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DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JAN. 10, 1914.





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Foreign Potato Di,seases and the Quarantine.





A Description of the Wart Disease and Powdery Scab, now Prevalent in Many Countries.





1TH a quarantine in force against

VV the importation of foreign-grown

potatoes on account of the dan-

importing infected seed and

thus introducing and spreading in this

country two serious potato diseases nOW

becoming common in the old world and

in parts of the western hemisphere, Mic-h—

igan Farme1 1eade1s wi .l naturally be in-

terested in lea1ning something about

these diseases. To the end that they

may become acquainted with their mani-

festations and be prepared to recognize

them should they by chance be intro-

duced from across the border, we have

secured as accurate descriptions and il-

lustrations of them as possible. For the

illustration and description of the wart

disease, now quite common in Europe,

Newfoundland and some of the islands of

the St. Lawrence River, we are indebted

to a publication of the Board of Agricul-

ture for Scotland. secured through the

courtesy of a Chicago firm dealing in

'both domestic and foreign potatoes, while

the illustration and description of the

powdery scab is taken from a Depart-

ment of Agriculture publication.

The Wart Disease.



rl‘lhis disease, as will be readily seen

from the accompanying illustrations, is

caused by a fungus which attacks the

tuber. This fungus is known by various

local names which are descriptive of its

appearance, such as Wart Disease, Cauli-

llOWeI‘ Disease, Black Scab, and Potato

Canker. Its scientific name is Synciiy-

trium Endobiaticum, (Percival). \Vhen

the disease is once established in the soil

flhis is a. very serious disease, causing

s0metimes- a total loss of the crop and

becoming a serious menace to a large

area, hence the wisdom of taking every

precaution to prevent its getting a. foot-

hold in this country.



The method by which the disease at-

tacks the tuber is peculiar to the disease.

The fungus can only gain an entrance

into the tubers at the eyes of the young,

undeveloped sprouts, where by its irri-

tating presence

the warty excrefieenccs which are so ap-

parent in the illustrations. One eye Only

of the tuber may be affected and that so

slightly that the presence of the fungus

would not be noticed by an ordinary ex-

amination, which illustrates the imprac-

ticability of keeping it out of the coun-

try by any system of inspection it for-

eign grown potatoes were admitted to the





country from infected districts. Gener-

ally, however, the outgrowth is distinct-

ly noticeable and where the attack has





been severe all the eyes may be affected

:111d the warty growth in evidence as in

the Specimens shown in the illustrations.

And not only the tubers. but the buds on

the underground tuber-bearing shoots

may be im'raded and the warty growths

develop on these as well, as shown in the

illustrations, which fact increases the

danger of the spread of the disease. Even

the haulms above the soil level may

show the growth and in some instances

the appearance of greenish white masses

of fungus at this point is the first indica-

tion of the presence of the disease. At

first the warts on the tubers are light

brown in color, and quite firm. but they

gradually darken until they become al—

most black and in the course of time

they rot and become soft and spongy.

Life History of the Fungus.



The life history of this fungus is de—

scribed as having tw0 distinct stages. an

actiVe and resting stage. It is during the

latter stage that the greatest danger of

the spread of the disease into new areas





it causes the growth OIL.-.





occurs While in this stage the spores

of the disease are enclosed in hard, re—

sistant cases known as “sporangia,”’ a

large number of the spores in each case.

These spores have a marked degree of

vitality and may lie dormant in the soil

for at least six years and still retain

their power of infecting a potato crop.

While in this stage they may be imported

into a new area either by the use of in-

fected seed, or by any of the common

methods by which infectious diseases are





carried, such as infected sacks, farm im-

plements, manure, etc. Sooncr or later

in the growing season many of these





spores commence to grow, bursting their





cases and infecting the crop if growing

on the land, which marks the beginning

of the active stage of the disease. A

limited movwwr cf the spores takes





place in the moist soil. and soon the

rootlets a re reached and the irritation

above described takes place with the





resultant warty growth. Repeated infec-

tion of the same area may occur. to

which fact the variation in the form of

the resulting growths is attributed. Dur-

ing the late summer and fall the fungus

within the'host again passes into the

resting stage and the some cases are





 





formed, with their hard, resistant coats.

If the diseased material is left in the

ground it soon lots and these “sopran-

gia” pass into thc surrounding soil in

large numbers. Urdinuary methods of

tillage tend to rapidly increase infected

areas. so that any infection, however

slight, soon assumes considerable pro-

portions, and when the soil becomes





thoroughly polluted with the spores the

production of a sound or merchantable

crop of tubers is impossible for an in-

definite peiiod of tillli‘. So far no effec-

tive treatment for the eradication of the

spores from the soil has been discovered

other than to starve them out by devot-





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ing the land to other crops for a. series

of yearS, hence the great desirability of

exercising every precaution to prevent

the introduction of the disease, for which

purpose the ou'v'mtinc has been eStab-

lished.

Precautionary Measures.



inasmuch as this disease is not known

to have been introduced into this coun-

try as yet. the methods of treating in—

fected areas will not be of interest to

lhe reader at this time, but as the recent

hearing at Washington brought out the

fact that infected potatoes have found





the larger





their way to this country, precautimiary

measures will be of interest. Probably

Of these precautionary measures, the one

of greatest importance to our growers is





to refrain from using second-hand sucks

in the handling of the crop grown upon





the farm, as there is a chance that in

this way the spores of the disease might

be introduced. So important is thc ap—

pawnt need of this precaution that the

United States Department of Agriculture

recently issued a warning to the potato

growers of the country against thc use

of any Second-hand potato sacks unless

same have been properly sterilized, not

alone on account of a. possiblc danger of





the introduction of this destructiw: po-

tato disease, but the greater danger of





introducing a number of other discasL‘s





which have been found to be morc or less

common in imported potato stock. viz.,

the powdery scab. sichr scurl‘, both dry





and soft rots, the late blight and common

scab with which all are familiar, etc.

This warning;r is perhaps of greater i11-

terest to tho potato growers of the east-

ern states than those of Michigan, since

portion of the imported stock

has cmnnioniy been distributed in eastern

markets, but it has been determined by

Department oiliciais that there is a con-

siderable trade in these foreign sacks be

tween dealers lo-catcd at the ports of

entry and potato shippers and dealers in

the eastern states and to some extent

throughout the country, which fact, to-

gethcr with the fact that many foreign

potatoes have in the past found their way

to the Detroit market. makes this pre-

cautionary measurc one of interest to

Michigan potato growers.

The Powdery Scab.





To the untrained eye this disease re-

sembles the common scab of potatoes,

but it is really a markedly different dis-

ease and apparently one of far greater

economic importance, due to the fact that

no prcvenitive treatment, such as is in

common use for the control of the com-

mon scab, has been found effective in

checking its growth. While this disease

is not common in the United States, it

has been found in a few localities, and

it is important that potato growers

should be familiar with its appearance

in Ol‘dCI that infested potatoes may at

once be destroyed wherever they make

their appearance. it causes the forma-

tion of round pustulcs with raised edges,

which may vary in size and number. The

appearance of the diseased tubers is

shown in the accompanying illustration as

well as is possible in a drawing. if the

pustules are numerous the whole surface

of the potato may be covered and the

eyes destroycd. .\t harvest time when

the potatoes are mature these pustules

contain a brown dust, which consists of

countless small spore balls, which may

remain alive in the soil for several years

and inl'cct future crops. The dam, *‘eious

character of this disease was made evi-

dent by the testimony of pathological

experts and foreign representatives at

the recent hearing noted in last week’s

issue of the Michigan Farmer. and it is

due to its prevalence in Canada as well

as European countries that the quaran-

tine against the importation of potatoes

was extended to include the Dominion.





It is estimated by the Department of

Agriculture that the farmers of the lini-

ted States now lose over $30,000,000 per

annum from the long list of potato dis-

eases now common in this country sev~ '

eral of the worst of which have come to.

us from foreign countries, where the de-
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velopment' and spread of these diseases

is much more rapid than in this country.

on account of the greater total areas

growu and the fact that many small

growers plant the same ground to pota-

toes year after year. Our system of crop

rotation has been something of a safe-

guard in this direction, but we have

enough of these diseases now and it is

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Typlcal Appearance of Powdery Scab.





cise every precaution against the intro-

duction of others. It is for this reason

that the above description of the two

moat serious of the prevalent foreign po-

tato diseases is presented to Michigan

Farmer readers. It is not at all probable

that either of these disease; will make

their appearance on any Michigan form.

but in case they do, or any grower has

suspicions to that effect, he should at

once take the precaution of having the

field examined by an expert who will be

able to determine the nature of the diffi-

culty, since the way to check the ravages

of any infectious direase. whether of

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IS FARMING A PROFITABLE BUSI-

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There has been some discussion on this

subject of late in the Michigan Farmer.

From experience and observation I be-

lieve much depends on the man whether

there is any profit in farming or not. It

is like any other kind of business, if

poorly managed the profits, if any. will

The farmer

who buys expensive machinery, and ex-

poses it to the weather for months at a

time when not in use, will not find this

very profitable. Poor seed and luck of

proper preparation of the seed bed is

another means of lessening the profit. In

the spring especially we are apt to get

in a hurry and so neglect to prepare the

ground as we actually know it ought to

be prepared, and the crop is shortened in

consequence. I must plead guilty of hav—

ing sometimes done the same thing.





The farmer cannot figure to make just

such a certain per cent of profit on his

investment, as can the merchant, because

he has something altogether different to

contend with———he is a good share of the

time at the mercy of the weather. But

still, by good management he can be pre—

pared to overcome some of the unfavor-

able weathcr conditions. Take, fer ex-

ample, in haying time, if, instead of cut-

ting down so much at a time that it can-

not be taken care of for several days.

only enough is cut down so it can be

pretty well cleaned up every day. there

is less danger of 103%. Many other ex-

amples might be brought up to show how

much depends on the management of a

farm whether there is any profit in the

business or not.



The problem of feeding and caring for

stock, so as to keep them in a healthy

and thriving condition, requires close at-

tention, as well as study. or the profit

will be small. But suppose the farmer

cannot make as great a per cent of profit

as the merchant figures to make, (but

don’t aLways make), he can live just as

well, in fact, better, and have just about

as many privileges, if he does not wear

quite as nice looking ciothes every day,

so white. Every

Winter in nearly every city, hundreds are

out of employment and have to be fed by

charity. The cases where any farmer

has to be helped in this manner, are

very rare indeed.



The way some farmers talk and com-

plain. it is not much wonder that many

young men are not very enthusiastic

about trying to buy a farm and going in-

to the business. So many farmers lose

sight of the fact that tradesmen and oth-

ers in citieS, with good salaries. are bare-

ly able [to live, and are nearly always in

debt to their groceryman. I know this

to be true from personal knowledge.

\Vhile some years crops are poor, and

there are more or less losses from stock

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ment, yet if the farmer in such circum-

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A SIGNAL SUCCESS WITH ALFALFA

SEEDING.





Although the late crusade for promot-

ing the cause of alfalfa in Michigan did

not invade ourcounty, yet the spirit of

the gospel seemed to permeate the at-

mosphere, qickening the general interest

and inciting to action many already con-

vinced, but halting from fear and doubt.



Alfalfa has not been without its disci-

ples here. Not a few progressive, ag-

gressive farmers have forced their way

to success through failures and discour-





agements. They have demonstrated its

value and accorded it due rank in the

agricultui'al scheme. More numemus.





perhaps. are the quitters after one or two

efforts proved abortive. The germination

and early growth is the critical period

which gives presumptive evidence of the

future crop. If these stages are respec—

tiveiy sparse and sickly, as frequently is

the case. the foundation for generous ex-

pectations is undermined.



The rank and file of farmers would

gladly benefit by the use of this legume,

but because they cannot afford to make

expensive mistakes. wait for the pioneers

to establish permanent methods of cul-

ture that are safe to follow.



The two essentials of inoculation and

lime have been instilled in the agricul-

tural mind. Soil inooulation from 01d al-

falfa fields is the common practice and

those who have made good by this means

listen with indifference to claimants of

an easier way. However, a neighboring

farmer has prescnted an object lesson in

the use of pure cultures which is- attract-

ing favorable attention and is bound to

win follower-q. Before launching out as

a grower, he made a wide study of the

winning methods employed by those

deemed experts, he read, interviewed

observed, reasoned. Out of the material

gathered he mapped a program for him-

self to which be quite strictly adhered.



Early in April he plowed under four

acres of heavy growth rye and vetch on

sandy land. “'ithout applying a fertilizer

or renovator to the soil he proceeded to

summer fallow with frequent ‘harrowings

till the first of August. The moisture





from the frequent rains of this period

was thus conserved.

«Shortly [before seeding he procured





from the experiment station at Lansing

a 25-cent bottle of alfalfa. culture, in

appearance a small amount of glueysub-

stance. This is Warrantcd effective for

only a short time—about three weeks——

and should not be sent for far ahead of

the time it is needed. The alfalfa seed,

20 pounds to tho acre, contained in a

sack. was immersed for a little while in

water. then spread on a table to dry over

night. Early in the morning a mixture

of four pounds of sugar and a. pint of

milk was prepared. The culture, diluted

with a spoonful or two of water to help

it to pour readily, was turned into the

sugar—milk mixture and thoroughly stir-

red. This mass was then added to the

seed, gathered into a tub, which when

well incorporated began to puff and bub—

ble like light yeast, showing the activity

of the bacteria.



At this stage of the preparation it pre-

sented a rather unpleasant prospect to

the man who was to do the sowing. He





called in the cont-“e of the day and

roundly denounced the whole prooess.

predicting disaster and failure. It called





for the heroism of the operator to with-

stand this attack and the public merri-

ment sure to be aroused by the ludicrous

picture this disgusted man’s facetious ac—

count would paint to the villagers. In his

confu-‘ion fear seized him lest he had

bungled. but there was no alternative but

to carry the present plan forward to a

finish. Towards evening when the sun

had passed the danger point he mixed

the adhesive mas: of seed dry with soil,

thus removing all unpleasantness in hand-

ling. As the sowing proceedede the farm.-

er followed with the drag. It took well

into the night to finish covering. but his

momentary discomfiture having fled, he

was cheered. on by a spirit of confidence

and :1 sense. of supreme satiSfaction.

This man says that another time he

would not pcrpare the inoculation till just

as he wanted to apply it to the seed. His

reason is not plain. Why would not a.

day spent in the multiplication of bacte-

ria render the mixture all the more pow-

erful? \About a quarter of an acre in

this field remained unseeded. To fill out





this area more seed was purchased at the

same place as the other—the local ware—





house—and used immediately without ln-'





oculation.



The story of this new experiment soon

got abroad, exciting much interest and

speculation. During the few days await-

ing germination there came some of the

soil inoculators as inspiring as Job's

comforters, who declared that a. stand of

alfalfa could not be secured in that way.

“Come and see,” was the laconic reply.

They did come to see—many came to

admire, for a cleaner, evener, thriftier

piece of infant alfalfa seldom if ever was

displayed. The seed Was free from weed;

and no weeds had been introduced in

foreign soil as in the case of soil inocu—

lation. From the start cuttings will be

alfalfa and not weeds. A soil inooulated

piat near by sown in the spring yielded

mostly weeds at the first mowing, the

secono though better was not free from

foul stuff.



The quarter-acre sown with seed not

treated with cultures makes a. humble

showing beside the other.





Oceana Co. M. A. HOYT.





 





FARM NOTES.

Alfalfa and Canada ~Thlstles.





We have a 4%. acre lot which was

seeded five years ago to red clover; nev—

er a better stand in Eaton county. We

cut it one year, since which time it has

been used for pasture. The middle of

November we plowad it. Some parts of

the field are quite thick with Canada

thistles. We want, as early in the Spring

as it will do, to sow alfalfa. Will the

thistles choke out the little alfalfa? How

early- had We ought to be able to cut the

a.'ialfa for the first time, the first year?

If the thistles will choke. out the seeding,

what is the best thing to do for the field,

to get it in shape for alfalfa as soon as

possible? We have not tested it for

lime as it is said clover ground will

bring alfalfa. How much seed per acre?

We could top-dress it if thought best.

“'9 have also thought of putting it into

oats and making out hay, plowing a-fter

hay is off and then seeding to alfalfa.

Then there comcs the extreme heat and

dry weather for the young seeding. Some

advice would be kindly received.



Eaton Co. S. & L. R.





The results which would be secured

from spring seeding of alfalfa on land

that is badly infested with Canada. this-

tles would probably depend not a little

on the condition of the soil. If well sup—

plied with uvailable plant food and in a

good mechanical condition, as would ap—

pear from the description given, the al-

falfa might survive the encroachment of

Ithe thistlcs and make a good stand. It

will not, hOWever, be practical to clip the

young alfalfa until the new buds show at

he crowns of the plants, as clipping pre-

vious to that stage weakens the young

plants and would make them more eas-

ily crowded out by the thistles. It would,

in the writer's opinion. have given the

alfalfa a better chance to have plowed

the ground just before sowing,r and then

packed the seed bed as well as pOSSiblc

and put in the seed, for the reason that

the alfalfa would then have gotten a bet-

ter start of the thistles than it would on

full plowed land. For this reason the

method suggested of sowing oats in the

spring and cutting for hay, then plowing

and fitting the land for the midsummer

sowing of alfalfa, would perhaps be the

better plan. Under normal weather con-

ditions it should be possible to sow the

alfalfa in July on a well prepared seed

bed and get a good stand, and there

would, be less interferenCc from 'the

thistles than with spring sowing on fall

plowed ground. ll’ith the alfalfa once

well established there need be no fear

that the thistles will crowd it out, as the

vigorous growth of the alfalfa and the

frequent cutting will discourage them ef—

fectually.



The amount of seed used per acre will

depend upon the method of sowing and

the weather conditions, as well as the

quality of the seed. We have a very

thick stand fi‘om a seeding of 10 pounds

per acre and have seen excellent stands

where the seed was drilled in at the rate

of six pounds per acre.



Top-dressing Wheat with Manure.



Can I top—dress wheat with manure

spreader without harming it? Would it

help to hold the snow and ice and injure

it by spreading on snow?



Ionia Co. SUBSCRIBER.

‘Top—dressing wheat with manure, if put

on evenly with amunure spreader, can be

safely done at any time when the ground

is in condition to draw. It will be spread

so evenly and thinly as to have little ef-

fect in holding snow or ice, but such ef-

fect would be beneficial rather than oth-

erwise as the presence of bhe manure, if

ice forms on the surface, would tend to

admit air to the plants and prevent

smothering of the wheat.





 





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Our sugar Beet Industry.





point of the sugar beet grower,



has been quite satisfactory. It

is estimated that the Michigan ic-rop

reached 1,000,000 tons of beets. A gen-

eral rule to obtain tihe sugar produced

is to divide by eight. The railroad tOn-

nage of the Ibeet sugar crop also includes





THE season of 1913, from the stand-





.the dried beet pulp, which is about one





ton of pulp in 20 of raw beets. The dried

pulp has an enormous sale to eastern

dairies, ‘where silage is not used. The

moistened pulp makes a succulent feed

that is unequaled in. that respect by any

other proprietary food. For a time a

molasses pulp food Was put 0n the mar—

ket and was at first a most excellent

Ifood, but at times chemical changes oc—

curred so that the character of the mo-

‘laSSes pu‘l-p food was uncertain. Sugar

'beet inolaSSes, owing to the excessive

amount of earthly salts, mostly potas-

sium, does not enter into stock feeding

as largely as does the cane molasses. The

sugar beet molasses tastes bitter and is

physiclkinug in effect if fed to any consid—

erable extent. This molasses is made

int-o alcohol and tlhe larrge chemical plant

at Bay City makes that revenue collect-

ing district one of the most important in

the United States. The different sugar

factories dispose of their molasses to the

chemical company, shipping in tank

cars. The molasses is diluted with wat-

er, fermented with yeast and distilled

similar to grain Whiskey or 21ch01.



Absolute alcohol is 'callcd cologne

spirit and is used for Special purposes,

such as essences, soda water syrups, etc.

A large amount of alcohol is used in the

manufacture of smokeless powder and in

the art's. The cheaper grades of whiskey

are made. from alcohol, and are technical-

ly known as rectilier’s goods, to distin-

guish them from whiskey direct from the

still, which, of course. contains less al—

cohol than the product, alcohol, itself.



Potash and Sugar Beets.



One of the interesting things in con-

ne-ctinOn with sugar beet growing is the

necessity for potash in the soil. Beets

grown 0n muck or peat soils low in po—

tassium are also low' in >ugar content.

The best roots spread out over the

ground, apparently searching for potash,

just as do swamp growing trees, and the

beet growth is meager. At the alcohol

plant what remains after distilling is

called sludge. The sludge is burned to

dispose of the. organic matter and there

remains the potash, which is in the ash,

and this is sold to fertilizer concerns as

a source of potash for commercial fer-

tilizer.



Poets, not chemists, have said that sug-

ar being nearly pure carbon was con-

densed sunlight and took nothing from

the soil. We have, in a vague sort of

way, an understanding that crops re-

move nitrogen, phosplhorus and potassium

from the soil, but are not often given the

opportunity to see, as in the case of the

manufacture of alcohol from sugar beet

molarlscsv. Sugar lbeets are, however,

somewhat thoughtful in regard to putting

the potash mainly in the leaves and the

crown of the beet, and these we mostly

left or fed on the farm. To the sugar

manufacturer an excess of top material

means a low recovery of granufated sug—

ar, as the earthy Silltr‘v prevent sugar

(from cryst‘alizing out of the syrup.



Beet Tops a Valuable Feed.



As the beet pulp and molasses are by-

products to the manufacturer of sugar,

50 the beet tops are to the farmer who

grows sugar beets. Their value is var—

iously estimated at fl‘O'lTl $10 to $15 per

acre for 'feed for milch cows. ()n my

own farm beet tops are certainly worth

the maximum figure. Potassium again

shows in the beet tops, for if fed exces—

sively the milk has an alkaline taste

which is quite dis-agreeable. The correct

way of caring for beet tops is to mix

with cut corn fodder and put into the

silo. The dry corn fodder absorbs the

excess moisture of the tops and is soft~

ened, sweetened and made palatable. The

difficulty in the way of silo filling is that

Uhe silage cutters with blowers are not

adapted to handling beet tops, which are

liable to contain grit and even stones

when forked up. The old—:fashioned car-

rier is a long reach of chain for the us—

ual height silo. In foreign countries the

beet tops are put into a low silo made of

earthen embankments, and form an im-

portant addition to flhe feed supply. The

promised land of Biblical times was de-

scribed as a land flowing with milk and

honey, but sugar beets make milk, sugar,

dried pulp feed and alcohol.





The state law in regard to testing and

taring sugar beets seems to have worked

well in actual practice. The wei'ghmas-

ters were sworn to give correct tare and

weights. Messrs. Kedzie, Patten and

Shannon, respectively of the Agricultural

College, Experiment Station and Dairy

and Food CommiSsioner's office, each em-

inent as chemists, prescribed the meth-

ods of testing which were uniform

throughout the state, with a certain de-

gree of finneness for the pulp and a fixed

length of time for tihe digestion of the

pop to extract all the Sugar. The two

inspectors of sugar beet testing saw that

correct pipettes and measuring glasses

were used, and carried quartz glasses for

correcting any displacements of the pol—

ariscope used in reading the test. In

general the requirements of the law were

observed and acquiesced in without fric-

tion, and an honest effort was made to

deal feaii‘ly. The weighmaSters and tare

men were sworn to deal fairly and im-

partially in the matter of weights and

late and the printed oath was placarded

on the walls of the weigh station so that

all might be impressed with the fact

that the state was umpiring and the rules

of the game must prevail]. The state col-

lected one-fourth of a cent a ton, or ap-

proximately $2,500 for inspection fees.

The two inspectors received $150 per

month and expenses for services render-

ed during the campaign.



The Flat Rate.



For the season of 1914 no tests in gen-

eral will be made as beets will be bought

by most of the factories on a. flat rate. of

$5.00 per 1011 F. O. B. cars, or $5.00 de—

livered at the factory, the difference in

price covering freight, unloading from

cars and cost of weigh station mainte-

nance. The factories economiZe in the

cost of chemical work in testing and

heavy express bills on samples.



One of the striking facts connected

with sugar beet testing in the state is

the variation in sugar content in differ-

ent sections. In a general way the more

northerly grown beets surpass those

grown farther south. Soil conditions.

however, seem to be the determining fac-

tor, and would afford an inviting field for

experimental work. All the logic of beet

improvement by culture and selection is

tihrown to the winds when the beets are

bought at a flat rate, and might be called

an experiment in socialism.



Economic Phases of the Crop.



The economic effects of sugar beet

growing have been far reaching. In the

matter of foreign help the agricultural

laborer was a distinct gain, for with all

the objections the Slav laborer is the

must desirable of now possible immigra-

tion. The Bohemians and Slav workmen

are industrious, generally hone-st and

teachable, and primarily adapted to farm

work. Where intemperance in the mat-

ter of drink does not prevail, the Slav

saves his money and buys a. piece of

land. It's the exception and not the rule

where one fails to make payments. The

Bohemian has many good traits, one of

which is helpfulness toward his fellow

countrymen in assisting them to get

a. start. In various portions of the beet

growing districts [the Bohemian has been

a necessary cog in the wheel flhat has

raised farm prices. The growing of sug-

ar beets has taken an important place in

Michigan agriculture and economic S'ur-

roundings which, if abandoned, will be

seriously felt in. so many different places

and different ways as to be a serious in—

terruption of business as now ope-rated.



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RATION FOR FRESH COWS.





I would like to have Mr. Lillie give

me 'the best ration out of the following





.feeds for fresh cows: Cornstalks, mixed





hay. (clover and timothy.) oat straw,





,corn and rye. Can buy bran and cot-





tonseed meal. Please state amount of

_graln per animal.

' Clinton Co. L. C. B.





My opinion would be that it would be

better to feed once a day. all the hay the

cows will consume without unnecessary

waste. Then feed cornstalks once a. day,

and on the next day feed straw, and keep

alternating the cornstalks and straw,

.while the hay is being fed every day. For

La grain ration I would suggest the mix-

ture of corn, rye. and bran in equal

”parts, and feed this in connection,_'vith

cottonseed meal or oil meal. If the cot-

tonseed meal is used feed about two

pounds per day. Or one can mix oil meal

and cottonseed meal together. Two con-

centrated foods can be mixed together,

but I don't like to mix cottonseed with

wheat bran and corn meal for fear the

cottonseed meal will not be evenly dis-

tributed and that too much may be fed

to some cows and too little to others. But

you can mix oil meal and cottonseed

meal together and then feed two pounds

per day, a pound at night and a pound

in the morning, or you could feed the

two pounds at one feed and then feed

enough of the other grain so that you are

feeding a pound of grain to every three

or four pounds of milk produced by a

cow a day, or three-fourths of a pound

of grain a day for every pound of butter-

fat that a cow produced in a week.





GRAIN T0 FEED‘WlTH SILAGE AND

MIXED HAY.





 





What grain Shall I buy for fresh grade

Holstein cows? 1 have good corn silage

and mixed hay. \Vill commercial dairy

feed do it?



Kent Co. SUBSCRIBER.





VVIhile mixed hay would not be as rich

in protein as clear clover hay or alfalfa

hay, yet it is much better than corn

stover or straw. Consequently in mak-

ing a, ration we would not need foods





‘quite so rich in protein as we would if





it was com stovcr inS-‘tead of mixed hay.

I would therefore suggest that you feed

ilW‘O pounds of cottonseed meal per day

per cow and then feed corn and oats

mixed, or corn meal and bran if you h'aVe

no oa-ts, using the bran in place of the

cats. Mix equal parts by weight, and

feed enough of this mixture with the cot-

tonseed meaul so that you are feeding 1 lb.

Olf grain to every 3 or 31/2 lbs. of milk

which your cows give in a day, or 134 or

1 lb. of this mixture for every pound of

fblllt‘teF-f‘aJt which they produce in a. week.





BEAN STRAW FOR COWS.





 





Will you kindly inform me if bean

straw is safe to feed cows with calf? I

have 'heard that it will cause abortion.

If that is true how long after conception

is it safe to feed it?



Allegan Co. T. F. B.



This is the first time I ever heard bean

straw mentioned as a cause for abortion.

ll. do not believe there is anything in it.

El never heard of it before and I have fed

bean straw and bean pods to cows every

winter and I never observed any such ef-

fect, so I think the notion is wrong.

Probably somebody who had bcan pods

to feed also had contagious abortion in

his herd and the person put the two to-

gether and said that abortion was caused

by feeding the bean straw, when it really

had nothing to do with it. Such things

as this often happen. People do not get

at the right cause. Many people have

abortion in their herd of cows and the

cows never saw any bean pods. If one

had a herd afflicted with this disease and

was feeding alfalfa he might lay it to

feeding alfalfa hay, or to the feeding of

any particular grain, but such would not

be the cause.



Contagious abortion is not due to feed-

ing. but is a germ disease, and no matter

what feed a cow gets she may be liable

to have contagious abortion.



I would not think of feeding bean pods

alone as the entire ration. It is not eco-

ngmlcal and there is too little variety for

the cows to do well. One could afford to

buy hay and some grain to mix with the

bean pods rather than feed them alone.





 





.IAN. 10, 191,4.





In fact, I would feed bean pods oniy'once

a. day and then feed hay once a day. Or

if I didn’t have hay I could feed good oat

straw and cornstalks, or something to

furnish a variety. Of course, besides this

the cows ought to have grain of some

sort to help balance up the ration: .A

concentrated grain food of some kind is

required to enable the cowa to produce

anywhere near their capacity.





 





FROZEN ENSILAGE.





 





Is there any advantage in having a

silo inside of a. barn in a real cold cli-

mate? Is it unhealthy or injurious to

stock to have the odor in the barn? 'Silo

agents have claimed in this locality that

feeding the ensllage from the edge of

the silo and keeping the middle full, pre—

vents freezing. Several silos have been

sold in this locality and the buyers haVe

understood these conditions. But it

seems if they keep feeding from the edge

in cold weather they will be feeding a.

continuous rotation of chopped ice. Is

frozen ensilage healthy or injurious? Is

ensilage as valuable as a feed after it

has been frozen and thawed out as be-

fore freezing? Is there any advantage

in having a steam. plant in the barn to

thaw this frozen ensilage out? Is a ce-

ment silo as good as wood as far as the

ensilage- is concerned?



Otsego Co. C. F. R.





'i’t afford to have a, silo inside of

the barn. We want the barn room for

something else and it is too expensive.

We might a. great deal better build a

double wall for a silo outdoors than to

have the silo in the barn. If you build

a square” barn and have the

walls of the barn to be the walls of the

silo the pressure from the ensilage will

warp your barn all out of shape. I have

tried that. If you build a round silo

inside of the barn it takes up so much

room that you can’t afford it. If you

build the silo outdoors and then wanted

the protection of a double wall you can

put up studding around the outside of

the silo and board it up. It would be

much cheaper than it would be to put the

Silo in the barn.



But I don’t think either one is neces-

sary. If you are bothered very much

about freezing in a Small silo, put a tight

cover over the top of it and then get a

little oil stove. A gallon of kerosene oil

a day I'think will prevent your ensilage

from freezing. Of course, a little stove

like this won't accompl‘iSh very much if

there is too much ventilation in the silo,

but if you will make the roof tight so the

heat can't all get out and keep one of

these little stoves burning it will keep

the silo from freezing almost entirely.





I don’t think that it is good advice to

feed from around the edge of the silo

first, because as you say you are feeding

frozen ensilage all the while. The way to

do it in large Silos is to take the silage

out of the center where it isn’t frozen

and work it out as near the edge as you

can. It will freeze some. in a cold snap

so that the silage will stick to the side

of the silo, and I would leave this until

the weather warmed up. Every little

while during the winter time the weath-

er warms up so that the silage will loosen

up and fall into the center of the silo.

Many times it will thaw out entirely.

Your stable. of course, should be wurm

where you keep the COWS. If some of the

ensilage is frozen you can shovel it out

into the stable and leave it there until

the ice is thawed. Then it will do no

harm to feed it. But I certainly would

not want to feed chunks of frozen en-

silago to- the cows because it will do them

no good to eat this frozen enSilage. It

might give them a little indigestiOn and

be of considerable damage.



Freezing does not seem to hurt en-

silage. For instance, silos that are filled

for summer feeding often freeze consider-

able in the winter time, but it is not

damaged, and of course when the weath-

er warms up it thaws out. Now this en-

silage is just as good as it was before it

was frozen. It doesn’t seem to hurt it a

particle. And so ensilage that is frozen

and fed in the Winter time, if thawed out

has not been injured by the freezing.



A cement silo is no better than a wood-

en silo provided the wooden silo is tight

so that the air cannot get to the en-

silage. That is all there is about a silo

—simp1y keep the silo tight so the air

cannot get into the ensilage when it is

fermenting. The only reason that a ce-

ment silo is better than a wooden silo

is simply because it is more durable, it

will last longer. The wooden silo will in

time decay. The cement silo will not. If

the cement on the inside of the cement

silo gets corroded and crumbly so that

portions of your ensilage slpoil right

around the outside, then the cement s-ilo

can be replastered and it is just as good

as new.





 





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SHOULD A HOLE BE LEFT IN CE-

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In putting a- floor in a silo would it be

all right to leave a hole in the center of

about one foot in diameter, for the water

to run out?



Newaygo Co. _ A. K.



It would not be a good plan to leave

a hole in the cement bottom of the silo.

It is unnecessary. If the ground is clay

and naturally wet, leaving a hole at the

bottom would allow water to seep in

when the pressure from the silage did not

'keep it out. A hole in a bottom on sandy

land, of course, would not work in this

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hard and solid and let the ensilage come

right down onto the ground, but if the

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VALUE OF BREWERS’ GRAINS AS A

DAIR YFEED.





 





Please let me know what value brew-

ers’ grain is for milch cows. Can it be

improved by mixing with other grain?

li‘or roughage I feed clOVel‘, alfalfa and

shiedded corn fodder.



Saginaw Co. H. F. W.



Brewers’ grains: are quite a. valuable

grain for balancing up the home-grown

foods. They are rich in protein, and are

classed along with cottonseed meal, glu—

ten feed, oil meal and wheat bran. As

your roughage rat-ion consists of clover

hay, ailt‘ailifa hay, and corn stover, it con-

tains a good per cent of protein. There-

i‘ore you would not need as much protein

in the grain as you would if you were

feeding corn silage and sltover, or straw.

.I would suggest then, that you mix (ll‘ied

brewers’ grains and corn meal equal parts

by weight and feed the cows on this ra-

tion, giving them a pound of grain for

every three or four pounds of milk which

't'hey produced in a day, or from three

quarters to a pound of grain for every

pound of b-u‘t-ter-fait they produced in a.

week.





WHAT GRAIN TO ADD TO CORN AND

OATS TO BALANCE RATION.





 





Please give me directions for a bal-

anced ration for dairy cows. We have

the; following roughage and grain On





hand: silage with plenty of corn, clovor





ihay,‘ cornstalks and bean pods. Grain

consists of corn and oats. \Vhat should

he added and please give amounts of each

to be fed. ,



Livingston CO. H. G. A.



For the most economical production of

dairy products the cows should have all

the good roughage they will eat up clettn,

'l‘hei'e should be no scrimping in rough-

age. Of COUI‘Se, one could scrimp in

roughage if he is short when by feediig

a larger amount of grain he can get

through all right, but it would not be as

economical. The roughage is the cheap-

(st part of the ration. ()n the other

hand, a cow cannot do her best on rough—

age alone because it is too bulky—there

no not food nutrients enough. The. cow

'Ztlllln'l consume enough of bulky food

to properly nourish her. In this ration of

clover, hay, cornstalks and bean pods, we

love a, good variety, and if these stuffs

are of good quality they make a splendid

roughage nation.



Feed the cows twice a day of corn sil-

age. night and morning, what they will

eat up clean. Feed clover hay all they

will eat up clean once a day, and corn-

stalks once a day. If you have bean pods

enough feed them bean pods once a day,

providing you feed roughage three times

per (lily. If not, then you could alternate

these feeds», depending on the ones that

you have in largest supply.



Now the roughage part of this ration is

slightly deficient in protein. Corn silage

is a splendid succulent ration but it con—

tains too large a proportion of carbohy-

drates in proportion to protein for best

results Clover 'hay is practically a bal-

anced ration. I't contains the protein and

carbohydrates in right proportion to be

used economically by -the animal economy.

Therefore to make a'balanced ration we

should have a grain ration that is richer

in protein than corn silage because we

want it to balance up the corn silage:

the clover practically balances itself.

However, if you feed very many corn-

stalks the grain ration ought to provide

enough protein to balance up the defi-





THEE MICHIGAN FARMER





ciency of protein in the cornsta’lks as

well. Now, corn and oats will not do

this. Neither one of these grains is’rich

enough in protein to balance up the car-

bohydrates in the corn silage, and there

is no question but what it would pay to

buy some outside feed rich in protein to

mix with the corn and oats. You can

buy wheat bran, cottonseed meal, gluten

feed, oil meal, brewers' grains, etc. Un-

doubtedly the cheapest source of digesti-

ble protein on the market is Cottonseed

meal, and I would advise that you buy

cottonseed meal and feed each cow two

pounds of cottonseed meal a day. Don‘t

mix the cottonseed meal with the other

grain because it is very concentrated and

hard to mix evenly, and being a‘ very

conicenti'atcd food you want to know just

how much you are giving each cow. Then

grind the corn and oats equal part8. Add

enough of the corn and oats to make,

say three-fourths of a pound of grain

for every pound of butter-fat which the

cow produces in a week, or a pound of

grain for every four pounds of milk which

the cow produces in a day. If you have

well-bred dairy cows that are properly

taken care of they certainly ought to re-

spond to this ration.





 





DAIRY NOTES.





 





Water for Cows in the Winter Time.



A good drink of cool fresh water is re-

freshing to man or beast when they are

thirsty. None of us like to drink water

of the temperature of our bodies, or about

100 degrees. \Ve want it down to 40 or

50 degrees. or else we want it hot. Tea

and coffee at 100 degrees temperature

tastes insipid. So I don’t believe that it

pays to warm the'water for cows unduly.

The question as to whether cows should

be» watered in the barn by each one hav-

ing a drinking fountain by themselves, or

whether they should be turned out to

water, has been discussed pro and COn

for these many years. I don’t suppose

any careful experiments have ever been

ntade which would enable one to make

an unqualified statement favorable to

either method. It depends on. so many

different circumstances. If the cows are

kept in a. stable that is 60 degrees tem—

perature I don’t belich it hurts them to

go out and drink a good fresh drink of

water even if that temperature is down

below 40 degrees. YVe like to drink cool

water when we are in just the right con-

dition. It isn't refreshing to go from a

room that is just the right temperature

to live in, say 60 or 70 degrees, and then

drink warm, insipid water. Ice water

tastes better. And so it undoubtedly is

with the cow. ‘She can't speak for her-

self definitely about the matter, but we

have got to reason from analogous in-

stances of such things and also the way

the cow acts. On the other hand, if the

cow is kept out of doors where it is cold

with the temperature at freezing or be-

low, and then allowed to drink, warmer

water would undoubtedly be better for

her, and might perhaps taste better, like

ordering a cup of hot tea or coffee when

we are chilled. It helps to warm us up,

it helps to raise the temperature or to

keep the temperature where it should be.



If we had uniform temperature out of

doors, if it remained frozen all the while

from Thanksgiving until Easter, I would

not attempt to water my cows in the

barn. I would keep them in a barn that

didn’t get below 40 degrees and then I

would turn them out every day and let

them drink. But when the temperature

outside is 60 degrees one day and 10 de-

grees the next, it don‘t work satisfactor-

ily. There is too much change. So the

safest way is to haVc water in the cow

stable so that the cows can drink when

they choose to.



But this water in the cow stable is of

pactically the same temperature, or a lit-

tle below the temperature of the cow

stable. If your cow stable is 40 degrees

the water won’t be much below 40 de-

grees, and it will taste good. Even if it

comes from out of doors where it is much

colder by the time it gets into the stable

it has absorbed some of the temperature

of the stable and become modified so the

cows get it every day at about the same

temperature. This is one reason why it

is advisable to have water in the stable

so that each cow can help herself.





JERSEY BREEDERS MEET.





 





 





The annual meeting of the Michigan

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Agricultural College at East Lansing on

January 14. 1914. An unusually interest-

ing program will feature the gathering.

All persons interested in Jerseys, wheth-

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THE LIVE STOCK MEETING.



Every farmer who can posSibly arrange

to attend should plan on going to the

Live Stock Meeting to be held at the Ag-

ricultural College, East Lansing, Mich.,

on January 14-15, 1914. As noted in the

program published in the last issue, the

first day Will be devoted to the meetings

of the various state breeders’ associa-

tions. Every breeder of pure—bred stock

in the state should attend the meeting of

his association andireceive a fresh in-

spiration, which always results from con-

tact with his brother breeders. Likewise

every feeder of live stock will find it

greatly to his advantage and profit to

attend the general meeting on W’ednes-

day, June 15, where feeding problems will

be discussed by some of the best author-

ities in the country. An affiliation with

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a profitable investment for every breeder

and feeder in the state. Attend the meet-

ing on January 14-05 and be convinced of

this fact.





FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.





 





Feeding Value of Pumpkins.



I would like to know the feeding value

of the field pumpkin and if they are

hard on the land.



TuScOla CO. L. F. L.





Pumpkins haVe a lower food value than

most roots, being more nearly compar-

able to turnips than other commOn roots.

Their greatest value in the ration lies in

the clement of succulency which they

furnish but they have a disadvantage in

the fact that the seeds, when fed in

quantities are considered to have an in—

jurious effect upon some animals. They

contain but 9.1 per cent of dry matter

and their content of digestible nutrients

is as followsz Protein, 1.0 per cent; car-

bohydrates, 5.8 per cent, and fat, 0.3 per

cent. It would not, in the writer‘s opin-

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for the market may be profitably dispos-

ed of in this way.

Feeding Moldy Fodder.



1 was not able to get all my cornstalks

in the barn this fall so put them in large

shocks and owing to so much r1111 with

the mi. d weathe1, they havo molded bad-

1y. Would one be liable to lose stock in

feeding such foddei and if not, would

it be advisable to feed su1h feed?



Oakland Co. L P.



Musty and moldy fodde1 is not a whole-

some feed for any kind of live stock, and

serious consequences sometimes follow its

use, especially for horses. The best way

to handle fodder of this kind, in the writ-

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stock plenty of wholesome roughage and

then haul this fodder and scatter in the

yard during cold weather, allowing the

young cattle to pick it over and get the

best of it and work the balance into tho

yard as an absorbent. In this way Some

benefit will be deI‘iVed from the damagcd

fodder, and the risks in utilizing it will

be reduced to the minimum.



A Catch Crop for Hog Pasture.



Kindly advise me what to sow next

sp1ing on Seven acxes where I lost a

clovex seeding this ye e111, which I would

like to seed and also use for hog pasture

the coming Slimll‘lel Vi ould rape be all

right f01 part of it? \Voud it hu1t tho

clover seeding to pasture with hogs? It

was with wheat this year. W'ould you

plow g10und 01 disk tho1oughly? \Vhat

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to seed the land to clover. It has the





advantage of being a very cheap crop to

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cents per pound and only four or five

pounds per acre are required. The rape

would make a little better growth of the

ground is plowed before seeding, but a

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NEED OF EXERCISE FOR EWES

WITH LAMB.





 





In the winter management of breeding

ewes it should not be forgotten that ex-

ercise is fundamentally a vital necessity

and upon which the maintenance of

health and vigor in the flock largely de-

pends. The practice is prevalent all over

the country among flock owners as soon

as winter closes in, to confine the flock to

very limited quarters, thereby curtailing

opportunity flor exercise and physical





activity. Sheep naturally are animals

endowed with a disposition to ramble

and rove around. In the undomesticated

life they are seldom found to remain long

in one pace, but are continuously Wan-

dering about in search of forage. The

nearer flock owners follow natural ten-

dencies in live stock management the

less obstruction and difficulties will be

encountered.



There are various reasons why flock

owners Should direct special attention

during the winter months while the flock

is confined, to affording ewes with lamb

plenty of exercise. First, it is a. vital

essential for the sustenance of physical





health and vigor. Many outbreaks of

disease in the flock might have been

avoided if its victims had been caused





to take plenty of exercise. The building

up and tearing down of the physical sys-

tem is a natural process. If the building

up prOgresses more rapidly than the tear-

ing down process, there is sure to be

produced an abnormal condition resulting

in a derangement of the entire system.

There is a physical equilibrium in all

animal life and in order to maintain a

high state of health ‘and vitality the

laws governing the process must be care-

fully followed out.



When breeding ewes are confined to

limited yaxdage, as they necessarily have

to be during a part of the winter, there





. is unusual danger of their becoming over--





fat on account of inactiveness and strong

appetites caused from the call for nour—

ishment of their unborn young. There is

additional danger just at this time be-

cause every flock owner likes to see his

ewes coming along in good condition and





very commonly fecds- heavily on fat-

forming roughages and grain. \Nlthout





abundance of exercise the ewes are very

likely to take on flesh rapidly and not

only injure themselves for the purpose for

which they are being maintained, but

also impair the development of the lamb

crop. There is but one remedy for

this evil and that is to cause the ewes to

take all the exercise possible, even if

climaticc conditions are such that they

must be confined to limited quarters



To some flock owners exercise may

seem a very little matter, but i}! may

make the difference between success and

failure. Every spring We receive reports

of poor success with lambs and when the

trouble is run down it invariably ends In

the luck of plenty of exercise during the

winter months \Vhen breeding ewes

have been well fed on a highly nutri-

tious and palatable ration during the

winter season and the lambs come weak

and manifest evidcnce of low vitality,

there is every reason to think that the

trouble rcsts with too close confinement,

pl'oducing an inactive, sluggish condition

that deprived the unborn of proper nour-





ishmcnt. Breeding ewes do not want to

be kept in 2111 over-fat condition, but in

a thrifty, active State, which results from

proper assimilation of food gained from





plenty of physical exertion in the Open

air. There are always a few days dur-

ing practically cvcry month when the

ewes can roam the fields and pasture

lots, and this privilege should not be de-

nied them, as it means a great deal to-

ward maintaining health and vigor in the





flock.





Shiawassee Co. LEO C. REYNOLDS.





LIVE STOCK NEWS.

Of late the big packers in the Chicago

hog market have been kecn competitors

fo1 stags, c111m>~,les governments and oth-

er kinds of throwouts, and now that sell-

ers do hot :have to depend wiholly on

speculators andl small paickch, higher

prices prevail. Formerly the ruling prices

for cripples was usually $1.25 under the

price of the carioud in which they were

shipped to market. but recently the dis-

count has been only $1, and such packers

as Ar'mom & CO., and Swift & CO.,V are

free buyers

S. J. Cox of Oneida 111.. one of the

presiperous hog raisers of Knox county,

showed up in the Chicago market on a.

recent day with a carload of swine of his

own feeding thaut tipped the scales at 334

lbs. and topped the market at $7.90 per

100 lbs. He stated that the hogs were

only 13 months old, which is an unusually

early ago for hogs to make Such heavy

weight. He added that the drove aver-

aged only 200 lbs. the first day of last

September and shOWed a gain of 134 lbs.

in less than 100 days. This is a pube-

nomenal gaiin, especially so when it is

known that these hogs made it on run-

ning in the stalk fields and this was the

only feed they had. It is one of the most

profitable hog ventures heard of recently

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BREEDING FOR MORE EGGS. increase in egg production and vitality.



Many farm flocks have been allowed to



Egg—laying contests and the experiences degenerate by nest-stealing and late



of careful breeders go far toward proving hutchings, and nine out of ten farmers





that the American hen is not doing her

The average hen produces 0n-‘y

while many





duty.

about 70 eggs per annum,





llo-cks ofall considievrralbly |slliort olf flhis

number. Taking the figures of individual





biddies as an indication of what might be,

'it is not hard to imagine that the average

might well be doubled. (if course, we do

not expect. at least for many years to

come, that large lint-ks can ho made to

produce at tlhe rate of 250 or even 200

eggs each, as many individuals are doing

at the present time, )ct this does not

prove that careful sc'ection and breeding

will not produce splendid results. The

da'iryman long ago recognized a difference

in 'his COWS, in the quantity of tllt‘ milk,

as well as quality. Why should the poul-

tryman be so much sloWer to see the dif-

ference in the producingr capm-ity of his

henS? Only recently it would seem, has

it dawned upon the minds of the majority

that what is tl‘uc of the cattle is ariso

Itrue of the hens. Even now the farmer

whose poultry is merely a side issue, usu—

ally a non-paying one. st-oms slow to

comprehend that there can be any differ-

ence in strains so far as egg-production

is concerned. He seems ready enough to

improve his herds by iii-ceding from the

Ibeslt, but it has not yet come home to

him that the practice of the some prin—

-c-iple will im'pi‘OVe his llociks.



The question of building up a heavy-

l-arying strain is not one of breed, rather

it is one of family. \N'ciare accustomed

to think of the lVIediterrancan breeds

when large production is mentioned, but

the records of almost all breeds show

some individuals that have 230 or more

eggs to their credit Il'ol‘ a year’s work.

This clearly proves that there is a laying

type and that certain families possess a

greater power of production than certain

others.



Almost any hen will lay in the spring.

it was in the nature of the wild jungle

'fowl to reproduce its kind at that season.

Mans’ work in domestication was to

breed up to a type that would lay at oth—

er sea-sons. Ilow to select and how to

propagate the desiraihle qualiities is the

question that concerns us at this time. It

is not always! true that the best layer in

the first year of her life will prove the

best breeder. if there he signs if low

vitality in the bird she should be dis-

carded. Some things to be taken into ac—

count in selecting the breeding pen are

age, number of eggs laid in the pullet

year, Iwinter laying qualities, fertility of

the eggs and general vitality.



Breeding stock should be at least two

years old and perhaps not over three.

Sime skillful fanciers claim the second

year is the ‘best. ltocords Should be kept

to indicate, at least amiroximately, how

many eggs were laid the iirst year; it

should be noted at what age the pullets

lbegan layinlg. Finally. search 'for vitality.

Males to head the pens should be selected

Ifrom flocks Where the hcns haVe shown

the same qualities: 'l‘o (':1i‘.y out these

ideas in detail means a good deal of Work,

probably more than most farmers and

'poultrymen have time for. Anyone, how-

ever, can by careful observation and study

of his flock follow. these ideas in a gen-

eral way. Let the tanner select his best





birds for breederS, that is. those with

perfect bodies and healthy :xppezti‘allce.

the ones that seem always active and

happy. Siuoh hens are rl’ound in every

yard. Adopt some 51mm mcthod of





keeping the 'hatchings distinct. leg band

or otherwise. Note the pullets that are

tlhe first to mature and mark the early





layers fOr the breeding [it-n. providing

they later SllO\V the other necessary (“1.11-

iiica-tions. One might in this way build

up a pen of heme much beitcr than the

average of his flock. 1 would also have

each bird as near the standard weight

[for the breed as possible. Fancy points

are desirable but for the laying strain

not absolutely necessary. .-\i'tcr the fe-





males have been selected one coulfd pur~

chase from some reliable breeder the male

bird to head the pen. Be sure that he

comes from a heavy laying strain. There

are many today who are specializing in

strains and after you have done your best

with what yOu have on the farm, intro-

duce judicially the best blood you can pur—

chase and you should soon see a material





when “setting a hen” simpiy select, 13

fair-appearing eggs from the general has-

laet. It is no wonder that so many say

that “poultry does not pay.” I am glad

to note, however, that of late there seems

to have been something of an awakening

on the subject and it is not too much to

[predict that the American hen may yet

{he made to do her duty.





New Hampshire. C. H. CHESLEY.





HENS COULD NOT BREATHE GOOD.





 





I have had to kill several hens and pul-

elts through the summer because they

could not breathe good. It is not the

roup but acts a little like the gapes, but

d‘Oes not seem to be that. One hen I ex—

amined had windpiipe hardened and par-

tially closed. Have fed quite a little

whole carts. Can you tcll me the trou-

ble. also a remedy?



VVashtenaiw Co. F. C.





I am not sure that I can tell you any-

thing about what the trouble is. It is a

Very difficult thing to diagnose a case of

this sort by such a meagre description by

letter. One thing I am positive of, and

that is it was not caused by feeding oatS,

because whole oats is one of my favor-

ite feeds for hens and we have never had

any trouble from feeding them. I should

say that this difficulty was probably caus-

ed from colds. I should look for cracks

in the henhouse where the wind blows on

the hens while they are sitting on the

roosts at night. That is where serious

trouble is liable to develop. Hens rarely

catch cold in the day time, they are ex—

ercising then and can stand extreme cold

wealthel‘. but when they go to bed at

night they are ju>rt like all other animals

they should sleep warm. It is all right

to haVe the front of the ’hien'house all op-

en, as that gives ventilation and does not

produce drafts. On the other hand, if

you have a small crack where the winds

«from the north can blow directly onto the

Ii‘ow‘l. or under their sleeping perches,

they will catch cold and you will have

serious trouble.



’l“he trouble might come from a variety

of cauFes. Perhaps the pipe was injured

in some way and this caused it to hard-

en. It might be that it came from the

fact that the cold Iliad become chronic.

Inflammation of the windpipe frequently

might produce soon a chronic cendition

as this. COLON C. LILLIE.





An Experience wlth a Similar Trouble.





I have had some experience this fall

with canker—one of the few evils I fail—

ed to encounter in the first period of my





eventful career in chickendom. It was

not caused by unsanitary conditions,

mouldy feed, or any of the common





causes. The litter was millet, unthreshed,

and unless that would cause it, I cannot

figure out how it started. But the con-

trol of it may be interesting. I do not

claim it as a new method but I know

that it has been effective. As soon as I

notice a chicken apparently gasping for

breath I eiia-mine the windpipe for cank-

er. if there is any present, no matter

how small. I remove it.



.\t first I found a few bad cases with





the windpipe almost closed and I USe a

lliatcll or a mail to pull the canker out

with. As a result I killed a few by push—





ing the canker down in the windpipe and

choking them to death. The iI-strumcnt

was too large. Now I use a toothpick

and get inside and pull them out. Then

I dose them well with permanganate of

potash, holding their neck until they are

compelled to drag some in the windpipe

on inhaling. 'l‘en cents worth of per—

manganate diluted in a quart of water is

the strength We used it at. Ten cents

worth is about an ounce, I judge.



_ If any more canker forms, repeat the

It‘orcging daily until cured. Generally a

few treatments are all that are needed.

Canker proved mighty fatal in our case,

if let run.



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Supplementary t o

The Foreign Potato the comment relat-

Controversy. ing to the recent

hearing in the mat-

ter of the potato quarantine, which was

published in the last issue, a description

of the more serious of the foreign potato

diseases which necessitated such quaran-

tine is given in this issue. it is .‘l mat-

ter for congratulation that notwithstand-

ing the fact that influential interests and

people who desired to see the cost of liv—

ing lowered made an effort to have the

potato quarantine lifted. regulations cal-

culated to give adequate protection to the

potato growers of the United States

against the lllli'l.)(iut‘i.iill of thew diseases

have been issued by the Secretary of Ag-

riculture.



Briefly stated, these regulations pro-

vide that potatoes to be admitted into

this countiy must be certified by the gov—

ernment of the country of origin to be

free from dangerOUS diseases and insect

pests covered by the quarantine. and must

have been grown in a district free from

the wart disease and the powdery scab.

From countries not mentioned in thc no-

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mitted upon inspection after it has been

dctcz‘mined by recognized QXDEltS of the

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insect pests, all potatoes offered for ex-

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One result of the hearing which should

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of the fact that there is no prcusing’ need

of the importation of foreign potatoes to

supply the dcmands of the consumers.

The statitistician of the Department of

Agriculture estimates tint the potato cz'op

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bushels, which is considerably above the

ten-year average and exceed: the annual

fLOd and seed consumption of potatoes in

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bushels larger than was the yield for 1911,

in which season the total of importations

aggregated about 13,000,000 bushels. It is

probable that if the quarantine was not

in force a much larger importation would

occur this year, when potatoes are admit-

ted‘free. than was the case in 1911, when

there was a duty of 25 cents per bushel

on this commodity. Thus growers will

undoubtedly profit to some extent from

the enforced restrictions against importa-

tions due to the quarantine. but consum-





ers' should not suffer unduly from this

cause, owing to the fact that the best es-

timates of the crop insure that there will

be plenty of potatoes to satisfy all de-

mands. From present indications, these

will also be available at a reasonable

price, since the present price for the tu-

bers is not above the average price at

the season of the year for the last ten

years. It is quite certain that the farmers

of this country will continue to produce

sufficient pOtatoes to satisfy the demands

for home consumption and to keep the

price for the tubers as low as they can

be profitably produced under our con-

ditions.



The letting down of the bars for the

introduction of diseased foreign potatoes

might for a time oheapen the price to

consumers and make the business tem-

porarily unprofitable for potato growers,

but in the end this would undoubtedly be

a disadvantage to consumers, as well,

through the introduction of these diseases

which would mean the further curtailment

of home production.





The Michigan tax

The Mortgage Tax rate is high this

Law. year. Naturally this

fact leads to the

asking of pertinent questions by taxpay-

ers as to the cause of the increase.

Among the many reasons which aread-

vanced for the higher tax rate is the ex-

emption of mortgages from taxation. In

support of this contention one Lenawee

county editorial writer states that the; total

of taxes on mortgages paid to the county

treasurer of that county has amounted to

but $24,000 since the new law went into

effect in August. 1911, half of which went

into the county treasury and half was

paid over to the state. As the amount

of the tax is one~half of one per cent.

the conclusion is reached that there are

mortgages in force in that county ag~

gregating $4,800,000, which would be cor-

rect if it is permiSsible to assume that

none of the mortgages on which the flat

rate tax has been paid haVe been dis—

charged in the interval of time since the

law has been in force. The same writer

asserts that the tax rate in Lenawce

county this year is nearly three per cent

on the assessed valuation, and under the

old iIlVV some $144,000 wouid have been

collected from this source annually, in-

stead of $24,000 in over two years. This

conclusion is not quite so clear. since it

is difficult to believe that the average tax

rate on such mortgages as would have

bcen assessed under the old law Wuld

be anything like three per cent, as the

larger proportion of them which were

found on the tax roll under the old law

were undoubtedly owned by country peo-

ple, whose average tax rate is undoubt-

edly much below three per cent. Expe-

rience seemed to show pretty conclusively

that most of the others, or about half of

the whole number, escaped taxation en—

tirely under the old law.



Undoubtedly, however, the revenue

would be greater under advalorem taxa—

tion than under the flate rate at present

in force. Those who favor the exemption

of mortgages from taxation take the

stand that such taxation is in effect dou—

hie taxation, and that mortgagors as a

class are obliged to carry the additional

burden in the form of a higher interest

rate. The prcsent flat rate law is a com—

p'ornise between the two plans which

some enthusiasts contended would make

all owners of mortgages pay alike with-

out reducing the revenue from this

source. V’i'hile the former object has been

attained. few thinking persons expected





the latter result. Many, howeVer, ex-

pectcd a gradual lowering of interest

rates on mortgage loans as a result.





There seemed to be a noticeable trend in

this direction until the development of

the financial stringency which has been

felt in all lines of business during the

last year, and while interest rates are

not now anWer than formerly it is entirely

possible that they might have been higher

if the law had not been passed.



“'ith the pmspect of the enactment of

enabling laws for the establishment of

better rural credit facilities in the near

future there is hope that borrowers may

be able to get money on farm mortgages

on easier terms in the not distant future.

If so this will aid in the development of

agricultural prosperity for more than

would a small decrease in the tax rate

through the advalorem taxation of mort-

gages. In any event, now that we have

the law, let us suspend judgment in the

matter until it is demonstrated how it

will eventually work out. The increase

in the state tax rate this year cannot be

whollydue to that law, because the law

was in force last year as Well. It is large—





1y due to the parsimony of the last state





administration. and the necessity of mak-

ing up the deficit this year. The reasons

for increase in the'rate for county, town

and municipal purposes lie nearer at

home and the individual reader can an-

alyze them for himself.





The question of the profit

in farming has provoked

some interesting discus—

sions in the columns of

The Farmer during recent weeks. In the

first of the series of articles entitled,

“True Stories About Self-made Farmers.”

which appeared in the last issue, it was

shown conclusively that for one ener-

getic young man who is typical of many

of his kind, there has been a substantial

profit in farming during recent years. In

other words, efficiency counts on the

farm as in other lines of business effort,

but from the standpoint of average re-

sults, the story is quite a different one,

and one which would find general appli-

cation in other lines of effort.



In this connection. some statistics re-

cently compiled by the Bureau of Statis-

ticss of the United States Department of

Agriculture are of interest. To reach a

solution of this proposition (if the profit in

farming,.even in an approximate way, it

was necessary to make certain arbitrary

estimates The total value of all crops

for 1913 is estimated at $6,100,000,000. It

was roughly eStimated that of this total

52 per cent would not be sold, but would

remain on the farms where produced,

leaving 48 per cent of the total product of

farm crops to be sold for cash, making

the estimated cash sales of farm crops

for 1913 $2,298,000,000. Of the total ani-

mal products. valued at 33.650.000.000, it

is eStimated that 20 per cent would be

consumed on the farm, leaving the sale

value of the 80 per cent sold $2.919,000,000.

From these estimates, the cash income

of all sales from the farms of the United

States would amount to $5,847,000.000.

The total number of farms in the coun—

try was shown by the last census to be

6,363,000. an increase of 11 per cent OVer

1900. Assuming the same rate of in-

crease since 1910, the number of farms

would be approximately 6,600,000, averag—

ing 138.1 acres in total area with an av-

erage of 75.2 acrcs of improved land. Di-

vidingithe total crops and animal pro—

ducts sold according to the foregoing es-

timate. evenly among this number of

farms gives an average total gross farm

income of $080.55. Figuring the total of

expenses including labor, fertilizers, feed,

maintaining of buildings, at five per cent

of value, and of machinery at 20 per cent

of value. and estimating the item of mites

at 0.6 per cent of value, with an estimate

of miscellaneous expenses at 15 per ccnt

of the total of other expenses, gives a

total operzfiing cost of $340.15. This

wouid lcave a net average farm income

of $640.40. Charging off the interest on

the average investment at five per cent,

Or $322.18, We have left a net labor in—

come for the average farmer of $318.22

per annum. According to the method of

arriving at these figures, this last men—

tioned sum includes unpaid family labor

and all the farm furnishes toward the

family living except milk and cream.





The Profit In

Farming.





The lesson to be learned from this com-

pilation of figureS——which it must be un—

dcrstood are merely estimates, the results

being arrived at as nearly as practical

from the nnaiysis of all statistical infor-

mation on the subject—45 that while in—

creased efficiency will materially increase

the profits of the individual farm, any

material increase in the average profit of

the farmers of the country must come

from increased efficiency in lowering the

cost of production and distribution rather

than in increasing production. Far'ners

have been more prosperous in recent

years than for a decade previous, because

they have received better prices for their

products. The estimated total farm pro-

duction in. 1913 is less than that for 1912,

yet the cstimated cash returns to farm-

ers are greater in 1913 than they were

for 1912. Their smaller crop is on the

average worth more money, and the sta-

tistician concludes that “had the total

production in 1913 equaled or exceeded

the 1912 production, it seems probable

that the cash income per farm would not

have been greater and might have been

less than in 1912.” The further interest-

ing conclusion is reached that “it is

doubtful whether the cost to the consum-

er would have been less, because retail

prices are promptly raised on a prospect

of under-production, but are very slow to

decline if there is over-production." So

while the individual farmer can materially

increase his pmflts by increased efficiency

either in increasing production or lower-





ing the cost of production and distribnr





tion,‘ the farmers of the country, consid-





efed collectively, must increase their efli-_





cienCy along the latter line in order to





increase their average profits to any ma-





terial‘ degree. Let us then make a special

study of this department of farm effi-

ciency during the coming year.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK-





National.





Five persons were killed and several

others injured when a. freight train struck

a. street car at a grade crossing in Mem-

phis, Tenn, last Sunday night. .



Sunday reports by wirelesa brought in-

formation. of a disabled ship lying off the

coast of Virginia which later Went to the

bottom with her crew of 24 men.



W'hile saving two of his children from

being burned to death in his residence in

Cheboygan. Mich., Charles Germaine was

overcome by the smoke and heat of the

burning building and succumbed before

he could be rescued.



There seems to be a. common opinion

among the officials at Washington that

intervention in Mexican affairs is the log—

ical consequence of the present relations

between the United States and that

country. ‘



John Gordon, 3 Detroit policeman, was

shot by hold—up men last Saturday morn—

ing, and later died from the result of his

wounds.



It is reported that under the vaccina-

tion system followed by the United States

navy, there were only seven cases of ty-

phoid fever in one year among 80.000

marines. The serum is given under the

direction of public health service in the

United States marine hospitals.



Secretary McAdoo. of the United States

Treasury and Secretary Houston of the

Department of Agriculture. are already

making a field study for the purpose of

locating federal reserve districts and

choosing federal reserve cities preliminary

to launching the nation’s new financial

system. The work begins in New York

city.



As a result of a cut in the wages of 400

Section hands on the Ann ArbOr Railway,

a general meeting of the trackmen’s un—

ions is to be held in Durand. at which it

is believed a strike vote will be taken.

The reduction in wages was made on

January



High waves and heavy storms on the

Atlantic have threatened the existence of

Seabright. N. J. Many of the houses

have already tumbled. while others are

threatened. Other towns along the New

Jersey coast are also suffering from the

storm. It is estimated that the loss al-

ready amounts to $2,000,000.



The Department of Agriculture has an—

nounced that after July 1 definite stan-

dards for the grading of corn and the

uniform application of such standards at

all markets under government supervision

will diL-‘place the present method of grad—

ing this grain.



The New York Automobile Show open—

cd last Saturday. with 492 cars on ex—

hibition. Judging from the aggregate

business done on the first day of the

Show, there is considerable optimism as

to the coming year's business in automo-

bile circlcs.



Dr. Weir Mitchell. author of a number

of popular novels, and also a scientist

honored by many foreign societies. died

in Philadelphia, Sunday morning, in his

85th year.



Conditions in the copper country of up-

per Michigan have reached such a state

that Governor Ferris left Monday of this

week to visit the seat of the trouble-for

the purpose of gathcring facts preliminary

to the making of a public statement.

The failure of the solicitor of the federal

department of labor to bring about a set-

tlement of differences between the min-

ers and operators. has apparently afforded

an ODDUrtune time for the state executiVe

to take a personal part in the matter. It

isoxpected that his statement will con-

tain a comprehensive plan for settlement.

The governor. according to press reports.

is of the opinion that federal legislation

lS necessary. not only to meet the needs

of this state but also of others where

Similar conditions prevail. It is under-

stood that the department of justice at

Washington has secret service men in the

field investigating the strike situation.



A conference of the officials of the

American Federation of Labor will be

held in “'ashington this week to consider

the advisability of calling a nation-wide

strike of labor organizations in sympathy

with the Michigan copper miners.



Henry Ford, the successful automobile

manufacturer, has been influential in in-

ducing his company to institute a profit-

sharing scheme with the employee of the

concern. The plan provides for the dis-

tribution of $10,000,000 among 26,500 men.

This will a little more than double the

pay they are now receiving.



The corner stone of the new $80,000

post office at Petoskey, Mich., was dedi-

cated Monday under the auspices of the

grand lodge of Michigan and local Mason-

ic bodies.



Foreign.



‘Sir James Whitney. premier of Ontario,

lies in a precarious condition in a New

YOrk hotel. Because of the prcmier’s

illness, 9. government conference of the

members of the Ontario government at

Toronto has been calied, when an official

statement will be issued by the Attorney

General. ‘



Until early this week, the Mexican reb-

els had failed to capture Ojlnaga, a posi-

tion occupied by the federals opposite

Presidio. Texas. For nearly a week 6.000

rebels have been storming the fort from

different positions. There are 4,000 fed-





eral troops behind the breastworks. In.





the unsuccessful attacks made thus far

it is generally believed that the rebel

losses have been heavy, the casualties

being estimated at 500. ’





 





 





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OETS and bards of all ages have

P sung of the peaceful pursuits of



the farmer, and nowhere are farms

more lovely and peaceful than in the San

Jose valley, or in the San Joaquin valley

of California. But it is just these farm-

ers—beg pardon, ranchers (everything IS

a ranch west of the Pecos, you know)

who are apt to stir Uncle Sam up to a

War wit-h Japan, and all because of the

fact that the Japanese are coming over

and taking land side by side with them.

Perhaps eVen that wouldn't be so bad if

it weren’t that those Japanese have their

homes on those farms. and the modus

operandi of the Japanese differs so sadly

in its ethics from that of the American

west, that the two races cannot exist

side by side.



At the same time, t110se California

ranchers owe much, indeed, to the .lap.

farmers. John Chinaman does very well

to till, and hoe, and sow, and reap, but

over John you need a superintendent, a

man who is able to say more than just

“I dunno,” when he knows and is too in-

dolent to explain. and a man with some

“get" to him. And that is where you

find the .lap. coming in. He's the section

boss, the overseer, over these other ce-

lestials, and he can make them do what

the white master“ never can.



Just for example, out in California the

great seed and Vegt‘tzlble farms are or-

ganized largely under the system of .lap-

anese overseers to bands of (lhinamen.

To what extent this system has gone may

be indicated by showing that in

farming country of mid-California there

are companies of Japanese who make a

comfortable living just in killing gophers

for the ranchers and, in addition to re—

ceiving pay from these, netting,r a neat

bounty from the State for killing the

posts. Aside from that, any number of

Japanese are living off the seed farms,

and the beauty. the system, the order

ngiifest on these is due very largely to

them.



In the Spring a

one of the prettiest sights

liven the plebeian onion, When in blossom,

is beautiful when it is present in count-

less millions and arrayed, as the Jap-

anese will have the Chinamen put it. in

severe rows. So, too, ten acres of peas.

or a hundred of mustard, are, likewise

things of beauty when eVery weed mar-

I'ing their evenness is gone. In fact the

great cause of wonderment to the visitor

to the Seed farm lies in its size and its

intinite order.



One rancher.





San Jose seed farm is





for example, devotes two

hundred acres solely to lettuce. It takes

a force of men, under the Japanese, two

months and a half to sow just the seed.

l'sually six nien, with a horse, are de—





tailed to this halt, the horse drawing; a

mammoth seeder. upon which the Jap.





has his place. and the men following be-

hind to direct the great implement and

see to it that the seeds fall where they

should. Three pounds of seed to the acre

is the usual allotment made, and from

these three pounds all the way from

three hundred to six or even eight hun-

dred pounds of lettuce seed will be real—

ized, according to the nature of the soil

in which sown. .



The lettuce plants begin to blossom

early in July and the seeds ripen in Sep-

tember. The plants are then cut down

with the sickle and

seeds from the great flocks of birds in-

festing the valley. ,_\’\'hen brought togeth-

er the plants are fiailed, being beaten

upon sheets 40 feet square stretched out

in the fields. Then the seed is screened

and sacked. Separate warehouses await

this lettuce seed, and there will be, on

an average, a hundred pounds to each

sack of the many stored there.



As suggested, led by the Jap. overseer

to the hilloek overlooking the same, one





the.





in the world...





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By FELIX





of the prettiest pictures in all the west

is presented when the onions bloom on

the farms. After the lettuce seed is down

the coolies plant the onions, some time in

November. The overseers have the sys—

tem all mapped out, and the little plants

will be up by January and in full blos-

som in April, or even March. In August,

then, the seed is ready to gather, the





Japanese Farmers of the Far West.





jIKoCH.





plants resembling onions when en masse;

but, while the onions are planted as thick

as grass, the oyster plant is set out in

rows twu feet apart in one direction and

three in the other.



Nor is planting in the valley as easy

a life’ as it seems, once the Seeds are in.

The Japanese have their hands full keep-

ing John Chiiraman at it and at the same





 





In Busy Times Japanese and





seed-balls being cut by hand and put into

large seed baskets, each man lillingr one

basket every hirty minutes or the Jan.

foreman knows why. CVery four baskets

are then turned into a sack, and wagons

bear this off to th drying ground. There

the onion seed is dried on great sail-

cloth sheets in the sun, for perhaps three

weeks, the seeds being stacked to the

depth of a foot and requiring to be turn—

cd ovcr daily with wooden forks, or else

by the nimble feet of the Chinamen,

much as wine is preSsed by peasant feet

in France.



Thoroughly dried, this seed is gathered

into sacks, threshed and sacked, and then

cleaned over a fan-machine and prepared

for the bath. The object of bathing or

washing the seeds is not so much to in-

sure cleanliness as to enable the bad

seeds to lloat to the, surface, whence they

are skimmed off and destroyed.



Blossom time on a seed farm is prodi—

gal in its variety. There are salsify,

leek, parsley and radish, lettuce and car-

rots, parsnip, kale and cabbage. each

with its different bloom. Three acres of

:alsify make a picture in themselves, the





Chinese Labor Side by Side.





losing their own official heads

for negligence. St'cd sown in .Iune for

salsil‘y, for example, mur‘t be replanted

in December, and when it is remembered

that plants yielding from 600 to 1.000

pounds of seed to the acre will be under

cultivation. the enormity of the task may

be realized.



Seeds are not planted early in this val-

icy, owing to December and January

frosts. The amount of the yield is care—

fully estimated hel‘ore-hand. Five hun-

dred pounds of onion seed to the acre,

seven hundred to eight hundred of leeks,

six hundred of parsley, four to live hun-





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time not





the way the seed ranch-

the estate. Then, when

the salsify and the onions are ’way up

over the ground, ancLihe green lettuce

leaves are just peeping out, he will make

his allowances for the season.



But, more than all, in running these,

the largest seed farms in the world, there





dred of kale, is

er will foot up





is presented the interesting problem of

organization. Over each farm the pro—





prietor places his foreman, who will work

along as do any of the laborers. Under

him the corps is divided. the labor being;

Chinese and Japanese, cach race full of

hatred and animosity for the other.



Out on the>'e seed farms the men work

from six ii‘n‘ the morning until six at

night. Each coolie plants two of the

long rows a day, and stich is their length

that dusk often sees these far from com—





pleted. All planting, except the lettuce,

is performed by hand. For cutting and

reaping there are implements innumer-





able radish—seed reapers. mowing ma-

chines, sickles and other devices——but

many of the seeds are cut by hand, being

thrown into worn at the gather-

cr‘s side.



All of which, of course, means work

and lots of it, and so, in season, there

will be as many as two hundred persons

employed single seed farm. Then

one tinds class distinction at its best. No

Japanese at such time, would condescend





 





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“ll it





to mingle with the Shim-so, nor would

the hitter presume to inllict himself on





the Mongols. In among them all the man-





ager goes, in broad gray hat and white

duck suit, rcscmbiing nothing so much





as some planter of the South before the

war.





It‘s interesting to watch them. two

Oriental races side by side. hating one





another, but hating the whites even more,

and being despised by the ‘Yllltl‘ man in

his turn, withal that he knows he cannot





do without them. \\'hat will come out

of it, who can prophesy? lt‘s indeed an

intereSting commentary on farm life in





the \Vest with its vexed and puzzling la-

bor problem.





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The Day of Reckoning





By LUCILE A. HOWELL.





' T had been hot and sultry all day.

The blades of the corn curled and

d rooped in the scorching heat‘, and





the little patch of grass‘ at Nancy lliggs'

back porch was parched





and crisp. Late





 





 





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Farms of the West.





in the afternoon a breeze sprang up from





the west. rustling the thirsty leaves of

the mapies and making rippling billowS

over the wheat.





Mrs. Riggs threw back the screen door

and propped it open with a chair.





“A body’s jes’ got to have a breath.”

she complained, as Sllc i‘annral herself

vigorously with her sunbonnet; "after





breathin’ strained air all «lay through

these things they hain’t much left 0‘ me

'by night."



She stepped out on the back porch and,

shading her eyes with her withered hand,

stood peering down the path that led past

the granary t0 the garden. A stray wisp

of grew hair waved back and forth in the

breeze and she mechanically wound it

around the tight little twist in the back

of her neck.



"I do believe that ’Cindy‘s got a mess

0’ beans at last,” she sighed, as a young

woman enveloped in a large kitchen ap—

ron, her brown hair clinging to her face

in moist little curls, came quickly up the

path. “If I’d a hen able to ’tend the

garden they’d a hen somethin’ in it."



Lucinda came up the steps and dropped

her basket on the porch.



“Why. mother,” she exclaimed,

made you open the screen? The

Will be full of files.”



The old woman smiled sarcastically at

her daughter.



“Don't fergit your early raisin’,”





“what

house





she ‘
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reminded her. “Flies never killed nary

:1 body as I ever heerd tell of, an' lots of

folks has died of suffocation. Did you

finally git some beans?”



“Yes, a nice lot, and aren’t they fine

for this early?”



“Early!” the old woman sneered, “If

I could at ’tended the garden we‘d a had

more beans than we could a picked nigh

onto a month ago.”



“I'd hate to kill myself raising more

beans than I could pick," Lucinda re—

torted, as she shut the screen and went

into the kitchen.



“I hain't never killt myself yitl" and

the way the old woman slammed the

screen door open and set her chair

against it would have removed any

doubts one might entertain as to her

’present state. '



“That’s the way, though, with this

generation. One good day's work an’

you're ready fer your box. You always

was triflin', but since you married an”

had John Barnett to wait on you, you ain‘t

worth killin'. He's eternally figurin' o'ii

somethin' to keep you from workin’. Now

there was that washin' machine that he

went an’ give seventeen dollars an' forty-

nine cents fer. That was as big a piece

0’ foolishness as I ever see. An‘ here

las‘ night he come from town a waggin‘

home a carpet sweeper; two dollars an' a

quarto: more throwed away that you l. ol

better hen a layin’ up fer your old days.

If your Paw an’ me had a hen took in

by every agent that was a passin‘, I‘d

be in the pore-house now. .\n‘ that

hain’t sayin' nothln‘ about that patent

coffee pot that I wouldn't give house

room if I had my say. Some jew peddler

fooled him out of a dollar an‘ ninety-

eight cents fer that triflin' thing. .\ will-

ful waste makes a woeful want. I've al-

ways tried to learn you."



Lucinda Barrett gathered up her pans

of chicken feed and started for the barn.

wholly unmindful of her mother's tirade.

"l‘he mo.~'t interesting tale loses its novelty

with constant repetition. .\ flock of hun-





gry l 's met her at the gate.



‘jdtfkm” she called to the bent old

fig ~e stil panting for breath in the open,

door, ”who turned out all my chickens”

I just got them shut up."



“I did," the old lady boasted. “They

wanted a little air themselves. A hun-

dred or more of ’em shct up in that wire

pen is enough to smother 'cm all."



“But. mother,” Lucinda tried to ex-

plain, “they've been out all day. and

John just helped me to drive them up

about an hour ago. Bob Merely is Com-

ing for them after supper. How in the

world can I ever get them up again

alone!“



”You're jest a sellin’ ’em to git a new

parlor carpet. I heci'd you a plannin' 'in'

I don't care if you never git 'cm back.

They would’ve (lied fer want of air shet

up in that yard. It used to be that i

knew somethin'," she grumbled. “but

new the sooner I’m gone an' out 0‘ your

way the better it'll be. Then you kin

buy every ne\\'-fanglcd thing thet comes

along; an' never heir a word about it."



A man came up over the hill at the

back of the farm and, Stopping in She

lune, laid down some lumber that hi- “(.5

carrying on. his shoulder. Nancy “"tti'llt‘il

him attentively for a few minutes as he

moved slowly back and forth along the

lane fence.



“ ‘Cindy!" she called at the top of her

voice, “ ’Cindy!"



Lucinda came around the barn.



“Is that John down there in the 1a;n"."'



Lucinda nodded. “I forgot to tell you,

mother, he's going to put a gate in the

fence there so they can get in to haul

the wheat without going across the corn."



“Indeed he's not!" Nancy pulled on

her bonnet and Started down the steps.

“They hain't u goin’ to be no gap cut

in that there fence. Your Paw an' me

worked hard to put that fence there, an'

there it's goin’ to stay. lie had no bus-

iness a puttin’ corn in the medder. It's

hen a pasture lot ever sense we come

here, an' now let him git his wheat out

the best way he. kin.”



“Wait, mother, I’ll go and tell him."

Lucinda ran across the yard and down

the path to overtake her mother. "He

wasn't going to cut the fence without

asking you. He's only measuring it."



Nancy stood in the shade, of the apple

tree and watched Lucinda as she hurried

down the lane.



“I don‘t know but what ’twould be

better to have a gate there,” she ad-

mitted, “but let him come an ask me

first. I seen a teller along here not long

ago sellin’ a patent gate that you could

open without gittln' out 0‘ the wagon. I

wouldn’t be a bit surprised if he didn't





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





fool them young idiots into buyin' one."





She‘was comfortably settled in her

rocker when Lucinda came back and

sat down on the steps.



“Mother, the Methodist Sunday School

is going to have a basket picnic tomorrow

at Cedar Springs. and John says we’ll all

go if you want to."



The old woman stopped rocking and

stared at her.



“An’ did you think I would go?" she

asked. “No, indeed, I'll not go to no pic—

nic with them Methodists. Didn’t your

l'aw an’ me go to one 0' them picnics

onct an‘ I took as fine a pound cake as

you ever laid your two eyes on, an’ if it

was ever passed at dinner they passed

a thousand. No, ma'am. not one crumb

of it did I see, an’ when we got ready

to start home there was ol‘ Miss Susan

Perkins a packin' my cake in her bas-

ket. Says I to your I’aw, says I, ‘This

is my last Sunday School picnic. I‘ll

never fix fer another'n.‘ I’rayin' an’

preachin’ to the pore. little younguns on

Sunday and then thievin' on Monday,’

.ays I. ‘That’s all I want to know about

‘em,’ says I.”



“\Vell, John wants to go. and I'm go~

ing with him.“ Lucinda averred. “That

was about fifteen years ago that you lost

your cake and Miss Susan's dead and

buried. Seems as if you might go with

us tomorrow." . '



“No, I’ll not go," the old lady insiSted

"You an' John be your own boss but it

seems to me that there's work enough

here to keep you both busy without gall—

vantin' around the country."



Next morning bright and early the Bar-

retts started for the picnic ground. 01d

Mrs. Riggs Stood at the. front gate and

watched them drive off.



“The biggest pair of idiots in the state.”

she declared as she went back to the

house. “They've got no more idea of

the value of time an’ money than a two-

yr-ar—old. Anybody with a slick enough

tongue kin fool ’em out of all they’ve

got."



After dinner she had settled herself on

the back porch for her usual nap when

she was disturbed by the sound of wheels

at the gate. Quick steps came up the

walk and a rap sounded at the front

door.



Peering through the curtains. she, dis-

covered the intruder to be a young man,

nicely dres‘ed and smoking a cigar.



“It's another one of them agents." she

whispered to herself. “They‘ve got this

house spotted." '



He knocked again.



“I'll jest settle him right now," and

she threw the, door open so suddenly the

young man jumped back in surprise.



“John Barrett nor his wife hain‘t neith-

er one of ‘em at home," she informed him

before he could get his brmti, ‘n‘o, if

you'vr- got somethin' to sell, you might

as well travel on an’ be quick about it.

too."



The young man took off his stiff Straw

hat an bowed in a most polite manner.



“i beg your pardon," he apologized in

:I most persuasive tone, “but have I the

honor of addressing Mrs. Nancy Riggs,

wife of the late I’cter Riggs?"



“That's my name," Nancy snapped.



“Mr’. Riggs, I’m delighted to know

you." and he, bowed again. "Appleton

is my name and I came here today to see

you by yourself, knowing that your sou

and daughter were away. I have busi-

ness of a very private nature to transact

with you, and, if you can give me a few

minutes of your time, i will not detain

you long.” lie smiled in a most winning

way and took hold of the knob of the

screen. '



Nancy still eyed him suspiciously and

hesitated, her hand on the hook of the

door inside.



“Kin you give me FOmc idee of what

this important business is? An’ if I’m

interested, I might talk to you," her

curiosity overcoming her antipathy to-

ward any sort of an agent.



“Madam. I can explain it to you very

easily,” he assured her, “and, as to your

being interested, there is no doubt about

that. A woman of your intelligence

would scarcely fail to take advantage of

the proposition that I bring to you. It

concerns an investment which, in a few

months, will double the small sum that

you will be required to advance. We are

making this offer to a few selected per-

sons. the representative citizens in every

community, and from all the others in

this neighborhood We have chosen you.

as we were assured that a woman of

your business ability would be able to

grasp the tremendous advantages of the

proposition that I am brlnging to you

today.”



Nancy slowly unhooked the screen and





There Is No Time Like the Present. ‘ .





JAN. 10, 1914.





By CHARLES H. MEIERS.





We ofttimes sit and dream about the days that have gone by

And wish that we might journey back again to scenes of old;



We think of friends we used to know and wonder, with a sigh,

If they still think of us. or if their love is weak and cold;



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Not realize our blessings as in fancy we recall



The past with all its pleasures; still we know that it is true—~



There is no time like the present, after all.





“'e dream of days that are to come, and joy that is to be,

And long for many, many things that are not ours today;

\Ve wish that we might dwell in some fine palace that we see.

Forgetting that the finest mansion in the city may

Not shield one heart from sorrow nor retain its happiness.

The great things We intend to do when finished all seem small.

Today has brought at least some joy; tomorrow may bring less.—

There is no time like the present, after all.





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Days gone by are only memories, tomorrow may bring pain;

The friends we have today may be the best we‘ll ever know;



The chance to speak kind words to them may never come again.

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But we have no way of learning what to our lot may fall;





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opened it back. 'His reference to her

great business ability had flattered her,

but she was naturally suspicious on gen-

eral principles of anybody who had any-

thing to sell. Still, someway, this young

man seemed so different from the usual

agent with his sample case and ever-

ready order blank, so she led the way

into the parlor and threw up the shadeS.



“First, I want to explain to you why I

came today,” this olly-tongued person

began. “You are undoubtedly aware of

the fact, Mrs. Riggs, that in this day

and time the younger generation do not

give their elders credit for very much—-

er—a—sense, if I may say so,” and he

paufi‘ed very impressively to note the ef-

fect of his beginning.



“That’s the truth," Nancy agreed with

him. “That's the truth, if you ever

told it.”



“I thought you would say so, and, for

that reason I have taken the liberty to

call on you in the absence of the rest

of your family, chat you might give me

your unbiased opinion of the proposition

I am about to explain to you. Your

daughter, like every other daughter, does

not appreciate the ability which you pos-

ress to recognize a good thing when you

see it,” he flattered her, “and, therefore,

I wished to have a confidential talk with

you, that you may not be influenced

against me by persons having a pecuniary

interest in your affairs. Children are apt

to encourage their parents to hoard up

their money, you know,” he insinuated,

“and, for that reason, are very often un—

able to see the advantages of such an

offer as I bring to you."



“I most generally do as I please,” the

old lady interrupted him, “but of course,

as you say, the risin’ generation don't

take much stock in our advice. Now,

what is this proposition you are a talkin’

about?" ~



"Well. Mrs, Riggs, it is this. The com-

pany which I represent, The Consolidated

Ilomeseekers' Realty Company, have be-

come the owners, after years of unsuc-

cc.~'sful endeavor, of a tract of land in

western Montana. They have platted

this into the town of Ilyghland. IVe have

divided this town into twenty different

sections and in each one of these sec-

tions We have set apart one lot which is

to be' used for advertising purposes alOnc.

Our plan is this: We select the most

conservative, reliable and influential per-

sm in a community from which we hope

t) secure prospective buyers. We build

an up to—date cottage on this lot and sell

it to you for the trifling sum of one hun—

dred dollars. You keep this for six

weeks, during which time We keep you

informed from day to day of the im-

provements which are being made around

your individual property and the town in

general. If, at the end of the six weeks,

you wish to keep the property, you pay

us the small sum of five hundred dollars.

making the purchase price six hundred,

and the heuse is yours. If, howeVer, you

may not desire to buy the property, we

return your one hundred dollars. together

with 'an additional five, and release You

from all further obligations. This is

merely that we may have the influence

of your name in securing a party of emi-

grants trom this yicinity."



He paused in his eloquent oration and

wiped his face.



“YOu're wastin’ your breath an' your

time," Nancy hastened to inform him.

when she had recovered from his ef-





quiVe declaration. “I, nor none 0' mine

as I knows of, has any idea of goin' to

Montany, an’ so I fail to see why I should

buy your house.”



“'I‘hink what a good investment if you

should decide to keep it. In a few years

you can double and perhaps triple your

money without any effort whatever on

your part. If, however, you decide that

you do not Wish to keep the property, as

I have already explained to you, your

money will be returned without a word.

All that is necessary for you to do today

is to advance me the one hundred dollars

and sign this contract, which is already

signed by the president of our company.

It reads thusz" He took a printed con—

tract from his pocket and proceeded to

read it aloud to Mrs. Riggs, but the

‘.‘parties of the first part," and the “party

of the second part,” and the “aforesaids”

were all so confusing to her that, by the

time he had finished, her head was a

complete jumble of legal terms.



She walked to the window and strained

her eyes to see down the road. No bug-

gy was in sight yet. A hundred dollars

was a good deal of money, but what a

fine chance to get ahead of John and

’Cindy for once. They didn't believe Uhat

she knew anything, as this young man

had said, and how astonished they would

be when they heard that she had been

the lucky one to get this fine property

for six hundred dollars; and, if she didn't

want it, it would be very simple to get

the hundred back. The young man had

said so.



“This is a photograph of the house

which has been built on this lot," he in-

terrupted her meditation, handing her a

picture of a neat little cottage surround-

ed by a beautiful lawn.



Nancy hesitated no longer. Nothing

risked, nothing gained, she thought.



“You say that there paper is already

signed?" she inquired, as she scanned

the formidable looking contract over the

rim of her spectacles.



“It is signcd’by the company. You put

your name right here,” handing her his

pen, “and I’ll witness it.”



“Now, you sign your paper,” she said,

after she had laboriously written her

name beneath the flourishing signature

at the president of the company.



Stepping quickly to her room, she un-

locked t'he\little tin trunk that stood in

the corner and took out what proved to

be an old stoeking, wound round and

round with yards of cord. Carefully un-

wrapping it, she drew out a roll of money

and counted off ten worn, faded ten-dol—

lar bills.



“I wish to compliment you on your

keen insight to a business transaction,”

he congratulated her as he pocketed the

money. ”I hope you will be so well im-

pressed by the reports that you receive

0f the improvements which are made in

the vicinity of your house that you will

See your way to purchase it. I feelsure

that you will be more than satisfied."



“I don’t know," Nancy debated, as She

opened the door for him. “It's kind 0’

like buyin' a pig in a sack. I never did

anything like this before but onct. I

bought one ticket in a. Louisiana lottery,

an’ drawed a safety razor, but you’re

sure I kin git my money back, are you?”

she asked, anxiously.



“You"have the company’s contract.” he

evaded the question as he jumped into

his buggy. “You’ll not want it back.



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Jack Applies History to Every-day Life.





By ALTA LAWSON LITTELL.





HERE’S Bill?” demanded Jack

W Ryan, as 'he dashed onto the



playground one frosty morning.

‘l'lhings neVEr mOVe Off right “11 he

gets here," ‘he complained.



“\Vhat do you see about that pauper to

be so crazy about,” sneered Harold VVil-

son. “I guess maybe some of the rest of

us could run a football game as well as

that beggar from the home of the friend-

less.”



“Maybe you could, and maybe you

could cheat in your arithmetic exams,

too,” said Jack, with the brutal candor

of 14-year-old boys. “Bill doesn’t bor-

r0w somebody else's brainS, and that's

«why I’m crazy about him, if you want to

know."



“If you mean me,” began Harold, but

Jack’s sister Peggy ran up just then,

crying eagerly, “Oh, what do you think!

Father has promised Jack and me each

five dollars if we have perfect marks in

deportment all winter. Here’s where 1

leave my apples in my dinner pail after

this and don’t you dare to look at me

and make me laugh, Milly Burke. Jack

is sure to get his live. for he. is perfect

anyway. But somehow I just have to

giggle or burst,” she ended with a pa—

thetic groan.



“Aw, don‘t be silly. Peg,” growled Jack,

as the boys began to shout, “Perfect boy,

teacher’s pet.”



“Don’t be too sure he'll get 'his five

dollars, Miss Peggy." said Harold, vin-

dictively. “Jack isn't so awful good he

couldn't do anything wrong, you know.”



The ringing of the bell averted war be-

tween Pegg-y and Harold. For if Peggy

did take Jack to task herself sometimes,

she allowed no one else the same liberties.



'l‘wo orderly lines were formed outside

the door in a twinkling. Miss Goodrich

had early in the term taught the chil-

dren that they must not confuse liberty

with license, and allowed no pell—mell

n‘ushing into the Schoolhouse and disor-

derly scrambling for seats. Harold march-

ed directly behind Jack. Just as the two

entered the door their feet somehow be-

came entwined and Jack sprawled head—

long before MiSS Goodrich. \There was a

momentary titter, then absolute silence

as Jack, White with rage, scrambled to

his feet and wheeled on Harold. Then at

a quick little gasp from Peggy he turned

about, mumbled an apology to Miss Good-

rich and passed on to his seat.



“How did it happen, Harold?” said the

teacher, drawing him out of the line as

the rest Iiled in.



“I’m sure I don’t know.’ he answered

glibly. “lie muFt have slowed up as we

came in the door.”



“I‘m sure it was an accident.” said

Bliss Goodrich. “Let us see it doesn’t

happen again.” And in another moment

the children were heartily singing, ”Oh,

dear, \V'havt can the matter be, parents

don’t visit the school.”



The busy hum of an orderly school soon

settled down over the room. Jack, still

pale and sullen looking, scowled over cube

root, and Harold, with an air of perfect

innocence and good-will, looked at his

books. But, though everything was ap-

parently quiet on the surface, there was

an electric current in the atmosphere

which spoke nOt of perfect deportment

for every pupil in the EatOn school. It

became more apparent as the recess hour

drew near and. a solitary “spi-t«b-a11”

whizzed through the air and provoked a.

subdued titter, which quickly subsided as

Miss Goodrich looked up.



Jack’s hand was up and he was smiling

broadly.



_-\n excited chattering broke out when

the children assembled in the yard for

recess.



“Did you see it? Who did it?” every-

body was asking. “No one has dared do

such a thing since Miss Goodrich came.”



"She thought it was you, Jack," said

Bill, “but of courSe I know it -Wasn’t.”



“Oh, no, the perfect boy wouldn’t do

such a thing,” jeered Harold. ”He

wouldn’t get his five dollars if he wasn’t

a good boy.”



Jack and Bill looked at Harold, then at





,





each other with a. sudden understanding.



The solitary spit-ball was the beginning

of a train of irritations which threatened

to disrupt the usual good order of the

Eaton School. Previous to the arrival of

Miss Goodrich the children had been law-

less because -they were half taught and

wholly uninterested. The new teacher

from the Normal had changed the atmos-

phere of the school by making the les—

sons apply to the world the children

knew. For the first time the children

could “see some sense" in arithmetic,

geography and history. Arithmetic help-

ed them to figure up the crop output from

their father’s farm and what his actual

profit at the end of the year would be.

Geography had SOnicthing to do with the

farms and mines of the different states,

and the towns were not mere specks on

the map but markets for the farmers liv-

ing around them. History concerned men

who actually lived in this very country

once. and whose square deal made it pos—

sible for the children of the Eaton school

to have comfortable homes today. .-\n

orderly school rfollowed, as a matter of

course.



But. as in every school, there were two

or three who preferred the old lazy way

of doing. and, encouraged by the fact





'bOy or girl who made a. disturbance in

iihe afternoon. '



It was a matter of pride to Jack to

have nothing but 100 marks in deport-

ment, even if the promise of five dollars

had not given an added incentive. Dur-

ing the noon hour he asked permissmn to

change his seat to one in front, and when

school was called again he took the new

place with the satisfied feeling that he

was completely out of the danger zone.

\Varm and comfortable himself, he read

of that winter at Valley Forge, trying hard

to put himself in the place of the shiver—

ing soldiers, as he knew Peggy was de-

ing, but, like the average healthy normal

bovy, failing completely. Then, appar—

ently unmoved by the spit-balls which

struck his head and neck every few min-

utes, he drew forth his grammar and was

soon writhing and twisting over the subtle

difference betWeen the verbs “to lie" and

“to lay.”



Buried in this weighty abstraction he

slumped down over the desk, one hand

sipped over the back of the seat in

front and the fingers of the other rump-

ling his hair. So deep was he in his mad

efforts to fasten the ean-perating verbs

firmly in his mind that he never noticed

that Harold had come foruward with his

class in English and had slipped into the

seat directly in front of Jack.



He was made aware of the fact sud-

denly in a. painful manner. Harold lean-

cd back against Jack's hand and began

slowly pressing it against the wood. Jack

tried to draw it out, but Harold, bracing

'his feet on the floor, pushed back harder

and harder. Tears. both of pain and rage,

began to gather in Jack's eyeS. He would

die before he would be baby enough to

appeal to Miss Goodrich.



“Let me go, or I’ll punch your head

for you,” he growled inlto Harold’s ear.



Hut as that was exactly what Harold

wanted. he only pushed the harder. The

pain was becoming so great Jack could





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that the teacher had apparen-U‘y not no—

ticed the spit-ball, they began to revive

their old pet annoyances Lead pencils

dropped to the floor and rolled halfway

along the aisle, to be pursued by injured

looking ownerS; ink-well covers banged

with sharp Clickinigs; nice, new, long

sticks of crayon dropped from fingers to

break into bits; feet scuffed; books were

rustled noisily; leaves were torn from

tabiets with unnecessary briskneSS and

the original spit—bail wasjoined by sun-

dry brothers. To everything Miss Good-

'rich was deaf for some- time, but the dis-

order grew so marked that she finally an-

nounced She would be forced to give a

mark of only 50 in depontment to any





future president," laughed Bill.





no longer bear it. He spied a pin in the

lapel of his coat and, quick as a wink,

drew it out with his free hand and jabbed

it viciously into Harold’s back. \Vith a

scream Harold sprang out of his so I.

rubbing his back and looking back at

Jack. Jack, crimson with mortification

and anger, stared down at his book.



“I am waiting for you to explain, Har—

old,” said Miss Goodrich quietly.



“Jack ran a pin in my back,’

Harold, virtuously.



“Is there some mistake, Jack?” asked

Misa Goodrich.



“No, ma’am, I did it,” said Jack des

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You’ll buy the house when you, think it

over.” _



Clicking to his horse, he raised his hat.

and man and vehicle, with Nancy’s mon-

ey aboard, were soon out of sight, en-

veloped in a cloud of dust.



Nancy stood on the porch turning the

contract over and over in her hand.





“It’s like a furrin language to me,” she

confessed, “but I can't let John an’

’Cindy read it. They think they’re pow~

eri’ul smart but this is one time I come

out ahead of ’em. I'll jest have to trust

to what that fine lookin’ feller told me





JAN. 10, 1914.





an’ maybe 1’11 decide to buy the place."



From this day Nancy took a. decided

interest in the arrival of the daily mail.

Prior to the visit of the real estate

agent she had chased the rural carrier

with the rest of modern improvements,

and had scored Lucinda. at every arrival

of a new catalog or bargain list. Now

she walked to the corner where the mail

box was posted, regularly every morn—

ing and, carrying back the morning mail,

deposited it on the kitchen table with

some disparaging comment, carefully con-

cealing under her apron an occasional

large yellow envelope, the flaming red

iHSCription in the left hand corner in-

forming the public that it was a message

frOm the Consolidated Homeseekers‘

Realty Company. ‘



The information that these letters con-

tained was very gratifying to Nancy. A

wealthy banker from St. Louis had

bought the corner lot adjoining hers and

was building a modern bungalow; the

widow of a railroad president was bar‘

gaining for the lot on the east and would

buiid a home for herself and two daugh-

ters. What an ideal neighborhood this

would be. With the next mail came the

news ofian'other railroad which had al-

ready been surveyed and would be com-

pleted by spring. A theatre was nearing

completion and the question of paving

the down-town district was being agi-

tated.



The news of all this advancement, com-

ing in such glowing installments, was

calculated to arouse one’s curiosity, and

in the breast of Nancy Riggs there awoke

a great deSire to see this town.



The extent of her travels had been

limited to the county she was born in.

She had never taken a trip in her life.

How much more sensible it would be to

see this place before she invested any

more of the contents of the old stocking.

This craving, once recogniZed, was not to

be smothered, and the yellow envelopes

which arrived daily now, glowing har-

bingcl's of prosperity and progress, were

but fuel to the flame.



One morning, as Lucinda was starting

for town with the week’s supply of butter

and eggs, she was amazed by a request

from her mother to bring her enough

black silk for a dress pattern and a

bonnet.



"'A body never knows when they‘re

goin’ to be called to go somewhere," she

reasoned as she counted out the money

to make the purchase, “an’ it hain‘t nev-

er safe to git out 0’ clothes. Anyway a

body's liable to die an' need somethin’

decent to be laid out in."



“Why, mother, whatever induced you

to buy a new dress?” Lucinda gasped ln

astonishment. “I've been trying for five

years to get you to lay aside that old

alpimi.”



“A body old as I be never knOWS what’s

ahead of ’em," her mother eluded her.

“l'm a goin‘ to have me a new dress an’

I’m going to have Sary Pettigrew make

it in the latest style."



In due time the dress was finished and

carefully laid out on the spare-room bed,

where Nancy made daily pilgrimages to

dream and plan for her intendcd trip. Of

course John and ’Uindy wouid storm and

fume, but her mind was made up. She

was going to l-lyghland.



When the deiy arrived on which she

had decided to announce her plans, in

her exeitemcnt she had forgotten to lllakt'

her regular trip to the mail box. She

spent the morning in her room, “sorter

startin' full house (:lcanin’,“ she told

Lucinda, emptying out the contents of

the little tin trunk and assortiug her

clothes, laying buck the ones she decided

would do to wear in liyghinnd, and care—

fully pzicking away the keepsakes sin-

would leave behind.



“I’ll tell ’em at‘dinner," she parleyed

as she folded the skirt of her alpaca

dress. “I guess thcy‘ll fuss, but I’ll start

tomorrow.”



At dinner time John came from the

barn carrying a large corrugated paste-

board box, about tw0 feet square and

plastered over with red labels addreSsed

to Airs. Nancy Riggs.



“Here’s a letter for you, Maw. from

some real estate company." he called.

“and a big box that came by parcel

post.”



W'ith trembling fingers Nancy tore op-

en the long yellow envelope with the fa-

miliar red letters in the upper left hand

corner.



“Dear Madam,” she read. as she un-

folded the stereotyped sheet, “After de-

liberating for some time over the matter

we have decided that. owing to the as-

tonishing number of sales which we have

made in the last few weeks of property

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make you an offer so far ahead of the

proposition made you by our representa-

tive, that even you, accustomed as you

are to our unlimited generosity: will be

amazed. To show you that we appreciate

the influence that your name on our list

of property owners has had. we are go-

ing to waive the right to hold you to

your contract and release you from any

further payments on your house. In ac-

cordance with this decision we have for-





warded to you, by parcel post, the house ,





which your contract calls for. Trusting

that the same will reach you promptly,

we beg to remain, .



Very respectfully yours,



The Consolidated Homeseckers’ Realty



Cempany.



The sheet of paper fluttered from her

lifeless fingers and fell to the'ground.



“John,” she quavered, turning to the

box that sat on the kitchen floor, “open

up that thing an’ let's see what’s in it."



John cut the cover loose with his knife

and turned it back.



“Jerusalem!” he whistled, as he pulled

the excelsior out of the top, “Have you

gone to playing with dolls.’ Maw?”



He quickly turned the box down on its

side and emptied out the contents—a.

miniature cottage about a foot high, the

exact counterpart of the one in the pic-

ture that Nancy had carefully hidden

away in the bottom of the little tin

trunk. '



“Why, mother," Lucinda exclaimed as

she stood the little houSe on the table,

“what a cute' little doll house, but who

did you buy it for?"



Nancy had collapsed into a chair and

sat staring at the tiny structure. too daz-

ed to speak. So this was the modern

cottage that she had invested her savings

in! But Where was the banker's modern

bungalow and the widow‘s up-to-date

home! At last she recovered from the

shock.



“I'll not stand for it!” she railed, her

voice trembling with emotion, “They’ve

cheated me an’ I’ll have the law on ’eml"



“Now, Maw, quiet yourself down and

tell me what this thing mean-3," John

counseled her. “If this is some huge

joke let us in on it, and if somebody has

cheated you, the sooner we get after

them the better.”



Tears were running down the old fur—

rowed cheeks as she stooped to pick up

the letter with palsied hands.





“I’d orter a knowed better, John,” she





lamented, as she handed him the paper.

“I thought I'd be smart an' fool you all,

an' I guess I'Ve fooled mySelf.”



“This says something about a con-

tract,” said Lucinda, reading over John's

shoulder. “\\'hat was it, mother?"



Nancy brought out her rusty leather

hand bag and silently handed them the

paper which she had so carefully hidden

from them.



“And did you give them a hundred

dollars?” John perSisted as he quickly

glanced down the paper.



Nancy nodded.



“\Vell, I guess you're out that much,

but it might have been worse,” he con-

soled her. “Didn’t you read this con-

tract?”



“He read it to me,” Nancy explained,

the quiver in her voice betraying her agi-

tation. “I tried to read it but I couldn’t

understand it an’ I was too contrary to

show it to you."



“You signed an agreement here to pay

them six hundred dollars l‘or a house of

exactly the same dimensions as this one,

a hundred down and the other five hun-

dred at the end of Six weeks. The de-

scription tallies to a dot.





you your house to fulfil their contract.

.\'o‘w when you come to look for the Con-

solidated Homeseekers’ Realty Company

they‘d be a thing of the past. Cheer up,

Maw, and thank your lucky star that

you didn‘t give ’em more. You’re not

the first one that’s bought a gold brick,”

:ll‘d he patted her on the shoulder and

“out out on the porch.



“Hello!” he exclaimed as a wagon stop-

ped at the barnyard gate, “ iere's my new

patent gate I ordered about two months

ago. I thought they had forgotten to

send it. Come on out here, Maw, and

forget your troubles. See how easy this

trips without even getting out of the

buggy. I’m going to put it up there on

the drive.”



“That certainly is a fine thing,” the old

lady-enthused as the agent explained the

numerous advantages of his gate. “You

always are pickin’ up a, bargain, John. 1

always told ’Cindy you had more sense

when it comes to buyin’ things than any

man I ever seen. Why don’t you git one

like that an’ put itdown there in the

lane in the Wheat-lot fence?”





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JAN. " 10, 1914.





 





 





 





 





 





 





“\Vorry,“ in which the anther styles



the worry habit as the great Ameri-

can evil, second scarcely to drunkenness

in its devastating effects. And he was

rig-ht, for of all sins with which we are

afflicted, the sin of worrying is the worst.

Does it not Often lead to drunkenness,

either on the part of the worrier or the

one whom she worries? For every man

'who takes to drink to drown his troubles,

worries. there is another who takes to it

to get rid of his wife's worries.





I HAVE just been reading an article on





Really, when I see What some boys pass

through with their mothers' fretting over

them, I wonder that more of them don‘t

go wrong. T'het'e is my neighbor who lit—

erally weeps mornings when her eight-

year—Iold son starts for school for (fear hc

will be run down by on auto or stolen by

some vagabond. He is not allowed to play

outride of his own yard, not even just

across the street in the yard of a neigh—

bor, because his mother can't bear him

out of her sight. lie wears his heavy

flanncls until late in June for fear he will

tulie cold. lie mustn‘t 'pluy ball for fear

he will get stuck with thc ball, nor tag

for fcar someone will run into him and

knock him down. He mustn't have .‘L

velocipede for fear of curvature of the

spine, niol‘ roller :kntes for fear of falls

on the concrete pavcmcnt. I‘Oor kiddie!

(‘uu't you socc'his future? No rcal b-oyis'h

rpm-ts for him, unless he (lcfies his moth-

c". No swimming, no skating, no f00tb-ull,

no anything but fancy work if mother

could help it. He is bound to grow into

:1 mollycoddle or a surly bear who snarls

every time his mothcr speaks to him.



And his poor fat'hcr has almost, as bad

a fate. Every morning he listens to the

some ex-hortuutions about running for cars,

jumping off before they stop, keeping an

eye out for autos, keeping out of droughts,

and all the rest of that lingo some women

can think up. Every morning as soon as

friend hquund reachcs his office he has

to call his 'house to lct the wife know he

got there all right, and if he is live min-

utes late at night he always finds her at

the ’phone Ifrunticully appealing to the





 





 





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police department to look him up. That

lman‘s record on the police blotter, if they

{kept record of telephone inquiries, would

reach around a block.



I think my neighbor is a simpleton,

though so far I’ve been too polite to tell

her so right out like that. Silo isn't so

polite to me. She thinks I'm at heartless

unfeeling monster because I refuse to

worry over my husband und childrcn, and

she tells me so every day or so. \Yhen 1

get my five-year-old reudy for kindergar—

tcn every morning and start him off, to

walk the five blocks alonc, and then go to

work instead of standing at the window

wringing my hands for 15 minutes, she is

fully convinced that it is because 1 want

to see him killed. She is equally sure I

want my boys muimcd for life bccause I

let them run like lndians, playing tug,

climbing fences, throwing balls and doing

all the other stunts that real, healthy, lit—

tle animals think is fun. I have tried to

exp‘iuin to her that there is always a

chance in life for accident, that there is

no more danger of being cripplcd in a

ball game than in walking down stairs

if you keep your eyes opcn. I remind her

of that old story of the man who broke

his neck climbing out of bed, and tell her

that the mother of boys must expect to

see them taking hair-raising chanccs if

she wants them to be fully developed,

all-around active, alert, resourceful men.

But it is no use. She knows I am with-

out heart, and that ends it.



Now, being a mother, I do worry about

my boys. But not tl’bO‘th things I can

not control, like sickness and accident.

My only worry about them is that in

some way, thrOugh some neglect of mine,

they may not make good. If they fall

and break their leg, that is not my fault.

But if they grow up with a propensity to

break their word. there is something I

might “have controlled. I can’t help it if

they take cold, but if they take some-

think that doesn’t belong to them, I can





 





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be blamed for that. I am responsible for

their character and that is the thing that

worries me. If they don't make goodfl

that’s the rub. Ill-health and accident

are bad. but they are really not so vital

as failure or downright wickedness. But

that sort of thing never enters my neigh—

bor's consciousness. It doesu't worry her

a mite to think her fussincss is making a

nam-by—pamby wcalkling out of ‘her boy;

he actually sniffles when he gets a sliver

in his finger, or falls down. His mother

has hopped about. protecting him from

physical pain so aociduously that he is a

veritable booby. That would worry me

sick, but his mother thinks it is quite all

right.



She knows I don't love my husband,

too, because I don‘t fuss about him. In

the stcel plant, which he daily inspects,

men are sometimes hurt by falling beams

or by the machinery. There is always

the chance that some day it may be him

instead of a foreign laborer. According





to my neighbor, my duty as a loving wife

is to weep on hubby’s shoulder each

morning and beg him for my sake and

the boys’ to have a care. I do not be-

lieve that such a procedure would make

the poor man a bit more quick 0f cye or

steady of nerve, so why weep? I refuse

to rave and tear my hair. too, when he is

sent occasionally to inspect bridges,

though, of course, he might take a disas~

trous tumblc. I simply will not consider

the risk to his body, but I worry for fear

the bridge he has pronounced safe may

'tu-mble down the next day, and he shall

forever after be counted among the fail-

ures. It is not of his physical safety I

am thinking. That is not in his keeping

nor in mine. But it lies within him to

make good in his prdfesfion. If he should

fail there that would be his own fault.



Incompetence and wrong doing, these

are the only legitimate causes of worry.

And evcn these we will not let depress us

unduly if the fault is not ours. To live

in a comitant state of fear is as Wicked

us to- keep constantly drunk, and this is

what We do when we worry.



DEBORAH.





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The Country VVoman’s Opportunities for Money





Making—By





Hilda Richmond.





FTER all is said about the sturdy

oak and the clinging vine in regard





to married life, and the supporting

of wives by .huslmuds, t‘here lurks in the

heart of every woman a. longing fer “'her

own money." And if she be a healthy,

normal creature, she wants to make that

m-onvy herself. The idle, selfish, care-

less women, in ricfhes or poverty, who

have no ambition to make money for

t'hemselvcs are freaks, for the desire for

independence is almost universal. Let

someone explain [this who may know more

than I do about the human mind, but

certain it is that the money corned for

once self is more precious than any given

or in'herited or otherwise acquired With-

out labor. The young women Who spend

u fcw yours before marriage earning their

own money mukc the bcst ‘wives and

mothers, for the training they receive out

in the busy world is invaluable. Very

Often it is i’iel-cs=sary for a woman to

stifle the desiiw» for money-makixng be-

cause her home duties or (her health 0: :1

dozen other things intcl‘fei‘e, lllld very

often it is entirely wrong for her to enter

the :field of women’s work because the

work should be Ceif‘t to Uho=e who hood

to earn money, but the desire refuses to

die. There are many cases where womon

who were left widows and had to support

their families, were more pros-porous than

while their husbands lived. Nounzm likes

to have a woman manage his affairs, but

often the shif'tlcss men would do Well to

turn the management over to their wives

and be content to earn the money neces-

sary for the support of thc family, for in

the lultcv‘.‘ case prosperity and comfort

would specdily take up their abode in the

home.



(if ull women the one in the country

has the heart opportunitics- for lnaking

money. She nccd have no COm‘pwunctions

on the ground of competition, “taking

bread out of other women's mouths,” for

statistics will show“. that very many

things are imported from Europe, and

other countries to our own land that

might be produccd 'here. Take eggs, for

cxa-mple. The world is always- crying for

more strictly fresuh eggs, and likely will

be far years. to come. And it is the same

'way with good cream and butter. There

are many families willing and anxious to

pay a good price for sweet. clenn butter

and milk, but who have to take what they

can get because the demand is greater

than the sup-ply. It wou"d be easy to go

through a whole list of such anticles, and

yet this is only one branch of the work

that a country woman may take up. Her

opportunities are boundless, and the

woman who has health and strength and

time and patience may have a nice little

income if she chooses. It goes without

saying that the Woman with many per-

sons to cook for, or the mother of little

children, should not overtax her strength





trying to make money, but for the rest—

less, ambitious girls and Women on the

farms who find time hanging heavily up-

»on their hands, thcre is nothing better

tlhun to take up some hobby that brings

in money. The most popular page in the

agricultural paper with the ladies is al-

most always the one with the money

making hints sent in by the renders.



Butler making has becn so completely

I‘eV‘tl‘lUtlf'Hlth‘d during the past few years,

that it is no longer the back-breaking

task it once was. To be sure, the average

1burn is not supplied with milking ma—

chines, but every progressive farmer does

have. a separator through Which the milk

is rapidly separated into cream and skim-

milk. This cream sells for fancy prices

in the near-lby towns or can be shipped

to the nearest city. Being perfectly fresh

and 'pel‘fcctly clean, it can be kept much

longer than the old—style product that

had to be ripened in the crocks before it

could be skimmed. Many farms have

power churns, so the labor has been re-

duced to working the buttcr and cleaning

the few utensils. The woman with a few

conws who lives near town does well to

furnish ci'ca‘m to private customers us she

can charge more tlhut way, but. where

many cows ure kcpt it is better to! take

less and gct rid of the WhOle product to-

getlhcr.



So very much has been said about the

“chicken business" that a. brief pam—

gru'pih will be sufficient on that ru‘bjeot.

Chickens kept in clean yards, free from

vermin and rats, do puy a great dual on

the invcstment, and the woman who gives

them intelligent care hover nccd co-m-

piuin of “bad luck." \\"hcither eggs are

sold to private customers, shipped to (the

city or sold in open market, they bring

good prices, and are about as easily pro-

duced us anything the country woman

can undcrtuke. Chickens. ducks, geese,

turkeys and rabbits also bring in A line

income at all seasons of the year. With

a YOURS chicken weighing two pounds

bringing 40 ccnts, and the people from

town going after it themselves, it is a

wonder more women do not inform thcm-

selves on the subject and go to work. And

the bcuuty of this business is that it

doesn‘t take a lot of money to sntnrt up.

One of the most successful poultry mis-

crs, in a small why, I ever knew was a

woman who had shacks—they Were noth-

ing e-lS’e—efm‘ chickens and deStroyed them

by fire every year. The winter’s wood

was ranked in a. three-sided affair and a

front with n few little windows set in

place, then the pole ro'of covered with

straw or fodder was put in place and the

whole thing banked with fodder or refuse

to keep out the cold. The next summer

that fire-wood went into the kitchen stove

and a new house went up on a clean spot.

That woman sent from $3.00 to $5.00

worth Of eggs to town every week, re-





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ceivllng two cents more on the dozen than

the groceries paid, because her eggs were

strictly fresh, and She was never over-

wc’inked either. Her flock varied from

100 to 200 hens for she was continually

weeding out the old and worthless ones.

Two hundred dollars a year may seem a

small amount to some people, but it must

be' remembered that a con“ Miman

with that much a year for her own is

rich.



In small] fruits there is another field

that has scarcely been touched in mnny

local-iltieSi. Fine strnuwbcrrles, cumrants.

berries, cherries and other fruits find

read'y sale even in small places, while the

cities are seldom oversupplied. Of course.

good judgment must be exercised in this

as in all otlher things. The woman who

lives ten miles from manket ought never

to even dream of raising strawberries for

sale. By the time she does her work in

the mOl‘lninlg' and picks .her berries it is

nearly moon and the market practically

over for the day. She might profitably

raise her berries and make them up into

delicious jams and jellies for sale, but to

drive ten miles with berries in addition

to Iher regular work, should be entirely

out of the question with her. Then, too,

it is almost always necessary to be near

town in case you need exta (help in pick-

ing your fru'ilt. C‘herries shi'p very well

and need little cultivation, so the wise

people in the country are sticking trees

here and tlhere in waste pactches knowing

that in a (few years the trees will bring

fine returns. Where small fruits are

raised for canning it is well to secure a

grocer who will dispose of your product

or take orders from private customers.

By lbeginning in a modest way and work-

ing up, a fair income can be made. but

the wonk comes at the hottest time of the

year. Many families going away for the

summer are glad to leave their oxders

with a competent worker, knowing that

the next win'ter they will want all the

things it is impossible to put up at a

summer resort. To the clean, skillful

worker there is a great opportunity, but

for the woman who tries to see how much

she can do 'in a day without regard to

how she does it, failure is sure anl

certain.



Ofiten a. woman with a great deal of

time on her hands makes money by

(l-ll'b‘b‘lillg in a general business instead of

taking up one particular thing. (me

woman whose children were grown de-

termined to make a littie money for her-

telf for church dues, Christmas and other

things, but she did not. at first, see» what

could ’be» done. They lhad it good garden,

a small orchard, a fair sized flock of poul-

try—in short, they raised what they

wanted for themselves aside from the

general crops and milde a specialty of no

one Uhing. Besides. her husband frowned

upon the idea of extensively taking up

one branch of work, so she felt herself

greatly handicapped, However, where

there is a will there is always a way, so

'the very next time she went to town a

clean. market basket went with her

which she took to the owner of a high-

iprilced boarding house. “If you like the

things, I will be glad to take your .order

for more,’ she said, and went away with-

out more words.



“The: things" proved to be some fresh

radii-shes from the garden, a little CI‘Ot‘lC

of cottage cheese, a loaf of home—made

(bread, some fresh rhulbarb jelly, and un—

derneath, covered with cool lettuce leaves.

were peas fresh from the garden. Sllc

immediately received an order for more

stuff “just like that” over the telephone,

and a long consultation was held as to

the lpossibilities of that farm for the

boarding house. The peas were soon

-g()llle, but there Were some extra beans

and other gairden products. The boarding

house lwas by no means supplied entirely

from that garden or the two Jersey cows

or the rows of currant bushes and rasp~

xberry vines, but the fresh, delicious

thin-gs the woman in the country could

spare were eagerly ‘bOught by the city

woman at fair prices.



Very often. a woman can. with a good

hotbed, raise plants for the neighbors

and make a neat sum of money. In this

w.iy the work comes all at once, but the

rest of the year She is free 'to do other

things. Tomato, pepper, cauliflower, cab-

bage, egg plant, celery, and all sorts of

flowers may be started in a hot-bed. and

even a great deal may be done with a

cold-frame or sheltered bed. One hue-y

Iwoman always made $20 or $25 every

spring off her hot—beds, and she declared

the work was more like play than any-

thing else. Wivt‘h ten cents per dozen for

tomato plants and other vegetables, and

ten .cents per dozen for Dansies or- ver-

benas, she thought herself fortunate, in-





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deed. Sometimes she found room to stirt

geranium slips that found ready sale on

Decoration day, and often raised he.“ own

early .rad'ishes and lettuce while the plants

were small. The soil was rich and warm.

and rtlhe weeding, watering and covering

were her only tasks until it came time to

sell the plants when She was quite busy

(with her many customers. It would take

almost a volume to speak of the many

po‘silbilities of the vegetable garden, but

everything brings money, from onion sets

to pop corn, and the woman who is not

'too busy with he.“ hdusework may find

pleasure and profit in her garden, provide

it is not hopelessly barren and stony.

And this does not exhaust the list of

outdoor tasks by any means. Many wom-

en have made money and regained health

by working with bees, with violets, witih

squabs, with fish culture. with pigs. with

calves, with apples and with any number

of other occupations belongingr to the

farm. Too many women in the country

never enjoy «the fresh air and Sunshine,

for they shut up their houses to keep out

dust and heat, they think, and in so «lo-

ing shut out the life—giving fresh air. of-

ten the money-making desire 'has been

the salvation of the health of the family,

for rthe rwoman who is out much in the

garden or poultry yard can not endure the





musty, stale utmo'phere of the dark

rooms, and a revolution takes place at

UllC'e.



Even the woman who feels 'that she





can not leave the house to make money

may find many things to occupy her

leisure time. From working for one of

the numerous \yomen’s Exchanges to

doing sewing or weaving for her neigh-

bor‘s, t‘he thrifty WOmnn may turn many

a penny, for the busy mothers and house-

keepers rin the country are crying as loud-

ly for help as ever the town ladies are.

Sewing must be done, preserves must be

made, and vt‘ood provided every day in the

year, and help is almoslt out of the ques—

tion. Some busy mothers of little children

keep down their tasks as much as pos-

silrie by buying their bread and butter

and hiring as much sewing done as pos-

sible, and for such women a neighbor

who will help out is a great boon. During

thr- long winter diys many ladies make

comforters, rugs, llel’lcy work, quilts and

other saleable articles, combining business

with pleasure, for it is a pleasure to turn

out pretty things that fill the purse with

money. The {country woman feels that

everything she does is almost pure profit,

since many of the things would otherwise

go to waste, and in winter time drugs

along. The temptation to overdo comes

to many lwomen, but the wise workers

never neglect their homes in order to earn

a few extra dollars.



“'ith lher own money for gifts and for

the little things every WUman wants, life

in the counltry is sweeter and better for

the lW’li‘fe of the farmer always. If all men

were educated to the “partnership” idea

pcnhaps 'the defiire for money making

would die out of the hearts of married

women, but it will be a long time before

all men arrive at that idea. Some ladies

talk about lhnving un a-ilowance, but that

is the wrong Word to use. The wife ShOuld

be as free to use money as the husband,

and the purse should :be used by both

alike, but this ideal state only prevails in

a few homeS, and until it is universal,

women everywhere will be inquiring, “How

can I make my own money?"





 





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Sweet Potato Cake.



Grate or run through food chopper,

sweet potatoes encuglh to make three cup-

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sugar, vt-wo eggs, one tableSpoon each of

butter and mixed spices, cloves, cinna-

mon, nutmeg and ginger. Stir well, then

add the juice and graited rind of one lem-

on, half a teaspoon of salt, half cuprfiul

each of seedless raisins and currants.

Mix thoroughly, and bake in slow oven.

Be sure to add no flour, soda or baking

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One cup molasses. half cup sugar, two

eggs, four tablespoons butter. one tea-

spoon each clloives, cinnamon and salt, one

teaspoon soda dissolved in half cup bu-t-

termvivlk, two cups flour. Bake in three

layers and put together with the follow-

ing froatlng:



Frosting—Boil together one cup sugar

and half cup water till it threads. Beat

the white of one egg to stiff froth, add

one cup chopped raisinS, and pour hot

sugar in. beating briskly. Flavor with

lemon, and spread between layers. This

is the best molasses cake I have ever

tried. The recipe was never known to

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tion among farmers in marketing



their products is being rwidely dis-

cussed, the work of the Gvoodliettsvville,

Tenn., Laimrb Clu‘b, organized in 1882-83,

and now in exiS'tenice for thirty years, is

of timely interest. The club was organ—

ized because the sheep raisers in the

vicinity of Goodlettsville found that by

handing together they could mauke larger

offerings of more unlilform lambs, utilize

car space to better advantage, and by

making availalble a larger number of good

lambs ready for shipment on a single day

secure greaxter competition among the

buyerS. The following facts are the re-

sult ofa study of this club and other

lamb clubs in TenneSsee recently made by

the Bureau of Animal Industry.



The Goodlettsville LamIb Clu'b originally

consisted of about one dozen fairmerSI and

its membership has. increased until out one

time it numbered 85 members. It has as

officers a president and a secretary, and

an executive committee of three mem-

bers, of which the secretary is a member

ex officio. The club is not a chartered

institution and is more in the nature of a.

partnership. Its members ugree to abide

‘by its rules and constitution, although

the organization is not especially binding.

The president calfs a meeting about April

1. Prior to this meeting its members

have the privilege of selling lambs and

wool at private sale. At the meeting,

however, each member reports the num-

'ber of lambs and the amount of wool he

will have to sell through the club and

thereafter can no longer sell individually.

After the repont the executive committee

has unlimited power.



This committee then determines the to-

tal number of lamlbsx and date or dates

for shipment. Ordinarily one shipment. is

made in the early part of June and an-

other is scheduled for the early part of

July. This year’s Sales were dented June

10 and July 15. The first delivery is made

up almost entirely of “firsts.” The sec-

ond delivery which contains those that

are too small for the first sale, is, as a

rule, a power quality, as the old lambs

do not make as great or satisfactory

gains as the early ones.



There is little uniformity as Ito methods

of sale. This year, as is often the rule,

Uhe wool was sold to a local woolen mlill.

It was. graded in three grades—clean,

slightly burred, and burred, and sold for

231/1, 201/2 and 17 cents per pound, re-

spectivly. These prices average better

than those paid by local buyers, but be-

cause t'lle other wool sold to these buyers

is ungraded, it is difficult to compute the

eanC‘t monetary advantage to the club

m emlb el‘SI.





INASMUCH as the effects of co-opera-





The sale of lambs through the club may

be announced through the local papers,

by means of posters or post cards, or by

word of mouth. This announcement var-

ies with the locality, and the club may

change its methods from year to year.

Following is a typical advertisement of

stuoh a sale by a Tennessee Club:





 





LAMBS FOR SALE. —T-he Lamb

Club win Sell by sea}. ed bids about 800

lambs. Bids 01058 May 20 Lambs are

to be fart merohantable lambs weighing

(from 55 pounds up, and will be deliv-

ered from the 9th to the 12th of June.

Club reserves the right to reject any

or all bids



(Signed) .......

Secretary.





 





Some of the cluibs will accept bids by





telephone 0r mail. The time between

closing bids and the actual sale of lambs

varies. Where bids closing on the day

of sale are not satisfactory the club then

Ships its own lamlbs in cars previously

ordered, and which the buyers have

agreed to use if their bids are accepted.

In some cases bids are accepted several

weeks before delivery date, and the

Goodletttsviller cluIb sold on futures this

last season. Selling at or near the day

of delivery is generally more popular

with buyers and purchasers.



On the day of delivery at G-oodlettsville

the lambs begin 'to come in early in the

morning in rwagons or in flocks. The

driven lamibs are marked 'with bright col-

ored paint which avoids confusion where

flocks become mixed. Lambs are put up-

on the scales which are handled by the

executive committee. Lambs lacking in

condition or weighing less filian 60 pounds

are discarded as culls. OOmparatively few

are thrown out, however, as the growers

cull their lalllib‘s at the. farm. Of the culls

the greater part are these lacking in age

and of small size, but the-retire also

some large ram lambs that have become

what is loonlly known as “staggy.’



The president and one or two assist-

ants weigh the lambs and credit each

grower "with his total weight. Delivery is

commonly made before noon in time for

loading. Payment is made on Ithe day of

delivery. The president or the executive

committee pays the expenses, which are

small, and apvportions the balance among

the members according to the number and

weight actually delivered. The business

of the day is followed by a dinner of the

club which adds a social feature.





In addition to the Goodle'ttsville Club‘





there are lamb and wool clubs at Mt.

Juliet, Baird‘s Mill, Allisona, Martha, and

Flat Book, in flourishing condition. These

clubs each handle from 600 to 2,500 lambs

per year. New clubs are Occasionally

(formed and these are generally successful.





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How much will it 00st to send a car-

load of beans to BOSton, or a ciarload of

potatoes to Birmingham? lVe presume

that there are very few farmers who

know the freight charges to the import—

ant consuming centers on the different

staples they grow, and so, of course, one

may be excused if he is unable to

answer exactly the above questions. But

While these seemingly little matters may

not have been so useful in the conduct

of the marketing busines‘s in iihe past,

the country is now entering into an age

of economy where precedent must give

way to better methods, and where these

same little matters will become of real

value—even indispensable to the farmer.



A knowledge of transportation charges

from the local town to the principal cities

puts the informed person in a much more

advantageous position to market his goods

than he would otherwise be. That knowl-

edge will aid him in several ways»: In

the first instance he can better inter-

pret market quotations. IVhat does it

profit a man if he knows that hay is

wovrth $12 a ton for a certain grade in

his home town. $18 a ton for the same

grade in Cleveland, and $22'in New York,

and does not know how much it takes to

send that hay from his shipping place to

Cleveland or New York? It may cost

him more to send the hay to those points

than the difference in the quotations; or

he may have a margin that would well





pay him to undertake his own shipment.



The information will not only assist

him in the interpretation of the quota-

tions but, as :1 consequence of thiS, will

show him where he can best dispose of

his holdings. By knowing the charges to

the chief buying Centers» one is armed

with information that will direct him to

the place where he can realize. the great-

est profit from his sales. He can then

figure it out mathematically Whether to

ship to New York, BOstOn, Chicago, or

to sell to his home dealer, taking into

consideration, of course, the additional

expense and chances incident to the Ship-

ping.



But the largest advantage of this

knowledge of transportation rates will

‘be in the relations with the home dealer.

For years to come a comparatively small

poiition of the staples produced 'on the

farms of this section of the country will

be handled by others than local dealers.

And if their commissions are exorbitant,

and they have been able ‘to take such

commissions by shamelessly claiming that

t‘he_ transportation companies charge so

much to carry the goods that they can-

not possibly pay more, then the right

way to ansiwer such claims is to be able

to tell those same dealers just what it

Icostsmo send a ca1r10-ad of hay, or wheat,

or potatoes, or live stock, to a point

where quotations are so and so much

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they know that the farmeer knows just

what these charges are then they will

offer him a reasonable price for his

goods. These dealers are usually wise

enough not to put themselves in an un-

favorable light before their farmer pa-

trons; and for this reason itris the part

of wiSdom for one to secure and have at

hand the exact transportation charges

for shipping the kinds of products he

sells, to the important consuming centers,

or to those centers to which his dealer

And Wlhalt has been said of freight





ships.

charges is equally true of express

charges.

After having satisfied oneself of the





value of this knowledge of rti‘ansportatiOn

rates, the question naturally arises. how

shall we secure the information? Knolw-

ing that tariffs are occasionally adjusted

to meet decisions of the interstate com-

merce and our state railroad commissions

and that it is useless. for one to have a

schedule of rates from a hundred towns

in the state when he is interested in his

local shipping point only, it is readily

seen that a printed list of rates is un-

necessary and not always reliable. l7s11-

ally these scheduleS, or “keys," as they

are sometimes called, are difficult to un-

derstand. Anvy scheme that purports to

show the rates from a hundred different

shipping points to as many other placeS.

must of necessiity be cumbersome, com-

pliicated and hard to get at, especially

where the author is not at hand to ex-

plain. And furthermore, since there-is

only one of the hundred, or more. ship-

ping points in which the reader is con-

cerned, he is more tllLln likely to cast

the Whole schedule aside after going to

the trouble and expense of providing

himself with a copy.



But there is a more reliable way for a.

farmer to secure the rates wanted. and

that is by requesting same of his loi-ril

railroad agent. The agent is at the de-

pot partly for the purpose of furnishing

the public with just such information,

And when each community has a man

whose duty it is to give the intelligence

of which we have been speaking, it- is

wise to ask it of him. for he is responsi-

rble. The telephone or a postal curd

should bring the desired schedules. Like-

Wise the express charges for shipping

poultry, eggs o' any products one m'y

have to sell. can be had from the express

company’s local agent.‘



After one gets the rates he Should file

them away for reference. To avoid the

p0ssibility of being misled through any

changes in tariffs, one should make iii—

quiry perhaps every year or so. Thus he

can keep himself informed on matters

that are important.





FINDING FAULT WITH DIRECT MAR-

KETING.





 





Should you care to argue the merits or

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article in the Farm Commerce Depart-

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Michigan.



Washtenaw Co., Jan. 1.—Tlie first day

of the New Year brings. continued tine

weather just below freezmg. _lhe roads

have been worn smooth. m.ik:ng driVing





and teaming a pleasure. aiso demonstrat-





ing anew the efficiency of the. Kins.r drag.

()n roads where they have been DerSist-

eiitlv u. ed, they are almost'like a city

boulevard. This being a dziirv commu-

nity only 29 miles from DetrOit by rail

where the milk mostly goes, the farmer s

energies are mostly given to producmg

the most milk poesible. which at $1.80 per

cwt. on a 31;. per cent basis, brings a good

income. It is deemed more profitable to

produce milk than to feed other kinds of

stock. Poultry receives considerable at-

tention, but for some reason laying hens

are very scarce. Eggs havve beenyt‘or

some time from 3S€MOC per dozen. \Vhie

so far we have had practically no snow.

wheat and clover seeding appear in good

coudition. There is a good deal of un-

favorable comment on_ the manner in

which taxes are increasing from year to

year, an average increase of 25 to 30 per

cent this year. We seem to be governed

largely by commissions of various kinds.

Livingston Co., Jan. 1.—-VVe are haying

fine weather with just enough snow on

the ground to protect wheat and clover.

which went into winter in fine condition.

The condition of the roads at the present

time could not Well be improved upon.

There is about the same amount of stock

on feed as usual. but as this is a dairy

section, more attention. is paid to the milk

business than to the stock feeding busi-

ness. More farmers are going into the

registered Holsteins each vear and as a

result. both the stable equipment and the

sanitary condition of the stables in this

section have been vastlv improved.

Moccata 60.. Jan. 2.—-—Snow is falling





THE MICHIGAN FARMER‘





for what appears for sleighing, the first

of the season. Seeding all looks good.





Very little stock being fed. Hens are

beginning to lay. Verv little marketing

now. Some potatoes being marketed





at around 500. The potatoes are finding

their way to market. A considerable

quantity were disposed of last fall and

still there are a good lot remaining .in

the farmers’ hands in this locality. The

farmers are now cutting wood and set-

ting ready for next summer.



Hillsdale Co., Jan. 1.——Farmers in this

section have been favored bv unusually

fine weather, and considerable plowing

was done in December. The. weather is

favorable for most anv kind of work. al.

though the ground is frozen at present.

putting an end to plowing. These short

days a large portion of the time is con-

sumed on many farms. doing the winter

chores. Fence building is an occupation

that has been carried on ouite extensive-

ly since the fall work was completed.

Those fortunate enough to possess a wood

lot are cutting wood for home use. and

some are selling wood at about $2.50 per

cord delivered. Hens are laying unusu-

ally well for the time of year, many pul—

lets having begun to lay. Eggs are now

bringing 280 per dozen. A few hogs are

still being marketed, but the great bulk

of them were sold in November and De-

cember. The price now is about 70.

alive. Farmers who make butter are re-

ceiving 280 per lb. Little elSe is being

marketed at present. Quite a good inanv

lambs and some cattle are being fed for

shipment in February and during the

spring months. Wheat is looking pretty

well. but is infested with the Hessian fly

as has been the case for three previous

years. But little snow has fallen SO far,

and but little has been needed by the

wheat, owing to the mild weather. The

seeding that escaped laSt summer‘s

drought is looking well. Roads are in fine





condition, and have been for several

weeks.



Shiawassee 00., Dec. 31.~—Vcry little

snow. Roads in fine condition. Several





miles of state rewaid road will be built

this coming year. Farmers busy hauling

manure and cutting wood. .\ few :mrill

lots of timber have been sold and being

cut for lumber. Farmers are becoming

more interested in woodlot management

and good judgment is being exercised to

reserve the young growing timber. A

large number of lafnbs are on feed. No

cattle and about the usual number of

hogs in the country. Wheat is comingr

along in fine condition, although not as

well covered with snow as is necessary

if weather turns colder. Verv little farm

produce being marketed. Hens are be-

ginning to lay a moderate number of

eggs, although farmers do not consider

winter eggs profitable at prr-sent prices.





Saginaw Co., Dec. 30.—~'l‘he Last days of I





the old year find Saginaw county farm

outlook very pioiiiisiiig. The good fall

weather favored corn husking. blowing

and all improvements. Some progress has

been made during the past year along the





lines of pure seed selection and in the.





breeding of high-class cattle and horses.

\\'ork is planned along the lines of agri—

cultural education both for mature and

JUVt‘nlle farmers: for the coming year.





Delta Co., Dec. 29.——’RVe have had a.

very mild December. The ground did

not freeze up until the seventh. Most of





“the farmers got their plowing all'done.

About two inches of snow has fallen and

not much frost. \Vinter grain is all right.

Lots of hay in the hands of farmers.

Stoukoll looks good. Not many farms

changing hands, a few farms being sold.

Lots of potatoes being held until spring.

As this is a lumbering county yet. the

farmers are cutting and hauling wood to

market and getting out some logs. \l’ood

is worth from $56116 a cord. Hay $13.50@

16; potatoes 50c; wheat 850; oats 55c;

corn 90c; butter .‘lofgrfific; eggs 30c; beef.

dressed 130 1b; pork 121/2c; mutton 12c.



Lapeer Co., Dec. 24.——Must say that the

year 1913 has not been, as we should say.

an entirely successful season for farmers

in this section. As close as We can note,

produce seems to be practicailiy all gone

to market. A little hay and a few beans

in small parcels are about all that is

selling now. Beans are away down and

hay is $1064.13 per ton. The past season

was unfavorable for the corn crop, which

ranged from no cop to 90 bushels of cars

per acre. Beans from 12: bushels down to

as low as tWo or three bushels per more,

while some were hardly Worth puliing.

Potatoes generally are light; yields range

from 40 to 215 bushels per acre.



New York.





Chautauqua Co.—VVe;ither is mild; not

enough snow to speak of. Some farmers

still plowing. Countrv roads are in fine

condition; autos still running. Live stock

looking well: about the same number of

head fed as last winter. Chicken busi-

ness is being run at a loss. hens not lay-

ing many eggs as yet. Winter wheat and

rye looking at its best. About all farm-

ers are having for market now is apples,

potatoes, butter and a few eggs. Most

farmers spend the winter pruning their

grapes and getting the brush out. Butter

38c; eggs 42c; apples 90c: potatoes 800:

Chickens live 17c; veal 16c; hogs, dreSsed

10c; miich cows 352564990.



Genesee Co., Dec. 24.——The drouth, of

course, has been broken, but our soak-

ing fall rains have not as yet come. It

has been a remarkable fall for getting

work done. Lots of plowing has been

done. \ery few real bad cold days to

date. Taking farmers as a class, 1913

has not been a successful season for them

in this section. Peas ab0ut the only good

crop; they were a “bumper crop.” Those

farmers who were fortunate enough to be

near a cannery and grow them, made big

money. Outside of this. the average

farmer made very little more than a liv-

ing. after figuring interest on money in-

vested in high-priced lands. stock and



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GRAINS AND SEEDS.





' January 6, 1914.



Wheat—Holiday dullness in the grain

markets has continued over into the

present week and prices have not chang-

ed materially. The news of the past few

days favors both buyers and sellers. It

has been many years since the wheat

crop went into winter quarters in better

condition than it did this season, and the

acreage is estimated to be above normal.

On the other hand, farmers are deliver-

ing wheat to the elevators in small quan-

tities; a good demand is being made upon

the Canadian Supply; Russian offerings

are smaller; Argentine's export surplus

is not only far below the amount usually

sent abroad, but the quality has been

greatly impaired by recent rains, and

Australia’s exports are being restricted.

It would seem, therefore, that prices

ought not to go far below the present

range of values. One year ago No. 2 red

wheat was quoted at $1.13 per bu. Quo-

tations on the local market are as follows:





 





No. 2 No.

Re . \Vhite. May



\Vednesday . . . . . ...... 99 981/2 1.04

Thursday .......... ......

Friday ................ 98 97% 1.04

iSaturday .............. 98 97 1.04%

Monday ..............98 971/2 1.04%,

Tuesday .............. 98 971/2 1.041,;



Chicago, (Jan. 6).—No. 2 red wheat,





971,4(3; May, till/QC; July, 871/,c per bu.

Corn.——Corn values have been main-

tained on a steady basis throughout the

week just paSt, in spite of the liberal in-

crease in the visible supply, which Shows

over 4,000,000 bushels more of the cereal

in Sight than appeared a week ago. There

was also opposition to higher prices in

the receipt of corn fI‘Om Argentine where

the crop is reported large. One year ago

the price for No. 3 corn was 48%,c. Quo-

tations for the past weeg are:





0. 2 No. 2

Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday 64 66

Thursday ......... . . . . . . . .

Friday ................... 64 66

Saturday ................. 64 66

Monday .................. 64 66

Tuesday .................. 64 66

Chicago, (Jan. 6).-i\'0. 2 corn, 611/2@

621/2c: May, 6615.40; July 65%e per bu.





Oats.~—l’rices remain the same as they

were when they closed a week ago. The

delivery of oats has been rather moder-

ate during the holiday week with the

demand somewhat reduced from normal.

One year ago the price of this cereal on

the local market was 351/2c f0r standard.

Quotations for the past week are: -



Standard. White.





No. 3

\l’ednesday ............... 41 41

Thursday ................. .. ..

Friday ........... . ........ 41 401/2

Saturday ................. 41 401/2

Monday .................. 41 401/2

Tuesday .................... 41 401/2

Chicago, (Jan. 6).—No. 2 oats, 40c;

May, 391/20; July. 38%c per bu.

Beans.—Improved local demand and

limited offerings have made higher quo-





The market is firm

at the new figures. The looal board of

trade quotes immediate and December

shipments at $1.85; Jan. $1.87; Feb. $1.92

per bu. Chicago reports a small trade.

"Rea beans, handepicked, choice, are lower

at $1.90@1.95; common $1.60@1.75; red

kidneys. choice, higher at $2.821/2@2.85

per bushel.



Rye.—This cereal rules No. 2

is quoted at 66c per bu.



Barley.-——Higher. .»\t Chicago barley is

quoted at 5060720 per bu., while Milwau-

kee quotes the malting grades at from

5661780.



Cloverseed.—Although the trade is ac-

tive no price changes of importance have

occurred. Prime spot is quoted at Detroit

:l't $9.35 per bu; March, $9.45. Prime al—

sike steady at $11.25 per bu. At Toledo

January is quoted at $9.421/2 and prime

alsike at $11.10.



Timothy.—Steady. with prime

nominally quoted at $2.50 per bu.



Alfalfa—Unchanged at $7.20 per bu.





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FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





Flown—Jobbing lots in 34. paper sacks

are selling on the Detroit market per 196





lbs as follows: Best patent. $5.30; sec-

ond, $4.80; straight, $4.50; spring patent,

$5.15; rye flour, $4.60 per bbl.



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

Bran. $22; coarse middlin'gs, $27; fine

middlings, $27; cracked corn, $31; coarse





corn meal $30; corn and oat CIhOp $25.50





per ,ton.

Hay.~——All grades are





steady. Prices:





Car-lots on the track at Detroit are: No.

1 timothy, $156016; standard 551461715: No.

1:, $126014: light mixed 515146111450; No. 1

mixed $13fil3.50.



New York—Hay market quiet. No. 1

timothy $20.50fl21: No. 2 $166717; clover





$170318 per ton for large bales.



Chicago—Choice timothy is quoted at

$17.50f1718 per ton; NO. 1 $16@17; No. 2

$134014.





Straw—All grades rule steady. Rye

$8fi‘9; oat stra'w $750618; wheat straw

$7618 per ton.





Chicago.——Quotuble as follows: Rye $6.50

6117; oat $6.50@7; Wheat $6.50@7.



New York—Rye straw, $17@18 per ton;

oat straw, $12.





DAIRY AND PO—ULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Button—The local demand not as good

as last week but prices remain the same.

QuotatiOnS: Extra creamery 35c per lb;

firsts 32c; dairy 21c; packing stock 180

per lb.





THE'MICHIGA'N ‘FjARMER





Chicago—The market was rather un-

settlcd, with a wide range in prices. In





general prices have dropped and trade

has been dull. Quotations are: Extra

crcamery 34@‘35c: extra firsts 32@ 30;





firsts 2602290; seconds 21011220; ladies 200,0

21c; packing stock 12@18c per lb, ac-

cording to quality.



Elgin.——-Market fi'm at 35c per 1b.,





which is l/éc loWer than last week.



New York—Market remains firm with

little change in prices. The lower grades

have advanced some. Quotations are:

Creamery extras 361/2@371/2c; firsts 2960

35c; secOnds 241/2@28c; packing stock,

191/2c.



Eggs.—On account of liberal [receipts

prices have dropped 10 on the local mar-

ket. Current receipts of fresh stock is

quotable at 311/20 per dozen.



Chicago—Trading was not as active as

last Week and prices haVe declined about

V30. The frcsh stock received is irregular

and has to be rehandlcd to satisfy those

who want fine stOck. Quotations: Mis—

celianeous lots, cases included, 28@311/2c,

according to quality; ordinary firsts 291/2

@300; firsts 311/261132c; refrigerator stock

is steady at 29(5‘291/zc for April firsts.



New York.——Market irregular with

prices slightly lower. Quotations: Fresh

gathered extras 37GB38c; extra firsts 3661)

361/20; firsts 3575351/zc per dozen.



Poultry.—Local market holds firm with

no change in prices. Receipts are easily

disposed of. Quotations: Live.——Springs

15@151/.;c; hens 141/;26115c; turkeys 20@

210; geese 14617150; ducks 1601170.





Chicago—Prices for poultry are lower

than last week, turkeys dropping 2c.

There is a fair demand for fowls and





spring chickens but turkeys are in light





demand. Quotations on live are: Tut‘-

keys, good weights, 16c; others 12c;

fowls, choice 14c; spring chickens 131/2c;





geese 12’]: 13c, according to quality; ducks

choice 15c.





Cheese.——The market continues firm

with no changes in prices. Michigan

flats are quoted at 15@‘16c; New York

fiats 17@171/zc; brick cream 16@16%c;

lirnburger 14@15c.



Veal.—»Market is firm with some in-

crease in prices. Quotations: Fancy 15

@16c; common 12617140.





At Chicago the trade was firm with

light receipts and little demand. Good

to choice, 9001110 lbs, quoted at 141/24},

150; 60@90-lb weights 121/261‘14c.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.’





 





Apples—Market active with prices in-





creasing. Quotations: No. 1, $4.50@5;

No. 2, $2.25@3.50 per bbl. At Chicago





there is an easy feeling with no change

in prices. Offerings are cooler apples.

.No rcceipts to speak of. Value for coun-

try picked range from $3.50@5.50 per bbl.

No. 1 Jonathan’s are selling best: Spies

are $3.75fg1/4.25; Baldwins are $4@4.25.



Potatoes.-—-The local market is Steady

with prices unchanged. Demand is good.

Quotations: In bulk 65@70c per bu; in

sacks 70@75c per bu. for earlots. At Chi-

cago prices are still advancing, being

about 3c above last week. The general

quality of receipts are good. Michigan

stock is held at 68@73c.



Cabbage—Steady at prices about 25c

higher than last Week. Good quality is

quoted at $2.50@2.75 per bbl. The mar-

ket is firm at Chicago. Demand is steady

and supply not large. Prices are un-

changed. Quotations: Holland $1.85 per

bbl; $2.50 for red.



Onions—On the local market prices are

steady. Quoted at $1.15 per bu. for yel-

low and $1.40 per crate for Spanish. At

Chicago domestic stock is slightly lower.

Sacks 65@70 lbs, Michigan grown, sell

at $1.25. V





PRICES ON DETROIT EASTERN

MARKET.





 





There was a. good market Tuesday

morning. Offerings were in good'supply

and buyerS’ demands kept values on a

satisfactory basis. The majority of the

appies closed at prices ranging from $1.40

(fl/1.75. Cabbage is firm at 7560900; p0-

tatoes higher at 85c; carrots 65c; onions

$1.25@1.40; eggs 45c. Poultry was in fair

supply and sold at good values; chickens,

alive 16c. Celery ruled all the way from

15@400 per bunch, depending on quality.

Loose hasr is slow at $16@18 per ton.





 





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





The egg market is uncertain, depending

on the weather, prices the first of the

week ranging from 28@30c. Dairy butter

is quoted at 25(r26c. The local poultry

market is firm, live chickens selling at

12((0130; ducks 13c; geese 12c; turkeys 16

@1180. Dressed poultry is worth 30 more.

Dressed hogs are a cent higher this week,

being quoted at 10(010%_c. No change is

noted in the lOcal potato market, the

prices ranging from 600E65c. The apple

market is advancing, jobbers reporting

sales of Spies at $2. Grain prices are as





follows: Wheat 93c: oats 39c; corn 69c;

rye 58c; buckwheat 65c; beans $1.60@

1.70.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Buffalo.

January 5 1914.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, New York).





Cattle—Receipts 130 cars: heavy grades

100 higher: good butcher grades 15@25c

higher; prime 1350 to 1450-lb. steers.

$875609: best 1200 to 1300-lb. steers $8.50

@875; best 1100 to 1200-lb. steers, $8.25

(($8.50; coarse and plain weighty steers.

$7.50@8; fancy yearlings, baby beef, $8.50

((38.75; medium to good, $7.50@7.75: choice

handy steers, 1000 to 1100 lbs., $8@8.25;

fair to good, $7.50@7.75; choice fat cows,





$7607.25; best cow-s, $6.50@6.75; butcher

cows, $5.25@5.50; cutters, $4.25@4.75;





trimmers. $3.50@3.75; best‘helfers, $7.50@





8; medium butcher heifers, $6.50@6.75;

light butcher heifer-S, $6.25@6.50;

heifers, $5.25@5.50; best feeding steers,

$7@7.25; fair to 800d, $6.25@6.50;





stock





fancy





stock steers, $6.50; best do, $5.75@6.25;

common light, $5.25@5.50; extra fat

butcher bulls, $7607.25; bologna bulls, $6





@650; stock bulls, common to good, $5@

6; milkers and springers, $50@100.





HtigS.——-Rece11)ts. 80 carS; market active





and higher; heaVy and mixed, $8.65; york-

ers and pigs, $8.65(u18.75.





 





Sheep and lambs—Receipts 60 cars;

market strong; top lambs, $8.50@8.05;

yearlings, $6.50@7.50; wethers. $6@6.25;

eweo‘, $5.25@5.75. Calves strong; tops,

$13.50; fair to good, $10.50@11.50; grass-

ers $4.50@5.75.



Chicago.

January 5, 1914.



Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.



Receipts .today ..23,UOC 43,000 33,000

Same day last year..25,591 46,521 28,518

Receipts lart week..42,513 160,836 90,961

Same week last year.49,876 163,595 106,405

Hogs are in lively general demand to—





day at further advances of 5@10c,

ranging at $7.90@8.35.

increased eastern shipping

late boom





demand





sales

To the greatly

the

in prices is largely due, ship-





ments from Chicago lart week aggregat-





ing 52,089 hogs,

week earlier and 35,221 a year ago.





received last week averaged 209 lbs.





comparing with 30,376 a

Hogs





comparing with 227 lbs. one year ago, 212





lbs. lbs.





years ago.





two years ago and 223





three

Cattle are selling today at





steady prices, and sheep and lamb prices





are well maintained,

being $6.10.





top for fat wethers





Cattle were in such meager supply dur-

ing Christmas week that the demand dur-

ing the following week was undoubtedly





greater than it would





have been other-





‘wise, and this kept the market from cOn-





siderable breaks in prices. The





receipts





were increaked over those of the preced-





ing week,

ed with ordinary weeks,





but they were small as compar—

the New Year’s





holiday being observed in the stock yards

by a total suspension of all business for





the first time in many years.





With only





four days left for the cattle trade, Sat-





urday cutting no figure, for receipts on

that day are never worth mentioning,

killers did some hustling on the two big

days, with the bulk of the beef steers

crossing the scales at $7.75@8.8.). The





cheaper class of light—weight, warmed up,





steers went at $6.50@7.65, with fair and

medium lots of steers purchased .it $7.70

@830, good heaVy steers at $8.35@8.80

and choice to extra lots of heavy cattle

at $8.85@9.35. Some steers that weighed

as much as 1307 lbs. went at 57.90. but

they were coarse. Good to fancy year-

lings Were quoted at $8.60@9.50, witlh

none offered prime enough to go over

$9.15. Butchering lots of COWS and heif-

ers had a good outlet at $470638, with

fancy yearling heifers scarce and quota-

ble up to $8.50, while canners so‘d at

$3.20@4.10, cutters at $4.15@4.65 and bulls

at $4.75@7.75. A limited trade was seen

in stockers and feeders, the offerings be-

ing cut down and prices on the up~grade.

These cattle were taken at $4.90@7.50.

with good light—weights usually given the

preference by buyers, these selling not

very much below top figures. There was

a. good calf trade, with the better class

of light vealers taken at $1.1@11.65, while

the heavier calves brought $5608 or more.

Milc'h cows were in extremely light de-

mand at $506080 per head.



Hogs were in excellent local and ship-

ping demand last week, as the meager

supplies furnished the preceding week

made packers eager to buy, in order to

produce fresh pork, as well as for manu-

facturing cured meats and lard. The re—

ceipts were larger, but they looked very





small when compared with ordinary

weeks, and prices had some good ad-

vances. The character of the buying was

the same as heretofore, with the small





proportion of matured heavy hogs respon-

sible for the quick sales of such offerings.

these going at the usual good premium

over light hogs of the best class. Corn is

selling at such unusually high prices that

many stock feeders prefer to let their

hogs go to market so as to avoid feed

bills, thinking it will pay better to sell

the corn than to feed it. Ot‘hers take a

different view, believing that the wide-

spread premature marketing of young

hogs cannot fail to create a correspond-

ing scarcity of matured hogs later on and

decidedly higher prices. The spread in

hog prices is much greater than a year

ago, though much narrowor than last

summer. The week closed with hogs

selling at 58785617832942, the highest prices

in many weeks, comparing with $7.506?

8 a Week earlier, pigs bringing $6.85fr‘8

and throwout packingspws $7.60@7.85.

Stags brought $8.20@8.60: boars $2.50fi4

and 135 to 155-111. pigs $780688.



Sheep and lambs were marketed much

more sparingly than in most weeks. and

there was a good outlet for desirable of-

ferings most of the time. prices for prime

lambs

seen since July. Feeders were unusually

scarce and very firm, and fat yearlings

and sheep sold extremely well at ad-

vanced valueS. Packers bought freely,

and even Ihcavy lambs found a fairly good

outlet. but bueky lots were turned down

by most buyers. Lambs brought $5.75@

8.40; yearlings $6627: wethers $4.40@6.15;

ewes $3.50@5.50: bucks $3004.25 and feed-

ing lambs $650037. Fat lambs advanced

as much as 25c.





HOLST—EIN BREEDERS—MEET.





 





The annual meeting of the Michigan

State Holstein-Friesian Breeders’ Asso-

ciation will be held at the Michigan Ag-

ricultural College, January 13-14. 1914. On

the evening of the 13th a banquet will be

held at the Masonic Tam-ple in Lansing

and a splendid program is arranged to be

given at the College on the 14th. All

persons interested in the Holstein cow

are invited. ,





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JAN. 10, 1914.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





(Continued from page 41).





tools, money paid out for taxes, insur-

ance, repairing, etc., besides taking into

consideration the deterioration or wear

and tear on everything. Land must

either produce more or else come down

in price, before many men with business

judgment will buy.‘ A few beans and

potatoes are being sold, also some hay.

Following are prices offered by dealers,

not the retail: Butter, dairy 32c; cream-

ery 35c; p07‘k, dressed 100; live 71/2c; eggs





34c; spring chickens, 14c; fowls 12c;

lambs, dressed 12c; milk 80 qt; wheat

92c; oats 45c; potatoes 55c; beans, ac—





$1.85@2.75 per bu;

looe $11@13 per





cording to quality,

cabbage $20 ton; hay,

ton.

Ohio.



Sandusky Co., Dec. 23.—1Ve are having

fine weather, corn about all husked and

fodder in barn or stacks. Some plowing

being done for oats. Some stack .on pas-

ture yet. Wheat and meadows are look-

ing extra good. Fair to good crops with

fari prices have made 1913 a. successful

season, excepting some cholera losses.

Farm products are going to market with

a rush at the following prices: Hay $10@

12; wheat 95c; oats 38c; corn 78c per

cwt; hogs $7.40; lambs $6.90; chickens 10

@11c; butter 30c; eggs 30c; turkeys 16c.



Coshocton Co., Jan. 1.—Fine weather

for this time of year. Some very foggy

days. Three inches of snow at present,

the first since the big snow of November.

Corn practically all husked. Light crop

on hills and average on bottoms; 120 bu.

of corn on one acre the heaviest this

year; 15 per cent larger acreage of

wheat sown this year than last; crop

looks good at present. Good bit of stock

on pasture yet. An average number of

cattie, hogs and sheep being fed. A great

scarcity of eggs in county, hens not lay-

ing so well. The roads have been above

the average for winter roads. Farmers

hauling manure, fodder and coal. Not

much feed being sold. Loose hay $12;

baled $13; baled straw $6; wheat 950;

com 600; rye 75c; oats 40c; butter 25c;

eggs 32c; lard 11c; chickens 10c; ducks

11c; turkeys 18c; geese 110; heavy hogs

$7.35@7.75; dressed hogs 10c; veals Sc.

Lecture courses and farmers institutes

in full blast.





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THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION.





e first edition the Detroit Litre

SthrhkuMarkets are reports of last week;

all other markets are right up to date.

Thursday's Detroit Live Stock markets

are given in the last edition. The first

edition is mailed Thursday. the last edi-

tion Friday morning. The first edition is

mailed to those who care more to get the

paper early than they do for Thursdays

Detroit Live Stock market report. You

may have any edition desired. _ Subscrib-

ers may change from one edition to an-

other by dropping us a card to that effect.





 





DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Thursday’s Market.

Janary 1, 1914.

Cattle.



Receipts, 1366. Market steady at W'ed-

nesday and last Week’s prices.



We quote: Best steers and heiers, $8@

8.25; steers and heifers. 1000 to 1200, $7.25

@7.75; do 800 to 1000, $6.50@7; do that

are fat, 500 to 700, $6@6.50; choice fat

cows, $6@6.25; good do, $5.25@5.75; corn-

mon cows“ $4.50@5; canners, $3@4.20:

choice heavy bulls, $6.50@7; fair to good





bolognas, bulls, $6@6.25; stock bulls,

$5.26@5.75; choice feeding steers, 800 to

1000, $6.75@7.25; fair do, 800 to 1000.





$6@6.50; choice stockers, 500 to 700, $6611

$6.50; fair do. $500 to 700, $5.50@6; stock





heifers, $5@5.75; milkers, large, young.

medium age, $70@90; common milkers,

$40@55.





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

3 COWS av 1033 at $5. 3 heifers av 790 at

$6, 3 steers av 823 at $7, 2 do av 1275 at

$8, 4 do av 887 at $7.30. 1 cow wgh 1030

at $5.25, 4 do av 990 at. $5.50; to Ratt-

kowsky 5 do av 982 at $5, 2 do av 1150

at $6; to Newton B. Co. 6 steers av 1000

at $7.50, 6 cows av 1050 at $5.90. 2 do av

990 at $4, 18 butchers av 880 at $7.40. _5

do av 766 at $6.75, 5 do av 995 at $5.75,

2 heifers av 760 at $4.75, 1 cow wgh 750

at $4; to Kull 10 steers av 1026 at $7.85.

6 cows av 986 at $4.25, 8 butchers av 996

at $6.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 6 cows av 983

at $5.50, 6 do av 853 at $4.25. 5 cows and

bulls av 1012 at $6.10, 3 cows av 903 at

$4.25, 5 steers av 994 at $7.50, 7 cows av

11100 at $5.75, 2 do av 815 at $7. 8 do av

780 at $6, 1 bull wgh 1180 at $6.25, 4 can-

ners av 812 at $3.75, 8 butchers av 1018

at $6.25, 4 do av 1005 at $7.60, 7 do av

936 at $7.50, 4 COWS av 992 at $5. 3 steers

av 1073 at $7.50. 9 butchers av 1118 at

$6.25; to Mich. B. Co. 7 cow's av 911 at

$5.75, 2 heifers av 650 at $4; to Kull 1

bull wgh 1700 at $7.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1 cow

wgh 840 at $3.50, 1 do wgh 830 at $4, 8

do av 1040 at $5.25; to Applebaum 12

butchers av 360 at $6, 1 cow wgh 1030

at $5.25; to Kamman B. Co. 10 butchers

av 75-1 at. $6.65, 1 heifer wgh 640 at $6.50;

to Kull 2 steers av 860 at $6.40; to Ratt-

kowsky 2 cows av 990 at $5.65; to Goose

8 cows av 1056 at $5,35;-to Mich. B. Co.

3 heifers av 783 at $6.25, 4 cows av 947 at

$5.35, 1 do wgh 1080 at $6.50, 5 butchers

av 810 at $6.90, 1 bull wgh 1780 at $6.50:

to Kamman B. Co. 8 oxen av 1325 at

$6.85; to Bresnahan 2 canners av 835 at

$4.50, 1 do wgh 720 at $3.75.



Haley & M. sold Hirschleman 3 _heifers

av 883 at $6.60, 3 cows av 943 at $5.50; to

Applbeaum 7 do av 971 at $5.15;_ to

Miclh. B. Co. 3 steers av 1057 at $7.21), 3

do av 843 at $7.65, 13 cows av 1040 at

$5.75; to Austin 1 bull wgh 650 at $5.75;

to Goose 2 oxen av 1295 at $6.25, 2' cows

av 955 at $4.65, 1 do wgh 920 at $5.21.), 2

to Breitenlgegk 1

cow W h 1030 at $4.25, 5 do av a

$4, 1 gull wgh 1020 at $6; to Kull 12

steers av 908 at $7, 5 do av 606 at $6.60;

to NewtOn B. Co. 5 do av 1096 at $7.80,

.1 cow wgh 1130 at $5. 2 bulls av 1375 at

$6.25, 2 cows av 1000 at $5.40, 5 butchers

av 716 at $6.85, 2 steers av 980. at $7.40,

4 do av 715 at $6.50; to Sullivan P. Co.

7 butchers av 970 at $6.65; to Remick 2

cows av 1060 at $5.10, 4 do av 1162 at

$5.80; to LathrOp 6 stockers av 611 at

$6.15, 6 feeders av 853 at $7.



Spicer & R. sold Bresnahan 1 canner

wgh 690 at $3; to Mason B. Co. 5 bu'tchers

av 740 at $6.25, 2 do av 755 at $5.50. 4

steers av 845 at $7, 1 cow wgh 910 at

$5.50, 1 do wgh 1080 at $5, 6 do av 1150

at $5.75, 14 butchers av 904 at $6.90, 1

bull wgh 1740 at $6.90, 1 steer wgh 1000

at $7.50, 1 cow wgh. 900 at $5, 6 butchers

av 711 at $6.25. 2 do av 655 at $6.50, '2

cows av 900 at $4.50, 1 do wgh 880 at $5;

to SulliVan P. Co. 2 do av 1030 at $4.25,

7 do av 1038 at $5.75, 2 butchers av_ 1310

at $6.25, 1 heifer wgh 650 at $6.25; to

Breitenlbeck 29 butchers av 890 at $6.40.

26 steers av 903 at $7.35; to Kamman B.

Co. 27 do av 981 at $6.50; to Newton B.

Co. 29 butchers av 864 at $6.25; to Miller

10 stockers av 590 at $6; to Rattkowsky

5 cows av 872 at $5; to Bresnahan 8 do

av 750 at $3.75; to. Newton B. Co. 4

butchers av 830 at $6.75, 5 do av 838 at

$6, 4 COWS av 950 at $5.25, 6 heifers av

741 at $6.75, 28 butchers av 726 at $6.50,

3 do av 707 at $6; to Hirschleman 21 do

av 800 at $6.40; to Fry 10 do av 790 at

$6.40; to Case 8 stockers av 526 at $5.50.



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 582. Market steady.

$11.50@12; others, $8@10.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. CO. 3 av

230 at $110, 1 wgh 140 at $111, 1 wgh 140 at

$11.50, 1 wgh 160 at $8, 1 wgh 140 at

11.50.

$ Bennett & S. sold Sullivan P. Co. 7 av

140 at $11.60.





Best





Sharp sold Mich. B. 00. 15 av 140 at '





10.75.

$ Sandal] sold same 1 wgh 120 at $8, 3

av 140 at $10.50, 2 av 135 at $11, 1 wgh

310 at $8.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 7118. Market steady.

lambs, $8:

light to common do,





Best





$6.75@7.25; year-





lings, »$6.25@6.50; fair to good sheep, $4.50

@4.75;.culls and common, $3@3.75.





fair to good do, $7.60@7.85; '





 





'THE MICHIGAN1FARMER





Haley & M. sold Costello 39 lambs av

70 at $7; to LeVy 31 sheep av 125 at $4.50;

to Nagle P. Co. 289 lambs av 75 at $8:

to Parker, W. & Co. 163 do av 70 at

$7.90; to Nagle P. Co. 42-sheep av 95 at

$4.25, 30 lambs av 85 at $7.50, 9 do av

105 at $7.75, 30 do av 65 at $7.50, 24 sheep

av 100 at $4.50.



Bennett & 8. sold Sullivan P. Co. 28

lambs av 81 at $8.

713(i)gelow sold same 49 lambs av 70 at





Roe Com. Co. sold Nagle P. Co. 76

lambs av 83 at $8; to Hayes 34 do av 55

at $7; to Newton B. Co. 38 do av 70 at

$7; to Sullivan P. Co. 15 sheep av 110 at

$4.25; to Barlage 43 sheep av 95 at $4, 22

lambs av 73 at $7.50.



Sharp sold Mich. B. Co. 90 lambs av

105 at $7.65, 21 sheep av 90 at $3.50. 78

do av 73 at $4.60.





HOgs.



Receipts, 8125. Market steady at Wed-

nesday’s prices; all grades $8.



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

0-0., 4000 av 190 at $8.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 550

av 200 at $8.



Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co. 310

av 195 at $8.

$ Spicer & R. sold same 280 av 200 at $8.

7.80.





 





Friday’s Market.

January 2, 1914.

Cattle.

1523;





Receipts this week,

562; market steady. ‘



We quote: BeSt steers and heifers, $8;

steers and heifers, 1000 to 1200, $7.50@

7.75; do 800 to 1000, $6.75@7.25; do that

are fat, 600 to 800, $6.25@7; do 500 to 700,

$6@6.50; choice fat cows, $6@6.50; good

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

canners, $3@4.25; choice heavy bulls, $6.50

@7; fair to good bolognas. bulls, $6@6.25;

stock bulls, $5625.50; choice feeding steers

800 to 1000. $6.75@7.25; fair do, 800 to

1000, $6.25@6.75; choice stockers, 500 to

700, $6.25@6.75; fair stockers, 500 to 700.

$5.75@6.25; stock heifers, $5@6; milkers.

large, young, medium age, $70@90; corn-

mon milkers, $45@60.



Veal Calves.



Receipts this week. 715; last week, 250;



market steady. Best, $11@12; others, $7





@1050. .

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week, 8406; last week,

4181; »market steady at Thursday’s cloSe.

Best lambs, $7.75@7.85; fair to good do.

$7.25@7.50; light to common do, $6.50@7;

yearlings, $6@6.50; fair to good sheep,

$4.40@4.50; culls and common, $3@3.50.





last week.





ago.

Receipts this week, 9993: last week.

4065; market 10c higher; all grades $8.10.





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cure new settlers and to develop the

district.





We Will Take

Your First Crop





In Full Payment for the Land





Regardless of the size or value of the

crop, and without any chic payment

to no on your part whatcocvcr.





We have very little money to spend for



advertising. but we know what our land



produce. and we will give a new set-



tler 10 acres and take his first crop of

watermelons in full payment for same.



This crop can be produced at small ex-

pense and is marketed within a few

months. We take only the first crop. You

can raise other crops for yourself the

same car.



Our ands lie on either side of three hard

roads and two railroads, with 12 stations,

including five towns and one city; they are

high. rolling, well drained, with beautiful

clear water lakes and beautiful homes

throughout district; elevation over 100

feet: ideal climate and pure drinking

water. No better grapefruit or orange

land on the continent. Over one million

boxes of fruit shipped from this part of

state last year. Modern packing houses.



Ourgrowers make big money out ottomutoea

a p cane, winter vegetables, staple etc and

water-melons, which are shipped in soli train

loads; 625M cash buyers here one day last season.



Come now and pick out your land while price-

are low. Our land is selling at $35 an acre 8 d up

on easy terms. You can have it planted on shared

or set. out to gra fruit, which bears in 4 years.



Ill-acre grape ruit grove means an income for



age insurance. For particulars. address

Luke Conn Land Owner-'Auociution

Fruitland ark. Florida Dept. V3





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our record.

WRITE TODAY.





Chen. W. Rudd a. Son, Detroit, Mich.





We Want HAY &. STRAW





_ We get the top price on consignments make

liberal advancements and prompt remittances.





Daniel McCailrey’s Sons Co.





PITTSBURG, PA. .

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Mitchell Little Six

$ 1 895.00





Recognizing the fact that the modern farmer is as





much of a business man as the merchant of the big commercial

center, we call the former’s attention to the established truth that the Mitchell

car is an Investment and in no sense a speculation.

lectured to last but its maintenance is economical—a {act that any man of

business sense will thoroughly appreciate.





The principle of maximum power on minimum fuel

is exemplified to a high degree in the Mitchell Models for 1914 and





the strength of axles, frame, springs and other important features is calculated

to resist successfully and repeatedly the severe strains and jolts and twmts of





Such facts must be considered carefully to preserve





an automobile as a daily utility and prevent it from becoming a

Your Mitchell of today will be looking well and serving you

faithfully several years from now and thus annually the cost of your original

investment is decreased until it finally disappears.





The Mitchell Models for 1914:





The Mitchell thtle Six—fifty horoe-power—la-inch wheel

blue—36x05 inch tires-two or five passenger capacity - -

The Mitchell Big Six-sixty horsepower-lwinch whee $2 350

base—37x5-inch tires—seven passenger capacity - - - - 9

The Mitchell Four—forty horse-power—four cylinders—120 inch

wheel buoc—36x4‘A inch tires—two or five passenger capacity





Equipment of all the Mitchell Models Included in the Lint Pricu Herc Given





Electric calf-clutter and generator—elecric lights—electric horn—electric magnetic

exploring lam fipeedomcter-rnohair top and dust cover—Jiffy quick-action aide

curtains—quit: action rain vision wind-shieldmdemountublo rim: with can extru—

tungcton valves—double extra tire carriers—Bah bow holders-licence plate

bracket—pump. jack and complete set of tools.





 





 





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v 41'- SUGOESO UL CROPS, so that they

F ‘ will help make our Railway successful. Besides

thelands along the main line on the Coast. weore

opening up a rich territory North of Lake. Okeecho-

bee, where you have the choice of Prairie Hammock. Huck or

Pine Lands. Busineue o portunitiee, Mercantile, Professional

. ”lumped booklets and ‘Focto About





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All parts of the Provinces of

Manitoba. Saskatchewan and ..

Alberta have produced wonderfu.

lelde of Wheat. Onto. Barley and



. In“. Wheat graded from Contract

' .- to No. 1 Hard, weighed heavy and

‘1: yielded from 20 to 45 bushels

per acre; 28 bushels was about the

-tol avenge. Mix Farming may be

considered fully as profitable an industry as

grain raising. The excellent grasses full of

nutrition. are the only food required either .

for beef or dairy purposes. In 1918. at Chl-

cago. Western Canada carried off the

Champlomhlp for beef steer. Good

schools, markets convenient, climate excels ,-

lent. For too homecteader, the man who ‘

wishes to form extmively, or the investor.

Canada offers the biggest opportunity

of any place on the continent.





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FARMS. coon. CHEAP, PROFITABLE:





UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITIES NOW.

State Board of Agriculture, Dover, Delaware.





 





 





wAITEn—To hear from owner who has good farm

for sale. Send description and rice.

Northwestern Business Agency, Minneapolis. Minn.

For Bale—Farm of 140 acres. under good state of culti-

. ration, 16 acres timber, soil sandy loam, good build-

ings, 1 mile from Law ton. ich. Van Buren Co. Price

3 000. 'lerms. Address, LC. Ileld, Route 1. Paw Puw,llllcll.





 





MICHIGAN FARMING LANDS





Near Saginaw and Bay City, in Gladwin and Midland

Counties. Low prices: Easy terms: Oleer title. Write

for maps and particulate. STAFFELD BROTHERS.

15 Merrill Building. Saginaw. (W. 8.), Michigan.





Virginia Farms and Homes.





FREE CATALOGUE OI“ SPLENDID BARGAINS.

B. B. CHAFFIN & 00.. Inc. Richmond. Va.





BURLINGTON COUNTY. N .J.





FARE OF 348 ACRES—Suitable for dairy, fruit.

and 01737088, Farm of 170 acted: one of acres;

enot er of 70 acres. and others. Desirable oountr

residenoenear Crosswioks. N. Y.; large, well-arranged

house, suitable buildings, macros of land. Prices

and particulars on nfiplicatlon.



JOHN H. HUTC INSON. 1002 Drexel Bldg..



Philadelphia. or Brodentown. N. .14





NEW YORK GROWS EVERYTHING





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all states west of Missouri River combiggd. N3:

York surpasses every Western state in value of

products per sore. but average value of New York

farms only [53.78. Reliable description, owners,

grices. Views, maps. found in free book of the l‘arm

rokere’ Association. See. No._ 8, Oneida, N. Y.





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Elderly Man, Retiring, Must Sell “1:3?"

Stock, tooln.hay and grain. 1 acres. on state macadam

ro : 175 acres cleared. 46 acres timber worth 81.500,

Two-story 12-room house, painted and papered. Burns

no ft. front with ells: 40 cow stalls. 6horse stalls; silo

Tenement house. A plea. pears. Mllkehip in station



)6 mile. To close t out quick will inclutfe cown. 3

yenrlingu, 3 good horses. 8 wagons and buggies, mower

rake. reaper, eulk plow. barrow, harness, cultivators'

3 swarms been an all email tools kept on first-clan.

farm. Only $7.500: part cash, balance mortgage at 5%;

Eur. Farm Agency. Owen). 'Ilogn 'Co.,N. Y.





CALIFORNIA.





Not fiction but provon facts. Twenty acres at



AIBMEAD. California, will support family, forty

moans fortune. know man who bou ht twenty

not" four oars ago. paying $625 down. pa paid

balance. not your produced 82.000 and he could sell

for 810,000, No snow-no loo—no floods—no cyclones—

cattle. hogs and chickens on green feed all the year.

I will take your Michigan farm in exchange. Special

excursion in January at $10 less than regular fare.





l-‘. P. TOMS. 21 McGraw Bldg" Detroit. Mich
JAN. 10, 1914.





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To Build Permanent, Build of Redwood





It positively will not decay. Redwood will not shrink

or swell. Furthermore, it is fire-resisting. Extremes of

heat and cold, moisture and dryness, will not effect this

wonderful wood.





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THE PROBLEM OF SUPPLYING MILK

TO THE ClTY.—-ll.





 





BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.

Where Does the Mllk Go?

There are 100,000 families in the city





question the possibility of contamination

of milk because of some contagious or in-

fectious disease on the farm, we may

state that the milk as it is produced at

that moment from the cow is clean and

perfectly pure. The first few streams of





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‘ Intoevery Redwood tree Mother Naturehas putamarvel- other way daily. Thele me in the city 0, of coulse, contain bacteria but when v?

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i bulflireng W l e forglghdl‘sgibggegrtgengh‘gofi comparatively 1large quantitieS, held in prisetnt ln mill: ast delivered to the dis- 3

, _ storage and paced upon the market at 1‘1 u 01‘3' 3-3811 a a station, and have

t enctl‘iirlgdl‘lelksggldagtglerfil; Balllcliglgfilnfiilgggyteigmltsecurely convenient intervals. Milk is not such a found all the way from 1,000 to 2,000,000

Vip‘g‘igni“ thedwaltlurlldteésevere Saginaw Bale Anchor com- product. It must come daily to the con- bacteria per cubic centimeter in differ-

323$ Eggspggibifitfg; cayvepa £225sfrgggfggfiéyoggfiev‘g’agflgf sumer and not only must come daily to cut milks. Whatever difference may ex-

, Saginaw Spline-Dowzelll It holds the Saginaw immovable the consumer but it must be shipped ISt betwen 1.000 and 2,000,000 may be laid

uniteall the staves lntoarigicéi toitsfoundationswiththegrlpof daily from the pr0d11cer_ The milk busi- to the producer of that milk. In other

i lmxnovablewall. and each Dow the ”“80”th ness is a regular every day business, not words, milk when deliVered to the human

5 makRegdtvllgoéiageifiggvressild‘lnmd‘egltl'uclt‘lbelsteeslofliimt‘livgogég‘i’dasvkelsefiigwigao‘g so much because it is in daily demand, agent 011 the farm by the COW contains

Silo,youhaveawonderful,practicalcombination.lastingstrengtha.nd because other commodities or other arti— practically no bacteria but in most in-

theperfectsilagekeeping qualitiesofwood. cle of produce are in daily demand on stances when it leaves the premises of

mn35£e§¥l$l§gloyvfgfilgsfige°sEgan sll‘éll. {fingegfg‘gmmegfl the tables of the American families, but the daiI‘Yman it has been raised in its

Slioil eliminatesagreatcrpartofthoshr nkingorswellingofthestaves. ll because 0f its DeriShable nature it 0311' content 0f bacteria by a very large per- :i

g'ivgsto Yellow Pinemanyot thepermanentqualitles of Redwood. not be held in storage and must be trans- centage. »

ulldaSnginaw Silo. Year in and year out. ltwill be a. source of profit. . . . . - , . _ . r4

prideandsatisfactiontoyou,asolid,permanentstructureonyour farm. DOI‘ted With as great fac111ty as DOSSlble \Ve shall dlSCuss subsequently tllls pomt '

.InbuyingaSaginawSilo you have the choice or Red-11:00:17. Silot'led Yellow from the producer to the consumer, in Of contamination. Let it suffice for the

g » ggggggggefigagggggr {somewags,$08,131:)ng‘gggtgegggsggubggg; order that it may arrive at its dcstina- present to say that this point, that is,

1 _‘ __ _ _ . . ,. , tion in a condition lit for human 0011- the initial point, is the most abundant

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ducer to the city home, the commercial

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the bacteria which are present. From the

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The Kind of Food Bacterla Demand.



From a standpoint of the contamina—

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the city patrons.

Mllk Reaches the Consumer 24 to 36

Hourss Old.



Milk which is delivered to the dis-

tributor’s agent at some station consid-

erably distant from the city consists of

a mixture usually of morning’s milk with

the milk produced on that farm the night

before, so that milk which is marketed by

the farmer \Vednesday morning is a com-

bination of milk which was produced on

his farm \Vednesday morning and Tues—

day night. This milk will be shipped to

Detroit some time during the day of

Wednesday, probably \Vednesday after-

noon, dcpending upon the time the trains

operate, to some extent, and further up-

on the time it is deivered to the distrib-

utor's agent at the local station. If this

milk is gathered up on a route by a com-

mon carrier, it may be noon on \Vednes-

day or later before that milk reaches the

agent and conSequently could not be

shipped in until the evening train. 'We

will suppose, for illustration, that milk

is shipped from Fowlervillc, Micli., and

at times, in order to supply a sufficient

amount of milk for Detroit it becomes

necessary to go out much further than

that. That milk will arrive in Detroit,

most of it, at four o'clock in the after-

noon of \Vednesday. Bear in mind that

this milk was part of it produced early

Wednesday morning and part of it Tues-

day night, arriving in Detroit late in the

afternoon of \Vednesduy. lt now goes to

the distributing station and is there bot-

tled and placed on ice ready for diStl'ibu-

tion Thursday morning, so that the con-

sumer has delivered to her Thursday

morning milk that was produced at least

Wednesday morning and much of it on

Tuesday night.



The Cow lees Pure Mllk. _

Theoretically, milk is an ideal, perfect,





 





pure food. Leaving entirely out of the





or carbohydrate material.

Why Mllk ls Such a Good Media for

Germs.



Milk, being an ideal human and animal

food, necessarily contains as a constitu-

ent part a goodly percentage of nitrogen-

ous material, that is, milk casein and

milk albumin, and these two forms of

nitrogenous or proteid material are forms

which are ideal, we may Say,. as food

material for bacteria. Again, for the fav-

orable development of bacteria u ccrtain

temperature is desirable. For lhe opti-

mum development one approximating

that of the human body is best. We find

that in combating bacteria We may adopt

either a very high temperature or a very

low temperature as antagonistic to the

rapid development of germs. Milk, which

is such an ideal culture media for bacte-

ria, because of its peculiar composition,

is again a desirable media because of the

temperature at which it is VOided from

the udder of the cow. This temperature

being the temperature of the animal

body, very closely approximates that of

the human body, which is the tempera-

ture most favorable for m0st of these

germs to develop. We therefore find that

the few bacteria which arrive in the milk,

together with those which are permitted

to get into the milk at the time of milk-

ing, from external sources, have at hand

a practically ideal media with a very

favorable tcmperature for their rapid de-

velipment. It is this condition which the

farmer has to combat in delivering to the

market a milk with a low content of bac-

teria. Practically the only manner in

which they may combat this is by the

exercise at the first instance of extreme

cleanliness and care so that no more bac-

teria are added to the milk during the

process of milking, and then to reduce

the temperature by proper cooling as soon

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Advice through this department is free

' Each communication





case in full; also name and address of

writer. Initials only will be published

Many queries are ans“ ered 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.





 





Distemper — Enlarged Glands. — Four

weeks ago my five-year-old mare com-

menced having distemper, glands of her

throat opened and discharged pus: she

also discharged freely from nostrils: now

she has gotten over this trouble. but the

glands of throat am left a little enlarg-

ed. J. T., Hillsda‘e. Mich ~App1y one

part iodine, ten parts fersh lard to bunch

in throat three times a week and give

her a teaspoonful of powdered sulphate

iron and a tablespoonful ground gentian

at a dose in feed two or three times a

day.



Lousy Colt.-—-I have a colt seven months

old that is not thriving. and I find he has

a great many lice J. H.. West Branch

Mich. ——Drop 5 ozs. of crushed stavesacre

“eed into a gallon of boiling water. let it

simmer for two or three hou1s.strain.

then fill to original gallon and 2111pr de-

coction to colt three. times a week and

\ou will soon kill all the lice that are on

him. Remembe1. lice mav be lingering

in his stable. that should be killed.

Whitewashing or showering with coal oil

will destrOy them



Bitten by Boar—Loss of Vision. -—I have

a colt coming three Years old that was

bitten on knee by a boar which resulted

in loss of vision. B. S.. Hudsonville.

Mich.—I fail to connect the boar bits as

the cause of loss of sight: however. it is

possible to be caused from blood poison

following an infected wound. Give colt

a dessertspoont‘ul of Donovan's solution

at a dose three times a day and leave the

eyes alone.



lxostosis.-—-Colt six months old has a

bony enlargement on outside of each hock

joint which do not cause anv stiffness or

lameness. C. 0.. Monroe. Mich. —As

the remedies you applied failed. I advise

you to leave the colt alone as the en—

largements are perhaps abnormal bone

developments that will always 1emain the

same without doing any harm to colt.



Leucorrhea.-—I haVe a 17-year.old more

that occasionally has a. slight discharge

of blood and perspires when in stable.

1 also have a heifer two veers old that

has a breaking out on root of tail and

rump which causes great itching. C. L.

P., .Kinross, Mich—Apply one part b1-

chloride mercury and 500 parts water to

itchy parts of rump twice a day. Also

dust on a little dry powdered sulphur

daily. Give her 1 oz. of cooking soda at

a dose in feed twice a dav. In your let-

ter regarding horse you failed to state

whether discharge comes from nogtril or

vagina. GiVe a teaspoonful of powdered

sulphate iron at a dose three times a day

and if the discharge is vaginal. dissolve

1 dr. permanganate potash in a gallon of

water and inject her once a day.





Indigestion—Calf nine months old has

done well all summer. but lately has been

rapidly running down, notwithstanding it

is fed clover hay and either oats or corn.

\V. A. 8., Paris. Mich—Give calf a table-

spoonful of ground gentian. a tablespoon-

ful of ginger. a tablespoonful of silt and

1,5 dr. ground nux vomica at a d0se in

feed three times a dav. Perhaps vou

should increase her grain allowance.



Abnormal Appetite—I vhaVe a cow that

wants to chew boards and sticks all the

time. she will even pull boards off the

barn and seems to have a craving for

wood. H. W.. New Boston, Mich—Give

your‘ cow a dessertspoonful of powdered

rosin, a tablespoonful of bicarbonate of

soda, a tablespoonful of ground gentian

and a tablespoonful of salt at a dose in

mixed feed three times a day. She should

be fed a large variety of feed.



Infiamed Lymphatic Glands—Pup Has

VVorms—I am very much interested in

the Veterinary column, but fail to find a

similar caSe to mine. Have a cow that

will freshen about the 25th of February

that is giving a fair mess of milk; appears

to be pretty well, but two weeks ago one

hind leg swelled up quite hard, then got

well and now the other is swollen con-

siderable. I also have a six-weeks-old

puppy that has worms. because he has

vomited some up. J. G.. Kalkaska. Mich.

——GiVe your cow 1 dr. potassium iodide

and a dessertspoonful of powdered ni-

trate of potash at a dose in feed

twice a day, and apply camphorated oil

to swollen leg once a day. If her bowels

are costive. give eps0m salts. For each

pound that your pup weighs. give 1 gr.

of powdered kamala every two or three

days. Also salt its food.



Liver Disease—«One of our chickens

was found dead ten days ago. and when

opened found liver enlarged and too light

in color. The gall bladder was very much

distended. This week two more hens

died and I found their livers were far too

large and mottled, sort of spots covering

them. J. W. 0., Cedar, Mich —Your

chickens died of either hypertrophy of

liver or tuberculosis of liver, and I am

most inclined to believe they have tuber-

culosis, caused perhaps by drinking tu-

bercular milk or becoming infected from

some tubercular animal, or person.





 





 





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We have a fine lot of imported and

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CATTLE.





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Herd. consisting of Trojan Ericns. Bl kbi d d

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Pulled Dolnines and Parsons Oxfords. R. I. Grand Ledgo.Mich,





"11.36 flamobuillel ShoEop, Pure Brod Poland China

Sand PER HORSES. 2140 miles

E. (Maori-lemonG. T. RBI! .ondM.U R..AJ.Q 0.0K





INGLESIDE FARM ‘péiffib" s”°°’1°1{‘1‘1%d





ewes bred to choice rams for 81.11 15 .00 per head.

HERBERT E. POWELL Ionia. Michigan.





0 —two boars weighing 200 lbs’go





0 each. Ono extra line boar

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Michigan.





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IIIIIIOOS d. VISION“ rill-3., Eligi‘ogrkzgkfligxlhf"

s'ronv enema. Lowell. Mich. City Phone 55.





BIBIISIIIIIES Chime cgmgfie b33i°1.“i‘iui.‘.'.‘i.

stock. ELMHURS s'roox FARM Almcnt Mich





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"0 IOU" Mills... ° ‘ ‘h““’°..,"i,i§l.'21§.2'33.".°





A. A. PA'I‘TULLO.t Dockaervllle. MIchIgan.‘

~Bred gilte all sold.

OI II c- SWINE [[373 a No of Spring.

2:? on hand. Will book orders for 8::11. pip.

my K1400 on pain and trios not i

DON B. No. 3. Don. Mlc_h__.





31min Whites—£3332.“ 1:531???“ 1"“





 





 





 





 





 





 





ht.

Meadow View em run. 11.1.1). No. 5. iron “(in all.





 





—Bo to all sold. but have a few

Impm'.d shut.“ chgicc young sowe bred for Apr.

furrow. No fall pigs. W, 0. Wilson. Okemos. Mich.





o I egg—Gill“ bielcll for Matt. n‘nd AprI fan-ow. Aeug-

0 1' pay 8! 1' SE-

.A'iwhsnnws Dengvillo. 131111.111 00.. 1011.





o I c -Spring boars all sold. Have a fine lot of



rin gilte. Sept. mat?“ ready to ship. not

akin. 148118131! 151-1an NO. and of herd. (Will

weigh lé 13011 when mature.) A. Newman. It. i. Mariette. Mich.





o I cl—Spring Boar. all sold. fallopige ready to





ahi also a few choice redfi led heifers.

JOHN BERN R& SON. Grand edge. Mich.





—'I‘wo Good Lost, a ring boars

0- I- C 3. 111.9103 of ilte and 1.11

me on hand. OTTOA B. SCHULZ Ono-half

of





Depot. Nashville. Michigan.



——18. 6 and 4 months. for



0- I 0' MENU.“ loan sale. Pricesreasonnhlo.

Oak View Form. N. H. Weber. Prop. Royal Oak Mich.





 





 





RITE US Your Wants For Reg. Chester White Swine.

Holetein Bulls. Scotch Collie pups. Sept. pigs now

ready for shipment. RAY ll. PARIIAM. Bronson. Michigan.





0 I c—Swine. Holstein Bull calf. Bf. R. and

- I . White Leghorn Okla. rite me your wants.

FRED NICKEL R. No. 1. Monroe. Michigan





 





 





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I have started more breeders on the road to eno-





meu living. I have thelargeet and tin-

est m“-hercl in tIIoU S.Evcry one an early developer.

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

lace one hog in each community to advertise my

god. Write for my plan “Howto Make Money from

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”Ulla“ gapruigi «19:8 reaelelonfiale 8.8% sili'iifiufi;

011111111111 LAWN ran ..211 .Shopherd. Michigan.





Fancy bred Dnroc JeGreeye—Boare a Gilts of spring &

summer rwfnrro Goodl ndividuals at. reasonable

prices. John McNiooll. Station A. ll 4. Bay City. Mich.





-36 High Class Immuned boars ready for

”"8003 sorvicc,JSpoecinlA£1-ices for 30 days. Write

or come and see. NEY Goldwater. Mich.





nnnoo JERSEY BRED BILIS £3.1'1'S?1‘1'.l“31?§1’§£





blood linen. W. O. TAYLOR. Milan. Michigan.





16 TYPE DU BOOB—March and April Boats. ready

for service. Pairs not akin. Also roghiro

tiams fox-sole. F. J. DRODT. R. No.1Monsroo. ich .





DUROC JERSEYS—20 Brod Bill: for Sale





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan.





DUROC8~Fnll yearling cows and spring gilta. bred for

March and April furrow, bred to two of the

best bred boots in the lists. Aim a few boars. (all are im-

mune.) Come or write. II. G. KEESLER. Celsopolis. Mich.





003008.611“ Enou ugh to Ship Without the Money.





KOPE iKON FAR Kindorhook. Michigan.





—-Spring hours from prize-win-

”WOO-Jerseys mnO.No strn nine. Sowe all ages

Breakwater Farm. 11.!" .Ann Arbor. Mich.





POLAND CRINAS‘ €3.21". Effii‘imseén‘iu Hm”





I

Prices right. W. J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta.M Mfr)“.





f I f . b k'

URGE "PE 9- - 3132?.3‘2‘1'1133‘ diff 1123323

Youngo Engloy. Bi A Wonder and Big Defender.

SWAR Z. Schoolcraft. Michigan.





POLAND CHINA 21?? $333213?

6. W. BOLTON. R. No. 11.Knlnmazoo. Mich.





' —-'I‘ho Large Prolific Kind. We

POIaIId China: have onico lot. of spring boars at

ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Mich.





UTLEB‘S Big Boned Prolific Poland Ohinae. Grow

big. keo easy. mature early. ready for market in

Bmonths. hy? ocauso we've bred them that way

for 20 years. Buy a bred sow or some rigs now. and

make more money. 50 bred sows. 100 fal pigs. Poland

China history free. . 0. BUTLER Portland. Mich





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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' —Sows bred also summer and fall 1311

POIInd chm. from lar e are oliflc sows. Barred £01 k

cockorels. 81 each. R0 B ’1‘ NEVE. Pierson. Mich





P. c. Milli" All) IPHIL P1681533. 183533333

to please. R. W. MILLS. Saline. Michigan.

P0 I. A NI) 131111118‘23333133“1.3333333:





L. W. BARNES & SON. Byron. Shinwaeoe Co. Mich.





 





 





an Poland China Fall Pige— Good ones from immune

sows 810 and 815 each while they last. Bred sow

sale Feb. 26th.oend your name for catalog if you want to

buy Big Types with Quality. Wm. Waffle, Goldwater. Mich.





 





Large Type P. O. Largest in Mich. Boers all sold.

Am bookin orders for Bred Gilts. Come and see

Biz Decrnoins.h or est Boer in U. S. of age weighs 845

lbs. at )9 month I. I‘vnsfis aid if not satisfied. Free

Livery from Pox-mo. Livingston. Pei-ma. Mich.





MULEFOOT HOGS $33. $23.13:





all ages. C. F. BACON. Milan. Michigan.





 





—All ages for solo. Bl growth

MM. F0“ "033 gmlciific profitable. hoe thy.1-.Wri{e

for what; you wan O.K E.GLOW Ada. Ohio.





350 BIG TYPE MULE FOOT BOOB—America's

Champion Herd. Proli chord Belt 10 r Mich.

11m nox'u. William-port 01.10





1011 SALE, nonunion-3.3: ”maintains:

DDOWLAN ARM

Waterman a EWnterman.





Also Ponies.





 





Ann Arbor. Mich.





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YORKSHIRE Sbei):§1:elldn $331.11??? Epiilfl'i' ‘15?

furrow. BROS. Morley. Mich.





YORKSHIRE Swine—Boats and gills all sold Aug.

fan-owed tags. finite not. skin. for sale. 8 coin!

price on trice. McMullen. Grand Ledge. ich.





YORKSHIRES





The 131.50 long-bodied. hoov -boned roliiic kind.

flows on gilbe bred for spring arrow. head of Sep-

tombcr.October and November pigs. Price- reasonable.





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





lillioFarmsteadYorkshires





G l £1: gilte. osplendid onou.o "3'.“ pigs. either sex.

COLON c.°L1I.L1§“coopér-v1uo. Michigan





 





 





 





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JUSt 53" Farmer" when writing advertisers.
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During the past summer I visited 34 or-

chards in Bevnzie county for the purpose

of measuring the growth of the trees, to-

gether with the distance nhey were plant—

ed apart. The age of the trees was also

ascertained. A total of 37 varieties was

fOund in the 34 orchards, the leading

commercial varieties, however, being

Duchess, Wealthy, Vi'agcneir, Northern

Spy, Baldwin, Powa‘ukec, RIhode Island

Greening, Roxbul‘y. The newer orcalhvrd.

lots are setting large numbers of W inlte-r

B'ananna, McIntosh, Grimes, Hulbbards-

Iron, Delicious, in addition to the above,

while such varieties as Colvort, Porter,

R-oxbury and Golden Russet. Maiden Blush

which are commonly found in the -old

family orchards are being dropped out in

the newer plantings.



Three systems of planting were found

in use: The square, hexagonal, and quin-

qunx. Tilie hexagonal is that of placing

the trees 90 that they are alternate

with each other like the verticcs of an

equilateral triangle, rather than opposite

as in the square. system. The qoinqunx,

meaning five, system is that in which

there is a filler set in the middle of the

square. Of the tlrl‘ee systems, the hex-

agonal seemed to give the trees the beuSIt

disposition towards the sun and air. One

can make the same argument for vllex-

agonal planting that he does for the diag-

onal, rather than the square pack for





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The Planting Distance For Apples.





JAN. 10, 1914.





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permanent trees act more than 40 feet

apart; that of J. J. See], a. man who has

been successful in the apple business in

different parts of this state and Illinois

for 33 years. He sets [his trees 44' feet

apart, with :1 filler in the center of each

square. Most of the commercial orchards

of the last three years are planted 40x40

with 20-foot fillers.



Investigation showed that there is no

exact relation between the age of a tree

and its diameter, (‘Omvp-zired to another of

the same variety but a different age.

This is because the trees were in differ-

ent orc’htards, and had received different

treatments as to early care, oovcr crop—

ping, etc. In general] it may be expect-

ed, however, that with good care, Bald-

win will begin to crowd the filler set with

it at 10 to 12 yearS; the same would be

true of other standard sorts.



Benzie 00. E. H. BROWN.





 





THE FRUIT AND POULTRY COMBI-

NATION.





 





I have an orchard and am contemplat-

ing the establishing of a poultry business

in COnnovtion with same. Kindly give

me you opinion as to su‘ch a combination.

“fill it injure the chickens 'to run in the

sprayed orchard? SUBSCRIBER.



There are no branches of farming which

go together better than fruit-growing and

poultry. The orchards and the bush





 





boxed apples; it gives greater compact-

ness because we are dealing with spheres,

not cubes.



The following varieties were found as

fillers between the permanent trees of

the orchard: Jonathan, Maiden Blue",

Missouri Pippin, Dnc'hcss, Pewaukee,

Wagener, Wealthy. @



DutcihesS, \Vagene'r and \Vealtliy were

more in evidence as fillers than any oth-

er apple; peaches and cherries were fre—

quently uSed.



In 49 of the 122 cases observed, the

trees were taking as much or more room

than was allOwed them. the measure-

ments ’being always across the greatest

diameter. Of the trees 10 years old or

over, 54 per cent were crowded. The

causes of this are. in the case of the

thees set in the early dayS, a scarcity of

cleared land; in some of the later or—

chards, a, failure to remove fillers that

had served their punpose. It seems a

waste of money to many farmers Ito cut

down perfect-1y soand trees; they fail to

dock ahead far enough} to see the reSult

of crowded trees on the cost of spraying

and pic-king, and the loss due to poorly

colored fruit. Twenty-three per cent of

all the trees set out were planted with

fillers.



Distance for Planting.

The question arises. what is the safest

planting distance for such permanent

trees as Northern Spy, Baldwin, Rhode

Island Greening? Referring to the data,

we find that a Baldwin tree 27 yea-rs old

has a. spread of 35 feet: N‘orrthern Spy

the same; Rhode Island Greening, same

age, 34 feet. Surely such trees should be

allowed no leSs than 43 feet of space, if

we are to dnive between them with a

spray rig. Yet in only one case were the





 





 





An Orchard with Trees Set too Close Together.





fruits will furnish the chickens: a proper

amount of shade» and in turn the chickens

will destroy many of the inS-eots which

attack the fruit. In the plum orchard

liens are especially Valuable as they

scratch out and destroy the purpac of the

plum curculio which are a few inches

below the surface of the ground. The

number of insects the chickens destroy

will surprise. 0110. if loft in chargo of the

potato patch they will: take care of the

potato bug, as they like the newly-lunch-

ed larva. Apple worms, sawflies and

grasshoppers are a few of the insects

they use to balance up their diet for egg

«producing purposes. It has been found

that one little chick consumed as: much

as one hundred sawilies which attack the

grape leaves.



There is no danger in letting the c‘hiok~

ens run in the sprayed orchards. Even

newly hatched chicks run rthere without

any apparent injury.





 





 





State Horticultural Society meets at

Benton Harbor, February 6—7. Better cut

this out and paste it in your hat for re-

membrance that those dates shoufd be

kept open for attendance at the meeting.



'0. E. Bassett, secretary of the Michigan

Horticultural Society has been appointed

as specialist in cooperative organization

in the new Bureau of Markets at Wash-

ington, D. C.





NEXT WEEK.





A discussion of the orchard inspection

laws will be given in the horticultural

columns next week. This is a subject

which should be of interest to every fruit

grower.





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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-

TION OF FARMERS’ CLUBS.





 





l’resident—Jas. N. McBride, Burton.

Vice-president—J. F. Rieman, Flint.

Secretary—Treasurer—Mrs. C. P. John-





: on, Metamora. .

Directors—Wm. T. Hill, Carson City;

.l erry Spa ulding, Belding; R. J. Robb,





Battle Creek;





Mason; Joseph: Harmon, ‘

C. B. Scully, AlmOnt; C. T. Hemline.

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Address all communications relative to

the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C.

P. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.





 





Associationai Motto:



“The skillful hand with cultured mind

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.”

Associational Sentiment:



”The Farmer: He garners from the

soil the primal wealth of nations."





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





 





Discuss Practical Topics—Mr. and MrS.

Oscar Lepard entertained the Odessa.

Farmers’ Club, Saturday. Dec. 13. Pres-

ident Foght called the meeting to order.





Roll call was answered to by ginving a

quotation or item. John Klahn opened

the first subject, “Our unimproved acres”

“Land is too high to leave any unim—

proved, and littered yards around build-

ings proclaim a slack man.” A general

discussion followed. In the absence of

Mrs. Lawrence. a general discussion on

the subject for the afternoon. “Is there as

much fresh air in the home as there

should be?” .took place.i‘ Some good

points were brought up which will no

doubt prove useful. Mrs. Hannah Bush

was appointed a member of the flower

committee.



Interested in Citv Market—The Decem-

ber meeting of the Napoleon Club. of

Jackson county, was held with Mr. and

Mrs. E. A. Harrington. with 75 present.

Following refreshments and several good

musical numbers. F. M. Andrews read an

excellent paper on the selection and care

of the farm horse. The new president in

a few well chosen words expressed his

appreciation of the honor done. him. and

his hope that through-the loyalty and

earnest efforts of the members he might

be able to make 1914 a successful vear

in the history of the Club. Meser. Hunt

and Parrish. of Jackson. were then in-

troduced and made some interesting re-

marks on the subject of the city market.

The Club adjourned to meet with Mr.

and Mrs. Roy Hatt. at Lakeside Home,

on Jan. 17.





improved Last Dav of Old Year.—On

Dec. 31, the Maple RiVer Farmers' Club

met with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cook. at

“Willow Dale Farm." and made the most

of the last day of the vear. The popu—

larity of the host and hostess was attest-

ed by the large crowd which attended the

meeting 125 being present to enjoy the

bountiful dinner prepared by the hostess.

The routine busineSS of the Club was

disposed of during the morning session.

and the afternoon proved all too short

for the completion of the‘ program which

had been prepared for the occasion. Mr.

Chapman, of Owosso. gave an excellent

and well received talk on the. local action

question, which is one of especial inter-

est in Shiawassee countv at. the present

time, and the Club went on record as in

favor of a continuation of the no licenSc

policy in the county. also passing reso-

lutiOns opposing the appointment of a

candidate for postmaster to One of the

principal post offices of the county on the

ground that the members believed him to

be one of tihe recognized leaders of the

liquor interests in the county. An ad-

dress on the subject of “Teaching Eu—

genics in the Schools." was given bv a

local leader in school work, the conclusion

being reached that while needed knowl-

edge along this line should be imparted

to the children by their parents. there is

perhaps a field for this sort of instruction

in the higher grades of the common

schools. The subiecti was m0st ablv

handled, the objections to. as well as the

advantages of. such instruction beinLr re-

viewed. N’otwithstanding an invitation

from the hostess to continue the session

:is a “\Vatch Meeting.” most of the guests

departed with the arrival of “chore

time." feeling that the last ’dav of the

old year had been well spent.





Hold Annual Meeting.——The Salem

Farmers’ Cluib held its November meeting

at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs.

Dewy Farley. This being our first meet—

ing with Mr. and Mrs, Farley, was much

enjoyed. An excellent dinner was fol-

lowed by a program consisting of music.

readings, recitations, etc. After an en-

joyarblie social hour, Cluib adjourned to

meet in December wi'ilh Mr. Herbert

Sm-iitih.



Tlhe Club held its annual meeting Dec.

3 at the pleasant and commodious home

of Mr. Herbert Smith, and Mr. and Mrs.

Edwin Smith. As this was the regular

election of officers that, after an exceed-

ingly bountiful dinner. was made the or-

der of the day. Election resulted as

follows: President, Gilbert H. Thompson:

vice-president, Irving Johnson; treasurer.

Ira Soper; recording secretary. Miss Gnace

Geiger; corresponding secretary, MrS. H.

C. Thompson.





 

 

   





 





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Our Motto—“The farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be

first improved."





 





THE JANUARY PROGRAMS.





 





State Lecturer’s Suggestions for First



Meeting.

Song, ”Merrily Sing,"

Melodies.



Instal’.ation of officers.



Song, “Installation Ode,” No. 29. Grange

Melodies.



Reports of State Grange: 1.

and work accomplished. 2.

programs. 3. Decorations, hospitality of

ihOSts, entertaining features,

Grange plans for 1914.



Roll call, responded to by each naming,

in one word. the thing he or she thinks





N o. 54, Grange





Statistics

The open





the Gi'anges of Michigan should work

hardest for this year.

Song, “Parting Hymn,” No. 22, in





Grange Melodies.

Suggestions for Second Meeting.



Song.



Reading, “A question of property.”



Next steps farmers should take: 1.

To establish rural credit. 2. Co-operate

with neighbors. 3. Extend use of parcel

post



A musical treat.



The 300-egg hen—what does her record

mean to the ordinary hen?



Reports on the moving picture showa

of the nearest town, four persons.



“The Grange Life Insurance Messen-

ger," a surprise feature.



Closing song.





INSPIRING POMONA MEETING.





 





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Oceana Pomona met in November with

Occana Cen-ter Grange. In the forean

Occurred the election of officers and re-

ports froim subordinate Granges. Ten

Oranges were represented. and all report-

ed. Master Leland pronounced it the beSIt

lot of reprints he had ever listened to.



In the afternoon some very good musi-

cal numbers and recitations came in to

vary the program from time to time,

making it easier to listen to the import-

ant matters discussed. One of the best

numbers was a short address by Bro, J.





R. Grant, of “'alkerviile Grange. His

suibject was “What the farmer needs

m'osrt." Bro. Grant is nearing the end of





the allot-ted time of man, but the years





res-t ligh-tly upon him, for he is ever

busy, and his wish to serve others has

lifted his thoughts from himself. He





said, in part: “The farmer needs higher

ideals to inspire him to better effort. A

lady said to me the other day that we

inOst need a better market for our pro-

ducts. Now this market question is a

large one. At present we get too small

a paint of the consumer’s dollar. We

should organize and co-operate in the

selling of our products, but when we try

to do so. again and again we fail. Before

we can be at all sure of success we must

have better men, men Who are schooled

in the business requirements of this line

of work. A part of the work of the

Grange is to school men for this very im-

pm'tant line of endeavor. We are going

to build the co-oqie-rative elevator. We

are going to market Our owu potatoes,

successfully, but it will be after we have

lleairned our lesson in large part through

failures. \Ve might well wish that the

world‘s great reforms might come as nat-

urally as the breaking of a morning in

June. but they don't come in that way.

Vi'e work and hope and pray, we try and

fail and try again until at last we have

won sometihing. The world moves. The

farmer of today is better off than his

'faiuher Was. In fact, these are the best

days the farmer ever saw, but there are

better days ahead and we must ever

“look forward.”



Sister N. M. Leland gave a good paper

upon “The Better Baby Movement." in

which she emphasized the import-Aime of

looking after the heal-Uh of the child. She

said. the baby of today that wins out in

the baby show is not the especially pret-

ty child, but the strong, healthy one. Her

«paper was very practical and much up-

preciated. Sister Cunningham led in its

discussion and emphasized the leading

thoughts brought out.



Wm. H. Taylor, the boy who represent-

ed Oceana county at the State Fair. had

prepared a paper descriptive of his visit

to Detroit last fall. This was lit-toned

to with the closest attention, and no

doubt remained in the minds of those who

iheard it that \Vil-liam had been to Uhc

fair and had kept ears and eyes open. It

is a great opportunity for a country boy

to attend our State Fair, and the man-

agement has earned our most hearty ap-

proval and our best wislhes by having

'made such a tihing possible for one boy

in each county.



The Pomona is a. vital force in Grange

building in our county, and we are com-

ing to look forward to eadh meeting as a

priVilege not to be missed if it is possible

to attend. W F. TAYLOR.





COMING EVENTS.





 





Pomona Meetings.

Ottawa 00., with Nunica Grange, at

Nunica, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 9-10.

Wayne Co., with HarmOny Grange. at

Romulus, Saturday, Jan. 10. Dr. E‘ben

Mumli'ord, state speaiker.

Washtenaw Co., at Ypsilanti, Tuesday,





Jan. 13.

jMusigegon 00., at Dalton, Thursday,

an. .



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neighborhood, but so far there is not a

Single case among the hogs belonging to

the men who are feeding ‘Sal-Vet."’—

Thomas Cannedy, Roodhouse, Ill.





"Hogs all over our countryhare dying in

large numbers, and many right here in

my town have lost hogs from some cause.

but I could not wish mine to do better

than theyhave since feeding ‘Sal-Vet.’ "—-

D. E. Knight, Honeah Path, S. D.





:‘Before getting your ‘Sal-Vet' I had lost

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every animal is in fine condition."—Geo.

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“Before I_ started to feed ‘Sal-Vet. my

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smce feeding Sal-Vet' I have lost none,

although some of them were pretty sick

before they_ had_ access to ‘Sal-Vet’ and

had lost their hair. However, they pulled

through all right and ‘now have good

appetites and are thrivmg.” -—I£amest

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“ 'Sal-Vet’ freed m hogs from worms

by the wholesale. 1’] not be without it.”

—(Signed) Henry Iverson. Wagner, S. D.





"My hogs are doing finely; have he t

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and while there has been lots of disease

amongst hogs in this section, none of mine

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"I have kept ‘SaI-Vet’ before my hogs

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of the country, but mine have remained

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Ellington, Mo.





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after seeing how much faster ,

ours, of the same age, were gaining, is

Rt. 2, Box 39, Fostoria, Mich. now an enthusiast for ‘SalVet.’ ” ‘