W“? ' .%7(///,rf’//// / '// //f//' n mil/@414 The Only Weekly Agricultural, Horticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State. VOL. gXLII. No. 4. 2 .Whole Number 3767. DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JAN. 24, 1914. 50 CENTS A YEAR 32 FOR 5 YEARS. V . , HEN the air is sharp and tor- VV'rents-offlaky, white snow hide y , . . ,the'glooniygskies and plants lie in their snug winter quarters dreaming their dreams Of Sunshine and June; then ‘ should the dairy cow be in an environ- ment that harmonizes with her heredity. Time it is of work,_of care and solicitude. These highly developed, artificial crea- tures are not dwelling in the land of their ancestors; when changed very far to different latitudes and conditions they can not seek their native forests, warm valleys, adjacent mountain slopes and tablelands Where tender and nutritious herbs and grasses are abundant. Thus there is need of warm shelter, choice foods, kindness and care. The stable, the food and the handling educe the best that is in them. In a comfortable stable, with plenty of light and ventilation and under the watchful eye of a kind maSter is a good place for the dairy cow to be during the winter. Choice, early-cut hay, fresh, succulent silage, clean and wholesome grain feeds and plenty of water and salt are the ingredients that make milk and healthy cows. Abundance, succulence and variety form the trinity of successful dairy feeding. \Yhere these three are present we have healthy cows, abundant milk yields and strong, vigorous calves. TVs are feeding not for today’s milk yields alone but for the growth and de- velopment of the calf that some day is to take the place of the cow. Men of vision prefer to allow the cow a period of rest so that she may build up her ener- gies and bring a healthy, well-developed calf. May the dairy cow be turned outside for water and exercise? She may. if the man who is caring for her knows his bus— inessl. She may be left for an hour if the day is pleasant and the yard is sheitered from cold, chilling-winds. The exercise and 'l'reSh air is beneficial and it is much easier to clean the stables and put the bedding in place than it is with the cows in their place-8‘. 1f the man who is car- ing for her is thoughtful he will not turn the whole herd out at one time when the yards are icy and Slippery. .-\nd the cows will not be compelled to wade in the mud and manure walking from the stable to the watering tank and back again to the stable. Let the dairy cow outside to drink, walk about the yard and exercise if the day is pleasant, but never compel her to fill up with ice water and become chilled before returning to the stable. Shall the grain rations be withheld from the dry cow-R? No, cmphaticnily no. Feed two or thrce pounds of bone, blood and nulscle—building grain feeds a day to the dry cow. A cow that is doing double duty needs good nourishing food. it is the little extra grain that goes to build up her energies and nourish the growing foetu.<. Plenty of good hay and silage will give her digestive organs the proper stimulus of distention and keep her bow- els in a good laxative condition, but if she has to subsist on roughage alone she can not lay on flesh to be converted into milk after she freshens. Do not be afraid to have the cow in good condition at freshening time. for if she is a good cow, she will convert the flesh into milk during the next period of lactation. Many, of the best feeders use considerable lin- seed oil meal in the rations for dry cows in order that they may take on flesh be— fore freshening. Among the sensible and plausible reasons advanced for this prac- tice is that by having conSiderable fat on her body the cow makes this fat into milk-fats after she freshens and gives an increased amount of butter-fat while be- ing tested for a 30—day record. While the average dairy farmer can not afford such- expensive methods of feeding his cows, yet the lesson" is plain; the cow Winter on the Dairy Farm. By W. MILTON KELLY. that is in a vigorous, flesh-gaining con- dition at freshening time will produce more milk during her lactation period than the one that is in a run-down, emaciated cendition. As calving tirne draws near, what can we do? \Ve might have kept a record that would tell us within a few days when the caif should come. That is an easy matter in the dairy herd. If this has not been done, we can tell something of the approaching parturition by divers signs and appearances. We may remove hand. Many a wise old dairyman will do the job more skillfully than a trained veterinarian. For three days after calv- ing the cow should have the same kinds of food she had prior to parturition. As she regains her normal condition and her udder has been relieved by the calf suck- ing and Skillful hand manipulation, more grain feed may be added to her ration until she reaches her maximum produc- tion about five weeks after calving. Do not give her too much concentrated feed. Make the ration rather bulky in the ear- e 31‘ ,( E: -,' x I; @- \S ~3‘37? 1" [Ls e -——au Silo Built by A. Wood, lngham Co., an Ornamental but Expensive Type of Silo. Silo extends 10 feet below ground adini'ent to basement; inside dimensions 12x34 ft; wall 14 and JR inches thick, laid in cement with old lightening rod us‘cd as reinforcement every 21/; ft. in plank with gas pipe ladder; height, ' roof covered W1th frames of oak Stone and ce— plastcred’ inside; door asphalt shingle-s. :ncnt were elevated a wheelbarrow load at a time with a gas engine. lllHlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllillllllllllllllllllIlllillllllllllll|lllllllllll|llllIlllllllllllll!lllllllll|lllllllll||llllllllll!llllll|llll|llllllllllIll|llll|||llll|illlllllll||Ill|llllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllll|lllllIllll!lllllllllllllil the cow to a comfortable box stall and feed her plenty of hay, silage and wheat bran. The mothcr should be prepared for a safe and happyycalving. Rarely are we called upon to assist the cow at her calving, stiil, we ought to be ready and willing, as there may be emergencies when we must do so or the cow and her calf will perish. After calving is safely accomplished the cow should be given plenty of warrn water, some warm oats and choice hay. If the placenta does not come away within nine or ten hours after calving it should be removed by a. skilled lier period of lactation, and make evcry effort to stimulate her milk flow. it is better to bring the cow up to maximum production gradually. My practice is to give her a ration made up of wheat bran, ground oats and (old process) oil meal for the first week, as a. mash or slop, using warm water and di- viding it into three feeds; to give her all the warm water she will drink. For the first week treat her as a sick cow, and get her started properly. If at the end of the week she is taking four pounds of grain feed, increase it by the addition of aboutlone-half pound every othcr (lav. for a week, and then make no changes for a week. The next week her ration may safely be increased the same way. \Vhen she is making good use of this, give her a liberal quantity of bulky food, clover hay and silage. Continue in this way until she is brought up to about all the grain she can economically handle. The chief factor is to go slowly and never increase the feed too rapidly. In this way she may be, brought up to maximum production without danger of injury. I The calf is an important figure. in building up the dairy herd. At the be- ginning the tall, awkward, wobbly young- ster is none too strongly linked to life. It is particularly susceptible to destruc- tive germs lurking on filthy stable iloors that may gain cntrancc to tho system through the navel thn it is innocently stretchcd to rest and g'ow. The, stable floor Shculd be disint‘cctcd and the navel cord covered with disinfectant powder three or four timcs before it llo‘zlls. Many dairy cxpcrts tell us that the calf should never be allowcd to suck the cow. Away with such nonsensc. l'nder uNual condi- tions leave the calf with its dam for the first three days if the cow is large and likely to injure the calf. tie it W'lle“c she can see it and allow it to nurse scvcral ti1nc< during the day. Nature has stored up in the udder of the row a secrction called colostrum. which is intended to regu'atc the digestive organs of thc calf in ordcr that it may be wcll-startcd to— ward at thrifty, vigorous life. Now. if left with its mother for three days when it may take this nourishment right from it natural source it will have made a long :‘tride towardla rugged and useful life. Then comes the most critical time in the life of the ca't‘, when we til-1e upon (.uisclvcs its food and carc. and right hero, is where we must exercise a lot of patience and iiityllig‘cii«-e in our manage- mcut of it. (Waxing a calf to drink is casio.‘ than pushing its hcad into a, pail and holding It thorc. liy Wetting the fingers and coaxing its hoad into the pull lcztru to drink. most essential things to ob- fccding calves are the amount of milk. the tcmpcrature and quality. .-\t age their littlc stomachs are tender and every prccaution should be takcn to them hcalthy. \thu possible it is bcst to I'ccd skini~niill< warm from the separator. li‘ccd wholc milk for a month at which age the calf will be able to make use of some grain fccd: then sub— stitute gradually skim—milk until the calf is old enough to handle the new ration to it will soon 'l‘hc thrcc serve in this keep advantage. Some good czllf i'ccdcrs change the whole milk diet to one of skim-milk and grain when the calf is two weeks old, but if possiblc I think it pays to give it the best possible start, Corn silage Should be a predominating factor in the winter ration. There is nothing superior to water incloscd in plant cells to give the ration the consist— oncy agrccuble to the cow and host suit— ed to promote her health and vigor. It is not the amount thc cow eats and di- gests that wholly determines the returns from the feed she consumes. but the amount that is built into body tissues and made into milk. Succulent feed gives just the right tone to the animal’s digestive system to bring its efficiency up to the limit of profitable production. If therefore, one quality in feed is more. important than another, it is that it should be palatable and juicy. It enables the cow to eat, digest and as- similate larger quntities of other feed. There is little danger of cows going off their feed when they are eating liberal quantities of silage with their grain feeds. In the prevention of disease too much stress can not be put upon the import- (Continued on page 87). 82-32 1 Increase Your Cream Separator Profits! 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Ed. ll.Witie Engine Works I” Who. lama; Olly,“ Qutawa r dealer to show you CUTAWAY (CLARK) dirk narrow: and plows, Writeus for free book.“ 77w Sail audlutmwe Tillage." The Out-way Borrow Coupon 992 lain t Bilgunum. onn. lioniltn Mich. Fm when with: it ottoman. THE MICHIGAN FARMER T a meeting of St. Clair county A farmers held at the office of Coun- ty Agriculturist Crandall on Jan- uary 8, The St. Clair County Potato As- sociation was formed and officers elected for the ensuing years as follows: Presi- dent, Myron Mills, Marysviile; vice-pres~ ident, Fred Beach, Port Huron; secretary- treasurer, L. V. Crandall, Port Huron. The interest shown in the potato grow- ing future of the county was very: grat- ifying, 128 farmers being present at the meeting. Daniel Foley, president of the St. Clair County Farm Bureau, presided and after a. few remarks called on County Agricul- turist Crandall to explain the object of the meeting. Mr. Crandall stated that at the first meeting of men interested in pa- tato culture, held in his office on Decem- ber 13, men from seven townships were preSent and after an informal discussion it was decided to callanother meeting. The object in calling this meeting was to learn if the farmers wanted to organize a potato association, and the result was most gratifying. Referring to reasons for such an organization he said in part: "Every year the south comes north to buy their seed potatoes for the foliowing year. Do you know where they go for this seed? Why, to Wisconsin or Minnesota because {they are sure of getting the quality and quantity they desire. The farmers of Wisconsin andMinnesota are organized into potato clubs and are therefore in a position to sell a large quantity of pota- toes which they will guarantee. “We not only want a market in Port Huron for our potatoes but we want to dispose of them outside of the state and in order to do this We must standardize this crop by having all the members of the association grow the same variety of potato. “I am now in communication with Mr. William Stuart, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and the Wisconsin Agri- cultural College, to learn where we can purchase seed of uniform type and rea- sonably free from disease. “We should study the diseases of pota- toes in St. Clair county and the control of insect pests. Vi'e can best do this by holding a series of meetings and inviting outside speakers to address us. “The growing of potatoes on a large LlLLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES. Someone has said that the great law of nature is compensatiou' that i3, if there is a drought in one section there will be an excess amount of rain in another; if there is extreme cold in one pface there will be extreme warmth in another, a dry summer means a wet fall, and so on. Certainly this law has been exemplified somewhat in this vicinity this year. We had a. drought in the Summer time and the meadows and pastures were ex— tremely short. They didn’t yield as they usually yielded. But we were compensat— ed in part, at least, by the fact that we had rain in the fall which started up the grass, and then we had mild weather that continued extremely late. I never knew a fall where one cauld leave the young cattle and the sheep out as late as we did this year. Our young cattle were not taken into the barn until near- ly the last of November. We usually take them up the last of October or the first of November. And the sheep were out until well along in December. It is Safe to say that the grass for the pas- ture for young stock and for sheep was a month later this fall than usual. Of course, these animals being able to get a month’s food in the pasture more than usual, is going to make short winter feeding for them, and while we didn’t have as big a crop of hay we are not going to need as much as we would had we had to get them up the first of No- vember, and thus nature has compen- sated for her lack of moisture in the summer time. Last fall was one of the best falls for doing fall work, fail plowing, etc. Every- body did fall plowing, and I think every- body got all the fall plowing done that they wanted to, with the exception of myself, and I never get quite through, although I have a good start on the spring work for we have fully 100 acreS fall plowed. There was one 20 acres of sod about two-thirds plowed that I really wanted to finish, but— the land froze up and we had to quit. Certainly with any- thing like a decent spring for doing the spring work we ought to get the crops in 'acid, and ten per cent potash. St. Clair Co. Potato Growers Organize. scale will be a new undertaking to most of us and it is my opinion that we should try to work out some system whereby we can secure the services of a practical po- tato grower to assist the members of this association for the first year. Each field should be inspected during the grow- ing season by a competent judge of po- tato diseases and a certificate issued to men whose fields are free from disease. These certificates should be attached to the product when soid, thereby helping the grower to dispose of his crop at a few cents more per bushel than the mar- ket price.” - Mr. Reish, who grew 9,000 bushels of potatoes in Maine laSt season, also ad- dressed the meeting, in part as follows: “My rotation was as follows: Clover, oats. potatoes. I always fall plow for potatoes, then begin cultivation early in the spring to keep the land free from weeds until planting time. I begin my planting so that I am through by June 15. My fertilizer was of a very high grade as I used 4:6;10, that is, four per cent ammonia, six per cent phosphoric I used 1,600 pounds of this fertilizer per acre. “Both the one and two-man potato planters were used on my farm with equal success. We start cultivation as soon as the plants appear above ground. We cover the potatoes when they first appear but have found that they should only be covered once. Spraying starts when the potatoes are about four inches high, and I found that my home—made Bordeaux mixture gave the best results. “Success in potato culture means hard work and constant attention, that is, a man must be on the job all of the time.” Other speakers were Milton Carmichael, acting secretary of the Michigan Associa- tion of Agriculture and Commerce, and Dr. Eben Mumford, head of Farm Man- agement work at M. A. C. The latter urged the growing of one standard va- riety of potatoes by all the farmers of the county and advocated the adoption of a stamp by the association under which all potatoes would be sold, making the stamp a guarantee of purity and freedom from disease. which would soon give' St. Clair county‘a national reputation for' good potatoes. llllll|IllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllmlfllllmfillllmlfllmlmmwmlmmlmmmmlmlmlllllllllllHllHllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllllllllllllll in good shape next spring. If we do it is a good sendoff towards a prosperous year on the farm. A good growing fall put the wheat into winter in good condition. I don't think I ever saw wheat on the average go into winter better than it did this fall. So far We haven’t had any cold weather that would injure the Wheat, and every— thing is promising. Of course, “it doesn‘t pay to crow until you get out of the woods,” and there is plenty of time yet for cold weather to dcsfmy wheat. The first cold snap of the winter is here now, on January 12, but it started in with a very good snow storm and the ground is all covered with, snow. Wheat has a nice warm blanket to protect it against the zero temperature which is upon us. The ground is only slightly frozen and with this bianket of snow we could have extremely cold weather and yet not in- jure wheat or young clover. The dairy cattle, the young cattle, the hogs, and even the hens, have started into the winter doing well and are in a good thrifty condition. One reason I am sure, is that what fodder we have is of good quality. There isn’t any question but what dry weather, while it makes scant forage crops, makes forage crops of splendid quality. While, with an ex- cess or abundance of moisture We get larger yie'ds, yet they don‘t contain the food nutrients in proportion that forage crops grown with a less amount of mois- ture do. However, with a sufficient amount of rain we get more food nutri- ents per acre, which makes the crops more valuable. We don’t want a. repe- tition of the drought of last summer by any means. I think our fall pigs have got the nicest start they ever got. It is due largely to the fact that I sacrified a new seeding of clover for the benefit of the pigs. Per- haps the clover is not sacrificed and per- haps it will come on all right next spring. However, it didn’t have any too good a growth owing to the dry weather last summer. \Vhen the fall rains came it started up in very good shape, indeed. We had no other pasture for the some and young litters of pigs. I kept them .plant, We can, JAN. 24, 1914. shut unjust asllong’as I could stand- it. Then we opened the gates-and let them into 25 acres of new Seeding of clover. They did thrive and they did enjoy it. The weather was warm and pleasant and what they got out of the clover seemed to simply balance up the ration and make them grow, and SUCh nice Weather al. lOWed them to be out continually taking exercise until into December. Now we have got them on their winter rations of skim-milk, ground barley and mlddlings, a little corn, and alfalfa hay. It is really a pleasure to see these shoats eat alfalfa hay. They seem to relish it just as much as lambs, and I am thinking it does them almost as much good as it does lambs. COLON C. LILLIE. FARM NOTES. Seeding Alfalfa in Fall and Spring Grain. I have a field of seven acres; 2% acres sown to rye, the other part is fall plow- ed for oats and is well tile drained. Would it be advisable to seed this to alfalfa with the rye and oats? Will the alfalfa roots fill up the tile? Tile is 2% to 3% feet deep. Land has been well kept up. Clinton Co. ' . O. R. 'When our land becomes well inoculated with the bacteria peculiar to the alfalfa in the writer’s opinion, seed it in any manner in which we can now seed clover, with every prospect of success. When alfalfa has never been grown on a given soil, however, the suc- ceSS of the first crop is rather uncertain and it would not be a profitable experi- ment to seed it alone in fall-sown grain. It is a good idea, h0wever, to mix a little alfalfa seed with the clover seed when seeding fall-sown grain, as in this way the tendency is to bring about a natural inoculation of the soil with the bacteria peculiar to alfalfa. This will also dem- onstrate whether alfalfa can be success- fully seeded in this manner or not. The prospect of getting a good stand of al- falfa is much better where it is sown in oats one Well prepared seed bed, provid- ed the oats are sown rather thinly, say a bushel per acre, or not more than one and a half bushels at the most. If clover has not grown well on this land, it may -be necessary to apply lime to succeed with alfalfa, but in case there has been no difficulty in getting clover seeding, this will probably not be necessary. It wouid be a profitable precaution to in- oculate the soil with the bacteria pecu- liar to the plant, by sowing some soil from a field where alfalfa has been suc- cessfuliy grown, or by using a pure cul- ture to inoculate the seed. Alfalfa roots do not bother tile drains which are in proper working order. When there is water in the tile there is plenty in the soil, while in time. of draught there is no water in the tile to stimulate aroot growth in that direction. Clover vs. Soil" Fertility. Does mammoth clover when allowed to ’g0 to seed and harvested take more from the soil than it puts back in the soil? This is being freely discussed here. Calhoun Co. A. A clover crop always takes more of the mineral fertility of nitrogen, but as this is the most expensive fertility, and as the clover plant adds vegetable matter. as well, and improves the mechanical condi- tion of the soil, it is beneficial to the soil. In quantities such as are usually produced, clover seed would not remove anything like the amount of nitrogen from the soil which the plant would Store up and leave in its roots, also if the clo- ver chaff were returned to the soii, the mineral fertility removed would be com— paratively small in the usual yield of clover seed, hence, the land would he benefited rather than depleted by the use of the crop for this purpose. Is this copy of The Michigan Farmer worth one cent to you? 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A, lflb’trm.mzzgu mt. MA FA4fimu "ESL-3'- , . ._:. ,. 4.4. ”EA. . as. “A...“ .3‘ .. S . A- tflhyrm.waesu~_t I ... 4:- .Mk— FA4“AM a ..._r. ‘WW; “-—_‘__— ,., _ JAN. 24, i914. THE FARMER AND THE LABOR PROBLEM. One of the most difficult problems to be solved of late years, by the farmers of this section, has been that of procur- ing sufficient help to do the necessary work of the farm, especially in the rush season. The influence of scarcity of farm laborers has been many-sided and far—reaching. Farmers who would other- wise embark in farming on a more ex- tensive scale, have been kept from mak- ing the venture, because of the difficulty of obtaining reliable helpers. Other farm- ers engaged in extensive farming. have cut down their farming operations, for the same reason. Men in cities and vii— lages who w0uld like to engage in farm- ing have been deterred from so doing, because of this same scarcity of help to do the work on the farm. Indeed, so far- reaching in its results has this labor problem become, that it has grown to be a factor in the great movement of the rural population toward the villages and cities. More farmers quit farming and move into town, and fewer men from the towns embark in agricultural pursuits, as a result of the very limited supply of farm laborers. In a study of the labor problem on the farms, it soon becomes apparent that a condition not always thOught of has been produced by the necessity of the case. In order to get his work done, the farmer has been obliged to resort to substitutes for the farm hand, and he has found these substitutes in up-to-date farm ma- chinery and in up—to—date farm methods. The silo, the manure-spreader, the hay- loader are only illustrations of the many modern, devices that are helping the farmer to run his farm with less hired. help. But out of this situation has grown another factor in farm life of today. The modern devices and labor-saving ma- chines are expenSive, and the owner of an 80-acre farm must of necessity stock up with tools and implements to an ex- tent that makes farming an expensive occupation for which to prepare. For this very reason, many men who would like to farm, become disheartened before they have begun. The increase in the price of land coupled with the expense of getting in shape to do the work with as little help as posSible, makes “Going on a farm” a differentl proposition from what it was a quarter of a century ago. \Vithout a doubt, the country is a much better place to live in these days. with its rural free delivery and its rural tel- ephones, but the problem of getting there and getting started is more diflicult than ever before, to the man with average means, from the towns and cities. But perhaps you will say, why do not these men from the towns who wish to embark in farming. go into the country and become farm laborers and thus fill the great gap that is-now open. At first glance, this would seem but the natural course for a man with little means, and the plan is sometimes followed. But in the majority of cases, men in town who have been working in shops and factories or stores, have grown tired of working for others, and look upon farming as a more independent occupation. They want land of their own, and wish to be their own boss, and the *all of the farm is not for them unless this dream of independ— ence can be realized. In. ages past, men have opposed stub- bornly, the innovations brought about by the invention of machinery, because it has thrown them out of employment. \Vith machinery on the farmS, the case is exactly opposite. Modern farming ma— chinery is not replacing the farm laborer, it is filling in some small measure the gap caused by his absence. It is the only way the farmer has yet found to cope >uccessfully with the labor problem. The condition calls for capital and makes the farming proposition look big and difficult to the man of small means. Hillsdale Co. J. A. KAISER. RURAL UPLIFT MOVEMENTS. Today the farmers are confronted with a great many problems. Some of them are being solved but the solving of a few of the great problems does not make rural life as it should, be. One of the greatest faults with the average farmer is that they do not get together on the different problems and consequently we cannot expect much rural uplift. until every farmer is working along this par- ticular line. Better business methods on the farm are needed along with good roads, good churches and co-operation. The farm producer does not get enOugh THE MICHIGAN FARMER on the market for his products. He gets about one-third of every dollar the. con- sumer spends for foodstuff. If the farm— er could sell direct to the consumer or the retailer his profit would be much greater. The farmers must cO-operate and arrange some organization whereby it will enable the producer to get more for his produce and the consumer pay less. ' The question arises, how much does the farmer actually spend in the selling of his goods, in the way of advertising, marketing, etc.? The answer is that very few farmers spend anything for this purpose.- "The retail merchant for in- stance, spends from 15 to 20 per cent of the retail price of the goods for selling. This money goes into the study of the demand, attractive arrangement of the merchandise. advertising to attract cus- tomers, service to keep them, clerks to wait on them and the expense of a store building to sell in. After a merchant does all these things we can see why his profits are larger than the average farm- er. The merchant, in other words, fol- lows business principles and this is one great thing that is lacking among the farmers. The merchant is not the only- business man that spends a great deal for selling but the banker, railroads, man- ufacturer, corporations, insurance com- panies and public service corporations all spend something for sale work. Get- ting customers. holding them and creat- ing a good will is an indispensable factor in their operations. Some, farmers, 110W- ever, do spend a great deal along this line and invariably these farmers are the most successful ones. Boys‘ corn clubs and pig clubs, horti- cultural socictics, and girls’ sewing clubs and bread-baking contests all aid in rural improvement. I know of a certain county in this state in which the corn yield was rather low. About five years ago a boys’ corn club was organized in this county. Good seed corn was fur- nished by the county superintendent and was held at the county seat. Prizes were awarded on the best samples of the dif- ferent varietics of corn, on essays to be written by the boys, and on judging corn. hlcthods of corn improvement were stud- ied by the club and the increase in corn production which has been general in the county was due entirely to the boys‘ corn club. I believe pig clubs, sewing clubs and bread-baking contests will bring as good results as this boys’ corn club. Clubs of this kind tend to stimulate a greater intcrcst among the young people in higher agricultural education. “'e need better churches in the coun- try. some communities have very good churches. but the preachers are too poor- ly paid and consequently a poor preacher is secured. This directly affects the at tendance, as may few farmers care to go across the road to hear a poor sermon. It is very proper to discuss up-to-date farming in the church, but this is usu- ally not the case. They think the church should be used for nothing other than for religious purposes. More profit- able farming may mean a better preacher. Good roads are bound to come sooner or later. National interest has been re- markable in the last few years. The city people as well as the farmers would be bcnefited by good roads. As a result of good roads people would be able to get closer together, enabling them to get in touch with one another. This will be a great step toward educational, social and economic advantage. No one thing alone is entirely to blame for the present condition of the country but to be able to notice an uplift in rural improvement all of these factors must combine and work together. Better business methods on the farm, CO-opera- tion, 'good roads and good churches are all very important essentials in rural im- provement. Indiana? J. C, KLINE. YOUR SIGNATURE, PLEASE. When writing for information of any kind, be sure and sign your name to the letter of inquiry. The name will not be published if a request to that effect is made. All inquiries to which the sub- scriber signs his name and gives his post office address, will be promptly answered, but we .cannot answer anonymous com- :nunications. Argentine exports of frozen mutton to England haVe fallen off a good deal, and efforts to buy sheep in the Chicago mar- ket for export to England have been made of late. but prices were higher than exporters could afford to pay, $5.25 per 100 lbs. being offered fOr fat wethers. You can buy a Studebaker wagon today that will repeat the performance of the wagon owned by Mr. Balch. We are building wagons today with the same care and of just as good material as we did when Mr. Balch bought his wagon. In fact. Studebaker wagons, because of improved methods of making, are even better today. thn'you buy a wagon don't iudge it by its looks alone. Stop and think what isunder- neath the paint. / t / J' . In use for 4‘2 years ,_ 7. V , _ -— and $1111 gomg ORTY-TWO years ago Mr. Balch of Coshocton, Ohio. bought a Studebaker farm wagon. in it at one loa ." NOT UNUSUAL FOR A STUDEBAKER WAGON You may be offered a wagon that looks as good as a Studebaker and the price may be less—but when you stop and figure that the cheaper wagon will probably last you live or ten years whereas a Studebaker will last a life time there is only one answer—You want a Studebaker. Whether it is a F arm Wagon, Buggy or Har- ness, Studebaker's policy is “build not the cheapest but the best." Invest your money where you get the largest returns—buy a Studebaker. See our dealer or write us STUDEBAKER NEW Yo'RK MINNEAPOLIS CHICAGO DALL SALT LAKE CITY He used this wagon for twenty-two years and then turned it over to his son, L. J. Balch. In a letter to Studebaker, ordering another wagon, “My father used it for 22 years and I have used it for twenty years and can say that there has never been a spoke moved in any of the wheels and it has the same boxing and spindle: that were put in it when made. Tires have been changed from narrow to broad. but axles, bolsters and singletrees are those 0 wagon. Last summer I hauled 6,800 poun riginally furnished with do of weighed material South Bend, Ind. KANSAS CITY DENVER ANCISCO PORTLAND, ORE. AS SAN FR Studebakers last a lifetime I. Balch writes: - __Adv 20m A permanent,_ fire-proof, weather-p attention after completion. 2. first class silo. The best fer the least money. The concrete is “puddled” Where it is left until firmly set, making non-absorbent. Built on the same principle a We do not sell material, but we do sell sil completed silo. N0 worry about construction. Our experts do all the work and 1 do it right. or no pay. And our price is less. Ask us for particulars. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS FOR EARLY CONSTRUCTION. Notwithstanding the lOW price we will n construction. Get in touch with us at once. Do not. contract for a silo until you ated this “paddled” cement stave silo. Our new catalog have carefully investig day. Good agents wanted in unoccupied territory. is ready. write for it to CEMENT STAVE SILO 00., 121 Main St.,WORTlllNGTON, INDIANA. A SILO THAT WILL LAST FOREVER roof, acid-proof structure, requiring no Guaranteed to fill completely every requirement of CEMENT STAVE SILO into the mold by a new and improved process, a product 1 00 per cent strong. very dense and s all scientific concrete constructions. us. Our price is always for the lake a liberal reduction for early Do you raise early or late potatoes? There’s a diflerence between early and late varieties that should be considered in fertilizing. For the early kind use 1,000 pounds per acre of a fertilizer containing 10% 5% ammonia and 8% phosphoric acid. Under average conditions, 800 pounds of 3-6-8 is the most profitable for late crops. Some growers double these amounts, for they are convinced that Potash Pays. Caution: Be sure your Potash for potatoes on heavy soil is in the form of Sulfate. Write for Potash prices and for Free books with formulas and directions. We sell any amount of Potash from a zoo-pound bag up. GERMAN KALI WORKS. Inc. 4-2 Broadway. New York Chicago. McCormick Block Savannah. Bank a Trust Bldg. New Orleans. Whitney Central Bank Bldg. San Francisco. 25 California St. Atlanta. Empire Bldg. ”/1 3%! I, J / (7%? 2”“ V Z'fl"\;\ I, ‘97 "1:3" /I4' ’1! / . ,{I ,0 _ 3,3”? (’0'? ‘ .J' 2/ I When writing advertisers please mention The Michigan Farmer. l-THEI' MICHIGAN ’F'ARMER CA _ ,0 7 _ JAN. 24, i914. - Mitchell Big Six $2,350.00 An uneven road plays hob Wlth an automobile that isn’t properly constructed and which lacks engineering balance. It strains the frame, the axles, the springs and the motor of a cheaply built car and no amount of repairs can ever make it good. The Mitchell car is built to give where the give is necessary— to resist the strain and sudden jolt ~ to surmount these and other difficulties wilboul the dis- astrous wear and fearwhich makes other cars burdens alter a year's use—or less. Farmers need better cars than people who 11ve on smooth boulevards and there are hundreds of modern farmers who will tell you that the Mitchell has lasted them—in constant use" five, six, seven and eight years and are still the splendid utilities today that they were when bought. The Mitchell car is more car and better car for the money than any other car in existence and we commend it to the farmer who wants an economical utility rather than an expensive luxury. ' The Mitchell Models for 1914: The Mitchell Little Sixm'fifty horse-power—laz-inch wheel $1 895 base-36x4}2inch tires» two orfive-passenger capacity- - - 9 The Mitchell Big Six—sixty horse-power-l44-inch wheel $2 350 base” 37x5inch tires—sevcn-passenger capacity - - - - - i - TheMitchellFour—fortyhorse-power- fourcylinders—lZOinch $1 595 i / wheel base-36x4” inch tires—two or five-passenger capacity Equipment of all the Mitchell Models Included in the List Prices Here Given Electric self-starter and generator—electric lights—electric horn—electric magnetic exploring lamp—speedometer—mohnir top and dust cover—Jiffy quick-action side curtains—quick-nction rain vision wind-shield—demountable rims with one extra—- Tungsten valves—double extra tire carrier—Bah bow holders—license plate bracket—pump. jack and complete set of tools. Prices F. O. B. 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Both are registered in American garareelfihtpo' (Titour terms and Guarh and English Registration Books. and are good enougglg 89- ‘5 W1 lntereSt you as muc ' as the horses. to go in any show ring; also 3 span of mules and other horses. All horses not sold before Feb. 10th. Hewo Stock Farm Wabash, Indiana will be sold at auction at Almont. Mich. on that date. For particulars address FR More than a quarter century with the breed. HEWO BELGIANS They Are Here! H. & H. Wolf importers of Belgian Horses exclusively, advise old and prospective patrons that their new 1913 importation is now in their barns. It is in all respects by far the mOSt se- lect lot of horses of this breed that have ever been stabled in their barns. Big, weighty, typey drafters of quality all through, that challenge comparison Ann Brsno'P. Almont. woman. I8 Percheron Stallions Trg It so eye at OurRisk 2 to 4 years old. blacks. Also young mares. A. A. PALMER 6t SONS, BELDING, WHO“. 1% Miles from Orleans. FEEDING I. ii. MO I. ASSES EBB“ 5 80', 132 Lafayette Blvd., Detroit, Mich. I luv..." .....h0&d of «film... ...sheen.....hogs unmask... ....horsos. Send an your 1 proposition to prove that buckeye Feeding Ion-us will hand] all of them. Name."- uo- a". n u.- u.- "nun '.Dccco P. Gnu"... .... .... ........Stslouunnuur Colic Kills 2000 Horses That number died of colic in Now York City alone last year. Colic comes sudden y, and It not attended to immediately with the right. remedié kills quiokl . Our colic compound cures in minutes. icy to ire, and an moi is soon ready for work. Have t on hand. $1.50 per bottle, guaranteed. , DR. HOLLAND COMPANY 217 Water St” Boston. Mass. llom «m that are than-shod form nether. hailed as ll one all. Let as 3 you I or 2 sets 6.0.0.11! Par. Post. 33 net sat _ delivered. rm trade with sharp will: 30:. ' gash, gunning“? prevent dining. 0 . ' m “.60.,1420 PI. It, Inflated... :- Mail this “any our ad. in the Michigan - Just 8" Funnel" when writing advertisers THE LIVE STOCK! MEETING. The twenty-third annual meeting of the Michigan Improved Live Stook Breeders’ and Feeders’ Association was held at the Agricultural College, East Lansing, Mlch., on January 14-15. As usual the first day was given over to sectional meetings of the Various affiliated breeders' assoeia- tions, which were well attended by en- thusiastic patrons of the several breeds represented. Space will not permit a detailed report of these several meetings in this issue, but a list of the meetings held and the officers elected by each for the ensuing year will be given in a future issue. One new assooiation, composed of Mich- ~ gan Angus breeders, was organized at this meeting through the efforts of Mr. Minty, who was elected as its secretary, .who apologized for the Angus breeders for not taking a more active part in the general uSsociation in former years. The addi- tion of this new organization of the pa- trons of one of the leading breeds of beef cattle is a matter for congratulation, as it should prove an important influence in the breeding and feeding of better beef cattle in Michigan. Following the several breed meetings on W'ednesday, the breeders assembled in a. general session in the large assembly room in the Agricultural Building for the purpose of enrolling the membership for the ensuing year, and for a short pro- gram, including reports from the secre- taries of the several breed associations. and an address on ”Live Stock Possibili- ties of the Upper Peninsula.” by A. T. Roberts, of Marquette, president of the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau. The interest developed in the several sec- tional meetings was attested by the fact that their members were slow to gather for the general session, and the reports of the secretaries were all enthusiastic and expressive of the general feeling that the coming year is bound to be a pros- perous one for Michigan breeders and feeders. Following this session the members, who were supplied with luncheon tickets upon payment of their annual dues, repaired to the VVomen’s Building, where they were given the usual banquet by the college. Here the good cheer and optimism which ever characterizes these occasions was much in evidence during the post prandial speaking by the guests of the Association from other states and a few representa- tive Michigan breeders. The General Program. The general session on the second day of the meeting was of high educational character from start to finish. The ad- dress of President Stevenson sounded the note of optimism for the future of our breeding and feeding industry and sug— gested some needed improvements in the work of the Organization to enable it to keep pace with the progress of the indus- try and improve the opportunities pre- sented for its betterment. The speakers announced on the program Were all pres- ent, including E. H. \\'ebster, of \Viscon- sin, associate editor of Hoard's Dairy- man, who spoke on “Farm Management as a Good Breeders’ and Feeders Prob- lem.” H. G. Krum, of Minnesota, Secre- tary American Yorkshire Club, whose topic was ”Economy in Pork Production." and Prof. J. M. EVVnrd, of the Iowa Col- lege of Agriculture, the subject of whose address was “Feeding Sheep and Lambs for Profit.” The substance of these ad- dresses will be presented in future issues for the benefit of those who Were unable to attend the meeting and hear them. The election of ofi‘lcers resulted in few changes. the choice being as follows: President, A. E. Stevenson, Port Huron; vice-president, W. P. Rosso, Mt. Clemens; secretary, George A. Brown, East Lan- sing; assistant secretary, D. A. Spencer, East Lansing; treasurer, C. S. Bartlett. Pontiac; executhe committee, W. H. Shantz, Hastings; Frank R. Crandarll, Howell; Geo. H. Brownell, Detroit; Colon C. Lillie, Coopersvllle; Dr. C. G. Parnell, Jackson. Resolutions Were reported and adopted favoring government supervision of the manufacture of hog cholera serum by commercial concerns and "favoring the providing by the state of a. detention farm for the isolation of valuable, animals which have reacted to the tuberculin f—gflllllillllllflllilll'iillllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllilll'illllllllllllllllll|lllIlllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllll|IlllllllIllllllllIl||IlllllllllIlllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllgl:5 o i = L1ve Stock. « filllllllllllllllllllllllllIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllll|lll|llllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll||llll|lllllllllllllilllllllllllIllllllllllllllll|llllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfi test, at the proper expense to the owner. Resolutions of sympathy were also adop- ted and ordered tranSmitted to Prof. Shaw, who was unable to be present at the meeting on account of the serious ill- ness of a son. Following the completion of the pro- gram the members asSembled in the live stock pavilion for the judging of the car— casses of the lambs exhibited at the wether lamb show which was a feature of the meeting. Prof. Evvard used the carcasses to demonStrate his lecture in which the reasons for the relative placing of the awards were given. This was a most instructive feature of the meeting, and was a fitting close of the event, which was one of the most successful ev- er held by the association. WETHER LAMB SHOW. Held at Michigan Improved Live Stock Breeders’ and Feeders’ Meeting. Five classes of wether lambs were shown in this contest, Shropshires. HampshireS, Black—faced Westerns, White-faced “‘esterns, and Ramboui- lettS. The lambs were Shown on foot, January 14. In the evening of January 14 they were slaughtered, and shown in carcass form, January 15. The report of the live contest is as follows: Shropshires were shown by Mr. W. H. Shantz, of HastingS, M. A. Bray & Son, of OkemOS, and Mr. D. A. Meeker, of Olivet; each ofthese men exhibited two lambs. In the live Show, Mr. W. H. Shantz won first and second prize, and M. A. Bray & Son, third prize. Hampshires were shown by Mr. E. L. Belden, of Dimondale. Mr. Belden ex- hibited two lambs and received first and second prize. Black-faced VVeSterns were shown by Mr. C. M. Haliaday, Mr. H. A. Martin, Mr. Wm. Dewey, Mr. Wm. Godd, and Mr. A. J. Allen & Son, all of Clinton. each exhibitor showed one lamb. A. J. Allen & Son received first prize, Mr. Wm. Dewey, second prize, and Mr. C. M. Hal- laday, third prize. VVhite-faced Westerns were shown by the same men who exhibited the Black- faced \Veaterns, and each man exhibited one lamb. A. J. Allen & Son received lrst prize, Mr. C. M. Halladay, second prize, and Mr. \Vm. Dewey, third prize. Two Ramboulllets were shown by Mr. F. S. Freeman, these being awarded first and second prize. Mr. David McKay officiated in a. Very able and pleasing manner. Mr. W. H. Shantz, of Hastings, won first and third in the carcass contest. and Mr. E. L. Belden, second. The carcasses were judged by Prof. J. M. Evvard, of Ames, Iowa. Prof. Evvard showed ex- cellent ability in this work, and was very consistent with Mr. McKay’s judgment of the live animals. The Shropshire lamb that won Grand Championship on foot yielded the first prize carcass. The second prize carcass was fr0m the first prize Hampshire and the third prize carcass was from the second prize Shropshire. - LIVE STOCK NEWS. In the Chicago sheep and lamb market the demand for feeders continues active. with scarcely any feeding sheep or year- lings offered. but there have been consid- erable numbers of feeder lambs, th‘ese consisting of warmed—up, hat—fat stock suitable for short feed. Whatever hap- pens in the market for live mu‘ttons, Whether these chance to move up on short supplies or move down on liberal runs, feeding lambs that are at all desir- able are pretty sure to bring firm prices. . Fairly large numbers of lambs are be- mg hay-fed in western sections, and most that have been received of late in the MiSsouri River markets were spoken of as. good in quality, commanding high DI‘Ices. The best flocks sold recently around $7.50 per 100 lbs. Advices from the western territory where hay feeding is going forward say the weather during the autumn and early winter was remark- ably mild and pleasant, so that lambs fattened much faster and more satisfac- torily than usual. Peter Jansen, of Beatrice, Neb., for- merly one of the largest sheep feeders in the United States, but now retired from activity in that industry is at a loss to understand why the farmers of this coun- try do not breed and mature more sheep. After handling flocks for a period of 40 years, he says there is no domestic ani- mal which repays a. little care better than sheep. They destroy weeds and use up roughage which would otherwise go to waste. ".UO€~H~—~.‘ ‘ l y. : " ”(91'1“ \ N. ' ,, . TITHE MICHIGAN FARMER ' .5435 ., > .‘ ‘4; _____ . ~.-’ . 1.. _ p _ .. - fl .. "1r- : . ‘ _ — . 7".” 'Wfi~_‘\’_\(\ I ,7 \,. I ”R. fid’fiv'iv ~. . . , , " ' - x- - '-/\’\~'—,.-.’;£ac+/-‘/"v’ J3, .x/ .4. . . ._ . .m Ania/«Mt 84%:qu £®?<§lr:+ 86'! 33.13% Balancing the Blg’s' Ration. _ [What per cent of. digestible protein,_ .) . ‘ carbohydrates 'and 'fat‘ does 7' it take to make a pound of 'pork? How do,you find, the Co'st‘o'f the di'geétible nutrients when . ybu have the cost of the feed per cwt? What percentage of' protein, fat and car- bohydrates should be fed per‘day to pro- duce the quickest gains‘ at the‘lowest cost per pound. 0f gain in growth and weight? Can slow gains be made cheaper than quick gains, and why? MonrOe Co. W. DeK. In figuring the nutritive ratio of the ration for live stock, the amount of di- gestible fat is multiplied by 2.4 for the reason that it is considered as having ' this relative heat value as compared with carbohydrates. To this reSult is added the amount of digestible carbohydrates in a given amount of the feed, and the result is divided by the content of pro- tein to. give the nutritive ratio. In Hen- ry's Feeding Tables the proper nutritive ratio for the ration of swine is given as 1:4 for pigs of 50 lbs. weight, 1:5 for pigs 100 lbs. in weight, and 1.6 for hogs 200 lbs. in weight, except for fattening hogs, when a ration as wide as 1:7 in its nutri- tive ratio is recommended for the finish- ing period. In the compounding of a ration, it is hardly necessary to figure on the cost of all digestible nutrients, since the home- grown grains will ordinarily be taken as the basis of the ration, and purchases will be limited to supplementary feeds i which will supply the necessary protein ' to balance up the ration, consequentiy in making up a ration f0r growing pigs, the problem is to supply the needed protein to supplement the home-grown feeds at the lowest possible cost without losing, sight of the important factor of palata— biliy in the ration, which has a. marked influence upon the economy of the gains produced. 17nd0r ordinary circumstances, the most rapid gains at the lowest cost per pound will be made where a well balanced ration is fed, corresponding somewhat nearly to the nutritive ratios above giv- en. The amount Which should be fed per (lay depends very much upon the capacity of the pig, as the more nearly one can approach the maxmum limit of the pig‘s l l l l I i l l digestive and assimilative capacity and I avoid the danger of gettng him “off ill immuuumuuml Ill illillll lumll l l i ll ill ‘ will minimum 1' ’ “"“mllll .fiEAa/{fi ' A . . x” .3/9/ A \4 <1? cw. an. Al'3s‘vs ($13782 " ; g ‘/ \’.\/C@ see; b /~ ./§/ The “M ii‘i‘ih / miles“ W - F 1ve Bars and a Crosstle— \\\ the Safety First Symbol ec we Five thick, tough Goodrich Rubber fingers— % They dig down through mud, slush and ooze; they clean and grip the road. They stop the skid before it starts. They give you lower-cost mileage because ofthe extra thickness of rubber at the point of contact. Goodrich $3323 Tires Best in the Long Run '\ o\ w Ag \ W A” V A 47 "W QA k, .\ Egg/cc ‘w . ‘ . V «$47 . 47 message; feed,” the less will he the amount of feed necessarily devoted to bodily mainte— nance before the pig‘s maturity to market weights. A certain amount of feed is re- quired to maintain the bodily functions of the pig, and the slower the gain. the. longer thisramcint must be fed simply for maintenance to secure a given amount of gain. It dr‘es not necessarily follow, however, that the mOSt rapid gains possible to i produce, will be the cheapest possible gains, Since this involves high feeding on concentrates. Experience has proven that " much cheaper gains can be produced up- . on pasture, especially some pasture which i is rich in protein, as alfalfa. Pigs fed a 5 grain ration of say one—half of their max- imum capacity on alfalfa pasture may make somewhat slower gains in weight than would pigs fed a maximum grain ration, but such gains would be much cheaper. In winter feeding alfalfa hay or similar forage can likewise be made I Don’t experiment. Don’t take chances. 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Elilllllllllllllllllllliilllilll||IIlHlllllllllillllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllliilllllllllflllfi CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE. ' 'lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll How IMANY cows 0N 'FORTY ACRES? I am one of the 40-acre farmers and Would like to know how many cows can be kept and raise the feed. It seems to me that when you buy it diminishes the profit considerable. Now I will state how my 40 acres are farmed I aim to follow a. three- year rotation; coxn, oats and clo— ver. I have the farm in six fields about six acres in a field, the balance being road, lane, buildings and truck patch, or garden. I am keeping four COWS. raise the calves until two years of age by hir— I keep one team. Everyone knows the team work on 40 acres is not very much. My team is a brood male :1 driving horse and a two year- old. None of these are able to do the work of a good heavy farm horse, although the three make a pretty good two-horse team. Raise one colt each year; that gives me a horse to spare each year and four two-year-old )earlings. I also hir‘e pasture. for colts. I plant corn on a clover sod, Six acres of potatoes on a sod. sow six acres to cats after corn and potatoes. I have six acres of hay and six of pasture. This gives me a cash crop, also plenty of feed for to work in manures. In addition to this I take a field for corn and one for outs of some good neighbor. I have never bought any fertilizer. Have a berry patch that does nicely. WOuld like to hear through the Michigan Farmer if this could be bettered. My wife and myself do all the work, and my land is gaining in quality ever year. The straw grows so large they lodge considerable. How can this be helped? Sunscmnnn. Nobody knows how many cows you can keep on 40 acres. It: all depends, first on the man, and second on the “40.” If it is good land and the right kind of a. man, a good many cows can be kept on 40 acres of land. At first, probably one could not keep over ten, but as he de- velops his soil the number can be in- creased to 15, 25, or 30 cows. Mr. Deltrich, of Pennsylvania, kept 17 cows besides the young stock necessary to keep his herd up, on 12 acres of land, and he raised more forage crops, hay, silage and soiling crops than this amount of stock wouid eat, but he didn’t at- tempt to grow any grain. He bought all his grain. Now, if Subscriber wants to raise the grain for these cows on his land. of course it will materially reduce the number of cows. But if he goes in dairying in an intensive way, tries to keep all the cows that he possibly can on 40 acres of land, he will find out that he can keep more cows on this area than the average man has any idea of. If you want to keep all the cows you possibly can on 40 acres, the first thing to do is to cut out the pasture and build a silo. You can't afford to paStuI'e cows with only 40 acres of land unless you have some waste land. Mr. Dietrich, be- sides the barn in which the COWS Were fed, only had a small exercise yard for them to run in, part at a time. They were in the stalls most of the time. They kept healthy, too. It is the same way with theyoung stOck. The culvcs had box Stalls and when they got to be year- lings and two-year-Olds they were turn- ed out each day in an exercise yard and then put back into their stalls, and they grew up to be healthy, vigorous animals With a silo your corn crop will go twice as for as it will without. In other words. so far as feeding dairy cows is concerned, if you ripen the corn and husk it and feed the stalks and the dry corn, you lose half of the food value of the corn plant. It is all right enough to raise potatoes on this 40 acres of land where you don't attempt to produce your grain ration. It might be the best thing in the world to raise potatoes in the rotation and sell these potatoes and buy grain, but you could not keep as many cows as you could if you would put the entire 40 into forage crops and buy the grain. But you might make just as much money if your land is adapted to potatoes by having a, field of potatoes every year. Then you 'can have this money to buy grain with for the cows. If you buy nearly all the grain which your cattle consume then you are adding fertilizer to your fields and in aifew years you will see the effect of this in a marked increase in crops, and you will raise much more forage crops, which in turn will enable you to keep an additional number of cows. The more cattle you keep, the more manure you will have, and the richer your farm will get, and where the limit is no man knows. Light Bunning.8trong.DurabIe No.12 is a Marvel. 6 BIN DEBS ing them pastured. The second summer“ ICE-CREAM VS. BUTTER. Can you tell us what a plain ice cream must containvin order to pass the state law? Do you think it would be as profit- able to make ice cream through the summer months for 650 a gallon as It Would butter at 30c a pound? We have building equipped with all machinery nec- essary except.freezers and packing tubs. “'e have to put up ice to make butter in summer. We can get market for all ice cream we can make in our nearest towu five miles away. Please let us have yOur opinion on this matter. Ionia CO. G. E. H. To one who has had no experience in the manufacture and the delivery of ice cream he Would say at once that it would be much more profitable to manufacture the cream and butterfat into ice cream at 65 cents a gallon than it would to' manufacture it. into butter at 30 cents a. pound. The state standard requires 10 per cent butter-fat in ice cream. There- fore, it would take less butter-fat to make a gallon of lee cream than .it does to make a pound of butter, and in the first instance you get 65 cents for this butter-fat, and in the second 30 cents. Of course, there is a little more expense to theice cream than the butter-fat, be- cause it must have sugar and flavoring and something to give it greater body, but the most expensive part of it is the butter-fat. The cost of delivery, how- ever, of ice cream is immense, more than most people figure on. Really, I can hardly understand how a. farmer couid manufacture the product of his dairy on his farm into ice cream and deliver it in town and fill orders. The way the ice cream busineSs is now days a man makes a contract with someone to furnish him with ice cream. The ice cream trade is a very irregular one. This week we have cold weather and not very much is used. The weather changes and becomes hot and you can scarcely get enough ice cream to supply your trade. Unless the manufacturer of ice cream has large resexve supplies of material it is impoesible almost to supply the demand. If one Could manufacture ice cream and take it to town and sell it as he would butter it would be a different thing, but it must be delivered when the customer wants it, and to deliver it five miles away would certainly be expensive. "he amount of ice used» in'the manufacture and the keeping of ice cream is much greater than that used for making and keeping butter. I hardly see how a. farmer could afford the delivery end of a propOSitlon. During certain weather he could only make a portion of his cream into ice cream because he could not take on any more customers than he could furnish during the flush season un- less he bought cream of somebody else. If one goes into the manufacturing busi- ness he ought to be located in town rather than five miles out. The maker does not make a contract with the re- tailer for a given amount of ice cream. The dealer does not know how much he can Sell. Suppose you estimate that a man will use ten gallons of ice creum a day in fairly good Weather. If the weath- er is rainy and cold he WOn’t use half that. On public occasions when a great many people come to town in hot: weath- er he might use five times that in one day. \Vbat would a poor farmer do? The only way the regular ice cream manufac— turer could do is to have a source of supply held so he can draw upon it when the demand exceeds the ordinary amount made. If you could contract: to have the dealer take a certain amount of ice cream every day so that you would know what you were going to do, it would be an entirely different proposition. EXCAVATION FOR SILO. I am planning on building a. silo. While my land is a heavy Clay I have to go three feet to get below the frost line. VI'hat I would like to know is. will it be all right to cement this three feet up well and uSe it for storing ensilage? Buy Co. \V. H. S. In a well drained soil it is perfectly practical to go three feet Into the grOund for the bottom of the SliO. In wet clay ground when the silo is empty water will seep through and you will have to bail this out before you put in your en- silage every fall. Not only that but in wet ground the silage at the bottom of the silo will not be as good as it would if it was entirely above the ground. It is also some little work to get the silage out of this pit. It is a good deal easier to blow the silage three feet higher in the air. My advice would be to dig yOur trench three feet deep for your silo and keep the bottom of the silo up level with the top of the ground. JAN. 24, 1914. STRINGY OR ROPY MILK. I have a Jersey cow due April 2‘. I am feeding silage twice a day, cornstaks and good mixed hay. Her mllk is stringy af- ' the cream will not ter first day and . churn. It foams white in the churn. Can you tell me what to do? She is young I am not feeding to have her third calf. ‘ I feed salt tw10e any grain at present. daily. 7 Macomb Co. F. 12.“. S. If the milk or cream is ropy or stringy it is an indication that you havy ropy milk bacteria. It you have got these the only way to overcome them is to wash the cow’s udder and teats with a weak solution of carbolic acid. Take pains to wash the ends of the teats carefully. If you can get a little of this solution into the end of each teat all the better. Wash your own hands in this solution before you milk. Wash the dairy utensils in a. weak solution of carbolic acid because these bacteria are liable to lodge any- where on the dairy utensils. If it is ropy milk bacteria this treatment will over- come them. The information given is not sufficient for me to state positively that it is ropy bacteria. (A weak solution of carbolic acid consists of one part of the carbolic acid to 125 parts of water. Con- tainers should be marked “p0ison.”) Many people have trouble in. cold weather in getting the butter to come. It is largely because they don't have the cream at the proper temperature when they churn, and besides the cream is fre- quently not ripened. You can churn sweet cream to get swoet cream butter but it takes longer to do it. You can al-‘o churn cream when it is quite cold and get butter, but it takes time ti do it. ]f you will ripen the cream, that is, sour it, which you can do if you warm it up to 80 degrees and lcavc it over night, cool it down to 60 degrees and then churn, the probability is that you will not have very much trouble in getting the butter to come. Sometimes where one is mak- ing butter from one cow in this way it is almost impossible to get satisfactory re— sults. Some people have scalded the milk; that is, sterilized it. put it in milk pans and set it on the stove until it is scalding hot, but they don’t let it boil. Then they set it away in a cool place and allow the cream to rise. This sometimes makes the churning operation shorter. You can try first one and then the other of these remedies. and I be- lich one of them will help you out. VALUE OF BEAN PODS COMPARED WITH TIMOTHY HAY. haulm fodder \Vhat is good pea-bean How does worth per ton to feed cattle‘.’ mowed bean haulm compare, in bulk to mowed hay? How much hay per week is enough for a 21—months old bull during a snow-bound winter? Kent Co. \V. ll. One cannot answer a question like this without knowing the balance of the ra— tion. 1f the cattle were to be fed entirely upon timothy hay or entirely upon bean pods then we could get at the definite value. But it depends largely upon the grain ration and the other foods in the ration as well. 1<‘or instance. if you have oats and peas ground for a grain ration you can get along with timothy hay pret— ty well, although it is more deficient in piotein than bean pods. (in the othcr hand, if you only had corn meal in the grain ration your bean pods would be much bctter because bean pods are rich- er in protein. The chemical analysis of bcan pods proves them to be more valuable than timothy hay as a cattle iced because they are richer in protein. Protein is usually; the element in which the average ration is deficient; But other things must be taken into consideration. Bean pods are liable to be injured by the weather, more so than hay, because they iipen at the time of the year when it is more difficult to cure them and they are usually drcnch- ed with rain before being housed and this lessens their food value. Bean straw win-Le the beans are pulled as soon as they would do to pull, not when they get dead ripe and the leaVes all fall off, and are properly cured, makes almost as good a food for cattle as clover. (in the other hand, if they are left on the field until they are dead ripe and poorly cured, es- pecially if they get wet two or three timCS, they are practically worthless. On the average, I think it would be fair to say that good bean straw is worth as much as timothy hay for cattle. The. second question I do not under- stand and cannot answer. - If I can read the third question correctly, it wants to know how much it will take to feed\a 20-month old animal. No one can tell ,this. Do you want the animal to make THE MICHIGAN FARMER a maximum growth or are you satisfied with simplya maintenance ration. The only safe rule to go by is to feed all the animal will eat up clean and get all the growth you possibly can. There is the most money in that. There is no money at all in a maintenance ration. Of rough- age it will pay to feed all the animal will eat up clean without wasting. COW IS PROBABLY ALL RIGHT. We have been having trouble in churn— ing. Last summer the butter would come in a few minutes but 110w after churning a long time the cream seems to gather on the top which we skim off and after adding cold water we are unable, to work it so it will make butter. Our cow seems in good condition, eats well of almost anything placed before her. What can we do,to overcome this difficulty? Newaygo Co. F. From the descriptiOn of the cow she seems to be in a normal healthy condi- tion. I think probably that there is nothing the matter with her except that she is well along in the period of lacta- tion. Nobody seems to be able to tell the reason but it seems to be a fact that where you make butter from a cow that is well along in the period of lactation there is generally more or leSs trouble in getting the butter to come, especially when this time comes during cold weath- er. \Vith no particular facilities for mak- ing butter about the best time of the year is along in the month of June. The cows are on good grass pasture, give a good flow of milk. and the weather is not yet so warm but what the cream will rise very well, and when kept in a cool cellar it is just about the right tempera- ture for churning, and everytfiiing is lovely. “’hen it comes winter the cow gets no succulent food, is well along in the period of lactation. and the weather is too cold for butter making, all of which brings trouble. This is just about the history of the case every time. Give the cow succulent food. such as corn silage, sugar beets, mange] wurzels, potato peel- iiigs, if you have ennugh of them. I am inclined to think, however. that the greatest trouble comes ,from handling the cream. Making butter from one cow in cold weather when she doesn’t give very much, is an uncertain task. You have to keep the cream so long before you have enough of it to churn. The only way to do is to thoroughly mix the cream every time you skim the milk and keep it in a cool Dl.lCC until you get enough to churn. Then take the cream and put it in a tub of warm water and stir it until it gets to about 70 degrees in tempera- ture, ch'mitting it to stand at that tem- perature for 12 hours. This is called ripening the cream. Now put it in a tub of cold water and stir it thoroughly until you reduce the temperature to 60 de- grees or bclow. Then churn. WINTER ON THE DAIRY FARM. (Continued from First Page). ance of cleanliness. On this account cows should be brushed and cleaned twice or three times a week, particularly on those parts that are beyond the reach of the tongue. Whatever bcnefit may come from the cow licking herself when she is clean there is always more or less danger from that source it‘ She is Con- fined in the stable and has no way of cleaning herself except when turned out for water and exercise. At certain times during the year and at certain stages of condition and health the hair comes off in great abundance. At such times. when the animals lick themselves. much of the hair gets into their stomachs, where it forms a. mass that is likely to schreiy injure them. The damage is minimized by brushing the cons carefully. It should be done regularly, more especially along towards Spring, for at this time there is more or less irritation that prompts them to lick themselves more persistently than at or- dinary times. By brushing them in a careful manner this irritation is lessened and the falling hair is removed beyond the reach of their tongues. “'inter on the dairy farm is rich in fulfillment and opportunity. During the long winter evenings dairy farmers of the new faith are wont to read and study present, and prepare themselves for fu- ture problems. The principal activity of the farm is caring for the cows and young things. The stock of all ages change constantly and demand attention. They hold a peculiar allurement. It is, indeed, a zestless soul that can fail to warm with sympathy 'to the helpless creatures which an all-wise providence has given over to our care. 7—87 No Excuse for any Cow Owner Being Without a % OR / HERE is no reason Why any cow owner who sells cream or makes butter should be without a separator and there can be no excuse for his not having the BEST separator. ANY creameryman or experienced dairyman will tell you that a good cream separator will give you a great deal more and a great deal better cream or butter than you t; . . can produce with any gravity setting system. 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Also write us for our pamphlet on The Corn Crop. useful memorandum book and attractive Calendar. _, Agente wanted In unoccupied territory. International Agricultural Corporation . ' ,BUFFA‘LO‘ FERTILIZER WORKS 6'00 Marine Bank Bldg." ’“ - . BUFFALO, N. Y. When we hear of Such was the talk of and given at the State Horticultural t meeting at Traverse City. 'The title is a misnomer as We are quite sure that it should have been ‘prple Growing on the Farms of B. J. Case,” as it is doubtful‘as to whether New York as a. whole has anything new over'Mich- igan in the business of growing of apples. Please note that in the above suggested title the word Farms is used. Mr. Case talks about a 25-acre orchard but he real- ly has about a few hundred acres of fruit to take care of. He is also a member of a commissmn firm which he organized especially to make more easy the mar- keting of his own apples. ' In opening his talk Mr. Case Said that we were just in the infancy of the fruit growing business; that, in fact, we knew ‘JAN. 24, 1914. E E If; as who realizes this and works it out in practice. By his system of setting the orchards ought to pay a profit at seven years of age. With the trees set 20x24 feet there are 90 trees to the acre. Between the ages of seven and 15 these trees ought to average five bushels per tree each year, making 450 bushels per acre. At 15 years of age half of the trees are output but between that age and 25 years 'the re—' maining ones ought to bear d0uble the amount, and when the trees are» thinned out to their permanent distances they bear the usual 450 bushels or more. It can be readily seen that by Mr. Case’s method. the orchard can be kept‘ in bear« ‘ ing a normal crop per acre from the time it is seven years old. Mr. Case’s object in setting the trees 24 feet one way While only 20 the other is to make it easier to get through the orchard for spraying, cultivating, etc. when the trees begin to crowd. Of course, in making this method a success pruning is a great factor. By the ordinary methods the trees would often crowd long before the time stated by Mr. Case. His method is to cut out the long limbs instead of the short ones and by doing this he has kept trees 60 years old e o e e e. o e e e o a o E! of; o o o 0 rs -...... It.--" i e o e ”E: ‘8 e e o e o 13 o B 0 El 0 E! o in --. i‘ 9’ it o ,e o e o e o e ls. . f s ’s, W - {LU—ih-hf-U—fie ca 0 El 0 a . e = . i 1’ g. - m ‘ / a .PWM/Eflm.u£~yfl hmjmvgmzjmyw but little of it yet. After he got through most of the hearers were convinced that they had learned much about the busi- ness while he was on the floor. Method of Setting Trees. Mr. Case’s first departure from the ac- vepted methods was in the distance he set the trees. He claimed that we were wasting space in setting the trues so far apart as we do. He has found that 20): 24 feet was sufficient and at that distance the trees would not crowd until they were 15 years 01d. At that time he cuts out every other row diagonally, which would leave the trees about 31 feet apart. At this distance he figures that they will not crowd until they are 25 years old. Then every other tree in the remaining diagonal rows are taken out, which leaves the trees 40x48 feet apart. Mr. Czlsc's reason for setting the trees so close and then thinning them out is to get an early profit out of the orchards. He claims that setting out the trees at the regular distance is a waste of ground early in the life of the orchard. The use of fillers of other varieties which ripen at a different time than the permanent trees and makes necessary their care in spraying and har- vesting at different times of the year. He does not believe in the matter of cr0ss- polinization and thinks that it is economy to set the varietles in solid blocks on account of the saving in work. Each variety needs its special care, different from that of the others, in the way of of cultivation, spraying, harvesting, etc., to get the best results out of the orchard. He says it is very essential that we keep absolute control of the growth of the tree to bringthe orchard to the highest effi- ciency. There is a distinct relation be- tween the .tree growth and the produc- tion, and Mr. Case is one of the few grow- Mr. Case’s System of Setting Trees. down so that they can be picked with a 24-foot ladder. He says that by the old methods of trimming out the small stuff there is a lot of space in the center of the tree which is of no use at all. His idea is to prune so as there will be no useless length of main limbs before the fruiting wood branches out. Where the growth of the wood is controlled this method is zlll right, but in seme cases it would be rather hard to keep the trees in check as Mr. Case has done, and the pruning would check bearing and encour- age wood growth. Cultivation. With reference to cultivation Mr. Case's methods are also original. He considers that the most critical time for the tree is just around blossoming time, and he 8215's that the trees should get good feeding and care at that time. He starts culti— vation in April and continues until about the tenth of June. Cultivating later than that is not necessary and often harmful us it will encourage wood growth too late. MI‘. Case’s object is to furnish the tree all of the moisture and plant food he can at this critical time and as soon as the seed is formed he stops. He consid- ers this point in cultivation very import— ant and also a factor in controlling the growth of the trees, as he claims that food made available after the apple starts growing will go to make wood. (Continued next week). HORTICULTURAL STATE MEETING. Don't forget the mid-winter meeting of the Michigan State Horticultural Society at Benton Harbor, Feb. 5-6. The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the First Baptist Church. lished J'leXt week. Program will be pub- JAN. 24. ’1914. TROUBLE DEPARTMENT. Trouble with Borers. In a peach orchard six years old I have trouble with the borers. Have dug them out with wire and knife and then washed trunk of tree with undiluted lime-sulphur but it seems impossible to keep them out of the trees even after going over them thoroughly several times a. year. Will you kindly give me the best remedy and information you can to rid the trees of this peSt? Hillsdale Co. H. J. M. ‘The borer is sometimes very trouble- some, especially on young thrifty growing trees, and it needs persistent thorough- ness to keep them in check. Digging af- ter them is by far the best way to get rid of them. A knife is preferred for this purpose as one can make a more sure job with it. In digging cut away all of the lOOSe bark and gum, and follow the chan- nel the borer has made until you get to the end of it. Then trim the wound down to good healthy wood and paint it over with pure white lead and raw lin- seed oil. The eggs of the borer are laid in spring on the bark of the tree near the ground. As a matter of preVention the trees can be mounded up with earth for a foot or more very early in spring. A cylinder of tough paper tied around the tree so as to extend up about 12 inches. and an inch or two below the ground, or a painting with a very thick paint of white lead and oil will do instead of the mound of earth if desired. By all means follow the suggestions regarding the digging for the borer and the trim- ming of the wound. The digging is best done in fall or very early in spring. Washes. such as lime-sulphur, are only partly successful. For an Intended Orchard. I am expecting to plant about 800 peaches, 200 apples, and 100 cherries. The land I expect to use is a light sandy soil which has been run for several years and is exhauSted of its humus. It lies on the west side of a lake covering about a sec- tion. It has very good elevation and is well drained. \Vill fruits above named do well on this soil? \Vill they need fer- tilizer, and what kind? \Vhat varieties would you advise with the idea of plant- ing the same number of trees each year for three years? \Vould you advise one or two-year—oid tree and what Size would be best? St. Joseph Co. E. R. From your description the land will certainly need fertilizers. One of the best times to fertilize a young orchard is before it is set, and we would advise that the Ian-d be got in fairly good shape be- fore setting. Nothing is better to bring up soils such as you describe than barn- yard manure, or green manure, such as clover or vetch turned under. To make. a. start after being set is hard enough for :1 young tree in favorable conditions, and under unfavorable soil conditions there is likely to be a great 10ss of trees the first year. The fruits mentioned will do well on such soils after they are brought to fer- tility. However, for peaches be sure that the location you have in mind is quite frost proof in spring. ' Location with ref- erence to this is very important in peach growing. It is preferable to plant the number of trees you have in mind all in one year, as it will make it easier to take care of them. Elberta. is by far the best market peach and many set wholly to'it. New Prolific is also good. If you have a good local market, Gold Drop will come handy as the housewives know this variety for canning purposes. There is no variety of cherry better than the Montmorency. if another variety is wanted the Rich- mond is good. For your soil the thriftiest growing varieties of apples are the best. Spy, Baldwin and It. I. Greening are. good. \\'agcner, Duchess, \Vealthy and like varieties are not advisable for such soils unless plenty of fertility can be given them. otherwise they will be stunted in size, and will tend to overbear. \Ve would prefer one—year-old trees of any kind of fruit if good sized trees can he had. A good medium sized two-f, ear- old tree is also good. We do not espec- ially like the extra large trees as it _ generally hard to control the head! of the tree on them. Peaches In Sod. I have about two acres of very hilly land I wish to set to peach trees. It has a heavy June, grass sod on it noW and is so hilly that it can not be thWed. 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DETROIT, JANE , 1914. CURRENT coMMENT. This new slogan which, supposedly for the ben- efit of the public, is em- blazoned on every prominent object in the equipment of the public service cor- porations which have adopted it, is made the subject of much facetious comment and many cheap jokes. EVen if its ap- plication were limited to the traveling public this slogan would seem to be wor- thy of more serious consideration. Such, however, is not the case, since it is made the basis of a very complete organization by the corporations which have made it so prominent, as explained to The Farmer by the head of the transportation com- pany which introduced it into Michigan. Each division of the service is made a unit of organized effort along this line, by the formation of a sort of council com- posed of represenaatives of the different departments or branches of the service on that division, as the operating depart- ment, the track department, the shops. the electrical department, the despatching service, the inspection service, the claim «department, etc. Any man employed in any capacity in the service is authorized to make any criticism with regard to the operation of his own or any other depart- ment which in his judgment constitutes a hazard to the safety of any employe or of the traveling public, and offer any sug- gestions which may occur to him for the improvement of the service in this regard. These criticisms or suggestions Cue made through the rcp1esentative of his depart- ment of the service on the division where he is employed, who reports them to the division council above mentioned, council sits as a board of directors would sit at stated intervals for the considera- tion of such matters. These individual criticisms are there discussed from the standpoint of e;1cl1 department of the ser- vice represented in the council, and fav- orable or unfavorable action is taken up- on them as determined by a majority of the memberShip of the council. This council in turn reports in favor of any changes which it may approve to a 51m- ilar council composed of the heads of the departments ofrthe system, which in turn considers and takes such action on the recommendations made as a majority of its members may determine upon. In this way light is thrown into the obscure corners of every department of the serviCe by the men who are closely in touch with and affected by the character of the service contributed by such de- partment in a manner which would be i'mDOSSible through the personal inveSti- gation of department or general super- intendents. It also enables the correla- tion of the service as a'whole with a view to promoting the safety of both em- ployes and the public. Quite naturally the employee of any one department in a great transportation company come to look upon their department of the service as the important unit and to have less regard for the comfort, convenience or safety of the employee of any other de- partment, or of the traveling public for that matter if they are in a department “Safety First.” which~ , THE iMQI c I—qllG‘AN: FARM ER consistentlydn favor of those having the‘ which does not come in direct contact with that element. They come to regard their department of the‘ service almost in the light of an independent business, a. tendency which this “safety first" organ- izatiOn is designed to effectually over- come. Undoubtedly organized effort of this kind is most beneficial to the corpora- tions which haVe promoted it, as well as to their employes. But it is of no less benefit to the public on that account, and there can be no doubt that having this slogan constantly brought to his atten- tion will ‘make the ordinary person more careful of his own life and limbs than he would otherwise be. Just where this slo- gan originated or by whom it was first inaugurated is a matter of dispute among transportation men. But whether it was in the west, the south or the east, as claimed by the admirers of different transportation organizations, it is a move- ment worthy of admiration and emula- tion, not only by other transportation companies but by people in general, since there is opportunity to apply the prin- ciple to the conduct of every enterprise, whether private or public, and it ‘is a. good motto for the individual as well as the corporation to follow. That superior ed— ucation in profes- sional lincs adds materially to the earning power of the individual is a fact too patent to admit of discussion. Gener- ally, however, this fact is construed to apply to technical, rather than general education, notwithstanding the fact that a fairly good general education is every- where considered desirable, if not an ab- solutely essential as an equipment for a buSiness life. Probably the need for and advantage of this kind of preparation has been less generally recognized in connec— tion with farming than with any other line of business, and the curriculum of our high schools has been freely criticized on eVery hand as impractical, and cal- culated to fit the student to enter the college or university rather than for the serious duties of business life. Education and Labor Income. In this connection a farm survey re— cently made by the department of farm management of Cornell University in a. typical New York agricultural county is enlightening. For the purpose of deter- mining what influence, if any, the educa— tional attainments of the farmers includ- ed in the survey had upon their labor in- come, the data collectcd from 1,303 farm- ers in seven townships of the county was classified with reference to their educa- tional advantages. These records were grouped under three heads, viz., those who had attended a district school only; those who had attended high schools, nor- mal C‘.‘ busines. Schools or short courses in 1;"..;"‘ a; and those who attended a. college or university. Of the 1,303 farm- ers included in this classification, 1,007, or 77 per cent, were in the district school group, 280, or 22 per cent. in the high school group, and 16, or a fraction over one per cent, in the college or university group. A division in each class was made betWecn owners and tenants, showing that as a class the owners fared better from an educational standpoint than the tenants, as only 17 per cent of the ten— ants had gone beyond the district school while 30 per cent of the owners had had better educational advantages. In apply- ing the law of averages to determine the relation of educational advantages to the labor income of these farmers it was found that of the farm owners those who went only to the district school made an average labor income of only $318, while the average labor income of the high school group was $622 and of the college group $847. It will thus be seen that in the comparison of these groups the labor income of the high school group averaged $304 greater than that of the district school group. This would amount to more than five per cent interest 011 $6,000, which would not be considered a mean legacy to leave a child, yet it would ap- pear from this classification of results that its equivalent can be Settled upon him in the way of high school education- al advantages for a fraction of that sum. In the tenant class the variation was not so great, the average labor income of the district school group being $407 as com- pared with 5473 for the high school group. In all classes the personal equation was an important factor in individual cases, showing that superior educational advan- tages do not comtitute an‘insurance of profits in farming, yet when the law of averages was applied ' the results were superior educational advantages. Forty- three per cent’of the high school group made labor incomes of $400 or 1e83, while only fiVe per cent of the district school group made labor incomes of $1,000 or ov- er, as compared with 20 per cent of the high school group making such incomes. In order to get at the same question from another angle. 573 owners were classified to show the relation between education and labor income with an equal investment of capital. In this classifica— tion the college and high school group combined showed a larger labor income in every division of capital than did the district school group, the averages for the entire number showing a labor income for the high school group of $699 compar- ed with a similar income of $488 for the district school group. When these figures are considered in the light of the ,fact that the farmers in the high school group had received al- most no technical agricultural instruction it would seem to be c0nclusively indicat- ed that their better average succch on the farm was due to the superior mental training which they had receiVed, enab- ling them as a class to approach the problems confronting them with a more enquiring mind and solve them more wisely because of their better trained faculties. 'The application should be ob- vious, and cause the farmer who has con- cluded that it would not pay to send his b0y to high school because he is going to be a farmer to give the matter more ser- ious thought. Apparently it will pay from a purely financial standpoint, to say nothing of the personal satisfaction and benefit to the boy himself. Growers who are holding their pota- to crop, or a. por- tion of it, for the later mhrket are al- ways on the alert for information regard- ing the potatoes remaining in growers’ and dealers’ hands. Some estimates re- cently compiled by the Department of Agriculture Will be of interest in this con- nection. These estimates indicate that about 42.1 per cent of the marketable sup- ply of potatoes of the 1913 crop remained in the hands of farmers and 9.5 per cent in the hands of dealers on January 1, in the important potato-growing states. These figures compare with 39.8 and 9.8 per cent similarly estimated a. year ago; 33.1 and 8.0 per cent two years ago; 40.2 and 10.9 per cent three years ago; and 41.2 per cent and 9.9 per cent four Years ago. If, for the purpose of comparison, these percentages were applied to the es- timates of total production, it would show total stocks of 123 million bushels on Jan- uary 1, 1914, compared with 150 million a year ago, 91 million two years ago, 133 million three years ago, and 142 million f0u1 years ago. An analysis of these figures indicates that a larger proportion of the crop re- mains in the hands of grOWers and that a smaller proportion is in the hands of dealers than is usual at this season of the year, due no doubt to the reluctance of dealers to stock up while the» quarantine hearing was still pending. The statement issued by the Department also indicates that distribution has been very uneven, the holdings of potatoes being relatively large in most of the important producing states, including Michigan, and relatively small in the states of the central west which are both important potato produc- ing and consuming states, a, fact which is doubtless due to comparatively low pro— duction 1n those states due to the severity of last season‘s drought. It is evident from this estimate that con: ervative marketing has been the 1ule in the states of large production, which has doubtless been a factor in the main- tenance of an unusually even market. If the same policy is followed by growers throughout the balance of the season, the average returns to growers are likely to be higher than would be the case under a speculative condition of the market. with a. correspondingly smaller likeliho-.. of either boom prices or a glut in the market at the close of the marketing season. ' The Potato Situation. rim 3. recent comment mention was made of a press report in which it was alleged that the Kalamazoo Humane Society contemplated an active campaign for the repeal of the sparrow bounty law and the protection of the English spar- row on the ground that it was beneficial rather than a detriment, to agriculture. The secretary of the organization advises us that he was mlsquoted in the press report which incited our comment, and that the only interest which his society Boys and Birds. ‘d‘rfiN; 24. 19141; has in the matter is the tendency of the law to incite the ruthless slaughter of birds by immature boys, which they believe to be most harmful, and‘that an informal discussion of the desirability of securing an amendment to the law which wouid prevent the payment of the bounty to immature, boys was the only foundation for the original» report. This position is more tenable and one which will incite greater sympathy among country people. The bird killing habit is one which should undoubtedly be discouraged in young boys, even though the destruction of the sparrow is desirable.- HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK. National. A crew of 13 members was rescued Sunday from the schooner Fuller Palmer, which had been helpless for nearly a week 154 miles southeast of Cape Cod. The schooner went down shortly after the rescue was made. The storm which wrecked the Fuller Palmer also did great havoc along the entire New England coast. To date it is known that one steamer, seven schooners and one barge have been wrecked, while numerous other vessels have sustained much damage. . President Wilson reads his message deal- 1ng with anti-trust reform to Congress Tuesday. The massage will give the po- sition of the administration on the scope of legislation which it belieVes should be enacted promptly, not only to correct the ev1ls in modern business, but also to offer positive assistance that will stimu- late business enterprises and develop- ment. A dam across Stony Creek, a branch of the Potomac River, broke last week and mundated the town" of Schell, W. Va. Many of the other small towns along the banks of the creek and the northern branch of the Potomac have suffered Con- siderable loss from the flood. Rumors are that several men were caught by the need waters at Shaw, W. Va., 20 miles be10w Schell. The grand jury selected to look into the methods employed in the Michigan Buggy 00., of Kalamazoo, Mich., have indicted three officials of the defunct concern. There is a possiility of the copper strike of Michigan being extended to other fields of labor. This week the American Fed- eration of Labor is assembled in Wash- ington to consider a. motion for a general strike in sympathy with the miners of this state and Colorado where strikes are now on. While it is generally believed that the council members of the Federa- tion are against the proposal, still there is a possibility of its being accepted. The lower house of Congress has declined to take any action relative to the copper sit- uation in this state. which decision has changed the activities of those interested in the investigation from the House to the United States Senate. It is believed, however, that no action will be taken by that bow. Governor Ferris last week restented, in a letter to President Wilson, the re- ports that. constitutional government no longer existed in northern Michigan. In his communication, Governor Ferris stat- ed ;that Michigan has protected the life and property of all her citizens and would continue 10 do so. Should the 5,000 employes of the oper- ating department of the Deleware & Hudson R. R. obey the order of the Grand Lodge officers who represent the engi- neers, firemen, conductors and trainmen of the railroad, they will walk out on strike this week. The automobile Show which opened '1111 Detroit last Saturday is proving a decid- ed success The exhibits are large, and the attendance on the opening day was 60 per cent greater than atthe opening of the 1913 show. In all it seems that the function will exceed all others in matters of interest to automobile users as well as furniShing entertainment for the general public. Foreign. Last Week great suffering was caused in Southern Japan by the sudden activity of the volcano Sakura-Jima on the island of Sakura. Of the 12,000 inhabitants of the island, only 7,000 can be accounted for, it being the opinion that the other 5,000 perished. The country for a. score of miles around the volcano is strewn with rocks and ashes, and lava fields ex- tend for considerable distances from the crater. It is impossible to make esti- mates of the loss of property. Japan is also suffering from a. famine in the north— ern districts of the country. *This adds to the difficulty of handling the situation in the volcanic district. Relief is being sent from other countries. The Mexican situation has changed lit- tle 51'106 a week ago. No important en— gagfzz 1ents have been fought Fo lowers of *uerta escaping across the American lac when Ojinaga was taken by the rebels last Week, are now wards of the United States government at Fort Bliss, where rations and clothing have been provided for the refugees. Five nations have accepted the invita- tion of the United States government to join a naval procession to San Francisco by way of the Panama. Canal next sum- mer. These nations are the Argentine Republic, Great Britain, France, Ger- many and Portugal. Press reports indi- cate that Japan will also participate in the procession, and it is probable that many other nations will join later. What is probably the worst storm that has visited western Europe in many years occurred there this past week. The tem- perature has ranged below zero, and in some places snow drifts are 18 feet deep. Much suffering is reported among the peasants or France, and a number of fatalities are recorded. " LITERATURE POETRYg' HISTORY ana. INFORMATION This Magazine Section torms a part of our paper every week. _ 'v , , V, ., s, ‘ ‘ y ’ ‘ «I l 014 1 . ‘ l' ‘ { «vi; 1 ml i , . . , . \ ,‘ H “ I ‘ . \/ 4 5‘ ’ . 5, ,. . . . . PUBLIS ED seems . 97m FARM BOY one GIRL~ SCIENTIFIC a‘na MECHANICAL livery article is written especially for it, and does not appear elsewhere ONDAY, December 8th, I received M the good news that I could have the free trip to \VaShington, and the Elk Rapids Savings Bank, true to its promise, gave me $75, which met all my expenses and left a little surplus. To the bank I extend my most sincere thanks, and the jOurney will always be the greatest event in my life. ' I started Tuesday morning on this never-to-be-forgotten trip, going to Grand Rapids and staying all night with my aunt, Mrs. Bert Beer. Wednesday I t00k the train for Lansing, and was met by Mrs. Dr. Mumford, who accompanied me through our state capitol, and then to EaSt Lansing, where I met Mr. Row- land, my guide, who went with me. At 0:45 p. m. we took a sleeper on the Grand Trunk line. and when I awoke I was near Buffalo. We made no changes until we got to Philadelphia. We passed over the Alleghanies, where we saw som wonderful scenery. Little towns and hill; Side farms are found here. They had to put on two engines and they had to dig in. Our train was a long one, I think it must have been forty rods long. 'We arrived in Washington at 12:30 Thursday night and went to the Ebbitt hotel, where we registered and went to our room for a good rest until 7 o‘clock. Then we came down to a large dining- room, where we had breakfast. which was the only meal We ate at the hotel, as it was cheaper at restaurants. From there we all went to a waiting- room where Mr. Benson received us and gave us instructions for the day. Our first trip was to the Washington monu- ment, each one waving the pennant of his own state. The monument is a mar— ble shaft 555 feet high, which takes 900 steps to the top, and we took them. \Ve could see all over the city. There are Only foul windows at the top. It would weaken the strength of the structure. to have windows in it. Beautiful engraved memorial stones are set in the inner walls. The total cost of the monument has been $1,300,000. From here We went to the Bureau of Engraving, where they were making money and redeeming old bills, which are received at the rate of $1,000,000 a day. Here are printed the government bonds and the paper money, postage Stamps, etc. The engraving of the plates is not shown, and they are closely watched by day and are locked in the vaults at night. The paper used is sllk-fibered paper, made at the Crane Mills in Massachusettsx They turn out on an average about $4.- 000,000 a day. This money is deposited in the vaults of the treasury at 0:00 o‘clock (-nch morniig, where it remains for two months before it is put into circulation. \Vomen do all the counting of the money. Then we Went to the agricultural de- partment and listened to a short address by Secretary Houston, and he shook hands with us. By this time we were hungry and had lunch at the restaurant. This was our first half-day of Sight- seeing. At 1:30 p. m. We started for Ft. Meyer, where we saw the cavalry drill. It was very interesting to see the wonderftfl things the horses could do at the differ- ent signals of the bugle. Wednesday We went to the treasury building and saw the Vaults and the gold in piles, but we could not get our hands on any of it. Vt'e also visited the Pan- American building. This was built by the twenty—one American nations. includ- ing the United States. The flags of each nation are there. It c0st $1,000,000 and was contributed by Andrew Carnegie and by the twenty—one nations. It is the most valuable building of its size in the city. It is a tie of friendship for these nations. Then we had a two-hours’ rubberneck automobile ride all over the city. VVed- nesday evening we took in the Y. M. C. A. and were entertained by Mr. Stanley. The beautiful Arlington cemetery, across the river in Virginia. was visited In the Nation’s Capital Story of a two—weeks’ Sight-Seeing Trip to Washington,D.C., by Grant Winters, of Antrim Co., Michigan’s Cham— pion Boy Corn Grower for Season of 1913. next, where sleep the nation’s dead to the number of 250,000. In one grave alone rests 2,111 unknown sotdiers, which were gathered from the battlefield of Bull Run. Every gate leads to the Ar- lington house, which was once the home of Robert E. Lee. It is of white marble, and built in 1802 by Park Custis, son of Martha \Vashington. He was also the adopted son of George lVashington. Washington delivered his sword and gun to him at his death with these words, rooms. Here we ‘had our pictures taken again. We returned to the city and went to the theater in the evening. Sunday morning at nine o’clock six of us, with Mr. Stanley as guide, took a six-mile walk to Alexandria to the old church which \Vashington attended. liv- erything is in old Colonial style. I think there are about ten steps to get up to the pulpit. We Stayed to the services. \\'e then went through Arlington again, and. visited Reed's grave, who gave his Most Interesting of all was the visit to Beautiful Mt. Vernon. “Thou shalt never draw blood unless in defense of your own country." After supper we went to the congres- sional library, which now contains 4,300,- 000 volumes and nearly 100 miles of shelv- ing. The reading room is very beautiful. with statutes and pictures. It is 100 feet in diameter, 125 feet high. Saturday morning we had our pictures taken in different places. But the most life fox an experiment to prove that mos- quitoes convoy yellow-fever ge"ms. Monday we visited the government printing oilicc, where they print 35,000 papers an hour f om beginning to finish, tied up in bundles by machinery. \Ve visited the government experiment from. They had several acres of hot- houses. I must also mention the broncho ride the Illinois boy and I had. \Ve rode On a Tour of Inspection near the CIOSe of the Growing Season. wonderful afternoon was now to come, when we went to Mt. Vernon and saw VVashington’s old home and his tomb. ‘Vhen we paSSed by the tomb we all re- moved our hats. The mansion is ninety- six feet long and thirty feet wide and is furnished as he left it. It is of carved wood and painted white, and is owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Associa— tion, for which they paid $200000. T‘V‘e could not go into the rooms, but passed through the halls and could see into the out of the city and to the Sold'ers' Home dairy farm. where all kinls of cows are cared for. Monday evening we were entertained at the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday we visited the capitol building. The entire length is 751 feet; width 350 feet. The walls are hung with beautiful paintings all through the interior. The senate chamber, house of representatives and Supreme court rr om are all found here. \Ve were in all of them while these bodies were in ses- sion. We ate dinner in the restaurant in the capitol building. We were nearly all day in this building. In the evening we joined a theater party. \Vednesday afternoon we visited the White House and Shook hands with Mrs. \Vilson, but did not See the President, for he was sick in bed. Thursday the National Museum was our objective point, where we saw won- derful things of modern times, and the old museum relics of olden times. Then the Corn Club meeting for plans for the next year was held. We also visited the bureau of fisheries. where we saw all kinds of fish, including seals, walruses and our own Michigan black bass that 1 fish for in Perch Lake. ThurSday afternoon we spent our time in the zoological park, where We saw animals of all kinds. This was one of my pleasantest afternOOns. Now came our last supper in the city and then homeward bound, but We miss- ed one train and had to wait three and one-half hours for the next one. We came back on another road and had a. iive—minutes’ view of Niagara Falls. Saturday we were back in good old Michigan again, where Mr. Row'land tOOk me around the Agricultural College farm and buildings. I came to Grand Rapids and stayed over Sunday and arrived in Elk liap'ds Tuesday evening, making just two weeks of sight-seeing. ' Hm. IDEAS OF DRESS AMONG DIFFERENT PEOPLES. BY CHARLES H. CHESLEY. The idea of providing a covering for his body was undoubtedly first suggested to primitive man by his need of some protection from the elements. He had felt the extremes of temperature and this awakened in his mind the scheme of us- ing the skin of the beast he had slain to make for himself a coat. It would seem, therefore, that clothing wa> first used in a cold climate. Dress as an ornamentation was prob- ably a later product of man’s evolution. Today all the tribes of the earth use some sort of dress or covering for some part of the body, although there are some in the interior of Africa and South Am- erica who can scarcely lze said to wear clothing. A few tl‘ihes consider the prop- er fashion to be simply a nose. ring with perhaps a girdle about the body. This is where nature is kind and the need of a covering has not been felt. Dress of the modern form is a very modern product. Thus it was not until early in the nineteenth century thatlong‘ trousers came into fashion. The style of clothing to which We are accustomed is now practically universal in Europe and America. In the Balkan states, however, other styles still prevail. The Greeks h;ch a very picturesque costume but it is now seldom Seen except among the peasantry and ontgala occasions. A street scene in Athens; is now very little dit- I'eront from one "in l’aris. In 18.38. when Bayard Taylor spent the winter in the former city, and afterwards gave us a very entertaining account of his experi— t‘ll(‘(‘S and impressions, he found the na- tional costume not uncommonly worn. 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To complete the illusion they usually find themselves addressed in understandable English. In Croatia and Dalamatia the same thing often happens, the returned native being a man of considerable consequence among his neighbors. The wandering tribes of Arabia, and the Persians, in fact, Mohammedans in all parts of Asia and Africa, dress much alike, styles for men being the bag’gy trousers and jacket, with turban, fez or high lambskin hat. In these countries the women are very careful not to ap- pear in public except with the face cov— ered, it being considered immodest to do so. They are not so careful about the lower limbs, however, and often appear in public with the skirts or bloomers reaching only tothe knees. The prevail- ing fashion among the Persians is u skirt somewhat resembling those worn by bal- let danicers. . The women of India dress rather sim- ply,‘ their costume consisting of a large .» cloth, often ten feet long, which is bound about the waist and lower part of the body, reaching nearly to the feet. It is also brought over the shouldet-s to cover the upper part of the body. with one end left 10059 to serve as a head covering. W'hen appearing in public the face is always covered with a veil- except. amOng the poorest classeS. Men of the lower casts in India dress much like the w0m~ en, and the laborers may often be seen at their work attired in a simple loin cloth. The high class men have adopted and adapted many English styles and customs. Almost everyone has seen the 00stume 0f the Chinese, the “chink” laundryman, with silk pajamas and jacket. being found in almoet every city and towu in America. Chinese women. who are sel- dom Seen in this ecuntry, dresg very much the same. Loose slippers are worn on the feet. The Korean wears a jacket much larger than that affected by his neighbors, reaching nearly to his feet. Japanese wear kimonas with wide sleeves. under which may be several richly-embroidered garments of silk. The dress of todayamOng all peoples is largely a matter of adornment. We are accustomed to think of women as the more extravagant in this respect, yet history teaches us that such is not true. It was not many years ago that English gentlemen carried the idea to such an ex- tent that strict la-ws regulating dress and adornment were passed by parlla~ ment. We find in the work of the great writers of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries many allusions to this extrava- gance. The poet Chaucer bitterly criti- cized the prevailing fashions and fopper- ies of his time, while a number of oth- ers alluded to the same thing in w0rds of derision. In all ages and among all peoples there has usually been some distinctlou be- tween the dress of the men and women, but only among Europeans and their American descendants does this take the form ‘of trousers and skirts. Orientals dress quite the opposite. Primitive tribes of Africa and South America dress today much as our prehistoric an— cestors must have dressed. They have probably developed a little along the line of ornamentation. Just as the male bird of the turkey family loves to spread his feathers and show his beauties to best advantage before the females. so the sav- age ornaments his person for the same reason. Personal adornment, therefore. seems to have been first thought of by the men. It is only as civilization ad- vances that women begin to ornament their persons. By reading the works of the great writ- ers of the past we are able to form pret— ty correct ideas as to how far the follies and foibles of dress huVe carried some nations. Thus in our own country, in the days of the colanies. it was thought necessary to pass strict laws against ex- cess in this direction. and from reading the newpapers of our own time we must naturally conclude that many of the present vagaries of dreSs will go dOWn into history on a par with the foibles of the reign of Edward III of England. llllHllllllllllllllllllllillIllllIlllllllHllllIllllllHIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllflmlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliilllllfllllllllllIllIllllllllilllIlllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllll Unexpected Guests. _ By ERNEST ELWOOD STANFORD. about her tidy kitchen, her br'ow slightly puckered with anxiety. It was but the fifth week of her married life. and some of his relatives—«city rela- tives—~whom she had never met, were coming that very morning for a week's stay in the cosy farmhouse under the maples. Therefore the anxious puckel‘, MARY CHANNING stepped briskly .and therefore the festive preparations in which she was engaged. The pound- cake had been baked the day before with success beyond her fondest hopes; the chickens were ready to pop into the ov- en at the proper moment; the vegetables were heeled. and everything was going finely. 0n the back of the stove was a. large brass kettle of black dye, in which a. woolen skirt was simmering. -\ neigh- bor, whose husband had suddenly died. had sent the garment over earlier in the morning, with an urgent request that Mary, wholllad much experience indress- making and altering. would dye it and return it in time for the funeral next day. Though the request could scarcely have come at a more inopportune time, Mary Charming had not only cheerfully undertaken the task, but had volunteer- ed to bake half a dozen much-needed loaves of bread, as she knew her friend would have little time to cook for such of the funeral guests as would be obliged to stay over night. John, her husband, had just driven off in the new two-Feater. and would bring Uncle James and Aunt Isabel from the distant depot just in time for the all- important first dinner—if the train Were not late. The bread, just mixed, stood in a covered riging—pan on the table, and, before putting it away to rise, Mary paused for a moment to make a rapid mental calculation of the work yet to be done. First, the Skirt must be taken out—— Suddenly she heard Shuffling steps on the piazza outside; then the door opened, and a. rough, bearded face peered in. “Mercy!” thought Mary. “Atramp! If I had only locked that door!” But with a brave face. and a flash in her black eyes. She ordered: “Go away, at Once! I haven‘t anything for you. Hurry, or I’ll call the dog!” But the tramp mereiy grinned insolent- ly, as if he knew the dog to be wholly imaginary, and Stepped inside, followed by a companion, whom Mary had not at first seen. The first intruder was a tall. bony man, with bloodshot eyes, coarse. heavy features and rugged, stubby beard. The second man was hardly more than a boy, with unkempt reddish hair, watery blue eyes, and a retreating chin. Both appeared to be total strangers to soap and water, and Mary noticed a strong odor of whiskey. After stepping inside, the older tramp locked the door, put the key in his pock— et. and then turned to Mary, his insolent grin broadening. “\Ye saw yer man drivin’ off,” he ob- served, “an‘ we thought yer might be lonesome. Bakin’ day, ell? Got any- thin' good ter eat?” Mary did not answer. but, turning quickly, made a dash for the dining- roorn door, hoping to bolt it after her and escape to a nearby neighbor’s. But her unwelcome guest was too quick for her, and. seizing her by the shoulder, he flung her reughly back against the table. “None 0' that!" he growled. ”Behave yerself and keep still, and yer won't get hurt, but if yer do‘n’t——-” He scowléd fiercely. and. drawing a revolver from his pocket, dropped it on the table. Then. taking a chair, he seated himself, pulled the bread pan to him, took off the cover and inspected the contents. With a snort of disgust he flung the cover on the floor. “Billy,” he ordered, speaking to his comrade, “you look around an' find me somethin’ that‘s cooked. I‘m hungry." Billy obediently entered the pantry. whence he brought forth a plate of cold meat and a loaf of bread; and. after further Search. a pat of butter, a pitcher of milk, two pieS. and, worse than all, the precious pound-cake. Both ate wolf- ishly, and seasoned their meal with dl'aughts from an evil-looking bottle. Mary watched them silently, her head in a whirl. IVllat might they not do, un- der the influence of that liquor? If John would only came! But it was useless to expect him for an hour and a half. ‘at least. What should she do? Plan after JAN. 17, 1316. A QUESTION. BY FLOY SCHOONMAKEB. ARMSTRONG. Old Aunt Poliy Jane was a bright, cheery , sou, Just one of the old-fashioned kind; Her neighbors and friends weze aware of her worth, _ But thought her of whimsical mind. “1 never believe only just about half or all that I hear," she would saY; “And never repeat any gossip at all, I just can't—4m funny that way.” Old ‘Aunt Polly Jane has been dead twen- ty years. But most of her friends‘linger yet; And many a one of her whimsical words \i'e find mighty hard to forget. When gossip,'growa rampant, and hear- says arise—- The same as they did in her daY— We ask if it wouldn’t be better for all If more folks were "funny that Why." plan flashed through her anxious mind. but none seemed possible of execution. She dare not make another break for liberty; if she screamed for help she would scarcely be heard. and the conse- quences would certainly be immediate and most unpleasant. If she could but get that revolver! With that in her hands, she felt that she could completely control the situation. She certainly did not wish to shoot anybody, but, from her knowl- edge of the cowardly nature of'tramps in general, she was sure that the actual use of the Weapon would be unnecessary. But both men Were between her and the pistol. which seemed as unattainable as the North Pole. Finally the older tramp tipped his chair back against the wall, placed his feet on the table among the diShes. and remark- ed: “Billy, go git that clothesline outer the back yard and tie the woman up. Then look around and see if yer can't find some money or somethin’ else wuth havln’. I’ll stay here an’ keep an eye on the road." Mary groaned inwardly. There was but little money in the house, but up- stairs on the bureau, ready to put on when she changed her dress to greet the expected gueSts, lay her cherished gold watch—«the watch that had been her mOther's. Her alarm must have shown in her face, for the speaker. who had watched her sharply to note the effect of his words. chuckled grimly. “Hurry up, Billy," he commanded. “We can't stay het'e all day.” Billy departed. staggering slightly, and leaving the door open. Then. to Mary. with an insoicnt leer, the tramp continued. “Come, dear, tell us where the stuff is, that's a good girl. We’ll find it anyway, ye know, and yer might as well speak an' save us all the trouble.” Then. as She did not an- swer: “Come. hurry up. an’ I’ll give ye a sweet kiss. If ye don’t—” he scowled fierceiy “we‘ll set ye 0n the hot stove!” Mary’s cheeks blanched. but her eye? flashed fire. “You miserable coward!“ she cried. Her tormentor chuckled, and. glancing out of the window and noting that his comrade was aiready busy with the clothesline, replied: “Gettin’ mad. are ye? “'ell, We'll see, we'll see.” Then he reached into his pocket. and. pulling out a dirty plug of tobacco. bit off a large section. In replacing the rem- nant, it slipped from his clumSy fingers and fell to the floor. \Vith an oath, be bent down to seize it, without removing his feet from the table. Mary saw a des- perate chalice. \Vith a bound. she grasp- ed the pan of dough, inverted it over his head, and, witlll every ounce of her strength, gave the unsteady chair 21 vio- lent DilSll. Tramp. bread, and chair went to the floor with resounding crash. Mill‘y Sprung quickly past the table. catching up the revolver as she went. Blinded and partly smothered by the sticky mass of dough. the fallen man rolled under the table instead of away from it. and, trying to rise, struck his head against the edge so Vioicntly that table, oilclotll, dishes. and the remaining food were overthrown. wllile he fell back heavily upon the floor, apparently stunned. Attl'ilcted by the noise, Billy came run- ning in. dragging the clothesline after him. He stopped in the doorway and stared, open-mouthed, at the amazing scene before him. “Stop right there.” cried Mary, “or I'll shoot!” Ignoring the threat he started toward her. In desperation, Mary shut her eyes and pulled the trigger. Only a dull snap followed. The revolver was empty! Scarcely had she realized this when be grasped her by the arm. With a mighty effort. she freed herself and slipped by him. Unable to check himself, the half drunken man staggered forward, stum- i l l 41"” a...._«_.x.s._..<.-r. “ .,_, ,0 . ~13” JAN. 24, 1914. t bled over the wreckage and fell 'pros- trate‘. Now was Mary’s chance to es- cape. But her blood ; was up. If she fled, they might get that watchyet, and be off before they could be captured. She grasped a dipper, flew to the stairs, filled it at the brass kettle, and menaced the fallen pair with boiling black dye. ”Look out!” she cried. “If you try to get up I’ll scald you both!” The older tramp still seemed stupefled; the younger started to rise, but at her command thought better of it, and, sit- ting up, stared at her in tipsy alarm. Clearly he was not very dangerous, but the other might recover his Wits at any moment and cause trouble. “‘Take that ciothesline and tie that man up!” ordered Mary. — The young fellow did not seem inclined to obey. “We—er—-We didn’t mean nothin',” he remonstrated teebly. “We was just foolin’.”_ ~ "I'm not fooling!” snapped Mary, with a stamp of her foot. “I mean some- thing! You do as I say, or—” she drew back her arm threateningly. “Yes——yes~yes———I'll do it," stammered the cowardly wretch in terror. *‘He ain‘t no friend of mine, nohow." And, carefully directed by his captor, he proceeded to make a sort of Chrysalis of his dough-bedaubed companion by wrapping him in a hundred feet of ciothesline,rknotted at intervais. At first the victim made no resistance, but as his wits cleared he began to struggle, and cursed both Mary and his partner round- ly when his efforts prOVed unavailfng. He desisted sullenly, when a large spat— ter of hot dye fell on his hand, accom- panied by the promise that, if he didn’t stop that vile language, he'd get the whole dipperfui in his mouth. ~“Now, Billy, if that’s your name," re- THrE MICHIGANFARMER' . , 13—93 marked. Mary, when the task was fin- iShed, “you drag him out on the piazza. out of the way, and don't you dare to try to 'run, or it’ll be the worse for you.” And, replenishing the dipper, she fol- lowed close at his heels while the com- mand was obeyed. “Now,” she continued, as they returned to the kitchen, “take that rag from the ‘ sink and wipe up that stuff—" pointing to the whiskey bottle, which had been broken in the melee—"and scrape up the dough and pick up the broken glaSs and crockery and right up the table.” And, with an eye always on the threat- ening dipper, which Mary waved in his direction like a magic wand, the thor- oughly cowed Billy meekly did as he was bid. “There!” sighed Mary, when the task was done. “I’ve a great mind to make you help me get dinner, but you're too dirty and too drunk. Go over and stand in that corner, with your arms folded behind you, and don’t let me ‘see you move, or hear a word from you!” When John and his relatives arrived, half an hour later, they Were greeted by an overwrought young woman, who promptly collapsed in her husband's arms when the danger was over. As for the unexpected guests, they spent that night, and many nights thereafter, in the coun- ty jail. Uncle James and Aunt Isabel partook of a very “picked up” cold din- ner, with no pound-cake or roast chicken, but the lack of these dainties did not prejudice them in the least against their new niece. And Aunt Isabel. who had not wholly forgotten the housewifeiy acts which she had been obliged to practice in her younger and less prosperous days, insisted on borrowing an apron and in helping in the finishing of the skirt and the stirring up Of another pan of bread for the bereaved neighbor. lllIlllllllllllllllflllllillillllllllllllllllllllHilllllllliilllllllllllllllIllllllllll‘JllllllIllllllllllllHllllUlllllllllllllllllllllllIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllilllllllHllllllllllllHIUH!Hilllllllllllllllllllllfllll “THY CREED OF LOVE." BY RALPH WOODWORT‘I. Dear God, help me to live each day, Free from all selfishness and wrong; Give me the grace to tread alway The primrose path of peace and song; And thus my prayer to Thee above, Teach me Thy creed of love. May it be said, when I depart ~This life for that mysterious shore, His was a tender loving heart. Dear Lord, I ask for nothing more. So, looking from Thy courts above, Teach me Thy creed of love. \Vhat good can I accomplish here If I defraud, if I oppress; If in my heart I have not cheer And sympathy and tenderness? And so I pray to heaven above, Bestow Thy creed of love. THE CHEERFUL CHICKADEE. BY M88. JEFF. DAVIS. Jerry had been shut indoors for a long time. He had been very ill, and now that he Was getting better his chief amuse- ment was sitting by the window, watch- ing the chlckadees hopping about in the snow. His mother let him spread bread crumbs on the window sill, and these so— ciable little, black-capped birdS, dressed in gray, would eat their “free lunch” with Jerry sitting on the other side of the glass sash. But the least move on his side would send them flying away to perch on the bare limbs of the big oak “I Wish I knew more about the chick- adees,” Jerry said to his mother one morning. “How can they live and be so cheerful when the ground is covered with snow, and there is so little food to be had?” Just then the door-bell rang—tinkle, tinkle, tinkle. Somebody was in a hurry, and mother went to answer it. “Oh, Aunt Mira! We are so glad you’ve come!" Jerry exclaimed, as a pretty young lady entered the room. "I was asking mother about the chickadees, and you can tell us all about them.” “I’m glad you are becoming intere‘ted in birds,” said Aunt Mira, who was de- voting her spare time to nature study. “I'll give you an object lesson. right now, that will teach you something concerning the chickadee’s character." She went to the window and raised the sash a little so the birds could hear, then ‘ began to imitate the,chickadee’s whistle. The birds across the lawn stopped. as if to listen. She continued to whistle to them. and they began to answer. Finally, curiosity got the better of caution, and several came fluttering toward the win- dow to find out if a strange chickadee was at their feeding place. “That was splendid, Aunt Mira!” Jerry cried. “Do teach me to call the chick- adees.” . "Indeed, I Shall be glad to do so, and there are several other bird calls I can teach to you.” ' “I was asking mother, when you came in, how the Chickadee is able to stand the winter when food is so scarce?" “He is provided with a coat of fat un- der his gray feathers," Aunt Mira an- swered; “a hardy constitution and a sun- ny disposition keep him from minding the cold so long as he can find a fat grub, or a nest of insect eggs to stay his stom— ach and supply his layer of fat. When the mercury drops lowest, his spirits seem to go up. Dangiing on the cone of some tall pine tree, standing on an out- stretched twi'g, or hanging, with his black-capped head downward, he carefully inspects the rough bark for insect ten- ants and sings his thanks between bites. The orchards, where ChickadceS, titmice, nuthatches and ringlets have dined all winter, will contain few worm-eaten ap- ples next summer.” ”I’m glad to know that,” said Jerry. "I will try to get as many as possible to stay in our orchard this winter.” “Every farmer would be not only hu- mane, but very wise. if he hung in the orchard and lawn some marrow bones with suet and meat attached,” Aunt Mira continued, “or some suet enclosed in a wire netting with bits of chopped peanuts pressed into it. The chickadees would atso be thankful for some pork rinds put here and there." “That is very interesting, and I am go- ing to ask mother about carrying out some of yOur plans for helping the winter birds," said Jerry. “I would like to know what becomes of the chickadees in the summer, Aunt Mira.” “At the approach of warm weather chickadees retire to the woods or shady swamps where insects are plentiful, give up their flocking life and live in pairs,” Aunt Mira explained. “Aunt Mira," said Jerry, “now that We have come to the country to stay, I want you to tench me to study the habits of birds. I will soon be Well, and I want to go with you on your tramps through the woods. I believe I'll soon be as interest- ed in nature study as you are.” “I shall be delighted to teach you any- thing I have found out about our friends, the birdS, but we need not wait until you are able to go with me tramping. 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More than zoo styles are pictured in our catalog—every one of them guaranteed to give a clear, radiant white li rlIt at lower cost than any other illumination you can use. A ents wanted, THE BEST LIGHT 00. 280 East 5th St., Canton, (LL Silver Herring 3c. SELECTED QUALITY. Don' t miss this bargain while the catch is good. Packed in strong. tight wooden packages. Our het- rlng are known to be the finest flavored of on?- Get our price list for other varieties. WISCONSIN FISHING CO. Department Y. Green Bay. Wis. 10- DAYS FREE Best Vacuum Cleaner on the market. Dou ble Suction, double power, Guaranteed 5-years. Sent to Fy:g£E:_p‘rless Pre AYS Best be1 all: ever offered in a. first-class Vacuu mrgleaner. Don' i send us one cent. Write for Free Trial Offer. Agents wanted. WARNER VAcuuu cLEAIIEII 00. nm. 56 IIIIIIcIE. IIIn. When writing to advertisers please mention The Michigan Farmer. 7 THE MICHIGAN, FARMER know I’Ve remarked that before to my tolerant readers. But every day I am so impressed with the greatness of it, that I just can’t help writing it over and over again. You notice, too, that this time I said “have” to work. Not juSt simply “to work.” And I say it be- cause most of the people I see making good are the ones who have had to jump right to it in order to provide for them- selves and one or two dependents. Two young doctors hung out their shingles in our block three years ago. Both had just graduated. one on bor- rowed money, the other with all bills paid by father. The one had, not only to re- pay the loan, but to help with the sup- port of his mother. On top of that he decided he could no longer live without the only girl in the world, so he mar- ried. The other doctor married, too, but instead of being obliged to help out at home he depended upon the old folks to help him out until he had established a practice. The first doctor felt that it was up to him to hustle, and he did. lie kept up his studieS, turned down social engage- ments so that he might be always on IT’S a. fine thing to hang to work. I hand, haunted the lIOspitals for the latest ldiscoveries and methods, .‘llld left no stone unturned to get to the top. The sec- ,ond doctor felt that there was no par- jticular reason for overwork, so he took things easy. He had studied so hard in college that he felt the need of a rest from books, so he took it, and got rusty. He accepted every social invitation he received, for a fellow must have some relaxation, and a doctor ought to know poople. But while he was at some din- ner or evening party the people who would call an inexperienced doctor, rang the other fellow’s bell, and the friends the social light cultivated continued to patronize their own experienced family physician. They are only three years out of school, but the one doctor has his debts all paid and is starting in to buy a home. He is busy all the time, and is coming to be noticed occasionally by the big ones. The other man is still looking for money from home, and his office chairs are as new and shiny today as when they came from the store. One doctor had to work, and it was a. fine thing for him. The other one felt sure of his present and future so far as money was concerned and it meant disaster. A. young newspaper woman, who is to- day reckoned among the highest paid 3.311.er ,.At Home land Elsewhere j: JAN. 24-, 1914. 336 The Incentive of Necessity. er was concerned. He must be free to develop. Meantime the sister was going ahead, paying the bills, and unconscimwly de— veloping. She was learning life, while she did tlIOse things the men wouldn’t do, and after a bit she began writing lit- tle sketches of life as she saw it down at the bottom. They made a. hit, and the editors were astute enough to see it. The girl was relieved from the sordid assign- ments, and given a chance to Show What she could do as a real writer. And she made good. Her salary went up and up, until it pa8sed that of the men who had ‘3 refused to do the assignments which gave her the start. She is at the top today because she had to work, and didn’t dare refuse to do anything she was or- dered to. Meantime a score of girls who haVe started in since her day are still at the bottom and envying her. But they are at the bottom because they have never felt the incentive of necessity, and so have snatched at what looked to them to be the pleasantest and easiest tasks. I used to think it would be a fine thing to be able to give my children the things I wanted and didn't get. But I have changed my mind. I think now the fin- OSt thing is to give them the necessity of having to work for what they get. Nothing else will so certainly bring out the best that is in them. DEBORAH. IIHIIHHIIIIIHIIIIHHIIIHIIIIIHHIHllllIllI||IHIIIHHIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIl|lII|IlIIIIIHHHIIIIIHIIIIHHllllllIllllllllllllllllNIlllllllI||HllllllllllilllllllllI|”HIIIHHIIHIIIHHIIIHIIHHIIHIHIIIHHIIHIllllllHHIlHIIHIIIHIIHIIHIIHIIII Some Bows By MAE Y. LL sorts of fanciful little conceits A are worn with the waists of today, whether of the plain shirtwaist variety or those prettily embellished with ruffles or frills. One of the duintiest of these accessories is in the form of a bar pin, consisting simply of a. two—inch length of narrow velvet ribbon, upon rosebuds and simulate leaves. this small which are mounted loops of green ribbon to The buds are made easily after fashion: in 01'} the desired color. This circle should measure 'an inch and 1! half in diameter. Fold this through the center and run a» gathering thread around the semi-circular portion through both thick- nesses at Once. Draw up snugly and coil the thread around the base several times, taking one 01' two stitches to aid in holding the bud in position. Puff out the top, and the bud is ready to tack into place on the Velvet. Four buds are used, and the narrow green ribbon loops are so arranged that no raw ends are visible. A safety pin in the back will serve to attach the bow to the waist. Another wisp of velvet ribbon forms the basis for the crocheted rose. This ribbon is three inches long, and one wide, with ends cut bias. It is drawn up slightly under the rose. To make the in a short She had a but she went into. the field simply because she had to provide for herself and mother. There was no question of choosing it because women in Michigan, started time ago to make her living. natural aptitude for the work, it was “fascinating” or “charming" or because it would give her a chance to go to concerts and shows for nothing. In fact, for the first two years, there might as well not have been any shows or con- certs so far as free tickets for her were concerned. She was given all sorts of disagreeable things to do. because the editor knew no man in the office would do them, and kept grinding away on poor pay, also because she was a woman and a “non—producer,” as one of our capital- ists dubs women. However, she stuck to it. because she had to work. There was a brother at home but he, being a man and a. producer, felt that he had no duty to perform so far as supporting his moth- rose, crochet a. chain (ch), of 6 and join in a. circle. Ch 2 to represent a double crochet (dc), ch 2 more, do 1 into ring, and so on around the circle, making five open spaces, and joining the last ch to that representing the first do. Make a petal in each space in this way: Single crochet (so), 1, do 2, triple crochet (to), 1, do 2, so 1. For the 2nd row of petals make a ch of 4 back of each petal pre- viously made, and place the petals in these loops, making them just as before, except that 2 to stitches are placed in the center of each petal instead of i. Chains of 4, placed back of this 2nd row form the foundation for the 3rd row of petals, made like the 2nd, but with the addition of another dc stitch on either side of the to stitches. Anyone familiar with the Brazillian or Teneriffe lace work will be able to make up various designs for use with a quar- ter of a. yard of two-inch velvet ribbon. Cut a circle of soft silk or sat—' and Buckles. MAHAFF Y. black or colored; as appears in the 3rd illustration. The wheels are made singly, either on forms for sale for the purpose or on pin cushions or cardboard circles. If a. cushion is used the inch and a half circle is outlined by 32 pins thrust down into the cushion at equal distances apart. Another pin is placed in the center, and to this the thread is tied, N0. 50 spool cotton being .1 good medium. Carly the thread f1 om the center to one side, anund the pin at that point, and back ClClOsS the circle to the pin exactly opposite. Push the central pin down to the head so it will not interfere with this work, and continue to carry the thread from pin to pin opposite until all have been surrounded by the thread, which must always crosa at the center. Now break the thread from the Spool, retaining a. long length to thread into a. needle for the weaving. Knot all the cr0ss threads together at the center, and weave under and over the threads around and around until a solid center is formed about half an inch in diameter. Now knot every four pair of threads, making eight groups. Weave out on each group for a Quarter of an inch, then drop the outer pairs, weaving a. bit farther on the central ones. Next knot each group into two parts, carrying the thrcud around the circle as one works. Ono thread from each of adjoining pairs is then knotted around in like manner near the pins, which are removed to free the wheel as soon as the thread has been securely fastened. In carrying the thread from point to point it is usually possible to run it in and out'of the weaving without marring the design. Twu wheels are joined by loose stitches, which is later covered by the ribbon run through oppo- sitc openings in the wheels. The buckle shown may be out from cardboard, or if one has a discarded metal buckle this will some as a founda— tion. Wrap the main portion with green satin ribbon, each layer slightly over- lapping the former. and fasten off neat- ly. Twist a bit of the ribbon and carry l "‘1 ,..., a- 2 _._._~ “w—«wa ,. Erhh'rflm‘. an... «ant. ”F ‘h "u” “w”; 7-....-“ . w--- .53.... awn ‘. . «V»! mas-x. . manna...“ mm. “In“... (mu-‘1’... a .m— ”Aw..." .‘ ' "nu—mu“ , “a...” JAN. 24, 1914. across .the' opening underneath, securing. the ends firmly. Three pink roses with loops ‘of green-fer the foliage form the ornamentation. The roses are made from half-inch ribbon, each petal requiring one inch. Fold in the center and c.1tch the corners down between slightly to produce a rounded effect. Gather the base, and unite five petals to form one rose. Finish the center with French knots in yellow. Other buckles are surrounded closely with rosebuds like those described for the bar pin, while still others have cro- cheted roses fafitened to a crocheted background. Buckles of this character are not’only suitable as a neck finish, but are used on girdles, and to catch up draperies on evening gowns. HOME QUERIES. Household Editorz—VVhat is the cauSe of bad breatli‘I—Sufferer. Usually indigestion or bad teeth. Strict care in diet and a careful cleaning of the teeth four times a day will greatly help this agction. Hons o'd ICditor:——“'hat is meant by salpic<:n?—Mary B _ A salpicon is a mixture of different fruits in a flavored syrup, or of diced meats in cream sauce. Household Editorz—that is meant by an gratin?~——Novice. A dish covered with buttered. and ‘browned crumbs. Mrs. M. E. 8., Pop Corn Balls—Make a. syrup of one cup of sugar and a quar- ter cup of water, boiled until it hardens when dropped in cold water. Pour while hot over the corn. and as soon as it is cool enough to handle, mold into balls with the hands. In place of the sugar and water you can use syrup and vine- gar, a tablespoon of the latter to one cup of the former. Taffy Candy.—~Two cups of granulated sugar, one—third cup of water, one table- SDOOn butter, two tablespoons of vinegar. Boil without stirring, to the hard crack degree, then add one tablespoon of vanil- la, pour on greased platters. and, when cool enough to handle pull and cut into pieces. The hands must be well buttered or floured before handling the taflTy. Caramel Icing.——Boil three cups medium brown sugar, one-half cup of cream and one tablespoon of butter four minutes after boiling begins. Then add vanilla. to flavor, beat till thick and spread on the cake at once. To rid a house of mice. first put all food in tins or in glass jars. If the mice can get nothing to eat they will usually go away of themselves. A good trap set where the mice run will expedite matters. It is said that if you sprinkle red pepper around the holes where the mice enter the house, they will leave. Thank you for the recipes. Household Editor:-—\Vill you kindly send me a list of books suitable to read to a boy of eight or older? My b'ny likes to have me read to him. and I would like to know what Ought to be read.~—Mrs. F. C. W. Children of this age always like fairy tales and folk stories. The stories of Hans Christian Ande‘.‘son and Grimm-‘6 fairy tales are especial'y good. BeSides, these, there are “Black Beauty." “Beau- tiful Joe,” “Alice in “Sonderland,” “Through the Looking Glass." “Hans Brinker,” “Grandfather's Chair." “Water Babies," “Robin:~'on Crusoe." “Swiss Family Robinson," and many others. A series publiShed under the title, “V‘Vhat Every Child Should Know," is now sell—t ing for 50 cents the volume. The books include. “Wild Animals Every Child Should Know.” birds, heroes, fairy stor- ies. legendS, folk tales, poems, etc, each being given one book. “Journeys Through Booklund” is another good series. I can; not say whether the magazine you men- tion is too old for your boy or not, as all depends upon the mental advancement; What would not be too old for one child‘- of eight might be entirely unsuited for another. Write for a sample copy of the magazine and try it. , Household Editor:—How long should mutton chops be bl‘oiletl?—~I\Iary B. About eight minutes. Household Editorz—How many cups of sugar make a pov.1ml?——Cook, Two cups of granulated sugar and two and one-half of powdered. Household Editorz~VVhy is it I always feel so tired out in the early morning? VV'hen I get up I can scarcely drag around. and it takes me until nOOn to “get up steam.” Then I haVe to work hard all afternoon and evening to make up for my morning off. Can you suggest any help?——B. B. Very nervous folks always feel better in the afternoon and evening than in the morning. I should suggest that you doc- tor your nerves, both physically.- and ,er can be made by“ taking an old-fash- THE MICHIGAN‘FARME’R mentally. Make a strenuous effort to dismiss disturbing thoughts. Sleep with your windows open winter and summer,‘ and if possible talk a walk of at least five minutes every day. Drink a, cup or hot water the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning. The morn- ing cup should be taken at ieast an hour before eating. Avoid rich foods and too much sweets, and drink freely of hot water. Hop tea is a good thing for the nerves. lVith you windows open in win- ter you will need to wear warmer cloth- ing, a cap. bathrobe and wool stockings, and put hot water bottles or hot irons in the bed. Mrs. G. B. S. has furnished the address of a firm which sells the knitted tu‘bing for men’s mittens. If Mrs. W. D. E. will send a Fem-addressed, stamped en- velope this will be furnished her. If ’the party who signed “Unfortunate” to a recent inquiry wiil send name and address, enclosing stamp, it will receive a personal reply. SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING. When castor oil must be taken by the little folks, if put into lemon or orange: ., juice and with a taste of juice taken first; 5 they will not know they have had any bad medicine—M. M. K. It‘ obliged to use hard water, drop a handful of clean oyster or clam shells into your teakettle and range reservoir to at- tract the deposit of lime—E. B. At this time of year when eggs are high and scarce, try putting in one lea- spoon of flour and one of yellow corn mcal to each pumpkin pie. This serves. as a good substitute for eggs—P). A. C. ‘ ‘ A good baby-powder, also one that is" excellent for burns. chafing. excessive'f perspiration, etc., may be cheaply made by mixing equal part; of boracic acid and corn starch. If perfume is desired add. a. little orris—root 0r sachet powder—Mrs. 1'). L. M. If you want cookies to bake a nice brown, turn a dripping pan upside down, cover bottom with the cakes, and place in oven. They will come out baked just right on top and bottom.—E. A. C. A very simple and useful griddle-greas- ioned five-pronged silver fork, and wind- ing a cloth in, out and around it and fastening it securely to the handle—N. D. T. FASHIONS BY MAY MANTON. Our large Fashion Book containing 92 )uges illustrating over 700 of the season's latest styles, and devoting several pages to embroidery designs, will be sent to any address on receipt of ten cents. H “I" 3 , Greatest opportunity ever offered to millions of buyers throughout l the country who want to econo- mize and get the full worth of every dollar. We want you to compare our prices with those you have been in the habit of paying and see the difference in the values offered on more than 125,000 dif~ . . ferent items of carefully se~ N lected merchandise — all new— all deeirable~all offered at a saving of .~— .u 15c to 50¢ on every . "u II ll ll dollar you have . . ,- II it u to spend. ' _ u u u uu ' ‘ uu u nu 1‘ uu u un -— ulllu uu H 13‘ H II II III I luau: 9" 'til’u ll ll” I l u I :,."”i“"'l"“l."’”” HIM "HI 1 union will; ( ‘qu fl' “mil u - . I .l 3 i ”I l ~2;/,,.»- ””“II'I s l ‘ "H”.fi” it.manhuntuImmllllllllllllllllllllll Milli“ "l “11: mm? Everything Your Family Needs —-m the home—.workshop, or on the farmncan be purchased from us at an immense savmg. In” clothing, apparel, dress goods, underwear, milllnery, shoes, mrs, coats, boys’ clothing and many other lines we show advanced styles at no greater cost than you would pay for interior qualities on last “eason’s fabrics. Everything we show has been carefully elected and cannot fail to appeal to careful buyers, both as to quality and price. We insist on giving every customer satisfaction. We, therefore, guarantee every purchase to come up to your fullest expectations no matter where you live or What you buy from CHARLES WILLIAM STORES. We Pay Delivery Charges on Thousands of Items In every possible case we give our customers the benefit of prepaid delivery, insuring rapid service. Write for “YOUR BARGAIN BOOK ” C-000 today and have the advantage of buying direct from New York without paying middlemen a big profit on the things you need m l0l7Stores Building, 115 17. 23rd Street N. r. I .r¢ WW“ .4 No. 7435—Combination bust confiner and corset cover, 36 to 46 bust. No. 7910—One-piece corset cover for misses and small women, 14. 16 and 18‘ years. With or without peplum. No. 7742—Fancy yoke night gown. small 34 or 36, medium 38 or 40, large 42 or 44 bust. With straight or pointed sleeve edges. _ No. 7638—Four-gored petticoat, 22 to 32 waist. With or without plaited frill. No. 7981—Petticoat with straight low- er edge, 22 to 32 waist. Designed for flounclng or bordered material. . The above patterns will ”be mailed to any address by the Fashion Department of the Michigan Farmer, on receipt of ten cents for each. The Handy Antiseptic Sometimes the housewife cuts her finger with a peeling knife, sometimes her small son bumps himself on the doorstep. For just such emergencies as these, Vé§§iific Reg. U. 5. Pat. Off. .~""’ 18 1ndispensable. A soothing, an- gig» tiseptic dressing for cuts, sores, ' bites and bruises of all kinds. Sold by drug and department stores every— where, or sent to you direct on receipt of price—15c. for a full-size bottle. Write for our new illustrated booklet describing the various forms of “Vaseline” and their various uses. \CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO. (Consolidated) New York City h '1‘ 33 State Street fill IT ON LY ONCE A WEE CLEAN IT 0NLY_0NCE AYEA « Here's the aim , cleanest and most easily rated km of hem - the Coleman ~0-the. Gives you less tron le requiresplesstcare all“ any other. No wicks to trim, no chimneys to clean, no soy oil lamps to fill. No batteries or engines to hiss with. No smo . no soot, no odor. Nothing to dog up or got out of order. THE COLEMAN AlR-O-LITE '\- is a beautifully shaped and finished . portable table ism that makes 0 .’ and burns its own gas. Furnish“ bright and cheer! yet mellow and eye-resting light at only 1-10 the cost or kerosene ll b ng. Will give .. you 800 male power (the equal or 29 oil lamps) at only 1-3c. per hour. Guaranteed for 5 Years Absolutely safe, conforms to underwriter-1’ rules, no danger even if ,v tipped over, burns dry without explodin . Write for free literature ~ also meager ad a“ fireman“ mm M . s. n wan e . once unneces- sary, Good pay offered. Write gamut addreuol THE OOLHAI LAMP COMPANY 12. SI. Franck. Vllolllh. Kill-u I01 I 8m“ 80.. Toledo. om '4 Whoa. Writiu to W please mention The Elohim: Farmer. Get Your Corn In ON TIME Thousands upon thousands of corn growers lose heavily every year from delayed planting. Just as soon as your fields are in proper planting condition you can Permits earlier and faster planting, forces quicker and surer growth—important rush work with the Hayes. ctors 1n the success of the corn cr.op Hayes Four-Wheels cover where all ordinary open They open at the top and clean themselves. Guaranteed not to clog or carry the corn over, even in Insures a stand even in low wet spots of field and allows earlier planting. Hayes Four-Wheels guarantee surer germination and quicker growth. Wheels pack the dirt from the sides to hold the moisture and leave a ridge on top so that corn sprouts quickly and comes up several days The ridge gives greater surface for sun’s heat wheels fail. wet and sticky soil. sooner. and prevents washouts in hilly fields. assists the budding sprout, protects its vitality and makes stronger and healthier stalks. ’GUARD Against Loss Uneven depth of planting means a bigger loss than many realize. It’s es- ecially bad in cold, backward seasons. Often amounts to several times the cost of a planter in a single year. Avoid a planter that covers part of the corn so deep that no mat- ter how good the seed or how rich the soil many ofthe hills never come up —or leaves other hills uncovered so that the sun and wind destroy or stunt their growth. Hayes Four- Wheels regulate depth of planting to the fraction of an inch— this planter plants every kernel exactly the samedepth.He1e’swhy: runners set back between the wheels, within 10 inches of the covering point. In gomg over ridges, dead furrows or uneven ground the shoe rises and falls with the wheels. Hayes planted corn all comes up at the same time (proof of even depth of planting), and allows earlier cultivation. 25 Years the Leader Fertilizer or Cow Pea Attachments. Stub Runners or . Discs. 1 ”ayes Wheel Corn “Planter This method NEVER Misses A Hill The Hayes Drop never fails. It is the simplest, most durable and most ef- ficient ever made. breakages and delays. Has no clutch to miss and give trouble. Never cracks or grinds the seed. F0 u r Will drop accurate- ly any size or shape kernel. No bare spots in Hayes planted fields. In- creased yields soon pay for it. No matter how fast you drive, the Hayes always plants in perfect check. Cross rows straighter than the way you drive. Easiest handled planter. Also shortest coupled, making it the lightest draft, and turns in shortest space. For these reasons you can plant from three to five more acres a day with the Hayes and get your corn in earlier. 170,000 Satisfied Users In our Free Booklet of Planter Facts, we make it clear to you why the profits of one sea- son—the time and trouble saved—the increased yield—will more than pay for a new Hayes. Think these things over and start investigating NOW Learn the overwhelming advantages in Hayes Four-\Vheel construction. Take time to find out all the facts before you make your choice. Ask any Hayes user. 1,500 dealers. Ask your dealer or .let us prove how this planter prevents corn field waste and increases corn yields. Don'tmake a mistake. Buy the planter that guarantee results. WRITE] Begin investigating today by sending for Free Booklet "AC” full of valuable planter facts. A postal GALVA, ILL ' brings it. HAYES PUMP & PLANTER COMPANY, THE TRINIDAD lAKE‘ASPHALT When you want all the buildings on . '- the farm waterproofed to stay—Cover them with this genuine asphalt roofing, applied with the Kant-leak Kleet. Genasco gives real resistance to snow, rain, sun, wind, heat, cold, and fire; and the Kant-leak Kleet waterproofs seams with- out cement. Ask your dealer for Genasco. Mineral or smooth surface. Look for the hemisphere trademark. The Barber Asphalt Paving Company, Philadelphia Largest producers in the world of asphalt and ready roofing New York Chicago San Francisco 4/, // /§: ;( \ I‘M-”filtm/ImV‘ ,\\<\ Q. \~. fix}? ~ 2% \ x , u 1”,. n \ f ,. fin“ Jsih‘ll/ \li/‘ilf/fl' j!- ,, may/Willie. Biggest Stumps Pulled For 4c Each—In 5 Minutes! E. O. Culbreatb Johnston. 8.0.. does it. Thousands of others doing it. Why not yet” Pull an acre of stumps a day. Double the land value—grow big crops on virgin 5011! Get a. HERCULES all steel, triple power stump puller . ore power than a locomotive. 60? lighter, 400% so onger than cast iron puller 0 days’freetrlal. Syearfiuaranteeto replace free, .. castings that hrea safet ratchets. Free book shows from any cause. Double hotos letters from owners. Specie price llwill interest you Write now. Address Hercules Mfg. Co. 137 3"“ 5‘- CQIItervllle, low. Fewer parts, less ‘ Farm Commerce. 96—16 THE MICHIGAN FARMER J..N,2.,.9... Elli ... Ell lllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIHHIIHIlllllllllllllllllllll|IIIIIHIIIHIIIHIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllIllllllllllllfllll' lllllllllllllllll||||l|lllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliillllfl ElIIlI|lll|l|llll|lllIl|Illl|lll|||lll|llIllI|lllI|llllIIllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllll|Ill||IlllIllI||lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|llllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllll'lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllll|IlllIllllll||llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfi Grading Corn for the Market. system in grading the products they sell. How much they have lost there is no way of estimating. But the general public is intelligent of the fact that much farm produce has been bought as belonging to one grade and sold to third pm‘t3es Us a higher grade. The federal govcrnment has come to feel the injustice that is being worked against the growers of products 10f the soil and is now planning on eliminating much of the abuse by estabiishing stan- dards for grading grains. The fir.-‘t grain to be standlrdized is corn. Some t'mc ago the government an— nounced tentative grades for this grain. Following the announcement hearings were held giving all interested in the cer- eal a chance to bc helrd on any matter of injustice that might result if the ten- tative grades were made pcxmzinrent. As a rcsult of these hearings a few minor changes have been made. These changes concerned the poorer grades, aliowing a small per cent of heat—damaged or ma- hogany kernels therein. \‘Cith these siight modifications the grades have be— come established and will be put into effect throughout the country on the first of July. Here um the giades of corn as defined by the government: No. 1.~—(\Vhitc, Yellow and Mixed) must contain not ovcr 14 per cent 01' moisture, t1 0 per cent of damaged corn exclusive of corn damaged by heating, or mahogany kci'ncls, one per cent of for— eign materials, including dirt, cob, other grain, finely broken cotn, etc. (See gen- eral rule NO. 8 below), and five per cent of cracked corn, not including finely ARMERS have lost money through a lack of broken corn. (Sce general rule No. 9 below). No. 2.—(\\'hite, Yellow and Mixcd) must not contain ovm‘ 155 per cent of moisture, four per exclusive of corn mahogany corn. cent of damaged corn injured by heating or one per cent of foreign materials, including dirt, cob, other grains. finely broken corn, ctc.. an] three per cent of cracked corn not including finely broken corn. No. 3._(\\"hite, Ye‘low and Mixed) must not contain over 17.5 per cent of moisture, six per cent of damaged corn exclusive of corn injurc1'l by heating and mahogany corn, two pcr cent of foreign materials, including dirt, cob, other grains, finely broken col‘n, etc, and four per cent of cracked corn, not including finely broken corn. No. 4.~(\Vhite, Yellow must not contain over 19.5 per cent of moisture, eight per ccnt of damaged corn of" which one and one—half may be heat damaged or mahogany corn. two percent and Mixed) of foreign materials including dirt, cob, other grains, finely ground corn, etc., and four per cent of cracked co:'n, not in- cluding finely broken corn. No. 5.v—-(\\'hite, Ycilow and Mixed) must not contain over 21.5 per cent of moisture, 10 per cent of damaged corn of which one per cent may be heat—dam- aged or mahogany corn, three per cent of foreign materials, including dirt, cob, other grains, finely broken corn, etc., and five per cent of cracked corn, not includ- ing finely broken corn. No. 6.——(\Vhite, Yellow and Mixed) must contain not over 23 per cent Of moisture, 15 per cent of damaged corn of which three per cent may be of heat— damaged or mahogany kernels, five per cent of foreign materials, inciuding dirt, cob, other grains, finely broken corn, etc, and seven per cent of crackel corn, not including fincly broken kernels. Sample grade includcs all corn that does not meet the requirements of" any of the above grades by reason of having an excessive percentage of moisture, daznagcd kernels, foreign materials, cracked com, or corn that is hot, heat— damaged, fire-burnt, infested with live weevil, or otherwise distinctly low. General Rules. 1.—-The corn in grades No. 1 to N0. 5 inclusive must be sweet. 2.—~VVhitc corn, all grades, shall be at least 98 per cent white. 3.-Yellow corn, all grades, shall be at least 95 per cent yellow. 4.—~Mixed corn, all grades, shall include com of various colors not coming within the limits for color as provided for under white or yellow corn. 5.——In addition to the various limits indicated, No. 6 corn may be musty, sour, and may also includx corn of inferior quality, such as immature and badly blistered. 6.——.»\ll corn that does not meet the re— qui oments of either of the six numeri— cal grades by reason of an excessive per— centage of moisture, damaged kernels, foreign matter or “cracked" corn: or corn that is hot, heat-damaged, fire-- burns, infested with live wccvil. or oth- erwise of distinctly low quality, shall be classed as sample grade. 7.—In No. 6111111 sample grade, reasons for so grading shall be stated on the in— spector's certificate. 8,—Finely broken corn shall include all brokcn particlcs of corn that will pass through a perforated metal sieve with round holes nine—sixty-fourths of an inch in diameter. 9.~“C1'acked" corn shall corasely broken pieces of keincls that will puss through a, perforated metal slcvc with round holes one—quarter of an inch in diameter, except that the finely broken corn as provided for under Ilule 8 shall not be considered as “cracked” corn. 10,—it is understood that the damaged include all lcorn; the fleeign material, jim'lulding picccs of cob, dirt, finely broken corn, other grains, etc., and the coarsely brok- en or “cracked" corn, as provided for under the various grades, shall be such as occur naturally in corn when bundled under good commercial conditions. 11.—Moisture percentugcs, as provided for in these grade specifications. shall conform to results obtained by the stan- dard method and tester as desm‘ibcd in (Tll‘cular 72, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. This work will do for thc corn market what the Babcock test has done for the dairy business, it will put the commer- cial end of corn interests on an abso- lutely scientific basis. \\'ith the methods the govcrnmcnt has worked out there will be no gucsswork about determining to what grade at certain consignment of corn belongs for the classification is made through accurate weights and mathematical calculations. This is more satisfactory than grading which rests entirely upon a person’s judgment un— supported by actual weights or measure— mentS. Farmers can have government agents or disinterested pz‘irties grade a sample of their corn, or they can learn to do this themselves and therefore know absolutely how it should be classified. The benefits coming from this accurate knowledge will be fur—leaching. It will protect the grower against unscrupulous dealers. They will be required to grade corn according to the government classi— fication, thus removing the temptation and the opportunity to buy for a grade lower than the quality of the corn war— rants. By stundardization grades will be uni- form all over the country and by virtue of this fuct quotations on corn at differ- ent points can bc intelligently comlhrod. If a farmer or 21 dealer has offers 01' No. 2 Mixed Corn from points in Illinois. lowa and Kansas he can make an intelligent selection after learning the difference in transportation charges from each point to his Station, because the value of No. 2 Mixed Corn will be the same in Illinois as it will be in either of the other two states. The plan will likewise work to the ad- vantage of responsible deniei's for they can know exactly what they are doing when ordering or selling corn. This re- duction of the grades to a uniform basis will make it pessible to do business on a narrower margin. which fact will bring general benefit to the whole community of producers and consumers of the cer- eal. Other benefits will undoubtedly re- sult from the arrangement. It is the purpose of the government to standardize other grains. Congress pro- vided for this in acts passed in 1906 and in 1913. In order to make the ruling on the different grades just to all parties and to all conditiOns it is necessary that careful work be done and for this reason or!» : *M 1-... mm... -_. ....~......a_ .. . .or «L.» fol“ - saw... ,v w... . ”ecu—.1.” . - ”4...... 1.; JAN. 24, 1914. the. different. grad'i‘ngs cannot be made arbitrarily, but must await the scientific consideration of the» various conditions prevailing in the markets or this country as Well as those existing in foreign ports where American grains are' shipped. While the public is anxious that the grades for the other grains be establish; ed as early as possible, it is advisable that the work proceed carefully, even if the results are somewhat delayed. Judg— ing from the? work dt.‘e with corn the government is taking every precaution to have the grades right. CAUSES OF SHRINKAGE WHEN MAR. , KETING CATTLE. Where the farmer knows the “why". for much of the shrinkage in the weight of'cattle from the time they leave the farm until they are sold on the market, he’may save money by avoiding some of the cauSes. Every farmer who sells live stock should read every word of the lead- ing article in this department of next week’s Michigan Farmer.‘ llllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliilililllllllilllillllllllllllllllWillillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Crop and Market Notes. , Michigan. ShiaWaS£ee Co., Jan. 12.—We are hav— ing a blizzard today with the weather arbund the zero mark. Wheat and rye went into the‘ winter in fine shape with a nice covering of snow. The roads have been fine for the farmers to finish draw- ing their sugar beets. There is a large acreage of sugar beets being contracted for this year. Cutting wood and logs is about all that is being done these days. Some pieces of timber have been sold for $12 a thousand on the stump. Wheat 920; oats 38c; hay $12; beans $1.65 per bu. Horses are slow but dairy cows are out 01' sight, prices being $75@100 for common stouk. Northern Isabella and Southern Clare Co.'s, Jan. 12.——The most intense cold of the season, with snow blowing and drift— ing badly. Hard work to keep cattle out of the stable long enough to get a drink. Had one week's sleighing so far this winter. Butchers and stock buyers hust- ling around the county for fat stock. and offering good prices. Quite a large amount of beans marketed last week to pay taxes on our property. Taxes are the highest ever and i presume we will hear an echo from the Calumet strike when we pay next year's taxes. Winter wheat went under cover with a good top. Hay $12 per ton; beans $1.65; wheat 87c; oats 34c; rye 57c; eggs 26c; butter 23c; cream 31c. New Jersey. Monmouth Co.—The weather here is unusually warm for this season of the year. We have had but two very light snowfalls at this writing. But very lit- tle stock is being fed for market, that be- ing mostly hogs and veal calves. l’ork is selling at 10c per lb. dressed, and veal at 10c on foot. Eggs are more plentiful than they were a. month ago, but are still scarce, retailing at 450 per dozen. Winter grain and young grass look well. The principal crops going off the farms at this time are pork, poultry and veal, poultry selling at 17@28c per lb. The wagon roads are in fair condition, but are given little attention. Farmers are hauling manure, getting firewood and making repairs and improvements around the farm, while those who are engaged in fruit growing to any extent are busy trimming and caring for their orchards. Some are giving up farming, either to retire or to engage in some other busi- ness. scarcity of help being the general excuse for making the change. New York. Niagara Co.—We have had a remark- ably mild winter so far, with very little snow. Roads have been fine and autos could run most of the time. Most farm— ers have their trees partly or all trim- mcd. They have been busy hauling ma- nure. and with much care and coaxing the hens have begun to lay. Some farm- ers are cutting wood, some overhauling machinery and tools for summer use. The weather has been so fine that few farmers have spent much time indoors trying to keep the fires hot. Eggs have gone from 400 to 35c; butter 28c; hogs 8c; calves SC. Columbia Co.~—N0w have eight inches of snow, with good sleighing, and tem- perature below zero. Shortage of hay and corn crops have made feed scarce and surplus stock has been pretty well sold off. There is but little wheat grown in this section. The usual amount of rye was sown and promises well. Con- siderable state road improvement has been made. Until the cold snap the hens laid well. Not much for sale except straw. Many of the farmers go to the Hudson river to cut ice, where good wages are paid. Ice 10 to 12 inches thick. Potatoes $1 per bu; butter 40c; eggs 42c. Pennsylvania. Eastern Cravrford Co.—We have had one of the heaviest falls of snow ever known 'in these parts, from 24 to 36 inches. and laying where it fell as there was no wind and the snow was moist. Everything at a. standstill on account of the deep snow. Roads have been very good for some time past. and while but little snow, sleighing was very good. A good many logs being taken to the chair factories at Union City. Most farmers just doing chores. Hens laying but little. had begun but the snow checked them. Cattle wintering well. eat and new seeding looking fine. Not much if any produce marketed at this time of year. Crawford Co.—Wheat in this section looks good, and new seeding looks fine. * building. THE MICHIGAN FARMER. Wheat is selling at; 900 per bu; corn 40c on ear; oats 50c; buckwheat 75c; rye $1; apples $1 and very scarce. Most peo- ple’s hens haVe not begun to my Well yet, and eggs are scarce and high in price. Few cattle are being raised for market, as this is a dairy section. Milk $1.95 per cwt. Some of the farmers are selling hay and straw. We have had a. very heavy snow storm which has made fine sleighing. There are a number of saw mills busy here this winter. Lancaster Co.-The average number of cattle per farm is about 30 head. Hens haVe begun laying; eggs now 35c. We have had but one snow storm this year, and wheat fields look bad. Roads are in bad shape. Farmers employ themselves stripping tobacco, Shredding corn, at- tending sales, and stock marketing. But- ter 35c; celery 5c bunch; cabbage, tur- nips, chickens, pork, beef. hay, straw, wheat and corn being marketed. Ohio. Carroll Co.—We have about ten inches of snow down here. There is not much work being done by farmers out of doors, with the exception of a few who have some mine props to make or coal to haul. All live stock looks good. Farm- ers will likely be short of hay and corn if this winter stays cold as it is now. Butter 26c; eggs 34c. Shelby Co.—January 4 brought a heavy snow storm. but the ground is now bare. We are having very cold weather with a little snow which I-think will cover the wheat all right, as the wheat looks fairly good at present and the meadows are looking good. There are quite a number of public sales. and some land changing hands. Live stock is selling well. There is very little marketing done at present. Hens are beginning to lay some. The farmers are busy cutting wood and haul— ing out manure for spring. “fork is ad— vancing, such as ditching and fence Few cattle are being fed and none sold yet. Prices: HOgs $7.75; cat— tle $5@7.50 horses $150€r250; cows $50@ 85; wheat 90c; oats 37c; cloverseed $7.50 8.50; eggs 300; butter 32c; chickens 11c. Hancock Co.~——'1‘here are many fall pigs on hand and in good condition. Many fat hogs are going to market at 8c. Quite a number of cattle are being fed for the spring market Hens are laying well. with eggs seliing at 30c. The ground has been covered with snow for nearly a week, but is melting rapidly. \Vheat. rye and grass look good. The wagon roads ai'e in good condition. Farmers are busy at butchering, cutting wood and attend- ingfarmers' institutes. Nearly all farm- ers are selling cream, some to cream route men, some to local cream stations. and others ship direct to creamery. Price of butter-fat at local station 3314c per lb. Much hay has been sold for $11 pel‘ ton. Wayne Co.—\\'e have been having quite pleasant weather so far with two light snowfalls, making sleighing-very fair. Very littie stock is being fed in this sec- tion. Hens are not laying very well, judging from the high price of eggs. \V’heat is doing fairly well, and new seed- ing is a very good catch and in good condition. Farmers are not marketing much grain at present. Everything is apparently dull, farmers being employed mostly in doing chores. Highland Co.*The weather has been very pleasant, with but very little snow. ()1in a small amount of stock being fed. The hens haven't begun to lay yet. The wheat looks extra good for this time of the year. The farmers are marketing their corn, hay, hogs and cattle. The wagon roads are in good condition. Harrison CO.——V\'e are having real win— ter weather now, with 14 inches of snow. The roads are in fine shape with the best of sleighing. We have had no very cold weather yet this winter, and it has been Very fine for feeding. Stock of ail kinds is doing well. \Vheat has a fine covering of snow and we expect to See it come out in fine shape, for We never saw it look better than it has so far. Eggs are very scarce. Buyers are get- ting the last of the wool in this county at 22c per 1b. Farmers are putting in their time reading and visiting, as there cannot be much work done on a farm when We have so much snow. Hogs are selling at 7%c per lb; chickens 12Qp13c; beef 11@12c by the side. There are no horses being sold as yet. Indiana. Laporte (Sm—The weather continues cloudy, with prospect of snow. The roads are good and smooth. Stock is doing well, and feed seems plentiful. Dairy cows are in demand at good prices; there is a buyer from Missouri after Hol- steins. Butter 400; butter-fat at cream- cry 36c. ’ Tipplcanoe Co. —FarmerS-’ institutes have begun; farmers from all over the state W.ll attend the Farmers’ Short Course. held Jan. 12-17. A great many steers and hogs are being fed for mar— ket. The Purdue serum plant have caught up in their serum orders. the first time in 18 months Orders are filled promptly now. Hens are not laying very heavily, not many eggs are being marketed. in fact, fresh eggs are hard to get in the city. There is no snow here and today it has been thawing consider— able. The roads have been in excellent conditiOn but since thawing begun they are not so good. Farmers here go to town rather often, cut wood. work at chores and attend institutes during the winter months. Cattle are selling at $6 @8; lambs $6@7.25; old hens 110‘. geese 80: eggs 25c; butter 26c; mixed timothy hay $15@17. . llllnols. LaSalle Co.—We are having the mild- est winter experienced in years, but peo- ple are saying March will be a holocaust of cold weather. Sunshine has been a scarce commodity. Cucumber growers in this vicinity say the winter’s crop will not be up to the usual standard or quantity. Small amount of snow fell two days ago. 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Mu es best seed bed. Soxl retains momture and produces bigger crops. Pulorsol Ila. Co., m llvu St, Konl. Ohio. Write today Io: Booklet :~._———_ [vvvvvvvu'vvvvvvv‘ - 4.: ' . ,t\ _.________S suitcases?- ' asst.“mi'mzrssdé‘lfislkmasdfirst??? sartlssrdssrrewmw' "’° ' , mm; uro. 03‘..- orqélué'm 31.. lonmmn. lll.‘ IJVV\’ ‘ l ‘\$\\\\\\lilt ,, 4.. . .. w..- . .-¢. .. 98—18 T“; IillllilIIlliliillllllilIllllllillIIIIII||IIiIIIllillllillllilllliilllil|Iiil|||llIIiIlIliilllllIlllllllllIlillllllllliifil Markets. Willlilllllliillllllll|IiiliIIIIlliIIIIIIIIIHIIIlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIll|IIIllIlIIII|lI|I|l|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIII " GRAINS AND SEEDS. IEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII January 20, 1914. Wheat.—An easy tone prevailed in the wheat market the past week. The quo- tations are a little lower, due partly to reports last Friday and Saturday of un- expectedly large shipments of the grain from Australia to the c‘onSuming coun- tries of Europe. The main reason for the slowness of the trade, hOWever, lies in the weather conditions; while the growing crop is uncovered in the south- west the temperature has been such as to do no damage. and in the hard wheat sections the miidness has permitted the continuous marketing of grain by farm- ers, thus keeping a constant supply com- ing into the elevators to supply the cur- rent demand. It is the opinion of deal- ers that a. cold spell would start the market upward, since it would not only endanger the exposed plants but would tend to cut off the deliveries to primary elevators. Liverpool is lower because of havy shipments on paSsage, but Argen- tine has nothing but bullish reports. A year ago the price for No. 2 red wheat was $1.14 per bu. Quotations are as follows: No. 2 No. 1 Red. White. May Wednesday . ....... . . .99 98% 1.04% Thursday . . . . . ........ 99 981,5 1.04% Friday ................ 98% 98 1.04%, Saturday .............. 98 971/.» 1.04 Monday ............... 98 97% 1.03% Tuesday .............. 979/ 9714 1.02% 4 Chicago, (Jan. 20).—No. 2 red wheat 961/20; May 91%c; Jniy 871/2c per bu. Corn.—Whi1e corn values have with- stood the weakness in wheat and made a fractional advance, the trade is not to be considered active and this comes largely from the prevailing weather whidh is re- ducing the amount of corn required for stock, especially for maintenance rations. A cold snap will probably help the trade. Some apprehension is held by dealers of the influence of duty-free corn frOm South America where the crop is reported good. One year ago the price for No. 3 com was 500 per bu. Quotations for the past week are: No. 2 No. 2 Mixed. Yellow. ‘Vednesday . . . . . .......... 63 65 Thursday ........ 631,5 651/2 Friday ......... 63% 651/2 Saturday ........ 63% 65% Alonday .................. 631/2 651/2 Tuesday .............. . . . 631/2 651/2 Chicago, (Jan. 20).——No. 3 corn 59@62c; May 655/3c; July 641/2c per bu. Oats.-—This cereal is following corn rather than wheat with prices a full cent above those of last week. Visible supply is a million bushels below the holdings of last week. The invasion of oats from Canada has been ignored by dealers. One year ago the price for stan- dard oats was 35c per bu. Quotations for the past week are: No. 8 Standard. White. IVednesd-ay . . . . . .. ...... 411/2 41 Thursday . .......... . ..... 42 41%; Friday ............. . ..... . 42 41% Saturday .......... 42 411,42 Monday .................. 42 41% Tuesday ................. 42 411/2 Chicago, (Jan. 20).—Standard 39(1) 391/20 per bu; May 3914c; July 390. Beans.——Aithough conditions seem to favor a general advance in bean values the market is Slow by reason of a light demand. Prices are steady. The local board of trade quotes immediate and liecember shipments at $1.85; Jan., $1.87; Feb” 1.92 per bushel. Chicago reports a small trade. l’ea beans, hand—picked, choice, are higher at $2.10; common $1.75 ((12; red kidneys, choice, steady at $2.90 per buShel. Rye.—'l‘his cereal rules steady. No. 2 is quoted at 66c per bu. Barley.—.\t Chicago barley is quoted at 30({1i77c per bu., while Milwaukee quotes the :nalting grades at from $58@760. CIoverseed.—Although a good demand prevails prices are off 10c for.common seed but steady for alsike. Prime spot is quoted at Detroit at $8.90 per bu; March $8.95. Prime alsike steady at $11.75. At Toledo prime cash is quoted at $9 and prime alsike at $10.80. _ Timothy—Prime spot is steady, being quoted at $2.55 per bu. FLOUR AND FEEDS. Flown—Jobbing lots in 34; paper sacks are selling on the Detroit market per 196 lbs as f0110ws: Best: patent, $5.30; sec- ond, $4.80; straight, $4.50; spring patent, $5.10; rye flour, $4.40 per bbl. Feed.——In 100-ib. sacks, jobbing lots: Bran, $25; coarse middlings, $27; fine middlings, $29; cracked corn, $29; coarse corn meal, $28; corn and oat chop, $25.60 per ton. . . Hay.~—All grades are steady. Prices: Carlots on the track at Detroit‘are: No. 1 timothy, $15@16; standard $146915; N0. 2, $12@14; light mixed. $14@14.50; No. 1 mixed, $12@13.50; No. 1 clover $126713. New York—Offerings are moderate and demand light. No. 1 timothy $21@22; No. 3 to standard $16@20.50; light clover mixed $18.50@20; clover $17@18 per tou for large bales. _ Chicago—All grades .‘nigher. ChOice timothy is quoted at $18.50@19 per ton; No. 1, $16.50@17.50; No. 2, $13.50@14.50. ‘ Straw.-—-All grades rule steady. Rye $7.50@8; oat straw $7@7.50; wheat straw $6.50@7 per ton. Chicago—Quotable as follows: Rye $7@ 7.50: oat $7@7.50: wheat $650607. New York—Rye straw $16@17 per ton; oat straw $10@11. .- THE.MICHIG DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS. Butter.—The market remains firm with prices unchanged. Quotations: Extra creamery 33c per lb; firsts 29c; dairy 21c; packing stock 18c. Chicago—Conditions are practically the same as those of last week. Trade is slow with the higher grades in greatest demand. Quotations are: Extra cream- ery 32%c; extra firsts 28@290; firsts 26@ 28c; seconds 22@25c; ladies 20@21c; pack- ing stock 12@20c per 1b, according to quality. Eigin.—Market firm at 32@321/2c per 1b, which is %c lower than last week. New York.——Market firm with prices léc higher than last week. Quotations: Creamery extras 33%@34c; firSts 28%@ 3295c; seconds, 241/2@28c; packing stock, 1955c per lb. Eggs.—Market steady with no change in prices. Current receipts of fresh stock is quotable at 31c per dozen. Chicago.~Market is easy at current prices. Trade rather slow and buyers rather cautious at present prices. Quo- tations: Miscellaneous lots, cases includ— ed 28@311,éc, according to quality; ordir nary firsts 29@30c; firsts 311/3@32c; re— frigerator stock is steady at 271/2@28c for April firsts. ' New York—Market continues dull with prices unchanged. Quotations: Fresh gathered extras 36@37c; extra, firsts 343/2 @350; firsts 33@34c per dozen. ' Poultry.—-Local market holds firm‘ with prices about 10 higher on springs and hens. Other stock remains unchanged. Receipts are easily disDosed of. Quota- tions: Live—Springs 141/2@15c; hens _14 @141/2c; turkeys 19@20c; geese 141/2@15c; ducks 16@17c. Chicago.-Market Shows slight improve- ment over last Week. Fowls 1/2c higher and spring chickens 1c. Other stock re- mains the same. Quotations on live are: TurkeYS. good weights 16c; other 120; foWls, choice 14c; spring chickens 131,50; geese 10@120, according to quality; ducks 146515c. Cheese.——The market continues firm with prices unchanged. Michigan flats are quoted at 15%6v16c; New York flats 17%(1318c; brick cream 16@161/2c; lim- burger 14@15c. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Apples.#Market firm with prices un- changed. Quotations: No. 1, $4.50@5; No. 2, $2.50@3.50 per bbl. At 'Chicago apples are meeting fair sale at former prices. Plenty of good stock in storage to draw from. Values for cour- try picked range from $3.50@5.50 per. bbl. N0. 1 Jo‘nathan‘s are selling for $4.506!) 5.50; Spies are $4@4.50; Baldwins are $4.25@4.50. Potatoes.—~—The local market is steady with prices about 5c lower than last week. Quotations: In bulk 6061:65c per bu; in sacks 65@700 per bu. for cariots. At Chicago prices are 2c lower, weather being unfavorable for the best trade. Plenty of potatoes to meet requirements of trade. In New York the market is dull with Maine potatoes selling at $2.35 @250 per bag, and state at 34225612..)0 per bag. In Pittsbnrg potatoes are sell- ing at 73@75c per bu. in bulk. Michigan stock is held at 63@68c. . Cabbage.——Steady with prices unchang: ed. Good quality is quoted at 352.50.602.40 per bbl. The market is easy at Chicago. Demand for old stock is fair, with priCcs a little higher for Holland. New southern stock is slow. Prices are unchanged. Quotations: Holland $1.90fi12 pcr bbl; $2602.50 for red; new $2.25 per bbl. 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 trade in domestic stock is good with prices about 15c higher. Sacks 65@ 70 lbs., Michigan grown sell at $1.35@ 1.50. GRAND RAPIDS. The egg market started in this week at‘ 28((1’30c but the price for fresh receipts is expected to weaken owing to the mild weather, Dairy butter is still quoted at 2507.26c. Farmers are getting 6560700 fpr potatoes, with no great change in the market. Apples'are in good demandet $1.25611.75 per bu. In poultry, live Weight, chickens are worth 1261712150: ducks 146v15c: geeSe 12@13c; turkeys 16 61')ch. Dressed hogs are worth lOfiDlOl/gc. Hay is selling at $16fi‘18. Local mills are quoting grain prices as follows: Wheat 94c; corn 65c; oats 39c; rye 55c; beans $1.60@1.70. PRICES ON DETROIT EASTERN MARK A fairly large amount of trading was done on the eastern market Tuesday morning. Considering the season, the number of farmers and buyers were fairly large. Prices were steady to strong. A fair amount of apples were offered at prices ranging from $1.25 to $1.75 per bu. Potatoes were steady at 800 per bu. Cabbage 75®90c, according to quality: parsnips 65(gv75c; carrots 65c; celery 156‘300 per bunch, according to quality: onions scarce at $1.50 per bu; pork $11.25 per cwt: eggs 450 per dozen. Loose hay is coming in a little more free- ly and is moving fairly satiSfactorywith the top price at $18 per ton. THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Buffalo. January 19. 1914. 'Special Report of Dunning & Stevens. New York Central Stock Yards, East Buffalo, New York). Receipts of stock here today as follows: Cattle 150 cars; hogs 100 double decks; sheep and lambs 125 double decks; calves 600 head. There were 150 cars of cattle on the market here today and with 26,000 in Chicago, and reported slow, our market was all of 15@25c per cwt. lower on all A NV F’A'R ME‘R the better grades of cattle weighing from 1150 up. At the close of the market there were about ten loads unsold and the market closed dull on all heavy cattle. The better grades of butcher stuff, weighing from 850 to 1100 lbs. sold only about 10c below last week. ' \Vith 100 cars of hogs here today, the market opened active and generally 5@ 10c higher than last week's close. Pack- ers got the great bulk of their kinds at $8.65, top for yorkers, was $8.70, with the balance of these weights selling at $8.65 and the majority of the pigs were landed at $8.65. Roughs generally $7.75 and stags mostly $6.50. Look for little improvement balance of week. The market was active today on handy ' lambs and sheep, but .dull on heavy lambs. Prices quarter lower than the close of last week. Choice handy lambs selling mostly from $8@8.10. Heavy lambs selling mOStly at $7.25. We look for slow trade on heavy lambs all the season. Most of the orders calling for lambs weighing from 75@80c. Look for shade higher prices on lambs laSt of the week, unless we. have heavy receipts. \Ve quote: Choice lambs, $8@8.10; heavy lambs, $7.25@7.40; cull to fair do, $6@7.75; yearlings, $6.50@7; bucks, $3.50 @4; handy ewes, $5.50@5.60; heavy ewes, $5.25@5.50; wethers, $6@6.25; cull sheep, $4@4.50; veais, choice to extra, $11.50@ 12; fair to g00d, 10@11; heavy calves $5.50@ ., ‘ ' Chlcago.‘ January 19, 1914. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Receipts today ...... 26,000 45,000 35,000 Same day last year..25,895 46,755 23,042 Receipts last week..56,990 170,454 119,338 Same week last year.63,827 148,756 103,771 This week opens warm and spring-like, and demand for cattle is very poor. At a late hour not much busineSs was ac- complished, and aside from the best eat- tle, which went at steady values. prices were called largely a dime lower. xButcher stock and the medium class steers were more plentiful than usual. Hogs were in lively demand and 5({010c higher, with sales at $8.20@8.55. The percentage of heavier hogs is increasing, receipts last week averaging in weight 217 lbs, com- paring with 214 lbs. a week earlier, 209 lbs. a fortnight earlier, and 223 lbs. a. year ago. The sheep and lamb market was extremely slow, prices being largely 250 lower all around. Choice lambs brought $7.75, with a. city butcher paying $7.90 for a prime lot. Cattle weakened in values last week on Thursday and sold partly 100 lower, fol- lowing an advance of 100 earlier in the week in the best class, the demand on 10- cal and shipping account having been ex- tremely good. The appearance of cold Weather imparted renewed animation to the demand for beef and made a better outlet for cattle, despite the increased re- ceipts Prime heavy beeves escaped the late weakness, selling again at $9.50. the best price for the month and 10c higher ,than during the previous week. 'Beef steers sold during the week laigely at $8609.10, with a very good showing of prime heavy steers at $9.15@9.50 and the best yearlings going at $9@9.35. Inferior light—weight steers brought $6.65@7.75, while a better class sold at $7.80@8.25, with a medium class at $8.30fgr8.65 and geod steers at $870609. Butchering cows and heifers had a good outlet at $4.806!) 8.50, a few head of. fancy yearling heif- ers bringing $875609, while cutters Went at $4.20@4.75, canners at $3.25Gg‘4.l5 and bulls at 51352561785. Trade in stockers and feeders was as large as could be ex- pected with further small advances in priceS, quotations being largely 40@500 higher than the lowest time in December. Most of the stockers went at-$5.50@ 7.85, only high-class little yearlings going anywhere near the highest figures, while most feeders carrying much weight sold for 356.606.07.90. Fair numbers of stock and feeding cows found buyers at $47561? 6.85 for inferior to prime offerings. There was a good calf trade at $4.50fii.8.50 for the heiver weights. with prime light Veal- ers selling up to $11.60. Desirable heavy stock calves were wanted at $7.50@8.25. Milch cows had a very poor demand at $556675 per head. llogs continued their upward c0urse last week and made new high records, the best grade selling at the highest fig- ures recorded since last October. The liberal receipts were uSnaliy well taken. with eastern shippers continuing to com- pete with local packers for the best lots. Hogs of heavy weight Were much sought after and brought a good premium over offerings of lighter weight, as the receipts continued to average very light in weight, notwithstanding the encouragement af- forded by the much higher prices paid than in nearly all past years. The con- sumptlon of fresh pork products is un- precedentedly large, largely because the prices are lower than for other meats, and there is also a large cash demand for cured hog meats and lard. The statisti- cal showing for provisions is bulliSh, with combined holdings in leading western packing points the firSt of January 138,- 364,000 lbs, comparing with 168,606,000 lbs. 3. year earlier. Hogs sold at $8.10 to $8.50 late in the week, the top being a dime higher than a week earlier, while pigs sold at $6.25@8.10 and stags at $8.45 @885. Prime light hogs sold a dime be- low tOp figures. Sheep and lambs are apt to be market- ed extremeiy liberally at this time. as feed is dear, and many sheepmen need but little encouragement to send in their holdings, whether quite fat or not. On Monday of last week the receipts Were exceptionally large, aggregaling 50.696 head, and prices averaged lower on that day, as well as at other times during the. week. Still the breaks in prices were us- ually not very serious. for sellers were favored with a good local and shipping demand for desirable flocks, especially for handy-weight yearlings and lambs that were not too heavy for the popular trade. JAN. 31, 1914. l The weekly receipts continue to be dis-' tributed very unevenly, with far the big- gest runs usually witnessed the opening day. Among noteworthy-sales were some Montana hay-fed lambs at $7.50 and some _Montana feeder lambs at $7@7.25, demand for feeder's exceeding supplies. At the best time of' the week prime lambs sold at $8.30, a dime lower than a week ear- lier, but the close was bad, lambs selling at $6@8.10, Michigans at the top, While feeding lambs were. higher at $6.50@7.30. Yearlings closed at $6.15@7.10, wethers at $5.25@6, ewes at $3.50@5.50 and bucks at $3@4. CROP AND MAR—R—ET NOTES. (Continued from page 97). ently in good condition. Prices for home produce as follows: Butter 29@30c; eggs 350; lard 10@110. Perry Co.——Farmers have sold most of their stock on account of shortage of feed, and are wintering as littlelas pos- sible. About all the farmers are selling now isOpoultry and eggs, and some living near timber lands have been selling mine props, railway. ties and hop poles, but‘ the roads are so bad now it is almost im- possible to haul anything, The ground has been covered with snow only once this winter, and that was soon, gone. It is now very warm, did not even freeze‘ last night, Wheat never looked better; ‘ grass is surely fine. Hogs 7c; chickens .110; eggs 30c; potatoes, northern 51.20;. wheat $1. Indiana. Jay Co.-—A considerable amount of stock is being fed. Over 48 silos were erected in the northern end of the coun— ty and many in other parts. Each silo is feeding some stock, many being im- ported from the south. Dairying is'being pushed forward as a profitable side line to general farming. Storekeepers say, “There are not many eggs coming in." Price is 30c. The first snow of any note fell Saturday night and all day Sunday from the northeast. Some sleighing, which many are enjoying. Wheat was looking line but had been uncovered and in no shape for hard freeze. Snow came in time. There isn’t much marketing. Prices do not suit farmers. All the grain that is moving is for ready c:iSh for pres- ent use. Roads are in fine shape except the real old pikes which are some chucky. Since the freeze and snow the farmers are not doing anything but regu- lar farm work necessary for stock. A great deal of tile are being hauled for spring ditching. The season for Farm- ers’ institute begins the 19th to 21st at the county seat, Portland. It is the short course from Perdue University and will have three carloads of farm products on exhibition. Each township has work- ers out selling tickets for 50c per fam— ily. Schools are authorized to dismiss and scholars not marked absent if they attend the sessions. A large sale of tickets is reported. Missouri. Warren Co.—The. wheat and rye are looking fine. We had a four-inch snow fall about two weeks ago and it stayed on the ground a good while and greatly helped these crops. The farmers in this locality are hauling wood (and, props when the roads are fit, and working in the timber when they are bad. There are a great many ties and props sold here, and they are mostly made in the winter. The roads since the snow, have been very bad, but the weather in the 1.91% few days has been warm and sunny and they have dried rapidly. They will be good in a few days. Hens and springs 12c; eggs 320; butter-fat 36c; butter 30c; corn 85c; alfalfa hay $21; hogs 71/2c. Phelps Co.—Wheat, rye and other seed— ing is looking fine, not much cold weather and snow protected Wheat while ground was frozen. Wheat 870; com 79c; hay about $16. Live stock is unusually scarce in this county. Hogs $7.50@8; cattle 3617561825; sheep $5; chickens 10@12c; turkeys 15c; ducks 12c; geese 12c; eggs 27c; hens are just now commencing to lay. Butter 20613250. Farmers are mark- keting corn and Wheat chiefly. The con- dition of roads are only fair, but they are improving the roads as they can. Farmers of this county, or the greater number of them, employ themselves in the Winter months at making ties, l'ence posts, and getting up wood. Klansas. Cowley Co.—An unusual amount of rain and snow the past month has kept stock off Wheat and rye pastures. There has been no very severe cold, and wheat has made a good growth. Little cattle feed- ing is being done. and most farmers have sold close on hogs owing to the failure of the 1913 corn and kaflir crop. Hens are not laying very well yet. Eggs 27c; milk $2 per ewt; butter 16c; cream 31c. Roads are muddy, and where there is much heavy hauling the roads are bad. Farmers have been kept buSy looking af- ter stock. / Dawson Co.—Exceptionally fine weath— er prevails. Late rains-restored the con- fidence of farmers. There has been prac— tically no snow. Corn is being shipped in from the north for feed. Eggs are an unprofitable crop at present grain prices. Condition of wagon roads could not be improved upon. Very little building has been done during the past year. In spite of reverses. many motor ears have been bought by farmers during the past year. North Dakota. Foster Co.—Our weather has been the finest we have had in a good many win- ters, with no snow, and the roads are fine. Some of our leading farmers are running the road drags every time we l‘w'w n thaw. Our corn shows and Feed contests are beginning to manifest them- selves, so that we are having a Better Farming Association formed this Week. Cattle and sheep brought the highest price obtained from anywhere last week. Nearly everything was shipped out for fear ofthe weather; mOisture conditions are fine on account of the frost being four feet deep already. ' /. i Me” "1 ".v VA “as?" w... . L, .MW. 1.... ....,,,.,,,, L more» 1...... l.»- ".1... i i i l i l.» JAN. 24, 1914. THIS IS’ THE LAST EDITION. -In the first edition the Detroit Live Stock Markets 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 Thursday’s 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 LIV: STOCK MARKET... Thursday’s Market. January 22, 1914. Cattle. Receipts, 1602. Market steady. We quote: Best steers and heifers, $8 @825; steers and heifers, 1000 to 1200, $7.50@7.75; do 800 to 1000, $6.75@7.25‘; do that are fat, 500 to 700, $5.50@6.25; choice, fat cows, $5.50@5.75; good do, $5@5.25; common cows, $4.50@5; canners, $3@4.25; choice heavy bulls, $6.50@6.75; fair to good bolognas, buils,‘ $6@6.25; Stock bulls. $5@5.75; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1000 $6.75@7.25; fair do, $6@6.50; chmce stock- er-s, 500 to 700, $6@6.50; fair stockers, 500 to 700, $5.50@6; stock heifers, $5@5.75; milkers, large, you-ng, medium age, $75@ 100; common milkers, $45@65, Spicer & R. sold Mason B. Co. 3 steers av 847 at $7.35; to Perrin 10 smokers av 695 at $6.85; to Kull 4 butchers av 880 at $6.25, 5 do av 702 at $6.15; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 steers av 923 at $7.50, 1 cow wgh 1280 at $6, 1 do wgh 1080 at $4.75, 1 bull wgh 1660 at $6 50; to Kamman B. Co. 26 butchers av 929 at $6.75: to Hammond, S. & Co. 30 do av 771 at $6.80, 3 bulls av 970 at $6.50, 2 cows av 975 at $4, 11‘ steers av 1024 at $7; to Newton B. Co. 10 do av 1183 at $7.65; to Holmes 17 stockers av 500 at $5.75; to Fry 5 butchers av 652 at $6.25, 1 cow wgh 880 at $5, 2 heifers av 675 at $4.50; to New-ton B. Co. 8 butchers av 731 at $6.50, 1 heifer wgh 780 at $6; to Mason B. Co. 10 do av 736 at $6.75, 3 bulis av 1127 at $6.25, 6 cows av 840 at 5.50. $ Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. & Co. 7 COWS av 1030 at $5.75, 1 do wgh 840 at $4, 1 bull wgh 1160 at $6.50, 5 do av 988 at $6.25, 13 .steers av 623 at $7.15, 4 cows av 927 at $4.25, 2 bulls av 1365 at 36:50. 1 do wgh 1130 at $5.50, 4 do av 952 at $4.25, 7 do av 1103 at $5.75, 4 cows av 790 at $4.35, 6 do av 1021 at $3 90, 1 bull wgh 1250 at $5.90; to RattkOWSky 3 cows av 700 at $5: to Fromm 11 do av 950 at $5.60; to Mich. B. Co. 26 steers av 880 at $7.10; to Newton B. Co. 23 do av 920 at $7.25, 6 do av 890 at $7.75, 14 do av 875 at $7, 1 cow wgh 1010 at $5, 1 do wgh 970 at $4, 13 butchers av 933 at $71.25; to Sullivan P. CO. 7 do av 860 at $7125, 4 steers av 1015 at $8, 3 cow and bulls av 850 at $6.50, 13 butchers av 982 at.$715. 7 cows av 980 at $5.60. 1 steer wgh 1330 at $7.25, 1 do wgh 1170 at $8.25, 1 cow wgh 1250 at $6.50, 1 bull wgh 1640 at $6.75, 2 cows uv 975 at $5.25; to Breann- han 4 steers av 692 at $7.25; to Thomp- son Bros. 1 cow wgh 940 at $4.50, 1 do wgh 1000 at $4; to Marx 18 steers av 926 at $7.15; to Parker, XV. & Co. 30 do av 752 at $6.75; to Rattkowsky 5 cows av 1054 at $5.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 steers av 1023 at $7.40. Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1 cow wgh 1030 at $5.50, 1 steer wgh 720 at $6.50, 2 do av 1020 at $7.75. 10 do av 1108 at $7.65; to Goese 6 cows av 1070 at $5.30; to Smith 12 steers av 1106 at $7.60; to liattkowsky 2 oxen av‘1620 at $6; to Parker, W. & Co. 3 butchers av 733 at $6.50, 2 cows av 915 at $4; to Sullivan P. CO. 9 butchers av 885 at $6.50, 2 bulls av 1475 at $6.75; to Hammond, S. & Co. 23 steers av 903 at $7.35, 2 cows av 1140 at $5.75; to Newton B. Co. 11 butchers av 845 at $6.85; to Sullivan P. Co. 5 cows av 1010 at $5.50, 1 do wgh 730 at $3.25. 2 . do av 900 at $4.50, 1 do wgh 800 at $5.50; to Hammmid, S. & C0. 6 butchers av 710 at $6.25, 2 cows av 1020 at $5.50, 10 do av 1045 at $5.50, 2 bulls av 1315 at $6.75; to Rattkowsky 2 do av 1260 at $6.35; to Murray 3 stockers av 713 at $6.50. 2 do av 685 at $6.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 13 butchers av 662-2112 $6.25, 7 do av 1150 at $8, 1 cow wgh 990 at $7.25; to Hammond, S. & Co. 6 cows av 843 at $4, 3 do av 937 at 25.25; to Newton B. Co. 11 steer: av 986 at $7.25; to Breitenbeck 16 cows av 970 at $5, 7 butchers av 790 at $6.10. Haley & M. sold Hammond, S, & Co. 12 cows av 1116 at $5, 2 bulls av 1235 at $6.50, 2 oxen uv 1385 at $5.75, 2 cows av 1000 at $5.90, 2 do av 835 at $5.90, 8 steers av 830 at $7.25, 1 do wgh 790 at $6; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 bull wgh 1220 at $6.50, 1 steer wgh 920 at $8, 1 do wgh 920 at $7.25, 2 cows av 1110 at $5.50; to Kull 7 do av 831 at $5.85, 1 bull wgh 860 at $6, 18 butchers av 729 at $6.80; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 steers av 920 at $7.40; to Thomp- son Bros. 2 cows av 1000 at $5; to Goose 2 do av 975 at $5 3 do av 1037 at $5.65; to Kamman B. CO. 5 do av 1160 at $5.80, 20 steers av 943 at $7.15: to Parker. W. & (‘0. 9 do 21V 795 at $6.75: to Rattkowsky 2 COWS av 1110 at $5.40, 3 do‘ av 1083 at $5.40; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 heifers av 725 at $6.50. Veal Calves. Receipts, 489; market steady. $116012; others $8@10.50. . Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co. 13 av 155 at $11.50, 2 av 145 at $8.50; to Thompson Bros, 2 av 150 at $11.50, 1 wgh 120 at $11-50; to Parker, W. & Co. 18 av 150 at $11.50, 1 wgh 210 at $6.50, 1 wgh 100 at $9.50, 1 wgh 130 at $11, 3 av 150 at $10.50, 10 av 138 at $11.50: to McGuire 1 wgh 140 at $10.50, 7 av 150 at $11, 1 wgh 210 at $8, 5 av 160 at $11.50, 2 av 110 at $9.50, 8 av 145 at $11.50. Roe Com. Co. sold Nagie P. Co. 1 wgh 140 at $10, 5 av 165 at $12. 1 wgh 160 at $12, 5 av 155 at $11. Spicer & R. sold Parker, W. & Co. 2 av 135 at $11. 5 av 140 at $11.50, 5 av 125 at $11, 5 av 120 at $11.50. Haley a M. sold Parker, W. a Go. 2 Best, THE. MICHIGAN FARMER av 190 at $11.50, 1 wgh 200 at $11.50, 3 av 140 at $11, 2 av 110 at $11.50; to Newton B. Co. 6 av 150 at $11.50; to Ratner 8 av 135 at $10.50, 1 wgh 190 at $9, 5 av 125 at $11. - . .Sheep and Lambs. . Receipts, 6508; market strong at Wed— nesdays prices. Best lambs, $7.75@7.85; fair to good lambs, $7.25@7.65; light to common lambs, $6.75@7.25; yeai'lings, $6.75@7; fair to good sheep. $4.75@5.50; culls and common, $3.50@4.25, Spicer & R. sold Bray 141 lambs av 75 at $7.80, 26 do av 65 at $7, 25 sheep av 105 at. $5; to Parker, \V. & Co. 13 do av 95 at $4.75, 5 lambs av 70 at $7.50; to Nage 1’. Co. 48 sheep av 95 at $5, 109 lambs av 85 at $7.75; to Strauss & A. 191 lambs av 80 at $7.85; to Costello 67 do av 55 at $6.50; to Parker. W. & Co. 27 do av 68 at $7.25, 9 do av 72 at $7, 4 sheep av 120 at $5, 25 lambs av 70 at $7.70, 37 do av 75 at $7.75, 8 do av 60 at $6.75. Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, S. & Co. 29 sheep av 85 at $4.50, 6 do av 70 at $3.50, 4 do av 100 at $4.75, 27 do av 10') at $5, 12 do av 85 at $4; to Parker, 1V. & Co. 206 lambs av 88 at $6.90; to Sullivan P. Co. 35 lambs av 65 at $7, 46 do av .68 at $7.25; to Thompson Bros. 12 do av 68 at $7.35, 51 sheep av 125 at $4.50; to Breitenbeck 47 lambs av 75 at $7.35; to Costello 38 do av 73 at $7.35; to Swift & Co. 842 do av 80 at $7.75, 14 do av 75 at $7.65, 16 sheep av 90 at $5.25, 96 lambs av 90 at $7.25; to Hayes 10 do av 54 at $7.25: to Costello 10 do av 51 at $7; to Sullivan P. Co. 35 sheep av 110 at $5 25, 42 do av 105 at $4.50, 14 do av 100 at $4, 13 lambs av 65 at $7.25. 14 do av 75 at $7.40; t,» Levy & Son 22 sheep 'av 150 at $5.50: to Sullivan P. CO. 38 do av 90 at $4.60, 43 lambs av 65 at $7.25; to Barlage 18 do av 68 at $7.25, 36 do av 75 at $7.80; to Nagle P. Co. 46 sheep av 125 at $5. » Hogs. Receipts, 5619; nothing sold up to noon: looks like pigs $8.20; others $8.25@8.30; 5c lower. Bishop. B. & H. sold Parker, W. & Co 510 av 250 at $8.40, 1500 ov 215 at $8.35, 1500 av 180 at $8.30, 400 av 160 at $8.25. Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 150 av 225 at $8.40, 160 av 190 at $8.35, 60 av 160 at $8.25. ‘ Haley & M. sold Hammond, S. & Co. 400 av 200 at $8.30. $8833icer & R. sold same 600 av 200 at Canada. as well as the United States, is not 'maintaining its former high stan- dard as a mutton and wood producing county. and instead of the influx of Canadian mutton feared by many people on this side of the international boundary line, the far western Canadian provinces are drawing on our flocks. During two months a single packing concern is re~ ported as having frozen and shipped from St. Paul and Chicago to “’innipeg about 30.000 fat sheep carcaSses, and there are no indications of. any abatement in this large outlet. western Canada is receiving 75 per cent of its mutton requirements from Mon- tana. Save $35 6550 Yes sxr, I’ ll save on $35 to $50 In the firstcostaloneon the est,moet modern. moat sanitary and closest skin-lining cream separator ever built. When you buy the New Galloway Sanitary -- on a not one small profit above natal c3530; materials and labor. Why pay 85 to 8110 for an inferior mn- chino. Buydixootunduvoone-hult. Gctmy Spoclal19140flerand “- 90 Do 3 FREE TRIAL ' h curt-rm. “'31:: :2": mowgyflgm‘t‘rry’okim to a truce real I: In il--ou comm-any com. Bolddrocta 91..., ii draumaasrssa c; :m;o:2}1 o Pyrwitbout cont lntho on .ertovtodny. . WM. GALLOWAY COMPAN '. 183 Galloway Station. Waterloo.“ . m Wanted—Honest, Energetic Men in every county to sell our bipaline of gods direct to farmers. ‘XPE IENCE N T NEC SSARY_. We fully instruct you. Farmers. laborers, mechanics. or any men willing to work can make $l.000 to $3,000 a year handlingour hig‘aellers. Exclusive territory given. We furnish you thepapital; you turn ah the team to carry the goods. Be your own boss in a. pleasant. permanent and profitable business. Write at once for full par- tlculurs giving age and occupation. THE DUOFORM 00., Dept. 2, NORTH JAVA. N. 1r. —, ' A, .— oucnollM if .1 ‘ li‘ NM S ' . g ‘. IJ‘ .. ing. Saves you work and light- ens draft nearly a. Don‘t rut fields or roads. We also furnish Electric Steel Wheels to fit ANY wagon. Wheels can’t \ dry out or rot. Send for tree book of facts and proofs. Electric Wheel Co., SAVERS! ”“7“ Quincy, in. -—A big lot of the best APPLE and PEACH ever grown. at s ecia, prices. All kinds Trees. P ants] Vines. Rosco Shrubs. etc. Catalogue all about them FREE. AllNES’ NURSEBIES. Collo mil. Cin- Oinnstl. Ohio. RELIABLE SALESM WANTED. FOR SAL 6 extra fine Toulouse Genders, from 1251- o, prolific stock at 83.50% GEORGE KOHL. oyal Oak, Mich. It is stated that‘ V On A-A'C° business for us. to California. If all farmers knew tured to supply the demand. Contract. Don’t delay. Grow Big Crops Make big money selling improved Seed Oats. Help me supply this tremendous demand. My special new Oats Book 10c. All about newest 100 to 141 bu. varieties. What soils adapted, etc. With it I will send free sample and new, big, free Pure Seed Book for 1914 It is filled with information on growing big profitable Oats. Wheat, Corn, Alfalfa, Clover and other legume crops. Packed with pictures, full of planting hints, tells about "Nitragln," the wonderful seed lnoculator. You Want It. Write today. Address Bram-Bowman Co. “ALL“ 182 Gallow Sta. Waterloo. own. DRESSED [1068 The“ ”8 Our Specialties just now. Our 25 years' . experi nce ha ta. it DRESSED VEAL how toesell thesm llgrlydl: to bet (1 ta. . 0 POULTRY reputation fosr ahdhlgst 33021111111; and quick returns is assured by ourrc d. RABBITS TODAY. ___.__ WRITE Chas. W. Rudd 8| Son, Detroit, Mich. We Want HAY & STHAW _ We get the top price on consignments, make liberal advancements and prompt remittances. Daniel McCailrey’s Sons Co. PITTSBURG, PA. Reference, Washington Trust Company, or any bank in city. ' “'holosale Commission House. Briggs, Hillard. Co., Detroit. Want your apples, potatoes, poultry and rabbits. Quick returns. FARMERS—Vic are paying good premium above the Chime Detroit Market for new- luid eggs shipped direct to us by express. rite us for information. It will pay you. American Butter & Cheese 00.. 31-33 Griswold St... Detroit. Mich. FOR SALE or EXCHANGE Hotel, livery. potato cellar. coal at wood business in con- nection. S ,cnsh or Will exchage for farm worth up to $6000, and pay difference. Address Box 7, Clarion,Mioh. Farms and Farm Lands For Sill 1 50 FARMS FOR BALE—Near Phila. and Trenton markets. good R.R. and trolley facilities. New catalog. Est. Z) yours. Horace 6. Reader. Newtown.Pa. A'A-G FERTILIZERS as they ought to know them, not enough could be manufac- Profitable Crops Fertilizers put more money in your pocket and make more That is why our factories never shut down. We supply a large portion of the seven million tons of fertilizers used in this country every year from our numerous factories, located from Maine We make special compositions to fill the requirements of the different crops grown on all kinds of soils. . a fertilizer with 34% available phosphoric acid; special grain fertilizer 2-12-3 and 204 analysis; also half potash fertilizer for growing onions, celery, corn and other crops on muck land. We furnish Write us and we will tell you more about fertilizers and how to use them, and will send you a large handsome cal- endar, also booklet on fertilizers, postage paid. [We want agents for unoccupied territory to handle our fertilizers under Consignment Write at once. The American Agricultural Chemical 00. Detroit Sales Department, Detroit, Mich. Also Cleveland and Cincinnati. Address nearest oflice. w," “E"I when we sell the best land in the north- west on crop payment Iaplan? BED RIVER VALLEY LAND 00.. nrgo. N. D. 186 a. of heirshl property. Level lenigood soil and ’ water. 17 a. o timber, urge house an cod roomy buildings for all kinds of stock. An ideal dagry or stock farm. . 56 miles from town of 3 FLR‘s, To make quick sale it. is offered at. the low rice of 65'dollurs per acre. Address, I". H. Carpenter, LD. No. 2. Otsogo, Mich. FARMS, GOOD, CHEAP, PROFITABLE. UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITIES NOW. State Board of Agriculture. Dover, Delaware. A BARGAIN—89 a. o! Beirship Property. good soil and water, Large house, 2 barns. chicken coop and wagon house. for stock. 4 miles from town. Good roads, RED. and tele hone. $90 1:. MRS. P. F. KNAPP, Sunfield. Mic lgan. MICHIGAN FARMING LANDS Near Saginaw and Bay City, in Gludwin and Midland Counties. Low prices: Easy terms: Clear title. Write for maps and particulars. STAFFELD BROTHERS, 15 Merrill Building. Saginaw, (W. 8.), Michigan. Virginia Farms and Homes. FREE CATALOGUE 0F SPLEL’DID BARGAINS. R. B. CIIAFFIN & 00., Inc . Richmond. Va. Headquarters Fill N. Y. Farms But. not for abandoned rocks and timber tracts. Producin agricultural land being sold to close estate, accounto (1 ago. 6130., is usually handled by those old established offices. Read big free illustrated bulletin and then ask about more recent listings, FARM BROKERS ASS’N.. Sec. No. 8, Oneida. N. Y. EMMY-MAKING FARMS‘Q, 52313315,,33 stock and tools often included to settle quickly More for your money in productive land near good markets here today than elsewhere on earth. Get the facts. Big Illustrated Bangain Sheet. free. E. A. BTROUI‘ FARM AGENCY, Station 101.New York City, FOR SALE Two excellent 100-acre farms in Mlddlesex County Canadafi'our miles from Glenooe, on good gravel road: soil rich ola loam. These forms are well fenced, Rood bull lugs and water. Will be reasonable; possession last of March. Also one o! the bloat filliy sci-gs. twob miles {50m Glencoe: rich cay oam, arge ouee. armsta . ' house. good well with windmill. o shed and drive ARCHIE McVICAR (Moon). R. R. No.2, Glencoe. O Who Wants a Fine Home Farm 65.211225 106 acres: 10 acres timber, balance cultivated. Woven wire fenced. 15 room house, a dandy. Two barns.base‘ ment, 18 .cow stalls, concrete floors. Hen house, gran- ary, Buildings all in fine condition, Ap los, pears plums. not year's crors. 81.975. 54’ mile to school and creamer-y. Price $6.000; part cash. balance time. Hell’s Farm Agency, Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. !_ of 182 pa es, which should be read who won d have the best garden and who are willing to pay a fair price for seeds 0 Burpee, Philadelphia, pleased to send THE LEADING AMEbRIClAlN SEED CATALOG,—a bright new book y a ssible iii... Burpee-Quality is sufficient for the front of a post card. If you will write your own address plain] on e other side we shall, be T H E M I c H I G AN. F,A;Z:_Rl'*Ms R JAN. 24. ”14. ...“... . .... """lfllh‘" All incuo, bator Thotl 4' Saves You 75c: to $1.25 Every . Hatch. 1 The Only Scientific Heating ', - System. - Depend on This: HILE you stick to the old_ fashioned idea of the lamp on the side you are going to continue to have cold corners and bad luck. The X-Ray Incubator beats from the center. It keeps every i'nchpf space perfectly heated always. it Will give you better, bigger hatches. More than this One Gallon of Oil Does for an Entire Hatch — One Filling of the Lamp Why not study into this incubator matter a little. Use your brain. Send for our book and compare our construction With the old lamp at the side kind. Has two double glass planels in top—you can see eg any time. entilate or turn eggs by simp y lifting lid. X-Ray Brooders Too Same scientific heating system —- the healthiest, cosiest home chicks ever ha . ! Direct to You and with no agent’s or deal- er’s profit. Let us tell you the facts about really scientific incubation and prove them. Don’t fail to at this knowledge. >All put into our Big ew Free Book No, 29 pro post card for it today. We pay the freight. X-Ray incubator Co. , Des Moines, is. We WINS “s.- E-Fi.i°mt-misfy-T§*a in 2 Biggest sesame ...vs... no“... H ATC Hi NC: CON TE 5 TS s"£..l:be...scsizh::ld¥l§ E I b Ever Held l [40 cildlfill } is: s 1 0 eg in t cincubatorand hatched I! ordered together. 80 (his Frei h‘ d 14 strong chicks. ink of that. on can now get ese famous Winners, lronc ad trial. 10«yea.r Guarantee. Order . Fijsbst m‘illyybbtack_ifél:]tfqatl§- PI! EC ry. pen a 01‘ IS 1 01'1“. ' _ :1 covered with GalVan- E.3t.°f zec iron. triple walls. copper ROCKIOS tank, nursery egg tester. Set up ready . Broader with - - wu'e yard. Room . well " g _— made. Order from r-- vanized iron. Send for free catalogue. Ironclad Incubator 00. Box 117. Racine, Win. (3) A high grade hatchet. direct from factor to user. Has red wood case. trip e waits, asbestos .. lined. copper hot water tank. self . - regulator. nursery, high legs, safe- amp. etc. Sa e, simple and sure. All set up ready for use. Money back guaran- mllSISSEefil-a ex erziificgm as???" lordlzo . . or c . Ill u . ONLY "0'25 Write for big free catalogue. p Mainline Incubator 60.. Box 727 Marinate. Minn. LEE’S LICE KILLER Germozone, Louse Powder. Egg Maker and other Poultry remedies have asuccesslul reputa- tion of twenty years behind them. They have brought success to thousands 0f Ipoultry raisers and will to you. Lee's big “New oultry Book”. “Reading Symptoms of Disease” and “Poultry Pointers” free from all Lee’s dealers. or write direct. The New Mandy Lee Incubator is a real automatic hatcher. Write for catalogue. GEO. H. LEE co.. um HARNEY sr. OMAHA. NEB. KITSELMAN FENGE. We make you the same price we would make the Dealer or Jobber. That is why we can save you money. Look at these very low prices. 14 CENTS A ROI) for 26-111. hog fence 231/. c. a rod for 49-in. farm fence 25% c a rod for 60-in. poultryfence $1.40 for 80 rod spool of ideal Barbed Wire. Large free Catalo showing 100 styles of Farm, Poultry and awn Fence. KITSELMAN BROS. Box 278 Muncla.lnd. 3 Gents Per lloii lip Double sl- Lowp cea compare 1’!!! BROWN FENCE & jagllll|illIllllllillllllllilllllllliilfllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllillliillllilllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIll[NHIlllllllll|llllllIllillllllllllllllllllllll!lllll[Illilllllllilllllillllllil‘illllllllllllllllllllIllll|llllllllllllllllllllllflg P. oultry and Bees. :-I|IlillllillilllIllllllllllllllilillllllHlllllllllllllllillllIllllilllllllllIll|llHllllllllllllllliillllllllilllIlllIlllllllllillllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllIllillIIllll")!|llllllllllllllllilllllillllillllllIlillIHlillliilIlllHlillllllilllllllllllE RAISING CHICKS. Many people would make a success of the poultry business if it were not neces- sary to raise chicks. On this part of the business they stumble, probably because it is the most particular part of the bus- ineSS. As with all living things the early life of the chick is one of helpleSSness and susceptibility to influences which are detrimental to the chick. such as disease conditions. It needs considerable protec— tion and care and under the unnatural conditions the chick is raised, new influ- ences are brought to gear which even the instinct of Mother I-Ien can not pro- tect her young from. Therefore her in- stinct has to be supplemented by the knowledge and judgment of the poultry man. When the chicks are raised by a. brooder the instinct of the hen is entirely missing and knowledge has to be the en- tire guide in raising the little ones. This is generally preferable, as often instinct works contrary to knowledge, and delays progress. Instinct is a natural attribute and is useful under natural conditions. but when used in unnatural conditions it ibecomes less useful and often works to ‘disadvantage. In raising large amounts of little chicks 'anything but a brooder is out of the ques- tion, as raising with lions would involve many times the work and would not give us good results. Under the hen system the chicks are not protected as well from their enemies; neither can the lien pro- :tcct them as well from the wet and dump- ness. There is also great danger of the chicks becoming lousy from the old hen and at that time the Chick has all it can ldo to take care of itself without having ’Darasites living on it. Essentials in Raising Chicks. Regardless of whether the chicks are raised via lien or bz'ooder thcre are many things which must be givcn considera~ tion to raise them successfully. First. they must have dry quarters. This is very essential as any dampness will be the cause of disease. If Mothcr Hen is raising the chicks she should be provided with a dry coop and one which will stand the winds. Although the hen will protect the Chicks the coop should also be free from'drafts for hcr comfort. Most any kind of a coop which provides these pro- tections and also some from natural en— emies, will do if it will give the hen enough room for comfort. But such crops as an empty barrel lying on its side, while all right under ordinary circum— stances, may prove a drowning place for the chicks during a hard rainstorm on account of the puddle of water which will form in the bulge of the barrel. \thre the coops have an earth floor the hens will likely- scoop out a hollow place which also have like effect. By all means have the coops so that they will amply protect their occupants from rain. wind and cue— mies and still allow for plenty of venti- lation so that it will not be iiccc.'~‘s;iry for you to hastily dross during the night to take care of the chicks. The liens should also have ample omloi'tunity to dust her— self. and if it is convenient to have her running about with the chicks, so much the hotter for the chicks. Vthn the chicks are wooden hon. ventilation. moisture are. the most important things to be given considi-mtion. Care should also be take to sec. that the air is not too raised by the exercise, and {dry {is that will have .‘l wczlkcning cffoct on the chick. If the broodcr is properly ventilated the mutter of proper humidity of the air will be usm‘il‘y tukcn cure of. Exercise is considcrcd by many success— ful poultrymcn to be as important us food. If the chicks do not get the proper amount there is sure to be trouble. Therefore. everything should he done to make them exercise. They will enjoy it as it is natural for every young bird or animal to be active. Feed for Chick‘s. There is a difference of opinion between poultrymen as to what should be the first food of the chick and when it should be given. Some think that it is best to wait until the chicks are about two days old before they are fed; others say feed them as soon as they can get around and pick their food. Bread crumbs and hard boiled eggs or milk are thought the best by some, and others think the regular commercial chick feed the best. The writer has had the best success with the latter feed and feeding them when they can get around to get it. It is also the easiest method. We are sure that the finely cracked grains in the commercial feed are clean and sweet and are also prepared to meet the needs of the chick. By the other method there is a possibil- ity of the bread being sour and the boiled egg or the milk receive contamination from various sources. It seems also that the former method is the most natural and in a case like this it seems better to follow nature as closely as possible. The commercial chick foods make chick feed— ing simple and lessen the. danger of con— tamination through the food. Many who do not use prepared poultry feeds at any other time use them for their chicks. For a home-made chick food oat meal would be easier than bread, and eggs or milk and would be more like the commercial article. Regardless of what else is fed, the chicks’ bran should be kept before them at all times”. It is a developer of bone, which is essential for the best de- velopment of the, chicks and it also tends to keep the bowels in order. The reason why many hesitate about feeding their chicks when they are just able to get around, is because they think that it interfcres with the absorption of the yolk. This is not so; if there is any trouble in yolk absorption it is moSt al- ways due to improper incubation. gener- ally the luck of sufficient moisture dur- ing that process. The chicks need some source of protein and milk is probably the most handy on the form. Good sweet milk will be ap- preciated by the chick->2 It should, how- ever, be fed to them so that they will not get it on thcmsclves as it will sour and becomes source of trouble. An inverted can in a dish, or something of that sort, would be the best way of serving it. The water dish should also be fixed so they will not get themselves wet or get the water dirty. Cure should be taken to prevent the water or the milk from slop- ping over into the litter as wet litter is a likely source of disease. Brooders. The kind of bl'OOdel‘ to be used is a thing which each one has to decide for himself. However, the regular outdoor bi-ooder is not of much value outdoors until about the first of April. Such brood- ci's can be used indoors until the weather moderates and then set outdoors. For curly hatching there is likely to be too much change in temperature for the best development of the chicks and the chicks have to be housed up too much in order to conserve the heat. Indoor brooding where the chicks can get plenty of air and space for exercise will give the best results for early hatched chickS. Some make a practice even with later hatched chicks to keep them indoors until they ill‘e about four weeks old and then let them out. .\ few years ago the firelcss brooders created considerable intci'cst among poul- ti'ymen and :1 great many have used them with succesS. One man installed liicnl in his brooder houSe and had bet- ter results with them than with the heat. But it generally takes considerable time to get the chicks used to the fireless wonder and in many ways it is more bothersome thun the heated kind. In the mutter of ventilation they can not be regulated us well as the regular bi'oodcr us the conservation of the animal heat is 'most essential in the Iii'clcss brooder and the licnt can not be greatly conserved where there is plenty of ventilation. So with proper regulation the regular heated bl‘oodel‘ will generally give the best results. Bowel Trouble. l'lowcl trouble is one of the most ser- ious things that the poultz'yman has to contend with. it is usually caused from some unsanitary condition of some kind. Cleanliness is the most satisfactory pre- ventative for it. Have the food and the brooder clean. beware of dampness, give the chicks plenty of exercise and fresh air but give the ventilation without draft. If a few precautions are used with refer- ence to these simple things, and the chicks given plenty to eat of the right kin-d of food, chick raising will be a. suc- cess and a pleasure. Make plans for next Season’s honey crop now. Get price lists from bee sup- ply houses and order supplie while you ”have time. ,. . P r :o- y s: «:34. i?" r. so: fits with Cyphers Cyphers Means Success. , . .r: . v1" - ~:\ - - .-- . Make this your most profitable'yeai' Conditions never were more favorable for i’gh poultry‘aiid egg prices. e s ortage of' eg ,«pork and mutton causes this out demand for poultry and-eggs; Pre- pare yourse f thh the right eggipment to reap your to . . . share of the large poultry p "incubators CYPHER .... 3...... have proved their successful operation in countless cases. More Cyphers incubators and Brooders are used in Government Experiment Stations and State Colleges than all other makes combined. Self-regu- lating. self-ventilating. fire-proof. Big Poultry Guide Free Write for our 244 page book of valuable Koultry in- formation. Contains descriptions of Cyp ers lncu- bators and Breeders. Also facts about Cyphers Compan 's Free ‘, Bulletin and Person -Letter Service. which sup lies every- ; 3:? practical help in poultry sing. Send postal now. -‘ Cypher: incubator Co. I Buffalo 5 Big Money in Poultry ' Get the Facts! gig are making money the Belle City we . They £911 you how in my new Book of ‘ etching .~—_.. :v< acts.” Freeto you. lllus- .-f _fi/ . trates in Actual colors my “guano... l ‘. . . B-‘l'lmooWorld'oCham- l [WWW _,_, ., plan Boll. City : g...“ = _ a: '* You et an exact du licate 5 v' of the prize wmnin World’s ham- ionmachines. B edliamyMoney- ack Guaranty. Jim ban. Pres. Boll. City Incubator 00.. Box 14. "- MONEY MAKING POULTRY Our specialty. Leading varieties pure bred chickens. turkeys, ducks and eese. Prize winners. Best stock and eggs. owest rices oldest farm. 29th year. Fine catalog REE. H. M. JONES GO..Bax I 38. Dan Molnana. P Fl L PS 65 Varieties AND and Water (Fowls. Farm- ralsed stock. with e s in season. Send 2c for my valuable ustrated do- scriptive Poultry Book for 1914. Write Henry Pflie. Box 676. Freeport. [11. Pa‘ . , Months” llama Tit! Racine. Wis. POULTRY. M B. Turkeys—Large with fine plumage. Toms 86. Hem o 34. indiuii Runner ducks. A few choice Silver and Partridge Wysndotte cockerols. Collar Bros..Coopersville. Mich. TU Y . , ' . gill“ HOLLAND “$133.8 1.133%? bligli’éi‘i. . B. & E. H. McDONAGH, Burt. Michigan. 5 Leading Breeds—Pure bred Chickens. Ducks, Geese Fine largo catalog 2c. W. A. WEBEit. Box 923. Monk-to. Minn CHICKS—We ship thousands each season. Booking Free booklet. Freeport Hatchery. Box 12. Freeport. Mich. sun mmoum Mill‘szf’oil" issuer‘s-“lie wants. GEO. W. WAGNER. nn Arbor, Mich. mm lillllll toenails-$0.0?peninsula? A. A. WO0D.& SON. Saline. Michigan. EMBED Milli GOOKEHELS‘far‘Zifh‘i-in? like? Winners for 10 years. J. A. Barnum. Union City. Mich. W. O. OOFFMAN. R.‘No. 6. Benton Harbor. Mich. PLYMOUTH Rock cockerels 5 lb. to ll 1b.. according to age. Price $2 to . Mammoth Bronze Tom Turk- eye 8 1b. to 35 1b.. according to age. Price 88:20 525. Eggs in season. A. E. OBAMTON. Vassar. Mich. PMZE WINNING Barred Rocks. R. I. Reds. High Runner and P hi qdmllxty‘sgow prices. i500] Ingian e n no 8. per no. 0 rou ar ree. EMWOOD FARM. R. R. No. 13. Grand Rapids. Mich. LILLIE FARHSTEAD POULTRY B. P. Rooks. R. I. Reds. and S. 0. W. on. for Iele. 15 for Si: N for $150: 50 foflhérn COLON O. LILLIE. Cooper-ville. Mich. Hose & Single Comb llhode island BedOCQCke'els _ limos st k. 82 up. Eggs in season. Mrs. F. J. Napier. Novi. Migh. sILVEB. GOLDEN and WHITE WYANDOTTES. White Stock Especially good. send for circular. Browning's Wysndotte Farm, it. 30. Portland. Mich. WHITE WYANDOTTES~A few choice cookerels strain. L. M. OLDS. thsllihnnltlif’ whll'izlifiézbii?g ' ~(Fishel Strain) O k l 3 While "yandOlles Orders booked i‘oroecggg.r (316 pserulg: 36 per hundred. Mrs. G. A. Wigent, Watervliet, Mich. WHITE lEGHUBNS nil-ain-cmcxs-Wyckofl . St ' . Maple City Poultry Plant. Box 0.. Charlotte. Midis: —B d f ’ s. _L. Williams ..rg.Wrasse.laziness: Satisfaction guaranteed. F. E. Cowdroy. Ithaca.Mioh. PINE CREST W_HITF_J (‘RPINGTONS—Fifty early pullets frosziize Winning stock. excellent layers. Three and five ollars. MRS WILLIS ROUGH. PINE CREST FARM. Royal Oak. Michigan. DOGS AND FERRETS. Fox and Wolf Hounds oi the [mi English slmn in Amman 40 years experience in breeding these fine hounds for my own sport. Save your pigs sheep and poultry. Send stamp for catalog. '1‘. B. HUDSPETH, Sibley. Jackson County. Mo. HilllllllS Filll llllllllllli “$335515?“ FERRET: Send 20 stamp. W. E. LECKY. Holmesville. Ohio. Mention the Michigan Farmer when writing to advortioraa. Turkeys. Fowls, Eggs. Incubators. Best at lowest prices. orders now for spring delivery. Prices always right. ~ Barred ilock ilockerels, Hens and Pullels. ...“... Juana». . - i. '3. i i { .3. hsv‘ .4, .l Ag - «. ”QM. hears: ”a-.. Jig-4. riunhmJ‘JTtW .. .r 3.1: i 3‘ i. JAN. 24, 1914: -_ fllIIIllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllIlllllllIllll|IIlllllilllllllllllllllllllllIlll|lllllllIIlllllllllllllllllllllllg Veterinary. flllllllllllIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|lllllllllll|IlllllIlllIlllllllllllllfllllllllllllllllfi CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR, V. S. Advice through this department is free to our subscribers. Each communication should state history and symptoms of the case in full; also name and address of writer. Initials only will be published. Many queries are answered that apply to the same ailments. If this column is watched carefully you will probably find the desired information in a reply that has been made to someone else. When reply by mail is requested, it becomes private practice, and a'fee of $1.00 must accompany the letter. Impaction.——I have an old Jersey cow that 'was taken sick several weeks ago and we have treated her ever since, but she is thin, Weak and has no appetite. She seemed to be first affected with bloat; we gaVe her salts and soda vvlhich relieved 'her, but she continued in :pain for several days Since then she suffers no pain, has a painless swelling on bris- ket and I might .say she is faltrow. -O. Bursal Swelling.—~\Ve have been sub- scribers to your paper and have received much benefit from it. I have a colt four months old that has a bunch on insrde of hock joint about the size of an egg; it is soft and when she is not standing with weight on leg, can hardly notice it, but when weight is placed on leg, it shows plainly. She became fastened un- der a partition, struggled violently, and no doubt injured hexsei. C. C”. Lake Odessa, Mich—Apply equal parts tincture iodine, Spirits of camphor to bunch two or three times a week. . Bog Spiivin—’I‘lioroughpln.—-I have a spring cult that has a bunch on each side of hock joint and one in front;. these bunches appear to cause some stiffness in joint, but no lameness. M. 8., Rose- bush, Mich.—~Apply one part red iodide mercury, one part powdered cantharides and ten parts lard to bunches every week or ten days. Remember, bunches of this kind are not easily reduced and it can only be done by persistent treat- ment. Sprained Hip—Wart on Leg—I have a two—year-old colt that lifts and swmgs his hind leg outward once in a while when walking, but does not do it when trotting, and this same colt had a wart on leg which is in the way of trace of harness. W Lansing, Mich.—Apply equal parts spirits of camphor and alco- hol to hip and stifle thce a day; also cut off wart and apply equal parts pow- dered alum and boracic acid twrce a day. If the wound is inclined to bleed after the wart is removed, apply Monsells solution of iron. Mange—Ringworm.—Several of. our cattle are troubled with a skin disease affecting them first around the eyes, then later neck and shoulders. There are also several round patches or sores and I am inclined to beneve the ailment contagi- ous. llaVe examined for lice and found none. A. 0., Arcadia, Micli.g—-l{aint the sore parts witll tincture of iodine once a day for four days, then apply one part sulphur and two parts lard every day or two. Give each one of your cattle 1/; oz. of Fowler’s solution at a doe in feed two or three times a day. . Pigs Choke—We have pigs seven and one-half weeks old that were weaned ten days ago, have been eating out or trough for the past three weeks and fed scalded wheat meal and warm Skim-mi.k. Now, when they come to feed and swallow some, they back up, fall as if shot, but after struggling a very Short time they get over it. These spells usually come on when eating, biit don't always. A. 5., Byron Center, Mich.—I am inclined to believe that yOur pigs choke and some of them may be troubled With stomach worms. Feed no cold food, and their milk and middlings should be placed in shallow feed trough to prevent them choking. If you believe they have worms, giVe 10 or 20 drops of turpentineinloz. of olive oil occasionally. Vaginitis.—«Shortly after my cow was bred she had discharge from vagina, was treated by our local Vet, diSCliarge soon diminished, then she was bred again, was soon as bad as ever. Now, 1 world like to know what to do. The prescrip- tions you have given us through your paper have usually produced good results and I would like to haVe you prescribe for this cow. E. B. T., Belleville. Mich. ——Dissolve 1 dr. permanganate potash in a gallon of tepid water and inject not less than one quart into vagina daily. Also dissolve 1/. lb. hypo-sulphite soda in a gallon of water and inject her with this lotion once a day. Also give her 1 Oz. hypo—sulphite of soda dissolved in aquart of water as a drench three times a day. I would advise you not to breed her again for six or nine weeks. Stomach 'Worms.—-I have a flock .of sheep that I am sure are troubled With stomach worms and I would like to know if there is any cure for this disease or any way to prevent it spreading. I am feeding bean fodder, oat straw and clover hay. M., Lapeer, Mich—Give each sheep a teaspoonful of gasoline in 2 or 3 ozs. of milk, or give ten drops of carbolic acid in 2 ozs. of milk every three days until they have had four doses and in drenching them, avoid hoiding head too high, for if so a portiOn of drench may 80 down .WiDdDipe and produce mechan- ical pneumonia. You should salt y0ur sheep well and medicate only those that show ill health. The worms inhabit old sheep, but do not seem to do them as much harm as lambs and when these parasites pass out of the bowels, doubt- less infect mead0ws, especially during the spring, summer and autumn season; therefore. sheep should be kept off, in- fected meadows for a season. 4 THE MICHIGAN FARM-ER Your Name ' Please? 50 Johnson Can Send' You the Old Trusty Book Johnson wants you to et from it the same ideas that helped alt‘ a million other peo a make big profits with chickens. It will show on how easy it is to et started an how sim lo the work With the Old Trusty atcher. There is no mystery about_chicken raising once on get acquainted With the Johnsons, and at's easy—just your name and on a postal Will do. OLD TRUSTY Makes biggest average batches in coldest or warmest weather—over 80 per cent guaranteed-in every state. everywhere. . Now used by three or four times as many people as those who use an other. The reason ic—t 6 Old Trusty is simple and easy to operate and always sure of success. No highfalutin’ instruc- tions n . It's the highest do butcher madam-gut Johnson's direct fac- tory price is low be- cause he operates the largest incubator fac- tory in the world. Every buycr' saves aboutgs5 because of this big factory. Write your name today —- get the book so you can give your income a . .big boost Wlt chickens. Johnson ays freight and e ips immediately. JOHNSON, Incubator Mn. , . CLAY CENTER, NEBR. Dr. David Roberts Answers Are Some Your (Bowls “‘3' Slinking Their lives- Calves ? “01's- AY RSHlREs—One of the foremost dairy breeds, Bull calves for sale. Write for do. description. Michigan School of the Deaf.Flint, Micl’h A FEW CIMCE fi?‘°§ifi."§’““§ ”8983212? GREGORY & BORDEN. Howell. Michigan. ourkusrrs-la “intrinsic. “rs: J. K. BLATOHFORD. Auditoriun Tower. Chicagolll. A VERY CHOICE HOLSTEIN BULL CAL}? for sale. from a 30 lb bull and a 21 lb. dam that is from a sister of a3240lb. cow and has produced an 1885 three- year-old heifer. Hillel-est Farm. Kalamazoo Mich. IlllIS'l'lilN BULLS A'I‘ FARMERS PRICES Six-ed by one of the best bulls of America. LONG BEACH FARM. Augusta, Kalamazoo Co..Mich. OLS‘I‘EIN FRIEBIAN CATTLE BREEDERS of hi )1 record cows. Young bulls at farmers prices. J NES & SUTZ. Oak Grove. Michigan. MAPLE Lane Riggister of Merit. Herd—Tuberculiu tested by the . 8. Bureau of Anzmul Industry. Bull calves from cows of R. of M. test. No Females less than 8100. Average of R. of M herd. 526 lbs of 85% butter in one year. IltVIN FOX. Allegzin. Mich. EGIS’I‘ERED Holstein bull. 3 months old. His dam made 17.32 lbs. of butter in 'i days. 70.95 lbs. in 30 days. A. R. 0.. when less than 24 months old. Her sire has 11 A. R. 0. daughters. and he is a son of Pietertjc Hengerveld's Count. De Kol, who has 98 A. R. 0. daughters, 4 with records above 301bs. Sire of the calf is a. son of a 33-lb. cow. and she has a 29-lb. full sister. :95 brings him to your express oflioe. safe arrival gfiarunteed. Write for pedigree. OBART W. FAY. lason. Michigan. Reg. Holstein Bull 1 year old dam and sire's dam aver- age 2169 lb. butter 7 days.A. H1). Write for pedigree and price. CHAS. S. RILEY. Metamora. Milk. 1%. 1. For Sale 2 your old Holstein Friesian Bull. Very fine large and gentle. High milk and butter records in ancestral families. Address. F.E.Vflnfltlfl. Bl.llaslett.llcll. BULL c‘LVEs—Sired by Albina Bonte Butter Boy No. 93221 whose dam as 3 Jr. 4 Yr. old has 7 day A.R.O. record Milk 601.8 lbs. Butter 27.03 lbs. W. B. READER. Howell. Michigan. “Top-Notch” Holstelns. Choice bull calves from 1 to 3 mo. old. of fashion- able breeding and from dams with ofllcial milk and butter records for sale at reasonable prices. McPHEISON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mlchlann. Purebred Registered HOLSTEIN CATT L E The Greatest Dairy Breed Sand for FREE Illustrated Booklets Holstein-Frieda. Auc..Box I64. BratdoboroNt. Bigeluw’s Holstein Farms Breedsvillc. Mich. Have for sale several fine young bulls out of cows with high official butter and milk records. Send for circular. 3 FINE YEABLING BULLS! 1 Son of Sir Jolie Johanna. out. of an 18th 3- year-old daughter of sir May Hui-tog Posch. 2 Sons of Johanna DeColantha 5th and out of A. R. O. dams. 5 Bull Calves. by Johanna Concordia Champ- ion. No. 60575._ A copy of the 24th volume of the Holstein Friesian year book with each of these bulls. Prices 11 ht to quick buyers. L. E. CONN LL, Fayette, Ohio What causes it 2 A germ in the mother’s blood causes abortion. Does it spread from one cow to another? Yes, usually through the herd bull. ls that the orl way? No, infected stables cause i . you it be stopped ‘2 Yes, by hypodermic injection, washin the genital organs and dismfecting t e stables. Will any ONE medicine prevent abortion? No, because the germ must be met at every turn and no one medicine can do 1t.‘) Dr. David Roberts’ Anti-Abor- tion medicine overcomes the germs in the mother’s blood ; Antiseplo overcomes the germs in the genital organs ; Disinlcclall overcomes the germs in the stables. In this manner the germ is met at ever turn and it is abso utel impossible or abortion to eXistin a erd where this simple treat- ment—applied by yourself—is used. Is the loss serious? Yes, both in milk and calves. U. S. Government puts ‘loss at $12.00 to $25.00 per cow per year. What will it cost to treat my herd? The price of agood calf. Write Dr. Roberts, elling him how many cows, heifers and bulls you have in the herd. He Will answer you promptly. Address DR. DAVID ROBERTS, Pres. Dr. David Roberts Velexlnnr C . 9647 Wisconsin Ave” Waukeshz, “91.. AT PRIVATE SALE 1 pair high class brown more mules, out of Belgian dams. sound. weight $2.500 lbs.. age 5yeurs; 1 pair high class Clyde mares. 4 years old. sound. well matched: 3 high grade yearling Holstein heifers; 8 high grade Berkshire brood sows. Prices right-quality considered. Address STAIKWEATIIER STOCK FARM. Northvllle. Mich. BUTTER BRED ”mafia“ CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM. Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan. loduct- J Ens EYs—g‘g}. 0:11:89 021?: :3?! eifera. Brookwater Form. B. l". D. No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich. Th e J e r s e y 8 Pay Dividends on $500 Per Acre Land On the northwest coast of California there is a rainfall of from 50 to 100 inches per year. Them land is worth $500 per acre. but grade Jersey herds are paying interest and divi- dends on that land. averaging 400 lbs. butter fat per year. Moral.- Grade up your herd by] getting a pure-bred Jersey sire from a producing dam. Get facts about J erueya from THE AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB 324 W. 23d St.. New York. N. Y. Llllio Farmstead Jerso s (Tuberculin touted. Guaranteed free from liber- oulocil.) Several good bulls and bull calves out of good dairy cows for sale. No Jennies for sale at present. Satisfaction 9%“de COLON LILL . c. Coopeu‘ ville. Mich. 0I|fll 00E0 SHUBTHOHNS’Si-f 3:5:.§’:“::‘..§§2¥“:. Shot-thorns. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan. YOU“ SHOHTHORN BULL8‘§i&°l§‘h£“2i%ii°°d WARNER. BROS“ Almont. Michigan. bull calves from good milkin cowl. Shorlllol'll Also 1 Reg. Percheron yrl'ng Sfiallion. an extra good one. M. A. BRAY. ()knmos. Mich. —Bulls from 8 to 12 months 9 Shorthorns old. Best of breeding. Write for pedigrees. W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Mich. SHEEP. Bog. Rambouillel Sheep, Puro Bred Poland China H068 and PERCHERON HORSES. 2% miles E. Morrioe. on G.T. KB. and M.U.R. J. O. A. COOK. T PAVS TO BUY PURE BIED SHEEP OF PARSONS. "the sheep man of the out." Shropshires, Rumbouillet. Pollod Deluinos and Parsons Oxfords. R. 1 Grand Ledecdliich, INGLESIDE rnkm-i’gaeps'siiii‘! owes bred to choice rams for £15.00 per head. HERBERT E. POWELL. Ionla. Michigan. 21—101 —-Bred gilts all sold. OI 'I c. szNE have a No. of Spring pigs on hand. Will book orders for Sept. pigs. got my Krice oh pairs and trlos not akin. . J. GORDON R. No. 2. Don. Mich. —Boars all sold. but have a few lmPWVBd eheSI'IS choice young sows bred for Apr. fax-row. No full pigs. W. O. Wilson. Okemos. Mich. WRITE US Your Want: For Reg. Chester White Swine. Holstein Bulls, Scotch Collie pups. Sept. pigs now randy for shipment. RAY B. PARIIAM. Bronson, Michigan. 0 ' c! ~Gilts bred for Mar. and Apr. furrow. Aug. - u S i a. All of right my e. Ipaé ex recs. GEO. P. A REWS. Dunsville, o., ich. 0 I C -Spring hours all sold. Have 3 fine lot of 0 0 0 a ring gilts. Sept. Ki 3. ready to ship, not akin. Lengt y Prince No. 381 1. end of herd. (Will nglmm weigh lg ton when mature.) A. Newman. R. 1. Mariette. Mich. o I 0 —-Spring Boar- all sold. fall ige ready to I I I uhi . also a few choice red po led heifers. JOHN BERN R & SON. Grand Ledge. Mich. 9 —Two Good Lust 3 ring boars. 0. lo C s- A fine lot of its and full OTTO B. SCH Depot. Nashville. ULZ . One-half i on hand. p 83 Mlchlgnn. mile west of sow wzianm 932 LBS. A 23 MONTHS OLD '3 IONIA'vGIRL I have started more breeders on the road to cuc- ocso than an man living. I have thalargeat and fin- est hard in t. e U. 8. Every one an early developer, ready for themurket at six months old. I want to lace one hog in each community to advertise my erd. Write for my pl 3113wa to nkc Money from Hogs." G. 8. BENJAMIN. [died 0 Portland. "loll. o I c—Swine. Holstein Bull'cnlf. Bf. R. and I I . White Leghorn Okla. Write me your wants. FRED NICKEL R. No. 1. Monroe. Michigan 0 I C —18 months and 4 months boars. Also 0 o . taking orders for sprin pigs. Oak View Farm. N. II. Weber. Prop., Roya Oak. Michigan 0 I C —16 sows bred for Spring furrow. 30 fal ' 0 ' pigs. large and rowt. y. Write your wants. GLE WOOD STOCK ARM. Zoeland. Mich. ounces—8min pigs all sold. Fall pigs either sex. ricea reasonable. so. STAHLMAN CHERRY LAWN FARM. R. 2. Shepherd. Michigan. of the large heavy boned t pe. bred Dunc Jersey 8'": for April furrow. Also all igu pnlrs not akin. F. J. Drodt.Monroc, Mich.Route 0.1. Fancy bred Duroc Jerseys—Boers dz Gilta of spring A: summer furrow. Gocd individuals at reasonable prices. John MoNlcoll. Station A. R 4. Bay City. Mtg; ROM-El SIOGK FIRM $2.33 3.12% 12:33:: . prices. E. R. CORNELL. Howell. Michigan. I l l ounces-2233.5: %:§2i.F:gi‘fl.fif‘lof°33’5.§2“iv.ilz or come and sec. J. 0. BA NEY. Goldwater. Mich. 00000 JERSEY BRED GILT Jfidflfifiloinciigl‘g’s'i blood lines. W. O. TAYLOR. Milan. Michigan. DUROC JERSEYS—20 Bred Bill: for Salt CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan. DURoCS—Fall yearling sows und sprint: gilts, bred for March and April furrow, bred to two 0! the beat bred bears in the state. Also a few boars, (all are im- mune.) Como or write. H. G. KEESLER, Cuaopolia. Mich. —-Bpring boar u from rimmin- DuI'OC'Jerseys ninfi strains. Sow: all age- Brookwater Farm. RF. . No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich. PGIAND CIIINAS"§$$ Effiif’rmmén‘lum” Prices right. W. J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta. Mich. URGE ill: I'. c. :.i°.:.b&:’tl:5‘- ”ii.“ £°£§"2§ Your}: Hadley. Big A Wonder and l Defender. . O. SWABTZ. Schoolcrnft. M chlgnn. POLAND CHINAsiiii.’iiaiiieiii farmers prices. ALLEN BROS, Paw Paw. Mich. UTLER'B Big Boned Prolific Poland Chinua. Grow big. has easy. mature early. ready for market in 6 months. by? Because We've bred them that way for 20 years. Buy a bred sow or some rigs now. and make more money. 60 bred sows. 100 fal pigs. Poland China history free. J. O. BUTLER. Portland. Mich. ' -Sows bred. also summer and fall i . Pound chma from large, roliiio sows. Barred 05:1: cockcrela. $1 each. ROBE '1‘ NEVE, Pierson. Mich. ' Fnll Pigs and Mlnorcn Paland chm! Bred sows cockerels. Batisfaction guaranteed. R. W. MILLS. Saline. Michigan. POLAND CHINA Bi... ”were! G. w. HOLTON. B. No. 11. Kgifiingng fallen; Large Type P. 0,—Bred gilte ready to shi weighing from 300 to 325 lbs. Sired by and bred to {he largest. hours in the state and from dams weighing up to 700le. Come and see and be convinced. Ex eneca paid if not. as represented. W. E. LIVINGSTO . Pnrmn. M ich. 30 Poland China Fall Pigs—Good ones from immune cows .10 and $15 each. while they last. red sow nlc Feb. 27th.sepd your name for catalog if you want to buy Big Type-With Quality. Wm. Wume. Ooldwlter. Mich. MULEFOOT HOGS 11333. 83211.15: all ages. C. F. BACON. Milan. Michigan. -All ages for sale. Big growth . M0" F0“ "083 frantic. profitable. healthy. erzc for what. you wan . G. O. KREGLOW. Ada. Ohio. PUBLIC SALE OF MULE FOOT HOGS Jan. 27. 1914. at Findlay. 01110. 50 head of bred cows and gilts selected from Americn’s 1913 champion show erd. For catalog and information. address; LONG BROTHERS. - VADA. OHIO. 350 BIG TYPE MULE FOOT EGGS—America's Champion Herd. Prolific. hardy. Best for Mich. Also Ponies. J. DUNLAP.Box M.Williumsport. Ohio vonxsmnEs—Bonm all sold. Have a few sow igs being held for last of April and ay furrow. OSTRANDER BROS. Morley. Mich. YORKSHIRE Swine-Boers and gilts all sold. Aug. farrowed pigs. airs not akin. for sale. 8 e i I L. McMullen. Grand Ledge. fcl‘i. price on trios. Geo. H008. Illfllll-ZIS’ DIRECTORY. CATTLE. ABERDEEN-ANGUS Herd. consisting of Trojan Ericns. Blackbirdu, and Prides. only. headed by BLACK QUALITY ITO. a. bull of exce tloual individuality and merit. A few young bulls or pale. - WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionic. Mlch. G U E R N S EYS‘flfu if’fii‘du‘hol’hl' W. W. BUBDICK. Holt. Mic 000008 &. Vlfllflfllls 55”.»: difii’o‘éwktigr'fié? STORY FARMS. Lowell, Mich. City Phone 5‘). ERKBHIRE For Sale—Sow Bred for April furrow- ).ing and a choice lot of fall pigs either sex. A. A. PATTULLO. Deckervllle, Michigan. h l ‘ boa . BERKSHIRES origo‘zle tzmiii'bgo quigk.mgurculilot:s stock. ELMHURS STOCK FARM. Almont. Mich , __ . . fl Chester Willi” £33553“ fihfiflifi‘miil rm? Meadow View Stock Farm. 3.11). No. 5. Holland. Mlch. O l c.—Bonrl all cold. A few cuts bred O I for April and Influx-row. C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. cum —F - YOR KS H l R ES ”.35 i3°iyiiii2£$$iifé MEADOWLAND FARM Waurmnn & Waterman. Ann Arbor. Mich. YORKSHIRES The In a. long-bodied. hcuvy-boned roliflo kind. Bows an gilts bred for spring furrow. head of Sep- tcmbcx,Ootobor and November pigs. Prices reasonable. W. C. COOK. R. 42, Ada. Michigan. lillieFarmsteadlnrkshires (33?: all oltplscndid ofnco. Full pin. either sex. l . 0 C. Llfiljfi mdonvillo. Michigan. “mg“... —-—- ..._ ... (New Idea "\ der- «9995-th . l r. They cover ' from 5 to 7 feet every trip . and do it right. Never _ Choke or clog, easy to load and ,,'. ~ . , I _ easily pulled. It your aim is to do ‘ , “3,4 2 more and better work in less time, In- g,.s¢,_. _ vestigate this . "* 100 Point Spreader Because it is gearless. the machine is practically ‘ “P trouble-proof. of simple. but substantial construc- tion. So durable that last year, repairs were less than 120 per machine. Study illustration below! Besides 2 cylinders, there is a special distributor. The gearless drive transfers power direct from rear axle tocylinders. The steady, none—jerking feed has 4 ranges. 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Cleanliness on the Dairy Farm. We have observed that the two great factors at the command of the daii-yman to assist him in the production of good market milk is the exei‘cise of extreme cleanliness and cold. \Ve have laid great stress on these two factors for neither one, in the ordinz‘ry operation of affairs on the farm, can be observed to excess. It is not possible for the dairymun to overdo the matter of cleanliness and san- itation in the production of milk, and it is not ordinarily possible for him to cool the milk too thoroughly nor too rapidly. By cleanliness the contamination forces are not permitted to get a foothold\ in this culture medium. By cold they are not permitted to operate when they do get in. Thcre has been a certain class of food manufacturers and food produc— ers who have thought of the possibility of the use of chemical preservatives. Very wisely, indeed, have the lawmakers Stepped in to prevont this expedient, for ihc use of chcmi‘al preservatives does not purify the milk, and at the some time introduces the questionable factor at least of the preservative used. The pasteurization of milk is somewhat aiong the same line as the use of pre- servatives but if properly conducted, of course, has some distinct points in its favor, The great problem, therefore, in the supplying 0f milk to the city is to sup- ply 21 milk of such a standard cleanliness that in the time intervening between the production of that milk and its consump- tion it has not developed great impurity. “'e have Shown conSidcrably in dctail and indicated by the length of time which ordinarily elapscs between the production and the consumption of milk what may happen if a milk is allowed to become Contaminated by uncleun matc— rials at the start. it has scemcd strange to farmers that so much objection could be raised by city consumers to miik which, as we, havc explained, from their own ex1_)e1‘iem'c,~they always had consid- ered of very good quality, but we now know that through the long period of transportation, with altogethci‘ too high temperatures, or rather temperatures too favorable for the rapid (levelopmcnt of bacteria, what may happen to ii milk which the ordinary senses would not condemn when first pi'oduccd but which, after a period of some hours, had be- come very impure indeed. Where Shall the Dalryman Commence? Now, what are these factors which en- ter into the duiryman's end of the line to cause these unchirauble conditions in milk by the time it has reached the con- sumer"? \Ve think in this discussion we may leave out of considerution the ques— tion of the health of the animal itself, for while we lulVo found that a great many of tho I'nilk-pi‘oducing animals of the state are afflicted by one or another infectious discuse, these factors are rap- idly bcing' ovm'l-omc and such stock rapidly wccdcd out by competent inspec— tion. The qucstion of the Cleanliness of the unimul herself is on item of very great importance. It secms that there is no longcr any real excuse for the mar— keting of milk from on unclean animal. It was only two or three Years ago that we were compelled to, upon inspection, stop the sale of milk from :1 whofo herd of pure-blooded stock simply because the animals thenn’clvos were not in condition so that wholesome milk could be produc- ed. it was physically impossible for any milker to produce pure milk, or any- where near pure milk. under such condi— tions. A glunce into the horse stable at this place showed evidence of consider- ablc care in the grooming of the horses and in the cleaning of their stables, and when we suggested that a little of this attention might. with greater profit be spent upon the cows in the stable, it seemed to be a matter of great Surprise to the farmer that any attention should be paid to this detail at all. The Value of the Score Card System of inspection. Agreat deal of credit for the improv- ing of conditions, as far as cleanliness is concerned, is due to the uSe of the score card system of scoring dairy farms. The question of the immediate surround- ings and conditions surrounding produc- tion of milk are the all-important factors allllllllllllllllIllll|||Illll|llllll|IllIlllllll|llll|lllllllIllll||IlllllIllllllllllillllfllll|llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllIllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllll IIIllIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|llllllllli|llll|Illlllllllllllllllllllll Elllllllllllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllIllllllIlllllllllllllIIllIlllll|lllllllllllllllIllllll|llllllIllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIII|lJIllllll|IIIIIIIllllllllllll|Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|lillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfl A~N ’F A’ER M E R IIIIIIIEII Science. in the securing of pure milk supply. We think probably the application of studies in bacteriology to the production of milk has been at first instance the impetus which has made progress in this direc- tion DOSSible. Dali‘ymen as well as oth- ers have not readily accepted the find— ings as brought about by the bacterio- logical study of milk, but nevertheless those Studies have revealed the truth and, as in all lines of endeavor, when once the truth keynote is Struck, no matter how bitterly opposed it may be, it will eventually win out. It has taken years of endeavor in dairying, but farm- ers’ institute workers have been preach- ing the docti‘ine for a long time; food inspectors and sanitary experts have been unsparing in the time and atten- tion they have given to these details un- covered by bacteriological findings. But the farmer has not known how to remedy t‘hese conditions which would cause improvement. He has not known where to begin and what essentials to in- augurate in order to bring about the de- sired results. It is the score card as shown in the United States score card for city milk inspection that is quite generally adopted by the state and mu— nicipal inspectors throughout the Tnited States. In this score card the various points which have bearing in the pro- duction of pure milk are tabulated and given their respective pluccs of import- ance. Of first consideration we may say we have the health of the herd. Of course, with a herd of cattle in an im- perfect state of health it is impbssible to produce p‘ure milk, no matter how the other details may be worked out 01' What attention may be given to them. So the health of the herd is given an important place in the scoring of the surroundings of a dairy farm. Then there is the clean- liness of the cows COWS must be clean. Their flanks and udder-s moot not be cov- ered with filth or dust, and some system must be adopted by the duii‘yman to make it possible, with 2L minimum amount of work, to keep his stock in a clean condition. Various expedients are used for this purpose. In some of the more modern form dairies 21 vacuum Cleaning system is used. By meuns of a gasoline engine and pump cmmected with long tubes in the burn. vacuum combs and brushes are used on the cows and they are kept in a remarkable state of cleanliness by the intelligent use of this system. The, adoption of a desirable type of dairy stull will assist very mate— rially in this item as wcll, and there are numerous ways in which this condition may be brought about, and Without any apparent investment. A curry comb and ‘brush used in the good old—fashioned way will be sufficient. Then such a detail as the kind of bedding used, and the way in which it is used; the condition of the floor; the'condition 0f the ceiling over- head; thcse are items that are taken into consideration by the inspector when us- ing the score card system. The score card likewise takes advantage of the very necessary requirement of a certain amount of light for each animal in the stable. Tho admission of sunlight is very intimately associated with the pro- duction of pure milk and is considered one of the most efficient germicides known, a gci'micide which not only has its effect on the conditions of cleanliness in the stable but affects as well the health of the stock. (Continued next week). CATALOG NOTICES. Case Threshing Machinery is fully il- luStrated 21nd described in a handsome llO—page’art catalog published by J. J. ICase Threshing Machine -Co., Racine, \Vis. In it a full line of steam, traction and portable engines, gas and oil trac- tors, threShing machines, horse powers, tractor plows, corn shellers, alfalfa mills, hay presses, road machinery, etc., with detailed illustrations of construction, de- scriptions of equipment, etc. If inter- ested in machinery of this kind, write the above company, mentioning the Michigan Farmer. 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Benzie county. among the latest of the southern peninsula counties to organize a Pomona Grange, is one of the most in- teresting in several ways. It is a county of picturesque scenery, of unsurpasSed soil and fruit uplands, with a fine great lakes harbor and large shipping facilities. _ In it is an old seat of educational culture, at Benzonia, which has exerted a recog- nized influence upon that section of the state for many years. In recent years the development of the western part as a resort region, and the locating of a sum- mer assembly there, has called hundreds of tourists into the county. For many years the only Grange in Benzie county was Inland, N0. 503, of which R. B. Reynolds, well known as president of the State Patrons’ Fire and Cyclone Insurance Companies, is a. mem- ber and to whom deputy ovarsight and organization of a large number of local Granges are due. This oldest Grange has just completed the rebuilding of its hall and now enjoys the company of seven other subordinate Granges in the Pomona organization. Two others of the subordi- ates own halls—South Blaine and Loyalty. In October last, the Pomona met with Almlra Grange at Lake Ann. The enter- taining Grange has a membership of 70 and right royally served as host. A pleas- ant feature was that of breakfast for the guests, being served at the hall instead of at individual homes. The local pro- gram, in charge of Mrs Wm. Habbeler, was a great success, being especially strong in its music by the young people. An address, with 100 stereopticon views of western Michigan, by H. E. Brown, of Travel-Se City, added‘ much to this pro- gram. In the afternoon, County School Commissioner Fewless made a strong plea for the rural schools, having with him the teachers of the county normal training class. ConSiderable interest was created in the conditions of local School buildings and their possible improvement. This co- operation between teachers and patrons in the Pomona is attributable in large part to the fact that Mrs. S. E. GaineS, Pomona Lecturer, has been upon the school board of her own district for 16 years and is deeply interested in every opportunity to better the schools. She is doing a fine work in both relations, if an outsider can judge the sentiment and spirit in the short time that one Pomona meeting affords, and I think this may be done. The delegates from this county to State Grange were Master Bubcock and wife, of Almira Grange, Mr. and Mrs. John VVhiteman, of Benzonia, and Pomona Master E. D. Allis and wife, the latter two representing Pomona. It is intereSt- ing to know that Brother Allis is a Son of L. F. Allis, Master of Lenawee Pomo- na, and evidently inherits the stamina and community enterprise which have characterized his family in southern Michigan. As master of Benzie, his lines have fa‘len in a section of abundant op- portunity for Grange extension and effort. With the fruit future of this part of the state looming large before them, the problem of practical co-operation will de- mand a masterful solution. Will the Grange see its opportunity for leaderShip and meet the challenge? 'I‘ime wiil tell. JENNIE BUELL. AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES. Berlin Center Grange, of Ionia county, inStalled the following officers on Jan. 9, installation being foliowed by an oyster supper and a short but stirring program: Master, \N’ade Allen; ovet‘seer, Lewis Booth; lecturer, Anna Eddy; steward. Claire lValtman; aSSistant steward, Mark Harwood; chaplain. Ella Carman; treas- urer, Fred Howard; secretary, Earl Ad- gate; gate keeper, Bert Kimble; Pomona, Neva \‘Voodward; Ceres, Cora Denton; Flora, Viola Carmen; lady assistant stew- ard. lla Kimble. Chesterfield’s “Christmas Grange."— Members of Chesterfield Grange, Macomb county, ciosed the old year with another of their extremely enjoyable “Christmas" meetings at the palatial home of Bro. J. Hall in Detroit. A special interurban car, furnished by their host, broughtihe patrons to the city and returned them to their homes after the meeting. The “royal spread" was all that that term implies. while the program which followed it could hardly have been made more en- joyable. The leading feature was a lec- ture upon the great singers of today and yesterday, embellished through the aid of the stereopticon and the graphaphone, the latter reproducing the voices of the great— eSt singers from the days of Patti down to the present. This was followed by the unburdening of a beautiful tree bearing a gift for each person present, guests in- cluded, during which the spirit of care- free and joyous childhood seemed to take possession of all. COMING EVENTS. Pomona Meetings. Shiawassee Co., with Laingsburg Grange, at Laingsburg, Thursday, Jan. 29. State Master Ketcham, speaker. ingham Co., with Telephone Grange, at Leslie, Friday. Jan. 30. Address by Dr. Ethel Cook Carpenter. ElllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllIllllllilllllfllllIll]llllilllllllllllllll|llllllllllllllllllflllllllllllllllifl I E Farmers’ Clubs ElllllllllllllllllllllmlllllIIllllllllfllllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlllllflflllllllllllllllllllllllllHlllflllllE‘J Address all communications relative to the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C. P. Johnson, Metamora, Mich. Associational Motto: “The skillful hand with cultured mind is the farmer's most valuable asset." Associational Sentiment: “The Farmer: He garners from the soil th‘primal wealth of nations." CLU B DISCUSSIONS. Hold Annual Meeting.—-The Annual meeting of the Ingham County Farmers' Club was held Dec. 13 at Maple Ridge Farm with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. TansWell. It was a pleasant day and 90 in attend- ance. The following officers Were elect- ed: President, Mrs. Joseph Jewett; re- cording secretary, Mrs. E. P. Reme; cor- responding secretary, Mrs. J. E. Tans- well; treasurer, W. H. Taylor; directors, three years. F. C. Lott, Mrs. Vance Doug- las; directors two years, (holding over), Alfred Allen, Mrs. M. A. Bement; direc- tor for one year, (holding over), R. J. Robb, Mrs. W. L. Cheney. At a business meeting held Jan. 5 the permanent com- mittees for the year were appointed: Chairman program committee, Mrs. Chen- ey; chairman locating committee, -. Mrs. Bement; chairman corn club, R. J. Robb; chairman domestic science, Mrs. Vance Douglas; chairman memorial committee. Judge G. W. Bristol, chairman music committee, MI‘s. D. E. Watts; chairman floral committee, Mrs. W. H. Haskell. The January meeting was. held Jon. 10 with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Shafer, who now live in town, :aving rented their farm north of town. Mrs. W. H. Taylor gave her paper, “Side Lights of Farm Life," and Rev. Corbett, of East Lansing, spoke up- on Prohibition. These, with discussions. music, recitations by little folks, and a good substantial noonday meal, made a peasant day and a great change from the daily routine of chores and housework.— Mrs. Tanswell, Cor. Sec. A Pioneer Program.——The Wise Farm- ers' Club held a Pioneer meeting at Clo- ver Leaf Farm with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Seeley, Wednesday, Dec. 10, with a well filled hOuse. After the dinner hour the Club was calied to order by the presi— dent, W. J. Jennings. Song by the Club entitled, “Where We'll Never Grow Old." Prayer by A. P. McDonald. Address of welcome by the h0st. Response by M. T. JohnsOn, who kept the crowd in a jolly mood for 20 minutes with his witty stor- ieS. Moses Johnson then gave a short talk on pioneer life and closed by saying the farmer is the most independent of any class of persons. John PhiniFey, the old— est resident of Vernon now living in Ver- non, followed. He, with his parents, set- tled in Vernon in 1865 and they were the third family l.l Vernon. The late Duncan Carmichael was the first white man to settle in Vernon, Isabelia county. Mr. Phinisey told of the hardships of hewiug out a farm in the woods. Rev. A. I McDonald related his experience as a pioneer preacher. P. . Loomis, M. Burch, Rev. Knight and Irwin gave good talks. John Little, Philip VanConant and Mrs. P. M. Loomis gave short talks on the same subject. The three oldest resi- dents present were John Phinisey, Mahon Burch and J. H. Seeley. Looking Forward and Backward.—The Conway and Handy Union Farmers’ Club was pleasantly entertained at the home of Ml‘. and Mrs. Sumner Grant, Jun. 2. The meeting was calied to order by the president: music by the male quartet, followed by prayer by Rev. R. T. Kilpat— rick. MrS. Raymond Allen read a paper on the topic, “Looking Forward.” She said, in part. that man alone was permit- ted to enjoy the future: he has the future to enjoy in three different waYS: by an— ticipation, by realization and by memory. Child life is full of anticipation; but he is not inclined to let the tomorrow worry him; he has little to do with yesterday. The world if deprived of the pleasure of expectatiOu would be poor indeed; Chris- tianity tends to develop the spirit of an- ticipation; it does not teach us to con— sider the present as final; we should look ahead and make tomorrow greater than today. Our work should make us happy and give us contented minds; we should he enthusiastic. Life is full of fresh opportunities. hidden forces, and g‘ud surprises; and to have a brave heart. there is a way open to expect the ad— vent of something better. The God-filled soul always looks forward to its home whore sits the Father radiant amid ten thousand suns. Mr. J. B. Rambo, in speaking of “Looking Backwards,” gave an interesting talk upon things as they “used to be.” He spoke of his early home; explained the structure of the fire-place and the bake oven. He said that everything used in the home was made by hand. His hOme was in the neighborhood of Ypsilanti; and he told of being able to see the shores of Lake Erie which at that time was not a great dis- tance from Ypsilanti. He told of the old church of the I‘uritanic type; told of the old singing schools and the fine Singing th6y used to have. A portion of the re- port of the state meeting was given by Clay Gordon and the remainder is to be given by Mrs. Gordon at the next meet- ing. Election of officers then took place. George Stowe was re-elected as presi- dent: Alton Grant. vice-president: Mrs. Alton Grant re-elected secretary, and Mrs. IClay Gordon, correfflonding secretary. Club adjourned to meet with Mr. and Mrs. George Stowe, Jan. 30. I am proud of it! It is the best gy book ever issu . I want you to have it, even it you don't think you will buy a car. It tells the story—how my ullt, how they are tested in ways buggy" can stand illustrates many finished “jobs ' in colors. sells ow to select {our . 0-: hot when uy a. SS" BUGGY, you SAVE $25 T0 $50 You see I sell direct from my factory —no dealer, agent or salesman to draw pronm or ex- penses. It's all explained in this book, together with my 30- day nee road trial offer. etc. Send for the book— tsl will When you buy roofing from us you know before-hand just exactly what you are going to get. Your order will be filled under Our Guarantee that every sheet must be perfect. full weight, brand new. or it doesn't cost you a cent. ‘ This kind of rooting is always cheapest in the end. We sell it to you for the some or less money than the ordinary competitive quality roofing. We sell you direct at exactly the- same price your dealer would have to pay us and besides We Pay the Freight Our price list shows exactly what your root— ing would cost. laid down at your railroad eta.- tlon. Send today for catalog and samples Free. The Ollie Galvanizing & Manufacturing Company 27 in SL. Niles. Oils Manure Spreader $6 415 Prices Slashed! . Up My low direct-from-factory prices will fire you $25 to $50. My prices on complete spreaders. $64.75 to $79.50. Attachments only $39.50 up. Think of in Prices never before equaled. Lowest ever made! write today—set quick. These special prices good for 60 days only. Y s. 826,0001egal , . . i . nd. Five year warranty. . ..... .- 40.000 Gellowey spreeders now In use. Proved bestbyeeteel test. Getrny catalog and special loll offer and lowest s eelal noel. warm TODAY—£61 u'owl . H—‘-.’ 'l' V ‘1‘ WILLIAM 0 CW . 7189 m.) Outlo- MALvlv'muxsee Send for ~ Catalog— FREE I Potato Planter Profitable for the large or small grower. Plants potatoes at lowest possible cost. One man operates t. Opens the furrow—drops the seed any distance or depth required—puts on fertilizer (if wanted)— eovcrs up—marks the next row. Accurate, auto- matic and dependable. Sold with or without Fer- tilizer Attachment. Here’s why you should select the Eureka Potato Planter:—Furrow Opening Plow is directly under the axle—that means uniform depth at all times. The seed drops in sight of driver. Steel and malleable construction w‘ , makes long life and few repairs. ’ Made in three sizes-for one or t we rows. . .. We also make the Eureka Mulcher and Seeder. Shipped from brunch near you. EUREKI MEI 00.. lanthanum-.1. " * LET US TAN YOUR HIDE. Cattle or liorso hide, Calf. Dog. Deer or any kind of skin wiLh hair or fur on. We tan and finish them right a make them into coins (for lili'll and women), robes. rugs or gloves when ordered. Your for goods will cost you less than to buy them, and be Worth more. Our Illustrated catalog gives a. lot. of in- formntlon which every stock raiser should have, but we never send out this valuable book except upon request. _1(: tells how to take off and care for hides: how and when we pay the both ways ; about our safe dyeing pros ccss which is a tremendous advantage to the customer, especially on horse hides and all all 3 about. the fur goods and glutme trophies we sell, taxi- ermy, c c. you want a. ‘ Till; (éorrect address. copy smd us ' ~ My Frisian Fur Comm ~ " 571 lyell Ave“ new . .y, Isle ler PUMP skills SAW ...... WoodMilIs "skeet. Engm' mS-p' I Feed Grinders, Sew Francs. Steel Tub CATALOCUIS FRI: AHKNTE WANTED Perkins Will Hill 5 .' " Engine Co. “.1860 136 lulu ST. p e Dear Sins—About five years ago I spring. J. E. TH. the money. Lansing, Mich., Feb. 18, 1913. as I think of doing some ‘paintin ' this have seen the roofing think it the best for any other paint used in our vicinity. ~ THO HEW Therefore as long as Unito keeps up its . , D. . bought some Uniuo Barn and House Hilisdale Mich Dec 23 1913 Oxford Mich Dec 8 1913. hi ‘ . , . , , .. . , . , ., . , . gh standard we Will continue to s r a gaitnts fromflyou, which was very satis- Dear Sirs:——The roofing came 0. K. Gentlemenz—We have used Unito Paint it. We surely can recommend lining c ory. W i you pieaSe send me your and am Well pleased with it. I think I almost exclusively for five years and find Paints and varnishes. pri ces on your paints and varnish stains, can get you more orders here as all that as for durability it equals if not excels MILLER & DAV'IS.‘Painte“S. F new»? 4.7% @M— Janelle Janey” ere is a brand new idea in buying by mail. Nothing like it ever offered you before. My plan is safer, better more convenient and satisfactory. It is simply this: YOU SEE AND TRY THE GOODS BEFORE YOU PAY A CENT. It is the only RIGHT way to buy anything. It cuts out all risk—all chance of disappointment—all question whether goods are as represented. You are the final judge before you pay out your money. lily Deposit Required — l_\_lg Papers 19 Sign — l_|_l_o g. (1. Q, 19 Pay No fussing with freight or express agents before you see the goods—no bank deposits to make for some- one else to hold your money while you make the test—nothing to do but order the goods—take them home—examine them at your leisure and test them 30 days before you pay any one a penny. It is a plan that pleases everybody. It is far better than seeing the goods in any store. It enables you to purchase direct anything our 33 United Factories make at surprisingly big savings in cost. If you need Roofing, Paint, Fencing, a Gasoline Engine, Stove, Feed Cutter, Sheller, Grinder, Sewing Machine, Furniture, etc. send for our latest factory prices and Combined Free Catalog right away so you can try this new plan of seeing what you get BEFORE you pay. I trust you with the goods because I know their high quality and I am not afraid to let you see and try them before you pay. Send coupon for Free Catalog today. Address also. A. BOTTGER, President ofThe United Factorial Company and originator of the plan to letyou SE and TRY the good- BEFORE YOU PAY. P'G... United Factories Go. > Before ' ¥ - p . Before \ \ r- ‘UJD-‘In ; 'f‘ A . ' , — Jit’fl' u u uyi % ll 7 III! uu “UHF“ ll /_ 5:], C ' - "’l ‘M 0 ///6 mafia»? a; i, iii: iii: “" " ’” ' 7’ ' ' L: i ll 0 / ’1, .,»/"*/'-/-”/ ' / ' ' i5 ' .0 "ll / ,/ 4 ”i u " . .. n I l \ / . / «rem . :I an: 4 a... 2/ :f , .n m " «‘2? '5 33:2, memwéiitfl 3 W ' / I In 2, iii 0/) ,7 , “I," y): 94—” ~ I «, _. 25/01“ ,. ii] [ill—i i \ . “R n i . / u 439/ / in" gill" , l \ n n. i ' .. . z: 27/ ,y/ z" ' new,» * m . l l '; - .. , _ , /, * ‘ M In 8001‘ FREE! racronv onmmos- ‘ R l ' , ‘ .- combined in one—a big, convenient book in which you will always find \ ‘ i A, "V41“ I" _the_ lowest prices on the kind ofrnerchandise you want to buy. My uUnited Fac- // x h f / ., /, :' tories plan cuts down the_cost oi'domgbusmess and saves my customers a lot of money. V Z fl/ ‘ It will do the same for you Fill out the coupon below or write a postal for this Free book today. I ll. 7 . . . I ll . ., . ll - . “a “$5 I I I I ' ‘ llx ‘ '- ”I." .. '1' : . . a, " I i Door Slr: - Please send me without cost. fully guaranteed. You can ordeé f '1‘ this incubator— so it be ore ou a — r - ~ - - y p y y MY PLAN saves you time, freight, trouble and expense. NOW is the time to out the coupon and mark an x before “"1“me from the incubator—Prove its worth before you risk one penny. This is a big bargain you can- Send the coupon today and get our Free Combined Catalog. not afford to pass by. ~OOOOOOOO GEO. A. BOTI'GER, Pros. ~ The Unltod Factories 00.. A roll for Unito There never was a time when you could buy so much roof protec- - “$398 gfiauggggnhgggjflfigt tion for so little milalney as you {:Jan today. The astonishingly low prices from all Encefls are lugwuf'on "' our factories on a grades of nito Prepared Roofing Excell Metal Roofing- $12a°3ei§iilnlingfin‘chlihg‘t‘i‘g galvanized or painted, offer you an opportunity which you can’t afford to miss. stfen “Sta 02 "lg l useohammer can ayit. u ow . can ma. e.you ' We also ofl'er U it!) Diamond COBB "L.— SHIP YOUR ROOFING BEE-“RE you PAY. Vgry {or lg‘éccs (11%8ollkind: ! .l Roofing—a ban some everlasting _ _- _ . > 0 m0 «'1 r0 113- you wan ‘ I 4 “We""g- V““°“'““y 5‘.“ ‘0! m“ Send No Money. My new way of letting my customers “see—the-goods— *1 roof that Will never rust. l dances, barns and public buildings. , , _ . , . rot, dry out. crack. tear loose .. are all . before-they-pay ‘ is a big wmner. It is the safe way to buy anything. Just 0,. leak. order Unito Excell i | 'i i Unito Prepare o n { mfizu‘gfilf“§,£?;€éd“£.‘zr‘pfl’k tell me what kind of a building you want to cover and I’ll ship the roofing, Galvanized Roofing _ the . mineral naphaltand heavily coated. let you take it home—examine it—test it-put it on your buildings—give you best made. It is easy to lay— 1 “39g ”9 “gate; ”'09:- “'52? 333% 30 day’s trial before you pay. If for any reason when goods arrive you are not satisfied— no tools required—no experi- K‘fiis ggfientindwmcmn, for], ; send them back. I‘ll stand all freight charges. _ You won’t. be out. a cent. My factories ence necessary. VYrito. for ing in'cluded Free. riiefor sump a stand back of inc—I stand back of my goods. Write for Samples. GEO. A. BOTTGER, Pm. samples and shoeial prices. \ I Unito 135-Egg Why United Factories Prices lire Lower 93V9M°ney°n Paint 3 Incubator , . Pay in so Days if Pleased ‘ and 135 Chick Brooder— and the values we give BETTER than any ONE factory operating alone can possibly . Prices from Fae- l offer you. On this page I show the advertisements of several of my factories. Suppose ’ ‘01? MW Oil Unito 1% 3“" F" each one of these factories had used a page advertisement like this to call your attention Guaranteed Pa 1 n t will probably never $ 45 to their products. Don‘t you. see how it_w.ouid mean 8 or 10 times the cost of this one advertise- again be “8 low as _ ment, which amounts to but littlewhen diVided up equally among 33 UNITED FACTORY depart- ‘ ments P Suppose you should write to each of these 33 factories for their 33 different catalogs, it Incubator is hot water heat, r. advancingv—but you can still buy Unito Point for House, Barn. Silo, imple- ments. etc.. at the old they are right now. The cost of paint ingre . dients has been steadily would not only cost you more for postage and make you far more trouble, but the cost of sending all these books to you, including the postage, would be almost d3 TIMES THE COST of printing and sending you this one big combined FREE catalog of UNITED FACTORIES PRODUCTS. All al anized cov- ' ' ' ' egredv solid red— Prompt these things mean an added expense of doing busmess, and that of course means higher prices for rice. Don’t let your wood interior Shipment you to pay, because in the end, the 'manufacturer must add every penny of expense onto the Buildings go through ’ another season unpaint- price he gets for what he makes. You not only avoid ALL middlemen's profits, but all other unnecessary expense when you deal with the United Factories. 9‘3- We Will ship your order quickly and with- out pay in advance. Fill t 30 da 5 before ou a . Get one hatch , y y p y get acquainted with us, then y0u wrii know how we can help you when youare ready to buy. terested. Semi for helpful book, “Paint Hints and Color Helps." Also card of Color Samples—Free. FINE SINGLE STRAP HARNESS Breast Collar Style $1029. let This UNIT!) Engine Work for YOU FREE for 30 DAYS 216 United Factories Bld¢.. Cleveland. Ohio. your big combined catalogs, which explain your , _ _ money saving selling plan and your liberal offer to y, Use it 30 days—ii‘not all satis— _' let me “see and try the goods before I pay." I have factory and a good buy for the $27.75 and u "“ plaoed an X before the articles thatI am interested in. money—send it back. Write for buys a UNITB . catalog or single and double har- Gasoline Engine 0 UNITO Paints D UNITO Fence _ ness. showings. tine line of buggy — u ly‘ uuran- D uulTo Read%R00fing D UNITO Stoves hifiggifnlblgtgnSigivgelgttalicegoyuoblleeveguslalwdggcgiiil‘l‘iglyl . 823.1-013ehweulyefoi: ‘ou to re 1] kn w h t D UNITO W3" oard D UNITO vehldes harness and buggies. Our plan enables you to Factory No. 4 offers cut prices on high gjneywilldo for YOU grid that loamy!” i? on 37...?- 03.27533? D UNITO EXCE" Metal Roofing D UNITO Harness make any select-ion on the favorable terms grade wire fencing and 30 days FREE hot, is why we make you an other no other manufacturer has D UNI¥3 IGasoline Engines D UNITO Sledwmhg outlined. Sec before you ply. Trial on your own farm before you pay. Eff: ggrfifiy?_'gfl‘f-',ngggg 'l'" 5-10" “flunk“ '5"- D UNI ncubators ac ines , ' ' ' UNITO Farm Im lements D UNITO Furniture - ‘ . . . . . B quTo Cream Sgparators D UNI‘I'O Pianos w I can’t pOSSibiy Show all of the United Factories lines here. You Will find them all in my Free Combined Catalog. If you want to get the full benefit of the big saving and convenience this Name new plan affords fill out the coupon at left or just write me a postal today saying: “Send me your Free Catalog of United Factories Products.” Address GEO. A. BOTTGER, President l6 ------------- ' --------------------- ----------------- .. THE UNITED FACTORIES commiv .. ‘Ro F- D. > cftltl ‘ “*5 a. W ”Cam-.. N, ,.