cats, horses, sheep, cows, etc. In fact,
this dog was as helpful as an errand boy
and there seemed to be no end to his
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Critisizing Parents Before Children.

the most important. Yet how
many there are who marry and bring
children into the world only to let them
come up haphazard, learning the feW
things they do learn in childhood on the
streets. Many more there are, with the
best of intentions, who fail lamentably
because of ignorance. And others allow
interfering relations to start their chil-
dren on the wrong track, when a firm
stand on the part of the parents would
stop all that.

If there is one child whom I pity more
than another it is the luckless one who
is "the only one” in a large circle of ador-
ing uncles, aunts, cousins and grandpar-
ents. He certainly is deserving of all
the pity we can give him. Each of the
adults feels that he should have a voice
in the little tad’s soul’culture, and to a.
relative not one fails to be heard,

Such a little codger lives across the
street frrm me now. He is a dear little
rascal, healthy, stout, rosy and originally
good-tempered. But alas and ala<k, his
poor little soul is being buffeted abiut and
his temper worn to shreds by his adoring
aunts, cousins and graudmammas. Never
an afternoOn passes but a Colony of them
meet at his home to see how the little
darling fares. He would fare ﬁne if they
would stay away. he. has been doing
beautifully all day alone. But when the
feminine regiment convenes troubles loom
up thick and fast for babykins. He is
just at the exploring age, and after he
has been passed from hand to hand for
each one to kiss and cover with microbes,
and is ﬁnally set down, he starts out on
a journey by himself, perhaps down the.
porch steps to the yard, or up the railing
to hang delightfully head down and fat
legs waving in the air. Immediately there
is a chorus of squeals and the visitors in
a body pounce upon “little precious” and
bring him back into captivity.

VlOciferous protests from 11’s lordship
result. He has been exploring alone all
morning and never got hurt. Ills mother
fcebly trie< to t‘lkO his part, but she is
promptly souelched. \Yhat does she know
about raising children? The ldHll

Everything the poor kiddies does, that
brigade seems bound to find (larger in.
He might get microbes from his rubber
ball, of course he could get none from the
kisses they smother him with. \Yooden
toys are dangerous not only because of
the paint and varnish he might suck off,
but because he might run slivers in his
little ﬁngers. An iron toy might fall on
his; precious little toes and smash them.
In short, the only safe thing for the poor
child to do is to sit on sorncone’s lap and
be rocked and adored. .leing masculine.
and two years old, he abhors this, and
expresses 'himSelf against it loudly. The
afternoon f0r the kiddie, and the neigh-
bors, is spoiled by the well—meant, but
ldoitic, antics of his worshippers.

In two years more that child will be an
outlaw or a hypocrite. Either he will
defy the whole body of female relatives,
or else he will tamely submit to them
through fear. and hate them in his weak
little heart. In either case he will have
a moral twist that is not right, and all
because a few women do not know the
folly of attempting to bring up some oth-
er mother’s child.

Every family has some trouble that
way. There is always some relative who
understands the child better than his own
parents possibly could, and c0u1d give
li‘roebel points on child training. That
might not be so bad, if the wise one. could
keep his information to himself while the
child is about. But 99 cases cut of 100
be criticizes the parents before the‘child,
and tells how things would be done if he
were “boss.” Such talk never does any
good, and always does positive harm. It
sometimes makes the child hate 'the ad-
viser, sometimes makes him doubt his
parents’ wisdom, but never makes him
change his course.

If I'had my way, I should make it a.
state’s pris0n offense for anyone to crit-

F all important things in life. the,
O bringing up of a child is surely

icize a parent before his child. In ex-
treme cases it is right to talk to the par-
ent privately. Usually, however, matters
between parent and child can be adjusted
ten times more easily if outsiders keep
their sage advice to themselves.
DEBORAH.

HOW TO IRON.

 
Before beginning to iron have every—
thing in readiness—parafﬁne or beeswax,
a heavy paper on which to test and clean
the irons, a dish of water, and small
sponge for dampening surfaces which
have become too dry to iron or need to
be done over. Stand the ironing board
where the light can fall directly upon it.
with the ironing stand at the right and
clothes basket on a chair at the left.
Place a rug to stand on so the feet and
limbs will not ache quite so much from
the standing. The height of the ironing
board should be regulated to Suit the
convenience of the lroner. The, early part
of the day is the best time to iron. It
is far better to take two mornings to ﬁn-
ish the ironing than to keep at the task
after physical weariness makes it a
drudgery. Table linen should be sprink-
lel very damp. Bed linen and towels
i'ecui'e very little dampening. Sprinkle
dresses, waists; skirts, handkerchiefs,
lace and embroideries well. Roll each
piece tight and place in clothes basket
previously lined with an old sheet. '\\'hen
the clothes are all placed in the basket,
cover with a heavy cloth. Everything
irons more easily if clothes are sprinkled
the night before, thus distributing the
campucs: evenly. In the summer time
(i lllf‘S will mildew if allowed to stand too
long before ironing. Sprinkle only as
many pieces as can be easily ironed at
one time.

See that the irons as well as the range
are perfectly clean before placing them on
to heat. Give the iron a good steady pres—
sure, lifting from the board as little as
possible. and iron the piece until ﬁnished,
Take the sheets ﬁrst. giving extra prcs~
sure to the hemS. Towels may be, ironed
on the sheets and in that way the sheets
are ironed with less effort, moving the
sheet after each towel is ironed. Pillow
cases may be treated in the same way.
The flannels. knit underwear and stock-
ings are better from a hygienic standpoint
folded and put away unironed. Iron ta-
ble linens thoroughly dry with good hot
irons, using a strong pressure on the right
side lengthwise and parallel with the sel-
vedge, this brings out the pattern and im-
parts a satiny glcss, leaving it dainty and
soft. Iron napkins on the wrong side
first and then finish on the, right side.
Handkerchiefs are treated in the, same
way. Iron all embroideries on the wrong
side. Ruffles are ironed before the body
of the garment, going well up into the
gathers with the small point of the iron.
Bands and hcms are ironed on both Sides.
Colored clothes, lawns, percales and cham-
brays are ironed on the wrong side. Too
much ironing will yellow thin fabrics and
as they dry out quickly it is necessary to
iron rapidly with a moderately hot iron.
Skirts and dresses are easily and quickly
ironed by ironing the waist part first,
then slipping the board through the skirt,
taking care to have something beneath
to prevent them from touching the floor.
To iron a shirt waist, iron the collar and
sleeves ﬁrst. then the body of the waist.
Press shoulder seams on the in>ide until
dry. Hang on a coat hanger. The secret
of ironing is to iron each piece dry, es-
pecially dresses, waists and skirts, taking
care that the folds, seams and tucks in
each garment are dry. As each piece is
ironed hang on bars or line until thor-
oughly 'dried and aired as a certain
amount of moisture remains even after
ironing and must be entirely removed
before sorting the clothes to put away.
Have plenty of coat hangers for dresses,
skirts and waists. They are cheap. Half
the charm of any woman”s or girl's ap-
pearance lies in the perfectly laundered
garment and after it is once ironed care

A

should be used' to fold and hang it up
properly and not lay it carelessly away.

THE LEFT-OVER ROAST.

 
What to do with the remains of a roast
is often a puzzle to the cook whose fam-
ily is too small to eat a fair-sized roast
at the first meal. Of course, it can be
sliced and served cold, or converted into
hash, but these two methods soon wear
out. especially the hash, though it be
made appetizing with a bit of onion and
the brown gravy left over.

In one family the roast is often Served
up in a meat pie which disappears like
magic. For the crust simply make a good
rich biscuit dough. You may make enough
to line the dish, or simply enough to
cover the meat and gravy, if yOUr family
are not overly fond of the crust. Cut the
roast into small cubes and place in a
stew pan. Add chopped onion, a few
slices of carrot, bits of cold potato, the
few peas or beans left from yesterday's
dinner, pour on boiling water to cover,
season with salt and pepper and let sim-
mer on the stove while you make your
crust. ’l‘hickcn the gravy with flour, and
if you like. add a half-teaspoon of kitchen
bouquet just before you put the. meat and
gravy in the dish in which it is to be
baked. Make an opening in the top crust
to permit the steam to escape and bake
until the crust is done.

Instead of making a meat pie out of the
mixture. drop dumplings into the gravy
and cook on top of the stove. For the

 
dumplings sift four even teaspoons of
baking powder and a half—teaspoon of
salt with two cups of sifted flour. Stir
up with juSt sufficient milk or water to
make of the right consistency to drop
from a spoon into the gravy. Drop by
te-aspoonfuls, wetting the spoon beforci
taking up dough each time so the dough
will slip off easily. \Vhen all are in cover
the dish tightly and boil ten minutes With—
out removing the cover. Thcn serve at,
once. As another Change drop biscuit:
dough into the meat and gravy and bake
unlil the, biscuits are done. about 20 min-
utes. Still simpler it Would be to serve;
the meat as a plain stew, without crust‘
or dumplings. Or you can line a dish with
mashed potatoes, pour in the meat, cover"
with potatoes and bake for 20 minutes.
If you haven't enough potatoes left to
line the dish. simply cover the top of the
meat and bake.

For an occasional change slice the meat.
as you would to serve cold, pour your".
left—over gravy in a frying pan, lay iniI
the meat and simmer until it is heated;
through. Then put the meat on a hotl;

platter, pour the gravy over and servei

piping hot.

If you have. only a few pieces of meat
left. use them in an omelet. Heat up the
number of eggs required for a family of
your size, and just before pouring the
omelet into the spider add the meat
which has been chopped line and beat
wr ll into the egg. ()r you can leave the
meat out until you are ready to fold the
omelet and then put it lictwcen the fold.

If your famliy like croquettes serve the
meat in this form. Chop it fine and mix
with one or two well-beaten eggs and a
few tine bread crumbs. Form in small
cakes in the. hands. clip in egg and crumbs
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THE BAKING OF A PIE.

 
BY ELLA E. ROCKWOOD. ,

The complaint about pies losing their
juices in the oven strikes a responsive
note, because I have wrestled with the
same problem. After a thorough trial of
the various methods suggested by the
Ilousehold Editor in the August 30 num—
her of The Farmer, with but indifferent
success, I have come to the conclusion
that the trouble lies principally in the
baking. I advise a medium slow oven, on
the theory that intense heat generates a

 
sufﬁcient amount of steam' to burst its
confines in a pie, the same as it does
anywhere else.

The Spot where trouble begins is always
at the edges where joining of the top and
bottom pastry leaves slight resistance.
To avoid the annoyance Of a run-over
pie we should begin with the laying of

 
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the crust. Place this loosely in the tin,
remembering that pastry shrinks as it
bakes and this has a tendency to draw it
away at the edges, giving the juice a
chance to escape. Allow plenty of "full-
ness” in the upper crust and guard
against drawing it tightly in place. Mois-
ten the edges lightly before laying the
two together. Too much water at this
point renders it hard when baked.

Press gently'but ﬁrmly after the upper
crust has been loosely laid in position.
Then, fer a very juicy pie, bind with a
strip of clean cloth. To aid the escape of
steam a small funnel made of stiff paper
may be inserted in the middle of the up-
per crust. This acts as a safety valve.
Then be careful not to bake too fast and
the pie will come out with juices intact.

Stirring flour and sugar together is a
good practice. Something which always
must be left largely to the judgment of
the Operator is the exact quantity of flour
to be employed in a, juicy pie. We know
it requires a cup of sugar to sweeten it
but the thickening is, to a certain extent,
problematical, particularly with a. berry
pie.

THE HANDY KITCHEN TABLE.

 
BY FANNIE v. WILSON.

Much has been said about a convenient
kitchen but I have never seen anything
yet that equals my handy kitchen table.
It stands before a long window and here
I can work and sec away down the road
as well as across the yard and fields. I
always have a few plants blooming in
this window and theyulo much toward
brightening the kitchen, eSpecially during
the winter months.

But I started out to tell you about my
table. The top is ﬁve feet by two feet
ﬂlld at cach end, as shown in the illus-
tration, are two cupboards, where I keep
my basins, baking tins and kettles. The
cupboards are one foot and eight inches
square on the outSidc, and the height, of
course, determined by the height of the
person who is to work at the table. The
top, which is covered with zinc, is large
enough to extend out beyond the cup-
boards.

One of the best features of this work
table is the open space between the cup-
boards which enables one tO sit up close
to the table to work. I have a stool to
sit on and when not in use it is pushed
up under the table, out of the way.

One of the cupboards is ﬁtted with a
shelf and on this I keep my basins and
round cake tins and pie tins. Down be-
low there is plenty of room for long cake
tins, bread tins and the food grinder. In
the other cupboard are kept the kettles
and frying;r pans, which are hung on hooks
0n the sides of the cupboard.

There is always plcnty of room for
these things and I always know where to
find them, Then. too, they are right
Where they are needed and out of the
dust; for the little doors can always be
kept closed.

My table was made by the carpenter
who built the house but you could have
one built at a carpenter shop, or the man
of the house, if he was handy with tools,
could make one. Castors should be fast-
ened on all ﬁve corners of each cupboard,
making eight casters in all. As to mate-
rial, mine is of oak. but one can suit
oncsclf. Of coulsc, it should be primed
and varnished as any other piccc of fur—
llltlll‘v. I am sure if any sec lit to colly
this handy kitchen table they will ﬁnd it
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IN THE TIME OF COLDS.

 
BY L. D, STEARNS.

Now that the time has come when colds

are once more prevalent it behooves ev—
ery mOthcr to guard carcfully against
their approach, and to teach their young
people to do their share toward preven-
tion.

Don’t think that because it is “only a
cold" it means nothing. Colds are a ser-
ious menace to health. They are not only
a present danger. but each one renders
the victim more susceptible to them,
weakening the resisting powers of the
system and in many cases paving the way
to some lasting trouble. They attack the
passages between the nose and the ear,
Sometimes causing serious trouble with
the hearing apparatus; they weaken the
throat and lungs, and too often pave the
way for that dread disease—pneumonia.

According to many eminent authorities
colds are contagious; and every mother

-knows how, once started, one generally

goes the rounds of the entire family. Pre-
ventive measures should be taken to in-
sure against this.

 
OCT, 11, 1913.

When a cold ﬁrst makes its appearance
the sufferer should be banished from the
family circle for a day or two, exactly
the same as in a case of measles or
chicken pox. No one would dream Of al-
lowing a child sick with measles to mix
and play with others; and a cold is more
far reaching in its effects, and more of a
menace to health.

If, at its ﬁrst approach, the child drinks
plentifully of hot water, takes a mild
laxative and, after a hot bath, goes to
bed in a well-ventilated room, it can
often be broken up at the start. If not,
then aid nature by giving little food and
all the water, hot 0r cold as preferred,
one can drink. See that no soiled hand-
kerchiefs are left carelessly about, and
be sure they are never dried and re-used
as children sometimes do. As soon as
they become wet they should be dropped
at once into a basin OI‘ pail of water kept
for that purpose, as they are ﬁlled with
germs and, otherwise, are one of the
mOst proliﬁc SOllI‘CeS ofcontagion.

Don’t be afraid of freSh air. Keep the
room ﬁlled with it, day and night. Air
and sunshine are two of the best medi-
cines we have for any kind of ill and if
We used them more. humanity, as a.
whole, would be vastly better and more
immune from all kinds of disease.

The child should be taught to cover
mouth and nose during every cough or
Sneeze, and every adult should strictly
adhere to this rule in the interest Of hu-
manity. Those having colds should avoid,
as much as possible, coming into close
ccmtact with others. As the active dan-
ger zone of contagion is usually within
a radius of four or ﬁve feet of the one
afflicted there is much less danger of
contagion if one is careful to keep that
distance from the sufferer.

Don‘t forget that over eating is fre-
quently a cause of colds. The system
becomes clogged with undigested food,
nature trics to throw off the accumulated
poisons and a “cold” is the result. SO,
would you go through the winter months
free from the complaint, be temperate in
that regard. Form the habit, also, and
teach it to the children, of drinking much
water daily. thus aiding nature in her
work of carrying off impurities and keep-
ing the system in good trim.

 
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THE EMERGENCY SHELF.

 
BY MRS. F. NISEWANGE'R,

It is a wise housekeeper who forestalls
worry, confusion and embarrassment in
the event of company dropping in unex-
pectedly to dinner at just the last ‘mo-
ment, on a particularly busy day. or
when the men folks are away and she
has planned “just a lunch.” by having
an “emergency shelf" in her pantry or
cupboard, well supplied with canned goods
of every description. These require only
a few moments to put them into palatable
and attractive shape for the table. Many
such things do not even need heating.
and those that do require only a few mo-
ments over the ﬁre or in hot water.

If the already prepared, or partly pre-
pared meal does not promise czuite all
that is desired in the way of quant; ty or
quality, the opening of the right can or
two will make it all that could be wished
and give to the house-wife the ease and
satisfaction that is not possible if she
feels that something is lacking.

Some keep part of the home-canned
fruits. jellies and jams on this shelf with
the cans of ﬁsh. meat. soups, vegetables,
etc. Others keep these in their regular
places in the cellar, seeing that the sup-
ply never gets low for either company or
family uSe.

There are different times during the year
when canned goods can be bought con-
siderably cheaper than at regular times.
It is a mark of economy and good judg-
ment to see that the emergency shelf
(which also sometimes comes in very
handy for family use). is repleniShed at
such times.

Generally speaking, such goods are the
cheapest during the summer months. but
they are also often used by our mer-
chants as “leaders” on their special sales
days when they are trying to clear their
stores of other goods by “half-price" or
“below cost” sales.

We may doubt whether the merchant
is actually giving away his goods to make
room for the new season’s demands, but
we cannot. for example. doubt the wis-
dom of buying for 75 cents a dozen. cans
of corn that would regularly cost $1.20.
and other things equally reasonable, Such
investments pay better interest than do
banks even though some of the goods
may not be used for several weeks or
months.

A few years ago ten-cent goods sold
"three for a quarter;” ﬁfteen—cent goods.
“two for a quarter;" twenty-cent goods.
“two for thirty-ﬁve." etc. but it is sel-
dom. now, that they are not all sold
“straight" regularly, so we must plan to
save the nickels that are fairly ours in
some other way. Our grocer will not go
bankrupt because of his “grocery bar-
gains” and they will help us.

____,_________

SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.

Use the brims of old hand-embroidered
hats for yokes in wash dresses—H.

To prevent plackets from tearing down,
Sew a hook and eye at the bottom of the
placket, hook them together and bend the
hook to prevent its opening—Harriet.

In making milk. or brown gravy. try
using coffee to stir the thickening with.
instead of milk or water. It makes a
richer and better looking gravy—A. E. L.

Every woman that uses enamel ware
has often viewed ruefully a dish that has
had something burned in it, for the clean-
ing is no easy matter. I have solved the
difficulty, however. I wash as clean as
I can in hot. soapy water and then rub
with a hit of sandpaper. This will re—
move all trace of the burn, leaving the
dish as smooth as it was at first—I.
B. M.

Many persons are made ill by the eat—
ing of new cabbage. but this dish will
prove harmless to all if a red pepper is
placed in the pot while the cabbage is
being cooked—Mrs. .T. J. ()‘C.

To root rose cuttings set them in sand
and over each turn a fruit jar. burying
the lower edge of the jar in sand deep
enough to exclude all air. The cutting
will keep green, fresh and moist inside
the jar while roots are forming in the
sand below. Do not attempt to uncover
it for several weeks. Almost any healthy
cutting can be rooted in this way.~L.
M T.

Wash glass dishes that have had milk
in ﬁrst in cold water and then in hot.
They will wash easier and be cleaner.——
A. E. L.

Many people buy the dustless dusters.
Here is a way that they may be made
at home with scarcely any expense.
Take a black cloth of some kind that is
soft. I uSed the remains of a black un-
derskirt, and soak for 24 hours in coal

 
THE MICHIGAN FARMER

oil, then remove and hang up and let
dry. I have found this as good as any
of those that I bought. A mop stick kept
for this use only with one of these dust-
ers in is the ﬁnest kind of a thing to
wipe polished or painted floors, and saves
the back from the weariness of getting
down to wipe with a cloth.~l. B. M.

Sweet milk took a ﬁsh ink stain from

an apron but I was startled to see a1

dried stain on a shortwaist. Oxalic acid
took that out. Sprinkle the crystals on
the stain and pour boiling water through.
Rinse well.
iron ruSt.—Mrs. R. B. C.

A good way to water cucumber and
melon vines, is to sink tin cans or old
tin pails, having holes made in the bot-
tom, and then plant the seeds around
them. A still better way is to sink a
nail keg in the middle of the patch, ﬁll
half full of ﬁne manure and pour Water
into this in dry times—A. E. L.

”While sewing I found a way to mark
the waist line on a waist. Put the waiSt
on and belt with a rubber belt (put belt
wrong side out if it is a good one); ad-
ust the gathers, etc., and have some
one mark with a piece of crayon just
above the top of the belt. An inch or so
may be added or subtracted when sew-
ing the skirt on.-Mrs. R, B. C.

When canning preserves use a gravy
boat to ﬁll the cans.
can and prevents spilling the preserves
also.—-J. TV.

If some yolk of an egg get into the
white while separating an egg take a dry

cloth and touch and the yellow part Willa

be quickly removed. ——J. W

HANDY LITTLE MAKE- SHIFTS

 
BY MAE Y. MAHAFFY.

On a nail in the pantry keep a foot
length of strong wire hanging, one end

bent into a loop to serve as a hanger.
When a hole is needed in whalebone,
leather, paper or pastebcard all that is

necessary is to heat the straight end red
hot and pierce the substance neatly.

An old picture frame. thoroughly clean-
ed, may be covered on one side “ith new
screen wire, and specs to serve as legs
nailed to each comer of the opposite
side, thusimaking a Splendid cooler for
cake. pies, bread or pudding. since the
air can circulate underneath as well as
around it.

A coin mailing card may be made from
writing paper and mucilage or white of
egg in a few minutes when a small
piece of money is to be sent in a letter.
Fold a piece of paper quite a number of
times, and cut-a circular piece from it
at least a half-inch larger than the coin
to be sent. Glue these layers together
and paste them ﬂat on a square or ob-
long piece 01' paper. as heavy as you
may have in stock. Place the coin in the
little receptacle thus made and glue an-
other sheet of paper over it. If one has
a knife sufficiently :harp the circle can
be cut from heavy pasteboard and glued
between the papers, thus saving the work
01' uniting the layers.

“’hen in a hurry to dress
sleeves are minus shields try this plan:
Place the shield in position and slip a
paper snap or holder over the seam near
each end. These are less obtrusive than
safety pins. and cause 1e5s wear since no
holes are made.

and the

FLOWERS FOR THE TABLE.

 
BY L. A. THORNTON

“'ith a little care it is not at all diffi-
cult to have flowers for the table through-
out the year. Use a high vase as the
effect is always better and safeguard
your table linen by placing a few pebbles
in the bottom, so that whatever flowers
are uSed it will not be top—heavy and
overturn. \Vhen very short stemmed iiow-
ers are to be used roll any ﬁne smooth
paper/ into :1 loose crumpled bunch and
drop it into the vase. extending up high
enough to touch the bottom of the short
stems. Then fill the vase with water.

 
The same treatment removes:

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than the ends of the stems. If ilowe-rs*

are to be used several days, when the
table is cleared sprinkle them with cold
water and set them away in a cool, dark,
almost air-tight cupboard. Kept

in this 1

way they will retain their beauty for sev- '

eral days. \Vhen carrots and parsnips
are put in the cellar have the tops left
on. The green is very handsome for bou-
quets. Bulbs are also pretty for the ta-
ble. Kept in the dark until two weeks
before they are wanted. then brought .out
and freely watered they can be depended
upon to furnish blossoms for any oc-
ccs10n.

  
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With one of these machines in your
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Some Details Of Fruit Grading
And Marking Law Criticized.

 
Considerable interest is manifested in
an act of the last Legislature making cer-
tain requirements in grading fruit and
marking the packages. This meaSure was
proposed and its passage urged by some
very good men in this state, and it seems
to meet with general approval. To offer
any word of criticism now that it has
become law may appear presumptious and
out of place, therefore, and especially if
it were classed with a lot of freak meas-
ures with which a number of state leg-
islatures have been so proliﬁc in recent
times, some of which have “got past.”
But when the provisions of any law tend
to revolutionize approved methods and
practices that are nation wide in their
scope that law is bound to meet hard
sledding or become a dead letter. Some
of the provisions of this law could not
haVC been very carefully scrutinized by
very practical fruit men along all lines.

This law provides, for instance, llliltllOt
more than 20 per cent of the apples in a
barrel shall be smaller than those in the
face end, nor below them in other rc-
specis. Now this, on its face, to a mun
unaccustomed to packing apples, appears
very fair and just, leaving a, sufficiently
wide margin for all ovcrsights and mis-
takes in grading. As a matter of fact,
however, precious few barrels of apples
are put up in a manner that will meet
this provision. And to undertake to con-
form to it would require nearly as close
grading as is practiced in putting up box
apples. The general rule in selecting the
apples for racers is that they shall be of
uniform size and of the average of those
throughout the barrel. The rule is, too,
in packing varieties of medium size, such
as Grimes, Russctts, etc. to grade to
two and one-fourth inches and above;
and with Kings, Twei’lty-Ouncc, etc, to
grade to a minimum of two and one-half
inches. “'ith Baldwins the ordinary run
would be from two and a quarter to two
and three-quarters inches in size, with a
few that would run three inches. The
average Size of such fruit would be about
two and a half inches, and filCCl‘S would
be Selected of about this size. Now,
where a, tree beats a small crop the ap-
ples will run much larger, and when a
tree is heavily loaded a considernble pro-
portion of the fruit will run below the
average. The size of the apples does not
run alike in all of the barrels. But where
the fruit is picked and placed on packing
tables and packed in barrels at once in
the orchards, as is usually done, the puck-
el‘s must select the faccl‘s as they work,
and they cannot anticipate just the size
the pickers are going to bring Oil—wheth-
er they will pick larger or smaller speci-
mens—and in some of the barrels 50 per
cent or more may run below the facers
in size, while in others it much smaller
proportion may be under them. And be-
tween two and a quarter and two and a
half inches there is considerable difference
when two apples of these sizes are com-
pared——enough, no doubt, so that in a.
court of justice a judge would decide that
the requirements of this law were not
met if too many of the smaller size were
found in the barrel. \Vhilc in putting up
apples in barrels it is common to make
two grades very little difference is made
on account of size.

in the matter of color {IS well, the gen-
eral practice is hardly ill conformity with
the provisions of this law. On the gen-
eral principle that goods sell better if at—
tractive in appearance the ﬁlters are se-
lected which have a good color. And
while the law does not specify Color in
express terms, yet the words “in other
respects" than size would seem to cover
this as well. One of the best packers I
ever knew and one who is very particular
in the matter of grading, so much so that

this pack has become widely known and

commands a large premium over the or-
dinary puck, always selects the very high-
est colored spccimens for the facers, and
while the balance in the barrel are of
good color yet perhaps not 20 per cent
would equal those in the face in this
respect.

The requirement that the packer’s name
and address be placed on the package
may be and doubtless is designed to pro-

 
mote honest packing, but that it will ac-

complish very much in this direction is
open to question. Some whose intentions
are no doubt upright simply don’t know
how to put up fruit properly, and, strange
as it may seem, there is quite a. number
of others who do not hesitate to put
their names on stuffed packages. I my-
self once stood with 21 large grower of
peaches and watched him and his pack-
ers putting inferior fruit in'the bottom
of the baskets and then putting on a very
fancy top, and then he baskets were
Stamped with his na and addreSs and
the words, “Guaranteed Straight Pack-
ed.” There are too many men who do
not object to putting their names on any
kind of junk, while some who .pack their
fruit straight do not care to advertise
their products with their poorer grades.
Then, too, much of the Michigan apples
goes outside of the state and recourse
upon the packers is difﬁcult even if the
fruit is not found to be properly put up.
However, men might far better place
their names on all closed packages if this
would tend in any material measure to
eliminate the crap from the middle of the
barrel.

\Vith the general purpose of this law I
have no criticism. I am heartily in sym-
pathy with its main object—that of se-
curing honest and straight packing. The
unfortunate thing is that it is so difﬁcult
many times to so frame laws as to make
men honest and at the same time to be
practicable. A number of years ago the
writer, with ,a number of others, worked
very zealously for a law that should stop
the use of snide packages and a law was
secured requiring the capacity of pack-
ages to be stamped on the outside. One
manufacturer soon after its passage was
arrcstcd and ﬁned for not observing its
stipulations. But for a long time it has
been inoperative, although standing on
the statute books. The general effect has
been good, however. and gradually pack-
ages have come to standard size-s. “'hile
it is better to have fewer laws than to
have so many that are disregarded, yet it
is to be hoped that the effect will be to-
wards rcliuble and honorable methods.

Allegan Co. EDWARD HUTCHINS.
SUCCESS IS ASSURED THE APPLE

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.

 
The apple advertising campaign seems
to be meeting; with success. Large num-
bers of gl‘owels, shippers and dealers are
doing their part by buying freely of the
Stamps issued to raise money to encour-
age a more general use of the “King of
Fruits." The purpose of the movement
is already assured although the co-opcrn—
tIOn of every person who sells or handles
apples will hasten the day of maximum
consumption and increase sales in the
immediate future that the present gener-
ation may have substantial beneliis from
the, investment.

As has been explained in previous is—
sues of The Farmer, the expense of the
advm'tising campaign is met by the sale
of stumps which are attached to the
barrels or boxes in which the apples are
marketed—n. two—cent stamp being placed
on every barrcl and a one—cent stamp on
every box of fruit sold. The stamps are
obtainable through banks or of the
Equitable Mortgage & Trust Company, of
Baltimore, which concern has been made
the depository for the advertising fund.
“'9 are pleased to hear reports of the
liberal way Michigan growers are sup-
porting this plan.

‘Ve believe this movement will be of
great value to the apple grower. In the
ﬁrst place an effort will be made to en-
courage dealers to try and sell more ap-
ples at a smaller margin. Many instances
have been cited where dealers have great-
ly increased their income from the sale
of apples by cutting their margin in half
and at the lower price selling two or
three times as many bushels of the fruit.
Then, too, consumers will be urged to
buy in original packages. This will les-
sen the expense of the retailer, enable
him to sell cheaper, and consequently to
deliver apples at a lower quotation which
will stimulate consumption. Under such
conditions thousands of families will buy
who now cannot afford to use this splen-

OCT. 11, 1913.

did fruit. Still further encouragement
will be given through .the wide distribu-
tion of cook books which will educate the
public in the hundreds of ways that up-
pies may be used in the kitchen. These
features of the advertising campaign
Should, and do, appeal to the apple pro-
ducing public.

FORMAL HEARING ON CORN GRADES

ANNOUNCED.

 
A public hearing will be held at the
Department of Agriculture, Washington,
D. C., on Tuesday, October 29, 1913, at
10:00 a. m., in order that all persons in-
terested in the commercial grading of
American corn may have an opportunity
to be heard on the tentative grades for
torn, as announced on August 22, 1913,
and as published in our issue of Septem-
ber 6. page 240, before federal grades for
commercial corn are deﬁnitely ﬁxed by
the Department of Agriculture.

For the purpose of giving those inter-
ested an opportunity to become familiar
with the data on which the tentative
The conclusion is reached, however, by
these investigators that, while sweet clo-
ver may be made a valuable forage plant,
it is doubtful Whether it will ever do
more than supplement other pasturcs‘. its
chief advantage being due to its ability
to grow and build up poor soils, to sur-
vive the midsummer drouths which fre-
quently occur throughout the country and
to produce early and late forage.

AbOut 20 pounds of hulled seed should
be sown per acre on a Well prepared and
ﬁrm seed bed. preferably ill the spring.
grades are based, prior to the hearing,
representatives of the Ofﬁce of Grain
Standardization will present the more im-
portant results of the investigations at
New Orleans, 1.21., on October 15, in con-
nection with the annual meeting of the
,ll'ain Dculers’ National Arsociation; and
at Des Moincs, Iowa, on October 21 at
:1 special mot-tint,r under call of the pres-
ident of the National Council of lermers'
Co-opel'ntivc Associations. The Depart-
ment has also expresscd a willingness to
give additional opportunity for a further
consideration of these data at a. general
meeting in W’ashington the day immedi—
ately preceding the date of the formal
hearing, in case nnyone interested Should
care to call such a, meeting.

 
WELL SATISFIED WITH WORK DONE
AFTER PROVISIONS OF
SULZER BILL.

 
The fruit growerS’ association of North-
port is already proﬁting because of the
recent laws regarding standard packs for
apples. The association is following the
provisions of the Sulzcr bill and has al-
ready packed and sold three- carlonds of
apples under a pack made according to
the federal law. The ripples brought $2.25
a barrel f. 0, b. Nm‘tllpol‘t for the two
and one-half inch size and $2.00 a barrel
for the two and one-quarter Size. These
apples were sold to Cleveland, Ohio, par-
ties who learned of the quality of \Vest-
ern Michigan fruit through the recently
held apple show in that city where the
Western Michigan apples took precedent
over those grown in New York state. As
this is only the beginning of the apple
season it is believed that even better
prices will be reported before long.

MARKET NEWS.

 
The recent course of the Chicago hog
market has been a good deal what might
have been expected under all the circum-
stances. Liberal marketing of hogs and
pigs have lukcn place, and while the
better class of light and medium weight
hogs adapted for the eastern shipping
trade sold to advantage under a strong
demand, coarse. heavy old sows Sold com—
paratively badly. Pigs have fol'nlcd a
goodly shore of the offerings, and on a
recent Tuesday they sold off fully 250
per 100 lbs. in the Chicago market. \Vcst-
ern packing operations have been run—
ning on a much larger scale than a year
ago, and they may be expected to con—
tinue to so long as there is such a large
consumption of both fresh pork and cur-
ed hog meats and lard. And yet prices
for all lines of provisions are extremely
high everywhere.

Commercial associations along the big
lakes have been taking action against
the steamship lines for refusing to ac-
cept for transportation perishable food-
stuffs. The commercial bodies recently
mude a concerted demand that the lake
steamers be forced to equip with cold
storage plants so that eggs, butter, poul-
try and fresh meats may be carried on
the chain of northern lakes instead of on
the more expensive railroad lines. The
attack against the attitude of the steam-
ship companies is aimed mainly at
steamship owning railroad companies, the
charge being made before G. S. Gibson,
Special examiner in Chicago, for the in—
terstate commission, that goods are re~
fused so the railroads will get the busi-
ness and the higher rates.

 
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OCT. '11, 1913.

MILK AND CREAM TESTED FREE.

 
Our subscribers are ﬁnding the free
milk and cream testing service of real
value, and they are so pleased that let-
ters of-commendation are coming to our
desks.

The fact that Dr. Floyd W. Robison is
supervising this work, puts it on an ab-
solutely reliable basis.

Remember, the testing is done free for
any subscriber to the Michigan Farmer.

The directions are very simple: Put
sample of milk or cream that is satisfac-
tory to you and the buyer, in wide-
mouthed bottle, enclose bottle in mailing
case and send by parcel post to Michigan
Farmer Laboratories, 674 Woodward ave-
nue, Detroit, Mich.

If you cannot provide bottle and mail-
ing case, we have arranged with a large
concern to provide a mailing case for six
cents and a case and bottle for ten cents
in stamps. When asking for mailing
cases and bottle address Michigan Farm-
er, Detroit, but in sending the sample of
milk address it. to Michigan Farmer Lab-
oratories, 674 Woodward avenue, Detroit.

 
CROP ‘AND MARKET NOTES.

 
Sanilac 00., Oct. 4.—Exceptionally ﬁne
weather has prevailed here for the last
six weeks. ' Farmers have no complaint
to make. The bean crop is harvested in
good condition and will yield about 10
bu. per acre. A good sample. is expected.
Not much bean threhing done yet. Grain
threshing completel. Silos all ﬁlled but
not until Jack Frost had taken several
hard clips at the corn and made the fod-
der rather dry. Quite an acreage of fall
wheat but not enough moisture to start
growth at the present time. Second crop
of hay rather light but clover well ﬁlled
with seed. Fruit fairly plentiful. Live
stock looking well, but rather scarce ex-
cepting horses, which are some cheaper.
Hay is now worth $12 per ton; wheat
87c; oats 39c; beans $1.75; eggs 24c; but-
ter-fat 300 per 1b.

Monroe 00., Oct. 4.—-—On September 23
we had a killing frost that caught most
farmers with, corn not cut. POtatOes were
very badly frozen so that with the Se-
vere drouth potatoes in this section of
the county are going to be a light crop.
lather inferior potatoes at this date in
Toledo market are worth from $1@1.20
per bu. There is some corn yet to cut.
Owing to the severe frosts the leaves are
so dried up that farmers have to work in.
the morning while it is damp to save the
fodder. There have been a. great many
new silos built this fall and it has been
difficult to get help enough to ﬁll them.
Farmers. especially on the heavy lands,
could not get their wheat sown. This
week we have been having some Very
heavy soaking rains which have soaked
down pretty well and there will be some
wheat put in late. Pasture is or has been
very short. StOt-k of all kinds looking
well. Not many hogs kept in this part of
the county.

Ottawa 00., Sept. 29.—Owing to the
long continued dry weather the sowing
of wheat is not all ﬁnished up to date in
this vicinity. About two weeks ago there
was a fairly good rain, and another light
ruin a week ago. But with many farm-
ers the ground was so dry and hard they
could not! plow and ﬁt it properly until
the rain of two weeks ago. This is the
reason why some are behind in sowing
wheat. The pastures were so badly dried
up that no matter how murh rain comes
now, there will be but little fall feed.
Hay is scarce and brings a good price in
market. Silo ﬁlling is about ﬁnished,
many new ones have been built this sea-
son, the majority being made of cement
blocks. Some clovcrsced has been cut,
and as the heads are well ﬁlled the yield
promises to be much better than last
year. Some farmers are beginning to
raise white beans quite extensively. Quite
a large acreage of lima beans were grown
in this section for the canning factory in
Coopersville, but the season was not very
favorable for the crop.

Northern Isabella and Southern Clare
Co.’s, Sept. 23.~Bean harvost is nearly
completed and one of the ﬁnest harvests
in years. Corn nearly all cut and a.
bumper crop, but the fodder is badly
damaged by the frosts. Quite a. large
acreage of cloverseed being harvested.
Potatoes about half a crop and selling at
60c per bu. Fall apples are being picked
and selling at 23c per bu. Not much
winter wheat being sown as the farmers
do not thing it pays. Sugar beets are a.
good crop and the farmers are getting
ready to harvest them.

$0uthern Hlllsdale Co., Sept. 29.——Silos
nearly all ﬁlled. Much corn yet to out
which is all frosted quite badly but will
be a much better crop than it was
thought to be a month ago. A small
acreage of wheat was sown on account
of the continued dry weather, which was
broken about a week ago. Pastures be-
gin to look green. Farmers are generally
well supplied with feed to winter their

Stock. Cows are bringing good prices at
public auctions, grade cows bringing
from $70@140 each.

Shiawassee 00., Sept. 29.—Weather cold
nights, with strong west and northwest
winds. Corn all cut and silo ﬁlling done.
Wheat sowing is under way, a. large
amount of wheat yet to be sown. Late
frosts have killed down the potato tops
and digging will begin in the course of
ten days. Clover seeding is looking well.
Bean threshing under way, but yield far
below that of last season. So far yields
range from eight to ten bushels per acre.
Crop otherwise in good condition. Fruit
very poor, eSpecially late varieties. Hog
choler has made its appearance in this

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

ocality and already two herds have been
‘lestroyed. Every preventive measure is
being taken to stamp out the disease.
Lamb feeders are beginning to look about
for feeding material and a few cars 'have.
already arrived. No cattle yet purchas-
ed. Real’ estate is on the standstill and
farm values rapidly on the decline. No
farms exchanging hands.

Pennsylvania.

Crawford 00., Oct. 1.—Frequent show-
ers this week. Corn is about all cut.
Farmers are ﬁlling silos and digging po-
tatoes. Pastures are beginning to look
better since the rains. Fall wheat is
looking good. Potatoes are about a me—
dium crop. Butter 32c; eggs 28c; hay
$10 a ton; buckwheat $1.50 per cwt;
wheat 900 per bu; oats 42c.

Chester 00., Sept. 25.—Most all crops
fell short of the average in this county
owing to the dry weather. Hay about
two-thirds of a crop; wheat not more
than half a crop, making from 10 to 20
bushels per acre, which usually runs
from 20 to 30 and better. Potatoes poor
crop and selling at 8c per bu. Corn will
fall short of a full crop on account of
dry summer and hail and wind storms in
southern part of county.

Ohio,

Madison 00., Sept. 29.—The longdrouth
was broken during the past week by
heavy rains. Pastures, however, are in
good condition on aCCOunt of shortage of
live stock. Cattle and sheep scarce and
high. Hogs will also be short in num-
bers on account of cholera. which not
only prevails in this county but in all the
central section of the state. A good crop
of wheat was harvested. Corn crop very
short, also potatoes. Apples are almost

-a failure and many ﬁne orchards seem to

be dying. which is possibly caused by
heavy frost in June.

Meddcan Co., Oct. 1.~Farmers have
about ﬁnished sowing an average acreage
of wheat in ﬁne shape. Just had good
rains, following an all summer drouth.
Corn and late potatoes badly frosted be-
fore ripe. Corn partly cut and a good
Cl‘Op for the season. Potatoes not more
than half a crop, but good in quality.
Stock fed early on account of drouth.
Prices: Wheat 90c; oats 40c; prime cat-
tle 61/2ﬁ77c; hogs Re; some apples on high-
er ground poor in quality.

Craward 00., Oct. 1,—We are having
nice weather for meadows and early
sown wheat. Some wheat to sow yet. A
large acreage will be sown; wheat was a
fair crOp this year; corn is a good crop.
Frosts came on a little tor) soon for late
planted corn. Early corn has matured
well, about one-third to cut yea. All
kinds of clover seed a good crop. llullink
being delayed by unsettled weather. The
apple crop is rather poor. The potato
crop about a half crop; too dry for them
last summer. Local markets: Wheat
88c; corn 650: oats 40c; potatoes 75c; but-
ter 22c; butter-fat 32c; eggs 260.

Union 60., Oct. 2.—The weather during
September has been somewhat damper
than August but no heavy rains as yet.
Pastures starting nicely; very heavy frost
on night of the 22nd, killing corn, etc.,
dead. Not much cut at that time. There
will be more than usual left standing on
that accoant; standing fodder at this
writing very dark, hardly pay to cut.
Corn fields in ﬁne shape for fall seeding.
with quite a bit being done. Local prices:
Corn 75c; oats 39c; clover seed $5.50;
wheat 85c: butter, country, 300; cream-
ery 350; eggs 27c; hogs 81/2c; lambs 6@7c
per lb.

Guernsey 00., Oct. 4.—-—Showery and
cool ﬁrst half of the month. First killing
frost Sept. 20. Roads good and farmers
doing their fall hauling. Corn all in shock
and most of the wheat sown. Old Na-
tional Pike through county is to be paved
within the next year. Fall pastures are
good and plentiful. Corn will be 75c@

$1, but hay will not be over $15 per ton
this fall. Eggs now 300 and scarce; but—

ter 256F300; peaches $260010; potatoes $1;
tomatoes $1. Very few local grapes. Po-
tatoes about 75 per cent of a crop. Not
many farmers disposing of the’r sheep.
Ashtabula 00.. Sept. 30.——Killing frost
the 13th along the lake shore. some corn
and potatoes escaping along the high
land. Frost from three to four weeks
ahead of schedule time here. On the
21st there were snow fluz'ries on the
lakes, aCcOmpanied by a heavy gale, do-
ing much damage. The last of the month
there was a. severe three days’ rain which
greened up the pastures. but much de—
layed harvesting. The scarcity of help
in AShtzibula county is greater than here-
tofore in the history of the county. Many
ﬁelds of .enFilage have been cut from 10
days to two weeks and are lying in the
ﬁeld, owing to shortage of labor. Late
potatoes about two—thirds of a crop, ow-
ing to frost. Eggs 28c; pork, dressed,
12c; poultry 12(1710c; all live stock high.
Shelby Co.—Cold, damp Weather, se-
vere frost on Sept. 23, corn all killed. not
much cut, fair crop. Seeding about 10
days late, due to not sufﬁcient rain.
XVheat was a good crop per acre, but the
acreage was very small. Oats about
half a crop; potatoes very poor; bay 3.
gOOd crop, selling at about $86P12 per ton.
Not much hog cholera in this section at
present. Not many silos in this part of
the state as yet but getting in more ev-

ery year. Corn $1.02 per cwt; wheat 85c
per bu; oats 370; eggs 220; butter-fat 280
per lb. Hired help scarce.

Allen 00., Oct. 2.——Have had two hard
frosts so far, ﬁrst one Sept. 23. Second
one Sept. 25. The ﬁrst one completely
killed every living plant. It was a gen-
eral frost throughout adjoining counties.
Corn is nearly all cut. Clover is nearly
all hulled. Have had some rain. Corn is
a fair crop; fodder is rather light in
places, Clover is turning out rather good,
anywhere from two to ﬁve buShels per
acre. Produce is standing at a fair
price. New potatoes 90c@$1: corn $1

per cwt; wheat 85c per bu: oats, new, 380
(Continued on page 326).

 
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grain or general crop farm. also how much. I will
send you photographs of crops. buildings, land. etc.
0. L. EMENS. R F D. 4. Bolton. Mlchlgan.

MICHIGAN FARMING LANDS

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

- ' and unim toyed lands in Del w re.
E'rllle Farms diversiﬁed) forming live “(minde-
licious fruits and ideal homes. For information
address. State Board of Agriculture. Dover. Delaware,

Ogomaw 00., Mich., Cut
Over Hard Wood Lands.

Adjacent to Rose City on D. A: M. R. B. for sale
cheap. For particulars address.

J OCOB SCHWARTZ. Saginaw. Michigan.

McClure .. Stevens Land Co.

Successors to A. J. Stevens & Co. Established 1883.
Farm, Fruit and Stock Lands. We own 20,000 acres of choice
unimproved lands in Gladwm and Clare counties. Sold on
easy payments. IntorostS percent. Write for information.

Gladwln, Michigan.

Sickness Forces Sale!

113% Acres: two-story ten-room ﬁne house paper-
cd and painted, 3 large good barns, basement stable
36x40. 36x56 30x56. all painted: hog house. hen
house. appe peara. plums. and peaches. Build-
ingsmeured orS. nolude for immediate sale

good horses, 10 Holstein cows. 3 heifers, bull.
brood cow. 5 hogs. 100 hens. 2'1 cone, 3 turke ,8
Guineas, 10 ducks. 2 mowers. to 9. rain drill. 3
plows, barrow. feed cutter. bay for . ropes and
pulleys, two heavy wagons. platform wagon. two
buggies, sets harness. cutter. sleigh. bob sleds
tools hay. gain. straw. corn. fodder. potatoes. all
go. 06,000. .000 cash, hill. 5% interest, long time.

Halls Farm Agency, Owego. T102: 00.. N. Y.

100 Acres, $2000 Cash

Income $2265—Stock, Machinery, Etc.

This desirable proﬁt-payer must be sold at once as
owner has a. larger farm and cannot handle both; it
taken now he includes 10 cows. 2 horses. wagon
valuable machinery. tools. etc: income here total
32285 not your: 2,-story 9-room house. cellar. barn
34x60. other outbuildings: 1% miles to B. R. station.
stores and creamery. near school. mail delivered:
spring-watered pasture for 10 cows. tillage nearly
level. 5 acres woodland: 65 fruit trees. sma l fruits:
Erica now S4500. only $2000. cash. terms easy. Full
atolls and traveling directions to see this splendid
farm are shown on page 36, “Strout's Farm catalog
36. It describes 535 farm bargains throughout a dozen

 
states. Write today for free co y. ELSTROUT FAR
AGENCY. Station 101, Union gunk Bldg. .PittsburgJE


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GRAINS AND SEEDS.

  
October 8, 1913.

Wheat—Market has been unSteady.
The influence of the new tariff law was
nullified by reductions preceding the date
when the law went into effect. Values
ruled higher than a week ago but since
Friday each day until Tuesday experi-
enced declines. Bearish features are: In—
crease in world‘s visible supply and lower
quotations at Liverpool; while the bulls
claim poor weather in Argentine and In-
dia, smaller receipts from Russia, absorp-
tion of heavy offerings by Europe, strong
demand for American winter wheat, and
more active calls for flour. One year ago
the price for No. 2 red wheat on the local
market was $1.081/2 per bu. Last week’s
quotations were:

No. 2 No. 1
Red. White. Dec. May.
Thursday ..... 95 95 961/, 1.00 A,
Friday ...'. ..... 95 :15 961/, 1.001/2
Saturday ...... 941/2 941/2 95% 1.00
Monday ....... 4 94 951/}, 991A
Tuesday ...... 941/; 9414 95%r 99%
Wednesday .941/2 941/2 95% 99%,
Chicago, (Oct. 7.)——No. 2 red wheat,

921/26093c; Dec., 861/2c; May, 915/3c per bu.

Corn.——This branch of the trade has
weakened although on Tuesday there was
a stronger feeling due to rains impairing
forage in Kansas, and corn from Argen—
tine arriving in New York in poor condi-

tion. One year ago the price for No. 3
corn was 651/2c per bu. Last week’s quo-
tations were:

No. 2 No. 3

Yellow. Yellow.
Thursday .... . ......... 74 73%
Friday ..... . . . . .......... 731/2 73
Saturday ...... . . 731/2 73
Monday ....... . .......... 73 72%;
Tuesday . . . ...... . ........ 7314 72%
Wednesday ...... 7214 731/4

Chicago, (Oct. 7).——No. 2 corn, 7061')

701/2c; No. 3, 693/470c; Dec, 6833c; May,

7114c per bu.

Oats.wThis cereal has experienced a
decline. Although on Tuesday at Chi—
cago it shared a little of the strength of
corn and wheat. The chief factor in de-
veloping the stronger feeling was a re-
port of a short crop in France. In De-
troit on the same day the market show-
ed a fractional loss. One year ago the
price of standard oats here was 360 per
bu. Quotations for the week are:

Standard. White.
Thursday ................ 441/2 44
Friday .................... 44 1A; 44
Saturday ................. 44 43%,;
Monday ................... 431/2 43
Tuesday ................. 4314 423/1,
\Vednesday .............. 431/2 43
Chicago, (Oct. 7).-—-No. 3 white oats,
391/261401/2c; standard, 401).; 61141140; Dec.,
411/40; May, 44l/gc.

Beans.——Offerings of beans at primary
elevators has had a depressing effect up-
on values and a 15c decline occurred the
past week. Quality ﬁne. Cash beans for
immediate and prompt shipment are now
quoted at $1.80; Oct., $1.75; Nov., $1.70
per bu. .

Chicago, Oct. 7).—Market is steady.
Quotations: l’ea beans, hand-picked,
Choice, $2612.10; red kidneys, $2.256112.30;
white kidneys, $3 per bu.

Rye.——The rye market is dull with no
change in values; cash No. 2 quoted at
68c. which is last week’s ﬁgures. At
Chicago cash No. 2 is quoted at 661/263
670. which is 1c advance over last week’s
quotations.

Barley. This grain is in fair
Selling here at $1.5061v1.60 per cwt. At
(‘hicago quotations range from 5561820
per bu., which is below last week‘s range.
At Milwaukee malting grades are selling
at 676181c per bu., which is 1c bclow last

demand.

 
week's quotations.
Cloverseeerl‘hcre is a fairly good
yield of common seed, although it is ap-

parent that trade will readily absorb sur-
plus. I‘rime October is now quoted at
$7.75; Dec. $7.75 per bu. Sales of Oc—
tober alsike Were made at $10 per bu. At
’l‘olcdo prlmc cash sold at. $7.70; October,

$7.70; licccmbcr at $7.65: March, $7.70;
October alsikc, $10.60 per bu.
Alfalfa Seed.~l‘l‘ime spot nominal at

$7.50 per bu.

Timothy Seedsnr’l‘his market is lower,
Willi prime spot selling at $2.40 per bu.,
which is last Week‘s figure. A1 'l‘olcdo
primc cash, old seed. sold at $21215 ncw
Scptcmbcr and October at $2.45; March,
$25711“. per bu.

F|:OUR AND FEEDS.

 
FIour.——Jobbing lots in 54; 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 ﬂour, $4.60 per bbl.

Feed.~—In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots:
middlingS, $29; cracked corn, $27; coarse
I-h'an, $26; coarse middlings. $27; ﬁne

corn meal, $31; corn and cat chop, $27.50
per ton. .

Hay.-~-Condition of deal is.unchanged.
Carlots on the track at Detroit are: No.
1 timothy. $16651650; standard. 53156171550:
No. 2. $1.46914.50; light mixed, $15@15.50;
No. 1 mixed. $13.50@14.

Chicago.—~G00d market. Demand good

for timothy particularly. Supply light.
(‘hoice timothy quoted at 56195061720 per
ton; N0. $18.506119.50; N0. 2, $17@
17.50.

New York—Best demand is good for
timothy. Large baled. No. 1 timothy,
320506921; standard. $19.506DZO; light clo-
ver mixed, $186019; heavy mixed, $176918

per ton. $8@9;

Straw.ﬂDetroit.———Steady. Rye,

wheat and cat straw, $7@7.50 per ton.

THE MICHIGAN'FARMER.

~35c; tomatoes, 5560700; cabbage, 45611500;

Chicago—Quotable higher as follows:
Rye, $76118; oat, $6.50@7; wheat, $6@6.50.

New York—Higher. New rye straw,
$18 per ton.

DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.

Butter.—There is a tendency toward
unsteadiness in butter at nearly all points
and a slight decline at Elgin on Monday
would have occasioned no great surprise.
However, that market was declared ﬁrm
at the former quotation, though this is
regarded as nominal. Local quotations
remain unchanged but the market is more
or less unsettled due to uncertainty as to

 
the effect of the reduction of the tariff
on this commodity. Quotations: Extra
creamery. 31c per lb; firsts. 30c; dairy,
23c; packing stock, 21c per lb.
Elgin. Market firm at 31c per lb.
Chicago.-\\'hile values remain prac-

tically as last week, an easier tone is in
evidence, with dealers unable to prevent
some accumulation of stocks. The call
is mainly for fancy high-scoring goods
and the cheapest grades. with medium
qualities somewhat neglected. Quotations
are: Extra czeamcry. 301/2c; extra, firsts,
29611291/2c; ﬁrsts, 26617127C; seconds, 241,661)
25c; ladies, 231/J@24c; packing stock, 221/2
@230.

New York—~11] this market, too, most
kinds are barely steady. Desirable grades
of fresh creamery are moving best as of-
ferings are not excessive, but the lower
grades are unsettled. Packing stock con-
tinues in good demand, top quality goods

gaining l/gc since last week. Quotations:
Creamery extras. 303/; 61:31c; ﬁrsts, 281/269

30c; seconds. 2669280; state d‘iiry, ﬁnest.
291/261301': good to prime, 2761281/211; ‘com-
mon to fair. 2461.261/2c; packing, 2161241/20
as to quality.

Eggs.~Difficulty in obtaining adequate
supplies of fresh-laid stock is responsible
for a pretty general feeling that Values
are destined to reach a much higher
range during the next few months. How-
ever, storage stocks are large and are
being drawn upon quite liberally at some
points. The local quotation advanced 20
at this week's opening. Current offerings
candled, quoted at 27c per dozen.

(Thicagt’riMarket steady with no change
in quotations. Strictly fresh stock sell-
ing readily, but poorer grades are slow.
I-{cf‘rige-xators rather slow: Quotations: Mis-
cellaneous lots. cases included, 1761*25c; ac-
cording to quality; do., cases returned,
161/361241/20; ordinary ﬁrsts, 22m‘23c; ﬁrsts
2561260; refrigerator stock in good de-
mand at 2361l231/2c for April ﬁrsts.

New York—On the surface this market
is quiet and unchanged but there is an
undertone. of strength due to reports of
rapid falling off in production. Special
grades of refrigerator stock are now quot-

ed at 261/26f27c. Other quotations are:
Fresh gathered extras, 3361351-; extra
ﬁrsts. 3161.32c; ﬁrsts, 27@29c per dozen;

Western gathered whites, 3061‘39c per doz.

Poultry.~Offerings of chickens in the
loeal market are liberal and demand not
very active. Both young and old have
declined 1.1/261‘2c since a week ago. Quo-
tations: Live—Springs. 14c per lb: hens
14c; N0. 2 henS, 1061112c; old roosters. 10611
110; turkeys 1761‘18c; geese 11611211; ducks
1460150.

Chicago—Market ﬁrm and cleaning up
Well at ﬁgures averaging 1/2c lower on
chickens and 2c lower on ducks. Quota-
tions on live are: Turkeys, good weight,
19c; others, 12c; fowls, general run. 130;
spring chickens. 131/3c: ducks, 116F12c;
geese, 8611.3c; guinea hens, $461.15 per doz.

New York—Values on prime stock of

all kinds have been advanced but the
market is rather dull and weak at the

new range, due to a
offerings of indifferent
1461200; turkeys, 20611220
Cheese.——Steady to firm at last week’s
ﬁgures. Wholesale lots, Michigan ﬂats,
15617151/20; New York ﬁats, 17611171/2c; brick
cream,v1761171/2c; limburger, I‘ll/2617150.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

preponderance of
quality.

 
Apples—«Offerings of bulk apples are
more liberal. Good grades $3.511613.75 pcr

bbl., while pOorer kinds, which constitute
a large proportion of the bulk, are Sell-
ing a.ound $2.25612.75 per bbl. At (.‘hi-

cago,vah,1cs rule from (2.50614 per bbl.
Market is easier as growers are disposing

of the lower grades and selling in bulk.
This will probably continue for some
time. \\'intcr apples beginning to move.

Grapes.wl11-1awarcs and Niagaras 200
pcr 4-11). basket At Chicago the market
is fair with receipts small. l’rices ad-
vanccd. (iencral quotation, 186122c for
8-lb. baskets.

Reaches.~.\rrivals liberal, quality in-
fcrior. l’riccs range f‘rcm $1611.24 for
choice and $1.4061'l.50 for fancy West
Michigan stock. The (‘hicago trade is_

receiving fair supplies. but quality is in—
ferior and fruit does not stand up wcll.
I’riccs rule from 6061 75c for medium size.
Pearrrurl’lentiful and selling at $15069
1.75 per bu. for Bartletts. Duchess $3.25
613.50 pcr bu.
Potatoes—Freer
trading a little
lower. Quotations:

offerings has made
easier. and prices are
In bulk, 6061,651- per
bn; in sacks, 606170c per bu. At (‘hicago
trade rules easier at lower values. Ite-
ceipts last week. 210 cars; previous week
245 cars, and corresponding week last
year. 160 cars. The demand is good, with

Michigan stock going at 556060c per bu.
TOmatoes.~Demand good. Offerings
smaller. Home-grown. 90c61$1 per bu.

Cabbage.—Steady at last week’s ﬁgures.
Good quality quoted at $2692.25 per bbl.

PRICES ON DETROIT EASTERN MAR-
KET.

 
Conditions at this market have not
changed the past week and Tuesday saw
numerous buyers and large offerings of
farm products. Prices generally are un-
changed. Potatoes appear in better sup-

ply with bulk sold at 750 per bu. Onions
range from. $1691.25 per bu: peppers,
green 7569850; do. red, $1@1.10; melons

-lows:

Fresh.

parsnips, 60@.65c; pears, $1; endive, 400;
butter beans, $1.50; carrots, 50c; apples
are in small supply and prices for better
grades range from $1601.50 per bu. Eggs
35c; celery, 2565300 per large- bunch.
Loose hay is offered a little more freely
with values at $156019 per ton.

 
GRAND RAPIDS.

 
A total of 350 loads of fruit and produce
were offered on the city market Tuesday
morning and the attendance of buyers
was estimated at 550. of which number
200 to 300 were householders and people
buying in small lots in a retail way.
Market Master Kirwin reports that the
(lirect—to-consumer business is growng
all the time, very little of it being done
a few years ago when the market was
first opened. Growers do not, as a rule,
deliver stuff and herein lies the chief
difﬁculty. Buyers depend largely on the
street cars in carrying home small stuff.
Auto delivery lines, each covering a cer—
tain section of the city, will probably be
established later. Prices on Tuesday's
market in 1‘. general way, ruled as fol-
Apples 50069331; perches $16172;
pears $161150 per bu; grapes 331.256.111.50;

potatoes 6061‘70c; pickles $1.5061x1.75; let-
tuce 750; beets and carrots 10c per doz.
bunches; cauliflower $1611.50 per dozen;

cabbage 90061551; onions 90c; tomatoes 60c;
celery 15615200. Eggs are worth 25613260;
dairy butter 23c. Grain prices at the
mills are as follows: \Vheat 89c; rye 60c;
oats 40c; corn 79c; white pea beans $1.75;
red kidneys $1.90.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

October 6, 1913.
(Special Report of Dunning & StevenS.
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, New York).

Receipts of stock here today as follows:
Cattle 230 Cars; hogs 120 double decks;
Sheep and lambs 80 double decks; calves
1700 head.

\\'ith 230 cars of cattle on our market
here today, and nearly all of common and
medium kind, we quote the market about
steady with last Monday's prices. There
was no very prime cattle here: we top-
ped the market with a load of Ohio cattle
that weighed about 1160 lbs. at $8.65 per
cwt. There was quite a few of the com-
moner and tail end cattle unsold at the
close of the market.

We quote: Best 1350 to 1500-11). steers,
$8.506118.75; best 1200 to 1300-lb. do, $8.25
@850; best 1100 to 1200—lb. do, $8608.25;
coarse and plain weighty steers, $72569
7.50; choice handy steers, 1000 to 1000,
$8618.35; fair to good ~do. $7.25ﬂr7.65;
grassy 800 to 1000-lb. steers, 5567567725;
best cows. $6.506116.75; butcher cows, $5.25
616.25; cutters. $4.2561l4.75; trimmers $3.75
614; best heifers, $750618; medium butch-
er heifers, $625607; stock heifers. $5611
5.25; best feeding steers, $7617.50: fair to
good do, $6.2561‘6.75; common light stock—

ers, $550616: best butcher bulls. $67561)
7.25; best bologna bulls, $550616; stock
bulls, $5615.50; best milkers and spring—

ers. $706180; common to good do, $506160.

We had entirely too many hogs here
today for the good of the trade. conse-
quently a (lull and lower market at the
start, but later market active and a
good clearance was made. About any-
thing that had any weight sold at 9c per
pound, while light yorkcl‘s, as to weight
and quality sold from $8618.75. Best pigs
$7607.50; skips $5616; roughs $7.75618.25;
stags $7617.50. Our hog market low com-
pared with other markets, still with buy-
ers pretty well ﬁlled up, and a fair sup—
ply in sight for the next few days. it will
be hard work to sell them at much high-
er prices.

The sheep and lamb market was ac-
tive today, with prices about 15c higher
than the close of last week; most of the

choice lambs selling frOm $7.7561‘7.80;
yearlings $5.50616.25. Look for about
steady prices the balance of the week
with moderate receipts.

“'9, quote: Choice lambs. $7.75617.80:
cull to fair do. $6677.60; yearlings, $5.50ﬁ1
6.25; bucks. $3613.50; wethers, $5615.25;
handy ewes, $475615; heavy cwes. $150617

4.75; cull sheep, $3653.50: veals, choice to
cxtra. $11.506112; fair to good, $106011;

heavy calves, $550618.

 
Chlcago.

October 6. 1913.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Received today ..... 16.000 40.000 40,000
Same day last year..22,607 27.446 68.342

week. .56.627 150.838.153.970
82.547 195.767

Received last
Same week last year.53.201

’l‘his \\'(ci\' opens with an unusually
small cattle supply. doubtless resulting
from reccnt slumps in average prices. the
run embracing about 5.500 western rang-
crs, Which is an exceptionally large sup-
ply Of these cattle. The market is strong
and about a dime higher for the better
class of cattle. and unchanged for oth-
ers, with the best heavy steers bringing
$9.40 and the best little yearlings $9.50.
Hogs are. active and 5c lower. selling at
$7.90ﬁ8ﬁ5. Ilogs received last wcek av—
eraged but 213 lbs.. comparing with 228
lbs. 21. month ago, 225 lbs. a year ago, 201
lbs. two years ago, 264 lbs. three years
ago and 232 lbs. four years ago. Today‘s
receipts embraced a big percentage of
little pigs. The sheep offered onIthe
market are selling at stronger prices,
while lambs are weaker, feeders ex-
cepted.

Hogs have been coming to market here
and elsewhere with extreme liberality for
another week, but the local and eastern
shipping demands were on so generous a
Scale that the daily offerings were well
taken, and declines in prices were on the
whole less than might have been expect-
ed. The enormous requirements for the
fresh pork trade absorbed the principal
part of the offerings and caused the
choice class of light hogs to sell at the
best prices. but pigs had to go at large
discounts, as usual. Owing to wide-

OCT, 11. 1913.

spread prevalence of hog cholera in Iowa
and other states, enormous numbers of
little pigs are being hurried to market.
the greater part of these being apparently
healthy, but as soon as sickness breaks
out in the neighborhood farmers become
alarmed for the safety of their pigs. The
spread in hog prices-has narrowed mate-
rially, and heavy packing droves are sell-
ing relatively much higher as compared
with light and medium butchering hogs
than several weeks ago. The demand
for provisions is fairly active, with stocks
in Chicago warehouses aggregating 88,-
825,291 lbs., compared with 109,778,227 lbs.
a month ago and 80,631,210 lbs. 8. year
ago. At the close of the week hogs sold
at $7.90@8.90, being only abOut 50 lower
than a week ago.

Lambs and sheep did not show up in
anywhere near as large numbers last
week as during the previous Week, and

as. there was a good general demand,
prices ﬁrmed up for desirable ﬁocks,
choice lambs going higher, as well as

the better class of sheep. Feeding lambs
continued in strong demand for shipment
to Michigan. Ohio, Indiana and other
states and brought ﬁrm prices. Sheep
and lambs came largely from the ranges
of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, with
some big shipments from Nevada, al—
though very fair supplies of native lambs
and sheep were shipped in. Sheep form-
ed, as usual, but a moderate per centage
of the daily runs. Lambs averaged 1569
250 higher for the week, and sheep show-
ed a greater advance. At the close prices
were: Lambs $5607.50; yearlings $4.756}?
5.75; wethers $4.50@5.10; ewes $2.506114.75;
bucks $3.25@4. Feeders bought range
lambs at $6.10@6.75. Larger receipts are
expected this week.

 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

(Continued from page 325).

per bu; rye 580; barley 500; clover seed
$6 per bu.

Hancock 60., Oct.
and nearly all cut.
wheat sown.

2.——Corn crop good
About one-half of
Lots of clover to thresh
yet. Yield from two to four bushels per
acre. Heavy rain yesterday will help
pasture and wheat along. New meadows
in fine shape. Late potatoes a fair crop.

Apples a failure; wheat 90c; corn 68c;
oats 380; eggs 27c; butter 30c: potatoes

$1.20: hay $761112; clover seed $56126.

Darke 00., Sept. 27.——Frost visited this
county Sept. 23, freezing 40 per cent of
the tobacco, which will be a short crop
but of good quality, growers being offer-
ed 9c per 1b., but they refuse to sell.
Corn nearly all cut, but the drouth made
it a short crop in some places. “'heat
being sowed in most placed.

Indiana.

Laporte 60., Sept. 29.—-Light rains last
week with frost in low ground. Potatoes,
tomatoes and cowpeas not injured and
still growing, but a mile away badly
frosted, both north and south. Very lit-
tle wheat sown yet; all that had Silos
busy filling them; corn mostly dry and
some wet the fodder as they were cut-
ting: cider apples plentiful but choice
fruit limited.’ Some corn light and chiefly
dried up and will be needed later; cows
are shrinking in milk. Butter 35c; po-
tatoes 60C; wheat Sic; milk about 15c a
gallon.

Jay 00., Sept: 29,—Late rains insure an
increased acreage of fall seeding. Frost
injured all late vegetables; ice the thick-

ne>s of window glass was noticeable;
potato crop will be very short, scarcely
any early potatoes left how. Corn half

shocked, hands Scarce, and 80 has been
paid fOr cutting 100 hills and tying. Ap-
ple crop is a failure practically. N0 grain
moving to market. \Vheat 870; com
$1.03 per cwt. highest; rye in good de-
mand for seeding. Many are sowing al-
falfa; 38 tons are reported off eight acres
in three cuttings. Silos all ﬁlled; 48 were
put up in immediate neighborhood this

fall. Cattle Very scarce. Pigs have been
sold for over 20c per lb.
Nebraska,
West Scott Bluff C0,, Sept. 25.—One

inch of rain the last week; killing frost
on the 20th; little damage; best crop in
ﬁve years. Irrigation water will be shut
off October 1. Sugar beet harvest on;
factory started; crop is immense; some
land changing hands at good prices. Some
homesteads taken; some yet to take;
eastern hay buyers are shipping out thou—
sands of tons of hay( alfalfa) at about
$9.50 per ton. A lot of farmers will fed
sheep this winter. Farm labor scarce.
Threshing about half ﬁnished. A car of
range steers were shipped out of here
that sold in Omaha for $132 per head. The
writer came to Nebraska from Ohio 34
ycars ago. -

West Central Otoe 00., Sept. 22.—The
weather has been real cold here the last
fcw weeks. or since the rainfall; plowing
is about all done. Some farmers are sow-
ing wheat. Corn is real poor; consider-
able corn has been cut for fodder. \\'heat
was a good crop, the average yield was
from 25 to 30 bu. Oats were very good.
The hay crop was light on account of the
dry. hot summer. Pastures are beginning
tn green up again but cattle and horses
must be fed: milch cows high in price.

South Dakota.

Charles Mein 00., Sept. 29.—The past
season has been very dry; crops 3. failure
or very light. Threshing all done. Po-
tatoes scarce. price $1. Dairy cattle are
scarce. price $656085. Not much cattle
feeding this winter. Frost on 18th and
19th of September, killing .the late corn.
Pastures dried up. Hog cholera around.
Some save one or two from large herds.
A few silos have been put up and are
ﬁlled. Winter grain has not been sown
on account of the drouth.

Deuell 60., Sept. 22.——Crops are good;
corn extra good. all ripe; oats 30 to 60
bu. per acre; barley 20 to 50; wheat 10
to 20. Early potatoes good; late fair.
First frost Sept. 20. ,,

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OCT. 11, 1913. _

THIS IS THE LAST EDITION.

- ﬁrst edition the Detroit Live
Stbrékttllgarkets are reports of last week;
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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday’s Market.
October 9, 1913.
Cattle.

Receipts, 1389. Market dull at Wed-
nesday’s and last week's prices on all
grades; local meat trade very bad.

We quote: Extra dry-fed steers and
heifers, $7.50@8; steers and heifers, 1000
to 1200, $7@7.50; do 800 to 1000, $6.50@7;
grass steers and heifers that are fat, 800
to 1000, $6.50@7; do 500 to 700, $5.50@6.25;
choice fat cows, $6; good do, $5.25@5.50;
chmmon do, $4.25@5; canners, $3@4;
choice heavy bulls $6.25@6.50; fair to good
bolognas, bulls, $5.50@6; stock bulls,$4.75
@525; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1000,
$6.75@7; fair do, $6.25@6.50; choiCe stock-
ers, 500 to 700, $6.50@6.75; fair do. 500 to
700, $6@6.25; stock heifers, $5@5.50; milk-
ers, large, young, medium age, $656585;
common milkers, $40@50; extra fancy,
$90@110. '

'Roe Com. Co. sold Kamman B. Co. 6
butchers av 945 at $6.50, 1 cow weighing
1000 at $5, 4 heifers av 765 at $6.75; to
SuttOn 12 stockers av 596 at $6.25; to
Applebaum 6 butchers av 491 at $5.75: to
Newton B. Co. 1 cow weighing 870 at $4.
4 COWS and bulls av 945 at $5.25, 9 cows
av 1180 at $4.75, 2 do av 950 at $5.25; to
Taylor 13 feeders av 1000 at $7.25, 3 do
av 730 at $7.25; to Mich. B. Co. 5 butch-
ers av 634 at $5.50, 2 cows av 1000 at
$6.50, 2 do av 1045 at $5.75, 1 bull weigh-
ing 1500 at $6.25; to Hammond, S. & C0.
7 cows av 990 at $4.25; to Sullivan P. Co.
7 steers av 1037 at $7.25; to Newton B.
Co. 5 cows av 998 at $5, 1 do weighing
690 at $4; to Goodwin 4 do av 982 at
$4.75; to Grant 3 butchers av 590 at $5.50;
to Thompson Bros. 1 cow weighing 1000
at $4.

Spicer & R. sold Sutton 1 bull weigh-
ing 620 at $5.50: to Newton B. Co. 5
cows av 854 at $5.50, 2 butchers av 790
at $5.50, 2 do av 1135 at $6, 1 heifer
weighing 480 at $5, 4 cows av 932 at
$4.75, 2 do av 820 at $4, 2 do av 1065 at
$4.25; to Baldwin 1 heifer weighing 760
at $6.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 bulls av
1255 at $6.35; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1
canner weighing 630 at $4.

Bishigp, B. & H. sold Hintz 10 stockers

 
av 58 at $5.85; to Gerasch 17 steers av
905 a $7.20, 2 cows av 1170 at $6: to
Hammond, S. & C0, 1 canner weighing
920 at $4.40, 2 heifers av 615 at $5.75, 2
bulls av 4:15 at $5; to Kull 10 cows av
1033 at $5.35; to Parker, ”W. & Co. 2
steers av 740 at $7.50, 1 do Weighing 960
at $7, 50 butchers av 785 at $6.25, 9 cows
av '886 at $4.10; to Sutton 39 stockers av
702 at $6.75, 2 do av 710 at $5.40; to
Breitenbeck 8 steers av 912 at $7, 5 heif-
ers av 798 at $6.15; to Newton B. CO.
cows av 875 at $4.50, 2 do av 1035 at
$4.75; to Bowersox 3 stookers av 633 at
$5.75, 4 feeders av 832 at $6.60, 3 do av
833 at $6.60; to RattkOWSky 4 cows av 872
at $5.25: to Schlock 5 butchers av 856 at
$6.60; to Master 14 stockers av 640 at
$6.50; to Applebaum 4 butchers av 635 at
$5.50; to Taylor 4 feeders av 867 at $6.85;
to Rattkowsky 13 heifers av 930 at $4.85;
to Mich. B. Co. 26 do av 730 at $5.90,
13 butchers av 661 at $6.25, 3 do. av 710
at $5.75, 1 cow weighing 1140 at $5.25,
1 bull weighing 860 at $5.30, 2 cows av
1040 at $4.75,. 4 butchers av 872 at $4.75,
1 bull weighing 1200 at $6, 3 cows av
900 at $5.50.

Haley & M. sold Breitenbcck 8 cows
av 991 at $4.75, 2 do av 910 at $4.75: to
Sweet & C0. 7 feeders av 716 at $6.75,
15 stockers av 656 at $6.25, 3 do av 520
at $6, 2 do av 655 at $6.50, 4 do av 592
at $6.25, 4 feeders av 732 at $6.60; to
HammOnd, S. & Co. 2 bulls av 1345 at $6,
3 heifers av 853 at $6.50. 4 COWS av 1025
at $4, 20 butchers av 920 at $7.35, 20 do
av 897 at $7.35; to Bowersox 2 feeders av
800 at $6.80, 2 do av 805 at $6.75. 3 cows
my 1010 at $6.25, 2 do av 800 at $6, 5
feeders av 736 at $6.75, 2 do av 790 at
$6.75: to Newton R. Co. 2 cows av 1.100
at $5.35, 5 do av 986 at $5.60, 3 do av
1043 at $4.50, 6 do av 1105 at $5.50; to
Mich. B. Co. 2 bulls :iv 825 at $5.50, 1 do
weighing 1450 at $6.50; to Mason B. Co.
17 butchers av 713 at $6.05, 10 do av 940
at $7.25: to Grant 8 do av 602 at $6, 2 do
av 540 at $5.25; to Bresnahan 3 heifers
av 723 at $6; to lireitenbeck 4 cows nv
1025 at $4.60. 2 do av 875 at $4.40, 12
steers av 956 at $7. 1 cow weighing 860
at $4.50; to Cooke 6 steers av 1000 at
$7.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1 bull
weighing 1600 at $6.35; to Bowerscx 2
feeders av 780 at $7, 1 do weighing 710
at $6.60; to Cook & W. 6 steers :lv 881
at $7; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1 bull
weighing 1180 at $6, 1 do weighing 1780
at 0.

Veal Calves.

Receipts, 452. Market Steady. Best,
$10@11; others $6@9.50.

Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 2 av 230
at $8.50, 6 av 170 at $10, 2 av 130 at $10.
4 av 145 at $10, 1 weighing 190 at $8.50,
4 av 150 at $10.

Haley & M. sold Youngs 6 av 155 at
$5, 4 av 160 at $10. 7 av 250 at $5. 2 av
145 at $10.50, 3 av-180 at $10.50, 2 av 240
at $10.50, 5 av 195 at $5, 1 weighing 190
at $9, 1 weighing 130 at $10, 1 weighing
170 at $11; t0 MiCh. B. Co. 26 av. 160 at
10.25. .
$ Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 7 av
160 at $9; to Goose 5 av 225 at $5.50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Ratner 1 weighing
190 at $30, 6 av 165 at $10, 1 weighing 120
at $10, 1 weighing 240 at $5.50; to Kull

_THE MICHIGAN FARME’R

3 av 155 at $11. 3 av 150 at $10; to Goose
8 av 150 at $10.75; to Thompson Bros. 9
av 160 at $10.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 av
175 at $11, 1 weighing 170 at $8, 6 av 136
at $10,-1 weighing 140 at $11; to Ratt-
kowsky 3 av 200 at $6.50, 4 av 155 at $10,
1 Weighing 200 at $7; to G00se 1 weighing
130 at $8.25; to Costello 4 av 130 at $10.25;
to Kull 4 av 155 at $10; to Goose 12 av
140 at $10; to Costello 8 av 150 at $10; to
McGuire 11 av 165 at $11, 10 av 150 at
$10.50, 1 weighing 290 at $7.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts, 7121. Good lambs 15@25c
lower than on Wednesday; common and
sheep steady. Best lambs, $7; fair to
good lambs, $6.50@6.75; light to common
lambs, $5.75@6.25; fair to good sheep.
$3.75@4.25; culls and. common, $2.50@3.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co.
86 lambs av 58 at $6, 95 sheep av 105 at
$4.10, 3 do av 95 at $3, 58 do av 80 at
$2.75, 27 do av 60 at $6; to Nagle P. Co.
42 lambs av 85 at $6, 199 do av 85 at
$7.25; to Hammond, S. & Co. 18 sheep av
104 at $4, 14 do av 80 at $3, 44 do av
108 at $4, 11 lambs av 57 at $6, 133 do
av 75 at $7, 20 do av 65 at $6: to Young
29 lambs av 70 at $7.25, 26 do av 70 at
$6.75, 338 do av 83 at $7; to Hammond,
S. & Co. 63 do av 75 at $7; to Rattner
29 sheep av 85 at $3.75; to Sutton 152
lambs av 60 at $6.25; to Sullivan P. Co.
14 sheep av 90 at $3.25, 67 lambs av 50 at
$5.50; to Nagle P. Co. 158 do av 80 at $7:
to Costello 38 do av 55 at $5.50; to Park-
er, VV'. & Co. 78 do av 75 at $7; to Sulli-
van P. Co. 13 do av 65 at $6.50; to Fitz-
patrick Bros, 72 sheep av 125 at $4, 43
lambs av 80 at $7; to Hayes 39 do av 65
at $6.35; to Hammond, S. & Co. 37 sheep
av 120 at $4; to Young 56 lambs av 70 at
$6.75: to Nagle P. Co. 57 do av 75 at
$6.85, 34 do av 65 at $7, 107 do av 70 at$7.

Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond, S. & Co.
41 sheep av 73 at $3.50; to Sullivan P.
Co. 11 lambs av 68 at $6.50; to Mich. B.
Co. 38 do av 80 at $6.75, 37 sheep av 125
at $4.

Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 70
lambs av 75 at $6.75, 13 do av 80 at $7,
20 do av 70 at $7: to Youngs 69 do av 80
at $7, 63 Sheep av 105 at $4.

Taggart sold Mich. B. Co. 71 lambs av
70 at $6.75.

Spicer & R. sold Thompson Bros, 17
lambs av 75 at $6.75, 28 sheep av 90 at
$3.80; to HammOnd, S. & C0. 15 do av
100 at $3, 18 do av 110 at $4; to Sullivan
P. CO. 18 do nv 100 at $3.50; to Thompson
Bros. 21 lambs av 50 at $6, 19 do av 55
at $6.25; to Young 35 do av 80 at $7; to
Mich. E, Co. 8 do av 80 at $6.75, 15 sheep
av 110 at $4; to Young 18 do av 115 at
$4, 42 lambs av 75 at $6.80; to Mich, E.
Co. 28 sheep av 105 at $4.

095.

Receipts 5481. None sold up to noon;
looks dull at \\'ednesday's prices.

Range of prices: Light to good butch-
ers, $8.35; pigs. $6697.50; mixed, $8ﬁ8.35;
hezivy, 382561835.

Bishop. B. & ll. sold Parker, W. & Co.
1207 av 180 at $8.35, 817 av 160 at $8.30,
310 av 170 at $8.25, 103 av 140 at $8.15.

Haley & M. sold Hammond, S. & Co.
560 av 180 at $8.35, 190 av 160 at $8.30,
150 av 150 av $8.25, 107 av 135 at $8.

Spicer & R. sold same 317 av 180 at
$8.35. 150 av 160 at $8.30.

Roe Com., (‘0. sold Sullivan P. CO. 510
av 180 at $8.35, 60 av 160 at $8.15, ‘70 av
160 at $8.25.

Frday’s Market.
October 3, 1913.
Cattle.

Receipts this week, 2488; last week,
1383; market dull at Thursday’s decline.

We quote: Extra dry—fed steers and
heifers, $8; steers and heifers, 1000 to
1200, $7.256D750; do 800 to 1000, $6.50m17;
grass steers and heifers that are fat, 800
to 1000, $650727; do 500 to 700, $6496.50;
choice fat cows, $6; good do. $5.25@5.50;
common do, $450625; canners, $3.50ﬁ‘425;
choice heavy bulls. $6.50; fair to good bo-
lognas, bulls, $5.75@6; stock bulls, $569
5.50; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1000,
$6.85@7; fair do, 800 to 1000, $6.50@6.75;
choice stockers, 500 to 700. $6.50ﬁ‘675;
fair do, 500 to 700, 311575611625; stock heif-
ers. $5625.75: milkers, large, young. me~
dium age, $606280; common milkers, $40

@55.
Veal Calves.
Receipts this week, 598; last week. 517;
market steady. Best, $10@11; others, $6
@950.

 
Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts this week, 6619: last week,
9091: market steady. Best lambs, $6.75@
7; fair to good lambs, $6.256D6.50; light
to‘common lambs, $5@6; fair to good
sheep, $3.50@4; culls and common, $2.75
@3.

Hogs.

Receipts this week, 4751; last week,
5395; market steady.

Range of prices: Light to good butch-
ers, $8.65@8.75; pigs, $7@7.50; light york-
ers, $8.25@8.75; heavy, $8.50@8.75.

 
Hog cholera is prevailing to a really
alarming extent in various parts of the
country, especially in the states directly
tributary to the Chicago market, IoWa
farmers having met with great losses of
pigs and young hogs, and recently the
malady is reported to have broken out
in South Dakota in its most virulent
form. Heretofore that state appears to
have been nearly immune from swine
plague, but now it is suffering to a. de-
gree that threatens to seriously curtail
the future supply of fat hogs for market-
ing. Parts of the country that are suf-
fering in this way are cutting their hogs
and pigs loose, without any delay, and
many droves are therefore marketed pre-
maturely. all of which means so many
less fattened hogs for future marketing.
Serum is being used more extenSively
than ever before, according to all ac-
counts, and it appears to work well when
properly administered, but many farmers
make a bungling piece of work in using
it, so that results are unsatisfactory. Re-
cent ofﬂcial reporas issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture show
the condition of hogs in the country the

 
ﬁrst of September to have been the low-
est in ten years, being 89.9 per cent 01'
normal, compared with an average of
95.1 per cent for ten years. The range
for ten years stood from 92.1 per cent
last year to 96.6 per cent in 1910. Es-
pecially bad reports were made from
Iowa, where the recent average was 71
per cent, compared with an average of
95 per cent for ten years and 86 per cent
in 1904, the lowest of any year in the
last 15. The number of brood sows in the
United States on the first of last April
was reported as one per cent less than
for the previous year. It may be stated
in this connection that there are var-
ious localities in Iowa where the hogs
are wholly free from sickness, and a. Vis—
itor from Chicago to Schleswig in that
state found numerous farmers who were
So fortunate as to be the owners of from
400 to 500 thriving young pigs. Wher-
ever farmers have plenty of healthy
growing pigs and good pasturage and
ample feed, they may consider them-
selves as highly fortunate.

VETERINARY.

(Continued from page 329).

mix in feed a. teaspoonful of powdered
pomegranate root bark for every 50 .head
of birds, then give each bird a dessert-
spoonful of castor oil three or four hours
later; you may succeed in relieving them.
S'malldoses of Santonine are also very. ef-
fective in destroying the different kinds
of bowel parasites. Salting their feed Will
have a tendency to deStroy all kinds of
bowel parasites.

Cow Fails to Come in Heat—I have a
ten-year-old cow which calved June 10,
and has never come in heat since. that
can I give her to improve conditions? P.
S., Standish, Mich—Give her 1 (11‘. 0f
ground nux vomica and 2 drs. ground red
pepper in feed three times a day. ‘

Indigestion—My slx-year-old cow fresh-
ened two weeks ago; since then she falls
to give more than 2 or 3 qts. of milk
daily. Other years when she freshened
she gave a large mess of milk; she does
not seem to be sick. A. W.- A., Lennon,
Mich.—~Give cow 1 lb. epsom salts to open
bowels, also give 1 oz. soda bicarbonate,
1 oz. ginger and 1 oz. powdered charcoal
at a dose in feed three times a day. Grass
is good food for her and other kinds of
green fodder is what she requires.

Ringworm on Calves—Rheumatic Cows.
——I would like to know what will cure
ringworm on calvcs; also tell me what to
give my Stiff cows. TV. M.. Ruth, Mich.»—
Paint spots with tincture iodine every two
days, then later apply vaseline to start
hair. Give cows 2 drs. sodium salicylate
at a dose tw0 or three times a day.

Nasal Catarrh.—~I have a lamb six mos.
old that discharges from nose; has poor
appetite and is very dumpish. A Sub-
scriber, Elsie, Mich—(lime lamb 2 grs.
quinine and 5 grs. sulphite of iron and
one hundred and twentieth of a grain of
strychnine at a dose three or four times
a day. .

Sore Throat.——My dog has. been acting
strangely, licks breast and fore lch, has
trouble in swallowing food or water, look-
ed into mOuth and found nothing. F. L.
MCD., Levering, Mich—Give him 3 grs.
quinine in solution at a dose three times

a day. Rub camphorated oil on throat
twice a day.
Partial Dislocation of Stifle.-——Last

spring I bought a three-year-old ﬁlly for
farm work and road driving; she is heal-
thy, but when allowed to stand in stable
an hour or more she seems to have trou-
ble in stopping with right hind leg. She
is not lame, but stiff and soon recovers.
I fail to ﬁnd any swelling or soreness. A.
.. C.. Perry, Mich.—~The stiile cap slips
slightly out of place and when in this
position leg locks, but when cap moves
into groove she can step with ease. Clip
off hair and apply one part powdered can-
tharides and six parts lurd to stifle joint
every ten days and she will soon get Well.

Choked on Oats—One week ago my
mare choked when eating oats; since then
she has coughed considerable and lost
flesh. She cats and drinks fairly good
but has poor appetite. O. C, Cliai'lcvoix,
Mich—Apply one part fluid extract bella-
donna and ten parts. glycerine to neck
opposite stricture twice or three times a
day, feed her grass, ground moistened
grain, but no dry deder. Drenching her
with small quantities of olive oil will have
a good effect. llcr recovery will be slow.

Open Joint-My mare met with an in-
jury to hockjoint some three months ago
and has never recovered. The joint op-
ened and we have been unable to heal it.
I think it is now what is called open joint
and if so tell me what will heal it. W.
P., \Voodbul‘y, Mich. It is 21 doubtful
case and I am inclined to believe she will
not recover. Apply equal parts powdered
alum, boracic acid and tannic acid to
wound twice a day. A small quantity of
iodoform should be applied daily. She
should be kept quiet and in a clean place.

Impure Blood—Horse had distemper
some time ago, was very sick, partially
recovered. but since then he has skin
eruption and is out of condition. Thought
he might have been poisoned. H. C.,
Gaylord. Mich—Give him a dessertspoon-
ful of Donovan’s Solution at a. dose in
feed three times a day and apply iodine
ointment to throat daily.

I i as Deaf 25 Years

 
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t em. Write me and I PI!- Non 8. 1008
will tell you atrue story “0- 902735
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We Want HAY 8i STRAW

We get the top price on eonslsnmanu. make
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2'00“ FERRETS medium and lnr 8. Prices and book
mailed free. NEWELL A. KNAP , Rochester. Ohio.
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Breeders’ Directory—Continued.
sneer.

SHEEP

Perserino Cross Breeds

125 Ewes, lambs and Bucks
For 6100, F. 0. B. Vlalhalla.

from ranch formerly owned by Editor Sheep Breed-
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shire swine.

 
' ° is offering more and bette
The Ingleﬂde Farm Shropshire Sheep than eve;
before. All stock recorded. Write us what you want
HERBERT E. POWELL. Ionic. Mich. Citizen's Phone.

SHROPSH‘RES drew choice rams priced
c. J. THOMPSON?gatofgtfgrlgfdﬁlgﬁllggﬁfnn

 
SHROPSHIRE RAMS. Registered. Sired by Imp. Mintcn ram.
Quality for grade or registered ﬂocks. Also some young

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

 
Prize two-year-old Shro shire Rama 1912

M and 2nd ,1... - P -
‘ ‘ good yearling Rams and Ewes for

sale. h. It. LELAND & SON, Ann Arbor. Michigan.

REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE‘ﬁaﬁgfﬁﬁiﬁ? £33226?

Breeding of the best. Harry Potter, Davlson. Mich.

MAPLESHADE FARM SHROPSHIRES

Beg. yearling and ram lambs 25 ewes d 15
lambs. WM. P. PULLING a son, Parmaﬁnomfa?

 
' —-2 and 3 yr. old rams and so ee tr
"3g! “"00“"? good lamb rams wool andmmnfto;
type. Geo P. Andrews. Daneville, lnghsm 00., Mich.

SHROPSHIRE lEIllllllE 5%3a%§%{°3§£i3s323iiz
W. E. MORRISH. Flushing. Michigan.
SHBOPSHIHE RIMS Ill) EWES FOR SALE.
DAN BOOHEB. R. 1. Marion. Michigan.
Sh," Shir. ".mS—goodlgngsfohesp. ‘Write before
norPn lKON ruff x‘maﬁii‘xﬂ "Which“:

 
328—20.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

OCT, 11, 1913.

 
"Ar eYou Fattening

  
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ma es . hog lice—and disease—a
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LIVE STOCK AWARDS AT THE. STATE
FAIR.

(Continued from last week).
Victoria Swine. ,
Boar 2 yrs or over——lst. Edward L.

StOut, Portland, Ind.

Boar 18 mos. and un.
Story, Lowell, Mich.

Boar 12 mos.—1st, Story.

Boar 6 mos.——lst, Story; 2nd, C. A.
Story, Lowell, Mich.; 3rd, Stout; 4th, Geo.
Ineichen & Sons, Geneva, Ind,

Boar on. 6 mos.—lst and 2nd, M. T.
Story; 3rd and 4th, C. A. Story.

Sow 2 yrs or overwlst, M. T. Story;
2nd, C. A, Story; 3rd, Stout.

Sow 18 mos.——1st, M. T. Story; 2nd, C.
A. Story.

Sow 12 mos—lst, M. T. Story; 2nd, C.
A. Story.

Sow 6 mos—1st, C. A. Story; 2d, Stout;
3rd and 4th, Ineichen.

Sow un. 6 niOs.—-1St and 2nd, C. A.
Story; 3rd and 4th, Stout.

Exhibitor’s Herdwlst, M. T. Story; 2d,
C. A. Story; 3rd, Stout.

Breeder’s Herd—lst, M. T. StOry; 2nd,
C, A. Story; 3rd, Ineichen.

Four Get of Same Boar—lst,’ M. T.
Story; 2nd, C A. Story; 3rd, Stout; 4th,
Ineichen.

Four Produce of Same Sow—1st, M. T.
Story; 2nd, Ineichen; 3rd, Stout; 4th, C.
A. Story.

Champ, Boar 1 yr, or over—lst, Stout.

Champ. Boar 1 yr. or un.—-1st, M. T.
Story.

Champ. Sow 1 yr, or over—lst, C. A.
Story.

Champ. Sow on. 1 yr.—lst, M. T. Story.

Gd. Champ. Boar—*Stout.

Gd. Champ, Sow—C. A. Story.

Chester White Swine.

Boar 2 yrs. or over——1st, Geo. Ineichen
& Sons, Geneva. Ind; 2nd, Harry L.
Crandall, Cass City, Mich.; 3rd, Adams
Bros. Litchﬁeld, Mich.; 4th, ChaS. \Ven-
ger, Clayton, .

Boar 18 mos.~1st, Ineichen; 2nd, Cran-
dall; 3rd, Adams.

Boar 12 mos—15L
3rd. Ci‘andall.

Boar 6 mos.—.1st, lneichen; 2nd and
3rd, Crandall; 4th, Adams.

Boar un. 6 mos.-1st, Ine‘chen; 2nd and
3rd, Crandall; 4th, Adams.

Sow 2 yrs. or ovci‘~1st, Ine'chen; 2nd,
Crandall; 3rd, AdamS.

Sow 18 mos-«1st, lncichen; 2nd, Cran-
dall; 3rd and 4th, Adams.

Sow 12 mos—1st. lneichen; 2nd, Cran-
dall; 3rd and 4th, Adams.

Sow G mos—151, 2nd and 3rd, Ineichen;
4th, Crandall.

Sow mi. 6 mos—1st, Incichen; 2nd and

2 yrs—M. T.

Ineichen; 2nd and

3rd, Crandall; 4th, Adams.

Exhibitor’s Herd—1st, Ineichen; 2nd,
Crandall; 3rd. Adams.
l Breeder's Herd—1st, Incichen; 2nd,

lCrandall; 3rd, Adams; 4th, \Venge'l‘.
Four Get of Some Boar—1st, Ineichen;
2nd. Crandall; 3rd, Adams; 4th, “longer.
Four Produce of Same Sow-1st, In-
leichen; 2nd, Crandall; 3rd, Adams; 4th,

’VVenger.
Champ. Boar 1 yr, or over—lneichcn.
Champ. Boar un. 1 yr.—1neichcn.
Champ. Sow 1 yr. or over——lncfchen

Champ. Sow 1m. 1 yr.—Iuciclien.

(id. Champ Boar—Ineichen.

Gd, Champ. Sow—liicichen.

Large Yorkshire Swine.

All ﬁrst premiums in this class wore
awarded to F, M. Buck, Laporte, 1nd,
the only exhibitor of the breed.

Tamworth Swine.

Boar 2 yrs—1st and 2nd, XV. 1V, Mor-
ton. Russellville, Ky; 3rd, Adams Bros,
Litchﬁeld, Mich.

Boar 18 mos.—-1st and
3rd, Adams.

Boar 12 mos—lst, Morton; 2nd, Adams;
3rd, J. B. Mackay, Farragut, Iowa.

Boar 6 mo‘<.—1:<t and 2nd, Morton; 3rd,
Adams; 4th, lVInckay.

Boar un. 6 mos.——1st and 2nd, hlorton;
3rd and 4th, Adams.

Sow 2 yrs—1st and 2nd, Morton; 3rd,

2nd, Morton;

 
-Adams: 4th, Mackay.
l Sow 18 mos—1st and 2nd, Morton; 3rd,

Shrcddcd corn 3

l

Adams.

Sow 12 mos—1st. Morton; 2nd, Adams;
11rd and 4th. Mackziy.

Sow 6 inos.~—]:-'t, Morton; 2nd and 3rd,

“Adams.

 
l Four ilet of Same Boar—list,

l

JPieI‘cc.

l
l
t

l

’ Stallion

Sow 1m, ti mos—lst, Morton; 2nd, 3rd
and 4th, Adams.

Exhibitor‘s lld.—1St, Adams; 2d,Mack-
33’; 3rd, Morton.

Breeder's llerd—lst, Adams; 2nd. Mack—
ay; 3rd, Morton.
Adams;
2nd, Mac-kay; 3rd. Morton.
l Four Produce of Same Sow—lst,
,amS; 2nd, Mackay.
1 Standard Bred Horses.
l Stallion 4 yrs—1st \V. \V, Collier, Pon—
ltiac, Mich.; 2nd, Geo. \V. Slaughter, Bir—
imlngham, Mich.; 3rd, J, R. Peak & Son.
1\Vinc‘hcstcr, Ill; 4th, Peak.
, Stallion 3 yrshlst, Slaughter;
Colby, Detroit, Mich; 4th, Peak.
2 yrs—1st, Pczik;
Ont.; 3rd,

Ad-

2nd, F.

2nd, Chas.
“'indsor, Slaughter;
4th, Collier.

Stallion 1 yin—ISt, Slaughter; 2nd, Peak,
Stallion Colt-1st, 2nd, 3rd, Collier.

Mare and Coltmlst, Collier.

Mare 4 yrs, or over—1st, Slaughter; 2nd
and 3rd, Colby; 4th, Peak.

Mare 3 yrs.-——18t. Colby;

Mare 2 yrs.—~—1st, Peak;
3rd and 4th, Slaughter.

Mare 1 yr.—1st, Peak; 2nd, Fowler.

Mare Colt~1st. Collier.

l' Stallion and Get—1st, Peak; 2nd, Col-
ier.

Champ, Stallion—Collier.

Champ. Mare—Slaughter.

Hackney Horses.

Stallion 4 yrs.‘——15t, Endicott Farm. Bir-
mingham. Mich.; 2d, C. E. Bunn. Peoria,
111.; 3rd, Endicott Farm.

Stallion 3 yrs—1st, Bunn. .

Stallion 2 yrs—1st, H. Hodson. Flint.
Mich.; 2nd, Endicott Farm; 3rd, Thomas
Kincaid, Flint, Mich.

Stallion 1 yr.—lst. Endicott Farr“

2nd. Peak.
2nd, Collier;

Stallion Colt—1st, Endicott Farm; 2nd,
Geo. Aekerman & Son, Elkton, Mich.

Mare 4 yrs.—1st, Bunn; 2nd and 3rd,
Endicott Farm.

Mare 3 yrs.—1st and 3rd, Bunn; 2nd,
Endicott Farm.

Mare. 2 yrs.—1st, Endieott Farm; 2nd,
Hodson; 3rd, Bunn.
Mare 1 yr.—lst,

Hodson.
Stallion and Get—1st, Endicott Farm.
Mare and produce—lst, Endieott Farm;
2nd, Ackerman.
Champ. Stallion—Endicott Farm.
Champ. Mare—Bunn.

American Carriage Horses.

Stallion 4 yrs.—lst, J. R. Peak & Son,
“’inchester, Ill.; 2nd, Geo. W. Slaughter,
Birmingham, Mich.; 3rd, W. W. Collier,
Pontiac, Mich.; 4th, F. P. Mitchell, Col-
umbus O.

Stallion 3 yrs—1st,
Peak.

Stallion 2 yrs.—-lst, Peak; 2d, Slaughter.

Stallion 1 yr.1st, Peak; 2nd. Slaughter.

Stallion Colt—1st, 2nd and 3rd, Collier.

Marc 4 yrs—1st and 3rd, Peak; 2nd,
Slaughter; 4th, Collier.

More 3 yrs—1st, Peak; 2nd, F. C. Col-
by. \Vinc’hester, Ill.

Mare 2 ,' s.——1st. Peak; 2nd, Collier.

Mare 1 1st, Peak; 2nd, Shuttle-
worth Bros. Leamington, Ont,

Mare Colt—18L Collier.

Peak; 2nd, Col-

Stallion and Get—15f,

lier.
Marc and Produce—1st, Peak.
Champ. Stallion—Peak.
Champ. Mare—Peak.

PercherOn Horses.

Stallion 4 yrs.~1st. Bell Bros, VVOOS-
ier, 0.; 2nd, B. F. Anderson, Adrian,
Mich.; 3rd, F. J. Sullivan, Windsor, Ont.

Stallion 3 yrs—1st, Anderson

ltallion 2 yi's.——1St and 2nd, Bell Bros;
3rd, Anderson.

Stallion 1 yr.——-1st, Anderson.

Stallion Colt—1st, Anderson.

Mare 4 yrs.~1st, Bell Bros; 2nd and
3rd. C. M. Case, Adrian, Mich.; 4th, An-
derson.

Marc 3 yrs—1st, Sullivan.

Mare 2 yrs—let, Anderson;
Bros.

Mare 1 yr.—1st, Sullivan.

Marc Colt—1st and 2nd. Case.

Stallion and Gob—1st, Anderson.

Marc and Produce—~1st, Anderson.

Chump, Stallion—~Bcll Bros.

Champ, Marc—Bell Bros.

Percheron Society Specials.
Stallion 3 yrs.—-lst. Anderson.
Stallion 1111. 3 yrs.——lst, 2nd

A n dcrson. .
Champ.
son.
Marc—4st, Anderson.
More on. 3 yrs—2nd and 3rd, Case.
Champ, Mare—19f, Anderson; 2d, Case.
Get of Stallion——lst. Anderson.
Produce of Mare—1st, Anderson.
Five Stallions—lst, Bell Bros; 2nd, An-
derson.
Champ. Stallion~1st and 2nd, Boll Bros.
Champ. Marc—1st, Bell Bros; 2nd, An-
derson.

Endieott Farm; 2nd,

Slaughter; 2nd.

 
2nd, Bell

and 3rd,

Stallion—let and 2nd, Ander-

Belgian Horsez.

StalliOn 4 yrs.——1st and 2nd, “tell Bros;
Stallion 3 yrs—1st and 2nd, Bell Bros.
Stallion 2 yrs.——1st and 2nd—429,11 Bros.
Mare 2 yrs—1st and 2nd. Bell Bros.
Chomp. Stallion—1st. Bell BroS.

Belgian Association Specials.
Stallion 4 yrs—1M and 2nd, Bell Bros.
Stallion 3 yrs—1st and 2nd. Bell Bros.
Stallion 2 yrs—1st and 2nd, Boll Bros.
Five, Stallions, 1 Ex.~1>t. Bell Bros.
Champ. Stallion and Marc Ist, Bell

Bros.

 
Heavy Draft Horses.

hlurc or Gelding 4 yrs—1st, R. B. Pink-
erton, Essex. Ont: 2nd. H. F. Crandall,
(‘ass City, Mich.; 3d. C. M. Case, Adrian,
Mich.; 4th, leo. Ackerman & Son, Elk—
ton. Mich.

Marc or Gelding 3
3rd. .\r-kei'm:in.

Mare or Holding 2 yrs—list, B. F. An-
derson, Adriun, Mich.; 2nd, Crandall, 3rd,
and 41h, Ackci'man.

Marc or Gelding 1 ,Vl‘.——lSl,.
2nd, (‘iandallz 2rd, Ackcrman.

Filly ColtA'lst, Pinkerton; 2nd, Acker—
mun.

Broad Marc and Colt..]st and 4th,
Pinkerton; 2nd, Case: 3rd. Ackerinan.

Four (Ii-ado Colts——lst, .r'\ckci‘man.

l‘uir llcavy l')i'aft~lst, Pinkerton; 2nd.
Anderson; 3rd and 4th. Ackei‘man.

' Shetland Ponies.

Stallion 3 yrs—771st and 2d, C.
Peoria, lll.; .‘li'd and 4th,’Bunn.

Stallion 2 yrs-~1st, Bunn; 2nd,
AlllS. Adrian, Mich,

Stallion 1 _\'l‘.—]St, Bunn; 2nd, Allis;
3rd, Roan Creek Form, Adrian, Itlich.

Stallion (‘oltiv1sty Bean Creek Farm;
2nd. Allis.

Marc 3 yrs.-—lst and 2nd,
Bean Creek Farm: 4th, Allis,

Marc 2 yrsrvlst and 2nd,
Allis: 4th, Bean Creek Farm.

Marc 1 yr.—1st, Bunn; 2nd. and 3rd,
Bean Creek Farm.

Marc Colt~1st, Allis; 2nd, Bunn.

Clydesdale Horses.

Stallion 4 yrsﬁlst and 2nd. Geo. Ac-
kerman & Son, Elkton, Mich.

Stallion 2 yrs—1st, R, B.
Essex, Ont.

Stallion 1 yr.~—1st, Pinkerton, 2nd, Ack-
crmun.

Coltalst and 3rd, Pinkerton; 2nd, Ack-
Bl‘nlilll.

Mare 4 yrs—1st and 4th, Pinkerton;
2nd, Ackerman; 3rd, H, Crandall, Cass
City, Mich.

Mare 3 yrs—1H and 2nd. Ackerman.

Mare 2 yrs—1st, Crandall; 2nd and 3d,
Ackei-man.

Mare 1 yr.—1st, Pinkerton; 2nd, Cran-
dall; 3rd. Ackerman.

Colt—let, Pinkerton; 2nd, Ackerman.

Stallion and Get—lst and 2nd, Acker-
man.

Mare and Prodiice——lst and 2nd, Pink-
erton; 3rd, Crandall. ,

Champ. Stallion and Mare—Pinkerton.

yrs.——1 st. 2nd and

Pinkerton;

E. Bunn,

L. F.

Bunn; 3rd,

Bunn; 3rd.

Pinkerton,

‘

Roadsters—Horses.

First—J. R. Peak & Son, Winchester,
11L; 2nd, Geo. W. Slaughter, Birming-
ham, Mich.; 3rd and 4th, Peak & Son.

Pairs—15L 2nd and 4tli—Peak & Son;
3rd, Slaughter.

Runabout—1st and 4th, Slaughter; 2nd,
Orrmont Farms, Piqua. 0.; 3rd, Endieott
Farm, Birmingham, Mich.

Local Roadsters-1st, W. W. Collier,
Pontiac, Mich.; 2nd, 3rd and 4th, Slaugh-
ter.

Local Runaboutwlst and 2nd,
ter; 3rd and 4th, Endicott Farm.

Harness Horses.

14—1 to 15 Hands—lst and 3rd, Orr-
mont Farms; 2nd, Endicott Farm; 4th,
H. Hodson, Flint, Mich.

Pair 14-1 to 15-1—lst, Orrmont Farms;
2nd, F. P. Mitchell, Columbus, 0.; 3rd,
Slaughter; 4th, Endicott Farm.

Pair 15 to 15-2 Hands—lst, Slaughter;
2d, Oi'rmont Farms; 3rd, Endicott Farm;
4th, Mitchell.

Pair 15- to 16—lst,
2nd, Mitchell;
Peak & Son.

Over 15-2—1Ft, Peak & Son; 2nd, Endi-
cott Farm; 3rd, Peak & Son.

Slaugh-

Orrmont Farms;
3rd, Endicott Farm; 4th,

Local 14~1-—15-1—lst, Slaughter; 2nd,
Endicott Farm; 3rd, Slaughter; 4th, Hod--
son. '

Local 15-1-16 Hands—lst, Slaughter;
2nd, Endicott Farm; 3rd, Hodson; 4th,
Slaughter.

Gig Horses.

All Ages~1st, Orrmont Farms, Piqua,
0.; 2nd, Geo, 1V. Slaughter, Birmingham,
Mich.; 3rd, C. E, Bunn. Peoria, Ill.; 4th,
Endicott Farm.

Tandem—1st, Orrmont Farms; 2nd,

Slaughter; 3rd, Orrmont Farms.
Saddle—Flve-Gait.

Stallion, Mare or Gelding—lst, F. P.

Mitchell, Columbus, 0.

Saddle—Three-Galt.

14-1 to 15-1—lst and 2nd, Mitchell; 3rd,
J. W, Drake, Detroit. Mich.; 4th, Joseph
Dyer, Detroit, Mich.

15-1 to 16—1st, Mitchell; 2nd, Hodson;
3rd, Peak; 4th, Mitchell.

Local, not over 14-3—~lst, Drake; 2nd,
Hodson; 3rd, Slaughter; 4th. Dyer, _
Ridden by Lady—lst, 2nd and 3rd,

Mitchell; 4th, Peak.
Combination——Harness and Saddle—1st
and 2nd, Mitchell; 3rd, Hodson; 4th. Peak.
Police MOunt—lst, F. M. McEvoy. De-
troit, Mich.; 2nd, H. (1. Angeli, Detroit,
Mich.; 3rd, R. Y. Moore, Detroit, Mich.;

4th, H. A. \Vescott, Detroit, Mich.
Shetlands. ,
Four in Hand—48L Bunn; 2nd, L. F.

Allis, Adrian. Mich.

Pair——1st and 2nd, Bunn; 3rd and 4th,
xhlllS.

Pony and Saddle—1st, Bunn; 2nd, Allis;

3rd, Bean Creek Farm; 4th, Dyer.
Not Shetland.
In Harness-—1st, Bunn; 2nd, Endicott

Farm; 3rd and 4th, Bunn.
Local in Hai‘iieSS——1st, Endicott Farm;
2nd, Slaughter; 3rd, Endicott Farm.

 
LIVE STOCK We.

 
The recent advances in cattle prices
came as somewhat of a surprise to many
owners of cattle in preparation for the
market, the highest prices being paid for
the best ﬁnished beeves recorded since
last January. The scarcity of well—bred
beef CtltllO in most feeding districts of
the country is causing general comment,
and the general belief is that much high-
er prices are going to be seen before the
top is ﬁnally reached. A year ago the
top Stood at $11 per 100 lbs, and the
highest price of the year was reached in
the ﬁrst week of December, when fancy
becves brought $11.25. On the late rise
the best steers brought $9.50. “'hile the
choicer lots of steers are still selling much
l-ciow tltc- prices paid last year, the com—
moner cattle are bringing much higher
prices than those paid at that period, and
smokers and feeders are decidedly higher
than then. Many intending buyers of cat-
tle for fattening are holding back, regard—
ing ruling prices as too high, but numer-
ous old-time stockmen are buying in the
expectation that the market for ﬁnished
beef cattle is going to rule much higher
later on. Of late the large-st demand has
been for a light class of steers for rough-
ing through
fair demand has been witnessed from Illi-
nois for fleshy feeders. The cheapor and
lighter cattle for roughing through are
going largely to Ohio, Indiana and Penn-
sylvania.

The recent convention held in Chit-ago
by the American Meat Packe-rs’ As'ocia-
tion was largely attended by packers
from all parts of the country, and they
showed deep concern for the future pro~
duction of beef cattle. It was pointed out
that fewer cattle are being raised in the
I‘nlted States than in former years, the
decrease bring steady, and the decreaSe
1n. the last six years is ill”. least twenty
million head. The- population of the coun-
try has grown 21 per cent in ten years,
and we cannot expect large iinportutions
from Argentina, as other countries are
heavy consumers of these meats. Argen-
tine cattle are inferior to ours, and Aus-
tralian frozen ments have never met with
favor in this country. Evidently the time
has arrived for our American farmers to
engage in the beef cattle industry, breed-
ing cattle as well as ﬁnishing them.

A_cl1roniclcr of events in the Chicago
prOVISion market says it will require a
good export demand for hog meats and
lard and (1 big southern demand as well
to keep ahead of the manufacturing which
has been going on at a lively rate for
some weeks. The stocks of provisions in
warehouses are on a liberal scale, al-
though below the exceptionally large sup-
plies in store a year ago. Bacon is hav-
ing'a large sale. despite its dearness, and
so is pork.

There has been an extenSive cashing in
policy on the part of cattle feeders in
recent weeks, as they failed to look ahead
to prospective proﬁts resulting from mak-
ing gains in weight, which would balance
the cost of their feed. .

the coming winter, but a,

 
OCT. 11, 1913. .

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CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR, V. S.

Advice through this department is free
to our subscribers. Each communication

case in full;
writer. Initials only will be published.
Many queries are answered that apply to
the same ailments. If this column is
watched carefully you will probably find
the desired information in a reply that
has been made to someone else. When
reply by mail is requested, it becomes
private practice, and a fee of $1.00 must
accompany the letter.

 
Luxation of Stiﬁe Joint.—I have a colt
ﬁve months old which has a fullness of
both stiﬂe joints, which I noticed soon
after birth. When he moves I can hear
a cracking of joints. but he has never
been troubled with a dislocation of stifle.
Our local Vet. blistered him three times
without any effect. Now I would like to
know what 'had better be done. W. C.
T., Palms. Mich.—You had better leave
your colt alone, until stabling him; then
apply equal parts turpentine, aqua am-
monia and olive oil every two or three
days; or apply a light blister once a.
week, using cerate of cantharides or any
other good home blisters you may have
on hand. Usually such cases improve as
the animal matures.

Chronic Thickened Condition of Hind
Leg—My horse has a thickened condi-
tion of hind leg from fetlock to hock and
the hock joint is also some enlarged. I
am inclined to believe that it'was origi-
nally a sprain and the remedies that I
have applied have not reduced it much.

. E., Cairo, Mich.—Y0ur draft horse
should not be heavily fed on grain when
idle; he should have exerci.e every day;
after coming in from work the leg should
be sponged off with cold water, cotton
applied and a light bandage. and left on
for two or three hours; then the leg
should be hand-rubbed. Give him 1 dr.
potassium iodide and 2 drs. powdered
nitrate of potash at a dose in feed twice
a day. TVhen cool weather sets in you
might apply one part iodine and ten parts
freSh lard to thickened parts twice a
week. No matter what you do. you will
ﬁnd it difﬁcult.

Effects of Distemper.——I have a horse
that had distemper last winter. but seem—-
ed to make a fairly good recovery; how-
ever, when he takes a little cold or when
driven in cool morning air~ coughs and
rattles in head; but. after working a few
hours breathes all right. D. L. P.. Bat-
tle Creek, Mich.-Apply one part tincture
indine and four parts camphorated oil to
throat every day or two. live a tea-
spoonful ﬂuid extract cinchona. a tea-
tpoo-nful of tincture opium and a tea-
spoonful powdered nitrate of potash at
a dose three times a day.

Ve1‘tig0.—-My eight-year-old mare has
a sick spell abOut every week. V’Vhen
ﬁrst taken she backs. places head to left
side and when in harneSs throws herself.
She appears to be paralyzed. is unable to
get up for a few minutes; she works
ﬁne, does not appear to be sick, but af-
ter these attacks is inclined to tremble.
Mrs, I. 8., Brighton, Mich.——Y0ur mare
suffers from stomach vertigo (staggers)
and will be beneﬁted by regular exercise.
keeping her bowels open, limiting her
supply of grain when idle and by giving
her 2 drs. of bromide of potash dissolved
in a pint of warm water and mixed with
feed at a dose three times a day.

Fistula of Head—I have a valuable cow
eight years old that was dehorned when
.‘he was a heifer and in some way she
injured stump, which is now a. raw,
angry looking sore. The bunch is about
the size of a hen egg and raw. W. J.
\V.. Lake Odessa, Mich—This fungus
growth should be removed. then apply
powdered alum twice a. day. 1f it is in-
clined to bleed apply Monseli's solution
of iron and cover bunch with oakum. If
you do not care to cut oiT fungus, apply
powdered sulphate of copper occasionally.

Hole in Side of Tent—I have a heifer
which just came fresh that has a hole in
side of teat and when she is milked. milk
llows through this opening. J. I... Alto.
Michi’l‘he edges of opening should be
made raw. then wound stitched together
closely; then apply boracic acid twice a.
day.

Cows Give Inferior Quality of Milk.—
My cows appear to be perfectly healthy,
but their milk is not good; the milk ap-
pears to be normal and passes through
strainer all right. but after standing 3.
while, has a peculiar taste and when
cream is churned, there is a stringy sort
of stuff mixed with it. These cows run
on pasture and I feed sweet cornstalks
after most of the corn has been picked
off. Their milk has not been right for
the past four months. B. M, Plymouth,
Mich—A change of feed might be ad—
visable; besides, give each of the cows 3.
teaspoonful of hypo-sulphite of soda at a
dose twice a day. Kindly understand
this trouble may come from the manner
in which you handle and keep the milk.
Your milking utensils. the cow's udder.
the milkers’ hands, the stable or yard
where they are milked. and your milk
house, should be perfectly clean and free
from contaminating influences.

Turkeys Have Worms—«I wish you
would give me a good recipe for worms
in turkeys for I am satisﬁed mine are
troubled with them. M. S.. Sunﬂeld,
Mich—You had better feed garlic or on—
ions to your turkeys; besides, give each
one 20 grains of powdered areca nut or
the same quantity of powdered kamala at
a dose occasionally to your turkeys for
they may have tapeworm. Now, if you
are Sure that your fowls have tapeworm,

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JERSEY -Bulls calves bred for roduct-
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record 10550 lbs. of milk. 60-1 lbs. butter in one year.
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Name Petoskey Chief No. 115507. Solid
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calves: cows with Register of Merit. and Cow Testing
Association records. IRVIN FOX. Allegan. Mich.

—Bulls from 8 to 12 months
9 Shor'horns old. Best. of breeding.
Write for pedigrees. W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Mich.

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o I 0 -—BIG GROWTHY TYPE. Last spring
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stock. Scott No.1 head of herd. Farm 34 mile west.
of depot. OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville. Mich.

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0. l. C. SPRING BOARS is. slot." as:
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Poland China: and Single Somb While loglioms.
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Choice lot oi Spring Piusﬁiéé‘ﬂig'ft
L. W. BARNES & SON. Byron. Shiawassc 00.. Mich.

LARGE STYLED POLAND CHINAB—Spring and
summer pigs. Also Oxford bucks and buck lambs
ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Mich.

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Big boars ready for service. weigh up to 250 lbs. not.
fat. from big proliﬁc sows that. not. only furrow big
litters but raise them. Write for what. you want.

J. C. BUTLER. Portland. Michigan.

Poland China

Spring Bears and Sows

of size. bone and quality. I ship c. o. d.
Write me at once.

WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater, Mich.
POLANB CHINAS-E$Z" 96X. all aces. Some-

. ood at l ’
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(:ome or write. Expenses paid if not. satisﬁed Free
livery from Par-ma. W. E. Livingston. Pal-ma; Mich.

O‘RKSHIRE Swine—We have so ' ‘
Ypigs now ready for sale. Write tori-lltleiscilrli‘iiiaigr’iiiiiig
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Large lorkshires“P‘-g" “MW“ in August from

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IMPRGVED LARGE YORKSHIRES

Bows and gills bred for September d 0
farrow. Service boars. Pi an Globe:
and prices upon application. so all “65' Breeding

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

Lillie Farmstead YURKSHIHES

Spring bred gilta all sold. Gilt: bred f
far-row. Se bomber pigs either sex. pgirsegiidAutﬁg:
not. akin. rders booked for a ring pigs.

COLON c. LILLIE. Sooner-vine. Mich

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'THE MICHIGAN

 
I Feeding Ducks For Market.

No domeStic fowl will respond to good
care more quickly than a half-grown
Pekin duck. Plenty of feed, given at
proper intervals, will fatten a Pekin duck
or duckling, for market in from 10 to 15
days. Other breeds take a little longer
time because they all eat less than the
Pekins. I find that when Pe‘kin ducks
are fed as they should be through the
laying season they are not hard to fatten
after they stop laying, because they have
to be well‘fed while laying. It is a well-
known fact that a thin Pekin duck will
lay very few eggs.

At this season the ducks, young and
old alike, are losing a, good many feath-
ers, but I never pick ducks at this time
of year. They fatten better when al-
lowed to moult naturally.

When feeding for market I keep ducks
yarded part of the time only. They would
not need to be conﬁned at all if no other
poultry was near, but ducks require more
food than chickens, and if chickens are
allowed to feed with them, the chickens,
as a rule, get most of the food. Ducks
are very timid and when the chickens
rush in they get frightened and leave.
Then, too, young ducks should never be
kept or fed in the same yard with the
old birds because the latter are some-
times very abuSive.

\Vhen feeding ducks for market I have
found it an excellent plan to keep them
yardcd until a little after noon each day.
They are fed all they will eat, morning,
noon and night. Breakfast and dinner
are given in the yards before they are
turned out, and as their last meal is
given after the chickens go to roost it
does not matter whether it is placed in-
side the yard fence or not.

Broad boards take the place of troughS,
since they are easier to keep clean. After

ence, that ducks of all ages, .i. e., newly
hatched, partially or fully matured, will
thrive much better upon ground grain.

When ducks are being fattened for
"market I use skim-milk, or buttermlik,
to moisten the ground grain. As a rule,
I USe equal parts of bran, corn meal and
middlings 'moistened with milk. Once a
day there is» added avlittle charcoal (about
a tablespoonful 'for each gallon of feed)
ﬁnely pulverized, and a half teaspoonful
of salt. Then to the above mixture is
added a quantity of either raw or cooked
vegetables. Raw cabbage, chopped, is
always greatly relished. W'hen boiled
(mashed) potatoes are used, either the
middlings or corn meal is omitted, usu-
ally the former.

Ducks must have plenty of clean water
to drink at all times, and especially while
feeding, as they drink and rinse their
beaks often.

Ohio. ANNA W. GALLIGHER.
KEEP WATER FROM SPREADING

DISEASE.

 
Drinking water in poultry houses is one
cause of the rapid spread of contagious
diseases, such as roup. An affected hen
when she places her beak in the water
to get a drink, contaminates all the wat-
er. Then, when healthy hcns drink from
this water supply they become exposed
to whatever disease the sick hen has.
Thus, when one fowl contracts a con-
tagious disease it generally is but a com-
paratively short time until there is a
general outbreak of the affection, unless
precautions are taken.

\Vhile the best method of treating a
Fick fowl is to cut off its head and
either burn its body 0r bury it so deeply
that no dog can dig it up, the mischief is

 
A Well-grown Flock of Pekins Ready for Market Feeding.

the noon meal the ducks are allowed to
forage until evening. They get some ex-
ercise and do much better than when I
kept them confined in yards throughout
the fattening period.

Of course, ducks nccd Shelter, even
when the wcather is not very cold. On
stormy nights they must not be forced
to sit in the yaids or where it is cold or
damp. They are liable to take roup.
and are almost sure to have cramps or
some such ailment. It is sometimes call-
ed rheumatism, but. whatever it is. it
cannot be treated with any success when
ducks have become badly affected. HOW-
cver, it can be easily prevented by driv-
ing the ducks into their houses after the
evening feed has been givin, and closing
the doors so that they will be forced to
sleep where it is dry. instead of on cold,
damp ground. During summer, when the
ground is warm and dry. I have found
it a good plan to let all the ducks, except
the very smallest ones, stay out in the
yards. It saves the work required to
keep houses clean.

At this time of year, however, and all
through the winter months, ducks need
comfortable hOust-s with plenty of bed-
ding. Straw or litter should be used for
this purpose, and sawdust should never
be used, becauSe the ducks are liable to
eat it, this being apt to occur when they
are not provided with plenty of sand and
other grit. A l’ekin duck requires some
grit with each and every meal. It must
be near at hand, else they will “shovel”
up almost anything in reach. \Ve keep
plenty of clean. coarse sand, oyster shell
and coal Cinders close to the feed board
in each yard. \Vhere sand is not to be
’had, commercial chick grit might be used
as a substitute. It is not advisable to
add grit of any kind to their feed.

\Vhole grain is ‘not the best feed for

ducks. I have learned, by long experi-

often done. before one notice-s that a
fowl is sick. This makes it advisable to
be on guard all the time, and it should
be understood that it is a simple matter
to treat the drinking water so as to pre—
vent its being a medium for spreading
disease.

The addition of a small quantity of
rwzmanganaie of potash will so disinfect
it that any disease-producing germs left
there by affected fowls will do no harm.
The drug is not a remedy nor a treat—
mcnt, simply a preventative. \\'hilc it
gives the water a reddish color, there is
no taste to it which would keep the fowls
from drinking the water. ()1in a small
quantity is needed—simply enough to
color the water.

Eradicating a contagious disease from
a poultry flock is a tedous and cosuy
process. The best way is to prevent the
outbreak in the first place by keeping the
buildings clean and sanitary. \Vhen a
fowl gets sick, if it is not killed it should
be isolated and the remainder of the
flock closely watched for signs of fur-
ther trouble.

Penn. L. J. HAYNES.

CULL HENS DURING THE MOULT.

 
A good time to cull the hens and dis-
pose of those which have passed the age
of usefulness, is while they are moulting.
A hen lacking in vigor, will show it very
plainly while growing a new coat of
feathers. The old hens can be detected
vet'y‘easily during the moult. Young
hens usually go through the moult more
quickly, and grow a coat of new feathers
more evenly than will old henS. All hens
that are backward in moulting, are bare
of feathers long after their companions
have grown a new coat, should be sent
to the butcher.

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Barred Bock Cookerels and Hens, Bargain Prices
W. O. COFFMAN, H. No. 6. Benton Harbor, Mich.

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which took care of the funeral expenses, paid off the debt on the farm
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Our Motto—“The farmer is of more
consequence than the farm, and should be

ﬁrst improved.”

THE OCTOBER PROGRAMS.

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Suggestions for Second Meeting.

SOng.

Reports of committees appointed at
last meeting to visit schools.

Duet.

A “yarn.”

“Methods of a successful farmer whom
I know," by three men.

Reading, “Better Babies.”

“What are correct meaSurements for a
child one year old?"

Halloween stunts and refreshments in
charge of “Surprise committee.”

Music secured for this program by some
member whom lecturer cannot get to
"talk in Grange.”

ONE OF THE OCTOBER TOPICS.

A very important question has been
suggested for discussion in all our
Granges in October, but by an unfortu-
nate oversight in making up the Lee-
turer’s Bulletin, a part of the subject
was omitted and the error has just been
discovered. The entire subject to which
I refer should read as follows: “A. sold
rye for 800 a bushel to the village mer-
chant, who in turn sold it to B., who
lives on a farm less than two miles from
A., for $1.50 per bu. What remedy would
you suggest?” _

This question was set in motion by the
National Grange Monthly and is said to
be based on an actual) occurrence. All
the more urgent that it be given atten-
tion. It is the hope that farmers all over
the- state will discuss this matter, not
alone in Grange meetings, but wherever
two or three are met and whether they
are members of the Grange or not. It is
one phase of one of the great American
problems today and represents that part
which is nearest to producers and which
they can most easily begin to help rem-
edy through their organizations.

If every individual, whether a producer.
or a consumer, would set himself to
thinking out a plan for better distribu-
tion in his own immediate vicinity, and
would bring the subject up for discussion
with others, surely more sane methods
than those n0w in vogue would be evolv-
ed. Produce is now sent hither and thith-
er, like a Shuttle in a 100m, often going
long distances only to return to be used
near the place where it grew. This is
not a wasteful system so much as it is
a total want of system. Will the Grange
help work out a true, efficient system, as
it has helped work out a postal savings
bank system, a parcel post system and
many other important improvements
through its inSistence that these thin-gs
could and should be done?

DiscuSsion of the above proposed ques-
tion has been going on in some sections
for some time. Many remedies, or par-
tial remedies, have been proposed, such
as advertisng in the local papers of one’s
community; the use of a bulletin board
at one’s front gate. and also a “For
Sale" list posted at each Grange meet-
ing; and the appointment of a commu-
nity salesman who shall be given a stat-
ed COmmisson for his time in telephoning
and writing to arrange sales of ex-
changes.

It will be an excellent plan to suggest
one such proposal as these mentioned
here, if for no better reason than to see
how many holes the other fellow will
shoot into it. It will create thought, dis-
cussion and, perhaps, action. What will
the Grange do about it?

JENNIE BUELL.

 
Charlevoix Subordinates are steadily
gaining in membership, Ironton, Wilson
and Marion Center Granges each report-
lng applications for membership or in-
tation of candidates at the September
meetings. Marion Cen'ter captured second
premium on grain and canned fruit at
the recent county fair, while members of
Wilson, at their last meeting, voted to
add to the furnishings of their hall and
to lease the hall for religious services on
Sundays.

COMING EVENTS.

 
Pomona Meetings.
Clinton Co., at Maple Rapids, Friday,

Oct. 17.
Wayne Co., with Belleville Grange, Sat-

urday, Oct. 18.
Eaton Co., With Delta Mil-ls Grange,
Saturday. Oct. 18. Prof, French, of M

A. C., will talk on “Agriculture in Rural

Schools.”
Western (Ottawa Co.) with Conklin
Grange, Friday and Saturday. Oct. 17

L. C. Root, state speaker.

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

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

 
The Cerecco Farmers' Club, of Calhoun
county, held their annual picnic in the
grove of Mrs, Frank Lindt, Sept. 3, a
beautiful but very warm day. Not many
members were present. The bountiful
picnic dinner was served at noon on ta-
bles erected in the woods. There was no
program, but the time was very pleas-
antly spent roaming through the grove,
which is on the banks of the Kalamazoo
river and near an old stone quarry which
is beautiful. Adjourned to meet with
Mrs. E. Wilcox. The Club was enter-
tained by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilcox,
Sept. 24. The rooms were well ﬁlled and
the dinner extremely good, The president
and vice-president being absent, P. M.
King presided. After singing America a
fervent prayer was offered by Mrs. George
Reese in which the sick were remember-
ed. A vocal duet by Mrs. Hall and Mrs.
Vondergrif was much enjoyed, also a
reading by ,Mrs. Shultz and one by Mary
HOugh. Mrs. King sang “Love's Old
Sweet Song,” and Mr. Brown, of the
Battle Creek Enquirer, gave a talk on
preserving old relics, which was very
good. A vote of thanks was given him,
also Mrs. Smidt. Mr. Ransom Mark-
ham, an old member, also treasurer, who
is very ill, was voted a ﬂower offering.
Adjourned to meet October 29 with Mrs.
Meade—Mrs. P. M. King, Cor. Sec.

Hold Last Half-day Meeting of Season.
~After having our summer vacation of
one month the Indianﬁelds Farmers’ Club
met at the pleasant home of Mr. and
Mrs. David Vanburen. All were pleas-
antly welcomed by the host and hostess.
One hour was spent in visiting, viewing
stock and discussing farm work. As the
time arrived for our meeting the presi-
dent, raising the gavel, warned us that
the hour had arrived for our Club work.
The program was as follows: Singing by
the Club. Invocation by Rev. T. \V. Den-
man. The subject, “Shall we invest our
surplus money in banks, lands, or home
comforts?” was ably discussed by Mrs.
Sadie Anger and several members took
part, which proved quite a study and
many ﬁne points were suggested. After
a solo by Mrs. Moore. another question
was, "“‘ill future generations commend
or condemn the business methods of
Rockefeller and Morgan?” Vocal solo by
Mrs. Castle Taggett. The question ox
was ﬁlled to overflowing. Meeting closed
by Club song. This closed the last half-
day meeting of the year. An elaborate
six o'clock dinner was served by Mrs.
Castle Taggett and her assistantS.—Mrs.
Margaret Arnold, Cor, Soc.

A Varied and Interesting Program.—
The Salem Farmers' Club held its Sep-
tember meeting at the pleasant home of
Mr, and Mrs, Daniel Smith. Between 50
and 00 guests and members of the Club
gathered and enjoyed the day and the.
bountiful dinnei after which the Club
was called to order by the president and
the following program rendered: Music
by-Club; secretary’s report; a reading by
Mrs Van Vorsc on the subject, “How to
lighten the work of the wife and mother
in the farm home.” Mr. L. D, Lovewell
of South Lyon, then gave a very inter-
esting acc0unt of his recent trip to Los
Angeles, Cal. He told us much about the
west, its industries, system of irrigation.
beautiful flowers, orange grOVes, etc., but
Concluded a man could do just as well,
working hard, in Michigan as there. Mrs.
Chas, Ross read a paper on “Between
Ourselves,” which was an appreciation of
woman’s work. A recitation was given
by Daniel Smith, entitled, “The Lessons
my Father Taught,” which was much
enjoyed. The (‘lub then (liSt'ussctl the
new milk law. L. D, Lovewell, Charles
Ross and G. ll. Thompson taking part.
Club adjourned with music to meet in
October with Mr. and Mrs. Irving John-
son—H. C. Thompson, Reporter.

Home Coming.——At a recent meeting of
the Ingham County Farmers’ Club, this
topic was opened by Mrs. R. .l. Robb.
who spoke chieﬂy upon vegetables, giv-
ing the necessity of thorough boiling to
destroy all germs of mold, yeast and bac-
teria. Heating a certain length of time
was all that was necessary, and some
boiled the vegetables an hour each day.
instead of three hours at once, with equal
results. In referring to various canning
compounds, she asked Mr. Palen to de—
scribe the most noted one, or the most
widely used, MrS. Price’s canning com-
pound. He said at the time that he an-
alyzed this it was no compound at all.
simply 97 per cent boric acid with three
per cent waste paper, dirt, etc. Boric
acid was an excellent eye wash but no
good as a preservative, in fact. injurious
to children. In the discusson it was
learned that salt has since been added to
make it come under the law as a com-
pound. Mrs. Diamond gave her method
of canning meats. Simply pack the fresh
beef in glass cans with a. generous piece
of Puet on top, put on your cover and
rubber, screwing tightly and boil in yOur
boiler three to four hours, set off and
cool. and in eight or ten months, or when
needed, it was simply delicious and cer-
tainly thoroughly cooked. Mrs. Wilson
had used the same method with pork.
Mrs. Chapin had the subject of fruits but
conﬁned her remarks mostly to the cans,
exhibiting a glass cover that ﬁts the Ma-
son jar and far more sanitary than the
metal cover.

CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

 
(Continued from page 326).
Missouri.

Cass Co., Sept. 29.—The long and hard
drought was broken about Sept, 8. It
has rained every few, days since then.
The corn crop was ruined and the best
ﬁelds yield only about 15 bushels per
acre. Almost all corn is cut and in the
shock. Feed is very scarce. Some fod-
der spoiled by the rain. Grass is grow-
ing fast and there will be considerable
hog pasture. Ground is in ﬁne condition
for fall wheat. Wheat 82c; corn 74c; oats
41c; corn has dropped about 60 in the
last ten days. Cattle and hog supply is
limited. Hogs $8.25608.50; cattle $6.75.

Barton Co., Sept. 27.——Have had a dry
summer, only one good rain since March;
a few local showe:s. Corn on upland al-x
most a failure, on the bottoms fair. Hay
crop cut down half, some second crop
being put up now. Large acreage of
wheat going out this fall. Ground work-
ing ﬁne. Nearly all fodder has been cut
up and many are putting wheat in corn
ground. An effort is being made to hold
stock cattle. Scarcely any cattle or hogs
being fed for market.

Mississippi Co., Sept. 29.—This county
has had a rainy spell, after long drouth.
The wheat was fairly good, averaging
about 18 to 20 bu. per acre. Corn not so
good on account of the drouth. Will
make about 25 bu. per acre. No hog
cholera at this time. Old corn 75c. The
cowpeas are good for season. Butter 250.

McDonald Co., Sept. 29.—This county
is having damp, rainy weather after an
exceedingly dry summer. V.'heat did
well. It went from 15 to 26 bu. per acre.
Strawberries did well. One little town
shipped about 85 cars at $1.50@2 per
crate. Corn made very little grain but
made much good fodder. A few silos
were built this fall. Cowpeas made very
little seed but lots of ﬁne hay. Big crop
of peaches, but few apples. Corn 60c;
wheat 800; eggs 17((D18c; dairy butter 18
@300; potatoes $1.40; turkeys 10@14c;
ducks 8c; hens 200; springs 121/2c; roos-
ters 5c.

Vernon Co., Oct, 1.——Most of the farm-
ers are busy putting in their wheat.
Quite a large acreage will be sown this
fall. Ground is in ﬁne shape since the
rains. .Corn is a failure here this year.
Not many hogs or cattle in this part of
the state. Apples almost a failure here;
only those who have sprayed and cared
for their orchards have apples. Others
have had apples on, but all fell off.
Peaches are quite plentiful. The early
potatoes were fair but weather was too
hot and dry for the later plantings. The
grass is starting since the fall rains have
come.

NOdaway Co., Oct. 1.—-Dr0uth has been
broken. Plenty of rain now; much small
grain is being sown. Corn is fair; best
Small grain ever known. Pastures are
coming out good since the fall rains.
Most everybody feeding the cattle. Apple
crop only fair; other fruit ﬁne. Stock
generally healthy, but some sickness
among hogs. Potatoes are a poor crop.
Many slos are being ﬁlled. Markets:
Corn 850; wheat 80c; oats 40c; hay $10;
hogs 7c; cattle 5@6c; chickens 140; eggs
15; butter 200.

Kansas.

Finney Co., Sept. 30.—Three good rains
and several showers this month have put
the ground in ﬁne condition for wheat
sowing. Barley, wheat and corn ﬁelds
are growing up volunteer. Stock looks
well; water is always plentiful as our
wells are drilled and never go dry. Most
of the farmers have stacked their feed.
Some are hauling hay. There are a few
ﬁelds of milo maize to be headed. Cattle
telling high; spring calves $25 per head.

Cowley Co., Sept. 30.-—Recent rains
have helped pastures and alfalfa and
made conditions favorable for fall seed-
ing. An unusually large acreage will be
put in wheat and rye for pasture as feed
is scarce. A good crop of alfalfa seed
has been harvested and is selling at $4
per bu. Kaffr in the best fields may
Yield 20 bu.

Nebraska.

Dawson Co., Oct. 1.——The ﬁrst frost of
the season came the 25th of September.
\\'e have had light showers but not
enough to put the ground in condition
for winter wheat. \l'hat is being sown
is placed on corn ground. Potato crop
is very light. Prices: Alfalfa $12; prai-
rie hay $10; corn 75c; wheat 700; oats
50c; butter-fat 25c; potatoes $1.25.

Platte Co., Sept. 29.—This month start-
ed without breaking the hot spell, which
lasted to the 10th. Since we have had
two inches of rain. \Vheat all sown; ﬁrst
up looking good; corn will make 20 to
30 bu; wheat made 20 bu; oats 2:3 bu.
Pasture poor all summer. A number of
silos are being built. “'heat 72c; com
650; oats 35c; cattle 3@5c; hogs $7.50.

Saunders Co., Sept. 30.—-Two good rains
one on the 16th of the month and one on
the 28th so the ground is in good shape
for fall plowing. and seeding for fall
wheat. Farmers are very busy seeding;
there will be a fair crop of corn, wheat
and oats were good crops. Pastures are
much better since the rains.

Dodge Co., Sept. 30.—-Good rains since
the 16th; weather much cooler. There
will be lots of fall wheat. Corn will make
from 30 to 40 bushels. Big fair held at
Fremont 8th to 13th; big oil engines held
a plowing demonstration here. 16 differ-
ent makes all plowing 60-acre ﬁeld in
three hours.

Delta Co., Oct. 4.—Threshing just about
done; oats a. good crop; wheat not so
good, did not ﬁll; Speltz went 30 bu. to
the acre; rye was good but went down

before it was cut. Pasture is good;
plenty of rain. Lots of plowing being
done. Potatoes a good crop but rotting
badly, selling for 5063600; oats 65c; wheat
900: butter 30@320; eggs 280; spring
chickens 16c. '

 
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“My lambs were dying at the rate “one or Will kill and expel these dangerous stomach and intestinal worms, how it Will rgake you;
{ngtvegl 3.“yi;uiAcfi’.%‘L1..bf§‘§i‘e iiegiinégaiiﬂiié farm animals put on ﬂuesh—hovv’ it Will put snap in the eye, gloss on the coat an Vim fin
time the remedy “them Since the“. 1 have energy in every muscle. SAL-VET can't help but work a wonderful change in. your stock because it rees
lift“; t3Eyeglxidi’ilgsiifs'laiigiiihe{fo'i‘bf'hiﬁ‘fgigg them of the myriads of blood-sucking parasnes that fasten themselves along the lining of the stomach and
keeping sheo without, Sal-vet_"_,1_ A, intestines and rob the animals of the nourishment needed for growth and thrift, and rob you ofyour stock proﬁts.

Biedert. Find ay. Ill.

 
.“A fteratliorough trial. I am enclosing here-
With the price of the "Sal-Vet" with the
thorough conviction that it is THE BES'I

WVESTM EN 1‘ I HAVE EVER MADE."-—O: The Great

Jack. Minneola. Fla. -

"Your “Sal-Vet ' saved my hogs. Many other wan”
herds'all around me died from hog cholera.
buhmine are sr'll all healthy. I can attribute
their escape to nothing but. “Sal*Vet."—R. B.

Fenske. Hoyt. Kansas. ”GStI‘OYGI'

"1 fed the'200lh. barrel of “Sal-Vet" and
believe that it saved my hogs. as the cholera
s“ opt. this part of the country: but I have not

‘wi

The Great
- . ‘ LIVE $100K .
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’s‘éidi‘f i’s’éi'i’sf‘éi‘n’éi’ia;a,"i.¥r0mm“ “t “SAL-VET” is a great boon to stock raisers—it has conquered once
"Sal-Vet" amply fills the bin. Neighbor. and for all the most destructive parasites known to animal kingdom—the pests that
:liinaems‘iiigemgeidzir‘iz legal.“ S's-Piwgrgvggsf cause 90% of all live stock losses. You can’t hope to have the best stock—the healthiest

Gilbert. Waltonville. Ills.

__ animals and make the most money unless you get rid of the worms. Being a medi- \ l
N ' r u n o G‘ - -
m,tgtgrhgegggneugoggyvorgmgf tEa‘éXftwgg cated salt, stock like SAL-VET” and run to it freely while

more for them than before feeding it. It
certainly aye to fegd k“Sal-Vet."—John

‘M— The Doctor lhemselves
"I have just spent a day with the lambs that. , y
—

we have on feed at our demonstration farm
at Caldwell. "SaLVc-t gives them better ap-
petites and seemed to make them have better

 
0.13;“.- lnfapt-theeuipsbhzwe rowers: ru- It requires no dosing—no drenching—no starving—no bother at all. The

get-X'Tlcireaérlggihlgg.:fiiiiii'illuHtfsb‘:r§dmsaanl: cost is trifling if it does everything Iclaim and absolutely nothing if it fails. For onlyﬂl-thh of
“New” ° daho' ’0 "3“" 0‘ Agricmtme 1: da an ho or shee can run to it freely—lair er animals of course consume a tri e more.
dA‘ltE ct',M ., acenayyg _P . g .

iguhofgmu um xpenmen S anon 0500“ Remember I don’t ask a Single penny of pay in advance. I want you to see the results first—on
"Ourhogs had been dying for sometime, but your farm—before you deCide-

after feeding “Sal-Vet" to them for two weeks.
the losses stopped. and we have lost. none of

ashram ‘hankB‘°Y°“-”-S-H- “‘8‘“ Send No Money—Just the Coupon

PRI C ES: $833560 siting" 12801511123832

Noon... Nu... f.......h.,.io,b. 0...”... All I ask you to do is to ﬁll out the coupon at the left—tell me
' x V ’ . ‘ o “
gitidgﬁlafki?ugﬁY€r2§91dp§§k$£§$ “£3.33 how many head of stock you have and I’ll ship you enough SAL-VET” to last
H‘g’ﬁ‘f‘vggl' grdjxyjhgﬁgép‘g‘; gifgegnfl’14llLD-fg: all your stock 60 days. You simply pay the freight charges when it arrives (nothing more) then ,
eadh horse or head of cattle, as nearas we can when the 60 days are up if you are not satisﬁed that “SAL-VET” has done what I claimed, I 11

come without. breaking regular size packages.

 
cancel the charge—You won’t owe me one penny. Don’t put off trying “SAL-VET” another
_ - - - - - I I day. Protect your stock from disease—see for yourself how you can have healthier, thriftier,
- k' ' l. E D THE COUPON NOW. Address
SIDNEY R. FEIL’ Pres. better, money ma mg anima S S N

THE s. R. FEIL CO. \ SIDNEY R. FEIL, President
Dept.Mrio-ii-I3 Cleveland, 0. ‘ THE 5- R- FE|_L C0» Mfg-

Ship me enough Sal-Vet to last my stock 60 [l29] f?
days. I will pay the freight charges when it ar- I
rives, agree to report results promptly in 60 days
and at that time pay for it if it does what you ‘
claim. If it does not, you are to cancel the charge.

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